The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-15 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.--YESTERDAY. Business in the stock markets has not been animated, in consequence of the adjustment of the fortnightly account, but steadiness has been the feature, and a portion of the decline, the result of yesterday's depression, has been recovered. Both railway stocks and foreign bonds shew an improvement, but the alterations in no instances have been deserving of especial notice. Home securities have been rather firmer. Consols have bean purchased to a fair extent, at 924, 92# for delivery and the November account, being an improvement of per cent. ; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91, 91* ; Exchequer Bills, 55., 10s. prem. Bank stock, 232, 234. Indian Five per Cents., 110, 110*, and India Bonds, 18s. 235. prem. Colonial Government securities have been quiet, but firm. In the market for English railway stocks, nothing of interest has transpired. The tone has been steady, and prices have been fairly maintained. South Eastern has been 4 better at 734, 732 ; Midland *, at 1268127 ; North- Western 4, at 1284, 129* ; and Great Western *, at 714, 71 ; but Metropolitan has fallen * or to 652, 664 ; Brighton, 41*, 42 ; Great Northern A, 1332, 1344 ; Great Eastern, 371 37k; and North Eastern, 145, 145*. For Indian Railway Stocks there has been but little inquiry. East Indian 1092 ; Great Indian Peninsula 1064, and Scinde 1031 Canada shares have been flat. Great Western i t lower at 15, 154. Foreign shares have changed hands quietly. Beunos Ayres, Great Southern, 25i, San Paulo 21*, and Lombards 144. The market for foreign bonds has been characterised by a fair amount of steadiness, and a fractional improvement has been occasionally apparent. Peruvian (1865) have risen 4, or to 89.2, 904 ; Italian (1861), 4, or to 544, 542 ; Spanish (1867), 4, or to 28*, 284 ; ditto (1869), 4, or to 271 274 ; Turkish Five per Cents., i t , or to Ora, 43 ; ditto (1869), 4, or to 501 504. Egyptian (1868) are quoted at 764, 762; Mexican, 142, 15; United States Five-twenty (1885) Bonds, 88, 884 ex div. ; Erie shares, 172, 184 ; Illinois Central, 109 i, 110*. Bank shares have commanded but little attention. Agra A, 8i; Anglo-Egyptian, 222 ; London and County, 48*; and London and Westminster, 60g. For telegraph shares the demand has been inactive. Anglo-Mediterranean, 134 ; ditto, new, 81 ; British Aus tralian 1 ; British Indian Submarine, 74, 8* ; Falmouth, 101 104 ; Mediterranean extension 4g, and French cables 154 ; Telegraph Construction, 264, 26*. Miscellaneous securities have sold slowly. City offices, 104 ; Hudson's Bay, 94 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 48. There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. There has been a demand for bills on Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and the rates have been lower. At Mark-lane to-day wheat sold slowly, at barely Monday's currency. The prospectus has appeared of the. Andoca Mining Company (Limited) with a capital of £200,000, in shares of £lO each, of which 10,000 preferred or A shares are entitled to a fixity of dividend of 10 per cent., and 9,750 of these are now offered for subscription. A deposit of £1 per share must accoml•any applications, £1 Is. be paid on allotment, £1 on January 10th, £1 April 10th, .£1 on July 10th, and one month's notice is to be given of any further call. The property consists of about 26 square miles of freehold land in the territory of Anzona, in the United States, and is situated about 160 milesifrom Port Libertad, on the Gulf of California. The property is to be purchased as follows : £5,000 in cash, £5,000 in six months, £lOO,OOO by the issue of £lO,OOO fully paid-up B. Shares, and £90,000 by Mortgage Debentures, bearing 5 per cent. interest. The half-yearly meeting of the London and South African Bank is convened for the 3rd proximo. After the transaction of the ordinary business, a special meeting will be held to consider a proposal of the directors to reduce the capital to £400,000 by cancelling 5,000 shares at the price of £l5, there being £2O paid, and the market price being £l3 to £l4. The £25,000 which will thus stand to the credit of the company, being the difference of the issue price and the cancel price, will be placed to the reserve fund. The following telegram has been received by Don Pedro Mining Company from Lisbon :—Produce from August, 7,672 octavas ; weighed to 17th September, 1,769 octavas. The discount market has again been heavily supplied with capital. In all quarters the inquiry for accommoda tion has been on a limited scale, and in Lombard-street three month's paper has been taken at 2i per cent. The Oneida, from the Brazils, has arrived at Lisbon with £111,779 in specie. The City of Washington, from New York, has brought £15,000 in specie. Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley and Blake thus report on the state of the bullion market :—Sovereigns to the value of £419,000 have been withdrawn from the Bank, chiefly for Egypt ; with this exception there has been no demand for export, and the Bank has received during the week about £737,000. The demand for silver has been more active during the week, and the price has improved to 600. to 601 d. per oz. standard. The Neva has brought about £15,000 from the West Indies. There is no demand for China, and the price remains as quoted, 581 d. per oz. The fourth bi-monthly drawing for the prizes and liquidation of the Roumelian Railway Loaa, took place at Constantinople on the Ist inst. Of the first four numbers drawn three belonged to the 750,000 obligations already issued, and the first prize of 300,000 francs fell to a resident holder. This is expected to have an excellent effect on the local value of the bonds, which will be en hanced by the progress made with the first section of the line from Stamboul to Kutchuktchekmedjie. This first link will be opened for traffic in December next. The following is from the Levant Herald of the sth instant :—" The longstanding claim of the Danube and Black Sea Railway Company on the Porte, arising out of the Kustendjie harbour concession and works, has at length been compromised, through the exer tions of the Hon Frederick Walpole, M.P., who came out some weeks ago as a special delegate of the directors to settle the affair. This has now been effected on the basis of the Government taking over the harbour from the Com pany and paying the latter £112,000 the amount of the preference debt incurred for the works. The total sum expended is alleged to have been £160,000, but with the amount now to be received, the Company will probably not be a heavy loser. The result does credit to Mr. Walpole's diplomacy." At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Mathew Crowe and Co., of Bristol, it - was shewn that there were liabilities for £50,611, and the assests amounted to £27,332. It was resolved to accept a composition of 7s. 6d. in the pound, payable in three instalments, the last to be guaranteed. