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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FRANCE.

the pending quarrel

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ment against

euy aucu proceeuing. we nave not hearu
which the latter body have given to the petitioners.
The Minister of Justice and Public Worship, in France,
has addressed a circular to the Archbishops and Bishops,
directing them to advise the clergy in their dioceses to
take part in the elections, and to impress on their congre-
gations the great truths of republicanism. The docu-
ment is in every respect worthy 'of the circular of the
Minister of Public Instruction, who has already informed
the thirty-six thousand primary teachers of France, that
in order to be good representatives, neither property,
education, nor any ability is necessary, except that of

he answer

saying "yes„' or am."

THE EMEUTE AT BERLIN

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

HULL, SUNDAY EVENING.
By the Victoria steamer, Captain Dickinson, arrived
this morning from Hamburg!), whence she sailed on Friday
morning, we have advices from Berlin to Thursday morning.
The populace there are stated to be still in a state of
turbulence, if not actual insurrection.
On Wednesday night there had been a very serious col-
lision between the people and the military, the students
being very prominent among the people, acting 7
leaders, and bearing the brunt of the conflict.
Ten deaths resulted, and there were upwards of a hun-
dred wounded.

300, exporters 700, and spinners
from id. to td. per lb. below tl

as their

7 P.M.—The Helen M`Gregor, Captain Frost, arrived
at six o'clock this evening, having left Hamburgh 24 hours
later than the Victoria. That city was tranquil.
A private letter, dated Hamburgh 17th, states—
last
accounts from Berlin are of this day's date, by train
which left that capital at seven this morning, and reached
this at three this afternoon. The disturbances bad some-
what subsided. The troops were standing firm to the
king, who seems determined not to grant all the people
demand. It is much to be feared that peace will not be
restored without further bloodshed."

" The

A decree of the Minister of the Interior having sup-
pressed the grenadier and light companies of the National
Guard, and the measure having excited general indigna-
tion, the Presse announces that all the legions of Paris
and the neighbourhood would assemble on Thursday, the
16th of March, to I may ch to the Hotel de Ville, in order
to protest against the measure.
THE LOUVRE.—The annual exhibition opened on Wed-
nesday. Of course there has been reform here. A board
elected by the whole body of artists have had the control
of matters, and they have prudently admitted to exhibi-
tion all pictures sent in—none have been rejected. Usually,
in former years, one half of the pictures sent in for the
honour of being seen have been rejected ; but the painters
of a young Republic no doubt have genius above rejection !
On Thursday the Provisional Government yielded to
the remonstrances of the national guards, and the news
has produced an excellent effect at the Bourse and through.
out the city. The Bank of France announced their inten-
tion of renewing cash payments next day for 200 franc
notes ; and it is said that they will soon return to cash
payments for all notes. All this acted favourably on the
funds.—Standard.
The Paris papers of Friday state that the agitation caused
by the deputations of the National Guard to the Hotel de
Ville on Thursday, continued in a less degree throughout
the evening ; groups of persons were collected on the
Boulevards in eager discussion, but no movement of any
kind took place. At an early hour in the morning placards
were posted in different quarters of Paris, calling on the
people to assemble in the Place de la Concorde, and pro-
ceed in a body to the Hotel de Ville, as a demonstration
of the popular force that is prepared to support the Pro-
visional Government against any reactionary movement.
Many of the placards have been torn down by the National
Guards.

The following are extracts from a Hamburgh paper of
the 17th :

" BERLIN, MARCH 16, 3 P.M.
"The king is wavering. He has already conceded the
institution of a Burgher Guard, which was included in
the constitutional reforms demanded by the people. The
ministry have refused to act unless on the solicitation of
the burghers. The armed police manifest every disposi-
tion to conciliate the people.
" The petition for the abolition of the censorship of
the press is granted by the King.
" A deputation of 200 students has waited on the
Prince of Prussia to demand the withdrawal of the
troops, and to inform him that in case of refusal they
would instantly arm, and resist them in the event of their
attacking the people.
" A collision has taken place between the military and
the civilians. Some barricades have been erected, and
the bridges have been drawn up.
-41 The soldiers have charged several times, and many
have been wounded, and some killed. The Berlin burg-
hers are now fully aroused, and it will be very extraordi-

nary if more decisive results are not obtained this even-

MASSACRE AT CARACAS.

