New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-25

was only TO be completed in the event Of Austria Gu
teripg into treaty Of alliance with France and Ia.
Gland; and THE fact 10 considered an al ltionsl
rroof Of the satisfactory nature Of the treaty.
ReeDfcrcements continue to be dispatched to the
soutb for embarkaiion for the Crimea This day 100
volunteers, frsm the 4sih regiment, passed through
Paris They bad Just come up flOD ROuen, and have
left for Msrseles by the Lyons Railroad. The 4sth
was one Of the regimeDts ENJOYED at Bomar-und.
II slso distinguished itself curing the June nsufrec-
ton 81 Paris.
attend the lick aud xounded expected on TIE sh
at Barseilles where they are TO embark Oh the fol-
lowing day for Constanfnople.
THE LOSSES BY TIE STORM IN THE BLACK
SEA.
From Tie London Timer. Nor.
OF the many ami great losses suffered by tue
Apslo. French expedition from cause or another
the storm on tie 18Th r. November, OF winch we
have at length the melancholy details nay almost DC
REGARDED as the worst Il true thai the inae Hate
loss al IN n i. not TO be compared with the numbers
neced bors de comJot at the battles Of the Alma and
1pk.rmenn--still less with the victims Of cholera
Ii NAV also BE- admitted that for country 40 Iich n
ours and with such power Of rapid production ire
loss Of matersl Is little than temporary nccn
yeuiepce In this instance, however the losses come
In a form and in time toe most uniOriunat" mat
could be cesred by the worst enemy OF the expedl-
ton The total ose OF men at the various stations on
tie coast Of the Crimta the disastrous 1871, can
fale into the hands Of the Cossacks. The loss Of yes
sells was thirty British and French wrecked, and half
az H. any d smaste at Balakava aud gheen wreck ed
or dish asted at the mouth of the katcha Our
men ef-wsr-thsIks 10 the precauton Of frequently
irving their cables, have come off with no further
damage than the lose Of guns, or of masr, or OF rig
giDg the twisting OF their rudders or the sprnSios
some leaks. The French have l. the Henri w., d
noble three. ECKER and a fsvorite steamer Thus
far we have sustained 10 loss beyond the Ordinary
drain Of war; but the greatest calamity is that Oh
which We scarcely nov know the full. The Prince,
a nappifcept ne " screw steamer Of 2 700 tuns, car
ried out the other cay to Baaklava the 46th Regi-
ment al the winter cO'hing for the troops engaged
in the siege, including 40 600 gre1coa hanne SUITS
under clothing, socks and gloves; beef PORK, and
other provisions; hospital sores for Scutarl; and
vast cuartitv of shot and she'll 20 carry the siege.
These are wholly lost and nothing remains NJ the
Prince but half dozen Of her numerous crew, who
managed to get on The cliffs when sne was broken
" TO powder against them The Resolute with 200
tuns of cuDpow der also went 10 the bottom. 10 L.
il seems all the materials for carr ing on the siege
and providing Against the severity OF the winter have
beer carried of ct Ose fell s~ooP, and even II ~e
think TO content ourselves with merely nant aiming
our portion the nights before Sevastopol II 10
evident that are not in condition 10 stand our
worst foe, the coming winter.
Every thiDg seems to have cOnspired under mys-
IOus Cispei saen Of heaven 10 make the loss OF the
Prince the greatest pos lille Disaster She could not
stop at Scuief 20 land the hospital stores, greatly
wanted there. When she arrived nj Balsklava II was
blowing fresh aud che old not venture wlhln the mar
row toTtuous channel OF the harbor. All che did was
to land the 46'h, though II lie said that besides very
large crew come sappers and some medical anf other
officers were stili on board On attempting 10 IN
Choir the whole Of the cable ran out not being prop
erly cliBcbed. second cable shared the same fate.
The Prince then steamed out while third cable was
got up from the hold ard with this she .as brought
TO, though with smaller anchor than those she I'D
loft. THIS answered for while. On the dreadful
morning Of the 18th, however it proved utterly Gade-
quate. The Prince cut away her masts and put on
Der steam; but the wreck Of the mzenmast ouled the
screw abo the noble vessel becoming helpless, imme
diaiely dIifted agaiDet the rocks Figures are bat
feeble language for The description of such catas-
trophe, but The value Of the Prince. as she f)aei,
is put az Il so 600 and her cargo at half mil
lion There must have been nearly goo souls on
board The thirty transports, utterly lost, with
most of their crews, at Bslaklsva, are pat down
at 4l5 600 each. So here 1T once million of
money went to TIE bottom IN form OF when
money conveys but faint idea. The other losses
enumersttd above, tie French ship of-the1ine and
warsesmer the transports os on the western coast,
the many vessels Of al kinds disabled make up
another million to be ADDED % the naked pecuniary
estimate Of the loss But the true way of stating is
that the army is utterly dsebled for the present, and
left 10 other protection than Heaven. and that
volor which the British soldier to display
in The face of the greatest difficulties, III" drest pri-
yations and the most ove1wt eim.lr numbers. Yet
never was the ancient vaor # Put - SO tre
m,ndous trial. The tempest which is said to have
been the most terrible known IN hat part OF the
verld and which overthrow three OF the mlnares Of
Sultan Achmets Mosque, at Constantinope besides
driving large vessels from their moorings before that
city, did not spare the allies even on land II blew
down ard greatly injured their tents feeble protection
as they are against the cold Of Crmean winter at
the hight Of 700 feet above the neighboriDg surge.
Such is the situation in which the army finds itself
suddenly deprived Of the much wanted supply Of
clothing sent out for the winter, and the equally
neeoful ammunition for the siege
For our part we do not despon@ Whatever hopes
might be raised in the imaginable of people who
for forty years had only read of war or heard of
through the distant medium of Indian campaigns,
sober reason might have assured us that the much
disputed empire Of the Elxine the protection of
Christians in the East the security Of both the East
and the West from Russian ambition, and all the
other great issues involved is this not 10 be
accomplished in dsy. Ancient epic is but true to
the nvarable fact when il opens with tedious delays
and destroying pest with shipwreck and every form
OF calamity. IL was not to be supposed that the bal
ance OF the civilized world vas TO be correcsed at
oIce by naval prone made and military de nonsira
tor. The grandeur OF these disasters is only in keep.
ing with the m7snfcence Of the prize rather with
the majesty Of the task. Sevastopol once in hands
and the Crmea secured from invasion by land, Eng
LAND and France may hold it, aud with it the dominion
of the Black Sea and the control of the Mediterranean
for ages 10 come. 1t is impossible to exsggerste the
consequences OF such position in the hands of two
such powers but will venture say that largely
the Crusades bore the interest of humanity sndt the
course OF The world tue Anglo French ascendancy
the Black SEA, the Egean, the Mediterranean and
the East is pregnant With far greater consequences
Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt, Africa, Persia, Arabs,
Central Asia, and many other countries now crushed
by Turkish apathy, menaced BY Russian ambition,
or lying in their o1a ancient barbarian, will be
opened to the civihzug and sofenng influence OF the
West. Very possibly shall live TO see the esliIa-
ton OF the dream that sober men have INDUCED
in-the replenshmeDt of the depopulsted countries
of Asia with copious migrauons from Western Eu.
rope Ii csrIot be imagined but that the rei zion of
the West will 60 along with the power of our arms
But can these great objects he STAINED ia day or
even in few brief months Such rapi6ity not to
cay Versatility lie NOT to be exnscied in Enrnne ha-