The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-07 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Steadiness was again the characteristic of the stock markets, and with but few exceptions the move eats in • prices have been favourable, although in no case have they been of an important nature. English railway stocks, saving a slight fall in Great Northern A, have maintained the late advance, Metropolitan and Great Western being dealt in at a further fractional improvement. The foreign' bond market also has been steady, and although not closing at its best, Egyptian, Spanish, and Turkish, have again risen in value. As regards home securities, the market has been firm. Consols have been quoted at 911, 92 ex div. for delivery, and 92, 921 ex div. for January. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 911, 911; Bank stock, 230, 231; Exchequer bills, 10s., 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 110, 1101 ex div. ; and India Bonds, 225., 275. prem. Colonial Government securities have been quiet, but firm in value. The market for English Railway Stocks has been teady. Metropolitan at 641, 642, and Great Western at 692, 70, are 1 and 1 better respectively. Great Northern A. has fallen 1, or to 1311, 1311; Caledonian, 782, 791 ; Brighton, 401, 411 ; South-Eastern, 74, 741 ; Great Eastern, 381, 382 ; North-Eastern, 1431, 1432 ; Midland, 1271, 1271 ; and North-Western, 1271, 1271. Indian railway stocks have commanded but little atten tion. Bombay, Baroda, and. Central India, 104, 1041; Great Indian Peninsula, 1071, 1072 ; Great Southern of India, 4032 ; and Scinde, 1031. For Canadian shares there has been but little inquiry, Foreign shares have been dull. Central Argentine, 191; Great Luxembourg, 111 ; and San Paulo, 201. Foreign bonds have been in fair request, at improving prices. Egyptian (1868) have risen 1, or 771; 772-. Spanish have been more freely dealt in, and prices have advanced per cent., the 1867 being quoted at 311, 312, and the 1869, 311, 311. Turkish have been dealt in to a moderate extent. The Six per Cents of 1865 have marked 621, 631; shewing an advance of 1. The 1869 stock has been 1 better at 51, 511; Italian 1861, 551, 551; Peruvian 1865, 911, 912 ; French Scrip, 1 to 1 prem ; United States Five-Twenty 1882 bonds, 88, 891 ; ditto 1885, 88, 881. In. Bank shares rather more business has been doing, but prices have been without material change. Imperial Ottoman have been 1 better, at n, 21 prem. Anglo- Egyptian have marked 211: London and Westminster, 631 ; and Union of Australia, 412. For telegraph shares there has been very little demand. British Indian Submarine, 71 ; Hooper's 61, 61; Silver's Indiarubber, 441, 451; and Construction, 261, 261. Miscellaneous securities have been in limited request. Ocean Marine Insurance, 19, Universal Marine, 111. The report of the Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Company to be held on the 14th instant, shews that the•gross receipts to the 30th September amount to 221.313, and the expenses to £5,817, having a net profit of £15,496. A dividend of 4s. per share, free of income • tax is recommended, which will absorb 213,200, and leave £2,296 to be carried forward. The sum of £211,000 has been sent into the Bank to day. As regards the exchanges the rates on Russia are more favourable. Berlin advices state that the combination of bankers have paid in to the Federal Treasury the first instalment of one-third of the 34 millions of the new Federal loan they had subscribed for, and at the same time the bankers declared themselves ready to take up a further amount of 17 millions of the same loan. The position of the money market has been unaltered- There has been a fair supply of capital seeking employ. ment, and with only a moderate demand for accommoda tion, three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. An increase in the inquiry may now be looked for, owing to the approaching close of the year. The Tarifa, from New York, has brought £21,524 in specie, the Colorado, .219,000, and the City of Brooklyn, 230,841, also in specie. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that the settle ment of Messrs. Bewley, Webb, and Co.'s affairs has been adjourned for a month, but it is understood that a divi dend of only 3s. to 4s. in the pound will be paid. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. -Antwerp, three months' date, 25 35, 25 40 ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months' date, 25 60, 25 70 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 30, 25 40; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and, Palermo, ditto, 2 6 90 , 26 95 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 171', .11 181 ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 1201, 1201; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 11, 13 111 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 1201, 1202 ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 621, 12 671; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 30, 291 ; Madrid, ditto, 491, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto, 491, 49$ ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 521, 52 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-TIIESDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the Lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMEST 6SROURITIES. Three per Ceut Conga's 911 92 V ict 6p c Jan &July 1891 115 117 92, 11, 2 x d DoApril &Oat 1883435.. 11111121 Do for A cco Vict spc Jau nt 92 a d n& JulylB94. 30311041 Three per Cent Reduced 911 93 1031, 4 911, 2 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 92 93 New 3 per Cent 913, 1, i Egyptian 1862, 7 pa . .. 78 80 Exchequer 13ills, March 10 15pm Uo Rail Deben 7pc . .. 100 102 10g, 15s pm Italian. 1865. 5 p o Do. June lO 15pm Peruvian. 1865..5 p c .... 91 92 lls pan 911 Bank Stock 230 Russian. 1862. 5p 0.. .. 83 65 India 5 per Cents - 841, 4 110 L 1x d Do Nicolas 4p a India Bonds — pi, 3 pm Spainsb, 1867. 3 DO Can 6 peJantaulyll77-84 10411051 31 1. 4,1, 105 Do, 1869. 3"p d Do March k Sept. 102 104 31/, 1, 1 Do 5p a Jan & July .. 97 98 Turkish.lB s4 , 6p c 7B 40 98 79 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1865, 5p o Dom of Can 5p c 190 3 .. 96 98 45. 4L 51, 41. 1, 1 961 ' Do, 1865 6p o Ceylon 6 p e May and November 1878 lO6 108 C. 8.5-20 Eduds.6 p a 1332 881 88/ Mauritius 6 pa Jan and 89, 81, 1 July 1873 lO3 105 Do do 1885 87/ 641 New SW ales 5p clB7l-78 1011 1021 .881, * 1021 Do 194Ulinds, spo 1371 87 8 71 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 87 Do 5p a Do 5p c Consolidated 981 991 Illinois Central Shares .. 11011111 99, 1 Atlantic and OW 1 3 Con Do 6pc M ar &Sept 1891 106 108 Mortgage Honda ~.,.. Do June & DeclB9l 105 107 RAILWAYS. Bristol and 1 4 :geter B6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 79, 1 36 Great Eastern 381, i • Grand Truck of Can a da Great Northern 124 151 Do A 133 135 Great Indian Pen g 5. , o 107 108 1341 1071, 4, 4,1 1 Great Westeni 691 701 Great Western of uauada 131 14 70, 691, 70 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 Lancashire & Yorkshire 132 133 Do 54 do, 187-8 •94 96 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 40/ 414 Do p c prof, issuod 80 Idislipm 41, 1, 1 Madras guar 5 pcs Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 121 13 4044. 4, 1 Lou and North-Western 1271128 N. Railway of Canada, 1271 6p c Ist Prof Bonds Lon and South-Western 89 91 Oude and Itohilkund g 90, 1 5 p c Man, Shef, and Lincoln 44 45 Saluda, Puujaub, and Metropolitan 64, 4, 4 1031 Midland 1271128 Bahia and San Francisco 1274.4 87140 181 l7/ 171 North British 331 Beiglimi B Junction .... 21 2 4 North-Eastern Consols 1431144 Buenos Ayrea at Sthru.. 