The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WZDNESDAY EVIINING.
With regard to the composition of the new cabinet
only one condition can be predicated with any pro-
bability—namely, that the ministers will be chosen
from the 286 who rejected the vote of censure. Aa
article in the /Writs insists on the necessity of this,
and all the efforts yet made by the Elysee to
form a government seem directed by this prin-
ciple. It is thought that even those who were
neutral will he excluded; and the fact of
M. Odilon Barret having announced this morning
that no overtures had been mule to him, in his inter-
view with the President, lends some colour to this
impression. A report prevails that Louis Napoleon
is resolved to take a ministry out of men entirely
strange to the Assembly, and to follow the system of
presenting bills through c. mmisaioners appointed fur
the purpose. I have previously alluded to this plan,
which was much discussed to-day in conversations
on the b-nehes of the Chamber. M. 13onjesn,
the Minister of Commerce in the last cabinet, pre-
bents an example of a minister so chosen. Still
the talk about such a system proceeds rather from the
curiosity moved by a newly propounded idea, than
from any probability of its being reduced to practice.
, The Presse has • lung, zealous article in favour of a
Lamartine ministry. A moment or two of reflection
would show that the situation is not ripe for putting
in nen whose task would be to undo the work of that
stro-gconservativeleague which hasjast split upon the
question of the amount of support tobe given to the Pre-
sident. To the energy of the.: league, whether justly or
not, the public attrihutes the I-epee which it enjoys,
and no minister would obtain either the support of the
Chamber or of the conutry which did not uphold,
with the crisis of 1852 in full perspective, the same
policy. The first duty of M. Limiting as a minister,
in regard to his own position and conscience, would
be to introduce a new electoral law, which should
restore, to a great extent, the feature of an unli-
mited suffrage, mutilated by the law of May.
However indifferent the President may be personally
on the subject of such a change, or however glad he
would be to restore universal suffrage to that state
which gave him 5j millions of votes, be could not
venture to face the opposition which such a measure
would meet with from the Chamber. I look, there-
fore, upon a Lamartine ministry as out of the ques-
tion. Indeed, one of the reasons why so little varia-
tion is observed in the state of the public funds, so
little political excite m -nt in society, is that every-
body feels convinced that, whatever men come
in, tee same eau must be pursued. The following
list was circulated last night with some confidence :
President of the Council and Justice, Odilon Barrot;
Finance Leon Faucher; Commerce, Quentin B en-
chart ; interior, Daru ; Marine, Dupetit-Thonars ;
War, Oudinot ; Public Instruction, Langlais ; (de la
Seethe) ; Foreign Affairs, Drouyn de Duly,.
M. Billsult had also been summoned to the
Elysee.

One of the measures which will meet the new mi-

Meters at the threshold of office is the dotation. Much
more noise is made about this than it really deserves ;
and the only importance attachsble to the question
arises from the factious attitude of hostility suddenly
assumed by the legitimists against the President.
The Mountain refuse him funds on the principle of
economy. Perhaps no feature of the Assembly's op-
position is so much calculated to array the sympathies
of the nation on the side of Louis Napoleon.
It is expected that a message will be hunched
with the new ministry, which will furnish indirectly
an answer to the accusations of M. Thiers.

A symptom of considerable importance to-day is
the mitigation of the acrimoLions tone visible for the
last few days in the Debate against M. Tillers and his
followers, and the adoption of a conciliatory key.
In the sitting of the Assembly to-day the following
bills were adopted : On tke callir g out of 80,000 men
of the class of 1850, third reading; On opening a
supplementary credit of 192,000 f. to pay the salaries
of the parochial clergy during the last quarter of
18.50,first reading; On judicial assistance, third
reading
The motion of M. Esquircka member of the Moun-
tain, proposing that juries, instead of being named as
they are at present by a mancipal committee, should
be appointed by lot, was rejected by 462 votes
against 192.
The sitting then broke up, there having been to
debate of the least interest. MM. Rouher and Duces
were the only ministers present.
The Assembly adopted yesterday, by a majority of
426 votes against 233, the bill of the committee on
the arrest of reprisentaives This bill is given in
our depot& of the day before yesterday.
The Mondeer announces the conclusions to which
the commission appointed on the 14th of December
to examine: the question of mintage, and presided '
by M. Fould, has come. These are:
That the recent depreciation of gold hes been prineipally
produced by accidental causes, of which the action is be-
ginning to slacken.
That the influence which permanent causes might have ex-
@relied Oa this depreciation cannot be at present euffieiently
determined.
That, in this state of thing•, it is necessary to collect pre-
cise information upon the production of the precious metals,
principally la Clitoral& and Ru
In consequence the coratniutonis of opinion that, accord-
ing to the tarts made out, there is no ground for introducing
any modification into the monetary system.
The Gazette des Tribunau.r announced this morn-
ing that another deputy of the Mountain, M. Pascal
Duprat, was engaged in a suit precisely similar to
that brought against M. Mauguin. The tribunal
before which it was to be brought has
declined cognisance of the affair, in fear of a fresh
conflict between the judicial and legislative powers,
or rather in expectation a the law passed yesterday,
which requires the previous authorisation of the As-
' sembly before a representative can be arrested.
It appears probable that the new law regarding the
, arrest of representatives will ba applied to M. Pascal
' Duprat, the bat sicaket of the Mountain. An ap-

jalaiiiin will be"fmnsediately made to the Chamber
far authorisation to execute a warrant of arrest upon
him.
An attempt has been made, for political purposes, to
attach some Importance to the discovery of the secret
society, which I mentioned yesterday, but has com-
pletely failed.
The funds remained steady. A alight rise took
plies' in the Fives.
Bonne.

For Aaoseet.
PARIS'
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Do. 45 - 1530 701
Do. 24 1930 „ Treasury Bonds — "
Piedmont 3 per Ceuta. 112 53 „ Bonk Shams 2230
801.111142 —Versailles (right bank), 168 75 ; ditto (left
bank), 162 60; Paris and Orleans, 847 60; Paris and Rouen,
676; Rouen and Have, 270; Marseilles and Avignon,
166 25; Strasbourg and B de, 141 25; CHM', 387 50; Or•
leans and Blrdeaux, 397 60; North, 470; Pans and Stras-
bourg, 3.53 76; Tours and Nantes, 247 50 ; Diei.pe and
Fetramp, 196 26; St. Germain, 410 ; Boulogne and Amistr.,
218 76.