The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-28 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATuRDAY. The uncertain and generally unfavourable rumours afloat respecting the tenour of Prince Gortschakoff's note, and the threatened resignation of some of the Ministers, have paralysed bUsiness in the Stock Exchange, and have weakened prices in many instances. Operations have been conducted cautiously, pending the publication of the Russian Minister's reply. No important fluctuations have taken place, but they have been indicative of depression. Consols opened at a decline of * per cent., but subse quently recovered to 921, 92, for delivery and the De cember account. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91, 911 ; Bank Stock, 232, 233: Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 1111, 112/ ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. For Colonial Government securities there has not been much inquiry, and the move ments have been unimportant. For English railway stocks the demand has been in active, and the bulk bf the alterations have been unfavour able. Caledonian at 76g, 77/ ; Brighton, 381, 39/ ; anl South-Eastern, at 721, 73, are lower. Great Eastern, - at 363, 36-1 ; and Great Western, at 673, 673, shew a fall of k ; but North-Eastern Consols are 1 better, at 1401, 140. Metropolitan stock is quoted at 62g, 63/ ; Great Northern, 1211, 1221 ; ditto A, 1301, 1311; Midland, 125 , 1251 ; North-Western, 126, 1261. For Indian railway stocks the demand has been to a limited extent. Carnatic, 1021; East Indian,. 1083 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051, 106 ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1028 ; and Scinde, 103. Canadian shares have changed hands slowly. Grand Trunk, 101, 101. Foreign shares have been quiet. Great Luxembourg, 10k, 11 ; San Paulo, 203; and Lombards, 14. The foreign bond market has continued depressed, but no change of importance has taken place in the quotations. Brazilian (1865) have fallen /, or to 91, 911 ; Egyptian (1868) /, or to 741, 75/ ; Spanish (1867),*, or to 30k, 311; ditto (1869),1, or to 303, 301; Turkish Five per Cents, 1, or to 41k, 421; ditto 1869, 8, or to 47g, 48; Mexican, 3, or to 131, 131. The French Loan has fallen to 2to dis. American securities have been in limited request. The Five-Twenty (1882) Bonds have been quoted at 871, 88; ditto (1885), 87, 871; Erie shares, 192, 20/ ; and Illi nois Central, 1091, 1101. In Bank shares not much business has been doing. Agra A, 8 ; Anglo-Egyptian, 22 ; City, 10g, ; Im perial Ottoman, 411, g ; London and County, 49 ; Joint Stock, 33k, 34 ; London and Westminster, 621, 63 ; and Union of London, 391. 'Telegraph shares have been dealt in to a limited extent. British Indian Submarine, 7*, 1; Falmouths, 103, 1; Silver's Indiarubber, 38; and Constructions, 261, 1. For miscellaneous securities the demand has been limited. Berlin Waserworks, 14/ ; Credit Fonder of England, 2 1-16; Fore-street Warehouse, 20, 1; General Credit and Discount, 7 ; Hudson's Bay, 81 ; National Discount, 10k. The position of the discount market is without change. Fair supplies of capital have been on offer, whilst the de mand for accommodation has been quiet. Three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to day. The Manchester Courier of to-day says that a meeting of the creditors of the late Mr. James Mellor, of Springfield Mill, Butter-green, Oldham, was held yesterday in this city, to consider the position of affairs. The statement submitted shewed the liabilities to be £11,600 ; unsecured debts, £4,600 ; and assets, £2,900. A committee of creditors was appointed to investigate the condition of the estate, and the meeting requested the widow to make out the administration of her husband's estates forthwith. It was proposed to let the mill, with a view eventually of paying the creditors in full. The suspension has been announced of the old estab lished firm of Robert Wight and Son, chain and anchor smiths, founders, &c., who carry on an extensive business at Sunderland and Seaham Harbour, The firm was car ried on by Mr. William Wight. The liabilities, secured and unsecured, are estimated at £25,000, and the failure is attributed to losses in business and dulness of trade. A meeting of creditors has been called for December 12th. _ _ _ At a meeting of the creditors yesterday of Messrs. Simpson, Brothers, merchants of Liverpool, the liabilities were stated at £62,000, and the assets at £22,000. A meeting of creditors of Mr. Edmund Thompson, who has for some years been engaged in the Australian trade, was held yesterday. The debts were stated at £7,000, but the assets appeared somewhat infinitesimal, and re presented only about £lOO. A composition of ls. 6d. in the pound was proposed. The Poonah has taken out £10,450 in gold for Alexandria and Madras. The report of the Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assurance Society, presented at the annual meeting to day, states the new policies of the year to have been 466, for an aggregate of £267,210. The total income was £230,355, and the accumulated fund is £1,707,769. The report of the directors of the Bombay Gas Com pany (Limited) for the half-year ended June last shews a net profit of £19,532, out of which an interim dividend at the rate of GI per cent per annum, free of income-tax, is declared, leaving, after the appropriation of £1,500 to the Reserve Fund, a balance of £1,521 to be carried forward. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—SATunDAT, LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 925 925 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 11011111 915. /, 1 111 Do for Account 921 Brazilia n . } 86 ,5 . 5p o .... 90 91 Three per Cent Reduced 91 91 1 1 91, 905 Egyptian 1862. 7pa .. .. 77 7 9 New 2 per Cent 805, 11 100 Exchequer Billy, Marcia 10 15pm Italian, 1865, 5p a Da pm 855 Do, June lO 15pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p o .... 90 91 pm 90i Bank Stock 2321 Russian, 1862, 5 p a.. .. 82 84 India 5 per Cents 1115, 12} Do Nicolas 4p a India Bonds — 65 m Spanish. 1867. 3 pa J Can 6 pc anSaulyl/77-84 104 105 31, 1, 305, 1, 305 IC4 Do, 1869. b p o Do March & Sept. 102 104 34 1, 303, 5, 1 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 97 98 Turkish. 1854. 6p c — 965 Do, 1865. 5 p 0 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 42}, 5, 15, 21, 11 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865 6p c Ceylon 6 p o May and 60, 591, 85 November 1878 lO5 107 1.7.5.5-20 80nd5,6114 . 1383 875 871 Mauritius t p c Jan and 871, 5, 1. 1 July 1873 lO3 105 Do do 1 885 87 87 5 New SW ales 5 p clB7l-76 10111025 27, } New Zealand 6p c 1891 lOB 110 Dole-OB.ldg, spc 1931 86 86 Dos pc Do 5p c Consolidated 871 981 ErieSha, 100 (lois, all paid 98}, 75 ' Illinois Central Shares .. 110 111 Do 6 pcMar &SeptlB9l 106 108 1095, 10 Do June & DeclB9l ICB 110 Atlantic and GAV R Con Vict 6p c Jou &July 1891 114 116 Mortgage Bonds — 279 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter £6 88 Do 2nd do Scrip .... 2 dis par Caledonian 771 Do Ist Pref 80nd5.... 52 55 Great Eastern 361, 7/, 61, 1,1, 2 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern 1214 Do 3rd Pref Stock .. Do A l3O 131 Grand Trunk of Canada 120/, ::,0 4th Prat Stock Great Western 671 68 141, 2 671, t, 1 Great Indian Pen g 5. , o 115 106 Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 1:,2 1051, 6 130 f, 1 Great Weatern of Canada 11 3 / 4 134 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 39 391 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 39, 3 / 4 Do 51 do. 1877-8 94 96 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 1 2 1 13 Do 5 p a pro f, issued 80 ldi si pm 12/ Madras guar 5 p a 104 105+ Lou and North-Western 126 1264 N. Railway of Canada, 126, 1, 1 6p c Ist Prof Bonds Lou and South-Western 88 10 Gude and Itohilkund g :a 5 pc Man, Sher, and Lincoln 42 43 1021 421 Saluda, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 622, 3 103 i n Midland .. . 