The election for Aylesbury has issued in the return of
Mr. Bethell; the numbers being—for Bethel' 544, for Ferrand 518--majority for the Free-trader, 26. There seems to have been a most enthusiastic feeling on Mr. Bethell's behalf: an elector ninety-four years of age travelled some miles to give his unsolicited vote ! Mr. Ferrand, in the course of the contest, had said that if Protection were this time defeated, he should "retire in disgust" : but yesterday evening, he called the defeat "tem- porary only," and promised to come forward again on a future occasion.
It appears that the Liberal Club of Longford too promptly concluded that Mr. Sergeant Shoe had declined to stand for their vacant seat. Mr. Shoe has gone over to explain the misunderstanding; but it is said there will be some difficulty in arranging whether he, or Mr. More O'Ferrall, the second love, shall be preferred by the constituency.
The Paris Moniteur of yesterday publishes an official list of a new Ministry—".M. Baroche, Foreign Affairs ; Rouher, Justice ; Fould, Fi- nance; Leon Faucher, Interior ; Buffet, Commerce; Chasseloup-Laubat, Marine ; General Randon, War ; Magne, Public Works."
In the Assembly, M. St. Beuve moved a renewal of the vote of want of confidence passed in January against the late Baroche Ministry. Thu motion was negatived, by 327 to 275.
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