The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-12-19
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.
LONDON, Eng, Nov. 20, 1879.

| LONDON, Eng, NOV. ~, lofS.
Predictions of another severe winter
are being verified by exceptionally Sc
we're storms all over Great Britain
London, after enjoying whole montf
of bright weather, has at last entered
her usual dense November fog, which
added to the constantly falling sleei
and snow and extremely muddy walks
makes out-door life anything but agree.
able. The Englishman, however, halls
with delight this weather as being the
ara ~prophecy of the approaching
&lstnias, with Its gay pantomimes
roast turkey, plum puddings and ali
the associated pleasures of the holidays
Already are the shop windows illumined
with their attractive assoi tmcnts oi
beautiful and curious presents, and the
shopkeeper taxes his genius to the ut
termost in displaying his treasures in
a taking way. However bad the wealth
er may be, you cannot pass down any
street without finding crowd at ey.
cry prominent window stamping iheil
feet and blowing their fingers to keer
them warm, while they are using theiI
eyes and imaginations to the very bes
advantage. Even the most respectable
people catch the Infection of gazing a.
if they never saw anything before Il
their lives. Whether this is simply &
habit or is the result of an ignoran
curiosity it is hard to say. 1t Is, how
ever, certain that an English shopkeepel
relies much more on an appeal to the
eye than American storekeepers do
Long lines Of men parade the streets
with advertising boards before and be.
hind. l counted twenty in going ont
block, with the same advertisements or
all the boards. Most of the Theatres
employ this method largely. A
frequent intervals through all the large
cities of England you run across i'm
mense bill-boards which are continually
besieged by multitude. In fact abou
the only way you can ascertain the ap
proach Of public meetings or entertain
ments is TO keep careful watch o
these boards. English newspapers ar,
sadly behind American papers in thi
respect; they never predict events ex
cept in an advertisement. 1t is pro
voking to pick up paper and find tina
only last evening some interesting pub
lie meeting was held which you ex
pected to see noticed in the papers an(
to attend.
But for all this gloom aud mud ant
of the busiest mouths OF the year il
London. The return of the Queer
from the North, Guy Fawkes day witt
its quaint effigies and roaring bonfires
Lord Mayors day and its grand parade
the school board elections aud the open
ing of the theatres and other places o
amusement for the season-all thes
and more are allotted to November
1t seems as though an attempt were be
ing made to Danish external evils fror
the mind by general rush to attractive
indoor amusements. At the "Drur
Lane" the gallant Henry v"
nightly attracting q crowded house t
witness his bravery and splendor as d.
picted by Mr.. George Rignold. A
the "Lyceum the I" Merchant of Yer
ice and the old days of Garrick al
being reproduced by Mr.. Henry Irwin
as Shylock, and Miss Ellen Terry 6
Portia. At Her Majesty's theatre tt
Italian operas Faust and" Mignon,
follow each other tlalgh Ii
week. The Saturday concerts at tt
Crystal Palace have grown famou
and the Royal Albert Hall Choral Soc
ETY. has crowded houses every evenin,
Cannon Farrar, Dean Stanley, Newms
Hall and DR.. Parker are the princip
attractions on the Sabbath. SpurgeC
is at present away on an eight week
vacation.
The school board elections, which O
Cured on the 27th lust, were Chief
remarkable for the large number
women candidates. There were
least twelve, about six of whom we
# elected. The main cry of the oppo
ton was economy" but the gener
satisfaction in the old board was maj
tested by the return of a large MAORI
of its members. The school expens
d in London for the past eight years ha
nc NJ been very high, much higher than t
ms trainers of the new education code c
g pected. But the amount of ignoran
1t, and the demand for accommodate
ed for children was greatly underes
~, az mated, and the attempt to furnish c
int cry child in the city between the az
of five and thirteen with good edu'
tional privileges, could not fail to be
'iiS pensive.
om For all this combination of gayeti
me the real excitement in London duri
r,,syi November has been decidedly polite
he The liberals have been firing off 9
III after gun against the " Beaconsfi
Sc Sc Policy" Mr.. Bright and the Marq
to of Harrington started the boom I"
''' Manchester and told the people, in p
haps too highly colored figures
,, speech, the general misdeeds Of
iIy jpI government at home and abroad. I
,is- Duke of Argyle, little mistaking
ng cue, changed his denunciations into
tic vectives and hard names. But at
aid the candid, strong and earnest wo
nue rur' of Mr.. Gladstone in Scotland are ?
ty. ting to shame the poor taste and poo
her her logic of both his friends and opponei
its He takes up the issue, which, in
The own words is the greatest one the CO
iis, iss try has seen this half century. He
'er. many startling facts with which to d,
DC and his wise and eloquent declarati
no. are winning their way wherever I
the go. The attacks of his opponents h
hhs dwindled into mere complaints agai
ical his verbosiiy and other minor dets
'lla If, together with wise domestic p
sillnl wlll cy, he can establish dignified and
Its BILE foreign policy, there can be
, as doubt of the success nf the liberal pa
son, at the next general election.
and WooD WAR;
port Among the most remarkable proc
ngs lions of this age and country is ii
aid. Yair Remover. Its success is unpa