All kinds of telegrams have been issued this week, and
denied on authority, about the Duke de Broglie, the French Ambassador in London. He has resigned, and has not resigned, and his resig- nation has not been accepted, and all kinds of things. The truths we believe to be that the Due de Broglie, though he would not intrigue against the Republic, would argue against it ; that, as a member of the Assembly, he is apt to influence the Right, not by speeches, but by epigrams ; and that some of his epigrams are singularly contemptuous. His attitude on one recent occasion induced Republicans to represent that his dismissal was necessary, and he, hearing of the trouble, placed his position at the service of the President. M. 'Mien, who, to do him full justice, cares for France before anything else, himeelf included, refused to accept, or indeed to acknowledge, any sueh offer, and M. de Broglie, who, like all his set, is prejudiced but patriotic, and cares for France, remains. We must add that we have not the faintest authority from anybody for this account, which, nevertheless, we believe to be in essentials correct.
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