NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MGRAVY has adhered to his determination not to sum- • mon M. Cl6mencean, and to drop General Boulanger ; and after infinite difficulty, he has succeeded in obtaining a Ministry. Its head is M. Ranvier, a moderate man, and a fair financier, but not a statesman; and he has given the port- folio of War to General Ferron, an officer formerly on Gam- betta's staff. M. Flonrens remains Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. de Faillieres takes the Interior, and M. Spoiler, of the Bipublique Francais°, becomes Minister of Instruction and Worship. The Ministry, as a whole, is Opportunist, so much so, that M. Ferry is said to be its real master; and it intends to rely for a majority upon the support of the united
Monarchists. General Boulanger has retired quietly and quitted Paris, after issuing an unusual Order of the Day, in which he thanks all "who have aided him in the patriotic task of making the defensive strength of France equal to any:strain that may be put upon it," and announces that he will be the first to give the example of respect to the constitutional laws, " this double military and Republican discipline."
