The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-13 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. 4 The attention of jobbers has to-day been chiefly occu pied by the fortnightly settlement, and the dealings in all classes of securities have been very much restricted. Prices are without material change, but the tendency, if anything, has been towards higher rates. Foreign bonds have ruled inactive, but Peruvian stock is again higher. Some few transactions have taken place in North-Eastern Railway Consols, which have been pressed for sale. Home stocks have been firm, on the announcement that the purchases on account of the sinking fund for the current quarter will exceed one million sterling. The last price for money. was 92i, 92k, and 92} for the November account. Re duced and New Three per Cents. left off at 91, 91;; Ex chequer bills, ris. to 10s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 110 k, 110 f ; India Bonds 17s. to 225. prem.; Bank of Eng land stock, 232, 233. Tho " making-up " prices to-day were as follows : Metropolitan, 67 ; Caledonian, 77 ; Great Northern A., 134; North-Eastern, 145 ; Midland, 1261 ; London and North-Western, 1281 ; Great Western, 70 ; Dou Pedro Mining, 2i prem. ; Tanquaril, 11 prem. ; Peruvian Bonds, 881 ; Egyptian (1868), 761; Mexican, 1441 ; Turk ish Five per Cents., 43; ditto Six per Cent& (1869), 501; Italian, 541 ; Spanish (1867), 28 ; ditto (1869), 271 ; Lombardo-Venetian, 14; Anglo-American Telegraph, 173 ; Telegraph Construction, 26. The North-Eastern Railway traffic return chews an in crease of 47,850 ; the Midland of £7,672 ; and the London and North-Western of £7,672. The fluctuations in Home Railway Stocks have been neither numerous nor important. Caledonian is 1 better, at 77, 771; and South-Eastern 1, at 73k, 731; Great- Eastern has declined 1, and Loudon and Brighton k , the last quotations being 37ff, 37k, and 411, 411 respectively. North-Eastern Consols were ti lower, at 1451,1458. Erie Railway shares left off at 17i to 181, and Illinois Central at 1091 to 1101, the latter skewing a rise of 1. Lombardo-Venetian were unchanged, at 141 to 14a. The Foreign Market generally has ruled quiet, and scarcely any movement has been perceptible in prices. This department has now remained in a most inactive state for some weeks past, but the want of animation was never more apparent than at the present time. Egyptian of 1868 and Mexican skew a fall of 1, but Peruvian are / better. Otherwise no change has taken place in the quo tations. Five-Twenty Bonds have maintained late rates, the 1862 issue being quoted at 91k, 91k, and the 1865 at soi, 904. State Loans are unaltered. There is still an abundant supply of capital in the open market, and the amount of commercial paper afloat is limited. Good short dated bills have been discounted to. day at 2i per cent., with occasional transactions at 2*. Tho bullion transactions at the Bank of England to-day consisted of the receipt of £67,000 bar gold. The Neva from the West Indies has brought £90,600, in specie. The Cambria has taken out £37,000 to the Cape of Good Hope. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway Company of Canada, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent per annum was agreed to. The directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com pany, have declared a dividend and bonus, equal to £3 per share, for the half-year ended June last. At tho meeting of the Great Luxemburg Railway Com pany it was stated that the traffic receipts for the half year had amounted to £185,322, and the working expenses to £90,048, being an increase of 2 per cent. as compared with the expenses for the same half of 1869. A resolution was passed recommending a dividend of 10s. per share on the preference and ss. per share on the ordinary shares for the half-year, both payable on the 21st inst. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt have given notice that the sum of .21,308,405 11s. sd.—being one-fourth sum of the surplus of £5,233,600 ss. Bd.—will be applied, under the provisions of the Acts 29 and 30 Victoria, towards the reduction of the National Debt in the quarter ending December 31, 1870. The traffic return of the London and Brighton Railway shews an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £1,705 ; that- of the North-Eastern an increase of £7,850 ; and the Midland an increase of £7,672. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICI A HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the busiao.ss doae. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 925 92i Viet 5p o Jau & July 1891 102 103 921, 5, 5 1021 Do for Account 921 90, 5. 90, Three per Cent Reduced 91 911 Egyptian 1862,t7 po .. .. 81 83 911, 4 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 98 100 New 3 per Cent 915, 1, 1 Peruvian, 1865, 5 p c Exchequer Bilis, March 5 10 pm 89, 85, 90, 891. 5 Do, June pm pm 510 Portuguese 1869 3 p 0.. 285 295 28 4, ix pm Russian, 1862, 5 p a.. .. 88 89 Bank Stock - - 885, 9 2331, 25 Do Nicolas 4p a India 5 per Cents - - 69 110 5, ft i Spanish. 1867. 3pa India Bonds - - 2 81, 73, 85 pm Do, 1869,3 n o Can 6v o Jan&Julyll77-84 10511061 275, f 106, 1 Turkish, 1351, 6p o Bl 83 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1805. 50 0 Do 6p a Jan & July .. 98 99 425, 3. 25 Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 Do, 1865. 6p a Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 625, 5, 5 Ceylon 6 p o May and U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 8p o 1883 911 911 November 1878 lO7 109 915, 3, 1 Mauritius 6p c Jan and Do do 1885 991 9)5 July 1873 , lO3 105 905, 5 New 8 Wales 5p 01371-76 101 102 Do 1040R:ids, spo 1901 851 88 New Zealand I) p c 1891 lO6 109 855 Do 5p o - - Do 5p c Consolidated 975 981 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 1)o 6p o Mar &Sept 1891 105 107 Atlantic and UW R Con Do June & Dec 1891 101 110 Mortgage Bonds 285 295 Viet Gpc Jan &July 1891 113 115 2 84 I)oApril &0ct188.3-85. , 110 111 1104, 5 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeteit B5 87 Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm 87 Do Ist Fret Bonds .... 53 61 Caledonian 771 2nd Prof Stook Great Eastern 371 i Do 3rd Pref Stook. 51 33 Great Northern Do A 13311341 4th Pref Stook 134, 1 Great Indian Pon g 5 p c 1058106/ Great Western 70171} 104 6/ 711, 70/ Great Western ofCanada 151 (5/ Lancashire & Yorkshire 13011311 151, 1 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 411 411 Do Op o Bonds, 1873., 100 102 411, 1 Do 58 do, 1877-8 96 98 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 121 122 Do 5p o pref. Issued 80 1 2pro 12 4 Madras guar 5 p o Lon and North-Western 12811281 1031 1281, 1, 8 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and South-Western 88 90 6p ci Ist Prof Bonds 99, 891 Oude and Bohilkund g Man, Shot an 1031 d Lincoln 45 451 5p c 451, 5 Metropolitan 67, 1 Delhi guar 5p 0 Midland . . 126/126/ 1021, 3 North British , . 32 33 Bahia and San Francisco 121, 31 g 7 D a rn North-Easte Consols.. 145 146 Belgian B Junction 1451, I, 1, 41, 5x n Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn 25 251 South-Eastern 73 73j Limburg and Witepsk 18 188 73/, 1 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 78 78 Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 10411051 Lemberg Czernowift gua 1051, 8 7 1) 0 l6l 161 Buff & Lake Huron Prof Northern of France . Do 51 p o Bonds, 1872-a-4 80 82 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5/ 54 801, 1 Recife and San Francisco Cape guar 69 0 East Bengal guar 5 p o 10411051 San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 21 211 East Indian, g 5 9 0 1101, 10, 8 14d, 131 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 charge 6De BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A .... 