The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-06 00:00:00

.- -- [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :---] THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. GENTIMIEN REPRESENTATIVE S , I come this year as usual to present to you an ac count of the important events which have been accom plished sinoe my last Message. I believe, however, I ought to pass with silence the events which, in spite of myself, have produced certain dissensions which will always be to be regretted. With the exception of some partial agitation, the public peace has not been troubled; and even at various epochs at which political difficulties were of a kind to weaken the sentiment of public security and to assist apprehensions, the country, by its peaceful attitude, has shown a confidence with the Government, the evidence of which is most pleasing to me. It appears, however, imprudent to flatter ourselves with illusions on this appearance of tranquillity. A vast demagogical conspiracy is now organizing France and Europe. Secret societies a re endeavouring to extend their ramifications even into the smallest commuties. All the madness and viole nce of party is brought forth, while these men are not even agreed on persons or things: they are agreed to meet in 1852, net to construe; but to over throw. Your patriot ism and your courage, with which I sall endvou to keep pace, will, I am sure , save Franc h e from the dan r get' wherewith she he thrs sten ed.. But to conquer those dangers we muit look at them without fear and without exaggeration, while we H er e convinced that, thanks to the strength of the Administration, to the enlight ene d z , al of the magistrat es, to the devotion cf the army, France will will yet be s aved. .• Let us, therefore, unite our efforts to depri ve the spirit of evil even of the hope of a momentary success. . The best means to attain this end has aiways ap peared to me the application . of that system, which con sists in satisfying the legitimate interests on the one hand, sad on the other to suffeeate, at the moment of their appearanc e, theeslighrest symptoms of an attack against religion, morality, and society. Thus to procure labour by granting to cempanie; our greet 'lees Of railway, and with the money which the State will procure from these pritjeots to give a strong impulse to the other works in all the other departments —to encourage those institutions destined to develop agricultural and commercial credit—to come by meansof charitabl- institutions to the assistance of ail poverty —such has been and such still must be our first care; and i it sby following this course that it will become eaeter to have recourse to means of repression when their necessity shall have- become felt. INTERIOR. In the greater part of France ordinary measures have sufficed to ensure order, but the state of siege maintained in the 6‘h military division has had to be extended to the department of the Ardeehe, stained with the blood of frequent collisions, and more recently still to the de partments of the Cher and Marne, terrified by a cora meneement of Jacquerie. At Lyons a strong and unique system of police has been organized, embracing 12 towns or suburban com munes, which the law has comprehended under the de nomination of the Lyonese agglomeration. Political refugees entered into dangerous affiliations. Some it was necessary to expel , but hospitality has con tinued to be extended to very large numbers. A sum of more than 486,000 f. has been divided among 3,000 refugees. The vices of the municipal organization spring from the necessity under which the Government found itself cf in one year revoking, on the advice of the Coun cil of State, 501 elective functionaries, of whom 273 were mayors, and 123 adjoints. The dissolutions of Municipal Councils has amounted to 126, those of National Guards to 139. Although the maintenance of security and the appli cation of severe measures principally devolve on the Ministry of the Interior, and betere all require its action, its enlightened zeal has spared no means of extending itself at the same time to all that might stimulate la bour, that first condition of well-being and tranquillity. Thus the municipal administration of France has adopted two vast projects, which at one and the same time present the advantage of facilitating the supply of provisions to the capital, and of adding to its beauty; I mean the construction of the markets and the prolonga tion of the rue Ricoh. The impulse soon spread trom Paria to the departments, which have devoted consider able sums to works of utility. Sciences and arts have received notable encourage ment, and the important sums which have been voted for the restoration of various historical monuments have been applied accordingly. Two projects demand a prompt solution—viz., to de termine the indemnities due to those citizens who have suffered material losses in consequence cf the events of February and June; and the second proposition re fers to the organization of prison labour. There is, moreover, another project of law of which I spoke to you in my last Message, and to which I at tached the greatest importance—namely, the assistance to be tendered to the old remaaute of the armies of the Republic and the Empire. Circumstances which were independent of my will have hitherto prevented the presentation of this prej • et. I trust, however, that you will soon be iii a position to give it a favourable reception, for I entreat you not to forget that in• all parts of this country there are men covered with sears, who have sacrificed themselves to the defence of the country, and who are now anxiously welting for you to help them. Their time is short, afflicted as they are by age and misery. FINANCES. The present situation is as favourable as can be ex petted considering the engagements of the past and tae uncertainties of the future. The accounts of 1849, which have been submitted to you, show the definitive solde of this calculation. The deficit which it burdens on the Treasury exceeds not the quotations of the Message of the 12th of November last. The decree which shortens by two months the dura tion of the financial year has been applied to the receipts and to the expenditure of 1850, so that somehow it is easy to ascertain the total. We are happy to be able to say that a surplus will remain after meeting the propo sitions of the Committee of the Budget and the Ad ministration. The Budget of 1850, now preparing, and the defini tive results which it will present, will in a great measure depend on the state of the reeenne during the last month of the year. Up to this day the collection of impost offers a satisfactory result. Direct tars are being paid with great promptness. They presnnt an improvement even on the favourable situation of last year. The indirect taxes suffer from the wane of confidence in the future. The indirect imposts feel the effect of the want of con fidence in the future, without, however, any diminution upon the totality of the receipts anticipated by the Bud get being as yet produced. The loss experienced under some branches of the re venue, especially registration dues, is compensated by the amount of the taxes on consumption—a circumstance which establishes the welfare and employment of the moss numerous classes. The diminution of the produce of the Customs does not disclose any grievous symptom: compensated for, as far as concerns colonial sugar, by the increase in the amount received from indigenous sugar, it may, in other respects, be explained by the effects of the law of the 11th of January last, which regulated the economic relations of Algeria and France, and the benefits of which, as re gards our African possessions, will be increased by the recent institution of an establishment of credit. There is nothing in chose anticipated results which is not con formable with the general interests of the country. The sustained progress of our exportations in every class has had the effect of balancing, in respect to our branches of industry, the slackness of the home market. The high figure which they have attained in late years, compared with the amount of importations , accounts for the affluence of the precious metals into our country. This increase of exports is so much the more secure for the future, inasmuch as it is founded on the progressive advance of civilization. Upon the whole, the budget of 1851 will afford results almost in conformity w i t h w h a t was anticipated. extraordinary The public works executed in 1850 and in 1851 involve an expense of 172,000,000 f. The deficits of those two years are far from amounting to that su m, and the expenditure for public wcrks will Only in part he a charge upon the future. Peace and order have especially the effect of ameliorat ing the condition of the laborioust classes, and this ame lioration i s proved by the state of the d epos i ts i n th e savings fund. The deposits or this kind have increased during 1850, and during the six first months of 1851 with a rapidity not observable at any other period. But this state of things had its dangers, and the Assembly, in conjunction with the Government, has endeavoured to prevent them, by placing, through justly popularg hthelawoft i the 3oth of June last, the iutere ats of those nstatu- S th ta e te r . estilts tions in accordance wit h the i n terests ectio o n f , a th n e d This law is now being p ut in execution, already ascertained indicate that its advadnstanecresearrveincogmn-i, prehended by the masa, so numerous, an interest, of depositors. Another law conceded the service of the wail• pa l c t ke i t , boats of the Mediterranean to private enterprjse • desirabl e t h at s i m il ar co ncessions should allow of the eslenaion of our relations of commerce and intercourse with the Transatlantic countries. The Administration is occupied in consideration of the question of the means of bringing them to a solution. The Minister of Finance, making use of the authority granted him, has negotiated the re ntes resulting from the liquidation o f th e savings ' banks. If regard be had to the circumstances under which the operation has taken p l ace, i t cannot be denied that the operation has been conducted on advantageous terms. You will in this see a pr oo f, t h at w h en political anxic- °Account of the Imports and Exports for the years 1845, 1849, and 1850 (real value.) o o r r t t s a , over Imports, 1548 —Imports , 474,259,753 f.