New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-07

The ~. A fortnight will be allowed 10 the lar |
for his snswer, and accordingly We may Expect 10 |
,,a, &C the final result about the middle Of JanG-
.,v The nropositions are so framed as 70 exclude
any dodging The Car must either accept or
refuse them; in the first case an armstice Will Dc
concluded and a peace congress viii assemble az
Dresden or Munich, 10 the latter case the next
campaign will exteoa TO the Baltic provinces,
and Aus,ria-wiil recall her Ambassador from
81. Petersburg. As TO her going 10 war
il is simply impossible, since she has again
dismissed $4,000 of her troops, and all her bus
terng and Dragging that in the course of Fix weeks
she can reorganize her army on the war footing
cannot deceive anybody but those who want to be
deceiy ed-for instance Napoleon Not few OF
his Oldest and most influential friends, such as h-
illegtirnate brother Count Moray: his illegtimate
cousin, Count Waewski, and Drouyn de gHuys,
and many others say TO him. lyon have revived
''the prestige Of your name; yOu have given the
French army an abundant feast of glory; yoa
"have raised your influence in Europe to the high
est pitch; YOU have received the King of Sardinia
q. and the Queen of England as guests at the Tuil-
..eries. What more have Won TO gain by the war,
and by the English alliancei Peace and an sl-
.'ance with Austria alone can give you additional
security in France and influence abroad, while
"the intimacy with a parliamentary government
'scannot but weaken the principles of Imperial
''ism" This disposition Of the French Court IL
so well known all over Europe that the peace ru-
mors are continually revived. People are not sul-
fciently informed of the state of Russia, or
else they would not think that the Car could give
his assent to the new Austrian propositions Ac-
cording to some German papers, public opinion in
Russia is undergoing singular alteration. Here
is what they say:
1.-THE German Liberal and the old Russian or Con
sentative parties raid to be changing sdes-the
former desiring continuance of the war IN order
that it may ultimately break up the nlqutous ana
than Chinese system which shuts ont all posi-
bity of progress, while the Muscovte anstocracy,
seeing the defeat Of their ongnduged dreams OF uni
versal dominion AMI European slavery and fearing the
oss of their ers and the growth of new ideas, are
turning in favor Of peace These results 1t Is OBJ
served moreover wOuld have been extraordinarily
rapid but for the virtual alliance between Prussia and
Russia, and the consequent activity OF the overland
traffic which, while prevents the immediate rum OF
the landed propnetOrs, serves also 10 ennch q new
class Of the community by the constant employment oi
between twenty thousand and thirty thousand men
and horses beside an immense quantity of river
craft 1t affirmed similar grounds chat the state
want of material are all incorrect, slnce a. the
export greatly in of the import trade, the re-
turn carriage is comparatively inexpensive, ana
foreign goods thus brought into The country at
rate not exceeding one-haf of that which Is paid tor
the transportation of produce ont of il, and which
sometimes amounting on hemp and tallow to between
twenty-five and fifty per cent of their cos-has to be
met by the English consumer"
The surrender of Kars on the 2sth has been
officially confirmed by the Russian papers. The first
news Of the sad event was received by The Morning
Post on Thursday night, but, neither the English
or French governments nor the Russian embassies on
the continent had any intimatiOn of the affair, was
led to doubt it. On Sunday, however the official
Russian statement arrived, and the Greek houses
again proved to have been better informed than the
Government General Kmetty, General HOLMAN,
and Major Tashler have succeeded in escaping to
Erzeroum, or else they would have been delivered
ND TO the Austrians by Russia Major Schwarzen-
berg, likewise late of Hungary remained with Gen.
Williams at Kars, in the hope that his Belgian
nationality would protect him.
Parliament is to meet on the 3lst of January,
which the usual day tor the opening of the session.
For long series of years Government has avoided
the dsaereeable discussion which the seth OF Janu-
airy could not fail to excite should Parliament be in
session previous to that day II is marked in the
Official Calendar with the name of [" King ChadtS,
he Martyr," and some loyal Members would of
course invite Parliament to 20 to Church on that
day, To do penance for Cromwes Republicanism
accordingly Parliament meets regularly only after
January 80 and if there is an AutumDal session, the
House invariably adiourns from Christmas to the
beginning of February. The Speaker, Sir Charles
Shaw Iefevre, is about to be raised 10 the Peeage
and the election of his successor will considerably
occupy the politicians. The SpeakershP is one OF
the great prizes in politics the salary being &C. 900
per annum. with Peerage and annuity of $4,000
on retirement. Sir Frederick Thesiger, the great
Tory lawyer and Mr.. Fitzroy, the Chairman of
Committees are mentioned as likely to be the eau
didates of the two parties, aud Sir Frederick NAV
carry the prize, since many of the sO-called indie
pendent Members would vote for him.
Macaulay's third and fourth volumes have just
appeared as lively and fresh as the irsttwo .t it
is scarcely TO be expected that they could have the
same influence and success. England, and Europe
in general, now too much engaged in the rcal-
ties OF history 10 have leisure TO read the annals of
the seventeenth century the siege of Seyastopo
and Kars throw the siege Of Londonderry into
shade, and if yacaulay shows that William |.
could not find able and honest Ministers in En-.
gland, everybody feels but too keenly that times
have not changed in this respect.
Baron Anselm Mayer Rothscbild the eldest OF