The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-16
Especial Correspondence Of the N. =. Daily Timss-l
State Of the War and Political Affairs
In England.

Especial cOrrespondenes Of the N. =. Daily Tfmss-l
State Of the War and Political Affairs
- In England.
LoNDoE, Tuesday, July rs, 1854.
The debates of yesterday evening, in
both Houses, were worthy of that poll
cy which seems to have but one con-
cious aim-viz; that Of mutual mystif-
satfon. Lord Aberdeen's speech in the
Upper House having made q very bad
impression even in that aristocratic at
mosphere5 Lord John Russell hurried to
the rescue and, in the heat of his self
sacrificing attempts to ave the Cabinet
in the Commons, he took and destroyed
Sebastopol and the whole Russian feet,
save the Sultan and the Danube, and
assured the triumph Of civilization over
barbarism, a tremendous discharge of
eratorical power and patriotic expectOr-
alton. sOhI = said Disraeli, SO YOU
know what you are aiming att Very
glad to hear til The destruction Of
Sebastopol is, then, the chief condition
of peace, MOL beg your pardon, sir
I said no such thing. It is a complete
mistake. l am, indeed, very sorry to
have expressed mysefin such an incom-
plete manner. What I mean is, that
the Gar slall not have above a certain
number of men-of-war in the Euxine;
but we really do not mean to do any
harm to his fortresses. He may keep
them Dundas is certainly not sent
there for any such purpose &c gk8
Read the reports, and you will see
that I do not write ~satire. There is,
.0loa1 -1k1,- - IL
profess to do and to declare ; but irony
is certainly superfuous, where the words
and deeds may be quoted. Verify, this
imposing British Parliament is a farce,
with some able comedians to make peo-
Pile laugh who have reason to cry. The
three millions are of course, voted, and
so much the bettersif one knows that the
best men to be found are in power DAnd,
in fact, all the opposition lisa mere moon
shine. Ministers knew this well, and
are insolent accordingly. Their only
strength.consists iu the 5nsbosss5ihtyfof
another Cabinet. Nobody 4oishes to be
Minister under present 'eircumstances.
It is much more comfortable to be. the
leader of her Majesty's Opposition, than
of her House of Commons Derby and
Disraeli may. osa of Office, speak against
the u~nprincipled, miserable policy Of the
EGovefnment-while ~ Office, they would
follow a more nnprineipleda aud miserable
course std, If possible.5xS So Aberdeen,
sure of his power, does what he likes,
and is anxious to get rid Of importuhate
questioners-rather q. troublesome set
of people in these dog days.
There is nothing from the seat of war.
The Gar is said to haceF given orders
to maintain the Principalities with 2OO,-
600 men. The Sultan has ordered his
generals, on the other hand, to expel
the Russians at any price. We shall
see who will be obeyed. Austria is pre-
pairing as usual to join the allies but
Lord Aberdeen could yesterday evening
not answer for anything, although he has
perfeetconfdence in the chivalrous young
Emperor. 1 wish the Sultan's Govern
ment could follow David Usqubart's adj
vice, who says that the Porte is lost On
less he shall find some means to expel
his friends. Savage Landor, on the
other hand, looks on Napoleon III. as
a hberator and redeemer of all the ma
tions. Rather a strange view for q Re-
publican like him, who has just publish
ed the notes of an American.
You will heal now of several "great
battlesn that must be fought for some
time to come, between. Bucharest and
Giurgevo. In the last 900 Russians
were slain. You may take the same
number for the next, which will not fail
to take place on all the telegraphic lines.
The auxiliary troops are always on the
point of leaving Varna. Those sent to
the North have passed the Great Belt.
and are to occupy the Aland islands as
a winter quarters.
Espartero is at this moment in Mad
rid, and he will, in all probability, sue
coed in pacifying the country. The
Queen has equally no bad feelingfor him.
When in 1852 the Duke preferred some
pecuniary claims, {$30,0000 as due to
him by the State, Isabella wrote the fol-
lowing lines on the margin of the order
to that effect: To pay this sum in
gold and not in paper mony, the Gener-
al being the man who rendered the most
service to the country, and who, besides,
never has done any unpleasant thing to
me personally" I am afraid America
missed a good occasion by not being pre-
pared to help the Spanish Republicans.
The United States will know the disad-
vantages of completely neglecting Euro
pcan friendship as soon as a strong and
popular Government shall have establish
ed itselfsin Madrid
The last aeeacs is that Abbas Pacha
Viceroy of Egypt and the most energetic
supporter of the Sultan's cause, died
suddenly, from a ct of a~poplexy, OF the
18th. Said. Pacha, the eldest son of
Mehemet Pacha, is his successor Bias
ser, the late Spanish Minister Of War,
escaped into Portugal. The names Of
O'Donnell and Espartero are both af6x-
ed to, the proclamation issued by the
Junta of Madrid. Saragossa, Barcelona,
and all the other towns are tranquil.
The date of this news is the 22d, but the
mail of Madrid has notarrived since the
18th. All is mystery yet. @
The Spanish Revolution.