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?creation tum wy proiane, and we refrain from
MJowing it Bongs, oaths, yells and imprecations
aze so mixed into one demoniac olla podrida, that
one Is fain to think himself amotg a crew of Incur
able lunatics.
Turning aside from this for a moment, look at
that neat little cutter drawn by a flyer, and engaged
in a desperate race with a lively double team. The
excitement of the riders ia shared by the horssw.
They wem to tread the ambient air, and one could
imagine their shaggy manes to be wings, ho swiftly
do they go. That ia real trotting. For a whl!e the
pair has the best of the bargain; but the little out
ter is cot so easily beaten, although a stern chasj ia
a loag chase always. The single team is now lapped
with the pair, the driver of which lets oat a link,
and spurs away a hundred yards in advance ? all
this time the horses have been kept down;
but the race baa commenced in earnest.
He driver of the horse requests him earnestly to
"get along"? asks him sarcastically if he was bought
?or a loafer ? swears at him worse than any army
ever did in Flandets, or any where else, while the
*ady (?) who divides her attention between her segar
?nd the whip, touches the almost exhausted animal
with a "bit of the string." Things in the other
vehicle are more quiet, ihoaijh in none the less en
ergetic state. The distance between them is less
ened? now one blanket wou-'d cover the single horse
and the off borso of the pair. The lady gives
the single horse another touch of the whip ?
the driver exhausts his vocabulary of oaths ia one
tlnsl " cuss," and makes a great effort to lilt his
cutter by tho pair; now they are neck and neok?
? great stage sleJgh in com ng down? the driver
won't turn out? the racers won't pnil up? the stags
sleigh is remorseless? one second more and the cut
ter would be out of danger ? now it ia too late; our
friend with the single horse ia crushed like a fly be
tween two elephants.
The big tleighs pass on. Where is the cutter ?
There is a email piece of a shaft, a bill, a bit of a
imce, a segar stump, and a bottle of Lubln, in
the middle of tbe road? that's all that's visible
of tbe glory of the late dashiDg tarn-out. The lady
is seat?d In a snow drift, calling'for " Charles;" but
that individual docs not appear.
Half an hour afterwards, an Irishman and a
shovel arc instrumental in bringing to light a pair
of thin legs sticking up in a snow bank in an ad
joining field. Further developements prove these
to be the property cf the missing Charles.
The remainder of his body is discovered In due
time. But alas for the cutter! It has goae where all
test things muit go sooner or latter.
Tbe hotels or taverns on the road are very in
teresting places in sleighing times. It is very
itmnrkable to see tbe delegations from the
Afferent ttruta of society meet C?d mloglQ ia
gff5b ? democratic way. The first stopping
place ia fenifftljy Jturaham's, which is consi
dered one of the best houses on tho road. Here yea
may ere as many as a hundred sleighs at oiice, of
all >oit?? stage sleighs, cutters, double sleighs, four
ln-haids, mule teams, private and public on vey
ances, all jumbled together. Inside the house the
company if still moie mixed. You will find the
stove puiiounded, if ton go into the bar room, and
every seat rccup'ed in tbe parlor. Tne c insump
tkin of whit key is alar aung? four meu do nothing :
else bui assimilate fluids and sugar together, in order I
to produce that delicious compound (.for those who i
Hke it), a " hot whiskey skin," regiments of turn'
biers are prepared tor this purpose, and although
?be barkeepers ore dexterous, they are still unable
to supply the demand. People seem to think that
when they go out sieighing iliey should pour down
aa much of this hot stall' as they can get. It Is a
mistaken idea, and it gives hca.lachea and catarrhs
tor tbe next day.
The mixture of society at there hotels is a delicate
topic. We aro getting more and more French every
and if tbe old Puritans or Knickerbockers
?ould be permitted to take a lo:>k at their descend
ants, they wonld uv knocked beyond measure.
Women in men's clothes ? women drinking like
{oen-c'-ww's men, anC swearing like troopers,
women with ail sorts of characters, and
women without any characters at all? these
ontlaws now endeavor to forget toeir sbame by the
most strennous efl'orU at gayety. People who keep :
public houses cannot shut their doors against any
body, and they are not responsible for the presence
of these individuals. Decant people, of course,
shot their eyes and ears, but they cannot keep out
tbe effect, and contamination to tbe young mast,
and often does, ensue.
The state of public morals in a Bleighing excite
ment is bad. Young women are warned against
tasinuniing fellows and bot whiskey punches; but
tbe caution is often given too late. In the public
aleigba all sorts of people are mixed up together,
and so much license is allowed that too moral sense
of people wbo am net over-scrupulous often times
receives a very severe shock.
It is very singular how fond ladles are of sleighing;
women who are so delicate that they cannot Imr
the slightest visit of the winter wind under any
other circumstances, become hardy Amazons about
these days. They sre just delicate enough not to be
able to walk tiro blocks, but they are not too deli- J
?ate to ride twenty miles in the face of a cutting '
north wind. But this la one of those peculiar social |
contradictions which cannot be accounted for. 1
There ia a great deal of ftin , no doubt, produced by '
a fact hone, good sleighing, plenty of bufTilo 1
robes, aid a pretty woman. Our Kong Island
friends And it so, and the rnsh to " John IV' j
and other popular places on the road, hat baen ,
enormous lately. Thoy have introduced a nsir
feature a* sr. are of the I/>nf Wand tav-jrne. They !
{'?ve a continnons b?l\ The tun sic. ts kept pong ali
tor time. Parties alight -take a dauca or wo get |
a am. -jua>p into the s;eifib. atd ua?e a dn ccjhi of i
lit- same composition at tbe ncJCfc tsvern Tiiis is J
ri* vf ttr most brilliant ideas i f .no nine? ,-?ntn con- I
tar;. Sleighing is go d on the lslanu . mi J tbe ;?a?p e t
erjoy It, of coui>e.
The city sleighing is confined chiefly to Br >advrby. j
It don't amount to much in the IJ>wery. |
people prefer to ride in the car*, rath* r tn*u
to have their toes trodden npor, their htt* |
smashed, their ribs punched. tfcir pjcm pained, and
their earn thockcd by the promUcaius society oi
the great sleighs. Broad way U frlgntfully recklen 1
jrut no#. Amateur drivers are ge'.tiag into a!
ports of scrapes ? people blow fish horns, >?d c til
each other bid names. Perilous with limited vo.al
eapaMtles Insist npon attempting songs which they
cann-t siijg. Th?t unfortunate canine " Poor Dog
Tray " has more admirers than 'ever. Not even Lord
Byron'* dog was more popular. As the ever faith fa'
Tray has gone to ttat " bote " ?r jd which no dog
ever retnrM, we sincertly trust that he canno
bear the song about tiixn. " Wait for the W\n'on "
(very Inappropriate under the circumstances) Is also
highly popular ; and these musically dispxed inli
vidnals will not pay tie oJighta'it re gird to ono's
nervea.
