, 1870-10-18
LONDON.

4VNuVN.
s:sarritr Pigeons and z8nlloon.-lrc
land nu .t.s Il,m FOR t'r~>tdens
aud Etnp. rnr< oar OF Piace-rh,
Queens Treatment OF the Enpfes
sporting men tu IrAtlblc-Cr,n,
tnals nnd I'lleir PMnsshnIcnt--l.ou
dnEs t.:s :ssrinA-Spccch IN eff tho HON.
~rcrr.nty OIL the WnE-CuFrcu
Gossip.
tFRox CIR srEe1AL CORRESPONDENT
LoSpnS, Oct. l.
I. is rot unlikely th.t il things continue a
they are between Icndon and Paris xe rhal
aesin 10 ind a synonym Tor ~ cai,art1 in tn
warl '.csriics pigeon News bv Pigeon
it eec min. familiar phrase on the hills o
fare pct OH. in tue streets by our daily jou.
1A!e, and ut times we are treated 10 In:cili
gence ''by balloca"' 70 tell Fou the truth,
believe the public ara getting bored With VA
letter.; rick Of so Iite1 ature q! sslspetre, ant
Of leading arti,3es Id smoky ae the battle
pieces nf Hrrace Tc:uet. I .Yok up = Wo,.
cesters hire gazette the other d.y aud found
that the ediIor, Food ea-{ n1ac, concerned him
SELF little WITH Affairs on the continent HI
had an article on local taxation: another or
manure: while, in ac?rler below hi. ttspott-
irg intelligence, he gave few teIsSrams 0,
tile inevitable subject OF tae hour. fei.. Al
least. that I was living iu Neutral eouniF,
Wien READ the Worcestershire Gazette-tAai
isn't exactly the name, bu! the fact mentjol
l*inc prosaicaily true, it is as near ~ we ma.
fairly 60.
Jefferson Davis has been, l understand
travelling Oh tour through IRELAND. pre-.
eun1e1he went i,.cO1.. Is there we're no .idsuon.
strations one way or another concernlug him
aczo-s the cla~snel. The Emperor NAPOLEON
has been specially invited to Dublio. The or.
4 Il ia
mcnds "the shoot19E," among other aSreea,
bic specia1tict. of His ex-Msfessy. There Ii
an opinion. pretty freely expressed in good
circles here, that the Queen behaved rsther
shAboily to Eugenie. Certainly The fallen
Emprees has not met With even ! friendly re-
eognitiop from Windsor or Eslnorsl, although
sardy seIni-cficial message OF coincidence
War despatched to her. The Gue!pls, you
perceive, turn up their noses at eminent uoto-
fietlcs in Iistross who do not hail fron1a Fery
long line Of auefstors: and, hesiies, a. old
,thwk,ns whispers in tlle club, Prince Albert was
Gseat deal, on MemtrAble night at the
opera in this cur city, aud the Queen las nut
forgotten, etc, etc. Thus Jawkiu~. who has
returned from Scarborough. and IL t!ycine
himself afre-h for Pieealil}y, the marine ali
HAVING given BIZ aged wh'rkers J tlnge OF zea
green. / went with BIN to oitr 'tG1ietv" the
other night. Thi, l',use has tu,.,Eove.l, or Ut
leaet it goes nearer to Carrying ont the in
tentloEs promised by it1 name, than it did in
the commencement Of its carrcr. have wit
pessed &rssedr AID still more solemn
comedy 1t the :" Gaiety." but llox it satisdes
- Eeggat's Ope,a." AID OffenbacL's Blue
be.1n made up tho H..7su for the evening.
The Sewgate pastoral wAs we'll done, although
the Csrtain Ma:hea,h OF the ritxe Was not 70
fascinating s-uunarel as to tempt many peo-
pie in tie stalls to take the road. Theu tho
i. i ~
to the great di-gust Of J3uki-s. .Hut the old
bog Was cone.'l.d by Uluob-srl. The scene in
which all :lc latie- a.d gentlemen on the
htage initiate the scuud u kissing Ni,h their
tits, wun thILasle Ct applause. This w.s fol-
lowed by cdH-cdH q.l1dEille Itch l-ft rothtng
to se desired +1esP. little 3ec,nc;: on the
part Ct tho performers.
Our Foli>e have taken it into tftis heal. to
eHrPreet betting. and they recently ha1:ie,l
two sporting nte:s. bringing Of Il ,.umt.er Of
ycz,r,g aud t,n ha Gs. VII. til. it Leaks smear
ed with signs Of the ea:t # !o.,i On 1hich
they h'd been :attt ming. The turfmcn
thought sheE might eS1de Che law By calling
their Gen club. but the l1,1ee failed; some
we're committed for trial, ard il another casc,
the eIsstc Eaul Vi the Cons'asita w1s hoasily
fined. People AZ atkifsc rh: j. not latter
salls ia:ezfsred with: Well, at present Tat
tersa1l. il. 30 to speak, out of town. and I
have no dub: that the ae'i-itY Of Scotland
iAu1 Il tuAs etsss"u. Is. III u1tAsute. Ius 10
H.: circumstance. Our police are. on tho
whole, retaaf,s. the Lest police ia tho world,
but they are hr NJ .neanr impartial, impacsa-
bic, or universal contradictions to the cvc;c.l
theories Of Sir Robert Walpnle. A London
policeman who would tcotn b'i5e, woail,
think. ccmrsornise himself saclE 70. i PIC, Of
beer, hay1uc. 1T :hc satue moment. tho price
to purchase ~ much of that liquor A. he
could ptsrItly conzume III his pocket.
