The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATURDAY. Notwithstanding that the gravity of the situation, judging from the tenour of the latest telegrams, has by no means diminished, the tone of . the Stock Exchange to-day has been decidedly firmer, and a general frac tional recovery has taken place in values. This, however, is perhaps almost entirely due to the closing of heavy sales in the leading speculation stocks, and not to the belief that an amicabe arrangement of the Eastern Question will be speedily arrived at. In the market for English railway stocks there has been an average recovery of fully I per cent., but for‘ign bonds rarely shew an advance of more than 1 per cent. For home securities - there has been an improved inquiry, and the valne of Consols has risen / per cent., the quota tion for money and the account being 921, 921, and Re duced and New Three per Cents., 901 90a. Bank Stock, 231, 233. Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 12s. prem. India Eva per Cents., 1101, MI, and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. In Colonial Government securities very few transactions have taken place, and prices have been un changed. Although business in English railway stocks has not been extensive, the tone of the market has been good, and the quotations have improved. Metropolitan, at 621, 63 ; Brighton, at 381, 39; and Great Northern A, at 129, 1291, shew a rise of 1 ; whilst Caledonian, at 761, 77 ; at 1231, 124 ; North-Western, at 1241, 125 ; and Great Western, at 651, 66, are 1 better. North-Eastern, at 139, 1391, shews an advance of 1. Indian railway stocks have been in limited request. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. 104, 1; East Bengal, 105 ; East Indian, 108, 9 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 104, ; Madras, 104, ; Oude and Rohilcund, 1021, ; and Scinde, 102 k. Canadian shares have been neglected. Foreign shares have changed hands quietly. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111; Bahia and San Francisco, 17k; Great Luxembourg, 10.2; Lemberg Czernowitz, 141, 151 xd; Recife and San Francisco, 141; and Lombards, 13k, The foreign bond market has been characterised by more steadiness, and a fractional recovery has ensued. Egyptian (1868) are 1 better, at 73 to 731; Italian (1861), 1, at 52i to 521; Spanish (1867), 1, at 301 to 301; ditto (1869), 1, at 291 to 301; Turkish Five per Cents., 1, at 401 to 401; ditto (1869), at 46i to 471. The French Loan has improved to 21 to 2 dis. American securities have been quiet. The Five twenty (1882) Bonds have been done at 861, 862 ; ditto (1885), 851, 86; Erie shares, 181, 18 ; and Illinois Central, 108, 109. Bank shares have commanded but little attention. Agra-A have marked 8 ; Anglo-Egyptian, 211 ; Imperial Ottoman, 111; Oriental, 401 ; and Union of London, 371. For telegraph shares there has been but a moderate demand. Anglo-American 831 ; British Indian Exten sion, 6, 61 ; British Indian Submarine, 71, 7 5.16 ; Falmouth, 101, 101; Silver's India-rubber, 351, 361; and Telegraph Constructions, 251, 251. In miscellaneous securities very little business has been doing. Cr6dit Foncier of England, 2, 21 ; Ocean Marine, 182. In the discount market there has been a fair supply of capital. The demand for accommodation has been to a limited extent, and three months' paper has been taken at 21, 21 per cent. There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. The Poonah, from Alexandria, has brought £56,332. The Massilia, for Alexandria, has taken out 230,000. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—SATunDAr, LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS, The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 Vict 5p c Jan & JulylB94. 102 103 921, 2,9, I 1029, 9 Do for Account 929, 9 911, Three per Cent Reduced 909 Egyptian 1862, 901 7p0.. .. - - 901, 9 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 97 100 New 3 per Cent 909 9, 9 Italian. 1865. 5p o - - Exchequer Bills. March 7 12 pm Peruvian. 1865, 5p a June 89, Do, June 7 12 pm Portuguese B/ 1669 3Do .. 30 31 86 pm 301, 30 Bank Stock - - Russian. 1862, 5 p a.. .. 82 84 India 5 per Cents - - 81, 21, 2 112, 11, 109 DoNicolas 4p o India Bonds - - 63, 4, 39, pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pa Can 6pc Jan &Julyll77-84 10491051 309, 30, 9 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1869, 3 p c Do 5p c Jan & July .. 961 971 30, 291, 302 979, 69 Turkish, 1854, 6p c 7B 80 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1865, 5p c Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 93 40 3 / 4 . 1, 9 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p c November 1878 lO5 107 56, 79, 8 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U. 5.5-20 Bonds, 6p a L 332 869 87 July 1873 lO3 105 869, I. 9. 9 New S Wales 5 p 01871-76 101 102 Do do 1885 859 86 New Zealand opc 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-40Bilds. spo 1901 85 859 Do 5p a Do 5p c Consolidated 969 979 ErieShs, 100 dole, all paid - - 971, 7 Illinois Central Shares .. 108 109 Do 6 poMar &SeptlB9l 106 108 108/ Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Atlantic and GW R Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 114 116 Mortgage Bonds - DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 11091119 . 1109, 11. 109 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B7 89 Do ht Pre! 80nd5.... 55 57 Caledonian 77 2nd Pref Stock Great Eastern 36, 5, 69 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern 1191 Great Indian Pen gs' o 10311041 Do A 129 131 104, 1 Great Western 651 669 Great Western ofCanada 131 131 651 69 Do 6p a Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 Lancashire & Yorkshire 129 131 x d 1301 Do 51 do. 1877-8 94 96 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 38 39 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 Idis fpm 39 Madras guar 5 p c Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 13 104, k 12/ N. Railway of Canada, Lon and North-Western 12411259 6p a Ist Pref Bonds 125 Oude and Rohilkund g Lon and South-Western 88 90 5p a 881 1021, 1 i Man, Shef, and Lincoln 41 92 Scinde, Punjaub, and 411 Delhi guar 5 p a Metropolitan 621, 39 ____,_ Bahia and San Francisco __ __ Midland — 124 173 North British North-Eastern Consols 139 140 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 24 25 1391, 3, 9 x d South-Eastern 7ll 721 Dunaburg and Witepsk 17 18 Atlantic and St Lawmen 76 78 Dutch-Rhenish 2l 22 Bombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France — Central India, g 5 p 0.. 10311041 Great Luxembourg 1041, 4 103 Buff & Lake Huron Prof 4 41 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Do Cape guar 51 pc B 6 p c 6 0 8 3 15 1 143 Id 2 7pc x d Northern of France East Bengal guar 5 p c.. 10411051 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidl n ) 41 53 105 San East Indian, g 5 p c .... 108 109 Recife (Limite and d) guarFrancisco 7p o 109, 81 113 Grand Trunk Canada .. 101 111 San Paul o IL) guar 7p o 20 21 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 133 131 charge 6n e Do 2nd do Scrip ~.. 2 dis par Southern of France .... BANKING COMPANIES. Pa Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 1 11pm 8 110, 11. 1 25 Alliance (L) 10 Auglo-Austrian . 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21 211 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34 210 20 Lou and Westmuster 620 631 60 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 141 81 25 Char Mere of India 22 23 20 Midland (L) 10ity City 10 lO 11 20 New South Wales .. :.8 40 . _. ._. 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL .. • 1 1 pin 401 20 Eng. Scot. and. Aus 0 16 17 25 Union of Australia.. 