The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-28 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YES TERDAY. Much quietness has prevailed in all departments of the Stock Exchange to-day. In all classes of securities the demand has been to a very moderate extent, and no change of importance has taken place in prices. The new French loan has not commanded much attention, and the quotation has receded to kto 1 premium. The consol market has been very quiet, the quotation being 94 92k for delivery and the November account. Reduced and New Three per Cents. 91, 91k. Bank stock, 232, 234 ; Exchequer bills, Bs. to 12s. prem; India Five per Cents, 111,111 k; and India bonds, 18s., 235., prem. Colonial Government securities have been quiet, but prices have been unchanged. The English Railway Market has been in a very quiet state. Very few transactions have taken place, and there has been a tendency to lower rates. Metropolitan has been k lower, at 64 to 64k ; Brighton at 421 to 422 ; Great Northern A}, at 1342 to 135} ; Great Eastern it, at 383 to 39k. Caledonian, 752 to 761 ; South Eastern. 742 to 751; Midland, 126 k to 127 ; North Western, 1284 to 129 ; Great Western, 70i to 711; and North Eastern, 1432 to 1441. Indian railway stocks have been in limited request. East Indian, 1091, f ; and Scinde, 1032, 1041. For Cana dian shares the market has been inactive. In foreign shares only a moderate business has been concluded. Bahia and San Francisco, 181; Lemberg Czernovitz, 162 ; Lombards, 141, 11. In foreign bonds the inquiry has been to a very mode rate extent, and the fluctuations have been,trifling. Ita lian (1861), at 55, 551, and Egyptian (1868), at 772, 77i, are each I and per cent, lower respeo tively. Peruvian (1865), 892, 901; Spanish (1867), 29}, 30; ditto (1869), 292, 292; Turkish Five-per- Cents., 431, 44 ; ditto (1869), 511, 512; Mexican, 142, 15, There has been very little demand for American securities. The Five-twenty (1882) Bonds have fallen 1, being quoted at 88k, 89k. The 1885 are quoted at 881, 888; Erie shares, 18k, 19; and Illinois Central, 1091, 110 For Bank shares there has been only a moderate in quiry. Imperial Ottoman, In, i ; London and County 48} ; London and Westminster, 61i ; and Union of Lon don, 37k. Telegraph shares have been quiet. British Indian Sub marine, 7i, 71; Falmouths, 14, 10a ; Great Northern, 11}, llf ; French Cables, 14 ; Telegraph Construction shares have been firm at 2i, ; and Hooper's Telegraph Works, at 51. The demand for miscellaneous securities has been inactive. Cr&lit Fonder of England, 2}; National Discount 111. The Clearing House return for the week ending October. 26, shews a total of £61,656,000, against £58,484,000 for the corresponding period last year. The sum of £40,000 in bar gold has been sent into the Bank to-day, and £72,000, sovereigns withdrawn, for transmission to Alexandria. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada was held in London. It was stated that there had been a loss of £30.000 of net profit during the half-year by the competition which had existed between the great American lines, the low prices of produce, and the interruption of business by the Fenian invasion of Canada. The Huasquina, from New Zealand, has brought £19,000. There has been no alteration in the Bank rate, the quotation still being 2i per cent. In the discount market capital has been plentiful, and there has been a moderate demand for accommodation, three months paper being charged 2i, 2i per cent. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail way Company (Limited) for the half year ended June 30, furnishes further evidences of the prosperity of railway enterprise in the Argentine Republic. It chews an avail able total of £37,332, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £26,750, and leave £10,582 to be carried forward. The increase in the not profits for the half year has been 22 per cent., and the working expenses have been brought down to 461 per cent. The capital required for extending the main line from Chascomus to Dolores, 55 miles, is £253,400, which it is proposed to raise by an issue of 3,670 additional shares of £2O each, and of £lBO,OOO permanent six per cent. debenture stock. The weekly traffic return of the Great Northern Rail way shows an increase of £2,050; the Great Western an Increase of £1,577 ; the Caledonian an increase of £2,724 ; the Bristol and Exeter of £311; the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,013; and the Great Eastern of £1,076. There is a decrease of £395 in the Manchester, Sheffield' and Lincolnshire return. The return of the Bank of England shews the follow ing results when compared with the previous week : A decrease in circulation of £265,050 ; a decrease in public deposits of £97,052; a decrease in other deposits of £272,134 ; a decrease in Government securities of £479,811; a decrease in other securities of £181,946; an increase in bullion of £32,804 ; an increase in rest of £5,283 ; an increase in reserve of £886,545. The circula tion, including bank post bills, is now £24,778,237 ; public deposits amount to £4,626,864 ; and private deposits to £18,058,722; the securities held represent £28,570,246, and the stock of bullion is £21,299,162. The rest ac cordingly stands at £3,105,585. LONDON STOCK EXCILINGE.-TIIIIIISDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the linos indicate the business done for money. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Console 921 921 DoApril & ootlBB3-85.. 11011111 3 2 1, it 111 Do for Account 921 1 Three per Cent Reduced 91 911 Brazilian. 1865, 5 p a .... 90 91 91, 1, 1 901. 1 New 3 per Cent 91, 1, 1 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 99 101 Exchequer Bills, March 8 12 pm 100 pm Italian, 1865. 5 p o Do, June 8 12 pm Peruvian, 1865. 5 p a ~,. 891 901 12s pm 90, 891, 901 Bank Stock 232 Russian, 1862. 5 p a.. .. 88 89 India 5 per Cents 111,1 Do Nicolas 4 a India Bonds — 691,1. 1 m Spanish, 1867. 3 pa J Can 6 pa an&Julyll77-81 10511061 291, 301, 291 105/, 1 Do, 1869.3 1 p o Do March & Sept. 103 105 91, 2 1031 Turkish, 18" , 6 p a Bl 83 Do 5 p c Jau & July .. 98 99 821 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1865. 5 p a Dom of Can 5 p c 1903 .. 96 93 431, 41 Ceylon 6 p a May and Do, 1865 6 p o November 1878 lO7 109 631 Mauritius 6 p a Jan and 1.T.8.5-20 Bonds,6 p o 1382 881 891 July 1873 lO3 105 89, 1, 81 New SW ales 5p clB7l-76 10111021 Do do 1885 881 881 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO7 109 881, 1. 1 Do 5 p 0 Do 5 p c Consolidated 98 99 861, 71, 61 W, 1, 1 Erie Sha, 100 dols, all paid Do 6 pc llfar & Sept 1891 106 108 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 Do June & Dec 1891 108 110 Atlantic and CI W It Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 Mortgage 2Bl Bonds 2Bl 291 10 British Australn (L).. 31 32die 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 62 62 and Malta (L) ... 61 62 10 British Indian Sub- 10 Mediterrn Ex (Lc .. 42 41 marine, (L) 4 8 Reuter's 2 Chin 7 a 2, Submarine (L) 4242 d is 20 Soo Trans Franco (L) 14 4 141 10 Fal mou th , Gibraltar, 100 Sub marine 235 240 and Ma to (L) 104. 4 10 W India &Panama(L) 42 52 HISCELL&NEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 22 3 holders' Certificate 14 2% 2 15-16 10 BerlinWatarworks(L) 144 la 2 Lon Az Prov Marine Liparipni 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 33 38pni 100 Madraslrrig . &Canal 100 Boston City (U.S.) 11 gsp o by Ind Goy. 99 101 P c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 9 Mauritius Land (L) 4 die, par 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 22inm 5 NatnlDisctComp (L) 11 11) 25 Canada Company. 