The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-17 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. The Stock Exchange to-day has presented a scene of some confusion. The news of the movement of Russia in regard to the Eastern question, and the unanimous feeling in condemnation of Prince Gortschakoff induced a semi-panic in the foreign market, and prices generally re ceded. Consols at one time were done at 92, but towards the close of the day more firmness prevailed, and a recovery took place, to 921, 92j. The principal collapse was in foreign stocks, and more particularly, as might be ex pected, in Turdish and Egyptian securities, and the quo tation in the market have been depressed throughout the day. Turkish Five per Cents., opened at 41, 42/, recovered to 42k, 42f ; but subsequently returned to 41k, 41 4 , and closed at the worst point of the day. Egyptian of 1868 opened at 74, 75k, and after being done at 75/, 75, left off at 74/-, 75. Nearly all the foreign stocks have been similarly circumstanced, prices shewing a heavy decline in the morning, a - recovery in the midday, and again a decline at the close of business. The French loan has receded to 14, discount, at which price it has re mained throughout the day. Brazilian (1863) has de clined 1; Buenos Ayres (1870), 1; Egyptian (1862), 1; ditto (1868), 2 ; Mexican, a ; Russian (1862), 1; ditto Nicolas, ; ditto (1870), 1; Spanish (1867), 1; ditto (1869) 2 ; ditto Quicksilver Mortgage, 1; Turkish (1854), 1: ditto (1858), 2; ditto (1862), 2 ; ditto (1865) Five per Cents., 2/; ditto, Six per Cents., 3; ditto (1869), 2. United States' Bonds have fallen all rounds. Government stocks left off at the following quotations : Consols, 921, 92 ; Reduced and New Three per Cents, 90i, 91; Metropolitan Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 92k, 92 ; Bank Stock, 231, 233 ; India Stock, 208, 210 ; India Five per Cents, 114, 1141 ; India Bonds, 235. to 265. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 14s. prem. The general business has extended to the railway market, which has been very flat throughout the day, and closed much depressed. Great Eastern, Midland, London and North Western, and Great Western shew a decline of fully 1 per cent. Metropolitan shares have receded to 63, 63k. Caledonian closed at 77, 78 ; London and Brighton, 40; Great Northern A, 134, 132; Great Eastern, 36k, 361; Midland, 1251, 1251; London and North Western, 1264, 1261; Great Western, 67i, 671; North Eastern Consols, 140, 140. Very few changes have taken place in the value of Joint Stock bank shares, and the transactions have not been numerous. Anglo-Egyptian have sold at 214; City, 10a, ; Colonial 44 ; Imperial Ottoman, 114, I,i ; London and County, 50/ ; London and Westminster, 632 ; Oriental, _ 40i, Union of London, 39 k , 40. The dealings in Telegraph Companies shares have been much restricted, and the quotations remain nominally un changed. Anglo-Mediterranean closed at 13, 131; British Australian, 41, 31 dis. ; Mediterranean Extension, ft, 5 ; French Cables, 14, 141. The Miscellaneous Share Market has ruled quiet, but the Egyptian mortgage loans have been much depressed. The Seven per Cent Viceroy Loan fell to 78, and the Khedive to 70. Telegraph Construction Shares have sold at 27, 26k, and Indiarubber, &c., closed at 371, 381. British mines left off at the following quotations : Assheton, 31, 41 ; East Caradon, 41, 51; Moyndy iron ore, 21, 2 dis. ; Tankerville, 131, 141; Tan-yr-Allt, 21; Van, 511, 621; West Seton, 115, 120. There has been a better demand for accommodation to-day, and the rates in the open market are rather stiffer. Good short paper taken at 2i per cent., but the more general rate was 2i per cent, for sixty days' paper. The bullion operations at the Bank of England, to-day, consisted of the receipt of £4,000 in gold. No change has taken place in the price of silver, but the market is inactive. Bars are quoted at 60id., and Mexican dollars at 581 d. per ounce. The periodical sale of bills on India was held at the Bank of England to-day. The total amount allotted was £400,000, of which £295,150 was to Calcutta, £lOO,OOO to Bombay, and £4,850 to Madras. The minimum was fixed at ls. 10d. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras, at Is.lo-Id., will receive 39 }per cent., and on Bombay, at that figure, 30 per cent. Tenders above that figure will receive in full. At the meeting of the East India Railway Company it was resolved that the sum of £1,500,000 shall be raised by the creation of irredeemable debenture stock, to be issued at par, and to bear 4} per cent interest. The report of the directors of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company has just been issued. The net profits for the half-year amounted to £33,577. The passenger traffic shows an increase of £1,638 compared with the corres ponding period in 1869. The West India and Panama Telegraph Company (Limited) notify that the fracture in the cable between Punta Rassa and Key West has been repaired, and that messages can now be foiwarded direct to Cuba and Jamaica. The Directors of the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Rail way Campany, announced that the £2,000,000 of new capital in 100,000 shares of £2O each, will be issued at par, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., guaranteed by the Sesretary of State for India. The allotment will be at the rate of 1 share for every 5 shares of £2O each, or for every £lOO stock in the present capital of the undertcking. The first call of £5 per share, is payable on December 27. The traffic return of the South Eastern Railway shows an increase of £195 on the corresponding week of last year; that of the London, Brighton, and South Coast of £1,230; that of the Midland of £7,351. The Demerara traffic for the fortnight ending October 15th, increased to the extent of 583 dollars. The North-Eastern has increased by £12,751—by far the greater proportion being in minerals. LONDON STOOK EXOHANGE.—WEDNEsDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 929 921 Viet 5p a Jan & JulylB93. 10311041 929, I, 9, 1 , 3 1 033, 3 Do for Account' 929, 9 91, 1 Three per / Cent Reduced 90/ 909 Egyptian 1862. 7pa.. .. 79 81 90, 9 79 New 3 per Cent Exchequer 9 9 9 Bills, March 11 15pm Italian. 186 1, 5. 1 5p a 15s pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p a Do, June ll 15pm 891, 90 15s pm Portuguese 1869 3 p a.. 301 319 Bank Stock - - Russian, 1862, 5 p a.. .. 84 85 2311, 1, 3 84, 9, 4 India 5 per Cents - Do Nicolas 4p o 1133, 14, 131 661, 6,7, 6, 1 India Bonds - - Spanish. 1867. 3pa pm 319, L 1,1, 309, IL 302 Can 6pa Jan&Julyll77-84 105 106 Do, 1869, 3 p a Do March & Sept. 102 104 31, 303, 9, f, 1, 301 Do 5p c Jau & July .. 98 99 Turkish. 1854, 6p a 79 81 981, 8 801, 80 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1865. 5p a Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 411. 21, 19, 2/, 11, 1 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p c November 1878 lO4 106 60, 591, 609, 589 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.5.5-2080nd5,6 p o latid 871 88 July 1873 lO3 105 88L 73, 3 , 9 1885 863 871 New 8 Wales 5 p 01871-76 10191021 Do do New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 861, 3, 3 Dos pa Do 5p c Consolidated •98 99 BrieSha,loo dais, ail paid - - 989 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911109 Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 107 109 1101, 10 Do June & Dec 1891 109 111 Atlantic and CI W R Con Vict 6p c Jan &July 1891 114 116 Mortgage Bonds 7. - DoApril & OMIIBB3-85. 