New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-17
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

a;.nstebes, and II is serious advantage to have
the ovyortunity of giving the required color to
The Acts az they become public. 1t seems like
vise. that the Car has become more cautious,
and thxf the dispatches from ST. Petersburg may be
relied spon. 1t was by Russian reports that we
we're first informed of the beginning of the bonn
bsr8nept Of Seyastopol, and Prince Menchikef
did not deny that he had loss of 500 killed, and
that Admiral Kornilef was among them. 1t is
,sv again by Russian dispatches that We are in.
formed of the damage inflicted by the attack of
the feet on the Quarantine Fort where 30 can.
mons were dimounted, and of the injury sus-
tanned by Fort Constantine; but at the same time
We are told that on the 25th of October, Gen.
Iiprandi attacked the English divisions of light
cavalry, stationed at the Chernays, and disabled
about 500 horsemen, and nearly made prisoner
Of Gen. Lord Cardigan. The English papers do
rot give credit to these reports. bat sill they
confess that the French Entertainments were not
strong enough and that they were destroyed by
the artillery Of the Russians. Prince Menchikof
says, likewise, that on one occasion he spiked
eight mortars and three guns; in another dispatch
he mentions French loss Of eleven csnnons, but
Il seems that the two accounts refer TO one and
the same fact. According t, Vienna dispatches,
Admiral Nschimof, the hero of Sinope, has like
wise been killed by shell.
II seems that the Government here has re-
eeived unfsvorable news, as dispatch arrived
day before yesterday, without being published.
The Greek houses here in the City generally bet
ter informed than the Government itself, speak Of
some losses on the part of the allies, and Of the
little progress they have made hitherto. But it
10 certain that Eupatoria has not been retaken by
the Russians, though it was most positively an
nounced BY the Greeks On the Exchange. On the
other hand, it cannot be doubted that the Aland
Islands have been retaken by the Russians and
the shipping list in the Petersburg Gazette again
occupies q whole column, since the withdrawal
of the combined fleets from the Baltic has left the
ports open to commerce. Immense quantities Of
salt are now shipped to Russia, as well as import
ed by land from Austrian Galicia, since it is e.
pecislly in this article that Russia is dependant
ppon other countries. She manufactures but lit
tie salt, principally on the Dneper, not far from
Odessa.
As to Austria, her policy is now again waver-
ing She has been inundated by the cOncentra-
ton of the Russian forces in Poland, and her
faith in the star of the Allies begins to disappear.
1t isnow most positively stated, that unless she
il supported by Germany, and entirely sure that
Prussia will not in any case side with the Car,
abe cannot afford to declare war against the Rus
slams, or to ceeclude an alliance with the western
powers. For seven months now she has remained
IN this state Of hesitation and trepidation while
the armed neutrality destroys all the resources Of
the empire Still, she has occupied the Dsnubian
municipalities, and managed to avoid a collision
with the Russians, who have yet remained in
some parts of the Dobrodja Ssdyk Pasha-that
IL to say, the Pole Czajkowski-and Islander Bey,
better known as Count Ilinsk are commissioned
to expel them from the last hold they have upon
the Turkish territory. The mouths Of the Dan
ube, however, are likewise still in the possession
Of the Austrians, and as long the strong places
OF REM and Innael are not reduced, the
Delta of the Danube cannot be permanently held
by the Turks. Nevertheless, a campaign in
Bessaraba is entirely out of the question, and the
English Government seems even inclined to send
the army Of the Craes into winter quarters at
Scutari, as soon as the town of SevastopOl is
taken, and the feet destroyed, it is doubted
whether the Allies will be able this year to take
che citadel Of SevastopOl com monty called the
North Fort.
The Russian ambassador at Vienna takes every
advantage of the position, and has intimated to
Emperor Francis Joseph that though the main
forces Of the Gar have not yet been engaged in
the war, the Allies have scarcely any reason for
triumph, nor the Russians for dependency. He
has likewise declared that even in the case of the
fall of Sevastopol and the capture of the Crimea
the Car is determined to stick to his right of
protection over the Greek Church In the East
where Russia, even after disastrous war, would
still retain the most important power. The
Gazette Of st. Petersburg, which has hitherto had
scarcely any polemcal articles on tho war, and
has not noticed at all the attacks of the English
press, begins to print editorials on the state of
affairs, correcting the misstatements of the west
ern papers, and refuting their arguments. The
war is declared to be var Of principles, which,
therefore, cannot be closed by compromise.
The Pro-Russian and Anti Austrian articles Of
some of the Berlin papers are translated into
Russian, and the public is prepared for ingrati
tude on the part Of Austria.
In Spain the revolutionary elements once more
begin to manifest themselves. The elections to
the Cortes, though taking place under the inau-
ence Of the depression caused by the cholera,
have resulted in the triumph of the Progressistas.
The. Moderados are left IN an insignificant mi