The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-16

and Japan treaty questions, written by exPresident
John Tyler.
The News from Europe-The War Feeling In
England.
There is little or no European news of i'm
portance by the Pacific. The hostile armies are
in statu quo. The money market is quieter.
Indeed if we except the rumored appointment
Of Sir. w. Codrington to the command of the
British army in the Crimea-of which we had
an inkling before-the week ending simulta-
neously with the sailing of the Pacific from
Liverpool appears to have been quite barren
ofevents.
OF rumors, however, and excitement, there
was abundance in London and all over Eng
land, on the subject of the projected war with
the United States. 1t seems that after the last
steamer sailed, people fell a thinking of that
West India feet, and those articles in the Times,
and wrought themselves up to tremendous
pitch Of uneasiness about this country Some
few were evidently for cutting off the Ameri-
can people to man, to punish them for their
supposed sympathy with Russia but the
greater portion, including the chief newspa-
per organs, viewed the spectre of war they
had copjured up with grave alarm and dis
comfort. Tender illusions to the relationship
between the Americans and the British, touch
lug appeals to this country not to allow itself
to be dragged into war by reckless politi-
clans, and affectionate reminders Of the COM
munity of interest existing between our
transatlantic neighbors and ourselves, were
the staple ingredient Of the newspaper arti-
| cles Of the week. As it drew near its close,
and the day for the sailing Of the steamer
| approached, the plot thckened, and the excite
ment grew more intense. A telegraphic mes
| sage from London made the Liverpool mer-
chants shiver, by asserting that Lord Clarcn-
don and Mr.. Buchanan had had high words,
and had parted in dudgeOn. Peace was rein
stated on Change by second message assert
ing that the two statesmen were positively to
dine together. But the next moment the
merchants again collapsed at the announce
ment that an interchange of paper bullets had
been passing all the week between the Ameri-
can embassy and the Foreign office, and that
war was imminent. The steamer left at this
stage Of the proceedings-shall we say, the
farce and we are unfortunately unable to
say how it ended.
One thing is quite certain. The English
have gone off at tangent on this war question,
and will soon see the necessity of retracing
their steps. They have had visions of Ameri-
can hostility, and dreams of pro-Russian SYM
patty on this side the water, until their ideas
have become a little muddled, and they have
scared themselves into an idea that they were
| on the verge Of war, when in this country, no
one whose opinion is worth hearing has the
least notion of anything of the kind.
| The real state Of our relations with Great
Britain is very different from what the London
Times appears to suppose. On the one side, our
neutrality laws have been broken by British
officials, acting, as it seems, deliberately under
the orders of their government Our author-
ties have put stop to this illegal business, aud
reminded the British Minister, Consus and
others, that it is not the part of friendly
Power to send agents into the country to set
the people an example OF violating the laws
with which observation our government has
apparently dismissed the matter, deeming the
cuprits in the case sufficiently punished by ex-
posure. There is nothing very warlike in this
Next, the British government has sent feet
into the West Indies, where, certainly, there
appeared to be no necessity for an increase of
the British squadron. Inquiry instantly springs
up as to the purpose of the feet and in the alb
sence Of any serious indication by the British
press several plausible conjectures are started
in this country, imputing to the British designs
Of interference easily reconcled with their
past history. 1t is quite possible that no
interference is intended. and that the
feet has been sent into the West India waters
merely in order to spend the winter there, so
as to be in full efficiency and readiness for
work in the spring. II this be so, an explana
ton to that effect will readily allay any little
irritation that the sailing of the fleet caused
here. If. on the contrary, the British govern
ment have actually had the folly to provoke
disturbance with this country by sending
feet to the West Indies to colonize Honduras
defend st. Thomas, or overlook Cuba, it is
quite evident that they have made a mistake
that will be fatal to them, but which cannot
| without great mismanagement on both sides,
disturb the friendly relations existing between
| the two countries. Whatever Lord Palmerston
may aspire TO- the British people will wait, at
all events until they have put an end to the
Car, and conquered Russia, before they un-
dertake to put down this country; and a. tbe
former events do not appear likely 70 occur
between this and the close Of the month ar
even within any reasonable period of time. we
can, we think, sleep soundly without dreams
of war for the present