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

summon A,tten hundred gueets 70 such dinners s5
would satisfy even bin caprcious and prodigious sp-
pstite.
Meanwhile, marve lous number Of restaurants
are being opened everywhere In Paris, 70 compete
with the old fashioned restaurants Of she B,uevsrds
Of the rue Monsrsusil aid OF the Paliss Royal The
Diner de PErposition Is brilliantly conspicuous
amopg these new claimants for astronomical hoaors;
bat they eli attractive, II would seem, IRON the
surprising amount OF custom which they have a.
cured 90 early IN advance OF the Great Exhibition.
Wber that fairly opens, what q chatter Of knives
snd forks, what popping Of corks, win dsaisn tbs
Parisisps!
Spontaneous with the great Exhibits 1t is said
congress OF eoversigns VIII be held a. Paris, 70
which the chiefs Of every nation represented ut the
Exhb ion will be invited by autograph letters from
the Emperor Of the Frsnch. His DON ami, his good
fiend. the Gar, is b. no means likely 30 receive
an invitation, o. e arse; Win toe Kog OF pfusaa
tnat the 'youi and chivaroUs" Emperor OF Austria
will comel few months viii ans yer these ques
tons. Fer the present. must adhere to that view
q the German mpncaa;,SDs q the Eastern cues
be summt mp his opinion OF Austrian and Prnssian
policy BY this play upon words-La PIIsse Russe-
L-Autrtchs Dtchs.
Thetwo Rossisn Grand Duk co have ret armed to the
CrimeA. The two Princes Of the allied armies will,
perhaps, return there als0-in thu spring. Prince
Napoleon arrived lsst evening ut the Palais Royal.
The Duke OF Cambridge arrived ON Saturday evening
at the British embassy. FIGARO.
PARIS, February l. 1856.
The Minister iai Crisis IN E,sgiaNd-Louis Napo.
hoa's Openly Erprssssd Ds,iye to see Lord Pal
siGston Pyenitr-Afaus Of iSpain-Hsr Nnan-
ctal Difficulties umors of a Large Carhsf
Loan-DepioraNs State Of Things at Sebastopl-
Dstrmiaed Wariike Spirit of the Russian
Peore-TM French Industrial Exhibition
theatrical AID Fashionable Gossip, &c, &.
lr u horSy1y nnou;hro In 00ava<o tho slYnnet
oyerpowering interest which the existence Of the
polik crisis In England exercises upon the public
mind. The telegraph 10 in Q state Of perpetual
motion. The greatest hustle and excitement Is
going ON at all the embassies; for such Ia the posi-
ton cfpolisics affairs Of TIE present juucture, such
the refined mechanism Of European policy, tina. .
screw loose IN Eoelsnd paralyses the entire action.
The sweeping majority In Parliament against the
ministry has taken away peoples breath, and mis-
givirgs that had ceased yesterday are revived to-
day. The prospect Of Lord Greys accession to
power, considering the opinions he has espresso
against the feud with Russia, has alarmed many,
though others take hope from the advice no
has always given, that TIE war, II adopted % Q
pchcy should be carried on with the utmost vlgor
and vigilance. Altogether. however. really be
Neve nothing short Of an internal revotuti,n-of
another coup d'ctot--could have so stirred the
somewhat FUSED up" spirits Of the Parisiars
Every boudoir, - every salon, every compton Of
the 0gewfs de change, every pillar OF tbs beauti
ful p0rtic, Of fine Bourse, is . scene Of
hct discusson a. to possibilities and probabilities.
