The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-09 00:00:00

THE FRE.NCii TROOPS AT ROME.

The following protest has been addressed to
General Count de Goyon, commanding the French
troops in Rome :
When the French and Italian arms conquered in
Lombardy you severely prevented us from show-
ing our joy and our sense of gratitude towards
your august Emperor, that too, as you often said,
"in order not to disturb order." Now order
was frequently disturbed by unbecoming demon-
strations made to the Pope-King by a number of
foreign legitimists united to the dependents of the
Papal police, but you never prevented them, and
therefore public opinion calls you almost their
accomplice. The insignificance of those demonstra-
tions were such that their promoters were obliged
to seek other and adventitious means, and you, the
guardian " of order" in Rome, suffered this city to
be filled with all the dregs and refuse of Naples,
who from instinct and their Bourbon education
shunned no species of crime. With these bands
and with three thousand bailiffs and policemen of
Rome a fresh demonstration is being prepared for
the Pope on the last day of the year, and it is
intended to use this occasion to excite tumults by
means of wretched acts of private vengeance, and
by not sparing insults and provocations to the
national party, in order to involve us in a fray
which may end by bringing down upon us the force
of the French arms. Since the Pope, forgetting
his ministry of peace, does not shrink from lending
himself' to scenes that might become sanguinary,
and since you do not think of preventing them, the
national committee of Rome, after having done all
in its power to inculcate calm and moderation
among the justly incensed people, feels it its duty to
protest publicly, and to cite you as alone respon-
sible before the Emperor and the French nation
for the insult you are offering to the convictions:of
Rome, as well as for every act of disorder and
violence that may in any case affict this city, con-
fided to the guardianship of French arms com-
manded by you.
Rome, Dec. 20, 1860.
THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCIIESTETt, Jan. B.—The business for India
and China is on a very limited scale, and where
there has been any change in prices it has been
rather in favour of buyers. The same remarks apply
to goods suitable to the Levant trade. Printing
cloths are very much depressed, and lower in price.
LEEDS, Jan. B.—The morning being dull and
foggy caused a limited attendance of merchants and
mapufacturers at the cloth-halls, and the tone of •
the market was of an inanimate character. Very
little inquiry existed, and only a small quantity of
cloth, consisting principally of materials suitable
for the spring season, was cleared out. There are
few buyers in the town, and the warehouse trade
is quiet. The increased stringency of the money-
market induces great caution, and there is no dis-
position to speculate.
ROCHDALE, Jan. 7.—The first market-day in the
year is kept as a holyday, and scarcely anything in
the way of business is done either in flannels or
wool. To-day, though the weather has been very
cold, there was a good share of boisterous enjoy-
ment by the masses, and much good eating, tea-
drinking, &c., by all classes. The flannel trade is
still in a brisk condition, and prices both of wool
and products continue firm. In order to give their
hands a holyday to-day, many of the manufacturers
ran their machinery overtime last week, a good
sign of the activity of the trade.

THIS DAY'S 111AlUiETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The severity of the frost continues to prevent the landing
of the cargoes already arrived in the river. There were,
therefore, no samples on offer, except a few by land car-
riage. Both red and white samples were taken off freely,
at prices fully equal to Monday,
There was a fair quantity of foreign wheat on sale, but
the amount of businiss doh* in it—owing to the high
range in the value of discount accommodation—was only
moderate; nevertheless, the quotations were firmly sup-
ported.

The inquiry for floating cargoes was much restricted.
Fine barley commanded the extreme rates of Monday.
Inforior foreign was a slow sale. '
Fine samples of malt were taken off at from 78s to 80a
per quarter. Brown qualities changed hands slowly, but
at full currencies.

Oats were in good consumptive request, at Monday's
improvement in value.
We have no chaugo to notice in the value of either beans

or peas.

American flour was in somewhat improved request, and
English qualities were quite as dear as on Alonday.

ARRIVALS THIS "WEEK.
Whe tt. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eno•lish.••• •••• 480 1,310 670 j 70 ; 760
Irish
Foreign.• •••• •• 7,020 4,770 I 8,180 i sacks
3.230 brlo.

BOROUGH HOP.
Both English and foreign hops continue in steady re-
quest at the rates current in the early part of the week.

WHITECHAPEL.
The supplio« r,f Tr:eat are moderate, and the trade is
steady, as follows :
Beef, 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 35 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 23
o 5s Ocl ; pork, 4s ed to 5s 3d per 81bs, by the carcase.