125 1251 Bahia and San Francisco 125; . 1 g7pc North British North-Eastem Consols 13911401 Buenos Ayres St Sthrn.. 24 3 / 4 25 1401, 391, 40 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 19 721 731 Dutch-Rhenish 21122 South-Eastern 2 72/, I a Eastern of France — Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Great Luxembourg Bombay, liaroda, nd 1, 11 Central India, g 5 p c.. 10311041 Lemberg o rernowitzgua Buff & Lake Huron P r e( 4 41 7p c Do 51 pc 80nd3,1872-3-4 80 82 Northern of France ..., 81 Ott= (Smyrna to Aidln) 41 51 Cape guar 6p 0 . , .... . 61 63 /Wife and San Francisco East Bengal guar 5 p 0.. 104 105 (Limited) guar 7p o East Indian, g 5 p c .... 107110 8 1 San n 1111 0144 altar 7p o 204 20 1081 20f Grand Trunk Canada .. 10 11 South An to & Lom-Van 14 141 101, 1, i 14 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 Southern of France charge 6p 0 BANKING COMPANIES. r A Pd 1 Agra Bank (14 A nB} 20 Lou? har of Austrifa 211 21‘.. 8 25 All (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Angio-Egyptian (L) 21. don 3l Q 3 -22 15 Lon Joint-Stook ~ .4 22 34, 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lon and Westmnster 621 63] 20 Ch of India, Anstrlia. 14 14i 63, 21 25 Char Merc of India. 221 237 10 Metropolitan Bl 10 City 101, i 20 Now South Wales .. ~'8 40 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L .. 20 Eng. Scot. and Alp . 0 16 17 15 Union of London .. 4. , 81 39 20 Imperial ad 10 Imperial ottoman 11,1, I, I TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 British Ind Exten (L). 6 61 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) 4l 5 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 31 21 dis marine, (L) ...... .. 7 73 die 71, 1 8 Reuter's 2 China Submarine (L) 5141,113 -20 SoeTrans France (L) 14 141 10 Falmouth. Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 235 241 and Malta (L) lon, 1 10 W India& Panama( L) 4 5 10 Great Northern MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd I'd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 5 InterulFinan SoctL) 2 Ildis holden' Certificate 13 21 20 It Irrig Can Cavan: 3 4 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 143 15 3 / 4 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re deemable 1870 , 63 65 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 30 35pm 30 London Fin Assoc (Li 20 19 lie 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 2 Lou &Prov Marine L) 1 1 pus 4 Brit is Fgn Marine (L) 2/ 31pro 23 25 Canada Company. 74 76 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon Company (L) 33 31dis g 5 p c by Ind Gov. 100 101 35 City Offices (L) 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 2121 pm 103 10 - Crdt Folic of Eng (L) 2 23 21 ND Zealand Loan and 2. 1-16 ere Agency IL) 1 I Mx , 100 Crystal Palace 160 Do Pref 100 Do 6p o Perp Deb.. 169 114 63 N Britsh and Merc (L) 28 29 273 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 9 B.dis 5 OceanMarinelnsur 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7P 0 10 P and 0 Steam 49 51 Mortgage Loan.... 76 78 Do do New. 1867 2 dis par 73 0 Ithymney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loa.n, 5 Do New B 3 /4 91 guar by Bur Gov.. 93 95 0 Royal Mail Steam 84 3 / 4 , 5x d 2 Tel Con and Main (L) 20 261 13 Fore-stWareLouse (L) 6/ 71pm 261, i 201, 20 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov Maxine Insur (L Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 99 51, 5-16, 3 73 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 3 }dis St Tobacco 6r ci Loan. 7 guar by Italian Gov. 83 87 14 Gen Stm Navigation 26 28 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper 's Tel Works 111.1 dis Upper Canada ... il3 pm 17 Hudson's Bay 8 83 5 U Marine, Lvpool (I. 43 spm 81 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 . 6 45 Indrbbr,GutPer.and 6 United Dis Corprn (L 2 hits Tel Works L) .... 371 381 5 Univ Marine Incur IL I 6161nin 38 12 War:aut Finance.... 0 7 die I'd I'd w 100 Angio-Arutran L) 82 84 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (1,) l2B 133 Japan Extension.. 21 2 (Us 100 Atlantic — • 5 Indo-European (1.1.. 12 14 100 Do 8p c - 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Australu (L) 4Ol 3Nis and Alalta (1) .... 5 61 }Hi SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1870. THE EASTERN QUESTION. privileged classes themselves, who ate to be put under a restraint to which they have not been accustomed, seem to share the general satisfaction. All these manifes tations must not lead one to suppose, however, that the public feeling here is in favour of a war with the signitary Powers to the Treaty of Paris. On the contrary, there is a general desire for time to be taken to settle the Eastern question. It is urgently desired that the Government may be supported in an un dertaking which will tend to place it in a favourable posi tion with respect to the Christian populations of Turkey, so that in the event of a misunderstanding. the Eastern question may be settled in our favour. Besides this, I can assure you that one among the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris will be quite willing to support the claims of the Russian Government. The day after the publication of Gortschakoff's Circular the Minister of the Interior assem bled the editors of the principal political journals, and assured them positively that the Emperor wished them to leave off their attacks on Prussia, because, he added, "this Power is lending us a decided support under existing circumstances." The wish of the Sovereign was complied with, and for the last three days not a single journal has uttered a sentence against the powerful " "of " our Government." COUNT BEUST ON THE TREATY OF 1856. The Austro-Hungarian Livre Rouge publishes the full text of the two despatches addressed by Count Beust to Count Chotek, the Austrian, Ambassador at St. Petersburg, respecting the denunciation of the Treaties of 1856. Both letters are dated Vienna, November 16th, 1870. The first is as follows The Russian envoy remitted to me a few days since the despatch annexed to this. I hastened to submit it to the Emperor and King, and it is by his Majesty's order that I direct you to bring the following considerations to the notice of Prince Gortschakoff. These are the terms of the 14th Article of the Treaty concluded at Path March 30, 1856." Their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan having concluded a convention to deter mine the strength and the number of the light vessels necessary for the protection of their coasts which they agree to maintain in the Black Sea, that Convention is annexed to the present treaty, and will have the same force and value as if it were au integral part of it. It cannot be annulled or modified without the assent of the Powers signing the present treaty." The last paragraph of this article by its positive terms acquires an especial value, from the ex press and exceptional mention of a stipulation which in all times has been regarded as understood in international transactions. We cannot, then admit a doubt as to the absolute force of this reciprocal engage ment, unless one or other of the contracting powers should feel itself in a position to bring forward