The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-01 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.--.YESTEEDAY. Owing to the more pacific appearance of affairs in reference to the Eastern question, and to the hope that the close of the Franco-German war is now at hand, the Stock Markets have ruled firm throughout the day, and the tendency of prices has been upwards. It is now pretty evident that the return of peace will bring with it a great impulse to business of every kind. Stocks of British goods on the Continent have been much reduced, and will have to be replenished so soon as opportunity offers. A decided recovery took place to-day in the market quotations for stocks, though the transactions were not very numerous in consequence of this being the settling day, and the attention of brokers being devoted to the closing of the account. Consols closed at 93k, 93 , 1 both for money and account Reduced and New Three per Cents at tilt 91k; India Five per Cents, 112, 1121 ; India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. Colonial Government Securities were in fair average request for investments, and values were well sustained, The railway stocks have ruled steady throughout the day, and the general tendency of prices has been upwards. Caledonian, South-Eastern, and London and Brighton have advanced I; Great Northern A., stock shews a rise of 2 ; Midland, and London and North-Western, of ; and Great Western, of On the other hand, Metropolitan shares have given way ; Great Eastern, and North- Eastern, I. Nearly all the changes in the foreign market were of a favourable character, . and some of them, owing to the belief that the fresh German successes would have the effect of speedily bringing the French to terms, were of an important character. The chief alterations were as follows : Egyptian, 1862, 1864, turd 1868, advanced 1 ditto Railway Debentures, ; Guatemala, (180), 2 ; Honduras, 1; Russian Anglo-Dutch, 1; ditto (1870), 1 ; Turkish, (1862, 1863, and 1865) 1; ditto Five per Cents, f ; Italian Five per Cents, ; United States Five-Twenty Bonds, I; ditto Ten-Forty Bonds, & ; Atlantic and Great Western (Bis cloffahaw's Certificates), 2; ditto Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, ; Illinois Central, ; Panama General Mortgage Bonds have declined 3. French Scrip left off at discount to par. The dealings in joint-stock bank shares have been very much resistricted, but the quotations have keen well sus- tained. Agra have sold at 8, Imperial Ottoman at 11/, 11k, London Chartered of Australia at 241, London Joint Stock, 34 ; London and Westminster. 64 ; National Pro vincial of England was issued at £lO prem., 181 ; Oriental 41/ : Provincial of Ireland, 91. A fair business has been transacted in telegraph com panies' shares, but prices are without important variation. Anglo-American have changed hands at 84 ; Anglo- Mediterranean, 130, 128; Falmouth and Gibraltar, at 16 ; Telegraph Construction shares closed lower, at 26/, 271. The Miscellaneous market has, on the whole, ruled quiet, and prices call for no especial remark. The fol lowing sales have been reported : Ebbw Vale, 18}; General Credit, lit ; Indiarubber, 40 ; London Financial, 101; Ocean Marine, 18 ; South Australian Land, 33 ; Trust and Loan of Upper Canada, 6 1-16. The half-yearly drawing of the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan of 1865, fixed for the present month in Paris, will not, it is understood, take place. As to the dividends falling due in January on' several Turkish securities, it is stated that a moiety, about one million sterling of the total amount required has been already provided, and that the rest is likely to be raised in due course through the extensive rates of interest. The Government Bank has to-day bought £lO,OOO stock on account of the Sinking Fund of the National Debt. There is an abundance of capital in the discount market and the discount sales have ruled very quiet. Good short dated paper has been taken at 2k, 2t per cent. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of Eng land to-day. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, the report of the directors was adopted. The dividend agreed to was at the rate bf 8 per cent. per annum, less income tax. The reserve fund now stands at £79,547. The prospectus of the Thornhill Reef Gold Mining Company has been issued. The proposed capital is £20,000, in £1 shares, and it is intended to work Borne mines in the distridi of tialdon, Victoria, Australia. At the meeting of the Imperial Continental Gas Asso ciation a dividend of £2 per share was declared upon the 56,000 shares of the association for the half-year ended . June 30. At the annual meeting of the Ilfracombe Hotel Company (Limited) a dividend of 8 per cent. was declared. It was proposed to increase the share capital by the issue of 1,000 new shares of £lO each, for the purpose of enlarging the present building, and of paying off a portion of the deben ture debt. The North-Eastern Railway traffic has increased by £4,966 during the past week, as compared with the corre sponding week of last year ; tho Midland Railway has an increase of £5,243. The traffic of the Demerara line for the fortnight ending October 22, has increased by 526 dollars. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. COVERNMEINT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 931 931 DeApril &Oct 1883-85.. 111 112 93, 29, 31 Viet 5p o Jou & JulylB9l. 103 104 Do for Account 93 Brazilian. 12165, 5p a .... 90 92 Three per Cent liedueed 911 919 91, j, 1 911, 9 Egyptian 18b2. 71) et. • • • 7 8 80 New : per Cent 911, 9 Do Rail Deben 7V. • • 99 1 0 1 Exchequer Bills. March 10 15pm 1009 14s, 108 pm Italian, 1865, 5p is Do, June lO 15pm Peruvian. 1865. 5p o .... 91 92 pm , 1, 9 Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 1129, 9 829, 39 India Bonds — Do Nicolas 4p o m 69 9 Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-81 104 105 Spanish. 18867.. 1867. 3pa 1049, 9 31 1 , , 1, I Do March A Sept. 102 104 Do. 1869, 3p a Do 5p o Jan & July .. 97 98 31f, 309, 11, 1, 9 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Turkish, 1854, 6p a -- Dom of Can 5p o 1903 .. 96 93 Do, 1805. 5p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 431, 3, 4 November 1878 lO5 107 Do, 1865 6p 0 Mauritius 6 p o Jan and 61/ July 1873 lO3 105 U.5.5-20110nd5,6 p o 1883 889 889 New 81V ales 5p 01871-76 10111021 889, 1. 8 , 1 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 Do do 1835 871 88 1081 Do 10-4013nds, spo Mt 87 879 Do spc Do 5p a Consulldated 93 99 ErieSha, 100 dols, all paid 981 1 Illinois Central Shares .. 111 112 Do 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 106 108 111 Do June & Deo 1891 108 110 Atlantic and GW R Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 114 116 Mortgage Bonds —. RAILWAYS. Bristol and E Do xeter t6 88 Do 2nd do Scrip .... 2 r 87 let Prof 80nd5.... 54 dis 57ar 78 79 Caledonian 781 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Easton! 382, f. i Great Northern 1231, 41, 4 Grand Trunk of Cana da Do A - 132 134 4th I'ref Stook 133, 3 151, 16, 151 Great Western 69 691 Great Indian Pen g 5., o 10511061 69, 1 1061, 6 Lancashire & Yorkshiro 131 133 Great Western ofCanada 14 141 Lon, Thigh, and 13 Coast 40 403 14, 131 401 Do Op o Bonds. 1873.. iff 99 Lon, Chat, and Dover 121 Do 51 do. 1877-8 94 96 Lon and North-Western 127 1271 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 Idle }pm 127, 61, 71 Madras guar 5 0 o Lon and South-Westoru 88 90 N. Railway of Canada, 90, 80 6p o Ist Prof Bonds Man, Met, and Lincoln 431 44} Oude and Rohilkund g Metropolitan Hi. I Scinde, Punjaub, and Midland .. . 