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. 4 :" t tO EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from cur Afternoon Edition.) Gulnare • ]4nkboy The &ramble Steeplechase. The Epsom Autumn Stteplechase. British Yeoman... Spring Buck ... Won easy. THE ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 .., 2 FRENCH PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. GENTLEMNN REPRZSENTATIVES, I come this year as usual to present to you an ac count of the important events which have been accom plished sine) my lust 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 evsn 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 ibis appearance of tranquillity. A vast demagogical conspiracy is now organizing in Vrance and Europe. Secret societies are endeavouring to extend their ramifications even into the smallest communes. All the madness and violence of party is brought fora', while these men are not even agreed o n persons or things: they are agreed to meet in 1852, not to construct but to overthrow. Your patriot i2,23l and your courage, with which I shall endeavour to keep pace, will, I am sure, save France from the dan ger wherewith sheds threatened. But to conquer those dangers we must look at them without fear and without exaggeratinn, while we are convinced that, thanks to the strength of the Administration, to the enlightened zeal of the magistrates, to the devotion cf the army, France will will yet be save 3. Let us, therefore, unite our efforts to deprive the spirit cf evil even of the hope of a momentary success. The best means to attain this end has always ap peared to ttae application of that system which con sists in satisfying the legitimate interests on the one 'hand, and on the o'her to saffccate, at the moment of 'their uppararce, the slightest symptoms of an attack 'against religion, morality, and society. ' Thus to prccn labour by granting to companies our 'great lines of railway, and with the money which the 'State will pr ,, eurg from throe projecas to give a strong impulse to the other wo; 7.1.111 the other departments —to encourage these institutions destined to develop agricultural Laid c')inmerciAl credit—to come by m eans of charit:.bl- ir , s'iTtriLna to the assiitaure of all poverty —such 11,1:3 bPen and such still must be our first care; and is by t,llo7ing th:s c: . ttr,se that it wid become 'easier to hltve recourse to means of repression when their necessity alvall have beccme felt. IN TERV)R, In the greater part of ordinary measures have sufficed to cetera() order, but the state of siege maintained in the 6.h militery has had to be extended to the department of the Arf ) iehe, Gt,t;ined wi h the blood of f%-equect eoniees, skid more recently still to the de . pate:meets of the Ceti. and Marne, terrified by a corn . xeensement of Jacquerie. At Lyons a tireeg and uelqle, system of police has „been organized, embracing 12 towns or suburban corn entliee, which the law has comprehended under the de , nomination of the Lyoneee agglomeration. Po:itical refuge es entered into dangerous affiliations. Same it was necessary to expel, but hospitality eas con doned to be extended to very large numbers. A sum of more than 486,00Gf. has been divided among 2,40 refugees. ' The vices of the municipal organization spring from the W , c,.s:;ily ucder which the - Government toucd itself of in one year revoking, on the advice of the Conn ' cil of State, 501 eleolive functionaries, of whom 278 were mayors, and 123 adjaints. The dissolutions of Municipal Councils has amounted tnl26, these of Netional Guards to 139. Although the maintenance of security and the appli cation of severe measures principally devolve on the ' Ministry of the Interior, and befere 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 adeuirdetration of France has adopted two vast peojecta, 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 Rivoli. The impulse soon spread from Paris to the departments, which have devoted coneider able sums to works of utility. Sciences and arts have received notable encourage ment, and the imperiant sums which have been voted for the restoration of various historical monuments have been applied accordingly. Two projects deniand a peempt solution—viz., to de termine the indemnities due to those ciiisen* who have suffered material losses in consequence of the events of F brushy 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 remnants of the armies of the hepablic end the Empire. Circumstances which were independent of my will havlbitherto prevented the presentation of this project. I trust, however, that you will soon be in 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 scars, who have sacrificed themselves to the defence of the country, and who are now anxiously waiting for you to help them. Their time is short, aSicted as they are by age and misery. FINANCES. The present situationlSa;favourable as can be ex pected considering the engagements of the past and the uncertainties of the future. The accounts of 1849, which have been submitted to you, show the definitive wile of this calculation. The deficit which it burdens on the Treasury exceeds not the ,quotations of the Message of the 12th of November lust. The decree which shortens by two months the dura . . tion of the finaucild year haw been applied to the receipts and to the ezi,enditure of 1850, so that somehow it is easy to ascertain the total. Wo are happy to be able to say that a surplus Ail! remain after meeting the propo sitions of th© Cummittee of the Budget and the Ad rainistratii.n. The Budget of 1830, now preparing, and the defini tive results which it will present, will in a great measure depend on the state of the revenue during the last month paztr. 1. - 7 p to this (ley the collection of impost certars a satisfactory result. 12th of November, 1850, voted three important laws in favour of commerce, industry, and navigation:— The law of the 11th of January, 1851, which has set tled the commercial a dministration of Algeria; The law of the 13th of June, 1851, w hich remodels the tariff of sugars—Colonial produce has found 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. The message of the 12th of November, 1850, an nounced an inquiry into the state of our mercantile marine. This has taken place; the documents are now before enlightened and competent persons, whose labours will produce some useful reforms, and now, if the As sembly will adept the proposition made in the budget of 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 plc ple will soon feel the benefit of the new law. The third, on judicial assistance. This law was pasted on the 23d of January last. The Administration has left nothing undone to put By the same Bill the Government proposes to you to undertake at the Mouths of the Rhone a system of works analogous to those which have been attended on the S, ine with such complete success. Surveys are going on in the same spirit for the improvement of tea navigation of tee 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 Vevaillea and Sr. Cloud, the library of St. Genevieve, the Strop-office, and the resto ration cf the salons of the Louvre. A project of law relative t 3 th© 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 organize ion to the staff of the school of the Fonts et Chaussees have prepared for the application of laws relative to the mode of recruiting engineers. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. 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 t,uccessfully 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 soon receive the double examination of the Council of State and the Assembly. The administration of justice has been everywhere prompt and enlightened. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND WORSHIP. The law of the 15th of March, 1850, on primary in struction, has produced the happiest results. The reetoral administration, being brought nearer to the establishments, and being aided by the concurrence of cantonal delegates, has exorcized a most active sur veillance. Toe facility e'rantrd to the contimues of substituting [n certain cases free schools for public—schools, has not diminished the number of the latter. The number of communal schools is increasing. Al the time when the law was promulgated it was 34,446; is now 34 939. l Government has endeavoured to carry out the wish expressed by the General Council of Arts, Menu le.cturee, 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 lands 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 flex 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 resn!ts of the inquiry on the establishments fcr agricultural colonisation in Holland, Switzerland, Bel gium, and France, have been published. Special and detailed instructions have been addressed to tee Pretects 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 efforts of private charity, has, by a decree of the 27th of August last, raised the mea sure of assistance usually awarded in such cases to 7i per cent. A combination of events and circumstances, still fresh in the memory of all, had lowered the prices of provisions ; but the alteration in some countries of Europe, particularly England, of the laws affecting corn have opened new and extensive markets to our agricul ture. Since 1849 our exports have received an increase previously unknown. The publication of the statistical atlas of the breed of horses in France is going on with activity, and will soon show that cur 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 agencie.s. A corn rnlision 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" has bee n published, in execution of the law of the 15th of July, 1850. It allows them the most 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 301., 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 organisation 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 t Paris, the scheme of an uniform regulation for all the countries situated on the coast of the Medi- The amount of our exports shows the activity given to our manufactures, and the results obtained since the last m essage show how French industry, in the midst of difficult circumstances and incessant competition, has triumphed over obstacles and extended its outlets. hasThheeesnupceorinfieret y .,d of or certain branches of our industry by revealed e by the London Exposi tion, as is proved n u merous prizes awarded to our exhibitors. In fact, proportionately it is n o a o ce e r on h c l o a u s ntrie a, including gained more than all England herself. And n by ed o t u b r is w s o u r c k c s es o s f art, taste, and luxury that we have obtained Our machines, our scientific instruments, our chemical ' products, our works in copper and hardware, as well as our preparations of our raw material, and our fabrics and dyes, have earned for us an honourable distinction. The Universal Exposition will have added a glorious ch th i a n t dustry. legislation may b e i e annals As s o e f m F h r l e y n , page The tthe National harmony with this remarkable progress, has, since the Dina taxes are being paid with great promptness. They present an improvement even on the favourable situation of last I ear. The indirect taxes suffer from the want of confilensa in the future. Tie indir.ct imposts feel the effect of the want of con fide:ice in Ow future, without, however, any diminution upon the totality of the receipts anticipated by the Bud get being as yes produced. The loss experienced under some branches of the re venue,__ especially registration dues, is compensate d b y the amount of the taxes on consumption—a circumstance Which establishes the welfare and. employment of the moritt h numerous classes. diminution of the produce of the Customs does not disclose a any grievous symptom: compensated for, as - far a concerns colonial sugar, by the increase in the amount received from indigenous sugar, it may, in other "'Teets, be expl a in e d b y th e effects of the law of the 11th of J anuary last, whieh regulated the economic relations of Algeria an garia our African France, and the benefits of which, as re recisions, will be increased by the recent institution of anticipated of credit. There is nothing in d results which is not con formable with the genertrie:prests of the country. The sustained progre ss " _exportations in every the i c lass has had the effect of balancing , re ho s m pe e ct m t a o rk o e u t r . branches of industry, the slaokne e s in s ifif The high 6g ere which they have attained in late years, compared with the amount of i rnro accounts for the affluence o f the p recious metals int o oar ' s ur country. This increase of expor ts is so much the m secure for the future, inasmuc h as it is founded on the progressi ve advance of civilization. Upon the whole, the budget of 1851 will afford results almost in conformity with what was anticipated. They ex traordinary public works executed in 1850 000 f and in 1851 involve en expen se of 172,000,. The deficits of those two years are far from amounting to that sum, and the expenditure for public works will only in part be a charge upon the future. . n Peace and order have especially the effect of ameliorat ing condition of the labourious classes, and thielamc• aton 1* proved by the state of the deposits in the savings during Ifund. The deposits of this kind have increased with a B s i o d , i and during the six first months of 1851 this state p of thi ngs observable at any other period. But in conjunction w nl t s h had its dangers, and the Assembly, prevent them, by l the . Government, has endeavoured to June last, the interests P of those justly po pular acing, *sough the law of the 30th of lions in accordanc e with the interests of thepuslatration.stit.l- *Account of the Imports and Exports for the years 1342, 184 9, and 1850 (real value.) _ 1849—Imports, 4-74,259,753 f , xports, 689,994,7191.; Value of tsrnaual excw. of Exports over 6B99 l 4 n;p 7 o l9 rt f. s, 215 734.966 f. port 1849 —Imports, 724 , 118 , 9 75 c.; Ex s, 9 37,949,592 f.; Value of annu.ll (motes of Exports over Imports, 213,830,617 f. 18x 13,83 790,666,634 E; Exports, 1,068,129 1 8f ITaale aL1.11.1611 excess oz Exports, over Imports, 277,435 564 f. Total annual VAlilA for the three years—lmports, 1,989,1145 362 L; Exporti. 