The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-14 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Owing to certain vague rumours gaining currency, and to the failure of the Bank Directors to make any altera tion in the official minimum, the stock markets have been much depressed to-day, and a general decline has taken place in prices. Railway stocks have fallen to the extent of about per cent., and foreign bonds, also, have been lower. Home securities have been neglected. Consols have declined / per cent., or to 92 to 92} for delivery, and 92i to 92 for November. Reduced and New Three per Censt 902 to 91. Bank Stocks, 233 to 235. Exchequer Bills, ss. to 10s. prem. India Five der Cents, 110 to 110}, and India Bonds, 18s. to 235. prem. For Colonial Govern ment securities there has been but little inquiry, at about late currencies. English railway stocks have been purchased cautiously, and prices shew an average reduction of about per cent. Metropolitan, 661, 66g ; Caledonian, 77, 77i ; Brighton, 41, 44 ; South-Eastern, 73, 73i ; Great Eastern, 37*, 37g ; Midland, 1261, 126 ; North-Western, 1282, 129 ; Great Western, 704, 71* ; and North-Eastern, 1451, 1451. Indian Railway stocks have commanded but little attention. East Indian, noi ; Madras, 105 g ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1031; and Scinde, 1031. Canadian shares have been neglected. Foreign shares have been quiet. Lombards, 14*. The foreign bond market has been in an unsettled state, and a further fall has taken place in values. Peruvian 1865 have fallen Italian 1861, ; Turkish Five per Cents., ; ditto (1869), *; and Egyptian 1868, * per cent. Egyptian 1868 are quoted at 76*, 76* ; Italian 1861, 54*, 541; Mexican, 14g. 144 ; Spanish 1867, 28, 28*; ditto 1869, 271, 27i; Turkish Five per Cents., 422, 424; ditto 1869, 50i, 50 ; Peruvian 1865, 84 90. American securities have been in limited request. The Five-Twenty Bonds, 1882, 911, 911 ; ditto (1885), 901, 904. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day, comprised the purchase of £93,000, and the withdrawal of £217,000, sovereigns, chiefly for transmission to India. The Clearing House return for the week ending Octo ber 12, shows a total of £65,103,000 against £65,705,000 for the corresponding period last year. In bank shares very few transactions have taken place. Imperial Ottoman, 11} ; London and Westminster, 61 ; Union of Australia, 41i ; and Union of London, 34. Telegraph shares have been firm. British Indian Sub marine have risen or to 88t ; and Falmouths or to 10a h. French cables have marked 15i ; Anglo-Mediter raneans, 14i ; ditto new, Bi, . Telegraph Cconstruction have been I better, at 26k, 261. Miscellaneous securities have been neglected. Hudson's Bay, 9i ; National Discount, 11. At a meeting of Price's Patent Candle Company held to-day, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was declared on the preference shares. The shares of the South Aurora Silver Mining Company are hto 1 prem. The Khedive loan is 72i to 722. The adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Wild and Son, cotton waste dealers, Oldham, was held yester day, when the resolutions to accept a composition of 6s. in the pound, adopted at the former meeting, was con firmed. The trustees of the late firm of W. T. Piper and Co., builders, of 173, Bishopsgate-street, have declared the third and final dividend of 2s. Oid. in the pound, making a total of 7s. Bd. in the pound. The return of the Bank of England shews the follow ing results when compared with the previous week : An increase in circulation of £55,652 ; a decrease in public deposits of 22,463,756; an increase in other deposits of £1,152,680; a decrease in Government securities of £134,207; an increase in other securities of £1,083,199; a decrease in bullion of £95,772; an increase in rest of £40,246 ; an increase in reserve of £157,582. The circula tion, including bank post bills, is now £25,328,510; public deposits amount to £4,116,726 ; and private deposits to £19,320,978. The securities held represent £29,865,600, and the stock of bullion is £22,292,413. The rest figures for £3,091,799. The Bank directors have failed to make any alteration in the official minimum to-day, which therefore remains at 2i per cent. Capital is still very plentiful, and three months' paper has been taken in the general market at 2i per cent. The traffic return of the Bristol and Exeter Railway notes an increase of £237 over the corresponding return of last year ; that of the Great Fast ern an increase of £1,866 ; the Great Northern an increase of £2,029; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, an increase of £3BB ; the Great Western an increase of £1,422; the Caledonian an increase of £2,396. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire has decreased to the extent of £748. The Liverpool Jonrnal of Commerce announces the failure of Messrs. Ridley and Son, engaged principally in th 6 Newfoundland and Brazil trade. The suspension is attri buted to the failure of the Labrador trade. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-THURSDAY, LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIA t HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done for money. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 925 92/ DoApril &OctlBB3-85.. 110 111 921. 5, 5, 5 1105, 1 Do for Account 921, 5 21, 5 Three p9l 1, er Cent 9o/ 90 Reduced 905 915 Brazilia n. 1865, 5p o ... • 895 901 1 New 3 per Cent 91, 90/, 915, 901 Do Rail Debon 7 p .. 98 100 Exchequer Bills, March 510 pm Italian, 1865, 5p c m Do, Ju p ne 5lO pm Peruvia n 5 1865, 5p a .... 895 901 pm 89 Bank Stock 234 Russian, 1862, 5 p c.. .. 875 88i India 5 per Cents 110/, 1 Do Nicolas 4p a India Bonds — 69, 85, 5 23s pm Spanish. 1867, 3 pc Can 6pa Jan&Julyll77-84 10551065 27/, 8 1055 Do, 1869, 3p c Do March & Sept. 103 105 275 g Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 Turkish, 18'54, 6p a Bl 83 985, 5 81 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do, 1865, 5p a Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 425, 35. 21 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865, 6p c November 1878 lO7 109 625 Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p a 1882 915 915 July 1873 lO3 105 915, 1. 5 New SWales 5p 01871-76 101 102 Do do 1885 905 90 5 101/ 901 New Zealand 6p c 1891 lO6 109 Do 10-40Bnds, spo 1901 855 86 Dos pc Do 5 98 p c 5 Consolidated 98 99 ErieSha,loo dots , all paid Illinentral Shares .. Do 6pc Mar &Sept 1891 105 107 Atla ois ntic C and a W It Con 10951101 Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 Mortgage Bonds 295 305 Vict 1146 p e Jan &July 1891 113 115 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do 3rd Pref Stock .... 31 33 Caledonian Great Eastern 373 373 4th Pref Stook 373 161 Gr Do eat A 1 Northern Great Western 703 71} Great Western of Canada 15} 153 713 Do Op a Bonds, 1873., 100 102 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13031311 Do 51 do. 1877-8 96 98 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 413 413 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 1 2pm 42 Madras guar 5 p o Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 121 1053 Lon and North-Western 12 8129 N. Railway of Canada, 1283, 7r 6p a Ist Pref Bonds Lon and South-Western 88 9(7 Oude and Rohilkund g Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 453 5p o Metropolitan Midland 1261127 Scinde, Punjaub, and North British North-EasternConsols.. 