New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-10
THE STATE OF EUROPE


CANA seoTd practical Lesson on most important
point viz, how easy it is for crazy statesman 70
Arov nation in most serious excitement, and
= involve it into most unnecessary snd stU popu
hr war, whenever it suits bis convenience TO divert
DaAhc attention from home affairs. Within few
weeks year will have elapsed from the time Of the
alleged Outrage to the British flag on the lor,h.
Arrow, soon followed BY hostilities on the part Of
SIR John Bowrng, and by the expulsion Of the
English from Canton aud the destruction Of their
properly by Gov. Yek. Sir Jim Bowring Wa
Drosd Of having initiated grand movement be-
ginning with an Anglo Chinese war, the capture Of
Canton and the opening OF the Celestial empire 70
ADelo-Ssxon enterprise. Lord Palmerst0n i'm
proved the opportunity, in order to escape tse ne.
oeesity Of n new reform IN England, and, when op-
posed and defeated in ParEament-wbich body
kupd the war unnecessary and lie causes inmoral-
be raised surh powerful outcry about the honor Of
England that Cobden Bright, Miner G bson, and
. score Of the other most efficient members Of
Parliament, lost their seats in the general
election, against a lot Of vain and ineffi-
sient gentlemen, whose Aly merit WAS the promise
20 support Lord Pslmer.tOn Having crept into Par
lament under the cover Of the British Lions skin,
they "roared as gently as sucking dove" the
Premier had an overwhelming majority, and the
expedition 10 China set sail. The whole force, how
ever, was diverted by the Indian mutlDy the war ia
postponed, for Elk months at least. Gov. Yek and
he Cantonese continue tO have the satisfaction OF
having got rid of the red-bared bsrbarians; but
beyond the modification Of the English officials at
Hepg Kopg and the material losses of the Canton
merchants England suffers no disadvantage from the
adjournment Of the Chinese war. Her trade at the
northern seaports of China is brisker than ever, her
hsg is respected by the natives, and tea and opium
are bought and cold at the usual rates. Under such
circumstances even The London Times begins ~
recommend peaceabe arrangement; that is 20 say,
The exponent OF the Government accepts CObdeu's
original proposition OF course, the Indian mutiny
with ite terrible scenes, is quite sufficient for delay
ing the Reform movement; and thus the China war
becomes supeIhuous.
The spirlt of the English papers has undergone
most serious change as regards the Indian mutny.
The savage cry for bloody vengeance and the propo-
stiOn to rae Delhi ~ the ground have quietly
subsidized, not only because in order to destroy
great town il is indisDensaby necessary to take it
6rst, but likewise because CawnpOre, Jhansi, and
probably Agra and Lucknow, have equal claims 70
total distractions. The Outcry against the East
India Company, and the desire TO bring all India
under the direct administration OF the Grown, has
likewise subsided since the Ministers have found
eat that il is well to have scapegoat belonging 10
ne upper middle classes white the real power Is
still in the hands of the governing aristocracy. In
fact, the public now see that the Company is IN the
edme pOSltlOn 10 lDt CTOWu as tuc PRINCES
IRE TO the Company that is to say, that their sway
IN nominal not emily controlled but directed by the
soverepn power, which is the Board Of Control.
The attacks on Vernon Smith, however, grow day
by day more serious, ard there is no doubt that he
IA. next to Lord Canning, the most inefficient man
ever connected with the British Indian Empire.
The papers agree that the outbreak was not the
result Of "Brahmn conspiracy" as they
originally called it, bat they are again wrong
n calling it Mohammedsn plot. 1t Is
neither more nor less than the rebellion OF
ne Dative princes and grandees, Mahratta as we'll
q NohammedaD, frightened by the annexation policy
of Iorda Hardinge and DalhOuse. The fate OF the
aynssties Of Satt4ra Nsgpoor, Dude and 20 many
other smaller States is image OF their own future
Tbeyfhate the East India Company. which en- |
Cssaches upon the rights Of al the native princes
and their aris'ocracy Such being the case, the |
Bombay and Madras army are scarcely more 10 Dc |
trusted during The crisis, and before the arrival of the
European rtenforcemen than the Bengal SepOys.
All the princes perhaps with the exception OF the
old HoIkar are waverDg in their allegiance TO the
Company since they have seen that the theory of
Manifest Destiny is Enthusiastically put IN pIacuce by
the English. 1t is quite true that they themselves
have no better title their thrones than recent con-
quest and usurpatiOn for nOue OF the INDIAN Man
rata and Mohammedan princes can boast OF pedl-
gree gong beyond the destruction of the Grand Mo.
Rurs power by Nadir Shah, about one hundred and
twenty years ago, but their titles have been sc-
ksewedged by their subjects as well as by the Com
pany and they do not mean TO give them up with
cat struggle.
Lord Canning ia severely blamed by the oppcsi-
ton press for his peculiar conduct toward Nepaul.
At the outbreak Of the mutiny in Dude, JunS BAHIA
dour, the Regent, Immediately offered his CO.
operation in queling the rebellion TO the I'm.
ghsh Resident ct Katmandoo, who, Wei
swsre Of the importance of the affair, accepted
It without previous reference to the Governor-Gen,
eral, and thus Nepaulese corps OF three thousand
Ghoorkas was cent TO the relief Of Lucknow. Lord
Canning, however. in the belief that the mutiny
could be but abort lived, did not like to accept for
eign aid, aud by it to acknowledge tba. the Com
DaDy was unable to hold its own by its own forces.
be refused to rstiiy the act of the Resident, ou-
wiling 70 establish in Nepau claim 81 British Rra'
htuds. The expedition, therefore, was stopped be-
fore II reached the frontiers of Dude. However,
MI the country having risen in the mean tms Lord
Canning bad soon IN rescind his own resolution,
and to beg the assistance of Nepaul, whrn, OF
course, was granted, but fortnight or threc weeks
had been lost by the abort sighted policy OF that
amiaele, wesk.minded nobleman, who for the mis-
fprtuse OF England, now holds position for which
he is entirely unfit
The Engh.h have annexed the Cocos Islands beyond
Java, which until now were under Dutcn protec-
6on-the Queen of Madagascar has exp lied all
Europeans from the island-the Bey of Tuns has
published bill Of rights and proclaimed equality
before the law and liberty of conscience, ami the
Sul,sn has subscribed { 900 sterling for the relief
81 the sufferers iii India. This is the sum total of
Oriental news.
There is lull in European politics. Ministerial
crises at Msdrld and COnstantinople, financial i.ff-
cufes at Vienna and Rome, squabbss in Denmark
and fears OF conspiracy in Italy, eau scarcely be
called they belong to the staining iosttutous
Of those countries. The King Of Sweden has been
advised 10 make his will Napoleon is silent as 20
Ma Intentions Francis .JOSeDh dslkes tha paatino