New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-05
THE STATE, OF EUROPE.



LONDON, Friday, May 10 1857.
The approaching marriage OF the Princess Royal
having been communicated TO botb Houses Of Par
hamen,, provision is To be made by the Commons
for the Princess such as would b. Consistent win
the honor Of the Crown and the dignity oil inc
country. Such is the preamble To the grant o'
dowfy Lord Pamerstcn has succeeded IN lo"c''
me the original demands Of the Court aad IL Is un
derstood that no annuity to be settled upon 'no
young couple, but that the sum oil I'VV'V0' WI"
BE- proposed as dowry TO be Pad do"h a' ""'''
Such sum is moderate enough, ana VIII no' c'e"'
dissatisfaction: besides, it settles the question Oh
dowry for all The Royal daughters al once IL l.
certainly the mort proper thing which could be de-
vised il order 70 maintain the popularity OF the
Queen.
ard Clarendon has Introduced Jews bill abOl-
;sb;no or rather reforming the Parliamentary Oaths
which now prevent Baron Rothschild from taking
bis seat in the Commons. The Liberals will OF
course. support the measures though they are quite
certain that from the moment of their complete
emancipation the Jews will turn Tories and for
sake their radcalsm displayed during the contest
The Persian treaty seems to have been ratified at
Teheran, though the Russian NOrd persists in main
tanning It's rejection by the Shah
The dcnble suicide in Persia Of Gen. Stalker and
Commodore Etbersey is now cleared up. Both of
them were old and fiicent men, who sank under
a responsibility thrust upon them against their
wishes We cannot but deplOre the system of the
War Office which puts superannuated and efiete
men into positions requiring energy ard unceaslng
activity, which cannot fail 10 destroy them Lord
Raglan was sent to the Crlmea to die there IN
gloriOusly; but this example was lost to the War
Office and the commander of the Chinese expe-
dition will probably swell the melancholy list of
the victims Of military redtapeism. Still we ought
not to forget that England is ruled by old men,
who ike to put their old friends into positions Of
trust, without remembering that camp-iie IN for
epn hostile country is different from the easy com
forts Of London society.
The Neulchate Government has approved the draft
of the treaty sent to Bern by the Paris Conference,
and accordingly ,he Federal Council will now rafy
it. We hear likewise that the King of Prussia has
waived ms claim for cOmpensatiOm from Switzerland,
aud thus may hope that, after long and tedious
hesitation, the tiresOme affair may be regarded as
finally settled.
Professor Henry Leo Of Halle characterizes the
state of Europe in the following words I" Whoever
has scrutInzed the events of the year las mpartl-
"allv must have got the impression that the longing
different and new forms of constitution was only for
"the secondary cause. The real reason Of all those
CONNEXIONS was the fact that the nndeyeoped
energies of the age tried 10 get into life. Had the
4" Governments opened an issue TO all this energy,
"the year lS4o would have been different one.
"Liie, dramatic hgh-hOwing life is the highest and
" gIandest aim to which man can aspire: every man
yeans for actions, and if he cannot perform them
" he wishes at least to have witnessed them 1t Is
only emasculated, herring and such as from
I" their birth have a weak and miserable backbone
"whOse lOnglngs may be quenched with railroad
shares savings bank certificates cOnsOls and cOu
"pons instead of actions. Europe perishcs by thirst
for action and they quench this thirst with water
Cruel Thus we may live 10 see many more years
" of shame which, in fact, are years of honor.
{" Professor Leo is in politics a medieval conser-
yative OF the deepest dye: STILL he cannot per-
suade himself that this present mad swindle OF spec
uaton which engrOsses the life of Europe could lead
TO ANYTHING else but To crash and fearful revOlu-
tions You probably remember Lamartlne's words
in Is47 when LOWS Philippe and Gulzot were at
the zenith Of their power. The poet with pro-
phetic intuition said: " lie France Sennuc, and
therefore she is ready to do anything by way of alter
ing the present state. According to the German
Professor, Europe has now reached the same point.
IT is tired by inacton. The German princes do not
share the opinions of Professor Leo and live as if
the dark ages had returned. The Princess Adabert
of Bavaria has presented her wedding dress to the
statue Of the Virgin in the Hospital church at Munich,
and it is rumOred that the King OF Prussia intends
10 90 to Rome in the Autumn, as he is DESTROYS OF
having some private and confidential conversation
with his Holiness the Pope. His Majesty is said
10 have scruples of conscience on matters OF rel-
gion and it is limited that his Puseyite tendencies
may have brought him good way nearer to Ro-
manism than is usually believed.
The King Of Sweden, having overwOrked his brain,
retires temporarily from public business, ntrusting
the cares Of government to his son, the Niceroy of
Norway. The King of Denmark, on the other
band is worked upon by the Russian party to vacate
the throne and to retire into private life. PC.