145 146 103 1453 Bahia and San Francisco South-Easte3l B3 rn 73} 733 g 7 p lB3 183 733, Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 79 Belgian E Junction .... 11 2 Bombay, Baroda, and B uenos A yres G t Sthrn.. • 25} 251 Central India, g 5 p c 10431053 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 181 Buff & Lake Huron Pre! Dutch-Rhonish 22 24 Do 5/ p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 82 Eastern of France — Cape guar 6p 0 East Bengal guar 5 p o 10411053 Lemberg Czernowitzgua 105} 7 p c l6l 16/ East Indian, g 5 p o .... 10931103 Northern of France . , 110 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 53 53 Grand Trunk Canada .. 121 13 Recife and San Francisco Do Equip Mort End 1 (Limited) guar 7p 0 153 16 charge do 6v o Do 2nd Scrip .... par 2pna South Austn & Lom-Ven 131 143 663, 64 143 Do Ist 59 Pref Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada 2nd Prof Stock . 39 41 40 BANKING COMPANIES. 1 — Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 1111 pm 25 Alli ance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33 22i 20 Lon and Westmnster 60 01 50 British N American 53 55 61, 80 . 4% 1 __ _ _. . ... 20 Ch of India, Austrlia ii ii 10 Metropolitan Bl 81 25 Char Mero of India 241 25} 20 Midland (L) 10 City 11 25 Orntal Bank Corporn 41 43 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) ... 20 Eng, Scot, and Ans() 16 17 15 Uniou of London .. 361 37i 20 Imperial IL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES I'd 100 Anglo- A rnerican L) 88 90 Pd 6 Great N. China, and _. 10 Anglo-Meditni (L) ln 141 Japan Extension.. 2121 Ws 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Do Bpc . .. 10 British Australis . 3i3idi s and Malta (L) ...61 6 10 British Ind E x t en ILL 68 61 10 Medit errn Ex (L) . • . 4} 5 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dis marine, (L) 2 China Submarine (L) 4140 is 20 Soc Trans France (L) 14 151 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 233 238 and Malta (LI 10 Great Northern .... 11 111 10 W India &Panama(L) 5 51 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pa Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 2?, 3 holders' Certificate 1.1 2i 2 Lon &Pro v M arine L) tPul 10 BerlinWaCerworks(L) 141 151 100 Madras Irrig &Canal, 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm g 5 p c by Ind Gov. 100 102 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Mauritius Land (14 1 dis.l par P u Sterling Loan 91 93 5 Natnl Disct Comp (L) 11 111 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 pm 11 25 Canada Company. 72 76 25 N Zealand Loan and 10 Ceylon Company (L) 45 31dis Mere Agency IL) .. I 1 pm 35 City Offices (L) 26 25 dis 5 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 2131 pm 6 1 NB r it s h an d M ere (L) 27 28 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 21 5 OceanMarinelnsur 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lOB 113 50 Rhymney Iron 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 8/8/dis 15 Do New Bl 91 100 I6gyp 9 p eV'roy Loan, 60 Royal Mail Steam guar by Egyp Gov.. 981 995 12 Tel C0n 285 and Main (L) 261 261 90 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5/ 6lpm 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fyn and Colonial Gov Marine Insur IL Trust 6p c Bonds.. 94 98 St Tobacco 6p c Loan 75 Gen Credt &Dint (L) 1 I dis guar by Italian Gov B5 88 7/ 865 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 3 21dis Upper Canada .• f 1 pm 17 Hudson's Bay 991 5 a Marine, Lvpool IL 4} slpm 45 Indrbbr,gut per,and __ __ 20 Union Steamship (L) 4 26 „ Tel Works (L) 38 39 6 'United Dis Corprn (L) 1) idis 5 InternlFinan SociLi If lidis 5 lJnivAlarine lnsur (1..% 4i spm 20 It Inic Can Cavour 33i Viceroy of Egypt 7p a 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re- Mortg — deemable 1870 . 60 63 12 War;ant Financ e.,,, 9 7 dis 30 London Fin Assoc (1,) 1 9 laths MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-Rather less activity was noticeable in the cattle trade to-day owing to the supplies of stock being on a more liberal scale. The market was moderately supplied with beasts, of which some were of prime qualities. The demand was chiefly confined to choice animals, at fully Monday's prices; while the inquiry for inferior stock was not so animated. Nevertheless, no material change took place in values. There were fair supplies of sheep on offer. Prime breeds experienced a steady trade, the best Downs and half-breeds realising Os. per 81bs. Inferior animals were rather easier to purchase. Calves being scarce, command late rates. Pigs were in limited request. Per 81bs. to sink the offal : -Coarse and inferior beasts, Os. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; second quality ditto, 4s. 80. to ss. Od. ; prime large oxen, ss. 2d. to ss. Bd. ; prime Scots, &c., 55. 10d. to 6s. Od. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 60. to 3s. 10d. ; second quality ditto, 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. ; prime coarse-woolled sheep, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; prime Southdown ditto, ss. Bd. to 65. Od. ; large coarse calves, 3s. 60. to 4s. 60. ; prime small ditto, ss. Od. to ss. 10d. ; large hogs, 4s. 4d. to 55. 2d.; neat small porkers, ss. 6d. to 6s. 2d. Quarter old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals.-English: Beasts, 700; sheep, 5,690; calves, 68 ; pigs, 10. Foreign : Beasts, 430 ; sheep, 3,310 ; calves, 260 ; pigs, 140. Total: Beasts, 1,130; sheep, 9,000; calves, 328: pigs, 150. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THUM DAY.—Owing to the large quantities of hay which have arrived from Ireland and Scotland, the market has been heavily sup plied, consequently the trades has been only moderately active, and prices have been somewhat easier. Prime old hay, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new hay, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s, ; prime clover, 130 s. to 1425. 6d. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, Tams- DAY.—Tea : The market has been steady, at firm prices. Good common black leaf, is. ld.; fair red leaf, ls. per lb. Sugar ; The market has been firm. Ordinary and low soft brown Mauritius,. 19s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.; middling to good middling, 235. to 245. Coffee has been in request. Middling to good middling planta tion Ceylon, 625. to 665. ; good to fine, ;Os. to 785.; small to low middling, 535. to 60s. Valencia raisins have seen found very low ; ordinary to fair common, 30s. to 38s. ; good common, 40s. to 428. LONDON METAL MARKET, THURSDAY. Tin steady. Straits £127 to £l2B. Chili bar copper, good brands, £6l. Iron quiet. LONDON OIL MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—Linseed oil is dull, at 305., spot. Rape firm. English brown, spot, 41s. 6 d., and other oils steady. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TIIIIRSDAY.—The market has been flat. Y.C., spot, 435. to 435. 3d. ; October-December, 435. to 435. 3d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—This market opened to-day with no improvement, and quietly. Probable sales, 8,000 bales. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—This market continues dull, without improvement in any department of trade. The demand seems daily to become less, and prices are still on the decline. The low prices now ruling, which are also very safe, having regard to the averages of recent years, do not yet induce buyers to operate, which is a sure sign that the trade considers that exceptionable low prices for cotton yarn and cloth are to be looked forward to in the future. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—At this market to-day there was a rather moderate business done. The prices were about the same as yesterday. WAR WITH CHINA. We are authorised to state that there is no foundation for the report mentioned in the Times of yesterday, which was prevalent in Liverpool on Wednesday, to the effect that war has been declared by England and France against China.—Echo. THE GALE. The gale which has prevailed during the past few days has been productive of a vast amount of damage, and a large number of casualties. I n L on d on th e w i n d bl ew with great force, damaging shrubberies, roofing, &c. In the river the shipping sustained serious injury. ST. ANDREWS.—The schooner Lee, of Frederikshaldt, with battens, from Sannesund to Dundee, went ashore at the West Sands, off this place, on Wednesday night, and is likely to become a total wreck. The crew were saved by the lifeboat. LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE.—A small vessel was observed on the Horse Bank, during a heavy gale from the E.S.E. The lifeboat Wakefield, belonging to the Lifeboat Society, went out to her through a heavy sea, but found that, although a signal of distress was still flying, the vessel, which was the fishing smack L. L. 41., was abandoned. LOWESTOFT.—About seven o'clock on Wednesday eve ning the National Institution's Lowestoft and Corton lifeboats put off, in reply to signals of distress shewn from vessels on the Corton Sands, during a south-south-westerly gale, and in a heavy sea. The Lowestoft boat saved twelve persons—part of the crews of the sm ac k s Oli ve an d Thomas William, of Harwich, and the Co r to n lif e b oa t rescued the remaining three men. The Olive had pre viously picked up a crew of twelve men, whose boat, the Thomas William, was wrecked on Sandho Island two days previously. Another smack, the Langford, belonging to Lowlight, fouled the pi er when taking the harbour, became a total wreck, and is almost broken up. All hands were saved. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OP MAN.—The Aurelia of this port parted from her anchor, and went ashore on Wednesday during a heavy gale. The lifeboat proceeded to the rescue, but when within a very short distance of the wreck the rocket corps were successful in firing a line over it, by which means the crew were safely got . to land. ST. DAVID'S.—The smack Transit, of Cardigan, went ashore in Ramsey Sound, in St. David's Bay, on Wed nesday morning, during a fearful gale from W.S.W. On seeing her signals of distress the lifeboat Augusta, belong ing to the National Lifeboat Institution, went out through a heavy sea, and was happily the means of saving the crew of two men from the wreck. This lifeboat was presented to the society last year by the Earl of Dartmouth and his tenantry. NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. The lifeboat, William Hopkinson, of Bighouse, belong ing to the Lifeboat Society, is reported to have been launched on Wednesday morning, during a heavy south easterly gale, to the aid of thirteen of the fishing cobles which had been overtaken by the storm. With the valu able assistance afforded by the lifeboat, all the boats got safely ashore. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) LIMERICK.—A tempest of unusual violence from the south-west has swept over Limerick yesterday morn ing. A great number of casualties from the falling of chimneys and flying slates have been reported. Several persons have been conveyed to the hospital in consequence. One man was: , blown into the floating docks, and was drowned before any assistance could be rendered him. Another man had his skull fractured by the debris of a falling chimney. A great many small craft on the river were blown from their moorings and run ashore. The storm coastwise is reported as being very severe. The first prosecution under the Peace Preserva tion Act took place at Kells, County Meath. Seven young men, who were found in a field between sunrise and sun set, unable to give an account of themselves, were arrested and brought before the petty sessions. One was sen tenced to a fortnight's imprisonment and the others discharged. A letter has been addressed by Dr. Moberly to the clergy and ratepayers in his diocese in reference to the new Education Act. The right rev, prelate urges the clergy to endeavour at once to supply deficiencies, if any, both in the way of erecting new and enlarging existing school edifices, so as to meet the requirements of their respective districts. At the meeting of the Jockey Club the motion of Lord George Manners to abandon the racing at New market on Mondays was carried; as was also that to revive the Second Spring Meeting. The motion of Admiral Bous, to repeal the existing law regarding auction selling races, and bring into force the old enact ment allowing runners of selling races to be put up by auction and the surplus divided, was lost. THE SAMPLE AND PATTERN POST.—The closing of the sample and pattern post has gix en rise to a great deal of dissatisfaction. A workwoman has written to the Times to complain of the hardship thus inflicted on poor dressmakers and needlewomen. It is of importance for them to obtain from the makers articles for their work which cannot be procured in country places. The railways cannot be depended on, and are besides unwilling to transmit small parcels. Many poor women who have maintained themselves in remote country places by the finer sorts of work will be quite at a loss now that they are deprived of the useful agency of the pattern post. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE BOVILL.—At the Warples don agricultural dinner the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was present. In responding to the toast of his health, the learned judge referred to the suddenness with which the war on the continent had broken out, and observed that it went to strengthen the conviction he was disposed to entertain that it was the best policy to provide for possibilities rather than probabilities. It seemed, after the revelations that had been made, that it was the merest accident that, instead of the war now raging between France and Prussia, we were not engaged in a struggle against those two Powers for the defence of Belgium. What would have been our preparedness for such a struggle ? When residing in that neighbourhood he had frequently passed through the Aldershot Camp, where eighteen to twenty thousand soldiers were stationed. He doubted extremely whether even that small body of men could be transported to the Eastern Coast of England in less than two days, and, if that were so, what, he asked, would be the fate of the country if, instead of 20,000, the whole army was need'd for our defence ? THE SUN, LONDON, rffilml, OCTOBER 14, THE WA hi THE SIEGE OF PARIS A FRENCH': OFFICER ON THE SIEGE. A distinguished general officer in the French army, who was made prisoner at Sedan, says thatif Paris can hold out until the first frosts of winter, and, above all, till rain sets in, France will be saved. It is not likely that the South, the West, and the North, will fail to send thousands of men to the rescue of the capital. The larger the German armies the greater will be their difficulty in getting provisions, especially if the Free-shooters