powerful arguments against the maintenance of such or such disposition of a Treaty, which it was agreed to declare beforehand, could never be annulled or modified without the assent of the whole of the Powers which signed it. It is only so as not to fail in courtesy towards the Cabinet of St. Petersburg that instead of contenting ourselves with the simple refusal that includes our whole opinion of the proposal just made, we enter into an examination of the arguments on which this communication is based. The despatch of the Rus sian Chancellor begins by referring to a certain inequality or iniquity in those clauses of the Treaty which limit the Russian means of defence in the Black Sea, while others allow Turkey to maintain unlimited naval forces in the Archipelago and the Straits. It is not our place to discuss the origin or the merit of an arrangement which was not made between Russia and ourselves, but was common to all the Great Powers. We will only allow ourselves to remark to Prince Gortschakoff that such a consideration may prevent the signature of a treaty, and after the signa ture may serve as a basis for demanding its modification, but it can never authorise an arbitrary solution. We will say more. The reason which the Russian Government puts forward to justify a one-sided act, far from mitigating its character, only in creases its gravity. The maxim which it pleases him to adopt compromises, not only all existing treaties but all those to come. It may tend to render them easy, it will not render them substantial. But the Cabinet of St. Petersburg recals infringements which the Treaty of 1856 has not escaped. There were revolutions in the Danubian Principalities which, contrary to the spirit and the letter of the Treaty and its appendages, led to the union of the Principalities and the call of a foreign prince. Let us be allowed to mention a point which seems to us most important. The Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were not contracting parties to the Treaty of 1856. They were under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Porte. Was it, then, the Porte which was responsible for the changes which have taken place in those coantries, and which in the eyes of the Imperial Government of Russia constitute an infraction of the treaties? Was it the Porte which demanded that they should be sanctioned, and is it not that Power which to-day is to accept an in fringement evidently prejudicial to her rights and her interests? There remains the entry of some foreign war vessels into the Black Sea. These facts were unknown to us, unless the unarmed war vessels escorting sovereigns are referred to. Such demonstrations, as the Cabinet of St. Petersburg must be well aware, had certainly a very inoffensive character. Nothing prevented the Russian Government from making a complaint the moment it appeared incompatible with the stipulations of the Treaty, The Government of his Imperial and Royal Majesty has not learned without painful regret the determination which Prince Gortschakoff's despatch announces, and by which the imperial Govern ment of Russia assumes a grave responsibility. It is im possible not to manifest its profound surprise, and to call the serious attention of the Imperial Cabinet to the con sequence of a proceeding which not only attacks an International Act signed by all the great Powers, but which takes place in the midst of circum stances in which Europe more than ever requires the guarantees which the faith of treaties affords to its repose and its future. " You will read the present despatch to Prince Gorts chakoff, and you will leave him a copy of it." In the second letter Count Beust says :—" The Russian Envoy has read to me some passages of another dispatch from his Cabinet on the same affair, but of a more confi dential character. In this Prince Gortschakoff expresses his hope that we shall be willing to favour his resolve to free himself from the stipulations regarding the neutralisa tion of the Black Sea. I replied that we had always shewn our readiness to assist the Court of St. Petersburg, but that I regretted the cold reception which had been accorded to some previous efforts on our part with respect to this subject. The Russian Government thought that our manifestation had excited the suspicions of the French Government, and our proposition that a conference should be held on the Eastern question found no favour in the sight of Russia. Such a mode of receiving an ad uance on our part might well cause us surprise. I also explained to the envoy the essential difference which existed between the combination suggested by us in 1867 and the declaration which his Government had lately made. According to our scheme the limits assigned. to Russia's freedom. of action in the Euxine, was to be determined by the test of the Treaty itself, and not by a simple one-sided act. When we recommended the legal abrogation of the act ; with the unanimous consent of all the signatory Powers, it did not at all follow that we should approve of its arbi trary annulling by the single voice of the interested party. I cannot comprehend how the Russian Government can act in direct opposition to the clause which states that the Convention respecting the Black Sea cannot be changed without the consent of all the signatory Powers, and yet charge us with inconsistency. Finally I assured the Envoy that the step taken by the Auitro- Hungarian Cabinet could never be attended by the dangerous consequences, which would follow from the recent act of the St. Pete rsbarg Cabinet. Had Russia obtained the sanction of Europe for the renewal of her rights in the Black Sea, it would hav6 been very different from the step.which she has taken, awl, which can hardly fent° cause serious misohief. Already in Western Europe it has produced irritation which is likely to prove very Prejudi cial to the interests of peace. In the Levant this affair has given rise to the impression that Russia has deter mined to settle the Eastern question for herself, and the imagination of the Christian people of these countries will be greatly excited. We see in the attitude assumed by the St. Petersburg Cabinet not exactly a decided threat to Europe, but a source of unfortunate strife, placing its peace in peril. I never made a secret of my belief that the Treaty of 1856 placed Russia in the Black Sea in a position which was not worthy of BO great a Power, and I always made this opinion known to the guaranteeing Powers; but I was the more pained. to see the Imperial Government, in order to redress its wrongs, have recourse to a wane . which, nnder all circumstances, is not the most happy that con d be selected." MARKETS. OXFORD CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At the various market ordinaries at Oxford, to-day, the probability of war with Russia was discussed. Hopes were entertained that the wisdom of our legislators would avert such a dire calamity. The conduct of the Government hitherto was approved by all shades of politicians. There was rather a short attendance. The supply of wheat was good, but trade was not brisk, more money being asked—namely, 335. to 60s. per qr. There was a large supply of barley. Trade was slow at last rates, 335. to 425. per qr. Little doing in oats and beans — the former 225. to 30s. per qr., the latter 425. to 48s. qr. Flour 38s. per qr. Hay £6los. per ton. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The damp weather during the past week has rather impeded the threshing of corn, and hence there was a short supply at the Exchange this morn ing. Trade was exceedingly dull, as millers refused to buy ex cept at a reduction on last week's rates. Sufficient business had not been done up to the time of this report to justify a quo tation. It was anticipated, however, that wheat would close from ls. to 2s. cheaper. All but the best samples of malting barley were a turn lower. Oats sold for less money. Other corn remained unaltered. . . NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The wheat trade was rather excited here to-day. Prices ruled from Is. to 2s. per quarter under last week. There was little trade in oats. Prices could not be quoted. Barley was slightly easier. Beans maintained previous prices. There was a large attendance, but only a moderate business was transacted. Averages :—Wheat, 1,823 quarters, 50s. 6d. per quarter ; barley, 7,379 quarters, 355. per quarter ; oats, 10 quarters, 355. 2d. per quarter. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was an average supply of farmers' wheat on sale, which sold readily, at last week's advanced quotations. Wheat, 555. to 60s. per qr.; flour, household, 405.; Hamburg, 445. per sack; barley, 28s. to 325. ; oats, 235. to 255. per qr. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was an average show of wheat at this market to-day ; and though last week's quotations were asked, Where sales are pressed, a slight reduction was made. There was a steady sale for barley, at, last week's prices. In oats and beans there was no alteration. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—EngIish wheat was in small supply at this market to-day, owing to the fair next Monday, and the sales made were at a reduction of is. per qr. The demand for foreign wheat was only retail, and prices were tending downwards. Oats and maize were 6d. per qr. less. Barley was dull. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was firm, but slow. Flour was steady. Barley was unaltered. Oats were scarce, but not higher. Peas and beans were ls. per qr. dearer. Arrivals for the week.-23,741 qrs. of wheat, 2,078 of barley, 80 of oats, 413 of beans, 492 of peas, and 11,192 sacks of flour. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Thero were fair supplies of wheat, barley, and oats at this market to-day. Wheat was 2s, per qr. and barley 9d. per qr. below last week's rates. Oats remained. unchanged. Prices were as follows : Wheat, 425. to 545. per qr.; barley, 28s, 3d. to 365. 6d. per qr.: oats, 20s. 6d. to 275. 6d. per qr. DONCASTER CATTLE MAILICET, SATURDAY.—There was a good show of beasts, but few sheep, at this market to-day. In the former there was a steady trade, at last quoted prices. In sheep there was little done, but pigs were in fair demand. Prices were from ls. to 2s. a head lower. ..... METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY. -Market hides ; 561bs. to 641b5., nd to 31d. ; 641bs. to 721bs. 34d. to 31d ; 721bs, to 801b5., 3 d. ; 801bs. to 881bs., na. to 4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4 d. to ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 4ic. to 41d. ; 1041bs. to 1121b5., 44d. to 41d. Horse hides, 10s. ed. to 12s. calf skins-light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. Sheep skins polled, 7s. Od. to 9s. Od. ; half-breds, ss. to 6s. Od. ; Downs, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. -Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market :-Our market has again been moderately supplied with hay and clover. Sales in all descriptions have progressed steadily, and prices have been fairly maintained ;-Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; 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 1155. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. - Opening Report.-This market opened quiet to-day. Probable sales, 10,000 bales. Imports, 24,208 bales.-Closing report.-This market closed generally weaker to-day. American was more freely offered. Sales, 10,000 bales. Arrivals, Charleston, 8 3-16 d. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The cloth halls have been quiet to-day. There was a dense fog, which prevented colours of cloth being well seen, so that the very few buyers present were obliged to limit their purchases. The goods selected were small lots of a seasonable character, and included thick coatings, mixture Tweeds, Meltons, beavers, witneys, and naps, The trade at the warehouses is somewhat dull, and spring orders aro not coming in very freely. The uncertainty as to what may be the result of the diplomatic correspondence with Russia has seriously checked operitions. The manufacturers are as well employed as for some time past, and those who make low heavy goods, army cloths, rugs, and blankets are very busy. The flax, iron, machinery, and coal trades shew no change from last week. They are upon the whole busy. Most of the hands usually engaged in them are fairly employed, the only exception being as to the flax spinners, who are not so fully employed as in good times. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1295; seconds, 1225. ; thirds, 1095.; fourths, 102 s. ; fifths, 945. ; sixths, 655. 1,140 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 138 s. ; seconds, 1285.; thirds, 115 s. 60 firkins in the market. The Prussians have been repulsed near Dennier, and pursued as far as Le Quesnel. Twenty thousand Prus sians occupied Bellevue, but have since left for Nogent-le- Rotron. Some excitement has been produced at the Prussian head-quarters at Versailles, by the rumour that the French intended to perpetrate a second Bartholomew, and that the Prussian garrison would be murdered in their beds. The report was so persistent that preventive measures were adopted, but the patrols only found some individuals in the cabarets who, in talking of political matters, seemed to expect a massacre. Telegrams from several sources lead to the belief that there was serious fighting yesterday with a portion of the Army of the Loire. From Tours it is telegraphed that a serious engagement commenced at six o'clock in the morning, and strong expectations were entertained that it would prove favourable to the French. A dispatch from Orleans, dated the previous day, said that a battle was imminent on the Loire. The seven persons who were taken in the three balloons which fell into the hands of the Germans have been sent to Prussian fortresses to await the decision of the , military tribunals. The papers taken at the same time compro mise diplomatists and other persons, who, in consequence of their position, had - been allowed free intercourse with the exterior world, as it was thought that confidence could be placed in their honour. Further information on this point will in all probability soon be made public. The Mobiles, under the guidance of Garibaldi, con stantly attack the German convoys, and the detachments which seek for requisitions. At the prefecture of Tours there are 27 dispatch bags, German paper money, and other valuables, which were seized by a small detachment of Mobiles. These documents, on being examined, were found to contain dispatches from Munich and Berlin to the King of Prussia, the Crown Prince, and others. A letter from the Queen of Prussia makes, it is said, some curious comments on the political state of Germany. The North German Correspondent says that a great deal a misery has been caused among the working classes of France by the unscrupulous financial policy of the Go vernment, which, not content with seizing the property of the corporations and municipalities, has also appro priated the sums deposited in the savings bank. This measure is likely to be the more injurious, since it will be chiefly felt by the industrious and frugal. It is calculated to destroy their confidence in the State, and to undermine the habit of thrift. Yet those now in power in France oudly assert that they are no socialists. GERMAN TACTICS.