8 9 20 Imperial ILI 81, I. I 10 Imperial Ottoman 25 Milan«) (LI 13, 3 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 48 221 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33 50 British N American 53 55 323 531, 4 20 Lon andWestmnster 00 61 20 Ch of India. Austrlia 13 14 61, 603 133._ 1, 1. { t l o Metropolitan B3 83 25 Char Mere of India 243 251 20 Midland (L) 25/, 1 20 New South Wales .. 36 37 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) •• • • 3 Ipm 25 Union of Australia.. 40 42 20 Eng. Scot, and Aus 0 16 17 15 Union 37i of London .. 369 373 161 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American Li 83 110 6 Great N. China, a n d 10 Auglo-Mcditrn (L) l3; 14i Japan Exteusion.. 2i21 dig 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-Euro p ean ( L) •. 1 14 100 Do 8p c — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Australn (L) n 31-dis and Malta (L) ~. , m 6 10 Britisland Exten 114). 61 tif 10 Medi terrn Ex (L) 46 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Puma and B. Pcfc ( L) 3 2 dls marine, (L) 8 8 Reuter's 2 China Submarine (L) 414018 20 Soo Trans France (L) 14f 15} 13 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 233 238 and Malta (b) 10 10 NV India &Pauania(L) 5 5i 10 Great Northern .... It 11 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pa Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 10 London Fin Assoc (L) 19 18dLs holders' Certificate 1 2 114 10 BerliniVae,arworks(Ll 143 123 4 Lou Gen Omnibus,. .. 22 3 30 Bolekow-Vaughan(L) 33 3.3pu, 22, 3 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lou & Prov Marino L) 4 spun p c Sterling Loan 01 93 100 Madras Irrig & Canal, 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L 1 223rnn gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 102 25 Canada Company. .. 72 7G 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis.l par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 44 34th' 6 Na , tulDisetComp (L) 11 113 35 City O ffi ces (L) 2O 25 die 11 9 11-16, S 24 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 10 Crdt Folic of Eng (L) • 24 2i Tru s t (L) .. .. ... . la lf pm a 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 13 llpm 27 28 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO3 113 10 Do do New, 1867 3 Idis 273 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) Midis 50 Rhymn )ey Iron ...... 29 31 29 181 100 Egyp 9 p cY'roy Loan, 15 Do New.. 81 91 gu 99g, B ar by 1 Egyp Gov.. 98 99 60 Royal Mail Steam .. 64 56 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5g 6ipm 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 26 . 26; 100 Fgu and Colonial Gov 26g, 6, +, i Trust 6p c Bonds.. 94 58 2 Thames and Mersey 74 Gen Credt&Disct (L) t } dis Marine Insur IL .. 3 n pin 14 Gen Son Navigation '2B 30 St Tobacco 6p c Loan. 7 Hooper's Tel Works 3 21dis guar by Italian Gov. 85 88 17 Hudson's Bay 99/ 5 Trust and Loan Co of 9 1-16 Upper Canada .... i 1 pm 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 5 (7 Marine, Lvpool (L 4t slpm Tel Works (L) .. 18 39 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 1•6 5Tx ternl Finan SociL) 11 lldis 6 United Dia Corpru (L) 14 Adis 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 3 31 5 Univ Marine lusur (L' 41 Spin 100 Do 6p et Bonds. re- Viceroy of Egypt 7p c (learnable 1870 . 60 63 Mortgage Loan.... 61 12 Warmut Finance .... 9 7 dts 11INING SHARE LIST.-OCTOBER 12. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. &lining °Lilco., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Con hill, London. With the exception of a demand for Taquaril, Tankerville, and East Lovell, market very quiet, Australian United, Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, Chiverton Chontales (Gold), 10s„ 15e. Cook's Kitchen, 17, 18 Devon Great Consols, 25, 105 Drakewalls, 21s, 2.33 DolCoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 31, East Bassett, East Caradon. df, 44 East Lovell. 31, 32 East Wheal Grenville, It 3 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), -s., -S. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 174, 18 Great Retallack, 1, If Great Wheal Vor, 6, 64 Kingston Down, Marko Valley, New Lovell, 14, 2 North Crofty, Pacific, a 2 Prince of Wales, Providence Mines. 37, 33 Rosewall 11111 and rtansame United, 11, 1} South C/ondurrow, 21, 3} South Frances. 23, 30 ITankerville, 13t, 14} Tincroft, Tan-yr-Alit, Taquaril (Gold). ft 21 Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols, 13, 21 West Ohlverton, 53, 54 West Frances, 32, 34 West Maria and Forteacue. 31 Os West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Seton, Wheal Agar, Wheal Orebor, Wheel Grenville, 13, 11 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 7t, 71 Wheal Mary Aun, 81, 2 Wheal Seton. 40, 42 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WXDNESDAY.—lnfluenced by the large quantities of all descriptions of foreign grain which were on sale, the grain trade at Mark-lane was characterised by quietness, and prices occasionally gave way slightly. English wheat being scarce, a somewhat steady inquiry was apparent, on former terms ; while foreign being abundant, sales were effected cautiously, but not positively lower in value. Barley was in good supply and limited request for grinding qualities, but malting samples were in fair demand, at Monday's quota tions. The malt trade was slightly improved in the inquiry, but not quotably dearer. There were large supplies of oats on the stands ; consequently the demand was restricted, at previous currencies. Beans and peas were purch a s e d t o a fair extent, at fully late prices. Flour was in limited request, but unaltered in value. Arrivals --English and Scotch.—Wheat, 350 ; barley, 310 ; and. malt, 740 qrs. Foreign.—Wheat, 33,560 ; barley, 14,750 ; oats, 45,930 ; maize, 10,780 ; and beans, 450 qrs. Flour, 1,610 sacks and 17,260 brls. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day the supplies were moderate. Prime qualities were in demand, at higher rates. Trade was very firm, and sellers made a good clearance. For sheep the trade was rather slow, but firm at late rates. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day there were 507 beasts, and 3,590 sheep and lambs. Best quality of cattle made rather moremoney, while second - quality met with a slow sale at from 7d. to 7id. per lb.; sheep from Bd. to Bad. per 1b1; prime South Downs 9d. per lb. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day there was a good supply of beasts on offer, and as advanced prices were asked, and the weather was unfavour able, a clearance could not be effected. Mutton, of which there was a light show, sold at from Bd. to 9d. per lb. There was a seasonable supply of pigs, but only a very poor demand. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market opened very dull to-day. The probable sales will be 8,000 bales. Imports, 18,718 bales. Surats, 18,695 bales. Closing report.— This neket continued depressed in tone to-day, with a gradual developing tendency in prices. The sales were 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation and for export. To arrive, American bale.s, October and November, Thd.; Orleans, ship named, Bd. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Strong re fining sugars have continued in request, at firm currencies. British West India has sold at 21s. ad. to 235. for Granada to 26A. 6d. to 30s. 6d. for Barbadoes ; native Madras, 21s. ad ; fine clayed Manilla, 21s. 6d. to 21s. 9d ; crystallised Martinique, 355. to 355. ad. Coffee has remained quiet, at about late rates. Plantation Ceylon sold at 525. ad. to 635. for small bold to grey. fine Mysore, small to bold, 08. s. 6d. to 825.; Jamaica, 435. to 48s. per cwt. Cocoa has ruled dull, at the late reduction. Rice is unchanged in price. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The inac tivity which has prevailed in this market for some time past, still continues without intermission; and prices are slowly, but steadily, declining under the combined influence of a limited demand, and heavy importations of cotton, which cause a decline in the value of the raw staple. The demand for both yarns and goods for China has almost ceasei, in consequence of the unset tled state of that country. There is also less inquiry for India. Prices close irregular. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow mar ket is steady at 435. to 435. 3d. for Y.C. for the year ; 435. 6d. to 435. 9d. for December; 435. 9d. to 445. for January to March. Linseed oil, 30s. ; rape, English brown, 41s. 6d. ; refined, 435. 6d.; foreign, 465. per cwt. American turpentine, 28s. ; American refined petroleum, ls. hd. to ls. del. Metals generally remain naotivo. I LIE S (LIN, LO N DON, THU AA 33 r TT c 11 ° 1 1 -4 THE SIEGE OF PARIS). THE ENCAMPMENT AT ST. CLOUD. Herr Wachenhausen, who ably officiates as the special correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, says that perfect silence prevails in the Prussian lines before Paris ; but on the French side there is the greatest animation. " They dig and scrape until the blood gushes from their fingers, and of an evening they sing before our eyes their cancan and their Marseillaise.' and other pretty songs, leap and shout half the night, until we are tired of it, ,and are as merry as if the world had never treated them better than now. I believe the Corps Francs and other volunteers • have already plundered half the suburbs, and have taken to. the second-hand dealers all the stolen articles that were vendible ; they have therefore had a glorious time of it." The writer adds : " Our position in St. Cloud is the best and most interest ing in the whole of the investing circle. Not because of the sharpie which still lies in the chateau, prepared by the fair hands of the Empress and her attendants, nor on account of everything within its walls vividly recalling , the sad and sudden fall of a dynasty which had thus brought its people willingly to their own destruction, but on account of our suppositions that a subterranean tele graphic communication exists between this place and Paris, and which is made use of by persons who must be discovered. As I have already told you, in all the de serted towns and villages of France the different clocks upon the mantelpieces have stopped, and the time can no longer be compared or correctly ascertained. I found clocks upon the marble tables of the Imperial chateaux, especially in the one at St. Cloud, the stoppage of which was an event of great interest. These time pieces also shew the day of the month. They indicate `Dimanche, 4 Septembre.' The end of the week also saw the end of the dynasty, and how dreadful that all these splendid preparations have come to nothing. • The fading flowers hang their heads, the pheasants run about the paths in the park, looking in vain for the well-known hand that brought their food. The most lovely pictures have been removed from their frames in the rooms, no doubt by faithful domestics. Two oil paintings are still hanging in the hunting pavilion, in which the beautiful Eugenie is depicted on horseback, surrounded by picadors and matadors, as patroness of the bull-fights in the Corrida. The Empress must indeed reflect from time to time upon those happy, happy hours when her dreams were undisturbed by thoughts of an Imperial Crown. Our outposts are posted in the woods of St. Cloud, all around the borders of, the park, and in the different pathways boards are painted, chewing the different directions in which .our ..outposts are placed. Our field posts exhibit different styles of architecture in the formation of their huts ; some of them are half wigwams, some are only hut s made of branches and leaves, some are built d la Suisse, and others h la Chaundere, all or them well set off by the surrounding scenery. All of them are so erected as to preserve a regular and constant means of communication. Yesterday I passed the whole of the afternoon in the hut of one of our advanced outposts. We all reclined under the shadow of the leafy roof, and we could imagine our selves in dreamland were it not for the French shells which were falling close and thick in our rear, and the roar of our cannon which disturbed our conversation every five minutes, for we could not avoid listening when the shells fell. A VIEW FROM THE GERMAN LINER. In the official journal of Berlin appears a description of the view of Paris to be obtained from a building near St. Cloud on the edge of a plateau. The view extends from the suburbs of Boulogne to Montmartre. The Invalides, the various towers of Paris, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Bois de Boulogne aro prominent. The last is almost un injured, presenting only a few gaps where batteries are fixed. It serves as a camp for the greater part of the garrison. The Mobiles are seen practising shooting ; the signals summoning the various troops are audible. The military movements and firing which are discernible lead to the supposition that fighting had broken out betweeii the garrison and the inhabitants, and that General Trochu had consequently resolved to concentrate i.ll the disciplined part of the troops in the outworks, leaving the civilians to their fate. Prisoners report that there is an open breach between the lower classes and the Government, which is daily becom ing wider. The Republisan spirit possesses the National Guards, and they pay no respect to the orders of tho mili tary authorities. The besieging troops have exerted themselves strenuously, and they are now out of all danger .f attack from the bands of a hostile population, which ar3 swarming about. Hardly a day passes without a greater or less number of suspicious people seeking to slip through the outposts being brought to Head-quarters. The dark nights and morning mists facilitate their approach. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The mail steamship Neva has arrived at Plymouth from the West Indies with 46 passengers, 64 sacks of mails, 453,710 dollars in specie, and 2,827 packages of cargo. Her dates are Valparaiso September 2, Car.ao 11, Panama 21, Jamaica 25, and St. Thomas 29. Tweilty passengers and the mails were landed here. The European war had had a bad effect on the Valparaiso markets, but a sudden demand for nitrate from the United States had improved matters for the time. The President of Chili, as arbitrator, had decided in favour of the Argentine Republic against the British subjects, who claimed compensation for damages received by the blockade of Monte Video. The Chilian Congress was to hold an extraordinary session. There had been alarming revolts among the Chinese in some parts of Peru. WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—On signals of distress being fired from the South Sand Head Light ship, on Tuesday morning, the Kin gs d owne Lif e b oa t, o f the National Lifeboat Institution, was launched and pro ceeded to the Goodwin Sands, the wind blowing from the W.N.W. at the time. The boat had to go off short handed, most of the boatmen at this station being away fishing. On arriving at the Sands, the Norwegian barque, Hony Sverni:, bound from the Mediter ranean to Leith, with a cargo of barley, was found to be ashore on the South Calliper. A Deal boat had taken. the crew off the vessel just as the lifeboat reached the spot, but the master and mate had refused to leave, hoping their ship would float as the tide made. There was a very heavy sea breaking on the sands, and the crew of the lifeboat, knowing the - danger the two men ran, resolved not to leave th em t o th e i r f a t e, b ut to re main in the vicinity to aid them if required. They shewed good judgment in doing so, for, as the tide rose, the barque broke her back, a n d soon b ecame a tota l wreck, and the captain and mate were only too glad to avail themselves of the lifeboat ; and with great diffi culty they were rescued and brought safely to land. DISTRESS AMONGST BOOKBINDERS.