• Ex p p Value of annual excess of E x 215,734,9 6 f 3 f. 1849 —Imports, 724,118,975 c.; Exports, 937,949'---- sgae; Value of ann ual excess of Exports over Imports, 213,830, 6171 . 1850--Imports, 790,666,6341; Exports, 1,068,122,195F ' , Value of annua l excess of Exports, over Imports., .... --- -- --- , 277,455,564 f. /-,, •-- ' -- Total annual value for the three years—lmports, "."-- 1- 1,959,045.36Jf.• Exports, 2,696,066,509 f.; Value of , 9 *-- ' • '' 4161112 ual excess of Exports over Imp.orts, 707,021,147 f. < . According to the result of the 'lime first months of ,_;,..,....„ „:. 1851 the excess of the value of ex p orts over imports z t-. 4l t l , would be for the year equal, and ev en more than that c .,1 11# : of 1850. `.-; •,.‘'-''-, - . 4 ...... - - THE SUN ties shall cease to depress the state of our finances, it will be easy, if you so think fit, to have recourse to credit on conditions favourable to the Treasury. PUBLIC WORKS. The commercial, political, and military imp Itance of railways becomes every day more evident. Amid the general progress, not to advance would be to recede. This the Government has comprehended, and the reduc tion of the credits has not prevented it from following up with the greatest activity the completion of the works upon the principal line from Paris to Strasbourg, and on the branch from Metz to the Prussian frontier. Four sections, forming together an extent of 210 kilometres, will have been inaugurated in 1851, and in the first six months of the coming year the entire eastern line may be opened to the public. Upwards of 100 kilometres hare been added respec tively to the lines from Paris to Bordeaux, and from Paris to Lyons. The line from Tours to Nantes is finished. Upon the whole, the total length of the sections opened for traffic in 1851 exceeds 500 kilometres, and the works on the other sections are so advanced as to permit of an addition to our network of railroads of 330 kilometres in 1852.* A connecting line is recognised as necessary for the purpose of uniting the points of departure of the principal railroads running out of the capital. You have app:inted the 10th of November next for the discussion of, as business of pressing importance, the two bills relative to the railroad from Paris to the Medi terran,2e.n. Public opiuion centinucs to mark that on: to you as a work of the first necessity. The credits assigned for the completion and improve ment of the highways are too restricted to allow those parts of the country, which, on account of the difficulty presented by the soil, have not been comprehended in the network of railroads or canals, to have the advan tage of more convenient communication!. In the budget of 1852, I ask you for the means of fin:u-liorating this position, by puaing it in accordance with distributive tuitice interior navigation, that indispensable auxiliary of agriculture and commerce, together with the railroads, has not been neglected. Great results are already, or %vitt at a future time be attained, in spite of the insuf ficiency of the sums of money. The lateral canal at the Garonne, already open for navigation between Toulouse and Ageo, to au extent k,f 127 kilometres, will be carried forward in some months as tar as Mss, 42 kilometres beyond Agen, and made to e.nnunicate with the Baigre. In a iew more years, and with a few more efforts, the gigantic work of Louis XIV. will have received, to the gl,,ry of our time, neces.ary completion. The last section of the canal from the Marne to the Rhine will be susceptible of being opened for commerce in 1853. On the Seine the want so much to be regretted in re spect to the navigable state of the river, ev©n in its pas sage t h rou gh the capital, will shortly disappear. Between Rouen and Havre the maritime navigation has received unhoped-for advantages from the execution of the Digne works. A Bill submitted to your considera tion has for its object to secure the continuance of these fortunate results. By the same Bill the Government proposes to you to undertake at the Months of the Rhone n system of theanalogoustothosewhichcomplete s Surveys ere going on in the same spirit for the improvement of the navigation of the Loire and the Garonne. _ _ Among the civil edifices and national palaces which have been finished in the course of the present year, I may mention the basins of Versailles and St. Cloud, the library of St. Genevieve, the Stamp-office, and the resto ration of the salons of the Louvre. A project of law relative to the completion of the Louvre is now preparing, and will be immediately laid before you. For a long time commerce has demanded freedom of transport with respect to land carriage; and we made this legitimate concession to public opinion. Finally, the recent clauses which have given a new organization to the staff of the school of the Fonts et Chaussee.s have prepared for the application of laws relative to the mode of recruiting engineers. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. The Government has endeavoured to carry out the wish expressed by the General Council of Arts, Manu factures, and Commerce for the establishment of public competitions, so as to be serviceable in improving our breed of domestic animals. To facilitate such, a request for a special appropria tion of funds has been introduced into the project for the budget of 1852. The Administration has employed special persons to study various questions of the greatest interest to agri culture, and to publish documents on the cultivation of flax in Belgium and Holland. An inquiry made into the institutions of landed credit will by new documents facilitate the study and the dis cussion of the project of law on this subject, now sub mitted to the deliberation of the Assembly. The results of the inquiry on the establishments for agricultural colonisation in Holland, Switzerland, Bel gium, and France, have been published. special and detailed instructions have been addressed to tne Prefects to facilitate the execution of the law of the 20th of March, 1851, which has organised the legal representation of agricultural industry, and General Councils have been called to carry out one of its most important provisions. Storms and hurricanes at many points of France have ruined numerous families. To relieve them the Govern ment, combining with the efforis of private charity, has, by a decree of the 27th of August last, raised the mea sure of assistance uAnilly awarded in such cases to per cent. A combination of events and circumstances, still fresh in the memory of all, had lowered the prices of previsions ; but the alteration in some countries of Europe. particularly England, of the laws affecting corn have opened new and ext .n , ive markets to our agricul ture. Since 1849 our exports have received an increase previously wikilown. Tne publication of the statistical atlas of the breed of horses in France is going on with activity, and will soon show that our wealth in this article of property is not less than that of the other nations of Europe. A decree of the 3d September, 1851, has recognized the Chambers of Commerce, and by recognizing them as establishments of public utility, has satisfied one of their frequently-expressed wishes. borne events much to be regretted have occasioned uneasiness with respect to the organization of the Ton tine societies and agencies. A commission is about to revise the statutes for the purpose of introducing all the improvements and guarantees which belong to the nature of these establishments. An administrative ordinance with respect to " benefit societies" bas been published, in execution of the law of the 15th of July, 1850. It allows them the moat per fect liberty, excepting as to the necessary guarantees. The report required by the law will show how far those societies contribute to the improvement of the indus trious classes. The law of May 4, 1851, has settled the bases of con tracts of apprenticeship, to the advantage of industry and the families of the working classes. Its effects will be to secure to the apprentice a legal guarantee of in struction and morality, without infringing on the free dom of labour and the rights of the family. A decree of the 17th of last May has determined the exceptions to the law of the 9th of September, 1848, which limited the duration of factory labour to twelve hours. The Government trusts that it has justified the confidence placed in it by the Legistature. The advances made by certain employers to their workmen have often rendered repayment impossible, by engaging the workmen for an unlimited period. The law of the 21st of last May, by reducing authorised ad vances to 30f., has reconciled the rights of labour with the respect due to contracts. The project of law concerning manufactory marks, important to industry and commerce, has already been examined by the Council of State, and will soon be submitted to the Assembly. The decree of the 24th of December, has laid down the basis for a new organization of the sanitary service on the sea coast. This organization, which is simpler and more in harmony with our general administrative system, has been carried and put in practice in the course of the present year. By an order, delegates from Foreign Powers, chosen from the consular and medical corps, are now pre paring, at Paris, the scheme of an uniform regulation for all the countries situated on the coast of the Medi terranean. The amount of our exports shows the activity given to our manufactures, and the results obtained