The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-07

buckled to his side by Her Majesty upon whom the
knight Is looking down with smirK Of intense satis-
faction. while ne sxclalms "Iarons pour IA Syyie"
THE BRITISH CHESS BOARD.
This caricature expresses tho uppermost 10
most mems minds the royal beliicoso
policy, that She decidedly antiRassan and that II
there be any divisions and dsseIsons the Cabinet
which her Prime Minister Ia the head There Is u
vast game OF chess Ia progress the queen has been
played-knigh. 10 follow. Should the sentence 10 for
war the family ties Of the happy family OF European
crowned heads will become lille complicated It's
interesting to think OF HIS Royal Highncss the cap.
tain Of the ronclad Sultan bombardins OF his
pcral iather-in-law's ports-say Odessa. his
Royal Hghness the Colonel Of the Rife Brigade d.
recting attack against the inirenchments OF his
imperial brother-in-uw the Crown Prince OF Ger.
many
THE IsDEPEypEyciA
AT time whom the British dock yards are busy with
preparations TO meet the coming storm we are 70.
minded that they stiI continue 10 turn out war ships
for other nations The ron-clad Independenca whose
building has been accompanied by series of osastcr
her back having been broken by bungied attempt 10
launch her, was at last takon down The the
first stage ot her long delayed voyage Brazil, she
having been built for tho Brazilian government Bus
misfortune still followed her and sho went aground
tho mouth OF the river owing accident
a careless ovcIsig ht-o her steering gear. She took
the ground close TO the shore and az low tide high
and dry The greatest anxiety prevailed as to whether
Ia this trying positon the lower part Of her hull
would bear the immense superintendent weight OF
the armor and massive turrets. Such was the
sold,y and strength OF her construction that she did
not even start timber or bolt and she wns loaed
oil safely at high water. The Independence Is evil
IDENTIFY tub that can stand on its own bottom.
cLgoPATRA's NEEDLE
We are to have the Needle alter ALL Tho broken
thread OF IFS history Is taken up, and arrangements
are being mado to bring II from the Spanish port OF
Fcrro. Bail has been given the owners tho yes.
sci which picked up the Needle to meet such savage
may be awarded, ana Captain Carter the master OF
the strange craft 10 which /. Is inclosod has been
sent 10 Ferro To superintend the repairs the
Cleopatra across the Bay OF Biscay TO Tho shores
where tho ancient obcsk will lind resting place and
I'm Qnf IN VhA mnc .hArA at nnAnn
where II Will probably suffer deterioration and
damage than during its thousands OF years OF exist
awaiting the ARRIVAL OF this foreign monument, they
arc pusiy engaged 10 pulling down an ex-
and crazy Old Temple Bar the scancId
is up all round II aud execution Is about
to be dono upon tho fantastic OF Sir Chris
TOPPER Wren and Thomas Bushnell. Elizabeth ana
her successor james Charles and his son. tho Merry
Monarch, are to come down shortly out OF the niches
where Tor 200 years they have attitudnizcd The
work OF demolition proceeds night and day, and at
night me huge gas Jets are lighted on either side OF
tho arch which cast urid glare 0vor II and upon the
walls and towers and massive scanoding oil tho
law courts, whose birth was the death knelI Of
the Bar for tho foundations OF tho rising building
undermined those Of the arch, causing Its stones to
gapo and crack doubt II 80 impressive night
has been witnessed IN Fleet street the days
when the 'no popery" bondres lighted up Temple Bar
that which nightly attracts crowd OF spectators 10
the spot-the very spot where great bonfire was
lighted by the Protestant rioters In 1879 Soon after
this the first CHASTITY trophies were sct on the Bar,
which became emphaticay tho place OF skulls AS
by one, and comes down the ignoble piilory.
The heads OF the irish rebels were spiked upon II IN
the last century, and Irish aborers nt WORK
pulling II down. Rctributoni
SERMONS
The metropolitan churches well attended--Rl.
most as well attended as the public houseson Christi
Day. Al ST Pauls Cathedral the Dean dwclt cio-
qucnty the lessons taught us by tho festival glad
and joy, though II might seem irony to rejoice
and DO glad when tho heavens around were black with
threatening storms and danger, and when great
nations engaged IN tho terrible struggle OF
perishns by thousands Dean Stanley,
at Westminster Abbey, discoursed upon tho s'Biood
of Christ" which, he said, tho emblem OF some
spiritual reality. Turning to tho Bible for the
comprehensive and peculiar characteristic OF tho fO
OF Jesus Christ and OF Christendom, wo could not 70
far astray in adopting the definition Of the expression
as contained In one OF tie authentic epstles oil lgna-
t!us who said rhe blood Of Christ is love or cbar-
ity." IL was that continued the Dean, which mado
DAVID Livingstone happy IN his African wanderines,
which animated Charles Wesley and John Keblc when
songs and which should animate US to-day. AZ
the City Temple Dr. Joseph Parker delivered, before
an immense congregation terrific illumination
against English society. He announced that no n-
tended not 10 preach sermon. but to deliver dis
the birth which they celebrate that day had
cecdcd or had Jailed lar AS England Is concerned.
For tho consideration OF the question he would place
before his congregation the supposed report Of Turk
who must DO imagined 10 have lived In England
during the last Twelve months
THE UNsrEAKABLE TURK.
This imaginary Turk stutcd In his report that he had
found his own nation the uppcrmost subject OF Eng
iisn criticism The Ottoman race had been spoken Of
mean, cunning treacherous, false, cruel rapacious
informal wholly detcsable and Infinitely vilc 1.-the as
serpent, Ioahsome as leper, fierce tiger, and
black us devil. Finding TINS country. With holy
cross for its symbol assuming such lofty tono Of
virtue against his country tho Turk had taken pains
to inquire into Its authority for speak ng severely
I'd he found the authority small and Incomplete.
Ho found law courts trying SOLICITORS, superntend-
euts Of police aud chief inspectors; tho
stock Exchange no heard more lies in
wlnter's day thnn he could wrtta
In week OF summer; men hatching reports, starting
rumors, taking In the innocent, r0Dbing the widow
AMI the orphan aud gambling all diy. The Church TIC
found very ike tao stock Exchange, with tho cure Of
souls sold by the nucuoncer ~ the highest bidder;
shop ard clergy wrangling together; chapel biz
Cnurcn and Cnurcn scratcL Cd chapel Such. said Dr.
Parker, would he the report OF the imaginary Turk
The moral condition OF England, th,nChr
Ing, simply appalling. We might disguise II, shut
to H. but there was the humilinI,ng and in
famous fact that amor centuries OF Christian civiliza-
ton this country drinking moro Intoxicating drink
Than ever II did. had more paupers than II had,
piid more magistrates than ever Il paid. had moro
prisoners than 1t had. Wassail bowls and mstlc-
toes pantomimcs and boxing days mish t u
forget these things; but there they were eating
the mo oil society and emascuinting its virtue Tho
Doctor sent away his congregation very much i'm
pressed and with n bad attack Of tho blues. myself
Tess TO feeling that nothing but universal doluge
could better matters.