A letter from a resident at Caracas confirms the account
previously received of the barbarous massacre which took
place at Caracas, of which it gives the following particu-
lars :
" On the opening of Congress, on the 25th of January,
serious quarrels commenced between several members ;
high words drew a great crowd : daggers were drawn, and,
it is said, a member from the city (hon. Hemeregildo
Garcia) stabbed a member from Maracaibo (hon. Antonio
Salas). The scene that ensued was terrific; those that
could fled, and when the alarm reached the street the
citizens fled in terror. A body of soldiers rushed in front
of the hall, firing several yolleys indiscriminately into the
windows. Several members reached the door and were
cut down like dogs. The wounded member, bleeding,
was not recognised by the soldiers ; they fell on him, his
left cheek and ear were shot away, a severe cut over the
head, and his head nearly severed from his body, and his
body terribly mangled with bayonets. The hon. Julian
Garcia, of Caracas, was shot through the head, the
ball entering one ear and passing out at the other, all
the fingers on the left band cut off, and sixteen wounds
in other parts of the body. The Hon. Juan Garcia had a
sword run through his body and fell dead. Colonel Smith
was badly wounded with a bayonet—several others killed,
and some wounded. Those who could not escape in front,
wrenched off the iron bars of a back window, and, by
means of a sette, made a bridge to the top of a wall, where
a few poles were found, and with these they escaped over
several walls, torn and bruised. The whole square was
soon surrounded by the troops, and the hon. members
were made prisoners, some with scarcely clothes on—some
without hats, boots, or indispensables : some few shared
a better fate. The crowd rushed into the hall, destroying
the furniture, and cutting to pieces a large portrait of
Bolivar. In half an hour thousands of vagabonds were
parading the streets with all kinds of weapons ; every
house was instantly closed ; all the foreigners who had
flags unfurted them for protection ; every few minutes
the harsh challenge, quien vive, or the rush of cavalry
broke on the ear; night soon closed in darkness, and a
deathlike stillness prevailed during the night.
" On the morning of the 25th the citizens crept cauti-
ously out. About noon the dead were interred without
ceremony. At one o'clock the Members were escorted to
the Hall, and compelled per force to pass several resolu-
tions. A bando was issued, requesting the citizens to re-
sume their business, with an assurance of protection.
" On the 26th the Members met again, the President
and his guards being in the Hall with the Members,
while several resolutions were passed exonerating the Ex-
ecutive from all censure, and a general amnesty pro-
claimed.
" In the meantime, the first day's butchery is spread- I
ing to the interior, and the question is asked in an under
tone, will General Paez come ? All eyes are now towards
the plains. If the great chief comes with two or three
thousand Llaneros, and the soldiers have courage enough
to face their swift horses and sharp lances, we shall have 1
some bloody work among us. The President is now rais-
ing a thousand horsemen. A few days must determine.'
Her Majesty the Queen of Naples was
of a Prince on the Gth instant.
It was reported at Paris on Saturday, that an insurrec-
tion had taken place at Leipsic, and that the city had been
declared in a state of siege

The government has made some explanations respecting
the circular of M. Ledru Rollin, which created so much
discontent. Some excuse is made about the misinterpre-
tations likely to be placed ou words written under extreme
pressure of business. The statement declares that the
government will not in any way attempt to coerce or influ-
ence the suffrages of the people ; and it also states that
the present executive will not retain office an hour longer
than is absolutely necessary.

