Daily globe., 1883-07-22

what st. Paul Man, Who is Not T,lind
Saw in EngIand-A Few Notes of Ce,e,.,I
Interest to the Public-A Dinner tn rte,,,.,,
Irving.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe,
LONDON, July 5.-A good many years
ago in Minnesota, l heard the Rev. Mr..
Milburn deliver lecture entitled: "Wbat
a Blind Man saw in England" It was verv
interesting and very beautiful. Not only
did he describe the country as very few
men can do who are not blind, but the
grandeur of the cathedral and the soIemni-
ty Of the services and sweet strains of mu-
sic and heavenly song from the choir, were
depicted with such charming
effect that one could imagine
he was standing on hoig ground or in the
garden of paradise. 1t was we'll Mr.. Mil
burn was blind.
BE to my faults little blind,
But to my virtues very kind -
10 man who can (for the first time(
'see the blind" ''or go one eye on it, like
Peeplng Tom" he feels. no doubt, as Adam
and Eve felt when after the fall, their eyes
were opened and they knew they were
naked and ashamed. Hyde park is the
fashlonable drive. Royalty, nobility and
rich gentry go there with their fine horses
and carriages, their footmen and coach
men with gaudy livery and powdered
wigs to take the air and show
themselves, the fashionable throng there to
see them in carriages, or horseback or on
foot. The park is charming and the people
ditto" There is no poverty there cr the
thoughts of it; this is the paradise. See the
streets OF London! In the day time and
night time see the grog shops! Thousands
OF them-the barkeepers all girIs-the
prettiest commanding the largest salaries
to draw custom (nearly every body
drinkf liquor here.) Men, women, boys
and girls drinking whisky, brandy, gin
| anything for drink. Drunken women and
girls, too, and the hosts of prostitutes!
Never was such sight in Christian land
= = This is not the garden of Eden,
we are now on the outside and are not
blind.
But let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast
This partial view of human kind
Is surely not the best
There is great deal of
''good in Nazareth" With such
a crowded population one wonders how
they all live and are seemingly so happy,
we'll governed and polite
Yesterday was the Fourth of July. An
American could easily have told by the
looks of London that it was no ordinary
| day. The American flag was displayed in
| so many places and towards it every one
| seemed to have friendly eye. There
| never existed warmer friendship than now
between the two countries and its people,
| and to be known as an American citizen
is to receive courtesy and attention as a
friendly cousin should.
There was a very pleasant reception
given yesterday at the consul generals. [
attended and was very politely received.
| Gen. Merritt was absent in New York and
| the vice consul, the host. Quite social
gathering of Americans with refreshments,
| champagne, etc., to enliven it.
In the evening large dinner was given
to Mr.. Henry Irving, the actor, who is soon
to go to the states. The chief Justice of
England, Lord Coleridge, presided, and
amongst other toast, with speech, pro-
posed 'The American republic and the
president of the United States" Mr..
| Lowell, the American minister, made a very
happy speech. Lord Coleridge is a very
pleasing and intelligent looking gentleman.
L heard an argument few days ago before
him and two other judges, (Lord Denman
and Manlstry sitting as court of appeal.
| Mr.. Lowell made capital hit last night,
| when speaking of the difference of our
| judges not wearing as the English judges
| Go wigs. Lord Coleridge is going to visit
| America and Mr.. Lowell in his speech al
| luded to 1t as follows "And am sure 1
| may also say that the chief magistrate of
will hn cd 6x-4 De-
the United States (cheers) of which l
am an unworthy member, and perhaps all
the more warmly welcomed that he does
not come among them to practice. loud
laughter He will find English law ad-
ministered, as think he will agree with
me in saying, ably administered by judges
who, am sorry to say, sit, without the
traditional wig of England (laughter)-
and since came here a
friend of mine has greatly lamented this
to me, as something perhaps prophetic of
the decay which was sure to follow so seri-
Gus an innovation. [ answered with a
little story. which 1 remember hearing
from my father, who remembered the last
clergyman in New England who still con-
tinued to wear wig. At first it became a
singularity, then it tended to become an
enormity, and the good doctor concluded
to leave it off. But there was one poor old
woman among his parishioners who la
mented it sadly, and, Waylaying the clergy
man as he came out of church, she said.
'Ah, dear doctor, have always listened to
your sermons with the greatest edifcation
and comfort; but now that the wig is gone,
all is gone" loud laughter.) I thought
l saw some signs of encouragement in the
face of my English friend after 1 had con-
soled him with that little story.
But 1 must close. The talk of cholera in
Egypt seems to be the absorbing topic,
and whether it will reach the English
shores. Yours. T.R. H.
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