The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-01-09
OUR EUROPEAN LETTER.

Engldnd's Rulers. = Their Successes
and Failures FLINDERS Committed
by the present Administration - Ire
lond's Saferings. English Colonies
TO compete scith The United States in
the Erport Of Beet. an Emigration
Scare fhat may be Profitable to the
United States etc.
LONDON, Eng, Dec. 23. 1870.
The main interest of the week in Eng
lard is centred upon Mr.. Gladstone's
electoral campaign in Midlothian, which
ha raised the Liberal parl, from its
loiv estate to pitch Of enthusiasm that
w.il cviocntiy carry the coming elpc-
ton contests to triumphant conclu-
sion. Since the best days of Lord Pal
merston there has been no popular For
eign Minister on the Liberal side.
Earl Russell was failure, aud Earl
Granville made 10 mark on the times,
although he probably deserves more
credit than he often gets. Lord Bea-
consfeld did undoubtedly at first gain
much applause, and crafty many who
do not usually follow Tory lead. There
was, in appearance at least, a Rule
Britannia twang about his doings that
gratified no small amount of national
vanity, but which has turned its admir-
ers into its dupes. There could be no
pretence of merit in the neglect of home
interests, and the silly Pernissive Bills
of the Tory Cabinet, but for time it
dazzled with its foreign fireworks, and
in the delusion so created was for some
time its strength. Sound Liberals saw
through it all along, but the unwary
were credulous. 1t is now plain that
the false character of the whole thing
is seen by swarms of electors who were
for time msled, and, as MIR. Gladstone
observes, conviction is coming home
through the pocket, as we'll as through
the heart and brain. The Constantine
pie business has become ridiculous.
There is no prospect of reform, and all
that has been gained by threatening
and coaxing is TO obtain permission fol
Colonel Baker to write letters to the
Sultan lie is not likely to read, and
which he will not act upon if he does
There is in no part of the world any
thing worth having in proportion to the
cost at which the Imperial Premier has
obtained it,. Those who still believe
Cetewayo was a source of danger, can
not pretend that the millions spent IL
breaking his power were wisely applied
The war was wretched display o.
bungling and prodigous waste. The
Afghan war has still to be brought t.
some costly conclusion, and no one cal
imagine what new devices may be actet
upon and made the excuse for NOR,
squandering in reference to the Turk
Nkn On va,on1
10 fivepence, with probable rise o
twopence more in the next Budget, tn,
finances in disorder, huge addition t
the debt-these show what Imperialism
costs in money.
! The distress in Ireland still continues
unabated. The ordinary condition o
the Irish cotier is so low that depress
ing it any lower comes close to extin
gushing his life. One. roomed huts
with scarcely any furniture, swarmin,
with half-naked children, the pig, ant
some poultry, if the occupier is luck,
enough to have such creaIures-this ]
what the traveller sees if he venture
away from the few thriving towns
The wet season has made the peat al
most worthless for fuel, and the pota
toes have yielded all extremely scant
crop.
Gradually the whole world is openin,
up its treasures for Eng aud Frou
Canada and the United States alread
fresh meat has been sent, and by it
means the prices OF beef and mutton il
this country have been materially re
duced. But New South Wales and Vic
toria propose Immediately to enter int
, the competition, aud next month shout
witness the arrival here of some ST.
hundred carcasses of beef and two hun
dred of mutton from each of these colo
MES. The idea is to freeze them befor
the ship that conveys the cargo to Eug
land starts, and keep them in that cor
ditlon until their arrival here. Shout
the experiment prove a success-an
there is no apparent reason why
should not-it ia proposed to continu
the trade on larger Scale. Thus IT,
mother country begins to be benefite
:. by the younger branches of the Empir
she has formed.
, During the past few days an emigrs
lion scare has taken possession of
large proportion of the miners in DuI
ham and Northumberland consequer
, on the receipt of most unfavorabl
news from brother miners who but RI
Gently emigrated to New South Vale,
with the most rosy prospect of goo
: and profitable employment held out t
, them. They have been cruelty decei,
ed, and the deception will have the q
feet of checking to some considerabl
extent, the rush of emigration whic
, lately has seized upon the miners. A
. the latter part of last week, letters an
colonial papers were received by sever
al relatives in the district of Durham
From the reports thus to hand it sem
that the emigration of miners from thi
C ,untry has assumed such large prpoI
lions as to seriously effect the deman
for mining labor in the Antipodes
where very large meetings of the labor
ing classes have been held to deal wit
the question, and the reports to handIo
these meetings reveal very serious Is
pect of affairs-so serious, indeed, tia
large number of miners from Durhat
and Northumberland, who left Englan,
during the recent great strike in Dur
ham, are now on their way back +
England without ever having handle,
pick. ALPHA.
GENERAL Notes