The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-20

awaited themselves of their freedom TO pass
a n ni aes sS sss e
ton, and the hearty '"rhank God Of the English was
the Spanish Carriages conveying parties Of pleasure,
the huntsman with his hounds, officers equipped for the
Chase and the gay dressed pedestrians, all combined to
give it tho appearance of a gala day.
Our new Governor Sir Richard Airey entertained the
Governor Of Aigeciras and staff at his residence Alto
gether IL day long to be remembered in Gibraltar
The Mexican Question.
ENGLISH OPINION OF THE HOPELEssNESs or MAXI
MILIAN's cAUsE--PREsIDENT JoHNsoN's INFLExI-
BILE ADHERENCE TO THE MONROE Do0TRisE-THE
ABANDONMENT or MEXICO BY MAMMALIAN ONLY
AN AFFAIR or TIME ETC.
from the London News, Dec. Al
II is understand the susceptibility Of the French
government in all that relates TO Mexican affairs More
than sufficient case for extreme anxiety may be found
In the actual condition OF affairs in the Emperor Maxi
m,an's imaginary dominions Every French and every
English mail the Gulf brings home to the front page
of the 1oieu accounts OF tho complete pacifcaton OF
the country OF the loyal enthusiasm OF the people and
OF fresh successes by Marshal Bazanes army which ap
pear somewhat inconsistent with the repeated assurances
the total dispersion Of the republican guerllas and the
Joyful acceptance Of ready made paterna government
from Europe By people too long dsunited AND
distracted by domestic anarchy and oppression. No
one seems precisely the full strength OF Marshal
Bszaine army of occupation, of the Austrian and
Belgian auxiliary lesions 1t seems toerably Clear that,
dispersed they immense range OF territory
from ocean, they really command the intcrmt-
tent submission OF few centres only leaving immense
government under none. The French. Austrian aud
Belgian forces pepetually encountcring resistance
from small isolated bands Of nationasts and are some
times attacked by them with all the desperation OF
unequal numbers yet by every mail II Is announced In
Paris tibet the work Of paciGcaton is accomplished.
II would be impcrtncnt to inquire how the work
or pacilca,ion would go il the country were
left TO pronounce upon its own dcsnies with
out the mediation Of foreign army With all his troops,
II does appear that the French Commander in Chief
has yet been able to keep the roads permanently open
safe between the coast and tho capital He has, 1t is
said driven Juarez the frontier tut he spirit If
Juare. Lreales ard burns in hos of Mecans iuso close
me track Of the inpadiag legons ihc WGpes our
stoord
Nor Il II a reassuring symptom for the Emperor Maxi
milan that hcre his empire touches on he Frontier Of he
United Stats can hardly call to,on It's o,cn FIR one
after anohe The OF all the seventies Of
martial law has not c,nvnc-d single rcon partisan
II The duy If laying dam his II has only con-
WINGED him OF the necessity OF lighting to the death and
II was reported the other day that the Emperor Maxi
milan had resolved to withdraw his troops from the
outlying portions of bis territory and to concentrate
them at the capital and two other central points In order
TO avoid the chances Of collision with his powerful
neighbors. The report sounds more like shrewd
dvinaon OF not improbable consequences than state
ment OF facts IL confirmed, II could only signify that
tho Emperor Maximilian had glccn up Mankts's arg
honors If The return OF tho Empress Charlotte to
Europe at such moment oud hare al least a. .qvot y
smlrr significance since there is no doubt that is
70 the generous ambi6n Of The Belgian Princess that the
acceptance If ne Mericaa hr.me by tae A.sriaa
has, we fear experienced nothing but d senchaniment
since she landed a. Vera Cruz; nothing but the happ-
of bearing her part Of her husbands anxioes and
difficulties could have enabled her to sarmount the many
bitter vexaons she must have suffered In the attempt TO
up OF Mexico. nay te 'cct FIR hr ~ 10
raj til nc end and the end tciH le approaching ,osp
she u p.7,ad b jork 10 Europe oone Doubtless
tho creation Of mighty empire beyond the ocean, the
regeneration OF republican people on the borders oil the
United States by monarchical principles and nsttu
tons, was tempting prospect TO the imagination
Of a young Princess Of exalted aims and aspira
tions That 10 be supreme IN Mexico should APP
happier destiny than 10 be secondary parsonage
in Europe is conceivable but such nature have
suffered terrible disappointment and disgust in CHANGING
the dream for the reality OF Mexican throne. Hsto
rans will almost refuse to believe that an Austrian Prince
could have been persuaded by foreign sovereign, the
victorious enemy of his House and country TO b drag
ged through all those that marked the origin
Of the Mexican empire and all the petty daily humila
tons which belong TO dependence and insolvency For
up to the present hour the Mexican Emperor has sub
sisted not only on the Emperor Napolcons subs dies in
troops bf on his sbide' IN cash, ne had aim srd "a
poke, money The Mexican "empirc " has only paid
It's thus far by loans and by advances from lts
French protectors One would suppose that the
pride OF an Austrian Prince must have suffered as often
he OBLIGED to threaten to abdicate in odr TO OBJ
tain fresh donation from his patron The part OF the
patron has not been much dgnihed; nor Is 1t likely
TO prove much successful than that OF the client
A Mexican empire wouid haze BEEN though II but
i,cain while the Union convulsed by that trcmen-
dous struggle the aggression upon Mexico went bravey
on and We know not ,cha further occupations and pro-
tscoras were discussed In private interviews al Com
piegne and the Tuileries Bu, that th american
Unin is nc established all and han all a. former
arrpa, y disinguishd American general IN Parts
remarked ,cih something Ike conformation IN me semc-
The French government in its usual ostrich fashion,
habtually and carefully suppresses everything that
dsagreeable or inconvencnt In Mexican affairs seizes
every foreign journal that contains word about Mexico
the United states and France SO that as the Parsians
got up the other day and found that their Luxembourg
garden about to be turned into square and as they
will get up fine morning TO find the fuller es turned
into place. all France will awake some day or other 10
the fact na, me government Washington has
4. Ss,ean "a ene DC Sn ss dss" SesS" q.
kericdn vepubisc only; that rssosns, o0d wt0
;s. @ gree, t'svs 1900 s, , sS 3. S 8: g:
rss~s SaSisn@ %ss .as ts1ed AVID Sas csS~saS
the recognition III Somk American repsblics Al the
when France as the executor Of the holy alliance, was
marching an army into spain That declaration Of Pre-
colonies and dependencies OF European Powers already
existing the American continent and such States and
pendence. French Official writer's who have pretended
to compare the English position In Canada with the
a,s,,ocon prssaens Monros npo%sea liz, oys,,nv
European colonies and dependencies should be respected
but European intervention In the affairs OF any indie
pendent American nation should DO regarded at
tack upon the security and independence OF the United
States This the doctrine or declaration 10 which
gs''ysay esysSs. that % ,sss 'o ss.s.
Al the same time the Cabinet 1t Washington rs,
Of course, perfectly well aware that loses nno BY
cpcfdni policy II has desire 70 precpitatc events
II has the most friendly feelings towards France and
woul0 gladly " IL could, distinguish between the French
government and the French people IL knows well that
time is its sde-tme which consolidates the
OF the Union while the cost OF the Mexican occupa-
ton goes increasing at compound interest," and Ma
poeon accumuates the burdens and ntensi6es the dis
content Of his subjects who have been often
assured that the pac1ca,on OF the Mexican empire
completed.
The Chilean Question.
GRAVITY OF THE ALTERING PRK-
vAILfN0-sPANIsH HOSTILITY TO ENGLAND.
fAadr fDec udppce Inn