The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-24
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NATIONAL Era
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, Ocf p, 1853.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NATIONAL ERA
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, Ocf. p, 1853.
To tie Editor of tie National Era.
The grand question is still unresoved or
at least its solution has not yet rea he'd us from
the banks Of the Danube. The symptoms are
all wsrike but, in the face of them, people
seem hardly able 10 persuade themselves thar
10 mad and unoalled for an atrocity will be
porpetrated in defiance Of the declared con
domination Of Europe Nevertheless. 10 strong
is opinion, the French and Eugl.h funds have.
within the last few days, been recovering
partly in the latter case, from the Bears being
compelled to buy, in order 10 settle their ac-
counts with the Bulls which beasts had the
best Of it in the last period Of gambling specu-
latiOn.
That Russia il continuing to play the old
original game of delay, without an intention
to avert hostilities, is but too apparent Tho
invaders on the south Of the Pruth are ready
to be reinforced, if need be, by corps after
corps of their brethren in arms Care has
been cunningly taken TO embarrass and not to
clear the sulina mouth Of the Danube 70 thai
the supplies of grain should be retained for
contingencies in the Piincipalities Genera.
Gourtzstukof 3 reply TO Omar Pasha's summon
to evacuate them is as iesuitcsl rs could be
invented and his plausible master after com
hitting an act Of aggressive INVASION would
fain, by his table-turning, make it appear that
he and not Turkey, was attacked. The pas
sage of the Danube, by either force must be a
service of peril though both have concentrated
pontoons and other necessary materials On its
banks, "a if with the determination to risk that
iaat Va inn A., htnlr L. ln,..
viously supposedly that if crossed at all, the at
tempt will be directed by the Turkish com
mander, and somewhere not lar distant from
Widdin. But though the appointed day for
the commencement Of actual operations, the
25th of October, IL past, and the weather il
reported to be still unusually favorable, an
other important beiigerent or non-belliger.nt
must be Immediately in tho field, and COM
mander-in. chief Winter will materially in
teriere with the plans for the campaign, pro-
ieoted manmuvres, and strategic projects As
was whimsically said about the French revou-
tionary invasion oil Holland, SO will it probably
be in the East
General Vandamme the Dutchmans hoast,
Was death struck by fierce General Weather
But more WAS done by General Frost,
Than all the Generals put together
As General Frost, however, cannot be ex-
pected to act in the southern cline, it must DO
to General Weather that We shall most likely
have to ascribc the limitation of bloodshed
Bot unless peace IL patched up through the
intervention of Prussia, (which, though rumOr-
ed, is scarcely to be credited OF. by some move
ment in the breast of the Emperor Nicholas,
stimulated by his failure to enlist that country
or Austria in his bad cause, and the presence
Of the combined fleets Of France and England
| Al. r. Al -. Al
src now triumphantly aud awfully moored,
our expectation "a, that the principal collision
| for the present is most likely to ensue on the
Asatic side. The Caucasus is ripe and tempt
ing for the brave, wild troops of Turkey aud
q very severe blow may be struck against the
enemy in this direction.
Besides what Winter may do, it il somewhat
anomalous to observe that the common inter
ests of mankind may, in the existing unto
ward aspect of affairs, be much benefited by
the want Of money, The Russian rxchcquer
is VIGOROUSLY at low ebb and the Sultan has
sent forth feelers for Il loan Of four millions,
| in addition TO the extraordinary amount ire
puted at several milliOns) voluntarily subscribed
to support the war by his patriotic subjects
| Assuredly the Turkish Government has be-
| haved Justly and n0bly, al well AZ astutely and
moderately, throughout the whole of this neia-
riOus trial and though the press in England,
| France, and several parts Of the Continent
has been partially gained over to the views Of
Russia, it il satisfactory to find that their par
tisan efforts have failed to inspire the belief OF
danger from the irruption of savage Mahom-
medan hordes into Europe Ia London the
natives are as much afraid of being dcsolated
| by the Saracens Head on Snowfall
| But the mistaken concert between the two
| great Western Powers il, after all, the abiding
sheet anchor Of civilization and the world
whether menaced by Bedouin or Bashkir /;
though till We see the result Of the present
crisis. We will not speculate on their prospect
We duties and acts in support of their moment
oGs national policy. That they cannot remain
for any time mere passive lockers. on. il utter
ly impossible but everything depends on tho
turn which affairs now take and OF the eli
gsgemsuts by treaty among the three Allies
In Paris and the Provinces there have been
u number OF arrests including individuals Of
the respectable classes The uncertainty which
has for the last six months hung over the con
ditoss OF the absolute monarchies has natu-
rally awakened the hopes of the Lodru Rol-
Inns, the Mazzinis, the KOssutbs and the whole
host Of their fellow. exiles, and it may readily
be supposed that they have not been slow in
thrusting implements among those OF the antoi-
pated melee
The anteocdent conspiracy which was to
have taken effect at the Opera Comique, it
is now stated was to have been begun with the
assassination of the Emperor and Empress, by
thirty coDsprators, armed with pistols, to be
discharged at n given signal, and the instant
proclamation of an instruction and Red Re
public. The escape seems to have been mirac-
,,tn ha Of kn "a hn
to DO instituted, and further important revela-
tons are expected.
little bit OF tiff has occurred between
France and Naples Two or three French
military officers were dispatched, it seems to
witness the reviews of the Neapolitan forces
but the King Of Naples had no fancy for the
compliment Of their attendance; and pretend
ing that there was English goods, perhaps in
fected with cholera, in the vessel which brought
them, directed tho performance Of quarantine,
till the business Of reviewing should be fnish.
ed. The indignant Frenchmen imm, diately
steamed away, and the French Emperor scut
a sharp remembrance; but as the petty ruSe
could hardly be construed into easus bciii, we
presume that an explanation and apology will
satisfy the honor Of France.
In England things are not a whit more sat
lsiactory or lees gloomy than all this corr e.
pondence has taught your readers to expect
On the contrary, matters have been gradually
growing up to the uncomfortable, il not por.
tentOnA position we have predicted; uncomort
able that position certainly is, and thus So far
| portentous that in the issue OF quite possible
eventualties, both Mt home and abroad, tn,
country would be plunged into very unenvi
able state We may sum up that the presenc,
Of cholera, Of which malady forty males anC
forty three females died in London last week
is, to say the least, q painful circumstance
The rise, and promise to rise, Of bread meat
and all other provisions, ia u serious evil, al
ready deeply felt in every fibre Of the commu
nifty; and, II much increased, the consequence
are not only TO be deplored, but dreaded lie