The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-03 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-Y ESTERDAY. Owing to the unfavourable tenour of the news to-day, the stock markets have been depressed. The state ment that the war is fast assuming that guerilla character, argurs ill for an early restoration of peace. Prices, in consequence, have ruled easier, but pending the receipt of some definite information the fluctuations have been mostly trivial. Consols have been slightly easier, at 911, 91i ex div. for delivery, and 91 11-16, 91 13-16 ex div. for January, Reduced and New Three per Cents, 911, 911 Bank Stock, 230, 231 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents 1091, 119 ex div., and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. In colonial Government securities next to nothing has been doing, but prices have been supported. The market for English railway stocks has been cba- 4 racterised by increased heaviness, and prices have given way. Metropolitan, at 641, 642 ; Caledonian, at 78i, 791; Brighton at 40, 40} ; North Eastern at 1431, 1431; and Great Western at 691, 691, are each I lower, whilst Midland, at 127, 1271 ; and North Western, 127, 1271, skew a fall of 1; Great Eastern stock is lower, at 381, 381. Indian railway stocks have been very quiet. East Indian, 109# ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1061, ; Madras, 104# ; and Scinde, 1031, 1. Canadian shares have been in limited request. Foreign shares have sold slowly. Bahia and San Francisco, 171 ; Dutch-Rhenish, 221; Great Luxembourg, 111, ; San Paulo, 201; and Lom bards 141, 1. The foreign bond market has been in an unsettled state. The alterations comprise a fall of 1 in Peruvian (1865), Italian (1861), and Spanish ; and a decline of # per cent. in Turkish. Peruvian (1865), are quoted at 91, 911 ; Egyptian (1868), 77, 771 ; Italian, (1861), 55, 551 ; Spanish (1867), 31, 311 ; ditto (1869), 301 31; Turkish five per cents., 431, 441 ; and ditto 1859, 501, 501. The French scrip is flat, at Ito g prem. American securities have been flat. The Five-Twenty 1882 bonds are quoted at 88/, 88f ditto 1885, 871, 88. Erie shares, 202, 211, and Illinois Central, 111, 112. For bank shares there has been but little inquiry. Anglo-Egyptian, 211. In telegraph shares next to nothing has been doing. Anglo-American, 78, 79 ; French Cables, 131, 131; Silver's Indiarubber, 40, 411; and Construction, 26i, 27. Miscellaneous securities have experienced but little inquiry. Berlin Waterworks, 141; General Credit and Discount, 71,1; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 48. There has been a good demand for money to-day, owing to the heavy " fourth," but three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. _ _ _ The sum of £190,000 has been sent into the Bank to day. As regards the exchanges, there is a good demand for bills on St. Petersburg and Vienna, and the rates have ruled easier, otherwise there has been no change. At Mark-lane wheat has been quiet, but firm. Messrs. J. and A. Serimgeour are authorised to receive applications for 20,000 p-eferred shares of the Bedford and Northampton Railway, in shares of £lO each, bearing 5 per cent. interest. The price of the shares now offered is £92105. for each certificate of 10 shares, payable by in stalments extending up to April 17th, 1871. The Manchester Courier of to-day says that at a meet ing of the creditors of Mr. R. Jones, commission agent, Tib-street, in this City, the liabilities were said to be £2,469, and the assets were merely nominal. The creditors unanimously resolved to accept a composition of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable in three instalments, at 8, 16, and 24 months, at the same time expressing great sympathy with Mr. Jones. The Discount market has been fairly supplied with capital. There has not been much inquiry for accommo dation, and three months' paper has been taken at 2k, 2i per cent. The report of the Bank of British North America, to be presented on the 6th inst., announces the usual dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. • Proceedings in bankruptcy have been commenced against the firm of Allibon, Noyes, and Co., iron ship builders, Northfleet. The affairs have been placed by the creditors in the hands of Messrs. Burnard, Clark, M'Lean, and Co., accountants, Lothbnry, and Mr. Robt. A. M'Lean, of that firm, has been appointed receiver of the estate. The amount of debts has not yet trans pired, but it is believed to be large. A first dividend of 2s. 6d, in the pound under the estate of John Rutty and Co., who failed last July, in the timber trade, with liabilities of £BO,OOO, is announced as payable at the offices of Messrs. Theodore Jones and Co., 8, Moorgate-street, on Friday, the 2nd instant. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 30, 25 35 ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months' date, 25 60, 2570 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 30, 25 40 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 85, 26 90 ; Amsterdam, short date, 1117 k, 11 18i ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 1201, 1201; Vienna and- Trieste, ditto, 12 60, 12 65 ; St. Petersburgll, ditto, 291, 29a ; Madrid, ditto, 49 k, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto , 491, 49a ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 52k, 52g. 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuter's marine, (L) 2 ChinaSubmarine(L) st4tdis 13), f, i xd 2, 1-16 - 100 Submarine 235 240 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip and Malta (Li 10i LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 911 911 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 111 112 911, / x d 112, 111 Do for Account 94 1 x d 103/ Three pe 9 r Cent Reduced 911 911 Brazilian 9ll . 1865, 5p a .... 91 93 11, 1 New Z per Cent 9 1 4, 1 x d Uo Rail Deben 7 p a .. 100 102 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Italian, 1865, 5p a - pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p o Do, June lO 15pm 911 15s pm Portuguese 1869 3pa .. 311 321 Bank Stock 230 Russian 1862. 5 p a.. .. 83 65 India 5 per Cents 1091, 10 x d Do Nicolas 4p a India Bonds — 66 pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pa Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 10111051 32, 14, 24 105, 4, 41 Do. 1869. 3 p c Do March & Sept. 102 104 314, 1, 341, 14 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 97 98 Turkish. 1854, 6p a -- 971 Do, 1865. 5p a Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 441. 4, 4 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865 6p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 621 N ovembe l r 1878 lO5 107 U. 5 . 5 -20 Bouds ,6 pa On 884 881 106 881, 1 Mauritius 6pc Jan and Do do 1885 871 88 July 1873 lO3 105 871 New SW ales 5 p clB7l-76 10111024 Do 10-40 Buds, Spa 1931 861 an New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 874, 64 Do 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 98 99 Illinois C entral Shares .. 111 112 981, 9 1111 Do 6p c Max &Sept 1891 106 108 Atlantic and GW It Con Do June & Dec 1891 108 11U Mortgage Bonds — Viet 6 p e.laii &July 1891 115 117 1151 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter E.6 -88 Grand Trunk of Canada 88, 7 2nd Prof Stook Caledonian 791 Do 3rd Pref Stock ". 29 31 Great Eastern 381. 1 4th Pref Stock Great Northern 124/ Great Indian Pen gs' , 0 106 107 Do A 133 135 1061, 4 134'.} Great Western ofCauada 14 14 1 Great Western 691 69/ 14, 1 691; 1, 1 Do Op c Bonds. 1873.. 