New-York tribune., 1873-08-01
LONDON GOSSIP.
FOURTH OF JULY AND SHAH TALK

SOCIETY REGARDS THE sHAH-wHo CELEBRATED
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrDUNEl
LONDON. July 4-To wake up in peace on
the morning Of the glorious Fourth, with never
bell madly ringing and never cracker blowing
itself up is sensation calculated to inspire the un-
regenerate American with disgust. l am unregene-
rate Disgust would now reign within my patriotic
breast had not long since abandoned the idea oil
finding any appreciation of American lnstltu-
tiOns on this side of the Atlantic ocean,
When Elijah Pogram lakes his immortal stand upon
an oratorca barrel and shaking his fists in the eyes
of Europe bids its efete monarchs to trembe al inc
sound Of his fiery eoquence, Elijah little knows IN
what ignorance these monarchs are saturated, al"
how sublimey unconscious the Old World Is oi 'ne
significance of this Summers day. Mos' eA""-
ordinary thing" exclaimed a fine lady at dlnneI'
yesterday, THAT General and the Misses Schenok
sbopId be at homo tomorrow to Americans only
What does il meanp Are you really serlonsf
asked are YOU not aware of the reason n -" Ger
tainIv notv she answered. "How should we
know ~ retorted fine gentleman. Appealing to the
rest of the company, consisting of four men ana hve
women | found them all equally ignorant of the
fact that the United States about to celebrate
their national independence. When informed
that it would not be good taste to in
vite an old enemy on such an occasion, the
fine lady exclaimed, O0. Aue Ilu6 BeIlloiudl
remarked. "Ahp and the chorus observed
Really ~ This was highly satisfactory. and we
pursued our dinner without commenting further
upon Gen Schenck's action. Imerely said to my
self Good people, il is MT fashionable TO know any
thing about America but before long will change
all this Our past is linked with your history; your
future depends upon ours. When the English
people celebrate their Fourth of July you will be
likely to remember its American ancestry"
At present America might as we'll be in the moon so
far as knowledge Of interest in, its institutions
are concerned. Where the English people see
great generous continent, society sees blank, and
like blank we shall be treated until the discovery
is made that the geography of the Mississippi is in
fnitely more important to England's welfare than
that of the classic nissus which often be walked
across without detriment 10 shoe-leother. We
are all more or less ignorant, therefore;
ignorance never amazes 1t is satisfaction
in ignorance that excites my wonderment,
and il is this satisfaction that exasperates Ameri-
cans who are foolish enough to expect political
recognition abroad Il am afraid to refer to your
country either in praise dispraise," said an Eng
ishman recently, "for whichever do / am sure to
q1ve ofiense" OF course. He can't help it. The
oifense is in a tone half sneering and half patrOnz-
ing which it requires much sang fOid either natural
or assumed to tolerate The tone is so native as to
DE. unhuONlnBlN, DdII Ol sptdhcI SCAls IhCAC
are English and English be it understood. The
people are our warm friends; so, too are the
radicals but among other classes there is no
real love for us as nation, however much they may
like individuals There ought not TO be, but. al
though fully prepared for attack, am always sur
prised when men of good position begin their ac-
auaintance by informing me that everything In
America is thoroughly corrupt, that all ras-
Gals that only salvation is in mOnarchical inst-
tutiOns to which we are rapidly coming 1t never
occurs TO them that their remarks are insultng but
If an American, more patriotic than wise, retorts,
his ebution is set down to ridiculous susceptibility
certainly have no desire to screen wsOng merely
because it arises in my country, but sometimes,
when gored by the dishonesty of our legislators, /
am inclined 10 reply with a tu QuOque. The Credit
bIoblier will hide its diminished head when the
history Of the Metropolitan Board of Works comes
TO be written. London vestries have been proved
rotten in sundTy cases. The difference between
England and America is that we expose more than
the truth and the English concede everything that
is calculated TO shake established customs. If a
member of Congress becomes drunk not only our
own country but all Europe is acquainted with the
fact. II member of Parliament disgraces his seat
no one is the wiser yet there are three bOnora-
beM P's who are screwed" as regularly as they
dine and legisate in this intelligent condition. 1t
is about time that the vail were removed from
English hypocrisy, not with a view to revenge but
to enlighten a certain class of Americans who stu
pidly believe that the Government of Great Britain
Is immaculate. Whenever investigation takes
place gross neglect OF jobbing comes to light. The
last news is that G65OOO0 are expended yearly for
Parliamentary printing. How it goes, nobody can
tell 1Pm threatened with the loss of my seat if
don't put a certain person in office" says
clever NJ p. So you see that human nature is very
much the same all the world over Neither republ-
ran nor monarchical institutions are panacea for
moral obquity. England now is about to honor a
man whom / have heard severely stigmatized by
most trustworthy persons. "He has used corrupt
means to accomplish his results, but has done public
good nevertheless" is the common verdict. In
America, this verdict would possess an organ. The
mans enemies would likewise have an organ, in
which details of corruption would appear. England
Iuppresses whatever is detrimental to the upper
,asses and points with holy horror to revelations
of republican baseness. What grim joke it all is
Well. as said before dashing off on tangent
Of geueraities, am signing for piece of bunting,
akeg of gunpowder, and package of fre-crackers.
few torpedoes might console me- but alas! they
come not. In my despair take up 9he Telegraph
and read leader devoted to our national holiday.
1t is written in kindly, generous spirit; but the
other journals do not give much as paragraph
1--WE wrote about you last year." says one editor as
though people remembered the contents of news
oaper tyenty-four hours! Fancy American journals
ignoring all reference TO Lord Mayors Day or the
Derby, or the opening Of Parliament, because men,
ton had been made of the same twelve months be-
forel The telegraph seems to be aware that news
n news whenever il repeats itself; but The Telegraph
goes astray somewhat in asserting that Americans
and English are the same people. England ana