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The New French Cabinet.

Marshal Neil is aged 81, and took part in early
life in the Algerian campaigns. He was attached
to the French expedition to Rome in 1S49, and
served with distinction. When war was de-
clared against Russia he joined the Baltic expedi-
ton, and commanded the engineers mt the taking
of Bomersund, and received for his services the
title of Aid-de-camp from the Emperor. In jan
uary, 1855, he arrived in the Crimea, and made n
report upon the progress and management of the
military operations there. Three months later he
became ommander-in-chie of the engineers of
the army of the Fast, and directed the siege Of
Sebastopol. In 1857 he was made a Senator,
charged to ask officially the hand Of Princess
Clotilde for Prince Napoleon. At the commence
ment of the Italian war he was named Commander
of the Fourth Corps of the Army of the Alps. In
consequence OF the victory of Solferino, in which
the artillery played so important a part, he was
work on the siege Of Sebastopol.
The Minister of Finance, Pierre Magne, studied
law at Toulouse, and made himself prominent by
several reports on the finances of Algeria. Re-
turning from private life in 1913, he was named,
in November, lS49, Under Secretary of Finance,
and received, in April, 1851, the portfolio of
Public Works. Recalled to the same Office on
the eve Of the coup d'efat of December 2, 1851,
he held it until January, 1852, when he resigned
in consequence of the decree relative to the prop
erty Of the Orleans family, but resumed his Office
five months later. In 1854 he became Minister of
finance, winch position ne resigned at the close
of November, 1860. His successor was NJ. de
FORBADE La Roquette, and he next became, with
NJ. Bilault, one of the two first Ministers without
portfolio. He assisted, for the first time, as such,
at the sittings of the Senate relative to the pub
LEGATION by the newspapers of the legislative de-
bates. At the end of March, 1868, in conse-
quence Of a difference of opinion with NJ. Fould
he resigned, and the Emperor, by a special letter,
named him member of the Privy Council. M.
Magne was named Councillor of State, with the
title of President of the section of public works
in the promotions of January, 1852, and Senator
in the following December. He was a Commander
of the Legion of Honor in 1851, was next made a
grand officer, and finally received a grand cross.
He was also member of the General Council of the
Dordogne.
The Minister Of Justice, NJ. Duvergier, was
called in 1855 to the Council of State, and in
1864 was one of the Commission charged with
examining the questions pending between the
Egyptian Government and the Suez Canal Com
pany, and was made an officer or the Legion of
Honor. He revised a work on the fundamental
laws of Europe and the American Continent, and
has since written many important books on legal
subjects, in addition to contributing to the re-
views.
A. Leroux, Minister Of Commerce, is a rich
proprietor of Vendee, and at Paris, in early life,
controlled the banking house of his father, one of
the most important i'm that city, and became a
member of the General Council Of Vendee, for the
Canton Of Hermentrault. In 1852 he entered