The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-10
Affairs on the Other Side of the
Atlantic.
OUR EUROPEAN DISPATCHES
The Resignation Of Lord Paimerston-..Sketeh
Of his Successor In OfRec...The Position
OF Louis NapOieon-..The Gossip
OF Paris, &c. &e.A
THE CAMBRIA'S MAILS.
Our London Correspondence.


Sent to Paris, pice Normandy General State of
Affairs in Emope-Death of Kossuths MOther-
Reelection of Louis Napoleon Sch,car-enbrg's
Bon Mot-The Rumaed Coalition against Eng
lard-A Joint Note of the Despotic Polces-
Death of Turner, he Artist-Boring Might
Portugal, &c, &C., &c.
The event of the week is the resignation Of Lord
Palmerston-not to apply harshei term-to the
retirement Of the celebrated Foreign Minister from
the cabinet. My previous letters will have pre-
pared you for this event For some time the dis
sention in the cabinet, more especially between
Earl Grey and the Foreign Secretary, had attained
pitch which rendered the re tirement of one of
them Indispensable The coup d'etat at Paris, for
moment, prevented the solution. The announce
ment was made public on "Wednesday morning in
the leading article OF the Times, as follows =
few days ago after the departure Of all the ministers
rom London and at the near approach OF Christmas,
. cabinet council was Unexpectedly summoned, al
though assgnable cauee OF pubic interest had oc
cured TO explain this sudden reluston. This caoi
net held On Monday, the 22d inst, and it was re
married. with surprise that Lord Pamerston, one OF the
most assiduous members Of the government, not
present. From these circumstances suspicion ex
Cited and suimse became rife. We now have it in our
power sl further uncertainty on the subject
for enabled to announce that from the day on
which that cabinet held, Viscount Palmerston
ceased hold the Office of Secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs or to be member Of her Majestys government
AT the moment ! am writing, Privy Council is
the Office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
will be delivered by the Queen to Earl Granville,
who is Palmerston's successor.
youDS Sens h sh yssf H. xa
some time, attache at the Embassy at Paris, and,
in 1885, succeeded to the earldom. His name has
been often before the public, lately as Chairman Of
the Council of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He
has represented various constituencies in Parliar
ment, and is regarded as man of considerable
talent and dipom attic skill.
oh 10 tho 1yA1ih nf fha
cabinet lasting in its now modified form. Some
loudly assert that Palmerston has been sacrificed
to the despotc governments. general break up
Of the cabinet is predicted by others. lime only
will chow.
enclose you the opinions of the London morn
ing journals. The CHI onicie, which has, all along,
attacked nearly every act of Palmerston, pays hun
handsome tribute, as regards the independent
position he Assumed towards the great powers. If
he has been sacrificed to the despotc powers, as is
limited at by the Times, his popularity will increase
tenfold by his retirement from office. Palmersten
was the substance Of Lord Johns cabinet-his great
experience, his readiness to assume the RESPONSE
biisy of the acts of all his agents, his eloquence
and agre cable marners will not easily be replaced
1t is probable that Sir Henry Bulwer, recently
Ambassador to the United States, will replace Nor
have other changes to announce in my next.
r. Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, had
long interview with Lord John RUSSELL at his pri-
vate residence, yesterday.
dor, is at Paris, watching the course OF events
there. Sardinia and Belgium are the two powers
that would suffer most from coalition between the
despotic governments. Austria has ordered addi-
tional troops to the Sandman frontier. Sardinia
is the last buiwark of liberty in Italy. Old Mar
shall Radetzki mas received full powers to put down,
with the sword, every attempt at rising IN Italy
The Hungarian papers announce the death Of
the neither OF Kossuth, at Pesh. This lady and
Kossuth's sister were reeel ly arrested by order OF
the Austrian goyerLn ent
Louis Napoleon is re ele ,ted President, by ma
jority of some million votes. 1t would be
needIessly occupying your space to give you the
details Of the votes in the different departments
and towns of France The prestige of the name
Napoleon did ders for him With the peasansry.
Being the only candidate in the field, the people,
moret ver had to choose between him and anarchy.
The election has, however, been, in every sense, a
sham. He has gained his point so tar-he is de
faeto Emperor. Will he assume the name, or will
he be satisfied with what he has obtained, PROV ded
always he can keep it! For, as Prince Schwarzen-
berg Willingly observed, ''N est fdce dc rare des
coup d'etats des Cotonettes mas Il est dittt6
de sasstou desas, 1t is easy enough to make
coup deats with bay onets, but it is difficult to sit
firmly rpon them
The army remains seemingly devoted to him
Fears etertained, insome quarters, that coai.
tion between the great continental powers will lead
to a war against England. Should that event take
place, Palmerston would enter ottce again as pre-
mier, ana England rise, like one man. III defence OF
constitutional liberty. We live in critical times;
but the blessings eff peace too we'll appreciated
in the present century, for nations to un headlong
into the unavoidable disasters that fellow in the
on the ,apis for serous thought. Austria has been
downright rude to England and has ratified her
intehtion of giving every possible annoyance to En-
INST the Austrian. Russian, and Prussian govern
ments presented joint note to the English govern.
ment demanding the expulsion Of poitical Refugees
from the hospitatle shores Of EnglaEd-forgettirg
that but recently Metternich was but too glad to
avail himself Of such harbor Of refuge where more
than exiled monarch and statesman has found
shelter and protection
Il is stated on good authority, that Guizot has
been offered the presidency OF the new French Sc
nate by M. de Moruy, and that he has accepted it.
/ can scarcely credit il: but he may have his mo-
tives for doirg SO. 'Cavaignac and the other state
prisoners have been set al liberty in the same arbi
frary manner in which they were arrested. Ora.
vier de Cassaguac has published in the Co''suu-
fionrel full account Of the resent coup G!0t 1t
has been translated into all the London papers, and
will have reached you by Wednesday, steamer.
The affair os the PrometAeus has created very
little attention here. 1t is regarded as a local
affair which Will be settled in the proper quarter.
Tonight is boxing night" DIury Lane opens
under the management of Bum. The other thea
tres present good pr0gr anime, but Bum is deter
mined to carry tie held, having made preparations
On scale OF great magnifcence. He combines
opera, drama, aid ballet
Turner, the celebrate Landscape painter, also Of
marine views, is dead lie realized large fortune.
He leaves some fiat pictures, by himsef, in his
private gallery, for which he refused enormous
sums, aid even hjItei that he would either burn
them before le died, or have them buried with him
He was origital, nut Of great imagination.
The Portuguese Chambers were opened by
speech from the Q1een Of Portugal, on the 10Th.
The news Of PalmeTstop's fall reached Paris by
electric graph, and has resulted in one general
note OF emulation,
There has been q reaction in the French fu2ds
In Iqu cLce o! IN article IN the C0fttfW tJHne,
speaking Of the probable conversion Of the Five per
Gents, the Figes fell = per cent, and have declined
still further since
There is no charge in the money market here.
I add few items CT general intelligence
Some OF your readers may have forgotten the
text Of Louis Napolcous l65tStite Or proclamation,
On which the votes for his re election have taken
place. il Is as fcllows:--
The French people wish for the maintenance Of the
authority Ct Lcus Napoleon Bon parte and delegate to
him the tssaYy ppwtfs make consli on the
bases proposed il NE proclamation Of the - Of Decem
Der
NJ IL IL OIL