411 42i 20 Imperial %I.') 37} TELEGRAPII COMPANIES. I'd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 83 85 10 Great Northern .... 111 11/ 835 x d 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 125 130 Japan Extension.. 25 2 dis 1265 x d 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 51 65 10 British Australn (L) 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 6 65 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 45 5 65, 3-16 1-16 25 Pnina mad S. Pctc(L) 15 25 dis 10 Brit's" Indian Sub- dim marine, (L) 75, 5-16 20 Soc Trans France (L) 131 145 2 China Submarine (L) 55 MIS 100 Submarine 235 240 JO Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2 2i and Malta (L) 10i, i MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austriani 3 nd - 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re. • 66 holders' Certificate 1 5 2 % deernablalB7o 64 10 BerlinWa:erworks(L) 14 1 15 1 30 London Fin Ass oc IL) 19 18dis Gen Omnibus .. 24 3/ Lon 30 Bolekow-Vaughan (L) 33 38Pm 4 2 15-16 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 p c Sterling Loan.. 91 03 2 Lon &Prov Marine L) 11 pm 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 23 31pm 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 25 Canada Company. . 74 76 gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 101 10 Ceylon Company (1:) 4 35dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 die. par 35 City Offices (L) 2 5 4 22} dis 5 Natnl nisi:3G Com and 104 114 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assuruce 24 3pm Merc Agenoy IL) .. 4 1 pm 10 Crdt Form of Bug (L) 2 24 5 N Zealand Loan and 2:, 2 Trust (L) 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 184 274 Ebbw Vale Steel ILI 0 Idle 10 P and 0 Steam 49 51 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p 0 491, 50 M7rtgage Loan.... 74 78 Do do New. 1867 2 die par 100 Egyp 9 p cV'ro 0 Rhylnuey Iron guar by E g yp G„,... yLoan. 5 Do New Bl 95 974, 7 97 100 0 Royal Mail Staam 13 Fore-stWarehouseiLl 61 71pru 2 Tel Con and Mgl4 (L) 251 250 100 F T rust Colonial Gov 25!, L 1 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 99 2 Thames and Mersey BC T V.arine Insur IL 34 35 pm 21 Gen Credt &Diset (L) i 4 di. 14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 29 Tobacco 6 n c Loan. guar by Italian Gov. 7 Hooper's Tel Works 2/1/dis 5 T rus t and Loan co of 17 Hudson's Bay 8 81 Upper Canada ... 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per. and 513 Marine, Lv 1(1 51i pm Tel Works LI .... 35 37 20 Union Steam s hi p (L) i 2 1 "4 362, 53, 65, 5% 6 United Dis Corp rn (L) n 1 2 I .5 In terul Fula', SociL) 2113 dis 5 UnirMarine I nsur (LI 516/ d p a 20 It brig Can Clavour j i 12 Warrant ifinue 9 ., ~ v I MARKETS. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, and farmers asked a considerable advance, which buyers refused. Sales were made at an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per qr. on last week's rates. Large sales weremade in foreign wheat during the week, and to-day the inquiry was only retail, at an advance of 3s. to 4s. on the week. Grinding barley and maize were ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer. Oats held for an advance of is., which checked business. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of wheat offered at this market to-day at an ad vance of 4s. per quarter over last week's rates. Barley was in moderate request, at Gd. per quarter advance. Oats and malt were the turn in favour of the sellers. Other feeding stuffs held flr►n, at previous quotations. There was a good supply of flour. at advanced quotations. Averages for the week.—Wheat, 1,732 qrs., at 50s. 9d. per qr. ; barley, 8,958 qrs., at 355. iii. per qr. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. SATURDAY.—There was a large supply of wheat from farmers at this market to-day. There was great excitement on the market. A general rise took place in all kinds of grain. Wheat was from 3s. to 4s. higher than last week. Flour 3s. per sack in advance. Feeding stuffs were slightly higher. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a scanty supply of wheat at this market to-day. The foreign news influenced the prices here to-day, and caused an advance of from is. ad. to 2s. per three bushels. Prime barley was un altered, secondary quality was 2s. per quarter lower. New oats ls. per qr. dearer. Beans, 6d. to ls. per load dearer. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The Eastern com plications have seriously affected this market to-day. Trade was opened by sellers asking as much as from 4s. to ss. per qr. more money for wheat ; and although this for a time retarded transactions, business was ultimately transacted at from 2s. to 3s. advance on last week's rates. Best malting barley advanced from 2s. to 3s. Oats from is. to 2s. Beans and peas were also ls. per qr. dearer. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There were moderate supplies of all kinds of corn at this market to-day. Wheat sold freely at 2s. 6d. per qr. advance. Barley and oats remained unaltered. Wheat fetched 515., 535. 6d., and 555. per qr. Barley fetched 295. 6d., 345. 9d., and 375. 6d. per qr. Oats fetched 235. 6d., 255. 9d., and 275. per qr. OXFORD CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was an un usually large attendance at the Corn Exchange to-day, the inel table prospect of war with Russia having brought purchasers from all parts. Wheat sold at an advance of from 2s. to 35. per quarter. Barley was ls. to 2s. dearer, while flour sold at from. 38s. to 40s. per sack. Hay, £6 per ton. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply of cattle at this market to-day was not large, nor was the show of sheep an average one ; and as buyers seem to have made all their purchases at the cattle fair, held last Wednesday, trade was only dull in both. There was a fair supply of pigs, and a steady trade ; young ones, from 165., and stores 28s. Pork, Bs. to Bs. 6d. per stone. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. —Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market :—Our market to-day has been well supplied with hay and clover. Sales have been effected with activity, at about recent values. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDA.Y —Market hides : 561bs. to 641b5., 31d to 3d. ; 641bs. to 721bs. na. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 3id. to na. ; 801bs. to 881bs., 31d. to 4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4d. to 41d ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 41d. to 4id.; 1041bs. to 1121b5., 4fd. to 4/d. Horse hides, 10s. Od. to 12s. calf skins—light, 2s. to 4s. • full, 7s. 6d. Sheep skins— polled, 7s. Od. to 9s. Od. ; half-breds, ss. to 6s. Od. ; Dcwns, Ss. 6d. to 4s. 6d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened quiet to-day. Probable sales, 8,000 bales. Second Report.—This market was unchanged to day on the spot, but rather more was done in arrivals. Mobile, November-December, Bd. Sales, 12,000 bales. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—The coloured cloth hall this morning was dull, the weather being too gloomy for choosing colours. The spring trade, too, makes slow progress. The Russian affair has been a damper to it, and manufacturers refuse to make. The styles of these goods are generally the same as a year ago. The fancies are of various shades. The large stripes for trouserings are dying out, and the stripes now shewn are more subdned and of smaller patterns. Blue and black worsted coatings, both of Leeds and Hudders field make, closely compete with the choice silk twists. In the first-class warehouses a good trade is doing in these goods and many mills are consequently well employed. French and Prussian buyers are still calling for an unlimited supply of low pilots and gray presidents at about 2s. 6d. to cut into overcoats. Blankett at ss. each wholesale one day this week rose Bd. in price, and the sale is as rapid as ever. It must stop soon, how ever, and too soon for the workmen whom it has be en fully employing. At present the mills of Batley, Leeds, Morley, etc., making coarse woollens, work almost incessantly. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market closed steadily to-day, and a moderate business was done. Low and fine sugars show an advance of about 38 for the week. Other kinds 68 to Is. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary, no change. 1,330 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 1375. ; seconds, 1255.; thirds, 118 s. 84 firkins in the market. FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL AND LOSS OF ALL ON BOARD. A very lamentable disaster is reported to have taken place off Cape Clear during the hurricane of the 12th ult., intelligence of which has only been received in Liverpool. Captain Thomas Jones, of the schooner Jeannette and Jane, of Portmadoc, states that he sailed from Glou cester on the 9th of October in company with the Martha Gertrude, Captain Williams, also of Portmadoc, both vessels being bound for Limerick. Everything proceeded well until the 12th of October, when being within about fifteen miles to the south-east of Cape Clear the wind commenced to blow very hard from the south west, and gradually increased to a fearful hurricane from the W.S.W. At seven o'clock in the morning the Jeannette and Jane and the Martha Gertrude were hove to on the starboard tack. At three o'clock in the afternoon the wind veered round to the N.W. still continuing to blow a hurricane, the weather being very thick, and a heavy cross sea running at the time. The sea broke continually over the Jeannette and Jane, and on the weather clearing up a little there was nothing to be seen of the other vessel, and Captain Jones believes that the Martha Gertrude must have foundered between three and four o'clock, as about that time the wind came in fearful squalls, and that all on board have perished. This belief is also borne out by the fact that since the 12th of October nothing has been seen or heard of either vessel or crew. There is no doubt that during the late fearful weather a great many vessels have gone down that will never be heard of except as being posted up as `• missing." The River Mersey, a very fine vessel, under command of Captain G. F. Cook, which sailed from San Francisco for Liverpool on the Bth of March last, with a full cargo of wheat, has just been posted at Lloyd's as "missing," as since her de parture from San Francisco nothing has been seen of either vessel or crew. The River Mersey was a very fine vessel of 541 tons register, was built in 1865 by Messrs. Potter and Co., of Liverpool, and was owned in that town by Messrs. Hargrave, Fergusson and Co. Several other vessels which ought to have arrived at Liverpool some time ago are now considerably overdue. The sittings of the Spanish Cortes have been suspended until after the return of the Commission sent to Italy to present to the Duke d'Aosta the Crown of Spain. Tranquillity prevails in Madrid, A letter from a soldier of the Irish Brigade from Caen, in the Nation, states that the regiment was on Tuesday last under orders for Bourges, the men being "in the best of spirits." The writer hopes more men are pre paring to leave Ireland for France, and adds that the corps badly wants " a green flag and a few Irish pipers." The constant firing of the Paris forts is of some service to the Germans. Their generals, says Dr. Russell, know now the range of the guns on every fort, and they confess that the ordnance is not to be despised. Some of the guns in position on the forts have an unexpectedly long range. They carry not only to the outposts, but to the reserves. The Northam steamer, from the Cape, brings £14,000 worth of diamonds. Two very large perfect gems are among the number. One weighs GO carats. The diamond fields are said to yield very favourable results. A magnificent diamond, weighing 88 1-16 carats, the largest yet found there, has been discovered by Mr. Wheeler, who was offered for it on the spot £22,000, but he wanted £30,000, and is on the way to England with it. Among the papers seized at St. Cloud by the German army was a note from 011ivier to the Emperor dated July 6th, in which he says that Gramont's declaration has been received by the Chambers with emotion and im mense applause. The Left itself with but a small excep tion, will support the Government. He says that at first the general feeling went beyond their wishes, but he took advantage of an observation of Cr6mieuies to inter pose. He would not have it appear that they wished for war, but for honourable peace. The publice motion outside the Chamber is great, but it is noble and patriotic. There is, he adds, a heart in this people. The Times correspondent at Tours says that the defen sive works now thrown up by the French in front of Orleans are of a very formidable nature, that many thou sand workmen are employed in their construction, and that upwards of fifty heavy siege guns have been sent from La Rochelle to arm them. The works are of the nature of an entrenched camp. " Large reinforcements have been sent to the front from Le Mans. The French are said to have 300 field guns. Seven or eight batteries have passed through Tours. They seemed in good ser viceable condition, but not showy, the horses ill groomed, and the men not very clean. Some of them had mules instead of horses, as in Spain. Mules are very good for such serviee, but of course not for flying artillery." A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises aji the appliances and devices for vari e d wor k w i th which all the b e sp sioyjng machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises them all so NOISNLESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that Most of .tile gib piaohines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no snore, and that "LA SIENCIEUSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACX, Soppig, and Co.'s, 210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.); will quietly take their place, as the universal domestic helper.--"investment eireniar and Financial Record," September 7, 1870. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. THE FOOD QUESTION. One of the English residents who have just escaped from the French capital gives excellent reports of the food stores within. Bread, instead of having risen in price, is rather cheaper than in ordinary times. and up to the Bth of this month there had not been the slightest sign of a failure or diminution of the supply. Even the confectioners' shops presented, the same array as usual of those fanciful and elaborate cakes and sweet biscuits, which it seems so strange that any one can eat. Hard biscuits are in great request for the Mobiles and volunteers on outpost duty, and they are as good and cheap as in Reading or Dundee themselves. The price of wine of all kinds is precisely the same as in times of peace ; there is enough via ordinaire to last a good twelve months. Absinthe, considered a prime ne cessary by Parisians, is also plentiful, so are chocolate, coffee, and the like. "Salt provisions, hams, Liebig, and sardines were obtainable quite a month after the investment. I bought some sar dines about the middle of October, which had risen very little in price, and, with very great difficulty, at the same time managed to secure one of the last hams that were sold publicly in the shops. Now, no money