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610 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1855. VOL. XX. ‘and co-laborers are principally ‘the commerce of the Thames, the aspect of the streeta with their lowering, brooding population abroad, was something awful to look upon. There might be heard, as the numbers increased, and courage warm- ed by contact, that fiendish laugh and muttered oath ringing in the ear 60 gratingly of those whose hap- pier fate placed them out of the reach of sympathy; 7d there also might be seen bands of men uttering wild cries, and shouting satanic songs, while at their head one bore a red banner, on which was inscribed “ Bread or Blood.” The cause of all this has hap- pily departed, and while Lord Palmerston has still to struggle with difficulties within —without, a great and growing calamity is nipped in the bud. Disas- twous war abroad, cabinet diseensions, an impracti- eable House of Commons, and popular riots for bread, would have altogethcr proved too much for any prime minister, even though he was not seventy years of age. To pretend that Lord Palmerston has not still enough on his hands to contend with, would indeed be to deny what is too evident; bat at least he has mow the opportunity of concentrating his energies, Like mapy a horse for the Derby who has made a false start, and finally won the cup, the Premier may, after all, run in and win; though I confoes I have never in my experience found the opinions of elub stateemen co diyided. A sortot morbid sensa tion is everywhere observable, as if England were on the eve of some great and fearfal disaster—as if our institutions, 90 formidable haifa century ago, and still so perfect in smooth times,were now on the point @f becoming a rope of sand in presence of the won- drous mechanical discoveries of recent years—dis- coveries in the press, in steam, and the electric wire, which, bridging over our island hold, ana deatroy- ing time and space, had brought us from compara- tive ebscurity into the mid-day sun of the world, the biaze piercing eye of which we were un- equal to custain. It {s said that neither Lord Pal- merston nor Lord Derby, nor any other lord or commoner can pretend to go on with this alliance ‘en equal terms, while two of the parties toit, France oad Austria, are despotic, and land ia Parlia- mentary, and that we are ia this dilemma—either that we must withdraw altogether from active interference, or erect a temporary dicta- Seeing wnich, saat would of sonra pea wee on the press. No one supposes as yet, Eoglan will nt to one or the other of these alternatives; bat, for all that, it is thought by many, that after peraing Orouah many humiliating phases, she will at last be obliged to do so. As far as regards the retirement from the newly eonstructed Cabinet of Sir Jamea Graham, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Cordell and Lord Canniag, ees men as they most undoubted! are, I am clear I am right in saying that a gene opinion prevails that Palmerston is strength- ened i |» None of these parties will coalesce with Lord Derby, or be of any great service to bim in ee mn; between the two is the impassable boundary line which divides free trade and protec: tien, and the councils of the cabinet chamber will new bave r unity, even if fewer striking talents are brought to bear upon their deliberations. In times of emergency the power of one single mind ie what is wanted, even though its standard may not be the very highest. With men like those who have just seceded it is easy to imagine how the Premier must trim and pare down his pro: jons ere he submit them; and ‘now, therefore, 2 is the man the country has supposed him to be, and he can devise some good measure appealing to general patriotibom and placing confidence in the people ere time and mismansgemont have jaundiced art, he may gallantl: row himself upon the eountry, which will not fail to return him a working Parliament. Bot, unless he be prepared to cede even to its prejudices—to enconrage its present military ion by rifle clubs—by abolishing the sale of commissions, by introducing new blood into the cabinet—men of the people with new names— by flinging bimself heart and soul on the broad mass of the middle clasees, with a bold Joau for the expenses, and war to the knife sgainst protection, Lord Palmerston}will fall to rise no more; a suc eession of weak ministries will follow, till at last evil dsys will come upon the mon: of Queen Victoria, hitherto a bed of roses, and the envy of all the crowned beade of Europe. It is curious to cbeerve how strangely throughout all these political commotions, Mr. Roebuck, the member for Sheffield, has become master of the situ- ation ; and, uahappily for his ambition, at a period ef bis life when is physically deprived of the ab tlle | apy sdvantage from it. Brought tnto House on the wings of the Reform bill ia 1833, Reebuck early attracted attention by an eloquence which was not less distinguished for logical acca- vacy than most unflinching moral courage. Bat the aeerbity of his temper, of which his thin wiry form and ferret-like seemed the ah ps sd emblem, made bim gen y disliked, if not detested. He ‘was ever! gly in hot water, duelling, or wanting to fight with some one. Sir William Molesworth was his second on one occasion, the present Minister et Woods and Forests. At last he lost bis seat, and was outof Parliament for three or four years, but always busy, and on some plea or other he con- rived to be perpetually prowling about the doo of either House, either as advocate for the Canadian rebels, or political battle holder to young Leader, member for Westminster. On his return to the House, subsequently, he seemed to manage his tem- per better ; at all events, he had the wisdom % leave off attacking the prees, and tne Times finally took him ep as the only man in the House who had the courage to say or do an unpleasant thing. From that time, sustained by his great talents and unwearied assiduity, he has had full command of the House; and, though hated by whigs, coa- servatives, free traders, peace makers, and every section of party, nothing but the fatal malady which, in the prime of his powers, has strack him down, has prevented him attaining the Solicitor and Attorney Generalships, the proper object of his am- bition. Yes, with even the wooleack, the Lord Chancellorship of England, within grasp, poor Roe back is obliged to turn his head away. The archi- tect of his own nee he has tees Se no ogee) poo the pecuniary advantages of such @ post woul most important to him. It is but doing him bare ie to add that, if he had been disposed to barter hone he might long ere this have risea to high x He has now, however, been tumbling over minis- after ministry in such delightful confusion that, if his malady has left him any of his reputed satanic spirit, he must be smiling im his alesve with grim satisfaction. As for the committee of inquiry, he himself knows its thorough impracticability; bat if he were to let it drop, other parties would catca hold of it, and perhaps render {t more mischievous Like the Foreign Enlistment bill, it will pro- bably be found to die a natural death, if not yal- ranized by opposition. Tais, it is sup 18 Lord Palmerston’s object in giviffg way toit. In the meantime, the present Hoase of Commons must