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R 0 YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK,
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONEsS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
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CrtArnmAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq. M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair-
man of Lloyd's.
DEPUTI'-enAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.,
Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, during
the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
ing to £6,'58 Is. in establishing, Life-boat stations on dif-
ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng and, Ireland, and Scotland.
The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores.
alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-ho ts, Boat-
houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550
for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether
a total of X 11.141.
During ft,e past year the Life-boats of the Institution have
been in'"rrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following
livrecill'ed Vessels :
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. 3
Ship Ann Mitchell, of' Glasgow. .. • • .. 9
Smack John of Yarmouth .. .. 5
Schooner Catherine, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields 11
A Barge of Teignmouth
Brig George and James, of London
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. .. 7
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool
Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth 9
Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. 6 .
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole 5
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge 5
Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • . • • .. 8
Sloop Hope, of Dublin •. •• •• •. 3
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. • . .. 5
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. • • .. 16
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby 5
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .. • . 9
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester 6
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee
.. 5
Schooner Rose, of Lynn
Brig Prodroma, of stockton •. 11
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. 7

Total
—2lO
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has
Voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as rewards. It has also granted rewards
amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by
shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons
Saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United
Kingdom.

During present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti-
tution 1),,,,ve also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of
the fe;-fowing Vessels :
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Sraham .• •• •• 6
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. 5
Schooner Prospect, of Berwick •• •• •• 6
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
A Fishing-boat of Whitburn .• •• •• 4
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth
Schooner Dew! Wyn, of Portmadoo
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris 2
School-par-William, of Morecambe
Smack Gipsy, of Newry
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. 8
Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5
Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown
Brig Providence, of Shields .. .. 8
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4
Barque Guy •na, of Glasgow .. . . • .. 19
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. .. 10
Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide .. 2
Schooner Voador du Vonga, of Vianna 8
French Brig La Jeune Mar'e Therese 6
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough 5
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast
Schooner Ilortensia, of Hanover
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4
Brig St. Michel, of Marans 8
Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) .. .. 1
Schooner Murrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew) .. .. 4
Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and
crew) .• .• •• •• •• ••
Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. .•
Barque Peace, of London • . .• e• ••
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft ..
Schooner Fly, of -Whitby (saved vessel and crew
of four hands)•SmaAr Adventure, of Harwich.. ..
Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft
Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coast saved one man ..
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone ..
lir;g, Lively, of Clay, Norfolk ..
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland ..
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth ..
Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • • • •
Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin • • • •
Brig Content, of Sunderland • . • •
Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan •• •
Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam • • • • 5

.. 5
.. 6
- 4

Total ..2SS
The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at,
the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions'
the Society has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man-
agement, !or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1861.

THE NA Yl'.

C. .

VALETTA, Dee. 16.—H.M.S. Caesar, Captain T.
Mason, left on the evening of the 13th inst. fcr
Gibraltar, and the Lapwing gunboat, Commander,
M. O'Reilly, took her departure for the same desti-
nation on the following day. The troops loudly!
cheered the crew of the Caesar as she quitted the
port, and the ail rung with the shouts of "We're oil
to Charleston." The sloop Trident, 3, left on the
14th for Corfu. The Megtera steam troopshifl.
-Commander Henderson, cam© in y esterday from that
island. Having broken her intermediate shaft she
;ti had to sail down; fortunately the weather was fa-
vourable, and she made the passage in four days
-.The Megtera will proceed to-morrow to England
"under sail. The James Watt, which was under
orders for Gibraltar, will, it is expected, be sent
.to Corfu. The Aboukir, 80, Captain Shadwell.
arrived to-day from Gibraltar. Sentence of
death has been passed on the soldier of the',
Royal Artillery who fired at his Adjutant, Captain?:
Keate, and the sentence had been approved by the
Governor. The sentence was read on parade on
Friday last by the Adjutant-Generit The execu-:
tion has been fixed for Friday next, when the cul
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prit is to be shot on the parade ground of Fort.
Ricasoli, in presence of the troops. Her Majesty's
ships in port are :—the Marlborough, 131 (bearing:
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.) ;
the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of.
Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.); James
'Watt, 91; Aboukir, 80; Medina, surveying vessel;
Firefly, surveying vessel ; Wanderer, 4; and tug •
Hearty. The Boxer, 2, has been paid off.
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clay directing the whole of tho screw gunboats,
attached to the first division of the steam reserve at
Chatham, to be removed from the several ports on
_ _ _

