, 1859-05-14


shops bctokcned how tho winl blows, and the
departing regiments, knapsacked and joyous,
were followed BIZ crowds, cheer ng eren during
the night md carly dawn, to the Lyons Rail-
way. The announced participation Of Napo-
leon III, personally, in the perils Of the cam
in the mind Of the masses with the memories OF
the great naclc.'
The Franco-R uxstan Alliance Denied.
The day after tile announcement bv the Lon
don Times, in dcnuncia:ory article, Of the
Franco-Russian Alliance BY which England was
threatcaed in the Mediterraucan-an announce
ment which caused the failure Of large num-
ber of London merchants and stock-brokers-
the London .Aese*, an organ Of Lord John Rus
sell and his party,-made the following state
meat:
We frnr it will be but poor consolation to the
merchants who hare been broken, and the fAnl-
lies who have been be!:garrd, by the panic which
Aas ragged since Wednesday morning, 10 learn
that they hare been tile victims Of j stupen-
dous imposture, and TINT, after all, there was no
reason why they should BE- rnined. If terrify-
ing mlE<tatemcnts are to supply the place Of
reason in the formation Of public opinion, md
mems cstatcs arc to be knocked down by the
thousand, merely to prove that one despot is
cleauer-hauded than another, we eau only SIREN
uons'y protest against such mode Of political
controversy.
No such trcutics exist a. the Tim<s described
yesterday. It is not true that Russia has
bound herself, in tile event Of France being at
war witt. Austria, to assist France bv the Coop
Grafton Of her fleets in the Baltic and the Mcdit-
tcrranean;" it is not true that any trentv ST.
cures that, in case .lustria should invade Sar-
dinin Russia shall declare war against her with
in fifteen days Of her violation Of the pie,la,on-
tcSe SOIL So fur from having formed conlbua-
tons with Russia which may affect the Rhine
and the I}osphorus, the French Emperor has not
been able to obtain, even if he has sought, tue
corporation of Alexander II. on the Po. AIany
Englishrncn, we suspect. would hear with in
tense satisfaction that " Russia had engaged to
declare wnr against Austria within fifteen days
Of her violation Of the pieduontcse soil;' but,
unfortunately, j. is mot true.
The convention agreement to conclude q
treaty, just signed between France and Russia,
belongs to the same class of diplomatic docu-
ments as that which En- land signed with Aus
tria ut Ill early period uf the Crimean war.
That compact, it may be remembered, never
took effect, because Austria Ut no time recogn-
zetl that the conditions upon which it was to
become operative had come into existence. The
contingency upon which the present agreement
is calculated, is remote. 1t is not directed
agnin&t England, but is intended to ensure the
neutrality Of the rest Of Europe, while France
and Austria fight in Italy. It's AIM Is to cir
crn,scribe tue horrors and calau,ities Of war By
eontiuin. hostities to their original theatre,
between tile alps and the Mediterranean.
At the nomination in the city, Lord John Rus
Pid he did not believe in the existence Of
an offensive and defensive treaty between Rus
sia und France. The real state Of the case, he
believed, Was that, in case Germany made war
on France, there was treaty between the two
Emperors for extending the field Of conflict,
Sufficient, however, was known to justify her
Najestys government in calling upon France 10
disclose the real nature Of her relations with
Russia.
Following the -Ntrs' denirl, TIC Times took
up the subject again, and declared that it had
nothing material to retract. Thus the matter
stands Has an alliance been formels