6 JANUARY 1872, Page 10

The French Chamber is determined to make the old blunder,

and exclude officials. It has decreed by 472 to 92 that no salaried official except a Minister, an Ambassador, or the Prefect of the Seine can be a Deputy. Why not, if tie people like to elect. him? Is a member likely to be more corrupt when, if he takes an office, he must explain himself to his electors, or when, if he takes an office, he escapes from their control? If we may judge from our own experience, the offices which can be retained with a seat are precisely those which are never given from corrupt motives. Besides, in France there are still, as Louis Philippe well knew, other modes of buying members than visible gifts of office. Sons can be promoted, and, as Talleyrand said, " Ces pores-de-familla sent capables de tout."