The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-24

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hypctbess seund reasoning ba. the nsure of
II ese eouD5ies thensev say the wotec,
Ruasas Do enc suxary A. see, beiosa othe nocth
have their li,e special advantages Then, sgn Rus
ria possesses at this moment amy in FialsnJ auo
10 The Paiie provinces third in Poland, and ye
fourth in st. Petersburg and its neighborhood. Surely
can any dream 81 doing o. In every Gaze IL viii
OF be Frgh trooTs that do it. 1t will hence be
VIZ uld once again lay all the q this fresh exped
ton. Now, are OF opinion that the French yern
sseI iarss q eysTnng 10
1t wnured ON 10 Difficult. and for mldabe enterprise.
1t to u.s. besides that the French have been for
two years doing Frgsnas work for her. and paying
enough for her not to consider themsclves now
completely out her debt 1t ~ the task Of these
English to destroy Cronstadtf that is all they have to
dcwhy have they not done Il this year. whom they have
been showing of before IT'S forts al the summer? And IL
1t by the help of their gunbosts and aosting bat
teres which they talk much about taat they c,un.
enectipg their object next year we are AFRAID they
will have TO be satisfied with feeding their
Imagination and shooting away their powder.
in the first place. C1onstad is not Knbrn again, the
attained BY ttese floating batteries at the bom
baIdnent Of that pety Fortress where they were EN-
the rst time is not yet proved for The simple
that KinhuIn, The construction and armament Of
posessed Of those engines that may be happily
oy agsins. these said batteries. There MT
rcnstadt ard formidable ~ this fortress has always
Gen. consisting iiously Of several forts 1t is moie
cen Known At St. Petersburg they have discovered the
cans Of counter armirg themselves there.
The pteeDt hos proved that the arms OF the eng
and artillery not badly we.sel in Russia,
and tina. under this had their inventive powers are not
poverty stricken previously supposed, The Rus
slams it Is true not in tho habit Of trumpetirg thsr
progress ard tiscoveries 1fotbers feel Inclined 10
iieer this ieteve Of ,hsys az Of weakness we tor
| tact and prudence the srst conditions.
thus, even when reasoning on the hypothesis most To-
issue to an approaching campaign Batc-whether
II to he gigantic ENTERPRISE comprehendng
the invasion Of Finland and the Baltic provinces or
hath IN
to the mere Of Cronstadt-it cannot
by any possibility have fer Russia those consequences 30
which the IL glsh pleased TO ses her already
We hive not vet Spoken our readers perceive of an
active the part of Ausris for we do not
suppose they seriously depend such thing either
at Paris London Besices If Aastlil really to
from private inormati we possess that she woull en-
cour ter violent resistance than che expscts-a
resistance which future day might recoil On
Austria, and work mischief than they seem to cal
culae upon at Vienna.
tended TO prove that Russia ought not to make peace
Quite the contrary They given merely by way OF an
be caDors raised within the last few Gays by the semi
official organs Of the Vienna aud London press The Oh
ect transparent under existing
Of creating TT Of moral pressue-that no one will al
! low himself TO be taken in by it..
tit passing strange to zee the Journals Of England
who in this has only played secondary psrt-hold
ing forth every day to Russia in threatening tone, the
conditions OF peace which they to consider &C
with far hess grace the same motives to their
which has much less right than England has to hide its
own ambitious and selfish views under unjustiable and
selffh pretens The question whether Russia s OF IS
not inter IN uding peace at this present time is
very debatablc, aud very differently judged We ought
! ton too difficult
| Corresponds. &c OF the London Tines
| VIENNA, Jan. 2, 1856.
