The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-08

out, and that the end win 10, aftor all, tho old strug-
gjs again betwixt France and England, with prsSa-
bly, Q very different termination TO that OF 1915. Bat
Of course any person who vcntured openly to talk In
suca fashion would be SGT down az q prsjudiced old
fool. Nor should /, by mentioning sucn bA,dsrdash,
seem to endorse IL but for what I know to be going
on about me, and which will In a short time assume,
through the press and the House Of Commons, some.
thing like form and shape.
Lord Aberdeen Is decidedly sar guine as TO the
result Of the negotiations TO DO opened OF Vienna
the first OF February. Even Lord Lansdowne has
hopes, though they are far from being Of 30 san
guine . character as those Of the premier. Lord
Clarendon hslts between two fres, and Sir William
Mo.eswo'th thinks that q good peace might be got
out Of the present ~juncture. The unlinchipg position
Of France alone boilers the minority Of the Cabinet.
Lord John Russell, Lord Palme.ston aud Sir James
Graham openly swear at the whole thing as a mere
ruse Of the Car. DIR. Gladstone may be ranked
with Lord Clarendon.
A breakup Ct tie existing coalition within q
month after the assembling Of Parliament, Ia looked
upon Of the clubs as Inevitable. Letters from the
country exhibit o state Of feeling among the c,nstl
tueIcies which cannot be much longer controlled.
told ycu In my last that the Times had only en-
dorsed public sentiment when Il suddenly fell upon
Lord Raglan and his staff OF incapables. The private
communication which have been received from the
East, from parties whose antecedents were all In
favor Of the coalition here, 70 completely confirmed
the half expressed hesitation Of the general mind
that muImurs are already swelling into criss /; and
cow that there is q whisper Of an iguoble peace, a
feeling OF intense indignation is bursting forth,
which, II not pacided, must sweep any admiuistrs.
ton before 1t. Incapabiity, II La said, nas marked
this coalition from tie hour Of It's birth. Whether
from the class Of talents too nicely balanced, or from
lack OF true courage, they have shown themselves
utterly incompetent to the occasion which called
them into being. The weight OF their combined talent
vast crush the Emperor Of Russia, and all the result
has been hesitation when there should have been
action, followed by action when there Oh ,uld have
been hesitation. They have 81 contrived matters
with all their experienced ststesmanship, that the
Emperor OF the French, who, all his lie In England,
was spoken OF by them as q "nullity, y has chained
them TO his chariot wheels andvdrsgged them along.
They have, do men say, butchered our army, dis
honored Il even In the arms Of victory, before an
ally who, whstever his cordially, cannot fail to take
note Of u. The pith, and sinew, and pluck, and
cherished children of our soil, have been handed over
TO . leader who must, from his antecedents, neces-
sarly be ignorant Of the high dutiss devolving upon
hjm-to . war minister who IL q mere clerk-.o q
commissarist not fit to provision q cook-house-to
Q medical staff that have not the competency OF
prentice lads. The militia have been snubbed, By
en- arrangement which drafts off the best men from
their regiments, and fouts the senior OH .ers by
mercensries are voted better than all the militia put
together. Now, too, when they have done all this,
We hear Of q contemplated peace, in which oil our
sacrifices are to be pcoh.p0ohed, and our treasure
counted for not5ing-ten millions sent to the winds,
81 bastopol untouched, and not o baubee in return.
The words of Sir Francis Head will echo through.
sudden" 10 ssys, "the House Of Commons As.
ambles, solely and expressly 70 confess that the pro.
duce Of It's economical votes for the m aintenance Of
Eng.and's army has, in less than three months war
fare, been completely exhausted; that what in the
Crime was looked upon az but q sample, Is. In fact.
the whole OF Enalsnd's stock In trade; that the old
country has no more soldiers-no po wer TO send
more: and, accordingly, that the honor, the inter.
must herceforth be defended by poor wandering,
expbtriattd German mefccnaries. So sudden, so
shocking, aud 80 public o humiliation OF o grea.
country, history has never yet bad 70 record. With
tteae dreadful results practically before our eyes,is
II net undsnisbls tha II, instead Of fighting az The
extremity o. TIE dominions Of Russis, with the
soldiers OF France and Turkey to assist them, our
little body Of troops, without staff or field depart.
nents, hsd unfortunately been required to fight
sirgle-osIded, In the peighborhcod Of London.
against the numerous and ", II organized locomotive
army OF France, TIE House OF Commons, - i!s in.
celible disgrace, might ave been fatally reminded,
when it was to, late, Of the aged Duke Of yelling.
tonsls last s@fectiIg prayer: II an bordering on sev.
that the Almighty msy protect me fr,m being the
witness Of the tragedy. which / cannot persuade
my contemporaries TO take measures 20 avert"
There has been soma talk Of making Sir do Lacy
Evars Minister Of War. and In many respects the
country would perhaps DO satisfied with such a man.
He has unqutsiionably brought back golden OPT
niors from The Ciimes; but there are dinlcnltc,i In
tho INV ahieh N ruay In ntaaafpned whasha- fha
advantages to be derived from his practical life and
experience obtaired at the immediate seat Of war,
are %suficitrt to overcome: Tee high aristocia'ic
families OF Englsnd viii be very reluctant 70 zee
the pott Of Minister Of War 90 out OF their ranks NJ
an Important ~juncture like the present. Evan. IL
a mere soldier Of fortune, with no kindred 20 stand
by him in q iairy day, ard moreover he Is sus )ect
ed by the people Of being simply party mar fer
smbitious purposes CT his oEn. His ~gallantry has
always been unquestioned, and his amlab 0 aud
popular manners have rendered him 6 iav rite with
the WettmiLsteT constituency. His original into
duction to that COZ sil.uency was, however, peculiar.
When the vhigs In 1882 passed the reform bill,
there sro.e shortly after, a cry for sweeping mea.
sures, which, II ives understood, the wings were
not prepared TO take the responsibility Of. Sir
Frsncis Buidett and Mr.. Hobbouss-uoH L1d
Broughton-tten represented Westminster, tho
champions CT frcedom during the heat and burden
Of the contest. Evans, when the battle was
ard % Burdett's great disgust and mortil.
cstioD, beat Hobhoute, and thug becime the repre-
sentative OF the first city OF TIE empire. i was In
sllution TO this contest that H0bhouIe afteF yards
exclaimed in the House Of Commons, wen Evans
military genius M commander Of the y itbh legion
in Spain was being severely criticized,
Great let him lie,
For he conquered me.
But, with al bis radical promi ses, Evars was found
in Parliament 10 be not a rhit more liberal than the
man he had turred out. lie fastened himself on 20
the Ehig party, occasionally voting with the radi-
eah-rht his doing 20 c aid not hurt hs chiefs
but In the min sticking TO them, through tsick and
thin. ! suspect, II he were offered a retrage, or
scmtthirg equally remuneIstive aad pleasent 10 do.
be could DO very well content, though, as be Ia only
Q knight, ! do not anticipate bis ge.ting anything
more than q baronetcy.
Rnt an fychaDua M gnh0rdinaafa will salfsfv M