The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-18
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
VERY CIRCUS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE.
The Declaration of war Suggested
by Austria.
TIRE RIGHTS OF sErTRALs AND PRWArEERs.
British Orders in Council,
&c, DC, &c.
Our Paris correspondence.

-V1yyiage Of Fo,ng Nurdt and the Princess de Wag
ran,-Acctdeat to the King IF I',issia-Tseling in Aus
sga A9aaa The CsarMonstcr Bouquet Presented 10 n.
Empress Eugene.
Thursday last was the mcdrene or mid lent AMI a
day Of no traing importance in Catholic France.
The sombre seventies of this season. It is true
6nd little eongeniay here; but that does prevent
the good citizens Of la belle France from asserting their
claims to the full when, by the sanction of the church
fun and festiyity have license SO that at mi-earems
every one dons his best attire turns out his smartest
equipsge, and in mrth and reyelry holds the night
It's the Fse des Bancheseu ses-the gala day OF the
Nasherwomen ay, and the washermen of France for
here the male sex play unmportant part in the mys-
tic rites of soap suds and that the limpid element
might lose of its honors it is also the fa of the
Port urS d'Edu or water carriers.
Throughout the morning of Thursday this stawar.
of men-and they are remarkable for their stron
nd healthy appearancewho supply every apartment in
ays with water for the day were to be SEEN dressed in
yew bouses their hats adorned with ribbons and owers
heir aquatic cars and vessels newly painted and covered
Tith Gags and favors.
The washerwomen, habted in their gaycst robes per
nbu!ate the most conspicuous thoroughfarcs, while
before them gaudy car fsstooned with garlands
and brstlng with Haunting banners, in which i, en-
throne the chosen Queen OF the fete On this occasion
her Majesty was person Of colossal proportons she
habed in sken robe Of blue, and displayed to the
greatest advantage her magnificent bust, and suewy if
not snowy, arms A bevy of attendant sateles-nymphs
OF the sud, of somewhat more dminutve mould-sur
round her while harnessed her chariot following
IN procession, are the washermen, natinis Of the
joyous guild OF soapsuds
As the shadows of evening nigh, por.eurs deau
and the washing trade OF either SEX meet together in
splendid saloon where all that music and lights ami
high spirits do-and in France what that do?-
aIe forthcoming to make the gh lit sequel TO the rosy
And that nothing may fail to mark the observance of
the Murat q prince OF the inn
pea house OF Bonapare receives in the chapel OF the
Jaace OF the Tuees the hand OF the fair and amiable
Princess dc Wagram. All the members of the imperial
family assisted at the ceremony, and the Emperor Louis
Napoleon and the Empress Eugene presided, where
some fifty years the great Napoleon and Josephine
had held q similar position, when Joachim Murat, the
grandfather Of the bridegroom subsequently King or
Naples received from the First Consul the hand Of his
sister Caroline. In that fifty years what strange vciss
tubes have occurred Napoleon dying the rock of st.
Helena; Joachim shot brigand in the kingdom he
once ruled and the descendants of each now on the top
most pinnacle Of Europe.
The bride wore robe Of white MORE silk covered with
Brussels lace; on her head gairtdnd of orange flowers
All the imperial party grand. tnue, ana after
sumptuous duene at the palace the happy pair drove
of with four dashng post horses Ii Angdise to Gros
Bots tbs seat OF he brides father In the evening there
ball at the Tuileries in honor of the OCCASION
sisting Of 500 persona only.
Whethes there is something in the nature of weddings
which mpaIt for the occasion fresh beauty to each Of
the fair ser who busy themselves about them, do not
know but it is certain that by universal admission the
beautiful Empress Eugenie looked more lovely than
this evening Sic dressed in OF color.
ed satin with two skirts of le bouionnse, ooped up at
intervals with briar-rosss and honeysucke tiara Of
diamonds her head while her hair in double
bdHdQE had sprays OF brliants peeping and glisenny
out between each.
