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London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

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(From the Court Circular.)
Notice is hereby given that ladies who are in-
vited to be present in the Chapel Royal, St. James',
at the approaching ceremony of the marriage of
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal will wear
full dress with plumes, but without trains.
Full dress will also be worn by those who have
tickets to view the procession in the slate rooms,
but without trains or plumes.
Gentlemen will wear uniform or couit dress.
All who have tickets of admission to the colon-
nade will be in morning dress.

It is expected that-- no person will appear in
mourning.
Lord Chamberlain's-office, Jan. 18, 1858.

OPENING OF THL FRENCH CORPS
LEGISLATIF.

THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH.

Yesterday the Corps Legislatif assembled in the
Salle des Marechaux, at the Tuileries. The Em-
peror received in person the oaths of such members
of the Senate and the Legislative body as had not
yet gone through that formality.
Salvos of artillery announced the beginning and
close of the proceedings.
The Emperor thus addressed the assembled Legis-
lative body :

Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies,
At the Annual meeting of the Chambers I ren-
der you an account of what has taken place during
your absence, and I ask your support for the mea-
sures to be taken.

Since last year the Government has followed its
regular and progressive march, exempt from all vain
ostentation. It has often been pretended that to
govern France it was necessary continually to keep
the public mind alive wit!t some great theatrical
display. I think, on the contrary, that it suffices
to endeavour exclusively to do good to deserye the
confidence of the country. The action of the Go-
vernment has consequently been confined to doing
what was most necessary in the different branches
of the administration.
In the interests of agriculture, the exporta-
tion of and the distillation from, grain have agai❑
been authorized, and the support of the Bank has
given support to the landed interest. The cultiva-
tion of the landes has commenced.

In Public Works, the most important results are
1,330 kilometres of railway, thrown open in 1857
to tiaflic, and 2,600 kilometres of new lines granted
for construction ; the floating-dock of St. Naza,re,
and the canal from Caen to the sea thrown open to
navigation ; careful surveys made to prevent the
scourge of inundations ; improvements of our ports,
and among others of Havre, Marseilles, Toulon,
and Bayonne ; in the north and in the east of
France the working of new coal mines ; at Paris
the inauguration of the Louvre and of a wing at
Vincennes ; finally, in the capital, as at Lyons,
quarters thrown open for the first time since cen-
turies to the light of day, and throughout Fiance
religious edifices are being constructed or re-
stored.

Public in,truction, protected by the State, is
being developed by the side of free education
honourably protected. The number of colleges has
been increased by 1,500. Education has become
more moral and religious, with a tendency towards
sound humanities and useful sciences. The College
of France has been reorganized ; elementary in-
struction is spreading far.
It is the wish of the Government that the prin-
ciple of freedom of worship shall be sincerely ad-
mitted, without forgetting that the Roman Catholic
religion is that of the great majority of Frenchmen.
Therefore, this religion has never been more re-
spected nor more unshackled.
The Municipal Councils meet without hindrance,
and the Bishops enjoy the full plenitude of their
sacred office. The Lutheran, Protestant, and Jew-
ish confessions pay their just proportion of taxes to
the State, and are equally protected.
Thv increase in the price of all necessaries has
compelled us since last year to augment the salaries'
of the lesser functionaries ; the rations of the
soldiers have been improved and the pay of sub-
alterns increased.

The bud et of 1859 provides for better payment
for teachers and professors, and for magistrates.
I may point out an increase of charitable societies
—in the country those of the medical corporation,
and in the towns the establishment of soup kitchens.
One million has been distributed in relief of the
populations which have suffered most from want of
work.

The budget of 1859 which will be laid before you
will show a balance in favour of reuiptg, and the
action of the sinking fund can be renewed. On
thy. elocrA of acc,unts a reduction of the floating
debt was assured. Commerce recently suffered a
check, but the firm position it took up in the midst
of what may be termed a universal crisis is, in the
eyes of all, an honour for France, and justifies the
eccnomical principles advised by the Government
in matters of commerce, finance=, and credit.
The increase of direct and indirect revenue
during the past year was 30 millions of francs.
Among the various bills which will be submitted
to you of general interest I may mention a law on
patents, a new military and naval code, a proposal
to employ the 20,000,000 f. remaining from the
loans on works to guard the towns against inun-
dations.

