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PARIS, Monday.—Confidence has been somewhat
restored in commercial circles within the_last few
days. The circular of M. Ilillault, recctinaniending
moderation to the French press, has pie` an
excellent effect, and the announcement aft Euro-
pean Congress has in some measure calmetihe fear
of disturbances in Central Italy. In theinsilatime,
the purchases made for consumption at tk4* season
of the year had given increased activity:to traffic
in the seaports and in the manufacturiqg towns.
This movement, however, may be regardedlas a pre-
lude to rather than as a complete revivaliaaf trade.
It is nevertheless a certain security to manufacturers
and shopkeepers that better . times .are.ncoming.
There is a good demand at Mulhouse Of cotton
thread and cloths; and prices are
.well maintained.
The manufacturers of Rouen and. othereFOrman
towns are busy executing orders en-hand:eine late
sales by auction at Rouen and Havre were well
-attended by buyers. Advices from Marseilles state
that there is not much business doing erre. An
'announcement, however, that the Emperor of Mo-
rocco 'had permitted the free exportation- Id wool
had created a certain animal ion. The silk trade is
at pment dull in Lyons, and the manefaclurers
are engaged in organising a system to improve their
condition. They propose to create a large joint-stock
capital by subscription, to build large stores for the
reception of raw silk, by which means they expect
to compete with England in the importation of that
article. With a sufficient. supply of silk to be dis-
posed of by periodical public sales they rely on the
superiority of their manufactures to defyieompeti-
tion.' At present theydepending on are n casual
orders from Italy and the United Sei, and the
consequence is that a great number of looms are
idle. The beet-root sugar trade in France'-is not in
so brilliant a position as might be expected when
one considers the vast capital employed in the
manufacture of that article, and the improvements
introduced in machinery. It may be i'imarked
that the consumption of sugar in France is not one-
half so much as in England, where the population is
much less. This is another proof of thee unwise
system which prevails in the arrangement of the
duties—the tax being double what--it is-in Eng-
land. In the United States, with a population of
only 25,000,000 inhabitants, the consumption of
sugar annually is 431,000 tons, while in France it
is only 180,000 tons. It is clear, therefore, that the
excessive duty imposed on sugar in France is inju-
rious to the exchequer, the manufacturer, the colo-
nial proprietor, but above all to the people. The
ironmasters are not complaining as they were some
time since. They even expect a prosperous season,
relying on the vast line of railways yet to. be com-
pleted to keep them actively employed. If the plans
of the various railway companies be accomplished
1,400 kilometres will be in use by the end of the
next year, with as many more to be completed in
the following' years. There is not much to be said
about the corn trade. The depression in prices,
which sonic days back we produced simultaneously
in various markets throughout France, has had no
influence on speculators, holders of wheat not being
intimidated nor buyers more numerous. The future
rise or fall of prices will be regulated by the quan-
tity of wheat received from corn-growing coun-
tries, and by the amount of old wheat held over by
the French farmers since last year. The approach
of the rent day at the close of the year may pro-
bably force many farmers to bring their corn to
market, and thus produce a temporary fall in prices.
The Paris corn-market was quiet last w.eck. On
Wednesday the farmers held firm, and many of
them brought home their samples rather than sub-
mit to a reduction of the prima of the preceding
week. Nevertheless a re- nction 'was • effected of
from 75c to if the sack of 120 kilbgiaiMin6s. Choice
samples did not exceed 32f, first quality 31f and
311 50e, other qualities 281. to 30E Wheat pur-
