Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-12-23
LATEST FROM FRANCE

LATEST FROM FRANCE
BY the packet ship Normandie. arr;r.,
New York from Havre, files of the Paris La. az
des Debats and GaIignanps Messepoer ,"a'
to the l4th ultimo, inclusive have been ro.s s"a
We have copied the extracts Furnished ~.
New York Journal of Commerce and the Gun we
mercial Advertiser, from which doubt ,r;..0 "'
regards the dissolution OF the Bassano n;n;.'
In our latest numbers Of the Paris ;o,..;'
the statement is questioned. But the ar,;c,."
the 18th, quoted in the Journal of Conn"
and the Courier and Enquirer, are posi,ir.
PARIS Nov. 14.-Tbere is no longer .,,
nistry. We have this moment learned q! MI
source that does not allow us to doubt tb mom
Council held to-day, all the Ministers dspin ara
in their designations. Nothing has vet co,'a
| light upon The immediate causes of This S,.n 10
change. a"se
The Journal des Debats, gravev rers.,,
article reporting the resignation of the N.Y.. we
ters and adds 's
1--WE should not have repeated this n.ws -
! on the authority OF that Journal alone. if ~
NOR of the dissolution Of the new Cabna, tN
not been generally circulated last night '' "au
| Whereupon the Constitutional and tho T.
partial state that, "The report so POSITIVELY ~
serted by the Messenger occasioned no ttle Us ~
riment to the Ministers and other perso,ana.
who diined With M. Dupin" se'
| PARIS, Nov. 15.-The Moniteur of this r,o..
ing is still silent upon the dissolution of the e..
binet.
The Journal des Debats says-"Tbe NJ
mister of the Interior, President of The Connect
the Minister of War, who has also performed
the duties nd interim Of Minister of FOREIGN Ar
| foir fha nf or.
nances, and Of Commerce. yesterday rendered
their designations to the King, which his Males.
ty accepted"
The Constitutional mentions only four NJ
nisters as having resigned, the Duke de Bassa.
no, and Messrs. Teste Pasay, and Charles IN
pin. II adds" On Thursday evening, a0erM
Dupin's dinner, the Ministry still existed and as.
sambled in Council. There the first importan,
question submitted to the new Cabinet, the Hill
for IS millions claimed by the United States
was discussed 1t appears that the Doctrinary
still powerful enough to give ascendancy 10 il,
opinions, since the bill for rs millions, precisely
as it had been rejected by the Chamber, was re-.
commended
The anathema hurled against the Ministry
by one of the gravest organs Of the Opposition
(the Courier Francais) seemed to have produc
ed an unfavorable impression on the mind Of
man, who, nevertheless, had been accustomed
to sacrifice to his convictions the transilory
sweets OF popularity, which can be be only rem.
dered durable by knowing how to lose il, in
case of need, in order to recover it anew
Be this as il may, M. Passy thought he saw and
we are on this occasion Of his opinion. con.
ltradction between the principles which he
maintained, and the course into which he was
to be led by this disastrous bill. He firmly sta.
ted that he could not consistently present, as
Minister, bill which he had opposed as depu.
ty. He insisted, with the most honorable eager
ness, that it would be flying in The face Of the
Chamber to reproduce, without single modf.
cation, law rejected by the most significant
majority. Messrs. Teste and Charles Dupn
seem to have supported M. Passy in this strug.
gle, wherein the word resignation" which is
The reto of every honest Minister, was several
times pronounced. The Council was broken
up, and Messrs. Teste and Passy, having previ.
ousIy concerted together, sent in their reslgns'
ton at midnight.
M. Charles Dupin, on hearing the fact, very
early on the following morning sent in his own,
which was follow ed by that of the Duke de Bas
sano. Messers. Male and Theirs are commits.
stoned to recompOse this Cabinet, twice found
to be impossible. To complicate the embarrass-
ment of the affair, NJ. Bresson, whose accept.
ance was guaranteed. is doubtless on his road 10
Paris, and will learn on the frontier that there IS
but one resignation more to give in. His return
tn Berlin is impossible, for he would be over,
whelmed by ridicule. although he is innocent oil
this deception, which France has participated
with him."
The Impartial notices the resignation OF the
| four Ministers mentioned and adds: III was
| asserted last night that NJ. Theirs, who seems 10
have become an indispensable parsonage, was
| charged to reconstruct the Cabinet. but now
ever strong may be the wish 10 collect again
the elements which composed the preceding
Ministry. it is probable that NJ. GuIzot VIII no'
be invited to make one Of it-but we should des'
pair of nothing. We have been also informed
that Count Mole has declared in the most posi-
tive manner that he will never consent 10 comeIn,
to any Cabinet, and has expressed the utmos
disgust at the intrigues TO which he has 9eeh
witness during the last fortnight"
We discredit the suppositon that the Amel'
can affair had so much influence in the case p's'
puted cardinal points Of domestic politics were
more likely to produce so sudden and Vloea'
a change. We have read number oil the raf"
editorial articles on the formation OF the bassa'
no cabinet, and not found word in reauon "
the American affair. The dispatches WHO"
isprobable that the Normandie has brought HUN
Mr.. Livingston to our government must posS'''
considerable interest. He had, We may pre-