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i 0 t to I 01l r ge, it' Oats. SrOCILLY, 1 . it''• 4 V.—Acrd. Supply, Bayley, . Juliii's. Nov.. . '3' St I34LTUL, Nov. 12, —Wind NV:S.W n .—Ad. Tusket, . ( 1 ,7e• ) tihursr. C EN " ? ° ll l', ..7ov. 1 9 . Wind N.W. Arrd. Allen rown, Gloucester for Boiton Slv "sEA, Nov. 12 —Wind W.—Arrd. Eagle, Par te], Quebec. Sid. Peicoe, Cuba. x WATERFORD, Nov. 11 . —Wind W.S.W.—SId. Ann e4 eY, New Y or k . 14"n9Nbtalty Nov 11 A rrd. Triumviris, Con illitao(lttrille:4lseT. owN, ' - Nov.. 11.—Wind.— W.N.W.—Arrd. rrna, Vallisop, Valparaiso, wi'h the cargo of the Ed- I'ia_rd; Thorne; Clernan;he, Hogg, Buenos Ay b r,- n s ,a ; 1:•,,4_n.12_, Alar3eilles; Princess, Liverpool, for St. J ,,,,, ,Brukiswick. AL ER .„„ An ) Nov. 11 .—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. v e R) 'Arigster, Quebec, for Illaclufr. GsT°NvN.—Arrd. Bowes, Ellwood, Quebec. tos e4lll)IG4 N , NOV. 2 .—Arrd. Hibernia, John, Charles- Cl "oci th fir Liverpool. thec,,•co:iinE,l2.—Wind W.—And. Queen of , est and Lady Kinsale, both for the Azores. to b,,,ELpasT, Nov. 11.—The St. Antonia of Syra. Cork ß ‘. j ir3, llai been towed off the ruck in Dundruin I, a . ,... Q, YNll'The Westmoreland, of Sunder an ? , ~."bee to Wisbeaeh, is ashore on the Long '''Reeted off should the weather moderate. Sand, and is Poet, and Nov. 12.—The Active, an o d if fr t c b m ia aim 0 London, sprang a leak yesterday ii,Etrik almost immediately; crew saved._ „ _ eet 'k oo l) , A r it i g lv o lc r il b • a lSi r(l o : :, l2.—A b r i g i t , as bpre on the Gunfl . , . .134i,,0115, arid with a a la p r pa e reutly English built, of about an white streak round her, _ or d e 11 h uted ports, with no masts standing, was seen on shore Oct n b .) - N. f Cape Mustapha, by th e 0 _ *, - out inree mites c . frpab,arrard; arrived at Torbay. Ha-r sides were quite bove 48 b oors 4lll °he did not appear to have been on shore a a sbort (li sta • 4 tent made with sails was observed nes from her, lIEL/ • L ' 111)11 s NGF° R.Si OCT. 31.—The Hezham, from Wyburg !orla r d,; pi stranded at Fischers, whence she drifted ler b,tt'i, ''aPaase; is reportEd to he full cf water, end larg o a nd out; endeavours are being made to save the 4ltakrials. 1 7th P 3 , 1 ' .1 wss v.'recked near Hogland in the nigh: crew IN T , ii 'l 411(1 disappeared in a couple of houri; r 4-; 114 tne and destination of the vessel unknown. NEWS.-MIS DAY.) CORN , -_____-. o,—_____ Th e : -t ACHAN GE—WEDNESDAY. to-day 13314t ket " uP PY of English Wheat on sale in _ t t, lage, A we ,' s limited, , -..wil.e as well as by land c,.,- 1 " clenl E : n . a tti ,"gh the attendance of t;nyers was small, illolar m - c" "Jr all kinds ruled steady, at fully iplond9y's hely „ 1 "s; The show of foreign Wheat was conapto.a -tiov-ed-rla'l. Selected w qi litiiP of both red and wh b ite , ialtip ' souaewhat free - 1 1 ' a at last week's currencies,. ti re . l eatitii Parcels were ner-leeted. With Barley we were la.t e3 31 euPPlied; ;vbils"t tho trade ruled firm,. and waslL iuinpwere vvfdl supported. In Malt wry: littie br vats,!at previous currencies. : We had a fair inquiry „ the ~ . 4 tal s t ., prices ot which w , re well main,aintd. i gnre;. ( as• Indian Corp, and Flour, au a ld t Monday s Flout 'ALS Till ARR: :s WEEK Wheat. Barley. tritN it Qrs. FI l t te h h.•::::: 1 9 ,;. 7 0 . 1 Q ,4 1' 71i 3 990 ah . •... ..._ _ _ 2,950 n ••••...•I 1,810 ___ 1,930 I ' .4 r .4°4 0 Zra ,7 73 OP riZZLIZE,:ra'r *8 hav nl4l ° is i nactive f or most ki n d s o f Hopi.; but e ti° ehUge to notice in the quotations. %via,. Wa-T , cr_r.arEL. tot erm 0 to the favourable change in the weather ,: the 41: " 11 4elna nd rukci stpady at n advance of 21, per x '. -- -- eef ._ , , ' 10 d• v' r('ln 23 2(1 to 3s 6cl; Mutton, 23 8d to Ir 814", b;tahlie3 carcase.olto 33 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d Malt. Qrs. Sacks 720 1,170 Th e e l RAN CERY --( T HIS DAY.) • () Id 4 ' 4 , °IA Chancellor sat to-day to hear appeals inth e beari,4l,l9 Lincoln'. Inn. His Lordship was occupied t.. " a?, (3 da Y with the . further arguments on the par appeal of " Staniland v. Willatt. 110 r -44-4 SI COURT.--(IBIS DAY.) Th e f 1., vancH ER U. HOME. ' ll Piei rt"er a rguments in this part-heard case h t oc e - qui ° s ay, ' 3 Lordship th e M as t e r of the Rolls Vir, L , (-11'CRANCERY•_cr II IS DAY.) , idii--ITefore the Vice -Chancellor Icls h i c d ,i fi e T m ß;a r u n c_ i E ni i it,w2rictsht ' k ola: 4 ' l:l°4 r was occupied the w Matt ereeptions and further directions o, no the v. neetir, 'ec-ehenceller Rolfe did not sit . to -day, in con- Ilind -(1 f' ''t hav ing to attend the Privy Council at Il aies a°l : l '' the purpose cf being sworn ita . kent Vilt Ilon. Privy Council, on his anon' one of . he ‘ r .. 44 V ettee-Chancellor. gUtpx, Nt e' ' S BENCH.—(r HIS DAY.) ti - '' 3 14 13 before i L or d CAMPBELL and Justices n_ anco an. TIM gtjR;LERMGE, WIGUTMAN, wri t 4 : N u• TITE CALEDONIAN RAI d LN E VA R . Y7C . O ) I S s i e rAN co ir. tau t -14 4 °' Telndamus bad issuud in thi. make 4 certain the Caledonian Railway Company Ca to . I)l.° 'isi n ertl c ts-ro ad by 'an arch over their line, under the . Dittoisla,tilects. & n' t ,. tha __Caleil . eiti t a and Carlisle Railway Dev , i the plans and sections ue tonti.td by the,roarzrtckng the to the of the peace for the t° thi rr °l etzaaberland, The defendants made a w lue at -- n a h tidt mus stating substantially that the torromerks' ofin Itt ,,a e l :l e - fad btc; completed according to Deviation the Act, 'Qat the-"claim and Carlisle Railway nlegally mimic, t h a t i, alterations in question had k e ° I th e ;1 4 13 ot ala eng ineerinworvi e ti A th o i t n , t b h o e in m g e o a n n l i y ng a c arria, p ' i lway Clauses Consolidation 4 th at .' aY carried make lroad b f l h • ea road in ittesti o t It Was wholly imps, taati enh ° a ccording to the l atioq',ace of an error in the measurement urement of the chs plans and cross fections,.in 4 cord' ih '"e return showing that w it the rotftacdomwiehrge to madethe Oaiet .ig to the cross sections tir itt e the Carlisle Railway, that in was . intended and de , k r v ',,, i t would pass altogether over it. ki k ; rtvf this morning appeared on behalf of the de- He submitted that Wit tlzt; ' nt support of the return. , 4 e k , 4 question in the case was, whether in making 4h aal I : la ge road across the railway the . company were e Ileri c uLe lY tied down to the plans deposited with wereti 4 0tcl e f t he Peace? He contended that those plans lia t ,„ po sited for the purpose of binding down the em ote' ti their strict performance, but merely to point out .le tegi:ltit'lal character of the line, so . . as toass i i t s . t the %u teri till to coining to a right decision upon erl ~.. tee r i n "ed also the work in question was not an . - e t, er i_ it tle a7 4 e 111 , 'according to the defieition of an engin le th 6 ,.. r ' . g iv en by the - judgment of the House ofLords, t w . e ..st e "aBe Rama " B . trebo . r,tugh v. the London and North 1:11" 1; 11 aY," reported iu vol. 1 of Hall and 1 i i s e t . h s e . eot,pler -OLteiTOR-GENERAL appeared, on behalf of h,,. ahoo d 4t 'et, to support the mandamus. He said ,on hotted i t , \° t thitik of contending that the company were B Deci a t , Y ,, the ir Plans, unless there were provisions in the ()t. _ secti on, et t 0 overrule the general Act. By the mh., pulsory (It. the „, , *al Act it was made co . railwa erl the ..eci defendants to construct their :het o i :e Y trat i t t b i e in :f t:Peelo , a with th e i r plans . and. the 4 3 ' a " that e the trustee tl e' it i . clause had been embodied in / i i th th e s of the e he Corporation of Carlisle. t "ae t hrei e e: l l7 f ., °f c ompelling p th u e bl c in om r p o a a n d ) s- to in . c th ainr t y cl th y e , •Daily ~- -s " coo cit i a 'articular way, and the coat- 1 mel t' not 13 °e' Y at liber P tv to say that the clause was .i 'lactic, vertaissive and not * compulsory. In the caste i 4'14 thu s the whele levelof the railroad had been altered, had h, llB the llth section of the general Act had bed 'en contravened by the defendants. Besides, there ller tflanY authoritiet- in the books showing that . te,„,e ther e wa , in an Act of Parha v,„" confer • - any ambiguity • lar company, it ." 4 to b rttg benefits on a particular N:ot::4B.3".iieitstrtioctly and strongly construed against ! he . ' e q.% nY* With re Yard to the physical or mathematical make the crossing according to the plans „shetot\teqous, re!erred to in the return, a remedy Imo 4ottre"ided by the Legislature by a reference to . the theta;e°lllrade:of whicthe defendants had not availed r T ° "%ide r - t r eir a,tP.ELLecision. sai the Court would take time to d tx -Ch EQUER CHAMBER. 