, 1866-10-14
FROM EUROPE.
Our London Letter.

Ha Colonial Mlasion-Troublea aheA&
-Napo1eon'R hcAleh-Te1egrnphlc-
Engiiah Copperheads on the Pres.
Correspondents Of tho Chicago Ty1bune.1
LONDON, September %, 1s5a
The English people generally know rather
less about Canada than shout the United
States, and It is amusing to see how puzzled
some of them are 10 find y deputation her
from Nova scotia putting In protest
against confederation OF the Provinces, and
s!ill more to hear the Arguments aud 1acta
and Mr.. Annard arc letting no grus. grow
under their feet. They and thelr way into
| Newspaper Offices aud pat their case to pub
lie writer's with good deal Of lac, land few
leading members of Parliament viii
escape reading Of the brief The vagues!
AZ TO the difference between the geogra phl.
cal position Of Nova Scotia and the othe,
coloniea and Of course the financial atate pi
the various members Of the proposed con.
federation Is utterly unknown. No doubt
Novs Scotia By herself would lose by The
tion has somo ltttle effect but another consld.
eution the Colonial vI4itors advance b lis.
tened to less phlegnauca1ly. You must
know that they do not scEuple to say,
wherever they arr, that the addition Of Can,
ada to the United States Is but u qucation
as most forclble Of all against the
proposed confederation. Ia that Ii they
were not in It, they could fairly scmaIs a1
English colony, when the inevitable absorp.
slon of the sister colonies takes place
whereas, II they were III the colonial union,
when one part went the rest must 20. They
plainly dc;tase TINT WREN Canada finda Eng.
land declining to asrlss In unproduct!Ye
public works, 10 supply tho colony with
money and save her expenditure At every
7 A,,-n -, --;1t AZ
Amc.tc.. II This be true, We have bnt =
slight hold, for the British Parliament has re.
solved 10 let Canada trust 10 her own re.
sources and to lavish no more English cash
on GRIND Trunk Railways and the ike. We
arc resolved only to spend when tho colony
Government education scheme, ''bs rcsults."
--31ao.hes coionisl ':Il "@ission, scarcely less
l interesting, Is that Of the late Clmucnllor Of
whs1n Sir Charles Darling principally acted.
Sir Charles Ia over here In undescrTed dis.
grace. The subject Of his recall VIII be
brought before Parliament In tha ncxt ses.
| sion, and I nm ofoplnfon that Mr.. Cardw. ii 4
knew nothing Of the circumstances, but,
gaast tndP Pny neEo tie ooR5s Ryqd,se 9hs
two were centendlng, decided against the
| assembly, and Withdrew the Governor be-
l
fccrs Of the crown. Most unfortunately for
I Mr.: cardwcll, the dispute. was over andj the
| Victory won by the popular assembly, Just
before the despatch recalling the Governor
was received. The feeling on behalf Of the
] policy OF the latter was 80 marked that In the
new Victoria Parliament his supporters we're
| sixty to eighteen. sfs. Vernon, the gentlo-
| man now over here, has been stayt1r for
some little time with the present Coloalal
Minister, the Earl Of Canarven, and believe
has produced au Impression upon the young
| nobleman'e mind.
THE REronx QUESTION,
4 sort Of cold shudder has run through or
middle claes society to-day, by reason of a
distant allusfon 10 the argument of physical
force In which Nj, Bright indnlged last night
class hate il beginning to burn again, aud nc
shall have tropbtous tfneslf Parliament does
| not soon admit the working men to the iran
chise. The hypocrisics aud ftauds Of last scs-
sion have mnddcned the multitude, and a
long continuance. Of Lord Derby IN power
unless his purity are prepared to abandon
sAroEEos's HEALTH.