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 37k, 25 42i ; Paris, short date, —, ; ditto, three months' date, —, ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 45, 25 50 ; Leghorn, ditto, 26 72k, 26 77i ; Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, —, ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 181, U 18k ; ditto, three months' date, 11 191, 11 121; Rotterdam, ditto, to ; Hamburg, ditto, 13 10, 13 10 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 1201, 120 a ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 75, 12 80 ; Petersburgh, ditto, 291, 29a ; Madrid, ditto, 481, 4 4 ; Cadiz, ditto, 48k, 49 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, —, ; Oporto, ditto, 52, 52k. LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIM HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 0 J Three per Cent Consols 92 9 92 9 Vlct 5 p 102 an& JulylB94 102 103 929, 9, 9 1, 9 Do for 9 Accoun t 901, 23 Three per Cent Reduced 901 9 1 9 Egyptian 186 9 2,7 p o„ .. 82 84 901, 1 Do Rail Debeu 7 p . • 98 100 New 3 per Cent 91, 901, 19, 901 Italian, 1865, 5p 0 Exchequer Bills, March 5 10 pm 84, 39 pm Peruvian, 1865, 5 p o Do, June 5 10 pm 90, 893. 90} pm Portuguese 1869 3 D 0.. 289 299 Bank Stock - - 291, 9, i 2329, 4, 2 Russian, 1862, 5 p 0.. .. 879 881 India 5 per Cents - - 88 , 9, i 1101 Do Nicolas 4 p 0 India Bonds - - 689, 99 Pm Spanish. 21867,i 7} C pc ...... 28 289 Can CPO Jan&Julyll77-84 10511061 89, Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1869, 3p o Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 279, i, 9 Do 8 Inscribed Stook ..97 99 Turkish, 2 18 54, 6p o ,Bl 8 3 9, 1 Dom of 961 Can 5p c 1903 .. 9 0 98 Do, 1865. 5p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 429, 39 Do, 1865. 6p c 62 63 November 1878 l O7 103 639. 3 July 1373 lO3 105 . . Mauritius 6p o Jan and US 5-20 Bonds, 6p o 1882 83 909 New S Wales 5p 01871-76 101 102 Do 89, Bf, 99 do 1885 889 889 New Zealand 6 pc 1891 lO6 109 8 31, 1)o 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 98 99 ed. i, I. i 981, 1 ErieSha, 100 dois, all paid - Do 6pcAl ar &Sept 1891 105 107 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 1)o June & Dec 1891 107 110 Atlantic and GW R Con V ict 6pcJE n & July 1891 113 115 Mortgage Bonds 3O 31 DoApril & OctlBB3-8.5.. 110 111 291 27i 28 43 431 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do let Pref Bonds .... 55 61 Caledonian 763 x d Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 373 Do 3rd Prof Stock Great Northern Do A 13351345 4th Prat Stock 134 Great Indian Pen g 5 p o 1054106 Great Western 7l 714 1064, 6 71, 4 Great Western ofCanada 144 144 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13011315 15, 141 1304 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 42 425 Do 55 do, 1877-8 96 98 411, 24, 4 4 Do 5 p c prof, issued 811 par Ipm Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 124 124 Madras guar spa 13, 124 N. Railway of Canada Lon and North-Western 12811294 6p a Ist Prof Bonds 129, 4, 1 Oude and itohilkund g Lon and South-Western 88 90 5u c 90, 891 &hide, Punjatili, and Man, Shef, and Lincoln 44/ 45i Delhi guar 5p c Metropolitan Midland 126/127 Bahia and San Francisco North British 344 x d North-Eastern Consols.. 145 1413 Belgian B Junction 1454 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru 254 2 5 4 South-Eastern 74 744 251 734, 4, 44 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 181 Atlantic and St Lawruce 76 78 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 774 Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg • Central India, g 5 p c.. 10411051 Lemberg Uzernowitz gua 1054 7 p c l6 165 Buff & Lake Huron Prat Northern of France Do 55 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 82 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 54 54 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p a lO5 106 (Limited) guar 7p0.. 15 151 East Indian, g 5 p c I 1091, 104 San Paulo L) guar 7p a 21 214 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 South Austu & Lorn-Yen 144 141 charge 6p a Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm Southern of Franco .... BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 1. 18 / 25 Alliance (LI 10 Anglo-Austrian .. 79 pm 20 London and County 47 10 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 481 221 15 London Joint Stock 32 33 50 British N American 53 55 324 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 14 20 Lou andWestmnster 60 61 131,Mer 5 601, 25 Char eof India 245 255 10 Metropolitan Bl 8/ 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) ... 20 Eng, Scot. and Ans() 16 17 25 Union of Australia— 40 42 20 Imperial gL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd .. . . . . 100 Anglo-American L) 86 83 10 Great Northern .... 11 11 3 / 4 88 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3/ 141 Japan Extension.. 2421 lie 133 5 Indo-European (14.. 14 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) ... 51 6 10 British Australu (L) 34 31dis 10 Mediterru Ex (L) .. 41 5 81, 9-16 44 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 64 62. 21i Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 die 10 British Indian Sub- 8 R,euter's marine. B 3 / 415 (L) 73, 1 2 China Submarine (L) 424441 s 100 Submarine 233 213 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2 2 3 / 4 and Malta (L) 102, 1,4, 2 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 10 London Fiu Assoc, (L) 19 18dis holders' Certificate 1 3 / 4 2 3 / 4 4 Lon Gen Omnibus —.. 22 3 10 BerliulVMerworkii(L) 141 154 21, 3 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine Ll 4 4pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 Madraslrrig&n.Caa 1 p c Sterling Loan 9l 93 gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 102 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 22 3 / 4 nm 2 Mauritius Land (L) i die-4 pm 25 Canada Company. 72 76 5 Natnl Disct Comp (L) 11 11 3 / 4 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4} 34dis 2 3 / 4 N Zealand Loan and 54 Mere Agency IL) .. 3 / 4 3 / 4 pm 35 City Offices (L) 2 5 3 / 42 4 3 /4 die 5 N Zealand Loan and 10, 4 Trust (L) 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 2434 pm 5 OceanMarinelnsur 13 3 / 4 14pm 10 Crdt Tone of Eng (L) 24 21 50 P and 0 Steam 47 49 2 3-16 43 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Prat 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb.. 108 113 15 Do New B4 9 3 / 4 27 3 / 4 Ebbw Vale Steel IL).. 8 3 / 4 Bdis 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy 'Loan, 11 Tel Con and Main IL) 261 261 guar by Egyp Gov.. 98 3 / 4 994 26 3 / 4 , 4, / 991 2 Thames and Mersey 13 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 54 64pm Marine Insur (L 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov St Tobacco 6 n o Loan Trust 6p c Bonds.. 94 98 guar by Italian Gov. 85 88 73 Gen Credt*Disct (L) 3 / 4 4 dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 Upper Canada .._ i 1 pm 7 Hooper's Tel Works 22 2/dis 5 G Marine. Lvpool IL 44 51pm 44, 4 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 26 17 Hudson's Bay 994 6 United Die Corpm (L) 1 3 / 4 Idis 9 346, 9 5 UnivMarinelnsur (Li 4i spm 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per. and Viceroy of Emit 7 P 0 Tel Works (L) . .. 38 39 Mortgage Loan.... 5 InterulFinan Boa) 12 1 3 / 4 dis 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis 20 It brig Can Cavour 3 3 3 / 4 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re deemable 1870 - 60 63 MINING SHARE LIST.—OCTOBER 14. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Oakes, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Good demand for shares in tin mines, and stock getting scarce. Australian United, Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, Chiverton Valley, Chontales (Gold), 105., 15s. Cook's Kitchen, 161, 174 Devon Great Consols, 95, 105 Drakewalls, 21s, 23s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 31, 31 East Bassett, East Caradon, 41, 4i East Lovell, 31, 33 East Wheal Grenville, 21, 3 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold). —s., —a. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 17k, 13 Great Retafiack. Great Wheal Vor 61, Hingston Down, Marke Valley, New Lovell, it 2 North Crofty, Pacific, 12, 9 MAR Prince of Wales, Providence Mines, 37, 3 8 Rosewall Hill and Ransoms United, 11 South Condurrow, 3, 4 South Frances, Tankerville, 14, 14} Tincroft, 40, 421 Tan-yr-Alit, Taquaril (Gold), 475, 498 Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols, 11, 2 West Chivorton, 531, 54i West Frances, 31, 33 West Maria and Fortescue 31 33s West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Seton, Wheal Agar, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, Ig, 1} Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 7f, 711 Wheal Mary Ann, Bg, 9 Wheal Seton. 35, 40 ETS. LONDON CORN EXCII A.NGE, FRIDAY.—There were short supplies of English grain on offer at Mark-lane to-day, but the arrivals from abroad were too heavy to allow of anything like active sales. Therefore the grain trade throughout was charac terised by quietness, and the general tendency of values was towards lower rates. Both English and foreign wheat experi enced a cautious demand, at scarcely the quotations previously current : in fact, forced sales could only be effected at a de cline of Is. per qr. Barley was in limited request for both malting and grinding qualities, but prices were unchanged. Malt was dull, but quite as dear. The inquiry for oats was re stricted, at Monday's quotations. Beans and peas met a fair sale, at fully previous currencies. The flour trade ruled inactive, at prices tending downwards. Arrivals :—English and Scotch —Wheat, 650 ; barley, 670 ; malt, 740 ; beans, 20 ; peas, 30 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 45,410 ; barley, 17,050 ; oats, 83,770 ; maize, 15,680 ; and beans, 470 qrs. Flour, 1,940 sacks and 23,560 barrels. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This market opened steady to-day, and with rather better prices than on Tuesday. The imports are—Wheat, 10,415 qrs. ; corn, 13,439 qrs.; flour, 2,000 barrels and 190 sacks. Closing Report.—This market closed with a fair consum➢tive demand. There was a fair attendance of millers and dealers. An advance was made of 2d. for red wheat and 341. for white wheat. The chief business was in the latter. Flour was in improved request, at 6d. per barrel and ls. per sack dearer. Barley, beans, and peas were unaltered. Oatmeal was dull, at recent quotations. Indian corn was taken steadily at an improvement of 3d. per qr. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FulDAT.—The wheat trade has assumed a firmer tone at this market to-day. There was a fair demand for white and good red wheat, at an advance of ls. per quarter on last Briday's prices. Very fine barley main tains its value. Other sorts were neglected. In beans and oats there was no alteration. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—At this market there was a fair supply of wheat, for which there was a good demand, with an advance of Is. There was a short supply of barley. Barley, peas, and beans were at last week's rates. Oats were ls. dearer. DUBLIN CORN • MARKET, FRIDAY.—At this market to day Irish wheat was sharper. Oats closed at the prices of Tuesday. Prime barley was scarce. Other kinds were without much change. Foreign wheat was firm, and against buyers. Maize was steady. Flour was limited, selling freely at current rates. Irish wheat, white, 28s. to 30s. Od. ; red, 265. to 285.; inferior, 225. to 245.; barley; malthig,•lss. to 178.; grinding, 155.; old oats, 17s. : new oats, lls. to 145.; flour, extra Irish old, 21s. ; extra foreign, 18s. to 195.; Dantzic wheat, 288. to 305.; maize, Galatz, 30s ; Ibrail, 295. ; Indian meal, white, 10s.; yellow, Bs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.-This market opened with a fair inquiry to-day. Probable sales, 8,000 or 10,000 bales; imports, 7,404 bales. No Surats. Total, 88,999 bales. Sales for the week, 68,870 ; reported on speculation. 5,140 bales ; for export, 15,360 bales. Actual export, 13,640 bales, Stock to-day, 564,700 bales, against 425,435 bales last year.-Clos ing Report.-There was rather more doing at the low prices, particularly for Surats, Sales, 12,000 bales. Mobile, ship named, 71d. ; Savannah, 7id ; Dhollerah, due, bid. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.-There were larger supplies of meat on offer at the market to-day. The de mand was inactive, but prices were maintained. Per Sibs. by the carcase :-Inferior beef, 3s. Od. to 4s. Od.: middling do., 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; prime large do. 4s. 6d. to 48.10 d ; prime small do., 4s. 10d. to ss. 2d. ; inferior mutton 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; middling do., 4s. 4d. to ss. ; prime do. ss. to ss. 4d. ; veal, 4s. 106. to ss. 2d. ; large pork, 3s. 4d. to ss. ; small pork, ss. to 6s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.—The large supplies of hops in the market continue to exercise a depressing effect upon the quotations, the demand being by no means aetive, and being confined to the choicest grades. Inferior and old qualities have been neglected. Mid and East Kents, £2 10s. to £7 ; Weald of Kents, £2 10s. to £4 ; Sussex, £2 ss. to £3 10s. ; Farn ham and country, £3 15s. to £6 6s. ; and olds, £1 to £2 108. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, FRI DAY.—FuII average supplies of potatoes have been on sale. The demand has been heavy, as follows :—English regents, 40s. to 100 s.; Scotch regents 455. to 90s. ; rocks, 40s. to 60s. per ton. LONDON WOOL MARKET, FRIDAY.—The wool market has been in a quiet state. The business doing in all qualities has been on a limited , scale. Nevertheless, the value of all quali ties has been maintained. LONDON METAL MARKET, FRIDAT.—Iron has been quiet. Tin has been in limited request. Rails, £127. Copper has been neglected. LONDON OIL MARKET, FRIDAY.--Linseed oil has been flat, at £3O, spot. Rape steady. English brown, spot, £4l 10s.; refined, £43105. ; foreign, £45105. to £46. Other oils have been inactive. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, FRIDAY.—The market has been steady. Y.C., spot, 435. ; October to December, 435. to 435. 3d. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FRIDAY.— Tea has been firm, at full prices. Sugar has been in steady re quest. Antigua, 265, ; St. Vincent, 245. to 255. 6d. ; crystalised Demerara, 335. to 355. Refined goods have been firm in value. There has been a moderate demand for coffee. Average Plan tation Ceylon, 385. 