97 99 Lancashire & Yorkshire In 133 Do 51 do, 1877-8 94 96 Lon, Brigh. and 8 Coast 40 401 951 401, 40 Do 5 p c pref. issued 80 Idlsipm Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 121 13 Madras guar 5p o Lou and North-Western 12711 2 71 1041 1271, 7 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and South-Western 89 91 6p o Ist Prof Bonds 891, 901 Duds and Rohilkund g Man, Shef, and Lincoln 431 441 spc Metropolitan 641 Delhi guar 5 p a Midland 1271127/ 1031, 4 1271, 1 Bahia and San Francisco North British N orth-Easteni Consols.. 14311441 171 1434, 4, 31 Belgian E Junction South-Eastern 731 741 Buenos Ayres G t Sthru.. 241 25 731, 4, i 241 Atlantic and St Lawman 76 78 Dunaburg and Witepsk in 19 Bombay, Earoda, and Dutch-ltheulsh 22 23 Central India, g 5 p c.. 1 031104/ 21 1043 Eastern 2 of France Buff & Lake Hnrou Prof 441 Groat Luxembourg -11 111 Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3 - 4 80 82 ~ 111, 4 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c 10311041 7p 0 Haat Indian, g 5 p o .... 109 110 154 109, 1 Northern of France . , Grand Trunk Canada • ! 111 114 Ottom(Smyrna to Aida) 43 51 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 Recife andSau Francisco charge 6p a Do 21.1 do Scrip .... 2 clis par San Paulo IL) guar 7D 0 20 1 2 01 1 dis 201 Do Ist Pref Bonds—. 55 57 South Austn & Lom-Ven 141 144 56 141, 1 Southern of France ..,. BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 7l 81 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 112 p . m 5 Si. 8 20 Lou Char of Anesrlia 24 2 25 Alliance (Ll 10 Anglo-Austrian . 57 pm 49 ). I 33t 4 , , 20 Ai,glo-Egyptian . (L) 211 211 15 London Joint-Stock i 211, i x d Z 4 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lou and Westmnster 63 64 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 145 68 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 231. t 20 Midland (L) 10 City 0 g 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L .. 01 P. 25 Union of Australia.. 4 1 1 42 _, 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus u 10 17 15 Union of London .. .. 9 40 - 20 Imperial IL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. I'd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 75 77 10 Great Northern .... 111 112 78, 9, 7 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 125 128 Japan Extension.. 21 2 dn. 100 Atlantic _ 5 Indo-European IL) 12 14 100 1 ) o 8p c — 10 Marseilles, Algiers,.. 13 British 10 Med sh Australis (L) 4l 3 1dis and Malta I L (L ) ): 4 ... 5 5 5 61 1 Malta I . 3 .10 British Ind Exten (L). 6 6 1 25 Pinn9. die and B. Pcfc(L) 25 dia 61 l'H h SUN, LONDON, §ATURDAY, DECEVIBER 3. lB7O. THE CALAMITOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT HARROW. RESUMED INQUEST ON THE BODIES. The inquest on the bodies of the persons who met their deaths in the calamitous railway accident on Saturday, on the London and North-Western line, was resumed yesterday at the Railway Hotel, Harrow, before Dr. Diplock, coroner for the western division of Middlesex. Colonel Hutchinson, inspector of the Board of Trade, attendel the present hearing. Thomas Walker, signalman at Harrow station, in his continued examination, gave evidence as t) the system of signalling under which he worked. There was a special signal given when the line was blocked by a train breaking down. He did not keep a book in his box recording the time at which 'a train started. The train of trucks in question arrived at 5.12. and the special signal was sent to Wembly at .5.13. This meant line blocked. The reply from Wembly came in about a second. The express train came in, as far as he could say, between 5.25 and 5.30. The distance signal was lighted at four o'clock that night. Up to the arrival of the goods train the weather had been bright. It be came foggy a few minutes past five. It was thick between eight and ten minutes past five. When the trucks were standing still he could see the tail lights but very dimly. They were three red lights. Between the time of the collision, and his having signalled, he was en gaged in shunting a train on the third line, and crying out for help, the express coming. He had no inquiry from Wembly about the down lines before the express came. —The express shut off steam about a hundred yards from witness's post. He kept fog signals in his box. • Others were kept at the station. The rule with regard to fog signals was, that when his distant signal was at danger they placed signals on the line. He had a copy of the 42nd rule, which required that signals should be placed on the line every three hundred yards from the point of danger until protection had been given to the line. The poi ter White was sent out to obey this rule before the collision. Witness was sent out for the same purpose afterwards. He did not go himself when he could not get the assist ance he called for, because he was not allowed to leave his post. By the Foreman : He kept the red signal on because the goods train was coming, and let down the dis tance signal for it to come into the station because so many run by without shunting when it was at "caution." At the time this accident occurred he had been ten hours and a half on duty. He had not left the box during the whole of that time. The full time he would be on duty was twelve hours out of the twenty-four. The same on Sun days. He had twenty levers to work in his box, besides three telegraph instruments. Nearly a hundred trains passed the box in every twelve hours. His wages were 19s. for the seven days. Besides his wages he got his clothing and a premium of £2 at the end of the year. By a Juror : Had no other means of knowing that the express train was coming than by hearing it. He had no signal whatever. Thomas White, porter, proved being on the platform when the goods' train came in. There were three other porters there before this. Smerdon came to him, and re quested him to go for the platelayers. He did so, and told the foreman platelayer that he was to come " a fogging." He went back to the platform and remained there. He could not see the signal box from the platform. He was speaking to someone on the platform, and the policeman must have heard him, as he called. Witness ran to him ; when he said, " Get some fog signals and rim to stop the five out express." He ran into the office to the drawer in which the fog signals were kept. Mr. Dawson, the clerk, handed out a bundle, from which witness took four. He ran on the main down, line, and placed two signals south of the bridge. As soon as he got through the bridge he could hear the train coming. He then ran back further towarcs London and put another signal on ; at the same time he turned a red light on. He had no time to open the lead of the last signal, so that it might clip the rail. When the express passed he did not hear tnis signal go off, but heard the others. As it passed him he put up the red light, and the driver of the express saw it, and shut off steam. After the train passed he heard the noise of the collision. He saw no platelayers from the time he went to the foreman up to the time of the occurrence. From where he was on the platform after the goods train came in he could not see the tail lights, nor did he see them from the signal-box on account of the fog. John Hubbard, breaksman on the goods' train that broke down, was next examined. He said he left Willesden at 4.55 p.m. He had to attach the waggons. Sometimes he fastened two chains, and sometimes one. The train in question was formed of 44 waggons and a break van. In some places the waggons were too far apart to couple two chains. Did not always fasten two chains when they were not. He did not re member the coupling between the seventh and eighth waggon. The policeman started them. It was very foggy when they left Wembly cutting. When he passed the distance signal at Harrow it was red. On passing this signal the train did not stop. The home signals were on, with a caution to the driver to shunt. After passing the policeman's box someone called out that he had broken loose, and he stopped the train. His part of the train went about 30 yards beyond the policeman's signal-box before it stopped. When his part of the train stopped he could not see the policeman, but had to run back to the box. The policeman said " Right." Witness then ran to the side of the train and attached the two parts. The seventh waggon coupling was broken, and he attached the coupling of the eighth waggon. He started the train which was going at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. He did not see Smerdon. He heard the express coming, and got back on the third line. Almost immediately it struck the goods train. He heard no one say, "Go ahead, go ahead." No one said anything to him about the express coming up. When the train broke at Harrow there were no steps taken to his knowledge carry out the rule to run back and place detonations every 300 yards, to the extent of 1,200 yards. He did not do so because by rule he was under the orders of the fore man of the yard, At this stage of the proceedings the inquiry was ad journed until Tuesday. THE WAR. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 50 London Fin Assoc(L) 20 18d1s holders' Certificate 11 21 11 10 BerlinWa , ,erworks(L) 141 151 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 141 2 15-16, 3 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 30 35pm 2 Lon 8 Prov Marine L) 11 pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 M adras Irrig. &Canal p c Sterling Loan 91 93 gsn c by Ind Gov. 190 101 4 Brit & Thu% Marine (L) 21310 m 101 35 Canada Company. . 94 76 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. par 10 Ceylon Company (LI 31 3 die 5 Natnl DisctComp (L) 11 11) 35 City Offices (L) 25 24 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assuruce 21 3pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 71 Trust (L) 10 Crdt Folic of Eng (Li 2 21 61 NBritsh and Mere (L) 28 29 21 • 281 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p a Perp Deb.. 109 114 48 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 9.BAis 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 (Its 100 Viceroy of Egypt 9p c 50 Rhymney Iron Mortgage Loan.... 78 10 15 Do New Bl 9% 79, 81 6) Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9p or roy Loan. 1: Tel Con and Main (L) 26 261 guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 261, 7, 61 951, 6 2 Themes and Mersey 11 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 71 71inn Marine Incur (L 100 Fgn and Colonial Ocry St Tobacco 6 p c Loan Trust 6p o Bonds • • 97 100 guar by Italian Gov. 83 89 71 (lon Credt &Disci. (L) # IWs 88 70, 1, f, 5-16 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Sun Navigation 261 27/ Upper Canada ... ill Pm 7 Hooper's Tel Works I#lldis 5(7 Marine, Lvpool (L * 41 4:2pin 17 Hudson's Bay 8 81 91 45 Indrbbr.GutPer.and 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 Tel Work s L% .... 40 42 6 United His Corpru (I. 2 1 dis 411. 401 5 Un(vMarine Insur ‘1. 4 6161pui 5 Intel-Hi Final) Soca.) lil (pis 111 00 It Irrie Can Cavour r 1 4 12 Waryant Finance.... 9 7 dim 100 1m 6p c Bonds. re dentinal° 1870 . 63 65 MINING SHARE LIST.—DECEMBER 2. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Oißeet, 1, St. 11lichael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market continues very quiet. East Lovell firm. Australian United, Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, Chivertou Valley, Chontales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, 171, 181 Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 22s 6d, 25s Dolcoath, Dou Pedro North Del Rey, 2f, 2i East Caradon, East Lovell, 24, 25 East Seton, East Wheal Grenville, 2k, 21 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold). Pary's Mountain, 3L 41 Perran Wheal Virgin, Plynlimmon, 21, 21 Prince of %Vales, lls, 13s Providence Mines, 38, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransoms United, —, South Condurrow, 3, 31 South Frances. Tankerville. 13, 13} Taquaril (Gold), 475, 49s Tincroft, Trumpet Consols, Van. 50, 55 Van Consols, West Caradon, West Chiverton, 531, 55 West Frances, West Maria and Fortescne 28s, 30s Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 2, 21 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes. Wheal Mary Ann, 81, 9 Wheal Seton. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 181 Great Retallack. Great Wheal Vor 3, 31 Hingston Down. Marke Valley, 6i, 61 New Beldon, 15s, 20a New Lovell, Pacific, MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.—A slight improve ment was observable in the Corn Exchange to- .ay, and although the business actually concluded was far from being extensive, all descriptions of grain were held for the extreme currencies of Monday last. There was a small show of English wheat on offer, the condition of which was improved, owing to the cold weather. There was a rather better demand for all qualities, and prices were well supported. Foreign wheat was in moderate supply and similar request, at fully previous quotations. Of barley there was a fair show, which sold steadily, at full rates. Malt was quiet, but not lower to purchase. Oats, the supply of which was tolerably good, experienced a rather more active in quiry, at prices tending towards higher rates. Beans and peas were in healthy request, on former terms. The flour trade was more animated, and prices had an upward tendency. Arrivals : English and Scotch—Wheat, 690 ; barley, 420 ; malt, 200 ; beans, 110 ; and peas, 150 quarters. Foreign---Wheat, 8,920 ; barley, 3,350; oats, 35,740 ; maize, 1,910 ; beans, 500 ; peas, 1,200; and flour, 510 sacks 10,440 barrels. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRlDAY.—Opening report.— This market opened with a good attendance to-day, and there were probabilities of a good business being done at from 2d. to 3d. dearer, in consequence of the French demand. Imports, wheat, 21,887 quarters ; barley, 17 quarters ; beans, 1,731 quar ters ; oats, 437 quarters ; oatmeal, 1,261 loads ; Indian corn meal, 266 barrels ; flour, 6,590 sacks ; 3,686 barrels. Closing Report. —The increased advance demanded checked sales ; only a moderate business was done, chiefly in red American wheat, which sold at 2d. advance. White wheat was slow at 1.3. per cental advance. There was no change in flour, and only a limited business was done. Barley, beans, and peas were unaltered. Oats were in better request, and rather dearer. There was a good demand for oatmeal, at full prices. ]ndian corn was 63. per quarter dearer, though transactions were limited. DUBLIN CORN MARKET, FRIDIV.—Irish wheat had an upward tendency at this market to-day. Grinding barley was scarce ; second class malting barley was bought as a substitute, at a slight advance. Oats were firm. The prices of foreign corn were hardening. Flour was steady, with a consumptive inquiry. The weather was fine, but cold. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—Wheat is firm at this market to-day. The show was larger, and business was brisk. Peas are 6d. dearer, but all other sorts are at late rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There is a mode rate consumptive demand for wheat at this market to-day at last Friday's prices. The tone of the trade was rather firmer than in the early part of the week. Barley was unaltered. Secondary sorts were neglected. Beans and oats were steady at late rates. METROPOLITAN MEAT 3IARKET, FRIDAY.—Under the influence of cold weather and limited supplies, the trade ruled active, at enhanced quotations. Prices per 81bs. by the carcase:—lnferior beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od.: middling do., 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large do., 4s, Bd. to ss. Od. ; prime smal do, 6s. Od. to ss . 