The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

TIeADE OF FRANCE,

Now that the Ist of October is approaching, the
term at which the Treaty of Commerce with Eng-
land is to be carried into full execution, the shop-
keepers in Paris who deal in cotton goods are re-
ducing their prices to a figure quite unprecedented.
They fear it is said, that the French market will be
overstocked with British manufactures. Every
Englishman they perceive in any public place they
imagine to be a manufacturer come to compete with
and undersell them.
A Rouen paper states that the hotels in that town
are filled with English merchants and manufac-
turers come to make sales of their produce for the
Ist of October, the period when a variety of British
merchandise will be admitted into France on the
payment of a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem. That
paper adds that the prices demanded by the Eng-
lish dealers are so moderate that they would create
surprise, were it not known that English merchants
make immense sacrifices in order to become masters
of the market.
Accounts from Mulhausen state that the great
rise in the price of cotton at Havre has produced a
corresponding effect in that market. The price of
thread has risen from 21,- to 5 per cent., and calicoes
from 3. to 1 per cent. Even at these rates manufac-
turers refuse to sell, expecting better prices.
A letter from St. Dizier...states that there is

nothingdoing in pig iron. Holders of stock,
how-
ever, will not sell at less than 130 f. for the present.
A. revolution is being made in the manufacture of
iron in France by the ironmasters in Franche-
Comte, who areilising coke in place of charcoal.
A letter from Bischwiller, in the Bas-Rhin,
says :

" The ordinary animation of a manufacturing town is
at this moment increased at Bischwiller by hundreds of
male and female hop-pickers coming to gather the hops
grown on 577,526 perches of ground in the suburbs, which
promise this year a good half-crop, or about 1,395 metrical
quintals, The wages paid for picking a metrical
quintal of hops is generally from 36f. to 40f.
Thus, the hop-growers of Bischwiller will in the course of
September have paid 65,800 f. to poor families from the
neighbouring communes, but chiefly from German Lor-
mine. The hops, which were attacked in the month of July
by insects, again put forth fresh leaves in August, so that
three-fourths of the crop will be of the best quality; the
remainder was rusted by spiders towards the end of last
month. Some sales have been made at such moderate
prices that it is probable the entire crop will be shortly dis-
posed of."
The official list gives the following prices for oil
in the Paris market :—Rape oil, in cask, 110 f. 50c.;
clarified, 120 f. ; linseed oil, 97f. The price of flour
was well maintained in the Paris market last week
at from 89f. to 95f. the sack of 157 kilogrammes.
Offers, however, were more numerous, first from
holders of Spanish flour, and again from northern
dealers, whose flour is not in much favour with
bakers, who suspect it of being mixed with English
or American flour. Flour of the six marks was not
in much demand. It was quoted on Monday at
from 92f. to 92f. 50c. It varied during the week
from 93f. to 94f. It closed on Saturday at 93f.
The factors declared on Saturday 1,832 sacks of
flour, of which 36 only were of first quality, sold
for delivery within 30 days, at from 90f. to 94f. the

sack. The price of wheat was still more firm in the
Paris market last week than the preceding week.
New wheat is quoted at from 75c. tolf. the hecto-
litre higher. Choice samples were sold at from
50f. to 51f. 50c., and other descriptions at from
48f. 50c. to 50f. the sack of 124 kilogrammes.
Farmers are slow in offering their corn for sale.
What home-grown wheat appears in the Paris
market comes from the departments of the centre,
Burgundy and the Rhone. Wheat from the latter
department, which is highly prized, was sold at
52f. New wheat from the other departments
varied from 47f. to 49f. American wheat is be-

