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should speak out without any further delay, that
they should emphatically declite e that " septennial
Parliaments" but too frequent ly induce Members,
with so long a term before them, to disregard the
wishes of their constituents, and go in direct and
undisguised opposition to those whose sentiments
they are supposed to express. We have never known
a sincere Reformer who did oof acknowledge that
Repeals to the country should be more frequent
than under the present systeel, and who could not
perceive the incalculable mischie fa arising from a dif-
ference of opinion between the Legislature and the
people of a country. Indeed,, if any doubt could
have existed on the subject, resient events in France
would remove it, and prove the imperative neces-
sity of more frequent appe els to public opinion
than have hitherto been resorted to. What, then,
should be the alteration ? annul Parliaments are
as clearly too short as septenn;ial are too long. The
young Members cannot get accustomed to their
work in a single session—there is too much talking
and too little doing, on the assembling of a new Petr-
Iliament, after a general electie o . The excitement must
wear away: before measures of great practical utility
and temperately.
can be calmly discussed. An inter-
mediate term has therefore been advocated, and three,
four, and five years have each their respective sup-
porters, although we believe that the triennial period
has a decided majority among Reformers. There is
another suggestion which is, however, worthy of calm
and deliberate consideration. It has been asked,
why a certain number of Members, say one-
fourth of the entire House, should not
retire at the [end of emery session ? The
parties thus sent to their constituencies would
be selected by ballot or Other ise, as might be deter-
the privilege of being re-
mined, and would have
elected. There would then be the certainty of
o
a beneficial infusion of new blood. And if
the voice of public opinion should be adverse to the
existing Ministry, the election of 154 new Members
would afford too miellUivocal proofs of the general
feeling to be slighted or despised. Without pro-
nouncing absolutely in its favour, it is at least worthy
of being considered in all its bearings before it be
rejected.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Patric of yesterday has the following part-
graph, dated at one o'clock in the morning :
The tete given this evening by the President of the
Republic is magnificent. At the hour at which we write
an immense crowd is pressing into the apartments of the
Tuileriel, which are decorated in a splendid manner.
The richness of the uniforms, the beauty of the toilettes
gives to this solemnity an unaccustomed éclat. The Pre-
sident, on entering the ball-room, was received with un-
accustomed enthusiasm."
The Monitcur publishes n decree by which the
decree of the Provisional Government, dated the 29th
of February, 1848, abolishing the ancient titles of no-
bility, is repealed.
The effect produced
by the publication of the
decrees confiscating the Orleans property has been
most unfavourable. The only journal which attempts
to justify the act is the ratr;e : even the Constitu-
tionnel is silent upon the eubiect. It is now certain
that General ST. ARNAUD and M. Ducos opposed the
confiscation, and tendered their resignations. On this
subject the following note appears in the. oniteur :
The Minister of War and the Minister of Marine
offered their resignations, but withdrew them on the
solicitation of the PRESIDENT of the Republic."
It is said that several persons of influence who had
consented to become members of the Senate have, in
consequence of the publication of these decrees, with-
drawn their consent.
ItL. DE PERSIGNY, the DOS, Minister of the Interior,
has just named M. THEOPIIILE DE MONTOUR his
Chef de Cabinet.
The Minister of Police will have under his direc-
tion six Prefects of Police, who will reside at
Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Strasburg, Bordeaux, and
Lille.

The Patric says :—" It is announced that M.
PIETRI, Prefect of the Haute Garonne, has been ap-
pointed Prefect of Police, in the room of M. DE
MAUPAS."
The Minister of Commerce has addressed the fol-
lowing notice to the various Chambers of Commerce :
" Gentlemen,—A decision come to by the sanitary
council of Constantinople, in August, 1851, prescribes to
every vessel arriving in a Turkish port to display a
yellow flag, until declared to have a clean bill of health.
As some French vessels have experienced difficulties from
not having, onformed to that measure, I have to request
you to make it known to all shipowners and captains
trading to Turkey."
The Moniteur the Loiret has the following :-
1* MM. Martin, Michot, Peliere, and the three other
prisoners of Orleans, whose transportation has been
ch•Anged into exile, are still in the fort of Brest, where
they are closely confined. Al. Pierre Lachambaudie,
the Socialist fabulist, who came with them to Brest, in
the Canada, and was confined with thern in the fort, has
been removed to Paris. There is reason to expect that
a similar measure will shortly be adopted with regard to
the others."
The Ceurrier du Bas .Rhin says that M. Hoch-
man., ex-representative, who is included in the de-
cree of banishment, has received a passport for Ame-
rica, to which country he will proceed via Ham-
burgh.
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SPAIN.
Madrid iournals of the 19th have arrived.
A number of files are to be given by the QUEEN
during the month of February.
111ADRID BOLSA, JAN. 19.—Threes were at 38k
to 3Si.