The New York herald., 1867-08-21
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SPECIAL Correspondence OF THE HERALD.

Close Of the Summor Season-The Reform
Biil-RepresentatiOn Of Minorttics-The
Hydo Park Meeting-The Queen and John
Brewn-Allcged Insanity Of Her Majesty.
LONDON, August 10, 1857
The past week in London has been extremely dull.
Tho weather, too has been miserable. While New York.
srs have sweered beneath the summers sun, We have
had the chs and cold rains and bleak, gray skies OF
November. This 10 tho nrst bright sunshiuy day that
have seen for weeks. The English climate like
English hospitality, English manners and English moral
iy very peculiar and has to get thoroughly ac-
customed 10 1t before he likes It. After he becomes &C
cus,omed 10 the English peculiares, however, am
bound to add that he likes them very much indeed
Almost everybody has gone out OF town, either to the
seaside, to country seats or to the happy hunting
grounds IN Scotland Mayfair and Begravia-the Futh
avenue and Madison avenue sections Of London-are
quite deserted and the houses shut up The fashionable
is Instead OF balls and parties you hear
only Of departures The Rotten Row Of HydsSPark
which Is like the Mall OF Central Park. Is without is
throng OF carriages and riders and pedestrians. Tho
noticeable people who In town only await the
nnai passage OF the Reform bill BY the Committee OF
Conferences Of both Houses Of Parliament and that Is to
take place Monday next Most OF the theatres are
closed and those which open present no novel;
ties except the successful appearance OF Mr. Hermann
Vein, in The Man o. Airle q. the Princess. All the
tradesmen grumbling their lack Of customers for
the past has been far from profitable The Owl
has suspended publcatona sure sign OF the tight OF
the politicians and fashionables from London. The
ministerial white bait dinner Is already preparing o,
Greenwich n am not misinformed, Parliament will
adjourn before this letter reaches you.
The attempts Of the Lords and the rsformers to get up
sensations about the Reform bill during the week sg-
pay failed carefully attended the nnal debates upon
the bill in the House Of Lords and anything more un-
h~
10 imsgine. The Characteristic Of the House
Of Lords Is drowsness The temptation TO 60
10 sleep there 10 almost irresistible The cham
Der 10 very beautiful, larger than the House
OF Commons, gIlded wherever gliding add 10 the
architectural effect and upholstered in crimson, instead
Of the House Of Commons plan; and M the farther end
Ia the throne before which sits the Lord Chancellor
upon the woolsack or state cushion but the proceed
ngs In this splendid hall are very dull
I was present, for example, when the Reform bill
was reported back from the Committee Of the Whole.
The Prince Of Wales occupied his seat. Lord Cairns
withdrew his Objectionable amendment raising the
odgsr franchise. Lords Derby and Granville made
speeches; yet there excitement and no interest
the discussion. score Of strangers looked sleepy
from the gallery; . hundred members dozsd in their
posing voice. And yes sbls was the night which must
hereafter become historical, when the peers OF England
| tocracy I wonder whether the Magma Charter was
adopted amid such indifference.
Driving from the House Of Lords to the Reform meet.
ing al Hyde Park the same lack OF spirit dscernble.
The meeting was, TO put II mildly, nzzle Beaos was
present, but he said nothing remarkable and the per
who assembled cared more for the game Of "Aunt
Sally than for the speeches There were compare
lively few people in the Park bu, the arang for
the stands were the same those already described
your report OF the former meeting. That meeting
held in defiance Of the government, To this the govern
men raised objection, having discovered thai there
was no practicable law that excluded anybody from the
| public grounds The excitement OF doing something
when the government forbids was, therefore, total
wanting In this instance. Nor there anything fol
The reformsrs 10 complain about Mr. Dsrseli has out
itted eales By giving the people more than they hav
ever asked and II his nane had bseu brought forwars
lv YouIa have qiin VhesIea Rs.sR4 q bs0ssd