4d. ; inferior mutton 3 s. B d. to 4 s. 4d. ; middling do., 4s. 4d, to 48.10 d.; prime do., ss. Od. to ss. 4d.; real, ss. Od. to se. Bd,: large pork, 4s. Od. to ss. Od, ; small pork,. ss. Od to ss. Bd. LONDON WOOL MARKET, FRIDAY.—Since the close of the public salee the tone of the wool market has continued healthy, and although business has not been on an extensive scale, prices have been well maintained. English wool has been firm. LONDON METAL MARKET, FRIDAY.—Tin firm. Straits, £126 10s. to £127. Copper firm. Chili bars, £63 buyers. LONDON OIL MARKET, FR/DAY.—Linseed dull, at 305., London, 295. lOid. to 30s. Hull, spot, all the year. Rape firmer. English brown, 465. spot. Cocoa nut is also firm ; Cochin, 445. 6d. ; Ceylon, 38s. Palm oil is quiet, at 30s. for fine Lagos. - • • - LONDON TALLOW MARKET, FRIDAY.—The market is firm, at 438. 3d. Spot mid December, 435. 9d. spring, 445. 3d. March. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARVIT, FRI, DAY.—Only moderate supplies of potatoes have been en sale, The trade has been rather quiet, at our quotations. English regents, 60s. to 80s. ; Scotch regents, 50s. to 80s. ; rocks, 455. to 555. per ton. BOROUGH. 110 F MARKET, FRIDAY.—In the hop market a fair amount of animation has been noticed, For choice and medium qualities the demand has been to a fair extent, and full prices have been realised. Other sorts have sold slowly, Mid and East Keuts, £1155. to £7; Weald of Keuts, £1 15s. to £3 15 ; Sussex, £1 105. to £3 105. ; Farnham and country, £3 15s. to £6 6s. ; and olds, Al to £2 10s. per cwt. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FRIDAY. —Sugar: The market closes firm. Jamaica, brown, to low soft yellow, 275. to 28s. ; Demerara, crystalised, fine, 375. ; Bengal, strong brown Surpaltah date, 295. to 295. 6d. ; Penang, 18s. to 19s. 6d. ; Java bought in at 18s. 6d. to 19s. ; French beetroot, at 30s. 6d. to 31s, 6d. Coffee : The inquiry is steady, and prices are supported. Plantation, Ceylon, small to good middling bold, 535. to 665. Cotton : The market is inactive, and prices are tending downwards. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Opening Re port—This market opened with a fair demand to-day. Probable sales, 12,000 bales. Imports, 5,083 bales. The total of the weekly returns for this market to-day were as follows :—lmports 86,656 bales ; sales, 72,380 bales; speculation, 4,650 bales ; ex port, 14,290 bales ; actual export, 14,039 bales ; taken by the trade, 53,440 bales ; stock, 393,630 bales, against 335,030 last year, Closing Report.—This market closed extremely qniet to day. Seas, 10,000 bales. Arrivals : Orleans, NoveMber, ship named, 81d.; November-December, ship named, Bd. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRlDAY.—Business in this market continues to be conducted on a very limited scale, but there is not as yet any very material change in price, but when ever a change occurs, as in those cases where producers are anxious sellers, it is in favour of the buyer. To-day buyers have made offers, and whenever these are for a quantity, sellers have to submit to a concession in price, and owing to the weaker position of the cotton market, both spinners and manu facturers are inclined to meet buyers in price when for forward delivery. The business of the day has been of a general cha racter, and to supply immediate wants. In home trade yarns but a moderate business has been done, at rather easier rates. Shipping yarns are still rather neglected. In cloth the principal business has been in skirtings for China, which command full prices. Printing cloths are dull, There is still no buying for India. Other departments are very inactive. Quotations asked to-day, but not universally adhered to, are---for 39-inch shirt lugs, 71b., ordinary to best makers. Is. Od. to Bs. 3d. ; ditto, 811 b., 9s. 3d. to Os. 9d. ; No. 40 mule yarn, good seconds, 130. ; No. 30 water twist, laid. At the close of the market priees were barely steady. SOUTH WALES IRON TRADE, FRlDAY.—Nothing of im portance has taken place in the iron trade since last week, un certainty being still the chief characteristic. Some new contracts, which have lately been secured on American account, have to some extent revived operations at the rail mills. From other sources there is at present but an insignificant inquiry, and about the same degree of activity as noticeable In the home markets fast week. The works are kept in average employ. There is no improvement to re port in the quotations. The tin-plate trade is still characterised by depression. A tolerably brisk business is being done in the steam coal trade, a good demand being kept up from the East and West Indies and South American markets, and large clearances are also being made to the Medi terranean ports. There are many large orders on the pro prietors' books, and the collieries are kept on full time. The usual activity anticipated at this time of the year is to be re ported in the demand for house coal. Coke is also in good request. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRIDAY. This market was today at 51s. 6d. cash paid. Closing easier. Sellers 51s. 4d. to 513. 40. cash prompt ; buyers wanting a few days longer to pay. Closing report : This market was easier to-day. Sellers, 51s. 7d. in a month. Buyers, 4515. 3d. cash. CLYDE CENSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY. —There was a large business done •to-day. Prices generally were 3d. higher. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY. Ordinary firsts, 1335.: seconds, 127 x.; thirds, 1165.; fourths, 110 s.; fifths, 965.; sixths, 675. ; 1,470 firkins in the market. Mild-cured—firsts, 1435.; seconds, 1295.; thirds, 1175.; 82 firkins in the market. In the fight at Voujancourt it is said the dampness of the ground partly paralysed the effect of the Prussian artillery, and in some places prevented the shells from bursting. The Prussian Engineers are completing and arming the new forts at Metz. The officers of the German garrison are in expectation of remaining there, and have sent for their families to join them. The Times' correspondent at Versailles expresses his surprise at finding the German line about Chittillon so far retired. It was explained by the advance of the French lines at Villejuif, and by the erection of the new batteries which enfiladed part of the former position ; and he learned that the old observatory at the Bavarian redoubt, from which there was such a lovely view of Paris, had been utterly razed to the ground by those ruthless forts. Not a creature can move on the plateau now without compliment of the shell. THE BATTLE NEAR AMIENS. Of the battle that took place on Sunday before Amiens between the French army of the North and General Manteuffel's corps, the Sabre says that the struggle was carried on between Villers-Bretonneux (a large manufac turing village sixteen kilometres from Amiens) mil Boves (at ten kilometres from the same town). It lasted nearly all day—that is to say, from eleven a.m. to five p.m. "We had about 30,000 men against 40,000 Prussians, and our twenty-four guns had to contend with the forty which the enemy had with them. The line of battle extended, over two leagues. This battle, in which several batta- lions of the Mobiles received their baptdine de feu, was especially a sanguinary artillery fight. At one p.m. our army was wavering a little, but the arrival of a new reserve battery from Amiens enabled us to recover our advantages, but at half-past four the Prussians were rein forced at three kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. At this moment, unfortunately, the enemy again made an attack with renewed vigour, and our troops slackened their fire. The night was favourable