The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-16 00:00:00

MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN

FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 16.

resignation has been accepted.

Papal party, contemplated a change of Ministry,
and the formation of a Cabinet entirely in favour
of the temporal power of the Pope, and favourable
also to the revival of the Villafranca idea of a
federal Italy, which would involve the return of
the exiled Sovereigns. I have seen a list of the
proposed new Ministry, in which occur the names
of Viscount Lagueronniere, th© founder of La
France, and M. Drouyn de Lhuys, who returns to

the Foreign-office, and who is known to be pro-
Papal. Count Walewski would of course remain
in the Cabinet, he having long declared for the
Villafranca compact, and the restoration of the
exiled princes of Italy. The latest reliable intelli-
gence I could get to-day was, that M. Fould, the
Minister of Finance, left this morning for St.
Cloud, with a sort of Ministerial ultimatum, in the
name of himself and a majority of his colleagues_
Early in the day his excellency returned to Paris,
and immediately proceeded to the Ministry of
Finance. Shortly after, he was joined there by
MM. Persigny, Thouvenel, Baroche, and Rouher.

Up to the moment I am writing, these important
members of the Imperial Cabinet are in Council,
and no one knows what has taken place. I believe
that M. Fould is discussing with his colleagues
certain propositions made by the Emperor, which,
if accepted, they could remain in office. Perhaps
they may remain in office for a time, but the Minis-
try is, I sincerely believe, doomed. The best and

most honest advisers of the Crown will, I fear, in

evitabiy give way ere long under any circumstances

to a Canzarilla intrigue. We shall have the friends

of the Papacy, and the enemies of Italy, in power,

and the Emperor will lose much of his popularity.
M. Fould's retirement will destroy all financial

confidence.

TURIN, OCT. 15.

The Turin journals of this evening announce that
the King has signed a' decree commuting the sen-
tence of death passed by the tribLnals upon the
deserters from the royal army into perpetual im-
prisonment.

The 111orment° of today contains a favourable
report of Garibaldi's health.

The Monarchia Nazionale of to-day says :—" The
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and the
Prince of Wales will shortly leave Wein bourg for
Italy. The Princess will pass the winter at Ca-
tania, and on her return home will visit the prin•
cipal cities of Italy."
It appears that her Royal Highness will be ac-
companied to Sicily by the Prince of Wales.

PARIS, OCT. 15.

The Paine of this evening says:—

: - " " Rumours of a change in the Ministry having
given rise to various conjectures, we can state for
certain that the only question agitated in the
Cabinet is that of the elections, which the Empe-
ror has formally declared will only take place at
the period fixed by the Constitution."

GARIBALDIAN RIOT AT LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.
A serious Garibaldian riot occurred last night at
Birkenhead, in which the police were worsted, and

a number injured.
The military were sent down from Chester, but
were not called upon to act.
The volunteers were sworn in as special con-
stables, but were not employed. The Irish mob
was triumphant.

The .31onzteur of this morning publishes a decree

appointing M. Drouyn de Lhnys Minister of
Foreign Affairs, in place of M. 'l'houvenel, whose

(From the Paris Correspondent of the Morning Post.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 6 P.M.
This has been a day of agitation, anxiety, and
excitement among the members of the Imperial
Cabinet and foreign diplomatists. We are in the
midst of a Ministerial crisis. I will endeavour to
explain the position of the Emperor towards his
Ministers. When the Emperor left Paris for
Biarritz he assured the leading members of the
Cabinet of his intention to withdraw the French
army from the States of the Church at the earliest
convenient period. M. Thouvenel, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, gave such assurances to the Italian
Government, and wrote despatches to Rome pre-
paring the French Ambassador to make representa-
tions to Cardinal Antonelli to that effect. Count
de Persigny, as Minister of the Interior, and
charged with the responsibility of the politics of
the Ministerial press, repeated, in the Constitution-
nel especially, the assertion that the occupation of
Rome was to have a limit, and not to be perma-
nent, and the statu quo maintained, as the Ultra-
montane journals constantly and emphatically
declared. Meanwhile an intrigue was going on
headed by a party at Court devoted to the Empress
and the Papacy, to turn out M. de Persigny ; and
later occurred a second intrigue to get rid of M.
Fould. Both these manoeuvres, however, at the
time failed, and the Emperor rene wed his assurances
of confidence to the Minister of the Interior and
the Minister of Finance. M. Thouvenel got per-
mission to publish the Roman correspondence in the
Moniteur, and his Majesty seemed disposed to pro-
secute pn agreed upon policy towards Rome, which
would end in placing a limit to the occupation. The
Emperor returned from Biarritz, when —as I under-
stand the story—his Majesty began to show symp-
toms of having changed his mi❑d, and reversed his
intention once more. The Cabinet communicated
with each other, and a majority, amongst whom
were MM. Persigny, Fould, Thouvenel, Rouher,
and Baroche determined to resign. This move
took place, as far as 1 can learn, only two days since.
The Emperor did not wish to get rid of the whole
of his Cabinet, and sought to calm and conciliate.
Of course I am not aware of many details, but it
is quite evident the Camarillo, or female Court