follow the example of the Prussians, and cut off all communications by way of railways and telegraphs and blow-Up bridges. The Germans will find great difficulty in providing them selves with food in the 'deserted countries through which they must pass, and from this scarcity sickness, typhus, and fevers will follow as a matter of course. "I must tell you that throughout Germany, and I am well calculated to judge of such things, great apprehension is entertained on this score. The lead discouragement may suffice to change the fortune of war, and place the Germans in a very awkward position in the centre of France. France may do great things if she can only hold out for some time longer. It is necessary to avoid regular engagements, and to unite in order to crush the fractions who attack us in divisions. We must follow the noble example of Spain who was able to resist from 1809 to 1813, and to conquer. Why should not France rid herself of Germany in i 1870? " LETTERS FROM PARIS. A courier, with two thousand letters from Paris, was captured the other day by the Germans. A letter from the camp says that most of these missives, which were chiefly from soldiers to their rela tives, were distinguished by their remarkable uniformity. The high-flown style of the Paris press was imitated with considerable care. It was nauseating to read the abuse of the Emperor. He was styled thief, traitor, deceiver, wholesale murderer. Death and the most excruciating torments were invoked upon him, and the writers spoke of tearing him to pieces in effigy, as they could no longer get at him in person. There were not many utterances of despondency. Ladies and educated people expressed fears of a civil war in Paris, but there was tolerably unanimous hatred of the enemy, and few doubted the defensibility of the city. The strength of the garrison was stated by many at 200,000, by most at 400,000, and by a few at 600,000 or 800,000. Of course these and other particulars were not trustworthy, many of the letters being evidently written in the expectation of their falling into the enemy's hands. One, indeed, after scolding the Germans unmercifully, naively added that if those wretched Prussians read it they would s,e what was thought of them at Paris. A few of the letters breathed a noble spirit—patriotic grief, self-sacrifice, despair. One writer, a wounded soldier, commented bit terly on the want of principle and veracity of the Paris press as justifying the harsh treatment now passed on the French by foreigners. He was ashamed, he said, when he read the papers of the 6th, 7th, and Bth of September, which praised up to the skies the very men whom they denounced a few weeks previously, and vice versa. " And what will be the upshot of the whole sorrowful story? Sooner or later, by surrender or storming, Paris will fall into the hands of the enemy. The propertied people will hail the 500,000 Prussians as so many policemen, as restorers of peace and order, as liberators from the proletariate yoke. For decency's sake they will look melancholy, and the blondes among their wives and daughters will perhaps wear mourning ; but in their private rooms they will count up what they have saved from the shipwreck, and thank God that, at least, what remains is secure. The mob will creep back into their gloomy cellars, and anxiously await the time when they will again be allowed to see the sunlight. I, in des peration, shall make common cause with the patriots, and either die in the breach or retire after the defeat to Algiers Cochin China, or some other French colony. Finis Polonix !" Dysentery prevails at Versailles. It is caused by the cold, now great at night, eating fruit, and drinking peculiar water. There is an average of 1,000 inmates in the hospital. " Our outposts," says a letter from the correspondent of a German paper, " are getting more and more tired of the constant state of inactivity on our part. It is not pleasant to hold a rifle in your hand and to see the chassepot rifles firing away right under your very nose without returning the fire. Bat everything will remain in statu quo until the bombardment commences, unless the beleagured people come to their proper senses in the meantime." A German letter from Choissy, one of the suburbs of Paris, states that from many of the shops boards are hung out, bearing announcements in chalk which are frequently of a negative character. A baker, for instance, issued the warning "no bread to be had here," a tobacconist "who ever expects to find cigars here is mistaken." There are, however, inscriptions of a different character, such as "here families can make coffee, and "dancing and skittles." The Continental Correspondence notices the alarming , scarcity of meat which the German requisitions have pro duced in the district round Paris. The French pretty well cleared the country before they were blockaded in the capital. The Germans have finished the work. They have eaten up the tame rabbits, the swans from the orna mental waters (this fare did not agree very well with those who partook of it) and finally a good many dogs. Nothing is now to be "requisitioned." Eighty men sent out the other day found only three loaves for their bat- talion. Most of the correspondents of the German papers speak of the extreme des llation which reigns round the French capital. One writer, who made an excursion to Meaux, says :—" Not a soul was to be seen on the long, straight roads ; the green fields which extend on all sides were empty as far as the eye could reach ; the villages were deserted, doors and windows and stables stood open, and, except a famished cat sunning itself on the window sill, I saw no living being. It was as though we had traversed a bewitched country. The perfect stillness which pre vailed was truly unearthly." The Constitutionnel makes some extracts from a letter from Paris, received by the last balloon : "The spirit which animates the City of Paris is excellent. There is union among the majority of the people, and the transformation which has taken place since your departure is a striking one. The National Guard has displayed wonderful de cision and courage ; it has animated the Line and the Mobiles. The town is impregnable, and will only sur render in the event of famine, so that you see we can hold out for a long time. Private industry has worked marvels, and has supplied many deficiencies. We have manufactured cannons and mitrailleuses to a great extent, nothing is wanting in the way of coals or metal, and the willingness which has been displayed is wonderful. Since the return of Favre there has been no talk of peace. 