The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-30
Cur Paris Correspondence.

Our Parts Correspondence.
PAsis, Dc. Z, 1854.
The Tyeafy Alliance Bssrses zssstria and Esg
land and France Conrertsnt Mental Rtserca
tions Of Aasfysa-A feff.rnich nft Dead Yet---45is
Editors and Cunai~g Mirss--
Thir,-A Bishop aud HIS Magdoi,ns--A Dan
dg CARDINAL djerandsr Dsanas, His DeesrG-
t,cns, HIS Letters from LanssTims and from
Vs.tor Hugo, HIS "uonscience, and dlphonss
TcYide, Has E'ubiishr- IPssssr Lectures at the
ybonns-- Annual Itstiral ri Saiate Barrie, &c.
The capital event Of the past week wss thus ap
nounced in the Monite1sy -
To-day, the ID Of December Treaty Of Alliance has
been signed at Vienna between the Plenipotenares Of
Austria, France, and Great Britain.
You must have perceived in my last letter, dated
on the 81, an slluson TO couple Of contradictory
rumors, both Of ~hich thought is not impossible
would be verified. The one which intimated pro-
liability that new treaty OF alliance wouia be
sgred by Austria with the Western Powers mas
thus taken precedence. But unless the clauses Of
the new Treaty shan expressly confraveae, the
chance 10 that the other rumor also may eventually
be verified and even if they do contrasene It. must
still held !. in prospect when look forward 70 the
possible issues o. tais great Eastern complication.
TIE yoent articles of she London Times, AMI
those only IN form less violent in the Paris Con
sttutionnei, even If disowned by the English and
French governments, suffice to show the utte! want
OF confidence, On the part Of the Western ahes in
monarch who could be guilty, in th cir eyes, OF
such sins Of emission a. the King Of Prussia in .
recent speech. Nor ID ample evidence wanting 10
show that the young and chiya!rous Emperor VI
Austria AZ he ia complimentary styled, can hope
for almost "a little real confidence on their part
they resose in Frederick William, or in the wary
dirlomatists at Frankfort
Can France and England doubt that the main
Gbec. Of Russia in entering the path of demt CON-
cessions, is not to arrive at an arrangement for
terminating the war, but TO detacn Austria from
the Western Powers-in Q WORT, 10 continue the
system which l. has followed ever since the first
passage of the Pruth, thst Of offering insufficient
satisfaction for the sake Of giving its aggressions
an air Of moderation?
Can they forget the ambiguity Of the despatch
of NJ. de Buol to Count Es.erhazy, in reply to the
recent note Of the Prussisn Cabinet? Was it not
obvious in that reply that Austria still longs to
satsfy, apparently, ali parties, and really reserve
TO herself the future She indeed does not wish to
make war against Russia; but she is unwilling to
engage not TO make war against her. She can ne
yer pretend to cordial sympathy with E1glaad in
the person Of Lord Palmersson, although this
dtsdnt liberal minister has more than once given
color to the reproach of Mr.. Urquhart that he is in
effect an agent OF deepotic governments. She can
not easily lose her c0nvi ton that for England the
Eastern war isa strugglef for commercial supremacy,
her appreheDsions that for the Emperor of tae
French the expedition to the Crmes would, if suo-
cassu be the pIetext and the prelude to other con-
quests by which he would aim to follow the foot
steps Of his Industrious uncle. An alliance With
Austria would inevitably consecraIe the prepon-
derance Of the Emperor Napoleon Ill. on the m
tinent. The Cabinet OF Vienna has manifested
such decided reluctance to submit, at any price,
to q preponder ance which It fears would change
again the map Of Europe 70 the profit Of the BIna-
parte family, that even if it submitted under the
pressure Of circumstances, none can predict how
long Its patience would endure. You have not for
gotten the expression said 70 have been uttered
few months sgo by n: Metternich: "Austris il not
Russian, but before al and ab,ve al, she 10 not
Bonapsrtist" Now, since the death Of Schwarzen-
berg, tho policy Of Aetternch has bean that Of the
she Unassigned . treaty with England and France.
In the first place it Is quite important to consider
the terms and conditions Of the treaty. In the next
place, the history Of Austria sbounds In sugges-
view Of any treaty whatsoever she might sign More
than thirty years since careful stu lent of her his
tory declared Of Austria" Treaties she looks upon
merely ~ tru e. that enable her to breath
Rome, abe can bend to circumstances but she is !;
always rsAi to revive her presensioDs. In
all her treaties she haa the same convenient mental
reservation:" Aettemich WAS alive when this was
written, AZ d be il still alive.
Let me return from Vienna to Paris, and point
out TO you some Of the most active figures Is this
busy capital, ard give glance at Victor Hugo in
exile. Lsma.tine in the country, and the mob Of
Emile dc Girardin, that type Of the able editor
II gifted with remarkable talent for speculation.
All know how successfully he has applied 1t to Jour-
70 hs Of Pas
| prises, while he has at the ssme time proited
immensely BY the advantages the Presse enjoys by
virtue Of its attitude g quasi opposition journal
which, apparently, win not be lost soon, By its
| risking rashly third warning. A recent process
has brought to light the fact thst. in 1858, M de
Girardin bought the Passage Laf1tte for $40 900
francs, and leased It for 81 600 year to CASTRO
capitals, Of Five Franc Exhibition Dinner" has
| figured upon the walls Of tho metropolis and on
the fourth page Of the Prose- and almost every other
journal in anticipation Of fat receipts from hungry
visiten next year, to the Worlds Fair ct Paris.
Several recent articles Of n. de Girardin ON the
future embe hishmsrts cf Paris were keys, it
seems, to another advertisement, in glazing CAPT
tails on the fourth page OF tho Presse, Announcing
the project Of vast building company, in which
this able editor is doubtless stockholder, well
~ its director, N. Millaud, one Of the latest and
most prominent types Of the able Spectator:
Supervision are three generals. one ex- minister,
two senators, two counts, ono marquis, one duke,
and one prince, who endorse the promises Of solid
securities, incalculable profits" &C., &C., literally
offered by the company.
So you Sc that titled personages follow the exam.
pie Of the Duke de Aouchy, recently deceased, aud
do mot disdan to share in the Industrial split of the
age. tits well il they are not drawn 20 far into the
vortex Of Speculation rs to yield to the peculiar
temptations to which, in time Of war, crowd Of
army contractors must expose them. But cannot
open here chapter Of scandalous rumors which
would illustrate this danger.
n. Eugene Taconet, the conductor (dirsctey
gerdn) Of the Univeys, is of the principal pur
veyors for the troops lately sent, after 20 long de-
lays, to the Crimea. This tact may partly explain
the religious fervor Of the Unicers in urging the
and purveyor on the other, it finds double account
| in preaching this crusade.
n. Hlllaud was formerly Journalist. His politi
cal professions were an additional grevS ce In the
eyes of his numerous creditors, whom he had sorey
Yexed hx nlaciun his furniturA &c In the ~