The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-26

Sporting, Religious and Miscellaneous Intelli
gence &c.
The News from Europe-Thc General Con-
gress-Debsts In the United States Senaxc.
The general tendency of the advices received
by the Europa goes to confirm the view which
we have all along taken Of the probable issue
of the Eastern question. Without altering in
any material degree the decisive character of
the facts which the intelligence by the previous
steamer had put us in possession Of they pre-
sent some new features, which. although they
want The authority of official confirmation, still
seem to have produced o favorable impression
in the European capitals, if we may Judge by
the state of the markets, generally speaking
pretty fair index Of public opinion. At the
crisis at which matters had arrived the fact
that nothing has as yet occurred to fulfil the
forebodings of those who took Responding
view of the question may in itself be looked
upon as an Indication of the continued unwil-
lingness Of the conflicting Powers to precipitate
measures that would preclude all hope of
pacific arrangement.
The counter project presented to the court
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the description given of it in the London
Times, of so extravagant and inadmssible a
character that it seemed to preclude all hope
of any disposition on the part of the Gar to
abate the pretensions that have placed him in
his present unenviabe state of isolation. The
only reassuring feature in the mission of the
Russian envoy was the illsuccess which it had
met with, and the decision which it had impart-
ed to the vacillating policy of the Austrian
cabinet. Some faint hopes were, it is true,
grounded upon the fact of Count Orloff linger.
ing for some days in Vienna after he had re-
ceived his final answer, and it was
thought that he had still some modified
proposition to make. Nothing was, how
ever, positively known on the subject, and but
little value was attached to the delay in his
return, which, it should be stated, was otherwise
accounted for by the pretext Of illness. 1t
turns out now, or at least it is so affirmed in
the last advices from Vienna. that the Russian
envoy did in fact present to Count Buol
modification of his previous project, the pre-
else nature of which is not known Owing to
distinct orders from their governments, the re-
representatives. of France and England refused
to receive this fresh project but what
ever may have been its character, we are
disposed to regard the fact of its having been
made at all as an evidence of hesitation and
doubt on the part Of the Car that may dispose
him to make still further concessions This view
Of the case would seem to be borne out by the
state of physical prostration into which he has
been thrown in all probability by the anxiety
and excitement of his present critical position
Late advices from St Petersburg represent him
as suffering from an attack of bile, accompanied
by fever. ny a de quoi, as the French would
say. Brave as he may be, he has that before
him which would daunt the heart and affect the
diaphragm Of even greater hero than himself
As in every case where the public feeling
leans towards any particular course, there were
numerous rumors in circulation in London and
Paris, all more or less confrmatory fthe views
above stated. The most important OF these was
the report that the French Emperor had written
an autograph letter to the Gar, in which he
makes a last appeal to bis good sense and
moaera"4
Imp .,,1ras this may appear at first sight,
II would be consistent with the information
which we lately laid before our readers, that
there was an Interior plan of action concerted
between the English and French governments
which. fit did not avert would certainly go
far to neutralize the consequences Of continued
obstinacy Of purpose on the part of the Gar
We allude to the project ola general Congress
framed by Lord Palmerston, and said IL have
been submitted to and approved Of ~ I'll,
French Emperor. We have all along expressed
our conviction that in this measure waala be
found the eventual solution Of this vexed
question, and present appearances indicate that
some immediate steps are about being taken to
carry It into execution. 10 support Of this