Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-01-13 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE.  W. deesTlvietsrwiVtotournorterothp)atwvett,oonpltioidue.u.lify our TER sales of surplus Christmas stook, notifications of which catch the eyes of passers-by in some shop windows, are about the only things now to be leen in the streets that recall the holidays just ; eased. Twelfthnight witnessed the dismantling of the last of the Christmas-trees and the distributirri of Iles toys. A considerable consumption of ranges appears still, however, to be going on, as anyone may perceive by the quantity of pieces of orange-rind strewed on the pavement where they prove a constant source of danger to footpassengers. The illustrated newspapers, by the fulness with yhich they have depicted incidents in the late M. Gambetta's career, may be regarded as reflecting the strength of the sympathetic feeling which has been excited in this country by the death, at &comparatively early age, of that eminent Frenchman. The impressiveness of Saturday's funeral procession. one of the most superb State spectacles of the kind ever witnessed in Paris, was, perhaps, the best tribute that France could have paid to a great patriot who did so much for her, displaying so much decision and intrepidity of character, at the time when she was in the direst straits, struggling in the talons of &victorious and relentless enemy. B. Gambetta and M. Thiers were the saviours of their country at the period when the life-blood seemed wellnigh all drained out of her by the terrible reverses she sustained during the Franco-German war. Misfortunes are said never to come singly, and this has just been realised in the experience of France. By a singular coincidence the death of General Chanzy has followed hard on that of M. Gambetta, who believed he had discovered in the former another Wellington. It is a singular fact kat the conquering Teutons had greater difficulty In overcoming the resistance of suchextemporised Generals as Chancy and Aurelles de Paladin, with their armies of Gerdes Mobiles and raw recruits, than in vanquishing the Field-Marshals and Generals who held the chief commands in the regular French armies. This said much for Ganiletta's skill in knowing a soldier when he looked him in the face. The political atmosphere of the metropolis has been kept from stagnating since the beginning of the New Year by the numerous speeches of Sir Charles Dilke, who, being under the necessity of seeking re-election on account of his appointment to the Presidency of the Local Government Board, made it a point of delivering addresses in all the different districts of the borough of Chelsea. He was equipped for war, and fought a campaign, though there was no adversary in the field. The Conservatives reserved themselves for a trial of strength at the next general election, which is not expected to take place for two or three years. The excitement in Hounslow, consequent on the suicide of Cr. Edwardes, who is locally believed to have been the victim of a false accusation which he feared would crush him, has extended, in a modified degree, to the metropolis itself, where the case, as evolved in the evidence taken at the coroner's inquiry, excites much interest. Though the roughs only were tesponsible for the riotous proceedings which have taken place, strong feeling is manifested by all classes in Hounslow, and deep sympathy is lefif or Mrs. Edwardes and her family. Apart from the tragic element imparted to it by the decease of Dr. Edwardes, exceptional interest attaches to the case from the doubts which it raises as to the prudence of partnership, in the same style as mercantile firms, being established between medical gentlemen who make special arrangements as to their respective share of the fees. It is satisfactory to know that the Zoological Bociety benehted so much by the run upon Jumbo prior to his departure for America, that they have been enabled to erect a reptile house, which will be the most complete of its kind in the world, at a cost of £lO,