72 76 114 10 Ceylon Company (L) 44 34dis 24 N Zealand Loan and 6 Merc Agency iL) • • 2 2 Polo 35 City Offices (L) .... 25 24dis 5 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 24 3pm 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 274 284 Ti_ 5 OceanMarinelnsur —132142 pm 10 Ordt Fonc of Eng (L) 24 20 50 P and 0 Steam 49 51 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p o Perp Deb.. 100 114 15 Do New B4 94 274 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 8484 dis 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9p crroy Loan, 51 guar by Egyp G3V.. 100 10.2 17 Tel C 261 0n and Main (L) 284 281 1M 13 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 02 T4pm 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov Marine Insur IL Trust 6p o Bonds.. 96 99 bib Tobacco 6p c Loan Ti Gen Credt &Disct (L) 0 6 die guar by Italian Gov. 87 89 14 Gen Stm Navigation 23 313 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Ilooper's Tel Works 214 dis Upper Canada ... 4le pm 11 Hudson's Bay et 94 50* Marine, Lepool II: 4 5 pin 45 Indrbbr,Gut Panama ID Union Steamship (L) 24 20 Tel Works (L) . .. 39 * 0 United Dis Corprn (L) 2 1 die 5 InternlFinan Soca.) If ladle 5 UnivMarinelnsur ilil 44 52pm 20 It Irrig Can ()avow /12 sii 10 100 Do 8p a bonds, is. Viceroy of Egypt 7p a deemalii• 1870 , A® 06 Mortgage Loan.... 30 London Pin Aseoo (L)lB4llidis 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 die MINING SHARE LIST.—OcroBIR 27. Messrs. WATSON BROTEIRS. Mining °Aces, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market rather quiet. East Lovell receded to 2.571 sellers. Taquaril firm at quotations. Australian United. As, lis Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, 3, 31 Chiverton Valley. Chontalee (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 21s, 23s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2j, 3 East Bassett, East Caradon, 51 East Lovell, 24t, East Wheal Grenville, Yrontino and Bolivia (Gold), Part's Mountain, Prince of Wales, 10s, 12s Providence Mines, 33, 39 Rosevall Hill and Ransoms United, South Oarn Brea, South Condurrow, 3i South Frances. 37, 33 Tankerville, 14}, Tincroft, Taquaril (Gold), 495, 51s Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols West Caradon, West Chiverton, 53, 54 West Drakewalls, West Frances, 31. 33 West Maria and Fortescue, West Seton, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville. 32s 6d, 37s 6d Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Si, 9 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, -G. General Brazilian, Great Laza, 18, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor 71, 8 Hingaton Down, Marke Valley, New Lovell, North Orofty, Pacific, 116 MARKETS. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—At this market the trade since the last report has maintained a firm tone, with a further upward tendency in the value of most articles, but more particularly in wheat and flour. For the latter' articles, however, the demand has not been active, owing to buyers having previously purchased somewhat freely. The foreign arrivals at Liverpool have been large of wheat, and liberal of beans, peas, Indian corn and flour from Ireland, and the supplies of oats and oatmeal have been on about an average scale. 4t the market this morning English wheat met a fair sale, at an advance of 2s. per quarter, while for foreign wheat holders asked 3d. to 4d. per cental more than on this day week, which checked business. In flour a further rise of ls. per sack is to be noted, but there was a limited demand. Oats and beans were fully as dear. Indian corn was in good request, at a further amendment of ls. to is, 3d. per quarter. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, TIIIIIISDAY.—At this market to-day there Wais a full supply of English wheat, which was is. dearer, and slow. Barley was rather higher. In oats there was more doing. Beans and peas were unaltered. Foreign wheat was firm. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, THUM DAT.--Sugar : Market dull, but prices firm. French West India, low brown to fine full yellow Muscovado brought 238. 6d. to 82s. 6d. ; brown and yellow clued, 265. to 28s. ; Penang, ordinary, Vs. fid. to 208. per cwt. Tea market firm, with a steady inquiry. Coffee : Prices steady, the favourable result of the Dutch Company's sale, in which rates ruled ic. to lie. above the valuations, having a good effect upon the market. Rice on spot dull, but there is a firm inquiry for floating cargoes. Cotton market, and prices barely supported. LAW AND POLICE. THE FOREIGN ELEMENT IN ENGLAND.—A young Ger man named Constantine Kjildahl, a schoolmaster, was tried at the Middlesex Sessions for stealing seven gold watches, the property of Mr. E. F. Devaux, watchmaker and jeweller, of 48, Warwick-street, Pimlico. The prisoner took lodgings at the prosecutor's early in August last, occupying the second floor back room, the front room on that fluor being used as a bedroom by Mr. and Mrs. Devaux. On Sunday, the 25th of September, the prisoner was left alone in the house for some little time. On Monday he told Mr. De vauxhe had obtained a situation in a Russian family, and was going abroad and must leave at once. He paid off all arrears and left next day, without giving any address or place whore he could be communicated with. Mr. Devaux missed seven gold watches. Each watch was kept in a small leather bag, and in these bags Mr. Devaux found circular pieces of wood about the size of the stolen watches. The prisoner was arrested, and in his possession were found a bunch of keys, one of which had been filed, and which opened Mr. Devaux's box. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence was postponed to give the prisoner an opportunity to say what he had done with the property. In the course of the day it was stated that he had given information as to the disposal of the watches. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP FRAUD AT THE LAM BETH POLICE-COAL—Since the remand of Mary Hall, who was charged at Lambeth Police-court, on Monday, with being concerned in attempting to foist another person's child upon Mr. Loe, surveyor, of Queen's►-road, Peckham, as the child of Annie Augusta, with whom he cohabited, Superintendent Gernon has been actively en gaged in further prosecution of inquiries, and some additional information of matters in which prisoner is said to be involved has been received, but at present it would perhaps frustrate the ends of justice by making it public. In consequence, however, of a.comraunication Mr. Gernon received, and also that although evidence is forthcoming that the house for years has been in the occu pation of Hall as a private lying-in establishment, no infants have been noticed to be brought out, it was deemed advisable to search the premises. A number of constables on Wednesday dug up the whole of the garden, but failed to find any trace of bodies. The neighbours state that for a long time they had suffered from most offensive effluvia coming from prisoner's house. The woman Annie Augusta is still at large, but it is ex pected before the next hearing at the police-court she will be captured, The little infant has been restored to the mother, and at present is not in any danger. REFRACTORY PAUPER.