since the last message show how French industry, in the midst of difficult circumstances and incessant competition, has triumphed over obstacles and extended its outlets. The superiority of certain branches of our industry has been confirmed or revealed by the London Exposi tion, as is proved by the numerous prizes awarded to our exhibitors. Ia fact, France has proportionately gained more than all the other countries, including England herself. And it is not only by our works of art, taste, and luxury that we have obtained this success. Our machines, our scientific instruments, our chemical products, our worka in copper aed hardware, as well as The t o Nationalth at our preparations of our raw material , and our fabr ics and dyes, h ave earne d for us an honourable distinction. The Univ e r sa l E x p o sition will have added a glorious page a A ls s o se f m F b r i e y n . c h that industry. legislation may be in harmon • • with this bl rernark a 12th of November, progress, has, since the 1850, vote d three important laws in favour of commerce. • d ustry, and navigation-- The law of the 11:h of January, 1851, which has set tled the commercial administration of Algeria; The law of the 13 th of June, 1851, which remodels the tariff of sugars — Colonial produce has f oun d in our mar kets a more advantageous outlet, without compromising native industry; The law of the 22d of July last, for the encouragement of the great fisheries. At the same time considerable improvements have been introduced into our commercial regulations. Th e message of t he 12th of November, 1850, an nounced an inquiry into the state of our merc ant il e m arine. This ha s taken place; the documents are n ow ersons, whose labours b e f ore enlightened and co mpetent p for msand now, if the As will produce some useful re, tion made in the budget of sembly will adept the Sections opened in 1851: — On the line of Strasburg Lyons .•• Bordeaux nntos ... 210 kilometres 113 101 87 -- Total Sections to be opened in 1852: — Oa the line of Strasburg ... 161 Bordeaux ... 133 The West • 36 --- ... 330 1852, the coasting trade (Cabatage) will be relieved of part of its present burdens. JUSTICE. • The last Message stated that the Assembly was occu pied with three important projects of law: — The first, relative to judicial organization, is now being reported. The second, in hypothecation, will be immediately submitted to a third reading, and the people will soon feel the benefit of the new law. The third, on judicial assistance. This law was passed on the 23d of January last. The Administration has left nothing undone to put this law into execution. The auxiliary bureaux are now everywhere open, and the poor as well as the rich can assert their rights before the tribunals. The law respecting the marriages of the poor has also been successfully applied. The last Message spoke also of projects of law rela tive to the rehabilitation of convicts, and the repression of crime committed by the French in foreign countries. They have been submitted to the Council of State,which is likewise occupied with a proposition, emanating from the Initiative Committee, on the subject of transporta tion. Great difficulties arose as to the appointment of a place. These seem to be removed, and the law which is requisite for the peace of society and the reform of con victs will sooa receive the double examination of the Council of State and the Assembly. The administration of justice has been everywhere prompt and enlightened. prepared to meet this object, has been presented to the Assembly; a body of regulations, embracing every de partment of the financial administration of the colonies, and their public accounts, is already prepared, and will be in a state to follow immediately the voting of the guarantee of discernment imposed on electors in the knowledge of those who are to represent them, so long a term of residence cannot be considered necessary for the appreciation of the candidate destined to the go vernment of France. Another serious objection is this—the Constitution re quires for the validity of the election of a President by the people at least 2,000,000 of suffrages, and if this number is not collected, the right of election is con ferred on the Assembly. The, Constituent Assembly , had therefore decided that, out of 10,000,000 voters in scribed on the lists, one-fifth was sufficient to render the election valid. At the present time, the number of electors being re. , duced to 7,000,000, to require 2,000,000 is to invert the proportion,—that is to say, it is to demand almost one third, instead of one-fifth, and thus in a certain eventu ality to take the election out of the hands of the people to give it to the Assembly. It is, therefore, positively changing the conditions of eligibility of the President of the Republic. Lastly, I call your particular attention to another rea son which, perhaps, may prove decisive. The re-establishment of universal suffrage on its prin cipal basis furnishes an additional chance of obtaining the revision of the Constitution. You have not for gotten why the adversaries of this revision refused last session to vote for it. They urged this argu ment, which they knew how to render specious : " The Constitution," said th--y, " which is the work of an assembly taking its rise in universal suffrage, cannot be modified by an assembly issuing from a re stricted suffrage." Whether or not this be a real motive or a pretext only, it is exp•dient to set it aside ant: to be able to say to those who would bind the country down to an immutable constitution,—Beloved universal suffrage re-establish( d. the majority of the Assembly supported by 2,000,000 of petitioners, by the greater number of the councils of arrondisssmenrs, and almost unanimously by the councils-general, demands the revision of the funda mental compact. Have you fess confidence then we in the expression of the populer wilt? The question, herefore, may be thu stated to all who desire a pacific solution to the diffieultiee of the day:— Toe law of the 31st of May has its imperfections, but even were it. perifter, should it not, neverthelesw, be repealed if it is to preveot the revision of the Constitu tion, the manifested wish of toe country? It is objected, I am aware, that en my part these proposals are inspired by personal interest. My conduct for the last three years ought to repel such an allega tion. The welfare of the country, I repeat, will always be the sole moving spring of my conduct. I believe it my duty to propose every means of conciliation, and to use every eff)rt to bring about a pacific, regular, and legal solution, whatever may be its issue. Thus then, Gentlemen, the proproal I make to you is, neither a piece of party tactics, nor an egotistical celcu letion, nor a sudden resolution;—it ie the result of serious meditation, and of a profound conviction, Ido not pretend that this measure will banish all the diffe culties of the situation. But to each day its appointed task. To-day to re-establish universal suffrage is to deprive civil war of its ensign, the Opposition of its last argu ment. It will be to furnish France with the possibility of giving itself institutions which may ensure its repose. It will be to give back in future to the powers of the State that moral force which can only exist so long as it reposes on a consecrated principle and an incontestable authority. Receive, Gentlemen, the assurance of my high esteem, LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Elysee National, Nov. 4. organic law. Two other Bills, one on immigration and the regula tion of labour in the colonies, and the other on the or ganization of the judicial system, have bean prepared by the Ministry and the Colonia l Commission. Lastly, our establishments on the western coast of Africa are in a progressive state; their situation de mands, in the interest of that progress itself, several measures which have recently been prepared and pro posed by a commission. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. We have reason to congratula!e ourselves on the state of our relations with foreign Powers. From all sides we receive assurances of the desire they feel to see our difficulties peaceably ended. On our side, a loyal and sincere diplomacy allies itself to all measures which can contribute to assure tranquillity and peace to Europe. The more this peace is prolonged the more tightly are the bonds between the various nations drawn. Prince Albert's vast and liberal idea has contributed to ce ment their union. The English people have welcomed our countrymen with a noble cordiality, and this com petition between the various industries of the world, in stead of fomentingjealousies, has only served to heighten the natural respect of the nations. At Rome our situation remains the same, and the Holy Father is unceasing in his demonstrations of soli citude for the prosperity of France and the comfort of our soldiers. The work of the organization of the Ro man Government proceeds but slowly; nevertheless. a Council of State has been established. The Municipal and Provisional Councils are gradually organizing them selves, and they will serve to forme. Consults whose duty it will be to take a share in the a dministration of finances, Important legislative reforms follow one fetter another, and great pains ,ire taken with the creation of an army which would promote the retreat of foreign Powers from the territories of the Church. At GaiststitiooPle our active interference has, since a twelvemonth, been commanded by the protection of re li4ious interests. L was necessary to conquer difficul ties in the Cathuiic. and among the other Christian communions, to terminate the disputes reepecting the investiture of the Armenian bishops, and to promote a transaction which will terminate ',hose deplorable quAr rels, which but too often are provoked by the posses sion of the holy places. If all be animated with one con ciliatory spirit, those sad contests are over