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nature of the relations in which England and Spain
stood towards each other. This dispatch, therefore,
—the memorable dispatch in which every
incident of the quarrel has originated
was transmitted to the British Ambassador at
the Court of ISABELLA, and was written in a form
solely intended for the instruction of that Minister.
Hence, the letter was marked " Confidential," and
such it was fully understood to be by his Excellency
Sir 11. BULWER. Subsequently, however, occur-
rences transpired of so unprecedented a, cha-
racter as to fill the mind of our Ambassador with a
profound anxiety for the security of the diadem of
ISABELLA. Influenced by this solicitude, his Excel-
lency personally recommended the QUEEN to sur-
round herself by such councillors as might defend
her throne from the machinations of MONTEMOLIN and
his adherents—leaving entirely to her discretion to
select those councillors either from the Moderadoes
or the Progresistas. So far from this advice
being productive of any beneficial consequence,
it was immediately followed by the concentration of
an extraordinary tyrannical power in the grasp of the
Narvaez Cabinet. Then it was, that, seeing his in-
dividual recommendations disregarded, knowing that
no record of the fact of those recommendations re-
mained in existente, and being perfectly conscious
that for the sake of the British Government such
record, should be forthcoming in the right season,
Sir HENRY BULWER penned his note to the Due de
SOTOMAYOR, enclosing the confidential dispatch ad-
dressed to his Excellency by Lord PALMERSTON.
In so doing the British Ambassador acted no doubt
entirely upon his own discretion ; and for that reason
it devolved upon the, administrators at home to de-
clare whether or no (in their estimation), he
(Sir H. BULWER) had been guided by a discretion at
once sound and expedient. Lord PALMERSTON had
already in the House of Commons exonerated the
English Minister at Madrid from all censure upon
the matter. Lord LANsnowNE had also in the House
of Peers pronounced his acquittal from the charge of
we may inquire by way of con-
summationese actst the
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rashness. What,tot h
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aroused the indignation of the Duke DE SOTOMWAYOCR?
Why, the Prime Minister declared last evening in the
presence of the assembled Parliament, that in
writing the note which enclosed the letter of Lord PAL •

MERSTON to the Foreign Minister of Queen ISABELLA,
" Sir H. BULWER had acted properly, and had deserved
the approbation of the country." After that explicit de-
claration from the lips of the Premier, what further
exoneration is requisite ? If anything additional
were needed as a palliation to the conduct of the late
Ambassador at Madrid, it would be found in that
profound remark of Sir ROBERT PEEL, that suppos-
ing the Government had abandoned Sir H. BULWER,
after everything that had occurred, such
.an aban-
donment would in future deter every honest servant
of the Crown from acting upon his discretion in any
emergency. As far, then, as the Ambassador is per-
sonally implicated in the transaction, his conduct has
received a full and satisfactory extenuation ; and not
only that, but his character has been successively
eulogised by Lord PALMERSTON, by Lord LANS-
DOWNE, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and by Sir ROBERT
PEEL. Whatever demerit there may be on the part of
our British diplomatists is, therefore. attributable exclu-
sively to the Government in the aggregate ; and who
,hall pronounce its members, or indeed any one of its
members to be culpable after the impotent result of the
motion supported last night by the solemnity of Mr.
BANKES, the rancour of Mr. IJEQuLtaar, the ob.
stinacy of Sir ROBERT INGLIS, and the glittering
sarcasms of Mr. DISRAELI, and opposod as it was by
the candour of Lord MAHoN, the blunt avowals of Mr.

