The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-02-28

county OF Kildare. In Dungarven "destltu-
ton and starvaton," according TO the local
paper, have made their appearance among
the industrious inhabitants. The poor house
is nearly crowded, owing to the deficiency in
food induced by the prevalence ofthe potato
rot. From other parts OF ireland, the accounts
are the same nearly.
FRANCE.
PARIS. The news from France is not OF n
very important character. The two Cham
bers have been principally occupied with the
discussion of the address. Mr. Guizot re-
viewed President Folks Message i'll n most
effective and argumentative manner. The
discussion terminated in the Chamber of
Peers on the 10Th ult, when the numbers
were-For the Address 100; againstit %;
Ministerial majority, 81.
Mr. Berger made his threatened motion,
the object ofwhich was to deter Ministers
from declaring that in the event ola war be-
tween England and the United States, France
would remain neuter, and TO call upon them
to declare i'm such circumstances that "trce
bottoms make Iree goods
NJ. Bcrryer's speech on the occasion is
copied at length in the Paris and London
Journals. NJ. GuiZot replied, when NJ. Bcr-
ryer's motion was rejected by the largest ma
jority the ministry have obtained in the pres
ent session-nGmely, 23l against 100. Ma
jority for Ministers 7S.
The French Ministry has rejected the de-
mand of Prince Louis Napoleon, for permits
sion to go to Florence TO attend the death
| bed of his father, under n pledge that e
would return to prison at the first call The
Council conceived that a compliance with the
demand was only within the royal prcroga-
tive of the King. The Prince afterwards APP
pealed TO the King, who refused TO comply
with his request.
| NJ. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, re-
ferrng TO the remarks in President Folks
Message, touching the action of European
States with the lesser Republics of America,
said:
| "On the invitation of the TeXian Govern
ment and ofits Minister of Paris, he had adj
viscd Texas to maintain her inPependence,
and Mexico 10 recognize il. He had always
proclaimed that the Texans were free to adj
opt whatever course they pleased, and that,
when once they should have pronounced,
France had nothing to say. This had been
the case; when the Annexation was agreed TO
by the Texan people France entered into no
protest; she accepted the fact when accom-
! plished: she raised no discussion on the sub
| ject with the United States, nor even address
ed n single observation to that Government.
NJ. GuiZot had accordingly felt surprised at
the language used by President Polk in his
Message, and he had considered it his duty
TO claim in reply for France an entire indie
pendence ofaciion. He next examined the
commercial reasons which had induced
France TO recognize the independence ofTeN
as in 1888, and rendered her anxious in lS-
| 40 10 maintain II. The political considera-
tons had been ofa still greater weight. There
were at present, he said, three powerful ma
tons intent on uggrandizing beyond measure
their territories-England, Russia, and the
United States. 1t was ofthe highest importa-
nee to France that those three nations, should
balance each others power,and that none of
them should obtain preponderatIng lntiu-
ence. She was consequently in protecting
the Independence ofthe United States. The
conduct of France had been in no wise hos
tile to the American States; she had taken no
part against them; she had evinced de err
| miuation TO remain neutral; and would per-
sist in that determination, because he consid-
cred it the most profitable, the wisest, the
most honorable, and the best calculated to
put period to the war;
FRENCH AFRICA.
The WAR IN Algeria, Accounts have
been received of a terrible disaster which
has bcf;illen a column oftwelve hundred men
under General Levasseur, in the province of
Constantine, who were returning from n sue
cessful raz-id The troops were suddenly
enveloped in heavy fall of snow in the neigh
borhood ofSetii, and the details of'their suffer
ings recall some of the worst features of the
retreat from Moscow. Upwards ola hum
dred men are supposed to have persisted.
The latest accounts from Algeria state the
fact that the indomitable and interchangeable
Emr is fighting or battling the French in all
quarters. Every thing seems TO be prepar-
| ing for general instruction in the spring.
RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA.
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS. The latest
and most authentic accounts from the seat of
the war, represent the Circassians as success
ful in more than one onset. Schamll was
actively engaged in the most formidable pre-
parations for future engagements.
The journal DIES Debats states that the Rus
sian cruisers in the Black Sea no longer pre-
vent, as they have hitherto done, the exporta-
tons of Young girls from Circassia and Ana
toIia, to he sold as slaves to the Turks. Ii
will be remembered that the obstacles which
the Russian Government threw in the way
ofthat shameful commerce was one of the
principal causes of the hatred of the Circas-
slams against Russia.