Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The
per,. Imisterial crisis, if indeed the choice of a
the'oa for the office of Minister of Justice deserves
taalte, is over. M. de Ro.yer, Procureur-Gene-
N" the Court of Cessation, is the person the
It tenor has selected to take the place of the late
that hhatucoi I have noticed the various rumours
tetimeircUlated from the moment M. Abbatucci's
ite assumed a serious character till the present
keit" the candidates put forward by the public for
Asa Peat. Among others the name of M. Billault
laid Particularly mentioned. M. Billault, it was
atir:a and I believe it with truth—would, if he
Indulge in his own tastes, prefer the com-
to Pe quiet of the Keeper of the Great Seals
lanes laborious and often vexatious duties of the
tlenr, where he is. The business of the Home
tee't"rtnient is of the most important kind ; the
Vheasibility is perhaps the greatest of any of the
Ices of Government, and the Minister at its
as '8 answerable for the tranquility of France.
tz, functions require considerable judgment,
,t.eeerience, and tact ; and on certain occasions
tel:t firmness. The Emperor was, I believe,
tf j."l%?' of M. Billaules wish to go to the department
toe,4?tice. It must, therefore, be regarded as a
te?'„Ptirnent to his Minister, that his Majesty
847sed his sanction to the charge, and requested
la said has been, done, M. Billault remain
t:, ,tter of the Interior. M. Billault has no alter-
iLve but to comply,
0, Turkish Ambassador, Mehemed IDgetnil
ofp had a long interview to-day with the Minister
tto„,e!eign Affairs—it was said to present a note
his Government.
Ilti°aat Olsonfief, one of the Emperor of Russia's
tle;3' Councillors, and attached to the Foreign
oeartneent at St. Petersburg, has arrived in Paris
Private mission.
Of I,lla increase in the rate of discount by the Bank
isee'ance has been productive of considerable
tervavenie.nce among commercial people, and
ls,:ral commission houses have ceased to transact
te;:aess under the pressure of the crisis. This
lij74 has caused a good deal of embarrassment in
fail manufacturing districts, but I do not find that
Metres to much extent are at present apprehended.
eeuea caution has been observed since the corn-
sbneernent of the crisis, otherwise many of them
te;„lt have given way. These facts probably
as;:arit for the great diminution in the
tl,"llat, of the commercial bills held by
eic; sank of France which appears in the
ofF 137 account, as published in the Moniteur
tat relay. A most inconvenient result of the high
ef discount at the Bank is that purchasers who
r? hitherto paid cash to the manufacturers on a
treeetion of 3 per cent. discount, now refuse to
coet less than 10 per cent., which naturally has a
WrtesPending effect on the profits of the sellers.
il
ea forced to submit to these hard conditions,
th:reler to meet their engagements, they declare
are selling at a loss. The retail dealers also
tilt Dunn that their receipts were never so low at
kees season of the year. Many of their best cus-
fsiii.ers find their incomes so much reduced by the
ei to the value of produce, and securities of almost
toerY description, that they limit their expenditure
ghate: is strictly necessary. In the regular pro
of reaction the pressure has extended to
kir, labouring classes, at least if we may
seo,6e by the crowds that visit the establishments
tsw-I'Y day. The accounts from the commercial
Deus in the provinces are not more favourable. A
nte:from Lyons says that, &though a few large
dens were received there last week, trade is dull,
r Oe! what is werse,no improvement worth speaking
fhla intended there for some time to come.
T"rt
:silk from Piedmont is quoted at Lyons as
tn,;3lvs —Nos. 22 and 23 from 98f, to
e 102 f. the
h".grarnme ; Italian raw silk from .851:. to 901 ;
'nese ditto from 48f. to 63f. The distress is so
t\eaaLeral among the working population of Lyons
etc,' Cerclinal de Bonald Archbishop of that
hie-eeehas addressed a letter to the cleigy under
shceilaclictior, recommending that a collection
of the M
shade in their respective parishes, in aid
frees „3illt weavers, who are suffering principally
the,4e, crisis. Accounts from Clermont, in
Rre t,3: Do—e, are to the eflect that the last
in that town syas not so. good as usual.
as leg's Were sold at a coneiderable reduction
4ici'MPared with prices obtained in August last.
tr rfleßes of all kinds, particularly calf-skins, fell
10°—,n40 to 30 per cent. Wheat fell from 50
Hattie Centimes since the previous market.
