The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

LATEST FROM PARIS.

PARIS, TrESDAT, S r
One of the journals to-day affirms, as I anticipated
would be the case in my letter this morning, that the
difficulties attending the appointment of a proper
Minister of War have proved insurmountable. No
military man having the slightest reputation or capa-
city, will accept the office under the present govern-
meat. The expedient which has accordingly been
decided on is said to be a translation of M. Arago
from the Ministry of Marine W the Ministry of
War, and giving him a chief secretary, taken from
the ranks of the etat major of the army.
Another fall at the Bonne took place of one franc
on the Threes, and two on the Fives to-day ; the one
closing at 341, and the other at 52#. Bank shares,
11401 ; Orleans Railway, 495 ; and Northern, 3081.
The Club de la Montagne has passed the following
resolutions, on which all the Paris clubs are called to

pronounce:
1. That the monument erected to the memory of Louis
XVI. should henceforward be consecrated to the memory
of the martyrs of the 9th Thermidor.
2. That all the statues of kings should be removed from
all public places, and be deposited in the national museums,
and that in their place the statues of the great men of France
who have served the republican cause should be erected.
3. That the judgment against the twelve penons who
were convicted in February should be declared uull.
4. That all obscene statues and prints should be removed
from shops and public places.
Much difference of opinion prevailed as to these
resolutions, but they were voted by the club.
One of the journals, in commenting on these reso-

lutions, says
One of the most bitter reproaches made against the
restoration was the attempt to drawee all traces of the impe-
nal regime ; as if, in removing the statues of the emperor,
and eblitering his cypher on the public monuments, they
could blot out his came sod deeds from recollection.
The emperor only became greater in the remembrance of
the people. Because France has been six weeks a republic,
ought we to forget fifteen centuries of monarchy ; and will
removing the statues of Henry IV. and Louis XVL blot
their names from history. The put of a people is u much
a part of it as its present and its future. If France would
found a government, and not a tempest, she will endeavour to
establish new monuments, and not destroy the ancient. Let
us have more order and liberty ; that will be better
than attempting to lead unto forget the monarchy, as if wo
had fear of the comparison.
The Orleans Railway Company having been re-
sisted by the engineers to-day, who refused to work
the line, called on the commissaries of the government
to exercise their authority. The latter interfered, and
called on the recusant employes, in the name of the
republic, to proceed. This wan effectual. The result
has been that it has been proposed to the
government that the line shall be immediately
taken possession of by the state, and worked by it,
being as it were sequestrated provisionally, and
until some S oal arrangement be made. A decree to
this effect is hourly expected.
The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier landed at
San Sebastian on the 2nd instant.
nazi, Aram 4.—New Loan, —; Three per Cents., 34 25; Do.
Ines per Ceuta, 521; Poor-end-Half,— ; Pours, —; Belgian
Tires, 1440, 50; 1642, 30 ; Do. Threes, —; De. Tresand.a.
—; N3pk• ROMS, --. Boom Loan, 50; Treeniu7
Bonds, 41; Bank Shane, I,lso 2.5 ; Exchange on London, no tram-
anions.
ithawan.—Paria and Orleans, 495 ; Paris and Rouen. 317 10 ;
Rouen and Users. 190; Aviation and Marseilles, 165; Strasbourg
and Rile, 61 23; °entre Tierson, 212 s 0; Amiens and Boalegne,
sonions. 193; North, bed 73.