New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-06
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
Frcu ~ O<u Correspondent.

Nav : l-5i by which the succession 70 the
Danish TNrcre hss been fixed by the Eve g-ess
European Powers The so-callei Royal br,ach
Of the Oderburghs ceases n exist with the pres
eut Kirc, Frederic VII; he hss 40 issue. aat the
crown i. To devolve UPON smother braacb OF the
O6enhurgh family. The imperial family Of Rus
STA belongs likewise TO the sane house. the
Gar beiI the tesd Of one Of the unior branches;
still tie lines of the Dakes and Princes Of Au
eusteuburg and of the Dukes snd Princes
Of G'ncksburg stood between him and the
Dsnish Throne As il was only after those
two Ines that the Czsrs could succeed,
it has been the sim of Russian policy
from the tine of the Empress Catherine,
TO yet rid Of the claims of the Intervening lines,
and 10 set the succession of the d inish rhrooe
assured 70 tbe Gar. who BY such m,neuser.
would become the master Of thu Straits OF tho
Sound and the Belt and established IN Germany
at the outlet Of the Eloe. be the ruler of Prussia
end of AL the north of the couutry. ire danger
OF sweden, England Prucis spd even Of France
was evident; apG still the Russian intrigues were
succeed ing in the scheme in consequence Of
series OF bluuters and Of treacheries on the part
of ite ministries OF sll those States. by the
London protocol Of the S,h of M,y, 1854.
the Duke snl all tie Princes Of Augusteu.
burg. snd TIE Duke and several Ct the
Princes of Glncksburg have been cut out
from the Dansh succession, to the great aston
isbment Of all the thinking state smen. who are
Dot tools of Russia and the succession was se-
cured Tor Prince Christian Of GlHcksburg. the
last prince Of that lioe. He has DOLLY two sons.
miuors There are. therefore. but two lires
betvee bin and the suhjection of Denmark to
Russs-that is 10 say. the complete domination
of the Car in the Baltic, and his establishment
on all those points which are the key of Northern
Germany, OF Hamburg ard the Elbe. The scenes
of tre achievement OF the Black Sea, Of the
Danube and Bosphorus are here repeated with
the assent Of England and France. Tas scheme
was carried by playing 6rst. the Danes against
the Scbleswig. IIols'e liners, who resisted any act
which might tie them for ever 10 Denmark,
while now the Constitution Of Denmark lie to
be subverted as q reward for the assistance
given by the Danes 10 the crown in lSi- and lei9.
and the Duchies are to b. played sgsast Dea-
Danes. ubbroken by taree successive dissola,ions
of the Chambers in three years, has delayed the
acknowledgment by the people of the principle
Of the unity and individuality of the Dansh realm,
and with it, Of the new order OF succession.
still, uDles the grea, Western Powers revise the
treaty of the Sth of May, the Czsr cannot fail to
reach his aim. The king of Denmark has lately
haP
Russian still the new ministry are men Of the
ssme ilk. le,s OyerbeariDg than the last, bat
It'll tools of Russia, though they are more
cautious in their department But the humbug
treaty with Austria, and the campaign In the
Crimea absorb public attention so much that no.
BODY cares here in England for the treaty of the
5,h of May, and the Russian succession in Den
mark.
The complications Of Europe are not lost sight Of
Of by the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church
continues extending its Influence The Archbishop
OF salzburg has lately been nominated to the Phi
macy of Germany, On ecclesiastical dignity which
has been in allowance since 1915. In Austria, the
Archbishop Of Om0tz has excommunicated tho
Baroness de Beesz a relation ofCount Scellnltzky,
the late notorious Minister of Police, for heresy,
(propter bereseos crimes, says the sentence. }
In London, Cardinal Wisemsn has bought The
Morning Chronici, in Baden the State has had TO
submit to the pretensions of the Archbishop Of
Friburg Anew campaign is to be opened against
PfOtestsDtsm-the Emperor of Austrii being the
champion of Roman Catholicism.
The last report of the Austrian National that
il to say, Imperial) bank reveals most lamentabe
financial difficulties. On the Both Of November,
the vaults of the bank contained nlver and gold in
bars 10 the amount OF II so Gl5 horios, while
the circulation of the bank notes amounted to
3G4 0iS, 23l forms; the increase Of the last month
wss in cash, 2l- 2l2; in the issue Of bank notes.
: $50, $50 Under such circumstances, it il really
strange that the premium on gold does not exceed
- per cent, and that commerce is notaltogether
ruined
The treaty between Austria and the Western
Powers has at last been published. IL had been
pulled for long time before its publication, by
all the organs OF the Ministry, as the master
piece of English diplomscy-as the measure
which is to bring the present crisis to speedy
solution, or, at least, az the means for doubling
the forces OF the Allies actually engaged in the
Russian war, by the accession Of FIVE hundred
thousand Aus Ian bayonets. Such views were
Altogether At variance with logical deduct ons,
fro . ell we know about the real state Of Austria,
since this power has, BY the Italian and Hungs-
ran var, and by her policy Of revenge, Of confs-
cation, and prescription put herself into such
f.lse position as 70 preclude herself from the pos
ability Of going To war; her only policy, as We