The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1874

Evening Star, Issue 3398, 12 January 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1874

The telegraphic news by? the Alhambra is of little importance as presented to US, although ohe of thef items rniay prove of momentous interest, to the' 1 world. The course of . events, so far ,as the Duke of Edinburgh’s. ; marrjage is concerned, seems smooth enough. That arrangement needs no rehiark. The marriage looks like a guarantee for peace, and peace needs ho commendation, Considering the danger of political disturbances on the death of monarchy apart from the ability of the German Emperor, it is .well for the world that his health is re-established.. His ;advancing ,v. ago forbids the expectation that his - life will be extended many years being born in March, 1797,' M has nearly completed his 77th year. : Fortunately the Crown Prihde is of mature years and judgment, so that the consolidation of the Empire, so necessary to the stability, of European territorial divisions, is not likely to be interfered with on his demise. We are told that the French Government has sent a. circular to the bishops concerning their pastorals. It now becomes a matter of curiosity to learn what there was v peculiar in those; “ pastorals ’’ leading to notice, by the ; Government,, and what view the Government takes of their •; tendency.' Judging by■- the style and matter of the pastorals occasionally issued .in these Colonies, they, are most probably injudicious interferences by. spiritual pastors with temporal and social arrangements. The spirit that led to the Crusades is not dead.’ lU’,these lands we can' afford to laugh at those displays of intolerance, being well assured that they usually defeat their own , intentions : but in Europe, 1 where religious - liberty is foiv.mastery with wide-spread, soul-enslaving: tradition's, they are dangerous to the world's, peace, , The Ashantee war is further proving the inevitable advantages that science and wealth give a nation over ignorance and poverty. / .The only .question is when the Ashantees submit Has subniit they must if the war is pushed—what good will result from it? The sword destroys, but does not civilize. It may indeed protect civilized coirimercebut what is Ashahtee commerce worth? All the profit to, .he realized by, trkdiiig with them and the Fantees during the UOxt twenty years will hardly pay one year's interest bn the eost.'of the war. At the same time we are free to admit Great Britain could not help herself. Ashantees had. a,good neighbour in peace,, and a dangerous one in war. They undervalued the first, and provoked the last: so they must; bear the eousequehe 38.