The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-02 00:00:00

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

(From Correspondents of the Anglo-American limes)
PARIS, March 27, 1867.
Before my next letter the great show will be open,
and the world flocking to the Champs de Mars.
The Emperor and Empress, accompanied by
General Fleury and Colonel Stuffel, paid a visit to
the buildings a few days ago, and appeared satis-
fied with the progress of the works. The Japanese
deputation have arrived by steamer at Marseilles.
They bring with them upwards of 600 packages for
exhibition. There are 12 persons iu the commission,
viz., a chief of the department of foreign affairs,
an interpreter, a botanist, two tradesmen, three
young women, and four servants. The young
women will keep an establishment for tea and other
commodities in the palace. Season tickets to the
Exhibition have been issued. Those for men are of
a blue colour and cost 100 francs; those for the
ladies are rose coloured, and coat 60 francs. On

the back of these card.s is a small frame, destined to
receive the photograph of the owner ; below this
frame is a place reserved for the signature of those
who do not wish to have their pictures thus em-
ployed. But to these fastidious persons four gates
of entrance are forbidden, so that perhaps the con-
venience of entrance everywhere, would more than
compensate a frequent visitor for the photographic
concession. The portrait includes only the head,
and is about the size of a postage stamp. When it
is attached to the card the frame is torn away, so
as to render substitution impossible. There is
also on the back of the ticket a plan of the
Champs de Mars, with all the entrances indi-
cated. The document is well got up, and is suffi-
ciently small to be easily carried.
The statues of the Plantagenets, which were to

be presented to England by the Emperor, will be

preserved at Fontevrault, and by way of compensa-
tion the English Government will be allowed to
make copies of them. The savants of France have
not protested in vain against the removal of this
historical inheritance, and Fontevrault will keep its
treasure.

The census of France for 1866 has been pub-
lished, and shows 89 departments, containing 373
districts, 2,941 cantons, and 37,548 parishes, which
have together a population of 38,067,094, not in-
cluding the effective bodies of land and marine
troops employed out of the empire. 'rho popu-
lation has increased 680,983 during the last five
years. _ .

The discussion in the Corps Legislatif of the law
relating to arrest for debt has commenced, and will
continue probably for several days. Defaulting
debtors arc served rather roughly by the French
laws when the creditors choose to resort to them.
Three months' imprisonment is allowed for a debt
less than 506 f., six months for less than 1,000 f.,
nine months for 1,500 f., and a year for 2,000 f.
The creditor is required to pay for the good of the
debtor in the prison of Clichy ; failing to do so,
the debtor becomes entitled to his liberty. Minors,
persons 70 years of age, and married women are
exempted from arrest for debt. I have not learned
the object of the discussion now going on,
but presume it is to abolish, or, at all events,
modify the severity of the law now in force.
To relieve Monsieur de Lamartine from his oppres-
sive debts, it has been resolved, by those most in-
terested in the business, to sell all his property
except a part of Saint Point, the burial-place of his
, father, and the small property of Monceaux, where
he will retire. From this sale about 800,000 fr.
could be realised, which, added to 400,000 fr. ac-
corded him by the Government as a national recom-
pense, 'would make a total of 1,200,000 fr. With this
sum all his creditors would be paid, and to Monsieur
Lamartine, free of all debts, a pension of 20 to 30
thousand francs, allowed during his life.
An accidental injury received by the Prince Im-
perial confined him to his bed for some days. his
health is now much improved, and his physicians
have pronounced him out of danger.
A number of Deputies, belonging to the majority
in the Legislative Body, have decided to form a
political club in this city. The management will
be entrusted to members chosen by lot every
mouth.
On Monday night a concert was given at the
Palace of the Tuileries, in which Mademoiselle
Adelina Patti and other musical celebrities took part.
"Don Bucefalo," " Rigoletto," "Ballo in Maschiera,"
&c., were the pieces chosen from. I need scarcely add
that the soirée was a brilliant affair. The presence
of Patti with her sweet voice is always enough to
give interest and delightful entertainment to any
concert-hall.
At the Salle Hertz a concert of a novel character
for the Pirisians came off on Monday evening. A
number of Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian singers,
living in or visiting Paris, assembled in Societe
Chorale, under the direction of a distinguished
composer, and delighted the audience with melodies
as original, as little known, chosen from the rich
repertory of the popular national songs of the three
countries of the North. Blind Tom, the well-known
American negro pianist, is to appear next mouth at
the Salle lertz in his wonderful musical entertain-
ments. The Parisians, ever fond of novelty and the
marvellous, will no doubt be charmed with the
performances of Torn, and we predict for !lima great
success.
• The new piece, 66Idees de Madame Anbray," by
Dumas, jun., now acting at the Gymnase, is ob-
taining an enviable celebrity in the theatrical
world. The Dumas' always write well, and their
dramatic efforts are ever welcomed by a Parisian
public.