4 of all descriptions and horses were sold at
se;,e'lletion. The weather unusually warm and
pi:" sultry at this season, which nearly to the
F,, ens date has prevailed in parts of the south of
in artCe, .was beginning to produce decomposition
theTe Potatoes and other vegetables housed since
for ;41st harvest In the neighbourhood of Bayonne,
11%,;11, stance, it was found necessary to adopt nu-
e:4;4', Precautions to preserve the beetroot from
t:P,Lete destruction.
teineiLters from Marseilles state that the abundant
tej'',ies of corn arriving in that port, and the
Th'e'tY of money had paralyzed operations
\vile, African hard wheat rose in Saturday's market.
Of Itt from the Black Sea fell. Large quantities
lev.4itle continue to arrive at the market of Bercy,
Iti„' Prices are well maintained, particularly for the
tlea-le, of Burgundy, which are of a very superior
tipL"t3r. The wines of last year have nearly dis-
tlit'ared, and it is the wines of the present year
41,1„are being now retailed There has been a
fee decline in the price of spirits of wine last
130-c'e Spirits from the south has been offered at
tave the hectolitre, and beetroot spirits from the
ie at 78f. without buyers. The price of brandy
"°t quoted, there is so little business doing.

AUSTRIA.

I\lo VIENNA, Nov. 12.
Vite,, (lite connected with the public press was in-
'Aer: to the feast in honour of M. de Lesseps, but
kerne who participated in it have given me an
tters'lltit of what took place. Eighty-five persons
Iva: Present at the sumptuous dinner, which
of Yesterday- given by a committee composed
41,A411 of the leading Vienna bankers. Baron
to,;;tal Rothschild, who was in the chair, rose
kleills the end of the repast, and, after
j...essitio. a few well-turned compliments to M.
Ivllo—aBseps, proposed his health. The latter,
tett; is said to be a very indifferent speaker,
of theed ,thanks, and then driallt to the health
1•11,,t tliperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Baron
ttt,„'l:s., who was the next speaker, abstained from
ki:,-,t`ng into the Suez Canal question, but
mu,. seed his opinions in regard to the Indian
`ktil,• The Minister spoke of England as
Ihl allied Power," declared that she was fighting
tkp,,"ttle of civilisation against barbarism,
tilessed his abhorrence of such cruel savages
Sepoys, and wound up by drinking to the
armsY and complete success of the British
' The company was agreeably surprised
1;
(;41r such a speech from the lips of_ a man
,1111(1 `5 generally supposed to be hostile to England,
'(l42„,,e,;cPressed its satisfaction by loud and prc-
I,lth''' cheers. "In short," said one of the guests,
tID-11;e,a reguar demonstration in favour of the
,41441.1." The Chevalier von Toggenburg, the
his -,Bl'l' of Commerce and Pu-)110 W.::rks, expressed
leti.`"°llvietion that at no distant period the
0y Iterranean and Red Seas would be connected
lltirti,.:,ll/18 of a canal, and his hearers seemed
tt"Y to approve of what he said, " although
" them have no notion whatever of the,
f.,
"et;;Phical position of the Isthinns of Suez.'
Szecheu, a member of the Board of the
4.(lsie,; Bank, proposed the health of all those
who patronize the Suez Canal project,
-;toth'e toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
2tvtimer nobleman made a speech, but, as it was
171:418 the end of the feast, my informants, who
~lltt'a;tned of having been inconvenienced by the
the room were unable to give me a very
I,4lttltruils;ea what it treated. The band of John
Asa
duthng
has just returned from Ru.
atio ssia,
the dinner. For the informn of