The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY

THE FRE

',PUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Government organ, the Patrie, of the pre-
ceding evening, announced that, instead of negotia-
tions for a new Ministry having advanced, they had
retrogaded. The following are the terms in which this
announcement was made :
" The prospect of a termination of the Ministerial
crisis has rather retrogaded than advanced during the
day. M. Auguste Giraud, summoned by the President
of the Republic, and mentioned by some journals as
Minister of the Interior, has again left Paris for Angers.
M. Hippelyte Fortoul, who had also been sent for by
the President, and spoken of as Minister of Public
Instruction, has arrived in Paris ; but the combination
in which it had been proposed for M. H. Fortoul to
enter having failed, his return is of no mate-
rial importance. A third combination is now
talked of, which will consist in forming a
provisional Ministry entirely composed of persons not
baying seats in the Assembly, as was adopted previous
to the formation of the present Cabinet. This Minist(i
would present the message, and propose the abrogation
of the law of May 31, and thus give the President of the
Republic time to study the feelings of the majority. We
publish this last account under every reserve, and with-
out in any way guaranteeing its exactitude. If this idea
be realised. General Bourjully, who had accepted the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs in the combination which
has just failed, will doubtless still receive that portfolio.
It is stated that, under any circumstances, General de
Saint Arnaud will succeed General Bandon as Minister
of War."
The Ordre has the following:—
" We remained ander the impression throughout yes-
terday, that the Ministerial combination given in a post-
script to our leader of the morning had been definitively
settled. Bat it appears that at four o'clock in the even-
ing the President of the Republic, who had convoked
his new Ministers, exposed to them his personal pro-
gramme in terms so crude that three members of the
Cabinet about to be formed immediately withdrew, de-
claring that they could not follow the President of the
Republic in the line which he had adopted. We cannot
feel astonished at such a determination upon the part of
those honourable members, the more especially as we
know the worda, used by the President of the Republic,
and which were of such a character that we dare not re-
produce them."
Turning to the National we find an account of the
manner in which negotiations were broken off with
BILLAULT, and it is not unlikely that it is to some-
thing of the same nature that the Ordre makes allu-
sion. The National says—
" We have already announced that the rupture be-
tween M. Billault and M. Bonaparte took place on the sub-
ject of the Constitution. Here are some further details.
The two interlocuteurs had come to a pretty general un-
derstanding as to the terms of the message which M.
Billault would have to present to the Assembly. M.
Billault then demanded that there should be introduced
into the document a paragraph to the effect, that in any
case the Government would respect, and make be re-
spected, the Constitution. M. :Bonaparte reflected.
They conversed some moments longer together; then
M. Bonaparte said, that it only remained for him to
thank M. Billault for his good feeling and his devoted-
ness, but that he perceived with regret that the moment
had not yet come for his availing himself of his services.
If we do not give the words literally as they fell, we yet
affirm such to have been their sense. M. Billault im-
mediately quitted the Ely: k."
The S
iecle says, too, that it can state that not only
did M. BILLAULT find himself in disagreement with
the PRESIDENT on the Constitution, but also with
regard to some delicate questions of foreign policy.
The same journal gives a rumour that it was in ques-
tion to declare four other departments in a state of
siege, viz , l'Herault, the Lower Seine, I'Eure, and
Calvados. A provisional Ministry is looked upon as
settled.
The candidature of the Prince DE JOINVILLE will
probably be withdrawn, as a concession to the Legi-
timatists ; and it is supposed that both sections of the
Monarchist parties will bend all their efforts in favour
of General CIIANGARNIER. With regard to the Prince
DE JortsviLLE, the Debats has the following, b allu-
sion to the rumour of the Prince's manifesto being
ready. After treating with contempt the rumour in
question, it goes on to say
"In the new situation which we have just entered
there is something more important and more opportune
than ostentatious manifestoes and electoral circulars—
namely, the reconstitution of the Parliamentary majority
by the sincere and disinterested approximation of all
parties and of all the shades of which it is composed.
Such is the first necessity of the country, as it is its
actual and immediate interest. Wo believe we can give
assurance that tho Prince de Joinville, like all his bro-
thers, sets this great interest before that of an eventual
candidature, however groat may be its importance or its
object. People may be sure that ho will do nothing to
complicate a situation already so critical, and that he
will not compromise the peace of the country by his
personal pretensions. Suoh pretensions, such personal
calculations, and such self-devotedness, ready to impose
itself, do not exist at Claremont. The Prince de Join-
villa may feel an ambition to serve France by identifying
himself with her wishes, her sentiments, her interests,
and her prosperity—but he will never be the cause of
trouble."
The Ordre, which first put forth the name of the
Prince DE JOINVILLE, is hardly less explicit :
" Without indulging in recrimination, we confine our-
selves to saying that the Prince de Joinville, and those
who are called his Parisian counsellors, are quite agreed
on this that they put without hesitation the peace of
France above all personal interest and party interest,
and that they will wait patiently for the national will to
make itself clear, resolved alike neither to force or mis-
conceive it."
The construction of five new vessels of war has
been commenced in different ports of France, viz ,
a frigate of the ci class, a corvette of the
Ist class, a steam-corvette of the Ist class of 400-
horse power, and two advice-boats of the
Ist class of 200-horse power. The number of
vessels at present on the stocks is 48, viz., 20
men of war, 19 frigates, 5 corvettes, and 4 first-class
brigs. The oldest man-of-war on the effective list of
the French navy is the Ocian, of 120 guns, which
was launched in 1790; the next is the Marengo, of
62 guns, launched ou the 12th October, 1810, in
presence of the EMPEROR. Six other men-of- war
were built in the time of the empire, and all the others
are of a more recut date. The marine department
has just struck out of the lists, as unfit for service, 2
men-of-war, 3 corvettes, 2 brigs, 3 advice-boats, 1
schooner, 1 chebec, 1 transport, and two steamers.
One of the advice-boats is the Pandour, which left
Montevideo on the 17th July, 1848, and has not
since been heard of.
The speculators appeared to have attended the
Bourse merely as a matter of form, for there was
scarcely any business transacted. The Five per Cents.
opened at 901. 60c., and closed at 90f. 55c. for the end
of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 85c.;
Orleans Railroad shares, 8521 50e.; Rouen, 556 f. 25c.;
Havre, 207 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 4561. 250.; Avig-
non, 210. 25c.; Vierzon, 421 f. 25c.; Basle, 1461.
25c.; Bordeaux, 381 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburgh,
3501.; Tours and Nante5,.257f..50c.; Amiens to Bou-
logne, 2561. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Our. 23.
Bonlogne and Amiens, 10—Dutch Rhenish, 25/4—Namur
and Liege, 6% —Northern of France, 1374—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 4—Paris and Rouen, 2174—Rouen and Havre,;
ex div.—Tours and Nantes, 6%.