The weekly sun., 1862-03-22

The great movement which sgitatsd the
masses Of Europe in lSiS-9 exhibiting itself in
violent outbreaks at that time, then subsiding
for while, then To- sppea'int In wure that havo
largely changed tho political relations oi tine
Eastern Continent, and thCn rgain einkirg into
apparent quiet, is onco moro on tho surtaco'
Our attention horo in America has hsan 40
thoroughly absorbed in our own troubles that
or the moment, wo rad, well nigh, forgot en-
that, after al, wo form but small proportion
Of the population Of Christondom.
No ono who atontivoly peruse7 tho Euro
pesn intelligence, win bo apt to continue in this
state Of forge ulnoi7. The great agitation in
Germsny which arrays Austria aud her Wurz-
burgh Allies on one sido, and Prussia with the
people, and perhaps secretly, Fronch and EnR-
lish aid upon the other, cOnyulsos population
twice that Of the Uaiiod States, with regular
trained armies aEgresa'ing more than mill
lion Of men. The agitation in Russia, relative
10 the emancipation Of tho Serf5 is daily as
suming widOr proportions, while Poland is owl.
IDENTIFY on tho very britk Of revolt moro
unanimous and determined, than any that has
occurred sir ce her PARTITION.
Tho late speech Of Prince NArorBoS, in the
French Senate, has produced tho most intenAo
and threateRing excitement among the students
and workingmon Of that volatile people, in one
direction, and tho entire priesthood and all the
resOlute adhercnts of PIus TX in the other. In
all tho manufacturing cities and districts the
suffering Of the poorer classes is frightful At
Lyons, the cotlse houses in the poorer wards
have been closed owing TO the circumstance
that porscns leaving them were subject
to demands for charity not always made
with the tone and gesture OF humble pol.
ury. 5000 souls are represented 10 be dosti
tute within that district alone. While such are
the elements of explosion accumulatiug in the
very centre and hot.bod Of revolutions Italy
uembles with eagernefs for Spring campaign
against the foreign occupants Of Venice, and the
language Of GARIBALDI to his old companions
in-arms is neither ho'itating nor oqaivocal.
But, the still gTander scene Of excitement is
farther South-grsnder because the rchame
said, by intelligent witnesses, to bo fomonting
theIe, aims at domination iu the mighty East.
The first NAPOLEON, like great stratesists and
warriofs who preceded him, ever pointed to
Constantinople as tho portal o' poNor in the
Orient, and it WIS a iavorto maxim with him
that whatsoever should possess and hold the
Golden Horn, would be master Of the world
This aim and idea, il s assorted by tho KogI,
rIsCHE ZKIIUNG-one Of tho best informed
journals OF Europe, -lhm mate tho aNsrtions o.
the Greek Natioral Party, whose exsr-
tions have, now, set the lan1 Of Boar
ris in blaze Of n5urrcc'.on against
the Bavsrian dynasty that rl'q' it, Ta, mot
to of that party has long been the expulsion o.
the Turks from Europe, and tho re estaoli5
msnt Of a grand Greek Empire, with tho an
Gent By zantium for its capital. Russia viii
her colossal power has long sought the poseos
sion OF Constantinope, aud with the Greel
church established az her State rite, she, NOR
than any other Government Of moierr
days, lays claim to the title of tho Greel
Empire. She has oncs bofJrl inter
fsrsd, with fire and sword, in behalf
of the Greeks Against their iormo
Ottoman opppressors, and the former have
since that time, regarded her as their stoadfas
friend. Yet a Russian movement toward ia
terfeience in the Archipelago would be liabl
to another check like that received in the Cr
mea. A coalition similar TO that Of France an
England might again bar her way. But, W
have indicated clements that will scarcely per
init the renewal Of such an offensive alliance
While Russia may not appear in the field, Il
YisW Of her own internal disturban:es she ma!