127 1271 Delhi guar 513 a 126/, 71 1021, 3 North British North-EasteniConsols 143 144 g 7 D a 1423, 4, 31 l7f South-Easteru 74 741 Belgian 10 Junction .... 21 29 731, 41 Buenos Ayres Gt Mill.. 241 25 Atlantic and St Lawrime 76 78 Dunaburg and Wltepsk 18 19 Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish 213 221 Central India, g 5 p c.. 10311041 Eastern of Fr ance — 1043, 4 Great Luxem bourg Buff & Lake Huron Prof 4 41 119 Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3 - 4 80 82 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c.. 10311041 151 101/ Northern of France . . E as t I n di a n, g 5 p c .... 108 109 Ottom (Smyrna to Aida 41 51 108! 2. >1 Red fe and *LI i Fr anc i sco Grand Trunk Canada .. 1I 12 ILhnitodi guar 7 p a 111 Sau Paulo IL) guar 7ii a 203 20 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 1 South Austii &Lons- Von 141 111 90 92 Southern of Franco ... charge 6P c BANKING COMPANIES. I'd rd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 24/ 25 Alliance (L) 10 Aug10-Au.st /inn 16 '4 do 20 Anglo-Egyptian lb) 213 211 20 Lou and Westmnster 63 .64 50 British N American 53 b 5 61 20 Ch of India, AustrUa 14 141 10 Metropolitan ai 81 25 Char Nero of India 221 03; 20 Midland IL) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL .. 20 Eng. Scot. an d Ans . () 16 17 25 Union of Australia.. 411 42', 20 Imperial iL 10 Imperial uttinian 111,; 35 37 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. • Pd Pd . • 100 Anglo-Arntrlcan LI 82 84 6 Great N. China, and 84 Japaii Extension.. 21 2 die 10 Anglo-Meditru (L) 127 130 5 Indo-European (LI.. 12 14 130, 281 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Atlantic and Malta ILI ... 51 6) le,o Do 8p c 13 British A 10 British Ind Eaten ustraln (L) (L ). 416 63 dia 3d 6 3 2.i Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 12; dis ......... ~ 7 10 'British Indian Sub- 8 Renter' s marine, (L) 2 China Sul imarine (Id 5341 dis 14 ad 10 Falmouth, G RIO Submarin e ibraltar, and Malta (LI 2 I 101 Do Scrip .......... 2 t:( / ... 10i 10 Great Northern ..., 111 111 10 W Indiakranaraall4 43 51 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. - Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 30 London Fin Assoc (L) 20 18dis holders' Certificate 11 21 101 10 BerliuWa:erworks(L) 1.11_151, 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 22 3 30 Bolckow- Vaughan (L) 30 35Pm 2/, 15-16 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lou Is Prov Marine L) 1 1 pm p c Sterling Loan 91 93 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 4 Brit is Fgo Haring ( L) ".1310m gSD o by Ind Goy. 100 101 25 Canada Oompany. 74 76 2 Mauritius Land (LI 1 dm. par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 313 die 5 NatnlDiscitComp (L) 101 111 35 City Offices (L) 251241dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 2121 pm 5 N 21ealand Loan and 7 13-16 Trust (L) .. ........ 11 11 pm 10 Crdt Fone of Eng (LI 2 91 61 NBritshandDlerc (LI 28 29 100 Crystal Nlaao 100 Do Prof 100 Do 6p a Pero Deb lO9 114 18f, 191 271 Ebbw Vale Steel IL) 9 81dis 50 P and 0 Steam • 48 30 181 10 Do do New. 186? 3 1 dis 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p a 30 Rhyming Iron Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 /5 BO New Bl 91 70 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p cV'nry Man, 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 27 -.7 etar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 271, 61 911, 6 2 Thames and Mersey 13 Forest Warehouse (L) 7 73pm V.ltrine Insur IL 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov St Tobacco 6 p a Loan Trust p c Bonds.. 96 99 guar by Italian Gov, B3 87 71 (fen CredtBrDlsct (L) 8 1 dis 5 Misfit and Loan Co or 71 2 Navi St m rtSirn t 1 273 6 1-16 Upper Canada 14 Gen Hoope r '& }YorksMidis 5Cr Marine. Lvpool IL 42 spm IT 7 likutsn'a's bay 8 81 91 45 Indrbbr, Glut Per.and 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 Tel Works LI .... 39 41 6 United Dis Corprir (L 2 ldis 40, 792, 401, 302 5 UnlvMarine las= rLi 6161 pm 5 Internl Pinar) Soca.) 111 Idle 12 Waraint Financo.... 9 7 (Its 20 It Irrie Can Oavour 3 4 100 Do 6p o Bonds... re -: .,- ... _- deeniat:e 1870 . 63 85 MINING SHARE LlST.—NovEntsica 30. Zlessrs, WATSON BROTIMM Market very-quiet. Dealers engaged With settlement. Mining 01 - fleet, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Australian United, Pary's Mountain, 31, 41 Bwlch Consols, Perron Wheal Virgin, Chiverton Moor, Plynllmmon, 24, 2 Chiverton Valley, Prince of Wales, l ie, 155 Chontales (Gold), Providence Mines, Cook's Kitchen, 171, 181 Rqsewall Rill and Ransome Devon Great Consols, United, Drakewalls, 22a 6d, 25e South Oonctu —, rrow, 3, 31 Dolcoath, South Frances, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2, 21 Tankerville, 134. 131 East Caradon, Taqintril(Gold), 425, 47:1 64 East Lovell, 231, 24 Tineroft, East Seton, Trillnpet Consols. East Wheal Grenville, 21, 21 Van. Frontino and Bolivia ( #old), Van Consols, —s., -6. West Caradon, General Brazilian, West Chiverton, 531. 55 Great Laxey, 18, 19 West Frances, Great Retallack. weat Maria and Fatesehe Great Wheal Vor, 21, 3 28e, Ms Hing.ston Down, Wheal Crebor, Marks Valley, 6), 61 Wheal Grenville. 2, 24 NeW Beldon, 15a, 30a Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, New Lovell, Wheal Mary Ann, Pacific, Wheal Seton, MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—At Mark-lane to-day, owing to the more favourable weather, the grain trade exhibited a somewhat firth 'appearance. Nevertheless the busi ness passing was do a very limited scale. There was a small show of English wheat on offer, while the arrivals from abroad were only moderate. Sales in all descriptions were effected cautiously, at the rates current on Monday last. There was a short supply of barley on the stands, which was disposed of quietly, at about previous currencies. The malt trade was dull, but prices were fairly maintained. There were large arrivals of oats on sale, The inquiry was inactive, but prices were without any quotable alteration. Beans and peas were purchased to a limited extent, on former terms. The flour trade was de pressed, but prices were unchanged. Arrivals—English and Scotch—Wheat, 60 ; barley, 180 ; peas, 20. Foreign---Wheat, 3,930 ; oats, 22,980 ; maize, 1,910 ; and flour, 510 sacks 10,440 barrels. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - The supplies of wheat at this market to-day were small, of other grain good, Wheat was in fair demand, at last week's prices. The sales of barley were heavy; the finest samples is. per quarter cheaper. Other sorts were without change. Oats were a slow sale ; prices in favour of buyers, Beaus were a fair sale, at late rates, NEWARK CORN MARKET, WEDNI3SDAY.—Theri3 was a fair show of wheat at this market to-day, but through the political uneasiness which exists, farmers are not pressing sellers, and prices made are the same as last week. Malting barley was un altered. Beaks, peas, acid oats same as last week. WAKErIELD CATTLE MARKET; WEDNEKSAL—The Show of beef was small at this market to=day, and the quality was very inferior. A brisk business was done at the late high rates. Sheep were very freely offered ‘, and dealers, in order to effect sales, had to accept !tom Id. to id. per lb. less money. There was also a gbOd show of lean stock. SOLTTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There were shorter supplies of beasts at this market to-day. The general quality was second rate. A few of the best beasts realised higher rates. The supplies of sheep were rather stronger, with a full trade, at lower rates for all Second sorts. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Number of cattle at this market to-day ;—Beasts, 540 ; sheep, 2,820. The cattle are of better quality, and met a good sale at 7/d. to Bd. per lb. ; second quality, 7d. to 71d. per lb. ; sheep, from 81d. to flid. per. lb. ; ewes, 84. per lb. EDINI3I7BGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. To-day is what is called "big Wednesday" at Edinburgh, and the cattle market held was very largely stocked: Pigs went at from 12s. to 16s. Large pigs Were 2d. per stone less than last week. Milch cows sold pretty well, Ayrshire being from £l7 10L, and short•horns from £22 to £2O. • Sheep were considerably fewer in number, and generally secondary in quality. Best sheep were easily sold at good prices. Fat cattle were middling' in quality. Trade was brisk at extremely high prices, and an easy clearance was done. The supply was quite under requirements. Best beef, 10s. ; current, Os. 2d. secondary, 9s. to Os. ad. ; inferior, Bs. 041. per stone. Mutton, Bfd. to 9d. ; secondary, 714. to 80.; inferior, 7d. to fad. per lb. Mora cattle sold at 1411 to £lO each. The principal "apply from Ireland was a number of Irish calves. LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The sugar Market has ruled quiet, but firm. Bengal bought in at auction at 18s. 6d. to 245. for Dulloal and Tinpattah. Coffee has come to hand freely, but has commanded full values. Tea has sold slowly, and the tendency of the quotations has been in favour ,of buyers. Rice has ruled quiet and without change. Saltpetre has met only a limited inquiry. Bengal (511 b. register) has been bought in at 30s. 6d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market opened to-day with a good inquiry, at yester day's full rates. Probable sales, 12,000 bales. Imports, 6,959 bales. Closing Report.—This market closed steady to-day, at yesterday's full rates. Sales, 12,000 bales. Arrivals—Charleston, November and December, 81d. ; Orleans, ship named, 8 7-16 d. to ; Charleston, early (November), 80., sailing. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The cotton market is quiet, at 435. 3d. to 435. 6d. spot and December, and 445. 3d. sellers March. Turpentine very firm, at 335. American petroleum steady, at is. Gid. to is. 70., according to test. Linseed oil quiet. London, 30s. 3d.; Hull, 305., and all the year. Rape firm. English brown, 465. spot and all the year Fish oils unchanged. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—This mar ket is unchanged to-day. Rather more business is doing, and the tone is more cheerful. Prices are steady, and in some cases rather against the buyer. In yarns there are hardly any large offers in the market ; and the inquiry for water twist is less for China, owing to the recent heavy exports thence. For China shirtings the demand is still good at unchanged rates. In other departments there is little activity. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—ThIs mar ket was steady to-day. Business was done at 51s. cash. Closing buyers at this. Sellers want a shade more. Second Report.— This market is stronger, upon the rumour of the capitulation of Paris ; and also blowing out of some furnaces. Buyers, 51s. ld. Sellers, 51s. 2d. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY. --There was a small business done at this market to-day, at very stiff prices. M. THIERS'S TOUR THROUGH EUROPE. Among the diplomatic papers published in the Austro- Hungarian Red Book are two despatches from Count Beust to Count Apponyi and Count Chotek, respecting the visits of M. Thiers to Vienna, before and after his visit to St. Petersburg. The first letter is dated Septem her 28th, and Count Beust says in it that he has only had one interview with M. Thiers as had only a day to stop at Vienna on his way northwards. The two special requests which he addressed to the Austrian Government were that they would accept the present Government of France as serious, and that they would join in the efforts at mediation which would be made by the other powers and especially by Russia. The Republican form of Government, said M. Thiers, is the only one which can be adopted to-day in France. It is the only means of rallying all parties round the banner of the National Defence, and no other Government could be established. He spoke highly of the men who were now in power, who were honest and moderate, and whom- the Cabinets should not mistrust. Count Beust says he assured M. Thiers that the Austrian Government had no prejudices against ally particular from of government in France. Their sympathies for her were not affected by the form of her Government, and they were ready to give their confidence to those men who had undertaken the burden of power under such painful circumstances. M. Thiers anticipated great things from his mission to St. Petersburg, and hoped Austria would support Russia in the mediation which he expected she would inaugurate. On the 12th October Count Beust writes to Count Chotek at St. Petersburg, having seen M. Thiers several times after his return from Russia and having found him somewhat discouraged. He was satisfied with the personal good wishes of the Emperor Alexander towards France, but did not deceive himself as to the benefits which his country could obtain from an isolated action of Russia, and he was eager for a collective action of the neutrals. Count Beust fully agrees with him, but sees little hope, owing to the attitude of Russia and England. Count Beast adds to this despatch an account of a conversation he has had with M. de Novikow, the Russian Ambas sador. Count Beust remarked that a change had come over the Russian Government, which at first pressed on the Austrian Cabinet the necessity of great military reserve, as any movement might compromise the chance of the successful intervention of Europe. Count Beust ob served that he had seen nothing of this interventicn. The Russian envoy said that matters were altogether changed, as the catastrophe of Sedan had crushed one of the two combatants, and the result of the war was virtu ally decided. Count Beust could not agree to this. Whatever successes the Germans had gained, there was always, he said, France facing Germany, and until the German armies had subdued Paris and Metz the war could not be said to have closed. There were still two contending parties between whom Europe mi,glit inter-. pose. He is the snore anxious, he tells Count Chotek, for a collective action of the Powers, as he hears from Prince Metternich that France would be more likely to consent to the terms imposed upon her if they were recommended by the unanimous voice of the impartial Powers, than if she had to submit to them at the simple dictation of the con queror. We (Church Herald) hear that Father Ignatius has received from one of his admirers £4,000 towards building his Monastery in Wales. A greater part of the sum is to be expended on the chapel. BREAK FAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND CO3l - very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it ageneral favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the flue properties of well-selected cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save 115 many heavy doctors' hills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Soldonly in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS it CO., Ilomceopatbie London.