The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-03 00:00:00

MOAT-' REPORTS.-SATURDAY. " -N•r7 The Stock may . kefi to-day have been in a quiet state. F.The7 bulip•ess' doing in all classes of securiteis has been and . prices have been entirely free from any inipoz.ialit - ductnations. During the earlier hours . / 4(e., ton generally wad good, and a slight improvement eastak _occasionally_ noticed, but towards. the close the tone IWame - For Consols the market has been st - eagy,*and the quotations have risen per cent., • • 2. .or to -02 for delivery, and the October account and for: November ; Reduced and New Three per Ccu , 90a, 90i; , Bank stock, 234, ex div. for opening; Inclia.Fi ,c. per Cents. 110, 1101 ; and India Bonds 155., 20s. pm..; Exchequer bills, 4s. to Bs. pm. Colonial Go vernment securities haue been dealt in quietly, and prices 'have been without change. The demand for English railway stocks has been on a limited scale ; nevertheless the tone has been healthy, and prices have ruled firm. Great :Eastern, North-Western, and Midland are each better, and North Eastern Consols shew an _advance of . a fall of 1 has taken place in London, = Chatham, and Dover. After official hours Metropolitan was quoted at 65i_to 65 ; Caledonian, 75 to 751 ; Brighton - at 40-1 to 40-i ; South Eastern at 72 to 72i ; Great Northern ,122 to 123 ; ditto, A, 134 to 135 ; Great - Eastern, 371 to 37 ; Midland, 125 i to 1201; North Western, 127} to 128 ; 'Great Western, 69 to 70 ; and North Eastern, 144 to 145 e. • In India 'railway stocks next to nothing has been doing, .but prices - lave ruled firm. Canadian shares have been steady. Foieign shares have been dull. Central Argen ,tine have fallen t. Foreign bonds have been steady,, but without activity. :Brazilian (1865) have risen 1, to 89k, 90 ; Italian (1861),' g, Or to 54 524; Spanish (1867), 4, or to 27a, 27/ ; ditto .(1869), 4, or to .274, 274 ; Turkish (1865), 4, or to ,604, 614 ; :ditto Five per Cents., or to 414, 42k; ditto (1869), 4,, or Ito 490, 494 div. ; Egyptian (1868), 4, or to 75g, ; =Egyptian Niue per Cents. are quoted at 97, 974 ; Mexi `can, 10, 10. • . Cr` American securities have been steady. The Five ittiy.erity,.(l.l Bonds have risen 4 and 4 per i cent. reapeot)vely. ..arThe clOntand forbank shares has beon only to a niOde tate extent.. ..Mbionl• have risen 4-, but Oriental have -fallen 1. . . In telegiiith' gliares the tranlia,etia,ns have been re- stricted: 'Angl6-Mediterranean have sold at 13k ; British IndtaksUbmarine, 7 1346ths ; . Falmouth, 10k, Hciopets: - Telegraph Works have-been i higher. -Tele giaPh ConKruetion have sold at 25 i 26i. • .... . . 1 , ; Mtscelianeous, securities have been in limited requeSt. Veneralcrplit and Piscount, 6i ; Hudson's Bay,' BR, k ; Madras Iffigation and Canal, 102 1021. .`-, In the CliscOnnt market to-day there has, been an in- Ere . a.seci . deinanclTor - Accounodation. Capital has still 'etiatindant': , Wit tii6r.iate' for negotiating three .mouths' per has risen to 2R to 2-1.• per cent. e Cliba„ from New York, has brought £119,251 in specie. __ ...:, The Poona:-, i'uts,left the East Indies with £133,820. "1,` . 4e bullion operations at the Bank to-day comprise the PurP.4affiePf £39,000 bar gold, and £42,000 sovereigns from !.orffieleirtificates of the Roumaina Government Iron Bridges Annuity, drawn in July last, are now in course of payment at Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. Tlie , report of the City Offices Company, to be presented efn thet3th of October, describes an impr ovement in the revenue, which for the past half-year has left a balance of £1,048 over outgoings. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES. OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done GOVERXIIENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols.. -92 921 Vict 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 92, 1/ 1131 Do for AccoUnt 92 921 DoAnril&OctlBB3-85.. 113 115 91/ - t . Viet 5p c Jan & JulylB94 1011192) Three p 9O er Cent d Reduced 904 904 Brazili 9o an, 1868915, 5p a ... . 89 90 1 ie , New 3 per Cent 01, 4 x d Do Rail Debar' 7p" .. 98 100 Eic,hequer Hills, March 48 pm Italian, 1865, 5p c • 82 82 - ' Pm , , • . Peruvian, 1865, 5P 0 .... 87 "83 Do, June 4B pm Portuguese 1869 3 p 0., 281 201 . Bs. _pm • 29 Bank Stock __. 67 63 _ . 4 Shdt, 234 a d for opening Do Nicolas p c India 5 per. Cents — -- 674, 4 1104, 10, 4 Spanish. 1867, 3pc India Bonds — 274 176 pm Do, 1869, 3p c Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 105 107 2 74. 1 Do March & Sept. 103 .105 Turkish.l:ls4, 6p c B4 87 Do 5p c Jau & July .. 98 100 83 Do Inscribed Stock .. '97 100 Do. 1805. 5p o Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 414, 24. 14, 24, li Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1855. 6 p c November 1878 lO7 109 604. 14, 60-1, 14, 602 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 Bonds,6 p a 1882 904 902 July 1873 lO3 105 904. 1, 4 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 100 102 Do do 1885 892 90 New Zealand Ip 0 1891 lO6 109 Do 10-40Bnds, spc 1934 85 884 • Dbs p c t Do 5p c Consolidated 97 93 Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 98, 7fs Atlantic and (1 W R Con Do 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 105 107 Mortgage Bonds 254 234 - Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 ... 271 28 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Grand Trunk of Canada 861 • 2nd Pref Stock Caledonian Great Eastern 375, 5 4th Pref Stock Great Northern Do A 134 Great Western ofCanada 15.5 155 • Great Western 691 70 155 69/ Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lancashire & Yorkshire 12911301 Do 51 do, 1877-8 96 98 1305 Do 5 p c pref, issued 80 par 2pm Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 40 401 Madras guar 5P c 5.0 n, Chat, and Dover .. 125 125 1055 125 N. Railway of Canada, ton and North-Western 1275128 6p c Ist Pref Bonds • 1275, 5, i Oude and Rohilkund g Lou and South-Western 85 87 5p c Man, Shef,- and Lincoln 445 451 Scinde, Punjaub, and Metropolitan Midland .... 1251126 103 1255 Bahia and San Francisco North British North-Eastern Consols.. 144 145 Belgian E Junction 1445, l, x u Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn 245 255 South-Eastern 715 72 Dunaburg and Witepsk 171 175 Atlantic and St Lawruce .77 80 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 Bombay, Baroda, and Eastern of Franco — - ` Central India, g 5 p C..' 10451051 Great Luxembourg Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 5 125 Do 55 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 77 80 Lemberg Czernowitz gua • 791 7 p c Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p c 10411051 Ottom {Smyrna to Aidin) 55 55 East Indian, g 5 p c .., . 10951101 Recife and Sall Francisco 110, . (Limited) guar 7p o .. 16 17 - Grand Trunk Canada . ; 121 131 San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 21 .215 Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 21 charge 6p c Da 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm 145, i 46 Southern of France .. . Do Ist Pref Bonds ...% 60 62 .16 . 1 17 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A ... , 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 21 • 8f 231 ',ZS Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian ... 810 pm 48 2 20 Anglo-Egyptian (1.1 22 23 15 London Joint-Stock 424. .3..31 21 33 -60 British N American 51 53 20 Lon andWestmnster 61 62 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 141 151 611, 1 5,25 Char Mere of India 251 261 10 Metropolitan B4 81 10 City '25 Colonial , 4 Consolidated (L) .. 20 Eng, Scot, and Ausb 161 171 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41 - '2o' Imperial IL) .10 Imperial Ottoman 111 , TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American Ll 88 00 10 Great Northern .... 