11111129 271 115, 113, 3,9, 12 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter tB 90 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 773 Do 3rd Fret Stock .. Great Eastern 383, 73, f, 61 4th Prat Stock Great Northern 1221, 13, 201 1063, 51, 4, 6 Do A l3l 132 Great Western of Canada 131 141 1320, 1 14, 4, 131 Great Western 673 68 Do 6p a Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Egl, 8, 73 Do 51 do. 1877-8 94 96 Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 132 Do 5p c prat, issued 80 Wig fpm Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 39 391 Madras guar 5p 0 40, 393 1011, 53 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 121 133 N. Railway of Canada, 13, 121, 13 6p o Ist Fret Bonds Lon and 263 North-Western 126 1261 Gude pa and Rohilkund g 1 5 Lon and South-Western 89 91 1031 10211031 En 90, 893 Saluda, Punjaub, and Man, She. and Lincoln 43 44 Delhi guar 5p a 431, 4 103, 3, 21 x n Metropolitan 63:, 1, 3 if7PO l7/ l7l 18 Midland 1251126 1253, 61, 52 Belgian E Junction .. 23 21 North British North-Eastern Consols llO 141 Buenos Ayres ca sth r " 241 241 1413, 403, 11, 391 x d South-Eastern 723 721 Dnnaburg and Witepsk 18 181 731 20, 1 Dutch-Rhenish 2ll 221 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Eastern of France - Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p a.. 10411054 111, 11 1040, 1 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Buff & Lake Huron Prat 4 43 7pa 153 151 Do 51 pc 80nd5,.1872-3-4 80 82 x d Cape guar 6p c - _ x d 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aida 5 51 East Bengal guar 5 p c 10431051 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p a 110, 91 143 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 131 141 charge 6p c ... 1), 2nd do Scrip.. par 2pm Southern of Franco .... - - Do • Ist Prof 80nd5 .... 56 58 Pd BANKING COMPANIES. Pd 1 Agra B an k (L ) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austria 231 241 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 An g lo l Egyptian (L) 21 211 15 London Joi n t-St oc k 331 34) 21 20 Lon and Westmnster 63 64 50 British N American 53 55 631. 1. 1. I 20 Ch of India, Austria 14 141 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 25 Char Mere or India 221 23i 81 10 City ............... 10 11, 20 Midland ( L) 101, 1 20 New South Wales .. 38 40 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 41 25 'Union of Australia.. 41/ 421 20 Eng. Scot. and Aux° 16 17 42, 11 20 Imperial IL) 10 Imperial Ottoman 111, I 1 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 84 86 10 Great Northern .... 111 12 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) — 6 Great N. China, and 100 Atlantic — Japan Extension.. 21 11,11 100 Do 8p c — 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 13 BritiahAustraln(L) 4l 4 dis 10 Marseilles, Algiers, and Mal (L) . .. 6 10 Brit i sh Ind Exton (L). 6 61 10 Mediterrn ta Ex (Li .. 41 561 10 Brit's' Indian Sub- 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dis marine, (L) 7 3-16 . 8 Reuter's 2 China Submarine (L) 5141Jis 20 Soc Trans France (L) 131 14 1 100 Submarine 235 240 10 Falmouth. Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2 2 and Malta (LI 101 i MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re. holders' Certificate 1} 25 deernab:e 1870 . 64 66 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 145 155 641 155 30 Loudon Fin Assoc (L)lBll7sdis 30 Bolckow-Vaughan IL) 33 38pm 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 31 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) 5 1 pin p c Sterling Loan 91 93 22 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 2f 35pm 100 Madras Irrig. & C ana l 25 Canada Company. 74 76 gspc by Ind Gov. 100 101 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4 Adis 1602 35 City Offices (L) 25 24dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 ells. par 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 21 3pm 14 11 10 Crdt Fonc of Rug (L) 2 25 21 N Zealand Loan and 25, 3-16 Merc Agency IL) .. I a pro 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb_ 109 114 65 N Britsh and Mere IL) 275 284 271 Ebbw Vale Steel IL). . 8571 dis 5 OceanMarinelnsur —l3ll4lPrn 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p e 50 P and 0 Steam 49 51 Mortgage Loan.... 73 50 D o d o N ew. 1867 2 di s par 78 8 100 llgyp 9 p erroy Loan, 0 Rhyin 1 ney Iron guar by Egyp Gay.. 99 101 5 Do New B5 91 1001 15, 99 0 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-st Warehouse ILI7 7 iPm 2 Tel Con and Main (L) 26 265 100 Pim and Colonial Gov 21, 61, 2, 51, 62 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 97 100 • 2 Themes and Mersey 71 Gen Credt &Disct (L) i 5 dis Marine Insur IL 7 3-16, 5 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan 14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 29 guar by Italian Gov B7 90 7 Hooper's Tel Works 2 15dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 17 Hudson's Bay B3 85 Upper Canada .... 1 15 pin 45 Indrbbr.Gut Per, and 5 (7 Marine, Lvpool IL 41 5 pm Tel Works L) . . 36 37 20 Union Steamship IL) 22 24 5 InternlFinan SociL) 2515 dis 6 United Dis Corprn (L) la Idle 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 35 4 5 UnivMarinelnsur (1..% 5561 pm 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dis MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—lnfluenced by the activity which was prevalent at Liverpool yesterday, the tone of this market was firm, and an increased amount of busi ness was transacted, at the extreme currencies of Monday last ; in fact, a slight adv nc .1 was occasionally perceptible. There was a limited supply of English wheat on offer, and the arrivals from abroad were very small. The demand for all descriptions of both red and white wheat was moderately animated, and prices were well maintained. Barley was in good supply and request for choice qualities, at firm quotations. Malt was dull, but not lower in value. The market was well supplied with oats. The inquiry was steady, at full currencies. Beans and peas were purchased to a fair extent, at prices quite as high. Flour was in steady demand, 'and firm in value. Arrivals :—Eng lish and Scotch.—Wheat, 670 qrs. ; barley, 98 ; malt, 20 ; and beans, 10. Foreign.—Barley, 1,790 qrs. ; oats, 11,860; maize, 8,600 ; beans, 200 ; and peas, 670. EDIIURGII CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day fhe supplies were good. Wheat was in good demand, at ls. per qr. advance. There was a fair sale of barley, at last week's prices. Of oats the sales were slow, without change in price. Beans are unchanged. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The number of cattle at this market to-day was : —Beasts, 535 ; sheep, 3,300. The best quality of cattle met a good sale at last week's prices. Second quality moved off slowly. Sheep met a slow sale, at 81d. per lb. to 9d, per lb. Small wethers made full rates. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day there was a particularly light show of beasts, sheep, pigs, and lean cattle. The late high prices were main tained for beef and mutton, but pigs were 6d. per stone cheaper. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET. WEDNESDAY.—There was a fair average supply of beasts of the best quality at this market to-day. The best qualities have been in better demand, at rather higher rates. For secondary and inferior sorts there was a slow trade, and sellers had a difficulty to effect a clearance. The same remark applies to sheep. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—In all respects the market has been dull this afternoon ' • cattle, pig, and sheep sellers have all found, in disposin g o f their several lots, great difficulty. Ayrshires sold at £l5 to £2O ; shorthorns, £lB to £25. The Irish bullocks on sale not being suitable for the market, the larger portion of them were returned to Glasgow. Lean cattle did not readily sell, the feeding season being almost past ; and with fat beasts such high prices were asked that the butchers were not eager to buy. A fat pair of prime three-year-olds (crosses) have sold at £37 each. The same price ruled for sheep as last week. The best class sold at Bid. to 9d. per pound ; secondary, Bd. to Bid. The pig market was the dullest seen for a long time, though there was a reduc tion in our rates. LONDON *LADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow market has ruled very firm, at 435. Y.C. spot and December; 435. 6d. January; and 445. March. LONDON OIL ➢IARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Linseed oil, £29 Os. English brown rape, 445, 6d to 455. Refined, 465. 6d. k'oreigr 48s. American refined petroleum. Is. Gid. LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Scotch Dig Iror4 51s. cash. Chili bar copper, £62.; Wallaroo, £7l; Silesian spelter, £l7 ss. ; Straits tin £126. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKETS. WEDNss- DAY.—Sugar has continued firm, though common sorts are slow of sale. Good refining qualities command full rates. Bar badoes quoted at 255. to 335. Od ; Jamaica, 28s. to 355. ; Trinidad, 255. to 325. ; refined goods have ruled quiet at previous quotations. The demand for coffee has not been active, nevertheless values have been sustained ; Plantation Ceylon has sold at 428. to 525. for treage ; small, 525. to 595. 6d. ; middling to good, 61s. to 755. 6d. ; peaberry, 725. to 78s 6d. ; Guatemala, 60s. Cocoa has ruled quiet on former terms. Rice afloat has met a moderate inquiry. A parcel of Singapore pepper has sold at previous currency sid. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—This market opened with a good inquiry for American to-day, and also Brazil. Probable sales, 10,000 or 12,000 bales. Imports, 14,591 bales. Closing report.—This market closed quiet to-day. Americans, from continued scarcity, have brought full rates. Surats and arrivals quiet. Sales 12,000 bales. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY. This market is unchanged to-day, both in tone and price, since yesterday. All the large buyers being well supplied with goods, and fearing a decline in values, should Russia persist in her demands for the abrogation of the treaty of 1856, they are dis inclined to buy further, as prices at present are kept steady by a scarcity of American cotton on the spot. This is likely to be temporary only, as abundant supplies are near. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was an improved feeling at this market to-day. A good business was done, at prices which were not obtainable yesterday. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market was very,flat to-day. Business was done down to 50s. 10d. cash, and 51s. id. a month.—Closing steady at these prices. CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY —Ordinary firsts, 1305.; seconds, 120 s. ; thirds, 109 s. ; fourths, 103 s. ; fifths, 87s. , sixths, 655. 1,420 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change, 65 firkins in the market. THE PRICE OF TlN.—The smelters have reduced the tin stan dards £2 per ton on common sorts, and £3 per ton on line sorts. The prices now are—For common, 118 s. per cwt. ; supe rior commod, 119 s. per cwt. ; line, 120 s. per cwt. ; superior tine, 1225, per cwt. THE NEW AMMUNITION CART. In July last a committee, consisting of Colonel E. Wray, C. 8., R.A., president, and Brevet Colonel W. G. Cameron, C. 8., 4th King's Own ; Brevet Colonel Mil ward, C. 8., R A., Superintendent of Royal Laboratory; Lieutenant-Colonel Reilly, C. 8., R.A. ; and Assistant- Controller J. Bailey, C. 8., were appointed to consider the transport of regimental reserve ammunition. In Septem ber the committee's proceedings at Aldershot terminated in their deciding, after some trials over very rough ground, on their recommending the adoption of a light ammuni tion cart for supplying regiments of infantry in action with their first reserve ammunition of 30 rounds per man, the second reserve being in waggons in charge of the artillery, as at present. All the continental armies use light carts for this purpose, and now, for the first time, we are preparing to follow their example. The cart proposed for the British service weighs something over 9 cwt. It has five wheels with metal naves and ring tires, the axles being gun axles. The frame of the body is of angle iron. In shape the cart is something like the closed ones ordinarily used by bakers, having an opening in the rear with a tail-board. It carries 16 ammu nition boxes, containing each 560 rounds of the Snider service cartridges—in all 8,960 rounds, weighing, with the boxes, locwt. lqr. 121 b. The total weight of load is about one ton, or ten cwt. apiece for the draught of two horses, which are driven by a man of the Military Train, artillery fashion, with light harness. The cart is divided into partitions, into which the boxes slide, and are kept steady during transport. These boxes are on a new design, considerably larger than the present service box, and better adapted for mule trans port, the service box having be en found in Abyssinia in conveniently short for travelling on pack animals. The committee in these trials alio disposed, so far as their re port is concerned, of the vexed question of pack-saddles, selecting from a great variety of patterns submitted and put to practical tests for many weeks in all sorts of weather and under the roughest conditions, the best points of each, and embodying them into an article which, it is hoped, will be found not only the best adapted for the requirements, but also the cheapest. The com mittee rightly consider that an economical saddle is a great desideratum, bearing in mind to what rough usage these things are applied in the hands of muleteers and rascals of all sorts, who never think of cleaning them. Beautifully finished straps and the perfect leather of cavalry saddles are likely thus to give way to thongs of hide and to webbing and canvas. Straw has also been freely introduced in the packing of the pads. It, however, by no means follows that this gener a l serv i ce sa ddl e re quired for commissariat purposes should be rigidly adhered to in deciding a pattern for mountain parties to which are attached artillerymen for keeping the materiel in order. The ammunition cart has been adopted by the authorities, the pattern sealed, and 40 ordered for manu facture. The Shah of Persia is now in Turkey, on a pil grimage to Kerbela. He arrived at Bagdad with a suite of about 10,000 persons, including several princes and high official dignitaries. During his stay in the country ho and his whole suite will be the guests of the Sultan. This is the first occasion since the conquest of Bagdad that a Persian Shah has made his appearance on Turkish soil, and there is some talk at Constantinople of taking the opportunity for proposing the formation of a confederation of Mahometan States, which is now regarded as indis pensable in view of the great agglomerations of States'on the Continent, and the threatening attitude of Russia.— - Eastern Budget. A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To be not only prevented from talking, but also froth listening to the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises all the appliances sold devices for varied work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their p and Financial Record," September 7, 1870. Z EIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 187 e. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. A MEETING AT BELLEVILLE. The Journal des Debats has an account of a sitting of the Revolutionary Club at Belleville. The meetings at Bellevile are- now held in the Salle 'Fa,vie rue de Paris, opposite the celebrated Folles-Belleville. On the evening in question there was a numerous assembly. They cele brated the triumph of citizen Ranvier, who had just been named mayor by ballot. First of all in awaiting the re sult of the balloting they directed their attention to the armistice and the social question. An orator with white hair was applauded for saying that the interests of the workmen and the masters were identical, and that the masters are for the most part old workmen of greater in telligence, and more laborious and more happy who have risen in rank. This theory did not please everyone, and one of the party refuted it, accusing the bourgeoisie, and more especially the petite . bourgeoisie, who were more corrupt than the higher ones. " Ask the citizens what they give those who would buy for four sous black puddings from horses ? (Cries of ' Yes, yes ;itis a shame.') The grocers, the butchers, the bakers, are all robbers and monofioliseis. During the last two days have we not seen them rejoicing at the prospect of the armistice, and speaking to us of the neces sity for peace, declaring that enough has been endured, and that we must come to an end of it ?" (Murmurs of indignation among a group of freeshooters, and feeble pro testations from a group of citizens). The President rose to proclaim the result of the election by ballot of the mayor of the twentieth division, and there was a profound silence. " Braleret," he said, in an ironical tone, " only had 4,500 votes, and captir Ranvier has obtained 7,500 votes (Great applause.) We must now give him worthy col leagues. The popular voice has already proclaimed them to be Milliere, Flourens, Blanqui ; choose them, and you will have revenged the thirty-first of October ; you will have annihilated the reaction. Paris will save France and the universe. (Renewed applause.) A hero of the day of the thirty-first of October succeeded the President. He strongly supported the candidature of Milliere, as a citizen devoted to the interests of the people, the learned professor of Communism, who had resJlved the social question. He then indignantly denounced the members of the Provisional Government. " They pretend," said he, "that they pardoned us at the Hotel de Ville; but it was we who showed mercy to them, for we had taken possession of them and we had the right to make an example of them. Yes, we had the right (here the orator became violently excited). We could have invoked the great examples of our first revolution, but patience, our day will come and our revenge is not far off. Everything informs us of the failure of the armistice, and the triumph of our candidates, Mottu, Bonvalet, Ranvier (applause). Such was also the opinion of the citizen Jules Allix, who proved, in an elaborate discourse, that the force of cir cumstances would precipitate the Government into the abyss into which it wished to plunge its adversaries. " What has it done ? It has endeavoured to conclude an armistice, and it has failed. See its imprudence. It has refused us the commune, and now we are to have it with out dispute. It told us that in making us appoint our Mayors and their assistants it has given us the opposite of the commune. We have replied by electing Ranvier, IVlottu, Bonvalet, Delescluze. We will reply to-morrow, by nominating Milliere, Flourens, and Blanqui. But we will go further. The Government wished to apply the law of the Empire, it must apply it thoroughly, and if we are to be allowed to elect a mayor and three assistants, we must, under the same law of the Empire, be allowed to elect a municipal council and fifteen members to control it. Well, then, let us calcu late. For twenty arrondissements; that would be three hundred councillors. We should be satisfied with half. (Laughter and applause.) We still have our commune then—our grand democratic and social conmmue. We shall sweep back the reaction, for we have Ranvier and Mottu ; light from the heights of Belleville and de Menilmoutant will dissipate the darkness of the Hotel de Ville, We shall sweep back the reaction as on a Saturday the porter sweeps this room." (Laughter and prolonged applause.) A great tumult arose in the middle of the hall, and one man was roughly expelled. Tranquility was restored, however, and an orator asked leave to read a letter from citizen J. Valles, in answer to a calumny in the journals of the reaction, These shame less journals represented that the battalions of Belleville surrendered themselves to an orgie at the Hotel do Ville. The truth is that they were thirsty (laughter) and a herring per head was given them (more laughter) with half a pint of wine and a piece of bread. This was all the orgie. The citizen Jules Valles offered to pay the expenses out of his own pocket. At last a speaker made an effort to recall the public attention to the elections of the morrow. " Let us," he said, "nominate Milliere Flourens, and Blanqui. They form a democratic trinity, which will overthrow the hydra of reaction." There was a marked expression of satisfaction in the audience, and loud applause. At ten o'clock the salle grew gradually empty. AN AMAZONIAN EMEUTE. The Amazonians are not it seems a myth. They have lately been carrying on warlike operations with great vi gour, though alas I their hostilities were directed against their unfortunate countrymen. One afternoon a body of women, some 20 in number, marched from the Fauboug du Temple to the Hotel de Ville with a red flag bearing the inscription, "Nous voulons la Commune" This strange demonstration at first provoked surprise and then ridicule. The gamins hailed these advocates of the Commune with mocking cries of "St. Lazare," which -is a well known place of detention for female offenders. In the Rue du Temple some National Guards attempted to dis perse the band of agitators, but the women, who were armed with sticks, applied them freely to their opponents. A struggle ensued, in the course of which the red flag was torn to ribbons, and the conflict was only terminated by the address of a National Guard, who, seizing the flag staff, called upon the :women to follow him. They natu rally asked " Whither ?" to which he replied, " To the Hotel de Ville." That being their intended destination, they followed his guidance, but on reaching the guard house in the Rue de Chaume the National Guard handed over his fair friends to the troops stationed there; who took immediate measures to prevent them from ap. proaching nearez to the Hotel de Ville, at least on that day. NO BOMBARDMENT. The correspondent of the Times at Berlin, writing on the 13th November, comments on the German plan of besieging Paris, and on the character of the defensive preparations. He observes :--.