6d. to 515.: middling, Us- to 595. ; good and fine middling colony, 68s. to 725. Rum has sold slowly. Deme rara, 2s. 00. to 28.2 d, MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—This market continues in the same dull and inanimate condition which it has shown for some days past. Prices are again lower, and more irregularity prevails than formerly, as the necessity of some pro ducers to sell is becoming greater, and in many cases they must, in order to realise, submit to prices much under cost. Buyers still act with great caution. In shipping yarns there is little doing, and prices are lower. There are still some very low offers made for shirtings suitable for India, but the actual sales are small, and makers of them generally refuse the rates offered, being still under contract, and so prefer waiting the future course of the market. Other classes of shipping goods are in little request. In yarns the daily business is small at declining rates. The home trade houses have bought rather freelyof goods for forward delivery suitable for the spring trade, being tempted doubtless to do so by the low prices at which they can buy. For China there is no inquiry. The opinion is gaining ground that the is a prospect of a long-continuance of low priced cotton yarns and goods, and that current prices are unsafe, as there are further signs of weakness apparent, especially as regards cotton, which will bring and maintain prices at a lower level yet. SOUTH WALES IRON TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY —Although no improvement is noticeable in the iron trade of South Wales since the report last week, it is satisfactory to find that at the quarterly meeting of the ironmasters a more hopeful feeling prevailed, and it is confidently believed that the general briskness which is likely to ensue in all branches of trade on the close of the war will fully compensate for present quietude. From Russia and the United states an increased demand is confidently anticipated. The home companies con tinue to purchase cautiously, and for home demand iron and steel rails are in moderate request. Other descriptions of make are not active. In the steam coal trade a moderate amount of business is still done. Colleries are, as a rule, employed about two-thirds time. House coal is in improved request, conse quent on the approach of winter. The purchases on coasting and coal account are increasing. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Business was done to-day at 51s. 4id. to 51s. Gd. for cash : also at 51s. 9d. and 51s. 9d. for the month. At the close sellers would have gone on at the latter prices.—Closing Report,—This market was a shade easier to-day. Deliveries were at 51s. Gd. cash, and 51s. 9d. one month. Buyers ld. less. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY.—At this market to-day there was a fair business done, and prices con tinued steady. STEAM DEFENCES. Mr. Bessemer suggests that we should turn the obedient and all-powerful agency of steam to account in respect to our national defences. It should be the grand resource of England against foreign invasion. The materials to main tain its power (coal and water) are to be met with in every village in the land. An auxiliary steam army represent ing a bullet-throwing power equal to 50,000 men may be directed and controlled by some 3,000 intelligent en gineers, so that we may at small cost be always pre pared for the worst. Our steam soldiers will want neither rations, clothes, nor pay, in peace ; and will cost but a fraction of the amount of living machines in time of war. Our locomotive engine drivers, and our fire bri gade would be just the class of men for this purpose. Mr. Bessemer proceeds to explain the projectile power of steam machinery which can be best understood by refer ence to the actual weight of matter projected into the air by our modern fire engines which will throw 600 gallons o; water to a height of 160 ft. every minute. Now, 000 gals. of water weigh exactly 6,0001 b., and 6,0001 b. lifted 160 ft. high is equivalent to raising 18121 b. to a height of . 5,280 ft„ or one mile. Thus the present steam ,fire-engine actually developes in practice a force equal to throwing 181ilb. to a vertical height of one mile every minute. The Enfield rifle ball weighs one-fourteeuth of a pound ; hence it requires 2,540 such bullets to weigh 181i1b., so that the power developed by the fire-engine is equal to throwing 2,540 Enfield bullets one‘mile in vertical height per minute, with a consumption of about 51b. of coal and three gallons of water. A thousand such machines having a bullet throwing power equal to the discharge of a million two ounce bullets per minute could be readily produced by our fire-engine and agricultural engine -makers in a few months from the time of settling the details of the first model engine, and at a cost certainly not exceeding that of one of our large iron-dads. A battery of such machines would be utterly unapproachable, and might be used behind the hedges and walls so numerous in every part of this country, or for the protection of forts, bridges, and roads, and also to prevent the landing of the enemy along our shores. IRE SUJN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 187 C. THE ENGLISH AMBULANCE TRAIN. The General Steam Navigation Company's stenaner John Bull sailed from the Arsenal, Woolwich, with ambulance train, intended to operate in the neighbour hood of Paris. The destination of the vessel is Havre, where the stores and attendants will land, and proceed by rail as far as Rouen, thence by road to Versailles, where it is hoped that permanent quarters will be assigned them by the King of Prussia. The personal staff consists of Dr. Thomas Guy, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, who will be director and principal medical officer; Mr. Reginald Shee, secretary; Mr. J. S.Aroung, of the Army Control De partment, commissary; Surgeon J. H. Porter, 97th Regi ment ; Staff-Surgeon Tertius Ball ; Surgeon W. G. N. Manley, V.C., Royal Artillery; Staff-Surgeom, J. Jame son ; Assistant-Surgeons McNalty, Power, Moore, Melia dew, Macrobin, Malcolm, and Barroll ; 27 ambulance attendants, 1 diSpenser, and 3 grooms. There are already at Havre 1 veterinary surgeon, 52 drivers, 3 cooks, and a number of horses. The stores shipped on board the John Bull comprise 8 ambulance waggons and twelve store waggons. Each waggon will; be.drawn by four horses, suitable sets of harness having been pur chased with them from the War Department s and each ambulance will accommodate six wounded men. '.. he store waggons are for the conveyance of camp equipage, provisions, &c. The hospital will consist, unless a build ing be set apart, of twelve hospital marquees and twenty bell tents, which will accommodate at least 200 patients. These marquees, and the field equipment of bedding, utensils, &c., will be transported in the store waggons until their destinationlis reached. Proviaions sufficient for 200 patients and:100 attendants for ten days accom pany the ambulance, and a regular: system of supply weekly will be organised by the Society, with Havre as a basis. Lord Bury Twill. meet the ambulance train at Havre, where he has been for some time purchasing horses - "and "engaging drivers, and it will be moved forward', without delay towards Versailles. About 150 Irishmen came down from London on a steam-tug,' and „first ; requested, then demanded, to be taken out to serve with the Irish Ambulance Corps ; but were, of course, refused, the captain of the John Bull himself, cutting their ropes, and sending them adrift. About a score of the party landed at the Town-pier, and tried to get through the Arsenal to the ship, but were stopped by the police, whereupon they got much enraged, and some of them incautiously avowed that they were "no ambulance," but wanted to fight for the French. A GENTLE HlNT.