The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-27 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY, The stock markets have ruled dull to-day, owing to large sales in connection with the account, and to the absence of demand from the public. A general decline in prices has been the result, and values have offered about the worst point of the day. Consols closed at 924, 92k, both for money and account, being a reduction of *, Reduced and New Three per dents., closed at 91, 91i . India Five per Cents., 111, 1114 ; India Four per Cents.; 1008, 1001 ; Rupee paper, 91, 92, and 107, 108 ; India Bonds, 18s. to 235. prem ; Exchequer Bill, 6s. to lls. prem. It is understood that the French loan has been fully subscribed, and that large applications from the country have yet to come in, The price, however, receded to-day, to 1 prem. The foreign stock market ruleclvery dull, and the move-' ments in prices were all of an adverse character. Italians were particularly flat, being 1 lower in the day. There was, however, nothing to cause the downward movement in values except the closing of speculative accounts. Spanish were and Turkish Five per Cents. lower. Egyptian of 1868 gave way it. Five-Twenty bonds remained dull, but unchanged in value, the 1862 issue closing at 89, 89k, and the 1865 at 88k, fi• The flatness apparent in the foreign market extended to home railway shares, on nearly all of which a slight reduction has taken place. Metropolitan are lower, at 644, 641; Midland at 126, 1261 ; London and North- Western, ff, at 1281, 1281 ; and North-Eastern consols 2, at 143 i, 144. Foreign lines have remained dull and inactive, with a general downward tendency in prices. Lombardo- Venetian shares are f, lower, at 14,14} ; Great Luxem bourg are quoted at 11i, 12 : Erie shares are 18, 18i ; and Illinois Central at 1091, 1101. Colonial Government securities have remained without movement. The dealings in Joint-Stock Bank shares have been very much restricted, but values have undergone no change of importance. Bank of Australasia shares have sold at 50 1 1 ; Chartered Mercantile at 25 ; Imperial Ottoman, ll ; London and River Plate, 48 ; London Joint Stock, 33i ; Union of London, 37k. Telegraph shares have been dull, but not quotably lower. Anglo-American, 88 ; British Indian Submarine, 7ff, ; China Submarine, ; Falmouth and Gibraltar, g ; Great Northern, 11i ; French Cables, 14g. Tele graph constructions are 1 better at 28, 28i. Very few transactions have taken place in the miscel laneous market, but there is no material variation in prices. Hooper's Telegraph have sold at 5 1 1 ; London General Omnibus, 2i. It is notified that the transfer books of the Anglo- Mediterranean Telegraph Company (Limited), will be closed from the Ist to the 13th of November, inclusive, for the purpose of converting the shares of the company into stocks, and to prepare the warrants for an interim dividend on the old and new shares of the company. The prospectus has been issued of Letts, Son and Company (Limited), in 500 shares of £lOO each fully paid up, of which £30,000 will be issued at once. The object of the Company is to carry on the business of Letts and Company, the stationers of the Royal Exchange and New Cross. At the half-yearly meeting of the Continental Union Gas Company, the accounts showed a balance of £34,730, out of which a dividend of 4 per cent., making 8 per cent. for the year, was declared. The amount left to be carried forward was £16,897. The bullion operations at the Bank of England to-day consisted of the purchase of £4,000 bar gold. The Massilia, which is expected to arrive at Southamp ton on the sth proximo, will bring about £BOO,OOO, of which £670,000 consists of gold from Australia, and the rest of silver from the East. There is no demand for gold for export, but bar silver is still taken for export to Holland. The money market ruled quiet to-day, and the rates had a downward tendency. The open market minimum was 2i per cent. The quotation for advances on stock was 1 to 2 per cent. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has been held at the Cannon-street Hotel, Captain Mangles in the chair. The report which has already been published was taken as read. The chief item was as follows :—Although a further charge will fall on the repair and renewal account for the completion of the Tasmanian, the directors, after reviewing the state of the present accounts, feel they are able to recommend a distribution of .£3 a share, free of income tax, viz., a dividend of 15s. per share from the ordinary accounts, a bonus of ss. a share from the repair and renewal account, and a further bonus of £2 a share from the insurance fund. The Chairman proposed the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Admiral Whish. Mr. Simpson, of London, com plained thet the profits came from that precarious quarter the insurance accounts, and thought the directors should " divide " more liberally. If they lost one of their large ships there would be no dividend for the next two years The report was unanimously adopted. At the statutory meeting of the creditors of Messrs. C r ilbert, Kerr, and Company, whose failure in the Australian trade for £63,369, was announced on the sth ultimo, the resolution arrived at, at the previous meeting, was unanimously ratified, and Mr. C. F. Kemp was appointed trustee. A prospectus has been issued by the Wyoming Sweet water Mining Company (Limited), with a capital of £60,000, in shares of £5, to work some gold quartz lodes in the territory of Wyoming, United States. The traffic return of the Midland Railway for the week ending October 23rd chews an increase of £4,572 on the corresponding week of last year. The return of the North- Eastern Railway declares an increase of £5,654. LONDON STOOK EXOHANGE,-WEDNESDAY, LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate tho business done. GOVF.RNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 DoApril & 0ct1883.55.. 11071117 927, 1 1117, 11 Do for Account Three per Cent Reduced 91 917 1037 917-, 7 Brazilian. 1865, 5p c .... 90 91 New 3 per Cent 917, 7,7, 1 Egyptian 1802, 7 p 0.... 81 83 Exchequer Bills, March 812 pm Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 00 101 Bs, 120 pm 993. 7 Do. June 8 12 pm Italian, 1865, 5p o pm Peruvian, 1865. spc . Bank Stock 2327 Portuguese 1869 3 p 0.. 301 317 India 5 per Cents 111, 7 Russian, 1862. 5 p a.. .. 88 89 India Bonds — Do Nicolas 3 4p o m 697, Cana po Jan&Julyll77-84 10571067 Spanish, 1867. , 1 3 pa 1057 2 91 1 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do. 1869, 3p a Do 5p 0 Jan & July .. 98 99 291 t 1 99 Turkish, 1854, 0p 0 Bl 83 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 81 Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 96 98 Do. 1865, 5p a Ceylon 6 p c May and 44, 7, 37 November 1878 lO7 109 Do, 1865 0p a Mauritius 6 p a Jan and 64, 37. 7 July 1873 lO3 105 U.S. 5-20 Bonds ,6 p 0 1882 881 89 New 8 Wales 5 p clB7l-76 10171027 891, 9 New Zealand 0p a 1891 lO7 109 Do do 1885 881 881 Do 5p c Do 5p 0 Consolidated 98 99 Do 1040Bnds, Spa 1904 86/ 871 98}, 7 877 Do 6pa Mar&Sept 1891 106 108 Erie Elha,loo dots, all paid Do June & DeclB9l 10871097 Illinois Central Shares .. 10971101 1087 1097 Viet 6p c Jan & July 1891 113 115 Atlantic and GW R Con Mortgage Bonds 287 297 RILILWATB. Bristol and Exeter BB 90 Do 2nd d o Scrip ...1 3 pm Caledcnian 76 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 3Bl 391 2nd Pre! Stock 231 r 9 Do 3rd Pre Stock .. - 5032 Great Northern 1221 4th Prof Stock ...... 