The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1855, Page 2

2 Me great silversmiths of London export to all porte | 0°, Pressis, netther of which, by itself, is entifled ate weit, But the loco from Bwiteeriand man %4 the consideration of a first rate power. Ger- eee eo ed earohicts isn | many, in her present position, is an sdvanoed vost beve episier dhe case sae Is te quite, { of Russie; and Russia might as well have been at- to qxagperste the Secon and pert A tacked there as in the C:imea. An army of two = pope prad emg iy a ~ Be busdied thousand men on the Rhine would have fwnich constitute the of these arcdcies re- been worth half @ million in the Crimea. Every suc- mind one of the most deicate wax work, while the | °e# of the allies woula have tid oa tue Lie petals are fine as the finsst nesdie ” One collar while the different Sia.ee of Germany, wich the!r gad pair of cuffs are marked aga In fact, known prejudices and jeslousies, would what with the silks of Lyong, the lace of Switeer | bave afforded an ample field for risiat gold land, and embroidery on maslin from Switveriaod, di We all remember yet ibe de:la- of pri ciess value, one’s head grows 20 fall of Me ration made by neene ee 1840, io the bomet’s Paradise, with ite attendant Hoaris, that | French Obamber o Deputies. Germaas,” ne ene is fain to descend from tre galleries into the eaid, “ are arming and nursing their natioual senti- transept to keep the head from growing dizzy. I arn weno scogtt yet he as Prime however, take this of observing | Minister France, the évidence of the defection of er tho gulleriee—perbi FPahould rather apeak tg | German princes ia his tunds, He knew that in the the singu'ar nomber, coal wa the Frencn gallery, micat of the national enthusiasm of the German pe> which extends the ‘whole length of toe northern See ais Reveeiane were ses So eee separate front, and which bas hitherto been the by-word of siliazoe and friendsnip with the French and opprobrinm of the Exhibition as the terra | pation.” Caseg of specific artasnment to France or deserta-bids fair to be its chiefest o: eat, | Exglend, for specific reasons, would doubtless nave @ontrasted with the opposite one, devoted to the | sccurrea again, had tue proximity of Freach troops juce of atl nations, more eapesially the Eazlish Jens additional momentum to toe grave cousitera— ay French exhibitors, produce a luminous fect, | tion of mmediave abeorprion, as the oonseq rence of ‘Fe begin with, article of Freach manufastare | t00 great relispce on cietant aid trom Hasna or fa uaten oe ati Ga or rather thaa the abso- | Austria. The whole of Germery is pow given up to Yate utility of mankind; pen hy tne next place, tha Rageia as an immense field, -ffering the richeat nar- wenner in which everything ia diapoeed for public | Vest to her diplomacy. Papers hike the Aagebarg Teepecticn ie wo tasteful, 9 artinic, w csptivaing, | sore efoenoe and powcr, which have hikbert> do : { } same influence an: r, ‘that were it leas intrinsically valuable than it ie, 1¢ pol ‘allies, DP tearacmiant te the French side is a case of lace hacd Kerchiefs. Toney are held in delicate hands, made of wx, in every variety of position, aud the cor. ners fall so temptingly trom the taper tingera that RO woncer other fingers itch to possess them and do Rkowize. I have descended into the nave of fe Industrial Palice, iteelf aa unlike the nave of former daye as the bleareyed with, ard snd wrinkled at four acore, is to the Dio.ming cnecek and darkiing eye of a gypsey of fifleen. Every day adda something new, oc #0 @banges the grouping vf former oojeces that you are led tobelicveso. Wile the dull Eagtishmaasvolialy ‘views his first arrangement, and lices it batter and better as bis eye more snd more grows used to it, the Frenchman is danciag round his gracefal pavil Jon, looking before acd behiad, inside and ou‘sida, setouching with beat or gold the temple in which bis goods are enshrived, and never resting saviatied tall “he has accomplished au artistic exnibition worthy of himself and his country. She pavilion imacribed Industrie Parisieane, on the east, as you ent #, ia an instance of this. It isa perfes: boaqaet ef tbe wild flowers of industry, appareatly theown together any how, yet producing & caarming eftsct. are cabineta en bors de rose encoustés in seore, @ella, tortoise shell coms, opera glaases, group ia porcelain biseuit of a hawk destroying a neat of ges, an elaborately wrought oval table ia jead silver, 4 feet by 3, sup) all sorts of diyouteric; crimson vetvet capa of fantaisie, for royal danes, tied op mith Laie of pearls and diam nda; ‘and to crown all, a coczed hat, looped up wich bril- Hants, and a pair of epaule's, composed of diamonds fuetead of gold thread, belonging to thas paiated, bewigged simpleton, Sonaltepe, the Dake of Braos wick, as is stated on an oftiche; aud all these articles, sundry precious empulia in gold and silvar, gud jewelied collars and braceleta, are arranged in a syle so enchanting, from its studied negtigenc, that the delighted visiter returns again and again to this graceful pavilion, and slmos: wonders where the mystery is. It certainly contains the best part of ‘the Duke of Branewick, who, whetber quarreli ‘with bis liege rabjects, over whom he once unhapp!- Jy reigned, or in an English or French court of law ‘whh a poor needlewoman for the price of nis shirts; ee jumping out of s balloon and killing poor Mr. Gra- ham, whose apotbecary’s bill he would never pay Sguring at the Tulleries with hia cheeks red with paint his coat covered with diamonds—is the most contemptible epecimen of the House of Bruna ‘wiok—the royal house of Engiand—that ever cast ita etado —_ royalty. Berrie. P.8—The progressive state of the exhibition is shown by the tollowing tabniar returns of visitera:— June 3.. +e 57,380 g 4... «. 