The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-22 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YEOTERDAy. A steady feeling has prevailed in the Stock markets to day, owing to the belief that the mission of M. Jules Favre has not been made without some definite object, or without an understanding of some sort between the two Governments. The transactions, however, have not been numerous or extensive, though the.gndency of prices has been favourable. The most prominent feature is th great rise which has taken place- in Italian stock, on the announcement that the Italian troops had entered Rome without bloodshed. Consols closed steadily at 921, 92a for money, and 92R for the account ; Reduced and New Three per Cents. were 91, 91i ; Indian Five per Cents. 1094, 110 ; Indian-Bonds 15s. to-305.-preen. ; and Exche quer Bills 3s. to Bs. prem. • 'Colonial Government Securities have been in fair re quest at unaltered quotations. Erie Railway Shares left off at 174,15, and Illinois Central at 1081, 1094. • Home Railway Stocks generally have continued firm, but without important change in prices. Great No rthern Stock has declined 4; but London and Brighton, Midland, and North Eastern Consols have improved per cent. ; MetroPolitan closed at 644 to 65 ; and South Eastern at .73 to 74. Foreign, Railways have been without animation, -French lines having been altogether neglected ; Antwerp -and Rotterdam have sold at 11; Dutch Rhenish, 234 ; :Lemberg Czernowitz, 164; Reoife and San Fancisco, 16i ; -Sambre and Meuse, 7 1-16; Lombardo-Venetian closed at 15 to 14. The feature in the market has been the demand for :Foreign Government Securities, which have sheen con siderable buoyancy as to prices. Nearly all the move ments have been in an upward direction, Italian having :risen 4, or to 534, 53g. Egyptian are better, at 76g, 77/ ; ,Spanish 1, at 281, 284 ; Turkish (1865), 4, at 53*, lave-Twenty Bonds closed at 90-1-, 904 ; and Ten Forty -Bonds at 85, 85*. Joint Stock Bank shares have ruled quiet, prices re maining unaltered from those last current. Alliance have sold at la Imperial Ottoman 12124, London Joint Stock -334 33, Union of London 374. .Only amoderate business has been transacted in Tele graph 'Companies' 'shares. Anglo-Mediterranean closed at 14, British Indian Submarine at 7i, Falmouth and _Gibraltar 10, and West India and Panama s*. In British Mines there has been very little doing, but the valties are withoUt quotable variation. Assheton have sold at 6 ;'and.Tau-yr-Alt, at 2* to 2i. HudsUn's Bay Shares have been in some demand at .sto aely rates. The last price was 8 1 to 9-1 ; India Rubber and Gutta Percha closed at 3n ; TelegTaph Construction, at 26i to 26-i ; and Hooper's Telegraph, at 21 to 2 dis count. There have been no bullion transactions at the Bank of England to-day. The Agamenimon has left for the River Plate with £4.000 in specie, while the Benin has brought about £4;000 from the West Coitst of Africa. • The . periodical sale of bills on India was held at the Bank of England ' to -day. ' The amount allotted was £400,04, of which £293,000 was to Calcutta, £lOO,OOO to Bombay, and £6,800 to Madras. The minimum was fixed at is. 11d. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at ls. 10 d., will receive 33 per cent., and Bombay at that price about percent. The report of the directors of the North British Rail way Company has been published, shewing that the ' actual outlay capital account for the half-year was £131,941 12s. 6d. against an estimated expenditure of £157180 Os: . 10d. 1 This includes* - 253,31 0 13 : * 6 d. - charged I to the coal bridge separate undertaking. The estimate of the current half year is t 2. 152,454 3s. 9d. The net revenue .aVailable for dividend amounts to £156,424'15A: DA.," out .of which the direCtors recompaend the distribution of diVi ;dends in the various stocks amounting i to.Cls6,622,:ls: . ll d., leaving £152 9s. 7d. to be , curie. 4 forward. q'he report is not,altogether satisfactory, owing to the incom plete means available to the company for accommodating a large section of the competitive traffic, as well as to the obstructive position assumed by the Caledonian Company. "Negotiations have been opened between the two Boards for the purpose of assigning to each company fixed pro• portions of revenue for passenger traffic between Glasgow and the north, thus avoiding unnecessary expense ; but nci agreement has yet been arrived at. The directors of the North British Railway Company Are prepared to receive applications for the issue at par of the company's first-class debenture stock, in amounts of £5O and upwards, to replace debentures falling due. The stock will be registered in the name of the applicant free of expense, and will bear interest at 4i per cent. per - annum from the date the money is paid to the company's ,bankers; and be payable half-yearly, on May 15th and November 11th, in London, Edinburgh, or Glasgow. An adjourned meeting of the creditors of the joint estate of Messrs. James Threlfall and Son, cotton-spinners and manufacturers, Shelley-road Mill, Preston, was held on Monday afternoon, at the offices of Messrs: Harwood, Banner, and Son, 24, North John-streeti ...Liverpool, in accordance with the provisions of the Bank •ruptcy. Act of 1869. It was resolved that their affairs be - liquidated by arrangement, instead of in bankruptcy. Mr. Banner was appointed trustee, and Mr. Johnston, of Liverpool, Mr. W. H. Hincksman, of Preston, and Mr. • John Cryer, of Ashton-under-Lyne, were appointed a committee of inspection. - The discharge of the debtors was granted at' the meeting. The creditors on the sepa. rate estates of the partners also met at the 'same place on the same day ? and a like result was arrived at with - respect to the private estates: The traffic rettkrn_of tha Midland Railway for the week e'iding September 18th shews an increase of £5,321.; that t of the North-Eastern line an increase of £10,549, and that of the South-Eastern an increase of £153. The report of the directors of the Monmouthshire Railway Company spews an available total of £27,812, out 'of which the directors recommend the payment - of a dividend of 5 per cent: on the preference stock, and' f • per cent. on the ordinary 'stock and shares=both less income tax. The report of the directors of the Phcenix Gaslight and Coke Company states that the rental for the half-year was but slightly in excess of the corresponding period of last year, but, as the price of gas has been raised 3d, _Pei foot, the result must be regarded as favourable. The net amount.of profit was £42,134, which, added to the last undivided balance, made an available total of. £59,2Z1. The directors recommend a dividend on the £2O divided shares at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, on the,neW stock, at the rate of 7i per cent., on the capitalised stock at 5 per cent., less income tax, leaving a balance of 22'3,271: The meeting of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Company has been held. -The accounts chewed a net revenue of £3,712, out of which the directors record mended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 2 -per cent. The connection with the North British and Glas gow City Union Systems being now about completed, an influx of traffic was anticipated. The . Bank of Winterthen have intimated to the holders of their acceptances payable at Paris, that they are pre pared to pay at their office, on presentation at maturity, all such acceptances as may become due during the siege of the city. The half-yearly report of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, to be . presented at the meeting called for - the 29th instant, states the available balance at £6,354, out of which a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent is recommended, on the original capital, in addition to divi dends at the rate of 6 and 7 per cent. on the pre ference, and ordinary 7 per cent. capitals, free of income tax. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company was held in Glasvw yesterday, Mr. Alexander Ronaldson, Deputy Chafilman, presiding, in the absence through indisposition of the Chairman, Sir Andrew Orr. The report was adopted, and a dividend declared of 54 per cent. per annum on the ordinary and participating preference stocks of the/ com pany. A resolution was carried against the name of each candidate for the office of director, that the particulars of his holding, both in ordinary and preference stock, be given. WORKMEN'S 1341NERNATIONAL Agricultural Hal], Islington.—The number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and Others, on the 21st instant, was 4,982. . . 4. BREAR.FAST.—EPPS' S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND,, CO3l- FORTING.—The very agreea b le char a cter of this Preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the.natural lawfi which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, an * .d by a, careful application of the fine properties of well-selectedtqcoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately Savoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' simply with boiling wat er or m i lk. Sold only in l l tin-lineds "lVpiade packet's labelled—JAMES Errs & Co., H omccopat hi b i. i Chemists, London.—Advt. .. ~''v'...... `:~'~~ SUN, LONDON, 1 1 1-WISDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 18Th. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEUNESDA.Y. LATE PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL SOURS. The prices under : the lines indicate the business diie, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 Vict 5p c Jan & JulylBo4 10111021 92 1, 1,1, 1 Brazilian, 186,5 ) 5 p c..... 89i 904 Do for Account 921 Egyptian, 1862. 7.13 a•.. .. 80 82 i Three per Cent Reduced 91 91k 821 904, 1k x d Do Rail Debeu 7il '.. 98 100 New 3 per Cent 903, 14 x d Italian, 1865, 5p c Exchequer Bills, March 3 Bpm • 79 • Is. pm Peruvian, 1865, 5 p c Do, June 3 8 pm 88L n. §, 3s. pm - Portuguese 186 e 3 p c.. 281 291 Bank Stock - - 291 Shut Russian. 1852, 5 P c.. .. 884 891 India 5 per Cents - - 881, 91 - 110, 4 Do Nicolas 4 p c India Bonds - -69 k, 4, 9 16s pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pc Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 106 108 28, 71 84. 8, 4 1061 Do, 1869, 3p o Do March & Sept. 103 105 271. 7. 1 * Do 5p c Jan & July ~ 98 100 Turkish. 1854, 6p o B5 87 994 9 Do, 1865, 5p o . Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 100 444, 4,4, i Dom of Can 5p c 1903 . 98 100 Do, 1865, 6p c - - Ceylon 6 p e May and 641, 4,4, 4 November 1878 lO7 109 U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1882 901 904 Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 901, 4, 1 ' July 1873 lO2 104 Do do 1885 894 90 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 100 102 894, f New Zealand 6p c 1891 lO6 109 Do 10-40•Bnde s spo 1904 8.5 85k Dos pc Do 5p a Consolidated 97 93 Erie Sha,loo dole, all paid - - 984, 74 Illinois Central Shares .. 10841094 Do 6pc Mar & Sept 1891 105 107 1094, 4 Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 Atlantic and GW R Con Vict 6pc Jan &July 1891 113 115 Mortgage Bonds ...... 234 241 DoApril &OctlBB3-85 ll3 115 114,4 . . THE WAR. PRUSSIAN PLAN OF ATTACK ON PARIS. It is said to be the intention of the Prussian Generals to place the various German Corps d'armee completely round Paris at ten leagues distance from that town. In calculating the diameter of Paris at four leagues, and adding this quantity to the double distance of ten leagues between the limits of Paris and each Corps d'armee they obtain a total diameter of twenty-four leagues, and a total circumference of seventy-two leag,ues. Supposing this circumference occupied by six' Corps d'armee each grouped on an extent of two leagues, they will be at an approximate distance of ten leagues one ftom the other. It is believed that this distance will not be too great for the troops, who are excellent walkers, to hold constant communication, while the cavalry can speedily get over the ground. The six corps will cut off all the communications by the six principal railway lines, the Seine, the Marne, and the canals, so as to intercept all the consignments of provisions, combustibles, supplies, and military furnish ings. The Prussian army will await the sorties of the besieged at the distance of ten leagues, so that these, in attacking a corps, will receive reprisals from the two corps from the right and the left, according to the Moltke sys tem. The Prussians will succeed in exhausting the resources of tne intermediate country between themselves and Paris, to the final disadvantage of the besieged, and will furnish themselves with provisions at the same time by their exterior line, absorbing all the goods that were intended for the benefit of the town. Nothing has as yet been said of the towns of a second rank, which will be made the seat for the staffs of the different Prussian forces. This will depend for the most part on the facility they may offer in the way of access. fortite wounded. The ilevle,of the topn west, as,usural, eager to assist and relieve the sufferers, trying who could show most kindness in supplying them with fruits, refresh ments, or cigars: All along the streets through which the litters passed, the doors opened, and the householders ran out with broth, jelly, glasses of wine, or beer, for the poor maimed soldiers, who tried to smile in taking them, while some of them could only reply by gestures, not being able to speak. RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do 2nd do Scrip .. .. 1 dis, Ipm 86 Do let Pref Bonds.. 60 62 Caledonian 743, 3 2nd Pref Stock Great Eastern 38;, 3. i • Do 3rd Pref Stock . 31 33 Great Northern 1213 4th Pref Stock Do A 133 135 Great Indian Pen gsp c 106 107 1341 1061, 3, 1 Great Western 7O 703 Great Western of Canada 15 153 703, 3,3 x d . - ' 153, 1 ' Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 131 ' • Do Op c Bonds. 1873.. 100 102 130 Do 53 do, 1877-8 9B 100 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 40 41 ,Dos p c pref, issued 80 13 Pm 40 3, i Madras guar 5 p c Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 123 133 ' 1051 13/, 13 .N. Railway of Canada, ton and North-Western 1273128 6p o Ist Pref Bonds I 1273, 3 'Oude and Rohilkund g Lon and South-Western 85 87 5p c 8 , 3 1043, 4 / Man, Shef,- and Lincoln 453 463 Scinde, l'unjaula, and 463, 51 Delhi guar 5 p a Metropolitan • 643, i Bahia and San Francisco Midland .... 126 1263 g 7 p c 1261, 3 Belgian E Junction North British North-Eastern Consols 14231433 24 - 143, 23, 3, 23 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 183 South-Eastern 73 74 18 73 4 ,,r‘Datch-Rhenish 22 24 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 SU 231 77 x d Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 105 106 Lemberg Czernowitzgua 1053 7 p c l6 163 Buff & Lake Huron lipt * 5 163, 3 Do 53 p c Bonds, 187 77 80 Northern of France 78, 1 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 53 51 Cape guar 6p o East Bengal guar 5 p c lO5 106 (Limited) guar 7p o .. 16 17 East Indian, g 5 p c 1103, 3 • San Paulo (1) guar 7p o 203 21 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 South Austn & Lom-Ten 15 151 charge 6p 0 943 Southern of France .. . BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 95 105 ' 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 11 2pm 91 12},12, llb 25 Alliance (L) 131 20 London and County 47 49 10 Anglo-Austrian 191 . 