As soon as the result of the Elections was known,
M. Buffet, who was rejected by four constituencies, and left without a seat, while M. Gambetta was returned by Paris, Marseilles, Bourdeaux, and Lille, and only defeated at Avignon, sent in his resignation. Marshal MacMahon at first refused to receive it, desiring his Minister to remain till the result of the second ballot was known ; but M. Buffet felt the public antipathy too keenly, insisted on re- signing at once, and left Paris on Thursday for his seat in the Vosges. The Marshal thereupon appointed M. Du(aure ad interim Premier and Minister of the Interior, and will, it is believed, ask him to form a Cabinet, but all decided action is suspended until the Assembly meets. Hitherto Paris has been full of alarms and rumours, but the Marshal remains passive, and it is probable that when slowly made aware of the situation, and especially of the moderate temper of the Deputies, he will choose a Conserva- tive-Republican Ministry, comprising M. Dufaure, M. Leon Say, M. Leon Renault, M. Duclerc—a Whig financier—M. Wallon, General Oissey, and the Duc Decazes, that is, if M. Gambetta can secure the election of the last named, as he is trying to do. It is believed that the first work of the two Chambers will be to raise the state of siege, to repeal the temporary Press Law, to concede the right of meeting under cover, and to remove the Assembly from Versailles to Paris.
