The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Much quietness has been noticed in the stock markets to-day. The business doing in all classes of securities has been on a very moderate scale, and the quotations have been entirely free from any violent fluctuations. A fair amount of steadiness was observable at the commence ment, but the tone at the close was rather unfavourable. Consols have been quiet, at 91k, 92 ex div. for delivery, and 92, 924 ex div. for January. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91k, 92 ; Bank Stock, 230, 232 ; and Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. India Five per Cents, 110, 119 i ex div. ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. Next to nothing has been doing in English Railway Stooks, and the quotation 4 have been without appreciable change.- Brighton stock has been 1 better at 411, 42. Metropolitan is quoted at 641, 65 ; Caledonian, 82, 821 ; South Eastern, 741, 75 ; Great Northern A, 1351, 1361 ; Great Eastern, 38-1, 391-; North Eastern, 1441, 144 i; Midland, 1281, 129; North Western, 1281, 1281, and Great Western, 701, 701. Transactious' in Indian Railway Stocks have been on a limited scale ; East Indian, 1101; Great Indian Penin sula, 1071, 4 ; Great Southern of India, 1041; Madras, 1051; and Scinde, 103. For Canadian Shares there has been very little inquiry. Foreign Shares have been dull; Bahia and San Francisco, 17k ; Great Luxembourg, 114 ; and Lombards, 141. Although the transactions in foreign bonds have been on a limited scale, the tone of the market has not been unfavourable. Egyptian (1868) at 771, 771; Spanish (1867), 31k, 31A ; and Turkish (1869), sq, 511, are each / per cent. better. Peruvian (1865)are quoted at9ll, 92; Italian (1861), 554, 56; Spanish (1869), at 31, 31/; Turkish Five per Cents, 441, 441; Mexican, 13/, 14k; French Scrip, / to 1 prem. ; American securities have been in limited request; the Five-Twenties (1882) honds have been done at 88g, 881; ditto (1885), 87k, 881; Erie shares, 19:-2, 20 ; and Illinois Central, 1101, 1111. In bank shares next to nothing has been doing. Con solidated, 4 15-16 ; Imperial Ottoman, 12, i; London and County, 49k, ; and Union of Australia, 42. Telegraph shares have been firm. British Indian Sub marine, 64, 7 ; Falmouth, 91, lok ; Silver's Indiarubber, 42, 43; and Telegraph Construction, 26 R. For miscellaneous securities the demand has been to a very moderate extent. Ebbw Vale, 18a ; General Credit and Discount, 7i ; Hudson's Bay, 8,8 i; and Ocean Marine, 18k. The sum of 1:9,000 in sovereigns has been withdrawn for shipment to Alexandria. There has been rather less demand for bills, and the ten dency has been slightly more favourable. At Mark-lane to-day wheat sold quietly, but at full prices. In the discount market there has ben a good supply of capita]. The demand for accommodation has been to a limited extent, and three months' paper has been nego tiated at 21 per cent. _ _ The half-yearly report of the African Steamship Com pany,, to, be presented on the 14th inst., recommends a dividend of Bs. per share, which will absorb about £4,909 and leaves £5,456. The contract with the Government expires in 1872, and the requited two years' notice of its cessation has been received, but at the proper time the directors will negotiate for a renewal. Thedirectors of the Bank of Roumania have announced a payment on the Ist January next of Bs. per share, being 5 per' cent. per annum upon the paid.up capital of the bank, on account of the profits of the current year. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 35, 25 40 ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months' date, 25 60, 25 70 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 30, 25 40 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 90, 26 95 Amsterdam, short date, 11 18, 11 19 ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 1201, 121; Ramburgh, ditto, 13 11, 13 11i ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120+, 120 i ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 62k, 12 67} ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 294, 292 ; Madrid,. ditto, 49k, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto, 49i, 49 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 52+, 52+. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST DEICES,-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. 100 Viceroy of Egypt p o 50 P and 0 Steam 47 49 - Mortgage Loau.... 78 80 . 171. 81 , 791, 9, 80 10 Do do New. 1867 3 I die 100 fildyp 9 p cV' roy Loan, 50 Rhynmey Iron guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 15 Do New Bl 91 951 69 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-st Warehouse ILI 71 Bprn 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 25 WI 100 Fyn and Colonial Gov 261, a, 6 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 2 Thames and Mersey 988 Marine Insur (L 7i Gen Credt &Bigot (L) a 8 dis St. Tobacco 6 pis Loan 14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 28 guar by Italian Gov. 87 89 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 Rills 5 Trust and Loan CO of 6 5-16, 8 Upper Canada 17 Hudson's Bay BBB 5Cr Marine, Lvpool (L 4!4;i. , n 8 3-16, 8 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 '23 45 Indrbbr,GutPer,and 6 UnitedDisCorprn (I, 1) 1 ,(1 s Tel Works L) .... 42 43 5 UnivMarinolnsur iL% 61.7 :limn • 424, 3, 21 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 .I , s 5 Intend Finan SociL) nladis 31 GOVERIIIIENT SECURITIES. nave licr ()oat Console 919 98 Viot 5p a Jan & JulylB9l. 10311041 011, 24, 2, gad 104, 9 Do for Account 92 929 Brazilia4, 1865, 5p o .... 92 93 929 x d 92L 2 Three per Cen t Reduced 911 92 Egyptian 180, 7p0.. .. 79 81 Alai, 2 2 lio nail Deben 7 p a .. 100 102 C Nrw :per Cent 911, . ', Italian, 1865 , ,5 p a -,. Ex chequer Bills, March 10 15pin 15s pm Peruvian. 1885, 5p a Do, June lO 15om 919, 1 pm Portuguese 1869 3po .. 32 33 *lank Stock 11ndia 5 per Cents 1109, 9, 10 x d 1)0 Nicolas 4pa ~ 6B 67 It.dia Bonds — 661, 1 pin Spanish. 1867. 3 pa CanB pc Ja t i&Julyll77-31 103 135 311 1031 Do, 1869, 3 p a Do March & Sept. 162 104 319, 9, 309 Do 5 p c 79 an & July .. 97 98 Turkish. 799 1851, 6p e 7B 80 9 Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 98 Do. 1865, 5p 0 Doan of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 93 46 , 19 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p c November 1878 166 108 63 Mauritius 6p c Jan and 11.5.5-20 Bonds,6 p o 1361 83J 889 JulylB73 lO3 105 889, 9 New Males 5 p clB7l-76 10111Q21 Do do 1885 871 889 .New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 889. 9 Do 5p a .Do 5p c Consolidated 931 991 879 ' 991 • ErieSha,loo (lois, ail paid I.)odp c Mar&Sept 1891 106 108 Illinois Central. Shares .. 11 - 011 - 119 Do June & DeclB9l 105 107 111, 109 Viet 6PeJat, &July 1891 115 117 Atlantic and (.1 Wlt Con DeApril.Oct 1833-85 11111121 Mortgage Bonds — 1111„ 121, 111 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 825, 3, 24 35, 44 Great Eastern 39, 1, 81, 3, 1 3 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northeru 1245 155 . Do A . 135 136 Greatlndian Peng ss , c 107 108 Great IVestern 691 703 1 0 7 i, 1 701. 70 Groat Western ofCanada 131 14 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13241334 14 3 1322 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 Lo.n. Brigh. and S Coast 41 414 Do 55 do. 1877-8 94 96 .41 954 Lon, Chat. and Dover .. 121 1 3 Do 3 p c pret. issued 80 Idisinin 1 21. '4 , i Madras guar 5 p a 1r...0n and North-Western 128 12.84 1054 1285, 4 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and South-Western 90 91 6p c Ist Prat Bonds 904,5 Oude and Rohilkund g Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 454 5p a 451..5, 1 1931 Metropolitan 641 Delhi guar 5 p o Midland 12811281 103, 21 1281, 4 Bahia and Situ Francisco North British North-EasternConsols.. 14411441 121 1449, 1. i Belgian EJutiatien „. 