The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-30 00:00:00

MONgTAR 'ESTERDAY, In telegraph shares the transactions have been restricted. Anglo-Mediterranean have sold at 14, 14* ; ditto New, 6 ; British Indian Submarine, 7i ; and Reuter's, 7i, ; Telegraph Construction, 26. Miscellaneous securities have been in limited request. Ceylon Company, 5 ; Hudson's Bay, Bl f ; Madras Irriga tion and Canal, 1011 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam 47k, 48k. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day have com prised the withdrawal of £28,000 (sovereigns) for Alexan dria, and the purchase of £ll,OOO (bar gold). The Italy from New York has brought 210,000 in specie. The Clearing-House return for the week ending Sept. 28th, shews a total of £54,251,000, against £53,269,000 for the corresponding period last year. The Bank directors have further reduced the official minimum per cent, making the quotation 2 4 per cent. The rate has not been so low as the present, for a period of 12 months. In the general market, capital is still abundant. Rather more inquiry is experienced, in conse quence of the fortnightly settlement, but three months paper is negotiated at 21 per cent. The Joint Stock Banks and discount houses, are now allowing 1 l-r cent for money at call, n per cent if with 7, and 1 per cent if with 14 days notice of withdrawal. The Board of Trade returns shew that the declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactares during the month of August amounted to £17,087,496 against £17,461,595 in 1869, and £16,427,597 in the preceding year. In the eight months it shewed a total of £131,543,368 against £126,341,811 in 1869, and £116,777,023 in 1868. The computed real value of the imports in July was £20,679,167 against £20,960,848 last year, and £21,494,611 in 1868. In the seven months it amounted to £139,433,302 against £128,023,480 in 1869, and £132,352,276 in the previous year. The City of Brooklyn from New York 11 brottght 276,%79 in specie, At a meeting of the Banking and Commercial Perma nent Benefit Building Society the directors' report was adopted. It referred to the continued progress of the undertaking, and mentioned that the number of members has increased from 387 to 426, the unadvanced shares from 1,353 to 1,437, the advanced share from 8941 to 1,111, and the total amount of subscriptions due to mem bers from £13,418 to £17,636. A dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, leaving £250 to be carried forward. The directors of the Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Limited), have declared an interim dividend for the half year ended 30th of June, of Bs. per share, or at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The return of the Bank of England shews the follow ing results when compared with the previous week : An increase in circulation of £246,379; an increase in public deposits of £61,534 ; a decrease in other deposits of £68,543 ; a decrease in other securities of £513,089 ; an increase in bullion of £606,371; an increase in rest of £3,831: an increase in reserve of 382,976. The circula tion, including post bills, is now £24,211,785 ; public deposits amount tg £6,343,930; and private deposits to £18,257,78L The securities held represent £30,182,852, and the stock of bullion is £22,376,842. The rest figures for £3,716,198. The traffic return of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the week ending September 25th shews an increase of £3,668 on the corresponding week of last year; that of the Bristol and Exeter an increase of £492; that of the Caledonian an increase of £2,401 and of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of 231 L LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.--THuRsDAy. LATEST PRICES.--AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done for Money. GOVERNMENT SECURITIEN. Three per Cent Consols.. 913 912 DoApril &OctlBB3-85.. 113 115 Do for 9 1144, 14, &J 4 Account Ol3 912 Vict 5p c Jan a1y1894 1010021 914, 2 Brazilian. 1865, 5p c .... 89 90 Three per Cent Reduced PO4 901 891 904 Cent x d Egyptian, 1862, 7 p c.. .. 80 82 New 3 per 901, f, f x d Italian, 1865, 5 p c ...... 82 84 Exchequer Bills, March 5 9 pin 83 Pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p o .... 87 88 Do, June 59 pm Portuguese 1869 3 p 0.. 281 291 4s, Zs pin 29 Bank Stock " - Russian, 1862, 5 p c.. ... 871 881 Shut i 884, 4, 74, 8 India 5 per Cents - Do Nicolas 4p o .. 110 f, 4 68 Imlia Bon ish pm — Span. 1867. 3pc 20s 2 74, i Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 105 107 Do, 1869, 3 p c , Do Mar* & Sept. 103 105 274, 64, 7 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 100 Turkish. 1854, 5p c B4 87 933 Do, 1865. 5 p c Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 100 42f. 2, 4 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 98 101 Do, 1865. 6pc Ceylon 6 p c May and U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p o 1882 90$ 903 November 1878 lO7 109 9 94, 4, I, i Mauritius 6 p c Jan and Do do July 1873 lO3 105 8 92. 4, 3 New 811 7 8.1 es 5 p clB7l-76 100 102 Do 10-10 Bnds, 5 pc1904 85 851 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 109 851, I Do 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 97 93 Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 981, 74 1094 Do Gpc Mar &Sept 1891 105 107 Atlantic and Cl W R Con Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 Mortgage Bonds ...... 251 26 Vict 6pc Jan &July 1891 113 115 252, 61 . 67 68 26i 27 1885 89 89i Notwithstanding the reduction of I per cent. in the Bank rate, the stock markets to-day have been in a most depressed state, being unfavourable affected by the unsatisfactory aspect of affairs between Prussia and France, and also by rumours of armaments on the part of Russia. In all departments the business doing has been extremely moderate, and although no important movements have been noticed, they have been occasionally indicative of the existence of heaviness. Home securities have been dull. Consols have fallen per cent., or 91k, 91 for money and the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 90k, 90k; Exchequer Bills, 3s. to Bs. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 110, 110} ; and India Bonds, 155., 20s. prem. In Colonial Government Securities very few transactions have taken place, and prices have been un altered. In the market for English railway stocks there a has been an absenee of an important ,feature. Next to nothing has been doing, and the quotations have had a drooping tendency. Metropolitan, 65, 65A ; Caledonian, 74i, 75 ; Brighton, 40, 401 ; South Eastern, 721, 72 ; Great Northern A, 133, 134; Great Eastern, 37k,. 37i ; Midland, 125-1, 126 ; North-Western, 127 i, 128 Great Western, 69i, 70; North-Eastern, 144 i, 145. For Indian railway stocks there has been but little inquiry. East Indian, 1091 ; Scinde, 103 ; Canadian shares have been quiet, but firm. Great Western, 15k Foreign shares have been dealt in quietly; Buenos Ayres, Great Southern, 241 ; Recife and San Francisco, 16} ; and Lombards, 14g. Forel 6 n bonds have commanded scarcely any atten tion, and prices have had a drooping tendency. Russian Nicolas Railway, and Turkish 1869 have fallen per cent. Italian (1861), however, have been steadier at 53k, Turkish Five per Cents. are quoted at 51k, 51 1 , and ditto (1869), 52i, 52i. American Government securities have been firm. The Five-Twenty (1885) and the Ten-Forty Bonds have advanced 4 per cent. There has been very little demand for bank shares. Im perial Ottoman haNie been rather easier at 11, 11g. Con solidated have sold at 4, and London and Westminster at 61. RAILWAYS. ______ _. ____. • Bristol and E xeter B5 87 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 741 Do 3rd Pref Stock . Great Easte rn 371 4th Pref Stock 1212, 1 Great Northern ........ 121 122 Great Indian Pen gsp o 1051106 4 Do A Great Western ofCanada 15 154 133 134 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Great Western 691 692 Do 54 do, 1877-3 9B 100 691, 9 Do 5 p °pref. Issued 80 par 2prn Lancashire & Yorkshire 129',1301 Madras guar 5p c ton, Brigh. and S Coast 40 4,4 N. Railway of Canada Lon,-Chat, and Dover .. 124 13 6p c Ist Pref Bonds LOU and .North%Western 12711271 Onde and Rohilkund g 1274 5 u c Lou and South-Western 85 87 Sciude, Punjaub, and Man, Shef, and Lincoln 45 46 D elhi guar 5P c Metropolitan .65 . Bahia and San Francisco Midland .... 125 1251 g 7'p 0 .........n..... 174 18 126 Belgian E junciio .... 11 . 2 1 North British North-Eastern Consols 144414 51 241 145, 44, 4 Dunaburg and Witepok 178 18 South-Eastern 4 72 73 Dutch-Rhenish Atlantic and St Lawrnce 77 80 Eastern of France....., -- :-, Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg .. • . i 2 72i Central India, g 5 p c.. 10441054 Lemberg Czernowitz gum Buff & Lake Huron Pre 4 5 7P e 164 17 Do 54 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 77 80. Northern of France — Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c 10411051 Recife and San Francisco V.. 16 17ast Indian, g 5 p c 1092 16 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud i South ' nab' & Loin-Yen 144 14g charge 6 Scrip 94 26 144 Do hild do .... I dis, Ipixt Southern of France .. . ,-- Do Ist Pref Bondy . BANKING COMPANIES. I'd I'd • 1 Agra Bank (14 A .... g 9 10 Imperial Ottoman lll4 pm 25 . Alliance (L) ........ 124 134 lli 10 Anglo-Austrian ... 810 urn 20 Lou Char of Austria 23 24 ' , O Anglo-Egyptian (1 . ) 22 :-1 20 Loudon and County 47 49 50 British IN American 51 53 15 Loudon Joint-Stock 324 3a 29 Ch of India, Austrlia 144 154 20 Lon andWestinnster 61 62 25 Char Mere of India 254 264 61 w City • 104 114 10 Metropolitan Bf S 23 Colo::!al i, c,,,,, ~, , , s, ,t ce l (1,) 4fi 25 Orutal Bank (orporu 424 4 1 ?) ~. scut. and Anse I6i 17; 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41 Oa) (L) 1 . () Ei TELEGRAPH COMPANIES • 100 A.uglo-American 14 83 00 10 Anglo-Meditrn as) .. 14t 6 Great N. China, and Japan Extension.. 34 3,118 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 11 100 Do 8p c — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Australn (L) 4 31dis and Malta (L) ... 51 G 10 British Ind Exten (L). 61 62 10 M e dit errn E x (L). .. 5 5 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Pruna and S. Pcfc(L) 4 3 dis marine, (L) 2 China Submarine (L) 5 41d is 20 Soc Trans France (L) 14i 151 dis 100 Submarine 231 23) 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 1 Do Scrip 2 21 and Malta (1 4 1 10 Great Northern '1 HE SUN, LOINDOIN, FRIDAY, SEMEN:BUR 30, 18715. THE WAR. they were in garrison. On the evening of the 9th the Germans opened fire on the' entrenched camps of the enemy ; six batteries were placed in position. Negotia tions took place between the headquarters of hotili armiei on the subject of the exchange of prisoners and the trans port of the wounded. The trains, containing French pri soners, from Sedan have left off for some days. During the last week the bad weather has been succeeded by weather of the most beautiful description, and the sanitary state of the German troops leaves nothing to desire. The regular postal service is restored, so that the army receives letters from Berlin dated the previous. day. The soldiers have picked up some small balloons, by means of which the besieged had endeavoured to send thousands of small letters to their families.. The General-in-Chief has received visits from the Grand Dulie -+ AROSTItTIa COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS. The Ind4endance Belge . i lias received the first communi cation from Paris through the balloon-post. This system has been carried to a state of much higher perfection than was deemed possible at first. The balloon-post of Paris does not consist merely of a simple box of letters, it is a box which is accompanied by a postman, who is an accom plished aeronaut, and keeps the balloon afloat so long as it would be dangerous to descend. Nadar, who has organised the service, writes to the IndOpendance from Paris, on the 22nd of September, aslfollows :—" I analijun willing to lose an o p portun i ty o f i n f orm i ng you ith respect to our movements. By order of the i4o veriunent I send off