New-York tribune., 1874-05-18
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS
MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE

DEFEAT OF The MINISTRY ON DE BROGIIE5 NOTION
IN REGARD TO THE ELECTORAL BIII~-M. o0u-
LARD SELECTED TO FORM NEW Ministry
sPEcULATIoNs RESPECTING THE PROBABLE con-
STiTUIIoN or NJ. GoUIARDs CABINET
VERSAILLES, Saturday, May I6, Is7L
The hall Of the National Assembly was again
crowded to-day as II was known that vote was tn
bo taken on the motion to give priority Of discussion
to the Electoral law the Municipal bill. which
motion had been made Cabinet question. When
the hour for the meeting Of the Assembly arrived.
the Chamber presented animated appearance
After the transaction Of the usual routine business
NJ Batbe rose to open the debate. IIo offered .
motion requiring debate on the Electoral law TO be-
gipnext Wednesday.
The motion was supported by the Duke de Broglis
in an exhaustive speech. He declared that tho
Government did not wish to evade its engagements
in relation to the Municipal BILL but it believed the
country desired that the Electoral law should la
first discussed. He refused to accept an offer of NJ.
Lucien Brun of the Extreme Right that the party
should oppose giving priority TO discussion Of tho
Electoral law, but without implying lack Of conf
dence in the Ministry. The debate was continued
until late hour, and the excitement IN tho Cham
Der was frequently so great that became necessary
TO suspend the proceedings Upon the conclusion of
the discussion the question put to the Assembly.
Government had been defeated, the vote standing
81 to SSl-showiiy majority Of Gi against discuss
ingthe Electoral law before the Municipal bill.
There was much tumult in the Chamber after the
declaration of the VOTE When it bad subsided ths
Duke Decazes rose and offered a motion for tho
approval Of the postal convention between France
and the United States, which he announced AZ his
last act as Minister of Foreign Affairs The Assem-
bly, thereupon adjourned. and the Ministers soon
afterward handed their designations to President
MacMahOn
PARIS. Saturday May i6- Midnight.
The defeat of the Government in the Assembly
this afternoon the motion in relation to the dis
cussion of the Electoral law, and the resignation Of
the Ministers in consequence thereof, cause intense
excitement in this city The boulevards crowded
this evening. 1t was the opinic of the public up %
the last moment that a comp omise would be ef-
fected. The vote against the Gov, rnment comprised
33l members of the Left 20 Bona rtists, and 30 Le
gitimists. Ex-President Theirs, no occupied his
seat in the Assembly throughout he proceedings.
voted with the opposition.
NJ. RaOul Duval has proposed Cabinet composed
Of four Republicans, two Legitmists, snd two Bona
partiss in order, as he said to effect dissolution
of the Assembly. Others have sugges, ed Cabinet
of which NJ. Buffet, NJ. Dufaure, the ID ke Decazes
and NJ. Goulard shall be members.
NJ Goulard had conference with Pre-, dent Mac
Mahon this evening. The retiring Mniskrs will re-
main at their posts until the crisis is settel.
PARIS May II, 1874
President MacMahOn has accepted the res gnation
of the Cabinet and has intrusted to ". Gou lrd the
formation of new Ministry, which i eXI ted to
be completed tomorrow. NJ. Goulard on ace pting
the premiership declared that his policy YOU'D bo to
carry the Constitutional bills through the Asse nby
and complete the organization of MacMabons
powers 1t is reported that NJ. Goulard is forming
the new government from the Right Center and the
conservative portion of the Left Center. NJ Ma, rs
and others of the late Ministry will probably b'
retoined in Office The latest adyices from Versailles
mention Goulard as Minister of the lnterior Cou's
Chaudordy Minister of Foreign Affairs Magns,
Minister of Finances /; Matheu-Bodet, Minister OF
Public Works; Desseilligny, Minister of Commerce:
Desjardins, Minister of Education; and Gen. Ber-
taud, Minister of War;
The Republican journals strongly urge the imne-
diate dissolution of the Assembly, which they d.
clare powerless to constitute anything. There is >
rumor that the Extreme Right intends to move the
restoration of the monarchy, and if the motion fails
will vote for dissolution.
The opinion Is generally expressed that the
Legitimist party in the Assembly, by its vote Of
Friday committed political suicide. 1t is asserted
that its policy was inspired from FrOhsdorff Ihe
division between the Moderate and Extreme Right
renders probable an alliance between the former
section and the conservative wing of the Left
Center new majority may thus be constituted.
which will support the incoming Government, and
enable it to go on with the execution of the pro-
gramme of the Septennat, and bring about the
speedy adoption of the Constitutional bills. 1t is
not thought that there is any immediate prospect
of dissolution of the Assembly.
aTranquillity prevails throughout France. Presi-
dent MacMahon's power is unquestioned.