The rage of the Right at M. Thiers' well-concerted and
to the last moment well-concealed diplomatic success passed all bounds of prudence and decency during the sitting of the Assembly on Monday. M. de Remnsat read the text of the Treaty to a Chamber quivering on every side with nervous ex- citement, which found vent in shouts of " Vive la Republique !" from the Left, and responsive clamour of " Vive Is France r' from the Right. The Centres, led by M. Christophle, President of the Left Centre, who has lately taken a prominent position among the public men of the Assembly, resolved to take advantage of the dominant enthusiasm, and to challenge the Monarchical malcontents to try a fall on the spot. After the resolution originally proposed by M. St. Marc Girardin, President of the Right Centre, had been tossed about and patched with a variety of amendments, some expressing gratitude to M. Thiers, some to the Assembly, and some to the country, it finally passed ; the compliment to the Assembly being -voted against by the Extreme Left in a body, while only a few of the Extreme Right had the courage to register their votes against the formal statement that M. Thiers had " deserved well of the country." It is notice- able that the Right Centre voted with the Right against a proposition brought forward by a member of the Left Centre, that the Assembly should adjourn to communicate the resolution to M. Thiers. The Vice-Presidents and Secre- taries of the Assembly, however, on the invitation of M. Claude, with the mass of the members of the Left, went in procession to the Presidency, and had an interview with the President. In reply to their congratulations, M. Thiers, said that "the greatest reward of his efforts, and that which moved him most," was this " testimony of the confidence of the country, and of the Assembly representing it." In spite of the refusal of the Assembly to join formally in this communication with the Pre- sident, M. Martel, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber, succeeded in giving it a semi-official colour by describing to the Assembly AI. Thiers' reception of the resolution. The Right did not venture articulately to oppose this proceeding. Their ill- temper has evaporated during the week in some feeble newspaper snarling.
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