'e are organising ap army which will proceed to attack ,he Prussians in a short time if they do not come to us. Let us aim at securing them between two fires, ours and yours. At Paris there is not the least sign of failing, and there is courage everywhere." AFFAIRS AT TOURS. ARRIVAL OF GAMBETTA AND GARIBALDI. Tours has been thrown into great excitement by the nearly simultaneous arrival of Garibaldi and Gambetta• The two notabilities came by very different routes, but reached the town in the course of the same morning. Garibaldi arrived at 4 a.m., when there was no one to receive him at the railway station but a lieutenant of the line, the Government not knowing exactly when he would arrive. The lieutenant wished to escort the general, but he replied that he was not in the habit of being escorted. They would probably, he said, soon meet again on the battle-field fighting for the deliverance of the Republican territory. Meanwhile, MM. Gent and Isambert hastened in all speed to the station, and accompanied Garibaldi to the Prefecture, where he was received by the members of the Government. Some minutes later the battalion of the Free-shooters of Tours, hearing the news, hurried into the garden of the Prefec ture, where, notwithstanding the early hour, a crowd had assembled, and cries of " Vive Garibaldi !" " Vive la Republic !" resounded on all sides, which were redoubled when Garibaldi appeared at the window between Crdmieux and Glais-Bizoin. He wished to come down, but his excessive fatigue prevented him. The two Ministers, however, descended, and passed the Free-shooters in review, after which they re joined Garibaldi, to whom, at the request of the Free shooters, M. Glais-Bizoin gave the accolade in the name of the battalion. Garibaldi and Cremieux addressed some inspiriting words to the crowd, who broke up amid cheers and cries of " Vive la 116publique !" Gambetta was ex pected early in the morning, but being obliged to stop at Mans, where he passed the night, he did not arrive until midday. Without losing a moment the members of the Government met in Council at half-past twelve, and dis cussed the question of adjourning the elections. Towards half-past two, while the members of the Government were still in council, an immense crowd of citizens came into the court of the Prefecture calling for Gambetta, and Garibaldi. Gambetta speedily appeared on one of the I balconies. His stein grave face was marked by resolute 1 energy. The popular excitement displayed itself in unani- 1 mous acclamations. When silence was restored M. Gam betta spoke. In a few words, uttered in a firm voice, tb' Minister of the Interior thanked the people for their cordial reception. " But, gentlemen," he continued, " however great the satisfaction I feel, this is not the time for demonstrations. Workers and fighters, I bring you the instructions and the resolutions of the Government of Paris. Not being able to speak to all I have written placards which you will be able to read in au hour's time, and which will tell you the object of my mission. And now, gentlemen, once more I say, let us work immediately, for we have not a moment to lose. Let each one be at his post. Let us part in crying Vive la Republic.' " The Minister of the Interior returned immediately to the Council. Gari baldi afterwards received the National Guard of Tours, and addressed a few words to them. The crowd left the court of the Prefecture after hearing an address from M. Glais-Bizoin, who told them the time for the elections had not yet come, and that all the efforts of the country must be directed to the one grand object of National Defence. The Siecle highly approves of the language employed by M. Gambetta. " What we expected from him," says the Sitcle, "he has brought us, an incomparable power of work, and those qualities which are the merit of youth, energy, movement, life. He will communicate vital warmth to a body which was growing colder and colder. He will give an energetic impetus to the machinery which was slackening its movements and threatening to come to a standstill. The convocation of the Constituent was like the abdication of the Government at Tours, and all the nation seemed to pause in consequence. The adjournment of the constituent until after the enfran chisement of the soil restores matters to their proper state. It is the resurrection of central power, and every thing will be resumed. What matter the delays, the hesitations, the changes in this unlucky affair of the elec tions, first ordered and then countermanded. The country has already forgotten all this. For the first time for a long while it has only one object, and it has confidence. And when it considers the state of affairs, and remembers that the rainy season is beginning ; that its fresh armies, forming in different parts of the country are increasing in importance ; that the general feeling of patriotism is augmenting, instead of diminishing; above all, when it sees men fall from the sky to speak such noble words, and urge it to its deliverance, then it says to itself, "I am saved." The Siècle highly approves the postponement of the elections, quoting the words that in presence of the enemy men must not debate, but fight. tB7O. that was only too well justified. Impressed by the perilous state of affairs, the government of National Defence thought it desirable to concentrate civil and military power in my hands. General Mazure was twice informed of this decision,' and twice asked to give in his resignation, but took no notice. In face of this resistance I could not slacken the autho rity I held from the only power acknowledged by the nation, and I ordered the National Guard to secure the person of a leader who rebelled against the Republic. I appeal to the patriotism of the army which should assist the National Guard in making the law respected, but which should also respect disci pline. I will second its efforts to defend the country with all my power, but I shall severely maintain discigline, without which there is neither dignity in the command nor safety for the Republic.—The Prefect of the Depart ment of the Rhone, and Extraordinary Commissioner of the Republic, CHALLEMEL-LACOIIR. THE BATTLE OF METZ. Fuller details of the fighting on the 7th of October, at Metz, are interesting as shewing the severity of the contest, and the resolute character of the resistance still kept up. The fight has received the title of the Battle of Maizieres. Bazaine is calculated to have had 60,000 men engaged ; the Prussians considerably more. The origin of the combat appears to have been a dispute about the possession of a little place to the north of Metz called Ladonchamps, which had previously been considered neutral territory, but which the French seized on the 2nd of October, esta blishing a battery there. The Germans shelled the place, and ultimately the French retired. The Germans at once took possession and established themselves in considerable force all around the village. The ground occupied was a long valley which runs northwards from Metz to Maizires (not Mezibres, be it noted). This valley, or trough, is the alluvial margin of the Moselle ; it is fiat-bot tomed and about four miles wide. On the west it is bounded by the low heights of Le Horiment, and the villages of Norroy and Saulnoy. On the east it is bounded by a lower series of bluffs, on which stand the villages of Olgy and Malroy ; but between them and the flat bottom runs the Moselle, infringing considerably on the flat expanse just opposite Olgy. Across this bottom, at the narrowest part thus formed, lies a series of villages—the two Tapes and St. Wray, with Maxe and Ladonchamps respectively slightly to the east and west front. More or less, there were Prussian troops in all these. Bazaine made his dispositions under cover of a fog, and shortly after one commenced operations by an attack upon Ladonchamps. This place was carried ; but it was not destined to be the main object of assault, for great bodies of French were thrown upon the villages of the Grandes and Petites Tapes, St. Rdmy, and Maxe. The 59th Landwehr held St. _Wray, and stood their ground against an overwhelming number of assailants, but were finally driven out with great loss. A fusilier battalion of the 58th occupied Grandes Tapes, and was almost annihi. lated. Thus Bazaine got