01ef Ore lir. THIS DAY. Baron PLATT and a Common Jury.) Thi. rioßTort (PAUPER) V. LUMLEY. lib o ; aCtion was brought by the plaintiff,. a chorus , 19str;)°,.bainst Mr. Lumley, g the manager of Her Ma. dtir - I ,* T atte for breach ot engagement. , :::::,a-'ll,t;:sin,:ina: appeared for the plaintiff, anu Mr. Ali -; and ter . L. P II. Bailey for the defendant. stating the case to the jury, said the Th e : fr i , who had been a chorus-singer at the Glasgow hait 4 l - ?:', ~4 4 c o" , gvd by Mr. Lumley to act in thatca atd 18714er M"ajesty's Theatre during the seasons 1848 h e returned . On the termination of the latter season ile r to Glasgow, and was re-engaged at the theatre .: ley, el "'Sly in 1 850, he received a note from Mr. Lum . h 41 Ling him to Come to London and attend the re ,clera4rigals,previoca to the opening of the opera. He ac liettr.lllY ar rivi'd in town, and was present at twelv re *jell's; but before the theatre opened he was dismtss . ed tt f °ll t any notice. On having, the defendant gave hur, ititZ.tlight's alary. No special agreement was entered tall e , l u .ut the Plaintiff contended, that the fact cf his being , tspep London by Mr. Lumley, and of bts having it, tageet4e:t.tcanY reheArsals, was sufficient to prove au en t,4 considerable number of professional gentlemen were titt: cl it ' Bunport of the plaintiff's case, and some of them ttioeteettlitthattaitatrhye general usage was to give a month's no sey a person was dismissed who said Ijen:la.:et: o b n y ce w e r n it g t a e g n ed a , greement; while others sald th e , would expect salary till the end of the season it ,k: dutie s , and capable of discharging litrr' occa:is, who addressed the jury on behalf of the tqetnwtlo44t, contended that as the plaintiff had been pat tntitls weeks tf.er the season commenced, he was no , (1 to any further demand. fir, 13 Th e atoll PLATT having summed up, e jury found a verdict for the defendant 111"/(11 UPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) „Till, is , IN RE P,TTINGER. . I .llt r a . "alakrUpt wits described a 9 a wine merchant, n o t for hi:lick-Place, Mile-end, and to-day was arpotTe . . i t 4 Pc 48. st ''zarainatioD, but he has absconded, and it is 0 4 ,, ci possible to ascertain the state of his affairs at present, Th e oth er eases eourt. e " I be declared outlawed sit the rising a the Were audits and dividends. INSOLVI!',IiCY.-(11 - 11S DAY•) IN RE J;: , S1P11 STAMMER,. This is ivo C, Wh V!':, S a director of the Wednesday Ev:•ning Concerts, held at Exeter Hall, applied to the Court daring the vacatior, and a hf:a.rir.g at the case having been had, it was farther w'journed to this morning. Mr. Sirrgood opposed on hehalf' of Mr. Willy, the violinist; and Mr. Cooke and Mr. .I.na;:,s suprtted. The insolvent denied that Mr. Willy had first sug gffsted the idea of the London Wednesday Evening Con certs; on the contrary, he affirmed that Mr. Wily had bet:n his servant as the condec:or of the concerts, having a band cf perfirm , rs under his sul.erintendenee. Lie (the insolvent) had formerly been a coal merchant, in partnership with Mr. Marten and Mr. Batters, and he had retired from the coal trAe with, a capital of 80 01 . The reason of his ineolvency was the last unfavourabte season with the concerts. • It was not subslantiated that the insolvent was pes• sessed of property that was not set forth in his schedule, or that any other party than himself was liable for debts contracted on account of the concerts; and hiving obtained leave to amend his schedule, he IsTL.s discharged.' SPORTING INI LIGEN CE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING —TUESDAY. Free Handica4) Hurlie SweeTstaltes of 10 sovt , eaclf, h ft, with 40 added; the winner to I. , ay 7 says. tow,irds expenses, and the second to save his stake. Two rnilei, over six hurdles. (10 Subs.) Lir. Benson's Little Queen, 4 yrs, Oct 121b...(Frisby) 1 Mr. Peac.'s Redstrestit, agod, 9st 121 b (Frost) 2 The following also started :—Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, aged, list llb (Darling); Alr. Mytten's L.liss Coiling % ood, vged, lOst 131 b (Hughes); Mr. Staf f ord's Fugitive, aged, 11st 1610 (Bradley); and Mr. Birch's Queen of the Vale, 4 yrt , , 9st 51b (Fowler). Betting-5 to 2 agst Little Queen, 3to 1 agst Fugi the. Won cleverly by nearly a length. The Seaton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 60 added. Once round and a distance. (16 Subs., Sof whom declared.) Mr. Herb,it's Spot, 4 yrs, 7st alb (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. J. Ramp's Becton, 3 yro, 64t 210 ...(Cssweil) 2 Mr. Rickaby's Ada Mary, 4 yrs, Est 1010 !Osborne) 3 The fallowing also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Davvi:on's Cecktail, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (and 61bs extra) (Lye) —Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 3 yes. Est (Wells)—Mr. Ire in's Ballinead, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (1). Wynne)—and Cap tain Haworth's The Baroness, 4 yri-, ist 510 (Chulton). Betting-3 to 1 agst Candlewick, 3to 1 agst Cocktail, 4to 1 ngst Spot, 4to 1 agst 13alhnafad. Won cleverly by a length. The Optional SePing Stakes of 5 sovs. rack, and 30 added for two yrs old and upwnrds; the winner to be hold for 1501, &c. One mile. (8 Stltpi.) Mr. Smith:Dl Master Downes,bgrd lOst (500 (Fowler) 1 Mr. Mangan's Portia, 4 yrs, Bst 121b(301) (i).Wynoe) 2 Mr. 13,Aiii s Helier-Skeler, 9st 110 (300...(Denman) 3 The following . also startc6:—Mr. Fov,icr'.; 6 yrs, 974 41b (301) (J. Evans)—Mr. Psir.te•r's Circuiter, 4 yrs, 83t 1010 (301) (Wbitehouse)—Mr. Copeland's Aldgiiie, 4 yrs, Bst sin (3(ii)(.'darlow)—und Mr. lichert's Miss Lottery, 3 yrs, 7st 1310 (301.) (Lye). 5 to 2 agst Circutter, 3 to 1 agst Miss Lottery, 4 to 1 each agst Poriia and Aldgate, and 5 to 1 agst Master in,s. Won by a length. The Hokee-Pokeo Handicap of 3 sovs. etch and 20 added, the E.:.cf.nd saves his stake, three-quarters of a mile (9 Subs.), was woa vl =il by Mr. Pilot, 3 yrs, 7st gib (W. Sbarpe),h , ,:wiug Mr. Coigrc 4v, ,'s Abbot ot jerveaux, 3 yr., 7st lib (CLarlton), Johnson's Duxbury, 3 yrs, itit 510 (J. Evans), Mr. ;,leron ()Aud- i - lower, 5 yea, B,t 71b (Frost), Mr. Ccdar, 4 yro, 64t 121 b (Wilberforce), Mr. Rolison', Laura, 3 yrs, fist (Nichoi), Mr. Cho) nt,'s Bedford, 3 yrs, Fist 3,0 (Well.), and Mr. Rethwell' , Loo, 3 yrs, fist 6"0 (Arnold). BE ETING AT MANCHE6TER—TUESDAY. LIVELPOOL iiTEEPLECHASE ,-- 5 to 1 cff. , red un the field, but nothing done. DininY.-40 to 1 agst Lightfoot (t). WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON NOVEMBER MEETING.—TUESDAY , Nov. 19. Acceptances tor tho Great Warwick Handicap. (The highest weight acceptii , g having been under Sst, 71b, it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the others in propor tion.) Yrs st 11,1 Yrs St Be.llinafad ... 6 8 7 Klrief a'oy !ockenneuth _........_,_ Cocktail Clothwcrker Snowstorm Chantrey 4 7 11 Hllonzo Doübt „ . Ihfaulter 5 7 8 1 11inimem Egret Woodlark Acceptances for the Leamington Welter Cup. (The highest weight accepting being under list 10th, it has been raised w that weight, and the others in propor tion.) Yrs st lb: Yrs st lb Clotbworker 4 11 10Cbief Justice ... 3 10 12 Cocktail Agis 5 11 51Evi. . 4 10 5 Baronr-es .. ...... 4 11 3' ti, inricer ....... •• a 10 3 AcitainiArator ... a 11 21.1ibk €Eiipus ... 4 11 o,:rbe re,t pay 5 says. each. KELLY'S POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1851. Among the many products of British industry, none, perhaps, will better deserva a place in the Ex hibition of 1851, than this mammoth volume, in itself a specimen of industry, research, accuracy, and typography, which has rarely, if ever been ,equalled, and which can never be surpassed, whilst, at the same time, it is the guide to, and the record of, ail those great and magnificent industrial establish ments, to the existence of which in London she owes the proud position which she holds as the metropolis of the civilized world, which occupy building's covering a space of ground larger than the territories of many a German or Italian independent Frince, and which give employment to individuals whose numbers ax ceed those of the armies of many of the first-rate powers of the world. As a not unworthy specimen • of British industry itself, and as a copious, and ac curate, and complete index to every other species of metropolitan industry, " Kelly's Post-office London Directory" is certainly entitled to a place in the Ex hibition which is to take place in the Glass Palace of Industry in the year 1851. This publication of the "Post-office London Dirm tory" commenced in the year 1790, and the present is, consequ ently, the sixty-second annual publication ; and it is a matter of curious research to compare the present with the early editions of the work, and to mark the vast improvement which has been effected ; in fact the present resembles the earlier editions in name merely. The work, in order to facilitate reference, is now divided into no less than ten Di rectorks :—viz., tan Official Directory, a Street Directory, a Commercial Directory, a Trades Directory, a Law Directory, a Court Directory, a Parliamentary Directory, a Postal Directory, a City Directory, a Conveyance Directory, and a Banking Directory, and the whole is so admirably indexed, that a person desiring any information with regard to the great metropolis or its inhabitants, cannot experience the slightest difficulty in at once laying his finger on the page of the 2,091 pages of which this book is composed, which contains the information he requires. The present edition of the Directory contains a list of the principal hotels and commercial inns throughout England and \Vales, with the names of the occupiers, and the population according to the census of 1841. This is, we believe, a novelty pe culiar to the Directory for 1851, end cannot fail to increase its usefulness. In this we see only another proof of the anxiety of the proprietor to make his work as complete, as useful, and as perfect as possible. As he himself well observes in his preface : " Copiousness, accuracy, and appropriate classification, so that everything which may reasonably be expected in such a-book may not only be found, but found without difficulty, are indispensable to perfection. " These advantages can in any directory only be at tained gradually, and not completely until, as in this case, the work enjoys the entire circulation. While rivals existed patronage was divided between books which were, or should have been, counterparts of each other; the public, therefore, had to pay more than they need have done for such works as were brought out, and, besides, to