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EUROPE. ‘The New Political Reforms in France. Spanish Minister of State’s Letter to the Ambassadors at Foreign Courts. English and Russian Policy Re- garding Central Asia. ANOTHER GREAT CANAL SCHEME ‘The steamship Peretre, Captain Duchesne, of the General Transatlantic Company, from Havre 12th and Brest 14th inst., arrived at this port yesterday afternoon. She brings details of our cable despatches up to date of sailing. The next session of the Congress of Political Economy will be opened on September 1 at May- ence, Germany. The Loire of St. Ettenne states that the miners just condemned ia that town for acts of violence while on strike have petitioned the Emperor Napo- leon to accord them pardon. Accounts from Neufchatel, tn Switzerland, state that a nail storm has done great damage to the vines in that canton. The loss is estimated atymore than two militons of francs, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1869.—TRIPL# SHEET the a of Napoleon, and henceforth the topiatey be freed from the muzzle which I deliberately and securely fastened the Emperor can exercise no no money, or make an international thout the conseyt of the legislative body France by election. of Napoleon TI}. and the destinies of lis coun’ TT ia a wise act, even more than agreat one, his voluntariiy abdica- ting the dictatorship in which he was still sustained by a large majority, notonly of the Assembly re- cently elected, but of the popular vote. It ta a long time since one of our presidents was elected with such a majority as the government candidates ob- tained in Maj There ig at this moment a ma- 4 500,000 out of 8,000,000 of votes tn favor of Napoleon’s constitution of 1852, In spite of this de- cided preponderance, which he might preserve easily enough to the end of his Teign, he had resolved 10 give up his sovereignty and to divide his power with the elected re atatives of France, hy he has taken this judicious cou! why he has performed this rare act of abnegation, I have already explatued in a previous letter, when 1 stated a month ago that such was bis firm intention. ‘There were thousands ip this country, and as many out, who doubted such & triumph over himself, His uncle abdicated in 1814 at Fontainebleau and again after the battle of Water- loo, just for the reason that many sovereigns have done before and since, because they could not help it. This assuredly, was not the case with Napoleon IIL, but he has a stronger notion now tuan the mere exercise of arbitrary power, and that, as I said formely, is the preservation of his dynasty and the succession of his son. His object now is to inaugu- Tate paritamentary government 4 anglaise, or as the phase now Is here, the government of the coun- try by the oa, which means the government of the country yy the politicians and the Dress. This was tried trom the fall of Napoleon I to the fall of Charles X., and again from 1830 to the fall of Louis Phililppe. Unfortunately, the politicians and press of this country are split u into so many factions, all aspiring to the government, and they are besides such bot-headed and po- litically inexperienced men that they are sure to t into a mess and b things generally. But it $ an admiraple idea of Napoleon to set pariiamen- bed government agoing while he is still on the box and can occasionally catch hold of the reins if these Orey French steeds show symptoms of away. It 4 aimply ridiculous to su} tbat the French can ever be governed as the h or Americans are; but it isnot improbable that something like a constitutional government can be contrived that power, treaty representing the people ‘vhis effectually ends the supremacy try, ‘The net proceeds of the Swiss railways for the year 1867 18 given as follows:—Bulach-Regensburg, 1 per cent; Berne State Railway, 1.5; Grand Central, 55; Jura, 1; Italtan line, 0.2; Northeast, 6; Western Swiss, 2.2;,Union, 2.5, and Zurich-Lucerne, 1.2. The opening of the shooting season in France has been fixed as follows:—In the southern zone on the Jeth, with the exception of four departments, in which the date 1s the 23d; in the central on the 80th, and in the northern on the 6th of September, The Conte Cavour of Turin says:—‘‘We are in- formed that Prince Amedeus, after having passed a part of the summer at the royal chateau of Stupinigt, will embark for Beyrout with some distinguished savants. His Highness will be one of the first to Visit the Suez Canal.” The Paris Gaulots reports that a pupllof the school of St. Cyr has invented a mitrailleuse far more mur- derous than that of Meudon. General de Gondre- court, the head of the establishment, is said to have had {tt constructed at bis own expense, and to have presented to the Emperor both the weapon and the inventor. A fatal accident occurrea on Saturday, the 7th inst, at Charlero!, in Belgium. An underground ice well, fifty feet deep, was being built near the Rue de la Source, and four masons were at work at the bottom, when the sides fellin and buried them in the ruins. One was got out almost unhurt after fifteen hours’ labor, @ portion of the woodwork having formed an arch over his head, but tne bodies of the others, one of whom was a son of the survi- vor, were not extracted until the following evening. The Mémortal de la Loire states that the strike of the workwomen in the silk trade has spread from Bourg Argental to St. Chamond and Izieux, They demand an increase of wages and one hour les work perday. They have left the factories, where they were lodged and partly fed, and appear in the town and neighborhood m groups, but are quite peace- able. The recetpts of the theatres, concerts, dancing Places and pubiic exhibitions in Paris in July amounted to 718,018f., being a decrease of 369,09sf. on the preceding month, but an augmentation of 175,292f. over the July of last year, A telegram from Ajaccio states that the domanial forest of Mormano has been on fire since the 8th. may be more or leas ada] to the French idioayn- cracy, and ifsuch a political structure is ible, then the greatest artifloer of that kind of work of his day may assist very materi: in setting it up. ‘This 1g the great job now before Napoleon, to con- struct an easy going constitutional régime, that his sau with or without talent, as the case aay be, shall be able to co-exist with. This would suit the mass of the ‘who are well di to Xapo: Jeon for the great services he has rendered, but dread any more revolutions. They will hail the vent of his son if he comes in with a system of government that promises duration. It 13 certain Shat the institutions now existing could only last while their author lived to menage them; but if a ew sel are organized of the onable pattern, adapted to the taste of the day, why, then, the chances of Napoleon IV, succeeding his father in a yes regular way becomes almost a certainty. I fear may have writen rather too fully on the Senatus Consultum and its meaning, but it is interesting for those who are too far off to follow events closely to be kept carefully posted upon matters greatly talked of and often misrepresented. SPAIN. Minister of State’s Circular to Spanish Am- bassadors—Spain Demands Recognition by the Nations—Conciliatory Policy Towards American States. MADRID, August 6, 1869, Manuel Silvela, Minister of State, has issued a cir- cular to all the Spanish representatives abroad. It is an able, concise and instructive document. It enumerates, without unnecessary multiplex reitera- tions, the facts which brought about the September revolution, which he calls the most “bloodjess in history.” From the document, which 13 three columns in length, I quote:— One of the first duties of the provincial government was tl to justify themselves fully in th of the civilized world, to explain the causes which produbed the revolution, and to bring about in proper time the reforme needed by the coun- The cireular despatch of the Minister of State to the foreign potencies of last October, contained promises to perform What the Cortes bas now done, State, to remain