possession of the chain of villages athwart the valley, but this was a position which he could not maintain, for the Prussian batteries occupied three sides of the parallelogram. Says the Daily News correspondent :—" It seemed clear that Bazaine would not have done what he had if he did not contemplate something more. That some thing I have not the remotest doubt was a sortie to establish connections with Thionville. His tactics were well conceived. From St. Rau and the two Tapes he kept the Prussian fire engrossed, both mus ketry and artillery. He sent forward from Grandes Tapes great swarms of trailleurs, who fared extremely ill at the hands of the Landwehr men. But, besides this, he massed a great mass of men. There must have been nearly 30,000 men in all on the bank of the Moselle under cover of the houses of Maxe, and he sent them forward to cut through the Prussian environment where it was weakest close to the river. The moment was a critical one. The Landwehr had all been sent forward againSt the villages, with the exception of one brigade that was in reserve. But the Tenth Army Corps had been crossing the pontoon bridge, and massing between the river and Amelange. Their gene ral, von Voights, was in command of the day's opera tions, and he gave the order for several regiments to advance. It was a sight never to be forgotten. First came the Fusiliers, extending at a rapid run into skirmishing order, and covering the whole plain with their long thin lines. Then the dense columns of companies of the Grenadiers, the bands playing, and the colours unfurled—unwonted sight. But all the work was not left for the infantry to do. The artillery left the villages alone, and concentrated their fire on the ad vancing columns of the French by the Moselle. Bazaine is singularly weak in field artillery, and the only reply was from the sullen sides of St. Julien or from the ramparts of St. Eloi. But the mitrailleuse venomously sounded its angry whirr, making the skirmishers recoil nervously as they crossed the line of fire, and tearing chasms in the fronts of the solid masses of which they were the fore runners. The artillery and the skirmishers were enough for the French. The dense columns staggered and broke. Through my glass I could see a continuous sauve qui peat into the village of Maxe. But when they had once got stone and lime between them and the Prussians, the Frencl were obstinate, and would go no further. In vain the Prus sian artillery fired on the villages, advancing closer and closer in alternate order of batteries with a precision and rapidity that could not have been exceeded on Woolwich common. That obstinate battery in front of Grandes Tapes would not cease, and the French tirailleurs still lined the chaussee in its front. By this time it was nearly four o'clock. A gallant captain of cavalry pulled up as he galloped past me to swear at the French for spoiling his dinner, which had been ordered for four. Alas ! the captain will want no more dinners. He had not gone a hundred yards to my right when a shell from St. Julien fell and burst right before him, and blew himself and his horse into fragments. This same shell disturbed a hare, which bounced from its form, and scampered across the battle field right in a line with the gun fire. The Landwehr men roared at the sight amid the dropping Chassepots, and but for the restraint of the officer I believe that several would have quitted the shelter of the entrenchments to go in chase. As we stood in this sus- pence a staff officer galloped along the front line ^ with - - _ _ _ ....... orders for a general advance to take the villages by storm. The advance he told me was to consist of four brigades of the Landwehr, with two brigades of the Tenth Army Corps supporting. In a few minutes more the command came sounding along the line, and the men sprang from their cover and went forward with that steady quick step so characteristic of the Prussian marching. The shells from the battery in front of Grand Tapes ;ore through the line, the mitrailleuse and Chassep ot bullets poured against it their leaden hail, but still the Landwehr, silent and stern, went steadily to the ront. I have been under fire many times, but I never knew a more furious fire than that to which the centre of this line was exposed. General von Branden- stein, commanding the third brigade of the Landwehr, was shot down as he rode close to me, and several of his staff were wounded. At length the intrenchments were reached, behind which were lying the shattered rem nants of the 59th and 58th Landwehr. The fraternisation consisted in the cry of " Hurrah Preussen," and then " Vorwirts immer vor warts," and the line threw itself to its front in a run. The gunners from the battery, brave men and stubborn, had barely time to run round the corner before the Landwehr were upon them. The guns they left perforce, In the villages the French had a last stand, but it had been better for them that they had run away at The Landwehr, with less of the conventional warrior in them than the Line, are not so much inclined :o give quarter as are the professional soldiers, With many a Frenchman this afternoon the shrift consisted of a bayonet thrust. They fought like devils in the narrow ways of the villages, and used the mitrailleuses with rare judgment and effect. But then there came the steady inexorable stride forward of the Landwehr, the bayonet lent force with that huge thigh and back power which is the leading characteristic in an athletic sense of the Prussian physique, and the villages were cleared of all save victors, dead, and wounded. The Bavarian General Van Der Tann has declared that every man found in the interior of a wood or a thicket shall be treated as a Freeshooter—that is, shot. The Agriculteur of Luxembourg says that M6zieres ex pects to be again bombarded, and that the inhabitants have been ordered to place casks of water in their garrets. The Jesuit priests are meeting with hard treatment at Marseilles. They have been detained for nearly a fort night, as political prisoners. They are compelled to pass their time with common criminals deprived of most of the comforts of life. The Republican Government committed a strange mistake just before the blockade of the city by the Germans. The latter found in the magazines at Versailles immense stores of oats, hay, and straw, which had been accumulated there by the French. The Republican Ministry had abundant time to remove them from the 4th to the 18th. of September —on which day the first Uhlan arrived in the vicinity of Versailles, and yet they did not do so, though food for the cattle and sheep in Paris is likely before long to become a great necessity. German newspapers appear to enjoy freedom of publi cation only so long as they insert nothing disagreeable to the Government. Several journals at Berlin have been confiscated for copying from the English papers informs' tiOn respecting the condition of the German forces before Paris. Upon Gambetta's arrival at Tours, a public electoral meeting, which was being held, changed the order of the day, and adopted some resolutions to the effect that tbe assembly congratulated him upon his bold enterprise and desired he should take the direction of affairs. The French provinces would willingly confide to him the civil an d military Government of the Republic. The Siecle says that the Maire of Dornbach not only prevented the .Franc-tireurs from firing on the Baden dragoons, but pointed