-A batch of six paupers, named John White, 41 years ; Henry Jones, 32 ; William Lee, 21; Charles White, 21; James Crane, 24 ; and John Dawson, 119, were brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with refusing to !pick two pounds of oakum each, in the casual ward of St. George's in-the-East, to which they were admitted as inmates last night. Four of them picked 11b. each, anotherl4 ounces, and the last 12 ounces only. They all then expressed their inability to pick any more. The labour master said other casual paupers picked the full quantity of 2lbs. each supplied to them, the same quantity of oakum that was served out to the prisoners to pick. Mr. Paget believed the prisoners could have done more if they had tried. He sentenced them to 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. James Campbell was sentenced to two months' im prisonment for tearing up his clothes, and neglecting to perform the task of work allotted to him in the St. George's Workhouse. Upwards of 100 casual paupers have been committed to prison during the present month by the magistrates of this Court from Poplar, Rateliff, Mile-end Old Town, and St. George's-in-the-East Work houses. 4 , eht RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter lB 90 Grand Trunk of Canada 89 2nd Pref Stock Caledonian Great Eastern 38} 4th Prof Stock Great Northern Do A 13411359 1054 Great We ol stern 709 71} Great Wes 141 tern ofCanada 141 141 7 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13011311 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 42} 422 Do 59 do, 1877-8 96 98 429, 1 Do 5 p c pref. Issued 80 par Ipm Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13} 13/ Madras guar 5p o 131, 1, 9 1051 Lon and North-Western 1289129 N. Railway of Canada, 1281 6 p 01st Pref Bonds Lon and South-Western 89 91 Oude and Rohilkund g 90} 5 p a Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 451 Salado, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 60 104}, 31 . Midland 12611279 Bahia and San Francisco 127 g 7 po North British North-Easteni Consols 11391441 Belgian E Junction .... 11 29 1439 Buenos Ayres at Sthrn.. 251 26 South-Eastern 741 75 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18} 184 741, I Dutch-Rhenish 224 238 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 77 79 Eastern of France — Bombay, Barocla, and Great Luxembourg Central India, 135 P c.. 104 9 105 9 Lemberg Uzernowitigua 105 7 p a 169 17 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 161 Do 59 P c Bonds. 1872-3-4 81 83 Northern of France ... , _ Cape guar 6p o East Bengal guar 5p o lO5 106 'Recife and San Francisco East In I dian, g 5 p o San Paulo ( L) guar 7p o 21 21 091 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 149, 9 charge 613 c Do 2nd do Scrip Do Ist Pref Bonds— 59 61 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 25 Alliance (L) 10 Auglo-Austrian 18 15 London Joint-Stook 3 34 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 23 24 20 Lon and Westmnster 601 615 50 British 14 American 83 55 611 20 Ch of India. Austrlia 141 148 10 Metropolitan Bl 81 14 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 241 251 20 Now South Wales .. 36 38 10 City 25 Colonial - 25 Union of Australia.. 41 42 4 Consolidated (L) ... 20 Eng. Scot, and Ans° 151 164 375 '2O Imperial IL) 10 imperial Ottoman 12, 111 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Fd Pd ...._,—......... 100 An L) 85 88 10 Great Northern .... 111 lli 87, i, iji lli, i 10 Anglo-Meditna ( L) 133 In 6 Great N. China, and 100 Atlantic . ......... • Japan Extension.. 3 2idis 100 Do 8 p 0 ...► - r. 5 Indo-Europoan (L)„ 12 14 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-Although the cattle market to-day was only moderately supplied with stock, the business passing was on a limited scale, owing to the favourable weather, prices were supported. There was a moderate show of beasts on offer, of which a fair quantity was of prime quality. The demand for all descriptions was slow, but prime animals maintained Monday's prices, namely ss. 10d. to 68, per 81b. With sheep the market was fairly supplied, but the condition of the stock was not very good. Prime breeds experienced a somewhat better inquiry, at full prices ; but in ferior animals were difficult to sell, although easier rates were occasionally offered. Calves and pigs met a quiet sale, at Monday's prices. Per 81ba. to sink the offal :- Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; second quality ditto, 4s. &I. to ss. Od. • prime large oxen, ss. 2d. to ss. Bd. ; prime Scots, 4 c., ss. 10d. to 6s. Od. ; coarse and inferior sheep, Bs. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; second quality ditto, 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. •, prime coarse-woolled sheep, 4s. Bd. to 68. 4d. ; prime Southdown ditto, ss. £341. to 6s. Od. ; large coarse calves, 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. ; prime small ditto, ss. Od. to ss. 106. ; large hogs, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d.; neat small porkers, 6s. ed. to 6s. 2d. Quarter old store pigs, 225. to 25a. each. Arrivals.-English-Beasts, 490 ; sheep, 3,430 ; oalves, l 0 ; pigs, 10. Foreign-Beasts, 550 ; sheep, 3,670 ; calves, 840 ; pigs, 210. Total-Beasts, 1,040 ; sheep, 7,100 ; calves, 880 ; pigs, 120. - _ METROPOLITAN RAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. —Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market. Owing to the large quantities of Scotch, Irish, and American fodder which have arrived, our market has been ex tensively supplied ; consequently the trade has been inactive, but prices hare been without any important alterations : Prime meadow hay, 1275. to 1355. . • inferior ditto, 1105. to 1205.; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1258. ; prime second-cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. American fod der, in bales, 100 s. to 120 s, ; Scotch ditto, 105 s. to 120 s. ; and Irish ditto 958. to 1158. per ton. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, THIIRBDAY,—Market quiet. Y. C., spot, 435. ; year, 435. sellers. LONDON METAL MARKET, THURSDAY.—Tin is firmly hold, but purchases are restricted. Straits, £l2B ; Banca, £127. Copper firm. £62 paid for good brands of Chilian bars, £66 for English tough, and £6B for best selected. Spelter remains at £l7 108. for Silesian. Scotch pig iron, 51s. 6d. to 515. 74d. LONDON OIL MARKET, THITBSDAT.—Linseed oil has been dull, Sellers aos., but Hull oil has been in some demand, and firmer, at 305. lid. to Ns. 3d. spot ; 295. 70. to !9s. 9d. last two months ; and 80s. 3d. first four. Rape oils firm. English brown 435. spot, 425. 6d. to 425. 9d. last two months LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened with a limited inquiry to-day. Saleeprobably 10,000 bales. Few buyers to arrive at last night's closing prioes. Closing Report.—This market closed flat to-day on the spot, with sales only 8,000 bales. Prices id. lower, to arrive, no buyers, and cotton freely offered. Mobile, ship named, 8 3-16 d. Savannah ditto Sid. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—There Is no change in the tone of this market to-day, which still keeps Quiet. The temporary excitement, and upward tendency of prices, have quite subsided, and the check received on Tuesday becomes daily more manifest. Buyers would place orders to a moderate extent, at the late lowest point reached, but as cotton has not receded in price so much as to enable producers to accept these terms, the daily business continues very meagre. BRADFORD TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—The trade during the past week has rather improved than otherwise, although to-day a quiet feeling prevails; Owing to the news looking somewhat less pacific, the scarcity of some descriptions of wool, such as are in cheap request, is becoming more marked, and increased firmness in these sorts prevails. Fair consump tion is still going on, and quotations through the wool trade are well maintained. The inquiry for Down wools has somewhat improved, but half-breds and especially hogs, are a good deal neglected. There is no speculative feeling whatever. With a view to a possible peace foreign yarn merchants were more active on Monday, making inquiries, and testing quotations. To-day things are quieter, and actual purchases for export are few. For the home trade there is a good steady business in lustre and demi-lustre, botany and coloured yarns, both warp and weft. Prices are unaltered. There is a little more activity in the piece trade, owing to the upward movement in cotton. There are a few home trade orders for spring, and there is a little buying for America and Germany. Manufacturers are fairly employed, but there is no advance in prices. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE REPORT.— BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The meeting of ironmasters at Birmingham to-day was poorly attended. Although the prospects of peace, which hang upon the armistice negotiations, have produced a burst of activity, the trade generally is exceedingly quiet, and prices in most branches are considerably lower than they have been for many months, The fall in the price of rails is especially marked. It is expected that several furnaces, till lately is Pill work, will shortly cease to be in nee. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TRUBBDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market was easier to-day. Sellers 61s. 6d. to Ols. cash ; buyers, 51s. 3d. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, THURSDAY.—Tho feeling was quieter at this market to-day. The business was small, but prices were not lower. An official step has been taken by the Chevalier Nigra and Prince Metternich, on behalf of their respective Governments, to strengthen the demand of England for an armistice. The Channel Islands are suffering great inconvenience, owing to the closing of the French ports against the ex portation of cattle. The whole of the meat supply of the Islands is drawn from France, whence also they receive vast quantities of eggs, butter, and poultry. The effect of this stoppage was felt last week in the increased price of provisions, consequent on their scarcity. Mutton has reached as high as Is. 7d. a pound. A small French war vessel, the Vesaix, is cruising in the North Sea. She is a beautifully-modelled vessel of about 1,000 tons register, sails with great speed, and car ries rom seven to ten guns, 12-pounders. Such a vessel appears well suited to become, like the Alabama, most formidable to the enemy's merchant shipping. Indeed, it is suspected that this was the vessel that burnt the mer chant German vessels but a few days ago in the North Sea. The Vesaix arrived at Leith the other day, but was allowed only sufficient coals to take her back to France. A private letter gives an odd account of the state of Sedan :—" The town swarms with able-bodied men dressed in the ordinary blue blouse of the French pea sant. The majority of them have a very military appear ance, and on asking our guide for an explanation, he informed us that they were all disbanded soldiers of the armies of MacMahon and De Failly, only wanting a favourable - occasion for a rising. He also said that, in spite of the search made by the Germans for arms, great numbers of the inhabitants still had weapons concealed in their houses. The German garrison, I may add, consists of undersized common-looking men of middle age, who contrast very unfavourably in appearance with the stal wart loafers in blouses." WAREHOUSE ROBBERY.—George Jones, .aged 17 years, and described as a lighterman, was brought up at the above court, charged with stealing 31 cwt. of tallow from a cask in the warehouse of Messrs. Richardson and Co., in Wapping. In consequence of information, Mr. Nutter, in the service of the prosecutors, and another, searched the warehouse filled with casks of tallow this morning, at three o'clock, and wedged between two casks found the prisoner concealed with a dark lantern in his hand. One cask had been broached near a loophole, and 3i cwt. abstracted. Some fat had been dropped on the floor of the warehouse, near the loophole. The prisoner is sus pected of having accomplices. He was remanded for a week. THE MAGISTRATE ON RECKLESS DRlVlNG.—Richard Prince, cab-driver, badge 12,882, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, charged with being drunk and recklessly driving, to the common danger of passengers. Sergeant Watson, 4C, stated - that shortly after 12 o'clock he was going along Denman street with a female, who was going to the station to claim a necklace she had lost, when the prisoner, who was driving a cab, nearly,ran over him. He shouted tothe prisoner, but he still drove on and ran against the female, knocked her down, and the wheel of the cab went over her leg and foot, but he succeeded in stopping the cab before it went over her body. He considered the act of the prisoner, who was drunk, and had four persons in the cab, was a wilful one. In reply to Mr. Knox the sergeant said he took the female to the hospital when it was ascertained that no bones were broken, but that her leg and foot were much swollen. Mr. Knox said that he would remand the prisoner for seven days, to ascertain how the female !went on, and he would then send him for trial. The practice of reckless driving had attained such a height that it must be stopped. At the present time they had to deplore;an accident of the kind which had occurred to the senior magistrate of that court, which was one of the last they had heard of. For the protection of the public he would not simply impose a trifling fine, or deal with the case summarily, but send it before a jury. The prisoner was remanded. THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE EARL OF WINCHELBEA.—A first meeting was held before Mr. Registrar Roche under an adjudication of bankruptcy made against the Earl of Winchelsea. Mr. Lumley, who appeared for the peti tioning creditors (Messrs. Bowring, Arundel, and Co., hosiers, of Old Bond-street), said that there was an Act of Parliament in existence by which his lordship's estate was secured for a certain period. He was therefore led to believe that there would be little or no estate for the present creditors, and his clients were therefore indisposed to un dertake the responsibility of the trusteeship or of acting as a committee of inspection. Mr. S. B. Abrahams said he represented Mr. Julius Calisher, who had sued the bankrupt for a sum of £l,OOO money lent, and the Act of Parliament was then set up in answer to the action by the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Turner, who were his lord ship's trustees. He understood that the bankrupt was in the receipt of some thousands a year, and it was very desirable that the rights of the creditors and of the trustees should be ascertained, as his lordship still maintained a large and expensive establishment. Mr. Horne, the soliciter to the Earl of Winchelsea, said the property was claimed not by virtue of the Act of Parliament, but under a settlement executed on the marriage of the Earl, and which was referred to in the Act of Parliament. The bankrupt was present, and ready to give any informa tion which might be required from him. Tula Registrar said that it was the first duty of the creditors to appoint a trustee and committee of inspection. The bankrupt was also bound to file his statement of affairs. Mr. Nicholls, accountant (of the firm of Chatteris and Nicholls), was appointed trustee, with Robert Morris, of 8, Carlton Chambers, Regent-street, and Mr. G. Grant, of 4, George street, Hanover-square, as a committee of inspection: The Bth of December was appointed for the next meeting. Debts of about £6,000 were proved, but in the absence of the accounts no accurate estimate as to the total amount of the liabilities can be given. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.