chased for speculatiqn,, :experienced a greater re-
duction, there. being a:considerable number of sel-
lers in the market. Morktereau wheat was offered
at,-1l0f;---the 121 kilvai.,oimes; Beauce 30f 50c ;
Vendome 29f. 50p
-,to 301. Although the price of
bread hasbeereraised 2c the kilogramme, the bakers
hit*" shoWn very little inclination to purchase
thieTY refused to buy even at a reduction of
thiS eackFleur of the four marks fell to 561 the
sack of.l37,,kiloerammes for immediate delivery ;
for January aueFebruary, 57f 50c ; March, 61f ;
and April, 611 50c. The accounts received from the
provincial markets yesterday caused a considera.ble
-rise in the Paris flour market last evening. Several
bargains were concluded in flour of the four marks
at 58f the sack fo: delivery during the present
month ; January, 59f ; February, 591 50c. Oats
were more offered in the Paris market last week.
Black oats of the best quality were sold at 27f the
1.50 kilogrammes, to he delivered outsile of Paris.
Bcauce and Brie, first quality, 25f 50c to 261, and
ordinary, 24f 30e to 251.. Rye was less in
demand last week than the preceding:---farmers,
however, did not press sales. They held
to 17f 85c the 100 kilogrammes. Bal:?.71,
was lik,wise less in demand. Champagne: was firm
at 21f the 100 killogramrnes. Other qualities at
from 191 to 20f. The telegraph has supplied us with
the prices of the provincial znarkats held yesterday:
—" Arras—Market less abundantly supplied than
the last. Wheat in demand at a rise of 50c the
hectolitre ; prices 16f to 221. Chartres—A smalier
market than the previous one. Wheat bought up
quickly at an advance of 59c the hectolitre. Onts
more firm. Dijon—An ordinary market—quick
sale—prices without variation, but well maintained.
Marseilles --Affairs dull. Irka wheat, best quality,
30f for delivery ; African, 33f 50c ; Roumelia, 25f
73c ; Danube, 29f. Metz-1,334 hectolitres wheat
sold at an average of 32f 88c, being a fall of 44e
the 100 kilogrammes. Orleans—A large market,
with more firmness in prices, and a greater amount
of business transacted. Wheat, 18f to 20f the hec-
tolitre. St. Laurent les Macon—A small market
of wheat ; prices well maintained, at 24f to 24f
50c the 106 kilogrammes." There has not been
much business transacted in the Paris oil market
last week. Rape oil in cask is quoted at 93f 50c,
the 100 kilogrammes, being a fall:of if since the pre-
ceding week. Linseed oil is firm, at from 911 to
92f. Superfine olive has risen from 2701 to 275 f
the kilogrammes. Rapeseed is dull of sale at 34f
50c, the 100 kilogrammes.
Wine of the last vintage in good condition is
sought for by the retailers in Paris, and prices are
well maintained. Old wines are in excellent de-
mand, without any change in princes, except at
Nantes, where a a slight fall is noticed. Prices are
extremely firm at Bordeaux, and it is difficult, if
not impossible, to induce the wine-growers to make
the slightest reduction. The most ordinary Bor-
deaux wine, of the growth of the year 1858, can-
not be bought at less than 650 f the tun. Wines of
the first quality are worth 901 the cask of 200 litres
at Chateauroux ; second quality, 80f ; and third
quality, 60f. At the last fair of Issondun, wine of
very ordinary quality was sold at from 60f to 64f
the cask of 200 litres ; 500 casks of wine of the last
vintage were sold at prices varying from 64f to
71f. Old wines were very scarce, and sold for 80f.
The demand far wine is not brisk at Nantes, and
good wine of the present year may be bought at
lf and 2f the hectolitre less thsn immediately after
the vintage. Wines are gradually rising in value
in the Maconnais, and the Beaujolais. New wines
are worth from 80f to 1201 the tun of 214 litres, ac-
cording to quality. The wines of the last vintage
are improving, and, with age, will be excellent..
The prices quoted vary little from those already
mentioned ; any difference may be accounted for by
the quality being inferior or superior. The price
of beetroot spirit has declined from 103 f to 99f the
hectolitre. Montpellier is quoted at 130 f.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

