The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

lines. But it must further be asserted that
merely casual inspection, even if exercised
by the fittest men in the universe—who soli
scarcely be found in the lists of Whitehall,
could not lead to good, and might often enough do
harm. There can be no divided control safely applied
to a machine of this nature ; and those only can pto.,
perly control it who are doily, hourly—altogether, be„
deed, engaged in its operations. To these Ad
power must be left—of course, under responsibility to
law. Whatever impairs either—and you cannot
weaken the one without laming the other—is merely
so much taken from their efficiency ; and if much is
taken, all efficiency is at an end. This subject will de.
serve to be notieed a little more closely; as it is of the
utmost practical importance that it should be closdo
understood in any discussion of new regulations.

A summary of the following appeared in put d
our last evening's issue.
The Paris journals of Monday, and our maul ree.
respondence, have reached us.
The semi-official journal of the Tuileries boa
put forth a programme of the proceedings of the
Chamber of Deputies, which are immediately to
cede and follow the ceremony of the royal
appointed for the 28th. On the 27th the hora
meet with closed doors to elect the provisional cow,
mittee, who are to manage the ceremonies of the W.
lowing day. The president. by seniority, will pm
bably be M. Sapev. The " Father "of the Delimit(
M. Dupont (de l'Eure) never attends this prelicsieen
meeting. The secretaries, by juniority, will be mg.
de Mcrode, de 11 °Medic, Wear de Lafayette, eed
Calmon. junior.
The first struggle of the opposition against the (0.
vernment will take place on the 29th or 30th, ma,
election of the president and four vice-presidents. At
the last election NI. Sanzet, the ministerial candidate,
obtained 223 votes out of 339 deputies present. The
four ministerial candidates for the vice-presideseo
wore likewise elected. On the present occasion, tr.
Sauzet's re-election will, as we have already states),
be supported by the government, who, if the
Juurnol des Debats speaks seriously, will resign if
any other be elected. The opposition candidates
are not yet announced. The names of MM. Data
and Dufaure have been mentioned, and the journals
of the Thiers and Barrot parties have signified tits
willingness of these sections of the chamber ream-
lively to unite in supporting either of these candi.
dates, waiving all differences with the view of defiiat-
ing the present cabinet. The progrcssist conserva.
tives have signified, through the columns of La
Plum, their adhesion, and the legitimists will join
in any measure which will thwart the court and go.
vernment.
The ministerial candidates for the four vice-presi-
dential chairs will be MN!. B:gnon, Lepelletier-d'Aul-
nay, F. Delessert, and Marshal Bugcaud. The three
first were vice-presidents in the late hamber. The
last is to be set up agaiast M. Leon de Nlaleville, a
member of the opposition, and a strong reformer. who
was elected vice-president on the occasion of a casual
vacancy at a late period of the last session. The
Journal des Debats has, as we have formerly stated,
announced in formal and explicit terms that if NI. de
Maleville be re-elected vice-president the ministry will
resign. Things are thus to be carried with a high
hand.

