The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1848, Page 1

aie A te ROE BO ON Na A re = EVENING EDITION, NEW YORK, JANUARY 19, 1848. ENING. BOUTON New York, January 1928 P. M. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. Burgtar shot. Avpany, Jan. 19, 1848. A man named Blunt was shot on Friday night, while attempting to break into the Schodac depot of the Boston Ruilrosd Company. His companions ran off, leaving Blunt’s dead body. NEW YORK UBGISLATURE. Senate. The bill to amend the act relative to the Brooklyn Charter Convention, was ordered to a third reading. The bill relative to filling vacancies in the office of ‘Sheriff referred to the judiciary committee. A bill was reported relative to the charter of the Long Island Canal and Navigation Company. The notice of the bill to make cities and villages re- sponsible for damages. ‘Adjourned. Assembly. Mr. Beacu reported « bill for compensatiod in cases on riots. Bill to regulate sale of medicines and medical com- pounds—read a third time. Notice to recommit with iostructions to rostore clause exempting prescription of regular physiclans—lost. Vote on bill taken and rejec- ted, 67.and38 A motion to reconsider was made and ejected ; so the billis lost. ~ Mr. Brooxe’ resolution relative to telegraph compe- nies, was agreed to. A billto amend act relative to sale of pre-emption rights in New York, was ordered te a third reading. Debate to adjournmeni on River and Harbor resolu- tions, and State Agricultural Convention. Buffalo or Geneva will be selected for the State Fair. CITY Tk*DE R&PORT. Naw York, January 19, 1848. Asnes—The market is firm for pots at $5 75, at which they are in demand; they are generally held at $6; pearls are dull at $7. Brick—The market is better for hard North River, with sales at $4 374, at which they are in demand. Begswax—Within a few days, sales have been made of 10,000 a 12,000 lbs.; Southern yellow at 22c. a 25c., and in some-instances, higher prices have been paid. Cotron—Nothing done as yet to show the ef- :t of the Cambria’s news. Fuour, &c.—The market is somewhat unset- tled by the Cambria’s news; dealers generally hold for an improvement of 12hc. on the prices current yesterday, and small sales of good wes- tern brands have been made at $6 18} a $6 25; prime Genesee at $650, and extra at $7 a $7 25; holders are firm in views of a very small stcck in market, not exveeding 300.000 bbls. of allkinds. Southern flour is dull, and we hear of no sales; itis held at $6 31} a $6 374. Corn Meal is held at $8 50 for Jersey, but no sales have been made to show the effect of the news Rye flour and Buckwheat are quiet, but firm, at yesterday’s quotations. Grain—Holders of wheat ask higher prices, but no sales have been made to show the effect of the late foreign advices. Corn is held for better prices, but nothing has been done. Rye and barley are firm but quiet. Oats are steady aad saleable at 50c a Sle for canal; and 44c a AGc for Je rsey. Prov‘sions—There is no change to notice in the market for Onio pork ; mess continues com- paratively scarce and in demand, at $12 for new, and $1025 for old. Sales yesterday for 200 bbls. new, prime, $775, and old do, $6 874. Beefis firm and in tair demand at yesterday's prices. Lard continues in good demand, and we note salers this morning of 500 kegs, strain rendered, at 8c, shorttime. Butter and cheese are steady and. saleable. ‘aLLow—There is a good demand for tallow for export, and the market is firm. Sales yester- day 60,000 Ibs. Prime country rendered at Shc, and inferior at 7, cash. Rice—The market is firm, and within a few diys sales have been made of about 400 tierce, at $3 25a $3 75, cash, principally for export. Hay—-There is a stvady demand for North river, with considerable sales for shipment, at 70c a 75e. fe 90 = do 200 fo 200. do. 3000 do 984 100 Morris Canal 3 10000 do 569 94 100 do Big 510 do 99% 50 Canton Co 2B 2000 Btate 7's °49 10” 50 do 2 1600 State 5's °60 9634 50 Nor & Wor 35) bie States 7 98! 250 Long Island RR do 62 9710 do do _5’s’93. 97 Stow Todiage 8 9% io Harlem RR odiana State,’ 4 2000 to eo oe a lo 5000 Penn 5's 30 do 6900 do 250 do 1900 Ohio 7’s so do 909 Reading Bo nds 0% = do 1900 do. 0064 100 do. 2000 = do rs SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Spoxen, ahinReanoke, Kel iy, from Baltimore for Rio Janeiro, Nov + lon 3/. at 26 Ate Nitea, "Tis aa. : Sut. BNeus 8 itmwards Hovdl dor isan Deer kt’ 2th, Thomas ‘J Rogers: Farrington Merryman, do; Dumbarton, Feu NYork; 26th, Samoset, Tucker, New Orleans; 24th, Ju vicer, Carter, New York. Loading, Bargundy, Wott id New York Jan 1; Ver- H for Bosto » do; Antwero. MeK nights for New Or 800; Colombo, Pray do do: Parwad ‘do do; Fennéor is, —— for'd o Jan 5; Dumbarton, Pendleton, do do; Ancona, Navon do 15th). Y MORNING, RK THEATRE—GRAND_ CHANGE OF PRR- PR eRe eae Nhs oat itr Boss Amerienn Cirens The fallest and most tslented company in the world, isnow performing mghtly at the above estab! he troupe 1s composed of gent emen snd Indies wh i tive business, and the fame of th ing horses and trained ponies is as wide spread as it i Menervert. Becond week af H Seat ween of ne Vantom ime. Rvery sttvaction in one grand bill. Clowns, Pent- land, Lathrop and Gardner Dress Circle and Porguette, 50 ceute, Boxes 25 cents: Gallery, 1256 cents; Private Boxes, 95 each.’ Children under 19 years of nge, when aecompa i guardians, to the diese cirele, hall p mm at 64g—performance to commence at7. N. nov perforininee every Wednesdey and Sata “eae nrclok Cc HATH AM THEATRE West: evening Jan 19th— The Kr f) mince will commence with che fill aot of RUCH AWD I—Kich rd Ilr, Mra. Wilkinson: Laty Anne: Miss Hild:eth ‘ter which W.H Kenn will give his ene f GYMNASTIC FEATS —4fter which the r admired Gane By is ove Redlans ire 84 r ed hb y jad: Lavy OG ‘Ovarieny Me Penfuddie We. Addis Mr O' srrew , 12H open at half past 6, per- VPCHELL'S OLY WET” 19th. | on the start,” seemed struggling to be loosed for greater AFFAIRS OF EUROPE. ARRIVAL oF THE STEAMSHIPS CAMBRIA & MISSOURI. Inte resting Account of the Voyage of the Cambria. TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. IMPROVEMENT IN CORN. State of the Cotton and Money Markets, Additional Mercantile Failures, INSURRECTION IN GREECE. THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN MEXICO. Opening of the French Chambers. The Reception of the President’s Message in England, Special Despatches to the New York Herald. &e. &e. de. Two ocean steamers arrived at this port yess terday—the Missouri, Capt. Morin, from Havre, via Halifax, and the Cambria, Capt. Harrison, from Liverpool, via Halifax; the former the French, and the latter the English mail packet. The Missouri left Havre on the 28d ult. ; the Cambria left Liverpool on the Ist. inst. Annexed are the passengers by the Missouri: PASSENGERS BY THE MISSOURI. Mr. and Mrs. Lecesne and servant; Mr. Stumb, Mr Leverdier, Mr Perrier, Mr Delcroix, Mr. Brousain, Mr Lordat, Mr. Monassot, Mr. Becker, Mr Brocard, Mr. Duverney, Mr. Brisac, Mr. Bourry, Mr. Sieber, Mr. De Chazournes. Mr Faller, Mme. Villemet Mr. Cornet, Mr Mr Heinsen, Mr. Mulledy, Mr. Peter Morris, Mr. and Mrs Dollan, Mr. Braun, Mr. Ameldi, of the Italian Opera, and wife. Annexed are those by the Cambria:— PASSENGERS BY THE CAMBRIA. For Halif. 2 —Mr J. M d’Avray, ledy, and child; En- sign Martin, Lieut. Dare, Messrs. Lawton, Samnard, and Rudderhem For New York.—Mr. Tooker and lady, Mr. Bush and lady, Mr. Williams and lady, Mr. Henry and lady, Mr. Janet and lady, Mr. Gilliam and lady, and Miss Gilliam, Mies Cooledge, and Mrs Green, two otildren, and two nurses; Messre. Wm Inglis, Bradish, Woodbridge, Tall- cot, Kieckbaefer, Wm. Armstrong, F. H Duffle, Farn- ham Lappenberg, M. Samuels, Gilliam L Draper. Mo- Intosh, Custing. A D. Fenton, E Robins, Hardt, Ayers, A.B 8trooge des Ornes Fitzgerald, 3. Dupont. J. T. Bates, G le, Berri. Fanshaw, Ernest Huffman, F. H Pis- ton, Arverton J Clonthall’N King, Marewood, Ham- mond, J. C. Jackeon, N. 8 Black, Brundred, 3ail Levening, E Morris,S. E Burroughs, (bearer of d soatcbes,) Tuckerman, Jno Cunuinghem. Robt. Miller, Wa. Stewart, Warburton L Thomes, Desarts, Wing- Fei Sparron Newhoff, Cochran, Murphy, Gessele, acd umuer. Halifaz to New York.—Dr. Hoefard and man cervant, Mr. Wm. Flinn, Mr. Palmer, and Wm. Spears. The particulars of the passage of the Mis- souri are given, in brief, in another column; those of the Cambria, which we have kindly been permitted to copy from the notes of Si'as E. Burroughs, Esq , who came passenger in the C. and is bearer of despatches to our go- vernment, which he conveys immediately, and in person, to Washington. The following are his notes :— —Hvanicangs vs. Steam OWE Jan lst, 1843, at 4o’slock, P. M., we left Liverpoo with 83 passengers, and for four hours the Cambria headed out of the Southern passage. Daring all this time, however, there was au sppear- nce in the southera sky which, to th: experienced mariner, denoted no rest for the morning watch — “Clouds were passing o'er the sky, ‘With o black and threatening eye.” Eight bolls were struck, and our noble captain quickly walked the quarter deck in a still and thoughtfal mood with his eyes occasionally turned to the southern hori m. The course we were then steering would, ina few hours, clear us from the coast of Wales, the ancient Cambria, and we should meet the storm without any Protecting barrier. The powerful engines, asthey made seemed to say, we are ready to do our duty, and the Cambria to lift her head with animation, e1d souff the gale as it came sweeping from the head- Jands of those shores from which she received her name, | ead to announce to her old friends, with joy, her new route to New York. One bell was struck, half past 6,P.M.,and Captain | Harrison’s voice was heard: “Port your helm, hard a | port.’? In a few moments, we were running for the Northern passage with all sails set, and the Cambria flew away | from the southern storm like a ooy girl pursued by her | lover. Hibernia now, in turn, became our protector, and the Emerald Iele, where so much misery dwells, seemed to tower above the waters to shield us from the winds. We parsed the bay where the steamer Great Britain on shore, and many remarks were made by the p: sengers, contrasting our situation with that of those who left Liverpool as we bad done, animated by such pleasing hopes and prosperity. For thirty-six hours we ran along ‘he Irish coast, when weagain met with the same enemy, rolling from the west, which we had so successfully and pleasantly, ran away from in the other ebannel. Our captain could no longer permit the Cambria to dance to the tuneof the “ Lad! left behind me,” nor farther avoid the collision ; and the elements of nature which, from creation till the nineteenth century, had ruled undisputed masters of the North Atlantio, par- ticularly in the dreary month of January, had to be grappled with and overcome by that noble invention of combined powers, which was first conceived and put in successful operation by the sons of North America, Fitch and his disciple Fulton. There appeared no dis- position on the part of our captain, the Cambria, nor | apy one on board, to avoid the struggle for the suprema- cy on the “ wildernessof waters;” but all seemed imps. | tient for the encounter, ‘The western point of Ireland was on the larboard hand, abaft the boam; the engines were walking off ten revolu tions; ‘and like hounds standing in the leash, straining speed, when the first startling and powerful pass ‘was made by our opponent, in the most uncourteous and abrupt manner, direotly at the head, and full in the | face, of the Cambria, Our “bonny beat’? was not, however, caught nap- ping, but fully on her guard; and the beautiful manner in which she parried the blow, and disdainfally tossed it many feet from her sides, drew forth the warmest ap- plause As the military chieftain, when his