The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1851, Page 1

eae WHOLE NO. 6092. a MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1851. THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. ‘DOUBLE SHEET. THE EUROPEAN NEWS. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS BY THE AFRICA. Our London, Paris, and Berlin Correspondence, Melancholy Death of Mr. Arden, of the American Legation, at Berlin. QNTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM ROME. The Accident to the Atlantic. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. AFFAIRS IN SWITZERLAND. THR DAMAGE DONE IN THE JANUARY GALES. The Prohibition of the Exportation of Silver from Russia, &e., &c., t&e. All the perticulars connected with the accident to the steamship Atlantic, will be found in another part of this morning’s Herald. The gales of January have been very severely felton the Atlantic. Our files of English papers are filled with disasters to ships. Our readers wil) find, under the marine head, the details of the damage to American vessels. Advices have been received that a ukase, pro- hibiting the exportation of silver from Russia, ‘would be issued at St. Petersburg, on the 16th ultimo. This measure, it is supposed, was re- solved upon to calm such popular apprehensions as may have been excited by the discussion of the Cahfornia question in other countries, since the price of silver at 5s. 1jd., and the exchange at St. Petersburgh 38jd., there is no inducement to cause silver to be sent away. The decision may be regarded as being significant of the views of Russia as to the probable future production of gold, not only in California, but in the Ural Mountains. No alteration being contemplated in the existing comparative rates at which gold and silver are re- spectively legal tenders, one result of the ukase, if ‘any very great ultimate disparity should arise, will be to cause the smuggling of silver across the fron- tier of Russia. The King of Belgium is likely to experience, in his turn, the embarrassments of a ministerial crisis. ‘The ministry had undertaken to reduce the present army expenditure of Belgium to 25,000,000 franca, and had entrusted the Ministry of War to General Brialmont, who, instead of carrying out the views of his collesgues, announced in the chamber that he could not realise any of the reductions pro, The London Post says :— hat manner had the jeasures submitted to jcotia’ Weare glad yunce, on good authority. thet the whole case of that colony hes only been brought under ba lny notice, by the Hon Joseph Howe, within a a deration, every prospect of tavorable result, Among the persons who were killed by the late accident on the Cologne and Minden Railway, is Mr. Arden, Secretary of the United States Lega- tion at Berlin. It is said that the Pope means to abdicate. Car- dinal Antonelli is busy drawing up a justification of the establishment of the Papal hierarchy in England. Three new Cardimals are to ve created for Amerwa. The Pope is anxious to come to an understanding with the King of Sardinia. In Franee, the President, finding that he cannot Manage the Assembly, has chosen his ministry from those who have no seat in that body. The Emperor of Austria has accepted the resig- naticn of M.de Schmerling He is likely to be eucceeded by M. Lichtenfels, Procurator of the *Coart of Carsation. We learn from Greece that the representatives of Samos have refused to recognise the new Go- vernor. They have presented a petition of rights, and insist ona redress of their grievances. The only English papers admitted into Rome are the Londem Times and Chromicle, which are «permitted only to the English Club. The manager of the opera at Rome has been erdered to cease giving the ballet of Faust, be- oause the devil appears in it in the shape of Mephistophiles. Our advices from Dresden state that the German Executive is to consist of eleven instead of seven- ‘teen votes; of which Austria and Prussia are to we two each; Hanover, Wertemburg, Saxony, . Bavaria, one each; and the rest to be disposed among the minor States. Austria and Prussia to preside alternately. The object is evidently to mediatise the smaller States; and it is hinted that the constitutions are to be got rM of. We have no doubt that this will be the case dn Austria, but the Prussians will be wiser. The London Times of the 28th ult., gives the following from its Vienna correspondent, under date of the 23d :-— I considered that it related to te oblivion, I passed ov Ww note to this government concerning Mr ‘Menn American mat he ring m Kevelution. As the foreign fey bes taken up matter I can but asau: that Mr. Menn has the escaped so well, for T know to a certainty that. whale here, his every step was watched. ved the Hungarian fronti he would t ceremony by Austrian commanders w that he was to be considered as one pi the State One of the leading houses in Londoa, connected with the South American trade, received an order tby the New York steamer, on the 2ist ult, to effect a running insurance for £300,000, to cover quick- emilver to be exported from Mr. Forbe’s mine (the New Almader) in California, along the Pacific coast. The shipment of this supply will probably take place during the ensuing twelve months, and aa it will be absorbed in South America, and will give an extraordinary impulse to the production of silver, it affords a further commentary on the folly .of those nations who are now attempting by legis- future position with regard orders were given ing the downfall of mship Trent, at Southanipton, from the Guif of Mexico and the West ladies, had the fol- lowing amount of specie in freight — 08,007 4475 of the Wert Indies. eereeere UL) y left Liverpool jor Austratia, is Mrs. Mitchell, wife of the Irish pa- triot of tha: name, who is proceeding with her syoung tamily to join her banished husband in that aolony. Mrs. Mitchell is eaid to be a very beauti- ful woman, looking little more than 23 or 24 years «fage; ie highly accomplished, and greatly con- tributed to instil into the mind