New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-04
FRANCE.
From Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent.
PARIS, Thursday, Feb. IA, 1856.
As the time approaches for the opening of the
Conference, or Congress-for there is parenthet-
ca question az TO which of these titles the great
diplomatic meeting shall bear-the impatient inter-
est about its result increases. People look into
The Moniteur every morning in vain hope to find in
its official columns some note Of enlightenment.
The Moniteur observes wise silence as to the
known future But other journals are bound to a
harder service. Nothing short Of inspired second
sight would enable journalists to satisfy public curl
,sity; with such vision rs they have, presbyOps,
myops, strsght-eyed and squnteyed, they try to
stay it with sOps. So there are cOpous daily dis
charges from original and other ''sources," of in
formation respecting the Conference, which is ex-
sctly as useful as entertaining. 1t is made up of
historical "reminiscences of conferences aud con-
crosses of the past, of vaticnal conectures of Oc-
easionsl present facts. On the surface OF this
stream of knowledge float, burst and sink, in the
way of bubbles, many rumOrs. The facts are such
a. that one cunning old Russian negotatOr is al
ready on the ground, BrunOw; that the other old
cunning Russian negotiator is his way hither
Orlof: that Lord Clarendon could not secure the
house he wished, and has engaged i part OF the
Hotel du Louvre for himself aud suite; that each
embassy is TO be accompanied by numerous
suite This kind of facts is Tapped up by the pub
lie with great relish-especially the one last noted,
by the public of shOpkeepers and hotel serv-
ants, and such other OfiiclOus walters on rich
foreign guests, who are to them as a PrOvi-
Sence. The historical "reminiscences you can
recall yourself without help of the Paris catalogue;
TO more than catalogue, would lack your space
and nv time RumOrs are of grand accompany
ing fetes imperial and municipal; OF Prussan
delegates TO be admitted, and not TO be admitted;
Of the last rumOr pro having turned out corr, on
the contrary of its coming up pro agan OF ct esteTt
ct oeterG e cetera and forth Gd minimum, and da
caro- at the end of that In the way of vaticnal
conjecture we are told: that the conferences will
open this day week, aud without wasting time, in
the traditional manner of such assemblies, with
the arrangement of preliminaries will go straight
10 their work Of making dehnitiye treaty OF
peace-the Western negotiating parties beng deep
" interested to have the question decided one way
or the other before Winter is over; that after the
question Of peace is settled, the conferences VIII
take in, invite in ENJOYS from other European
States, become European Congress of peace and
hirh court of the law of nations. With the mad
dest sort Of prophets this last conjecture grows to
phantasmagorial proportions: the members OF the
Congress will earnestly discuss the " State OF Eu-
rope question, not so much the balance OF power
between States as the balance Of power between
people and rulers; they will recognize the fact
that the world does mOye--a fact hitherto ignored
by such bodies-and will earnestly seek after a
means of making it move in conservative straight
line, instead of by revolutions.
The hope of peace does not give any sign OF
Eiptness as the date of its realization or disap-
pointment draws near. The possibility that 1t
may not be the result of the conferences, is recog
nized with degree of anxiety by all A portion
of the army who look to war for crosses, glory and
promotion, and few political theorists who inn
spine that a continuance of the war would force
the allies TO call the instruction of nationaties to
their aid, or would extend French boundaries 10
the Rhine OF bring Russia and Its allies again 10
Paris with Henry V. in their train, would be glad
10 see the possibility become an actually Win
these numerically trifing exceptions, the whole
nation desires peace. The strength OF the desire
undoubtedly enters for a large part into the
strength of the hope with which IL is looked for
but with reason. AS matters now stand, AM In
The present case, the universal wish is the re-
speeted father of the universal thought. Public
opinion, let the form Of Government be what II
may, is power in the State recognized by
whatsoever is at the head of it, if he is in his
senses Louis Napoleon being as yet in his, rec
ognizee, courts and fears it. Therefore, unless
Russia throws difficulties in the way, which can
be made 10 appear to the French nation unreason-
able on her part, peace will be decided upon in a
few weeks, and the defnitiye treaty will be signed
before the rising Of the Conferences. May be
forgiven Against my purpose, principles and
wont have given an opinion on future events in
the first person Let my apology be that 1T Is
nothing more than a sort Of quntessentsl quota
ton of what see and hear about me.
The Conferences are to open %. ", and t. ana
o. f., be ii said in devout and mercantile paren-
thess) next Wednesday or Thursday. The hope
and trust are that they will end in peace. On the
10Th Of February the French steamship, the Alma
the first Of line Of four steam vessels, leaves
Hsyre for New-York. Ii is pleasant to believe In
the omen. The Alma, whose name recalls battle
and blood, lately released from her occupation as
maid servant OF War. doing dirty transport work