24 254 1431 241 South-Eastern 74 741 Dunaburg and Witoo,,if 181 181 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Dutch-Rhenish 423 3ombay, Barods, and Eastern. of Frappe Central India, g 5 p a.. 104 105 Great Luxembourg 104, 1 111 Buff and Lake HuronPrf 3/ 11 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua 4 7 p c Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 81 Ifortheru of France Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p c lO4 105 5 East Indian, g 5 p c 110, 91 (Limited) guar 7p 0 .. 141 15 Grand Trunk Canada 11 San Paulo (L) guar 7p a 201 204 Do Equip Mortßnd 1 201 charge 6P P Do 2nd do Scrip .. • • idle IoW 144, 4 lb Ist Prof Bonds 54 56 Southern of France .... s 5 BANKING COMPANIKS. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank IL) A .... 71 8/ 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 24 25 25 Alliance (L) ........ 13 14 242 10 Anglo-Austrian ... • 5 7 pin 20 London and County 49 51) 162 15 London Joint-Stock 331 41 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 212 20 Lon andWeatmnster 63 64 212 a d 631, 4 50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 20 Midland (L) die 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 20 New South Wales .. :18 40 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus C 16 1 17, 15 Union of London .. 19 40 20 Imperial %Li 10 Imperial Ottoman 12, 4, 13 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pet Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 7T 78 10 Great Northern .... 111 11i 76, 71, 7, 1 ' 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditru (L) 125 12$ Japan Extension.. 21 2 dig 100 Atlantic 5 Indo-European (14.. 12 14 100 Do 8p c 13 Britiah Australn iLI 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 61 61 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 45 5 10 -British Indian Sub- 25 Pnma and S. Pcfc(L) ii 25 dls marine, (L) 71 8 Reuter's 7 China Submarine IL) SNP is 20 Soc Trans France (L) 131 It Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 236 and Malta IL ) le i 11.0 W India &Panaraa(L) 41 lIISCELLANEOUA Pd Pd Anglo•Auatrian Bed- 100 Po Ep o Fonds. holders' Certificate 14 21 deemat.e 1870 . 63 65 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 14 151 30 London Fin Astioo(L) 20 18dia 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 30 35pm 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lon &Prov Marine L)) 1 pin p c Sterling Loan 91 93 ' 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (LI 213)pm g nc by Ind Gov. 11101 i 1 28 Canada Company. 74 76 2 Mauritius Land (1.1 1 dis. par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 3) 3 dis 5 NatnlDisctOomp (L) 11 Ii) 35 City Offices (L) 25 24 dis 2) N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 243)pin 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Ping (L) 2 24 Trust IL) 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Prof ICO Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 19, 184 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (Li.. 9181 dis 50 P and 0 Steam 4B t() 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 dis Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 50 Rhyinuey Iron 79) 15 Do New Bl 9/ 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 60 Royal Mail Steam guar by Egyp Gay.. 94 96 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 264 '.61 13 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 71 Bpm 261, 4, 4 100 Fin' and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 6p c Bonds.. 97 100 Marine hour IL 7) 7.3 l in 71 Gen Credt &Disct (L) Idis par St Tobacco 6p 0 Loan 14 Gen Stm Navigation 261 271 guar by Italian Gov. 83 89 271 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 4 4 Ms Upper Canada 6 7-16, 4,1, 5-16, 3 5 lIT Marine, bvpool (L 4 4 i.m 17 Hudson's Bay 8 8) 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 .5 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 6 United Dis Corprn IL 2 I , lls Tel Works LI . 43 a 5 UnivMarinelusur IL I 6 1 7 ian 45, 42. 54, 41, 4 114 5 Intend Finan Soot r,) Midis 12 War:ant Finance.... 9 7 ,Us 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 1 4 TILE MANCHESTER BREAbII OF PROMISE CASE. In a brief telegram, we have already given some of the case of " Marsh v. - Kenworthy,trie,cl at- the Ikian chester Assizes . on Monday. We now give a fuller account for which we are indebted to the Manchester Guardian. The plaintiff, Miss Eleanor Marsh, sought to recover from the defendant, Mr. James Kenworthy, £5,000 damages for a breach of promise of marriage. • Mr. Pope, Q.C., and Mr. Ambrose appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Holker, Q.C., and Mr. Jordan for the defendant. Mr. Pope said that actions of this nature differed very materially in their circumstances one from another. No doubt there were cases in which the law had better be left alone ; but there were others, and he submitted with con fidence that this was one, in which the lady had no option but to bring her action, because the loss that she sus tamed by reason of a breach of the contract made with her was of a very serious and cruel character. The defendant was a man of considerable wealth and position, a magistrate of the county and a gentleman, residing at Ashton-under-Lyne, who, if he had performed his promise would have been a substantial match, and would no doubt have provided for the plaintiff handsomely. The circumstances are these :—The plaintiff, who was about 26 . years of age, was formerly a barmaid at the Thatched House Hotel, in Manchester. Her acquaintance with the defendant arose from his occasional— indeed, almost regular—visits to that well-known house of entertain ment. About the month of June, 1866, he commenced to exhibit very marked attention to Miss Marsh. She, at first treated his advance, naturally— without being unduly uncivil—as the civilities commonly exchanged between gentlemen attending a house of that kind and theladies employed in the service of the house. She behaved not only at the outset, but also throughout the acquaintance, with great prudence and circumspection, for whilst at first she extended no encouragement to him, 'he per severed in his attentions, and at last distinctly proposed marriage, which he desired should take place very shortly. The plaintiff judiciously asked for some little time to consider, because she felt, and told him, that it was a matter which ought to be well considered by both ; upon which he said that he had seen and admired her, had watched her character and conduct, and had seri ously determined that she should be his wife. She con sulted her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Whitteron, who, in their turn, spoke to Mr. Kenworthy, in order that they might be assured that there was nothing in the matter likely to be prejudicial to the interests of the young lady. Mr. Kenworthy gave them the most explicit assurances that he had made up his mind, and that Miss Marsh should be his wife. No doubt defendant's letters were calcu lated to amuse. Counsel did not, however, read them on that account in actions of this kind, because, although to them such correspondance might be ridiculous enough, to a lady in Miss Marsh s position it was a serious matter. He should read the letters, there fore, not in order to make her case amusing, but because it was absolutely necessary, he could not help it if they were expressed in amusing terms. The first letter which the defendant appeared to have written—at any rate the first that he had upon his brief—was dated Ashton Villa, 20th September, 1867, and was as follows : MINING SHARE LIST.—DECEMBER 6. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Odicee., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market active for shares in tin mines, at an advance. Australian United. Pary's Mountain, 32, 41. ijwich Consols, Perran Wheal Virgin, 15s, 40s Chivertou Moor, Plynlimmon, Chiverton Valley, Prince of Wales, 12s 6d, 15s Chontales (Gold), Providence Mines, 33, 40 Cook's Kitchen, 18), 19) Rosewall Hill and Ransome Devon Great Consols, United, —5, --s .Drakewalls, 11t, l,) South Condurrow, 31, 33 Dolcoath, South Frances. 27, 28 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2), 21 Tankerville, 13. 