The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-05 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATURDAY. Notwithstanding that the business doing to-day has been on a very moderate scale, a steady feeling has per vaded all departments of the Stock Exchange, and the movements in prices, although by no means important, have been of a favourable nature. As regards railways, Midland, North-Western, and Great Western each shew a fractional improvement, whilst the principal specula tive Foreign Bonds, such as Italian, Spanish, and Turkish have risen in value ; but American securities have been lower. Home securities have been very firm, and Consols have risen 3-16 per cent., the quotation for delivery and the account being 91i, 92 en div. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91g, 911 ; Bank Stock, 230, 231; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. pretn.; India Five per Cents. have been done at 1094, 110 i; and India bonds at 225. to 275. prem. Colonial Government securities have changed hands quietly, but at steady currencies. There has been a want of animation in the inquiry for English railway stocks, but the'market has been steady, and the bulk of the alterations have been favourable. Midland, at 1271,1271, and North-Western, at 1271,127;, are each better, whilst Great Western shews an en hancement of 1, at 691, 691. South-Eastern, however, has been lower, at 73, 74} ; Metropolitan is quoted at 64, 641; Caledonian, 781, 794 ; Brighton, 40, 401 ; Great Northern, 1231, 1241 ; ditto A., 134, 1341 ; Great- Eastern, 381, 38 ; and North-Eastern, 143 i, 14n There has been only a moderate inquiry for Indian railway stocks. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 103, 1041 ; Eastern Bengal, 1041 ; East Indian, 1091 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1064, 1074; Madras, 104?; Oude and Rohilkund, 1034, and Scinde, 1021, 1034. Canadian shares have been dull. For foreign shares the inquiry has been restricted. Dutch Rhenish, 221 ; Great Luxemburg, 111 ; Lemberg-Czernowita, 16 ; Lombardo, 141, g. The market for foreign bonds has been rather firmer, at an occasional advance. Peruvian have been per cent. better, at 94, 911; Italian 1861, 1, at 55k, 551; Spanish 1867, 1, at 311, 311 ; Turkish Five per Cents., at 44g, 44. Brazilian, 1865, are quoted at 914, 911; Egyptian 1868, 77, 771; ditto, Nine per Cents., OS, 96 ; Spanish, 1869, 31, 34 ; Turkish 1865, 64, 62 ; ditto 1869, 501, 500 ; Mexican, 13k, 14/ ; French Scrip, Ito prem. American securities have changed hands quietly. The Five-Twenty bonds have fallen 1, the 1882 being quoted at 88g, 881; md the 1885, at 871,88,; Erie shares, 201,21; and Illinois Central, 111,112. Bank shares have commanded but little attention. Agra, A, 8 ; Anglo-Egyptian, 21i ; Imperial Ottoman, 11i ; London and Westminster, 64 ; and the Union of London, 34. In Telegraph shares transactions have been to a fair extent. Anglo-American, 75i, 7i ; British Indian Exten sion, 6i, ; British Indian Submarine ; vaimouth, 1o1 ; French Cables, 13; I:topper's Telegraph Works, 51, 6 ; Silver's India Rubber, 41i, 42i ; and Construction, 26,1. Miscellaneous securities have been purchased to a moderate extent. Berlin Waterworks, 15i ; General Credit and Discount, 7i ; Hudson's Bay, 8i; National Discount, 11k. The discount market has been quieter today. There has been a fair supply of capital, but the demand for accommodation has been easier. Three months' paper has been taken at 2*, 2k per cent. The Nyanza has arrived with £700,000 in specie from Alexandria. The Salsette has taken out £37,300 in gold, principally for Alexandria. The adjourned general meeting of the shareholders in the Aroa Timber Company was held at the offices of the company, Winchester-buildings, Great Winchester-street, to-day, under the presidency of Mr. Martin A. Sharp. The chairman explained that the meeting was held in ac cordance with the provisions of the Joint Stock Company's Act, and said that the company was making good progress. He also read an extract from a letter giving the opinion of the late Mr, John Braithwaite, civil en gineei, which was as follows :—" The specific gravity is something marvellous. The wood is so hard it is like iron. If I could have got such wood for sleepers when I was making the Eastern Counties there would have been a great saving to that company in repairs and renewals of the permanent way. Some of the specimens of wood I saw were remarkably well adapted for railway sleepers where the line runs through damp counties and marsh lands. It is so hard that in many instances the ex pense of creosoting would be saved. The only point is the price at which it could be imported into England. I fear it may take a long time before it becomes known. but I wonder it has never been introduced before into the English market." So far that opinion of Mr. Braithwaite was very satisfactory, especially as the wood was being inquired after in many quarters. He had also to report that an agreement had been entered into, subject to the approval of the shareholders, with Mr. Richard Bird, who had accepted the post of general manager, and would at once proceed to the estates in South America. The agreement was read and approved, and the pro ceedings closed with the customary compliment to the chairman. The sum of £24,000 has been sent into the Bank of England to-day. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.- SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. l'bree per Cent Consols 911 911 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 111 112 911, 1 x d 111 Do for Account 911, 2 x d Brazilian. 1865, 5 p o .... 91 93 Tbree per Cent Reduced 911 912 912, 1 • 911 1 Egyptian 1862, 7 p 0 .. • • 7 8 80 New 3 per Cent 911, 1 x d Do Rail Deben 7 p c .. 100 102 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Italian, 1865. 5 p a Do, J u ne p ne lO 15pm in Peruvian, 912 1865, 5 p 0 .... 91 92 Pm Portuguese 1869 3 p 0 .. 311 321 Bank Stock 230 Russian, 1862. 5 p 0.. .. 83 85 India 5 per Cents 1091, 10/ x d Do Nicolas 4 p a India Bonds — 652. 61 pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pa Can 6 pc Jan&Julyll77-84 10411051 311, 1, 1 Do March & Sept. 102 104 Do. 1869. 3 p a Do 5 p c Jan & July .. 97 98 31, } Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Turkish. 1854, 6 p o — Dorn of Can b p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do. 1865. 5 p o Ceylon 6 p c May and 441, 1 November 1878 lO6 108 Do, 1865 6 p a Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 62 July 1873 lO3 105 U. 5.5-20 Bonds,6 p a 1333 881 881 New S Wales 5 p 01871-76 10111021 881. 1. 1 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 Do do 1885 871 88 Do 5 p c Do 5 p c Consolidated 98 99 Do 10-40 finds, Spa 1331 862 871 99 6 71 Do 6 p a Mar & Sept 1891 106 108 ErieSha, B 10 1, 0 dols, all paid Do June & Deo 1891 108 110 Illinois Central Shares .. 111 112 V lot 6p cJau k J ul y 1891 115 117 Atlantic and G W It Con Mortgage Bouds — 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submaiine 235 240 and Malta (LI 101 10 W India &Panama(L) 4; 5; 10 Great Northern .... 111 111 4 5-16, 5 lli MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. I'd _ _ - - Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 20 It bri e Can Cavour 31 4 holders' Certificate 11 2 f 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re -10 BerlinWMerworks(L) 141 154 deentable 1870 63 65 151 30 Loudon Fin A esoo(L) 20 18dis 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 30 35pm 4 Lon Gen Omnibus • • 21 3 100 Boston City (U.& ) 5 2 15-16, 4 p C Sterling Loan 91 93 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) 1 1 pm 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 2131 pm 100 Madrasltrig. &Canal 25 Canada Company. 