Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
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From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng. NAV 1s. 1880.

? LONDON, Eng. May 10, 1880.
: In the full hot glare of summer Londoi
b is at best tawdry place; in the late au
: tumn the fogs throw veil of unpleasant
e mystery over the huge town; in winter al
seems cold and dreary; but in spring thu
t great city becomes really beautiful. and 81
} remains for few weeks, until smoke anC
SCOT have marred the new freshness o
; everything. and coated even nature with q
garment of smuts. The past winter has
upon the whole. been an unusually cheer.
less one, and trying not only TO men and
women, but also to other things both in
and out of the kingdom of life. Many
trees and shrubs will never recover from
the rigors of December, following as they
did upon the exceedingly Indictment season
OF lS7S-lS79. and cracked stucco, gaping
walls and damaged pipes have borne am
pie witness to the violence of the frosts of
five months ago. But the return of spring
has brought about general rejuvenes-
cence. Trees and shrubs have once more
revived under the genial influence of a
few bright days, and builders and painters
nave worked so we'll that, at least in the
West End. the May sun shines on many
streets that are almost Dutch in their neat
ness and cleanliness. Yet the DESTROYING
east wind has been doing its best to neu-
tralize the efforts of nature and art. Veg
citation has been seriously retarded, and
the water carts have been quite unable to
cope with the dust of dry March and
April. Nevertheless. spring has come and
London is as beautiful as it can ever be
unless, as some suggest, it be turned into
vast greenhouse and filled with tropical
plants. During the last fortnight mirac-
ulous change has taken place. Previously
all looked bare and dirty; now there are
but few trees which do not afford some |
sign of life, and from some comes the |
faint perfume of flowers. In the newly |
turned beds there are primroses, wall
flowers and pansies, with here and there
gay clump Of tulips or narcissuses; but
the most striking shows of blossom are
those on the shrubs and smaller trees.
The conservative press of Europe is
and the radical press is rejoic-
ng at the appointment of Sir Charles
Dixie as under-secretary of state for for
'ign affairs. Neither party has any good
'eason to be excited on the subject. Sir
Charles bikes radicalsm is of the most
harmless type, and is likely to entirely
disappear from the subordinate position
lie now occupies under Lord Granville.
lis advanced liberalism has served to
,eep him in the house of commons for
everal years, and in elevatihg him to
lace in the cabinet. but in parliament
be liberal views of the honorable and
earned gentleman from Chelsea " have
My declared themselves in efforts to
roaden the franchise, in protecting n
gainst pecuniary allowances to members
the royal family. He is the proprietor
several newspapers, among others, the p
1'g"eam' the highest literary authority +
the English language. Sir Charles o
as born to life of elegant leisure, and a
is private library in Sloan street is a very s.
ioice and remarkable one, an entire D
cove being occupied exclusively with Il
'mphlets relating to the authorship of il
Junius." A1puA ;,