10 g 5p o 1051106 17 171 3 Do A 13111351 Greatlndian Pen 135 61, g, 1, 6 Great Western 7Ol 71 Great We 41 stern of Canada 141 141 1 701,1 Lancashire & Yorkshire 1301131 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 424 Of Do 51 do, 1877-8 ...... 96 98 421 961 Lon, Chat and Dover 13{ 1 Madras guar 5 Po Lon and North-Western 128 1281 N. Railway of Canada 129, 81, 1 6p o Ist Prof Bonds Lon and South-Western 89 91 Oude and Rohilkund g Mau, Shef, and Lincoln 44/ 454 5p c 5 Metropo4litan Pu / njaub, and 64 :1, g, I Delhi guar 5 p c M idland 126 1261 1041, 4 127/ Bahia and San Francisco North British North - EasteniConsols.. 143 33 1L44,1 Belgian B Junction 1441 3,3, 31 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn 251 25.1 Eouth-Eastern 741 75 Dunaburg and. Witepsk 18 181 75 Dutch-Rhenish 2.4 231 Atlantic and St Lawr nce 7 7 711 Eastern of France - - Bombay, Bared% and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 P c.. 10431053 llf, ilulf & Lake Huron Pier - Lemberg Uzernowitzg-as 1)0 51 p c Bonds, 1872-5-4 81 83 7D 0 161 17 321,11 17, 161 Cape guise n 6p c E a7 i, Bengal guar 5p c lO5 106 0 ttom (Sinyrua to Altlie) 5 53 East Indian. g 5 , c 110, 01 (Limited) gu ar 7p 0 .. 15 151 Crand Trunk Canada 12/ 21/ Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 South Anstn & Lom-Ven 144 143 - charge 69 a . O - a Bout orn of Prance ..,. ,=, . 91 . . • - • • BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian , 79 PM 48} 20 Anglo-Egyptian l 33 (L) 221 23.-} 15 Londo l 3 n Joint-Stock 33 34 23}, 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lon and Westmnster 601 61.', : 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 142 142 10 Metropolitan Bl 81 25 Char Merc of India 241 251 8i 25 20 Midland (L) 10 City 10.2, 11 25 Orntal BankCorporn 41( 42i 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) 20 Eng. Scot, and Aus 0 151 161 371 20 Imperial IL) 10 Imperi lli al Ottoman TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 85 88 10 Great Northern .... 11 114 88 1} 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3l 13/ 6 Grea l t N. China, and 100 Atlantic — Japan Eximnsion.. 324 dis 100 Do 8p o — 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 10 British Australn (L) 34 31dis 10 Marseilles, Algiers, If and Malta (L) .... 68 el 10 British Ind Exton (L). 64 68 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) ...... 41. 4 61 24 Pnma and S. Pcfoll.) 3 2 dis 10 British Indian Sub- 2 P-16 dis marine, (L) 78, I, 13-16, I 20 Soc Trans France (L) 148 144 2 China Submarine (L) 4148 d is 14 4 4 100 Submarine 235 240 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip _ 221 and Ma to (LI THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD SUPPLIES. Nothing has been neglected in Paris to economise the supplies of food, and to avert those epidemics which are likely to result from a prolonged siege. For several weeks before the investment of the city the inhabitants were warned to provide themselves with provisions, and means of light, and while the merchants were making purchases to refill the warehouses which were speedily emptied, the Government and the town were acquirinj immense stores. At first there was a positive incumbrance, especially when the vast herds of animals came in, but order was soon re-established. Sheds were erected for the cattle, which were distributed in different places, under the . charge of the peasants who had taken refuge in Paris, and under the superintendence of a veterinary surgeon. The immense stores of forage provided by the Govern ment were distributed, and part of it compressed by hydraulic presses, thus preserving it from damp and fire. There is in Paris a considerable store of wine. With bread, meat, whether fresh or salt, and wine, men can live. However, it was thought wise to provide some variety by stores of rice, eggs, butter, dried fruit, sugar, tea, chocolate, coffee. Of the last-mentioned articles there is an enormous supply. Some deficiencies cannot be supplied. The chief of these is milk, and an ingenious substitute, having something of its taste and appearance, has been designed, though we are not told of what it is compounded. As for fresh vegetables and fruits, they can no longer be procured from outside, and the supply procured inside the enceinte would not satisfy a hundreth part of the normal demand. Sea fish and shell fish are not to be thought of, and the provinces are enjoying fine fish, such as they never saw in time of peace, at wonderfully low prices. But setting aside such trifling hardships, . there is an actual food supply in Paris for some time to come. The hygiene of the city is carefully looked to, the thoroughfares are regularly cleaned, no gutters are left, and a long desired reform has been carried out, house hold refuse being no longer allowed to be thrown in the public streets, but removed by a regular system. In all respects care is taken to preserve the health of man and beast, matters of drainage, ventilation, and the drying of skins, &c., being scrupulously watched by an organisation of the citizens themselves, who inspect the houses each day, and report to the authorities. Three great problems were the questions of water, light, and warmth. It was feared the enemy might seek to cut off the waters,. whose source is beyond the enceinte, and large supplies were there fore drawn from the Seine by powerful machines, and stored. Wells were also dug, and pure water is now plentiful. Lights will be supplied in case the gas should fail, but the authorities do not wish to state in what manner. The warming of the city is provided by stores of wood, coal, and coke. Charcoal may grow scarce, but it can be supplied by the wood cinders, which everyone can make for himself, and the establishment of canteens and economic furnaces will lessen the demand on charcoal for private consumption. The Parisians are consequently sanguine that they can hold out without risking extreme hardships or sickness until the provinces succeed in effecting their deliverance. MISCALL &NEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 30 London Fin Assoc (L)lBllndis holders' Certificate 11 2 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. 2/ 3 10 BerlinWa'.erworks(L) 144 15 4 21 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine L)par4pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal P c Sterling Loan 91 93 gsp c by Ind Gov. 99 101 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 2 21pm 101 25 Canada Company. —72 76 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 41 is 5 Natul Disct Comp IL) 11 111 35 City Offices (L) 25 24 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assume )21 3pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 715-16, 8, 71 Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 21 64 NBritsh and Mere (L) 4 I 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p a Perp Deb lO9 114 50 P and 0 Steam 49 51 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 818}dis 10 Do do New. 1867 111 die 100 Egyp 9 p clrroy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron 29 21 guar by Egyp Gov.. 100 10E 15 Do New Bl 91 101, 1031 60 Royal Mall Steam 13 Foro - stWarehouse IL) 61 7/pm 12 T e l C on an d Main (L) 28 281 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 274. 84, 8, I, 4 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 99 2 Thames and Mersey 21 Gen Credt &Diact (L) 1 1 dis Marine Incur (L 3l 31 pm 71 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 guar by Italian Gov B7 89 7 Hooper's Tel Works 2/1/ die 5 Trust and Loan Co of 51 . Upper Canada ... /11 pm 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 91 SG . Marine, Lvpool (L 41 51pua 8/ 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 26 45 Indrbbr,GutPer,and 6 United Dia Corpm (L) 1.; Iclis Tel Works (L) .... 