HUME, the poetical and enthusiastic eloquence of Mr.
SHELL, as well as by the statesmanlike orations suc-
cessively delivered by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir
ROBERT PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON. It is a cir•
cumstance quite expressive of the opinion entertained
upon this quarrelsome correspondence throughout the
country, that the motion of the Hon. Member for
Dorsetshire was yesterday evening negatived without
a division.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The Minister of Justice has been placed in an ex-
traordinary position by his recent vote in favour of
Lours BLANC. The law officers of the Govern-
ment, M. PORTAL'S, the Procureur• General, and M.
LAUD'S, the Procureur of the Republic, have ten-
dered their resignations, and those resignations have
been accepted. M. JULE 3 FAYRE, who acted as
reporter to the Committee which decided against M.
Louis BLANC, has also resigned his office of Under-
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The reason
alleged as the cause of these resignations is nct so
much the fact of the Executive Government having
voted in opposition to the law officers, but the conduct
of M. CRENIIEUM, the Minister of Justice. It is asserted,
and in the most deliberate and emphatic manner said,
that M. CREMIEUX expressed his perfect concurrence
in the views of the law-officers, and declared that the
authorisation of the prosecution ought absolutely to
be demanded of the Chamber, and yet when the
matter was brought before the Chamber, the Minister
of Justice voted in direct opposition to his former
clearly-expressed opinion.

" I blushed when I saw the vote of the Minister of
Justice," exclaimed M. JULES PAVER, for he added
he had read his report to the :Minister,
who had listened to it in silence, without
appearing to dissent from the opinions it
contained. M. CREMIEUX endeavoured to explain
that his vote in favour of LOUIS BLANC had been oc-
casioned by his fear that the inviolability of the re-
presentative might be otherwise endangered. The
feeling of the Assembly was, however, evidently
against the Minister.
DESAIAREST has been appointed Procureur of
the Republic, in the place of M. LATJDIN. The suc-
cessor of M. PORTALis is not yet announced.
The monthly election of the President, Vice-
Presidents, and Secretaries of the Assembly took
place yesterday. M. BUCTIEZ declined to offer laim-
self again, and M. SENARD was elected in his place
without opposition.
It was feared that considerable disturbances might
have taken place yesterday, in consequence of a most
absurd demand on the part of the workmen on some
of the railways, that the directors should expel the
English mechanics and engine•drivers. The
directors, however, remained firm in their refusal
to submit to such an unjust request. The
trains on the Versailles and St. Germains'
lines were stopi_ed in the morning, but
started in the course of the day. It is believed the
directors will continue firm. The Finance Com-
mittee had another sitting yesterday, in which M.
DUCLERC, the Minister of Finance, advised the Go-
ment to re-purchase the railways, on the ground of
public utility. The Committee admitted the prin-
ciple, but held that in the present case it did not
apply, as there were regular contracts between the
railways and the State.

The great banquet is to take place next Sunday.
It is thought that 200,000 persons will attend. The
Government are taking every precaution against dis-

turbances.

BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 5.

THREE 0 L,Eocx.—The news of the defeat of the
Austrians in Italy, and of the fall of Pesehiera, bad a
favourable effect on the Bourse today, because it was
supposed that the consequence would be the speedy set-
tlement of the affairs of Italy. The business done was,
however, not extensive. For the Account, the French
Three per Cents. have risen 25c.; Five per Cents. have
risen 75c. and the Five per Cents. 75c. also; Bons du
eior are at 22 discount; Bank of France Shares have
risen 15f., Belgian Bank Shares are at 510, Five per
Cents. the same as on Saturday, Spanish Active not
quoted. Roman has risen 2 per Cent , Rothschild's
Receipts have risen 2 per cent. Exchange on London
(30 days), 25 521; ditto (90 days) 21 121. Railway
Shares for the Account, nothing done. For Money the
variations are not great. Havres have risen It. 25c.,
Marseilles, Vierzons, Strasbourgs, and Nantes have
fallen If. 25c. Orleans, Versailles, Rouens, Bordeaux,
Northerns, and Lyons remain the same as on Saturday.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JUNI 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Northern of France, 4
Paris and Lyons, 23i—Rouen and Havre, 7

DEPARTURE OF TILE COURT FOR THE ISLE OP
WIGHT. —Her Majesty and suite are expected at Osborne
House on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens are on a visit at
Seaforth-hall, the hospitable mansion of James Mus-
pratt, Esq.—Liverpool Courier.

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