The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-16

for 1852 and 1853 show the folio wing credits allowed
10 the navy
1853. III, lSl GOLF
when il further considered thst In this estimate
Of LII coo 600 eomprehended the expenses OF the
colonies, Of all dock yard works and extraordinary
works, and, lastly, the cost Of the peniteAtary es
Adjustments ut Guiana, which were net charged in
the budget Of Louis Philippe Of the year lS49 it will
be seen that the reduction Of the naval expenditure
of France, effected by Louis Napeieon, amounts to
sum OF about two millions.
The nature Of the amnesty to be granted on the
occasion Of the establishment of the Empire appears
from the following paragraph in the government
Journal
ten Of the Empire the largest Of semency will
be taken with regard to very great number OF persons
by the superior commission OF the first military
division Every prisoner or exile who BY formal de
and promise peace and submission or the future viii Oh
tain immediate remission Of his punishment Those oaly
will be excepted from the measure who authors or
pses Of attacks violence towards persons
those who may have anecedently incurred judicial con-
dennstisns These, however, win be completely
cudsd from Of clemency but their applications
BE- examined according the FERNS used in tho
Of ordinary psrdons
Accounts from various parts Of France speak Of
unusually protraeted bad Weather A letter from
Bordeaux Of the 18th states that storm had been
raging since Sunday. and lad done much damage,
tearing up old trees by the roots and carrying away
the reefs Of houses. At Brest, the tempest on the
Q6ECrlDcO
n the harhor Suffered severely. The Satst Public
Of Ly ons ON the oath says that the Rhone, which
had begun to sink on Wednesday, rose again In the
night and overfowed ito banks The Place do Ia
ChsIite and many Of the low parts Of the tswn
under water. The Aonitexr states that on Nov.
oath local pilet tswed into the port Of Saint Mar
tin part Of the sfterpsrt Of vessel that had gone
to pieces near the Perthuis Breton, with the words
Daphne, London" 1t was feared that owing TO
the bad weather which has prevailed for several
days the crew eonld not have been saved.
The money discussed by Louis Napoleon during
his months tour exceeds thirty one millions Of
francs, or = million and quarter sterling.
There is one on dit that the widow Of Coaut
d'Orsay will shortly be married to a wealthy En.
glishMan.
According to Flsrentine correspondent Of the
Daily Neus, tho hopes recently entertained of the
speedy release Of the Msdiai are likely to prove
delusivo Francesca has been placed under the care
OF guard Of Copuchin fiiars, whose Instructions
are to employ all the resources Of the church to bring
hn Back to the Ronish faith As to Rosa, his
wife, she has been twice offered her liberty on CON
dition that che abursd her errors but the eRer
bias been nobly refused, although she and her bus
band are suffering in health.
Though our government has received aud de-
serves praise for the valuable reports which were
lately submitted to Congress, it must be reneD-
beTed that tho reports were compiled by several
individuals. From Berlin we have accounts of . rc-
| naIkable instance Of the power of single person
earnestly working out one idea to compete with
governing bodies in the collection of data, by the
success Of Herr Otto Hubner. This indie att gable
statst has besn for some time past in communica-
ton with the heads Of departments in the several
European and other States for the purpose giving
and receiving statistical misunderstanding It
for use in his Collection Of Tariffs Of all Naions
his Statistical Survey" printed single sheet, or
his Statistical Annuary" By the perfec zion of
his arrangements, Herr Hubner is stated to be new
able to supply governments with tabular nfor nation
respecting other countries expeditiously than
it can be got y them through diplomatic agency,
and thus to give them motive fer keeping him
well informed 10 far rs the official returns Of each
are concerned. The English Board Of Trade is said
to have furnished him with most copious and valuable
papers By this and similar arrangements Herr
Hubner has been abe to form what may be termed
central archive Of reference, which he very cour-
teousy puts at the service Of scientific in
Of information necessary for their studies Berlin
has long been femous for its statistics The mill
tary returns there published are model for Ed
rope, and the official report Prussisn eampaiga
is Of the most valuable documents til 1t can fall
into the hands Of . military historian Won REDEEM
has great and we'll earned reputation in this line,
but even be must veil his he ad before the all
statistical Herr HubRer.