The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-04


communications and associations Of tho Last forty
years. The English, speaking IN a1imited sspse,
are moi nsGlonal people. Tho NSceoiA, the Wslsh.
and u Irish ore So. but the yof poor Jshu
Bull & copnsd to that sf cles6 oeder," and rang
ing herself under the nstond banner, when 1t seems
necessary to defend herself. In his heart he loves
the foreigner and has latent notion that ct bottom
he is much cleverer fellow than himself; and II
there be one more tan another that The mass Of the
English yarn towards. II IL She French. Il say
the mass, tor 1t is quite certain that individu-
ais living much with the French, gradually be.
come disinclined to amalgamate with them The
morale of the two countfes4s perhaps, not always
measured by the same standard and the English.
man has certain notions about truth, &c., which the
French are apt cons Ter prudsy and the national
brugr,e Of the English character Is apt to be COO
fImed, rather than softened, BY association with
the meaningless " hat fanfaronaden of the French.
But brotherhood in common danger brings cut
the nobler qualities of man. and when they find
themselves side by side In front Of the enemy they
will only remember that their common cause makes
them. as 1t were, men Of common country. You
perceive symptoms Of this already In the eager at
teniion which is given to some itinerant politician
WHO tb0tftdheb W cuHBHVu Tile multtuuc US W
what the French and English are doing q. yarna,
and above all as to what that terrible Admiral Ma
pier will ultimately accomplish. The delay viii n
| as hitherto occurred in the Baltic has in no way
aft cted the character Of fold Charley" in France
who isstu thought to be the most fire eating diutt
that ever roamed on land or sea s. Fsa =
Great dstrust is felt about Austsia; as TO Prussia
no one hopes anything at all from her,aud the
Bamberg Confederation, to which ! ,.inyied
your attention month ago, is again the
cause Of disqrietude. The Emperor Of Rls-
sin is reported to me by gentleman of the
has enjoyed peculiar OPPORTUNITIES of iaforyieg
himself rot beng at all surprised or shaken By
the turn whic events have TAKEN He mare up bis
mind, tits laid FROM the first that the war once en-
pre- pared for all contingencies. AS for Austria, he
considers, whether she he seduced or not into
union with thew Powers. it matters not mnch
ultimately she is sure TO leave them. Gcrmanc in
arests must inevitably be with him, and the BAN,
government Ct England, in his opinion, has ceased
10 he what it vast has become q govern
ment Of shopkeepers, whose whole thoughts
ard and ideas dec are. are merged in commerce; and
that Of all living. statesmen, Louis Napoleon is
the greates-tbat he is the secret spring Of all the
present commotion; that from the first the Gar
through his policy which he knew would be to take
up the Russian question where his uncle had left il;
that though Napoleon would not renew the attempt
on Moscow by large armies he would still do so by
more ci,cuitous means; that it was he who sent
Layaette embroil matters at Constantinople, and
only renounced that particular game to fal! back
EDglands that he, Of ell men, is the gamer by
the present state Of things, and that he will
make use of these advantages ultimately to
CO curb the power Of The English The Emperor
great and growing sympathy will spring
mp and bear fruit, betwixt Russia and the United
States-that America will have Canada, that the
two extremes Of the empire Republic and the empire
Of Russia win then touch, and the world win be.
then, not Cossaok or Republican, according to the
Prophet of st. Helena. but Cossack and Repubi-
car. III ~ ''"
give oil this as it was told to me- At the same
time it il only just tc say If such is really the Czsrs
opinion respecting the b0u-geoisie government of
England the discussions in the British Pariia-
ment prove the contrary. Tho alliance between
danger and has certainly nothing to do With the
trading spirit Of England. The free trade party are
the peace party, and it is the Ftzwilliams. the Gin
tons, the Russells the whole body Of the great
mcnt of India, who have on this account made
common cause with France, believing that It is
their duty to accept a conflict which might be
postponed, but not ultimately avoided. The COM
mel cial classes in Great Britain are not governed
as the Emperor believes, by mere material desires;
but there IL logged patriotism among them,
which is possibly unintelligiblc to so dcspotc
mind; ana when fairly warmed up, he will find that
rather fhf N yield to bis ambition. l5 =, .lg1,s
Among the amusing episodes Of the existing
sta Of things, is that lady, described as being
person of strictly feminine mannets-M I'D ime lsa
bells appo nted, BY the lecial recommendation OF
the Emperor, to superintend the n,auege of the ca
valry. 1his lady, Il appears, in addition to sort
Of intnitiye knowledge of the points of horse,
has made herself so perfectly acquainted
simrlp mechanical friy cha Ia oil in
the course Of some fifteen twenty lessons to briug
into the most lamhlike subsection horses whose
FESTIVE chat acter has bid defiance to every known
military rt. She has just returned from st. Peters
blu, g. where, for the last two years, she has been
experimenting the Cars cavalry an Office which she
left to the great regret OF the Emperor Of Russia from
whom she has brought away many substantial to.
kens Of appreciation. She only resigned when war
was declared. She is now being employed in the
regiment of Guides, where her progress is said to
be wonderful. Ste hos tie art of impatting her
knowledge with such ease and facility that she has
no NEED to take an active part in the necessary
rangemeLts; and her manners are so charming and
unpretendirg that Captain Gueprette, the Captain
Instructor Of Cavalry, and Colonel Fieury, Colonel
of the Guides yield to and carry out her suggcs-
tons without any injury to their amour propre. II
ployed; but the principle on viii h Madame Isabel
violence. e.
The weather is literally desolatipg. At the mo-
mt Mt am writing we have storms worthy Of March
and April. II is impossible but that very serious
effects must follow. r. ta. 81 500 n %
The account which has reached us from America
Of Madame Sontag, hiss been received with unfcigned
sorrow BY al true lovers OF song. Her death Is an
immense void in the present state Of musical talent
Tie great novelty here is great militlry melo-
drama at the Cirque, in which episodes of the pre-.
sent war in the East are successfully traced with
bold hand. Its title is la Guerre dOrient.n
The Sultan, Oner Pacha, Admirals Napier, Hsme-
In mr. J1yYR nn Iur E.arr T.
tain of the English steamer Furious, were among
the priI cpal personages, and the rank and file Of
the Anglo French armies are largely represented.
A banquet Of English officers is introduced where
prosperity to France is toasted and the arrival of
the troors in Turkey and their mode of life at their
picturesque but uncomfortable quarters at CALI pol
are also cleveily illustrated. Then follows pitched
battle, where the Russ iaEs, Of course are sent to
the right about with immense LOSE, and the French
and English alliance is celebrated with suitable
honors.
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.