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 215 225 335, 3 225, f 20 Lon and Westmnster 60 61 50 British N 'American 51 53 10 Metropolitan Bl 81 20 Ch of India, Austria 155 164 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 25 27 20 New South Wales .. 35 37 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) ' 4 11-16 'l5 Union of London .. 365 375 20 Eng, Scot, and Aus 0 165 175 375 20 Imperial IL) ' TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 89 82 10 Great Northern .... 11 Ail 89 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditru (L) 141 Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis . 14 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, ------ 100 Do 8p c — and blalta (Li 51 .62 10 British Australn (L) 432dis 10 Mediterrn ExAL) 5 _,,52 •10 "British Bitten (L). 61 62 22 Pnma and R. FUC(L) — - 4 3 dis . 6, i 8 Reuter's 10 British Indian Sub- ' 20 Soc Trans France (L) 141151 - marine, (L) ..... ... 72 82 100 Submarine '-' - 230 tgo , 7i, 8 !.• 1 Do Scrip , .21.2 i 2 China Submarine (L) 5' 42Ws 'lO W India &Panama(L) 5 6 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar,. and Malta (LI - 10. 2 • . . MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo. Austrian End. 4 Lon Gen Omnibtis .. , • 21'3 holders' Certificate 19 29 .. 3, 29 ad. ... _. 10 BerlinWaterworks(Ll 14 15 2 Lon & Prov darine L) 9 Spin 30 Bolekow-Vattghan (L) 33 38pm .100 Madras Irrig &Canal. 100 Boston. City (U.S.) 5 . • g 5 p c Dy-Ind Gov. 101 -103 p c Sterling Loan 91 93 : •• . , MaurithAs Land (L)..1 dis, par 4 Brit & Fg,u Marine IL) 2.2ipm - Natul Diect Cowl} (L) 11, 115 27 Canada Company. " 72* 76 " ' 119 10 Ceylon Company (L) 7 5 dis ; 29,N Zealand Loan and . •35 City Offices (L) 26 25 dis Mere Agency I L) .. 9 1 Pin 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assnrnce 29 3pm . Toist (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 29* 21 69 N Ifritsh and Mei.: (L) 26 27 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb.. 108 113 . 48, 7 278 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 89 Mils 10 Do do New. 1867 3 ldis Egyp 9 p cY'roy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp Gov.. 98.100 15 'Do . 'New 9 10 98, 9, 89, 9 60. Royal Mall Steam , 50 . •h 313 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 20 Tel Con and Main (L) '269 269 Fgn and Colonial Gov • . 269, 6, 9 • ••• - i Trust 6p c Bonds.. 93 57 2 Thames!and } Mersey 94 • Marine In4ur (L ..:21 39 lin, .78 Gen Credt/kDisct (L) 1 9 dis 55 . . . . 71 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, - Gen Stm Navigation 29 30 guar by Italian Gov. 85 89 7 Hoopes Tel Works 29 2dis 879, 7 . 20 Hudson's Bay B9 99 5 Trust and Loan Co of 89, 15-16, 9, 9 Upper Canada ~ • 'CI pm 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 0 . Marine, Lvpoof (L 4 5 pi 4. Tel Works (L) .... 399 409 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 2i 399,10 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 15 9dis 20 Intern) Finan Soc(L 19 'Nis 5 UnivMarinelnsur tLt 455 pm 39 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p c It Irrig Can Cavour 3 39 Mortgage Loan.... 77 79 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re- 79 deemable 1870 . 58 62 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis 30 London Fin Assoc (L)lB9l79dis . . : MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—There was a fair attendance of millers at Mark-lane to-day, and although - Monday's improvement was sustained, yet the transactions were not on an extensive scale. There was a large supply of both old Mild new English wheat on sale; the former came to hand - in •excellent condition, but the quality of the latter was somewhat doubtful. The demand for all descriptions was steady, at the rates previously current. Foreign wheat, the arrivals of which were also extensive, experienced a similar inquiry, at Monday's quotations. Barley was in moderate supply and request, at about late rates. Malt was quiet, and prices tended downwards. The market was abundantly - supplied with'oats, the demand 'Or -which was moderately active, at previous currencies. Beans and peas were purchased cautiously, on former terms. The flour trade ruled steady, and the advanced prices for American - barrels were supported. Arrivals.—English and Scotch : Wheat, _1,040 ; barley, 100 ; beans,. 30 ; peas, 70. Foreign : Wheat, 20,810 ; barley, 2,120 ; oats, 35,050; maize, 12,680 ; peas, 530; 'flour, 1,090 sacks and 9,090 barrels. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —At this market to-day_ the gupplies were fair. Wheat was in fair de mand, at Is. per qr. advance. For barley there was a ready sale, prices 6d. per qr. higher. Oats were in good demand, prices 6d. tols. 2d: per qr. dearer. • There was no change in beans. - - LEEDS -CATTLE •MARKET, WEDNEsDAY.—There were 745 beasts, ami 3,500 sheep and lambs at this market to-day. The - supply of Irish cattle was rather large, and' met with rather a slow sale. The best quality made 7id. to 84. per pound ; second , quantity from 6/d. to 7d., Sheep sold, at from 70. to 84d.. A few small sheep sold at 94. Lambs have a slow sale a t former ' rates. • - WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market was remarkably well supplied to-day with fat beasts, almost double the usual number being in the pens. Prices were 6d. to 9d. per stone lower than ' last week. There were' nearly 6,000 sheep and lambs shewn, which were nearly all cleared, off at last week's rates. A fair bu,siness was also done in pigs, lean cattle, and calves, the prices being unaltered. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESEAY.—The supplies to-day are heavy, and the prime qualities are in demand. The best beef. ,ranges in price ,from ss. 4d. to 6s. ; the second from 4s. Bd. to ss. Sheep, ss. Bd. to 6s.'4d. • seconds, ss. to ss. 4d. Some of the inferior beasts were turned out unsold. • • READING - HORSE AND CATTLE FAIR, WEDNESDAY.—The largest horse_And cattle fair durlng,the year at Reading's held on September 21. The show of horses to-day is very small, being One - -third less than the usual number. The scarcity is attributed' to the sales of 400 horses , recently by local auc tioneers. The fair ground is thinly attended, and but few transactions have taken place. The supply of sheep and pigs is very small. '-' • - • - • • EDINBURGH CATTLE .MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day the supplies of fat cattle were very short, and the general quality was very inferior ; best qualities were ex ceedingly dear. Top price tf beef; Bs. 9d,; current, 75. 3d. to 9s. 6d.; secondary, Is. 3d. to 85. The •supply of sheep was about the same as last week. Secondary qualities were slow to sell, and there was very little demand for store lambs. Best mutton, 80.; current, Bd.; 'inferior, from 61d. to 7id. per lb. Ayrshire Cows- sold at from £l6 to £2l. Pigs were about a farthing per lb. in favour of buyers. LONDON, COLONIAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Fair quanti ties of shgar have' Come forwards, for which• the' demand has ruled steady, at late rates. British West India has commanded very full. prices -,24)5. 6d. to 21s. 6d. for Grenada, to 265. to 275. for Samara. A moderate business has been concluded inreflned goods, at previous•Cluotations for both pieces and dried goods. Coffee has. ruled dull, notwithstanding the moderate supplies on offer, and late rates have been with difficulty obtained. Tea has ruled dull. Cocoa inactive. I, , ,wer rates have been accepted for rice. The rice market is very quiet. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—TaIIow is dull, at 445. 