74 76 g5O 0 by Ind Gov. 100 101 10 Ceylon Company (L) 3) 3 dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 die. par 35 City Onions (L) 25 24 dis 5 Natnl Disct Comp (L) 11 111 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assumes 21 3pm 2 1 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Foes of Eng IL) 2 21 Mere Agency IL) .. 41 pm 100 Crystal Palace 00 Do Fret 00 Do 6p c Perp Deb.. 109 114 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 28 29 271 Ebbw Vale Steel IL).. 9_Bldis 5 OceauMarinelnsur l3ll4lpre 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 50 P and 0 Steam 4B 50 Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 48 79 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 dig 100 Egyp 9 p crroy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp a ay.. 94 96 15 Do New Bl 91 95, 6 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-st Warehouse (Li 71 71pm 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 26 261 20 and 100 Fgn a n d Colonial Gov 2 The me s Trust 6p o Bonds.. 97 100 Marine Incur (I. 991, 81 4 71 Gen Credt&Disct (L) fdispar St Tobacco 6p o Loan, guar by Italian Gov. 83 89 14 Genltm Navigation 261 271 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1111 dis Upper Canada 51, 6,5/ 5 CT Marine. Lvpool IL 41 41pin IT Hudson's Bay 8 81 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 81 6 United Dia Corprn (L 2 I die 45 Indrbbr,GutPer, and 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 6161pu0 Tel Works L) .... 41 43 111 42, 11, 21 . 12 Warrant Finance.... 8 7 die 5 InternlFinan Soc(L) Midis RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter l6 83 Do Ist Pref 80nd5.... 55 57 Caledonian ' 791, 1 2nd Pref Stock Great Eastern 383, 3 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern Do A 133 135 Great Indian Pen g 5 , o 1063 1073 134!, 3 107, 61, 7/ Great Western 693 693 Great Western of Canada 14 141 693, 3. 3 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 Lancashire & Yorkshire 131 133 Do 53 do, 1877-8 94 96 6 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 40 401 Do 5p c pref. Issued 80 /dig fpm 403, 1 Madras guar 5 p o Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 123 13 1043 123 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and North-Western 12731273 6p c lst Pref Bonds Lon and South-Western 89 91 Gude and Rohilkund g 99,898 5 p c Man, Bhef, and Lincoln 433 443 1031 441, 3 Solnde, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 641, 3 103, 21, 33 Midland .. . 12731273 Bahia and San Francisco 1271 g 7 p c North British North-EasteniConsols 143 144 Buenos Ay r es Gt Sth ru .. 2 25 1433, 3 Dn na b urg an d Wi teps k 18 19 South-Eastern 733 743 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23 731, 3 223 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 10331041 113 1013, 31, 43 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Buff & Lake Huron Pref 33 41 7pc Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 81 151, 16 Cape guar 6p a East Bengal guar 5p c 10331041 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidi n ) 41 51 1043 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 513 o•• • • 109 110 (Limited) guar 7po .. 141 15 1003 San Paulo 114 guar 70 a 203 '2Ol Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 141, 8 charge 6p e Do 211 d do Scrip .... ldis Ipm 1 dis ----- 15 161 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd i'd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 7l 81 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 112 pm 8 II; 25 Alliance (LI 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 21} 15 London Joint-Stock 331 '4 , , 211,x d 20 Lou and Westtunster 63 64 50 British N American 53 55 631 20 Ch of India, Auatrlia 14 141 10 Metropolitan£ o 9 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 20 Midland (LI 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL 20 Eng. Scot. a n d Ails 0 16 17 15 Union of London .. ::'9 40 20 Imperial % LI TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd p a 100 Anglo—American Ll 73 75 6 Great N. China, and 751. 7i, 6 ) 10 Angle-Meditru (LI 7/ 00 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European ILL - 12 11 100 1/0 8P c — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 13 British Australis (L).. 41 Xidis , and Malta ILI . 5) 61 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 6) 62 10 ) Mpneidniatearrndn 4: . x p l c r ic i ( L : i 1 4) 21 a s i, 61. i 2 10 British Indian Sub- it die marine ' (L) '•• 7 7 20 8 B R oTT te r r' a g ns . 1ii . a...13"ce it)l3 . 7 1 8 31 7), t 7 China Submarine (L) 1514 2 c1is la I, 1 ad IHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 187 C . MR. FROUDE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. RUSSIA AND THE TREATIES OF 1856. The following is a full report of the speech delivered by Mr. J. A: Froude, at Birmingham, on Friday :—He did not suppose that there ever was any real danger of Eng land being flung into the war. He could not but think that, in the hands of the Cabinet of which the member for Birmingham holds so distinguished a part, they Were perfectly safe ; but he confessed that he had been some what frightened by the tone of the London press. A cer tain number of irresponsible gentlemen who, if we had to fight, would not have had to do it, talked about sending a fleet to the Black Sea, of curbing Prussia, of sending an ultimatum to Russia—knocking down America with one hand and Russia with the other—and who spoke wildly, like men who dreaded being thought afraid, which was the worst form of cowardice, more than with sound, sober, English good sense, in the presence of a complicated difficulty. That feeling, however, had cooled down, and, among the other conveniences, was that he would only be obliged to trouble them for a very short time that night. There were, however, one or two points on which some mis apprehension existed, and, on which, he would like to say a few words. What was it that Russia had specially done ? After the Crimean War Russia was bound down by a treaty very disagreeable to herself : and. by a certain part of that treaty she now said that she could no longer hold herself bound. He considered that Earl Granville had given Prince Gortschakoff the proper and only answer beconfing a great nation under such circum stances to give. We could not recognise the right of Russia to withdraw of her own free will from the pro mises into which she had entered. Russia had com mitted an offence, but between an offence which we were entitled to resent, and an offence for which we were instantly to go to war, there seemed such an •enOrmons difference that he could not understa n d h ow peop l e cou ld have o verlooked it. They we re t o ld th a t th e i r h onour had been affronted, and that we must be immediately avenged. It was not very long ago that when some people quarrelled over a dinner-table, honour required them to go out the next morning and stand at twelve paces, and fire at one another. We had long ago given up that kind of thing ; but it still seemed to be under stood that nations were to do something of the same sort, and that being so, it appeared to him a very curious commentary on what was called progress. Honour, in that case, must be an extremely misleading spirit. For his part, he thought that nothing was honourable except that which was just and right, and every other kind of honour he conceived to be a mere will-of-the-Wisp, But Russia having raised that diffi culty—that difficulty about the Treaty of Paris—they should understand what the word "treaty " meant. There were ordinary treaties between equal parties for mutual convenience, and from which either side could retire when' it no longer happened to suit their con venience to abide by the treaty. There were also treaties like the Geneva Convention for mitigating the horrors