submit to inferior productions, the total receipts not being sufficient to sustain two direc tories of London, each as comprehensive as the present. And that the case was precisely as here stated is proved by the fact that this volume—to say nothing of its supe rior accuracy, classification, and general arrangement— contains about double the quantity of mere letter-press contained in the closing volume of its latest annual com petitor, and is published to its subscribers at a lower price. So that the public, as well as thetiprt by op the fietoro the "post-office London Directory, bone " cir cumstance that the work is—as it has fur several years past been—without a competitor. t e sa fely predicted that this favourable I po ' siti t on will may be continued —firmly established as this Directory is in public favour, it can only be necessary that an equal summit of diligence to that which has led to so gratifying a result still be continued, in order to sustain it; on this the public may with confidence rely." The public have for years past relied with confidence on the exertions of the proprietors of the " Post-office London Directory," and have invariably found their confidence responded to, so that year by year the work has become more copious, more accurate, and better classified, until now it has attained that which is to all appearance a state of absolute perfection, and is, iu every sense of the phrase, without a rival. ' • PRIVY COUNCIL AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—Ibis morn ing, at eleven o'clock, Lord John Russell, the Mar is/in of Lansdowne, Viscount P 4 l i nerstone, Sir GGeorge Grey, and other Cabinet Minister , , left town by special tr a i n o n the Great Western Railway for Windsor Castle, where h e r Majesty heid a Priv y Council, at which his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended at two o'clock ; •and the principal business transacted at the C ounc il was fixing a day for the further prorogation of P a rli amen t pro .firmii. the Queen's Commission was ordered to be issued, and Parliament will be furth er p rorogue d w ith the usual formalities to-morrow at two o'clock. EXPRESS FROM PARIS THE PRESIDENT'S 31ESSAGE. At half-pst 3 o'clock M. Laroche, Minister of the Interior, ascended the tribune, and proceeded to read the following message addressed to the National Assembly by the President of the Republic : " Messieurs lea ReptLentants,—lr.y first message co incided with the first meeting of the Legislative Assem bly. The same electors who named me to the Supreme Magistracy of the country called you by their suffrages to sit here. France saw you arrive with joy, for the same thought presided over our two elections. It imposed on us the same mandate, and made the re-establishment of order and tlJe mtintenance of external peace depend on our union. A considerable amelioration has been effected since the month of June, 1849. When you arrived the country was still disturbed by the last MO meats of the Constituent Assembly. Llany imprudent votes had created great embarrassments to the Govern ment. The violence of the Tribune was as ever trans ferred to street agitation, and the 13th of June beheld the failure of a new attempt at inrurrectiou. Though easily repressed, it stilt showed the imperative ne cet.isity of uniting our effirts against evil passions. To overcome them it was at first necessary to prove to the nation that the best intelligence reigned between the As sembly and the Executive Power, to imprint on the Ad ministration an uniform and firm direction, to combat resolutely the causes of disorder, to reanimate the ele ments of prosperity. " INTERIOR. " Tho important laws that the gravity of events obliged you to adlopc contributed pt:werfully to re establish confideecii, because they proved the force of the Assembly and the Government when they are in perfect accord. The Administration, on its side, redoubled its vi gour, and the functionaries, who appeared neither ca pable nor sufficiently devoted to the difficult mission of conciliating without weakness, and of repressing without party spirit, were dismissed; others, on the contrary, were promoted or recompensed. " The municipal authority, so salutary when its action was frankly united to that of the Executive Power, drew on itself very justly, in many communes, grave reproaches. 421 mayors and 183 adjeints had - to be dismissed; and if all those who have remained uncqual to their functions have not been similarly treated the cause is in the imperfec tion of the laws. "To I.( medy this defect the Council of State has already commenced the examination of a project of law; but it is difficult to conciliate the municipal fran chise with the unity of action—the true force of the central power. " The National Guard, the useful auxiliary against in ternal and external cormies, when it is well organised, acted but too often in a sense contrary to the objects of its institution, and obliged us to dissolve it in 153 towns and corninune,; in fine, in all places where it presented the character of an armed corps deliberating. The tribunals have worthily seconded the Government. The magistracy has displayed great energy in enforcing the excenAon of the law:, and punishing those who violated them. " To stcure order in the more agitated provinces, ex tensive commands, ccmprising several military divisions, have bun created, and powers mote enlarged have been confided to experiereed generale. On all aides the army has given its concourse with thgt, admirable devo tedness peculiar to it, and everywhere the gendarmerie has ace..mplished is mission with a zeal worthy of all praise. Agitation has been calmed in the country dis tricts b; putting a restraint on the detestable propa ganda, which was exercised by the primary teachers. Several have been dismissed. The schoolmasters are no longer the instrumes is of disorder. Although incessantly occupied with an urgent repression, the Government has adopted all that seemed to it proper to ameliorate the situation of the country. Thus, in spite of the difficulty of circum stances, the Property-tax has been reduced by 27,000,000 f. A project of organization of credit, the ap piication of Is hich will be still more , facilitated by the mor'gage reform, has been submitted to you. The laws relative. to the caisses de retraite and mutual relief which you have voted will exercise the most salutary influence on the condition cf the working classes. The organization of societies of patronage--the most useful auxiliary of the Administration in the double interest objects cur special publichave been ne the cu ry — ob h'sPitali t charitable e o s f tablisl na morality e n a t solicitude. The best destination possible has been given to the funds from relief. " A project has been in course of formation for many years past with the view of procuring for the communes all the benefit that can be prccured f or waste lands. " The roads, the source of prosperity for the ruraldis tricts, receive constant ameliorations, which tend to com plete the ensemble of rural communications. " The last message expressed the desire of seeing the suppression of paymsnt in kind. The National Assem bly has already had before it proposisions relative to this object. The Council-General when consulted decide in great measure for the maintenance . of the prestatien en nature rather than for its suppression.. But to maintain the proportionality of the impost without diminishing the t ecessary resources is a pry bletn difficult to resolve. " The financial condition of the communes is in a state of improvement, but the Government moderates their excessive desire to vote local c zpenscs. "The new telegraphic lines voted. by the law cf the 10th February last sre in the course of execution. They are acting from Paris to Tours, t o Rouen, to Valen ciennes; hut it is necessary to extend ithem still more. The law on private telegraphs, submitted. at this moment to the Assembly, requires a prompt solution. " The Government has exercised indulgence when ever it could do so without daogen. Thus, since the month of June, 1849, 2,400 Onvicts have been sot at liberty without danger to public tran quillity. There remains only 45i', who have been sent to Algeria. There still s emain, unhappily, without counting the June convicts, 318 persons con& nsned for political offences in the prisons of France. The interdiction of labour in the prisons had aggravated the condition of the prisoners. T;he decree of the 9th January, 1849, has not remedied th evil. A project of law which preserves the interests of society, and those of the prisoners, has been submitted to The Council of State. Wicen it is adopted the Government. will utilize as much as possible this numerous class in agricultural works. The well-being and the morals of elle adult prisoners, the cellular penitentiary system, ths! improvements of the regime of the central prisons continue to be studied in s serious manner, end soon the Government will de mand from the Assembly the means of creating model agricultural colonies for these adults, in virtue of the law of the sth of August. " A project of law will be presented to you for there lief of the remains of our armies of the liepuVc and the Empire. who are now without resources, political events having frustrated them from their rights, and because it is unworthy of a great nation to leave such men any longer in a state of misery. " FINANCES. " The ensemble of this policy has considerably im proved our financial situation. " The acconnts for 1848 have been submitted to you, and you base been made acquainted with the definitive conoition of that budget. " It was for a moment thought that the