Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-07
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our EurOpeau Letter,

Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng, Dec. %, 1879.
The main interest of the week in En-
gland is eentered upon Mr.. Gladstone's
electoral campaign In Midlothian. which
has raised the liberal party from its low
state TO pitch of enthusiasm that will ev-
identity carry the coming election contests
to u triumphant conclusion. Since the
best days of Lord Palmerston there has
been no popular foreign minister on the
liberal side. Earl Russell was failure,
and Earl Granville made no mark on the
times, although he probably deserves more
credit than he often gets. Lord Beacons-
field did, undoubtedly. at first, gain much
applause and crafty many who do not
usually follow tory lead. There was. in
appearance, at least, n rule Britannia
twang about his doings that gratifed no
small amount of national vanity. but
which has turned its admirers into its
dupes. There could be no pretence Of
merit in the neglect of home interests,
and the silly permissive bills of the tory
cabinet, but for time it dazzled with its
foreign fireworks, and in the illusion 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
we've for time misled, and, rs Mr.. Glad
stone observes, conviction is coming home
through the pocket rs well as through the
heart and brain. The Constantinople bus
mess has become ridiculous. There is no
prospect of reform, and all that has been
gained by threatening and coaxing is to
obtain permission for Colonel Btker to
write letters to the sultan he is not likely
to read, and which he will not act upon il
he does. There is in no part of the world
anything worth having in proportion to
the cost at which the imperial premier has
Obtained it. Those who still believe Get.
ewayo was Il source Of danger cannot pre-.
tend that the millions spent in breaking
his power were wisely applied. The war
was wretchcd display of bunglng and
prodigious waste. The Afghan war has
still to be brought to some costly conclu-
sion, and no one can imagine what new
devices may be acted upon and made the
excuse for more squanderng in reference
to the Turk. The income tax raised from
two pence to five pence, with probable
rise Of two pence more in the next budget,
the finance in disorder, II huge addition to
the debt-these show what imperialism
costs in money.
The distress in Ireland still continues
unabated. The ordinary condition of the
Irish cottcr is so low that depressing il
any lower comes close to extinguishing
his life. Oneroomed huts, with scarcely
any furniture, swarming with haf-naked
children, the pig and some poultry, if the
oceupier is lucky enough to have such
creatures-this is what the traveller sees
if he ventures away from the few thriving
towns. The wet season has made the peat
almost worthless for fuel. and the potatoes
have yielded an extremely scanty crop.
Gradually the whole world is opening
up its treasures for England. From CAN
ada and the United States already fresh
meat has been sent, and by this means the
prices of beef and mutton in this country
have been materially reduced. But New
South Wales AMI Victoria propose imme.
diately to enter into the competition, and
next month should witness the arrival here
of some six hundred carcasses of beef and
Two hundred of mutton from each of these
colonies. The idea is to freeze them be.
fore the ship that conveys the cargo to
Eng land starts, and keep them in tina,
condition until their arrival here. Should
the experiment prove II success-and
there is no apparent reason why it should
MOTT is proposed to continue the trad
on II larger scale. Thus the mother coun
try begins to be benefited by the younger
branches of the empire she has formed.
Daring the past few days an emigration
scare has taken possession of a large pro-
portion of the miners in Durham and
Northumberland, consequent upon the re-
ceipt of most unftvorable news from
brother miners who but recently cmigrated
to New South Wales, with the most rosy
prospect OF good and profitable employ
ment held out to them. They had been
cruelty deceived, and the deception will
have the effect of checking, to some con.
siderable extent, the rush of emigration
which lately has seized upon the miners.
AT the latter part of last week, letters and
colonial papers were received by several
relatives in the district of Durham. From
the reports thus to hand it seems that the
emigration of miners from this countr,
has assumed such large proportions as to
seriously affect the demand for mining
labor in the antipodes, where very large
meetings of the laboring classes have been
held to deal with the question, and the re-
ports to hand of these meetings reveal
very serious aspect of affairs-so serious
indeed that "a large number of miners
from Durham and Northumberland who
left England during the recent great strike
in Durham, arc now on their way back to
England without ever having handled q
pick. ALPHA.
The Inauguration of Governor Cornell
took place Mt noon, Thursday, in the
assembly chamber of the Capitol mt
Albany. The ceremony was very short,
not occupying over ten minutes. At the
appointed hour the outgoing and incoming
governors entered the chamber urn in
arm, each followed by his respective STATS
Mr. Cornell was then sworn in by Secreta-