first battalions are defeated, orders up and concentrates his reserved forces to agaia renew the deadly conflict, so the ocean called forth her giant strength from the hidden deep ; andonit rolling came, with the systematio march of veteran le. gions. Blow followed blow; which, with the roaring of the winds, the dashing of the seas, ani the groaning strug- gles of our laboring engines, showed plainiy what a war for the rupremacy of the Western ocean was going on ; and although the Cambria received the first blow, yet n Anglo-Saxon style, in every’ encounter, she gave the last, © Still, with indignation bay He called his meuvtat Stilt repelled. and stil Waging a continurd To wm experienced ‘eye, however, it was soon evident that the Cambria was more thn ® matob for ber com- several revolutions, stilt she nobly beld her way, with untiring wings, towarde the land of the setting sun | towards Switzerl j had overcome the strength of the gale, and that out passage would not again be arrested by any more heavy battles. Wednesday morning, Jan. Sth, lat. 56, long. 21, changed our anticipations, and presented us with all the fury of a second-rate hurricane. This day the Cambria was tasked to the utmost of her capacity, to keep her head pointed to the west; and often it seemed certain that she must be overcome ; still she never faltered, and at no time made less than six and a half revolutions. Often the sea appeared approaching too powerful for our gallant boat to meet; but she “walked the waters like a thing of life,” and apparently measured its meg- nitude with the nicest accuracy, calculating the capaci- ty and strength of her{decks; then, with a graceful bow and couriesey, she would divide its power, taking its foam- ing crest over her bows, and like a giant bird, secure of its viotory, with her iron wings beat down, and rising high on the sea, majestically walk over the subdued, but bellowing waters. Every point of compass, from the 8.8. W. to N.N. W. in the western board, had a fair set to on the Cambriay and all equally failed in arresting her onward merob. Have you seen the noble bird, the embiem of our coun- try, ashe cleft the mountain air, far beyond the reach of the huntsman’s arrow, “with en eye that never nd a wing that never tired,”’ bearing with an sht and seourity, to his mate and nestlings in he labors of the dey? Thus, securely, did the Cambria, without reat for a moment, till her anchor waa let go, bear us through all the dangers of our winter voy- age, to the arms of those we love. Sunday, Sth, lat. 52, long. 26 30. This ‘was the first day of rest from the gale our boat or passengers had en- Joyed since our departure from the coast of Ireland, All the crew, dressed in neat suits, with “ Cambria’’ on their breasts, attended in the saloon with the passengers, and joined in the Episcopal service ,read by the surgeon of the ship in a pleasing voice, which would well become the sacred desk. Daring the service, a beautiful breese sprung up from the northeast, and when we had flaished our devotions‘ all sail was set, and we were soon flying away at the rate of eleven knots on our passage. January 12th,we were on soundings, and our decks were for the first time covered with ice and snow. 24th, Nova Scotia, the ancient Acadia, was made in the morn- ing, about 400 miles esst of Halifax. 15th, we were within twenty miles of that port, when it became foggy, and Captain Harrison took his station on the wheel- house, expecting every moment to make the light. The fog lifted a little, his watobful eye discovered breakers very near on the starboard bow hand, when he immediately gave the order “hard a starboard—half speed,” when the Cambria passed sufficiently near the breakers for comfortable feelings. In a few moments, the look out forward sung out, “breakers ahead,’ and the order“ stop her, and turn back,” was heard from the Captain. Almost immediately the Cambria bad stern way, and the officer aft sung out, ‘ breakers astern,” when the or- der, “ let go the anchor,’ wasimmediately exeouted, und the steamer swung roundto thesea and wind in 17 fa- thoms water. TheCaptain found himself a short distance west of Halifax, in « horse-shoe basin, formed by breakers, which did not give him room to turn his head without letting go his anchor, which, having performed its errand, was weighed, and we reached the wharfat Halifax about 4 o'clock, A.M. Sunday, the 16th. We were detained at Halifax but four hours, during which time we took on board 150 tons of coal, some de- licious lobsters, feesh fish, &o.,and at 8 o’clook, were again on our passage, with a New York pilot on board, who came to Halifexin the steamer Hibernia. We are, by these steamers, placed in possession of intelligence from Europe twelve days later than that received by the Washington. & way, and all idea of interference of any ind in Switzerland was given up. On this concessi@n, the conservatives agreed to support the ministry in such numbers as will secure for ita working majority of sixty votes. Thus we may consider that the Guizot cabinet has ac- quired a new lease of power, ahd it is estab- lished in its position until some contingency that cannot now be forseen, shall displace it. But in the peerae state of publie opinion, no cabinet could maintain itself without makin: some concession to the spirit of progress, witiek characterises the present times. Accordingly, it has been resolved in the very opening of the session, to throw two or three sops to the growl- ing spirit of reform. The first will be a reform of the postage, which is now enormous, in pro- portion to the weight of letters. A quarter of an ounce constitutes a single letter, and on this a postage of half a frauc is charged for moderate distances, with an increasing rate for larger radii. It is not announced, as yet, how far the proposed reform will go, nor what features of the English system will be adopted. The two most important condi- tions are in uniform