The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-05
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.


LoSDos, Oct. 10, 1854
LtoAs asd Shaaoscs Of Military Successss-E6aos a. a.
Crtsscn vyctos,ss on tie PxtAe Asnd-Cri,icirms J,
tie Operations a tie Aima-En and French Disct
p1iwe Cb~parsS-Aevsnssts of Rsssian Troops y
wards as Asstvas EsoSttsr-zxs ABERDEEN ksnissry-
xsssk cy~attons ef tie London 1ymes, &c., dc.
The court Is in town, All tho minister's are In town
Everybody, ID fact since the battle Of Alma IL in town
and the excited state Of ths public mind sah only be com
psSsd to that os1S15 when the terrible contsst ct Wa
teroo placed hall Of Britain In mourning Thsn a. now
the great thorourhAres Of Pail MALL Charng Coss Pic
cadisy and Kn'ghtsbridgs, where diheyent dspots
are placed for the various arms of the service vsre
throneed with wesping women, disconsoiste Ioos.
ing cnisdren and old men and matrons demanding news
OF tne'r brave relatives Them now too, the sups
portcoss Of the rch bore all tie external insignia a
desp anxiety, bitter wos There Is, everywhsre :
autter and troubous haste. II two men accidsnt..
encounter each other their rst words are Alma or g.
bastope Each has leg sad more iste or more heroic
than theother to tell and one Of the ministers cross
your path 1t is evident that for he feels the full re-
sponsbiy Of his ofacs-thst the blood Of the body
polite ishup, and that there n . Wild throbbing
| Of the ht1st Throughout EnslAnA which viu hraok
no trthins specfsi pivsdsuk. At che varoaS
clubs nothing can present greater CONTRACT to the
dulnsss and solitude which regned fortnight ago
Then all was stiffness, stagnation, and stery Of news:
and but for Tho daily bulletins Of slaughtered grouse
massacred hars and deceased monarchs Of the forest
half dozen members, who accidentally ran their heads
against each other, hard up for subject Of COM
mon interest very different presents itself
now. These attic halls full now to overfowine ana
every one who appears with anything resembling tho
dust Of travel his MANTLE is nstantansousy sei.ea
by the sleeve and overwhelmed by perfect deluge ok
inquiries. Every man seems to have been summsriIr
converted into military martinez, and while the thuu.
ders Of the Crmea stun and deaen it were the ears
Of many, he all the while discourses sweet music az
'guns and drums, and untaught knaves.r We are mot
al born soldiers but this is age OF vcarious excel
ence; eats earves and helps himself from the
brain Of his neighbor with the facility a he woun
that Of calf and then his peculiar condiments Are
thrown in and each takes pinch of his neighbors At
the clubs just all this in process the ideas
which, In their perfection, 60 forth to the public, an
the columns Of leading articles the pages of
periodicals. and set the world re are here gra.
duay hatched under ones eyes, and very amusing 1t
to watch, the incubation and breaking Of the shell.
At these clubs we have immense quantity Of smaM
talents. In peace, you aware, the policy Of the
State is to throw the army into the lap of the aristo
cracy-of the party to the expression Of the day,
whiclIhas something to lose. The consequence is -
the OF the wealthy classes not supposed to be
able oendure routine 1t Is not expected at the War
Office that young men will keep in their regiments, on
the average above three years. and this experience
proves 10 pc the Iact. f0ncy, then, what host o.
young military three year olds must have the
tropolsn pave. Their number is legion. Men oriRi-
naly Of the most insipd character occupants Of the
lowest form At school, incapable of graduating ct our
universities Of Oxford and Cambridge and good
thing excsp to don red coat become learned in tasseia
and piunes, and retire the moment the quarters
dull the society of the mess fatguing. But to-day
these poor dies, that brushed away with ntuitve
sodsthsy can absolutely nd vacant button to iay
hold ofd and maidsns drop their attentive ears
tlfono tp%
respect learned men, too, who have written Of wars
and vlanous sattpetre, without knowing, perhaps,
stick, I and who have half notion Of mproy,us the
late military Incidents do not think IT beneath them
and there Is such roaring Of military lions such
ciarnor Of military criticism, and such dennncatioa
Gornthian temples Of our Sons OF Peace and franuuty
are becoming the very affairs Of Belona.
of nonseass, certain quantity Of invaluable truth 10
gradually being developed. In country like this,
takes its fair 6ed both sides of the shed-the copper
well as silyer-cannot fail to be regarded. The gallant
doubt at Alma is ndsputabe; but II is clearly seen
that the discipline OF the parade has been carried too
terrible under any circumstancest would beif the
English soldier had been rendered Hss slave to that
Ss SeGns ,S from the Ger
school The Continent is so to England that
all men can use their eyes and they see in the litts
French soldier Independence of carriage, self
lance and bodily freedom which Is utterly denied to the
British soldier, who with all his manhood simply wears
Then when is found that al Alma auickness Of move
ment and an independent dssh swept all before with
plains with the fewer OF their youth, strange misgv-
ing mems minds that all Is not right. It Il
the less drilled and freq American picked OF their
cnrle suomata and the iss is not altogether RELISH
s ally has quite its saii share q The glory justly
observed that there is nation under hea-
ven capable Of using and legs, If only per-
initted TO do than tIR. In England re n
camof Robin Hoods to hsnt the fox and ride OF shoot
ssns "a . as S
thehush for for cock pleasant to spread the net to
set the wire, to invade =. na"e the Dukes pre-
serve; to drag the reservoirs by night-to strangle
the blood hounds and struggle to the death with tho
keeper stated Official the holiday games Of the
ssm sssm pnp . discipline % rsnsls ns .b.sase
that can stop throvand bat the cricket balthst
hopndshat win brave the desp and the pcrlous
storm for relsxaton not likely II left to them
q T. strikes with the palm
and not with ths st and when snSsy ssrss with the
ing to opinion It stands present the Ensish
brave but i IS ths bravery Of dolts while the French
9 but G the s su' 4
their journals are too polite topublish it. that with
English general the battle q Alna might have beea
From ST. petersburg we occasionally hear news The
| approach Of winter, II seems, Is already per-
ceptbI and fears are entertained that the nsvgatio
4 Of the Eevs may 5000 be. interrupted. Mems mnds
in th< Russian capital are much occupied with thy
even Of the Military arrangements, and arrivals
and departures Of troops on large SCALE continue to
take place. The trains the Moscow railway con-
silently encumbered with all sorts Of military articles,
and with detachmepts Of Soldiers to form part Of H.
army OF reserve assembled in that ancient capital u
the empire. srors doubts are entertained q re ma
peror absentng himself fon 81 PetsrsburE atthe Pre-
being made for journey to the army az Poland; ~
realization OF that project appears to depend on what
NAV occur IN the East A TO the moveents ol troops
towards Poland the Imperial Guards undss ~ command
OF the Grand Duke heir 70 the throne proceedinS
by forced marches from st. Petersburg 10 tha< kngdoa
whilst the different divisions Of the Russian troops whn
are stationed in Poland since the coeacement of the
war are being directed from various sides towards tn
Austrian frontiers Of cracow and 4 0aIicia who're thsy