Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING

The partial improvement Wilier I noticed in the
trade of Paris within the last month has now be-
come general, and almost all the manufacturers are
fully employed. There are at present in Paris
numerous purchasers for all descriptions of manu-
factures It is now perceived that the consumption,

which was limited: during many years in conse-
quence of the war and of the dearness of provisions,
had inclu3ed the shopkeepers to suffer their stock
of goods to run low. That stock is unw exhausted,
and it becomes necessary to renew it. Tne
manufacturers, on their part, having pro-
duced but little, are unable to satisfy the de-
mand. Te give the trade of Paris its
full elasticity there still wants, however, a
greater facility in obtaining discounts. Unfor-
tunately, the capital which was withdrawn
from commercial purposes to be employed
in less legitimate speculations has not yet
returned to its natural channel, and merchants
are frequently forced to refuse good orders because
a too long credit is required, which their limited
capital does not enable them to grant. The trade
in jewellery, gold, silver,- and bronze ornaments,
which was long languishing, has now resumed its
ancient activity. The manufacturers have received
many foreign orders ; but as they pride themselves
on the superior quality of their workmanship, their
prices are h'gh, and many purchasers who prefer
an inferior article seek to supply themselves in a
cheaper market. The proprietors of fancy shops
in Paris have made large purchases of stuffs for
ladies dresses and shawls. There has been cense-
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queetly a brisk movement among the manufacturers
of Lyons and Roubaix.
The fall in the price of corn made further pro-
gress last week. The h elders of flour were forced
to lower their pretensions in consequence of the
accounts from the provinces, which announce a
general declining movement in the corninarkets.
The supply of grain is everywhere increasing. The
pri& of flour was maintained during the last month
by the small stock on hand and that want of water,
which prevented the millers from grinding. The
late heavy rains have supplied the want, and flour
is now everywhere abundant. At the Paris floor
market on Friday there were more sellers than
buyers, and the millers consented to reduce
the price /f. the sack of 157 kilogrammes of
the best quality, and 3f. for inferior qua-
lity. The flour factors announced the following
sales seeks for delivery, at from 57f. to 65f.
the sack ; 12,680 sacks for delivery at the end of
the month, at prices varying from 56f to 61f. 50e.
the sack. The reserve in the Paris market stores
has risen to 17,224 quintals. There was but little
business transacted at the last Paris corn market.
Purchasers demanded a further reduction or from
1f 50c to 2f the hectolitre, Good wheat from
Lorraine was offered at 33f the sack of 120 kilo-
grammes, which is equal to 22f the hectolitre. Rye
maintains its price, but oats were offered at a re-
duction of 11 the hectolitre. The last rain was
favourable to the oats still uncut. Wheat fell last
week in almost all the provincial markets if the
hectolitre. The price was well maintained at
Marseilles in consequence of large shipments for
England. The late rains have done immense s'r-
vice to the grapes, which are advancing rapidly to
maturity. It is many years since the grapes were
of such good quality as at present. The vintage
commenced on Thursday last at Beaugency, and
will become general before the end of the month
Last year it did not commence before the 10th of
October, makings difference of a month. Unfor-
tunately, the disease has reappeared in many places,
particularly in Languedoc 'and the Botdelais, which
will considerably reduce the crop in these locali-
ties. In the meantime, the price of wine keeps
up, and many proprietors have announced that they
will carefully preserve the wine of-this year, which
recalls to mind the wines of the year 1811. Paris
was never so abundantly supplied with grapes as at
present, Besides the Chaeselas of Fontainbleau,
there are large quantities of black and white grapes
received from the south. The bunches of grapes
carefully picked, are packed in white deal boxes,
which contain 21bs. each. This branch of corn
merce has become of great importance since the
establishment of railways, and is of immense
advantage to the inhabitants of Paris.
A letter from Limoges states that the chestnut
trees in the Limousin are breaking down under
the weight of the fruit. Never in the memory of
man was there seen so large a crop of chestnuts as
this year; They will be as remarkable for quality
as for size, in consequence of the favourable
weather.
A violent fire broke out at seven this morning
in the offices of the Moniteur, Quai-Voltaire, No.
13. It first appeared in the compositors' room
shortly after the paper had been published and
distributed. Notwithstanding that all the persons
employed in the newspaper offiee were still there,
and every assistance was given, the fire spread with
such rapidity that the entire building was shortly
enveloped in flames. At half-past eight the fire
was extinguished, after much damage was caused.
The printing presses were saved.
The Itidepehdance Beige was again seized in Paris
to-day.
The appointment of Monsignor Landriot, Bishop
of La Rochelle, to the rank of Senator, is regarded
as certain.
The celebrated painter Wintherhalter has been
commissioned to execute the portrait of the Em-
peror Alexander 11., which is to be placed in the
Museum of Versailles.
It is said that the institution of the Waterloo
medal in England has suggested to the Emperor
the idea of striking medals commemorative of the
battles of Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, and Wagram,
and of conferring them on the survivors of the
old army who were present at those battles.
It is whispered that the German potentates have
forbidden any of their subjects to accept the medal
of St. Helena.
It is announced that at the end of this month
preparations will be made for the fetes which are
to take place at the Hotel de Ville iu the month
of October next.
A letter from Rome, of the 10th instant, informs
us that, in censequence of an address presented to
the Roman Municipal Council, in which the
departure of the foreign troops was demanded iu
terms insulting to the French, a great number of
Roman citizens of distinction had waited upon
General G.yon, the commander of the French
troops, to protest against that document, and to
profess their profound esteem for the Emperor of
,he French, and his brave army.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 12

A. few days since a Brussels paper informed its
readers that the King of Naples had requested
Austria to mediate between himself and the Courts
of London and Paris, but the statement is incor-
rect. Some months since Prussia endeavoured to
bring about a reconciliation between tke Western
Powers and Naples, but her mediation failed because
the Earl of Clarendon and Count Welewski declared
that their diplomatic relations with the Neapolitan
Government would not be renewed until the de-
mands made on it by the English and French Cabi-
nets were acceded to. According to a private letter
from Florence, the Marquis of Normanby and the
Tuscan Minister far Foreign Affairs had a dispute
on a question of etiquette while the Pope was in the
Tuscan capital. The British Minister and his
colleagues received an invitation to dine at the Pitti
Palace, but to their extreme displeasure they were
not placed at the same table with the Grand Duke
and the Sovereign Pontiff. A complaint was made
in due form to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but
that functionary threw the blame on the shoulders
of the grand steward. A day or two after the
diplomatists had been obliged to eat " humble pie,"
they received another invitatio.n to dine at Court,
and accepted it, in the expectation that reparation
' for the alight which had been put upon them was
about to be made. Tha noble Lord and his eel-