100,262 ‘These dates fa!l on Sundays, the price of entrance being four sous. Bat by avother return it is shown ‘that v0 far, the lowest admission has the largeat aumber of francs. Panis, June 28, 1855. Effect of the Late Military Checks on the People ef France and England—Attitude of Austria, Prussia, and the Smaller Powers—Conduct of German Princes in 1840— The Press of Germany end Belgiwm—The Great Men of the Present and Pa:t Century—The Man of the Crisis not yet Pound—The War not Properly a War of @wilization Against Barbarism— Reforms Con templated in England—The Suggestions thy Contain for the United States— The Exhibition— Why it ia not Generally Frequented— American Exhibitors—The new President of the American Board of Commissioners. The whole city for the last five or six days hss ‘known the fact that the ullied armies were repulsed fom the great Redan and the Malakoff tower, which they intended to storm on the 18th, with tre- mendous slaughter. The English have estimated their Deases at 4,000 men, among whom were three or four gereral officers, while the French papers, with their babditual silence in regard to everything which most Geeply concerns the nation, continue dumb on the subject. It is, however, well known by persons in the immediate neighborhood of the Emperor, and who consequently are likely to know, that the Tosses of the French exceed seven thousand; and there is reason to believe, therefore, that the joint loeres of the allies could not have been Its3 than twelve thousand men. This is the most serious heck the Britieh and French arms have yet ro- @eived since the commencement of the war, and one which, at this moment, is particularly disay trons to their cause, France and Turkey are in the market for new losne. Austria has drawn the maak from her face, and is now, to all in- tents and purposes, s Rassian ally. Prussia is almoet hostile, while Holland, Be giam and Dsn- mark are preserving an insolent neutrality, indi eating by their presses and the public conduct of their fon:tionaries that their sympathies and hopes are with Russia. Even Sweden, once the greatrival of Rassia, reems to look on the present war with com- parative indifference, while the smaller States of Germany, determined to preserve peace “at all hazards and to the last extremity,” seem to be con- tent to trade with Russis and France on the most Bdvantageous terms, independent of all such con Rideratiors as war and bloodshed. There was a hope for a time, in Germany, tha’ Napoleon's eagles would again sppesr on the ‘Rhine; in which case, you may depend on it, they would not have been seriously opposed by either Princes or people, provided the allies hed pro claimed that they came to reestablish suppressed mationalities, and not witn a view to conquest. A Gemonstration on the Rhine woald have given great weight to the cuggestion of the allies at t2¢ Diet ot Frankfort onthe Maine, and would have compelled Austria and Prussia to adopt « decisive @ourse in regard to them. Austria and Prnssia would have been obliged to negotiate for theic @wn peace, and this at s period when their .ante- edenta made it imprudent for them, in case o’ ‘rouble and disaster, to appeal to the loyalty of ‘their subjects. While Rassia threatened Anstria by an army of observation in Poland, France ought to have menaced her on the Rhine and in Italy. kw now certain that the Emperor will not quit Paris—nay, that it would be impradent in him to dono. And tt is equally certain that neither Aus- tris nor Prossia will bo disturbed in their present wense of security, and that neither the Polish, nor the Hungarian, nor the Italian, nor indeed aay other nationality, will be revived or even galvanized. The Protracted siege of Bebastopol, and the late severe reverses of the allies seem to have crested a belief—even here in Paris—that Rassia alone is either s match for them, or that they have no dis- position, and, perhaps, not the ability, to engage in & general European war. With thia conviction eatabHahed in the German mind, It is useless to ex- pect aid and comfort from Germany. Tae war is one in which the really great Powers of Earope— Fagland, France and Russis—waste their strength g4 order fo give weight and consequence to Austria fended the cause of the publiah the news from tbe Crimes withoat com- ment; while the Bulgiaa press, which bas a lacge cirewation on the Raine and Weser, opsaty eapouses the cause of the Czar, i€ not as agaiost Frepce, which is woo near to ba iasuleed with im punity, at least against England. Franoa, beiag at this moment qithoat a yreas—tnat isto say, without a paper representing the national sea‘i- ment of the country—caanot even make an apoeal to the common intelligen e of her neighbors, aad is thus completely igolaved in ali her movements on tbe Continent. Nothing, indeed, renders the sitiation of the allies more serious than the utter indiffereace with which the war is looked upon by all tae Garmin powers. They certaialy would like to ses tas siege of Bebastopol prolonged some eight or ten years longer, for as long as it lasts they have no appre- hension of danger to themselves. Austria, e49e- cially, is enabled to psy off per old enemy, France, against ber new davgerous ally, Rasela, and vice versa, to secure alternate'y her Italian and S:ia- vonian provinces. Austria ia aafe wide the preseat wer lasts, and beyond the prassnt hour her condition will not allow her to spe ulate. It is now doad:- fol whether Sebastopol wili be taken a; alt; bat if it is, no peace will come of it, as jong as Arstris and Prussia remain unmolested, Uniess Eaglani and France are prepared for a general war, “ to re- construct the political map of Europe,” they will achieve no rignal triumph, either in tae Black Sea or in the Baltic. What Engiavd, what France, what Germany or Russia wanta atthe preseut time, isa man of ge- nius, capable of becoming the miuof the crisis. The present century has produced no sach man in either of the countries named—perhaps in nore other. The tew great men of the nineteenth can- tury have been tranamicted to it from the eigh:- eexth. Their old age belongs to their preseat co- temporaries, but their youth and manhood be- longed to the century that is past. We nave afew imitative men, and some who, by adventitious cir- cumstaneee, have acquired a certaia aflaeacs aud wer; but taere is po man now living whocan print the conceptions of his own mind on the apirit of the sge, aud thereby shave the destinies 0’ mankind. It would bea ead task to compare the men ot the preseot day with thoss who preceded them; but there is nevertheless a national progress ceptible; for what the individaala have loat has Boca gained by the masses. In no previous age has there such s yearning of men after national lite and distinctions. It seems as if, wich tne more im ne- diate contact produced by the application of steam, kindred veople had learned to prize their relation- ship. Different tribes of the same race, which have ‘been ated for ages, long to be reconnected with each other under one and the same government; while each people that can claim a language and a literature of its own, sceks to dissolve the connec tion which binds it to a government or a prince of Gifferent extraction and using a different idiom. And it is precisely this national dire.tion which tne bistorical developement cf the people of the Old World bas teken, which, at this juactnre, favors