, 1866-08-26
EUROPE. +.
The. Demand of France for Fron-
tier Rectifleation.
IT'S EFFECT upon ENGLAND.

IT'S EFFECT upon ENGLAND. |
Confusion OF Hummelshine, Cholera
Europe Looking to -Amerfc4-6tatis-
tics-mr. Charles Kean m1staken-In.
terestlnE Theatrical Noygv,
Correspondence to Tho Chicago 1tIhune.l
1onDon, Augnst H..
Notwithstanding the almost absolute GER
talnty in which am that, desplte the high
price OF telegraphic :messages through
the .traus-Atlantic 1cable, you are lin
possession at the 'moment r begin this
letter, of=-thes,. important: news that
Franco has made q. demand on Prus-
sfa for rectidcatlon. Of frontier can
not refrain from referring; to this snbject u
the most serious that presents itself at this
moment to the European public. need
not remind you that It has been long sur
missed that what has taken ,plaee and what
is taking place Is but the result Of ths inter
view which occurred at Plombieres between
Louis Napoleon and Count Bismark-the
two greatest political schemers at least in:
Europe. The Tsmes Of to-day. begins Its
leader on this subject az follown: "There
has been for several dnys storm brewing IN
France. Wetried to wink at the a,st flashes
of the lightning; we stopped our cars
against the growlof the distant thunder;
bntnow hcre 1t is bursting upon us.n- This
!s only 1smss,. Il, thunder, Tor Il appears the
yield to the French demand. As
Emperor Of the French only demands a
restoration Of that tezritofy which was given
to France by the Convention of April e,
Hes. AIter the final overthrow Of Napoleon
In the year following. q new treaty was made
which deprived France Of the territory yield
ed to her the year before. Of this treaty, the
Duke Of Richelieu, who signed It on behalf
of France, Eays In writing to bis sAstster Il
have pnt my name more dead thai alive to
/ said 50 to. the King. Bnt this unhappy
Prince in,plored me With teara not to aban-
don him. could therefore no longer hesitate.
Expiring under the calamities which over.
:vshelmed her, France imPeEatively demanded
'naand IS supposed to be limited 10 that por-
stion ofterritory, the loss Of which caused 50
imuch pain to the legitimisb Minister Of Louis
XVIII. It unfortunately happens, however,
:thnt this territory excludes portions Of Bel
King OF the Belgians was making a-popular
tour through bis little kingdom for
; the purpose of raising the .na-
!. ional enthusiasm or tho -Belg1Ans.
"Comlng events cast their shadows before"
i tecedents before him, could not faii to seq
. something looming In the distance" It Is
naked On what ground can the Emperor Of
the French demand Philippeville and Mari
euburg from Belgium and tandaw from By
yaHa, because the political poWcr OF Prussia
implies M amount Of simplicity which one
shonld not expect to see IN the present day.
What right, indccdl Why, tho right of the
stropgest-the right Of Robin Heodand Rob
Roy-thc right that those may take who have
II Wap rS ksha sh9e 10 esg MhS
the nationality Of Po!ands What right had
Aust1fn and Prussia to plumber the King Of
Denmark? What right had Prussia and
Italy to attack Austfiae What right has
right has Francc 10 Nice and Savoys There
orc no rights In Europe at the present mo-
ment, but rights founded On the law Of force.
Docs any one suppose that If Franco Ind not
/ a powerful army, highly organized and
centralized Government, directed by, ono
demand, or that Prussia would be recon-
mcnded, to yield to It by organs Of public
opinion in this country, like the Timer
and Daily Nctps. What chance would Bc1gI-
um have II she put forward claim to ex.
tend her little kingdom to the Rhine, aud
EAN uAS 4AN4G AGGA Va ouVA HAkEus1QaA %AA1&A
her powerful nefghbors Why, such de-
mand would simply be laughed at. But as
Fovorineus would not argue with the mnster
Of twenty leglans, there will probably be
similar relnctance to dispute with the mas
ia 20 absorbed in matcrialism thaf she turns
pale at the idea Of disturbance of tho peace
Of Europe. Her statesmen aro terrified at
the spcctres that may nrise in the event of
general war IL Europe: The principles
Democracy, and which are far from being
extinguished, are terror to her and to 9th.
er nations.