When Yonng America goes out for a " quie
torn on the avenue," he has drat great difficulty n
getting a sleigh. The proprietors of these viht ,o .
have flinty hearta. " How much for this j itter w>t
one borne?" " Ten dollars." " Oaod grac! out, wb it
a price!-' "How much for a do ibio team?" "Tweo
*y." "Won't pay so mo<*b."' "D-io't ~*r" u ? jeut
whether you door n )t ; boi.*3 Is hor*?*, oow-fciayO
Bat Young Amer' a pjust go; h? /tsyx :Su piio#,
and forgets to ?e'tie his boo. bi I. He mikes op a
" stag" pu'r sMtheyar* off. How they shoat,
bow the;- s'ag, how ttiey p<m- down gallons of whle
pon :fc-h"W foodiy <bcy embrace each other ?
bow tr ? t fesolvt not to go home till morning- bow
th ty Aqoe.st unsninaiy landlords to fill metaphor!.
.aJ flowing bowla! How swcwtlc they are to all
He firw teams, and how disgusted t&ey are with
fast ones ! All this mnrt be seen in order to
appreciate a quiet torn on the avenue In sleighing
Young A met lea gets back from the rural dis
trict* about four in the morning. Hla mualc ia ??
haustsd? he still strives to be gay? he attempts to
paaa a joke with a policeman ? it is a failure? he
tumbles out or the sleigh into the great snow-bank
in front of his own door. Young America Is posi
tiTely, undeniably drank? drunk " clear through,"
as he confidentially assures a Mend next day.
An awfal headache? blue pills? an empty pocket
?these are the items of Young America's punish
ment. Be repents; bnt next year you will find him
doing the same thing oyer again.
We have thus striven to take up a few of the sa
lient points connected with sleighing in. New York.
As a means of enjoyment, the spirt is healthful, in
vigorating and exhilarating, without doubt, but it
stems to be a fatality with our fait people that
they cannot enjoy a good thing without degenerat
ing into disgraceful excesses.
ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE.
ANGLO-AMERICAN NEMCIATIONS IN CHINA.
The miliary tod Political Relations of France,
Pratda and Austria.
Ac., Ao., Ac.
Otir Paab Coenapond?noe.
Paris, Tuesday, January 23, 1855.
Reasons for Disbelief in the Probability of a
Spteiiy Peace- Russia tn a Better Positim than
?v*r?fVar with Her Necessary to the Existence
<-f the Present French Dynasty ? Historical Sou
venirs- Introduction of Cast Iron Houses into
Paw-Recover y of Mr. Mason- Anticipated
At rival of quetn Pomare in Paris?The French
Fuurnisseurs in a Fever of Anxiety, frc. fyc
I see nothing in the political horizon of a nature
to Induce me to withdraw any of the opinion. I
have been led to form touching the probabilities of a
peaceful termination of the present embroiled as
pect of Europe. On the contrary, tbe further I dive
into those inn or rec esww of society, where the secret
spring i. thought to ?irt whence flows the fountain
' political events, the more am I confirmed in the
dorse Ch ?D ^ ,ubJect 1 havo ventured to on
There are four active belligerents at present be
fore public opinion, and it Is doubtful whether, al
though all are ringing the 'changes on the word
peace," three of them, at least, would accept it on
Zl'Tl th,D that of haTln* ^eir own
II J* PoPPercorn rent which nations
are compelled to offer to him who was the Prince of
Peace, to speak with Gospel words in their months
whHe they harness themselves to the chariot of the
Father of Lies. ?fa?t poor, wretched Turkey may
ave glready had enough of it is quite intelligible
but, Ilk# Ml? forlorn maiden bstwlxt two savage
bandits, on which #?if /side the viotoiy prevails, she
must have some misgiving, by this type, ttyt b$r I
fate will be a hard one. But England, tnoagh sore
ly vexed and tried, aod perfectly confounded that
'all the talent ? should have thus dragged her ar
my into the dirt, and held it up for pity
and perhaps something worse, in the pre-'
eence of that ally with whom for ages she has
contended for the mastery of the world
has not a notion of makim? peace, except on terms'
which it is abiurd to suppoie the Emperor of Russia
would stultify himself by conceding. That eventu
al, a very powerful pease party may not spring
np, I do not say; but that is altogether another
question? one whioh France some few years hen :e
may hive to settle with her a'ter another fashion
than the present-for the mornsnt, howovar, Eng.
land is committed to the war, and the aturiy Anglo
Saxon blood will only torment tha more for what is
now going on in the Crimea. As tor llassia, she is
J" bnt "h'< 8?J^e most astute
thiii ke re, should t.hrt seriotsly have it in her
thoughts. The English aim? offers her a spectacle,
which, since the days of Walckaren, has no; bm
seen; she has nothing to do but let it alone; the
elements, cull it Providence if you will, are herun
UGfaiJiug friends. The twfconncs wtiich the Bri
tub press daily supplies the Czir's breakfast table
with, must b? as comforting and consoling as the
breakfast itself. He En ly well balieve from all he
reads that the nay la not distant when Che alliance
agairst him shall Maume a new phase. In the
?f peace-how does he not fret
Austria, who, like the tabled ass, is
sorely tried between the bundle of hay and the nail I
SlrT and already, by this dexterous str ike of i
fSSKA el!ible? 10 '^P**11 * ,orc3 to tMe '
Crimea, which would otherwise have been daatiued
t?erCCUPy saraljia 411,1 defend the Hissiau fron- '
There only remains France to speak of. I have '
said tefoie that the policy cf the Bonapartist dy- I
ossty must of necessity be antagonistic. The Em
ji?!? t"111 doubtediy naid at Bordeaux the contrary?
I.I.mjurc cut la paix"? and jet both opinions
may be true. The great Napoleon alwfeys p.eadud
for P?ac?; In other words to
f lfJ* *" his own way, and this is nrobably
P,fe ti,on of his descendant's famous
apothegm. Else, what was the meaning of the fete
wimp all France was called upoi to re
member thoscimperial glories so cruelly e;lipsed by
the treaties of \ tenna, and the Nerassis of which
now tuied the destinies of her rising aaspi -es* ?hh
eroce that day, wLen hundreds of thousands of her
metropolitan population looked on with distrust?
when every European representative smiled with
scarce conceded contempt, aad the very legions,
whose splendid array save glory to that superb
speotacle, defiled before the nut So r of it? many of
them in moody silence, with averted look? what a
cfcaoge has taken place! Now, Eogland, whose
hoar,7 v<?"tlng for to on his exe
crated head all the vials of hatred and wrata, is nis
sworn friei.d and ally? nay, almost leanx upon his
bosom for protection -Is lifted out of the mud of
BaUkiava by his pitying hand, and fed wi'n bis
? uit and wholesome coffee to keep her lrom utterly
;rn*bing o raw pork and green grain; and that
arajj, shea but haii gmuad over, and couc Vilo* m
1U ran** n, any wt?*<j syrBptfSi.M wnre m>ir* with
the barri< *o?m than the banner ths? b >r? out now
rampant in his praise, wid pluming it, feather* aad
shaSiCK it? wings, a- if the young eagle or its mao
daid bade it soar aloft and fly V> the utter?..-* ends
ol toe turto. And the f?*>p|p! what Is their lau
gOMe< when l e *ek< for (?OO.OnO iu tbm v iry w/.r
poi'cy, ana ttiej pour into Uut lap more thaa qua 1.