-1118 follow ing petition has been forwarded for presentation to her Majesty, signed by more than 2,500 females, employed in the art of bookbinding in London : " That your peti tioners are suffering great loss and privation by the stop page of the trade in Prayer Books and Church Services, occasioned by the withdrawal of the Table of Lessons Bill from the House of Commons, after it had passed the House of Lords. Your petitioners are advised that it will require an Act of Parliament to make alterations in the Table of Lessons, or the Rubric of the Common Prayer Book. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Majesty to signify your Majesty's most gracious will and pleasure that the Table of Lessons Bill, or whatever Bill may be required for settling the Prayer Book question, be brought into Parliament the early part of the next session thereof, that this period of stagnation, productive of such great loss and severe privation to your petitioners may be re duced to the shortest possible duration. Your petitioners further humbly beseech your Majesty, that in the event of Parliament being called together this year before its usual assembling, that your Majesty would signify your most gracious will and pleasure that the said Bill should be brought in at that time." SAD AFFAIR ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—An inquest was held on the body of Israel Hoppet, aged 65, killed on the London and North- Western Railway on Saturday. The deceased, who had been in the service of the North-Western Company some years, was a eupenumerary pointsman and signalman at Euston station, and was injured whilst clearing the points by an en g ine coming out of the station without signal last December. About three o'clock on the day in question he was employed as signal man at some underground works going on at the northern end of the Euston station. The St. Albans train was going out of the station at the rate of about six miles an hour, when deceased, who could not get about very well, was seen walking in front of it. Before he could get out of the way the buffer of a carriage struck him, and he was thrown on his head. Ho appeared to struggle whilst lying in the " four-foot," and his head got under the wheel of the second carriage. Before the driver of the engine could pull up, tho whole of the train had passed over him. He was picked up frightfully mutilated and conveyed to St. Pancras dead-house. The train was shunting after the passengers had got out, and the engine was in its rear. Although the whistle was sounded deceased did not appear to know the train was coming out. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental Death." SIR JOHN PAKINGTON AND THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER ON EDUCATION.—At the opening of two new schools near Powick, Sir John Pakington and the'Bishop of Worcester Were amongst the speakers and addressed those pres en t i n re f erence t o th e new Education Act. The Lord Bishop said he looked upon the Act and its probable working with great satisfaction. He believed that in 'the main it would give a great impulse indeed to the elementary education of the poor throughout this country. Undoubtedly, in many places, education had been greatly neglected, but that deficiency would now be supplied ; but the most satisfactory feature in regard to the new act was this—that the people of this country were determined that religion should be inseparably connected with any national system of education. —Sir John Pakmgton endorsed his lordship's reznarks, and said there were two points on which he could not refrain from touching. The first was to express his great satisfaction at the success which had crowned the efforts of the friends of education in that parish, in which all his life long ho had taken n deep interest ; and in the second place to state that he viewed the pro visions of the great Act of Parliament which had lately been passe d as a great, wise, and ben e fi cent measure. But still he must say that in his humble judgment it had one great and terrible blot—that was the exclusion of a clause requiring the religious training and education of the people. He considered that to be a great and serious defect in the Act. GENERAL BOURBAKI'S ADVENTURE. The Independance Beige has received information, which it has every reason to believe correct, on the sterious incidents oonnected with the famous Bourbaki affair. They contradict the statements which were transmitted from London with respect to the intervention of the emis sary whose entry into the camp at Metz had determined the departure of General Bourbaki. This emissary, it appears, was no myth, but it is not known whether he came from Wilhelmsiihe, or was merely a Prussian spy. It is true, at any rate, that he appeared before Marshal Bazaine, who immediately. sent for General Bour baki, and desired him to wait upon the Em press in England. The General having objected to leave when combats were taking place daily, because his troops might consider such a course to be a dishonourable one, the Marshal gave him a written order to the same effect as his verbal one. This order was couched in these terms :—" The Empress Regent having expressed a wish to confer with General Beurbaki, an order is given to that officer to wait upon her Majesty without loss of time." The General left accordingly, as suming the profession of a doctor. He had scarcely two hours to get ready in, and it was in the Marshal's house that he found the clothes which were necessary for his dis guise. The mysterious emissary accompanied him to Camden Place, where his arrival created great surprise and afterwards great indignation. The ex-Empress declared that she would have nothing more to do with politics, and was resolved to live for the present quietly with her son out of the way of all the intrigues which might be carried on elsewhere. The General, who had believed that his presence was desired if he was not absolutely sent for, was very much annoyed at his recep tion. After having left his post unwillingly he found that the object of his visit had failed, and he was inclined to despair. He resolved to address Queen Victoria, and, explaining his sad case to her, ask her to use her influence with the King of Prussia to obtain an authorization for his return to Metz. The Queen consented, and some days afterwards the General received a letter from Lord Gran ville informing him that Count Bernstorff had heard from Count Bismarck that he might pass through the Prussian lines. Furnished with this authority the General went to Luxembourg, and put him self in communication with the staff of Prince Frederick Charles, asking permission to return to the place he had left against his will. At first he was told to wait, and then, instead of a direct answer, he was told to come to the headquarters. He insisted on having a direct reply, and not having received one during three days, he abandoned his intention. He has arrived at Brussels, and from thence intends to visit Tours, after having informed the delegates of the Provisional Government that he would enter the service of National Defence. The day when General Bourbaki left Metz was the 24th of Sep tember, and at that time they were not aware of the im portant events which had occurred in France since the 28th of August. THE EMPEROR AT SEDAN. A member of the staff of the ex-Emperor at Sedan has made a statement respecting the share which the late Sovereign of France took in the battle. This statement differs from every other that has been