the first batch of despatches, and I know enough of the teronaut in charge to feel certain that this letter is sure to reach you. You would not recognise Paris, my friend. lam old enough to remember many different phases of this city. I can recall 1830 ; I was here in 1848 ; I saw the days of June ; I assisted at the hideous time in December; but I never saw anything 'similar to what fe now taking place. A stroke of a magic wand has transformed this . capital of pleasure. Every man is 'armed. Every street is silent. All the slurps are closed. At each angle of the place, on all the boulevards, on all the pavements, from the dawn of day till nightfall, one meets no one but Gardes Mobiles and Gardes Nationales. No women appear in the streets, even in the daytime. Only grave and silent citizens, their guns on their shoulders, pass along. The battalions which go beyond 'the ramparts pass the battalions who return. One thought, one desire, pervades the people—to revenge their defeats. We have just escaped a terrible danger in thearraistice demanded by our Government and refused by Prussia. This was civil war, and never at any period .of any history were the populace more universally and formidably armed. The redoubtable faubourgs would only have had one movement to make in order to crush the centre of Paris. The fortunate refusal of 'Count Bis marck has given us breathing time, and it seems that this dangerous experiment of our Government has given us that show of right which was so little on our side at the outset of this abominable war. We are now regaining the equilibrium which we had so fearfully lost. War is not made alone with chassepots and cannon ; it is not with impunity that, after having set other nations the most lamentable example for twenty years, we have had neither a friend nor an ally in the world. We have been so cruelly punished in our honour by our blood and our ruin that expiation ought to cease. We all hope that it will shortly cease, and that the, war will not be the same for Republican that it was for Imperial France. Prussia refuses, implacably, to accord peace to her disarmed enemy, but all will be set right, and this unjust and cruel refusal will be remembered against her. The terrible drama which we are playing before the world and before. history is not yet completed. The fourth act has been• sadly touching. We await the fifth, and the moral renovation which the fall of the Empire has brought about gives us confidence in the dencraentent." of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Prince A.cialbert of Prussia, and the Duke of Altenburg. STRANGE DOINGS ON THE LUXEMBOUI FRONTIER. A special telegram from the Daily Hews correspondent, dated Esch, Wednesday, says :—" Since about a week preceding last Sunday large amounts of provisions were accumulated in the city of Luxembourg and Bettem bourg, ostensibly for trasportation to Saarbruck for the German armies. On the night of the 24th, at one o'clock, the displaced rails on the Luxembourg-Thionville line, French side, were replaced, and the accumulated provisions flour, rice, coffee, and sugar loaded in 60 waggons of 10 tons each, and drawn by two locomotives, were sent from Bettembourg into Thionville " station, where the French garrison received them on Sun day morning. The German troops, lying south and west of Thionville, obtained knowledge of the matter, and made an attack on the station, endeavouring to destroy the goods, or at least prevent their unloading, by can nonade. In this attempt they were unsuccessful, as the station, lying on the west of Thionville, was pro tected by the guns of the battery at Mal ' grange. The whole affair was managed by the . French Eastern Railway Company, who own the line in question. They had induced the Luxem bourg douaniers to discontinue the night guard at Bettem bourg, the frontier station, by representing that the broken condition of the railroad made the precaution superfluous. The Customs authorities are making a report on the matter, which may cause the expulsion of the French railway officials. On. Sunday the Germans . re-extended their lines, which had been contracted, thus again blockading Thionville. Yesterday the Belgian Chamber of Deputies resolved that the entire frontier be ab solutely closed against all quadrupeds and vehicles, and all merchandise, which can possibly introduce the cattle-plague infection. Troops are to be quartered in all frontier villages, with instructions to cause all rural travellers to be disinfected by fumigation before passing inward ; not even ambulance trains to be allowed to return. The recent rumours about Bazaine's offer to capitulate are entirely without foundation. Bazaine had informed the Government in Paris that the Emperor had placed him at his post, and that he should hold it to the last. EXPERIENCES OF A WOUNDED GERMAN. The IVorth German Gazette contains a narrative, written by a soldier who was wounded in the battle before Metz on the 18th. It gives a vivid picture of the scenes and sensations of a:battle-field. After referring to pre vious marches and hardships, the writer says that at day - break the commander of the regiment rode up, and briefly expressed his conviction that, whatever happened, they would do their duty. The camp preacher followed, who asked for the Evangelical por tion of the battalion, but the Major replied, " We all believe in one God, and follow one banner. Let all come." All, or most, accordingly came, and it was for many their last prayer. After describing the hunger and thirst which the soldiers suffered during the morning, the article continues :—" There ! a blow in the breast, a tearing in the body, a fall with aloud cry and terrible pain ; there I lay, one of the victims of this bloody day. My first sensation was anger at the blow, my second an expec tation of seeing myself explode, for judging by the sound of the bail I believed I had a grenade in my body ; then came the pain, and with it helplessness and falling. Oh, how frightful are those first moments ! Where I was 'hit,- how I was wounded, I could form no idea; I only felt