The New York herald., 1879-12-29
DE FREYCINET'S MINISTRY.


DE FREYCINET'S MINISTRY.
wADD1NaroN AND LEON SAY RETIRE-PoRT-
FoLIos GIVEN TO MN. cAzoT, AAaNIN AND
vARRoY-GAMBETTA's HANDS. STRENGTH
ENED-FRANcR ExPEorANT.
[DY CABLE TO THE HERALD.]
PARIS, Dec. %, 1879.
new Ministry has been constituted Us fol-
lows:- .is t....,e
M. De Freycinet, President of the Council
and Minister Of Foreign Affairs Aa.s
M. Lepers, Minister of the Interior and Of
Worship. ~ -pa
M. Cazot, Keeper of the Seals.
M. Magnin, Minister of Finance.
General Fare, Minister ofWar.
Admiral Jaureghiberry, Minister Of Marine.
NJ. Jules Ferry, Minister of Public Instruc-
ton. a.alls.i4...
M. Varroy, Minister of Works.
M. Tirard, Minister of Commerce.
M. Cochery, Minister of Posts and Tele-
graphs. ai Y
wADDNaToN AND LEON SAY.
M. Waddington has refused to accept the post
of Ambassador to England. The Temps asserts
that M. Gambetta had long and cordial con-
ference with President Grevy to-day. [Both M.
Waddington and M. Leon Say have
long been anxious to retire from posts
which they only held on sufferance. Of the
former M. Dufaure's journal, lie Purement,
says that rect,tude of purpose and even busi-
ness talents are not sufficient for q Prime
Minister. 1t continues :-"M. Waddington has
qualities which we are far from undertaking,
hut <1,ox, of that
kind (if we may use that expresson) that en-
able President of the Council to exercise
over his colleagues the influence arising out
of acknowledged superiority, and it is no
exaggeraton to say that NJ Waddington has
given to the Cabinet over which he presided
very little but his name. He has not given it q
personal impulse and character Of his own,
which we think is deeply to be regretted"
Leon Says retirement is in great part due to
the crushing defeat he sustained in the Cham
ber on the 18th inst. Under the Commune the
Bank of France. by order of M. Theirs, ad-
vanced large sums to the, insurrectiOnary
government; but before the requisite authority
could be obtained from Versailles the bank
authorities, to avoid being plundered, made
an advance to the Communists of z, 600, ,00Of
NJ Say proposed that this sum should be re-
funded. The Budget Committee opposed the
motion on the extraordinary ground that the
bank had derived large profit from its
pecuniary transactions with the government
and was cable to afford o loss of 7,OOO,OOOf,
which it might regard as ransom paid to the
Commune" and the House defeated NJ. Says
motion by show Of hands.
~ NEW BRoOMs
w. a., A.
ally of NJ. Gambetta. He directed the opera
tions of the Army Of the Loire, and his great
talent as mathematician and engineer were
very nearly rewarded by success. He belongs
to the group of the republican Left which the
President believes to constitute the core Of
the majority. He represents a policy of
peace and material advancement. OF his new
colleagues M. Theodore Cazot, replacing NJ. lie
Roger, to whom the present crisis is due, is
well known as an ardent Gambettist In 1870
he was Secretary of the Home Ministry, accom-
panied the delegation to Tours and Bordeaux,
and followed the Dictator in his retreat. He
won his spurs as u barrister and is member of
the Extreme Left. M. Magnin, Leon Says
successor, WINS elected Minister of Commerce
and Agriculture on the 4th of September,
1870, and rendered valuable services to Paris
during the siege. After the armistice he re-
victualled the capital, giving abundant proof of
his patriotism and high sense of duty. lie be.
longs to tho Republican Left. M. varroy, who
takes tho place of the Premier, is, like him, an
tinguished as an engineer than ms o statesman.
He votes consistently with the Republican Left.
The rest are well known. Their administrative
qualities have already been tested.1
The Times Paris correspondent says the ele-
ments composing the new Cabinet are more
moderate than might have been expected
THE COUNTRY STILL WAITING FOR aAMDErrA-
THE TWO PREsIDESTs-aEoRaE II. AMP THE
ELDER PITT
The London Standard thus deals with the great
question which the Ministerial crisis has raised -
.'It is obvious that the time has now arrived for
NJ aambctta to come to the front. and many we'll
informed people think circumstances will forcc him
into Office whether no likes IT not. Implicit belief
must not be placed in the stories OF his per-
sistent refusal to take ONCE These stories are AZ
q rule, manufactured in quarters very unfriendly
20 him. As Q rule they amount TO this, that M.
aambetta wishes to remain President Of the
Chamber In order to preserve his pccstfgc unim.
paired until such time as he can take the place of
President Gravy. Those who invent these stories
lose sight OF two facts which entirely upset their
calculations. In the first place. President Grevy is
man of strong constitution robust health and well
ordered life. and there Is really for sup
posing that illness will cut short his Presidential
career. But IL will be said that he might resign.
No doubt, but IL Is not easy TO see what circum.
stances would bring about such q contingency.
NJ Grevy il tho embodiment Of tho principle Of
govcrulueut. He has ever held IL 10 bc the
duty Of the chief OF the State 20 carry into effect
the decisions Of the majority. and therefore IL Is
out of the question TO suppose that any could
possibly induce him TO lay down Office. These
things being admitted can any rational being
imagine M. eambctta to form deliberate rcsolu.
tion to remain for six years President of the
Chamber OF Deputies. and to do so he being essen
TALLY great speaker ard of action in posi-
tion where he perforce doomed to silence and In