, 1874-08-08

ora swlo cotono fo ns seea, '1 1ou u.
and municipal, monopo!cs with groat nprtnaoflY.
Dnt lii consequence Of tho ylosdiug. i,t,reaibtin0
ohataotor Of tho Dolgians Iii gonhra t!lolr Uolln-
try for rtiany ochtytcs WAS tlo acehe Of Conti-
,,onta! mars. 4 1npro nronn Of coinbnt for eur-
rounding llntio'ls 1t laa been woll called >,
-, THE COCKPIT or EuRorr," ~
Tho country Is covered With ba.tlo-tlo1aq tho
last ono of noto being that Of Waterloo, on @lcl,
ocenhon tho 1!olgiait Troops; according to British
writora, exhibited tho 'wl,ite foatiier.
Wllllc DclGiuln ia destitute of history oa1ou-
lateu to inspire tts intnbtanta either vit, much
prdo Or ,patrotatn, and p6ssosacs no literature
o&cepe TINT borrowed from, tho French, thero ia
,,o,,nrn no moro proaperous people in Enron'o,;
Or poverty ani wretchclucss loss folt Or known.
hoHhoro is lnluBtry moro oquitnlly rewarded.
tho !awa wiEor or bottcr Administered, Or tho
people more eatisho}l with thelr constitutions.
>, THE LATE RING tTorOLD T.,
formorly princo OF saxo. oolurg, aud married to
daughter Of Loniu Philippe, ia entltlel to
much Of tho credit for tho remarkable prosper
ity which oxists III Belgium, althoiigh what vas
dono 'fy tho French Revolution must not DO
aai s5ou fa e oe
RESOURCES Of hs 1tttlo, Kin', lom. Tho form OF
Government, adopted was H. publican III all CO.
saontia particulars. Tlo senaso, % woll IS t.to
nouso nl nopse.untAt1t;s ~. 81: - gessuu 1 y tno
uue9 nne ~ ~ aa S renotty.a1 ovory o a I'M INV
aluns VI ~ bh1all .a'a, gsoly ii4tt H.'.y
vote. =, Ihe CaD!aot 10 maae @ tf,eapongiinlo
20 the aa nnraa'!.naat liz phs ti.s W. N1as
has tue vcto-roWcr, anu also tne power 70 ala-
eoiYe lAe lallianlon' a "puii tn9 aaF'eo u nls
Mlh'stcrs, "lo MY & .tg ttigas To- an ai:eaa! 90
1ho peop.o ai9'. n,i1n srhy y uJH n9tns WILL @ Tue
49,, nv ,n,,;tt,,ao ~ "vaG
n5v M 5,,o,,a ,nnons ,sn,oh rosfrict
c'I t,nfc and hamnorcd freetiom nf nntion, warn
swont awnv 1'hs fSnynyn,nrrt 81 5seltsiun, i,
n,a,y rGs,,ects ciostly rcgoubloa' tho Staio Gov!
er1,ri1nut III NlnksdchrEotts Or. New Ynri. fran
whose forms Leopold evidently copicI freely;
Cousiitutiou.
GI.c man,hcra of lin ;norn1nr hrorc1, n;f Tim
Loris}aturo r9cc;yo as ualsry $50 ,,or mouth dr.
ipE tho session bit those resident III Drussois,
whore tho Cha,1lor sita, receive nothing: They
arp elected for foar yoars,-one-four going
out every year, Tic SDnntulH, who arc
elected for eight yoars, -one-clghth MI
n,lalfy,-rocero no salary. They aro required to
DO at lnasi 10 yonra of aso, and to pay not loss
than ei20 OF dircc. annual taxes.
A rREE-sCMooL BYsTEa1 .
il established, and supported partly. by muniol-,
Natioual Treasury. Until Of late years. popular
education VIA vnry Backward Forty yours aSo
the Betgiana wore atnong tho most isnorant pco-
pie III Europe. Tho clorEy havo not favored odu-
CallOQ u l11o lllnsschs :hEu M1fhI AtannhJ, niaa
beet, iR.lo by tlo ffionds Of popular education,
Inns been accomplished i'll acl}aaro Ct them.
Leopold l. died in 1863, nftor d remarkably
successful reign Of thirty-llye ycnrs. llls son,
Leopold H., il not Us alto u man ~ his fatlort
but is personally moro popular nntt a3iable, anu
mixes mere among tl!e people, entering into
thoir feelings, aud exhibiting grcatcr interost
in teir Boc,al and domestic affairs than his moro
A,stero and reserved proBonitor. 11c IL also
fondor OF paintiig, statuary, and music, al't, IL
much more patron OF tho limo arts that was llis
father Tho ono 1oundod and butt; the other
ombolItshes.
1t was through the OLD hlnGs influence tilat
the eoal tflu iron bus!leaG DocaMc 80 enormously
deyolopeu: II Is
SECOND ONLY 70 THAT or ENGLAND.
Last ycar thoro was mined t4.00D.oOo tons of
coal, of which 800 200 was oxpolted to Holland,
franco, autl Germany chiefly to the formor---
md FROM tho salo of which fYas realized a!22,-
000000.
Dotwccn Aix-la-Chapcllo, III prussin, md
Chnrlaroi, u Trancc,-a distance OF perhaps 90
,nies,-I passed through Il country whosu ar
WAS Uiaclt with clouds Of coat-smoko from tho
tiros of hundred blast-furnaces goores OF
rolliug-n.iIs, and other iron-works, aud other
scoros Of giuHs- furnaces. It seemed like eon-
tu,toua pittBhurg for nearly loo miles, Viilagca
aud citico utmost touch EACH other ail tho way
and behind ilicu on either side of tho railroad,
con,1 In i11sccrGed In tl,o iistance ta, chimuoys
on,itfing clouds Of .gmoko. oul r,arlilut.
thp location Of other towns behind tho inter.
youing trcos, which ole. everywlloro planted