38 39 5 Univ Marine lnsur (14 1 41 5/pna 384 Viceroy of Egypt 7 P a 5 InterulFinan Soc(L) 11 lidis Mortgage Loan.... --, 3 5-16 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis 20 It Miff Can Cavour 3/ 3/ 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re deemable 1870 ~ 62 65 MINING SHARE LIST.—OCTOBER 26. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. To- day the chief demand has been for Great Laxey, East Lovell, South earn Brea, Kitty St. Agnes, Great Vor, Taquaril, West Frances, Tankerville, and Wheal Grenville. Australian United, 9s, Us Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, 3, 31 Chiverton Valley, Chontales (Gold). Cook's Kitchen, Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 21s, 23s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Bey. 22, 3 East Bassett, East Caradon, 42, 6-, East Lovell, 261 271 East Wheal GrenviLe, Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), Parjs Mountain, st 4 Prince of Wales, 10s, 12s Providence Mines, 38, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransom° United, South Cam Brea, 15s, 258 " South Condurrow, 3, 3} South Frances, 31, 33 Tankerville, 145, 15 Tincroft, Taquaril (Gold), 48s, bOs Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols West Caradon, West Chiverton, 533, 54 West Drakewalls. 1 1 West Frances, 32. 34 West Maria and Fortescuo, 30 32s West Beton, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 355, 49s Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 8, 85 Wheal Mary Ann, 85, 9 Wheal Seton, General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor 7i, 8 Hingston Down, Marke Valley, 6i, 7 New Lovell, North Crofty, Pacific, Ij, 11 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, WEDNESDAY.— There was a firm tone noticeable in the grain trade to-day; nevertheless, the business doing was on a somewhat limited scale. There were moderate arrivals of both English and foreign wheat on sale. The demand was steady, and the en hanced rates current on Monday were thoroughly supported. Barley was in fair supply and request for all descriptions, at firm quotations. The malt trade ruled quiet, but prices were unchanged. Oats, the supply of which was good, experienced a moderate inquiry, but at fully the late advance. Beans and peas were purchased to a fair extent, on former terms. Flour was in limited request ; nevertheless, Monday's currencies were well maintained. Arrivals.—English and Scotch : Wheat, 1,130; beans, 60 ; and peas, 90 quarters, Foreign: Wheat, 9,190 ; barley, 850 ; oats, 16,390 ; beans, 2,080 quarters ; and flour, 1,000 barrels. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. At this market to-day the supplies were good. For wheat there was a slow sale at full prices. For barley there was a fair demand at last week's prices. Oats were in good demand at 6d. per quarter advance. For beans the sales were heavy at rather less money. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There were at this market to-day 626 beasts and 2,300 sheep and lambs. The cattle were generally of better quality, and met with a good demand at from 71d. to 71d. per lb. Second quality from 60. to 7d. per lb. Sheep made id. more than at last market, and were all cleared off. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This mar ket was dull to-day, very few buyers being present. The fat cattle supplies were short of last week's, and with a few excep tions were of middling quality. The good sorts were readily and very well sold ; secondary and inferior were rather difficult to sell. Best beef, 10s. ; secondary, Bs. 3d. to Bs. 6d. ; inferior, 7s. 6d. to Bs. Store cattle were plentiful, and there were several lots on sale. Price, however, did not advance, al though there wete a few large purchases. In the pig trede the same prices were given as last week. Sheep were fewer than last week. There was a good demand at higher prices. Top, sid. to 31d. ; secondary, 7d. to 7d. Ayrshire cows sold at from £l7 to £26 each ; shorthorns sold at from £2l to £26105. each. The trade however was stiff. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was only a slow market to-day, and although there was only an average supply of stock, several lots did not meet with pur chasers. The prices for beef and mutton were about the same as last week. SOUTIIALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The trade was brisk at this market to-day. Best quality was very firm. Other descriptions were unchanged. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow market has ruled flat, at 435. to 435. 3d. for Y.C. spot, 435. seller% all the year ; 438. 6d. to 435. 9d. spring ; 448. to 445. 3d. March, The jute auctions have gone off quietly, without change in values, Linseed Oil is rather firm at 30s. 3d. spot. American turpentine 295. to 295. 6d. ; French 280. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Sugar Prices are very firm at the late advance, but the market is less active. At auction, 3,166 bags E common clayed Manilla sold at 225. 6d. to 235. per cwt. Coffee : The demand has been less active, but values have been well sustained. Moderate supplies have come forwards.. Tea has continued firm, with a good in quiry. The Rice market has ruled quiet on the spot, but floating cargoes have been very firm ; 9s. 1 d. has been paid for Rangoon to the Continent. The Spice auctions have passed off quietly without change in prices. Sago has ruled drooping in value. The quarterly sales of Spanish Indigo have opened without spirit. Gtood qualities maintain last sale's rates ; medium sold at a decline of 3d. ; low ordinary sorts very unsaleable, and 9d. to is. down. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market opened with a moderate inquiry to-day, on the spot, at yester day's prices. Sales, 10,000 bales or 12,000 bales. Savannah, ship named, 8 7-16 d. Imports not reported. Cl os i ng R eport.—This market closed quiet to-day. Sales, 10,000 bales. The prices on the spot and to arrive are ls. Bd. easier. Ship-named Savannah, Bd. for October and N ovember ; Mobile, sid. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—This market to-day is much quieter, and quotations are nominally lower ; but the business doing is too small to test producers' ideas of values. A decided check was given yesterday to the advancing price of cotton, principally on account of this market not responding in any way. Producers are now in a position to reduce their late extravagant quotations, but buyers act cau tiously, and yesterday and to-day the actual business has been very trifling. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This mar ket was steady to-day, at 51s. 6d., cash, buyers ; sellers, ld. more. Very little doing. Closing Report.—This market was quiet to-day. No business is reported. Sellers 51s. Od. cash, and 61s. 90. a month, buyers offering a shade less. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —There was a good business done at this market to-day, and prices gene rally were rather stiffer. M. DE FORCADE AND M. GAMBETTA.