2j 2 1 South-Eastern 745 75 Buenos Ayres Gt Stb.:n.. 145 25 75145 Dunaburg and Witapsk 124 183 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 75 77 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23' 3onthay, Baratta, and Eastern of France — Central o4l India, g 5 p c.. 10 4 105 Great L uxembour g 1 111 Buff and Lake Huron —3/ 41 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Do 55 pc 80nd5,187 2 - 3-4 71 81 7 P a Cape guar 6p a East Bengal guar 5p c lO4 105 Worthen' of France .... East Indian, g 5 p a 110, 5 Recife and San Francisco Grand Trunk Canada 11 San Paulo (14 gur 7p o 201 201 _Do Equip Mort Bud 1 201, 1 char ß94 I ge 6p c 4 1),•,/uLl do Scrip .... ldis lam Southern of France .... -...- 1120 let Fret Bonds 54 56 51,1, A BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (14 A .„. 71 si 20 Lon Char of Austere 24 25 25 Alliance (1.1 10 Anglo-Austrian 161 491, t 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21 211 15 London Joint-Stock 331 :41 211 x d 2.9 Lou and Westmnster 63 64 50 British N American 53 55 63;, 1 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 10 Metropolitan Bl, 9 25 Char Merc of India 23 24 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (1 - . 4 15-16, 5 25 Union of Australia.. 411 421 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus a 18 17 42, 11, 1 20 Imperial ILI 10 Imperial Ottoman 12, 1 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. l'A I'd • 100 Anglo-A me rican L) 78 80 10 Great Northern .... lit i ii 79, 80! 6 Great N. China, and 10 Angio-Meditrn (L) 123 120 Japan Extension.. 21 2 die 124 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 11 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c - and Malta (L) .... 56 6 13 British Auatraln (L) 4l 4 . 1 i 4 5: f 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 41 6 10 British Ind Erten (L). 6 6} 21 Pains and S. Pcfc(L) 121 die 10 British Indian Sub- die marine, (r.) 7. Q. i, i 20 Soc Trans France (LI 131 131 7 ChinaSubmarine(L) 51 Ms 100 Submarine 237 242 1: Do Scrip 2l 21 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 18 IY Judi aSt Pau am a( L) 41 a aml Malta (I,i 96, 106, 911-16, 13-16 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pa Pd % Anglo-Austrian End- 20 It Irrig Can Cavour n 4 holders' Certificate 11 21 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re -10 BerliuWaterworks(L) 145 151 deemable 1870 . 63 65 30 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 30 35pm. 30 London Fin Assoe(L) 20 18d1s 100 Boston City (U.S. 5 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 p c Sterling Loan Al 53 2 15-16. 4 Brit it Fgn Marine( Ll 25 !lpm 2 Lou & Prov Marine 14 11 pm 25 Canada Company. 73 75 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon Company L) 3) 3 die gsn c by Ind Gov. 101 102 35 City Offices (L) 25 24 dis 1011,1, 1 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assuruce 2i3ipm 5 N at n l DisctComp IL ) U t 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (LI 2 21 25 N Zealand Loan and 2 Mere Agency IL) .. 15 pm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do Gp c Pens Deb., 109 114 65 N 13rltsh amnion (L) 28 28t 3 271 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 9 %dig 5 OceanMarinelnsur 135 14pm 1.8:. 181 rim SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1870 TILE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR. a O. TREVELYAN, M.P., ON AI: \I SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL, BART., M.P. ADMINISTRATION. Yesterday, at the Mansion House, before the Lord Mayor, the adjourned examination into the allegations against Sir William Russell took place. The defendant is charged with an offence against the bankruptcy, in having, as it was alleged, within four months of a petition being lodged against him in bankruptcy, disposed of a quantity of goods obtained upon credit other than in the ordinary course of business. The goods in question were a quantity of iron rails, valued at front £2,500 to £3,000, and which were supplied from the works of Mr. Swift, of Sheffield. The Hon. A. H. Thesiger appeared for the defendant, the prosecution being conducted by Mr.. Metcalfe. Mr. Pooley, jun., who was in s ii; "William's service, and who at the last . examination gave eviddnce as to his being sent by the defendant to obtain an advance on the rails, now said that the limit mentioned was £1,500, and if he could not get that . sum he was to return. He received instructions on the 24th November, 1869, and went to Stoke-on-Trent two days afterwards to see a man named Fisher, on the subject.—The bankruptcy proceedings in the several petitions filed in February and April 1870 were put in ; a clerk from the Queen's Bench produced. the register of judg ments signed against the defendant from October to December, 1869, amounting to several thousand pounds, and evidence as to various judgments against defen dant in the Court of Exchequer in 1869 and 1870, for several sums of about £B,OOO, one of £50,000, and others for smaller amounts, was also given. In reply to questions from Mr. Thesiger, it was stated that it was impossible to say -if the judgments had been satisfied unless the satisfaction was made through, and. according to, the rule of the Courts. In some cases this had been done, and it might be that in others the judgments had been satisfied outside of the Courts and privately. The' prosecutor ' was then recalled, and said that when Heslopp first came to him he said he was the agent of Sir William Russell, and was authorised by him to purchase 500 tons of iron rails for a lino of rail way. Heslopp gave hint Sir William's ref e rences,• and as they were satisfactory, he told Heslopp he could have the • rails on Sir William's acceptance. The negotiation, therefore, was concluded. In cross-examination witness said the rails cost him £2,437 10s., and he gave Heslopp £220 for bringing him the customer. Heslopp was not acting as witness's agent. Heslopp committed suicide, but he did not know he had previously got into difficulties. Heslopp committed suicide some time in February. This prose cution was suggested to him by Smith, witness's own agent. Witness had never consented to his bankers prov ing for the amount of the bill. He got the bill back from his bankers for the purpose of these proceedings. He might also have said that he wanted to take proceedings against the Gloucestershire Banking Company, who had given a favourable account of Sir William.—Re-examined: When I got the bill back, I had been advised by my soli citor as to proceedings against both parties. It was usual to pay the buyer's agent a commission. Witness would have cleared about £l5O by the transaction. - In reply to further questions from Mr. Thesiger, the prosecutor said there was no entry in his books debiting the defendant with the rails. He was not aware lie had previously said he believed the sum was debited to Sir William. He knew it was not so charged. There was no reference to Sir William except in his bill-book. Several letters . bad passed between him and after persons about the transaction, but defendant's name was never mentioned in them. He . knew that Hutchings was the contractor of the line for which the rails were wanted, and it was at first proposed that witness should take Hutchings's acceptance, guaranteed by a London firm, named Cotterell. In re-examination witness said that Heslopp was introduced to him as Sir William's agent, and two propositions were made : first, that Hutchings'sbill should be taken in payment, guaranteed by Cotterell and, second, that Hutchings should draw a bill, and Sir William accoept it. He looked upon the latter as the purchaser, and just after the propositions were made he received a letter from the brokers, acting in the matter, saying, " You have never replied to Sir William's offer. "—Mr. Thesiger here said that there were a large number of letters which had passed between prosecutor,' Heslopp, Watson, and others with reference to this matter, and if a further adjournment took place he must ask that he should have access to them so that he might make himself fully acquainted with their contents, because he should chew if Watson and Heslopp - had used Sir William's name they had done so most improperly, and that it was not a pur chase on-his part, but on the part of Hutchings, for the Railway Company. Ho should like every letter put be. fore his lordship, so that the matter might be sifted to the bottom. The Lord Mayor said, the learned counsel was entitled..to this.