be dissolved, and nothing is more likely than that @ report from the committee, favorably constracted as it now is, will appear, to the effect that they find their labors totally incompatible with the oub- Ho service—the fact rea'ly being that very serioas considerations are involved in the situation which Mr. Roebuck has reduced the House to, Tne Com mons, by this committee, are usurping the fanctions of direction and administration, though they can execate neither. A crowd of more tnan six hun- dred men, overbardened with local work, implicated im ali kinds of private interesta, compelled by con- stituent influences to dabble in jobbiug with public patronage, is suddenly found to be trading on the Rational clamor of the day, to be (rittering away ite legitimate powers and nullifying the action of Spear prey by a pretended democrati> control. original vote was ot course a waat of confidence im the ministry, and had not the court interfered, in @ that Lord Palmerston should reconstruct the oid cabinet, the vote for inquiry would have been reecinded on the change of Premier; but the Derbyites, stung to madness on being so completely en by Palmerston, stuck to it tha: the ‘was still idemticaliy tne sams, and thersfore Bound to submit to the ordeal of inquiry. Taeir tactica have at all events succesding ts amashing the coalition, and he is a bod man who coald d= elare they have not reaily opened the Cabiact for their admission, for though the retiring mombors will not join the opposition, it is certain that ex. cept in the matter of protection duties, they coaid not oppose them in power, All now depeads on | Lord Palmerston himself, | Mr. Layard, the member for Nineveh, as hs is aoetiously called, bas succeeded in establishins himeelf in the fore front of the battle, and is no form a part of the new ministry. The all powerfal Trmes nas pointed him out as a good maa andtras, and Lord Palmerston has wisely determined to qive him atrial, Many predict tnat Mr. Leyard’s im practicable temper will rendor it a limited on. With respect tothe war, there isa very general understanding that Lord Palmerston intends to fliag his whole soul into the prosecution of it, It is not believed that either he or the Emperor of the French, nor indeed the Emperor of Aastris, attach the slightest real importance to the resales of the Vienna Uonference, The Caar’a levy en masse shows tolerably clearly that he, too, has little de- EEE pendence on them. The confereuss’ will agrve to wile away the winter, or what remaing oj it, and thatisall, Neither nave we the anallast reliance on Prussia. I believe, if Eagland could speak hor mind she would aay toat the war bas been most un- the fighting, work, while the French cautiously and skilfa)y husbanded their atrength—are now a mere auxiliary to Canrobert’s army; tat they are useless in the pest of honor; and whenever the towers of Sebastopol see their own flag give way to another, it will be to see high sbove ali tre tri-color of France. Yes, England, with all her pride, her boast ing, her consummate conceit, is now talked vf a8 the ce:rier, the mechanic, the artixaa of the world—not a military power, whose actual shere in the siege operations must be con: fined to the sup»ly of such material resources as she has ever at command, and for the production of wh'ch she bas such unbounded facilities. God help us! how are the mighty fallen, and how complaisantly must our orthodox archenemy be contemplanng us! Lord Palmerston, come what m*y, must hold very different language to this. That the war is fraught with revolutionary change to England, I, for one, do not doubt; but there isa tovgbness, a sterpness and power of endurance in the eas cheracter which viscissitude, will bring out, and enable her finally to keep her head above water. Except in fightiog, in sturdiness of resist- ance, ths army is not the type of our character. The army is composed of two extremes—the very highest and the very lowest class. ,The middle clags is as yet unknown; but once call this fairly cut, apd a morsl courage, a combination of docility and firmness will be made manifest, as well as a power of resource, that the French, who are now ready to turn up their lip in contempt, have little idea of ; but, for al this, there is no disputing that poor old England is just now in » grievous straight. University Cvs. -__ t Lonvon, March 2, 1855. The Palmerston Ministry—Lord John’s Mission— First Report of the Serious Illness of the Emperor of Russia—Layard a Rising Politician—The War—Late Defeat of the Russians at Eupatoria —Lowis Napoleon's Visit to the Crimea—The German Powers—The Vienna Congress—The Baltic Fleet-—-Roebuck’s Motion—English Ex- hibitors at New York. Lord Palmerston bas reconstituted his cabinet— for a time—for I do not think it can last as it now standa. Lord John Russell, as you are already aware, has gone to Vienna as representative of England at the conferences. He has already bad an interview with the Emperor of the French and Drouyn de VHuys, with the King of the Belgians, and with the King of Prussia and Baron Mantenffel. The last telegraphic despatches leave him still at Ber lin, where a grand dioner at Court in his honor had been postponed, (it was to have taken place this very day,) on account of intelligence from St. Petersburg that the Czar was dangerously ill, and that his life was despaired of. Should this news prove true, and the Emperor of all the Russias die, it is not unlikely that a change would take place ia the views of the Russian government, as the heir apparent tothe throne of all the Russias is more peacefully inclined than his sire. But retournons & nos moutons—I mean to the Eng” lish Ministry. How long Lord John will be absent on this mission no one knows; and who will take care of the colonies? The Under-Secretary, of course, and that is—sir Robert Peel! That the worthy young Baronet isa man of energy, no one doubts; he plays high—bets boldly, and even won the esteem of Lola Montes when Chargé at Berne —but certainly, his only claim to office is, that he is the scn of his father. The appointment of his bro- ther, Frederick Peel, to the Under-Secretaryship of War, is alao unpopular; and justly a0, for he had never any connection whatever with the War office. Sir C. Lewis is not likely to be an efficient substitute for Gladstone; nevertheless, a good deal ofenergy has been displayed. Indian officers who have seen ser- vice are to be given command in the Hast, anda thorough reform is to take place in the army pro- motions. It was expected that Layard would have been made Under-Secretary of War. He was of- tered the Under-Secretaryship of the Colonies, which he deciined—then the Clerkship of the Ord- nance, which he also declined-—then the Under-Se- cretaryship of War, which he accepted; but next day he wss told it had been given to some one else. Layard has taken the opportunity of unbosoming himeelf to his constituents at Aylesbury. He men- tions all these facts, and his motto is, “ the right man for the right place.” He would like to be Min- ister of War, or Foreign Secretary, or Premier. His address to his constituents is worth perusal. He is sricing man. He has just beenelested Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen. His views on the war are correct enough. In their first arti- ae of this day, the