The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS,--YESTERDAY, Notwithstanding the rumour that Russia had resolved to make an armed interference to prevent the dismember ment of France, the stock markets to-day have continued steadily, and the improvement noticed yesterday has been maintained. This rumour does not generally obtain credence ; but, on the other hand, some success will, it is expected attend M. Jules Favre's mission to the German camp. Railways have been in request, and foreign bonds have been purchased steady at improving.prices. For home securities there has been a fair demand. Consols have been firm and per cent better, at 91, 9213 for delivery, and 92i to 92i for October. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 90k, 91k; Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 6s. premium. India Five per Cents., 1091 110 ; ditto Bonds, 15s. to 20s. premium. Metropolitan Board of Works, 92. Colonial Govern ment Securities have been steady, and the quotations have ruled firm. English railway fitoe.lo have commanded a fair amount cd attention, and the movements in prices have been favOtArahle. North,Eastern Consols are better at 142-i, 143. North-Western stock at 1271, 1271, is higher, and Metropolitan at 65, 65-/ ; Brighton, at 40#, 401; Great Eastern, at 38k, 38i ; and Midland, 126}, 126.2, are each better. For Indian railway stocks there has been but little inquiry. East Indian have sold at 1101, g; Great Indian Peninsula, 1061, g; Oude and Rohelkind, 104. Canadian shares have been steady. Great Western have been * higher, at 15*, 1. Foreign shares have been firm. Lombards have risen it, or at 151, f ; Great Luxem bourg, 121. Bank shares have been quiet, but firm. Imperial Ottoman are * higher, at 1 to 2 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian have sold at 221 ; Consolidated, 41; London and West minster, 60/, 1 ; and Union of London, 36g to 37. Telegraph shares have been steady. British India Submarine are * higher, at 71 Falmouth, 9i. Tel?- graph Construction shew a rise of 11, at 26/, Miscellaneous securities have been in moderate request. Hudson's Bay, 81, National Discount, 11k, I;an i d General Credit, 71. In the market for foreign bonds a fair amount of steadi ness has been observable. Further purchases of Italian have been made, resulting in an improvement of A per cent.; Brazilian, 1865, have risen A ; Chilian, 1870, 1; Danubian, 1; Egyptian, 1864, 1; ditto, 1868, 4 ; Italian •Maremmana Railway, 1; New Granada, 1; Russian, 1862, A ; Spanish, 1867 and 1869, 1 ; Turkish, 1858 and 1862, 1; and ditto, 1869, 4 per cent.; Italian, 1861, 53 to 531 ; Egyptian, 1868, 761 to 762; Spanish, 1867, 27g to 271 ; ditto, 1869, 27 to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., 441 to 441; and ditto, 1869, 551 to 551; American SecuritieS have been in request ; the Five-twenty Bonds have risen ; ditto, 1885, 1 ; but Erie shares have fallen 1. The SUM ' of £lB,OOO has been sent into the Bank to-day.: As regards the exchanges there ha.s beena fair .demand for 'bills on Belgium, but the ratey • are without material Change. .. • / • The.Erie'shareholders' protection . committee announce thattliedirectors of the railway, instead .of putting in an answer to the committee's bill of complaint, have, after availing themselves of the full extension of time granted them by the Court,. filed demurrers to the bill, support ing them by affidavits of Mr. Gould • and the secretary, that these demurrers are bona fide, and not for purposes of delay. Liese demurrers will have to be argued at the October term of the Court. At a meeting of the London Bank of Mexico and South America, it was shewn that there was an available balance of £22,022. An interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. was declared, absorbing g 14,409. The reserve fund was increased to £17,000 by the addition of £.5,000, .nd £2,612 was carried forward. The discount market has been well supplied with •Capital There has been but little inquiry for accommo dation, and three months' paper has 'been taken at 2 2 to 24 per cent. The Manchester Guardian states 'that Mr. Richard Edmondson, yarn agent, has issued circulars calling his Creditors together. His liabilities are said to be some thing over £5,000. LONDON STOCK EXCHANG.E.-TtrESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 92} 921 DoApril & OctlBB3-85.. 113 115 991, 114, 1 Do for Account 921 • Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 89i 90 Three per Cent Reduced 901 914 90, 891. 901 91, 4, 909, 1* x d EgyPtian, 1862, 7pc .. .. 80 82 New 3 per Cent 91, 9, 909 , 14 x d Italian, 1865, 5p c Exchequer Bills, March 2 7 pm Penivian, 1865, 5p c 3s, 23 pm ...., 884, 9 Do, June 27 pm rortuguese 1869 3 p c.. 281 291 Rank $t P ock - m Russian 881 ; 1862, 5 p c.. .. 889 891 - __. , 9 Shut Do Nicolas 4 p c India 5 per Cents - - : 69, 9, 9 1099 10. 99 , Spanish. 1867. 3pc India Bonds - - 279, 9, 89. 79 pm Do, 1869, 3 p c Can 6pc Jan&Ju l yll77-84 106 108 269, 7}, 7,4, 69, 7 - 107 Turkish, 1854, 6p c B5 87 Do March & Sept. 103 105 864, 51 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 100 Do, 1865, 5p a 99 4 4 4, 9 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 100 Do, 1865, 6p c - - Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 97 99 644 Ceylon 6 p c May and U.S. 5-20 Bondl, 6p c 1882 90} 901 November 1878 lO7 109 901 9,9, 9, 9 Mauritius 6 p c Jan and Do do 1885 899.899 July 1873 lO2 104 891, 1, 1 New SW ales 5 p clB7l-76 100 102 Do 10-40 Ends, 5p c 1904 85 851 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 109 85} Dos pc - - _ 97 Illinois Central Shares .. 10841099' Do 5p c Consolidated 97 93 1091, 9, 9. 989, 7/ Atlantic and G W R Con Do 6 p c Mar &Sept 1891 105 107 Mortgage Bonds 234 244 Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 24 Vict 6pc Jan & July 1891 113 115 , RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do Ist Pref Bonds .... 60 62 851, 6,5, f 601 Caledonian 75, 1 2nd Pref Stock Great Eastern 38i, 1, 1 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern Do A 134 135 Great Indian Pen gsp c 106 107 135 1061, 1. 2 Great Western 7O/ 70} Great Western of Canada 15 15/ 702, 1, I, 1 x d 151, / Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 131 Do 5 p c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast ni 401 Do 51 do, 1877-8 9B 100 401, it, 1 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 1 3pm Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13 131 Madras guar 5p c 13/ 1051 Lon and North-Western 127/1271 N. Railway of Canada, 1 2 71, 2,1, i 6p c Ist Pref Bonds Lon and South-Western 85 87 Oude and Rohilkund g 862 5 p c Man, Shef, and Lincoln 451 461 104 - 46/, 6 Scinde Punjaub, and Metropolitan 641, 1, 5 Bahia and San Francisco Midland .... 126 1261 g 7 p c 1262, 1 Belgian E Junction North British North-EastemConsols— 142 143 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 181 143, /, 21 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 South-Eastern 73 74 Eastern of France — 7311 Great Luxembourg Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 80 12/ Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg ezernowitz gua Central India, go p c.. 105 106 7 p c l6 161 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 5 Northern of France Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 77 80 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5} 5} Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c lO5 106 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c 1101, f, 1 San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 20 21 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 151,1 charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip ....1 dis, fpm BANKING COMPANIES. I Agra Bank (L) A 9l 101 26 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 10 20 London and County 47 49 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21% 221 20 Lon and Westmnster 60 61 221 601, I, 1 50 British N American 51 53 10 Metropolitan Bl 81 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 151 161 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Merc of India 25 27 20 New South Wales .. 