—Advt. E SUN, LON DON, THURSD AI , DECEMBER 1, 1870. THE CALAMITOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT THE WAR. AT HARROW. RESUMED INQUEST ON THE BODIES. THE CAMPAIGN ON THE LOIRE . The inquest on the bodies of the persons who met their deaths in the calamitous railway accident on Saturday, on the London and North-Western line, was resumed yesterday at the Railway Hotel, Harrow, before of Dr. Diplock, coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex. The Coroner asked if any one was present re presenting the Board of Trade, and was informed that Colonel Hutchinson was making a private investigation into the matter. A GERMAN INSPECTION. The Versailles correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says that several officers of Prince Frederick Charles's staff made a dash the other night right through the French lines, north of the Loire, and returned in safety, pro tected by a thick fog. "It was then ascertained that the Army of the Loire, under General Aurelles de Paladine, occupied the district from Orleans to Artenay, but only his foreposts were extended as far as the latter place. The dimity has apparently sought td use the thick Wood *hldh runs hi a northerly direction from Orleans as a central point for his operations, and has doubtless con sidered it as offering a favourable field for an engagement with our troops. Extensive earthworks and rifle pits have been already donstructed, and it is evidently sought to make the position one of great safety." This report seems corroborated by accounts from English correspond ents. The correspondent of the Telegraph, however, it will be seen, affirms that the French are advancing, though they are constructing entrenched camps as they proceed. Mr. Blenkinsop, solicitor to the Company, and Mr. Cawkwell, manager, attended to Watch the proceedings. Several of the deceased were represented by solicitors. Dr. Diplack said he thought it better to take the evidence of witnesses who could give a connected history of the arrival and departure of the trains from the various stations. Thomas Smerdon, foreman of Harrow station, said he was at the station on Saturday afternoon when the luggage train came in at 4".12 from Camden. It passed the down platform, and pulled up about 150 yards north of the station. He could not say whether it was stopped by signal or not. It was not usual for that train to stop at Harrow. He heard the break of the train applied ai it "'wised him, and he ran forward to see. It was going from about ten to fifteen miles an hour at the time. He ran forward, jumped upon the enOne, and told the driver to be quick, or he would stop the Express dead. He brought the engine back to the train, and the breaks man recoupled it. He then gave the driver the signal to start. He had just started when witness heard the whistle of the express engine: He called out, "Go ahead, go ahead." A moment afterwards the express struck the emptys. He was running by its side. He jumped over twb hedges to get out of the way, and went and gave the alarm. It wad very foggy, but did not know whether there were any fog signals. There were 47 goods trucks, and it was the seventh at which the link broke. Witness had four men under him. There were two signalmen besides. He believed all the men were on duty. They had no right to be away. It was from nine to ten minutes after the coupling broke before it was coupled up again. When he said unusual train, he meant that it was running out Of its time. It should have gone by about 4.20, and would not then hate shunted at this station, but at Watford. No goods train went by in its place. The Wolverton Wood train should have gone by at 5.5. When the coupling chain broke witness called out to the signalman. Some one answered " All right." It farm the signalman, by the sound of his voice. The main signal was at that time standing at danger. He could not see the auxiliary signal, as the fog was so thick. There were fog signals kept in a drawer in the booking office. There were about 300 yards between the two separated parts of the train. One half minute more would have saved the accident, as the luggage train would have given the express another quarter of a mile to have brought up. There wore two coupling-chains to each waggon, but as there was only one broken iinlc only one chain could have been coupled. The train was never punctual to seventeen minutes past five. Generally, about ten minutes elapsed between the shunting of the Wolverton train and the going by of the express. William Crosham said ho was the driver of the forty seven waggons and a break van, on Saturday afternoon. He left Willesden at 4.55, with directions to shunt at Harrow for the five o'clock express. He did not notice the time when he came into Harrow station on account of his waggons breaking loose. He was signalled to stop previous to getting to Harrow. Wemberley cutting signalled him to stop, but he did not see it on account of the fog. - He stopped as soon as he could, and went back to know what he was stopped for, when the breaks man shouted to him to go on. He then went on to Harrow, and on getting close saw the station signal at danger. He saw the distance signal when he was fifteen yards off. but did not see the main signal until he was five yards off, on account of the fog. On seeing the policeman's lamp he turned the the steam off. Her did not stop the train at Harrow as he was directed by the policeman to shunt, but he checked the speed. He put on steam again, and had not gone far when a part of his train gave way. He kept the steam on to prevent the hinder part coming against the forward. Witness here gave evidence as to coupling the waggons in corroborating the statement of the previous witness. Mr. Clarke, a juryman, said there was a faulty place in the link produced. He could see it in a moment, being a smith. Witness was going 6 or 7 miles an hour when the express ran into him. He started from 'Willesden in place of another train which should have started at 4.50. He left at 4,55. When he came to Harrow he considered the main signal should have been green and not red, then he would not have shut off steam. He thought this was in consequence of a train preceding him, and he did not know how far that train was ahead of him, as it was so foggy, nor did he see any plate layers with signals. rrhowas Walker, signalman, said he was on duty at Harrow Station on Saturday afternoon, at five o'clock, in the signal box. At 5.12 the signal was at danger, as the other train had not gone a sufficient time to lower it. In bright weather he was obliged to keep it up three minutes and then with caution three minutes. The three minutes had passed, but he kept his danger signal on to allow the goods' train to shunt, so that the express might pass. He , lowered the distance signal to allow the goods' train to come in. The goods' tram drew np at the box, so that witness could communicate with the driver. The tail end of the train, as far as ho could judge, went about 100 yards beyond hie box. He (lid not know that the train broke in half until he heard some one call out. This was about 5.13. He blocked his line to the next man, situated about two mile's off, at Wembly cutting. He called out for help to got the empty waggon train into the siding. He called a porter to fetch some fog signals, and run down and meet the express, which he did, Witness did this, hearing the express coming. At that time the goods train had not picked up the loose wage•ons, which Were staticling still about a hundred yards from the engine part He heard the express go over one fog signal, and the driver whistle and apply his break. He saw the fire fly from the break: He did not see the collision which was past him. The fog and the steam prevented him. He had been [signalman six years , _ four years at Harrow station. He was not aware of the empty luggage coming, as it was un usual. Ordinarily he would lower the signal to green. This witness had not concluded his evidence when the inquiry was adjourned until Friday. LAW AND POLICE. A MEAN THIEF.