The Bank of France gas altogether closed. It was
understood that the artisans employed by it in printing
notes were engaged night and day in preparing the new
100 f. notes to be issued under the decree of the Govern-
ment for the suspension of cash payments. One of the
measures now talked of. in addition to those already
adopted, to relieve the existing pressure, is to offer to all
holders of treasury bonds which are not now negotiable
on any terms, Three per Cent. Stock at its current price.
Those who decline this proposition would be called on to
submit to a postponement of the liquidation of the bonds
for six, nine, or twelve months. These and all similar
expedients savour too much of the shifts of insolvency.
A demonstration of the National Guard against the
decree ordering the fusion of the picked companies with
the general companies of Chasseurs (the object being to
influence the election of officers) took place on Thursday.
They marched en masse to the Hotel de Ville, followed
by a great crowd, who hooted them, the reluctance of the
guard to comply with the decree being thought a mani-
festation of aristocratism. The temper of the crowd
could hardly be said to be angry, but the slightest col-
lision, such as an accident might bring about, would have
had serious consequences.
The spirit of the government reply is given in an official
decree, to which is joined a pointed rebuke. The request
of the National Guard is refused, the government "re-
gretting that their measures should have excited a mani-
festation inconsistent with public order." It declares its
readiness to be guided by the enlightenment and advice of
the citizens, but the acceptance of what. is offered as coun-
sel, calmly and legitimately, renders the resistance of
the government necessary, when it takes the form of
menace or force."

Such violent scenes are sail to have taken place in the
Provisional Government that pistols have been presented,
and violent threats used.

The following specimen of the style of this document
will illustrate the relative position of the Provisional
Government and the people :
" You alone are powerful ! We count the days. We
hasten to restore the Republic to the nation.
" Every Frenchman arrived at the age of manhood is a
political citizen. Every citizen is an elector. Each
elector is sovereign. 'I he right is equal and absolute for
all. No one citizen can say to another, `Thou art more
sovereign than I am.' Contemplate your power ; pre-
pare yourselves to exercise it, and be worthy of entering
Into possession of your reign." _ _

3`..ely delivered

PARIS, Friday Evening.—The demonstration of the
workmen in support of the decrees of the government .for
a re-organisation of the National Guards took place this
day. The Champs Elysees was selected as the place of
rendezvous, and, at an early hour, bands of workmen,
marching arm in arm, and beaded by tricolour standard
bearers, were seen to col le from different points, and
finally to direct their course to the Hotel de.Vijle. All
passed off in the most orderly manner, and with no worse
effect than to cause a day's suspension of all kinds of
labour.

The news received thi; week from Switzerland is of no
particular interest. Of course we have a good deal of
the " enthusiasm" with which the French revolution bad
been received, but the country was tranquil. It does not
appear that Prussia intends to interfere with the late
movement at Neufchatel, so that it is possible the Repub-
lic may stand.

The Paris journals of Saturday evening's date are al-
most exclusively occupied by comments on the popular
demonstration of the preceding day. It is considered a
triumph over an attempted reaction, a success gained by
the mass over those who, it is said, wished to impede the
progress of the Republic. It is impossible to misunder-
stand the light in which the people themselves regard
their victory ; it is celebrated as a triumph and something
more.

74f. 5O

The night has passed in perfect tranquillity, though the
demonstration continued for some hours after the depar-
ture of our last despatch. Bodies of men, marching nine
and ten abreast, continued to defile along the Boulevards
from four till seven o'clock, stopping the traffic of the
cross streets, for it was impossible for vehicles to break
through the lines ; they could only pass in the intervals
between the several corps. As night fell crowds collected
in different spots, but principally about the Porte S. Pe-
nis and Porte St. Martin. The inhabitants in this quarter
illuminated their houses, and about eight o'clock an
immense body of people began to move slowly along.
the Boulevard in the direction of the 'Madeleine, sing-.
ing and calling on the shopkeepers to light up ; the
citizens were taken by surprise, and whenever a
delay occurred, cries of " Des ',ominous" wore raised ; as
-soon as lamps were fixed to the balconies the crowd gave
a round of applause and marched on. ln this way they
advanced into comparative darkness, leaving a blaze of
light behind them. They were in a very good humour,
and not the slightest damage was clone ; not a single pane
of glass was broken, nor did the Shopkeepers exhibit any
alarm, though neither police nor military were to be seen.
Bodies of the new Garde Mobile were collected in consi-
derable force in the Rue Itiveli, and other streets, but out
of the line of march. At the Boulevard des Italiens se,
tions of the crowd branched off, and made the side a
illuminate in the same manner. By ten o'clock the throng
besaxt to dx iiuish, gild by a nuig ev tir.yt .wit's quiet'
Seine of the papers speak .of the illuoncatiOo ae if

