The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-19 00:00:00

ESTERDAY. MONETAR In the Stock Exchange to-day considerable steadiness has been apparent. Transactions have been more freely entered into, and a further advance has taken place in the value of most securities. Railway stocks have been steady, with the exception of Metropolitan, which at 64/ to 64 is / easier. Foreign bonds have been pur chased steadily. Spanish have continued in favour, and Italian, Turkish, and Egyptian have sold at advanced rates. The Consol Market has participated in the general improvement, prices showing a rise of* per cent for delivery ; the price has been 921,12/ and for November 92k, 921; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91/, 91}; Bank stock, 232, 234 ; Exchequer Bills, 65., 11s. prem. ; Indian Five per Cents, 110/, 1101 ; and India Bonds, 175., 235. pram, Colonial Government securities have been quiet, but firm. For English Railway Stocks there has been a fair inquiry, and prices have ruled firm. Caledonian at 76, 76/ ; South Eastern at 731, 74f ; Great Eastern at 38, 38/, are / better, whilst North-Eastern Consols at 145/, 148 are / higher. Metropolitan stock is quoted at 64/, 641; Brighton, 42, 42/ ; Great Northern 134, 134 k ; Mid land 126, 127/; North-Western 1282, 129/ ; and Great Western 71, 71/. Indian Railway stocks have sold slowly. Bombay Baroda, and Central Indian 105/ ; Great Indian Penin- sula, 106 i : Oude and Rohilkunoi;lo4i ; and Scinde, iii. Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western, 14*, 14g. For foreign railway shares there has been but little inquiry. Bahia and San Francisco, 17i ex-div. i Great Luxembourg, 11 / 4 ; San Paulo, 21* ; and Lombards, 14k, 14}. Foreign bonds have been very firm, and a general ad vance has taken place in prices. Italian (1861) have risen g, or to 55, 55i ; Spanish (1867), I, or to 29, 29* ; ditto (1869), i, or to 281, 29; Turkish Five per Cents, i, or to 43k, 43-2; do. (1869), g, or to 51*, 511; Egyptian (1868), *, or to 77*, 77g ; Mexican *, or to 144, 151 ; Peruvian (1865) are quoted at 89, 90i; American securities have been steady. The Five-Twenty (1882) bonds are quoted at 89k, 89* ; ditto (1885), 88k, 884. Erie shares, 19,19*, and Illinois Central, 109*, noi, Bank shares have been firm. Bank of Egypt have risen or to 40i, 41i ; and Union of London 4, or to 37, 38. Consolidated 4213-16 ; Imperial Ottoman 11g 2 ; Joint Stock 32i ; London and Westminster 604 ; and Union of Australia 414 2. For telegraph shares there has been a fair inquiry Anglo-American, 87 ; British Indian Submarine, 81-10 Falmouth, 10i ; and West India Panama, 511. Silver's India Rubber, 38 ; Telegraph Construction, 26f, The demand for miscellaneous securities has been Inactive. Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance 41., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, New, & The sum of £6,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. As regards the exchanges, bills have been more offered, and the rates have been firmer. Large supplies of capital have been on offer in the discount market. The demand for accommodation has continued quiet, and the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been 2h per cent. The Batavia, from New York, has brought £4,000 in specie. COURSE OF EXOHANGB.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 45 ; Paris, short date, ditto three months' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 50 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples and Palermo, ditto, 26 75 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 18i ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 12 Oi ; Hamburg, ditto, 1310} ; Frankfort-on-the- Maine, ditto, 1201 ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 80 ; St. Petersburgh, ditt o , 29i ; M a d r id , di tto, 481; Cadiz, ditto, 49 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date and Oporto, ditto, 52. LONDON STOOK EXOHA.NGE.-TUESDAY, LATEST PRICES.---AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the hues indleato the business done. GOVHRNMENT SEOURITIEfi. Three per Cent Consols 92} 925 Viet 5p o Jan & JulylB94 10241034 921, 4,4, L L 5 1024, 34 Do for Account 921, il. } 901 0 0 Three per Cent Reduced 91} 915 Egyptian 1862, 7 p a...,. 81 83 91, i, 826 New b per Ce n t 91/ 1 1. 5 Italian. 1865, 5p a ...... 82 84 Exchequer Dills, March 6 11 pin 85 118 pm APernvian, 1865. 5p c .... 896 906 Do. June 6 11 Pin 90, }, 0) 6s pm Portuguese 1869 3 p or. 294 23/ Dank Stock - - 296 234, 24 Russian, 1882. SPo• • . . 68 89 India 5 per Ceuta .... r. - 88 1 i 110/, 4 Do Nicolas 4 p c India Bonds ....... ..... - - 69 4, 84, 94, 81 pm Spanish. 1861. 3Po , , 281 29} Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-81 10541661 294, 84, 9, } Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1863, 3p o Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 59 281, 94. 84, 4 981 Turkish. 1854, 6p o .. 81 83 Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 Do. 1865, 6p o Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 434, 4, 1. 4, 34 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865. 6 p cs November 1878 lO7 109 831 4,3, i Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 lionds.6 p o 1332 83}.82} July 1873 lO3 105 891, 4,1, i x 4 New 8 Wales 5 p 01871-76 10141026 Do do 1885 885 884 DI ew Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 109 831, 5, i x d Dos pc l 97 99 Do 10-4013nd s , sp o 1904 86/ 874 98 Do 5p c Consolidated 97 98 ErieSha, 1 7, 00 dols, all paid -- 971, 8, 75, 8 x d Illinois Central Shares .. 1091110} Do 6 p Mar &Sept 1851 105 107 110} Do June & Dec 1891 107 110 Atlantic and Cl W R Con Vict 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 Mortgage Bonds 304 316 DoApril&GotlBB3-85.. 110 111 314, 1 110/, 11, 10} RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Do 2nd do Scrip ... par 2pm Caledonian 7 4, i Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 181, 8,4, 7, 4 Do 3rd Prof Stook Great Northern 122 4th Prof Stock Do A 134 135 Great Indian Pen gsp o 10511061 Great Western 7l} 717 1064 714, i. t Great Western °IC/mad& 14 1 147 Lancashire & Y orksh ire 13011311 141, 1x d 1307 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 421 43 Do 51 do. 1877-8 96 98 42 7,1 Do 6 p c pref. Issued 80 par 1 pm Lon. Chat, and Dover .. 137 141 x d 131, 1,14, 137 Madras guar 5 p c Lon and North-Western 129 1291 N. Railway of Canada, ' 129, i 6p c Ist Fret Bonds Lon and South-Western 88 90 Oude and Itohilkuud g blau, Sher, and Lincoln 4.5 451 5p o 454 1044, 3/ Metropolitan 641, 5, 44, 51 Dalai guar 5 p a Midland 127 1271 1031 1271. 7, 1 Bahia and San Francisco North British N orth-Eastern Consols.. 145 146 171 x d 1451, 7 Belgian E Junction ... • 11 2 1 South-Eastern 75 751 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 257 251 74, 7. 57 Dunaburg and Witepek 18 183 Atlantic and St Lawrnoe 76 79 184 Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 Central India, g 5 p a.. 1041105/ Eastern of France — 1051, 1 Great Luxembourg Buff & Lake Huron rref 111 Do 51 P C Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 82 Lemberg Ozernowitz gua Cape gua 80r 6 4 p c Northern p of France . a 164 167 . East Bengal guar 5 p a.. 105 106 0 tt om (S myrna to AUL). 3 — 5 i 105 Recife and San Francisco East Indian. g x 5 p a .... 19911101 (Limited) guar 7p a l5l 151 Grand Trunk Canada ~ 12} 124 San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 21 21} 124 211 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Auatn & Lom-Ven 14 14} charge 6 p a x d Southern of France .. , BANKING COMPANIES. I'd I'd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Loudon and County 47 43 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 20 Lou and Westmnater 60 61 60 British N American 53 65 6011 20 Oh of India. Austrlia 13 14 10 Motropolitau Si St 25 Char Mero of India 244 254 84 25 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) 4t, 13-16 411 20 Eng. Scot, and A us 016 17 25 Union of Australia.. 