The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-05-13
THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF EUROPE.

The Paris correspondent Of the Boston Tray
ccr writes follows OH tho political condition
of Europe:
You mny depend upon it, this imperial enthu.
siasm of the interested, this boasted imperial &C.
ton is destined 10 experience terrible reaction,
the like of which the world has never seen.
Glance over all Europe and see how delicate
is the posture of alfuirs in general. Sardinia
and Naples are on the eve of an open rupture on
their differences respecting the steamship Cagii-
ari. The cffcrvescence in Lombardy Vcniiia Is
| so great the Austrian Government has deemed IT
| prudent To send three additional regiments thith-
cr Since 1S4S there has not been 30 much ag-
iution in Lombarly and Venice. A few nights
ago, Nine. Strozz, Il Venetian lady of rank, cn
| tered the Fenice, wearing, by accident, II head
dress adorned with yellow and black feathers
! (tirse arc the Austrian colors.) The moment
she was perceived, such clamor was raised in
the theatre that she instantly obliged to
tire, and to call upon Austrian officers for proc
the next night the theatre was closed ''by order"
| Whenever Il play Is brought out in which con.
spirators appear, they are vehemently applaudcd.
a short time since, the directors of some play
! quircd the Dogc Of Venice to appear in old cos
! tune. Such frantic applause greeted this i'm
! age of the past. so dear, was never commanded
! even by Tnrlioni or Rubini in their prime. AT
Pa'lun and Pava, thoth still seats Of univcrit,cs,
faded though their SplenlUr is) the students
20 francs tn cnrc with Il request; that he would
say mass for the soul Of some deceased person,
ut an appointed time, without, however, letting
him know for whom the mass intended.
The students went to The church i'm Il body,
and sang the requiem, announcing il
| was for the rcp"sc of OrSiri's soul. 1t was the
trial of OriSini. NJ Jules Favrr's speech and Ori
sinis letter which has reused Italy to fever
, scarcely lower than that which fired the Penl-
sular in 'IS. The relations of France and Swift
zcrland are far from being satisfactory, the Fedc-
raj Government of Switzerland being strongly
oFposcd to tho establishment Of new consular
agents in towns on the llrlvciic GnlIic frontier
Tor military reasons, while France threaten.
Switzerland with retiring the cr"yuator from al
Swiss consuls i'll France if the new cons,is arc
not accepted. The po-iton Of France and Eng
iaIid Is also unsatisfactory, for not only the al
lance Is in the same weakened condition, bn
the occupation OF the island Of Perrin by Eng
land, Is looked upon as II violation of existing
treaties which the interests Of France and Rus
sa require them TO resist with energy. Marsha
PclisSicr leaves this week for London and tn,
papers say "the alliance depends upon the re
ccrton he. and the propositions hr carries, meet
There is II rumor niluat that all the genera Is
especially those of the engineering corps, wh
: served in thu Crmc:,. evil avail themselves .
The opportunity TO present their homage to tn
Queen. lttll"y po IN 10 England, it is mnrcl,
To onake II military Reconnaissance with that per
fdy habtual 10 this race. under the uus. of
friendly visit. Marshal Pessicr is not only ac
compancd by the usual legation, but he is attend
camp. All this looks disngrecah!c.