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gress requires a two-thirds vote of the branch to which he belongs. In the British House of Commons a majority vote is sufficient. The act of expulsion, however, is a measure which has rarely been resorted to. Some other peculiarities of British office holding are thus stated by the Philadelphia Press, from which we derive the above facts. "A first commission in the army or navy vacates a seat in the Commons; subsequent commissions do not. There are numerous government appointments, not conferred directly by the Crown but by heads of the several departments, acceptance of which does not vacate a member's seat. Of this number are certain of the British Ministers accredited to foreign Courts, and some of the Deputy Secretaries of State.--Numerous persons are disqualified, by various causes, from sitting in the House of Commons. Among these are persons concerned in the management of taxes created since 1692, or holding places of profit under the Crown created since 1718,"