Paris was tranquil yesterday morning; but rumours abound that all
is not yet quite safe. There are, however, 110,000 troops of the Line and 200,000 National Guards now under arms.
The incrimination of high conspirators is becoming more distinct; M. de Lamartine is now spoken of by name: it is stated that he is" garde a rue" (incessantly watched), and that his life would be the price of any attempt to withdraw.
In the National Assembly, on Thursday, General Cavaignac announced that Admiral Leblanc had declined the Ministry of Marine: he had trans- ferred M. Bastide from the Foreign to the Marine department, and nomi- nated General Wean Foreign Minister.
The Assembly elected a new President in place of M. Senard. The numbers were—M. Marie, 414; M. Dufaure, 297; M. Lacrosse, 61. The number required was 396; so M. Marie was proclaimed President for the ensuing month. It was M. Marie who so frankly and ably defended the law against attroupemens and carried it through the Chamber, on his succeeding M. Cremieux in the Ministry of Justice.
The President presented a project of law to endow the relations of Ge- neral Negrier, one of the two Generals who have fallen in the conflict. General Negrier was a Frenchman born in Portugal, and was brought from Lisbon by Marshal Lannes. He has left a wife, son, and daughter; the latter married; the son a student at St. Cyr. The Assembly decreed —1. " The heart of General Negrier shall be deposited in the Invalides, and his body taken to the city of Lisle, which claims it. 2. The son of General Negrier, having already passed his first examination for St. Cyr, is nominated sub-lieutenant. 3. A pension of 3,000 francs a year, revertible to the two children, half to each, is accorded to the widow as a national re- compense." The life pension to be in addition to that which Madame Negrier receives as the widow of an officer killed in service.
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