The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-20 00:00:00

MONETAIt Y R EPORTS.- YESTERD AY. There has been a good business passing in the stock markets to-day, and the general tendency of prices has been upwards. The abundance of capital and the revived hope of a satisfactory termination being at length arrived at in the negotiations for peace, have caused a cheerful feeling to prevail in the markets, so there is a slight in crease in the speculative transactions reported. Consols have advanced to 923, 92k, for money, and 921, 920, for the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents, are 91*, 913 ; Exchequer Bills, 55., 10s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 1101, 1103; India Four per Cents., 100/, 100* ; and India Bonds, 18s., 235. prem. The money market has remained without feature of im portance. The supply of capital is on the increase, and the rates in the open market are easy, at 2* to 21 per cent. The bullion operations at the Bank of England to-day consisted of the receipt of £39,000 inbar gold. The Suffolk has brought £9,500 in Australian gold. The market for foreign bonds to-day was firm, especially for Spanish Stock, which was in demand owing to the prospect of an early settlement of the succession. Italian and Turkish were also steady. Egyptian sold freely. After official hours prices closed Italian, 55, 551; Spanish (1867), 291, 29i ; ditto (1869), 29, 29k ; Turkish Five-per-cents, 44i, 44f ; Five-twenty bonds, 89k, 89i ex div. ; Egyptian (1868), 77, 771; Peruvian, 89i, 901. Home railway stocks were very firm, and several favourable changes took place in value. Metropolitan stock declined 1; North-Eastern, ; and Great-Western, 1. On the other hand Great Eastern, Midland, and Lon don and North-Western, improved 1. Bank shares have been dealt in to a fair extent at full currencies. Agra A shares have sold at 8f ; Bank of Eupt, 40 ; Imperial Ottoman, 110, ; London Joint St6ck, 32k; London and Westminster, 601; Oriental, 41k. Telegraph shares have sold steadily, and the quotations have been supported throughout. British Australian, 13; British Indian Submarine, 81-16, 8 3-16 ; Great Northern, 113 ; French Cables, 15 ; West India, si. In the miscellaneous market a quiet business has been transacted, and values are withont important variation. Foreign and Colonial Government Trust, 96} ; General Steam Navigation, 28} ; India Rubber Works, 372 to 38 ; London General Omnibus, 3 to 2 15-16 ; Merchant Ship ping, 1} to la ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 49} to 491; Telegraph Construction, 26i ; Italian Tobacco Loan, 87}. Silver is in demand for Holland and Germany, and fine bars have advanced to 60}d. to 603 d. per ounce. Mexican dollars are inquired after for refining purposes, and the quotations have an upward tendency. The periodical sale of bills on India was held at the Bank of England to-day. The amount allotted was £300,000, of which £290,600 was to Calcutta and £9,400 to Madras. Tenders at Is. 104. on Calcutta and Madras will receive about 56 per cent., and above that in full. Bills on Bombay were not offered. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Land Mort gage Bank of India the report of the directors was adopted. No dividend was declared. At the meeting of the Queensland Sheep Investment Company (Limited) the report of the directors was adopted. The balance at debit of profit and loss account li has been reduced from £829 to £353, shewing a profit on the yearly account of £475, notwithstanding the low price of wool. Mr. James Ford has been appointed official liquidator of the Nevada Freehold Properties Trust. The directors of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway Com pany have resolved to pay the half-yearly coupon, due November 1, at the rate of 7} francs. At the meeting of the Royal Sardinian Railway Company the report of the directors was adopted. The dif ferences with the late contractors, Messrs. Smith, Knight, and Co., have been adjusted, and the new convention with the Italian Government has been confirmed. It was resolved to provide funds for the com pletion of the line from Cagliari to Oristano, the branch line to Inglesias, and the line from Porto Torres to Ses sari, by immediately opening, as a first step, a credit for £72,000. The report of the directors of the Bahia Gas Company states that the balance of profit and loss would allow the usual dividend of 10 per cent. per annum on the preference, and 3 per cent. on the ordinary shares. It is proposed to create £5,000 additional capital in redeemable preference shares bearing 10 per cent. dividend, which, if adopted, would make £20,000 of redeemable preference. The traffic return of the Midland Railway for the week ending October 16th shews an increase of £3,848 on the corresponding week of last year. The Increase of the North-Eastern amounts to £5,704, LONDON STOCK EXOHANGE.-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 DoApril &OctlBBB-85.. 11011111 921, 1, 1 111, 101 Do for Account 921 03 Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Brazilian l . 18 1, 65 1 ,5 p o .... 891 941 New 3 per l Ce nt 9l, 1 901, 911 911 Egyptian 186 1 2, 7po .. .. 81 83 911, 1 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 98 100 Exchequer Bills, March 6 11 pm Italian, 1865. 5p a pm Peruvian, 1865, 5 p a Do, June 6 11 pm 901, 1. 891, 901 pm Portuguese 1869 3 p 0.. 291 30 Bank Stock 2321, 4 Russian. 1862, 5 p c.. .. 88 89 India 5 per Cents 1101 Do Nicolas 4 p o India Bonds — 69, 1 pm Spanish. 1867. 3 po Can 6po Jan &Julyll77-84 10511061 29, 1, 1 106, 51 Do, 1869. 3 p a Do March & Sept. 103 105 291, 9, L 9,1, 1 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 981 999 Turkish, 1854, 6p c Bl 83 Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 81 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865. 5p et Ceylon 6 p a May and 4 3 9, i, 1 November 1878 lO7 109 Do, 1865 6 p c Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 631, 8 i July 1873 lO3 105 U.S. 5-20 lionds,6 p c 1882 89 891 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 10111021 891, 1, 1 x d 102 Do do 1885 881 881 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 108 831 x d Dos pc 981 869, 7 Do 5p c Consolidated 971 981 Erie Sha, 100 dols, all paid 98. 1 x d Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 106 108 Atlantic and GW R Con Do June & Dec 1891 108 110 Mortgage Bonds 291 301 Viet 6p c Jan & July 1891 113 115 30, 299 1141 RAIL WAYS* Bi istel and Exeter £6 89 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian x d Do 3rd Fret Stock ' Great Eastern 381, 8, 1 4th I'ref Stock Great Northern Do A 134 135 1061, 59 Great Western 7l 719 Great Western of Canada 149 141 719, 9, hi, 1 144,3 x d Lancashire & Yorkshire 1301131/ Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 131, 1 Do 59 do, 1877-8 96 98 Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 421 43 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 par Ipm 429,4.3 x d Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 139 14/ 16adras guar 5p c 14, 139 1051 Lon and North-Western 1239129 N. Railway of Canada, 1289 6p o Ist Prof Bonds Lon and South-Western 88 90 Oude and Rohilkund g 90 5 p c Man, Shef, and Lincoln IQ 451 1041 451, 5 Scinde, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 64 1039 Midlancl 9, 4,9, 4 / 12691274 Bahia and San Francisco 1271,7 g 7 pa North British North-Easterneonsols 145 146 Belgian hi Junction .... 11 21 145, 49 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru.. 251 259 South-Eastern 749 751 259, 1 Atlantic and St Lawrnco 76 79 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 189 Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 Central India, g 5 p c.. 10491051 Eastern of France — Buff & Lake Huron Prof Great Luxembourg Do 59 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 82 Lemberg ezemowitzgua Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 513 c.. 105 106 Northern of France East Indian, g 5 p c .... 