The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-18
FRANCE.

latter TO tender his resignation, Ia one o
the most serious and perhaps most iata
events since the fall Of Thiers. Councils
General and Municipal Councils, which
are charged with the duty Of electing Sen
ators, must soon be renewed. The men o
the Right who are leading this conspirac,
found themselves driven into corner
They wished on no account to lnteres
these elections to the present Republican
cabinet: They had, therefore, to force OF
a conflict which the Chamber OF Depu-
ties had avoided. The discussion on The
municipal law had commenced dis.
cuSsion was only on It's first feading
Simon had reserved for himself an inter.
vention on the second press law. simor
confined his opposition to question o.
substantial trial OF jury OF summary
jurisdiction in the cases Of insults on the
foreign sovereigns. This, il a mistake
could be repaired, but those who learned
OF the OupF ttat had not the patience to
wait, and they suggested TO the Marshal
the previous letter. 1t is couched in OF.
tensive terms and divulges what passed
in the council in fashion, which will ex.
cite the censure Of the whole world. It
concludes like all maniiestos Of coup d etdt
and makes threats to appeal to the Coun.
try.
N. Simon in an interview with Mac.
mahon, said: l offer you my resignation.
Macmahon replied: l expected it and
accept it.
BY three o'clock in the afternoon the
Marshal had received the designations OF
the whole Cabinet, EXCEPTION the Minis.
ter Of War.
Up to this evening the Duke Dan Diff.
fret PaIquier, President of the Senate,
alone has repaired TO Elysee. 1t is at-
tirmed that he went OF his own accord,
and that the Marshal would scarcely re.
ceive him.
This evening the names OF the future
Ministry, constituting the veritable dis.
solutionist coup d elat Cabinet, are
spoken Of as follows: Duke De Broglie,
Foreign Affairs, Fourte EntenOr, Finance;
Layrents, Education; Grived, Commerce.
Count De Paris, Justice, and Berthard,
War.
The authorship OF MacMahon's letter
is attributed to Duke De Broglie.
1t is affirmed that the manifesto OF the
Marshal will be read, explaining that it
seemed to him dangerous to let the ad.
ministration Of the country remain any
longer in the handle Of the present Cabi.
net. At the same time it is affirmed that,
availing himself of the article in the
constitution which gives him the right,
the Marshal will have a decree read pro.
roguing the Chamber OF Deputies for o
month. The Chamber will reply by note
OF a want Of confidence, and by some
other extreme measure, for it Is impossi.
bic to forsee to what length the Chamber,
after an example OF violence and decep.
ton, might proceed; but in any case the
Chamber will be prorogued, and will re-
assemble only 10 be dissolved, for the
struggle is henceforth absolutely inevita.
bic, unless the Marshal, enlightened on
the fatal act into which he has
been seduced, takes the Cabinet
again from the Left, which is
improbable. This news has produ eed
here an impression Of bewiiderment.
Most Of the Diplomatists 1 have met have
not hesitated TO qualify the act as coup
etat. The deliberations, however, are
still going on, and the greatest efforts are
being made 10 appease the anger Of the
Left and to allay the excitement mani.
tested in the Artisan quarters. There is
every reason to hope that these efforts
will succeed, otherwise it may be conf.
dently declared that the elections held
under these circumstances will hurry
France toward fresh enemies and the
future Ministers, il taken from the
ranks Of the anti.Republican conspira'
tors, will have an unenviable respon.
sibility in theeyes Of history.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PARIS.
PARIS, May 17.-Great excitement pre-.
vailed last evening. As the evening ad-
vanced the feeling became more intense,
The crowds raised cries OF "Vive Ia Re
publique! Vive la Constitution a bas
lee Jesuites !"
The official journal announces that the
Cabinet ministers will retain their offices
till their successors are appointed.
The Republican newspapers strongly
reprobate the change and express grave
apprehensions for the future.
President McMahon has received sew
eral prominent persons, to all Of whom
he expressed the determination to main
tain a pacific policy with all the powers
and to firmly repress any ultramontane
demonstrations.
The Spanish government is endeayor-
ing to obtain the expulsion Of Of Don
Carlos from France, in consequence ol
his letter to the Basque people.
GAStBErrA MAKES A SPEECH.
VERSAILLES, May l7.-Beiore the adop-
ton Of the resolution in the Chamber Of
Deputies to-day to the effect that the
ChamberN will only place confidence in
Cabinet free TO and resolved to govern
in accordance with republican principles
Gambetta said he believed it to be his
duty toexpress from, this tribunal the
emotion which reigned in the public
mind. There was no conflict in Parlia'
ment; no vote had passed placing the
ministry in the minority. When
France was engaged in the Observance oi
neutrality and needed the enjoyment
Of prolonged security, the nation was
suddenly surprised. The President OF the
Republic had written q letter, making
the necessary promises OF resignation
The nation inits anxiety asked whether
there does not exist at one side Of the
head OF the State a preponderating in.
tluence with which no Ministry could
cope. The Chamber only asked what the
President to-day promised, viz: A Pa
eifc policy and the suppression Of ul
tramontane intrigue. Gambetta cited 8
saying OF Marshal Macmahon, made il
the presence Of vile intriguers and fomen
ters otdisorder, who are to-day raising
their heads. Don't attempt this adven-
ture, as these chasseepots would 20 Of
themselves.
ltis not true, as suggested by we'll.
known counsellor, that the Presiden
bears responsibility over and above
that Of the Ministry. Authors Of suct
suggestions are tie Presidents real enc
mics, and they are leading him of to hi
ruin. Marshal MacMahon, during BIZ
military career, cannot have studied po
litical truths. The Chamber must recall
him TO an exact observance o.
the Constitution, and divert him from
perfdious counsels. The countr,
alone Is sovereign. IL dOIires !