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tiia the approachin g elections in France are carried

on with fl.dlt parties continue to speak with

contidt .. . inereasiry., their strength ; but if the Opposition only et a. eel ;u inaintainin, their ground, the ...Ministry are defeattd. G Tit a:: 1 one atilt! sons ofTvstsna PEEP.1.1:11, continue to write vvlomcnt attacks upon Alinisters in the newspapers. The real nature of the contest is not concealed. It is universally per- ceived that Louts PHILIPPE is struggling to retain .unconstitutimml mule ity, mid that the Alva Mieistry are merely put forward Fur lisrte.e sake. The French journals of all parties laud the gallantry of' Admiral BA I:01N in ;he attack. on Vera Crux ; but the Opposition writers turn rums upon the :Ministry and ask, why they ordered the attack vi •tt :sufficient three to retain possession of the conqme.t

e• tee. of Vera Cruz is almost as mortifying as its capture wa: to hunch vanity. -Ienty Continental intelligence received during the tiod other points worth notice.