The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN

NEWS

FRANCE.

The Cabinet is now definitely constituted as follows :
State, Fould ; Finance, Bineau ; Public Works, Marne ;
Foreign Affairs. Drouyn de Lhurs; Marine, Ducos ; Jus-
tice, Abbatucci ; Instruction, Fortoul ; Interior, Per-
signy ; War, St. Arnaud ; Police, Maupas. On the com-
pletion of the Cabinet by the nomination of M. Fould to
succeed M. Cassabianca, the Moniteur remarks as fol-
lows :—" The decree which calls M. Achille Fould to the
important functions of Minister of State completes the
Cabinet. By the especial character of the nomination he
has just made, the Prince President has desired to give to
his Government the conditions of stability and future ad-
var.cemeut which are in the spirit of the Constitution.
We hope not to have to see for a long time these changes
of persons, which cause trouble and indecison in public
affairs." .

The Moniteur expresses great satisfaction at the results
of the elections for the provincial Councils, as it shows a
complete adhesion to the policy of the Government. The
Councils General were convoked for the 3rd instant.
. .

A telegraphic despatch from the Hague, dated the 4th
instant, announces the rejection by the States-General of
the treaty with France.

A provisional treaty of commerce between France and
Belgium was about to be signed. The duty on French
salt is reduced, to supersede English.
The statemeent that the French National Guards would
not be invited to receive their eagles from the hands of
the Prince President, on the 15th, is contradicted by the
Patrie and the Moniteur, which affirm that the review
and the distribution of the eagles will both take place on
the day named. The ceremony will be preceded by a
high mass, which will be performed by the Archbishop of
Paris, assisted by the whole of the clergy. The president
will then proceed to the place appointed for the distribution
of the eagles to the National Guard of France, deputations
from which are expected from the departments. The
Place de la Concorde will be brilliantly illuminated, as
also the whole line extending thence to the Barriere de
l'Etoile, and on the summit of the triumphal arch will
appear in gas an immense eagle, with wings spreading out
sixty feet in extent. Fireworks on a erand scale will be
let off at night, and the Pont de la Concorde will repre-
sent the first Consul on horseback, traversing Mount St.
Bernard, after the model of David's celebrated picture,
with the snow falling in the midst of the flamer. During
the day will be represented a series of aquatic sports.
Alms, food, and clothing will be distributed to the in-
digent poor. _ _ _ _ _

Amongst the various episodes of the fete of the 15th may
be mentioned the marriage of fourteen young men and the
same number of young girls, chosen among poor but
respectable families in the twelve arondissements of Paris,
and the two rural arondissements of the department of
the Seine. A dowry of 3,000 f., besides a trousseau, will
be given by the city and the State to each married couple.
The question of the marriage of the President with the
Princess of `Vasa, is not only fully determined on, but is
likely to take place much sooner than is generally
expected. A second visit by the President to Baden is
spoken of. The Princess was born in 1833. She is the
daughter of Prince Gustavus Wasa, of the ducal line of
Holstein- Gottorp, the eldest line of which is now on the
throne of Russia.

AMERICA

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC

On Tuesday evening, at half-past five o'clock, the
United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West,
arrived here from New York, whence she sailed at 12.15
p.m., on the 24th ult., with 125 passengers, the usual
American semi-weekly mails, and about 5285,000 in spe-
cie on freight. She passed the Baltic about 80 miles
from New York, at 7.30 p.m.., on the 24th.

The great matter of discussion among all classes of
American citizens, especially those " down east," had
relation to the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland fisheries.

A fire was sweeping through the woods, a AOli
dis-
tance from Rome, N.Y., which was destroying a large
amount of pine timber, and hundreds of cords of wood
and bark, which had been prepared for market. By the
accounts, the fire was on the increase, and its destructive
course could only be checked by a heavy rain.

The extensive-manufactory of the Union Company of
Maryland, at Canton, near Baltimore. was destroyed by
fire on the 23d. The loss was estimated at 100,000 dollars.