could pro cure any of these three articles or potted meats, or fish of any kind. lam not sure that it is not possible still to get pate de foie gras and salmis of game, &c., bat their price, very high in ordinary times, kept them from being exhausted early in the siege." Cheese failed at the very beginning of the siege. The meat question involves a more gloomy tale. The escaped Englishman does not say how long the meat will last, but he holds to the belief that some kind of flesh will be available for a long time to come. " Before long, if not already, there will be strict rations, and tickets entitling their happy owners to their quantum of dead cab - horse. There are still vast quantities of horses in Paris, which could be sacrificed without touching the artillery and cavalry horses at all. When the cab horses, drag horses, and omnibus horses are defunct, there will be the cavalry to consume before reccurse need be had to the artillery horses, most necessary of all to General Trochu and to France. Even when the horse flesh and the sheep and oxen have been all devoured, do not suppose that Paris will be wholly without meat. It is well known that the Government have laid in stores of salted meat to last a considerable time. These have not been touched yet, and will not be touched until the proper time arrives. I have said enough, I hope, to chew you that that time cannot yet be regarded as near at hand. The flesh of asses, which has escaped the tax imposed upon the carcases of the nobler steed, sells at a great price, as much as three or four fancs a pound for the best parts, and is said to be infinitely superior to horseflesh. Smaller animals are made much of and fatted up with sinister intentions. Often you may see an old woman sitting at her stall in the market, caressing complacently a fat lop-eared rabbit, whose value she knows is increasing every hour that he lives. Cats are not lightly allowed to stray abroad, and even dogs begin to tremble for their lives." On the other hand, the bread stores are very abundant. Supposing that the Parisians really resolved to be starved out rather than surrender, "it is plain that the popula tion could exist without really serious loss of life upon bread and condiments. The latter—l include chocolate, salt, and spices=will not fail sooner than the bread, and the stores of bread, or rather flour, are of enormous mag nitude. The harvest of a good corn year was sent in great part into Paris ; not altogether for pur poses of provisionment against a siege, but for the safety of the country farmers who imported it, and who imagined rightly that it would be much safer within the walls of the capital than in their own unprotected homesteads en province. When I left Paris the Halles de Bld were still crammed with sacks of wheat. In hundreds of private houses and hotels there were quantities of similar sacks laid safely by. Of all the government had taken an account, and their contents could be at any moment devoted to the public sustenance in rations. How does the question of famine, then, really stand ? If the Prussians are resolute, they have still a long time to wait." `1 RH SUS, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1870. OPINIONS OF THE PARIS PAPERS. The Germans have captured many Paris papers in balloons. Extracts from them certainly convey the im pression that a change has taken place in the feeling of the population with regard to the defence. They hear nothing of the arrival of an army to relieve them, and demand the meeting of a legal National Assembly to decide the question of war or peace. The same papers which during the nego tiations of M. Thiers accused the Government of weakness now reproach it bitterly fir having rejected the armistice offered by Prussia. The Verite remarks that the Govern ment had laid down the conditions that we must either conquer or negotiate, but that it was time to give up such phraseology, which only deceived themselves, and was likely to injure their cause. The Patrie refers to the efforts made by the neutral Powers, and declare that it should be fully understood the Government of the National Defence will not again frustrate any further efforts which may be made in the way of negotiating peace by the nations of Europe. It is of no use for the Government to lay down conditions in a haughty manner when the enemy are able to please them selves with regard to the line they adopt. The Patrie exhorts the Government to adopt a more moderate tone, and not to assume in the hour of defeat those airs which would .be unbecoming if they had gained a victory. Speaking of the recent circular of Jules Favre, the Paris Journal says that the politician is not so manifest in this circular as the lawyer, and if a comparison is made between the addresses of Count Bismarck and the French Minister, it will be seen that clever diplomatists do not always appear under the forms of great patriots and good Citizens. M. Edmond About declares in the Soir that it is impossible to carry on a longer resistance, and that Count Bismarck has done them a service in refusing the revictualling of Paris, which would only have prolonged a useless contest. As Jules Favre could not compromise himself by agreeing to the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, he should be succeeded by another Minister of Foreign Affairs. Louis Blanc, in another article on the same subject, is equally pleased at the rejection of the armistice, and is against the proposal of calling together a Constituent Assembly. If Paris cannot save itself it had better perish. M. Ernest 114nan, in the Journal des Debuts, states his belief that a truce of eight days' duration would suffice for the nomi nation of a National Assembly, or, in case of necessity, the election could take place during the continuance of the war. The deputies who are elected might assemble in some provincial town where the Paris deputies could join them if they travelled in a balloon. MISERY BEFORE THE CAPITAL. Mr. G. M. Ludlow sends to the Spectator a letter from a Frenchman, who is in the midst of the German lines before Paris. He portrays a woful picture of misery. The following are some extracts:—" At present, in gene ral, provisions are distributed to the soldiers, but we have always to add something, sometimes a great deal, and wine always. One Prussian eats as mull as four Frenchmen at least. Our poor commune is set down by this time for more than 80,000 francs in requisition on the budget. About 6,000 francs worth of wine have been taken from the houses of absentees. Wood is now becoming scarce, not through real, evident want, which could be met, but through the longing for destruction. They light fires to roast an ox for making their coffee. At my cousins' the gardener gave them wood ready sawn, and faggots ; no, they must break doors, furniture, tools, to throw into the fire ; and it is said that these men are our superiors in civilization ! No,—they are strong, they are marvel lously organised; this war has been Prussia's dream for two generations, They are revenged for Jena and for all the past victories of France. But their mode of making war is the calculated refinement of ruin and pillage. Should you complain to their officers, they often answer with the utmost politeness that they are very sorry ; that it is not soldiers of their corps who have done the mis chief—but it is never their soldiers, always those of another regiment ! As to the deserted houses which they have occu pied, nothing can give an idea to those who have not seen it of the filthiness, of the mania for destruction of these heroes of Strasburg and Metz ; broken mirrors, wainscotings torn out and burnt, &c. I thought the evil was at