35 37 10 City 25 Colonial • 4 Consolidated (L) 4%, 11-16 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41 VO Eng, Scot, and AusC 161 171 15 Union of London .. 361 371 20 Imperial IL) 10 Imperial Ottoman 12, /. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 106 Anglo-American L) 87 90 10 Great Northern .... 11 11/ 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3l 141 Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis 100 Atlantic 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Do 8p c — 10 Mars e ill es , Al g i ers , 10 British Australn (L) 43ldis and Malta (L) .... 51 6 ' It 3-16 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 5 51 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 6 61 2) Pnma and S. Pcfc ( L j 4 3 dis 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuter's marine, (L) 1 7 ' 2 China Submarine (L) 5 4idi s 100 Submarine .......... 230 235 dis 1 Do Scrip ........ , 221 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 W India St Panaraa(L) 5 6 and Malta (LI 91, 101, 10 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 100 Po 6p c Bonds. re holders' Certificate 11 21 deemalile 1870 . 58 62 10 Berl'lnWaterworks(L) 14 15 30 London Fin Assoc (L)181171dis 141 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. .. 2 31 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 3, 2 15-16, 1, X d 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) 1 4pm p c Sterling Loan 91 93 100 Madras Irrig & Canal. 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 pm gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 103 27 Canada Company. .. 72 76 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 73 Natnl Disct Comp (L) 11 111 10 Ceylon Company (L) 6 5 dis " In, 1 35 City Offices (L) 26 25 dis 21, N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Cora Union Assurnce 21 3pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 21 Trust (L) 2316 61 NBritshandMerc (1) '26 27 100 Crystal Palace ...... 19 21 5 OceanMarinelnsur 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lOB 113 5 0 P and 0 Steam 47 49 112 10 Do do New. 1867 3 ldis 274 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) Bl 7idk, 8 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp Gay.. 97 99 15 Do New 9 10 98. I (X) Royal Mail Steam Fore and Colo 13 C o (L) 5 6pm 20 Tel Con In, l ad Main IL) 204 264 For Gov THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD AY, SEPTEMBER 21, i. 870. Trust 6p c Bonds.. 92 96 2 Thames and Mersey 73 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 3 3 dis Marine Insur (L .. 42133 pin 73, 7 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Gen Stm Navigation 29 30 guar by Italian Gov. 84 83 7 Hooper's Tel Works 23 2dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of ' CI, 3 Upper Canada .... 11 pm 20 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 U Marine, Lvpool (L 4 5 pin 80, 3, g 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 23 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per,and 6 United Dis Corm (L) 13 3dld Tel Works (L) .... 393 403 5 Univ Marine lnsur a.% 435 pm 40 • 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 20 InternlFinan SocIL 1313th., Mortgage Loan.... 77 79 33, 3, 7-16, 9-16 783, 3 It Irrig Can Cavour 3 33 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis MINING SHARE LIST.-SEPTEMBER 20. MeSSrS. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining OrEcet, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Oornhill, Londol Market very dull. East Lovell, Taquaril, Great Vor, a: Australian United flatter, Australian United, 11, I Bwlch Consols, Bronfloyd, Chiverton Moor, Chiverton Cook's Kitchen. 1711, 18t Chontales (Gold), 10s, Ds gel Drakewalls,- Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Ref, a 3 East Bassett, East Caradon, 4,4 i East Lovell; 32k, 33i East Wheal Grenville, 21, Frontino and Bolivia {Gold), Prince of Wales, 12s 6d, 155 Providence Mines, 39, 40 Rosewall Hill and Ransom e United, South Condurrow, Tankerville, 15, 15/ Tincroft, I Tan-yr-Allt, Taquaril (Gold), 345, 305 Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols, 2 2} West Chiverton. 52i, 63} West Frances, 27k, 30 West Maria and FortescuO. West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Panty Go. West Seton, Wheal Agar, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes. Wheal Mary Ann, 9} Wheal Seton, 47k, 50 General Brazilian, Great Limy, 18, /9 Great Retallack, 1, Great Wheal Vor, 6, 64 Hingaton Down, Marko Valley, 6k, 7k New Lovell, 2, 2} North Crofty, Pacific 21 MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TuESDAY.—Opening Report.— There was a good attendance of millers and dealers at the open ing of this market to-day. • There was a fair inquiry for wheat at Id. per cental advance on Friday's currency. Other articles were unchanged. Indian corn, 28s. 6d. to 295. per quarter.— Closing report.—There has been during the day a full atten dance of buyers at the market and increased confidence among holders. Wheat closes a good, per coital dearer for all kinds, and a full extent of business has been transacted. Canadian peas, 365. 6d. All other• articles are much about the same as on Friday. Indian corn closes at 275. 6d. to 275. 9d. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a good 'attendance of the trade to-day. rine wheats are in request, at is. per qr. advance ; the secondary sorts, however, are no dearer. There is a good demand for fine malting barley, at is. advance, but inferior descriptions are also unaltered. There is not much change in other articles. . HULL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—The supply of English wheat is small, at an advance of is. Nothing is doing in foreign wheat, it being relatively.dearer than English. Barley is is. to 2s. dearer. Beans, peas, and oats are unaltered. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—At this market to-day there was , a better supply from farmers than last week, but business was dull, at Saturday's advance of one shilling per quarter. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—At this market io-day the supply of beasts was smaller, of sheep larger. The market was active. Prices for best beef Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d. Other kinds, 7s. 9d. to Bs. 6d. Sheep sold at about last week's prices. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a larger supply of meat on sale here to-day. Consequently the demand was less active, but • without any material change in prices :—Beef, from 3s. Bd. to ss. 2d. ; mutton, 4s. to ss. 4d. ; veal, 55.. to ss. 4d. ; and pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. per 81bs. by the carcase. COLONIAL AND. FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, TUES DAY.-Tea.-The public sales of china tea have progressed with fair spirit, but prices have occasionally ruled in favour of buyers. Sugar.-Large supplies have been on offer, The mar ket has been quiet, on former terms. Dahs Barbadoes, 245. to 255.; good brown and good bright yellow, 255. 