the Medway for immediate service. Instructions
were also received from the Admiralty for a report
to be made to the Controller of the Navy of the
names and number of the gunboats attached to the
reserve at Chatham which can be brought forward
to replace those removed. The screw gunboats
attached to the first division of the steam service,
. all of which are armed with two Armstrong pivot
guns on the upper deck, and fully equipped for sea,
are the Bullfrog, the Cochin, the Britomart, the
Griper, the arnation, the Julia, and the Sandfly.
Each of the above gunboats is of very light draught,
and will therefore prove of the utmost advantage
in ascending shallow rivers, while, from their light-
, ness and the easy way in which they can be handled,
they may be placed in positions impracticable to a
frigate or even a 21-gun corvette. The other gun- ,
boats attached to the reserve at Chatham are the
Mistletoe, the Spanker, the Herring, the Sepoy,
and the Snipe, which belong to the second division,
and all of which may be ready for sea in a very short
!time. The flotilla of gunboats attached to the
third division of the steam reserve in the Medway
are the Manly,the Mastiff, the Fidget, the Thrasher,
the Pelter, the Tickler, the Spey, the Thistle, the.
ID warf, the Linnet, the Pigeon, and the Phoenix.;
:In addition to the above there is a large squadron of
mortar.boats lying in Yantlett-creek, besides a
!number of iron mortar boats hauled up at Chatham
Dockyard, all of which a very short time would suf-
rfice to make ready for active service.
In order to expedite the completion of the several .
ships fitting for commission at Chatham Dockyard,
150 additional shipwrights, together with a propor-
tion of other trades, are to be entered at that esta-

`blishment to-day.
The Rattlesnake, 21, 400 horse power, one of the
screw steamers ordered to be commissioned at Chat-

'ham, is to be brought forward with the utmost de.
spatch, and to be completed in all respects and ready
for sea by the 16th January, orders to that effect
having been given by the Controller of the Navy.
"On Saturday a large party of riggers from the dock-
yard were sent on board to commence rigging her.'

The line-of-battle screw steamer Meeanee, 81, 4001
Lorse power, attached to the first division of the
steam reserve at Chatham, was on Saturday re-
moved into the great basin at Sheerness, and after-

wards placed in No. 2 dock, where she is to be over•

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lhauled and have defects made good previously to'
being placed in commission.
The Flying Fish sailed on Friday last for Lisbon
with sealed orders and despatches.
The Pioneer, 6, screw, returned to Hongkong
from her cruise in search of the shipwrecked crew of

the Norna on the 19th of October. She was unsuc.

cessful in her search, the men having left for the
Pellew Islands a month prior to her arrival. They
ihad not been heard of after their departure. The
Pioneer (reached San Augustin on the 22d of Sept,
and after a stay of three days there, sailed at the
end of that time for Guano, and thence on the 6th
for Hong Kong,