—Emily Carisbrooke, who has already "officiated" at the weddings of three of her friends, and is still disengaged, says it is all very well for the gentlemen to propose the bridesmaids, but that she wishes they would go a step farther and propose to them. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.—The returns of the number of animals suffering from the foot and mouth dis ease in Somerset give 6,308 cows. 15 oxen, 484 heifers, 318 calves, and 989 pigs. Of these, 58 cows and 77 pigs have died. The Deputy Chief Constable, Mr. Bloxham, re ports that since the 24th of June the malady has broken out on 339 farms, affecting 3,519 cattle, 254 sheep, and 297 pigs—in 13 petty sessional divisions. In the district of Mr. Bisgood, the assistant-inspector, 140 farms are in fected. At Shaftesbury, on Tuesday, the Ven. Arch deacon Huxtable in the chair, it was reported that the malady had appeared on 30 fresh farms within that divi sion, the principal cases being—Mr. Newman, Nyland, 20 cows ; Mr. Austin, Nyland, 13 cows ; and Mr. Bab bitts, Holy Trinity farm, one bull and 24 cows. In the neighbourhood of Sherborne the disease appears to be dying out. The heavy rains will, it is believed, have a beneficial effect. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN AND THE VATICAN COUNCIL.—At his visitation Dr. Wordsworth referred to the Vatican Council which met at Rome on the festival of the so-called Immaculate Con ception, the Bth of December, 1869, and de fined the personal infallibility of the Roman Pontiff, with an anathema against all who contravened that dogma, on the 18th of July, 1870. He traced the probable effects, social and religious, of that promulga tion, and stated what, in his own, opinion, was the duty of the Anglican Church with respect to it. It was noticed as a remarkable coincidence that the day on which the dogma of Papal infallibility was pro mulgated was followed on the morrow—the 19th of July—by the breaking out of the terrible war which had already had the effect of humbling the power of France, the protectress of Rome, of withdrawing her troops from Rome, and of opening the gates of Rome to the arms of an Italian Sovereign of the House of Savoy, which was formerly one of the most devoted vassals of the Papacy, and which massacred its own subjects, the Christians of Piedmont, in obedience to the commands of Rome. And now Victor Emmanual had been accepted as King in the place of Pope Pius IX. The Bishop next referred to our relations witlithe Eastern Church, a subject rendered the more interesting to that diocese by the recent visit of a distinguished Greek Archbishop to its two principal cities, Lincoln and Nottingham. His Lordship then referred to the education question and other matters affecting the general interests of the Church. THE BELGIAN BISHOPS AND THE POPE.—The Catholic bishops of Belgium have met at Malines to protest against the invasion of the Pontifical territory by the Italian troops. Among those present were the Arch bishop of Calcutta and the Apostolic Vicar of Buffalo in America. The chief resolution arrived at was that Belgium would be happy to offer an asylum to the holy father in awaiting'„the certain restoration of his temporal power, for the Popes always return, This was the opinion expressed by the Archbishop of Malines, one of the advocates of personal infallibility. It was remarked that nothing was said of the plebiscite in this meeting, or the small minority which had proclaimed by its negative vote its desire for the personal administration of the Pope. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.- -GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the flue properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS & CO., Ilomceopathi Ckemists, London.—Advt. THE WAP4. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. THE FOOD QUESTION. The most important question relating to the defence of Paris is the supply of food. The city cannot be bom barded with very great effect ; it cannot he taken by assault, except by a most wearisome and bloody siege but it may be starved out. Everything depends upon the length of time which the food stores can be made to last, and on this all important point divers opinions exist. We have already given several estimates. It may be interesting to quote the view of the Daily News Paris correspondent. It is moderate and much in accordance with the calculation given by our own informant. He says ; The Government of National Defence have very judiciously commenced to limit the daily supply. of meat to something like 5i ounces per head for every man, woman, and child of the population, being just one-third less than the average daily consumption ; 7i ounces having been the daily rate during the year 1868. At the present moment, however, in spite of the large num ber of persons absent from Paris, the population, owing to the influx of Gardes Mobiles from the provinces, and more especially of the many thousand people from the environs for several miles around, who sought refuge in Paris at the approach of the Prussians, must be in excess of the one million eight hundred thousand souls of which it ordinarily consists, so that in all pro bability the reduction in the supply of butcher's meat is greater than at first sight it appears to be. A week ago there were within the walls of Paris 24,600 oxen and 150,000 sheep, and if one deducts from these the 500 oxen and the 4,000 sheep which are daily allowed for the provisioning of the inhabitants, there will remain at this date 21,100 oxen and 122,000 sheep, which, according to the present rate of consump tion, constitutes about five weeks' supply, and could be made to serve for seven weeks if a further reduction of the daily allowance should be promptly made by the authorities. When there are no more oxen, sheep, and pigs, we shall have to fall back upon horseflesh, and de pend for animal food upon the 100,000 or so cab, omnibus; and other horses which Paris could well spare in such an emergency as this. Since their supply of meat has been curtailed, the butcher's shops only open twice, or at most three times a week, a certain number opening in turn each day in every arrondissement. The crowd surrounding them is so great that a " queue " has to be formed, and to preserve order National Guards are posted inside and outside the shops, which have the iron railings in front of them closed, except when a limited number of persons are being admitted. Many people wait outside for hours, and then have to go away empty-handed. The price of meat is fixed by a commission, and is lower than at ordinary times, being no more than from 9d. to 15d. per lb. The same course is pursued with regard to bread, the best quality of which is only 2id per lb.; owing, however, to a species of panic which ensued consequent upon the restricted supply of fresh meat, salted and preserved provisions have attained to exorbitant prices. Australian mutton, beef, and veal, for instance, are quadruple their ordinary rates; hams, until they were all bought up, realised 3f. per lb. ; salted cod fetches about is. per lb., and dried herrings are sd. each. Gruyere cheese is 2f. the pound, and common English or American as much as 2s. Fowls and ducks range from 7f. to 10f. each, turkeys fetch 25f., rabbits 6f. and 7f., and pigeons 2if. each. Salt butter is occasionally met with in the shops at 5 francs the lb. ; all the fresh butter, which, by the way, eventually commanded 10 francs the lb., is, of