—John Estall, a young man, was brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police court, charged with stealing 3s. from a poor woman named Elizabeth Canty. The complainant is dwelling in Osgood-street, Bromley. She had occasion to go into a public-house in that locality on Monday last. The pri soner was there drinking, and stood alongside of her. She felt a hand in her pocket, and immediately after wards the prisoner left the house, and she put her hand in her pocket, and missed 3s. the hard earnings of her husband. She was positive of the prisoner's identity, and had seen him frequently in the same public-house before. Julia Canty, a girl, was with her mother on the day in question, and saw the prisoner go up to her and take a key from her pocket, and run away. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Lushington said he had committed a very mean robbery, and plundered a poor woman of all 'her money. H e sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. THE ALLEGED LIBEL BY A SOLICITOR.-At the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Catch v. Shaen, was resumed. An action to recover damages for libel, was brought by the late master of Lambeth Workhouse. The alleged libel was contained in pamphlets published by the defen dant, a solicitor and parishioner, reflecting upon the management of the workhouse. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Willis, and Mr. Thomas, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Bern, Mr. Philbrick, and Mr. G. Howard, were counsel for the defendant. The examination of the plaintiff was proceeded with. He denied the several acts of violence and cruelty alleged against him in the pamphlet. It was not true, ho said, that he had pre vented the friends of dying paupers from visiting them ; that he had suggested the discharge of paupers who ought to have been retained in the workhouse; that he had re ceived bribes from contractors to allow inferior articles of food for the consumption of the paupers to be passed ; that he had prosecuted pauper girls on false charges, or had them convicted on false evidence; that lie had hushed up a charge of adultery made against a medical officer, or sent the woman out of the house, or that he caused a female ward to be overcrowded, so that the beds touched each other, and the air became foul; and lie explained the charge of " unearthing a pauper," who was supposed to be hidden in the chimney: The case has not concluded. ALLEGED LIBEL IN A NEWSPAPER. - Mr. James Irving Scott, proprietor of a newspaper called the Reporter, was charged, at the Mansion House, with pub lishing a libel on the Globe Marine Insurance Company. The statement on behalf of the company was that the defendant had applied for an order to insert the company's advertisement in his newspaper, and had promised that if he got the order, he would print a " leader " on the subject in an early number; that the order was refused by the secretary, Mr. Cobb, and that the defendant had in consequence published, under the head of " Answers to Corruspondttnts," false and scandalous observations on that gentleman, at the same time designating the company "a shaky concern." The cage was remanded till next Monday at the defen dant's request, and he was admitted to bail in the mean time. IN OR OUT OF THE ORDER OF PROVIDENCE. —At Sun derland, a woman prosecuted her married daughter for stealing a pair of trousers and a coat. The young woman, who had been previously in custody for a felony, was committed to the House of Correction for a month. The father, before she left the deck, addressed the bench in the following peculiar manner :—" I don't wish to say anything, but a year past August, it so happened in the order of Providence or out of the order, that she was allied in marriage, and I am very sorry to say that she fell indifferently in; a finer girl could not live up to her marriage. She came home. I gave her house and habitation, I clothed her and I clothed him. He got her away again, and she went, but she came back home again, and I took her in the second time, and she de-, camped on the Thursday, as you hear the statement of the mother, and so of course she took away the part that she is charged with. She has had a home and good parents." The, prisoner had said that h'er " father was °state, but her mother was not a mother.". THE DUKE OF MECKLENBURG'S RAID. An account of the advance of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, who commands on the extreme right of the German line south of Paris, is given by a German cor respondent. This writer, whose letter is dated the 23rd, says that the Duke had originally led his army in a north westerly direction, after having united his forces at Angerville with the corps of General von der Tann, in order to touch the French Army of the West, tinder Xdratry and Charette, the strength of which had been greatly over-estimated by the exaggerated accounts brought in, "as we were led to believe that the whole of the Army of the Loire had availed itself of the railway, and had been transferred to the west." This latter hypothesis has, however, not been confirmed. The Grand Duke took up a position, therefore, in a line with the Eure, so that the 17th Division, under General Treskow, formed his right, and the Corps of General von der Tann his left wing, the 22nd Division forming the centre. Upon both wings a large force of cavalry is posted. To the left is Prince Albrecht, who at the same time keeps up the commu nication with Prince Frederick Charles by way of, Etampes, and further southerly to the right the divisions of Count Rheinbaben and General Schmidt (formerly Prince William of Mecklenburg's), stretching away to the north, and covering the flanks. The right wing came thus into battle at Dreux,which was captured by General Tresckow, after a short but furious engagement. On the 18th the forward march toward Chateauneuf took place, and on the 19th two minor engagements were suc cessfully fought with the enemy near Digny, the Meck lenburg army having changed its front and marched in a south-westerly direction. The Grand Duke could report with truth that the enemy had been beaten back on all his lines. The mountainous country and the fog com bined rendered our advance one of great difficulty. On the 21st we fell in with the enemy again near La Loupe, to the south of Digny, who, attacked with great ardour by our troops, was compelled to retire with the loss of one gun, which fell into the hands of a battalion of the 83rd Regiment. On the following day, the 22nd inst.