rate, and a low one; stamped covers and pre-payment wonld complete the thing. It is, however, quite certain, that no reduction will be made bearing any proportion to the English system, and it is feared that arate will be fixed on increasing with distance, a principle altogether repudiated by the English system. The essence of that system is that a despatch of half an ounee willbe transmitted from any one pointin the United Kingdom to any other point, for one penny, and that the writer can stick the penny on the envelope in the shape ofa bit of paper. The beautiful sim- plicity of this will hardly be realized here. Tae second measure of reform proposed, is one calculated to mitigate the unpopularity of the cabinet. Itis a reduction of the salt tax, which is felt in France in a peculiarly oppressive man- ner, since, while it produces no sensible effect onthe more easy classes, it operates with a grinding severity on the poor. ce But there is another measure which the cabi- net intends to bring forward, which,while it will bring no real benefit to the people, will be pro- ductive of a ten-fold Comilarity to the ministry. _Within a few weeks a permission has been given to the only surviving brother of Napoleon, the Prince Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, with his family, to reside in France he Prince, availing himself of this permission, has lately arrived in Paris, and now resides ina house in Panis, Dec. 22, 1847.7 State of the French Money Matters—The Public Funds. The public funds and railway shares have, tor the las ten days, manifested a constant tenden- cy torise. This may be ascribed either to the natural oscillation following the extreme fall which, having reached its limit, a reaction must have ensued, or to the approaching close of the month, sellers being then compelled to re- alige their operations, and obliged to provide real stock or shares for thatpurpose. However it be, a rise has not only taken place, but prices are now maintained with considerable steadiness. Nevertheless, mere speculators show much ti- midity, and are unusually reserved in their pur- chases. They still think that a very powerful house is interested in preventing certain secu- rities from rising beyond a certain limit. The state of the market, however, is on the whole daily improving, and the settlement which took place on the 15th, which, a@cording to all appear- ances, Would have produced a fall, had a coutra- ry effect. The sellers who have carried on their railway shares, are still in the same situation Therefore, if the prices of stock be continued to be sustained, as well as of shares, there is reason to expect thatthe settiement at the end of the month, will be made upon a rise, in conse- quence of the forced repurchase of primes sold at tow rates, and which must be bought back at any price. This would he the less surprising, inas- much as a report has generally prevailed and been eredited, for the last ten days, that the Bank of France is about to lower its rate of discount to 4h, or even to 4 per cent. Such a measure would seem natural and probable, after the late redue- tion of one per cent, made by the Bank of Eng- land, and alter the rise which has taken place 10 the English funds, in anticipation of the reeeipt of the approaching dividends on the congols. We are just beginning to recover from the sort of panic which was produced by the recent an- nouncement of the call of 75 francs per share, to be paid up in February by the share-holders in the Northern Railway. ‘An article which lately appeared in the Journal des Debats, in answer to one contained in the National, in reference to that line, has raised a hope that the directors of that line may be induced to give more time for the payment of this call, to such share-holders as the Champs Elysées, at the corner of the Rue de Berry. Immediately on his arrival, he was re- ceived in private audience, accom: ed by his son, by Louis Philippe. It was usderstood that this interview was mutually satisfactory, and since then the Prince has lived here in the most unobtrusive manner, His hotel is such as might be occupied by a private gentleman of moderate fortune. He has never appeared in any manner to be recognized by the public, except on two o2- casions—one of these, as [ mentioned in a former letter, was on the celebration of the funeral ob- sequies ot his late brother, Louis, the ex-King of Holland ; the second was on the occasion of the annual celebration of the arrival of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon at the chapel of the Invalids, which was held on Monday, the 13th instant. This pru- dent system of conduct has not only ac- quired tor Prince Jerome the reepect and esteem ot the friends and partisans of his family, but has also conciliated the favorable sentiments of the Orleans tamily and the most influential sec- tions of the Chamber. M Thiers, whose idola- try of the memory of Napoleon is well known, set his heart upon obtaining from the Chambers ‘a munificent pension for thir, his only surviving brother; and the leader of the opposition, if his purposes were selfish, might have obtained an easyand cheap popularity by taking the initia- tive of a proposition which would have been re- ceived with acclamation, but which would also have placed the government in the false position Ty, Or Of Opposing a nhac a ld measure. ty either yielding to the demand of an adversa- the most delicate consideration towards the The news is of considerable interest. The first in importance, in a commercial point of view, are the failures. We annex a list : Appitionat Faru! Blain & Son, corn AB... a Cotesworth, Powell & Pryor, 8. Am. tra Deaves, Brothers. merchants. .... Durand, McKeoa'e & Co , merchants. Sharpe. Browne & Co , iron merchants. Froake & Co.. shipowners... . Hartley, B,, & Co , manufacturers Mitchell & Co , Canadian merchants. . ..Glaegow. Oakes & Joues, Ketley lronworks ..... .Kingswinford. Rankine & Co.. warehousemen..... Glasgow. Sanders. May, Fordyce & Co., merchants. Calcutta. Sande, T. &), merchants ses aeeeees «Liverpool. Wright, J.,& Co., Russian merchasts. . . London. There were four failures reported in London on the 8st ult. Of these, Durand, McKenzie & Co., and Cotesworth, Powell & Pryor, were two. There was no material change in cotton. The next piece of intelligence of 1mportance, is probably the price of breadstuffs. We have compiled a comparative statement of the prices on the 18th and Sist ult., showing the rise in each article. It is annexed:— IN LIVERPOOL. 