The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-19

crat of the Russas was gathering together his
hordes, from the coast Of the Pacific to the coast OF
the Baltic, from the Black Sea to the White Sea,
was accumulatng the proceeds OF his gold mines
fleets between Finland and the Sound, between
TrebizOnd and the Bosphorus, In the North Sea and
in the Euxine, and at this moment, his colossal
form overshadows the world. Heretofore, France
military, while England had that of being the
greatest naval power in Europe but now, though
the might of England is still undoubed, it is strongly
asserted that the prime military position must be
The policy of the Russian system, in so far as
history can develope it, has uniformly tended to
the possession OF Constantlnople. Turkey Is the
next country to Russia; and strange as 1t may
sound, the extension of the latter, consequent upon
the absorption OF the former, would make it a far
more compact empire than it is at present-speak-
ing IN geographical as well as in political sense
With Constantlnople in her possession, Russia would
exercise that preponderance in Europe which she
now does in northern Asia she would, through the
key of the east-the Dardaneles-hold the Levant,
inclusive OF Egypt, practically inner grasp; and the
Mediterranean, by means of her fleets, would
eventually become a Calmuck lake. Turkey, since
the days of her decadence, has certainly this
system work-sometimes more clearly, sometimes
less clearly but in all the phases of her natu-
alton her ignorance, it has ever been perceptbe
to her political vision. Hence the various attl-
tudes assumed by that WORKOUT power towards
the protecting nat!on-for such, in fact, has been
she felt strong in the friendship of her ancient
ally, England, she petulently repealed the influence
of St. Petersburg when, on the contrary, the
policy OF France appropriated to that OF the En-,
peror OF all the Russlas, as 1t occasionally did
rather too closely In the days of Louis Philippe,
then hyperborean protection was caressed, and the
Ottoman Rugged the Russian bear, who in return
Rugged him most Justify The very fdgetness of
Turkey showed its fear; while if any additional
fact needed to prove the existence of this pas
sion in the mind of the government of that country
it was furnished by the impasslveness of the Rus
sian diplomacy at Constantinope -which, looking
neither to the right nor to the left, marched on
ward, like destiny, to its final mplishment.
"The beginning of the end " is now arrived ;
Russia has entered Transy wanna at the instance Of
the Austrian Emperor II; and with the assistance of
Russian troops, the Hungarians, who fought for
freedom and against absoutsm, have been ESQ the
latest accounts state) defeated. The qmid pro quo
is the sale of the cabinet of Vienna to that of ST.
Petersburg. The terms OF sale are, to be sure,
couched in the form of matrimonial contract be-
tween the young bohemian monarch--Joseph Fer,
dlnand Is scarcely German-and the Grand
Duchess Anna, daughter neice of the Sclavo-
man sovereign, Nichoas.; but the result is ldent-
cal with that OF any other similar sale. Austria Is
practically transferred ST ,h to Russian eminent
and defensive alliance" between the two poten-
tates; the second provides for the inclusion Of Tur
key in its condions-probably for the more efiectna
partition OF that falling powers the third guarantees
the Prussian claims on Schleswig Holsten-so that
it would seem as if the brother law of the Car
was to be kept quiet by the sacrifice of Denmark's
asserted right to these duchies Ofcourse the Rus.
slams will undertake to garrison and hold so much of
the Austrian Empire-1lungary, Pennsylvania, and
the Bannat of Temeswar, and the other provinces
adjacent to Turkey for instance-as may be necessa-
ry to enable the Emperor to throw the large army
now in the occupation of these districts upon Italy
which, it may be, will then become German from
Venice to Genoa, from the Arno to the summit of
the Alps and then "ware hawk for Turkey
The first movement made by the Ottoman, will be
the signal for his fall ; unless France, who cannot
consistently with the policy of Odilon Barrot and
his pupil, Louis Napoleon, assist the Turks, should
take the initiative against this gigantic scheme of
aggrandizement and throw an army into Italy or
England should line the Besphorus with her fleets
and occupy the mouths of the Baltic and the Eux-
inc.
In the meanwhile the plot progresses. The Pcsth
Courier =" BY intelligence brought from ST.
Petersburgh by specaconvey ance, the Emperor
of Russia, at review of 1000 men of the Guards
said publicly to the troops that the circumstances of
the Austrian empire required he should place at the
disposal Of his friend, the Emperor Of Austria, a
portion of his military power. This announcement
was received by the Il, 900 guards with laundering
shouts of " Long live the Emperor of Austria. -
Verbunl sapientie.