40 42 20 Imperial 11.) 10 Imperial ottoman 372. 7 20 Lou C har of Austrlia 23 24 234 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Auglo- A morlcan 1.1 66 ::6 Great N. (Una ? and 87, 61 Japan Extension.. Midis 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) —13 b 5 Indo-European (L).. 11 14 100 Atlantic lO Marseilles, Algiers, 100 _Do 81 z ' c 10 British ustraln(L) 3l hills 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) . 41 5 10 British Ind Exton (L). 61 61 21 Prima and S. Peto(L) 3 2 ilia 10 British Indian Sub marine, dis (L) 8 1-16 20 Soo Trans France (L) 141 151 2 China Submarine (L) 4:41d is 151, 15 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine..,.,..... 233 233 and Ma ta (Li 101 10 W India &Panama.(L) 5 5.; 10 Great Northern 111, 1 ISCELL &NEC U ttt SEC U Anglo-Austrian Bnd- - 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 holders' Certificate 11 21 3, 2 15-16 10 BerlinWoAerworks(L) 14115 i 2 Lou & Prov Marine LipariPm 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 33 Bpm3 100 Madraslrl &Canal ICO Boston City (U.S.) 5 g 5 p a by ad Gov. 100 102 p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 1011 4 Brit & Fun Marine (L) 221 nm 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 / dis. 25 Canada Company. 72 76 1; 10 Ceylon Company (L) 41 31dis 5 NatnlDiset Comp (L) 11 111 35 City Oflie,!s (L) 25 24 dis 11 20 Colonial tL) 5 Com Union Assurnce 21 3pm Mere Agency (L) .. 1 i Pro r-, 9-16 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt t'one of Eng (L) 21 21 Trust IL) 21 0 N Bri tsh and Mere ILI 27 28 100 Crystal 1' dace 201. 23 5 OceanMarinelnsur —13114 pm 100 Do l',:t 100 1)o 6 p c Perp Deb.. 108 113 43, 81 271 1 , :1;bw V. ie Steel (L).. 81 &Us 10 Do do Now. 1867 3 ldis 100 ltgyp 9 p o Troy nosh, 8 guar by ggyp (19v., 99 101 50 Rhyioney Iron 11,01 - 15 Do 1:1 Fore-stli - areLouso IL) li: 6f pm 60 R oya l mall Steam 191 581, 9 100 Fgt. and CoionialGov 11 Tel Om and Main IL) 76 261 Tr-d 6 p c Bonds.. 95 i , 9 261, !, i , i 71 Gen CredterDiset (L) h / clia 2 Themes and Mersey 71 Marine hour (1, 14 Gen Stan Navigation 28 30 St Tobacco 6r. c Loan. 29 guar by Italian Gov. 86 89 7 Hooper's Tel Works 28 2dis 89 17 Hudson's Bay 9 91 5 Trust and Loan Co of 9, i 45 Indrbbr,Gut Pe r . an d Upper Canada .... /1 pm 5 (1 . Marine. Lvpool (L 42 slpln Tel Works (L) .... 378 388 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 26 33, 7f 6 United DM Corprn (L) 1 idid 5 intern' Finan Roc(L) 1/ lldis 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 48 spm 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 31 31 9i 100 110 6p c Bonds. re- Viceroy of Egypt 7p a damnable 1870 . 61 64 Mortgage Loan.... 30 London Fin Assoo (L)188171dis 12 Warrant Finance MINING SHARE LIST.—OCTOBER 18. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Alining Office', 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market active for Tankerville, Taquaril, and West Chivertou, South Condurrow receded to 34 sellers, and East Lovell to 29. Australian United, Pary's Mountain, 32, 4 13w1ch Consols, Prince of Wales, Chiverton Moor, 31, $ Providence Mines, 37, 38 Chiverton Valley. Rosewall Hill a n d R ansome Chontales (Gold), United, Cook's Kitchen, South Condurrow. 84, 31 Devon Great Consols, South Frances, Drakewalls, 21s, 23s , Tankerville, 14, lii Dolcoath, Tinoroft. Don Pedro North Del Rey, 9, al Tan-yr-Allt, East Bassett. Taquaril (Gold), 46, 48s East Caradon, ti, ii, Trumpet Consols. East Lovell, 28, 29 Van. East Wheal Grenville, Van Consols Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), West Caradon, -8., -G. West Chiverton, 5.3 i, 50 General Brazilian, West Drakewalls, Great Laxey, 174, 18 West Frances, Great Retallack. West Maria and Fortescuo.3l 330 Great Wheal Vor 64, 7 West Seton, Hingston Down, Wheal Crebor, Marke Valley, Wheal Grenville. New Lovell, 33e, 4( Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, TI, 8 North Crofty, Wheal Mary Ann, PaciEe, 11 2 Wheal Beton. 324. 33 TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y. OCTOBER 19, 1879 THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS A PRUSSIAN ON THE SIEGE. The Breslau Gazette publishes a letter from Ferribres, written by a Prussian who does not take a very sanguine view of affairs. "Unfortunately," he says, "we cannot expect a very decisive action for several weeks, by which time the Mobiles will have expended their ammunition and consumed their provisions. The circle of fire will be narrowed, and we can attempt to take the city without the risk of too great loss on our own part. This result is very desirable. Until now the fury of the war has made the most horrible harvest that was ever seen. But we are asking ourselves with anxiety what will become of us during this interval. The rapid and energetic progress of the war has removed rom us all courage and all aptitude for long operations. Idle expectation appears to us to be absolute torment, foL lowing on the feverish excitement of the opening. Added to this there is much greater difficulty in provisioning an army in quarters than an army on the march. So long as our columns were in motion and were traversing different roads they obtained provisions and had sonic variety in their food ; but at the bivouao at the quarters the soldiers are obliged to wait for victuals, which consist only of bad beef, especially since the cattle plague has broken out in Germany. What I suffer from most is the lack of bread. Around us in the villages every thing has been pillaged. There does not remain a rabbit, or a pigeon, or a vegetable. Famine is threatening us, we have scarcely anything to eat. Cold weather is coming and the Free Shooters are stopping our trains of provisions." MARKETS. LONDON OIL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Linseed oil is dull, at 295. ed. to 295. 9d., spot. Rape firm. English brown, spot, 41s. 9d. to 425. Other oils steady. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TUESDAY.—The market is quiet, but firm, at 435. ed. buyers spot and October-De cember, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—Opening Re port. —This markot opened with a good inquiry to-day, both on the spot and to arrive. Probable sales, 12,000 bales. Imports, 14,000 bales.—Closing Report —This market continues strong to-day. Sales, 15,000 bales ; 4,000 being on speculation and for export. Prices were In favour of sellers. Ship named, Savan nah, Ssd ; ship named, Orleans, 81d. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—The steady tone which this market as s u me d on Friday still continues, but prices have rem' bled without much, if any change. Spinners and manufacturers dad rather a large business towards the end of last week, and aro holding now rather firmly for Friday's rates In some exceptional instances a slight advance has been asked, but this at once stopped business, and - the firmer tone of the market has even tended to limit business. Of the transactions, the most that can be said regard ing prices is that their declining tendency has been arrested for the present. Notwithstanding the unfav ourable nature of the recent telegrams from China, Calcutta, and Bombay, a fair amount of business was done on Friday last in goods and yarns suitable for these mar- , kets. To-day, however, there was less inquiry again. The home trade are still placing orders for cloth to a fair extent. Yarns for the IsOme trade have sold more freely but without any improvement in price. Printing cloths have shared a little in the increased demand. Domestic and other heavy goods are unchanged. Quotations to day are nominally the same as Friday's, with rather less irregularity. At the close the market was hardly so strong as in the morning, and has been rather disappointing to sellers who anticipated selling at improved prices. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—The woollen trade to day is unimportant. At this late season nothing but a sudden collapse of the war could improve it. Clothiers are trying to clear off stock at prime cost, but buyers are few and poor spirited. While there is this quiet in the cloth halls, a good healthy demand, the time of year considered, exists in the warehouses. Travellers are sending good order sheets from the country, principally for sorting up parcels. Irish friezes are taking well for men's overcoatings. There is a healthy home trade in heavy buyers, presidents, and naps ; also for soft finished presidents and Moscows for ladies' mantles and jackets. The favourite colours are brown olives and light and dark blues. Several Germans have been in the neighbourhood, taking up presidents for their markets. The Canadians are quieter. Orders for felted goods are fast running out. The works where machinery for the woollen mills 13 made are doing little. The makers of small arm machinery are still very busy on Govern- ' ment account. In the aggregate, the iron works are doing more than last week. The production of cold blast iron is not fast enough for consumers. The coal trade, both home and export, is good. CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—At this market to-day there was an average attendance, and business was very depressed. Makers are nearly all sold for delivery this year, and the inquiries for next year's deliveries are merely speculative, as so much uncertainty prevails regarding future prospects. Transactions are almost nil, but there is little pro bability of makers increasing much before Christmas. Rail makers are fairly off for orders to the end of the year, but old contracts have been suspended while those in progress are not replaced by fresh orders. The prospects of the trade must be pronounced most gloomy. The various other departments of finished iron are not active, par ticularly ship plates and engineering. The warrant store con tinues the same as last week. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market was flat to-day. Business was done down to 51s. 3d. cash. rather buyers over at close, sellers, 51s. 31d., and 51s. 7d. in a month. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TUESDAY. The business was small at this market to-day, but prices were not lower. It is rumoured that Mr. Ham, printer, of Oxford, has absconded with a large sum of money belonging to the Oxford Friendly Institution. A BANKRUPT SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.--At the Court of Bankruptcy there were some proceedings before Mr. Registrar Keene, in public oourt, under the liquida tion petition of William Newton Wilson, trading as Newton, Wilson, and Co., sewing machine manufacturers, of High Holborn, Regent-street. the Crystal Palace, Edinburgh, and Birmingham. The debts, as stated at the time the petition was filed, are £6,793; assets calculated to produce about X 6,000. The creditors had passed a resolution, by the requisite majority, agreeing to accept the terms offered by the debtor ; but when the resolution was submitted for registration, objections were raised to several of the proofs, and these now came on for con sideration. In some cases time was given to amend the form of the proof or the proxy, and the registration of the resolution was ordered to stand over for that purpose. THE REGISTRATION OF DISEASES.—An influential deputation, representing the British Medical Association and the Poor-law Medical Officers' Association, accom panied by Mr. Cawley, M.P., and Dr. Lyon Playfair, M.P., waited upon Mr. Goschen at the Poor-law Board, on Monday, to urge the importance of the Govern ment providing for a registration of diseases. Among those who addressed Mr. Gosehen was Dr. Ransome, of Manchester, who said that it was only by registra tion that they could hope to get at the nature tu (I courses of diseases in epidemics, and to discover what poisons caused them. He gave an account of the successful efforts at registra tion made by the Manchester and Salford Sani tary Society, and by other voluntary effort elsewhere. Mr. Goschen, in reply, said the arguments in favour of registration were very clear and convincing, and having asked further particulars on various points of detail, he promised to give his consideration to the niatter, CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacioine. Cacaoine contains neither sugar nor any other admix tare whate vet. Cactioine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most do sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacioine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co., ifommopathic Chemists, 112, Great Itus sell-street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and IS, Threadneedle -street ; at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, - Easton-road. —Alm. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.-This market opened very firm, and dearer all round. Imports : Wheat, 20,035 quarters, corn 28,034 quarters, flour 8,803 sacks and 1,072 barrels. This market closed to-day with an active demand for white wheat, at an advance of ld. or 2d. per cental on the im proved rates of Friday. The finer classes of red wheat are scarcely dearer, but middling qualities realised improved rates. There was a good inquiry for flour, at the unchanged rates of last week. Barley was in fair request, and maintained the ex treme of last quotations. Egyptian beans were dull, at previous rates. Oats and oatmeal were unchanged. Indian corn was 3d. dearer on the week. There was not much business done. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.-Following in the wake of Mark-lane, wheat was quoted at is. per quarter dearer at this market to-day than last week ; but the trade is slow at the ad vance. The market is well supplied with malting barley, and all flue qualities met with a ready sale at last week's rates. Secon dary sorts were difficult to quit at prices still in favour of the buyers. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.-There was a small supply of farmers' wheat at this market to-day, which sold at is. advance on Saturday's prices ; but there was not much doing. Flour was fully ls. per sack higher. There was a dull trade in oats at previous rates. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.-At this market to-day the show of beasts was a good one, consisting principally of grazing stock. Fat beasts made from 9s. to 10s. per stone, and a fair trade was done. There was a fair show of sheep, but very little business was done. I n pi gs th ere was a good show, and trade was brisk at about late rates. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.-At this market to day there was a better supply of cattle, but the show of sheep was even less than last wee k. The quality of both classes of stock was second rate and inferior. The demand for cattle was steady, and in a few instances 80. per pound was obtained, but the general price cannot be quoted higher than 81d per pound. Sheep were in less demand and sold slowly at about last market prices. The following are the quotations ;-Beef, first class, Sid. to 84d. per pound ; second, 7fd. to Bd. per pound ; Spinals cattle 7d. to Bd. per pound. Sheep, 70. to 9id. per pound. Calves, 7id. to Dd. per pound. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TUESDAY.-Moderate supplies of meat were on offer. The trade was dull, at about late rates. Beef from Ss. 4d. to ss. 2d.; mutton, 3s. 841. to ss. 4d. ; veal, ss. Od. to 58. 4d. ; and pork, 3s. 4d. to ss. Bd. per 81b. by the carcase. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUES DAY.-There was a good show of all descriptions at the market to-day. The trade ruled steady and prices were maintained. The following were the closing quotations i-Prime old hay, 1275. 6d. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new hay, 115 a. to to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to lies, ; prime clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1253. ; prime second-cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 1103. to 1153. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, TUESDAY. -Teas.---The sales have passed off steadily. New seasons black leaf, ls. nil. to Is. 7id. Sugar.-With an active demand prices have had an upward tendency, Middling brown and good yellow Barbadoes, 245. 6d. to 30s. ; low brown to low middling yellow St. Vincent, 225. ad. to 265. 6d. ; common brown Mauri tius, 103. 6d. to 20s. ad. Coffee has been in moderate request. Cocoa steady. Trinidad, 00s. to 117 s. LONDON METAL MARKET, TUESDAY.-Iron has been quiet. Tin inactive. Straits £l2B. Copper met with a slow sale. LAW AND POLICE. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.--CAUTIOW TO SERVANTS.—A young man who, when taken into custody refused his name, butlnow gave that of Francis Bernard, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough -street Police court, with stealing a dressing case, containing jewellery and other articles, an umbrella, &c., the property of Mr. Alfred James Howe, a gentleman residing at No. 18, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Mr. A. J. Howe stated that on the 17th Sept. the prisoner rang his bell and sent the servant up for a pair of boots, which he said he had come for, making use of the name of some boot maker, and while the servant was upstairs he went off with a dressing bag and other articles--the articles having been placed in the hall as he was leaving town. In reply to Mr. Tyrwhitt the prosecutor said the property was of the value of £l5O. The prisoner asked what time in the day it occurred, and on being told ono o'clock, he said he should be able to shew that he could not have been there at the time. Jessie Chesney, a young woman, said the prisoner called and asked for a pair of boots, and while she was gone upstairs he went away with a dressing bag and other articles, the property of Mr. Howe. Thomas Pickels, a detective officer, said that shortly after one o'clock that morning he was with Detective Beechy in Windmill-street. He said to prisoner, "Frank, you must come along with me for going to Dover-street and getting a bag." The prisoner said he knew nothing about it, and that he had made a mistake ; and at the station he said, " You want a case very bad to take me," and refused his name and address. He also said he could not have been the person who committed the robbery, as at the time he was under remand. The prisoner said he did not say under remand, and he said he was under recognisance far bet ting at the Knightsbridge Exchange. Mr. Tyrwhitt re manded the prisoner at the request of Pickels, who said he believed there would be other charges against him. ROBBERY.—Jane Gardner, a smartly-dressed young unfortunate, was brought up at the above court, charged with stealing the sum of £8 10s., from Robert Parris, upholsterer, Ware, Herts. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a young man, it appeared that having been robbed by the prisoner on a former occasion, and having lost sight of her, he again on coming out of the Alhambra, met her, when he accused her of robbing him of £Blos. The prisoner was remanded for a week. LORD CHARLES HAMILTON IN CHANCERY. —The case of Emanuel v. Padwick was brought by adjournment be fore Mr. Bloxham, chief clerk in Vice-Chancellor Bacon's chambers. The plaintiff, it will be remembered, is a jeweller, of Burlington gardens, who sued Mr. Padwick, as the factor of Lord Charles Hamilton, with a view to setting aside a release executed by him with respect to a purchase amounting to £lO,OOO, the alle gation being that it was obtained on a fraudulent representation of his lordship's insolvency. Mr. Gregory stated that the summons was originally issued in time to enable the defendant to file an answer to the plaintiff's allegations. There were numerous documents which had an important bearing upon the issue, and without which it was impossible to preface a proper answer. An order was consequently made, giving the defendant a fortnight after the production of these documents, but the cause was now at a stand-still, through the negligence of the plaintiff to file a sufficient affidavit. Mr. Lewis contended on behalf of the plaintiff that the original order had no reference to a sufficient affidavit, and all the documents he had in his possession having been produced, the present application was obviously made for the purpose of delay, and to enable the defendants to ex tricate himself from a legal difficulty into which he had fallen. The Chief Clerk decided upon adjourning the sum mons generally, holding that until the missing documents were either produced or properly accounted for, the plaintiff could not prosecute his suit. MONT CENIS RAILWAY AND THE WAIL—An applica tion was made in the chambers of Vice-Chancellor Bacon, on behalf of the provisional liquidator of the Mont Cenis Railway, to discontinue working the undertaking, in con. sequence of the impossibility of making it remunerative, through the present disturbed state of France. A peti tion is pending for the winding-up of the com pany, and meanwhile powers were given to the liquidator to work the line during the summer, but to dis continue operations in the winter, when the traffic was so slight as to be unremunerative. The present application was made in the interests of all the creditors of the com pany, and it was stated in an affidavit filed by the liqui dator that in one journey one passenger only travelled. The Chief Clerk did not feel justified in interfering with the original order, and adjourned the summons generally with leave to the liquidator to renew the application at any time he might think absolutely necessary. A NEW MAGISTRATE FOR LONDON.—Mr. Chance, the newly-appointed magistrate, took his seat at the Lambdth police-court for the first time on Monday. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.-NEW FELLOWB.-Mr. G. E. Baker, 8.A., Demy of Ma g d a l en College, has been elected aFellow. Queen's College election terminated yesterday morning as follows :—Fellowships ; 1. C. Hodge Grove, 8.A., late Scholar of B a lli o l C o ll ege; 2 , Geo. Wynne Jerodwine, Scholar of Corpus. Scholarship not awarded. Hastings Exhibition, Alexander Neale of Queen's College. , • INDIA.—It is stated by a contemporary that on the first day of the next sessions of Parliament, Mr. Fawcett will give n o ti ce o f hi s i ntent i on to move for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the affairs of India. The proposed inquiry is to include every part of the internal administration of that empire. It is added that the Government will offer no opposition to Mr. Faw cett's motion, and that the labours of the committee will occupy at least two sessions. THE ANATOMY ACT AND THE Pooh.