1 Dec. 31, Per Cambri ds PRICRS OF geen abi S80 cacc™ . 698 340 8 3 15001 20083 Special Despatches to the New York Herald Paris, Dec. 22, 1847. Preparations for the Opening of the Chamber of Deputies—Political News—Proposed Reforms— Arrival of Prince Jerome Buonaparte—Pro- posed Pension to him, &c. We are now at an interesting season of the po- litical year, being on the eve of opening the first session of the new Chambers. By a royal or- donnance, which appeared a few days ago in the Moniteur, the Chambers are to be opened on the 28th. On that day the king will go in person to the Palais Bourbon, and deliver the royal speech The members of the Chamber of Deputies will, however, meet on the 27th, for the purpose ot making the arrangements for the ceremonial re- ception of the sovereign. The senior of the De- uties, by age, will preside, and the four junior eputies will act as Secretaries. On the 28th no business, save the formality of the speech, will be transacted. The three succeeding th will be devoted to the important questions of the election of the President, the four Vice Presi dents and the four Secretaries. The cabinet has already announced in the columns of the Journal des Debats, that it stakes its existence on the re- election of M. Sauzet, as President, and on the exclusion of M. Leon de Maleville, a well known reformer, trom the office of Vice President, which he held in the late Chamber. In either of these events—the failure of M. Sauzet, or the re-election of M de Maleville—it is peremptori- ly announced that the cabinet will resign. Meanwhile toe opposition have proposed no candidates. M. M. Dupin and Dutaure are men- tioned as the only persons who would haye the least chance; but it is said that neither of these deputies will consent to stand. It is, therefore, not improbable that the Presidency of the Cham- ber will be carried by the cabinet eandidate without opposition. The party ot Thiers might, probably, have united with the mere extreme [fein supporting M. de Maleville for the Vice Presidency, but the [iN Ceetebbe have had the tact to propose Marshal Bugeaud as the candi- date «gainst him Now, the Marshal was in the cabinet of M. Thiers, and he would be the last man who would meet with opposition from thot deputy orhis party. tis, therefore, very proba- ble that all the government candidates for Presi- dency and Vice Presidency will be elected. Weare assured by an authority holding a high station, and on whom we can place full reliance, that the friends of the cabinet have had, within the last few days, several confer- ences on the present position of affairs. Several of the most influential among them were dissat- isfied with the attrude assumed by M. Guizot nd, and it soon b came evid that it the policy of intervention were p: rsevereo in, a split must take place, which would reuder ibe oppos tion so formidable as to menace the cabiaet with a signal deteat in the very first days of the coming session, Under these cir cumstances, even the characteristic rigidity of M. Guizot was compelied to relax ivself, and where warm hearts and happy homes, I knew, were anxiously waiting ber arrival. For come time, we Battered qurelres that the Cambria : e. atter mach dispute, and with the most painiul veluctance, the President of the Council aud Minister of Foreign Affaire, was compelled \o ley ~ ‘Adjournea. M. Thiers, however, adopted a course marked b object of hissolicitude. Waivingall selfish views, he went personally to M. Duchatel, Minister of the Interior, and suggested to him the idea of govern- ment itself propusing the grant of a suitable pen- sion to the soir surviving brother of him who had surrounded the French name with im- perishable glory. He doubtless pointed out that such a measure would be productive of great po- pwarity to the cabiaet, and that it would receive the almost unanimous approbation of the Cham- ber. The result of all this has been, the deci- sion on the part of the government to propose, immediately on the opening of the Chamber, a pension of 160,000 franes, equivalent to nearly | 30,000 dollars, ber of the President o: a greater income than that the United States, to Prince This combination of popular measures will, beyond all doubt, disarm for a time the opposi- tion. The policy of intervention, in Switzer- land, which was attempted to be carried into el- fect, would have offered the most vulnerable joint to the opposition. But the course of events has laid that policy in its grave. No doubt the appointment of the Duc d’Aumale to the Gover- nor Generalship of Algeria, will be taken up by some parties aga subject of offence. But there is nothing at the present moment in that measure to render it generally obnoxious to the public.