means of executing that. measure, which may be attended !
with the most fatal consequences. You are aware that
the Chamber of Deputies. assembled at Presburg, has
voted an address to the Emperor, in which the whole
system of policy of Prince Metternich is openly coq_
demned "

it had been a spontaneous expression of rejoicing ; it was GENERAL TRADE REPORT.
On Monday the savings banks at Paris were besieged entirely compulsory.
by thousands of thrifty operatives and domestics, who, in This rupture between the National Guard and the bulk LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY.
the fulness of confidence, deposited there their little all, of the people is an additional element of anxiety in the The mercantile community, scarcely recovered from the
the accumulation of their hard-earned savings. It was already gloomy aspect of affairs. The lamentable want ofeffects of local discord, which has latterly taken a protai-
at once a melancholy and curious spectacle to witness the unity in action, even among a body so organized as the e.
variety of the expressions of their disappointment at re- armed citizens, is proved by the fact that the march to nent place among the causes of the annihilation of that
ceiving, instead of the specie they applied for, Treasury
the Hstel de Ville was a measure not sanctioned by the confidence necessary to the healthy furtherance of corn-
notes and Government debentures. The general dis- majority of the legions. It was strongly opposed by Ge- mercial negotiations, are still troubled with the unsettled
charge of English servants and operatives is not the only neral Courtais, the Commander-in-Chief, and Guinard,
effect of the crisis. Families in general are suddenly chief of the staff. How a step so important could be condition of monetary affairs on the continent of Europe,
making large reductions in their establishments. Innu- taken without the fully ascertained consent of the whole and especially in France. French financiers are certainly
merable foreign residents have left their hotels, and or- body, is inconceivable; but having been done the ill effect very unfortunate in the adoption of measures for the
re-
dared their furniture to be sold by auction. Manufac- is not partial, the whole of the legions are compromised.
turing and industrial establishments are many of them An address has appeared to-day from a number of the lief of state exigencies. It is generally admitted that the
working half time, and some are about to close altogether National Guards, but not very numerously signed, deny- government decrees with ,•egiird to the Bank of France
for two or three months. The subscription has been ing that they intended to intimidate the Government— have come too late ;w1
opened for the national bank of discount in Paris, one. they only wished to express an opinion on the execution
very doubtful.
third of the nominal capital of which is to be supplied by . of the decree regulating their organization. But expla-
the shareholders. The result, as yet, has proved the re- nations now are of little use. produced such disastro
lb:jet:along this
-fo
verse of satisfactory. Our advices from Havre, of the 13th instant, state that
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The Paris papers of Wednesday contained a recom- the mob had again menaced the flax and other mills in
mendation of M. Emile de Girardin, through the Presse, that neighbourhood with conflagration unless all the Bri-
that the Bank of France be restricted from cash payments. tish workpeople are dismissed. At Lisieux and Malaunay
A decree of the Provisional Government of that date great disorders have been committed, and even the pro-
adopts that principle, and prohibits temporarily further prietors had been ill-treated from the strong feeling enter-
payments in specie by the bank. tained by the lower classes against the English workmen,
It would appear that this measure, deplorable as it is, and whatever may be the disposition of the Provisional
could not have been avoided. The run upon the Bank of Government, it does not appear to have the means of emergency of no mean mss
France, on Wednesday, was awful. " The applicants for securing property or life in any popular commotion. for a time, productive of
money were so numerous," says one of our letters, " that M. Eugene Sue has offered himself as a candidate for manufacturing c'