THE ARM Y,

Garrison orders were yesterday issued at Chatham':
giving directions for the due observance of to-day
by the several corps in the garrison. As far as
possible, all parades will be dispensed with, and the
troops not on military duty will be kept in bar-
racks. At 310 p.m. minute guns will commence
firing from the Cornwallis battery, and will con- •
tinue firing until sunset. Up to last evening no'.
order had been issued for the works in the dock- •
yard to be suspended during the hours set apart for
'the funeral solemnities of the late Prince Consort,
but it is probable an order of the kind will be given
this morning.
The 2d battalion of the 16th Regiment of Foot
embarked at Southampton on Saturday, in the trans-
port steamer Magdalena, Capt. R. Woolward, for
service in Canada. The battalion arrived about half-
past 2 o'clock, by train, from Farnborough, to which
place they marched from Aldershot in the morning..
As on the occasion of the arrival of the troops on
Wednesday and Thursday, the band of the South-
ampton ;Volunteer Rifle Corps assembled at the
terminus to receive them ; but the regiment's own
band, which accompanied them, having received
orders not to play on their march in consequence
of the death of the Prince Consort, it was deemed
advisable that the volunteers should pursue the
same course. The troops marched from the rail-
way to the docks and went at once on board the
'Magdalena, which steamed out of dock immediately
'afterwards, the arrangements having been con-
ducted with all that celerity which was noticed in
'the report of the embarkation of the Guards. Before
4 o'clock the gallant vessel was moving out into the
roadstead, and as soon as her last warp was loosened
ithe band on board struck up, and the troops ex-
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there not, therefore, be some danger in the sp-
. tem of transfers from one chapter to another. In
:his opinion the confusion would be extreme, and
the budget would arrive before the legislativel
,body in a very disorganised state. The expose
des tnotifs stated that recourse might in an
`extreme case be had to bills of indemnity, but
he was opposed to the idea of incurring such a dan-
ger, and the savings which it was hoped to realisE
by the new system might, he feared, cost very dear,
It should not be forgotten that under a change in
the financial system there is a modification proposed i'
in the constitution itself, and a Parliamentary re
Igimc is being re-established. The initiative of the:
Icrown remained entire, but it would have to reckon
ion obstacles which it had not hitherto met with .*

He did not wish to say anything calculated to offend

ngland, but it was impossible not to see that hei,
military preparations have always been made slowly
precisely because they could not be entered into
without legislative co-operation. You remember.
!continued the hon. senator, the enthusiasm which
lwas manifested for the sovereign on his departure
for Italy. But if public opinion, if the legislative
body, anxious to protect the interests of the tax-
payers, had not been favourable to the enterprise
which his Majesty had undertaken in that country,
what would have been the situation of the Govern-
ment if the system now proposed had been then in
force? You would have regretted the loss of a
rprerogative whieh would have prevented the Em-
[parer from carrying out a great political idea. Can

• we accept the situation recommended by the report
; at a moment when in, the Old World_so many dif-
ferent interests are in presence, and at which in the
_ New World a terrible struggle is about to corn-1
mence. Let us not forget that France must play
„..- the leading part in the conflict which is inevitably
7. coming between the principles of cld times and those
--,
of the French Revolution. (Approbation.) The
fsystem proposed will not remedy the inconveni-
; ences complained of—since under it there will be
-,-.• the same difficulty as before in effecting a reduc-
V tion in the budget : to do so, an entire section
~. must be rejected, but the rejection of a section
would be the disorganisation of a branch of the
public service. As to supplementary and extraor-
4dinary credits, the report is in error in supposing
~, that they came into use with the Parliamentary
regime, for they do not exist in England, where that
regime is in full force ; but they were adopted in
'France because they satisfied a necessity of the
state, and form part of the national forces, and on
"-that account they ought not to be abandoned. If
the credits referred to be replaced by laws, the,
legislative body will be under the obligation of
passively accepting the propositions made to it, or
;•refusing them in virtue of parliamentary sove•
:reignty, and either case would be deplorable. To
Llarrive at such a result as that is it necessary that
tithe Government, by useless abnegation, should de-
prive itself of powers conferred on it by the consti- •
Itution ? Can we believe, besides, that there were:
Ono other means of escaping from embarrassment •
-,g than those indicated in the memoir in the Illoni),
gteur ? Might not the floating debt have been con-;
!,solidated, and the public debt, which is three times
less than that of England, have been somewhat aug-
plented ? But, instead of such measures, the
memoir prefers exceptional ones, and designates as
the sole cause of the evil a prerogative which ought
Ito be preserved as a palladium in the hands of the
(sovereign ? Where is the peril ? In the deficit of
a milliard ? But that figure at first appeared to me
gto be exaggerated, and the expose des motifs shows
(that ray impression was right. (Here the hon. sena-
tor
quoted from different documents to prove that'
there was no peril in the situation.) He afterwards':
;went on to affirm that the floating debt was not a
riiilliard, but 879,000,000 f. ; also that, as the corn
rimittee had reported, the present Government was
only responsible for 100,000,000 f. of the sum, which
,4100,000,000 f. had been employed in the expedition
Ito the East, and in the expenses of the occupatoin of
Rome. He declared that the alarm which M. Fould's
import had occasioned was now dissipated, and he I
!asked if the present legislation did not suffice to pre
(vent exaggerated expenses? He concluded by declar-
'ing that the abandonment of the power heretofore i
exercised by the Emperor was not only not neces
isary, but dangerous ; and, in frankly expressing
'that opinion, he believed he was serving the country
1
land his Msjesty. (Approbation.)

