The Bill has still to pass the Senate, and it
is well under- stood that a majority of Senators think it unjust and impolitic, and they may, therefore, throw it out. If they do so, however, the two Chambers will be in direct collision, and as the Deputies will not give way, a dissolution would be unavoidable. That will, no doubt, be voted, if M. Grevy wishes it ; but it is said that he is unwilling to propose this, except as a last resort, and that the Senators will, consequently, only amend the Bill, by limiting the power of expulsion to cases in which a Prince has performed some specific act calculated to menace the Republic. The Deputies, it is hoped, having bad time to cool, and being conciliated by the banishment of the Princes from active life, may seize this opportunity of putting an end to an irritating discussion. M. Jules Ferry would then take power, and another effort would be made to form a stable government. Affairs, it is possible, might be arranged in this way, if the Chamber were not headless ; but it is without any general leader, it despises the ad interim Government, and it is not anxious that M. Jules Ferry should resume power. It may, therefore, resist all com- promise, and insist on its own Bill, relying on M. Grevy's known reluctance to issue any manifesto to the country which, if rejected, would necessitate- his own resignation. The Senate is to be immediately invited to consider the Bill, so that this part of the crisis may not be too protracted.
