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THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. The President o...
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THE SWISS INSURRECTION. For some weeks p...
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THE EEHJMNG'S STRAITS EXPEDITION. Despat...
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THE TAX ON PAPER. A conference of delega...
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If The Prime Minister Really Contemplate...
People , it is not the time to fear a revival of Roman dominion ! The real dominion which is dangerously reviving in Europe is that of Secular Absolutism . At Dresden , for example , the Conferences have taken an unexpected and adverse turn . Jt is . i & fcderstood that Prussia has at once realized *» id ^ of her o * pife and fallen into the spirit of the Aust j $ g « i policy , by
obtaining a form of the " Dualismu ** which was said to hare been rejected . Austria * nd Prussia are to possess the right of war ^ toiatty outvoting all the other States in the Confederation : for international purposes , therefore , the government of all the German States is handed over to Austria and Prussia , jointly . It is a partition of Germany between treacherous Prussia , and Austria , the gigantic client of Russia .
That Prussian or Austrian intrigue is engaged in the Swiss outbreak seems only too probable . a conjecture . The great trait of all the accounts which we have respecting the disturbances at Unterlachen , in Berne , is a mystery which is in itself unintelligible . The accounts that we have are either fabricated and exaggerated , or the real history is suppressed . The vague reports of a " Socialist" insurrection put down by the authorities are unintelligible ; but with a sense of their reviving power , either Prussia or Austria would gladly see the central Republic of Europe disturbed .
The Ministerial crisis in Paris has assumed a chronic form . Giving up the attempt to make a Ministry out of the incongruous majority or the minority , President Bonaparte has formed one of extra-parliamentary persons , heads of departments . The position taken by M . Howyn Tranchere is one calculated to embarrass all the contumacious leaders in the National Assembly . The Ministry , he says ,
represents no idea i it is solely formed to carry on the Government while the Assembly is impracticable . ** If you ask me what it leads to I say it conducts to a definitive Ministry . * ' But what is *' a definitive Ministry ? " So far as the active machinery of the Executive goes France is under a Provisional Government , while there is no declaration as to the policy to which that Provisional Government leads .
98 ®!)E Iteafte T* Saturday,
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The New French Ministry. The President O...
THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY . The President of the Republic put an end to the stdte of suspense into which all France had been plunged for a week , by appointing a new Cabinet ,-not one of the members of which was a representative of the people . The announcement was made to the Assembly on Friday afternoon . M . Dupin said he had a message to communicate from the President of thke K , ej > ur > tic , which he had that moment received . Th « message was as follow * : — *? TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY . " Jan . 24 , 1851 .
** Monsieur le President , —Public opinion , confiding in the wiodom of the Government and of the Assembly , has j » o , t been disturbed by the late events . Nevertheless , Franc ? begins to suffer from , a misunderstandiiug which it d « plo , ce « , and . my duty i , a to do wh , at depends on me to prevent any untoward results . The union of the two powers is indispensable to the repose of the country ; but , aa the constitution has rendered them independent , the only condition of tbatuniou is a reciprocal confidence . I ' eueUgated with that sentiment , I will always respect the rights of the Assembly , at the sam , e time thu , t I will maintain intact the prerogatives of the power which X hold flom the people . In order not to prolong a painful
difference * I accepted , after the late vote of the Assembly , the resignation of a Ministry which had given to the country , iju the cause of or . der , the most marked pledges pf its devotedness . Wishioj ? , however ,, to form a Cabinet with a chance of duration , 1 could not take its elements from a majority having its origin , in such exceptional oiroumstanaes , and with regret discovered that I was myself utterly unable to , find a combination amongst thw members of the minority , notwithstanding its importance . In this conjuncture ,, aud after vaiij attempts , I have resolved to form a transition Ministry , composed of special men not belonging to any fraction of the Assembly , and
who have decided to devoto themselves to affairs without » ny party views . T * he honourable men who accept this patriotic task wiU Uuv * a right to the gratitude of the country . The administration will consequently continue as previously ; prejudices will disappear at the remembrance of the solemn declarations of the message of November 12 ; the r < al majority will be reconstituted , and harmony will l * e reestablished without the two powers having sacrificed au ) thing of the dignity which constitutes their force . France wishes above all for repose , and she expects from those to whom she bus given her confidence a conciliation without weakness , a tranquil ttrmneBM , aad an impassibility in what in right .