them out to a strong body of the Prussian troops, from which they did not escape without much difficulty. He was afterwards arrested by th e gendarmerie of Schelestadt, and it is said hung himself prison. General .Ducrot is not the only officer who is accused of breaking his parole. Many others, according to the Cologne Gazette, have stooped to the most frivolous sub' terfuges to escape the i nac ti on on con di t i on o f which they were given their liberty. Some are drilling th e Mobile Guards in private clothes ; others have gone t° Algeria in order to set free a number of officers who, re• placed by the officers on parole, will return to France to fight against Germany. • Whilst M. Gambetta was descending in his balloon, i t , became entangled i n th e b ranc h es o f a hi g h tree. Some () ; the country people mistook the party for Prussians, 00- ` threatened summary punishment. M. Gambetta then displayed the national .flag and waved it, calling ou t, " Vive la Rdpublique 1" This was enough to convert the country people into devoted friends, who lost no time In helping the aeronauts to get down from their dangero . us position. When th e y h ear d f rom N a d ar who the OW! traveller was, their enthusiasm was unbounded. h . ' Gambetta was much affected. A soldier of one of the Prussian regiments of Fe nt , Guards, who had disti ngu i s h e d hi mse lf so remarka bly to Sedan as to induce the King to bestow the distinguishing honour of the Iron Cross upon him, and who had been appointed to escort a train of wounded to Berlin, visite d the temple of Mercury there, the Exchange. His distinc tion secured him a hearty welcome among the curious an d inquisitive merchants, who listened to the tale of his adventures more assiduously than to the brokers' offers and inquiries. That all this admiration should not end in words, a gentleman present proposed to make a collection for the young hero, and after handing round his hat for contributions, had the pleasure to present him with the round sum of £3O, which the soldier accepted with tears of gratitude for the unexpected, and, to him, very considerable bounty. VERY REMARKABLE INDEED.—A remarkable jai' dent happened a few days ago in the French camp near Coblentz. 'There are a number of Turcos in the prisoners camp, and two were suddenly taken ill. The doctor was called, and he came jnst in good time to deliver the Africans of a little girl each. The doctor did not, .how; ever, need to have recourse to the violent midwifery °I . Vulcan, for the brave warriors turned out to be two young women. It is singular enough that their sex should not have been discovered sooner, especially under these cir cumstances ; however. while fighting with the bravest d marched to Germany, and encampe d at Coblentz, they h a never aroused the slightest suspicion of their being women' —Continental Correspondent. THE STRANGE STORY. The Tours correspondent of the Daily News gives a new and very remarkable account of General Bourbaki's strange expedition from Metz to London. It differs ma terially from the account given in the Indepenclance Beige: -" A balloon dispatch from Marshal Bazaine, not pub lished, but which I know to be in the hands of the Govern ment here, reveals the secret of General Bourbaki's appearance at Chislehurst, which has so greatly puzzled the London press. Al you v have surmised, the improbable explanations hitherto given were not the true ones. The ex-Empress, in connivance with the ex-Emperor and M. de Bismarck, sent a messenger to Metz, saying that she desired to confer with a trusty general on an affair of capital importance. Marshal Bazaine, though not much liking to part with a general whose mission he was not allowed to know, was so pressed by the messenger, who gave undoubted proofs of his being sent by the Empress, that he was persuaded to send General Bourbaki, Marshal Canrobert, who was for a moment thought of, having a hurt in the leg which prevented him from travelling. When General Bourbaki (who, armed with M. de Bismarck's pass, got through the Prussian lines without difficulty) arrived at Chislehurst, the Empress, so far from being suprised at seeing, thanked him with `effusion' for coming, and proceeded to say that she wanted him to take charge of the Prince Im perial, to conduct him to Met; and let him re main with Marshal Bazaine's army until the time came for completing arrangements for a peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, the abdication of the Emperor, and the restoration of the dynasty in the person of Napoleon IV., with herself for Regent. General Bourbaki was thunderstruck at this wild proposaL He expostulated mildly for some time, endeavouring in vain to make the Empress understand the reality of things. But when he found her illusions ineradicable, he bluntly refused the mission she sought to impose on him, and told her plainly that no French army would tolerate the presence of the son of Napoleon 111. The Empress burst into tears, General Bourbaki returned to Metz, and Marshal Bazaine, highly indignant, sent a report of the "strange story" to the Republican Government at Tours. It is highly probable that the letter which the Empress some time since commissioned Lady Cowley to take to the Emperor at Wilhelmshohe had reference to this precious affair. The intrigue has signally failed, and is now completely ex posed. What next 2" THE ARREST OF GENERAL 11TAZURE. Gen. Mazure has addressed the following letter to the Lyons papers, giving a full recital of his arrest :—" On Sep. 29th, at 9 a.m., I was in the prefect's room, when he told me he had received full powers. In regard to the despatch which he had received the preceding evening at six o'clock, I said I had just received one from the Minister of War, dated Tours, September 28, ten minutes past six p.m., which mu§t, consequently, have been writted later than the prefect's. That despatch said, ' • The Government of Tours, like that of Paris, intends maintaining intact the attributes and the rights of military authority." Under these circumstances, we agreed that we should each write immediately to ask for an explanation of this contradiction. I added that if I had received a direct intimation of the full powers con ferred on the prefect from the authority from which I received them, I should not hesitate to recog nise them. Twice over the Minister of War con firmed his previous despatch. His despatch, dated Tours 1.15 p.m., while desiring me to conform absolutely to the instructions he had sent me, made no mention whatever of the full powers with which the Prefect was invested. I sent him copies of the two despatches I received after our conversation, regretting that I could not re cognise his full powers, until I had received fresh orders. My situation became very difficult, but whatever may be said of military discipline I consider it as the safe guard of armies. All orders are sacred to me, and I submit to them whatever their consequences to myself. In the evening of the same day the Mayor of Lyons, in the name of the Municipal Council, referred the matter immediately to the Minister of War. The 30th, passed without fresh incident. Late in the evening I received from •the Prefect the intimation that a fresh despatch from the Government confirmed his full powers, which I believe I only answered by acknowledging its re ceipt, at the same time entreating the Minister of War to clear up this entangle ment. On October Ist, in the morning, I