The French Assembly . commenced the election of the seventy- :five Members
of the Senate whom it is authorised to ap- point, on Thursday. The Monarchists drew up their own list, and the Republicans drew up theirs; and as the Monarch- ists have a small majority, they expected to seat all
t heir men. It is provided, however,- by the Constitution
t hat each elected member shall have a clear majority,—that is, according to the Times, a clear majority of members who can vote, now only 690. At the first ballot, however, many Legitimists scratched out names from their list, and after three hours of toilsome voting and counting, only two: names had thC requisite majority. These are the Due d'Audriffet- Pasquier. President of the Assembly, and M. Martel—the -brandy- manufacturer Vice - President, both of whom are Conservative Republicans. Up to Friday evening nothing -further was known, but it is rumoured that some Legitimists intend to vote for the Left list, and it is just possible that the conduct of the Monarchists in refusing to accept the notables of all parties—which was the idea of the proviso leaving the Assembly its large share of power over the Senate—may end in seating none lint Republican senators. As it is known that 120 of the 225 elected Senators must. be Republicans, such a result -would give the Liberals two-thirds majority in the Conservative Mouse.
