The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH .REPUBLIC.

e have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Ti'e whole of the firm, and pert of the second pee
of the Pays are takan up with a third notice of in
TRIERS, by M. DE LA GUERONNIERE, COl:Chiding 65
follows :
" M. Thiers has arrived at the summit of fortune; he
has exhausted all greatness, all popularity, and all re-
nown. He has written volumes of history which foto°
generations will read. He has governed his count*
He has spoken from the tribune to assemblies
Academy
charmed and led away by his eloquence. The
opened its doors to him; kings have sought his fri,el3,„4
ship; ho wants nothing to complete the grandeur or mi
destiny, not even misfortune, the inevitable seal of grek:
110S9. And, nevertheless, who will dare to say that if
Thiers is a complete statesman ? I have asked 0:15;:e
w!:y, and I Lave found the reason in this simple reue;
tion—talent giv.,s popularity, but it is character oleo
which makes it go down to posterity."
at
The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic when,,d
Baden made numerous charitable donations, 6,7,8
who were
amongst them was a sum of 2,000 f. to a ball for the
poor. The PRINCE conferred the Cross of the Leg 4
of Honour on M. KUNTZ, director of the
Carlsruhe. The
A letter from Tculon, of the 20th, says:—. f the
experimental squadron, composed of the ships 0- rd,
line the Ville .de-Paris, Valmy, Jupiter, leno•l3sld.
and Henri IV., and commanded by Admiral 8
SIME, put out to sea last evening. The weather t
so calm that it was necessary to tow the vessels ado,
the Gonlet. About eight o'clock the bla,,ga„is,
steamer towed out the last vessels the Ville•de',,'„„"
and Jupiter. It is said that the squadron is ""
for Corsica."
era'
The Archduke FERDINAND, brother of the BniP," st
of AUSTRIA, arrived at Algiers, on the 18th ins" jn
eight in the morning, on board the Volta steanter'aed
police u
the course of the day the Governor-General proelthe
in state to visit his Royal Highness on hoard, an
visit was returned the day after at the GoYerl3ao.
country house, near Algiers. The same day the hsa
vernor, his Secretary-General, and the Adcohw, the
the honour of dining with the PRINCE on boas'
steamer. The Consul of Sardinia, charged ad
with the Consulate of Austria, also dined on h°, for The stay of the PRINCE at Algiers was to be 0019
a few days. The 20th and 21st were to be dr ,„° se
to an excursion to Blidah and Medeah ; the 22aA he
excursion in the neighbourhood of Algiers, 11,6: ,
day after he was to leave the roadsted for DUl'', 01
The ceremony of laying the foundation et°ll:the
the grand gallery which is intended to connti to
Tuileries with the Palace of the Louvre, Parniee
the rue de Rivoli, was performed at half-past„"oss
o'clock on Sunday morning. The principal PLernes,
who acted in the solemnity were M. Casaltas
Minister of State, the Prefects of Police and ,„.(1.,8i.
department of the Seine, the members of the Ando,
cipal Commission, the mayors of the arrondissetneol
and other public functionaries. Some gi,4031.
officers of the army were also present in full nun-tit:rev
The clergy of the Church of St. Germain Otl,cni,
rois performed the religious part of the &reran; 00
and pronounced a solemn benediction on the stone se
which the future building is to be raised. The for
was placed in the centre of the deep trench dog„sl.
the foundation, and nearly opposite the Falai° ."%tet
Groverratiee:rosiii;
Two tents were erected, with fauteuils, benches' pal
tables for the persons invited to the ceremony;
grog the
detachment of gendarmerie mobile kept the g"f the
and prevented the palisades raised on both sides °go
trench from being encumbered. Coins of gold, sibs,
and copper of the present date were placed in *fatal
which was enclosed in the stone, and the othel gll•
which are usual on such occasions were gone t,;"„rfrie‘
Suitable addresses were delivered by the func",;:akeo
present. The state of the weather no doubt
vile
away many persons, as the rain had fallen very hew
at intervals during a considerable part of the day' loop
hasThheeeenoThletointUciliuOndnedel abnetnwoueenncesthtehat a "I'm— nte
Holland and Belgium, for the junction 0'
ways of both countries. " The great artery
the Constitutionnel—
H be ss‘
" Which begins at the port of Antwerp, she
tended to Rotterdam, and there communicate ill'aort.
Dutch railways. One may already foresee the o°4oo
ance of such an operation, which will re-establish be! „ter,
the two countries former commercial relations lmoloo
rupted for some years by political events. lair
learn from a perfectly authentic source that the 000
rian Government has offered an indemnity of 1.,!,4(3f10'51i
florins to the administration of the Palatinate oadelli
on condition that it will complete within a short ,01.
the works of the Ludwigshafen and Wissernburg,',, its
road. It is in that direction the Strasburg line is !or"!
prolonged, on the side of France, towards the frontihod
The Four-and• a-Half per Cents. opened and cores
at 103 f. 20c., for the end of the month. Viol 04
per Cents. closed at 72f. 35c. ; Orleans ,-1-60 f. I
Shares, 1,400 i. ; Rouen, 9381. 75c. ; Havre, -,1,91e,
Great Northern, 638 f.
75c.; Avignon, 466 f. OM!: pa
7 1 sf. ; Great 630f.; 1-41- Nee
292 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasbur 618 75c.i: PIT- Boa
Avignon,Lyons, 580f.; St. Dizier and Western,Gray, 525 L; °
Austrian Loan, 951.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS
AT
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY'"*
Dutch Rhenish, 57/B—East Indian, 27% el firid
Luxembourg, 61—Ditto Railway, 4%—Ditto, lac
and Lyons, l 7;3,4—Paris and Rouen, 36"'X3—PIsTfle1--
Havre, 14—Sambre and Meuse, 6%—Tours 11,s0,“
13,A —West Flanders, 3:l Western of France, 11176.