of her husband the idea of those designs, for which he is now suf- dering expatriation. She was accompanied to Li- |, and her embarkation superintended, by the @obraiod Father Kenyon, who will be remem: bered as having ing up of the old O’Connellite party ia Ireland. It is stated that beyond this escort, none of her hus- band’s associates attended to pay her their sym- pathy. Our London Correspondence. THE STATE OF EuxerE. Lonpon, Friday, Jan. 31, 1851. The Coming Session of the Brittsh Parliament— The Royal Sprech--The Papal Qudstion--Proba- ble Measures— State of Parties--France—Lowis Napoleon's New Ministry—His Prospects and Position—The Dotation Bill—Germany—Com- mercial and Political—Passports in Prussia— The Circassians— Turkey—Italy—Items, §c., §c. The next steamer from Liverpool will take out to you the Queen of England’s speech on the open- ing of Parliament, with the first debates of the session, which promises to be so important. As the 4th of February approaches, public curi- osity and interest increases, as to what will be said relative to the ‘‘ papal aggressions.” After Lord John Kusesell’s memorable letter, it has become im- possible to“ shirk the question,” and this subject has led 10 some very animated discussions in the recent cabinet councils. I have reason te believe that the paragraph in question will be couched in very moderate Janguage. A bill of declaration will be proposed, which, if adopted, so well—if re- jected, there will, in all probability, be a dissolu- tion of Parliament. According to an existing law, {and this opinion was expressed by Sugden,} Car. dinal Wiseman is liable to prosecution for a misde- meanor. This law, however, has fallen into dis- use, and liberal minded men would scarcely find a verdict upon it. The law, however, will be revived, so that ignorance can no longer be pleaded inexcuse. The whig cabinet is decidedly averse to strong mea- eure: it would increase the numbers of the oppo- sition, and would cause a coalition between the Peel party, a great number of the tories and the great Manchester party, headed by Cobden and Bright, under the common banner of “ freedom of con- science and religious toleration.” It is quite clear from the speeches made at the great Manchester meeting on the 23d, that that would be the result. The Cardinal shows fight, and has recently ap- pointed another Roman Catholic Bishop in Ireland. The whig government had hoped to get rid of Ire- land in the coming struggle, but the establishment of this new see aroused the dormant passions of the Orangemen, and the flames of religious discord have burst out with fury in the sister isle. The Queen is, moreover, indignant at these ordinations and institutions in her kingdom, made against her will and without her consent. Cardinal Wiseman has engaged the services of eminent counsel, and no steps having been taken by the government, an application was made by him as to the intentions of the government. The reply of the legal advi- fers of the crown was, that the question would be Teserved to the decision of the Legislature. A pro- secution will, however, be commenced at the suit of some private individuals by the city solicitor, as member for Southwark. This will avoid the ap- pearance of a government prosecution. As we are so close upon the events which cast such porten- tous shadows before them, I shall abstain from entering into too wide a field of conjecture. A large piece of ground has been purchased close to the new Houses of Parliament and to Westminster Abbey, for the erection of a Roman Catholic ca- thedral, which is to surpass in magnificence any other ecclesiastical building in whe kingdom. I hear from Rome, that the Pope is rather nervous about the whole affair, but the Earl of Shrews- bury, Lord Fielding, and a host of Roman Catho- lics of the United Kingdom, are at present residing in the Holy City working for his Holiness. Arch- bishop Hughes has also been preaching there. The St. Barnabas affair is settled; the Rev. Mr. Benneti’s successor has been appointed in the per- son of Dr. Liddel, who to some extent shares the opinions of his predecessor. Political parties are s0 divided—bodies without heads—that it is impossible to state their positions. The opening of the parliamentary campaign will be a melée. This leads me to the state of affairs in France. The result of the memorable debate in the As sembly, which ended in the adoption of M. de St. Beuve’s vote of censure upon the ministry, which immediately resigned, has been a decided victory for Louis Napoleon. He has got rid ot Changar- nier, has formed a ministry of his own choice, has risen in public esteem by a display of firmness, and has kept strictly within constitutional measures. The exulting majority looks dumbfounded. To make this plain, I must take up the narrative of events where I left off in my last. ‘The ministerial crisis, er difficulty, in forming aministry after the resignation of Drouyn de L’Huys & Co., continued until Friday the 24th, when Louis Napeleon astonished the Assembly by & message, in which he stated that he would always respect the rights of the Assembly, but should maintain intact, at the same time, the pre- rogatives of the power he held from the people. He stated that it was out of the question for him to take a ministry from the hostile majority, and greatly contributed to the break- that the minority could not combine one; in that | conjuncture he had resolved to form a transition | ministry. The Montteur of the evening publish the names of the new ministry:— M. Vainse. “ML, Bremner .General Rasdow North, and is said to be an able adininistrator M. Brennier, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chef de Division in the seme department. M. is a well known member of the Institute, and Inspector General of the University. formerly Professor of the University of Aix, and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the time of M. Guiro: 3 M. de Germiny, the new Minister of Finances, is a Receiver General, and son-in-law of M H who