they were obliged to place themselves en queue, as at the any French constituency that chooses to elect him, with-
the masses of the unetriploy.„
entrances to the theatres on crowded nights; and, although out specifying a preference for any particular one.
this facilitated their progress, the last corner was an hour The ladies of MM. Ledru Rollin and Lamartine, two however, to hope that the trial, though severe, may not
and a half before he reached the cash office of the bank." of the French Ministers, are Irish by birth. M. Odin= be lasting. Let England keep herself emembreited ha
That this extreme measure would be the cause of further Barrot is said to be descended from the Irish O'Dillons.
commercial and banking disasters was not doubted. M. Marrast, the editor of the National, and one of the
The Journal des Delats, in an able article, endeavours members of the provisional 'government of France, is a
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though in vain, to check the panic which has seized all musician by profession, and a few years ago be obtained a
persons possessing any property, and which reached so precarious subsistence in London by giving lessons on the e,eeena, in no want i.
alarming a height on Wednesday, tnat 105 francs were guitar. Albert, another member of the government, is by alone may work wont"-
same as last -
paid for gold in exchange for a thousand-franc note, trade a barber.
re.
" The consequences of such a state of things," says the TOLLS OF BRIDGES.—The payment of tolls for passing
Debats, " will naturally be, that all the banks will be over certain bridges of Paris has long been a subject of
drained of the specie, which the holders will lock up. complaint. Since the late events every one has passed J knew it.
All commerce must then become impossible. The rnanu- over free. But a rumour having got abroad that the tolls J the last seve.. —,_ fallen from a
facturer can no longer pay his operatives, nor can the were to be re-established, several citizens of the 9th I latter price it was freely offered last me g,*
latter purchase what they require for their daily use!, arrondisement met together, and, after some discussion I frnm R tr. 9 vs.,, lii:,ii,lnd stoo, -
By a decree of the Provisional Government the elections drew up a petition to the Provisional Geyer.- South •-
of the officers of the National Guard of Paris were post-- "'saves at
poned until the 25th. taken
The effect produced by the circular of M. Ledru Rollin -i had ,
appeared likely to alarm even the Provisional Govern- uaran
ment itself. A deputation of the Republican club foi the
liberty of election having waited on the Provisional Go- 'y dal
vernment on Wednesday, to express the fears excited by en de
this extraordinary document M. de Lamartine replied rices
that the Provisional Government had authorised nobody
to address the nation in its name, particularly in lan-
guage beyond the laws. M. de Lamartine then informed
the deputation that in a few days the Provisional Govern-
ment would publish a declaration of the most satisfactory
character.
It was still rumoured that the Council-chamber of the
Provisional Government was the scene of most extraor-
dinary disputes.
Most of the journals observe that, if the French Fours I le,
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rallied a little at the close of Wednesday's Bourse, it was I 4ei-:*:„,„...eff frnm Tiamburgh, wfience she sullen on I. n
"1 i ;;7.. --a. .t, „g in the LW-O,IA, MARKETS
owing to the rumour that the violent minister of the In-
terior, M. Ledru Rollin, had resigned, and that M. Cor-
nienin was to be his successor. So great was the alarm
created by his instructions to the Provincial Commission-
ers, that 30,000 National Guards were said to intend as-
sembling on Sunday, and signing a protest against it.
The Constitutionnel says that a proclamation of the
Provisional Government will shortly explain its variously-
construed intentions on the subject of the general elec-
tions, and fully comfort the friends of liberty. Whilst,
says the same print, most workmen have quietly resumed
their occupations, it is painful to see some of them walk
about the Paris streets, and the environs of the capital,
spreading anxiety where confidence was reviving, and thus
aggravating a crisis of which they are the principal vic-
tims.

