The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-29 00:00:00

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the hauls of twe or three ambitious orators. Thal
ministers aro not to sit in parliament. They are to
be niekof aetipf, and their tenure of of is not to
depend upon their power of talking. When
orators can no longer mako and unmake
ministate by talking, they. will not waste
so much breath and passion. In conclusion,
M. Delamarre says : --" The parliamentary re-
gime was talking. The representative regonc will
be action. The reign of speeches is over ; that of
serious business is to begin. Louis Napoleon will
have the glory of inaugurating it."•
I mentioned in my letter of yesterday that a decree
would shortly be published dissolving. the council-
general of the Seine, which is also municipal council
of Paris, and excluding from the new council all
those members who have not given in their adhesion
to the coup d'itat. This decree appear! in the Mon tear
of this morning. The new municipal council of
Paris consists of 36 members for Paris, among whom
figure MM. D'Argout, Governor of the Bank;
Boujeau, Advocate-General of the Court of Cessation ;
Billaud, Syndic of the Agens de Change; Chaise
d'Est-Ango and Delangle, the fatuous advocates ;
Denvick, former President of the Tribunal of Com-
merce, and late candidate for the representation of
Paris in the National Assembly; Firmin Didot,
printer; Eugene Dclacroix, the historical painter;
lAnclactin, runner president of the Municipal Com-
mission; Pcupin, ex-representative; de Royce, ex-
Minister of Justice ; Thayer, Postmaster-General ;
Four more members are appointed for the arrondisse-
ment of St. Denis, and four for that of Sceaux.
On the proposition of M. Fould, Minister of Fi-
nance, a decree is promulgated uniting the adminis-
tration of the indirect taxes with that of the custom
house department. M. Greterin, director of the
custom house administration, is appointed director-

general of the customs and indirect taxes.
On the proposition of the Minister of War the
distribution of Franco into 21 military divisions,
which prevailed before 1848, is restored by a decree.
Each department will form a sub-division. The new
arrangement will provide places for the military
silents of the Elysi,e.
The head-quarters of these twenty-one divisions,
in the order of their number, are as follows :—Paris,
Rouen, Lille, Challonssur, Marne, Mctz, Strasbourg,
Besancon, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, Perpignan,
Toulouse, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Bas-
tin, Tours, Bourges, Clermont-Ferrand, and Limoges.
On the proposition of the Minister of Marine, a de.
crec establishes a cadre of naval affairs affected to the
service of the fleet.

As soon as the new law on journals shall have re-
placed the existing system, M. Emile de Girardin
has formally promised the proprietors that he will
immediately resume the direction of that paper,
which he had quitted in consequence of scruples
which circumstances have nut permitted to be ex-
plained. In the meantime, M. Perodeaud has re-
signed the place of redacteur-en-r/of. All bis col-
leagues
resign with him, and the former stuff of
contributors resume their posts.
Several taverns and public resorts of the eastern
faubonrgs have been closed for allowing seditious
meetings to take place in their rooms.
The Patrie proposes that all vagabonds at Paris
who persist in vagabondage after being invited to
work, and have been condemned by judicial sen-
tences, should be assimilated to ex-convicts who
break their ban, and be transported like the latter to
penal colonies.
The diminution of 12 millions of franca in the

account current of the treasury in the statement of
the Bank, results from the payment of the half-
yearly dividends.
The military commissions sit daily to take evidence
on the insurrection of December. The prefecture of
police furnishes masses of documents on the moral
character and antecedents of the individuals arrested,
by the aid of which the commissions decide upon
the liberation of prisoners, or their triul by court-
martial.

M. de Mesonan, formerly fellow•captive of Louis
Napoleon, has been despatched on a special mission
to Britanny.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
PARIS, MONDAV.
The reception, after the Tc Deum, on Thursday,
will take place in the Tuileries.