13) East Caradou, Taquaril (Gold). 475, 49s East Lovell, 25), 26) Tincroft. 43, 45 East Seton, Trumpet Consols, • East Wheal Grenville, 2/, 2) Van, 59. 55 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), Van Consols, West Caradou, General Brazilian, West Chiverton, 51), 52) Great Lazey, 171, 18) West Frances, • Great Retallack, West Maria and Fortescue Great Wheal Vor, 3, 31 • 28s, 303 Hingston Down, Wheal Crebor, Marke Valley, 6), 6) Wheal Grenville, 2, 21 New Seton, i Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, New Lovell, Wheal Mary Ann, Pacific, Wheal Setou, 27, 29 T" My dear Nelly,—l arrived here all safe last night a 10.30. I found the old woman all right, and, better than all, a fine roast fowl all hot, and a good potato to it, some stewed mushrooms, Allsopp together. I felt that I was at peace with all the world, but I would have been better satisfied if you could have partaken of some of it along With me. I was very sorry when it came to part yester day. I did not like leaving so. I shall make my time here as short as possible. There is more attraction at the Thatched House than here. The old woman is just asking me who lam writing to. I said, " One of my best friends." " Oh, indeed—a lady ?" " Most likely so." I am going to tell her all about it, and what I shall do. Now, Nelly, take care of yourself till I return, and then I shall have the pleasure of spending a night at some place of amusement or other... I hope Miss toes not think any worse of me for letting her knew what sort of a man --- is. Remember me kindly to all, and accept a kiss, my dearest Nell, till I get the chance of another on the steps. (Laughter.)—Believe me to remain your very faithful lover, "JAMES IiENWORTHY." The defendant appeared to have followedthe suggestion contained in the latter part of his note as frequently as possible (laughter) —for on one occasion he appeared to have contracted a severe cold, which he was advised to cure by the not uncommon remedy of rum and honey; and on the 17th October, 1867, he wrote to his lady-love in terms—not only explicit in regard to the promise to marry, but also conveying so strong a moral lesson that he (Mr. Pope) could not refrain from reading the letter. It was as follows : "Cavendish-street Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne, October 17, 1867. " My dear Nelly,—Here / sit, my head in one hand and pen in the other, a pain in my head fit to crack it, sup : pose it to be made of steel. Oh, rum and honey, rum and honey, what hest thou done for James ! I arrived at Ashton all right, but, of course, a little would have more, and the result, as a matter of course, was James got drunk. • If James had been taken before" - James Ken worthy, J.P., he would have been fined ss. and costs, or 14 days, for being drunk and incapable, However, I did not get that mark of distinction. I got home all right in a cab, but no more cold curing with rum and honey. I cannot go down to see you this evening, so I thought I would just let you know I was alive yet. ' I cannot re member how I left the `Thatched' last night. I have not the slightest idea when I left, so if I either said or did anything pray excuse me, Nelly, I will call to-morrow morning, and then tell me. Oh, Nell, I would do anything for you, my love ; but do excuse me if I made a fault last night. It was all through rum and honey, if I did. Accept best love, my dear, Nelly, and ever believe me to remain, your true and attached lover, " JAMES KENWORTHY." ,The closing sentence was obviously the apology that a man in Mr. Kenworthy's position would make for having forgetten himself egregiously on the occasion referred to. Without reading a great number of letters — The Judge : The next, I suppose, will give us the honey without the rum. (Laughter.) Mr. Pope continued ; The effects of the rum having passed off, there could be no misunderstanding as to the engagement. Here was a letter dated Ashton Villa (his shooting place in Scotland) 30th October : "My dear Nelly,—l duly received your very welcome letter this morning, just as I was leaving to go away to shoot; but I shot very well after reading it, I can assure you. I bagged, along with Mr. Lees (the cradle Mr. Lees), 83 hares, 174 brace of partridge, 124 brace of rabbits to day. I told him I had a note from the Thatched House. I got him up to boiling point at once. I was glad Mrs. Whitteron liked her parcel. All was shot the day it left. I was also much pleased. you had been home and spent the afternoon with your mother, and not forgot to give my kind regards to her. Dear Nell, there is no one like a mother when they take a liking to a child—they do adore them ; but still, I do think a husband can love as dearly—at least I love you as dearly as man could do, and would make any sacrifice for you, love. I was quite satisfied with your remark. -I must take a kiss that letter, and when I saw you to help myself. I shall do that the moment I set my eyes on you, as who is there ; I shall kiss you at once my pet. We have had awful weather .here since I returned, but to-day has been very-fine. I am writing under difficulties, as a shooting arm :cannot write well. So accept my best love, my dear pet, and love to all.—Believe ine, my dear Nelly, to remain your true loving and attached JAMES KEiTWORTHY." AnotheF letter of the same date contained equally con elusiVe evidence : " Myvery dear Nelly,—l am going out to shoot for the second time this week; that is, if the weather will' allow me. We have had such a storm of wind gild rain. I seldom ever Saw such a continuation of rain and wind. The old woman will net hear of me leaving on Saturday. She says' I am not fit to go until my cold is quite well ; but I must certainly leave on Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. I have received a letter from home saying I must certainly be at home on Thursday at the latest. I shall send off a parcel to you this evening, all being well. Give my love to your mother and Tom, and accept a large portion to yourself ; and 'believe me,. my dear Nelly, to remain yours ever lovingly, JAMEs" "Accept the usual ** * 3 / 4 * Do. 't Mr. Holker would hardly dispute the existence of an engagement, commencing in June, 1866, between the plaintiff and defendant. The next circumstanee that it was necessary he (Mr. Pope) should call attention to was thiet--,*mg time in 1867; owing to a disagreement that she had with Mrs. Wb.ittercP, the . plaintiff eve notice of her intention to'leaye her eituationnWorthy was informed of this, and"he . suggested that she should go home and reside with her mother for sonic, time before they were married, because he was anxious his friends should not be able to say that he had taken a wife eat of a public-house. She acted upon his advice. The engage inept continued without cessation until the end of • 1869, when, feeling impatient, she desired to know. when .he meant to fulfil his promise. He asked for a few weeks' further time, in order to arrange some business matters with his brother ; and from that time until she saw his marriage with another lady announced in the Ashton, Reporter, he continued to write to her in affectionate terms, always beginning " My dear Nelly," and ending with " accept the penal kisses," Mr. Kenworthy was married to another. Vor conduct ss}ielia hia reparation past be made. This was a ease in which the damages ought to be substantial, because, without any imprudence on the part of the young lady, all the hopes which she had indulged had been dissipated by the course which he had pursued. A gentleman having the income which Mr. Kenworthy bad, Willing hi the style which his letters indicated, ought to provide for the lady whom he had so cruelly treated. Mr. Holker said ho did not dispute the promise, or say that the plaintiff had acted improperly in any way. The plaintiff was examined chiefly with regard to the position which the defendant had represented