The Portland daily press., 1873-10-16
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Parties in French Assembly.


A Pari. letter in the Independence Beige,
toration, says:
At this moment there are 725 deputies. At
the reopening five will be added to them;
and, without rashness, the assertion may be
made that they will all be Republicans. But
let US deal with those existing They form
eight groups, half of which belong to the
Right and half to the Left. The former are
list, The Extreme or purely Legitimst par
ty, called Club of the Reservoirs, because its
meetings are held at the hotel of that name
1t consists of 175 members; it is the most
numerous royalist group, and the one in
which the least detection is to be looked for.
However, in my opinion, and 1 think know
the Assembly well, l consider that there NAV
be seven or eight doubtful deputies amongst
them; either that they have intimate Bona
partist connections, or they are disposed to
belong to such fractions as will best satisfy
their ambition. Second, the Moderate Tor
mitigated). which is confined to the Right
Centre and Bonapartist traction, the exact
number it would be difficult to state, because
it has been recently decomposed TO form the
Pradie meeting and to attract part of the
Legitimist and of the Right Centre portions;
but its special disintegration viii result from
that of the tyo other groups to be considered.
Third, the Right Centre consists of 152 MEM
bers; but of those several also belong to the
Right, and some also form part of the Left
Centre. These latter are principally counted
upon to form majority on either side.
Fourth, finally, the group OF the appeal to
the people, which publishes neither the
names nor the numbers of its adherents, but
which is known il the obbies to consist OF
about 3S. Well, viii they or not be faith
full? The question is grave one. be-
lieve only from Is to II can be relied upon.
Let us turn to the Left. On this side we
have three distinct groups, firstly, the
Union Repubicaine, SO members, all abso-
lutely to be depended upon, second, the
Republican Left, 1SS, all equally safe, but
many of whom belong to the former
Q will make the necessary deductions present.
Iy) third, the Left Centre, itself divided into
two factions-the one called simply by the
original name, and the other called the meet
ing of the Conservative Republicans. or the
Casimir-Perier meeting. From this party
was especially recruited on the oath of May
the Target group. Beyond these specially
characterized factions are to be found GER
tain number of deputies who do not belong
to any s.,ecial section, They are about 122,
and amongst them are the 3S Bonapartists OF
the Appeal meeting and the members of the
Pradie assembly. This latter, which also
gives no information relative to its constitu-
ton, contains some deputies of the Right who
will adhere to any monarchy; in a word,
they may equally be Legitimsts, Orleanists,
or Bonapartsts anything except Republican.
We have, therefore, as possible monarchi-
cal majority-the meeting of the Reservoirs,
IT'S; Right nentre, 152: deputies Of the Pra-
die group which may so with either centre,
So; total, $50. But we must substract the
persons who, at the same time form part of
the Right Centre and the Rigbt pure. They
are 43. Therefore the $50 will be reduced to
337. But we have also to deduct both several
members of the Right Centre who appear as
if they would neverc onsent to vote legi,i-
mate monarchy, and some Others who, by
their previous votes or their personal connec
tions, may be considered at the same time as
doubtful, both for the republic and the mon
archy. They may, in my Judgment, be
counted at 15 or 16, thus reducing the total
To sol, That is the extent of the votes
which in case the leaders of the intrigue can
be believed, are, according to my view,. to be
safely counted upon for a monarchlcal vote.
But the majority demands 1862. Where are
the Al wanting to be found? They must be
sought in the grorps Target, Casimir Perier,
and the Appeal to The People. Thus, l cal
culate. that there are about fifty deputies,
uncertain, floating or doubtful, as they may
be called, who are scattered over the different
parliamentary groups. Amongst them will
be found the 40 or 45 indispensable for the
famous vote of the half plus one."