coming scarcer in the Paris market. It is
quoted at from 43f. to 44f. 50c. the sack of 120
kilogrammes. Spanish white wheat, which is more
esteemed by French millers, is quoted at 51f. 50c. ;1
old wheat from Dantzic, at 47f. 50c. The fluctua-
tions in the price of wheat and flour in Paris have
produced no effect at Havre. There were 81,197
metrical quintals of wheat sold in that market last
week, of which 9,298 were for immediate delivery.
American wheat was sold free at from 32f. 50c.
to .37f. the 100 kilogrammes ; American white
wheat, 40f. ; Danish, from 35f. 50c. to 36f. 50c.
American flour was sold at from 41f. 50c. to 44f.
the barrel of 88 kilogrammes; 400 quintals of Ger-
men flour were sold at 54f. the 100 kilogrammes.
The wheat imported into Havre last week consisted
of 133,958 quintals, of which 70,361 came from
America, 33,347 from England, 23,993 from the
Baltic, and the remainder from Southern Russia.
The corn imported into Marseilles last week con-
sisted of 86,000 hectolitres of wheat, 4,500 of maize,
and 1,500 of oats. The sales amounted to 343,030
hectolitres. Wheat has again risen at Bordeaux.
The millers, whose stock of flour is completely ex -
haust e d , are constant visitors at the corn market ;
32f. 50e. was offered for choice samples ; farmers
refused to sell at less than 33f. The price of corn
is maintained firmly in the northern markets, not-
withstanding the large imports into Dunkirk.
The Paris corn merchants complain with some
reason that the Government has ceased for some
time to publish the monthly returns of the quantity
of wheat and flour imported into and exported from
France. It is at this moment, as they truly ob-
serve, that merchants, and the public likewise,
have need of such information. Some alarm is
felt among the labouring classes at the high price
of bread, and nothing can tend more to dispel that
uneasiness than the assurance that the corn im-

ported is sufficient for all demands. The telegraph
has brought the price of the provincial corn mar-

ke,ts held yesterday

Amiens.—An ordinary market. No change in the prices
of wheat since last week. Barley has risen 50 centimes
the 100 kilogrammes; oats, lf. the quintal.
Arras.—Wheat has risen 50c. the hectolitre since Satur •
day last. Price, from 21f. 50c. to 33f. 75c. the hectolitre ;
seed wheat, 35f. to 40f. the hectolitre.

Chartres.—A larger market than the last; but still in-
sufficiently supplied. Sales difficult at a reduction of lf. the
sack on wheat. Oats in demand at a rise of 25c. the sack.
Dijon.—An ordinary market ; prices well maintained.
Flour mills idle for want of water. Wheat, 3.5 f. to 41f. the
100 kilogrammes ; oats, 20f. the metrical quintal ; flour,
68f. the 125 kilogrammes.
Marseilles.—lrka wheat for delivery, 37f. the measure of

ICO litres ; Marianopoli, 32f. 50c.
Melun.—Market tolerably well supplied ; a rise on wheat
of lf. sc. the hectolitre; average price, 31f. 20c. A rise on
oats of 11c.

Metz.-1,673 hectolitres of wheat sold to-day at an average
of 37f. 2c. the 100 kilogrammes, being a further fall of 50c.
Montereau.—Market less well supplied ; sales difficult,
with a fall on wheat of 75f. the sack.

Orleans,---Market quiet, with a tendency to a
wheat. fall in

At Bordeaux, two evenings back, there was a
sort of riot in the Place des Capucines. It appears
that a statement was made among the poorer popu-
lation of that district that the price of bread was
about to be raised several centimes per kilogramme,
and a great number of persons accordingly collected
before a baker's shop to purchase a supply of bread
before the increase took place. The baker declared
that he had sold off all his day's stock, but the
people would not go away. At length, however,
the police came up and dispersed the assemblage.
A letter from Copenhagen says :

and appearances indicate that that firmness will be
maintained. From what is already known of the
vintage the quality of the new wine will be excel-
lent, and wine-growers in the south will not use
any of it for distillation which they can save. The
beetroot crop is not expected to be more than
moderate, and consequently the quantity of beet-
root spirit manufactured will be less than that of
last year. Corn of every description is too high
priced to be bought for distillation ; neither is the
potato crop abundant in France or in Germany.
The price of beetroot brandy in Paris is quoted at
90f. the hectolitre.

The Constitutionnel announces that in conse-
quence of the return of fine weather the Imperial
family wili prolong their stay at Biarritz.
The Progres de. Oise states that orders have
been received at Compiegne to prepare the Palace
to receive the Emperor on Saturday, the sth of
October.

An addition is about to be made to the Exhibition
now open at the Palais de l'lndustrie of the produc-
tions of the French colonies--namely, a collection of
articles of the kingdom of Siam which were sent to
France by the Government of that country. The
public and persons connected with .manufactures
will thus have an opportunity of examining different
articles of raw material, such as silk, cotton, ivory,
horn, gums, different kinds of wood, &c., and which
are similar to the productions of the new French
colony in Cochin-China.
The Scientific Congress of France is now holding
its 28th annual meeting at Bordeaux, with a large
attendance of members, French and foreign. Car-
dinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux, has been
elected president, and M. Leon Dufour honorary
president.