6d. to 30s. ; refined grocery, 265. tb 28s. ; brown Jamaica, 255. ; Grenada, 245. 6d. ; fine and superior crystallised Mautitius, 355. 6d. to 36. Cof feehas been dull and drooping. Middling and good bold colony, 83s. 6d: to 12s. 6d. ; fine .bold colony, 735. 6d. ; rather small, 655. per cwt. Cocoa has -been dull, and Grenada sorts have fallen 25.. Common to fine. 435. to 695. 6d. ; common to fine Trinidad, 595. to 80s. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TUESDAY. -The market is steady New Y.C. spot, 445. 6d. ; last three months 445. 6d. LONDON METAL. MARKET, TUESDAY.-Scotch pig iron is dull, at 51s. 9d. cash. Tin is quiet. Straits, £124. Copper is flat. Chili bars, ££63los. to £64. • LONDON OIL MARKET, TUESDAY.-Linseed is steady, at 30s. 6d. t 0.305. 9d. spot. Rape is quiet and unaltered. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. -There was a moderate supply on sale at to-day's market. The demalid was active, and prices were firm :-Prime old hay, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto,• 110 s. to 1205. ; prime new hay, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, ICOs. to 110 s. ; prime clover, 130 s. to 1425. 6d. • inferior ditto, 115 s. to 125 5 . ; p r i me new secon d cut clover:22os. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TNESDAY.-Opening Report. -Import, per bill of entry, 7,380 bales. The market opened with .a good average inquiry. Holders are firm. Prospective sales, 10,000 bales:- LEEDS TRADE. REPORT, TUESDAY.—In the cloth hall there was a large attendance to-day, not only of the local houses, but of the buyers, for London, Manchester, and some Irish and Scotch houses. It appears that there is no further extension of German orders, but manufacturers de pend a good deal upon their early arrivals. In the absence of any fresh foreign trade the market was no more lively than it has lately been. Some selections were made of goods suitable to the season, but it is too late to expect much enlargement of the home demands. It will hence forth most likely be no more than of a hand-to-mouth charac ter. In the tweed department waterproofs of various shades are in occasional request. Fewer Victories have been sold than for many weeks past. Fancy ceatings for winter have also fallen off, but spring designs of the same class of goods are greatly inquired after : it is rather early for much business in them, but nearly every merchant, has his full supply of samples. Both, in the iron and wool trades there is full work. Engines, machines, and tools are made at all the works acccording, to the fullness of their resources. MANCHESTEIit TRADE REPORT,' TUESDAY.—This market to-day skews no signs of animation in any branch of business. The inquiries for , yarns and goods have been extremely few, and Prices have ruled but very slightly in favour of buyers. Yarn is fully as steady, as cloth; and many spinners prefer waiting rather than make any concession in price, as the opinion is gaining ground that the negotiations for peace may be success ful, in which case we are sure to have a rebound in prices, though it may not be of long duration. The transactions of the day have been of limited extent. Very little has been done in yarn,s for shipping. For the home trade fair sales have been made, as manufacturers are low in stocks of yarns. The cloth market is very flat, but there is no pressure to sell, nor are there any large offers in the market. Quotations to-day :-39-inch shirtings, 71bs. ordinary to best makes, Bs. lid. to Bs. 9d. ; ditto 811bs., Bs. 9d. to 10s. 3d. Num ber 40's mule yarn, is. 2d.; 30's water twist, is. lid. The market closes quiet, and barely steady in price. ' BELFAST TRADE REPORT, TIIESDAY.—Yarns.---Although the transactions of the past week were not so extensive as in the week preceding, still a fair amount of business was accom plished, and a more cheerful feeling seemed generally prevalent. Some manufacturers seemed disposed to invest with confidence, acting under the impression that prices have reached the lowest point. COnsiderable sales were effected. In a certain number •of tow webs there is -no change to.note in position. For the home trade there is an increased amount of busi neis., Transactions on • cross Channel account increase in series. From the Continent appear orders to a limited extent. Stocks have become somewhat reduced during the week. Prices were well maintained. In some cases spinners declined to enter into contract for future delivery. Medium numbers, line weft, 3s. 6d. per bundle.—Linens: Brown power loom light linens, for bleaching. An increased amount of busi ness has been accomplished, but the demand is again quiet. Stocks are stationary. Prices are slightly in favour of the buyers.=Heavy Linens : The improvement in the de rand last announced continues to prevail. Stocks are stationary. Prices are well supported. Cloth suitable for the foreign clothing trade : The business accomplished is merely moderate. Stocks and prices shew little altera tion.—Cloth for dyeing and Hollands : The demand is steady. Medium fine sets and coarse sets are a dull sale. Prices are tolerably steady. Stocks are not increased.—Roughs of approved makes : All widths again met with a fair demand. Rates were firm. Stocks are small. Common makes continue difficult of disposal, at very irregular prices. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The market to-day was dull. A thousand tons was done at 51s. Bd. cash, closing buyers. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TUESDAY.—A good business was done at this market to-day at previous rates. The engine of the mail train which was precipi tated into the river at Tamworth last week was on Monday extricated from the •position into which it was thrown, and it was found to be not irreparably damaged. The bed of the river was afterwards carefully searched, but no more dead bodies were found. The driver, Taylcr, and the fireman, Davis, were buried at Stafford, and about seven thousand persons attended the funeral. Before the coffins there were one hundred and fifty of the company's servants, and.behind as many clubmen of the Foresters' order, to which the driver belonged. IN A FRENCH PRlSON.—Captain C. C. Heller re lates that on the last day of August he was captured by a French corvette, whilst in command of a Hamburg steamer. After fourteen days he was sent to Dunkirk. He says :—Here I was thrown, with the men, into a common prison hole, and, like a criminal, I had to give up my watch, money, knife—in fact, everything I pos sessed. Two buckets of water were given us, the one for drinking, the other for washing purposes. In stead of a towel, we used the slips of our shirts, and our fingers served the purpose of a comb. At 8 a.m. we got one loaf of bread between us for the whole day, and, for want of other instrument, had to tear it up with our fingers and teeth as best we could. Besides this, we had twice a day a kind of soup, consisting of warm water, bread, and the parings of potatoes, turnips, and cabbage —a food only fit for our German pigs. For the night we got another bucket of fresh water, and on Sunday two loth (loz.) of meat. Like cattle, we were driven in the evening to bed, and in the morning to wash ing. This laited six days, and lam still trembling with rage when I think of it. I entreated and paid the keeper for a piece of paper, and wrote the first day to my consul, complaining of the treatment, but only succeeded in getting permission to buy some victuals with my own money, and to go under escort on board my ship in order to