was Minister of Finances man: He ie a particular friend of M. Fould, to office is, no doubt, to be mac his appot attributed to that y. M Me the Minister of Public Works, was Chef de tier sion in the Department of the Finances, when he was suddenly transformed into a Minister blic Works in the Baroche Cabinet, which has just broken up. He is the only member of the late cabinet who retains office M. de Royer, the new Minister of Justice, is Proeureur General in the Court of Appeal of Paris. The message was received very coldly by the Aseembly fr th sitting of the next day (Situr- day), Dew rreaux de Giarz declared that, as © Was not countersigned by a minister, in his eyes, null and void that he beheved it to be apocryphal. eed a regular tumult, and the Assembly passed to the order of the day. M. Trranchere announced his intention of ultimate! Howyn tting interpellations to the new ut Monday, and it was expected that another vi debate would ensue. ite quiet and moderate language, M. Howyn Tran- chéere demanded explanations relative to the origin of the new cabinet. What was to its policy ? Was it an incident, or wa: M. Royer, had actuated any in noce pting office: they 4 to verve their they were per- of ‘ministry had takep power, for country; and in doi i their As to the poitoy | tribe new gover 'y that the oabi net had no lofty sepirationss ; formed to was one 00 country wi oo Mebed; it was essentially temporary, essentially tran- sitory, formed to watch over the firm execution of the laws, and preservo the blessings of good order in the country; it intended to act practi ly and firmly, as long as it held offi to lay down its itive cabinet could It would endeavor to act acoording to the dations of the message of November 12, ve all things i ning calm iv the country. and upholding the just influence of the executiv meseage of the President epoke of his independence, it only declared what was very positively set forth in the constitution, whioh asserted, in its 19th article, tion of the powers was the first comdl- jovernment.”” That was the meaning of t the last message, and he considered it iy stitutional He hadthus stated in what mapner thi Hated what was the object, of that formati H also declared what policy it intended to pursue; and having dene so, he believed that no farther explana. tions remained for him to give. This statement was received with applause; and some amusement was excited by the hurry mani- fested by M_ Dupin to pass at once to the next order of the day. Leon Faucher is the favorite candidate as the heed of the “ Definitive Cabinet;” but Louis Napo- leon does not seem anxious to lose his present cabi- net, which he can manage as he likes. The next struggle will be the Dotation bill, which will be presented next week. Louis Napoleon demonds three millions of franc: hould the Assembly re- fuse, the money will, it is said, be subscribed. , Paris is tranquil, and trade is flourishing. A veil of mystery still covers the Jen conferences; but the veil is traneparent enough to betray the de- formities beneath it. Austria and Prussia are endeavoring to arrogate to themeelves all the power in the proposed new diet, the lesser states are resolved to resist, and, in the back ground, Russia supports Austria tor her ultimate views. Meantime Austrian troops have crossed the Elbe, have entered Hanover, Lauenburg, and have gar- rigoned ary the war in the dutchies has ter- minated, the Eider Canal has been thrown open again, and the new government formed by the Danieh Commissioner, Count Criminil, has been duly installed. It consists of M. A de Moltke, a member of the mixed government of 1849; of Syn- dicus Prehn of Altona; M. Malmross of Kiel ; and M. Kardhaff, the Mayor of Itzehoe. Three of these are Schleswig-Hoisteiners; and their nomination is a proof that the Danish government will try ites 4 Measure to conciliate the population. The march of the Austrian troops through the States of Northern Germany, with drums beating and colors flying, has caused no small sensation in the different States. The instructions given by the Austrian goverament to General Legeditsch, who command the troops, were evidently to make as much display as possible; and none of the capi- tals of the small States have been deprived of the honor of welcoming the Austrian standard. The receptions given to these troops by the population must be Tommie as the Sh gee of the political opinions, which animate and divide the populations. ‘he democrats regard the val of the federal troops with fear and diemay, and do not hesitate to declare that they are the instruments to carry out pictoney measures, which will annul all the rties acquired by the revolution of 1848. The conservatives attach great importance tothe en- trance of the Austrians into the North, as a moral check upon any revolutionary movement; and in so far it is clear, that ae long as those troo main, the discontented dare not move a little fin- ger; butit looks ory ee taking military posses- sion of the country. Denmark insists on occupying Rendsburg, but Austrian troops will garrison it nevertheless. Baron de Bruck, the Austrian Minister of Com- merce, has convoked a conterence of the delegates of the different States of Germany, to _take into consideration & modification in the existing cus- toms tariff, with a view of the ultimate admission of Austria, and all her provinces, into the Zolve- rein. Like the conferences at Dresden, this con- Serene will probably be attended with emall re- sulte. wae question is ably considered in the eubjoined er :— Ausiria proposes a union, or rather the hope of a union She firet wishes # treaty of commerce concern. ing certain articles of produce only; she wished a gra- dual pesrer approximetion of the tariffs. This is rea- sonabié. Bhe then wishes that im a few years turther ‘bat, so to say, a nei inion may ay become in time a complete ‘y well; but there are things be proposed in theory, but not carried out in practi Dan essay takes place, it cannot be reasonably admitted on the very day the