10991109 Ott om (S myrna t o Meli 5 59 1101 Recite and San Francisco Grand Trunk Canada .. 121 121 (Limited) guar 7p o 129 Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 x d San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 21 214 charge 6P c x d South Austn St Lom-Von 141 141 Do 2nd do Scrip 669 Southern of France .... Do Ist Prof Bonds 591 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon 23 Char of Austrlia 23 24 8 25 Alliance (L) and County 47 49 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 221 23 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33 221 3 2 1, 4. 4 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lon and Westrenster 60 61 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 131 14 1 601, 1 141 10 Metropolitan B} 81 25 Char Mere of India 24] 251 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) 20 Eng, Scot. and Aus C 16 17 411 20 Imperial IL) 10 Imperial Ottoman 114, i TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Anglo- American L) 85 87 6 Great N. China, and 86, 5 Japan Extension.. 3 2} ills 10 Anglo-Meditru (14 l3l 141 5 Indo-European (L).. 14 11 13g. 14 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Atlan iic — and !Malta (L) .... 5.1 61 100 Dos. p c 10 Britis lg h Australn(L) 3l nilis 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 3 2 dis 41 5 10 British Ind E 21 nuns and S. Pcfc(L) xten (L). 6/ 61 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuter's marine. (L) 8, 1-16, 8, 7 15-16, 8) 20 Soc Trans France (L) 141 151 2 China Submarine IL) 4140 is 15, 141 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 233 218 nml Ma ta. (LI 100 10 Mr In dia. 3; Pau anut(L) 41 51 10 Grca , Nortli,rn .... 11 111 51 11 7i S LSOELL &NM US SEMI RITI Anglo-Austrian End- 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 holders' Certificate 11 21 3, 215-16, 6 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 141 151 2 Lon & Prov Marine Liparipin 15, 141 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm g 5 p c by Ind Gov. 100 102 Boston City (U.S.) 5 1011 p c Sterling Loan 91 93 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. par 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 nm 11, 4 25 Canada Company. .. 72 76 5 Nato' Disct Comp (L) 11 111 10 Ceylon Company (L) 41 31dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 35 City Offices (L) 25 24 dis Mere Agency (L) .. 41 pm 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 21 3pm Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 26 21 61 N Britsh aud Mere (L) 27 28 2, 5-16 5 OceanMarinelnsur . • 13111 pm 100 Crystal Palace 20 50 P and 0 Steam 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lOB 113 10 Do do New. 1867 2 dis par 274 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) Bl Bdis 50 Rhymney Iron 100 Mgyp 9 p eV'roy Loan, 15 Do New Bl 91 guar by Egyp Go - v.. 99 101 60 Royal Mail Steam 100, 1 12 Tel Con and Main IL) 264 261 1:3 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 61 Glpm 261, 1 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 2 Themes and Mersey Trust 6p c Bonds, . 95 49 11 / 4 1arine Insur (L . . 34 34 pm 96i St Tobacco 6 ID 0 LOMIL 76 Gen Credt &Disci (L) 1 4 die guar by Italian Gov. 86 89 14 Gen Navigation 28 30 871 2 S B tm 4 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 21 2dis Upper Canada 41 17 Hudson's Bay 9 91 5(7 Marine, Lvpool IL 44 51Ino 91 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 26 15 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 6 United Dia Corprn (L) 11 idis Tel Works (L) .... 371 381 5 Univ Marine Instil' (L% 41 spni 37/, 8 10 5 InternlFinan Soca.) 11 11dis Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 20 It Irrie Can Cavour 31 31 Mortgage Loan.... 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re. __ _ . 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis 48 50 deeinab le 1870 61 64 30 London Fin Assoo (L)lBll7idis LAW AND POLICE. SHOCKING CASE.—Stephen Casaya, a French jeweller, living at No. 6, Carpenter-street, Grosvenor-square, was charge d before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with indecently assaulting a boy named Thomas Mill Spence, about 11 years of age, residing in the same house. From the evidence of the boy it appeared that he had permission from his. widowed mother to go and sit with the prisoner in his room, the prisoner stating that he was lonely ; and after being the room a short time, the prisoner gave him an apple, and then placed a bottle to his mouth, and he became insensible, and while in _that state the prisoner abused him in a manner unfit for publication. A medical gentieman residing in Mount-street, Grovenor-square, gave evidence in support of the charge, adding that he found the boy in a very excited state, threatening to cut his throat, tossing about on the bed, and tearing his hair. The boy's mother, a respectable-looking woman, said that while in the lower part of the house she heard a fall and a cry of distress, and on going upstairs found her boy lying on the landing by the front door in a half delirious state, tearing his hair and scratching his face, and totally unable to give her any explanation of what had occurred. She sent for a doctor and found out what had occurred, and when she heard it such was her in dignation that had she had a pistol she would have shot the prisoner;' who had grossly deceived her and others, as he had always assumed such quiet and courteous manners, and led personsto believe ho was a most respect able man. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything. The prisoner, who at first pre tended he could not speak English, but subsequently spoke it very well, denied the charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. MUSIC LICENCES IN POPLAR.— SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF A BEER-SHOP KEEPER. Mr. Edward E. Malin, a printer, of No. 328, High-street, Poplar, waited upon Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, to seek redress from the persecution of a beerhouse keeper, named Fitch, of No, 330 in the same street opposite, who applied to the Middlesex magistrates at the Sessions House last week for a music licence. Mr. Malin said he successfully opposed the grant ing of a music license to his neighbour, and the consequence was that he had been subjected to a most gross persecu tion. Mr. Fitch had caused a large board to be projected over the foot way at right angles with his house, with the words " Beware of the Informer," and an index printed thereon. The index was pointed towards Mr. Moffiin's house opposite, and it caused numerous persons to stop and discuss the question of music licenses. He had been subjected to repeated insults, both at home and abroad, and called an informer and other opprobrious epithets. Fitch had pointed him out to others, and called out, " That is the man, that is the informer." He had lived nine years in High-street, Poplar, and Fitch only three. He had opposed the granting of a music license on public grounds, and would so again. Mr. Paget said the applicant ought not to have been persecuted and insulted, and he directed Walton, an officer of the court, to wait on Fitch and point to him the impolicy and ille gality of the course he was pursuing towards his neigh bour. If it was not immediately discontinued a summons would be granted against the offen ler. Mr. Moffiin thanked the magistrate, and retired with the officer. SERIOUS CHARGE UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.