The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

FRENCH BUDGET.

The Budget of Expenditure for 18431 s as follows
Art. 1. Credits are opened to the amount of
1,311,553,096 francs foe the expenses of the estimate of
1843, viz. : Francs.
For the public debt.. 360,427,831
For dotations
For the general service of the Ministries 729,170,396
For the expences of the regie, the collec-
tion of the taxes, and direct and indi-
rect revenues
For re-imbursements and returns on the
produce of the said taxes and revenues to
non valeurs, and drawbacks on exporta-
tion ........................... .

63,742,300

noef ralthal 1,311,553,095
Credits to the
19,781,192 f. are also opened
on the estimate of 1843, viz. :-...
amountGe
Fr.
For the Legion of Honour .
Royal Printing-office
Consular Establishments
Invalids of the Marine
Mint for Money and Medals

Total 19,784,192
Art. 2. There shall be provided for the payment of
the expenses mentioned in Art. 1 of the present law, on
the ways and means of the estimate of 1843.
Art. 3. From the Ist of January, 1843, the contracts
for the supply of the materiel for the navy and the colo-
nies will be free from all deduction. The deduction of
three centimes in the franc on the contracts now in
operation will continue to be made until their expira-
tion in the name of the Caisse of the Invalides, but
the produce of it will be reserved in the Treasury, ac-
cording to the amount regulated at the end of the esti-
mate.

Articles 4 and 5 merely relate to the general arrange-
ments for carrying the measures into effect.
Art. 6. A credit of 1.050,000 f. is opened to the Minis-
ter of War for the inscription to the public treasury of
the military pensions payable in 1843.
Bills of the supplementary and extroardinary credits.
By this Bill are required for the Ministry of Justice
600,000 f. for the expenses of criminal justice, and
57,951 f. for public worship.
For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 100,000 francs
for diplomatic agents ; the present allowance being
rendered inadequate by changes in the establishments of
the different embassies, and 250,000 francs for the ex-
penses of extraordinary missions, in consequence of un-
foreseen missions in China, Egypt, Greece, and Buenos
Ayres.
For the Ministry of Public Instruction-7,500f., for 17
prizes for the three Academies.
For the Ministry of the Interior-1,465,000f., supple-
mentary credit, and 618,465 francs extraordinary credit
for the same department—viz., 1,400,000 francs for
prisons ; 165,000 francs for new buildings for the Mi-
nistry and central lines of telegraph ; 300,000 francs for
the secret police, this addition having been rendered
necessary by the disturbances in different parts of the
kingdom ; 200,000 francs to cover the extraordinary ex-
pense for Spanish refugees in consequence of the late
events in the Peninsula ; 100,000 fr. for the central pri-
son of Loos, part of which was destroyed by fire, and
18,465 fr. for arrears of former credits.

For the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce,
881,049 f.
For the Ministry of Public Works :-1,516,177f. not
employed in 1840 upon the estimate for 1841, for public
buildings and worki in the departments which were in-
undated; 3,072,000 f. under similar circumstances granted
in 1841, and now carried over to 1842 ; 9,487,039 f. re-
maining unemployed on the estimates of 1839 and 1840;
9,490 f. for works rendered necessary by the trial before
the Court of Peers, in October, 1840 ; and 4,500,000 f.
a
for the payment of portion of the loan to the Railroad
Company from Strasburg to Basle.
For the Ministry of War :-31,809,7351., of which
sum, however, 11,983,806 f. remain unemployed from
former estimates. The increase in this department
arises chiefly from the rise in the price of forage and
provisions and the augmentation of the army of Algeria.
For the Ministry of Marine—Supplementary credits
amounting to 116,500 francs, and extraordinary credits
amounting to 4,894,825 f. ; of this sum, 4,400,0001. are
required to pay the extraordinary expenses connected
with building and repairing ships, according to the new
effective force of the navy.
For the Ministry of Finance, under various heads-
-13,109,606 francs.
In addition to the above credits, is another amount of
13,365,236 f. already anticipated by virtue of Royal or-
donnanee, chargeable on the estimates of 1842, together
with various small sums remaining due upon the four last
estimates.