esident cannot even be discussed until they have received
the sanction of the Council of State. All these bodies are mere
instruments of the despotic will and selfish egotism of M. Bonaparte.

The same week witnessed other measures of very important character also.
The principal of these are, the suppression and reorganization of the
National Guard, and the banishment of those public men who were either
considered likely to thwart the success of the President's schemes, or
on account of their Socialist and extreme democratic doctrines, were
regarded as dangerous to the well-being of the State. Of the expelled
representatives, M. Thiers has gone to England: General Changarnier and
Lamoriciere, it is thought, will fix their abode in Belgium; and Emile
de Girardin, in the United States.

The most important movement in administration, yet taken by the
President, is in a decree that the members of the Orleans family, their
husbands and consorts, and descendants, cannot possess any property
(movable or immovable), in France. They are bound to sell them within
the year, and in default they will be sold by the domain. Another decree
cancels the donation of his private property, made by Louis Philippe on
the 7th August to his children, and enacts that their properties, of
about two hundred millions of francs, shall be employed as follows: Ten
millions to societies of _secours mutuels_. Ten millions to the
improvement of the lodgings for the working classes. Ten millions to the
establishment of a fund for granting loans on mortgage in the
departments. Five millions to a benefit fund for the poorer clergy. All
the officers, sub-officers, and soldiers on active service will receive,
according to their rank in the Legion of Honor, as follows: The
Legionary, 250 francs; the Officers, 500 francs; Commanders, 1000
francs; Grand Officers, 2000 francs; Grand Crosses, 3000 francs. De
Morny, Fould, and others of the Ministers, having refused to concur in
this confiscation of the Orleans property, resigned, and the Ministry,
which had been re-modelled and re-organized (a new "Ministry of State"
and a "Ministry of Police" having been created), now consists of the
following members, viz.: MM. Abbatucci, Justice; de Persigny, Interior,
Agriculture, and Commerce; Bineau, Finances; de Saint Arnaud, War;
Ducos, Marine; Turgot, Foreign Affairs; Fortoul, Public Instruction and
Worship; De Maupas, Police; Casabianca, State; Lefebre Durufle, Public