14 AUGUST 1869, Page 1
The Senatus-Consultum is getting through the Senate, but will not
be ready by the fête-day of the Napoleons, the 15th August. There is a hitch about the second clause, asserting that Ministers are responsible, and it has been postponed. M. Rouher opposes it, as contrary to the plebiscitum, which concentrated responsibility on the Emperor ; and, as it is difficult to imagine M. Rouher in serious opposition to his master, politicians are uneasy. It is -probable, however, that the clause will pass, and not impossible that the resistance is a little comedy, played to show France how exceptionally liberal the Emperor is.
