New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-04
LONDON.

IMPROVED PROSPECTS IN THINGS MARTIAL AND Po- |
LITICAL-THB CHOLERA SLOWLY A,ATISG IN THE |
MRTRoPoLIs---A WEEKS MoRrALTTy AND LONDON |
RBvELATIoNs-TALK ABOUT THE FRENCH EMPE-
RoR's DEMAND FOR A RBCTIFICAToS or FRONTIER !
AND HIS RBTRAcuoS-THB moR.L OF THR BusI-
NRSs-EAPOLE0Y TIKI THIRDS RPrBNT POLICY
PAHURR-oELY AN AVERAGE POLITICIAN AFTER
AIIr--rTEMs-BARRY CORNwALLs NEW BOOK
ABOUT CHARLES LAMB.
From Our Special Correspondent. - zee
This weel, has been duler than The last and hard
" an Improvement atmosphercay, though at present
R,nSs sha dency 10 brighten In tao material in
the political worldspeaking OF the attd nom the EURO
pea point Of view instead OF that particularly English
Raven DAYS ago were all grmbng st the unreasonable
weather-the cold the wet the wild westerly winds when
blew pcrsistenuy almost up TO yesterdg bringing win
them hourly insallments Of the Atlantic Ocean to make
town muddy and disagreeable and mence the npeheu
harvests in the country, well as spoi the pleasure OF
that large proportion OF holiday co@neys VINO arc
repairing the labors Of designations of the iast
nine or ten months in the country or at the
seaside, We were, too, reading dismal accounts
of tho ravages Of the cholera at the st end OF TINS
metropolis Also we wondered what wOnd come OK tho
French Emperors demand for an extension OF territory
and whether Europe might not be on the nk OF anothe
war threatening carnage than the battle Oh
Bohemia-now subject 20 much picturesque description
nv ex.yar correspondents OF the daily Pees peHOrmed
ere they shall wing not unwilling fight lack 70 congo
NAL Fleet-s At present our horizon aogetDer enee
Ter with a fair promise of not again booming over
couded The sun shines, the wind has capped the re-
turns of the Registrar General show an air In the
pestlencc and Napoleon the Third has IKE the SeqtcG
man detected in feoDious attempt upor MS neighDors
orchard concluded TO go book agen-the wiser man
he All of which things we talk about II town ana ou'
with proportionate satisfaction.
matters agricultural but shall say ttloof the grimmer
item of cholera which must always possess its interest
for all Of us and which has revealed we'll as caused az
should not rather write reeredJ an amount of suffering,
misery restitution degradation and squabr IN the poorer
parts Of London absolutely awful The iaiy return o.
deaths registered in this metropolis from The disease
exhibits a considerable variation. The report ior
the week ending last Saturday the llhl indicated a
marked decline in the visitation at the east emu the
deaths from cholera and diarrhea being lOi5-a de-
crease of 362 from that preceding. The total numDer
of fatal in London during the hye weeks In when
il has prevailed ll6 from cholera US from daIr
hes making total of 45i The Registrar points 10 the
lessening mortality of children as gratifying evidence
Of the good effects of increased care for Their yes anu
uryes no relaxation of effort in combating tho pestence
and relieving the distress which 1t has enttei Inc re-
turns for this week up Thursday the l0h, are as io
lows: Sunday aud monday, eholeia i2', ,, A Ttnd'
Ga and 40 Evidently tho disease Is diminishing thOugh
moi 40 rapidly as could he wished. think almost every
smnSpt of money subscribed TO the various funds
for their relief, and tho variety OF eiGts 70 mat
| end doing credit tq humanity There is need OF IL
all God Knows the revelations II the newspapers tes
tify In the slack or as sometimes called big goose
berry season. most OF them have had spe'ial reporter
20 $40 the infected districts thoroughly and these in
dusous gentlemen provide us with some Of me saodes.
| reading | have ever encountered. Verify, one Wep'
over Jerusalem what would he have done Over this drea1
full London with its Inhabitants as pOpuOus . hr b"
mare swarming dead ireading the hery man OF Dante
malcbolgo and many Of them existing undsI almost ~
terrible condOnsi These cannot but be bdlefed by the
LIGHT let in upon their misery III cholera a0lshes some
o that and makes an end of the wreched prOchal nhu
| mainly which with keeping down the ntes' LOB It's
nof,o has nerpetra,cd infinitely things than
Dickens imagined IN Olver lWlst lhe peo''ehC0 WIN NV
| have slain its victims in vain. -
| About the demand of the French EmpeDr we talked
obviously and apprehensyey until 1t Withdrawn The
general opinion in England always prone suspect L.
