Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-01-18
GorttQrl Mus.
Arrival Of the Washington,
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

Cotton remained firm at the recent advance
and flour continued to decline.
Parliament was to meet at London " for the
despatch of business" on Thursday, the LIST of
February.
From the London Ship and Mere. Gaa. of Dec. Is
An impression appears to prevail that at the
meeting of Parliament, the chancellor of the Fix.
chequer intends to propose a duty upon flour and
meal, as distinguished from the unmanufactured
grain; and there can be no doubt that such
measure would command large majority in the
House of Commons A direct loss of revenue
was one of the contingencies Of free trade which
perhaps the government did not calculate upon
with sufficient foresight, and for which we inag-
inc they are not very well prepared
During the spring and summer months we may
expect large importaions Of American -four, as
the yield of our wheat is, we fear, turning out
very deficient; not more, on an average, than
81 bushels to the acre instead Of a. OF this
we feel assured that any duty which may be put
upon flour will not raise the price to the home
consumer; it will only, by 50 much reduce the
profit anticipated by our American friends, and
will in fact, be paid into the ExcheQuer instead
Of to the shippers at New York.
The .4rmy in Feland-The official returns
state that forces at the disposal of the authorities
in Ireland for the month Of December including
strong attachments Of artillery and engineers
with the out-pensioners and armed police, at near
W $4,000 Observer.
FRANCE.
From the London Timrs Of Dec %.
We have received by express the Paris papers
Of Dec 18th, with our usual correspondence
lit seems now unquoStonable," says one of
D.; I
will have 5j00,000 votes General Cavagnac
100000, and the other three candidatcs-M.
NJ. Ledru Rolin, Raspail, and Llmarne, $780,
coo between them.-phus 100000 votes will
have been given, and Louis Napoleon will have
polled 100000 votes more than his uncle, the
Emperor, and with this further difference, that
all those that he received were voluntary, while
the votes of many who figured as electors Of the
Emperor were extorted by persons who entered
their dwellings armed with power to collect "a
domiciNc' the free and unbiased sulfrages Of the
French people"
The postscript of the Morning Chronicle of
18th, contains the following:
"P. S.-A rumor is ahoat to-day IF schsm
in the ranks of the Mo lerate party. 1t is said
that the new Ministry of Louis Napoleon, though
formed unde: the protection of NM. Mole, Theirs
and Bugeaul, has already quareIlcd with its pro.
tectors. 1t appears that NJ. Timers, Mole, and
Marshal Bugeaud, do not intend to appear in the
first instance as out Gnd-oul supporters of the
new Cabinet. They have announced their III
tenton of keeping on the reserve until they see
how the new Cabinet works. This has given
rise TO some suspicion on the part of the Prince
aud his councillors, and the choice Of the Minis
tiers to fill the departments will be made without
reference to those gentlemen, Yesterday, NJ
Achile Fould, having refused to accept the Office
of Minister of Finances, there was some idea Of
offering it to NJ. Duclerc, on the ground that il
would be desirable 10 have a Republican de la
Nelle in tho Cabinet. But, as might be expected
strong objections arose 10 such choice, and the
Prince himself is said to have refused to accedc
to it."
The following appeared in successive editions
Of the Morning Chronicle of Saturday:
1t is stated by some of the newspapers that
the proclamation of the new. President of the
Republic will not take place till Thursday next.
BY the rules laid down in the Constitution, the
President, on being proclaimed, is called upon at
once to take the oaths that he will maintain and
observe the Constitution; after which he is al
once installed into Office.
1t will on this occasion fall to the lot of NJ
Armand Marrast, as President of the Natlona
Assembly, 10 proclaim the new President of the
Republics and, in the circumstances, the duty
cannot be very agreeable one. M. Mawast'S
hopes of being Vice President have been nppet
in the bud, and the indecency with which he
pushed forward his pretenslons to that honor ha
contributed not little 10 the discontinue o
General Cavaignac.
M. Marrast boasts land with some TRUTH tina
it was he who was the making of General Ca
vaignac that it was he who drew him from among
the crowd of generals employed in Algeria, man,
of whom we're his superlOrs in rank and services
to take the office Of encouragement Of tina
colony; and that it was he who afterwards 90
him to become minister of war. lie does no
boast of having made him dictator, for that woul
be awkward, as it would imply rather more knowl
edge Of the June Instruction than is at presen
desirable but he says that it was he who direc
ted the general in all lis subsequent policy, AM
he felt no small pride (ull within The last week
in having been the author of the plan Of havin!
the election on the 10h Of December The cleo
ton has, however, destroyed all his hopes. The
whole fabric Of ambition has tumbed down, ant
buried both master and man in It's ruins. TIT
Parlsans, who joke at every thing, have give
NJ. Murrast the sobrquet OF ic ujce dcchu, nam
which is likely to stick to him for some time.
Is not to be wondered al that, in these crcum
stances, the proclamation of Louis Napoleon
not very agreeable task.
L1mqrtine Fice PreSMent-No less than 81
or seven candidates are spoken of for the Vic
Presidency. Among them we observe THEM
Bugeaud, Lamartine, Arago Dupont de I'EuT'
GARNER Pages, and Cavaignac the latter {
whom, report says, will have the support of Lou
Napoleon should he allow himself to be put
nominations. 1t is now said, that NJ. Lamaltu
will be one of the three persons submitted to Il
choice Of the Assembly for the Office Of Vic
President, and from the reaction that has cor
meeced in his favor, within the last two days,
is not improbable that he will be nominated. /
did not obtain majority for President in any OIL
town, not even in Macon.
The celebration of the anniversary of the a
rival of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon
the inyalides took place Yesterday morning;
the government, alarmed by reports which we
in circulation on Thursday evening, ordered t
mass to be performed three hours earlier than t
usual time. Accordingly at eight o'clock sol
persons were assembled at the chapel. A han
ing of black cloth covered the gallery in viii
appeared Jerome Napoleon, ex-King of We
phalip, with his family With them we're M. }
rome B0naparte, Tue representative io' Nolo'
and the Princess Mathilde, his daughter. The
were also present at the ceremony MN. La
aid Persigny, Coils. DumouliD, Laborde a
Maisonnaut, Gen. Payat, and several other p
sons attached to the family of Bonaparte &c
eral Petit, deputy. governor oil the lnValides, s.
rounded BY his staff, also attended The ma
and aises we're filled with Invalides. At eleV
O'Clock, considerable body of people came
attend the service, and great was the dlsaPpoI
ment when they found that it was over. it,
understood that the old officers OF the lmpel
army had, at the suggestion of the Bonapa
family, resolved to abstain from any pubic
play on this occasion.
ITALY.
A letter from Rome, dated 9Th inst. announ