---M. de Forcade, the reactionary Minister of the Empire, who played such a prominent part in the constitutional struggles of last year, has written to M. Gain betta to explain his departure from France at this crisis. After the dissolution of the Legis lative Body, he went into the department of the Gironde and remained there in readiness to assist the defence of his country in any way requisite. There he remained during the month of September, but when the elections for the Assembly were announced he left his residence, being anxious, to fulfil his pledge to keep wholly aloof from politics. When the elections were postponed, he returned homewards, but was sent for by the Prefect and requested to leave France for a while. This he demurred to, unless the Government would furnish him with a passport, stating that they had no ground of complaint against him. This was given him, and he started two days later for St. Sebastian, as he was most unwilling to leave his country in a time of danger. He thinks it right to explain the matter to M. Gambetta, reminding him at the same time that during" August last he had himself applauded M. Forcade's appeal to the patriotism of the country to lay aside party feeling. THE POSITIONS OF THE GERMAN CORPS AT PARIS.— The positions of the various corps forming the besieging army around Paris are as follows :-sth Corps and Land wehr of the Guard about Versailles and opposite Fort Issy ; 2nd Bavarian Corps, opposite Forts Vanvres and Montrouge ; 6th Corps, opposite Forts Bicetre and Ivry; from thence up to the Canal de l'Ourcq, at the north-east of Paris, the Wurtemburg division and half thel3tb Corps, both under the command of the Grand Duke of Meck lenburg ; opposite the north and north-west of the capital, the Guards, the Saxons (the 12th Corps), and the 4th Corps, which last communicates on its right with the left of the sth Corps. This total force is equal to eight corps, or about 200,000 men, for a deduction of about 20 per cent. must be made from the full war strength. The i nves ti ng force is drawn up in three main lines, the first being sub divided into sentries, pickets, and grand guards. There are telegraph lines run from the most advanced line of sentries to the rear, so that a force sufficient eventually to contest the ground with any force the French have yet sent out of Paris is collected within a very short time after the first alarm. IHE SUS, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870 A GLOOMY ESTIMATE. One of the most desponding views yet published, re specting the prospects of a successful defence, is given by a besieged resident who writes to the Daily News. The defences, he says, have been strengthened, but the de fenders are very much in the same position as before. The Mo biles and the Nationals are nothing but armed citizens. "Each battalion is an imperium in imperio. The men ignore every one except their own officers, and these officers exercise but little influence except when they consent to act in strict accordance with the feelings of those whom they are supposed to command. Some of the battalions are anxious to fight, but it unfortunately happens that these are the very ones which are the most undisci plined. The battalions of .the bourgeois quarters obey orders, but there is no go in them. The battalions of some Faubourgs have plenty of go, but they de not obey orders. General Trochu either cannot, or does not, desire to enforce military discipline. Outside the en ceinte the hand of the Mobiles is against every man, but no notice is taken when they fire at or arrest officers of other corps. The courts-martial which sit are a mere farce. I see that yesterday a Franc-tireur was tried for breaking his musket when ordered to march. He was acquitted because the court came to the conclusion that he was un brave garcon.' The application of military law to the Nationals is regarded by these citizens as an act of arbitrary power. Yesterday several battalions passed the following resolu tion :--` In order to preserve at once necessary disci pline and the rights of citizens, no man shall henceforward be brought before a council of war, or be awarded a punishment, except with the con sent of the family council of his company.' '' The writer wonders why Trochu does not make sorties. If the military elements iu the city are not good enough, then the capitulation is only a question of time. But " A Besieged Resident" has no faith that the qualities of General Trochu are such as to ensure the .success of the defence. The fall both of him and the orators and lawyers who are associated with him is at hand. THE MEN WHO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. The same writer bitterly complains of the demoralisation which eighteen years of despotic rule have brought upon the French nation. There is only one class in the capital who have a grain of common sense—the workmen. " I fully recognise the fact that the leaders of the ouvriers talk a great deal of nonsense, and that they are actuated as much by personal ambition as by patriotism, but it is certain that the individual working man is the only reality in this population of corrupt and emasculated humbugs ; everyone else is a windbag and a sham." This is the class which will soon bowl over every other form of authority. " Whether, as Mr. Lincoln said, it is well to change horses going over a stream, may well be doubted. On the pure merits of the question, however, I think that the working men have reason on their side. They know clearly what they want—to make sorties and to endea vour to destroy the enemy's works ; if this fails—to make provisions last as long as possible by a system of rationing—and then to destroy Paris rather than sur render it. The sleek, well-fed shopkeeper of the Rue Vivienne, although patriotic, dreads disorder, and does not absolutely contemplate with pleasure an encounter with the Prussians. The wild, impulsive working man from Belleville or LaVillette dreads neither Prussians without, nor anarchy within. If he could only find a leader, he would blow up himself and half Paris rather than submit to the humiliation of a capitulation. Anything he thinks is better than this masterly inac tivity.' " PROBABLE DURARION OF THE SIEGE. The correspondent of the Standard at the Prussian Headquarters, writing on the 19th instant, discusses the subject of the probable duration of the investment of Paris. He says : How long shall we be kept here ? That is a question which everybody is asking, and some are attempting to answer. Let us take, certainly a favourable, but not an absurd or even an impro bable supposition, and assume that no disaster attends the arms of the besiegers either before Paris or elsewhere. What will be the consequence ? Metz will have to capitulate before very long ; the Army of the Rhone will follow the Army of the Loire ; the threatened bombardment of the forts of the capital will be more or less successful; and what with falling shells and failing food, Paris will be reduced to beg for terms. I am still arguing on the assumption which I call favourable, and all this may happen by the 15th or 20th of November. And then ? Then France will be called upon to speak out her mind as to the form of Government she prefers, and to re• place the irregular Government of National Defence by a Constituent Body, which, in subscribing terms of peace, shall bind the entire nation. A month is not too long a term to allow for the election and verifica tion of such an assembly ; and the new year would hardly do more than see it either discussing the conditions offered by the victors, or delegating its authority to a com mittee chosen for its own members. And not till agree ment had been arrived at between it or its representatives and the German plenipotentiaries would it be possible to withdraw any