The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-03
NO. 357.
LETTER FROM LONDON.
LONDON, Oct. Ia, 1853.

ioteT be fought, and he divorced England from
,In holy alliance, that she might be on the
,,bt side when the struggle came. Has it
aome now. or may il be STAYED off for a while
That is the question. In dealing with it, we
nag Law before our readers views which have
not been glanced at by the European press,
Lut which are not the less worthy of American
notice. for they are derived from sources hard
lc 10 lie surpassed in authenticity, and more
de,idodly impartial than any that could be ex-
n,cted from official authority. Yet il will suit
IA best to place them before our readers in
bvnothetic form. We will therefore suppose
that the Russian determination for war or re-
,rsctltiOn, may depend on several very import
oDt ponts. and that the Gar will neither be
I,tsrmiued 30 much by intoxicated absolutism
ar affronted pride, as by political calculations.
Somn Of his elements are obvious. The DISPOSE
,ons ;f not the designs, of Austria and Prus-
sia are perfectly known to him, and the states
nan who advise and do his work and here he is
unon sure grounds, to balance the chances Of
relative force against Turkey, France, and
ENGLAND But it may be more startling TO be-
TeTe that other equally important contingencies
are brought into the estimate, and that one of
the greatest is founded on the existing condi-
ton Of France, and the probability of a revo-
luton in that country But look around
10 1889, the cry in Paris was Bread or
Enile:p and the nature of Parisians and
Freedmen is not 70 much changed in sixty
wars As to render the awful meaning of this
camor iuspplicable to the present day. The
Emnaror has devised enormous building and
other speculatOns in order to affprd employ
mcnt to thousands Of laborers These works
nav be ultimately nationally beneficial !; but,
the mean time, they cripple the revenue and
;mpoyerish the State. Then there has been
slperalied the expedient of cheap bread, to
which we have pointed attention ss Il prodi-
oious mistake in preceding letters, and the re-
suits of which are proving the justice of our
opinion if not Fastening on the contamination
which most politicians think cannot be long
deferred in the Empire.
In the first place, there are the multitude of
workmen employed at the public cost and in
the next there is Il portent0us influx of other
workmen, crOwding to the capital for the
chance Of occupation, and the certainty of
bread at q cheaper rate than elsewhere. The
danger rapidly growing out Of this posture Of
Affairs cannot escape the penetration of the
three absolute Powers, and must have a very
great influence upon their now setting their all
upon a cast and standing the hazard of the
die They anticipate II revolution in France
which would plunge it into intestine war and
confusion, and nentralize its force for foreign
Interference. And they further speculate on
what would be the effect of such an event upon
England whose radicals are already urging on
war, in the hope of doing something amid the
universal scramble; and whose conservatives
would be more and more alarmed, if the same
ultra reforming party obtained the superiority
in Il neighboring Republic. Such is the game
and the prospects upon the cards We three
despotic monarchs are firmly united, and the
common cause insures our being, in this nigh
ty quarrel, true to each other Among our Oh
pnents, there is no such basis for endurance :;
but, on the contrary, the perpetuity of their
agreements is threatened by likely accidents.
the sword is thrown into the balance and
Heaven deal with the perilous and bloody is-
sue
Such being the real position of the induce.
ments to try or to avoid the risks of an imme-
date conflict, it is scarcely worth while to rea.
son on the factitious pretences by which dplo-
macy has toiled to misrepresent the past and
mySy the future At present. France and
England have insisted on the intended pur-
port Of the Vienna note, and not on the Rus.
sian Interpretation of it, as the basis of defn-
tive treaty and the Russian reply to this will
depend neither on moderation, nor Justice, nor
wounded pride, but on the grounds we have
minated viz: a knowledge of the policy which
Austria and Prussia are prepared to adopt o.
fear Of the cordial coalition of the Western
Powers, or hope of discordance from the con.
dltion of France, and what would be the ap
prchension of England
Ii m honacf IL,
bodys proposed mode of settlement would sui.
lice; but while men say one thing and mean
another as in this instance the difficulties are
created by fa!sehood and cloaked ambition.
Eradl ate these. and the path il plain. The
Peace Congress is summoned to meet at Edn-
burgh, October 18th, and vet it il feared that
they will not be able to effect by their arbitra.
ton what the ambassadors and sovereigns of
the great States of Europe have failed to ac-
complish, during six months conferences notes.
dispatches, and protocols
In a financial point of view, the rise on Ex
chequer bills, announced by the Chancellor of
the Eychequer, OF twOpence instead of a pen
nyPr day interest, will cost above f2OO 600
q year but the very favorable ASPECT of the
quarters revenue, made up to the 10Th instant,
ana showing an increase of revenue compared
reeoncled people to the cost and even thrown
beam of sunshine on the darkening pros
TcciS Of the coming months
The strikes are fulfilling all our predictions,
and grevousy disturbing the internal resour
ces of the country, previously placed in an un.
plea ant embarrassment in consequence of the
fAr.pushcd trading to Australia California
and other distant markets. As we stated
az tho FOL ,sfo hau :.
ducc them to work even full time and vet this
Eihe moment seized by the operatives to de-
mand an Increase of wages, which could not
be Afforded were commerce far more prosper
Gus. IL cannot, and it will not, come TO good :;
and the advance in the prices of provisions is
lett ny other classes more severely than by the
mechanical and manufacturing population
revoked at what they consider an uniustif
able attempt to cocrcc them into an expcndi
lure which fair and reasonable profits cannot
auoTd, the masters have also entered into a
strike, and sixty at Burnley, and thirty five
at Preston, have announced that thew will
eloSe their factories On the 2sth, unless the
Orn-outs resume their work This together
WIN accesslons from other quarters, must
o''hg the antag0nlsm to a crisis; but it il easy
sec mat IN such contest the men must
now 'ie WORST OF " IN practice, as well rs in
lrrnciple; since it cannot be doubted that die
'auon to capital and enterprise must be ruin
% "a commercial country. American cotton
exports would also be considerably affected.
steam irigate and another vessel Of smaller
sorce nave Just been finished in the Thames,
w 'ns PERUVIAN Government and few DAYS
ago inc commander of this force took instruc.
Ious ''r the navigation Of his charge from an
IrSn captain Of merchantmen. who has
mace ma six or eight voyages round Cape Horn.
me gnano protection is thus so far provided
w and adventurous spectators will have
' o., chance of snatching cargo of the valued
"NSre without license. -
rira s L satisfaction has been experienced du-
Ars,; '"e week, by the receipt of news from the
;r,oT regions which, though they afford no
tLe;. Eehce OF poor Franklin and Crozier. and
s,r rave companions, bring accounts of the