himself to her as holding, and the property of which he was ,possessed. In addressing the jury for the defendant, Mr. Holker sap it, was perfectly evident, from the letters, thg this was not a love thateli: Re admitted that the defendant had' behaved badly. He (the defendant) ought to have told Miss Marsh, long before she became aware of the fact, that no marriage eoult . l take place. That he would have done if he had been a man of strongor a mind. nany man who acted prudently and straightforwardly in other relations of life, behaved when a lady was in question like an absolute fool. (Laughter). He (Mr. Holker) had nothing to say against MIA Marsh. She had behaved throughout with the greatest possible circumspection and prudence, Her conduct had been such as to redound to her honour; and he asked the Jury, in considering what damages she was entitled to, not to forget that she might yet marry and have a happier home than the defendant --with his friends adverse to the match—could possibly have made her. The defendant was examined in order to shew than an .exaggerated account had been given of his property and means. Mr. }Talker and Mr. Pope severally addressed the jury ; after which the Judge summed up. --- The jury, after a brief consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff damages.4.ll,2oo.—(The announcement was received with applause). THE SIJN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER, 7, ISM TREYELYAN ON TUE ARMY: ,At a well attended' Meeting of the National Reform Union, at Manchester, last evening, Mr. J. 0. Trevelyan; made a speech on the purchase • system in our army, in wbich he said :—The 'profound impression 'produced by the successes of the German armies will do us a great deal more harm_ than good if we draw om then the wrong deductions, and apply the lessons be learned from those successes to the gratification our national vanity: There are - two ideas now prevalent which we must learn to correct as soon as possible, or we shall only plunge still deeper into the bad courses in which we are now moving. The first, and most fatal, of these notions prevails widely throughout all ranks—the notion that the Prussian army is "a citizen army," " a national army," in which quantity goes for more than quality, that . every Prussian citizen is a soldier, and that the best thing we can do is to set to work and subject every man in the United Kingdom, to a certain amount of drill. So far is this from being the true solution of our difficulties, that we have actually at this moment many more men in the receipt of a certain amount of drill than we could organise, victual, and equip with artillery in such a fashion as to make them formid able in the field. For the purpose of repelling an invader so promptly and effectually that the country shall not be • overrun, the trade ruined, the finance bankrupt, and the social machinery brought to a stand still, every soldier in the country should 'be a man carefully drilled, bound to military service .during a definite period in peace and war, absolutely in the hands of officers who have received a thorough pro fessional training, and in their turn are absolutely in the hands of the superior military authorities. The State should not contribute one halfpenny for the support of any soldier or officer who does not fulfil these conditions ; and, on the other hand, it should not allow a halfpenny to be paid by any private individual out of his own re sources. It is simply inconceivable that the State does not announce its intention of fixing a standard of efficiency, and insisting on every officer coming up to that standard, even if he were the most influential constituent of the warmest supporter of the Government. Some journals have remonstrated with me for not includ ing the volunteers in the resolutions I propose to lay before the House. lly answer is that there must be some limit to the scheme brought forward by a private member, and that there are others far more qualified than myself to suggest the machinery by which our volunteer army should be organised and administered. Unless I am much mistaken in the volunteers, they are tired of playing at soldiers, and ask for nothing less than to be weeded, armed, equipped, instructed, brought under stricter disci pline and more defined responsibilities, and given their fixed and recognised place in a working organisation, The present war has shewn the immense importance that attaches to the existence of professional knowledge and high moral and intellectual qualities in the subal terns of the light cavalry. They are . detacbed singly on the most delicate service. They require to be well acquainted with practical geography and topography ; to judge rapidly and accurately the strength of a fortified place ; the number of troops that proximately are quartered in a region of country; the state of the` roads, bridges, and defiles; the resources which a district could supply for the victualling of an army. They must, above all, have the moral quali ties of prudence, consideration, and self-restraint, which alone will enable them to traverse a hostile country with any hope of safety for themselves or their commands. But, unfortunately, in our light cavalry regiments the price of commissions ranges very high, and we must put up with the men who can afford tc buy them. This autumn, looking, casually in the papers, I noticed that light cavalry officers had, in six instances, been punished by the police magistrates, in the space of about as many weeks, in two of our provisional capitals. And how would .such cases be dealt with under the aristocratic system of Prussia? The frightful revelations in the Bankruptcy Court as to the state of the Royal Horse Guards .. zome years ago ought to have opened the eyes. of the, authorities to the consequences of keeping up certain regi ments as a playground for the idle, instead of as a workshop for the well-informed and industrious. But the interests which ..are bound up in purchase are too powerful and too subtle to allow a stone of the rotten erection to be touched. Purchase is. the excuse for paying £40,000 a year of. the national money to the army agents for doing work which should be done by the regimental paymasters, or should never be done at all. The author of the article " Germany, France, and Eng land,"-in the Edinburgh Review,, says: "Prussia is a country rigidly aristocratic, and we trust that the adjust ment which has led there to such admirable results may be found to be, either in its earlier or later form, appli cable to our wants." Does this mean that no plain citizen is to hold a commission until all men of title and family have been first served? Or is the real meaning one worthy of a great Statesman; approved of by Lord Clyde, Sir W. Mansfield, Sir de Lacy Evans, and the fighting and working leaders of em r army ; consistent with the policy carried out by the present Government in the departments of our civil service ? Does it mean that appointments are to go to the aristocracy of education, and promotion to the aristocracy of professional merit, and that wealth is to be allowed to tell in so far only as it can provide the candidate with a more thorough train ing for a competition open to the entire nation? And before we discuss whether we ought to borrow the Prus sian aristocratic system we must be sure that we can borrow it. The German aristocrat is poor . and laborious, and in obedience to the habits and traditions of centuries submits cheerfully to the strictest and most painful mili tary apprenticeship. Is this the sort of aristocracy we get by the medium of the purchase system ? Let us see what the Duke of Cambridge says before the committee on army organisation. He says, " I think a great many men enter the army who really no not mean to make a regular profession of it. I think they want to try it for three or Nit. years, and see whether they like it." What would Von Moltke think of young gentlemen who." do