Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-18
[From Our Regular Correspondent
Our Europe an Letter.
LONDON, Eng, April 4, '83

| lIOnDONs ihBr hPih f. Oh
In the midst of sunshine, of balmy
breezes and of the odor of violets and
primroses, the whirl of life in another
London season is beginning. We no long.
err count our engagements singly for each
day holds dozen. and each night at least
two or three. Presently we shall be miss.
ing things that in the exaggerated jargon
of the hour we "would have given the
world to see," out of mere inability to get
around to them. We astonish and annoy
our artistic friends by getting up in the
middle of their concerts Qor which they
have sent us the best seats) in order to
show ourselves at some aristocratic ball,
some fair lady's post prandial reception Or
some gathering of celebrities of which all
the world is talking. The ingenuity of
man as an inventor amazes and delights
us at every turn, yet no genius has yet
come forward to tell us how to lengthen
the twenty-four hours into which such
multitude of duties must now be crowded.
The queen has suffered to a greater
extent than was anticipated owing to her
accident on Saturday last. Little impor-
lance was attached to 1t at first, as it
appeared to be merely slight sprain, and
Her Majesty took her customary drives.
However, while the queen was on one of
these excursions, her knee became painful,
and upon returning to the castle her
majesty had to be assisted to her apart
ments, and the sprain has become worse
and the knee much swollen, compelling
the queen to take complete rest. The
Journey to Osborne has, therefore, been
postponed. Her majesty, although suffer-
ing considerable pain, daily transacts
official business, and her general health is
not affected by the accident.
A reward of one thousand pounds has
been offered by the government for the
discovery of the perpetrators of the crime
in Parliament street, and similar sum
for the discovery of the person or persons
who attempted to blow up the office of the
"Times." The damage done at the local
government Office was far greater than
was at first supposed.
Both houses of parliament adjourned on
Tuesday for the Easter recess. The upper
house likes to take long holiday at
Easter, and its members did not sit until |
yesterday; but the more pressing business
of the house of commons was continued
on the goth inst. Some progress has been
made of late spite of the obstructiveness
of the Irish party. and on Monday. the
new bankruptcy bill was read a second
time. Egypt will again be the subject of
serious discussion when parliament reas-
sembles. In the meantime Lord Dufferin's
report will enable members and the public
generally to get a clear idea ofthe present
condition of that country. Lord Dutferin
evidently considers that the work of Eng
land in Egypt is not yet completed, and
her views are endorsed by the European
residents there who protest strongly
against our troops being withdrawn, and
it does not appear that any cabinet in Eu-
rope objects to our continued occupation
of Egypt until we have solid assurance
that our withdrawal will not leave room
for the admission of new elements of dan.
ger and discord. The Premier himself
indicated plainly in recent speech that
there is no immediate prospect that Egypt
could be left to herself.
The proposal madethe other day to place
a statue or bust Of Longfellow in West.
minister Abbey has been very favorably
received. 1t is another of those gratifying
signs that England and the United States
ire becoming more and more united as
members of the same great Anglo-Saxon
family.
The Rev. Stephen Gladstone confirms
he reported intention of his father to leave
lis seat on the treasury bench. He says
hat he will retire entirely from public life,
md he does not think that he will accept {
| peerage. Having done all his work
elsewhere, he will never take his seat in {
he house of lords. IL
AUGUST. 1t