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

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[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night :---]

THE
FRENCH PRESIDENT'S

MESSAGE.

GENTIMIEN REPRESENTATIVES,
I come this year as usual to present to you an ac-
count of the important events which have been accom-
plished sinoe my last Message.
I believe, however, I ought to pass with silence the
events which, in spite of myself, have produced certain
dissensions which will always be to be regretted.
With the exception of some partial agitation, the
public peace has not been troubled; and even at various
epochs at which political difficulties were of a kind to
weaken the sentiment of public security and to assist
apprehensions, the country, by its peaceful attitude, has
shown a confidence with the Government, the evidence
of which is most pleasing to me.
It appears, however, imprudent to flatter ourselves
with illusions on this appearance of tranquillity. A
vast demagogical conspiracy is now organizing
France and Europe. Secret societies are endeavouring
to extend their ramifications even into the smallest
commuties. All the madness and violence of party is
brought forth, while these men are not even agreed
on persons or things: they are agreed to meet in
1852, net to construe; but to overthrow. Your patriot-
ism and your courage, with which I sall endvou
to keep pace, will, I am sure, save Franche from the dan-
r
get' wherewith she he thrs stened.. But to conquer those
dangers we muit look at them without fear and without
exaggeration, while weHere convinced that, thanks to
the strength of the Administration, to the enlightened
z,al of the magistrates, to the devotion cf the army,
France will will yet be saved.
.• Let us, therefore, unite
our efforts to deprive the spirit of evil even of the hope
of a momentary success. .
The best means to attain this end has aiways ap-
peared to me the application. of that system, which con-
sists in satisfying the legitimate interests on the one
hand, sad on the other to suffeeate, at the moment of
their appearance, theeslighrest symptoms of an attack
against religion, morality, and society.
Thus to procure labour by granting to cempanie; our
greet 'lees Of railway, and with the money which the
State will procure from these pritjeots to give a strong
impulse to the other works in all the other departments
—to encourage those institutions destined to develop
agricultural and commercial credit—to come by meansof charitabl- institutions to the assistance of ail poverty
—such has been and such still must be our first care;
andi
it sby following this course that it will become
eaeter to have recourse to means of repression when their
necessity shall have- become felt.
INTERIOR.
In the greater part of France ordinary measures have
sufficed to ensure order, but the state of siege maintained
in the 6‘h military division has had to be extended to
the department of the Ardeehe, stained with the blood
of frequent collisions, and more recently still to the de-
partments of the Cher and Marne, terrified by a cora-
meneement of Jacquerie.
At Lyons a strong and unique system of police has
been organized, embracing 12 towns or suburban com-
munes, which the law has comprehended under the de-
nomination of the Lyonese agglomeration.
Political refugees entered into dangerous affiliations.
Some it was necessary to expel, but hospitality has con-
tinued to be extended to very large numbers.
A sum of more than 486,000 f. has been divided among
3,000 refugees.
The vices of the municipal organization spring from
the necessity under which the Government found
itself cf in one year revoking, on the advice of the Coun-
cil of State, 501 elective functionaries, of whom 273
were mayors, and 123 adjoints.
The dissolutions of Municipal Councils has amounted
to 126, those of National Guards to 139.
Although the maintenance of security and the appli-
cation of severe measures principally devolve on the
Ministry
of the Interior, and betere all require its action,
its enlightened zeal has spared no means of extending
itself at the same time to all that might stimulate la-
bour, that first condition of well-being and tranquillity.
Thus the municipal administration of France has
adopted two vast projects, which at one and the same
time present the advantage of facilitating the supply of
provisions to the capital, and of adding to its beauty; I
mean the construction of the markets and the prolonga-
tion of the rue Ricoh. The impulse soon spread trom
Paria to the departments, which have devoted consider-
able sums to works of utility.
Sciences and arts have received notable encourage-
ment, and the important sums which have been voted for
the restoration of various historical monuments have been
applied accordingly.
Two projects demand a prompt solution—viz., to de-
termine the indemnities due to those citizens who have
suffered material losses in consequence cf the events
of February and June; and the second proposition re-
fers to the organization of prison labour.
There is, moreover, another project of law of which
I spoke to you in my last Message, and to which I at-
tached the greatest importance—namely, the assistance
to be tendered to the old remaaute of the armies of the
Republic and the Empire.
Circumstances which were independent of my will
have hitherto prevented the presentation of this prej • et.
I trust, however, that you will soon be iii a position
to give it a favourable reception, for I entreat you not to
forget that in• all parts of this country there are men
covered with sears, who have sacrificed themselves to the
defence of the country, and who are now anxiously
welting for you to help them. Their time is short,
afflicted as they are by age and misery.