*np" t r e siDMirit. And is tnis tue man, and is this
the time tor met a man to listen to peace, when,
nisticfi io 'o* t sth, with an sntbusiastic arnv
woof d m ;t? iiifhest pitch by a rivalry in flank,
whi. u hue In f?ct oeased to be a riva'ry at all, and
with ?r exi-tf.<|uer which overpowers mm by Its ra
bulons abui.twice? The Czar aul he staod face to
race, thn j,erwin!tioati.,n of the East and toe West.
As yet, ti lth r oartv hat, lost or won. It may be
?ineatloted wtnttier either is taken by fnrpris?, and
I ,h" tot long rhe hour whico snoo d onng
I them, like the V.h!lin an?l flectorof oarscr ooldays,
to decide by his md'vidti a strength and valor the
late of myriads.
It is the general opiuion taat Prussia would not
be permitted, even wpre siie so disposed, to taks
any poeitton which might rem ove her out of the
'?oetiie shadow ol France. Tue'-nmityof that power
ss necessary to the pressix dynastic j'Oiicy which
seeks to revive the limit- oi th., First Emp'.re. Riad
the tollowing from th? m> utu nmnti-tbtit seml
omcial journal -and th^u r^nd the contradiction or
rather coromeut, ot to lav M?nttrur, and iudire of
, lt? ainceriiv:? J *
wh.en ^MBcl *?It*ted at homo aad
; attacked abroad. 1 rnsaia, thinking the position of
; IranMrjice-'dlnnly tottering, .ie?iare4 War against
I ner. ?tr?< yrariater whf-n France seemud on tne
poict >1 tri jRipliiiig over tie oo^Jo^cod p i *ers, Fn;s
Kia abandoned ne. ? .ne *u ! phased over to toe sii1*
ot Uie convention, *i,.l wan the flrst of the gr-at
powers , im recog: 7.ed the republic. Fouryearj
i 1 tr, . 5* l*ri ' '' 'anee naving eaperionceo the
v |*st ude^- oi war- -battles having bseu lost in Italy
'J4*11!: ,nAtb? r*P?b"c belli H ra >n* ed
t??tfi in the North and ^outh ? Prussia again changed
I *r v,?w* Jknd declared agaiiwt France. Hat,
"i??, ?i j after, wheu the English w?r* driven out
of Holland, and the Russians b*a>n at Zurich. Pro*
sia again became the aliy of France. In ISO". An
tria armed, and Kusaia having joined her Prusiia
signed .? treaty, m which hhe sm ke ol the " ete,'na'
hatred' which she bore to France?. But tne ba-tia
Of ATUta having been gained by French troop.,
Prnsrtn at onoj abjnred hew former engagement
fo her a?w allies at
she had been previously to France. The year
after, Prussia beiog convulsed by the actions ol ul
tra liberal opinions, which she was unable to master
or reaM, eodsavered to flod a resource in hostilities
and declared war on Franc*. Being completely
wtwsted, Pruseia had to sign the treaty of Tuait. In ?
Mil, the preparations of Risaia msnacsd K4rope
with a new war. and aa Prussia, from her geographi
cal position, could oot remain ai iadlfferm. spec
tatreea of events, she soli cited the alliance of Prance
is tbe most abje.t terms. Napoleou I, remembering
t'-e former treachery or that power, heaitated Ion*,
bnt at last, hoping that Praaai* was made wiser by
experience, consented to the proposal of alliance;
bnt then, a* before, Prussia broke her engagement.
In fact she waa then, as always, a subject of con
stant diaunion."
The above purports to be a letter written oy tne
Due de Bassano, during the reign ot Napoleon I,
dated April 1, 1818, and addressed to Baron de
Krusenaick, the Prasaian Minuter at Paris, in an
swer to a note from that gentleman announcing that
" the King of Prussia wae about to unite his
armies to those of the Emperor Alexander; but
the appearance of it just now in a journal
known to be so mixed up with the government
as tbe Coiutilvtionntl la very significant. It seems
tbe government thought so, and two days after the
Monitmr comes out with the following, which will
scarcely fling dust In the eyes of any one:
"A journal yesterday published a note dated Apru
1, 1813, addressed by the Dac de Bassano to the
Pnusian envoy. It accompanied that document with
reflections intended t? establish a connection between
that and the preeent situation of affalra. Toe com
parison, however, is scarcely just and apropos. At
that time the Cabinet oi Berlin, in giving nowca of
a rupture, found support in the national sentiment
wbich bad succeeded in rousing it. Now, however,
if sine tardiness and hesitation are to be regretted
in the Prussian government towards tlio Western
Powers, at least it is notorious that public, opinion
in the ctuntey is loudly in favor of our cai'se. The
momeDt is, then, ill chosen to recall luuvtmn which
can have no other effect than arresting the sympa
thies of two nations."
The King of Prussia will probably not feel matters
much mended by a compliment to his peopl ? at the
expense of himself, and it is quite possible that such
was precisely tbe desire of tbe Cabinet of the Tulle
rles . .. ..
The weather has been such as to give the world
some idea of the sufieriuga which exposure to it
must occasion the allied army at the seat of war.
On Saturday last the thermometer stood at, 15 Fah
renheit; on Sunday it was 11.70 P. at " In the
morning; and at noon 16.20 P. Toe aspect of the
Champs- Elysdes wiu exceedingly beautiful, the
btanches of the trees being most delicately marked
out by the snow which covered them; and the t>rin
cipal buildings of Paris presented also a highly pic
turesque appearance from the same cause. The
sheet of water in the Boia de Boulogne and the baalna
of the Gai dens of the Tuileries and Luxembourg
were on Batui day and Sunday thronged with skaters.
But on Monday evening a thaw set in, and the
rapid melting of th# snow renders the city at pre
sent in no sense either picturesque or pleasing- Tftere
waa one circumstance wbich attracted marked cu
riosity while the treat lasted. An elegant sledge,
drawn by two large doga, made ita appearance on the
broad avenue of tne GhMups Elyst-es. The dogs bad
been brought from the Crimea by an officer on alck
leave, and bave long eara like the Danish dog, and a
sharp muzzle. They carry the head high, have
large eyes, full of fire, and aeem very intelligent.
One oi them la a male and the other a female? the
former almost entirely white, while the other has
large brown spots.
i'he cutting down of dead treea on the inner and
outer boulevards of Paria, and on the roads of the
department of the Seine, has of lat9 been going on
very actively ; and a novelty is soon about to appear,
in the shape of a cast iron house, four stories high,
on the combined plan of an English and French en
gineer. Two statues, in a sitting posture, have just
been placed above the grand entrance of the Palace
de 1'UdusUle? one at each aide of tbe colossal
statue vf FfMOt' Workmen, too, are at present
employed in cleaning and restoring the fine dome
of the Church pf the Sarbonne, wnich WM built by
order of Cardinal Richelieu, and under which is hia
mausoleum, one of tbe fiaest works of the French
aculpior, (iirardon. The government has purchased
within Iph last few days, the last picture of M.
Jaques? Joan of Arc before the high altar at
Rhtima- After having formed one of the attractions
in tbe Universal Exhibition, this picture will take
up its final abode in the Luxembourg.* Talking of
artists, M. Paul Gueiin, a painter of some celebrity,
died on Saturday. Hia r.htf d'n uvre? The Curse of
Cain? is in tbe gallery of tbe Luxembourg.
