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by a flood at near five hundred miles from Paris ; and
;he bridge could not be repaired because the minister had
not sent au answer to the representation forwarded to
him, and for eight months one side of the country was
rut off from all communication with the nearest market
town. Such is the system of administration in towns
and departments in France. About a year ago, the
Chamber of Deputies voted as an amendment on the law
proposed by M. de Martignac, that the inhabitants of
communes and departments should have the choice of
the members of the council, and the mayors and depu-
ties be appointed by government, but taken out of a list
chosen by the inhabitants rated to taxes. The govern-
ment refused ; and sent the chambers about their bu-
siness. All Englishmen are asked to say—even those
.writers who stand up the most for the French govern-
ment—whether they would consent to see a similar sys-
tem established among themselves.

Every country commune has a garde champetre (rural
watchman,) named by the Prefect. Their number may
be stated at about .. .. 31,000
The central administration of the ministry of the interior,
or in other words the different offices of the Minister in

Parts, 'nay have, in upper situations and as clerks,.... 250
Go next to the General Superintendencies connected
with this minister :

The first is the General Superintendence of Police. The
persons employed in the central administration at Paris
are, at least
The ;Prefecture of Police and all its offices, employ be.
sides, an effective strength of
The number of Commissaries General, Inspectors General,
Commissaries, and simple Inspectors, is, for all France,
at least
Lastly, the agents of the Police, and spies, though their
number is less than it was, must be yet, in all France, _ ___

as many all
Bookselling and printing come under the department
of the General Superintendence of police. In France
nobody can be either a printer or a bookseller, unless the
diroctor-general of the Police makes a report in favour of
his petition to the minister of the interior, who, if he
pleases, grants an authority like a commission. But the I
minister can withdraw this commission, and lie does so
sometimes. In this manner the great majority of printers
and booksellers are kept in dependence on the minister.
The number of Printers in France, is about . .. 2,700
The Booksellers
The King's Prititing.office employs at least 2OO
The Direction of Roads and Bridges,Mines and Telegraphs 3,000
The Direction of Hospitals, Physicians, Surgeons, and
others under its iniluence, for the whole of France 2,000
The Overseers of the Public Studs for breeding Horses
The Institute, Public Libraries, Public Schools of the

,
Fine Arts. .
Directors, Managers, and people employed about the
Monts de Mete for the whole of France ........ .......
_

It appears, therefore, that the number of persons in the
employ of the Minister of the Interior, or who cannot
exercise their business in life without being named by
the Minister, and who' consequently depend on him
for their daily bread ant that of their families, is, in -.
the whole of France
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.
( To be continued.)

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