, 1866-12-18
EUROPE.


Our London Letter.
The British suinaatry and their Troubles
Army Troubles-lnternAl PolliIca-
Working Mems Glubs-Thelr Origin
Description Of a Club-ChrIst1nas AM
nunla.
Correspondence Chlcago Tribunal
LONDON, November a, 1865.
TIRE BRITISH MINISTRY AND THEIR TROUBLES. |
Our Tory Government finds, as the time
for the meeting Of Parliament draws near,
that 1t has accepted very grave responsible
ties in undertaking TO conduct ntIairs, with
ont posse s'ug the confidence Of the couu-
try. It's troubles are manifold. There Is the
pressing question Of the army.-how to get
Yuoze soldiers ind how to keep those VIC
have. The people are 20 used 20 volunteer
recruiting, that no one dare propose my
system Of eonscription or Of universal drill
ips as in Prussia. If you try 10 bs'be
the youths by higher ray, you have
economists upon you; u you venture to
Lint at throwing open the higher posts aud
abollshing promotion BY purchase, the aris-
.octacy are In arms. And yet these are
times wien sacrifices may any day hare to
be made. Stephens and his followers gre
making Ireland thoroughly uneasy Without
boldlnG ont the sugAtcst hope OF doing her
any future good, aud some Of The English
pubic a1e getting 90 savage at the constant
eonspiracles and seizures of arms and enjoys.
that the 1in,fs actually goes 50 far ~ 10
country with repetition Of The Jamaica
nassacres With our present limited force,
We would end II extremely difficult to resent
an irtult IRON ieadaps Continental State.
No doubt II We got siar in the face our
!, blood would be up, and almost my measures
Of irnp.essment would be sanctioned. but
VIC feel, In orr calmer moments, that VIC
nre rot able TO take our old place or ini1u-
ence in the world. There was time when
We should bavc demanded, for Instance, the
| spirited away from canad4 by trick, but
NC take the refusal Of the French 10: deliver
| h,m over with considerable philosophy p; mud
| the pcws, which Is now official, that the Ala-
| ban,u claims Lnve again been advanced, Is
| told with every symptom Of Difference by
| the writer's who twclvc-month ago Wonld
! hare been furious nj the suggestion.
The feeling at home, too, rs to Internal
4 politics, Is not such ~ TO conduce TO the
\ equauinity ct our Cabinet. The working
hurried from pillar to post In their arrange
ments as to the Reform meeting, and every
da1 ono bcrpmes more convinced That the
| present Minister'S cannot, however pliablc,
do SO much violence to thcis tsaastlans, and
the prnasss of xs5 hsF pa,S ,S 1' = p bring
way meet the demands Of W tie
country. don't know tlnt the
mnss OF the Liberal members would care to
turn the Tories ont upon this matter If there
were not other considerations. But as they
sec the Ministers fastening TO ELL up vacant
the half dozen, Colonial Governors, peers
and maEisttates-the "pa1ty" gets nlarmcd
| and will swallow good deal Of rat1icalism
rather than allow their rivals to station con,
ecrvattyea Ia the best of the public offices,
The Government then is unlikely to lare q
long lie, and though discscdit the rumo.
that they will not attempt to face Parliament,
think they nre not destined to get success,
fully half through the session.
| WORKING NEN's CLrns.
Mhile statesmen ..c--. c@s.., I'D military men
svnu.ars, aztlsts, BohemIans, and nanY mort
meet kindred spirits without the inlcttnlx
ture Of "coarEer claf," tho working men Q
! the metropolis have a}sn their houses Of cal
and gathtrlng places, where they car get .
e2anplcteNssIpuc Of scene and subject af.el
tAsI1 In, har 5 work ls ever: | knew - mo- @
been started in England during the last hal
dozen years arc destined 10 be permanent In
stttnticns, or whether they will shave theI
day and cease 10 bc," Ike SO many other or
g4uuAtioos which phi1anthsopic ingenuis,
has devised Tor the benefit Of the mul
titude; but I am sure that while the,
exist, they are ngcucIcs Of unml1ea good
Some account Of this movement, affecting
as IT does, the social welfare Of our people
niay not be out Of place at . time like this.