6d. for Y.C. on the spot ; 445. 6d., last three months, sellers ; 445. 9d., Decembdr, sellers ; 455., January-March. Lin • seed oil is firmer, at £3I,L spot ; £3U, cash. English brown rape, ,on the spot, £4l; £4O, last three months; refined, £l3 10s. ; foreign,. £46 to £46 10s. Olive and cocoa-nut oils are un changed. Scotch pig iron, 51s. 9d, to Rs. 10d. Tin has been in demand at £124 ti). £125 for Straits. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY. —The same quiet tone prevails in our market, as that referred to yesterday, and considering the mdderate lushiess` doing price's keep remarkably steady.. -But this steadiness is greatly owing to the prevalence of the opinion thatpeace op the continent is near at hand ; and no change may be expected until the end of the negoelations. • : l• LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Opening Report.—lmport,:per hill of entry, 7,392 bales. The market opened very tamely. The inquiry was small and very limited, and the prospective sales are about 8,000 hales. Closing Report. .41The-niarket continues quiet ? and prices are a turn in favour of ',Ay ers . dales 10,00, of which 2,500 are on speculation, or for export. - GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET-,. WEDNESDAY.—Opening. 'this-market is firmer. Nominally 51s. lOd. cash. CLYDE CRUSHED UGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The demand. to,day is good. A large Push:mita has been done at yesterday's prices, or at prices rather exceeding these in some cages. ~i, io THE DEFENCE OF PARIS. Paris, it is universally admitted, is strongly armed. The whole of the garrison amounts to 400,000 men with out counting the troops which are in reserve. The assailants are supposed not to exceed 350,000 men, and the French declare that with such a figure the investment .of Paris is impossible. Should the Prussians concentrate all their forces against a single spot, the communications will remain open. Their scouts and - Uhlans will be met by the French and Arab cavalry, the free-shooters, and the columns of observation. If instead of small bands they send strong columns to cut the lines the French will make sorties in large numbers, and with the mathematical advantage of having less distance go than the enemy. The circle of which _the Prussians have spoken 60 confidently at the distance of ten leagues from Paris will consist of from 70 to 80 leagues. The Prussians, were they 600,000 strong, could only form isolated.columns of 50,000 to 100,000 men, and here again the French calculate upon beating them in detail, taking advantage of the radius in the circle. ADDRESS TO GENERAL TItOCHU. The National Guard has sent the following address to General Trochu :—" General,—We are all devoted to the Government of National Defence. Committees, formed without any regular eleCtion, without being appointed by the government or the citizens, are usurping in every arrondissement the name of the National Defence Com mittee. They have already visited the houses in several quarters. We make a formal request that a public notice from the Government should declare that these committees have no authority whatever. At a time when the enemy is appearing before the walls of Paris we entreat you in the name of necessary union and of public safety to remind every one of his duties and his rights. Any invasion of a private dwelling, any illegal arrest, ought to be energetically repressed by the National Guard, who always have the charge of maintaining order in Paris. The culprits, whoever they may be, should be • immediatel? • taken to the Prefecture of Police. Divisions among our defenders would open: our gates to the enemy, and good citizens-will only recognise the Government of National Defence, presided over by M. Jules Favre and General Trochti: -. . """ " • • THE SIEGE OF METZ. . - The correspondent of. the Times, writing from before Metz on the 17th instant, says "The Prussians are everyday, drawing their lines closer and closer round Metz. From the place from which 1 write, and which I have promised not to specify, the Prussian troops, not the Land Wehr, stream in by thou sands every day. Metz is hopelessly encircled, her capitu lation is now a mere,question of time. A rumour has just reached us stating that there is to be an armistice for ten dap. If the rumour should prove true , —which no doubt you will know by telegraph—the only conclu: sion that one can come to is that it is to make condi tions for a peace ; but should no satisfactory results issue from the interview, ,the Prussians would, in mk humble opinion, be exceedingly foolish to consent to art armistice. "I :have just returned from another visit to the trenches; all seems quiet, and I have .been informed that nothing of any. consequence has occurred for the ' last few days. We could observe the French still busily ' engaged.''in ' fortifying their stronghold. The weather, I am glad_to say, has become much better, though the nights are very cold, which is hard upon the . 49 1 40:7A : :-who. are expoSed to the climate; :and are.under arrad'l4g*aT t id day. 7 18 i Saw you how clOse the . French and Prussian inittatslil• s f2ppe:htiothei•' 't1 , 16 officer ai the outpost informed me ttat ;the - 'O9l - 4est engtlf of time he hid between getting his men -to gether and the French making a night sortie; would be five minutes. You will see, therefore, how they must be on the alert, and what little rest there is to be obtained during the three nights—after which they are relieved—that they are on guard in so responsible a position. After leaving this outpost I came across an Uhlan bivouac, and I will now try and describe one of these men—the dread of the French peasantry. An Uhlan is about the best mounted cavalry man in the service ; the average weight of a man with his accoutrements is about 1601bs. German. The man's dress is similar to our Lancers, with the exception of the overalls, ours having leather, the Prussians wearing boots. They seem never in the way nor out of the way. If they crowd a road, they clear it too. They come in from outposts 30 miles ahead, and bring informa tion which is n6ws . to all. Some, however, do not come in, for I am sorry to say the French peasantry have taken up arms in reply to the levy en masse, and fire on the Prus sian officers and outposts recklessly at night. Depend upon it: this will lead to terrible reprisals, and you must not be shocked if you hear of some great vengeance being wreaked on a French village. THE BATTLE OF SEDAN. The Berlin Staatsahzeiger or Prussian Mon iteur pub lishes an official account of the battle of Sedan. The termination of the fight is thus summed up :—" The Crown Prince of Saxony's division made 11,000 prisoners during_ the, day.. They also captured 25 guns, seven mitrailleuses, two flags, and one eagle. The sth and 11th Corps_contributed more than 10,000. Adding the prisoners takeni by the Bavarian troops, there, was a total of about 25,000 men who fell into our hands during the battle alone. The original hostile position fronted the east, but early in the morning Marshal MacMahon had been severely wounded by one of the first bombs, and his locum totems had made the attempt to force his way towards the west. About noon, however, General Wimpffen took the command, and again ventured an ad vance hi the opposite direction, when the Bavarians had a very warm contest, but victoriously repulsed the enemy. The enemy's losses, especially through our artillery fire, were very considerable ; ours, on the other hand, parti &Wady in comparison with those of , previous battles, slight. The fire of 400 or 500 guns was concentrated against the hostile army, which endured it with great bravery a long time, but ultimately was forced back on Sedan.in great disorder. The Emperor himself was pre sent; with the army during the struggle ; early in the afternoon he returned to Sedan and thence wrote a letter, which General .delivered, offering his sword to the .King. It was accepted. The artillery fire on the whole (line gradually ceased. All the heights surrounding Sedan were in ..the possession of the German troops. Cbmpletely invested and without the possibility of forcing- their way .out or offering further.resistance, nothing remained for the French army but to negotiate for capitulation. THE 'ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED. The Indlpendance Beige gives a pitiful account of the condition of the last detachthent of the wounded thathas arrived in Belgium. On Sunday morning last a long train of wounded men, Bavarians and Badenese for the most part, reached Luxembourg. These unfortunates, says the Independance, were far from being in so satisfac tory a state as the first that arrived among us. 