its height at the second invasion ; the fourth has come, and they are picked troops, the Landwehr of the Guard, all married men of from 25 to 40. Individually they are very well, but as a body they will have done more harm to the country than all the rest." 30th October. " Frightful weather. Almost continuous rain. Still, a farmer told me that in ploughing the soil is very hard yet at the bottom of the furrow. On the other hand, there are many places in the plain of Velizy, be tween Meudon and Chaillon, where the plough has to be turned aside in order not to turn up the dead of the 19th September. Three days ago a Prussian, coming back wet to the bone from the trenching work now going on towards Chatillon, was looking melancholy; a friend of ours asked him if this navvy's work suited him, if hp would not rather return to his Eihop at "jam burg. " C) yes; war is a sad thing very sad I But to dig ditches in the mud, and to cut with a spade through a comrade's body, that is horrible ! to see the head sepa- rate itself, livid and hideous, from the spit of earth which has not yet decomposed it !' . . . A whole file of diggers exhumed almost at once a row of corpses, here and there French, but by their own avowal many Prussian. It was found necessary to cover up again at once the horrid remains and to change the line of the trench. The officer who lives with us took good care not to give us these details, but the soldiers are more willing to speak. Yethe himself allowed that typhus had broken out alter their stay on that soil ; some deaths have occurred already." TEE EXPECTED SORTIE. In a letter dated from the Royal Headquarters at Ver sailles, November 14th, the special correspondent of the Telegraph says:—What can Trochu be about with his six hundred and fifty thousand men ? We are all fairly puzzled by his utter inaction, for since the 11th the forts, formerly so noisy, have been dumb, and the firing on out posts has dwindled down to an occasional shot, discharged, as it were, merely to save appearances. Since the threatening movement of the Loire Army compelled Von der Tann's Bavarians to retire upon their supports, and obliged the Allied Army to weaken one of its positions before Paris in order to avert a possible catastrophe in the rear, there has been a chance —not even yet entirely at an end—for Trochu to strike a terrible blow at his enemies; and yet he has dons nothing. If the French, in Paris as well as in the field, will give us only until Thursday without attempting a combined operation in the meanwhile, you may set down Paris as irretrievably lost, and the Loire Army as in imminent peril of annihi lation or capture. Prince Frederick Charles's advanced guard arrived at Fontainebleau this morning, and a brigade of Manteuffel's army at Gonesse. The prepa rations to repel a sortie, , in whatever direction it may be made, are so complete that, within two hours of the alarm—which will of course be given so soon as the first indications of an offensive movement on the part of the besieged shall be notified by the outposts—seventy thousand men can be brought to bear upon any individual spot selected by the French for their attack, without leaving unguarded any' other point of the German positions. Supposing the combined attack to be made to-morrow, the Army of the Loire• can be encountered by sixty thousand men, and that of Paris by seventy thousand. These are short odds, you will say, against more than a hundred thousand on one side and perhaps as many on the other ; but, remember, the Germans have the advantage of position in both cases, and, besides, they are on the defensive—so we may await the sequel with confidence. Supposing, on the other hand, a delay of some sixty or seventy hours to take place in the French attack, the Loire Army will certainly find itself assailed on either flank by forces greatly superior, and composed of what, according to the vocabu lary of war now-a-days, may fairly be styled veteran troops—soldiers who have been four months in the field, and have won as many victories as, in former times, would have been spread over a year or more. The Army of the Loire, in short, has no time to lose; if it remain stationary, it will be surrounded and forced to surrender. It must either attack without further delay, in the hope of breaking up the Prussian lines and enabling Paris to loosen her chains, if not to cast them off alto gether ; or it must retreat across the Loire as rapidly as it may. All we ask is, that it shall stay where it is until Thursday morning. In that event, I believe we shall be in Paris by the end of the month. Nobody here credits the possibility of Paris holding out a week after the Loire army shall have been finally disposed of, and the second line, north and south, of the German posts invest ing the capital, shall have been firmly established—as it will be, in all human probability, ten days hence. My I own opinion is, and has been for some time past, that Paris will capitulate before a single gun is discharged from our batteries against the southern forts. The correspondent of the Daily News at Versailles says :—Ever since the news came that Orleans was recaptured we have expected a great sortie from every quarter of Paris. The evident policy of assisting the struggle from without by a strug gle from within has led to this expectation more than any definite movement of the garrison. But there are also vague rumours from the French side that the " supreme effort." as they call it, is to be made between the 10th and 20th of the present month. Mean while there is only the ordinary amount of firing from the forts and skirmishing at the outposts. THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. Naturally great interest is felt at Tours respecting the movements of the army of the Loire. Some perplexity is experienced. The advance of Prince Frederick Charles and his troops upon Tours has been confidently looked for, and it was proposed that the French forces should follow up their advantage, go to meet him and force him to a battle. The opportunity was not seized, however, whether from indecision at the wrong moment, or from the Prussian advance being more rapid than was expected. The French troops resigned themselves to awaiting him, but some councillors actually proposed to refuse battle if it were offered, and to fall back. "To fall back !" cried others, "after achieving an important victory !" "Yes," re plied the timid party, "We are only 50,000 against 150,000. Is it prudent to risk the army of the Loire ?" The 11 , eta Prussian (Cross) Gazette a ffi rms th a t it . is Gambetta who has re-united the scattered fragments of the various troops of the Loire, and has formed them into an army of from 80,000 to 90,000 men more or less disci plined. At the same moment that the army of the Loire is believed to be on the march a sortie by General Trochu is thought likely. The southern part of Paris is fortifying itself more and more. It was known at Tours since the 3rd November that Gambetta meant to join the Army of the Loire, with the intention of driving back the Prussians under the Parisian cannon, while the defenders at the same time made a colossal sortie. This scheme counts for much in the refusal of the armistice by the Paris Govern ment. Our generals knew all these plans, and it wai only at the moment of the movement on the Loire that Gambetta forbade the publication of military intelligence. The course pursued by Von der Tann at Orleans proves that he justly appreciated the enemy's strength, and would not move without reinforcements. The fight on the 7th enabled him to understand the enemy's position exactly, and as his retreat might have been cut off had he remained longer