" The corn harvest, which is always late in the north of
Europe, may be now considered as terminated. In general,
the results exceed the expectations of the growers, and may
be regarded as those of a good year. Denmark may, there-
fore, have a considerable quantity to export, particularly of
barley and oats, which is abundantly cultivated both on the
mainland and in the Danish islands.

The viz itage has commenced in the neighbourhood
of Lyons. The quality of the wine is excellent, and
the grape Larments readily. The celebrated white
wine of Condrieu of this year is already offered for
sale in the wineshops of Lyons. It is calculated
that the rain which fell laot week will increase the
wine crop by full 25 per ceni.
Accounts from the Brom° stale that the vintage,
which has commenced in that depart meat, surpasses
the hopes of the wine-growers. 'Shanks to the
late abundant rain, the grapes have incroasecijn size,
and have arrived at maturity under the influenoe of
bright sun. The wine crop is abundant, and of
"Parr superior quality.
tagTelte illontteur Vinicole announces that the yin-
that
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going on very actively in the Herault, and
commence next week in the neighbour-
'heprice of spirit distilled from beetroot is firm, ,

THE kSUN, LONDO \, TUESDAY 'TI IN(, SEPTEIIIBER 24, 1861.

THE RUGBY ROMANCE.

RUGBY, MONDAY EVENING.

The prisoner in this extraordinary case (Richard
Guinness Hill) still remains at the lock-up, and
although since Sunday he has been visited by seve-
ral relations and acquaintances, no bail for his reap-
pearance has yet been offered, nor is it likely there
will be before the next examination. Being only
remanded he is allowed to receive all letters and
communications which are addressed to him at the
prison, and each post since his incarceration has
brought him abundance of newspapers containing
a history of the drama in which he has played so
conspicuous a part. These narratives he has eagerly
perused, and he has remarked that it is fortunate
for the newspapers that his case has turned up
during the Parliamentary vacation, when they ex-
perience a difficulty in filling their pages. He has
also said" Every dog has his day," that " one tale
is good until another is told," and that "he has
been anxiously waiting for the day when the pub-
lic will see the other side of the picture." He spends
three hours a day in exercise in the yard,
and is allowed to have whatever meals he
chooses to order and pay for. He denies the identity
of the child, and says that there are thousands of
women in London who, in order to obtain a reward
of £2O, would produce a child, and swear through
thick and thin, even if a man's life were at stake.
According to the ordinary custom, sufficient evi-
dence had been already adduced to warrant the
magistrates sending the case for trial upon the
specific charge of making false statements to the
registrar concerning the birth and parentage of the
child, but the prosecutors are determined if possible
to bring before the public all the surrounding cir-
cumstances, and a majority of the magis-
trates have decided in favour of that course
being adopted. :Under the Act of Parliament
6th and 7th Wm. IV. c. 86, the case can-
not be disposed of at the quarter sessions,
and must be sent to the assizes, which will not be
held,until December next. The 41st section is as
follows :—" Every person who shall unlawfully
make, or cause to be made, for the purpose of being
inserted in any register of a birth, death, or mar-
riage, any false statement touching any of the
particulars hereinbefore required to be known and
registered, shall be subjected to the same pains and
penalties as if he were guilty of perjury." These
are imprisonment with hard labour for a period not
exceeding seven years, to be determined by the judge
before whom the party is convicted.
The Globe Inn, where the first scene:of this re-
markable case is laid, has obtained a notoriety to
which its intrinsic merit as a hostelry for travellers
do not entitle it. This being one of the great cattle-
fair days for which Rugby is celebrated, the town
was crowded with strangers, a great number of
whom dropped in from simple curiosity to have a
look at the house. It has the appearance rather of
a country beer-shop than an ordinary tavern.
It is the first inn going from the railway station to
Rugby, and cannot be more than five minutes' walk
from the best hotel of which the town can boast.
The two apartments on the first floor, occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Hill, are of the humblest description,
the bedroom being extremely small and ill-fur-
nished, and the sitting-room, which looks upon
some fields, having nothing noticeable in it, except
two gaudily-coloured vases on the mantel-piece,
bearing the inscriptions, "Peace, love, and har-
mony," and " Friendship, love, and truth," which
came in strange contrast to the incidents which the
room brought to mind.