NEWS OF THE WEEK.
POLITICAL circles in Paris have been agitated by a Ministerial 1 crisis. According to the accounts which seem to us least con- fused, M. Buffet took umbrage, or more probably, pretended to take umbrage, at M. Leon Say's appearance as a candidate for the Senate on a list which contained the names of MM. Feray and Boucher. Both these gentlemen have promised to support the Marshal, both are rich and respected, but both are Republicans, and M. Buffet has therefore, as Premier of a Republic, proscribed them. He made his complaint on Saturday to the President, and Marshal MacMahon asked M. Leon Say to resign, which was done. M. Buffet had already designated a new Minister, when he found that MM. Dufanre and Wallon insisted on following M. Say ; that the Prefect of Police, M. Leon Renault, would not stop in his post; and that even the Duc Decazes would retire if the Cabinet were so seriously changed. Moreover, the Dm d'Audriffet-Psu3quier, President of the Permanent Com- mittee, intimated that he might be induced to convoke tlie Assembly. M. Buffet was alarmed, and retreated, but proposed, to cover his defeat, that all the Ministers should sign an electoral manifesto. This was agreed to, but no joint manifesto could be drawn, and it was at last agreed that the Pre.sidenf himself should issue one, which accordingly appeared on Thursday morning. M. Leon Say continues his candidature, in conjunction with MM. Feary and Boucher, and the Cabinet once more resembles the
' Happy Family of street-corners. - .