-7-Witness was subjected to a further searching. cross-examination, the object being to shew that .the whole transaction was concluded without any communication direct with 'Sir William, and his `answers were in many 'respects obtained with great difficulty, and not until severe ,pressure was applied. Mr. Thesiger asked that the further hearing might be adjourned in order that he might see the whole of the correspondence before concluding his cross-examina tion. :He said, emphatically, he made a charge of con spiracy against some of the parties concerned, and declared he should shew conclusively that Sir William had nothing to do with the purchase of the rails. After a warm altercation between the. learned counsel on the subject, it was agreed that the solicitor for the prosecu tion should hold the letters.—Mr. Thesiger said directly the evidence was concluded he should be prepared to ad dress-his Lordship and meet the case, and the further hearing was then adjourned. 04 Thursday evening, Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan, M.P., delivered an address on the reform of our army, at the Co-operative Hall, Rochdale. • Mr. TREVELYAN recapitulated the arguments which he • had adduced on the previous evening against the purchase system. He said that in the Cabinet, in the , House of Commons, but to a greater extent in the country, there was a deep-seated feeling, even among those who had not an intimate acquaintance with military matters, that there was something very wrong in the Horse Guthds. ' The Duke of Cambridge had • his merits. He had'n great knowledge of military detail.' He was a man of great public spirit, but he was not' the man of the time.' lATIO they wanted was a man whose mind was open to rece,ive new impressions.. Of all the public men of whom he had read anything, the mind of the DUke of Cam bridge was the most constitutionally closed against all ne' impressions. They wanted a man who felt intensely that the great thing to be • done was to raise the British soldier: . The Duke 'of Cambridge had been fourteen years at the-Horse Guards, and still all the petty regulations by which' the soldier was made to feel that he was a machine- had been kept up. 'None had been altered except by decided pressure, and some he refused to alter still. He was utterly unable to under stand what a member of Parliament, representing a large constituency, was afraid of on this question. A great many papers were afraid, for reasons best knon to themselves, .to say what was known to he the 7.ruth—that as long as the Duke 'of Cambridge held his resent office they could only go from bad to worse, from one depth of inefficiency and extravagance to another. He had been told, not in the newspapers, but in private, that they should not . attack an executive officer like the Duke of Cambridge. The question however, • was. not of attacking anybody. He did not think that the motive which kept the pUblic from attacking the Duke of Cambridge was the chivalrous feeling that he was too humble an to be attacked. ' The ques tion was not of attacking anybOdy, but to Point out to the Ministry the obstacles which 'must be removed befO're they tould have a national army. He believed that the greatest obstacle which existed, and the Most critical abuse, was the 'presence of an officer 'great with the prestige . of long service; still greater with the prestige of his exalted rank in the office of commander-in-chief. Such a position should never be filled by 'such a man. If they continued that officer in his post, the consequence would be that the GoVernment would adopt every wrong or half measure, which, in so far as referred to the army, was; worse than no measure Cat all, and when the session andimillions were spent they ' would end by being where they were before. (Cheers.) . MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.—The grain trade :L Mark-lane to-day continues to exhibit a very firm appearance. The business passing is on an extensive scale, et prices tending towards further improvement. There is . only a small show of English wheat on sale, but the receipts from abroad are tolerably good. Sales in all descriptions are effected briskly, at fully pre vious quotations, and in some instances ls. per quarter more money: 'Earley is in fair supply and request for grinding samples, but malting parcels are purchased quietly, and prices are with diffichlty maintained. Malt is depressed, but values are un changed. There is a large supply of oats on offer, nevertheless the trade is animated, and occasionally a slight advance is realised. Beans, peas, and maize are in healthy demand, at firm cutTeaidies. Flour is disposed of with activity, and prices rule firm. Arrivals : English and Scotch—Wheat, 320 qrs.; barley, 810 qts.; malt, 800 qrs. ; and peas. 40 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 16,570 qrs. ; barley, 980 qrs. : oats, 30,560 qrs. ; beans. 110 qrs. ; and flour, 390 sacks. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, ERlDAY.—Opening report.— This market opened steady to-day, with a moderate attendance of buyers. Imports :6-Wheat, 22,488 ; barley, 330 ; beans, 995 ; peas, 21933; oats, 135 quarters ; flour, 284 sacks, 3,211 barrels ; oatmeal, 3,316 loads. Closing Report.—Of wheat to-day there was a mbderate consumptive demand at late rates. Flour was dull and unaltered in price. Barley, beans, and pease were the same. Oats and oatmeal sold at Tuesday's prices. Indian corn was in _moderate request at 3d. less. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The wheat trade at this Market was very quiet to-day. Factors do not succeed in establishing any advance on last Friday's prices. Barley is in limited deMand atlate rates. In beans and oats there is no material change. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRlDAY.—Everything at this market to-day was firm in pride, with a tendency to a rise. In some cases 6d. advance was obtained: METROPOLITAN MEAT 31ARKET, FRIDAY.—There were moderate supplies of meat on sale at the market to-day. Fos all descriptions there was a moderate inquiry, at fully the rates Dreviotisly current. Per Sibs. by the carcase :—lnferior beef, Ss: 8(1: to 4s. Od.: middling do., 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large do., 4s. • 8(1. to ss. Od.; prime small do., ss. Od. to`ss. 4d. inferior mutton Is. Bd. to .4s. 4d. middling do., 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10(1.; prime do., ss. Od. to ss. 4d. ; veal, 4s. 10d. to ss. 4d.: large pork, 4s. Od. to ss. Od.; small pork, ss. Od. to ss. ad. LONDON WOOL MARKET: FRIDAY.—The business doing in colonial wool has been on a fair average scale, and the quota tions have been well maintained. English wool has been steady in value and inquiry. LONDON METAL MARKET, FRIDAY.—Tin is firm, at £l3O cash for Straits and Banco. Spelter maintains its value, at £l7 108 to £lB. Copper tend: upwards : the last price paid for Regulus was 12s. 6d. ; more is now asked. Scotch pig iron quiet, at 51s. sd. to 51s. 6d. cash. Lead firm, at late rates. LONDON OIL MARKET, FRlDAY.—Linseed is dull and easier. London Ns. ed. sellers ; Hull, 295. 3d. spot and all the year ; 30s. ed. first four months. Rape dull. Olive oil firmer, at £4B to £49 for Gallipoli, and Magadorre, £45 10s. to £46. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, FRIDAY.-For Russian the market_ is steady. Y.C. 435. 6d. spot, 445. 6d. March. Fine mutton ranged up to 445. 6d. to 445. 9d., and fine beef up to 425. