Washington sentinel., 1855-03-17
SUMMARY OF THE FOREIGN NEWS.


their respective heads in our present number,
and will prove undoubtedly quite interesting
to our readers The main features to be
gathered from them may be divided into the
following heads:
lst. The breaking up of the Palmerston
ministry--after short life of ten days, and
the withdrawal of Messrs. James Graham, Glad
stone, and Sidney Herbert. This ministerial
crisis is attributed to Mr. Roebuck's motion for
committee of inquiry into the mismanage-
mept of the war. The aforesaid members who
consented to remain under Lord Palmerston's
premiership, taking this motion as an affront
have retired. The premier left alone by this
movement, has striven to form new cabinet,
the list Of which we publish. A peculiarity Of
the new combination is the acceptance by Lord
John Russell Of the colonial secretaryship, an
act which naturally puts his mission to Vienna
at an end. 1t is rumored, on the other hand,
that the overbearing demeanor Of Lord Pal
merston among his colleagues has determined
the crisis. 1t will be seen that M. G.. G. Lewis,
contributor to the Edinburg ReDieao, has
been entrusted with the seal of the exchequer,
and that Lord Elgin, late governor of Canada,
and an eminent statesman, is spoken Of for the
Presidency of the Board of Control. The
composition of the new ministry belongs, or at
least two-thirds, to the opinions represented by
the Premier, and gives him the advantage over
his antagonists, the Peelites, still represented
in the cabinet by Mr.. Canning and others. 1t
must be added that the anti-arstocratc articles
of the London Times have had q strong inau-
ence in the crisis. They have done more harm
to the governing classes than all the combina-
tions of the chartists, and all the defamation
of the radicals
1t is in the midst Of these ministerial difficult
ties that several riots have broken out in the
manufacturing cities. Nottingham, Liverpool,
London, Manchester, and Birmingham, have wit
messed bakers shops demolished, and gangs of
starving laborers parading the streets. 1t is
said that the weather is severer than ever, that
snow continues to fall, and that railways are
blocked up, labor scarce, and food dear.
I'd. The second striking feature of the for
eign news, is the reported determination of the
Emperor Napoleon to visit the Crimea in per-
son in order. to change the plan of attack, the
effect of which would be to connect the French
with the English lines by means of four additional
batteries. This work completed, the Allies
would be able to commence the fire with four
hundred-pieces Of artillery. According to the
Partisan papers the Emperor would start from
Paris on the 7th, and reach the Crimea on the
18th ofMarch. The Council Regency composed
of Messrs. Troplong, Morny, Bazoche, and, per-
haps, of General Vaillan, the present Minister
Of War; are to have the management of the
public business under the presidency of Prince
Jerome, during the absence of the Emperor.
This resolution Of Napoleon has thrown so
much CONSERVATION among the Allies that it is
rumored the Queen of England has sent let
ter to Napoleon, through the ofiicious agency
of Lord Russell, begging him not to expose his
august person to the dangers Of such an excur-
sion. 1t is, however, believed by many persons
that the French Emperor is not yet decided,
though his intention seems to lean that way.
We give as the best view of the impression pro-
duced by this resolution, the following transla-
ton extracted from the Paris correspondence
of the Courier des Flats Unis:
"Mr. Fculd declared to him (Emperor) that
the day he debarked fall of five francs would
take place on the Bourse. '7dnt pis,' said
the Emperor, / am not Emperor for the bust
ness Of the Bourse, but to govern for the peo-
ple.' The horses have been bought for the
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have been established. The Empress will 90
as far as Constantin"ple, and with her, as COM
panions, the Countess of Monticello and the
Baroness Of Pierres The funds have taken
alarm the people, like children in leading
strings, began TO pout at the threatened alb.
sence of their head many Of the organs of
public opinion who are known TO be unfavor-
able to his regime, become the loudest amongst
the remonstrants, and at this very moment
there is the strongest possible agitation exist
ing at the thought of losing one whom at least
half of France, a few years ago, was laughed at
as great goose"
A circumstance omitted by the correspondent
is, that the discontented parties have avaIed
themselves of his pretended departure to in
dulge in political disturbances, the extent Of
which has not yet transpired We only know
that many persons of distinction we're arrested
for having been implicated in the plot, the
meaning Of which is kept secret.
3d. " The news from the Crimca is also ex.
ceedingly interesting. Considerable reinforce.
ments and supplies Of provisions had been re-
ceived by the besieged, the weather was becom.
ing more mild, and the condition Of the Eng
lish army was materially improved. General
Liprandi, with forty thousand men, had, on the
18th Of February, suddenly attacked the newly
arrived Turks at Eupatoria, under the com.
mand of Omer Pasha. After an action Of
some hours the Russians were compelled to
retire with five hundred men hors du comJai,
whilst the Turks lost one hundred and fifty men
and had Selim Pasha killed. The British men.
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