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LONDON, VEDNISDAY, MARCH 24.

Tin Dabs of MA LAEOFT is to be the new French
Ambassador to the Corot of St. James's. His ap-
pointmeert is another proof of the present on-
iiipotenee of the army in France. Every Aloe
that ender ordinary governments is, in the
rule, reserved for civilians, falls, under the
adminietration of Louts NAPOLEON, to the share
of the military. This observation relates only to
the gamma policy of the EMPEROR ; it has no in-
vidious application to the Duke of MALAKOFF. He
evinced throughout the campaigns in the
Crimea a sense of the importance of British co-
operation ; and he is understood to have rebuked with
considerable epigrammatic felicity the late bravados
of certain French colonels. As an individual selection
the choice of the Duke to succeed M.& Pessimist
is a happy one. It was eminently desirable,
for the sake of the amity between France and
England, which we are anxious to see prolonged,
that the person deputed at the present crisis to
represent the French Government in this country
should be a man not likely to fall into the error that
it is is the power of any time-serving or truckling
minister to give a binding undertaking, either
verbally or in writing, that England may be cajoled
into the abnegation of her independence or self-
respect.

We cannot may that we share in the surprise which
Count Peastexx's resignation has apparently caused
amongst certain iinrellecting people on both sides of
the Channel. To us nothing seems more natural
than that a man of strong opinions and outspoken
purposes should show the chagrin he feels at the
defeat of the open and above-board policy he advised
his muter to pursue for the diplomatic subjugation
of this country. M. PERSIGNT was confident of
moons in what he recommended, and he had good
reason to be so. In Lords PALMERSTON and CLA-
MEN DON he had colleagues u devoted and unhesitating
as himself ; and if he made a mistake in the tone
he counselled the French EMPEROR to adopt, his
amour-propre has been abundantly consoled by
their confession that they took in good part
everything he did and said ; and that he never would
have thought of entering and making such a noise
in the hall if they had not quietly opened the door
and told him we were all asleep in our beds. Even
amid the confusion of sudden awaking, and bundling
the betrayers of our security into the street, we must
do ourselves nationally the justice to say that
scrupulous care was taken to observe the respect due
to a stranger who had obviously been deplorably
misled by those who ought to have known better.
We all saw that the French Ambassador was quite as
much sinned against is sinning, and that he never
would have dreamt of going the lengths he did had
he not been enticed and encouraged by his English
confederates in mischief. As soon as their places
were filled up by other men, M. PERSIGNY, with
more temerity than discretion, tried to induce these,
in their turn, to leave the door ajar. " Yon told
" me," he said, in plainer English than they wished
he knew how to use, " that you would stand by
" without interfering, while I did the deed; yet
" now that you war the household livery yourselves
" you demur, and say you are afraid. This is the
" second time I have bees duped." Well, it is not
very pleasant, the consciousness of having been
made a fool of ; it is not very easy for a downright
earnest and irritable man to bide his morti-
fication, and it is not always worth such a
man's while to try. M. PERSIONT certainly did
not make the attempt. He wrote to his Government
what was true, that Lords MALMEIBURT and
DEMME had promised to renew the French Bill as
soon as they were officially capable of doing so; and
he persisted in counselling that he should be autho-
rised to exact the fulfilment of their pledge. But
every ambitious and able minister hu his confidential
enemy in the cabinet or the court he serves—somecan-
did considerate colleagae,who is ready to seize hold of
• blunder, and smilingly protest he cannot think of
allowing himself to do himself harm with it
again. M. WALEWSICI'I opportunity had come.
He could not think of placing the representa-
tive of the &dreamt in London—eo deeply
valued a personal friend—in • false position
a second time. The romantic courage of Mon-
sieur is Comte was worthy indeed of all honour;
but his Excellency and the EnPCXOII Milt be saved
bout the consequences of suicidal self-devotion. It
would be, in fact, much better to take another way
with the matter. All the time M. Watewext had
been in England he had never found it necessary to
quarrel openly with the gentlemen in Downing-
street. There was, after all, a great deal in the
way of putting things--of saying at the moment
whatever suited the moment, and then unsaying,
or pretending to unsay it all whenever the
occasion required. M. WALLICSKI was sure he
amid deal with Lord DERBY and manage Lord
MALMESBURT better than most people could ; and
as M. PERSIONT'S mode of procedure, however
patriotically intended, had not succeeded, he per-
meated his Imperial Master to try • different one.
Before the question about opening the outer door
from within should again be actually raised, Lord
MALAIESTIURT and M. WALEWSKI were sgreed that
it would be better to let people get back into bed,
and fall sound asleep as before. When that was
done, it would be the time to try stealthily how the
French police might be securely admitted within
the National premises. The mot d'ordre was accor-
dingly sent to the outpost at Albert Gate—" As you
" were."

Bat it was in vain to bid the baffled Ambassador
" stand at ease." In point of fact, he could not
and would not stand it at all. The sense
of diplomatic discipline, and perhaps still more
the sincerity of his personal regard for the Ex-
PLKOR, constrained him to execute unhesitatingly
the temporising instructions be received from Perin
after the change of Ministry here. Instead of en-
countering an explosion of reproaches and rebukes,
Lord If ALMLABURT, to his astonishment, was po-
litely and placidly presented by M. PY.RBIGNIr with
the explanatory despatch of the French Minister
for Foreign Affairs. Bat that necessary act per-
formed, the humiliated Envoy forthwith proceeded
to beseech his Imperial Muter to relieve him from
the responsibility of a position which had become
for him intolerable. He had been duped by Lords
cuagsno:t reed PAIXIBITON 1 but these he cadd