The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-16
OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE


LIVERPOOL, 2Sth May, 1858
The commercial crisis which has dissolved into thin
vapor many aerial CASTLES and pushed ghost slide
responsible for tho uneasy feeling that exists throughout
Eng land and think may say Europe The assembling
of the French feet with the hum vessels at Cherbourg
which is to of in June; tie counter feet ut Spit
head the Cagari affair In Naples, yet unsettled the
mind Of tho King Of Prussia, quite az unsettled the In
dian war the Chinese dol Mexican, Peruvian, Brazilian
Buenos Ayrean, and venezuelean bonds ~ very doubtful po
son by reason Of civil stupcndous bank and railway
frauds which have beggared thosnads aye well rcinem
bored and it is not to bs wondered at that the funds
shoSd huctuate the British lion lay awake ut night
with one eye the eagle across the channel The late
duel In Paris has elected severe but wellmerited com
ments fro the Britain pres and the enthusiastic
OF the French army Will Agsn bs prepared to invade
a. PerGde Albsea at . noments notice. In the mean
time the old forts the English coast being brushed
up and armed even far north New Castle and We
oursef have examined Colts revolver and selected
safe eminenoe from which TO view the battle Of the
Mersey when Liverpool is attacked. 1t is gratifying
that In addition to regular troops and militia
there are $4,000 policemen in England who can be
converted into infantry ut short notice In fact, the
alliance between England and France would seem to
bic confined to ew ut the heads Of their respective gov
enments sort of Siamese twins, united by the hair
but who arc asng Zach other below Until these little
gusts of diplomatic difficulty have blown over It is In
vain to hope for the revival of trade in these islands
and the whole world bids fair to get Into sort Of mil
lenenc struggle 1t would certainly seem but proper
pecauton for cur government 70 put the coast defences
In proper order by the purchase Of Cuba and Mexico
much thereof may suffice for that desirable and self
preserving result The faOt H. that the whole genus
man Is becoming waIike-esch nation believing Itself
70 ny inc braves. 10 the ~ofo sn9 sneto ~ould Ieey
Vrom INC present aSiecs OF Ponu~i aM sPPoaf 10 oe
Of settling the dispute except by stupid per-
sonal confict, years OF maddening anguish TO widows
and orphans, revival OF SEMI parDarism and new
start Aow degrading the tnougnt That sducauon mas
little the during the
that hne clothes ana large carving KNIVES slung IN
patent ieather nave stronger noid upon the YOUTH
iui nina snan the ricn treasures OF Pnnosopnyi
have about come 70 the conclusion tnas owing 70 some
atmospheric or other dsturDance the world has gone
mad, s.afk seanng mad w. semo essss and wor'ny OF
strait jackets ana requiring IN others, strict snryeil-
lance and low dct AZ our western army OF CIVILIZATION
has now but few Momons lef T. subdue, we look In
that direction for the hrst positive geam OF reason
Those only who nave walked over these rev acres OF
island and observer wnax tmo and INDUSTRY can elicit In
substantial wealth. have found any dea OF
the great utnc OF our own country ana the cgdmate
calling OF man 70 inc eartn-A0ndon, with its l9z
squares miles OF houses birmingham, with iss ntty
square miles OF iron WORKS mAncnesser WIN " myriad
LOOMS ana every corner 81 the iand hcdged vailed and
cultivated We VINO are ifec rom national debt, taxes
uneit lana AZ homihai price, mineral wealth incaicu
table, labor 70 our shcres c tho s natonA OF
the Oh world and "a reo government,
should laugh at the idea OF war and dg deep into the
bowels Of the land Let thfu dlggon DO your truest
PATRIOTS and those who make the Quarres be the only
men to tight "a 5fas NIL a.s W0
Ia company with friend visited she great metropo
lis week since spent day at Esom on the great
Derby day the holiday Of the year for Cockneys Az an
early hour the road filled with carriages and convey
ances OF every shape size and hue drawn by qarupsds
OF equal variety Even the patient donkey carried his
load OF ginger pop, with more annty air than usual
and you might suppose from hrs fiskiness that nc had
quietly taken the long ODDS against the winner having
had hint from the stable boys The course is in form
OF horse shoe on side hill In no one place level well
adapted to seeing the mass OF 900 persons ON the
ground hut about - badly contrscd for getting speed
out OF horse ~ any place with hard chalk floor
cred with short grass, well could be. The Of the
day was dasA Of mile and . half for which some
twenty four horses started and the running all done
in the last half mile won, your sporting readers
aware, by Beezrnan who was norch1s in the betting
His owner Is said to have cleared ESQ, 600 by tho
am much mistaken IL the horse ID not again
winner during the season for he was the freshest
OF the lot after the race These short of the
n of three miles and distance When they ret to
three mile heats our countryman Ten Brock who ia
quietly studying the subject VIII be enabled to spread