The New York herald., 1879-02-03
LONDON TALK.
The Metropolis Frozen Out" and
Suffering from the "Blues."
BUSY Blu RGL AR S.
England's Stage Discussed = A
Policeman in Love.
LONDON, Jan. %, 1879.

LONDON, Jan. %, 1879.
"All froze out! All froze out! We are all frozen
out! This is the refrain sung in half pieous. half
monotonous tones, which have heard the past few
mornings from my bedroom windows long before
breakfast. and again at night, when it is nearly
twelve and the air is nippng cold For some days it
has been frequent sight to squads Of stalwart
men, with shovels and picks over their shoul-
ders. wandering about the streets with the cry
of "All froze out!" upon their lips, and in
these times Of suffering and starvation the appeal has
doubtless met with success. The pity is, however,
that the majority of those who have adopted this
highly effective method of begging not entirely
worthy Of the sympathy bestowed on them. Some of
these men arrested in Hammersmith yesterday,
and in party Of five nearly fifteen shillings
found upon them. Among another party of six the
same amount was found. Mr.. Paget. who presdes
in the Hammersmth Police Court committed the
whole number to prison with hard labor for seven
days. the money found on them to be applied to
their maintenance in prison. But even this severity
has had little effect, for the cries have been
heard to-day. and only few moments since 1 saw
body of "navvies in Chancery lane singing this
familiar song and with great profit to themselves.
for the pennies were showering about their feet
"coME OUT. MY BOY, COME ouT!"
Starvation and poverty the excuses for
many crimes. Burglars and petty thieves alike
pect the sympathy accorded to the hungry and home
less. A very remarkable occurred near Wood
stock last Thursday-the capture in clergyman's
house OF burglar who claimed to be an American
named Alfred Tuckey. The Rev. l.. A. Sharpe
informed by his footman about nine o'clock in the
evening that there q ladder in the garden against
window in the house. Going to his bedroom to make
examination. he saw the legs of a man under the
bed The clergyman's good wife saw these sus-
picious legs at the time. and she cried to the
owner of them 'Come ont, come out, my boy!" and
the thief replied 'rm coming He did come, and
the moment he showed his head the Clergyman
seized him, threw him on the bed and stuffed
handkerchief in his mouth.
He sent his daughter down for the servants who
Immediately came up, and one of them seeing the
burglar had pistol, threw half jugful of water
over 1t. The pistol fired in the struggle and the
footman, named Rose slightly injured the bull
let striking button. glancing upward and causing
wrested from him. and from that time he offered
little resistance. They tied his legs and hands be-
hind him, and witness had him conveyed in his car
rage to Woodstock station. bag was found under
the bed containing jimmy and bottle labelled
Pure chloroform-poison." The prisoner begged
for mercy saying it was his first attempt and that he
was a starving man, but he committed for trial
LEAP FOR LIFE.
To add another element OF interest to the remark
able history Of Charles Peace. burglar and alleged
murderer. about whom wrote you few days ago,
he made daring attempt to escape while being con.
sSsTss of Keepers anS When sa'Tass nes she
opened. The request was complied with. when,
without seconds notice. he took flying
The train was going at the rate Of forty-fve
miles an hour. and certain death. would have been
by the foot The convict struggled and kicked
till the warder's hands bed, and grasping
the f4Sboard he secured purchase and
boot came of and Peace fell on the up track. The
train had sackened some by this tine but went
mile further before it could be stopped The
warders went back and found the convict senseless
and bleeding The doctors found that concussion Of
the brain had been produced and his trial has, there
fore. been POSTPONED eight days.
VICTORY OF THE UNco dUID.
nraxed tao cb For 'as the % omeals mas
bank lottery. and at meeting held to-day the
scheme was formally and definitely abandoned
among the shareholders. at this collapse of q
plan which promised to bring with it some relief for
them in the face. But all chance of success had
departed with the opposition of the Lord Advo
possible the promoters have thrown their scheme
overheard They profess themselves ready to assist
any other plan which may be brought forward for
the benefit Of the shareholders; but yet nothing
OF the kind has been submitted to the public.
DULL LONDON SEASON PREDICTED
According to paragraphis in the Pail Mau Gaseue
the coming season in London will be the reverse of
gay. The great city has the blues; tradesmen are
Complaining loudly that they are being ruined by the
cooperative stores house agents have intermnable
lists of houses to Lett servants out of place and
cannot get situations even IL they approve of their
. masters and mlstresses; families generally to be
found in town the moment the House begins to sit
land squabble) are to be conspicuous by their alb
Is this Ask tory and he will say it is be-
of the unsettled condition of affairs brought
cautious to venture upon politics. he will say it is
one of those cycles or waves of depression which
overtake peoples and which mo fellah under
stand" ask liberal and he will reply without
moments hesitation, "because we have tory gov
ernment." Society OF late years. says the writer in
the ItiH MaA, has become unwieldy in its propor-
tions. artificial in its habits. London life during
the season has become u fever from beginning TO
end. and many people have annually succumbed to
fipn md mis- of hair
Rsyeties. The misery of their gay etesl Then the
Emgls,n cynic agrees with the French critic who
pleasures BADLY.
NEXT SPRING.
And indeed the outlook for the spring, although
not so black as some would paint it, is sufficiently
doubtful IN color; 1t is "an arrangement in gray
anu there Is prospect Of blood colored streak or
spring. when young mans fancy lightly turnss,to
thoughts of-war. who knows but that the ''whale
and the bear may make II possible to fight? Can
dahar is taken. Cabool is closely and it is
more than likely that General Lomakin will receive
on Morv and occupy Hsrai. And II Herat is the
"key of India" what is General Stewart go
make q fresh advance2 But there are to
be some pleasant things in store for us,
for ann informed to-day that the Shakespeare Me.
mortal Theatre ut Stratfordon-Avon is 10 be opened
April - the birthday of the poet, and under the di
recton of I. u. Chatterton. Of Drury Lane The
PAssos ACCUSED pRuNKESNEss
A year or two ago Marquis rownshend started q
called Svcuf NOftS, about which
tic ever heard probably because its mission Was
the reform of social evils and the of
so-called "society news,' which its name would i'm
ply He engaged as its editor the venerable Samuel
Carter Hail. for forty years the editor Of The Art
Journal. This gentleman engaged ~ his assistant a
Wesleyan minister, the Rev. William Peppercll, who
last week brought suit against Lord Townshend for
wrongful dismissal. The defence that the
end gentleman was a drunkard, and the testimony In
proof was very funny and Mt times convulsed the
Court. The Lord Chief Justice. before whom the
case was tried added not little to the amusement
Ii ia Nv htpl Narn mt m nar-
haps but then everybody In court always laughs at
the presiding judges attempts at wit.
STUDYING MANNRRs PUBLIC
Peppcrell denied that he had ever been drunk at
the oiiice or in maudlin condition He admitted he
had occasionally gone to public houses In Hammer
smith and Noting Hill. but he went TO them, he
said, to study men and manners; they were "a very
good school Of course, man going 10 them for
that purpose did not make himself peculiar but
urally did there otlera did He snid that Mr. y.