for all time to Come. Our relations with Spain are satisfactory, and give us cause to hope for a speedy and definitive regulation of the dispute respecting the frontier of the Pyrenees. We have eagerly seized the opportunity to furnish Spain with a proof of the sincerity of our relations, by joiniug England in effering the Cabinet of Madrid the assistance of our naval forces to repulse the late audacious attack against Cuba. Besides, our Minister at Washington has been instructed amicably to support the reclamations of the Court of Madrid, and the justice of these reclamations has been most loyally recognized by the Federal Government. Peace is restored between Germany and Denmark. Schleswig has submitted to the authority of its King; the Austrian occupation of Holstein has terminated the insurrection; and the cause of the intervention of foreign troops having thus ceased to exist, I trust that their stay will not be prolonged. The resolution of the Cabinet of Copenhagen to de termine.the succession and to assure the integrity of the Danish Monarchy have obtained the approbation of the great powers of Europe. That which still detains the official sanction is now merely a question of detail. The dangers which a year ago threatened the peace of Germany have been dispelled. The Germanic Con federation in its total has returned to the forms and the rules which prevailed previous to 1848. It attempts to protect itself against new convulsions by application to an interior re-organization to which we ought to remain perfect strangers. We had for a moment reason to fear that the Frankfort Diet might be called upon to discuss a proposition which vastly modified the very essence of the Germanic Confederation, while it tended to expand its limits, change its destination and European rale, and which would have shaken the equilibrium which has been consecrated by the general treaties. We thought it our duty to make our representations. England, too, protested. Luckily, the wisdom of the German Go vernment has removed this chance of a complication. Switzerland has removed from its territories greater part of the refugees who abused its hospitality. In supporting that measure we did a service to Switzer land and to its contiguous States. Novel events which have transpired from the Plata coast have powerfully modified the situation of the States which are engaged in the quarrel. These events compel us to suspend the arrangements which we proposed to make for a pacification. The systems of reciprocal extradition of criminals and of postal conventions extend gradually. Of this various proofs have been given to the Assembly by several con ventions which have been submitted to it. Other con ventions will be submitted at a later period. The conclusion of commercial treaties with Great Britain, Tuscany, Belgium, Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden, proves the solicitude of the Government for the development of our mercantile and maritime re lations. The Assembly bad expressed a wish that the literary contention with Sardinia and Portugal should be adopted by the other States at their earliest convenience. Great. Britain and El itiover have already signed special conventions, which reproduce the principal items of the Sardinia and Portugal convention. 0:1 various oth r points, and especially in Spin, negolia . ions ate suit pending, and likely to lead to lollme good end. The reclamations which a large number of French merchants anti shipowirrs have to bring against the Government of the United States, in consequence of various arbitrary seizures by the Californian Custom house, are not yet either liquidated or paid; but the American Congress and the Cabinet of Washington have formerly recognised their justice, and we shall soon obtain a legitimate satisfaction. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND WORSHIP. The law of the 15th of March, 1850, on primary in struction, has produced the happiest results. The rectoral administration, being brought nearer to the establishm.iits, and being aided by the concurrence of eAti tonal thlegites, has exercised a most active sur veillance. _ . Tao facility cranted to the communes of substituting in certain cases free schools for politic schools, has not diminished the number of the latter. The numb(-r ot communal schools i% increasing. At ;he tiro when the law wa4 promulgated it wits 34 446; it is now 34 939. The instruction of girls, so important both for religious and domestic order, is increasing more and more. In ' 1850 the communal schools for girls were estimated at 10,171; they are now, in 1851, estimated at 10.542. I'he new I.w has n.,r, been favourable to the tree in structiJu of boys. In 1850 there were 4,950 tree schools for rys; there are now only 4,622. The case is otherwise with the free schools for girls. In 1850 they amounted to 11,088; iu 1851 they amount to 11,378. Avgether the primary schools have increased by 806. The organiz %thin of public instruction, according to the basis of the neTi law, has been entirely completed since las.t year. The academic councils have shown equal firmness and moderation in the exercise of their powers. The superior council, placed at the head of the hierarchy, maintains a powerful unity, and I feel justi. fled iu saying, that freedom of instruction, which has been developed in a remarkable manner, is without danger, because it will be confined within proper limits. In the transition from the old university regime to a regime of liberty, many situations which have been ho nourably and painfully acquired are now threatened. However, modest functionaries who have been removed from their career by the force of events ought not to lose the reward for past services. A proposition on this subject will be laid before you, and I have no doubt you will co-operate in the work of just reparation. The creation of three bishoprics in the Antilles, and in the Island of lieanion has now taken place. The bishops have taken possession of their sees, and their salutary influence at Martinique, R4anion, and Guada daloupe enables us to judge of the advantage that would arise from the appointment of a more numerous clergy. Some expenses will be indispensable for the foundation of seminary colleges, already authorised in principle by the organic decree of the colonial bishops. You will, I think, perceive,the utility of carrying out, without much delay, a work so happily begun. The National Assembly, by receiving the demand of the Minister of Public Worship in favour of diocesan edifices, has not only proved its interest in our great mo numents, but has also wished to show its anxiety for the requisitions of religion. Moreover, by adhering to this generous disposition, it will form the opening of vast ateliers in those departments where the position of the working classes threatens to become very painful. The non-Catholic sects hare also their due share in the care of the Government. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 5. FOWLER V. BAYNALL—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case this morning. The appeal was from the judgment of the late Vice-Chancellor of England. The bill was filed by Mrs. Fowler and her daughter, who was of age, and was for the purpose of making the trustees under her mar riage settlement reinvest upwards of 8,000/. stock, which they had sold out and lent on mortgage on Vauxhall gardens, there being at the time two previous mortgages. The Vice• Chancellor of England having made a decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill, the present appeal was brought. His Lordship, after reviewing the facts of the case, and the argument of counsel, con cluded by affirming the judgment of the Court below, and dismissing the appeal. Appeal dismissed accordingly. MILLER V. HUDDLESTON—JUDGMENT. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in this case also, which, as was the preceding one, was an appeal from the decision of the late Vice-Chancellor; of England. The point raised in the case was, whether certain an nuities given by the will of Thomas Creswick had a priority over legacies which were bequeathed by the same will. Tae will in question was dated 10th July, 1833, and by it the testator gave all his pro perty in trust to certain trustees, for the purpose of being invested in Government securities, and directing that there should be paid out of the interest and divi dends an annuity of 5001. to his daughter, Ann Miller, one of 5001. to his brother, William Creswick, and ano ther of 501. to his nephew, Thomas Creswick. The will tnen directed that after the payment of such annuities he remaining interest and dividends should go to his wife for lite, and after her decease, that a second annuity of 5001. should be peid to Ann Miller, and that 5,000/. should be paid to such person or persons as his wtte eheu d appoint in her will, and the testator then directed the payment of certain other legacies. It appears that Thomas Creswick died in 1840, and his widow in 1843, and the latter by her will dispos..d of the 5 0001. alluded to, steel el.o of the arrears of the two annuities of 5001. The two questions raised by the bill were—first, whether tne annuities had a priority of payment over the legaciev, or were to he sn,ited by them pro rata, as it tri•ght turn out the property of the testator was in couipetent to pay in full; and the secoted point was whether, in the event of the tiret point being decided in favour of the annuitants, they could ask for their arrears being paid out of the testator's property. The Vice-Chancellor of Eogland having givca both points in favour of the annuitants the present appeal was there fore brought. The Lord Chancellor, iu giving judg ment, was of opinion that the annuities and legeciee must all abate in sus equal proportion, as they depended upon the same equity, and also on the greund that the testator did not contemplate that any deficiency would arise when he made his will. His Lordship therefore thought