The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Letters from Senegal have been received to the end of
April. The health of the colony was very satisfactory. Gums
were extremely scarce. •
We have accounts from Milan to the 6th inst. The trans-
actions in silk had been more active on the part of the foreign
merchants, who either were not able, or not willing to, wait
for the new crop.
Our mercantile advices from Genoa state that the intelli-
gence respecting the silk crop continued good, and if the fine
weather then experienced continued, it was expected a very
abundant crop would be realised. The business in silk was
completely stagnant and the prices nominal.
The domestic affairs of France continue to roll on in their
usual train, though we may expect that some additional (-.-
citement will be produced in the ensuing week by the trial of
the insurrectionists of the 12th of May, who were to be.
arraigned before the Court of Peers, yesterday.
Every one is curious to know what turn the debates will
take in the Hungarian diet. It was to be opened by the Em-
peror in a Latin speech, and the Empress was to follow in an
address in the same language, to which the primate arch-
bishop was to reply. The government propositions are few
and simple.--Journa/ de Francfort.
Our accounts from Martinique are to the beginning of
May. Freight remained stationary, and sugars- were at
20 to 22 francs. Coffee was one franc, and flour, which was
extremely scarce, was 60 francs. Sugar was very abundant,
but the dealers kept it warehoused in the hope of obtaining
from the governor authority to export 12,000 to 15,000 barrels
under foreign flags. Two petitions had been addressed to
his excellency on this subject, the one for and the other
against the proposition, and it was probable the former would
be rejected.

On Monday afternoon a man got over the balustrade of
the Pont Neuf to the outer cornice, took of his shoes, said a
short prayer, and was ready to plunge into the river, when
he was seized by some passengers, and prevented from effect-
ing his purpose. He was greatly enraged at the interrup-
tion, complaining that it had caused him to lose a wager that
within 24 hours his body should be found in the nets at Saint
Cloud ; a bet which it was afterwards ascertained he had
actually made when in a state of intoxication.—French paper.
HANOVER, JUNE 17.—1 n the address presented •to the
King (who declared that he would examine it himself, and
not through others) the most unfortunate point in the declara-
tion of the estates, " that an agreement in the nature of a
compact between the King and the country is necessary for
the satisfaction of the people." By this it is thought that
the interference of the diet may be avoided. But it may be
doubted whether this will be considered as satisfactory, as
several deputies have not proper power, and so many protests
have been presented to the diet.--Hamburgh Paper, June 18.
We have commercial letters from Smyrna to the end of
May. Oil was quoted 173 to 175 piastres per quintal, at
which 2000 quintals had been disposed of. There was some
demand for Indigo. A firman had been received by the Pacha
of Smyrna from Constantinople, proclaiming the abolition of
the monopoly on opium. This welcome intelligence had been
publicly proclaimed in the mosques of the city, and public
criers had been sent round to the different villages to make
known this welcome intelligence to the agricultural popula-
tion. This event had created a great sensation throughout
the country. It was already made public that a number of
speculators had advanced funds for the purchase of the next
crop, and that the price with the cultivators had been fixed
at 45 per cheque without interest upon the advances. The
cotton market was firm, but the accounts from London were .
pot of a nature to be favourable for this article.