France faces potential shift with Chambrun constitutional plan
The Count de Chambrun has submitted a four year presidential term and bicameral legislature proposal to the Commission of Thirty. It envisions a renewed Assembly every six years and a responsible ministry, with the president's powers curbed yet able to address both chambers. Public reaction splits between a move toward a permanent Republic and concerns of a slide toward empire. France to vote soon on Chambrun's plan amid debate about republican trajectory.
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Count de Chambrun
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Crisis in France and Crime Scene at Coram Street
The piece surveys ongoing French political instability and Napoleon III’s exile health, then shifts to London's crime issue around Harriet Buswell and a suspect at large. It also discusses naval disaster risks from ironclads and a Russian-British diplomatic trap involving an expedition to Asia, noting Earl Granville’s cautious reply.
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Earl Granville
Re opening of the French Assembly at Versailles
The French Assembly resumed sittings at Versailles in a brief formal ceremony. No major business occurred and no public debate emerged. Thiers maintained his stance while the Right kept its preten sions, with time possibly strengthening Thiers’ influence amidst growing diplomatic tensions involving the Pope and Italy.
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M. Thiers
M. Dufaure
France
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Mordecai
Vatican
Italy
M. Bourgoing
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