of war, for preventing the firing upon ambulances, and doing the little that could be done to reduce the sufferings of the wounded in war. That treaty represented the enlightened part of humanity, and from it no nation worthy of the name of civilised could retire without disgrace. There were also treaties into which nations entered when they borrowed money. These engagements were protected by the ordinary laws of common honesty, and no nation could throw them off ; and if a nation went to war to throw them off, and they were unable to force her to pay her debts and behave like a civilized nation, still her success would be her dishonour. Treaties of that kind were of perpetual obligation, and no war could relieve a country which had once undertaken them. But the clause of the Treaty of Paris now under debate was of a totally different kind. That clause limited what was called the sovereign rights of Russia within her own dominions. It was as if England bad been bound not to fortify Portsmouth and Plymouth, and to limit her Channel Fleet to five or six small masters. If that was done we should immediately feel it to be an evidence of defeat, and a badge of disgrace. Innumerable treaties of that kind had been forced Upon the different countries of Europe, and invariably they had never lasted beyond the time the nations in which they were imposed had found themselves strong enough to throw them off. They never had and never could, in the nature of things, endure. They were either over thrown by force, or were evaded, or were outgrown by the nation in which they were imposed, or somehow or other they came to an end. There was the Treaty of 1815, by which France was not to allow a Bonaparte to sit upon the throne of France ; but France elected Napoleon 111., and all Europe agreed—not a word was said of the broken treaty. The Great Napoleon, after having overrun Germany, cast upon the German States just the same kind of bonds. In the day of humiliation these States agreed to and promised certain things of the same kind, but immediately on the reverses of the great Napoleon these treaties were cut in pieces by the sword, and flung away amidst the approbation of the whole of mankind. So it always would be. These treaties could not in the nature of things last, and when a nation could get rid of such treaties it repudiated them, and it was only an assertion of her own natural rights. How that should be done was another point. He was told that according to the law of nations Russia would have been perfectly in order if she had said—" I will not be bound by this trial any longer ; I declare war." There would have been nothing immoral in that. She gav e notice, however, that she did not intend to be bound by the treaty in order that there might be time to consider it, and her doing so was said not to be in order. Not withstanding what was said, that seemed to him to be an offence very considerably less than if she had declared war. People said that she should have gone to the lead ing Powers which imposed these obligations upon her, and said, " Release me." Well, that would have been the noble heroic course ; but he said that there was nc experience of any country - in Europe ever having had recourse to that ; and one of the pleas for the Russian War was that Russia was a half-barbarous people. It, therefore, seemed to him to be going too • far to require of a half-barbarous nation to set an example of heroic civilisation. Russia's position appeared to him to be this. She said, " I cannot keep the respect of my own subjects any longer if I submit to this clause. The purposes for which it was inflicted are worn out. The circumstances of Europe and Asia are not now the same. There is no longer any fear of any aggression upon Turkey on my part; I have no such thought. I only say I must not carry thi s dishonouring badge of defeat any longer ; and if you drive me, I shall go to war sooner than bear it; but I am earnestly and intensely anxious to escape from that extreme necessity, and I will not go to war unless you should force me." Earl Granville, on the other hand, says—" Your request is reasonable, but the way in which you have made it is one which cannot be tolerated." Was that a position on which they should have recourse to arms ? He could only say that if the diplomatists of England and Russia were unable to settle such a question without flinging the whole world into war, he for one said that diplomacy was not worth its salt, and that the English taxpayer should not longer be burdened with the necessity of keeping up a useless pro fession. MOVEMENTS OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. There are no Russian troops within fifteen miles of the frontier ; but further inland, says a writer from Vienna. something strikes the traveller as unusual, this is the, pre sence 'of small garrisons, sometimes mere squads of soldiers, in innumerable small towns, which at ordinary times had to manage without such blessings. " This dissemination of troops over a large area has been indeed unusual ever since the time when Czar Nicholas was slowly gathering in forces for his calamitous war. For the truth of another fact I am in possession of sufficient vouchers, namely, the sudden completion of regiments in Poland, where, until lately, each company, owing to furloughs largely granted, had been reduced to little more than thirty men. This figure has suddenly recovered to a full hundred and more, but is still below the war standard, which is 211. As to the calling in of the reserves, nothing has been done, for the simple reason that Russia has no reserves, not even on paper." DIARItETB. NIVW - CATM CORN MARKET, AttatbAt—This market is firmer to-day, and last Tuesday's decline on wheat is fairly re oOveted ; but there is not much doing by the factors. Millers keeping back oats and wheat, there was a good show from farmers, at 6d. per qr. advance. New oats ranged frdm 255. to 275. ed. pet qt. Flour was unchanged. _ - NORWICH CORN MARKET, SAttritnalr.—There \vas a good supply of wheat on offer at this inarket tozdaY, which com manded, the full rates df, last Week, The best samples fetched 6d. to is. advance, Trade may be pronounced firm. The inquiry iii Malt WAS rather slow. There were very few transac tions in Deans and peas. Barley was dull. Averages ;—Wheat, 1405 qrs., 535. 6d. per qr. ; barley, 8,527 qrs., 345. 6d. per qr. ; oats, 30 qrs., 4s. per qr. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.--For wheat the full rates of last week were asked at this market to-day, but only the choicest samples were purchased freely. Barley was a turn lower. Oats and Deans were in request, the latter slightly in advance. OXFORD CORN MARKET, SATURDAY:—There was a good attendance at this market to=day, and trade was good, at tolerably goOd prices, Which, alththigh net absolutely higher, Were verging oil, an adValice. Purchasers, in the face of the favourable Malan news, would not submit to an advance. prices—Wheat, 48s. to 608. ; barley, 30s. to 425. ; oats, 21s. to ds. ; old beans, 48s. to 525. ; new beans, 425. to 465. .; boiling peas, 475. to 50s. ; hog peas, 425. to 445. per quarter; flour, 38s. per sack. REAPING COR . MARKET, SATtinbAit.—There was an unusually thin attendance at the Exchange to-day. The sup ply of wheat was very small, add an advance of from ls. to 2s. was made, the firnineAft of yesterday's markets appearing to infiuelide idlers, but at this advance the transactions were not numerous. Oats were about ls. nearer. Best barley was very firm, and beans and peas were quite as dear as last week, GLOUCESTER CORN MARItEt -=A SiTvitbAt.t this market to-day there was A goad supply Of .Bii,glish Wheat, which met a quick dal®, at. the extrenie,pWes Of lag week. Although there WU not Much inquiry for feteign wheat, late rates were fully Maintanied. biaie, bats, and barley are firm. LEITII 4 k 4 ORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat was again flkhi fd this market to-day. Flour was also rather dearer. Barley was quiet. Oats were scarce, and brought full prices. Peas and beans were also scarce, and sold at full prices. The arrivals for the week amount to 14,756 qrs. of wheat, 6,222 of barley, 1,388 of oats, 873 of beans, 87 of peas, 458 of rye, 2,525 of tares, and 3,596 sacks of flour. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a small supply of wheat at this market to-day, and also fair sup plios of barley and oats. Wheat sold slightly in advance of last week's quotations, and barley and oats remained unchanged. Prices ranged as follows :—Wheat, 495. to 575. per qr.: barley, 301. ed. to 87s. per qr.; oats, 265. to 255. 6d. per qr. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was good show of cattle at this market to-day, and a steady trade was done in calves. Mitch cows from £l7 each ; barren stock from £l2 ; stirks from £7 upward 3 ; yearling carves £3 10s. upwards. Sheep 325. to 455. each, Pigs iti before. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SItIN MARKET, SATURDAY. —Market hides : 561bs, to 641b5., 30 to 30. ; 641bs. to 721bs. 30. to 3/d; 721bs. to 801bs., 30. • 801bs. to 881bs., 3d. to 4d. • 881bs. to 961b5., 4d. to 40 ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 40. to 40. ; 1041bs. to 1121b5., 40. to 411 Horse hides, 10s. Od. to 12s. calf skins—light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 75. 6d. Sheep skins— polled, 7s. Od. to 9s. Od. ; half-breds, ss. to 6s. Od. ; Downs, 85. 6d. to 4s. Bd. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY.- - Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market :—There were moderate supplies of hay and clover on sale here to-day. The trade was steady, and prices were with out any important variation. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 1405.; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 335. to 38s. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened quiet to-day. Probable sales, 12,000 bales. Imports, 4,211 bales. Closing report.—This market closed heavy to-day. Prices were id. lower in American. Surats were steady. Sales 10,000 bales. Arrivals ship named Savan nah, 81d. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The woollen cloth trade has been quiet, but steady, during the week ; and as much business has been done, considering the season of the year and aspect of affairs on the Continent, as could reasonably be ex pected. There was only a small attendance of buyers, who pur chased a few parcels of seasonable goods, including tweeds, mel tons, coatings and plain cloths, with a few heavy fabrics. Very little was done in spring goods, upon which many of the manu facturers are moderately well engaged. The low pilot, grey president, and blanket makers are all well employed in the neighbouring district chiefly in completing orders for the French and German armies. The flax trade is somewhat dull ; but prices of the raw materials, yarns, and threads shew no change since last week. Wools are rather higher in price, which causes woollen manufacturers to keep up their quotations. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURURDAY.—This market was again active to-day. A large business was doing, at an advance for the week of about 9d. to ls. on yellow and medium sorts, and 3d. to 6d. on fines. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1325; seconds, 1255. ; thirds, 1145.; fourths, 108$. _; fifths, 965. ; sixths, 67. 1,620 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 1435. ; seconds, 1285.; thirds. 117 s. 60 firkins in the market. SPORTING NOTES. The Australian papers devote several columns to the report of Randwick Spring Meeting in September last. The Derby was won by Mr. J. Tait's Florence, by Boiardo, out of Rose of Denmark, beating nine others. Florence was a great favourite, 2 to 1 being laid on her at starting. The Australian Derby was established in 1865, and has now been won three times by Mr. Tait. On the following day, Florence, with 10 to 1 laid on her, was beaten by Lady Clifden in the Spring Metropolitan Maiden Plate, "amidst," says the Sydney journal, "the screams and yells of the excited spectators." Lady Clifden had started second favourite for the Australian Derby, and only managed to get fourth. H.R.H. Prince Arthur has intimated his intention to hunt regularly with Mr. Coffin's hounds so long as he is stationed at Woolwich. The Prince will, as a matter of course, become a subscriber. — The flat racing season is presumed to have terminated at Warwick, but it will be apparently reopened at Kings bury on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. There are no fewer than forty subscribers to the Kingsbury Grand Hurdle Race, which will probably fall to Ample forth.--,Sporting Life. The Telegraph relates a touching incident as having occurred at Croydon races. Fifteen horses contested the Handicap Hurdle Race, for which Grand Falconer was in great request, 7to 4 being booked about him. "It will be seen," says the account, " that the race resulted in a perfect turn up, as Charon, who started at 100 to 6, won in a walk from another rank outsider, Dog Fox and Capitaliste. The winner belongs to a gentle - man named Bennett, who is at the present moment one of . the suffering residents shut up in Paris, and some sympathy was aroused when his wife, a French lady, was seen in the paddock attending upon the horse, and rubbing him down with a pocket handkerchief." If Mr. Bennett, who probably was at the moment engaged in eating omnibus-horse cutlets, could nave known that his own horse Charon was winning the Handicap Hurdle Race at Croydon, what a consolation it would have been to him amid the scenes of suffering of which he must be a witness. The display of kindly sympathy shewn by the turf will surprise no one who remembers the noble manner in which that body stepped forth like one man to replenish the failing funds of .St. George's Hospital two years ago. Some unjust aspersions having been cast on the turf owing to the box for contributions to the hospital at Tattersall's having been found empty one year when it was opened, the next year a sum amounting to no less than half-a-crown was, it is commonly reported, found in the box, an anonymous and stinging reproof to those who had cast doubts on the benevolence of betting men.—Pall Mall Gazette. The I.sth instant is the day of the first meeting of the new London Education Board. A quorum is to be fixed upon by the board, and in the metropolis is to con sist of not less than nine members ; a chairman and vice chairman are to be appointed for three years. PRUSSIAN MILITARY JUSTICE.—The statements which have been made in our papers as coming from an officer with Ricciotti Garibaldi at Chatillon, to the effect that the inhabitants there, being mindful, no doubt, of the fate of Ablis, actually resisted the attack, and did their best to save the Prussians, are remarkably con , firmed by the German narratives published. We have read three of these, and it clearly appears from them that several of the soldiers of the garrison who escaped were secreted by their hosts as though they had been hiding countrymen from enemies, and not enemies from countrymen. In one case the master of the house actually put two hussars into his daughter's bedroom, and thus preserved them from dis covery by the Garibaldians, who searched all the rest of his house. It is noteworthy that in the narrative from which this was taken it is expressly added that these instancess of devotion would lessen the penalty which would certainly be inflicted on the town for its complicity. Of this com plicity there is no proof whatever cited except that a party of two or three soldiers who came into the town very late that evening saw a railway official cooking a large supper, and upon asking him jocosely whom the pot was for, he rephed, " For my comrades." On the other hand, the Garibaldians themselves have stated that the whole surprise was 'an inspiration of Ricciotti's, and that in the course of its execution some of the townspeople were shot for their open resistance to his irregulars. May heaven preserve our countrymen from tasting Prussian military justice !