pack up my clothes, &o. Alas ! there was little to pack ; all the best things had been stolen. It would carry me too far to describe to you all our suffer ings. All my endeavours to be treated as a human being were of no avail. After six days'confinement we were conducted in chains to Lille, where we were to be set free on parole : but a guard of 20 soldiers and six gendarmes were unable to protect us from being pelted with stones, dirt, and women's slippers by the inhabitants. I was, with three of my officers, provided with money. and we travelled with a compulsory pas - Tort via Paris to this place, where we live comfortably in an hotel at the cost of the French Government. There are 17 other masters Of German ships here, and we are all doing very well. THE WAR. SEDAN AFTER THE BATTLE. A correspondent of the, Gonstitutionnel, writing from the neighbourhood of Sedan, says, " I have returned with a sad heart from a rapid excursion to the field of battle, and I 'can hardly describe the feelings I experienced 'during the hours I wandered over the scene of the gigantic struggle of the first of September. My guide was a poor peasant from the environs of Aubecourt, who had been ruined by the • devastations of the enemy. Being un- Willing to pass through Sedan for fear of being stopped I went along hy the Meuse by the side of Bazeilles. After some- hours we came to the village, which is now a heap of ruins. Bazeilles contained 2,000 inhabitants; and was situated in the midst of fine plantations of poplars: It was full of foundries,' forges, and manufactories, one was in the chateau where Turenne passed his earliest years, but all that now remain are the ashes of a terrible auto-da-fe. -All the houses -have been burned to the ground• by the Bavarians. In the midst of the blackened walls one can see the remains of the corpses which were burned, and the sight is a most heartrending one. In the neighbourhood thero reigns a silence, a gloom, and a lugubrious appearance which freezes one. Never since the beginning of it have I more fully realised the savage character of the war which our enemies are waging against us than when I witnessed these ruins, mixed up with fragments of human bodies. No ; this is not what can be called fighting; the Huns of Attila could not have acted otherwise. I passed away from this scene of horror, turn ing to the right towards Sedan. I went over a part of the battlefield. The fields are full of tombs where the bodies have been hastily put in,' and hardly covered up with earth here and there. I shuddered to see the figure of cone of them appearing on the top of the ditch. At each step I fell over caps, broken guns, chests full of ammuni tion; the bodies of horses half devoured by worms and flies,,and still fastened to the regimental carriages. The atmosphere soon 'became suffocating, and I was obliged to leave this infernal region, which casts into the shade the descriptions of Dante, As we were going off, my guide called my attention to a long dark line in the direction of Balan. It was a train of prisoners whom the 'Uhlans were taking into Germany. They marched in a serried line, some leaning on their sticks, their heads down and grief depicted on their faces. Oh, how much they appeared to be suffering-. I yielded to the 4olicitations of my guide and gained the shelter of the woods before the IThlans per ceived us. • He informed me that every day some of these prisoners contrived to escape from the hands of their gaolers, and regained their liberty. The week before last a Zouave escaped from one of these convoys,and the escort did, not notice his escape until he had got some distance. They fired at him without touching him, and he, gained the shelter of a wood just as a detachment of Uhlan.s started in pursuit of him. He hid in the thicket, ared with a Chassepot he picked up on the battle field, 44 brought down a rider. The Uhlans, greatly irritated, dismonnted to seize him, but before they could get to him, he killed eight of them. The rest jutnpect on horseback and rode off. This brave soldier contrived by the next.: day, to procure a peasant's suit, and went to Fleigueux, where he conversed with • my guide, arid . from whence he started for Paris. Many of . , our officers and soldiers who , are prisoners prefer to run the risk of being shot rather than be taken to Germany and endure the insults of their escorts. The anecdote of this xoufwe's escape, which the Prussians do not contra dict, chews that our men are capable not only of breaking their chains but of making a glorious retreat. A DURABLE PEACE. The. Indepcndance Beige publishes the third of the series of artioles on " A Durable Peace " which have attracted so much attention. It states that the former articles have called forth a great number of letters, some of them ex pressing full concurrence in the leading principle upheld by the Independanee, that there should be no an- vexation against the wish of the people, and among these correspondents some -were Germans. Others, all of whom were German, attacked the Itidependance furiously while a third party courteously butpositively opposed its views. The latter were also all Germans. The writer, in reply to these varied communi zations, remarks that when telling France the truth at the outset of the war, he was constantly denounced, and now Germany is no more willing to hear plain speaking. Ger many, thanks to the deposition of the aggressive Emperor; is now responsible for the war. She has obtained from France the only lawful satisfaction she could hope for. We never asserted, says the Independanee, that Germany has nothing to . do but to withdraw her troops from France, and. that a change in the French Government would be sufficient compensation for the war. ,France, though now Republican, cannot free her self altogether from responsibility for the acts of that empire from which she suffered but at the same time applauded. She must not, indeed, be held responsible for the present war, for at the moment it broke out she wished for nothing but peace, though she allowed herself to be drawn into the war. The Emperor was really the author, though he has endeavoured to divert the judgment of posterity from his own head by laying the blame on public opinion. A . material reparation : for the past is not enough. Guarantees for the future are necessary for Germany, and Europe is interested in seeing that she. obtains them. Peace, durable and fertile peace, not peace rendered uneasy and sterile by fresh threats of war, such is. the peace that. Germany desires. . What are its coin ditions ? According , to certain German journals, and to some of the letters which we have received, the condition sine quit no of the safety of Germany is the irreparable. weakening of France. Instead of a strong Prance, able to play her part in Europe, they wish for a powerless nation, a France which is no longer France. If• this is the object, we may ask if it will be realised by the return of Alsace and Lorraine into German territory. The loss of. those two rich provinces would no doubt inflict a blow .on France, but would it be a blow from which she could never recover? France, without these provinces, would still be a great nation, with more than thirty millions of inhabitants, and great resources. After Jena Prussia was weaker than France would be after the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine ; but this weakness. which the First Empire thought incurable, did not pre vent 1813-1815, nor 1866 nor 1870. To carry out the arguments of the German press, it would not be enough to .annex to