Z'imes thus pats Layard on the Mr. Layard has been also in the East, and he {s, from an experience far more varied aod singular than ap- pears in his published works, thoroughly and minutely acquainted with the languages, manners, and habits,of thought of the mations which dwell around the Mediter- ranean and the Black Sea. He is by profession a diplo- matist, and has at least as fair a knowledge of the to- reign relations of Western Europe as falls to the lot of the better informed members of his class. He is a man of great energy and activity, strong in his convictions, t in carrying them out. Though not s prac- t,he is ready and fluent, and has risen on ns toimpressive fervour, On the other hand, of the internal administration of this country, of the details of office, of the affairs of our colonies, of the vast and isolated subject of our Indian empire, it is no reproach to Mr, Layard to nay that he knows compara- tively little. His steps have trod in other paths, and a man who knows so much of what other men are ignorant of may well be content to avow his ignorance of much that other men koow, Such is the candidate for public office whom we would prevent to our readers. The outlines are strongly marked; there is no possibility of mistaking them, No public man can possibly plead ignorance of the special qualif- cations and diequalifications of Mr. Layard. Let us see how those we fatrust with the delicate and responsi duty of selecting the right man for the right piace ba’ discharged it io this instance, and what is the reward which talent and merit have to expect from patrons whose vocation it f, above all things, to cultivate the most friendly and intimate relations with rising mea of genius. Mr. Layard was for a short time Under-Secre- tary for Fereign A(lairs in Lord John Ruasell’s govern- ment. Lord Derby very handsomely offered to continue him in but Lord John was unwilling to jose his nd advised him to reject the ofer of his political an agonist—advice which, in an evil hour jor his own material prosperity, Mr. Layard adopted and acted upon. Oa the formation of Lord Aberdeen’s government Mr. Layard was olfere! a Secretary- ship of the Board of Control, on the principle, we pre- sume, of putting a man to do one thing because he has ade for another. In a day or two, how n with #till lens pretension to any know- ledge of Indian atfaira, who had, indesd, spent his life in the management of Iriah politics, was found, of course his entire ignorance of the subject was pre- ferred to the partial ignorance of Mr. Layard. Tais is the first illustration of putting the right man into the right place, The rext offer Mr. Layard receive! of home employment was the Clerkship of the Ordnance, which he declined, because he knew notuing abo’ nance. and did not consider himself the riz! the place. This is tliurtratioa No. 2. Th «the Under-Secretaryship-at-war—a si ch Mr. Layard might well consider hia 4 for which he was, indeed, marked out by all unanimous opinion «f the country. Here at last, then, we begin to see land, and after so many failures and reverses have at last got the righ! man in he right place. ch a state of things was too dri ont and to ing of old ro- manee, to co * Lord Palmers ton, with a t igorous prowen- tion of the rew from Mr. Layard the office of Under-Secretary, aad bestowed it on Me. Pael, who bad never, toat we are aw of, turned his attention to | the subject Bat, thoagh Me. Layard was not Gt of which he had wit- sof which he had which he is Lord Palmersion him by placing to bis hande dur oha Russel at Vienna the dest ust colonial empire. Mr. Layard, mach to hi« round that hie attention had hyect, and that he was not ight maa for t and this, we think, may or fllust ». 3. The knowledge which Layard did pot possess is doubtlons possessed in the amplost degree by Sir Robert Veol who, it is wall known, bas devoted every spare hour of bis industrious life to the acquisition of colonial information. He ia in fact, wisely entered into, bat being in it, soe has no ve save to go On. Bog that a latent eslousy is creeping a) respecting France, and some i Sing like @ suspicion ef playing Napoleon's | gome for him is suggesting iteeif to men’s though not in name, our Colonial Minister, To him are to be intrusted the destinies of Afty dependencies hie vigorous han‘ is to quench the dames of civil war which seem about to burst forth in the colony of Vio- toria, and upon him devolves the labor of giving consti- tations to proviness destined to form another United States in the southera ocean. We think we shall not be far wrong if we treat thie appointment ae illustration | worse. The thaw, though determined, | No. dof the manner in which her Majesty's advisers | nd notwithstanding an army of three thousan govern- understand the maxim, that it is the duty of time and dis- ment, above all things, at this of diffic credit, to choose the right man for the right ‘The news from the seat of war is more satisfacto- ry. General Osten Sacken nay bee Ea: Pateae ne seoenty but has been y by ae This diversion to the north of Sebastopol must materially aseiat the allies, as it Soounies a large portion of the Russian forces. Lipracdi has again retired from the heights of Balaklava, The railroad ig progre: rapidly from Balakiava to the English camp. Fhe foatkn of the troops has improved, and the weather is described as quite warm. All are eager for the assault; 14,000 French are said to have msrched on Inkerwann. General Niel, seat out by the Emperor of the French to report on the state of the siege works,bes been ordered by telegraph to remain there. ‘The romored departure of Lous Na- Jeon still exists. In fact, everything is ready. ‘esterday, he left Paris and reviewed the camps at St. Omer and Boulogne. This isregarded as a pre- bminary ne to hia departure for the Crimea. Lord Jobn Rogse}) did all he could to persuade him not to go. The Emperor listened attentively but made no reply. The Avstrien Ambavador also repreeented the gravity ot such sstey. The prevatling opinion js, that be will start some day next week, and that he bas sent orcers to Cantubers not to ateempt the assault till he arrives. As regards the treaty with Pruesia, nothing has, as yet, come of it. Geuerai de Wedeli, the Prussian Envoy Extraordivary, has left Paria tor Berlin for Jresh instructions, snd our ally, Austria, remains paasive. We are on the eve of acrieis. The Congress of Vienva is, in plain English—a humbug. What 1 the ure of it? The Emperor has distinctly stated he would never consent to anything derogatory "to his @gnity, por suffer an sggression chez lui. The al- lies demand the razirg o' Sebastopol aa a sine qua non. One party must givein cr the sword must cut the Gordian not. If this goes on much longer, an appeal will be made to the nationalities of Earope— nous donsons sur un vulcan, The want of unanimity among Eoglish statesman acts most detrimentally on the cause of the allies. [t encoursges Prussia in her hesitations, and makes Avstria doubt. Vast preparations are being made here for the next \c Cam| The fleet consists of 20 sail of the line, sli capable of being propelled by steam power. Of these ships 10 are threedeckers; bu; only two of these, the Doke of Wellington and the Royal George, are first rates, the remaining eight beg all new, o7 nearly new ships, of 91 