PRICE..... --Id.
STAMPED ....sd.

ger left to Piedmont alone the responsibility of
-- certain acts, and when that deviation in the policy
of France and the principle of intervention, which
was to benefit the Italian Powers, was seen to pro-
at only the audacious ambition of Piedmont. There
was a change of Aystem. Add all the successive
acts of complaisance to Piedmont after the odious
falsehoods of Chambery ; and the silence with which
France supported the insults heaped on the First
• Minister of the Sovereign Pontiff confided to the
protection of French soldiers. (Question.)
The PRESIDENT—You wander from the subject
under discussion, and you efface the good impres-1
sion produced by the first part of your 'speech, on
which the Senate congratulated you.
Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—I am endea•
vouring to explain by another reason than that
given by M. Fould the distrust which certainly
exists in Europe with regard to the Imperial
policy—. (Noise.)
Marshal VAILLANT— That goes beyond the
bounds of the present discussion.
Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEIII—I maintain that
lam in the question. The Minister of Finance has
ascribed the opinion of Europe to causes which I do
not admit to be just. I give arguments in support
of a contrary view of the case. I do not see in what
respect I wander from the subject under discussion.

It shall not be said that a senator is to-day inter-
dicted from speaking, when the speech of the Ist
March, which caused us so much affliction, was

listened to with great attention.
The PRESIDENT—That speech was listened to be
cause it was in, its proper place, being on the dis-
cussion of the address. But now you go beyond the
question, and I call you to it. (Hear.)
Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—It was that
speech of Prince Napoleon which has caused the
distrust. (Noise, and cries of " Question, Ques-
tion.")
Marshal VAILLANT—We protest against that
opinion.

Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—The manner in
which that speech was received here--

Count DE CASABLANCA would examine how far
Ithe supplementary and extraordinary credits opened
Ihy the Imperial Government had weighee. on the
finances of the country ; thanks to the manner in
!which the accounts were kept, the employment of
even the slightest sum could be readily verified.
Here were two kinds of extra budgetary credits,
.some established by laws and others by decrees.
According to the accounts furnished by the admini-
stration of finance, the whole of the credits opened
Isince first January, 1852, up to the present time,
I
iamounted to 3,123,000,000 francs, which included
=the expense of the campaigns in the East and Italy.
The legislative bcdy, as was wellknown, had voted
Idifferent loans, amounting together to two milliards,
!and the nation had fiv3 times more. The account
lof the expenses of the war in the East, which
amounted to 1,348,000,000 f., had been verified by c
commission. France had not derived glory alone
i from that war, but an extension of her commercial
/relations, and the commission had declared that
after that war the value of the naval arsenals, and
.i the supplies they contained, had increased by 260
millions. The same verification had not yet taken
place for the war in Italy, but the expenses of the
two Ministries of War and Marine had been esti-
mated at 352 millions. By deducting from the
'credits the loans voted for the war by the legisla.
• tive body there remained a sum of 1,428,000,000 f
As to the Ministries of War and Marine, it must
be remembered that the land and sea forces
4had assumed a large and magnificent development,
'and that it was not with the sole resources of the
budget that the military situation could have been
:made what it is. " And never," said the hon. sena-
Jtor, " will France regret an expense which has
replaced her in a rank which no nation will hence-
forth dispute her right to hold." (Applause.) France
''. might now confidently advance in the course of
prosperity opened to her by her natural resources,
and the genius and courage of her sons.
M. HUBERT-DELISLE observed that it was evi-
Ildent from the statement of M. Magna, from the
report of their president, and the figures quoted b 3
"`R M. de Casabianca, that the financial situation of
AFrance was most satisfactory.