essay is to take piace that it will succeed, and that it will lead to more tmportant ones. The whole future of Germany cannot be staked upon the word ot M. de Bruck and his disciples. Negotiations may be set on foot with Austria. with a view to mecessary modifiontions in the tariffe; but it cannot be said that it is done to lead to 8, which can only be the customs js always the levying in common, end then the division of import, export, and tranrit duties. There is nothing more easy than to establish the prin- ciple of a just division, but to carry it out iosurmount- bi: aries. ' Shall the armount of population evident that will jt a great Btate thes ‘would net be the case as reetof Germany. The Hungerian shepher: minimum consumpt: archdueby ot Austria more favorable if extended to certain German provinces of that empire, asthe Tyrol, Cariothia, and portions of Moravia and Bohemia It may be asserted, on eneral computation that the 36,000 000 that In- the Austrian monareby, do not consume in the custom bitante of Pr The rich roll of the Austrian provinces is quoted inthe calculation. Thin ialike presentin, u with a bill of ertein future. most fertile roil by Wallachians an . does not Produce one quarter of that the bands of a German far: On the other ision based upon between ber cus- a to justry and her agriculture, is labor- rd to do so, and after a ten years’ peace she ex- epermour increase to those same error would be committed by the Department of the | He, moreover, | in a speech remarkable for | | ment will alow that it is not, o t portunity of testing the trath It was not without an i nm financial prejudice that Prussia admitte the Zollverein, because this Srate con m0 ticles duty a quentity much beneath what might ‘ing the number of ite inhabi- Zoliverein, The inbabitent of y. for every quintal of sugar or ys @ sort of indirect con- treasury. Bavaria then the Zoll a. and the north of Germany would be a gainer if Bavaria lett it to join the Austrian union; but then it would be Ba- varia’s turn to he the lover Her loas would be double, decanee depriving hereelt of a surplus of receipts, ahe | ‘would be paping to Austria, in adsition, a sum in pro- tion to bat of the Aw Alter what Aut project hae but little « Prussia bas resol ved to he indepai least on this | greund. As regards Austria, I do not belie much faith in ber vacue ideas of future union § [f she insisted seriously upon it, her firet duty would be. I | will not say to approximate herselt to the Zollver id going further away ‘rom it y. She has but rec bao pored by com} ih that of coffee tribution into th good job of it by j ly extended government, which bai fo other provi Teball not dw batred this cieasure hae engendere: npon the inca ulable evil this fiscal syst upon industry in general But the monopoly in to beceo dors not exist in Germany, and it is utterly im- portible to introdues it The number of toheceo mor- of the retail houses i bey jon of the tobseco alone meny madiio Japossible to ruin th jor the beneit of a systeta condemped by al ’ ‘Thine sre resently ndopted by Vustria inoreaen that reparstes her from um; and alge t union, eald be ertadlished nibble. ise than by © otwkes in the we! pins to be entare anxlously devin which render he ve already host ‘The reduction in the value of gold has attragied the attentin of the livssian governmegt. The Emperor, at the instigation of the connect) of the cn ire, end of the wegerial mint, hos, by @ ukase, dated Moh Janner¢, protibived the ewportation, from Tussie and Ip ‘ ver @ bats erin ape. | cle This is only a provisional measore, uatil it | shal) be possitae to form a correct adpreciation of the consequences which the influx of gold may ex- erciee upon the value of rilver. — te Anauttcle hag been published in the scmi-oflicial | knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither a | 0% worth the shadow of that | journal of Berlin relative to passports, which affect American, es well as English travellers. I¢ rups thus :— According to the passport laws of Prussia, foreiguers are only ry ‘mitted to enter Prussia etther with ports from their goveroment euthorities, or from those of Prussia (in ioreign countries.) In consideration, . of the heavy charges on passports iv Eng- ich ly be delivered by the foreign of- we hitherto bi uch in favor of jects who have been enabled to enter the Prussian dominions with passports of forel; is neither English nor Prussian) legations sn ‘Thie tavor has, however, led to such abuses, that the original regulations must be in regard to English travellers. Z The 24th was the anniversary of the birth-day of Frederick the Great of Prussia, and was celebrated with due honors at Berlin. In the recent accident on the Prussian railway, M. Arden, United States attache at Berlin, was killed. The name of M. Barnerd had been erroneously given. - Archduke Albrecht, of Austria, will, it is said, take the command of the federal troops in north- ern Germany. A conspiracy of a revolutionary na- ture has been discovered at Vienna, with ramifica- tions in other German States, Some arrests have taken go a M. de Schmerlirg, Minister of Justice at Vienna, has resigned, and is succeeded by M. Krause, bro- ther of the Minister of Finance. We have advices from Constantinople of the 14th, and Athens of the 18:h of January. The Austrian minister at Athens hed presented & note to the Greek government, complaining of the protection afforded by Greece to Lialian Telagees Everything remains in statu quo in Italy. Rome swarme with illustrious converts. The Princess | Doria, daughter of Lord Shrewsbury, throws open her salons in the Doria Palace to receive them. A report was lated that Garibaldi was coming over from the United States as c landing a body rican vessel, and that he purpose: of volunteers to join Mazzini on the sea coast. This latter evinces great activity, and his proclamations are widely issued by the secret ‘here has been a revolutionary outbreak at In- terlacken, in Switzerland. Trees of liberty were erected in some districts, and