-At the Mansion House, London, Mr. Henry Victor Griessa lick, and Mr. William Henry Nebal, in partnership as merchants in Basing,hall-street, appeared before the Lord Mayor on a summons obtained at the instance of Mr. Auguste G4nard, a merchant at Antwerp, to answer a charge under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869, of having un lawfully, within four months next, before the presentation of a petition by them,for the liquidation of their affairs, by certain false representations and fraud obtained from the complainant goods of the value of £349, odd on credit, and for which they had not, it was alleged, since paid. It appeared that the complainant had had dealings with the defendants for about fifteen months, and had sold them goods on credit, for which he drew bills on them payable in thirty days. In July last they owed him upwards of £5OO. On the 30th of Jane he received an order from them for 1,500 boxes of candles, which were to be deli vered in three parcels, and for which they promised to pay in cash in thrae clays. He sent the first instalment of 600 boxes, amounting to £349, on the 16th July, and three days after he received a letter from them stating that they were unable to meet their engagements, one of their reasons being that they had especially relied on the assistance of a Mr. Goldberg, which he had been obliged suddenly to withdraw, but that they hoped. to be in a position in a short time to make good certain losses they hAd sustained. The complainant, however, had not been paid the £349 they owed him. The defence was that the defendants had been unable to keep their engagements through the declaration of war, the effect of which had been to damage the ordinary course of trade in many respects, and especially to dry up the sources of profit, and produce panic. The defendants' transactions had not been charac terised by that commercial exactness generally followed out by the merchant princes of the City ; but, at the same time, there was not a sufficient dereliction to bring them within the criminal clauses of the Act. The Lord Mayor said the summons must be dismissed. He did not think there was sufficiently distinct misrepresentation to justify him in sending the ease for trial. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON A BROKER.-At the Mansion House, London, James Woolf was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining goods from Mr. Bacon, city and colonial merchant, to the amount of £l,OOO, under the following extraordinary circumstances : —The prisoner is a rag-dealer residing in Spitalfields, and had had some monetary transactions with the prosecutor's clerk, a young man named Jeavons. It appeared from letters produced that under pressure of the prisoners's threats, Jeavons had been in the habit of giving orders on Mr. 'Bacon's contractors for the delivery of rags, sometimes to the value of £lOO at a time. By this means the transaction did not appear in the books of the former. The demands of the prisoner ultimately became so great that Jeavons, fearing the result, commu nicated the supposed fraud to his master, and then, so it is alleged, decamped. The prisoner was apprehended, and it was found that another ingenious method in his busi ness was to send the goods directly to the depot of the Great Northern Railway, whence they were removed by the party purchasing them, thus complicating the chance of their discovery. One of the letters in question begged Jeavons " for God's sake not to let the rags be traced, as it would be utter ruin to both." He was committed for trial. THE CABINET.—The Premier is expected in town the week after next. Lord Granville has come to town from Walmer Castle. The Lord Chancellor comes to town the week after next. The Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the President of the Poor-law Board are among the members of the Cabinet already in town. Mr. A. W. Bayley, aged 21, an articled clerk to a solicitor, has been killed at a football match in the old deer park at Richmond. While playing he kicked the ball, and Mr. Strachan, on the opposite side, kicked it back again, and, both running after it at a swift pace, they came in violent collision, the dece'ssed falling through the elbow of the other striking him in the stomach. The whole of the deceased's lower intestines and bowels were rap• tured, and he died the next night. He admitted that the occurrence was perfectly accidental. THE FATAL RIOTS IN 'CUMBERLAND.—The in quest on Cornelius Cox, who was killed in the "navvy" riots on Saturday last at Armathwaite, was opened on Tuesday. A policeman stated that he found the man lying insensible behind a stone wall five feet high, over which he must have been thrown. The inquiry was ad journed, but three important English witnesses have dis appeared. The English and Scotch navvies haveresumed work, the Irish having left the neighbourhood. THE IRISH Cnuncll.—The Duke of Abercorn proposes to contribute towards the Sustentation Fund of the Irish Church the sum of £6,000, of which £l,OOO is to be devoted to the General Sustentation Fund, and £5,000 to the endowment of the parishes in which his grace's estate is situated. The patent for the charter granted to the Representative Body of the Irish Church passed the Great Seal on Tuesday. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND THE ARGYLL TENANTRY.—On Monday evening- the Marquis of Lorne entertained at dinner in the Town-hall, Cambelton, the tenantry on the Argyll estate connected with that district. About one hundred and thirty sat down to dinner. The noble Marquis presided, and pro posed the first toast, " The Health of the Queen, and of the Prince and Princess of Wales." Mr. Stewart, Chamberlain to the Duke of Argyll, proposed " The Health of the Princess Louise," which was pledged most enthusiastically. Lord Lorne, in responding to the toast, said :—My friends, the Princess Louise being. told I was to meet you here to-day asked me to convey her thanks to you in case you drank her health. For my own part I need hardly tell you how dear those cheers you have given for her are to me, giving me an earnest as they do of the welcome she will receive from those among whom I trust, God permitting, she may be allowed often in future years to live." The Marquis subsequently pro posed "Prosperity to Kintyre," remarking that he had the utmost pleasure in meeting with his father's tenants, and becoming acquainted with their wants and interests. Other toasts followed, and much enthusiasm prevailed. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COBI FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it ageneral favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a' delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling. water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES Ern tt Co., Homceopathi Ckeixtists, London.