New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-10
TIE STATE OF EUROPE.

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LONDON, Friday, Dec. "a, 1853.
We have this year "'tnessco tho domestic troubles
Of Mr.. Charles Dick-us the more serious natrl-
monia difficulties Of Sur Edward Is. Lyttou, the
trial Of Mr.. Savage Lspdor foe libel, aud Mr.
Thsckersy's squ.bblo with al obscure writer; 1t
closes with ,iii m,ro discT.6 tan disclosure, IN
which again tie private Conduct Of literary mao
is I'll necessarily dragged before the pabic. Mr.
Nowtruy kOIris, fof tho is.t thirteen years one OF
the mot Influential sutoorr III England, being ac
fually tue political msnstcr of Ihe T'mss 10 vs..
paper III ,otn OF Nossmber, the very day fixed
for his seoOJd wedding, assaulted oy an OLD Trend
of bis, and obliged To- appear before the clergyman
and his BRIDE wiib pair ~ tlac6 eyes. He ihoagat
that he could not iail t" baso SIR. Caproa INDICTED
for the ibsult but ln the csossex ,maation kad to
ADMIT that from 1850 70 1856 be- had often been
Mr.. Csprons guest, but st'd o'tener the guest of,
Mis-. CsprOD, who IL now Va d 'udatc asylum; that
he had gwen considerable presents to Dir. Caprons
servants, and that the wite of HIS hosptable friend
bad upon his invitation visited hun Ia his chambers,
while her husband was absent Tie deoed upon
oath that he had been guilty of any crimioal init
macy with her; stiu. tue facts he admitted cearly
showed that there Was some reason for Mr.. Caprons
excitement. The Jury, however, had to lind
that MIR. Mowbray Morris Was assaulted, and the
Judge, probably thinking that The Times deserves
peculiar protection, hnsd Hr. Cdpfon t5O aud
sent him to prison for three weeks. Had the
plaintiff not been tie great man OF The Times, or
had he claImeo damages he would scarcely have
gVt more than farthing. Such is the opinion Of
the oisintcrested public; 50 much the more, since
it lis known that Mr.. Mowbray Morris is regular
lady -hier and that II is not the nrst scrapc into
which he has been led by his tender heart aid lm-
pressiye temper.
If Ne re, apituale the political events of the
closing year, We must class II among those which
are full of startling sinister events, prtssg'ng
coming storm. Or.nfs attempt, aud tue reaction.
AIRY, praunlcal ncasufcs OF the French G0yerD-
meht, disclosed the boiiowuess aud want ot stability
of the Imperial sbnc IA France, which can
scarcely be- maintained without foreign WAT It's
eonseQuebcc-the introduction of the Conspiracy
blli in The English Psrlrs upset Lord
Ialmerstoh's Cabinet, destroyed the Wig party,
ano forced the Toies into temporary alliance
with the Radicals the result of which Is seen in
the present Reform agltatios spreading constantly
further, though oisceuntcusuced by alt the sris-
tocracy-not one Vt lis members hsyOg come
cut for il l DO not discuss whether THIS
course is wise ar foolish, but Mr.. Bright, not
ban I'D by srstocratic cooperation, has already IN
ms speech ut Glasgow made bold move, startling,
ana ifaukht Win Tue nVsS important consequences.
he has Denounced the law OF entail aud the custom
tf prinloecnIure, upon which the present State Of
England Is built. IL Is possible that ne will not
follow Ny this line oi sgIi aton-that he only wished
10 give hot 10 the alsocracy oi tue things which
nigh, be discussed BY popular meeting; stl, it is
NEST certain ths, this question w.t. sooner later,
excite the attention oi tue country aud lead 10 the
great struggle between the arlstocracy and the
people v hch, until now, has been STAYED ot by
those compromises Which gave semblsnce of po-
htcsl power to the middle classes. Ibe TINES
feels this and tries to irgtten the uation with vis
ioLs OF revolutions aud bloody Internal struggles.
In Germsly, We saw last year the dow aiau OF the
oigoied sqairearchy Ia PRUSSIA, and the dawn OF =
liberal administration. The Ger1an Princes are
therefore, greatly alarmed; and the King OF Ssxo-
ny. inghtened by the healthier spirit oi Prussis
tries to prevent the possibility Of auy popular gov.
ernnent by ,eEdeavoring to reconstruct the old
eespoucal league vi austria and hussia, which
would bo able 10 back the German Princes. But
the kossian Car is too busy with bis aternsi re-
iorms To pay such stteutlon To the German petty
eesPots az bis father did and contempi for the
ngrsttude Of Austria duGing the Crinesn cam