—The Gazette de France asks if the Prussians are seeking to turn the left of the French army, or if they are only seeking to make a diversion in order that the mass of their forces may go forward sud denly ? At any rate it is certain that the German troops have a long line from Dreux to the environs of. Auxerre. The Germans seem to wish to cut off the French com munications with the North, and movements are taking. place which will doubtless terminate in the occupation of the line of Serquigny, which is at present the only point of unison between the western departments and the north of France. A BooN 1 , 04 laDlES.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they snake 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 IiACHINE ; and as it comprises all the appliances and devices for varied Work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition,: and exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we: expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE,'",the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. FOLLACK, SCHMIDT, and•Co.', 210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONpoN, W.), will quietly take their place, as the universal demestic helper.. 7 -"lnvestment Circular and finanpi4 11.epord," September 7, THE RUSSIAN PRESS. The St. Petersburg Gazette says that Russia cannot with draw her declaration, nor leave it without practical conse quences. Such a proposition from the English press com pels her to pursue more actively than before the realization of the problem set before her. No one in Russia wishes for war ; but all classes would rather con sent to war than to a humiliating retractation before threats, unsupported by anything else than reference to the sanctity of a treaty directed against the country. The St. Petersburg semi-official Goloss, in reply to an article in the Times, charging Russia with an intended breach of the Treaty of Paris, says that Russia scorned to modify th•At compact by forced interpretations, as has been so often clone by her adversaries, but openly denounced an agreement which had been violated by everybody else. Russia, more over, would have had no objection to lay her grievances before a conference could she have hoped for redress. The (Moss also says it is impossible not to thank the Daily News for shewing plainly what has displeased England in the Russian despatch; and it thinks there is not a Government in Europe which would declare war—not on account of the substance of the Russian demands, but of the form in which they ace expressed. Such a course wouldbe childish and pitiable, and no real Government could be found to adopt it. LORD GRANVILLE'S DESPATCH AT VERSAILLES. The Versailles correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, writing from Prussian head-quarters, on the 22nd, thus describes the effect produced there by Lord Granville's despatch :—On taking my letter to you of the 21st to the post I found the Times with Lord Granville's reply to Prince Gortschakoff. It was just breakfast-time, and the dining-room at the Hotel des Reservoirs was full of its usual crowd of princes, more or less diminutive and be uniformed. Tho news that England had taken up the gauntlet so wantonly thrown down to her by Russia produced an effect only comparable to that which would have been produced by a shell from Mont Valgrien crashing through the roof. " But this means fighting," said a grand-duke, after puzzling twice through the dispatch to see if no loophole of escape could be found. Altogether, Count Bismarck has, as usual, kept his own counsel admirably. Although he must have read the dispatch a t , least forty-eight hours previously, no rumour of its con tents hal been breathed abroad. The effect here on all classes of the Germans has been greater for the suddenness of the blow—for blow it most undoubtedly is to the Prussians. Very, likely, Lord Granville's prompt action and plain speaking may cause the Federal Chancellor to repudiate all complicity in the Russian designs. One thing is quite certain, that Lord Granville has fairly scored the first trick in the game. It is only to be hoped that he will as promptly follow up his success by demanding full and satisfactory explana tions from Prussia, with a plain hint that unless he gets them England will join France. But everything depends on pr)mptitude ; every hour is of importance. In a few weeks Paris, it can hardly be doubted, must fall, or in other words, 200,000 more German troops will be at liberty. Ido not suppose. whatever they may say when angry, that the Prussians really contemplate marching such a body to Havre, and from there attempt ing to cross the Channel ; but it is clear enough that with such a body they might be terribly mischievous. Brussels, I had almost written Vienna, would be at their mercy. We may depend upon one thing, that, whatever we may do, however much we may allow precious time to be frittered away in diplomatic juggling, Count Bismarck, when he strikes will strike quickly. So if you hear that Prussia has asked for time, you may be pretty sure what it means. WAR RISKS AT LLOYD'S. Last week and the ',resent there have been a good many transactions in war risks on account of the possible danger of a Russian war. The premiums are from ss. upwards, 10s. being taken on sailing ships from the East and Russian ships are hardly insurable against war contin gencies at all. The cot tingency of a war is thus estimated very highly, but the estimated risk on English ships is not considered very great. As to any apprehension of Russo-American Alabamas, the notion is that there will be no immediate danger of their appear ance at the outbreak of a war, as they must must take some time to prepare ; and that if they do appear, the danger of their depredations cannot be so formidable to our mercantile navy as it was to the American. We have a large steam fleet, moving in narrow seas and on well-defined routes which can be easily patrolled by our cruisers, and we have many ports and stations all. over the world, which the United States had not. It would also remain to be seen whether the American GOvernment would really act on motives of revenge, and be guilty not of negligence, but of connivance ; or would not rather make a point of sheav ing that the standard of neutrality they set up is really one which could be kept. There are many reasons for believing that the latter course would be taken by the United States Government, and have the support of the most powerful interests in the Union. America would have very much to gain by an English war in which she did not entangle herself.—Economtst. • A SUGGESTION FROM " PALL MALL GAZETTE." Pringe Gortschakoffs reply and. Count Bismarck's ex planation of his views in the matter should be taken together. The maintenance of the Russian position is of no real consequence at present if she maintains it in isola tion, and with the knowledge that as soon as she begins to translate her intentions into deeds she will be confronted by the resolute opposition of all the other signatories to the Treaty. 