The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.
The Moniteur contains the following report to
the Emperor from Ihe Minister of State. It is pub-
lished by order of his Majesty :
" Sire,—l submit to the examination of your
Majesty the budget of the Civil List for 1857.
Your Majesty will see that after providing for all
services, and leaving a large margin for extraordi-
nary and unforeseen expenses, this budget will at
least be in equilibrium, provided circumstances
should not as in 1856 force your Majesty to order
large sums to be paid, in addition to the estimates
now made. In fact, the experience of the year which
is about to terminate prescribes to me the duty of
calling the attention of your Majesty to the neces-
sity of imposing limits to your munificence. The
estimates of the budget of 1856, adopted by your

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Majesty, left at the end of the year a certain sur-
plus; which repeated. acts of liberality have now
caused almost entirely to disappear. Several of
these expenses consist in pensions and annual pay-
ments, which will be repeated in 185'/ ; and there
would be danger of compromising the equilibrium
which your Majesty has always recommended me
to maintain, in granting too readily the demands
which are daily. addressed to you for subventions
and acts of relief of all kinds. It is not without
utility to place before your Majesty the list of the
sums which in 1856 have been placed at the charge
of the Civil List for such purposes. That outlay,
great part of which was not foreseen, amounts- to
more than 6,300,000 fr. Nothwithstanding these
charges, however, no service has been neglected,
no payment delayed ; all contractors and tradesmen
have been paid with exactitude, and yet the provi-
sional accounts of 1856 still leave a surplus,
though it is true not a very large on©. It is only
in order to protect the future, as we have succeeded,
thanks to the prudence of your Majesty, in pre-
serving the past, that I feel myself called on to
persist in recommending your Majesty to res•rain
within prudent limits your acts of munificence.
The accounts of the Civil List for 1853 have been
examined and verified by the commission insti-
tuted by the Imperial decree of the 26th May,
1853 ; and its report was presented to your Ma•
jesty on the 3(1 May, 1855. At this moment she
accounts of 1854 are under the examination of that
commission, and those of 1855 will soon he sub-
mitted to it.—l have the honour to be, Sire, &-c.,
"Paris, 17th Dec." " ACHILLE FOULD.
Annexed to the preceding report is the following
detailed account of the donations of too Emperor
during the present year :
Relief distributed by the Emperor to the victims Fr.
of the inundations
Pensions to amputated soldiers
Fourneaux Econorniques (cheap eating distri-
buting houses) of Paris
Civil pensions
Sums distributed by the First Chaplain to reli-
gions institutions
Relief distributed by the Bureau des Sicours to
old soldiers, wounded or infirm ; to widows
of workmen killed by accident ; to infirm
workmen out of employment ; to victims of
fires, storms, and fallings in of earth ; to
artists and schoolmasters ; and to professors
burdened with large families
Indemnities for lodgings and allowances to
employes whose salary is less than 2,000 f,
of part of the stoppages ordered by the law
of BLb July, 1852
Societe pour le Patronnage des Jeunes Detenus,
Societe de la Cherite Maternelle, hospital.,
and donations to the towns of Versaille,,,
Rambouillet, Compiegne, Fontainebleau,
Biarritz, Plombieres, and St. Cloud
Expenses of educating poor children
Purchase of ground and advances for building
houses Boulevard Plazas
Subvention to a benevolent society, whose ob-
ject is to assist workmen who suffer from high
house rent
Subscriptions to charity balls, etc
Gifts to various officers amputated ; for cau-

100,000
420,000

900,000

92,000

60,000
40,00',:,'

96,000

tion-money
Loans without conditions, payment of debts
for soldiers, artists, or traders
Relief to the wounded of the army
Allowances to officers of the Guard for first ex-
penses of equipment
Officers' private clubs and bands -• •
Omnibuses for tie camp of Boulogne
Encouragement to the arts
Subscriptions to new publications
Grants to the societies of authors, composers,
literary men, dramatic authors, painters,
musicians, sculptors, and inventors on the
occasion of the Imperial Prince's birth
Grants to charitable institutions on the same
occasion 93,000
Performances given at the theatres of Paris, do 44,500
Gifts of medals, do 102,500
Gratifications in various palaces, do 136,210
Gratifications to physicians, do 68,000
Gifts of jewellery, do
Relief to fathers and mothers of children born
the 16th March, 1856
Repairs of the churches of Rueil, St. Jean de
Luz, St. Laurent-en-Gatine, Define Ecom-
moy, &c 230,000
Prizes for regattas, crdheons, and aaricultural
associations
Stakes for horse races
Prize for the cultivation of cotton in Algeria
Donation to the commune of An2lef for plant-
ing the Downs

490,000
120,000
28,000
200,000
40,000

70,000

76,000

60,000
63.000
20,060

30,000

Total fr. 6,361,411

BotrizsE, Dec. 22.—The following were the last
quotations :
Cash. fr. C. End of Month.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 66 25 C 6 50
New Loan —
Bank Shares 4,103 Roman (ic. d)
Cr6dit Alobilier 1,380 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... ... Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9l 50 Home Debt