The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-19

world rs the capture 81 that little Russian 5hio It
Was given to the captain Of smsn steamer 60
change The e Of Europe ia tea minutes well ca
plo5 but Ia pure ,ence he missed the chan r.
1t is seldom indeed, 10 MODERN warfare. still more
rarly in naval waffsre, that monaIchs themselves
run eny danger OF capture. Napoleon, TO De sure,
at Aicis sur Aube compelled TO cross swords
with squad Of Coss ,cks IL the twilight, but ne
was after all general, Lot king. by trade. IL we
\ rems mber right, upon one occasion poor oid
George III. was in danger OF capture from French
\ priysteer n Weymouth, Dnd was only saved by
1 aome msrine c,ance which has slipped from our
recollection. In medieval history, there are, OF
course the cases familiar TO every schoolboy OF
King John of France at Poitiers aud OF Francis !.
| after Pavia. But what comparison would there
/ have been between the Gaze Of the Black Prince
waiting on medi@vsl king, who went to battle in
| a coat OF mail, and the grand surprise Of the Rus
I Sian Car landing at Plymcath--no, ct Newhayea-
While all Europe was IN connection upon his ac-
count
We are, Of course. Specializing dpou history Of
very bJpotf etical character /; but stiH the event
old so nearly occur as TO justify speculation upon
its consequences. In our minds eye We can see
Lords Aberdeen ard John Russell communicating
the nfof nation to the houses in their own dry and
cautious manner. What would Messrs. Bright and
| Golden have said? What would Colonel Sitthorp
J have said The newsmen would have gone below
ing the info nation about the streets and their cries
would have been regarded by toe testy old geutle
men in BegTayia but as mere leaeings for the sake
digestive functions. What should We have done
with the Gar when we had got him Reckless,
uDp,neipled ard merciless as he has sbo IN himself
to be, we should have been anxious to treat
him ike q gentleman, and make him comforta.
bic during his sojouIn among US. but at
Berlin and at Potslam. Let us suppo.e the
ir:o nation to have been brought IN while tue
glasses were well charged with champagne, and
q King and his Russian friends were devisicg
fresh counhr-proposition to the counter onnier
propositicn which had enanetei fr,m the Bimbe &
CogTererce. The Gar is taler.-te is Ia Ia gland
he Is in the Tower-he is pretty well after the
voyages easy In his mind "a can be ezps ted
but he was very seasick. What would the good
pofks in Wurtemberg and Bavaria who have be
dizentd TIER coats with Russian ribands and
orders, lave made OF tie intelligence aud NJ.
Maazint ard the Italian redsl Tnere is the s,m.
ioicing at his loan, which would have gyea him
still higher qualification when he came to reflect
that, the war beng az an erd he vas at Liberty
70 apply the proceeds 70 other pnsposss. Inese
should have been most DESTROYS to behold as
the fact OF the capture was forced upon thet CON
victicrs We should like to have beea in Cfon-'
stadt While Che Car was steamed away under the
eyes of the garrison. Next to this, which wouli
perhaps bave been the most interesting point Of OBJ
servaton, it would have been most peculiarly de-
nopic and listen to the gossip OF the old Turks When
they were at last convinced that their old enemy
the Gar was really within the grasp Of the Allied
Powers q prisoner Of war.
ON the political consequences Of such au event
must sea, cely venture to speculate. Tie msgina-
ton OF the historian who is called upon to write the
history OF tue events wncn ud NOT occur, may Iafiy
rceoilrom the magnitude ofthe subject Little petty
questions such as those connected with the Suliaa
mouths Of the Danube the navigation Of the Black
SEA, the freedom Of the Circassan mounaineers She
restoration of Finland to Sweden, &c. sink into
comparative incl gncan &C by the side OF the chapter
which might have been written on the result Of the
Cars yachting expedition OF Croastadt The
won6er Of il is that all this time we are not dealing
with fable, with tho result Of drunksrds in
spiisiion, but with sober and serious fact. The
Gar Of Russia, the Archdnke Constantine, and the
~ gs..1. H. l,,,
and transmission to England as II is possible to be
without having actual in ,ufred such catastrophe.