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, FEU DAL-The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets have been only moderate. There has been a steady business doing, at our quotations :-English Shaws, 90s. to 100 s. ;* Regents, 60s. to 85s. ; Switch Regents, 655. to 80s. ; Rocks, 50s, to 655. BOROUGH . HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.-In the hop market there has been an absence of any important feature. Fair sup plies of produce have been on sale. Choice and medium grades have been , purchased with tolerable freedom, at steady cur rencies. Other qualities have sold slowly. Mid and East Kents, £1155.• to £7; Weald of Kents, £1 15s. to £3 155. ; Sussex, £1 10s. to £3 10s. ' • Farnham and county, £3 15s. to £6 6s. and olds, £1 to . £2 10s. per cwt. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKETS, Far- DAY.- , Sugar : Both raw and refined are in good demand, at an advance of 6d. per cwt. on the week. Privately a good busi ness is doing in Manilla and other East India sugars, at about 245. per cwt'; Demerara, 19s. 6d.; Dhollerah, 225. 6d. Beetroot, fair yellow, 295. ad. to 30s. Tea : The market is rather less animated, but prices are without any important change. Coffee IS in moderate request, at late rates. Plantation, small to good bold colony, 575. to 70s. : and small to bold grey, 555. to 61s. 6(1. per cwt. Fine ordinary native quoted 525. to 525. 6d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Opening report. —This market opened quiet to-day, without change. Prob.:ado sales, 10,000 bales. 'lmports, 8,911 bales. Second report.—The total weekly returns for this market are as follows :—lmports, 43,420 bales ; sales, 71,070 bales ; trade, 51,800 bales ; reported on speculation, 3,470 bales ; reported export, 15,800 bales ; actual' export, 14,593 ; 'stock, 370,750, against 319,220 same time last year. Closing report.—This market to-day closed without change. Sales 12,000 bales. SOUTH WALES IRON TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—A more satisfactory aspect characterises the iron trade to-day than we have been able to report for some weeks. The virtual settle ment of the eastern question tends to reassure the ironmasters, many of whom have large dealings with Muscovite purchasers. The anticipated close of the Franco-German war is also hope fully regarded. Important contracts from foreign markets, and especially on Austrian account, are looked forward to. The United States! requirements will, no doubt, shortly increase. The works'are fairly employed upon home business. Iron is being produced more largely than for some time past, additional fur naces being put in blast. In the district, bars are in fair re quest, but no improvement can be reported in the tin plate trade.- The demand for steam coal continues active. House coals are in increased request. Coke is largely inquired for. CORK BUTTER MARKET, ERIDAY. Ordinary firsts, 1345.: sec,onds, 1245.; thirds, 1135.; fourths, 1035.; fifths, 965.; sixths, 678.; 1,200 firkins in the market. Mild-cured—firsts, no change ; 56 fißif4:ls in the market. LAW AND POLICE, FRACAS AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Mr. Joseph Groome, a builder, was re-examined at the Westminster Police_ court, charged with assaulting the Station Inspector at the Sloane-square Station of the Metropolitan Railway. Mr. W.D. Smyth defended. Th© evidence lox the coin, plainant alleged that the defendant was drunk' at the station and knocked a passenger down ; he was put out a the station and returned, striking the inspector a deliber ate blow, cutting his nose severely. Mr. Smyth cross examined the witnesses at great length, and stated that his client was a roan of position and respectability, but had been grossly ill-treated by the Uailway officials, who had trod on his toes, thrown him out of the gtation, and smashed his hat ; if any blow was given by the prisoner was a pure accident, given in a general scuffle ; a person did fail down, but it was a friend of the defendant. Witnesses &moil to these facts, and clearly proved that the defendant was roanbly handled and jeered at by the porter ; he was thrown Out with violence, and his hat smashed. Mr. Arnold was of opinion that there was no premeditation, and bound the defendant over in his own recognisance to keep the peace : at the same time the in speotor was justified in removing the defendant, even if the person he knocked down Were his friend. A SNAPPER UP OF 13 - NEONSII)ERED TRIFLES.—EIIen Murphy, a stout well-fed Irishwoman, was brenght up on remand before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-purt, charged with being in the unlawful possession of a variety of articles which had been stolen or unlawfully procured. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was taken into custody a few days ago by Sheppard, a detective of the H division, and he would read from the police-sheet a list of articles found upon her :—A piece of pork, a breast of mutton, a piece of beef, a loin of veal, 2 potatoes, 2 odd boots, both e w ; 3 herrings, a pig's foot, 3 - apples, an orange, a lump of hmon, a. piece of fur, and a child's frock, and a quan tity of Brazil nuts„ He called on the prisoner to give a satisfactory account , o f bow she became possesed of the artialo. The prisoner said that shp hqnght them for her daughter's alai, who was going to America„ the linci of the free.: Mr. Paget : You did not buy herrings for lie,cllild i The prisoner Faith, I did for a relish. Air. Paget: .L\Ta,me any place where you bought any of those things and I will send the officer there to make inquiries as to the truth of what you say. Prisoner : My memory is all gone entirely. Mr. Paget ; I believe you stole those things, and I sen tence you to two ponths' imprisonment, with hard Labour. In the Divorce Court, before Lord Penzance, the pg,use. of " Mirehouse V. Mirehouse ". was heard. Tt was a wife's 'petition for a judicial separation, on the ground of her husband's adultery. The 440nd did not deny the allegation, but pleaded that his wife had also been guilty of adultery. The case was a somewhat singular one, the respondent having been a captain in the army, with an income of £1,400 a year. After living two or three years with the petitioner he married her. There were frequent quarrels, and they ultimately separated, the husband making an allowancp of £5OO a ye ix, with servants, &o. Mrs. Mirehouse made the acquaintance of a gentleman named Wallace, and the letters alleged to have been written by her to him 7,yepp the principal evidence of her guilt. One commenced "My dear, dear, dearest Fred.," and at that time Wallace was only 18 years of age.—Mrs. Mirehouse was asked if she admitted the letters to be hers ; but for a long time she would not make up her mind, and then only said, They are such good imitations, that I cannot swear to them not being mine; but the expressions are not mine." — Lord. Penzance said if she swore the letters were not hers, she would be placed in a very serious position.—The wit ness then stated she would not swear they were not hers. —Lord Penzance was glad of that, as if .the petitioner had taken the other course, it would have been the duty of someone to have brought her before another tribunal.—The jury then found that both petitioners b a d committed adultery, and the judge dismissed the petition. DESTRUCTIVE FIRM AT MANCHESTER.