that no priority could exist unless the intention was made manifest by the will. Is looking into the will no such intention was, however, manifested by the tes tator. The bequests were placed in the will in the order in which they occurred to the mind of the testator, but no directions were given that they should be paid in such order. On the question as to the two 5001. annuities being payable out of the corpus he (the Lord Chancellor) differed with the Court below, as both were ordered to be paid out of the interest and the dividends. His Lordship, in conclusion, reversed the decision of the Court below. The costs to be paid out of the estate. RESUME. You have just heard a faithful exposition of the situa tion of the country. As to the past, it offers satisfactory results; nevertheless. a state of general uneasiness tends the to increase daily. Every labour grows slack, poverty augments, interests are alarmed, and anti-social expecta tions swell high in proportion as the enfeebled powers of the State approach th . tnr term, m in biy. I said to awnesr were of favourably avoiding t r h e e . In such a state of things the first care of the Govern dangers which threaten . and ensuring the best chances of lt . tst message my words on this Govern ment must be to seek it o w u i t tb th p re ceived safety.e iv subject,ed I Alreadytremember A s Assembly . you— " The uncertainty of the future gives rise to many appre hensions, while it awakens many hopes. Let us all be pre pared to sacrifice these hopes to our country, and let us give heed to its interests alone. If, d ur i n g this seision, you vote for the revision of the Constitution, our Consti tuent Assembly will remodel our fundamental laws, and fix the destiny of the Executive Power. If you do not vote it, the people 1111852 will solemnly mani fest the expression of of its will anew. Whatever may be the solution of the future, let us un derstand each other, i order that it may never be pas sion, surprise, or v iolence which shall decide the fate of a great nation." To-day the questions are the same, and my duty is not altered. It is inflexibly to maintain order, it is to banish all causes of agitation in order that the resolu tions which are to decide our fate may be conceived amidst calm and adopted without contest. These resolutions can emanate only from a decisive act of the national .sovereignty, since they are all based on the popular e lectioa. Well, now I have asked of my self whether, in the presence of the division of passions, of the :confusion of doctrines, of the division of parties, when all combine to attack the morals, the justice, the authority of the nation, we ought to stand by and leave shaken and incomplete the only principle which in the midst of the general chaos Providence upholds for us to gather round it. Since universal suffrage again raised the social fabric, by substituting a right for a re vo l u tionary fact, is it wise in us to continue narrowing its basis? And, lastly, i I have asked myself, t, when new powers shall preside over the destinies of the country, we should not from the first compromise their stability if we left a pretext for questioning their origin , or for misrepresenting their legitimacy ? No doubt was possible, and, without wishing for a single instant to swerve irom the policy of order which I have always followed out, I have been obliged in many respects to separate from a Cabinet which bad to the full my confidence and respect, in order to choose an other which, equally composed of honourable men, and of such whose Conservative sentiments are publicly known, but who consented to adm it the necessity of is-- establishing universal suffrage on the broadest possible basis. You will therefore have presented to you the draught of a law which restores the principle in all its fullness, in retaining from the law of the 31st of May everything which winnows universal suffrage from impure elements, and which nukes its application now moral and regular. The . project ha s consequently no features which can possibly govern this Assembly; for if I think it expe dient to ask to-day for the withdrawal of the law of the 31st of May, I do not mean to deny the approbation which I paid at that time to the Cabinet, which claimed from the chief of the majority whose work this law was the It of presenting it. It we remember the circumstances under which this law was presented, we shall not, I believe, refuse to avow that it was a political act rather than an electoral law, that it was really and fully a measure of public benefit. Whenever the majority shall propose to me energetic measures for the safety of the country, it may rely on my loyal and interested support. But the best of measures for the public welfare have but a limited time. The law of the 31st of May has, in its application, even gone beyond the object intended to be attained. No one foresaw the suppression of 8,000,000 of electors, two-thirds of whom aro peaceful inhabitants of the country. What has been the result? Why, that this im mense exclusion has served as a pretext to the anarchist party, who cloak their detestable designs beneath the appearance of a right withdrawn and to be reconquered. Too weak in numbers to take possession of society by their votes, they hope, under favour of the general emo tion and the decline of the powers of the State to kindle in several points of France at once troubles, which would be quelled no do ubt, but which would throw us into fresh complications. Independently of these dangers the law of the 31 st of May presents as an electoral law grave inconveniences. I have never ceased to believe that a day would come when it would be my duty to propose its repeal. Defective when applied to the election of an Assembly , it is still more so in the case of nominating a President ; for though a residence of three years in a commune may have appeared a VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, Nov. 5 (Before Sir G. TURNER.) EAST V. TWYFORD.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morning, which was argued at great length in last Trinity Term. The bill was filed for the purpose of obtaining the opi nion of the Court OR the construction of one of the most singular wills, his Honour observed, which the courts of justice in this country ever had to deal with. Sir Gil bert East, the testator, had a large property, consisting in part of money in the funds; an estate in Berkshire, called the Fifield Estate; an estate in Suffolk; and pic tures, books, and furniture, &c. The will was made in a book, and the persons alluded to were designated by different letters, the whole construction of the will being of a very novel character, and of immense length. Among oth©r things, the testator made special provision for the care of his dogs, allowing seven shillings each for their keep, and directing that none of them should be killed through mistaken notions of charity. He also made a like provision for the maintenance of his horses; directed that a woman named Martha Hicks should be paid 601. per annum for the care of his parrot, but that at the death of the parrot the allowance should be reduced to 201. per annum. He also directed that his remains should be put into a coffin of cedar, that it should be lined with Rus sian leather, and painted threo times with black, and that as much camphor and spices should be put into his coffin as possible, and he desired that his funeral should be conducted in as solemn a manner as practicable with banners, &c. The question in this case for the conside ration of the Court was whether according to the true construction of the will the plaintiff (Gilbert East) be • came entitled to the estates alluded to as tenant in tail male, and whether he had become entitled absolutely to some heirlooms, which were directed by the will to fol low the disposition of these estates. His Honour, after going at great length ii.to an examination of the various points raised in the course uf the argument, referred to the proceedings which bad taken plate with reference to the present will in the Cana of Exchequer, and said that he was reluctantly compelled to dissent from the decision of that Court, and to declare that the plaintiff took for life only. That being his opinion . on the con struction of the will, his Honour said he tnought it wa s unnecessary he should give any opinion on the question of executory trust. His Honour o ? ncluded by declaring that the plaintiff was tenant for life only, and dismissed the bill.—Bill dismissed accordingly. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES PARKER.) RAILWAY THE ORPHAN ASYLUM V. STOKE. This was a'i application, tor the payment of toa tlhe,gmac.y left to the Orphan Asylum, Westminster-road. Th e Master had reported that the plaintiffs represented the charity intended by the testatrix, and accordingly an PUTTSo rder h w av a do s T 1 l agreed . ll B ,de r f o : r oA tp piE e u sr paymenthaM AVENse a pieceo f DOCK the l egacyANDnd belonging e t i r m e t e t l o y asgtraenedd over that theuo until company y Trinity should COMPANY. d This was a claim for spscific performance. The com panyto the plaint i ffs, but they had hitherto refused to com appoint a surveyor to value the land, and that the claim Mr. Cooper, Mr. Hallett, Mr. Wigram, and Mr. Sh shouldcom plete.Term.et e It bewasorudi ap . ter, appeared fur the different parties. ROLLS' COURT, /Vov. 5. IN BE MONMOUTH AND GLAMORGANSIIIRE DANK• WINDING-UP ACT. Tie further hearing of this petition was resumed this morning, when Mr. R. Palmer having concluded his reply, The MASTER of the RoLLs proceeded to give judg ment. He said this was a petition presented under the Winding-up Act, and as there was pretence that this bank had not stopped payment, it clearly came under the operation of that Act, and under the sth section the pe titioner was entitled to an order of Court for having the affairs of the company wound up. He had, h ow ever, to eonsider whether he possessed the exercise of a discretion to withhold it, and whether this was a fit cue for the 516 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, lobi. HAWKINS V. MOULE. exercise of such a discretion. He thought the Court I had that discretionary power, which depended upon the construction of the 12th section of the Act, and the point now to consider was, whether this was a proper case for its exercise. It appeared that at a meeting of the shareholders a committee had been appointed, with but one dissentient voice, with the concurrence of the creditors, to wind up the affairs of the company, and had proposed immediately to pay all the small creditors in full, and to make a large dividend in a short time without the intervention of the Court. If that could be done, it might be for the benefit of all the parties interested; but he much doubted their being able to do so. They would have to ascertain and settle the list of contributors in the same way as they would before the Master, and he feared they could not do that but under the compulsory provisions of thelAct. ever, thought it reasonable that time should be allowed them to make the experiment. He might send it for a preliminary inquiry to the Master's office, but he did not intend to take that course, as the only effect of that would be, to ascertain whether they were tieing what they offered to do. It was stated in affidavits, that by the Ist of July next they would have a dividend of ten shillings in the pound. It was alleged that this would induce the creditors from bringing actions for their true claims against the bank, in order to give them time to realise the assets. Under these cireumstaeces he should direct the petition to stand over till the first petition day of Hilliary term next, with li berty to any party interested to apply in the meantime, and then he should inquire what steps should be taken to wind up the affairs of the company. In making this order he considered it much in the character of an expe riment. He made it on the ground that the parties bad a sincere desire to arrange the affairs of the beak to the satisfaction of all partie4, and that they enterteined a c .nviction that they could do so. He should therefore direct the peition to stand over to the first petition day of Hilliary term next, upon an understanding that the petitioners should have access to the books of the com pany in the meatime. An order was in consequence taken with that under standing. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nev. 5. ;Sittiuv,s at Westminster, in Michaelmas Term, at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and Common Juries.) Tiais was an uction to recover compensation in damages for the breach of an agreement which had been entered into and violated under the following circumstances:-; Mr. Soaythies conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bramwell was counsel for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant, on the 22d of August, 1849, sold his interest and goodwill in a beer-shop, No. 15, Tottenham-street, Tottenham-court-road, to the plaintiff for the sum of 425/.; and in. the agreement there was an undertaking on the part of the defendant, that he should not set up in bnsines4, either as a seller of beer, or as a licensed victualler, within two-thirds of a mile of the Salters' Arms, the sign of the house he was selling to the plaintiff. The defendant, however, violated this undertaking by embarking as a licensed victualler within the prescribed limit, in a house known as the "Adam's Arms." in Hempstead. street, Fitzroy-square. In this case neither plaintiff nor defendant was called as a witness. Other witnesses, however, deposeddeposed on behalf of the plaintiff, to the fact of the agreement for the sale of the Saiter'e Arms having been entered into, and that in the face of the condition referred to as to the defendant undertaking not to set up in the same line of business, had been violated by his becoming the landlord of the Adam's Arms, which house was clearly within two-thirds of a mile of the Salter's Arms. It was likewise proved that several of the customers of the latter establishment had become customers of the Adam's Arms, after the defendant had become its proprie tor. It was also proved that the defendant had made offers to pay a compensation to the plaintiff, but that they had not agreed upon the same. The result was the pre sent action, Mr. BRAMWELL, on the part of the defendant, re gretted that the parties had not called in some mutual friend, who should have said what compensation his client should make to the plaintiff; for that he had entered into this agreement, and that he had violated its conditions, it was impassible for one moment to deny. The simple question, then, for the consideration of the jury was as to the loss the plaintiff had suffered, and the amount of compensation he was fairly . entitled to. That he was entitled to some compensation, he was free to admit; and the difficulty the jury would have in the absence of any evidence as to what loss had been sustained, would be to arrive at a sum which would be fair and just as between the parties. He had, however, upon this part of the case much ground of complaint. Why had not his Learned Friend put the plaintiff into the witness-box? For then the jury would have heard from his own lips, or seen from his books, how many barrels of beer he had drawn less subsequently to the defendant's going to the Adam's Arm, than had been his trade prior to that event. Had that been done, then the duty of the jury would have been very clear and simple. Mr. Baron MARTIN, in leaving the case to the jury, said it was a pity that the agreement had not been drawn up by a professional man; for it it had, there would have been a sum named by way of penalty. Here, however, there was no penalty, and hence the jury would have to find their way to a sum which they might think fitting for a compensation to which the plaintiff was most un doubtedly entitled. If a man entered into an agree ment, he was hound to carry out its terms. The present defendant had not done this, and, therefore, must pay .he penalty. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and then re amed a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 100/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BO W-S TR BE T. Among the ordinary nigni charges disposed of by Mr. Henry, was a complaint against Harry Broome an: William Parry (the " l'ipton Slasher"), tor haviog created a disturbance in the public streets at the unsea sonable hour of ono in the mornirg. Police-constable F 102, deposed that the two pugilists had been spending the evening with some gentlemen at Evans's Hotel, Covent-garden, and, apparently to the gratification of the latter, turned out at a little after one o'clock and commenced fighting in front of the hotel in King-street. A large concourse of disorderly persons soon assembled in consequence, and the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were uisturbed in their repose until witness took the defendants into custody. They were both intoxicated, but offered no resistance to the police. Broome assured his Worship that he was as much averse as any one to a street broil, and regretted i:xcei,n ingly that he had been unconsciously led into a public house quarrel for the amusement of others. It was his first offence of the kind, and he begged for a lenient penalty, as nothing of the kind should happen again. The " Tipton Slasher" expressed his caltrition in equally modest terms, and Mr. HENRY, atter observing that the public annoy ance caused by their contentions was the serious part of the occurrence, inflicted a flue of 20s. on each, or ten days' imprisonment.—Th , . fines were paid. MARYLEBONE, Yesterday nearly a dozen drivers of omnibuses, run ning from the Engewa-e-road to Tottenham-court-read, fur a penny each passenger, attended before Mr. Brough ton, by virtue of summonses which had been obtained apinst them by Inspector Porser, of the D for the offences of stopping loug,)r on the road than was necessary for taking up or setting down passengers, and for changing horses in the public streets. The proceedings were instituted in consequence of a great number of complaints which had been made to the Police Commissioners by respectable parties, to whom the practices alluded to were an intolerable annoyance, and which had only been carried on since the closing of the Great Exhibition. Evidence in support of the charges was gone into, the principal witnesses being Inspector Jackson and Sergeant Bushell, D. Mr. Crawford, who was the originator of the present cheap system of locomotion by "bus," complained strongly of the old London Conveyance Company for opposing the new omnibuses in a most unfair and shame ful manner, inasmuch as the old company continually had an omnibus immediately in advance and behind each of the new ones, thus doing all in their power to prevent the new company from succeding to break down a mo nopoly which for many years had existed. Some of the proprietors of the old company had also resorted to the expedient of posting upon their bills the word of " Craw ford," with the view of misleading the public. Some of the defendants were ordered to pay the costs of the summons, and others were fined 10s. each. The MAGISTRATE remark.