—At the Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Lush, Archibald Jbhnson, aged 28 years, was indicted for unlawfully taking Mary Ann Doyley out of the possession of her mother.—Mr. Griffith; who prosecuted, said that the prosecutrix kept an eating-house in the Brompton-road, and the prisoner was employed by her. Mary Doyley, her daughter, was not sixteen years of age, and had been at a boarding school till a short time ago. On the 17th of September last Mrs. Doyley gave the prisoner notice to leave, and he then said, "I have a rod in pickle for you; you will repent the day you were born." He soon after wards left the house, and the daughter followed him. They were found living together as man and wife. The prisoner was a married man.—Mrs. Doyley was called, and in her examination in chief bore out the opening of the learned counsel. In cross-exami nation by Mr. Montagu Williams for the prisoner, she admitted being on intimate terms with the prisoner. Mary Doyley deposed that when she was at her mother's she was on terms of criminal intimacy with the prisoner. He first suggested that they should go away together. Witness afterwards asked him where they should go, and she named the place of meeting. For the defence it was argued that there had been no " taking out of the pos sion " in the legal acceptation of the term, as the daughter did not go away in consequence of the solicitations of the prisoner. Mr. 'Williams also quoted cases where it had been held that no abduction had taken place because of the immorality of the mother. The jury acquitted the prisoner. THE FIRST " CASE " OF THE SEASON.—A breach of promise of marriage case helped to enliven the proceedings in the Liverpool Court of Passage on Tuesday. The plaintiff was 11.1iss Jenny Geoghegan, and the defendant Mr. Middleton Pratt. They met at a party. The " acquaintance grew to friend Ship," and " friendship ripened into love" and an offer of marriage, which Jenn3r. accepted. The faithless swain, however, broke his pro mise, though Jenny's mother had expended from £l5 to £2O in preparations for the wedding. When taxed with his perfidy the defendant said, " a man has a right to change his mind," but the Jury awarded Jenny £75 as a solatiume The special correspondent of the Telegraph, writes from the Royal Head-quarters, Versailles, October 21 :—One of the most important sorties yet attempted by the French was made this afternoon from the direction of Mont Valerien. It partook also more of the nature of a surprise than any of the enemy's previous attacks. It was about half-past one when the French issued from behind the fort. They seemed to have marched out on the Neuilly road, just skirt ing the Bois de Boulogne on their left ; to have crossed the river by the Neuilly Bridge, or on pontoons thrown across near that place ; and, having proceeded along the Nanterre road for a short distance, to have turned of to their left' and formed up on the glacis of Fort Valerien. They had probably fifteen battalions of infantry, comprising both Garde Mobile and regular troops, the former element predominating ; a small force of cavalry, certainly not more than two regi ments ; and eighty pieces of field artillery, with one bat tery of mitrailleuses. .01 this force the greater part re mained inactive during the whole action, being drawn up in reserve upon the glade. Four battalions were directed upon Bougival, and six others made a push to gain the high ridge crowned by the Empress's Turkish kiosk, which runs at right angles across the wood of Borene, in front of the village of La Celle St. Cloud. Their line extended same distance farther south, the left wing being opposite to Garches, not far from St. Cloud; while their troops on the extreme right occupied a position well down the slopes of Mont Valdrien, looking towards the village of Reuil. The field artillery, which they were obliged to bring out some distance from the fort, in order to get it into range, was placed on the western front, between a windmill, the name of which I do not know, and two or three houses marked on the map as " Foilleuse." On the north front also some battalions were posted, which directed their fire towards the villages of Reuil and Malmaison. The attacking line was gallantly met and repulsed by the 50th, 46th, and Gth Regiments of the 10th Division, forming part of the sth Army Corps, under the command of General Kirschbach. One battalion of the 10th Division and some troops of the 11th Corps were held in reserve, but it was not found necessary to take ,them into action. Between 600 and 700 Landwehr of the Guard stationed at St. Germain also took part in the fight. The 11th Army Corps concentrated on Sbvres and towards Menden ; probably some of their troops were engaged with the enemy in the direction of Vaucresson and Garches. The attack was directed against the Prussian posts occupying Garches, the Bois' de Bousanval, Bousanval itself, and the wooded slopes ex tending from these to La Jonchbre, just in front of Bougival, the thickest of the fight being in the outskirts of the woods of Berene, which extend some little distance in front of the village of La Celle St. Cloud. The enemy advanced under cover of the guns of the fort, and a heavy fire of field artillery, which was replied to by the Prussian batteries stationed on either flank, and also, I believe, in certain places on the outskirts of the woods. The fire of the French was well directed and incessant ; that of the Germans comparatively slight. From half-past two until half-past three the continuous roll and rattle of musketry along the whole line shoved that an obstinate fight was going on in the plain and along the edges of the woods. The French artillery at this time were directing their fire principally towards the elevated ridge upon which the kiosk stands, and over which reinforcements going into action would have to pass. The fight soon became stationary— the Germans clinging tenaciously to their position in the woods, and resisting all efforts on the part of the enemy to drive them up and over the ridge ; neither did they, when the French gave way, endeavour to push them home or follow them any distance into the open country. In the meantime, while the fight was going on between Garches and Bougival, the Landwehr of the Guard came up, and, passing through the last-named place, engaged the enemy's right wing. About four o'clock the right of the French line broke, and ran in confusion up the slopes towards the fort. Shortly after, the fire of small arms and field artillery began sensibly to diminish ; stragglers and small bodies of men issued from the woods ; and it soon became evident that the whole line was in retreat, and that the affair was vir tually at an end. I accordingly made the best of my way back to La Celle St. Cloud, to try if I could form any estimate as to the character of the fight, and the loss sustained on either side. The fire of the enemy slackened very rapidly after this, the dull, sullen roar of the heavy guns becoming less and less fre quent, and the intervals between the sharp, harsh rattle of the mitrailleuse growing longer and longer. The French retired in good order, without molestation, and all was over before the curtain of night had completely fallen upon the scene. The last dischazge that I heard, which was that of a mitrailleuse, took place at a quarter to six; the action may, therefore, be said to have lasted nearly four hours. The German troops displayed their usual determination and courage. The French also came on very pluckily, and fought well as long as the first impetus lasted ; but when the Germans stood fast, and the fight became sta tionary, they evinced an anxiety natural among