portion of the investing and occupying forces. Thus, let the circumstances be as favourable as possible, there is no chance of our getting away before January—if, indeed, so soon. That is not a pleasant prospect; but it is one which every one whose fortunes are bound up with his army must face. There will be no Christmas dinner, no New Year's festivities in their own homes for those who have followed to the field that warlike lord, William of Prussia. They will have to be as merry as they can in a foreign land. It Will be a great gain, however, if we - have a suspension of hostilities by December, ►to be followed by a termi nation of them. Many, in that case, would exchange Versailles for Paris, and think themselves fortunate. But things may not turn out so favourably. Metz may possibly not fall. Garibaldi may pos sibly be yet found a name to conjure with. Krupp's big gnus inay possibly get as good as they give, as the phrase is. Paris may possibly make a great and successful sortie. The South may possibly come to the rescue, and try a throw with the beleagueni. Any or all . of these things are possible, though believe them to be to the last degree unlikely. But if they do happen, then we must and for every one of them so happening a month or more to the duration of our stay. As to the chances, everybody can judge for himself. I described to you the day before yesterday the view taken by La France of the heterogeneous force to which is entrusted the defence of Paris ; and your industrious travelling correspondents in the provinces faithfully acquaint you with their military condition, and enable you to judge what is to be hoped for from them. On the other side, there are in France some 700,000 Germans, 300,000 of whom now stand armed round Paris. The big guns will soon all he here, and Paris will have to contend with another foe besides failing provisions. Therefore, I incline to believe that by this day month, if not before, France will have entered upon the regular path which leads to peace, or will have been dragged by Republican desperadoes into: a guerilla warfare which will not save honour, and which will inflict upon the country woes and misfortuii4s compared with which all past trouble will be a trifle. In the latter case Paris would, of course, be occupied militarily, but one's occu pation here would be gone. I may be too sanguine ; but if we are kept here in Versailles after, at the very latest, the end of next month, I shall be disappointed and astonished. Still, as I have said, a return home will be delayed for German feet. Under the most favourable circumstances they cannot hope to recross the Rhine till 1871. This is the view taken by the most sensible and far-calculating minds. This forecast is based on the belief that no miracles are to be expected from the French people. "They have lost the scorn of death which their forefathers had," said a very mode rate, Prussian to me this morning ; and I fear the seve rity of his words was as true as it was simple. Nor is to be expected that the inhabitants of Paris will face that contingency pointed out in Count Bismarck's last cir cular, which would inevitably arise were they to hold out till food failed them altogether. There are hot heads in the famous city; but there are cool ones too, and a couple of millions of people do not court real extremities. MOVEMENTS AT VERSAILLES. Writing from the Royal Headquarters on the 21st, the correspondent of the Telelfraph says :—Quarters have been prepared in Versailles for the reception of several South German Ministers. This thy friends in the besieging army seem to consider a very significant fact. The war, they say, has already made Germany one ; North and South are determined to become united in closest bonds ; and so anxious is this desire that the Southern Governments have not waited till the conclusion of the war to enter into negotiations. Their Ministers have braved the fatigues and dangers of a. long journey across the enemy's country, that in the very sight of the enemy's capital they may consummate the union fur which Germany has so long yearned—which France has so impotently op posed. For some time it has been a subject of remark that the Parisians spewed a degree of acquaint an.:e with the movements of the investing army hardly to be expected from people hi their position. When, for instance, our forces had been massed in a certain spot to oppose a threatened sortie, the French suddenly changed the point of attack to some place less strongly defended. It is suspected that the inhabitants of Versailles manage somehow to convey to their compa triots in Paris information concerning the movements, positions, &c., of the German forces. The most searching investigation has been made into the means employed for this purpose, but as yet without avail. . That telegraphic communication could be carried on with any point in or about this town without being discovered' would appear perfectly impossible; and equally so that any person could steal or force his way through the Prussian lines. Has this war, so fruitful in military inventions, added another by which, through . some machinery hitherto unknown, information can be conveyed from place to place ! Yesterday two gentlemen Who had come out of Paris under the protection of a flag of truce arrived at Versailles. That they were emissaries of the Provisional Government is beyond doubt, but what the nature of their mission is, nobody that I have met can tell. Are we going to have a renewal of the negotiations for an armistice ; or has the Committee of Defence already determined to abate something of the haughty and inflexible refusals with which it has hitherto rejected Count Bismarck's terms of peace ? To-day G eneral Brice,. the Haytian Minister, de parted from this town—departed, I should also be inclined to suspect, in greatest dudgeon. He had asked leave to re-enter Paris for the purpose of removing the archives, papers, &c., of the Embassy. This request refused, he desired an interview with the omnipotent Chancellor of the Confederation, possibly imagining that what subordinates had refused the chief might grant. But Count Bismarck declined to accede to this petition also ; so the baffled Minister, defeated at all points, could do nothing but retire. The Commander of Fort Mont Valdrien has been re• rnoved. because he did not fire at the Germans. The pail° loudly complain e d of this silence, and another Governor was appointed, who blazes away every day. PREPARATIONS AT AMIENS. The special correspondent of the Telegraph, in his letter letter dated Amiens, October 23, says :—On Friday last, is common with the rest a Amiens, I believed that the wolf, of whose arrival we had been warned so often, was at last at our door. About noon reports began to fly about that the much-dreaded Prussians were on their march to this town,. and. that, in all probability, we should see them before the day was finished. As the hours passed away, the canards became more and more numerous. That the enemy, to the number of some 2,000, had advanced from Beauvais — which is the capital of the Department of l'Oise,—to Breteuil, which is in the same department, but some six leagues near Amiens, seemed certain ; and towards dusk a gendarme brought 'the news that they were at Ailly-sur-Noye, which is only about twelve miles from this town. There had been a report in the forenoon that General Bourbaki, who was expected almost every ,hour from Lille, had returned, and that about two o'clock he would pass in review all the troops now in Amiens. This