—i.e„ yesterday—the march forward was continued, and the mportant town of Nogent le Rotrou was occupied by our troops, greatly to the astonishment of everyone, without resistance. Herr Wachenhusen, one of the ablest of the German war writers, notices that the Grand Duke's troops had hard work in clearing the woods on the way of march. The French had many old soldiers amongst them :—" The head-quarters of the Grand Duke seem at length, after incessant perambulation for the last ten days, to have found a resting place. All is now quiet ; the cold fog, penetrating through everything, still hangs over the town and the woods, in which the Bavarians were this morning busily occupied in driving out the numerous bands of Frenchmen that were hidden there. It is certain the tirailleurs of the enemy must have ventured to approach the town before daybreak, for half a dozen shots struck the walls of my Chinese Swiss castle, the garden of which had yestesday been tolerably well provided with grenades from our battery. The country about here is very favourable to the operations of the enemy, as it Is well supplied with shelter, which the dense woods reaching to wards Fontaine in the north, and Digny in the west, pro vide in abundance. He crouches here in the low brush wood, and thus his peculiar mode of warfare receives op portunities for fully developing itself. Our soldiers in fighting upon this line have scarcely once aeon a French uniform, excepting those of prisoners, as the enemy always fire behind shelter. Nothing is to be done with cavalry in such a country." THE SIEGE OF PARI'I. WRY A SORTIE WAS NOT MADE. A German writer undertakes to explain the failure of the French in Paris to make a sortie on November 19th, as they were expected to do. He says :—" As it appears, and well informed persons assert it, the fault does not lie with Trochu ; on the contrary, he had made 'every pre paration, even to the minuteet details, for another great effort. When, however, everything was ready for a start, first the mobilised National Guard, and then a por tion of. the Mobile Guard, most decidedly refused to allow themselves to be led to the shambles. The sortie could be of no practical use, they declared, and it was therefore unnecessary to send a couple of thousand of human beings to certain -death. In short, they would not march out. Whilst the discussion was going on, a deputation from the linesmen at the forts reached General Troceu with the announcement that they likewise refused to make the proposed sortie, if they they could not reckon positively upon being supported by the Mobiles with a reserve ready for fighting in their rear. Under these cir cumstances the idea had to be given up, It such a state of things really exists in the besieged city, a decisive catastrophe must be looked for shortly. It is possible that Paris was suffering on the 19th from one of those fits of depression which alternate continuously with bursts of wild joy, and that she may have by this time recovered from her depondency. Paris is never to be depended upon." PREPARATIONS. A Belgian writer stationed with the German army be fore Paris says :—•` All the signs we can see tend to shew that a decisive blow is being meditated in Paris, the pre parations for which they desire to shroud in impenetrable mystery. For some days back we have had no Paris papers. The same secrecy is maintained as to the opera tions of our own armies, and the military correspondents of the journals cannot pass the lines of our besieging army. Our staff watches most closely that no communi cations respecting the positions of the different corps manceuvring against the Army of the Loire should be published until that army shall have been surrounded and annihilated. All that we learn is that the enemy is trying to weary out our troops by continual forced marches, and avoiding as much as possible serious engage ments." THE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH AT AMIENS. A correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Boulogne on the 29th inst., says :—My surmises that Amiens would probably be occupied in consequence of Sunday's fight were verified even whilst I wrote. News of its surrender arrived here about midday yesterday, but was for some hours discredited, and even at six o'clock there were eager crowds in the Rue Neuve ChausiSe discussing the probability of its having been taken, It was at first asserted that the Municipal Council of Amiens had surrendered the town in face of the successes gained by the army on the previous day, but from the official despatches received yesterday afternoon it appears that the commander of the troops at Amiens decided early on Monday morning on retreating. Reinforcements were being got ready at Arras when the news of the retreat arrived there. We have no authentic details of Sunday's fighting, but it is freely alleged that some of the Mobiles behaved badly, and falling back in confusion on their comrades, were fired at by them. A train arrived here last night bringing thirty wounded men, who bent on to Calais. These men, some of whom belonged to the Marine Infantry, de clared that if they had been properly supported by the Mobiles they could have maintained their position. The lately recruited battalion of the 20th Chasseurs, if report speaks true, behaved very well. Of eight hundred only two hundred are said to remain ; this is, no doubt, a. vast exaggeration, but there is probably some founda tion for the statement. The " Army of the North," as it is termed in the Prefectoral telegrams, is in retreat on Doullens, a town parallel with Abbeville, and about 62 miles from here. It has a citadel, a sous-prefet, and 4,000 inhabitants. No one ever heard of it before, but it has now unwillingly become famous. Of the present condition of the Army of the North we know absolutely nothing here, . but it is believed to have retired in good order, and its ultimate destination is Arras. The Mobiles of St. Omer and Montreuil received orders to march this morning, but no movement has been made here. The correspondent of the Standard at Autun says that feorce there is very small just now :pouch smaller than has been represented by any recent calcula tions. " What, then, it will be asked, has become of the remainder ? I believe them to have been pushed forward with the other reinforcements for Aurelles de Paladine's great army of the Loire." The energies of both sides are being concentrated in this direction. The Morning Post contradicts a Neuter's telegram stating th At the Empress Eugdnie is in Brussels. The heavy baggage of the Provisional Government has long ago been removed from Tours. The German Postal Administration announces that Christmas presents for the use of the troops in the field will not be received after the Bth of December. The Cologne Gazette says that Phalsbourg, was subjected to a very heavy bombardment from 67 guns on the 24th November. The town was much damaged, but the place still holds out. Five hundred and sixty-eight prisonars attempted to escape from the fortified camp at Antwerp; some suc ceeded. At Litge 85 more made a similar attempt. All are now confined in the Citadel. It is suggested that the Germans should refuse to accept the surrender of Paris unless the Republican Government at the same time agree to sign a peace. This neat stroke of policy, it is urged, would finish the war at blow. The Al/genuine Zeitung states that the German Gover nor of Metz has written to various 'judicial officials at Berlin and in the Rhenish provinces who understand French inquiring whether they are inclined to accept per manent appointments in Alsace of German Lorraine. A sailor of F6camp writes to his parents from Cher bourg on the 24th of November that he has just returned from a cruise in the Channel, during which a vessel having 2,000 barrels of guano on board was captured. The prize is valued at a million. The twenty persons who formed the crew are prisoners of war. Paris is said to contain 1,400 trained pigeons, so that there is a prospect of obtaining news by this means as long as the' siege lasts. On the 17th a