--Yester day morning a fire broke out iu a chair manufactory be longing to Mr. Reilly, at Hulme, 04,e of th e di s t r i c t s round Manchester. The fire i•aged from six o'clock till nearly ten o'clock, causing damage to the extent`: of £lO,OOO. The building was formerly used as a cotton mill, and was four storeys in height. A. large fire brigade was engaged in attempting to extinguish the fire, and worked for three hours, but the supply of water was in sufficient, and the works were completely gutted. STORM AT SOUTH SHIELDS, During the whole of Thursday, at South Shields, a strong -wind blew from the north-east. In the evening it increased to a heavy gale. The sea rose rapidly, and dashed.with great violence above the bar. About mid night' the wind changed to east by south, and was 'blowing from the same direction, with great fury, at the latest accounts. About seven o'clock this morning signal guns of distress were fired from her Majesty's ship Castor s lying in the Tyne, It soon became known that a large screw collier, the Eagle, of London, was aground ; but fortunately the tide was considerably back. As soon as day broke Use crew were observed to be clinging to the rigging. The vessel having drifted • within gOO yards of the South pier became firmly embedded . in the sand. The two large lifeboats' belonging, to South Shields, and also one belonging to North Shields, were quickly manned: After the life boat Tyne, of South Shields, had made many unsuccessful attempts to get near the collier, with the assistance of a tow line she at .last got alongside of the vessel, took Off tlit crew of seventeen hands, all told, and landed them at the Cables lauding, South Shields. The captain, John- Seddall, of Woolwicli, reports that he left 'the' Tyne yesterday afternoon, with the Eagle- of and bound to Landon, laden with coals. Shortly after leaving the Tyne she experienced bad weather, and about half-past ten last night, when off Whitby, the pumps got choked, when it was resolved to put back to Newcastle. Losing her steering apparatuS, and her fires being extinguished by a heavy sea, the vessel was allowed to drift. The crew reckon it little short of a miracle that they were saved. It is doubtful whether the vessel will he saved, though it is possible she may float off by next tide. The Eagle is owned by a London firm, and is about 600 tons. It is said she is insured. 'the powder recently seized at Blaelcwall-stairs by the Thames police has been taken to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, where it remains in a barge moored between the Red Buoy and the Talbot powder magazine. It con sists of five tons, in 100 barrels containing 1101 b. each. It is awaiting the orders of the War Department. Dr. medical officer of health for Newington, has offered an excellent practical suggestion t 9 his vestry, which is that they should utilise one or more of the nume rous railway arches in that district for a mortuary, and for establishing a public disinfecting apparatus. Both these conveniences, rather we should say necessaries, ought to exist in every district. On Thursday the liQlf-yearly meeting of the Royal 4gricultural Society of England was held in Hanover square, London, Lord Vernon presiding. The 'organise,- tion now numbers 5,60 a znernbers—P, nunAeT whinh, in the opinion of one of the speakers, would be quadrupled if the true principles of the society were thoroughly under stood by the farmers of England. The Lancet understands that a project, originating with Sir William Fergusson, is on foot to form a national collection of surgical instruments in connection with the Museum of the College of Surgeons—such a collection as shall serve to illustrate, as far as possible, the progress of faupgipo art in our country, and the improvements made 'from tune to qnan stßical , appliances and instruments, thereby inci4ntally furnishing exact data for various com parisons in the future 'touching question's of priority and the like. The meet of the Ileythrop hounds in Blenheim Park on Thursday was honoured by the presence of the Prince of Wales,'tbe Princess of \\Talcs, Prince Hassan, and a numerous company,*who, however, were doomed to disappointment as far as the pleasures of the chase were concerned, as the sharp frost of the previous night rendered it impossible to follow the hounds across country. The Royal party, however, with the hounds took a circuit round the spacious park, in which they were followed by those present. The Prince of Wales and the Egyptian Prince wore scarlet. The Princess of Wares rode in a carriage, accompanied by the Duchess of Marlborough, A large store of gqnpowdev his hepn discovered by the police in a court in tack Berry-street, - 4,lyfirpool. Major Greig, the Chief Constable of that borough; received a note on the subject, in consequence of which he sent a detective officer to make inquiries. He saw Mr. David Miles, the officer for a neNt railway, who said that in consequence of requiring the powder for blasting purposes for carrying on the works, Alt the 25th tilt he placed eight quarter-barrels of powder, about 200 lb, h the middle room of an unoccupied }mute. The bottom room of the house was used daily by the workmen to cook their dinners. Under these circumstances, proceedings were taken against Afilps, whq was fined 25 and costs. SERIOUS CHARQR 4.q4INsT A CLERGYALiN.—The Rev. James John Merest, vicar of liptcn finodsbiu r y t in Worcestershire, an elderly man, was on Thursday charged before the Bristol magistrates with falsely and fraudu lently uttering worthless cheques drawn on the Worcester Old Bank, he having no account there. It appeared that the prisoner had given them to women of the town and had signed them in the name of Matthews. It was con 'tended for the defence that the cheques were given for an immoral, and therefore illegal, consideration. The prisoner was remanded to Bridewell, being unable to obtain bail. WILLS AND BEQUESTS The will of the Right - Hon. Frederica Emma, Countess DoWager of Lanesborong, , b, relict of the Right Hon. Gedrge John Danvers, ffteenth 'earl, was proved in tile London Court, on the 30th ult., under £90,000 personalty. —The will of Count de Flahault, AuguSte Charles Joseph, senator of France, and Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, Who died at Paris on OCtober . 31st last, Was ad ministered to in London under 24,000 personalty, in En - gland. —The will of - the Hon. Lady Ha,friet` Bagot Was proved in the London Court under £13,000. Her ladyship, who died on October 18 last was the relict! of the Hon. and Right Rev. Richard Bagot,, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ox ford.—The will of Thomas Thornton, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey, was proved in London on the 29th ultimo. The personalty is sworn under £900;000.. The testator died on the 27th ultimo. He leaves 400 to each of the. following institutions, viz.:—The Asylum for , Idiots at Earlswpod, the Asylum for, • Fatherless , Child ren: at Reedham, the British Infant, and London Orphan Asylums, the Orthopcedie Hospital, the Royal HoSpital for Incurables at Putney, the National Bene volent Institution, the Female Orphan Asylum, the YoAcshire Society, the City of London. Truss Society, the Hospital for Diseases of the Chest (Victoria Park), the Asylum for the .Deaf and • Dumb, the. Royal Asylum of. St.., Ann's, the Brixton National Schools, and . the Brixton, Tulse Hill, and Herne Hill Dispen saries—all legacies free of duty. He ,leaves £l,OOO, the interest to be distributed at Christmas amongst the poor of BUrton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire; and another .£l,OOO to keep in, repair the church built by him in the same village. He leaves £2OO for a monument to his memory in the same church, and £4OO to keep in repair his two vaults in Norwood Cemetery. He , gives to Mr. J. S.. Neall and Mr.' Browne £5OO each. He leaves £l5O to his. coach- Man , William Locker, and £lOO to each servant in his service three years. He leaves two BLUM, of , £20,000 'L'hree per Cent. ConsOligated Bank ,Annuities for each of his two younger sons, William and Thomas. The residue he leaves in three equal parts between his two elder sons, Robert and Richard, and his daughter Margaret Hodgson. The testator died possessed of con siderable freehold property, and leave his estate of Cannon Hill Park, Surrey, to his son Richard ; his property at Hazen Hall, Yorkshire, to his son-in-laiv Barnard Becket Hodgson for his life, and then to his grandson Barnard T. Hodgson; his estate of the Netherland and land on Thornton Tell, Yorkshire, to his elder son, Robert, for life, and then to his grandson Robert L. Thornton; his freehold, Old Swan Wharf, London Bridge, Albion 'Wharf; Blackfriars, and Other real estate he leaves to his eldest son absolutely.