The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-23
letters from Lentlon.

ff,orrrsruuuence or tt,c utEninond Dier~tel. s--
/ .sssssEs5 LONDON. January {, 1873.
.sssT There is n lnll among the handho fders.7
They are qu.eti gntting Tor aes sactlon 20 of
the Eegss 8. ye nat yoh q are nous
to receive, feTaar kett to GiarEe, Of
She Council of Fore 80 Bond hoade 5 may
the Lord make you truly thankfu u was
necessary to give this advice, because [ have
nv doubts as to whether the bondholders
will BE in a fitting frame OF mind to utter
any "erace after meat" when they receive
the tsbroken wittles = which the. Legisla-
ture proposes TO dole out. &1113.
Being frequently asked what the Legisla.
-ture is going to do. / always keep within
safe lines by saying that whatever else our
statesmen are guilty of, they will not break
the second commandment. Whatever bill
passes, it won't beSin 'tthe likeness Of any
thing that is in heaven above, or in the
earth beneath, or in the water under the
earth" Let US be Just, even to those who
want to "readiust."
learn that Mr.. John Collinson will be
the only English bondholder who will be
able to attend any conference" in Rich.
mond. Better, far. better, send oyer the
Governor and Mr.. Speaker to Tx things in
London. ........
Mr.. j. NJ. Holmes, of Birmingham, came
up to town yesterday to consult me respect
ing emigration to Virginia. Elihu Burrltt
and Mr.. Helmes began the Virginia emlgra.
ton movement In England Immediately
dollar to the State, Mr.. Holmes has sent
| Virginia hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
lin Investments. Mr.. Moth, OF FarmYille,
the first Englishman who settled in our
State after the war, was induced to go to
Virginia by Mr. Holmes. Hundreds OF
other o-Virginians would never have
lheard OF Virginia but for the unselfish and
indefatigable laborsof this gentleman. The
recent bunk failures and the present condi-
ton OF financial affairs ia England are, In
MIR. Hoimes'siudgment, causing many peo-
ple to look faYorably on emigration for re-
lief. He says that never in his experience
has there been SO good an opportunity fol
pushing Virginia. The only difficulty is
the unsettlement Of the State debt. Nobody
wants to, 60 to an, rinsolyent, State. The
South is highly popular among the upper
and middle classes in this country. By the
way, son Of Mr., Hughes, @. c., author OF
Tom Bro,rn's SehooldayS, is about TO seek
home in the southern States.
II the readjusters will get up cheap trip
to London" will undertake to convert the
s'whole ;biiin ".ef 'em to sound principles
in three days, and will guarantee that such
epithets as s'Shylock" will never again be
applied to honorable men like Mr.. Bouve
rie, Mr.. Hyde Clarke, and Messrs. Barring
I doubt whether in the entire history Of
financial transactions any State or natior
has ever had a more kindly-disposed ant
generous set of creditors to deal with thar
has Virginia.
The hotel in which our friend j. B. Dunn
Esq, of Petersburg, is staying is right op
posire to the ancient Church of st. Sepulchre
wherein is buried that doughty warrior Sill
John Smith, "Admiral OF New Englande,'
of Pocahontas fame. The church is under
going repairs, and Smiths tombstone, will
the famous 'Turko heads" on it, has beer
removed from the grave pro tenn. I have
had some talk with Mr.. Beresiord- Hope ant
Mr.. Hepworth Discon about restoration
of Smiths monument, and possibly some
thing may come of it when times mend
Smith certainly deserves better memorial
considering his brilliant achievements in
English and Virginia history.
.s- ST. ANDREW.