New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-18
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
Dssn Or Own Correpponden..

Thear 10 scarcely any eventIDcOte history
which ostrikingy illustrates the different charaore'
Of England and Americs as the way IN wnieh 'ne
news of the success Of the Atlantic Gable was re-
se;ved On both sides Of the OCEAN. We had IN
England about two leading articles I'd ever! "ewS
vaper on the subject all Of them cool busihessnke
and soon forgotten; but no excitement, no Puohc
demonstration. no rejoicings, bonbre'' sautes or
merry pesls. Whatever be- the commercial I'M
>,tsoce of America to England, the eyes OF the
.rbl;c are stn turned TO the continent Of Europe,
..d 10 the East. They expect from America peace
and occasionally no good will, plenty Of cotton,
many customers FOR iron aud cotton goods,
and every ten years financial smash.
But it is the Continent and the East
from which England is continually excited for good
or for evil. America, on the other hand looks to
England and to Europe as the daughter to the
mother: science, literature, and fashion are the
great staple articles too scan,ily produced across
the Atlantic. which, therefore, are continually i'm
ported from the Old to the New World. The en-
thusiasm of the United States shows tbeirmoral de-
tendency upon Europe. The Lord Mayor and
Aldermen Of London must certainly be somewhat
puzzled by the telegraphc dispatch that New-York
wishes to have her rejocings arranged simutane'
susiy with those Of London, since there are no re-
jeicings at all in this city, nor can any easily De ar
ranged n August and the beginning OF September
when society has left the metropolis On the way to
the country seats, to the moors and to the Cont
pent. The enthusiasm Of America appears to them
somewhat strange; theycan scarcely understand 1t.
Europe has become too old to appreciate the over
Sewing of the American heart; the States are for
once the more practical Of the two
The most important feature Of the new Consti-
3ution Of the Danubian principslites, arranged by
the Paris Conferences. is its complete silence on
he privileges of the nobility or of the so-called
Bsyards. The franchise has been fixed without
regard to the hereditary rights of the noblemen.
h future, not birth but wealth confers political
freedom. The natural consequence Of this ar
sanaement is of course the abolition Of the
exemption of the Boysrds from taxes. That
bsrbarous immunity which throws the burdens
Of the State upon the poor, while all the
advantages reserved to the nobility, must cease
sven at the mouths Of the Danube. Beside this
great fact the provinces will remain pretty
much what they were-the political battlefield
Tor the intrigues of Russia, Austria and Turkey.
The Ghikas and Stirbeys and StOurdzas will con-
6nue TO rule the country by corruption md sub
serviency to the neighboring States, aud Europe
viii throw the blame upon Turkey, not upon the
aemOrazed Modo- Walacbans. The case is quite
parallel 10 the socalled abolition of the East India
Company, which in fact meant nothing else than the
~ ,.ft in1i nf
tsrs. The ornamental part-that is to say the
meeting of the sharehOlders-has been cut of from
TIE machinery: but the Court Of Directors, con-
sisting OF the identical men, remains as it was,
while the Chairman Of the Board of Control re-
eeives the title of Secretary of State for India
snd that is all the difference between the old ad-
nAinistration and the new. The only reform, that
II TO say the increased attention of the public aud
Of Parliament, is due to the losses in money and
men entaled by the mutiny, not to the India bill.
The condition of France cannot be better charac-
1srized than by the following fact: NJ.
Delescluze, prefet under the Republic, was
sae Of the Republicans banished at the
time Of the Comp Getat. He went to Jer-
sey, where he lived for several years, but tired
amnesty, returned to France, and lived quietly
n the country without meddling with politics.
Still, after Orsins atteinpt, he was thrown into
prison as suspected Of friends,
Aswever were in the hopes that he would
nsOn be set at liberty, especially when Gen.
Espinasse was replaced by NJ. Delsngle, as the
Minister of Home Affairs. To their greatest as
Il fb.., end
denly carried to Marseilles and seat TO Cayenne!
Exch is the reign OF law and order
Astrakan, the great arsenal of Russia on the
Caspian, which held the same threatening position
IN regard to Persia ms Sevsstopo toward Turkey,
has by an accident been blown up An immense
quantity Of gunpowder, it is said $4,000 Kilograms,
was ignited, exploded, destroyed one half of the
tewn and portion of the shipping in the port, and
6red the other half. The great Asatc fortress of
Nicholas which was TO over awe Persia and lnde-
pendent Tartary isnow heap of ruins. 1t seems
indeed that Alexander III, whose turn OF mind is
pscifc and who seeks the glory Of his reign on an
entirely different field than that Of battle.
has no luck with military matters, still he Will
sooner or later have to make OF the army
The Esthonisn difficulties between the peasants and
landlords have not yet been settled and rumors are
spreading that in Russia proper servile outbreaks
Of considerable extent have tsken place. Ii is
true that these nsurrectionary movements are not
hostile to the Emperor on the contrary the peas
aatry art probably more loyal than their landlords;
still the Central Government at 81. Petersburgh
cannot allow the life and property of the country
gentlemen to be jeoparded. The Emperor has
ktely emancipated the peasants attached to the
Of tb.I Inn tnSino tbstt hey