Show ENGLISH LETTER the christmas holidays days in britain Bil tain VS starvation and luxurious opu lonco 19 lice existing exciting biam by side hoy al haupers paupers Pau pers f C 44 i another kutmas with ltd its attendant gay sties ill aud and menta tica ered lu in with tiro gluud and merry peals of the church bells has lias gone aud and thu the numerous invitations lu to tea test parties and anti conver conversaziones that we didat we bull live trove wo ve aud and have a being christrim im id is an im pontaut dry day with the ENGLISH PEOPLE it being a day of family reunions and eucial chat wl with some a day of rest meditation and prayer with othera and a day ul of unrestraint il yeasting le asting bud hud drinking ariu king nub ith ott itro its cowin coining ia is always looked forward to with anticipations of joy by all classes clas aea but nuna none appear to realize or appreciate ha its real worth or smile a broader smile as the no table day approaches more than the era ane lively and pr progressive gres sive elates claa knowing lull full well that of ail all seasons of tile year the people are never more easy to gleaso or m ore lavish in the outlay of their money than at thu this particular time and in order to run their sales up tu to a good round eum sum they gladly inc increase remse their stock in in trade selecting with judicious care style styles and novelties nove luca in the various lines as will attract the observing eye of the public and suit the fancy of the amt fastidious these are displayed in the capacious show windows with that taste and skill in adrai arrangement argement for which the english merchant merc baut is justly noted to our mind there ie is no prettier eight nor a little time away to greater advantage than to take an evening evenings stroll during the be holiday season through the principal bust nees streets of any of Eu glaudi 4 beading towns and cinder the brilliant glare of the innumerable gas aud and electric lights watch the busy th through preoccupied air air pictured on every face move ia in aad and out oitt of the gaily stored attired shops the shelves and counters and every ivery nook and corner of which are tso packed and loaded down with wares ot all de der that you are led jed to ex claim can it be abat there ia is any poor or 4 i IM ENGLAND D 1 1 but ad cad to euch ouch is the caie case ou on one band we aeu many surrounded by the aud stud lux uries of life lii lif their palatial pa latiak riv the sound ot of mirth sn and mune is i heard yae iu iii and year out with no sorrow trials and per you would think ever everto to arise to war in the least tair peace aae and contentment while oi ou the other hand we basee see a goc ot En laude laboring clasek pitying ia in close unhealthy and add dirty apartments and with all bleir toiling and ant contriving eke out but a abort shallow and miserable ex istance ie tence and in no place is this poverty and distress more visible than in the larger and more populous cities take for i the city of london proud capital the largest aud and richest cita cil in the world and out of her population there have been relieved out of the public rates nearly during the past year although many are supporter out ot abe public funds yet many mapy in destitute circumstanced are never 11 reached for proof of thia this it was stated only last week by a london j a newspaper that within a few day days thirteen lien deaths bad had occurred occur r ed in ibe the metropolis through starvation and the same journal added that if we could peer into the hovels and boles holes where misery ludes itself we should without doubt discover many more victims to starvation it may be asked what is tb tho a cause of to much destitution und stud ou on the face of tbt bis goodly land and in answer to this we would assign at least two iwo cr or three reasons one is that the majority oi of the large bus business ineis cen cenores centres trea are b by y far too thickly populated they are not affording sufficient scabs means whereby such a yassa of 1 ings CAD cab fairly and honestly gain a 4 livelihood another is that other european nations more particularly france and germany hoyed for several years guijo placing on the marketa market good line hai ot cottun fabrics and chef goods dl al very close figures which ia in order to compete with english ere era have been compelled to make a considerable red the wages of employees aleo also there baa has been a perceptible decreane decree io is trade tot late iu in several localities necessitating ing the down ot of elveral fac ac tories thus but of employment e rn many hundreds of men and bomea another eng ian land d pays too much for fur royalty the abe amount contributed annually is is something enormous way if a C german prince of some poor petty principality it y comes over and forms a matrimonial alliance with one otle of dt her Maje daughters parliament ila to go to work at once and anti grant ther royal pair an annual abut ial allowance alid of beveral thousand and anti then again the ebli the overfed and over clothed dukes lord fl earli and mad bardas from their extensive exten alve estates h another draw on CLASSES one reason and it very sound one too why there is such a hue and cry raised raised against the titled aristocracy is ie because the gre greater ater por I 1 tion ie is more of a disgrace iban ban an ant honor to the country instead of ofa ati betting g good example to tho lower orden orders ot of the community by b being ein temperate and chaste in in their bah by its there are too many of them leading rec klea klesa and dissipated lives bringing society down to a very low nud and degrading condition the past put few weeks we have been able to get a pretty fair insight in to what ia is termed high society through the disclosure is made jn the cairn ELL DIVORCE CASK CASE this celebrated cai care caie e after an beigh teen day days hearing fi finally terminated flat ea without either party part winning desirous Ye that which it was must most desirous sirous tu to a verdict no doubt the jury would have come to a it dif different decision bad had they had the evidence of general butler one of the co respondents to deliberate upon but at an interesting and important point in the proceedings the gal lant soldier waa was lound jound wanting the learned judge in in summing up the case referred to the general generals e con conduct luct as being far from that of a gentleman and a soldier this case throughout in consequence of the disgusting revelations attending it has occasioned a great deal of comment the litigants and others connected with it receiving at the banda of the greater part of the press and of every pure minded person that which they so richly deserve condee condemnation nation and cen eure of the most cutting kind from the number of such cases which of late years tears have been beard in the divorce court weare we are led to believe that the upper ten of this country are beginning to look upon marriage as a a a mere formality to be abrogated in any way wily at their pleasure and virtue a it principle to be discoursed upon b but nut adhered to 0 As a striking attestation cf of this there is the duke of marl borough boo ough or lord Bland brandford fori as he be in the case ewe above referred to a di disreputable reputable rakel who has delab e cately ruined the peace and bap hap of more than one family seen time ti me and again f gain in in the company of women si of bad repute yet withal the noble lord ia is allowed to retain hie his seat in the home houte of lord lords and also to eit sit as magistrate over thy the Oxford shire ai district strict ho he can go kid gloved into society and be con eldered quite an acquisition too and to td show bow how far cageful and watchful mothers object to such as asi fur for their married and sin gle daughters w we will give a brief extract from th the evid evidence cuce of airs blood bloody mother of lady campbell 0 civen given during the trial Q did your daughter daughters association with lord lard blandford Blanc ford meet with your approval i A ad yes so far as ordinary acquaintance went I 1 was qui of or lord Bland Blaud forde fords previous pre vione appearance pe arance in in the divorce court Q and you considered him a proper associate for a beautiful 1 young married woman A I 1 did qt are you expressing your view view or that deocie ty in that matter A I 1 think that of society gen generally er I 1 inthe if the E english aristocracy wish i iti to suppress the growing feeling of Ais satisfaction and bitterness of the masses towards them preventing auy erious trouble in the future the kuner they make a decided cb cabango 0 u the thi present diey viey of society socie t lr the better striving dg to elevate themselves and those in the more bumble humble walks oi of life to that exalted plane plans of morality tv which the laws of nature have them attain a strict adherence to which are thep tily jaws laws that will preserve ij tact the permanency and integrity of any people cation or orera empire pre 8 eng dec |