'lt was evident that they had been altogether neglected.' They were grievously wounded, horribly mutilated for the most part, and their transport on their :arrival . from the waggons, where they were stretched on straw, to the vehicles which were to convey, them to the ambulances was a long' and painful affair., The train arrived at eight in the 'nothing, but it was 11 o'clock before the Y -had finished removing them. 'Nearly all of them had to be placed on litters, and as the litters were insufficient they had to go backwards and forwards GERMAN PEACE VIEWS. Herr Von Sybel, the illustrious German historian, con tributes a 'lengthy article , to the Cologne Gazette, in which he elaborately examines the various conditions of peace which have been put forward. The theory that Germany would remain content Without territorial aggrandizement has much, on considerations of civilisation and humanity, to recommend it ; but in this case it would be a great error to adopt such a mild policy. A French Republic, he insists, has always been so incapable of lawful freedom and peaceful neighbourliness that the welfare of France and the peace of Europe are ten timesbetter secured under Napoleon 111. than under the Paris Government of Messrs. Gambetta and Rochefort. There is nothingin aßepublican form of Government to constitute any guarantee for France, in fact several of the leaders of the present Go vernment have displayed the greatest hostility to the strengthening of Germany. (Herr' Von Sybel ought to make himself quite certain of this fact.) It will never do, therefore, he argues; for the German Government to give up any of the fruits of its victory because a Repub lican Government has been set up. Herr Sybel, however, strongly deprecates an aggrandizement which would lead Germany into the fatal path where the mediaeval em pire found transitory glories and enduring decay. The object should be a strongly-defended, compact, and national State. Hence he advocates such an extension of the frontier as is necessary for protection against French attacks and for internal consistency. This end is gained by the acquisition of Alsace, German Lorraine, and the district of Metz—i.e., the territory naw constituting the government of Alsace, separated from French Lorraine. This would be for Gerniany shb,ply,the acquisition of a good defensive frontier, while the area ios_t b would scarcely exceed that of Savoy and Nice, annexed in 1859. - The Cologne Gazette has likewise a remarkable " editorial" - article on this important question. It is, compared with the customary effusions of the German press, of singularly mild and pacific tone. It strongly protests against any' annexation of French territory which is not purely Ger man; and on this principle it conceives that no, ground exists for depriving France of Metz, which ii just as French as Paris is. " The whole of Germany. was determined rather to ,plunge into a fearful war than to permit the French flag to . float over the former fortress of Luxemburg ; and why should we desire to place . our German flag upon the fortress of Metz, and . offer, a perpetual cams belli to the French—not only to the lovers of fame, glory, and conquest, but also the most moderate and temperate Frenchmen?" The Cologne Gazette rejects the principle that one nation has a right to advance its boundaries into the territory of another in order to secure a frontier better adapted for strategic purposes :—" When we declare that we cannot defend our frontier with out annexing portions of foreign territory, whether small or large, every, small nation has :the 'same right to follow our example. They could with the same, if not greater amount of justice, declare that for their defence against such a powerful nation as ours has become they require a line of frontier strategically defined, and draw those lines of demarcation through. our .possessions. The customs of all people and countries are based upon the supposition that one man enjoys equal rights with hiS fel low-man, And the same principle must be applied tothe laws and_.pustoms •of nations. We are no .41olig t pp_w_e:thil4liciugh to annex .a large portion of French%ter'- - ritory, but were we so .to., do we should for a "tr.i:il ,a,igrandjeienunti_pf territoyY..dytw down upon our ow - ,heads the Lettx,dlipArust a .ard llatred of every other nation, and we should .40, dkr . e.to hope or imagine that all the heavy sacrifices we ijay.o-made would secure us a lasting peace. We repeat our earnest desire for peace; all that which is German, or where the German element prevails, but not that which is French, and has been so for ever; for the possession of even a portion of any such territory, however great or small, would be - a conquest in every sense of the word, and , conquests are the curse of the [ human race." , - THE FpitTUNE OK, THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The Times makes the following very noteworthy state ent respecting the `` large fortune " which the Emperor Napoleon is supposed to have accumulated during his reign :—Unless we are misinformed, the Eniperor Napoleon, who has been the Chief of the French State for nearly twenty4wp years, and its almost absolute master for nearly eighteen, ' retains no private property, .. • •• but a small cottage .whai cable to hira from his mother. Call it rashnesss, Call' it - overweening confidence] 1 ' or call it a generous craelessness, it is proved by the event that he did not devote his reign to the accumulatiOn' of money. What ever he has received from Prance he has spent in the country, in accordance with the social system which was established with the Empire. That system was, no doubt, extravagant in the extreme. No contemporary Sovereign has held such a Court. The Ciar; who owns vast domains I . . a as his private property, besides ignoring the limitations of Civil List iii'dealing with the 'public Treasury, could not I maintain such splendour . The Sultan may squander millions but his Oriental' magnificence has been .mere shabbiness' by 'th'e' .'side' 'of Paris. What j , our ~ own Court is we all 'see, and, '-' as we'. know its .'bosh; we may, when we compare it with that of o tlui. French Emperor, forni some judgment of his expenses'. Napoleon 111. will leave his Gernian place of captivity at the end of the war almost as poor a man as he was when he entered France inlB4B. The EMPress has, indeed, het jewels, gifts at her marriage and on her fate dayS ;- but these are her private property, the State -jewels being now in the hands of the French Government at Tours ; she has, besideS, an hereditary property in Spain, and the Prince Imperial has a house which has been be queathed to him near