The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-08

The European War Tho Last RusaiaA and
Austrian Manifestoes-The AMaira Of the
9TH and 18th or juno.
We publish to-day, in the shape of leading
article extracted from the government organ of
St. Petersburg, the reply Of Count Nesse rode
to Count Walewski's circular despatch of the
23d of May last. 1t is o lengthy but ably
written document, and may be considered al
most as strictly official as if dated from the
Russian Foreign Office. Its tone is on the
whole conciliatory, but it nevertheless does not
appear to us to indicate any disposition on the
part Of the Cabinet of st. Petersburg to make
such further concessions as would lead to the
renewal of the peace negotiations. After as
Stunning that the principal difficulties in the way
Of pacific solution had been settled by the
concession Of the questions of the Principali-
ties, the navigation of the Danube, and the
effective guarantee of the independence of
Turkey and of the rights and immunities of the
Christian population of that empire, it throws
the entire blame Of the rupture of the Vienna
Conferences on the Western Powers From the
peculiar tone and character of the arguments
used in this document it seems to be particu-
larly addressed to that growing party in
England which is of opinion that Russia
has already conceded enough to satisfy all the
reasonable objects Of the war. Whilst, there.
fore, it may be taken as proof that SO far as
the conditions admitted by its representatives
at the Conferences we're concerned, the Russian
government was animated by sincere desire
to conclude an honorable peace, it also affords
evidence of it's firm determination never to ad-
NIT that special construction of the third point
on the part of the Allies, which put an abrupt
termination to the Vienna negotiations.
In another part Of our paper will also be
found the despatch addressed by Count Buol to
the Baron de Hubner Austrian Minister OF Pa
ris, on the same subject. In expressing his
regret that the French government should have
declined the propositions which N. Drouyn de
pHuys had undertaken to submit to his Impe-
rial master before leaving Vienna, the Austrian
Minister states that these regrets are the more
deeply founded from the fact that the differ
ence of opinion established in Count Walewski's
despatch appeared not only to bear on the
ways and means destined to insure the appli-
cation Of the third point, but also on the
basis of the understanding established
on that matter by the protocol of the 2Sth of
inasmuch as the Cabinet of Paris had itselfre-
cognized that the Austrian plan left nothing
to be desired, SO far as the political indepen-
dence of Turkey was concerned, and that as
any attack upon the Ottoman empire would be
fragrant violation of the European guarantee,
there would be no longer any real danger to
be apprehended from what was called Russian
preponderance in the Black Sea. In the opin-
ion Of Austria, the efforts of the Allies should
aim at the limitation of the political power Of
Russia to the degree Of rendering any abuse
of her material resources, if not impossible, at
! least emnently difficult. The dmnution nay,
| even the total destruction, of the Russian a .et
in that sea would not suffice by itself to de-
prive Russia Of the advantages which her geo.
! graphical position afforded to her in reference
to Turkey. As, however, the Western Powers
were Of opinion that they ought to wait a
more complete development Of the third
! guarantee from the chances Of war, the Aus
trian government could only express its
wishes that those chances might turn out SO as
promptly TO bring about q solution that might
seem to the belligerents more on afooting with
their sacrifices than that which they had pro-
| posed.
With regard to the events of the war itself,
we may as well, whilst on this subject, correct
o couple of errors which have obtained curren-
cy in reference to the affairs Of the 7th
| and 18th Of june. In the teiegraphic summa-
| ~ which we received from Halifax Of the
! Americas news 1t was stated that the enor-
| nous loss which the Allies had suffered in the
attack on the 1sth, was mainly occasioned by
| the spripging Of a uine and also that the
Mamelon had been retaken by the Russians
and remained in their possession. It was in
| the engagement Of the 7th, and not in that Of
the later date, that the explosion referred to
took place, and it was also in the same affair
that the Russians obtained through the confu-
sion occasioned by it, temporary possession Of
the Mamelon tower. The French, however
| quickly drove them out of the latter and have
| ever since held it. The heavy casualties Of
| the British in the attack Of the lSsh were
| caused by the failure of the attempt of the
French against the MalakoG tower. The
Redan, against which they were led, is CON-
manded in such manner by the guns Of the
latter tortifcation that, although they succeed
ed in carrying their object, they found them
selves exposed to such fire from the enemy s
guns in their faLk and rear, that they were
compelled to abandon it with loss of about
tour thousand of their choicest troops.
| Execution OF the Reciprocity Treaty
Tine Fisheries OH the Coasts Of the Beitish
! Provinces and the United States.