The publication of the offensive and defensive
treaties agreed to between Prussia and Ba-
varia, and Prussia and Baden, has produced
a great sensation in the political world. These
treaties, in which the contracting Powers
reciprocally bind themselves to guarantee the in-
tegrity of their respective territories, and place at
each other's disposal in case of war their entire
military forces, which in such an event are sure
to be handed over to the supreme command of the
King of Prussia, were concluded in the month of
August last ; but up to Tuesday, eight months after
their ratification, had been kept strictly secret.
Their publication at this time, when recent assur-
ances emanating from the Corps Legislatif were
tranquillising the public mind in regard to Prussia's
aggrandisement, by alleging that the future of
France could in no way be jeopardised by German
unity, is now looked upon by the French journals
as a reply to the argument employed by the repre-
sentatives of this Government in the late interpel-
lation on Bismark, as at least endowed with senti-
ments of honesty and conscientious integrity, in
not wishing to withhold the knowledge of the
existence of these treaties longer from the public;
in fact, duty and international candour required
such a course after the friendly overtures made by
the French Government to the Cabinet of Berlin.
Notwithstanding the assertion of a certain few, who
believe that every Power should consider the con-
solidation of the unity of Germany as a gage of
peace given to Europe, still it is generally thought
that the audacious course taken by Prussia will
ultimately result in serious national troubles.
Prussia may think she is perfectly right and justi-
fied in forming such an alliance, yet the anxiety
evidenced to keep it secret betrays some fear lest it
should not prove acceptable to neighbouring► poten-
tates. France, with equal propriety, might form a
similar alliance with Belgium; SwitzJrland, and by
a military convention determine,, in case of war, to
place Napoleon 111, at the head of their unit d
armies. Such a treaty, we dare say, would not be
considered by Northern Germany as an earnest of
friendly intentions or a gage of peace for the future.
The offensive alliance of Prussia with South Ger-
many could have for France other dangers, inas-
much as Austria, carried away by the concentrated

movement which is causing all the German Powers
to look to Prussia as their centre of gravitation,
might, in her turn, become the victim of the covet-
ous policy of Count Bismark, and in her present
enfeebled condition fall an easy prey to Prussia's
conquests. That the frontiers of France would be
secure from encroachment by German power, in
case ,of entire German unity, with Bistnark as
Prime Minister, is too doubtful for the French Go-
vernment to wait inactively such a consolidation as
is now being gradually effected. The announce-
ment of the Prussian, Hanoverian, and Baden

treaties is further considered as a protestation
against the negotiations in progress between France
and Holland for the sale of Luxembourg to the
Imperial Government. In fact, it is said that Bis-
markian interference has again done its work in
putting a stop to these negotiations by intimidating
Holland.

Lent and bad weather have been boon companions.
The operas, the theatres, and many other places of
amusement are well attended, and receptions we
occasionally hear of, but there seems to me to be a
settled ennui in all and each, and every one look-
ing as if they were dreaming of—

"Joys that are to memory dear."

Rumours are rife in regard to the opening of the
Exposition. Some say it will be postponed for a
few
,days, others a month, and still more remark
that it will be opened and then closed until the 15th
of April. This would appear a good idea, for at
present the workmen find trouble in progressing
with their labours, from the many " lookers-on"
continually around them, and were the gates open to
all who wished to attend th,,re would indeed be
great difficulty in prosecuting the work.

F. W. Fellowes, of the New York Evening Ex-
press, has been passing some days in Paris. He
will leave soon for New York, but will return to
Paris late in the summer.

Americans are not arriving in Paris so rapidly
as was anticipated. Many supposed that the city
would have been quite crowded by this time. The
French merchants arc living in hopes of reaping an
abundant harvest, and all classes think their coffers
will be fillcl with Americans. When we notice the
exorbitant, prices the catch-penny articles manu-
factured, the doubling and trebling the cost of
things to foreign purchasers, we hope the " golden
anticipations" of the undeserving will meet with
disappointment. In fact, many who expected to
come to Paris from America, and bring quantities
of things, supposed they would not exceed the ex-
penses that they would have incurred at home, but
that dream has been dispelled. Prices in Paris are
fast gaining on those of America, and when the
exchange of " greenbacks" for gold is taken into
amunt very little, if anything, will be saved.