Trieste. This, we believe, is all that remains to the family which lately were supreme in France. A SPANISH VIEW OF THE CRISIS. The Epsca, a Madrid journal of some influence has a long article on the policy of Prussia towards France. The interest of the grave . Franco-Prussian question it avers centres less in the cities of Paris, Metz, or Strasburg, and in the action of European and American diplomacy, than in the attitude assumed by the German people who, in toxicated by victory threaten to exercise a disastrous pressure on the King and Count Bismarck. After refer ing to the current rumours respecting the the terms of peace to be exacted from France, the Epoca continues : Prussia ought to understand that her rela tions with the other Powers are considerably altered by the results of the present war. Formerly her chief importance consisted of ,her alliances. Russia sup ported her to counteract the action of France in central Europe, and of Austria in the East. England cajoled her to progvide a basis of military and political combina tions between Russia and France. Austria contended against her in German questions; but sought her friend ship in all struggles against the enemies of Germany. But instead of 1: eing as formerly, the nation whose friendship all the great powers cultivated in order to sustain the equilibrium of Europe, Prussia, since the two short campaigns in Bohemia and in France, has become the nation against whose preponderance all are aroused. The first, most necessary, and most immediate result of a peace such as has been talked of in the tumult ous meetings of the German cities would be a close alliance between Austria, vanquished at Sadowa, and France, vanquished at Paris. The war would break out again in another four years, and if victory has united the senti ments of Bavarians and Berlinese under the leadership of Brandenberg, it is very possible than a change of fortune, which is always fickle, and especially so in military suc cesses, will renew in defeat the hatreds, the rivalries,' the municipal jealousies which, during so many centuries have impeded the unity of the German nation, and that, if the idea of unity be too far advanced to be abandoned it may be realised to the profit of Austria. Warnings are beginning to be given from the direction of Russia, which deserve the attentioi of the Prussian Government. The lifoskiewskia Wizolenwskisays that the Government of St. Petersburg has large armaments in preparation, and the probability of a proximate Russo-German war is the cause of the immediate formation of two entrenched camps, one at Riga, and the other at Kowno. Even sup posing that nothing comes of these menaces we cannot suppose that the Government of St. Petersburg would not gladly see the diminution of the military power of a united German Empire which would seem to annihilate its importance in Europe, and threaten the creation of a marine monopoly on the Baltic. If Prussia wishes to secure the unity of Germany she must of necessity secure a pernaaneht and powerful ally. This ally can be no other than France. With Austria she can only treat respecting German questions through the medium of vic tory. She cannot hope to obtain from Russia either syrn p4thy or support for her Baltic projects. England will preserve her traditional alliance with Austria for Western questions, and her friendship with France in the East: If in thb present war Prussia shew,s herself magnanimous, and is satisfied with the Empire of Germany and the friendship of France, she will-attain the- complete• and. definite result of an immense ascendancy. If she insisis on carrying the west frontier of the Rhine to the Moselle she may have made a glorious campaign, and a peace that flatters, the pride 4 all her allies ; but other cam paigns will follow this one; and the pece will be no more than a truce. • If the Pruisians hive had their revenge of Jena, the French may end by having theirs of Waterloo That may happen to Xing William and General Steinmetz which happened to Napoleon 1., who was incontestably the first captain of modern times, and who made victorious entries into Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow, and - to whom France owes - all the misfOrtnnes she has now encountered. But the pretensions of France to extend her territory to the western part of the Prussian provinces of the Rhine, and the Palatinate have created an antagonism against the French Empire in the German Confederation. That the French people in their turn insist on such projects of conquest, gives no excuse that a victory, owed in greal part to a surprise, should tear from France without other title than that of conquests provinces that were hers before Prussian Kings reigned in Berlin. If the counsels of prudence are followed the men who are the leaders of the armies and the politics of Germany will not be misled by the suggestions of - vanity, and the temptations of ambition, but will understand that it is worth more to King William to transmit the Imperial Crown in security to his heir than to'place, perhaps tem porarily, a number of Governors in Alsace whose capital he has not yet conquered, and in Lorraine, which no one denies to be French. They will understand this enough to resist the movement of public opinion on the other side of the Rhine, which demands more than solid advantages, and secure guarantees for the future, a peace which shall be humiliating and disastrous for France as a satisfaction to the popular sentiments of vain-glory and rancour. THE GERMAN ARMY IN FRANCE. A military contributor furnishes the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna with an account of the strength of the German army collected on French soil. The details given are very precise. Beginning with a general view of the forma 'me, of the Prussian army, the writer notes that „Tftch corps of the North German army is com posed of two divisions, with twelve or thirteen battalions of infantry, a cavalry regiment (consisting of dragoons with some hussars), and two four-pound and two six-pound field batteries. There is besides a reserve artil lery at horse and field batteries, and pioneer and train battalions. The nominal strength of 'such a corps is 34,313 : mereall told, that is when inclUding every person, hospital attendants, and the like, who are attached to the corps. Its ' strength in fighting . combatants is 25,798 infantry ; 1,250 cavalry' and 'B4 pieCes of cannon. :The twelfth, and the Guard Corps are exceptionally strong, having each, in addition to the forces of the other corps, a Fusilier regiment, and a cavalry division, that of the 12th Corps consisting of four, that of the Guards of six regiments. With these additions, the 12th, or .King's Saxon Corps, musters 40,406 men, or of fighting effectives, 29,918 infantry, 3,812 cavalry, and 90 pieces of cannon ; and the Guard Corps numbers 42,828 men, or of effective combatants, • 29,918, infantry, 5,067 cavalry, and 90. guns. Besides these there are six cavalry divisions not attached to any corps, and consisting each of 4,438 men, all told. The formation of the South German forces is very little different from that of the Prussian corps. The Bavarians have two army corps and a cavalry reserve. These corps have each five battalions of Jagers, whilst the North Germans only have one or two. The Wurtemburgers form one division, or half a corps, with three regiments of infantry, anti a cavalry brigade ; and the Badeners are similarly divided, though they are stronger in number, their regimerAs being as large as those of North Germany, whilst those of Wurtemburg number only two battalions. At th'e binning of the war the First Army, under the icommand of Iftfantry-General. Steinmetz, was made up of 44 . 