The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-08
Che 9utlantl 1ailu Glubc,
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1874.
Correspondence OF the Globe.
E'OsssaGN LETTER.
LoNDoN, March 81, 1874.

drawn to satisfactory close; the General.
Sir Garnet Wolscley, has returned to Lon
don and is the "lion' of the hour the
troops, invaids and all, are daily arriving
at Portsmouth amid the cheers and APP
pause of their fellow countrymen hut on
the other hand the debates in parliament
upon the question Of the Ashantee cxpen-
diture, run high, and. together with the
consideration of relief for India, cngrOss
the greater part of each and every session
-Four million five hundred thousand dollars
is the maximum which is expected to COW
er the whole expense Of the Ashantee ex-
petition, leaving a margin for contingent
cies, which, in the estimation of the First
Lord of the Admiralty, is comparatively a
small cost and unworthy the exchange of
opinion and hot words which have ensued
| However the famine in India is the all alb
sorbing topic in both houses of parliament,
and is just at present the particular medi-
UNI of surmise AMI conjecture from the
parliament through the journals to the
| H''l'iN VI tiN thiNtN' iNiISNOl
Already, so great and terrible are the
ravages of this scourge among the wretched
inhabitants of East India that the history
of its dreful course must inevitably form
one of the black pages in the worlds an
nails. The proposal to raise loan of $50,
100000 for the service of India amply
proves how grave are the dangers which
the latest official information from Bengal
suggests to the government. Lord Sails
bury, during the past week, delivered Il
mastery address to the House OF Lords,
urging upon the peers the condition of the
threatened districts OF India. While freely
acknowledging the tarliness of the British
Government in its preparations for the ex-
igency, Lord Salisbury did justice to the
high ability OF the present Niceroy Of In
dia in the tremendous difficulties in his po-
siton. OF Lord Northbrook, he Observed
eve have every reason to repose conf
dence in him, which was timely cncomi-
UNI, since the Niceroy's measures have
beef canvasscd here with all the eargerness
excited by the most anxious fears Lord
Norihbrook's policy has been to maintain
ms usual the commercial vitality Of India,
and to decline 10 prohibit the export OF
rice from Bengal. This is the point upon
which the controversy in England has
principally turned it being alleged that the
resolution not TO forbid expectation i'm
pericd the supply which might otherwise
have been brought TO the homes Of the
starving population. In reply to these
criticisms. Lord Salisbury remarked that it
had been too much forgotten that the grain
tressed districts; however the noble speak
cr was less feicitous than usual in setting
his argument before the House. The great
thing to he noticed, we are told, is, that di-
rect communication by roads or water
courses in India is extremely defective, and
in consequence one portion Of the country
may he the theatre of grim starvation,
while a neighboring province is blessed
with plenty. In addition, the fodder tor
the transport cattle is becoming scarce, the
foot and mouth disease is raging and till
age is abandoned. Thus bad becomes
colony falls upon the English nation. II
is not surprising then, that the main sub
iect of conversation among all classes in
London turns upon this yeXed question OF
support Private traders have begun to
import rice, and the assertion was made
by Lord Hamilton before the House. that
the railway, which runs ar illel with the
Ganges, is carrying 10000 tons of rice pei
day to the relief of the sufferers, and that
the greater part Of this quantity is for
warded by private interest. The India
government, fearing lest the strain upon
the staff of railway officials might prove
too severe, have requested a fresh supply
of engine-driyers and stokers from Eng
lard. This fact might appear trivial were
1t not enforced by the enterprsing item
that, computation proves that the death OF
one of the engine drivers now employed
would cause a stoppage in the food foi
10, 600 persons. Ten millions sterling is Il
vast sum TO raise by loan. Lord Salisbury
remarks that all the money will not be
wanted at once, three millions suilicing fol
present emergencies, but he adds: 1--WE
cannot tell what the state of things will bt
six months hence. and we may have grea
trouble before us The House OF Com
mons will meet the counsel of its most skill
full iinanciers when deciding upon the ma
ture of the security on which the money
wanted at Calcutta shall be raised, Curl
osity is on tp-toe to note the department
of Mr.. Disracl at this critical moments h,
has not the reputation of II Gladstone il
financial matters; but rs yet the oracle il
silent.
THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.
None could have doubted the eminenc,
> # Enmlan1 nc cportipfr ,,tbo bo.
been present at the Cambridge and OxforC
regatta on the 2Sth of March. AS spe
cial rarity the weather favored the occa
sion and cloudess sun smiled upon til,
throngs of pedestrians, vehicles and boat
that. at an early hour, were to be seer
: making their way out of London across
the green fields, along the shining roads o
plying up the muddy Thames whicl
danced and glittered with unwonted holida,
glee. Putney bridge, over the Thames a
Hammersmsh was the Mecca, and to
wards it men. woman and child, dog
donkey and horse made the best of TN
way. The day was emlncntly English
and next to the famous "Darby faces,
the most notable in the years events. Ar
rivng ut llammersmith, ! was borne o
rather forced out Of the station into
quaint little, old-time street filled to reple
| llOD WIN III tNtIN IluNts III
2 windows of the little houses presented
cartoons of facial expression, while good
natured maids in the attic rooms exchange,
innocent badinace with the dapper cit
clerks and gentlemen of-a-day ON the tops o
omnibuses. Ere was aware, however, o
> this peculiarly Dickens-like picture, wa
raised from my feet and borne by the mer
ny tide down to the bridge The scene a
this point battles descriptions the banks o
the river were lined ten feet deep with Wis
itors, the men wearing hat-bands of tn
light blue of Cambridge or the deeper blu,
of Oxford the ladies', similarly, but nor
completely qttlred in the same tnts. Her
was presented the phenomenon of n blu
multitude, not hyper-literary nor melan
choly, but gaily blue, with ready jest an
laugh and Astounding good nature A
may be readily supposed, ! was not josi
led by any OF the "blue blood" they wer