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President Bonaparte has gained the day against the majority in the Assembly. The Mon iteur of yesterday contains the following list of the modified Ministry ; the features of which are the retention of office by MM. Baroche and Fould, and the acceptance of office by M. Drouyn de Lhuys and General Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely.
H. Rouher Justice.
H. Drouyn de Lhuys Foreign Affairs. General Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely War. M. Theodore Duces Marine and Colonies.
M. Baroche Interior.
H. Maigne Public Works. H. Bonjean Commerce. H. Paneu Public Instruction.
M. Fould Finance.
H. Drouyn de Lhuys holds the Marine also, ad interim.
The Moniteur also contains decrees, countersigned by the Ministers of the Interior and War, revoking the decrees of the 20th December 1848 and 11th June 1849, which placed the National Guards and troops of the First Military Division under General Changarnier ; and appointing to those commands respectively General Baraguay d'Ililliers and General Perrot. The new Commander of the First Military Division has issued an order defining his "mission,"-" to reserve to each grade of the army the influence and the authority which devolve upon it according to the regulations ; to respect, and make be respected, on all occasions, the rights of the powers established by the Constitution; to support energetically the authorities in the execution of the laws.
On Thursday evening, M. de Broglie rendered an account to the Club of the Pyramids of the interview between the President and the chiefs of the majority. He declared that the language of the President was very Parliamentary, and that the President expressed the desire to act in accord with the Assembly. In private conversation M. de Broglie spoke in more discouraging terms. He said that the Assembly was almost an- nihilated, and that the President was master of the future, if he knew how to use his power with moderation.-Paris Correspondent of the Morn- ing Chronicle.
In the Assembly, yesterday, as soon as the new Ministers took their places, MM. de Remusat and Berryer called for explanations why the late administration had withdrawn : they called on the Assembly to resolve itself into its Bureaux to devise measures demanded by the gravity of the situation. M. Baroche earnestly opposed the proposition to go into Bureaux-
He admitted that the Assembly had saved France ; but it was by the har- mony that prevailed between the Legislative and Executive powers since December 1848. (Bravos.) He would appeal to the Assembly, and if nece- ssary to the country itself. (Interruption.) The new Cabinet was deter- mined to enforce respect for the Constitution, that sheet-anchor of the country, and to persevere in a loyal and courageous defence of the rights and privileges of the Executive. (Bravos on the right.)
M. Dufaure and General Belleau remained unsatisfied with the expla- nations. A scene of great agitation and confusion was closed by a call for the ballot on the proposition to retire into the Bureaux : the now Minis- try was defeated by 330 to 273, and the Assembly retired into its Bureaux at half-past five.
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