The southern press., 1852-01-12

thing which indicated any more criminal feeling
than resignation. They felt insuIted, indeed.
by having their favorite symbol taken from them,
but looked upon the act as far too paItry to make
noise about.
:" BY the way, observed that the fated trian-
gle had not only been obtera'ei from the sign
boards, but that il had been carefully scraped
from the cofiee-cups. What act Of petty tyran-
ny will be visited upon the ouuriers next, no one
can tell. II these associations (Which by the
way, only differ from other public coffee houses
IN that equal co-partners substituted for
waiters) ehould be dissolved, secret societies
will increase beyond precedent. The curriers'
must have their public places of resort and
these places must be conducted on their own
principle, or else they will be compelled, in self
defence, to organize some kind of substitute
There is no army large enou h to prevent this.
1t is important to observe, in this connection,
that there not few soldiers of the line
among the habitnes of these institutions ] was
accustomed to see from ten to twenty of them
at one association in the Rue du Faubourg ST.
Denis, all last summer; some Of whom were
officers, and all of whom were ardent reformers"
MARKETS.
London Money Market, Dec 26--In the En-
glish funds there has been some considerable
fluctuations this week. On Tuesday decline
OF seven-elghts to one per cent took place, and
On w Wednesday, the market opened with increased
heaviness; but reaction took place towards
the afternoon Of that day, and the official quo
tatiOns at the close of business showed an i'm
provement of one.fourth per cent upon the
opening. Yesterday, of course, was close
holiday, and to-day there has been very little
disposition to do business. Consols opened at
96f They afterwards improved in quotations,
and closed at 97b. Bank stock 2I5t; Exche-
quer Bills, l.. and S.. 81 a premium.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Dec. 26.-The i'm
proved tone of our cotton market noticed at the
close oflast week has been again manifested in
this; for owing to the limited period allotted to
business the demand since Friday last has been
daily good, and sellers have been enabled to
obtain rather better prices than on that day, but
not to the extent Of eighth of a penny per
pound. The total sales since Friday are 34,36O
bales, of which spectators have taken l,74O
American, 4,l3O Surat, and 30 Madras; expor-
ters, $3.50 American, 10 Carthagena, 10 Egyp-
tian, and $50 Surat--thus leaving 26,llO bales
of all kinds to the trade. The authorized quo
tati0ns when the market closed for the week. on
Wednesday evening were--for "Fair +" Boweds,
3D.; Mobile, Sd; Orleans, 5bd The sales that
day were 5000 bales-nearly all to the trade
the market closing rather quietly.
London Corn Market, Dec. 26.-Very little
doing in wheat, and prices unchanged for both
English and foreign. Flour steady at late
rates Barley, beans, and peas, have been re-
tailed at Mondays rates. Other articles un-
changed. English white wheat, $685. a 45s.; do.
red, 35s. a 49s. Barley-Grinding, 23s. 26s.
distiling, Gas. a 27s.; mailing, 26s. 30s. Brit
ish--Wheat, l,l3O; barley, 2,ll2; oats, l.7OO
malt, 1880; flour, 1900; Irish oats, 3,llO
Foreign--Wheat, 2,220; barley, 2,l3O; oats,
2,l3l; flour, 2,O3o and 2,o8o bbls
From the London Ns,cs, Dec. 25
Lord Palmerston has resigned his post as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Earl
Granville has been appointed in his stead. A
vacancy has thus been created at the board of
trade
On the I'd of December we stated that a
serious difference had arisen in the cabinet
that the old feud between Lord Palmerston and
Lord Grey had broken out afresh, and that Lord
John Russell would have to decide between his
two subordiuates. The difference at the time
had sprung up in consequence of the answer to
the Finsbury deputation, in which Lord Palmer
ston seemed to set at defiance the absolutst
court of the east of Europe. This cireum-
stance, adding to the irritation of Austria, at a
moment when the court Of Vienna refused to
recognize Lord Westmoreland-all ultra tory as
he s-as ambassador, impelled Lord Grey to
question the policy of keeping up an antago
nism with Austria--even for the sake of sharing
popularity with Kossuth. Lord Grey's objec-
tons appeared to us captious at the time. And
so, it is understood they appeared to the Prime
Minister.
Nbn,x kb, x<f d..
detat, siencing, like clap of thunder, all minor
murmurngs and complaints. A new subject of
anxiety, and topic of interest and discussion,
was flung to those who had to direct the policy
of the country. 1t was soon no secret that the
head of the foreign office deprecated any hos
tility to Louis Napoleon, and that Lord Palmer
ston considered French imperial cabinet an
ally that might be usetuly played against the
new Holy Alliance We believe it to be equally
certain that the court Of Windsor or Of Buck
ingham palace took an opposite view; that it
dsapproved Of Lord Palmerston's language to
the Fnsbury deputaton, as insulting to Aus
trian and Russian connexiOD, and that it equally
deprecated any close, or any even insncere ALI
ance with the new ruler of France against the
leagued absolutism of the continent. Earl Grey
participated in these feelings, and became their
exponent in the cabinet. And we must confess
that, however disliking his lordship's preference
of Schwarzenberg to Kossuth, we fully join in
the repugnance which Louis Napoleon's conduct
has excited against him, and do not think that
any minister, representing the opinions of Eng
ishmen, would be allowed to sanction or fiat
ter acts of such fagrant tyranny and usurpa-
tion--acts, too, as decidedly destructive of all
constitutional principles as any ukase of the Car
Nicholas could be.
Another circumstance then occurred, it is said,
very much to complicate Lord Pamerston's po
sition. This was the discovery by Louis Napo-
Icons police agents, employed in the arrest of
Cavagnac and Changarnier on the night of the
I'd of December, of volumnous correspond
ence, n which the British government or its
representative, Lord Normandy, had very freely
recorded its admiration of aud hopes in the re-
public, and the utter contempt in which it held
the pretensions and character of Louis Napoleon.
Here then was the influence of England and of
its foreign office completely destroyed in the
councils Of the very power, on whose alliance it
relied to oppose other powers. Lord West
moreland was not worse received by the Aus
trian Emperor at Vienna, than Lord Normandy