Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-09
Our European Letter.
From Our. Regular Correspondent.

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The statue of Lord Beaconsfeld was
unveiled on Thursday in parliament square
by Sir Stafford Northcote, who spoke with
great feeling of the estimation in which
the late statesman was held, and of the
regret felt by the entire country at his
death two years ago. He said that from
the queen to the humblest passer by who
inquired the latest news of Lord Beacons.
field in his last illness, there was com.
mon feeling of sorrow, mingled with sim
cere admiration, and it was remarkable
that statesman who had passed his
whole life in bitter controversy should yet
have secured SO many friends and such
genuine enthusiastic admiration. The
result was due to his undaunted courage,
his unwearingly patience, his perfect tenn
per, and also to the generous spirit be
ever displayed towards his political antag
onists.
England was fully justified, Sir Stafford
Northcote considered, in regarding the
late Lord Beaconsield as one of her great.
est men, for he sought individual honours
tar less than the power, glory. and pros
perity of his country, and his high abili-
ties had unquestionably been of the
greatest value to England, which now
honored his memory and benefited by his
great services. Lord Salisbury also spoke
with enthusiasm of Earl Beaconsfield's
career and character. In commemoration
of the anniversary of his death, immense
quantities of primroses, his fvorite flow
ers, were sent on Thursday TO Hughenden.
A special messenger arrived early in the
day from her majesty, with two wreaths,
one ofprimroses, the other of immorteles;
and in all parts of the country prmroses
were in great request, conservatives wear
ing them universally, and at clubs and
paroles these flowers were arranged in a
number of faaciful and elegant designs.
Several continental powers, deeply im-
pressed with the value and Importance of
the explosives bill just passed in the
British house of commons, have requested
copies with view to framing bills for
their own countries upon similar pattern.
Austria has, it appears, no act regulating
the manufacture of explosives, of sufii-
GENTLY stringent character to be really
safeguard against the plots of secret
societies, and IL is intended to pass a
measure like the English explosives bill
at the earliest opportunity.
In consequence of the high price of
mutton, and the prevalence of disease in
sheep. the queen has ordered that no
lamb is to be served in the royal house
hold during the present season. The
effect of this comm aud was felt immedi.
ately in all the markets, and in Scotland
especially the price of lambs fell nearly
ten shillings head, and many orders for
lambs have been countermanded owing to
her majesty's decision which was lorna "
announced in the Court Circular. The
queens example will no doubt, be gener-
ally followed.
The new galleries of the institute of
painters in water colors, the handsomest
structure of its class in England were
opened last night by the prince of Wales.
There was concert and reception, and
the occasion was the most brilliant of the
season. All day to-day the immense
galleries have been crowded by fashionable
London, and the 900 pictures exhibited
constitute the finest exhibition of water
colors that has ever been seen in England.
The private views at the Grosvenor
gallery and at the water society were also
held to-day, and all three were crowded
from morning until night, and the adjoin.
ing streets blockaded with carriages.
At the opening of the International
fisheries exhibition on the 12h of May
parties of fisher girls and fisherman from
France, Belgium, and Holland will attend
the ceremony in national costume. Bodies
of fisherman in full costume will be
brought from every distinctive fishery in
the British and Channel Islands.
AUGUST.