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London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

ING, OCTOBER 27, 1861.

tied without opposition, although the inconvenience
of its adoption was acknowledged. It is now, how-
ever, to be hoped that the aggrieved functionaries will
take heart of grace, and not obstruct further the pro-
per working of the machinery which is under their
control. Out of the 163 unions into which Ireland is
partitioned under the Poor-law, it may be calculated
that there are about 40 which will, under this ar-
rangement, be qualified to claim exemption from the
Treasury in the full from any payment in the present
year, and it is probable that about an equal number
will not be compelled to contribute many pence to
make up their yearly rate to the magic sum of "four
shillings," requisite, according to the above statement
of the forthcoming Minute, to be contri-
buted by the ratepayers of all unions•
It remains to be seen how far this compliance on the
' part of the Government, which under existing circum-
stances we cannot but regard as a liberal and judicious
concession, will succeed in soothing the angry ele-
ments which have been industriously exasperated by
Lord LUCAN and Co.

A well-abused Member of an Irish constituency, on
whom the vials of wrath were recently poured with
unsparing hand by the "patriots" of Kinsale for his
support of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, has laid aside
his official trammels. Mr. HAWES has resigned the
Under-Secretaryship of the Colonial department, and
the office thus vacated has been accepted by Mr•
FREDERICK PEEL, the Member for Leominster.
Whether Mr. HAWES'S resignation has been a ♦o-
luntary act, induced by a weariness of having to
champion the unpopular proceedings of his chief, or
whether he has been imperiously dismissed, it
is impossible at the moment to determine. A
morning contemporary shrewdly enunciates that he
has been made a scape•goat to carry away the sins
of the Colonial-office from public animadversion, but
we are much mistaken if the step will in the least
better the condition of the chief rock of offence, Earl
GREY. It is he who is popularly and properly re-
garded as the great and real obstacle to a fitting recon-
struction of our colonial relations, and in putting
himself forward in the Lower House as the exponent
and upholder of Lord GREY'S generally ill-judged and
obstinate views of policy, Mr. HAWES exhibited a
faithful devotion to his principal, for which he has
now reaped the usual reward of those who lend them-
selves to do dirty work :.when the orange is well.sucked
the rind is flung away. Nevertheless an easy cushion
has been provided for the ejected Secretary, and he
now reposes as Deputy-Secretary at War in " the
comfortable obscurity of a well-paid and permanent
place," whence he can serenely smile at the dire de-
nunciations of the immaculate electors of his savoury
borough.

The progress of emigration from the Irish shores
goes on with ceaseless, nay, increasing rapidity.
" The cry is, still they go." Flying from their natal
soil to the more plenteous and wealthy shores of
America, myriads of the much-abused Celts
go to swell the ranks of an active and in-
dustrious population. In a land where idla-
ness is unknown the latent energy of
the national character will not fail to be moat advanta-
geously developed. Self-relisnce and perseverance
being found to be essential in that " go-a-head"
land, we have no hesitation in expressing our full
confidence in the future welfare of the great mass
of the Irish emigrants, in whom America will
receive a powerful accession of active spirits,
whose descendants will form a startling contrast to
the semi-civilized condition of their progenitors
in the Emerald Isle. In reference to this continually
augmenting connexion between the sister island and
the great Republic, it gives us great pleasure to ob-
serve, at a recent meeting of the town commis-
sioners is " the city of the Tribes," the chairman
read a most cheering letter from Mr. JOHN J. HUGHES,
of New York, dated the 9th instant, stating that
150,0001. had been subscribed, and four first-class
steamers ready for the grand Transatlantic route from
the New World to the favoured port of Galway, and
that his fellow-citizens now looked to Ireland for its
support and assistance in the completion of the
materials necessary for the arrangement of a
company on a scale commensurate with the
object in question. The Americans have their eyes
on Galway, and look with anxiety to that enter-
prising contractor, Mr. DARGAN, for carrying out
works that will make its harbour complete in
every sense of the word, and render it capable
of receiving vessels of any size or magni-
tude. It is the intention of the authorities there
immediately to set about the necessary arrange-
ments to apply for a Royal charter of incorporation
for a steam-packet company between Galway and
America, and the American people await with
anxiety the proceedings on this side. A reply from
the Mayor of Belfast, addressed to him by the
chairman of the Harbour Commissioners, is
daily expected, and looked forward to with
interest by the Galwegians. Whatever be the port
selected for the establishment of a Transatlantic packet
station, in that, and in every particular wherein the
resources of Ireland can be brought forward to the
promotion of her prosperity, our sincerest wishes are
offered for the welfare of her denizens and children,
wishes more generally entertained on this side of
St. George's Channel than many ignorant or in-
terested individuals o❑ the opposite shore wish to
make it appear are existent in the English mind.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Ministerial crisis still continues. M. BIL-
LAULT, who was sent for by the PRESIDENT for the
third time on Thursday, has again withdrawn. His
failure is thus announced in the Patrie :
" The combinations in which M. Billault was to have
entered bad been reserved ; it has again, and defini-
tively, failed. The negotiations with M. Billault are
broken. We are assured that several of his proposed
colleagues refused to join bim. They thought that his
name would not offer sufficient guarantees to the men of
order."
The PRESIDENT sent yesterday for M. Ducos.
The Ordre gives the following account of these
various negotiations :
" Nothing is changed with respect to the actual state
of affairs. The programme continues to be the great
scarecrow before which the most resolute draw back.
M. Ducos has just done what M. Augustin Giratid did
two days ago; he has withdrawn on learning all the exi-
gencies which were imposed on the new Ministers, and
his refusal has been the more sensibly felt at the Ely 4.,
as M. Fould had taken the trouble to call on him twice
at his apartment in the Rue Caumartin, in order to ob-
tain his consent. It is sot one of the least curious symp-