to the movement in retreat, which was effected in good order partly from the side of Corbie. This movement was principally for the purpose of saving the guns, which a longer resistance alight have caused to fall into the hands of the enemy. The soldiers of the marine infantry were almost cut to pieces in defending the artillery." Another account says that when the Germans followed up their advantage and entered Villers, after all the villages in the rear had been set on fire, the in habitants were seized with a panic. The women, with children in arms, rushing about and shrieking formed an agonising episode in the day's proceedings. A number of them heedlessly rushed in the line of fire, and were killed by shot and shell, and many more were drowned in the marshes about the city. The French are said to have behaved extremely well, and the gallant conduct of a company of Marines and a battalion of Foot Chasseurs especially cited as entitled to commendation. The Marines were almost all killed or wounded, only three officers esca ping with their lives. The Mobiles are said to have shewn great steadiness. • A. NEW TREATY OF PEACE. The London correspondent of the Indepenclance Belge says that in a few days 2. treaty of peace will be signed between Prussia and the prisoner of Wilhelmeshohe. It will have for its basis the renunciation of Lorraine by Germany, with the exception of the dismantling of Metz, and the surrender of Alsace by France, Prussia agreeing that this province may, if desired, be neutralised by the Con gress which will doubtless assemble to sanction this new arrangement of territory. There is also a question of some changes" of territory in Germany itself, in which Hesse and the Palatinate will take part. The neutralisation of Alsace is to form part of a pad which is to be erected between France and Germany of which Belgium, Luxemburg, the line of the Vosges, and Alsace will form part. Antwerp is to be a free city. The consent of England is reckoned on, even though compensation is to be given to France out of the French territory. The restoration of Napoleon himself is thought less of by the Prussians than the establishment of a regency, and efforts have been made to induce a distin guished military man who is greatly respected by all parties to accept the regency, but he refused. Whether these exact details are to be relied on or not, the fact that some agreement of the kind has been come to is affirmed in many quarters. THE ARMY OF PARIS. Now that the great effort for the relief of Paris has been, or is being made, special interest attaches to the strength and condition of the forces inside the capital. On these points a resident in Paris who has recently re turned to England furnishes some apparently trustworthy information. The actual effective strength under arms in the French capital is considerably over 400,000 men. Of these one good third may be called merely garrison troops, and are available for purely defensive purposes only. The remainder, say 300,000 men, are ready at any moment for active service in the field. The whole force may be readily divided into four separate component parts—the Garde Nationale Seduntaire of Paris, the Garde Mobile, the regular army, and th Marines. The first named has existed nominally ever since the First Re public, but the Empire kept the strength of this body, so formidable in revolutions, as low as possible. The re-establishment of the Republic called the National Guard into active existence. A month after the fall of the Empire there was an army of inhabitants of Pads numbering at least 200,000 men ; a month more and the army had swelled to 250,000 ; and the greater part of them were drilled, armed, and properly attired. The Garde Nationale was organised in 260 battalions, each nominally of 1,200 men. Few of them were under 1,000 strong; several of them had their full complement of men. It was about the fifth week of the siege when General Troehu propounded his scheme (which was instantly embodied in a decree of the Govern ment) for the organisation of " Mobilised " battalions of the Garde Nationale. Volunteers were to be enrolled out of each of the existing battalions, to be 'employed for purposes of sortie and external warfare during the siege. Various are the accounts of the success which attended this voluntary movement. Some say that not one-half the number required came forward ; but the " Returned Resident" declares that whereas 40,000 were required, not fewer than 80,000 offered themselves. Indeed this writer calcuiates that the mobilised National Guard cannot be much under 100,000. The number of the Garde Mobile, not very easy to ascertain, is estimated in Paris (de ducting exaggerations) at 100,000 men. Their merits as soldiers are as diverse as their names, varying from the fresh, active, and loyal peasants of Brittany to the dissi pated and disorderly rascals representing the department of the Seine, whose habits of pillage, cowardice, and insubordination have been the opprobrium of the garrison troops of the capital. The regular army consists of Vinoy's corps, tolerably intact, and a whole maange of the scattered fugitives of lost battles in the war. Reofficered, reorganised, reformed, many of them by bit ter experience, they are very different troops from what they were when they shouted noisily their boast of "h Berlin !" Lastly, there are the Marines, the only portion of the Imperial forces yet undefeated. This whole array of different arms has been divided into three armies. The first army consists of Garde Nationale alone—that is of the mobilised battalions of the Garde Nationale, which, as I said, are 260 in number, and fur nish an effective of about 100,000 volunteers. These volunteers are, in point of age, patriotism, and courage, the picked men of each battalion, They are all armed throughout with chassepots, or perhaps in a very few cases with tabatieres. The second army is under the command of General Ducrot, and is subdivided again into three army corps. Embodied in the second army is about one-half of the Garde Mobile. This force, as well as the cavalry and artillery of the regular army, is pretty evenly distributed between the second and third armies, which seem to resemble, in point of fact, the several armies which in the beginning of the war brought about such confusion and ruin by their want of co operation and adhesion. The third army is under the especial orders of General Trochu himself. It is, doubt less, destined as the army of reserve, and composed of the most reliable troops and sub-officers that can be found. Besides these different forces, there are the Eclaireuri, the Freeshooters, and the Carabiniers Parisiens. The Amis de la France, a corps of some 11,000 men, is enlisted chiefly from the Belgian residents in Paris. But there are Dutch, Italians, Americans, and several other nations in smaller numbers. THE SITUATION ON THE LOIRE. The military correspondent of the Silesian Gazette has given a description of the armies who are face to face on the banks of the Loire. After what has been said it ap pears that the Army of ,the Loire is stationed between Chateaudun and Orleans. In the event of a retreat this army could either cross the Loire and retire to the South, or else remain on the right bank of the river and reach Brittany. This strategic position Is threatened by two or three corps of Prince Frederick Charles, in front, or the right flank and in the rear, while the limy of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, which has already reached Mans, seems likely to watch its left wing, or to cut off the enemy's retreat to the West. By reason of these con jectures, some have been tempted to predict another day like that of Sedan. We are not so simple as to indulge