Such is life and hist0ry-such strange mixture OF
chances and improbsbilities! What aa end to the
Russian war and to think, In all soberness Of
thought. that might really have to pass had
the captain Of little English steamer known who
we're on board the little Russian steamer the other
The Invasion of the U,ioa~a--its Magnitude
ana Cobscqaeu
ilrom the 1ondon Mines. August s.
We are at length in condition 10 ptcsen. to the
Pablo something more than specuitions and sur
msts on the movements OF the allied armies che
Fast. About the time we write, X not this very
cay, Il force made up Of English, French aud Turks,
~ q amounting to between 10000 and 10000 mcn,
vi, iysde the Crimea and attempt TO effect lodg
ns ut on tie heights comma sdng tue harlcr Of Sc
tas.opoi. Tie preparations have been some ii ne
III p,ogicss and the IumoyeJ visit OF Generals Hrowa
and Cariubcit to the Circassan coas. with 900
was really to secure landing on the Cfnes.
We tt!e'e We may safely say that, all things cons
ses.d. the attempt Is ona OF unprecedented nagni-
tGce aud Importance. There have beeu invasiors
larger scale hut they have been by aud There
have Lean naval expeditions more remarkable for
aajsciy, but they have not been to compare with
the present in the number OF men and the At eng,h
Of the armament. II will not be supposed that we
ray this ia any boastfl confident spirit Tor besides
that the experience OF the present war is itself su
Gent 10 cbasse excessive expectations; there s no
Lesson so pain the face Of al military annals az
That the result of afmaments is by means 10 pro-
portion TO their strength. In this great affair, It is
sufficient that having once embarked in the cause,
We shonid make efforts and ventures in proportion
10 our means our clurage, and our sagacity. What
ever the success, II will 10 satisfaction to know
that we have not been behindhand, but have done
Power. II L. thon, with the greatest satisfaction
that we announce an enterprise corresponding to
The dignity and resources OF the two great Western
Powers, England and France, and 80 Tar justfying
tie ccnfideEce OF Turkey. fortnight viii probably
elspse befofc any tidings OF the result arrive
but at an earlier date VIC shall learn ir,m the East
tat al The dspcsabe forces nave embarked lof the
nsiShbah0od vi Sebastepol.
A few years ago q certain grouuless panic suy
gested review OF the n.yal inyasi, ms ,orded
history, and the results we're rather remarkable. II
was -four that. frequent a. iuvasions have been by
isbd, they have been exceedingly rare BY sea. Tie
very few that have cutred have almost iht 4riaby
presumed degree OF SYM sthy and cooper alton on
the part OF tie natives or there have becn me
other circumstances 10 lessen the difficulty and d.
mibish the character OF the design. II We look to
our own shores. William the Conqueror came a.
pEetsbder TO the throue, with q show Of right,
party in his interest. lie had, too, con.
triyed TO secure formidable diversion Ia his
favor by the descent OF the Norwegian Aest on
our northeast shore. William Ill. brought ais
putehmen over by express invitation, and was had
ta usa Geiyelcr. The Armada would never have
bsea -eLt b,bcr but FOR the prescn OF disaection;
AMI, as the eiad aud the waves were hostile, i
rcyfr ever reached these sha o.. oar landings in
the Pcninsolsr war were neither on very large
sra!e nor ~ all IN lie nature o. hostile ayasioas.
Putting aside tlo-e and many other spcfsileIs ~
Ntoly dissiiaar or very inconsidc; able. we ,.lc
20 {! e successive .sn6rgs in Egypt bS the trcuc',
sad Tie En2lsh - The Ds ginning oil This century.
The r. tnch had hIt few dnifui,cs To sncoNuter, ~
he enelry were Mamslukcs and Asabs, ia armed,
i-1issif isied. and, shat was more, t.yi,lcd aud
4 iudteisiv-. The Frglish landed Oh bss.h
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