New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-09
FRANCE.
The French LecisInlnre Is. NnpoIeoa.

From The London Morning Chronicle.
The Report on the French Budget OF
Expenses Of 1853 drawn up by NJ De Chasse!oupL au-
hat iu the name of the Budget Commis sion of the Le.
sirlaiive COrps IL very abe and important document
1t s uil without being oppiesslvely minute and while
the language is throughout spguarg modef ate, almost
every paragraph conveys meaning highly damaging -
the Presidents Government Rarely has simple state
nent OF the truth been made " serve more etectuaY
pOlemical pun pose. Direct citicism on Louis NapO-
cons acts was forbidden u the Commission buttney
have managed 10 render recital or summary Of facts
almost as effective as a formal aIgumentstive attack.
Where they could not venture 10 cOndem, they have
found il sufficient describes and where what called
| the Constitution pTeciuded them from demanding the
information essential 10 the proper discharge of their
duties they have avaed themselves OF thu choice art
of the satirsts which unmasks absurdty by simply
referring to il Ia terms Of precision and gravity I'm
fortunately for President he is treated IN this docf
m Mt with unacceptable respect aud its authors
have been guilty OF eXaggeI alton, Of any
III point Of taste, calculated 10 divert attention from the
repulsive OF the picture which It is their bust
ness to unfold They have told the truth aad their
Report is no inapt illustrate of the maXim the
| greater the TRUTH the greater the libel"
The general result Of the labOrs OF the Commission
has been conduct them 10 four leading conclusions,
entirely variance with the views and statements put
for ward by the Government in the Financial Scheme
fOr 1853 In the first place, they reject altogether the
notion Of surplus In that year. having aist5d them
that there will be large Ceict Secondly they
deny totally by the facts of the case the
official doctrine that the surplus OF unexhausted
will than the amount of those ncessant sup
French Exchequer. Ia the third place, the Commission
that the amount vi the estimated receipts lo53
has been irregulary and improperly increased by
insertion Of items which either fictitious or unavaa
Bile And lastly, they object in detsi certain extrava
giant heads of expenditure amounting, in the aggregate
10 nearly threeourths OF million sterling 1t is clear
therefore, that some sparks of public spirit still survive
in France; and Is by no means improbable that this
DRY and mattero fact financial document may be fol-
loved by important Polii al consequences
There Is profound vein of satire running through
which it's authors describe The mpediments they hays
with execution of the task committed 10 them
| by the Chamber. Formerly they say Budget Com
mission wac permitted TO investigate the facts which il
was required to certify Ministers and heads of De-
parments appeared before it. and when oral eXplana
tons were not deemed satisfactory the evidence of
official documents made available TIE Commits.
soners being placed In the position OF Judges had frsa
scctss To the means OF finding out the truth That
state Of things, however has passed away Between the
Burget Commission and the Executive fuuchonariss
who have framed, and who alone can expound the
scheme y be examined by the former the Consttp
ton has uterpossd certain members Of the Council of
State who have 10 discharge TIE embarrassing duty OF
explaining to others mstters which unintellgbletO
themselves Nor Is this 1t seems the only inf-icy In
the present arrangements for toe Constitution, in s
anxiety to keep the members both of the Commission
and Of the Council Of State, free from external inhu.
ences, shd, 1t may be presumed 10 give the
fullest scope to the exercise OF their ficLues
has Denied them nearly all access 10 persons
and documents The practical result of this system as
the document before naiUey SAYS IT, that the inf1r-
nation which ultimately reaches the Budget Comnis.
zion through the crcitoUs process of filtration we have
described Is of tie vHguest and imperfect charac.
ter The Report quietly adds This mode OF pro.
cedure appears 10 be derived from the Constitution
itself; and II We mention H. it Is simply for the
purpose OF showing you whence arise the defcie nces
which occur in our accomplishment OF the task in.
posed upon US by the ChsnbeI.' Precisely So The
members Of the Commission too polite u COMPLAIN
OF having had their HANDS tied behind their backs and
OF having been sent all OF fools errands from
ohe Ministerial bureau to suo'her-they merely remind
their constituents that, IN forming opinion ON heir
lsoors reasonable sllo~snce must be made for the diff
cuues under which they were Carried on One cannot
but admire the modest and consderate simplicity of
| Thu Way Of puttipg tie matter
Perhaps, however the bodest part of the Rsnort ia
the passage referring In the famous decree of Inc 2h
April, Which, In order 20 carry out the scheme of m
NetiDg The Five per Cents directed certain transfers 10
be Inscribed the Crest Book OF the Deb, The C,,
msioners introduce this subject by stating thar spch
transfers only be mate by virtue of ax-that A.
the date OF the decree Ia question: the dicators powers
Of the President bad cessedtha seventh article of
the scheme OF the It'll March declaring that all nssoa
uons OF RsHtes should take place pabiicf It con-
cETTuo, was ~ that moment In tuli t0rce-and that
consequently they had specially cal ed upon the EXeeu-
tive TO justify the decree OF the 9Th Apr and the srsus
eTs mace la pursuance OF IL may bs readily imagined
that the Government In the highest degree aston
khed and scsndslz,d at the manifestation Of 80 much
seepues cuIo,ty the part ot members OF the Leg
si-nve Corps Il does sppear however that there
was any want Of prompt ingenuity 10 meeting the demand
or 'NpSnSii@u secTd decree Vt the 26h March was
IA Stlt't Al the utnt
which wss publicly announced on the 27th OF AonL
Inc Cons'i9l ers refrain from pointing out that the
decree OF the latter date made no r. ference whatever
to The previous edict upoa which il is now said to hs
been fouuded and upon which is validity confes.etv
ospends Perhaps they go far as il Consistent ritb
safety In printing the text OF the March decree ana in
dDsiing upon the circumstance of It's secre.y On ,hy
eide OF the Chanel however. speak freely -
We cannot help suspe citing that the socaed d.rs ~
the 10Th Of March In fact not written I'LL six or
eTstweeks after that date and that never housht