budget of 1849, by reason of certain circumstances, unforeseen at the moment it was voted, would impose en the Treasury a charge of about 300,000 ; 000f. '1 banks to the progress of the revenue and to the economy introduced in the different services, this deficit, it may be now affirmed, will be reduced to nearly 100,000,006 f. " Everything leads us to hope that the presumed de ficit of the budget of 1850 will be sensibly diminished, and that the equilibrium announced for 1851 will be realised ; the ascending progress of the indirect revenue is sustained ; the first nine months of 1850, compared with the corresponding mouths of last year, give an advantage of more than 28,000,0001. The indirect contributions, the tariffs of which have not been modified, and which stand for more than 16,000,000 f. in this increase, attest the resumption of affairs end the amelioration in the condition of the working classes. " Peace and internal order have produced other fruits. The funds deposited iu the savings-banks from the Ist of January, 1849, exceed the withdrawals, by 69,000,000 f. (Note 1.) " The amount of the portfolio of the Bank, which had successively fallen beneath 100,000,0001. is raised, and on the 7th of the present month it passed the sum of 135,000,000 f. By suppressing the forced circulation of hank-notes, you have had reason to count on the re establishment of confidence, and facts have fully justi fied this grave measure. The return to the primitive statutes has reduced neither the extent nor the import ance of the circulation. (2.) "if the produce of the Customs has experienced some diminution, the difference arises from accidental causes, which you all know, and which are referable to salt and colonial sugars; but considered in the whole, our international commerce, after a serious depression in 1848, was raised iu 1849 by a rapid and sustained movement. Abstention made of the extraordinary in troduction of grain in 1847, we are in advance on this very year, both as to the value of the imports and ex ports, and the number and tonnage of ships (3). " The collection of direct contributions is being t x cuted with remarkable punctuality. On the 31 of September last a third of the twelfth only was i n arrear ; this is much less than in periods of greater prosperity (4). " These happy changes in the totality of financial facts will have permitted from 1849 to 1851—that is to say, for the space of three years, in spite of the reduc tion of many important taxes, to endow the country with nearly 260 millions worth of public works, to re lieve the lower classes of traders, to remit 27,000,000 to agriculture, to pay punctually all the expenses of the budgets in deficit ; anti to arrive at length, as is our earnest desire and our firm hope, to estab:ish a balance between the annual charges and resources of the State. These results will have been obtained without requiring an extraordinary aid from credit, and without imposing on the Treasury exaggerated advances. " The country, gentlemen, has undoubtedly the sen timent of this improved situation. Each has been enabled to recognise that the finances of the State, which last year figured in the first rank iu the pre-occu pations cf public opinion, are at this day very far from inspiring the came apprehensions. 1 announce wit: satisfaction this nregress. It is the recompense of the good spirit of thj population and of the common efforts of the Government end the Assembly. It will be an encouragement for all of us. " After issuing from the unpleasant system of the pro visional twelfths, the Government hiss thought its honour interested in re-entering completely into a more regular course. " The budget of 1851 has keen voted at a useful period, and that of 1852 will be presented to you at the commencement Of nezt year. " drgrec of por:ection, that ben for some time past a r,4rta . desideratum, has been just realiz , d in the system of public eceouws. The duration of the txer c'.ses has been by a recent decree shortened by two months. Favourable at the same time to the Treasury and to its creditors, this measure will accelerate the liquidation and the payment of the debts of the State, and will render mere easy the formation and the audit of the accounts. " In order to enter into the views of the Assembly, the Administration has undertaken, and nearly termi- Eated, the re-organisation of all the arrendisements of collection. This great labeur, which will have for re sult the successive suppression, by means of extinction, of 1,500 employees, will be followed by a considerable saving. " Three prjects of law, on matters worthy of your consideration, will soon be submitted to you. Ose, conceived in the interest of agriculture, com merce, and industry, has for its object to free the Admi nistration of canals by means of the redemption of ac • lions de jouissance—sharPs of preference—impediments which result from the cakiers de charge—the conditions of the contract. _ . " The other regulates the general affair of pensions. " The third ehmands of the Assembly, the ways and means necessary to effect, with the view of a Letter re. partition of the property tax, a new valuation of territo rial revenue. We shall propose to you a combination whicb,whils maintaining the;actual produce of the impost, will relieve successively the overburdened departments without aggravation to the others. " PUBLIC WORKS. " The reduction of credits has occasioned the adjourn ment of necessary works, and even delayed the execu tion of the most urgent. Nevertheless important sec tions of railroads have keen for the last year opened. " The second half-year of 1849 has seen opened the fections of Paris to Chalons-sur-Marne, Paria to Ton nerre, Dijon to Chalons-sur-Saone, Saumur to Angers, Versailles to Chartres, Noyon to Chauny, Saint Pierre to Calais—total 574 kilometres. During the year 1850 have been opened the sections of Chalons-sur-Marne to Vitry ; Metz to Nancy; Nerondes to Nevers; Chauny to St. Quentin —total 152 kilometres. " The year 1851 will see opened the sections of Vitry to Bar-le Due; Metz to St. Avoid; Strasbourg to Sarre bourg; Tonnerre to Dijon; Tarascon to Beaucaire; Tours to Poitiers; Angers to Nantes; and we also hope, Chartres to la Loupe—total, 513 kilometres. "The iron trade is one of those which recovers more slowly. In 1849 the foundries produced 425,C00 tons of cast metal, about 59,000,600 E, and 275,000 tons of pig-iron, of the value of 81,000,000 f. more or less. At present the activity of the iron establishments seems to revive. . _ . " Measures are being continued, with the view of placing at the of the agricultural interest the means, so precious for it, of irrigation and draining. " The freedom of transport (roulage), which by a project of law of recent date, we propo,eei establishing, will also be, for agriculture as for commerce, , a real benefit. . _ "I big to call in particular the attention of the As sembly to the concession of the Lyons Railroad. On this concession depends the resumption of too most im portant works, as it permits the distribution amongst the other railroads, and public works of every kind, of the sums from which the Treasury will be relieved. " Our political, commercial, and industrial interests rt quire the ecrupletion, as soon as possible, of the hues from Paris to Marseilles, from Paris to Strasbourg, from Paris to Bordeaux, from the west and the centre. Now, to complete these railroads and our great public works in course of execution, the Treasury will have still on the Ist January next 585,000.000 f. to expend, viz.— " For Railroads (of which 230 for tho Paris and Lyons, and for the Lyons and Avignon) „. •430,000,000 "For Canals, and in p a rticular for the • completion of the Canal of the Marne to the Rhine, and the lateral Canal of the Garonne ••• ••• ••• " For the Improvements of the Naviga- tion of the Rivers ••• ••• For the Ports on the Coats of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ... 25,000,000 56,000,000 " wor Roads (5).. Total 54,000,000 20,000,000 fr. 585,000,000 "If ;all these works remained to the charge of the State the Treasury would still have 585,000,000 to ex pend; they could not for a lomg time be terminated, and with au average dotation of 70,000,000 francs a year, as in 1850 and 1851, their completion would require still nearly nine years. " If the Lyons Railway be conceded, there will result for the Trea , ury a relief of at least 260,000 000 francs, (6) which will reduce those charges to 325,000,000 r.. .nd to less than six years the period necessary to ter minate these great works. "To reduce the charges of the Treasury by 260,000,0001., to advance by four years the completion of our roads, our canals, our rivers, our railroads, will be, gentlemen, a great and useful measure. •"Che Assembly, I hope, will be struck, as I am, by the immense advantage 0f a prompt concession of the Paris and Lyons railroad, for the ensemble of all our works. " AGRICULTURE AND CommErtu.... " To extend improvements, to remedy public suffering, is the duty of the Adm i n i strat i o n of Agriculture and Commerce. The crisis which weighs down our agricul ture invites all our solicitude; the extent of the evil would have rendered ‘he resources tit the disposal of the Go vernment insufficient if it meant to make general appli- cation of ihem, it has appeared more useful to loe - alise their employment. Purchasers of grain for the military and naval service in those markets where the depreciation was most felt have relieved local distress by imparting. firmness to them. Although the harvest of 1850 did not come up to the hopes entertained of it, it, however, leaves no fear for the supply of the country. " The