The new born daughter of the Countess of Trapani
was christened on tbe 9th at Naples, aul received
the names? tbey are certainly worthy of being re
corded m tbe Nkw York Hkrai.d ? of Maria The
resa Ferdinand* Immaculate Conception Sabatia
Luoiana PhU<mena, the yueen of the Two Sicilies
being her sponsor. .... . .
Mr. Maaon, the American Minister, whose stat* ot
health bad occasioned some anxiety to his friends,
is, I he*r, perfectly convalescent.
The Emperor and Empress held, for th? first t tne
on Sal ut day, a morning reception, for the purpose
of hiving presented them luch forei^oers aad dU
ticRuiched French persona as were anxious for
b tu n an honor. Nothing tould be more simple than
tbe arrangements. The ladies wore their bonnets
and the gentlemen were in plain clothes. As soou
as the parties were assembled ? tbe English in oae
room, the Freneh in another- their M ijeatiw made
their appearance in the Salle des Hareachau. The
ladies formed a line on either side, the gentlemen
standing immediately behind them, while Lord and
Lady Cowley preceded their Majesties to announce
tbe respective namea of the partlea presented.
Tee Emperor spoke in English? a language, by the
way, wbich seems rapidly passing away from hia
memory since he has ceased to be bo great a travel
ler?and tbe Empress in French. Her Majesty mv
naced to find something to say to each of the ladlee,
as did the Emperor to eacn of the gentlsmen. Ot
course the burden of the song most generally wai
pretty much the same-" Is it long since you came
to Paris? I hope you like it; do you make any stay f
I ftar Paria will not be ao gay this season at usual, the
war baa occasioned so nnny domestic losses; but in
England, 1 suspect, it is much the same," Ac. Every
one teemed surprised at the facility of the Empress in
this respect, though one malicious beauty was heard
to say that the phrases were arranged with great
precision, and when exhausted went the round
again, about four persona being generally sufficient
to eke tbem out. All I cai say Is, if her Majesty
succeeds in finding enough of these courteous salu
tations for aa many as fwr of her admlrere, I think
she has a perftct right to begia de novo. I recollect
in the days of my youth doing pretty much tha same
with each successive partner in a ball room. ! say
what we will, the fifth problem in Euclid 1b nothing
to compulsory " small talk." ,
It was a source ot general pain and regret to remarx
that the EmpresB looked pale and delicate In the
extreme. The pallor of her countenance did not de
tract from her beauty, tbe complexion waa ao clear
acd free fr:m the slightest tinge of sallowness; but
tbe transparency, the marked developement of the
bine veina on her temples, and a certain look of dii
trees about hir, in spite of the meek and gracloua
wnlle which always accompanieaher address, caused
many u> make reflections alike aomhre and aorrow
Qneen Pomare la dcclde<lly to be preeent at the
Grand Expoaition, and la to be the guest of her
friend, Admiral Braat. She has become a convert in
the mailer of bead gear, and M.Felix, the cele
brated coifft'iir, ha* her Majesty V permission to dis
play hi - soierice on tbe royal head. But ai regard"
those barbarisms 'yclept shoes and stocking*, her
Majesty will none of them; on the contrary, she be
lieves a pretty leg and foot can never be ?>?en to ao
great advantage as when unadorned. biiuriK.
Paris, Thursday, Jan. 25, 18.55.
Anxiety in Pari* Respecting the}Re*ult of the War ?
Debate* in the British Parliament ? Tk Great
Queitivn of a General War to be Settled in Btr
many ? Austria and th<- Germanic Confederation
? The R'*ult uj the Loan a Fresh Stimulus to
l.nui * IVapnleon'* Energy? Progress of Eeent s
in the Crimea? The French Press on English
Military Blunders ? Interesting Anecdote of Louis
Nupol' on ? The Empress in the Faubourg St.
Antoine ? The French Industrial Exhibition ?
Paris Chtt Chat, 4 'rc .
Tho intense anxiety manifested by all cU?*e*
ben to ascertain the opinion of the members of the
British Parliament, Just no* returned to transact
the business of the natron, arise* from a two-fold
cauM:? First, from a iov3 of Parliamentary discus
?Ion, which no pseple that has one* enj>yed It will
ever? be the circamnatces wiat they will? entirely
forget; secondly, from a certain distrust which w
here commonly entertained that m policy can be
| counted on between France and Fnglaod so long as
the British Ministry is In danger of an ove*throw.
< It la In vain that yon a-i?rt tie a jnioilatiou it" |>?rty
in England, as nndersto ?d at vhe liepnning of the
present oentnry, when the galf which divided thi
House of Commons was deep, broad, an i not t) be
bridged over b? any refined system of political en
gineering. It la in vain thit you tell Frenchmen
that Catholic emancipation, the Reform bill, and the
abolition of }?'<: Hon, hare ao fnse] Parliamentary
represented ? ?< and blended hard tui4 sharply fle
! fined oj-. ili t' at the grand difficulty ol the pre
sent day la ktt n? a watch rord? a crj >vhi:h
?hall rally a traitl, sound, hating oppoaitlon; and
that therefore any of those midden changes from a
black to a while , ollcy, which occurred heretofore,
need never be again anticipated. Frenchmen of
all decrees, from ?he official In t!ie diplomatic bo.
reau to the eager agent of tbe Bjur<s, amlle
j more or lees incr? dulously. "We believe you
ptraonally," My thty, ' to be n frank and loyal
; people, but your go rern sisal, under cover of It*
change of ministry, deserves it* universal reputa
tion of being the most perfidiooa in the world. ''
Btill, at the present time, so many proofs of the
aationa) popularity of the existing policy have come
before vbem, that toey do not go so far as te anti
cipate a change or even a serious reconstruction of
it ; bnt Mr. Cobden's speeches considerably fidget
them, and thej have difficulty in believing that ene
who has before now created snob am extraordinary
revulsion of opinion in England, may not do the
same again. Altogether, from one oaoso or the
other, public interest sits strong jnst now across
the channel, and points towards the Qaeen of Eng
land's Palace at Westminster.
Every day those tar off murmurs of peace beoome
less and leas distinct, and gradually die away in the
distance. The few who were even sanguine on the
subject are now tP&ve and silent, and each hour
brings us nearer to that solution of the question
which those who take a more comprehensive survey
of affairs have only recognized from the baginniog.
A war once declared? armies once in the field
angry blood on.e stirred? long bulled ambitions
once resuscitated? starlings may chatter of peaoe,
bnt it is not easy to make men think of it. As
was foreseen in the beginning by the Herald,
the gnat question of a general war will pro
bably be settled in Germany. Even now the Ger
manic Confederation is on the judgment seat
and most Bay " yes " or " ns. " Austria, who in day
by day, more and mote approaching the Western
alliance, begins to be seriously alarmed lor her fron
tieis, and calls upon Prussia to fulfil her engage
ments of the 20th of April last. Prussia sees no
danger cf an attack, and slyly limits her good offices
to an offer of plaoing a corpi d'armie on her own Po
lish frontier. Austria appeals, therefore, to the Ger
manic Confederation to arm; and on the answer she
will leoeive will depend, in all likelihood, the issue
of a general conflagration in Europe. It becomes,
consequently, a matter of the most intense interest
whether, in this Instance, Austtia, backed by Eng
land and France, will be sufficient to counterbalance
Pinssia, aided by the influence of Russia, in pre
sence of the Diet. There is undoubtedly in some of
the German States a very strong anti Gallican feel
ing, even though there may be no bona fide Russian
Bjmpathy? a feeling left behind by a remembrance
ot Frtneti domination in the reign of the elder Bona
parte; and theie arc many who are strongly die
posed to believe that Austria will not succeed in this
individual trial of strength over Prussia.
