The struggle between the French King and the leading members

of the Chamber of Deputies is not yet terminated. Our last ac- counts brought the record of baffled attempts to form a new Ministry down to Thursday night of last week. Then every thing was in confusion, and nobody appeared willing to move a step in furtherance of his own or the King's designs. SOULT, however, was persuaded to recommence operations ; and he succeeded in detaching two leading persons of the Left Centre, PASSY and DUFAURE, from THIERS. With all his versatility of talent, expe- rience in affairs, and extraordinary power as a Parliamentary de- bater, THIERS appears to need one chief qualification for the lead- ership of a party—the faculty of attaching his supporters ha:urbane and conciliatory demeanour. He does not make sufficiedf allow- ance for the self-importance of those who act with him. Having, as he supposed, broken up the Left Centre, Louis PHILIPPE summoned THIERS to the Tuileries, and represented to him, that his presence in the Chamber was now the only obstacle to the formation of a Ministry consisting of SOULT, DE BROGLIE, PASSY, HUMANN, DUCHATEL, TESTE, and SAUZET ; and therefore he entreated the aspiring orator "to take himself off" as Ambassador to London. TIMERS prevailed upon the King to put that proposition into writing, in order that he might show it to his friends, and act on their

opinion : for himself; he was quite ready to take the As soon as the rumour of this arrangement reach/4111

Chamber, where the Deputies congregate, the niefi*eft o the. Centre went in a body to TRIERS, and implored-lib:limits aceeigitt to relinquish his post in the Chamber. Thell fts■appeareCifistt4 PASSY and DUFAURE possessed no influence iirthparty to. ivfirel they belonged, and would not carry any votes tO ale sproposed !titles nistry except their own. They became alarmetrat the consequene of their treachery ; refused to take office iidefo Txtratis wto accept the embassy, and desired to rejoin their frjen of the'L

Centre. Thus ended the last attempt to form a -try. not 0 the Coalition. . Meanwhile, the 4th of April, the day to which the Chambers 'had been prorogued, was near, and another prorogation was not to be thought of—men of all parties declared that the temper of the public mind would render the experiment dangerous. It was suggested that &ATLI' would appear as sole representative of the King ; that there would be no speech—nothing but a formal announcement that the session was opened ; that an interim Ministry would be formed. This last expedient was adopted ; and the Moniteur of Monday, April the 1st, announced the following appointments— M. DE GASPAIIIN, Peer of France, Minister of Interior; M. Onion (de l'Ain), Peer of France, Minister of Justice and Religion Duke DE MONTEDELLO, Peer of France, :Minister of Foreign Affairs; LiCtlt.-GCDeral DESPANS-CEBIERES, Minister of War ;

Baron TUPINIEH, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister of Ma- rine and Colonies; M. PARANT, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister of Public Instruction;

M. GAUTIER, Peer of France, Minister of Finance; M. DE GASPAIUN, also named, ad interim, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture and Public Works.

The same official paper explained the terms on which the Minis- ters had accepted office-

" The negotiations commenced many days since for the formation of is Ministry have not produced any result. We have every reason to believe that the obstacles will not last long. At any rate, such a state of Ohms could not longer last without gravely compromising the material and moral interests of the country. It was necessary that the session should be opened, and that the Chambers should be constituted.

" The Ministers who had resigned could no longer act. It was then neces- sary that a Ministry of transition should provide for the constitutional exi- gencies and the direction of affairs. Men known for their patriotism, their personal freedom from selfishness, and their honourable services, have accepted from the King this mission of confidence and devotedness. " They have accepted, however, only on the express condition that their functions 'shall cease as soon as a definitive Ministry shall be formed; assuming., however, themselves the full responsibility of all their acts. They have the conviction that the motives of their determination will be fully appreciated by the Chambers and by the country."

Everybody laughed at the Interim or "April Fool-day" Ca- binet, as it is called. Its composition proves how hardly the King was beset. The Duke DE MONTEBELLO and GASPARIN are ex- ceedingly unpopular, from their connexion with the discreditable affair of CONSEIL the Swiss spy : the rest are men of no high reputation ; and General CUBIERES is v disliked, as the agent for the withdrawal of the French garrison rom Ancona. Referring to these appointments, the Paris correspondent of the Times says— "Important though they unquestionably be, there is however one and a very material difference, -between the effects produced by them and the 'fatal Ordi- nances of Charles the Tenth,—to wit, they convulse all who read them with laughter; but laughter, it must be owned, highly tinctured with derision, and, perhaps, with bitterness.

"lhat these appointmentsovere of necessity and of a merely temporary cha- racter, I have already said; but that necessity, and the provisional nature of these appointments, will enhance the discontent already fast spreading in France. I mentioned in a private letter the other day, on the authority of a foreigner highly placed, 'that King Louis Philippe appears to be forfeiting that character for sagacity which we accorded him some years since.' Other per-

sons pretend to see marked difference between the acts of the King and his Government while under the influence of Prince Talleyrand's councils, and since the death of that statesman.' A third party, whose communications I feel bound to receive with unlimited confidence, asserts that 'the King passes most of his time in conference or consultation with his Majesty's sister, the Princess Adelaide. Of the soundness of her Royal Highness's general judg- ment no doubt can be entertained; but still, there is reason for lamenting that a more masculine mind and one less taken up with personal feelings cud regard should not be the King's councillor on state occasions. The Princess is a Liberal, that is one good-point : the advice she will give will not, therefore, be likely to provoke by its violence. Will it equally avoid the opposite ex- tremity?'" The same writer alludes to another topic of serious conversation in Paris-

" You will recollect, that a few days since I mentioned to you that the King had stated that he would suffer himself to be deposed rather than aban- don his system. This matter is said to have repeatedly occurred to the Royal mind; and we find, in consequence, an opinion generally gaining ground, that his Majesty proposes to abdicate. At the soiree of M. Latitte, on Sunday night, which was very numerously attended by the members of the Left and Left Centre parties, the expediency of the King's resigning the reins of government into other hands was openly discussed. It was even contended by morrolium one person, that it ought not to follow as a matter of course that

the mike :.;f Orleans should succeed bins. I did not bear these things said; but that they weie uttered I have unquestionable authority. This, however, I cal. assure you, that the word 'abdication ' is in every man's mouth, and

that the most modeo,;e of those who use it look to at least abdication in effect ; for if the Chambers force upon the King an independent Ministry, his absolute system will be at an end.'

The Morning Post's correspondent reluctantly acknowledges the general opinion that LOUIS PHILIPPE is no longer the discreet and cautious personage he was wont to be considered ; and adds— "The impression now is, that, come what may in the shape of a definitive Cabinet, there must be another dissolution. Events become daily more serious and complicated ; and it is a had indication when you hear in salons, conversa- tions touching the feeling of the army on the actual position:" There is an increase of distress in Paris. The payments by savings banks very far exceed the deposits. Several thousand smiths and locksmiths are out of employment, who know not where to look for bread. Business at the Bourse was nearly sus- pended. Altogether, the political atmosphere in France is gloomy.