published, but as it comes from the son of an ex-Minister of the Empire, it deserves to be heard. The writer says :—" At five a.m. on the morning of the battle of Sedan My informant, who slept at an hotel in the town, was suddenly roused by a loud noise in the street beneath his window. On looking out he found the Emiteror and his suite passing along. He dressed in great haste, and was soon with the Etat-Major, from whom he learned that the battle of the two previous days had begun afresh. At half-past six a.m., Marshal MacMahon was brought in severely wounded, but perfectly self-possessed. He at once gave orders, in presence of the Emperor, to General Ducrot that the troops should be im mediately massed, and retreat upon Mdzibres, and ex pressly directed that they should not accept a battle. He further ordered that General Duerot with a certain force should immediately occupy the heights which overlook Sedan. Measures were taken at once to carry out his instructions, when General de Wrimpffen appeared on the scene. He promptly ad dressed General Ducrot, saying, ' I have undertaken the command of the army. Besides, I am an older general than you, and I hold the positions you are about to take to be entirely wrong. On the contrary, the troops must be commanded to advance directly.' The order was given, and the advance was made, with what fatal results a few ISDAY, OCTOBER 13, 187 C. hours proved. It is•,but justice to 'Marshal MacMahon to make knows i the accurate foresight he shewed. The battle soon began at all points, and with intense vigour, espe cially on the side of the Prussians. Towards eleven o'clock General de Wimpffen communicated to the Emperor that the French troops had the advantage in every direction. At this time shells were falling fast near and round the position occupied by the Emperor and his staff, but all escaped so far unhurt. Suddenly the Emperor per ceived a French brigade suffering fearfully from the fire of the enemy. The men fell like wheat battered by a storm. The Emperor asked an officer of Artillery, D'oo. viennent ces projectiles?' No one knew. Shortly after another Artillery officer answered, ' Sire, the balls which fall on them and us come from a new Prussian battery erected at a distance from • here of 4,900 metres.' The Emperor was incredulous ; he could not believe in their murderous effects at such a remote range. He, however, immediately ordered can non to play upon this newly discovered battery, but to no purpose. The balls chiefly fell into the slyer Meuse, at a distance of only 1,500 metres ! The Emperor then joined the division and marched steadily forward. Balls continued to fall near and around him, but he still remained untouched. There seems no doubt at present that he did expose himself at this moment with consider able courage. Again assured that the French trooj•s were gaining advantages at all points, he said to his Etat- Major that he should return to Sedan to breakfast, and would remount his horse and take the field again in an hour. He had scarcely entered Sedan when he found soldiers flying in various directions utterly panic-stricken. They rapidly filled the town. At the same time a terrific cannonade resounded from the very heights which Mar shal MacMahon, with admirable prescience, had ordered to be occupied by the French troops, but Which were now in possession Qf the Crown Prince and a portion of his corps d'arm6e . . This advantage was fatal. Then and there the day was virtually lost. The Crown Prince con tinued to rain fire upon the town without intermission, and the streets were strewn with dead. Fresh crowds of soldiers arrived in flight without arms, adding to the general confusion and wild terror. About one o'clock the Emperor, appalled by the enormous slaughter around him, and the bombardment at the same time increasing in force, summoned the generals, &c., of his staff, and asked in simple language, " What was to be done ?" All immediately decided in favour of a capitulation, and the'. Emperor at once ordered Captain Lauriston to mount tho ramparts and hoist the white flag." It is just to General Wimpffen to note that his version of the battle, and of the Emperor's, and his own, share in it, is a very different one. NEWS FROM NANCY. The only news I have been told by officials here is that the Mayor returned this afternoon from Epinal, whither he had gone the day before to try and come to terms with the chief of the Francs-tireurs who killed the two Prussian gendarmes at Flavigny and Ver sailles, and captured six more alive. As you know, the two mayors of these villages were taken prisoners, and it was intended to shoot them. The Mayor of Nancy bas been successful so far that the prisoners will be restored, and the two Mayors consequently will escape death. Meanwhile the houses in which the murders took place have been razed to the ground. Three eminent engineers, of water-work speciality, have arrived from Germany to set the great Rhine-Marne Canal, which the French had bloCked up to the detriment of their own trade, going again. The taxation here has been regulated equitably, the Germans keeping up all the local institutions, such as lunatic asylums, schools, re fuges, &c., out of the rates. Tribunals of justice have been established for criminal and civil cases. The French administration were invited to continue their functions at their former salaries, but declined to act be cause the Ger man authorities required them to head their acts " In the name of the law," while they insisted on the formula, "In the name of the French people." The fact is, that people here, official and non-official, are out-and-out Frondeurs. Their worst feature is, that, while they have hitherto been thoroughly for Napoleon, they can now find no words severe enough to revile him — particularly the high officials, all of whom, however, con tinue steadfastly to wear the decorations they received from him. One of the traits in the French which the Germans despise most is their foul-mouthed ingratitude towards the ex-Emperor. —Correspondent of the Telegraph. THE DEFENSIVE ARMIES OF FRANCE. The Siecle has an article on the defensive armies of the nation at the close of the last century. In 1789 the army, it says, was newly organised, and though the regiments of the line were numerically very weak their spirit was favourable to the Republic. All Europe was marching _.. _ _ against France, and the President of the National Assembly on July 11th, 1792, declared the country to be in danger. The crisis was announced to the people by cannon fired at intervals during several days. All France flow to arms, and the enlistments in Paris alone numbered 15,000 a day. Battalions of volunteers were formed on all sides, and more than 200 were reckoned beforethe end ;it; year. So rapidly aid the national forces augment, that in December, 1793, there were, according to authentic state- ments, 690,000 men under arms, and an effective of 861,000. The Convention adopted a vast system of national defence. The forces were distributed along the frontiers. There was the army of the north from Dun kerque to • Mauberge ; the army of the Ardennes, from Mauberge to Longwy; the army of the Moselle to Bitche ; the army of the Rhine to Porentruy ; the army of the Alps, from the department of the Ain to the department of the Var ; the army of Italy, from the Maritime Alps 'to the Mouth of the Rhone ; the army of the Eastern Pyrenees, from the mouth of the Rhone to the right bank of the Garonne ; the army of the Western Pyrenees, on the left bank of the Garonne ; the army of the shores of La Rochelle, from the mouth of Girande to the mouth of the Loire ; the army of the shores of Brest, from the mouth of the Loire to St. Malo ; and the army of the shores of Cherbourg, from St. Male to Anthie. Besides these, 150,000 men occupied