Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-23

Lieutenant General Bernard Minister of War Is Gre
The Chamber of Peers and the Ch,4s.ser of Deputies
which were prorogued TO the th of Dcccinhcr, Will
semble on Monday, LIST of December
Although but ofthc former Ministers has been re-
taincd, (Ai Persil yet change in the foreign policy
of the Government is anticipatedThc following arti-
clcs, from various London papers, embracing the views
OF the French, will inform the American reader what
the character and what is thou ght the new Ministry
the creation, IT is said, of the King OF the French hn-
self
| 'Thc Paris papers of the 18th November, devote
considerable portion of their columns remarks relating
the late and Ministry Most of them seem not T.,
know yet IN what way they ought II speak of the
Cabinet but they all i'm assigning il but tenn
porary existence and making appear impossible that
1t can maintain its footing after the opening the Cham
bers The Journal DIES Debats says would unfair to
speak i'll ofmen who not yet known, but at the same
time IT throws out hint Of TIE probability of its being
ranked among the papers of the opposition during the
existence OF the present ministry. The Gazcttcc dc
France is the only paper that declares
decided appreciation of the choice made by the Duke of
Bassano Tor the Presidency of the Council.
That paper has discovered similarity in the princi-
pies always maintained by itself and those which have
dis ingushed the Dukes political life What the Gazette
admres the Duke most for, is the detcstation of every
thing English evinced in all the DEGREES cdcis sign
cd by him during Napoleons reign.
The Duke, too, it is stated dctcsts Prince acyrand
whom the Gazette considers tho author and promoter
OF the alliance between England and France and Ga
zce concludes, with the hope, that he hats formerly
shown detcstation of England, and always hatred of
Prince Taeyrand, he Will not fail make En- GLAND suf
fer accordn ely, that Prime Minister of France
In endeavorng to describe the ministry the Mes
sager DIES Cha,nbres saysWe know what is not but
we cannot tell what il is The National expresses
conviction that the "syscm will not be altered, be-
cause new men have been admitted into the Cabinet as
the Duke OF Bassano is not likely oppose him.
sell to the Kings interference with the direction of the
public affairs and NJ. Persi has been suffered To form
part oil the new administration.
The annexed is extracted from another London jour
nal. of November 18th.
The Ministerial chaos of France has terminated i'm
very strange sort of crcatonit has prod ccd Cabinet
OF most incongruous materials, putting in mind of
ierent colors and violent contraststhe fantastic comb
nations of csselated pavement with here piece of
black stone, there bit of white.
The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Her
aid, gives the following interesting sketch of the new
minister's In addition to what is said below of Nj. de
Bresson, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. may add
that he is the son-naw of MIR. Justice Thompson of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
nle Duke OF Bass'no the CoryPheus of the par
of age. So long ago 1872 bearing then the more re.
publican name OF Hugues Bernard Mare, he became
Chief OF Division it is called, in the Foreign Office
under Iebrun Tennerc. When the British Monarchy
began to display its extreme hostility proceedings
and principles of the French Revolutionary Government
ebrun despatched Maret to London in all haste
deavor To avert the storm he gathering
Although nominally holding intercourse with Lord
Granville, only, Maret had many interviews with Mr.
Pitt, who much respected him. He did not leave London
until February 1893 when the execution of Louis XVI
had destroyed all hope of frem his mission. He
Is reported to have had great influence Napoleon,
and was appointed by him Secretary in 7. eOJ
lie influenced Napoleon to reject the offered him
Josephine to marry Maria Louise. lie accompanied Ma
poeon to Waterloo and was in the second restoration
eXed lie was however, permitted to return to France
alter live years of Punishment.
From that time to the present, the Duke of Bassano
renamed unemployed by the State. His daughter
RED Mr.. Francis Barring, couple of years since as YOU
VIII recoec second daughter married NJ Ballet dc la
Tour, member of the States of Belgium
NJ bresson, the new Foreign Minister is a regularly
framed Dpomatist graduated in Downing street
His father has been the cashier in the foreign department
curing the last 80 years and bred him up in that office
lie has been successfully employed in diplomatic
patton at Bogoa, rs Secretary of Legation in Washing
ton and during years Minister Penpotentiary
OF France at Berlin. His political character is as un-
known as the amount of his qualifications the office
to which he has to the surprise of all Paris APP
pointed
Cen Bernard the new War Minister is an excellent
engineer but unaequaincd with the science politics
lie was eSiled after ''the hundred days. and having
sought refuge in the United States, admitted into
the service of the Union. IL hc who was the author
of the plan for terrifying the States and himself super
lntendeds execution. When Lafayette visited for the
last time the United States, General Bernard
cated with nm IN the compliments paid France in
their persons lie returned TO Europe after the last
yolution and was Immediately his arrival in Paris APP
pointed Ad-deCamp of the King, and since laid down
the plan of cmbasting this capital by chain of each
ed forts He is of unqucstionabc merit in his pro-
iession Ills father markct-gardcner in Savoy.
With such Cabinet, guided or directed by the King
it will be seen that no alteration in the political relations
OF France is to be expected or apprchcndcd
SPAIN
The intelligence from this country consists of three
3dly, of military operations In the English papers we
ind them alljumbled together and il requires small
degree OF patience so to separate them form in
tegihe idea OF the true condition of ars in that
happy country.
The first we shall dispose of in a summary manner
for the state of the Spanish Funds is matter of no in
tercst this side of the water We dismiss it aItoec-
Their.
As to tile political movements in the Cabinet of Ma
Ord, they seem to be very much influenced by the alter
nations of defeat in carrying the war We
rst suoin items that relate 10 the reported ministerial
changes.
LoSDoS, Nov. 1.-THE French papers of Tuesday
bring accounts from Spain TO the 9TH inst The Journal
d's Dobdts states that courier who left Madrid on the
18th instant, brought intelligence that 70 members the
Chambers of Procuradores had declared in an address
TO the Queen Regent that they felt themselves compell
ed TO refuse all support to the Government its system
were not changed. This step said have produced
at Madrid great sensation General Valdez had been
named Minister of War; in place of NJ Zarco del Vale
NJ Mcdrano would replace NJ Moscoso.
The Journal DIES Debats gives accounts from Madrid 10
the 9TH, which, refer solely the impression produced in
the capital By the of the defeat sustained by o.
Doyle, near Salvaierra If TO Judge by the tone
assumed by most OF the Madrid Journals OCCASION
the public mind has been greatly rated by that disas
ter change of system is represented having be-
come indspensably necessary and energetic
against the Carsts loudly called for The govern
nicnt accused Of and bitterly reproachcd with endca-
vorng to conceal the real Of things in the Northern
Provinces; and its silence is said the general
CONSERVATION instead ofinspiring the confidence which
was probably the object in view.
The accounts Of the operations Of war between the
contendng parties in the north of Spain are rendered
obscure from the variety of from which
they derived 1t is very clear that the Carsts had
obtained advantages and others claimed by the
other party Offset denitive result appears as
remote as ever.