The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-14

armed forces into India make the severest attack
that the British empire has had to sustain in mod
ern ages, and at the same time increase her own
power and stability at home. Nothing, | take it,
will induce Russia to risk such venture as this,
save the assurance on the part of France that Con-
stantinople shall be open to the Russian fleet Will
this be given? there is the question.
At the same time, there is no doubt however,
that the English system Of German alliances might
render the aforementioned scheme less easy to
Russia than it may at first appear and we recur
here to those words of Lord John Russell, which l
repeated to you when they were spoken, i. e. some
two or three months ago. "When am minister
will prevent Louis Napoleon from doing with Russia
against England what he did with England against
Russia-between France and Russia will raise up
fifty millions of Germans" All and any of these
combinations within the range of possibility, and
conhagration throughout Europe may burst
forth within the next six months. But as | said at
first, uncertainty is, for the present moment the
characteristic of the Imperial policy, both internal
and external
There has been small amount of ndecsion in
the proceedings between the Emperor and his cousin
Prince Napoleon, upon the subject of the latter's
Governor-Generaship of Algeria. A month ago,
the matter was settled, and "Plon-Plon'' (as he
is called) positively to start for his VceRoyal-
ty having got the better of all the ministerial OBJ
jectons to his Pashaliek in French Africa. But
little by little, as so often occurs, where Louis Ma
poleon is to come to any definite resolve, the obec
lions of the War-minister and of the generals in
command, came to be more attended to than they
had been at first, and great hesitation was the
result. If the Prince had vigorously held to going
out to Africa, there is no doubt that the whole
would have been very promptly decided, for he is
one of the people who have the most incontestabe
influence over the Emperor; but he did not care for
the appointment which he after all only regards in
the light of splendid exile, therefore insstance
on his part came to counterbaance the efforts made
| against him by the official people,
Prince Napoleon has, in reality far less ambition
than is supposed, and what he is above all attached
to is his quiet easy luxurious life in Paris, added
| to which is the company of Madame Plessy of the
Theatre Francois. From neither of these was he
DESTROYS of separating, therefore the Emperor was
| left entirely to go his own way, and submit to the
influence of Marshall Valiant in the affair of the
Algerian Governor-Generalship. At one moment
it all but entirely given up, but believe that
it is upon the tapis again. and that it probably
may end in Plon's going to Algiers and play
ing Vice-Roy. As to his marriage, alluded to by
the Paris correspondent of the Times, few people
are inclined to credit the truth of that statement.
certainly bad effect is produced by the an
nouncement of the Emperor's again repairing to
the baths of Plombieres (where the scandals of hi:
life notorious.) and following that up by hi
repetition of visit to the Camp of Chalons, which
is little else perpetual and disgusting orgy
] out of which grow the habits and manners that dis
tingush such men as Lieutenant Hyenne. ##*