The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-17

The London corree p0adente Of the New York
Commercial thinks It improbable that England
will diminish much Of her nay2aprepaSAfiors
In consequence Of LouIR MAroLxox' s.deciara-
ton that he will dIsarm. Some Idea Of the ex-
tent these preparations may Be formed from
the fact that the English naval estimates for
the current year amount to more than sixty
millions Of dollars, tfi2esa,oss,) and very
nearly equal the sum total Of the expenses OF
the American government for the years 1867.
About one-half OF this vast sum has been al
ready expended, and the rest is rapidly pass
ing through the Treasury and the Admiralty
Board. According TO the Navy List for July.
there are now eleven new sbips-of-the-iine
nearly ready for launching at the English
backwards. These are the Prince Of Wales,
r3i guns; the Victoria. i2i the Royal Fred
eric. ZIG: and the Duncan, 100--at Portsmouth
The Howe, 1911; the DE France, 81; the Revenge
o,-at Pembroke. The Gibraltar, Plat Da-
venport The Atlas, 81; and the Irresistible
se--at Chatham; and the Arson, 0o--at Wool
witch. =
In addition to this new feet, 1888 guns in
all, there are sixteen flrst-class new screw
steamers and nearly twenty new screw-siooi's
and corvettes now under weigh. SEVERN
sailing vessels are also near completion, among
then, the Aurora, Of 81 guns, and the Nareis-
sus. Immortalite, and Newcastle, of ffty-ohe
guns each.
1t seems presumptuous in Journals Oh 'n''
side of the Atlantic to undertake 10 ia'ei pa
the character and indicate the poiicy o. 'He
most mysterious man in Europe; but "i'iio"'
making any attempt to lift the ven % INC
ture 1t is within the scope OF the piaiheS' ~"
| dcrstanding to comprehend that inc past 81
| far rs the war against Austria is coueet H
| has been not only crime OF great mag '"';
| but what n French dipomatist pIohoa"1ea
| far worse than a crime-a biuhder' "N''o''t
| the apologists of NAPOLEON may s"y i"i i''
| the Emperor says of himself, that ne pes"h
| con Sos, which he was not prepared to carry
| on. and made promises which nc was mo- apie
| ~ perform. To take Lombardy from Austria
vvas n feat which had been achieved a dozen
times before. and to leave her in possession OF
the famous quadrangle, was to give her LON
hardy back for the thirteenth time whenever
she sees fit to reclaim that province. This
was not what NAPOLEON went to Italy to ac
complish and what else he has accomplished,
no one has been able to announce. As to the
glory which 1t is said French arms have ac-
CURED, no one needed any new proof of the
Nor have the victories of the third Ma
PoLEoy added to the laurels of the first
Whilst he defeated the Austrians, he gained
no decisive victories, and was never able to
follow up his successes. When the real tug of
the war commenced, he stopped abruptly,
he surrendered the cause he had professed to
espouse and came back TO Paris with apollo
getic tones and a careworn look. Some Of his
~ ,,,e1x, tC
infallible that the Emperor cannot err. New.
ertheless in the course Of his life he has ven
turned upon some of the most foolhardy and
impracticable enterprises ever attempted by
mortal man. and it is only his subsequent
success as Emperor of the French that has |
obliterated the memory Of the gross blunders |
of LO~Is NAPoLEON. |
tits not matter of surprise that the promise |
of the Emperor to disarm has failed to secure |
entire confidence in England. He has made |
declarations and promises before. He pro-
claimed that the Empire is Peace. When asked |
before the Austrian war to participate in u |
general disarmament, he replied that France
had not armed What confidence is to be put
in his word Already the French army has
been disappointed of the harvest of glory and
promotion it expected TO clutch in Italy. Will
it submit in its present temper to the reduction
10 peace establishment! Is not the army tie
breath of NAPoLEoN's nostrils, without which
his dynasty would explodeIike soap bubble9
viii he ALLEVIATE the army not only by depriving
it of glory, but of hope. There is no war which
would be so popular with French soldiers and
civilians as a war with England. Were he in
reality inclined to peace, could he resist the
tide that is constantly drifting to 4 collision
with Great Britain
1t requires no gift of prophecy to predict
that the government of Louis NAPOLEON will |
not be of longer duration than French gov.
ernments usually are. With all the outward
observances of respect which the representa-
tive of great empire must receive from
other civilized powers, it is doubtful whether
he has the confidence and esteem of u single |
court in Europe. If each of his enemies is
somewhat jealous of the other, they are all
more suspicious of him, and at the first favor
able opportunity, would eagerly combine
against him as against a common adversary,
a disturber of the peace of nations, IN enemy
of mankind. The nations of Europe look up
on France, under LOUIS NAPOLEON as q vol
cano, which may for years be in repose, and
then the vine and olive flourish and the hearts
of men are serene and quiet, but which, at
some unexpected moment, throws up vast col
nmns of smoke and lava, and deluges the
plains with rivers of fire. 1t is this universal
want Of confidence, it is the deep-rooted con-
viction that the Empire is not Peace but War
and War rs safety valve for popular pas
sions which might otherwise eudauger the |
throne, that will ultimately arm all Europe |
against France, unless some sudden domestic |
explosion shall anticipate the requirements of |
I he NANCE nd Of ba WORLD
London and Paris.