—Advt. TFI E WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. (BY BALLOOS MAIL. ) PARIS, OCT. 14. . Citizen Flonrens has been disposed of for the present. This troublesome revolutionist, who commanded five bat talions of Belleville National Guards—Belleville is the Reddest quarter of Paris—and who was constantly assembling his legions to bully the Government and stir up civil war, has at length been worsted. A few days ago he resigned his post as major, and was after wards re-elected in a surreptitious sort of way ; but as the Government did not acknowledge this reinstatement in office, it was considered null and void. Nevertheless it was good enough for Flourens. He tried his old trick of summoning his five battalions to arms, " with the view," as the Official Journal puts it, "of marching upon the Hotel de Ville with rebellious intentions." The rebellious intentions were not put in practice, nor even the marching, but the repetition of a scandalous public outrage afforded the Government abundant justification for stringent mea sures. Flourens had committed two offences. He had re-assumed the command of the five battalions whilst he had no proper power to do so ; and he had attempted to lead them on an unlawful mission—unlawful whether he justly commanded the battalions or not. The Government, therefore, have resolved to take proceedings against him. It is not likely that the proceedings will come to much— certain that no very severe punishment will be inflicted upon Flourens ; but the affair has at least had the good effect of restoring order. It is said that Flourens has agreed not to try any more experiments in civil war. Rochefort has conciliated him. Certain it is that the Belle ville hordes are in a much better frame of mind since the Government has shewu its determination to allow no trifling. All this row has been about the election of the Commune—that darling institution which Belleville so much wants, and which the Ministry is determined not to have. What the Commune would do if it were established, except compete with the Ministry for power, its best friends are unable to say. One gentleman of Belleville sws the Commune is to confiscate the goods of those who have abandoned Paris, to be the terror of cowards, traitors, &c., and to dismiss and imprison all creatures of the Bonaparte—all of which is significant enough. The regular distribution of meat has commenced. Eacn householder states the number of his family, and receives in return a " Carte de Famille," with coupons attached, authorising him to purchase so many rations at a butcher's. The ration is deplorably small, and in order to obtain it in anything like decent quality it is necessary to Mount guard at the butcher's at about five in the morning. To go at six is to run the risk of get ting an inferior portion. Of course no butcher can sell more than the quantity allowed by the coupons. But a good deal of trickery is practised, and is unavoid able. It is notorious that the butchers save the best portions for their best customers, regardless of the rule " first come, first served." It is posssible, too, that a householder may send in an application for per mission to buy more meat than the number of his family will justify. But this is a dangerous trick. If found out the offender would get no meat at all. Sooner or later the Government will doubtless take the distribution into its own hands. There was a sortie of some magnitude yesterday, and glowing accounts of it are published this morning. It may be well to give the story such as it is given to us. " At nine in the morning," says the Hams Correspondence, " the discharge of a cannon from Fort Montrouge gave to our troops the signal which they had impatiently awaited. From the Orleans gate to the redoubt of the Hautes- Bruyeres, the last point which we occupied, our soldiers were massed, covered by the inequalities of the ground. At a quarter past nine all our positions commenced a terrible fire. The enemy replied but feebly. After one hour of a violent cannonade, our troops rushed forward with great rapidity—the Mobiles of the Cote-d'Or leading the way. The hostile positions were carried by the bayonet. Nothing could resist that formidable avalanche. In vain did one Prussian battalion, taken by surprise, throw up its arms. This ruse has been too often used by the enemy, and they were charged pitilessly, and dispersed by the furious attack. On previous occasions when this trick has been tried, our men have been allowed to approach without show of resistance —as if a surrender was contemplated—and then have been shot down. With a furious rush the Mobiles cleared the distance and entered Bagneux. As far as the church they encountered no serious resistance, but at that point a lively fusillade commenced. From cellars, windows, roofs, the enemy fired upon our troops, Each house became a fortress, which it was needful to capture at any price. The advance at length became extremely slow, but happily reinforcements arrived. Five more regiments arrived in the village, and a furious struggle from house to house and from street to street ensued. At length, at half-past two, the last obstacles are removed, though not without losses, Count Dampierre fell struck with a ball. Covered with blood, he cried to the Mobiles `Forward,' and shortly afterwards expired. Un fortunately, reinforcements for the enemy also arrived from all sides—first Bavarians and then Prussians. The struggle could not be prolonged against these masses, increasingly strengthened as they were; the retreat, therefore, commenced, and was car ried on in good order, in the midst of a terrible fire. Fort Montrouge recommenced firing, and its heavy pieces made deep gaps in the ene my's ranks ; but in spite of the terrible fire the Prussians came on, until at length they had arrived within 1,000 paces of our batteries. After four o'clock it was all over." The navas Correspondence says nothing of what happened to the Prussians during their retreat from their dangerous proximity to the batteries. The account would lead to the conclusion that a great battle had been fought. Really it seems to have been a fairly successful trial of the troops under fire. General Trochu calls it a " solid offensive reconnaissance, very well done ; excellent retreat." Fifty prisoners were taken. The French losses were small. MINING SIIARE LIST.---OCTOBER 19. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London, To-day the demand has been • vile, Providence, East Caradoi South Condurrow receded to 3 sl Australian United, 7s 6d, 108 Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, 3/, 4 Chivertou Valley, Choutales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 21s, 23s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 3,3/ East Bassett, East Caradou, 41, 5 East Lovell, 29. 30 East Wheal Grenville, 21, 3 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), for Taquaril, Grenville, Tanker t, Great Vor and East Lovell. filers Palls Mountain, 3!, 4 Prince of Wales, 10s, 12s. 6d ,Providence Mines, 37, 38 IRosew . al! 4111 and itansorne United, IL 11 --- South Condurrow, 21, 3 ,South Frances, Tankervilie, 14, 141 Tincroft, Tan-yr-Allt, Taquaril (Gold), 48s, 50e - Trumpet Consols. Van, 571, 60 Van Consols West Caradon, West Chlverton, 531, 54} West I)rakewalls, West Frances, 31, 33 West Maria and Iforteseue.3l 33s West Seton, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 30s, 35s Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 85, 9 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, 325, 35 - S., -B. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 175,18 Great Retallack, Groat Wheal Vor 62, 71 Hingston Down, Marks Valley, 61, 6/ New Lovell, 12, 2 North Crofty, Pacific, IL 21 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-The Corn Exchange was fairly attended by millers, and the tone of the market was firm ; nevertheless the business transacted was on a very moderate scale. The show of English wheat on offer was small, but the arrivals from abroad were large. Sales in both red and white produce were effected steadily, and the advanced rates of Monday last were thoroughly maintained. Barley was in moderate supply and request for fine malting samples ; grinding qualities experienced a cautious sale, but prices were unchanged. The malt trade was not active, but prices ruled firm. There were large supplies of oats on the stands. The trade was dull at Monday's reduced quotations. Beans and peas were in far request, at fully previous currencies. Flour was in quiet demand, but firm in value. Arrivals :-Eng.ish and Scotch.-Wheat, 210 qrs. ; barley, 220 ; malt, 200 ; beans, 100 ; and peas, 160. Foreign.-Wheat, 12,440 qrs. ; barley, 2,140 ; oats, 19,740 ; maize, 9,510 ; beans, 2,570 ; flour, 700 sacks and 9,370 brls. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-At this market to-day the supplies were good. For wheat there was a ready sale. All kinds were ls. to 2s. per quarter dearer. For barley the sales were slow, and prices were unchanged. Oats were in good demand, at 6d. per quarter advance. For beans there was a slow sale, at last week's rates. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-At this market to day there were 571 beasts, and 4,300 sheep and lambs. There was a fair show of stock. Beef, 7d. to 71d. ; a few very prime, 71d. ; second quality, 61d. Sheep, 71d. to 81. d. ; ewes, 7d. The market ruled in favour of buyers. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. -At this market there was a smaller show of fat cattle by forty-eight this week than last. The quality was much better, however ; but trade, owing to the high prices asked, was rather slow, the turn being in favour of the buyer. The quotations are not much altered from last week's, Os. 9d, to nearly 10s. on the top ; secondary, say 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6d.; and inferior, 7s. 6d. to 9s. Store cattle shewn were 3s. more than last week, but were of rather an inferior description. Con sequently trade was quiet. There were the same number of milch cows for sale as at the last market-namely, 37. Store sheep were larger in number and more inferior in quality than on last Wednesday, the best among them fetching last week's prices ; the sale of secondary kinds was very dull. The price for best mutton Was 81d. Pigs were at last week's prices. There were 57 less in the market than last week. A few young pigs were on sale. Prices ranged from 10s. to 16s. The trade was slow, and prices were again in favour of buyers. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-At this market to-day the beast supplies were rather heavy. The trade was flatter, especially for inferior qualities. Of sheep the sup plies were short. The trade was firm, at late rates. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET. WEDNESDAT.-There were upwards of 1,100 beasts, and 6,000 sheep at this market to-day. This being rather over the average supply, buyers effected pur chases on easier terms than for several weeks past. There was a fair trade done in other descriptions of stock, but there was no material alteration in prices. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-Tallow has ruled quiet, at 435. 3d. for the year ; 435. 6d. December; 445. for January ; and 445. 6d. March. Linseed oil, 295. 6d, ; English brown, rape, 41s. 9d. to 425. ; refined, 445. ; foreign, 465. ; American refined petroleum, ls. 51d. Turpentine steady. Scotch pig iron 51s. 3d. per cwt. Chili bar copper, £6l to £6llos. ; Straits tin, £127 to £l2B ; Silesian spelter, £l7 55. to £l7 10s. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, .WED NESDAY.—Strong refining sugars have been in demand, and the tendency of prices has been upwards. British West India is quoted at 235. 6d. to 295. for Jamaica, 245. 6d. to 265. 6d. for Trinidad, 235. 6d. to 255. 6d. for Tobago. Coffee has commanded full values, with a steady demand. Spices generally are firm, with a fair inquiry. The tea auctions finished up steadily to day. Good common to fair Congous, is. id. ; medium Boning, new season, ls. md. to is. 70. per lb. A large business has been done in soft ground rice. Prices have ranged from 7s. 9d. to 108. 40 for common, to very line Rangoon on the spot : Araca, afloat, was sold at 9s. 9d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—This market opened with a good demand and very strong to-day. Probable sales, 15,000 bales. Imports, 23,746 bales. This market closed to-day on the spot very steady, with a sale of 12,000 bales. Arrivals were freely offered at id. lower. Charleston, Mobile, Savannah ship named, 81d. October. No vember, any port, 8 1-16 d. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—There was a great demand in this market to-day, but prices remained steady, though there are again symptoms of coming weakness, owing to a rather quieter feeling prevailing in the cotton market. This is probably caused to some extent by the heavy imports yesterday. Buyers are not willing to pay the small advance demanded ; hence the quiet aspect of affairs. Buyers and sellers are indifferent about making further contracts, and stocks are light. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market was steady to-day, 51s. 3d. to 51s. 4d. cash was paid. Closing sellers a higher price. Buyers, 51s. 7d. one month. Closing Report.—This market was steady to-day. Sellers, Ms. 4d. cash on Monday ; buyers, 51s. 3d. cash on Friday. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was more business done at this market to-day, and full prices were obtained. CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Ordinary, firsts, 140 s. ; seconds, 1235.; thirds, 1125.; fourths, 1075.; fifths, 895.; sixths, 775. 1,430 firkins In the market. Mild cured firsts, 1405.; seconds, 1295. ; thirds, 116 s. 120 firkins in the market. THE CAPTAIN RELIEF FUND. A meeting of the London Relief Committee formed to raise subscriptions in aid of the widows and -rphans of the seamen lost in the Captain, was held in the Long Parlour of the Mansion House, London, yesterday, the Lord Mayor presiding. Among those present were Alderman Sir David Salomons, M.P., Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., the Lord Mayor-Elect, Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, Mr. Gassiott, Mr. Griffiths, and others. — Mr. Gibbs, one of the honorary secretaries, announced that the subscriptions received at the London and West minster Bank up to that morning was £783. Since that a letter had come, enclosing £lOO from "X Y Z," and some smaller remittances made up a sum of £9OO. Mr. Griffiths announced further subscriptions amounting to about £2OO, including 100 guineas from Messrs. Roths child, and £52 10s. from Messrs. Baring Brothers. It was also stated that additional sums had been just received amounting to £225. Mr. Samuel Morley and Mr. Griffiths were added to the committee. Some discussion took place as to the manner in which the money should be appropriated, and Mr. Morley im pressed upon the committee the necessity of ascertaining definitely the amount that would be required. Eventually it was arranged that the number and ages of the widows and chilaren should be obtained from the Portsmouth committee, with the view of arriving at an approxima tion of the amount, and Captain Peele stated that this information should be forthcoming. TILE COURT AT BALmcatAL.—The Rev. R. H. Story, of Roseneath, preached at Crathie last Sunday, his text being Matthew xviii. 8, 9. Her Majesty the Queen and the Princesses Louise and Beatrice were present from Balmoral, and the members of the suite who attended were the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, General Hood, Colonel Ponsonby, Mr. Sahl, and Dr. Robertson. The Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorne were also present. In the Abergeldie pew were Mr. and Madame Van de Weyer and Misses Van de Weyer. Few strangers were in the church. The weather was of rather a stormy character during the day. The Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorne left Balmoral early on Monday morning, and reached Aberdeen about ten o'clock. They proceeded to the Douglas Hotel, and remained there till the departure of the limited mail at 12. 23. As the Duke of Argyll is patron of the parish of Roseneath, it was perhaps out of compliment to him that the minister of that charge was invited to preach at Crathie on Sunday. —Dundee A dvertiser. 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 rand , devicesfor varied work with which all the best solving machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent. Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 210 A, REGENT:STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their p Financial Record,as the universal" d September h 7, p 1870.omestic eler.—"lnvestment Circular and `IHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870. DOLEFUL CONFESSIONS. A few days ago a copy of the Gaulois, which is pub lished in Paris, fell into the hands of the Germans encamped round the city. It contained a remarkable article on the prospects of the siege ; drawing conclusions so unfavourable to the prospects of the defence that the Prussian official journal has republished it in full. The writer, who is supposed to be an experienced military officer, represents that the danger of starvation is for Paris a real one. " Though the German armies carry no tents, they are yet comfortably lodged in the towns, villages, villas, farm - houses, and chateaux studding the environs of Paris. When we invaded Russia in 1812 we found the country a desert ; in France the invaders have everything at hand that they can want. They have houses to live in, beds, linen, furniture, wine in the cellars, and every variety of fruit and vegetables in the fields. They have magnificent forests all round Paris for fuel to protect them against the cold of the winter. Why, then, should they not wait till we are famished? While our provisions are being gradually exhausted theirs will be re plenished by railway, and, if their soldiers suffer from ex posure to the weather, ours, bivouaCking near the forts or standing sentinel on the ramparts, will have to undergo the same ordeal. If, therefore, the enemy has the best possible motive for prolonging his present inactivity, we, on the other hand, should pursue the opposite policy. Every day that elapses without our gaining an advantage accelerates our doom. But what can we do ? Are wo to count upon Bazaine ? Are we to reckon upon rescue by the fresh armies forming in the South? I have the courage to tell the truth, and I cannot but say that the only serviceßa,zaine can render us for the time being is to detain 150,000 or 200,000 invaders at Metz. As to any thing more, it is just now out of his power." Not much con fidence, either, has the critic in the chances of relief from the Loire army. " Another French army is forming behind the Loire, and we are promised will soon arrive here, under the command of a gallant General, said to have eluded the vigilance of the Prussians. This army will be of great use to us some day. But we must not forget that no army can be improvised. To assemble and equip 100,000 men does not make them soldiers. They must first learn their trade, get acquainted with their arms, comrades, and officers, and gain confidence in their ow n strength, before they can be marshalled into the field. All this requires time. If once properly inured to their work this army will render us great service by interrupting the Prussian communications and menacing the enemy's rear. They might even concert with Bazaine a combined attack upon the Prussians, and make their situation a very dangerous one. But this can only occur if we are the first to strike. All depends upon our taking the initiative in what more immediately concerns us than anybody else. All, in fact, will be gained or lost ac cording as we (the Parisians) fall upon the enemy, diminish his numbers, and disable him from completing his task without sending for reinforcements. A few days ago we might, by strong reconnoitrements, have prevented the enemy from throwing up the earthworks that now protect his front. At present we shall have to fight pitched battles to dislodge him. Let us do so at once if we wish to conquer." The Staatsanzeiger states that the German army ruuud Paris ha never exceeded 220,000 men. MARSHAL BAZAINE AND THE REPUBLIC. The brother of Marshal Bazaine has written from Trou vine on the sth of October to a friend as follows : " You ask me what is to be thought of the remarks in the journals to the effect that Marshal Bazaine has de clared to everyone that he holds his command from the Emperor, from whom only he can receive orders, and that he does not recognise the Government of the Republic. This report has no foundation except in a despatch from Berlin of the 26th of September, published in the Times of the 29th, according to which the Marshal was at pains to inform a Prussian officer with whom he conversed of his opinions on the subject. These assertions have no importance for those who are acquainted, as everyone ought to be by this time, with the veracity of the despatches of Prussian origin, and with the feeling of the Times concerning France. About the time alluded to the Times and another Prussian dispatch announced pretended offers of capitulation on the part of the Marshal. A little while ago Bismarck con sidered himself justified in informing the English Am bassador that the Marshal could not hold out more than a week. Yesterday dispatches were circulated which de clared that famine and disease existed in the army before Metz. There is no kind of false news that is not invented concerning this army and its leader. Believe me, my friend, he whom Jules Favre in his admirable and touch ing report of his interview with Bismarck calls all glorious Bazaine, does not consider himself and does not call himself the Marshal of the Emperor; ho styles him self Marshal of France, and his brother assures you he will never forget that he is so. " BAZAINE." AN INTERVIEW WITH BISMARCK. La Gironde publishes an account of a long conversation between an Englishman and Count Bismarck, which took place on a day when the political autocrat of Prussia was in an unusually communicative mood. He is subject, ac cording to his critics, to fits of almost savage silence, which nothing can draw him out of, but at other times he speaks with a franknesss and ease which the diplomatists of the old school cannot understand. The English man in question belonged formerly to the diplomatic body, and had held for some time a post at the Court of Dresden. Journeying through France to Spain in search of health, he visited the Prus sian headquarters to renew his acquaintance with some of his Saxon friends. They received him very cordially, and invited him to a breakfast, where, of course, politics and the war were the engrossing topics. The Saxons were not very cordial respecting the Prussians, and declared that before the war there had been Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, all separate States, but that Napoleon had used the un lucky word rectification of frontiers, and from that day dated the Empire of Germany. Bismarck has gilded the the pill cleverly, said one, and is trying hard to persuade us that " the tail of a lion is better than the head of a rat." The Englishman upon this expressed his desire to renew his acquaintance with the great man, and his Saxon friends introduced him into the Chancellor's presence. Bismarck, as we have said, was in high good humour. "My health, gentlemen," he said, in reply to a polite in quiry, "has never been better than since my death— according to the French papers. What," he asked the Englishman, " are they saying in London about all this ?" The reply was that England re gretted to see the war d l'outrance between two great nations. Bismarck said that Voltaire stated Germany had but one fault—there were too many Germans. For his own part, he liked France, but found a different fault —there were not enough Frenchmen. There was a serious intelligent, thoughtful France behind the false France which was always in agitation, oscillating between vaude ville and melodrama. The Romans said of the Gauls that they knew two things—how to fight bravely and to speak finely, and their descendants are alternately condemned to pettifogging and militarism. The