The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1851.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVIVIIIIO.
The Monireur of this morning contains a series of
decrees, dated Jan. 9 (yesterday), and signed by
the President of the Republic, appointiog the new
members of the ministry. M. Drouyn de riluys is
appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the place of
Gielaral Lahitte, whose resignation is accepted.
M. Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, general of divi-
ders, member of the National A-sembly, is appointed
Minister of War, in the place of Gen. Schramm. M.
Discos, member of the National Assembly, is appointed
Minister of Marine and of the Colonies, in the place of
Admiral Romain-Desfoeses. M. Mare, Under-
Secretary of State of the Finances, is appointed
Minister of Public Works, in the place of M. Binean.
M. Sonja's, formerly member of the Constituent, and
member of the Municipal and Departmental Com-
mittee of the Seine, Is appointed Minister of agri-
culture and Commerce, in the place of M. Dumas.
The four ministers, Baroche, Rouher, Fould, and
Parien preserve their places.
The d. tree breaking up the command of General
Changarnier!a as follows

" Awn. 1. Hereby are repealed the decrees of the
20th December, 1848, and 11th Jane, 1849, which
unite under one same superior command-1. The
national guards of the Seine. 2. The troops of all
arms stationed in the extent of the first military divi-
sion, and which appoint General Changarnier to
this command.

" Art. 2. Tae General of Division Perrot is ap-
pointed superior commander of the national guards
of the Seine.

"Arr. 3. The General of Division, representative
of the people, Beragnay d'Hillier, is appointed com-
mander-in.ehief of the troops of all arms of the first
military division.
. .

"Art. 4. The General Carrelet, commander of the
Ist military division, will keep the attributions
which devolve upon him by the legislation in vigour.
" Art. 3. The Ministers of the Interior and War

are charged, each in what concerns bim, with the
execution of the present decree. Signrd by Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, and countersigned by F. Be-
roche, Minister of the Interior, and General Regnand
de St. Jean d'Angely."

General Baragnay d'Hilliers appointed commander
of the army of I'm., in the place of General Chan-
garnier, has bevel to the troops the following order
of the lay : . . _ .

" Soldiers,—Called by the confidence of the Pre-
sident aid the Republic to the command of the army
of Paris, it is my duty to make known to you loyally
how I understand my mission. To maintain in the
army placed under my orders the strict discipline
established by my predecessor. To preserve to
each rank the kfluence and authority which
devolves to it by the regulations. To respect and
make respected, on all occasions, the rights of the
powers established by the constitution. To support
energetically the authority in the execution of the
laws. Such are our common duties. We shall not
fail in them I feel assured. Your poet and mine are
the same guarantees of it.— Paris, Jan. 9, 1851."
The ministry of Public Instruction was offered yes-
terday to M. Quentin Bauchart, who, in fact, accepted
it, and afterwards declined it, from scruples as to the'
dismissal of General Changarnier.
Rear-Admiral Romain-llesfusees has been appointed
to the command of the Levant squadron. M. Mon-
tagnies de la R que, who had left Brest to take that
command, but was driven back by stress of weather,
will now proceed to take the command in the Gulf of
Mexico.

M. Drouyn de !Ways, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
is charged nd i,terim with the ministry of marine.
At the opening of the sitting great agitation was
visible in the Assembly.
An the ministers were present with the exception
of M. Dame, who is at Bordeaux.
M. de Remusat occupied the tribune, to interpellate
the ministry ou i,s policy ; and demanded that alter
having heard the explanations of the government,
the Assembly should retire to the bureaux to take
the mealtime ctmrnanded by circumstances. (Cheers.)
M. &troche expressed astonishment at this de-
mind, and declared that the cabh.et came to defend
the policy to which it had long been devoted in con-
cert with the majority of the Assembly.
M. Berryer declared that he could not be satisfied
with explanations which explained nothing at all;
and that he would insist upon knowing the motives
of the dismissal and of the restoration of the cabinet,
and upon being iuformed of the cause of
General Chargarnior's dismissal. Inierpelisted by
several members, with regard to Wiesbaden, he
declared that he should be ready, when the time came
for doing so, to reader an account of his conduct and
of his moat secret thoughts. (Cheers.)
M. Barocbe replied afresh, with statements, which
were drowned in the clamours of the majority, and
gave no explanations with regard to the dismissal of
General Chaogarnier.
M. Dufaure pressed him anew, dwelt upon the
attacks made upon the parliamentary power by the
Bonapariist press and the E• glish press; adding
that the latter symptom wu all the more signi-
ficant, from the appearance of the English am-
bassador and several English officers at the reviews
of Bstory. He demanded formal explanations with
regard to the dismissal of General Changarnier,
which appeared to have been motived by the vote of
last Fraley.
M. Rouher now ascended the tribune, and at-
tempted to justify the dismissal of Geo. Changarnier.
ti.) powerful a command ought, he said, to cease as
soon se order was re-established.

A V.)ice : Then why have given a new superior
command ?

M. Rouher felt that the position of General Ha-
raguay d'Hilliers was not the same as that of Gene-
ral Chengarnier. He asserted that in the thought
of no member of the cabinet had the dis-
missal of the General Cbangarnim the cha-
racter of hostility attributed to it by pertain par_
ties. He declared that the sentiments of the execu-
tive power towards the legislature were anything but
those of hostility, and that the government was in-
spired by the sincerest desire to preserve the good
accord which had been so useful to the country.
He spoke also of the profound respect which the go-
verom.lit entertained for the constitution, and sup-
plicated the Assembly to limit itself to the busir.ets of
the country until the month of May, when it might
decide if it thought the revision of the constitution
necessary. As to the language held by certain
organs of the press, all the powers had their organs
in the press, and the government could not be con-
sidered responsible fur more than its official organs;
still hes could it be considered answerable for the
language of the foreign press, which was complained
of u adverse to the Assembly. M. Ronher sat
down without having obtained from the Aseembly
more favourable hearing than M. Baroche.
General Redeaa declared that be could not rest
satisfied with the explanations furnished by the
ministers. He recapitulated the different facts which
had occupied public attention during the recess, par-
ticularly the incident of Gen. Neumayer's dismissal,
end added that if the Committee of Permanence had
thought proper to give proofs of its abnegation for
the profit of the executive power, at present its mem-
bers were ready to enter into explanations upon all
that could enlighten the country with regard to the
events of the recess.
The Mit:inters remained silent.
M. de Remosat declared that in his opinion the
present matter could not be terminated by a pure and
simple order of the day, and demanded that the sense
of the house should be taken with regard to his pro-
position for the immediate withdrawal of the Assem-
bly to the bureaux, in order to name a committee to
propose the measures dictated by circumstances.
The Assembly, consulted on the urgency of the
question, decided in the affirmative. Half the Moun-
tain abstained from voting. General Cavaignac
voted for the urgency.
Then the house proceeded to ballot on M. de
Hummed motion. Daring this operation great
agitation prevailed in the Assembly. The result was
that the proposition was adopted by 330 votes
against 273.
In courquence the Assembly retired immediately
to the bureaux, to appoint a committee. The measures
which this committee will recommend can only be at
present matter Of conjecture. In the meanwhile the
general opinion was that the vote given would be
fatal to the government. If the other half of the
Mountain had nct abstained, the result might hats
I bssn favourable to niaieture.