The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

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LONDON. FRIDAY. DRCIIMBIR 12.

Timm is good sound seam in the Circular which
the French Minister of the loterior whinnied to the
Prefects of the Departments on the 20th of last
month. He tells those officials that "the best way
to serve the KtirEaox's government is to make it
loved." He explains lucidly and correctly the theory
of representative government, and declares that
bed decisions of deliberative elective assemblies are
less miachi than a system which, by suspending '
the action of such assemblies whenever their decd.
skins appear to the Executive to be bad, unduly
extends the action of central authority. He deaconess
as unjust and impolitic the frequent suspension or
dissolution of Municipal Councils by the Prefects,
and their replacement by Commissions whose
powers may last till the next quinquennia' 1
elections. And, finally, he cautions the Prefects
to be lees imperious and precipitate in future in their
dealings with recusant councils. That M. Biu.surr
is sincere and perfectly in earnest, the retold re-
movals of so many local officials affords ample proof.
We have no doubt that M. BILLAOLT has always
entertained the judicious views to which he gives
utterance in his Circular, and that be has acted upon
them since he occupied his preset position to the
utmost of his power. But in instill, to the Prefects we
must be allowed to demur to his assertion that the
mound line of policy he indicates has been " invariably
traced for them by the instructions of his prede-
cessor.," as well as of himself. There is little
doubt, indeed, that the coarse and sycophantish
character of many local officials has led them to im-
prudent exercises of arbitrary authority, which have
given sanoyance and displeseure at headquarters.
And it may be that the mere letter of the laws bears
out the flattering account which M. BILLAI7LT gives
of the views and wishes of hie prodeessaws. But no
one who has lived much of late years in the pro-
vice's of France, and mingled freely in general
society, can reasonably doubt that the load authori-
ties had good reason for believing that their acts
of extreme rigour were acceptable to their superiors.
We are, however, perfectly willing to let bygones be
bygones, and if the French Government onetime* ter
act steadily and consistently on the found principles
announced by the Minister of the Interior, with re-
emit to municipal administration, none will be more
ready than we to award it the applause it will
deserve.

At the @arse time we mat in candour observe that
the Judicial Department in the p►ovinces is quite as
mach in need as the administrative of such a rebeke
es that which has been administered by M. BlLLarri.o.
Every person who centrally perused the repeats of
the trials of the Aspire iesurrectionists. whinla
appeared Is the loreneh lournals of the day—meagre
and frsgmeatary though these reports weft—most
have ben painfully struck with the obvious disregard
of &corset and fairness evinced both by the middle(
Judge and by the Public Prosecutor. The primmer,
wen bullied by the Judge in the most revolting
manner, and the Public Prosecutor had MOWN to
the most d;sereditsble clap trap end tricks. This
perversion of the authority of the load law warts
had the same origin as the creasers of the keel
emotive authorities—the belief that seek indecent

demonstrations of zeal would be acceptable in high
quarters, and lead to the promotion of these who
perpetrated them. The inaugural address of M.
Vanes, to which we some time ego directed atten-
tion, proves bet too clearly that this disposition to
pervert justice am a miens of obtaining promotion is
widely diffused among the legal fauctionaries of the
Empire. filch a disposition is encouraged and pros
mated by the example which the Executive has get,
in imprisoning and deporting, without trial, indivi.
duals accused of political offences. The trade is that
the parity and independence of the Courts of Law ate
me still more essential to the maintenance of erg..
lated civil liberty, and of that confidence ins Govern
meat which can alone beget loyalty to if, than the
constitutional action of the executive authorities. The
good work initiated by M. Armenia' must, therefore,
fail of its object, unless the Minister of Joatioe follow
his example by a Circular conceived in the ISM spirit,
and by au equally extensive displacement of offend•
fate legal (unction min.

IFfensay go further: Ths principles kid down by
M.BILLAULT for regulating the conduct of Presets
and Sub-Prefects towards Municipal and Depart-