—The will of Commander Charles Henry Stirling, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Excel lent; a passenger on board the merchant 'ship City of BIM- . ton,', was proved in London under £12,000 personalty. Itlustrated Londcoi News. THE DEStRITCTION OF TUE al-lIP JAPAN BY FIRE. A despatch, dated San Francisco.'November.lo, states that the ship Matchless, Captain Dawes, from Boston, hadarrived of the 9th, having on board Captain Emmens and six of thet v etew of the ship Japan, which was burnt at sea off Cape Horn. Captain Emmens gives the following 'Particulars of the disaster :—" The Japan left Liver- Pool on the . 3rd of June, with her lower hold filled with coal, and a general cargo of mer chandise between decks. On the 20 4 1 T of August, in lat. 50.25 S., long. 64:53 W., the smell of 'smoke was dis covred on board the ship, and it was supposed to arsse from some iron Ow that had been coal-tarred, and were stowed between decks.. On'thO 22nd the smell of smoke grew stronger] but on examination there Were no traces of fire to be found. On the night of the 25th' of August,. the Japan being then in lat. 57.47 S., long. 70.16 W., Captain Emmons found the smell of sMoke very strong in the cabin, and in the morning, when, the hatches were opened, the hold was discovered to be full of smoke. As soon as it cleared away Captain Efinnens went below and succeeded in working his way over the coal in the lower hold to the main hatch, where he found the smoke coming up through the coals in large volumes, accompanied with great heat. According to the appearance of things, he concluded that the fire might soon break out, so as soon as be returned on deck he ordered the hatches to be battened down, so as to stop all ventilation below. He kept the ship headed to the NrE., in hopes to make the Straits of Lamaire, about' 170'n - dies distant. On the 27th the smoke was so . strong 4in: the cabin that-he was compelled to leave it, and at about noon that day a ship was seen to the eastward. The Japan was headed off and ran down to the vessel, which proVed to be the Matchless, bound to San Francis Co. . The condition of affairs was communicated to Captain Dawes, who con sented to take the officers and crew of the Japan on board his own vessel." Captain Emniens concludes by saying that; " - knowing the fire WILS liable to break out et any time, and that there would b but a mall chance of saving ourselves in tlAe. boats, timnght ,beat to aban don the ship at crime. We left in the boats, saving but a small portion of our clothing. it was blowing heavy, and there was a thick snow squall at the time." Captain Emmaus says ha does not know when the ship burned, as there wore no signs of the vessel after she had been abandoned. ' . THE PROPOSED DOWRY TO THE PRINCESS LOUISE. -A meeting of working men; • convened by the Land and Labour League - was held on' Thursday evenirg at the Bell Tavern, Old Bailey ; Mr. Hennessey, the President of the League, in the chair. Mr. Boone moved, " That we, members of the Land and Labour League, and otheps of the indlistri4l classes, believing that it is the diify of all men Who marry to labour, and: with the results of that labour to Maintain themselves and families without asking for parish or national relief, protest against any taxation to provide a dowry for the Princess Louise on her contemplated marriage with the Marquis of Lorne'; and further, that this protest be signed .by the c h a irman of the Leagne, and'forwaTded to her Majesty's Ministers and to, all, members of Parliament." 45 con tended that if the protest did not answer the object, the working met} must take other measures to draw attention to the monstrous proposal about to be made to Parliament by a so-palled Liberal Ministry, boasting of their economy. Mr. Osman seconded the resoNtion, whieh was supported in several speeches' of 4 draw; Republican character, and carried nnanimonsly. THE SKATING SEASON will open with a novel and clever skate, which without straps or plates fits any boot, and is adjusted in a moment. Nothing pan surpass this Ameri can notion. Skaters sholild see the Forbs' Patent Acme Skates, and they cannot but purchase. The agent is J. G. Rollins, American merchant, Old Swan Wharf, London-bridge. Parties residing' in the country may order by giving the size of their boots.—.A.DvT, THE WAR. THE GREIIT SORTIES. GERXAN OFFICIAL' ACCOUNT. The Staatsanzeiger gives an account which is not in ac cordance with the narratives of 'English correspondents with the German army. It says the forces marshalled by General Trochu waS so superior that the possibility was not !altogether excluded of his intending to break through andjunite with the Army of the Loire, in order to leave Paris to its fate—that is, to a surrender. Although this pos sible attempt did not succeed, he was, as regards the num ber of his forces, in such suporiority —the ground, moreover, beirig very favourable—that he necessarily succeeded in taking those villages at the first onset. In spite, however, of these adVantages, and although he had fully 24 hours to fortify himself in these positionS, he • was not able to maintain them in the • contest of the 2nd of December . ; they were attacked at daybreak, acid again taken by oui troops, Charapigny and Brie, in particular, being re-con quered. General Trochu attempted, between nine and. ten another attack, again with superior forces, on our fortified positions between the Seine and Marne, without succeeding in an eight hours' fight in regaining the re-conquered positions." It is since admitted on all hands that they did regain them. • FRENCH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. General Trochu, speaking of the fight on the 30th, says : —" Traversing the lines of riflemen from Champigny to Brie, I received the honour and the unspeakable pleasure of being cheered by the troops, exposed to the most violent fire.' We shall doubtless have offensive returns, and this second battle will, as the first, last for a whole day. I do not know what future is reserved for these generous efforts of the troops of the Republic; but I owe this justice to theM, that, in the midst of trials of all kinds, they have deserved well of the country." Of the fight which occurred two days afterwards, he remarks : "Thursday was employed in burying the dead and in assisting the wounded. Friday morning the Prussians. furiously attacked our troops at Champigny and before Villiers. After a fierce battle of seven hours, the Prus sians were Unable to carry our positions. They left in our hands, as on Wednesday, their dead and wounded. Our troops were admirable. The losses of the enemy in the two days are estimated at 15,000 or 20,000 men. Yes terday morning an insignificant combat went on for vu hour on the same positions. In the evening our troops recrossed the Marne, without any menace on the part of the enemy, and have gone to take their positions for ulterior operations. To-day, complete calm. These two victories, have produced in Paris great enthusiasm. General R6nault, whose foot has been amputated, is doing well. General Lacharribre has died of his wounds. General Ducrot again highly distinguished himself in Friday's battle. The enemy's troops with which we were engaged on Friday were fresh, belonging for the most part to the Saxon and Wurtemberg contingents. They were above 100,000 in. number." NUMBERS OF THE FRENCH. The threo'French arMy'oorps at Troche's disposal pre vious to the great sorties reached 140,000 to 150,000. All the regulars and Mobiles• were put into column and marched away from .the forts, which were handed over to the National Guards. The regulars and Mobiles and drilled battalions of volunteers were formed into "three corps, each consisting of 170,000 :men, it is said,, all told, and it is now thought that two of these corps' were engaged': in the affairs of the 30th of November and 2nd of December, and in the smaller actions between the Seine and Marne at Chenevieres