The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-24 00:00:00

HOUSE RENTS AND WAGES AT PARIS.

In the Moniteur of yesterday the following ar-
ticle is published, with the typographical distinc-
tions which it is usual to reserve for topics of
special importance :

The rise in house rents, which has been aggravated
during the last four years by the dearness of provisions,
hi:s caused among; the population of Paris sufferings that
have awakened all the solicitude of the Emperor.
His Majesty has caused a detailed report to be pre-
sented to him on this state of things. He especially
wished to know if this increased price for dwelling was
to he attributed to the fact that, in consequence of the
recent laying out of extensive new thoroughfares, the
demolitioa of old houses may have been more rapil and
frequent than the erection of new houses, and whether
the equilibrium would soon be restored or not.
The fo!lowing figures, 'derived from official sources,
answer this twofold question.

The demolitions effected in Paris by the Pref:-"cture o:
'he Seine have heen.:—

Iu 1552, fur 250 houses, with reimburse-
ment to the ex-proprietors... 27,319,210 f.
In 1353, for 515 houses, similarly expro-
priated
In 1851, for 299 houses, bought on ex-
propriation
In 1855, for 320 houses expropriated
In 1355, for 181 houses expropriated

1,565 126,211,559 t.
The expropriations projected for the year 1857 will
not amount to more than 100 houses.

The new constructions and the enlargements of old
edifices, raised again and valued by the general direction
of the direct contributions, have been :
To the Of a rentable And of a saleable
number of value of value of
In 1852... 638 1,400,000 28,000,000 f.
In 1853...1,095 4,700,000 94,000,000
In 1854...1,205 1,000,000 140,000,000
In 1855...1,614 10,000,000 200,000,000
In 1856...2,000 12,500,000 250,000;000

Total 6,552 35,600,000 712,000,000

These figures prove :

1. That the number of the demolitions, already con-
siilcrably reduced in 1856, will be yet more so in 1857.
2. That the number and ♦alue of the reconstruction
has much surpassed the number and value of the demo-
litions.

This double proportion, so rapidly decreasing for the
demolitions, so amply progressive for the reconstructions
will of cource re-assure men's minds, and cannot fail to
exert an effective influence on the prices of dwellings.
The rise of rent has been favoured by the monetary em.
barrassment which the demolitions occasioned to the in-
habitants of the quarters whe, e they were made, and
e,Tu.,,iaily by the increase of the population in Paris.
The last census, that of 1856, shows, in fact, that in the
course of the postfive years this population was increased
by 121,071 souls, that is to say, by mere than 1 10th ;
but the 712 millions of constructions realised during the
sane five years are ample for supplying this twofold de.
wand.

Doubtless, in these new edifices, the allotment of rent
for the .small lodgings has not been immediately made ;
by the Emperor's orde:, to supply this default consider.
able advances have been allowed for the building of
workmen's lodgings. In these special enterprises, the
report gives 364 lodgings for single men, 1,171 sets of
rooms for families ; amounting in all to 1,775 lodgings,
943 of which are now tenanted, and 827 are being coin-
plet:d. Similar assietance has been offeeed to every per-
son budding a new house, and to every landlord of an
old house who way be willing to partition out the stories
into small lodgings. Thee encouragements, and in par-
ticulae the enormous quantity of new habitations that
are from the present time—or that shortly will be—
ready for letting, cannot fail to produce a prompt and
salutary reaction on the pi ice of the small lodging e
We must likewise observe that the building works,
which in 1850 amounted to only 22,000,000 f. in 1851 to
26,000,000f.11ia 1852 to 28,000,000 f., have risen in the
last five years so high (without including the public
monuments) al to give a value of 250,000,0001. If the
Ne),000,000f, of demolitions effected during that period
have in any way contributed to the rise of rents, the
712,000,000 f. of new edifices, with all the accompanying
accessory expenses, have procured for the working classes
an amount of work, and, in consequence, a rile of wages
that may well serve to compensate the expense entailed
by this monetary inconvenience.
In fine, it is undoubted that the number of new con•
sttuctions far surpasses that of houses demolished, and
that which invariably happens in trade will also befal
rent. The ascertained glut of any ware naturally pro-,
duces A fall of its price.

LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, TIIESD iY.

The Emperor has left for Hungary. M. de
Bulow, charged with a special mission from Den-
mark, has arrived here. General de Martini,
Austrian ambassador at the court of the Two
Sicilies, left to-day for Naples.
The Bourse is very agitated, in consequence of
the affairs of Naples, and of the Bank having
raised its rate of discount to 5 par cent.

England and Austria support Turkey in the
affair relative to the Isle of Serpents and Bolgrad.
On this question France will pursue a more re-
served policy.