reduction in the price of grain would not fail to produce a corresponding depression in the cattle markets. " The Administration of Agriculture will neglect none of the means which can favour the breeding of cattle. Tile cattle shows have alio received this year considerable development. Besides local shows otters have been opened at Nismes, Auriilae, Saint Lo, and Bordeaux, and a general show at Versailles, more espe- cially reeervtd for the improvements of the breed. Nu merous cultivators who have come from all parts of France to Versailles proved some few days back the utility of this institution. " The breed of horses is much improving, and pre sents t•atisfactory results. The administration of studs, which proceeds with an order and a regularity worthy of ad praise, has well merited of agriculture and of the army. The number of horses has increased in the coun try, and their value has augmented. " The institution of races has acquired considerable extent this year. In the whole of the country a sum of 800,000 f. has f een applied to them. As the portion of Sate only amounts to 300,000 f. in this sum, it is evident that the local authorities have afforded them a powerful co-operation. "'The practice of agricultural proceedings has made such progress as by its importance to rise to the height of a real revolution in politico-economical matters. In the course of the present session the Government wiii bring before the Assembly measures tending to give develoEment to the practice of irrigation. It will call your attention to th e mo d es of drainage which are in England the object of such extensive encourage ment, A bill will also be submitted to you relative to the use of artificial manures. The remarkable methods for cultivating, cleaning, and preparing flax, which have just been introduced into England, Ireland, an I Belgium, could not but attract the attention of the Government. It has had the subject thoroughly in quired into, and the results of this examination wall be submitted to you in the Expose des Motifs of a Bill which will be submitted to you for the purpose of .reeing from all entrance duty flax seed coming from Rip. The positive information acquired in agricultural matters is disseminated amongst the youngest classes of the population by means of regional schools and model farms; and amongst the agriculturists themselves by the publication of reports emanating from me n best capable of giving them. The industrial situation of the country bas in general improved in 1850, even when compared with 1849. Al most everywhere the activity manifested in the course of last year Was been is aintained, and in many cases it Las been increased. The recent reports of the Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures testify to this prosperous state of things. The manufacture of woollen cloths and tissues, of cotton cloths, leather, earthenware, glass, and objects of luxury, have found ready and advantageous markets; alto the produce of the silk manufacture hes, up to the present time, evinced the same activity. Ii t h e iron trade has notes yet been able to find its former level in what concerns the fabrication of matters connected with railways, the construction of machinery has assumed an extension in conformity with the general movement of business. " Some facts will show what has been the exact pro gress which has been effected. In the first half-year of 1847 the Government authorized the creation of 92 indus trial establishments; in 1849 that number fell to 68, and last year to no less than 45; whilst for the first half-year of 1850 the number has again risen toB7. The situations of brokers and agens de change have risen to their former value, and sales are this year as numerous as in 1847. "The Council of State is about to examine the regulations proposed by the Government for marking the exceptions to be made in the execution of the law which limits to twelve hours the day's work. The proposed plan conciliates the well established necessities of the manufacturing classes with the respect due to the law; and, being the fruit of the experience of the most eminent manufacturers, it will remove all the difficulties, not very numerous besides, which it has given birth to. Two bills tending to pro mote fair dealing in business —one concerning manufac turers' marks, and the other on metrical measurement— will be brought before you in the course of the session. " The law passed in 1844, relative to patents, calls for some modification, in order to insure to inventors a better guarantee ci their rights; it is intended to bring a Bill before you for the purpose. " Three bills are already before the National Assem bly : one presented on March 15, 1850, proposes to re form the commerci4l code of the Island of Reunion in a more liberal sense, and one more appropriate to the new elements of commerce, which it is important to develop between our colony and the countries of Eastern Asia. The second Bill prepared by the departments of Commerce and War, introduced into the Assembly on May 1, has for object to regulate on more liberal bases the commercial and manufacturing system exiting in Algeria. The measure is calculated, the Government conceives, to impart to the progress of colonisation a very decided impulse. Finally, the third Bill, brought before you on July 12, concerns the sugar duties. The Government, without shutting its eyes to the difficulties of a definitive solution, is of opinion that by reducing in a large proportion the duty which weighs on the consumer, and of substituting for the prohibitive duty now its force ngainst foreign sugar, an ! impost of a sufficiently protective character, it would conciliate, in an equitable manner, the interests of the peop'e, which calls tor sugar at a cheap rate, with the lint:rests of the producers of the home-made or colonial 'article, also those of the shipping interest, with the claims of the Treasury. The definitive solution of the three questions belong completely at present to the As sembly. " Other ameliorations are ready. The department of Commerce, after having obtained the aid of a special Committee, has prepared a Bill on the mode of distri buting the premiums destined to be given for the en couragement of the fisheries. The law now in force ex pires on December 31, 1851. "In the Interior, by the opening of new Customs' offices, by the creation of new bonding warehouses, by the simplification of the formalities connected with the transit of goods through the country, by the opportune application of the system of temporary admission, the Government has endeavoured to add fresh facilities to the commercial exchanges of France with foreign countries. " The Department of Commerce has taken all the measures necessary to enable the products of French in dustry to appear with honour at the Great Exhibition which is to take plsco in London in 1851. " In the concerns of our commercial shipping inte rest an inquiry, similar to that of 1824, will be shortly instituted, and will give an opportunity of ascertaining all that may be wanted. The shipowners demand it, and the Government is anxious for it. It cannot remain barren of results. " Amongst the provident institutions which the Go vernment intends developing, mutual aid societies and pension funds, instituted by the state, occupy the first rank. An inquiry, now pursued with activity, will show what is the number of such societies already existing in France, and the services which they render. It will lead to the formation of an exact table of the chances of illness incidental to each age. Meanwhile nothing; is neglected to lead to the creation of these institutions on bases in conformity with the idea of the Legisla ture; and the Government can felicitate itself on the cu-operation which has been afforded in this matter bg all the heads of factories and industrial establishments, and in particular those of Lyons and Mulhausen, who have given a most noble example. " Quarantine measures furnish the Government with means of guaranteeing the public health from dangers from without. But exaggeration in such measures trammels the liberty of intereational relations. The re strictive principles iu this matter, admitted by foreign f:ovvt.rs, cause great damage to French commerce, with out any possible reciprocity on cur part, our regulations being generally dictated by a liberal spirit. An accord amengst the great Powers which have ports in the Me• diterraut an would lead to the cessation of the hindrances anti losses of time and monotawhich result from the pre sent system. All our efforts tend to obtain this. "JUSTICE. " Three dracts of essential laws have been submitted to the National Assembly. " On Judiciary Orgisniz ttion. " On Judiciary Assistance. " On Mortgages. "The first fulfils one of the obligations imposed by the Constitution. The two others realize certain pro mises contained hi the Message of the 6th June. 1849. "But the law on mortgages would not be sufficient for the estahiishment of landed credit. It gives solidity to the territorial pledge, but it accelerates the liquidation onl:, in a small degree, and does not put an elide to the unanimous complaints which accuse the regulation of judgments of unnecessary delay. The ttdmiuistrution of justice, to complete its work, has prepared a new law on the distribution by course of order of the price of lauded property, combining as much as possible promptitude with security. The attention of the Natienel Assembly will be directed at the same time to different laws relttive to the restoration uf convicts to their civil rights, likewise to the repression of crimes and offences committed in foreign countries by Frenchmen, and to some other