pigeon arrived from Tours with a small sheet of paper, on which a Govern ment despatch and 116 private letters were photographed in microscopic characters. Four Prussian prisoners at Vernor, refused for some time to take foOd, because they had been told that they would be poisoned or have their tongues cut out. It was not until they were visited by an inhabitant of the neighbour hood, who speaks German, that they sufficiently recovered from their terror to partake of food. General Cr.mbriels, who has been accused by the Siècle of treason and of incapacity, has written to M. Gambetta demanding a court-martial. He justifies his retreat upon Besancon before an enemy with 35,000 men and a large force of artillery—be having but undisciplined troops, half clothed, many shoeless, whom he led back under the guns of Besancon for training and equipment. A Hamburg correspondent of the Indepertdance Beige says he sees no trace of the discontent with the war which some writers said was springing up in Germany. The German nation still displays the utmost energy and devotion in this time of severe trial. Commerce suffers very heavily indeed. The mosey losses by the war are incalculable. Some 300 or 400 Arab horsemen have arrived at Tours. They are for the most part young men, tall and sinewy. A great number more are said to be expected. The cor respondents who have inspected these allies give various accounts of their worth. The oracle of the Times says they will be run down by the German cavalry ; he of the Daily News urges that they will be a match for the Uhlans. At /my rate their conduct in fighting for the nation which conquered them is disinterested. General Bourbaki was irritated the other day at finding himself tracked by a spy. He turned round upon the man, shook him with his powerful arm, and said, " You scoundrel, you have been following me about for two days. I knowyou ; you are one of the Emperor's old spies. I advise you not to annoy me any more." The spy, who, according to one writer, was working for his old master, did not deny the service, and very humbly took himself away. At Evreux the other day 4,000 French troops, with a battery of cannon, beat a retreat upon the approach of some Germans. It was rumoured that the advancing enemy was in great force, and on this rumour away went the French. The National Guards, however, resolved to fight. Although not very well armed, they threw up barricades, took up positions at various advantageous points, and defended themselves, 400 in number, far five hours against 600 Prussians, who were all that made their appearance, finally repulsing them with considerable lose. As the Prussians were leaving Orleans the other day, a Bavarian captain, who happened to be very tired, had ordered his attendant on no acoount to allow him to be disturbed. All at once the master of the house, a French. man, rushed in awl said that the tables were turned, and the Bavarian was no longer his guest, but his prisoner. The latter quietly told his attendant to hand his sword to the Frenchman, and then turned his face to the wall and composed himself to sleep. The Berlin papers state .that a new corps d'armte is ready to start for the scene of war. This consists of the reserve battalions of the Chasseurs, who, besides volun teers, are composed of foresters, who are excellent shots. The officers have all gained the iron cross during the present war. They are destined for the defence of the railways and telegraphs. The two first battalions are called Chasseurs of Lorraine. The Progres of Lyons is very indignant at what it deems an unworthy ruse de guerre practised by the Prussian troops which occupy Mulhouse. A few days since a long train of some 80 carts and waggons, all covered with tar paulin, and fastened down with ropes, set out from the town and proceeded along the road close to the frontier. The intention was to represent these carts as laden with provisions, and guarded only by a few cavalry, but under each waggon were placed planks, upon which were seated rows of soldiers, with loaded rifles, ready at a given signal to spring out upon any band of partisans (of whicn there are many in that part of the country) who might be in duced to attack what they took to be but a valuable prize and an easy booty. It seems from the Paris papers that there is a diffe rence of opinion in the Government of Paris, as there is in the delegation at Tours respecting the electoral ques tion. Jules Favre and Ernest Picard alone uphold the necessity of electing a Chamber ; the others oppose it on the ground of the necessities of the national defence ; but, in reality, they are anxious to secure the Republic. The Journal des Debate and other papers strongly support the scheme of an Assembly. The Constitutionnel of Tours, in quoting them, remarks that the best means of defeating the Prussians, is to organise the government, Victorious or vanquished, France must have a government, and without it she can neither conclude peace or carry on war. ILL-FEELING TOWARDS FOREIGNERS IN FRANCE. —The Daily News correspondent at Orleans says is wonderful what au ill-feeling there is in France against foreigners of -every description. Of course, this is only among the unenlightened portion of the-French nation, but as the unenlightened portion comprises ninety-nine hundredths of the whole people, it is easy to see how general the feeling I speak of must appear. I acknowledge, for my part, that my sympathies vary several times a day; and not only mine, but all those I knoW, who have from the first given their sympathy to France, feel the same. It is impossible to hear people talking like they talk here without being angry with them. I heard some officers talking, and they were not of the most ignorant kind, they were officers of Mobiles, and therefore belonging to respectable families. They were saying that foreigners had been the ruin of France, that France was betrayed by them one and all, and that if they were rulers of France they would turn out of the country every man, woman, and child who was not French. All this was said at some Englishmen and Americans who were present. 'Where has the money which enriched France during the last twenty years come from but from foreigners? I sometimes try to discover what has given the French nation that reputation for kindliness and sincerity which it has been credited with till now. Is it also an usurped reputation like that of loose drill, French military system, &c. ? Probably. Anybody who knows the French will yet say tLat they are very hospitable. In business and trade they are petty and grasping. A peasant woman who had received a French wounded soltlier in one of the late encounters, when he was taken from her cottage asked for remuneration; and now that war has soured them and made them disagreeable, besides their ordinary ignorance and vanity, they are simply in supportable, and do all they can to alienate the sympathies of bystanders. 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 all the appliances rind devices for varied work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises than all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on In peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 210 A. REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their place, as the universal domestic helper.