Germany two provinces which have ceased to be German. The dismemberment of France would not suffice ; she must be annihilated, perhaps even annexed to the German empirci. Who knows, indeed, whether as a precaution she ought not to be depopulated ? We need scarcely add that such brutality is quite incom patible with the genius of a nation as civilized as Ger many, and as justly proud of its civilisation. But if it is so impossible that such a nation should entertain such ideas, why should the German press reproach us and reproach all Belgium with jealousy of Germany, because we oppose a tendency which seems to us false and fatal, such reproaches, praying only an excessive susceptibility, are most unjust. We recognise the right of Germany to a full reparation for the sacrifices she has made in defence of her independence, and to solid guarantees against warlike ambition in France, but we cannot consider as otherwise than fatal to the victor himself a peace which would; impose on France as a debt of honour, the obligation to take her revenge, and would be the prelude to a new war. The interest of Frances of Germany, and of the world at large is in the oblivion of factitious hatreds excited by' a' allen regime; it is in a sincere reconciliation and friend ship between the two contending peoples. Only on these conditions can we put faith in the stability of peace, and Germany, powerful in the struggle, will not be the last to . congratulate herself on having shewn herself just and truly great in her victory. THE SUPPLY OF GAS IN PARIS. Parisians have been greatly troubled respecting their gas supply. On the one hand, they are fearful of possible explosions in the gasometers and in private houses, and somepersons are anxious the gas should be immediately cut off. On the other, they are apprehensive of being left in darkness, and another party advocate the erection of special gasometers in the centre of• the city ready for use when the gas is cut off by the enemy. In answer to these two sets of alarmists, the Gonsgitutionnel states that gasometers when full of gas never explode, and that should the bullets of the enemy, as is feared, pierce the pipes, the holes could be blocked up without danger if done rapidly and the air sufficiently excluded. As for private houses, the owners are advised, should they take fire, immediately to cut off the gas from the main, and arrangements for doing this when a street is on fire . are made by the companies. With regard to the possibility of the gas supply being destroyed, the same authority says there are seven gasometers, of which only two are exposed to the enemy, though even they are within the line of the forts. The five others producing three times as much gas as is abso- ' lutely necessary, will remain, and at the worst the light ing of houses and shops—not of the streets—will have to be suspended at nine or ten o'clock. CHANCES OF PEACE. A letter from Berlin to the- .Independanee Beige says that ' little credence has been given to the report that the Corps Diplomatique would visit the head-quarters of the King of Prussia for the purpose of arranging a mediation. "Besides this," adds - the writer " the telegram of the Emperor of Russia to the Grand Duke of Hesse or the presentation of the order of St.' George to Prince Louis of Hesse in recognition of , the brilliant feat of arms of the Hessian division during the last fights is another symptom of the welcome which M. Jules Favre's programme will meet with in St. Petersburg. The language of the St. Petersburg Journal has been as explicit as possible on this subject. I forbear to mention all the suggestions which are made by bewildered persons with respect to the future fate of France. One of the most remarkable is this : After the entry of the Ger man armies into Paris the new Republic will crumble away, the old Corps Ldgislatif and the Senate will he called together again, and will nominate an executive commission, which will recall Louis Napoleon, and make peace with Prussia, on the base of a territorial cession. Here, then, is the Emperor at Wilhemshohe, who allows Prussia to reconquer his good city of Paris, and returns to the throne with little trouble. This is not all, another *still more curious prophecy says, that Belgium, hitherto menaced by France, will annex that country. In other words, that King Leopold the Second, will become King of the French, and bring Bel gium to the Meuse. THE 46 DEBATS" ON NAPOLEONISM, The Journal des Debats, in a recent number had a strong article against Imperialism : "We have already said with profound bitterness that France cannot deny that during twenty years she was represented by the Empire, and that those who endured it, though they suffered from it and blushed for it, could not shake its solidity. In truth we did not know at the time we were writing that an august witness was ready to confirm our words. Let all Frenchmen read the report addressed by Bismarck to the King of. Prussia after his interview with the man who was the chosen Emperor of 'lO millions among them. They will learn from it that their Emperor is innocent and irre sponsible for all the disasiers that overwhelm us. They will learn that, according to the official report of the Prussian Minister, the Emperor deplored the misfor tunes of this war, and affirmed that for his part he did not wish for war, but was forced into it by the pressure of public opinion in France.' These words will find a place in history, and will irrisistibly provoke classical reminis. cences. Adsum qui feci in me convertite ferrum. That s what one says when one would die to save others, above all to save those whom one has deceived and betrayed. But here is a sovereign into whose hands a bewildered nation blindly placed unlimited power, and who says to the enemy at whose feet he lays down his sword, 'lt is not I, it is France.' And this is the, elect of eight or ten millions of popular votes. See what hands we were in. We do not appove of insults. If the fall had been honourable we should have respected it. But that he who plunged us, by a criminal caprice and an enormous egotism, in the abyss in which we are struggling, should make us responsible and throw back on us not only the punishment but the fault, this is the most terrible expia tion that Nemesis can inflict on our too great patience and culpable complicity. We say no more. Let France read and judge. But if ever the return of such ashes should be spoken of, we are without-apprehension." A BONAPARTIST RESTORATION. The Temps, referring to he state of affairs, says :—We have heard from many places that a Bonapartist intrigue, supported by Count Bismarck, and favoured by the apathy of the English Ministry, has been organised in London. Its object is to restore for the benefit of a child - , governed by a foreign woman the fatal regime which three times in half a century has brought the stranger into our country. The Journal de Paris having taken up the question, we deem it desirable to call attention to it. It is even possible.that the hopes of the gonapartists may have been excited by the unwillingness displayed by the most important organs of the press to engage in retrospec tive attacks. For our own part we deemed it unnecessary to proceed with our attacks on the Empire after it had fallen. But this reserve which has been suggested by the good taste of the press, and appreciated by the public must not be misinterpreted by foreigners, as the sign of an ap proaching reconciliation between Bonapartism and the nation which it has taken advantage of for twenty years, and which it has