im portant portions of our penal lee,i•lation. " Six thousand convicts confined in the bagnes of Toulon, Brest, and Rachfort, load our budget with an enormous weight; whilst they become more depraved, and menace society at every moment. It has appeared possible to render the peuelty of hard labour more effi cacious and more reforming, less expensive and at the same time more humane, by utilizing the progress of French colonisation. A law,will be presented to you on that question. "It will be proposed at the same time to render more useful and more real the surveillance to which male factors are subjected oe whom justice has inflicted penal and degrading punishment. The number of offences and crimes committed every year attest how great and indispensable is the amelioration of our repressive legis latton. Now the modifications which penitentiary re form is preparing will render justice less expensive, and will diminish the frequency of repeated crimes. They will contribute likewise to the course of justice and of that reform which the magistrates pursue with such im partial devotedness and such vi g ilant firmness. " PUBLIC ISTRUCTION AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. " Tee 9th article of the Constitution prescribed the introduction of liberty and competition in education, un der certain conditions of capacity and morality, and uneer the superintendence of trio State. The law which operated this radical reform was prefaced by two mea sures. The first is the abolition of the certificate of education; the second the transitory law relating to the appointeueut and the revocation of primary teachers. One of those measures has put an end to old and %arm complaints. The other, according to the unanimous re ports of the prefects, has produced the most fartunate results. " The important law of the 15th March, 1550, induced a considerable change amongst the personnel as well as certain new regulations. Several mouths have been de voted to that double labour. The first is almost com pleted. Several decrees prepared with the concurrence of the Council of State have provided for the most press ing regulations become necessary. Other plans are being discussed. Everything announces that in general the provisions of the new law will realize the hopes of the Government and of the Assembly. The administra tion of religious worship has obtained from the Holy See after tedious negociatious, a measure long since demanded —the erection of three colonial bishoprics and the ap pointment of three prelates for Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the island of La Reunion. " The Sovereign Pontiff proclaimed, at the same con sistory, three new cardinals, granted to the French Church as an eminent proof ot gratitude towards our nation, and of esteem for the French Episcopacy. " WAR. " The effective of the land forces, which in the month of June, 1849, amounted to 451,000 men and 93,754 horses, is no more at present than 396,000 men and 87,400 horses, and will shortly be reduced to the limits prescribed in the budget, to which it will bo confined if political circumstance permit us. Its organization will not be definite until after the adoption of the laws on the cadres submitted the 19th June last. Neverthe less several essays have been made, or are under prepa ration, to augment the well-being of the soldier, to di minish the charges in the corps, and to modify the ad ministrative control. " I again invite your consideration to the laws which are presented to you, and which will ameliorate the position of officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers. " Algeria had suffered much from the political events of 1848. The notable diminution which the effective of our troops experienced, has not prevented our brave army from meeting every danger. Zaatcha cap tured after prodigies of valour, Boucada subdued, conso lidate tier dominion, and permit us to pursue the work of pacification, "In the province of Constantine a column scoured during the months of May and June the country con quered between Setif and Bougie. The Beni-Immel have been routed by the brave and unfortunate General do Barral, and some days afterwards the Beni-Merad. In the south the Aures was visited several times by our troops. The submission of the Nememcha assures an important supply to our markets; and the new or ganization of these countries opens to us a road into the interior of Africa. "The tranquillity of the province of Algiers permits the continuation of the woi ks which have been com menced. The population suffered much from scarcity, but the military authorities came to their assistance in every possible form. " Tranquillity has bees maintained in the province of Oran everywhere, thanks to the intelligence of the offi cers of our Arab establishments; the natives every day appreciate more and more the justice of our administra tion. The work of colonization is being continued. The forty-two agricultural colonies, distributed in our three provinces may, in time, form splendid establish ments. An European population of 115,000 inhabitants divided in 1:33 towns or villages-11,000 conressionary colonists have erected constructions of which the actual value is 14,000,000, attest a progress which I trust will not slacken. " Our roads comprise an extent of 5,350 kilometres. "Our telegraphic lines are composed of 64 posts, and will be completed by 30 other posts, which are pro jected. " The insalubrity is every day disappearing. More than 8,000 hectares of marsh have been drained. At the same time the fertility of the soil is incr eased b y the dig ging of 250,00 0 metres of irritating canals, and o f 75,() 0o drains; 116,000 metres of conduits conduct water into our towns—in fine, 900 buildings of every description have been erected to the present time. " The important works of the port of Algiers are con tinued with activity. " The Administration has obtained knowledge of a considerable quantity of miner alo g ica l strata, which w ill contribute soon to the wealt h ot Algeria and of the country. " The cultivation of tobacco, of the mulberry, of co chineal, is taking great development, the trade in wool already amounts to 36,000,000 E, and that of others to 24,000,000. "In fine, immense defensive works, barracks f or 40,000 men, hospit als for 5,000 sick, guarantee the surety of our conquest, and the well-being of our army from the incessant fatigues incurred by the greatest part in the works of which we have just spoken. " The estate will not neglect anything in order to ar rive at the prosperit of tbe colony. " MARINE. " The Marine has been maintained on a respectable footing, notwithstanding the reductions commanded by the budget. o Foreigners have paid homage to the fine organization of our fleet assembled at Cherbourg. " However, our maritime force is only composed of 125 ships, instead of 235, which we had in activity in 1848. It employs 22,561 men, instead of 29,331, borne on the lists of tle same year. rhe actual effective only suffices imperfectly for the protection of present interests engaged in all parts of the globe. " The spirit of our sailors is excellent, and their de votedness unbounded, " The workmen in our arsenalg, enlightened by ex perience, have resumed their works with activity,: - .Ld we can cile important examples : " At Cherbourg, breakwater, the new arsenal, the Fort des Flamanl, the formation of the inner dock; " At Toulor, the elesr;ng of the roadstead, of which the fifth part is terminated. " At Oleron, the elevation of tl:o fort flayerd, to pro tect the roadstead of the Isle d'Aix. " At Port Vendrc, all that is necessary to give a sure refuge to the fleet. " At Marseilles, the new dock. " While waiting the results of the inquiry, the Admi nistratisn bas thought right to postpone all radical re form in the different branches of the complex adminis tration of the Marine dedartment. _ " However, by decree of the 16th January, 1550, the Council of the Admiralty has been constituten in a man ner to idsuro to the marine corps the advantages given to the officers of the fleet. " The penal system of the Marine has been submitted to a well studied revision; this important work, so long required by marines and jurisconsults will be submitted to yon at no distant time. " The ordinance regarding the sea service is about to receive modifications which will combine the advantages of progress already accomplished to the immutable prin ciples of discipline. " In the colonies,of the Antilles, after disasters, which have not, however, turn, d out to be so bad as might have been found, considering the gravity of the sudden trial of social transformation which they have endured, tranquillity is re-established, ard the Government is firmly resolved to maintain it by an energetic adminis tration, which it will, however, know how to reconcile with an appeasing of the division of caster. " The sensible decline of production is an incontesti ble fact, but which may be in part explained by the em barrassed situation of proprietor s , w i t h ou t h av i ng to draw from it a conclusion unfavourable to the probable results of free labour. Nothing has been left undone to ameliorate the moral and material state of our colonial possessions. Organization, policy, justice, administrt :ion, banks, colonization—all have been submitted to the examination of eminent men, and will become the ohjt et of several projects of successive laws.. " Our colony of the Re-union, exempt from troubles, would not have sea n a decrease of its remarkable pro sperity had not two successive storms so recently spread devastation in that quarter. "Upon the western coast of Africa our commerce is becoming signalised by prcgress in which we are taking a share that must interest us in our establishments of Senegal and of Gore+, and our factories at different points as far as the Equator. At Tahiti the maintenance of our protectorate pre serves in the Pacific a point d'appui for our missions, na well us for cur military and merchant marine. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " Since my last Message our forsign policy has ob lained in Italy a great success. Our arms have over thrown at Rome that turbulent demagogy which, through out the Italian Peninsula bad compromised the cause of true liberty, and our brave soldiers have had the signal honour of replacino. Pope Pius the Ninth on the throne of St. Peter. The spirit of party will tail in obscur ing this memorable deed, which will form a glo rioui page for France. The constant:aim of our efforts has been to encourage the liberal and philau thropical intentions of toe Holy Father, the Pontifical power pursues the realization of the fo,mulas contained in the inotu proprio the 2d of September. 1549. Some 01.r..te organic lzws have already ben published, and thus which are to complete ensemble of the admi nistrative and military organisation in the states of the Church wili net be long delayed. It is needless to say, that our army, yet roaNssary for the maintenance of order at Rome, is equally no :or our political influence, and which having rendered itself illustrious by its cou rage, is no less admired for its discipline and its admi nitraticn. "On the different points where our diplomacy has had to interfere it has nobly maintained the dignity of France; and our allies have never had to demand our support in vain. _ _ _ .‘; It is thus that, in concert with Ragland, we have sent several forces into the Levant, to 'how our loyal sympathy for tde independence of the Porto which sap posed that Russia and Austria meant to infringe by de manding in virtu:, of ancient treaties the extradition of Hungarian and Polish subjects refugees on the Turkish territory. Thanks to the wisdom which these powers have brought inlo negotiations on the question, the in tegrity Gf the rights of the Ottoman empire have been secured. "In Greece, as soon as we learned the acts by which England supported her reel...mations we intervened by our good offices, France could not remain indifferent to the lot of a nation whose independence she had so much contributed to; she did not hesitate to offer her media tion, despite the difficulties raised during the course of the negotiations, nor succeeded in aciening the condi tions imposed on the Government of Athens, end our ne gotiations with Great Britain resumed immediately their accustom ei character. " In Spain we have seen with pleasure the ties which made the two countries become closer by the mutual sympathy of the two Covernmeuts. Thus, as soon as the French Government learnen the criminal attack directed by some adventurers against the Lle of Cuoa, we seat new forces to the commander of the Antilles, with an injunction to unite his efforts to those cf the Spanish authorities to prevent the recurrence of similar attempts. " lienmark excites still our most lively solicitude. This ancient ally, which had so much to endure on EC. count of her fidelity to France at the period of our dis asters, has not yet, notwithstanding the bravery of her army, subdued the insurrection which hes broken out in the Duchy of Holstein. The armistice of the 18th July, 1849, has been recognised by the interim of Frankfort, which had charged Prussia to treat in the name of Germany. Aftr laborious negotiations a treaty was signed the 2 , 1 July, through the media tion of England, between Denmark and Prusß , a. Tbis treaty, ratified at first by the Cabinet of Berlin, and her allies, bas just been equally so by Austria and the Powers represented at the Assembly of Frankfort. While these negotiations were proceeding in Germany, the Powers friendly to Denmark opened conferences at London, for the sake of maintaining the integrity of the states of the King of Denmark, such as has been gxaranteed by treaties. If the steps taken by the Allied Powers have not yet succeeded i❑ putting an end to the struggle engaged in in the North of Germany, they have at least obta►ned the happy result of curtailing the pro portions of the war, which only exists now between the King of Denmark and the unsubdued provinces. " We still insist upon the King of Denmark assuring, by institutions, the rights of the Duchies. Oa the other hand, we will give him all the support which he has a right to require from as by virtue of treaties and of our ancient friendship. " In the midst of the political conflictions which divide Germany we havo observed the most strict neutrality. So long as French interests, and the equilibrium of Europe shall not be comprised, we will continue a policy marked by our re,peet for the independence of our neighbours. " Immediately after the vote of the National As sembly on the subsidy for Montevideo, the Government resumed the negotiations pending at Buenos Ayres. The object was to make the modifications in the treaties ooncluded in 1849, which were deemed indispensable in Order to guarantee efficaciously the independence of the rieutal Republic, to protect the interests of Preece over Uruguy, and to preserve the nrtional honour. We hope to terminate usefully and honourably the regretable com plications which fur a long time I iLit have interrupted the good relations between France and the Republic of La Plata. Our commercial relations with foreign countries are becoming consolidated and develaped. " The English Government has, in fact, extended, since the Ist of January, 1850, to the French flag the dispositions of the New Navigation Act of the '26th of June, 1849. It has also very recently abolished the dif ferontial duties on the exportation of coals. " We hope that the negotiations pending at the pre sent moment, for the new treaty of navigation and com merce with Great Britain, will soon resolve themselves into an arrangement in conformity with the interests of the two countries. estt cm. " The treaty concluded with Belgium cn the 7th of November, 1849. is in force for scarcely a leaf, and already the two countries have experienced the most advantageous results from it, " Some difficulties of detail, relative to the additional articles of the treaty with Chili, sanctioned by the law of the 15th cf March, 1850, by retarding the execution of it, shall soon be levied. " A new c mvention has been signed at Paris, on the 3d of August last, between France and Bolivia. It will be submitted to the sacetion of the Legislature, after the approbation of the Bolivian Government. " The negotiatisu, followed with activity by the Cabinet of Turin for the renewal of the convention of the 28th of August, 1843, has just been terminated by a treaty of commerce and navigation. " The abuse, too long tolerated, of literary and artis ticol piracy is the subject sf numerous negoWations. The greater part of the Cabinet to whom international ar rangements have been proposed for the purpose of putting an end to that abuse, have receivod them at least in principle. Already even Sardinia has signed a conven tion with France for the reciprocal guarautse of literary and artictical property, which will give more effect to the treaties of 1843 and 1816. " I can therefore say, without presumption, the posi tion of France in Europe is dignified and honourable. Wherever her voice is heard she advises peace, protects order and right; she is listened to everywhere. RESUME. " Such, Gentlemen, is a rapid exposition of the state of our affairs. Notwithstanding the dtfficulty of the circum stances, the law and the authority have recovered their empire to such a point, that an one believes hence forth in the success of violence. But besides this, the more that the tears for the present disappear, the more the public mind devotes itself with assiouity to the con templatioc of the future. Nevertheless, France desires re pose above all things. Still agitated by the dangers which society has run, she remains a stranger to the quarrels of parties or of men, which are so insignificant in the pre. sence of great interests which are at stake. " I have often declared, when the opportunity is o' fered of expressing publicly my feelings, that I consi dered as great criminals those who by personal ambition would compromise the small amount of stability guaran teed to us by the Constitution. This is my profound conviction, and it has never been shaken. It is only the enemies of public tranquility who have been able to misrepresent the most simple steps which arise from my position. " As first magistrate of the Republic I was obliged to place myself in communication with the clergy, the magistracy, the agricultural interests, the in dustrial interests, the administrations, and the army, and I gladly availed myself of every opportu nity of testifying to them my sympaty and gratitude for the assistance which they had given toe; end above all, if my name as well as my cfrorts have ast isted in strengthening tho good feeling of the army, of which I alone have the disposal, according to the terms of the Constitution, it is a service, I venture to declare, which I consider I have rendered to the country, tor I have al ways turned my personal influence to the profit of the cause of order. " The invariable rule of my political life will be, in every circumstance, to do my duty and nothing but my duty. "At the present day it is permitted to everyone, to the whole world, excepting to me, to endeavour to acce lerate the revision of our fundamental law. it the con stitution contain vices and dangers, you are all at bboxty