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TaiILEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Proyisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share pro pectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo- Etry Offices of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication t) G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. Nova ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW NOVEL, " VALERIE." Henry Colbura, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. lI ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .fin®r LABLACHE'S BENEFIT. THURSD4.Y EVENING, Will be presented, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. rn the coupe of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA. Flth various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. tipplleations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Ntsx-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 103. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME PERSIANFS BENEFIT. On THURSDAY EVENING, will be performed IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. With other Entertainments. Boxes from one guinea and a half; Stalls, 155."; Pit Tickets, 55., RS CRAMER, BEALE, and Co., 201, Regent-street. Composer. Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. T. t JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, ins port,rnaances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with FRA DIAVOLO. To conclude with LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. Mr. Mit c h e ll also to announce that, notwithstanding the In -o:easod expenses o? the present entertainment, the prices of admis 'ln aro determ'ned .as iollows : .. 6s. Od. Boxes . Pit• • • • •• • • 3s. Od. Amphitheatre . • • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the sea.."on may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-a:met ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVE`TING, Will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. After nhich a selection from the admired B a ll et of TH The Nirhole to conclude ;nor,ith the principal Tableaux of E LECTRA the Lost Plelad. The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke'S to be made at he Pox-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as Fsual, price lON, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past SeVen o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, T DRURYightb NmoE.GERMAN OPERA. wQlve Nre. THIS EVENING, Will La produced the admired Opera, • DON JUAN. Performances to commence at Met o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Bea-office ; and at Messrs. Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MOrcROW EVENING Will be performed LES HUGUENOTS. With the following powerful ensemble, viz. : Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Angri, Signors Tamburini, Marini, Lavia, Soldi, Tagliatico, Polonini, Luigi Mei, Mario, and Mr. Sims Reeves, The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor. Mr. Costa. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EV ENT will be performed the Comedy of MONET. To conclude with a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction ol Madame Celeste- THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with THE IRISH POST. ROYAL LYGYAJM TIIEAYKK. Under the Managemaut of Madame Vestige. `lola Lessee. Mr. Charle4 Mahe Ns. TILLS EVENING Will be performed KILL Olt CURE. After which, PROMOTION. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Drees 55.; Upper Bozo', 43. ; Pit, 2e.; Gallery, IS. No talf-prtee to any part of the house. Tlie New Box-off!ce, No. 2, Wellinitton , street, is open to the public ,very ay, from till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new serio-comic Drama entitled THE DE FERTER. To conclude with THE CROWN DIAMONDS. ASTLE 'S RuYAL AtiiYHITELEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes ibrm the greatest amount of female equeitrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Mdiles. Adelaide Ilinnie, Valentine, Louise Touiniaire, La Jeans Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in ainonnc ing that he has engage I that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America hays ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOGI:TAN and GOOJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama. Bum-office open from Eleven till Your. -tafTe Mansrer, Mr. W. West. • ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Grand Holiday and National Fetes. Engagement of MiS3 FRANCES MILDMAY. In consequence of the un avourabie state of the weather on Whit- Monday last, the whole of the inagnilicent entertainments provided for that occasion, will be repeated on MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's Aintie modelled Panorama of the TOWN /.ND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public rithilen to be the inoq F•rfect and 111Z-ne :exhibition ev,r presented—Splendid 3lonagerie,—Godfrey's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert=Several Favourite Songs and Ilallads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Solos on the Flute by the celebrated Richardson—and Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins—Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence — rash to the broach by real troops—and final ta'Aeaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'clock, A.Jf. ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; storming 01 Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. SECOND GRAND FLOWER SHOW' of the Seasox on TUESDAY WEEK, June 12. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUNE 8. TuratMONIETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 69; Noon, 64, BAROMETER, 30.07. WIND N.N.E.—^londy. I J 1 ‘vATER AT LONDON Rklitf;E. Tam DAT —‘foriing, 20 min. after 3 i Evening, 34 min. after 3 To-lsozaow—liforninz, 51 min. after 3 Even'n , 9 min. after 4 * fr 4-4 , 1 " 2 - tr , H • ~-~s o ~.~~,;,~ x- ~~ ~- ~RGI?' •Itn iltln LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1843. Among the many extraordinary discoveries which have been recently made, not one is more remarkable, more worthy of attention, or more calculated to ex ercise a beneficial influence over the community than that of the sympathy existing among all classes, a sympathy linking together the lowliest citizen in the land and the highest personage in the Government. nany may think this no discovery whatever. But— practically speaking—it is so, nevertheless. Often as the truth has been acknowledged of that glorious line of the poet— " One touch of feeling makes the whole world kin," until very recently the illustration of that truth has never been systematically attempted by those who are born to pomp or elevated to greatness. The "divinity that cloth hedge a King" has seemed until very recently to arrogate to itself a larger and larger amount of isolation. Even in " the golden prime " of that fabulous phi. lanthropist good HABROUN ALRASCRID, the Caliph could only venture upon a course of beneficence under the shelter of a masquerade. Of late, however, the times have changed, and with the times the prejudices of antiquity, have, one by one, gradually disappeared. Before the world has grown much older, FlLsma will have lost his identity, and have floated away into the dreamy perspective of oblivion. The absurdities of past superstitions about royalty have nut fallen into greater contempt with the habitants of the cottage than with the occupants of the palace. A clearer light has spread throughout so ciety, and Prince and People confront each other, and mutually recognise their common humanity. Were it not that some novel ideas have arisen as to the existence of a sympathetic connexion between the highest and the lowest, the richest and the poorest, the wisest and the most unlettered mem bers of the population...we should never have had to record the meeting, the particulars of which were very recently reported in these columns, a meeting where the advantages conferred by the Provident and Benevolent Society for the assistance of Domestic bervants, were earnestly and feelingly unfolded by the chairman of the meeting, his Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e PRINCE CONSORT. On that occasion (the 16th ultimo) it cannot so soon have been forgotten that his Royal Highness expayteissgritiantilitliever possibly beard before from--the c lps-7 „o . in his august position, anc~u , tau - ic awakened an emotion of '6l6l4llll§‘glh oca en tary pleasure in th e tionsehol4s ingdom. At the time we said nothing;, not the less appreciate the noble spirit_ot sub , the unaffected gentleness of nature whlQh 1 41atital throughout the speech of the Royal Chairman. Now that two or three weeks have passed over, and that our remarks cannot be attributed to any sudden and evanescent