The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-10

the embellishments Of Psris-she psolongatiou Of the
Rue de Riv0li, she establishment OF the Boulevard
de Strasburg, the construction of the Central Mar
kets, the Improvement Of the Place de Ia Concorde,
and the Bojs de Boulogne, &c. At Marseiles, also,
says works to the amount Of 13 900 900 francs arc
to be executed In addition to the construction Of
Cathedral, fo- which purpose the government has
accorded 1000 900 francs at Lyons, improvements
estimated to cost 10 900 900 francs to be made
ct Toul0n, extensive works are TO be undertaken,
and at Havre 100000 francs are be spent. AZ
ter stating that the Conseil des Baiimens Owls
has been re0rganized, and that measures have been
taken for classify ing the departmental archives,
which are Of great historical value, the report goes
on TO recaptuate what has been done for hospitals
and charitable establishments; thus the EMPIRE has
not only taken the Societies de Charlie Maternele uu-
der her protection, but has given them 100 000 aud
! ,be government has made arrange meDts for causing
I foundhngs TO be employed in the colonization Of
Africa has given 200 900f for aiding families to take
fOundngs or aband med children from the hospitals,
has granted 1000 000f TO charitable establishments
! has authorized more than SIX hundred mutual be-
Det societies, and has caused grautOus medical at
tendance 10 he provided for poor persons Ia Paris
IN their own homes, and Rratuitous consultations TO
be afforded in aight cases. Gin the first quarter Of
i 24G05 received advice) In addition to this seven
workmen's lodging houses have been, or are being,
constructed in Paris, and others have been author
lied at Marstiles Lille, and hnlhouse. Tue execu-
ton of the Jaw respecting unhealthy lodgings has
been strictly TO- and sum Of GOO 000f set aside
for the construction OF public baths and Warehouses;
has already been partly employed for that purpose
| at Lille Nantes, Reims, Mulh0use, Ajaccio, Cha
| teaudun, Remiremont, and other places Prison
1 have also been duls attended TO by the minister;
| and amongst other reforms he has re organized
labor in the central prisons. caused departmental
jais to be appropriated to the regime OF separate
| confinement, and permitted work in prisons 10 be
done under certain conditions for private indi-
viduals, instead OF, as was Previously the case,
hning i exclusively TO public establishments. The
effect of this last measure was that the number
! unOccupied prisoners underwent notable dimnu.
III n, and that the sum obtained from work in jals
rose nom 100000 II. in 1852, to upwards OF
| l,S0O 600 fr. in 1858. Steps have also been taken
for educating children confined in houses of cor.
rection. Telegrapbs next referred to in The re-
port; and with respect to them, It is stated that
electric lines have been established bet ~een
Of them since 1926 that before the end
/ Of 1854 they will be extended to all the
cbefslieux Of prefectures, and to Corsica and al.
gea ana' taSags R SrJis isod aney were only IN
| are now In communication with those Of Swit7er.
LAND, Bavaria, the Grand Duchy Of Baden, Prussia,
Austria, and Sardinia; and are, besides, already
! carried to Irnn, TO Join the line which issbeing
formed from Madrid. Various improvements have
been effected in the telegraph service snd Others
are contemplated. The Importance Of the lines to
the public may, it is stated, be judged Of from the
fact that whereas the number Of private telegraph
dispatches only 10000 in 1851 it rose to IS 600
In 1852 ana TO 200 600 ia 1853. The receipts 10
1851 were not more than IS O00fr. In 1853 they in
creased to 500 0Oofr, and for the present year will
Finally, the report refers to the establishment Of
what calls tbe two important institutions Credit
Foncier and the 6ocite G nerale du Credit Moblier.
1852 eight milards; the interest on IT, all expenses
Included, averaged per GEN.; 80 that sum Of
about GAG, 600 C00fr. was taken annually from agr
! clltnre-an enormous burden, which rendered Inn.
the Eociete de Credit Foncier, money can be OBJ
tanned at from to per cent? and the repayment
Of the advances is spread over long period. The
advantages Of this are stated to be evident. Al
though the action of the society has been partly
paralyzed by the difficulties inseparable from its
first establishment, and especially by the CON-
pljcations in foreign affairs, it has already au-
to 1874 persona; and all OF them has actually
paid ,504 ,S00f to 4S7 persons The operations Of
| the society extend to so departments, the remain
! ing Elk department being reserved TO the local 50
cities Of Marseies and Movers. As to the Soci6te
Generale du Credit Aobilier, il destined to aid
In developing credit founded personal secu i
ties, AZ IL done by the General Society Of tue
Netherlands. The woy in which it does this Y,
amongst other things, to purchase or seIl public
4 securities a~d industrial shares, to borrow or
lend them, to tender TOR pubic loans and to is
sue, to the amount Of its securities, b,ads having
| talras-ments caused by the alarm created by
| foreign questions, aud by o series of un-
I !ortuate circumstances which arose ut the
! commencement Of operations, the Socete In
nearly $4,000 000f it employed O00,0O0f.
in Investments in retes, railway shares and bonds.
and other operaticns 1t also assisted the Credit
Foncier by subscribing for its bonds, took large
share in the fusion OF the three railways Ut st..
Etenne to Lyons, Audrezieux to Roanne, and St.
Etenre TO the Loire, subscribed tue loan raised
by the Grand Central Railway Company, aud rem
derec services TO the railway companies de iEst aud
pfises Such, says the minister, ia conclusion, is
the account which have the honor to render to
your Majesty of the mission which you deigaed to
confde to me. 1t will be eaHy tor your Majesty 10
appreciate the importance and the difficulties OF H..
H. then, in the midst of host OF obstacles, and Of
infinite details Of all kinds which tend constantly
to increase, it has not always been possible to me
to attain my object, at least In essential things
hope that have omitted nothing calculated to in.
sure success.
The italian States.
[lome June l6) Correspondence OF London Chroncle1
The opinion Of the Roman government on the
Eastern question continues to be anti Russian and
may be seen in the selection Of news in the Off ial
journal, where the Turkish successes figure ss pro-
DiDently as Russian achievements do in the B,ur-
bonc organ OF Naples. King Fer dnand being devot-
ed body and soul TO the Cars cause. His NeapoIi-
tan Majesty may indeed get into some trouble with
the Western Powers II he continues to show his
Partially quite as distinctly at present. Under
pietext OF the strctest neutrality he has recently
prohibited the expectation Of that great staple of
6icilian commerce, sulphur in spite Of the treaty
with England, besides horses, cattle, hay, straw,
Cthe export OF corn was already prohibited,) and
/ everything else which by the greatest ingenuity
can be construed into contraband war stores, so
that his subjects ~ the failure Of last years crops
having no oil or wine u export usual, aud being
deprived Of other resources find themselves reduced
to a perfect commercial stand-still.
The warlike demonstrations OF the Papal govern
/, meLt continue on a small scale on the western
coat, and the diminutlve steamers San Giovanni
and Archimede still cruise about of Porto D'Anzf),
prudtntly towing piece OF cannon ia Runboat, in
order not to endaEger their own timb.rs by the
cusson of a discharge The land forces OF his Holt
ness have Teen diminished by the desertion masse
Of forty Swiss soldiers from the garrison OF xacerla
"a circumstance which has not little ailc,ed the
government, a. showing spirit Of dsaecuon in the
battalions most relied upon.