The nj car ne was not forseru either OF the great
asern question Turkish cavaliers paraded the streets,
nd woe lie to the Cossack who, in mimic guise
,gea ON the scene The Car himself was uetamor-
hosed into demon while ballads, breathing war and
daughter busy scattered about in all directions,
9Th The full permission and sanction is said, of the
In fact tie secret correspondence is working such
change on the public mind that it seems pity the
English Ministry having such card had not played it
before. Even the stern legtmists proud TO
knowledge the good faith Of Ia prfds Albion and the
conemptuoGs trea iment of France has reused slum
herring nationality Great anxiety is manifested to
tain its effect upon Austria
IA to be the residence of Lord Raglan the Duke of Cam
bridge, &C.. All Russians expelled from the ottoman
Empire. Tho Danube, according TO Geographic ies-
patch from Marseies dated 2oth inst, INSTRUCTED,
and hundred vessels, freighted with
bled Two vessels, English and French, had been sent
10 the spot.
The French government arranging for fast steamers
to ply between Marseiles and Consantinope every FIVE
days TO convey couriers and official dispatches for the
joint goyenments and the railway companies have
gagged TO forward horses for the English government to
any Of the ports not exceeding two hundred day.
The King Of Prussia in a political brown study, ran
his head the other day against tree in his garden a.
Charlottenburg and wounded himself near the left
His have been very acute before
At Madrid, exhibition Of dbieaw siuaats Is taking
cixion" and Ascension of Christ" The enlreprenel
wished 70 represent also the I" Miraculous Conception
but the ecclesiastical authorities objected to it.
The communications from Austria whatever may oe
the decision OF the government there, are full OF com
plants against Russia. They complain bitterly against
the Cars arbitrary conduct with respect to money
in the Prncpaes, not to receive which is punshab,
by death and they gate already serious commercial EN-
earrassments the result They have no notion OF in
duging German sentimentality in 4 matter of money
Maazn is said to be in Italy, already soUns the whirl
wind.
famous bouquet has just been offered to the Empress
Eugene By the Horticultural Society of Toulouse II
composed Of ten thousand yioes three hundred camo
las besides other flowers. The diameter two feet
and half, by three feet high 1t was composed OF
dome OF voles surrounded by circle Of cameias, gar
Lands of these last running down the donna, on which
the initials OF her Majesty in orange owers.
blue ribbon also having the cipher of her Majesty, tiet
the stem of this gigantic bouquet.
PARIS, March 80, 1854
Ft Of ne Declaration # Var on The Funds and in Pari
Cs1raty-Enttusidsm Mdnifes Towards Tie Empsr.
or and Empress on their Passage 10 the 7aeare-Popa
iagity Of The Ne,o loan and its Probable R9ects-Opin
ions wh Regard 20 tie Sesrrc Of The Black Warrior IL
1e Political Coteries-7he Anericoss Taking the Len
Amongst the Foreign Resitents Of Paris
The announcement Monday evening, that the Minis
ter OF state had read TO the Legislative chamber
sage from the Emperor declaring that the "last resolu
lions OF the cabinet at St. Petersburg had placed Russ
with respect TO Trance in state OF war" produced
cS those marked ard vivid sensations which great
rnunties experience only on very great occasions.
It would seem, by q certain law Of nature If n,
amount q warning and preparation could in certain en-
ergenoes, against the startling effects of
prise One would THINK that enough had been said abou
the Eastern question TO render declaration Of war
much matter Of course that when did come it woal
H. accepted as tic simple effect an Obvious cause.
No such thing. The Bourse Immediately underwent
panic ana, for fortyoght hours after, stranger might
have supposed thai Of the extraordinary and
unlocked for catastrophes had occurred and the excta
BILE nature Of the French was usual, prominently
Characteristic in tho volatility and gestcuation Will
which every man saued his neigbbor.
Gin fact men whose judgment all ordinary OCCASION
governs the multitude have to the las. persisted il
hoping against hope" that things would come TO h
Last extremity However the first shock over the result
favorable to the policy OF tho government Legiti
ists and republicans, Who since the publication OF Ia
secret correspondence have expressed them ,elve