It is not expected that the committee on the address
will be appointed before the 3d January.
It is announced that on the opening of the business
of the session the ministers intend to bring in three
important projects of law. The first aril consist of s,
limited postal reform, the second of a reduction of the
tax on salt, and the third of a pension of six thousand
pounds sterlintr to be granted to the Prince Jerome
Bonaparte, ex-King of Westphalia, now resident in
' France. These measures are well calculated to mid-
, gate the present unpopularity of the cabinet. The
pension to Prince Jerome is said to have originated
with M. Thiers, who personally urged it on M.
Duchatel. In the present state of the Chamber and
the representative system, however, the utmost that
the opposition can accomplish is to produce n moral
effect by the exhibition of a minority more or less
considerable, and to act upon the count' y through the
debates.
We are informed that the friends of the cabinet
have had several conferences, and that communications
have been made with the conservative party gene-
rally in the chamber, the results of which have been
that M. Guizot has found himself under the necessity
of relinquishing all idea of interfering in any manner
in the affairs of the Swiss confederacy, in return for
which concession the party are to waive other dif-
ferences, and the minister is to have such support is
will give him a working majority of about
sixty. Of the re-election of M. Sauzet to the
presidency of the chamber no doubt is entertained;
and as it is presumable that M. Bageaud wil
have the votes of M. Thiers and his Iriends, the
rejection of M. de Maleville is equally certain. Thus
the cabinet will have no serious dangers to encounter
in the preliminary measures of the cession, and the
popular projects already mentioned, with some other
less important concessions, will probably give it a
new lease of office, to be determined only by some
incidental circumstances not now to be foreseen.
Lord Normaaby arrived in Paris on Sunday.
The reform banquet at Grenoble took place on
Sunday. A thousand guests are reported to have
been present The banquet at Morbihan is speedily
to follow, and to be attended by MM. Odillon Barret,
Larochejaquelin, de Lamartine, Berryer, Gamier
Pages, Cremieux, Ledru-Rollin, Marie, Baroche,
Lherbette, and all the reforming deputies. The reform
banquet of Rouen is fixed for the 25th instant.
Tue statement made by the Swiss correspondent of
the Union Monarclaique relative to the steps ligimitz
be taken by the Swiss government against the
turns out to be true. Our correspondent says:—The elie
lumnions statements which have abounded in the
columns of the Journal des D' bats during the recent
insurrection of the Swiss cantons against the diet,
have excited the authorities of the federal government
to take steps to extort from that journal some repara-
tion, and it is said that if the French cabinet, under
the influence of which the DaWats is known to be
conducted, do not offer proper reparation, the matter
will be brought before the tribunals by the Swiss
chargé d'affaires. The following has been addressed
to the Journal des .Thrsbats by AL Delley, the charge
d'affaires ad interim at Paris. It is dated Dec. 18 :

In ridireses to the events whisk took plate in Switear-
lead in the mutes of the past month, you have published in
some of your number., and particularly in that of Nov. 18,
certain letters attributing to the column of reserve, com-
manded by CoL Ochsenbein, scenes of vandalism and Wher-
ein cruelty, which, according to your correspondent, had
taken place in the canton of Lucerne, and which that oflker
had not attempted to prevent. These calumnious allegsticas
have, no doubt, had their source in certain attempts at dis-
order and private vengeance directed againet the village of
Halters by soldiers of that body, and which the command-
ing officer, far from encouraging, on the contrary, repressed
with vigour and severity. However that may be, it is a
matter of public notoriety that the facts, such es they were
related by your jeantsd, and, without doubt, dictated by
ashivelence, ham sever edged ; and I have not the slight-
est arab' that your mereepoodont was led into error by ill- •
'Mistimed porsim who abuts' his good faith, at the saw
We at yours. In consequence,. I have to call on you,*
=aka to orders which have Jost received on the 'MINS
Eva tbe Metal direelory, to publicly oontradiet the ahet'►
does le qualm, at bag infonaut to the honour and eel
amities ides Mist Mime eishist as the occasion anvil
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tho WOW wissimus am the general-in•thh4
is proved* the milmile imamate which I ham lie
honour detach; to you, and to width I trust you .111
inssalfou fa your cottons. I expect, from your
ity samea4tra, that you will not totem to attend to
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studas, and, in that hope, I have the MIMI
Iteetie, your ow obedient servant, Demur.
Chargi ot the Swigs ad Murim

-4 Legation,
Tiaa'above wee acoompanied by the following loam
To X. Ocheenbein, commanding akar of the Boum
11111O711.—Llionse, Nov. 26.—Colonel, —lt L with
•
greatest pleasure that I have to express to you my
satisfaction at the manner in wlucls you have
your divixioa in our two expeditions of Friburg
•
On these °cookout you displayed firmness, roan.%
wise moderation, for which I feel deeply' indebted to pia.
know, in particular, what you did at Matters to render MIL
fective the efforts of lamentable resentments ; and this MP
vice is, it say eyes, so great, that I consider our
owes you • debt of gratitude for it. The relations
you have bad with me as commander of division have
always been exceedingly agreeable. I have always bola
extremely amisible of this, and I trust that they may hare
been the same to you with regard to me. Accept, colonels
the manna of my distinguished oonsideration.—G. 11-
DUFOUR, Commander-in-Chief.

The Meld mails of the 15th have arrived. The
debate SR dr Wray dosed on the 14th in the senate.
when the pingnoha implying a censure on the laie
cabinets wire op
,with only six dissentient voiom
in Si sodors.
Farther advice' hem Constantinople to the 7*
have been received. A ocelition has taken ROO
between Rashid Pasha and the party of which Ftili