the hereditary policy of Russia. The desire for national union of the different Sclavonic tribes, is a vast element of po wer in the hands of the Czar. It is, in itself, equal to an army, and makes the Russiaas cheerfully submit to a thousand hardships which would otherwise only be endured without marmar by @ highiy civilized ple in pursait of a great object. It turni tne Ozar with power ful allies even among some of his enemies, and makes him tbe representative maaof # race scattered over half of Earope. To divideaud weaken this phalanx, France England, by way of a counter irritant, bethought themselves early 0° kindling the national sentiments of the Gsrmaus, the Poles, Hungarians Leper: eat pe Tis the purpose of trightentug Russia, a view of apg out or aiding a movement in that direc- tion. Thus, in the present struggle, Rassia pos- sesees not any, the advantage of a vast domaie not easily accessible to a foreign enemy, but is also borae byt irit of the as the li idea of a han dred wiltions of It is in vain tuat France and Hngiend call tie it war “‘a war of civilization against barbar- wm." The barbarism represon' by Rageia has too mapy distinct features —it has a will and an object, and © conscientious. nese—to be confounded with that of the savage Asiatic tribes which, io former times, tavaded and devastated Europe. The material forces of France and Esgiand, for aggressive picposes, May vastly exceed those of Rassla; but without ideas capable of operating onthe public mind of eR ee vagaalte Geil Resa’ Me as- gand permanently arresting tha histori zal pro- — of Raesia in ite vast national developement. power of Russia cannot be permanently arcested ae, her naval power ia the Bleck 3ea, or by taking of Sebastopol. Russia can only b3 con- quered by the power of libsral ideas, which woald indefinitely multiply ber enemies, weaken the cohesion between her own provinces» T1e allied Powers are not prepared tor such 2 m>vement, and hence it is most likely that any advantage they may gain on the field of battle, will again be lost when the peace conferences shall be resumed at Vienaa, Among the many reforms likely to v2 introiu red into the British government, the reqaimnent of a competent knowledge in persons to be employed as consular or diplomatic azents, deserves parti salar attention. It is proposed to subject caudida‘es tor these offices to # rigorous examination, and to pre— fer, henceforth, men who have given proofs of abi— lity, not to mere poiitical parasives and sons of nobles, The idea is fali of valuable saggestions to us of the United States. Jus; imagine what im- provements the intzcouction of such a reform would operate in America, Not only would it insare com | shed men in important stations, but it would also ik down that infamous system of political rewards and punishments, whicn corrupts the very fountain of our political institurions. Taos President of the United States would then be obtiged to select mon on account of their fitness for office, not becanse they may be usefal to his re- election, or to the election of his political friends. And applying the same principie to all otacr officr of importance at home, the governmeat would at once the means of excluding all “iga0- rant foreigners” aa well as all incompsteat “natives,” and toe pucity of the ballot box would follow, as a matter of course, when those ‘who cause the real abase of the ballot box have 1st the inducement to apply themselves to #0 dishonora- dle atask. Let the cext Coagress enact a law of that sort,and let ua see whe! Me. Pierce will find it conatitational enough for him to siga it. And, then, imagine for a moment waat cl the application of the Lee! saggested by the reform movement in Eogiand could operate in our Present corps diplomatique in Earope! How they would contribute to raise our country ia the estims- tion of the world, instead of lowering it in the opi- of contemporaries, 4 i z i cities, cholera has brokea cutia a ney maligaaot an sooth of France, It 1s already be in Paria. As they are Cepesenag oles we m coo agg a me y already Mo tage of the P; imperor Cat be spared ia Paris. be visited by men who are interested in the manufactares; bat it ia not a thing which attracts large promiscuous an- Giences, and hence the proaounee it » fail- ure. truth is, the French, fond as they are of ‘isplay, prefer a ballet, an opera,-or a comedy, to tion of machinery and piece goods. Ths . ran by vg ret ng are who usu fashions’ au seeming Srhcoaet oa eT of ing effect to the industry France. the ‘Ametican arta of the Exhibi- Bee: ck ae ee E TE 3 f i Mr. Valentine ansnimity, been elect Commiaai Valentine 8 man of bog! and of business bbtte eat tact. He will, no doubt, do jastica to American | interests. Yours, very respectfully, Pd. G, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1856. Panis, June, 29, 1855. The Failure at the Malakoff Tower - The Gloom in Paris— More Troope En Route The Palace de Dindustrie~ Amurican Frteresta §c., Se. I bave foreborne to say anything about the gen- eral feeling of disappointment and vexstion result- ing from tre recent disastrous effort on the Malakoff tower till I could ascertain it from sources of such unquestionable nature as would justify my speaking ex cathedra, Te is not the loss which the French army haa sus- tained, great as it is, which canses any bitterness. ‘The French, as a warlike nation and well versed in the history of their many battles—the ebb and flow of victory--are not the people to despoad at a check of a much more important character than this which they have now received. But from the firet the nation at large has had a misgiving, aud tomething more, of the policy of the war a: all; and though a succession of triumphs woxid have speedily reconciled and impressed is, perhaps, with the euperior wisdom of the government, an unbroken chain of suffering, of deubifal advantages, of die ease in summer, of misery in winter, of retarning summer again with the angel of death scattering cholera on the one side, and wholesale carnage from the Malakoff tower on the other, is almost to) much for its powers of endurance. The great novelty, too—the English alliance—the ma terial aid of that fieet which from all time the nation haa been used to look upoa as the m's- trees of the seas, requiring only the addition of the legions of France to enable it to bind down the wholo earth in chains, turns out to be a rock of dis appointment in the pathlesa waters of this present policy. The terrible armament of the Baltic is sim. ply vox et preteora nichil, The shallowa of that nea are a tiousand times more pu‘ssant than