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ness ordinarily taken up is the reading and dis- cussion of a report on international relations sent by the central government. We have no means to check up the truth of these reports; but this effort to interest the broad mass of the popula- tion in the outward relations of the state is cer- tainly worth notice. The expectation is encour- aged that the reason for acts relating to foreign affairs will be explained, particularly when sac- rifices are demanded.