freak of admiration, we would call to the recollection of our readers the words articulated by Prince ALBERT, satisfied from the very simplicity which denoted their earnestness that they are words deserving of remem brance. " Where," said the Prince, "is the heart that does not feel the deepest interest in the welfare of domestic servants, or who does not sympathise with those who minister to us in all the wants of private life, who tend us in sickness, who receive us on our first appearance in this world, and extend their care even to our mortal remains ? ' If sentiments like these were but more prevalent, if the thoughts of the husband of the SOVEREIGN were only shared in more generally by the community at large, we should assuredly hear somewhat less of the miseries endured, and the temptations surrounding, and the hardships inflicted upon, the White Slaves of Eng land. In advocating the claims of domestic servants to the aid of the more opulent, his Royal Highness did not, however, urge those claims as though they constituted a demand upon the alms of the benevolent. On the contrary he avowed distinctly that he sy m pa. hised with the Servants' Provident and Benevolent Society, not so much because it was a charitable association, but because it was a charitable association based upon a right principle. " I feel convinced," said he, " that this society is based upon a right principle, as it follows the dictates of a correct appreciation of human nature, which requires every one by his own exer tions to work out his own happiness." " It is based upon a right principle," he continu ed, " because it endeavours to trace out a plan according to which by previous self-denial, providence, and perseverance, not only is the servant raised in his physical and moral condition, but the master is taught how to direct his efforts so as to aid his servants in acquiring resources which shall be sufficient to sustain them in sickness, in old age, awl want of employment." In co-operating with such an institution, it is consequently percep tible that the public, far from holding out premiums for idleness, are affording the best, because the healthiest, stimulant to honesty and probity. Induce ments are given alike to the employer and the em ployed ; and those inducements are enforced at the same moments by the benefits conferred upon the domestic servants, and by the large-hearted and pure minded panegyric passed upon the association by the husband of the Queen of ENGLAND. While his Royal Highness commended the princi ples upon which the Servants' Provident and Benevo lent Society is based, he took the opportunity to stig matise in fitting terms of condemnation those more at tractive but pernicious institutions which, by holding out the chance of extravagant advantage, induced the members to place the little funds, the earnings of their hard labour, at a much greater risk. Such associations as these he pronounced to be most pre judicial to the unfortunate servants, both morally and physically, " tending at once to transform their providence into a species of gambling." Not only doing this obvious injury, but " by convivial meetings, leading them to ulterior expenses ; or by a system of balloting for a few prizes, drawing them into the waste of time and excitement of an electioneering contest." Speaking immediately as to the miserable effects of these evil establishments, the PRINCE exclaimed v►ith much feeling, " What can be more heartrending than to see the breaking of banks and the failure of such institutions, which not only mar a man's prospects for life, and plunge him of a sudden into the depths of destitution, but which tend also to destroy in others all confidence in the honesty or the wisdom of those who have induced them to risk in such associations the advantages of their providence ?" Common sense assures us of the force of these reflections, of their bitter truth, and of the urgent necessity which existed for the contrivance of some effectual correc • tion such as this Servants' Provident and Benevolent Society. That society may now be regarded as fully and permanently established, regulated, as it is, by the Deferred Annuities Act ; supported as it is by the encouragement of the Prime Minister and other influential personages ; and eulogised as it has been by the simple and touching eloquence of his Royal Highness the PnaiscE CoNsoaz. This speech will not soon be lost to the recollection of the people of England, confirming, as it does, the respect and affection with which they have long regarded the Consort of her MAZESTY. Mr. Morn= is indeed a man of considerable energy and perseverance. Undeterred by former failures, he has again brought forward his Insolvent Members Bill, which was advanced a stage on Wed nesday, owing to the absence of Hon. Gentlemen who regard with the utmost apathy and carelessness 4 measure directly aiming at the privileges, not only of the Members of the House of Commons, but of the several constituencies by whom they hare been elected es representatives. Although the avowed object of the Bill is merely to facilitate the recovery of debts from bankrupt and insolvent Members, and to afford remedies to creditors, which they do not at present possess, it is difficult to conceive a measure fraught with more dangerous consequences, or better calculated to interfere with the independence of the popular branch of the Legis lature. If it should, by any possibility, pass into a law the position of a Member of Parliament will be one of a most unenviable character, if not possessed of considerable fortune, not merely of real estate or fixed investments not immediately available, but of ready money at his bankers. It may be regarded as a part of the system that has recently been acted on, the purpose of which is to increase the powers of the moneyocracy and to place the industrious classes, and, indeed, the community in general, under their control and go vernance. The Monetary Code introduced in 1819, and rendered infinitely more stringent in 1844, has materially added to the resources of the capitalists, has enhanced the value of money, while every de scription of produce, foreign or domestic, has been deteriorated in an inverse ratio. They alone have been prosperous, while the na tion has suffered the deepest distress and mislry, and if permitted to get the representation of the people into their own hands, and to banish from the House all those who might incur their dis pleasure or have the temerity to oppose their views, it would be vain to hope for any beneficial change, or the adoption of the fiscal or monetary reforms so essential to the welfare and happiness of the nation. It cannot be said that the evil to be remedied is of such magnitude as to render necessary so great a departure from the constitution, so formidable an in vasion on the privileges of the tax-payers. Some five or six Members at the outside may be unable to satisfy at the moment the pecuniary demands for which they are responsible. Owing to their Par liamentary privileges their persons are rendered sacred—they cannot be arrested and thrown into gaol—but their properties of every description may be seized, and made available for the payment of their just debts, as readily as if the exemption so loudly complained of were altogether abolish e d. I n f act is little more than that acc or d e d their privilege to the officers of the different courts of law, and to barristers and attorneys when engaged in the discharge of their professional duties. These gentlemen are protected from arrest enndo, niarando, d redetrado, while going to, remaining at, and re turning from the courts or law offices to their dwell ing houses; and the privilege is acknowledged to have been conceded, not for their own advantage, but for the benefit of the clients by whom they are retained, and whose interests they are to advocate and guard before the various tribunals. If they could be arrested en route to court, a wealthy and unscrupulous litigant might be enabled to deprive his adversary of the professional assistance to which he was entitled, and to snatch a verdict or important decision on grounds different from the actual merits. The Judges, therefore, wisely interposed, feeling the dangerous consequences of permitting the existence of such strong incitements to vexaticus and oppressive conduct. The privilege was therefore established that has existed through many successive ages, and the policy or propriety of the proceeding has never been questioned. True it is that a barrister or attorney has occasionally been discharged from custody who had been improperly arrested, but the instances were exceedingly rare, and the trifling inconvenience occasioned to the creditor was never for a moment consilered an equivalent for the great advantages bestowed upon parties engaged in litigation