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

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1857.

specie to pay for the corn which we required, and yet
we were able to avert a crisis, and defy the sad
predictions of dualists, by simple mamma of pra-
dance adopted momentarily by the Bank. To-day,
why is it not understood that the same resells are
rendered yet easier by laws which permit the
rise of discount, and which suffice /i fortiori to
preserve the Bank specie, shying that we are in
very much better conditions than last year, the har-
vest having been abundant and the metallic reserve
more considerable P I beg you to deny peremptorily
all absurd projects attributed to the government,—
the propagation of which so easily creates alarm—
for it is not without pride that we can affirm of
France that there is no country in Europe where
the public credit rests upon more ex-
tensive and solid bases. Your remarkable report
confirms it. Give heart to those who vainly frighten
themselves ; assure them that I am firmly resolved
not to employ empirical means only resorted to in
cases, happily so rare, in which catastrophes beyond
human foresight break upon a country.

" NAPOLEON."

The Bank of France has fixed its discount for bills,
having 31 days to run, at 8 per cent ; from 31 days
to 60, 9 per cent. ; and from 61 to 90, 10 per cent.
The exportand distillation of cereals are permitted.

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PARIS, TVWIDLY Eva/Irma.

There has been a financial council to-day at Com-
piegne, the only known result of which is a warning
given to the Paris for M. Delamarre's article of
yesterday. The warning states that the article was
"of a nature to propagate unfounded alarms, and to
damage public credit." But it is worthy of remark
that the only reason specially assigned in the warn-
ing why the article is dangerous is that it calls
"among other measures for the forced currency of
bank notes."

At the Bourse there were consider►ble oscillations.
The Rente, for account, opened at 66fr. 75c., and
rare to 67fr. 15c., but towards the close of business
many sales were made in consequence of contra-
dictory rumours as to financial measures likely to
be taken to-morrow, and the last price was 67fr.,
being still a rise of 25c. from yesterday. For cash
there was a ries of 30c., the closing price being
66fr. 85c. Mobility rose Bfr. 76c. The railways
were tolerably firm during the greater part of the
day, and left off from 2fr. 50c. to sfr. higher.
An important change has just taken place among
the officials of the Bank of France. M. de Cromer-
Cretet, nephew and adopted son of M. Cretet, mi-
nister under the Empire, has been replaced, at the
age of eighty, as general cashier, by Baron Ante-
netti, formerly inspector of branch banks.

The mint in Paris is now busily employed in
striking off a large amount of coins.

The Paris Conference, are not likely to meet till
January.

M. l'ietri's decree re-establishing the old hackney
carriage tariff, is prefaced by these very remarkable
words, which most sound unpinning to every re-
former's car, and are certainly far from complimen-
tary to the intelligence of the citizens of Paris
"Considering that the system k paying for the use
of carriages by the hour and the fraction of an hour,
although founded upon rational and equitable
grounds, is contrary to the habits of the public, and
that it is consequently desirable to put a stop to the
complaints made against it ; we therefore decree,"&e.
So, because the Parisians have been in the habit of
paying the same fare for going from one end of
Paris to the other, as they do for a five minutes'
ride into the next street, the system is to
be perpetuated, the experiment of a more rational
plan having demonstrated that in Paris absurd cus-
tom is stronger than meson and Kielty. I suspect,
however, that the complaints of which the prefect of
police speaks have proceeded mainly from the
owners of the carriages, and not from the riding
public. I observed, when the now abolished tariff
was first promulgated, that, taken as a whole, it
would be in favour of the fare, because the average
of rides are for very short distances. The accuracy
of this surmise is entirely borne out by the accounts
of the company which farms all the car-
riages called petite+ roitures in I'aris. Their
receipts have diminished by several thousand
franca a month ever since the new rule
was established. The present tariff is not purely
and simply a reproduction of the old one. It is
drawn with commendable care, and seems to provide
for every possible cue of a dispute between the
driver and his fare. Various little privileges of a
certain value are accorded to the latter. Ho has a
right to take a carriage by the euurse, and at any
time afterwards to tell the coachman that he keeps
him by the hour, and then the hour is to count
from the time when the vehicle was hired. This
rule will prove a check to perversely slow driving.
Again, where several persons ride together, OM or
more of them have a right to get down while the
other or others go on to their destination, without
the course therefore counting as an hour.
When a carriage is sent for to take up at
a house to go a COWIN!, the coachman cannot
charge for time unless more than ten minutes elapse
from the time he is called off the stand to the mo-
ment when the fare gets in. Luggage is to be charged
for at the rate of five sous for each package, when
there are not more than two, but the coachman is
bound to take as many more as the carriage will con-
veniently hold, without taking more than ten sous.
Carpet bags, and other small parcels carried in the
hand, do not count as luggage. The Bois de Bou-
logne is no longer considered u within the walla of
Paris for the purpose of reckoning the fare, and
moreover, the coachman, when going there, his a
right to rest twenty minutes. When and where this
right—which practically will result only in a debate-
able extra charge—is to be exercised, is not defined
with the precision which is everywhere else remark-
able in the decree, and this clause is likely to lead to
difficulties. The old night fares are re-established,
and night again begins at midnight, and not at half-
past twelve.
It might have been thought that the watches
placed in the carriages might be conveniently re-
tained, because although time is not now to be the
exclusive measure of payment, carriages maybe still
taken by the hour. The decree, however, declares
with startling brevity that " the watches are sup-
pressed." The reason perhaps is, that since the es-
tablishment of the new system fifty-nine watches
have been stolen. The robberies were effected with
so much dexterity that the vigilance of the drivers
was in vain ; the men are made to pay 45fr. for each
watch stolen.

The new garden of the Temple, redolent of ead
reminiscences of the captivity of Louis XVI. and
Louis XVII., now presents a very agreeable appear-
ance, being planted and neatly arranged with green
turf. The cascade played on Sunday with an
abundant supply of water.