New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-08
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

PARIS, Thursday May "a, 1855.
You will have learned before receipt of this
letter. of Canrobert's resignation of the chief
command of the Eastern Army and Of Pelissier's
appointment in his stead. The resignation is
interpreted by some as dismissiOn, and GER
tainly does smack little of that quality. If it
is TO be considered dismissOn, it is at least an
honorable one. The retiring chief is offered a
higher grade Of command under his successor
than he asked for, and is elevated another de-
gree in the order Of the Legion of Honor. On
his side, health impaired by the abers of the
last campaign, depressing doubts of the final
success of the siege, an oppressive sense of the
responsibility resting on him, objections to the
plan of the new campaign, advised by the Min
lister of War and the Emperor, are the sup
posed motives of his retreat; on the side of Gov
eminent, beside the correatives of these motives
this other is alphabetically added, imperial dsap
prOval of the expedition t0,cdrd kertch. The
Improvement" of these hypothesis in print and
conversation is verbose cOpious aud proitless, as
usual let il pass with this brief note of record
There are in The London Standard two amusing pO-
litical squibs pretended dispatch from Lord Rag
an followed by report to that General from
Lieut. Gen. Sir George Brown. You would think
that their satiricll character was marked with a
cearness evident to the dullest intelligence; and
vet these specimens of English humor were trans
lated and published last Tuesday in the leading
Paris Journals as solemnly authentic documents.
Think of the Journal des DfJats, which prides it
self on able treatment of foreign affairs, and of the
official Moniteur, innocently publishing, as Lord
Raglan's q dispatch relative TO that sailing party
called the Expedition of Kertch, which begins in
this wise:
"My Lord, have the honor of informing you that
the English expeditionary troops returned today
safe and sound after having performed an extremely
dangerous service OF the highest importance without
the loss OF single man on our side or on that OF the
enemy
The public, so far as the public troubles itself
about the matter, seems well content with the APP
pointment of Pelssier to the chief command of the
forces in the East. He is Canroberls senior in
rank having been made General of Division in
April 1850, a grade which his predecessor in
the chief command attained after services per-
formed in the time of the coup fttat. Like most
of the other noted French generals of the DAY be
is of the African school. He long ago IA
vorte of Marshal Bugrand, and at one period al
interim Governor Of Algeria. Constant read
GERS" of The TRIBUNE will remember the doubtful
fame he earned there in June, 1915, by burning
and sutiocatng so ne hundreds, men, women and
children of the OaIed Rhia tribe in the caves of
D0hdrd. There was q great Outcry of horror
raised at the time by civilized Christians the world
over TO the credit of humanity" as the outcrers
thought. And yet have not heard murmur of
horror over Lord Lansdowne's statement (Which
is correct) that 247 600 Russians have died be-
cause Of this Eastern war since its commence
ment Odd, that 247 roasted or smoked Arabs
should appeal so much more strongly to the SYM
patbies than 247 900 starved frozen, stabbed shot
or otherwise killed Russians. If Gen. Pelissier
should blow DIP sevastopol tomorrow and send
every mortal within its walls to the other world,
it would be matter of infinite jubilee and solemn
re Denm in the two most civilized countries of
Europe.
Anxious minded persons who csnnot wait for
events TO come in their order utter tangled
prophecies as 70 the Summer cnmpaign-teng
you one day that the troops about Constantinople
TO be sent up TO Bessarabia 10 perform that d.
version" with which the Emperor Of the French
amused the gems d'armes months ago telling you
another day that they are 10 be sent into the
Crimea, etc. The talk Of raising the standard of
POlish and Hungarian nationalities, or even the
standard If European liberalism, which had for its
text the Polish addresses 10 the Emperor published
two weeks ago in the MoHlteur, Ia dying away
None bot imaginative persons ever supposed that
the publication Of the addresses was much more
than Buncombe for Austria However il l. not
the IconsistcDcy Of the act nor lack Of bodneas
that would prevent Napoleon from putting himself
at the bead Of Revolutionary Europe II pushed 10
The wall. Meantime we have another ghImafam
propo'cd b. Anstria and under consideration by this
Western Powers II Is likely enough 10 be- ac.
cepted and offered 10 Russia, In which Gaze the vi.
enDese Conferences may be soon rcopcned With
all tis possibility 81 peace In Russia ~ In France.
the utmost Efforts are strnined In preparations for
defence AMI ohense In Russia there X n new par
tiai Icyy-- is the thirteenth II the sort-of lively,
men on iLs thousand inhabitants here prcpara.
tl.ns arc MAXIM for m Increase Of tho Numbers of
Tho National Guar! "A significant operation II com
plsied, which would leave free for expeditions 10
Germany Or tho cfimea part u the army now