The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-29 00:00:00

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PRESIDENTS AND VICR•PRESIDENTS

OF THE SENATE

BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
(1,1011 OVA Own COILRISPONDINT)

PARIS, TRORSDAT MORNING.
Are nominated :
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President of the Senate, Jerome Bonaparte.
First Vice-President, Meynard Othen.
Vice-Presidents, I)rouyn de l'Huya, Troplong,
Baragnay d'Hilliers; Omnd Referentlary, Hautpoul ;
Boaretary, Lacrosse.
Another decree names the sections of the Council
of State, which will enter immediately into functions.
MM. Mai Hard, Itouher, Delangle, Magne, Ad-
miral Leblanc, M. De Parieu, are appointed Presi-
dents of the six sections of the Council.
The Consultative Commission is dissolved.

PARIS, WZDNZSDAT EVININO.
The following important official note, disavowing
the article of Dr. Veron given below, will appear
in the .Motaieur of to-morrow morning, aad in the
papers of this evening :

In lb number of the 28th Jan., the Comeaulionise,
throws out the expectation that a new decree would submit
to the Senate and the Legislative Body the question of the
domains of the house of Orleans. This news is completely
devoid of foundation.

The following is the article of the

All kinds of seentities were in demand:at the Bourse to-
day. The Fives rose I franc. It was hoped that a new
decree inserted to-morrow in the Moniteur would submit
to the &nate and Legislative Body the question of the
domain of the Home of Orleans. We have not wished to
combat, even by silence, the decree which orden the re.
steeede• to the state of a part of the property of the Or.
Mans flintily. Our devotion to the cause of Louis Napo-
leen, which we have since the 10th of December regarded
iss the ensue of sosiety, has imposed upon us in this instance
the most painful duty. How happy should we be if this
rigorous measure, submitted to a new examination, weighed
no longer upon the government of December 2.

The executors of the will of Louis Philippe, among
whom are M. Dupin and M. Odilon Barret, have
protested against the decree of confiscation of the
Orleans property, and given notice that they shall
appeal against this arbitrary act before the tribunals.
The emplel., s of the administration of the property
of the Duke d'Aumale have received notice that they
will be shortly dismissed.
The worst effect has been produced upon public
opinion in the departments by the decree of confisca-
two. I may instance particularly the Ilaute-Marne,
where the chateau and domain of St. Dizier, some of
the principal Orleans property, lies. This depart-
ment signalised itself in tho vote on the plebiseetc by
Bonapartism.
The new council of state was presented at the
Tuileries yesterday evening to Louis Napoleon by
M. Baroche. The Prince did not make any speech
on the occasion.

On the subject of the now Senate the Union says :
Some persons hays been surprised at not seeing amongst
the members of the Senate the cardinals, marshals, and
admirals declared by Art. 20 of the constitution to form
part of that body. As these personages are senators es
officio, • special decree was not required to name them.
Other persons hare made the following objection:—The
Monieeur names 72 persona, and, be adding to that number
the 12 senators ex officio, namely four cardinals, six mar-
shals, and two admirals, a total is obtained of 84 members.
But the number of senators being fixed at 80 for the first
year, the new decree, they insist, must be in contradiction
' with the constitution. That is also a false interpretation of
the constitution. Art. 19 certainly states that the number
of senators is filed at 80 for the first year, but that article
only applies to the members nominated by the President of
the Republic. The result of all this is that the Senate may
be composed for the first year of 92 members ; and that, con-1
sequent/y, eight more nominations still remain for the Pre li
-
sident to make.

