Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-15
Events in Europe.

The European news by the Arabia, is full
one week later. II is fresh and interesting,
all of it. Old England is all agog, and
Scotland half daft, over the Royal marriage.
The papers are full of it. Nothing else is
talked of. For the time being it was the up
permost idea in everybody's head On the
eventful day there would be no business
transacted throughout the three Kingdoms,
save the business Of rejoicing and merry-mak-
ing. a circumstance that may thus move a
great nation, of course. is not to be ignored
by Yankee republican iournalsts-and so we
print in full. elsewhere, the official program
me, from the Court circular. 1t is worth
reading. The stage effects were grandly got
up, and if no accident occurred, the whole af-
fair must have been in the language oftheat-
rical critics, "a decided success"
On the other side of the Channel matters of
graver moment enlist attention. France has
not yet got over the shock and excitement &C.
casioned by the attempted assassination Of
the Emperor. There are several individuals
under arrest charged with the serious crime,
and the ciTcumstalti&l evidence against them,
it must ne conf sscd, looks strong and dark.
One at least. if not two. have been identified
as having come from England.-and what is
still more important, this fact has been made
the basis of an official d 'mand upon the Brit
ish Government TO eXp"l from its soil Ledru
Rollin, Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc, and GUS
eppe MizZini. the political refugees, who are
supposed to be- the real ilstigatOrs of the in
fernal machinery in Paris.
The news of tbs demand comes tn Us in the
'very Latest" ,patchCs from LOadon,-and
80 we know nothing as yet. as 10 the response
the English Government has made. or VIII
make. We think there can be DO doubt, how
ever that if the French Government can pro-
duce positive proof of the completely of these
MI ,It.r- raj
of the atrocious schemes against the Emperor S
life, notice will be given them . to quit; = bat
in the absence of such positive proof notwith-
standing the universal adherence of the con-
spirators aud the conspiracy in England. II Is
questionable whether the demand will be re-
spondcd to i'll the affirmative. The French
government, it will be remembered. made
some such demand two years ago, lIst after
the first, Cor s-condD attempt upon the life OF
the Empcror.-but it raised such storm of
popular indignation in England, that Lord
Palmerston did not deem it judiciOus to com
ply. There WIS then no direct proof that the
refugees referred TO had anything to do VITA
the conspiracy in that case, and so British
public opinion would not tolerate anything
that looked IKE Furnishing the innocent for
the sake of tie guilty, especially as the appli-
cntion fur tlIut punishment, or eNpatriat!on,
was submitted in the form of what was looked
than us request or appeal for simple
act of justice. In what mood or temper the
renewal of the demand is received i'll Eng
land, we shall soon know. Time enough had
not elapsed, up TO the sailing Of the steamer,
to enable The organs of public opinion to be
hcard-but here is a straw which may serve
to show how the wind is going to blow:
From, the Lonaon STIR.
eve do not know what reply Lord Pal
merrton has made to this interference on the
part of France with the constitutional law oi
an ally, but the English public, the French
Government may he assured, would answer
that, If foreign power thinks itself aggrievcd
it should have the courage publicly to appeal
t. the laws that already exist in this country
and not privately to IL Minister who has ne
power to upset them"
The Star is Il Liberal journal, with radical
tendencies, but on the occasion of the former
al int rf, renee we remember, the Times and
other aristocrat'c organs stood on the same
plLtiorm.--N. L. cypress, Sh iad.