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The second ballots on Sunday in France gave eleven seats

to the Conservatives and four to the Republicans, being nearly the number we expected when a fortnight ago we anticipated that ten seats on the second ballot would be gained by the Conservatives and five by the Republicans. If the four Colonial seats go, as every- body expects, to the Republicans, the latter will have a party of 324 in the Assembly, against a disunited party of 209 Con- servatives,—or a majority of 115,—i.e., larger than Mr. Gladstone oould count on even in the first days of 1869.

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