Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-04-24
From the Boston Journal.
Letter from London.
LONDON, Eng, April 4.

the equinoctial season. Forgive US
then, O Bostonians if We rejoice
over our good fortune in finding the
umbrella we brought across the At
lantic so far a useful encambrance,
and as neatly furled as when we sail
ed away from Castle Garden. All
London is in ecstacy at the good be-
havior of the elements, especially as
Oxford and Cambridge are about to
dip their contesting oars into the
Thames for another trial of pluck and
strength, and Belgravia desires to
appear in immaculate kids and unruf-
fed beavers.
But the sun struggles vainly to get
into London. You can see him at
midday hanging lazily above t.Paul's
like a great golden plate, through the
smoke and fog which never lifts, and
through which even his midsummer
rays are powerless to penetrate. In
the days when we got up early to see
him eclipsed, through our smoked
glass, the sight was precisely similar.
Here the eclipse is eternal. The ro-
nance of seeing the suns rays CLINT
piously through the stained windows
of Westminster, upon the tombs and
monuments of the great. which wn 60
often read OF proves to be, after years
of fond cherishing, a most sublime
burlesque. The numerous gushing
writer's who have spent all hour at
the Abbey, all forgot in their senti-
mentality that here the sun is ever
yelled and never "glints" at all. The
romance, if there be any, in walking
through this Norman pile, is in get
ting your clothes terribly dusty and
being buttonholed at every turn for
shilling. You purchase your tickets
to the chapels Of the mummied kings
precisely as you do at the box office
of Drury Lane. You also get your
check to visit the crypt of St. Pauls,
where the coffin Of "the great Duke,
is exhibited for so much per head
children half price. And if your
desires lead you to Parliament, a
shilling will buy the signature of "a
peer" upon which alone you can get
a sight at the crimson upholstery of
the House of Lords. Apply to the
fOotman in red at the east entrance.
THE IRISH CHURCH.
One of the greatest evidences that
the Government is DESTROYS of con.
ciliating the Irish masses is to be
found in the debates now going on IN
the House OF Commons, on the ques
ton of disestablishing the Irish
Church. England has maintained the
Protestant Church, or Church of Eng
land, in ireland, since the days of
the early conqucsts, by means of
tithes or taxes collected from the PEG
pie Themselves Catholics, this syS
lem Of robbery chafed sorely the
Irish pride. While their own religion
has been maintained through strug
gless and privations, the Established
Church kept its salaried deans anC
bishops, who lived in pompous luxury
from the forced earnings of the PEG
pie. Now n propoai.io" - - =
abolish this system of oppression
which is the last link in the chain OF
Cancellation, and by Means of whicl
the British Gorclnmenthopes to quie
the sons Of the green isle. One afte
another the links have been strucI
from the chain which has bound Ire
land, because they CALLED too sorely
and too great oppression of peopl
is dangerous. Stranger still, bot
parties in Parliament acquiesce /
the measure, although the Liberal
are the managers of it. On the 3
inst. Mr.. Roebuck made a length
speech, the galleries being densel
crowded, and nearly all of the men
bers in their places. He began b
stating that he should vote for tn
measure, followed it by saying th
cause of religion had never yet r,
ceived any benefit from an establish
ed church, and closed with the r,
mark that there was nothing left fC
Ireland to ask for only separatio
from England. But this, of cours
England never would grant, becaus
the day when small governments {
small countries could exist had gor
by.
In the galleries were large deleg
! tions of the clergy whose pious moutl
were frequently heard to hiss, as tt
subject Of Withdrawing their brea
: and butter was discussed. A vel
refreshing part of the evenings Sc
sion was the presentation of pc
q ton from the clergy, which the mel
Der who held it in his hand afhrmt
= was $3.50 feet i'll length" Notwlt
standing its lineal measurement, b
little attention was paid to this II
mortal from a class who have lived f
J years upon the extortionate tithes c.
/ lected from the poor of Ireland
J. That this measure will carry there
Z now not the shadow of a doubt. L
{ land is all eyesore to the Imperalis
y which they know no cure for. W
u u believes that even the disestablis
IL ment of the Protestant Church in L
J land will conciiate that people
J. Verify the world moves even be
II in conservative England. So gre
= is the feeling excited on this questi
IL that the yard of the House has be
crowded from morning until night
the past three days by persons Sc
E. ing admittance. Among the Gro
oS one can nick ont aft anv time n On,