finished by leading to ruin. The least enlightened peasant must know by this time that the man for whom he has been voting has engaged France in a formidable war for which she was not prepared. Neither can the peasants ignore the fact that at the commence ment of the war the men who were in the Emperor's confi dence prevented by every means in their power,the organi sation of the national armament which was called for by the independent deputies. They know all this but allowing that some of them might throw the responsibility of the errors upon others, will not the most apparent victims of so much incapacity, our unfortunate soldiers of Woerth, Forbach, Metz, and Sedan, shortly return to their hearths and make known to all around them how their imbecile chief paralysed their valour, and pour forth their com plaints against his favourites, and it is this reflection which makes the idea of a Bonapartist restoration as odious as it is absurd. The empire . is ,inconceivable unless it possesses the support and more or less the enthusiastic adhesion of the army. We-declare without hesitation that those .of our soldiers N and officers who ,survive, will see the . spirits .of their comrades who have fallen under , the mitrailleuses of the enemy, rise up . against them if they ever welcomed. the man who, sent them to fight with a ferocious carelessness, and who,, subsequently, condemned them to the .greatest humiliation.which was ever suffered by a French army. It will not be. in France, then, that a Bonapartist restora tion can find supporters, and we think that the unfortunate family, as well as its train of accomplices, will engage no more of the Freilch mind unless it be in cnnsevence of the affairs which the Court of Assizes may have to decide about, and which it will be thO duty of the Provisional Government to send to it without delay. BOMBARDMENT OF BITCHE. The Pfalzer Volkszeitung of the 13th inst, gives the fol lowing details respecting the bombardment of Bitche : " On Friday last the numerous bastions and batteries of the investing army were finished before Bitche, and the rainy weather did not commence until all was ready. On Saturday evening some guns were fired from Bitche, and at ten o'clock on Sunday morning the first guns were fired against the fortress by, the Bavarians and immediately replied to from the fortress, and four shots were subsequently fired by us, each shot being replied to from the foi tress. A number of French were encamped in frout of Bitche, and on their being perceived by the Bavarians a shell was thrown amongst them, which caused them to make a hasty retreat into the for tress. About 4 p.m. a vigorous cannonade was commenced and continued till 10 p.m., each report being re-echoed Over the hills. From the heights of Horeb and Buster the flash of each dischaege could be plainly re marked, as also the course . which each shell took. On Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, the bombardment was again commenced most vigorously, and the incessant roar of cannon was to be heard. About 6.30 a thick column of smoke arose from the town of Bitche, followed, at 7.30 p.m., by masses of flames, which increased in volume up till 11 p.m., and continued throughout the whole night. This morning a soldier came into our lines and informed us that the upper portion of the fortress, the barracks, and all the buildings erected upon the for trees had been destroyed by our projectiles, and that our shells had set fire to many of the houses in the town. " A person who was watching the town of Bitche last evening from an adjoining eminence also states that he saw some enormous fires in the fortress and in the town. By the aid of a telescope he could plainly see the people in Bitche actively em ployed in extinguishing the flames. The garrison withdrew into the interior of the fortress, which is composed of three large covered archways, one over the other, in each of which are embrasures occupied by guns. , On Sunday it is stated that the French made a sortie, but were vigorously repulsed with a loss on the Bavarian side of six dead and ten wounded. The French losses have not been stated. Yesterday afternoon one of the men of the sanitary ccrps had his head carried off by a cannon ball, for in spite of all the warning he received on the sub ject he ventured too far forward, and paid with his life the penalty of his daring." PRUSSIAN OPERATIONS AGAINST PARIS. A correspondent of the Standard, writing from Nantes, says :—" I have ascertained that a great movement of German troops is taking place at the south of Paris, and also that an engagement has been going on since the morning in that direction. At a cer tain distance from the forts cannonading is distinctly heard, and leaves no doubt that an attack will sour' take place. Powerful Prussian columns—infantry, cavalry, and artillery —are marching on the borders of the depart ment of Seine-et-Oise, and continue their plans of surrounding and cutting off all communication with the Seine. The eastern boundaries being now en tirely in their power, they can receive their supplies from Germany without interruption. Their operations • on the south-west are at this very moment checked by the army of evolution of Paris occupying and defending the positions, and the army of the Loire will soon advance in that direction and will de fend the southern provinces. This army is important, and under the command of Gen. de Lamotte-Rouge. It will soon beheard of, and probably will restrain the invading circle of the enemy. Having been for the last two'or three days with a number of; officers—infantry, cavalry, artil lery—rejoining at full speed the head-quarters of the army of the Loire, can assure you that their great disasters has now completely disappeared ; they are all resolute and determined, even to surpass the first heroic efforts of the campaign ; they prefer a complete destruction sooner than permit a new humilia tion of their country, and the army of La Loire will give soon a new formidable and unexpected opponent to the Prussian invasion. A large body of Prussian cavalry is in full possession of Creil, on the Northern Railway. They have taken four engines and several waggons that the .company had no time to forward to the north with the material already dispatched. The Uhlans fired . at the last train making up forßeauvais, and wounded two persons. The convoy was not stopped. As I told you this morning, all other communications by rail with Paris are now destroyed. In case the news and details of the arrest of Marshal Valiant shall not have reached you, I give you a few words on the subject. Marshal Valiant, when visiting a bastion, was recognised by the officers on duty. Seized by the crowd, he was brought up to the next military station amidst the vociferations and most hostile threats of the mob ; and had it not been for the resolution of the officer commanding, he would not have escaped the most outrageous treatment. At last, conveyed in a close carriage through the hootings and abuses of the people, he reached the offices of the Governor of Paris, where the presence of Gamier Pages, and the conciliatory words of that popular citizen, brought some calm in their burst of indignatiosc It would seem that owing to a wrong interpreta. tion of a few words spoken- by the old marshal, he was supposed to have said that he was coming with a message from the Emperor—hence the sudden storm amongst the Republican mob. Marshal Valliant was bearer of a pass for circulation, as member of the committee of defence ; that permit was signed by General Trochu. In