NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Corps Legislatif assembled on Monday. M. Rouher said the Session would be held only for the verification of powers, and for the consideration of certain financial schemes, but the Opposi- tion intend to insist on certain interpellations. M. Emile 011ivier has already given notice of one, intimating the wish of the country to take a more effective part in public affairs, and it is said that 80 members of the Opposition have resolved upon a programme. Peisonal contact with the members appears to have alarmed M. Rouher, and there are rumours of meetings between him and M. 011ivier and of concessions to be made by the Emperor. Meanwhile, the hitch in the negotiations with Belgium continues, the Government of Brussels has been compelled to ask M. Roche- fort to suspend the Lanterne, and the oddest stories are got up about Lord Clarendon's interference to induce Belgium to yield. They are, of course, all untrue ; but it is true that Marshal Mac- Mahon told the officers after the Emperor's speech at Chalons that everything was to be kept permanently in readiness "as if" for active service.