—Pati Mall Gazette. THE REPRESENTATION OF MEATH. Mr. Pallas, Q.C., has issued his address to the electors of Meath. He says he regards the usurpation by Victor Emmanuel of the Papal territory as a violation of law, human and Divine, and promises to use all his efforts to restore .the independent sovereignty of the Pope. He considers that the Land Act of last session requires,•and must receive, material amendment in order to make it fully protective of the property and homes of tenantry. He advocates denominational education, primary, inter mediate, and university. THE TRUCK SYSTEM. —The Birmingham Gazette is enabled to state that the Commissioners under the Truck Commissions' Act, 1870, will sit in Birmingham on the 21st of December and following days, to take evidence respecting the working of the Truck System in the Black Country. THE NEW CANON OF CHICHESTER.--The Standard has reason to believe that the Bishop of Chichester has conferred the vacant canonry in his cathedral upon the Rev. A. R. Ashwell, principal of the Training College, Durham, and that Mr. Ashwell will fulfil the responsible position of principal of the Theological Training College, Chichester, in connection with his cathedral duties. THE WAR VICTIMS' FUND.—Nearly sixty ladies met on Friday at the residence of Mrs. Joseph Sturge, in Birmingham, to promote action on behalf of the War Victims' Fund. Mr. Eliot Howard, from London, and Mr. Albright were the spokesmen, and a large and influential ladies' committee was appointed. The sum of £B5. was subscribed in the room. NOTICE.-KINABAN'S I.L. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co. have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchficld-street, Oxford -street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—This famous and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained all over the kingdom, in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Agents to Messrs. Bass, Guinness, and Younger, and Dealers in Foreign Wines and Spirits. THE POPE'S ANATHEMA.. A letter from Florence speaking of the Pope's encyclical excommunicating the king and the whole Italian nation, observes that if only to prove to the world that Pius IX. enjoys full liberty, the journals should all be allowed to publish this absurd document, and in fact it ought to be affixed to the corners of the streets as the best way of rendering it ridiculous and defeating its effect on the people. It Was thus that Cavour acted in parallel Circumstances in 1861, but he was at the same time a statesman and a man of wit. Lanza and his colleagues have done the very' opposite. They have seized all the papers containing the encyclical and threaten to prosecute them. Cardinal Antonelli has taken care to make the seizure known to all the foreign repre sentatives in Rome. " See," he says, "in what manner the Italian Government keeps the promises it made at Florence concerning the independence of the Vatican. Pius IX. cannot communicate with the faithful through out the world. Was he not a hundred-fold justified when he said that the temporal power was indispensable as a guarantee for the free exercise of the spiritual power ? " The celebrated advocate, Mancini, one of the best in Italy, has offered to defend the journals should they be prosecuted. The seizure of the papers has given rise to rumours of a ministerial crisis. It is said that Signor Raeli, having given in his resignation, was overpersuaded by his colleagues. Visconti-Venosta like wise wished to withdraw. DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE NEW SPANISH KING. The students of the Universities of Madrid and Seville are resolute in displaying their hostility to the newly elected King. Those of Madrid have been in open revolt and threw mud and eggs at the Italian arms. They assembled in great numbers in the street Ancha San Bernando demanding the release of some twenty of their comrades who had been arrested. The Impartial, a paper which has ardently supported the Duke d'Aosta, came in for a share of their displeasure. They resolved to beat the editors and manager of, the journal, and the head of the staff, therefore, took the precau tion of filling his office with police. Tran quillity was restored after much trouble, but it is proposed to transfer the university from the capital to Alcara de Henares. At Santiago, Saragossa, and Sala manca the students have followed the example of Madrid, but to a less serious extent. At Seville there was an extraordinary demonstration, in which the students joined the populace in celebrating the funeral of the Duke d'Aosta in full style. The civil governor of the town interfered, but was hissed and pelted with stones, and finally driven back to his hotel. The students sung the "De Profundis " in deafening tones, and whenever the officials endea voured to shout " Viva the Duke d'Aostar their voices were drowned in shouts of " Death to the Duke d'Aosta 1" It required repeated charges of cavalry and the appearance of several battalions of infantry to put a stop to the demonstration and restore order. Before leaving for Italy, Gorilla attached his signature to some hundreds of letters addressed to several persons io the provinces to induce them to exert them selves to create a favourable impression on behalf of the Duke. "Our work," he says, "is begun, but not yet finished. To deceive ourselves on this point might be fatal. I wish you to continue to excite the public mind, if only to counteract the labours of our enemies. It would be dangerous to indulge in excessive confidence. Until the new dynasty has, by its acts, acquired prestige and the esteem of the country it will be the object of attacks from those who are preparing themselves seriously for the struggle. It is indispensable that we should not rest on our laurels, and at all cost we must have addresses of support." THE RUPTURE OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE. In consequence of the interrupted communication the cable telegrams giving the New York prices have not reached London for some days. The Railway News has the following observations on the injured cables. The fracture of the cable of 1865 appears to have taken place at very nearly the same distance from Heart's Content as in the 1866 cable, viz., about 70 miles from land. At this spot the two cables lie about five miles apart, and it is therefore supposed that the repairing ship may have accidentally hooked the sound one and caused the damage which has now interrupted the communi cation. As the repairing ship is on the spot means have been taken to communicate with her, and inform .those on board of the interruption of the 1865 cable. The heavy fogs which have prevailed for some time on the banks, and the shortness of the days, have necessarily rendered more difficult the work of finding and grappling the cable. For several days it has been wholly impossible to take any observation with the sun, and any landmarks that may exist have been more or less obscured. Left, therefore, without any means of ascertaining the precise locality of the cable, it will not be matter of sur prise if those in charge of the ship—and the captain has not, we believe had much previous experience of Atlantic navigation, he having been formerly a North Sea captain and engaged in connection with the cables laid in those narrow seas shall have hooked the wrong cable. It is hoped, however, that as he is on the spot measures will shortly be taken for re-establishing communication. In connection with the present system of Transatlantic telegraphy, one thing is absolutely certain, and that is, that the banks of Newfoundland should be as quickly as possible abandoned as a telegraph station, and the cable taken direct to Boston, or still better to Rhode Island, and a direct communicaton be thus established. For a hundred miles or more off the coast of Newfound land the water is shallow, it is the constant resort of fishing and other vessels, and the cable is continually liable to injury from vessels seeking anchorage. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fyfe, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate for her Majesty's Settlement of Sierra Leone, on the Western Coast of Africa. Prince Humbert, the Duke of Aosta, and Prince Carignano, were expected in Florence on Saturday. King Victor Emmanuel has appointed the Marquis Torrearsa President, and Signori Marzuchi, d'Affito, Vigliani, and Mamiani Vice-Presidents of the Senate. Mr. R. H. Allnutt, of Pensarn, in his meteoro logical rep irt for the month of November, says that the rainfall of the month on the coast was above the average, and its distribution over England was extremely irregular. Heavy clouds hung upon the hills and drifted down from their summit in dense masses of falling vapour, and the tributary streams were swollen into rapid wrters rushing to the sea. By the coast it rained on 14 days. After the 26th the weather was fair. The range of atmospherical pressure was from 30.70 in. on the sth to 29.10 in., on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, when, during these three days, the consecutive registration was identical. On the whole, the month was ono of great elemental action. MURDER AT LITTLE STAUGHTON.—One of the most shocking and diabolical murders ever recorded was perpetrated in this village, which is situated about two miles to the west of the St. Neots and Kimbolton main road, and about six miles from the former place, on the night of Tuesday last, the unfortunate victim being a poor diminutive imbecile, named Sarah Marshall, aged 52, better known as'" Old Sally." This poor helpless creature, for years the butt of the thoughtless boys of the village, was in receipt of parochial relief, and occu pied a wretched little mud one-roomed cottage. Stand ing upon a piece of ivaste land in one long, straggling village, near this hovel, are two cottages, and about 11 o'clock on Tuesday night the neighbours occupying them heard the poor old creature screaming murder, but, from her constant habit of doing so at all times of the day and night when she fancied anyone was approaching her dwelling, no notice was taken of it. About nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, however, the neigh bours, seeing or hearing nothing of " Old Sally," some misgivings for her safety seemed to have disturbed them. One of them went to the hut, and finding the door un fastened looked in, when he saw the lifeless body of the poor woman in her nightdress, doubled almost head and heels together, and resting upon the foot of the bedstead. Mr. Hemmings, surgeon, of Kimbolton, made a post mortem examination on Thursday, and his opinion was that deceased, after being mercilessly knocked about, was violited, and that life was put an end to.by strangulation. The coroner's inquest was held yeste.-iftlay, and the evidence left no doubt that the woman had been murdered, as sup posed. The inquest was adjourned. A man named William Bull, who has been imprisoned for twelve months has been arrested. He, or a man answering his descrip tion, was seen outside the cottage a few minutes before the screams were heard. He is a powerful, rough fellow. 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 from 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 said devices for varied work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises then all so NOISNLESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep en 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, 210.1, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their place, as the universal domestic helper.—" investment Circular and Financial Record," September 7, We. THE WAIL THE GERMANS UNEASY. Dr. Russell, writing to the Times from Royal Head quarters at Versailles, has the following :—" It would be vain to try to conceal from you that in the minds of neutral observers there is an impression that the German position in France is not so strong as it was. That idea may be, and very probably is, false. But lam sure lam right in saying it exists. For the first time I hear speculations founded on the hypothesis that the German army may be beaten. That was a sort of supposition not admissible a month ago. But all depends on the con test in the field. There is some disappointment ex pressed that the Red Prince has not ere this brought d'Aurelles to action. Th ere is some uneasiness at the delay. Prince Albrecht's cavalry division, I hear acci dentally, is many mil es to the east of the line of Pithviers and not near as much south as might be expected. From that it may be inferred the French are manoeuvring and that it is necessary to watch the left flank of the army of Prince Frederick Charles lest d'Aurelles should turn it and march on Paris. It seems absurd to write from Ver sailles, where so little is known, of what is going on at the South, now the scene of such great events. The Germans, if not intimidated by the task in hand, are certainly inclined to be more complimentary to the prowess of their enemy-than they were." The Telegraph Berlin correspondent says that all the Paris papers are calm and dignified in tone. People at Versailles are growing to look upon the attitude of the besieged city as "quite worthy," and deserving of respect. RUNNING SHORT OF FOOD. A resident in Paris describes what he found to be the state of the food market about November 17th :—" I wanted the half of a cat, and offered 4fr. for it, but they refused to let it go under 41-fr. I regretted afterwards that I had not purchased i,, as it was really magnificent, and would have made a splendid ragout. I saw them selling rats at 80c. to lfr. each, accord ing to size. I did not buy any, although I wai told they were excellent ; but I have still a stock of provisions, and prefer to wait till they are exhausted before indulging in such delicacies. Dogs have likewise made their appearance in some shops, but they are not much sought after, as they are found to be tough and dry, and are only eaten in case of extreme need. As, however, I had a desire to regale myself, I bought some sparrows at 50c. a head. You can see from all this that although our .position is not yet quite desperate, it is not altogether an agreeable one This morning I had a visit from my cousin, who came to breakfast with me. Our meal consisted of potatoes pre pared with horse-grease, a portion of donkey sausage, about the size of a nut, a piece of chocolate for dessert, bread and wine ad lib. It was truly a festive meal, although the potatoes tasted somewhat tallowy, the sausage rather rancid, and the bread sour ; but, leaving these trifling drawbecks out of the question, we break fasted splendidly." THE BATTLE AT A, MIENS. The French papers of the North deny that the French troops fled in complete disorder after their defeat at Amiens. La Prance du Nord states that the army arrived at Arras on Wednesday afternoon, and was received by the inhabitants with open arms. Of the battalion of Chasseurs present at the battle some companies have re turned to Boulogne. The reported loss of 600 or 800 turns out to be a transposition of figures. Instead