at Orleans, he left that for the road to Chateaudun. After perceiving that the enemy was superior in numbers, he fell back on the road to Paris until he reached Toury, where he was reinforced. Von Wittich and Prince Albert joined him at Chartres, and the Grand Duke of Mecklen burg was to reach him from Paris on the 11th." The belief in an intended sortie by General Trochu is also current at Tours. Some profess to believe that while the Army of the Loire is saying, "If Trochu could only come out with 150,000 men and reach Orleans !" the General is saying, inside the walls, "If the Army of the Loire could only get as far as Corbeil or Juvizy I would risk a sortie." Thiers is reported to have said to a land owner from Orleans who wished to visit his estate, " You must make haste if you wish to have time to get back." At Lyons it is reported that the Army of the South, which has been awaiting the enemy in strong posi tions at Chagny, is about to imitate the Army of the Loire, and take the initiative. "Fn avant ;" is the watch word of the generals, and it is very cordially responded to, for great ardour prevails among the troops, and an offensive warfare suits the French temperament much better than the defensive. Why, asks the correspondent of the Standard, is D'Aurelles thus letting day after day slip by, when every day, every hour,brings the army of Prince Frederick Charles nearer and nearer to him? Had he renewed the battle upon the following day, ere the Prussians had recovered from the effects of the defeat, there can be little doubt that he would have again defeated Von der Tann with his reinforcements, and there would have been nothing that could have opposed him, until, in four or five days, he approached the besieging army. Now all this is changed. Prince Frederick Charles is as near Paris as D'Aurelles is himself. The Prussians were notified at Sens on the 13th ; they may by this time have arrived in face of Fontainebleau. Manteuffel has probably been ordered to arrest his march to the north, and to march down to the south of Paris on the shortest notice. In brief, had D'Aurello given battle again on the 10th, ho would have had only the army of Von der Tann between him and Paris. If he now advances he will probably have to fight Von der Tann, Prince Frederick Charles, and Manteuffel in succession before he can get within striking distance of the King's army at Paris. Nor is there any conceivable reason for the delay. General d'Aurelles must have known that with the force at his disposal he could drive back Von der Tann whenever he took the offensive ; he knew, too, the position of the other armies of the enemy, and it was an act of doubtful wisdom to call atten tion to his strength until he was fully prepared in every way to follow up his success instantly by marching straight upon Paris. There may, of course, be some deep plan of military strategy masked behind the appa rent apathy, and persons in the secrets of the Government profess to consider that all is going on excellently. All Lean say is, the plan is too deep for your correspondent, or for any ono with whom he has spoken ." Jt would appear that when the French do make their great sortie from Paris it will be in the direction of Ville juif, in the valley of the Bievres, to the South. Here a very formidable new work of twenty four guns has been run up, and the French are still pushing out their en trenchments in that direction. Dr. Russell thinks that if they are permitted to go on, they will wedge themselves in between the Germans, and be able to enfilade the corps on each side, and so " separate the right of the Crown Prince from the extreme left of the Wurtembergers." The cattle plague still exists in no less than 84 places of eastern or German Lorraine. The adjoining province of the Palatinate is tolerably free. The Cologne Gazette, speaking of the affair at Orleans, observes that the French fought excellently, though the Werder muskets, with which the Bavarians were armed, made a great impression upon them. The Eastern complication has not improved the dis position of Englishmen towards Germany. The Standard declares that King William has " cooked" his report of the defeat of the Loire Army. It does not believe that Aurelles de Paladine has sustained any serious defeat. The Deputy-Mayor of Strasburg has written to the illonittur Universel, and in the course of his remarks he declares that the civil population of Germany will never accept for its own the programme of Count Bismarck which would put Central Europe under the hard rule of Prussian gentlemen who are the last representatives of feudalism. Upon the persons of many of the German prisoners taken at Orleans were found French gold coins, rings, and other trinkets. One of the waggons captured was filled with ladies' wearing apparel, laces, shawls, and silk—the result of plunder. The amount of the requisitions in money and goods at Orleans is calculated at £200,000 besides an enormous quantity of private plunder. In one of the waggons taken were forty clocks. Letters from Versailles in the German papers mention the increasing number of deserters. On the Bth forty officers waving white handkerchiefs, advanced to the outposts, under the pretext that there was a truce. They evidently wished to be captured, expressed surprise at the comfortable quarters of the Germans, and stated that ravenous soldiers snatched their food from them. They were ordered back, and on leaving cast an envious look at the steam rising from a plate of potatoes. During the Prussian occupation of Orleans by the Bavarians, General der Tann requested the municipality to procure four horses, to take the wife of Marshal Bazaine to Versailles. Orders were given to all the advanced guards to receive her with great respect. On the municipality complaining of the heavy burdens laid upon them in the way of requisitions, the General advised them to draw up a proteit, and request Mdme. Bazaine to deliver it to the King of Prussia at Versailles. This they unanimously declined to do. A correspondent of the Staudard writes :—I spoke yes terday to a lady who fled from Orleans just before the entry of the Germany, and who has now returned from a visit of inspectiou to her house. She finds it completely gutted. Pictures, ornaments, linen—everything, in fact, portable has been carried off ; looking-glasses, furniture, and anything not readily transported has been smashed. I hear from all sides that almost all the houses occupied by the Germans have been left in a state of indescribable filth. According to the Provinzial Correspondenz, there is already a large assemblage of royal personages at the head quarters at Versailles. The Grand Dukes of Baden and Oldenburg have arrived. Besides these, all the branches of the Saxon royal family are represented—the Crown Prince of Saxony, the Grand Duke of Weimar, and the Duke of Altenburg being at head-quarters, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and the Prince of Weimar with the 3rd Army, and the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen attached to the Cavalry Division of Prince Albrecht. A letter from Nanteuil, in the Carlsruhe Gazette, says —" As the tunnel has completely fallen in, a loop line is being made, which it is hoped will be completed in the course of the month. Till then all the guns and enormous masses of ammunition necessary for a bombardment of Paris must be transported by road for fifty or sixty miles. For the heaviest guns Somler's street locomotives are used, which have the disadvantage of terribly destroying the roads, which are sodden with rain. The usually excellent French roads are now so worn and so full of deep holes, that only on the firmest roads can things be got along. The Journal d'lndre-et-Loire states that in the recent fighting before Orleans a German officer was made pri soner upon whom was found a plan of the invasion, upon which the various strategical points were clearly marked. Neither Blois nor Tours, Romorantin nor Vendome, were indicated. The town of St. Aignan was the only place in the department of the Loire-et-Cher which was men tioned. In the Cher, Bourges and Vierzon were marked. Thus Issoudun in the department of the Indre, Saint Aignan, Bourges, and Vierzon would appear to be the ex treme points of the projected invasion on that part of France. Towards the south-east the plan included Dijon and Besangon. In the north-west it extended to Amiens, Dieppe, and Rouen ; and in Central France to Cosne and Clamecy. THE FORTRESS OF BELFORT.