a particular time and at a particular part that her
rival may have the command of a portion Of the
Channel,
.and the command of a portion of the
Channel for 24 hours, as the old Emperor put it,
would be enough to make an invasion possible.
Well, if it is not an impossibility, I ask you how it
is,to be met if it does come to pass. Why, gentle-.
men, all England has answered the question. The
Emperor of the French came over here as our ally
and our guest, and he saw the reception which a.
free people was able to give to an allied Sovereign
towards whom they bore good-will. If it should
ever be his mission, or his destiny, as he would
perhaps call it, to •come, here as an invader, then
be will see, if I mistake not, what kind of a recep-
tion a free people can give give to an enemy who
dares to invade their shores. (Protracted cheering.)
I have great faith in our army, and no one can be
more impelled by a thousand circumstances than I
am to look with affection and admiration to the
achievements of that brilliant force. The invader,
whoever he may be, will hear something of our
army ; but if I mistake' not, should he ever touch
the beach he will hear something of the volunteer
artillery—(cheers)—and if he comes a little further,
and gets into our turnpike roads and our lanes, and
comes to our homesteads to help himself to our hay,
or to our turnip fields to make a meal of the soup
.we were talking about—(laughter)—he will hear
something likewise of our rifle volunteers. (Great
applause.) T do not know whether it enters into
the plan of any French general, in the event of such,
an enterprise, to come to Bridgewater. (Laughter.)
I 'should be ashamed of myself if I professed
to tell any limited assembly of Englishmen that
they were better and braver than any other set of
men ; but I am entitled to say that there are diffe-
rences between different portions of the population
of England which are in many respects remark-
able. and the one speciality I have observed in the
people of Bridgewater is this—that they are always
quick in whatever they do. (Laughter and loud
cheers.) It does so happen in military affairs that
it is quickness that wins the day. (Continued
cheers and laughter.) The Emperor of the French
knows that when he was seeking to encroach
against England, when he was seeking to persuade
us to adopt laws which he recommended to us, the
first, or almost the first town in England which pe-
titioned against any such conduct was the borough .
of Bridgewater. (Great applause.) That quick- .
ness which you showed in politics, you will, I trust,
Manifest in the field if the troublous time should
come, to render it necessary for you to bring out
your rifles. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I must say
that I look at this moment throughout the country
with the greatest admiration, sympathy, and ap-
proval, founded upon two entirely distinct grounds.
I admire it as an admirable and magnificent demon-
stration of the high and proud, and brave spirit of
this conntry at the notion of its being threatened
by an invader ; but I also admire it as a demon-
stration against the policy of standing armies.
(Cheers.) You were threatened with an invasion
of some 300,000 or 400,000 men, and you have the
manfulnesss not to be frightened into the folly of
attempting to hire 300,000 or 400,000 mercenaries
to meet them. (Hear, hear.) You all say you
will do what you can to make your small but
excellent army as perfect as possible. You will give
it all the appliances which human ingenuity can
contrive t 3 make it perfect. You will, if necessary,
augment it in moderation—but if it is a question of
giving it auxiliaries in great force, if it is a question
of giving it auxiliaries by tens of thousands, or hun-
dreds of thousands even, to meet any ()Teat danger,
then you all say you will do the work yourselves.
(Prolonged cheering.) I think I have disclosed 'to
you the views which I take of the circumstances in,
which we are placed. You will have collected freiii

