Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-15

Mir. Jennings, the careful London cores pondent of the New York World, writes that public affairs in England are rapidly getting into condition which does not appear to be entirely satisfactory to any party in the country, but it seems to him that the Rad icaIs have every reason to be content with the general progress of their cause. ''It is evident" says he, 'that the opposition which can be brought to bear against them is entirely broken and powerless The Con- servatives, as everybody must see, are thor oughly disorganized, and for the 'Conser- vative feeling which is supposed to animate the working classes, it is sufficient to say that it does not exist. The classes which are iden- tifed with what is called vested interests, fatter themselves that no great or sweeping changes will ever be made in this country, because the bulk of the people are opposed to them. Supposing that such interests had been in existence in the United States how long could they have been maintained against universal suffrage and thoroughly popular government? Would aristocratic institutions have survived single generation What reason is there to suppose that they will long ASAO) "AOA PAONAoSAy oAAO odll4C 1LAAot- ences are at work against them? The fact is that when it comes to the point the institu- tions which the Radicals wish to destroy will be found to succumb as easily as the House of Commons has done to the raid of Brad laugh. If effectual resistance was possible at any time, that time has now gone by, and the Radical party will inevitably march steadily from one victory to another"
 Holyoke, Mass, is to be the scene of a novel and extensive experiment in the use of at first going to put his plans into effect in his own city, has decided to try them in Holyoke on account of cheap power. To make the experiment which he will attempt will require 15O horse powers, or over two mill powers, or enough to run paper mill. A tower about 75 feet high will be built and surmounted by an immense lantern of such power as to put all former electric lights com pletely into the shade. The inventor will put the tower and apparatus up at his own expense, but he hopes to succeed so we'll that the city will adopt his system. He is ex- tremely enthusiastic and sanguine as to the result of his experiment, and his expecta- tions go far beyond the achievements of any previous electrician. He says that with seven such towers as he intends to build he can make the city as light as day both in door and out. His idea is that by filling the atmosphere above the city with light he will get the same effect that we do from the sun and it's reflected light, and that the shadows will be no darker than those made by the sun. His idea is to fill the stratum of atmos- phere just above the city so completely with light that it will permeate spaces which no direct rays will reach, just as the suns light does immediately after the sun has set. The light which he expects to throw out from one lantern will be equal to 3OO,OOO candles, while the largest elec- tric light yet attempted by any one else has been of but 10, 900 candle power. The apparatus will cost $15, ,OO0, irrespective of any investment for power, but after the sys- tenn is once in operation the cost of running it, aside from the power, will be small. The expense of lighting Holyoke at present, pub
 lie and private, is estimated at $1OO, ,0OO a year, and for about that amount the seven towers could be set up and the lights put into operation.