Englishmen inter rupted with the exclamation, " Militarism ! and your selves ?" Bismarck answered, " No, no, that is a mis take. We are an armed nation, but not a military Government. You in England reform in order to preserve. In Spain and Italy the people agitate, yet neglect matters. In France what is quickly constructed is as quickly overthrown. Barracks and palaces are alike destroyed and rebuilt. We are only laying the foundations of our edifice, and cannot have our work interrupted every moment. Our only object in the war is to secure a permanent peace." " The Constitutional Assembly," suggested the Englishman, " will, in esta blishing a regular Government, soon enable you to sign it." " Soon ? " answered Bismarck. "We shall not dis cuss it seriously except in Paris with the keys of Metz and Strasbourg in our pockets." Questioned as to the Assembly, he replied it would be too soon and too late, and the fate of the Republic would depend on its willingness to make terms with Germany, for the party was strong in France, and Germany would treat with its representatives only. Reminded that the siege of Paris might be tedious, and that meanwhile armies were being organised throughout France, Bismarck ac knowledged that neither courage, arms, nor numbers would be wanting, but said the last Prussian soldier knew he was fighting for his cottage before Paris. "It is a terrible war ! " exclaimed the Englishman. "It is more than a war, Sir John," said Bismarck ; "it is a phase of history of which the war is an expression. The old European system is crumbling, and new centres of civilisation are being formed, but force is necessary for the process." " Did the French Revolution," asked his visitor, " inaugurate a new era by the famous declaration of the rights of man ?" Bismarck answered, "No ; for it ad mitted the declaration of the duties of man. Liberty is not a theme for political metaphysics, or street songs. She is a goddess who asks no human sacrifices. She is bourgeois rather than child of the people, and aristocrat more than either. She is austere and laborious, exacting many virtues and little noise, the life of mind and soul, not of the public place and the tavern. A new religion wants a new people. A simple faith needs simple hearts. If you see such around you we will say no more. But, pardon, I must leave you. lam doing nothing but speak, but dream, perhaps, and notwithstanding I am a man of action." This, concludes the narrator, was the conver sation with the Prussian sphinx. Is he actor, a thinker, or only—a Prussian? A GERMAN AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE. , Karl Vogt, a distinguished German professor, has ad , dressed a letter to a friend in Geneva, which takes a contrary view to that expressed by Doctor Strauss, re garding the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine. He considers the present war to be the necessary consequence of the campaign of 1866, and on both sides of the Rhine it was expected for a long time. During the four years which have elapsed, both 01 Berlin and at Paris, efforts were made to excite the popular feeling, and not to calm it. Bismarck had an advantage <over Napoleon, for he could afford to wait, while the Emperor had the Revolu tion to think of. The Germans have accomplished great things, but it remains to be seen if they are not going too far. It may well be questioned how far they are justified in appealing to necessity to justify their conduct; and if carried to the extreme their present policy will not be a greater injustice than the iniquitous attacks which they have just repulsed. In considering the terms of peace which should be imposed on France the annexation and the conquest of Alsace and Lorraine en gages attention. Many people confound " natural fron tiers " with " national " ones. The French say that rivers separate and mountains and valleys unite, while the Ger mans declare that the rivers unite, and the mountains and valleys separate. While they complain of the French because they claim the Rhine as a natural frontier, the Germans are indignant with them for not giving the Vosges up to them. With regard to historical considera tions, it s may be true that the inhabitants of Alsace are German, but if justice is to be done, according to historical views the Germans must apply the principles to themselves. They still keep the district of Northern Schleswig in the Northern Confederation in spite of treaties that have been solemnly agreed to and against the wish of the people, who protest every year through their deputies against the policy pursued towards them. Force may be excused, but when one covers one's actions with the cloak of hypocrisy it . is another thing, and the proceeding calls for condemnation. The proposed annexation must be condemned because no reason can be given in its favour. The French arguments may be dis posed of as to the honour of France being inseparably connected with the possession of Alsace, and that its loss would cause France to sink to a power of the second rank. The annexation must be objected to because it is opposed to the wish of the people. No political sympathy for Germany can be found among them, and the German army have found out by this time that the preservation of the German language does not prevent the Alsatians from being de voted to the cause of France. Louis Napoleon, in making his annexations, ma d e an appearance of consulting the populations who were affected thereby, but in the present case brutal force is the only one appealed to. The annexation would be a foolish act iu a political sense. It would weaken Ger many to be obliged to mount guard over a million of dis affected men. Alsace is conquered, and let the province decide whether it shall belong to France or Germany, and, according to its decision, let future arrangements be made. If this plan be pursued, the Alsatians will become good neighbours, and the war of 1870 will have been a storm that is succeeded by a calm. GOVERNMENT BY BALLOON. The wind, after being unpropitious for something lik e ten days, veered round at last, and on Wednesday M. Eugene Godard launched his magnificent balloon, the Washington, which is said to have taken no fewer than 200,000 tiny letters contained in numerous large sacks attached to the outside of the car; in addition to Government despatches and thirty carrier pigeons to be employed in bringing to Pari s d es p a t c h es from tile Government at Tours. The ascent was m a d e from the Orleans railway station. A balloon of s i m il ar dimensions , named the Lafayette, which was to h ave con veyed 1 4 - Ranc beyond the Prussian li nes , essa y e d t o ascen d some time afterwards, but a sudden gust of win d snapped the ends of the netting and rent the silk, causing the gas to escape. Another balloon, the Godefroy Cavaignac, was immediately inflated,' but the force of the wind tore it also, an d no thi ng remained but to abandon the ascent to some more propitious occa• sion. While all this was going on at the Orleans railway station, M. Nadar succeeded in sending off a balloon from the Place St. Pierre at Montmartre with 100,000 letters, and a balloon ascended in another quarter of Poi' freighted with still more letters. This had a n arrow escape, for in passing over the Rue de Rivoli it grazed the dome of the church of St. Paul ; an immediate discharge of ballast, however, caused it suddenly to rise, and It pursed its course without futher accident. This morning M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle's monster balloon, flaw ed Liberty, which is furnished a couple of cars, ascended from the railway station at La Villette• taking with it an immense number of letters; and the Godefroy Cavaignac balloon accomplished a su e ' eessful ascent from the Orleans railway station the Bane morning, taking out in it Count de Ktiratry, who i° charged, it is said, with a mission to Spain. Later in the day M. Ranc, who has instructions from the Govern" ment for M. Gambetta and Admiral Fourichon Tours, succeeded in getting away from Paris in the William Tell balloon. An immense quantity of cover pondence was taken out in these two balloons ; and it is calculated that upwards of a million letters have been despatched from Paris in the course of the last three do's, since the wind veered round from the west.