Belgium, and crossed the frontier from Dunkerque to the Meuse, 50,000 protected the space between the Meuse and Saar, and 150,000 stretched along the Rhine and the Vosges. A reserve force was kept at Chalons with supplies ready to assist wherever help was wanted. Two armies of 60,000 men guarded Savoy and Nice. Besides the 676,000 men already raised there were 50,000 cavalry and 20,000 artillery, but the Convention considered that 300,000 more men were wanted, and the re cruiting must not stop short of that. They therefore despatched commissioners into the departments with full powers to enrol more men, and they met with rapid success. Nevertheless, on the motion of Barrbre, the convention adopted a resolution declaring that so long as the enemies of the Republic occupied its territory all Frenchmen were in permanent requisition for the armies. The result was that in 1794 the effective of the army reached 1,026,950 then. The fourteen armies of the Republic were not, therefore, as is supposed, the result of a spontaneo . us move ment but the product of persevering efforts. At first there was great disorder everywhere. no discipline, and hardly any arms. The foreigner obtained the gold, and the people were given over to dis couragement, to fanaticism, to fear, or to secret con spiracies. Disorganisation was general, and• Europe threatened or invaded France in all directions simul taneously. The Siècle holds up the example to the France of the present day. E GERMAN ARMY AND THE WINTER. . The Cologne Gazette contemplates the wintering of the German host in France. "As no signs exist that would justify us in supposing the French will soon form a Go vernment with which a peace might be concluded, with a certain prospect of its remaining in force for the future ; as chaos reigns in France, and to all appear. ance will continue to do so for some time to come, the German general staff, as we hear, seriously con templates the plan of wintering in the conquered parts of France, even in case- Parii should be taken. The irregular square, one side of which is formed by the Ober- Rhein from Bale onwards, and the other by a line from Paris to the Belgian frontiers, will, we are told, be occu pied by a force of from three to four hundred thousand men, while the remaining troops would - for the time re turn home. This plan is . based .on the supposition that Metz will surrender during October. It may be considered certain that the discord which - already rules in Paris w ill not meanwhile be changed into harmony, but that it will increase from day to day." ENGLISH STEAMERS ATTACKED BY FRENCH MOBS. According to intelligence brought to Jersey on Monday morning by the steamer Despatch, Captain Le Menu, from Granville, serious disturbances have taken place at the French port. The Despatch reached Granville from Jersey on Saturday evening, and as soon as she got to the h e ad of the harbour an immense mob assembled, an gave vent to such feelings of hostility that the captain was obliged to place the vessel in the middle of the harbour. The pm sengers were got out and the steamer laid alongside the quay on Sunday, during the whole of which day the populace, most of the men being armed, hovered about the vessel with the intention of preventing the shipment of any of the goods ready for em barkation. The goods consisted of butter, eggs, poultry, and other provisions, large quantities of which are sent over by each packet. The steam packet officials sought the assistance of the authorities to enable them to ship the goods, but the authorities were quite unable to lend the required aid. The mob remained round the vessel during the whole of Sunday and Sunday night, and effectually prevented anything but passengers and their luggage going on board, and the Despatch was compelled to leave without a single package of cargo of any kind. On her leaving the harbour she was greeted with cheers by tho immense mob who followed her down the piers. A vessel laden with grain, from Penzance, was on Sunday the object of attack by the mob. A cry was raised against her carrying corn out of the country when it was so much needed. A number of the men went on board, and despite the efforts of the captain and crew, who, however, made but a feeble re sistance, did not desist till they had removed all the cargo out of her, the authorities not being able to prevent the outrage. The captain of the Despatch also reports that the populace have deposed the mayor of the town and appointed another in his place. The plate of the Tuileries, which has no artistic value, has been melted by order of the Minister of Finance. The Morimento, of Genoa, says it is in 'response to the invitation of the French Republic that Garibaldi has gone to France. The Strasburgers aro French to the last. Tho last number of the Impartial du _Rhin, which appeared in Strasburg with the date of the 27th ult., protests most energetically against any cession of territory. The advantages which the Germans have derived from spies has been greatly exaggerated in the minds of the French. It is a fact, for instance, that the German leaders did not know of Napoleon's presence in Sedan until the flag of truce arrived. Accounts from Mayence state that typhus fever and dysentery are making great ravages in the ranks of the German army before Metz. Trains of sick soldiers are daily despatched to Germany. In two days the hospitals and lazzarettos of Mayence received eight thou sand patients. The Paris shops are really selling off "at alarming sacrifices." Splendid dresses are to be had for less than half price. It is a fine opportunity for the ladies, and yet they do riot seem anxious to avail themselves of it. The brigandage which rages in the neighbourhood of Paris is on the increase. Bands of marauders—free shooters, mobiles, &c,—pillage the abandoned house. The Liberle is aware of a case where a wrecked piano and several clocks were found in the road—it was said " to make a barricade." The next barricade in the district will probably be made of a set of china. The Republican Ministry are consistent in their ectono mixing measures. They have cat, down expenses in all directions—salaries and everything, except war disburse ments. Amongst other retrenchments, the salaries of Ministers are to be reduced to £2,000, and the members of the Government of National Defence will receive no pay. General Burnside, who has been in Paris and back again to the German lines, says the streets swarm with armed men, the environs axe alive with gangs of labourers, the people who pulled down and built up under M. Hams man are now engaged on fortifications. But business goes on along the Boulevards as usual, the cafés and re staurants are filled with very much the same kind of crowds as before, save that the stranger and pleasure seeking element is absent. The German victories are raising hopes of deliverance amongst the Arabs of Algeria. The Vienna Presse says that information from Tunis has been received of a ferment among the native population of Algeria. This agitation has been most serious. in the south-eastern portion of the province of Constantine among the tribe of Aled Yakoub, with whom are associated the tribes of Aled Torri and Beth Amer, instigated by Sidi Mohammed el Aid. The capture of Marshal MacMahon, who was the Governor• General of the colony, has especially contributed to this disaffection. The village of L'Orme, in the environs of Metz, has wonderfully escaped the ravages of war. A correspondent says :—" Both parties seem to have agreed to respect it, probably on account of the number of villagers who still continue to reside in it. I was told that not a single slell had been fired into the village. But while we were there, the shells were flying over our heads towards Vany and Charly, and it seemed strange to' see the children playing