Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-25
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter.
LONDON, Eng. Jan. 10, 49,


There is no lack of signs which indicate
that the improvement of this great me-
dinly foreshadowed by the late
Richard Brush. who acte AS minister
from the Unirel s ates TO the court of St.
! tines between 1917 an | 1925, has begun
To make mtny and great striles in tdv .nce.
The more see of this wonderful town.
the more perplex"d am TO discover how
tt1 daily business Is carried on Even
lring tile few wears that | h I've known
London. new bridge, have been M ,de and
new buildings have gone mp on every side
# me; not TO mention that | have also
seen such m ,nfestalions of national ener
", enterprise AMI op Hence AS would
have rs oni he'd the Emperor Augustus in
he heyd,y of his p'wer; but how these
narrow streets contrive 10 find room for
the ever increasing traffic by which they
IRE choked Is n problem which | must
confess that am utterly unable to solve.
Among the countless improvements which
\ We help 4 20 make the city accessible to
! he lhrongs of human beings WIN get TIL cir
/ lily bread within its restricted confines,
none has been IN IRE service lhle, M would
nave filled HIM with more wonder, than
he underground railway. II will he re-
memhered th II on the Is h Of | Isl January
/ sudden and unparalleled storm Of snow
nut off the metropolis for two days from
he provinces; and that during the 10 h
md 2Oth the city WAS almost unappro lch-
way afforded opportunities to passengers
10 reach tho NJ .nsion House and Broad
street and other metropolitan stations,
which were denied TO them in other ways.
Close upon the arrival of u Chinese
merchant vessel in the Thames, came
news that nm electric telegraph line has
hen stretched b4tw1en Sl,ngui and
Flemish. In "a few weeks this first wire
If the F,owary Land will be Carried on 10
Pekin. A message ctn then BE- sent dir, C,
rom l. ,ndon to thr Chinese capital. This
is an immense innov ,liun for the pig tailed
people, although Tor the present it is only
gJvernlnenL enterprise fncd upon the
vcrmillon pencil by the anxiety felt dur
ing the late qnIrrel Of the China cour
with Russia, when their coasts might have
been invaded and cities captured while
couriers were slowly bringing news, Raul
ways will some day follow the electric
wire, the dIlli ;nlty being that the bodi, 6
Of departed Chinese must not be disturb
ed by the sacrilesious shovel of NAVY
and that the custom has always been te
bury dead Chinese call over the place )
1t is next to impossible, therefore, to make
mile of railway without m,kinga soande
10 match. But the CeIe=tials are growing
- practical tn II they will soon find some
thing in C,nfucous to get them over The
pious obstacle.
Mr.. Alsnp. solicitor to Lord Crawford
his ordered 50 900 plactrds, Offering re
ward of ego Tor inform ttion with regard
tn the robbery of the late earl's body
fl0e and IL free pardon to any accomplic
ON behalf of the government, and E5O0 o,
behalf of Lord Crawford. These will b.
circulated all through the country at once
| II is believed that there were at least 81,
persons implicated IN the outrage,and tw,
of them are at present IN direct communi
cation with the authorities and Mr.. A sop
A difficulty is experienced in getlng any
hing like definite infor m ttion from ,bem
however, owing TO the t,".r of arrest; bu
Mr.. AlSop bt'Iieves That the pueblo itiun q
the government oter Of pardon to Al
.ccomplIce will ieassure them to suc
u extent That some statement as t,
the crime will be f'rlhcumlng. 1t i
10 be thoroughly understood that the re
ward is merely for information, and no
for the recovery of he body, rs I.or,
Crawford still adheres to his determination
not to r. nsom the body under any cir
cumstances.
Tho premier completed his seventy
second year yesterday. Members of th
cabinet, liberal NJ. P.'s and liberal asso
Citations sent Mr.. Gladstone congrAtulation
from all p Is Of the country. Three year
ago a movement originated among tn
working men of Chester to recosnIz, Mr.
G .adstones birthday in the same way a
the Colston anniversary is celebrated "A
Bristol. This year the movement culmins
led in banquet gwen in honor Of tn
occasion at the town hall. kindly placed d
the disposal Of the committee by Sir Thoma
Gibbons Frost, Mayor Of Chester. Con
ordinations came from oil pIrts of th,