a government official, M. Miller, seriously woun Order has been re-established, but the excitement continues. Ver- haps Austria will make this an excuse for military intervention here also Of local news, there is little stirring. Mrs. Sloane, who helped her hueband to starve, and who beat a servent gr, has been arrested. Mrs. Fanny Kemble will shortly resume her readings of Shakespeare at St. James’ Theatre. Macready’s last performance is to take place on Monday next, at the Haymarket. He will, how- ever, doubtless have a tarewell benefit. An admi- rable picture of him as Werner, * Mackse, is now Prveny Hogarths, in the Haymarket. The likeness i wonderful. The line of electic telegraph is now open from Tneate to Ostende. ‘ Numerous meetings are held in favor of the abo- lition.of the window tax, of the duty on paper, and on advertisements. Despatches have been received at the Admiralty of the Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. These sespaiohen simply notify their pps for the winter. Enterprise proceeds to jong Kong, to teke in provisions. The other ves- sele, which are ed for four years, will winter in the arctic regions, and resume their re- searches in the spring. A of serious magnitude, envolving a loss of property tothe amount of £30,000, , occurred on jonday, in the premiees of Messrs Bourfield & Sone, wholesale clothiers, Houndsditch. The busi- ness employed 1,500 hands. There hes also been a fire in the so called clock- tower, in the rear houses of Parliament. The scaf- folding inside the tower, and a quanuty of timber was coneumed. How the fire originated hae pot transpired. | An association has been formed at Cork for the cultivation of tlax. Our Prussian Correspondence. Bern, Jan. 27, 1851. Melancholy Railroad Acctdent—Death of Mr. Ar. den, of New York—The Dresden Conferences— The Webster and Hu!semawn Correspondence— American Panorama. At is with sincere regret that I have to inform you of a distressing accident, by which an amiable and talented fellow citizen of yours has perished. On Wednesday last, a telegraphic despatch arrived here, stating that the railread train from Hanover to Cologne had been thrown off the tracks, one of the cars smashed, and three persons killed, viz. : an engine driver, a fireman, and a passenger. The latter, I am sorry to say, was Mr. Arden, of your city, who had arrived at Berlin in the suite of Mr. Barnard, the new United States Envoy to the court of Prussia, and, after residing here for a shert time, was returning to his native country via Paris and London, when his existence was terminated in so sudden and tragical a manuer. On Monday evening, he left this capital in excellent health and spirits; on Tuesday afternoen, he was a mutilated corpse. It appears, from the official report, that in conse- quence of one of the joints near the left wheel breeking, the engine was precipitated down a steep bank, the chains that fastened 1t to the cars snap- ped, and the latter continued running on with great velocity, till the five foremos! of (hem followed the locomotive down the precipice, the sixth was upset near the line, and the belance stopped of themselves about one hundred and fifty yards from where the catastrophe occurred. The unfortunate suflerer was in the fourth car. Several other pas sengers were hurt, including Prince Frederick Williem of Prussia, nephew to the king, who was proceeding to Bonne, where he ia prosecuting his studies at the University, and who received a slight contusion on the head. Besides these casual- #, one of the guards had his arm, and another his collar bone, tractured. t. Arden was a member of the medical profes sion, and mach respected for his acientitic acquire- wd honorable character. The chief motive yage to Europe was the desire of be- coming acquainted, by occular inspection, with the state of the principal medica! establishments of Germany, Frence, and England ; and his devotion to science has thus, by a mysterious dispensation of Provid , been made the fatal cause of his untimely end. Considering how seldom railroad seecidents are heard of in (ms country, where safe- ty is never eacrificed to speed, and the natives are proverbially cautious an rcumepect, it appears peculiarly unfortunate that a man like Mr. Arden should have been selected for one of the rare vie~ tims of such an occurrence. kt will, perhaps, be | ion for his frends to know that his ave been instantaneous, and, conse- | quently, free from psin z Immediately after receiving the first accounts of | this me ncholy event, Mr. Fay, the Seeretary of set out forthe scene of the disaster, in Volutionary spirit The pretensions of Prussia to here the presidency with Austria will probably be paseed Over in silence: in Dreaden, at least, the ter of course. Jerns has been humbled to the dust before the throne of the Hepsburghs, which fitself is but the | footstool of the Romanofis. | has raised an army of tive hundred thousaad men, exhausted the resources of her people, disorganized society, and infticted a blow on the prosperity of the country which it will take years to repair. The correspondence of Mr Webster, with the Austrian Charge d’A flaires at Washington, was read here with intense interest. The Secretary of State’s eloquent vindication of republican ideas and institutions, found @ responsive echo in many a impotent threats of the Austi relished. Of court the red reactionists are highly incensed at the representative of an emperor be- ing treated so cavalierly by the public servant of a democracy, and if they had will, an Austriag or a Russian fleet would s00m appear off Governor's Island, Jand an army on the Battery, and make our city acquainted with the sweets of martial law; but fortunately such an undertaking is a cut above Prince Schwarzenberg’s means, and he will have to pocket an insult which he is unable to resent. Mesers Risley and Smith have been here for the last two or three weeks exhibiting their great pa- norema of the Mies:seippi River, at the Hotel de Russie; while Mr. Geo. W. Cassidy’s cyclorama of the Ohio and Mississippi is drawing crowded houses at Kroll’s saloons. Indeed there are so meny iohabitants of this capital who have relatives or friends in the United States, that they take a peculiar interest in euch exhibitions, apart from the natural teeling of admiration entertained for your great republic by people who are fated to pass their lives under the enthralment of a system that contrasts so unfavorably with the freedom and in dependence enjoyed in the happier regions of th transatlantic world. A. B. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, January 30, 1851. Political Mowntebanks—The Dismtssal of Chan- garnier— Progress of the Crisis—Resignation of the Ministry—New Cabimet--Lows Napoleon's Message—Forergn Ambassadors- -Naturaliza- tion-- Belgium--Spain—Vienna, &c. The political events which have taken place in Paris since my last letter was written, may be con- sidered by those who bave no interest in the mat- ter, as the most farcical comedy which was ever ployed by a gang of political puppets. I may say, and with much reason, that the National Assem- bly, as well as all the members of the other politi- cal parties, are the most weak and rotten people ever found in any land. We present, indeed, a shameful example to other nations. We French- men, whoee national fame was so great, fifty years ago—we, heirs of Louis the XIV., and the contem- poraries of Napoleon the Great, who made France respected al! over the world—we, who are now the rosée of all. Alas! what will be the end of it? It may be interesting for some readers to find here a briei narration of the political crisis through which we have pasted, and this sketch will, per- haps, enable them better to understand our present situation. On the 16th of January, in my letter of that date, 1 gave a summary of the nomination of anew minitry, which had signed the dismissal of General Changarnier, the béte noire ot the Elysee. ‘This measure was appreciated in various ways by the several perties'of the chamber, MM. Berryer, de Lasteyrie, and a few others, ascended the tri- bune and demanded of M. Baroch the canse of such anact. The ex-Minister ofthe Interior did all ia his power to defend Louis Napoleon; but it was in vain. He was not able to support the blow which was inflicted upon bim and his colleagues, and he fell He wasadead man, (politically speak- ing.) when M. Thrers assaulted hima in the re- markable speech which isto ke found in the French papers. M. Thiers ended his discourse by a word which caused an immense effect upon the Assem- bly. After having proved that the dismissal of Gen. Changarnier had for its oniy canse, like that of General Newmayer, the ordera he had given to the army not to utter any shouts of vive / Empe- reur! after having furnished the evidence, that, by the very act of the discharge ot the Comman- der-in-Chief of the Army ot Paris, the Assembly Wes without any protection against the executive power, he said, “ If you do not resist, the govera- ment of France is no longer the same; there are two powers, and then there will be but one. The Empire is ready !” answer an interpolation, delivered a short and neat speech, which was received with the most unbounded satisfaction. In sho: who spoke in that remarkable ing of Frida 17th inst., armed to exerte the National Asse: Be aresolution of censure against the mi who 4 y ry id advised the President to turn out General Ch rnier. and who had signed the order of hia diermesal. The aim was obtained; the majority pronounced themselvee in favor of this course. As far egainest th epresentatives. They did their duty, but the rem: jer of my narrative will make my readers appre te the Bist parearas ot this letier. After the vote of the Assembly, the ministry sent in their resignation to Louis Napoleon. At first the President refused to accept them, and | kuow from good sources, that his idea wi ahead, despite the tempest, and to defy the storm wind. But the most intimate friends of the Elysee — those who are the peaceable advieere ot Louis Na+ poleon—had power enovgh over him to dissuade bim trom su iy difficult line of polities. Alea jacta furt, and Mesers. Baroche, Fould, and tutt: quanti, left their hotels to retire into private life. Ihave neither time, nor space, to describe here all the combinations which have been made during the last week. First, M. Oillon Barrot waa calles to the rescue: but he declined undertaking any- thing, if Gene: Baraquay d'[illier, who had been nemed in the place of General Changarnier, was not changed, as well as M. Carlier, actual Prefect ot Police. Of course, Louis Nepoleon refused, and he calied M. de Lamartine, the ex-tribune of the provisional government of 1848. There was another objection made by M. de Lamartine to necept the portfewille. He, the hero of the revolu- tion, dared not to accept, without obtaming the am niilntion of the last law of universal suffrage. The President wished not to grant such a thing, and knowing not what to do, he proposed the port- fendlle to Besse. Faucher, Daru, and even to M. Carlier. Ail these men were either weés, or could not be at the head of the Ministry, in the*present posit and thus nothing was arranged In such en awkward state of things, what was the President to do? He followed the advice of Meeers. Carlier and Persigny, who advised him to form a ministry not of the Chamber—a ministry of transition, which weuld be composed of men, whose preceding politics would meet with no opposition in the Chamber. On the 25th inst, the Momtteur published the liet, which contains the most queer ke charge of the body, and give all the quisite in such acase. Mr. Barnard, mily the deceased has been an inmate | tver since they left America, is deeply aflected at | the lore of so valued a friend. A most impressive | funeral sermon was preached yesterday, at the | Englivh Clmpel, by the Rev. Mr. Belivon, who ad- | verted to the religions lite of the departed a assurance that, though the last awfwd change pon him so suddenly, he was not unprep to