New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-11
LONDON TOPICS.
DENTS OF A GLOOMY WINTER.

IRON IHE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRiBuNH.l
LONDON, Jan. 24.-Our Minister Mr. Welsh,
III confined to his house; not so much by actual
illness by tho continued severity of the weather
which makes 1t iInprGdent tor him to try the open
ar. H. Is able to transact all the business Of the
Legation and to see his friends, but his physician
forb.ds him to foot ont Of doors long asths
east wind blows aud the mercury hoyers about
freezing point. Bronchitis OF which Mr.. Welsh
has had sharp attack cannot be trfcd with in
London. Even when the bronchial symptoms
have Welded TO treatment, tine patients
only safety lies in keeping under cover until
mild weather comes. That il Mr.. Wcl>h's present
condition. lrudcnce and his doctor have turned the
KEY On him, nor is ne permitted to expose himself
f. the nc'emency Of his travelling countrymen i'll
difficulties
lti, indeed, now some eight weeks since Tho
EuEl,-hman began t. enlarge his usual gambling
about the weather. he has To trus; To his memory
90 90 Ei, .n1;iuafiol Cor sunlight in London no
genuine ",am has lately made It's way through the
canopy r SUiok, and fog which ovcruany3 and en-
vclops mi, city. There comes now and then
INST ot warn. air from the south just enough
to render an" -Ic"ts, which before were almost i'm
PAS able liom iro,t, impossible from sush. Bat it
speedily 'aa.nc- and the municipal authorities
are iV,i = lrprsS in one ease a. in the other Tie
cleaned; fhe horses ere not properly shod, and the
>n-l! ii-', Oi lite have seldom been so numerous
to On" j.. Il ,hmau. Ills complaint OF The cold would
h, ah-uid were II not taat such slight cold
does eAiSt Is really "HcrptioIl The Loudoucr
win Inc inorcufy al ~ is no happier than West
Indian, and if nc be poor he must endure real hard
-'ip.
1n"n thcr" is what the newspapers call the pro
va,iHg I'-ir"-.. Lines are hard and the suffering
in mos. pa.,, of England from genuine poverty
Is .ag greater han usual Everybody secs some-
thiug # %. save oui, Sir Michael Hicks Beach and
his coij"l .u', in the Cabinet, who consider il an
invention OF their opponents directed to political
cIa-. "a pits on q concrete aud almost human
form in tie bands OF roughs who are permitted 20
roam trougl the streets of London singing gayly
''Wcvr got no work 10 do-o-o-o.' Few of them
loo, q, ii 'hcv would do it il they had it; or had
ever done much Of the honest Kind. \
gang # them was Dro1ght mp on Wedncs lay
before . police magistrate. They were seyeo in
uun,,s: the; uai been less than two hours before
The public and tIrt had collected thirty shIUnef,
vhci they were proceeding to invest IN the near
est public house when iHterlclcd with by the myr-
mi .u- Of the law. the magistrate locked thcm
up aad i.nppunded the money FIR thcr support
while IN prison. BIT IN ,n seemed 20 b. just %
many abIu arX day. Probably they had not rotd
the papers nor hid the pplic .lncu who looked tran
gully on rs they marched by amid shower of PEI
mes from the upper windows. dare say the POI
li.emcu Thought the TeugnS were getting the
hes. of At; - IN point OF pay they GER
ti.,,. ,vsro fo., I,,l,, polic,,non contents him
sci with u matter Of - week. Never
o.,,d,t I-.ca man anon ti,cse trampine bcrgars
,,,,l,,L.dlil,e a genuine worllIngnan. In Paris,
,i.. -..,J nd, La allowed to nv their trade for
.i.,.t.-. Euttbi- l,a Land Of freedom and the
l,oi ,f.,ls. Won ar. Lluued AT every corner by
,.yt.5, b. t,,o l.e Of cro>,ing--weepcrs or match
,rll... .,t Hr. h...r-,l .. oT-4u-gIiudtI5 you
.r :.......i.,! 40 YOUR doorstep, Jy unfortunate,
IS. 'l-i rls,als vino crave charity in the tone of
I.riHnu.4n; aud PERHAPS one ont of five hundred
once .i fortnight ind. the law tco much for him.
! nave s..il impuieut hetglr- In Switzerland m
I,,I,. and IN .n,;n. hur IN n, great city. oxccrt
o., ri,,.- U.J,iJ / m,pd,capcy more regularly o.
a.5lzr! or more extraordinarily pursued than iu
I,nf,p "a tHis moment
Tire. >soriatc, il.y. been elected this week by
IN. ROYAL Aead my They are Mes,rs. Val Punscp.
I.,!., and MrWhirtcr. Mr.. rrin-ep Is a men
tor.nu. a., pt.r of arDbtious Subjects lately back
tram I,.l.a where he las been doing contemporary
I...rI ,,,tr,. f,r tI ~ tbo ,',pnr.ss and
her vi,,.-r,pncror. Lord Lytton. A biz Indian
voIuu.4 illustrated hy Mr. Prinsep is iu4i about TO
onnoar Mr.. Luke Fjdcs made n sensation two or
tI,rc, ,sars SINCE Tx g, pictura called "The Casual
W,rl 1T r.m.n,hcr RIGHTLY, representation Of
,,,..rt -, ono of its mast pteons forms. Uagclrd
.,,.,, ,rJ s,or,.,,, cbiI,lren were er,uped
- 1,,.,,,.. r1I;,fi, ,ba al,n.borsa Tine
'G,.,rs ;,',;,t', r,',o,, d.n,b Of feeling in tbe
=, nat Je,oid of sentiment or even Of
,.',,,,;n. nothos hnt II showed q very ippcrfect
,uI.d'. - Tho technical hu.inc,s Of his art. 70
,,,,I ,,,ainl,. II ,vos very badly painted. MIR.
,..,',a. Inn. ,,,r,o1 hard sipc. then and has i'm
., IT,. - Would NOT bs diaicult 70 name
i'"''' p'' -. him in avery essen
"''' ',;..,I,.,. R,t H.. f.. rorylar