—A widow complained to the Southwark police magistrate that the surgeons at Guy's Hospit a l h a d, w i t h out her knowledge, made a post-mortem examination of the body of her hus band, who had died in the hospital of typhoid fever. In reply to the magistrate, the woman said she did not give orders at the time of her husband's death that his body was not to be opened, as she did not think she had any occasion to do so. Mr. Partridge told her he could not interfere, as the Anatomy Act gave the hospital authorities the power to do as they had done, provided tho relatives of the de ceased person did not interfere. THE EDMUNDS SCANDAL.—ThiS cause celeire will shortly again be brought before the public. The action for libel (Leonard Edmunds v. the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and others) will come on for trial at the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, at the commencement of the sittings after the forthcoming term. The action is grounded upon a treasury minute, which was published after the award of the arbitrators in the case of Edmunds v. Greenwood. Mr. Hawkins, Q. C., and Mr. Hardinge Gifford, Q.C., will appear for Mr. Leonard Edmunds, in structed by Messrs. barnard and Co„ a n d th e Attorney= General, the Solicitor - General, and Mr. Archibald, instructed by the solicit o r t o the Trexotry, will app ear for the defendants. The case is expected to occupy a con siderable time. A PURE—Susan Brown, aged 34 years, was brought up before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with breaking her husband's leg, and also with violently assaulting her son Charles, a boy about 12 years of age, while he was endeavouring to protect his father from his mother's violence. The woman, who is a person of ungovernable temper, and has been living with her family on Market-hill, Shadwell, was drinking heavily yesterday, and came home intoxicated. Her husband endeavoured to get her to bed, and in return she attacked him, beat him savagely with a poker and broke his leg. He was taken to the London Hospital. The boy was also beaten and much injured by his dissipated and brutal mother. She was remanded for a week. A DISHONBIST SEavAltr.—Edward Webber, aged 24 years, of No. 14, Russel-street, Bow-common-lane, was brought up at the above court, charged before Mr. Paget, with stealing four dozen boxes of lucifer matches, value is. 6d., the property of Mr. Richard Martin, his employer, of Paul's Works, Bow Common. The prose cutor is a tallow chandler and lucifer box maker. The prisoner, a carman in his employ, was in the practice of delivering goods to customers and receiving the money for them. He was ordered to deliver three gross of lucifer matches in boxes to an oilman in the Harrow-road, Paddington, and he told the oilman there were 37 gross made up for him. They were accepted, and paid for. The prisoner only accounted to his master for three gross. He appropriated the price of half a gross to his own use. This case was clearly made out, and Lamb, a detective of the K Division, said there were many others against him. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. ALLEGED ROBBERY ay A LIFE-GUARDSMAN. John Lloyd, a trooper in the 12th Life-Guards, was charged at the Westminster Police -court with stealing 4s. 7d. and a purse from the person of Ellen Wear, a prostitute. Prosecutrix said she lived at the Brewery Castle, George street, Chelsea. This morning, at two o'clock, she left a friend, who went into the Alexandra Hotel ; he gave her some silver, and she put it in her purse. Directly she had left her friend the prisoner accosted her, and forced his company on . her ; went some distance with her, and left her. She missed her purse, and he denied taking it, and threatened to knock her down. She prevented him going into barracks, and gave him in charge. John James, 293 B, said he met the prisoner and prosecutrix at three o'clock, and she charged him with the theft. He strictly denied it, and only 50. was found on him. Mr. Woolrych said the case should be supported by further evidence, and he dis charged the prisoner. ANOTHER BALLOON VOYAGE, A aeronaut's profession is no sinecure, as is proved by the narrative of the passage of the balloon Washington 'rom Paris to Cambray. The Washington, under the care of the aeronaut, Bertant, left Paris early on the morning of the 12th. The other passengers were M. Lefaivre, an envoy for Vienna, with dispatches, and a Belgian named Von Roosebiche, who trains carrier pigeons. At the very outset of their adventurous journey the travellers encountered a serious dan ger. The balloon, when it rose, stopped at 500 metres, which was within range of the Prussian rifles. Very soon the bullets came whistling past, and some of them lodged in the balloon. The ballast was thrown out, and the balloon rose rapidly, reaching an altitude of 1,500 metres. The wind rose, and for a time all seemed well, but it sank again, and the aerial carriage hung over a town which the enemy occupied, for motethan three quarters of an hour. Luckily it escaped injury, and after a time a high wind from the south carried it far out of reach. When near the railway station at Cambray it sank again. The aeronaut thought the moment favour able to throw out his grappling iron with its 400 metres of cable. The wind was high, and there was not a moment to spare. While a high gale was blowing he unwound rapidly the rope. The grappling-iron was about to catch the ground, and had it done so the journey would have ended. But the aeronaut was caught in the folds of the rope, which had got tangled, and he was dragged out of the car. He fell, and his death seemed certain, but by an in credible piece of good fortune he was entangled in the cable. A fall of nearly twenty metres only gave him a few slight bruises, but of course his services in the balloon were at an end, and away it whirled with the diplomatic envoy and the pigeon trainer for' - guides. After a rough and dangerous passage, during which they struck against trees, which they broke with the shock, M. Lefaivre, the envoy, was thrown out of the car, which remained occupied by the pigeon trainer only, who exhibited, however, the greatest coolness. Making use of the ropes which connected the car with the balloon, he climbed up to the latter and opened it with a knife. He pulled away large shreds from it, and at last it shrank and fell. Country people to the number of 200 then came up, and it was stopped, The Belgian had not, however, got to the end of his troubles. The peasants mistood him for a Prussian, and threatened him with summary punishment. "Do with me whatever you like," he said, but help, in the first instance, to save the despatches which I bring from Paris. Cut, destroy the balloon, but hold on by the car, which con tains important papers." These words were spoken in a tone which put an end to all alarm. At the same time, 11.30 a.m., M. Bricourt, a gentleman of the neighbourhood, made his appearance. He aided the traveller, and helped him to secure his valuable cargo. Soon after M. Lefaivre came up, he jiaving followed at no very great distance. It was not known as yet how Bertant had fared, but in a short time a peasant came running up, who brought the news that he had peen saved, and that at that very time his injuries were being attended to at a farmhouse at some distance. Three-quarters of an hour afterwards all the three travellers were dining with M. Bricourt, and they were able to reach Cambray three hours later and convey to the post office the five enormous bags of despatches which they brought from Paris, weighing about 400 kilogrammes. THE DEFEAT OF THE LOIRE ARMY. TOURS, OCTOBER 16. Ever since the enemy was first seen from the towers of Notre Dame, public reliance here, and