New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-23
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
Ere. On Own corespsa1snt-
PARIS, Thursdsy, June 2, 1855.


torious General gives the proximste loss of the
Russians, he makes no estimate of the French
lo.s, remarkiDg simply that it wa important.
Non. official reporters, writing from the French
camp, calculate it loosely at two thousand killed
and wounded, at the same time furnishing data
from which one might infer that it was still
greater. The result Of these actions has been
LOOKED on Lere al d in England as presage OF
greater success in the immediate futare. bat it
il not difficult to understand why the Russians
should tske a contrary view OF il. If they, be-
fore retiring from this place d'armes, whose de-
lenses were incomplete, inflicted upon the
French a loss as great as the latter suffered at
the Alma, they may naturally reason, tort'sri,
that before retiring from the main works OF Sc
yastopol they can exhaust the whole assaulting
force of the combined armies. Here, We argue
that the conquest of the Crimea is near at hand,
making Of the occupation Of the Sea of Azof the
wasting of the provision depots at Kertch aud at
Genitcbi, and the evacuation by the Russians OF
one or two small forts ON the Circassian coast oil
the Black Sea, a larger part OF our argument than
perhaps time will approve. The conquest OF the
Crimea then, being near at hand, we go on to say
Russia viii soon ask for peace; whereupon some
one remarks, Russia has not been in the habit OF
sueipg for peace in analogous cases." aud they
instance Peter the Great after Narva, and Alexan
der J. after BOrOdiDo Then, we other some
reply. if worsc comes to worst we will withdraw q
hundred thousand veteran troops from the Crimea
emlarliDg them under protection of our garrison
fortified at Kamieech, and march then Rhine
vard, holding out flag of promise to the OPP
pressed nationalities and 20 come again general
European war; and q reconstruction of the map of
Europe!
Meantime those Vienna Conferences, opened
To 20 little purpose and still left long aar after
the departure of Russell and Drouyn de rHuys,
are finally closed in form. Austria remains exact
ly where she has been from the outset, and means
TO be till the end on the fence-sedat qternamgue
sedeJii, unless indeed she be pricked of by revOu
tionary boy onets, in which case she would slip
down IN the Russian side. But while others are
fighting she is winning-daily Strengthening her
foo,lold in the Principalities, where her occupa-
ton is likely to become possession. 1t would not
be the first time that she has gained territory by
fubterfnge and falsehOOd. Her fairest possessions
have not been gained by open fight.
An accident has happened to the Submarine
Telegraph between Balaklava and Varna, which
may interrupt communications for several days.
Public funds and hopes have been elevated by the
reports coming from the East of late and We rest
graphic communication is restored, of some grand
carnage, in which the pain of our sensible losses"
will be assuaged in warm Russian blood bath.
On the peaceful, industrial side, there has been
this week fine sight for sore eyes IN the grand
cattle fair held on the Champs de Mars-a strange
locality for such an exposition, and the contrast
brought out the more strongly by brilliant re-
view Of the garrison of Paris, held there last
Monday for the entertainment of the little kinglet
ba op1f bo nd
the turkey cocks and the Shanghaes bore CON-
parson with the bipeds of the butchering guild
most creditably. The Cent Gardes. the finest AMI
malls, and the worst duped men of the French Ar
my, were surpassed in their own way by some of
the magnificent s!eekcurried bulls, the elite of the
bovine race. There were about FIVE hundred neat
cattle something like two hundred sheep, and
nearly as many Of the swinish breed; then came
turkeys, chickens, pigeons and other fowl, in fair
proportion of numbers and excellence to so much
flesh. There were representatives from several
foreign countries to this domestic animal con-
gress--in largest force from Switzerland and En-
gland, The distribution Of prizes, of which Prince
Albert received two not OF the first order, took
place yesterday.
The external gayety and amusements of Paris
IRE in their fullest bloom. Within fortnight there
ave been half dozen of the usual Spring races
n Paris and the neighboring towns Museums and
collections of art almost without number, and I'm
)erial palaces are thrown open to visitors dancing
L the Chaumiere, at Asnieres. at the Hotel de
Vle and all intermediate social stations is at it's
,risbest The Mayor Of London with lady Mayor
zee, Mr.. and Mrs. Moon and satellite aldermen,
are come to take part in the fun with Portuguese,
Egyptian and other Princes. Rachel returned to
The stage last night at the Francois if to do them
homer or perhaps it was from Jealousy Of another
her equal at least, who has been for the
past few days her successful competitor for the
publics enthusiastic applause. The tragic queen
of the moments Signora Ristori, the bright par
tcular star d troupe Of Italian actors from Turin,
who have been playing at the Italian Opera House
the pieces of Alferi, and Silvio Pellico and some
light Italian comedies. They are to be followed
this week by an English troupe, who are to give the
French q taste Of Shakespeare and lesser drama
lists in English. If they act well their parts and
the audience chance to understand them, they will
snoii the relish with which Parisians have recent
ly listened to translation and adaptation of Ham.
let at the Odeon. As you may suppose Hamlet
at the Odeon differed from the Hamlet, Prince Of
Denmark, whom we know, as the authors who
claim to translate him (they say traduoe in French)
differ from the late W. Shakespeare. After or
cotemporaneously with the English trolpe comes
a German Company from Berlin, bringing Faust
ard Wilhelm Tell A Spanish Company, who will
play Moratin and Lope dc Vega, are also rumored
Of
In matters musical we have in the way Of
recent novelties, at the Opera Comicue,
comic opera, with pretty music by Auber, Who has
introduced God save the King and Rule Britannia,
in respect for the English in the boxes and the ali
alcc God save the King, may say in passing and
on French authority is of French origin, the music
composed BY Sulli for the words Dieu sauce e Roi,
which was sung by the pupils of ST. Cyr when Louis
XIV visited that establishment An opera by
Haleyy, entitled .Jaguarita, is performing at the
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