Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-15
From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter

From Our Regular Correspondent
Our European Letter
LONDON, Eng, Oct. 81, 'S2.
At this time of the year city people are
frequently heard asking who is 70 be the
new lord mayor, and qualification of the
Forthcoming recipienG Of city honors.
There will be little complaint to make in
the selection of Mr.. Alderman Knight,
who will be lord mayor for the ensuing
year; but people are curious as to the
arrangements for "lord mayors show"
There Is a division in the city camps.
Some eagerly desire that what they call
"the nunnery. with its ragamuffin associa-
tions, "should be abolished altogether.
while the opposition regards the display
as characteristic, aud worthy Of being
carried out upon larger scale. There
are rumors that the "Salvation army" is
anxious to join the procession. The main
tenance of good order in the streets is Of
the first Importance, and the presence of
the salvation army would be by no
means characteristic feature in the pro-
cession.
The dismal side of warfare WAS seen at
Portsmouth on Thursday, on the arrival,
by the Nepaul, of three hundred of the
sick and wounded from Egypt. Compared
with war returns generally the list of sick
and wounded is extremely small; but,
even under the most favorable conditions,
a severe penalty must be paid for military
victory. Even Wellington himself thought
his greatest victories dearly purchased in
the loss of brave men and the horrors
attending the battlefield. Happily, in the
Egyptian campaign, the deaths were very
few, and amongst the SICK and wounded
brought home there has been but one
death. A private of the grenadier guards,
suffering from ophthalmia became so
depressed in consequence thai, on the day
after leaving Alexandra, he Jumped over
board and was drowed. The bulk of men
were sent to the royal Victoria hospital,
Netley; but, owing to that institution
being crowded, number of invalids and
wounded arriving by the CORTLAND had to
proceed to Woolwich.
A government examination, held on
Wednesday, with view of selecting
thirty young ladies to assist in the telo-
graph department Of the post Office, opens
up rather melancholy prospect in the
future for the young girls of England.
The salary offered to these aspirants for
government posts was certainly not large
Ten shillings per week for several hours
aday spent in a telegraph Office cannot be
considered excessivespay, yet for these
thirty offices no less than 800 young ladie:
applied. 1t is rather sad look out fol-
modern CIVILIZATION that for every post Of
ten shillings week there are twenty five
educated, respectable, and well conducted
girls competing for it. The increasing
preponderance of the fair sex is one of the
difficult problems of modern life, and the
l770 disappointed maidens deserve sympa
thy.
With the fall of the so called national
party in Egypt comes a lhorny question
for Mr.. Gladstone's government to settle
There is first the settlement with Turkey
secondly, there remains the necessity fo
the establishment of stable government
in Egypt; and thirdly, there is the reckon
ing with the European powers. In certain
quarters it seems to be thought that, hav
; ing put down rebellion in Egypt, England
has nothing further 10 do or say in tn
matter, but merely step aside. and let tn
powers who would. not spend one cent il
the work of putting down Aribi settle
the matter. Others look upon the presen
occasion as one for Englands Drawing tn
whole of Europe, and going in for what
called "spread eagleism." Neither c
these is right. England intends to 90 o.
with tho work in the same spirit in whic
she began it and there is no more implica
cation of defiance of Europe or arrogan
sclf-assertion in continuing the work, tina
U there was in the first invasion of Egypt
The European press my talk grandilc
quently of what England shall not do an
what she will do, but the question mus
continue to be governed by the same cor
siderations as hitherto. 1t must not b
forgotten that none of the powers eXcel
y England thought their interests in Egyl
worth fighting for. England fought lC
5 hers, and will undoubtedly maintain then
AUGUST.
An Ottawa dispNtch says thtt it Ia
a been decided that in the case of Richard
= convicted for the murder of fello
i emigrant in July, 1881, ia the easter
d townships, the law must take its cours
e The execution is fixed lpr the 2l h inst.
DR.. Frank II. Hamilton, enc of the b
medical authorities Of New York city, COZ
u tends that the laws of health demand tn;
y all plumbing having any direct or ndre,
communication with street sewers sha
be excluded from those portions of hou't