The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-04 00:00:00

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FRANCE•

(FROM OIIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.I
PARIS, MONDAY NlGtlf,
ter ,4
The telegraph will have informed you that
dtalify
Emperor has gone to Lyons. He started Yes
somewhat unexpectedly, about three 0'10c.0.. ;19
was accompanied by General Niel, one tof,,
aides-de-camp, and by several officers of his 11.
hold. The object of his visit is to see foillinir
the disasters caused by the inundations, a
ascertain what can be done for the relief of
the
ers. These disasters are really deplorable, a'
caused a profound effect on the Parisians-
Moulins, Orleans, Bourges, Anjou, and neal%?fir
and
the towns of the south, and entire under
their frontiers, and miles in extent—all are d
water. In fact, the Loire, the Rhone, an
Saone, and all their numerous tributaries r
overflown. Judge of the damage doe' „°-
suffering caused, at Lyons, when it is Stay
not fewer than 500 houses (old and er
sure) have been cast down. In sever
rain poured clown consecutively for 11Pt‘
fifty hours. Fortunately the accounts h 3
reached the government to-day are more fav°th
The Rhone, the Loire, the Gier, andi.
have begun to decline rapidly; at -14v-ci
Etienne, 'fain , Valence, and Anj ou,
a change has taken place in the weatlior,
hoped that the inundations are over.
A telegraphic despatch announces the at'
the Emperor at Lyons, between ten an

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clock

7eceived with acclamations.
The government calls on the legislate
it 2.000,000 fr. (X 80,000) for the re'.
;offerers from the It alsol

nundations

isive works executed for preveuTT "iv
--rs in future. Amongst other things
will have the quays at Lyons raised. his on
There has been rather a heavy fall in Bec`-iiiiv
the Bourse to-day, caused partly by the i°,ll„-i to
and partly by sales to obtain esPos
invest in the innumerable new sPectihiti
which have sprung up of late—the ,611,re5
I,re-
in which will be forced up to lon
miums. In the letter published by
spe culY'eas
Saturday, I mentioned a few of these with,% a
0
which had been ushered into the world
very short period indeed. What du 2ies
think is the amount which new NT cl-
have within the last fortnight 01" Y ,A to
strani.ic
d ?
manded for the public—and which,
relate, nearly all of them have subsenin'irvi'y i$
Very nearly 300,000,000 fr. viz. (294,575,°v;,000
just 12,000,0001. sterling. Evidently, sPect- the
at this rate is out of all proportion
financial resources of France, and must sou"-
later lead to a crash. of
A solution of the long standing questi°ll
o,ted'
transatlantic steam navigation is shortly eg-ciated
At Havre, last week, the sales of cotton sill°l'aoci
5,600 bales, and the arrivals to 6,400. Thu, '„t110
was 122,000 bales. The inferior qualities dthe °urinqiiet
week underwent a decline of one franc;
sorts remained unaltered

as tlw
that, -.dake:

Surprise has been expresses_ - Archi•orts,
Swedish Prince, and the Austrian
both intended to visit some of the FrenellPA
they did not go together ; but this was -IstiltliY
I am told, partly to their feeling no great 0113Ptheir
for: each other, and partly to the fear that 010
joint presence anywhere might lead to discus-i
about etiquette. f NY
M. Feuillet de Couches, Introducer °' gar'
fr.
1-
';
bassadors, has left Paris this morning u
seilles, to receive Cardival Patrizi, NO°
baptise the Imperial Prince. 020
In the visit which the Emperor illad° t° hit. 4
cattle show on Saturday, a Tyrolian ofreire,deitce;
two splendid oxen for " having concludeciA a].
(so the man said) and his Majesty aceePte"
to rise
au
ti,
A violent proclamation to the Italians
insurrection has been published by Diaz
Victor Hugo.