and 8 guns. Tbencome ten more shipe of the line, two deckers, or third snd fourth rates, carrying 60 uns, and comprising what were termed tne biock- thipe, the services cf which were conspicuous in the last Baltic expedition. The number of sieam frigates and corvettes will be increased to no leas then 35; and in addition to theses veesels the fleet will contain eight mortar boats, carrying one 13 inch gun each, 28 steam gunboats, carrying two or three guns, and five heavy floating batteries, plated with wrought iron on their decks aod sides, and intended to be taken into action without rigging aloft. These batteries cerry 12 gunseach, which may, however, 8l} be fonght on either side of the veesel. This fleet, therefore, has all that ia required to encounter the Russian navy, if it should ventara to put to sea; to blocksde the whole Buaitic coast, if necessary; to carry the arms of the Allied Pow- ers into the shallow waters which have heretofore been the place of refage of the enemy; and to assail the forts and strong olaces on the coast which have not yet been expored to any real attack. Russia is making every preparation to meet an invasicn in the northern reserves, and reinforce- ments leave daily from the interior of the empire for the frontiers. ‘the collection of provisions has as- sumed such great proportions in Finland and at Novogcrod that the government employés are not sufficient for the work, snd provision commissions bave been formed with double the usual number of employés, who have more exteuded powers. The Grand Duke Constantine has visited Cronstadt two or three times recently to inspect the batteries and works of defence. In March crews of the gun- boat fleet will resume their duties. They were pass ed in review recently at Cronstudt, Sweaborg and Bt. Pateratarg. A The deoth of the Czar might alter the whole as. pect of effairs, Lord Lucan, who commanded the cavalry to charge in obedience to Lord Raglan’s orders, at the memorable battle of Balakiava, has azrived in town, and will demand» court martial. He asserta that he simply obeyed the orders of his su) r officer. Some sepeation was created in the Honse of Com- mons last night by the folJowing incident:— Mr. Rornvck, by leave of the House, appeared at the bar with a report trom the select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebasto- pol, which was brought up and read by the clerk at tne table. The committee roported having come to the fo}- lowing resolution :— That, in the opinion of this committee, the ebjects for which they have been appointed will be best attained, the danger of injustice to individuals prevented, and the public interests best protected, if the committee bes committee of secresy. The greatest silence was observed during the Teading of the resolution, but at its conclusion very distinct murmurs were audible. Great complaints are made here that articles sent exhibitors from London to the New York Ex1i- ition have never been returned. If the tact was mentioned in your ixfiuentia! journal it might have effect. The following letter ie on the subject:— [To the Editor of the London Times.) * Influenced ee same ANBuTAnces as your correspon: dent signing himself ‘‘An Artist,” I transmitted pictures to the value of £100 to New York for exhibition in the €rystal Palace there. That exhibition having been broken up, and with it fice in London, I have applied to the authorities demgnated at the office by letters at in- tervals of a month. To neither of these applications have I received the courtesy of a reply. My third letter T have addressed to Mr. Theodore Ned wick, late presi- dent of the institution, a gentleman of whom I have re- ceived golden opinions from his countrymen here. iting the result, I trust tt will justify my confidence, ignificant inuendoes thrown out by those who repudiate repud:ator AN EXHIBITOR, Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, Feb. 26, 1855. Capricious Weather—Sleighing—Amazonians on Runners—the Emperor and the English Ministry —Unpleasant Predictions to Loyal Britons— European Troubles and Confusions generally— Washington Anniversary Ball—Theatrical and Operatic Items—Curious Finale to a Perform- ance, §c. A most sudden and extraordinary revulsion in the weather has asserted its proverbial attributes of changeability. When I last wrote, a downfall of snow was in process, of auch heaviness, intensity and apparent durability that nothing less than an Alpine profundity of that colorless dsposit was the general anticipation. As I passed through the Champs Elysée with my despatch, a feature indica tive of the season and its supposed continuity, mot my eye. Several ladies—the French would per- haps call them Amazons—defiant of the snow dark- ening the atmosphere by its thick and gheavy flakes, were amusing themselves in charioteering sleighs of slight but gracefal conformation, drawn by one horse, whose head was ornamentei with crimson plumes, and on whose gear the music of bells rang cheerily, as, answering to the lash of his fair conduc- tewr, hesprang forward and darted up and down the broad avenue. Some half dozen of these spirited dames who, thus determined to astonish the world with noble horsemanship, sparkled like children of the mist, amidst the cold and peiting element, and diverted by their skilfal gyra- tions many asolitary individual from contem- plating his own cheeriess, miserable lot, as, blown by the wind, satarated by the snow, and tripped np by the slippery surface, he staggered on his bieak and wintry passage. Who and what these Ariels were, whoee joyous laugh and crackling thong thus beguiled stern February of his stormy pride, I have no means of knowing. Ia Paris one witnesses so many strange scenes that surprise ceases to be, after a time, an emotion of the human mind, and whether they were fair sclons of that aristocracy which the revolutionary fermentations ot France have heaved up to the surface from their long neglected bed of rest, or the Mogadors, who, one day the cynogure of all eyes at the Hippodrome, on he next dispense ubiquitous smiles, and change their loves with the sun, | know not. Thus much I only aver, that the esse with which they “handled the ribbons,” and the stern grace with which they applied the stinging lash, was the theme of general admiration. Instead, however, of being the me+ sengers of nature’s fixed resolve to confirm and strengthen our icy chains, they proved to be, in all probability, the bright, but fading, genii of de- parting winter. Long before night had gathered all to their homes and snug firesides, the snow had changed its cbaracter, and become rain, and the next morning, instead of a glassy railroad on which imperial and Amazonian personages mght thoot along before the eyes of admiring spectators, there was nothing to be seen but moantains of black ened snow, and mud, mud, mud, in one interminable sea of nastiness. Balaklava iteelf could only be , was aoa scavengers, which, at the first of change, springs, 00 it wares out of tke nh im Paris, tds 6 weather’s bidding, the process of cleaning has been great satnededs sud aan ator tee eave, toe mud, and rain stro, manfolly to mystify the —— of besoma to contend with them. stil] in doubt whether the Emperor ia, or ia not, about to leave for the Crimea, though itis supposed that the united remonstrances of