whtil such Umea Conatituyentes shall elect the King who will occupy the throt of this glorious monarchy. A fundamental code has been promulgated and received with enthusiasm. In that code are consigned full Individual rights, liberiies most ample, which being accepted without compiilsion by the majority of the country, it 1a therefore evident to the world that the revolution, after its reslatless march over gravest obstacles, over trying momenti regarded as complete and ui The ster! baifons now going on int taken careful measure of, Measures had been taken by the troops quartered at the penitentiary establishment of Casabianca, close by, to extinguish the flames, but the attempt failed, ana the conflagration was still spreading. During a violent storm at Biesheim (Haut-Rhin) three days back two persons, M, Trouillet, a farmer, ‘and an old woman, being overtaken by the rain, sought shelter under @ poplar, and were both killed by the lightning. The electric fuld struck M. Trouillee frst on the forehead and passed out at the back of the neck, re-entered the body under the shoulder blade, and escaped through the chest, having perforated the heart, No marks were found on the other body, A number of foreign ofMicers are at present at the Camp of Chalons; among them are two Swedish and two Italian, all of high rank, one English, and Colonel Count de Waldersen, of the Prussian staf, one of the most distinguished tacticians of the Northern Confederation. He belongs to the Eleventh corps darmée, the headquarters of whicn are at Cassel. He is now lodging in the hut of a French general, one of his friends, FRANCE, ‘The Constitutions of 1848 and 1851—Napo- leon’s Skill as a Statesman—His Surrender of Power—Past Precedents Compared with Present Movemente—The Senatus Con- sultum. Panis, August 7, 1860, Long before this reaches you the meeting of the French Senate will be announced to your readers to take into consideration the modifications of the con- stitution of 1852, Of course everybody is aware that this constitution was the handiwork of Napoleon, just after his election to the Presidency for ten years in December, 1861, which immediately foliowed the coup @ état. By this election he was invested with the sole power to fabricate @ constitution to super- sede that got up by the republicans in 184% The latter instrument threw the sovereign power into the hands of the single legislative body it created, which controlled everything. The republicans never doubted they would always be in a majority in this Assembly, and consequently their constitution gave {tthe monopoly of all power. When the State fell into the hands of Napoleon he imitated the example set him by the republicans of 1848, and the constitu. tion he promulgated in February, 152, provided that all power should be concentrated in him, He created a Senate to be nominated by himself, whose functions were insignificant. He ordained a legis- lative body to be elecied every five years (afterwards changed to six years) by universal suffrage, but, less confident than the republicans in his control over it, he took care to muzzie it in such an ingenious way that It could give him no great trouble. Under this constitution aforesaid Napoleon has wielded abso- lite power over one of the most enlightened nations of the world, and, perhaps, the one the most difficult to govern, for the period of seventeen years, which of itself is a fact dispiaying suct political skill as to entitle him to be regarded a8 the great statesman of his epoch. It was clearly not from any yalgar love of tyran- nical power that Napoleon investea himself with dictatorial control, His real object was to carry out certain graud projects for which he je!t himself ordained, It was not merely the rebuilding of Paris healmed at, which would have contented Louts XIV., whose ambition was limited to his own indul- gence, as witness the gorgeous palace of Versailles, or the construction of docks, roads, cauals or vast improvements in agriculture. Doubtless Napoleon had also in view other great results, that could be ished only by fmperial power; such, for in- ' ®, a8 remodelling the foreign tarlif of France, which the muplicans Of 1848 did not venture to touch, les yehould arouse the formidable hos tilly Of the Mmanuwiacturers of France, who had ed AO Unjust mMononely almost since the daya t, in the seventeenth century. In 1559 pn dtd ny itace to Inour the rage of the Urers by making @ commercial treaty with hd, Whic wiany articles of French produc- nownved to nothing less than free trade, ‘This 4d never have accompished had @ vows of the sogisiature beea necessary, for the manufacturers, Wilh their Wealth and totiuence, bad always pre- veriied any legislative vody trom touching ther s4 interests, ‘Thore is no doubt the Emperor has ueé 10 the Conciusion that he hag done ail he can erect, and likely ull that he this reason, a3 well as for Ui er hoped for, and for fety of his dynasty, he jas determined to give up the absolute power ne jos so long and dexterousiy wielded. This preamble Wil explain the meauing of the propositions he seat on Monday last to tie Senate, modifying his constitution of 162, and dignified by the sounding faue of a senatus consulium. Of course these new laws will pass the Senate, though possibly seme obstinate conservatives may attempt an amend. mont, Which will be voted upon by the maiority at facility with which the int ‘their silly ad} cispersed. ‘Therefore, in this situation, the Epapias, government deems it just and proper to Inform the friendly nations, to whose capitals Spanish representatives bave been sent, that the time bas eome when it desires to be recognized as an established government. The will and expressed desire of an entire arp was never so truthfully embodied as that of Spaniards in the present government. After men’s sions had been calmed down the poils were thrown open for the frat time to Spaniards for the election of the Cortes Constituyentes. Three millions of freemen, under the shadow of universal suffrage, marched, with their votes in their hands, without Ma eaeemd intimidation, corrupt agenclos, or without any of that elec- toral agitation which the detractors of the ballot prophesied would be witnessed, and in the ballot box were the votes left, the result of which {s the body of national deputies Cortes Constituyentes. When the sovereign National ‘seats the frst time in the Congress the la Torte, conqueror of Alcoles, was re- nested to conatitute the executive power, after which the ortes consecrated themselves to the task of resolving the problems contained within the constitution of @ State, Before and after the Cortes was convened the government has been obliged to appeal to force to suppress obstinate fa- matics, who p appeared ‘at distant cities in armed groups, who would understand, in spite of reason, that license was Uberty. For the sake of the general pew liberty, for the preservation of property anc of law-abiding citizens, it was our misfortune to com- pelled to overthrow and disperse these licentious faction by Srma, and it was done, Noticeable also ta it that though a nation was excited, the Cortes © ituyentes discussed national questions with open doors, without other guards or defendera than the ma- fen, of national representation. It was @ spactacie long to Temembered. of oderation eee 00% men unexpectedly these represen! tives of s people so long down-trodden, and surprised Ku- rope with their fund of Knowledge and of wisdom, and the beautiful eloquence which marked the delivery of strange ideas to Spanish peoole. After five months of arduous labor the most liberal con- stitution that Spain ever saw was produced, in which will be found consigned ail the libert! which th it advanced nations of Kurope and America enjoy under a democratic regimen, The firetand primary emblazonment of the reyo- Intion was “Individual Rignte and Universal Suffrage,” The Cortes hos gate sl consigned these in the first section and chapter of the democratic constitution which they created, and emphatioaily the cod that all