raw troops to shelter them behind the vineyards and other cover. One mitrailleuse and two field guns were taken, and be tween 200 and 300 prisoners were captured. The loss on our side must have been in all about 400 killed and wounded. Another account says that the French had altogether about sixty guns. "The entire French force on the ground could not have been less than 16,000, and was probably 18,000 ; but, with the exception of the artillery, certainly not half of it ever fired a shot. Fully 10,000 stood the whole time, and with the exception of a change in one portion from line to columns, they never stirred hand or foot till we saw them retreat, which they did in perfect order. The remaining 6,000 or 8,000, which ever be the eumber, were alone really engaged—saving always the artillery. Against them, on the Prussian side, were six battalions of the 9th Division, of the 6th, 46th, and 60th Regiments, and two battalions of Landwehr from St. Germain. The outside force of any of these batta lions could not have been more than 700 men ; and thus the Germans who really took part in the fight were at most only about 5,000." This account represents the German loss at about 300. 11 - 3 SUN, LONDON, Ii RIDA Y, OCTOBER 28, 1870. ) LilJ ±I.I THE SIEGE OF PARIS, THE SORTIE FROM MONT VALERIAN. BOMBARDMENT PREPARATIONS. The correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Ver sailles on the 21st inst., says :—The batteries for the siege guns are now in a very advanced stage of construction, and one great subject of discussion at present is, whether. it is possible to shell the city from the positions in which the guns are placed, or whether it will be necessary first to obtain possession of two or more forts, in order to erect batteries nearer to the walls of Paris. The question turns mainly upon the weight of metal that can be used. A slight study of the map will enable a tolerably correct guess to be made of the distance from the forts at which batteries must be erected. It is, of course, impossible to build them without shelter, unless regular approaches are opened ; and I do not think that the hills and woods approach the forts at any point nearer than 2,000 or 2,500 paces. Measure the distance from the centre of Paris to the nearest fort on the southern side—add the 2,000 yards or 2,500 yards— and it must be admitted that the heart of the city is beyond the range of ordinary siege guns. To obtain possession of one fort only would not be sufficient, for it would be laid under an intolreable fire by those on either side. It would be absolutely necessary to take two, if not three ; and, before they could be approached, silenced, and captured, I believe the time will have arrived when scarcity of food will force Paris to treat. Should the fire be directed principally or entirely against the forts, the chief attack will most probably be made from this side, in the direction of Forts Issy, Vanves, Montrouge, and Bicetre. Fort Iss y would appear to be especially vulnerable, overlooked as it is at no great distance by the wooded heights of Meudon. . My impression is that nothing will be done for the next ten days; but about the 28th or 30th I expect that everything will be ready to commence offensive operations. A large quantity of planking to be used in the construction of platforms for the batteries passed through Versailles on Wednesday afternoon. I am. told that most of the batteries are now quite ready to receive their guns. One hundred and thirty pieces of siege artillery arrived on Wednesday. Enormous battering trains, containing siege guns and mortars of the heaviest metal, are fast ap proaching from the rear. The great guns from Eastatt, Mayence, and other German fortresses, besides all the siege train employed at Strasburg, are being brought forward as rapidly as the heavy nature of the work will permit, and in a few days over 2,000 siege guns will be all ready to be put in position. As yet, I believe, none of them have been brought to the frout. Bat teries of field • artillery have been erected, to repel sorties and so on ; .but until all the batteries arc finished and prepared, and all the siege guns areyeady to be' run into them, I do not think a single gun will be mounted. It is probable that one night will suffice to arm all the bat teries ; very z c au lo d se ,wi to th th t e he po wn sit o i un ons t destined t f h o e r g t u h us em c wi an th b o e ut dawi being seen, "My General,—l have the honour to return to you the letter which you had the extreme kindness to communi cate to me. I deem it my duty to offer to you the thanks of the whole population for the noble language with which you have expressed the patriotic feelings which animate it.—Receive, General, &c., (Signed) " The Mayor, BENorr," An inhabitant of the neighbourhood of Verdun gives the following details on the bombardment of that town : " The bombardment of Verdun commenced in the evening of Wednesday, and continued, night and day till Saturday at noon. The fire then ceased, in consequence of a Prussian flag of truce being sent into the town. An average of thirty to forty shots were fired every minute. A Prussian powder cart blew up with a tremendous ex plosion above the hill of St. Michel. " Verdun defends itself heroically. It has been stated that Verdun has only 10,000 inhabitants, and 4,000 soldiers. This is an error : Verdun numbers 14,000 in habitants, agd at least 7,000 men of all arms. " The town is resolved to defend itself to the last ex tremity. The fire from the town has been vigorous. The enemy has made a requisition of 411 the horses and car riages in the neighbourhood to carry his wounded. On Saturday the enemy removed his batteries some distance farther from the place.", of physical force at command, it will not .take long to drag them into their places. It will not be necessary even to dismount the guns, as they will be placed in battery on the same carriages on which they travelled from the rear. Whether the fire will be directed against the forts only, or against the town also, one thing is certain—that, the bombardment once com menced, it will be carried on in all earnest and without intermission for some time. It will be no partial fire, directed against any particular object from one or two points only. I do not believe a gun will be fired before all the batteries are pre pared to pour in without cessation their deadly hail. The desired effect of the bombardment is con sidered likely to be produced in the first few days ; and, should such be the case, horrible as may be the alternative between bombardment and the slow process of reduction through famine, there can be no doubt that the first is the most merciful plan that, under the circumstances, could be adopted. The Petrie states that the Archbishop of Paris has given permission to use horseflesh on fast days. Further attempts will be made to convey news from the provinces to Paris. The mronauts cannot guarantee that they will descend in the limited area covered by the city, but they think it practicable, after testing currents by pilot balloons, to drop a bag somewhere within the line of the fortifications while they go on at a great height beyond the enemy's position. The weather is unfavour able at present. THE SIEGE OF VERDUN. The French officer in command has addressed the fol lowing letter to Major-General de Gail, commanding the Prussian troops before the town : " General—ln answer to your favour of this day I have the honour to inform you that I willingly accept the ex change of French prisoners. " I regret to announce to you that the non-commis sioned officers—Luders, of the 96th Regiment ; Kruger, of the 12th Dragoons ; August von der Heib, of the 56th Regiment of the