The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-31


The first of series Of lectures on the present sspect
Of Europe, political and religious, was delvsd last
evening in the SpDgier Institute by the Rev. Dr. Baird
D. D., before large and intelligent audience Gle por
ticn of the hall reserved solely for
Of the nstitute-and their fascinating appearance was
ouch seriously to discompose the reporter in Ms du
ties and distract his attention Under these dic,ltes
the following brief and imperfect outline Of Dr. Birds
remarks are given
No American, he said, can travel IN Europe without
being convinced emphatically that Il, Is in the Old
Morld-in country totally different from his own. BE
costume. There are, perhaps, sixty yaristie. OF
tune in Russis thirty in France, and NO less CO.
zerhnd, and these things, perhaps indicate the dir
ent origin OF the people, One is also struck in travelling
over Europe at the multitude Of languages spoken
tweity in number We classify these languages into
the Latin the Teutonc and Scavonic families aud these
hree great divisions seem be about equal In point
OF and each spoken in their various bran ches nv
ab'st eighty millions Of people, The people who spss.
the Latin language mostly Roman Catholics those
speak Teutonc are principally Protestants and in
Church The population Europe NAV be set down At
$50 600 o0a and what 10 the ost extraordinary IA that
western side contains st least 900 40 }bs ,
ration which began the east Ia over 70 ~
western There Is scarcely any cvization, 80 to spes
were civilized. Seoastopo tmsrlv a 1;raet
city, and perha far more important n dava OF Con
done ali th. evil TO the eastern side Of Eooa mas mas
have the remarkable fact too, that this ntnent
civilization is chiefly the eastern side, kt ida
between. n''0
The lecturer then spoke Of the Asiac emigration In
EuropeMsgysrs, Tartars and Turxs-the last still re.
tanning their Eastern habits and customs, and remain
ing in quo The next fact that surprises travel
Ter in Europe is its great amount Of govcrnmepts-no
lers than sixty threethough IL must said that mat
tiers fast fencing towards consolidation. There
twenty monarches thirty duches, and the remain
ing governments are republics, of which Switzerland
stands at the head There also four prncipaltes
in Italy, and three in Turbey-servis the south
side, and Wallschs and Moldavia the north side oil
the Danube. The only two duchies in Europe worth
speaking Of Tuscany and Baden. An to the monar
ches Russia is the largest in extent but Il
membered that, while in Great Britain there only
issnds rules hundred and seventy i've millions
Of people A military power, France ID thu
greatest in Europe-Germany would be SO II Il
| were more centralized. There are but three mon
archs still on their thrones, since he (the lee
tursr) first went 70 Europe, twenty years ago
II must be admitted that the on.rchs Of the present
day equal TO the monarch OF twerty ago
WITH respect to the nature Of their governments IL Il
uprising to how many Of them constitutional
aadthe Popcs domnions It may be said, indeed, tina
the4 governments that constitutional very i'm
perfect but they are better than nothing II has taker
England centuries TO bring her constitution to It's present
stat Of perfection and 20 time must pass before IN,
oth& governments can become liberal Abiding to tn.
e sns !. u, that :"
withRussa He has led England into i-has quarreiet
| with Prussia and has soaded Austria on. man who
efpent Of France doubtless carry tba, govern
| mem BY force. He has talent and some learning
ta.iturn, quiet sDd resolats man a.. me fmr'
tina does not bear good character !"
Of MIRO L. his II we may judge fro
the Aekine Of Milan. The =
brother, who we're there