-Were it indispensable for the victorious termination of the campaign it would, nevertheless, have been taken in hand the moment the preparations were complete ; but as an easier method of attaining the object in view has been discovered by the Germans, it is probable they will stick to this, and possess themselves of Paris with less labour and bloodshed than would be entailed by the re gular process. It appears that not very long ago the different opinions advocated in the Council of War were superseded by the resolve to let hunger begin the work of reduction, and reserve the artillery for completing it. Only when the town has begun to feel the want of previsions will the German batteries be manned, and adding fiery persuasives to those already supplied by personal needs, succeed, it is anticipated, in a compara tively short time to work a result. Surrender being ex pected from the impression to be produced on the inhabi tants at large, the bombardment, when it does begin, is likely to include the town as well as the defences. With so excitable a population as Paris, premature bombard ment might have engendered a trouhlesome heroism even in the face of the manifest impossibility of a successfu resistance ; when properly timed, it is expected to pro duce the opposite consequence. Naturally, the hopes based upon this mode of procedure have been strengthened by the issue of the last metropolitan plebiscite, which so signally supported the Government when it was known to have entered upon negotiations for an Armistice. That we shall not have to wait very long for the stern psycho logists of the German camp to open operations may be gathered from the Paris Rappel, in whose issue of the sth inst. there occurs the followingpassage :—" To day was a feast day in the capital. , The horse and dogs, meat which is our usual fare has for a day at least been superseded by more civilised viands. The calves of the Jardin d'Acclimatisation have been slaughtered and placed at the disposal of the butchers. The fish in the ponds of the Bois de Boulogne are also being caught, by order of the Government, and offered for sale in the Halles." That to defer the attack will not impair its energy is proved by the order just sent to Konigsberg to mobilise seven more companies of artillerymen, and despatch them at once to Paris. With these tactics adopted by the Council of War, it is plain that the moment M. Thiers declared his demand of fresh pro visions to be the sine qua non of an armistice the negotiations were virtually at an end. TIIE RECAPTURE OF ORLEANS. TOURS, Monday. The Journal du Loiret, which has been suspended since the occupatiou of Orleans by the Prussians, has resumed publication, and gives full details of the victory of Coul miers. The fighting began behind the little district called the Bardon, to the north-east of Meung, and ter minated near, Coulmiers, where an attack on the wood rendered the victory decisive, so that the affair may be -called the battle -of Coulmiers; The French - anny attacked that of General der Tann about seven in s the morning. The movement had been resolved on some eleven days before, but had been delayed on account of the disas trous news from Metz. While one corps d'arm6e started for Chateauneuf to execute a movement which would bring them on the enemy's flank, General Aurellea de Paladines gave his impatient troops orders to advance on the Prussians. They were full of confidence. Vigorous discipline had renewed the spirit of this army. , It felt it was the last hope of the country, and could rely on its commanding officer, and knew that at Binas it had succeeded in defeating the same enemy. Moreover, it knew that it was supported by that force which had been so often wanting —a powerful artillery. The French troops left the environs of Cravant and Bardon, where they had been massed in an extended line. Before them was the chateau of Touanne which was supposed to be occupied by the Prussians. A battery was established, and they were preparing to bombard thechateau, when theylearned from a peasant-that the Prussians had left it. They were in fact visible a little further on behind the trees. The French army continued its march towards Baccon, preserving the same direction from south-west to to north-west. The Prussians took up their position on a line which was oblique to the French, their front was nearly parallel to that long row of woods which extends from Chaigny to Bucy St. Liphard. The French encountered at Baccon an obstinate resist ance. The village is built on a height from whence the houses come down to the plain at intervals. The . Prussians had made a battlement of every house and formed barricades in all directions. There was not a wall that they did not turn to account for shelter, and that they did not defend. From this point they poured a murderous fire on the French troops. "En avant !" cried generals and officers in all directions, and the soldiers flung themselves on the enemy with an impetuosity which carried all before it. The artillery resounded, the Prussians gave way, and the village, transformed into a fortress, was taken. This was the beginning of the victory. The French army resumed its march without disorder. and without delay. For the first time the French artillery had on their side superiority both in numbers and in firing, and all through the army officers and soldiers might be heard congratulating each other on it. From Baccon they wept on to Renardiere, opposite Huisseau, the enemy still retreating. In the morning they had fired the farm of Viard, for fear it should fall into French hands, with the stores accumulated there. At Renardiere they fired a house to arrest the progress of the French. But General der Tann was conquered. At mid-day the fire slackened a little on both sides. Der Tann only maintained his retreat to save the material of his army, which was reaching through Ormes the road to Arthenay. Soon the French army found itself near its object Coulmiers. Towards half-past three Der Tann tried a manoeuvre which has often served the Prussians. He tried to turn the left wing of the French army, but General d'Aurelles had foreseen this, and one of the French divisions at that moment turned the Prussians themselves. The Germans retreated, but made another effort to stop the French in the wood covering Coulmiers, where several battalions of Chasseurs were stationed. The surgeons who afterwards explored it found nothing but corpses in the trenches and at the foot of nearly every tree. The French soldiers leaped the walls of a chateau near the wood, and emerged triumphantly from the struggle. The battle was over—the Prussians fled. General d'Aurelles, wishing to complete his victory, sent forward all his cavalry and light artillery in pursuit. On Thursday they had not finished bringing in the prisoners. It was remark able that the fight lasted nearly ten hours, and yet the losses were not appalling, as at the fight of Orleans, still more at Gravelotte and Jaumont. All the French army was not engaged. "It was a fine manoeuvre," said the officers proudly in referring to the admirable order in which the French army deployed across the plain between Baccon and Coulmiers. For the first time since the corn: menoement of the war a Prussian army has retreated for several leagues, having been defeated by their fayouvite arm—the artillery. GERMAN ACCOUNT. The account of the reoent fighting on the Loire received by the Cologne Gazette from Versailles places the number of the army under General Aurelio de Paladine at 80,000. This force was at first stationed to the south-east of Von der Tann's Bavarians; but the German commander sud denly received intelligence that the French had made a flank movement, and had crossed the Loire to the west ward, near Beaugency, about four miles below Orleans. Der Tann at once sent this news to Versailles, adding that the territory round Orleans, being principally com posed of vineyards, was unsuitable for military opera tions. and he consequently marched aga i ns t th e F renc h on November 8, taking a north-westerly direction, and took up a position near Ormes, but continued his march on the following day as far as Coulmiers, leaving a small detachment at Orleans for the purpose of protecting the 800 sicK and wounded Bavarians who were lying there. "At Coulmiers he came in collision with the enemy, who were marching towards Paris from Beau gency, and about whose strength he could have had no doubt. For-several hours a lively artillery fire was kept up between the two armies, which was certainly carried. on with great spirit on the part of the French, proving