Landwehr ; and the Count Hothenthal, of the Ist Regiment of Dragoons of the Guard— are not among the prisoners we have in Verdun. I shall have the honour to send you the German prisoners with a flag of truce, at four o'clock, at the entrance of Belleville. " According t 3 your desire, I shall have photographs taken of the tombs of the two Prussian officers killed at Churny, and I shall have them forwarded to you at the termination of hostilities. " General,—l take the opportunity of this letter to ex press to you the feeling which pervades me in regard to the manner in which you have attacked Verdun. Until this day I had believed that the war between Prussia .and France was to be a duel between the two armies, and I was far from supposing that inoffensive inhabitants, women and children, would see their property and their lives so unjustly involved in the struggle. If you thiuk, General, that this sort of conduct on your part, which I refrain from qualifying, can in any way help to hasten the surrender of the place, you make a grievous error, for what the inhabitants have been suffering up to this day has, you may believe me, only tended to increase among them the self-denial which is dictated by their situation and by their own patriotic feeling. " Neither the shower of shells and cannon-balls nor the privations to which the National Guard and the army may be exposed, will prevent them from doing their duty to the last. Their greatest wish is to measure themselves hand to hand with the Prussian troops. Allow me to say, General, it is at the breach that we await you, and we hope you will one day issue from behind the moun tains which keep you hidden from our blows.—Receive, General, &c., (Signed) "BARON GUERIN DE WALDERSBACH. "The General Superior Commander." The Mayor of Verdun has addressed the following letter to the Commandant of the fortress in reference to the above: " Verdun, Oct. 19, 1870. THE CAPTURE OF CHATEAUDUN. A Freeshooter of Nantes, who took part in the fight at Chateaudun, has given a full account of the proceedings M. Aubin says that on Monday, the 17th, he made a reconnaissance with fifty men, and succeeded in finding the whereabouts of the enemy in the wood. There were some 10,000 Prussians with twenty-seven pieces .of artillery. Having ascertained this, M. Aubin fell back on Cha teaudun, and announced that there would probably be an attack on the morrow. There were in the town only 800 freeshooters, 600 Parisians, and 120 men from Nantes, besides a few peasants. Barricades were erected in the streets. On the next day about noon M. Aubin was dining with some officers, when a discharge of artillery poured through the hotel. All sprung up and hastened to their posts, grasping guns and even sabres. Some flung themselves on the barricades, others took possession of houses. M. Aubin was one of these, and accompanied by five men, he ran up to the first floor of a house, from which he could gain a good view of the enemy. The five men with him kept the guns loaded, and he fired uninter ruptedly for several hours. " I was," he says, "mad with rage, intoxicated by the powder. The town was in flames, but we fought like lions in the midst of these flames. The enemy hesitated to advance, though they were ten thou. sand and we but eight hundred. Nearly all our shots told. For my own part, I burned more than two hundred cartridges. I received three balls in my clothes, and another carried off the plume of my hat. I was dying of thirst when a shell hissed into the room, broke open a cupboard, and shewed us a dozen bottles of good wine. The bursting of this shell caused me a slight injury in the eye which I have come to Nantes to get cured." The number of Prussian troops given by the worthy Freeshooter is, of course, above the mark. THE PROPOSED ARMISTIOE. The special correspondent of the Standard,writing from Tours on the 24th instant, says :—The news which was officially published yesterday afternoon, that the proposi tion for an armistice for the election of the National Assembly had been made here by Lord Lyons, and would be simultaneously made in Berlin by Lord Loftus, is of course the great topic of conversation and interest here to-day. This armistice for a purely political purpose has been received with general gratification. There is no question of peace or of terms of peace. It is simply a few hours' pause in the hostilities, in order that a national Government may be elected. A national Government in France is an object almost equally to be desired by each of the contending nations. Without such a Government peace could not be made ; consequently Prussia will be glad to have a lawfully constituted authority with which to treat when the time for treating shall arrive. For the same reason the existence of a properly constituted authority is necessary for France, and it is of the highest importance also for her in the event of the continuance of the war. France has, as a whole, accepted the self-elected and constituted Government which at present rules over it, and if the acceptance had been perfectly unanimous and perfectly loyal, there is no doubt that the Government would have been able to carry on the war as actively and as well as if they had been constituted in a legal manner. Unfor tunately it cannot be said that France has so accepted it. i he great towns of Lyons and Marseilles,• of Toulon, of Toulouse, which ought to have been the hearts and centres of the national defence, around which the forces of the surrounding provinces should have grouped themselves, have altogether failed in their duty, have set at nought the orders of the central Government, and have estab lished a species of Red Republic of their own. Unless Prussia has resolved to modify very greatly the terms of peace which Count Bismarck stated to Jules Favre would be demanded, I am convinced that the assembly of the national representatives will not in any way conduce to peace. • I have before me newspapers of all shades of political opinion and from all parts of France, and not one of them but declares against a peace accompanied by 008i011 of territory. Not a Frenchman • BAZAINE AND 1 . 41418(EUF. The Manchester Examiner's Rouen corresPencien" writing on Sunday, says private letters from Meta sent Bazaine as constantly on the alert, keeping t her , u ss sians in a perpetual condition of alarm. For some he will remain quiet, and cause balloons t e 5 ,„ 13 3 amongst the besiegers, containing letters lco himself and others, declaring that the Pr ei9l l ,leb and munitions are falling short, on the head of NI .- er statements his picked men will make a sally, and s .A ll° o , l* ) o grape and shot upon the unprepared enemy. T 3re '" - my wine appear to be plentiful, the former selling a t OW .centimes per pound, the latter seventy-five t he , t re ; Marshal Lebceuf, it appears, has not escapeuA-Ina France, but is still imprisoned at Metz. Se 5 .. 1 .7 0 - he moody, eagerly seeking death. Recently in a s ° ,'" - i d e as placed himself in the front rank, and stood reell°- for a length of time, but though balls showered are:fe. him, scattering death on every side, they left him 03 " less. GERMAN VIEWS CONCERNING 10 T5 1a The Cross Gazette says that the denouement is at for Metz. The news about it are sometimes eon" - . 