the thunders of the Duke of Weliington, with her 130 guns; and nothing more is now expected from Ad- miral Dundas, and the fiery devils he commanis, than a bicodless voysge and a aafe retarn at Carist- mas. What wonder is it, then, that the re.eat failure before Malakoff should have given rise to a brooding feeling of discontent. C'est une guerre désastreuse ia & favorite phrase ia the mouch £ mapy who wish well tothe powers that be at pre- tent in France. “We shall break dowa if we doa’c micd,” said a general last nigat at a private res»p tion of the Minister of War, whose opiaioa studs deservedly high at the Taileries, “ patore we are fairy in the melée. What, with Austria Seer U8 at every tarn, England shaking \iksa@ reed an veering to eaca popular bresta, aad Rassia learning to be vi torious through leasoas of defeat, we soall laid on, our (hors de combat) before war has assumed a European charasver— the oy war which oan render tre Féte des Aigies in the ip de Mars anythipg bai a vain and use- less triumph. In my opwion we have no basinsas to be running our heads against Malakoff at aul; we should Isaye Sebastopol with an army of 60,000 men before it, order the Tarks up trom Eapatorio, and push on wo the field, and thas force tne Ras- slaps to give battle. Fight and win this, and se- bastopol falis as a matter of course, and then the 2 war Will fairly ” Bay! which, the Ganeral anddenly limped off with shofiie peculisr to him, apd began instantly taking to sume ladies about Signora Ristori, any new Itatian tragedene. The money market is heavy, and genwemaa on ‘change shake their heads gloomily. Tne approsch- ing cont ion of the Legislative senatorial bodies has given rise to a report that, in addition to & new national loan forthe purposes of shis guerre désastreuse, @ tax is about to be imposed upon ral- way shares, the very whiaper of whica is eavugh to create a panic in the marget. For myself, I am not disposed to give credit to anything of the kind, do not think it probable that Louw Napolsoa, desirous as he bas been of encouraging rail- road enterprise by every means in his power since the first dey of his acceasium to tue suprem> authority, would consent to any measure whico migat have the eff-ct of restrainiag the commercial spirit of the country ona matter ao vitally im portant to the well-being of Fre.ce. No greser testi moay can be given, however, of the Emperor's dotermiai- tion to persevere 2 outrance in the prosesuiivn of ‘the war than the fact that within ha‘f an hoar of his receipt of Gen. Peliasier's telegeaonic despatca an- acunctr g his tailare at Malakoff, he signed an orier to Marsbal Vaillant, desiring that 50,000 mea shouid be immediately embarked at ‘Marseiiles. 50,000 meu cannot be moved witnout money, sad, toerefore, there is no saying what kind of tax may beim eed. It is a subject of unfeigned regret that the Usited Btates ahouid just now be Icsing the services of M-. Mounsail Field, whose privats affairs oblige him wo return to America, and consequently to resiga chs Chairmanship of the American Commissioners rep resenting American iadastry at the Grand Exhibt tion of Paris, It cannot b> said certataly taat the United States have done themacivea jastice at tue Industrial Palace; but all agcee it has not been tae fault of Commissioner, whosa puactaality, attention and ready courtesy, have made him 82 honor to his coudtry. Before ieaviog he ae &@ magnificent entertainment to his brother Com missioners at the Trois Freres—the celebrated re- stauraut of toe Palais Royal. Dr. Pepper, Commu. sioner for the State of Pennsylvania, has in tas respect been following his example, at the Cafe de Parie. One gentleman, who seems to have had tne good fortune to be invited to bota these entertaia- ments at the two premier restaurants of Paris, is in & perfect “fix” as to which dinner was the best, aid can only really decide that never betore did ha ever fee, hear of, cr taste such viands, or qaaff such wines, and his only is that hie daily salt is not more often made piqaant with such sumatatiag “Pepper.” The speecaes, too, were admirabis; end if the exposition ia the department of the Eras Unis, boasta nothing more than a grim looking case susrounded with blood red drapery o Co's ravol- vers, ard @ row of Goodyear’s bijouterie in ca outchouc atte Remco) on the deticate fa inscris Parisienne which immediately controats it, this haa amply made amends for by tne glowing description of maby inventions and vast improvements wai h were ‘“‘athome and in practival use.” Coe party separated, delighted with their accomplished ani hospitable Amphitron, and with one only ragret that the feeble state of Mr. Mason’s health, the Uai- ted States Minister at Paris, shouid have preventiad his attendance. Messre. Pringle, Morgan, Washbira and Grow, members of Congress; and Mr. Harrisg: ton, late Under Secretary of the (reasury, lets on Monday for Italy. General Joha A. Dix aad his family, of New York, arrived a few dsya ago from Italy, and are soon about to procead to tie United States. We have fairly got our hot weather at lass, and nothing.can be more delightfal tnan the appesr- ance wuich the Boia de Boulogne now presaats the still evening hours, when the sun hes drawn hie fiery beams, and tne stars of hsaven are reflected in the placid waters of taose beautifal lekee, which, a8 by tae band of a magician, have been 60 lately created. The roads are smoo.h as an English lawn, and so perfectly irrigated that not & particle of dust escapes to soil a flower or a tea ther of those obi im bonuets whicn, liks the crests of birds, are seen peeping above some princely equipage,{as ia all the velight of gold avd trapping its enorting, pran steeds whirl it along. Everywhere the wate: is seen breaking through the full foliage of the tre2s; and as the fair legitimist fog the cooling breeze that sweaps acrozs it,and dreams of Henri V., and the chivalry of France, ahe would almost heave » sign, to think that such a paradise as this shoald be the ‘woik of one whose ancestors were unheard of when her gt pe tb phon A ared de deux at Ver sailles, if she did not fort herself with the ¢ viction that the asme Divine right which a Bourbon doubtiess created a Bonaparte to sweep and clean his palace and domain. Ber “1g. ‘The Constitutional Straggle in England, PRINCE ALBUBT’S SPRECH DISCUSSED BY THE FagNCH PRES. {Translated from the Journal des Debate, Juno 24. An incident occurred ths other day in Wagiaad which, although tt was published without attracting much attention, had & certain degree of im oe: we allude to a apeeck pronounsed at ays orporation dinner by ee