The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-29 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK.

OPENING OF THE FRENCH
CHAMBERS.

PARIS, Nov. 29.
The Chambers were opened to-day by the Em-
peror in person, who delivered the following Speech

from the Throne :
Messieurs les Senateurs,
Messieurs les Deputes,
It is not easy to establish in France the regular
and peaceful exercise of liberty. Some months
back society seemed to Le menaced by subversive

persons, and liberty to have been compromised by

excessess committed by the public journals, and at

public meetings. Every one was asking how far
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the Government would push its policy of long

suffering, but already the good sense of the public
reacts against culpable exaggerations. Impotent
attacks have only had the effect of showing the
solidity of the edifice founded by universal suffrage,

nevertheless the uncertainty and disquietude which

exists in the minds of the people cannot last, and

the situation requires more than ever frankness and

decision. We must speak without any circumlocu-
tion, and declare loudly what is the will of the

country. France desires liberty, but liberty united

with order. For order, I will answer ; aid me,

gentlemen, to save liberty, and to attain this ob-
ject let us keep at an equal distance from reaction

and revolutionary theories. Between those who

pretend to preserve everything without change, and

those who aspire to overthrow everything, there

is a glorious ground to take up.

When I proposed

the Senatus Consult= of last September as the
logical sequence of previous reforms, and of the
declaratio❑ made in my name by the Minister of
State on the 28th of June, I meant resolutely to
inaugurate a new era of conciliation and progress.
In seconding me in this path you have been unwill-

ing to be renegades to the past, to disarm power,
or overthrow the Empire.
The measures which the Ministers will submit
for your approbation all bear a sincerely liberal
character. If you adopt them the follow-
ing improvements will be realised : The
mayors will be selected from among the Munci-
pal Councils, excepting in special cases for
which provision will be made by the proposed en-
actments. At Lyons, as well as in the suburban
communes of Paris, the formation of these Councils
will be committed to universal suffrage. In Paris
itself, where the interests of the city are linked
with those of the whole of France, the Municipal
Council will be elected by the Legislative Body,
which is already invested with the right of
' settling the extraordinary budget of the capital.

Cantonal councils will be instituted priuci

pally with the object of uniting the communal
power, and of directing its employment.
Fresh prerogatives will be granted to the general
councils, even the colonies will participate in this
movement of decentralisation ; and lastly, a bill
regulating the circle in which universal suffrage
works will determine the public functions
compatible with a seat in the Cham
ber.

TATTERSALL'S—This Evening.

100 to 12 agst Scarringtou (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst Sunshine (taken)
900 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken)
DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Sunshine (offered)
8 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Stanley (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bridgewater (taken)
40 to 1 agst Cymbal (taken)
40 to 1 agst Coutts (taken)

To these administrative and politica

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reforms will be added legislative measures of more
immediate interest for the people, viz., the more
rapid development of gratuitous primary instruc-
tion, the decreasing of legal expenses, the
removal of the demi-decline war tax, which

weighs upon the registration duty in mat-
ters of succession, the affording. greater fa-
cilities of access to the savings' banks, and
the placing them within the reach of the juts-

bitants of rural districts through the aid of Trea-
sury agents, a more humane regulation of infant
labour in manufactories, and an increase of the
salaries of subordinate officials.

Other important questions, no solution o,

Brick ...
Philosopher
Gardener
Roving Maid
Q.C. •••
Tuseulanum
Snowstorm
Globul

Newmarket 5 to 8
Nottingham l2, 13
helmsford l2, 13
heading 12, 13

Brighton ,), 3
Brighton Club
Loves... 5, 6
Eglutm. 9, 10
Wiudsor 11, 12
Bromley 16, 17

SEPT

Warwick ..., g, 7
Abingdon B, 9
Doncaster l3 to 16
Hampton 20, 21

Bedford 4, 5
Leicester
Bromley 6, 7
N 0 V 1
Li'rerpool 8 to 11

31ARKETS.—'1his Day.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Nov. 29.—Sales probably 12,000 bales.
quiet.

