11 FEBRUARY 1871, Page 2

No official hint has yet been given of the method

in which the Assembly is to begin its work. The Pattie, however, is supposed to be inspired when it says that the Assembly, as its first act, will appoint three Commissioners to negotiate at Versailles, will then verify powers, and then accept or reject the treaty arranged by the Commissioners. Peace declared, the Germans leave Paris, and the Assembly enters it, a point which will have a profound effect upon the form of Government to be adopted. This programme is, of coarse, possible if peace is to be made at any price ; but it does not allow for any statement of terms before peace is made. We pre- sume M. Fevre will carry an ultimatum to Bordeaux, so that the Commissioners may at least have definite instructions.