NEWS OF THE WEEK.
HE French Premier made a sudden and unintelligible move on Saturday in the Chamber, which produced a great scene. He was speaking of the vote restoring the salary of the Arch- 'bishop of Paris, which had been passed by the Senate, and while asking the Chamber to accept it, said,—" The year about -to open should be, according to the warmest desire of the Government, which is distinctly pledged on this point, a year of Constitutional reforms. I am now addressing those who -desire Revision, not those who clamour for it in order that it may be refused them." This is a pledge to open +1. - - ject of Revision in 1884, and involves unlimited posium.....es. The Chamber, therefore, grew excited, and the Extreme Left de- manded explanations from M. Ferry. He refused them, saying he had spoken in strictly Parliamentary form, and after the usual rejoinder and surrejoinder, M. Clovis Hugues called him " insolent," and was suspended by the Chamber for fourteen days. The incident shows the spirit in which Revision will be discussed, and M. Ferry's object in promising it is warmly debated. He is said to have become convinced that the Constitution cannot go on without Scrutin de Liste, but it is doubtful if, when the two Houses are once together, he can limit their debates. Paris, too, may have something to say on the matter, and the moderate Republican journals freely condemn M. Ferry as imprudent. Any opinion, however, is premature until his real motive is disclosed.