—The Prussian Monitor, in an account of the fortress of Belfort, admits that it is the most important of the communications with the South-East of France, and of late its value has in creased, from the construction of three railway lines which meet there. At the present moment it has an ex ceptional importance, as the south of Alsace will not be completely secured to Germany without the possession of this fortress. At Belfort the railway lines pass eastwards towards Bale, passing by Mulhouse, west ward towards Paris by Vesoul, and to the south-west to Besancon by the valley of Doubs, these three lines maintaining the communication with' Switzerland and with the south and south-east of France. Belfort is a fortress of the first rank, and is situated on the Savou rense, in a plain, from which rise several groups of strong heights, of which Mont Miotte, 1,500 feet high, and the Mont de la Justice, 1,300 feet, are the most important. Belfort guards the passages between the Vosges and the Jura, and closes the roads leading from Lower Alsace to the valley of the Doubs. The town is commanded by a citadel, constructed by Vauban, surrounded by an enceinte with bastions, which separates it from two important faubourgs. Besides, the fortifications on the rock of Belfort, whose highest point rises 200 feet above the level of the Savoureuse, Belfort is defended by the permanently entrenched camp of Vallon, which can con tain 20,000 men, and which is protected by the powerful forts of Miotte and La Justice, besides other works. The town itself is one of the most important in the depart ment of, the Haut-Rhin. It has 8,400 inhabitants, is the residence of civil and military authorities, possesses many remarkable monuments, and as a commercial town has some consequence. LYONS AWAITING THE ATTACK.—A. resi dent correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Lyons on the 13th, relates the steps taken to repel any attack. He says :—The town has a complete circle of forts, some of them of immense strength, entirely pro tecting it from a coup de main. With a sufficient gar rison, and if well provisioned, it ought to make a tough resistance. The principal part of Lyons lies in the long, narrow triangle formed by the junction of its two splendid rivers, the Rhone and Saone ; but important suburbs have grown up on the left bank of the Rhone, out of Lyons proper. A high, steep hill,. called the Coteau des Fourviere, runs along the right bank of the Saone, in immediate proxi mity to it, and overlooks the western side of the town during its whole length. The hill is formidably fortified. A series of bastioned stone forts and their connecting fosses run along the entire length, and render attack from the country beyond no easy matter. Here are in succession Forts St. Irenee, St. Just, Loyasse, &c. ; and two or three miles further up the Saone, on the same side, is Fort la Duchere, which defends the valley of the Saone and forbids an advance from the north-east. On an elevated plateau dominating the town is situated the Quarter of the Croix Rousse—the scene of the insurrection and terrible massacres in '49. This plateau looks almost perpendicularly down upon the lower part of the town towards the south, and upon the two rivers east and west. Northward it stretches away in an unbroken plateau towards La Bresse, and along it runs the Chemin de Fer des Dombes. An approaching enemy would meet with but few natural obstacles here ; but directly in his path is Fort Montessuy the largest near Lyons, whose guns not only sweep the entire plateau, but cross their fire with the forts on the opposite bank of each river. In its immediate neighbour hnod is situated the Camp of Sathonky, where there is ac commodation for an entire army. The weakest part of Lyons is undoubtedly towards the last. Here Forts aL Tete d'Or,Charpennes, and Guillotierelie along just outside the suburbs of the Brotteaux and La Guillotiere, and complete the circle of fortifications. The forts are not more than a mile and a half from the very heart of the city, so that the latter must suffer terribly in case of an attack from that side. In addition to all this, earthworks have been thrown up around the place, wherever they have been considered - requisite. Another important step has been the fortification of Mont Cindre, a high hill with absolutely a perpendicular side, situated on the right bank of the S aone , a b ou t th ree an d a half or four miles above Lyons. It is only since modern long-range artillery has come into use that the utility of fortifying Mont Cindre came to be discussed, but, owing to the improbability of an invasion, it has never been carried into effect. Naval guns of long range have been sent up from Toulon for this and other important points around the town. It is to be hoped, however, that this preparation will have been so much labour in vain; for the consequences of a siege would be frightful. NOTICE. —KINAHAN's LL. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co. have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Alarlcet-street, Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky. —This famous Spi and most delicious 014 mellow rit is the very cream of Irish whiskies,_ in quillity unrivalled, perfectly p ure , and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained all over the kingdom, in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Ag en t s to Messrs. Bass, Guinness, and Younger, and Dealers in Foreign Wines and Spirits. THE EASTERN QUESTION. • MR. ODO RUSSELL. The Spectator says :—Mr. Odo R u s se ll has been sent ' t ; rumour says not so much by Lord Granville 9. 8 b or e r whole Cabinet, to the Prussian head-quarters atlo sallies. It seems to be u n i versa lly understood 013_4', mission is to get an expli c it answer f rom the Pr il se Government whether this Russian tearing-UP Treaty of 1856 is done with the sanction and c° n ",,,) rence of Prussia; and if not, what attitude VI 'e is prepared to take in relation to ros:;) professed purpose o f se tti ng h er eng3o,, i gi at defiance. We do not s u pp ose a b e tt er se lection " iiie that of Mr. Odo Russell c ou ld h ave b een made f 1 , 0 .19 purpose. He has been trained i n one o f the best 5 , 1 ' 1- 01 of diplomatic art, that of Rome ; and if he catches u° 0 Bismarck at Versailles,—there is a rumour , no dou bt , idle one, that Count Bismarck was going to Arev e l:if day or two to see the Co un t ess , an d d e l a y his int e ir r. 6 , with Mr. Odo Russell,—h e w ill b r i n g 135c '"01 very clear impression of the Chancellor's t he intentions with him. A correspondent ° f 00 11 Standard likewise opines th a t M r . Odo be st is is the proper man. " M r . R usse ll h as s t u di e d in the " bo i and most accomplished of schools. R ome h a s succu ut d , to force, as the weak in the long run generally must eri but I have heard Mr. Russell say, and there