—" Investment Circular and Financial ltevood;' September 7, 187-0, THE EASTERN QUESTION. THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. TOURS, November a Lord Lyons has communicated to the Government here the proposal for a Conference relative to the Treaty of 1856, and has asked if France would W u a plenipotentiary. Lord Lyons is now awaiting t he reply of the French Government. BRUSSELS, November 30. The Independance Beige publishes a telegram fr °ll) Berlin, stating that England accepts the Conference on the condition that Russia should give satisf B°. tory explanations of the first circular of Prin ce Gortschakoff. A Vienna telegram of the Eastern Budget says the Tr' sian proposal of a conference was made after a prevvo l ! understanding had been arrived et with the Cabinet of Sl' Petersburg. Russia has proposed that the confersoce should 'meet at St. Petersburg, but this proposal WO 111 once declined, both in Vienna and in London. A Pesth telegram observes :—" The greatest readiO s . is shewn by all parties here to make patriotic sacrifices view of the critical position of affairs. A peaceful soly tion is earnestly hoped for, but only if it can be made 01 sistent with the honour and dignity of the monarchy the maintenance of a secure peace in the East." TURKISH PREPARATIONS. Turkey is making energetic preparations for defend i l herself against a Russian attack. The whole of her fi ts corps d'arm6e has been ordered to Schoumla, and the fo r tresses on the Danube are being provided with all nee? sary armaments, under the guidance of experienced militog engineers. A great number of horses have been boug u ", in Austria for the Turkish cavalry ; the navy is being go; ready for action, under Admirals Ibrahim Pasha an t Hobart Pasha; and the third army corps will shortly b e stationed at Rouechtchauk, Varna, and Silistria. GERMAN OPINION. A remarkable letter in the Pall Mall Gazette, froth i ts correspondent at Dresden,remarks that there is a very stot g feeling against Russia among the German people. from antipathies of race, which are more bitter between, Germans and Russians than even between Germans Ann a. French, Germany as a nation feels that now she is a ge n " Power she will, sooner or later, have to try b er . strength with her huge neighbour on the elf after having asserted her superiority on the Wel' There are larger and richer German territories, still seps . rated from Germany, in Austria ; but it is hoped te recover these gradually and without a war. With Russia; on the other hand, there can be no compromise. She will certainly not give up her Baltic provinces without fighting' and she grows stronger every day. Germany is already over-populated; her resources are utilized to their full extant; and she will probably in twenty or thirty years be n eithe r more populous nor more wealthy than she is now. Ilna silb on the other hand, has an almost boundless ritory, with a population which is increasing w iw tremendous rapidity ; her army is improving, her min e ' ral and agricultural resources are only now being opened up, and her roads and railways are multiplying on all sides. If Germany does not fight Russia within the next few years, she will have permanently lodged on be r frontier a huge aggressive Power with a wealth and pope" lation so much greater than her own that she will again be reduced to the humiliating position of a vassal of the Czar as before 1866." The Hamburg Correspondent is the first German paPe r which has considered the Eastern Question, in connection with the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine. It insin . tains that even as France claimed a compensation afte r the battle of Sadowa, so Russia demands one after the battle of Sedan. Prussia is expected to pay for th e silence of Russia respecting the project of annexing Alsa ce , and Lorraine. The Hamburg journal thinks that tho u g h Prussia may for the moment hold herself aloof, she win, infallibly be drawn into the struggle before long . Shou l d give her moral support to Russia, England an a Austaia will be driven into the French camp. The Cabinets of London and Vienna look upon the annex*" tion project as the counterpart in Western Europe of that Eastern policy which would take possession o f the Black Sea. England and Austria will therefore sympathise with France in her efforts to prevent the dig" memberment of her territory, and may possibly come forward in her support ; on the other hand, if the policy of Prussia should prove displeasing to Russia, it is possib le that a hundred thousand Russians may come on the Eastern frontier of Germany to oppose its execution in the western direction. Germany may Y e ! have to defend in the East the fruits. °I her victories of this year in France. The n earest danger is that of a collision with Russia, but the greatest peril, and that which would entail the most lasting disasters, would be a war with the defenders of Turkel' If the Russian difficulty cannot be put off for six months the conquest of Alsace and Lorraine will necessitate $ campaign not on the Rhine but on the Black Sea. RUSSIAN OPINION. The Moscow Gazette of November 18 says that Rua does not deny the force of treaties. She does not set he r will above them, and her note now is no precedent for any party bound by a treaty to violate it at pleasur e ' On the contrary, Russia alone has adhered to the cone tions of the Paris Treaty in the strictest manner, and 11 0 thus set a good example. Russia does not prohibit the signatory powers from assembling now to comfit° her decision and to recognise the accomplished fact. 11 ., e Journal de St. Petersbourg says that, broken by one par t ,/ to the Treaty, it is no longer obligatory on the rest. An yet Russia only refuses to be bound by the one digit° which threatens her safety. Turkey commands Of Dardanelles, and has a powerful fleet, although hot; Russia and Turkey are apparently equally restraine d from the Euxine. The Moscow Gazette believes in au alliance between Austria and Prussia. The Russian Courier is not at all disturbed by Granville's despatch, nor by the threats of the Engliap press, because it is well known in St. Petersburg that England can do nothing serious in the East without the concurrence of France. " The English cry to arms," 05 .4 the Courier, which it was expected they would do, but fortunately their ways have long been known, and every one understands that they only speak largely when they do not wish to do anything else. AUSTRIAN OPLNION. The New! Freie Presse of Vienna continues to write favour of war. It believes that a conflict between Russ'; and the Western Powers must come sooner or later, and that the present moment is an extremely favourable one for its settlement. Prussia h9.s her hands tied, and Russia must fight single-handed. Hence she would, in all probability, have to succumb to the united strength of England, Austria, Turkey, and Italy. il l addition to this, Russia has committed an overt a ct of aggression, so that the Western Powers could engage 10 the war, not only with an assurance of ultimate victory , but with a free heart and light conscience. The Presse and other more cautious journals are i'' favour of a pacific policy. Great quantities of corn are being bought in the Danubian ports, on account, it is said, of the Russiali Government. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills are undeniab!Y the finest medicine for dilapidated constitutions, (1 0 ' ordered liver, bile, and indigestion. The wonderful cacy of this salutary medicine, and the good effects pro• duced on patients suffering from the above complaint ° would appear incredible if not confirmed by daily proo f ! of cures effected by them, and the permanent benefi t derived from their use. 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