course, consumed by this time. Veal fat, boiled down, is sold at two francs the lb. for culinary purposes. Eggs are 2d. and 3d. each. Fruit, of which there appears to be a considerable stock, has not risen in price, but green vegetables are sold at exorbitant rates—common cabbages being half a franc, and large cauliflowers a franc and a half each. ItIORE IMPERIALIST DISCLOSURES. The later newspapers from Paris contain more instal ments of the letters and papers found in the Tuileries. One of these is particularly interesting, for it shews that the Emperor, so far from having " saved nothing," as the Zmes assured us, has really laid by a nice little property. It is this :—From 1852 to 1866, and probably to the end of his reign, Napoleon 111. had an open account with Baring Brothers in London. The memoranda which announce the balance of this account from year to year, offer nothing remarable—a number of cheques from Mines. Walewska and de Cadore, various supplies and expenses in moderate sums. However, the memorandum of the 31st December, 1852, bears evident trace of the coup d'etat—carrying to the Imperial credit a sum of £767 ; total, £36,370165. But the truly precious document fur nished by Baring is the following memorandum, left by mistake, doubtless in the account of December, 1866. It is drawn up in English. Russian 5 per cent. (1822) Russian 5 per cent. Russian 3 per cent. 50,000 Turcos 6 per cent. (1858) .... 100,000 Peruvian 4i per cent. (old) Peruvian 4t per cent. (new) 52,000 Canada 6 per cent 50,000 Brazilian 4i per cent. Egyptian 7 per cent .. 50,000 American 8 per cent lOO,OOO Mississippi 6 per cent. Diamonds 200,000 Uniforms Beaujon . £873,000 60,000 Total , . £933,000 Another document represents the Emperor as receiving statements of the exact number of persons who, in con sequence of the events of December, were condemned to any punishment whatever. The Ministers of Police, of War, and of Justice have each delivered up his roll, and the result is that the whole number of people arrested during the time of the coup d'etat (the insurrection of December, 1851, it is here called) was 26,642. But of these over 6,000 were set at liberty, and over 5,000 subjected to a " simple surveillance ;" so that the persons actually punished num bered 15,033. Again, from this number must be deducted those whose crimes were not actually part of the insur rection, and then, everything being cleared away, we get at the final result of the coup d'etat, 239 people sent to Cayenne, 3,773 to Algeria, 931 banished, 1,480 impri soned. The actual numbers of persons still suffering on the 27th of January (1852 ?) for having been mixed up in the " insurrection" were Cayenne 173, Algeria 4,042, banishment 614, imprisonment 1,324—t0tal 6,153. There is also a letter from the Empress, distinguished by its bad spelling. Her Majesty says :—" When one sees other nations one judges and appreciates better the injustice of our own. I think, in spite of all, that it is necessary not to be discouraged, but to march in the path you have chosen. Good faith in the concessions given —as, for that matter, one thinks and says—is a good thing. I hope, therefore, that your speech will be in this sense. The more one may require force later on, the more one should prove to the country that one has ideas, and not expedients. I am far away, and ignorant of events since my departure, to speak so ; but I am deeply convinced that the following of ideas is the true force. Ido not love coups, and lam persuaded that one cannot make coups d'etat twice in the same reign." At one deserted villa on the road to Paris over 1,000 bottles of brandy were discovered, besides quantities of wheat, oats, and bacon. These were walled up, partly in the cellar and partly in the garden. The Paris theatres are employed for storehouses. The Oddon is a vast powder magazine, and the Grand Opera House contains every munition of war, save gun powder. Those very ultra-Red Paris papers, Blanqui's Journal, the Patric en Danger, and the Combat, the latter edited by Felix Pyat, have ceased to appear, under the pressure of public reprobation. Since the investment of Paris com menced, these journals have constantly striven to stir up disaffection. The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph—and none of the correspondents of that paper are particularly anxious to represent things as favourable to the French—makes the statement that Paris can hold out for three, or possi bly, on short rations, for four months. " There seems to be no doubt that, in deciding for the march on Paris, the Prussians were under the conviction that intestine war was sure to be the result of the dethronement of the Emperor, and that the gates would be opened by one of the contending parties; but in this, according to present appearances, they will have made a signal mistake." THE FIGHT IN THE VOSGES. On the sixth, it will be remembered, a battle took place in the Vosges Mountains between the Baden troops under General von Degenfeld and a large force of French regulars and Mobiles. The Carlsruhe Gazette says that the German troops were composed of the Ist Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard, the 3rd and 6th Regiments of Fusiliers, two squadrons of Dragoons of the Guard, and two batteries of artillery. They left Strasburg on the Ist instant, and commenced their march through Mutzig and Schirmeck in the direction of Epinal and Langres. "No serious resistance was, offered them in passing through the Vosges. On the 4th inst., however, they fell in with some Franc-tireurs, who were soon scattered, only two of our men being wounded. On the 6th instant, the 3rd Regiment, which acted as an advanced guard, encountered at Menil, south-west of Raon l'Etape, a body of the French of double their number, and two regiments composed of regulars and Mobiles, in all some 14,000 to 15,000 men. The 3rd Regiment had for some considerable time to sustain a violent attack which the French made on them, until the Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard made a flank movement and attacked the French, who, after a bloody fight, which lasted nearly six hours, were repulsed and completely routed, retreating in haste upon Ram bervillers. The enemy sustained heavy losses, and left six officers and 600 prisoners, most of them regulars, as well as numerous rifles, &c., in the hands of our troops, who behaved extremely well. Our losses are also considerable 20 officers and 410 men killed and wounded. The 3rd Regiment and the 6th Regiment of Fusiliers suffered severely. The colonel of the Ist, Colonel Muller, is severely, if not mortally, wounded. Lieutenant von Niv plin, who distinguished himself before Strasburg by the capture of three guns, for which he received the iron cross, was also mortally wounded. In one battalion nearly all the officers have been killed, but the day was most glorious for the Baden arms." A DAY WITH THE MOBILE. A correspondent of the Times gives a graphic picture of a day passed with the Parisian Mobiles in their camp at St. Maur, prior to the catastrophe of Sedan. A chance acquaintance in a cafe led him to pay them a visit, and he was delighted with the cheerfulness, the courage, the bonhommie, everywhere apparent. The Camp de St. Maur is situate on high ground, being an immense forti fied square, whose lofty earthworks are surrounded by a moat. The camp is described as a little