They are repeatin,

_ Ji other nations, and a better dam
nay soon dawn upon her. Retail stocks in every branch
of trade must be running low, and want replenishing ; we
are at present in no want of bullion ; and confidence
alone may work wonders. Consols have ruled much the
same as last week, and closed last evening at 80: to 81.
The tendency of the SHARE. MARKET during the pane
week has again been downward, and the market of yester—
day was as bad as ever w- London Stock during
the last seven days ha- 131 to 12&& (at which
latter price it wa. ), the 4-shares
from 3 to 9 irom 101 to 98'; the

trn and Dover,

.Luncn 0., ....0 other foreign
CS a still greater decline has taken place. Dutch-
Rhenish once so popular here can be bad in any quantity
at IN. per share, .L 7 paid, and if a guarantee of registra-
tion,be required are quite unsaleable.
Yesterday was comparatively a lively day in Corrox,
a goodlit number of consumers have been down and par,-
chased freely of Cotton at last week's prices. The Sales
are up to 4,000 bales. Holders are willing sellers at a fair
market price, but determinedly refuse low offers, even for
quantities which look as though the impression of having
bottoms was gaining ground amongst them. The loss to
importers is again telling most seriously, and any further
reduction in price would do no good but serious injury to
all eventually. The stock of Cotton is 288,930 bales,
against 449,650 bales this time last year. The sales for last
week were only 23,010 bales, of which speculators took
22,010 bales, at prices
)se ruling the previous

Not much doing in the COLONIAL For
sugar there has been a fair demand for the refining quali-
ties, and stiff prices have been obtained. There has.been
rather more inquiry for West India Mauritius. BengalB
are very difficult of sale, and several parcels are offering rtt
lower rates. The inquiry for rum continues steady : 100
puncheons Demeraras have been sold since Friday, at
2s. Bd. to 3s. 61. for 14 to 38 per cent. O.Y. A cargo of
Logwood sold ky public auction at £6 to £6 2s. 6d. 19, ton.
Rice is a shadelower. Saltpetre is asked for both on the spot
and to arrive. Jute is scarce, and commands a ready sale.—
There has not been the slightest improvement in the
London markets during the week. The importers of se-
veral kinds of produce have been again compelled to sub-

mit to lower prices, in order to effect sales, which cannot
now be accomplished in any case without a material re—
duction on the ruling prices. The importers of sugar
have had to give way 6il. to ls. per cwt. In coffee the
sales have been small. Of 35,000 packages of tea offered
at the public sales last week, only one-fourth were dis—
posed of, at a reduction. The silk sales have as yet pro—
ceeded heavily.

There has been very little done in our Wool. MARKET
this week: manufacturers are buying with caution, merely
to supply their immediate wants. In Scotch there has
been a little more doing. imports for the week:—
Scotch.-378 ; previously, 2972 ; total, 3350.—Iinports of
Foreign, previously to lilt week, 17,703.

