The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-07


de Riya has utterly failed; ssi the Moniteur OF
this morning formally announces that Espartero
has been sent for by the ieea-that he passed
through Saragossa on the 10Th, and that by this
tune be must have already arrived at Madrid.
This persosage, it is web known, was formerly
me greatest sup orter OF christina against the alb
eoIutist Don Carlos, and tst Tor the magnitude Of
his eervices he was chosen TO the high Office Of
Regent Of SpaiD--a situation he retained Tor six
years, distinguishing tbs government by ten
0esoy TO liberal measures. Unlike Narvaez-
bis great rival-Espartero is no soldier OF
fortune or mere adventurer the antecedents Of the
TNuc de Victoria entiile him 10 place among the
most llUstrious Of bis country men and it is thought
critical juDcture to place themselves entirely in ais
banda, dreadful al almost int tDnable career Of
strife and bloooshed may be avoided.
At the same time IT must be admitted that
strong opinion prevails Ia we'll informed circles
here. thai the View OF O'Donnea Dolce aud others
extend much further than mere revival OF the
consultation Of 1881 Their Iayicg cry has, from
the first, been " The constitution and morality"
and many In tbs secret determination, II pos
sibe, 10 get rid Of the Queen and her bastard priu-
cess Of The Asturissi As yet. too there are no
etgns that the Spanish generals are acting, or are
disposed TO act IN cancert and IL IL Thought by no
means unlikely, that rivalry may possibly spring
oet Of the present crisis which would set the PENN
suls on Ere. Retsions have been carried up
to 6e Queen. in viii b the re.institution
81 the National Guard, tho re assemblage Of the
rather than prayed for. The Court is In state Of
vstcnt perturbation its only safety Ia, 1t Is sup
poscd. In retaining liz ground. Soc uld the Queen
lily. tho reign Of Isabella will be urnoGg those which
haye been. Already the adherents of Count de
Montmolin, the son Of Don Carlos are busy. What
Is doing In the mean~ bile. at Cuba, we DO not know;
but It Is hardly possible that tie instruction, now
become 90 general. should not have found footing
Affecting Of itscontentmentis undoubtedly spread
ing regarding the slow progression which attaches
10 events in the East; and reports of nature so
preiudiciL "a that Of the entire destruction OF
regiment, with the loss of its general before Bu-
chareet. have been disseminated in such manner
that the Monskeuy has published al indignant COT
tradiction accompanied with q threat that fully
aware of the object Of these sinister reports,
the government will know how to use
with severity the power PLACED In its hands, The
Pays and Constitutional, too, have evidently been
instructed 20 put forward 8poogetic articles on
the subject Of the var in which it is attempted to
show that. notwithstanding the late sl0wness of OPP
erstions consequent on sendng forces distance Of
four hundred leagues the worst Is passed; that an
Danube--an army formidable by its numbsrs-still
more so by its discipline ami ardor-pruvided also,
with all the material and ources necessary for
the most difficult enterprises and supported by the
eame time, Fren' h division is proceeding to the
Baltic, to give ITS cooperation to the feet which
holds captive all the Russian squairons, and menaces
the Cars CAPT al; that the war is therefore, now
regularly organized.
1t ia perhaps wise in tbs governuen. to say all
this, for people are becoming very impatient. They
see these enormous armameD's going forth, for
which they know very well. heavy payments must
be made. They have heard of enormous boastng,
too, Of the valorous doings which such ornaments
wore TO effect for the barbarous Turk, but somehow
or csher seems to turn out that this contemplate
animal, the poor Ottoman, is quite man enough for
hs enemy, without foreign interference Every bu,.
lettn is full Of Ottoman vaor-the Russians fall by
thoussnds. and tens of thousands, but no French
mans voice Is heard amid the cry of death and vic
tory; and when Sllistria shows her crumbling, but
not disho0ored, wslls-h Is an obscure English cap
tain, VINO has shared With the Ottoman the glores
Of that famous seige, while Freach army was re-
posiag On the shores Of varna What docs ell this
mean is asked are not England and France as
numerically great as Russia Are they not
richer beyond all comparison bave they not
equal couragei-are they not better soldiers
to 6utter in the breeze while the Turk does all tbs
work. and barbarian, as be is called, wins all the
honory. The crescent mouopolzes the laurels,
and France inglorious, seems about to march TO the
in fact-slow as II to follow the government at
The Outset Of the Eastern question-seems ready to
outstrip 1t now. Their armies once afoot, the peo-
pie impatient TO strike hard at Power against
Ing The determination, too, Of the Preach and
English troops (accounts Of which are received from
time to time) has evidently p-oduced most favor
able effect. II Is. 10 fat, that the soldiers and the
end amusement TO each other; and nothing could be
msro,ludiorous than the instances which the late
embarkstien at Calais afforded Of this, John Bull
is ast0nshed beyond measure at the bandiress
and perfect do ifity Of his ancient rival aud
at The simplicity Of character, for which he was
wholly unprepared. rhe hardy AngloSaxon,
for instance, would almost rather die than be seen
to shed tear bat to his astonishme MT he beholds
whole companies Of Frenchmen weeping like babes,
a. for the first time, their eyes fall the swelling
pillows Of that element which the Euglishman proud
~ calls his own In another moment, however, he
the Of domestic eess
which tend enormously to his comfort, but which an
Englishman often knows as little Of as dancing on
tgh!r0Pe He sees, by the aid OF few loose stones,
imWonptu kitchens thrown up, from which issue
excellent soup and bonili; he each man set to,
tailoring or shoemaking, or doing, with marvellous
cleverness, whatever tire accident OF the march may
require; and all With 30 much cbeerfuness, moeera-
ton and sob1ety that John is greatly surprised.
Ga the other hand the ooby-heatiness Of the Eng.
ish soldier who half losses the little Frenobmsn In
his arms 81 be shakes him By the hand, and who is
so ready TO down with his money and stand tress"
greatly dckles bis new ally; and then, when the Eng.
hsh blue jacket comes and makes certain signs that
he too, would like to make one at the card table the
mirth and jolity are complete as Jack good humor-
eddy paries vous and oiunde,s; ana when, TOO,
found 10 be . very woman 10 tenderness Without
being abie to utter word, the Frenchman can un-
'derstand: his rough manner and odd ways are so
unmlHtakhOly KIND tuht JhUh n only uuuCulty Is IN
keeping OF the kisses which the national habit OF
France stin admits a. forms Of loving salutation
among the lower orders.
The total amount Of men and horses Of the British
and French armies that touched at Malta up TO the
eth OF July from the Gath Of March last, were;-Eag
lish TROOPS, 3l,479; horses, 4,s28-Frsnch troops
lS,272; 6orsee, 7.426-sorming total Of allied
troops II 77,745 men. The English horses are the
admiration of the French; but II is ques-
tionable whether, pampered as they. are &C
custemed TO be, they will endure the hard.
ships OF campaigning SO well as the inferior
breed OF the French. Marshal Radetzky Is said to
be in dudgeon with the Austrian government that
<0heral Hass should have been appointed to COM
mand the army, rather than himself. He is even
said 20 have gone so far as TO SAP that Hass is 10
better than Russian tool, and that the reason why
himself has been passed over IL, that he--R3detzky
would have done the work bona fde without
Caring how often he trod upon tse corns OF the Car