M. DITPIN—No one stirred!
Count DE SEGUE-D'AGUESSEATJ.--It is precisely
:hat of which I complain. (Noise.)

M. PIETRI—We knew in advance that this lan.
guage was to be held here—everybody knew it.
(Hear, hear.)
Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—The speech of*
the Ist of March—

The PRESIDENT—Speak to the question, What
you have to say will find its place in the discussion,
on the address.

Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—If my remarksl
are not just so much the better for my opponents;
they will the more easily be answered by the speak-
ers for the Government.

M. BAROCHE—We shall not reply to them.'

Count DE SEGUR-VAGUESSEAU ---M. Foula men-I

Itioned a case of mistrust. I discuss his report, as 111
have a right to do. The cause: of the mistrust of
Europe is, I repeat, in the speech of Prince Napo
leon. (Murmurs, interruptions, and renewed cries
of " Question, question.")
M. PIETRI—The evil lies in the opposition of
party men—of the reactioniste.

Count DE SEGUR-D'AUGESSEAU—The objectiont,
made to the Senatus Consultum had been answered
lin advance by the expose des motifs of the Counci,
of State and by the report of President Troplong

_ .
• He remarked that the modification proposed in tht
mode of voting the budget was the fulfilment by
the Emperor of a promise made last session to the
legislative body ; and that the concession accorded
~
was granted by his Majesty in full liberty and
without any constraint. The Emperor now thought ,
that he could freely and spontaneously sacrifict
-part of his prerogative, and that his doing so would
Igive more liberty and dignity to the legislative body.l:'
r-The 'Minister of Finance attributed the mistrust ca
'privilege
to the prerogative of the Emperor, but thai.[,
iprivilege had always existed, and the mistrust had t'
;only been felt during the last two years ; the reasoni.
iassigned by the hon. minister was not therefore the
i
itrue one. The mistrust among the 'powers com- .
menced with Russia, from whom the supremacy ini
the Black Sea bad been wrested. The next causet
!was the war in Italy ; when fears were entertained!
t
'that the noble and disinterested movement nt:
France might extend further than was at first in
1
ttended. Those feelings of distrust, however, had'
t '
'subsided, and confidence was re-established when'
'the Emperor was seen to stop after the victory of
!'Solferino. There again it revived, when it was'
thought that the Emperor's Government did not
!remain faithful in Italy to the policy proclaimed'
i
lin previous declarations, and when France no lon-,

Count DE SEGUE-VAGUESSEATI then read a ras-
sage from Prince Napoleon's speech, to the effect
that the eyes of all nations were turned. to Napo-
leon 111., and that they hoped to see the map of Eu-
rope remodelled. (Interruption.) He was told that
it was the speech of a private individual—
M. DurlN—Of a senator.

Count DE SEGUR•D'AGIJESSEAU—You are right;
but de not forget that it was not followed by any
'observations from the organs of the Government.
The Duke DE LA FORCE—It was on the follow-,
lingMd.alt. ROCHE—That is perfectly true.

Count DE SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU—There was not
official
contradiction either before or after the
speech.

M. BILLAULT-But there was at the following
sitting

Count DE SEGTJR•D'AGUESsEAU —Hence arose
zpprehension. (Loud cries of " (question, question.")
Count DE SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU—I demand al
iittle liberty.

The PRESIDENT—I am about to remand you of
the regulations; it is formally stated in Art. 16,
that the President is to interrupt any speaker when]
he departs from the question under discussion.

The Marquis DE BOISSY—The hon. senator has
not done so.

The PRESIDENT—M. de Segur, I cannot allow,
Iyou to continue.

Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—I shall be really
distressed, Monsieur le President, to enter into a dis-
cussion with you on the liberty of the tribune.

(Noise.)
The PRESI!ENT—I should be as much distressed
as you, for I am the guardian of it.

Count DE SEGUE, D'AGUESSEAU—It is the glory
of imperial institutions to have restored to us this
little tribune. Let it not be taken from us. If I
am interrupted by certain persons, it is because I
have touched them on a sore point. (Murmurs.)