Spaniards shall be allowed to vote who are of oat they may also be freeiy allowed to express their Ide: \d opinions by word or by writing; that they peacefully aud associate for all the ends of human fife which are not trary to morality; and, lastly, that they may direct petitions individually or col- lectlvely to the Cortes, to the King or to the authorities. Lisewise is {t noticeable that “liberty of yi was de- creed, which was a novelty in the political organization of Spanish society. For since the triumph over Islamism on this Penisula Spaniards nsecrated themselves to wor- ship the Almighty God after the form and in the faith of the holy religion under whose banner they were led against the ‘Moors so 01 by Ferdinand and that royal heroine, Iai bella, the Catholic, But from this fanaticism most blind; for Catho Christianity but Islaraisn, of the general the protection pirit of jutolerance of nt spirit which arrayed brave and energetic Christian people, id invincible spirit of human pro of glgsntic and fierce wars a p of religion, of laws, of 1d ko it ‘of the earth’ was p from its height of pow decay must be attributed to this ungovernable fanaticism, which caused the most intelil- ont of her sons to be sacrificed In the famen of the Inquisl tion, to ied from thelr natal land, which smothered all other Christian forms grew the ar ainst Spain advanced ideas that ran current with civilization, which deadened all gems of thought and of conscience. has been a terrible lesson that which the Most High bas Te ha taught 8; it has not rooted out the ancient faith of fathers, bat It bas extirpated from onr bearte savage, bigotry,'and Intolerance of other rr insane rms, and has wisely chas- tened tu. ‘Tia chastisement of the nation is that it hae alinost wnenimot Mberty,” which is eron now being pra bulwark of Intolerance has been raze ‘ope can not tax us any more with bigotry, nor boing the moet bigoted nation in the world, "All strangers who set foot npon Spanish soil bave the right to worsbip ording to their con- aclonces ; arid the government will prote nin the oxercise of not only ther ‘ideas but also in the pursuit of any industry. Bor would the Spanish government Have a right to expect the most lively aympathies of the Kuro- pean States and of the civilized orb; for, though differing in point of institutions, after all, there isan unan!mous concur. rence of thought respecting the great principle of religious liberty. ‘The third most important question—which has been de- bated upon amply, seronely and luminously within the Cortes—was the form of government. In vain an intelligent minority, energetic and active, made superhuman efforts of passion and of oloquence to discredit our bellef and faith In he monarchial form. By an Immense majority, after days of untiring labor on the part of the republicans, the mon- aroby was consigned within the constitution. Before adjourbing the Cortes elevated to the Regency, ne- cording to the constitution, Don Francisco Serrano y¥ Do- minj\ier, thea President of the provisional government and of the exeo ‘ower, who, for his traits of character and generous love of co deemed most suit. able to oconpy that high office. the Regent conferred framediately upon hi jon in armas and captivity (the Conde do Re: \o power to form a new Miniatry to consolidate and strengthen the work of the revolution #9 auspiciously begin. ‘The new Mininiry is composed of three elements wiiich’ forms # coalition iT by any factions or combination of tions. he Regent is supreme chief of the State, and in of the country approving the suspension of the nit in direct contact wi those to whom they re sen to set about dennt- tively resolving the election of a monarch. It {a nacessar: that tue monarch must be in concordance with the Cortes to obtain the greatest number of suffrages. If auch be found worthy to wear the crowni San Fer! Alphonso the Magnanimous he will jed with jubilee ‘and the love of all Spantars We propose also to repress anarchy and everything that will give canse for discontent, to check effec.ually those who persist n saying that the liberty Spain enjoys to-day is in- ‘compatible with lasting tranquility. We trust sincerely also that before long peace will be fully established in © nd that when the rcpresentatives of that {slo shail arrive, as those of Puerto Rico have, and taken their seats in the Cortes, that island, most the crown of Spain, shall enjoy to the fuii the liberties which ple of the Peninsula enjoy. onlso to improve our commerce by making more cous troaties with France, England, Italy) Portagal countries, and @o increasing t portation of our products. The quesiion of finance, object of the moat | ‘serious consideration to th yy with each contra Corganic IAW eunion of the Cortes for the compietion of their nilabor, and other Works no less Important re- lating to the reorganization of the country and to the con- Solidation of the conqueste of the der revolution, must Occupy in preference the attention of the Cabinet, who have merited the confidence of the Regent and of the Cortes Co! stituyentes in their efforts for the conservation of order and ‘erty throughout :he entire country. ‘the goverment, therefore, having a determinate and det- nite form, and a supreme chief possessing irrefragible tiles of legitimacy, those most valued by elvilized nations, with Goubt the hour has now arrived to teguiate our relat{ous w the friendly and amicable potencies. With this object ighness the Regent has commanded that credentials be presented to the Spanish am! abroad to secure ta, It is woll known that recognition from all government amicable relations Lave been interrupted with some can States, but the government is disposed to be conciliative, and to rencw friendly relationa, if they on their part desire Mt, without demanding any concessions against our interests and dignity. By order of the Regent T direct this despatch to your excel. hich Oe the Ministero tency, a copy of which you will present to. th Foreizn Affairs of tha government to which you are ac: ed, that he may know the desires and propositions of this goverument, and to the ever kind may be rectified, to the success of the revolution and according to the views aud intentions of those who are it the head ent, Tener keer ee MANUEL SILVELA. MADRID, July 26, 1269, at ail differences of what- La Granjo, the Cloud Palace the Kiugs of n | Ttia builtof granite anda sort of red Spain—Presentation of General Sickles and Attaches to the Regent—Honors to America— Heroes tn War Lose thelr Self-Confidence Before the Lovely Regentes:. MADRID, August 5, 196, Your correspondent returned on the Slat uitimo from the ralace of San Ildefonso, at La Granja, called the Cloud Palace of the Kings of Spain, after witnessing the very flattering reception of Major Genera] Daniel E. Sickles and the new Legation by the Regent of the kingdom. To vary the monotony of writing political letters, I prepose to give your readers an account of the journey to La Granja, the reception of General Sickles by the Regent and a fow remarks upon the delights of this Cloud Palace, 80 that those who run may read. Wednesday, the 28th ult,, at half-past three of the afternoon, Gen. Sickles, accompanied by Mr. John P. Hale, Col. Hay, Mr. Paul Forbes, of New York; Col. Johnston Livingston De Peyster, Mr. A, Augustus Adie, Sefior Siivela, Minister of State, and the Intro- ductor of Ambassadors, left Madrid in @ state car- riage attached to the express train, for Villalba, & small station about seven miles this side of the Esourlal, where those bound for La Granja always alight. Apprised of the coming of the distinguished visitors, the Regent had sent two state diligences, or berlines, to Villalba to convey them to the palace of San Idefonso, distant from that station about seven Spanish leagues, and when the General and hisguite arrived at Villalba the carriages were in waiting. As soon as these distinguished persons had taken their seats, and as soon as their baggage was pro- perly stowed in, the Spanish drivers, well ac- quaimed with whip