to point them out to the country. I alone, bound by my oath, I confine myrelf within the strict limits which that constitution has laid down for me. " The Councils-General have, in a great number of instances, expressed a wish in favour of the revision of the Constitution. That wish is only addressed to the legislative power. As far as regards me, the elect of the people, and deriving my powers from the people alone, I shall ale ays conform to their wishes when ex pressed in a legal manner. " The uncertitude as to the future creates, I sea aware, many apprehensions by reviving many hopes. Let us all learn to make the sacrifice to the country of these hopes, and only to occupy ourselves wit' its inte rests. If in the present session you vote the revision of the constitution, a Constituent Assembly will assemble for the purpose of reconstructing our fundamental laws, and regulating the fate of the ex,cutive power. If you do not vote it, the people will, in 1852, tolemnly mani fest the expression of its new pieasure. But whatever may be the solution of the future, let us undersrend each other in order that it may never be passion, surprise, or violence that will decide the fate of this great nation. Let us inspire the people with that repose, by being calm in our de liberations. Let us inspire them with a profound feel ing ofjustice by layiog aside on our own sides all ap pearance of selfishness; end then, believe, the progress of our political manners will compensate for the danger derived fsom institutions which were created in days of distrust and uacertainty. " That which pre-occupies me above all things, you may be persuaded, is, not to know who will govern Frunce in 1842, but to employ the time of which I dis pose in such a manner that the transition, whatever it may be, may be made without trouble. "The most noble and the most dignified object of au elevated mind is not to sack, when one is in pessession of power, by what expedients it may be perpetuated, but to watch without ceaiug over the means of consolidating, for the advantae of ail, the principles of authority and of morality which defy the passions of men and the in stability of the laws. " I have honestly opened my heart to you. You will respond to my f an'sness by your confidence, to my good intentions by your co-optratioe, and God will do the rest. Receive, Gentlemen, the assurance of my high " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. " Elysee National, Nov. 12. The Assembly was extremely numerous, and lis tened with the most profound silence to the reading of that document. The praise bestowed in it on the gen darmerie fbr the zeal that military force had Evinced in maintaining order all over ;he country, having ex cited merriment on the Left, the Right responded by cries of " fres Lien" (very well). The transporta tion of galley-slzves to the cole - mies was favourably re c,ived by the m"jority, and the appointment of three new French Cardinals by the Pope, which cc ea.,ioned some, murmurs on the Lsf', was hailed with cries of ti . 2.s bier on the ROA. The pas sage relative to the restoration of the Pope, applauded by the majority, excited murmurs on the benches of the Mountain, several members of whom cried, " And the inquisition!" Fhe expose of the foreign policy of the Government, as well as the Presi dent's declaration relative to the revision of the Consti tution, elicited the loudest applause, which redoubled and continued for some time after the Alinister had de scended from the tribune. M. Henri Didier having given notice of his intention to address interpolations to the Minister of War, rela tive to the appointment of General cl'Hautpoul to the goaernment of Algeria, Mtinhers on the right cried in six months," and this last motion having been put to the vote, was adopted by a large majority. The Assembly aft.Tweirds ttclj,earned at Fire o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 12. The Queen walked this morning in the slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to th,l Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attended by Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. The Royal dinner party et the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in W ait ing of the Duchess of Gloucester, Baroness de Spetb, Sir George Couper, and Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Liddell, in attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected yesterday morning a finished proof of an engraving of their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena, after the picture by Winter;- halter, the engraving by Mr. Ryall. The above was tubmitted by Mr. Moon. Bishop Collier had nn interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial• office. Mr. Mann, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Holland, had an intenicw with Sir Gorge Grey yesterday, Et the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord Prteldent) was prevented by indisposition from being present at the nomination of sheriff: , yesterday, i❑ the Exchequer Chamber. Lord Ashley bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday„ at his cfficial residence, in Downing-street. A deputation from the Commercial Dock Com pany had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The deputation consisted of Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Dawson. Mr. H. G. Gordon, Chairman of the Oriental Bank, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council met yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin), at two o'clock iu the afternoon, lathe Exchequer Chamber, for the purpose of nominating the sheriffs for the counties of England and Wales for the ensuing year. The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended in his gold rube of office. Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary at War ; the Lord Chief Jus tice of the Court of Queen'e Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Barcn of the Exchequer, Judges Parke, Alderson, Wightrnan, Williams, Talfourd, &c., were present. Mr. C. Greville and the Hon. Wm. Bathurst, Clerks of the Privy Council, were in attendance. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Lord Chancellor arrived from 'Windsor Castle to attend the Council. Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palrners ton, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Fox Mettle, and other Ministers were present. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Lord Chancellor returned to 'Windsor Castle after the Cabinet Council. His Excellency the American Miniater, Mrs. Lawrence, and Colonel T. B. Lawrence, lett town on Monday, on a visit to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington-park. A deputation from the Submarine Telegraph Com pany between France and England, consisting of Mr. F. Ricketts, Mr. G. Emery, Mr. Francis Edwards, and Mr. J. Griffin, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• .. 11 17N Ditto, three months.. 11 19 Rotterdam .........• 11 19 iA 25 475, Brussels .• 41% 1 Ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 Paris. 3 days'sight • 25 30 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 Marseilles .......... •• 25 50 - • Vran.kforton Maine.... 119% Berlin • • • • • • •• • • •• • • " Vienna, effec. tio ••• • •• 12 40 Trieste, ditto.... 12 40 Petersburgh,Sil. Bble.. 37 Madrid •••••••• ...... 49U Cadiz • . • • 49% Barcelona •• .• .• SeTille.• •• •• •• •• •• •• EXCHANGE. iGibraltar•• •••••• •• •• ••: Leghorn 31 0 iGeßoa •.•• . • .. ••• • • • 26 0 ;Milan ................ Venice........ 'Naples .• •• •• •• •• •• •• 41 3 k ralenno,peroz........ 123 X Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 124 Lisbon•• •• •• •• •••• •• •• 63% (Oporto. •• •• •• •• •• .. •• 5341 Iltio Janeiro •• .. .... Buenos Ayres ...... .. New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • • • • • • moss or BULLION, PIA OS. Foreign Gold in bars.. Xll 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 NOW Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 11 ISllver in bars .......• 0 5 0% CAMBRIDGE ITNIVERSITT.—It is understood that at a meeting of the heads of houses it has been a ,, Teed to present an address to the Throne on the subject of the Papal usurpation, and that such address will be pre sented to the Senate fur adoption on Thursday neat. BonouGn or NEW WINDSOR.—On Saturday last Mr. Charles Phillips was unanimously elected mayor of this borough for the year ensuing. A WOMAN'S ADVANTAGEC.—A woman may say what she likes to you. says an American journal, without the risk of being knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner, while her husband has to go to work. She can dress herself in neat and tidy shoes for a dollar, which her husband has to earn and fork over to her. She can take a walk on a pleasant day without the fear of being asked to treat at every ccffee-house she passes; she can paint her face, if too pale, or flour it, if too red; she can stay at home in tine of war, or wed again if her husband . be " kilt." She can wear corsets , if too thick, and other fumes, if too thin. PONTEFRACT ELECTION.—Mr. Baron Martin, in c a o n n n s o e u g n u c e i n n t g his " resignation u ns "unsolicited' i o t e f d the" el e r v e a p t r i e o s n e n t o t a the n b o e f n ch, and h Pontefract, is says, in his address to the electors:—" I am happy to learn that I am likely to be succeeded by a gentleman of a distin guished Yorkshire family, and one whom I am confident will to his utmost maintain the supremacy of the Queen, the civil and religious rights and liberties of her subjects, and , the independence of the kingdom." T .E t.) j 4 ON II 0 N IV 14] DNESOA V INI N G' s N O VEMBER 13, 1850.