white canvas city with parks, and squares, and avenues, and streets, looking like a city of ants rather than of men, a city of long lines and squares of flattened sugar loaves, among which the inhabitants looked like a race of giants. Even before Sedan there were ominous devices scrawled in charcoal on the canvas : " A bas l'Empereur," " Vivo la Republique," " Vive Trochu," and a sketch of a huge man with a big sabre and great asses' ears, bearing the inscription, " Lebceuf avec le sabre de son pere." Visitors to the camp are frequent, but as the Moblots are grouped out into divisions, the residents of the same quarters of Paris being stationed near each other, some parts of the camp are gayer than others. The plan of dividing the Moblots according to their neighbourhoods has worked very well, as acquaint ances meet, and a feeling of camaraderie springs up through out. The battalions whose friends cannot afford the luxury of visits, however, make up for their comparative isolation by their high spirits and• various games. Everywhere there was the same cheerfulness and confidence in the future, though - the gay moblot had to put up with many of the hardships of camp life. The young lieutenant whom the narrator visited had left a profitable engage ment on the Western Railway when called out for service, and almost all the Mobiles had been obliged to relinquish some occupation or position. Their employers in the majority of instances have undertaken to keep their places open for them till the end of the war— but the war has yet to end, and it is a question how many will get through it. The young men of wealth and position have come out very well in the trial. " There you see," said an old soldier in speaking of the Camp de St. Maur, " the veritable enfants de Paris en masse—Dukes and Counts and Barons, of the Faubourg St. Germain or the Quartier des Champs Elysees, with all the petits creves to boot, who were the sport of our satirical journals—wearing the same uniform, eating of the samegamelle, and sleeping on the same straw as the workmen of Belleville and LaVillette." This same straw is the subject of many jokes. A sketch in the camp represents a visitor apostrophising a Moblot. "My dear Viscount, what can I bring you from Paris ?" "My dear fellow," is the reply, you can bring me two trusses of straw." These were in the days before Paris was blockaded, and the Moblot visitors were seldom empty handed. They did not fare badly, however, The kitchen of the battalion visited is described as a deepish furrow intrenched in the earth. and one of the chief duties of the regimental cooks was to get the faggots to burn in spite of wind and rain. The gamelle, as it is called, supplied good soup and bouilli, which the soldiers came and fetched for breakfast and dinner. Their day was mapped out as follows :—They had first appel at five in the morning; then setting tents in order, cleaning of arms and equipments; then exercise ; then a dive into the gamelle abaut 9 for breakfast, which was just the same as for dinner, and no wine or beer allowed; then ex ercise again till 12, two hours of rest from 12 to 2, then exercise again and ball practice ; after which another dive into the gamelle for dinner; after which all, except those on sentry duty, might spend their time as they would. The kit of the Mobile, all his equip ments, and provisions were supplied by the Government, who, after deducting from the Mobile's pay the price of his daily ration, gave him magnificently seven sous every five days. The Mobiles slept at night under their little tents on straw ; three in a tent is the allow_ ance for privates, while the sous-officiers have large tents and sleep five together. The visitor dined at the officers' mess, . where he had a good plain dinner and unbounded hospitality. In the evening his hosts took him to the cafe chantant, where they usually spent their leisure evenings, and where the excellence of the amateur performances forcibly reminded him of the large number of educated men in the ranks of the Mobiles. There was the flower of the youth of Paris, the rising poets and men of letters and art, the rising members, indeed, of every profession, doing the work of private soldiers, exposed to the same chances and privations as the garcon epicier or the young carpenter or stonemason. " The whole of the young life and blood of Paris between the ages of 20 and 24 are there, engaged in the most fearful struggle which their country has yet had to endure. We thought a little mournfully of this as our kind Moblots escorted us to the train to start on our way back to Paris. Nevertheless, we were glad to have passed a day in the midst of these frank, light, and true-hearted enfants de Paris." MEDICAL NOTES ABOUT SEDAN. A correspondent, writing from Sedan at the end of last month, says the place affords one of the most ex traordinary sights imaginable. The town was full of conquering Germans. The shops were open, and business was going on, but the people were so utterly cast down as to care little or nothing about any thing but their misfortunes. At the chief hotel, the " Golden Cross," it was evident that they did not care for customers, and would rather have been without them. They affirmed that food was not pro curable, and our correspondent strongly suspected that a beef-steak, which he was so fortunate as to secure, was a piece of an old charger. The hotel was neglected, filthy, and very odorous. An extra ordinary number of captured/ cannon (mostly rifled) and mitrailleuses were to be seen. Many of the cases under the care of Dr. Frank, scattered in detached hospitals at Balon and Bazeilles, were of great interest in a surgical point of view. The Prussian 'military medical authorities had been in the habit of visiting the various hospitals about Sedan at different times, and the process of removing the wounded was taking place so actively that they would all soon be evacuated. Sonie patients were sent to Belgium, and others to Germany, yid Pont-h-Mousson. Those who were pronounced by the surgeons as not likely to recover from their wounds in less than three months were allowed to go home. The Prussian. and French surgeons did not appear to amalgamate together very wall. The national hatred was too strong to be over come by any professional sympathy. The French wounded, as might be anticipated, were the most de pressed, and the most desirous of getting away from the hospitals, where they were mostly attended by foreign surgeons, to their homes. On the other hand, the Ger mans naturally placed more reliance upon the medical attendants, evinced less irritability under restraint, and a greater desire to secure their own ultimate rocovery. Lancet. It is noticed that the proportion of wounded who die in the French ambulances is about one in 8 ; whilst the Prussian fatalities are in the much higher proportion of one in five, though their ambulances are better organised. The Boulogne correspondent of the Post says that Lord Lyons keeps a sharp look-out for every opportunity of bringing together Count Bismarck and the French Government, with a view to peace preliminaries. General Burnside, as the events of the past few days have proved, is a great favourite with Count Bismarck. This statesman is partial to Americans. He says, " I like self-made men. It is the best sort of manufacture in our race." The Prussian generals have sent a demand to the Tours