science and mountain driving, were seen to manipulate the reins and whips in ominous fashion, and two clear cat-call notes and two loud pistol cracks of long lashes announced that the lumbering royal diligences were under way and of along the cannino real as fast as twelve hill Ponies could gallop, while two mounted guardias civiles (Spanish gendarmes) rode behind as escort. The Camino Real was a right royal road, deserving the name, not because it leads to @ royal residence, but from its merits as a triumph of engineering skill. It is an even road, constructed after the macadam Pattern, flanked by ditches to drain the moisture, and trees, under which tie foot traveller may find shade, At every half mile we found two'guardias civiles, with musket and sword to protect the road and insure safety to the traveller to La Granja. After changing horses once we find ourselves as- cending the first line of hills, the first advance chain of the Guadarrama, the summit of which admits of change of scene, a circle prospect over the plain of Castile the New, looking better in the distance, marked at intervals by brown-colored haciendas in the midst of follage, dark lines of ravines runnu at random ina wild, wayward manner, whiten roads traliing their length serpentinely around bases oi hitls ana up to other spurs of the Guadarrama—the convent palace of Escurtal, proud, stately, massive, forming ap excellent foreground for the stubborn mountain of granite behind—and before us, moun- tain high, vast, grand in the extreme, range upon range, advancing and receding in dim distance. Another stage We arrive at just as twilight deep- ens into ps oo It afords barely time enough to drink in a glorious sweep of savage sconery. We had arrived at the bottom of a deep glen, which gives birth to a headiong, impetuous stream of purest water, distilled in the bosom of the dark heights by which we were surrounded, We mount the diligence and we are off at fresh Speed over a Romanish bridge which spans the stream just mentioned, and go tugging and gyrating in ascending spires up grander, wider belgpe. The Guadarrama is in ite glory on dark nights, Its seeming soiltude and tra tatense gloom revive dark traditions, wherein murder and bandittism figure principally of most ferocious coloring, which effectually drive away yawning and a disposition to slumber. The driver, never taciturn, begailes our senses by such rehearsals, and from being @ common place driver, brutish at first sight, swells into a hero, Localities are indicated, and timidity conjures up formless pes in the intense shadow of the cavernous rocks—spirits, mayhap, of the murdered travellers, awiul atleast, But horror and cold thrill soon vanish, for the diligence, witn sonorous thunder, dispels the fearfui fantasies and the awful shapes and shadows are left behind but as night- mares of memory, There were various subjects our Jehu talked of interesting only to the traveller by his side, never to others, least of all to ® prosaic reader. Of all the most interesting to me was. when, after @ furious gallop of a mile through an avenue of patriarchal Ci) @ bright light was seen ahead, a pair of lofty were flung open and the driver whispered ga: mythically in my ear, “Zs(o es La Granja.” Atthe Casa de Infantes—rendered into intelligible, articu- lable English, House of the Heirs Apparent—extem- orized during the summer heats into @ Hotel de fadrid, travellers for La G ja halted. Omicial Americans were invited by the Duke de la Torre to take their quarters at a detached building belopging to the royal palace, known as the Nuncio’s house. UnoMicial Americans were lodged far better at the Casa de Infantes for the sum of $4 50 in gold money of the image and superscription of Isabella Segunda. Supper over, I presume, after the five hours’ ride by royal and public berline, both oficial and unom- cial Amerieans slept, The pew Minister has alept, I dare Bay, in very many stPange places; for he has been a soldier and a traveller; but that night, I have every reagon to believe, he slept well; but whether it was from the balmy breath of holiness and the odor of sanctity with which the Nuncio’s bed impregnated or from utter weariness do not know. The first part of the night I slept poorly; it must have been because the shade of some wicked Infante or a villanous Godoy haunted the room;for I dreamed of ixion’s eter- nally revoiving wheel, and lambent phiegethon flames and many other unblessed things; but to- wards morning [ slept well; innocence had tri- umpned over devil’s mockerles and sinful shades. Philip V. built the palace of San Iidefonso, on the site of the Grange, @ tarm peionging to a convent. Philip V. was once known as Philip Dake of Anjou, second son of the dauphin of France and grandson of Louis XLY. by Maria Theresa, On the eaviy death of Charlies IL, the Spanish throne was contested by Philip of Anjou and Archduke Chavies of Ausiria, the brother of Emperor Joseph. Charles won tt for the time, but his defeat at Almanza and the subse- went treaty of Utrechi secured the throne to Putiip Duke of Anjou, Philip V. This king was a Bour- bon, grandson of Louls XIV. Hie had seen the glortes of Versailies, he had luxuriated on cusntoned chairs and gazed dreamily at vistas of lakes and Splashing fountains and parcerres of Mowers, and had kunbibed Versailiean tastes from the windows of that chateau, and the numerous fountains and avenues of statues had fired his fancy. When he came to Spain to occupy the throne of the Valois, and faw the gloomy, prout monasierial palaces of the Austrian kings, his soul was sickened, and ne became what i may cail a celio-maniac, for- ever hunting for @ site whereon a new Versailles Might be built, While out ae on the Guadar- rama he saw the Grange farm, admired, bought it. n inge was demolished; the wild rocks aud slopes of the mountains underwent a magical trans- formation, an extensive park or garden was laid Out, trees of all kinds were planted, miles of iron poy intersected the ground like a network, leading rom the glorious gascade that falls from the steep slope of huge La Penalera to lakes, reservoirs and fountains; rilling streaius wore made to run through @ud through the garden, to trip it merrily over polished stones and around obtrusive rocks, tomake Sweet melody in riant giebes. A series of cascades Were made to fall over marbie and granite in wavin} walls of sheen, and ba giens, curtained by fir and pine boughs, through which bubbied tho limpid spring; velvet vistas, parterres of flowers, gods, goddesses, demons, satyrs, fawns, rigid in marble and metal, covered the grounds, aud finally @ palace, after the Versatlican pattern, crowned the scene, the front looking towards an Infnitude of mount and the noble whole of art, tue back upon a nity of mountains, an extensive champaign, pictu- resque giens, with wings upon gardens and groves, Such 18 San lidefonso, at an altitude of 000 feet above the sea, with a front view of La ‘enalera and other peaks, rising from 8,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level. In summer Flora treads the heights and vales, balmy Auster flings her rosy gar- lands round about witha wanton extravagance aud the gentle zephyr woos the hills; birds of various plumage peopic the gardens; it 1s a most charming spot; but iy Winter Kurus makes sport of all The shows of Alps cover the mountains aud the chills of Nova Zembia freeze all in doora, The Paiace |s like Versaliies on a small scalo—tt has an Cell de Bwufjol its own; it bas a chapel; 16 jooks upon parterres and vistas of cascades in front; | back forms @ truncated triangle; front and centre of it is for majesty, Wings for suite, back building for | prayer, canonigos, nuncio, stabie lacqueys, guards. nestone. Along the front of the central portion are a range of engaged Corinthian columns, above which stand four caryatides; on wings are engaged coumns of the Jonic order. The palace ia two stories high with @ Frencn roof, The lower story entrances and win: dows are strungiy protected by tolding gates. In | front of the