'Whether this is to be the result of the con ference and inquiry now going on in the various Courts of Europe mainly depends upon the answer of Prussia. If she is loyal, the better course is obvious and the end clear. Then the part of Bngland will he to insist upon a joint note from all the Powers signatory to the Treaty, which in effect shall address Russia in this wise : " If you formally withdraw your determination to break the Treaty, and substitute for it a proposal for the recon sideration of that contract of obligation, we promise ac cord with you so far. If you resolve not to with draw from your position, it is obviously needless and absurd to discuss the question ; a congress or cmunittee to consider foregone conclusions is not to be thought of. But in that case you must under stand that should the severe scrutiny you force on us reveal any attempt to carry your luteution into effect, the attempt will be and. is beforehand declared to be, a cases beta ; and this is our warning to you, and our pledge to each other, that this view of the matter will be acted on immediately." Spite of the manifest danger that even should that settlement be come to, we may have to deal with a stronger revival of Russian self-will by-and-by, when the Congress does meet for the reconsideration of the terms of the Treaty, we see no bet ter or happier way out of the present difficulty than that we suggest, and which the loyalty and goodwill of Prussia would make easy. Such a result would actually maintain peace—for a, little while at least; it would give a far stronger guarantee than we now have that peace will be maintained ; and it would sufficiently rebuke and resist 4 spirit of faithlessness too audacious and too dangerous to be tolerated.—Ball Mall Gazette. The C/obe believes the tone of Lord Granville's rejoinder to Prince Gortschakoff's reply has been decided on by the Cabinet at their second Coancil on the subject and that it is much more warlike in its tone than was antici pated. Among-the smaller merchants of Russia, and indeed in military circles also, the idea prevails that Russia has, up to the present day, continued to pay a heavy war indem nity to England and France, and that the specie of the country has disappeared in consequence. A telegram in the Cologne Gazette, from Vienna, dated November 23, states that the Russian Ambassador has read a confidential message from Prince Glortschakoff to Count Beust, in which the former alludes to the good feeling of both Courts, and expresses the hope that the last dispatch would find a favourable reoeption by the Vienna Cabinet, as Austria had already in 1867 taken the initiative of a similar proposition. THE WA PUBLIC OPINION IN RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Independance Beige, writing on the 13th of November, says that " the reception given to the circular dispatch of Prince Gorts chakoff by the diplomatists and the press of Western Europe has only increased the universal approbation of which the Russian Government is the object here. The Municipal Council of St. Petersburg has demanded and obtained permission to send to the Emperor an address in which that assembly felicitates the sovereign for this resolution, and declares that it will support in the strongest manner all the stops which the Government may take in order to carry it out. The address was voted unanimously and many speakers declared in favour of a patriotic gift of a million roubles as a commencement of a national sub scription destined for the construction of a military fleet in the Black Sea. This last proposition was a failure, because the Budget of the St. Petersburg municipality is • 'so involved in debt, that it would be impossible to find the desired million immediately ; as if they wished to increase the enthusiasm which Prince Gortschakoff's note had already inspired, the Government followed it up by the announcement of a measure which could not possibly be more popular under existing circumstances. The circular dispatch of the Chancellor of the Empire appeared in the Ojicial Messenger of the 15th November, and on the 17th the same paper published a degree ordering an immediate reform in the system of recruiting, on the base of obliga tory service for every one, without . exception, and for the formation of reserve tr, taps, whose organisation is to be on the same scale as that of the Prussian Landwehr. It would be difficult to describe the satisfaction which ' has been created by the publication of this order. Even the AFFAIRS IN PARIS. The French papers continue to be filled with the docu ments received in the late balloons from Paris, and ex tracts from the Parisian journals. The substance of the news between the 12th and 20th is already known ; but the details of life in the besieged city are naturally' full of interest. On the 12th a report was cur rent that only sufficient fresh meat to supply the inhabitants' for one week longer remained. This was at once contradicted, and it was stated that there was fresh meat enough to supply the inhabitants until after the end of the month, and that the Government has salt provi sions to last for three months. Vegetables are plentiful in the market, but at ruinous prices. Eggs 10 sous each, fresh butter 45 francs per lb., salt do., 14 francs, small geese 25 francs, turkeys 65, rabbits 18 francs, carp 20 francs, a small dish of gudgeon 6 francs, ass and mule meat 6 francs per pound, horseflesh 2-i francs, Lyons sausage 32 francs per lb., ham 16 francs. The horses, donkeys, and mules slaughtered are purchased by the State at from eighty to ninety centimes per kilo gramme, according to quality, weighed alive, and the meat is distributed to the twenty mairies of Paris, in proportion to the population, according to the calculations which previously served for the distribution of beef and mutton. The Government also takes possession of all unoccupied workshops for the manufacture and trans portation of arms. No Paris establishment has yet produced any breech - loading field pieces. Those which are ready were manufactured at Meudon, but the Frans establishment is henceforward to produce a full battery of twelve converted cannon, and a battery of mitrailleuses weekly. The Parisians put great faith in their artillery. They say that even supposing the Prussian artillery succeeds in destroying the two forts of Issy and Vannes, the enemy would not have gained his point. since he would have to cross a space of two kilometres breadth to occupy the positions, that space being covered by the French artillery. As soon as °retell was taken by the French they began fortifying it, and turning to account the works which the Prussians had already begun in the village, they have constructed a formidable entrenched work, with a deep fosse, and large embrasures. Great exertions are being made in Paris itself, to form four new companies in the artillery branch of the National Guard, consisting principally of former artillerymen and volunteers. It is understood. that these new companies are intended to take the field soon as by order of General Clement Thomas, all distributions of uniforms to the other branches of the guard were suspended until their equipment was complete. Twenty two men, consisting of Mobiles and Freeshooters, under the command of an artillery non-commission officer, made a daring attempt a few days since, which was crowned with success. They divided in two parties, and started at midnight with the intention of capturing the Prussian advanced post at Choisy-le-Roi. The artillery officer shot down the Prussian sentry, broke open the door of the post-house, and flung himself into it with ten men, while the eleven others arrived from the other side. The Prussian guard, fifteen in number. were taken by surnrise ; thirteen were killed, and the other two captured and carried off in triumph, with the arms of the whole force. Three hundred Prus sians were stationed at a short distance. The