The scene within the Chambers, was, if possible, still more exciting. In the Senate, a speech was delivered by M. de Parieu, the President of the Coun cil of State, in winch he stated that the Government had summoned the members upon the very first appearance of difficulty, without waiting until the position of the country had been com promised. The troops had been re pulsed, but were still full of heroism and ardour. There was no cause for discouragement. All the Government asked was the support of the House in accelerating the national movement, and in organising a levy “en masse” of all the valid forces of the nation. To fill up the gaps in the ranks and create a new army of 450,000 men, it was proposed to augment the National Guard by calling out every unmarried man from 25 to 30 years of age, to in corporate the Garde Mobile with the regular forces, and fina.ly to call out the class of 1870. If a minority attempted by force to trouble the national harmony, the powers conferred on the Government by the state of siege would be employed, and an appeal made to the National Guard of all France. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Ollivier attempted to deliver a similar address, but owing to the interruptions he met with, little of w'hat he said could be heard. M. Jules Favre de clared that the military incapacity of the Emperor had been fully proved, and that he ought to 7’esign the com mand of the army. The Government of the country, he proposed, should be taken in hand by the Chamber itself. At this there was great uproar, in the midst of which M. Granier de Cas sagnac exclaimed that M. Jules Favre and other members of the Left ought to be shot, and Count de Keratry de clared that the Emperor ought to ab dicate. On the motion of M. Duver nois, an order of the day was adopted, expressing want of confidence in the Ministry. Mr Ollivier shortly after wards announced that he had conferred with the Empress, and that, with the consent of the Emperor, General Mon tauban, Duke of Palikao, had been charged with the formation of a new Cabinet.