Working mems clubs tn England owe tbef
oiiein te q dissenting nin!sts, tunitarla5n
! ADDS to finely cultivated tastes and we'll
J siosed mind, genuine sympathy With tn
"nnts and The wnys OF tie people. So Al
: dently d1d he iabar 10 thu work, and so com
in forming society, and in bringing on t
: Its managing body ladies' and gentlemen c
all creeds nnd parties. Cabinet Ministers
| and even Archbishops, allowed thei
names to be associated With dissent
, ing parsons and hetcrodox 1aymez
! were soon added to the list. A fund va
started, and the experiment Of the clu1
commenced. As these bodies are very niue
t like each other, will describe one III whic
happen to have taken come little interest
and which Is, believe, the most succcssfl
one In LONDON.
: When the notion was first started. two q
three Ecntle!Ecn who arc my ae,Ghbors |
/ the beautiful suburbs Of the me-
, ttopolis in which l Tive, consulte
/ together as to taking house and o
tcrinE to laborers and aftisans the use {
: pleasant rooms and Of books aud papers I
read In them. We began In Il very modes
I way, and there was clerical element abou
the organizers which greatly endangered III
success Of tic project. The vicar Of th
, | get him" Then Immediately IN 1naepc1
dent wanted bis minister on the list, and th
: Dsptlst his, mill the committee looked jus
.. like the committee Of society for the cor
version of the heathen. However, In Eus
land you cauIot str without coucilisting ID
l AunS.r r{e r{H Ay,l tr-~ tlf
. who would very gladly have had the Whit
! scheme under lalcal management, gulpe
: down our objections, and gave way hers an
, ! gave way theze, until only . ,nodicufn Of th
, original ptopo:al vas left. One thing, how
: Some Of the committee insisted that Ii
. place should be used as 4 preachin
station on Sundays, aud this We woal
not have, - we saw immediately ths
. we should by that Eneans prevent N
; from attending. So, after good deal Of n,
| gotinting and little urplcasaotness, tha
! idea was abandoned. and We opened Wit
two or three reverend patrons the less. Br
. we did open. and this l. what VIC offered I
, our visitors: VIC first had good smokiu
: laced folks shook their heads, but the smol
Ing room VAS our sine qua ron. Here II
/ men could come and puf away as long 4
:. they liked; the room we'll lighted, and
I winter good fire IN the crate, But the,
y was more than this tor then. There were
variety Of games. One friend gaze goo
baeatelle board; Others some sets ,
q chestmen aud draughts, solitaire boart
n and similar inventions for Willing avs
!. | heavy hour Then VT had lalge feadiu
weak point. The divlaes, disappointed I
e their preaching station, sent as a. donation
+ sucdles Of dry tbeoloEica! ;wo1ks.or stiz1iu
c | rcEivallst tlacts, excellent no doubt,
their way, but not EerT inviting iu plaeec I
recreation, Our pesiododlea!s, too, had
friends forgetting that working men Ike
= read the newspapers as We'll ns they do. ]
spirit OF revolt my donation was Of did
4 INT character, but when eaw my SEQ
and Dickens on the shelves, f3nked on a
.!aes y pelenies.. fe!t As though I u
I good Trustworthy couple in Il
house, part or whose duty It Was !,
; supply tea, coffee, chocolate and bread an
$ butter At very low rates 70 sueh members I
:. d.Nred them. at tirst the ultrs serious loo
/ think VIC should iad, when tho su-ssstic
G cflecturcs was made. Our good pastors NJ
q teachers came down upon rs very strong
! thts matter too, and We bad enough to do
+ prevent them from attacking Pepesy ap
: !sstnIlng On the historical acearaey, Of It
; penta1cnch. Bnr come OF u took 9TH
# subjects, and one or two with chemical c:
l. pcsimeuts, we're wonderfully successful.
:. We entrsPped our members and then We g
4 about to keep them, Il would take up te
: much Of Sour space to tell you the ste}
:, show how We stand at the present tim
c Our library has been wecded, aud We ha,
r really 4 useful collection Of books. tt
{ tables arc covered also with the best pane
: ard magazines We have grand plano, ar
4 We hare the walls hung with e1cellel
r prints; we have classes among the membe
e Tor music, and for languages We haye
+ capltal gymnasium. and there arc among tt
o | younger men cricket clubs, aud some prov
/; dent societies. The price OF subscription