The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-30 00:00:00

During the delivery the President was frequently
interrupted by the enthusiastic applause of tho as-
sembly and diplomatic body ; and at the end he was
greeted by vociferous cheers of " Vive Napoleon !"
The President having seated himself, M. dc Casa-
bilmea, the Minister of State, rose, and announced
that the oath was about to be administered. lie
read the formula of theoath,"l swear obedience to the
constitution and fidelity to the President of the llepub-
lie," and invited each senator to lift his hand nt the call
of his name, and to answer "Je le jure." The mi-
nister then called the president of the Senate, the
four vice-presidents, and the grand rcfendary, Gen.
d'Hautpoul, then the cardinals, marshals, and ad-
mirals of France, as senators de jure, and la:,tly the
senators by alphabetical order. The ugul president
of the Court of Caseation, M. de Portalis, having
been forgotten, excited some hilarity, in which the
President joined, by rising to remind the minkter of
the omission, and then not the oath separately. The
deputies were then called, according to th, alpha-
betic order of their departments. The only deputies
who did not respond to the call were Gen. Cavaig-
nac, MM. Carnet, de Cirrac, Legrand, and !tenon.
This second call having been terininntA, the
Minister of State &dared that the legis-
lative session of leen was opened, and invited the
senators and deputies to meet on the morrow in
the localities of their respective sittings. The Presi-
dent then rose and retired, amid loud and contiuued
cheers of " Vire Napoleon !" The roar of cannon
announced his departure to return to the palace of
the Elyeke.
The general opinion of political circles concerning
the President's speech is favourable ; and it cannot
be denied that it is composed with much
The leading passages are those which profess peaceful
intentions abroad, and relate to the assumption of the
title of Emperor. I believe I need hardly
caution you against taking for a disavowal of an
intention to proclaim the empire what is in fact
rather a preparation of the public mind for that
event. Obviously nothing will be easier than to in-
terpret the first disturbance as the case of necessity
contemplated. Throughout, the President, both out-
side and inside the Tuileries, has been well received.

The long talked of tesion;they say, is on the point
of taking place between the two branches. It is
merely reduced to a question of etiquette. Toe Or-
leans princes demand that the Comte de Clitimbord
she!' pay the first visit to the Queen Amelie. The
Bourbons will then agree on a manifesto, which is to
be kept secret until the moment comes for a amp du
main. They will then launch their agents with nnl-
lions into France, to bribe the army and buy a mi-
litary involution.
A number of decrees fill two sheets of the Alfenia er
of this day. The first decrie relates to the new insti-
tution of mortgage banks (cr,,tlit fiwrier), end coo-
Menial' only one article, declaring that the goveniment
will fix, far each hank, the extreme limits of the dura-
tion of the annuities by means of which the extinc-
tion of the debt is to be effected. This is followed
by a decree authorising the formation of a bank com-
posed of 31 member*, ninon' whom arc M. Fnuld,
ex Minister of Finance, M. Drouyn de I'lluys, Vice-
l'resident of the Senate; M. Leon Faucher, ex-
minister of the interior, the Duke de Mouchy, M.
Benoist d'Azy, the Count de Gasparin, ex-minister,
Count Napoleon l leru, and MAL fussy, ex-minister.
The decree fixes the capital at 23 millions of francs,
in sharcs of 300 fr. each, and declares that the period
for the extinction of the debt of the borrowers Ly
annuities shall not be lees than 20 years, tier more
than 39 years. The bank is authorised to issue
paper money (rAlityaliatit foneieres), bearing an an-
nual
interest, to the amount of the sums borrowed
upon mortgage. Another decree regulates the sala-
ries of prefects and euleprefects. The prefects are to
be divided into three classes. Those of the first are
to have 40,000 fr. a year; the seven?, 30,000 fr.; and
the third, 20,000 fr. The prefect of the Seine, is, by
exception, to have 50,e001i. There are to be three
classes of sub-prefects, with salaries respectively of
S,ooofr., 6,0001 r., and 4,500 fr. This decree is fol-
lowed by one modifying the duties on sugars.
Beetroot sugar of the present quality (lilttthcel
is to pay (lfr. for 100 kilogrammes, an
foreign sugar 37fr. For a superior quality there
is to be an extra duty of 31r. for 100 kilogrammes.