building are ranged some doen splinxes, Atoue P, M, General Sickies and Colonel DePev dressed in and Mr, John P. Hale and Mr. Augustus Adie tn dress suits, got into « carriage of the Regents and drove to the by uilding occu; aay ea 0 mt on gual ‘The following, transcribed verbavint from the oMolal pape, Gaceta de Madrid, will best relate what took place:— On Thursday, the 9th of the current month, at one tn the bis’ Hi the 00n, tof the Kingdom, rthily ‘Tecelved at Sap Iidefonse, im cariouae eaae Me. John P. Hale, Envoy Extraordinary aud Minister Plenipotentiary of the ‘United States, who had come 10 take loave of the Regent, baving received a letter from. the Presi- ol @ United States informing him that his mission was ‘Thus says the oMcial rendering of the ceremony which inaugurated an incoming of a new minister and the outgoing of another. Those para pha of Serrano seem to come out smoothly, for Serrano is the first gentleman of Spain, and by his suavity he quite captivated the hearts of our attachés, Ser- rano’s reply to Mr. Hale was exquisite. ‘To those be- hind the scenes in Spanish diplomacy they see more in it than the casual observer, Serrano is a gentle- man. Serrano’s welcome to our inilitary chief is just what all who know him would have sworn would be addressed to him, The exhibition of the fountains at work was set for five P, M., but the inceasant efforts of the Storm King to break his hands in the nelzhborhood of La Peno- Jera, and the final rupture and Fenetae Ot the thick clouds that environed him caused it to be postponed toalaterhour. Ina moment, aa tt were, a brignt afternoon had been rendered quite dark by the pitchy clouds that rose in embattled form above the lity mountains, and for an hour the surcbarged heavens labored to relieve their hard travail, by lightning, thunders, and @ swooping tempest, which preyed unmercifully upon the thick rampant foliage of the trees in the garden. Atsix o'clock the set azure of lah 6 had replaced the murk and gloom which forewarned the tempest. Half an hour later we were all tn the garden in front of t General Sickles being in the Pony carr! of the Duchess, and the nt, his children, ister of State, Minister of Portugal escorting the General on foot, the Regent being very assiduous in exhibiting the novelties of the gardea to his distinguished guests. The common people were enthusiastic also in their praises of the Gen- eral, exclaimting ‘Que bonito! El tieve mucha im- pana I” SOW ‘apaasianel What. a@ pleasing ex a3 8 signal given by the Regent the casoades were low, and the tuneful splash of the lim- id water was heard ag it ran in sheeny streams rom terrace to terrace. Next s long vista of foun- tains, Sapa en iment of water grenadines, shot their clear liquid far above the tops of the high- est trees, from mouths of di ns and tritons, Nep- tune, in his charivt with his trident, is almost drowned by the torrent of water which falls on his venerable head; great ugly monsters spew out purest waters by tons, and there seems a general Gelage'on hand, when suddenly a wave of the Regent’s Rand and the tall columns are seen no more, Perseus is seen with a sword uplifted to strike a dragon, and iovely Andromeda, nude, chained to a rock above, is seen and admired, but soon a gurgle and a lightning rush of water upward from the mouth of the dying dragon, and the three figures are involved in must and spray. Pomona, conquered by the magic art of love employed by Vertunius, next heaves Cares, Latona, fi ey Olne clo, Daphne. L na, Ino yy) a ucre- tla, Bachus, son of Tntto Oxdemel 4 We the peerless boy of Ilia, we come to the Diana, where lions roar as if in anger, and, in their wrath, they shoot out lengthy streams, vases get filled and overfiow, the dogs in the laps ‘of the maids of the mistress reel with the force of the stream they shoot out of gaping mouths, the frogaon the outer circle contribute their streams to swell the general confusion and din of falling waters, and lastly, La Fama must be seen, which sends a stream 130 feet aie and the ceremony is over, everybody being hiy pleased with the entertainment. ere was also @ banguet given in the event in honor of General Sickles, at which attend and his , @nd the Minister of banquet hall was very handsomely furnished. There was an abundance of dainttes and luxuries, wines that would have matched those from Falernian bins, Chian or Cretan; there were wines strong enough to fuddle the feet and tie men’s tongues, Have you ever heard of the waters of Salmacis, which ‘formerly turned men into women; or of the streams of Sybaris, which changed the body and the mind of man; or have you ever heard of the Nymphaen Lotus, which, when eaten, caused men to forget their country? Yet there was neither waters of Salmacis or of Sybaris, or insidious Nymphaen Lotus; but directly in tront of our at- taches (handsome fellows they are, too,) was the Duchess de la Tor the far famed, beautital Duchess, whose looks darted by those glorious eyes. Ab! ye gods! “Cover me, ye pines, fe, cedars, with innuinerable boughs hide me.” ‘The sumpiuous gluttony and gorgeous feast, wines of Champagne, of Acres and of Khineland were all forgotten, an the rich stream of music of Fatherland, that came through doors and windows, rich, deep and strong, Pe he aaa for the Duchess was regarding them wi Smiles Such as hung npon Hebe's chesk, And love to live in dimple sleek. One word more and I havedone. Just such an ambassador as General Siokies, winning respect from all who see him, ought we to have in every country. America, that was one month ago below par, is now atthe head of the list in Madrid. No ambassador or prince for the last thirty years has been honored like General Sickles has been. His very appearance has given unbounded delight to all. eneral Grant deserves thanks for the tact with which he has re- moved many tncapables. ‘there are but a few more Jeftin Europe. It was a herculean task—imuch of it bas been done, a little yet remains; but veruna Fash in longo Jas est obrepere sommum. Pa- nce. ENGLAND. After the Battle=The Prospecg Behind and Before. LonDon, August 5, 1869, Now that the Irish Church campatgn has closea with the capitulation of the Lords, the victors and the vanquished are alike engaged in a resurvey of the plan of battle and of the bearing of those who took prominent parts in the engagement, Of course the views expressed both as to the causes and con- sequences of the result take their coloring from the sentiments and sympathies of the commentators, It is not to be wondered at that the disestablished and their closest adherents, who had calculated with confidence upon the defeat of the Ministerial policy through the obstinate opposition of the Lords, and who cared but little at what cost to others thelr own temporalities were preserved intact, should Visit the frst outbursts of their disappomtment and Wrath upon the friends who lacked courage to stand by the beleaguered citadei to the bitter end rather than upon the enemy who first planted the ar- tillery of destruction against its walle. It does not, therefore, excite surprise to flud the oMciai organ of the Irish Church denouncing Lord Cairns as the modern Judas, branding the weak-kneed peers who followed his flag of capitulation as cowards and traitors and calling upon the Irish Protestants who have hitherto been tue vassals of Toryism to link their fortunes nenceforth with the liberal whigs of England, Neither is it regarded as unaatural that some of the more hot-headed among the re- formers should display a certain amount of vexation at the tame termination of a struggle which at one time threatened sucn revolutionary consequences, and should in the Srat moments of thew disap pointment tax the liberal leaders with yielaing too much to the arrogant peers. Bub to those who are practical’. a3 weil as earnest in their devotion to the cause of human progress the success of the Irish Church bill and the means by which it was accoinplished seem to be full of satia- faction in the present and hope for the fucure, ‘The measure itsell has