The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-12

NEW 1OKk dEKALU, III
fire which they expect the Russian vessels to
open upon them.
On the whole, We remember no period in the
history of the Crimean expedition at which
the prospects of the Allies appeared mere
gloomy than at present. Their enemy is N
daupted; Gortschakoff never wrote more plea
sanity or more confidently; the danger of
coalition against Russia is removed; the whole
of its immense army-now actually 100000
strong-is placed at liberty to defend the points
attacked on its shores; the Allies are losing
their chiefs; disease is thinning their raaka;
defeat is impairing their confidence; division
in the camp is diminishing tue chances Of COM
bined and therefore successful exploits. The
only point, which it can be of the least real use
to the Allies to gain at present the isthmus Of
Perekop-is neglected until the incapables who
manage the dockyards can find it convenient
to construct gun boats.
On the other hand, the prospects of strong
popular movement in England become more
and more promising. A day or two before the
steamer sailed Charles Dickens delivered an
admirable and telling speech before the reform
association, pointing as clearly to republican
destiny for England as would could. On the
Sunday previous, crowds assembled in the
parks, stopped all the carriages of the nobility,
and obliged the distinguished occupants-maie
and female-to descend and 60 to church. The
pretext for this little emeute was bill recently
introduced into Parliament by Lord Grove
nor, to shut up all beer shops aud other retail
establishments on Sunday: the poorer classes
viewed this very properly as an attack upon
them, and resented it by compelling all the
members of the aristocracy they could find to
60 to church forthwith. Prince Albert's ridi.
culods speech at the reform association, in
which he seems to hint that England would be
far better off if it were despotic monarchy
governed by Coburg than it is at present, is
attracting some attention, some merriment, and
some anger Altogether it looks as though the
democratic and revolutionary movement in
England was setting out on solid sober and
respectable basis. If it is once fairly started,
it will be hey ond the power even of victory to
stay its course.
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terdsy for Liverpool with over two hundred
passengers, including judges DEMO and Will
lams, of the Court of Appeals Mr.. Bucking-
ham Smith, Secretary Of Legation to the
American Minister at Madrid; COL John S.
Williams, of Kentucky; DR.. Baird, Of New
York, delegate to the French Evangelical
Alliance to meet in Paris next month COL
G. G. Holbrook, of Boston James R. Ander-
son, tragedian Capt Theodore Fl. Allen, Of
California; and many others from all parts of
the United States. The European travel this
summer is unprecedented. The steamships by
every line 60 crowded and so great is the
rush that extra berths are frequently indispen-
sable. In the Baltic's passenger list nearly
every State in the Union is represented, in
GLIDING Kentucky, South Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, and California. The reunions of
friends on board the steamers just before sail
ing is often quite unexpected, as voyage to
Europe has lately got to be considered matter
hardly worth mentioning until an hour or so
before departure. The tourist then packs his
carpet bag, takes car or stage, jumps out at
the foot of Canal street, finds pleasant party
on board the ship, and passes ten days on the
Atlantic as comfortably as in first rate hotel.
There is no stronger mark of the progressive
ADglo-Saxon spirit than the restlessness of our
people. They are continually travelling some
where-now ascending Mont Blanc-then ex-
ploring the head waters Of the Mississippi-now
gossiping at Niagara-then examining the state
of things at Sebastopol-now polking in Paris
salon, and again hunt ing tigers in East Indian
jungles The American traveller always &C.
commodities himself to circumstances, and is
the only real cosmopolite.
GRAVE OCCUPATION OF AN AMERICAN MINIS
TER ABRoAD.--The Paris journals notice, with
a certain degree of Importance, the fact of one
Of our ministers having been recently engaged
in that city in game calculated to draw out
the highest exercise of his powers of skill pru-
dence and combination. The functionary in
question is Mr.. O'Sullivan, our Minister to
Lisbon; and the serious game which has re-
Gently absorbed his attention and attracted the
notice of the Paris journalists was nothing
more nor less than parfie Of chess with one
Of the expert chess players of that metropolis
1t may be matter of felicitation to the Ame.
rcan people that in these stirring times OF
universal war, our ministers abroad have
nothing more important to do than sit down
quietly in a cafe and study the moves of their
kings, queens, knights, castles, bishops and
pawns. We are sorry, however, to see that Mr.
Pierce has not been more fortunate in his
selection of foreign ministers in reg ard to their
chess playiB qualifications than he was as to
their diplomatic abilities Out Of rubber Of
twenty seven games, Mr. O'Sullivan was only
the victor in three. His opponent was too able
for him, and check mated him at bis ease. We
imagine that the fortune of our Minister to
Portugal in his game of chess, is only too
truly typical of the miserable failure of our
present set of diplomats abroad in everything