the present state of affairs: such incidents are regrettable. A great movement of German troops has not ceased since the morn ing on the hills of Brnnoy ; they all take the direction of the heights of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. Although I can easily manage to hurry my course to the interesting spots, and be witness of the principal events, I am at a loss to find out how' I shall be able, to send you any telegram of importance, all private communications being stopped." The last news from Bitsche was that it was sustaining a very heavy fire. - It was in flames in several places. , At Strasbourg the batteries of the city are almost en tirely silenced by, the artillery fire. A large police 'force has . been sent to Alsace and German Lorraine, where a regular Government is now established. • The Unik Cattolica now Appears with a black border, and promises not to•go out of mourning till the Pope shall have his own again. A telegram from the special correspondent of the Man chester Examiner reports that Russia is preparing for war. She will pi otest against the annexation of Lorraine to Germany. At Metz a great battle, according to a telegram from Luxemburg, dated Monday, was hourly expected. Great preparations have been made on the northern side, where it is supposed the battle will take place. Besides resulting in the capture of an entire army, the conquest of Sedan has put 150 heavy guns in the posses sion of the Germans. The New . Prussian Gazette reports from Wilhelmshbhe that the Emperor's cousin, the Duchess of Hamilton, came from Baden-Baden to visit him. She left the next day, appearing profoundly afflicted. Since then no visitors have called upon the distinguished captive. M. Pietri, the ex-Emperor Napoleon's secretary at Wilhelmshohe, reports that physically his master is decidedly better. He can mount on horseback, and at Sedan remained several hours exposed to a heavy fire. Morally, says M. Pietri, Louis Napoleon is suffering much. Negotiations are going on constantly between the various South German States and Prussia with the view of the entry of the former into the Northern Confederation. It is expected that Wurtemburg will set the first example. Sedan has been cleared of nearly all the wounded who were crowded together in so miserable a state. Means of conveyance have been found for transporting them to various points of France, Prussia, and Belgium. The town may now be said to contain little more than a thousand wounded, who are not in a fit state to be moved. A French officer told a newspaper correspondent that MacMahon would never have marched towards Mezieres and Sedan had he not been compelled to do so by those who wished to save the dynasty of Napoleon, and make a last effort, cost what it might, to prevent a revolution in Paris. " They sacrificed lomo men in the endeavour to preserve a dynasty." The Co ;istitutionhel declares that : Bismarck's diplomatic arguments are absurd. There is not a commune of France in which the Government of National Defence is not :obeyed, and it is ridiculous to declare that it only represents a fraction. ; of the Left of the former Corps q4rislatif of Paris, when London; St. Petersburg, and yienna are willing to accent Thiersas its envoy. Among the many physical evils which appear to beset :the. Prussian troops it seems th 4 the soldiers are suffei* from bad. feet in , consequence of the forced marches and ;the scarcity of shoes wiich.prevaals, The, temperament of the_yrissialis causes these. evils to, assume amaggrayatecifoym . ,,and : in ; many-. Qp.sep ; the sufferers are. compelled ,to.keep away fron.cluiy.; , 7 : f . The town of Poitiers has just announced .the : following resolution. In case the city of : Nris should be forced to capitulate, all the departments exclusive of the Seine declare beforehand that they refuse to acknowledge that any Power has the right to comprise them in the capitu lation. They wish to preserve their freedom of action, se as to defend the country a l'outrance. It was at Bordeaux that in 1852 the Emperor Napoleon uttered the famous words " L'Empire, c'est la pax." The authorities had these words engraved in gold letters on a marble slab, which was placed in the hall of the Tribunal of Commerce. The other day an immense crowd went to the place, and in a short time completely destroyed the slab which contained the inscription. M. Darblay, one of the deputies of the Right in former days, is a great merchant, and took the precaution of keeping 1,500 trusses of straw to assist in the fabrication of paper at Essonne. The Prussians seized on it with delight as a provision of forage. It is Laid that King William is somewhat indebted to M. Darblay and the Republic also. The departments of France are chewing great anima- tion and liberality in the work of national defence. Havre, which had voted 150,000 f. for the purchase of arms and munitions, has increased the vote to 300,000 f. The department of Mayenne has voted 350,000 f. for the same purpose, while in La Sarthe, the General Council has, on the suggestion of M. de Talhouet, the president of the Defence Committee, voted 2,500,000 f. for the arming of 40,000 National Guards in the department. A writer in one of the German papers gives an account of the state of Metz, which differs remarkably from the doleful pictures we are in the habit of receiving. He says • " With the opera glass a large herd of cattle can be seen feeding in the meadows by the Moselle, between the far-reaching outworks and the inner fortress, and much drilling of French soldiers. The sound of military music is also sometimes audible. There is no hope of a speedy surrender, and, I am convinced, it will be a tolerable while before our banner can float there." The Constitutionnel cautious the citizens of Paris that there is treason abroad, and cites two startling facts to prove it. A large quantity of French uniforms which were about to be forwarded to the Prussian head-quarters have been seized in Paris. It is believed they were to be used to enable Prussians to obtain an entry into the city. The other story is that a supply of iron work, required in all haste for some new mitrailleuses, was ordered, made, and despatched by rail from the arsenals in Central France, the freight being paid in advance to Nettie speed• This is now missing, and cannot be traced anywhere'ulong the line. • Tlz bombs of petroleum, the composition of which is rather a mystsry, have given rise to some false impres sions with respect to the oil of petroleum. Many ha p: supposed that if wood was dipped in oil of petroleum f° would take fire immediately, whereas, petroleum oil will quite pure does not take light even ,when a match. is Put close to it. It is the impure petroleum which takes fir e the most easily, and it is this which is the cause of the freclUent explosions and fires which are attributed to petroleum. Petroleum must be mixed with other sub: stances before it lights, and it is this chemical coraP°s: tion which is, dOubtless, contained in the bombs 01 petroleum. A few days since, says the National, an Engli s hman his wife presented themselves at one of the ilairies of Paris, and asked to see the Mayor. " Monsieur," said the lady, when they were shewri into his office, " I come to ask yon i to receive this j ewe l f or th e b ene fi t o f your wounded , ' o l she gave hi m a case con t a i n i ng a h an d so me di° s ' n brooch. The Mayor thanked her warmly, and offered 0 receipt, which she declined. As he was escort• ing th e m t o th e d oor, t h e E ng lishman P aused and said, "Monsieur, I think