Tost we sn France may properly apprec! is manitesta— tion from the husband of the Queen of Eaglaad, we must recollect the difference in the laws aad the customs of the two countries. In England they believe seriously in the maxim, “the King can 42 oD aa asa logical consequence, it ia on tre conditt Among lens that the King oan do nothing at all. the crown is never diroctty reaporaible, bat it ison the condition that it never intervenes directly on the condact of business. Ae thorough Jogic generally leads to absurdity, we do not meen to ray that constitutional regalasion should be always applied inan absolute manner, and that the s:mtiments and opinions of the person coat. the — ve oak influence @ government ry; but it is on the wisdem and the discretion with which that in- fluence is exercised. that the popularity and even the security of the crown depend. We must render to Queen Victoria this justice, that she has always known how—even in the midst uf most come circumstances—to keep within the vigorous limits of her lice ment and one of the ence which she bas alwsys shown to the letter and the spirit of the constitution, We have seon, for practieed consecrated and successively called beside ner the heads of the 28" Opposite parties, no matter what might have bea ject the violent, often gross attacks whi :h attend sd Prince Albert’s coming into England; we siso recollect the dlecuss.0ns, much more parliamentary, but not lesa disawreead e, of which his cotation was House of Parliament. These sentiments, or thes pr-jadices, did not long coa tinue, and gave place t2 @ popi the young prince endeavored to merit. to remain the counsellor and tne na‘ara: sa spor; of hus sovereign, without mingling tvo ostensibly io business; be knew how to lay corner stoues, to in- sugarate crystal palaces, to preside a’ banqaete, to establish model fa:ms, to take the char a acade- mies, and to keep himself on all occasions oatade ot the contest ot politics. So that when lass year it was rumored that Prioce Albert nad got in a row with the ministry, and toat he had been sent to the ‘Tower, sa he would bave been formerly seat +o the Dastile, ridicule soon did justice to these gossip- ipa. It ia, therefore, with a very great surpriss that, we saw the other day hie Royal Higuness sud- denly enter ng ‘lities, and publicly and officially take ride with ministere of the day. I¢ia wita f& orrtain degree of stuveta tion that we have seen the Prisce in proposing after dinaer the nealth of the ministers, address a censure of the severest kind to all oppostzioas, and to everything whicd con- stitutes free government of frea Ecgiand. The warmth with wnicn the P.iuce has emoraced the ministerial cause appears stil more ocarioas when we recollect that Lord Palmerston was net long ago expelied from the cabinat bacause he did not wisn to submit to his Royal Higaness the despatches of his department. Stilt, this is only asecondary matier. Chat which is more serious, aud tbat woich has prodacad in Eagiaad a greavor effect than we can believe here, ix the obstiaa:y wita which the Prince has signalized the incoave?- iences of tree institutions, and the difficulties which discussion, publicity and parliamentary contro. place in the way of the government. After haviag portrayed the advantages which impenetrabie se- cresy Of resolution and unity of action give to a nos- tile power, the Prine has added: — The Queen bas not been able to raise troops, and she hap st her orders only those who voluateer their services. Her goveroment can take no measures to pursue the war without baving first deciared it im Parliament, Her armies and her fleets can neither execute nor prepare any movement without its being publicly announosd ia the journals. The simplest error cannot be committet there cannot bes weak side, without its beng an- nounced, and sometimes even exaggerated with asort of morbid satisfaction, The Queen’s ambasesior csnnot car ry forward any negotiation without goverment having Vo defend it by exposing all the arguments which a m4- ‘tor, to succeed, should be able to keep ia the deep- eat recesses of his heart. What dol say? At the most critical moment, when it may hapjen that military op» rations and diplomatic negotiations are at their highest degree of complication, a hostile voteof Parliament may im & moment deprive the Queen of the counsellors who have her confidence. Gentiomen, our constitutional gov- ernment is traversing a difficult test, aad we aball only traverse it happily if the country give its confidence = triotic, indulgent, disinterested confidence to her Ma- Jesty’s government, Prince Albert ap; to complain, and with b't terneas, of the cootroi exercised by: puntislty Ae instatates @ prosecution upon the liverty of the press—a tring which sax eey fashionable at this mu- ment. It might even be balieved that he attacks to ita very essence the ‘ament of Eagiend—tnat is to say, the discuesion and the censorship exer cised by Parliament, It might be satd that Lord Palmerston himselt recognized upon what daager: Rigen his illastrioas gaest was mar:hiag; tor to speech he made a response, marked with mo- deaty and reserve; in reality, the minister hay been ouch leas ministerial than the Prince. Onur observaticns are naturally very disinteres‘ed, and the Eogiish Ere perreouy free t> do their own Dosinesa a3 they thiok proper. Still, we may ex- prevs an opinion that the moment was not happily chosen for ac using the prezs ot exaggeration, wacn the report of the Committee of Inquiry confirms openty everything that had been revealed oy tas journa's. After all, i toe Times had not spoken, and if it had not braved the conspiracy of sileace, there would not any have remained anything of the English army; tne safety of an acmy ia of more value than the sleep aad the qauietude of a whole wold of lazy fanctionaries. Ia thia laxr circumstance tie J'imcs has been very ekilfal, aud it haa taken care not to compromise ite position vy avy violence of language. Bat the speech of the Prince has not the Jess prodased # cousiderab.c ef. fect, and it is remarkable that i¢ is the conservs- tive party which hes ehown itself the most sena.ble or it. The weekly organ of this party—the Press —has aaid upon this oscasion:—— Prince Albert nas not been happy in the choice of his discourse. His German natare will not permit him w understand the English liberty of speech; he cannot abty he discern the advantages of a free press, and would prefer the censorship sysem. be par- mitted to say that whatever may be the faults of the reas, the admonition ot His Royal Highness is not the at means of ccrrecting