The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-14
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.

Hostile feelings of the Frech People to,cards Pras-
sia-Rssotution Of the Allies to Force her TO some
Positive Course of Acfion- Louis Napoteon likely
to Command IN Person the Army of the Rhine
M dement's of the Russian Forces in the Crimsd-
Their Chances of Referring Sehastopo,- Footing
upon phieh H. Commands Of the English and
French Forces are Observation-Disclosures in the
Spanish Ca5ind- The Pantominic Campaigns
at the Hirpodrome- Theatrical Nescs, &c.
The sense of uneasiness, amounting to feverish
anxiety, touching news from the Crimea Is, per-
haps, . more strongly mar ked feature OF the ex-
listing csisis than any which has hitherto manifest
ed itself The craving for intelligence Is 80 intense
that notwithstanding the gross exaggeratioAs and
unmitiosted faIsehoods which have come from vi
emma men cannot help still giving ear to reports
from the same quarter and the public mind is kept
In state of irritable tension, that renders every
subject not directly indirectly bearing upon the
great question of the day insuferable.
AmAgst those which may be said to do so indi-
rectly is the present position Of Prussia. The dis
position to measure arms with that power Is every
where observable. In fact, nothing shat has yet
occurred on the part Of the Czar-not the destruc.
ton of sincpe, toe slaughter at Alma, nor yet the
remembrance OF the Cofsacks at Paris in 1914, has
made the Russians SO popular as enemies, as would
be either OF the great German Powers. With Aus
tria Of coarse, after what has happened, all thought
OF collision il at an end. she who could write conf.
den.isy to Count Esterhszy-" 1t is evident that
we cannot expect to obtain peace, which is for US
necessity from the exertions and exploits of
Others and that we cannot bind ourselves
TO support for unlimited period of
time the arduous sacrifices which this pas
siye attitude must occasion"-mus. have ma ie up
her mini already to lsy aside an inert position,
scarcely less burdensome aud intolerable than tina
of an actual struggle; and unless she prove the
most contemplate Of Nations after her servile con-
gratulations to the Western alliance she must fling
her sword into the scale against Russia, although
believe No hing would more generally enhance the
popularity CT the war than that Austria should be
the foe rather than the ally, of France. Her case,
them being considered disposed OF, Prussia stands
alone; and should matters come to extremity, IS
they bare At present every appearance of doing,
she may look for clear stage and no favor. With
Austria the French have gloriously struggled,
fought and conquered; their most renowned vic
tories have been gained over that Power, and Illus
trious dynastc alliances have been formed with herr
and though there is undoubtedly bitter spirit
towards her, 1t is not unmingled with that feeling
Of respect which Iedoubtable foe necessarily COM
mands. But there is no feeling Of this nature
towards Prussia The days Of Frederick the Great
are forgotten in the treatment which she received
at Jena from the first Napoleon, and the part which
she played in the hour of Frances grand disaster
at Waterloo will never cease to be remembered
till the might Of Prussia becomes as broken and
PROSTATE was that OF Gaul on the 18th OF
June, 1915.
I know, in fact, from authority which has seldom
minaton TO fasten quarrel On Prussia is most ap.
parent. II ia remarked that, while Napoleon in no
way departs from his accustomed silence, his at
tention Is most keenly rlvettsd on every move Or
gree miuat0fy Of that Power; and that something
Of his imperturbable calm is seen to fit when any
plausible solution of the political difficulty is origi
mated. 1t was observed only yesterday BY diplo.
matst Of high standing tbat the general impression
on the minds Of the Imperial Council evidently was,
that as in the days of the first Emperor 80 in the
second, d Prusssn King would probably have to
cool his heels in the ante chamber Of Napoleon.
Within the last fortnight since the affair at Alma,
messe myers from the English Foreign Office have
been continually Rasang and re- Pss y T. and NJ
isirs, has made secret OF the subject which occu
pies them. The transit trade ofP russia Is seriously
stirring the bile OF commercial England, while
Napoleon has On army in the highest state o. mill
tsry efficiency, 'strsining up0n toe start" and to
which Napoleon the Third IL only too desir,us Of
giving the word, and it may be OF FISHING his
suit achieved the disaster at Waterloo, to ayenge
which he has notorously put on record, Is one of
the chief dins points Of his mission. The latest
communications from Paris and London have COZ
slated Of iniimatens that Prussia could not be per-
mitted to mediate any longer In the capacity of q
friend aud would only be allowed to interfere upon
joining in the more positive alliance between the
three Powers. Prussia sho rs, IN truth, no disp0A-
ton other than that of treacherousy cultvadng an
equivocating action, originating in blind ESQ the
French pronounce it) devotion to Russia. 1t Is
alleged that such state Of things may indefinitely
prolong the war; that Prussia Is thus at the service
Of the enemy that there be no security against
her introducing armies at days notice to the very
o. a
falls. the curtain will probably rise on a
tsbieau never before exhibited-ss would say the
theatrical manager-namely, the eagles OF France,
commanded by an Emperor whose &c Mus has hith'
erto bee pronounced essentially non. military; and
who, within three years Of the ripe age of fifty, has
mind to show the world that the qualities by
which he has succeeded not reasons TO bin that
they can be laid aside in phase Of affairs, and
that the slow, silent sluggish knight. who oncs on
1y "bided his time" can, as military chteftian,
seize it ss is flies, and decide ard edecide with all
the quickness and precision necessary to him who
to civil would add military renown. Tothe interest
OF such scene it Ia Only required to add, that Ma
poeop, strong in the faith Of his own destiny fear
less also by his nature and conscious OF the necess
ty Of personally doing valiantly at the outset Of
military career will be certain to exp ,se his person
to all the hazards OF the severest OF which, should
Il befah him. might than atone 70 the Gar for
the loss of Sebtopol If indeed, 1t is about to ca
pituiate.
The persuasion that Sebastopol Is utterly incapa.
BILE of holding ont against the pswer now brought
to bear upon it, is complete that the excitement
on the subject may be said to have almost entirely
subsidized, and spe ,ulstion Is Busy with the visit
which is said 10 be in contemplation on the part OF
Napoleon and It's Empress to tae Queen and
Prince Albert. There seems little doubt that this
event n really to take place. and towards the end OF
next M nth AZ FIRST IL was th ought Desirable that
the Queens ACCOMPLISHMENT should be got we'll over;
but that difficulty appears to have been overruled,
snc for the second time DUNG her Britannia Ma
jesty's reign she will receive aud entertain the
nonuch Of France Mutdf0 nonlins de te flbul1
na,ratur" che may say to Napoleon instead Of Louis
Philippe and it Is 10 be hoped that tie i'll fate
viii not pursue this last visit which folio ~ed the
other. Louis Philippe was then at the height Of Is
popularity, az Napoleon Is at present, with the
f3ritish nublic, and he iusc ibed his name on the