I can very we ll di pense with the watch I wear. Pray accept it for th e same object." As h e s p o k e h e t oo k o ff a v aluable g old watch and chain, which he placed in the hands of the Mayor. "But at least, Monsieur," exclaimed the 3,lV ° ' " tell me your name." "Oh, that is not necessary, 55 k 1 the Englishman with a bow, and off they went. value of the double gift was 2,000 fr. or £BO. • A letter from Saarbruck in the Mannheim , Gazette says :—" The animosity of our Lorraine neighbours le ' d ' on the 10th at Forbach, to a frightful outbreak. T vi i ° companies of Landwehr had been plac ed there as a gril 3r ; against the rinderpest, when a rumour suddenly woo among the lower classes that the hated Prussians had su f " fered a defeat. The few soldiers of the 16th Landwehr located there to protect the wounded were insulted; even wounds were inflicted, an d one man i s m i ss i ng, w ho, it 45 said, has been murdered. A telegram brought a °our pany of the Landwehr, and others are to follow. A severe penal billeting will soo n damp th e courage o f the Forbs e " patriots, who, when arrested, will undergo the f un severity of the Prussian military law. At St. Avoid a's ° the people have attacked the military and wounded se e " ral soldiers, one being treacherously killed. An actll3l conspiracy appears to exist. • • : The correspondent of the Times - w ith the PrtiOn army has the following remarks an the istreng.ol Paris defences : —More or*.ss ;isolated- as •stnAt rtf are, they cannot withstAnEl-heavy artillery for anYle9 l 77 of time, and the inothent, 'the . ene they, trate the circumvallation, and compel nurrPn4er 19 . 9 ,: . banding the, to - vim itself. To ,ccelerate:flais the final of the attack,the Germans will perhipsavail theniselv. e % 4 another oversight o f th e French engineers in planning ~ works. A real fortress i§ almost equally well provided the guns all round its c i rcum f erenc e ; i n P ar i s we fin dt , }l „ greatest inequality in this respect. Counting upon assistance of. an effective force, the French engineers 11°' only placed some of the forts; even where most numeronsi at too great a distanc e fom each other, but actuallY 1 1 t „ one flank entirely bare, unless, indeed, a single figt,"; a space of some 12 mil es can b e rec k one d . This is t " - .. western flank, to approach whi c h an enem y must cr oss the Seine. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENC' Contrary to expectation, it has b e e en f oun d difficul tto — t . get a crew for the Cerberus, 4, i ron armour -pl a ted tur ret ship, in the port of Rocheste r . It i s understood that some men do not like the idea of engaging in a turret - `r after the fearful fate of the Captain ; but the Cerb e fc' ai will not go out to the antip o d es i n , th e s h a pe she f assume as a turret-ship f or d e f en di ng th e harbour to Melbourne ; for after she was taken from the Tyn e Chatham dockyard high and strong iron bulwarks we n d built up from th e or i g i na l s id es o f t h e C er b er us, another deck added specially to fit her for her long voy o i: the bulwarks and upp er d ec k t o b e c l eare d away when° arrives at Melbourne. v C., Major-General Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., '•,-,r- Inspector-General of Artillery, accompanied by iy"J t - be General Sir C. Staveley, K.C.B. (commandiug„ t . western district), Colonel Burton, C. 8., Assistant- Adjutant-General, Colonel Anderson; C.B. Comm% dant Royal Artillery, Colonel Westmacott,' Cap Fellowes (Steam Reserve), and various other officers, barked on Friday with the naval Commander-in - C h Admiral Sir H. Codrington, K.C.8., onboard his tende r, the Princess Alice, and inspected the coast fortificatiout; around Plymouth, and on Saturday the cordon of f° r _ extending inland around the towns of Plymouth, Stou'e house, and Devonport was also inspected by the S authorities. LIFEBOAT SERVlCE.—Captain Adamson reports that the Lifeboat Palmerston, belonging to the Nations} Lifeboat Institution, and stationed at Cullencoals Nor t ,_ ll : thumberland, was launched a few days since to t' 4 ; assistance of one of the Fishing Cobles, which had be e c t overtaken by a very heavy gale from the northward which being unable t o carr y an y canvas w a s d r i v ing ashy stern foremost. Fortunat e ly th e Lif e b oa t wa s enableLl after a hard struggle to bring the endangered boat and grew safely to land. The death is annonneed of. Si r H e nry Edwa rd Fox Young, C.B. He was born in 1808 and re vr3 s a son of the late Lieut enan t-C o l one l 'Sir l i i-T g William Young, Lieutenant-Governr of Prince Edwa r Island. In early life he devoted himself to the studY2e_ the law, and entered at the I nner T emp l e . Having "„ g • come connected with the Colonial Civil Service, he appointed in 1831 " Protector of Slaves " in In 1834 he was nominated Trea surer , Puisne D3ill Judge er3 4 lsd n .' Member of the Council at St. Luci a . In the followit i , year he received the appointment of Government Secre, tary and Methber of the Co ur t o f P o li c y in. Briti r Guiana. He remained th ere un til 1847, w h en he becal l '". Lieutenant-Governor of th e E as t ern Di s t r i c t s o f the 0 1 ° , : of Good Hope ; in 1848 Lieutenant-Governor of S cni , ri Australia ; 1854 Governor-in-Chief o f T a smania, fr°":- which he retired in-1861.. • - . • • • THE Loss OF THE CAPTAIN.—Mr. G-. Feather' stone Griffin; C.E., *wiites to the . Pines expressing surprise that no sort of suggestion has been made to rak e the .Captain,.and the bodies of the poor fellows in her, to the surface. To the dead, a l as !h e says, we can f`i no Other vitality than that of th e " l aure l wreat h ;" trit the very strength of-the ship h erse lf enables me to r ise most positively that we can not only bodily raise her , " 1,1 ?1j , repair her faults, but, at a comparatively very 101 '7 cost, make her a monument of the science of the That this can be done I feel sure that no first-class member of the profession to which I have the honour belong will deny. The modus operand', will much dePe. il i , upon circumstances easily ascer t a i na bl e, an d w ith Nv ll . lc . no one is at present ac qua i n t e d. I s h ou ld sugg est that immediate steps be taken to mark the spot, andt, possible, grapple the ship itself, and a t th e sa me time make such observations as will enable the necessary 9 pliances.to be prepared, when I would stake my 11fe 11136/11 the result. NARROW ESCAPE OF SIR JAMES FfAM arn a i T it ; BART.—On Monday, Colonel Sir James J. H amil ton, Bart., of Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, suffered a 111 , 1 ,0 hap which miht well have been attended with f%"" results. At i ' armar the facts were not fully kn o b a t but as far as could be as cer t a i ne d , i t appeare d in the morning Sir James felt unwell an d decided be taking a black drau g ht. H e t oo k what was supposed to a bottle of that mixture from his medicine chest, ef,, pouring out a dose, drank it off, when he found tha t AZ had by mistake s wa ll owe d a quantity of laudanum. v s . 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DEATIRK On the 18th inst., Mr. John Carter, of 28, Great Tower street, aged 73. On the 18th inst., at 77, Kensington-gardens-square , NV; Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, C. 8., aged 62. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, I. f No. 112, Strand Printer, and Published by hira TEE SUN Office,No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of he Savoy, n the County of lliddlesex. Wednwday, eptember 21, 1870. ~. i~