proved to be incorrect, so much so that even to this present moment I am not certain whether the General has arrived. However, the effect of his orders were seen yesterday, for a quantity of field artillery, in capital order, as well as several line regiments, came here by rail; raising the aspect of our gar rison to something much snore respectable, both as to quantity and quality, than could have been imagined a week ago. All this indicated that there was something to be done, or some event expected —so that when the " gendrale " was sounded in the streets, about nine p.m., no one ap peared in the least surprised, but took it quite as a matter of course. In a few minutes the whole garrison was under arms, and, considering that amongst them are many young soldiers, it was wonderful how very quickley they turned out and got ready. lam quite sure that from the moment the drums commenced to beat not a quarter of an hour elapsed before the regiments were on the march to their different posts, the guns being almost the first to move off. All this shows, at any rate, that immense progress has been made in thegarrison during the last few weeks, and that Amiens is prepared to undertake a steady defence if she be attacked. The alarm last night proved to be a false one. The troops had not gone far out of town when they were recalled. But the greatest vigilance is still kept up, and the Moblots, who a month ago were almost ridiculous from their general appearance, now look, and march, and drill like bond-fide soldiers. That they will fight well I have not the slightest doubt, more particularly when they are side by side with regular field artillery and regiments of the line. Of the numbers of the garrison, of course I shall not speak, nor yet of the plan of defence. This much, however, I may say, that both are infinitely better than a week ago I should have expected. It may be that, after all, we shall not be favoured with a visit of the enemy at Amiens ; for the German chiefs, although certainly not so harmless as doves, are, generally, quite as wise as serpents. To come here in any smaller numbers than a full division would be to insure their own defeat ; and to detach that amount of troops from where they are so much more wanted—namely, at Paris—would hardly be in accordance with their present tactics ; the more as Amiens, although wealthy from a commercial point of view, has no great amount of stores, and the greater part of its riches must be out of the country, or locked up in foreign securities, as is the case with all manufacturing towns. Moreover, the increased vigilance and determination to defend the place must be well known to the enemy ; for, as I hear, more than one Prussian spy—not unfortunate Englishmen who are sus pected of being such, but regular genuine articles—has been found in the town during the last few days. These, of course, will meet with the punishment made and pro vided for such offences ; and it is only to be hoped that, amongst those who are shot, there may not be any inno cent men. TILL ARREST OF M. LUTZ. M. Lutz gives a full account of his singular arrest in the Progr?A de Lyon, dating his letter from the Citadel of Besancon, was Pent, he says, to the province) by the Government with the object of organising the national defence. He left Paris in a balloon and visited Tours, where he was entrusted by M. Laurier with a bag of des ' patches, and from whence he started for Besancon. When he reached the town he immediately entered into com munications with the committee of the National Defence, and together they worked all Saturday, not breaking up until eleven o'clock at night. The next morning about seven o'clock, when he was going out of his house, he was seized by two gendarmes, supported by about 50 mobiles, commanded by two officers, hurried into a carriage, and taken off to the citadel. He vainly asked for the war rant on which he was arrested ; he was told there was none. He asked for an immediate investigation and release as a messenger from the government, but no answer was made. He was sequestrated, he says, by the Prefect as easily and as mysteriously as in the worst days of the Empire, which, under these conditions, it was scarcely worth while to change. At the time of his arrest he had about him a letter from M. Dorian, the Minister of Public Works, countersigned by M. Laurier, the delegate at Tours, containing his in structions from the Government. This letter was addressed to the prefects. Besides this M. Lutz had several other documents attesting his official relations, and a pass from General Trochu, calling upon the civil and military autho rities to assist him. All these papers were taken from him. The Prot/re:3 de Lyon remarks, in publishing the letter, that the affair is quite inexplicable, as M. Lutz has always been a good Republican, and the Prefect, M. Doubs, is a real patriot. The Progres recommends an inquiry. A SECOND MAID OF ORLEANS. The correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, writing from Versailles on the 21st inst., states :—" Whilst the formid able prepasations are being made for the enormous park of artillery around Paris, in order to make an energetic attack upon the forts and fortifications of that town, the men in the French camp seem to repose now upon less material affairs. We are informed, of course after the successful occupation of the town of Orleans, and that in a most serious manner, of the appearance of a maid,' a modern Joan of Arc, who has suddenly sprung up from the department of the Loire Inf erieure, and who is to inspire fresh courage and new hopes into the hearts of the French. This inspired young female, who, like unto her predecessor in the reign of Charles VII., has visions, and has heard the voice of the Mother of God, does not appear to consider it necessary this time to submit herself to an examination as to whether she is in communication with or possessed by the powers of darkness.' In the present case also the 'maid' wears neither armour nor sword, but a long black robe, no doubt to denote her sorrow as to the position of her mother country. Up to the present time the superior command of the Army of the Loire has not been entrusted to her. Nevertheless, she marches at the head of the troops who are still in Tours, and carries before them a silken banner, upon which is painted the Holy Virgin, with the Infant Jesus ; and, in fact, the whole affair looks as if the advisers of this new paragon had been guided by a zealous study of Sohiller's Maid of Orleans.' This information, although a seeming fable, has been stated officially from the headquarters of the Army of the South, and is therefore worthy of being chronicled." GENERAL UHRICH IN HIS OWN DEFENCE. General Uhrich, the defender of Strasburg, has addressed the following letter to M. Ad. Boyd, his cousin, in answer to certain accusations directed against him : "Bale, Oct. 15. "Sir and Cousin,—Your letter of October 4 reached me here only yesterday, and I regret it. I have long been aware that the Tarpeian Rock is not far from the Capitol. lam now having a sad experience of it. That people might reproach me with insufficiency and incapacity I could understand ; but with treason—this is infamous. Treason towards whom ? Is it towards the Republic and the Government of the National Defence? But it was myself who caused them both to he recognised in Stras burg. Treason could be understood at the beginning of an investment; but after two months' siege, after having seen a city burnt and overthrown, its inhabitants killed, its