Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-01-30
London Correspondence.

me SIet't puntlcu event OF Inc week mas Deen the
resignation of the French ministry and the difficulty OF
forming another administration. Ii tckens the CONT
mental mudde, and increases the feeling of alarm and
uneasiness as TO the duration Of what called ORDER
The funds were affected by it upon the London ex-
change, and the question universally asked is "what
?'' Has the force of repubicanism amused and
cheated the French people long enough, and will they
assist the President to assume the imperial purple,
will he add another to the long list of puppets, and be
cast aside to make room for military dictator GEN
eral Changarnier appears to be the rising star. If
the pear is ripe he will probably pluck it at once if
not he will his strength with the President the
ensuing Presidential election. An outbreak in Paris
now would fan the smoudering embers of discomfort
throughout Europe into fercer flame than has yet
ragged from the Tiber to the Vistula Absolusm is at
present triumphant Italy, Hungary, Germany, Casse,
Scheswg, prostrate and the rule of the sword has
suppressed and silenced the popular voice. Europe is
governed by great standing armies, whose strength is
their weakness. France with 400 900 soldiers cannot
raise loan Of two millions of francs. Austria has ex-
hausted the last and huniating expedens for re-
cruitng her exchequor, and is alike bankrupt in purse
and character, the necessity of holding every subuga-
ted province by an Overwhelming military force under
mines her stability, and dooms to certain rremedable
ruin the policy by which her present government sus-
tanned. England remains calm, and though Sir Fran
els Head about her deenceess condition. and the
absolute necessity of large reinforcements her army
and though Blackwoods Magazine endorses all Sir
Francis's sophistres yet happily the government, or
rather perhaps the people themselves have looked this
tha nj how A.
Just conclusion that standing ornaments are certain and
terrible curses to be dreaded than any danger of
invasion, they far enemies at home than any
enemies likely provoke abroad land the ten.
dency feeling here is increasingly in favor of disa
amen, and Of increasing the public butthens Hav-
ing tasted the luxury of surplus revenue and enjoyed
the pleasing difficulty of selecting what may be
dispensed with, we not disposed to exchange
this privilege for that Of deciding what other necessary
enjoyment of life will bear the pressure of the tax
gathNrer's screw The revenue returns which have
just been made indicate that the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer will again have than he requires, and he
has already crowd of eager applicants for relief The
most unanimous cry is for a repeal of the taxes, or
knowledge, and effort will be made to give
to Englishmen the boon which America enoys-a free
press When the newspaper duties are repealed,
the monopoly of such giants the Times will be at an
end and their venal columns will longer be the only
opponents to Europe of the public sentiment of Eng
lishmen.
1t expected that alarge and very Influential public
meeting will be held in London Immediately after the
assembling of parliament express the feeling enter
tanned by her the Fugitive Slave Bill and its work.
ngs in America. Without wishing any undue interfer-
with the proceedings Of neghbors, there are
many who wish the common ground of humanity to
protest against unrighteous measure, and TO ex
press their sympathy with the noble efforts made in the
Free States to oppose and neutraze it,
The busy notes of preparation for the great Exhib-
ton sound louder and louder every week. Furniture is
advancing in price rapidly, and are also ncreas
ing. f300 have been refused for two furnished rooms
in Regent street for six months Gore House Knights
BRIDGE opposite the Exhibition has been taken by Lo
gen. the eminent cook, a rent of fI200 for months.
to be fitted up a restaurant The visitors from
abroad will probably exceed all present cacuation.-
Excursion trains to run on the French lnes-the
fare to London and back TO be only ten shiIngs.
E. F.