— Its real object is too remote to be vigible to the eneral eye, and it is only the far-sighted few that can see in the Governor General the chrysa- lis ot a future monarch; and in the African colo- ny atuture kingdom for a junior line of the House of Orleans; yet, in the common course of political events, this thing must surely come to pass, and mavy would more willingly stake a bet on the dynasty of Aumale, than on the sue- cession ofthe Count de Paris. The one is subj:ct to innumerable popular contingencies, and much public suspicion and distrust, while the other is looked up to as a Sultan by a people who are tra- ditionally attached to despotism. To turn for a moment to lighter and more tran- sitory matters, we may observe that Paris has rarely at this season been less frequented by fo- reigners, and especially by English. This isa subject of general complaint among the proprie- tors of hotels and lodging houses in the Faubjurg St. Honoré and Chaissee D’Artin. The King, with his family and suit, removed on Mondoy last, the 20th, from St. Cloud to the Tuilleries, | where they willremain for the winter season The theatres are in their meridian. The grand opera has brought out, with all its characteristic splendor of scenery and machinery, and ail the luxury of its corps-du-ballet, a new opera, called “Jerusalem,” to which Verdet has been em- ployed to adapt the music of his opera, “1. Lom- bardi,” to which he has added for the occasion some new airs, choruses and dances. The cho- ral and instrumental parts of the opera, which, by the by, constitute nine tenths of it, are mag- nificent. yearas for melodies which are few and far be- tween. Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged, in justice to the composer and managers, the present entertainment is a most splendid aud at- tractive spectacle. The Italian opera has acquired a most impor- tant attraction in the person of Md’lle Alboni, the finest contra-alto who has appeared in Eu rope since the days of Pisaroni. Md’ile Alboni made her debut in the part of | Ardace, in Rossini’s opera of Semramide, with Grisi ia the. part of the Queen, and ina more glorious musical festival we have never partici- pated. The attraction was so great that the en- tire house was forestalled the moment the box office was opened, and places which cost at the regular rates 12 france, were resold at trom 40 to 50. The secood part in which Alboni has ap- peared, is the ‘* Cenerentola,” which is proceed- ing With like results. Although said to be not more than 22, Ma’lle Alboni is ia person of enormous dimensions; she is, allowing tor the difference of age, a female La Blache. Her attractions, of course, cannot be at all aseribed to personal charms; but luckily her principal parts belong to the sex that she so much resembles. We ex- pect her next to appear in the parts of Tippo, in the “Gaza Ladra,’’ and Cherubino, in the *Noz- zo da Figaro.” It is not impossible, also, that “Tancredi” may be revised forher. A new opera by Auber is announced at the Opera Comique, to be uae betore the end of tne month. he masked balls have commenced on the usual scale of splendor, so far as relates to the | music and decorations ; but these entertainments | are evidently on the decline; the age has outlived them, and the manners in whieh they originated have undergone a complete revolution. ‘Lhe te- mule pertion of those who now frequent them, are limited to those classes whose virtue is as trail as their costume, intermingled with some oreigners aad visiiers from the provinces, who But as in all Verdet’s operas, the ear { ; things that were; and, notwithstanding the | may not be able to pay up at the day assigned, subject to areasonable interest oa the amount thus postponed. Another cause of greater ease in the market at present, isthe payment of the half-year’s interest on the three’s, which will throw about thirty millions of francs on the market. Thus, although on the one hand we are under the pressure of the demand for money which always exists at the termination of the year, and are menaced by railwey calls, as well as by the monthly instalment of ten millions on account ot the new loan, still, we must not lose sight of the fact, that at the corresponding epoch last year, the three’s were ut 81, the five’s at 119, and all the railway shares at prices greatly above the present rates ; that there were more calls ap- proaching, and that the scarcity of subsistence, caused, early, large exportations of specie. Within the last two days the Bourse has been marked by great firmess, although in the same interval the English consols have fallen an eighth. It appears, theretore, that at present the London market produces no seiathile effect on ours. This steadiness at the present moment, may be, at least in part, ascribed to the causes already explained, especially to the coming dividends on the three’s wnich will, ia fact, be payable to-mor row. Turin, Dee. 14, 1847. Government Reforms. King Charles Albert lias become decidedly the most popular of the secular princes of Italy. Tue reforms he has commenced have emanated trom him more spontaneously, even, than those of Tus- cany or Rome. He has established municipali- ties, he has reformed the administration of jus- tice, he has laid the foundation of a representa tive system, he has relaxed the rigors of the and above all, he has united wit! and Rome in the customs _ which is oniy the precursor of an offensive defensive league, into which all the jesser States of the Peninsula wiil be intallibly drawn. To carry out these projects, King Charlies Al- bert has called to his councils the most enlight- ened statesmen of his kingdom, and he has been d torbearance which has prevailed among ople. There have been no” other tumaits s those of joy, and no other popular demoustr tions than those of attachment and respect to a monarch who has set a brilliant example to the other sovereigns of Eurepe. Not a w passes that the Piedmoniese Gazette does not an nounce to us new measures of reform, each ex- ceeding the others in importance. Fiorgnce, Dec. M, 1847. Satisfactory Adjustment of difficulties with Modena. duchy and the principality of Modena, has been happily adjusted without the effusion of blood. This has been effected by the mediation of the king of Sardimia. Pioitzano is to be resigned to are to be annexed to this duchy. Pontrencoli is to continue a part of Tuscany, at least until the \ Dake of Lucea shall sue | Parma, Placenza and Gaastalla. If it be true, (as is reported,) that the Duke of Rianzares, th husband ot the queen dowager