The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

THE PRESS ON THE ELECTIONS.

THE DEFEAT OF THE PEACE PARTY.—The most note-
worthy event connected with the present election will
undoubtedly be the defeat of Messrs. Cobden, Bright,
and Gibson. We have no doubt this intelligence will
be received with pain and regret by the more intelligent
and reflective among all classes of our countrymen. For
however widely in ny of them may differ from some of
the poli►ical views of those gentlemen, no one who has
the welfare and honour of the country at heart can wish
to see parliament converted into the Paradise of
pretentious mediocrities, to the exclusion of men
who have really the power to contr:bute, by their
experience, sagacity, aid eloquence at once to direct
and dignify its delherations. Of course there will be
great joy in Downing street. The Topers and Tadpoles
of the Reform Club will chuckle and gloat over the fact,
both because it will be some compensation for the signal
Overthrow they have sustained in London, Carlisle, Bury,
Gloucester, Windsor, Maidstone, Chatham, and else-
where, end because they imagine that their master is
uow delivered from the formidable assaults of the men
whom he feats above all others. But the exultation of
these creatures of the government is the very highest
homage that can be paid to both the power and patriotism
of the excluded statesmen. We believe, moreover,
that the triumph will be very short lived. It is prepos-
terous to suppose that such men as the late members for the
West Riding and Manchester will be permitted to remain
tong out of parliament. We have little doubt, indeed,
that they will yet assist in completing what they heave
already done so much to promote—we mean the exidesion
of the most gigantic imposture of modern times, the
pretended liberalism of Lord Palmerston, who was so truly
e ell as wittily described by Mr. Bright as " the Fergus
O'Connor cf rte middle classes."—Morning Star.—(Organ
of t he Peace party.)

*TIM DEFEAT AT MANCHESTER.—The supporters of Lord
Palmerston's Government have undoubtedly achieved a sig-
nal victory in Manchester. Our opponents will no doubt
experienc.? considerable difficulty in giving full utterance to
their emotions ; as far as possible we will spare them the
trouble, by frankly acknowledging the magnitude of the
triumph they have won. The Liberal cause in this city
has, for the first time, experienced a crushing deftat.
We are now bound to believe that the recent conduct
of our late members was not in acconianci with the
opinions of the majority of their constituents. Con-
fident in the rectitude of the principles which have
encountered this hostile verdict, we can have no shame
in making such an avowal. The electors of Manchester
are the best judges of their own reputation. If in their
opinion that reputation will be best pr ,rooted by dismis -
sing the men who have served them but too faithfu
and by abandoning the principles which have been asso•
elated with their political renown, we bow to their deci-
sion; only wishing that, for their own sakes, as weil as
on behalf of that noble and Christian policy which, in a
moment of passionate excitement, they have deliberately
forsworn, the decision had been a wiser one,
Viewed numerically, the triumph of our opponents
is complete. They have carried their candidates by immense
majorities. But the moral weight of victory depends upon
other considerations, and an analysis of the causes which
have operated iii the late contest seriously diminishes the

—_—
significande ; ther
of the result. In the first ebb
•
been a coalition, as bird ,Paltherston expresses it..
hitherto discordant factions." The Conservatives rt,
almost to a man, for Messfs. P Iter and Turner: VI/
the last election, when the numb r of voters on the reelop
was only 13;000, the Conservatives polled between 4' ,
and 5,000 votes. There are now 18 000
the register ; and if we assume that one-tll2O
of the increase has been on the Conserva}lo,
side, we are able, after making allowance no
persons who did not vote at all, to ace )unt for some 01.'0
votes out of the 8 000 recorded for Sir John Potter. l'uftio
has, of course, been a considerable defection front to
Liberal ranks, bat this does not touch the fact that,
triumph has been mainly won by a Tory coalition.
voters ;
tactics of the Conservatives, Omitting their inconsisteljtbbt
are easily explained. They have long since leantea
impossibility of making head against the united On
party, and they preferred rather to coalesce with me° "0",,
whose principles they utterly dissent, than forego. the lis
Trrtunity of avenging former defeats.— Illanw
Examiner.
THE NE* PARLIAMENT.—T:he public; of cattle, d
• the lie

