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-ygbe meeting of The Two Emperors which was re-
eenyheld at StuttesFdi,s regarded significant to
some important moves upon the chess-hoard Of En-.
ropean politics Alexander and Louis Napoleon
have come together for no trifing purposes and
the fact that friendly interview has taken place
between them furnishes singular illustration of
the ups and downs Of political life It has b zen
out fhort time since they might have met as
deadly foes at Sebastopol under eircuuostances Of
peculiar Interest and with all the Muscovite and
hapoleobic pride of their natures feeding their mu-
tual resentment; Tow they encounter each other
with eourty etiquette. sit doHn- at the same din
ner Table, and after friendly bottle or two Of Jo-
hannlsoeTger, retire 70 the eouncf-room and over
map OF Europe discuss the future of many mill
lions Of people. What has been the character Of
this auliable snd courteous discussion? There are
shreWq eonjectures about it. though time alone viii
max as acquainted With the conclusions at which
thew arrived. 10 - f
The affairs of Sardinia are said to have occupied
much Of heImperisI sttentioH- Louis Napoleon
adaBires the province of Savoy and would gladly
annex it 20 the empire of France. Victor Emanuel
boWevtF, could not afford to rrlinqush so pleasant
a portion Of his domiBious unless an equivalent
were rrndered therefore. The smiling region of
Lon hardy would be considered such an equivalent
-LOmbsrdy with its rich cornfelds and fine cities
and industrious people. To stand on one of sbe
turrets of the beautiful cathedral of Milan and cal
the whole noble panor1ma bis own would he a gIo
far of Lombsrdg TO this monarch would also be
hailed with delight by the inhabitants of that mis-
governed State It IL supposed that an arrange
ment OF this kind has been projected bv The two
EmperoFs. OF course, II could not be carried out
without a struggle with Austria the rapacious au
thority that tyrannizes over the LoDbards and
subjects the whole Of the northern part of the IaI-
ian peninsula to its yoke. Austria that immense
and powerful though fragmentary empire, retains
strong grasp upon her possessions in that quarter
and will not rrlax it except on dire compulsion-
Before Lombardy shonld be surrendered a war of
terri lie fury would have to be waeed involving a
shock OF arms beyond anything that has been wit
ness in continental Europe since night fell down
over the held of Waterloo. Accordingly. the ru-
NOR as that Louis and Alexander have agreed to
unite their fore, against the White-coated battaI-
ions OF Austria. The French army is in a state of
tive para ion for the fray and large body of il
Is eneamped at Chalons ready to move eastward at
the .ound Of the bugle. To see the Cossack and
the zouaVe, who eighteen months ago stood face to
face IN mortal combat in the Crmean trenches,
moving side by side against a common enemy
would be, indeed, singular spectacle.
We are prepared to credit the assertion that
Louis Napoleon is anxious to have the opportunity
OF winning military renoWn. With a prediction
Tor the. soldiers career early manifested and haV-
ing theoriZed upon the science Of War in bis an.
ual Of ArIlery Practice, his only displays in arms
at Boulogne and Strasburg objected hir. to rdi-
cule and 10 is natural enough that he should desire
70 eface the memory of those unfortunate esca-
pades by some brilliant achievements in the field
1t Il probable TOO, that be would much rather con-
tend With Austria than with any other European
power. The territories over which the double
headed eagle haps his wings lie nearer the French
lines than those OF the former foe and present ally
and We may suppose that be feels lively jealousy
OF the great House OF HaDsburg. One strong de-
ere he certainly cherishes-that of retaining the
sshes OF Napoleon the Second which lie buried in
nj hat nsNaI
duce It INTO possession, disnteF the coffin of the
DUO de Rechstadt and bring il in pomp to Paris
commingling the dust of the irresolute and unhap-
Py son with the dust of the immortal and not less
unhappy father beneath the dome OF the InValides
would be triumph that would fill the measure OF
his fame and forever consecrate him 10 the afFec
tons OF the French people,
Against the probabilities of this declaration of
war with Austria the siHgle fact arises that England
Is her ally, and may be thought that setting aside
the tendernesstor Victoria which her kind recog-
milton OF ERgenie may have implanted in Louis
Napoleons bosom, prudential motives would re-
strain MIN from engaging with so formidable an an
tagonlst as an Anglo-Austrian alliance. But we
nave little taith many sentimental obj ctions that
might interpOse to prevent the Emperor of France
from taxing any step that he had previously de-
sefminen upon, and the danger of encounteFing
England and Austria combined would be consider
ally lessened at the present moment by the pre-
Occupation OF the former Government with the af.
Ia'rs oil India 1t would, indeed, be famous OPP
PoT'unty OF attacking an ally OF England When
she would be utterly unable, by reason Of her diff
ncuiles elsewhere of giving that ally ''aid and
comfort"
Inc meeting OF the deputes at Paris to confer
on the subject OF the Danubian Principalties will
probably be the time chosen for precipitatng the
quarrel with Austria. While our hopes with ref
etehGe 10 Europe all take pacific direction,
5nOuid oe less concerned at a rupture between the
Lrehch aud the Austrians than almost any other
continental struggle. If il resulted 10 nothing else
shAn III driving the latter out of Italy, some good
"oGld be accomplished at which all good people
might rejoice.