Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-01-01
Foreign News,

Lyons and elsewhere shows 4. ~
provinces matters are not rnn,t Ia RS
The progressive diminution of o o
cial bills offered for discount a. !, = S0'9ae
of France would show H., -.' ',e hsa
coming more difficult. The
commercial transactions in H. s'5 j
ments would appear from ,ba - Sa'ls,.
in the receipts of the railway o. ,-,l''s {
But it IS from the stagnaticn - me-
tail trade that we may ipdsa :. = eas y
satisfactory condition Of traSs - ! 'a' .
ell; in shops where not LONG si,. y S'ae
ceipts were some thousand e. - ass
as many hundreds are not now o {
The financial crisis is not - 's'el's
France as elsewhere. own ~ s'ea' 1 J
treme prudence with which : 49, Y Y a,
men have done bushes, since IS1s
confidence, once so rudely sb,L 20 d
stability of political institutions M u. I Z
ficulty returns. VIE d
Notwithstanding the arr;v.,
100000 900 francs in silver al n H = asos
during the present week, and laaSS7
standing the decisions Of Tho aaC ga uo''rA
the Sth, failures have suecaaJ. Jenae q
other without intermission NJ one a.
of bills of exchange protes,a lHe anoua
commencement of the crisis i s s,ioe =:
at 100000 to l5O0OOoco1o1 'aa T
Tuesday the panic was at H. nj ": y
Many hitherto strong houses s u,sal-
clared insolvent, though DOSE. y q
considerable assets. '''e0
The latest news from Copst,,.
informed US the Turkish Mini,,r
exclusively engaged in deyisino w
for wardipg off the financial criT, ~ -,
had begun to manifest itself in ~
calculated to cause much uneasDs
A letter. from St. Petersbur =
29th ult., states that the cs,.
crisis begins to make itself felt n
Several houses had already stOD0s5 !.
ment, and among them that Of RIA.
whose liabilities amount to about nj. !
lion roubles. Serious spnrebens;a,.
were felt for Warsaw and The bou,e, !, /
relation with Poland. The decisive m.
ment has not, however, yet arrived a.
Russia, as the worst time will be wbr
the calls are made on the share: in III
different undertakings which have ben
recently commenced. Every cOufdes
however, is felt that the government Vi
not be wanting in its support to Ruza
industry when it is needed.
GREAT BRITAIN.
| In the House of Commons on tbs N
leave was given to bring in bill to IN
effect to the resolution for granin.
pension TO Sir H. Havelock, and tie i
was afterwards brought in and resa
first time. In the course of the srl
another Intellectual attempt was mad
increase the amount of the pensioa L
higher sum than that proposed BY 2
} eminent, namely, $1,000. In reply
E question, the Chancellor of the Ex,
quer intimated the probability of an
plication to Parliament for funds 70
i sist the East India COMPANY in Il
e pending emergencies. He did not.
: ever, expect from the position of
cumstances, that this demand would
sumo any very serious dimensions.
Bank Issues Indemnity Bill was,
: some discussion, read third time
passed.
: A great Parliamentary Reform N
ing was held at Sheffield on the I'd
Ii Resolutions in favor of a rate-ps,
+ suffrage, the vote by ballot, equal elec
: al districts, the abolition of the prop
qualification for members of Parlian
r and triennial Parliaments, were entl
" astically adopted.
$, The whole of the districts about
S, fast appears in a state of chronic
.e. turbance from disputes between
- Orangemen and their opponents.
The Belfast Neacs Letter says, On
thority, that out of the 91400O Of
r, Indian relief fund collected in Ire
of and now in the bank, the entire sum
~ tributed by the Roman Catholics Of
, land amounts to 1920.
le The Leviathan on the 1lth move
lit inches forward and Is aft.
re FRANCE.
4 Accounts from Marseilles state
last week was remarkable for cont
''' ed fall in all kinds of grain, and POI
RS ularly in African wheat.
r. The vintage on the Rhine has exc
a ed all expectation, and prices are .
n declining. There is no business d
- in brandies.
n The screw transport Gironde, 7
an has been ordered to Toulon 10 be
out for a long voyage, is to take On
ali 900 artillery men and Marines e'
:: them to China, and place them at the
as posal of Admiral Rigault De Genoa
'te at present commanding the IN
ny squadron off Canton.
oe France has spontaneously de'9
her intention not to interfere a. .
, the Holstein dispute, and the sall'i''
all caused by this at Berlin is genera
The foreigners residing in Paf'
all getting up a petition to the bmP
IF praying for a modification Of the >
imprisonment for debt. As il no" :
any foreigner may be pulled oui ?
lot bed at day-break, and imprisonea' :
ct, suit of his tailor, a warrant to ma
On, being readily granted by the Inp y
on Commerce at the request OF ereei'
49, French subjects are not 50 baaiJ =
They cannot be sent TO ClIchy, 'He
- ors' prison, without having been