0 . tory, and the details given should be regarded NVit'„oo cumspection ; but it is a fact that the deserters fr the army of Bazaine are more and more nuluer(4lo. and that hunger drives them from the fortress. A to gram has stated that Bazaine has offered to ci110.b";.,," with his army on the same conditions as those of but he desires that the fortress should be exempted fr 73 these conditions, and keep its regular garrison. Blitoslivie a proposition (says the Gazette) is simply impossible. .0:1 have already alluded to the differences of opinion Will have prevailed between the General of the former arra° the Rhine, and the Commandant of the place of 3let The latter was unwilling to identify the fate of theme which was entrusted to him with that of the forces were commanded by the Marshal, but it stands to res 9° : that such a distinction could not be recognised at the Prussian headquarters. We have not driven back Bazain e at the cost of many sacrifices behind the ramparts of th e fortresses of the Moselle, and we have not kept him gi ll : up there so long to recommence to-day, af te ; his army has capitulated the arduous work of beeieg i i :, the fortress which will have been relieved of its boles"- imitiles. Let Bazaine and Coffinieres arrange mater : between themselves, for our part of the army of Bazil/ d and Metz are irreseparable connected. If Bazaine /13 f' 9l.C 4 j , to surrender, he snould bring the fortress with him D's ransom." The Russian Exchange Gazette, referring to the exertionet of the British Government in favour of peace , saw for the news of its having entered into diploma tic action 6t. this object has been received with great satisfaction at Petersburg. Considerable quantities of incombustible asphalt for th e roofs of the barracks for the Hessian division before ge,,tif have been sent from Offenbach. The manufacturere It stearine at that place have also received large order s ',.o is known that lights are much needed in the Ger'- oamps, and especially in the ambulances. t he A letter from sedan to the Cologne Gazette says " - l i t s ur• Prussian detachment cantoned at Stenay, whichwfit npurismebdereadnds ceaffipeteurrse,d aboutby 801040 men,men from - 11 . °13 1iiiis. an d 40 lO ir This surprise was effected by night and in a thic'' h‘r arises ea h ßsn e v C s c e e eio / nru rones rest tm to l vrdi u nst psthspai equanimity," ;el oatwthmee paper,power which has another There were 10,000 f. in the military chest. a ging ar ticle n y, t means, and has nothingthe fact Russia ?" Germany, adds the Goloss, will prove relentless foe of the Sdavonic world. Fren c h h The Cabinet of Athens has reco gnised t e public. htt the saw ee eft nhasg a es repeof Belgian it;dtat with n atths officeree dfof b a ttle itt, Dr. Archibald Forbes states that after the cut u se Sedanoo fffit here. ive The German troops before Metz are making °tells in icc hei it aggrandizement np sWCasthess:teh'evi°vifaslinGille r"rt:sarttb:llk-eoreeti Red theCrroinseg on his ar BIRTHS. „ A rk, the On the 25th inst., at Gloucester-terrace, EtYde-r -wife of Arthur Holland, Esq., of a son. Cha riee On the 24th inst., at Church-terrace, Lee, gm -- Routh, of a son. MARRIAGES. Fray` On the 25th inst. at St. Mark's, WhitechaPe"llo,n, Mason Good, of Hartley Wintneyi Hants, to:Tope• retta, the fourth daughter of the late Ilanani3' Esq., of Trinity-square, Tower. 13rOt On the 25th inst., at Ewell, Surrey, Chas. D is° l3 g, of W e yb r id ge , son of Charles Brown , of To,otio j td, of Emily, third daughter of the late Richard . Upper Tooting, Surrey. DEATHS. On the 25th inst., at Arundel House, Fulham , Avillio jGood, Esq., aged 74. On the 24th inst, at Brighton, Philip Eyles Patton, of 6, Dean-street, Park-lane, aged 81. cf t London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND - l ava No. 112, Strand N , Printer, and Published met 0 tte THE SUN Office, o. 112, Strand, in the Prec inc Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Friday, October 28, 187 Q. peace,, condition.ea c , bu t protests o t h e e t se believe, with whom I speak, however ardently he maY desne ains the t re a for p Assembly the vote would be alm 2 ost unanimous for lo r rather than surrender one foot of Alsaceand Lorraine' r That M. Bismarck would greatly modify his pretensions l have no doubt. The attitude of Paris, the g radual 130 sure increase of the French armies, the stubborn resistance eeactehafotunindeda uspoantiuia offered to the flying columns, the difficult z of obtaining. provisions, the approaching winter, :a.. r r ti ?l'w 3rning? that the culminating point of the ; sian victory! reached, and that delays will be dangerous. Above the increasing suffering, and with it,tlie increasing' di s . c 4 ll , tent in Germany, will urge him to make peace if p°58111,4: I do not think that he is prepared yet to ren ounce dream of the aggrandisement of Prussia a t. 91 b c expense of France. It is said that the eft,,. organs in Germany still advocate it ; and that any liew"of paper venturing to debate the justice or expe dienc y, this step is at once confiscated is sufficient to show 1"--. Count Bismarck is not yet prepared to abandon his rod gramme. In that case the war must continue until the is reached. In a war like the present,which has become n ° d mere military contest, but a national struggl e, the 001 must be decided by the pressure of public opini° ll ,,, believe that opinion will declare for peace sooner In '7l many than in France. Taking the whole countrY thr ° ,, i3g o ; I believe that Germany is suffering at least as inAln' France, and she is not sustained by the •patriotisra whl now animates her opponents. THE BONAPARTIST CONSPIRACY' The Independ,ance Beige has a remarkable art icle on an alleged resuscitation of the Bonapartist consPirac/t. "We believe," it says, " that if Brussels i 5 the centre of the dynastic intrigues which 11°6 been unusually active during the last few dor , ° tif f town has at least the hOnour of being one of the chi ,tr e branches of the enterprise, and we might if such a t were not repugnant, mention certain great foreign Inu ; es who have installed themselves at Brussels, v n °f the view of seriously labouring for the restoration es the Empire ; and to this work they are devoting th emeel :d with an energy worthy of a better cause. Their ce e jutors do not even take the trouble to dis simulate thfi projects and their hopes. All this manoeuvring go ?,t. openly, and public order is not affected by It would be ridiculous to suppose that the 3381gisi Government is not aware of these manoeuvres, , o not even require the assistance of the Becket police te,,,7 0 cover them. But it shows no perturbation. It o. o° t people to speak and to act without dreaming for a inernleser of employing those powers which the Belgian laws 009 upon it against foreigners suspected of political Ina chill ; tions, and even against peacable and unoffending f orei g ° o o - There is nothing to censure in this attitude of our , vernment. On the contrary, we regard it with the liveuee• satisfaction, believing this abstention will form c , dent. The indulgence shewn towards the Bonapar"—a refugees is a good augury for other refugees whstit the caprices of fortune may drive to stir shores. Destinies are changing. Franco is , to longer the only country in the world subiee" the crises of government. Belgium has always been bo favourite refuge of shipwrecked politicians. S he she received the waifs of all regimes, of all nationalitieo• ra t will be perhaps called upon to offer an asylum to a grry number of the undeceived. We rejoice to see he r G° l a te went ready to exercisewithout reserve and with comp it generosity that hospitality of which she is so justlY pr oud so is a real satisfaction to us to learn that henceforwan"o, long as they do not disturb public order, foreigners, s ' i t to ther conspirators or otherwise, will no longer be sub] the summary proceedings of the Belgian police. to not be otherwise, for the people will never agli''ege regard the toleration of the Government as a Priing"- 11 willingly accorded to Bonapartists alone, andunr elen " — withheld from refugees of other opinions."