27 MARCH 1852, Page 9

The Paris Honiteur of yesterday contained a decree of importance.

It recites, that "since the fall of the Empire abuses and exaggerations of all kinds had perverted the principle of administrative centralization" ; and that, " though it is important to centralize the government action of the state, it is necessary to decentralize purely administrative action " : it therefore enacts, that henceforth the Prefects shall, on their own au- thority, decide a host of matters relative to departmental and communal interests, and appoint to a vast number of local offices, hitherto decided or appointed by the Minister. [Pickings of patronage for the Prefects—the real influence of the central Government extended by distribution.]