, 1869-04-26
L0kD0H.
Frig;ltful immortality in
England.
The Ocean Postage Question,
Mr. Reverdy johnson Re5uked.


(FnoA 0CR OWN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, april I.
THINGS NOT TO BOAST 0F-A BLACK PICTURE.
While thu London season Is beginning With
open opera houses and theatres, fashionable din
ncr parties, aud solEecs, and Exeter Hall ami
versary meetings, the public press abouuds in
ecandalous narratives, affecting every Glass Of
society. In the country there IL the Ut the
Wi!e Of Da1onct disclosing In her Illness m
alleged Intimacy With young but exalted MEM
ber Of the royal family, and afterwards retracs-
ing II, though not before strict Investigation had
been commenced By her astonished husband.
Another "higt personAgc" Is taxed With q
fragrant abuse Of patronage In the
military administration, and q Parliamentary
inquiry Is Threatened. In the commercial
worll the trial 0f tue Gurness Is coming on md 1t
IL expected y the defendants themselves that the
cAse will end III sentence OF imprisonment Tie
story cf the employc OF the gas company who,
with Ra1ary under four hundred q year, las been
living III the sut'arl,s, Ike wastcful luke, mud
fiaA lesanca, after spcndinr some hfty thousand
pounds Of tho comp2nys fun1s. Jou have seen.
The shareholders are furious, fur Aulong the
directors are two London Ailesmen-one, the
late Lord Mayor, Alderman Gabriel, aud
the other Alderman Daklu, both rcrntcd
to he The acutest Of city merchants,
b;lt who III thts matter have been hoodwinked like
children. The scamp had put s1own the sums he
had distracted under the head OF =" arrears" anil
nobody uskcd for particulars, Until Government
Inspector came. The latter igad statistics to col.
lect, and when this item Of "a1Eea1B " was handed
him, insisted Gpln the names and tlates AZ nnrc
tle Jeremy Dilllcr, whose nnlne ii uFss, a1l
VIII" hal passed Tor CrHsus In the country, mud
1iatl half built church with somebody clscs gold,
Sd" the ga1e WIS up, and holte'i. Several s,ngu-
lar stories arc toll u htn. In addition TO the large
stlNs Gf money flau,lufcut!y obtained by him from
tue cus company's funds, 1t Ii known that he hui
1t tnts ben very succcssful III tvna t.e spccsla-
toEs, By which he had honestly cleared mlny
thousands Of pounds. And such was his
rca'l.ness to oblige those who then reek-
oucd themselves his friends, that during
the monetary panic Of 1866 he avcrtcd ruin from
more than one person Of position IN tho city. Yet
so intense YVES the insanity Of his vanity that a!l
he acquired, honestly or dishonesty, Including
legacy OF sMull amount bequeathc'l to his wife,
was scattered broadcast, In m en!eavor 10 realize
something that could only be raralc1e'i In the
pages OF Dumas jsrc. Ills extravaganza in all
things can scarcely be conceived; and by pumey-
eus acts OF charity so strong feeling has been OK
cited In his favor among the poorer classes Of the
nefEhtorhood that at the ealc OF Ills furnturc Inst
week remarks we're male tna:. were Z thousand
pounds reward Offered fGr his apprehension, uui u
1A}or family there would bctray him.
Then Mr. y. Wood, the fine arts" reporter nf
the 7inxs. has hccn going about With police de-
tecttEes In variety Of low haluts al t!cscEib.u,
lih experience afterwards, and thu results OF nts
observation. lie tells nothing new. hui what he
tells loses nnne Of its scsnd2I0usncss By !ts want
Of novelty. Not to be outdone, the Duly Telegraph
has batch Of the West End OF London which will
not bc SURPASSED In It's indications OF moral tesra-
dHtton hy any Of the reports frum shcAthcu" couu-
tries Which will presently he read ut
the May meetings. According to this
authority, the whole OF the fashionable Regent
street district Is subject 10 fond nj prostitution
fir SIXTEEN out ftAc teenty.four hours r. Il little
after noon, "brazen, painted, har'l-csed women
French, German, or Be!gtan-nany Of them
who have ''peti their trole' for year,, and who
live in apartments Of their own, not in brothes,
collect and wnlA up aud down in the most fire.
q 4cn1el streets Of the most fashionable quarter
Of the town. The Telegraph knows oil the secrets
OF the trade. From I until nbout O'Clock" II
Fays, "there is pause. For these two hours
'gcut!cnen' are supposed to he at dinner. The
time for such places Of resort rs tho
AtgEll rooms soon comes, AMI to them
the prostitutes 1Iock by hundreds.' Midnight In
the uarmarket Is tho hour !" drunken ptostt-
tutes-if you are Silly enough 90 tlst Foad-wiit
twist you roun'l knock your lat oI, or modest YOU
IN any fashion whici. seems to them tn's, alvsa-
biz, II you will nut answer thcr appeals. The
prostitutes flock in from the places Of amusement
Dedicated 10 thc!r use ami the houses specifically
called might houses arc opened. FruM e. N.
till J. N. or thercA}touts, In point OF time, nn.l,
as to place, from, the 1Iay1narket anil Lower Re-
gent street, ur Regent street, anl alaus Post|and-
place, the nightly stream Of Lunlnn prostitution
flows on. The women ave there ly lsundre,ls-it
would scarcely he cxaererltion to speak Of thou-
III I1F7fFt tt~nTtF fnr&trr 41kA -jtD
1nolcs1atlou Of passcrs-by-uf this there
is plenty and then tlte same
Telegraph goes On TO speak Of "ittlc children, teu
years NJ age, anil even lea. who shouHi he In !ht
nursery, hut who are cctually prostitutes There
ts something put IN the foregoing 10 make It SEN
Ftouol, but enough remains to slcken au hosr1fy.
