The New York herald., 1870-01-09
ENGLAND.

suit ot Indict m ents in Different Cascs-HOw
tho Cnscs Diner.
II an Englishman wanted an American friend to
form good opnion OF England, and had that faith
on hrss Impressions winch experience teaches us
has 90 much 10 10 with the good or the evil we thiuk
oi men or place, he would certainly try ana make
nus friend visit ta,s country a few days before
Chrlstssas, aud remain with until the holidays
are over. Strictly speaking Christmas time Is the
one only holiday IN England that Is general and OF
1t mag be SAID with truth that from the peer the
peasant every one less gives himself
respite from labor and takes his yearly rest from
WORK. Christmas time with us rs to the rest or the
year what sunday Is TO the week. And 1t has also
Its own peculiar features. IL partakos somewhat OF
tho nature ol tae Continental carnival. IL Us
season-a short one al0w-lor merry making and
taking our ease And we are more genial one
towards anoiLtr less gwen 10 dispise this man be-
cause he has Ieiiner iitle or wealth. and to bow
down to that one because he has either or both Of
these qualifications than at any other season or the
year. Persons from ohcr countries and particularly
those speakin, what Ihackeray called 1.-The same
dear mother tongue" Who reach England the
present scasoa hardly fail to be struck with
the general the almost universal genial feeling
that pervaaes among all classes OF the community,
and the hearty greetings which are heard at every
turn between man aud man. There is far more
equality, lar more good feeling, far less bowling 10
the two gods worship with US sincerely namely
birth ana wealth than al any other time OF the year
In word visitors 10 Eng and would hardly Ian at
the present season to b more pleased win wnat
they saw IN tnls country than they would II they
came here during any otner month or tae twelve
which constitute the annual round OF the sun.
Among those who ought to rejoice aud be. thankful
for all nercies they have received lasG Christ
mas The dIrec.ors oi the ovetcnJ, Gurney Company
should not be tho nost backward. As you have
doubt be, loiornei by telegram these gentle men
were declared Dy jury OF city MEM 10 be mot
guilty" OF the crimes iaid to tteu charge. In this
country we nave no public prosecutor, and, there
fore, one oil the greatly injured shareholders OF the
concern o;rtaiu pr. Thom. took 1t upon himself TO
.'De ne cit," aud weat TO the pcnse OF pr0vidug
funds VIA NniCi orIug home 10 Inc direc TIE
offences VI wnici pubic opinlOn and common sense
deaaiej tnelA to De guilty They have 90. Oh Dy
not iesai ba, an equity quibule, and Or. rhom
about ao,o'o out vi pocket. Had he prosecuted not
the h0.e board vi directors but only that three or
Jour VINO Constituted lie original firm ard who sold
tue concerL 70 tne public there can De no
uouDt Out that verdict OF guilty. wound
bave DeeE rct4rLed Dut naviug miXed UP tnuse
wno wero notaoy and legally guilty with the
nve VINO wete morally, but n0s legally so, the whole
have mauased get on scot Tree. We are IN Eng
land veiy Lueu alsca 10 tax about the 1ckieness
public opin.on u Anerica anu the cnangaDeness
OF tue puoic view La your country. But ever
anything SEEN 30 aosufd as the caange tnat has
over pubic opn. .oa m London VITA respect 10 Inc
gentleman wno were tried lew days ago on Il
cuarye oil having "done' Lhe pubic out o, many
miiiions steliingt In January iast was presels an
the GuiuAa wneD tho Lord Mayor, III his capacity OF
magistrate, conniLted rae OverendGurney airee-
fors Tor uia. aey were admitted To bail. anu
6lcir WAY noaie tiicy were ho0Ied moGoed, and IA
suited 70 sucn li extent thai they had'tc be pro-
tected ~ tic ponce. GA wednesday last. they
Were decaIeu 10 p2 not guip by has Jury, they were
cheered Us tncy were tae most mortorols that
had ever suffered sceutiou Icr righteousness sake.