not mean to make a regular profession" of the. army? We know what was thought of them by the king who has set the tone of Prnssian military men. When a captain who left the . acmy in expeciation'of marrying an heiress applied to re-enrage on the failure of h]ls hopes, Frederic replied, "The army is not a publib-house, where people may run in and out ,aa they please. Since this man has once left the service, he can have no ambition, and , I .hate such officers." For good or evil the Prussian is a real aristocratic system ; while ours is a plutocracy tempered by social interest. They take men of birth. We take men of wealth, with a certain special advantage for the fashionable ; and what a spirit it fosters.; I have heard an officer say in the House of Commons, that if you promoted a man who had been in a village draper's shop, you would " destroy the whole tone of a regiment." lam not for the wholesale promo tion of elderly sergeants ; but I never heard that the tone of French battalions was destroyed by the advancement of enterprising, clever young men like Roche and Pichegru. The brigade of Guards is the most fortunate branch of the service. . The pay is higher than elsewhere. An officer who commands a company of the Guards gets 4s.*-- a day more than an officer who commands a com pany of the line. . The Guards have special allowances of a large amount. They are allowed to manage their own recruiting and hospital expenses out of a lump sum paid by the state. The officers on guard have £5,000 a year from the nation to improve their table. They are certain to be sent whereveer there is hard fighting, which is, indeed, among their choicest privileges ; but they are never despatched to deadly climates or dull quarters. London, Windsor, rMblin, with an occasional visit to Cimada, give them the great advantage of keeping oonstantly within the circle where good things are going. The number of titles affords a not unfair test of the degree of wealth and social influence that exists among any given body of individuals. In the Army List of 1869, among the 227 officers of the Foot Guards you find one prince, three earls, three -viscounts, seven lords, and 45 honourables„in all 59 titled men, in the three regiments. Now, to 'contrast with these the social: condition of the working officers, we will not pick our regiments, but take the first three that have one or more b44,lions on foreign service. These three regiments have fo,ur out of their six battalions quartered in India. They number between them 232 officers, and the only title which they have amongst them is one Victoria Cross. When once the nation has realised these facts and figures, the system is doomed. The people who have swept away so many thonopolies, civil, religious, commercial, political, and administrative, will not long endure this, monopoly of military pe4ltion and emoluments- NOTICE.—KINAILW'S LTA. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co, have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. (ia, Great 'Etch&ld-street, Oxford-street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, .Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—This famous and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained • all over the kingdom, in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Agents to Messrs. Bass, Guinness, and Younger, and Dealers in Foreign Wines and Spirits. MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TIIESDAL—Opening report.— This market opened steady to-day, as Friday's prices. Imports —Wheat, 36,383 ; barley, 1.196 ; malt, 561 ; beans, 3,283 ; peas, 5,261 ; corn, 13,829 ; oats, 684 ; oatmeal, 3,288 qrs. Closing Report.—There was an average business done to-day at this market, and a moderate attendance. Red wheat was ld. to 2d. dearer, and white wheat was id. dearer than this day week. There was no particular change in barley, beans, and peas. Oats were scarce, and id. per bushel dearer on the wgek. Oat meal was unaltered. Indian corn supports the 6d. advance of Friday, with a slow sale. There was no change.,in flour. The demand was poor. - - LEEDS CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—The supply of fresh wheat was limited at this market to-day. Prices realised an advance of from ls. to 2s. over last week. There was a fair show of malting barley, and sales proceeded slowly at the reduction noted last week. - • HULL CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—There was a moderate supply of English wheat at this market to-day, which was fully ls. dearer. In barley, oats, pease, and beans only a retail trade was done, but last week's prices are maintained. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. TUESDAY.—A very dull market here to-day, and trade was further interfered with by the non-arrival of the Sunderland merchants and millers, owing to the serious railway collision. Saturday's prices were obtained where trade was done, but so little was effected, that sales only of a nominal character took place. Flour was un changed. DUBLIN CORN MARKET, TUESDAT.—Irish wheat was a trifle dearer at this market to-day. There was a good distillers' demand for barley. Oats were unchanged. The prices of foreign grain were firm ; but business was limited. There was a consumptive trade in flour at full prices. The weather was fine, but cold. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—The show show of stock of all kinds at this market to-day was small. Trade was slow for horned stock and pigs, which were disposed of at rather re duced rates. There was a fair demand for sheep, which sold readily at fully late prices. Shearlings, 465. to 50s. each, lambs, 355. to 405, each. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—At this market to-day there was a larger supply, but no improvement in the quality. The demand was good, at an advanced price, best quality beef making 8 1 d. per lb. Sheep were fewer in number, and of an inferior sort. Trade was slow, but the best wethers realised from is. to 2s. per head above last market prices. Quo tations were:—Beef, best quality, na. per lb.; second ditto, Bd. to 81d. per lb. Sheep, Md. to 9d. per lb. Calves, old. per lb. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.- -There was only a small supply of stock here to-day ; but trade was good. Beef ranges from Bs. to 10s. per stone. Mutton firm ; 6d. to 9d. I per lb. Pigs, 7s. 6d. to 10s. per stone. The numbers shown I were :—Cattle, 1,089 ; sheep, 5,500 ; pigs, 930. - - - • METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TUESDAY.-Moderate supplies of meat have been on sale here to-day. The trade has been steady, at about previous quotations ;-Beef, from 3s. Bd. to 55. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. Bd. to 55. 4d. ; veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; and pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. per 81bs. by the carcase. , METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARIeET, TUESDAY.- Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market :-In consequence of the wet weather, the supply was limited. The inquiry for all descriptions was moderately active and prices were fairly maintained. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 1405.; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto 115 s. to 1255. • prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; Inferior ditto, 105 s. .to 115 s. ; and straw, 335. to 38s. per load. • LONDON OIL MAR4ET, TUESDAY.-Linseed dull, at 295. 9d. to 31s. ; London, 295. 6d. to 295. 9d.; Hull, spot, and all the year, 30s. 9d. first four months ; English brown rape, 465,, 6d. spot, and all the year, 465. 6d. and 475. first four months. LONDON METAL MARKET, TUESDAY.-Tilt advance to £l2O 10s. to £l3O for Straits, and £l3O for Banca Wailaroo. Copper sold at £70155., and Chili bar at £63 ss. to £63 105. per ton, spelta, £l7 10s, ; Scotch pig- iron, 51s. 41d. to 51s. sd. cash, LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TUESDAY.