through out the entire country. In like manner, the privilege of freedom from arrest bestowed upon Members of Parliament was not granted for the benefit of the " elected," but of the " electors." It was the privilege of the consti tuencies, and not of the representatives. Every citizen owed a duty to his country. If required to serve on a jury, he was bound to attend, however irksome or in convenient to himself might be that attendance. If elected by a competent body as their chosen repre sentative, be could not refuse the trust or decline the proffered honour. His resignation would not be accepted, and he could only have his seat declared void by his acceptance of an office of emolu ment under the Crown, and even in such a case he might be again elected by the people, whose perfect freedom of choice could not be limited or infringed upon. Now, however, it is proposed that in the event of any Member being unable immediately to satisfy every pecuniary de mand within a limited period, the constituency whom he represents may be deprived of his services, per haps at a time when those services might be of the utmost consequence. They may be practically disfranchised for six months, while he is rendered incapable of sitting or voting. This, however, must have occurred before his seat was de clared vacant, and ultimately their right of choice might be restricted. The man whom of all others they would desire to select might be disqualified, and their suffrages would consequently be totally lost. The admirable arguments of Sir WILLIAM CLAY, Mr. BERNAL, and Mr. J. STUART, in opposi tion to the measure will not be thrown away, but will we trust ere it be too late induce their brother legislators to reject a Bill pregnant with such in jurious results. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE PRESIDENT'S' MESSAGE• We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They contain the Message of the PRESIDENT, which was laid on the bureau of the Legislative Assembly towards the close of the sitting on Wednesday. The following is a translation of this most important document:— " Gentlemen Representatives, The Constitution obliges the President of the Republic to lay before you every year a statement of the general affairs of the country. " I conform with this obligation, which allows me, while submitting to you the truth in all its simplicity, and facts so far as they are instructive, to speak to you both of my past conduct and of my future intentions. " My election to the first magistracy of the Republic was the cause of hopes, all of which could not as yet be realised. " To the very day when you are assembled within these walls the Executive Power has not enjoyed its con stitutional prerogatives to their full extent. In such a position it was difficult to take a very decided course. " Nevertheless, I remain faithful to my manifesto. " Indeed, to what have I pledged myself in accepting the suffrages of the nation ? " To defend society, so audaciously assailed. " To secure a wise, great, and honourable Republic. " To protect family, religion, and property. " To promote all possible improvement and economy. "To protect the press against caprice and licentious ness. " To lessen the abuses of centralization. " To efface the marks of our civil discords. "And finally, with respect to foreign relations, to adopt a policy alike without arrogance and without weakness. " Times and circumstances have not as yet allowed me to fulfil all these engagements, but important steps have nevertheless been taken in this direction. " The first duty of the Government was to direct all its efforts to the re establishment of that confidence which could not be complete without a definitive power. The want of security in the present, and of faith in the future, destroys credit, stops labour, diminishes revenue both public and private, renders loans impossible, and dries up the sources, of wealth. "Before confidence was restored it would have been as vain to have recourse to all the systems of credit as to the most revolutionary expedients. Abundance could not be created when fear and distrust of the morrow had produced sterility. " Even our foreign policy could not rise to the level of our former power, excepting when we had restored at home that which constitutes the strength of nations— viz., the union of the citizens and financial prosperity. " To attain this end the Government could only fol low a firm and resolute course, showing to all that, without departing from the prescriptions of law, it would adopt the most energetic measures for the secu rity of society. " It generally endeavoured, therefore, to re-establish the weight of authority by employing all its care in call ing to public office those men whom it judged most honourable and competent, without regard to their poli tical antecedents. " Lest the public mind should he disturbed, the Government has deferred the project of liberating the victims of our civil discords. At the very word am nesty' pudic opinion is moved in different directions, and it has feared the return of fresh troubles. Never theless, I have used clemency where it has not been misplaced. "The prisons are already open for 1,570 convicts of June, and the others will soon be set at liberty without any cause of apprehension to society. As for those who are condemned to the galleys by councils of war, some of them, who can be put on the same footing as political criminals, shall be placed in penitentiaries. " The course we have adopted soon restored confi dence; business gained a new impulse ; the savings banks were filled. Since the end of January the pro duce of the indirect contributions and the customs has incessantly increased; and in April was nearly equal to that of the most prosperous times. The Treasury has regained the credit of which it stood in need, and the city of Paris has been able to contract a loan almost at par—a negotiation which reminds us of the time when confidence was most securely establi,hed. The petitions for sanctioning joint-stock companies (societes anonymes) have been multiplied; the number of patents has in creased from day to day; the price of offices, the sale of all those values which have suffered a heavy depreciation ..have gradually improved; and, finally, in all the manu facturing towns work has recommenced, and foreigners have again visited Paris. This felicitous movement, in terrupted for a moment by the agitation of the elections, will resume its course through the aid which you will afford to the Government. "FINANCE& "Although our commercial and industrial affairs have been greatly restored, the state of our finances is far from satisfactory. "The weight of hazardous engagements contracted by the late Government has caused, in the course of the year 1848, an expenditure which has increased the public debt by 56,501,800 f. additional reales. " Moreover, the extraordinary expenses caused by the February revolution have produced an increase of charges, which, after every compensation, amounts to 265,498,428 f. for the year 1848. In spite of the addi tional resources owing to the tax of 45c., and to the loans which have been negotiated, there will be a deficit of 72,160,000 f. " According to the budget the year 1849 was to leave only a deficit of 25,000,000 f., but facts have not agreed with calculations, and considerable changes have arisen from unforeseen circumstances. New taxes, the produce of which has been valued at more than 00,000,000 E, have not been voted; while, on the other hand, not only has the tax on salt been reduced two-thirds, but the revenue from the tax on letters has fallen far below the amount expected, and the estimated deficit will be equal to 180,000,000 f. " Another unexpected circumstance has :made our situation worse. The tax on liquors, the produce of which exceeds 100,000,000 E, required to be moderated and simplified by a new form, which should harmonize it with the spirit of our institutions. An amendment added to the budget of 1849 has abolished it from the l i s n t g,nlT o te f h hiwas J sso a : nuary, 1850, and has prohibited its re imposition. tu n arb e tcee v et e swo r o t fe h fe o e nr l ue e rv s e s fin, receiptsnu ae been a necessarynd expenses, andrestore this end the equilibrium can only be atttoahainaet uzhht e e t d ofo b r y t reducing the expenses and open : nenurge is what finances deserves a serious con sideration.elem nevertheless , ents o to strength ennsole and an and which s ar has almost everywhere riches contained " The National Guard, shown itself animated by a sense of its duties, comprises at present nearly 4,000,003 men, 1,200,000 of whom are armed with muskets or light arms. "It possesses 500 guns. "The organization of 300 battalions of disposable National Guards is in conformity with the decree of the 22d of last July. The reorganization