Lord Jonn Russell and the Engtish P:emier have savceed- ed in inducing him to pos' pone his resolution antil he bears from Vienna. But the sudden squall which bas pgain erevcedly sarpheet, if not wrecked, the English ministry, it is thought hss proved more in- fluential with tie Emperor than ang argument tha’ may Dave: Deen employed. Bog! . is yet oy _ important, a8 & porns d’a; i for his oy, for to feave France while the povernmentis in difficalties there; and the state of the ministry at the present wmcment is known to cause him great apxinty. It is not trat be views with apy concera the substitution of one class cf ministers for another, now that aii who are at all eligible to power have exprested themselves in such earnest ou the pre- sent policy; bat he creads these perpetual changes, kuewing how they are mi-trasted by the Freach people, who have before this found them oaly tne forerunners of a change of policy. If Lord Derb: cemeygin, Lcrd Malwsboy, his former friead, is to represent Engiand at t’aris, in Lord Oowley’s place, the Countess of Malmsbary being a French woman; but the Emperor has conceived an idea that Lord Derby wavta the energy and determina- tion in practice, extibited in hie speeches, aod that bis sccestion to office would only be followed, and speedity, by snother change. ‘Our greatest hope is in Lord Palmersten,” was his observation to Lord Jobn Russell, on the departure of the latter on Saturday for Vieona. The answer of Lord John was—“‘Sire,I have no doubt of his meeting the ccuntry’s support.” ‘Tbe effect on the Parisian mind of thes» con- tinual crives is so absorbing that Sebastopol is slmceat forgotten, and more than one organ of Foie opinion has roundly declared thas bese are ay the natural laws which the decadence ot England is observing. It ia cer- tain that many grave thinkers of a decidedly con- servative class of mind begin ominously to shuke their beads at tue news, as, day after day, it arrives frem the otner side of St. George’s channel. They éo not acruple to eay that the national inatitutioas of England have become effete; that while the cnildren of the State are full of manly energy, the; proved to be but like gallant craft on the broad ccean “rudderlese, atioat.” Men who bave held back from the clear sweep which the Napoleonic sysvem bas made of Parliamentary government, begin to speak with less hesitation of it se they observe the position in which a state of political veril finds that England who on this subject bas given laws to the world. Nay, pertons who have hitherto looked upon ber 9s a terrible giantess, whose embrace was mere formidable to France than her frown, begin to hold a fauguaee of defiance, and to spesk of the Nemesis of France in a strain that is not very agreable to an English ear when it reaches it. And abont the court iteelf, sentiments are avowedly expressed which intimate that io less than a twelvemonth the nation of shop- keepers may, if it eae attend to ite own sffaira! The Assembiée Nationale has taaken the opportunity of republishing a speech of M. de lontelembert, where the decline and fall of Eag- lard is graphically protrayed. ‘The dssembiée Nationale conceives that this parliament in- quiry as to the conduct of the war cannot stop there ; tpat such a scene of jobbery, patronage, aristocratic blondering snd self-serving, will be laid bare, that otber instiiutions will be involved in it; and that the whole system of aristocratic government will be brought down, amid no sympathetic tears, either from within or without. In fact, what with Russia calling her whole popu- lation to arms ; Austria, Prussia, and the Gormanic confederation being, like a park of urtilliery, charged and awaiting but @ touch of the match; France erming to the throat, and gradually be- cc ming alive to the proepect of a sure regeneration ; while England, burning with enthusiasm, changing her ministry week after week, losing her little army, til) ecarce ten thourand beyonets hive to tell of vic- tories gained, is moaning and Y aprmagg ‘and quarrel ling with hereelf and everybody else, Pes mast cer- tainly think that matters in the Old World have rapidly come to a very pretty pass, and thst before long they will be in a very pretty mess—a conjec- ture, on your part, probably very near the truth. In_the_mesntime, as if to show how tree youin the New World sre from care, while we burn with our intestine conflagration, the Americans residing in Peris gave a grand ballon Toursday evening, at Hertz’s great room, in honor of Washivgton’s birth- dsy. Kero fiddled while Rome was burning, and the Americars Jaugh and dance, and play and sing in celebration of the author of their own y bud- ding, vigorous life, while the old spirit of feu: A emeciated, attenuated and angry, in the midst of blood, and fire, and smoke, tot’ers to its grave. In bios and phe of geod eurrents, Hog- lan ma: jo jown an ‘rance @ Q with aitioric brilliancy; but as a and flashes will probably be only saugment- ed symptoms of an energy that struggles it dies; and the begs cf history ia which Napo- leon the Third is to be immortalized, may prove only the fabled notes of the song which the swan utters as it yields its last breath, Ail political phi- Joropbers seem to think that in the co crash of nations there is only one which will rise it all with increased dignity and honor, and that is Ame- rica, if she but wisely bide her time, and make somewhat better choice of fered aE To turn to theatrical :—The opera of “Trovatore” was brought to a stand by the accoucbemest of Mme. Borghimams, whish intereat- ing event took place exactly two hours after the lady had been delighting a crowded tueatre with her choicest and sweetest strains—almost as heroic an exercise of mind over matter as St. Arnsad’s order to Death to stand still until he became victor ot Alma! But Mme. Vierdot Garcia, formerly Made- moiselle Pauline Garcia, happened to be in Paris, and has undertaken to prepare herself to supply the vacancy. In the meantime she has appeared in the “Barbieri” with the most wabounted applause. Her welcome back to the former scene of her triumphs was of s cordiality quite unu- is proverblally cold; but het eenaiQ he hy semaine prover! ly ; but rep. it revellt through the fnxurlances with which mt has em! d this moet charming of his characters with # grace and finish perfectly delightful. In the music mn she introduced ‘ Nos, pue Mi NM into which she threw a series of ornaments as bril- = 2 oii dazzling as they were wonderfully exe- cul le The departure of Mile. Racbel for America is understood to be fixed for the commencement of April. Pete Varieties, a little comedy, written with a care and elegance worthy of a higher scene, has been received with marked favor. It is entitied “ Une epreuve avant (a lettre,” the authors being the late M. Cordier Delannone and M. Jules Barbier. The title is easily expisined by the plot, which is pt en itself, A young lawyer, over head and ears in love with a widow as young as himself, too bashful to k to the lady on the subject, decides on writing to declare his passion; but to maks as- surance doubly sore, reqnestsa friend to sound how the ground lies. The amicus undertakes the duty, but has the villany to make love on his own sccount to the fair widow. This, however, com- pletely fails, the false friend is beaten