2C96,066 509 % • ; a Ue of Call U3l QX.:',Uxi kApor; , over Imports, 707,021,147 t Ac-,:oriing to the reault of the nine firs', uton.he of MA the exuets of the v•!lue of exports over imports wood be for the —ear cque!) and even hic,re thau that of 1850, f Sections opened in 1851: On the lino of Strasburg ... 210 kilometres Lyons ... ... 118 B or d ea ux ... 101 -- Nantes ... ... 87 Total ••• •• • 516 SGetions to be opened in 1852: — On the line t .strlisbarg ... 161 Bordeaux ••• 133 -- The West ... 36 -- ... ... 330 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5 1 labl. 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 theltotal indemnity. The colonial banks, organized by the law of the 11th of July last, are in a position to bring forth those fruits which are expected of them. The internal administra tion of the colonies, their legislative and financial con stitution, celled for a:fresb organization, in harmony with the principles established by s the Constitution. A Bill, prepared to meet this object, has peen 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 two-thirds of whom are peaceful inhabitants of the country. What has been the result? Why, that this im mense exclusion has served as a pretext to the a narchist party, who cloak their detestable designs beneath the appearance of a right withdrawn and to be reco:aquered. Too weak in numbers to take possession of society by their votes, they hope, under favour of the genera). 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 doubt, but which. would throw us into fresh complications. Independently of these dangers the low of the 31st 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 res ideuce of three years in a commune may have appeared a guarantee of discernment imposed on electors in the knowisdge 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 they, " 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." W hether or not this be a real motive or a pretext only, it is exps client to set it aside and to be able to say to those who would bind the country down to an immutable constitution,—Beloved :universal suffrage re-established, the majority of the Assembly supported by 2,000,000 of petitioners, by the greater number of the councils of arrondissements, and almost unanimously by the councils-general, demands the revision of the funda mental compact. Have you less confidence than we in the expression of the popular will? The question, therefore, may be thus stated to all who desire a pacific solution to the difficulties of the day.— The law of the 31st of May has its imperfections, but even were it perfect, should it not, nevertheless, be repealed if it is to prevent the revision of the Constitu tion, the manifested wish of the country? It is objected, I am aware, that on 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 effort to bring about a pacific, regular, and legal solution, whatever may be its issue. Thus then, gentlemen, the proposal I make to you is, neither a piece of party tactics, nor an egotistical calcu lation, nor a sudden resolution ;—it is the result of serious meditation, and of a profound conviction Ido not pretend that this measure will banish all the diffi 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 bo 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 metal force which can only exist so long as it reposes on a consecrated principle and sin incontestable authority. Receive, gentlemen, the assurance of my high esteem, LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Elysee National, Nov. 4. NORWICH. and Dec. 5, at one, within the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinb❑rgh. R. Burns, Glasgow, commission merchant, to meet Nov. 7 a❑d 28, at one, withut the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. H. Pope and H. Daubeny, Manchester-square, surgeons—T. Mills and T. Gittins, Whitby, marine store dealers—Elizabeth Martin and Harriet Honey man, Fenchurch-street, confectioners—T. Shepherd and T. Simpson, Beverley, attorneys—J. Raddenberry and T. Raddenberry, Bristol, florists—G. Wolstenholme and R. Ashworth, Pilkington, Lancashire, drill manufac turers—W. Gunner, C. J. Gunner, T. J. Ridge, and T. Fox, Bishop's Waltham, bankers—S. Halliday, W. Spencer, and J. Cockroft, Halifax, silk dressers—T. Noble and C. Emmott, St. Katharine's Docks--J. Daly and C. H. Preston, Manchester, flooreloth manufac turers—H. W. Bucknall and W. Spark, Bristol, litv,n drapers—M. Lee and S. Whiteley, Batli,y, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers—M. Silverton, P. F. Baum, and F. Brach, Lombard-street, money changers—G. Rowe, sen., a Rowe, jun., and A. Rowe, Upminster, Essex, shoemakers—S. Prosser and J. Prosser, High Holborn, shell fishmongers—J. 0. Eve and T. Phythian, West Strand and King William-street, tea dealers. LAW INTELLIGENCE• COURT OF APPEAL IN CHANCERY, Nov. 4. (Before the Lords Justices.) Their Lordships sat at eleven o'clock in the new dining-hall, in Lincoln's-inn. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION 0? This motion to discharge an injunction granted by the late Vice-Chancellor of England in May, 1848, was opened yesterday in Westminster, and was now resumed. The injunction restrained the corporation, treasurer, and town clerk of Norwich, from applying any part of the borough fund or the tonnage dues to the expe❑ses of prosecuting a Bill in Parliament to clear or to widen the river Winstaus, running between Norwich and Yar mouth. The length of the river between the two towns is 32 miles, of which 20 miles are within the county of the city of Norwich, and on the ground that the cleans ing and dredging of the river would be of great benefit to the people of Norwich, by facilitating the navigation from Yarmouth, the corporation thought they were jus tified in applying the borough fund to the expenses of obtaining the Act. Some of the inhabitants of Norwich thought differently, and at their relation an information was filed by the Attorney-General, and on that informa tion the injunction was founded. Mr. Stuart, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Brooksbank were beard in support of the motion to dissolve the injunction. They contended that the deepening of the river, being for the benefit of the inhabitants, the borough fund was a proper source- to resort to for the expenses. It was a delicate matter for the Court to interfere to stop an ap plication to Parliament, where all matters ariAng in an application for a Bill could be better discussed than in this court. Lord Justice K. BRUCE observed that the injunction did not prevent the application to Parliament; it only said the application should not be at the expense of the trust fund. He referred to the Municipal Corporation Act, sth and 6th William IV.,cap. 76, and sec. 92, which did not mention any payments like those out of the bo rough fund. The counsel for the corporation argued that the bo rough fund was liable to many payments not stated in that section. Mr. Bethel!. Mr. Walker, and Mr. Rogers were heard in support of the injunction. Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE said that ho and Lord Cranworth were of opinion that, without prejudice to any question of costs, the motion should be refu,:ed. All of them clearly saw the distinction that the corporation were not restrained from applying to haliament, but such application was not to be at the cost of the trusts fund. This law is now being put in execution, and the results already ascertained indicate that its advantages are com prehended by the mass, so numerous, and so deserving of interest, of depositors. Another law conceded the service of the mail , packet boats ot the Mediterranean to private enterprise. It is desirable that similar concessions should allow of the extension 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 rentes resulting from the liqaidation ot the savings banks. If regard be had to the circumstancei under which the operation has taken place, it cannot be denied that the operation has been conducted on advantageous terms. You will in this see a proot, that when political anxie ties shall cease to depress the state of our finances, it will be easy, if yuu so think fit, to have recourse to credit on conditions wearable to the Treasury. PUBLIC WORKS. The commercial, political, and military importance 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. Foursections,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 HO kilometres have been added respect ively to the lines from Paris to Bordeaux, and from Yetis 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 kilometrea, 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 18524 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 appointed 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 terranean. Public opinion continues to mark that out 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, w hich, on account of the difficulty presented by the soil, have not been comprehended in tho network of railroads or canals, to have the advan tage of more convenient communications. In the budget of 1852, I ask you for the means of ameliorating this position, by putting it in accordance with distributive j us tice. Interior navigation, that indispensable auxiliary of agriculture and commerce, together with the railroads, leas not been neglected. Great results are already, or will at a future time be attained, in spite of the instil. ficiency of the slims of money. The lateral canal at the Garonne, already open for navigation between Toulouse and Agen, to an extent of 127 kilometres, will be carried forward in some months as far as Iles, 42 kilometres beyond Agen, and made to communicate with the Baigre. In a few more years, and with a few more efforts, the gigantic work of Louis XIV. will have received, to the glory of our time, its necessary completion. The last section of the canal from the Marne to the Rhino will be susceptible of being opened for commerce in 1353. On the Seine the want so much to be regretted in re spect to she navigable state of the river, even in its pas sage through the capita!, will shortly disappear. Between Rouen and Havre the maritime navigation has received unhoped-for advantages from the execution of the lli . ;;ne works. A Bill submitted to your considera tion has for its object to secure the continuance of these fortunate results. 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. The new law has not been favourable to the free in struction of boys. In 1850 there were 4,950 free-schools for boys; there are now only 4,622. The case is otherwise with the free7schools for girls. In 1850 they amounted to 11,088; in 1851 they amount to 11,378. Altogether the primary schools have increased by 806. The org. , anizstion of public instruction, according to the basis of the new law, has been entirely completed since last 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 juste fled in 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 tie reward for past services. A proposition on this suojeet 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 lidanion has now taken place. The bishops have taken possession of their sees, and their salutary influence at Martinique, . 1 36 mien, 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 crganic 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 have also their due share in the care of the Government. 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 been prepared by the Ministry and the Colonial 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 Reed, several measures which have recently been prepared and pro posed by a commission. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. We have reson to congratulate 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, sod they will serve to form a Consults whose duty it will be to take a share in the administration of finances, Important legislative reforms follow one after another, and great pains are taken with the creation of an army which would promote the retreat of foreign Powers from the territories of the Church. At Constantinople our active interference has, since a twelvemonth, been commanded by the protection of re ligious interests. It was necessary to conquer difficul ties in the Catholic, and among the other Christian communions, to terminate the disputes respecting the investiture of the Armenian bishops, and to promote a transaction which will terminate those 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 hops 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 joining England in offering 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 recognfzed 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 761 e, 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 had 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 Hanover have already signed special conventions, which reproduce the principal items of the to some good end. The Sardinia and Por tu g a l convention. On various other Spain, negotiations are still lead which a large number of French merchants shipowners have to bring against the points, pending, a reclamations nd and and especially likely t o ila Government of the United States, in consequence of various arbitrary seieeres 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. RESUME. Y beard a faithf u l ex p os ition of the situa tion ofn have country. As to th e past , i t o ff ers satisfactory results; neverthel ess. a state of general uneasiness tends oth e 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 their term. In such a s tate of things the first care of the Govern ment must be to seek out the means of avoiding the dangers which threaten and ensuring the best chances of safety. Already in my last message my words on this subject, I remember it with pride, were favourably re ceived by the Assembly. I said to 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, during this to >mien, 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 in 1852 will solemnly mani fest the expression of its will anew. Whatever may be tee solution of the future, let us un derstand each other, in order that it may never be pas sion, surprise, or 'violence 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 election. 