The Arkansas banner., 1847-12-13
l..... at rarl,n y,r. ly lAs llaala.

.,.,,A.., of eomnrrcial bills due and Psxable
 fe-.S af rraacs. oa the the 3oth alt. was %
 Sus .1., if .ecame necessary te employ additional -, rJerk.-a feet anPreccdeuaed ID ule an - f ,A- set1AAlshnlent-
 hs' v b- 2ith aad s0th ait. tlae Bank of FFanec
 ps a,,k ps,os to tue value of s03 francs e1eh' sS- =. ,,sua, of kfteen millions H appears, tar- .. .,g ,ae b1nk proposes to tSsue sini'ar hOses s ,r-al 2. of twenty five millions
 <. ..,or,si that the Freneh Government wiA,
 .ss ssx, sss toa, briag ia full Ssli to repeal e'- -, rh,ch eAcIa5cs the BOnaparte family from a,,s-.., k smith. Times mentions the steppage --,l hanks in various parts of the eoantry.- q x.,,S and South Wales Rank st Liverpool, the I..ssr, R.nk. tBroaie & Co., the Shaftrsbnry sS..Iea Bunk. (B-odie & King,l and the Shrews- s-.y BssE, Adaas, Wusr~a k EOs,t have alse .,sv-l payment
 s.... I.ghorn Genoa, Priests. Lisbon and Ghenf, -,s,, rh,.fly suffered, The French koa=rs es St e.,,-Tsr-y. of C. Rfva and Co, has also failed. .,,,-s received in Hamburg state that tho Elm x Rusx,s had given orders to the Bank to as
 r, ,e.ry Tuercl,sn, that might be able tO prove his .Ivyvr, hv bis beeks
 ENGLAND
 T7s Frg1i.h Parliament will assemble on the 18th
 .., so, the despatch Of business The Pspe's rc- -. ha. s.ra rceeived. eendesnuing the proposed Pe,ss Cahc.p1 Colleges for Ireland. 4 Keeling of
 ,iy,-sa sorrow and disappointment hasb been eaus- rs by . Ia,g Lieutenant. on the certain recurrence Of ,e f.aise in the approaching winter. He promises
 "a. government, will istsrfere for the preservation ,f hsnaa life.
 TAe cOar, of Directors of the Bank adopted the gsiowisg soutioa;
 4Re.olvcd, That this Court dc aecede to the re-
 fv,sStioa cont ained ia the letter from the First isr1 ,f ,hs Treasury andte Chancel or of the Ex- ,>cusr dad this day, ard addressed 10 the Cover se, s3 Deputy Governor of the Bank sf England, s5scs hAs Hsi been read.
 .Tsai the ninl RsR rate of 5iscount on bills not ,,yag rnorc thsn 91 days to run, hc 5 per cent ~Ta, advances be made on Bills Of ExehaRge. on sssek. Eyche3uer Bills, and her approved seeaEi- - a sums of not less than E20O0. and for periods e hxe by the governors, al the rate of sper eeai - sannm.
 The sT ct of this measure was electrical; ia ths .ysera eag-ruess cf <pecnlxfors for fall, to bay .eeif accounts. the market became dull. COnsols ,ay or two advanced, after the mos, violent ia4iions, not less than five Ter cent upon thsi' s,-taes, DO nt of depression of the previous week Ssares of railways, which had been ruinonsly de- y-~s~.5. rose rapidly. London and North Western ~s lro.n Ei0 to Els stsare. Exchequer Bills on- -aisd to about l5s. to 2iss. discount. The snga' g.fse3 secauie moF- efive, and cotton and corn, s.vas-ed considerably.
 Tbe excitement and ris- of stocks proved evanes- sai After the first general rise of prices upwards -caation began 10 reflect upon all the bearings 0. De measure and stocks b~came at first station 1ry .aa ten proceeded steadily 10 rccede. COnsos, be- the week termissted, had relap~ed to about ~ P, money, and London ana Nsrth-W estern shares ,47; the price of Exehequer Bills. perhaps the set criterion of Government credit and the value T money, fell to lss discount: the cotton market a' zl and inactive ever, and prices reeeded; whils aarcs Tn Manchester, Glasgow and LoaGon, ii ,sa,n8e to eansc great dismay ia | . mercantile ~rd Meantime, tse tone of the press generally as much moderated towards tse measure
 IRELAND.
 The eontianed export of provisions and grain tC E-r5sn3 in the face of faminc prospects at home ..clies much discussion in the Irish papers,
 SWITZERLAND.
 The 2fsirs of Switzerland are last approaching --s5s. The belIieerent forces are in view of eacl .h :. and hostilities appear 10 he inevitable.