New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-19

he valuable fIeeh. which nat ';c ysch, con'ared-
could he captain hut have known ID By capturing neF
stored 20 Europe ard probably million If human Igcs,
frs ard last be saved have no doubt tha; he wlud
have carried one or other Of II alternatives a'o et9c
though hi- desruc ION that OF b chip ana oil
every sorl boerd Of her md the Inevitable re
ounce As IT was, he sac nothing before HIN bat se
trumpery foomeibe h rr-ied MS purpose OF relieving
20, FDg.b yacht intoef et-snd remembered orde- which
certainly had beol sr ed the eectthai NJ sap
upon tie mere hero impulse Of her c'inminder ,aoSa
be thrust INTO mo lions mouth we nave no uJsO' 'a'
this end that when the Ensii-h Captain gave hs
oeoT for Iur ng the head Of his steamer roaad ne ga
20 with hs eeing ihai he had yery sa,.lao,o5ny f
lie did be uppose the momen that he rad lost prooa-
by the r,sest opportunity for obtaining personal ~
tnctoD which had ever been thrown in the way Of
tingls man. The English nation veBe-s,es the name 81
LORD Nelson Tor tho cake ot oerte. e AFFAIRS IN WIG
be ,as engaged off Cage St Vnc NJ At the Nile a. 90
pe nhseen at trafalgar and elsewhere ou; not all OF o
onderfu important aud heroic achievements ecvieu
would have had such important influence on ihe n.i'
Of the world as the cap'are OF ma, i'c 20 change the
was given TO the captain Of a small steamer 20 co
face of Europe minutes well employed DH' al pure
innocence he missed the char ce. -, , :; -.
II e SELDOM in mooeyn warfare st!l more raley m M
val that rearchs themselves run any danger OF
capture Napoleon, 10 be sure, al arcs sur'AsDe Us
t ,,o s,ord with swed Of Cossscks IN the
,u;lbt INT be vvos after all general not king by
tr,de II we remember right upon one occaslon poor
old George Ill in danger OF capture rom e ELL
,~;v.teer Of Weymouth, end was only saved % GONE
s,ne obaDce which has slipped from our reco'ecuoh'
In media val history there ore, Of course me cases p il
Z rf.e
,i,s and Of Francis after Pavia. Bat what comparison
uoud t,ere have been between the case OF the bacA
| Prince waiting on a mediSVal hlhg, ana VINO "el' ~
| battle in coat OF mall ana me grand suIprse
nj the Russian Car landing al Ports nou-nOi al Nr"-
Layer-wbie ali Europe was in commonon upon MS ac
count We are, Of course specua'ing upon history OF
very bvuotbe.ca character; but still The event did 80
nearly occur 10 justify speculation upon ls c19se
queIces In minds eye we can see Loids AoeIueSa
and John Rusel communicating the information 70 tne
| Vous4s in their own dry ard cautious manner what
would Messrs. Bright and Golden have sad whst
Col. Sbtborp have 'oId Inc hs"sns. and
believing the information about the sueeis, anu
their cries would have been regarded by the tss'y
old gentlemen in Beigrayia but as mere leis s
feriDp with their digestive functions. what should
we have done with the Gar when we had got nm !
RooLess unpriBciped and merciless az he has shown
bnsaf 10 he we should have been anxious to treat him
Ike gentleman and make him comfortable durng hs
scou,n among us But of Berlin and at Potsdame let us
suppose the information to have been brought IA WINE me
qlases were well charged with champagne ana the hng
aud his Russian friends were devsng iresh counter,
nronosion TO the uDercoEnter- proposition Wi zen had
cynanated from the Bamberg Conference. Inc Gar "
taken he il in EDglond-he is in the Iowerhe IS pref
ty wei after the voyege-as easy IN ms mnu a. can pe
expeced-but he was very seasick. "nat Would me
good folks in Wurtembcrg and Bavaria VINO
have bedizened their costs with Russian noands
and orders have made OF the Interference
and NJ Mazzini and the Italian Reds! There is
the Emperor Of Austria too busy with his eves and re-
iocing at his ean which would have given him sui high
or when he 10 reflect that the war beng
at an end he liberty 10 apply the proceeds 10 other
purpose There are however two sets of people whose
should have been most CCslrOus
fact of the CAPTURE forced upon their CONVICTIONS we
should have liked TO been in CrOnsad while the Gar was
steamed away under the eyes OF the garrison Next to
this which would perhaps have been the most Interesting
point Of observation il would have been most peculiarly
delightful stroll through the Bazaar at Consannope
and listen to the gossip the old Turks when they were at
lest convinced That their old enemy the Car was really
within The grasp of the allied powersa prisoner OF war
On the political consequences of such an event we must
scarcely venture to speculate The Imagination OF the
historian who called upon TO write the history OF the
events which did may fairly recol from tn
magnitude of the subject Little petty questions such as
those connected with the Suina mouths OF the Danube
the navigation of the Black Sea, the freedom
Of the Circassian mounteineers, the restoration OF
Finland to eden &c. sinks into comparative Insignia
canoe by the side of the chapter which might have been
written on the result of the Cars yachting expedition
of Croustadt. The wonder Of il is that all this time "t
are not dealing with fable with the result Of
drunkaro inspiration but with sober and serious fact
The Gar Of Russia the Archduke Constantine and tn
Archduchess we're the other day as capture and
transmission TO England il is possible 10 be without
having actually incurred such catastrophe Such Is it
and history-such strange mixture OF chances ana lm
probabilities! What end to the Russihn war and 70
think in all soberness of thought that ii might really
have come TO pass, had the captain of little English
steamer known who board the little Russian
steamer the other day off Cronstad