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 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 revolutionary fact, is it wise in ns to continue narrowing its basis? And, lastly, I have asked myself, if, 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 from the policy of order which I have always followed out, I have been obliged in many respects to separate from a Cabinet which had 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 admit the necessity of re 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 makes its application now moral and regular. The project has 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, Ido 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 honour of presenting it. If 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 suppoi t But the hes , . of uicasuresl,l - to puld.c wPlCure have but eia The law of the 31st of May has, in its application, even gone beyond the object intended to be attained. No one foresaw the Pppression of 3,000,000 of electors, WAR. The general effective land force consisted on the Ist of October only of 387,519 men and 84,306 horses. If cir cumstances present no obstacle this effective force will be brought within the budgetary limits of 1852, which reduce it to 377,130 men and 83,455 horses. No 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 wilt 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 for some time past submitted to the consideration of the Legislative Assembly. The army waits for their adop tion with justifiable impatience. We hope that it will not be long ere they are discussed and voted by the As sembly. Yon are aware of the importance of the military operations of last spring in the eastern portion of Ka bylia, and the success which, during 80 days' march, crowned the brillant valour of our troops, under the command of a General whom my confidence had called to the Ministry,; of War. The subjugation of the tribes of the Djidjelli circle, the pacification of the valley of Loned Sahel, the extension of the oil trade, supplied by the Kabyles, such are the happy results of this campaign. Of 1,145 tribes proved to exist in Al geria, 1,100 have acknowledged the sovereignty of France, and those which still withdraw themselves from it are the most poor and distantly located. The army, after 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 state 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 Lot 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 bas powerfully contributed to assist the work of colonization. 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 dif f iculties 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 Land centralised the naval accounts, and provided more effectu ally still than formerly for the preservation of the precious contents of our arsenals.iWorks 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 938,0001., 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 successfully 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 allemergencies, world worthy n p i o .l w r e a r n a e - e o , u i l f d sh n e o h t aodcnenurpyrhae means,posi of, recruiting men already broken to the hard profession iio n u u i n d e t r he of a seaman. The most important of these is, as you know, the system of inscription combined with the naval 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 schoolfew days f beforeou r its prorogation sea fisheri es p rom i ses new and fru i tful resu l ts. A Bill relative to the r egu l a ti on o f t h e coast fi s h er i es — t h at fi rst benefit The situation u the ati n c n o ansit sailors—was su bm . i t Thisted to law th ewill Assemblybea a re a l our po colonies pulation is more satisfactory than last year; they all enjoy complete tranquillity, which, indeed, t since the em anc i pat i on, has never experienced :ny serious disturbance except in the instance) of G hada loupe. At tilt same tin, that li ,triv-, 6-11 T e o ur ue enfranchised pop u l at i ons coufidence in their condition of freedom, and the love of labour which must ever result from it, the Government combats and pur- THE LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 4, BA.NKRUP IS. George Mahon and William Stephen Mummery, paper stainers, Avery-row, Bond-street, to surrender Nov. 14 and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; ley, Crosby Hall Chambers. Henry Sanders, wholesale cheesemonger, Upper Thames-street, Nov. 14, and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry. Edward Jones, tailor, Strand, Nov. 14, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Linklaters, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. Richard Howton Coming, bookseller, Lamb's Con duit-street, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Hubbard, Bucklersbury. John Drew, paper maker, Hampton Gay Mills, Ox fordshire, Nov. 18, at two, and Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-land, Lombard-street; Skynner, Coleman street. William Jones, cowkeeper, New- road, Whitechapel, Nov. 12, at one, and Deo. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Nind, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Thomas Ekin, spirit merchant, Cambridge, Nov. 12, at half-past one, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Foster, Cambridge; Coles,;Adelphi-terrace, Strand. William Edwards, carpenter, Brighton, Nov. 21, at twelve, and Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Spiller, South-place, Finsbury. John Fletcher, publican, Netherton, Worcestershire, Nov. 17 and Deo. 6, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Hayes and Son, Halesowen; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Thomas Goddard, brush manufacturer, Derby, Nov. 21 and Dec. 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bo wley, Nottingham. Joseph Adams, cheese dealer, Haighton, Flintshire, Nov. 17, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cezenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Thomas Ramsden, timber merchant, Chester, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee,, Liverpool; Yates, jun., Li verpool. David Hood, bleacher, Chorley, Lancashire, Nov. 20, and Dec. 11, at twelve, 'at the Manchester District Court. Meckeuie, official assignee, Manchester; Bicker staff and Myres, Preston. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball-street. R. Northovc , r, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street, and Cheapside, City, lint manufacturer, Nov. 25, at t welve— R. C. Kiasford and H. L. Barnwell, Seaton, Kent, and Catherine -court, Tower-hill, City, millers ana coal mer chants, Nov. 27, at eleven. In the:Country. J. Croome, Bristol, manufacturing engineer, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Herring, Ruchdale, Lancashire, ironfounder, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—S. H. H. Watson and J. Kingston, Rochelale and Burnley, Lancashire, mercers, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Watts, Ashton under-Lyne, Lancashire, draper, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—R. Derham, Leeds, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds —W. A. Hinde, Dulphinholme, Lancashire, worsted spinner, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Der ham, Dolphinholme, Lancashire, worsted spinner, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—E. Alanson, Liver pool, wine merchant, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Russell, Altham Mills, Lancashire, miller, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. Heyes, Litherland, and Co., Liverpool, merchants, Ofd., on Wednesday, Nov. 12, or any subsequent Wed nesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Brankley, Pilsworth, Lancashire, dyer, 205., on Thursday, Nov. 6, and every following Thursday, be tween ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. 