iu all France, was placed upon the " Army of the Loire " as the greatest, if not the last, hope of the country. It was to be quietly organised ; and whilst all the Germans were engaged round Paris or round Metz, it was to fall upon their flank, cut their commnnications, and finally to compel a retreat of the invaders. We have at last seen what the Army of the Loire can do. For the present it has found itself quite unequal to disposing of one corps d'armde. Led by General Reyan, the new French force advanced to Arthenay, where it was, like its predecessors, outnum bered and beaten. It then retired upon Orleans, where it was beaten again, and driven out of the town beyond the Loire. These disasters may be repaired, but for the pre sent the Army of the Loire is beaten, and the heart of France has once more sank within it. All the blunders which led to Woerth and Sedan have been repeated in these two engagements. They aro, in fact, copies so exact of previous French operations as to make one utterly despair of ever seeing any improvement. In the former of the two battles, at least, the French were surprised. They were out-numbered, badly handled, and many of them ran away so soon as the combat turned against them. Some, indeed, fought very well, but others behaved disgracefully. The Line were the worst offenders. Many of these turned their backs to the foe without making the slightest attempt to sustain the honour of their country. They flew pell-mell from the field of battle, some breaking their weapons in brutal despair, some throwing them away, and some stripping off their uniforms in the most abject poltroonry, so soon as they arrived at a place of shelter. The Germans, on their march from Arthenay to Orleans, found abundant occupation in pick ing up good rifles that strewed the road. Some of them had never been fired off. Such duings by men belonging to the most warlike of nations may seem incredible ; but in reality they are both credible and rational. ,The French troops' are demoralized by defeat, and by the lack of men in whom they can trust—and under a good leader they would still fight well Under the miserable officers who are set over them they behave like sheep. The Germans, in their customary way, made themselves quite at home at Orleans. They took possession of all the public establishments—the post-office, the bank, the pre fecture, &c. In each they have placed —so says one of the papers here—an administrative staff of their own, which would seem to indicate that they intend to remain in the place as long as the siege of Paris lasts. They can hardly occupy and " administer" all the chief towns of central France ; but in Orleans at any rate they have conducted themselves as if they meant to annex the whole surrounding district. The prefect, M. Pereira, is virtually a prisoner in his apartments ; and - even Bishop Dupanloup is a captive with a functionary at the door of his palace. A little while ago this leader of the Opposition at the (Ecumenical Council exhorted his flock to defend their country. Hence the Germans consider , • , him a dangerous person. In the way of a requisition the invaders asked at first for £160,000. They have reduced this enormous sum by one half, which was to have been paid yesterday, without prejudice to other requi sitions. Meanwhile the French army is concentrated at La Forte, where every effort is being made to reinforce their scattered ranks. Troops are being brought up from every quarter, and General Bourbaki who has arrived here, takes the command. A battle is expected at once. It will shew whether the late leader of the Imperial Guard has profited by his stern experience inside Metz. His course is very simple : the only way to beat the army of Von Der Tann is to assail it with superior forces. In discipline and armament the Germans have an advantage, which can be redressed only by a preponderance of troops. It was in this respect —as on I former occasions, that the incompetent men who com manded in the recent battles ; most signally failed. The whole army of the Loire is much larger than the force - under Der Tann, but the Bavarian was stronger at the point of contact. Regiments of Mobiles and Line were marching about in all directions at the time ahen th companions were fighting hard at Arthenay and Orlea. There was, unquestionably, a good force at Toi and another at Bourges which never smelt powd,, It is even said that one regiment which was ordered to advance, openly refused, scattered in disorder, and the men wandered about the place where they were stationed breaking their weapons. At Tours, of course, there is a frightful panic. The removal of the Government is again under discussion AN IMPERIAL TRAGEDY. TOURS, OCT. 15. Few events connected with the miserable fall of the Second Empire have made a more profound impression than a catastrophe which has taken place at Paris. The news of this affair is the most absorbing item brought by the latest balloon mail. Interested as the Tours public is in the progress of the blockade which is called a siege, it forgets for the moment the forlorn condition of the capi tal on receipt of the intelligence that Judge Delesvaux has committed suicide. The event and the revelations which it discloses form another tragic episode in this most dramatic of struggles. The papers from Paris tell us that Jud ge Delesvaux destroy e d hi mse lf i n order to anticipate dis grace and punishment--though not the penalty of death —before one of these tribunals over which he had so long presided. His infamous deeds had come to light. There was no escaping either arrest or exposure. The Imperial servant's resolution, therefore, was taken. On the night before he committed suicide he sat up all night writing a quantity of letters. His servants observed his remarkable activity, and displayed some uneasi ness—one valet even making an excuse for en tering his room at three in the morning whilst M. Delesvaux was still at work. The intrusion was sternly resented, and the manufacture of letters went on. The valet, horrified at the appearance of the judge, whose face wore an unnatural look, remained up all,night. At six o'clock M. Delesvaux called him, handed over the letters which had been written during the night, and forbade anyone to disturb him. Immediately afterwards he shot himself. The report of the pistol alarmed the house ; the room was broken into but it was too late—the judge was quite dead, with his head shattered. The legal functionary who has put this end to his career was one of the tools, as he has been one of the victims, of the Empire. He did much of the Im perial dirty work, and was elevated to honour and dignity in consequence. At the coup d'etat he displayed diligence on the side of the President Louis Napoleon. He at the time acted as Commissary of Police, and ultimately rose to the Presi dency of one of the civil courts, after long service in the notorious Tribunal of Correctional Police. It was in this latter. function that he rendered the Empire the most valuable assistance. One of his chief branches of business was the punishment of journalists who thought that the Imperial Government was not exactly the form of rule that France could wish. These unfortunate geLtlemen had no chance whatever with M. Delesvaux. If there was a case against them he made the most of it; and if there was no case he invented one. People wondered why he was such a terror to the race. They now learn the rea son. M. Delesvaux had a small salary, but, in addition, was paid a commission upon every political prisoner he convicted, the amount of the reward being regulated by the rank of the victim, and the length of imprisonment, and