New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-04
E u r O P E
STATE OF EUROPE.
BY THE ARABIA's MAILS.


Europe is less garrulOus than in the United States,
the acOnic and often contradictory dispatches have
created great hustle and caused a most unusual
excitement in London. 1t was known on Monday
that the Allied Powers had rejected the counter
propositions of Russia sent BY Count Stackelberg
to Vienna-thOugh the telegraph called them con.
ciliatory-but as their precise nature remained I'M
known to the public, il was believed that the
called Cancellation was rather an evasion of the
Western propositions. The next dispatch an
uouuced the fact that austria remains firm, and
that Count Buel had announced 10 Prince Cor
chakof the official rupture between the Courts OF
Vienna and ST. Petersburg. unless the ultimatum
be acceptedby the Car Internationally by the 18th
inst. In some contradiction with these tidings-
though not unexpected-was the dispatch i'm.
medately following, that Austria has declared
to the Western Powers she could not take
the field in the present year, but that she
was preparing statement for the Germanic
Diet, claiming the support of that unwieldy body
in the impending struggle against..Ru Again
there was report that Austria is continuing her
mediation when suddenly yesterday few minutes
after II o'clock the second edition OF The London
Tin es appeared containing the aconc dispatch from
the Vienna correspondent that " Russia has unc0n-
ditioually accepted the Western propositions"
The funds rose Immediately, though it looked
rather strange that Mr.. Bird, the teacher of En-
elish at Vienna. should be the first to commuui-
cate such important news TO London IN advance to
the ministerial organs. A great portion OF the
public remained incredulous and remembered the
Tartar news of SevastOpol but extensive opera
tiops were carried on at the Stock Exchange. All
LODI and II xfc mad
to be anxious to read the dispatch of Tie Times
and to seek the key of the riddle, since both the
Russian diplomatic circular of the 22d December
and the mission of Count Stackelberg seemed to
warrant a quite different surmlse as regards the
policy of Russia. About 3 o'clock the ministerial
Morning Post issued third edition with Sir Ham,
iltop Stymours official dispatch as follows: The
" Russian Government accepts the Austrian pro-
"posals as basis for negotiations" The Times's
report about the unconditional acceptance ofthe pro-
pofas was therefore considerably modified, and ac-
cordngly the funds somewhat declined, but in the
meanwhile the French funds had likewise risen in
consequence OF similar telegraph to Paris, and
the report about their rise reached London just in
time to neutraize the effect of the dispatch in
The Morning Post At 81 o'clock the official arti-
Gle in the Ministerial Globe damaged the peace
enthusiasm still more, and reduced the importance
of the information of The Times-by which some
stockholders have profted to great extent-to
very modest dimensions. The semi-Othclal paper
says:
1--WE have reason to believe that the announcement
Of a morning cotemporary that the Austrian uitsmaum
Las been accented uncondtioaaHy by Russia is SUBJ
stantialy correct and that her proportions hare
Teen accepted bsss for negotiation. We have no
doubt tfat the allied Governments viii meet this &C
ceptance in friendly spirit, and with firm determi-
nation if possible to conclude safe and honorable
peace.
1hey must not forget korerer the intricate course
If Russian diplomacy on former OCCASIONS mat SIZE
accented the eli-knOrn -Four Points not long since
.sslL .~kat resvH hHosor. We trust Russia viii
enter into the present negotiation In spirit that will
prt cude a similar disappointment on this OCCASION.
1t is scarcely necessary to point to the 0racular
double meaning of the ministerial announcement,
which mentions the unconditional acceptatiOn of
the Western proposals by Russia as substantially
correct assuring in the same breath that Russia's
propositions hare been accepted basis for negOta
ton. dramatically the Globes words bear no
other construction aud logically it is not probable
that Russia should Immediately after her counter
propositions were rejected, accede to the Western
propositions The induction is therefore Legitimate,
that it is the Western Powers who, upon sober
atterthought have come TO the conclusion that the
Russian cOunterprOpOsiton contains the acceptance
OF the Austrian ultimatum-as the w estern prOpO
sitons are now called-for the basis of further
eOtatOns. Louis BOnaparte is anxious to back
out of the war and of the intimate alliance with
England aud therefore wishes to negotiate speedy
peace by which he might put himself on good terms
with Russia. Such policy would not be unpOpu-
lar in France where the conservative party is hos
tile to England, and prOpagates the idea that the
French nation has no interests whatever IN the
East which may be jeOpardized by Russia, and that
Louis BOnaparte, in order to surround himself
with glory, carries on the war mainly in the inter-
est of England, Jealous of the Russian marine and
the Asiatic prestige of the Gar. They often men
ton the anecdote Of Madame de PompadOur, who,
when asked about the secret spring of all European
politics, replied: "All l can make out is, that
whenever any nation has built fleet sufficient
"to equal that of England, England looses no time
until she has got into war with that nation, and
"neyer stops the war until she has annihilated that
feet" Now it is remarkable that Madame de
Pompsdours words have been fulfilled to the letter
since her death. The fleets Of France and Spain
were destroyed by war, those Of Denmark and
Turkey were destroyed practically without a decar
alton of war in times OF peace, and the Black Sea
feet Of Russia driven to suicide by the present
struggle.
loday's intelligence is little more precise than
Yesterdays. We know now that the rumor OF
peace is founded upon tslegraphc dispatch Of
Count Valentine Esterbazy, that Nesselrode has
on the 10th, notified to him the unconditional ac-
ceptance (racceptdtOn pure e stmPte) OF the prop
sitions contained in the ultimatum nhieh PROPOSE
tons are TO serre preliminartes Of peace. Still
the editorials of the ministerial papers are not over
confident and recommend the continuation OF the
ornaments. As to the unconditional acceptance,
it is altogether ilusOry in this respect; and as re-
CARDS the cessiOn Of onehalf Of Bessarabia, Rus
STA has not given her consent to it, but declares she
does not absolutely reject the principle of ces-
sion ofterritory reserying TO herself 10 treat the
question in the conferences which are TO take
place Russia further declines to pledge herself
not to forfy the Alabd Islands; even the question
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