In fact, physically we'll SO politically, France and
England sie now in such . state Of rapprochssssat
that ore cannot tremble without the heart Of the
other papitating, nor coud psss ever the brow Of
the one without some indignation being evinced BY
tie other. The Emperor, IL 10 known, does not dis
gu,se bis ardent wishes that Lord Pslmerston may
DO called upon TO I'LL Lord Abezdsens plA,e, and In
this be ia supported by public feeling. Lord Pal
merstons sympathies have not always been recipro-
Gated on this side the water, but there !, much in
the dsshing character Of the msn--his ofEhand
STYLE Lis ready eloquencs and sonhsma, thst finds
an echo In French sersibihty; and II Ia certain IL
the present policy is to be persisted in, and the
French are to feel assured Of the Ac no more popu-
lsr Prsmsr can be called TO Queen vic.oriAs coun-
ellis snsr the noble lord.
The state Of Spain holds the second place 10 pub-
lie nterest at this moment, when grea. events are
expected to arise. Money cannot bs ob.aiaed, AMI
the nation hovers ON the very threshold OF bank.
luptcy. The National Guard is IN this respect Q
very millstore rouKd her neck; for, hsvipg oil its
ymeatties with the people, il is ~ oil times
more ready to bresk than enforce the laws.
The octroi, for instance, and the tar on coasump.
ton are, 1t will be remembered, now suppressed By
vote of the Coytes, Tor that part which cJmes 10
the govern ment, bnt not that which comes to the
to understand. 1.-THE tax, they say is unjust, It 10
unjust altogether 1t cannot be just for onethird,
and unjust for two-thirds and, Therefore, they de-
cine 70 pay anything at all-nor are the National
Guard inclined TO bayonet them for opinion Which
they themselves share in common. the collection
OF che tax, ccnse quantity, is stripped in ali the pro
viDcee; and the central gOvernment--in the drafts
which IL draws upon the communes-has net1iug
for II, but to Ees them dshonored, and beh old in.
subordiDation rife and rampant. CoIlsdo and Ser.
yil'no, both men Of large property nave bsen com.
PEELED to etife from the Bureau Of Finance, and no
one has the shghtest hope that N. Madoz will be
successful where they have failed. While in France
demand for loan Of 500 mioas has bsea met
wish response which more than qnadruples the
required sum, Spain finds lite efforts 10 raise ten MIL
lion rephad to by return CT one mihion, less By
iourt Now s the time to hold up the m 1ney bags
Of the United States. Had NJ. Soule laid by, aud
carried himself softly over the corns Of Spanish
amour pyopJs, there Is no saying how he might
have I'm in and won ar such q cTisis.
M. InfsDte bas been elected President Of tina Cor
tes in OPPOSITE n 10 H. Olozsga by 134 votes TO 90;
and it seems the general expectation that tae mi
nistry caDno. sand as a. present constituted.
A Caibst loan OF from forty to fifty mill N o.
iraI cs Is SAID 10 lave been negotiated by t1e bank
ing louise OF Hope, Amsterdam, part TO be paid at
once, and the remainder when the Carlls,s have
gained possession Of some important fortress. vi,
lent distu Dances have broken out at Saragosss as
well 90 in all the provinces Of Malaga, and though
put down for the moment, private letters, which l
have SEEN declare thRt the stats Of public feeling
sorbids the hope Of a1sthog like permanent traa.
quilhty. TIE proposition OF NJ. Mad,ry, the new
Minister OF Finatce, carried by ll0 gotes to Is, TO
sell fhs civil an5 &C sesastcal property without so
mu 90 aiting fo' the assent Of ths Pope is said
to have driven thousands into tie dsaffectei Car.
lists Who would not oths wise have s.irrei.
Considerable interest, by tie way 10 felt jus. nv
In Psrif an 20 how the Cabinet at Washington viii
sot in tina. business of the sitka vi the Russian
prisoners. The parties were SUNNI med by writ, at
Ear Francisco, 10 appear or tie 27th o. September,
and the Eogsb Commodore set sail with his dis.
puted properly, the prisoners, on the 26tb. Ssu
Francisco bef.g neutral por, il rom.ips 70 he seen
what view viii be taken Of the rgbts Of bell gerelts
and peutra ala Ia this case.