There is profound but Vague impression
that things are not as they ought to be in
this worn-eaten and moss-covefed old Eu-
replace the present system, and they shrink
from the plunge into the unknown. The
treaties Of IBIS are confessedly' torn to tat
ters; all 'f1ith is dead We live very much
from hand TO mouth NE make the most cae,
i aud frequently the worst use Of the present;
the things that are, for who shall make
known the things tint ire to be-. We ara
not an organized society; we do not lire by
SOCIAL forces; We nra a mechanical society,
held together BY external agency-.he sol
bit tic the old iprco It Cathoiicity Is dead.
nas.,s anss i s,s nsatz g ;aaAeiR h
Berlin and Vienna; voltaire~ is gaining In
Pnrts, through the mask OF the Imperial cen
Eorship, md Professor Jewett is teaching the
rising generation at Oxford.
Are nc more agreed In financial uattets?
It Is quite as Important to have sound t,Fin
ciples. Of currency in milton IS to have a
SOUND philosophy, sound morality, OF q
sound political system, but there are nlmo4t
sFs: 3ret 1e@inss, tes ss"seti;@: s :sort :r
time back Mr.: Gladstone issued letter au-
thorizing the Bunk Of England to issue notes
beyond the legal amount, on the condition
that ten per cent was to be charged on tha
extra Issue. To-day there is a deputation Of
bankers to his successor, Mr.. DisfaeI, asking
to have the ten per cent clause abrogated.
whcther he accedes to their wishes or nof,
fer. IL the present state Of things, the Di-
rcctG-s Of the Bank Of England would not
reduce .hc rate, and It has been suggested,
proh,pu1e:>. that the Bank Of England should
t.a borrow from the Bank Of France. Where is
enjoyment Of unofficial leisure, haa been
this week discussing, down in Devon
shire, whether thu modern nations will,
likes the ancient ones, aflc1 a, certain
scale ofAsecnsion, begin to decline, and tre
answrs ancstin1 5q ~ R,s GRRR9n wS Starte similar
Fall Of Rome, that they will not. The main
ground of the answer Is that there ara now
no barbarians as there were In former times.
But think deeper Insight into the causes
which oycrthrew the ancient nationo would
show that they wero more. internal thsn e1-
tcrnal In their nature. It was internal cor.
rnptfou, md not either slaves or raniIRh that
ovcrthrcW the Roman Empire. Pliny saw
the cause when he wrote Latif.ndta Per:1idere
itattane. Italy sTas park land and hunting
ground, Thio the Roman plebs had to DO fed
On corn brought from Lffica, and the favor
Ito emperora Of the populace were thetNeros
and Claudiuses who offered them foed md
fhn for nothing. There arc no external bar.
barians. No, but there are plenty OF Internal
Sass aot !. banoh 10y no%s as Goethe the eloyeu
chole1s Is raging at the present moment
Ia the East End Of London. We'll, what liz
the East End Of Londun7 How aid Il LOOK
to the eyes Of the late Count Cayour when.
under the guidance Of police Inspector, be
caught a glimpse Of 1t while on = visit to
isnn Of Italy" was his remark, t'but could
NOT witness such spectacle as have hehell
tonight from one end Of Italy to the otf,er.''
Al Coroner's inquest held on Thursday
1ast, Mr. Hancock, a surgeon, made astatc-
%sni dst. hg, one Of ths houses u thts
dead from cholcra) at the foot OF tbs bed.
The girls mother and three children slept
IN the same bed !; the father, who WAS q
sweep, slept with q boy In another part Of
lived IN three houses. III: Smith, solicitor,
Owned the property, and the parish poor rent
collector COLLECTED the rents. From No. 8,
Yunvllle' street, a woman named HaineS
and her son Albert weto removed to the
tho boy died in the cab In Bethnal Arlcn
the mother died In five hours after. In this
ncighborhood It has been asccrtatncd that
eighteen persons sleep In one room ,ovcry
night. Tie landlord Ii member Of tho yes-
try: These ere the basbarians-generatcd by a
CITY Of Eurone from which tho stdrc]1rn md