The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-18

flying themselves with the now excited state Of
ahAirs. The waYhke steam was slow In getting up;
II may be all the more permanent. The national
vanity is greatly tiekled, when Mr. Bright, in the
British House Of Commons, alludes to the fact of
French armies occupying four Of the capitals Of Eu
rope and the most reluctant adherents the foreign
policy Of the new empire begin TO rub their eyes,
and tax OF the mighty destnies Of France, to whom
IT belongs always, in the stereotyped phrase, {" to
take the Initiative" The Moniteur announces that
KING Ohio has struck his flag; his ministry is dis
missed; he has accepted the propositions OF France
and England and Greece is to preserve the stricest
neutrality! Slistra, too, holds out manfully; it has
not sent, a. was reported, flag Of truce to the
but, on the contrary, has vigorously repulsed four
separate attacks made upon II from land and water.
7" II we may judge, says the De6ats, Of the pre-
sent by the past the fall of Siistra ought not to be
regarded as imminent. In 1928, after siege of
more than sixty days. the Russians we're obliged to
retire; and in 1929 they did not get possession Of it
until fortyour days after the trenches were opened
According to the last accounts the regular works Of
| approach had only Just begun. In the last war
! Silistria was only defended by fortified wall,
whereas since that period four large detached forts
have been added to the defences OF the place. In
1928 and 1929 the garrison of Sistra only CON-
posed Of from 5000 to 10000 irregular soldiers,
while now i. has 10000 regular troops. All these
reasons must tend to inspire the belief that the place
cannot be on the point of being taken but the for
tune OF arms and the chances OF war are so great,
that in such case, perhaps than in any other,
reliance can alone be placed au fats accomplis."
Omer Pacha Ia now said to be fastening to Its
succor. We hear, too, OF Austria senoing peremp-
tory message to st. Petersburg to evacuate the
Danubian Provinces; and that, at Denmark, a coup
| d'etat has occurred. What neXt2
Events are evidently gathering themselves into
state Of compression, the force Of which it seems
impossible for Russia to escape. She is undergoing
system of blockade the circle OF which is hourly
| drawing closer around her. But the other day mis-
tress of the Baltic her sovereignty extending to the
CA, ar1 .ra-so
Sweden were at her feet. At present the gulf OF
Bothnia itself is closed against her; every vessel
which bears her flag is captured; the gulf OF Riga is
blockaded; the forts OF Finland are destroyed, and
Dlb0urg, which is only eighteen miles from st. Pc
teIsburg, expects blockade. 1t is probable that
| crisis is at hand.
The state of the English ministryis regarded here
| with some anxiety, or I should say, perhaps, with
interested curiosity, as it is not likely that any
change would affect the foreign policy. Bat It is
clear that he Aberdeen ministry does not work
smoothly. These continual checks do it infinite
damage on this side OF the channel whatever may
be the effect on the other, and various changes
anticipated. The concentration Of the execu-
tive in one hand, rs now in France, gives
machinery Of England The British military n,snage,
also, is liable to bring the army of England into
contempt in the eyes of the French. They have it
is true, been very imperfectly informed of the de-
is, that somehow or other, the French army was al
ways victorious though French policy might not
always be successful. Waterloo was simply case
ofall Europe combined to overthrow France Not
withstandng, however, certain pardonable decisions
under sort OF Russian press, the Frenchman has
always had, tond great respect for the British
soldier. Side by side with him. he has never scru-
pied to say, all Europe must be simply basket of
china, which the French and Englih may kick
over and smash at their leisure. Now however, re-
Elections by no means complimentary to his ancient
rival are occasionally heard. What! he says, are
these the famous men Of renOwn Of whom so
! much has been said Officers, whose knowledge of
soldiers science seems limited to the points Of
horse or the cast Of cricket ball men who
fill the newspapers at home with whimpers about
their tea, and beer, and blankets; and who, while
the French soldier is without hose to his feet-whOn
fact, maintains he is better without itcatch cold
they have not lambs wool socks and wto moreover,
are so buttOned up and buckled, shaven and shOrn,
stocked and stretched that they cannot march I'M
der arms one mile where Frenchman would run
two.
An insight Of this kind behind the scenes, and
into the interior OF the British army, may when the
sleeping rivalries of the present day awake from
their temporary bed Of down, be attended with con-
sequences little foreseen.
Poor Giraud, the well sinker, whose mi.
! racul0us emancipation from living tomb,
| OF nineteen days, ten of which he was buried
under the putrid carcass Of his dead companion,
has, notwithstanding the favorable symptoms which
exhibited themselves at first, fallen victim to his
cruel suferings. His body, after q short time, be-
came mass Of purulent sores, and his whole con-
stitution indicated marks of ncurable disease. He
|
Lyons, followed to his grave by military officers
high In rank, and councillors Of State, which the
extraordinary circumstances Of his fate had attract
ed. Ihs benevolent interest shown towards nun
with him, and the terrible disaster which befel
him. will, IN future days never be alluded to with
ont honorable mention OF her. He was only twenty
eight years Of age. The crowd of persons at his
funeral was more than the church could accommo-
date.
In consequence Of the great distress among the
Jews in Palestine M. Rothschild has Just RENTED,
by one Of his employees, sum of fifty thousand
francs, and American citizens have forwarded like.
wise to their co-religionists 100000 francs. It
is announced that meetings with view to
At Cherbourg the Queen of Engand's birthday has
been kept with great ceremony by the English
Consul. The Maritime Project, who was present at
the banquet given on the occasion, proposed her
repose of the world always remain as they are now,
cordially united" From Madrid private letters
speak OF the state of Spain with great dependency
A forced loan is to take effect at time when the
heart of the people is thoroughly Disguised, when
the military are disaffected, and when an indignant
enemy is ready to pour his thousands in at her very
gates. II the present European coniagration con-
numbered with the countries that have been. ''
The Emperor and Empress visited on Tuesday
the Theatre Francois to see Rachel in 'Phedre'
The Empress was dressed in white muslin, beauti-
fully embroidered. She wore necklace OF pearls,
and on her head natures own roses. She looked
perfectly bewitching, and the audience seemed to
think 60, for never was reception more adoring.
Mdlle. Rachel was an empress, too; her appearance
was the signal for enthusiastic cheering, which
broke out again and again during her performance,
Her years absence at st. Petersburg has rendered
her more precious than ever to her admirers. The
Imperial party went in state from st. Cloud; A
squadron Of carabiniers followed and preceded the
coTfege which consisted of three carriages and four
The Emperor was loudly cheercd, and looked well
and gratifed.
Austria and Servia.
| DESPATCH ADDRESSED BY THE sERvIAN GOVERN.
MENT TO REscHID PAcHA.
| Memorandum.
Since the commencement of the war between the
Sublime Porte and the Court Of Russia, Austria has
assumed towards Servia an attitude which, whilst it
leaves to that power an cxpectant character AZ the
same time WA of q nature to make it master of the
action OF Servia. According Austria thought