TrA IRON TRADE here has become still futther
depressed, as will be seen on comparing the prices subjoined
with our last week's quotations. In Scotch Pig Iron very
little business has been done during the past week. Prices
have gradually declined, and are now nominal, at 425. to
435. for No. I, and 41s. to 425. for mixed numbers.
The CORN TRADE in this town still remains in a dull,
inactive state. Prices since Friday, however, continue
steady, being incapable of any material fluctuation, in con-
sequence of the inconsiderable amount of the supplies re-
ceived during the past week ; 3,776 qrs. of Indian corn,
which arrived on Saturday, is the only importation worthy
of note since last market day. From accounts received
we find that prices have been pretty well supported both
in this country and in Ireland, although in one or two
instances a decline has been submitted to.
There is a moderate business doing in most articles of
the PROVISION TRADE. Irish butter, of which the mar-
ket is quite cleared, has not realised any advance is price,
owing to the indifferent quality of the recent arrivals.
which are barely sufficient to keep the trade going until
new comes forward. Bacon is in fair demand, at the
subjoined quotations. Hams are neglected. The prices
of Lard have a downward tendency.-Arrivals from the
14th to the 20th instant (yesterday) inclusive : butter,
2,267 firkins, 835 crocks ; bacon, 108 bales ; hams, 13
hhds. ; lard, 1 tierce, 33 kegs.-Prices in Liverpool
yesterday-Butter: Waterford, 88s. to 945. ; Kilkenny,
Carlow, and Clonmel, 88s. to 92s ; Carrick, 86s. to 88s. ;
Wexford, Carlow, 88s. to 89s. ; Belfast, 88s. to 925. ;
Ballymoney and Coleraine, 86s. to 89s. ; Banbridge,
84s. to 88s.; Newry and Dundalk, 80s. to 82s. ; Dublin,
Carlow, 84s. to 88s. ; Sligo, 80s. to 865.; Londonderry,
82s. to 865.-Bacon: Long Middles, free from bone, new,
565. to 60s. ; Short Middles, 58s. to 60s. ; American,
40s. to 549.-Lard ; Fine Keg, 60s. to 665. ; American,
40s. to 545.

American Cheese continues in good demand, and nearly
all the late is ~ports have been taken off. Beef remains
firm, and a good business has been done. Pork sales of
Strips, at improving prices, haie been made, and prime
Mess is much wanted. Bacon : all the late imports have
been cleared off, a considerable portion has gone to Lon-
don, where it realizes ss. to'7s. per cwt. more. Lard is
in good demand, and the price remains steady, notwith-
standing the late heavy imports.
The imports of TIMBER this month consist of 4 cargoes
of St. John timber, and lof St. Andrew's Deals. There
is an improvement in this branch of business. The sales
of last week were—A cargo of St. John Pine, averaging 19-1
inches string measure at 18id. per foot ; deals at .11d. per
foot of 2 inches ; birch and red pine at 14d. per foot; lathwood
at 30s. per fathom ; another cargo averagin 181 inches
at 18d. per foot, with deals at £8 per standard; and a third
cargo averaging 181 inches at 171 per foot for pine; deals
lt per foot of two inches, and red pine 141 d. per foot. A
carffo•of Quebec pine imported in 1846 at 121 d. per foot.
At sale by auction, on Friday, 361 logs of Quebec
yellow pine, were sold at from 13d. to 131 d, per foot; 1W
logs of red pine at' from 19d. to 201. per foot ; 86 logs
of Quebec oak at from 2s. to 2s. lid. per foot ; 366 spruce
deals from Nova Scotia at £8 ss. per standard, and 1138
heckmatack, &c., railway sleeper logs 10 inches square at.
ss. 10d. each ; the other woods advertised were neglected.

The English funds still continue steady, but without
any signs of reaction. On Friday Consols opened at 81
to' at one time were done at 80-x, and closed ,at. 801 81.
In the foreign exchanges not much business was trans-
acted. Bills upon FreLee were generally unsaleable.-On
Saturday the first quotation of Consols was 801 to for
money and account ; from this they went to 81, then to
80-1 sellers, closing at 801, to SI. Purchases on foreign
account are now made daily. Bank Stock left off 189 to
191, with dividend, for the opening ; India Bonds, N. to
14s. premium; and Exchequer-bills (March), 225. to 295.
pm. The operations in the foreign stock-market were
few and unimportant.
The Bank of England return for the week ending the
11th March states that the amount of notes in circulation
is £17,691,020, being a decrease of £684,595; and the
stock of bullion in both departments is £34,947,164,
showing an increase of £73,237, when compared with the
preceding return.
The measures decreed by the G

ament with regard

to the Bank of France—l. e. the suspension of si;ecie
payments—were favourably viewed on the Bourse ; it was
only regretted that they had not been adopted immediately
after the Revolution, as the financial disasters that oe-
curred would probably have been obviated. The Three
per Cents. closed on Thursday at 30f. ; Five per Cents. 73f.
On Saturday the Three per Cents. rose to 51f., and the

