The silk weavers of Lyons have been lately in a
state of insub- ordination. The storm appears to have blown over for the present; but great alarm still exists among the master-manufacturers and the peaceable inhabitants, in consequence of a new combination baying been formed among the operatives to compel an advance of -Wages. It will be recollected, that in 1831, the silk weavers rose against the municipal authorities, and defeated the King's troops and the National Guard, who endeavoured to suppress them. The recurrence of such scenes is dreaded at the present time, as the workmen are determined to get higher wages than the low profits of trade will enable their employers to pay. The arrivals in Paris of foreigners to share in the rejoicings on the anniversary of the Three Glorious Days of July, are unusually mumerous. The Times' correspondent says, that none of the families of distinction will leave their country houses and come to the capital on the occasion, and that the fixed residents do not care a straw about the matter.
The uncertain state of English politics forms the principal topic of discourse on the Bourse, and in the Saloons of Paris, where the probable overthrow of the GREY Ministry causes much alarm.
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