of Spain, is about to purchase the reversion of the latter duchies from the Duke of Lucca, itis probable that no future question will arise respecting Pontreucoli; meanwhile, however, we must watt events. Nartes, Dec. 10, 1847 Ferdinand’s Opposition to Reform—Fa/lse Rumers of Insurrection. We learn here, daily, the truth of the adage, that ‘ hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” We are constantly flattered with the assurance, that by perseverance in a peaceable solicitation, we ehall obtain those political reforms, which other States of Italy are receiving from their sove- reigns. We do not, however, as yet, see any certain prospect of this. We have lately, it is true, had a change in the ministry, which brought into power M. Pietra Catella, and excluded M Santangelo, and was accompanied by some minor changes of rather a favorable character But the infamous del Caretto still holds the ministry of | police, and M. Cocle is still the King’s confessor. | | These are the prompters of all the evil tenden cies of the King. M. Pietra Catella has, it i said, again and again urged on the King that t atety of his crown depended on timely con sion to the spiritof the age. The answe Ferdinand was, that by concessions Louis XV was brought to the scaffold ; that he would never consent to surrender one of his royal preroga- | tives; that he would rather go into exile, and | serve as a private soldier in the ranks of the Russian army, &c. &c. | ‘The reports of insurrections in Sicily, which | willhave reached you, are without fouadstion There have been many popular demonstratious, butall of a peaceful Kind. The excitement is very great, and the authorities are alarmed; but no movement of an insurretionary nature has as yet taken place. | Berne, Dec. 17, 1347. The late Insurrection—-The Sunderbond—- Great Powers. The drama of the inter-cantonal war has closed, and the curtain has dropped upon the Sonderbund. The separate league is among the he boundless boasting of the seven cantons, the | 300,000 florins, and 3,000 muskets, supplied to | them by Prince Metternich, and the cannon | which came to them from the French arsenals, | bearing the cypher of Louis Philippe, they been scattered to the winds in littie more than « | week. In short, their resistance to the frderel | goverament was ulterly contemptible, as moy | be easily imagined, when we state that (ne less | of the tederal army in their subjection, wus l* than 100 men killed, aud not above twice that number wounded. But the most remarkuble circumst» attend include these bails in the catalogue of sights which they think ittheir duty to see. As to the male portion of the assembly, they are, of course, only attracte there by the fairer and frailer yorhon. ing this affair, is the false position into Whie. it has thrown the governments of Ausitia, admirably seconded By the spirit of moderation | ‘The difference which prevailed between this | Modena, and it is said that Massa and Carrera | ed tothe duchies of | | their cesi Join in a diplomatie conference, with a view to settle by arbitration the difference between the federal “government and the recusant States. Lord Palmerston managed, with much adroit ness, so to protract the preliminary negotiations forthis piece of diplom that the forees of the diet were enxhled to su rection of the cantons, to compel them to ounce the Sonderbund, to disband their army, to expel the Jesuits, and to take upon themselves the expenses of the war, before the proposed confer be formed; and the result was, that whe formed, nothing was leit for it to do of Gen. Dufour had aecomplished, in a ¥ mary manner, all that was desired was felt that the great powers would cut a very ridiculous figure, if, after al! the menaces of France and Austria, even the semblance of a conference were given up; and it was aceordingly announced by the officiul journals of M. Guizot and Prince Metternich, that the proposed medina- tion would still go on. But, behold! the very day of this announcement, Lord Palmerston, with malice aforethought, declared in the House of Commons, and was echoed by Lord Lang downe in the House of Lorde, that all ground for interference was removed; sull, however, France and Austria persisted, and declared that, with or without Eugland, they would interfere. Mean- while, the opening of the eoch Chambere approached, and the Cabinet saw the Swiss me- diation as’ a rock ahead upon which tha veasel of the state was going to be wrecked, and it was signified to M. Guizot that unless he would surrender the Swiss q' he would be left ority. There w re- sisting this cessity has no law, and M. Gui- zot was compelled te Sir Stratiord land, who i ve up his darling pro; uz, the ambassador of Eng ow here, gives the federal govern- meat the assurance that England will not suffer any foreign tn ference; and, ina word, the dan- gers of Switzerland, at home and abroad, are, for the present, at an end The federal pact established in 1816, whieh forms, in fact, the Swiss gonstitution, being in some articles obscure, it is determined that, 16 shall be re-modelled ; butinorder to accomplish this with effect, the present excitement must be allowed to subside, aad it is accordingly deter- mined to postpone the question uatil February. Miscellaneous. . The President’s Message is published in full in the London papers. The French mail-steam-ship Missouri, Capt Morin, arrived yesterday morning from Havre, by the way of Halifax. “She sailed from Havre on the 28d ult, at IL o’elock in the morning She experienced a series of tremendous gales on her passage; and being apprehensive that the coal might give out, she put into Halifax on the 13th inst 8A.) She lett there on the 15th, at Il A.M., and arrived here in three days, without anything extraordinary occurring son her passage. This line seems doomed to ill luck and mis- management, Atter she reached her port ot destination, it was with the greatest difficulty | that