The Impatients are not prospering. The sensible Reds have com-
bined against them, and have issued a manifesto in which they say they will not take up arms unless their voices are stifled by force ; that they will put an end to personal power ; that they will demand for the Chamber the right of proroguing itself ; that they will abro- gate the right of the Government to rearrange electoral eircum- scriptions ; that they will abolish the oath ; that they will restore municipal freedom, especially to Paris and Lyons ; that they will abolish the immunities enjoyed by pablic functionaries ; that they will replace conscription by a system arming the nation ; that they will restore liberty to the press and to printers, aud the right of public meeting. On the other hand, they reject the theory that a representative is a delegate, and will strive to rescue "the elective principle from the monarchical compromises which corrupt it, and the demagogical violences which degrade it." This manifesto has been received with warm approval, and it is now considered probable that the sensible Reds may be elected in three of the four vacant circumscriptions. 'Me only doubt is about M. Roclaefort, whose popularity with the Enrages is still great, though declining. He speaks very badly, and has quarrelled with the Victor Hugo section. Neither Ledru Rollin, Barbee, nor Felix Pyat intend to stand.
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