The majority in the French Assembly is getting very restive
'with M. Thiers. It thinks him too liberal, and on Tuesday passed a vote right in his teeth by 430 to 212. The vote rejected M. Thiers' proposal to make the Prefects presidents of the Councils which arc on certain points to control them. M. Thiers there- upon declared that the Right was factious, that it was paralyzing the State while insurrection was still imminent, and that for his part he should resign. At last, after a whole night of rumours, a compromise was agreed upon which is, in fact, a submission by the Assembly. The Prefect is not to preside in the Departmental Commission, but is to take part in its deliberations, and the Com- mission gives up its only important power, "the guardianship of the Communes." M. Thiers also threatens to resign unless his taxes on raw materials are adopted, and the compromise on this point is not yet known.
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