any pews could be obtained from her. The Florentine papers again announce the end- ing of the Ferrara eflair, where things are ali to | be placed on their former footing. This is even officially annoanced. La Patria, of Florence, of 13th, has the following: Steamers arrived yesterday, 12th December, [the port trom whence they come is not given,} confirm the news that Sicily is in a state of insurrection. The follow. Jing letter, received by way of Marseilles, dated Malta, 13th of December, says: I have only time to write a few words. The Flamer has just arrived from Corfu, and brings the impor- tant news of an iasurrection in Greece. At Pa- tras, the rrison were fighting with the people. The Governor was a prisoner in the hands of insurgents. There are already many killed and wounded. It was said that Grivas was at the head of the insurrecti The Marseilles Courrier adds that this news was brought by the war steamer Ardent, with the India mail on board, and that the English ssenger had orders to make the Jourrier de Marseille publishes a letter from the engineer who is att nead of the ca- nal works between Pelouze and Suez. There is | now no longer any dout » the intentions of } Mehemet Ali as to piercing the Isthmus of Suez. ““At this present time,”’ says the Marseilles sheet, ‘*the preparatory works are pusuing on actively ; commerce avd science look on with equal interest.” Some of the French papers British eem to think th abandon government is a on of the Baron Gros » has b to the g ntine Republic | M. Salvandy, one of the French ministry, ig | on the eve of retiring from office, Itis rumored | that M. Liaderies will take his 5 . | _A meeting of conservators was held at M | Guizov’s house, on the subject of the Presidency of the Chamber of Depuaiie that M. Guizot woutd p. that office. ad it was decided y be elected to According to private letters from Tripoli to | the 23d November, itis announced that the whole | Country is in open, rebellion against the Pacha, | and that, as he had not troops sufficie | porthim, he hac nt to the Sultan for more. | The rebels consist chiefly of almost savage | tribes, assisted by some Albanians; it is added, but on doubtful authority, that a son of the Bey | of Bengast is at the head of this insurrection | All the Europeans are ia the greatest alarm, } as at this moment there is no man of war inthe vicinity to protect them. The disorders had risen to such a height that tue son of the | English Consul was assaulted in the streets Ireland still continues in a most alarming rtaie, Every qilitary precaution has been taken to preserve the peace of the country. ‘The navigation of the Elbe is closed by fea ‘The exportation of rye and other grain from Poland | bas been interdicted from the 13th of January next, | itis said that the Duke de Montebello will succeed | the Duke de Brogite in the English embassy. The expenses of the late civil war in Switzerland aro 5,000,000 francs. Louis Philippe and the roysl family tool up their residence at the Tutileries, tor the winter,on the 2lst ult The cultivation of sugar has lately increased so much at Pouang, that seven or eight cargoes have been ship- ped to Europe during the present year, | Some Freaoh engineers have just Snished taking the surveys and levels n ry for the formation of a canal through the Isthmus of Suen. Guizot has ordered @ Pols to quit France within nty-four hours, bee of & speech against the Emperor of Russia, at a Polish din “We learn from Trieste that the Emperor of Russia has ordered the duties om iinports from Austria to ber duced to the same amoust os is charged on Prussian products ‘The crown mines in the Austrian dominions are gai | to bave lavely beens productive. that the cellars of the treasary now contain 60,000,000 florins in gold and ail. ver bare Tho Presse announces that the Emperor of Russia has sent a coxsiderable sum in gold to Hemburgh to be vestedin the new Belgiaa loan to be contracted with the house of Rovkschild: A correspondent of tho Na/ional writing from Athens be 9th ult., says that the cabluet had just given io nation, in coneeqaence of the Greeco- Purkiah differenees. The Austrian Cabinet appeara determined (o inter- fore by forces in the internal affairs of Swit The official article published in the Austrian Observer of the 17th ult, amounts nuarly to a declaration of war, According to the last official census, the population of tho atates of tbe Zollverein amounts to 29 640,116 souls, In 1843 the population was 28 493,136, showing am in- crease, in three years, of 962 680, The Loudon Morning Post states ths: the Marquis of on | Chandos has offered marriage to Miss Hudeon (daugh- ter of ths h notable member for Sonderiand,) with the proviso that she beings with her « fortune of £200,000. Alexander Chine, the cook of the Hottineuer, and El len Batty, wore convicted last week, in £100 each, for having smuggled efght and ® half pounds of foreign manufactured tohaco” Maria Louisa is dead. Our letters fom Bologna of the 2ist ult., annownee that the Swise troops in the service of the Pope had ar- rived at Ferrera on the 19th uit , and after b detained several hours outeide the gates, were at len admitted. [t was believed that the Austrian tr would evacuate the city on the uth. The Augsburg Gazette, wader tho date of Rome the 16th December, suya, it was reported the dipiomnatio corps were jealons of Lord Mioto, because the Pops bad more frequent avd more intimete conference wih bint than with the accredited ambassadors of other courte, nothing in these. «xcept sm ending to the improvement Ireland Chat journai, however, re eff. rt lo effect some me of (he catholic popuint! France, Prussia, and Kussia, all of whom tavor- ed the Sonderbund. Whea the war commenced, @ propesitiva Wa» made by thove powers to The Engitsm Review of the Pre nee Messay [From the London times, Jan, 1.) Tho exslusca of the ministerial representatives Whe sever) departments of government ip