11 114 10 Anglo-Meditm (L) l2l 14} • 6 Great N. China, a n d 131 Japan Extension.. ' 313 dts ICO Atlantic 5 Indo-European (L)„ 12 14 100_ Do 8p c 10 British Australn (L) 4 3idis and Malta (L) .... 5l 6 10 British Ind Exten (L). 6 64 10 M e dit errn E x (L) .. 5 51 1.0 British Indian Sub - 2i Prima and S. Pcfc(L) 4 3 ilia marine, (L) 713-16 20 Soo Trans France (L) 141,15 Ihind,Submarine (L) 5 4idis 100 Subnaarin • - . 231 236 China, dis Do Scrip 2 2} 10 almouth, Gibraltar, 10 W India &Panama(L) 51 and galta (L b ..... loi 10. k - =f MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. f piii7? • - T. . • Pd , 7 Anglo-A ustrian Bud- 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. . 24 21 holders' Certificate 14 2 4 2 13-16, 4 • 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 14 15 2 Lou ScProv Marine L) 4 ! pin 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 33 38pm 100 Madraslrrig& C ana l, (U.S.) 5 100 13ostorl'Ulty gsp c by Ind Gov., 101 103 P c Bterilipu Lottn 91 93 102, 1 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 pm Mauritius Land (L) 1 dial par '27 Canada Coniiiank. 72 76 x d • 10,C01 , 10n Gompany (L) 5141 dis NatnlDisct Comp (L) 11 111 35 City Offices (L) 261251dis '2l INT Zealand Loan and 20 ColoniliP(L) 5 Com Union Assurnce "1 3pin 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt roue of Eng (L) - 24 24 Trtist4L) . ... .. .1114 pm 'lOO, Crystal Palace 106 •DO rot lbir - lintrf,Vc'Perp Deb lOB 113 50 P and 0 Steam 47 49 27 tiliilikr Valiniteel ILI.; 618 dis • Do do New. 1867 3 1015 100 ARpykc'V'roy - noina, - 50 Rhymney Iron gnar, EgYP aav •- ge '9B: , 45: ".Do New 9 10 15 Fore-stWatiiiiskiSelL) 54.81Pra -60 Royal Mail Steam 51 53 '0 Tel Con and Main (1.4 . ) 251 2 61 Fgn andColonialGov - 16 51 61 Trust 6p c Bonds. 93 ra 2 Thames Lid Mersey '' 71 Gen Credt &Dint 11,1 4 4 di, . 6/ Marine Incur (L St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Gen Sun Navigation 28 30 guar by Italian Gov, 85 88 7 Ilooperl 'Tel Works 21 2Ad is 5 Trust and Loan Co of 17 Iludson's Bay S 0 4 9 _ Upper Canada .... 41 pm 81 '-' u marine, Lvpool (L 4i spuo 45 Indrbbr,GutPer , and - 20 Union Steamship (L) 22 24 Tel Works IL) . • :: , 8 39 6 United Di s Corprn (TA 1: ?.did 20 Intend Finan SociL ll lidis : 5 UnivMarinelnsur tLi 4141'pin It Irritt Can Cavour 34 31 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p a ' 10a ~Po 6 g c Bonds. re- . . Mortgage L oan. ... 77 79 • d ee mable 1870 '5862 . • 71 : 0 L on d on Fi n Agsoc (L)18117L as 12 Warrant Finance •.. ...• 9 7 dis MARKETS. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—For the time of the year this market was not largely supplied with wheat. There was slight improvement in the trade observable in several in stances. Best parcels of both old and new wheat realised from is. per quarter more money ; but other kinds made about last week's rates. Malting barley was quite as dear. Oats were a little cheaper. Beans and peas remain unaltered. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a good supply, but a small demand for wheat at this market to day. Barley, oats, and beans were little inquired for. New wheat, 17s. 6d. to 21s. 6d. ; old wheat, 18s. 6cl. to 225. ; rye, 14s. to 14s. 6d. : beans, 18s. to 18s. 6d. ; peas, 17s. to 18s. per three bushels ; oats, 265. to 345. ; grinding barley, 31s. to 335. ; malt ing barley, 375. to 41s. per qr. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a moderate supply of farmers' wheat at this market to-day, which commanded last week's rates. Foreign was in- retail demand, and without change in price. Oats were a drug. Maize and barley at last week's rates. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY. There were only small deliveries at this market to-day ; and farmers' wheat was readily bought at last weeks advance, 'there being a good demand for seed, trade generally was firmer, but there was no advance. Flour was unchanged. Barley was 365. per quarter. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There were large supplies of all kinds of grain at this market to-day as com pared with last week. Wheat was 35., and barley ls. per qr. advance, while oats were slightly lower. Prices ranged thus : Wheat, 435. to 525. 6d. ; barley, 28s. to 395. 6d. ; oats, 18s..Sd. to 245. 6d. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was firm, at lather over former prices. Flour was also firm ; barley was ss. per quarter lower. Oats were steady. Peas and beas were slow and rather lower. The arrivals for the week amount to 724 quarters of wheat, 874 quarters of barley, 82 quarters of peas, 588 quarters of rye, and : 1,225 sacks of flour. DONCASTER CATTLE MAKKET, SATURDAY.—There was an average supply of cattle at this market to-day, and prices were unaltered. There were 4,000 to 5,000 sheep on hand. Sal , s were frail*, at 445. to 575. each. The pig trade was not, so, good, buei r ices were as last quoted. ABERDEEN CATTLE TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The supplieS at most of the district markets during the week- hate been large, or above the average, with .a keen demand for good fat sorts, which met .a ready sale at 745. to 15s. per ewt.;• seine prime lots even exceeding the latter figure; secondary, about 70s. per cwt. in some cases. A good few turned out unseld, on account of the high prices asked. Store cattle, fresh In con dition, Were• looked after. 'Mutton was,7d. to Bd. : : LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET ; SATURDAY.-Opqnin4 report :-Import per bill of entry, 23,869 balei. Holders of cotton are looking out anxiously for-buyers. -The demand is slugglish. , Erices are still "drooping, and the sales are not likely to exceed 8,000 bales. Closing report :-This market has been irregular during the day, and closes at • the worst. The holders were anxious, and the sales do not exceed 10,000 ba1e5,. 2 2,000,0f which are on speculation and for export, but there were few transactions in arrival; 8 to 8 1-16ths buyers. . METROPOLITAN , MEAT MARKET, SATURDAY.-The stip plies of meat have been only moderate. The trade l llas been quiet at our quotations:-Beef from Bd. to Is. 2d.; mutton, 4s. to ss. 2di ;* veal, Is. to Is. 4d. ; and pork, 4s. to -ss. Bd. per 81b. by the carcase. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAy., -There were' moderate supplies on sale at the market to-day.' The trade ruled slow, at about previous quotations :- Prime old, hay, 1265. to .1355. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s, ; prime new 'hay, 115 s. to 1255, ' • inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s. ; prime clover, 130 s. to inferior ditto, 1155.• to 1255. ; prime new second cut clover, 120 s. to 1305.: inferior ditto, 110 s: lb 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per lead. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY. -Market hides, 501b$. to 641bs, nd. to 30. ; 641bs. to 721bs, to nd. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 3/d.; 801bs. to 881bs., 31d. to 4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4i/r. to 4id. ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 418. to 4/td. Horse-hides, 109. to 12s.':, Calf-skins," light, 2s. to 4s. ,* full, 75. 6d. ; Sheep skins,b pollqd, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; half-breeds, is. 3d. to 3s. Bd. ; Downs, 2s. Gct, to 3s. ; lairnbs, 2s. 6d. to 4s. tIONCASTER WOOL MARKET, SATTMDAY.—The-last market for the season was held to-day, Forty :sheets were pitched, but trade was very sluggish, arid 'priceg were very Unsettled, though generally there was a decline .: on quotations last given for other malkets. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAN.—In the coloured cloth hall this morning there Was scarcely'liny business doing until near the close, when some Manchester and Bradford buyers made their appearance. A sorting up, of blue grey tweeds then took place, to a greater extent than could have been expected ; but the sellers were content to take low prices. Some job lots of orange warps also changed hands, but there was nothing really geindne at the Vottom of these transactioni. Victorias were offered largely, but manufacturers have no confidence in encouraging speculation. It is a fact that large hands in the trade are shy when they come in contact with some of theht usual customers. Low goods for Germany have Sagged again: Old stocks of low unions have been cleared out, which would probably have been reserved but for the war. They have 'fetched from ls. 9d. to - 2s. 3d. per yard. In the Ileckmondwicke district an excellent trade is doing in army blankets. At Dewsbury and the neighbourhood a spirited inquiry exists for witneys, pilots, and beavers, for exportation. Thmga have improved there within the last week or two. Galli polli oil is 435. free on board. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market closed to-day with a good demand. Prices were firm. Value little altered for week. Medium was slightly higher. THE PHEASANT SEASON. Regarding the pheasant shooting prospects for the sea son which has just opened, Land and Water says :—lf we may form an opinion from the reports sent us by our numerous correspondents, there is every hope of abundant sport. The southern counties pro mise well • in Berks and liants the coverts are generally well stocked ; the Sussex reports agree in stating the stock of " long-tails " to be above the average ; from Kent we hear the preserves and coverts are 'uncommonly well supplied, and throughout the Western counties there appears to be no falling off in supply. The system of hatching the eggs of pheasants under hens, and rearing the young birds up almost by hand, tends nowadays materially towards keeping the coverts well stocked. But this past hatching and rearing season has been remarkably favourable, hence the " Tittles" as a rule are numerically good, and the young birds healthy and very strong on the wing. We are disposed to thing cover shooting will be somewhat. difficult at present, in consequence of the masses of thick foliage covering the trees ; to get clear shots at the phea.sants as they rise will, we opine, be no easy matter: TIIE SCHOOLMASTER IN.CQIWWALL - The Spectator publishes a letter dated Palvellan, Looe, Cornwall, September 24, in which th,e clergyman of that parish, Mr. A.. Chaplin, describes a vestry debate on the new Education Act. The following is an extract " The chairman announced the education question to be the.next subject for discussion. There advances a very little man with a very long face, our overseer; with a solemn air he holds up certain papers and says, ' Gentlemen (N. 8., we are very particular about being called gentle men, Radical as we profess to be), gen'lemen, I dunno what these papers mean ; you'd best mind what you're adoing when you fills 'em up ; mark my words [here the papers are flung upon the table with a tragic air such as an M. P. might envy], afore long you'll have to eddicate other people's children as well as your own, and [looking hard at me] there'll be another rate.' lip starts then a speaker such as Dickens delighted to describe. He enchains the vestry. ' I'll tell yer what, I'm not adoing to be led by the nose [movement, as the French would say]. I'm a Dissenter. Ah. 4 and I'm a brother in Christ ! Would I go for to lay a burden on a poor man's back—(sensation) ? 'tis a hard matter to get bread ; let them as is rich pay for the eddication of the poor. (Thunders of applause.) Gentlemen, gentlemen [empha size strongly the `gen'] indeed ! They call theirselves •to go for to say there shall be a rate," &c., &c. Then another, "I should like to tell people who don't know Looe (the sarcastic reference is , :made plain by a ferocious stare at me) that there are a few John Bulls in this place—a rate, indeed !" INDIAN NEWS. The Overland Mail delivered on Saistrday brings the following news from Bombay to the 6th September : It has now been ascertained that the actuals for 1869-70 were—receipts, home and India, £53,483,096 ; and the expenditure, £53,422,224, leaving a surplus of £60,872. It is believed that Mr: George Campbell would be the Duke of Argyll's nomination for the Lieutenant- Governorship of Bengal, and that Mr. Edward Clive Tayley is Earl Mayo's. ' The reply to the Calcutta petition for reduction of the income-tax argues the impossibility of immediate altera tion of -the income-tax, admits its undesirability under ordinary circumstances, and promises, unless in the case of unforseen emergency, to reduce the rate next March. 'Lord Mayo wishes to return early to Calcutta. His advisers urge the desirability of a visit to Rapootana ; and it is considered likely his Excellency will visit Central India, travelling as strictly incognito as it is possible for a Viceroy to do. The Cashmere Durbar have summarily dismissed, the Wuzeer of Ladak for his dealings with Mr. Forsyth's.ex pedition. Following the example of the Nawab Nazim, the Rajah of Chitpore has manufactu'red a bill against the Govern ment of India, and sent it in, The bill, a small affair of several lakhs, has been sent to the Secretary of State. Certain unpleasant rumours with respect to letting of contracts has come under the notice of the Governor- General, and his lordship has ordered an investigation. Reports of June from Zanzibar shew that cholera had entirely disappeared at that place, but that it was still prevalent at Mozambique. The deaths are announced of Raja Deo Narayan Singh, K.C.S.I. ; of Mr. Charles Norman Pochin, Madras C.S., collector and magistrate of Salem ; and of Major W. K. Haslewood, invalid establishment. A NEW WAR INSTRUMENT.—The Morning Post has received a letter frem Paris by balloon. One of its announcements ought to cause the Germans some anxiety : --The defence 'from within is already taking a desperate character. The generals, as is the wont of generals, have long insisted upon making war only according to tradition. They, hold that, while it is perfectly fair and most honour able forcibly to introduce steel and lead into the vital parts of their enemies, or to blow them up with gun powder., it is barbarous and disgraceful to use to the same end any means involving. a further advance of science. ' Their scruples, however, have now been vanquished. I have to-day seen a quite unmartial, frock-coated, keen-eyed little chemist, who has within his know ledge more effectual and .terrible methods of warfare than all the cocked hats in. Europe ever. covered. Ho assures me that with a recently-discovered preparation— fulminate of picrate of potass, which is ten times worse than picrate of potass in its simple form—he can blow the Prussian army off the face of the earth. He has another preparation which at once asphyxiates and burns any living creature upon which it is projected,- and ia addition to that he declares that hepossesses the means of d ecom p os ing water itself, and turning it"into consuming flame. This gentleman is in the employ of the Govern ment, and has already prepared a most diabolical recep tion for the Prussians. They have, indeed, already expe rienced the' awful effects of his skill in the explosion of two torpedoes, which are said to have killed 700 men, and the exp mod points of the defence are thickly sown with like engines of destruction. HE SUS, LONI)ON I , _MQNDAY, OCTOBER. 