The first German Parliament is composed, according to the Berlin
correspondent of the Times, of 382 members, one for every 100,000 of the population. Of these 382, no less than 236, or more than a clear majority, are sent from Prussia, 48 from Bavaria, -23 from Saxony, and the remainder from the smaller States. It is calculated that 147 of the whole body are Moderate or National Liberals, 30 belong to the old Fortschritt party, and 2 are Socialists. The old Tories count 90, the Ultramontanes 70, the Particularists 10, and 14 are Poles or Danes. The correspondent -calculates that the Liberals of all shades have a working majority. but he only reckons 179 votes, and it is very uncertain whether they will attract either the Poles, or any portion of the Ultra- montanes who have allied themselves with the Tories on the ground of a common belief in the supernatural. The dividing line in Parliament is indeed likely to be theological, and the subject of .struggle, education.
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