The uiai mId uoL be- Without Is fruits, and very
otter VIA tnas part iiencefortn IL VIII 10 i'm
possible TO convict tae directors Of Joint STOCK
paDfes VI any Buancisl crime. We naQ before tins
more than enOnga W tbose commerciai adventures
who lived ~ LaAIns nlicxs without straw, but |
now tlat the boies. swinde, even II detected, has
been shown 10 le.~liy mere unfortunate specu-
iaiion, ios WINCH loo1dsn ~ TO blame, the Imam
cla dishonesty oi tAls, already too dishonest ciy.
viii increase ana multiply iourIoid. In al
tins as IL seems W nae, there is n future
which cas4s us shadows before. Already, Tor
years pa,L Las all but passed on to %
pr0verb VITA US, Thai there Is law for
tne rich and aaotser for the poor. The
ish the nu.aoer ol taoss who bcneve In this doc.
trine. IL all very well to hear the weil-to-do
cisy banker, anu merchants cheering the prisoners
VINO had Ju,i yot oub o. the dock on "Wednesday last
but WIN I1esS eSut1tons ought To be pubisned the
language " the less distinguished .hieves-tse
.uiagsnisn,S the "rlag drOppers" the house
breaAers'' and olhers VINO attended the court. Ine
humber classes IA London believe firmly that tho
0yerend-Gurney dreebofs nave got OF scot
Tree because tney coud afford to pay highly for
counsel TO defend iLem. AND who small Say that
they are wrong Fhs iae trial has one point OF fact
BeLtec--tnat IL Is lawful and justinable 10 oner 70
purchasers properly Ia wllch II involved tne risk
1roui them tae rlsAs tney run III becoming pur-
chasers it is proclamation Of Tree trade--oi free
trale on Lonesty, u weii as on responsibility IN
COMMERCIAL matters. IL mas proved thal In England
a man may lie LEGALLY honest who Is not so morAny,
and Is ssglsllsea BY his iellow men. And At has
shown mat tAs geaeiai pubic VIII run down Us
Tlscais those wnon tney are delighted 10 honor 80
soon as tde criIaina Law declares 1t has no mold
over them.
politica, Mysteries Of London-~TEe Irish
Radical Revolutionary Conspiracy.
LONDON, Dec. 25--P. III.
London las / heard the present emperor OF the
French say, when Le was living among US, more
than twenty years ago, az simple, private gentle
man)n London Is ace 30 vast, and OF which even
the detective poiEe know 30 little, that any crime
mas be committed within its limits and any num-
Der OF TRAITORS might find shelter within It's bound
aries nobody bit the wiser. This has been
exemplned wtnia the last tUo days by discovery
which tue Home once has made-made not by any
cieyerness the pan OF its subordnates but by the
usual means OF ono Irshman turning traitor to his
fellow OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the Fcnian consplr-
acy. IL seems that the real danger to be appre-
hended from this combination OF stupid reckessneSs
and utter Jolly Is In London, not in Dublin. AZ
wrote some months ago the HERALD the Fenian
combination In London Is more wealthy, better
orga and less known 10 the police than IN any
part VI the Kingdom. IL II, In fact q regular
revolutionary society, bound together by
secret oath, having at Its command ample
tfunds and waltiag its timo 10 inIurc the
executive IN England, SO as to make, If not
q diversion Which shaR be useful to their cause Ia
Ireland, at any one which will be most trouole-
Home to the authoriues both there and In Engl and.
!Tue Fenians here and IN London are now mixed up
Ewicn aii the uuwasned revolutionary scum or
Europe, the 30 called ''patriots,n many of them
having lett their own countries IN consequence OF
srertain mistakes made respecting tho property or
ne 81 natures OF olners tnan themselves nave found
,reiuge In London ana take the brevet rank ol suf
zerers for POLITICAL causes aud make beieve to be In
exis for having fought against emperors kings and
sprinces In foreign lands. John Ball 10 always
rreaulous with respect TO similar adventurers, and
always believes everybody who IS III rebellion
ERqalnst other governments than his own TO be In
ahe right. For nty years past every scoun0rei who
was BLACK sheep TO remain In his own land mas
5ounu protection anu ospltality In England unsu
now these very dirty anu generally very poor
strangers did us neither good nor harm, for 1t