of the Garde Mobile, which was engaged for a single year in 1849, has caused a reduc tion from 12,000 to 6,000 men, and consequently a saving of 7,000,000'. " ARMY. has " c T o h n e tin a u rm ed y re strain the evil passions in the interior, and to give abroad , by always i ts ti f r a m i th a I n u d l tisn unflinching gu attitude t e t t? , t d u d i t e s t duty, e a just idea of our power. and 9 W 3 7 7s h 4 av h e o n rs o e w s. altogether un der arms 451,000 men, " We have 16,495 guns of every kind , o f which 13,770 are" It ibiroteneesen. s been apparent she enjoys. A certain agitation has t t h o e s p ,l e 3 e 9 e . e which r a O rm ur y fi t e h ld at p A ie l c g e e s ri a a m o owuenst con certed among a t n h d e wel Arabs l-ex e a e n u d t e d the n p K e r a a b t y i 0 1 e n s s , but have s o p m r e o m w p_ e t l n re stored order and security, and our influence has creased. " The works of the port of Algiers, and those which are designed to improve our methods of communication, are carried on with the activity which the appropriations , of the Budge tadmit of. TEI E SUN, LOND:O'N, FRI DAY EVENING-, J UNE 8, 1849. " The state of the produce of this year shows that private colonization is progressing. " The establishment and development of the agricul tural colonies are continued with zeal and perseverance. " Our fleet, which protects our colonies and makes our flag respected in every sea, is composed— " Of the active sailing fleet, comprising ten ships of the line, eight frigates, eighteen corvettes, twenty-four brigs, twelve transports, and twenty-four light vessels. " Of the active steam fleet, comprising fourteen fri gates, thirteen corvettes, and thirty-four dispatch boats. " Besides the active fleet there are advanced ships and ships in ordinary. This reserve is ready to act on the shortest notice. It is composed of ten ships of the line, fifteen sailing frigates, ten steam frigates, six steam cor vettes, and six mail steamers. " To man these vessels there are required 950 officers of all ranks, not including cadets, and an effective of sea men not less than 28.500 men. " No serious tumult has appeared in the bosom of colonial society, which has rested on the solid basis_of civil and political equ tlity. To the benefit of liberty to the blacks has been added a compensation of indemnity to the planters. An equitable division will prove, it is to be hoped, an element of peace, labour, and prosperity. " As far as it is possible consistently with the budget of 1819, the Government hopes to maintain intact the naval and eele dal establishments, until it can propose an improvement and further developemeut to the Legisla tive Assembly. AGRICULTERE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE. " Agriculture, that source of all wealth, has been en couraged as much as was possible in so short a time. " Since the 20th of February last 21 farming schools have been opened. Added to the 25 schools of the kind which existed before, they form the first step in agricul tural instruction. Some more of these schools will be established. " The institutions of Sanshie and Grand-Jouard have assumed the rank of district schools. They are now establishments of the state, according to the law of the 3d of October. _ " The Administration has caused itself to be put in possession of the farms in the little park of Versailles, which is intended for a national agricultural institution. " 122 agricultural societies, and more than 300 minor institutions, have taken part in the distribution of the funds which were voted for the encouragement of agri culture. _ _ According to the decree of the 25th of April, 1849, a special commission has undertaken the study of the question of agricultural colonies. The Government wished to discover the most efficacious means of assist ing the labouring classes, by inducing the labourers to leave the cities for field-work, and, imitating the ex ample of other countries (the documents relating to which have been collected), to make use of the profits arising from waste lauds to the advantage of the poor. " The organizstion of the national suds has bee❑ greatly modified by the decree of the 11th of December, 1848. " The breeding of horses is progressing. All the establishments which depend on that branch of industry, and which once thought their existence threatened, have succeeded in finding their proper level. "The judicious use of the credit of 500,00011, which were allowed for remounting the cavalry, has promoted this result. The remounts have never been so consider able and so splendid as during this year. " The supply of food in the country is satisfactory; the harvest of 1848, though less abundant than that which preceded it, is more than sufficient to meet the wants of the country. " The returns of the condition of the growing crops are very favourable. It is a comfort amidst all our trials to find in the abundance of produce a hope of cheap food for our population. "The exhibition of objects of industry, which exer cises a favourable influence on business, opened on the 4th of June. The former number of exhibitors was 3,919, their present number is above 4,000. " The execution. of the law on the associations of workmen continues and approaches its end. Of 600 claims which were made to the Trade Department, only 80 are still under consideration. 2.292,000 f have been allowed to 47 associations out of a vote of 3,000,030 f. " The Consulting and Commercial Committees arc about to be established on another basis. _ _ " The foreign trade of France amounted in 1847 to a total of 2 milliards and 614 millions. 1,343 millions of these were imports, and 1,271 millions were exports. " Sorely tried by political events, the year 1848, as might have been foreseen, witnessed a considerable de crease in French commerce. An exact computation of that decrease has not yet been made, for the administra tion of the Custom-house cannot as yet determine the exact amount, though there can be no doubt but that the supposed sum will be considerably reduced. The con sumption of raw materials has fallsn greatly. The iron trade has sunk from 95,941 tons to 45,553 tons; coals from 2,173,000 to 1,796,000 tons; wool from 138,000 to 80,962 cwt.; silk from 15,000 to 7,683, &c. " The variation of our foreign trade in 1848 can be accurately judged by the Customhouse returns. " Ia 1847 the monthly average number was 11,000,000 f. " The average number in January and February, 1848, was 8,700,000 f. March and the next three months showed a steady decrease down to 5,000,000 f. The average number of July, August, and September , rose to a littl above 8,000,000 f., and, finally, the last three months of the year presented an average of 9,000,000 f that is to say, double that of the most agitated months. " It is clear that iu the course of the last three months and in proportion as the country approached the regular and definitive constitution of power, the improvement in trade and public confidence went on steadily in creasing. _ _ " This influence told especially upon our exports. Al. most every article had in the first half-year experienced severe losses. The increase and extension of bounties (decree of the 10th of Jane, 1848) imparted an activity which lasted to the end of the year, when most articles returned to their level, and some (wines, brandy, silks, and linen) had even risen, if compared with 1848. " But this improvement is most strongly shown by an examination of the results of the first months of 1849. "If the diffirence is not so striking in January and February (in comparison with the same months in 1848) a decided advantage will be found on the side of March and April, 1849, in imports as well as exports. Thus (to quote but a few of those articles which support our na two industry), cotton rose in April to 21 millions of kilo grammes, instead of 13; coal, to 567,000 tons, instead of 447,000; wool, to 45,765 cwt., instead of 21,480; raw sugar, to 26 millions of kilogrammes, instead of 16; in digo, to 894 000 kilogrammes, instead of 289,000; ma hogany, 700,000 kilogrammes, instead of 505,000; and the return of the total receipts of the Customs on the 30th of April, 1849, amounted to 39,000,0001., instead of to 26,787,000 f. in April , 1848 . That this amelioration continued in May, in spite of the ag i tat i ons w hi c h trou bled that month is proved by a return exceeding that of May, 1847, by 5 millions and a half, and by the fact that Paris has seen the amount of its exports, compared like wise with thosa of May, 1848, rise to the sum of 6 millions. " The decree which for th e time raised the amount of bounties on exports having Ceased on and from the Ist exports p j o a r n ts uary, would l fall 849 it might have b een expected that our off from that date, and that this legis • lative measure would have lost in 1848 the profits of 1849. Nothing of the kind has happened; our spun goods of all kinds showed, on the 31st of Mai last, a very m ar k e d increase. The same may be said of our refined sugar, our cured skins, glass, Ece. "In short, the condition of French trade was preca rious throughout part of 1842, It improved towards the end of the year, and since the commencement of 1849 it has been steadily progressing. This is a result which gives us present advantages and hopes for the future. •4 Th e question of penal reform and the question of prison labour are bound up with the interests of indus try. Each of these systems has been subjected to a special examination; strenuous efforts have been made to re-establish discipline, and the Administration is especially occupied with the idea of, perhaps, making agriculture play a part in the organization of convict labour. " The number of county prisons is ••• 400 " Of central depots 21 "Of houses of correction for juvenile offenders ... ••• ••• ••• 12 " Agricultural colonies founded by the Government ..