FRANCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 59, 25 May 1865, Page 4

FRANCE.

The address to the' Emperor, which is principally a paraphrase of the speech from the throne, has been adopted in the Senate by ■{% majority of 130 votes to 2. The debate upon the address occupied several days. It is currently reported in Paris that during a sitting of one of the* committees of the Senate Prince Napoleon declared it to be his hope and*belief that within six months after the evacuation of Rome by the French troops Victor" Emmanuel would be" proclaimed King of Italy in the Eternal City. A bill has beer* presented to the Corps Legislatif regulating the supplementary credits 1 for the present year. It may be considered a kind of corrected budget. The Minister announced fa his report to the Emperor that the military expenses would be reduced this year by 21,000,000 f., and the naval expenses by 23,000,000 f. It is now said to be considered doiibtfu^ whether the above projected retrenchments in 5 the military expenditure can be carried into 1 effect. The unforeseen hindrance is no other 1 than the state of affairs in Mexico; Marshal Bazaine, in a recent despatch, urgently calls for reinforcements, failing which the whole 1 enterprise, he thinks, must be abandoned. It is believed that 5000 men will be despatched in the course of the next two months to reinforce the French troops in Mexico. The funeral of Count de Morny was conducted with great pomp. The ceremon* 1 is said to have been nearly as imposing as if 'the deceased had been an acknowledged member of the Imperial family. The crowd that assembled to witness it was immense, but orderly, and even reverential.