Algeria connected with France by the electric
wire has afforded new glory to our troops by the
submission of Kabylia. That expedition, skilfully
planned and vigorously executed, has completed
our domination. The army, which has no more
enemies to overcome, will have to struggle against
new difficulties in constructing railways so neces-
sary for the development of the prosperity of our
colony.

In France, the army will find in the Camp of
Chalons a grand school which will keep up the
military spirit and standard at the high level it has
attained.

The Emperor Napoleon bequeathed to his
ancient companions in glory his private and other
property. Under the Restoration it was absorbed
by the State. It is to carry out in some measure
that pious legacy that you, on the one hand, voted
an annual sum of 8,000,000 f. for old soldiers,
nevertheles., I wished that a medal should remind
all who had served in our armies of their former
leaders. More than 300,000 men in France and
abroad have applied for this medal in remembrance
of the Imperial epoch, and on receiving it they
might exclaim with pride, "I also belonged to the
Grand Army"—words which at Austerlitz the
Emperor had reason to point out to them as the
advent title of nobility.
Our navy is occupied in its arsenals with those
necessary changes which will enable it to maintain
the honour of our flag on every sea. In China it
is acting in concert with the English fleet to ob-
tain redress for common grievances, and to avenge
the blood of our missionaries who have been cruelly
massacred.
The relations of France with foreign Powers
were never on a better footing. Our ancient allies,
true to the sentiments which sprung from a com-
mon cause, give us the same confidence as usual ;
and our new allies, by their straightforward and
loyal conduct in all great questions, make us almost
regret that we were ever their foes.
I was enabled to be convinced at Osborne, as
well as at Stuttgart, that my desire to keep up the
intimacy of old relations, as well as to form new
ones, was equally shared by the chiefs of two great
empires.
If the policy of France is appreciated as it de-
serves to be in Europe, it is because we have the
common sense only to deal with questions which
concern ourselves directly, either as a nation or a
great European Power. This is why I avoided in-
terfering in the question of the Duchies which now
agitates Germany, for that question, which is exclu-
sively a German one, will remain so long as the
integrity of Denmark is not threatened.
If, on the other hand, I took up the Neuchatel
question it is because the King of Prussia asked
for my bons offices, and I was happy on this occa-
sion to contribute to the final settlement of a
difference which might have become dangerous for
the peace of Europe.
As regards the Principalities, astonishment
has been expressed at our disagreement with many
of our allies. The fact is, that France, in her dis-
interested policy, has always advocated,
in so much
as treaties allowed her, the wishesevertheless, the
es of the popula-
tions which appealed to her. N
conferences which will shortly open at Paris will
ecu°lllticel
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tnh what
e dffi
sliawthillicg spirit we work to atte-
h are inseparable from a
difference of opinion.
Such, gentlemen is the
'resume of position ,
our •
I might end my address here, but I think it useful,
at the commencement of
a new Legislature, to ex-
amine with you what we are and what we desire.
It is only well-defined causes distinctly formulated
that create profound convictions. It is only
standards boldly unfurled which inspire sincere
devotitn.

What is the Empire ? Is it a retrograde Govern-
ment, an enemy of progress, desirous of suppressing
generous impulses and of impeding the pacific
extension of the great and civilising principles of
1789?

No ; the Empire inscribes these principles as the
motto of its constitution. It frankly adopts every-
thing of a nature to ennoble the heart or exalt the
mind for what is good ; but it is also the enemy of
every abstract theory. It seeks a strong power,
capable of overcoming the obstacles which zragh

