The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-10
ADDITIONAL NEWS BY TIE ARABIA.
CUR ttRQpEANAsD ASIAJIc CORRESPONDENCE
1&gress Of Hos tilities in Turkey and
China.
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EMBARAA, A,SMENTS OF TIE ENGLISH MINISTRY.
The Viceroy VI Egypt Supposed to have
be,>n Poisoned.
The Rebels in China Everywhere
Successful.
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THAE PIEGwANG MARCHING ON PEKIN.
Prst'amailons Establishing the New RsekEism
In Shanghae,
ENTERTAINMENTS OF TIE ENGLISH MINISTRY.
rHAE EPINGwANG MARCEEG ON PEKIN
Prst'amailons Est abliehing the New RsekKisn
IN Shanghar,

PrstIamatlons Est abliehing ths New ReekEisn
In Shanghae,
DC, &C., do.
Our Los dom Corrsspondcnce
LONDON, Friday. July ~, 1854.
hafm'sfef ia Ensbarrassmnfs- Lord Paimerston's
Position tn the Co6inef- Diss0 isycction at the
Conduct of Aast'in-Ne,c PROJECT ofa 7tesvapAic
Communication Befsceen England and Ame1ea-
The Insurrection in S5ain-Ns Character and
Otgeds-7he Campaign on the Danube, &c.
With tho tnermon eter ut IS in the shade-wlth q
granite pavement rejecting the solar rays till the
bsistered feet almost refuse their functions-vith
the marble portals Of the Carlton and Raform Clubs
glistcning with white heat and with sky Of brass
impending over Pail Mall and the Parliamentary,
Palace, the studiest and most vslorous partisans
are slow to follow the tented field of political strife
Three millions have, therefore, been voted without
oivision, to enable the ministry to carry on tue
war during the recess. And yet the nsteriaI td.
umph Ia hollow, and viii probably be saort lived.
Feeling that crisis was imminent unless q rally
could be made, Lord John Rassell called his sun
porteIs together, to . species OF cabinet council.
Scarcely one hundred and eighty attended the sum.
mons. Ali was doubtless courtesy and grave dc.
corum, but the tone was triste. Mr.. Horscman,
liberal member Of great weight, Mr.. Hume, Mr..
Bright, Lord Dudley Stuart, su spoke more in
sorrow than In anger; but the effect was
clearly to show he whg leader the baseless nature
Of tie foundation on which the coalition stood
How must the thoughts of Lord John have reverted
to other days, when, In times of storm and tempest
and thfro was . sound Of breakers ahead, single
- ilab'e from him was enough to make the most In
different and laDguid adherent close the ranks
against the common enemy! Now, II tho words
were fcrbearing. tho eyes Of his followers
were anxious and half aveited. He said and said
truly enough, mat no ministerial combination was
possible by Lord Derby; bat no did not add unlcss
the existing coalition be dissolved. Lord Paimers
ton was present and said nothing. He cooined the
very few remarks he did utter to those who, as II
were, privately ad rcseed him, to ntteve strictly
connected with his own department. At the ob.
scsvaticns made by Mr.. HoFseman and Lord Dudley
Stuart, that he should have been selected for the
new Minister Of War, he simply smiled, and said
the Office could not be In moro efficient hands; and
The general opinion among tho clubsis tat he really
for tt prese mt prefers remaining Homo Minister,
and does not desire or intend TO take any promi
ncrt position In q ministry which he regards as
doomed; that, considering the manner in which his
nsmc las been used, he would think It inconsistent
with bis character TO take any part In hastcniug
ito falls fall which he is prepared toshare; biding
the IefioG when, win Lord Derby. and perhaps
two or three Of tho present coalitions, mniltry Of
refmsneDce mag be formed. In such mioistry, the
War Department with possibly lar6er powers than
not fall TO fal to him: and his immense popularity
both in and out Of the House OF Commons, would
In the present juncture Of affairs carry Lord Derby
Though al difficulties. Shauld no scctcent arrive,
1a fluIM Gf tha Urou ln ehn
session; but there is smouldcring discontent per
vadiDg the constituencies, which q spark would
qui, bly, rouse into fame. The people are not sa-
things have been clumsily and indoiently man.
aged Of homo. or Napier would have ac-
complisbtd something and in the East
y is unquestionsbly true that they attribute every
disastsr and every coWtretemps-- from tho buraing
Of tho unhappy Europa, tho loss of the Tiger, the
duplicity OF Austria, dosn TO the inefficient com
mifsasiat-to the cold indifference Of Lord Abcr
deem; and should apy casualty befal our feet or
army, 1t s believed that tho people would rice Is
one man ana insist upon his Dismissal Such stasc
Of things, therefore, In the body polite, cannot be
sound, When there Ia danger abroad confdeuce IN
tho ruling power IL thing Of absolute necessity;
witaout 1t, victory Is no triumph and defeat is little
less than treason.
The public disgust. too, at the conduct of Aus
ira Is IMMENSE and constitutes no incon .iderabie
item in the peoples bill Of indictment against Lo
aberdeen. The English troops have now been two
months in Turkey In complete inactivity. They
reached vsrna In June, utterly unprovided WITH
The means Of making the few days march which
still separated them from tho Danube. Not hoso,
not cart, not an anbuan Q had been provided and
when the reason is asked why this neglect has 90.
currtd d. tho given iH that Austria PROMISED
abe would interfere at the Grst momeot the Russans
attempted 10 cross tho Dannbe; aud thus, tho allied
troops have lost the glory OF sharing in the trsmob
OF The turks. and the iramcnsc advantage which
must heve resulted from attacking the Russians
with an over shcming fsrse, nc the very r1om.nt
whca they were In full retreat hunilliated ~ their
defeat at Ststria, and deprived Of the Only geuc.
ra,s who could inspirc she wretched sold!srs with
The slightest confidence. In the mesntcac, while
AgstriS continue her ornaments, the English are
d.lDg ber work. and opening the navigation OF tne
tfest German riTc-1 Men are every where begin
ring 10 say aiaT d-that Il Is in tho nature
ADD necessity Of itings that this understand
ing between the Gear and the Gcrzsp Powcfs
should niaturc into cooperation Tho Cri-
nsa. they say. which. had the7e been any
sAsd purpose IN our distracted csascis, might
have already bssu in possession Of the allies, will
soon DO occu god by tho fo~er " the MuscoTite
armies. The Clrcaseiasss instead Of holding aloof
The scandinavian Psxers might have been made
our friends.
Meanwhile, whrIe we arc zeaIously alive to tAe
duty OF ses.ing TIE OH World on fro and carrying
slaughter and determination among their iuhA d.
tants, wss e, on the contrafys anxiously throwing
open or arms 70 the New. The projes OF connect
ing tessgrap' lica!ly, Engaui and Amarca is scri-
- s sspsane p % Of thepiacicsbty o. laying
0 snblns' hnc cable directly acroes the Atlantic,
| from Gal ~sy TO Cape Race, In Newfoundland. The
p7incip question y whether, IL line were laid,
| ID tieC Aiic currens can bo passed through 5000
! mUk. Of csbley BY enormous battery pewef
+, bis psssbly can be accomp pli-hcd, through wircs
suspended in the air; but eau Il be effected along
i vass hngth OF gstts percba coated wirc, passing
through salt water? Tbcro is such a thing as toe
great al incubation, and Professor Fla saay has
shown thai In such circumstances tho wiro bee pmcs
Ieyden jar and may he 40 charged win electisa
~ that q current cauuot witho the csJest dim
cvity, move through II. To esape this, another
proposition Ia TO carr, the cable from the nrrtnern