The Marquis DE BoissY-That is true.
The PRESIDENT—There is no question of infring-
ing on the liberty of the tribune,; you will have thel
right to bring forward your arguments at the time
of the discussion on the address, and no one will in-
terfere with you. I only interrupt you now be-
cause you have departed from the question.
Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU--The present dis-
cussion is complex. The financial question, as M.
Feuld has well proved, is complicated by external
pre-occupations. I am therefore on the real
ground in alluding to the question of the mistrust
of Europe. I demand permission to continue.
(Question.)
The PRESIDENT—You hear the cries which come
from a great number of benches. I shall be obliged
to consult the Senate to ascertain whether it will
allow you to proceed.
Count De Segur-d'Aguesseau—lf the Senate takes
from me the right of speaking I shall retire, but I
demand a formal vote before the tribune is inter-
dicted to me.

Marshal Can robert—Confine yourself to the ques-
tion, and you can continue.
Count De Segur d'Aguesseau—l continue. When
the speech of Prince Napoleon—(renewed cries of
Question, question)—who did not find any contra-
diction—

The Duke De La Force—M. Billault replied.
Count De Segur-d'Aguesseau—But you know
under what circumstances. The speech of the Ist
Nlarch received no immediate contradiction. The
speaker was not interrupted as I am to-day. (Noise
and interruption.) Make the Senate, Monsieur le
President, interdict me formally from speaking if I
am not to continue.

The President—At the period to which you refer ',
the speech was in the question, and there was no
reason to interrupt it; but now you are out of the
question, and therefore are prevented going on.
Count De Segur-d'Aguesseau—l am told that the
speech of Prince Napoleon encountered here an
official contradiction. It was on the day after, and
on a direct interpellation of Cardinal Mathieu, that,
M. Billault decided on speaking. He said the speech
contained many things which could not be approved
of ; but he carefully abstained from saying what.
the points were which did not please the Govern
pent, which did not obtain its assent. And yet at,
1 the same time time, but not in this place, a minister
with portfolio expressed aloud his enthusiasm for
the speech of the Prince. j
A Voice—That is true !
__ .

Count DE SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU—That is not all.i
The speech,
treated as official, was stuck up ill
the communes of the empire, and thereby received;
the governmental stamp. Such was the importanci
ascribed to that speech. I have, therefore, the right
to ,say that it was not disavowed. There were, per-;
haps, verbal disavowals, but none which could re•
assure public opinion. Such is the Cause of thel

distrust, and so long as such a sentiment exists, so
long as with regard to this question and in presence
- of public opinion, there shall be living contradic-
tions in the Emperor's Cabinet—(loud interruption)
:,,of
that may be said to assure public opinion will
be as if one was whistling to the winds. (Murmurs.)
M. DUPIN—The great dignitaries who sat in the
Senate only spoke as senators, and their speeches
derived all their importance from the talent dis-
played. The speech in question was that of a
prince, and involved no obligation or engagement
on the part of the Government. The fact that it
was not opposed did not imply the approbation of
the Government. It was important in the interest
,lof the Senate, and.also of the dignitaries, that this
should be fully understand,k as a contrary interpre-
tation would be attended with inconvenience.
(Approbation.)

M. 13ILLAuLT—The observation of M. Dupin is
!perfectly correct. The opinions of the Govern-
!tuent are expressed from this bench, because those
who sit here know the Emperovs thought.

Count DE BEAUMONT had read with much
!pleasure the Emperor's letter announcing his inten-
tion of relinquishinga prerogative because it showed
devotedness to the country. Supplementary credits
had always been attacked iu the old chambers as
;well as iu the present, and they were complained
of in the Senate during the last session by Count de
Casabianca and the Marquis d'Audriffet. In reply
Ito Count de Segur d'Aguesseau, I.e blamed him for
'having estimated at fif. per commune the share re-
Isulting from the credit of two millions opened for
improving roads in rural districts. The Emperor
had taken part in the efforts of the councils-general
with regard to the making of cross-roads, by grant-
ing 25,000,000 f. to be spread over several years:;
and the grant would cause a larger disbursement
of departmental and communal funds for that use-
ful purpose. The hou. senator then proceeded to
remark on the situation in which the Senatus Con-
suit um would place the deputies with regard to their
indemnity. At present each receives an indemnity
,of 2,500 f. a month fora session of three months, and.
'when the session exceeds that period a supplemen-
tary indemnity is accorded by decree ; but for the fu-
ture the deputies would after the third month vote
!the supplement themselves. As this would place
ithem in an awkward position, he thought that it
would be desirable to give them a fixed indemnity
whatever the length of the session. He called the
!attention of the Government to that matter. With
respect to the right of amendment in the legislative
body, he thought that it might be so enlarged as to
allow a deputy to propose an amendment after the
reading of a report in public sitting, instead of, as
at present, being required to do so before the pre-
sentation of the report.
The discussion was then adjourned.