• ••• ••• ••• 5 " Agricultural colonies under private di rection . . 7 " In January, 1848, the number of pri soners in the cuunty prisons was ... 26,653 "In the central depots „.. ... 17,789 "In the establishments for juvenile offenders 3,600 48,042 " There are in France above 1,300 public establish ments for the sick, the aged, and for children. The annual income of these establishments is above 53,000,000'. " We ought to mention 8,000 charitable offices for the distribution of domestic relief. Their ordinary incomes amount to 13,300,000 f. "There are other charitable institutions relsting to pawnbrokers, hospitals for foundlings, the aged, the deaf and dumb, the blind. About 50,000,000 f. are expended by these institutions. Thus there are no less than 111000,0001. annually expended in public charities, without ttahkoinugghintthois reliefcons consideration private benevolence , the amount of whi c h i t i s of cou rse impossible to calcu late, even by appr ox i mat i on. appear still small in comp ar i son w i t h t he stillimmense, greater amount seits Of want. The Government is fully aware of this tact, and it is firmly resolved to make up for this insufficiency. " Measures for the preservation of public health have been taken everywhere throughout France. Medical and sanitary committees have been established, and are likely to have beneficial results. Even at the present day they are usefully operating ag tinst the cholera. "The votes o f credit of the National Assembly have enabled the Government to assist the parishes which are infested by the epidemic, and of which the resources did not suffice to give the poorer families the relief of which they were in want. "PUBLIC WORKS. "Though an increa,e of public works would have been advantageous, inasmuch as it would have found work for the unemployed, the state of our finances in duced the Constituent Assembly to decree considerable reductions, which were effected in the works on the roads, on the banks of rivers, and in the seaports. "Our 4,800 kilometres of canals were curtailed by similar reductions. " Even the two new canals which were decreed by the Assembly, one between Nogent and Marcdly, and the other in the rear of the Sauldre for the supply of the Sologne, i were interrupt e d by the want of funds, al though t was the original intention to procure a fixed salary for the workmen. " Nevertheless two of the most important lines were continued, They are approaching their end, They are the canal joining the Marne and the Rhine and the canal of the Garonne. "As for the railroads which the State has undertaken to build, no less than 800,000,0001. had been expended on them up to the 31st of December, 1847. The sta'e ments of the engineers are that a sum of 330,000 0001. is wanted to complete them. The financial crisis has depressed that sum to 16,000,0001. „ " The lines of the North were in March increased by a line from Creil to Noyon. . . " The line on the lefE bank of the Loire has been ex ended to Sanmure. " The Midland lines have advanced to Nerondes. " On the great line between Paris' and Marseilles the section from Marseilles to Avignon has been opened. The company had been legally dispossessed of that line, which is now under the provisional administration of the State. " No works hare been undertaken on the line from Avignon to Lyons. Between Lyons and Paris the State has retaken the concession which was granted 20. h of December, 1845. " From Paris to Tonnerre, and from Dijon to Cha lons-sur-Saone, the line is about being opened. To complete the whole from Tonnerre to Dijon, and from elmtons to Lyons, about two years of uninterrupted work are wanted. " Only one line has been added in the West. It com municates between Paris and Rennes. The head of that line was one of the two roads of Versailles; the law of the 21st of April last joins to the road on the left bank the works (now finished) between Versailles and Char tres. The transport of travellers will commence on the 10th of July; in eight months the line can be brought to Loupe, and thus be made to communicate with the de partment of the Orne. "In spite of the commercial crisis of 1848, some progress has been made in the mining and smelting departments. " Forty-five new mining licenses have been issued; the joint number of the last three years amounts to the same. From the Ist of January to the 19th of May, 1849, ten more licenses have been issued. " The smelting-houses have likewise progressed. In 1847, :36 were granted; in 1848, the number was 55; since the Ist of January there have been 19. " The geological map is finished and published. " The credit proposed in the budget of 1849 for the organization of an hydraulic service, tending to dry moors, has not been granted, and the Administration was therefore forced to confine itself to a special service in some of the departments, ha which the local magis trates had approved of the measure. " Private building, in which a vast number of persons are engaged, has suffered from the crisis. _ _ " The National Assembly has only voted the money required for the completion of the fabrics which were building since some years. The works at the Sante Chapelle, at the Mining School, at the Library St. Genevieve, at the Polytechnic School, and at the Lyons Veterinary School, have been continued. " The Government thought it worthy of the Republic to complete the Palace of the Louvre, where all our literary and artistic treasures :are kept. It has, conse quently, asked the National Assembly for the means. This demand is now before a Committee, and this im portant question will again be submitted to the Assembly. " PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. " In the outset of his administration the Minister of Public Instruction appointed two Commissioners to pre pare two drafts of laws on primary and secondary in struction. His object was an immediate and sincere ap• plication of the principle of liberty, as traced in the Constitution. The result of their laborious deliberations will be submitted to the Assembly. " A draft of a law on the establishment of a course of practical administration in each faculty of the depart ment has been presented to the National Assembly. The question was not decided, and will again be brought forward. Two decrees of the Executive, of the 30th of May and 16th of August, placed the Algerine schools in the province of the Minister of Public Instruction, and Al giers became the seat of an academy. A commission, under one of onr ablest generals, is studying to find the means to facilitate the intercourse of the Arab and French languages. . _ " The Administration of Public Worship has been encouraged and approved iu the report of the Committee on the Budget. " Negotiations have been opened with the Court of Itmane for three more episcopal seats in our colonies. This measure will complete the emancipation of the blacks, and place the colonies on a level with the mother country. " Tlie Government has also occupied itself with the renovation of the colleges of Catholic theology, as wished by the National Assembly. This delicate question has been submitted to a committee, and inasmuch as the highest interests of religion are concerned, the question is not open to be solved without the participation of the spiritual power. " Considerable appropriations, which gave the means to raise the salaries of the teachers, and to improve the condition of the - have proved that the Assembly wished to supply the religious and intellectual wants of the people. The present Assembly will, no doubt, un derstand and continue this political, equitable, and reli gions idea. " France has 68 establishments of higher instruction, with 6,269 students. " Besides the Normal School, in which there are 115 pupils, there are 1,220 secondary establishments, with 106,065 pupils. There are also 56 lyceums, 309 communal colleges, and 955 private establishments. The primary schools nceived 2,176,079 boys and 1,354,056 girls—a number of 3,530 135 pupils. " These summary d tails will show you, gentlemen, that the Administration has been z 'BMus in its duties. The revolution has given it a fresh impetus; in its va rious branches it has not been satisfied with merely ac complishing its functions, but it has also endeavoured to answer to the public expectations by preparing plans of improvement, which will bo submitted to the Legisla tive Assembly. " FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " It is the destiny of France to shake the world when ever she moves, and to calm it when she becomes quiet. Europe lays its repose or its agitation at our door. 