removed an evil which was a scandal upon the age in which we live, wutle the signal deteat of an ungracious and intemperate oppo- sition has given assurance that the intolerance and selfishness of a hereditary legisiative body, removed from sympathy with tie masses of the people and irresponsible for its acts, will never again be pei mitied to obstruct or disfigure those reforms that may receive the endorsement of the popular will. ‘This is all the more important, siace the rst efforts of the liberals will be directed towards the removal of other abuses in Ireland, and will thus excite the most violeat prejudices olthe Bugiish nobility. For generations the British aristocracy have looked upon irishmen aa aliens aud their country as a subdued province. In the present Parliainent we have heard prominent statesmen stiginauze the great mass of the irish peopic as traitorous and rebeilious at heart, and declare that they should be ruled only by the Strong hand of the conqueror. Men eutertaining such sentiments will be likely to regard with # very bad grace @ policy that will scok to establish sometning like equality for the Irish as one of the component parts of the United Kingdom, Yet it is certain that the liberal party in bngiand recognizes the fact that upon the @mahe!pation and elevation of the Irish race depend the iuture safety of Great Britain, The next step of reform will be turned in that direction, The irish Church jaw will be followed by an Irish Land bi't, and Lo this a8 to the preceding measure of Justice, the consent of the upper house of the Britisa Pari ment must perforce be given. If the people strong in their determination tp remove w. sent- mental grievance they will be yet firmer in tie resolve to sweep away a practical evil, Justice to the peasantry of the sister isle will be demanded as the stepping stone to reforms nearer home, and as such will command the support of the English masses. it is not likely that any such sweeping change In politics in Ireland #4 sore prophets predict will follow tho disestablishment of tae Irish Ohure! Yet there Is no doubt that the general eifect will be to strengthen the libera: party on both slaea of St. George’s Channel, Such victories a8 that of the present session are not won without increasing the power and influence of tae triumphant party, As abuso afier abuse in Ireland is swept away new converts will be gained to the cause of reforin, until at last the sister isle will stand solidiy on tho side of the friends of progress. ‘The best Feniautsm an Irishman can now practise 18 lo enlist under the bauner of Gladstone and Bright and fight tn the grand a. of reform, In view of the solid fruits of te irish Church victory tt 18 of very litte interest to inquire by What means the result was brougit about; ot Lb 13 curious to trace the influences that nave Been at work and the manuer of their aviion, now ] " leader of the conserva- per heuse was felt early in the Lord jad long fer adda dns recente 1 avowed o| on an immediate unqualified rejection of the Ministerial a in the second ito the position of a lead raison Allnisterial organs; but hig fail hens len as his rise had been unsubstantial, In that pre- a le Lord Cairns was simply the hench- man of Earl Derby, as in thé final capitulation he was the mere follower of Disraeli. The latter, free from any loving tendencies or regard for the peers a3 & class, Was above all things anxious that the Irish fil bond of anion in the tira pagemen an HOME moved out of the way, Peas 8. it now appears that it was Disraell who aroused the terrors of the timid Lords by depicting in glowing colors the consequences of a dontiict with the Com- mons; who exettod the hopes of the ambitious peers by Srrelling: upon the certainty of @ Ministerial crisis and & break up of the liberal army as soon as the Church question wags disposed of; who worked upon the feelings of the wavering with all that skill and power for which he is famous, and who finally sent Lord Cairns upon his mission to Earl Grenville with the white flag in his hand and the terms of unconditional. surrender in his pocket. This discovery induces some curious speculations as to the future of political parties. It 1s clear that no competent leader-can be found in the ranks of the Opposition ex the one the least liked and the least trusted by his own party; and how long, it is asked, will Disraeli remain loyal to the principles of conservatism? If he should discover, or imagine that he disco’ @ road to power through a lower deptn of radicalism than that reached by the hated Gladstone, would he hesitate to pursue it? Had he no ulterior object in counselling and compassing the present capitulation of the upper house, ana can the man wavering upon the Church question be counted upon as thoroughly faithful on the land question? ‘These are the thoughts that now obtrude them- selves upon the uncomfortable aristocrats who are suffering under tne sting of recent defeat, and looking with apprehension for what the future may have in store for them. In the meantime the liberal forces are already digging the rifepits and raising the earthworks for future operations. ‘The Ministerial organs have commenced the agita- tion of the irish land question, and gre pressing for protection to the tenantry of Ireland from the unjust exactions of the landowners and their agents. Some of them are reading lessons of prudence to the Lords, based upon the text of their futile opposition to dis- establishment, while others are taking up the politi- cal characters of the peers, one %, one, with the on- Ject of showing how little fitted they are to control the affaira of a great nation. To all appearances the next session of Parliament is likely to be as mo- mentous and interesting as that which is about to be brought to @ close. . GERMANY. Berlin Out of Season—Bourse Transactions Oficial Vaticinations—Educational Depart- ment=Manifesto of the Liberale—General Strike Among the Masons, BERLIN, August 5, 1869. Politics and diplomacy have arrived at their gum- mer solstice, the vacations at the public schools and the universities falling together with those of the judiciary department suficientiy explain the dull season of Berlin. There is but one institution which does not rest as yet upon its oars; that ts the Bourse, where, under the influence of the hausse at Paris and Vienna, the public have had an animated time of it for the last week, running up Austrian, French and Lombard railway shares to a toppling height, often as much as from four to eight per cent in one day. For the last day or two reaction com- menced—Lombards fell suddenly eleven thalers— but on Saturday quotations again became firm. Owlng to persistent puffing in financial Journals the Rockford, the Rock Island and St. Louis seven per cent first mortgage has been introduced here, The first transactions took place atthe rate of 1034 per cent, and we find them quoted yesterday at at 714s, United States bonds, 1882, at 83\f. With a view of frightening people here from investing in said railway shares the bears call thom Jestingly “Rock fort’? (German—coat gone) conveying the meaning that those who buy them will ultimately have to part with their ‘last coat.” Asto financial affairs, trafic in general and the crops, all can be sald to be in a promising condition. Baron von der Heydt’s late wringing of hands and ghashing of teeth in his memoir to the Reichstag seems to have abated, and a change nfust have coms over the ag of his dreams, for it is officially an- nounced that the deficit of 1870, if any, will be quite insigotficant, owing to the geueral increase of re- ceipts, This shows the prudence of the Chamber in refusing the new stamp tax, qi petroleum and other duties demanded by govern- ment, and justifies the suspicion that Prussia haa been made the omy joat for @ deficit not her own, but of the North German Confederation. The tate of affairs will leak out in the next Reichstag, when the Minster of War, General Von Koon, presents nis litle account. It may then be- come clear thatan “armed peace” 1s