The New York herald., 1868-04-13
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lie Schools Of the Union-Queen Victoria In
Camp-PubIic Distress and Taxation-The
Mania OF Crime-Thea tricals.
LONDON, March q, 1858.
American affairs continue to occupy very promi-
nent place among the interesting topics In London.
Every word of news concerning the impeachment is
read with the utmost attention. Last night Parlia-
ment debated the expatriation question, and while
Lord Stanley was speaking In his manly, common
way it became evident that the feeling Of the
House was decidedly favorable to the American view
OF the matter The feeling among the people is just
the same, and if Secretary Seward will meet Lord
Stanley in the frank spirit the rights Of natur
allied Americans born In England will be even better
protected than are those Of the German-Americans
by the recent treaty.
When American churchmen come to England they
soon begin to pander to English preudices. The
Bishop Of Tennessee ectured this week at Cam
said that he believed in educating the masses; but
that the education ought to be q religious one,
Secular education alone he argued would be treason
TO God and ruin to the race. He condemned the
secular education OF the United States, which did a
good thing in training citizens for the business Of
life; but without religious education Americans
were unfit for the duties Of life. These remarks come
with good grace from the bishop of State that
has so long denied education to the negroes and
from an American who ought to be aware that the
free unsectarian schools Of the United States are
The Queens visit to Aldersnot Vas hot success, in
spite OF the attering reports Of the London papers
The display M lay Of troops was rdicuously small; there
was not the least enthusiasm, and The weather be-
were T to get under cSvef lie s soldiers S
which had been 50 long anticipated is decided
Iallure. Her Majestys popularity Is gone. The
the popular heart. Everywhere the Princess goes
and sne attends some theatre almost nightlyshe Is
spend'dly received.
Times are quite as hard in London as in New York.
Maay Thousand are still out OF employment, and the
officials have just brought storm OF Indignation upon
themselves by serving the starving people OF East
Lendon with notice to pay about three dollars each
1or poor law taxes. Fifteen thousand notices were
starvation The fashonabes of the West End are
also IN trouble sixty ofthe best houses In fashion
able London are to let; two hundred families have
this affects literature and literary men, The papers
and the booksellers lee the pinch, but not badly
the writer's. or Bull Run" Russell's first novel,
justpublished, only two hundred copies have been
ordered by Mudic the leading proprietor of circu-
stances, had right to expect order for at least
Thousand copies. THIS is Rtssels first novel, but
te chances are that 1t will be his last for 1t is very,
very duh
There seems to he q mania in England at present
for torturng little children Several will
nurse at benevolent institution at Brompton, who
amused herself b., putting little child up to the
hips in bath of scalding hot water. The worst
and the criminal, named Charlotte wingaeld'
nal servitude This woman was a discarded
mistress ana had son about thirteen years old-a
dssolute boy, who gave evidence against his mother
with the greatest cooluess, steadily call ing her .the
prisoner at the barr while she retorted in court by
accusing him of the crimes OF which she was charged
This precons woman had nephew, aged six,
who came to her on visit. They Knocked, beat
and bruised him: they burned him with hot pokers:
the mother cut INN over the eyes with Iuile; the
burned all the flesh OF his knee that you can
see the bones; they held him in cold bath and then
threw him on the fire TO dry. Every refinement OF
cruelty was praotised upon the little fellow, who
viyed It AL however, and was able TO stand up in
p1N QnQfn fn.f htc
heartiess aunt. And tins is merry England.
somebody in New York has played a very sad prac-
teal joke upon Mr.: Charles Morton, who acted the
magician in the ''Black Crook at Niblos Garden.
He has been sent over here, as he saws, with the
piece and the music, and from his advertisements
one would suppose that he thought al London had
heard about the spectacle and wanted to see him
perform in it. The truth il that the 'Black Crook
owed ais success, not TO any Of the actors-Mr Nor
ton iucudodhut TO the ballet and the scenery. The
ballet came rom Paris, and the most OF the scenery
was purchased In London, after It had figured
IN The best pantomimes. What, then, remains
OF the "Crook'' to interest LondonersS OF course
Mr. Morton Is without an engagement, and unless
he be more fortunate than most American actors is
Likely Ia remain so in London. Multiply the diff
cultes ol New York by ten and yoa can form some
ldea oil the difficulties or obtaining employment in
London.
The Pdu Mnu Gazette has made the following dis.
covery:-The United States constitution requires
that person shall have been citizen OF the country
seven years before being eligible to the national
House OF Representatives, and nine years before he
IL eligible 10 the Senate The constitutional amend.
meat abolsniag slavery having been promnleaied on
The 18th OF December 1865 II follows that no Southern
nero can enter the House before lS73 the Senate
before 1875.
rev Finn Of Parliamentary Election-Tbc
Democratic Movemcut-Exposition OF the
american Political system.
LoSDoS March %, 1868.
confess myself unable TO ascertain who Mr. sterne
may be, what weight may he attached to hls
utteianoes, but the following report OF his speech
deliw red at a small meeting held to consider Mr..
Hareir scheme OF representation, which consists in
allowing everybody 20 vote for what candidate ne
peases irrespective OF nominations localities so
many "a ousand votes to elect.
oily journal reports:-Mr. Sterne, the Secretary
of the Now York Personal Representation Assocla.
ton thea spoke at considerable length the merits
OF Mr.. H2re's scheme as compared with the system
,con,idered that Mr.. Hares plan was an ab solute
necessity for any country, Ike the United
Staes, ing universal suffrage, or for any
coui try like England, which was drifting towards
that cOndiLon. The evils which were incicent
20 the existing bad system oi representation were
laid 10 the doQr of democracy Itself, and became In
tue progress towards more liberal institutions In ts
country confro1ied with arguments Illustrated by
facts drswn fym experience Of Americans-evils
which dd not arise from their free institutions but
were due 10 their bad system % representation.
Therefore he wehcd 20 raise hia voice ana ayy that
the United states should serve rs warning ss well
as an example. The evils from which II suffered
OF 'fs o1tcehoIders ana levsiafors Venaify was 80
great that II bad made many OF their best men
despair Of the permWency OF democratic institn-
tions, and had caused them 10 look with envy upon
the Briiish legislative body. The country suffered
from tue misrepresentation OF the opinions OF
great mass Of their people and OF very important
elemeius of public opinion. and also from the unfair
,rsprese 1taton OF the whole community OF the two
tQfter evils lie wished to give some illustration The
Tinted - vies, for Instance were supposed to be
nation we1ed to the protective policy. That opinion
arasc not ony from the fact that they had protec-
fVs rr I'M, that during the discussions in Congress
MON tie suI, ect OF various tariffs they had not
sngle reprcse patye in Congress VINO seemed to
he h0Iougily familiar with the principles OF free
trade pr0,it a. england naturally supposed That
tie people Of America were 8s ignorant upon the
Sub Og fice trade ~ their representatives. That
w.'s an error They II "a among four million voters
IN the Northern states least five hundred thousand
frcetradcra, bat these Il We hundred thousand men
we're hot htafd n Cong1e " snpy because .ney
elect rcfreschta're iu Cong, css. Against tins cry
Ing evil Mr. ilalc' Iiau, or alT modification OF u