-The market is flat at 435, 3d, to 435. 6d. spot and December, 435. 9d. spring, 445, 9d, March. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, TUESDAy. -Sugar The market is active, and prices are firm. Barbadoes, brown to good yellow, 28s. to 31s. per cwt. ; West India brown and yellow Trinidad, 265. to 295. 6d. ; soft dark, 245. 6d, to 255. 6d.: Penang, common date, 18s.; Bengal, 255. to 255. 6d. ; French crystallised,•3ss. Tea is in limited request, and prices unaltered. Coffee : There is a fair business passing, and prices are well supported. Ceylon, fine ordinary to bold native sold at 525. to 565, : small, 465. ; plantation, low middling to good middling, 60s. to 665. 6d. ; Alexandria Mocha, greenish, 895. to 90s. ; Gua temala, 565. to 58s. per cwt. Rice : There is a fair ,inquiry for 'wit grain, and the prices rule firm. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY. - Opening Report.-This market opened slow to-day. Probable sales, 8,000 bales. Imports, 1q,748 bales, Closing Report.-This market elowd to-du. 'Sales 14,000 bales. Arrivals, Mobile at sea, 81c1. DUNDEE LINEN MARKET, TIAspAY.--Messrs, George Armistead and Co. report that the market is quiet for spot goods. Prices are firm on contract for immediate shipment. There is little doing for want of sellers Yarns are very firm, especially tow kinds ; but business is checked by the advance required. Linens were active. Hessians were in good de demand. 4ANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.-This market continnes oniet without any appreciable change either in de inand or values. Fpr both goods and yarns the daily business of late has heel' quite insignificant, especially as regards the quantities, Which in no instance have been of any magnitude. Prices remain about the Barad' as those current on Friday, but offers are making here and there, at a slight concession from those prices, and are accepted usually where the producer is erivipts t 44 r.gfl, in consequence of his contracts being at an end. Stocks are stiff rare, awl pannot be met with in large quantities ; but the contracts unexecuted are not se heavy as they were a fortnight ago. The increased imports of cotton into Liverpool, coupled with the heavy reeeipts at tue American ports, have not yet had much effect in reducing the price of either cotton, or yarns,' or goods. lii yarns the principal business has been for the home trade ' qUalities, for the execution of current "orders, and Water tw i st suitable for China,. both of which were rather weak in price. Mule yam fQr India i ;till neglected. In cloth the business has been very limited, bill pfices sbelv little variation. Some offers for China shirtings at, a valuate?). In price have been refused, makers being well under contract, Firm printing cloth is more neglected. Heavy goods are in less request: LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.-13usiness has been dull in}this cloth halls, as It always is at stock-taking time and the oncl of a season, There have been Huddersfield buyers of orange warp tweeds and bias mixtures. A sprinkllng of Victorias has been sold at low prices. §on i a tow Manchester and Bradford houses had representatives here, Inft the tone of President Grant's message 14067111 w known theYdbilliff44 (413firlike with out further consultation with their prineipafs:' 'Si?* of the large mills are well employed , "iron , galelting pupol'as are all in full work. One firm are putting up ano engine in order to increas the quantity of ironstone raised, whion imalready nearly one hundred tons a week. The forges are now busier than they were last week. The engineering and tool trades are slacker. Shops where flax and woollen ma nufucturing machines are made, are not ,working full time. More than one firm are contemplating further improvements in traction engines for town tramway purposes, CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY,-The market was well attended, and pretty strong to-day. The pig iron trade is sensibly steadier, owing to the decreased proba , hjlity of war with Russia. Should the war with France speedily tertufnAO, i is expected that trade will greatly revive ; but, in the present positfou of the rail market, nothing but a dull winter can be antioipate4. Pig iron is quoted at 475. for No. 3, but sellers are not nuniaron4, althongh a pod deal of Iron has changed hands during the raSt week, Aipily for im raediate consumption. The make for November exhibits a Orme of 3,500 tons upon October, and the makers stocks teen lessened by about 6,000 tons, while the warrant store reveals a ,dearease of at least 400 tons. Mr. S erman, the inventor of a rice of iromnaking, exhibited some magnifi cent specimens of bar ru}ql &kie t iron and steel, exclusively of ' Cleveland pfg. With stocks geing Awn, in the face of the complications on to Oenthient ' the realgation of peace cannot fail to bring with it unparalelled prOsperity, GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.-This market wits steady to-day, at 51s. 6d. cash paid. Closing Report.-The maritet was steady; 515. Oid. cash, and 51s. 71d. ten days. Closing bnyerg s. 6d. cash, sellers 51s. Id. CLYDE CRUSHED ill.Ta4R MARKET, TUESDAY.-There was a small bnsiness doing aG fi}!.4 market to-day, but prices were firm. CORK BUTTER MARKET, TUESDAY. —Ordinary firsts, 131$ seconds, 1235. ; thirds, 1135.; fourths, 106 s. ; fifths, 96 5. ; sixt hs, 67. 1,300 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 151 s. : eZepladS, 1325, ; thirds, 118 s. 840 iir)Ans in the market. The body of an infant, supposed to have been murdered, was picked up in the Thames, at Islewortb, on Monday. This is the second infant's body taken from the water, at this spot, within the past few weeks. ENGLISH ASSISTANCE TO DISTRESSED FRENCH FARMERS. —Yesterday, at the annual meeting of the Smithfield Club, the President (the Earl of Powis) announced that a movement was on foot, having for its object the supply, gratuitously, of seed corn, &c., to the French farmers. It was proposed to ask English farmers to send in a supply of seeds, which would be forwarded at the proper time to those most .in need of them. The proposition met with the general approval of the meeting. CAN I AFFORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. Map of the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and ls. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible Ink for Postal Cards, 6d. per bottle. S 131 241 21 THE WAR. , - INSIDE; PARIS BEFORE THE SORTIES. (BY BALLOON MAIL-FROM THE CORRESFONDENT OF THE CENTRAL PRESS.) PAths, November 28 The preparations for a great effort before the walls of the besieged capital have been incessant during the last few days. The war companies of the National Guard are all ready, and they continue to embrace every oppor tunity for exercise. They now march out and do duty in the detached forts, like the Mobiles. Altogether there are now 200,000 men outside the gates, ready to fall upon the enemy on some point, or other. This host is massed chiefly at two points, but where the final effort is to be made no one is both able and willing to tell. A junction with the army of the Loire is with out doubt the object aimed at. But we all expect that the first onset will commence to-morrow. The ambulance corps has received orders to be in. readiness at 5 11.111. All last night the artillery kept up a constant roar. Two thousand rounds were fired from the forts. In spite of the excitement caused by these expecte 1 conflicts, the food question continues to occupy our serious thoughts. It may well do so, for pricey are rising steadily. Chickens now average from 16 t) 1;1 each ; geese from C 2 103. to Cl ; a large turkey 212 ; eggs about one shilling each. These are indeed famine prices. Potin, the will-known grocer, has been arrested. In his cellars were found, amongst other articles, 1,714 hams, concealed with the intention of being kept back until a heaVy price