in such dreams, however plausible they may seem Sedan will not repeat itself in the course of many centu ries, and still less in the space of three months. The despatches from Tours are sufficient proof that the march of Prince Frederick Charles was well known, and that a surprise was therefore impossible. The crossing of the Loire by the Army of General Aurelles might have been called a clever manoeuvre so long as the General hoped to effect a junction with the Mobiles arriving from Brittany and the north before the arrival of Prince Frederick Charles, and thus to carry out the offensive movement contained in the strategic plan, against the besieging army of Paris, a movement which was to have been the signal far the sortie en -masse of General Trochu and his forces. This plan failed, how ever, when the Duke of Mecklenburg hastened from Toury to Dreux, and defeated the Mobiles who were massed there. This flank movement of the Grand Duke's was carried out because the right wing of Prince Frederick Charles's army had entered on the line to cover the great road from Or leans to Paris. Had the fall of Metz taken place a week later the situation would have assumed a critical turn. It is evident that General Aurelles relinquished the idea of going forward by Chartres and Dreux as soon as he learned the mcvements of the Grand Duke. After some further remarks, the correspondent says it is evi dent that the march of the French on Paris to relieve the capital has signally failed. Even If they were to gain a battle they could never reach Paris. Even after a defeat, the united armies of the Grand Duke and the Prince could stop their progress. Not only do the Germans possess the advantage of num bers, but they have also those military qualities which ensure victory even when opposing forces are more numerous. The only thing to fear would be that the Army of the Loire escaped to the south before it met with a decisive defeat, and the last hope of France was thus effectually crushed. If there really existed an Army of the South as capable as the Army of the Loire, General Trochu would slecide upon cutting a passage through the enemy in the direction of the South so soon as he had given up the hope of defending Paris. The belief in these intentions has gained ground for many reasons, among which are the well known character of Trochu and the severe censure which the whole of France have passed upon the conduct of Bazaine. All this forbids one to expect that Paris will be surrendered without a struggle being made by its army. Should the Army of the Loire sustain a signal defeat the population of Paris will, no doubt, demand peace, and the chiefs will yield to the fatality that is against them. Should that army escape, however,, the conclusion of the war will be indefinitely postponed, even after the fall of Paris. Balloon letters are all the rage at present in the German camp, and a nice little trade is being done in them, enter prising newsmongers having taken to supplying imitation letters, which it is difficult to distinguish from the genuine article. The statues of Napoleon 111. in the different towns of France have all been destroyed. The equestrian statue at Bordeaux, which was placed in front of the gates of the first Exhibition, was thrown into the Garonne last Sep tember, At Lyons the people first destroyed the statue of Napoleon 1., and then that of the ex-Emperor. The Union of the 26th of November states that the red flag still waves over the Hotel de Ville and the fortifica tions of Lyons. The revolutionary agitation as Marseilles is unabated, and the clubs are continually engaged in dis cussing questions respecting the clergy, the enrolment in the army of clerical students, the suppression of religious orders, and kindred measures. "An Englishman " residing in Baden indignantly contradicts the malicious reports circulated with refer ence to the refusal of the Duchess of Hamilton to aid the wounded. On the contrary, he says wounded officers have been residing for months in the palace of the Duchess at Baden, and her Grace is unwearied in her efforts to relieve the sufferings caused by the war. A great number of the young French troops on the Loire, are unable to contend with the hardships of the winter campaign. The hospitals of the South are filled with the victims of this battle with the elements, A news boy in Berlin the other day made a good deal of money by crying out " Defeat of Prince Frederick Charles." The Berliners were so astonished at this information that they bought up the papers in great numbers. A sign of the times is to be seen in the streets of Paris. A small cart drawn by one horse conveys a quantity of meat. On the sides of the cart are painted the following words :—" Resistance h outrance. Grand canine and feline butcher's shop." It is said that the suggestion for France to give up half her iron-clad fleet came from St. Petersburg. Russia hoped by this scheme to lessen the value of the French alliance for England, and sow seeds of dissension between England and Prussia. About two hundred of the Prussian prisoners taken by Ricciotti Garbibaldi at Chatillon.have arrived at Lyons. Among them were nine officers, who went to the different hotels ; the soldiers were imprisoned at the Fort of Charpennes. Some Garibaldian freeshooters escorted the captives. The Path; Government has ordered an extensive manu facture of charcoal for the use of the city, and on all the open spaces around, and notably in the Bois de Boulogne, are to be seen numerous hillocks of earth beneath which are heaps of wood slowly burning and in process of con version into charcoal. A graduate of a Pomeranian university, who is sergeant in a regiment of that province, reports that the fire from the French forts around Paris has been unpleasantly keen; " the hail of shells poured upon us, at least close to our position, being steady and continuous." Food is some times scarce, but in general the victualling is good. A regular hunt takes place for the rats which are sold at the Paris market. The idlers about the barriers have made a business of the matter, and discovered an in genious method for catching these little animals. They put a kind of glutinous syrup in the holes of the sewers, and the rats rush to the places and fall into the holes, which they cannot leave owing to the sticky nature of the food. They are thus easily caught and taken to the stalls, where they are sold at prices under sixpence a piece. A French sergeant, fighting the other day at Chevilly, had just discharged his piece, when he felt a violent kick from it, and found that he could not load again. When the musket was examined, it was discovered that a Prus sian bullet had entered, clear and clean, at the muzzle, and had gone right down the barrel At the siege of Rome, in 1849, a cannon ball from the ramparts went into the mouth of a French gun in the same manner ; but no previous case of a rifle bullet playing such a freak is recorded. Among the last prisoners brought to Tours was a young officer of Hussars who was taken at his own request to the prefecture. When there he asked in the most haughty manner what part he was to be sent to. The secretary replied that no Prussian authority would expect to be treated in such a manner by a French prisoner, and informed him that his destination was X. At these words the prisoner gave way to violent passion, and declared that he would not go there because some Bavarian officers had been sent there before him, adding, "I am a Prussian, a true Prussian, and I will not mix with Bavarians." An innocent little surprise was practised on the Ver saillese by the Prussian Iron Brigade on its arrival at headquarters. The regiments marched into the town, the bands—who rank among the best in the army—playing the Marseillaise, to the infinite delight of the townspeople, who crowded into the streets to welcome and cheer the new arrivals and join in the tune. Suddenly the strain was changed, and the well known Prussian National Anthem struck up instead. The Versaillese saw the joke and relished _it ; "Vive le roi Guillaume !" rang from hundreds of throats—so a German paper says. The new portion of the Tuileries has lately been occu pied by provincial Gardes Mobiles. Their presence has effected little change in the external appearance of the building, and the fact that the Pavilion de la Tremoille had been converted into a barrack would hardly be sus pected but for the shirts, handkerchiefs, and stockings which hang out from all the windows, the soldiers being their own laundresses, and preferring to carry on their drying operations under their own eyes. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, describing the advance of General Manteuffel's army, says :—" In this industrial district (Chauny) the. people are throughout Re publicans, or at least decidedly against personal govern ment. Placards in all the streets announce the unani mously modified programme of the International Peace League, renunciation of absolutist wars, concord of peoples and in the present case the conclusion of pease with slight territorial concessions." Two French soldiers have just arrived in safety at Stavelot. They escaped from prison at Coblentz in the disguise of workmen carrying carpenter's tools. At the risk of being shot, they contrived by nightfall to pass through the Prussian lines. They were provided with the copy of a geographical map, and travelled night and day, hiding in woods at the appearance of danger. By means of chemical matches they read the words on the sign-posts by the way. They left Coblentz with a 21b loaf of bread and piece of sausage, which they shared between them during the four days' journey. The British, Medical Journal says that of the French prisoners in Germany many are ill, many suffer from wounds, and most of them are quite destitute. The almoner of the French prisoners in Ulm writes that in that place there are 1,000 sick and wounded, and that the means of aiding them are absolutely wanting. Typhus makes great devastation among these unhappy French men ; the average number of deaths is ten daily. At Minden there are 500 prisoners ill with dysentery, typhus, and small-pox, and the number is daily increasing. There is the greatest difficulty in relieving them, even in obtain ing what is strictly necessary. The Basle charitable agency has received similar distressing reports from Marienberg, Coblentz, and other places, on the truly terrible destitution which prevails among the prisoners. LAW AND POLICE. Suoitx Num.NcE.—Mr. Henry Hall, proprietor of the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street, appeared bofore Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police court, to answer a summons under the Smoke Nuisance Act, for having a furnace on his premises not constructed so as to consume its smoke. Inspector Shaw, C division, watched the ease on the part of the police. Mr. Beres ford appeared for the defendant, and took a preliminary objection to the summons, on the ground that a hotel keeper was not a trader within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. Mr. Knox said that although it had been ruled that the keeping an hotel was not a trade in matters appertaining to the Bankruptcy Court, it was a trade as contemplated by the Legislature in framing the Smoke Nuisance Act. Police-constable Morgan, 55 C,Tproved seeing black smoke issuing from the defendant's chimney on different occasions. In reply to Mr. Beresford the constable said the defend. ant was cautioned, but not by him. Mr. Sandison, ap pointed by Government to carry out the proceedings under Act, explained that police-constables were strictly pro hibited from cautioning persons offending, and that a short time ago two constables, who had been some years in the force, were dismissed, it having been ascertained that while cautioning a baker they had received a smal gratuity. Mr. Knox said it was a very proper order of the Commissioners. Mr, Sandison said he had inspected the defendant's furnaces, and found all but one properly constructed, and they would act properly if proper fuel was used. Two gentlemen, who described themselves as practical engineers, were called for the defence to prove that all the furnaces were properly constructed, and to rebut Mr. Sandison's evidence. Both of them were subjected to a cross-examination by Mr. Sandison on the scientific construction of furnaces, and also as to the principle on which smoke was consumed, but Mr. San dison's questions appeared to be beyond their capacity, and Mr. Knox, after a patient hearing of the case, over ruled the legal objection, and fined the defendant 40s. with costs, at the same time stating that he should have no objection if asked to state a case so far as the legal objection was concerned. Mrs. Harriett Greenham, of 11, Woodstock-street, dining-room keeper, and Mrs. Caroline Balding, of 13, Charles-street, Soho, dining-room keeper, for a similar offence, were ordered to pay the costs, £lss. Bd. IMPORTANT TOLL DECISION.—One of the collectors at Vauxhall Bridge was summoned, at Westminster police court, for extorting more than his legal fare. The com plainant was Mr. Moon, sign writer, and his labourer went through the toll gate of the bridge driving a horse and cart, with a cart lashed behind. For the lashed cart as well as the other the defendant charged, and that was the offence now imputed. After a brief argument it was de cided that the complainant eould not recover, and the summons was dismissed. SEIZURE OF GUNPOWDER INTENDED FOR THE FRENCH ARMY,—Mr. Alston, acting inspector of the Thames Police, applied for three summonses against a master carman and his two men, for unlawfully carrying two van loads of gunpowder in excess of the quantity allowed by law. Mr. Alston seized two vans, each laden with 2i tons of gunpowder, on Monday night last, at Blackwall stairs. It was about to be shipped on board a vessel bound to France. The law allows 30 barrels, covered over with a tarpaulin, to be coveyed in waggons and carts, and no more. Each van contained more than 30 barrels, and the danger of an explosion was great. 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The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Indepenclar ce , Beige tells an extraordinary story, the authenticity 0' which he guarantees :--" The Emperor Alexander be g just received an autograph letter from President Grant, of the United States, in which the bead Of the Executive in the Washington Republic warmly congratulates him on his resolution to have done with the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris which Prin ce Gortschakoff denounces, and offers him formally the OF: port of half the American fleet in case of conflict tvit',, England. The letter says (this is almost textual) that at the first word of Russia all the military marine 4 , the United States will be sent to the Mediterannean and will assist the Russian vessels to force the passage of the Dardanelles. The existence of President Grant's letter is known to the English Government. It is since then that the Cabinet of St. James began to shew itself mor e compliant in respect to the question raised by the Cabine t of St. Petersburg. On the other hand, strange rumour° are current as to the real attitu le of Russia." RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. An article in the Augsburg Allgenteine Zeitung positive!): asserts that an entente cordiale exists between Russia an Prussia. This article is very bitter upon the