back; but the dettre is more successful, and leads to the mar- riage of the lady with the legaladmirer. The little piece is capitally acted by Miles. Duclay and Fol- vemes. ie Bertie. Parts, Fes. 26, 1855. Celebration at Paris of Washington's Birthday— Who Set the Ball in Motion, and How it Rolled— Arrival of Martin Van Buren—Discourses of Berryer, Salvandy and Guizot, &c. The anniversary of the birthday of Washington was celebrated in Paris last week by a ball at the Salle Herz. It was a subscription ball, anda note requesting subecribers to leave their names with Meesrs. Munroe & Co., Greene & Co., or Livingston, Wells & (Co., led your correspondent to state that those bankers had united in proposing it. But this proposition, he has been informed, was suggested by Colonel Murray, of your city. A second note, srnouncing that the ball had been determined upon, was signed by the chairman ani secretary of a com mittee of twelve mansgers— Messrs. McLane, United States Commiesioner to China; Piatt, of the Ameri- can Legation at Paris; McRae, United States Consul at Paris; Murrsy, Munroe, Ridgeway, Pos, Corbivj Beckwith, Constant, Berry and Van Zandt. Two bundred and forty eight tickets for gentle men and a goodly number of tickets for ladies were sold. Some Jadies have been heard to express sur- prise that, contrary to the traditional gallantry of their countrymen, their own tickets were not free but bad to be bought. Not a few free, or compli- mentary tickets, were distributed by the committee among the Imperial functionaries, members of the diplomatic corps, ex-ministers to the United States, the Lafayette family, and other distinguished per fons. Notwithstanding the opposition (which I bave previonsly mentioned) on the part of certain members of the committee to what they termed “ a valgar American custom,” the list of invited guests embraced eight or ten representatives of the press, The Moniteur, Galignani’s Messenger and the London Times describe the ball as haying been ee given by the Americans residing in Paris. The Siécle says that it was given by the “ United States embassy, (mavaged, during the sickness of Mr. Mason, by the Hon. Mr. Piatt,) ana the committee of Americans residing in Paris.” The cards cf in- vitation were iesued, with or witheut ths authoriza tion of Mr. Mason, ip the name of the “United States Minjeter ana the Committee,” thus:— Le Ministre des Etais Unis et le Comté prient M—— de leur faire honneur d’assister au Bal donné par leur compatrio ses le jeudi, 22 Fevrier, en commemoration de la naissance de Washington,” etc.” The United States Minister and the Committee beg Mr. —— to do them the honor to atterd tne bell given by their compat riots, Thursday, 22d February, io commemoration of the birth ct Washington, etc. At the foot of ths ow are privied the names of the tweive o mmitwe mep. To the nome of Mr. Piatt was appended, after Jong and solemn deliberation, so momentous was the question discussed, a title unprecedeated fa ci- plomatic heraldry, avd which bas enough Latin as well a8 French wasted upon it to shock Mr, Marcy, who, you remember, was borror-struck st the idea of travelating the cffice of the Legation ino aChancel- erie. The title conferred on Mr. Piatt by the Com- mitiee, is Chargé ad interim des Affaires et alia What s burtheu be must be charged withal! His cone ymeu here agree that he bea's it bravely and we. Tt. leo reemed & somewhat novel deviation from the hint of diplomatic precedente for a minister to invite gueste to a ball elsewhere than at his owa hotel, snd, moreover, to @ subscriotion ball. Bat most of the guests were aware that if the illness from which Mr. Mason is happily recovering, and the mecdest dimensiona of hia hote!, had not prevented him from giving @ bail this winter, they might still have Sieve him from giving it there. Nor are eensible Europeans so sp to be surprised at any deviation from diplomatic precedents on the part of sp American Minister, aa some sticklers for court costumes seem to imagine. In the present case, there is certainly room to suppose that che relations of the Minister, spd of bis compatriote_ in Paris, are such that the later gladly unites with the former in 6h extracrdinary entertainment, like this mall, supplying, if need be, the alleged inadequacy of hia talary; or, at least, that te gladly uni‘es with them, as far as circumstances permit, in the public cei brationcf # consecrated date in American history? Not every question must necessarily be equilateral hke # square: but mavy a question has more than one side ; and my not look at all sides, each in its own best possible light? Certain itis that the official or quasi-official cha- racter imparted to the invitations by the title of “the United States Minister,” although, perhape, not too closely serotinized by the invited guests, detexmined them to attend the ball. Toe membera of the diplomatic corvs were, of cvurse, to be ex- pecied, when invitd by one of their colleagues. Moreover, most of their respective guvernments, as well ss tbe imperial government of France, had rpe ial motives, aside from veneration for the me- mory of Washirgton, for seiziog this oceasion to shake bands and emile with Brother Jonathan. Lokewarm as Brother Jona‘han is suspected of being in his rympatry with the Western allies, it ig deemed worth while to secure at least a neutral attitude on his part, as spectator of their conflict with Russia. The Emperor of the French, in spe- cis)ly instru:ting bis ministers and the officers of bis housebold to accept the invitstions addressed to them, may also have wiched to remove the unfavor- sble impressions which the incident Soulé must have lett on the mind of many au American. Whatever may have been its motives, a more re- markable dis)sy of amicable and resyectful feelings towamis the United States has not been made in Europe for a lovg time, than was made on the 22d of February, 1855. The list of invited guests omi‘ted not a few names which might have founda pace in it, if the ball nad been really, as it was thought to be, # Ministerial bail. No princely member of either the im eriai family or the civil family of the Emperor was presents the absence of Prince Murat was particu- larly remarked. Neither M. Troplopg, the Presi- dent of the Senate, nor the Count de Morney, Presi- dent of the Corps Legislatif, was there; but nearly al] the Ministers were presert:—M. Fouid, Mioistar ot State and gf the Emperor’s hcusebold; M. Drouyn de ! Huys, Minister of Fureign Affairs; Marshal Vaillant, M+ mber of the Institute, Grand Marabal of the Palace, and Minister of War; M. Magne, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce aud Pubic Works; M. Fortoul, Minister of Pablc Instraction, and M. Baroche, President of the Council of S:ate, with the rank of Minister, all of them Grand Croeses of the Legion of Honor, and all, save M. Barocae, Senators. The household of the Emperor won represented by Marehal Vaillant, Grand Marshal of the’ Palace; the Duke de Baseano, Senator and Grand Caamber lain; the Duke de Camhacerés, Senator, Graud Master of Ceremonies, and Colone Fieury, Firat Equerry, Aid-de-Camp of the Emperor, and Com- meander of the regiment of Guides; the household of the Emprers by the Duchess de Bassano, Lady of Honor; Barouess de Pierres, (an American lady, daughter of Colonel