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Show THE-:SIIADOWS. OF1 CbMIMG' s vEY-EXTS'. -ni. s-t .; '' " -a. . lf IvviRmcq'vtho tenninauqn of the :g'reat;.war Irt 115 hasihpqlitfcal horizon hori-zon bcen-sq -gloomy "and 'so 'tlire;atciii.nf. During pur - forty years "pence clouds hdvp o".dbubt(. .sometimes lowered but tli'ey'nevr , quite obscuredvtlie sunshine, ThVdangcr always seemed. Ipcalizqdj aiad. never portended a gcneraldifiturhnnci Afatuons Pbstinacy 1 and a? wild -ambition have unhappily .conspired' to change- all ililapistra'st.fclghscjerywliere, (From, thew'crcliantXcpun'tijig'-hbuse..' to.thb Minister's cabinet It. is nil Ihcsnme. i-Thc Btock "market thronghout'.Kurbpc, those sure; indicators of public- fceliDgbfetrdy, Jthegeneral anxiety rnotjp-sayr-aiarhW 6f,,thercbmmcrcltd, wbrld. , ,Vp ninsLtptir fess'tbat" wo; are: opt' justificu Jri 'attribute j 11 thls unhappy'state'bf ihliigl to 'nnyi unfounded padkC -5 The' 'iuodeyed - classes nfetpOiiiitclligcnto be. doped-by sihe maneuvejs . withwhich mops.-..nro, somCf time's feapijvdted., , Tbelt judgments are fbffndeti brt'thqlogic, bf facts, and. facts of cvil.omen are jnsl now rather ahnnddni. Tlio rapprotheoient of Austria4 to Rossid rr-at first so.:posi lively denied and now so entirely admUtedad.P.b.K.ber,egardr ,cd M.ery.faVbrdblo to tfio .ncacdof -Ed- ropei'iVd. :asU Hub, dottbtbrstb?:'mca: ot Utile' rait-thft?hnii)antiig.jotihdllaat dispatches; from 3Cpnstantinbpe?.so CWo Icam jthat the.Pqrt;has pppcaledr tb , the AVestern Powers,1 and -''Hquestcdt'reaty braiirance withthen , for'eertnfn; tmcr geiiclesv" WJiat.are.th'osd cmergehcIcsT Ahdt are? these complications?,. ? Can It bp..thutnnyvPnb',is looking after' tlip'lslck nian's.ppsscssibns?''. lias IVursta. pffcrcd to help'A.ustriaibjget upagafn bnfihd iiack "pr Lpmbdrdy? Ifas - gra.tefitl ;AuSjtria, ,Jn rdturbipVoViscd, tb'tether kfnd "ally help hlmselptoa'slice of-the'Dauubiau.Princi-' palities? A . .. . ..i ..These are, qncstipns wlticli he Sultan caUranswcrf irerr.tninty'i atlnngfcr which threatens? hiinj; -and" vrc ask; whence can. that danger arise, said from thc.nuioof Austriii 4,ahd JRussia? But a there tanyhibg,. improbable ;in.va rapprochement sb advadtagcoijs fo the" Interests In-terests bf both?. Would It beBbb'd; policy in Russia to refuse snch an 'alliance?-,. Will shchesitato to revenge has self so entirely upon the, confederacy, wliieh lately so deeply humiliated her? Rjuniting woWvith Austria, she strikes Sardinia, Fraiicc hndEngldnd at the same time, fordoes tho time for a deep rcvpnge seem very inappropriate. We arc certainly in no very warlike mopd. IIos Russia calculated that wlijlejvc jvdnt our brdvo soldiers athomdit'lk not Hkelj' thutw'e shall send them again to rbt in Crimean, ditches, in the Maintenance of a hopeless quarrel? ., Havo , hert statesmen : judged, our temper rightly?,, . Kbjo4key , reckoned without their host In'bclieviug that, py a anion now Avith Austria, Russia will gain all, and rnoro than nil, that ;nhe has lost? It may bo well to reuiouiher thatlfhasheen the character of Russia to.recbriquerln the cabiricf what she lias' lost in the field; and if her statesmen bo- licve that they, have estimated justlyj-the Strcugth of tho J'cncc, partyf in Englaud,, thcjr'wlll'havb well chosen their time for a'revengb at5 once' bitter dnd complete." . Norarothe prospects of Italyettor tlian those.of .thojForto, Tho "wild am-bi am-bi tibn" winch 'v'lojrcs tp slide, not standf. and which prefers, risking its neck bn "Forturie's Ice," is driving away the friends' .who "have been, tried, ana who have been found, trne and steadfast. Ida I treaties of Yillafranca and Zurich tied nri the, hands of France. Shp was hpund,. as far as possible, to carry out the principlp of those treaties; but, above nil things, she was bound to abstain from any arrangement ar-rangement which would subvert them. France may thus be placed la a, situation where all her sympathies would be warmly with Sardinia, although sho might feel herself restrained from glvihgthem effect. Sardinia BccmS bent on preserving in a cpnrsp unjustifiably aggressive, if not revolutionary iu its principles. The French nation might gneVe to stand by and see tho Austrian eagles once more flying in the plains of Lombardy, It is possible that such an eventuality may not arise, Sardinia may still prove that events hdvp. tot grown tdPrapidly for her i that She is still abli to control them, and mark them, with ihelmpicSs;. 'of .itnbility France will 'not. willingly slaridvby and scd htotal detraction, if .it Is possibto tbsttvb her, consistently vritlnthe faith of! treaties and.tho recognition . of gredtprin- cIP'?s- i ni , ...,:: t -,u -"-Su.;. . . It werc.Piuph; ta;be,;deslred, that .the' frfeildsi.'bf! Sdrdihid would seriously ' cbn slder the.dahgcr that.confrbiits thdm.;slt Is nscless .';for Jhe'ni ;to. 'attempt tb' force France: intp;tt.fa!loiositlbnt' ?Il,f she, paii-iot'barry;out' paii-iot'barry;out' the; lctier'Cff ,tlig. treaty ;ql Vlllufranca, Rhcvill hesitato tb.yi'olate its principle. Upb'b thesp, points slie.feppcars to hate spoken, her last vrords., If nu ambitions, or mistaken policy forces: oa a ebntest vhero Austria would, take; tlio field-iijgainst aggrcssiop' atidf lfaplfcs .agalns'tt' rdvolutloir what ' arc Sardinia's chances of success?"' ,Withbbt throwing in tho Pope to incline the balance, Such a cprabtydUp'nwpnld bp onb . deeply.,.-h!ar-dous, perhaps fataltp Sardinia. vLetshcr nbbc.dccpived, Anstria.'tia eaten jier Icck far tpb lHimbfy,, dnd'playcd hcr.'g'hme fartbo'steadil.not' to mead irlischlbfi' Is it Pnly -.toiircsiit nggrcsstbii thatj sliov'fe hoarding ppammumtlbn,.. accumulating rifled! bapnon, pntl bof r owing" millipnijn eVcry idarket in' Eproppf Austrja, "is smartidgf under"' tho ' pcacb. .Thev; fact tscnptd';iCohnt echbcrwhenSe !ln-cautiously !ln-cautiously observed, "$PC 5 hbld .never have jundo this'pea'ceibad -England dctcd aS'!wc expected,' ,'Wliedr.dii)lP' mdiists speak'SO as ftef'be.1' uriderstdbd,1 U wbuld be' folly 'nbttpi. llsten"Zmon ChrpmdeMatchrily , ?rV ?( |