It is well that there is little foreign politics of
any interest, at a moment when our domestic affairs absorb so much attention. There is a report of an offensive and defensive treaty having been concluded between Russia and Prussia ; the object of which does not appear from the French papers. Lord Cochrane has taken farewell of his command in the Greek navy. The Government have offered immediate payment of half the large pecuniary debt Greece owes him, and promised the other half when they grow richer. In return, his Lordship has sur- rendered his rights over two vessels, the Hydra and the Athenais, together with his title to the 20,0001. promised him on the eventual establishment of Greek freedom.
The articles of impeachment presented to the French Chamber of Deputies against the Ministry of Villele, have been withdrawn for the present. The Deputies are better engaged in discussing the laws for the improvement of their internal Government. The Council of Castile is said to have prevailed on the King of Spain to grant an amnesty to the refugees. Ferdinand is anxious to re-organize his army—an easier task than to find money to keep them together.
The interregnum between the death of one Pope and the appoint- ment of a successor to the chair of St. Peter, and the intrigues of the rival candidates, give a little interest to the politics of Rome. France and Austria are said to be interesting themselves deeply to fill the present. vacancy with a Cardinal devoted to their particular views.
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