3,167 b., THI7 VVAR GENERAL WIMPFFEN ON TIE CAPITULA TION OF SEDAN. On the s'th of September General Wimpff en sent in his official report to the Minister of War respecting the capitulation of ; Sedan. ThiS report has not been published by the, Government, a fact which has occasioned some little surprise. The SaNt Public, a Lyons journal, pub lishes the - document, Which, under the eircumstance.i, posseses especial interest. The General begins by describing the position occupied by his forces when he. assumed the eommand, on MacMahon being wounded ' " On the Ist of September," he says, "at daybreak the enemy began the attack 'en the 12th corps, and pro 'longed it.towards the right against the Ist corps. At 7 o'clock Marshal' MacMahon, being wounded, resigned the command to •General:Ducrot. I was not informed of this till nearly Fyn hour later,when that officer had already given several, orders to the commandants of the corps d'armee. I thought it right to allow these orders to be executed, but towards nine o'clock, seeing the left of the let corps making a decidedly 'retreating movement, I resolved to take advantage of the letter which your Excellency had sent me. General Ducrot told me it was his intention to retire upon Illy, but his battalions instead of following that direction, changed their front •in the rear . - on the right wing, and' drew towards the further camp. This movement seemed •to dangerous for several reasons.. The .road was, a • difficult one for several corps d'arrae,; _it was necessary to go over• at least six kilo-. metres 'diistance, troops . wearied by five hours' fighting; 'and it Was'likely that the enenV, whd was in full force, and could watch the movement, would fling them selvei tipon the troops, and . drive them back.. on to the Prussian troops'in the rear...l therefore-ordered General Ducrot to resume his former position, and I reinforced his left.hythe Saurin brigade, though.he thought such assist: mice nseless. I then went to the centre of the 7th corps, to "'take account of ' the positiOn of the troops engaged in the direction of that line of retreat. I was convinced ' that the warch of our army to .Mdzieres could only. be ,accomplished with great difficulty during the day, and I resolved to hold my positions until the night." General Wimpffen goes on to deseiibe the fight at the wood of Garenne, which the 7th o,:ii•Ps vainly endeavoured to keep, and where he tried to support them without success. General Donai warned him that he could hold his position no longer, and that the forces•in front of him were so .largo that he could not retreat 'on Illy. As the 12th Corps occupied strong poSi tions and held therd.unshaken, General Wimpffen pro posed to reinforeethem by all the disposable troops of the Ist and sth Corps, with the view of throwing .back part of the enemy's . army into the' Meuse and ob taining an outlet by way of Carignan. 'Re wrote to the Emperor, telling him this, and inviting him to place himself in th - enaiddle:of his troops, who would feel it an honour to ,open a passage fer him. It was then about ,half -past three. enemy at first yielded to the offen sive movement of the French, but the troops of the 7th and Ist Corps, Which remained on the plateau as a rear g,inird; wiefe attacked and overwhelmed by a superior force. Instead of following up the movement of the 12th Coips, these troops, in passing between the grand name and the wood of Garonne, drew nearer and nearer to the fortifications of Sedan, which irresistibly attracted them, and ended by ranging theinselves under the cannon of the citadel. "At four o'clock," continues the general, " an officer brought me 'a letter, in which the Emperor in formed me that the white 'flag had been hoisted over the .citadel, and proposed to me, to cease firing, and to negotiate with the enemy. I refused several times to yield to this injunction. Notwithstanding the pressing instances of his Majesty, I thought it was my duty to make a last effort, and I went into the town t o summon all the troopS .which were accumulated there, but whether from the fatigue consequent on twelve hours', fighting without food, from ignorance of the danger ouS consequences of their agglomeration in a townill suited for defence, or from instructions badly underitook very few men responded ' to my appeal, and it was only With some 2,000 soldiers, aided by some of the brave inhabi tants of Sedan, that I drove the enemy from the village of Balan. This was the last effort of the battle." After this Geneial WiroPffen gives substantially the same account pf, the capitulation. that. his aides-de-camp have already furnished. • At 'the -Emperor's 'reiterated commands, he resigned himself, lie ,Says, to .negotiate with Count von Moltke,.and was immediately startled to find how well informed the PruSsian commander was as to the resources. and - PoSition• of the French army. At first he refused Vozi Moltkets conditions, but a subsequent conference with"-'the commandants of the corps d'armde convinced _hini that further resistance was impossible. He cannot give the - exact amount of the French losses, but he estimates the huriaber of dead and wounded in the tyTo days of Beaumont and Sedan at from 15,000 to 20,000, and the enemy states that in those-two days he made 30,000 prisoners:. At the battle on the plateau of Illy the French had from' 60;000 ,t,o 65,000 combatants, : while Von, Moltke admitted that they fought against ; 220,000, and. that at five o'clock .in the evening a.Prussian corps d'armde, of superior force to the French army, was stationed on the line of retreat. Gen . eral 'Wimpffen, who has' declared he will not separate his fate froin that of his Wen; was 'to proceed to Stuttgard; where lie; was to be imprisoned. . . other three-seriously wounded. The greatest care has been taken to conceal the name of the victim. Some say it is the Crown Prince and others Prince Frederic Charles. A traveller from :Rheims to St.. Quentin says ti; It he saw a miliiary train conducting a train towards Prus - sia, and that the . highest honours were rendered to the departed. THE SURRENDER OF TOUL. The bombardment of Toul with 24-pounders commenced on the 23rd of September, and was continued with in creased vigour the next day. Up to four p.m. on the 24th' the firing was very heavy on all sides, but at that hour a large white flag was unfurled on the cathedral, and the siege was at an end. The special correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says :—" The reason given by the Commandant for capitulating was, that he had only ammunition for three or four days, and would then be forced to surrender, in which time all Toul might have been destroyed. The Mobile Guards, moreover, were undisciplined and not sufficiently practised in arms to offer a long defence or to repulse a storming attack. The same evening the French garrison maeched out and bivouacked in a meadow under guard. The next day they were sent by railway to Prussia, and the MecklenbUrg troops occupied the place, the Grand Duke with a brilliant Staff entering it at the head of some regiments. A long ramble on the following morning in the conquered town was very interesting, and furnished many new i n , pressions. In the suburbs were six or seven entirely, and foUr or five half-burnt houses. The bridge ove the Marone Canal had been blown up by the French, and one had half to clamber and half to wade through the canal on stones and pieces of wood. In the rtreets of Toul, which numbers about 8,000 inhabi •tants, the marks of balls and bombs were every where perceptible on the houses. Windows were de stroyed, and there were large gaps in the roofs and walls. Doors lay strewn about, but only two or three houses were entirely destrpyed in the town. Our shots seem to have concentrated on the stately residence of the mayor, the walls being full of holes and the stucco and windows destroyed. The really beautiful cathedral, had, happily, not suffered internally, though there were some injuries caused by our fire on the