Parisians are hard at work constructing a bat tery at a very great height, which is to be armed with thirty powerful guns, and is intended to throw projectiles over two of the most seriously menaced forts. Great surprise was occasioned by the arrival of two shells from Fort Ivry, which burst at the foot of the plateau of Chatillon, seeming to indicate that the Prussians have made the houses there their ad vanced posts, so as to protect their batteries against surprise. A report has been spread in Paris that in certain quarters the Pru-sians are merely simulating cannon by the trunks of trees. On the other hand, the dismal accounts given by some Bavarian soldiers cap tured at Bobigny were received with suspicion. Accord ing to these prisoners, discontent is general in the Prussian rankss, while out of 2,000 men of their own regi ment,' 1,200 were invalided. By order of the Prefect of Police. Odds, con certs, restaurants, wine-shops, and other establishments of the same nature, have ceased to be lighted with gas after seven p.m. They may remain open until midnight, if other mode of lighting be employed. The Jonrnal des Debats gives a further account of the Revolutionary Clubs of Paris.. Those of the left bank are languishing, and the other evening the Democratic Club of the chausse,e of the Maine failed for want of an assembly. The salle of Pre aux Clercs which was formerly , so noisy, and contained an image of the Republic, surmounted by a Phrygian cap, only attracted a small number of followers. Even this assembly appeared very divided in its sentiments. There was an excited minority, which resolutely applauded the notion of the war being carried on a routrance, and a majority which was animated by peaceful intentions, but very willing to hear reasonable opinions. Some extraordinary schemes were made known. One inventor discovered a new strategy which he believed would prove infallible against the Prussians. Fighting was only to take place in the night, by throwing electric fires on the enemy's lines, A discharge would be sent forth, and then the assailants would conceal themselves until the time came for another volley to be fired. The same inventive genius produced a plan for catching King William and his staff in a net. He would not kill them, but Prussia should not have them bank again until the war was over. A more serious speaker quoted an article from an evening paper on the subject of the peace negotiations, and the idea that success might attend these efforts, appeared to give general satisfaction. , This attitude proved, however, too much for the feelings of a citizen present, and he mounted the tribune for the purpose of declaring that the armistice was a trap, and that they must fight until death to carry out Jules Favre's magnificent programme, " not a stone of, our fortresses, not an inch of our territory." (The applause to this was energetic, but not general.) An animated debate next ensued between two speakers on the subject of the manufacture of cannon. •One person said they had heaps of cannon, to which the audience replied—" Where are they ?" Another speaker, who had visited the workshops of private industry, gave some ex planations which ' did not appear to be reassuring. He declared that the attempts of private individuals had not produced a single cannon, but that there was good chance of future success. He went on to say that in a month's time at latest. there would be a sufficient number of.,cannons to enter a campaign which would enable them to meet the Prussians with advantage. (Exclamations of, "That is a long time off, " how about the provisions?" among the audience.) What would you have asked the speaker? They have had to improvise the manufacture ; they have made schools, and cannon cannot be made in the same manner as a galette, but WO shall be ready in three weeks time. He concluded by saying that it would be impru dent to fight against the Prussians until they had a suf ficient force to bring against them in the way of material of war. They must have patience. The assembly soon afterwards broke off for want of speakers. PARIS UNDER 'TIE SIEGE. A correspondent of the Telegraph, in a letter datod Paris, Nov. 20, says the Prussian cannons never speak ? Will Trochu never make 4 sortie ? These are the questions I have been asking myself and others for the last week. Nowhere can I get an answer ; and yet scarcely day passes that I do not find reason to expect either one or the other of these events. If we really intend to do nothing but act on the defensive, tl quoi boa, then, this nevenending manufacture of mitrailleuses ? You could scarcely believe what activity is displayed in the making of arms. I confess much of the energy devoted to this object appears to me thrown away while Trochu maintains his present attitude. You may perceive—and I don't care to conceal it—that I have something of a grudge against the Governor of Paris. No wonder I should, when he has so often, and so bitterly, disappointed me. Yes terday, for instance, the capital seemed to be preparing for a vigorous onslaught on the enemy. At all the outposts word had been given to hold themselves pre pared for action. Trochu was observed to leave the city at an early hour. All day long waggons full of provisions and ammunition were being led out to Mont Val4rien. And what has been the result of all these mighty preparationgq Another day of undisturbed repose. I can inform you on the best authority that there is as yet no sign of the want of provisions. If I am but ill content with the inaction of the Government in things military, I am no less pleased with their conduct in regard to the--victualling of the city. In this they have acted with prudence, with an excellent mixture of complaisance and authority, of respect for - public and respect for private interests, which deserve the highest commendation. The weather here is growing tolerably cold. Already many of the troops have begun to don their winter overcoats. The poor in several places are in a very bad way for want of clothes, and, if their condition be deplorable now, what will it be a month hence? The Government, I am told, intend to oome to their relief by ordering the return to them of all the clothes they have pawned. 'Whether the proprietors of the Monts de Pie.t6 will be indemnified for this forcible abduction of the goods pledged with them I know not. On all sides lam informed that the big sore will surely come off before many da y s. Trochu's de is by some attributed to his anxiety about' the National Guards. Until they are thoroughly organis ed the Governor is determined, I am told, not to risk 5 serious engagement. If this be his decision he will, I fancy, have to wait for some time. THE RAID UPON CATS. The special'-correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Paris, Noveifiter 17, says :—I dalled:to-day on fr worthy Frenchman I know who has a thriving business in the Rue de la Paix. I had not seen him for years, 03 passing his shop to-day, I was struck with repentance for having forgotten- all about him in the engrossing agita" tions of the siege.' After chatting with him for a little while, he asked me if I would go upstairs to see some of his family. I went up and found his wife and a daughter in a state of desolation for the loss of two cats. The French adore their cats, and find in them a poetry which we English, who give our affections to dogs, ar e rather slow of understanding. One of the cats had disar peared'yesterday ; the other, a beautiful Angola, 1 09 missed this morning. It was but too easy to imagin e their fate. These creatures of enchantment wer e doubtless destined to be skinned, to be smothered in onions, and to be devoured as rabbits. The beloved cats are fast disappearing all over Paris, and the misery thereby produced in many a family can better be haw' gilled than described. I was treated to so many zoolo gical reminiscences, that if I were w riting for a French newspaper I think I should devote the remainder of this letter to an examination of cat life in time of siege- But suddenly I hear the cackle of geese, and I look sc' astonished that in the midst of our lugubrious conversa" tion my friends forget their bereavement and burst out , laughing. "It is the geese," says the daughter—" Par a could not part with the geese." He had a little cottage ill the suburbs, where he indulged his fondness for animals. When the siege of Paris began he shut up cottage and carried all his menagerie into Paris- 0 ' there it was installed in a back court in the Rus de lay Paix —geese and ducks, and Cocks and hens, and parrots, and a magpie, also a donkey, two squirrels, singing bird s without number, a cow, a lamb grown almost to sheep hood, and must I add?