be so stupid as to be imposed upin by a parade of tn,-
r)f the new House of Commons which ranges such nie..,0_,5
as Russell and Evans on the side of government, and iwy
who toted with ministers against them. It must als°ol
borne in mind that the county el: c ions, which gte°
Conservatives the greatest strength,• itive not yet, "1.10
place, and that will account for die appar,rtt preponatai
of ministerial members- elected on SaturdaV. Wit% 'i
the whole, it appears to as that the Tories witi.6sti
by the elections. For • example, the two ministers
at Maidstene have been upset by Conservative candidst_;l
and in some other.borotighs a single Tory has been retell
in room of some unfortunate Liberal who Voted
Nlinisters on the Canton question. Then, on the other billoi;
we see littlcAispodition to oust-any Conservative from
Upon the whole, tberdoie, debidedly incline t 4,4
belief that the new House of Commons will be anti-It
terial, and that the only question for Lord Pslreetstol
to consider, will be how to manage it for his own Paw.
endsC
.
—H ioeut.

MESSRS. BRIGIiT AND jOBDEM.—HOW many -
public men row living have done what they have ac`lhl
plished ? What we now say with regard to Mr. Br; ti
we sa d when the contest was as yet undecided, and :13:01
the constituency of Manchester had not as yet P
upon him a vote of ostracism. We can well utiderstlti
that Manchester should have desired to free itself frbi
the dictation of the League ; perhaps the object olti
have been obtained, and yet the resolution have Aeoi
more gracefully carried out. With regard to Mi. co:id
we can only repeat that in our opinion,while he is living oi
in po session of h's faculties,no English House of CO:4
will be complete without him. Let the constituencies wiro,
not upon what he has done since 1846, but upon the 101 l
the singleness of purpose, the zeal with which he foo3.
fight for food for many a long year, when that fight ofei
easy one. He is not a man to be cast aside like a elites
brick. Un'ess we much mistake the signs of the 9er
there is a little cloud upon the horizon—as yet no 160
than a man's hand—which d notes a time when his set ft
may again be cat led into requisition. For tea Y 1 ott
have opposed these two gentlemen in well nigh eve ,tlOl
of their public lives, and yet now We most honestly sali
we deeply regret to see erased from the rollcal.,, Otis
House of Commons the names of John Bright sorlc
Cobden.—'Limes.

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ACCIDENT TO THE TRENT STEAMER'

To{
On the 25th of February the steamship
was met midway between Colon and Cartbage.l3o
on her way to Jamaica, in consequence of 1111110 e
broken her shaft ; she was steaming wit"
engine.

DISMISSAL OF THE CAPTAIN OF Tfl°

MADRID.

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Captain Bradshaw, the commander o-
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Madrid. which was lost on the coast of Spun'
toj
been dismissed from the Peninsular and Oriel
Company's service.

FRANCE

The Paris Three Per Cents closed yea„rad
(Monday) at 70f 50c.