I am very sorry for it, readers, but I am afraid,
indeed I know that I am this week doomed to incur
your displeasure, and it is useless for me to go on
flourishing airy circles any longer over the paper,
which natural instinct tells me it i 3 my fate to cover
after all with unwelcome truths. " Murder will
out" is the old saying, and this I apply to facts. Is
not a fact the most disagreeable of all convictions ?
Are not facts as irrefutable as figures at the bottom
of a milliner's bill ?

A short prelude, however, by way of initiation.
Bulwer says something about faith being a wing
and proof being a blow. It is a very pretty idea,
though a fashion writer cannot express it as the
author of "Rienzi" does, but she can draw conclu-
sions from everyboly's ideas, and here declares that
she does not want to blow any one up without due
preparation ; she prefers the flying part, which is
forthcoming.
We are all of us nura or less horsewomen,
and know that we could not leap a fence 5 ft. high
if we felt at all nervous about tumbling iu the ditch
running on the other aide of it; so when a barrier
of the kind, has to be cleared we sit firm, mettle
our steed at the starting point with au encouraging
touch, and fly onward. It is not until we are safe
over mud, barrier, and briar that we think of patting
the faithful Pegasus, and of rewarding its pluck
with a handful of sugar out of the saddle-pouch.
On such occasions we should look back at the
difficulties we liave achieved, push our hair from
our foreheads, and finally set our feather hats com-
placently at the very first rider who leaps after us.
Tis is the example I feel inclined to follow as
regards the Franco subscribers, get over my troubles
first, and indulge in a pleasant chat afterwards.

Should any prefer the sweets at the outset they
will kindly ran down this column till the words
" Compagnie Lyonnais° " strike their eye, when
they will find more than enough to satisfy their
taste.

Tlio=e who are more reasonable will have doubt-
less read the poets, and know, for poets say nothing
else, and so often (!), that life is ma le up of bitter
and sweet, tears and smiles, showers and sunshine,
thorns' and roses ; after which mixture, well-read
women are prepared for the worst, of course, and,
morally speaking, look for hard rubs on all sides ;
materially speaking, I have observel these ladies
are ever ready with pocket-handkerchiefs and
umbrellas. Such readers be mine ! The truths are
to be, all about marriage. Maiden ladies are re-
quested to consider the latter point as bitters, the
sweet to them is an assurance that nowadays men
will not marry. Could a close understanding with
M. de Bistnark, tongs and poker in hand, be more
agreeable to spinsters than this Lit of intelligence ?
But, then, well-read readers there are who are not
spinsters; who have, in fact, a great objection to
the idea, and unto these be the home-truths
addressed.