went in a carriage with a colonel of engineers to visit the defence works on the Saone. On returning towards midday I found a letter from the Prefect, who, in his turn, demanded my resignation. This letter had been waiting for me since half-past eight in the morning, and becoming impatient at receiving no answer, the Prefect addressed to me an order of recall. In refusing to obey it I told the Prefect that I was about to send an officer of my staff to Tours to obtain instructions, and I begged him to wait the result. The Prefect refused, and threw upon me all the responsi bility of subsequent measures. From this moment I expected what occurred, but thought it my duty to remain at my post. You know what followed. How I was arrested and dragged through the streets amid the dregs of the population, who were shouting "Traitor ! " " Coward ! " "Prussian ! " "To the Rhone, to the scaffold ! " Ido not consider I have merited such a display. For forty-five years I have served my country, often at the risk of my life, though I certainly did not suppose I was endan gering it when I accepted the command in Lyons. As for the unfortunate dispute 'which gave rise to these dis turbances, it seems the instructions Iso eagerly sought during three days had missed their route, and did not reach me until of ter my arrest, in the prefect's own room, and with them were coupled orders to proceed to another post at once. As all cause of dis pute instantly disappeared, and the full powers of the Prefect were indisputable, should I not have been at once released? How is it then that I am still a pri soner at the Hotel de Ville, with no term fixed for my detention. Perhaps the Prefect fears my release might produce dangerous excitement in Lyons, but I have no thing more to do with the city, and should only go direct froM the Hotel de Ville to the railway station. I therefore protest loudly against the violence done to me without any reason, and which pre vents me from carrying out the orders of the Minister of War by assuming my new office. " MAZURE, General of Division. "P.S.-91 p.m. I have just heard that I am to be transferred to-morrow morning to the prison of St. Joseph. I leave public opinion to pronounce on this measure." The proclamation of the Prefect of the Rhone is as follows :—Citizens,--For a long time past the incapacity of the military authorities filled the country with distrust THE TIEN-TSIN MASSACRES. Writing from Shanghai, the Times correspondent says "For the last two or three weeks I have spoken of matters at Tien-tsin as nearly stationary. They have at length begun to move again, but I am sorry to say it is is the wrong direction. The culprits seem as far frora punishment as ever, and the anti-foreign party at Pekes are gaining power and confidence. Nearly two months after the massacre the matter stands thus. The two CltY magistrates who were flagrant abettors of the riot have been removed from office, and ordered to submit themselves to the Board of Punishment at Pekin, but have got no further on their way than the provincial capital, Pauting-foo, onlY 100 miles from Tien-tsin. A few of the rioters are said to have been arrested, but not one has yet been punished. They do not believe they will be hurt, as they say the)" acted under the orders of the Prefect. Towards rebuild ing the burnt premises a small show has been made of clearing away the ruins. The remains of the victims have been buried in presence of several local mandarins ; but the Imperial Commissioner, Tseng Kwo-fan, declined to be present, pleadingsickness. The punishment of Chen KW jin, to whom I have often alluded as a prime mover in the outbreak, is, I believe, flatly refused. The turning point of the whole affair is the execution of the three mandarins. We are, of course, indebted very much to rumour for information as to what occurs among Or Chinese. Rumour says that Prince Kung is himself in favour of concession, because he realizes the danger of war; but that he stands nearly alone in the Cabinet,. a large pre' portion of the oth er high officials urgin g resista,nos• The degradation of th e three mandarins mi g ht be assented to, but not their execution. The French Minister, holy ever, considers that they have merited death by their crime, and that their execu ti on i s necessary as a pol i t i ca l warning. He presses his demand, and I think all foreigners in China agree that he is right. That only dozen or so of the riotors have been arrested, and not one 01 these hurt speaks ill for the goodwill of the authorities. The Chinese are preparing for resistance. Soldiers can be seen in every direction. Their number is set down at 40,000, and Li-hung-chang, Gordon's associate in the Taeping war, is said to be approaching with 25,000 more from Shanshi. The Chinese are elated by the possession of foreign guns. to a belief that they are now capable of resisting foreign armies with success and there, seems little doubt that th e y i n t en d testing 'their beliei i t Count Rochechouart h as p resse d hi s d emands, and will, "- believe, haul down his flag if they are not complied with within a short date. In that case Pekin and Tien-tsin will almost certainly be untenable for foreigners during the three winter months when the Peiho is closed by ice. The French have not sufficient force in China to begin hostilities at once ; it is unlikely that they can receive reinforcements before the end of the year, and their temporary withdrawal will be looked on as a proof of success which will encourage further acts of violence. It is worth the serious consideration of our own Gevernment whether it might not be wiser, kinder to the Chinese, and even cheaper to prevent outbreak than to incur the risk of having to avenge it. The transport of a couple of Indian regiments to Shanghai would not cost much ; their pre sence would have the effect of tranquillising the neighbour ing ports. When I last heard, a few days ago, the French and English Admirals were still at Cheefoo, though the latter spoke of r'turning shortly to Nagasaki to rejoin his flagship Ocean. Both officers, lam aware, view the posi tion of affairs in the north most seriously. The members of the Italian Legation were also at Chefoo, and the Italian corvette Principessa Clotilda was expected daily A resident in Portsmouth—Mr. Henry Robbins, late a provost-sergeant in the Royal Marine Artillery, at Eastney, and now residing in Surrey-street, Landport, claims to be the inventor of the mitrailleuse. 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There is, there fore, no reason why the British Government, having in their hands the necessary mail facilities, should not take a letter across the Atlantic for a penny. There is, in fact, every reason why it should. It would be hailed as a boon by ten thousand emigrants in America and the friends of emigrants here,—English Mechanic. [ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Pills.—Though these priceless treasures have many competitors for fame, they have no equals for supplying the young and delicate with a simple, safe, strengthening, and purifying aperient. Holloway's medicine is composed of the purest balsams, untainted by a trace of any element which could by possibility be obnoxious to the most tender organisation. This commanding quality makes these pills most admirablY adapted to all the complaints peculiar to females at anY age and under all circumstances. 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