The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

saw her arning 10 the teeth AGAINST him, and her
cabinet ministers holding him up 10 utter oboquy
and scorn- Not WORD OF syllable did he answer;
not for moment wAg his face c0uded in the pre-
seDce Of those English whose national voice seemed
raise In one general apathema against him-the
very genius Of silence fltte1 noiselessy along its
rath-and suddenly as. by the wand
OF necromancer, the storm sbates, the
hoplipg wiIds are zephyr breath, the
pillows OF tie bcisterous OCEAN become still, or
as rippliDg brook stream, the ia Of
a nature Is chsDged. and there is great oelni--a
tslm only broken by one loud chorus Of praise in
boror OF the msn--wbo has apparently only kepthis
mouth sbut Nay. more, that England who uncess'
ipely bombsTded bis dy nasty, who mercessly i'm.
priscred IFS hero OF hundred fights on an inb0s-
pitable isle Ia the far, far Atlantic and there bated
81 worried the noble soul, whose very pane had
b. en- nursery terror, to death-that England whom
1t is difficult to believe Napoleon Bonaparte can
ever Ioye--is cow stripping herself as new born
babe to carry out his behests--is dismentling her
gasrsors, despatchirg her fleets, aud adjuriDg him
BY the memory Of Austerlitz and Undergraduates
lost by the men she subsidized arm more and
moIe-to make his whole empire res0und with mar.
tal Juror, and to take from her hands the flower OF
and most renowned posts and Notifications, shat TO-
gether they may struggle, conquer or die. 1t seems
diff cult TO believe that he can wish for more. But
more he will have. Lord PaImerston is still here,
snd the eeesitiss OF the strife now gong on In the
Cfimea, it is generally understood, have compelled
him, The part Of the English government, to en-
ter into srran cement tor the payment OF French
troope and Parliament Is to be called together on
the 18th Of December to ra'ify It. There were two
evils to choose frcm-eitter to dismantle Gibraltar,
or subkidize France; and the last it is gene ally be-
lieved, has been determined on until such time a.
the English ornaments can be made more efficient.
Without some judicious explanation in the Com
mems, there 10 no doubt that this measure will be
very disasteful in England; but anomalous a. such
proceeding seems In the policy of England, there
would appear TO be no help for it.> Russia Ia
pouring IN her legons by thousands; the besiegers
are now the besieged; the leap in the da. ="
most profound, that history ever told OF. Eag-
land is saved from the consequences of II
solely by the pluck, the obatinscy the Saxon gripa
of her srmy. Generalship. strategy, high military
genius, have hsd no more share in 1t than Lord
Aberdeen's peace speeches; but this Is q store
which is anything but inexhaustbIe, and from ORR
vate letters know that feeling is abroad In Eng
land which must upset the present ministry. 1t is
believed that Lord Aberdeen is thoroughly aware OF
it, and conscious that be can no longer hold the
rens. Families high in station and political infu-
cree feel that their blood has been sacrificed by
Encouragement, that the war from the commence
Mens has been foally handled, that ealymouthed,
tbinskiDned Premier, in sparing Odessa, in CO
quoting with Austria, in postponiDg energetic ope
rations till late period Of the year, and even then
striking ont at random, has departed the national
honor, With all their respect for the private char
ambition which induced that noble lord to accept
the command, the Epgisb are evidently not
quite satisfied with it. The Russians come to the
field in masses, evidently led On by military know
against them; but oil their dispositions have boon
made with great ability, while the English do not
seem to have fond anything better in their COM
mandeTs than universal elk bayonets, and ~
'em, boy s"--a sort Of Eangrado treatment of the
There win, therefore, be some very plain speaking
in the English Parliament, which will hold its sit
tirg till Christmse, then to separate till the 18th Of
February, 1855, by which time il Il most probable
Lord PalmerstDn win be at the head OF affairs. The
attention he has met with in Paris has been unre-
uniting, and perhaps nothing speaks more for the
genius Of Napoleon than that in numerous confer
ences he should be able to hold his own against q
youth and the talent Of his best days. is at game
which be played with distinguished ability when
the Emperor was in embroidered slippers at the feet
of his mt ther, Queen Hortense.
To-day there Is q revieH /. the presence of tie
Emperor, and in honor Of Lord Pslmer1ton. sup
pose that the latter may have ocular proof Of the
article the French can furnish the English with for
their money.
the Emperor had already fcreeeen and provided for
casualties to the feet in the Black Sea, and that
two new ships Of war, the Turenne and the D0na
werth, have slrea iy been despatched from foulon
on the 9Th inst. end that, favored By rapid
passage, they had reached Cons.antinople laden
with troops, with provisions, aud every species o.
war material. It likewise adds thai the storm
Of tie l4th had happily been confned to The
Black Sea, ard that the numerous vessels In the Ne
dierranean and Archipelago full Of reir forcements
ard provisions for the army of the East, have been
able to continue their passage without lestation
that others ere about to follow, among waich the
Prince Jerome and the Fleurus, both of a bundred
guns and $50 horse power, are worthy Of mention,
as being sbout to replace two similar ships witt
sails and that these will set out In eight days at
fartheet.
Paris is full Of English officers, wounded and
otherwise invaliied, from the battle Of InkermanH
Their statements are perfectly harro wing and far ex
coed any ofthe published reports; they create most
profound seDsstion here. Miss Nightingale, the ex-
cellent lady who has organized a tain OF devoted
women to act nurses, fiji de- herself mpletey un
delbanded, and has written home for more help. II
is, in one sense, fortunate that the experimental
expedition found such ample employment immedi
ately on its arrival. Its present success is indubi
table.
There is no question, believe, that one object Of
Lord Palmerstons sojouIn in the French capital il
to sound what may be the substantial difficulties In
the way Of accediDg to proposition which the EN-
peror is known to have at heart, OF great Western
lean; The enthusiasm in Ell gland Is at such fever
height that it is not supposed such proposition
would be altogether unpopular, but ministers who
perhaps, have better knowledge OF French faith
in money matters than the majority Of English re
preeenfatves, are naturally cautious Of committing
themselves in matter of such grave impor
lance. What the result of the noble Loid's
experience on the present ssion is is Of course
known only to the initiated in Cabinet secrets; bu,
the general belief u.s. that he has given the scheme
his partial concurrence. teller came out IN tle
P0ss, which, ne xt to the 1foneur, is known to have
excellent information, Of which tbs substance is
now that England and France have stood By each
other in the Imminent deadly breach; now that the
strorge cordially Of feeling has been proved by
months OF mutual campaigning, by hardships DER
flood and fieldonly one thing is required TO cement
the Unio namely, tibet it may receive It's conse
Grafton in economical mattsrs.' "Do men, it says
Consider what this alliance would be, IL the mate
rsl interests Of the two nations were as closely unit
ed as are at present their moral it terests; IT, o.
they coMminRle their sodie on the field Of battle
they should mix together the essential elemects O
their pubic fortune. in common effort; If in fact
they were to make their common finan sisi fortur,
to cooperate in the triumph of the ptnci oles,
ETC., et. The English Of oil of which, as JOhr
Ball viii say, Is not very fficul..
By order OF the government, sixty soldiers MAJ
volunteer from every gimen. Tor the Criuea. Tee
voaunte ering from the regiments Of the garrison
At Paris ttok place on Saturday. The number O
the volur great that the selection had
take place by lot. They leave to morrow.
have LETT myself but little space to speak o
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