, 1874-08-08

valuab1os intl attor tho conclusion Of poaco and
tho aupprosBlon ol tho Commune cotli}scatora.
Evory private ltouao In Drussels wat tllod viii,
refa9ooH, WHO oxpoMdoa tpno Of inllllonB of dol
lars in tho eity. during th5ir stay. Many Of the
nsals wsss aao q 9foang pgdh t0 a nsS'a snd sd
tho collapao Of the Enplfo, hayo concluded
:, to 1nnko Dtussots tfeir f,ituro home. 3'hoy
llayo boon buying grounds, md building v!l!as
aad cllatoatB III great ntnDors and this llaa
contributed tnCcil to tho existing roal-cHtnto
speculation. Another carao is tho number Of
rich manufacturers wiib nfe 1ockfng to Brussels
to onjoy Court aud fashionable llfe., III con8o.
luonco Of tlloHo accosaloas Of wealthy. pooplot
mud tho grcat number, Of English fani1loa who
roaiao hero (1,500 to 2.000), DrusHoa'l las
CEASED TO Ill THE CHEAr PLACE or LEAtDEHcR r
for. which 1t has tho reputation, and hos become
almost as dear ia rhris, Vionna, Or London.
:the leading lloto!B, which nro badly kcpt, and
infested NTH ycrn,n nro perfectly Fstiaolopa ir
ally kliow, do not hoaitatd 10 hwltt,le aud choat
iu inhkng up oxtuttlounto bills for l1oir badly
cooked tooa a.,A buggy beds. Dut s,dtton pros.
porlsy. md too much patronage aro apt to do
genorato into roguory and yerniu.
,lnrtaiod IN Europe. mid botoro lont twill have
ITO snporlor in Ioauty,-tho groaj foreHt Of
Hoignps, which oxtcnla from tic sulurbH south
TO tho odge Of tho battlc-Aoll Of .Vstorloo, o
distance q 12 mi1os. and with w1dtl Of: 4 or .,
mj1ea mil Inu lstgo raet haa great variety ot
lonacIy crowded. with tail f,rost- t-trocs,
ono., or two centuries old. Through
this great forost, tho Belgian uoy.rn1nont, to
ways :. and l9rldfo.paths, latea aud caacados,
bridges, and .grottoos, and other '.dccotatiyd
works.. But 1t is DO extensive t1atlt will tako
generations to complete them all.
At tho timo the battlo OF Waterloo yms fought,
Drusgels was. i wallod city, containing 0,oQ9 oi
crooked, and ateop, aA tho placo lay mainly ou;
tho side Of y: hill But tito Into King had tho old
medieval ,wall torn down.. and tho tcop DITCH
fitted up and wlde. boalovartts, plantoa with
ahadc.tTeos, ard lined with elegant prlyato man
now afford beautiful shatly drive Of cr / miles
around wliat il at present tic heart Of tho city.
Outside Of the boulevard. l., -
THE TOWN ExrESDs Fon M1LEs,,
aud IL thoso now parts lilo streoea aro' o'laia off,
broad and straight, and aro generally woll i'm
Tho old Kiug enforced tho policy Of dis
mat,tling ,all tllo fort6 and tearing away all
tho old wallis which homnod in and stitfocatol'
tho growing cities and towns Of belgium !;
and Of, the sl,aces occupied by tho fort 10 estab-
lished ploasure~pars. md OIL. the grounds ell.
oumburcl by tho wallis laid out vida asrcots Of
bou!ovards, and plantol tlion with troen. BY
thiH ncanB tho cities wore not only hoalltiflcd'
and "brcatllng- placeH" socurod to thoir fnllnb'
aud annex tho surrounding suburbs.
Ono city ho' fortified and rendered 4 place oi
iu,lnonse strength, VIZ: ,:
Il :: ANTWERP, ON 7nE 'scI1EInr, ''''"'
Which ie az slao only port Wltli anS com'aleres In
torn away, mid nuw Notifications, nlado of Garth,
wcro conatructed, tjl.l locascd or miles be.
yonl the improved limits Of tho city, 10 rs to
place tho town I'd nucl, rs I'ousibo boyond, tho
reacA Of a,. enou,s's shells. On ,these worls
rendcs t'.on,. imptcgnahe: Loopold'a military
theory was, that 1,cgiml is not abla
to- dofcpd l1ossef in tho fold against
any strong poYer, and tliae to Try e do.
fcnl many i1acoisi w1nld only haye the effect OF
dividing hor otrengtll N time Of war and ,ililtti
wisor course wis to select ono central po;nt Of
great natural strength, aud: 10 fortiry it IA tu
onablo tho DQlGian army to retire behind ,ita
wallis and dofond them until tho other European
po~oru carno to somo conclusion favorable to
tho osistuntc Of Belgian indopoudenco, a.l itl,,
tcryoncl III iior behalf. It is caloulntod thai
AutTorp il always prepared to Withstand a siege
successfully, for. ono year, against; my Power
It il tho bcst port for heavy shipping ,on tbs
Atlant;c. botween Brcst md Copotibason.' Ant-'
Lnndon il oil Tho Thatnes, and ut tho sa.ne dis
tanco from tho Sen, hnd exactly o,lBt OF London.
Ilo acnclat u hhvleapi9 70 mntwarp 1os any Yea'
sol "1ileh can .oas VI eno amanlos TO Loll'on
s!,n.i , Aht@erl' 1aa neem ,' Ilaoo .ne oa!naa OF
elsneF ffa'co " op'n'aoS' 'ntoo VI loor contu-
:. Wouip S9W RIVAL LONDON
~ 1orolen comnofe9, wealth, anu peFiiapa popel-
,aloli II J: nau neen 1neue the Canttai OF tho
United Nothoflanasu N 1eio, instead OF tIo iiaguo
It woi1ia noW conceiara1o nc wealtn OF AMstor-
OF INC EteaS elt1es o. tho Nofiu. lhstoan o. noMg
socnflu1 1clas9 titoaGh gtoWlag Doft OF ia0o9J
inhaoltahts IL II e;Sttenth century, When Ill
Io H'l,s nso ~ NM NV - D4eu ~ ~ uoaeu p9a
eommercal Glty o. europe, wath lno EXCEPTION,
1.,fa,,7.n on1 rront,a, 1,,,t = .r4..,.1 r.