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FRANCE.—At the end of a week during which the French journals have communicated not a scrap of news interesting to the English reader, there comes the " report" that the President has of a sudden " actually formed" a " permanent" Ministry—that is to say, a Ministry to take the place of the present one, which is ostensibly of " transition" only. Negotiations with M. Barret are said to have failed because of his un- complaisance to Bonapartist tendencies and schemes : and it is said that a Ministry will be announced in which M. Baroehe, M. Leon Faucher, and M. Achille Fould, will again hold the leading portfolios.
Several of the journals announce that General Aupick has signified to the Government his acceptance of the post of Ambassador to London.
GERMANY.—The German news is as scanty and vague as that from Paris : indeed, it is only an extension of the Paris reports which the Journal des Debats gives of the position of the Dresden complications. The last week's communications of the Debats are sneered at by the offi- cial German organs, but are not contradicted as untrue. The generally well-informed French journal now reiterates its assertion, on the faith of new correspondence, that "the situation appears to grow worse and worse" : "the pretensions of Prussia in its last note are such that it is impossible for Austria to yield them." It seems that Prussia now pro- poses, as a counter-blow to the Austrian demand of exclusive presidency, that the Executive of the Confederation be but five members ; two per- manent—herself and Austria ; and three temporary ones—chosen by the other States : an arrangement that would be " invariably in favour of Prussia against Austria," as it would secure her four votes out of the five. and a practical share in the presidency.
EGYPT.—The Alexandrian correspondent of the Times states that Abbas Pasha, the Viceroy, has officially announced " his intention to make a railway from Cairo to Alexandria ; and adds—" It is confidently expected that the works will be commenced in the course of the present year, un- der the auspices of Mr. Robert Stephenson," who has personally inspected the line.
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