New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-16

| nicipal Govcrnmcnt-OsheR Jmpreve.
| Aents Centempiatrd-The Collision in
sAe Channcl--fow Presidcnt Jehnssn's
| Message 10 Receivrd-Merc Iutevnn.
uenni Cerrcspendcncc--C oIenss ~ The =.
Cape-Htems.
Prom Our Special Cone,ropse,,
LONDON. December %. 1905.
King Leopold Of Belgium dead and dismissed
Into the background OF mems memories his obseoaics
pcrformed"-wbich is Just the right word far n far
with true Begianrcnch taste they painted and enan
eled the face Of the poor corpse FOR exhibition while
living in state which ghastly mockery reminds one OF
Popes fine eJy--
"Ard-Be.,y, give this check : lte red
| One needn't sGre, look hiieous when ones dcadp
the funeral panorsna.ized in the English papers we
turn to other matters Immediately concerning the living
(Apropos however Of the Newspaper accounts that 10
The Saadard-which sold 10000 copies on Monday
last-was written by Percy 81. John. whose brilliant
editorials gave Tie TtIgrapt ts first start but who has
long since transferred bis alegiance that in The 7tle
graph by the unsavory Saa now on bis way TO Rassia
where It ia lnol to be hoped he'll keep out Of the
immediate vicinity Of the Governor Of Moscow, who,
according to story in recent Christmas NUMBER"
hes cheerful custom Of sending strangers 20 wori in
the Siberian mines after be has got all he wants ort Of
then-which wouldn't suit George" even with priyi-
ege Of unlimited "vodkiD And, naturally, Christmas
is now paramount in most peoples .houghs above
Gov. Eyre OF Jamaica and tie Riuierpcst. Indeed
Judging from the appearance Of The butchers shops Of
this metropolis you would hardly guess the existencs
Of the laterwhich folks are busy in disproyirg
to the extent of allowing II only fvo victims cur Of
every 600 or half best in every 100 Of tie ZOO o
head Of cattle in this enormously re.socked coGrtry
lint M wall 6s Till LII
"does mp this aspect Of the streets fectousy thst
it Is roally srperfuous to air,c. TO rewfite it: ,
Vegetarian theories have iec ,edly bad zinc NJ
1t at this moment Enormous quarters gigantic roglds
massive nid'Tios. u'anic sloins proclaim in oil direc
tions what csrnlvOrons sniJal IL mar and how be
likes the nndereut Here and there--tlcketed wit, a
Io5etie Of scarlet or blGe--g noHsrous mountain OF
flesh. with strata OF red and white and vast powders u
fat pro.airs that some hero OF agricultural slows has
taken his last prize and paid his debt 10 nature aud
oi-cake. The national Institution Of beef eliminates
into passion at Chrstnas. To see the shops,
would chat the sneien worship OF tie hId been
revived somehow, and that modern orthodoxy de-
pended upon TIE weight Of the Christmas joint and
The appetite OF its nssaiants Then there il TIE uu,.
ton-tbcugh that is Erastan at this season-ann-
dreds and thCusanis Of saddles and icre-qulrteIs
which have grazed the Ar.ana heather on Welsh
hills and reyeed In unlimited turnips, all to supply
Christmas dinners. And-.o say nothing OF calves
heads. with lemons IN their months boars' heads pro.
claimed by tho old song the finest dish in ali the land
yenisop, veal suskieg.pies. and streaky bacon, In
try and game Tnekey3hy tens OF thousands fitted in
Norfolk yards. 10 make British holiday ducks as
big as geese, and geese as great as evans pallets 60
numerous that where next years w.aid eggs are 70
be found becomes an av al mystery; and cockercs n
such prollsioE thai one would imagine can have
been len 10 crowon every side hang those victims II
the season. Hsres come next In hundreds and tLon.
sands With pheaslnts. grouse black game partrid.es
golden plover snipe teal w1dgeon and wild-iow 'of
Up from the icebergs at Christmas 20 be- killed and
with elarei sauce Then there are the fsh-Wondc.fI
cod; taTe0ts lied nose and tail TOO big for anybOdys
a miraculous dranght. These AID more, together with
what seems Ike all the fruit OF the South and The spices
and dainties OF The East and West out IN The
shop windows for the Christmas dinner tables; this
vss unlimited lavish snpry being tched in FLOR, tie
hole vide world for some thirty millions Of English
people, who. rpoR the 25th day u December in each
yeareyen II they starved all the rest Of itwould ear
drink, ard be merry as their forefathas did, AMI
their children will do in their turn"
All of which very fine and very true, and not less
In the latter respect the remainder OF the editorial
devoted to plea for the hungry aud starving poor WHO
gaze this plehora Of GOOD things" like that ortho
iox symbol of hopeless misery. Tantalus In the infer
regions Of classic fable. Bat there i too another
REV of the streets Of London at this festive season.
N which The Telegraph expstietes not With very
many In this metropolis the idea Of enjoyment and
Indulgence at this and ell other occasons centers only
N Gin-the blue ruin" Of popular phraseoogy ard Of
their own bodies and souls live the Surrey eide
Of the water near the Elephant and Castle aad ony
this morning saw the GiE-Gend at his busiest, in
snowy palace" decked ont like bower OF Bacchus
with classic ivy, red-berried holly and oscula.oTy and
Drudical misetoe q. also any quantity Of paper
Of various galdy colors There forsooth, great
crowd was holding high Christmas revel women with
babes in their enulating that awful drAb who In
Hogarth's print Of Gin Lane" pours liquid damns
tion into the mouth OF her child; preparing them
selves to realize q later picture. when
yrol madness iashes up In the rufins bead.
TIL the ilhy bysno rings with the yell Of The tsHpled
nnei
little miserable wrctches tpceng to reach up The
polished bar, with jug bottle in one Land aud the
necessary amount Of half pence in the other pay fer
what mother had sent them for-ai. too within
stones throw Of Mr. Spurgeons big tabernacle. (M
does MT preach much sgainst intcmperance bless you
nor az rule do eny OF the orthodox teachers OF theoo
gc religion Of whom may 30 truly soid IN the words
Of Theodore Parker hey scarcely lessen any vice OF
the State the Press the Market; they are TO save
souls from tie wrath Of Gol.') And liglpries's of
the bbulous temple, behind the bar stood the swell
barmen, with gorgeous breastpins and shirts Of The
finest quality tucked up 10 the elbows, to aaoFd lal
play TO their ninblo arms Verify the deSn Keeps
Christmas too after his fashion But what Is the usa
Of preaeLingi Take on exorJuln from Mr. Alnswolths
"hempen widow in--of all the books in the world
"Jsck Shenpar" Gin Lane is the nearest road 10 the
oh,rehrard bur il it shoriens The distance and ghtens
tho ,ourney. care not The spirit drink may be
no,sonit may kill meperhaps IL is killing me; bit
woud Lupger, cold, misery-so would my own thoughts
,.,,J have zone mad without il. Gin ils tie Door