An opinion prevails at Pa...
The Times, 1824-12-18T00:00:00

An opinion prevails at Paris, that the Prince de Polignac, Ambassador to EBrgland, wvho has gone to Paris for the avowed purpose of being present at the opening of the Chambers, will not return to London, but will become a mernber of the French Cabinct. The Prince is not, as some of our cotemporaries have stated, a friend, either personal- or political, of M. Villele; and his admission into the Cabi- net must be considered rather an act of the King, wlhose partiality to the Prince is well known, than of the Minis- ter, who cannot be supposed to h;ave any violent regard for the intimate associate andi ardent admirer of MI. Chateau- briand. This alteration in the composition of the French Administration is not likely to lead to any change of inea- sures, as the now member has neither the ambition nor the energy requisite for the overthrow of such a subtle andl practised intriguer as Villele. We can state wi-th certainty, that ,General Darling has been apxojnted to the government of New South Wales; and that Major Goulburn has been remeved from the effilce of gecretary to the Government.-3Moring paper. The Government of Oldenburgh has withdrawYn the order for the blockadc of Hdigoland (originally given on the plea of the yellow fever having broken out there), and thus released the trade from ths risk of navigating the Weser without pilots. The Kin, oft Bavaria has just decreed, that if, in mixed marriages, the priest refuses to the Catholic party the publi- cation of the bansi, or the nuptial benediction, unless that tbe two parties have not promised to bring up their children in the Catho- itc religion, the Protestant pastor is autitorized to celebrate the marriage; even-without the Catholic curate's letters disrnissory. The Journiil du Comznerce states, that the clear gain ac- cruing to MI. Oevrard, the contractor for the Spanish army, under his late engagements, is upwards of 56 millions of francs-ncar]y two millions and a quarter sterling. An engineer in the department of the Landes has recent- ly discovered a process for giving to bricks the consistency and quality of those usMd by the Rotnans. The venerable old Abbey at lVhitby has suffered more fromn the late succession of tremendous gales, than it had previous- ly done for the last 20 years. The west side, which connects the ine north window with the main tower, has sustained the greatest injury. RIOT IN EDINNUGRH.-Last niight (iMonday) many of the streets ip the middle of the city were thrown into the greatest confusion by amob of mischievous boys, about.309in number, headed by a party of journeymenbakers,who assembled on the bridges, and therefrom proceeded aloing the Cowgate, High-street, &o., with the wanton and dastardly itstention of insulting all the Irish they could seize upon. Several persons were made the victims of their bruta. Itiy, and as many as they met were collared, and nmestioned as to t,eircountry. Several windows have been broken, 'and we fear that m,any of tbe poor Irish are hurt. The proccelings continued fdrnear tyto hours, witbout 11y force being opposed to thecn. T'he police seemed not-able or afratd to encounter theirm, and a party of military was at last procured to quell thet *; s few of the Most our., r4geons are in custody.-Edinburgh Siar.