97i2111t, LSavel4.l4/..a4d 'Eighth Army Corps, and of the 4 F 444 tli ii icayigaiyisions ; the second army, under the comma General Prince Frederick Charles was compose of the Guard Corps, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Army COrps, and of the fifth and sixth cavalry divisions : the third army, under the leadership of Infantry General the CroWn Prince of Prussia, 'con sisted of the Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh North German Corps, the two Bavarian Corps, ,and the Wurtemburg and Baden troop, with the second 'and fourth North German and the Bavarian cavalry divisions. The whole strength of these three hosts, then, stood thus : The First Army had 75 battalions, 72 squadrons, and 282 guns— total; 111,815• men, all told ; the Second Army had 184 battalions,-148 squadrons; • and 621 guns—total- 265;409 nien ;Ithe l Phird - Arm4had 166 battalions, 136 squadrons, ; and 546 gualg—totah / 235,250,s • men. • The : entire ,force ;: of the. , Germans ;in France, : when the three armies had crossed the frontier, numl?ered then 612,474 men. Of this vast total the Baden division only was told off to besiege StraShurg, and occupy Alsace ; all the rest took part in the advanced operations. The writer cal 'ciflatbs that the losses from the weapons of the French could not have ~..exceaded 100,000 men. Those -.Who,. through sue or other causes, have become incapable of ,service, may, , - be set down .as • 90,000 more. But the Getman . system, as is well known, provides what are called " Ersatztruppen," that is, reserves of men whose expreSs - duty it is to fill up the vacancies that may be caused' in .the ranks of the regular forces. These reserve battalions began" their •march at the time of the battles about Metz; . and they have now filled up at least onei-half of the 190,000 voids made by wounds, disease, and other causes: Thus, the force on French soil may still be reckoned at 515,000 men, without counting the - reserves pioperly so called-:-that is, not battalions de ' signetto fill up . vacancie'4; but independent troops. Of thialand there tur4 now coming up' about 100,000 .'men. Still, BO I,rgez' is ths' forte required ;to. surround Metz, , . : besiege the • .other :tovirns,"f ' and guard mmaications, that .it isidoubtful whether,. -even withthis total; . .Germany oan p00,,000 men before 'the walls of _the gieneli capital.. It shpuld be added that the Fourth Arfny; 'commanded •by di.own 'Prine6 of Saxony, of whichBo.nauclx has been heard lately, is formed from the First and Second Armies. " • Marshal Vaillant has been released, though no one can explain why he visited the fortifications. A thousand stacks of corn have been burned round Paris, in order that the Prussians might not seize them. The other night in Turin a number of soldiers, who were lately called to arms, ran through Milan proclaiming the Republic, Mazzini, and his party. A letter from Tulle expresses surprise , that the 1,200 men who garrison that town have not been turned to account, as the National Guard are quite sufficient to keep order. It is thought likely they will be sent to Lyon; where an army is forming. A telegram from Florence states that the Italian Cham bers will be speedily convoked to vote the Budget, take a plebiscite of the Roman people, and sanction the transla tion of the capital to Rome. Another account says the Italian Government intends, after occupying Rome, to convoke an Italian Parliament, elected by universal suffrage. News from Strasburg says that, General Ulrich, wounded in the shoulder and in the foot, has removed his office to the cellars of the prefecture. He consulted the population of Strasburg as to whether the resistance should becontinued or ceasad. The majority which decided that the struggle should be continued was larger than that by which Strasburg rejected the Plebiscite in favour of the Empire. On the Paris ramparts—that is the wan which sur rounds the city behind the detached forts, there are mounted 1,200 guns. On the forts themselves there are 1,000 guns ; and there is besides a large park of artillery drawn up in the chief open places of the city. The forts have an armament of between 40 and 70 guns ; one, Fort de Mont Valtrien, has 80 guns. In consequence of the siege of Paris the Volontaire, the Histoire, the Public, and the Parlement have ceased to appear. The Charivari, the Electenr Libre, the Liberte, the Monde, and the Reveil have been reduced to half their The Constitadiorinel, the Francais, the Gazette de Prance, the Liberte, the Monde, \ ftnd the Siècle will appear at Tours, and the France wig be printed at Blois. It having been announced that the Prussians proposed to make an attack on the French naval ports in order to destroy the arsenals, and that they would begin on the magnificent establishment of Cherbourg, the Government of the National Defence has provided against the emer= gency by adopting the most energetic measures. It is considered that these naval ports are impregnable, and the enemy could only reduce them by accomplishing a successful investment. The oSiecle affirms on good authority that there has been found in the Tuileries, in an iron case, a list of those who for all kinds of service to the Empire were paid by secret service money. At their head is the name of Auguste Vitu, the chief editor of thePeuple Francais, the author of numberless brochures, calumniating democracy for the benefit of the Bonapartes. There were also the names of many of the majority, of the optimists of the Centre, the sages of the Right, and many official candidates. This valuable document was ordered to be verified and pre served, The Times Berlin correspondent write% a letter whi c h provesthat the en i tire cheine of defence planned by the defenders of Paris, has been made known to the Fru?", sians. He says :--To facilitate the defence an effort will be probably made to disturb the iositions of the end.* For this purpose General Vinoy, with the regiments el the Line, is to be stationed near the north-western bend a the river, with orders to cover the open spac e between Argenteuil and Asnieres. General Mellinet, who h as al° some Regulars and a strong reinforcement of Mobiles, ha . s an analogous task allotted him at Sceaux, due south of the . city. Another corps is to keep guard between Noi9Y auct Villiers, east of Vincennes, while, if the orig inal plan is carried out, a body of cavalry will await the Germans the plain of Bourget, east of St. Denis. The day of the surprise of General Failly's CorPs, at Mouzon, the accountants with the-army chest accoln• panied by a feeble detachment, went on in front while the soldiers made soup. They had reached a ho llow road, when a peasant told them that the Prussians were on the . hills close to them. They did hot believe the tale W I 'went on, but later on they found out that the man 1,138 right, and that they had passed under the fire of the e enemy. The Prussians had thus allowed the rich Priz, 1 1 , to escape them rather .than give the alarm to tL e corps. 