The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-14
EUROPE.
ADDl1IONAL BY CITY or BALTyNORE

ADDLTIONAL BY CITY OF FBALTYNORE
prospects of peace continued favorable
austrian papers mention the massacre of 1876 Chi
nese emtgrants, on an Island 500 miles from, Nav
Heaiahd, on the 3Oth September last
Inc London Nar announces that Rev. Mr. Snnr
geon was considering proposition to visit Amer;
Ca should he decide on a transatlantic trip. i
| VIII probably take place duripp the ensnina ~ - =
mer, since he is to lay the foundation stone of Il;
| New Tabernacle in Nav.
series OF experiments with Armstrone's i'm
proved ordnance, conducted by government off
GERS had met the full requirements of tho sarv;oo
Some of the shells were fired from l2-nonnda
| Armstrong gun, range of 8 600 wards and ay
ploded upon striking the water
THE CONGRESS-.
| A Paris telegram saws :-"After sevaral nrono
sails it appears that Baden has been fixed upon fo
| the coming Congress, and that it will meet abon
the first of May. 1t will be attended bv five cabi
net Ministers-Malmesbury representing ENGLAND
Waewskl, France; Gortschakotf, Russia; BuoI
Austria and Schleinit, Prussia. The Italian State
will also be indirectly represented at the Congress
| NJ. Azeglio, Sardinian Minister to England has ar
rived here to meet Count Cavour. 1t is not impos
slole that they may complicate the negotiations
and their visit to this capital is not viewed witt
! pleasure by the vOtares of peace
The Paris Presse says that facts justify the asser
tion that it is the mission of Lord Cowlev to Wen
ma which has rendered the Congress possible.
(1nurnSS ypil
meet between the 18th and 2Oth of April II i
said that Lord Cowley will assist the Earl of Nal
mesbury, and that NJ Drouyn De EHuys will act
as second Commissioner to Count Walewski.
The Vienna correspondent of the London Time,
says that although Austria has promised to attend
the Congress, she is not inclined to think peace will
be maintained, and consequently continues her ar.
maments
lie Nord says that Count Cavour's note to the
five powers claiming the admission of Piedmont 10
the Congress, points out that in associating them
selves with the policy of Piedmont they woud az
sure at once the triumph of nationality and of or
der in Italy. By excluding Piedmont they would
abandon the fate of Italy to revolutionary infu
ences. ~
THE MILITARY ARMAMENTs OF EUROPE
From the London Times of March %
India is about to come into our market for fv,
millions sterling above what she has had already
the Russian Government asks for twelve milIions
Austria and Sardinia want each of them more thar
they are likely to get At the same time, we learr
lhat france IS elght mllons In arrear for the pre-
sent year. This is the result of the ruinous svs.
TEN OF excessive armaments which the Graa,
Powers of Europe alike CARRYING on The
wages OF industry, the savings of self denial are all
swallowea up In TINS ever-yawning gulf. 1t may
be said that the profits the whole nternationo II
trade OF Europe do not defrav the cost of the armes
and fleets kept up within its limits If the nations
were to return to state of barbarous isolation
they would nardly suffer deeper commercial loss
than this which they infiict on themselves nv sun
porting three millions of men in arms We oan
hardly ask the question, how long is this IN Lost
for the system to give no token of decay no.
