The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-30
E y R o P E
Our London and Paris Cor
respOndence.
EFFECT OF THE FALL OF RICHMOND.
General Alarm Among tho Royal, Aris-
tOcratic and Financial Friends
" the Rebellion.

the French People Urge tho abandonment Of
the Mexican Throne,
&s., Re-, &C.
saAsA 10 the 18th Of April contain following interest,"
~ details cf the summary Of the by the Africa
lsscgfaphed to the Herald from Halifax.
A correspondent Of the London Poo, writing from
eome, ssys:-The dinner given by the Bacon de Meysn
sorf to General Mcclellan such public piece Of
homage was Represented by Reuters telegram. 1t
nczninay return for the civilities received by
Russian officers at New York. General de Montebello
and tho General Commandant de Ia Place present.
- we'll three four Russian generals the United
sates Minister General Rufus King and the Secretary
u legation Mr. Hooker but the entertainment appeared
- have no political meaning any after dncer
speeches made
Captain Pegram, the commander of the Nashville the
INST American rebel cruiser which crossed the Atlantic
has left Southampton (Eng) for the Confederate u
Bates
Late letters from Australia say that the rebel priva
leer Shenandoah last OF Cape Schanck was
Believed to DO waiting Off the coast intercept Anne
stcan ships, several Of which, from New York and
Boston, were then due.
Letters received in Madrid from g. Domingo say that
- hundreds In garrison of thousand men, four
Hundred and fifty eight soldiers and seventeen officers
have been obliged TO leave their quarters and there
BeaA large number in the hospital
Traee reland) paper has jumped to the conclusion
that, because Captain Oliver Stokes, r. E., and Mr.
Inward Meara, N, have been engaged in marking out
she site for a new fort in Fonry Harbor, the British
government has taken alarm stories of threatened
tenian invasion, and is preparing 70 resist It,
H. Drouyn d'Lhuys the French Minister for Foreign
Anas, has addressed despatch to the French Ambas-
snor In England requesting him to express officially to
The Ministers Of tho Queen the mournful sympathy
which the death Of Mr. Golden has excited In France
me Minister for Foreign Affairs eulogizes Mr. Golden as
one Of the rarest examples the qualities inherent
- the English character 'He is, above all, in our
eves" says n Drouyn d'Lhuys, 1.-THE representative Of
obose sentiments and those cosmopolitan principles bsors
sateA national frontiers and rivasvies disappear He
kAew what mutual relations could accomplish in day
eor the prosperity Of peoples Golden, may be per-
nItted 10 70 say, was On international man"
The London Lancet the close Of elaborate article,
says may be concluded that the public need be under
eele apprehension TO the importation Of the Russian
opidsmic into England.
Our London Correspondence.
LONDON, April IL, 1885.
~ Eau Of Richmond Announced-Dismay of the Rebels
Meet on ne Peoples and Aonsrchs-Dang~ Of The
xArones, &C., DC.
Dire dismay Is depicted the countcnnnces Of the
asAers abettors Of rebcon the arisocrats who
seir hearts love the Of the shareholders
che jobbers in rebel cotton bonds the eminent ship
builders who construct and equip blockade runners
he mldest title by which swift steamng fully armed
patca craft intended TO burn the high defence
Ss merchantmen here desisnated) the haters and
1he fearers Of repubicanism-n q word all tho enemies
- the people and Of freedom.
Tho thunderbolt has fallen. This morning London
nwoke 10 great that the neck Of the rebellion
was broken; and though brief the announcement OF
Grant and shcridans browning triumph, IL has shed
sladness among all but the enemies Of freedom, tho
ends Of slavery and the Interested traders in dsunon
distress, and buccaneering
Tho per Australasian TO- however, recent that
Few hours cannot suffice to estimate the general effect
- the crushing overthrow Of Jefferson Davis Utopia
md General Lees armed hordes OF slaveholde the
interests here bound up with the nefaous
spiacy The remedy for the disease has indeed been
sharp and one but let hope that the kindly
surgeon the knife cauery extirpae the gan
CREME so by the sword and fire America may extrIate
The foul ulcer which has for many corrupted and
tainted her body polite and endangered the health OF
her So al life. These the impressions OF English
men who love America but you must be too much
pied with the thousand more important and at home
questions which surRed around at such time to
bestow much thought on what the Old Country may
shink what her deductions may be from glorious
solution Of the most momentous and most sangunary
struggle in the worlds history
But there is another skeleton In tho cupboard Of tho
Kings and Courts OF Europe that may yet show it's
0ibuti,e form like the skulls at Memphan banqnets.
There Is CONSERVATION cabinets and commotion tho
exchanges OF Europe The Mexican empire has turned
cut ''worse than crme;' 1t is showing itself to be a
sblunder" Though you will doubtless hoar rst of tho
disqualification OF Emperor Macmillan despite the sup
por of the bayones of the Emperor Napoleon an adum-
kynfio Of fhp fpa wb cegftn
Gelr shadows before" press upon tho minds Of the In
Aabitants of the Old World who think seriously upon the
future may not be unincresting. II is well known In
France that the subugation I'm the French Corps Legis
lA the prescribed word Is paclncaton of Mexico by
ing In troubled perspective One government organ
here the Epenng Globe has been letting the cat out Of
che bag and blabbng that the Imperial game nearly
played out Tho Dttdt, too more than intimates that
the French soldiers be not got back TO Europe
before tho North has reanncxod the South that
fought at odds American soiD may be looked
'sor among probable contingencies Of imperial
sy n. ana aa, @oaa So ' ams Ht
go tho McxicaDs butchered by foreign merce-
nares and the silver mines Of sonora and the wealth
" Chihuahua appropriated by France the land taken
- 80 material guarantee. TO pay herself for slaughter
ing Mexcans with their blood tho foundations
Of foreign thronoS One significant fact Is under my
knowledge have just seen the text Of tho protest
Signed by the sotdidnf Mexican Emperor against his
being deprived Of his right of succession Austrian
Prince He goes at length into the grounds both moral
end legal upon which he maintains that the document
Ss sgned before Quitting Austria supposed to be rc
punctuation Of his rights AZ a member OF the House Of
Hapsburg In not valid document
II asserted on good authority, that tho debt OF the
pew Mextan Empcror-we say of Mexico itself
70 France alone for military services rendered was, 70
she end OF March, f13 600 sterling, and increasing
~ the rate Of 81, 600, 900 month. Need we remark
chat whom the Mexican empire has lived out its lit
40 day that the republic which will succeed II will
secosnze single act Of its existence, imposing
onancid burdens Of the country, abridging It's hber
ees and pedging lie territory and resources IL would
supsss ordinary deuson and creday 10 suppose that
ny dollar Of debt contracted for the purpose Of
enblIshing European despot on American throne.
Tea amid all this complication and with empire hav
M N ~ very heart the germs OF dissolution, have
projectors and promoters OF new Mexican loan,"
Onkiating IN glowing terms upon the nexhaustibe min
nl riches Of Mexico. No doubt this no, but they
available, and when available 10 conveyance 70 the