TheCourrier Frwwais, announcing the arrival of Mr. Porter in Paris,
from London, expresses an expectation, that at length the negotiations for reciprocal commercial concessions by France and England might be regarded as promising success. Dr. Bowring assists Mr. Porter.
The measures resorted to by Government to produce a favourable alteration in the corn-markets of Paris and the adjoining districts were beginning to produce time desired effects.
The Paris National states that the Ocean, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Resettle!, and the Marengo and Genereux, had sailed for *Naples, for the protection of French commerce. The King of Belgium has reconstructed his Cabinet as follows— Foreign Affitirs, M. Lebeau: Interior, M. C. Bogies.; Public Works, M. Mercier ; War, General Razen : Justice, JI. Liedtz Finance, M. Dumon Dutnortier.
Two Carlist battalions in Arragon were routed, with great slaughter on the 5th instant, by the Christino Colonel Zurbano. The prisoners numbered 4:36 ; 400 remained on the field of battle, and most of them perished through cold ; the number of killed was very considerable. We are eaahled to state positively that Nourri Effendi has presented to the Conference of London, on the part of the Sultan, a proposal for the settlement of the Turco-Egyptian question, which has excited con- siderable surprise. This proposal is, that the dominion of the Sultan shall not he limited nor qualified in any degree, except as regards Egypt, and that the pachalick of Egypt shall be held by Mehemet All for the future, but upon a tenure considerably inferior to that of abso- lute and transmissible right. This is the only movement that the
affairs of the East have recently experienced. only it is not a move- ment in 0,1.••••+■•,, ;v /tvIiIont Tn tAv ..
Nourri Effendi no reply has yet been asiven.—.Vorning Post. The .7uarnal de Snuirna of the 29th March states, that the British steamer Gorgon, which had left Ourlac for Alexandria, had very im- por9mnt despatches for the Pacha, the object of which was to demand the immediate restitution of the Ottoman fleet ; and in ease of refusal, the English Consul-General was to quit Alexandria.
The Gazette of Munich contains the following curious paragraph. " The Prince of D'Ottengin Wallestein and the Minister of the Inte- rior, M. D'Abel, fought with pistols yesterday in the gardens of the Palace. The Prince, its the person offended, fired first, and missed. D'Abel fired then, and also mussed; on which M. D'Abel came for- ward and declared that he was convinced the chaages made against the Prince were ill-founded. Prince Charles and other distinguished persons visited the Prince Wallestein in the course of the day ; and the Pr:nee Royal gave a grand dinner, at which both time combatants were present, one sitting on the right and the other on the left of the Prince Royal."
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