—Paris Col l pondent of Pall Mall Gazette, October 14. The Germans have just commenced shelling Ch 3l. teaudun. M. de Keratry, who has arrived at Tours, is suffering° good deal from the hurts he received from the violent descent of his balloon. Prussia and Bavaria are in want of money for the pro' secution of the war. The Bavarian loan is exhausted, but of course no difficulty will be felt in either country in ob taining a fresh supply. A slight mistake was Made respecting the fate of the gallant Papal Zortaves who fought at Orleans. It W 9 •4 said that 300 went into battle and only sixteen survived' The truth is that only sixteen were killed. The Cure of Bazeilles writes again respecting the barbarous treatment of that unfortunate place by the Bavarians. He denies that the inhabitans fired upon the Germans, who committed an act of shocking barbarity without excuse. The Times correspondent states that on the 18th, a t Tours, little apprehension was entertained of a Prussian advance upon Tours or Bourges. It is argued that such distant operations would be too hazardous while the sieges of Paris and Metz are going on, and it seems thought that Orleans, Rouen, Amiens, and other places at about the same distance from the capital will for the present be the limit of Prussian attempts upon large towns. At Gisors the Prussian officers dine at the hotels at the expense of the town, and never spend any mono,' from their own pockets. The soldiers are quartered upon the inhabitants in batches of six, seven, and even in some cases ten. Several private houses have been pillaged hY the German troops. A Paris journal has opened a subscription list, with some success, for the reward of any one who shoots tne King in open warfare. It may be interesting to that potentate to know that many Frenchmen have sworn t ° shoot him from a window or housetop, if he ventures uPen a triumphal entry into Paris. A correspondent of one of the German papers was two whole days travelling near Paris without seeing a singl e female form, a child, a domestic animal not belonging t° ~ the army, or a man without a uniform, or who did not belong to the troops. And this in one of the most poll° . lows, active, and affluent districts in all Europe ! At the commencement of the war General Turr sen S two letters to Count Bismarck in which he said that the scheme of annexing Belgium to France did not proceed from the Emperor Napoleon, but from the Federal Chan' cellor. Some new discoveries which have been made in the Imperial correspondence are said to reveal not ma that the notion did originate with the Emperor, but als° that General Turr had an interest in the maintenance of the Imperial dynasty. In the list of pensions given out of the Imperial privy purse, Mdme. Turr, nee Wyse' figures for 24,000 francs. A telegram to the Manchester Examiner from Rouen says :—The following order of the Committee of Defence , dated Rouen, Friday, has been placarded :—" Ot ir military authorities consider that Rouen is menaced. The enemy is at Fleury-sur-Andelles, six leagues from th ig town. Five battalions of National Guards, as well a s the artillery, have left here. We expect the Havre battalion The Sub-Prefect is requested to send all the men of courag e in his arrondissement. We order that barricades be erected at Rouen." The Cologne Gazette thinks there can be no difficUlti whatever in arranging the annexation of Luxemburg' " England, Russia, and Austria, who have guaranteed ita neutrality, can have no interest in preventing this ; on th e contrary, they would gladly get rid of the obligation . France has no longer, when Germany has won the Vosges frontier, any pretext for considering Luxemburg a menance, and it will gladly acquiesce in its annexation t o Germany in consideration of some relaxation of the terms of peace. Well fortified, Luxemburg will form the be 4 security against France." On the occasion of the death of General Guilhol General Trochu said " at the present time the appearance of death has nothing to frighten us ; our duty for the mus t part, and our future, lies there. Cenventionol phrases are out of place on this occasion, and I shall only say that General Guilhen has lived and fought worthily, and that he has died a brave soldier. The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is to be turned into 3 fortress. Thick plates of sheet iron will afford an hit" penetrable covering to it, the bases of the edifice being s° firmly secured that they can support the weight. Th e group of the Chant du Depart will be protected by Ma t. trasses and earthworks which will shield it from bullets and balls. Earthworks and masonry will be erected round the fortress, and render it invulnerable. The corps of FreeshoOters from Nismes are accompanied , says a correspondent, by two representatives of the Church Militant, a Catholic and a Protestant chaplain, both armed to the teeth, and looking as if they would prov e active and serviceable leaders in the field. Already the evangelical gentleman has shewn himself a s trict disciplinarian. Meeting one of his men reeling along the principal street perfectly intoxicated, he then and there fell upon him, tore from his hat and arm the badge of the city he was dishonouring and of the corps to which h e belonged, and, amid the approving shouts of the bystanders, dismissed him summarily and finally frera his regiment. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. -- Dangerous Chest Complaints.—The enumeration of these diseases is scarcely necessary, as, unfortunately, most Englishmen know them to their cost. Coughs, common colds, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, inflarnina" tion of the lungs, and even consumption in its early stages, are best treated by rubbing Holloway's Ointment upon the chest and upon the back between the shoulder& It penetrates internally, checks the cold shivering, re lieves the over-gorged lungs, gradually removes the oppres" sion from the chest, and restores the obstructed respire" Lion, hitherto distressingly disagreeable and highly dangerous. In treating this class of diseases, Holloway 'S Pills should always be taken while using his Ointment; they purify the blood, promote perspiration, and allay dangerous irritations. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., the Hon. Mrs. T. Monson, of a laugh" tar. On the 16th inst., the wife of Richard B. Barron, Esq. , of The Rookery, Hawley, Kent, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 17th inst., at the Catholic Cathedral, Marlborough' street, Dublin, Dr. Jonas R. Leake, Assistant-Surgeon 80th Regt., to Louise, second daughter of Edward C. Irvine, Esq., of Belfast. On the 17th inst., at St. John's, Notting-hill, August Ley, only son of Augustus Bazeley, Esq., of Liskeard , Cornwall, to Georgina Frances, younger daughter of Captain W. T. Hall, of 5, Stanley-crescent, Kensintr ton-park. DEATHS. On the 17th inst., at 75, Victoria-street, Westminster , James Fisher, Esq., aged 33. On the 17th inst., at Ditton-common,-Esher, James O• Clark, aged 59. London : Printed by GIDEON. ACLAND BOYCE, No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him A t THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Thursday, October 20, 1870. 4 , ti the, T ra e , t tel Tvaa, °Ea, ,