-d that if the present sys tem of opposition between omnibuses was to be suffered to continue, and to go on as it had since the close 01 the Exhibition, the Legislature would, he hoped, int r fere to limi t t h e num b er o f om nibuses plying through the streets o f the metropkilled. ohs, being n - tinually in danger of being run over, and p erha p s WORSHIP-STREET. .c Five respec ews Flaneis Richard Burdett Walker, Matthew ' Matt tabl y • resm3ii named Charles Williams, Richard Law, and Horatio Stainbrzage, were h placed at the bar before D'Ey u court charged with having obtained under false prete nces a large qu,_no y of miscellaneous property from tradesmen in different parts Mr.o J f the metr - oolis. Jay, from the office of the Trades' Protect:on Society, silvered for the prosecution, and the curs was crowded with tradesmen and uth- ra who were auzious to prefer charges against the prisoners. Sarah Saul, shop woman in the service of Mr. Edward Watkins, a haberdasher in Norton Folgate, stated, that on the 24th of September last the prisoners Walker and Matthews drove up to her master's door in a horse and gig, from which the latter alighted, and, introducing himself as 4, Mr„ W cf, a lker," of No. 18, Anne's-terra. Hackney, requested her to send some bonnets, mantl.; and other articles upon approbation to the ladies of his ' family. A portion of the goods were accordingly for warded to that place on the same evening, and on h following day the prisoaer Matthews again called at t h e shop, accompanied by three young women of ladylike te appearance, who selected three bonnets, some mantles, d and a Leghorn bat and feathers, which they might be sent to them at the same address. d Witn it e .' s d s delivered the articles at the house on the Aon ay fol lowing, when she received a further order for two other mantles from one of the young ladies, who told her that her papa would call at shop next day and pay for the whole of them. He failed to d and on proceeding again to the hoesheo o fsou'ri however,ditwas w shut up, and that all the parties had absconded. Mr. William Norris, agent to the Rev. Mr. Moore, the owner of the house in Anne's-terrace, stated that in the m onth of Jane last he let the premises in question to the prisoner Walker under a written agreement for three years at the rent of 50/. per annum, but shortly before the end of the first quarter he mecived information thtt had ,Ds h o e eoinify e vaertvar:wds transmitted a_ a t_e r dthop i ic o , and to him thestreet do r k i k y a r was el throug hthe v 9 wPADY. At the time he offered hiroaelf ad WAR. The general effective laud force consisted on the Ist o October only of 387,519 mtn and 84,306 horses. If cir , cumstances present no obstacle this effective force wil be brought within the budgetary limits of 1852, which reduce it to 377,130 men and 83,455 horses. Nu fresh supplementary credit will be necessary for 1851. The credits granted by the budget of 1851 have allowed to be organized this year 231 new brigades of gendarmrie. The creation of 230 more will take place in 1852, and the increase of expenditure which will accrue from this source will be more than compensated by the reductions operated in the effective force of other arms. Several bills concerning the organization of the skeletons of re giments, recruiting, and the pensions to be granted to non-commissioned officers and privates, have been fur some time past submitted to the consideration of the Legislative Assembly. The army waits for their adop tion with justifi , :ble impatience. We hope that it will not be long ere they are discussed and voted by the As ' semi:Ay. You are aware of the importance of the military operations of last spring in the eastern portion of Ka bylia, and the success a hieh, duriog 80 days' march, crowned the briliant valour of our troops, under the command of a General whom my cot:fidence had called to ,he Ministry of War. The subjugation of the tribes of the Djidj, lit circle, the pacification of the valley of Loued Sahel, the extension of the oil trade, supplied by the Kabyles, such are the happy results of this campaign. Ot 1,145 tribes prov.-d to 'List in Al geria. 1,100 have acktio%ledg , d the sovereignty of France, anti tnose which still withdraw themselves from it are the most poor and distantly located. The army, atter having vanquished the Arabs, ap plied itself to civilize them, by modifying their social habits. Thus under the inspiration of our officers has been seen to spring up all that could reveal a well established abate of progress ; edifices, numerous houses, extensive plantations, new staples of agricul ture, dams and bridges across rivers, caravanserais on the roads of communication, the organization of public schools, and the healing art introduced among a people decimated by sickness. Although fanatic passions have not yet been entirely disarmed, there is forming among the Arabs a wise party, capable of appreciating their veritable interest, and ready to second our efforts. The recent passing of several enactments specially re ferring to Algeria has powerfully contributed to assist the work of colonisation. The law of the 16th of June, 1851, on the constitution of property-- that of the 11th of January, regulating commercial transactions—that of the 4th of August, esta blishing a bank of discount, circulation, and deposit— lastly, the decree of April 26, introducing amend ments, shown by experience to be necessary, have faci litated the concessions of land. In conclusion, although the general situation of Algeria is far from being alarming, it has, nevertheless, become complicated in certain points, such as the valley of Lebdon, on account of the attempted insurrection of Bou-Bargla,the province of Algiers, on account of the religious agitation; and the frontier of Morocco, on account of the excitement among the savage and warlike tribes by which it is occupied. NAVY. Confined within the limits of a sufficiently restricted Budget, our navy has nevertheless shown itself able to protect our subjects on every point of the globe. Several important decrees, rendered necessary by the progress which has been made in every department of the naval service during the last 25 years, by certain difficulties of application, or by the expediency of certain measures of economy, have successively regulated the service on board vessels of the fleet; the pay of officers and other persons employed in the navy in various capacities; the fitting up of vessels of the fleet according to an invariable rule. Other internal arrangements have simplified and centralised the naval accounts, and provided more effectu ally still than formerly for the preservation of the precious contents of our arsenals. Works of considerable magnitude are in progress of execution. The construction of season ing tanks in the ports of Cherbourg, Rochefort, and Tou lon, for which the National Assembly has granted a special credit of 938,000 f., is being carefully executed. Next year will bring about the termination of those useful works, so long desired, and which will put an end to the losses we yearly experience in our timber stores. The dredging of the harbour of Toulon continues to be succesatully carried on, and already all the vessels of our evolutionary squadron are anchored where formerly ships of interior tonnage could barely venture. At Cherbourg, Fort Bayard, Port Vendres, and Marseilles, the works are proceeding with equal activity. But these ameliorations, obtained at the cost of so many efforts, would remain sterile, and our naval power would nut occupy a position in the world worthy of France, if she bad not the means, under all emergencies, of recruiting men already broken to the hard profession of a seaman. The most important of these is, as you know, the system of inscription combined with the navel invalid fund. All that could tend to render this work of Col bert more fruitful has been under the serious con sideration of the Admiralty in the form of a Bill. Al ready the last law promulgated on the premiums for the sea fisheries promises new and fruitful results. A. Bill relative to the regulation of the coast fisheries—that first school of our sailors—was submitted to the Assembly a few days before its prorogation. This law will be a real benefit to the coast population. The situation of our colonies is more satisfactory than last year; they all enjoy complete tranquillity, which, indeed, since the emancipation, has never experienced any serious disturbance except in the instance of Guade loupe. At the same time that it strives to inspire into our newly enfranchised populations confidence in their condition of freedom, and the love of labour which must ever result from it, the Government combats and pur sues with energy all attempts to propagate michievous doctrines. The distribution of the indemnity regulated by a de cree of November 24, 1849, is now everywhere com pleted. A law of the 30th of July, 1850, hastened the advantages arising from this measure, by deciding that the certificates of liquidation, delivered to the respec tive claimants, should be immediately exchanged at the Treasury for coupons de rentes. The inscriptions which have at present been delivered represent a mass of about two million of rentes—that is to say, a third of the total indemnity. The colonial banks, organized by the law of the 11th o f July last, are in a position to bring forth those fruits which are expected of them. The internal administra tion of the colonies , ttheisrh organization, legislative in and harmonyfinancial con stitution, called o the principles established by the Constitution. A Bill, - • a tenant the prisoner furnished him with a reference tcr a Mr. Palmer, of Milman-street, Bed ford-row, and 00 calling at that place he saw the prisoner Stainbridge, who on that occasion assumed the name of Palmer, and assured him that Mr. Walker was a highly respect' able person, and that he would find him a most desirable tenant. M r . George second charge was then preferred b y A , Wise, a portrait-painter, on Islirgton-green, who state d that in the early part of September be received an order frcm the prisoner Walker to execute two family groups, comprising himself and his wife and three children. He subsequently waited upon the prisoner severs' times for that purpose at his then residence in Ange l. terrace, Pentonville, and had almost completed the por traits, when the prisoner called upon him in the comPa,/, of Stainbride and took them away unfinished, OW° that he wished ' to show them to some American friencle of his who had come over to see the Exhibition. Till prisoner requested him at the