Turning To quito other scenes, Int in every way
equally dsEraccful ones, iinl Dr. Norman Nc
Leol III the narrative he ID publishing Of his visit
to India, contrasting the favorable condition OF
the peasants In the Bombay Presidency with fh7t
Of many OF the poor 11lshlandcrs Of Scotland. II
recalled to minA, he writes IA Highland parish
know well, In which, by wanton exercise of pow
cE on the 1aH Of n proprietor, witt no family to
provide for, the people Of whole district were
cleared on, anil houses where respectable families
lad nset! for generations ordered to lie torn 'lown.
cannot help Wishing that VIC had some Of ln1as
civil Eerynnts to settle Ireland and the High
moves wcll-to-lo Prvsl'yttrian clergyman. lIk.
LIT. Norman Mcleod, 4 royal fayn1tc, to language
OF this hut!.
MAIL CONTRACTS
Political feeling entered bitterly into the late
dispute rs to tho mall contracts The contractors
ARE Conservatives, and have great Influence IN
South Lancashire and Liverpool, 10 the Cuuserra-
t,es In nil The divisions were fur the contractors.
Tic select committee 'lty!cA several times while
preparing their report, AMI the lnyarta,'c voting
WIS three Liberals against The contractors anli
three Conservatives lor thcu-thc Chairman,
Liberal giving the casting ynte for the Liberals
Apart from this element In the discussion, tho
nrtnirn Of the country Is with NJ. Sccicy, viz:
That the Contract oNrht not to be ul:plc for longer
N'shH:than q year, and TINT the payments ought to
i" dependent entirely IN the nmlcr Of letters.
newspapers, etc, to he carried Negotiations will
slloVt:s, no auuGt, be attempted With the Post uf-
flee Department Of the United State+, with the ob-
1tct OF establishing penny rate 0f postage, such
rafc to tnelude mt cnly the sea conveyance, hut
the inland tn'lics both here anil III thr United
stated This can certainly lie done II certain ship
owners, who have oIercd TO undertake the con-
Scyancc at j charge Of one penny per ounce for
letters In shirs sailing on q stated dag In every
week. can make good the!r oycE.
have Jus! lEen reading the evidence taken be-
fore fht Select co1nmEtter, printed for the In
formation Of Parliament Some OF the statements
atc absurl-one, for Instance, TO the effect that
in consequence Of the telegraph system, CORE
sren,!cuce with America Is likely to decrease
rather than to Increase, aud that the kilograms
arc already making a considerable difference.
This IL eIngu1arls incorrect, aud the deduction Of
the same witness, that In consequence Of there
being telcET0phlc communication, 1t is not so
necessary to have quick packets Is rs Ridiculous.
The price Of a telegram to America Is three
pounds, seven shtllings AnA slxpcnce and II ls pre-
rosterous to argue that because one person. can
a1ord to send telegram to America, smother per-
son ought 10 bc deprived OF eenllng letter
quickly foy s!Nrence 1t was plainly stated to the
committee ly the Post Once authorities that Mr.
Anthony Trouopc's mission last 3ear was CON.
1'ctc failure, 60 far as ihe end proposed ls con.
cerned. The following Is the li1trcncc between
1lS F0ST OFFICE CONVENTIONS WITH TIE CSITkl
eTA7s OF 1s6. AsD 1865.
The first alteration shown ty the new conycu.
ton cancludea by Nr. Trollorc Is. that whist tie
convention oi 1sG. left each ONCE at liberty to col
1eet that rate OF postage It thought proper upon
letter provided that that postage did not exceed
cer1Nn sum- the convention OF 1865 1Xcd al cqua
FUN to he collected III 10th countries; IN Ike
manner, with regard to m unpaid letter. whereas
the convention Of 1867 left each ONCE Mt liberty It
make mint surchargc It thought proper on eucf
unpaid letter when received, the convention o.
1865 nxed the amount tobe collected bs each ONCE
on an unpaid letter. Tho convention OF 1866 fur,
ther contained q paragraph In which the two Of.
fees undertook that, at the end Of twelve months
from the commencement Of that convention, the
question Of q further reduction Of the lettc1
rates Of postage should TIC considered. The con
ccnt!on Of 1865 reduced the charge to b.
lcytcd in the United Kingdom on news
paper for tho United States from l d. to d.
the next alteration Tas very slight one: !nstc3'
Of liking the postage on book packets, and sam
pies, al certain sum for { o., It nxed a sm2lle
sum fos packets exceeding o. or not exceeding
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