The gosRips Of Paris and London have de-
| They hare given him every disease incident
to humanity, within the period Of his reign.
| That he should still be living, not to say en-
joying himself 1t Biarritz, Is a miracle. The
| theorists declare be has no business TO be out
Of bis tomb. The last story has obtained q
way in which 1t has been adopted by the
Times, and used as the text of IN alarm}st
leading article. Besides, the Emperor rcslly
Is uuwell, though one who has anything Off
memory gets sceptlcal ~ 10 the serious char
actcr OF the indIsposition. l am assured
that the doctors have told him his life Is
endangered, and that he must live by given
rules. Meanwhile, the Empress and Prince
Napoleon are each striving hard to get the
succession Of power; The ultramontanes
Democrats-not the old Republican party,
Republieans-tAc other. The Republicans
cannot forgive the Prince for his relationship
TO the Emperor. nor his implied assent to
They would make use Of him In struc-
gle, but get rid of him as a ruler
- soon as they could. The Orleans
tamily arc actively watching affairs.
with their friends in France, and fully intend
TO make an appeal when tho Emperor dies.
Numerous difficulties arc in their way. They
dislike universal suffrage; but they must
a.rscert &c Il Y they wonld reign in Franco.
TO maintain the Pope in his SECULAR throne,
but Italy is growing stronger and would re.
s'st an Or}canfst King with far more readi-
ness than she would resist the conqucror Of
Magenta and Solferino. But although all
q the Emperor read, and people look for
his deeeasc as for m impending. cycut-tuese
speculatfous may alt be vein and the Empc-
ro1 muy, for all VIC can fell, be oulv half way
through the time allotted By Providence iGr
his sway.
TELEGRAPH MATTERS.
The Limited Company' who undertake
10 supply our Journals with foreign inte1li-
gence, continue to ignore ihe existence OF the
At,nnt'e 4, Gnn Cable. The daily papers subscribe
and they seem so much in the grasp Of that
body as to fcas to preAs for american tele-
grams lest the amount Of tho annual sub.
tterirtfon would be rasscd. al this time
there are discotJs and jealonsies amongst the
officials Of the late expedition concerning the
r'ghtlul claimants to the dignity Of knight
hood. Some OF our best men hare from time
to time refused this ridiculous distinction.
which is not hereditary and confers no prI-
yiiegcs, but others are ,tickled by the tov.
ana VIII quarrel with their best fdcnds to
ENGLISH POLITICS.
:, English politics present one feature which
dlstIncts the foreign observer and aunoys the
critic who looks 1t them from within. You
VIII sec in the Democratic amy-in the
band Who, ifyou are genuine Liberal You
constantly meet In other fields, as your enc
mics. The true hearted, sound thinLinr ill.,
eral In England Is consistent In his practice.
and you know where be will be whea a par
dcular question arises In which human rights
arc concerned. But there Is another set Who
compound for their support Of IN e1ten-
siou OF the outrage, By fatterine in
everything else, the picJndiccs Of those who
ESosssn sSS ,,an Ihey nre At heart mere Swiss Of
you the better to betray. An c1.ct illus
tIatlon Of this class is at hand In n.wspapers
Ike the Daily Ir4rruph. This 1nper has
large circulatfon, but It's influence Is some.
thing less than that Of the New York Herald
N Ameraea. II Is IN one thing on the popu-
With the ruling class Of the snoboc1cy. At
the time Of the introduction Of the last Re-
form Bill, it was, I believe, warmly debated
IN the office Of the Telegraph whether they
you'd 70 for or against Reform. and the
due to the consideration that It would he tie
most popular course. Mr.. Gladstone, thank.
iui for the .,upport of paper 10 uncertain
before; pasrontsed 1t when he could,
s,.1,.h and In return they became the most
and go, to rlease the Ignorant, the prciu.
diced, and the 0nnkex fed Liberal aympathles
were def1ed In such matters az American
2togress and the Jamaica outrages. Ex-
nor the United States Congress . more
Tersstent enemy, thnn the 7ele7ruuh.
which appcazs to be beside itself with 1oy
abont the monster Reform meetings In The
t1 rask. oossrEe That 1t speaks on these
formers. We're man to venture to utter a
sentiment in accordance with the If{t9raph,s
views about America at one Of The e1cst
Reform gatherings he would be met By d
burst OF universal dissent The whole tbinc
Is personal tsolated, individual. The hid
enemies 1fas~