Margaret WALTZ n. the t.aov fatmer. Is cast
for hanging. l think it probable the sentence
will be carried ent. WeaEe becoming alarmed
1t the increase Of irfanticide. FIVE babies
wire found Cudcr railway coaches and in va
rioua Ly.I1Accs. l1st week. and they bear. Of
cout~e, no proportion to the numbers made
away Nth III : leeE clumsy fashion. When the
1T il on us we do hang people here, Int take
10 measures TO come At the roo: Q! the social
career frou, uhish the di-order proceeds.
The eAilows tree ne1doul ie1rn wholesome
fruit. Yet severe punishment steadily admit
Uttered occasionally works wonders. For in
stance. gsrEpt1uG has been positively t3ogEed
out NJ regularly scoring the ba-ks OF the
,ufant aho were engaged in the pursuit,
tia. particular branch Of crime i now seldom,
I followed. am afraid We shall 10 compelled
10 adopt ei.nilsr mea-urez with the British
| wife-teate1. 1ha brute l. becoming desper-
| atciy nhiTuEivc- The Sin-demon has much
| to answer fer in liz case, and. indeed, the
intempcsance Of our population u =
grave xetTcAch 10 us. 1le scenes IN lon
| neiEht'orhootls. en- SatErdsy evening" arc ~
| pnsire 10 witness, scd the worst of it Is thu.
| the women fall into the degrading habit with
| On: the least shame Or check. nuuder how
| London pEbEcan sleeps u nights, how hs
| Srows fat in the company Of his Eauds, rabi-
cune slon-e. and adntnistcrs the afIss oi
the poo: Ct II. parish With an easy and 4
| ctnrlzcent nird. We had sn investigation,
en- Monday. INFO the cou3uct Of publican
| guardian. Rho wAs charged xisn selling gi:4 te
| the raupere cf the re:y workh ouse in w1ict
! he ofiiciated.
! The Thamee emsankmen, ID already looking
| pretty. though the young tre.s ara t;nge1
aish tic huss OF autu:2n- Il Is used 1ArSel,
| ss Froraecade- bet the approaches from Jul
aTe1iAl thorouGhta-ea aTs DO, wide or ire
| lutnt enough 10 render it yslusb1e Is reAe1
to the traffic Of the Strand 1ud Of FIset street
| The southern side il advancing yer! slonls Il
completion, or. indeed. might te no1e extc1
in ss. ms thst it does Eot ssvsE:e At al. II
ia hhished in front OF Lambeth Paiaco and t1,er
sus esees icuotly INTO sqaald wharf. close b,
which list sE ed 70 curious corcerr Of mud
larks, this very afsc1noos. TIE usehius wey.
| II 4 :e.p Il the slime, barling AID scceechiaf
pcruiar COMIC cong, ia admirable time ant
suce. Leytr ssH group Of amateur choir
ester. in l cs,u!orts.se room half SO h.pp,
4. TIE mu.ical mud-larks seemed to Be
I There was Ill tho fresh heartiues.
| ef children in the ring Of the voices, and ye,
! :he sight Vas net, u you can uu,iers.ap5. a.
together ag.e1ztle- HoE deserted. forlotu
! the FOOT ll,;ls devilH were. and with wha,
horrible eager7es4 ,hey wreetled in the river
long s,cce, an Arab Of the same tribe w3lket
under my umbrella. in shower Of rain, MIN
| licking ms gait to his companions over the H4v
and quite under the impression th.t WAS tos
| abstracte1 to notice him. cauRht hin quietly
by the arm, in the middle Of his gzimaces
! NJ foa Al hin. :,
expectation Of the BLOW, which he WAS pre-
pared TO take Is = matter Of course. HI
MAS du1nbfeunIed when I handed 1um
| penny. but. On recovering his eurplise
expressed his gratitude By turning hAll
dozen times hesa OVER heels On the asgs, AMI
which brought after him the Hhols besy tha
hsl been gazing on his performances from
the opposite side Of the street.
Mr.. Bruce, the Home Secretary. has made !
speech on the whr. with nothing in it. E
aihi!o mia II. Nj. Bruce is, however, baise'
By the psess like = badger in = hole. Ih
snart terriers Of journalism are alWeys sfyin
lard. should think his situation must b
the moet uncomfortable berth in the entir
ship Of State. He might, however. hsv
avoided N orstion On subject Of which he
conspienously ignorant, A dspntstioa Q
wosknEe55 oe5,I w''std d upon Nh ansn G''as1n Ss
French Republic. III. Gladstone vas yer
civil and guarded In his reply. 1r. 01ger
who went TO Paris to speak TO the Frenel
| provisional EoFeInEuent,n ME- 11reate1 FOR Sd
on his return, but he was very soon releAse
model working man. who does no work Whist
ever except talk.
I Here ia smart erigEsn. extracted from