New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-08
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

From Our Own Correspondent.
LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. "A, 15oc.
The Moniteur surprised us on Saturday py
the unexpected news, received by way of -
Petersburg. that Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have
ucceeded in their negotiations with China; that
the great Celestial Empire. is to give up its
system of exclusveness; that Consuls are to reside
in all the principal commercial towns; that Embas-
sadors may be sent TO Pekin; and that commerce
and Christianity may extend TO all portions OF
China, inhabited by about one-thrd of the human
race The heavy indemnity TO be paid to England
and France sinks into insignifcance compared with
the enormous importance Of the certain expansion
of commerce to which this great event cannot fail
TO give rise China and the cunning Chinese,
drawn into the whirlpool of Western civilization,
must either soon become dependency Of
Europe, or by process of regeneration
not entirely impossible assume important place
in the family of civilized empires. So much is
certain--that Christianity can find nowhere more
promising field than in n country where there Is no
religious ianaticlsm, and where the higher classes
have long ago out grown the cold Journalism OF Budd
hism. If the French had something more OF Il
cOlOnizng spirit, their success would he quite GER
tain i'm China since the centralzng tendencies the
ism and Atheism, clannlsh spirit OF exclusive
ness and an immense national vanity, combined with
civility and good manners, are common Ia both.
The French have, besides, great respect for the
equality of men, and do not like the Anglo
Americans despiSe people OF color; they
believe themselves to be the leaders of
civilization, but fully acknowledge the rights
Of the yellow race 10 gentility and respect
ability Lord Elgins success will soon set the few
English regiments free which accompanied him,
and those joined to the endorsements lately sent
from England to India will soon crush the last
spasmodic efforts Of the liindoo insuTecton,
which is everywhere yergng To It's end. UniOrtu-
nate as it has been for all those who were involved
in it, it will not remain without beneficial influence
on the natives. The system OF c0niiscalons and an
uexations has certainly got dcathblOw by il. and
the losses in men and money entalled upon England
cannot fail 10 direct the control of public opinion
in and out of Parliament more thoroughly upon
Indian affairs. Lord Stanlcy's India bill is only
the first measure i'll this direction, it must soon he
followed by more comprehensive and more
liberal scheme. Asia, including Turkey, India and
China is destined To enter more largely INTO Euro
pean politics than heretofore
COMPARED with these great events, and with the
success of the Atlantic Telegraph the petty occur
rences on the European Continent are scarcely
worth cbronicling son and heir has been born
to the Emperor of Austria, and great relOclngs
are to take place on this account M all the oihcai
circles of that country. Napoleon continues ms
imperial progress through Brittany, accompanied
b, his bands Of disguised spies, and hailed with en-
thusiasm by the priests and peasants, who have
never before seen live Emperor. Queen Victoria,
on the other hand, is enthusiastically received by
the middle classes in Prussia, who resort to all sorts
of demonstrations on her behalf, in order to
show their sympathy with constitutionslism in op-
position to the disguised despotic and medieval
tendencies of the King. This poor man has still
vanity enough to be highly offended by these
demonstratons-so much so, indeed that he has
insisted upon his instantaneous return from
Tegernsee in Bavaria TO Berlin; but his physicians
prevented il. His health is such that his abdlcaton
cannot longer BE- delayed; it will probably take
place about the beginning of October. The bck-
erings between Denmark and the German Con-
federation still continue, and bring the German
Governments into utter contempt, since people
now see clearly that the Federal Diet, so pow
ertul for oppression, is entirely incompetent to do
any good for Germany, or to enforce any just claim
even against such asecond-rate power Ms Denmark.
The Paris Conferences have at last finished their
work, and established mongrcl Constitution for
Moldo- Walachia, where the Wallachians will soon
present 10 the world scene of corruption still
more scandalous than that of Greece. Turkey is
falling fast under the complete control of the Euro
Pean powers.