Thorne,) Lady of the Palace, phi her husband, Baron ce Pierres, Equerry, etc., etc., ete, Tte diplomatic corpe has rot been more fully Tepresenteé at any previous ball this winter. The abeen:e of his Eminence Monsignor Sacceni, Arch- bishop cf Nice, Apostolic Nuncio, and his aaditor and secretary, must not be complained of by any Kuzow Nothing, for it only indicated that Lent has ned. Pathe British Legation, the Prussian, the Bevarian the Dutch, the Belgian, the Legations of Badin, of Royal Saxony, of Denmark, of Sweden and Norway, of Portugs!, of Sardinia. of Mexico, were sepresent- ed reavectively by Lord Cowley, Couvt de Hatz- felct, Baron de Wendland, M. Ligntenvelo, M. Fir- min Rogier, Baron de Schweizer, M. de Seebach, Count de Montke, Lieut. Gen. Count de Loeven- heilm, Baron ce Paiva, Marquis Pea de Villa Marina, and M. Pacheco, Envoys Extraordioary sod Minia- pa hen Of the other diplo natista of the seme rank, Beron de Hubner, of the Austrian Lega- tion, anwell, Don Salustiano ce Olozaga, of the Spanieh, was out of town; M. Mavracordato, of the Greek; Marquis d’ Antoine, of the Two Bicilies; Don Monve! Blanco Eucalada, of the Coilian, and Cheva- lier Marquis Lisbon, of the Brazilian, were also ab- sent; but each of their Legations was represented wy secretaries and attach’s. Vely-Eddin-Rifsnt ‘acha, Embassador Extraordinary of Turkey, was present with all the members of bis Among the resident Ministers were Count Platen Hallermund, of Hanover; Baronjde Daernberg, ef Hesse Electoral; M. de Oertbling, of geet J Schwerin; Baron Waechter, of Wurtembarg, and M. Rompf, of the Free and Hanseatic Towns. M. Rompff married a daughter (now deceased) of the late Jobn Jacob Astor. M. y Puerto, and 8, appeared as Charges d’ Affai h and the Greek Among the Obarges d’Affaires were Col. Barman, of Switzerland; Dr. Dorado, of Bolivia; Mr. Lafond de Larcy, of Costa Rica, and Mr. Herran, of San Salvador. The Char; Affaires of Tuscany and Hayti, were both of them, I believe, absent. A .crowd of secretaries of ene and attachés com- pleted the representation cf the dipi»matic corps. Among the distinguished special gues'a was Guizot, ex-minister of Louis Philtppe, and (a higher title) eulogist of Washington. Lamartine had aleo been invited, but his health is so delicate that he is rarely to be seen save at home, and he was not pre- sent. It wouid have been singular to see Lamartine and Guizot meet, ae it were, on the other side of she Atiantic. De Tocqueville, author of that valuable work “Democracy in America,” and Lord John Ras- ke)), were also obliged to decline 'the invitation which they reeetved. I regret that I cannot furnieh with copies of the letters which it is said Lama: 5 De Tocqueville and Lord Jo:n Russell sent to the committe. Guizot came quite early, and remained bot a short time. IJ saw him conversing, fora few moments, with the Earl of Elgin, late Governor- General of Canada, and with Don Calderon de la Barca, ex-Ambaseador to Washington and ¢x-Minia- ter ot Spain. Among the French ex Embassadors to the United Btates were Mersre. Pagot, Pontois and Poussin. The widow of George Washington Lafayette, and three grand daughters of the ijtustrions friend and companion in arms of Warhington, were present. Several ladies of the families of members of the diplomatic corps united with a bright host of American ladies in enlivening the scene. The ¢ of the Isdies ont. sparkled ‘their diamonds, and this is ro, ecant praise, for the display of the latter was astonisbingly lavish and brilliant. The fair Ameri- cans, especially, disdaining their undisputed beauty, to which slone most of them might eafely have trusted, were evidently ambitious of equalling ia ravishing toilettes the utmost perfection of that kind sfforded by Paris—the metropolis of fashion. ‘Their ambition must have been satisfied. “ The: deserved well of” their dreesmakers, and, it shoul be added, of their dreaing-maids ; for they wore their Gregses no less than they were made. ey could scarcely be distinguished (while they kept their mouths shut) from their | Parisian cousins, rave that their faces, to American eyes, at least, were more lovely. Even Earopeans, whose notions of beauty differ considerably from thore of Americans, generally agree that the young American womsn is unqnestionably charming iu form and countenance. ey recogaize still more readily the facility with which she aesimiiates her style of drees to Parisian fashions. They add that in this jset perticolar she enjoys 4 marked advan tage over most of Englith women, who, they con- tinne, however rich aad elegant their dreases may be, do not know bow to wear them. Bat some striking exceptions to this last reproach were ex- hibited at the ball ol the 22d. The names of the American ladies present would fill a colum, @d a catalogue raisonnée of tneir costly and tasteful dresses ® volume, of which I, being no men milliner, “learned in rage,” am not likely to be the author. I send you, however, somewhat at ran- dom, a few pames, which you may print if you deem oper. Besides Mrs. Mason and the Misses Mason, fie Piatt and Miss Kirby, of the families of the American legation, there were Mrs, Commodore Stewart, Mre. General Thomas, Mrs. and Miss Hep- burp, Mre. and Miss Lemeur, Mrs. B: Monrce, Mre. Ridgeway, Mre. ‘Marshal Wood, Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Bristed, Mre. Walter Langdon, Mre- Woodbury Langdon, Miss A. Jone?, Mry. Livings‘on,. Mrr, J. Colfurd, Mre. and Misa Corbin, Mra. Gsorge,. Mrs. J. K. Smythe, Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mra. Post, Mes. Healy, Mies Murray, Mirs Forbes, Mise Fiaischmann,, Mre. ond toe Mivaes Hutton, Mrs. and Mies Yorke, Mrs. and Miss Heonen. Mrs. Pilie, M's. Field, Mru.. Moore, Mre. 8. Abbott Lawrence, Mrs. Deming, ‘Mrs. Morgan, the Beronees de Cbwain, the Baroness. de Pierres, the Baroness de Vaeaigne, the Countess: de Boigre, (eister-in law of Mr. McLsne, American Commissioner to Crina,) &c., &e, Of the miracles of toilette, for which these and otber !adizs are to be thanked, the most marvellous were two—the one feathered with down of a hgnt bluish color, and the other enveloped in a mist of jece. Asl have already intimated, the display of jewels was briilisot enough to outshine the whole galexy of decorations that blazed on the breasts of be imperial functionaries and tho diplomatists. By vhe bye, I noticed but two military uritorms at the ball—one was that of a lieutenant colonel in the Turbith army, worn by Nessin Bey (Carroll Tevis), end the other that of a cavtain in the Swedish army. The Sale Herz, where the ball waa given, was well fitted up tor the cccasion. Lights, flowers, aad. dainties, both solid and Hquid, were liserally pro- vided, although the champagne, it was said by chose who tasted it, did not come from the cellars of widow Clicquot. My. Hesiy, the artist, and his neighoor in the rune de is Paix, Dr. Evans, the dentis:, con- tributed, the former tnree portraits (one of Wash- ington, one of Fropklin, and the third of President Pierce); and the Jatter, in bis quality of officer of the imperial household, the busts of the Em- peror snd Empreas of the French. A por- trait cf Lafayette was suspended opposite to that of Franklin. Of Mr. Healy’s three por- trei's that of President Pierce was’from life, that of Frapkin a copy trom Greuze, and