same time to send for c alling them at his house on the following day, but on de' there at the time appointed he found the premises serted. A gentleman named Etwall, residing at Camberwell, stated that about the 10th of August be let the hous toe e is Angel-terrace to the prisoner Matthews, who stated name to be Charles Simmons, and g ave a reference 10 Mr. Walker, in Anne 'e-terrace, Hackney. Oa proceed' NI. leg to that place he was introduced t o the prisoi.i!r %V taker, who spoke in such favourab le terms of ' Simmons, whose father, he alleged , had rented a abet of se of his at Chelmsford for upwards of twenty yore, he at once accepted of him as a tenant. Police-constable Francis, N 227, stated that frond ta formation ho had received he succeeded in tracing 1 .1 prisoners on the preceding evening to a house whe re they had recently taken in Grove- villas, Brixton, wne„ be found the while of them, and took them into castor: On apprising them of the nature of the charge , th e Pik saner earnestly inquired if he did Dot th , , a they could "square it, at the same time produciab. some bonnets and other articles, which had been,, a „A tamed from the witness Watkins, at once to restore to him. Having t.keu possession.; the articles in question, together with a large Va n % and which they 007; of other property ot a miscellaneous large which was tound in the house, and a bomber of P a the W brokers' duplicates, the prisoners w ere couveyed station-house. ° ter Some other cases 'of a precisely similaro3oerl W weie also gone into, and the prisoners were ord4o be committed until that day week, for the come" of the charges against them. THA 3.IES. George Hunt, alias Henry Watson, with a gr ea t:fel other aliases, was brought before sir. b ;olt with stealing two coats and a waistcoat , a poce• , 0 1 3 , containing 1501., and other property from the alliP Duff, lying alongside lore's wharf, Wapping' noel m Mr. John Grant, the master of the Lady Du l a med oat at halt. past twoo'clock that morning he,w o2 o tie. by the barking ot his dug, which madegrea",",,,eo lie turned out of his berth, and was satisfied " i a ke person was concealed or walking about the c abin, 0 oh went upon his knees and felt the naked foot of a & et who he at first supposed to be the Custons• hou s a nol er• on board, and asked who it was. Receiving no fflic ted h.) concluded it was the cook, who bad been 9 n , e nieg with the toothache, and was in the practice of getting up and phyaicking himself during the 700 He called out, "Is that you, cook?" and a lie whispered in his ear in the dark, " Iv' s jb a is l p i e r r i , g a b %i si b i ; all right, sir." This was said in a v immediately suspected that everything was n ot rig 's O n ' exclaiming "It's all wrong," stiz,d the intru der ...oA An alarm was raised, and lights having been pr o ca the fellow at the bar was discovered. The prisoDer, ed and " P ;ed was without his shoes, was soon overpower co disco_ sre i, terred to the Thames Police. He afterwards that two coats, a waistcoat, and other wearing t rever had been removed from the dour of the state Oa tie which they had been hanging. dil a no nce' cabin table packed up ready for removal 131 s r e - d the It co ntain 0 1 book was in his own coat pocket. d coo n whole of his papers, the value of his freight, to the amount of 1501. After hearing some other evidence , r isece it be imp Mr. INGHAM sentenced the prison er to "'P and kept to hard labour for three months. ------- il , rrS. THE COUNTRY .111ARKx''' 4 ha air . , f NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, DiOV. 4.--1..,- fol.- u wheat of all descriptions was small today, '''' o , bold' a r om led e steadily at fully Saturday's prices. a lLiva 'ar. /3 flour . and other e a r r ; t g i c o l o e d a , n 5 03 Llbasn.gber.inging 283 per -. The SOPPY NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 4.---o bets-• ply of beef at our market to-day comprised 7 ";, tho° bthaing 54 more than that of last week, and 5 more 0 There olio tolerably corresponding week of last year. active demand for cattle of firsttrifo q 00 of sh e n e g 0 0 yet a few remained unsold. The number about 5,000, being 742 more than last week,,, 9 15 8 - 0 11111 more ore than in corresponding week last year. bpd'l b o ll et ,ri f a ir demand fur sheep at last week's prices, ,, 5 3 '", i me heifers, 5s 3d to 5 3 6d; got d steers, 53 " 9 d to a d ' middling a and interior, 3,6 d to 4s 9,1; pork , 55 5 d 1 0 °- 1 l arge, 4s 6d to 56 per stone of 1410 s; matL°°' re ere per lb. EDINsuEOR MEAL MARKET. Nov. ' 4.--- 11 ' e- ov il eitio: the 2Bo, meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, eel! ioj and b : a • t I 1 9s od ; average imperial, which sold thus :--4 at 1 . 1 8 0,1 0 '5 1 sack flour, which sold . eot-barA' at 275. 3 sacks p V sold thus-1 at 275, lat 265, and lat 25b 1 , /40/' 0 01 EDINBURGHOat straw, HAY AND STRAW 11l l e w oe 06. price of th whole 1199 1 1 00 8s Ud to lOs lid per WWl° of i ~ to ii wheat ditto, from 7s (id to 9a Od • barley ditto, 56 u" of Hay, from Sd to Hid per stone.' Nov. 3 ' 11 1; ' /61 : 99 bags of oatmeal and A DALEEITE MEAL M n k i n o , f2 acorleYlneal a t t °°11" top thesit 0 000 market; sales dull. Oatmeal down on ' be price 6d per bag; barleymeal - dearer ; be per ba g O rd. pot-barley in market. nd Oatmeal, per sack, of '2BO lb s. First &co A 2 66 nA al, per dittO .. .1 imperial „ 3. d 276 0 " ~.-0 "" Barleyme 20s Cd ---8 v„1 ..4 15 Peasemeal ••• Ad ...-4 v",,A Flour .., *" ••• --5 " ..-0 v" ... ... ... --5 Od 0 ,1 Pot bath - —s Od --8 Howard's :W.tuh.nl:ll:(w.).l. __.....------- 6 4 MARK ET.—YgsvogDA.• 0 0 04 Hate's West Hartley 15s Od Kee • ''''''' 189 0 Chester Main N th• • 17 5 A A Hartlepool W e. No • h Percy W. Hartley 15e Od Pensher '''''''• ' itav i North Hart! -ey. 13s Od Russell's Bettor' '''' 19' 0 Brow a n sw ( Hart 15s Od Stewart 's ''''''''''''''' 11' 0 West Wylain l i , 5 5 ss US p1ummet1iniPite0rn.......................... 1118: gv...j3 Wylam ........ 00 tr, 15a 3d lieugh BA 11 ... ...... go g" Wa11%4 End, kee. Laws on E No . e r Northumberland "-.. erl a n d , Keno.. ............ ..... 'es 04 Gosforth Barton 17s 3d Whitworth • ............ 1,.. 1 11 58 00 Soutk Harder", .. 10 i 66ss 3d6 Tees vves t c . . 0 . r . . 11 . f 0 . i ,•,• ~ ::: " : .. .. 17 :0 u ; 1 Eden blain ...... - 3d Birchg. Graigola .• le o Ipa Bell 17s 6d Derwentwater .. f Belmont Braddyll - i d oO' 182 OJ Nixon Heron Haswell lBB OJ Cardiff ......... . ... 18,-. 0. Ships at market .iy ... ... 85 ..... Sold, 66. :—.—...----...._ RAILWAY SEIARE 31-11-Itll'# to" BRISTOL, Nov. inar k.et Was firol but , husine9sXCH GE very limited. The The on l y tranS sc .% reP was—Tail Vale, New, 15-16 fee liDg ; EAN.— tioo LIVERPOOL , Nov' 6. . re d 0 0, STOCK EXCHANGE. --There was an ilnP r° ' rice s 0 9 " hibited in the share market to -day, i!,, c1 ,,,, ,,P ; _ . . e yo l .,t h e, shade higher. The transactions were o roi-' ... .f,a5. ow' 9LA —Caledonian, 12—Ditto, Preference, 6 / 4 p itte, A 45 1 ,4 1 shire, 1414—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 54 W - i iicll3 o `lo . 8 1 4, dis.—London and North-Western, 1141,4e-riNcert ..A. North-Western, 14 ilis.—South-Eastern sli A 11 0 ./ MANCHESTER, Nov ; ",; , 0 55 0 1 9, STOOK EXCHAZiGE.—The business to-0.7 0 0 _, and prices fluctuated. The transactions we re o ci f.1,. ( 6.15 South-Eastern and Dover, 183 A —Lancashire; 2r,,,P' 54A—Manchester, Sheffild, and Lincolnshillt. and Wyre (A), 9 1-16 p.—. North Staffordshire, e.' 400 Lancashire, 14—Midland, 48i,t. BIitmIiNGLIAM, Nov . „. s '„t has ft beeS t i 13 0 . . 0 4 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share Mar -- so — °' P" to-day, although it was stated that several Ul l a tlf o g 011 place in private; the brokers apparently' Pr ef „, e of d e A tsfdt,to of conducting their business to the old sr t e 7. A S 1 - 60 , if 'Change Prices remained much the st.ti li v" r efer eP " Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 6 1 . '- done at 3/. 7s. bd. per share. 0 4 lit 6 ht e th'i i EADvERTIsEmENT.I--aollowayi - fil e ha ,-- 96 11 0 a Wood, Palpitation of the Istot the Eu r ollpeeaarnt aßnedngaSihoFrattasielseer;j,brslieocFlo( suffered for three years from a palpitation of th ss 0: 0 71; difficulty of breathing, a diseased liver 80d mo ite l 11 0 0 10 blood to the chest, to such a degree tha; be ~,,ele9 l4o o o o ' able quantities. His case was- viewed as hope yo baffled the skill of several eminent medical men , to pl VI / up as past all human aid. Whilst ling and 1 0 1019_ 0 41' he was advised to try Holloway's Pills, e°"health;or means be has been effectually cured, and his ;t Yo" re-established.—Sold by all Druggists enu ow ay's Establishment, 244, Strand, Londos• 0, BIRTIIS. tIO AJO il 01 OF A BON. le o f ..- ifird On the 30th ult., at Dundee, the w if e the 0 Greig, Esq. i f e o Oa the Ist inst., at Colwood-house, Sli es67‘4 f ill ° Saint J the 3d inst., a Abi ngdon-street, B. Gordon, Esq. A 01) Gowan, 97th he Ist inst., OaFt AGDreikeilnafileillgEgd-hal. 1, 001111-- O• IS' Wa_l n es, the wife of sirederick Muspratt, Es c l't ruptsiii the 3d inst., Regiment.at Rochester, the wife et ,- if t° 1 , 49 0 , ALABBI.ED. at. A ilit; a lita t I CO Oa the 28th ult.. at Ardiugton, Berk.% L''''' r d, •- CP' Barton Young, Fellow of New College! Oof° j.D., , second daughter of the Rev. Frederick lidara°' Adaw4.- of Christ Church. .0 P , 0) Wiiil li foto par On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's, Islingtell, „ a ce ..,4 third son of Henry James Combs, Esq., Lau.,'-gi Tor - hit, to Lucretia, only child of Captain Sara"- badtcs. O . !: e e e , A l I D/ED. d oodPoigir On the 25th ult.. at Hull, Jane, the belove i , of ~,, wife of William Williams, Esq., of the D'ill 0,1.0" aged 59. On the 25th ult Mr Vir. R. Blakesley, s"'i°3 iott o" Park-road, New PeCkham. , aged 41. if 0-I'lo3ll ep On the 28th ult., at 13rantham-hall, oe j oe) Robert Whalley, Esq., a ed 59. 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