gortign vat eolonial.
Sranc—Advices from Madrid down to the 12th instant announce the disruption of the Narvaez Administration, in rather a strange way. It was lately asserted by Ministers, in Congress, that the subject of the Queen's .marriage had not been discussed in the Council, and that there was no want of harmony among the members of the Government: it is now admit- ted that the Ministry broke up through the personal disagreement of its members, and it is said that the subject was the marriage of the Queen! From whatever cause, Narvaez resigned. There were then some fruitless attesnpts to reconstruct a Cabinet, by the Marquis de Vilna's, and by Nar- vaez himself; but eventually the task was confided to General Roncali. The Prase gives this account of the result- " The new Ministry is thus composed—Marquis de Miraflorets, President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs; General Roncali, Minister of War; M. Isturitz, Minister of the Interior; M. Topete, Minister of Marine; the Marquis de Cass Riera, Minister of Finance. It was not known who was to be Minister of Justice. [Said to be Sew Aram's.] • "N. de Illiraflores was Ambassador in London and Paris: it was he who signed the treaty of the quadruple alliance. General Roncali defended General Leon before the court-martial which condemned the hero of Belascoain to death. M. Isturitz was President of the Council at the period of the revolution of La Granja: he is remarkable for the energy of his character, M. Topete was one of the members of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine; and enjoys the reputa- tion of being one of the best officers in the Spanish Navy. N. de Casa Riera is one of the most wealthy bankers in Spain: he has not yet established a reputation as a politician, but every one renders homage to his probity and to the independ- ence of his character: he is, moreover, at present in Paris?
The presence of Seiler Isturitz in the Ministry is understood to favour, the pretensions of Don Enrique.
Fmaiscz.—The roar of cannon announced, on Monday, the birth of a princess at the Tuileries, daughter of the Duke and Dutchesa de Nemours. The Chambers have been devoting their deliberations principally to matters of domestic and local interest; the Deputies especially have been quite immersed in divers canals. The Prince de Joinville was to have had the command in the Mediter- ranean; and the abandonment of that intention is absurdly imputed to some objection made by England! Admiral Deschesnes will have the ap- pointment. Captain Trehouart has been promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, for his gallant conduct in the Rio de la Plata. He had not served as Captain the full time required by the regulations of the French Navy; but an ex- ception was made in his favour.
Usurer) Solerns.—The mail-steamer Hibernia, which left Boston on the let instant, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday afternoon. The leading news 'relates to the effect in America of the Ministerial movements in England. By a packet-ship, intelligence had been received of Lord John Russell's accession to office-
" For days previous to the arrival of the Hibernia," says the Washington cor- respondent of the Morning Chronicle, "expresses connected with the principal papers in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, were constantly hi readiness at Boston to convey the anxiously looked-for intelligence into the interior. On the arrival of the steamer, the impression created at Boston by the pacific character of the news was of the most lively and satisfactory description. In the streets and in the places of public resort little else was to be heard but mutual congratulations upon the prospect of continued peace with England. Every one was taken by surprise, and every one was delighted. Scarcely an hour had elapsed from the time when the steamer first touched the wharf before all the Boston papers had issued their extras,' announcing, with exultation, the newly-arrived 'pacific intelligence' from Europe. I was prepared for some diversity of sentiment sin leaving the New England States, and approaching some of the strongholds of the Democratic party; but during nr.' progress to New York, which was greatly protracted by the severity of the season, I witnessed the exhibition of but one _feeling, that of unqualified satisfaction at the unexpected tenor of the European
news. • A clog was suddenly removed from the wheels of industry, everything seemed to take a fresh start; commerce revived from the lethargy which was fast overtaking it, mercantile transactions improved, the funds rose, the tightness which was pressing upon the money-market disappeared, comer
cial and financial operations, which had been indefinitely postponed were imme- diately resumed, uncertainty was dispelled, confidence restored, and a new ler& of uninterrupted prosperity seemed suddenly to dawn upon the country. Contrast- ing the buoyant prospects of today with the depressing apprehensions of yesterday, the American people have a practical and very convincing proof of how far and how closely their true interests are identified with peace."
"The arrival of the packet-ship Liberty," says another writer, "conveying in- formation of the accession of Lord John Russell to power, had alarmed politicians, lest the Oregon question should fall into the hands of Lord Palmerston: these alarms were dissipated, however, on the subsequent receipt of advices, per Hiber- nia, of .Sir Robert Peel's resumption of office. Earl Grey, as having overthrown Lord John Russell's attempt to form a Cabinet by his objection to Lord Palmer ston as Foreign Secretary, is highly eulogized in the American journals; which institute comparisons of the similarity of the position with that assumed by Mr. Calhoun."
The proceedings in Congress did not differ in character from that which they had lately assumed, except that the feeling against Great Britain was not so violently manifested- Mr. Allen (of Ohio) had succeeded in bring- ing his declaratory resolution, against all European intervention on the American continent, under discussion in a preliminary debate, on moving for leave to introduce it; and it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, by a vote of 26 to 21. The principal supporter of the resolutions was General Casa; the principal opponent, Mr. Calhoun. The most not- able point in the discussion was an incidental remark by Mr. Calhoun on the Oregon question: " He thought that Lord John Russell was not strong enough for the present crisis, and that the restoration of Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen was highly propitious for an amicable settlement and an honourable peace."
The Senate had also been occupied for three days in discussing a bill submitted to the House by Mr. Fairfield, the Chairman on Naval Affairs, and quondam Governor of the State of Maine, providing for a large in- crease to the naval force of the United States. Mr. Hannegan proposed an amendment, to the effect that the proceeds of the sale of public lands for the past year should be appropriated to the building of ten war- steamers. Upon this amendment the debate still continued.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. ring (of Georgia) had moved a joint resolution, similar to one previously advanced by Mr. Cruttenden, declaring the joint occupancy at an end, but making the year of notice to begin at the end of the present session of Congress; providing for settle- ment of the question by arbitration, and authorizing the organization of a government over the territory at the end of the year after the termina- tion of the session, if the question of boundary should not then be settled. The debate on this resolution was still unfinished.
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