'Phis responsibility impoaes important duties upon us; it do minates over our situation. " Atter the days of February the recoil of our revolu tion was felt from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and lily predecessors in office refused to throw France into a war of which they c mid not see the end. They were right. " The state of civilization in Europe allows ns to de liver one's country to the hazards of a general collision only when a man has necessity and justice unmistakably on his side. A secondary influence, a more or less specious political reason, are not enough; a nation like curs, if it does engage in a gigantic . struggle, ought to be able to justify in the eyes of the world either the magnitude of its successes or that of its misfortunes. " When I camp to power, great questions were pend ing throughout Europe. On the banks of the Rhine, bed and the Alps, from Denmark to Sicily, we had our interests to protect, our influence to exert. But did this interest and this influence for being energetically upheld merit the chances of a European conflagration? The question thus put was easily answered. " From this point of view Franco did, in all the foreign affairs which we are going to review, all that she could do for the interest of her allies, without, nevertheless, ap pealing to the last argument of Governments, viz., the force of arms. " A year ago Sicily had risen against the King of Naples. England and France interfered with their fleets to stop the hostilities, which became still more cruel; and though England was more interested in the question than even France, the two admiral's united to obtain from the King Ferdinand an amnesty for the Si cilians and a constitution which guaranteed their legis lative and administrative independence. They refused. The admirals quitted Sicily, being forced to abandon their mediation, and soon afterwards the war began. The very people which had refused to accept fa vourable conditions was forced to an unconditional surrender. " A serious war broke out in the north of Italy, and when the Piedmontese army advanced to the Mincio it was thought, though but for one moment only, that Lombardy would reconquer its independence. Discord proved fatal to that hope, and the King of Piedmont was obliged to retreat within his own states. __ _ "At the time of my election the mediation of Eng land and France had been accepted by the belligerent parties. The only thing to bu effected was to get the least disadvantageous conditions for Piedmont. Our part was traced out, and even prescribed. To refuse compliance was the inflaming a European war. Though Austria did not send any agent to Brussels, the place which was designated for the conference—the French Government counselled Piedmont to resist the movement which was hurrying her into war, and not to recommence a too unequal conflict. " This counsel was not followed, as you know; and after a new defeat the King of Sardinia concluded directly with Austria a fresh armistice. " Although France was not responsible for this con duct, she could not permit Piedmont to be crushed, and from the tribune itself the Government declared that it would maintain the integrity and territory of a country which covers one portion of our frontiers. On th e one side it used its best endeavours to moderate the Austria,require iteng a w g h e e d n p s i h e e d on demsnded t to makean jinudstemsarciirtiyfieforsr the war, which appeared to h er exor bi tant. On the hoaf n to d: obtain an honour a bl e p eace. W e have every to believe that we s h a ll b e success f ul i n th i s work of conciliation. i o r m ne t eha ordernseon other s " While these events were passing in the north of Italy, new commotions arose in the centre of the Penin sula to complicate the question. " In Tuscany the Grand Duke had quitted his states. In Rome a revolution had been accomplished which had profoundly agitated the Catholic and liberal world; in effect, for two years one had been in the habit of seeing on the Holy Throne a Pontiff who took the initiative in useful reforms, and whose name, repeated in hymns of gratitude from one end of Italy to the other, was a symbol of liberty, and a pledge Of every hope. It was then we heard on a sudden, with astonishment, that this Sovereign, so lately the idol of his people, had been eon). pelled to fly furtively from the capital. " So it was the acts of aggression which enforced Pius IX. to quit Rome appeared in the eyes of Europe to be rather a conspiracy than the movement of a people which could not have passed in one moment from the most lively enthusiasm to the most afflicting ingratitude. " The Catholic Powers dispatched ambassadors to Gaeta, to occupy themselves about the grave interests of the Papacy. France, too, had a right to be repre sented there. She listened to everything, without com mitting herself to any course of action ; but after the de'eat of Navarra, aff ties assumed a more decided as pect: Austria, in concert with Naples, answering the appeal of the Holy Father, notified to the French Go vernment that it must decide upon its course, for these Powers were determined to march upon Rome, with the intention of restoring purely and simply the authority of the Pope. " When we were thus in a position in which expla nation was necessary, we had but one of three courses to adipt:— " Either to oppose ourselves by arms to every species of intervention, in which case we came to a rupture with all Catholic Europe in the sole interest of the Roman Republic, which we had not recognized; " Or to allow the Three Potve - rs in c - oAlition to re es tabli'h, according to their inclination, and without limi tation, the authority of the Pupe; " r, lastly, to exercise a direct and independent ac tion, by our own spontaneou3 movement. " The Government of the Republic adopted this last course. " It seemed to us an easy thing to make the Romans understand that, pressed as they were on every side, their only chance of safety lay in us; that, if our pre sence brought about as one of its results the return of Pius IX , the Sovereign, faithful to his own character, would bring back with him reconciliation and liberty; that, once at Rome, we guaranteed the integrity of the territory, by depriving Austria of every pretext for en tering Romagna. We might even hope, that our once raised without contest in the midst of Italy, would have extended its protecting influence over the %%hole of the Peninsuls, none of whose sorrows can be to us a mat ter of indifference. " The expedition to Civita Venchia was then resolved upon in concert with the National Assembly, which voted the necessary credits. It had every chance of success; all the advices received were unanimous in announcing that at Rome, with the exdeption of a little knot of per sons, who had seized the authority for themselves, the majority of the population awaited our arrival with impatience. Common sense might have led one to ex pect that this was 8.), for the choice could scarcely be a doubtful one between our intervention and that of the other Powers. " A train of unhappy circumstances led to a different result; our expeditionary force, of slender amount in point of numbers, for a serious resistance was not fore seen, disembarked at Civita Vecchia, and the Govern ment had received intelligence that, could it have arrived at Rome the same day, the gstes of the city would have been joyfully unclosed for its entrance. But whilst General Oudinot was notifying his arrival to the Go vernment of Rome, Garibaldi was entering it at the head of a band formed of refugees from all parts of Italy, and even from the rest of Europe, and his presence, as may be conceived, gave a sudden reinforcement to the party who went for resistance. " On the 30th of April 6,000 of our soldiers presented themselves before the walls of Rome. They were re ceived by musketry; some few even, who had been drawn into a trap, were made prisoners. This un!ooked-for struggle, without making any change in the final aim of our