The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(71011 OVZ OWN

PARIS, FRIDAY EVEXINO.

Contrary to general expectation, the Bank of
France has not raised its discount. It remains at
n per cent., while the Bsnk of England charges 9
per cent. The directors had a very long sitting to-
day, in which it was finally resolved that, considering
the great perturbation in French commercial affairs
already produced by the unpretedentedly high rate
of 71 per cent, it was desirable, instead of following
in the wake of the Bank of England any further, to
devise other means to protect the coffers of the Bank
of France. What these means are to be has not tram,
pived, and in all probability the Bank directors have
not yet made up their minds upon the subject, but
there is a ve:y strong impression abroad that a tem-
porary tax will be decreed upon the exportation of
the precious ;metals. _ As much as 20 per cent, duty
is talked of.

The operations of the Bourse today were entirely
governed by the reports of the deliberations of the
Bank of France. The absence of any notification,
of a rise in the discount, gave confidence in the
morning. When later it wee heard that the council
of the bank was sitting, fears were entertained that
they might yet make the augmentation before the
day was out, and the Rents gave way in conse-
quence. Before the close of business it was known
that the council had broken up without making any
change, and then all securities became very buoyant.
The bullion is understood to have increased still
further, and the number of bills presented for
discount to-day, was much less than had been
anticipated. The Rento rose 6e. for account,
closing at 67fr. 5c., and feU 10c. for cash, closing at
66tr. 70c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. The railways
were from 2fr. 60c. to sfr. lower. _ _

The Petrie, in a paragraph, meant to be regarded
as semi-official, announces that the government, out
of regard to the petitions of several chambers of
ommerce, is taking into serious consideration the
propriety of altering the usury laws.
The question of the abolition of the butchers' mo-
nopoly, which has long been upon the tapir, has ad-
vanced a stage. A decree for throwin open the
trade, whichlhas been approved of by the Council of
State, is now before the Municipal Council for con-
sideration. The opponents of the measure have now
very little confidence Sp their arguments.
1 am very sorry to say that M. Nearer, the able
redaeleur•en-ehef of the Preue, has resigned his
post, and will cease to conduct that journal after
Dec. lb. The interference of a member of the

imperial family with the management of the journal
is the cause of this regrettable event. Few men
have of late years rendered more solid services
to the liberal cause than M. Nefftzer. Although
prevented by the state of the law from making free
use of his pen, he contrived in his bulletin du four
to group the facts of the day in such a manner as
infallibly to suggest to the reader ideas which might
not be uttered. Many of his queries, italics, and
breaks in paragraphs, were more eloquent than the
most elaborate leading articles. There is some hope
that his future services may be secored for the

Very many of your readers will feel sincere regret
at learning that Mr. Byron, the esteemed landlord
of the English tavern in the Rue Favart, died
yesterday. It is, I believe, more than thirty years
ago since he first introduced to the l'ivisian
public a genuine sirloin of roast beef ; and
what was a still greater novelty and a
thing which I have never to this day seen in
France, except at his hone—a properly-salted
boiled round. His table d'hôte was celebrated.
He unswervingly kept up the English traditions of
plain roost and boiled, disdaining all kickehaws.
His house was not only frequented by the English
commercial classes, but by many Frenchmen of

distinction, who are entirely indebted to his cuisine
for their ideas of English living. A good soup,
three joints in succession, vegetables, pudding, cheese,

and a pint of porter, all for fifty sous, was the
invariable bill of fare, except on Christmas-day,
when a cod's bead and shoulder,, with oyster
sauce, turkeys, and mice pies, were superadded
without any extra charge. Frenchmen were wont
to nurse their appetites for poor Byron's dinners, at
any ono of which they would consume more solid
meat than they do habitually in a week.

GERMANY.

It has been already mentioned that a conference
was about to meet at Frankfort of delegates of the
German banks. The establishments to be represented

on that occasion were those of Darmstadt,Hamburg,
Meiningen, I.axembourg, Gotha, Thuringen, Hom-
bourg, Buckelburg, and Rostock. The conference,
which was presided over by Prince Felix de Hohen-
lobe, endeavoured to find out guarantees calculated
to reassure the public as to their stability. The
delegates decided that the notes issued should be
covered by one-third in specie and two-thirds in
good bills with three signatures ; also, that as
official return should be published at least once a
month, that a mutual control should be exercised by
the several establishments, and that the govern-
ments should be invited to take part in such control.
A statement to the above effect is to be presented to
the Zollverein.