The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-25

ne AFRICA. with tire" iaNS later news, ar
rived at New York. We copy all items Of
interest.
ENGLAND.
The financial statement of the Chancellor
Of the Exch"qucr WI. laid before parliament
on Friday night. The following are some of
the details:
Shipping is to he relieved 50 as to pay on
" for lghts by which they are benefited -
No change on sugar duties The malt duties
are to be reduced onc-half, from the 10th Or-
tohcr next The tea duties are to be rctlnc-
ed; the first year 3D. the five following
wears n per year, until the duty reaches
one shilling. Hops duty reduced onc-hat.--
Exemption on industrial incomes are restrict
ed to sloo year. The property and income
tax law is tn be extended to ireland.
The increase for the army and navy. i,
E6oo,oQ" The nrpluS on the year would
pc S1,4oo,o"o. The house tax is to be cx-
tended
In the House of Lords, ID inst, tn Mar
gus of ClanrI"ardc brought forward notices
OF motion to confirm Free Trade. similar to
that debated in the lower house.
Lord Derby, in reply, stated that he had
no objection to have this matter, involving as
it did the future policy of the country settled
by the house, He therefore suggested some
verbal amendments merely, and rendered to
the Marquis Clanrlcarde resolution, which
was accepted a. his own
AZ meeting Of the Eastern Steam Navira-
ton Company held at London, it was men.
nQAcd ~ SIR {. Fox. that he with partner,
had signed a contract for the construction of
ship canal through the l>thmuS Of Darirn
The canal is TO be 80 feet deep at low tide
40 broad locks, to be 400 feet from metre tc
metre, and ~ feet wide between the rat,
quoins, and considered that it would be sufl
cent to accommodate the trade of the world
FRANCE.
At st. Cloud on Wednesday, Emperor
Napoleon Ill. mace the following srccch t,
the great bodies of the statl:
Mr>~IrrE> The new reign which yor
this day lnauguratc, Irriyrs not its oriqin a.
50 many others recorded in history have don,
from Violence, from conquest or from fraud
II Is what YOU have inst declared 1.-THE lie.
gat result OF the will of whcle pcoEle, who
Cons"hda'" in Gains, that which they had
'o""ard IN the midst of a@.tliyns | am pen.
''rairi with gratitude towards the nation
""''h 'hrHc times IN tonr years has sustained
rue d! us >ui'ra-">. and each time has only
''2''ehlrd ITS majority 10 increase nv power
NY me more that power increases in cyt.n,
,."I VIA power, the more does it need en-.
'-"'chcN men. such as those who every day
FF'aAl me-lniependent men-such as
those whom J a1dress-to cuide me by their
counsel; to bring back my authority within
i'?rF limits II 1t could ever quit them
axe from you this day with the crown the
''ii' Of Napoleon thu Third bccan>e the will
" 'I'c people has bestowed it upon me in their
examinations. because the whole nation has
''"''i It, Is It then TO be inferred that in
"''ntIng the title. | fall into the error i'm
l,1'c,' 10 the prince. who. returning from ry-
ne declared null and void all that had H,.a,
'''h" N his absence? Far from me be 80, y
WHO mistake. Not only do J -ecornize the
governments which have preceded me. bnt
.'."'T'' III some manner al that they have
''it"I>hr'i. Of good and OF evil for oov-
nt' which succeed one to another arr,
,l'"i'h>thndIng different origin. liable for
.''F predecessors; but the more comDl.,.Iv
wax accept all that for fifty wears history
'",'N't> to us, with her intiexibl. autbor;ty
o,al. IS Is II permitted me to pass in silence
H., III gIoronS reign Of IL h>ad o, nv fam
a. a.; Ia: ana the regular thoHgh ephemrrai title
81 "i> son, whom the two chambers proclaim
Ta, III inc last burst Of vanqni>hrd patriotism
"u.' then' the name Of Napoleon the Third
,.n r?' one OF the dynastic >uperannuated pre-
..,''hs' which seem to be an insuIt ,o good
81 ,S ana to trnth; it is the homage render
government which was legitimate and
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