the cause of the awful waste to conceal which so many stadied efforts are made by the irrepressible Ministry. We may state from good authority that a vote of cen- sure Was passed upon a high government officer for merely aliuding slightly anu in general terins to that cormorant instituuon. In the absence of other political news the minis- terial organ, Provincial Correspondence, bas just supplied material for fresh Bismarckian gossip, by the assertion that the only reason for the Count’s re- turement, which will last beyond the next seasion of the Prussian Diet, 1s his precarious and utterly shattered health. This is intended, by way of reply, to the many versions given to the Count’s with- drawal and in order to discredit the statements re- Leet Bose wish to rid himself of his (rer Sead ny oftice. The Premier's estate in Pomerania, “Varzin,” has helped the Geman language to a new verb, em- ployed in describing domestic quarrels or other diticulties, wherein one of the parties threatens ia- stead of making ‘its exit” to “varzinate.”” Some sensation has been caused, even at this dull period, by the announcement in the same official print of the completion of Herr von Milhier’s draught of a new mstraction law to be laid before the next Diet. Of course everybody is anxious to Know what kind of school law can be concocted in the famous Muhler department, the most reactionary, bigoted and intolerant of all others, But tuis just curiosity Will not be satisfied, owing to the premature convo- cation of the Diet in October, which makes it neces- sary, says the Provincial Correspondence, to discuss the draught at once in State Council before bringing it into the Diet, It is the old system of springing a trap upon the Legislature, allowing no time for the consideration of vital measures. Instead of givin every pedagogue in the realm an opportunity oi reading and judging of the new draught itis carefully hidden tn the bureaus of the department, very natu- fa exciting suspicion from its thus shunning the ight. The nattonal liberals-now declare in their chief organ that all conventionalities heretofore observed by them out of regard to the promiuent national leader and statesman in Prussia, Count Bismarck, will cease, and that the party is enabled to act la fuvure free from allrestraint. This will allow them more especially, they say, to view, independent of politics, questions of taxation, and to classify the udget in “necessary” and ‘“useiul’? expenditures, ‘The same influential parcy, commanding a ma- Jority in the Chamber, as your readers are aware, promise further to use all their endeavors to pre- vent new burdens being put upon the people and to counteract that pressare which government has Ivequently exercised by cutting down the é/at of “userul” expenditures, Tals manifesto of the na- tional liberals comes like a godsend, and fervent hopes are entertained that they may aduere to their rogramme, and also that the Iron Couut, as far as russia proper is concerned, may long coutumue to “varzinate.” ‘the labor question has again come before the com- munity, this ine in a very tangible shape, on account of a Well-organized strike on the part of the masons. The carpenters, a8 communicated ina former report, were succesful in obtaining an increase of wages, ancl this has induced the masons to follow their ex- ample. In consequence ali building undertaklogs are at a standstill; inany of the men have left the city, supported by the various trades unions, as well as those that remain here, It is feared that the strike Wl be of some duration, as the mastera show litue disposition to meet the demands of the men, La- from other parts having arrived, they were persuaded or threatened from entering into engagements by those on the strike. RUSSIA. Riwsia and England in Central Asla~Euglish Policy—Prussian Views in Respect to Ruse sia~Turkey und Egypt. St. PereRspura, July 27, 136% The attention of the paper reading public has heen chiefly concentrated for the last few weeks on the debates of the English Parliament, It 1s not, how- ever, of the Irish bill Tam going to speak, though we have been much Interested in 1ts progress; but of something which strikes much nearer home, viz: the debates and the explanation given by Mr. Glad- stone, as called forth by Mr. Bastwick’s interpella- tion on the affairs of Central Asia from the point of view of Hussian aggrandizoment In those parts. Our leading papers agree ya acknowledging and praising the moderate language and even spirit in which the debate was carried on, and which formed a striking Contrast to the aimost abusive philippics which were uttered more than once within the same walis during Lora Palmerston’s and Lord Derby's minis- terial reagn; but this acknowledgment ot course holds good only in so far aa it is more pleas- But, or, at least, less irksome, to ono’s feelings of gentlemanly delicacy to have to deal with a welle pred and courteous enemy than with a coarse and boorish one; for it 1s scarcely worth while to delude one’s self and go on idylliaing and dreaming that Russia and England are anything but enemics ag facto, whatever polite diplomacy may say to the contrary. The tenor of those Parliament a; however moderate and even stadiousty dull in form, by no means contradicts what.I have just said, It is remarkable that from the very beginning of the Rusalan operations in Central Asia British publig opinion divided into two distinct and: conflicting currents, which ultimately led to diametrically Opposed views of the same question. People in the detropolis—in England proprement dite—troubled themselves very little about events going on at such a distance from them, and would or could not give them their due, aad therefore greatly inclined to the policy of non-intervention, though by no means of perfect acquiescent inactivity. People in India, on the other hand, influenced by vague rae mors, which spread Seg the natives, Ui pitts by Eastern 11 ination, all but fancied, with equat exaggeration, that Russia already stood at the en- trance of the valley of the Indu: Uc opinton among the Anglo- ai easive advance ust the in Power. The former Governor General of india, Lawrence, though formal a in ple to such @ nasty line of conduct, finally made some con- cession to local public opinion by helping Sheer Alf Knan to hia success in Aig hansen Ui pcm oim @ subsidy ot £60,000 and arms, T! aero} though not periectly vor in full accordan with the policy of non-intervention which is at pres- ent Vordre du jour, met with no dige Spurnbaton: because it 18 too much in the ieee ol jand's Kast India policy to have a pow friendly prince settle tirmly in Cabool. A treatue with Sheer Alt would be bmding and therefore ine convenient, and I do believe this is the only why no treaty was concluded, and not all a lot Soout bumnan ierty and progress generally” whten about human and progress gen hy Wi the 7imes, of course not believing a syllable of whas it says itaelt, would have us believe, that they “have taken the upper hand, in the eyes of the Ly nation, over the interests of their own State.” If they had the English nation would be one of traitors to their own country, and that, at any is compliment which the bitterest enemies of the ° lish bave not as yet di of paying them. Their proceedi however, sufliciently v1 against this st imputation; for their Indian measures, estab! lishing @ military station in Pesha- wur, which they liken to the celebrated Austrian quadrilateral im Italy, subsidizing their neighbors and leaving them the hope of further pecuniary as- giatance if they behave so as to please the Governor General of India, &c., if not flagrantly opposed to the non-intervention policy which they at present so sedulously profess, certainly does not lay them open to the reproach of neglecting thelr country’s in- terest. They have done everything short of send- lng out troops, which might have led to declaration of war, and that is not convenient or it woufd doubt- tion, a8 we have been prevent from doing in the Black Sea, and thas ia the upshot of the “moderate and friendly” debate, and the likelihood of some such result is what keeps us in an excited state of fearful anucipation. For what but such a hint ts conveyed in the statement of Mr. Gladstone (I have not the original speech beiore me, and from ® Russian transiation), that there are reasons to believe that “the suggestion has been made on the part ¢ the Russian govern- ment, that it would advantageous to both countries to enter into an agreement according to which @ neutral space of land should be drawn between the part of Central Asia where Russia. has extended her influence and the territories which we pe on which neutral space there should be no contact, and therefore no rivairy between the two Powers. 