The Union is right in saying that it was unneces-
sary to name the er-officio senators in the decree of
yesterday. But it cannnot be cuily admitted that
the interpretation pat by the President upon hi,
own constitution with respect to art. 19, is the cor-
rect one. That article is in these words : " The
number of senators cannot exceed 150; it is fixed for
the first year at 80." Nothing can be less ambigu-
ous than this. But the next article says : " The Se- 1
nate is composed of, Ist. Cardinals, marshals, and
admirals; 2nd. Of citizens that the President may
think fit to elevate to the dignity of a senator." There
is nothing here to qualify the positive limit to the
number of 80 contained in the first article. It might
indeed be said that, supposing the full complement,
of 80 to be at once-made up, the President was not,
therefore, to be prevented from creating marshals or
admirals in the course of the year, and that,
as these would also necessarily be senators, the
restriction in art 19 could not apply to them.
The sound interpretation of the two articles
taken together would, however, be that the marshals,
admirals (or cardinals made by the pope), would in
such a case be supernumerary senators until death''
vacancies:occur. To exceed the limit, per saltum,
without necessity, can hardly be in accordance with
the true meaning of the words. At any rate a grave
constitutions] question is here raised at once, and if
the senator were in fact anything else but a set of
dependent clerks, the first thing they would have to
consider would be the legality of the decree appointing
them. It is, however, so thoroughly understood that
there is no law in France that a fundamental ques-
tion of the kind will not be thought worth examina-
tion.

The church of Nezignan l'Eveque, near Pezenu,
was surrounded on the 17th inst., while mass was
going on, by a detachment of the 38th Regt., sup-
ported by gendarmes and hussars. On coming out
of church each individual was stopped and asked for
his or her name. This unexpected proceeding led to
the arrest upon the spot of eighteen persons charged
with having taken a part in the rising of the 3rd and
4th December. Many other arrests have been made
since. Several have surrendered themselves. The
number of prisoners now in Penns' is 313. Many
have been transferred to Sexier., where at, this mo-
ment, 700 are in custody. It is said that ever) fresh
arrest produces confessions which lead to the issue of
more warrants. A letter from Sisteron (Basses-
Alpes), of the 23rd, says : "Numerous arrests con-
tinue to be made in this neighbourhood. Not less
than 230 persons are now in custody, and almost the
whole of them have been furnished by the three can-
tons of Lamotte, Valorino, and Sisteron. Fifty-three
political prisoners were two days ago, lodged in the
gaol of Orleans, three are women, and, it is said, that
they took an active part in the insurrection at
Bonny."
The Pays says that about 2,000 persons, selected
from those considered to be the least deserving of
severe eunishment, will be sent to Algeria, and em-
ployed in the agricultural colonies there.
Any free expression of opinion with regard to the
President of the public that may reach the cars of
authority is invariably punished with severity. Both
in Paris and the provinces, prosecutions daily take
place for mere loose expressions let fall in convivial
moments and reported by professional or amateur
spies. Prosecution and condemnation arc now
synonymous terms. Fine and imprimment always
follow. I mentioned some of these eases two days
ago. Several more occurred in Paris yesterday. One
lof the prisoners, a basket maker, had with more
truth than politeness, said within the hearing of some
' soldiers in a wine-shop, that they were fighting-
machines for a man who did not deserve any re-
spect. The soldiers reported the expression, and the
man was sentenced to two months' imprisonment
and MI. fine.

The court-martial in Paris has condemned a sol-
dier named !tomtit, of the 56th Fusileers to death, for
having stabbed a comrade, and robbed him of Ififif,
in the Champs Elystes, while they were taking a
walk together
M. Muret de Bort, an influential member of the
conservative party in the time of Louis Philippe, has
written to decline the requisition of some of his
friends to stand for the Indre.
The new prefect of police, M. Pietri has arrived
in !'aria. Ile had a long conference with M. do
!gaups,' yesterday, and to-day he assumes the duties
of his office.
The Moniteur makes known the resignation of
M. Emile Pepin-Seltalleur of his scat in the Consul-
tative Coma:dna' on the 23rd of January, the same
day on which the confiscation decree appeared.
The steam frigate, Mogador, of WA/ horse power,
lying at Brest, has been prepared for the reception
of three or four hundred captive insurgents of the