The following despatch will probably appear of little
In to the majority OF your readers but in reality
| it Is not so =
St Petersburg Dc. he Emperor has
ctastus to DO battle against enemies @.odoss AID
| holy Russia
The word underlined will produce the effect OF cleo.
trio shock the authors Of the concorda despatch
written Count Nesseroce rather than and
hall ago cor tanned the expression Orthodox Church
has tolc against Russia SINCE The idea Ct the
abtbment of great avcnic Confederation is diculed
fas given and still gives, serious aarm to the Austrian
government May the fear Of religious propaganda m
with the concordat recently concluded b. Austria
and pomer May the cunning Roman priests not
have puryoscly exctsd The fears Of their Austrian
brethreD2 To these questions is impossible give
positive repy, but il is notorious TACT that the Aus
Sn are * iss e 70 the %
leIor plsced the lds,ets cardinals hat tho head
e he Archbishop of Vienna After the ceremony,
which tcoE place in the church attached to the imper
palace 'Te Deun was SING, and blessing given to
the congregation by the new cardinal
| Correspondence Of Paris Constltuti mel
| ST. PfImsBugG dec - 1856,
Although Count Easerhasy has been here thee days
and had private interview with CUNT Nesselrods the
day befcre yesterday the question of peace has not
made step 10 advance since my last letter, AND il
certain forebodipgs to be implicitly trusted, the
chances of peace have copsi eraby dmin he'd Happi.
~ Muscs vie diplomacy IL wen unde stood abroad and
II is known that the public manifestations not Away
The true expression Of lis sentiments and OF its aoog t.
However, all that is taking place Is not o! nature
give confidence to the people, and the nonina ion OF
Prince Alexander Nenschiko the pos Military Gov
peace party twas thought that the whole family of the
Mentchikcs was in dgI ace; judge then, of the effect
produced at TIE choice Of the Emperor, when one
suspected it. 1t Is trick Of the old Russian party,
which has become quite lively since the fail of kars and
which headed by the Grand Duke Constantine does ali it
All agree that Prince Menschkof is by no means fitted
for the important post in which he has just bsen placed
through the interest of the High Admiral OF Russia
IL his long military the Prince gave proof
Of remarkable talent. You kaov hir, a dplonatss,
and every has been enabled to form opinion upon
him in the mission he fulfilled about three years
the toman Porte. II is to the super lciay of her
An baksador Extraordinary that Russia Is indebted for
war tf which no one can, as yet forete The end Min
ister Of Marine under The late Emperor Nicholas Pence
Menscbikef only left behind him reEemorances OF his
Maynard and pricious character As Commanded in
Chief Of the arny in the Ciea he had the singular t-
lent Of allowing the allies to land without opposition
as crtIg that lie wtuld throw them back into the
ard you are avail how he kept bis promise the ba
when the Russian government recalled Prince Mems
cbikcn fIcm the Cimea it's decision respecting him was
foupe cd up the wek incapacity the Admiral
his tact, military precision and skill in managing an
army, qualities which he possessed in eminent
Geee. now comes ", men, mat tbs unfortunate stra
tegist is now drawn from oblivion, from The idle life
which 80 we'll suited him. to be placed in the most I'M
portant position of the moment, the last bulwark of
Rusian power, the key Of her capitas Nothing what
ever this unexpected act but Il has OCCASION
cd considerable alarm in ali our circles.
The Inhabitants OF St Petersburg hare been kept well
informed and the matter lie ct interest to theu
the immense preIaI atoms made in France and Eugaed
for Deat campaign. The theatre OF will evidently
| Finland. Now the government is by means sure Of
the populate which, by tradition and connection holds
TO Sweden Germs Of dscord have been discovered
tn Will tn al
the war transs,Ie to so unosn;ai so seeing
dissgIeeable to our Cover nment that Of o formidable
| attack by almost irresistible means throws gloom
over The capital which speaks volumes. It was hoped
that the Cover nmen in It's foresight world at least have
civ en- 10 Cronsiadt energetic and skilfu commanoer
the In porance Of the position, the dangers which threat
en- u wishes of the county, all MADE it duty But
i n ftcuo of Man. ;lnH md