appear before the throne of bis Maker and Judge. he text was from Ecclesiastes ix, v. W— | “« Whateoever thy hand findeth tw do, do it with | thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor thou goest.”” As reepeets politica, very little sas happened here, rince my last communication shat can be of inte rest om your side of the Atlaatie, where court im trignes are unknown, and the legielative bodies are , who have no their fate 19 cided by secret aves. The Prussian Chambers nteuflel’s opinion of them, and nota of allow diglomatic have justified ype ni to make vp for their uousual die play O1 y renewed servility and obsequious- ) bess, © conatitutional party, outnumbered } nnd outvoted om every question, Wil soon have to et | toliow the example of the democrats, aad altogether from the political arena. In the assemblage eve: seen at the head of suen depart- ments. s this goes. | have not much to say | could not exist, and all the members of that body | | very vntavorable impression on the country. Im- mosey, Mr Howya- Traachére rose, during the sitting of Saturday, 25:h inst., and demanded an an- AustrieD minister always takes the chair as a mat- | 8wer from the ministiy on the message. Thisdebate In fact, the crown of the Hoheazol- | wae postponed to the sittin of Monday Jast, everything seemed to portend a terrible storm--& vio- lent tempest. Alas! anancient author has said: Par- And for this, Prussia | turtunt montes mascitur ridicules mus; and this | may be applied to the result of the vote of the bosom, and the irony with which he replied to the | ber, 1850—and lo! ! | and she succeeded. General Narv: Areembly. M. de’ Rover answered the question of Mr. Howyn Traochére—** Who are you? From where do you come?—where will you direct us?”—which means—* What is your ongin!—what will be your litics?” He said that he and his colleagues had. ut a temporary mission; that their politica would be of the message delivered on the 12th of Nover- as if by enchantment, all the n_was universally | dreaded anger of the majority fell down, and an ordre du jour gave an approbation to the speech of M_ de Royer You well remember the Christian command: “If thine enemy smite thee on the right cheek, tura to him the other also.” This has been realized National Acsembly. believed that Louis Napoleon desires the entire abolition of the constitution of 1848. He ie Satiefied that the task is a difficult one, but he is im by indirect means Thea the following according to his ewa When one desires to get rid of a horse he may do it, either by shooting him or by making him run so fast and so far that he falls dead by exhaustion and fatigue. Well, | will use this last system. | will act thus with the conmeenton, bade before the year 1852, the charter of 1848 will be annulled and dead.” According to this plap, all the vices of the constitution have been unvei and its dangers are now known. The foreign ministers, who have been consulted by the President on the present position, have not favored his views, and among them Lord Normas- by is the most conspicueus. | understand that this ambassedor, who was, as you know, the best friend of Louis Napolson, is now, as we say im French, en frowd with the Elesce. Some people state that he will be recalled by Lord Palmerstos, and, in order not to appear as having lost his favor able tion, he will be made, as a compensation, Knight of the Garter. The debates of the National Assembly have been so much occupied by all these last affairs that ouly a few bills have been presented and voted. A univeisal change is about to take place ia the prefecta of the departments. This is a part ef the plan of the Ely:¢e, which intends to renew the chiefs of the party, in order to revive their ea- thusiasm. . - Whilst all this political struggle takes place im the capital, the socialists are not looking at the fight les bras crotses. A new plot, or rather @ secret society, has again been discovered. Om Saturday last, in the very heart of Paris, this red republican association, entitled L’ Union des Com- mumes, was detected. About forty individuals were captured, and in their ‘ssion was found roclamation, which contains the follo pas- sage We must observe, arma in hand, the jases of the political crisis, and its 4 Then we will interfere, and tnis monarchical gang will fall ae a flock of pirates.” The anniversary of the 2let of January, orrather that of the beheading of Louis XVI. during the revolution of 1793, was celebrated in Paris, and im the provin with the greatest marks of respect. Is not thi: ignificant fact, and is it not a proof that the people remember the martyrs of France? In Belgium, the ministry has been ber oro m ecncemeening, Et see the King and the i ster of War, but the political agent gave iu his resig- nation, and his colleague, the Secretary of the In- terior, having filled the interim, good order was preserved. In Spain, Queen [sabella has changed her minis- ters. She wished to make her pronunciamento, is decidedly gone. Some journslists attribute his dismissal toa sort of pique, for he and his colleagues had not been invited to a perly given by the mother-queea, Christina. This 18 not the cause. You .emember well oa: he widow of the late king of Spain married Munoz, and had several children by hum. She desired to have her sons elevated to the rank of princes of the royal family, and demanded Nar- ‘vaez to present the demand tothe Chamber. But he refused to do so, saying that he would never be such a coward as to insult queen and the coua- try. M. Bravo Murilia was not sodisdainful. He | and Christina have succeeded to Narvaez’s pl |. A dispatch arri/ed last might in Paris, ann say Pg a plot has also been discovered at Vi ‘he Emperor Nicholas is said to be expected at Wareaw in the beginning of March. The object of bis is notyet known. The Czar has lately prohibited, under the most severe punishment, the exportation of silver out of his dominions. Decid- | edly, the discovery of California will produce an ua- Ss pas eflect on the monetary system