external walls, The large window was completely destroyed, a door split to pieces, and the breastwork of the tower pierced with holes. Our fire had done most damage to the walls. Here were standing the large fortress guns and mortars with which Toul was armed, behind the high gabions or the batteries covered with thick boards; yet our balls had everywhere made great ravages, and the artillerymen were frequently struck near their guns. Bombs and shells lay about everywhere, likewise chasse pots and other weapons. Toul is regularly fortified on Vauban's system ; it has capital walls, five or six bastions, and deep fosses filled with water. It was formerly deemed a very strong fortress, but, as it possesses no outworks or detached forts, it is not for long tenable before the new artillery with its long range, and with 24-pounders it could be desteoyed from St. Michael's Mount. Six or eight of the inhabitants were killed during the siege, and twelve to sixteen wounded, we are told. The anxious families passed the last days chiefly in their cellars, the windows being thickly covered with dung. All now came creeping out, sunned themselves, and spread out their beds everywhere to dry and air, as they had become damp in the low cellars. These , pale, harmless faces, were visible everywhere, and loud lamentations were: heard. The habitual French elasticity and cheerfulness were soon, however, manifested, and many of the inhabitants were evidently glad that the siege was ended and life and health no longer endangered. Of provisions there was a tolerable store, but of artillery ammunition very little." A MYSTERY OF THE WAR. The Echo du Nord is responsible for a strange story. It says that for some days past rumours have been irr circus lation respecting a mysterious event in the environs of Rheims. The particulars which have been disclosed relate that the carriages of the King of Prussia, escorted by a numerous detachment of Cuirassiers, passed through a wood in the environs of Rheims. They came to a narrow part, which did not admit of the troops remaining beside the carriage, and they had to precede, and follow it. All at once hard firing was heard from both sides of the route. It was the free. shooters, who put into execution a scheme they had before planned. One of the carriages, which contained some distinguished persons, was riddled with balls. One of the four princes was killed, and the THE GERMANS AROUND The special correspondent of the Daily Hews at the headquarters of the Crown Prilice of Prussia, writing from Versailles on the 24th instant, observes The firing which we heard the night before last, or rather early yesterday morning, was from Fort MontValerien, and was directed against a' part of the Sixth. Corps, occupying a position near BnzanVal. There had been a forward move ment of the Prussians in that quarter. An unfinished French redoubt had been seized, and the fort had opened fire. It will be seen by this participation in the struggle, of the guns on Mont Val6rien, how completely Paris is threatened to the whole south and west of its de fenceS. The different corps of the Crown Prince's army are taking up positions that command every approrich to the city on the side which they have to attack, and the boom of heavy guns, sending. stray shots among the Germans here and there upon the line of blockade, skews that the French are uneasy at: this tightening of the ; circle round their walls. There, is .as yet •no 'artillery duel, no thunder 'Of' battery against battery: But the - German troops haw gone near enough to seize - the- "t WO or three outlying works 2 -all of them I belie‘ . e unfinished -by: which it had been intlended . to remove the attach to a longer range.. Paris vyill. now have nothing but her reguhir ramparts and her' regular chain of forts, prepared years ago. ThereVill be no extension Of the 'circle to meet the possibilities Of Modern range. From What . I renhein ber of Charleston Harbour; I should judge that the dis tance from Fort. Warren to the . houses destroyed 'by Federal shells. was greater than the distance from : the captured redoubt behind Chi:Union , to, the towers of Notre Dame. Many , thing's - may hinder -born bardnient. The Germans do not wishto injure Paris, though they would greatly like to take it: There may be a system of blockade;:or the forts may be separately be sieged and the rampart breached, which would, perhaps, be . the more humane plan. The French may come to terms and .peke may 1??, presently,: arranged as some persons expect. But this question of long range and possible destruction. haS an' important bearing on the question of a defence pushed to desperate limits. The monuments, the palaces, the churches of Priris are within the -CharleSton 'range of whatlas 'now become a German fort. • The Wight sunny weather con tinues to favour King NiYilliam's soldiers in their bivouacs. Thereis too much dust to make the roads 'endurable, and the nights are growing somewhat - cold. But•it is still glorious weather for camping out. Xn.the woods, and gar dens near Paris there are more men to be so bestowed than in the snug villages and handsome country seats which the German's hold, for everyone is on the alert. All along the line there 'are field gunAYeady to trot forWard l into . poSition,! and masses of infantry waiting the signal to . acT . Vance. If General Trochu should sally out, ! he will be warmly received. We hear, however, that all thought of sallies on a large scale is abandoned by the French commander; that everything is ready for a cautious defence ; and that the garrison is settling down-L-as well as such turbulent elements can settle—to hold its own behind its walls. THE PRUSSIANS IN ORLEANS. The Prussians, according to a French account, are not so unlerous.in the province. of Orleans as was at first supposed. ',The travellers who brought the first acc oun t s wer e so overwhelmed with fright that they exaggerated the facts. The pririciil ,force seems to be at Malesherbes with the aitilterY and f the Cavalry. At Pithiviers Only 23 Uhlans have been seen; while in the town -of Orleans it self the Prussian scouts ' have not been visible, but the panic is . 'neeitheless 'great. The 'railway companies have exerted' themselves to despatch all their Carriages' and locomotives away from the town for fear they should fall into the' eilemy'S hands, and long empty trains might be seen passing over the bridge of Vierzon. The PoSt-office, too, lias removed all its property, closed its offices, and given notice it will undertake no more letters without the town. The Public Receipt Office and the Bank have removed their establishthents and sus pended all payments. The 'anxiety - felt by the peOple was very great, and was not lessened by the destruction of the bridge of Orleans, which has produced great in convenience, and was declared by many to have been an unuecssary measure. The French are turning the Germans out of Algiers, All the Belgian towns are full,of French families flyinr from France. . . It is announced that several of the leading. agitators at Lyons, including General Cluseret, have been arrested. 