n Is. OF tho worst of possible intentioisi instantly
| jumped 20 the conclusion Of a secret understanding
between Napoleon and Bismaf, involving he surrender
10 tho former Of certain amount Of coveted erory
consideration for the larger territorial "sw'g acquired
by Prussia from Austria, sdnS moestaiion 81 france ~
was predicted that in this contingency the GeTlnan peoe
wou.Int ike but Ike tame cattle would grin and ber
it," That idea falling through folks began wonder why
such an asuc person the French Enpeo should have
made such eqCest whether 10 INTENDED Oufgc II 70 c1'
tremlty what would Of IT, whether, ~ short, there
would DO war But Thursday got the Jews OF PTus-
Bss refusal and Napoleons backing ONT o. rs own ioPo
sion which minds at res; and len . 10 discuss
what had happened OF course there ar oly oi Brens
who intimate that the Emperor moderation Is solely Que
20 the fact that it takes considerable time 70 manufac-
ture 100000 breech opders, without Which he would
hardly care % rick light with the triumphant PrusAan
needle gunncrs while othos praise him iof his desire
| for peace and, following tho lead Of the M0qihg,
| laud his magnanimity. The Tories, WHO had already
ga, ngoparstlons on he part of Rnglandvere parcuar.
il abusive the Liberal. generally eulogscust as used
to DO tho toward the hrs Napoleon when Leigh HUT
before Waterloo, could say to friend II link Haydenl
|
lingon" This has been note worthy throu 9hout Eng
land; tho Liberals feeling that however Objectionable
Bonapartism may be- there is more TO b. hoped from
IL than widebound TOryism: having no claims to e-
gtimacy IL must concede something to the people and
! az least assume TO enbody tEeir authority As
for the Interpretation Of the diplomatic e'ents OF last
week much IL must be owned remains Obscire-Perhaps
will continue b. till the next generatin, when the
papers and memoirs Of the statesmen Of this shall be
ce5sblo 10 children Only this seems cer that the
FrenchEmperor made sort of demand fDm Prussia
for the extension Of his territory that Prussia said nay aud
the Emperor took the refusal ciyilly shicent
swer What the precise naigrc Of ibe pcgoiatons
bow much was asked for and what tcmsyhetheI the
business is TO be supposed settled merely postponed
| 70 more convenient opportunity Say Pussias DIFF
hcuy with her new acquisitions aud the nanufacture
Of French beechOaders nobody knows excet Napoleon
| the Third Frederick William and Bismark. Meantime
people arc TO make reflections, and do go To
American what has transpred is suggestive Of Oxen
stiern-ke moIa; seeing that in this much bragged-of
Nineteenth Century, with its civilization and diligence
aud religion and all that sort of thing, the peace Of Eu
ropo has absolutely rested the will Of individual
Nobody doubts that had the French Emperor per-
sisted he could have caused war compared 10 which
the recent conflict between Prussia and Austria would
have been, Sancho says, tarts and oeesecakcs.
And what TO prevent him only his own inclination.
According 10 the poet we wiser than We know"
which may be true; but it is equally true and great deal
easier 10 prove that stupid than they know
and this in thousand instances of toerang snch de-
eptabe usurpaons of their combined individually and
popular sovereignty Talk about the Danger Of repub-
Dcanism after this is there anything essentially
anarchical than despotisml The lives of hundreds Of
thousands the peace Of whole continent, depending on
the prudence caprice OF single human being Sup
pose Napoleon tho Third had been Influenced by the latter
instead of the forneri Or suppose he were TO
die Then The Tdegropl would inform US that
the general who happened TO command the troops 10
Paris master Of France subject to his notions Of
honor interest, loyalty 10 Spanish deyotee who
would Inevitably Try TO act as yceTcgon 10 tho stupid old
woman they call Plus the Ninth. Such is Imperialism,
Necessarily Looked at fomanother point Of view recent
have rather damaged exaggerated estimate
have been accustomed 10 hear put upon thccunning and
sagaeity ofNapoeol Ill Wisely says the Greek proerb
" Il is grieyoss thing 10 be extnvagantly praised"
q modern Ulysses, who, however landed as