incontestably that the Army of the Loire is well sup plied with good and powerful artillery. This occurred on the 9th. General von der Tann, who knew that General Wittich, with the 22nd Division, from Chartres, and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, with the 17th Division, and three cavalry divisions, were hastening to his assistance, thought it unadvisable to accept the unequal combat with an enemy so vastly his superior in numbers, and therefore withdrew his forces in good order during the evening towards Toury, after having withdrawn the small gar rison from Orleans. He remained quietly at Coul miers on the 10th instant, without being molested in the slightest degree by the enemy, who remained in the position at first occupied by them, and this fact leads one to the conclusion that the relief of Paris will not be prosecuted with much energy. The only movement on the part of the French was to detach a corps for the re-occupation of Orleans, which, as already described, they found abandoned by the Bavarians. The only trophy which fell into their hands may be reckoned the capture of a Bavarian ammunition column, who had lost their way on the road to rejoin the main body. With this column there were two so-called reserve guns, which had become damaged and useless. In the meantime, our forces remain at Toury, where, in all probability, they will be joined to-clay by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, who will assume the chief command of the Bavarian Corps, together with the 17th and 22nd Divisions, as well as the united cavalry divisions." A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. The correspondent of the Daily News at Blois writes of the battle of Bacon :—At Bacon there was a very deter mined fight, in which the losses were very great on each side. The Prussians were completely beaten there ; their intrenchments were stormed, and they left behind them about 100 waggons of provisions and forage. There was only one French division engaged on this point. This seems a genuine success for the French, for the town seems to have been defended in easnest, and, notwith standing this, they drove the enemy from it without resorting to the means the Prussians used at Chateau dun. Now that the French have had a success every thing is to be hoped of them. The prisoners are begin ning to be brought in. There were more than 1,500 taken.. Two guns and a great number of caissons are here, as well as General Von der Tann's carriage. lam told; this, however, I have not seen, but the guns, pri soners, and horses I have seen. It is said Von der Tann was very near being taken prisoner. In short there can be no doubt that the French have gained a great advan tage. Itis a great advantage in two ways, It gives back to the French an important position which it was necessary for them to take back, and morally it will have the most wonderful effect upon the troops. Of course the French were in much larger fence than the Prussians, fop the 30,000 men who were at Bourges marched up and attacked from the south on the left bank, while the divisions of the 15th and 16th Corps at tacked on the west side; but the superiority that it is to be supposed the French had in numbers on this occasion was not greater than that what the Prussians have had in all their battles against us. Moreover, their positions were excellent, and they had forti fied them as much as possible. The French are now on the road to Arthenay, and they will resume the positions they held before the battle there, but it is probable that the fighting round that unfortunate town is not over yet, for the Prussians will no doubt attack the French in force one of these days. They cannot allow the army of the Loire, now (with the army of Bourges) about 200,000 strong, to hang about so near in their rear. If they do not attack soon, they must be in a very bad way. GENERAL CHANGARNIER'S OPINION OF BAZAINE. General Changarnier, writes a correspondent at Brussels, is here in a pecrliar position. He is not a pri soner of war. After the surrender of Metz Prince Frederick Charles expressed to him a desire that hd should not remain in France. Thereupon the general selected Brussels as his residence. As a matter of course he feels himself bound not to return to France during the war. Notwithstanding he is eighty years old, he is still very lively and in the enjoyment of good health. Some days ago he sent to the lade pendance Beige a letter in reference to the capitulation of Metz, but stopped its publication a short time after. His opinion of Bazaine is that the latter's incapacity was even greater than his treason. Bazaine expected to play the part of dictator after the capitulation of Paris, which he thought would take place a long time before the surrender of Metz would become necessary. General Changarnier entertains the opinion that no French army would ever again obey a Bonaparte, and that, therefore, an Imperial restoration is altogether impossible. THE MILITARY SITUATION. What is the Army of the Loire about ? was the question asked in all the papers yesterday. On the 9th and 10th it defeated the Germans, who withdrew to Toury, only 21 miles off, and yet for nearly a week the French general has done nothing, though he might have attacked Von der Tann with superior numbers, though his soldiers were flushed with victory, and though, if he delays, he will surely be assailed by two armies. Von der Tann's army has been strengthened, and now numbers 60,000 men, under the com mand of the Grand D uke of Mecklenburg. This army is stationed at Toury, or thereabouts, a position well-nigh midway between Orleans and Paris. Prince Frederick Charles is, meanwhile, advancing from the east with some 75,000 men, and threatens the right wing of the Loire army. The advices of yesterday report • the Prince as very near. His army has occupied the line of the Yonne at Sens, about fifty miles from Gien on the Loire, and but thirty from Montargis, whence any French posi tion to the north of Orleans could be taken in flank by one good day's march. A total force of nearly 150,000 men, then, menace General D'Aurelles de Paladine, and, whatever may be his strength, he cannot hope to cope with this host of experienced troops. His inaction while he had the opportunity of assailing Der Tann alone, is the cause of much surprise. Some military writers urge that he is not strong enough for a forward movement. A more plausible explanation is to be found in a telegram from the Times' correspondent at Berlin. This message says that the Army of the Loire, after occupying Orleans, turned towards Chartres, as though with the intention .of attacking the western flank of the army ' before Paris. It seems hardly probable that D'Aurelles would move towards Paris, leaving the Grand Duke of Mecklenberg's army on his right ; but it is likely that he intends to attack that army on the right, beat it back to wards the east, and then go straight forward to the capital. He must be very quick indeed, however,if this movement is to prosper. Whether he try such an experiment or not, news of operations may be expected every hour, for if the French do not attack the Germans, the Germans will attack the French, unless the latter retreat, and leave Paris altogether to its fate. It was rumoured at Boulogne yesterday that Trochu had made a grand sortie in the direction of Versailles. On the 10th there were in sight of Heligoland seven French frigates and three corvettes, which proceeded towards the Weser. At Marseilles the municipal elections have resulted in a Republican triumph. The results, as far as known, are 21,000 votes for the Republican list, and 7,000 for the Revolutionary list. From the 16th, the day on which