them. We might cite, besides, extracts from other jour- nals, bus it would be superfluous. In parliament, whose constitutional isflaence was so direc'ly called in question, it is also the co.servative party which has most resented the attack; and the other day, one of the most eminent of that pacty—Sir Elwa:d Lytton—while sffeo:ing to addreas the promoters of administrative reform, heid this significant Jao- guage :— That which is threatened is the fundamental priaciples of our reprerentative institution. * * * I confess ve functionaries in your buresus, skilful and a will be such; but you will have ‘and the muscles of tne popaler go lock mechanism of despotis govera ments. * * ‘They tell us that taey only want to render the ministers of the Crown and of the country fndepencent of the influences of parties; in other wore, of the op:nions of Perliament. I answer that if the Crown must be free to nominate to the h ve thought it our duty to call attention to the spsech of Prince Atbert, because it may fore shadow conflicts of authority which perhaps will no’ be slow to develope themselves, The Journal de l’Empire takes an opposite view of the effzcts of the liberty ot the press. Oa tie eubject of the defeat of the 18h Juae the Journal i "Yeo. Pelissier foresaw with reason that the enemy would not tail to megnify the tailare of our attack ofthe 18%. Chere are already in circalation Ras sian bu letios written in this sense. Bat we imagine that the Eo; press, if it cmmtioues, wii ' av» little to the pans to do. Had the allies entfzred auy great revere, lost avy decisive battle, it would be impoesbie to deplore them with more bitterness apd despair then the London journals of the past two days expend. This explosion of grief is ic- spired, we have no doubt, vy sentiments the most honorable and patrioti. We understand the gene- Tous teers shedjupon the'tomb of so many brave peo ple; but it appears to us tint we'must a/so look wits some firmness upon the events of along acd terrib'e war, and not surrender ourselves one day to the ia- toxization of triamph, to abandon ourselves the next tos diecouragement almost puerile. We know that these exaggerated and violent proceedings are na- tural to toe English presa—that they constitute ia ecme way & taci to spur on the public mind snd to whip up pe opinion. Bat in the present case, the cries of the Englisn press have the vory Gc inconvenience of giving to the events of the ‘8th an importance which they do not possess rela- tively to the general conduct of the siege, The French Journals on American Affairs. ‘The Journal des Debais, in an article of the tem) nce mevement in England, gives a nse at the workieg of the like movement in the United States. It says :— We know that in North America, one of the New Eng land States—the State of Meine —bas passed W com: cry B tema the trade ia spirituous drinks. Toe State of New York, foilo: it ia this philanthropic era against drunkenaees, as just adopted the Matne law, correcting it, however, in that which was to - late. In Maine it is ae accomplished fect—public hoanes are shut up, cafés have lost most of their patronage, every ale of wine or brandy brings a fine; and in thet country of unlimited personal liberty, every individual dy drink ia immediately apprehended, and sent to the nearest tiary, with @ pitcher of water and a Bibleas an exhortation to repeatance. Mahomet— leaving out the Bible—could not co it better. * * © It in not, however, by restraint—it is not by fine ant imprisonment—that the vicious habits of the people can be amended in this or in no many other matiers. Maine furnishes a proof of this, There no I extat thera publie houses—wine and qoiatey are mo longer of open and public sale—it in true; bat the illicit treffic—the ge ee circulation of drink—are organized whblessle, and, as It were, from house to house; and if drunkenness dare no more stagger in the streets, it is becwuse it in content, for the most part, to choose the dwelling house, The empire of drinks is surreptitious!y maintained, and the law is daily violated; theese are two immoralitias in place of one. ** * Bat it is too much to stop to reason against the absurd or the impossible. To pro- hibit, to suppress, is pot to regulate. Enact, it you eboose, repressive laws mgs) irunkenmers—tax apd Tr ‘necessary, fabrication of sprrituous it do not, by a puerile confusion, jecta fter lige educat: moderate use of wine. In our coantry, or rather in all countries where wine constituter the national drink, where the ase of {0 is seesssible to all asses, totozication, may be said, is an exceptions fact; ond, at al) even! the abuse of wine is fer from Daving consequences as ye as those which are due 10 ale excitemen’ Wine is, ar toerefore, in 01 opinion. the best antidote of brandy, and the Trance secieties woulo much more object if they should limit themselves to substituting qresywhere the use of wine for that of spirituous 2 ors, ‘We Sicle devotes an editorial article to this countr; under the rubric, A Cop‘ist in the United States.” me slavery question furmiushes the text. We trans- Hf ef te one thelr duties. | Detter principles of practical politi justice, the con- stivution of the United States of America bas permitted to subsist, without consecrating it, that hideous sore which the sixteenth century inflicted on all America, slavery, which the founders of the republic dare not or could vot abolish Two great parties, therefore, divide, at pre: sent, the citizens of the Union; on one aide are the aboiltionista or enemies of slavery. and on the other the nd supporters of that deplorable institution at the gorernment tated some months sgo ad offered to buy Cubs for s baodred ¢ollars. Let America employ these millions let her employ two, three or more hundred miltions, if necessary, to repurchase and emancipate her alsves; she will thus acquire s strength much more considers ble. and s stability mach more dureble than by siding a new constellation to her flsg, and Americanizing the rich + panish colon, INTERESTING FROM THE GREAT WEST. The Ravages of the Grasshopper in Utah. Movements of Troops, d&e., dic. OUB GREAT SALT LAKE CORKESPONDENCE. Grear Saut Laxe Crry, U. T., June 1, 1855. , Latter from a Mormon Elder—The Grasshopper War in Utah—Wholesale Destruction of the Wheat Crops—Prospects of a Famine in the Territory of the Saints—Another Scriptural Plague. You will recollect me, late as Speaker of the Hous» of Repietentatives of this Territory, and now a member of aaid House; and having just returned from a tour through the southern settlements of this far off land, in company with the Gove:nor and