New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-28
FROM LONDON.
Spring -iime i'm Observation-Disclosures Spscen
on she Extension Of the Frnnchi''-
Feelings about it-Anti-esermnn Se""'
rpent in Enginnd-A street 's"''""
New Publications Dickens's story ""a
Win, IL i. 10 Confsin-Isi- Speech AT
IN. .seI,hi-A Novel by "Manhaitan"
Items
LONDON. May IS lsCi

Items.
FROM Our Special Correspondent
LONDON. May Is. 1854.
Another duh week in which the ordinary
urccs NJ information TO which am wont to apply my
SELF have run dry like the udders of barren COWS This
time however the week is not comparable to tho
weather. for balmicr Spring tide could hardly be
imagined Even the tre,. In the suburban gardens OF
this smoke b GIFTED metropolis temporarily beaui'
f It'll apple and pear blossoms amid which the sooiy
sparrows doved by Charles Lamb and David Copper
hod) chirp In unwoniod exhlaratoD Clerks gong
ctwaId on the tops Of crowded omnbusscs, Mt ealiy
morning. congratulate each other tic bneness Of The
weather and predict that we shall have magnificent
year for fruit Sir with ali the interest in and en-.
tusiasm for country topics invariably latent in cock
ncy bos6ms Seen from the bridges. the Temple Gar
dcu, look pleasant ana inviting almost a. much 50 as
hoy did 10 hai"s Dickens looking through the eyes
of Sir John Chester uearl, hundred years aCO The
turbid Thames too les muddy aud Mi,aissippi.
sh 20 compare small thilg with grcaD Of h-peci LIAM
usual week ago an entcrpr'sng salmon actual,
made his way up 1t TO neal "ra'esend tart, miles De-
low the Oridgrs and was caught and eaten there Nhch
AL the London papers. headed by JupitcrJcamcs-De
ane-Iim esqirc prominently fen to e az i
ton abOut Utmost ~ thCm pfuCnosiichuns the Ictufh
Of the ancient puIity oi the Tiycr when
livery .or of huny fsi
Wa ssimrins IN the Thames
l ich large deduction from small premises reminded me
81 sLnt I &, ace witnessed In Paris some years agO
Then fai-hDttumod = amer having progressed from
Bordeaux o. the capital thc pap came out with the
arnouncor,m Paris Sca0ort" aud one II ticm-i
thnk the Pr,sse-asser'ed that a length the French
metropolis bad notAing 90 envy IN London. hon zee
cockucy ism exists on both sides # Tie Channel
IL! this ~ tie way. The event II the week pregnant
with most Interest Ia Elgislmcn land sitogrthcr
ecpsing that ted by tie -ction IN Danish Wacrf-
which may have something TO say presently 10 W.
Gladstone speech ~ tie House ~ Commons on the
llh on tho second reading ~ the h Tor the extension
of tie franchise. introduced hy Mr.. banes, who pro
posed 10 give n" IN egc ~ voting {, 40 feeh"ldcfs
thereby Increasing the total humber "a 12-,.u-hnd
only leaving l,5Y -6I free Born Bfons unrcprcscuicd
Not ye1y sweeping reform. yon may think. and one
that might have been pretty safely Yentrcd be- view "
the notorious fact that the electoral system euineniy
unsat the bulk Of the people and the control
ing All .'ocTatc element everywhere predominant.
hui the dear old Tories behaved SIGH " SHIFTING
their eyes screaming and setting their backs u5t M
They have conceded enough fhcy think Tie tnrbNfni
TIDE ri democracy i setting IN too violently aud
Cnnute won't bulge from b., chair. They AID their
belongings defeated the bin By poor majority Of ~.
