New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-17
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
frsn Our Own Correspondent


The losses Of the Russians in the cam saigu Of
1854 are now officially publishes. They amount
n the active army exclusive Of Coascks aud Of
the army in Trsnscsucssis, to Ill. 132 men, Of
whom 30 204 are reported 80 killed in Turkay and
in the Crimes; 10, 56 died in the hospitals; IS 800
wounded: while 6. 400 are put down as jeserters,
prisoners and missing. Adding to these num-
bers the 2, zoo prisoners of Bom.sund and the
killed and wounded at Kols aud PetropsSlcvsk, We
get the enormous total OF one hundr ID and eleven
thousand and odd men sacrificed in one year.
The total Of the Turkish and Anglo-French vie.
tins canno. be smaller, if we remember thst the
English alone have lost shove 30 600 men mostly
by dseste, snd adding to these figures the victims
of Oltenitzs and Siuo,e ia 1853, snd the losses Of
Shan u and ofthe Russsns in Asia, We may safely
soy that the present war has so far destroyed the
life or TIE besIth Of at least $50 00o bodied
men, in the prime of life. And what is the result
of these awful sacrifices Has the freedom Of
riiy and independence of Turkey, the acknow
lodged object of the struggle, been benefited
BY it, We see just the contrary. Austria has
been strengthened-the opposition of Ssrdini.
sgaiust her has been allayed-the yearnings of
Italy for independence have been kept down
sod Turkey pu. in the most miserable depend
ency upon the English, French, and Austrian
Ambassadors st Constantnople, who have Low
succeeded at disgusting the only good Tdrkish
General, Omer Pasta, so far that, as the tele
graph reports, he has rendered his resignation 20
the Sultan; while the correspondent Of The Lon
do. Tunes openly speaks of the intention of the
Allies frat TO eonvulse the Turkish Empire by So
called reforms, and then to establish new
Eastern Empire.
At Frankfort the proposition of Austria for the
mobilization of the federal army was rejected on
the Beth Of January and Prussia IN otion for prep
arstions for war, which does not include the
mobilization, was accepted. 1t seems after al as
if this trick Was presrranged by the contending
German powers in order to give Austria 3 new
pretext for postpohiDg active operations. As to
a peaceable result Of the Vienna Conferences,
which have not ye, been opened, nobody believes
in it. Still the European importance which has
been arti6ciay given to the freedom of navigating
always declined when the Hungarian Diet insisted
upon it, viz, TO remove the obstacles at the Rapids
near the Serbian frontier, which until nov have
stopped the uninterrupted communication with
the East and made transsbipment Of all goods
necessary. A commission with full powers for
improving the Danube has been sent to Skels
Gladoya, and the estimates amounting to two
millions Of forms, for blasting the rocks under
water, have been agreed upon.
The two Junior Grand Dukes have again re-
turned to the Crimea. On the 18th they passed
Odessa, and we may therefore soon expect re
ports Of battles from the Taarisn Peninsula.
The French delay their operations till the arrival
of Gen. Pelissier, who is to supply energy and
military knowledge both to Lord Raglan and to
Gen. Canrobert. Lord Rag l4n's conduct is Sc
verely censured. His Military Secretary and his
four Aids de Camp are all his relations and all Of
them little q. for the service they have to per
form. Still, he will not be displaced, but is t.
have an opportunity to retrieve his reputation
and fair trial in every respect. He is q Tory
appointed to the command bya Wing Govern
ment, ard therefore both parties shield him
Still, all England feels ashamed Of having sscri
feed splendid army to his want of capacity and
efergy.
As to Government, the country is here in the
same pligh. as the army in the Crinea. The
statesmen of England are all breaking down;
they are either too old for their posts or other
wise incapacitated. After the Ministerial defeat
on Monday, everybody expected that the Queen
would send for Lord Panerston, Ia order 70 form
a Ministry, though he is a septuagenariau, and
has never in bis long life done single liberal act
though bis plucky speeches have given him q
great reputation for liberalism. But the Queen
never liked him, and Prince Albert cannot for
give him for interfering with the princely med
ding in the Government. Tae Court knows
that he is Indispensable, but the Queen has NJ in
tention of confdng the Government Of England
10 bis hands. On the other aide she was so dis
eusted with Lord John Russells behavior, that
she wrote an autograph letter to him, expressing
her sense of conduct 80 much ct variance with
the principles of political fidelity. He has
destroyed not only the administration Of Lord
Aberdeen, but likewise bis own chances for the
future, aud perhaps those ofthe Wing party. 10
such position, the Queen sent for Lord Derby
who Immediately accepted the task Of forming a
Cabinet and tried to enlist the cooperation Of
Lord PsImerston. But Palmerston a.pres to
the Premiership, and therefore rejected rhe offers
of the Tory leader, who, in consequence, gave
Up the task. Lord PalmerstOn calculated upon
the hostility Of all me Liberals against the Earl
of Derby and his friends, and did not believe that
Tory Mini,try coud have chances Of duration.