The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

CHAMBER OF PEERS—SITTING OF DEC. 23.
The President, Baron Pasquier, took the chair at two
o'clock.

M. Uhlmann, the Minister of Finances, presented tir,
Bill relative to the final settlement of the accounts of
1838, which had been adopted by the Chamber of Depu
ties. He also presented, in the name of the Midster of
the Interior, the Bill for a credit of 700 000 f in favour o:
foreign refugees, which had passed the Chamber of De-
puties.
The Chamber decided on assembling in the bureaux on
Saturday, to appoint the Committees on these Bills.
The Peers withdrew to appoint the President and Se-
cretaries; at a little before three they returned, and the
result was Announced as follows :-Ist bureau, President,
the Duke de Larochefoucauld ; Secretary, M. Merilhou,
2d, President, the Duke d'Orleans ; Secretary, the Count
de Grammont. 3d, President, the Duke de Nemours ;
Secretary, Baron Feutricr. 4th, President, M. Humblot-
Conite ; Secretary, M. de Bailly. sth, President, M.
Bourdeaux ; Secretary, Count Reille. 6th, President,
M. Mercier; Secretary, Count Roy. 7th, President,
Count Doroanel ; Secretary, the Duke d'Albufern.
The Committee of Petitions was declared to consist of
MM. Meriihou, de Laplace, Camille Perier, Bastard, Ad.
miral Halgen, MM. Lebrun and Delort.

At three o'clock the Sitting broke up, without any day
being fixed for the next Sitting.

DISCUSSION IN THE BUREAUX OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPU.
TIES ON THE SI:PFLEME.NTART AND EXTRAORDINARY

CREDITS FOR TIII3 YEAR 1841.

M. Murvt de Bord stated that he was desirous to see
the Government direct its attention to steamers, but that
ho was sorry to say that the English steam-engines are
much superior to the French.

M. Dcslongrais opposed all grants except that for the
navy, and maintained that if the Ministry intended to dis-
arm, as is generally believed, there was no necessity to
make any war credits.
M. Galos supported the credits as a necessity arising
from the situation of the country.
M. Duvergier de Hauranne was favourable to an arms.
merit, but considered that in time of peace the occupation
of Algiers should be limited to those points which could
be defended in time of war.
M. Dufaure insisted on the continuation of the arms.
ments, and on the occupation of Algiers, the abandonment
of which would be an act of weakness. and would afford
the enemies of the Government, and of the revolution of
July, another pretext for saying that the Government ac-
cedes :o every foreign intimation.
M. Jaques Lefebvre opposed the armament, but was
desirous that the occupation of Algeria should be limited.
General Bugeaud considered Africa as being highly in-
jurious to France.
M. Guzet Desfootaines requested M. Teste (the Mi.
ulster of Public Works) to explain how the Ministry in.
tended to cover the deficit of 1841.

M. Teste replied that the Minister of Finance intended
to contract a loan to meet the expenditure, and to regula-
rise the expenditure appliod yearly to extraordinary works.
M. Bignon adhered to the Bill, but was desirous of
seeing a reserve of infantry promptly organised, and an
increase of naval steamers.

M. Duchatel ( Minister of the Interior) stated that the
budget for 1842 would be brought forward at the latest at
the commencement of the year, and that then it would be
easy to form an idea of the ensemble of the financial plan.
M. Mornay blamed the measures of military organisa-
tion adopted by the Ministry of the Ist of March, and es-
pecially the manner in which certain contracts for horses
had been concluded.
M. Guizot announced that it was the intention of the
Cabinet to propose a system of reserve for the army.
M. de Tracy observed that the French naval and mili-
tary should be reduced as much as the honour and interests
of France would alluw ; that Algiers was a burden ; and
insisted strongly on the abolition of the slave trade.
M. Passy exressed his conviction that the clouds exist-
hag between certain Governments would soon pass away,
but that he was by no means hostile to the military mea
sures demanded by the Government. Ile approved the
ways and means of the administration of finance, but was
of opinion that there was no necessity to contract a loan.
The Members appointed for the C =mission on the
above Bill were MM. Fould, Dufaure, Dc Lamartinc,
Bignon, Bussicres, Jouffray, De Carrie, Guilhem, and
Passy.