The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-23
INTERESTING FROM EUROPE.
What Our Correspondents in Paris
and Berlin Say,
&c. Nc. &c.
Our Paris correspondence.

Our Paris Correspondence.
PARIS, Nov. s, 1861.
The Expedition Against Aerco and TIE Lana ana Ndcd
Conssaaeas Of The Three Po,ocrs-Ndpoleon TO Send Q
Largo and Select Body Of Men, Cdbnd Meeting IN
London on NE Blockade Queonioliticdl Necessities q
he Empooro Of France and His Neat More in Var
Mason and Slideu E1pected-Ariisan aud A9ricultura
Distress in The Empire dc
The convention between England, France and Span as
to joint action on Mexico, has been signed and We are
told that &t
England will send one thousand troops,
France twenty-five hundred, aud
Spain Ave thousand.
Making force Of eight thousand in all.
have good TO believe that France will send
much larger number of troops than the above named and
you will judge the when state that the French
squadron will be composed OF vessel Of the line, ou
large frigates (steamers) corvette aviso armed fv
gunboats and five transports. Any one with any idea
OF the movement Of troops will at once understand
that the feot Is intended for more than
double the number Of troops named. am assured that
mot less than six thousand picked troops will be sent by
this government including artillery and cavalry.
England will likewise II is asserted here send much
larger number than Is announced that the triple allied
force will number at least from fifteen to twenty thou
sand troops, while the feet will be most efficient and
formidable one.
All this is TOO powerful to BIO Intended for Mexico Alone
and fear that the allies have some idea Of whipping you
over Mexcos shoulders shadow of excuse
be made out
few days since stormy Cabinet meeting took place
In London To break not to break the blockade was
the subject mooted and has leaked out that great
many of the members of the Cabinet in favor
break. Prudence, however, still ruled this impulse,
aud we assured that 1t concluded to watt You
have hard lines before you and must prepare for the
worst the worst viii ovcrtake you when you cannot
resist.
The condition OF affairs in France is dcplorabls. No
business confidence. money. and the government
about to demand loan Of six hundred mions-some say
q milliard.
To turn their attention from Rome the Emperor Napo-
leon has succeeded in convincing the Italians that Venice
is their next He has urged upon them the getting
their forces into readiness for spring campaigning and
has, told, encouraged Kossuh to preach up an
attack upon yeneta preliminary to the liberation Of
Hungary. All this is the result of The Compcgnc inter
view, and Austria will pay the piper That France will
profit By all this no doubts and England shows
dread of the future by steady and armament
Of all her European stronghods. Gibraltar Malta Corfu
&c, &c. are all being put into state Of defensive
strength that goes to prove that English statesmen
looming
Russia Is in state Of trouble she will find IL hard to
settle probably Her unfortunate towards Poland
spirit of revolution is rife throughout the whole empire
She may, and doubtless will DO drawn into tho vortex
should war break out next spring Of course all these
considerations not calculated encourage
relations, and the Bourse here is indeed dull place.
France is now having row with Switzerland. She
will end u all most likely by swapping up portion OF
the poor little republic Other Powers are 80 occupied
now with their own troubles that the trick would escape
interference likely to make It unsuccessful. In the
meanwhile the swiss Minister has waited upon N dc
fhouvcne and formally demanded the evacuation Of the
Valley Of rappen the small bi. Of territory question
The Swiss wish TO appeal TO diplomatic decision France
doubt thinks possession nine points OF the law and
will remaia In tho valley forgot to mention above an
impoltan; fact, which all tho Loldon journals meno,-
Mr. Scwards correspondence with Lord Lyons. 1t is of
course useless to add that the Louo journals with one
or two exceptions are most insulting in their comments
Tho announcement that rche minister's en- rone
for Paris and london, having broken the blockade has
created some excitement here Tho news Of the sinking
Of the Vncenns nj Now Orleans and the continued sue
OF the rebels such the soppagc OF the nayiga
ton OF the Potomac tell greatly against cause of the
NORTH, and there not wanting people here 10 assert
that the South must succeed.
that correspondents you that "Iouis Napo.
leon Is With you.n Where they get that idea cannot
msgne and when they add that he is watching England
20 prevent her doiag you wrong they simply prove
that they do not know what they writing about as II
is well known that France has been some time
past urging upon England course that would at once
give the Suthcrners courage to continue their UBIQUITOUS
struggle. The longer tho continues the less will be
tho sympathy here for tho North as those nearly CON
cercd say that tho North should give up useless com
bat that must cad usuccessfuy and that is cause
Of ruin and starvation to hundreds OF thousands both in
Tho Lyons and ST. Etiennc silk looms have got no work
to do and the authorities devsng plans TO procure
some employment for the workpoople thus thrown upon
their resources.
The small farmers that abound throughout France are
all likewise SUFFERING their small patches of land gave
no returns this and great must be the misery among
these classes The prospect for the winter s indeed dull
and people in Europe begin understand the enor
nous the paramount influence Of the United States upon
the world at large.
PARIS, Nov. 8, 1881.
~ Y,,n,as
France Watching for an English War Aguins, The C,ed
Sta,es-Palmeston Held in Check BY NapoIeon's A,nc.
usa at Home-Thc Difficulties Of France-Spleadul
Festivities al Comprehensive S,cis Qtesto,--pouyer.
ism and Death Of the Aan wko Sared Queer Victoria
Life, DC, dc.
The Seward and Russell sondenceeor Lord fyon
is entirely lost sight Of in his principals in eyery
ones mouth Mr.. Seward rcaps all the honors Of II
Poor Lord Lyons clumsy letter is spoken of will
ptabc contempt while Mr.. Stewards mastery rcspons.
meets with almost unanimous commentator. There Il
evidently an deaa hope a may say--sha very serious
complications are about to ensue between the President
government and Great Britain. The C0ns;,ulosael O
this morning says John Bull has his hands now 80 full Of
Brother Jonathan that for the be has dropped his
impertncnce with France; and in the Swiss business Of
the pale des Doppea the Times candid enough to tel
the Swiss not to be so fond Of perpctuay crying "wo
believe speak the simple truth only when say that
next to with England herself there nothing that
would much delight the French nation to see hcsti
ties break out between the United States and Great
Britain, md many disposed to think that now thai
King Cotton is longer master of the situation Eng
land win be less slow than heretofore to pick at the
gauntlet so haughtly flung in her face. This is an OPT
non regards the present subject Of discussion which
for one do not share all who have paid attention to the
career of Lord John Russell during the past thirty year.
must have observed that with great display Of auda
city no statesman is more easily driven from his posi-
ton. His foreign minister is altogether an
untried one But in all his civil administration il hs
been long succession Of big words and little deeds
No friend partisan felt the confidence in hin
that they did in Peel This last statesman if he wer
slow to speak or act, remarkably firm when he d
Every one knew when he brought forward a mcasur
uttered determination, be would hold TO every detail
or resign his place. Not 30 with Lord John, each 0
whose great and grand talks from his FIRST re
form bill to his last has been FILTERED away or pool
pooled by his opponents that is not easy 10 discern
always what the original material composed or an,
have not the smallest doubt that Mr.. Stewards mani,
reDv To the fmpeftnent epstfe the FOREIGN ccrcsa