The Evening Star THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1871.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2622, 13 July 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1871.

Another terrible lesson has been taught the nations of Europe of the result of the rule of brute force. France, or rather Paris, so long under the dominion of the army, has inflicted upon itself a deadly wound in its frantic, ill-directed efforts after free-1 dom ; and once more, amid blood and reckless destruction has crushed the visionaries, who without definite purpose, without ideas in common, united only against the establishment of order. It must have gone, through this terrible ordeal sooner or later, in consequence of the state of society. The elements of confusion have been kept uneasily in subjection for years, and being entrusted with arms to repel a common enemy, failing in that, they employed them to force upon the country—no one knows what. Democracy could have been understood ; republicanism would have been comprehensible ", but neither of these, as mankind understand the terms, appears to have been contemplated, And now once more a Bourbon rises to the top, and by one of those freaks of fortune which have been so frequent in the changing condition of that family, it seems probable that the son of the murdered Duke de Beni >yill be placed on the throne. Beyond this Bourbon romance, the news by the Suez mail possesses little interest. The only other item of foreign intelligenccis a paragraph stating that the attention of Parliament had been called to the progress of the Russians in Central Asia, in which some politicians of the old school perceive stealthy strides towards an attack upon our Indian Empire. For pur own parts we view the matter in a different light. We, think that, inasmuch as the regeneration of the Asiatic nations seems to be dependent upon the influence of European civilisation, even Russian energy and partial enlightenment ispreferable to the deadness of Mahoraedanism and sensuality. The time may arrive when all will acknowledge that the immediate neighborhood of a civilised community is far .preferable to that of barbarous tribes; and apart from these considerations, there seems no good reason why Russia should be required to stay its hand in a course of conquest that England assumed the right to adopt. The idea of Russia wresting India from England is one of those bugbears that old world,politicians frighten themselves and others with. It led to the foolish and wicked war in the Crimea, and some silly people would go to war again on a like ideal, forgetting that notwithstanding the waste of blood and treasure Russian progress has not been stayed. The best defence is to rule well, and raise up a prosperous people in India. Russia will then find her account in peaceful relations there, as she does now in living on terms of amity with Austria and Sweden. We fancy when Russia conquers Afghanistan she will hardly find herself rich enough' nor strong enough to grapple with a people who will by that time be raised in wealth and in freedom through the mild influence of British. rule, and aided by the immense power that Great Britain can command. In view of the Lability of the Duke de Ciiambord* becoming King of France, the following biographical notice, taken from “ Men of the Times,” will be interesting to our readers :

Bordeaux (Duke of], Henri-Cliarlos-Fordi-nand-Marie-Dieudonne-d 5 Artois, head of the elder branch of the Bourbons, born in Paris, Sep. 22, ] 820, is son of Prince Charles-Ferai-naud d’Artois, duke de Berri, who was assassinated in March, 1820, and of the princess of the Two Sicilies, the famous duchess do Berri, He was baptized with great pomp in water brought from ttye Jordan by Chateaubriand. “ The child of miracle,” as he was called, received the title of count do Chambord from the castle of that name, which was bought for him by public subscription. Although Charles X., soon after the outbreak of the revolution of 1830, resolved to abdicate in his favor, and in presence of the troops assembled at Eambouillet, made a proclamation uyder the title of Henry V., the duke of Bordeaux was compelled to quit the country. Having spent some time at Holyrood, he travelled in Germany, Lombardy, Home, and Naples, to complete his education. In 1843 he resided in Belgravc Square, -where he made a kind of political dUbut, claiming the crown of France, and receiving, with all the {etiquette of a court, such legitimists as Chateaubriand, de FitzJames, Berryor, &c. In 1853 a compact is said to have been concluded between the count dc Chambord, and the princes of the house of Orleans, by which the claims of the elder and younger branches of the house of Bourbon were arranged; but for some reason or other no attempt has been made to carry out the arrangement by putting forward a candidate for the throne supported by both parties. In 1846 the duke married the Princess Maria-Theresa, {eldest daughter of the duke of Modena. They have no children, and it appears probable that the count will be the last of the jelder branch of the Bourbons.