SPAIN. •
Madrid journals of the 21st have been receive coly
The Queen and the Princess of the Asturia9lsoo
tinued to enjoy excellent health. Her iTt'eferf,
accompanied by her daughter, drove 011'' f
day on the Segovia road, the rendezvous crapjs.
a
the fa,hionable society residing at IA oof
The Ambassador of Prance and the mirtisteere
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Portugal'La lv
Granju.
M. MON had left Madrid for the Astoria Stables
The QUEEN had sent three horses of her 5-
a present to the King of NAPLES. j; bad
The Governor of the province of Ca'.'4 eleven
formed the Government of the discovery °J. "coo'
iplieEtßunrcETß,A,p.ivinAtLed DEsb7y
El‘LlnEnsipm.AoN,OLZETultn, tannA.sdti,,
033biseea,
been
farsommoatht the 11:11bal Se t, e rbfat'o f 1)11
Those
stolen pmicatnuyresy,
edaersscraibgeod
n boa
Cartuja, at Seville.
The Captain- General of the PLiiip ine Isla(15,1 the
forwarded dispatches to the Government,Pdate oil'
18th May last, stating that the mostrfet trAt3lll,l`ll%.;
lity prevailed throughout his Government. .'„7,laeal
pedition had been directed against the Sa"-
SUGUT, which had destroyed two of his forts. tbo
The Three per Cents. were done at 45 3'l"i the
yew Three per Cents. at 22 7-16 ; the Debt °3
First Class at ; and that of the Second at 54,

GERMAN Y.
publishes the 1)1/°
lance-sheet The Vienna
orGalzsettle.
rr
of thehe2lrseteeiptsarnol?itotito,
223,252,038, and the expenditure to 278.430, Tit°
The deficit, therefore, amounts to 55,187,43:211'
details may be thus summarised— 4 etc
i
Under the head of ordinary receipts for 18; rife
corn prhed direct and indirect taxes.income kifif
from state proper ties and the mines, urplus °;',l-130
fund, and sundries, making in r Ira of 2°,`
florins for the past year, wraith exceedsas the reed 0;
for 1851 by 25,472,118 florins Under the beBro4
extraordinary
re"e'Pls we find the' figures 17,49P5d
for 1851, and 14,007,991 for 1850. The eNtranr„e'r be
expenses, however,
as will appear hereafter, I°o3o
year 1851, reached the ', 'um 20 448,038, re'
414,062 florins sufficed for 1850. By comparing
turns for both years a clear increase of revenue roof°
amounting to 28,955,581 florins. The principal dire° ovel
are levied on land, houses, industry, and incote,e; dire:
comparison betv,een the two last years shows iciegotio
,e
taxes alone an improvement, represented by the to t'},
10,258,341 florins. The land was assessed in 1651 orbiC9
amount of 53,684,661 florins, five millions of
consisted of arrears from Hungary and the viol
borders. In direct taxes the sum total Of f 99,85
stands thur—for 1850, 63,940,489 ; fur 1851, 74'1' be.el::
florins. In indirect trxation similar results be°°;o
obtained. For the year 1850 the sum ral'euis-3,51.r"
manner was 95,581,267 florins; 1851, 109;1 01'„
slur, log an increase in the latter year of thirtseilto the
lions awl a half, of which 12,800.000 florins fell 00°'
lot of Hungary. Taxes upon food, tolls, salt, t°, toe!'
stamps, and lotteries, make up the head of indire'vgol7,;
Owing to the aboliticn of the frontier dues in 1 000 d
the Custom-house returns for duties levied ;00,
from abroad show an increase of about two ceitco refl.
a half of florins, compared with 1850. The tee'-oos,"
turas must not be taken as a fair criterion, thesstc:'
poly having been introduced into Hungary irnotaill,";
1851. Of all the items that come under the ue,",,e
don of indirect taxes, the stamp dues make
effect on paper, having risen from 8 294,813 195;
(the returns for 1850) to 15,758,968' in„,ps
The revenue. obtained by means of stril:v.,9"
perhaps. in reality the most productive.
~f lw;
receipt, and all transfers tad contracts :log Of;
porrance, are made liable to this tax, which 11,1-so cal
progressive rate from three krewzers to 15,117 f
aeco.rding to the sum of money at stake. Instead 01
the sanguine anticipation of the Gover';ear
expressed that 120 millions will be raised thisi, 9 Pot,-
indirect taxation alone. Under the head of 81.-rt ttll4-ig.
petty we find the Government railroads. I[l3lo-elei'li
from this branch were in 1850, 533,555;
.1; 04310
1,976,323 florins. The extraordinary receipt`'
amounted in 1850 to 14,007 991, and in 17,491,451, comprise chiefly the Sardinian var:col3s,""
the In the State expenditure ordinary expense°,l,
in demands fur the national debt, the C°1313- eig h 0
"r
Cabinet, Reichsrath (or Imperial Council), tin o
ter°.
Ministerial departments of Foreign Affairs, 01119'
W
War, Finance, Justice, Instruction and
Trade and Communieo.tions, and AgricultiP2''6,9s
ouilay in the year 1850 is put down at 25°4 558,3n0,
whilst in 1851 the sum total expended was 25",000,,
florins. Under the head of extraordinary
the grand military demonstration against Prus9l,7 is 1'1;0
autumn of 1850, uceupies a prominent place; of,t
timmcd at 15,179,000 florins. The expense'th Vel4
army corps of ocoure.,inn employed in. Nor, 30,3.0..
the I 0
many are put at 3,361,786 florins;
florins, in salt and specie, went to Russia for hoe
tervention LitthgAry, Added together Wu -