1a Afghanistan to be that ‘neutral space??? Eas beter et Much like it. But is the sending of supp! ms and money—compatible with strict, honest neutrality? The Alabama difficulty is ai illustration of how the United States, at least, woul auswer that question, And then the suggestion is evidently Engiish, not Russian. In hinwng that 18 originated with our government Mr. Gladstone allows himself a deviation from truth—a ‘white — le”—which he certainly wouid not sanction 1n pri- vate life, put which statesmanship excuses and justt- fies, By presenting the matter in that tight he, of course, has an object in view which he can attain with all his hearers aud readers, excepting Russians, Our government can be induced to become a party in & treaty of such @ neutralizing nature, as it has been induced to much, which proved detrimental to it in practice, however fine and high sounding in theory, but cannot possibly originate a measure direct contrary to 1ts most vital mterests. Kussia has ne fo be free. from every kind of obligations with re- spect to Central Asia. In the course of the debates several orators more than once mentioned the tickle- ness, faithiessness and turbuient disposition of the Afguans as circumstances which should effectively devar the English government from entering inwo any formal agreement with Sheer Ali. If such be really the character of that people (as there can be no doubt on earth that 1t 1s), what, in the name of ali that is sensible, must be the result of an agree- ment between two civilized Powers con: @ barbarous country, without making that country’! barbarous chief a party to 1? is it not clear that ne will consider himself perfectly at liberty to play all the pranks he may have @ lancy to, Without in the least troubling himself about the dipiumatic and political imbroglies into Which he may pitch his two “prot ? Powers? ‘The oniy wouder is that England does not see what messes (to use @ vulgar but expressive word) she is preparin for herself in the future, uppose ussia shoald formally engage not to proceed fur. ther than Samarcand or Boucharia, and Engiand woula formally engage not to bring her ti into Aighanistan—these ¢ngagements would the surest means to draw both Powers into endiess con- Nicte and bickerings with the neighboring wild tribes, who know nothing of European internatioual right, and know no curb te their turbulence but the consciousness of being powerless before the might of some strong and stern foreign Power, The fate of ‘Turkey, 11 would seem, and the unbecoming wranglings around her death bea, should be suiti- Cent to scare intelligent statesmen from any repe- Utlon of such protective and neutralizing agree- ments, the only effect of which is to tie Gordian knots to be ultimately severed by the sword. While some of our Western friends, not content with having tied us hand and foot in the South, would fain do us the same service in the far Kast, Others try very much the same game on our Western frontier. A couple of lines 1n 9 Prussian paper in- forms us that, tu @ very short time. Prassian consi lates will be established in Svoif, Drakau, Tari Peremyszl, Tarnapol and Tchernavitz, viz., al the whole line ot the discontented Eastern Slavon | aie omnes of Austria, close to our Western ironuer. ‘he innabitants of these provinces are not only Sia- vonian, but foenlany. Russian, speaxing the Russian language, slightly modified, after the manner of our owa Southern provinces. The country itself was formerly actually part of Russia, governed by Rum sian princes, some of whom have left aloud name and high renown in the genuine Russian annals. Nor have the people themselves lost ail remembrance of their history (speaking not of the educated class, but of the lower ones), and avowedly expect their deliverence from us and hopefully recor to che time when they shail once more join the mother conntry. These facts, It teed) were suinl- cient reasons for the Germans to think fit to protit of the dissension between these provinces and the Aus- trian central government to try to divert some sym- pathy to their own side, or, at any rate, to be on the spot, in order to watch events aud make the best of it; for no other explanation 13 possible of this sud- den fancy for diplomatic colonization in @ country with which Prussia, or the North German Leagu which is the same thing, has never had one interest in common; has never transacted commercial or any other business of whatever kind, and which cannot be sald to oiler It any advantage, even as a transit tosome important political post. as it leads direct to Roumanta, which ts, for the present, as much out of the way of Prussian poilcy as the Em- pire of Burman, it 18 & positive fact thas Prussian or German Consuls m those ploces wilt have no regular business to transact, not 80 much even as Viseiug passports, because no Prassian or North German lives there or ever goes that way, and travelers generally find little inducement to prefer this lime to others. It {s clear that their real pursuit will be spying about them watching what is going on, What 18 being said and thought, and losing no opportunity to “sow the good seed” of German. in- fuence and German patriotism, Not that we are afraid of them—they will find it rather more diim- cult than they take it to pervert a people's deep- rooted teelings and sympathies, founded on kindred of race, disposition, language, religion and history. ‘The rgypuan Viceroy also enjoys, for the time be- ing, some share in our thoughts. In yesterday’s paper We Tead quive A short announcement from Jonstantinople.’” The deposition of Ismail Pacha bs considered very probable. Now it Is all very well for the Porte piuming herself on her unquestioned right to depose refractory vassals, but then tt 18 nut alWays quite suMicient to have the right todo a thing; the means to do it should aiso be a subject of at least some, if secondary, consideration, ‘This little additional clause seems to have been rather nogiected in the above announcement, which 1s the ~ more striking, taat the same paper, in the same breath (whether maliciously or unintentionally, [ really cannot say), reports that the Viceroy has just concluded @ loan of 60,000,000 francs for military urposes, itis clear, then, that he will not submit mely, His final are good, so are his armies and his connections, The issue, then, must be de- clied by war, if tue Porte tnaiss ton her absiract right, and war can scarcely come under the head of «dealthy exercise” for such ® very feeble invalld, whose very breath is left in his body only by being propped up with the cusiions of Baropean dipio~ ma iQ As Russia would certainly not again commis the folly of interfering between the Sultan and his Egyptian vassal, but would look on, the very por- sonification of Conscientious non-intervention, te result could not be very doubttul, Would that tho drama woula end at inst. This dénouement woul be aa good as another, if not a great deal better. should not wonder if these things were going tobe pretty freely discussed at Livadia, ROME. ‘The Wenther in tho Holy City~Public Optn= ion of the New French Ministry=The Rowan Catholic Charch in Prussia=The Annivere sury Vostival of the Jesuits—Amusements, Rome, August 3, 1869, While the sun is in Leo affairs of all sorta go om but languidly in Rome, With the centiarade thers