The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-02 00:00:00

THE FRANKFORT FAIR,

• [Prom the. Courier Framedl.l
FRANKFORT, SEPT. 21..—There is a -general
complaint iu this city aboutthe little business that
has been transacted at our autumn fair. -There
never was a, worse ore. The merchants who have,
done the most. business have,sold their good a at,snch,
low prices., that their prats,if they have any at all,
Must be very, trilling, This state of brings, "dis-
estrous to manufacteres and trade in general; will
continue, there can be doubt,-while consumption
shall remain so much below production,. and the
former will yet long feel the efforts of the distress
of the farmers and small proprietors. Oppressed
with an enormous ta,zitiet,atiti without any market
for their wheat and. other produce, except - at the•
lowest prices, they are -reduced to the greatest
privationsfand can, hardly afford tp purcliase ero
thing for read'y money. The fairs are besides less
frequented b3l buyers for some years than they
were formerly. Many retail dealers who used
to supply themselves there, find it now more con-
venient and less expensive to remain at home,
where they pre furnished with all the goods they
want by corninercia l" travellers, whose number has
latterly been surprisingly augmented, and amongst
whom the strongest spirit of competition preVails.
The establishment of Custom:houses in the interior
of-Qermany,' and particularly those in 'Prussia,
has also greatly contributed to injure the trade-of
Frankfort. The buyers from the Rhenish pre-
vinces, whd used to come in such crowds, !mite
scarcely shewn theMselVes this year. The error.
moos duties they hive to pay on returning Miele'
for' their purchases here would absorb muchsmore
than any profit-they could reasonably hope.to gain
from. them, and they therefore abstain from' ell
.speculation. fa esides, money is wanting for these
purposes. Capitalists employ their funds almost
wholly in the' loans, Which-so many *necessitous
governments are daily opening in every qnarter.
These•offer immediate and considerable profits, a '
quick circulation, thanks to stockjobbingond all-
.the attractions of this seducive speelesofgamblirig,
the ruling passion of the day, in which the least
skilful hope to overcome the chances of fortnue,
.up to the-.very moment when- their ruin is con.
Ipleted. No credit was, therefore, given,at .our
fair , and a multitude 'of buyeri,' unable t?pay
the arrears of the last fair, endeavoured in van.
to do some business at this, except for cash. From
8 to IQ,OOO sacks of wool were offered for sale, I
mostly from Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary, I
,and a small 'part from Saxony and 'Wirteniberg.
Very little was sold, and that at the lowest price.
Several clothiers have sus.pentlett•both' their faC-
torids and their payments. -,Alriongst thesean
eminent house in the Netherlands, is mentioned,
vlsicti employed more than 42,000 workmen.---;-
The silk, merchants have not had' more reason to
be. satisfied with - their success. The abundance.
of silk produced in. Italy has doubtless contri-
huted' to lower the price. The number of sellers
was.) besides, considerable, rind they all appeared
very desirous to get rid of their goods. Plain. ar-
ticles Went off pretty well, but figured stuffs
badly., 'Shawls, after the Oriental, and indeed .11
every other fashion, ' found a better market' than
at the last, fair, when they were at the low.est
price. 'As to cotton goods, especially those of
English • manufacture, they were given away for
- less than the %rorltruansilip cost. All the Eng-
lish goods had- the- same fate. .Our transmarine
dealers have complained loudly. Those from.
Sawny and Switzerland succeeded a little bet-
. ter ; however, even they et:impish). The only
• article that Rohl. well,- especially towards the
end of the fair, was sole leather, the consumption'
of which 'has been increased by .the Speniih
war.

Dtail: OF DANTSICK'S fery
flue monument, executed by M. Prevot, Architect
to the Chamber of Peers, .has recently bee'n
erected in the cemetery Of Pire Lachaise at Pal
to the memory of Marshal Lefebvre. The fact
is worthy of being recorded, that iL was with the
price of her diamonds that the respected widow,
of the Marshal erected this fine mausoleum as a
consecrate memorial of her husband. Altogether,
St is a very finished piece of sculpture;Jdike re•
makable for its chasteness and himplicity, and
does great honour to the Artist. On one side 13
the head of the Marshal in elle relieve: 'it is a
perfect tesernblace. On the other, in tht-
of military and civic insignia, you read the fol-
lowing inscription, somewhat remarkable 'for its
es.pteseive brevity
LEFEWVRE.
Fleurus(Av4nt-Ciartie.)
Passages du Ithin„
Altenkirchou
Dautsick,
Aloutnurad.

8014 t,
Marechai
Due de Dumpiek,
Pan' de Flume.

,This intin4g) 41weep two and tior#c cAlck)
the neighbourhood of s..eyroo4r.*treet, rooppon.
square, was thrown into the vooost coinftuielt, it
consetivent:e of the cry of 6i tkIeVPS iroceepliog
froin the servants 0 *clitoral Inn,se4Siu th4t SiitS3)
who_ hoa bet% awoke by strange uciisks ,00 the
roofs of the houses. The eivtozhotten having
dieted thenotelvet, poreeo,E to expjote tbv
roofs, by g.ettitig Arough ati ootkaatite4}goose,
No. e 4. On entering they fovuti all the ,dents.
kli open, and to prevent shutting, to y
4kieces of leutt had been Folagetit itgainti
them. On gettiug• oat at the truf)-tivor,
the work ,vf pluoxler soon presetutkiii iOar ; oil
the lead from the gutters.,.rouls, nail ether ,plicret,,
o 8"-eral hogAt'*iu the line of Seymoutssitiet),
had been btripppal off, anti deposit 04 itt
"euiPtY house. A chare for at considerable. time
took piiice for the thieves, lout Atogy ,010.0eil the
pursuit. Upwards of 700 leight of read IV 41s
left behind.