are °7, 1 4 who will testify to the accuracy of th e o b se rvation , '' tbe he never knew of a diplomatic encounter betwe en t he Vatican and the agents of any other Po wer in wh i t e m latter were not worsted. It m a y b e b e lieved, that, on the more of diplomatic ability, the new ofb visitor to the King of Prussia's headquarters will no particular." MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. Rumours and something more are current respec- 1 .4 . speedy convocation of Parliam en t. Th e L on don c ° , l '",,;; pondent of the Scotsman is i n f orme d " on ver y excem o - 0 0 authority, that the Government will issue a su Mnl fi t, under the new Act for the assembling of Parliaeno if an unfavourable answer should be received Lord Granville's note. The offi c i a l s o f the ki °lls e g have already had an intimation to hold theint'o in readiness, and they ex p ec t th a t P ar li a ment 'i v meet about the second week of December, if. a t necessity should arise. This report is discredited s i to l least one influential quarter principally on the gr ° fo r that the Government has a sufficiently large balanc e 00 war preparations without asking Parliament. But, ft• the other hand, there are oth er reasons w hy the Gov e A - 0 ment should desire the support of the Legislature a t The crisis. Mr. Cardwell's order for the increase of artillery is accounted for by our new v i go rous P ° ' - " c and is entirely apart from any que s ti on o f the Pr ° ' ~6, strength of that force in time of peace or security." MR. BRIGHT. It is rumoured that, should the Eastern question' • e about a war in which this count r y w ou ld b e f or ced tO t rej part, Mr. Bright will resign his seat in the Cabinet. rumour gains more credence from the fact that he D s o f ways been opposed to some of the clauses of the TrenV 1856.—London Correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette. THE POLICY OP RUSSIA. Le Nord observes : The London papers pretend to 6 , in Lord Granville's desp a t c h an i n t en ti on o f f o rcibly sisting the eventual encroach men t s o f R us sia. '0 to get to this point it isfist necessary til ti ij these encroachments should ex i s t, an d s h° tho have taken a tangible form. Up to t ha present time nothing has happened to weaken declaration of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg that it rae7 o to respect the integrity of Turkey. For the moment , : have to do with nothing but the affirmation ° e g principle, that of the so ver ei gn ty o f R uss i a on the 811 °0 of the Black Sea, and the Cabinet of St. Petersb4 free to choose its own occasi on an d ti me f or th e prac''' exercise of this right. . disc ° . . At present the st , sion between Lord Granville and the Cabinet a th e Petersburg is carried on o n ly a b ou t a p r i nc i p l e which i 3 chief of the Foreign Office refuses to sanction. Ther e io nothing in that fact to exclude the p oss ibility o f a P e n te solution of the difficulty in question, and the mode l. ' tone of Lord Granville's despatch justifies us in belie . that in this matter as in so many o th ers , the Br it ei i Ministry means to secure an honourable retreat for its m i without directly abandoning the doctrine which it undertaken to defend. OPINION N WAR . . The Irish IRISH " National " O papers of WITH RUSSIA this week rer l e) greatly over the prospect of a war with Russia, in w ill England will be, as they think and hope, h urn iliat7l This will doubly answer th e i r w i s h es : it W a l punish England for no t t a ki ng th e p a rt France against Prussia, and it will lead to "Irish indepe/1 dence." The Nation says :—" It is perfectly evident t." - the Cabinets of Berlin and St. Petersburg, i n their ~ rangements for the course of action which is now an, to be realized, have calculated either on the cowardlY ll , stention of England from interference with th e ir Pro c ri, ings, or else on her complete defeat in case she should eJ tempt to oppose them. For us in Ireland this threaten 0 war is a matter of supreme importance. For t' e b o present we shall only say that if hostilities should br out as expected, our duty as Irishmen will be to take that in the first place we shall have a settlement of t he Irish question." The Flag of Ireland h ea d s its ant i `: " England in the Toils," and says :—" The whirlioo of time inevitably brings round its revenges, and the sf r of nations, as well a s th e s i ns o f men , are s t ore d up certain retribution. England has been and is the Ow . profligate of nations." Cartridges for the Government are,.the Echo understand * being made in imm ense quan titi es b y M essrs . O ei Brothers. The gun factories at Woolwich are word night and day.—The orders for the Channel Squadron,m proceed to Lisbon have been countermanded, and squadron will, for the present, remain at Portland. The United States Navy Department has ordered that three ironclads and nine other war vessels b e got rea u : for sea at the Navy-y ar d a t B os t on , an d h as requ i re d 0 commandant there to forward estimates of the expert 1 0 The object of these preparations are unknown, but New York World suggests that the fleet is to be got re°"*" to look after affairs in San Domingo. THE FRENCH WANT OF PREPARATION.—J ° terribly the want of a few weeks more fo r preparation hi ;,, told against the French ! When they were s t rug gling effectually to hold Orleans a month ago , th ere was te Prince Frederick Charles to outflank the " Army of Loire," for the Prince w a s b es i eg i ng M e t z , and a Grand Duke of Mecklenburg to support Von der for the Grand Duke was busy with the siege of Soise 01 1: 0 Even the reserves of Guard Landwehr arrived bet) Paris after the battle of Octobe r 11. At th a t time u o German forces were but just stron g e n oug h t o i n vest tr bd city, and such an army as h as s i nce mus t ere d for l c ', relief would have then had an appreciable chance of 811 cess. One drawn battle, not to say one victory, on Orleans road, might have compromised the whole GeriPP;c t position southward of Paris. The Germans have been of ' quick, however, that they have k e pt th e i r l ea d, i n s piq all the efforts of unhappy France to form Fresh arsen i General Trochu has grown much s t ronger th an h e W O 0 first for sallying out against the siege wo r k s , but then,""., works are now so complete that a so r ti e wou ld b e a 01 il derous affair. The troops which have pu s h e d b a ck v ° der Tann seem to be far b e tt er p rov id e d w ith ar tillery; far.frore numerous and more boldly handled, than WI which he defeated a month ago on the same groun c " but a swarm of Prussians has arrived to destroy all WI.; of relieving Paris. 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In irritati ons o f th e s ki n ,l e l , o annoying to infancy, this Ointment will prove itself tP best friend. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, the wife of J. K. Soames, Esq., of a daughter. f On the 17th inst., at East Mo u l se y, S urrey , th e wile - o Frederick Bedwell, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES.' On the 17th inst., at Christ Church, Lancaster-da te ' Henry Adderley, jun., Esq., of 76, Inverness-terrac e ' to Adela Sophia, daughter of the late Rev. W. 1 11 ° 1 ' vicar of Misson, Notts. On the 17th Inst. at West Ham, Lindley, yo u nger se ° of William Boa, of Priors, Broomfield, Essex, to Bertle; the younger daughter of the late J. B. Jenkins, of Stock Exchange. DEATHS. On the 17th inst., at Clifton, Sir James Clerk, Bart./ of Penicuik House, N. 8., aged 58. On the 16th inst., at 45, Hertford-street, Mayfair, Eli °. both Sophia Cockorell. 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