the @ great SoVeregns who support it of repentance
Inc levles are larger and larger every year the
materials of war more elaborate. scientific and ax
penslVe, and over the whole of Europe there seems
to be disposition to acquiesce in the proceedings
OF military governments as if all treaties were soon
to be torn to pieces, and it were necessary tn nra
pare for conflict which should redistributn I'm
rope
The English people have never ceased to ramon
strate with the Continental States and particuarly
with France, on the great armaments which make
peace almost as burdensome as war, and the answer
which was given to appeals some years since ia
no longer applicable 1t was then said that armies
were kept up not for defence from foreign States
out from internal enemies, more dangerous than
any invader The French Government was OBLIGED
to keep half million of men in arms to defend fba
HVesand property ofits citizens from the Communists
OF 80 injected departments, who looked forward tn
a speedy triumph of lawlessness and piage. Tn
the same way, Austria approached yearly nearer
and nearer the verge of bankruptcy in order III AZ
the Emperor might hold down Hungary and Italv
and keep order in his capital The democrafc
spirit which reigned all through Germany was an
excuse for the armaments of Prussia and the minor
Powers. But now anarchy and sedition are thor
oughly suppressed; the great Communist conspira
cy, II 1t ever existed, is now DESTROYED no nartv
remains to question the rights of Emperors
remain. ''A'e
Instead OF diminishing with the security of the
Crowns which they protect they are continuallv
increased, until now they are so erroneous
OF the chief Powers in Europe are unable to sun
port even their peace establishments without re-
course to continual loans. The French debit has
risen rapidly in amount during the present reign
and now we find that the estimated deficiency ofthe
buugetl Is elght millions for the present year a
sum which, we may be sure, represents nothing
like the real cost of the late armaments above tba
regular expenditure. As for Austria, war wonId
pe more welcome to her than continuation of this
state OF wearisome expectation. But it is not the
hrst-class States alone which are thus burdansd
The Sandman Government, urged ON bv amhition
has incurred expenses WHICH make necessary the
loan 1t is now raising. Holland, Belgium. and the
German States keep up armies and fortresses far
beyond their means, and probably will be content
TO bear the burden of excessive taxation rather
than relax in what they consider their necessary
S
But the habit of reckless expenditure is not con-
hned to Europe, nor to despOtic Governments In |
our own conquest of India we see how war hrinps
On war and armament makes armament necessary
until we are able to understand the fatality which
has urged on the great military empires to their
present position. Good Government may in . faur
years make India and the Far East contributors to
English prosperity, and the empire NAV be deliv-
ed from its present embarrassments But for the
nations we have no such hope No |
amount of industry or progress in the mechanic
arts can relieve them from the crushing WEIGHT or
u their military burdens. Only in an entire chance
u system can they hope for salvation.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Lords on the 2Sth uItimo tho |
;arl OF Clarendon put question to the Forei on
secretary with reference to the mission of Lord
jowley to Vienna, and the results which vera iaIr
o How from it, He observed that at present Tho
ubic knew nothing in reality of the nature of this
MISSION. lie gathered from the newspapers that
iord Cowey had been entrusted with no powers to
iegotlate; but he was desired to ascertain What
'ere the dierences between France and Austria
hu = 70 endeaVor to bring them to a conclusion. If
Ia lat were So ne thought that the instructions
'hlch had been given to Lord Cowlev Ivara ,nnst
ldicious. The friendly character of the nohle
'oru mission seemed to have been fully apprecia
cd oy Austria, and he was believed to have bronoht
aek most complete and satisfactory assurances.-
M .usIrla nad proLessed her willingness to withdraw
er army from Italy at the same time that the
rench army was withdrawn; she declared that she
ad never intended to invade Piedmont and she
Apessed her readiness to engage not to do so; and
-ustrla would make concessions to European feel
~, considering from her present condition, the
trength OF her army, and the support which she
allied from Germany, that she might do so without
he slightest reflection upon her honor or her cour-
ge. we might feel assured that the peace of Eu-
0pe would not be disturbed
The Earl of Malmesbury said that before Lord |
owley went to Vienna, he had the full consent of
he French government to undertake the mission |
nd he was made aware OF their views on the ItaL
N question. The noble Lord had been rightly in
rmed as to Lord Cowleys instructions ana H.
ordshlp had been received with the utmost fronL
ess and cordlality by the Austrian government
lnce Lord Cowley's useful mission to Vienna
ongress had been assented to by the five ora great a
'wers, put the details of which were to ba cans;d
ed, and the composition of the Congress had not
!. y. peeh oeclded upon, although he had no donht
a. aa IL soon would be. Her Majesty's government
ere deslrous that every one of the Italian States
~ ouia nave an opportunity of expressing their
'inloh IN some way or other at the Congress; and
CIT oplect was to recommend to the Italian neo {
wnat tney believed would be for their own bene-
and Tor the safety of Europe Although NO ac
a. q disarmament had taken place, both Austria 4
"a Piedmont had formally declared that they