A French writer, M. do Claretie, says that we
arc all becoming des objets de luxe, which freely
translated means that we are " extravagant super-
fluities." He, moreover, maintains that women
now bring a dowry of whims and fancies to their
husbands instead of devoted attachment ; and M.
Claretie, being a Frenchman, cannot be suspected
of studied impoliteness to ladies, therefore if he
has said a rude thing it must be put down for
gospel truth. Marriage, he continues, is the
partnership of two beings, one of whom is to dress
continually in a white neckcloth and tail-coat (he
forgets to mention the rest, though a man can
scarcely think trousers " unmentionables"), and
the other being is to bo ever undressed in low-
bodied robes. This is not all. The author affirm's
that the sea-side season in summer is as ruinous
as the ball-room attire in winter, and he
concludes by expressing no wonder that men will not
marry. Now I have got thus far, I look round and
say that M. Claretie is quite right, and more a
wonder it woutti be if men DID marry. But why
speak in the imperfect part? They DO. how far
have we got in the argument ? No farther than
rhetoricians ever can without persuasion, which is
one of the rules in Cicero ; therefore before Ameri-
cans and English use M. Claretie's language I will
propose a remedy to the bachelor evil. I find that
dress is the main cause of complaint ; that were it not
for the sums spent thereon, men would marry (condi-
tionally, that is supposing nobody would mind hav-
ing them), but that for want of good management
in the wardrobe, Prussia will have Europe
all to herself in future ages, no coming
generations going under the denomination of a
regular army being in existence to oppose her.
However numerous irregular or illegitimate forces
would prove, politicians could not take them into
consideration, because of the feud there ever must
exist between Church and State. Thisis, however,
a digreaion, quite a second try consideration. This
being the stateof things wardrobes must be attended
to, and new resolutions taken with the new season.
Let every female's thoughts turn to elegance, com-
bined with economy and matrimony.
We may on the Ist of April naturally expect a
few changes in the atmosphere ; the ahnanack
teaches that we are in Spring. Faith, which removes
mountains, leads us to believeit. We may on thisprin-
ciple cast aside our fur and our velvets, ourplush and
our heavy silks. I advise that all limit their desires to
three dresses, which should be a cool, a hot, a very
hot, an 1 that these three should be purchased at the
Compagnie Lyonnaise, where materials can be
found from 1 franc 5U centimes upwards. The
galleries of the above Compagnie are very spacious,
and richly supplied with the tnost t Nupting novelties,
silks, laces, and cashmeres. Ready-made costumes
and walking dresses are waiting to be selected and
packed up, for there are workwomen in attendance,
under military order, should any preliminary letting
out or taking in be necessary before the toilet is
dually purchased. In the centre of this large estab-
lishment there is a budding spring garden, with a
small rippling waterfall. Nothing can help a lady
in a sober choice of summer materials so effec-
tually as the shade east by green foliage.
As I have to keep a bachelor in my mind's eye, 1
must try to forget all the costly materials at No.
37, Boulevard des Capucines, and mention what I
saw therefor the three degrees I have mentioned.
Firstly, the cool.—The Cdnapagnie can produce a

a chincl (mauve) all of the finest wool, and as light
as Shetland textures ; this can be trimmed with cords
and tassels of the same shade ; or again there are
lovely mohairs with brocaded flowers, one especially
has a pearl ground, and the flowers are sprigs of
violets having two shades. The third I can pro-
pose for the cool is the new toile de Paris, a
camel's hair exactly like taffeta ; it is close and
by means of a new dyeing process it casts a
silky gloss when held up. The loveliest are
lavender.

Secondly, the hot.—Let it be a gauze it Cham-
b6iy. Any of the following are equally lovely :
A white ground with two green taffeta stripes, a
dark and a light one dotted over with a white satin
pattern ; a blue-striped grenadine speckled with
black, a perfect miniature; a white gauze with
velvet stripes shaded from orange to light lemon
colour. The same with green stripes. Lovely
velvet tulips and poppies on white.

Thirdly, the very hot.—A silk muslin as transpa-
rent as a butterfly's wing, on which pieces of broken
columns lie scattered shaded from the lightest grey
to the lightest blue : it is an antique that not even
the wiriest unmarried man could object to. The
three dresses I have mentioned cannot amount to
more than £2O or 500 f., all included ; and these with
the help of a silk or two, which bridegrooms are
too happy to order for brides, constitute a decent
summer outfit. An idea I can add respecting the
said silks. Let them have an isabelle ground with
dine pansies all over, or a light green ground with
silver lilies of the valley, or a Bismark with dimi-
nutive green, gold, and black. Some of the political
Bismarks bear the national colours red, gold, and
black, which being ou a cuir ground look Prussian
enough—(readers are requested not to read queer.)
One word more : Every article is marked with plain
figures at the Compagnic Lyonnaise, so that there can
be no fear of imposition which is carried on to a
very large extent in establishments where this is
not a rule. There are prices in some of these UM-
veaute'shops for the English, others for Americans,
others for the French. At No. 37, Boulevard des
Capucines, there is but one price for all, and the
sooner visitors look in, en passant, the sooner they
will be satisfied that the Franco recomalends none
who are not deserving.

ROME, March 18, 1867.
Rome is just now not unnaturally, but naturally,
quiet; for a city, which is a capital of ecclesiastics
awl tourists, rather than of merchants or politicians,
cannot be very lively during a period which its
Church observes as a fast. The great army of
travellers is at present at the south waiting to surge
back hither at the festivities of Easter, when, as an
American remarked to me the other day, " they
will hang themselves up on nails" in default of
other accommodation. Even now it is impossible
to engage rooms for a period, inclusive of the " holy
week," without having that item considered in the
bargain by these acute natives, who, in a keen re-
gard for " number one," surpass even the mythical
stories of Yankee sharpness, and in under-handed
ways of securing the ascendancy of that numeral
arc, it is to be hoped, in advAnce of all the rest of
mankind.