'According to the Berlin correspondent of the Times' hun dreds of peasants daily apply to German pickets; request ing to be let out of Paris, but are refused, Not far from 102 mitrailleuses have fallen into the pos session of the Germans. This leaves but 42 in the hands of the original owners and inventors. A disturbance has taken place at Amiens, arising from an innkeeper refusing to receive a wounded sOldier. The mob surrounded his house, broke the Windows,. and were with difficulty pacified. A brave boy of Berlin had accompanied a Prussian cavalry regiment on its march to Filaide; and had not even left the corps when they made a. Charge, until lie found it impossible to keep pace with them ; then he attached himself to an infantry regiment following in the rear. The poor little fellow wad wounded by three bullets. • In one of the Be!gian hospitals were seine' Bavariang 'who were severely wounded ; one of them refused to undergo amputation,. declaring that he. would rather die;. and in fact he did die shortly afterwards. Some minutes before his death he.was asked if he had anything to say, "write to my mother," he replied, "ind tell hc!re thdt I died as a brave soldier." He expired without. having uttered a groan, though the sufferings he had endured were fearful. . . The correspondent of the lidlpendenee Beige complains of the lack of patriotism and 'the extortionate temper of the inhabitants of Tour's. Their' rapacity, he - sayi,- is outrageous. They are ten tithes worse than they were at the time of Prince Pierre Borraparte's trial. They were Oyu lad enough, and shewecl.theniselyes ,to be strong partisans of that warlike Prince, whose loaded weapons were always at hand' in life, but have not been very Active since the opening of the campaign. . • A telegram, direct from :Strasburg; of Friday's date s says that several French officers wh6mere made prisoner,on the surrender of .the'town have, beenallpwed.'to leave, 'for S~vitzerlaiid On' foarele. Geneial is among the nuMber. ' all ; - 'natives of, Alsace,. are being sent to their lhothes:- A 'great' mimber of foreigners are already flocking to: Strasburg,' but it .is at present difficult to enter the:town. The North German Gazette,. in pointing out the impor tance of Fort Mont Valerien, says :—The fort rises at its inferior enceinte 125 metres abOve the level of the sea and 45 metres above the surrounding terrain ; but the heights of the village of Garches, at a distance of only 2,000 metres from the fort, rise to 155 metres, and command therefore, by some metres, the, most elevated portions of the fort. This inconvenience, and the isolation of the fort, weaken considerably the importance of the fine works, and its value as a fortress. In a letter from a Gernian soldier in the "Tageblati. read When one has .seen - the dreadful wOunds Yq, many of one's comrades one feels doubly thankful to' . the Creator for having escaped unscathed ; and yet I confess that the second time, at Sedan, I raced the bullets much more calmly and coolly fliaialle first time. IdO not know how it is, but one wholliforgdts the danger one is in, and thinks only of thjelect of one's own bullets, rejoicing, like a child, at the sight of the enemy falling like skittles, and having scarcely a compassionate glance to spare for the comrade falling by one's side. One ceases to be a human being and turns into a brute, a complete brute." A German soldier, in a letter to the Elbefelder Gazette, gives a very unfavourable account of the treatment of prisoners by the French. B e says :—" I was taken pri soner on the 16th of August at Mars-la-Tour, with 734 othe Prussians, and conducted to Metz. We were robbed of everything—money, watches, and tobacco—by our escort, and treated like cattle, not like men. In Metz we had to sleep in the casemates on the ground. We suffered excessively from hunger, and such of us as had been able to conceal a little money were charged 2 francs 8 sous for a pound of bacon, and enormous prices for bread. It is impossible to form an idea of what we suffered till we were exchanged." It is stated that a Berlin police-officer in the Prussian camp, being present at the capitulation of Sedan, with many others that were equally eager to witness the sight of fallen greatness, pressed up as close as he could to the chair on which the Emperor was seated in the open air. On his Majesty's rising, with a swiftness, acquired pro bably in his official practice among Berlin 'crowds and roughs, he pounced upon the chair, and, preising a napoleon in the footman's hand who stood behind the Emperor, he carried off his trophy, which will probably after a period of. years be sold at ten times as many pounds as it cost the enterprising police-officer francs. The official lists of the killed and wounded occasionally contain names which ought to be omitted. A few days ago a German soldier, named Joseph Tenfele, the son of a village burgermeister, was inserted in the list as one of the killed. The whole village was filled with great grief in consequence of this bereavement to the leading inhabi tant. A very solemn funeral service was held, accompa nied by formalities of some little pomp. This took place in the morning, and to the astonishment of the inhabitants the dead man walked safe, and very nearly sound, into the village the same afternoon. The appearance in the list of dead was soon explained. In one of the engage ments round Sedan, Tenfele was driven with several of his companions into a deep gravel pit, where he received several severe contusions and lay cut off from his bat talion. He was given out as dead, but made his way to a field hospital where he was reported unfit for service in the war. He arrived at home just after the funeral ser vice had been concluded. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are:the largest holders of whisky in.the world. Their Old Irish "Whisky is recommerb‘rl by the medical profession in preference' to Frcueb brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or expori , ..tou. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co- Royal Irish Dix tillorks, Belfast ; :=1 thsi 1 .01;tion oMtee, y 11 , ...atiort hiraud, A HEAD WANTED. The correspondent of the, Times at Tours, writing on the 27th, says :—" In the present strange and unprecedented posi;ion of the country we know little, and can foresee less. There is a great.clank of arms, much stir and,bustle, great goodwill to resist, but concerning the power I Dm not so sure. The levy en masse is necessarily limited by the lack of arms for more than a certain nuMber of men. It is no use to fill the streets of the depot toxviiS .with idlers, more or less uniformed, if one cannot put .a musket in each fist and fill each pouch ,with cartidges.. One measure you will probably soon hear of . will be a requisition for all the fowling pieces in the country. It is difficult to believe that anything serious can be 'elfOtea by such means. A million of men thns armed, lint unproVided with a powerful artillery, could be of no avail against the Prusisian army. Aud who is there ,to. wield the brava but •onlY:partially disciplined forces ; paw muStAripg ? look. in ; vain for head, , for a master mind, "a guicliug spirit, , for. General whose name shall inspire confidence. We have not evea. a General in the*GoVernMent - Of National Defenee=iii that one, I mean, which Sits' at Tours,' and Which ii in reality the Government of - France.now that Paris is cut off from the outer world estcept by favour of a lucky balloon or a stray pigeen. Another balloon has come into-day, and the aeronaut (who does not say that his car was made to ' vibrate ' two Miles above the earth by shots from perpendicular Prhssian cannon), reports very heavy fighting just as he came away, and that the Prussians had lost 1(1,000 men, and ten guns—a tale which finds little credence. Paris, then, being besieged, has , need of a General, whom it has in Trochu, but hardly of a complete Council of Ministers, and it would have been better if M. Gambetta or M. Favre had come to Tours. The Government here consists of M. Cr4mieux, a highly respectable person ; of M. Glaiz-Bizion, an eccentric, who wastes much of his colleagues' valuable time by the development of crack-brained notions ; and of Admiral Fourichon. As delegates of the Minister of the Interior we have M. Laurier, said to be one of the most efficient members of the Council ; and Count Chandordy is an excellent representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but, unfortunately there is not much for that department to do just after the break-down of the Favre-Bismarck inter view. What are wanted are Generals. It seems strange that now that MacMahon is wounded, Bazaine shut up,,and Canrobert with him, Lebreuf and De Failly disgraced, Frossard forgotten, and Palikao in Belgium, not a military name of mark sug gests itself at the present emergency. Can it be that, with the exception of the three first named, France contains none but courtier Generals, not one worthy and able to lift her banner at this moment of peril ? There seems not one to take the lead, and we are driven to the conclusion that the Imperial regime has been As baneful to the military genius of France as it has been in many ways to the national dignity. It is difficult very highly to esteem the mental and moral calibre of a nation which accepts the Figaro for its leading journal, and which, for eighteen years, submits to the despotism of a handful of adventurers, who, while filling their pockets, have finally led it to the brink of perdition ; but it might have been expected that the terrible circumstances of the present time would have evoked some energetic spirits from out of the numerous herd of French Generals who would have stepped to the front and at once assumed the provisional direction, which none would be disposed to refuse them. Unfortunately, we still await their • appearance." THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF NAPOLEON 111. The Journal Officiel of Sunday last has been received from Paris by balloon post. It contains an important publication, of which the following is an extract --" The first instalment of documents, found amongst the cor respondence and papers of the Imperial family was pub lished to-day. The Government haS believed it to be its duty to publish these documents without commentary, and with. that impartiality which appertains to history, The importance of four of these papers prompts us to publish them at least in part. The first of them only proves too plainly the facts so often affirmed by the men who have at present the honour to preside over the Government of the country. It is a letter addressed by M. Jecker M. Conte, Chef du Cabinet of Napoleon III.: ' Paris, December 8, 1869. Sir, --Do not think it strange that I prefer addressing myself to you, having to draw your attention to an affair which particularly concerns the Emperor. You will have heard enough about my affair of the Treasury bonds to know something about it. Very well ; I think the Government is treating it with too much indifference,` and if they do not pay Attention unpleasantness to the Em peror will arise from it. You are no doubt ignorant of the fact that my partner in this affair was M. le Duc de Moray, who had undertaken, in consideration of 30 per cent. of the, profits in the offair, to cause it to be ack knowledged-and-paid -- irY the Mexican Government as ! had been the case from the beginning. Upon this subject there exists a voluminous correspondence' With his ,agent, M. de Marpon. In January of'. 1861, these gentlemen sent to me to . treat of this affair. This arrangement was come to when , : my house was already in liquidation, so that everything . regarding it belongs exclusively to it. As soon as this arrangement was concluded, I was thoroughly supported by the French Government and its legation at Mexico. The latter had even assured my creditors, in the name (.4 France, that the bonds would be fully paid, and had addressed very strongly-worded notes to the Mexican Government ripen the subject of the fulfilment of my contract with them, and to the extent that the ulti matum of 1862 required the fulfilment pup' et sonple of the decrees. Since that period I have been constantly exposed to the hatred of the party in power, who threw me into prison and finally banished - me after confiscating my property. The affair remained in this state until the occupation of Mexico by the French. Under the Emperor Maxithilian, and at the instance of the French Government, the settlement of my affair was again taken into consideration. In August, 1863, I succeeded, aided by French agents, in coming to an - a - rrangement" With ' the I\lexicair Governthent. At that -period - •it happened That 'M. le - Due de Morny died, so that -tire - powerfull protection that the French GoveiTiment had accorded to` me ceased coin . letter by Napoleon first hintsat the secret treaty. Amongst the letters and projects dictated by Napoleon to his Chef `du Cabinet, the - folio - whigfettei figure~.. It f .throws a , light on.theilesigns.and the pro ceedings of the imperial polity (without date) : . if France is. to boldly. adopt , thp:doctrines of nationali tie • i t s, is necessary to maintain henceforth that 'there is no Belgian nationality With - the' French nationality, and to establish this essential point with the French nation. On the ;other hand the-Cabinet of •Berlin being.disposed to enter into such arrangements as it may suit. France to entertain with, it, there will be occasion to negotiate a secret treaty which will bind both parties. Without relying on this treaty being a ' perfectly sure guarantee, it would have the double advantage of compromising Prussia, as being for her a proof of the sincerity of the policy, and the intentions of the Emperor. It is recommended not to hide from ourselves, so long as one knows the character of the King of Prussia arid of his Prime Minister, the. fact that the late diplomatic incidents, as well as the actual tendencies of public opinion in France, must have opened their eyes to the circumstance that we have not ceased to claim the frontier of the Rhine. To make sure of meeting with that confidence which is necessary for the maintenance of an intimate entente, we must employ ourselves in dis sipating those apprehensions which have always been fostered by the expectation ,of: this eventuality, and the apprehensions .which have . also . been awakened by our late communications. These results cannot be; attained 131' words ; there' inuSt be an act (and one which would consibt in determinhig the'ultirnate fate •Of Belgium) in concert with Prugaia; 'by proving at Berlin that the Emperor is really looking elsewhere than -on ;the. Rhine for that extension necessary to France. After the events which have recently transpired, -in Germany this will gain for us at least a relative certainty that the 'Prussian government will not place any obstacle in the way of our aggrandisement in the . north.' " MIS GOVERNMENT AND ,wAlt7 The London correspondent of .the Bimzingham Gazette telegraphed on Friday evening am told that Minis ters to-day in Council could not easily see their way to speedy mediation. Of course, there was a . division in the Cabinet on the question, but the majority were of opinion that at the present junction of affairs ttds country could not come forward and say to the Prussian hosts, "• Thus far shalt thou go; and no further." In the long run, the non-intervention party in the Ministry prevailed, and it was determined that England should still maintain a neutral attitude, ready, at the same time, when the Cabinet were convinced that the houvhad come, .to step forward and offer her services in bringing about a peace based on a sure and certain foundation. I need not tell you that the . feeling here is adverse to the decision of the Ministry, and the announcement that the Premier and his colleagues had decided to advise Prussia to accept terms would have been hailed with joy. THE POPE ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRb.• On the eve of the entry of the Italian troops • into Rome the Pope addressed the following letter to General lianzler " Nov that they are about to consummate a great sacrifice and the most enormous injustice, rii:A , ? that the troops of a Catholic king besiege the- capital•of the Catholic world, I deem it necessaryo-:-thank you and Your troops for the zeal you diqilaytd defending metropolis.'lllair these lihes remain as a scacrian proof of the efficiency and excellence of the troops of the Holy See. • As for the nature of the defence it is my duty to insist that, it.-should consist • of -A t•rotest . against' the violence that has been displayed. - So soon as a breach has . been effected, negotiations for the surrender of the town must be entered upon. At • this time when all Europe is deploring the numerous victims of a war between two powerful nations, it must' not be said that the Vicar of :Christ, though unjustly - assailed, gave his consent to 'a struggle which entailed muchlOss. OUr cause iithat:of God, and we put our confidence in Him." THE SITUATION IN LYONS.—The Salut Public, of Lyons, states that a notice had been placarded about the town which was a veritable appeal to civil war. This was torn down amid the applause of the spectators, who were indignant at the nomination of General Cluseret as com mandant of the national forces .at Lyons. When the General appeared before the Municipal Council, he was sent away, after an indignant speech from M. Ferrouillat, who accused him of coming to Lyonsito confuse a Sipa tion - which was already complicated enough. In the evening there Were more popular meetings,. with vehement declamations. The revolutionary committee took possession of • the Hotel - de Police, but the municipal council . ordered them to evacuate it. . M. Bandy, who undertook to negotiate v,rith them, was put in prison. The National Guard were called ' out, and fresh disturbances .were apprehended when it was announced that M. Bandy was set at liberty. The National Guard are so - in censed against the rioters that unless the assumption of authority on their part should speedily cease, no order can be preserv e d i n th e pl ace . Th e last Aspect of affairs is more peaceable, and we marl-et falsify•the opinion of the Augsburg Gazette, which in summing up the towns of France, said of Lyons, that it was a richtown that was fax more ready to create disturbances than to. organise e defence. ANOTHER BALLOON FROM PARIS.—M. Lutz, the aeronaut, who has lately arrived at Tours, did not meet with any striking adventures. H e as cen d e d hi s ca r in great state in the boulevard d'ltalie, on Sunday, the - 25th. First of all M. Lutz went up to• a great height, 4;5 0 metres, in search of a current of ' air, .'but he did not find one. More fortunate than his predecessor, M. Lutz was not once assailed by Prussian projectiles. Having tried their skill against M. Duran without success, they seemed to think that they had better waste no more powder on balloons. On the way M. Lutz made some observations ; he saw that there were no more Prussians at Pecq or St. Germain. M. Lutz's position became critical at one time, for progress was almost impossible for want of a breeze, and he remained stationary over the plain of Creil for three-quarters of an hour. He threw away ten bags and the cushions of his car, but his balloon would not rise, and all the winds of heaven seemed to conspire to keep him back. He saw on the opposite banks of the Seine some black figures which he thought might be the Prussians. Being desirous of escaping their curiosity, he flung aside some of his despatches, and then decided to cross the Seine. He reached Vernouillet in safety, and the despatcheshe left on the plain of Creil were brought to the • post of Meudon. A pigeon which ;was hi the ballocin was sent hack to Paris to announce his safe arrival. He was provided with a suit of peasants attire, in order to elude the vigilance of the Prussians in case they were in search of him, but no inquiry WI'S made. ITIE OPERATIONS AT STIIASBOURG.—The operki. - tions immediately preceding, and no doubt forcing on the surrender, afford agood idea of the difficulties surmounted by the besiegers. The two lunettes recently taken are small detached forts, lying several hundred feet in advance of the main rampart, surrounded by wide inundations. Having been battered with the heaviest guns for a fort night, mines were filtithately sunk under the water up to these islet strongholds.: Their explosion de stroyed a portion of the walls t , ierehy ren dering them accessible to 'attack' frem without. This effected a way:had to'be made across the water. In the case of one lunette, protected on one side by only 5 broad ditch, a dyke was improvised of stones, sandbags, facines,_ &e. The' enemy haVing evacuated th e place beforehand, this labour, which • otherwise might have been very protracted, was completed _without great delay. The K,thee liniette; with a sheet' Of.'•Water in' front, one lupdred., and eighty feet Fide and a still largerone . in its rear, gave more troUble. Underl cover of night a bridge. had' to" be made. - .A' strineof beer b a rrels ,4Verlaidi witb..boarde, .was inserted' :between what MaY be caked: the, nmin land and• the fortified isle., Thong? "the'eneniy 'had Also 'cleared' out 'of this lunette, finding it too hot to hold, yet the greatest caution was required in constructing the makeshift bridge. The slightest sound would have attracted the attention.of the sentinels on the main'rampart in the rear and made them open fire. But so well had everything been prepared in advance, and so noiselessly was the work carried on, that not a shot was, fired on the French side until the first hundred men had got over the bridge, and with spades and axes were making themselves at home , o the shell of the deserted fort. ' The ,next hundred men crossed under a raking fife; and`the shot now begin ning to pour into the hinette, the' greatest despatch had to be used in throwing. up. the breastwork which , even 7 tually a'nelthredThe bUld:Adventurers. Froth theSe lunettes trainacross the intermediate lake 111 3 o theilac/diens of the main rampart. Along thfs dam and Q., tile breach,. the result of a previous bombardment , Aitta .) llaVe - -- lain the"vfay.of the aisaaltirjg party bad it, come to 'a starni • ;But for: the ,timely capitulation should soon have read of the horrors of this passage, with - fire above and water below. It is well that this sacrifice has not been needed.-:-Tima' Berlin. Correspondent. GUERILLA WARFARE.—A German letter from Chalons, dated the 28th, says :—" Although a general rising of the French population is not to be thought of, all that is essential to it being lacking, bands of 200 to 400 men, mostly consisting of deserters and Francs-tireurs , are roving about different parts of the country between Nancy and Paris, attacking small transports, and making the military routes insecure. To check the evil 0 ' special army corps—the 13th—has been formed and placed under the command of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg , who was at the same time appointed Governor of all the French provinces occupied by the German troops with the exception of Alsace and Lorraine, his residence being at Rheims. This army corps, and especially mans', cavalry, who cannot all be employed befo r e M e tz an?. Paris, has the task of preserving our army's commuln cations from Paris with Alsace and Lorraine, an d to march about everywhere in brigades or regiments, pur-, suing and - ruthlessly exterminating all such bands. With respect to one of these attacks, the capture of 13 0 provision wagons at Kimigsmacher, the Trews Gazette' states that it excited great rejoicing at Thionville , whither they were - conveyed. Five peasants have beam taken to TrZwes, having been arrested for complicity 1U the act. Crowds of persons collected to see them. 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