The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-27


The United States mail steamer Baltic arrived at
New York at six o'clock ON Saturday, in ten days
seven hours and half from Liverpool, which place
she left at i0k O'Clock, m. the l4th. Our In
eligencc Is therefore four days later than that
ceived by the previous arrival. There has been
quitea panic in the cotton market at Liverpool,
and 4 considerable decline in prices.
The market in England for public sccuritieA was
exceedingly steady. Cohsois in London ON Tues
day, the 18Th instant, were 97s a 81. The French
five per cents closed in Paris on Monday, the 18th
Instant at 0Of s5c, and the three per cents at 56f
There was no change ia brcadstufIs.
England.
The steamship America from Boston. arrived at
Liverpool on tho 18th instant.
Vscount Melbourne was in such precarous
state Of health that but slight hopes were enter
tained Of his ultimate recovery.
Lady Franklin's weasel, the Prince Albert, was
to sail for the Arctic regions about the 10Th
of May.
The great exhibition progresses favorably. The
attendance was large on the 18th instant, and the
receipts at the doors yesterday, independently of
the amount taken for season tickets, were T. 597.
The total amount OF foreign packages received
was 40 055; Colonial, ,3l7; Channc Islands, 81.
Twenty six thousand dolars' worth of gold dust
had been stolen from a luggage train between
Southampton and London; nine thousand five hun
bred dollars worth Of which was subsequently re-
covered.
The Paris Monitev publishes decree Of the
President OF the French republic, appointing Gen.
eral Pelissicr Governor General Of Algeria ad ne-
rim, in place Of General D'Hautpool, whose mis-
sion 10 terminated.
NJ Dupin has been c-clected President of the
French Assembly for the next three months by
great majority. General Bedeau was elected Vice
President.
The Paris La Patrie contains disavowal Of the
constitutional plan for abrogating the electoral law
of May, which il regards as the standard around
w rtv Of orde nat rotl he reyia
OF the constitution and the fusion question were the
only topics of discussion.
The festival Of the 4th of May has not met warm
or enthusiasm in the provinces than in Paris The
reports which arrive here all alike, which is to
say that, though the weather was not as cloudy ns
it was in Paris, the population showed the greatest
indifference for all the display made BY the pre-
fects and mayors, who were officially obliged to
doit
1t is said in some quarters that Louis Napoleon
will soon resume his journey through the depart
ements, and will this time proceed to the southern
departments, visiting Lyons, Grcnoble, Avignon,
Toulon, MaIseilles, Mines, Montpelier, and Bor-
deaux. AtToulon he will review the French fleet,
reviewed by him last year at Cherbourg.
M Leon Faucher, the present Minister Of the
Interior, has ordered the projects of the eighty six
departments of France to come to Paris. At pri-
vutc meeting, which took place in the Ministry of
the Rue de Grcnclc, he developed to them the plan
de campogne which was to be followed in order to
obtain the triumph Of Louis Napoleon's cause. No
means were to be spared to obtain large number
and the extension of the powers of the President.
Thus it 10 well Understood that we on the
OF having very serious struggle.
very strange demand ia made to Madame the
Duchess of Angouleme and to the Count of Cham
bord, by the widow and eight children Of person
who called himself lie Compile de MoundorR who
was. during his life, Prussian clockmaker at
Berlin. This man, who pretended to be the genu-
inc Duke of Normandy died on the 10th OF April,
1916. The widow of Moundorff has given to her
children the names Of Bourbons. About one year
- Hall. hat
family an indemnity which amounted to l00, 900
francs. for the cesson of projectile of war
invented by the late clockmaker, M0undorf. tits
said that all these Bourbons have received very
poor education, and are not very worthy of the
title to which they are pretending.
The mystery of aerial navigation, according to
report made BY body Incompetent men, is now
solved, and will soon DO rendered public. A Mr..
Yates Andre, an engineer well known in Paris
has found out q means to direct balloons, and his
intention is to give an carly exhibition OF his pro-
cess. This gentleman has taken out patent, and
his secret will, therefore. be soon rendered public
l will take the frat opportunity OF giving an ac-
count Of the experiments made by the inventor.
The celebrated soldier Polowaski, who was 1T
years old, and resided at the Hotel du Invalides,
died on Sunday last, by an attack OF influenza,
which had turned into pleurisy The funeral OF
this man offour monarchies and two republics was
attended by vast number of people
The amateurs of paintings will hear with much
pleasure that new picture by the divine Raphael
was discovered, q few weeks ago, in small village
curate bought it for 800 francs, ($66,) and having
found out that he had made an excellent bargain,
he took his picture to Paris, where he will soon
sell it on behalf OF the poor of his village.
Tho health of Mr. Rives il great deal better,
and his friends in Washington and Virginia will
learn with much pleasure that he will soon be able
to resume his worthy representation Of the United
States at Paris.
News received from Belgium and the Depart
mcnt of the North announce that the flood of the
Escant is threatening to do much damage From
Tourney to Gaud, space of about seventy nine
miles, the waters have covered the country, and
much fear is entertained of the increase OF their
height
Italy.
1t was rumorcd that intelligence had been re.
ceived of the death of the King of Naples from
dropsy, but the statement could not be traced to
rest upon any solid foundation.
letter from Rome. dated May |, says that the
President Of the Propaganda, Cardinal Franconi,
has just issued an appeal to all Italy, calling upon
all good Catholics to subscribe funds for the ercc-
ton OF Roman Catholic cathedral in London.
The appeal Issued some months back by the Car
dinal Vicar General did not produce the desired
result The projected edificc is to be dedicated to
ST. Peter, and schools for boys and girls attached
to it.
The Pope, who questioned the right of the Span
ish government to sell their own church lands,
has signed a concordat which makes those sales
legal.
The Queen Isabella, Of Spain, has had the mis-
fortune to break her leg in descending from her
carriage at Aranjuez.
Portugal.
Accounts from Lisbon, TO the8d instant convey
hope that the military insurrcction in the coun-
try was about subsidiDg in consequence of tho
Duke OF Tercciras resignation, and the appoint
mcnt of Marshal Saldanha prime minister, with
the Barons Da Mura. De Frances, and Mcranchi-
mai, for the War, Navy, and Finance Departments.
The ministry was not deemed likely to be Of long
duration, and public opinion in favor of an adj
Ininistration Of which Count Savardio, Viscount
Vanderia, and M Carvalio should form part on
account Of the rcspectability of these men.
Austria.
letter from Vienna, dated tho 7th instant says
that a courier arrived there on the previous day
from London with important dispatches, which
were delivered Immediately to the Emperor. The
English government has, it is said, notified it's
readiness to regard the admittancc of all the Aus
TRIM proYinccs into the Gcrnnnic Con lcderaiinn