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The object of the armistice is specifically stated to be

the con- vocation of a National Assembly " freely elected," which shall pronounce for a continuance of the war or approve conditions of peace. M. Gambetta having assented to this project, the elections have been fixed for the 8th February, the Assembly will meet at Bordeaux on the 12th, and its deliberations as to war or peace must be over by the 19th, when the armistice terminates. The elections will be taken under the law of 1849, the Mayors will take the votes, and the polling-place will be the principal place in the commune, a great blow to the power of the peasantry. As yet, not a hint has transpired as to the names of candidates, or their probable bias.

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