in the street, the girls driving home the cows, and the old women placidly spinning in front of their doors, when the missiles were whistling through the air above their heads. Marshal Bazaine has issued a proclamation at Metz. It says :—" The first thing which must be done is to annoy the enemy without intermission—to be to him what those people are in the circus who excite and weary the bull, attacking him in the most unexpected manner in all direc tions, This can be done with light columns, which need never encounter a defeat, as they have always a sure refuge behind the walls of our fortifications. This kind of offensive reconnaissance will, according to Vauban, have the advantage of procuring a knowledge of the enemy's strength and positions, they will supply the means of taking from him provisions and even guns." At Vienna Bismarck's last memorial is interpreted as an indication of the Prussians' present desire for interven tion. The latest declaration of the Journal de St. nters bourp, that peace is possible only before the bombardment of Paris, and other indications, warrant the belief that Russia, the only Power that can successfully attempt mediation, assured of the other neutrals' support, will forthwith take the initiative. The Pall Mall Gazette learns from its Roman correspon dent that the transfer of the Italian capital will not be accomplished at present. The engineer Castellazzo, who has been sent to Rome by the municipality of Florence expressly to provide the necessary edifices for the Govern ment offices, has reported that two years will not be suffi cient for the work to be clone. Even the Palace of the Quirinal will not be fit for the royal residence. A correspondent of the Daily News had a conversation with the Maire of Ars-sur-Moselle. The worthy gentle man seemed terribly alive to the gravity of the crisis through which the nation was passing. He said : " The events of this war are no accidental result of the co existence of two such strong men as Bismarck and von Moltke on the one hand, and such a wicked and weak man as Napoleon 111. on the other. They are the expression of German national greatness and of our littleness. France has ruled the destinies of the Old World till she became senile. She is undergoing a new birth, I hope. I hope that we shall cease to worship a little grey cape and a pair of big boots ; that this Napoleonic idol is to cease dazzling our eyes with savage and unjust dreams of gloira to our own and our neighbours deep injury and constant unrest. I only fear that now success will demoralise Prussia, as it has demoralised France before." A letter from Fontainebleau says that the town has been invaded by Bavarian and Prussian troops, and that the inhabitants were compelled to provide them witl board and lodging. They were overwhelmed with the demands made upon them for bread, meat, hay, and oats. The Bavarians were discouraged, and if they were not under the direction of Prussian officers of great severity and firmness would speedily have disbanded themselves. They hate the Prussians, and constant disputes take place between them. They were unwilling to go to Paris, and believed that they would come to grief there. The freeshooters and peasants who make a guerilla war upon the Germans have done a good deal of mischief. Field Jagers and postillions have been shot, provision waggons captured, and small detachments surprised anC taken. Sometimes troops on the march have been fired at with great success from ambush. The Grenzboten, of Berlin, says :—" The authorities have therefore directed our soldiers to inflict punishments on the offenders. Besides 250 bottles of champagne, for the shot fired on our entry into Rheims, about £120,000 have been levied as fines, 20 or 30 houses have been pulled down, 20 or 30 villages have been burnt down, 150 to 200 peasants have been shot or burnt, including women and children, who had taken part in these murderous deeds." A correspondent of the Telegraph, who with a companion escaped from Paris, after incurring divers adventures, had an interview with General Blumenthal. This officer asked them how many troops there were in Paris. "We answered About 400,000 to 500,000.' He looked surprised. Do you mean soldiers ?' he said. No,' we replied, ' armed men.' How,' he went on, can you account for the fact that the French refuse to fight? This is something quite new. The French are considered fighting soldiers par excellence ; now they Are running away.' We re plied that the army was, doubtless, much demoralised ; but that the young men from the provinces, particularly the Gardes Mobiles, who were all fine, enthusiastic young men, would make a good fight, and were only longing for the opportunity. `I only wish,' he replied, they would come out and give us a chance.' He then went on to ask us about the supplies of the city. Did they begin to feel the want of water yet ?" Ceitainly not,' said I : ' for the morning I left I had my usual bath in the Grand Hotel.' Again the General appeared somewhat amazed." • COUNT BISMARCK AND MR. MALET.—The follow ing has been forwarded to us from the Foreign Office : " With reference to Count Bismarck's telegram to Reuter, dated Versailles, 6th October, we are authorised to state that Mr. Malet did not say a syllable at Meaux as to what passed between. Count Bismarck and himself, and consequently is not responsible for the statements con tained in the letter dated Meaux, 17th September, pub lished in the Telegraph, which differ materially from•the reports made by him to his official superiors. Mr. Malet affirms positively that Count Bismarck did not say one word on the effect upon Germany of the Republican in stitutions in France." GENERAL BURNSIDE'S MISSION.—We understand that the American General Burnside left the Kin , of Prussia's headquarters on S a t ur d a y l as t f or P ar i s , un der the safeguard of a pass through the German lines. • lie, went to obtain an interview with M. Jules Favre, and to convey the assurance of Count Bismarck's perfect wil lingness to permit the holding of the elections for the Constituent Assembly in the Department of the Seine. Whether these elections be held soon or late, the fact of the North German Chancellor's readiness to further the appeal to the French people is not with out significance, though it would be premature to asso ciate the incident with any design of renewed negotiations. —Telegraph. FRENCH SOLDIERS IN BELGILTAL—WO have re ceived from an authoritative source an explanation of the causes which led to the transfer of the French soldiers in Belgium from Beverloo, and their confinement in different fortresses. It was not mere • disorderly conduct on the part of the French which determined the action of the Belgian authorities. The fact was that a conspiracy Was discovered the object of which was to set fire to the camp, disarm the Belgian Guards, and kill them with their own rifles. This scheme was to be executed during the night, and in the general confusion which was expected to result, the Frenchmen were to make their escape. AS soon as this was known, the resolution was t a k en t o distri bute them in parties of 500 each, strongly guarded, among the several forts. Every attention continues to be paid to them ; they are treated exactly like the Belgian soldiers ; securities are taken, however, against their attempting again to break out.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS.—The Austrifin jour nals are of opinion that one of the fatal consequences of the present war will be the revival of the Eastern question to the profit of Russia. The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna declares that surprising activity pervades the manufac tories of arms in the Russian Empire. By night and day they are making mitrailleuses and preparing cartridges. In a short time they have made 756 pontoons and orga nised a military telegraph on the model of that of the Prussian army. Since the 28th of September the Moscow Railway has sent fourteen military trains per day. The trains for ordinary passengers have been suspended. The manufacture of arms at Kiew has for some time past turned out 500 guns per day. Two hundred finished mitrailleuses have been sent to the south. The Neue Freie Presse thinks it a significant sign of the warlike intentions of the Russian overnment that a levee es masse of the Cossacks has been ordered. NEWSPAPERS AT TOURS.—The AFiecle notices that not one of the papers printed. at Tours, the seat of the Republican Government, is Republican in principle. "The Union Liberate co-operates moderately, but sin cerely, with the Government. The lifoniteur, benefitted .by the official bulletin which the Delegation gives it for publication, makes but feeble opposition. The France Is less favourable, but there is some judiciousness in its cri ticisms. It is evident that it has lost its leverage and seeks a• new one. The Constitutionnet, in the absence of Bona parte, seems inclined to take to the Orleans familY- It trims in consequence, and when it has the chance treats the Republic to a few kicks. The Francais oscillates be' tween the Count de Chambord and the Count de Paris. While waiting for one or the other, it finds fault with everything that is done. The Gazette and Union are at one in their desire to expel the Italians from Rome; and the Republic from . France ; they call Heaven-sent Cham bord the Saviour of France. The Indre et Loire no longer dares to speak of Napoleon 111. as the father of the people, but M. Laddveze-Cassagna,c has not yet abandoned all hope of a restoration." DISCIPLINE IN THE FRENCH ARMY.—A military writer gives in the Presse of Vienna a very unfavourable account of the discipline maintained amongst the French troops. On one occasion, whilst travelling, he entered a coupe in which some officers were seated. What happened was ,strange indeed :—" A colonel was standing at the window, and seemed to be defending the first-class carriages against the almost inevitable attack of some common soldiers, who shewed decided pro clivities for easy and comfortable travelling. He spoke to the men and told them they could surely return and get places here if there was no room in the carriages assigned them, but words seemed of no avail. A young soldier of the line, although perfectly sober, desired to enter by force, and strove to push the colonel back into the interior of the compartment ; but finding he could not succeed, this man covered his colonel with the foulest abuse, and, in the presence .of his comrades, who stood quietly by, threatened him with such unmistakable gestures that I co u ld h ar dly credit my own eyes. In the adjoining coupe a lieutenant colonel and a captain were seated. I entered, and WO followed by four elderly soldiers with arms and baggage. The captain told them to go into the carriages assigned to them, but with a simple refusal they kept their seats- The previous scene was again enacted. The men made, the most energetic resistance, and th e ca pt a i n was f or ce d to call the station-mastex and request him to assist him to enforce obedience amongst his men by making them leave the coupe. Unfortunately, the result of this success was not of much avail for us, for the station-master himself brought us, some few minutes afterwards,' four wounded Zouaves, who turned out to be no better than our previous compagnons de voyage. But, to my great astonishment, I heard the captain enter into conversation with these Zouaves, and inveigh in suchimmoderate terms against the Emperor, the staff, and general officers, that the reason of the mon being so demoralised under similar conditions soon became quite clear to me." COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) - - Q. AND A.—" What mania has seized on France ? asks an indignant contemporary. Punch replies, " AllO - AN OPEN QUESTION.—On a Post Card. CONVENIENT MEMORIES.—" No Frenchman," says the Times correspondent, " will allow that in the Plebiscite he voted Oui." Alas, the ex-Emperor must be reminded of the famous song, " 0 where and 0 where is my little oui vote ?" WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY APPROPRIATE. — Th e name of the Postmaster-General, under whose administra tion we have all within the last few days been accomna . dated with a new, cheap, and convenient mode of postal communication, happens to be Hartington, and not, as might naturally be supposed—CAuDwELL. ( From Judy). A very One-sided Affair—The Prussians outside Paris ! ONE TO TIIE POKTlll7.—Some time since, there was a Roman question. N ow th ere i sn 't any—Victor Emanuel has answered it. In his letter to the Pope, he requests the Holy Father will "consider Rome," and tells him the Royal troops are necessary to protect him from the Romans. The Pope does, no doubt, "consider Rome, but, as regards the King's last assertion, ho doubtless also considers It-a-ly 1 (Front Fun.) FRENCH AND PRUSSIAN.—It has been clearly proved in this war that the German "Uhlan " is more than equivalent to the French " Elan." EX-STRAW-DINARY.—Owing to the dry season and the shortness of thr crops this year, many a well-to-do-farmer will wish he was a man of straw." I'VE BEEN ROME-IN.—Every road, says the proverb, leads to Rome. At any rate the road "it Berlin" 1 111 '' certainly brought the Italians to the Holy City. An inquiry is being held as to alleged malpractiscs at the election of a guardian for West Ward, Leeds. Mr• Longley, the poor law inspector, presides. The Kirkstall, a fine screw steamer of 300 tons burden, which has been built and engined, with boilers and outfit complete, to the order of the Yorkshire brewing firm, Messrs. B. Dawson and Co., of Kirkstall AbbeY Brewery, near Leeds, was launched on Monday from the Rosherville Iron Works. The horse power of the engines is 500 hotses. She is intended to tr a d e b e t ween G oo l e and London. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and pills. — Healing not Harmful.—No application has met w ith the same universal approbation for curing all exterual ailments as that which this unguent has received. Sores, dol' ulcers, foetid discharges, burns, blistered surfaces, anu many similar affections are at once soothed and set on the road to soundness by Holloway's Ointment. With this Ointment and Pills the wealthy may save themselves muth suffering, and the poor may help themselves to health, since these medicaments are reasonable in pric e ' and can be purchased in every hamlet. They hav e effected cures of stiff, swelled legs, and lace ra t e d limbs , and opened out the prospect of a happy future after hope of recovery had been given up. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Rugby, the wife of James Surtee° Phillpotts, of a son. On the Bth inst., at 16, Lowndes-square, the Countess of Shannon, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the Bth inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Dover, James S. Watts, Esq., Staff Commander Royal Navy, to Louisa Ann, second daughter of William J. Iron, Esq.► Dover. On the 11th inst., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the Ear l of Cottenham to Theodosia Selina, only daughter of Sir Robert Charles Dallas, Bart., and the Hon. Lady Dallas. DEATHS. - On the 11th inst., at Adrian Villa, Croydon, Daniel Howard, Esq., aged 63. On the 9th inst., at Little Tew Lodge, Oxfordshire, Lieu• tenant-General Bowers, of 31, Wilton-place. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, °f No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE Sim Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thursday, October 13, 1870. 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