enterprise, has paralysed our beneficent intentions and rendered abortive the efforts of our negotiators. "In the north of Germany an insurrection had compro mised the independence of a State, one of the most ancient and the most faithful of the allies of France. Denmark saw the populations of Schleswig and Holstein were against her, although they recognized at the same time the authority of the Sovereig❑ actually reigning. The Central Government of Germany deemed it its duty to decree the incorporation of Schleswig with the Confederation, because a great part of the people were of German race. " Th s measure has become the reason of a most de termined war. England has offered her mediation, which has been accepted. France, Russia, and Sweden have shown themselves disposed to support Denmark. "Negotiations opened some months back established the conclusion that Schleswig was to form, undtr the authority of Denmark, a• separate State. But, when the principle had been once admitted, they could not come to an understanding upon the consequences which should have been deduced from it, and hostilities re e.)mmenced. The efforts of the Powers I have named tend at this moment to the conclusion of a new armis. lice which will be the preliminary of a definitive ar• rangement. "The rest of Germany is agitated by grave pertur bations, The efforts made by the Assembly at Frank fort in favour of German unity have provok , d the re sistance of several of the federal states; and brought about a conflict which, as it approaches our frontiers, will necessitate on our part an anxious overlooking: The Empire of Austria, engaged in a fearful contest with Hungary, has thought itself authorized in calling in the assistance of Russia. The intervention of this Power, the march of its armies towards the west, could nat but excite to a high degree the solicitude of the Government, which has exchanged upon this subject several diplo matic notes. " Thus there exist everywhere in Europe causes of collision which we have sought to remove, preserving, at the same time, our independence of action and proper character. " I❑ all these questions we have always been in agree ment with England, which has given us proofs of good will of which we should be sensible. " Russia has recognised the Republic. The Govern ment has concluded postal treaties to facilitate interna tional communications with Spain and Belgium. " In America the condition of Monte Video is sin gularly modified, as we learn from the advises of the admiral who commands our naval force in those waters. Our French population has migrated from one end of the Plata to the other. This displacement of the population must necesi-arily call for consideration. " To conclude, gentlemen Representatives, if our nego tiations have not obtained the success which wo bad a right to expect, believe that the only sentiment which animates the Government of the Republic is that of the honour and interest of France. " RESUME. " Such, Gentlenvn, is a surntnsry explsition of the actual state of the affairs of the Republic. You see that our anxieties are heavy, our difficulties great, and that we have many important quetions to solve, do meitic as well as foreign. Strong, however, in your support, and in that of the nation, I hope, nevertheless, to be able to raise myself to the level of the task, by following out a clear and precise course of action. '• This course consists in boldly taking the initiative in all the ameliorations and in all the reforms which may contribute to the wed-being of all; and, on the other hand, by repressing, by the severity of laws which have become necessary, those attempts at disorder and anarchy which prolong the public uneasiness. We will not cradle the people in llusions and Utopias, which only exalt the imagination to end in deception and misery. Whenever I see an idea which contains the germ of practical results I cause it to be studied, and, if it be applicable, I will propose to you to apply it. " The principal mission of a Republican Government, above all, is to enlighten, and, by the manifestation of truth, to dissipate the deceitful halo with which the per sonal interest of parties seeks to dazzle it. One unhappy fact reveals itself in every page of history; it is this, that the more the evils of a society are real and patent in the eyes of men of sound judgment, the deeper a blind minority plunges in the mysticism of theories. "In the commencement of the 17th century it was not for the triumph of the insensate ideas of a few fanatics, who took the Bible for the text and excuse of their fol• lies, that the English peoplo struggled for forty years— but for the supremacy of their religion. " In the same way, it was not fur the ideas of Babccuf, or any other chief of a sect, that society was turned topsy-turvy after 'B9, but for the abolition of privileges, for the division of property, for equality before the law, and for the admission of all persons to employments. " Well, then, again, in our own time, it is not for the application of inapplicable theories, or imaginary advan tages, that the Revolution has accomplished itself, but to gain a Government which, being the result of the will of all, may have a better intelligence of the wants of the people, and may guide the destinies of the country with out any dynastic bias. " Otir duty is, then, to distinguish between the false and true ideas which rise up out of a revolution; then, when the distinction is made, one must place one's self at the head of one class, and vigorously combat the other. Truth will be found by appealing to the intelli gence of all—by rejecting nothing without having stu died it thoroughly—by adopting everything which shall have been submitted to the examination of competent men, and passed through the ordeal of discussion. " After what I have just stated, two sorts of laws will be presented for your approval; the first, to re-assure society and repress excess; the second, to introduce everywhere real ameliorations, amongst which I will indicate the following:— " A I,w upon the institutions of aids and insurances, so as to insure to the laborious classes a refuge against the consequences of the suspension of works, of in firmities, and of old age. " A law up on the reform of the mortgage system; there must be a new institution in aid of agriculture, by bringing to it useful resources, and facilitating its loan s; this will be the prelude to the establishment of houses of credit, such as those which exist in the different nations of Europe. " A law for the abolition of collecting in kind. " A law for a subvention in favour of associations of workmen and agricultural meetings. " A law for the defence of the poor, which is not suf ficiently provided for in our legislation. Justice, which is a debt of the State, and which consequently is gra tuitous, is encompassed with onerous formalities, which render all access to it difficult for poor and ignorant citizens. Their rights and their interests are not suffi ciently protected. Under the empire of our democratic constitution this anomaly must disappear. " Lastly, a law is in preparation, the object of which is to ameliorate the half-pay of sub-officers and soldiers; and to introduce into the law of recruitment for the army modifications of which experience has demonstrated the utility. " Independently of these projects you will have to occupy yourselves with the organic laws which the last Assembly had not the time to work out, and which are the necessary complement of the Constitution. " What precedes, Gentlemen, is, I hope, sufficient to show you that my intentions are in conformity with your own. You wish, as I do, to work for the welfare of this people which has elected us, for the glory and pros perity of our native country; and, like me, you think that the best means of obtaining these ends are neither violence nor cunning, but firmness and justice. France confides herself to the patriotism of the members of the Assembly; she hopes that truth, unveiled in the broad daylight of the Tribune, will confound falsehood and disarm error. On its side the Executive power will do its duty. "I invite under the flag of the Republic, and upon the ground of the Constitution, all the men who are devoted to the safety of the country. I count upon their assist. toe° and their intelligence to enlighten me, upon my conscience to guide me, and upon the protection of God to enat le me to accomplish my mission." The election for Yonne was on Wednesday con• firmed by the Legislative Assembly by a tnajority of 168. During the same sitting M. ETIENNE was elected a Commissioner of the Sinking Fund, in the room of M. GOUDCHAUX, who has not been elected to the Legislative Assembly. At the close of the sitting leave of absence for a month was granted to . M. LEON FAUCHER. A funeral servic was performed in the church of St. Merri, on Wednesday, in honour of the Repub licans who fell on the sth and 6th of June, 1832, in Cie insurrection of the Cloitre St. Merri. M. M. DE CORRELLES and DE LA TOUR D'AUYREGNE have been dispatched to Rome on a special mission. The Journal des Debats states that General OUDINOT received on the Ist of June orders from Paris to make an immediate attack on Rome, that he had thereupon made arrangements with General VAILLANT to commence the attack on the 3d. The opinion of General OUDINOT on the Roman question differs essentially from that of M. DE LEs- SEPS, and he has dispatched General REGNAULT DE • ST. JEAN D'ANGELY to the Government in order to explain his opinions . to them. The General arrived in Paris yesterday. Marshal BUGEAUD and M. LUCIEN MURAT are both recovering from the cholera. BOURSE.