NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ARUMOUR has prevailed all the week of dissensions in the French Ministry, but there seems to be nothing in it. It was stated that the Emperor wished MM. Buffet and Louvet to quit the Ministries of Finance and Commerce, and to be replaced by MM. Magne and De Forcade la Roquette, who are personally more acceptable to him, whereupon Count Darn threatened to resign also, and the scheme was for the present abandoned. It is very improbable, however, that M. 011ivier, who has just dismissed some twenty devoted Prefects and Procureurs-General, would surround himself with reactionary Ministers, or Ministers who would be distrusted by all but the Bonapartists. If he does, the lingering suspicion among French Liberals will become a cer- tainty, and the only alternatives will be seen to be personal power or revolution. Besides, the 116 who voted against personal govern- ment are still in the Chamber.
