New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

ofthe Administration, ~ his great Pr:tcoie i
ttehmcus "Lsi,,trfa;re.' SirBenjsmin Halls
as head ofthe Public works. y good appoint
ment in every respect
Cen Simpson has expressed TIE wish 10 bs
relieved Of the chief command oC ne EsgIsh
army. Itwould be dificult to cay whsttsr il is
TIE insuppor'able temper Of Po,!ssier, or ,ss
conviction that the present operations csaact
lsad 70 any sstisflct0-y re,u't, thst induces tbs
G'rersl to shrink from task. which, II success
fully carried out, would make hin a peer aud
feld.marsbaL Ii was re7srked, at the Issf dis
,ribuion Of the Order Of the BatA, that while
Admirals Durdas and BERKELEY and even Lord
Ivesn got this proud distinction Of royal favor,
the u ne of Sir Charles Napier did net appeT
in toe l0xg list of newly-cresssd knights, cou--
uanders, and GraDd.erosses l. now Ooses out
tiat the gallant Admiral was offered the Grand
Crosse. Jrt refused Il, and Insisted sgain on
being brought before court marital, where he
misht disclose Sir Ja,zes Graham's astructiocs,.
ard elesr maelf frev. the ministerial oblOqar
cas-, upon him with uos1aring hand. He s,ys
tbst TIE Ministers were aot in earnest about the
war, and prevented him from doing real harm to
Russia in the Baltic till il was too late, when at
snce-sDder the depression of the Tartsr.news
Of the capture of Seyastopel-they urged him
on to attack Swesborg er CTOnstadt with insult
fcielt means OF course, the court martial has
rot bees granted to the old hero.
4 rev pan phlet Of the French General Or
Ger, whose disclosures made ssch sensation last
Winter, hss lately appeared at Geneva throw
ing the responsibility ct the CrimeNn expeii-
tion AID It's failure Upen the Emperor Napoleon.
and insisting upoa campaign on the Danube,
taking tie Prncipalites-not the Dobrodjs-
for the basis of operations rs the only means
of toing real harm to Russia. The anonymous
author, evidently inspired by Prince Napoleon,
derources in the strongest terms the alliance
with Austria as one by which France has been
out generated, and passes high and well. merited
eulogy or Austrian diplomacy, working for
Russia; he recommends sn alliance with the OPP
pressed nationalities. The pamphlet is well
written and has made great impression in
Paris. Ii may again elicit an official Imperial
reply in the MOniteur, as cid the FIRST memoir Of
the same General Officer, or perhaps it is even
the prelude to some change in the Imperial
policy; at least the article of the MonileW
containing the promise to Sardinia that at the
next Conferences she shall have vote in the
Council, shows evidently that Vienna cannot be
the seat of those negotiations, since the relations
between Vienna and Turin do not as yet permit
the presence of a Sandman ambassador at the
Court of Francis Joseph. On the other hand
the semi ficial Pays denies the assertion Of
some German papers about Count Vale sskis
official declaration that the Western Powers
no longer feel themselves bound by the four
guarantees. Still the words of the English
Ministers, as for instance Lord Clarendon's de-
claraton in the House Of Peers and Lord Pal
merston's reply to Mr.. Layard on Friday last.
are explicit enough. They show that tho
Western Powers feel themselves free to re-
discuss any point or to propose any other basis
for future negotiations without formally dis
syowing the original -Four Points.
The Emperor of Russia, encouraging the old
Muscoyite tendencies, has abolished the West
ern Court dress, and approved of an Oriental
pattern of national costume for the uniform Of
the civilians, viz: wide tIOwsers, loose kaf-
tar, belt and Muscoyite head-d The beard
reappears with the Cd costume, aud even smok-
iIg is permitted in the streets. In this way the
appearance of St. Petersburg has at once been
altered, and it now looks the capital Of an
Eastern empire, much more picturesque than
before. But while the Gear is favorable to this
return to the Muscoyitsm of old, and wishes to
perpetuate the rupture with the West, ne 10 said
to be preparing likewise some concessions to
the Poiih nationality. The scheme of Russian
ling the country is to be given up, the Polish
language is again to be rtestablished as the lam
guoge of the courts of Justice and Bureaus Of
Administration; and the country is even to havo
separate Ministers. Such are the reports OF
German and Belgian papers. Whether these
steps are to be carried still further-to the re-
establishment of the Constitution of 1915, as
some Of the Poles iancy-depends entirely
upon the fortune Of war. Any success OF
the Allies and any attempt to transfer the
war TO Poland will surely lead to concessions.
Alexander sprepared to steal the thunder ofhis enc
mics and TO concilate the Poles before the Western
Powers become alive to the necessity of making
use of the Polish nationality. They have always
been outgeneraed by Russian diplomacy, and are
very well characterized by the remark Of Russian
officer, who, ~ one of the armistices before Ne
yastopol, said Of the allied army, that 90 'oa' az
orrny Of lions led By asses" STILL az the above
mentioned conce ssions have not yet been published
by the ST. Peiersbarg Gazette, there are some
doubts whether the whole story may not turn out
tobe complete hoax ! sm less sanguine in these
matters than the Poles, and do not believe in Rus
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