my observations that our danger does not arise from

any hostility on the part of the French people, that

it does not arise from-any ferocity on the part of the.
French army, that it does not arise from any un-
friendly feeling on the part of the French Empe-

ror, but that-it does arise from the fact thai a

revolutionary Government is existing in France,
which has armed one man in the name of an Em-

peror, whom I would rather call a Diehtor, with a
power so great that until that power is moderated,
as all power ought to be, no neighbour can be
entirely safe. (Continued applause.) Gcutlemen, I
have now only to thank you for the kindness with

which you have hearkine, and if there aro any sub

jects I have faiicd to adv,ert to I hope you will attri-
bute it to the anxiety I felt to address you upon the
'one which seems to absorb all the 'interests of the

day. (Immense cheering.)
On the proposition of Mr. HENRY LOVIROND,
seconded by Mr. T. 0. 11. REED, a vote of thanks

was entliufiizsticn)ly accorded to Col: Tyntc and Mr.

Kinglalie for their services in Parlianient and for
their speeches and attendance that evening.

COURT OF ALDERMF,N.

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at
Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding.

TIIE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE.

Mr. Alderman Rosa (in the absence of Mr. Al-
derman Wire, from illness, arising from an acci-
dental fall) presented a petition, signed by nearly
500 members of the London Rifle Brigade, praying
that the Court would give its consent to the ap-
pointment of Capt. George Montagu Hicks (of her
Majesty's 41st Regiment) to be lieutenant-colonel of
the brigade.
Mr. HOPKINSON, a member of the brigade, ap-
peared at the bar of the Court in uniform, accom-
panied by a number of his comrades, to support the
prayer of the petition. He said that the general
wish of the brigade, who had to some extent sacri-
ficed their business, and entirety sacrificed their
pleasures, for the purpose of devoting themselves
earnestly to the defence of their country, was that
their endeavours might result in no ignoble end.
Toovoid such a result they felt it necessary that
their lieutenant-colonel should be a man who united
military abilities with courtesy, patience, forbear-
ance, perseverance, and an insight into character;
and such a man they believed was to he found in
Captain Hicks, who had been selected by the Coun-
cil of the Brigade for recommendation to the Court
of Lieutenancy. That Court, however, no doubt
with great propriety, had thought it expedient that
before they confir mad the appointment the Court of
Aldermen should be asked to give their sanction,
since Captain Hicks, as Governor of Whitecross-
street Prison, must be regarded as their servant.
The brigade, therefore, now respectfully asked that
that sanction might be given, for Captain llicks
had already endeared himself to them, and they
felt that under his instruction and superintendence
their labours to perfect themselves in military
discipline would not be in vain. They were now
a body of 600 men, and would soon be 700.
They were thoroughly in earnest in their devotion
to military duties. but, he regretted to say,
although he did not wish to make a parade of
such matters, that the London Rifle Brigade,
from whom so much had been expected, and upon
whom the public eye had so , long been fixed, were
already smarting under sore grievances, and sin-
cerely did they hope that the Court of Aldermen
would show their sywpathy by at least giving
their consent that the man of their choice—Captain
George Montagu Hicks—should be their lieutenant-
colonel. (Applause.)
Mr. Alderman ALLEN (captain elect of the bri-
gade)—As there may be some discussion on this
subject, I move that strangers do withdraw.
(General cries of "No, no.")
The LORD MAYOR—Do you wish to press that ?
Mr. Alderman ALLEN—Yes, I do.
The LORD MAYOR—Is the motion seconded ?
Sir H. MUGGERIDGE—Yes, I second it.
Several Aldermen—No, no ; it is quite unne-
cessary.
Mr. Alderman CUBITT—I think, my lord, it will
be. better, if there is to be a discussion, that the
n Clerk—Notice is taken that strangers
court sLould be cleared. (Hear, hear, and "No, no.")
Strangers must withdraw.
areTThlYilreeeemias'eVrt7i was (J eared accordingly, and the dis-
cussion proceeded with closed doors for three-
quarters of an hour, when strangers were re-
admitted.

THE TURNOUT AT STALYBRIDGE.—This turnout
is over, and all the hands have gone in, an agreement satis-
factory to master and workpeople having been come to.
MURDER OF A SOLDIER AT GOSPORT.—John
Connell, a private in the Waterford Militia Artillery, sta-
tioned in the Haslar Barracks, was committed on tie coro-
ner's warrant to Winchester Gaol yesterday, to take his trial
on a charge of having wilfully murdered Michael O'Brien,
a private in the same regiment, in a row, which occurred in
the barrack yard on Friday night, the 25th ult, It appeared
,in evidence that Connell and deceased (who died from the
effects of a blow on the bead) had been lighting, and Con-
nell was proved to have taken a poker from one of the bar-
rack rooms on the night of the murder ; and the hospital
ipriiinb.-
sentry, stationed about 50 yards from the spot where the
occurrence took place, heard some one say, "He has a
poker," but could not recognise the voice.
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The RECORDEI,t. then addressing the deputation,
said—l am desired by the Lord Mayor to read to
you the following resolution, which has been agreed
to by the Court :—" That this Court sees no objec-
tion to Captain Hicks's accepting the appointment,
provided his sureties assent and arc willing to con-
tinue their liability under their bond ; and it has
been likewise resolved that a copy of this resolu-
tion be forwarded to the Court of Lieutenancy."
The deputation then thanked the Court and
withdrew, evidently well pleased at having sno-
ceeded in securing Captain Hicks as their lieutenant-
colonel.
The resolution, our reporter was subsequently
informed, was moved by Mr. Alderman Copeland,
seconded by Mr. Alderman Hale, and : carried
unanimously, after a rather warm discussion. Had
the result been different, it is said there wacild have
been an entente, the volunteers having set their
hearts upon having Captain Hicks as their lieu-
tenant-colonel, and no one else.