NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE French Elections were held on Sunday, and resulted, as M. Gambetta predicted, in a decided majority for the Republic. Of the 530 seats, more than 100 will not be filled till Sunday week, but a calculation far from sanguine gives the probable conclusion as 330 Republicans of all shades—including 18 Ultras,-100 Bonapartists, 25 Legitimists, 35 Orleanists, 20 followers of the Marshal, and 20 doubtful, or 530 in all. At present, even if every second ballotage should go against them, the Republicans have a majority, having 308 seats. The Right has nearly ceased to exist, the Left Centre is terribly weak, and the only two real powers in the Chamber of Deputies are the followers of M. Gam- betta and the followers of M. Rouher, the latter, however, not being one-fifth of the Chamber. It should be remembered, how- ever, that all calculations are a little arbitrary, only 176 members of the late Assembly having secured seats. Many were elected to the Senate, many more refused to seek re-election, and many were rejected, so that The different leaders have to marshal, or- ganise, and educate 354 new men, who may be different in Parliament from what they were in the Departments.
