New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-25

fTtGch OO'tIDHen' paper, H"O
which offers its master as pacihcator tor the Ne"
as well as for the Old World.
TIE principal circumstance not to be lost sight
Of in estimating this affair is the almost virtual
ext notion of the entente eOrdiak between Engand
and France. more or less openly confessed by the
Frelj,h press Take, for instance, The L9Ha0s
Tmts. the paper which not long ago proclaimed
iii, Bopaparte , much greater man than the real
Napclto on. and proposed to expel all the vicious
people " no would Dot bow to that creed. In
leading article it now suggests that the only oo-
,tacle t. peace is BoDapartes overeagerness Tor H.
Tbi. il f. oyed up by another article hinting that
tie "chcsen Instrument of Providence" is after
all mere pis ailer of French society, accepted
because there was rot TO be found one single
man in whom the nation could place its conh-
derce and esteem" in third article it de-
nOuLces bis whole staff Of generals, ministers func
tioBares g., as motley band of stockJo6olng
oetpersdoes The language Of the provincial press
of England il even less reserved. Observe, on the
other baud the altered tone of the French Jour-
nsls-their fnlsoue aduston and fattery TO Rus
sis: 80 sngularly contrasting with their moderate
bntipathy for II gland Further, observe the very
confident meBacts of general Continental Goa,
hi. n held out by the Austrian, Belgian and
I
press which in its peace bomilies ostentatioasly
addresses itself to France alone, without az much
as mentioning England. "A rainbow of peace,
saws tie Nordisohe Biine, has appeared In tn
"horizon, AID has been jo,fully hailed by all
friends If civilization. In THESE TWO
"years of wal with Four Powers. the Russian peo-
"pe has gisen striking proof Of its great and no.
be character, and has earned the respect OF It's
"eueni.s As regards France it may he pos,
.'tively affirmed that the French nation loves and
"resrects the Russians a3nires their courage and
selfdenial, and takes every opportunity oil ex-
"Tressipg its sympathy, as il did when there was
"a short suspension of hOstiitles in the Crimea
cas- also when Russian prisoners passed through
"FJauce. The French prisoners on their part,
"laye beer ire ated by the Russians like brothers.
/ lie NOrd of Brussels blunty lbtmstes that Bona
paIte cultivated the Au'tr mediation IRON the
tetiunipg with the view to throw of the English
alliance at the first opportunity.
The alliance with France then being about to
be supplaDted by rupture with that country,
, ELpland still at war with Russia, evidently can.
not mean to embark in war with America, and
| it is plain that no importance, beyond what has
been pointed out, attach to the present dliil-
! Guilty between the two Governments.
Peace in Europe itself is by no means certain
" ith regard to the conditions presented ny the
Allies to Russia: the fact is there is hardly the
appearance of a concession in their acceptance
/
arabia. marked out by mysterious chain ,! noun
taius Iot TO be discoyere on any map. ls more
tlau counteIbalsnced by the 0bdurate silence on
the Russian acquisition of Kars, susplclousy men
toned since in Petersburg paper az Russian
province. Meanwhile, the advantages OF an ar
mistice together with the other opportunities IN
the course of turning up do not make 1t lmprODa-
bic that Russia having had the tune 10 concen-
trate her forces on all the decisive points, may
with TO continue the war The great pledge Oi
p,ace however is the absolute necessity Tor Bona
parte TO conclude it at any price. On the one
hand the means for carrying on the war are falling
I him; on the other hand there is growing up
necessity Of repeating the CriEean expedition, as
! Montal,mbert said of the expedition against Rome,
/ in the interior of France
Shortly before the acceptance OF the prehml-
! narits of p, ace by Russia, it was generally cur.
reLt at Paris that BOnsparte contemporaries forced
loan TO be borne prOpOrtiOnately 10 the amount OF
direct taxes. The raeuun in his exchequer is
foIcibly demonstrated by the condition OF his
amy in tie Crimeo. For some time past the
lamentable state Of the troops under Peissier has
been alluded to by correspondents. The plain
statement which follows is given by British nom
commissioned officer writing to IAe Birmingham
Journal, under date of seyastopol, January o:
To-day was very fine. About oc.ock strong
north wind blew, and it frOze very hard, which
| SUI made US button up. Our men do not feel the
cold; but you would pity the poor French. They are
| eteinallv dragging fuel from Sevastopol They are
miseratly clad and, think, wone fed Every
| lour Of the DAY there some of them looking for
! biscuit Our men pity them, and are very hnd. oar
sntlies have orders not TO allow them IN the camp,
| because some were in the habit of ling cogRac,
which caused some Of our men 10 get drunk But the
poor French manage TO eude the sentres OCCASION
ally and Introduce themselves with bono IRghs. Of
coilrse our men lnOw what they want, and never
send them away empty-handed The poor fellows
| have not so much glove to put on their hands
The only article zee they have got more than they
/ had in Summer il a hood to their gredt-coat, and
par of con mon, coape cloth gaters which reach the
/ knee and are buckled round the knee with q few
straps. They do not wear socks, and they generally
ACRE had boots. Tie fact Is, they ale the picture OF
misery and indeed they feel when they see the Bnt-
.h soldier with lis fine sea-skn cap, tweed coat lined
with fur, fine, large comforter round his neck and
one round bis waist and fine, strong PAIR OF o1hde
/ boots which come to the knee
The state Of NapOleon's finances must be
wretched enough, when he leaves his army, his
one and al, in the condition just described; at the
same time, an inference as t. their administration
may be drawn from the fact that these two years
of war have cost already more than all his uncles
arpaigDs, from 1850 TO 1915, together. Even
Bonsrartist generals, returned FROM the Crimea,
are said to have commented indignantly On the
impudent rubberes of Morny Il Co., at the ex-
pense of the army. These circumstances have
found publicity in a semi-Ofhcial paper which has
the following:
"If peace be spncluded, the emperor will turr his
whole attention tthe finances and especially TO Ger"
tain abuses too inherent great movements Of speou
laiion, such as certain accumulaons OF incompatible
Offices and certain fortunes a little too rapidly ac-
/ Quned."
] Meanwhile revolutionary symptoms manifest
themselves in the youth OF the universities IN the
working classes, in portion of the middle class,
/ ard what is the worst for Bonaparte In the army.