The energy with which the French government
continues to put forth its efforte in support of the
war policy, has been immensely increased since its
extraordinary success ia the national loan. It
loudly proclaims in its cffie'al organ, the Moniteur,
that the voice of France has made ene unanimous
affirmative response to its policy.
"The national loan," it sayt, "has renewed the
wonders of the universal vote, and it was reserved
for him who had saved France, by placing hsr in a
position to manliest her sentiments, to reveal all the
riches the contains. It is France th\t has quadru
?led the last loan. Who would have thought that
ranee could place four hundred millions at the im
mediate disposal of the government? Speculation
bas no doubt had its part in this universal testimo
ny ot confidence acd patriotism; but among those
who bave considered the loan an adrantageoua affair,
how many are there who have not been influenced
by a desire of gain; and we must see iu their eager
ness to fcubecrfbe, a fiesh testimony in favor of the
credit and policy of France."
The good fwth of Austria- so long a subject of
uc disguised distrust? is thought to be placed beyond
dispute by the appointment of M. de Brack to th6
Ministry or Finance. It waB ho, it is remembered,
who for yeai s having opposed Russian preponder
ance In the Bla.k Sea and the Danube, negotiated
in 1853, and concluded the treaty between the Porte
and Anstiis? it was he, too, who, while Minister
of Commerce, proposed a loan of 100,000,000
florins? believing it to be the keystone of the
linsncial edifice? destined t? restore the value
of paper money by buying it up ? and, although that
proposition was rejected at the time, siuoe that 800,
000,000 florins have been rawed to be devoted in
part to this object; and by the cession of Bohemian
and Hungatian railways, that financial path has
been thrown open, in wnich M. de Brack desired to
conduct the country. Austria, it is thought, thus
becoming a country producing capital, Instead of
one consuming foreign loans, will be more lirm'.y knit
to tbatWeitern alliance which has so loug been
opening wide its arm to receive her.
Tht> conferences, however, on the peaoe question,
will open at Vienna on the 6th of February.
There is nothing from Febastonol, except a letter
published tMs morning in the Motiileur, dated Jan
uary 2d, which bet/ins thus:? "The ?itu?tion and di
rection of onr works, which now extend toroughout
the south tioeof the place, have given us an oppor
tunity of feeirig and studying the town in oil its
points, at the nek of bullets, balls and shells, which
the Kohmsdh deliver with a profusion unheard of in
any previous siege." The letter, which occupies
nearly four columns, goes on to describe the artistic
nature of the defence, and its truly formidible
character- that formerly, all cbwscs of society
seeded to treat the siege as a matter of indiffar
etc?- ladies elegantly attired strolling about and
visiting the various works as they proceeded? that
now, however, rotbing of this was to be seen. The
walls of the theatre no longer echoed with the voice
of the drama or the notes of mtisio. Women, chil
dren, old men, and persons unoccupied with the de
fer co, bad all departed, and the streets were only
peopled with soldiers and sailors. That vast wall,
gigantic batteries, and enormous batbona now de
fended tbe arsenal, and that, in fact, every street
presented an array of defence, which showed that
nothing which skill, untiring industry and indomi
table courage could effect to render the place secure,
had teen left undone. With it ad, however, the
letter concludes by an assurance that the allies will
ultimately succeed in taking it.
The appearance of sueh a document in th* Itltmi
Uur is not without meaning, and may be intended
to soften the shame of failure, if failure ensue; and
perhaps the following comparison of the merits of
the English and French armies, from the ConHitu
tionntl, may also be Intended to show, iu case of any
misbap, where the fault liea :
"The first thing which would strike a spectator
arming at Sebastopol. is the great contrast which
exists bstween the English and French armies.
In the former, are to be observed the reign of
formality, and the strict observance of rank and
social position. After the hour of combat there are
no longer any relations between the officers and the
privates. Whilst Frenc a officers, always mtugling
with their men, constantly occupy themselves with
the means of supplying their wants, the Fngliah
officers remain inactive, if not indifferent. This is
thesflairof the government. On the other hand,
they have the highest possible tense of honor and
duty, and will perform the most heroic actions. The
English soldiers, too, are somewhat of the same
stamp as theii officers; they fight admirably, but
they keep bad watoh, and ate not very good for
work. They require to have paid hands fir this
last purpese. It N an a: my splendid in cim'iit,
bnt not made for undergoing Bufferings. The ,r
gaiuzati'u is liad , becau m> inoomptete, and prooer
administrative services do not exist. Toe French
army, on the contrary, is essentially calculated to
support ttoffciiug, and couaequently war also, pro
vided there be constant emotions to keep alive such
excitable imaginations. A familiarity exists be
tween officers snd men, and on the part of superior
officers a kind sympathy, which never fails
to support snd enooursge. There is, in fact,
a species of solidarity in all degrees of
rack in tbe French army. Bnt whst appears
most striking is the read v aptitude of the French
(.fflcer. Mai yofthem.lt may be, are deficient in
(ducat ion; but the presence of mind natural to the
nation replaces this deficiency, by transforming it
ae.f on the spot into a practical instinct, wuich ren
ders them skilful in drawing the greatest possible
advantages from the most indifferent elements. It
is owingato this that so many men are found, who,
after two months service, make good sub officers,
nnd In twelve months efficient full officers. The
natural vanity of Uie French aids item in this re
snecf. A nihil to attract attention is the occasion
of acts of valor aod jokes, which cause laughter
and tend to support the mind. Each man wishes to
outdo his comrades. Theie is the same rivalry iu
cock'ng their food as in firing their mnskst.' -
Acd the .iittmblt* Xationalt add*-, on thWsame
subject
" As to the superiority of the organization or the
English army as compared with ours, no one c?n
entertain aoy doubt on the subject, dach a milita
ry orgatizttion as ours is not the work of s fe*
mourns. It requ-res years of rare and sacificss to
fo m such sn army and organize all toe services
ccnnected with it. We bsve labwed a', it lor
thiity years; we thought of it the day following
the disasters of 1815, and since th?t time the work
baa not b3?n for * moraenv lost sight of. EugiAna,
on the contrary, n*nct the Mice dm Oftly oc*
cunied herself with her fleets, the extension of her
commerce, and the reductftm ot taxes, in order to
better the condition of the inhabitants of the great
manufactuiieg district*. She has closed ber ears to
tbe represei tatlons of the mrn who had been the
honor cf hsr armies. The Duke el Wellington, him
self, notwithstanding the authority attache! to his
opinion, wa< not listened to, and things arrived f\t
the pclut where we now esc them."'