that I could not stir, saw the battalion disappear from my sight, and myself alone on the ground amid the fearful howling and whistling of the balls, which were incessantly striking the earth around me. With difficulty could I turn my head a little, and saw behind me two soldiers attending on a third, who was lying on the ground. Of what happened I can give no account, except that I cried for help several times as well as I could, for the pain and burning thirst hat the upper hand. At last both of them ran up to me, and with joy I recognised the doctor and 'hospital attendant of my company. ` Where are you wounded?' is the first question. I could only point. My dress was quickly opened, and in the middle of the breast a bloody wound was found, which the doctor hastily bound. The balls still constantly whizzed round' us, one struck the doctor's helmet, and immediately I feel a violent blow in the left Another wound ! With difficulty I was turned round, to look for the outlet of the bullet, but it was still in my body, near the spine. At la-t it was cut out. `ls the wound dangerous,' I asked. ' I hope not.' Pray tell me the truth.' Not very dangerous, it is to be hoped,' and with the emphasized ` very' my hopes melted. They were going away. `The wound in the arm, doctor.' This, fortunately, was looked for in vain ; the ball had merely caused a blue spot, and had sunk into the ground harmlessly. I extended my haad to the doctor and thanked hitt), as also the attendant, whom I commis sioned to ask the sergeant to send word to my family. Ceaselessly it whizzed and howled around me. The doc tor had carefully laid me on my cloak, with my helmet firmly on my head, in order, in some measure, to protect me from the leaden hail. Thus I lay alone with my own thoughts, amid the most terrible fire, perhaps for an hour and a half. All my thoughts, as far as pain and increas ing weakness allowed, were axed on my family. Gra dually I got accustomed to the danger which surrounded me, and only when too much sand from the striking bul lets was thrown on my body did I remember my little enviable position At last, .after long, long waiting, the sanitary detachment • came to me." The writer then describes his removal to a stable, and the wretched hours which he passed, owing to the pain and the groaning of his companions. "At length an old woman entered, the owner or occupier of the house to which the stable was attached. I begged for water, but unfortunately her hearing was defective, and the whole night and the following I had constantly, as the only ons who could speak French, to make her hear the wishes of myself and my companions. I wondered -at finding myself alive the next morning, though I was too weak to be able to think about it. One of my comrades bad died in the interim. The following night a bustle and the glimmer of lights woke us from our half sleep, which had hitherto only been broken by the cry, ' Ma mere, de l'eau,' which the other wounded had already learnt from me, and the old woman came day and night at this appeal. When, however, towards evening I en treated her to kill and cook for us one of the numerous liens in - the village street, she was immovable, even by a thaler, and we remained hungry." He then describes his removal to a house, where he passed the third night, in a room lighted by a wax altar candle, which he 'as told had been taken out of the church of St. Aix. "The good God will not be angry at its lighting us here." The man beside him bad the rattle in the throat till 3 a.m., when it ceased—he was dead. "Perhaps in his distant home a faithful wife and loving children were waiting for his return. Was that dynasty, so rich in blood and crime, was this vain, boasting yrande nation worth this victim ? " The writer then relates his removal by railway into the Palatinate, where the news of the victory at Sedan rejoiced the wounded Germans, but drew bitter tears from a Frenchman who lay beside them. He speaks warmly of the attention he received from the surgeons and the attendants, and ex presses his regret at being prevented by his wound, though it did not prove very dangerous, from entering Paris with his brethren in arms. THE FIGHTING A WEND PARIS. The three reconnaisances or sorties from Paris which we mention and discussed in our issue of Wednesday, really seem to have taken place, though, with their usual exaggeration, the French have greatly magnified in their first announcements the importance of the mate rial successes which they gained. The fact, how eVer, that any French force was engaged with the Prussians without incurring a defeat is important, and the morale given to the French cause is incalculable. A pitched battle fought to-day outside the walls of Yaris could scarcely fail to bring about the surrender of the capital, but a series of small but successful skirmishes will, in time, convince General Trochu's soldiers that they are a match for the besiegers, and prepare the way for a great struggle, to take place some few weeks hence, and which may decide the fate of France. Admiral Saisset reports that with a force of 200 skilled -marksmen, 400 marine infantry, and eight companies of the Eclaireurs de is Seine—not cavalry, as erroneously stated by a correspondent —he drove the enemy out of the village of Drancy, after a brisk musketry fire, and pursued them up to within 450 yards of the railway station of Le Bourget. A 16 pounder from Fort Romainville drove the Prussians back whenever they tried to debouch. An orderly retreat took place in the afternoon. The French casualties were one officer and one private wounded. -Evidently this was a successful reconnaissance, and nothing more. General Belanger, commanding at St. Denis seems to have met with more resistance in his reconnaisance in the direction of Pierre fitte than his naval colleague. Under cover of guns from the works about St. Denis, he attacked the village of Pierrefitte, and a hand-to-hand fight en sued. The enemy were reinforced, and Were further strengthened after the commencement of the skirmish and it is evident that it was not a matter of