11 NOVEMBER 1848, Page 9

General Bugeand has announced, that " a more mature appreciation

of the state of public mind, and recent events," induce him to withdraw as a candidate for the National Presidency. His letter " to my friends and supporters " concludes enigmatically—" I entreat them to concentrate their votes for a man to whom the general assent attributes sufficient strength to dominate the present and consolidate the future."