Prussi° Government, and chews that the reports of a bad unde r " standing between the Cabinets of Munich and Berlin ar e not unfounded. " The gentlemen of the National Lib ral party," it says, " will find themselves mistaken if the _think they will be able to make short work of the ultr lv aristocratic spirit of the Prussian regime, based as it is °L i militarism. It is more than a calculating policy—it a touch of internal sympathy—which has founded e l intimate an entente cordiale between the Cabinets 01 Berlin and St. Petersburg. It would certainly 11 , 2 4 be a national misfortune if in future it 02°0; not be quite in the power of the King Prussia to conclude alliances and declare Wa r ' An alliance of Prussia with Russia has nothing but dang er for the internal development of Germany, and it 'nigh" , rapidly produce a European coalition against her." )3 ' l l that Prussia would be inclined to enter into one' an alliance the writer thinks highly probabl e ' " Al.; the moment when German unity is complete, Prussian royalty and its regime will lose the ir popularity if they are unwilling to make concession; to the demand of the German people for liberty. Th i : demand could be evaded, and the Prussian Governin erl " retain its present prestige, only so long as it diverts th e attention of the people to its action against enemie s abroad. It is therefore by no means impossible that 11 0 complications will be sought ; and such complications 03 , 1 , easily be created in the present state of EuroPe. This is an important article, and the more so as it is be' lieved to be inspired by the Bavarian Government. PRUSSIA'S ATTITUDE. Dr. Russell has his say in the Times respecting the much-discussed share of Prussia in this Black S eib complication. " One point I think is made clear' Prussia had no intimation of the course Prince Gortscin y koff was about to pursue. The issue of the Circular carne` on her by surprise—not an agreeable surpris e ' The form of the Note and the time at which it iss e presented have added to the feeling excited by t he want of knowledge of the proposed step. But Prussia not prepared to condemn the action of Russia in seeking e revision of the hurtful clauses of the Treaty. Count 1 3 ir marck suggests that a Conference might be held to O n• eider the matters presented as the gravamina by Princ e Gortschakoff against the Treaty of 1856, and to eon' aider new guarantees for Turkey which shall not b e hurtful to the self-respect and dignity of the Cya n ' Count Bismarck cannot be considered as expressing any disapproval of the objects and demands of Russia, but be has disavowed complicity with Russia in the presentatic ej of the Note. He has been quite surprised at it, and rosi, be taken as disapproving the form of the document and °' the period selected for its promulgation." ITALY'S POSITION. The Vienna correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette sur, plies important information. " I believe there is no trut h whatever in the telegram that appeared in the Times as Italy having refused to join in support of Turkey. 0° the contrary, M. Minghetti declares unhesitr tingly that Italy has fully agreed' to go along with Englan d and Austria if they unite ; and her land and sea force are far from inconsiderable. The Turkish land ford could very readily be raised to 551,000. The Austrian army, without a strain, could furnish from 500,000 t ° 600,000 men. Italy could send 180,000 ; and wine England would and could contribute, without car ling into question her naval resources and he r money, would be a matter very much dependent 0 who formed her Cabinet, and what amount of opposition would proceed from those who gave their votes agal o4 the last war. I find nobody here believes Prussia to b e , neutral, but very few imagine she will lend any active a id to the struggle, or do more than cause uneasiness on h er frontier, and shew herself a generally uncomfortabl e neighbour to those next door to her." MR. ODO RUSSELL. Just before I left Versailles on my way south I learne d a piece of news which confirms my worst fears 119 to the blindness of the Euglish Government on the Russian question. Mr. Odo Russell has taken apartments for a month in Versailles. Just as we Wer e all hoping to find he had left for London with a categorical answer from Count Bismarck in his pocket? we hear that he looks forward to a month's stay in Vet' sailles, that is, I suppose, just until Paris falls and Colln . Bismarck has the game in his own hands.—CorrespondO w of Pall Mall Gazette at Etampes. The London correspondent of the Scotsman says he he "the best authority " for stating that our Government 11 satisfied with the conduct of Prussia in regard to the Russian note, and disposed to be hopeful as to the nl5 tenance of peace. The writer adds, " Not only bag the course taken by Lord Granville in this m atter been approved unanimously by his colleague* but Lord Derby and other Conservative statesmen tae also, I have reason to believe, taken the opportunity (/` privately communicating their satisfaction with it. Le lrancais heads an article upon the levee en masse b,.. 1 the words" Who made you King ?" This question addressed to M. Gambetta. Paris has not only cattle enough for food but sufficien t to get up shows. Day after day a herd of some twentl horned heads is driven round the town in sight of the besiegers. Now the Bavarians are capital judges of cattle, and very soon found out the sham, by identifying the bovine faces of every round as the very same, 0 0 proving the contrary of what was intended by the display' —Contint-V,al Correspondence. A letter has been published that was said to be writte n by one of the ex-Emperor's cooks, who was sent a prison° to Wilhelmshohe, from whence he escaped. He vil lg fortnnate enough, he says, to overhear some conversatio n while he was assisting in the service of the dinner-tabl e. The company at the Imperial table regretted that 0 4 had not been able to carry out the coup d'etat o n the morrow of the day when the Republic was proclaime d ; On the sth of September Palikao was to have imprison ed or taken to Cayenne all the Republicans of Paris and th e provinces. The Imperialists think they will yet retur ° and count upon the support of the provinces where gr e° ignorance as to public matters prevails. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Nervous Deb i ' lity.—No part of the human machine requires mor e watching than the nervous system, upon it hangs heal and life itself. These Pills are the best regulators all strengtheners of the nerves, and the safest general pU 3 fiers—nausea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and me 111 47, apathy yield to them. They dispatch in a aural:ll o .9 ft manner those distressing dyspeptic symptoms, stomack l " pains, fulness of the pit of the stomach, abdominal . tensions, and overcome loathings, capricious appetit e, and confined bowels, the commonly accompanying sign', of defective or deranged nervous power. Hollowar Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studioue or sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervoati and debilitated state unless some restorative such as the se pills be occasionally taken. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., the wife of Commander Rivington, 8.144 of a son. On the 30th ult. ' at Addlestone, Surrey, the wife Philip Francis, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 30th ult., at St. Barnabas, Pimlico, HarryWarrl second son of Sir William Scott, Bart of Ancruni, Mrs. Charles Cavendish Bentinck, daughter'of the Da . , Edwyn Burnaby, Esq., of Baggrave Hall, Leicest er shire. On the Ist inst., at St. Michael's, Paddington, Capt R. C. 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