o hers, I am prepared to give accouuts of the most astounding ravages and destraction by grasshop- pers { ever knew or heard of. The. wheat crop, which promised so much, and which is almost the only commodity of life, in these thousand mile deserts and thousand feet mountaing, is, like an extinguished light, gone—yea, that, and almost everything elee that can be nibbed by grass hoppers, have vanished, ‘‘like the baseless fabric of @ vision.” To all appearance, seed will not be raised for another crop; ani, asa matter of course, meat of every kind musg be just as scarce, unless we make a dernier resort on the grasshoppers. Mr. Cain, a gentleman of provity and quick dis cernment, has just returned from an excursion north, end says the grasshoppers are pushing them- selves out of the earth by billions and trillions; and should the warm weather basten their growth and their witgs,80 as to fly, the whole country may cry, “Wo be to the land of their flight and the day of their might!” The great Earopean armies of the Crimea cannot mete out destruction like this host of Jehovsh, and except we live by faith, we live not; for the fictle fellows, after piston | the crops, make war upon the nurseries, forests eee of both fields auger have no of provisions, and the army cometh not ¢o devour, there mast be a famine; and when the trial comes, what isa dollar a pound for flour cr meat, if is none? As Shakspeare nays, “that’s tne ub,” for rica and peor. tend you tuls for publication, that strangers may not come to Utah 10 starve; fora thousand miles from all source of relief, cannot be paseed, among mountains of snow, in the depth of winter, without a¢ muca faith as the Cutldren of Israel had to be led througn the Red Ses by Moses; and already every route to California swarms wiih all that fear and dread the crucible that tries the hearte and veins of al]. As the poet sung, “Sach a get- ting out of treuble, such a ruaning from tae bab- bie, I never did see!” Respectfally, &c, W. W. Pururs. OUR FORT LEAVENWORTH CORRESPONDENCE. Forr Leavenworrn, Juae 29, 1855. Miltary Changes at Fort Leavenworth—Departure of Major Richardson with Five Hundred Men for New Mexico—Arrival of Col. Sumner with Fou Companies of the Newly Raised Cavalry —Deaths by Cholera— Return of Governor Reeder to Kansas —His Warm Reception—The Governor Thrashed. Teena you a note of some of the recent changes at this post. Major Richardson, of the Third infantry, left here yesterdsy with some five hundred men for New Mexico. The officers witn the command are :—Col. Grayson, Commissary Department ; Major Nichols, Assistant Adjutant General ; Major Thornton, Ord- nance Department ; Major Smith, Pay Department; and Lients. Carr, Smeed, Davie and Schroder, and Assistant Surgeon Perrin. The command takes out acme $100,000 government fands and a large supply train. Colorel Sumner arrived here yeeterdsy with four companies of one of the new regiments of cavalry ; other companies of the same regiment are expected bere soon. I understand the regiment is to be moanted bere as soon as possible to take the fiold. There 18 much sickness prevailiog here from cholera, and mapy deaths, T'eut. Shepperd, Sacond arsgoons, died here on the 27th. The eidest Cag he ter of Cotet Justice Le Compte died to-day, in four hours a'ter being at:acked. Governor Reeder has just returned to the Terri- tory. Hea pears to be in bad odor with the sove reign people. He has been catled upon by General Stringfeliow and two other gentlemen of the Cerri- tory, in relation to some remarks mace by nim io a rpeech made in Philadelphia. In the course of the imterview, Reeder drew @ pistol upon the General. ‘Tois dem vairation of the Governor, it seems, did not produce the result that hs auticipated, for the General immediately invited him to aa Cl pena d after the usual form, in waich taey snould both be furnished with one. This propcsition, for reasons best known to himself, Reeder declined to accept ; whereupon tte General, after allowing Reeder euffi- cient time to coneider his proposition, though it would be vo disrespec’ to the sovereign people for him to trample upcn the Governor's head, and this he did, it is said, with a good degree of ensrgy. OUR NEBRASKA CORRESPONDENCE. Omana Crry, N. T., June 29, 1855, Late News From the Plains— Arrival of the Attor- ney General of Utah—News from Salt Lake— Trouble Among the Saints—Fort Laramie Safe —Dusposttion of the Sioux Indians—Specimen of American Pedestrianiem on the Plains—The Slavery Question in Nevraska—The New’ York Tribune on Nebraska—General News, §e., §c. Laat evening Attorney General Hollman, of Utah Territory, and some four traders, srrived here safely from Belt Lake. He made the trip in twenty-nine days, travelling most of the time in the night, to svoid any war parties of Indians that might be oat They stopped at Fort Laramie on the 18th inst All were well ard safe there, yet apprehensive. A few days previous to their arrival at the fort, some three or four Sioux chiefs hed visited there for s talk, and asked the Lieutenant in charge, 80 report ways, what they (the Sioux Indians) should, or must do- meaning whether they were to be friends with the whites or must fight them. They were told to go to h—1 (or some new country) as they at Fort Laramie would bave nothivg to do with them. The chiefs left in no very good humor. A few days after leaving the fort, ata tra:ing sta‘ion, the General and party were told that ina day or #0 they would meet a small train of emigrants, (it was the last of the season emigration to Ca ifornia which passed through here some timesince.) They never saw this train, and on the second or third day they found a carriege, which, from description, be. longed to the train, completely tora to pieces, and some clothing s:attered abort. The probability is that they were destroyed by the Indians. Not far from this place they were in the vicinity of a war party of two handred warriors, and a number of Indisn fires were seen at various times; bat by traveling mostly in the night they esraped. They speak of the roate now as decidedly dangerous, yet do not think the Sioux Indiang will open a general Mormoniem, as exemplified in the valley. The Mormon army, now numbering about 30,000 soldiers, Grili often, and Utah is in an excallent condition to pendent in device and style. One of tue party who as been mercband’zing in Salt Laxe for time, infcrms us that the people of the S‘atea can- not imagine baif tne evil, misery, Kc., amongst the Mormons. ‘An interesting case of pedestriantem is told by one in the General's party. A few daya previous to their leaving tne vailey,a