of one-fourth being left, one-fourth were put hors de contkt. This is a distinction with a difference. That a portion of the troops should have been sent back to this place as their depot, and that too in good order, is pretty clear proof that there has been no general rout. A correspondent writes : —"From Cambray we have news that when the French troops quitted Amiens there were some disorders, and ' the departure resembled a sauve-qui-peat.' The National Guards discharged their muskets in the air, broke them, and flung their ammunition in the river. In the confusion several officers (of the army) were unable to rejoin their troops, and were obliged to disguise them selves, and make their way through. the surrounding villages. Perhaps the knowledge of these facts gave rise to the Prussian telegram announcing the rout of the Amiens army, but the fact that they took a leisurely three days to get to Arras, and were unmolested, proves the contrary." The Courrier du Pas de Calais gives a very moderate and apparently trustworthy narrative of this blow—so destructive to the Northern army. It says that the fighting was rather a series of isolated and numerous engagements on an immense line of operations than what is usually called a pitched battle. "In the plan of the general-in-chief no general strategic manoeuvre can be discerned, and it appears as if, however gallantly he fought, he listened to the suggestions of each brigade commander. This situation can be explained, up to a certain point, by cir cumstances which the commanders of the Northern Army were unable to control. This army, being in course of formation, had neither regular cadres nor confidence in itself. It was composed of provi sional divisions and a brigade created on the field of battle. The generals did not know either their troops or their officers, or the real resources at their disposal ; the troops did not even know the names of their chiefs. Under such conditions of inferi ority we had to confront a regular army, skilfully directed, all the movements of which were calculated with mathematical precision, and which has raised the art of war to the highest scientific standard. Moreover, we had too extended a line of Opera tions, either from the preceding engagements having made it a matter of necessity, or from having been com pelled to adopt it by the movements of the enemy." With respect to the behaviour of the troops this paper observes :—" We must say generally that, if some Mobile companies did not properly hold their ground, others, which were better equipped, and perhaps better com manded, emulated the courage of the infantry of the Line, which, although almost entirely composed of raw recruits, behaved under fire like veterans. Among these, the first mention is due to the sailors, who, as artillerymen and musketeers, have rendered the greatest service and dis played heroic bravery. Unfortunately this body has suffered considerable loss." THE LATE GARIBALDIAN VICTORY. A lieutenant of the Chasseurs des Alpes, who took part in the affair of Chatillon, gives the following description of it. "We left Montbard at six o'clock in the evening; we were at Chatillon at five in the morning. Our brave Savoyard, Captain Richard, crossing a branch of the Seine, overcame a Prussian sentinel ; after that, marching on the town we met a patrol, whom we charged at the bayonet's point, to the cry of Vive Garibaldi ! ' Fifty Prussians out of sixty fell in the streets of Dijon, after which we went on to the Hotel de la Cote d'Or, which we besieged, opening a brisk fire. The officers barricaded themselves in the rooms with all the furniture they contained ; we had to blow up every door. After half an hour we secured the three officers lodged in the hotel, whom we put under a strong escort, and attacked the town street by street, house by house. At midday the work was done. The Chasseurs of the Alps had secured 143 prisoners, 80 rifles, 40 lances. 40 horses, 1 flag, and killed a colonel and 150 men. We were only eighty, and had one dead and two wounded. Our coup de main was very bold. We attacked 900 Prussians, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and we were 480 in the three companies o Freeshooters of France and of Spain, and of Mobiles of Isere. We are preparing a fresh attack. Ricciotti Gari baldi is at our head." ' Eighty thousand breechloaders of the Remington pat tern have arrived at Lyons. At Lyons, as in every other part of France, all soldiers who have violated discipline are executed. A German letter says that fresh meat, with the excep tion of horseflesh, was exhausted in Paris on the 22nd, and that salt meat had been served out since. On the road from Paris to Orleans, just in rear of the investing army, a number of small hills have been covered with field works, in order to check D'Aurelles' advance. M. Marinoni's well-known printing machine manufac tory in Paris has been converted into a fabrique where cannon, obuses, and shot have taken the place of the six feeders lately become so popular with newspaper proprie tors on account of the immense number they print in a very short space of time. One of the large • instruction camps which M. Gam betta is forming all over France has become a substantial fact. At the camp at Toulouse 1,400 men had arrived about the 20th, and from 8,000 to 9,000 men were ex pected on the 24th. All the mobilised National Guards of the extreme south and south-west are ordered to ren dezvous there. A letter from Arlon, published in the Echo du Luxem burg, says :—" We have direct accounts from Montmedy up to Sunday last, which prove that at that date there was at least no complete investment of the place. There are conflicting accounts of what has since occurred, it being alleged on the one hand that the Prussians have withdrawn, while on the other side it is asserted that preparations for , London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE , o 01 c No. 112, Strand, Printer , and Published by hl be THE SUN Office, No. 112 , Strand, in the Precinct of t Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Monday, December 5, 1870, bombardment have been made. The major portion of garrison of Montmddy has joined the army of Lille , !!' the defence of the town is mainly intrusted to the NE tional Guards. It is almost the same in respect t° Longwy. Up to the present time Longwy remains fr ee ' The streets and the upper rooms of the houses are deeply strewn with sand, in order to lessen the effects of she' i The road from Longwy to Arlon is occupied by an w r g , terrupted procession of vehicles of all descriptions, criminately laden with furniture, bedding, boxes P i , visions, children, and old people, and accompanied b ' droves of cattle." A Versailles letter says that the girdle of barricades ce ll : structed under the superintendence of M. Rochefort Ints the Paris streets had been removed. The writer Ogg ° , that there was some fear of their being used by the eitirew: of the Socialist quarter. More likely is it that they 11 1 been removed because there is not the slightest chalice CI g their being required against the Germans. Either ret will surrender through starvation or the siege "- raised. A letter from the South of France, dated November 26i states that the construction of cannon is in full activitY A t Toulon and Marseilles. Upwards of a dozen manufactu re, ! in the last mentioned city have been tried upon the strsild to the admiration of the inhabitants, who are proud of t new manufacture, which has only been practised dur in . the last month. Besides cannon, mitrailleuses arc bei l t produced in considerable numbers, and every village f eed bound to subscribe for at least one of those we aposo e ; a while class and other subscriptions are daily being ra ts to provide further additions to the national defences. Herr