—two lively little pigs. Beloit', in the centre of Paris, amid all the jewellery of the BO de la Paix, its rare porcelain, its fine twined linen, aw l its elaborate sweetmeats—the smell, the litter, 0 3 the gabble of a farmyard. My friend could not par t with his animals, and he brought them into Paris with 1 11 ° wife and children. We need not inquire too curiously into the nature of the feelings which he entertain s towards some of these animals, as, for example, towards the two little porkers. Let us assume that they ar e wholly disinterested, and let us pay our homage to the poetry of the French heart. BETWEEN PARIS AND ORLEANS. The special correspondent of the Telegraph, writica from Chateauneuf-en-Thymerais on November 20th, says:—Yesterday, long before daylight, Wittich's soldiers were up and stirring in the farm, the village, and the open country, in which many had bivouacked . Within doors they were bustling about, engaged in cleaning themselves up, seeing to their horses/ lighting fires, and looking for something to sustain the inner man. Without, though nothing could be seen through the dense mist, the guttural accents of the me n could be heard as they chattered, laughed, and called to each other—cheerfully shouldering their heavy knapsacks , and preparing for another day's march. By six o'clock the troops were moving off, and by half-past eigh t the General and his staff had mounted, and were ready to follow on the way towards St. Jean. Near the little village of Craon, which lies beyond St. Jean, are belts of wood near the road, affording a thick cover. It was intended, I believe, that the 22nd Division should pass these woods, and then proceed s outh' wards to the left of Chateauneuf—which was to be °cow pied on the same day by the main body, under the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg - Schwerin, marching from Nogent-le-Roi. After passing St. Jean , the advanced guard were suddenly met 1 1 a heavy fire from the woods. A somewhat sharp engagement took place, lasting for two and a half or three hours, and resulting in the capture of 120 French soldiers of the Line. So dense was the fog, that nothing could be seen of the enemy, or the position which they occupied ; and consequently no artillery could be brought to bear. The fighting was entirely re stricted to a musketry fire, and little damage was done on either side, so far as the Frencb losses could be ' judged at the time. Owing t° the state of the atmosphere, it was not deemed expedient to enter and clear out such a large tract of wood; and in the afternoon the troops were accordingly drawn off, and marched back in the direction of Chateauneuf,-passing that town, and halting a few miles from it, at and beyond the Ferme Neuve, where General Wittich's head uarters were placed for the night. On the same evening another fight took place in the village of Digny, A party of troops—Bavarians, I believe -- were marching quite unconcernedly into the place, when I they were received by a withering and well-directed voila from the houses, quite shrouded and hidden from view by the fog. As in the former instance, it was impossible to bring fieldpieces to bear to dislodge the enenlY , strongly posted behind the shelter of the wall° and in the houses. Since nothing could be seen of their whereabouts, or of the position that they held, the troops were ordered to fall out of range, and were com pelled to bivouac for the night upon the wet, cold ground, in the open country, under a thick mist and drizzling rain, without a single bush or tree to afford even fb slight shelter from the inclemency of the weather. In the morning the village was carried at the point of the bayonet, the enemy suffering considerable loss in killed and wounded, besides nearly 200 men taken prisoners. all of whom were Infantry of the Line or Marines. 1 I; the meantime, while the advanced guard was occupied with the enemy in the woods at Cr4lon, the main body of the army, marching from Nogent-le-Roi, en' tered and 'occupied• Chateauneuf— a few shots being interchanged with some scattered Francs-tireurs an d Mobile Guards, who still hovered about the neighbouring woods. DISTURBANCES AT PERPIGNAN. The French papers have given some account of the disastrous events which occurred at Perpignan on the 170 of November. A review of the National Guard, the free' shooters, and the troops of the line was about to take place, when, like a clap of thunder, came the news of the surrender of Metz. The grief of the people was extretael and the soldiers were most distressed. The review so ° instantly countermanded, but, by an unfortunate chance , the order was only given to the troops and the National Guard with the free-shooters remained on the ground very discontented. In the course of the afternoon the officer ° of the garrison were sitting in their accustomed cafe when, they were burst in upon by a party of free-shooters an d some inhabitants of the place who insulted them and forced them to call out, " Vive la Re publique." On the same day the Commandant of the Place of Perpignan was seized by the crowd, and on the mayor coming to his rescue they were both nearly drowned in the canal by the mob. The former was seriously injured in the struggle, The soldiers of one of the regiments also caused some disturbances in the barracks in the course of th eaf ternoon but they were speedily disposed of. [ADvmaimmENT.}—Holloway's Ointment and Ms. -- ; Nature's Monitor.—Pain, though hard to bear, is eV' . dently necessary for our safety —wanting it, di so rder' would become disease without our knowledge, death would end the scene ere danger was discovered. Suffer; ing is the indicator of some disorder or disease, ail' should never in any case be neglected, for the pain of t day may prove the agony of to-morrow. Holloway'' / medicaments stand pre-eminently forward, and are eyed where commended for quickly removing all maladies whet the least uneasiness has discovered their seat and kind- These remedies so purify the blood and regulate the circulation that every organ acts perfectly, and °yell secretion is natural, which is health, and may be secu red by every invalid at a trifling cost. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Kew, Surrey, the wife of Miles St'` _ pylton, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., at Tintern Cottage, Cardigan, the vgif e of W. Picton Evans, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. 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