The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-28


Our London Corr sDondeysee
LONDON. Friday, July IA, 1854.
GcnrGi Sfa'e Of Egr,4e C,lsis-Russis Re.
fuses 10 Leape fae Laaubian Prineipaities- Go,s-
schakof Returns TO B,scho,cst-D Dsficase Posisiss
N Auarfa-Aoc or -Emborcafiom u
French 2yscp. on board Engi,sh Ms~-ot. War
Louis Norsteon's Speech af Bpniogne- The III
su,rccion in Spoin---Ax Arisfocratic Spy-7ks
Wa,--Stocks.
The crisis In tho actual position of tho greak
powers OF Europe ortinues. The Russians have ~
ceiseo orders from the Czar no. to evacuate the
Pincafaiities. After their sudden retreat from be-
fore Silistfia to d'njeschti, their WAY to Rssy
they have suddenly halted. Prince Gortsr hskoG
has agGiu fixed bis ecdquarters At Bucharest SnA
adt it'll nsh troops have been ordered 70 reinforoe
bim. Ecy comrs the great questiou-what win
Austria do By her recent treaty with the Ottouaaa
Porte b, the very IL 1T article hts Majesty the Eu-
peror of Austria, engages himself to exhaust all Tho
meaus of negotiation and otLe-s, to obtain the eve
cuation of the Danubian Puoipaities by the foregs
army which occupies them, and TO employ c,en, In
case OF need tile number Of troops nece. .sary b OBJ
tain that end. Article 4 ia equally binding :--Ths
imperial court os Austria. moreover, engages iasoA
not TO erter into amy plan OF accommos satiou h :.
wards the imperial court Of Russia which shall no<
have for sa ting point the sovereign rights Of his
imperial Asjesy the Sultan, and te integrity of his
empire.
Eitbcr she must act up to this trcaty and declare
war to Russia, or she must nj once avow herself
De'jred and . traitor. As YET, not single Aus
trim has entered the Prncipaities. General Hess
ana his army halt upon the Wallachisn frontiers.
Not SO the Turks and the allies. They have enter-
ed Wallachia taken Gturgevo, encsMpsssed the
Russian General Saimonon, who cut his way
through them with the loss Of 900 me, and q gen
erai dangerously wounded, and fell back. upon
Bucharest. In this engagement, IL 600 auxiliary
troops are reported to have been engaged. Tnh
requf cs confirmation; bat it Is beyond doubt that
strosg division of French aud English TROOPS 90
comf any Omer Pacha and 40 900 Turks ross the
Dauube. Will Aust 10 remain passive, or I,in tho
allies, or interpose herself ~ shield between the
belliga ents II sbc does the latter, voilcy from
the allies will settle the question, and then The
doga Of war viii be loose all over Europe, from tho
North Sea to the Mediterranean.
Negotiations are again SET on foot by Austria
and Prussia, Other messengers have been sent to
ST. Petersburg. Austria makes fair promises
but this delay Is ri ,kening. The whole world
decles that the Emperor Of Russia Is Ia the wroar
Wherefore. then. treat with man who has with I'm,
p1pify violated the law Of nations, AMI already
caueod the death Of dare not say how many thoa.
sand of his fei0wc,eatures within the last nine
monthsf Austria will doubtless advance a. plea taA
She is bound by treaty to Prussia, not to With
out her, and as Prussia hangs back she cannot 40
on. But these subterfuges are beneath contcmok
She has solemnly 10 clear the Principaiitias
Of the Turks; and II the young Emperor does not
keep his word, his gold spurs should be struck oH,
bis sword broken, and himself declared perjureA
knight, With shield reversed. unworthy the grasp n
q kDiaht, or the smile Of lady fair.
shall not speculate On coming events. Like tho
Gord!an knot, they will be cut by the sword. Ths
crisis is, however, one Of peculiar interest," woll
worthy deep contemplation.
How do England and France reply to the vsotf
latDg coniuct Of Austria. and tho obstinacy Of ths
Czsf7 Ten thousand French troops, at the very no
ment Iam writing, are actually embarking on b-.rS
English men-ofwar-"a unique fact In history."
Their destination il st. Petersburg.
They will probably first OCCUPY the Alsnd lslsnds,
which Will doubtless be restored to Sweden, and
then, assisted by them on land, NAoicr win hois4
the signal for the attack on Cronstadt.
The report that the bombsrdnent Of that fortrsss
had actually commenced, Is untrue. The feet u st
anchor In Baro Sound, consisting Of fortysx Engtsh
and sixteen French vessels, Some cases Of cholsrA
had occurred In the feet.
Louis Napoleon proceeded in person 10 Boulogns
TO review the troops destined for the Baltic He
most enthusiastically received, and hearty Eng
lish cheers greeted him among the Vice FEn'perssw
Of the French. After passing the troops In review
no made short and pithy sddrcs, which was. NJ
ceiysd d with immense enthusiasm
Our feet in the Baltic Sea remsins idle. II H.
paid they are only awaiting fresh force, 10 land In
the Crimes to attack Sebsstapol The greatest ooe-
diality exists between the allied armies.
The insunsction is not yet put down in Spain. -
you Will find from the enclosed accounts. tote-
graphic despatch announ es Chat have no Autho-
rity fos i.) "that tho leader OF the insurgents has
been Killed. Thiz would mean O'Donneu. Gen.
Terraso, with some cavalry, had joined him. Madrid
il reported tranquil. You must not, however, trus
all the accounts received through Paris. ~ thu
Spanish government stops journals and private cor
respondencs at the frsnticr. There wero rumern
Of movement in Portugal; bat they ere contxs-
dicted.
Greece is pretty well subdued. Some Of the leAA-
ers Of the insurrection arc to bo tried BY court
martial.
Some sensation has been 0ccAstoned IN p0u4ca
circles here, by the arrival of the Russian DoblsnAn
Count PshIcn. In the last war against TURKEY. b
WAS Governor General Of tho Daanbisn Prsaoapsh
tics. He comes here on private business. Lord
Granville has introduced him TO tho TravcilesS Club
and he is the guest at the tables OF our leading
statesmen. Mr.. HUT, in the House OF Comnons'
has demanded explanations OF the government Ths
liberals demand that hc should leave the ccmtry
They call him an sris,ocratic spy. Earl 0rsauilo
Indignantly repudiatedt the charge last night, sse
House Of Lords II is, however, quite c'eS snaf
the illustrous nchlcmsp In question, 40 oad dspsc
mat will be able to give, on his resun 70 Oh eesss
burg, faithful account 70 the Gear OF sno Nsunss
our leading men in England l. myself - no harm
| in bis doing 70. TIE expression O shss sseiint
could scarcely DO nattering 70 tne Imperial ear'
| Hints however, are thrown cut tAat Pahlen has
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