Queen Augusta's Guards retook Le Bourget; an almost constant fire has been kept up in the direction of that village by the French forts. The top price of horsemeat in Paris, officially fixed from the 7th of November to the 14th by the Minister of Agriculture, is 9d. per lb. ; that of butter, which is not interfered with officially, 365. a pound. The charge against a French officer at Le Bourget of treacherously killing the Prussian colonel, Count Waldersee, whilst feigning to surrender, is unfounded. The Colonel was killed by a piece of shell. Von der Tann is blamed at the German headquarters for his tardiness in withdrawing his forces from Orleans. Dr. Russell says the 9th of November will ever be a memorable day in the history of the war. It is the date of the first serious German reverse. The French prisoners captured in Metz suffer much during the transport into Germany. The journey is a very tedious one, and they seem to have, many of them, no great coats, but scanty underclothing, and their cloth, or rather frieze, is of a flimsy substance. It is said that General de Failly during last week passed through Bellegarde (Ain) proceeding to Switzerland. He was not arrested, and, in consequence of their not having seen fit to make a prisoner of the General, the specia commissary and two inspectors of police haveibeen, by superior orders, arrested and sent to Lyons. At Strasburg and in the neighbourhood several offices for the enrolment of Franc-tireurs have been discovered, and it appears that already 280 have been enrolled and sent out. " Several of the enrollers have been handed over to a court-martial, which can only pronounce a sentence of death or acquittal." Of late the Paris National Guard, which absolutely refuses to undertake any active operations in the field, has been compelled to go through its spell of duty in the forts, as well as the Moblots. The fort guns, however, are all manned by the sailors. Torpedoes have been laid down all round the forts and outside the ramparts. The French Government is treating the crews of cap tured German merchantmen as prisoners of war. Count Bismarck has demanded the extradition of their captains, 40 in number. France refusing this demand, unless an equal number of French military officers were given up, Count Bismarck ordered 40 French notables to be arrested. and sent o to a German fortress. A Foreign Legion, bearing the name of " Les Amis de la France," has been formed, some 1,500 strong. It is composed of Americans, Hanoverians, Belgians, and, I deeply regret to say, a few Englishmen—one of whom, Lieutenant Drake, was buried on Friday last. Their uniform is brown and black, brown tunic, black facings and braid, black cap with tricolour cockade, and black trousers. They are armed with Snider rifles.—Telegraph Correspondent. A letter from Versailles in the Allegemeine Zeitung written during M. Thiers's negotiations, mentions the home sickness of the German soldiers, who would gladly celebrate New Year's Day with their families. They are carrying on war, novas hirelings for the sake of war, but because they are conscious it was a necessity for their country, though in itself an evil. It would appear that the German leaders do not enter tain great fears of any achievements by the French army of the Loire. It appears that whereas both the Fourth and the Seventeenth Divisions were at first ordered southward, with the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, to reinforce Von der Tann's Bavarians, the Pomeranians were countermanded, and only the Seven teenth were sent. The Franc-tireurs of Tours are said by the Opinion Liberale to have lately returned to that town, bringing with them 1,500 prisoners of war. They had for two days, amid torrents of rain, scoured all the woods from Beaugency to Orleans ; but, nevertheless, their military appearance was remarkable. The ladies of the town greeted them with cordial cheers, and with a profuse dis tribution of flowers. The Voss Gazette of Berlin acknowledges that Germany would have derived some strategic advantages from the armistice, because she would have been able to bring the army before Metz to Paris, and allowed it some weeks to recruit itself. The chief good of the armistice would have been the possibility of reconstructing the railway up to the gates of Paris, which would have secured the transport of provisions and the revictualling of the army. Tuesday's Echo du Nord says :—" Nothing has yet been seen of the enemy's army corps which threatened the North. Our scouts, who are spread over the whole Ardennes region, have found no traces of him, and our communications with Mdzieres remain free. The infor- mation which reaches us from the various northern towns enables us to state, without entering into further details, that the respite given us by the enemy has been utilised, and they will find before them fortresses perfectly pre pared for resistance." A German correspondent says that the whole of the district occupied with Von Werder's corps is quiet, and from Vesoul to Colmar there are nowhere any bodies of armed men who could withstand the attack of a single battalion. In fact, the inhabitants of this part of the country seem to be thoroughly averse from taking an active part in military operations, being of most peaceable dispo sition generally, and this is especially the case with those who may be possessed of any trifling plot of land, or who keep a shop even of the smallest dimensions. Great difficulties attended the exodus of the 120 British subjects, who have just succeeded in getting out of Paris. Mr. Washburne, the American Minister who is accredited to the Government at Paris, did much to assist Mr. Wodehouse in overcoming them in Paris. Colonel Claremont's personal influence with General Trochu was also most useful, The preparation of lists of names, the organisation of all the preliminaries, were not the least troublesome Par t of the business. Mr. Wodehouse had no instructions rom the Foreign Office, and had to act on his °//11 responsibility in contracting debts and procuring moneY, for the necessary e x p enses . Th e persons who wish; to come out out, most of whom ought to have left long ago, had to promise they would not take out PaP e " or letters. RUIN AT METz.—A letter in the Cologne Gaze tte , describing the plain before Metz in which Ala rshw Bazaine's troops were encamped during the siege, 831 " The whole broad pl a i n , d evo id o f eve ry hlade; eras a, was a muddy surf ace . B e t ween th e s p o ts w here the tents and huts had sto o d, b o di es an d remnants of fall en and slaughtered horses were scattered about, on which he re and there dogs w ere f ee di ng . Th ere were also saddles, bar ness, and other milit ar y ar ti c l es . M ost o f th e horses l a t r on their side, thei r l egs ex t en d e d , b u t some had draw n their last breath lying on their bellies, and their head! MO P ' were still erect on their ri g id nec k s , as if th e y were to spring to their feet. The appearance of this encamp' meat shews the miserable position of the French ar° 3 9 and though Bazaine not improbably occupied hinle t e ho during the siege with p o liti ca l an d se lfi s h plans; a opinion prevalent in M e t z th a t h e so ld hi mse lf anu lu r ch army can only proceed f r o m a f oo li s h bli n d n ess W, sees only disaster and t reac h er y everyw h ere , inst""uni. perceiving the enemy's s u p er i or ity. N ear Fort Quentin, were heaps of Chassepots, sabres, cartridge" boxes, &c. Scattered around were the smaller aPP e f dages of the Chassepots, vestiges of uniforms and b°°" and field flasks, also fragments of musical instrumen ts, and even pages of notes, which the wind blew ah°,. us ._ ll 2" c All this gave an impressi on o f th e mos t com pl e te '". tegration." MORE ABOUT METZ.