of Europe. » S$ —I understand, from good authority, that Fs & =, General Changarnier, having been obliged to | the President and his ministers have decided te ie to morrow, at the National Assembly, the ill for a new dotation of three millions ot francs. ll the orators | This news had some effect on the public funds. It is thought that the law will be passed B. H.R. Gossir OF PaRIS. Panis, January 30, 1851. The Weatier—Fog wm Paris--Ladies at the Na+ tional Assembly— The Count of Castellan and htg Private Theatre—Balls at the Elysée--The Prince of Capwa— Eugene Swe--Funeral of M Perrée— Duasiers at Sea~ Police Officer Hays-- The Theatres-- Amerisans in Paris, §c. The usual course of the seasons is disturbed in France, and our astronomers, and those whe tog» | study nature, are ata loss to discover the cause of this confusion. Whilst, at Marseilles, the Tees are covered with buds, the meadows of- jering their green carpet of plants to the pro menaders, aod the bouyuet-makers gathering lilies, tuliy od hyacinths, to sell to the ama- | Teurs, the north of France is enveloped im a dense fog. In the centre of la belle France, the winter ie raging, and we have received the news that the mountsins of La Lozere and Auvergne are covered with three feet of w. On Thursday evening, 23d instant, Paris seemed to be built oa the shores of the Thames, so thick was the fog which covered the whele city. The police had much todo te prevent accidents, and, despite all their care, seve- ral unfortunate ones took place. It was quite a new sight for the Parisians to see people walking in the streets by torchlight. Portunately, the sua rose bright and hot on the following morning, and we have not had another visit of the “ Lady of the Mist.” ‘This unuswal winter has coused a very curious phenomenon in the seuth of Pranee, namely—a errible drought, the results of which are much dreaded by ali the agricultarists. M the end of the cason je not more wet than the commencement. © one can tell what will be the iajury to the reps. We may see, perhaps, in France, a second xample of even plagues ia Egypt,” without peaking of socialiem, Fourierism, and al! the tool- In the meentime, Louis Napoleon senta meseage | ‘eh and tremendous sophisms of owr epoch. to the National Aesembly 1 transeribe a copy of The promenade at the Bois de Boulogne, the speeches of the celebrated Abbot Laeorduure at 3% Public opinio: inthe prudence of the Koch church, the vieite at the exhebition of pains Assembly and che governmens has not been alarmed | ipge—all the pleasures and pastimes of the week by the la 1a ee ‘aooe begine t0 | have been outdone by the p oreo of the Chameer. ch she depio preven the ili results of thom ‘The wnicn of tha two powers is indiepensable to.the reporect the country, bet,as the coastitation has tendered them Independens of each other, the only condition o Pe a reapeot, ing tatnct trom the Tu order not te. prolong @ painful discursion @ secrpted. after the recent vote ot the Attom tion of a ministry which had given te d to tha cause cf order signal piedgus Wishing. however. to revonstreot « ith ebances of duration. I could not choose ts in a minority produced ceptionable a telved cy for ming Ui Men. belone leg to no frostion of she Aretably, aod Cetermiped Le devote time the Ureecen conferences ave dragging * slow Sength slong,” carclees of, and wncar Ly—‘he people; the plenipotenmiaries: holding their meehvgs wuh iceed doors, gwd startiag, like con- Syirafors, at the sound of their own voi Hking Con'rast to that lar assembly that met | three yeare since at Frankfort, and to whose for- beerance those very princes, who are now plotuag to destroy every verte of Mberty, are indebted for the prolongation of their rule. It is now recog zed On ali hands that the only reault of this Con- arere will be the restoration of the old Diet, with such an increase of power and authority as shal, enable it cfleetually to curb gvery symptom of ze! regard topesty ferling: andthe Aonoralde men who accept this gatriotic teak will hy te the qrati- ithe country, fhe admimist here wale wit athe, shied constitu things, derires rer sbe bow inwrrte wake Siete iatrergth. Prance. betore all e and @xpeots from those whom with her red rm cet a! jeom, LOUTS NAPOL Imey envy at once, tobe f hatthe cect ptoduced by Oo nod impart | My duty isto. | Those who thomrclver to affairs, withoat | 1 i eripated | his petit theatre, » ofthe | conciliation | led by th tea guevoage Uma? e a | he cnet have frequented the tribuars 0% the | Natione! Aseembly during the Inet fortnigh’, have Teall been astonished te meet there the myst fash- jen of Pa in theirmo at splea- devule, The telets for admuss ,on were, t appears, ae much in demand me for a first performance at the Grand Opera, or ab gllet d'imvi- tation for the setrets of Princess Ke Jimaki, the ‘Torkioh Ambessadrice. ‘This fathior , to go to the legivlative palace is, ne ave, ® tonomania— a fuvore—end one who goes frequer tly to parties of dean monde, listens toand hea » renerta of the debates which have token place ¢ pring the day, at the Aseembdty, whispered by the sweetest lips of the ball roc, Soirées of all sorte have ber despite our political strugg’ covepieusus wes the dram friends, by the Count of C 4 bewwa, who is th the Inet five year to entertain or three perfor MM numerous in Paria, *. Among the most Mic party, given to hie stellanne, one of our old freate gt original in France. For M ge Camellanne, who former- As relations du monde with ances each month, hee closed #4 given up his worshin of Ma. pemene. M. de ‘ sastellunne—who was, from [388 S45, the tcf Colonel Thora, in Paris—was in 1816, he married a young wo- man, Who it said to be as haughty as ghe is witlese ond homely ‘The views cargon was, of course, ¢ nose; and, affer having epeat his hooey | Woon the hishwaye, r-turaed to Paris lvt year, whee, after having superintended the renovation Of pia hote), he haw resumed his former profession | A maneger of & Thédire de Sree According te ron given or Saturday the crowd og