The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-25


Of the embassy, we're present. q the interview, aod
% the noble ambassador remained standing his
Msesiy grsciously requested him TO be seated After
the interview, which lasted twenty minutes, and 10
meDts Of friendship and sympathy Ter Queen vi to
ria and the English people, aud his satisfsc lion at
the Improvement in the Dukes health, his Majesty
visited Lady strasford who, With her daughters,
the most friendly manner. The Duke accompanied
the Sultan half way down the grand Staircase when
the Sultan insisted he shouid 60 no farther. Lord
Stratiord and the other members of the legation ac
companied his M,jesty to the great vesabule. Y.
Erenne Pisani sccomp snied his Majesty to the Pa.
lace gates, where the Sultan ,urted his horse and
returned to Tchesgan.-Jou,naI de Constaat,no
pie, Dec "a.
ADMIRAL DUNDAss FAREWELL TO THE BLACK SEA
FLEET.
Tie following Is TIE address Of Admirsl Dundas
upon quitting the command Of the Black Sea feet
HER MAJEsTY's SHIP BRITANNIA
In TIE BosPHoRoUs, Dec. az, 1854.
Ny term Of service as COMMANDMENTS Chief in the
Mediferrant an and Black Secs having dra IN to q
close, am about to return TO England and give No
u command OF this fleet.
During the past year many trying circumstances
have 0ccurred--Lestilence Ia its most aggravAtei
form, action with the enemy against defences such
as chips hardly ever encountered, and tempest OF
the most awful violence.
In all those events the good conduct and gsllan.
try Of the fleet have been evinced and proved
In taking an afecti0naIe leave Of the officers, sea-
men, and msrines Of the feet, can hereafter expe
Renee no higher qualification than the assurance
that they preserve their high character for disci
pine, enterprise, and devotion to our sovereign and
country. J. W. D. DUEDAs,
Vice-Admiral, Commander in Chief.
Relations OF the United States with the Allied
POwers-Our Annexation Policy,
From the Paris Constitutional, Dec 24l
Nowhere has speculation assumed such propor-
tiors as in America; nowhere does credit play 30
great part; and 1t is that circumstance which
places all fortunes in that country at the mercy Of
The slightest shock The circulation Of paper there
is enormous. As manufacturers are altogether free
from the control Of the government, as banks are
greatly multiplied, that the sum total Of the shares
often greatly exceeds the real value Of the enter
prises which they represent, the financial prosperity
OF the country s one OF those fragile edices which
brsath can overthrow; Il is not the twenty
or thirty millions Of dollars which are as q
surplus at the treasury that would safl q guard
against the danger OF such q SITUATION, although
the plans, more or lees adventurous OF the war
patty, are principally based on that surplus.. Who
zoe not know that in America every one estimates
his fortune and regulates his expense not according
TO his capital, but according to the combined
amount OF his money and OF The credit which that
stion, the taste fof luxury which has developed is
self In so prOdigious q manner in America has
found means OF satisfying itself. Within tie last
few years the United States have augm .nted their
AItOgGkQcr
proportion 10 the amount OF money OF which they
Can dispose. II is most delicate stu st,on, from
wbic b they can only relieve themselves on the con-
diton Of avoiding every great crisis. In addition,
lures are SO much mixed up With the commerce and
manufactures OF France and Englaod, that cruisers
fthe United States could not interrupt Zoe passage
OF single vessel of either Of these two o1s With
out giving greater ow perhaps 70 the fortuna of
American citizen than to that OF the English or
French mercantile man whose goods might have
been seized t 10 not Dece sssry to iosst this sc
but let any one just ask himself whcl of the two
people would suffer most, in its navigation for iu-
stance, il the commercial movement between
France and the United States interrupts sin-
gle day. TIE most ordinary common sense points
out to which such ptufe would Do most preju-
6icial; and that consideration, joined 20 the moral
ObiG stiols Of sbich we have SPOKEN above guaran-
tes Us completely aSaiDst the dangers and msfor-
tunes to which some miscnietmakers, fortunately
not very numerous, and without much infuen se,
would txpRe the word, by an adventurous and
aggressive policy. But ia the obje OF sncn agi,ar
tion so desirabley Would the annexation of Cuba
be so very useful TO the federal r-public2 Would
the possession OF the Sand 9ich Islands confer suca
great advantages? We really cannot see IL. II is
said in the United States, The island of Cuba com
maD6s tue Gulf of Mexico and the mouths Of the
Missssippi. But tbst situation cannot ever have
bad any danger for the United States Az prese MT
in particular, Span cannot give the shadow Of
pretext TOR any sppre bensions resulting rom the
position Of Cuba. AT al events. - it sufficient TO,
foreign pOsst ssioD to be placed in an ANNOYING
position for ano her power to warrant its couquest2
Were that thu case. there would ntver be any
cfHation Of war in Europe, for each power
would seize in its turn. wish0us respect for right
or justice, the frs. occasion TO enlarge it's terri
tory. Cuba attached 10 the Urion, ce tainly would
not add any essential element to the political mpor
lance which the United States possess abroad. At
bone its annexation would shro into the balance OF
the various powers WEIGHT which would cause 1t to
iccne considerably In favor of the slave States and
" al In a AZ hfon
have already meDaced the separation of the norra
and the sonth. r1e south would acquire an in0on
tesa6le preponde which The sole force OF things
woul render tyranDical, and which would OK ,ite in
the highest degree the sal lusy and sntpsthy OF the
states in which slavery has been abolished. As to
re Sandwich Islands, IL may be that America will
obtain their voluntary cessioa. The King Of Honp
lulu may rnounce the independence of mis- throne In
e1chsr sc for some apnual pension. His ambiguous
reply to the question addressed to him by the EGG
hsh consul leads to the suppositin tea: there Is
something we'll founded In the RI uoYs which have
been in circulation on tie subject. Bat, if we see
what kamehsmeha would gaia by this requirement.
OF bis rights, which an ancestor, really illustrious
and superior 70 all the osher innabitants of
Oceania, transmitted to him, we 90 no. perceive
zoe advantages which the United States can look
for from that cession This archipelago il station
U.S. full to theic whaers steame but they en ~
IL Of advantage at press mt, without cost or em6ar-
rsssment. By their relative proximity, by the ex.
tent o. .ne commerce oy shs mum Der Of their el
eminent Of the country placed 10 the hands Of their
compatriots, the Americans are the real masters Of
he Sandwich group. Why then, should toe United
states change that lucrative suzaraibty Tor suze.
rainty In difficulty, which would require The organi-
tion and expense of local ADMINISTRATION. For all
these ieasons, we have full CO ldence in the Ameri-
can people. The Puritans, who first peooled the
United States, have bsqusathed to their children
trsditions Of high morality and very rigid ssnti.
ment OF duty, which Will continue 20 prevail, in
spite of the popular clamors and the hsranguss Of
The tavern PHYSICIANS a. the present crisis. f th,
Sandwich Islands and Cuba should Ia The end form
part of the Union, their annexation win be ef-
fected by honorable MEANS aud not other wise. As
TO Russian sympsshies, hey would be 30 completely
monsirous that The true American people cannot DO
capable Of them.
The Expressing System In the United States
and England.
from the London Times Dec %