choice though the report would lead one to suppose it was, that the village was not occupied, and that the French retire( in the evening. The retreat was conducted with coolness, and the troops, especially the line, seem to have fought well. The general commanding surmises that the loss of the Prussians was heavy, but he makes no mention of his own casualties. The third reconnaissance was more im portant than the other two, and the result was a cer tain material advantage to the French. General Mand lay definitely established himself on the heights of Villejuif, due south of Paris. For several hours his field batteries, supported by the guns of the forts, kept up a heavy cannonade. The Prussian fire was at length silenced, and the works which the besiegers were con structing about Bogueux demolished. Extensive works having been thrown up by the Prussians near Brie-sur- Marne, two French field guns opened on them and caused much confusion. Towards Aubervilliers the Prussians kept out of range, and there is nothing new between St. Ouen and Sevres. The losses of the Prussians are reported to have been heavy, but in reality it is not likely that the French were well informed on the subject. The above report appears to have been written by some superior military authority and not by General Mandelay himself arm, Everything in the above seems to show that the attack will be made—if regular approaches are constructed at all —on the south and south-east of Paris, by the Crown Prince's army. It will be observed that there is no mention made of captured Prussian guns and mitrailleuses, and of 12,000 Prussian casualties. Of mitrailleuses it is not believed there are any with the army before Paris, while as to the 12,000 killed and wounded Prussians, we can only repeat the remark of a frie b nd who observed yesterday that if the French had killed and wounded to the extent they said ; there would not be a Prussian left in France. A telegram from Tours, dated the 27th, says that a letter from Paris, dated the 25th, states that great enthusiasm Prevails, that the steadiness and good conduit of the Garde Mobile are admirable, and that the construction of barricades is being actively proceeded with. On the other hand, an official German despatch from the King's head-quarters asserts that the Provincial Garde Mobile at Paris are deserting in twenties and fifties, and that about 200 have been shot for disobedience. We do not see how the deserters could very well leave Paris, nor do we understand how intelligence from P ar i s _ can very well reach the Prussian - army save through prisoners, who are very apt to say anything which will please their captors. On the whole, we are disposed to disbelieve the official German dispatch, though we have little doubt that, if necessary, General Trochu will shoot not only 200, but 2,000 of the Mobiles should that number disobey orders. The Prussians suspect that in the action of the 19th the French endeavoured to draw them on over mines. That there is an extensive system of mines round Paris we do not doubt, and the mere suspicion that they exist will induce great caution on the part of the Prussian commanders and somewhat damp the ardour of their soldiers. Nothing demoralises even the best troops like a mine. We suspect, however, that if there are mines they are chiefly situated close to the enceinte, and will not come into play save in the case of an attempt to storm. The special correspondent of the Times 1 telegraphs frOna Versailles, under 'date of the 27th, that 1 the French are fortifying at Velizy, that Duke Max of 1 Wurtemburg' has been wounded at the outposts at St. Cloud, and that the weather is magnificent.—Standard. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 30 London Fin Assoc (L)lBll7l,dis holders' Certificate 11 21 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. 21 21 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 14 15 2 Lou & Prov Marine L) I twu 141 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pr 7 100 Madr as Irrig &Canal.g spc by I n d G ov. 10 1 103 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 1011 p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 Mauritius Laud (L) 1 dis,l par 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 pm NatnlDiset Comp (L) 11 111 27 Canada Company. .. 72 76 21 N Z ea l an d L oan and 10 Ceylon Company (L) 5141 dis M ere A gency (L) II pm 5 5 N Zealand Loan and 35 City Offices (L) .... 261251 dis Trust (L) 10 Crdt 2 Fonc of Eng (L) 21 2i 50 P and 0 Steam 47 49 i 100 Cryst al 481, 71 Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lOB 113 50 Rhymney Iron 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 818 dis 15 1)o sew 9 10 Egyp 9p &Troy:wan, 60 Royal Mail Steam guar by Egyp Gay.. 96 09 20 Tel Con and M a i n (L) 251 26 972 13 Pore-stWarehourie (L) 2 Thames and Me rs ey 62 fiPm Marine Insur (L Fgn and Colonial Gov guar by Italian Gov, 85 88 Trust 6 p &Disct ILc Bonds.. 93 57 86 71 Gen Credt )I f dis S Trust and Loan Co of Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 Upper Canada .. 11 pm 20 Huds 7 Hoop e on's Bay Br's Tel Works 21 21tdis 81 20 Union (I Marine, Lypo o ship f (L) 21 (L . 4 spna Steaml 2 81 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 1) idis `45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 4141pi0 Tel Works (L) ~. , 38 39 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 38 Mortgage Loan.... 77 .79 20 InternlFinan Soca, 1/ 11dis 781, 1 It Irrig Can Cavour 31 32 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re deemable 1870 . 58 62 MINING SHARE LIST.—SEPTEMBER 29. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Missing Offices., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, Londo. Market inactive. Tanquaril firm at quotations. Prince Wales, Tankerville, Pacific, and Seton flat. Australian United, 1, t) Bwleh Consols, Bronfloyd, Chiverton Mohr, Chiverton Valley, 31, 4 Cook's Kitchen, Chontales (Gold), Drakewalls, 1, 11 Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 3i, East Bassett, East Caradon, East Lovell, 301, 314 East Wheal Grenville, 21, 1 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), 10s., 15s. General Brazilian, Great Lasey, 17), 13 Great Retallaek, Great Wheal Vor, 51, 6 Hingstqn Donal, Marke Talley, 6f, 7/ New Lovell, North Crofty, Pacific 2), Prince of Wales, IN., 12s, 6d. Providence Mines, 37, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransoine United, South Condurrow, 2i, South Frances Tankerville, 14, 14,1 Tincroft, Tan-yr-Allt, Taquaril (Gold), 365., 38s. Trumpet Consols, Van, Van Consols, 2,2 i West Chiverton, 53. 54 West Frances, 2R, 30 West Maria and Fortescue, West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West Seton, Wheal Agar, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 1L Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Wheal Mary Ann, Bi, 9 Wheal Seton, 17k, 42k MARKETS, BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was a 'air supply of English wheat at this market to-day, and it was a urn dearer, but not quotably higher. Foreign wheat was un altered. Fine barley ls. dearer, secondary kinds were firm. Oats were dull, and only taken in retail. The same may be said of beans and peas. Maize was a turn dearer. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was a mode rate supply of wheat at the market to-day, and it met with a fair sale, at fully last week's prices. Good qualities of foreign in demand. Inferior qualities are quite neglected. Malting barley is inquired at full prices. Grinding qualities are 6d, per quarter dearer, with a fair sale. Indian corn in good demand, and rather higher. Trade in oats is quiet, at unaltered values. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was an improved demand for the finer qualities of English wheat at this market to-day, and most samples were cleared off early at the extreme prices of last week. Other kinds as well as foreign were only in moderate request without any material alteration in price. There was a small demand for flour at the rates of last week. There was no particular change in oats both English and foreign. Oats declined is. per quarter. Indian corn was is. per quarter dearer, but the trade was limited. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-There were moderate supplies of stock on sale here to-day, the con dition of which continued inferior. The trade for all descrip tions of stock ruled quiet, with the exception that prime animals being few in number, met with a steady sale at the rates pre viously current. •With respect to beasts, there was a somewhat large supply, consequently the demand was inactive, and Mon day's prices were with difficulty supported. The show of sheep in the pens was rather below the average; nevertheless the inquiry was restricted, owing chiefly to the inferiority of the animals ; and although prime breeds were scarce, prices could not thoroughly be maintained. The general top figure remains as , quoted on Monday. Calves being rather scarce, commanded full prices. Pigs were in limited request, at pre vious quotations. Per 81bs. to sink the offal : -Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. ; second quality ditto, 45. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; prime large oxen, ss. Od. to ss. 6d. ; prime Scots, ss. Bd. to ss. 10d. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. Bd. to 45. Od. ; second quality ditto, 4s. 2d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime coarse woolled sheep, 4s. 10d. to ss. 6d. ; prime Southdown ditto, ss. Bd. to 6s. Od. ; large coarse calves, 35. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; prime small ditto, ss. Od. to 6s. Od. ; large hogs, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d.; neat small porkers, ss. 6d. to 65. 2d. Quarter old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals Beasts-English 740, foreign 600, total 1,340. Sheep -English 4,430, foreign 4,450, total 8,880. Calves-English 35, foreign 300, total 335. Pigs-English 15, foreign 220, total 235. DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-At this market to-day there were 2,699 beasts, being 25 less than this day week. There were 7,092 sheep, 200 less than at the last market. There were 80 calves. There was gi eat sluggishness except for prime articles. Inferior were down 10s. each. Sheep were hard to sell, and less than last market. The supply was over the demand. Old Smithfield Market store-cattle were in brisk de mand, and at advanced rates. Owing tc the fine weather there was a short supply of pigs, and curers are cautious, owing to the hot weather. GLASGOW CATTLE MA,RKET, THURSDAY.-There was a large number of cattle in the market to-day, but many of them were of middling quality. Top sorts were in demand and prices were a shade higher than last week. Inferior kinds were very dull and rather lower. Scotch top current from 755. to 775. per cwt. Secondary 70s. to 725. per cwt.: middling and inferior, 605. to 655. pe r cwt.; Irish top, 745. to 755. per cwt.; secondary, 675. to 70s. per cwt.; middling and inferior, 55e. to 60s. per cwt. Of sheep and lambs the supply was large, and gene rally of secondary and middling quality. Good sorts were in demand, at prices similar to last week's. Inferior kinds were dull and unsaleable. Sheep, top, whitefaced, cur rent, 8d to Bld per lb. ; secondary, sid. to 71d per lb. ; top, blackfaced, 70. to lid per lb. ; seco n d ar y , 7d . to 7}d. per lb. : middling and inferior, 6d. to sp. per lb. Lambs, top, 245. to to 28s. each ; secondary, 14s. to 17s. each ; middling and in ferior, 6s. to 10s. each. At the close a clearance could not be effected. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, THURSDAY.--Butter was in fair request, at the following rates :-Friesland, 130 s. to 1345. ; Zwolle, 120 s. to 128 s. ; Kampen, 1205., to 128 s. ; Bosch, 90s. to 98s. ; Kiel, 112 s. to 1345. ; Danish, 104 s. to 128 s. ; Jersey, 108 s. to 1265.; Normandy, 108 s. to 1365. ; and Morlaix, 945. to 98s. per cwt. Cheese experienced a steady sale. Edam, 465. to 555. ; Gouda, 425. to 50s. ; Derby, 465. to Ns. ; and American, 50s. to 665. per cwt. Bacon was purchased to a moderate extent. Ham burg and Danish sizeable and light weights, 665. to 68s. per cwt. Hams were in fair demand. Lard met a limited inquiry, at late rates. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKETS. THURS DAY.-For sugar the demand has been to a very moderate ex tent, but prices have ruled firm. Low jaffry, les. 6d. to 17s. Coffee is steadier in value with a moderate inquiry. Rice has been dull. Pinky Madras, 9s. lid. to 9s. 4id. Metals-Scotch pig iron has been met at 51s. 4kd. cash. Tin has been dull. Straits £124. Oils : Linseed has been dull at 31s. buyers spot. Rape inactive ; English brown, spot, 41s. 9d to 425. Tallow: The market has been depressed ; old Y.C., spot, 425. 6d ; new, 435. 6d. ; last three months, 435. 6d. sellers. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. -Although there was only a moderate supply on offer at the market to-day, the trade was inactive, but prices weie supported. 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 1105. ; prime clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ed. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime new second cut clover, 120 s. to 1305.: inferior ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.-Opening Re .port.-Imports per bill of entry, 19,847 bales-19,034 Surat's, and 813 from Havre. Th e mar k et opens quietly to-day, under some depression adverse to holders, which will result in trans actions to the extent of about 10,000 bales. Close :-The mar ket continues very dull, and prices drooping, the decline on the week being on American, and on Swats. Sales to-day reached 10,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation and for exportation. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.-This market remains very (lull and inactive, and prices here, in sympathy with cotton, are steadily closing. Producers, who are not in order, or whose contracts have nearly expired, are more anxious now, and willing to meet buyers in price ; but this has led to no increase of buyers. Business is daily very meagre. Cotton is too high, and must reach a lower level before there is a larger or profitable trade here. BRADFORD TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.--The past week has seen some fluctuations in this market. The hopes of peace awakened by the negotiations of last week quickened the de mand for wool and yarns, and some little buoyancy was felt at the close of the week. When the proposed armistice was aban doned, however, things reverted to much their former condition --all speculative feeling disappeared, and a very quiet tone has supervened, Prices of wool, which were against the buyer last week, were slightly in his favour to-day, although values upon the whole are well maintained. Good lustre, demi lustre, and Irish wethers are most saleable, and worth fully as much money. In worsted yarns spinners took a few export orders last week, and are consequently the better able to show a firm front to-day. Merchants, however, are unwilling to buy except at a reduction, and very little is done. The opera tions in pieces are on a very small scale, the autumn season being nearly over, while it is too early to buy spring goods. Prices are barely maintained. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.-BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.-Considerable interest was attached to the pre liminary meeting of the ironmasters, held at Birmingham to day. Mr. Hunt, manager of the New British Iron Company, presided, and was elected chairman for the ensuing year. The meeting lasted two hours. The wages question was fully dis cussed, and the action of the committee, refusing to make any advance in wages was confirmed. There is no appreciable -dif ference in trade. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKE P. THURSDAY.--Opening Re port..-L.This market is flat to-day. Business was done down to 518. 2d, cash, closing fiat. General Tgnatieff, the Russian A m b assa d or a t Constan tinople, ha s left that city for Odessa. Mn. REVERDY JOHNSON.— The lion. Reverdy Johnson, late United States Minister to the English Court, is suffering from a disease of the eyes which it is feared will end in total blindness. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacaoine. Cacloine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cactoine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de rumble of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacaoine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oh is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only Piccadilly ; and 48, Th readneedle-s treet ; at their Works by James Epps and Co., Homcoopathic Ch em i sts, 112, Great Rms. Dietetic l7f Preparations, Eust on - road.—ADrr. sell-street for ; „ , W i , u , 5 :.LE an( Co., .15hiSt, are the largest whiski itt the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is reconnuetaki, the int.;,li,tl profession in preference to French brand . sup priett in casks and cases for tome use or exportatiop. Q uotation , Gillerjapplication Itessre DUNVJLLE & Co., Royal lriao or at thei LondOn Offices, 4, - Beaufort Biriklinßs Strand, W.O. THE ARMY BEFORE METZ. The Staatsan,zeiger publishes the-following. accounts of the army which blockades Metz. The General-in-Chief of the army before Metz, Prince Frederick Charles, has since the 9th September fixed his headquarters at Corny. Corny is a large village to the south of Metz, on the right bank of the Moselle, on one of the two great roads from Metz to Nancy. The Prince is in the chateau of Corny, whose large park stretches as far as the Motelle. In the same villa the Order of St. John has established its depot, on account of the facility of communications which it offers. Tlie situation of Metz has not greatly changed. From time to time some slight skirmishes take place at the outposts, but they are of no importance ; on every side the most careful watch is maintained, which exacts as much attention from the military authorities as if the , k troops had to perform rapid marches. Alth . ough they are engaged iti'a blockade the troops have no rest, 