and elsewhere on the 3rd of December ; if so, the corps remains intact, and there may be at least 70,000 of the other two corps effective in addition, which would give Trechu 120,000 men available for his next attempt, if he makes it at all, GARIBALDI IN THE SOUTH, After his repulse at Dijon, Garibaldi, it 'seems, fell back on Autun with about 6,000 men, leaving his son Ricciotti at Afnay le Duc with 300 men. He soon rejoined his father, having narrowly escaped being surrounded by the enemy, who arrived two hours later at Autun with a force of seven or eight thousand men with artillery and cavalry.. Garibaldi sustained the attack bravely, and even succeeded in repulsing the Prussians. A rumour spread the next day that the Prussians, being reinforced, had compelled him to leave Autun; but this was false. The head of Garibaldi's staff states officially that the enemy sustained a fresh repulse, and retired in disorder. The Mobiles of Saone-et-Loire distinguished themselves in this affair, and were complimented by the General. It was said that these Mobiles, who were also at Dijon, had, compromised matters by their weakness, but this has been denied by the chief officers. It is most likely that they were confounded with some of the Free Corps who, before the attack, created a disturbance by declaring they were not formed to fight in line. The Bishop of Autun, M. Marguerye, has complained that a levy has been made in his palace by a captain of Freeshooters and his men, who carried off several valuable articles. The head of the Garibaldian staff, Colonel Bordoune, has professed great indignation, and an inquiry is being made into the nat,tter. PUIILIC FEELING AT MARSEILLES. A letter from Marseilles, dated December 3.rd, says : The: population has just passed through the most varied emotions. Yesterday, at one a.m., the cannon re ' sounded on the jet4es of Port-Neuf. The Prefet, M. Gent, had ordered a salute of 21 guns in honour of Duorot's successful sortie from Paris. The' Prefect himself read Gambetta's proclamation to the crowd assembled round his hotel, and the same document was read in the cafés amidst general enthusiasm. The popular imagination was still further excited when, a few hours after, the rumour spread of a fresh despatch announcing the junction of the two armies of Paris — and the Loire, Versailles sur rounded by the united forces, and sixteen hundred cannon taken by the French. This immense number naturally aroused suspicions, but the pretended despatch, whose text even was quoted, gained so much credit that some of the Municipal :COuneil communicated it to the Bourse, and the Civil Tribunal suspended its proceedings to hear it. Everywhere it was greeted with the same enthusiasm. That evening, however, the Prefecture decided to contradict it, and M. Gent made a fresh ad dress to the crowd, encouraging them to defy false rumours, probably circulated by speculators, and he pro mised, to give them as soon as possible all news he re ceived, whether good or bad. At the same time a notice was sent to the papers, counselling their readers to estimate rightly the results obtained before Paris, and not to listen too readily to exaggerations which depreciated the real successes. . The Prefect added that he had ordered judicial steps to be taken against those who had attribntpd the re port of the dispatch to himself. The public feeling expe rienced a painful reaction,. The cafes and some houses were ilinrainate4 n the evening, but a moarafid nneartainty prevailed, with a sense of the vastness of the struggle in which 700,000 or 800,000 men are engaged in the open field, without count ing the half million Mobiles and National Guards who occupy Paris. At Marseilles the work of the armaments is incessant. The Defence Committee have rejected the Gobert t de Lyon mitraillense as insufficient, and efforts are being made to improve on the naitrailleuses of the Main system, but there is a talk of other weapons, simpler and less costly, which will fire 180 balls, a minute with great precision, and can cover a space of 15, metres. The cost will not exceed 800 or 900'fralics. Experiments are to be made. One of the famous civil gnards of Marseilles has been brought before the assizes at Aix on a charge of attempted murder. The American, Train, friend of General Cluseret, has been released at Lyons, but another Southern agitator, a Jew, named Esdras Cr4mieux, has been arrested. PREPARATIONS AT LILLE. The Echo du Nord describes the aspect of Lille during the last few days as very singular :—" What iw t s hitherto been a city of workmen has become a city of soldiers. The city of machinery has been transformed into a city of arms. From dawn until night the streets are thronged with sol diers of the line, marines, mobiles, and National Guards ; the houses, barracks, and public buildings are full to over-. flowing. Never before has the famous column of 1792 been surrounded by such a host of uniforms of all colours, Forfive days this interminable defiling has, been going on. We learn .that the heights of St. Omer, upon which is establishep the camp of Elfaut, present an equally ani mated scene. It is a gathering of the northern popula tion, which is rising against the invader after the example of the South and West. Yesterday (Sunday) there was a review upon a grand scale of the mobilized National Guards of the North by General Robin. We are not in a position to divulge the secrets of the Head-quarters, nor to state what is the plan adoped ; but we can affirm that which already has beoome a public rumour, that' the gatherings of troops which we have lately witnessed are only the prelude to a forward march," PREPARATIONS AT DUNKERQUE. A letter from Dunkerque says the town has during the last few days displayed unwonted animation. The Gardes Mobiles make military promenades morning and evening, besides exercises and znanceuvres. They number more than - two thousand men, and have a good soldierly appearance. Since they have been in bar racks they have improved greatly, and their instruction has proceeded rapidly. Orders have been given for their - immediate transmission to St. Omer, and they will form a vigorous reserve of fresh and well ordered troops. All through the department the same energy i 5 perceptible, thanks in a great measure to the exertions of 3 1 - Testelin, the indefatigable commissary general. On thequaY 9 and in the harbour, as in the railway stations nothing is to be seen but vessels and waggons laden with war material for various destinations. The military engineers arc mercilessly destroying the splendid trees in the neigh bourhood. The inhabitants at last interfered and saved from destruction a few of the fine trees at Rosendael. At thlittle village of St. Pol, near Du n ke rque , th e same , des royers were at work, but the residents interposed sooner, and saved nearly all the fine avenue planted by Louis XIV. Communications .between Havre and Lille have been re-established. The Mobiles in the Orleans district are mostly well armed, but they want clothing. They are imperfectly covered for winter campaigning. ie sanitary condition of the German, armies in the field is stated to have much improved, sickness baying genbrally decreased. The lazarettoes contain, in fact 10,000 men less than at the end of October. Pr. Russell says that orders have been given to Prince Frederick Charles to urge the pursuit to the uttermost — to destroy, if possible, any nucleus, any rallying power in the great hope of France, and the great apprehension of the German leaders—the Army of the Loire. The : Berlin correspondent of the Daily News says that • from the statements of prisoners captured in the recent engagements before Paris, it is once more doubted whether the voluntary surrender of the city is as near as • was calculated. The destruction of some of the forts by heavy artillery is again contemplated. At Strasburg the restoration of the houses injured or demolished during the siege has been,f or the present for bidden, as the streets are to