garrison decimated, where could treason slip up ? " The road from Strasburg is open ; let anyone go and see its fortress destroyed, its ramparts ploughed up, its artillery annihilated, its outworks rendered untenable, and a breach made in two of the bastion's ; let anyone stop before the ruins of its monuments and of its houses ; let any one realise the shower of iron, lead, and fire which covered all its military grounds, and examine those powerful, and till now unknown, projectiles which were thrown at us by 200 guns—and, far from saying that the surrender of the town was premature, he will only be astonished that a bombardment, unprecedented to this day, could be withstood during the space of thirty-eight days and as many nights. The situation had become the more complicated by the loss of 35,000 metallic rockets, which were burnt,together with the arsenal of the citadel, and which nothing could replace. In spite of that, we could have resisted as long as the bulk of the place re mained intact; but, during the last days, the enemy's works of approach took a turn of extraordinary activity. They succeeded in crowning our covered ways ; in making iron coverings for the protection of the troops who were to give the assault ; and in opening two breaches—one, Which was practicable, in bastion No. 12, and the other in bastion No. 11, which two hours' fire would have been sufficient to make also practicable. "It was impossible for us to resist the assault. The ramparts and all the approaches, being cannonaded by the enemy's powerful artillery, could not have been held by the defenders of the breach, who, in less than half an hour, would have been annihilated; and the enemy would have carried the assault without striking a blow. Were we—or rather was I—to expose the unfortunate city of Strasburg, which had already suffered so much, to the horrors which follow an assault, when we had not a single chance of a successful resistance? My council of defence was not of that opinion —and surely the energy of that body will not be assailed—and, being con sulted by me, it unanimously declared, after a long de liberation— " Ist. That the assault could not be withstood with any chance of success ; "2nd. That the time had come to capitulate. " What followed was the necessary consequences. Yes, I declare it emphatically, military honour is safe. At tacked by the brave, or by the persons who, without think ing, yielded to a first impression, I wish I could have re mained silent, and have waited till truth had made its own way. But the word `treason' made it for me a duty to protest, with all the strength of an honest and long-tested conscience. I invite the most minute investigations into my career of fifty-two years of military service—a career that the talk of a few ill-informed or malevolent individual cannot tarnish. I might have spoken to you of the neglect with which Strasburg was abandoned, without a garrison, without sufficient artillerymen, with out the smallest engineer detachment. I might have told you many other truths still, but I should be obliged to go beyond the limits of a personal defence, within which I wish to remain. "Do with this letter what you may think proper. If I may express a desire, it is that it should receive as much publicity as possible. " Receive Sir, and dear cousin, my thanks for the frank ness with which you have made me acquainted with the reports that were circulating about me. I know how to appreciate the upright feelings which prompted you. Once more, I thank you. " Receiie, Sir and cousin, the assurance of my friendly sentiments. (Signed) " General UHRICH." THE GERMANS AT ORLEANS. The Germans have thoroughly installed themselves at Orleans, having completely routed the French force opposed to them, the remnant of which was only saved from capture or destruction by• the timely aid of the railway. The Orleans line is close to the main Chauss6e and the railway employs were deserv ing of all praise for their steadiness, so that they were able to render material assistance to the retreat thus effected after a novel fashion. The French repeated the old mistake of dividing their forces and fighting with part one day and part the next. The Frenchmen at Arthenay numbered 12,000 or 15,000, but they were held in check by the Bavarians, their inferiors in point of number, while the other German troops came up. After a fierce fight, in which the French were worsted, the cavalry moved round to cut off their retreat and they fell back in disorder on Orleans. Here the rail way saved them, but they lost 1,200 prisoners. In this struggle the most noticeable feature was the employment of Count Durheim's mitrailleuse battery by the Bavarians who were much interested in the use of the new weapon. ' At Orleans itself some resistance was made, but it was chiefly on the part of the Papal Zouaves, the Foreign Legion, and the Turcos, the regular troops being alto gether disorganised. However, the Germans occupied the heights, and poured their shot and shell resistlessly on the defenders, who finally retreated leaving 2,000 wounded and 1,000 prisoners. Besides these there were some 1,200 Germ an wounded, so that Orleans had plenty of sufferers to care for. The inhabitants were terrified by the affray, and by the burning of thei suburbs. Happily, strict discipline was maintained by the assailants, and the city was spared from destruction or sack. PRUSSIANISED POLES FIGHTING FOR GERMANY. From a Berlin telegram we learn that the two field• pieces taken from the French in the sortie of Saturdal were captured by the 50th, one of the regiments of the province of Posen. Like many of the regiments from the East of Prussia, this is in part composed of Prussianize d Poles, and it is not surprising that their ago should claim for them a share of the Li te warlike honours. Their strength lies mainly iu the sth corps (" the fighting sth," as English correspondents have christened it) and in the 6th (th e , Silesian), but especially in the former. After the battle el Woerth, in which that corps, as is well known, did most of the hard fighting for the Crown Prince, there was a wo , r 11 ! controversy in the German press as to the number of Poles in it, the pro-Polish section estimating this as high as one-third. The other party admitted that there were in this corps alone 4,000 Poles, strictly such, who could not speak a word of German. It is a strange freak of fortune which finds these Slavonians fighting for the unity of Germany against the very nation which has from the first protested against the partition of Poland' Surely this fact reveals the Nemesis which waits on such time-serving policy as the elder Napoleon, who sacrificed again and again during his career of conquest the nascent hopes of Poland, his faithful ally, to the interests of Austria, his very unfaithful ally—a policy that even Dl' Thiers has been forced to pronounce feeble and mistaken' —Pall Mall Gazette. A decree of the Mayor of Lyons suspends all balls and festirals, and directs cafes and cabarets to close at eleven o'clock in the evening. There was great trouble and disorder in Metz on the 19th when an attempt was made to proclaim the Republic. Marshal Bazaine set himself against this endeavour. " We have had," says the Carlsrulte Gazette, " lettere from soldiers serving in the Baden division with the army in the Vosges, in which they state that the French frequently fight with the utmost obstinacy, and that they are at the present moment very well officered." The Marquis de Castlebaaic, who was said to have been shot in Paris for counselling surrender, denies the statement. He is in Normandy, and occupies himself with the French in succouring the wounded, and has been so engaged for many weeks. The Allgemeine Zeitung says that, in order to reinstat e the library of Strasburg, an appeal has been made to the several German universities, academies, learned socitiee, publishers, authors, and others who have the diffusion of German literature at heart. General Bourbaki has expressed himself agreeably S 1 prised with the state of things he has found throughou t the North, and he has so disposed the troops under 1 11 . 