The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-24
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.

yAs Anlea Forces An the Crfmes ard Black
Sea.
4 eorrssvo.dsBt OF he London Daily NBs gives
- following estimate of the allied forces in she
The ubined fsrces landed at Old Fort On l4th
Sups. hasa conprcbendsd-
nrssh. ..'......'..'.'....Noo Men.
neneh. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ooV
s7,cV0
-sspa 2o-At the Katscha we're landed 57th Rsgi-
nnent, ], 600; three companies Of the 46th Re-
gmsnt, 800; four battalions heavy cavalry,
~, AT Baiaiiava, the Emea a. With wv
ssn sen a:i:siava n. Prince TX Min =: Low
ven companies OF the 46th Regiment, 100, and
ssnvaIessents, &e., from scutari, 500 -. 1900
AND an entire new siege train.)
Asy l4-At Balaklava, Queen OF the south: ], 200
Nov. so-The following vessels with British
troops about due At this date, viz Jura
reached Malta on the 4th Nov, ], 400; Ceopa-
ira at Gibraltar on the 18th Nov, 1000; Of
Avs, at Gibraltar the 14ih Now 600; III
n. g. Miranda left Malta on the 9TH Noy., 500 $500
Nv. 7-Arrived AZ Palaklava from Volo( Turks)
Sseo; ditto rom Baoum, 1900. ............ $500
NJ. 7-Constantnople, Mayran's brigade,
pAased in the steamers Asmodee, Chaptal, So
sssy. s-ConstantinopIe arrived the following
~ s si Bs1antin 70, ESQ A Esypsas Ss
Ale, the suiren o. 500; and Sane 81,
o. Afriss ioSml GOO Under TIL, this d. date 4
d sAip, reshipped thence from merchant yes
ssh, 2Ooo. IN. B-ItIis also reported from
steamers and sailing vessel arrived with
5000 French troops and passed on, but part
nay bs contained in the foregoing.j Making
xss. aU.der date ;varna it is said Ave
tansports conveyed 20 guns and French
troops, 8, 900; ditto, transports left with IL
runs, 10000 cartridges, and Turkish troops, ooo
s'.o ,:c:ssa,v to ada that n. Esvptan ''"'
troops arrived and route amount to 5, 900,
sd that British and French marines and
sailsrs engaged on shore amount to 7,o0o.. 1900
grand tstai Of III, AIS
l4th September in sick, killed and wounded,
vbieh may be estimated as follows, viz
An the battle Of Alma, killed and wounded, say
Ae0o Balaklava, on 25th Oct 500 Inker-
ram, 5th Nov, $500; in the trenches since
ss ans disabled BY sickness. e .nos i4ah
A S1srs viii remain an elective fore: Of -
DsA Inst, of.......... .,................ s4,u5
have sailed with British troops, stores, 60,
I.sss Europa, i,Sc 900 Charity Charity, !cc Robert
Ca Il. n 8. Hannibal 200; Families, a1o;
Royal Albert 1865. ..................... 1885
= = also reported that on the 7th instant the
01st elass steamers Orinoco, Jason, Golden
1lssss, Ksdway, and Colombo, lett Balaklava
uiSA Sch and wounded to return with fresh
ssssss, ssip pol &c., say to the extent oi. 5000
- splendid steamers Alps, Nubia Gambia,
I'm, where, with the Emeu and Napoleon, al
seAAg there, they will take say, CARRYING
oAsst 10th proximo) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $1,000
sesal. 12l, 900
TAns allowing, at rough glance, that the allied
1lny, On or before the middle Of next month, viii
1aaAkhva. Add 70 these the strength of the allied
Hss1s, and you will have little short of combined
ARce e $50 900 men; besides, further French rein
assessments to the amount Of IS, 600 men will soon
- that En- or< Nft hn fho
se'
0ssources OF the British and Russian Em-
plres Compared.
From the London News, Nov. 20]
nov seem: probable that the war viii BE- n 1!
aAegt ne means Of raising the necessary funds.
preliminary inquiry must be directed to learn how
1nsA We shall want, and what are the resources of
Aenah nations number about as many people as
Russia France has In round numbers population
. % 900 eO0 England Of $4,000 600, and Russia In
10z6, according to Mr. Aa,CulOch's statement, .
equally matched. But Russia has displayed in all
I'm warlike undertakings al inherent weakness, and
as scarcely ever been able 70 carry on war through
Ee- sns opS
soynerly against each other and, In spite Of much
mutual destruction they always continued TO make
ssne progress in the elements Of power, even while
Gleas Britain and Ireland, to speak Of one empire
= tine, had in 1893 population Of about H.
1000; and at the cose Of the long war in 1915,
- population was mot less than l9,000,000. In
go 600 900; in 1915 it was Ell 0OOOo0. The popu-
laa had Increased in spite Of the war in % years
Asaziy 36 per cent, and the revenue Collected had
hGeased In the proportion Of EGO per cent An
vsYsna 3asss sss .sssa a. s; e.
lAi6os g sslle state for war, the population and
WoakA Of the country never ceased to increase.
I'm they not now increase in an equal ratio though
Nnr with Russia may, TO some small extent impede
fhe declared value Of our exports OF British ma
1n1actures-which we refer to rather as an index TO
uhe national increase than its meaeure-wasin 3d.
ssscrding to NJ. PITS st ssa ven H. atS
e eur shipping In 1870 was AGO 1923, and OF our
aanen liz, $50; in 1915 the tonnage was 26sl 276,
I'D the seamen about lis, 752. Now, since 1915,
a our shipping to 4,7e4,422 tons, with 1853 500
Danen. These figures, however, are only an
sadicatcn of our growth in wealth and siren gin;
for the inventions and improvements which
aa1e one ton Of shipping to do the. work OF thrsc
Hsas in 1870, have also lowered in q still greater
peoporion the value Of the conmo aties exported and
insreased the quantities are probably
bstsR test than the values Of the increasing power
e She nation. We quote these figures merely to
xhOw how rapidly that power grew during the
1egaer war, and how rapidly 1t has grown IN peace
- ven o. In war. II the monopoly almost OF the
4snde of Europe, consequent on our maritime as
s0epdancy and the system of blockade tended to the
snpid extension OF our aie between $500 and 1915,
90 progress Of commercial freedom and OF I'M
1rsvements in the arts, especially in the latter
1oars of peace, has, with greater real benefits to
surselves and Others extended our trade still more
rapidly. In our late growth during peace, az well
- cur growth In war, We have S sure guarantee
- can be found In nature for continued future
md equal growth In wealth, populatio and power.
Some years must clapse before the experse OF the
Dsesent war can increase In the same proportion rs
- expense of the French war. The national expen.
d&urc ives at its commencement nearly eco 100000