0,! General Failly. This is regarded as a proof of thehardigu state of discipline, and the good organisation with re g to details, which prevail among the Prussians. French journal inquires if the Zouaves woul d have re" sisted a similar temptation. The Constitutionnel, which is now published a t Tour s, and reaches us from that city, gives the result of its olr nervations in the provinces. It notes a spirit of de ter If t he mined resistance equal to that shewn at Pari s. Germans capture Paris, it by no means follows that theY will be able to give the law to the country. Whilst rrluac° , has been under arms and absorbed in its warlike duties a movement of decentralisation has taken place. Under •he influence of our misfortunes each chief place of a cl:ai partment and each town have become so many P° liti tentres. We see in the streets armed men, soldiers, to Gardes Mobiles and National Guards, w h o are eager march to the fight ; they come here from all the vill 3 g e e and the surrounding country animated by the ell. thusiastic fervour, which is our only chance a sei„ n etY ; By joining them to the contingent, which the adic4,,7„: departments will furnish, there will be a nucleus el fenders compact enough to disturb the rear of the eneraY• ENGLISH WORKMEN AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Mr. George Odger has had an interview with g• d a Favre, to present the addresses an d resolutions as upon by English working men at their recent raee til4s. In doing so, he said that the English W" lcin. men were warmly •in favour of the restoratioa ii ° l o the French Republic. At the beginning of °n with war the best wishei of the English people wer e , ,„ 0 Prussia, as they thought the German people had ";iie provoked into a cruel; and unnecessary war, but wh e n d recent reverses had made the Emperor a prison e F" establised a Republican Government whose naission declared to be peace, the English people considered the v l l should cease. They hoped the King of Prussia w° llld , 'll 4 l% be so ill-advised as to attack Paris without first 1333 ,,," honourable proposals of peace. If he did, the f° 6 ' the of -England would be entirely against him. It wa s t wish of the English people that their Goveraal should recognise the Republic as speedily as P ass l b pra e i n e, bnt they hoped the French would not condemn. bmth too hastily for delay. England had never been at war Wi„ Prussia, and it was therefore the first duty of her Gov er.i; ment to use its legitimate influence to bring the war te 3 t.. honourable conclusion. The English people, said f o rt- Odger in conclusion, thought the frontier ved resses might - be advantageously' razed, but disaPP v „ c h of the suggestions for the annexation of existing territory by Prussia. M. Favre, after warmly than; Mr. 'Odger and the gentleman who accompanied b i r o the their mission, said he would send a written answer English working men. He could not give any °P inl e about the fortifications without consulting his'ccildatV. but there was one thing he wished to be clearly all fi le, stood, not only by the English, but by the German P_l ° ,,r va r that it was his most fervent wish that this dread f ' should cease immediately, and the French and Grarrli peoples live in harmony for evermore. The collection at St. Paul's Cathedral for the s ic k and wounded on• Sunday afternoon, amounted to OIL • A Prebendal .alt• in Limerick Cathedral) 11$9 Sti become vacant:l)y the.death of the Rev. William •Are'h.r. Mr. J. Crofts, a Leeds magistrate, was on TuesdoBll fined £l5 for having a -hone, carriage, and • three '3l servants in excess of his licence.' • • • the . A young nobleman ..who recently .::came ° TI Turf is likely, we understand, to q u it it under S circuity stances involve Nine public notoriety. P — rtilig 4 4 .4 a t An association of butchers has been forinoti A Sheffield, in connection with ,th e Lancashire and yor.k: shire Butchers' Union, A O ende avour to have the re s!rtied tions upon the importation of cattle removed. It is 5' 5 4 . 13 that meat is 15'per cent. cheaper in London than in North. _ • - JaMes Allsopp; the young man who shot )Jr. .rxri,rleY John Farnall, the superintendent engineer to the v' its and Cannock Colliery Company on Friday even ing, on Tuesday committed for trial by the m agistrate sel' : charge of wilful murder. He has also been coramited fo r the same offence on the coroner's warrant. The f a!inolnqement that Mr. Applegarth has 'is - ire appointed a member of the Royal Comthission to into into the opgratioil of the law with A s pect to contag, i ' - is . disease§ is' necessarily premature, no gueltßoyal Ccfi n ; - ,t sion having.yet been issued. It is ; hovever, the fac t t h e tu communications on the subject have passed betwee n Home Secretary orid,Mr, Applegarth. FATAL APCIDENT TO; AN ESCAPED LUNATIC • -r ; The officials of the Great Noitherit Railway Company 5 Hitchin on Tuesday •night discovered the rema ins o f man, in a shockingly- utilated . co/T dition, lying ti , P°, m it theline; From inquiries made in the neighbourhocriv, transpired that th 3 deceased waa a lunatic" -w had escaped from the Three Counties Asylum, 11-I.lej. gv The remains were removed to th e L am b Inn, to aw a '" : inquest. the The Birmingham Post says :—‘i We hav e t pleasure of stating that Mr. Bright, who still res ides , i d, Llandudno, is steacrily gaining physical strengt h ' 511 0 what in his case is still more important, is now au le bestow some. attention on matters that give tone our vigour to his mind. Even in the late rough weather na honourable member took his daily ride on horseback, _ this wholesome exercise, joined' to the long ab stinen.u.a s 01 from intellectual strain, has althost restored huh to wonted strengh and energy, both of mind and body. MoII Tg A L A R MING SPREAD OF FO OT AND D ISEAS E AT IBLEWORTH.—The foot and mouth des b; w hi c h appears to be spreadi ng t o an a larming ex te i nt t he the south-western suburbs, h as a t length reacheo _ herds of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Si c ; Park, Isleworth, where no less than thirty-four Anil'', are said to be suffering fi om the contagion. for some fifty years past, the pure breed of Ald li ern thi e s l y. _ ; Psll , 9 : been kept up, and they have been, until now, the 5 a 11 " .- - -1 tion of the neighbourhood. In [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills. —Youthful firmities.—With - symptoms scarcely percept ibl e at firs" which this, restorative medicine would radically r em° l' the young become prematurely enervated and debilitate - They lose alike their looks, energy, and confidence. Tile' They general cause of this melancholy state is a disordersio Stomach or deranged liver, which Holloway's,;F ill : the regulate. By improving digestion, and PurnYi ns .4.. so blood, they work wonders. They act so kindly, Y i ,e. n . - p s . certainly, upon every organ necessary for heal th y itub the a tion, that the nervous system soon recovers en" c , t h, wonted good spirits speedily return with strenfoi. vivacity, and vigour. The most delicate may t ake t he loway's Pills. They cause no violent effect u pon n' _ .ll system, and graciously accomplish their end without pa restriction in diet or pleasure. BIRTHS. ' of On the 19th inst., at 95, Ladbroke - road, W. , tbra wife Louis A. Campbell, Esq., of a daughter. f f On the 19th inst., at Wyke, near Weymouth , the e ° Frederick Austin, Esq., Of a daughter. MARRIAGES. i l a te Col. On the 19th inst., at the, catholic . ) Church, l. Robert J. G. Simmonds, youngest. lion of the .,,, J. H. Simmonds, of South Stoke- near Bath, to A- 11 , 111 , - , fourth daughter of Henry 'Knigl a i Esq., of Canning'? , Somersetshire. On the 20th inst., at St. Ma4lebone, John W. Fl •g, a, Esq., Esq., of Stoneham-park, Paid Chilworth'Manor, t vB' n . ' the second daughter of the late Edward Weston, 1' DEATHS. On the 17th inst., at Withern, Lincolnshire, Wri ace, D. Chowne, Esq., ALD , of No. 17, Hyde-p aged 79. On the 20th inst., at 11, Garrick-street, Coventgardeilf Captain Charles E. Synge, formerly 98th Regt. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BO YCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by he at THE SUN • Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Preci nct of the- Scwoy, n the . County of Middlesex. `ThizsdElsr, September in, 1870.