" Accept , M-oiMieur le President , the assurance of my tentiments of high esteem . ( Signed ) "Louis Napoleon Bonavautk . " 1 fUe following in the li « t of the new Ministry , oh given by the Monitcur . —
Interior ...... V * ,. , M- . Ttfase . Foreign Affairs ., M . Brennier . War . \ % General Rand on . Marine . ; * , Admiral Levaillant . Public Instruction M . Giraud ( de l'lnstitut ) . Commerce ., „ M . Schneider . Finances . »» ,,. « , „ ....... M . d « © erminy . public W « fc » . * ,, * MvMagne . Justice ...,....,, « ....... ! M « de Royer . $ fot one of these men has a seat in the Assembly . Tfcey are all employes in different departments ,- and tb «* iwson given fwrtfee selection is detailed at length , in the President * * message . M , VaAss ? is Prefect of the Department of the North , and is said to be an able administrator . M . Brennier , the new Minister of Foreign Affairs , is chef de division in the same deof
partment . M . Giraud is a well-known member the Institute , and inspector-general of the University . He was formerly professor of the University of Aix , and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the time of M . Guizot . M . de Germiny , the new Minister of Finances , is a receiver-general , and sonin-law of M . Humann , who was Minister of Finances many years ago . He is a particular friend of M . Fould , and his appointment to office is , no doubt , to be attributed to that intimacy . M . Magne , the Minister of Public Works , was chef de division in the department of the finances , when he was suddenly transformed into a Minister of Public Works in the Baroche Cabinet which has just broken up . He is the only member of the late Cabinet who retains office . M . de Royer , the new Minister of Justice , is Procureur-Geueral in the Court of Appeal of
Paris . On Monday there was a crowded meeting of the Assembly to hear how the new Ministry would reply to the interpellations of the Majority . M . Tranchere asked whether the new Cabinet was an accident or a system . If it was merely " a Transition Ministry , " as the Message stated , then hie had a right to demand —" Whither do you conduct us —to whom do you conduct us ? " M . Iloyer , Minister of Justice , said their mission had been defined in the Message—it was a temporary mission of administration : —
<* We are asked whither we lead you to ? We lead you to a definitive Cabinet . We are asked what is our policy ? It is , as long as we hold office , to be essentially a , Temporary Power . It is to follow out with firmness the Message of the 12 th . of November—that policy which has given calm to the country , and which is the joint work of the Assembly and the President of the Republic . { Hear , heqr . ) We will maintain the independence denned by the constitution- *—that independence of power which is the first condition of a free Government . The Ministry which has the honour to address you to-day has no other explanations to give . "
Thus then the matter stand * . The Ministry holds , office till the Assembly can make up its mind as to what shall be done . Meantime , it is said that the Dotation Bill will be brought forward speedily . That wiU bring parties into shape .
The Swiss Insurrection. For Some Weeks P...
THE SWISS INSURRECTION . For some weeks past the Continental papers have contained scattered notices of some widely-spread conspiracy which was to . bjceak out into open insurrection all over Europe a , t some appointed signal . What truth there may be in these statements we cannot pretend to decide . In Paris a numbev of Socialists were apprehended about a fortnight ago on the charge of having p lotted an insurrection . betters from Vienna also state that a conspiracy of a revolutionary nature was discovered in that capital on the 23 rd ultimo , and that twenty individuals have been arrested . In Switzerland an insurrection has actually broken out , iff we may lely upou the very meagre accounts which are given at the affair , which , ore only a » follows : —
" Accounts from Berne ( Switzerland ) state that an insurrectionary movement had taken , place at laterlaken and other places . At Interlaken the rebels concentrated their forces for the purpose of expelling the public functionaries . In endeavouring to effect their object they attacked the Government-house on the 20 th ultimo , ; bu . t they were repulsed by the troops , and the rioters fled . The Stadtholder , Dr . Muller , was seriously wounded , Tbe JColner Zeitung says that the insurrection was spreading , that Oberhofen and Erlenbach were in arms , and that Scelund was preparing to follow their example . " Another account Bays : —
" It having been reported that the troops marched against the insurgvnts of St . Imier had thrown up the butts of their muskets , and joined them , the Socialite inhabiting the mountains adjoining Interlaken descended m arms , find entered that town without resistance . The authorities having sought refuge in the custle , the revolters laid siege to it , but were repulsed . The Governor was dangerously wounded in the leg . The Conservatives of the neighbouring districts , on hearing of what had occurred , rcpaiied to Interl'ikcu in considerable force , and drove the Socialists out of the plain .
" Other letters fron * Berne of the same date state that these events had greatly complicated the mute of affairs in that city . The Conservatives met at two o ' clock on that day , at the riding-school , aud resolved to reorganize free corps for the defence of the Government . That upptul to . urn )* would , it was feared , produce reprisals on
the part o £ the * Soc ialists , who were expected to hold a meeting for the pyffp « e » of concerting mea & ures either on the 23 rd or 24 'h ijMlant . If the battle should take place , it will be a serfe > u » we , aj » d may extend all over the Confederation , li wajj ^ however , still hoped that it would be prevented fey th « tvooips now marching towards the Oberland , and ; t )|« ie about to be raised in the vicinity of Berne . " *
The Eehjmng's Straits Expedition. Despat...