Wachenhusen, of the Cologne Gazette, referring the feeble opposition encountered by the Grand Duke ° Macklenburg's division, says :—" Our army requires fl ° more laurels in this campaign, and it would therefore foolish to exaggerate the enemy's importance. The fir. man soldier advances against this enemy with see r !, He gives the battery the first word, and then goes inw the contest with an open contempt for the enenir with ill humour, I must add, for he knows be rat/ expect a bullet from every thicket and earthsva l " but will seldom meet a face to face and honourable re sistance." The devastation around Paris is extreme. W° o4s m which, for time out of mind, have been the delight of Parisians, are hewn down remorselessly, until trees P," prostrate over many and many an acre where the inkab l ' tants of the great capital were accustomed to seek O l t day recreation. Ladies' boudoirs are occupied by trooPelt soldiers cook their rations in saloons, and dry tile I- heaps r washed linen on gilded balconies. Broken bottles lie I heaps about pleasure grounds, and rags, bones, brok e pots and saucepans, old clothes, and such refuse are Wi ll/ . one may expect to find in elaborately ornamented garc lev kiosques. A peculiar kind of warfare is being carried on before the fortress of Bitche in the north-eastern corner of I. o ° . raine. The place being all but impregnable, y e t te° insignificant to repay the trouble of a siege, the cell engaged in its observation has entered into an agreeing', with the garrison in accordance with which not a s hot fired by either party. The country people of the neig h bourhood are even allowed to go to and fro and take P. visions into the fort, which is known to be supplied 113 7, all necessaries for a long time. On more than o n ' occasion the out posts have met in friendly intercourse' General Trochu has issued a severe order against a` outpost communications with the Prussians. It aPPet 4 that the officers of a Bavarian corps in front of St. I)e . r ii invited some French officers to breakfast ; the invitaP °- was accepted, and by all accounts the party had a y e " , pleasant time of it. In the evening the French office returned to their post and the usual outpost work reel' menced. General Trochu knows his countrymen lit: and shrewdly suspects that the Germans were not wholly disinterested in inviting to breakfast gentlemen so ready to enter into conversation over a friendly glass as the C Olv fiding French. A French journal saps that the recent war is attribliti able to the ambitious designs of the Empress for one her nieces. The daughter of the late Duchess of Ai bs was proposed as a suitable match for the Prince Leopo ld of Hohenzollern, and the crown of Spain was to be giv e , /l in the form of dowry. Thus Madame de Montijo wool have become, at the end of her life, the mother-in-10v ° the two most powerful Catholic Sovereigns. After the revelations of Marshal MacMahon with respect to the preponderating influence of the Empress at the decisis'e moment of the war, it is thought not improbable that tai projected alliance of Hohenzollern and Montijo have been devised. Two Protestant clergymen have appeared before Pro' sian tribunals this week. At Hildesheim, in Hanover' Herr Burgdorf was tried on the charge of hari lls shewn disloyalty to the King of Prussia libelled Count Bismarck. Part of the evidence ago.'" him was a sermon in which he described the war I , a heavenly chastisement, and referred to the of position of Hanover under the late dynast)? °. : l especially fortunate. The Consistory censured him, warned him against such extravagances, while the legs authorities of the Government, putting aside the charge °f treason, prosecuted him on the ground above-men, tioned, and demanded a punishment of two month' imprisonment for his ill-advised sermon and co n versations. He was, however, acquitted. Anoth er minister, Herr Grote, notorious for his extreme hostilitl to Prussia, has been prosecuted for attempted briberP He had been sentenced, in his absence, to a year's impriso n : ment for several Press offences, but had thought, after tv' t amnesty, that he might return home. On learning, Hanover, that the police were on his track, he crept abs u _ A from place to place, seeking an outlet, but was recognis e " and arrested at Kreiensen. He had compromising lOter: in his possession, and in order, as was alleged, to corra t the policeman who escorted him, he pulled 35 thalers s o , of his pocket, and asked " Would you like these ' t Hence the charge against him. He was acquitted, b il has now to undergo his original sentence. AFFAIRS AT METZ.—AII ambulance surgeon noW in Belgium, has written to a frieud in Nanntes concervwD" his experience of things. He says their life at Metz so' most painful, especially at last. Thgre were 22,000 01 „,, 1 - and wounded, and nothing to givefthem for suppo_rt,'; account of the faulty regulations of the Intendance. '7 O saw that there was plenty of provisions among the S t 3„ stores, and there was conclusive evidence that Metz basely given up by Bazaine. The correspondent says th when he can shew the papers which Bazaine overlook ed ' his friend will be surprised at their contents. He nounced that the famous General Boyer was convilic i a that Rouen, Havre, and other towns of the North, wo o . willingly receive the enemy, and had asked for Pruss,'!!l, garrisons and that the civil war raging in Paris was fear f A still more disgraceful thing was that while the army Metz was eager to make a sortie at any price, the Mars h 0 distributed among them some imaginary plans o f th e Prussian works which seemed so formidable that tt boldest hesitated to compromise the fate of the army an out any chance of extricating it. "We have since se e d these famous works," adds the writer, " and we coil,' have taken them twenty times had we tried to do sc eg The Marshal maintained also that the Prussian army WA 350,000 strong, and we surrendered 173,000 Frew . '" prisoners to 130,000 Prussians." , 0 THE DISTRIBUTION OF AN OUTLAW'S EFFECTS. —.L. - 1 0 1 3 Court of Vice-Chancellor Malins, a petition was presenL, for the appropriation of the effects of a bankrupt, Iola."' having been guilty of contempt of court, had been oevo lawed. The Vice-Chancellor stated that there was ~1 1, law applicable to the distribution of an outlaw's esta te the whole was founded on tradition, and the pro Pen went to the Crown, who did not retain it themselves, P distriluted it among the creditors, with a preference t tolt the creditor who gave the information which led to th outlawry. 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Lo u BLI Peeds no 'MY who 1 411 (1. cheap 4 ny other LINK PRI arid gd . aia INE ) 1 1 PO' n a solui V enting d: FL sther kin( ry Prices r , Tim juPri4 ' c CL PO A u P . street, la tr a d e w in, shen in, bond and ot) at the 1 Intlia I AIN PI plac es kos. 6 , 1 48 , gi Admt FestiN " Son BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Brighton, the wife of Chevalier ICtil ief of a son. On the Ist inst., at 2, Clanricarde-gardens, Baysweors the wife of C. B. Cousens, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 30th ult., at All Souls', Langham-place, CaPtst ili e Richard Dawkins, R.N., to Mary Louisa, widow of th e late Richard Bell Davies, Esq., and daughter of the la Simon M`Gillivray, Esq. .re, On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Hanover William Walter Barton to Ann Elizabeth DurtnelleL eldest daughter of the late Richard Durtnell, of P. sted, Sevenoaks, Kent. DEATHS. On the Ist inst., at Ravenscourt-square, Hammersmi th ' Sidney Smith, Esq., aged 62. On the Ist inst., at Dalston, Mr. James Sheldon, late 0f the Stock Exchange. W Darati the ye 110lbo _l le f Ci c LEI SKIN 7 s• , eft e , 84, a 1 1 Ladi .;3. If ad 111 the sion 11ot I Qo A4l