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LATE FOREIGN NEWS,

The steamship Hibernia, Capt. Shannon,
arrived at New York on Saturday at o.
clock, P. M. She sailed from Liverpool on
The 18th inst, and has thus accomplished
the passage in little less than IA days.
The following is summary of the news
brought by her:
Commercial affairs wear rather an lmprov-
aspect.
Ireland was less tumultuous.
The French National Assembly had ap-
nointed an Executive Government of five
persons.
The prospects ofthe Italian patriots in the
North of Italy had improved, and news was
expected OF victory over the Aust,ians I'M
der the walls of Verona.
The London Gazette publishes an official
despatch from Count Figuemont, in which
the blockade of Venice is made known.
The same Gazette contain an official dis
patch from the Danish Minister, knuth, an
nouncing the blockade of S,etlin, S,ralsund,
Rostock, Wismar, Pitlau, and Dantzic-the
-four first from the Cd of May and the last
from the Sd, the blockade Of the Elbe being
fixed for the l0t,.
Livepooh May l3.-The weather contin-
ues most beautiful, and is everything which
can be desired. The Crops throughout the
entire United Kingdom look most promising,
and afford ample hope Of mos, abundant
harvest We observe that leading Dublin
paper ''regrets very much to state that ex-
sensive failures have been already discovered
in the potato crop in the west of Ireland"
The same ''regrets" appear in few English
papers. Weare unwilling to believe that,here
exists at present any cause for alarm as to
the failure of the potato crops; and we agal
recommend the grower, and Speculation in
breads,ufs, to look with caution upon these
reports.
TRELAND.-Irelandh has become more tran
quill. The Limerick affair has tended not
a little to this salutary result. 1t is quite
clear that there will be no revolution in Ire
land this time; and that whatever changes
may he brought about, they will only be
effected by peaceful agitation.
FRANcE.-We have received details of
the proceedings of the meeting ofthe French
Assembly up to the l lth inst. In the after
noon of that day, the Executive Commission
with whom the choice rested, declared the
ministry, as follows Foreign Affairs, Bas
tide; War, Charras; Finance, Dnclerc !;
Justice, Cremieux; Instruction, Carno,;
Commerce, Flocon; Religion, Belmont;
Public Works, Trelat; Marine, Casey In
terror, Recurt; Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, Favre.
By the last arrival, we had reports of the
election of Mr.. Buchez, President of the
Assembly. He was elected as ''conserva-
live" republican, in opposition to the ex-
IRENE republicans but his authority has
been limited to one months duration and
truly republican jealousy is evinced by
the new assembly, which prompts them
TO guard against any of the encroachments
which might be made upon democratic
rights; accordingly the delegated power
they confer is provisional, and limited until
de6nilve constitution shall be agreed
upon.
But the formation of the executive autho-
rity, to carry on the business of the state is
a still more difficult question. At the first
attempt TO decide this essential point, by
nominating a delegated authority of five
Ministers, Barbes, the ultra-colonel of the
National Guards, assembled the tribune and
raised such confusion, by referring to the
late events at Rouen, as plainly to prove
that any attempt by the moderate Republicans
TO exclude the members Of the ultra party
from due share in the government, would
be followed by movement of the people
to restore the preponderance of the extreme
party.
Already the threat is held out, that if the
Assembly will not rule the country accord
ing to the views of Ledru-Rolin, Louis
Blanc, Flocon, and Albert, an appeal will be
made to the mob to take them. At the sit
Ting of Tuesday this vital question was for
the present disposed of, after rejection by
a majority Of All against 1856, of the recon-
menda,on of the Bureau that nine Minis
tiers should be directly appointed by the
Assembly.
M. Lamartne evidently wishes to retain
Ledru Rolln IN power, however obnoxious
his principles may be; as, in the event of
his being elected, the extreme Republicans
would appeal to the sword, and raise such
confusion throughout France as would
wholly obslruct the action of the govern
ment.
The celebrated Able Cacordaire wisely
said. that it would be unfair to exclude those
Republicans who in fact had brought about
the revolution of February.
At present il seems very doubtful whether
presidential chief will be appointed. A
powerful minority, being only less by TWEEN
,y-six of the half Of nearly eight hundred
members, are of opinion that the Executive
Government can be carried on by the As
se:nbly itself.
Each man of the three hundred and eigh-