—The Independance Pig s receives every day numero u s l e tt ers from officers of th e army of Metz, now prisoners in Germany, in which they protest against the capitulation, a n d accuse their forme! General in no measured terms of having betrayed his army and France. One of these denies the alleged lack ° f discipline in the a rm y. Th ere m i g ht h ave b ee n 0 31 tumultuous acts on the part of soldiers who wanted Pr o ' visions and went in search of them, but these were al exceptional instances. There was but one culprit, writ e° this officer, and that is the Co mman d er -i n -Chi e f. The heads of the corps were misled. The Marshal told them (4 the troubles of France, of civil war, of towns calling fo r Prussian garrisons and convinced them that the interest of France required the immediate re-establishment of a monarchical government to reduce the chaos into order. Thus these officers agreed to Boyer's mission, and mealy while the army eat its last horses, and was reduced to ex' haustion. Thus the whole army was deceived, and the journals of Metz, without news from France, could not enlighten them. When the real st a t e o f th e case known there was but one voice, We are betrayed ! Another letter denies that Bazaine shared the res p ons ibility with any one, and declaies that the whole army of Metz is ' 3l onerated from any share in the capitulation. GARIBALDI. —The correspondent of a German paper is responsible for the following :—" The French peasant, especially in the Vosges and Jura districts, can seldom read, never reads a newspaper, does not know et the existence of Gambetta and the other leaders of the Revolution, and only follows in political matters the teach ing of the cure of the parish, and all these clericals enter tain a bitter enmity towards Garibaldi. As a rule,. I always seek the company of the French clergy, and sere every opportunity of conversing with th em ; an d being the other day with some of them, I ventured to ask them how it was they could tolerate the presence of a foreign adventurer like Garibaldi. The answer I received from one of them was, that as a good Frenchman, he hated the Prussians, but his hatred towards Garibaldi was more intense, and he assured me he had refused absolution to all who may have dared to render him any assistance, or had offered to serve under him. As lam informed upon reliable authority. Garibaldi is in great straits, His corps in the Jura district consists only of 8,000 men, badly armed and clad, and thoroughly without discipline, among whom there are about 3,000 Italians and 1,500 of other nations, leaving only 3,000 Frenchmen, principally young men from Lyons and other large towns, who, it is true, may not not be deficient in ardour and enthusiasm, but who have no idea of discipline, and every one of whom thinks he is entitled to rank as an officer. The artillery of tile Garibaldian corps is said to consist of 12 guns, not well appointed, the cavalry consisting of only 300 men mounted on rough farm horses." THE CONDUCT OF THE SIEGE.—The correspond . dent of the Daily News writes from Versailles under date Nevember 18th :—There has only been just firing enough during the last twenty-four hours to confirm our impres' sion that the siege is being actively pressed on some parts of the line. An occasional discharge of heavy guns has rumbled among the woods of Meudon, or come more sharply down upon the breeze from Mont Valerien. The Prussians are strengtheniug their works here and there, and are bringing up ammunition in a steady strewn- They are not quite prepared to begin the bombardment of the forts, but they are getting to be terribly strong for the repulse of a sortie. First and foremost they have more men in hand to mass upon any threatened point this is a simple result of reinforcement. Then there are sundry finishing touches which the Prussian positions have received, a levelling of walls hi one place, a cutting down of bushes in another, that would help the defenders of the siege works. View ing what has been done since we rode along the dusty chaussee, from ChAtillon to Versailles, on the Alma anniversary, and remembering how many more chances there were of b r eaki ng ou t o f Pang that evening than there are at present, I fancy that the attack has developed its strength quite in proportion to the defence. Whilst General Troche has been raising - regiments and casting guns within her walls, King William has been bringing uP guns and regiments, ready made, without the wall& Whilst the forts have been strengthened, the batteries on this side have sprung into existence. " General November" has arrived upon the scene, and makes trench work sufficiently dismal, but the supply of food in Paris is so much the less by all that the two million of prisoners in Moltke's cage have eaten during these seven weeks. Large soft snow flakes are falling as I write. The streets of Ver sailles are very cheerless for strangers coming into them from a damp journey, and our countrymen who are expected to arrive this afternoon will be dis appointed, I fear, with the first stage of their escape f r om Paris. THE EDUCATION ACT. The Education Department of the Privy Council have issued a schedule of instructions to the returning officers in the approaching elections for the Metropolitan School Board. Amongst these it is laid down-1. That the voters are simply the ratepayers, whether the rates are in arrear or not. 2. Where the owner is rated, the occupier is to vote. 3. Claims by lodgers to be disallowed. The rate-book, if properly made out, is a complete register of the persons entitled to vote, and is to be so treated. At a meeting of the Union Society of London the following subject was submitted to discussion and nega tived : That the working classes ought to be directly represented on the Metropolitan School Board." At the meeting next Tuesday the following will be discussed : " That this house deeply sympathises with France in her present misfortunes, and on both moral and political grounds strongly condemns the overbearing and grasping policy of Prussia towards her." A public meeting of the friends of scriptural education was held on Tuesday night in the Town Hall Birming ham, under the presidency of Mr. William Matthews, jun. The hall was crowded. Letters of apology were announced from Lord Sandon, Mr. T. C. S. Kynnersley, Mr. S. S. Lloyd, Mr. J. S. Hopkins, and the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke. After a masterly address by the chairman, the Rev. Charles Evans spoke, and moved a resolution in favour of the teaching of the teaching of the Scriptures in rate-paid schools.—Mr. Cooper seconded the resolution, which was carried by an overwhelming majority.—Th e Rev. R. B. Burges moved a resolution pledging the meeting to sup port the candidates nominated by the Education Union. —Mr. Greening seconded the resolution, which was carried. THE BURNING OF THE SHIP JAPAN.—Telegraphic information received in Liverpool of the burning of the ship Japan, in August, when off Cape Horn, has been con firmed. Finding that their attempts to subdue the flames were fruitless, the crew left in the boats, and were after wards picked up by the American ship Matchless. The Japan was a new ship of 1,251 tons burden, and was owned in Bath, Maine. It is understood th a t th e l oss o f th e ves sel and her cargo—a valuable one—is partly, if not wholly, covered by insurance. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Disease is common to the palace and the cottage, and the , best remedies are available alike to the tenants of each. 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