3. Glossop, Spilsworth, Lancashire, dyer, ss. 2d., ou Thursday, Nov. 6, and every following Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Man chester. J. Acomb, Blackburn, Lancashire, and York, draper, 2s. 6d., on Thursday, Nov, 6, and every following Thurs. day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Man. cheater. G. Parker,:Coventry, Warwickshire, carpenter, 3s. 3d,, on Thursday, Nov. 8, or any subsequent Thursday, b e . tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Bir mingham. J. Boydell and C. B. T. Roper, Kingswinford, Staf fordshire, ironfounders, 2 19-32 d., on Thursday, Nov. 6, or any subsequent Thursday,. between eleven and three, z . w. a r U orue x tn b h Uxbrid g e , at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. S. L. Trotme,o, Liverpool, merchant, Old., on Wed nesday, Nov. 5, or any subsequent We,dAnersddleaiyg,h,beEtwsseeeexxn: eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner,, Liverpool. xriddles NOTICES OF CERTIFICA T ES . At the Court, Bssighall-street. • ,LiManihniollreiet: Monmouthshire, i :i g re, ironfounder, . miller, Nov. 26, at twelve. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. clothier. Nov. 26, at one— certificate of the first class— S Che rry, D. Bugden,ide Liverpool, broker, certificate of the second cla ss, ' afte r rry Oct. is—H. 2l days trom G. Mortimer and J. Mortimer, Suffolk, builder, certificates of the second class. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. '- Geore Hanman, Gloucester, baker. William Tole, Manchester, fi4monger. John Wellden, New Romney, lent, baker. John Griffiths, Abergurlly, Carmarthenebire. Benjamin Cooke, Cutler Heights, Pudsey, Yorkshire, labourer. Alexander Robsertson, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire. John Petley, Dover, greengrocer. Charlotte Pope, Dover. Thomas Bradley, Hasland, near Chesterfield, traveller. Jabez Gathergood, Huntingdon, carpenter. John Haslop, Cambridge, cordwainer. George Wing, Cambridge, publican. William Taylor, G....ut 1 ffi,lo, Yorkshire. sEQUES C. Juke!, Edinbur g h, butcher, to meet Nov. 8 and 29, at one, within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh. W. Gourley, Edinburgh, hotel keeper, to meet Nov. 7 Lord CR&NWORTII expressed his concurrence. Two of the counsel on each side were then heard as to the costs of the motion, those for the motion contending that the injunction wa. too largely and to loosely worded, and that was obscurely. Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE said, the objection to the wording of the injunction was, that it restrained the payment of the expenses of prosecuting the Zsct us well out of the tonnage dues of Norwich, created by a local act, as out of the borough fund; but there being no sur plus of the tonnage dues, they could not be applied to the expenses. lie thought the injunction was not too largely worded, and therefore that the motion to dis. charge it should be refused, with costs. Lord CRANWORTH expressed his opinion to the same effect, and the motion was declared to be refused with costs. ROLLS' COURT. Nov. 4. WINDING-UP ACT- JAtIES v. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE RANK. In this case the plaintiff and Mr. Rankle, another shareholder in the scheme of this bank, had petitioned the Court to interfere, under the provisions of the Wind ing-up Act, in the affairs of the bank, with a view to its dissolution. The application upon the part of Mr. James, the plaintiff, was found , d upon affidavits that the plaintiff was proprietor of 213 shares, at 201. each; that the company itself was a losing concern, which, there. fore, came properly within the jurisdiction of the Court; and that the Court ought to interfere, and make its order for winding up the affairs of the company, and dissolv ing the bank partnership. It appeared that the com pany had made large advances, for mining and other purposes, to many subscribers and directors, which had been expended in some instances in profitless and ruin ous speculations. One of these debtors of the bank owed a sum of 200,0001. to the bank, on which no pay ment of interest had Liken place since the year 1842. The winding up of the concern was therefore expedient to protect the shareholders from indefinite liabilities and possible ruin. It was suggested that the requisite inquiry to elucidate the necessity of the Court's inter ference at once could be carried on by the Judge of the County Court of Monmouth, with the least expsnse and most expedition—a course which was authorised by a particular clause of the Winding-up Act. The directors of the bank resisted the application, alleging that the great body of the shareholders were anxious to avoid this extremity, and had taken prudent steps to raise such a sum out of the assets of the bank and the mortgages and securities it possessed as would meet all its liabilities, and pay off these debts. The bank had stopped payment on the 7th of October last, of which notice was given to all the shareholders, conven ing the shareholders, and 106 out of 280 shareholders attended a meeting, who unanimously agreed to call together the creditors of the bank. A committee of the shareholders had been appointed to protect their own interest in realizing the assets, and this committee alone represented 947 shares in the company. They drew up a report stating that it was highly inexpedient to proceed to make the concern bankrupt, as it would have the effect of occasioning a general panic amongst the mining and other interests in the country, and, therefore, that a reasonable time ought to be given to the directors and the committee to collect the aiSIPtS and distribute the proceeds amongst the creditors, which, added to the pro posed contributions of the shareholders, would more effectually enable the directors to meet the liabilities ut the company than by bringing them into this court under the provisions of the Winding-up Act, which would be highly injurious to the general jute rests of the shareholders. It was also an important feature of this case that the creditors were all inclined to give the directors and the committee of creditors the lime re quired to collect the assets to meet debts, c , ceedicg 400,0001 the petition was supput Led by M. Rouadell Paitner, Mr. Freeling, and Mr. Roxburgh; the Solicitor- General and Mr. James were heard fur the company. The