THE EEHJMNG'S STRAITS EXPEDITION . Despatches w $ re received at the Admiralty , on Sunday , from 'Captain . Ketlett , of the Herald , dated at sea , the Utb of October , 1850 , on his return from Behring ' a Straits . The Herald had communicated with the Plover on the 10 th of July , at Chamisso Island , where the latter had passed the preceding winter . The two ships proceeded to the northward until they sighted the pack ice , when the Herald returned to Cape Lisburne in quest of Captain Collinson ' s expedition , and on the 31 st fell in with the Investigator , -which had made a surprizingly short
passage of twenty-six days from the Sandwich Islands . The Herald remained cruizing off Cape Lisburne , and again fell in with the Plover on the 13 th of August , on her return from Point Barrow , Commander Moore having coasted in his boats , and minutely examined the several inlets as fax as that point from Icy Cape , without gaining any intelligence of the missing expedition . Captain Kellett , having fully victualled the Plover , ordered her to winter in Grantley-harbour ( her former anchorageat Chamisso Island not being considered safe ) , and then returned to the southward on his way to England .
Despatches have also been , received from Captain Collinson , of the Enterprise , dated Port Clarence , September 13 , and fromCdptain M'Clure , of the Investigator , dated Kotzebue Sound , July 28 . Captain Collinson had gone as far north as the 74 th degree of latitude , but was unable to proceed further , owing to the ice , which left no opening for his vessel . Seeing no chance of being able to reach Cape Bathurst at that time he set sail for Point Hope , where he arrived on the 31 st of July , and from there to
Grantley-harbour . His intention was to proceed to Hong-Kong , where he would remain until the 1 st of April for further instructions . Captain Me Clure , of the Investigator , writes that he passed the Aleutian ^ roup on the 20 th of July , got fairly out of Behrang ' s Straits on the 27 th , and waa in , a fab ? way of reaching the ice by the beginning of August . As we have already stated , the Herald communicated , with the Investigator off Point Hope on the 31 st of July , and the Plover a second time fell in with her on the
5 th of August , in latitude 70 deg . and longitude 159 deg . 52 min . West , " when she was standing to the North under a press of sail , and in all probability reached the vicinity of Point Barrow fifteen days previous to the Enterprise , " and found the coast line comparatively free from ice . Captain'Me . Clune ' a plan , in the event of the season having been favourable , was to get to the northward of Melville Island and resume his search along its shores and the islands
adjacent as long a 9 the search could be carried . Id the spring he will send out parties provisioned for forty days to make every possible search by land . Should these parties return without tidings of the missing ships , he will then , if possible , pusls ^ on to Wellington Inlet , examining every place , practicable , in the direction of Jones / s S *> und , « ShouW bp reach that point without finding any traces of the . missing expedition , he will deem it his duty to return to England as speedily as possible . He adds : —
" In the event of this being our last communication I would request you to assure their Lordship *! that bo apprehension whatever need be entertained , of oui safety until the iiutmnn . of 1854 , as we have on board three years of all species of provision , commencing from the 1 st of September proximo , which , without much deprivation , may be made to extend a period of four yen * > as , moreover , whatever is killed by tjhe hunting parties 1 intend to issue in Ueu of tthe usual rations , which wnH still further protract our resources . "
The Tax On Paper. A Conference Of Delega...
THE TAX ON PAPER . A conference of delegates was held at the King s Arms , Palace-yard ,. on Wednesday ,. % 6 z the purpose of making arrangements few an inteiview ,, appointed for , Thursday by the Chancellor of the Slxch « l « » with a view of hearing th . 0 " representations o £ a < le | - putation of gentlemen- interested in . the abolition oi the tax on paper . Among those present weije Mr . Crompton , Mr . C . Knight , Mr . Chambers C « f Edinburgh ) , Mr . J . CaaseM , Mr . 8 . O . Hall , Mr . tWle ( ot Oxford ^ , and other paper rnamifacturers and publishers in the metropolis ttiid the provinces . Mr . Crompton having been , called to the chair , said he had had forty year * ' experience of the practical working of tho tax of "whichi they had , m # * t « P **" mote tho abolition ; and during tlwit period ho h a ** scurcely ever known the time when toere were not numbers of fraudulent traders in tbe paper trudo . From a return in his possession , he found that between 1840 and 1818 about 16 pitf . cent . of the entire number of paper manufacturers in England , Scdtland , and Ireland , were fraudulent traders , many ot whom hud been convicted over and over again , ami yet received fresh licences from tho Oovornmuntt without tho penalties being dul y enforced . It V * clearly impossible for a fair trado to be carried on
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 1, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01021851/page/2/
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