which is as yet ready, are being considered
The agricultural inquiry is concluded, and
useful propositions will emanate from it, so
soon as the superior . commission shall have
iven in its report. Another inquiry has been
commenced in reference to the octrois. A Cus-
toms' B'.ll will be submitted to you, reproducing
those general tariffs, to which no exception has
been taken. As regards those tariffs, which have
evoked loud complaints from certain branches
of industry, the Government will not bring
forward any scheme until it has surrounded itself
with the enlightenment of all the sources of infor-
mation calculated to assist your deliberations.
The statement of the situation of the Empire
present satisfactory results. Commerce is not at
a stand-still, and the indirect revenues, whose natu-
ral increase is a sign of prosperity and confidence,
have produced up to the present thirty millions of
francs more than last year. The currant budgets
show notable surpluses, and the budget for 1871
will allow of our undertaking to effect an im -
provemeut in several branches of the public ser-
vice, and to make suitable grants for public works•
But it is not enough to propose reforms, to introduce
savings iu the finances, and to administer affairs in
an effective manner ; it is also necessary that by a
clear and firm attitude the public bodies, in accord-
ance with the Government, should show that the
more we widen the paths of liberty, the more we
are determined to preserve the interests of society
and the principles of the Constitution intact, and
superior to all acts of violence. It is the duty and
within the power of a Government, which is the
legitimate expression of the national will, to cause
that will to be respected, for it has right and might
upon its side.
From home affairs, if I gaze beyond our frontier,
I congratulate myself on seeing foreign Powers
maintaining with us friendly relations. Sovereigns
and nations desire peace, and they are engaged in
advancing civilisation. Whatever reproaches may
be made against our country we have certainly
many reasons to be proud of it. The new world
suppresses slavery, Russia liberates her serf, Eng-
land does justice to Ireland ; the lateral countries
of the Mediterranean seem to be once more calling
to mind their ancient splendour, and from the as-
sembled Catholic bishops at Rome we need only
expect a work of wisdom and conciliation.
The progress of science brings nations together.
While America joins the Pacific with the Atlantic
Ocean by a railroad a thousand leagues in length,
and in all parts capitalists and intellects agree to
unite, by electric communication, the most distant
countries of the globe, France and Italy are about
to clasp hands through the tunnel of the Alps, and
the waters of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
mingle already by means of the Suez Canal. All
Europe was represented in Egypt at the in-
auguration of this gigantic enterprise, and
if the Empress is not here to-day at
the opening of the Chamber, it is because I have
been desirous that by her presence in a country
where our armies were once rendered illustrious,
she might testify to the sympathy of France towards
a work due to the perseverance and genius of a
Frenchman.
You are about to resume the extraordinary ses-
sion interrupted by the presentation of the Senatus
Consultum. After the verification of the elections
the ordinary session will immediately commence.
The great bodies of the State closely united will
come to an understanding to apply faithfully the
latest modification made in the constitution.
The more direct pArtieipation of tho country in

its own affairs will constitute for the Empire
fresh source of strength, and the Representative
Assemblies will have henceforth a larger share of
responsibility. Let them insist, for the benefit of
the greatness and prosperity of the nation. May
the various shades of opinion disappear when re-
quired by the general interest, and let the Chambers
prove equally by their enlightenment their patriot-
ism that France, without again falling into deplo-
rable excesses is capable of supporting those
free institutions which are the honour of civilized
THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. I countries.

CROYDON GRAND METROPOLITAN.
4to 1 aest Pearl Diver (taken and wanted):
4to 1 agst Gardener (offered-5 to 1 wanted)
• 6 to 1 agst Brick (taken)

CITY BET.FIN G. s DAT.
MLTROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.
4to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offercd)
5 to 1 agst Gardener (taken)
Bto 1 agst Brick (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Globule (taken and offered)
100 to 9 agst Scarrington (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Chevy Chase (offered)
25 to 1 agst Tusculanum (taken)
6 to 1 agst Brick and Globule (taken and offered)
after 50 to 20, 400 to 100, au sto 1
to £l5O bad been taken.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 2 agst Sunshine (taken)

ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GRAND MEM:WPC:ILIA
TAN STEEPLECHASE.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1.
Age et lb , Age st lb
a 12 7 S Carrington (h b)... 6 10 10
▪ all 5 Pretentaine 11(p ft) 510 9
• all 2 Knave of Trumps wlO 7
• all 2 Atbrighton ... 10 5
... 5 11 0';
CJIIIUS ••• ... a 10 5
... 5 11 01Planet a 10 4
• alO 12 R.)ok the Gardener alO
... 6 10 121 Chevy Chase 6 10 0
a 10 10 ;Colours ... 5 10 0

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Derby 10, 11 Newton 25, 28
Harrow 17, 18 I

West Drayton l4, 15
Huntingdon l9, 20
Kingsbury 21, 2t
Goodwood 26 to 2j
UST.

Stockton 17 to 13
Oxford lB, 19
York 23 to 25
Plymouth 23, 2)
Derby 30, 31.
Weymouth 80, 31.
IMBER.

Richmond 2O, 21
Western Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23
Hendon 22, 23
Newmarket lat 0ct..27 to 30
'OBER.

Newmarket 2a 0. 0ct..10 to 11
Cheltentuun 18, 19
Newmarket 1 to 29
11. BER.

Shrewsbury 14 to 18

The market

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