exorbitancy of the fine which M. Delesvaux had the impudence to inflict. Such was the justice of the Emperor Napoleon's reign. It was in this 'capacity as judge of the Correctional Tribunal that M. Delesvaux more than any other man in France, was able to crush the cause of liberty in this country. Paid on such a system, it was natural that M. Delesvaux should overdo his zeal. Some of his condemnations were so flagrantly unjust as to amaze Imperialists and Republicans alike. But if such exoesses injured the Emperor, they did not in jure M. Delesvaux. • He was a man of lonely disposition, seldom courted any body's company, and cared nothing for the savage satires with which the journalists revenged their injuries. Just the man for the post was the late judge; but it seems that he had so much conscience that he dare not face his exposure. It is a sad revelation, and moreover it was not needed to root out the disease of Napoleonism which has so long plagued this land. Tha end has been effectually attained already. THE EMPEROR'S FORTUNE. The letter from M. Pietri, the ex-Emperor's private secretary, addressed to the London papers, affirming that his Majesty has no money invested in foreign funds, has produced the following answer, which has been sent to WilhelrnshOhe TO M. PIETRL You dare, Monsieur, to state that your sire has not so much as a centime invested in foreign funds. Now, I shall demonstrate to you, by figures, that either you speak in ignorance, or you conceal the truth. The position I filled in Paris enables me to speak with certainty of the finances of L. N. Bonaparte, and I am very sure that his treasurer, M. Thelin—a very honest man, by the way—will not contradict me. Here is a list of investments abroad (in francs) which I know to have been made by the ex- Emperor : In 1854.—With Baring Brothers, of London... 4,000,000 „ 1855.—Victoria Bank „ 1856.—With Kindlet and Co., of Vienna 3,000,000 „ 1860.—With J. B. Jecker, of Mexico „ 1863.—1 n the Tunis Loan 3,000,000 „ 1864.—1 n the Ottoman Loan „ 1866.—At New York, on mortgage by Brown Brothers „ 1867. —ln the Russian Loan, by Funder and Co., and Paz, banker at St Petersbutr 3,000,000 „ 1869.—The Empress purchased an estate in her own name, at Santander, through Don Trupita „ 1870.—The Empress purc„ha,sed another estate, at Alcoy, near Alicant 2,000,000 ~ „ Placed with Berg von Dressen, at Amsterdam, for investment 3,000,000 Total 63,000,000 It is for you, Monsieur, to say how much your master ever placed in the French funds. For my own part, I only know of one investment in the Rente made by him, and that was for the benefit of a " little lady" whose name I shall not mention.—Receive, &c., Oct. 1, 1870. MAX POL. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE OF AMIENS. According to the correspondent of the Daily News, the Prussians will meet with a determined resistance when they attack Amiens. Writing from the city on the 16th October, he says :—" This city is destined from day to day, almost from hour to hour, to become the theatre of a severe struggle. Not only the department, but those adjoining, are coalescing to make a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether, to shew how far an "open town" can resist the victorious march of the Germans. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Arras, and even Lille, hold re inforcements ready to succour the capital of Picardy. The vast majority is in favour of a vigorous resistance. The National Guard drills double time, and is in an excellent fighting mood. The men are serious and resolved, and fully cognisant of the superior advantages possessed by the invader, in arms, discipline, and the 41an resulting from uncheckered success. The Mobiles are the beat I have yet seen—are rapidly passing from conscripts into soldiers—display the effects of assiduous train- ing and , the power derived from organisation and mechanical obedience. There are also plenty 3 of regulars, who are strangers to the events from Woerth to Sedan, who _are aware the army has to regain the con fidence of the nation. As to the plan of defence, it is known only at head-quarters. If I may hazard an opinion a battle will be accepted some miles outside the city, disputing the advance up to the redoubts and barricades, where tobacco-box rifles can await till the foe comes within range, and a struggle ensues, corps ck corps, with pikes and revolvers. More terrible engines of destruction are not wanting, and the fate of Amiens will have a powerful influence on defences ' elsewhere. No four Uhlans ' will be allowed to gallop in, ddjeuner, and gallop away. The attacking force must be more than respectable. Every member of the National Guard has a revolver, and, I believe, knows how to handle it. The unenrolled citizens will do barricade duty also ; the members of the principal club in the town have requested the Corporation to be placed in a post of danger, and their position has been assigned. I find no boasting among the inhabitants. They appear to be fully impressed with the defeats the country has suffered, and the calamity now at their doors. But they are nevertheless determined to do their best to shake the great affliction off.' It will not do, they say, to allow Prussia to ride rough-shod over the country. If our country is worth living in, it is worth dying for.' Of course, when a piece of good news arrives, the Sursuns corda is pronounced, faces become bright, and wavering (if it exists) vanishes. A sortie from Paris, if obstinately fought, though unsuc cessful in its aim, points to a good time coming. It indi cates that the Gaul is beginning to remember his historic smashing blows.' There are a groat many inhabi tants from the surrounding country coming into Amiens for shelter. Some bring a large selection from their penates, but the majority display the evidence of a mug- turn in parvo of valuables. It is only the poor who remain in all cases to represent the.timid and the cautious. There is no lack of conscripts, and volunteers are numerous , from all classes and conditions of men. They brush rapidlY .s• I through th e s t reets, w i thout noise ; there is no patriot i c, • singing ; indeed, a bar from the Marseillaise would strike the ear now as a surprise. After receiving their way bill, the loaf of military bread, some insigai' l of their order, they depart as quietly as they came -- where to, is best known at the Ministry of War. Be t that strong contributions have been steadily going south wards for some time is beyond doubt." Two or three Marseilles papers are calling for a dictator ship to save and establish the Republic. One body of Freeshooters, nearly 1,000 strong, ventured as far as Corbel. There they had a skirmish with a Landwahr battalion and fell back. Late intelligence from Paris states that through the efforts of M. Rochefort, the affair of M. Flourens appear to be at an end. A letter of M. Flourens says that be never had the intention of marching on the Hotel de Ville. The prosecution against • him has been abark Boned. The Liberte says that, by way of reprisal on account of the publication of the secret papers of the Emperor found at Paris, the Bonapartists threaten on their side to publish documents which will comprise members of the old 091 3 °' sition parties. Quite right, too, if there are any document° of the kind. The Germans before Paris treat the Freeshooters w th great respect. All sorts of great feats are attributed to them. When King William rode down a day o r two since to inspect the ground before Mont-Valerien, hi° escort had a man wo un d e d i n th e l eg b y a random 1;1114 from the French outposts. Rumour would have it that Freeshooter in ambush had done the deed. The German system of punishing the innocent for the offences of the guilty goes on triumphantly. A village near Rainbouillet, where a squadron of Prussian Hussara was recently surprised at night, was burnt on the 9th by order of the Duke of Mecklenburg. The stories of the doings of the Papal Zouaves at the battle of Orleans are diverse. One writer says that feit were killed. Another declares that only sixteen out of three hundred returned alive. All agree that they fought with the utmost bravery. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says " The pea Bantry even, to say nothing of the towns, wash their hands of Bonapartism. Napoleon and his family have nothing more to expect from the present generation in France. The troubled sea of public opinion i ns ists on having its victim, and this victim is at present Napoleon 111. and the Empire." The German official paper at Nancy states that, in eon' sequence of an attack by Francs-Tireurs at Flavigny and Vezelize, on gendarmes, two of whom were wounded and six captured, the populations, whose complicity was nu' equivocal, have been fined £1,200 and £4,000. The mayors and municipal councillors have been seized as hostages. The houses whence the attack proceeded have been burnt. The Gardes Mobiles of the Basses-Pyr6n6es, the extreme southerly department of France, are being organised. They are fine men, and displayed remarkable enthusiasm' They came down from their mountains with flags flying. and uttering the ear-piercing cries which none but Basque, chests can send ou t, s i ng i ng their favourit e songs a nd dancing. On the 11th the garrison of Montmedy, as reported by telegraph, surprised the German force occupying Stenay. The latter was very small, but the enterprise was well conducted on the part of the French. Favoured by a thick fog, 500 men left Montmedy at one in the morning, surprised the German outposts, got into the town, and seized the garrison before it had time to make any resistance. A military correspondent of the Vienna Presse gives a very unfavourable report respecting the health of the German army. " I can assure you that the sanitary con• dition of the G erman army is very bad, and is becoming daily more and more deplorable, and I have had ample proofs of this at the different places where I was obliged to halt on account of the passage of the military convols. There is a tremendous amount of dysentery and typhus amongst the men, and an enormous number of them have succumbed to fatigue, and are suffering most acutely fr 01 22 rheumatism." New excesses are reported from Lyons, where " the revolutionary party have robbed the pupils of the great seminary, broken the statues, and are hindering the men from working on the fortifications." This " working on the fortifications " is a phrase which needs qualification. About three thousand men have been employed on the task ; but they belong to the party which is master of the town, and they work or smoke their pipes just as they please. Whoever may have prevented them from work ing, if anybody did so, has not inflicted any great injury upon the town. At the battle of Chevilly a soldier of the 42nd Regi ment distinguished himself by the correctness of hi , : aim. Each of his shots took effect and killed an enemy. All at once a shell exploded near him, and injured his hands in a frightful manner. His right hand was taken off, and three fingers torn from the left one. Though mutilated he stepped from the ranks, and with the utmost sangfroid asked permission from his captain to retire, as if he were making the request in the ordinary manner. This soldier was made corporal the day before the battle, and had pre viously furnished proofs of his courage and self-denial. He was on board the Abbattucci when the vessel was shipwrecked, and was able to save the lives of a g reat many passengers. The Times correspondent at Lyons writes :—" The French nation is profoundly penetrated with tho con viction that it is only by a new form of Government, _ . either Republican or under a new dynasty, that it call realise those political aspirations which it has so long and so vainly cherished. It i s d e t erm i ne d no t _ again to be duped by the man who betrayed its liberties eighteen years ago, and it prefers rather to risk the possibility of outrages on the part of Socialists than of another coup d'etat. If it must choose between demagogue like our Lyonese agitator Saigne, of horribly suggestive name, and the Emperor, it will choose Saigne. Many years have elapsed since it tried Saigne, and he may have got tolerably tame since then; besides, it may hope somehow or other to muzzle him, but it knows exactly what the dynasty is." IMPERIAL PREPARATIONS FOR A CAMPAIGN.-- Prior to his departure for the campaign the Emperor Napoleon manifested the greatest anxiety to give direc tions for his private establishment and his table. Some notes have been published with respect to the duties of the aides-de-camp and the officers of the ordnance, which will figure strangely in the history of the time. Among other rules, it was said that every day there must be two tables spread, whether in the bivouac or at the halting places, in order that the Emperor might make as many invitations as he pleased. Most elaborate details were entered into respecting the various arrangements and the different degrees of service suitable for the Emperor and the Adjutant-General, who was to preside at the second table. Each service was to consist of a maitre d'hotel, cooks, and other assistants. The service of the valets-de-chambre of the Emperor was to be carried in the waggons belonging to his Majesty, but a different service was instituted for the valets-de-chambre of the aides-de-camp and officers. Tho baggage of the Emperor was to be escorted by a brigadier and six gendarmes of the squadron of the guard. The baggage-waggons were to be always under the direc- tion of the courier of the Emperor. [ ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Pimples, carbuncles, &c., are always v exa ti ous comp l a i nts , sometimes even attended with danger. These maladies arise from some obstruction to the free circulation of the blood through the blood vessels or capillaries ; and the only mode of rational cure consists in removing the local impediment at the same time that any impurity engen dered by the stoppage should be filtered from the blood. Holloway's Ointment applied to the part effect the former, his Pills accomplish the latter object. The inflamed skin derives softness, coolness, and ease from th e a ppli ca ti o n of this unguent which gradually penetrates to the affected tissues, soon restores the circulation and its channels to a healthy condition, and saves the sufferer from most serious diseases. 9 7 dis BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at Eldon Lodge, Victoria-road, Ken sington, Mrs. Edward H. Corbould, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at 5, Vanbrugh-park, Blackheath, the wife of Edward Pembroke, of a daughter. I AIARMAGES. On the 15th inst., at All Souls', Langham-place, William Henry, youngest son of John Smith, Esq., of Bristol, to Annie Emily, elder daughter of the late Edwin Hatton, Esq., of Regent-street, and Camden-town. On the 13th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Syl vester Trant Richmond, of Ceylon, to Catherine Char lotto only daughter of the late William A m b rose Davy" son, Esq. DEATHS. On thejl4th inst., Thomas Frewon, Esq., of Brickwall House, DTorthiam, Sussex, aged 59. On the 14th inst., at The Park, Millbrook, Southampton, Miss Hay, aged 76. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Wednesday, October 19, 1870.