stop its ;id 77.7,:-, lot•—;et iurget it— It .T-
-rance of ev ii?vi Power is a long struge.
Itl,l-eove', then, Lt 'rnt& inscribed upon ev 'y
ag of the ;ristoly of France and of England--
namely, that liberty without obstacles is impossible
as long as there exists in a country a factiou which
obstinately disowns the fundamental bases of the
Government ; for then liberty, instead of enlight-
ening, controlling, ameliorating, is nothing else in
the hands of Let'on, but a weapon of de .t) uc:
Therefore, as I did not accept the power of the
nation with a view to acquire that ephemeral popu-
larity, the paltry prize of concessions exacted from
weakness, but with a view one day to deserve the
ttptTobation of posterity by founding something
lasting in France, I do not fear to declare unto
you to-day that the danger, no matter what is
said to the contrary, does not exist in the exces-
sive prerogatives of power, but rather in the absence
of repressive laws. Thus, the last elections, despite
their satisfactory result, offered in many localities
a sad spectacle. Hostile parties took advantage of
it to create advantage in the country, and some
men had the boldness openly to declare themselves
the enemies of the national institutions, deceived
the electors by false promises, end, having gained
their votes, then spurned them with contempt.
You will not allow a renewal of such a scandal,
an oath to the Cons' itution before presenting him-
selfand you will compel (obliger) every elector to take
as a candidate.

As the quiet of the public mind ought to be the
constant object of our efforts, you will assist me in
finding the means to silence extreme and annoying
oppositions.
In fact, is it not too sad to behold in a quiet,
prosperous country, which is respected in Europe,
on the one hand, men crying down a Government
to which they are indebted for the security which
they enjoy, while others only take advantage of
the frets exercise of their political rights to under-
mine the existing institutions ?
I welcome heartily, without inquiring into their
antecedents, all those who recognise the national
will.

As regards the originators of disturbances and
conspirators, let them understand that their day is
gone by.

- I caiinot conclude without alluding to the cri-
minal attempt which has just taken place. I thank
Heaven for the visible protection with which it
shielded the Empress and myself; and I deplore
that so many victims should be made when only
one life was aimed at.

Yet ,these plots bring their lessons with them.
Firstly, they prove the weakness and impotence of
the parties who have recourse to assassination and
such desperate means ; secondly, that no assassi-
nation, even if successful, ever served the cause of
those who hired the as,assin. Neither those who
slew Caster nor those who assassinated Henry IV.
derived any advantage from their crime.
God sometimes allows the just to fall, but He
never allows the cause of mime to triumph. These
attempts, therefore, neither shake my security in
the present nor my faith in the future. If I live
the empire will live with me, and if I should fall
my very death would only tend to strengthen the
empire, for the indignation of the people and of
the army would be an additional support to the
throne of my son.
Let us, then, look confidently towards the
future ; let us attend calmly to our daily work for
the welfare and greatness of our country. God
protects France l' "

SPEECH OF 11114 KING OF DENMARK.

On the 14th inst. the King of Denmark opened
in person the session of the Supreme Council of
the kingdom. His Majesty spoke as follows :

"It is with pleasure that we again behold our faith-
:al Supreme Council assembled around us.
" During the two years which have nearly elapsed
since we; for the first time, opened in person the e:tting
of our Supreme Council, the deeeloptieent of the riches
of our soil has made great progress. We may therefore
hope that the embarrassments of the financial crisis
which weigh at the present moment upon our country
will only be temporary, and that the general welfare
of the country will not be much affected.

" We have- seen with extreme regret that there Exists
in the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, as regards
our Constitutional relations, an appreciation which could
not fail to cause anxiety and excitement. The relations
of those Duchies with the German Confederation
nece,sarily brought our Government into negotiations
with Prussia and Austria, after which the matter
was referred to the Frankfort Diet. In these
negotations all documents relating to which
will be laid before the Supreme Council—it will be
shown that, to 'come to an amicable arrangement,
we were willing to make every concession compatible
with our solicitude for the welfare of the Monarchy,
and especially for the maintenance of its Constitutional
relations, established after great efforts.
" Among the Bills which will be brought before you
there will be some for regulating and increasing the
defensive force of the country. We trust that the
Supreme Council will ackno a ledge that due attention
baa been paid to our financial resources in these pro-
jects ; but, on the other hand, we also hope, with full
confidence, that the Supreme Council will not hesitate
to vote the necessary grants for thin object, and that it
sill admit that it is an imperious duty to guarantee to
the country the indiapenvable means to defend, if neces•
nary, its honour and its independence.
" The Supreme Council will have to examine a project
for a new Customs' tariff, from which we expect great
things and a considerable addition to our finances.
" May the Almighty bless your deliberations and give
success to your projects."
His Majesty was loudly cheered.

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