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FRANCE.—On Saturday, President Bonaparte having completed his forty-first year, an entertainment was given on the occasion, at which 2,000 persons were present, including especially "many of the English nobility."
Several leading Representatives have published addresses to their con- stituencies on the approach of the general elections. General Lamoricibre looks on universal suffrage as the only source from which can issue a legal and regular government: his flag will be that of the Republic. M. La- martine does not propose himself nor withdraw himself; he leaves all to the spontaneous will of the electors: perhaps, he says, new men are more useful than men, if not worn out, at least compromised in the past. Advices from Tangier bring certain news that the French Consul-Ge- neral in Morocco has failed to obtain reparation for insults, and has broken off relations with the Government and hauled down his flag.
ITALY.—It is stated on the authority of a French steamer, which left Naples on the 17th instant, that the Government of Palermo, yielding to the wishes of the inhabitants, has offered to submit to any conditions that Admiral Baudin could snake for them.
The reaction commenced at Florence has extended through the rest of Tuscany. Leghorn, however, is indignant at this defection from Repub- licanism, and is preparing military defences. Accounts from Rome, of the 20th instant, state that the Roman Govern- ment on that day announced its intention to take refuge at .Ancona. A letter from Turin, of the 19th, accredits statements made by the Paris journals—among them the Journal des Debats—that Austria is increasing. the severity of the conditions on which she will make peace with the King of Sardinia; now demanding occupation of Alessandria and two provinces with 20,000 men, at Sardinian expense; and a large payment of money— the Paris Presse says the sum demanded is 125 millions of Austrian livres.
Paussra.-e-The Second Chamber at Berlin has debated the proposition of Rodbertus to consider the acceptance or refusal of the Frankfort con- stitution. Count Brandenburg made a Cabinet declaration against that constitution in its present shape: "it had undergone changes during the second reading, which might be regarded as highly injurious." In the face of this declaration, the Chamber ultimately decided, by 175 to 159, to ac- cept the constitution; and negatived any mode of proposing to alter it, ex- cept in the mode prescribed by its own articles.
WEST INDIES.—The mall, which arrived at Southampton on Tuesday? has brought no news of mark from any of the islands. The Jamaica As- sembly has been farther prorogued till the 1st of May. In St. Lucia, per- feet tranquillity was restored on the 29th March, and troops were depart- ing to other islands. Retrenchment occupied the public mind at Grenada.
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