The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-20
ENGLAND GETTING UNEASY.

The Liverpool Times refers with undis-
guised dissatisfaction, we might almost say
indignation to the declaration of Louis Napo'
leon, that if the Investigations in the English
Parliament be continued, the French army
will not act in concert with the English ar
my. The Times had expressed its disbelief
of the report which absorbed such language
to the French Emperor, but it now says,
"what will be the feelings of our countrymen
when it is discovered that he has actually
done so and that he may be found, more
over, the strongest opponent Of peace aris-
ing out of the forthcoming conference at
Vienna" Tbs Times refers to the black CO.
lors in which Louis Napoleon was once pain.
ted by the English press, and suggests that
either very great injustice was done him
then, or that his character and policy cannot
have so essentially changed in q few short
years. 1t thus proceeds:
ave ought not to overlook bis antecedents or
the means by which he reached the throne; and as
we have no clue to the future except through the
medium of the past, it is just possible that we are
reaching that turning point 10 the French alliance
which will reveal the character OF the Emperor to
Its true colors We can state, confdentially, that
serious fears entertained In very high quarters
that the Instructions to peace will proceed less from
Russia than from France-that peace at the pre-
sent moment even on the most honorable terms,
and with undoubted securities for the future, Is
not what Louis Napoleon really desires-that he
pants beyond all things for the achievement OF
those brilliant victories which will consolidate his
dynasty and rival the military fame OF his uncle
and that he expects England to aid him in these
wild Quixotic schemes If those suspicious are
reaized-and we know that they are entertained
by persons who have access to the very best sour
ces of information-we shall find the French ai.
ance very troublesome affair, which will either
drag further than we are inclined to go, or leave
US very i'll at ease with power whose co opera
ton int his Russian war was hailed with enthus
sissm by the people of this empire"
We have never believed that the English
and French alliance would be permanent
The progress of the war has not been calcu-
lated to cement that alliance. The democrat
lied condition of the English army, and the
shameful contrast which, through the imbe,
cility of its commanding officer, it has pre-
scented in discipline, comfort, and efficiency
to the soldiery of France, have not been cal
culated to strengthen fraternal feeling be-
tween these old foemen. The modification
of sturdy Bull, and the scarce suppressed ex
ultation OF Johnny Crapeau bode no good.
We begin to suspect that the French alliance
may drag England farther than she bsrgained
for. We have no doubt it would, if it should
embrace Cuba in its wide-spreading arms
1t is suggested that the key to the uneasiness
now manifested in England is the modest
suggestion of Napoleon's editor, Girardin,
that peace can only be obtained by the sim
ultaneous disarming of Sebastopol and Glib
ralter. One of our contemporaries has al
ready spoken of the French Emperor as the
new King of England"