THE BILSTON MURDER.

;CONFESSION OF ONE OF THE CULPRITS.

g On Saturday morning the culprit Maddox made
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pa confession to the principal turnkey in the Stafford
'County Gaol, in which he is confined with the other
'two condemned men (Jones and Brandrick), each
one, however, in a separate cell. Maddox 's is a
" familiar face" in the cells of the gaol, and the turn-
key visited him with the regular warder to evidence
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the interest which he took in him on that account.
Maddox availed himself of the opportunity to
say that the right men had been convicted, inasmuch
O,,as only he himself and Jones and Brandrick were
iconcerned, coneerned, either in the burglary or in the murder.
I•6He said that it was Brandrick who cut away a por-
, tion of the cellar door, by which the bolt was drawn
'back and access obtained to the interior of the house.
• Brandrick, he said, then rushed across the passage,
and into the room where the deceased was sitting,
'and clutching him by the throat as he sat in his
',•chair forced him to the ground. Jones then assisted
by picking up the fire shovel and, he thought, pres-
, sing the bottom edge of the pan beneath their vie-
tim s chin. Of the use which Jones made of the
;shovel he was not, however, ho said, quite clear, as
he did not enter the room where the murder was
perpetrated, and saw what he described only through
the partly open door. While Brandrick and Jones
were thus engaged on the ground floor ho (Maddox)
went upstairs with a view to get the money ; but he
could not succeed, and came down again and said so.
Brandrick then went up armed with the small
hatchet obtained from the cellar, where it had been
used to break the coal. With this implement he
succeeded in forcing the locks of the chest of drawers
hand of the cashbox, which was kept in that piece of
furniture, end thus obtained possession of, he (Mad-
te,
%dox) thought, about £lOO. But he (Maddox) and
Jones did not get their share of that money, for
'Brandrick had said he lost it in " running" the
policeman ; but he (Maddox) thought that he left it
in his father's house when he went in there on the
morning of the murder. Maddox added that they
went into the house twice, and said that generally
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the evidence given against them was correct, and
,lespecially that of the woman who saw him leaning
gon a wail near Brandrick's father's house, waiting
'for his (Brandrick's) coming out—all after they had
' run" the policeman, Harrison, who intercepted
them as they were leaving the house of the mur-
dered man and nearing that of Brandrick, carrying
(with them a portion of their booty.
This statement entirely exonerates the other four
!prisoners, all of whom were acquitted on Friday
evelling, Baron Martin ruling that there was no
evidence against them. The statement was made
known to Baron Martin, when his lordship again
took his seat on the bench in the Stafford Assize
Court on Saturday morning. Immediately after-
wards Jukes, Lilley, Bills, and Webb, the other four
men referred to, were arraigned on the charge of
. the burglary, for which the grand jury found a true
bill against them ; but the prosecution tendered no
evidence, and the jury returning a verdict of not
guilty they were all liberated from confinement.
It will be remembered that it. was Maddox who
made a volumlnuas statement to the magistrates at
Bilston, which proved him to be an accessory to the
burglary, but in which he denied that he entered
' the house with Jones and Brandrick, although he
ran away with them after they left the house. Al-
-though this second statement makes him a particeps
: criminis in the murder, yet its comparatively leni-
ent tone towards himself may leave it to be fairly
inferred that it will not be before Jones and Brand-
rick have unburdened their bosoms that all the
'truth will he known.