MASTER or the ROLLS, at the conclusion of the ar gument fir the defendants, intimated that he would hear the,reply to-morrow (this) morning. INSOLVENT DEBT ORS' COURT, Nov. 4. (Before the CLIIEF COMMISSIONER•) IN RE ALFRED WALKER. This insolvent, a young man of 24 years of age, de scribed as of Trinity College, Cambridge, was opposed by Mr. Sargood on behalf of Mr. Robert Cooke and Mr. Knight. The insolvent, upon being examined, said his debts amounted to 4,1001., contracted since 1848, of which amount about 3,500/. were debts arising from bets upon billiards and horse-races, and upon bills for which no con sideration had been given. Mr. CooKE informed the Court that the insolvent's father had paid all the tradesmen's debts for goods sup plied, and they might be struck out of the schedule. The insolvent further stated, that during the period over which his debts extended he bad been in receipt of an allowance of 1501. a year from his father, but, finding that insufficient, he tried to increase it by speculating upon horse-races and billiards, and by the discount of bills of exchange. Mr. SARGOOD submitted, upon the authority of a case decided by Mr. Commissioner Law, that the insolvent, having resorted to betting and gambling as a source of income, must describe himself as " seeking to gain a livelihood by betting upon horse-races, &C. Mr. CooKE replied, that the case alluded to differed materially from the present, as in that the insolvent had really lived by his speculations upon the tuff, while in this the insolvent had a yearly allowance from his father. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he should not require the description to be amended. The insolvent, upon further examination, said he had 592/, owing to him on account of winning at cards, billiards, and horse-races. A clerk to the solicitor of Mr. 11. Cooke proved that the insolvent had pleaded to an action brought upon a bill for 1501., accepted by him in favour (if one William Robinson. The costs amounted to 17/. 13s. 4d., and would have been only 71. or 81. if there had been no plea. Mr. CooKE read a statement in the schedule, admit ting the creditor for 201. only, except as to liability, the insolvent baying intrusted the bill to one 'Wallis to get discounted, who only gave him 2el. on account. The witness stated that Mr. R. Cooke, the creditor, was a gentleman who sometimes discounted bills, but he could no tell what Wallis received for the bill. Wallis was now a bankrupt. The insolveut, upon examination by Mr. CooKE, said he put his name st, a bill for 1501., and gar, 10 Ru binson, who handed it to Wallis. Hr (tnsulvent) wished but Wallis on ly gave hi m 201. t i vai f s a e th l e 2 r a h u a p d o it, , n he believed, paid all the tradesmen's debts, but refused to make any arrangement with the other class of creditors, baying done so on a former occasion. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER inquired what amount of debts the father had actually peed? The attorney replied 1681 18s. 11d. Mr. bARG') .D Stitnnitteci t”,tt Lilts sCiledUle PxhibitH r i eIaES of dftiat9 which the Court Otai!ht, not to sur.ction forthwith thseiaarge. Remarks were often made a'houo bill discounters and their charges, but in this case it was clear Mr. Cooke had given consideration for the bill, and whether Witllia kept it or not wits nothing t 9 Wm. 13" Beans 72 ,' - twat°. LYNN Nov. 4• ~ There is less wheat offering today tuts., lees rl", - 1 and the rates then current areexceededby,',4'setotli tee; 60ihs to 611bs makes 31s to 339, and Dl' fl y i_,,r -- 34s to 36e. Barley in good supply god ' o , ll e . DlV quarter higher. In other articles no 0 1 ° 4 ' % peas, and oats extremely scarce . A , 8 0 v- QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD • IN TIIIS ,J 11 ENDING NOV. 3. , s. 6 0. Wheat 1,902 quarters at 3 ' sd. 23 5 . o d. Barley BOl if fl. 0 o 6i, as , ~ Pees ~ ` od , . 4 Beans OS* Oats ..... HULL, Nov. 4. tato . ir Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular ° a t leds r- i4 0; continuo to be very moderat,ly supplied With ail ° 0 twits Of foreign grain; the wheat market has b ee n the during the past week, without any li n of o il * currency being quotable. Spring ,c °1. 0 ,3 0°, 0 4 4criptioos in goon c insumptive dein:inn, 6 r c ola - j o provement in price obtainable. The wet tb A e dois o t o seasonable; some snow fell last night ill 1.-L' h ot frola or to-days en.,.rket we had a fair supply a W g -e od de . lll ..lb e farn:wTs, the condition of which was a e ft dal? RC pruved by the frosty weather or the last '-e iO O (ally market was firm at last week's prices; E D°r oriel c ops f I.,tgn, with very little (Tiering. Grindilro e$ pi 61 to is par quarter dearer, with none o th ' so ,o", t he old granaried parcels; malting exceedinglYb ortielep6d'' it. quiry for oats, beans, and peas, apd,_ "c e foil hit )) turn dearer. Linseed very fl4t, but c1u1 e5 1 ,70 Teri per ton dearer. In rape seed or rape OW business doing. ,„..... . The following are the present prices a g r''-'• li' sr A, 2 8 / 0 s. s. . y_....d ...- 0 ..... i s Wheat, English, red 35 to 37 Peas, white 0.. .... .... 46 Do. white 3B - 46 Do. greY **** it See' ' 2 / ,s vat c 4 r Dantzic and So- Linseed , a h.. .. u r g 1. 35 4° nigsberg 4O -42 Do. Petersb ~,o . , Pomeranian and Do. Riga Sr ItlCP'b .SO . t rP Hamburgh E6 -40 Do." lionig sberg ..' to 71 i6i6tl Danish, Holstein, & 01 0° 'VW, Friesland 34 -36 Lins. c,flulli ._ 61 , 0 11 Russian and Odessa 30 - 34 Do. fine foreigu"ll 0 0 , Oats, English Dc. Danish.... l7 -20 Rapeseeu ********* 0- 9 / 0 01 Do. Friesland l9 - 21 Rape c akes.: h .. ., ,s , 0 17 - 20 Do. inf. Aforelg°.'..ilAlti°l-00o; Do. Russ. & Odessa 17 -191 Tares, Elig hs ' ?I °AN Barley,malting 2i - 2 IDo. foreign '''''''''' ol . 1 0. ' ..'' 6d 0 Do. grinding 2O -241 Guano .......... Os 0/ , Beans 23 - 34 Bones,. ... .............. 0 .4 ,1 Do., foreign LIVERPOOL, Nov. 4.--At this days Ille har re ',4o o .!i a good attendance of town and countrld for r 5 00 , 070 fair consumptive demand was experi Gliee er ilit 1' oil the extreme rates of this day week for O P yl oo ' o t fa an advance of id per 701bs on fine vibit:o eel 69`d o a ja French and American, met with a g? re a fr'falli i , prices. Dealing oats were most in h e l„, u- note d per 451bs dearer; but oatmeal 11130 6 t 1 :, 1 - d Lt lib rok per load cheaper on the week. O'r`". l 1113 1" q without change in value, but beans - -I. ue s6 w e e 6cl for ' dearer. Indian corn was in mcderate r6q ing purposes, at our late quotation& Car r°6l." CORK, NOV. 3 . OtV° de Barrels. A 00 0 o e o 10 White wheat 17s Od to 17e u" 00 0 29 Red wheat ...16s Od to 16s 9d 49 Ditto ........16s 9d to 170 3d 54 Ditto .l7s 3d to 18s Od 51 Barley 10s Od to 10s 6/ 000 °b° to ll 338 Ditto lOB 6d to 110 Od 191 Ditto lls Od to 12s Od 00 Od , 4 13ere .. ...... -9a 9cl to 9s 10d _, 141 F th , 6 Oats ... .. 8s s s (1 9 d d t to o 9(1 0 0 '' 698 Ditto ... 4d} 061 ~,e 6° 159 Ditto .......98 4d to 9s V d 29 0 °a ' , 38 Pigs Quantity sold a 2 t 2 th re e d il ; 26s Od to 31s Ocl ~:.... 19 barrels whiteQu High Pril here; 45 barley; 11: 1 10 0 4 6 pigs. . fl i t i listvig . Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs .'" g - 07. ' Wheat, 1,666. Barley, 4,498. Oats, 1 ."" fll PRICES OF BUTTER- s ol. ~..ei 07 0 ..'' ~.• 00 CANT. First quality Second quality .. / 9 81s First eus h lty " : ... . .::. /1/9° Third quality ... 72s Third Val; „ ...... / ill Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week clf fs , 2 Pigs, 714. Sheep, 408. _.......... er __-_-__________------------.4,,,p . RAILWAY SHARE I L- le ) ," BRISTOL, Nov'. 4. lot eont:o9, STOCK EXCHANGIK.-The share T ar oft lyAtil „d pressed, and business very limited. Tu ° -pa Ov j reported to-day were-Great Western, 6 ,t . " - be , 0 1 .1 0 1 1 " LIVERPOOL, l ot al v d( STOCK EXCHANGE.-- The share O m ar ,Log. h i r e'" to-day, with very little demand for any yoroP.,ari prices were as toilow :- Lancashire au',,„. ....4 0 " Mult,nd, 48 1 4 - North Staffordshire, 8 1 /.2 s i . " -. to l 9 and Dover, 18%. - 1,1" 4. 0 c STOCK ExcEANGE,.-The business 10 Tv ..„, 0 AIANCIIESTER. .1:4 OV.. c i s y If tr ogpOr pod, and prices were well supporte .stetiii r ' were as follow: - London and South - ir 01J" shire Union, 34 dis. ia I f 4. a e tis BIRMINGHAM , nothing dO - A to ill STOCK EXCHANGE.-There was ,oooeital shares to-day, the business being entirelY c a v ot ains l " actions in local undertakings. Pr ices r same as yesterday. _.............. ~,,tOO4, ____, ,p...,. _ ter ~,,,, ----------c0,cb.,,,„,,,00,, The overseer of the poor 9- dsl - in' .- in the mitigated penalty of 409. on Satur at oll - or forgotten to return the j ury list of tb e P 01 4 /1 1* to receive the signature of the magistrates, „ Ire " A O n la i fil l : F [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Pera°l,, , ~n t st, ofo fi d A cured of a Bad Leg by Holloway's Oir', l L - go, u e i l sd ° 0 01 ,,,0 Larendon, of No. 2, Richardsen's-build se t sl 'eA ever since giving birth to twins, 34 which 0 0% 1 6 0 le; with dreadful wounds in her leg, and ," h l e co ti ° , 14 ,10 9 74 1i1 ,10 men, both in France and England, bau ',herr' tVili Her suflerings were intense, and oftentimes oi ly, bl ot $7? 0 4 , lete l l CO V IIA periods wholly confined to her bed. V16150-ir.One l i et / ,40 of her friends, she made trial of HollowaY ° cot o P rea tost r and these celebrated remedies 'lave wounds, and she can walk about with ths4yestot , i .ol' Sold by all vendors of medicines, and la ' - i jj 1 0 . 9 Establishment, 244, Strand, London. keeper - taly Mrs. James, a lodging-house- "Ong square, Cheltenham, died last week foot. acid in mistake for salts. of Captain D. W . 7 1' T ench. . -irj3IARTII°BIII7. h'n. 9°ll* 1111" , fil ig ~,yoO e a n _ t t h h e e 2 2 13 d t h i. n s u t l . : , a t a toNaVkairarrei n , Poi n t, 'county f Vi' pi )l ito ° 0 ds K a rts, tlie i .41 0, P , Esq. g ellilrr wifeOn the 2d inst., at Augustus-'ghat 14e $? On the 30th ult., atOIL:IrIDoyA-ugargare'llefg. f 4 of Mr. B. C. Turnbuli. $10.11:1 : ';of shi_re, the wile of the Rev. John 13rooks. tile one man On Baynes,the 1 st in s s t q .., , a b t a T rr o is r t r e i nr.gatto.ni -aswq.ti are, oe4 /11,411.8/ED- „ illi°oPetellOil On the Ist inst., at St. Paul's, Herne -WI., ito, doloitY) ton, Esq., of llerne-bill, Surrey, to Lather P e the late Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq., ° t, # 1 01? Surrey. i We,. rot ( On the Ist inst., at S. Luke'it NOCWOOO, o f Plot son of the late George Phillip e Brandt, P 4 4 01 til e burgh, to Catherine Emily, eldest Baugh ,) gory Dlatveieff, Esq. _, , DIED. .aeorgevi , On the 30th ult., the Rev. Nathaniel. 0 1 1 I A.M., aged 87. 000 . f 0 ' On the 31st ult., at his residence, dll' eip tv al, Lged 87. modi3P 000 On the 31st lilt., 1 it's Elizabeth gerY,A 08. 0 B. 'Aladdin], Esq., late of Jamaica, ag e( l 'flu:o,3_loo _A On the Ist inst., at Torringtou-squarw mitt, pr- F.R.S. and F.R.A.S., Registrar of the lei aged 55. CIO/ oif treat , On the Ist inst., in Old Cavendieh-e co p Esq., aged 75. west, .0, il if On the 2d inst., at Hyde Park.place, ander Mackenzie, Esq., aged 7'. fral;Cfaf, /I On the 2d inst., at bnentield, F.,,se/cic.,,ty. ..., , ,,i 0 'Thomas C. Mundey, of Old I.3rtod-et16'4„,....'"7,,1)1 London.: traded and Published 14 it 0 COL * No. 112, Strand, Printer, at VI .. ‘ ,1,, in w r ' strand, in the Precinct, f the OriBol. Kiddie/Mar WectOglo, lioenibei °I " sides the loss of his money the creditor was made to b eir increased costs uy insolvent's vexatious plea. a t Mr. ote Ct,OLE thought that as the creditor had --,°,, tht,ught tit to attend himself , especially after the . meats in the iuselvent's schedu le, the Court Out; L little inclined to detain the young man at his suit' Atha costs of the plea complained of w ere very small, to a— re insolvent, who had only received 201., bad a right _ quire : the plaintiff to prove what consideration be 0" for the bill. a The CHIEF COMMISSIONER thought there was sitt d l P l if every' made out against the insolvent, but divests soul, and circumstance ordinarily attendant upon snob ei ---- it was a question whether the amount of leg ti which the creditor had sustained was not fully se ll 0 by th,, length of time the insolvent had already beello prison at his suit, a period of between four end, ' j ibe , rths. Throuith the kindness and liberality 0 1 an d . to:11(T, all the boa fide tradesmen's debts were Pe i : O RI. be..e ease relieved of their pressure. A judg alent -o ssri pronounced for having put the creditor to unnec!s.ary e b xpt.u.se by a vexatious plea, but the a mount of 11) „,J er e eing but smell, the judgment would be but 11 ,1 0 1 nominal remand. If it had not been for the f Be rn " T ed the f tneritotious creditors had been paid end ~r e—: dif• _rom the schedule, the case would have souraeu: to the ferent eepect, and the Court would have gone , n . 7,, r 0. who'? schedule and the dealings with all, at;dl they t be creut — • would have formed a matter for serious seere d . eraticm. The case must be adjourned, but rb efi n ol insolvent came up again a ra , tr e nominal rernaLd be pronounced at Mr. Cootie's su it. de feed" The ease was then adjourned t o complete 0 service. ----------------- 0 rii 4. THE COUNTKY Militlic"-- IPSWICH, Nov. 4. last 0 4 ; Wheat sold on men the same terms t he re o; The supply was by no moans large, but l appear to be the eie:•rance made. 13arley Was tog uger supply; all qualities sold freely, and bea t mom] and select samples were sully 28 per qr. dearer. D u ,ir any beans or peas were offered for sale, but 0' quired for. nA OIIS. rfx Q OP PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 36s to 38s Beans ............ 2 8 , 5 _ W to 00s Do., new oos to 00s Peas ............ 2008 to 0000000 Do., white 44s to 46 5 Oats.. ..••••• • ..... 0 000 w_ no Do., new oos to 00s Rye.. ~•••••• •••• 065 to - Barley, malting '26s to 31. Malt . ......... to 00 1 Do., grinding 235 to 25s Flour, p e r s ack.. °°s l• AVERAGES FOR TIIE WEEK ENDOG 14017. 21 Wheat 1.042 quarters at 380 v nj, Burley 270 61 Oats ) " 278 6 eas.... . ....... 1 , 140 ' 275 1 11 . „ o d. 30 156 1 1 _ _ THE SUN, PosT ;ii'' kxj:, hgt „ r. ) t 44, t' w o tz, `174, i\ \. il .l Iltt ~~ .`i