The number of Americans here, even at present,
is very considerable. In the cafes and reading-
rooms, at the consulate and banking-houses, in the
churches, galleries, and promenades, one meets
them continually, and in the uniform characteristics
which distinguish them, in spite of countless indi-
vidual differences, realise the fact that, notwith-
standing the mingling of all races within our terri-
tory, we are yet one race as well as one nation.
There is a peculiar freshness and independence in
the way our people visit these old-world monu-
ments. They are capable of being pleased and
impressed, but not overwhelmed. They are ac-
customed to what is great, and are not surprised
to find it on crossing the Atlantic, though in forms
different from those in which it is presented at
home. A young and mighty civilisation has a hardy
imagination, which rises easily to the height of all
that is grand, and finds itself at home there, while
it gains strength by the almost unconscious effort.
As evincing that independence to which our whole
life accustoms us, I like to hear even the crude
opinions of those who dare to thick for themselves
in defiance of all technical and traditional criticisms.
It is hard to imagine a course more debilitating to
the intellect than a systematic admiration, accord-
ing to the guide-book and the fashion, throughout
an extended tour. I, for one, would much rather
encounter the courageous statement of one of my
very juvenile countrymen in Paris, that he " didn't
like pictures and statues, he hated the Louvre, and
would a great deal rather go to a penny show." As
a more elevated example of the same quality, I quite
enjoyed the coolness with which a party of fair
Americans at the Vatican a few days since, after
examining " The Transfiguration" of Raphael from
every point of view, sat down to pass judgment
upon it, (le novo, with "I think" and " it looks."'
Some of their criticisms were open to the objection
of demanding of art a perfection it can never attain,
but the quiet and unstudied self-reliance with which
a group of young girls were ready to form their
own opinion on a work which the world has for
more than three hundred years united to admire was
refreshing enough to have excused more serious faults.
The last meet of the hounds for this season took
place to-day a little beyond the Ponte Loinentano.
fhe weather, which at first threatened rain, became
bright after one or two light showers. Fine equi-
pages were numerous. and the equestrians numbered
over a hundred, including many ladies, of whom
some rode finely. French and Italian could be dis-
tinguished, but it was extremely safe to speak to
almost any one in English, which could be heard
with the genuine native accent on all sides. A fox
was soon started, and the hunt went off with a
rush ; but the shrewd animal showed genuine Italian
cunning, went the opposite way from what dogs or
men expected, and while they were searching for
him in one valley, he was looking up his various
retreats in another. Finding every hole effec-
tually stopped, he investigated the slight cover which
some shallow brush afforded, gave that up as worth-
less with excellent sense, and scud off across hill
and valley, and through a flock of sheep, putting
such a space between himself and the hounds as
would have made the chase a long one if it had
depended on their following the scent. Unluckily
for him, the "tally-ho" of the hangers-on brought
the pack around through a defile, and they came
upon him just as he was executing an elaborate
double.

There was nothing for it but a dead run, which
he kept up gallantly over a pretty long hill,
with all the hounds in full cry at his heels. In the
first ditch, however, they pounced upon him, and
those who were lucky enough to be in first "at
the death" (almost every one being close at hand)
enjoyed the pleasure of taking his brush and head-
piece as trophies, after which the dogs enjoyed the
apparently much greater pleasure of tearing and
growling over and devouring the carcass.
The whole chase was within a radius of less than
a mile, and occupied about three-quarters of an
hour. There were no very thrilling feats of horse-
manship, the ditches being broken down into roads
which a carria,v might pass, and the fences
opened for the party to file through, only a few of
the more daring taking a leap at some low- point,
and generally ringing their horse's hoofs against
the bar even then. Still it was rather a lively
aff.kir, and a pleasant variation of the prevalent

Of course, here, under the " temporal power,"
we are out of the reach of politics. Those who
like the present state of thing:, cannot say much
that is new about a matter so old, and those who
dislike it cannot say anything. The latter can only
express their sentiments by refusing to enjoy them-
selves, as they did so, resolutely in the recent
carnival that it is called " the American carnival,"
having been almost wholly conducted by foreigners,
among whom Americans were numerous. En-
durance seems to be the prevalent state of
mind, as nearly as a foreigner can learn.
Of this I had a funny illustration last Friday. 1
had occasion to go to the post-office to look up a
missing letter ; and, on arriving there, about four
o'clock, found it closed. At last I came upon an
attendant who spoke French, and who explained
that it was closed from three o'clock until half-past
seven, just the hours when visitors would wish to go

