New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-19

at once be taken in the Free states to effectively
counteract this REASONABLE and dangerous con-
spiracy. The people have waited quite long
enough for the Government to do its duty, but
they have waited in vain. When q Spanish
cruiser fires a gun athwart the forefoot Of some
schooner in the Gulf the power of the nation is
OF once invoked to repel and correct the injury;
but when IN our own soil the slavery PrOps-
eanda plot treason, invade a peaceful Territory,
driving the voters from the ballot-boxes, burn
ing houses, suppressing newspapers, and with
armed force debating what opinions may be held
and tolerated tn ere, the Administration looks on
in Indifference and neglect. Such being the case
the Free States themselves should act, and act
promptly. Public meetings should be held to
raise men and money for the defense of Kansas
against the invading barbarian horde. The
crisis is pressing and there is not day to be lost
The Baltic arrived at o'clock last evening,
bringing intelligence fro Europe to the 9Th
instant. At Sevastopol the .bomblrdment had
ceased, the ammunition Of the Allies being cx-
hausted But attack on the Russian outworks
and sorties from the garrison still continued
with quite as desperate fighting as ever. In q
very sharp engagement the French had taken a
Russian earthwork, with number of light NOR
tars, and some two hundred Russian prisoners;
bat it is admitted on all hands that the Allies
have gained no serious advantage, and that the
siege must presently be abandoned. OF late
the great fort on the north side Of the har-
Dor has taken some part in the operations Its
guns are found 10 carry quite over the town and
to reach the allied intenchments, proving beyond
doubt that if by any chance the place were
taken it could not be held. How the Allies are
TO withdraw from The officially in which they
are placed is now the question; but q short time
must settle it, Under these circumstances
Louis Bonaparte has prudently decided not TO
venture to the Crimea. This individual has
just escaped assassination at home, having been
twice fired at By an Italisn named Piauori The
imperial person was not touched and the assail-
ant was secured. !: seems that he WAS formerly
soldier under Garibaldi. and of course the
suspicion is not wanting that he was hired for
the act by the revolutionary leaders. 1t appears
more probable however that il was made solely
on bis own account. The Corporations Of Lon.
don and Birmingham have sent Louis Bonaparte
congratulations on his escape.
Lord John Russell has returned to England
and given to the House of Commons his story of
the Conferences at Vienna, the facts of which
do not differ from our previous accounts. There
is now rumor that the nugatory negotiations
will be resumed under Prussian auspices, and
predictions are made that the Allies will accept
the compromise which the cabinet of Berlin will
propose. Meanwhile in England a great popu-
lar agitation is springing up against the Minis
try. Meetings Of the most solid classes of
citizens have been held in Sheffield, Derby,
London and Liverpool, and will no doubt be
peatcd all over the kingdom. The imbcclity of
the government, the fatal Encouragement of the
war, the vice of the aristOcratic system, are the
themes discussed at these assemblies; and there
is every indication Of movement unparalleled
in England since the Reform Bill. In the face
of these exciting events, Parliament dra2s
through its weary round of stereotyped debates,
in which the public take very little interest, and
which command the attendance of comparative
" few members OF the House. 1t is manifest
that the real public life of England is not
now to be found either in Parliament or in the
Cabinet, and that the questions which most con-
cern her future history are at last, through tho
force of circumstances, carried into the popular
arena for agitation and decision by her people
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