The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1412 50 .. 1413 75
Northern ..
New ditto —
Lyons and Mediterranean 1022 50 .. 1023 75
Geneva 350 .. 351 25
Southern 626 25 .. 627 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 365 .. 365
Austrian
Lombard 532 50 .. 533 75

OPENING OF THE BOULEVARD

MALESHERBES.

At the opening of the Boulevard Malesherbes at
Paris, on Tuesday, the Emperor, in reply to an
address read by the Prefect of the Seine, spoke as
follows :

"Gentlemen,—The inauguration of a new way of
communication has nothing extraordinary about it
at this clay, and I should not have made a public
ceremony of it if I had not wished to testify my
sympathy with the municipal council, which with
a constant zeal occupies itself with the interests of
the town, my satisfaction' with the Prefect of the
Seine, for his indefatigable perseverance in pursuit
of a great object, and, lastly, my approbation of all
those whose concurrence has so well assisted his
efforts. The embellishments of the capital, when
once they are finished, excite general admiration,
but during their execution they always raise criti-
cisms and complaints. It is because it is impossible
in such enterprises not to injure for a moment cer-
tain interests ; the duty of the administration,
nevertheless, is to conciliate these without swerving
from the path to be followed. This path you are
acquainted with : to give activity to labour, new
life to the industry and commerce of Paris by disen-
gaging them from the shackles that hindered their
growth ; to protect the less favoured classes ; to
combat the increasing dearness of the most
necessary commodities. Towards attaining the
first of these results the Government has made
a great step, and you will learn with
pleasure that since the treaty of commerce
with England the exportation of Parisian articles
has almost doubled. As to the administration of
the town, by carrying back the octroi wall to the
fortifications, by connecting the extremities with
the centre by wide routes, it tends to equalise with
this vast circle the price of everything; it gives
vitality, light, and value to some disinherited quar-
ters, occupation to a crowd of employments, and
movement to commerce. On the other side, I con-
gratulate the town on the measures taken or
adopted to ameliorate the lot of the most numerous
class. Thus it is engaged in bringing to Paris
water, which shall cost less ; it takes the tax off
rents under 250 francs ; it has organised the baking
business, so that in case of famine bread shall not
exceed a certain rate; it is trying to lessen the
price of meat, not only by throwing open the
butchery business, but also by the creation of a
single market, which shall better guarantee the
interest of the consumer; finally, it is everywhere
multiplying churches, schools, and beneficent insti-
tutions. In order to work according to the same
order of ideas, I recommend you above everything,
in examining
your budget, to reduce, as far as
your finances shall permit, the duties that weigh on
articles of primary necessity. By such means you
will acquire fresh titles to my gratitude; for if the
capital of a great empire does itself honour by those
monuments that recall the glory of arms, and attest
the genius of the arts and sciences, it does itself
honour no less
by the institutions that testify an
incessant solicitude for those that suffer, and an
enlightened zeal for the general interests of this
immense agglomeration, the veritable heart of
France, which beats with one pulse for her glory
and prosperity."