FINANCES.
The present situation is as favourable as can be ex
petted considering the engagements of the past and tae
uncertainties of the future.
The accounts of 1849, which have been submitted to
you, show the definitive solde of this calculation. The
deficit which it burdens on the Treasury exceeds not the
quotations of the Message of the 12th of November last.
The decree which shortens by two months the dura-
tion of the financial year has been applied to the receipts
and to the expenditure of 1850, so that somehow it is
easy to ascertain the total. We are happy to be able to
say that a surplus will remain after meeting the propo-
sitions of the Committee of the Budget and the Ad-
ministration.
The Budget of 1850, now preparing, and the defini-
tive results which it will present, will in a great measure
depend on the state of the reeenne during the last month
of the year. Up to this day the collection of impost
offers a satisfactory result.
Direct tars are being paid with great promptness.
They presnnt an improvement even on the favourable
situation of last year. The indirect taxes suffer from the
wane of confidence in the future.
The indirect imposts feel the effect of the want of con-
fidence in the future, without, however, any diminution
upon the totality of the receipts anticipated by the Bud-
get being as yet produced.
The loss experienced under some branches of the re-
venue, especially registration dues, is compensated by
the amount of the taxes on consumption—a circumstance
which establishes the welfare and employment of the
moss numerous classes.
The diminution of the produce of the Customs does
not disclose any grievous symptom: compensated for, as
far as concerns colonial sugar, by the increase in the
amount received from indigenous sugar, it may, in other
respects, be explained by the effects of the law of the 11th
of January last, which regulated the economic relations
of Algeria and France, and the benefits of which, as re-
gards our African possessions, will be increased by the
recent institution of an establishment of credit. There
is nothing in chose anticipated results which is not con-
formable with the general interests of the country.
The sustained progress of our exportations in every
class has had the effect of balancing, in respect to our
branches of industry, the slackness of the home market.
The high figure which they have attained in late years,
compared with the amount of importations, accounts
for the affluence of the precious metals into our country.
This increase of exports is so much the more secure for
the future, inasmuch as it is founded on the progressive
advance of civilization.
Upon the whole, the budget of 1851 will afford results
almost
in conformity with what was anticipated.
extraordinary The public works executed in 1850
and in 1851 involve an expense of 172,000,000 f. The
deficits of those two years are far from amounting to that
sum, and the expenditure for public wcrks will Only in
part he a charge upon the future.
Peace and order have especially the effect of ameliorat-
ing the condition of the laborioust classes, and this ame-
lioration is proved by the state of the deposits in the
savings fund. The deposits or this kind have increased
during 1850, and during the six first months of 1851
with a rapidity not observable at any other period. But
this state of things had its dangers, and the Assembly,
in conjunction with the Government, has endeavoured to
prevent them, by placing, through
justly popularghthelawoft i
the 3oth of
June last, the iutereats of those nstatu-
Sthtaeter. estilts tions in accordance with the interestsectioonf,
athned
This law is now being put in execution,
already ascertained indicate that its advadnstanecresearrveincogmn-i,
prehended by the masa, so numerous, an
interest, of depositors.
Another law conceded the service of the wail• palctkeit,
boats of the Mediterranean to private enterprjse •
desirable that similar concessions should allow of the
eslenaion of our relations of commerce and intercourse
with the Transatlantic countries. The Administration is
occupied in consideration of the question of the means
of bringing them to a solution.
The Minister of Finance, making use of the authority
granted him, has negotiated the rentes resulting from
the liquidation of the savings' banks.
If regard be had to the circumstances 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 proof, that when political anxic-

°Account of the Imports and Exports for the years
1845, 1849, and 1850 (real value.)
oorrttsa,
over Imports,
1548—Imports, 474,259,753 f.• Expp
Value of annual excess of Ex
215,734,96f3f.
1849—Imports, 724,118,975 c.; Exports, 937,949'---- sgae;
Value of annual excess of Exports
over Imports,
213,830,6171.
1850--Imports, 790,666,6341; Exports, 1,068,122,195F' ,
Value of annual excess of Exports, over
Imports.,
.... --- -- --- , 277,455,564 f.
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Total annual value for the three years—lmports,
"."-- 1-1,959,045.36Jf.• Exports, 2,696,066,509 f.; Value of
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4161112 ual excess of Exports over Imp.orts, 707,021,147 f.
< . According to the result of the 'lime first months of
,_;,..,....„ „:. 1851 the excess of the value of exports over imports
z t-. 4ltl , would be for the year equal, and even more than that
c.,111# : of 1850.
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