Government for the surrender of all the prisoners made by the Franc-tireurs, on the grouud that they do not recog nise them as regular soldiers. In case of refusal they threaten to execute - an equal number of French citizens. What will the Prussian generals ask next ? The Franc tireurs all wear a recognisable uniform. During the time General Bourbaki remained in Brus sels he was hampered by numerous French visitors, who questioned him about their relatives in Metz. The im pression they derived as to the state of the fortress was not favourable. A letter from the wife of the Duke of Nassau's equerry, who is always with the Duke, says that nothing was known of his Grace's death, which is reported to have taken place a week before the letter was written. This, however, scarcely suffices to disprove the story. La France says that the peasants of the Argonne dis trict are completely cowed, and incapable of the least re sistance, but that those of the Vosges and of Alsace are in a state of savage and resolute despair, which promises bloody reprisals should an opportunity occur. Among other neat transactions, the municipality of Lyons ordered all priests to serve in the National Guard, under penalty of three days' imprisonment. It is reported that they sent an order to this effect to no less a person than the Archbishop himself. The Germans expelled from France are preparing claims for compensation. The Bavarians alone estimate their losses at 250,000. The Frenchmen who were in debted to these expelled Germans of course forgot to pay their obligations. The German women, says the Elberfeld Gazette, make use of the post to send all sorts of presents to their hus bands, sons, and sweethearts. As letters are permitted up to 16 ounces in weight, they enclose cigars, chocolate, tea, and slippers. A pair of these last are sent in two letters. It is said that one woman sent her husband a flannel shirt in six pieces, and by six posts. The last letter contained the left sleeve, with the needles and thread for sewing the shirt together. The Prussian journals state that the Prussian Ministry has returne t to the scheme of recalling the former Chamber of Deputies in an extraordinary session, and of conforming to the Constitution in proceeding to new elections. The date of these elections must be prior to the 15th of November, when the present term of repre sentation expires. The Federal Parliament will be convoked, it is said, before the meeting of the Prussian Chambers. A correspondent of the Vienna Presse managed to take full observations of the defences of Havre, and to trans mit them in safety to his journal. Altogether the force in the town musters from 11,000 to 12,000 infantry. The works both by land and sea are very considerable, but an enemy who might obtain possession of the heights of Ingonville, would be master of the whole town. There are many recruits in the place who are ruining their guns by their unskilful firing. A German labourer who had been forced to work inside Metz, but had made his way out, gave a moderate and apparently trustworthy account of the state of affairs within the great fortress. He said there had been no salt in the fortress for weeks. Meat was scarce, and only horseflesh was to be had. The soldiers had been for some weeks on half rations, the officers only getting beef. The eading citizens might have wished Bazaine to surrender, but they had perhaps become hopeful of the early arrival of succour. This labourer said that nothing was known within the fortress of the capture of Napoleon. The same statement has come from various sources ; but as Bazaine has had communication with the Republican Government, it cannot now be correct. According to the Gevaer Zeitung, many of the French prisoners in Germany prefer remaining in captivity to resuming service in the army. "It was lately made known to the French prisoners at Mayence that two hundred and forty Frenchmen were to be exchanged for an equal number of Germans, and those who were desirous of profiting by the opportunity were requested to come for ward. Strange to say, not a single man accepted the in vitation, so that the requisite number had to be chosen by lot, and it could be plainly seen by the chap-fallen countenances of such as were thus selected that liberty was anything but welcome under the circumstances. Many of them shed tears on parting with their comrades.' The Cross Gazette admits that the Confederation must be adapted to the new state of things. It proposes to transform the Federal Council, which is composed of delegates of the Confederate Sovereigns, into a Chamber of States, corres ponding with the federative character of the new Ger many. This assembly, which the Cross Gazette compares to the American Senate, will represent at the same time the views of the nation as a whole, and of individual States. An interesting exhibition is at present open to the Berlin public, in the palace of Prince Frederic of the Netherlands, Unter den Linden. It consists of 6,000 articles, elegant or useful, presented by patriotic manu facturers and merchants in this city, and designed to be prizes in a lottery for the benefit of poor Landwehr families. There are twenty valuable head prizes, 'one of which is a beautiful rosewoad piano worth five hundred thalers. At Strasburg several convents, and one in particular, were dreadfully injured by the bombardment. The gardens were ploughed up with shot. The building of the one which had suffered most was a ruin. Of glass not one solitary fragment remained. Of window frames, perhaps a dozen altogether here and there. Great gaps in wall and roof and floor, the lower windows stuffed with mattresses cut into rags by the iron storm. In one con vent four young girls were struck down by a shell, and they now lie at the point of death. Of, Bazaine's last sortie a German paper says :—" The result of this battle, the severest and most important which has taken place before Metz since the Ist Septem ber, is alas ! a negative one for both sides. Both have lost many men without gaining any advantages. In the peculiar position of our army, it is quite impossible to follow up the victory by penetrating into the immediate vicinity of the fortress. However bravely, therefore, the attacks of the enemy may have been repulsed, the suc cesses gained cannot satisfy the victor. I have not ascer tained the exact amount of the losses. Ours alone must amount to several hundreds." An individual, who has lately arrived from Dantzig, has furnished some sad details respecting the French prisoners of war who are confined there. On the 10th of October there were at Dantzig 63 officers of all ranks, who had been made prisoners at the battles of Woerth, Mars la-Tour, and Gravelotte. The greater part of them were wounded and in a state of great destitution. For a month past the letters they had sent to France had not reached their destination. They had not received any assistance from the national subscription for the wounded. They had read with great satisfaction in the French official journal that their expenses would be paid them in Prussia and had communicated on the subject with the French Minister of War, but they had not received any reply to their requests. The correspondent of the Independance Beige, writing from Versailles, refers to the melancholy fate which has befallen two Prussian officers. 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