man arrived, on foot ano alone, wit: ont money or even @ blanket, frog California ‘His name was Thompson, fom Phila- delphia, “ homeward bound.” Atcer resting a da: or so at Sait Lake, on he started to continue hi journey on fort, +s sefore, through to the States, ‘acrors the plains, General H.’s train overtook the sositery traveller 480 miles this side of Salt Lake, dys, the aide of a stream, comp'etely tired oat. ‘ney assisted bim by occasional ridea and fed him all the way until trey reashed Louse Fork, some eighty miles to the weatward of this, at which camp~ ing place he failed, for some reason, to reach. They, however, left some jerked butfalo meat, and I taia wonderfal pedestrian will reac: here ssfely in afew daye. He wil] donbtleas take the first traiz on Wa'ker’s line for Philsdelphia, thereby making atramp from California overland, via Salt Lake, Fort Dataite: Omaha City, &c. Hurrah, tor Wadber’s line. f In a late number of the New York Tribune, which strayed a vay out here, deep laden, a3 usual, witb ita loathsome anti-slavery ultrsism, I YY correspondent baling from Councti Bluff City, Towa, giving what be representa to be the true ver- sion of the slavery question in Nebraska [do not know that it 18 tne general policy of that anti- slavery ergan to publis: decided aud upmiatakeabie piersinemote Sone, at ait do eon es the jon it refer our popu- i Governor, M. W. Irard, as exerting hia influence in favor of slavery im Ne- braeka is without the shadow of truth —decid false. What object a poor scribbier li the one referred to could have in sack a communi- cation I know not. » regard to the question, I must acknowledge thad there is a growing disposi- tion on the part of taese rampant anti-slavery epirita of Yankeecom avd elsewhere—who have already wade virtual beggars o: hundreds now in Kanew, who bave come thither under the patronage and mie representations of the aid societies~to arouse this qnestion in Nebraska, now that the crusade is over in Koness, and bas ended go unfortana’ely for their fanatical intereats. In a quiet stave of mind Nevras- ka will assuredly become a free State, but create any excitement upor the subject, and thera is no telling how it might end. Hud the vote last winter have been token in the Legieiatare it would have aston- ished the fanatics. There are ultrais‘a on both sidea of this question here, but it is the g20d sense of an Sunes wand to let the question rest and let Nebrarke become a free State. I know of pum- bers of gcod Northern men here who, disgusted with the action of the proslavery in Kansas, wou'd, in case of excitement on the slavery ques tiop, vote with the South. The crops here are looking fine, and settlers are coming ir. No Indian slermsor news. Weatuer quite warm. More anon. Ike. Our Arkansas Correspondence. Lirtie Rock, June 14, 1855. Effict of the Virginia Election—The Votes of the Epucopalians—Sam’s Prospects in Tennessee— Kentucky Poltics— Harvest Report— Removal of @ Postmaster - Other Official Changes. The recent ele tion in Virginia produced consi- dersble excitement even in this remote region. The urterrified democracy lacked the nerve, or they coud have won the Iset dollar trom some of Sam’s chilaren. It turns out, however, Fiournoy made a great race. His vote, it is said, will exceed Pierce’s when he beat Scot; over 15,000. Bat tne Irish on the railroads were too numerous, Old Virginis is a bard 1d Btate; Ephraim is closely joined tohis idols. The reported conduct of the Know Nothingsin Page vounty, if it be true, proves that all the bad folke are not in the penitentiary. One thing seems strange in this election--tnat is the fact that Episcopalians of the Low church, whigs and democrats, backed with their influence and vo'es Henry A. Wise, the great champion of the Pope of Rome. This is well worthy of being seriously pondered upon. Well—the big fight in Tennessee and Kentucky comes off in August. Your readers who take an in- terest in Sem teed bave no fears about Tennessee. Gentry will stick to Jobneon like a brother, and give him no chance to play Wise’s game im tie Old Do- minion. Gentry is one of the beat speakers in Ten- neseee; he is every inch a man. Gov. Jones’ letter to Capt. Drake will hurt nobody but Jones. The time, the cccasion, and all the whys and wherefores are perfectly unceratocd in Tennessee. The letter, tco, 1@ not exactly fish, flesh, nor good red herring; it is an ily disguised demagogueing epiatie, designed to ran with the h upd and hole with the hare. Ia ‘Tenneesee it has dug his grave; he will sleep qaietly after be goes out of the Senate. Tennessee wil! be right side up in August. Thisis no idle specalation, but a fixed fact. Of Old Kentucky I cannot #0 advisedly. I diacc ver Col. William Preston has faried to get the Romination for Congiess, following in she footste, of Gov. Jones. Ata politician, he never woald do to tie to. He belongs to Wise, Fauikoer & Co. school, wncae politics pinch wneaever they interfere with seif. Oid Wm. R. Johnson, (and greater man, in many ‘s, was hard to fied,» said he never knew a man until he got hin drank or played cards with him. If there is aay dog in a Ian it ts apt to come out then. Here in the Arkansas we oave the prospect of Megoificent crope—corn was never ale at chia seanon of the year before. Cotton looks toleracly well—indeed, very well, bat small. Tae farmera 3 ie charging tour doUara per bale freight. Phe ‘price a9 removed our at Orleans will justify a heavy freignt. Postmaster General Campbell Tie ht ban ros meant : WO, W! sent,) petitioned the President to. keep him a’ of fice. Every respectab‘e citizen of the piace hie retention it office. Yet this slave of fee Bree of Rome put him cut of office, not because he a whig, but because he was thougnt to be one of Bei ‘his is a nice government we in. Langtree would oust him. Not long since Milooaa ctor, a Johnson democrat, ap- Te} pointed in bis piace. It is Bu it, 80 far as sppointments in git ot tae Predenk are conce! thet Robert Joonson carries oil Arkapeas in bis jacket posket, The removal of Governor Drew, as Superintendent of Indian Af- foirs, with all the particulars, hes letters showieg th Bs belong to thi kong vin f rv 8 0, of democracy in Ar- kansas, and overb vard he ‘wont. An Oorsrves. 3 Froop i rae Onto Rrvan—On the 12th inst! there were upwards of sixteen feet water in thy 7. We an q b hom stating the riee at point to be, at 3 o'clock, thirty feet, and atill Tia 4 ‘An immense amount “of drift wood waa ranaing yesterday. The Tine leo getting ‘hig * Af vrapid rate, and at dus ithere were fourteen (e in the channel, In the Monongahela sixteen feet.