The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-25


other than the "success Of curiosity which she and
the C<arine How share in Paris.
The Duke Of Cambridge has left FOR England.
have ." not beard ss. T nsw d Hs s ss
cousin. am assured By person VINO has sesn tins
Prinye tinee his arrival, and who has no mssiys TO
exsRgerate the statement, that the change which
tichpess, and no doubt modification and irritation
have wrought in his appearances, Is stekingiy pain
full.
The rumer TO which think I alluded last week,
tha. the Emperor has seriously thought Of sdopang
Prince Napoleon, WAS Of course made Of snch stuff
q rpmors usually are. But 1t hes actually been
afcat FIR eeveyai weeks and tho name Of the Count
cs ion WIZ e. Now Z would require very y9 great
tretch, even Of Imperial power, to remove the
obstacles which both the consultations, and moro than
that the Code Napoleon, place between the President
tioD, an adopted heir cannot DO sought out Of the
limits Of tho imperial family. And even II the
Efat Civii,' II the condition Of the son OF Queen
acStse and De gsn.. peer an c.ses m1us
bad mot been duly registered long ago
xuvsraDs, Il would stiiI s. inposdbis 70 sssimaiss
during Der MAJ mage With KiSs Louis, and shsuos
WoclaiDEbim o. sn imperial prince; for the same
code which accounts the. husband Of woman the
putative father Of her onspring born during their
terms IN adulterine child. At the birth Of this
uterine brother Of Napoleon III. his mother had
lived three years separated nom the KING In
long psroS q tine ~ % Money
the ailments TO which he is entitled as Q uterine
brother, and France knows how abundantly and
super abuDdsntly his claims 10 such have bean 81
tilRet.
As for the two sons Of the Prince de Canine. the
Patterson Bonapsras. and those direct descendants
Of the greas Napoleon, Connt Walevski, AmbA-
sedor st London and Count Leon, ink manufacturer
at st. Denis, must reserve their claims 90 adoption
for future consider alton.
II o funeral of Gerard de Nervsl, one of the most
brilliant end original OF tie lighter French writer's,
.n0 aTss M sE ssi ssS
The cemetry Of Pere Ia Chase, by crowd Of cele-
brsted artists aud msn Of letters. FIGARO.
PARIS Feb. 8, 1858.
The Eastern Question Rsriewcd-Prospect of General
European Wdr--Death Of De Ncrpal-1he Gaito'ins--
Payissaa Ansussnents, &c.
The prognostics OF general European war continue
to multiply. Even the omission Of all aasion to the
return Of Prince Napoleon to the Crmea in the spring,
in that pathetic Official account Of his frst interview
with his imperial counsin, wbi:h have already men
tionedsven this omission be possibly construed
into sign that the siege OF Sebastopol may be raisei
before the imperial eagles planted on tho walls Of
that formidable fortress It cannot be conjcctured that
the Allied Powers Of the West "wil give 1t up So" On
ders rspose while those boased allies Of his Generals
January February and March, at work for him, it
s not UNLIKELY that before winter and disease weary
Of their tash, he may again fire and steel to
their assistance.
In this Mt Of comparative inAction Of military
kind the diplomatiss buster than But aside
from their conferences an sorts Of for
in posrsss every Edo The osssnsibs iobjeot Of
tho diplomasts is pesce and IL would sesn that
It 30 not attained before April the sword replace
tbs pen, and general European war be inevitable.
Meanwhile the Emperor Of the French continues, in
spite Of the almost unanimous invocation Of the French
press, TO withhsid what would be tower Of strength
in contest with the Gar the liberty which he more
than half describing It the browning Get Of
the political and social edfss which asp,red to build
This tower indeed might chance to prove formidable
against the Emperor OF the French against esod
friend" the lmperos OF all the Russas. But IL the
o he ia hs r:s
might he not hope Al this late hour mpart 70
the Aetual character which 1t does not nov pos
sess-hat Of struggle between liberty and dsspotism.
Snd redeem and rate with boiler
uncls' But, children say, this may b "too good
AZ is the Issues Of war Of Synsstes transf,rmsg
wider interest muat b extremely doubtful Tas rulers
ofss nations may ysn r. 70 ss.ss Of t.sr
ries, to BE- ssbisledi What parts Vim the rnasss,
lively play in this gene, which, after All, Il the
etbnoos lists be credited is old ~ mAnkiad and
no. unlikely to last as lone man is lighting snllsl
he oraets civilization, and even Chrstanitynot unset
DOM however pleading both a. pretextsto follow his
old instncts Napoleon may not hare erred in antici
patng both o. and OF principles in the
contest into which Europe seems TO be entering when
he pISdic.sa he really predicted sand this q dis.
Cossact republican" lie anticipated II, doubtless.
At present. the Eastern question, It is stu called,
It has assumed, offers only certain political aspects to
the statesmen Of the day Some Of religious features
even these are comparatively lost sight Of in the smoke
Of battle and the fog OF diplomacy and scarcely any
notice has yet been paid 70 DE gss.cps Of which,
nature These laws, however, sure 70 protrude In
such convulsons Europe now has to expect.
How often, to the confusion of diplomacy have they
dynastiesY But how ihe diplomststs Of Europe are
sb,oreed in their old trade OF treaty making Those who
eoy rejoicing the crosses and ribbons which tine
governments of Austria and France bsvs hoeray dis
trade sti pro6tasle at least to themselves and they
encourage their employers to count also upon great
Al the head Of his new ministry and Napoleon the Third
are doubtless equally confident at least in the imIne
diate results, Of an alliance between Ce and saxon
ssains sarmaan and would aln hope for the opera
ton OF Goth and slavonan. Neither the Congress Of
Vienna Napoleon the First ever took less account
than they Jake Of the Wild work which sometimes
may-must-m.ke of political geography.
v,ral circumstances have suggested suspicion that
Gerard de Nervsl, the brilliant and eccentric writer
whose funeral mentioned in recent letter, did not
commit suicide, but murdered. An investigation
has been SET foot BY the police to discover The facts
the case.
You gill not read without .hudder the account in
the papers CT the struggle OF Lescure with his
TONERS during he few terrible moments which preceded
his being guiEotned last week, 81 the prison OF La Ro
guette in Paris. Lescure was condemned to Death for
four asssspatons accompanied by theft In the sudden
and brief struggle before his execution he nearly bit
finger OF Of his executioners. But HIS head wa,
scarcely forced beneath the fatal knife bore IL
vcTed from his body. You aware that new "im-
proysment" Of this dreadful machine, the gull ,tine,
has trebled its surprising accuracy aud force. You
nor, perhsps, that the guillotne Of Paris
ia deaily purpose in other towns as, can
be taken to pieces and packed within very small CON