Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-31

per cent? and loans made on Exchequer bills and
quarter per cent and stock at and half The Bank
circulation is increasing it is now f22, l26,039, which is
el, 533, 676 than it last year. The bullion in The
Bank is now el7 647 The public funds have scarcely
moved during the week.
The state Of the weather. which not favorable and the
uncertainty of the harvest continue excite great interest,"
without causing any decided advance in prices in the
market The tendency, however, upwards wheat is
tanly something deaer but all other grain without change.
yield of the coming wheat crop is said not to promise
WELL but the breadth Of land under wheat very large
considerable deficiency is expected. The Economist says
" Had not the whole world to look to for supply, the
prospect of harvest and those Of the continent in
immediate neghborhood, is of such description that
prices would undoubtedly very considerably. Free
trade prevents that, and also the blight to great
present manufacturing and general prosperity, which sud-
den and large rise in the price of food would inevitably
cause"
The theatrical world is without particular interest Mrs.
FANEH KEMBLE is giving readings of Shakespeare at the st.
James THEATRE which well attended JENNY LIND and
her operate associates will sail for the United States ir the
America the 18th instant Very little doing in the
book line and that little has noticeable degree Of
velty or excellence.
The Continent affords very little news-FRANcE
yields scarcely an item Of intelligence. Our. Eng
lish journals full of conectures to the pro-
bable future. One day we have prophecy of a
coup defaf to be accomplished soon as the Assem-
bly, has separated The next day we are told that
the President is about to dismiss Gen. CHANGARNIER,
Boge, Thier and Changanier have had conference with
the President and represented that the President and the
semby ought to make reciprocal concesons that they would
&c
but that they would side with the Assembly if any attempt
made against it, The electoral law has excited such
universal epobaton that members of the Assem-
bly, have already submitted proposition repeal will
not be considered however, previous to the adjournment
Out of the fifteen millions of electors who existed in France
last year, not more than four five millions eman-a
most unorhodox act in republic dsfranchise twohirds
Of its citizens by enactment Of representatives who had
been elected by universal suffrage The Legislative Assem-
bly, be said to have completed the business Of the session
with the exception Of the final vote the budget
Whatever may be thought Of the wisdom Of the laws which
the Assembly has passed during the present session. there
no room to tax the members with having been INDECENT since
between the 2sh of May, ls49 and the end Of July, 1885,
they have passed less than three hundred and seventeen
bills and other propositions great number Of these
ures are true, of merely private local character but
many Of them have deeply affected the interests of the pub
lie that in any other country they would be considered equ
vaent to revolution It is only necessary to mention the
laws relative to the Press the suppression Of the clubs and
public meetings. the law Of public instruction. the tanporta
ton BILL that respecting schoomasers of communes the cleo
toral reform bill and the newspaper stamp BILL Almost any
one Of these measures would have been work for session in
England and more than enough for session with YOU The
progressive increase of population France, when compared
with that Of the other States of Europe presents curious
anomaly