that ot Wah- ingt<n from Btuart. The latter was ornamented by the tricolored flag and the flag of the stars and stripes. An ins ription was aleo placed by it, but unfortunately the funeral oration by Moj»:-General Herry Lee, from which it was quoted, had not firat beew coneulted, aod the final word of that famous phrase, “Firet in war, firet in peace, and firs: io toe besrta of bis countrymen,” was tranrformed into “fellow-citizens.” Slight aa this miswwke wae, it would bave been beter to stick to the text. Lackily, the speechifying that so often mars o celebration of this kindip foreign cities, was-omit- tec, with great credit to the sense and taste of the committee. Iheard no ore complain that his pat- riotic emotions were not as agreeably excited by the avirited dancing on this occasion a4 they ever were by the avythiog but spirituel speechifying on similar occasions st Rume, for instance. Tne Ame- rican ladies, ticularly, joined ia the dencing with a zest that animated the whole affsir, and morethan anything made it what the Moniteur cescribed it to be, one of the brillisnt balls of the season. Some of their vpveld the reputation for skill which ¢ won by assiduous practice under the eyes je or Sellsrine. Only one couple ali a both were unhurt, and spran; Seare! » their feet, Strauss embroiderea H. Colum! Yan- kee Doodle, and several negro melodies, quite ekilfuLy, on patterns of his own. His enchanting muric, with the beavty, giace aud courageous pa- Vience of the dancers, detained me until the final éance threatened to become interminable. This fins] dance was almost long enough to stretch across the Atlantic, traverse the United States, and teach the Pacific, if, persdventure, it should not firet lose itself, lixe a bridle path in the backwoods, and run up a tree like a squirrel. It was aa long a4 this letter is in danger of be- coming, if I do not close it without speaking of the other “events” of the week—the arrival in Paris, op the evening of the ball, of Martin Van Buren, ex-President of the United States—the fresh dislo~ cation of the British Ministry—the discourses of M. Berryer and M. de Salvandy, at the reception of the former at the Academy—snd the discourse of M. Gnizot at the Institute, upon the Inteilecraal Wealth of America, and in bouor of that zealous friend of Americas, Alexandre Vattemare, who ought to have been invited to the American ball on Thareday, bat was not! | Figaro. Paris, March 1, 1855. The Synrits of the Political Storm—Napoleon’s Visit to the Crimea—Reasons for His Presence there—The immense Armament of Rus sia—The Loss of the French Frigate—French Fleet in the Black Sea—Popuwlarity of the War in France— England’s Humiliation in the Opinion of France, Ses, Fe. Coming events are fast casting their shadows before them, and what may reasonably be sssumed as the clore of winter, would seem the signal for gradually raising the curtain hitherto darkty concealing that terrible drama which the spring of 1855 will proba- bly inaugurate. Wherever we turn we see the great currents of the present European policy in violent agitation ; and the chief spirits of the storm flit hither and thither with such rapidity that they are no sooner seen at one capital focus than the telegraph an- nounces their arrival at another. Lord John Russell, for instance, is announsed as reaching Brussels and closeted with King Leopold; when lo! his journey has been temporarily arrested by a communication of life and death from his chiet, the English Prime Minister; then, he is scarcely seen at Brussels before he is caught at Berlin, and every hour he delays there keeps the Viennese in a perfect fever of anxiety and expectation, till they know he is safe inthe im- perial palace of Austria. As for M. Von Usedom and M. d’Olberg, fireflies at 5t. Domingo are nothing to the scintillating dartings to and fro of those busy diplomate; avd poor Lord Palmerston, with the Punch-like metamorphoses of his ministry, is kept, we hear, in such a state of oscillation that be is im some danger of discovering in his own person the great problem of perpetual motion. Buta far greater than he—the arch spirit of the century, Napoleon the Third—has flang aside his mantie with the win- ter and stepped into the fore front of those events he plainly perceives to be hourly quickening. But a few days since, in the midst of a Cabinet Council, he drew from his pocket a despatch be had just re- ceived from Vienna, wherein the most urgent reasons were alleged why he should lay aside all thought of repairing to the Crimea. He read it aloud, and though many who heard the arguments knew they were only a repetition of those before expressed by themselves, yet no one ventured to say aamuch. Bys sort of tacit unanimity, all limited their interference toa vigilant scrutiny of the im- perial features, in order to ascertain the effect pro- daced, if the oracle should decline to speak. The oracle did not speak ; and the perusal being finished, the Council broke up as wise as they sat down, at the same time with a certain balance of opinion ia favor of the Emperor's change of purpose. Bat those sma) twinkling orbs of Napoleon, which seen: perpetually looking every where except in a straight lime, are terrible pozzies ; and independeat of the prudential nature of #, he seems to have a mis- ehievous pleasure in keeping those who believe themselves most necessary to him at fault as to his more important resolutions. At the hour I am now writing, 1 do not believe there is « single living being that knows whether he will go to the Crinea: though, if one may venture a conjecture, I ean- not help saying thet I think be bas made up his mind to do #0, and that very speedily. Yesterday, and that was not mnown twelve hours before, he started off to the camp at St. Omer, where he arrived at half past seven, and I should not be at all surprised to read im the Moniteur, tomorrow roorning, @ speech to his gol- Cier#, announ ing his determination to fly to their comraces iu the Crimea, sad embrace toem before he again returns w place himseif as their head for such further éventualities as may be in store for the epruing campaign. Napoleon has @ spice of the cberiaten sbout him, and holds greatly to the im- portance of surprise 48 an ingredient in dramatic effect. Every thing is arranged at Marseilles for hia reception; Between six and seven thousand of the Imperis! Guard are already siepess several han- ored cf the Guides bave received the neaal grataity tor foreign service, and all other preparations are completed. Still, this proves nothing as to the Em- peror’s departure. It issaid, however, that the man ob whom the eyes of the whole world are chiefly fixed, is himself to repair to Sebastopoi—no leas then the Autocrat of ail the Rassias—aud that the siege of Sebastopol will have its immortality sealed by the presence of the two moet remarkable men of the age, and this, probably, before my letter reaches you. It is calculated that Napoleon would reach the Crimea on or about the 18th, and the Emperor of Rossia nearly about the same time, if not before. There are very intelligible reasons why the pre- sence of both these important personages may be required there just now. As I intimated io one of my previous letters, the character of Canrobert ig thought to be scarcely on a par with his scientifig