Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-19

have provoked has not yet had the effect OF arrest
Ing the upward progress Of prices rise OF lfr Sc
per hectotre IL cents per bushe Of wheat has taken
place during the last month The average price through
out is struck for the last Of every month Here is the
for the last months the average price
per hectolitre e sc bushels very nearly was
slst July 2lfr 5sc Csl.42 Ito per bushe
3lst August ....,.......25fr 66c. ($149 Clio
30h September. .26fr. lOc. (Sl72 $40
3lst October. 92c. (SlSi $40 g
Yet the price Of bread in this department Of the Seine
Paris is still arbitrarily maintained at 40c. the kilo
gramme, e 40 cents per lb)
General PIERcE's representative at Madrid Mr. souLE
had an audience for the presentation Of his letters to the
Queen OF Spain on tie I'D utmo. You have already
doubtless received copies Of his address upon that
sion and Of the reply of the Queen They do depart
either Of them from the sereoytyped form Of those
mona phrases except perhaps that the Queens contains
no expression of gracious good will and respect towards
the person Of the Minister himself The Journal des
DsJats Of Paris noticing this reception in editorial
article of the day before yesterday says:
"The address Of Mr.. SouLE expected with impa-
tent curiosity, because it remembered that few
days before his departure for Europe he publicly held
language in which remarked expressions wounding
to Spain, and little compatible with the diplomatic func
tons with which he at the time invested. Mr.. Soue
got the difficulty with perfect proprety His lam
guage in presence of the Queen in al respects
having in conformity with usage communicated his ad
dress to NJ CALDEnoS DE BARcA Minister of Foreign
Affairs the latter requested the suppression of certain
phrases deemed Objectionable (ndcceptabes MIR. Soue
consented with readiness that the expressions objected to
should be struck out Contrary to custom at Madrid,
Mr.. Soule delivered his address in English. Foreign
Ministers have always employed the French language in
their official audiences. The French language has thus
been spoiled of its ancient privilege Ought it to have
pected this contemptuons treatment at the hand of
orator Of French origin? An orator of pure American
race would probably have spared our language this
slight
The DsJdts in its statement of the nyarabeness
Of the the French language upon the re-
ception of Ministers at Madrid. The address of the
English Ambassador Lord HowDEY, in his native
tongue and without much emerity venture to
assert that three Of four at least of the anecedcn
American Ministers that would have been unable
to deliver presentation addresses in any other than the
| English language
The official Journal the Monspr Of Brussels publishes
in its number Of the 2Sh ultimo law sanctoning the
convention framed between the Belgian Minister Of Fo-
reign Affairs and company formed for the establishment
of service of steamboat navigation between Antwerp
and the United States capital 10000 francs divided
int 1000 shares of 1000 francs each The General So
ciey for the Promotion of National Industry subscrbes
for 900 shares certain individuals have taken 1880
more and the Belgian Transatlantic Steamboat Company
commenced operations the 1st November instant