tbi
THE IS,,UE AT SHEFFIELD.—Mr, Overend.
Sheffield hustings, in standing in opposition to the 50
members, said : '• If you return my friend Air.
and my friend Mr. Hadfield, you will paralise .10"ott,
merston's hands, and you will disgrace England." 'del
field appears to have determined to paralyse the hap
the er, but certainly not to disgrace its coo°trifir,
THE FRENCH EMPEROR REBUKED FROM 0;9 f it/
PULPlT.—Father Ventura preaches in the chapel. !/4
Tuileries. Ia his sermon on Sunday last, it is sal 1,
addressed himself directly to the Emperor, and (Wool
that even if his own life was moral and edifying, it 11„9000,/
sufficient if he did not stigmatise and drive from his pr`tbsif
all who might scandalise the public by their TWO/ 00
correlation, or their profligacy. He said the EmPerl6
flit
in error if he thought his private acts were con6nea bimr
‘Tal:s of hit palace; they were not; he, and men like,. the
lived in a house of glass, and no secrets were safe Ll' -tele
prying. eyes And the unfaithfulness of- courtiers. /04
him that he was looked cm to as a superior beirigfi
powers for good or for evil superior to all others, all
consequently more was expectel from him. He dese,..oo
those who might sell the favour or protection of the
for gold, and who had grown rich in iniquity. 0,
CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT.—The other nig,. --„ r,
girl was crying in the streets of Newcastle, with I'lo Psi
thising crowd around her. She lived, she said *ta
aunt ; her aunt had gone away ; she had neither f° 000
0f
shelter, and knew not where to look for aid. •A'
hearted public functionary came up, and did not pass
of
to
the other side. He paused to listen, and was not sin'es
apt. He had the child conveyed to an inn, and Pr° 'OO
with refreshment and a bed. In the morning ebeolifii
taken before the bench, and there repeated her
whereupon a police officer was instructed to take ew-,ft-ee,
her and place ber among her frienda—her "friend ld'"
slipping a shilling into her hand as she left the court 4 td
the street she offered to give the officer this
allow her to go ; her tale, she confessed, being all et bscl
The policeman, on hearing this statement, took bAod
to the court, and she was sentenced to a short Pe'
imprisonment.—Gateshead Observer.
BsOi:
An expedition, under the charge of Dr. W. B. 50,4,
surgeon R.N., has just been sanctioned by the Tres q)
and will be composed (says the United Serviceti,g„ool
of the following naval officers in addition :—Liell""
John H. Glover, Mr. Daniel J. May, 2nd maatecillitia
Mr. Francis W. Davis, assistant surgeon. Dr• Ahere
proceeds to Sierra Leone by the next African Mailt big
he will remain until the arrival of a steamer to assist /5 0
in his operations. The object of the expeditiall , pork
penetrate into the interior of Africa for commereia; ;fir:
poses Dr. Bailin has been very liberally supPtie"chill
various articles for barter and fur presents to the
and natives. The whole of the above named offee(!pe
receive a salary equal to double full pay, is additl offl
their half pay, and will be supplied with chronoalieri
instruments, and books, by the Admiralty. We %ate;
stand the return of the gallant explorers may be ' of;
for in two about years; at which time we hope t° follf
the gratification of learning they have sucee-
achieved the object of their undertaking. ifs
DEATH OF DR. t CORBSBY.—The Literary Gii!e epter,
March, contains a memoir of this veteran of piths el
prise, who died on the 21st at Torquay, after a ""festell
il!ness. Few men of our time have been more rferroof.,°
combining as he did, scientific eminence with biglife Ace
worth, unaffected piety, and active benevolence. harft,r
trained for naval adventure in a good school. His fatm-tber'
one of the most daring and successful seaman in the Or hi/
whale fishery, when that service was among th,eppe
sources of the commercial wealth of the nation, aeaessi
the bast nurseries for the British navy, and the u';10 s
from his youth was inured to the hardships and P-erfic".
the Are t c Seas. After his !retirement from active laid
at sea, he resolved to enter the church ; and after hcip the
appointments in less congenial localities, he follsd„ oPe
maritime town of Hull, a sphere which aforded full 017
for his benevolent efforts for the social and spiritual 11, lel
re
of sailors. His scientific career in the latter years 0011,0 to
life is well known to most of our readers. His Pflos
the British Association, and his numerous obsersati" off
the influence of the iron of vessels on the colnlon.tuai
connected with inquiries of the utmost. practical i°3so, a)3O
to ravigaiion. It was in prosecuting these researn
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with a view to determine various questions of Inlrolisi
science, that Dr. Scoresby undertook a voyage to All,,;utioti,
from which he returned last year, with his cons be be
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much enfeebled from the arduous labours to which
subjected himself.

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NREIGN IN

FRANCE.

If PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING
g doubt had been enteetained te
ftea--'llFareee di the RePort addressed by M. de
eltZCeVal, the French Envoy at Rome, to .M.
in ewski the " commmunicated" paragraph
re settee in the Constitntionnel and Patric would
te-ar it. That paragraph stated indeed that
paf`t`ePort had undergone some alterations in its
tfte ,'shed form in the Independance Beige, and
Ila,cl a little anger at its having seen the light;
ill "if the Foreign office really felt annoyed, the feel-
thßltwas of the mildest description, and some think
11
a 8
bylike Sir Andre* Aguecheek, the department
'll,tber pleased than otherwise.' A few shrewdly
sPect that if the paper was purloined the theft
cos Il,et quite against the will of those who have
,ererPiete control over such articles. It is
that no orders were issued to the
111,i 's Papers against its reproduction in
colutnns, while for a much' less trifling
ke„,er abeolute silence would have been
?sanded at home, and seizure would have
esited the foreign journal that violated it. The
ciePeedance was, for instance, seized on Friday,
e„, the Nord today, for having copied from the
eiTe's the very harmless letter of the Count de
li‘4lherd to the Duke de Nemours. It is not
li;ooeueritable, therefore, to presume that official
R,,e1310 Were at heart not displeased at the publicity
kola to M. de Raynevals views. A provincial
of •,\.r. the Gazette de Lyons, affirms that the report
444 de Rayneval was published nearly a year ago,
nearly word for word al the Revue deg Deux
i)11nti:1168 ; and certainly en article by M. de Mazade
beat: effeire of nome in the number for June last
ist;a close affinity to it. It is useless to enquire
to the object for which it has thus been
tle7,4led into publicity ; that is best known to
se who are in the secret.
IE4IB long State paper bears date the 14th May,
It ' after the breaking up of the Paris Congress.
ra;elatee to the affairs of Italy, which, as every
aWare, were discussed during the sittings.
ftelhatt given rise to much comment, not so much
by he
novelty or the depth of the views taken
tattlee author with respect to that country, but
th ber from the fact that a representative of one of
ile,'"-,°wers that took a leading part in the Congress
crab 1 have permitted himself to pronounce an
Nri°rate censure on the opinions expressed in
1118Pretss by his own immediate chief, as well as on
ip tirtlrtuttl resolutions of that asseitibly as embodied
is e Protocols. The report of M. de Rayneval is,
of rat of fact in direct opposition to the views
plibi9rd Clarendon and M. Walewski ; and the
1140,,Ii?, are surprised that the French Government
titio-Vafter such a diplomatic irregularity, con-
13' him at his post,
tai
whatever be the secret connected with
teat lePort, what strikes one most are the mis-
tee etit,ents relative to Italy, and particularly to
to ra Roman States. We may dismiss, without
gaaprit what M. de Rayneval says about the
Isei 'ties and character of the Italians, for the
Th 8 of contemporaneous history contradict him.
let:re Can hardly he anced another people who
have given more proofs of perseverance, or who
eeoed Made more sacrifices in the cause of inde-
ittst :nee and liberty, than they have. For the
lab fifty years and more there has not passed a
))1.1 without some one province or the other of
Vied Italian Peninsula having its political
iN"e; and not an event has occurred in the
%Ala mi Europe that Italy has not responded to
to ett the cry was that of freedom, In order
it 1811PPort his theory, M. de Rayneval finds
frotzleuvenient to distinguish the Piedmontese
ee,„.14 the Italian people ; and with more than the
giPlacent-assuranoes of the professional diplo-
14ettat, asserts that the Piedmontese are a sort of
rreediate race, containing much more of the
141(1101 element than the Italian. Now it is well
thews, that the French and Swiss element is, on
nel• "°,lltrarv, in a minority in the Sardinian States,
tet't, that the Swiss cantons which are conter-
el -611 e with Piedmont are more generally those