be laid' out on a different plan. The savings bank has been opened, and was thronged' on the first day by 1,800 persons. There appears to be a good deal of squabbling going on among the generals of the armies of Paris, and Generals Ducrot and Blanchard were oil the point of drawing their swords .on each other in presence of the enemy. The latter blamed the resolution of repassing the Marne. The weather before Paris during the last few days hag been atrocious indeed to be wounded in. Snow, a thaw, and a heavy rain have succeeded each other. To lie out in the open air for hours, with a bad, perhaps a. mortal wound, under these pitilessly inclement skies, is to have another horror added to the devilish pains and penal ties of war. There will be great difficulty in sendltig any reinforce ments to the Army of the Loire. Besancon and Lyons may spare a portion of their garrisons, and it is possible that a few thousands of Mobiles may be sent up' from the South; but already France bas been swept of troops to strengthen the Army.of the. Loire. The Army of the North, which is not at present menaced, could perhaps spare another 10,000 men, but the distance is a long one. The Due de Luynes, who fell on Friday last at Orleans was captain in a battalion of Mobiles. He he was heading his company in 'a charge when a shell carried away half his breast, killing him on the spot. He was only 30 years of age. He served formerly in the PonAcal Zouaves, returned to France, and married the daughter of the Duke of Bisaccia. He was killed on the third anniversary of his wedding day. His youngest child is only six weeks old. The Helicon, 2, paddle-wheel dispatch vessel, Com mander Henry P. Crozier, stationed at Portland, received orders on Thursday afternoon to proceed to Havre for the protection' of British interests ; the Dasher, 2, paddle wheel vessel, Commander William P. Johnson, stationed off the Channel Islands, was on Thursday ordered to Dieppe fora similar purpose ; and the Buzzard, 2, paddle wheel sloop, at Portsmouth, has been ordered to be kept in readiness to start at a moment's notice. On the morning after the great sortie from Paris, about eight o'clock, rumours of success began to be circulate d in the streets, and many of the Provision . dealers brought out stores of butter, sardines, and other comestibles of which they had previously "no more' in stock." Hams were offered in the Rue Neuve des Capucines. At about one in the afternoon the supplies fell off, and by four o'clock the dealers were again asserting that .they " had none of these things, and had had none since the in vestment. " The Prussians have a peculiar manner of dealing with Luxemburg railway plant, which shareholders in the Luxemburg company may be glad to hear of. All French railway waggons.that arrive on territory occupied by the Prussians, even with neutral goods, are immediafely confiscated, and the Luxemburg Railway being a branch of the Eastern Railway of France, its waggons are subjected to the same regulation as the others. Directly a train comes in, a man with a paint brush coolly paints out the company's distinguishing marks, and puts a Prussian one in its place, and the wag gons are then usually sent on towards Metz. The 'North German Gazette states that the prisoners taken in the sortie of the 29th included many soldiers above 40 1 years of age, who had gone through the Crimean, Italian, and Mexican campaigns. They described the service in the trenches, of which some of them had nearly three months' experience, as extremely fatiguing, and com plained of the unequal distribution of military duties, as the Mobiles, mostly cantoned between the forts and the walls, can go into Paris without any difficulty, while the troops of the active army have been consigned to the forts for nearly two months, with scarcely any interruption.. They made no complaint as to food. FRENCH AND GERMANS IN BELGIUM.—An expla nation has been forwarded to the Belgian Moniteur with respect to the different positions in which the German and French wounded in Belgium are placed. "The French," it is said, " before entering Belgium were the prisoners of Germany, who might have retained possession of them, and were only entrusted to the Belgians on condition that they should be kept as prisoners after they were cured of their wounds... The German wounded, on the contrary, were free ; they came to' Belgium. free, and without arms, on the demand of Belgium, who desired to prove her neutra lity by taking equal care of both belligerents, and they would not have been sent there could they not have left after their restoration to health. Besides these, there are Some Germans in Belgium who. entered the territory armed, and were' arrested and rightly regarded as pri soners, which is a very different affair." EX-FRENCH MINISTERS ON THEM DEFENCE.—A. long andelal,vrate letter from M. Benedetti to a personal friend has been published, in which the late French Am bassaclpr at the Court of Berlin seeks to exculpate himself from blame with regard to the declaration of war and the subsequent disasters that have accrued to France. He declares that when he was sent to Ems he was engaged for four days in negotiating and in soothing the suscepti bilities of the King of Prussia, while endeavouring to obtain the renunciation of the Prince of Hohenzollern of the Crown of Spain. The design to unite Belgium to France is entirely a Prussian conception. The Duc de Gramont has also published explanations, in which he says :—" Neither France nor its government had any thought of attacking Prussia. Only legitimate guarantees were claimed, and the: King refused all these, with the preconcerted design of making war. The unjust aggres sion came from Prussia. France was driven into war against its will." [ADvEnnsEmENT.]—Holloway's Plls.—Nothing better. After all that has been talked or written about the re moval of nervous infirmities, ample experience has fully demonstrated that these valuable Pills exert a greater and more beneficial influence over these multiform and dis heartening disorders than any other medicine. The action of Holloway's Pills is thoroughly consonant with reason. They completely relieve the blood, both head and stomach, of all faulty functions, expel all oppressive accumulations from the bowels, and purify both solids and fluids. With the blood perfect, and all poison purged from the system, regularity must prevail throughout the body, aches and pains must cease, healthful energy must supplant weariness, and shaky nerves must re gs their wholesome' tone. BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., at 23, Chesham-place, the Countess of Essex, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at 3, Clarendon-terrace, Bow, Mrs. W. Watkins, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 7th inst., at St. Paul's, Rusthall, Tunbridge-wells, William H., eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Anthony Farrington, Bart.; of Gosford House, Ottery St. Mary, to Amy Florence, youngest daughter of the late Alex. Glendining, Esq., of Redleaf, Penshurst. On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, Charles Stewart, Esq., to Eva, the fourth daughter of Henri' Kingscote, Esq., 96, Eaton-place. DEATHS. On th© 7th inst., at 71, Talbot-road, Bayswater, Steprito Glover, Esq., / aged 58. On the 7th inst., Clifford Craufurd, Secretary to the East India Company, aged 64. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him THE Sniv Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Saturday, Decomber 10, 1870, N°. 2z CRYSTAL Th . GARDEN, Warm. Wet or OrchestrAdmission • • • • al Ban( Admission, 1 Issue, dating kntrances. Ti tinder Twelve, Original War Letters ; Relics Tropical Depchnoaa Courts, Te ALFI/011 Manii IiANGEME ag NT vast and Magi Superb and ii Brilliant Gas 11 Vocal and Inst Musicians, con of the Seots Fu Officer). War Aidße. Degrai leliar, Aidll Siedle, Mr. Ge , Evening, Jullie tvening, the n and Littie Bo Inents. 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