During a period of four years colonial sugar is to pay
7fr. fur 100 kilogrammes less than native sugar. Re-
fined sugars are to pay ten ter cent. more than the
above duties. 'The next decree enacts that con-
victs who may be sent from the hairnet% to French
Gunyana shall be employed in cultivation, and in
other works of utility ; and that women condemned
to hard labour may be also sent to thut colony,
and be employed in works appropriated to their
age and sex. The decree regulates the indul-
gences which may be granted to convicts who con-
duct themselves well, and fixes the punishments of
Those who may behave ill.—Then comes a decree
which enacts that the deletions which inky be al-
lotted to members of the Senate, in virtue of Art. 22
to the constitution, shall be constituted by individual
decrees, in the name of the recipients—shall be paid
half-3 early—shall not be liable to seizure, nor
be ceded and shall not, unless specially or-
dered, be subject to the lows which forbid persons
who hold more than one situation from receiving
more, than a ceitaln amount of salary.—The next
decree establishes a community of priests for the ser-
vice of the church of St. Genevieve at Paris, re-
cently restored to public worship. It is to consist of
six members, who are to take the title of chaplains of
Sainte Genevieve, and of a dean. Their duties, it is
declared, are to be-Ist, to pray to Cod for France,
and for the dead who have been buried in the vaults
of the church ; and, 2nd, to form them selves thr
preaching. The dean is to be nominated for
five years by the archbishop, subject to the
approval of the President of the Itepublic ; the
chaplains are to be nominated for three years, after a
competition amongst priests aged thirty-five years,
in a form to be fixed by the archbishop. The stipend
of the dean is to be 4,0001 r., and that of the chap-
lain's 2,300 fr. A sum of 3,000 fr. is to be allowed for
the choir and other expenses. By the next decree,
journals, periodicals, and works exclusively de-
voted to sciences, arts, and agriculture, are
exempted from the stamp duty; but journals
and publications of this character which may,
even accidentally, occupy themselves u ith mat-
ters of political or social economy, are to inear
the penalties fixed by Articles 3 and 11 of the decree
on the press. 'the decree which follows makes over
to the Ministry of Public Works certain buildings
and parcels of hind belonging to the state iu the
departments of the Pas do Calais. Corsica. the Lute,
the Nievre, the Manche, and the Nord, for different
public works. The next decree authorises the
Minister of Finance to fix the limits., &e., of
the forests belonging to the state and communes
in the department of Corsica. Another decree,
founded on a report of the Minister of general
police, odds to the number, and extends the power
of the commissaries of police in the departments. In
towns where the population amounts to 6,000 and
under, the commissaries of police are to be appointed
by the prefects. from a list of three candidates pre-
sented to hint by the inspector-general of police. In
towns where the population exceeds 6,000, the ap-
pointment will rest with the Prince President
un the proposition of the minister of golieral
police. The next decree extends the power
granted to the Bank of France by the law of
May 17, 1831, of making advances on the de-
posit of securities in the French funds, to bands of
the city of Paris. The next decree prohibits the re-
print on the French territory of Nv orks aualished
abroad, and lila) the sole and expert of these works,
tinder the penalties decreed by Arts. 426, 42t1, 427,
429, and 463 of the lentil code. Another deeno
grants a full and free amnesty to all sailors who
have deserted from the merchant service, provided
they return and present themselves before the
proper authorities within the Ml:awing delays:
—'tires months for those within the territory
of the republic and in Corsica; six namths for
those who art out of the French territory. but in
Earepe and Algeria; twelve months for three out of
Europe, and eighteen mouths for thine T. ho are be-
yond Cape I lora mil the (tape of Goad Rma—The
next theme, founded on a report of the Nliiiister of
the Marine, re;rtiletea the Fren'h herring tigirry.
I Tho produce of that fishery salted on hoard, when
taken on the coast of Scotland, will be admitted free
lof duty from August 1 to September 30; and those
MI the coasts of Yarmouth or of Frsuce from
()Aoki. I to December Olt The other mach* of
the decree relate to the details of the mintier in
which the &herr is to be conducted, and the quan-
tity of ealt which each vessel is allowed to cu: r ao. "
cording to her tonnage. Any infriugt ,till
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