Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-08
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There two law reform bills before the British p
lament aboshing in Chancery and dispensing
with grand juries within the metropolitan district Both
are likely to pass.
In the discussion the Government of India. Mr.
HERnrEs gave the following summary of the East India
Companys affairs
" The total gross revenue had increased from Els.
407 in 1884 to f24 379 in the present wear showing
augmentation Of &C. in less than twenty years
echarges however had increased that the last
year there was deficiency of 967s 0OO How had this
occurred The in which British India been in
volyed, in Afghanstan, Scinde and in the Punab had
swallowed up no less than f36,0000O0. But when he
looked at the Indian debt he found that the addition had
only been 100000; it followed therefore, that so
buoyant had been the Indian revenues they must have
furnished 900 toward the extraordinary war ex-
penditure might be said that this large revenue ex-
tracted from the country had tended exhaust its re-
sources There no better way of meeting this aega-
ton than by showing the progress of Indian commerce
and 1t appeared that the amount of the exports ana i'm
ports and that of the tonnage entered inward and out
ward had more than doubled in the last twenty years
no former period, he thought the prospects Of
India 50 favorable as at the present moment"
In the English Court Of Exchequer on the 10TH the
case OF Miller Saloman decided This was pro-
secuton to recover penalties from Alderman Saloman
jew for having sat and voted in the House of Commons
to which he had been elected without having taken the
initiatory oath on the faith Of Christian Judgment
was given against the Alderman thus settling the point
as to the eligibility Of any but Christians seat in the
House. 4lgs ss
On the 18th ulmo the protest of the heirs Of Louis
PHLIPPE against the con6scation of their estates
and Monceaux was heard before the Court Of the First
Instance in Paris The Court was crowded to excess
The demand for restutonof the property was made in
the of the Dukes Of Nemours Joinvlle, Aumale
and Montpensier ons Of Louis Phlpp the Duchess Of
Orleans and her the young Count de Paris with other
relatives Of the house Mesrs Pallet and Berger were
counsel for the Orleans family On the other side the
Project Of the Seine the part Of President Bonaparte
protested against the Jurisdiction Of the Court The case
is adjourned
Marshal GERARD died at Paris on the 18th April in
the eghteh year Of his age He is the fourth Marshal
whom France has lost during the last few months SOUR,
SEBAsTAN and MARMoNr preceded him at short intervals
the grave The death Of the last left GERARD rho re-
ceved his baton immediately the accession Of Louis
Philippe, doyn of the Marshals Marshal RErLLr, crea
ted in 1847, succeeds to this rank.
In the early campaigns of the revolution GERARD was
aid to Bernadote During the Prussan campaign in 1906
he made Brigader-General, and soon after COM
mander of the Legion of Honor and placed the head Of
the French staff at Denmark In 1909 he greatly dstin
gushed himself at the bridge Of Lntz and covered him
self with glory at the battle Of Wagram where he led the
Saxon cavalry In 1872, at Valentino and Moskowa his
conduct admirable that Napoleon gave him the
division Of Gen. Gudn, who had been killed Frankfort
on the Oder. Gerard, with small body of troops de-
feated Russians who endeavored to intercept his
passage Berlin In 1914 he distinguished himself again
at Denyle at Nangs and At Montereau where he cap
tured 5000 Ausrans At the restoration he to
Hamburg bring back the French troops and was much
honored by the King. When Napoleon re-appeared he
joined him, and received the appointment Of Generalin
Chief of the army Of the Mosee and at its head carried
the position and village of gny, contributing to the de-
feat Of Butcher He next acted with Grouchy who was
maneuvering on the Dyle, and received wound. He
earnestly enteated Grouchy march to the relief Of the
Emperor, while engaged at Waterloo and If his advice
had been followed the result of that day would probably
have been far different. Since then Gerard has been
in active life. 800
One hundred and thirty millions of dollars to be ex-
pended the railways and works in and about Paris
Sugar from beet root is beginning to come In compet-
ton with that Of the The production of France in
1851, $4,000 tons; in the -Verein, same year.
As 000 in Belgium, 1000; in Russia, So 900 tons; in
all Europe, $780, 600 tonsor nearly one-seventh of the
whole consumption. The price per ton is about the
that Of imported sugar. The manufacture has
been commenced in Queens county, Ireland on large
scale. sss s9 E