m fl house Of neorly I'M mem bcis Hut ia DEF ns,
Of n, and mure spoke Mr. Gladstone. the statesman
who il most trusted ami most admired wlo-e talent
has made tnance re art and who's. character II ="
established that hi. simple word 81 honor ruiiccs %
calm an angry popular tunnli-i quote from the pop
ular Tsi,sui tchamp. too something very Ike
universal shffagef Here L.c his words " EFrTy Ran
who b. ncr acitatcd by personal uLitncs hose
admission would not be- attended by political danger Is
morally entitled "a come within ~ pale ~ tie tonst
T tuition. Nfu a 'ilhfflhF OF inc EAAiFtntr fIbH
1kc this you may fancy what D. coming. NJ wonder
hat TIE Tories agsi aud rate aud that The
faced Tina alternately Tory and Iihern "crcnk, out
it, dismay like "A weather cock in wairlwind" THIS
decluniiun OF Mr.. Gladstone has made him. Anon,
the sorkugmcu the great ctr- and Viih ell ~ that
V4st chs, who knowing Their nights, are determined
10 ain them. step by step the most populhr ~ al
ing and ~ the clubs they interpret his conduct
narrowly saving .hnt Fal4cIst0n b. old and inhTm
that be cannot Last ong and that Gladstone nsprcs 90
succeed lin, and that he bidding for the
II tue liberal party their future lcncr II so Know
nobody who offers higher Price. In the best Of
Ne word. The time Was when tIi- item Of news from
England would have excited eager interest YOU
tide OF the Atlantic and editorial pens Work but
with Grant and lee arng each other aud the national
destiny apparently banging on the result you AL! hard
ly ind leisure to afford a. thought. As wIIts am
haunted with the idea tls tins letter viii arrive nj
time when ~ % can contain must seem impairment
10 resume, however. You know that the announce
mcut Of tlr Danish naval victory (fDr Which the Aus
iran- have ,Oiennlzcd II DeHm after the
tom In warfare. when both sides gene ally claim sue
cess was received In The House OF Commons with
burst Of applause which pretty fairly Tepresc nted the
public fecnig at ihe news This ~ uuriendly Ia the
Germans % can well bcbut that IL all John Bull hall
snecrs at the Conference half respects A. hopes that
something good for Denmark VIII come OF DowuIng
street shakes s list and cGls Austria and Prussia
names over he way M faithfully depicted IN this
weeks PaHoh. His lOtiOn j. not particularly dign
he'd one LA language especially choice. lie doesn't
want 10 fight though DC may yet be- pushed into IT,
think II the Tory opposition had not ridden tho
Lotbv 80 ,ryrre n To- have shown all its weak points
the Ministry might have found Il less easy Ia pcrseyore
IN It's pacific intentions And now % It's assistance
comes The Emperor Of The French. who declares for
pence aso through NJ. dc Pcrsgny proposing To rest
Oh his aurcls and do foe himself 10 Internal Improve
ment al i progress, in which Iaudnblc Intentions all
win La we'll Tie said DUE de Fersguy. by the
way has Jgs been exciting the laughter Of the liberal
press ia England by Tie discovery Of magnificent
mares nest ia accounting FOR BfitaiB's prosperity,
which h. attribute oAcuhn els IA the general intsll
genes OF The rural population In opposition to the ~
noranco and folly II The tOWusi Heaven help the
The Lord make iucsion into thee. thou art raw
10 ought 10 know better, too, having lived foI many
Sears a. fmDassador ~ LONDON. ButrIbapr be never
went into The country Except among the poor whites
OF che south, II would BE- hand to cAcci TIE bucOic IL
nOrIucc eAtaut IN Britain.
ToTciurn for moment to the altiGernan feeling here
which fhihrr ainusIngly Developed finding uttcTacc
not only la the editorials Of regular newspapers and In
caTcatulch. but ia street ballads heard one, the
other night IN the seven Dlal-. which. sung by two
iiinerins 81 cUtcunOnfcr aspect at The top Of thor
Noices, seemed 10 be largely appreciated by The listen
ing crowd. As IN Tie famous French ballad of Mar
brp"" or that equally yeraciout Eritsh about tie
Cnmean W ar, Teahug 10 tLo imagiuory late OF N,ho
lat l,OIlanOn when
THE Eusi,h they disged ah-no fshoi.
20 the author 81 this yric had shaped his narrative n
9svo'1ance WITH popular inchnaions. II not with fact
piteouAy Tor Intervention behalf Of Denmark 10 hir
Then Join Bun said INTO h.r on ,,.e oo OH ,o,, Ina,
Aud ~ whop the by rroosha. into the b.iuc Sea
Aud The Aastrisn- they object snd bid Tor To- stop
lserye EN- ust the saIe will and shut
ny wha,k iol riddle II dol! whark iol 81 dol >,
The last threat involving an alusion presume Ia
TIE popular British impression that all nations 81 leu.
tonic blood live exclusively sansages. valuable
addition 10 the history Of country it, modern ballads
must be
\ Apropos Of the subject or akin 90 IT, the be
st0Rai O the Order OF Tue Back Eagle of Prussia upon
Prince Alfred alluded to In my last has provoked n
good deal Of commen and oljugation though 1t does
not appear that tc Young man has objected receive
il Pinch HIS hue bis i.g ut IT, aud a newly started
paper called the Opi SAYS that the Prince has pre-
scncd the bird 10 the Accumulation Society but the
Secretary reports that II be doncsllcatcd in
II England This Oni Is a little paDcr sold at large