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London, England, 1816-04-01 00:00:00

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1814. and the 15th 'esf March. lint.Werienterre
Marseilles, monthly, 197 Mitch vessels i 'and tha
from the Ist of Augoat.lBlls. to the end of Decent.
, be; there entered monthly-296 vessels. During thetirst.
period, there entered 80 foteign vessels monthly. and
111 during the. latter. Thai th trade of Marseilles
increases in a marked 'Winner. .
The number of vessels vsisistie bete cleared eat
from that porr-does not yet present the same rebolt.
During a month of the first period, there left May-
seines 172 French, and 711 foreign,ibrels s during Si
month of the second period, only 115 French, and 41•
tof ocher nations: • _ _

But it is obvious, that the sressels-ystrieh arrive re:l
quire time for unloading and tali, goods in return.
which accounts for the difference in the number of•
clearances during the last period. It can hardly be
doubted, from the entries, that the clearances must I
soon, exhibit a more satisfactory proportion.
Out of the above number of vessels, Marieilles sent
to the Straits of the Levant 61 (of which fifty.six were
French) in the seven months which preceded the usur-
pation of the 20th of March. It has sent thirty.ei*lit
(of which 36 were French) in five months, -since the
second return of his Majesty. The decrease preset].
ted by this view is unimportant, when we consider
that the trade had Suffered so violent a shock.
Marseilles cleared our only 18 ships, of which 17
were French, to the colonies, or to all America, dur.

ing the first .of the above-mentioned perimis s it has
cleared out 27 during the latter. and 10 foreign ves
Nis have come thither to load for the same &stilts.
tion. At the same time, it hu sent trur French car-
goes to Obtend and Antwerp. It had done nothing
of this sort during the first period of the restoration.
It is unnecessary to stare, that during the last usut pa •
tion, the departures from the port of Hamill, s were
confined to foreign vessels, which lean pleciptAtel)
drove from our coasts.

An interesting report from the Chamber of Com-
merce of Lyons, dated tie 9.1, instant, gives a view
of the state of business in that city in January am:
February t it will be thence seen, that it had expe-
rienced a moment of suspension, which is explainable
from the following caustss—The Americans haseilig,
in 1815, raised the price of silks by their numerous
demands, and appearing toahave overstocked their
own market, their purchases were stopped On the
other hand, the orders from Germany were also
auspeaded, in the expectation of a fall of prices.—
This fall took place in January, upon which the
buyers reappeared $ and in February the labours of
the manufacturer, and the sale of raw and organxine
silk, began to be returned.
The most important improvements have -taken
place- in the situation of the manufacturers of Avig-
non. The number of silk-looms in activity during
the 4th quarter of 1815, unpaged by more than 200
that of the preceding quarter ; thus furnishing em-i
ployment to 700 workmen who were previously de-
stitute of it, and a manufacture extraordinary of
more than 458 webs of different kinds.

Rouen has also presented in February last a very
animated spectacle. Many foreigners have appeared
there; our spun cottons have been much in demand;
Superior sales so those in January have taken place :
the same has been the case as to•linen yarn ' • in short,
during the preceding month, there has been an in.
crease in the sales to the amount of 2,100 pieces in
velveteens, cords, &e.
These various details indicate, if not a state of
prosperity, at least that return to commercial acti-
vity and life which was remarked with satisfaction
in the as last months of 1814, and in the beginning
of 1815, still less for what it was in itself, than for
the hopes of daily increase which it entitled us to
entertain.

The Aft:alma contains a list of 50 Deputies to the
Lite Chaniber who have surrendered to the State
their cleims for 'mean, amounting to above 55,00 U
francs.

'MINNA, MARCH 17.
It is difficult to imagine with what pleasure the
reduction of the Austrian army is behrl.l. Inde-
pendently or its financial advantages, it must have
an influence on our daily subsistence, and especially
on the price at -provisions, w hich are extremely high.
The true cause of this dearth must be ascribed to a
coo numerous military e►tablisimfnt, which took
from agriculture between two and three hundred
thousand men in the vigour of their age.