The only news of the slightest importance from Paris is
supplied in a postscript of the Times Correspondent of this morning, dated " Thursday, four p. m." We give it in the words of the letter— "The Ministry is arranged. Barthe keeps the Seals ; Montalivet goes out. Dupin takes the portefeuille of the Interior, and the Duke of Bassano is to be the Foreign Minister. The latter is a Bonapartist : this is the party conciliated, as since the death of the Duke of Reichstadt it is no longer formidable in power. Barrot and the Doctrinaires are both set 'aside, unless the latter accept inferior places. ,My informant mentioned, that the Finances are offered to Bignon, but I can scarcely believe it."
Thus, after all the negotiations, quarrels, reconcilements, and
bickciings that have been reported and asserted, DUPIN does take office. The same letter that conveys the above intelligence had declared, on DUNN'S own alleged testimony, that he would not form part of Louis Putties Ministry. These Parisian correspondents, who lead' us whithersoever they will, are not the most trustworthy informants in the world.
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