The following aoerdote will show the steads and
nns. erring manner In whleh Napoleon the Third,
in the midst ot war and war s alarms, keeps his eye
on the great souroe of bis strength. The npper
classes may cavil and legitimists sneer, but
laughs ? ho wins, and it is the ottrur that
the Emperor all occasions takes to his heart.
Some workmen belonging to one Vc water, a ma
chine mak> r. 'n the rue ntaaialaa, propped to him
to work for twelve days, an hour extra for wbioh
they should be paid until I'M amount ot one day 's
lijbw wti accomplished by each, the proceeds
of which should be given to the Crimean fond
for the benefit of the French aruj. The
proposal waa accepted, and the men completed
Uteir engagement ; but the Emperor hearing o I it,
immediately wrote to tbe Prefect of PoJoe, placing
a ram or 1,500 Trance in his hands, to be distributed
among the men who had exhibited ao mnch good
will to their compatriots in the East, and to the
Daticmil policy. The Prefect summoned the men
aronnd him, and read to them the Emperor's letter
in commendation of their oonduot. lie men -not
SJS the n^k>Ml character, which dearly
Jovts a little romance? at first proposed that the
F?'fm ? R?t fhonldbe ?wed to their own contri
button i but thia the Protect we old not consent to.
end ?dytaed them that It waa their dutj to acoept
for their own proper dm the imperial praaent, not
for its pecuniary value, but aa a testimony of
??c'CUi'.*Ppfo^1 o? P?t of their Emperor-to
which advice they very aensibly acceded.
It waa not long ago, too, that the Emperor
Md Empress paid a visit to the Faubourg St.
Antoine, the grand guartier for the oavriera
of Paria, and won all hearts by their stu
dious attention and sympathy. The city of Paris,
on their marriage, had desired to preaent the Em
Srees with a magnificent diamond necklace, but
E?Pj;*? Eugenia expressed a wish that the mo
ney (should be devoted to the construction of some
tenements for the reception of three hundred daueh
tors of the distressed workmen of the Faubourg
St. Antoine; and it waa to witneia the completion of
her desire that toe imperial pair now paid this lo
caJity a visit. The enthusiasm of the people waa
mmepae; slow aa It generally is to come forth from
tbe French, any thing like a touch of sentiment is
mre to elicit It. Republicanism used to be rife
among the masses of this auartier, but this is heap
ing coals at lire on its head.
The, Exposition h generally concentrating public
attention, whenever it is possible to divest it from
the stirring events cf tbe war. The aoaffjlding is
soon to be removed from the Palaia de l'lndaatrie
indeed, very little of it now remains. The difficulty
of finding accommodations for all exhibitors is itn
menre; at the same time French organization Is car
ried to such a scientific excellence, that no doubt in
this respect, if la no other, the Exposition of 1865
wid excel ail its predecessors. The Zollverein don't
liie to be placed en masit with their Industrial arti
cles, ?nd Saxony, especially, thinks she is entitled
to a place by herself, to exhibit her beautiful linens.
r nteen hundred shops, at a rent of a thousand
trance each, are to be erected in the All?5e d'Autin,
for tbe duplicates of such articles as may strike
the fancy ci visiters, nothing m the Exhibition be
ing permitted to be sold. Opposite the Palais de
1 Industrie a gigantic restaurant is about to be
erected for the creature comforta of those who come
ironr afar to see the wonders of the world's in
gPDUitj.
M. Lamartioe is going to publish his memoirs in
?x volumes. Prince Napoleon is expected home
cally, but, it. ia said, from some cauie or other, not
to his lather u roof. Somehow or other, this part of
the Bonaparte family are always at sixes and
sevens. It is only a few days since that a recon
ciliation took place between the Princeaa Mathilda
J, . "o* ^ Imperial General
of the Crimea who ia out. There is an on dit that
rTinco Jerome, the father, ratber more cleaves to
. A?erJ?"n progeny? the ohildren of bis firat love
?in bis old age, than they of the aecond bed approve.
Be thia aa it may, it is certainly an awkward fact
for his future interests, that Napoleon Bonaparte,
the presumptive heir to the Imperial throne, man
ages to get on well with nobidy. There has b?en a
magnificent ball at the Hotel de Yilie, on a scale of
municipal splendor to be witneaaed only in France.
The Princets Mathilde was there. Thia is all tn the
shape of gaiety. Beimx.
China.
AN O I.O- A HKK10A N NKOOriATIONB.
[From the Friend of Clilna, Nor. 22.1
H. M. 8. Rattler, Captain Mellersh, hat returned
to oof nnp ft cm ner expedition to toe Gnlf of Pe
cbeli, bringing baek H. E. Sir John B> wring and
suit". We understand she was anchored nearly a
month at Uie mouth of the Peiho (more properly
the Tien-tsio-po), in company with the U. S. steam
Irigate Powhatan (which convejed H. E. Mr. Mo
Late, ft he American Commissioner, and his party),
and the U. 8. steamer John Hancock.
Communications were regularly kept up between
the ehipa in the bay and the Secretaries of the two
Ministers wbo were established in the river on board
tee u. 8. fchooi er Fenimore Cooper and Lorcha
Clint an, which had been towed up by the larger
ships as auxiliaries to the ex pedition.
A grand display took place on the 3d N jvember,
when, preceded by the fine band of the Powhatan,
and passing through lines of about 200 men, con
euting of naval officers, marines and seamen, ac
companied by the national flags, the plenipoten
uaries of Great Britain and Anmrlca landed, and,
walking arm in arm, were received by an immense
crowd of mandarins, who escorted them to tents
which bad been prepared for the occasion; at the
entrance of wnicb they were met by tbe Imperial
( '>mmi*?ioners deputed by the Emperor to re'eive
hem. When the usual compliments hid passed,
the inner tent was cleared of toe multitude ol
Chinese mandarins and foreign officers who bad
crowded into it, and the high functionaries pro
ceeded with their negotiationa. Alter tbe inter
view, which lasted several hours, the plenipoten
tiaries remained six days in the bey, which the
Rattler left on the 10th instant.
Notting whatever has tranapired as to the re
sult or the contereccea whi h have taken place, and
the public curiosity will Drobably remain un^ratified
until the respective governments see fit to publish
the communications of which the pienipotentiariea
are bearers. We understand Count Klozkowskl was
introduced by tbe British and American Ministers,
as charged with communicationa from the French
Mlnbter, who was bnable to pro eed in a national
sbip-of-war to the Peiho, in consequent e of the dis
aster which happened to tne frigate La Jeane d'Arc,
at the entrance of the Yang-'tze-kianp.
While the ministers were engaged in their con
ference with the high Mandarins, ample supplies of
refreshments, tea. Ac., were provided for the whole
party who had accompanied their Excellencies to
the chore.
Tents bad been erected for the accommodation of
rv?ry body, and many a ludicrous scene took p ace
in tbe procesa of fraternization between the subjects
oi " Western outer nations'' and native officers and
attendants, many of whom saw our people for the
first tune. A black man from tbe Rittler was an
especial object of curiosity and wonderment.