—PAnIs, THURSDAY, JUNE 7. THREE &CIA:CR.—The Funds opened with more firmness to-day, but they did not long maintain the ad vanced prices. They ultimately closed at a shade below tl c closing prices of yesterday. Exchange on London - (30 days), 25 50, money; ditto (90 days), 25 40, money. t3USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tag LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 7. Boulogne and . Amiens, 6 5 .4—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 Rouen and Havre, 9 8 —Northern of France, 9—Orleans and • Bordeaux, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have arrived. They state that there is every prabability of the postponement of the discussion on the tariff. MADRID BOLSA , JUN E 2.—Three per Cents., 241; Five per Cents., 10i ; Exchange on London, 50 45, all paper. PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon DWI Madrid which announces that SALDANHA had ten dered his resignation to the QUEEN, which, however, her MAJESTY had refused to accept. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The Presidential Board of the German Parliament left Frankfort for Stutgardt on the 3d. The members of the Assembly who are remaining in Frankfort have handed in an address to the Im perial Ministry, in which they denounce the removal to Stutgardt as illegal, and declare the only legiti mate central legislative power to rest with themselves. The late measure, they say, runs counter to the re solutions of the Diet of March 30, 1848, by which the individual Governments were called upon to issue writs for the election of deputies to a National Assem bly, which was to meet at the seat of the Diet, with a view to the elaboration of a Constitution between the Governments and the people. They also refer to the resolution of the ante-Parliament, under date Of April 1, which designated Frankfort as the place at which the sittings of the Assembly should be held ; and say, moreover, that there mandates were only good for Frankfort, adding that sec. 13 of the Act of the 25th June supplies the place of art. 9 of the Act of Confederation, according to which "the Diet has its seat in Frankfort. on-the-Maine." They finally declare that they will.remain true to their man dates and their posts. M. GRAEWELL has resigned his office of President of the Council of the Ministry of the Empire and of Minister of the interior. Prince WITTGENSTEIN, War Minister, has been charged provisionally with the functions f President, and M. DETatOLD, Minis ter of Justice, with those of the Interior. BADEN AND THE PALATINATE• The Provisional Government of Carlsruhe has addressed a proclamation to the people of Wirtern' berg, on the subject of the arrest of JOHN TicKLEs , named a member of the Provisional Government. The people are invited to revolt against their Govern-' ment, and drive them away by force of arms. The Grand Duke of BADEN addressed from Frank fort, on khe 2d, a proclamation to his subjects. After having recounted recent events, and announced that the imperial troops, in conjunction with those of Baden who had remained loyal, were about to enter the duchy, the GRAND DUKE finishes by stating that ae amnesty will be accorded to all those who shall before the entry of the troops submit themselves to the cause of constitutional government. A letter from Kaiserslautern, of the 30th says " The spirit of democracy is obtaining partisans every day, even among the Prussian soldiery. A detach ment of the 39th Prussian Regiment, arrived here the day before yesterday, has placed itself at the dis position of the Provisional Government. In order to cover the city of Spire, menaced by the disaffected of Gornersheim, the garrison has been reinforced by a battalion of Baden infantry, a detachment of Baden cavalry, and two pieces of cannon. 4,000 Baden troops and three batteries of artillery left on the 29th for Worms, in order to take that city, and afterwards to proceed towards Darmstadt. HESSE. The Cologne Gazette, of June 6, states that a military insurrection had broken out in that princi pality. It seems that the Electoral troops who marched on the sth June, having learned that they were destined to act against the insurgents of Bader), halted at Isenburg, and refused to go any further. The Elector of Hesse has taken refuge in Frank' fort. BAVARIA. Letters from Munich of the 2d state that the King of BAVARIA has accepted the new German Constitu tion propounded by Prussia. WURTEMBURG. We have intelligence from Stutgardt to June 9 * EISENSTUCR, the seccond Vice-President of th e National Assembly, had arrived for making the n eces' nary preparations, and had already given official it" . formation. The remainder of the Bureau W as expected in the course of the day. Notwithstandi n g the difficulties of the journey several members 1 311 ` ) arrived, and the number of one hundred would sa°l be made up. Th e Ch am b er h a d a l rea d y di s cussed the subject, and resolved by a great majority t' s follows, viz., to . empower its PRESIDENT to Pr!' pare everything that lies in the power of tu f l . Chamber for the reception and accommodation 3 ' the National Assembly, and to welcome the same I°, the name of the,Wurtemburg Chamber. Several at the Members on the bench of Knights and Prelates did not vote. The Ministers IItivERNAT and Rosati appeared to demur against granting the Chamber it' self (that being the property of the State) for the sittings of the National Assembly. It was supposed that the " Garrison Church" would be devoted to the purpose. The sittings were expected to take plac e on Tuesday (the sth). PICELER was arrested on the 2d, and conducted to the Asberg (a fortress noft used for political offences). lie was reported to have been sent from Baden with large sums of monel for bribing over the Wurtemberg soldiers to the Baden cause. PRUSSIA. The Emperor of RUSSIA has notified to the King of PRUSSIA. that he shall not make any further use °I the Prussian railway for the transport of Russian troops to Hungary. The EmrEnoa does this 111 order to relieve Prussia from the necessity of offering f any explanations to Fra nce , an d t o d epr i ve France ° f any pretext for putting in notes. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 2d contains an otSniti. announcement that Buda has fallen into the hands °f the Hungarians. General WELDEN has arrived at Gratz, and hicl successor, General llArruu, has, as WELDEN ha s previously done, inaugurated his appointment by defeat. He attacked the Hungarians under t"' command of DAUNENDERG, at Treutschin, and ail . a fight of nine hours, was completely defeated, forced behind the Waag. He has, it is said, fallen back upon Tyrnau. It was reported in Vienna that JELLACHICH ba a, been taken prisoner by the Hungarians. This rep o" may, perhaps, allude to the brother of the BAN, 01° is also known as Baron JELLACHICII. ITAL Y. Accounts have been received from Rome to Or 29th. Everything was prepared to resist the attack of the French, which was expected every day. The entry of GARIBALDI into the Neapolitan t er ; ritory was officially announced to the AssemblY: J e MAZZINI, who stattd that GARIBALDI would co nun q his operations to the frontier, so as to be ready to fe be back upon Rome whenever his presence migh t needed. tbt Ancona still held out, and it was rumoured - the French frigate l'Asmodee had entered the P ° 4 and had prevented the Austrians from continuing bombardment by sea. The Austrians, on the 28t attempted a reconnaissance of the interior barr icades' and were driven back with great loss. MANSION- HOUSE, JUNE 7.—The Lord Mayor Dyty i to announce that, in consequence of her M 6 j ,st Y s beo um Weduesthy nt:xt, the dint.er which was to have e a ~ given on that day in th e Egyptian-ball is p ostpoa until S'Aurday, the 23d init. SHARP PRACTICE.—A few days since some G lllls ‘ . _ gow thievts succe ded in piel.ing the pocket of a P°l!cuth sergeant while be was Invading into a cab a woman 111 , 1 , __Now whom had attended a friend's vredding. British Mail.