toms of the present crisis to see M. Fould become
one of the most active agent; of the new combination at
the moment even that he resigns his portfolio on the
pretext of his sincere attachment to the law of May 31.
This is not, however, the moment for discussing this
eccentricity; we shall return to it hereafter. We shall
simply-state that the refusal of M. Ducos has rendered
impossible the definitive formation of the Cabinet, which
it had been hoped to have announced this day officially
in the Monileur. Everything is again placed in doubt,
and a proof of the difficulties which have been met
with is that M. Lacrosse has been sent for. The crisis,
it may be seen, is far from drawing to its close. The
on'y Ministers whose acceptance can be relied on at this
moment are MM. Billault, Saint Arnaud, de Bouijolly,
Casabiacca, and Fortoul. )f. Magne, who had hitherto
appeared disposed to retain the portfollio of Public
Works, now begins, it is said, to hesitate. On the other
hand M. de Turgot, who had, whatever may be said to
the contrary by certain journals, accepted the portfolio
of Agriculture and Commerce, now declares that he
could not consent to be the colleague of M. Billault.
The Ministerial interregnum may, therefore, be indefi-
nitely prolonged, in spite of the general impatience
which begins to be, manifested on the subject. As to
the Prefecture of Police, the chances now appear to be
in favour of M. PAH."

The Prefect of the Creuse has suspended M. CON-
CATON, Mayor of Royere, for presiding at a patriotic
dinner lately given to M. NADAUD, 8 representative
of the Mountain.
The Journal de andre announces that M. VA-

LETTER a carpenter, of Chateauroux, was to be prose-
cuted for having refused to assist in erecting a guil-
lotine when legally summoned by the Mayor of the
town.

The Marquis DE PASTORET bad a mass celebrated
yesterday in the chapel of his hotel, Place de la
Concorde, for the repose of the soul of the Duchess
D'ANGOULEME. It was attended by the Duke of
PARMA, father of the reigning Duke, General LA.-
HITTE, Admiral MACRAE, and several other person-
ages of distinction.
The Five per Cents. were done at the Boulevard
at 90f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 24.
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Boulogne and Amiens, 10—Namur and Liege, —West
Flanders, 13/4.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 21st have arrived.
Senor ARTETA, the Minister of Public Works, has
resigned, and REINoso has been appointed his suc-
cessor.

MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 21.—The following are the
prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents. 36i ; Five per
Cents., with current coupon, 16i ; Coupons, 8 i Pas-
sive Debt, 6 Exhango on London, 50 75.