A Canton correspondent of the London Newi
sajs:- -Some crafty Americans have caused conai
derabie annoyance by hiring their vessel and them
selves to tbe belligerent parties, but the United
States Mini iter has interfered, and for the present
?top yet) the movement. In the present crisis it be
hoves foreigners to hold a strict neutrality, for by
doing so tbe straggle will terminate most favorably
to tbe interests of foreign trada.
ESCOtNTER BETWEEN TUB IMPERIALISTS AND AME
RICANS. $
The North China Hrruld- published at Bhang,
hae? of November 11th, Kay*:? On W?dnem]?y
morning, about half pant nice, a nody of imperial
ist soldier h uroseed on to the race count* in order, it
would appear, to get over the bridge, for ttie pur
pose of entering tee bouses near the north eat#.
Toe American sentmei stopped them, and ca'.led
out the gnard, and the proper signal having been
given, a oompuny of sailors and marines wag landed
from the U. 8. snip of war Vaidnlia, which Imme
diately* marched up to the gronnd, and still found
part of th* imperlaliits occupying it. Meantime
they bad fired upon the guard, and several shots
wore exchanged. The insurgents on the wall hear
ing the muiketry, leaped from it, and tried to take
tbe imperialists in the rear, whica quickly caused
their retreat from tbe race course, and return t)
their own camp; no further disturbance has ensued.
Japan.
AN E A STEMS VIEW OF TUB AMERICAN TREATY.
[From the North China llciaM, Nov. 11.]
Tbc opening of Japan to wider intercourse with
foreign countries is among the recent events of the
present day. To our American rousing belongs the
nonor of knocking at the door of that exclusive king
dom and compelling tier proud rulers to treat, the
representative an?f visiters of foreign nitions with
couttesy and respect It has been Commodore Per
ry's peculiar merit to go straight to bis object,
turning neither to the right hand nor to the left.
Tatiturn.and calm, courteous jet firm, he has sh^wn
in diplomacy the same determination which .has
marked his professional career. It was a sight not
eauly to be effaced from the mind of the beholds?*,
when the war-steamers entered upon the loner wa
ters of Japan and came to an ancnorage in tbe 1! iy
of Yedo. There was something in that spectacle
wh:ch carried t'e imagination forward upon the
wings ot time, in that event there was a guarantee
scd a pledge, not ao much of the physical superiori
ty of the West over the long stationary nation*
or tht East: ss of the cor tact of new elements of
mind and the juxtaposition of new and unwonted
ltfluencea of mcral strength, tending to hirmouize,
cement and assimilate the antipodes of humanity
and the opposite poles of Anglo-Saxon and barbaric
civilization. Japan enters upon this new pna?9 of
her national existence with tnuiy historical prece
dent! to guide and to warn her rnlers in the new
exigency. Turning her eye westward to her neigh
bor of China, she may lesrn thence the sura and
inevitable laws of Oriental deettny. Rinding to
tbe necessity ot the time, aid acoommidating her
policy In good faith to the altered circumstances of
tfce new era, she may learn lessons of historical ex
perience and escape the evil storm wbt:h now
threatens with dynastic ruin the country and go
?enmertof China. The law of AngU-Saxot. pro
wess may hen re> eive its modifications aid "cap
tions: Hrnlthe kingdom of J span presents in the to
tore history of International intercourse the nappy
It stance of apecpie receirng unmixed b>sa?is
frr m contact w.ih Western oivtw-aUon.
Deservedly will Commodore Parry isoslf? <*
"?My* A01** congratulatory plandt
of hit fellow-citiaeiw. He has retired to tMfcooa
which await him, n?t gifted with the ready tonga
fluently magniloquent in hie own praitet; hot I
enuntmte is the homely eloquence of ft
heut and ft sonnd head tbe unadorned tale at tl
present and proape clive rttultt of hie iwi??nn. Tv
important maritime cities ere ihiwrn opto to trad
? coal depot hat beea secure*. uternatloai
rights have been asknowledged. The Matte of J
pan aie so longer to be known to ta9^ittraa?
whaler or to tne ahip wrecked mariner at tnh??p
table coasts, more to be dreaded than death. 01
liak mote hat been added to the chain which aha
bind in one continaoua belt Western America at
Kaatern Aua. The protested line of atetme
acroaa tbe Paeillo will fnrniah tome tangfh
means ot proof of the good results ot Cm
modore Perry's expedition ; and the laying dow
of tbe California rente to the United Btatea an
even to Europe may yet opportunely remedy tt
prospective danger of a P. and O. monopoly, 1
affix ding the double meana of transit and the a<
vantage of a well regulated competition. Taoi
who cross over the Paciiio in the projected line (
steamers may remember our old friend the Coaim
dore when bis own cource of public Ufa it run an
finished. As tbe portala of the Japaueae empir
become more wide'y opened, and aa a higher civil
zation creates new tastes and wants; and above al
when tbe pure stream of Christianity and tbe liviti
wells of Bible tiutu, uncontaminated by Jeault em
and unpow ned by priestly and political intd^fM
shall h?ve flowed onward and irrigated with aQ th
elevating inflancea of * heaven-derived flaith, thl
moral desert in the furthest East, Japan, may the
occupy no inconaiderable share in a world't con
merce and fulfil no ordinary pan in the history <
tbe kingdom of Christ.
The Political and Military Relations of At
tola, PruMl* and France.
il'rom the Lonilon Times, January 23.] _
iplomatic carrespondence which we pub|
lished yesterday, and re-publish to day, from the Mio
liters of Foreign Affairs in Prussia, France an<_
An-trie, throws consid ruble light npon the presenH
relations of the leading continental States, aaj
btings uown the narrative of oontempoiarj occur
rei ccs to the latest period , Inasmuch aa these de
patches are all dated within the current month i
January. With the asidatance of thexe authentii
docua entt we are enabled to determine with thfl
utm< st precision the attitude of the three o4urt|
from which they proceed.
It was on the 24tb of December, when the ter
of negotiation assigned by the treaty ef the 2d
December was drawing to a close, that the Gabinefl
of Vienna announced to that or Berlin tbat thfl
time was ccme to cc?r aider the nature of thfl
military meusurea to be taken by Prussia and bi~
the Germtnic Confederation, in virtue of the confl
vtntic n of tbe 20th of April and the additional
article of the 26th of November. The Prussia?
fovernment replied to this summons on the 6th
anuary, having in the meantime learnt that a conl
ference of great importance had been held at Viennl
on tbe 28th December, from whioii Prussia had beol
excluded. Tbe extreme tartness and iU-humor or
tbe Prussian despatca is evidently attributable, iJ
great part, to this circumatanca; but the Irritatii)^
of the Pruxsian mis inters does not render then^le
cautions in evading their obligations and parrylnfl
the demands of their confederates. The King
Prussia reverts to his old assurances that Rassia n?