there, if at all. I expressed some of the vexation I
felt by saying that such a thing would not be in any
other city. He listened in an acquiescent way, say-
ing, " Oui, oui,lMonsieur;" then, studying the
closed windows a moment, he added with an em-
phatic shrug and grimace, " Mais, c'est ferm6." It
was impossible not to join in the laugh he raised at
his own joke and my discomfiture, and doubtless a
stranger cannot do better than to bear in mind the
underlying philosophy of the above, that in the Pon-
tifical dominion whatever is, most certainly is. Old
residents would not be surprised to see a revo-
lution here any time, or, on the other hand, to see the
whole system come out, as one of them expressed it,
"as good as new." As they, therefore, know no-
thing about the probabilities of the future, the
Writer hopes it will not be deemed presumptuous in
him if he claims to be equally wise. Meanwhile
wo are enjoying fine weather, with rainy nights and
sunny days, the trees and shrubs and grass in all
the gardens and promenades, and far out on the
campagna are brilliantly green, rich bouquets, and
baskets of flowersare for sale at every corner. The
last days of a New England May are given us here
in the middle of March, and one who is not in quest
of excitement, and not soon wearied with the grand
and beautiful, may pass his time with much enjoy-
ment even in Lent.

MANUEL. Sardinia was venturing upon new enact-
ments in favour of the people. Schools were
established, and freedom of worship was permitted.
Austria was alarmed. The establishment of a
popular Government in Sardinia tended to under-
mine the foundations of Austrian power every-
where throughout the peninsula.
As usual the menacing armies of Austria were
put in motion, gathering in strength and garrison-
ing the fortresses on the Sardinian frontier. Sar-
dinia began to arm in self-defence. Austria
haughtily demanded that Sardinia should disband
the corps she was raising, and place Ler army on a
peace footing. Sardinia replied—

" Austria, which increases its armies on our
frontiers, threatens to invade our territory because
liberty here reigns with order—because the suffer-
ngs of oppressed Italy here find a hearing, Austria
dares to intimate to us, armed only in defence, that
we are to lay down our arms and put ourselves in
her power."

VICTOR EMMANUEL would never have ventured
to have uttered such bold words had he not already
secured an alliance with France. The Minister of
the French empire in Vienna immediately notified
the Austrian Emperor, in diplomatic phrase, that
" France could not look with indifference upon the
invasion of Sardinia by the,"Austrian troops."
Regardless of this significant announcement
Austria• pushed an army of two hundred and fifty
thousand men across the Ticino, and marched for
Turin. France was prepared for action. As her
troops instantly commenced their impetuous march
NAPOLEON issued the following manifesto :
" Austria, in causing her army to enter the Ter-
ritories of the King of Sardinia, our ally, declares
war against us. She thus menaces our frontiers.
One asks, < What can be the reason of this sudden
invasion ?' Is it that Austria has brought matters
to this extremity that she must either rule up to the
Alps, or Italy must be free to the shores of the
Adriatic ?'

" Hitherto moderation has been the rule of my
conduct. Let France arm and resolutely tell
Europe,

" I desire not conquest, but I desire firmly to
maintain my national and traditional policy. I
respect the Territories and rights of neutral Powers ;
but I boldly avow my sympathies with a people
whose history is mingled with my own, and who
groan under foreign oppression.

" The object of this war is to restore Italy to
herself, not to impose upon her a change of masters ;
and we shall then have upon our frontiers a friendly
people who will owe to us their independence. I
am going to place myself at the heal of the army."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER—MARcit 30.

A scanty supply of wheat, and although trade was some-
what slow, millers had to pay last week's prices to ineot
their requirements. Barley is now nearly exhausted, and
prices are almost nominal. Beans and peas quiet at lato
rates.

Wheat, white 653 C 94 ; Beans, 51azagan......33s 404
reel: 62s 673' Middle mid small 443 483
liarley ....... l2B 563 Peas, white :383 123
t)at4 ..... —8 - 8 grey 323

NORTILA.MPTON—MancII 30.

New white wheat, 58s to 655; new red, 46s to 64s ; old
white, 62s to 68s; old red, Gls to 66s per 36 stone. Barley
for malting, 42s to 51s per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 36s per 30
stone. Oats, old, 26s to 33s ; new, 23s to 32s per 24 stone.
Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas,
38s to 42s per 36 stone.