eteee,
C)f " constitute Italian Switzerland, or that part
Switzerland in which the Italian elements
Zprainate.
tee' de Rayneval does his utmost in defence of
NI Pontifical Government ; and he has the
Garage to assert that the Pope has already
tv,-`)rded the reforms necessary for the people
'Vet. Whom he rules. Yet no one is ignorant
lh the institutions which Pius IX. accorded in
see- first years of his Pontificate have been all
ieljessed; and that even the reforms specified
fe,;!la motu proprio of Gaeta have never been
eta`:te:l into execution since his return to his
"On his return from Gaeta," says the
eti,1,1.11 Minister, " Pope Pius proclaimed the
e':eiPle of the right of Laymen to the exercise of
c Y function, with the single exception of that of
'tatt'itary of State," How has that principle been
eithed out ? Why, that the whole of the Ministers,
\Vat, the exception of General Farnia, Minister of
ti; and the whole of the Delegati, or Governors
ties ,e Principal towns of the States, are
that all the superior tribunals, such as the
eta, the Si
ergo
nature, and the sacred Consulta are
etteeetuposed of ecclesiastics as well as the whole
the Roman diplomacy,
114 I'egards the judicial administration, it is true
111
4the Pope named a Commission charged with
wing up certain reforms in the code of laws.
what has been the result of the labours of that
teritttlai, Nene. The judicial organisation
is a:tititie the same ; the ecclesiastical jurisdiction
etitaintaieee in all its rigour, and the canonical
tietteiPle predominates in the entire legislative
' A"."
NA; Council of Finance," observes M. de Rayne.
eve composed of members named by the
I)ofreige, after a free election by the municipal
tf des, has been specially charged with the revision
of be revenues of the State." Now, the members
been.° Consulta of Finance have to the present.
natned. by the Sovereign, without the interven.
Lilac?'e the Municipal Councils. The reason is this:—
44w PPrdance with the ?note propria of Gaeta, and the
\‘',tiAN ,T: 1850 on the Municipal Councils, these last
Ai.‘o have popular election as their basis ; the
for ieleiPal Councils were to propose the candidates
bre,ue Provincial Councils, who were, in turn, to
?i4v„e'se the candidates for the Consulta of
eave-ilee• The motu proprio and the law of 1850
hete".hever been carried into execution, and the
Aree.nations'of the members of the municipal and
Pir,;:,"ial bodies, as well as the Council of
Gov *lee, have been exclusively made by the
-ere
ment.
!Ilan:" is reason to believe that one of the de-
r, thi:l Oen which the French Government insists
'4, xi' (lay is precisely the execution of the law on
tifii--„,„"licipal Councils. This demand the Court
tale Still resists; and, if I may credit what is
'et thY Persons who profess to be well informed
fro there matters, a private circular, emanating
toat
thPapal Secretary of State, has announced
the
UtV‘
eet,le will not be executed for a long time
coThe Consulta of Finance has certainly been
4" (1
4 -Led every year since 1852, but it has no
t' -ene
e whatever over the public administra-
q 41 Point of fact, it exists as a mere matter
4cceillin• In 1856 it commenced revising the
!trati:.,
cats of the various branches •of the admini-
of the State ; it examined only three,
atl -0111(1 Proceed no further from the want
uerj central board of accounts. The memb-
tjto ;if the Council addressed a memorial to
keore„ °Pe, but his Holiness has to the present
Ceesult given no answer, At each sitting the
tition La Presents to the Sovereign certain propo-
itept, 8, With a few general measures for the
Loto"ernent of the admicistration, but I believe
,rne of its projects of reform, modest as they
, ally
,ebre, has been taken into consideration.
,:.?1•11d occupy too much space to notice part
and t the report of the French Minister,
eetli to refute one by one the errors with
°1 e/ which it abounds. But the conclusion
Meet Rayneval's apology contains the
fi.cm croLevleeurtildinaebnlet. charge against the Ponti-
M. de Rayneval declares that

