The New York herald., 1870-02-16

Our Special Europenn Csrrespoudencc-Oon.
dition Of Affairs in Great Brifain aud On
tho Continent.
The latest mails from Europe supply our
special written correspondence from Great
Britain and the continental centres of govcrn-
ment, religion and trade to the lst Of February.
Although these advices have been delayed for
an unusually heightened period by the stress OF
weather at sea, they como in very intelligent and
comprehensive detail of our cable kilograms 10
the above named date. Tho political pre-
liminaries in London gave promise Of very
exciting and stormy session OF Parliament.
during which Premier Gladstone will be
compelled to have his working majority
well in hand, and also to hold the lines
and WELD the swhip" Of the lobby
with great skill and grace, 80 as to render his
force effective against still powerful opposi-
tion, and which is likely to further consolidate
around the young Earl of Derby. The British
people were looming up in their citizen might
and power out Of doors, so that the serious
question-is the present parliamentary machine
equal to the equitable adjustment of the national
necessities 9-may be squarey presented du ing
the assemblage. Irish radicallsm, colonial af-
fairs, Rome, the state of religion at home,
treasury, finance and the budget, with their
many important side issues, stood out heavily,
immovably, and it may be said grimly for
Cabinet and throne settlement. Paris re-
manned still consoled by the display made
at the imperial ball of the Tuileries.
We have many interesting incidents of this
| grand .fSte detailed by our special writer. The
ball dress worn by the Empress Eugenie is
| described. A new and novel feature is pre-
sented in the fact that the hundreds Of servants
who were in attendance on Napoleon's guests
were regaled with supper standing around
blazing fires which were kept lighted in the
courtyard of the palace, thus recalling to
memory the history Of the good old times
| when the Norman barons held high revel in
England from the days Of William the Con-
queror to those of Brian Bois dc Gnilbert aud
Friar Tuck, and thence to the time Of the Black
Prince. The American bishops made quite
an enlivening display in the Holy City,
reawakening the Via Sacra and Corso
with "fast" horses, tandems, coaches, the
'slatest hat"-not scarlet-''knowing" little
overcoats and so forth. They went and came
free to think, to drive, to ride, lunch, dine,
wine and pray, resting their right on ST.
Peter and an indestructible democracy.
Francis Lathauvers-the latest Paris mur-
derer-hls knife and victim, are described,
From France we are again specially informed
in other letters OF the termination of the trade
"strike" at La Creuzot and of the narrow
escape thus made by the industrial interests OF
the empire from more general extension Of
very demoralizing combination undertaken
labor" but which was influenced during its pro-
gress by many extraneous forces. Tho French
Parliamentary opposition was organizing it's
full strength for vigorous campaign against
the Olivier Cabinet in the Legislature In
this connection the sequences of the Bonapartc-
tune agency adverse TO the Ministry. The
German prelates in Rome constituted solid,
substantial barrier against Papal encroach-
ment on the rights of the Episcopacy, and also in
opposition to the infallibility dogma Of Pho Mono.
The mtred Teutons met in caucus arranged
their plans, and pruned and replanked their
platform 80 as to, if possible, render the gen.
eral Church more in harmony with the spirit
of the age. This was vastly dis
pleasing to Antonelli, who eudeavored
to match his Italian craft against the
free thought and free speech Of the Rhine in q
very undignifed manner. The German
bishops were rendered the use of private
room in the dwelling of member of the
Sacred College for caucus purposes. They
thanked his Eminence, and assembled there,
not being aware that Autonelli had directed
Monsignor, the host, to listen outside the parti-
ton to their conversation, so as to report, and
thus enable him to know and mark the ''for
and against" Of their number Discovering the
trick, the Germans were indignant and humi-
ated, and retired from the room, fully con-
vinced of the truth OF the poetic assertion o.
Sir Walter Scott, that s'secret path marks
! secret foe." The infallibility case, the rules
Of clerical discipline and the debates as to the
exact treatment Of Freemasonry and other
secret societies gave rise to division and dis
sension, each one separately and the whole 10
the aggregate.
HEALTH OF THE EMPRESS OF FRANCE.
, Empress of France is reported as being ''quite
ill !" indeed it looks if she were seriously so,
by our cable telegram from Paris The public
flurries of the day, the recent domestic trouble
of the Noir case, dynastic anxieties and the
news from Rome have most likely affected her
constitution. Care will show its traces on the