could be obtained for them. He was taken to the Maza Prison. By a requisition made by the Government on the Bth all the milch cows in Paris are now at the disposal of th 3 State. There is . a surprisingly large number of them. The owners were allowed to keep their animals, but they were enjoined to declare them, and the absolute right of disposing of them re mained with the State. In consequence of this injunction 4,217 were declared. The number not de clared, declared after the prescribed period, or for whom sufficient food is not assured, is in all 1,720. These have been condemned, the Government paying for them as butcher's meat. Jules Ferry has required the mayors of the twenty arrondissements of Paris to institute an inquiry, and report with respect to the custom of feeding horses with bread and to the abuse of provisions, which has during the past few days been the cause of public uneasiness. In the Nouvelles appears the following :—" It is declared that a general, commanding near Paris, towards the west, has taken the unmerciful, . but absolutely neces sary and just, resolution of having two or three girls of bad conduct, who have audaciously and notoriously served as spies for the enemy, shot." Some English newspapers have entered Paris ; the Government required that they should be given up and the contents not made known to the French journals. Yesterday morning the gates.. of Paris were closed to all persons except troops. In spite of all precautions, spies have got out hitherto. The Government is re solved to increase the difficulties in their way. NOVEMBER 29TH. All is animation and hope thi3 morning. The city is mad with_ excitement, as well it may, for we are now fully aware that the great effort is about to begin. Trochu has issued a proclamation, which is posted on all the walls, and which declares the resolution of France to resist, and throws the responsibility of the blood about to be shed upon the I;eads of those whose detestable ambition tramples under foot the laws of modern civil►sa tion. General Ducrot has also issued a proclamation to his troops. I subjoin it in full : • " Soldiers of the Second Army of l'aris,—The moment has come to break the iron circle which has enclosed us too long, and menaces to stifle us in slow and painful agony ! On you has devolved the honour of attempting this great enterprise. You will shew yourselves worthy of it, I have the conviction. With out doubt, our commencement will be difficult. We shall have to surmount serious obstacles ; it is necessary to look them in the face with calmness and resolution, with out exaggeration, without weakness. The truth is this : from our first steps we shall find touching our advanced posts implacable enemies, rendered audacious and confi dent by too numerous successes. There will be a vigorous effort to be made, but it is not above your strength. To prepare your actions the foresight of the man who commands us in chief has accumulated more than 400 cannon, of which two-thirds at least are of the largest calibre. No material obstacle can resist them. You will be more than 150,000, all well armed, well equipped, abundantly provided with ammunition, and, I have the hope, all animated with irresistible ardour. Conquerors in this first period of the struggle, your success is assured. for the enemy has sent to the banks of the Rhine his most numerous and best soldiers. The heroic and happy efforts of our brothers will keep them there. Courage, then, and confidence ! Bear in mind that in this supreme struggle we shall fight for our honour, for our liberty, for the salvation of our dear and unhappy coun try, and if this motive is not sufficient to inflame your hearts, think of your fields laid waste, your families ruined, of your sisters, your wives, and your desolate mothers. Let this thought make you share the thirst of vengeance !—the inward rage which animates me and inspires you with contempt of danger. For myself, I am resolved, and take oath before you, before the whole nation, I will not re-enter Paris unless dead or victorious. You may see me fall, but you will not see me recoil. Then do not stop, but avenge me. Forward, then ! for ward ! and may God protect us ! "The General-in-Chief of ail 2nd Army of Paris, " "A. DUCROT. " Paris, 28th November, 1870." A third proclamation, signed by all the members of the Government, is published. It particularly oxhorts the citizens to abstain from all thought of civil discord. The forts have cannonaded all night, and severe fighting is going on to-day in several directions, FRENOJ ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT SORTIE. The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette sends the following by ballOon post, dated November 30th : " The cannonading was resumed this morning at 1 a.m., and at an early hour the French made another desperate dash on the Prussian lines. The papers have been forbidden to give any account of what has taken place, and the most confused rumours are current. There is official news that General Ducrot at the head of 50,000 men has managed to force his way through the iron girdle, but to what extent is not men tioned. Seven hundred men belonging to a Saxon regiment laid down their arms. and have been sent to Vincennes. The fighting must have been terriby severe, judging from the rapid discha i rges of artillery which continued all day long, and shook every window pane in Paris. The vicinity of the south-eastern gates of Paris was crowded all day long with men, women, and children, anxiouFly waiting for .news of the strife. It was one of those painful pictures which engrave themselves on the memory." INSIDE PARIS guns. A volunteer, very severely wounded, was amongst the prisoners taken by the Germans in one of the late fights before the capital. This man had behaved with great ' bravery. His face was torn by a shot or bayonet thrurt, and his clothes were riddled with bullets. The report of his evidence, as given by Dr. Russell, is remarkable. He describes the National Guards as being animated by the best spirit. They are anxious to take part in sorties and to share in the labours of the outer defence, but at present they are employed in the internal garrison of Paris and as reserves, and, divided into regiments and subjected to military drill and discipline, are acquiring real excellence as soldiers. The Mobiles, volunteers, and sailors man, the forts and trenches, and form, the active army. They never visit the city. When relieved they are marched off to, buildings in the suburbs or to the railway stations of the Chemin de Fer de Ceinture, and sleep in the railway vans packed closely in straw, with blankets and bedding in sufficient quantity. As to provisions, there is for the military plenty to fight upon ; rations of fresh meat—horse or butchers' meat — are served out twice or thrice a week, 150 grammes to each man, about one-third of a pound, with abundance of bread, vegetables, coffee, rice, and wine. The poor civilians may and no, doubt do suffer much, but the fight ing men have quite food enough to keep them in strength and health, as on the days when fresh meat is not served they get a larger ration of salt beef, pork, fish, or some such substitute. The men, he said, were quite cheerful and contented, but a real soldier of that type, who is something of a patriot Frenchman too, may err in attri buting to all his countrymen his own fine qualities. The refusal of Prussia to make peace after the fall of th Emperor at Sedan has, he declared, called thousands of Frenchmen to the ranks who never would have stirred to take part in a war which they regarded as the affair of a dynasty. "It was the Emperor's war," said he ; " now it is the war of the French people." The Daily News correspondent says that fifty prisoners, taken in a sortie in the North, looked fresh, strong, and healthy, without any appearance of privation. BATTLE OF BEAUNE-LA-ROLANDE• An official report on the important engagement