4 command that in two hours an army of 50,000 men could be concentrated at any given place in these departments' At Versailles an extraordinary disproportion between prices exists. The finest fruit, vegetables, and other perishable articles may be had for a mere song ; but sugar , salt, coffee, and the like are wofully dear, and so is soap and forage. At the siege of Verdun, the Prussians found it ziecessal to increase the number of their siege-gans, but as ther 3 was a risk in placing them they put, says a Tours pape r s some French peasants to the task. When these dreg back to escape the fire the Prussians pushed them for• ward with their bayonets, inflicting serious wounds upon them. Two numbers of a Metz newspaper have fallen into the hands of Dr. Horn, of the Cologne Gazette. One of them noticed mortality among the horses in consequence of bad weather, but deprecated anxieties as to th e continuance of the siege, as the diminution of rations and the appeals of the authorities to the inhabitants had placed the Goverile ment in possession of a mass of provisions. Its reader° were also assured that all France was rising. Letters from Marseilles say, that fax from obeying th e orders which came from Tours, the demagogues of the town are more than ever inclined to take the di re ction a affairs into their own hands. At a council, which the held, they went to the length of putting a price o n Gam' betta's head, and opened a subscription for the pur ee of furthering the scheme. Felix Dalin, in an article in the Allgeineine Zeituo o insists that Prussia must annex Alsace, German Lorraine , and Luxembourg, as a preparation for an inevitable War, with the united Latins and S c la von i ans .' F rance Mu certainly thirst for revenge, and Russia's favourable atti• tude towards Prussia, which is based .on personal feeling, and on a transitory weakness, will be reversed. The letters of the French soldiers who are prisoners ar e !, subjected to inspection before th e y are sen t awa y, and 11 they contain any disparaging remarks on the Prussian s they are put aside. The other day a young man resorted to an ingenious device, and signed his letter in som e patois words which signified that they w ere dying ' 3 , hunger. The Prussians being ignorant of the dialect e' his district, allowed the letter to pass, and it reached its destination. A correspondent of a German paper confirms the s tate' meat respectin g the hostility to Germans prevalent i n Strasburg. " Assassinations are occurring, and it is stated that several soldiers are missing. The compasei° ll and generosity extended to Strasburg through the whole length and breadth of Germany fall indeed u p on a mo st 'Barren and ungrateful soil. Hatred exists in its direc t form, and, what is most remarkable, it is more partial' larly evinced against the Baden soldiers." The Grenzboten publishes an article recommending that Northern Schleswig should be given up to Denmark. The Danish speaking inhabitants most earnestly desire sePart i. tion. " Since 1864," says the journal, " the country which northwards stretches from Flensburg to the Kong' sal, is in a continuous, chronic state of war. A tolerabl e degree of tranquillity can be maintained only by s trict watchfulness on the part of the authorities, and by excel ) " tional measures. As often as Prussia is involved in difficulty with another country, as in 1866 with Austria, and in 1870 with France, the inhabitants of this district, in their hearts pray for the success of the foreign power. The Cologne Gazette supports this view. M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle recently offered to take a bal' loon out of Paris and then pilot it back again. Nobody has yet been able to steer a balloon, but it was resolved to try the experiment. Accordingly the largest balloon ye t made was constructed for M. de Fonvielle. It had a hog; basket fit to hold ten passengers, and it was to be fille t ' with hydrogen, which is considerably lighter than the ordinary coal gas used for the balloons of Nadar, .0 1 which, therefore, might be expected to carry a great er load. The machine was got ready (it took three weeks to make), and the passengers were going to step in, when the anchoring ropes broke, and the balloon went off without passengers or cargo of any kind. The France publishes the following cry of despair " We are no longer Frenchmen, for our soldiers accustc° themselves to being made prisoners, our armies capitulate , our generals have forgotten how to conquer. We are 1 1 ° longer Frenchmen, for at Paris a regiment flies from the enemy, without firing a shot; at Orleans our soldiers, who were considered the best in the world, run swill; only the Mobiles and the Volunteers of the west skew a good attitude, and set an example which is not followed , We are no longer Frenchmen, for our officers do not study war, and consequently know nothing of it. The great art of war, which our fathers had brought to such perfection , they have forgotten." ADVERTISEYIENTd—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.-- Certainty without Risk.—These excellent curatives fri# be fearlessly used by the weakest or most delicate From their purifying and cooling virtues in all disease, benefit must flow from their employment, without inceir venienco or danger. Holloway% remedies are suitable. to every climate, and are admirably adapted for re storing, health to both sexes, at any age and under any circulu t stances. A long list of wonderful cures of the nv" intractable complaints can be produced to prove till utility and safety. They always do good, never mischlo'. These medicines are invaluable in the nursery, whe re slight accidents, or trifling ailments, can at once be ccf rected by the judicious use of Holloway's medicamen ts ' which cannot be wrongly applied. BIRTHS. On the 22d inst. at Ham Hill, Worcester, the Marchioness of Queensberry, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Melford Hall, Suffolk, the wife of Sl r William Parker, Bart., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 22nd inst., at St. Mark's Notting-hill, Artil tir Elderton, Lieut.-Colonel Bengal Staff Corps, to Ann? Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colo nel E. Toms, 66th Regt., of Knolton-hall, Overton, Flin t. shire. On the 25th inst., at St. Stephen's, South Kensington' Edwin Alfred, son of the late Joseph Simpson Pain e ' Esq., of Richmond, Surrey, to Georgina Emily Vincen daughter of W. D. H. Oehme, Esq.. of Elvaston-placc, Queen's-gate. DEATHS. On the 24th inst., at his residence, Orange-hill, ne ar Edgware, James Hall, Esq., aged 86. On the 24th inst., at 142, King's-road, Chelsea, Thonia B Love Bull, Esq., aged 73. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, I' No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hi m THE SUN Office, No. 112 al , Strand, in the Precinct of e Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Thursday, October 27, 1870.