without the protection of foreign bayonets the
Pope could not maintain his power ; and he advo-
cates the continued occupation of the Roman
States by the French and Austrian troops. Now
a Government which is so totally deficient in the
moral and Material force indispensable to its etist-
eisce is a Government on which the judgment of
the public haS been already pronounced. The ques-
tion is, will Europe permit a permanent occupation
of Rome and the Roman States? Will it admit that
that occupation shall last indefinitely ? I doubt it.
Be that as it may, the report of M. de Rayneval,
while purporting to defend the Papal government.
as it now exists in reality, gives it its coup de grace ;
it only proclaims still more the vices and decrepi-
tude of its condition, and it exposes all the gravity
and importance attached to what is termed " the
Roman question." "
While Father Ventura is causing the Chapel of
the Tuileries to resound with denunciations of
splendid immorality, and earning an eulogium as
honourable as that which the Regent Morton prc-
nounced on John Knox, and who had often cen-
sured himself with great severity, " that he was
one who never feared the face of man," Father
Felix is trying to win the population of the poorer
quarters of the city from less profitable sins. The
one is earnest in his exhortations against irregu-
larities for which there may be some palliation ;
and the intrepid Dominican thunders against vices
for which there is no excuse, and " lays bare the
hearts that lurk beneath a star." Thus attacked
at both extremities of the social scale, let us hope
that the high and powerful will cease to scandalise
the world, at the same time that the humble
sinners mend their ways.
In the meantime it is said that the police have
discovered the existence of a new secret society,
known, I believe, as the Bons Hommes, Bons
Enfans, or some such name. A good many arrests
were made on Friday morning, half of the captured
belonging probably to the police force itself. For
some time past little has been said about these
mysterious combinations which not long ago
threatened to sap the foundations of society itself;
it was thought they had disappeared altogether.
Such, however, was not the case, if we are to
believe what is currently reported. The Em-
peror has done a great deal to root out evil from
the country, and he has shown that in the case of
emergency he will spare no efforts to complete the
salutary work. Calm has no doubt been restored,
but persons affirm that the calm is only at the
surface, and that the disease makes not the less
progress that it escapes the public eye. We are
told that the secret societies extend their action
throughout sixty or seventy departments, where
there exist ramifications more or less profound,
and that experience has enabled them to afford
less chance of detection by the police, and of
betrayal by accomplices or the indiscretion of weak
brothers.
It would appar that the Haute Vente (to use the
style of Carbonarism) is directed by some of the
most influential among the political refugees in
England. Between them and the directors at home
there often arises much dissension. The latter
willingly accept the co-operation ofthe absent, but
they absolutely reject all dictation from them. At
home the organization is almost confined to the lower
classes, and these are jealous and impatient of the
sort of suzerainete claimed by their superiors in so-
cial rank and education. "We know what we have to
expect from the dress coats," they contemptuously
observe, " and from men of pretended capacity ;
we have seen them at work, and we Will not again
admit them except as auxiliaries.'
In an important city in one of the departments
there existed until lately an association called
the Secret Society of Working Men, and Secret
Society of Bourgeois—the bourgeois , as you per-
ceive, after the working men. Yet the precedence
thus given to the working class did not satisfy
them, and they passed over to the Marianne or the
Militante, and the association in its mixed state
no longer exists.
Various modifications have been introduced in
the present organization ofthe affiliated. These are
no longer classed in decuries or centuries. No single
member can communicate with more than three
other members, and in imitation of the secret
societies under the Restoration these occupy
respectively the extremity of an imaginary triangle,
with its sides touching another triangle, and so on,
spreading out over the departments.
The politico commercial language previously em
ployed in the transrnissal of orders from one place
to another, whether by the post or by the electric
telegraph, has been completely changed. The words
"merchandise," " commercial traveller," "shares,"
which signified "arms," " emissa,ies," " subscrip-
tions," &.., have been long discovered by the
police, and have bonsequently given place to other
terms. The commuuieations are now sent as much
as possible by such of the affiliated as belong to
the Society called Bureau du Tour de France.
It is known that a considerable number of
working men make each year a tour in the
departments with the object of improving
themselves in their respective trades. Such
of them as are adapts and in whom great
confidence is placed are employed as channels
for communicating the orders of the committees.
When these orders aro pressing the emissaries
travel by railroad, their expenses, of course, being
paid. By this means the chances of discovery by
the post office are greatly diminished. The new
secret society said to be just discovered, and which
occasioned the arrests alluded to, is perhaps a
branch of the great association under its recent
organization.
The Legislative Corps is beginning to display
unusual activity. It has been intimated that,
unless some extraordinary and unforeseen event
occur, the session will not be prolonged beyond the
16th May, its legal term, and the elections for the
new Chamber will probably be fixed for the 7th
June. The Government is anxious that the elec
tions shall take place with as little delay as possible,
so as to give no time for the organisation of an oppo-
sition. As matters stand some uncertainty prevails
respecting the result of the elections at Lille, Rouen,
Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, an I Paris. The
Democratic party invited M. Cremiux and M Jules
Favre to present themselves as candidates for
Lyons, but these gentlemen have refused, pro
bably from unwillingness to take the oath of
allegiance to the Government. Had they accepted,
their return was not improbable. In some other
departments the Government will not oppose
certain members of the present Chamber, though
they are not of its own choice, lest the Minis-
terial candidates should be beaten if there were a
contest.
M. de Montalembert is, I believe, pretty sure of
his election in the Doubs, supported as he will be
by the Catholic party, his colleague going on the
Liberal interest—liberal, that is, in religious
matters. M. Havin, the director of the Siecle
newspaper, is spoken of for Paris, but if he come
forward, which is doubtful, it would be in his own
department, the Calvados, and not as a Govern-
ment candidate. Generally speaking, however,
such of the present Deputies as are put
forward by the Government will be returned. It
was originally intended to bring forward M. Ber-
ryer, son of the great orator, as a candidate for
Marseilles, but the unfortunate disclosures in the
Napoleon Docks affair have put an end to that.
At all events the Government will allow as short
an interval as possible to elapse between the close
of the present session and the elections for the
new Chamber.
A. letter from Jassy, in Moldavia, of the 12th
inst., informs us that on that day was accomplished
the solemity of the promulgation of the Imperial
Firman of the Sultan, relative to the convocation of
the Divans ad hoc. For that purpose the superior
clergy, the ministers, the high civil and military
functionaries, the representatives of foreign powers,
the Austrian generals, and the Boyards assembled
at the palace, in the throne room which was orna-
mented with the portrait of his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan Abdul Medjid. At 12, his Excellency
Cabouli Effendi, bearer of the Imperial firman,
accompanied by a guard of honour, arrived at the
Palace in a state carriage, and having taken his
seat on the bench occupied by his Excellency the
Prince Kaimalsan and the Ministers,with the diplo-
matic corps, and having done homage to the Im-
perial document, he read the Turkish text, and
afterwards Alexander Stourdza, Secretary of State,