in which, on the .24th of November, Prince Frederick Charles first checked the advance of the Loire army, hi' been drawn up by General Voights Rhetz. The 10th Corps has had a serious engagement with the enemy, an d has beaten back three divisions of the Army of the Loire, comprising the corps of General Michel, which came from Autun, by rail, to Gien on the Loire, to a ttac k ns, into the woods of Orleans. Wedell's brigade hid taken up a position on the 23rd near Beaune, and 1 05 sunported by six squadrons of Hessian cavalry. On the 24th the brigades of Lehmann and Valentini—the latter accompanied by all the artillery of the 10th Corps' marched by two - different roads to Montargis, and thence by way of Ladon and Corbeilles to Beaune, where the corps d'armee was concentrated. The enemy advancea from the woods in three strong columns to attack our left wing, nis force consisting of about 31,000 men, whilst we could only dispose of about 12,000. He had already occu pied Ladon and Maizieres on the south road in o nside rable force,and now advanced upon Beaune,Bois•Comn►n n, arid St. Loup. While our artillery hastened towartin Beaune the brigade of Valentini advanced rapidly by Avg of Jaranitti, on the southern road, to the assistance of the brigade of Lehmann, which carried Laden 'after a son • guinary struggle, and the united brigades afterward s succeeded in taking Maizieres. At the junction of the roads from Bellegarde to Aury, and from Beaune to Laden, the fighting was renewed with great vigour, but the enemy was repulsed at this point also in the directiOn of Bellegarde, and the two brigades reached Beaune towards evening, where they found the 10th corp 3 reassembled and in communication with the 3rd Aria Corps. These engagments lasted the whole of the days having commenced in the morning. The last detach ments of our tro?.ps did not reach Beaune before nighifall. Havre is almost bereft of its male population from 20 to 40 years of age. Married men, and even widowers with children, must all go to the war. Tourists are very numerous in the neighbourhood of Sedan. The Belgian peasantry make a good harvest of the relics which they sell. The Belgian papers announce that in consequence of tho movements of several Prussian corps upon the frontiers , the garrison of Charleroi has been ordered to hold itself is readiness to march. Most of the French who fought at Amiens were armed with Remingtons which accounts for the unexpected distance whence their bullets came whistling amongst the German staff. Another New York steamer arrived at Havre on SW turday week with a heavy cargo of rifles, cannon, and mitrailleuses. One correspondent says she brought 40C! It is asserted that General Trochu is altogether or p)sed to the departure of any balloon from Paris in the daytime, and they will leave in future at midnight 01 : at two a.m. Discipline is not so well maintained in the French aria of the West as in that of the Loire. A Mobile was seem a few days ago to strike his officer in the face for a rebuke of no great severity. A depot will be formed at Juliers, exclusively for 00 11 French prisoners as are natives of Alsace or Lorraine , and speak the German language, political cousideration o rendering it desirable that the position of these prisoner o should be improved as far as possible. The North German Gazette comments upon the resist ance offered by the peasants in France. "Every house: becomes a petty fortress, every blouse a Freeshooter. Draconic severities, says the semi-official paper, must b put in force to check these practices. _ Means, it is said, have been found for communicating between Paris and Tours by signals invented by chemises The advantage of this new system, of which no partial' Lars are given, is that it is impossible for the Prussians 0 obtain a clue to the hieroglyphics. It is reported that the adieux of M.M. de KetratrY and Carre-Kerisonet to their troops, given circumstan tinily by telegram, were purely imaginary, and that in reality the affair of resigning the command went off very badly. M. Gambetta does not rely upon himself for success I° military organisation. He is guided by a young engineer whose real name is Wieczwinski—but who, being born il l France, and a naturalised Frenchman, takes his mother's name, De Serre. This officer is barely twenty' six years of age, and only passed through the Ecole Polr technique some four years ago. A letter from Rome states that the Pope now walks il l the Raphael Gallery instead of in the gardens. His s uite is scanty in number, but he is invariably accompanied bY Cardinal Bonaparte, whom the ex-Emperor has desired not to leave him. In consequence of this the Cardinal has left his magnificent palace at the Piazza Venetia in order to occupy an apartment in the Vatican. The Gazette de Prance states that a Prussian General having caused four unarmed National Guards to be shot at Neuville-sur-Yonne, the Government at Tours delibe rated upon the measures it should adopt, and it was de' termined that an energetic protest should be presented ta the neutral Powers against such wanton and barbar ous acts. An emeute occurred lately at the Halles Centrales is Paris, caused by the indignation provoked by a sudden and great rise in prices. Horsemeat sausages were offered at 9f. per kilogramme and horseflesh black puddings ° D 7f. A crowd of women who sought to make purchase ° protested against these prices, but failing to convince the vendors they pelted them with their own sausages. Th ° National Guard had to be called in. The Prussian 211ontteur Officiel, published at Versailles, in its number of the Ist of December, contains a notice from the Saxon Minister of War that two French officers , whose names are given, have broken their parole, and have fled from Dresden, where they were held as prisoner s of war. The same paper also publishes the names of tell French officers, who have broken faith and escaped fro° Hirschberg in Silesia. 'These officers are all of the rank of either captains or lieutenants. The Germans have of late been complaining strongly o f the export of munitions of war from Switzerland to France' and the federal authorities have at length interfered. 00 the 29th a long train from Aarau, Lucerne, and Chill' reached Lausanne, consisting of a number of truck s labelled " iron bars, machines, silk, old iron ware, teas , metallic cartridge-boxes, locks," and addressed to twe inhabitants of Lausanne. The actual contents were 4,20° muskets, 112,500 cartridges, and 630,000 percussion caps The cantonal police sequestrated them. • The Revell, of Paris, comments on the fact that all the higher posts in the present French Government are nevi filled up by members of the Paris Bar, and it gives statis tics shewing that no other country is ruled to such 011 extent by the long robe. There are six barristers in the Government of National Defence, viz.,—Picard' Crdmieux, Arago, Favre, Ferry, and Gambetta, and thei r four secretaries are of the same profession. Six of to Ministers, nine of the higher ministerial officials, th e police prefect and his general secretary, twenty-four of the commissioners despatched to the departments with e xtra' ordinary military and political powers, the whole of the newly-formed Council of State, the eight men a t the head of the Paris Municipal Government, ten of the sanitary and food commissioners, six members of the Wel Department, six diplomatists, and five finance officials, are also advocates. A Paris journal may well say--"W e have certainly a Government of ' Defence,' for it consists of barristers." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills fir e a certain cure for scurvy and all diseases of the skin, it respective of age of patient or duration of disease. To,. langour and dejection of spirits usually attendant on the worst class of diseases of the skin are speedily removt by the use of Holloway's Ointment and Pills. 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