The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-26
NEW YORK GERALD, FRIDAY JANUARY 20, 1855.

lection Oh unr ed States Senator on the 9th prox.
bull prov .iding against the erection Of unsafe
'nioinq in this city was introduced by Mr.. Dixon.
of its provisions Is given under tho ap
P.opriate head.
The further hearing Of the motion TO vacase the
order for arrest Of Senior Francisco de Arrsugoz,
late Minister Of the republic Of Mexico, was ad-
journed to Monday next, at II o'clock. We publish
in another part Of our present issue some interest
ing correspondence connected with this affair.
The Board Of Aldermen met last evening.
communication from Che Mayor, asking that police
magistrate be detailed to his office to decide upon
complaints ENTERED there, was referred to select
committee.
The News by the Fncifc-RWAors Of Peace.
The main feature in the news brought by the
Pacifc is a rumor from Vienna that Prince
'Gortschakoff has agreed on bchalf of the Gear
to accept the Interpretation Of the four points
given by the three allied Powers. Hence, it
is said, there is a prospect Of restoration Of
peace.
Supporting THO rumor to be based on fact,
and unsonneoted with operations on change,
there would be nothing actually impossible in
the Csar's corsenting to renew negotiations, or
in the Western Powers straining point to
meet his views. 1t is plain to every man who
has studied the contest that all parties have
been hurried into hostilities contrary to their
expectation, and before they were prepared for
them. Nicholas never expected that France
weuld unite with England or that either would
attack him; or he would not have been in such
q hurry to cross the Pruth. Lord Aberdeen
never expected that Russia would risk war
with Europe to carry his point. Much less did
the Gear expect that Austria, ON whose support
he relied 80 implicitly, and to whose aid he had
come as lately as seven years ago, would waver
in the hour Of need and afford his enemies at
all events passive assistance. Again, Nicho-
las never expected that the allies would land
to attack Sebastopol. Cronstadt, or Odessa,
or Riga he was prepared to defend: but
Sebastopel, as he thought, with its enor-
nous forts, and ranges of heavy guns
fence So Marshal St. Armand when he
planned the invasion, never expected that
three months would elapse, and winter over
take the army before practicable breach had
been made in the walls Of Sebastopol. He
counted on carrying the place by coup de
main. In Short from the beginning Of the
dispute to the present time, all the anticipa-
tions Of all parties have been mistaken, and
every thing has turned out just the contrary of
what they hoped or apprehended. Under these
circumstances what more natural than that some
effort should be made to establish truce-a
breathing time-to enable each nation to weigh
the question in its present altered form, and
accustom itself to contemplate its neighbors
and their new and unexpected attitudey
There is Russia-for instance-thrust head
long into desperate war several years before
che expectedit. She has lost already vast num-
Der Of men; the enemy menaces her strongest
place; her navy will again be shut up all
next year; her people pray in the churches for
peace. A truce would be q godsend to her:
if 1t were only to give Nicholas further time
to manGuvre in Germany and counterfeit the
growing influence Of Great Britain at Vienna.
Nor, in some respects, would it be less ac-
ceptable to the allies. They too have suffered
severely in men; and the recruits are not COM
ing in fast enough to supply the vacancies.
In France Napoleon is submitting to hard
shave to negotiate his last loan; in England,
the ministry are shaky, and the people some
what bewildered. A few months breathing
time would enable them to place matters On .
much sounder footing, and to look fairly in the
face the great task they have undertaken and
+ba fao rf1 otr orla Il, which fbay NO m, - md
On the other hand there are variety OF rea-
sons for withholding our belief from the ru-
NOR Of peace propositions. In the first place,
the latest intelligence from Paris denies that
Gortschakoff accepted the Interpretation placed
on the Four Points by England, France and
Austria. The four points are first, the free
navigation Of the Danube; second, the free
navigation by all the five Powers Russia, Tur-
key, England, France and Austria) of the
Black Sea; third, the abolition of the Russian
protectorate Of the Principalities; and fourth,
the abandonment by Russia of her assumed
right to protect Greek Christians in Turkey.
1t seems improbable that the Gear would con-
sent to these points now when the first cam
paign is over without material loss on his side;
when he refused them before hostlities com.
menced. But again, if Russia did agree to ne
gotiate on this basis would England and
France? They have spent too much money,
and lost too many men, to make peace on the
same terms as they would have accepted last
January. Something must be shown to the
people Of both countries as the fruit of the
war, or neither Napoleon nor the British minis
try will be able to Withstand the torrent of dis
content that will burst forth.
Again, it is at least curious that the news Of
Russia's willingness to negotiate should be ST.
multaneous with that Of Canrobert's readiness
to assault Sebastopol Something very similar
occurred quite recently in our own history. At