Year: 1871

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fFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT


IoNDoN, June 16-YOu will have heard by


telegraph Of the first public uteranoes in this country as
70 the Washington Treaty We have had debate In the


o.e Of Lords and questions in the House Of Commons


with satisfactory results think, in both cases The
former was brilliant success for their bordshp august
House. have known such ademand for seats there
these many years la general the courteous gentleman
who manages these matters, Sir Augustus Clifford 'or
BLACK Rod as he Is officially cae) sits in his box near
the entrance and only too happy gracousy TO assent
when you ask him admissions for ladies' On TINS oc
casion he fairly disappeared before the weight OF app


cations and left his Col Clifford to bear the bruht OF
the attack box full Of ladies' ana so was
every Of the House except the Peeresss oaery
where there was abundant spare room upon which many
Of us looked with covetous and jealous eyes-i myself
among the number, for 1 was bent on getting places
II possible for three OF your country women VINO
came down to the House under the innocent
impression. contracted In your spacious Capitol
that any one who had mind that way was
certain to be able TO hear debates After my own efforts
had failed managed TO catch very promising young
nobeman who in your country, and Is fond of
it, and enlisted his help given all the more readily and
zealousIy doubt nasmuch the ladies In question
are exceedingly attractive persons. All In vain, We
never got beyond the yestbue and eOntened ourselves
last with going and looking at frescOes, when took
the opportunity Of pointing out 10 them that have
given place Of honor the embarkaOn Of the Pilgrim





children you are), only painted mp the surren
Burgoyne and Cornwais in the most conspicu-
Gus places you could find in the Capitol will not take
mp your space in going the debate the details OF
which you will have had already The general impress
sion here is that Lords Granville and de Grey made
good for Government and Commissioners, and
that he Treaty OF which all personally concerned
and the two nations may be justly proud though 1t can
be denied that you have rather the best OF IT, Gen
schenck was in the gallery looking very well and
think much pleased with the tone Of the debate


lie h of course. overwhelmed with visits and invitations
20 parties which, trust, he may find amusing


But must protest that is positive scandal that you
don't make proper arrangement here for the decent
housing Of your representative. The General came here
Just the hight OF the season. and OF course teegraphed
the Secretary Of Legation to get him proper lodgings
But what Is the OF teegraphng for lodgings in the
Ascot week The town, huge ii is Is crammed; and


the General had put up with thrdfoor at the
Alexandra Hotel He IS now an exile in the distant
parts of south KensingtOn France Germany, Russia,
spain all have good houses in good situations, that
their representatives when they may are always
of comfortable accommodation. 1t is only the
United States, among all rst-class Powers, who allow
their minister knocked about from post to pillar in


wholly undgnihed and unsatisfactory manner, until no
find leisure TO get hired house whore to deposit mis-
family and penates Cannot Jonathan find the cash to
buy good house in Carlton Gardens BelgravesQuare
the citizen who is accredited to the Court Of St.
James, Taking the lowest grounds it Would
De good investment, the value OF property
In the best parts Of London is constantly rising.
10 has just been publicly notified that Lord
de Grey to be made Marquis his services at Wash
ington. Sir Stafford NOrthcote has declined TO accept
any promotion in social hierarchy this account,
and should say has shown his wisdom in refusing
n>w Barony is scarcely good exchange for an old |
Baronetcy and had he accepted peerage he would Of
course have had TO leave the House of Commons of
which he Is leading member. Lord Tenterden has ae-
cepted a grand cross of the Bath.


The rush 20 Paris continues, but is IN ink almost ex
cnsiyely confined TO men who for a few days.
aud wondering at the ghtheartedness Of the
gay nation" Indeed, IL does fairly beat English


the French preparing for monster review and
distribution of medals and decorations at such mo


ent What wonderful history Of 80 years it has been,
@ end in such a spectacle Only last week there died
In his London house, full OF years, kindly old gentle
man. the Hon f. Byng, commonly known as Poodle
Byng" who, when q small boy had served one of
Marie Antoinettes pages, and had helped TO bear her
train in one the last great court pageants before tne
first revolution broke out Mr. Byng came by MS mex
name from his curly axen hair believe, but the origin
dates from the days when George Ill was king so L
cannot speak with certainty. He retained his faculties
TN within few days of his DEATH and so, at the end Oh
so years mourned over O Paris even more bitterly
afflicted than those terrible days OF his childhood


had nearly forgotten to speak Of the questions in the
House of Commons to the Treaty These were asked
by Sir Rounde Palmer who had been in office as Attor
General when the Alabama escaped and who there
fore next 10 Lord RUSSELL is the living official Englishman
mos, responsible that unpleasant catastrophe HIS
object was 10 obtain authoritative statement from the
Government as to the export by neutral of military
supplies to either begerent. mentioned that wnen
our teegaphc came OF the contents OF the treaty
our lawyers were all in twitter at the wording OF the
resolutions which bind the two nations IN futue
and a. we all hope the other nations TO whom they VIII
DE shortly submitted. Did we really intend to make all
cxportation of arms and ammunition illegal in war
an Intention having ever
crossed the minds Of Commission. for your people
are inst as averse TO OF this kind But was
well that the matter should be cleared up at once 70 pre-
vent mistakes and this was done very efectualy Dy
MI Gladstone in his reply to Sir r. Palmer The Gov
ernment were assured he said all of their Comm Is
oners that il was utterly foreign to their intention to
ut any such restrictions warke stores, which were
IN remain exportabe at the will and risk Of their owners.
He understood clearly that this view that OF your
Government also and fact had already obtained COR
rmaton OF II from Gen. Schenck who declares that his
Government would undoubtedly resist any such mter
prataton of the resolution in question so we snail go
together 70 Prince Bismarck with clear understanding
on this point.
The Tfchborne trial has settled down into one Of the
institutions Of the country FOrthe last fort
iybt the claimant has been under examination ana
examination, and day after day the court Is
crowded with great ladies, Lords, Members OF farha
,nent dandies and other distinguished persons WIN
abundance OF spare time their hands, VINO ma IL less
Troublesome and more exciting be present at the act
ing Of sensational novel than to read one at nome Inc
claimant has broken down in many points. he eau re-
member nothing as to his education either at Pas OF
stsnyhurst not even the Of his tutors ne au-
ns 10 having learned Latin and Greek as boys learn
Them but Il not able 20 distinguish between the text VI
Latin and Greek book But these things are thrown
into the shade by his evidence on one poEV. III 'no
Chancery proceedings ii out that the real Roger
1hhorne had left with the family solicitor sealed