never entertained the idea of proceeding aggres
siveiy against Germany; that she has shown a sinfl
cere desire to come to an understanding; and hafl
unrtseivedly accepted the Four Points propose^
to her, whicn, at tbe date of theldespatch ire arj
quoting from, what was not true. But tbe Prossiafl
government adds tha\ having nothing to do wittfl
the Four Points, or with tbe interpretation whictH
has been given them, it takes its stand on th^
treaty of tbe 20th of April, and keeps wltbin
circle cf those engagements. So that the cabinet ol
Berlin first exduots itself from tbe regular coursA
of afiairs by refusing to take part in tbe subsequen
arruigemeii'S ot the otber Powers, and then, in an
swer to tbeir demands, plead* a prior conventioi
concluded under a different state of tcinge, ant
witbin three weeks alter tbe declaration of war
It first reject* the t orm of proceeding to which An
tria, Fratse, and England have agreed, and tbe
declares that "there cannot be any mutual comma
action as long as Prussia does not share In the
tsrpretation of these points and influence tne same.'l
Yet the King or Pmssia asserts, "with the ntmotj
tenacity, and will maintain with tbe wnole fo?
and peraiveranco of true patriotism," his right
be considered as one or the great Powers of Enroll
? a right of waich no one but nlmselt' and bis per
ent ministers cou<d have deprived him. On tbJ
point tbe reply of the French government, to wtiot|
tbe Pinsstati note vac 0 ?uimunicated, is so keen i
rush.ng, that we extract the passage as It standg|
Tbe Cabinet of i'arib Joan not pretend to oontest
Prursla th? rank she holds. Na.v, more ? luring thJ
ant two yeara it liaa ultra rounuubJ her of the obitii
i iocK of that bigii rank of whlsh she Ih so juatly pro
But It leels It a duty to observe that the quality i
great Power ia permaaent ? it cannot be cast <uf wh?
implies od'tuus duties, and returned wlien it unly of
i (Wantage*. Vrivilegef and duti*s of thia issportanj
i re absolutely correlative Tbe one is inseparable froa
the other. It is not to l>e supooaml that l.ngUnd anl
Austria take a different vi*w or the cas? rrom K ran oil
Hut so much i? certain, that Fraooa will never allow tbi|
h Power which, from it* own free will, tooa no part i
tie great events which arc occurring Id the world, aha
afterwards maintain a claim to regulate tbe conai
quencea tb^n-of The advantages arfaing from the ws
are ouly for the belligerent Powers, and the advantagsH
of tlie j war ? winch are eaaentially moral advan|
tagci- ? consist iu tbe right of partisipation, far the in|
terest of Knrope. in tlie regulation* o( peace. l'ri?*aii
ha* not done anything a* vft for that ooject. She T
refuaed to proclaim ber neutrality. Tbat resolution d
her honor But, in reality, on what side is aber If ho
tilities continue, will she be with or against the allied
Powers? This ia what no one can tell.
With the refusal of Prussia to concur in the mill]
tarj JMMIUM proposed by Anu ria to the Germanic
Col federation we have no right to interfere; hut th^
SreteiMon of Prussia to throw herself betwei
usfia and tbe other allied powers deserves to I
repelled witn tbe utmost severity, and it has notfl
ofter hspi ened that the conduct of oae of the"f?rinH
cipal Cabinets of Europe has been exposed to criti-j
cism as plain-spoken and as searching as tbat we hav
low before us. M . Usedom's mission to this oonntryj
by which some hopes were excited of a reaction i
toe Pruseian Court, is only a fresh proof of th^
irresolution and perplexity which govern the polloj
of that country. The French despatch informs i
that tbe real object of tbat mission was to prevent
tbe allies from wsging war upon tbe vulnerable
point of the enemy? by which is meant the Pollatfl
territory,? and to prevent the passage oj the allied
armies through Germany. |
In excharge for theae oon cessions, Prussia off. re*
to place a carpi d'nrmtt on her own Polish frontier I
Bnt if that be all she was prepared to do, If. Dronyifl
de L'Hujb might well exclaim that such proposition?
should have been carried, not to London, but to 8<P
Petersburg.
Tbe Austrian government hns answered thi
Pimiiau des|tatrb with asperity t <an M
Dtoujii de L'Huys: hot Count Buo. s not* us wntWt
with a degree ci force and precision which we dc
not Mttfti Dud tn diplomatic documents, and whi -l
is wholly wanting in the lomaunication to ?W'.'
it is addressed. Tbese deciaiations of the Austria
Caoinet are of t!ie highest importune, bec?os4
they ware made a week altnr Prinze (iortaj
cbakeff's alleged acceptanoe of the Four Points:
and they rem>ve all doubt of the t wit tba
Austria has not been stopped by that overture fron|
continuing to combine her plan of military op?iatloc
with the allied powers. Count Buol obr- rvea, i
the first place, that there is no guarantee for tbd
reiterated asanranoe of Russia that sbe will oooiint
berstlf to tbe detenoe ot her osrn territory, and tqa,
her promise baa been accepted by no one. Indeef
such a promise is singclarly inoonsistent with tb
fact that within the last tew days a fresh Ru w.<
attack bas beet made oo the rigbt bank of thi
Dacntie. On these grounds tbe Austrian Govern
meet bo'.dslthat the state cfaflhirs has lost nothing o
iu tbreateniDg character; that the Esiperor mtu.
rr main in a state of preparation far all eontingen
ties, aid tbat tbe approaching negotiations for p^v<
cannot exercise any inlioenoe on the military '
inns of Anetria, or interfere with the engagerr
entered into by tbe Germanic Htstes. Thew art
expreis words of the Cabinet of VI# nnn, and on' ,
ground It proceeds to require tbe Germanic Die*, ufl
call cnt at least one half ttu> rcaerai iMtn'.jf -nt> foi f
active service, an^ss tbe opinion should prevail t&sT
the whole Isdrral anuy ougct tn be in readiness fx op j
eratior. Tt.e election oi a federal Comtnan^e^in-Chie
s slsn recoirmem'ed as imperatively ne<flssary, an- I
bete prpoeifcars have si resdyb^eu made at Frank
fort by tbe Imperial Presiding Minister of Austria U j
he H ind, snd also to tbe governments of all tb<
German States. It becomes therefore a question u
fi rest Interest to ascertain wnether tbe intlueneo
Austna snd the policy of the Western Powers ua
arry this measure In the Diet against the iotr gu*
' f Prussia and the outer Russo-Germaa
Within tr.e last few da>s a despavh h?s b*en p .r
Hrfed in which the Csar openly aoplaods ths Mac*
lenburg Princes for tneir svo ?e<i adherence to *)<
cause: but such cwmpl'm. nta are a <i<>uhttnl hio')<
when tfcey are puroba"?d by a -taoMfl wi ot natn>?s
independence. The Gevmanle C -oi-derat. in m<n
answer " Yes" or " Wo" to the Aistrian pr>oosi *
and, tf they are earned, even Prussia will be com
peikd to call out her federal contingent, or to vi>lat
her feteral engag<?m*rtt?.
It is a m' fortunate cirenmatance tbst thes
documents whlsh are 19 honornole to onr allies, ar
*o diirreditatde to sore of our opponentt, sho'
?re it light the <Hy before the Iirttieb Parilaaw -
(tkomts its deliberations. The frank and energ*^
lansuaue of An atria, addressed not to ourselves a .
to any ' reign power, bnt to herosm Gartnaai .Gaa I
MMN, is the most fitting antwer tbat ean bl
f' van to those who have attempted to throw donbt I
on the m? aning and effect of the triple alllssaos Th<l
declaration made to the kiog of Prussia by ft
and tally ceoca ned ia by the otber States,