NEw ./EUoNaurtc SAID.—A letter from Rotterdam, Five. per Cents. to
dated the 7th instant, states that M.F.L. de Ruijter has It appears, on a comparison of the statement of
invented an aeronautic, a machine which is far preferable the. Bank of France on the 15th .instant, with its
to that of M. Montoinagor, of Madrid, as M. Ruijter's condition last December, - that the bank notes in eircula-
construction, instead of requiring the power of the bal- tion have increased about 41,000,0001., while the stock
loon, rises into the air from the impetus of its own work- of bullion has decreased about 50,000000 f. ; so that, as
ing, with a weight of about 200,000 lbs.' with immense far as concerns the balance of the cash assets of the bank
rapidity, and can be steered at will. M. de Ruijter will when compared with their liabilities on bank notes, their
soon exhibit some experiments with a small model, 1 elI 5 position shows, a: sum of about 91,000,000 f. to their pre-
inches in breadth, 83 ells 14 inches long. judice. or rather more than £3,500,009 sterlbig. . The
IMPORTANT FROM TTAI.Y.—The following important Presse announces that the bank, wishing to accommodate
news is given in the Lega Italians, of the 11th inst.:— the holders of bank notes as far as is consistent with the.
"The King of Naples has consented to the constitution security of the credit of that establishment, proposes
of Sicily as a separate state, having for Viceroy Admiral from Monday, the 20th instant, to pay itsootes of 1,008
Ruggrero Lettimo, president of the provisional govern- francs each by nine notes of 100 francs each and 100.
meat. The constitution was expected to be proclaimed francs in silver.
house of .Beyfus, Brothers, has stopped
at Rome on the 11th inst. The same paper confirms the Failures of banking firms are reported from all quarters.
report that a political league has been formed between the
Pope, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the King of 9 reit-meet. .'At Lyons the suspension ks-been announced.
, ar- ~ - _
dinia." •of Bontonx! De 1!1;11arte, and Co. From Paris we have
At Frankfort the'

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_ RIIVOLITTION IN Hty.cGAßr.—The Oherlander Rote (a a circular from str. i
German journal) contains the following important ccm-
eating his ste
Trilinication :—" Hungary has declared itself independent will not affe
of Austria, and has proclaimed a republic." A letter London, or tt,
dated Vienna, March 9th, states that "on the proposition There was stut a total 5...„._
of Prince Metternich the Supreme Council of State has The Bank of Bordeaux Was liinituts
pronounced the dissolution of the Hungarian Parliament. tieularly in connexion with bills .on Pali
The nimErstrinrt Plintlnr.rxr gm-no ~.-.......e.1,.,1 4.l_eia vln devise -. An annottneemmtturnq not franc :.vi in

gswate

kowever,as we understand,
Brothers, of
Co.

TConigs water

at Marseille

its discounts, par.

►e Monthly Pot of Thi►rsday of the suspension of the
house of ilfessrs. de Rothschild Brothers at Paris... We
are happy to state that it was entirely without-foundation.
Advice -from Hamburgh mention that a better feeling
prevailed on. -Thuge, that money was plentiful, and the
fate.of discount 31- per cent.

COUNTERFEIT Coi N.—ft is evident that cotmter.. I The settlement of the Sicilian question has been followed
kit money must of hoe have been Put into circulation, by a rise in the Neapolitan Five per Cents. from t 5 to 93.
for during many (layt! the people at Dover. tiotkthainptond ...Mercantile accounts from the.llavannah to the I.3th or
and. othor 11:ive tie en Leeping 61,;,f0 Pebrnary state flint the market was not-in an tketitite.
look-out for nothing hut sovereign.--PunM. condition, 'Owing to. the high pretenirons of the holders,-