'the exer 'cises and the manoeuvres are kept up as regulaily as if A. PRUSSIAN SOLDIER ON THE WAR. The Pattie publishes a letter written by a Prussian officer to a friend and co-religionist of his, resident at Agen. He begins by expressing his delight at hearing from a French, prisoner that his old friend is still alive and well, for he knew that he was too much of a patriot not to have enrolled himself as a soldier in presence of invasion. He is glad, too, to find that his friend was not present at Sedan, " at the disaster of MacMahon's army, or rather at that of the Emperor Napoleon ; for it• is understood that it was he who had the command, though indirectly." The battle of Sedan, though unparalleled, was not, he says, unforeseen. " It was known that your army, though full of ardour and courage, was badly com manded, and in want of everything, and could not sus tain the charge of our troops, whose organisation is incomparable. Heavens ! what corpses covered the earth. Surely the God of Love and Mercy will punish the authors of so many deaths ! My sight was soon wearied and darkened ; but as far as it could reach I could see nothing but ruin and destruction. At the battle of Sedan the French had, tremendous losses, and their leaders were highly imprudent. How ar,e we to explain that an autty,.l and a French army, could capitulate with such an impos of making General Vogel von Falkenstein personally responsible for overstepping his authority." Falckenstein was the general who commanded the opera tions against the South during the war of 1866. When he arrived at Frankfort he imposed a contribution upon that unhappy city. General Manteuffel, who succeeded him, thought, however, that the sum was not large enough, and quadrupled the amount. But if Falckenstein was not "hot " enough to rule the Frankforters, he is quite equal to the occasion in East Prussia. It is not alone because this arrest is contrary to the Constitution and every principle of liberty, that it has ex- ' cited great and general indignation. A good many people, and their number is increasing, hold mnch the same opinions as Dr. Jacoby, though they are not Democrats, and hence they dislike his being prosecuted for them. Conquest and glory may be all very well for the upper grades of Prussian society, who would think it derogatory to be anything but soldiers, but the tradesmen and others of the middle-class are not so vividly impressed with the desirability of inflicting further suffering upon France. Whilst the nobility reap most of the honour of the war, the middle classes bear its terrible burdens. It ig their . businesses which are being ruined, because the proprietors are in the front ; it is their relatives who, in thousands; are becoming the prey of the Chassepot, and are buried in heaps like dogs on the battle -field. "We cannot• add much to the lustre of our dazzling triumphs, - why . not stop ?" An addition of territory is not worth pro longing the war for. If Metz and Sbrasbourg be dismantled, that will be sufficient to protect Germany, which on her side has abundance of fortresses. The additional ground will be more than counterbalanced by the hatred which such a transfer would engender. Many of the South-Ger man statesmen are notoriously opposed to the acquisition. The Southern States are too weak to be burdened with hostile populations, and if they are " taken on" by Prussia, so much the greater will become the domi nant power in Germany. It is by no means the fact that the Southern States have no jealousy of Prussia. Their jealousy will not prevent their entering the Confederation, but it is felt all the same. Amongst another powerful class the feeling against annexation is strong, because the inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine are opposed to any transfer. Civilisation has done some good in creating within the minds of men a repugnance to transferring kn'ople like* sheep' and againtt their will, and nobody doubts here that the inhabitants of A 18 0, 03 an d L orraine e. ing force ? It is the generals of the French army who must bear the responsibility. Your soldiers fought, as they always do, like lions, and they would have per formed prodigies had they been better led. France mourns the defeat of her army, while Prussia exults in a triumph which will be fatal to her if she does not look forward. What has the war in reserve for us? God only knows. Prussia, with all her victories, is - ruining and killing herself. Her soldiers are decreasing, while her thirst for conquest grows more ardent." Speaking of the proposed annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the writer declares his conviction that they can only be taken by crushing France, and in the interests of peace, he hopes Prussia may not be able to take them, for he is certain no peace so arranged could. be lasting. The Prussian army are confident that Paris will not be able to hold out against them; but he, who has visited Paris with his friend, knows better, and believes that 100,000 Prussians will perish before subduing the fortsi, 100,000 more before conquering the ramparts, and the rest will fall at the barricades. If the- Parisians hold out a month all France will be behind them ; and the situation of the Prussians will be as . critical as that of the French. THE FRENCH PRISONERS EN ROUTE. • According to the accounts supplied from several sources to the French journals, the Prussians do not seem to have been very solicitous to keep their prisoners after Sedan. k THE TROUBLES IN LYONS. A correspondent of the Peuple Francais, writing from The &clue Public, of Lyons, announces that there was Virton on September 12th, says :—" The great event of still some agitation in the town on the 25th, bu t the day is the evasi on o f the French prisoners aft er th e p U blic order was not seriously endangered. Th e dif 6 " capitulation of Sedan. I delayed writing about it until culty arose from the great flag question. A larg e it had assumed really important proportions. They number of the population were anxious to see the were sent off in columns of two to three tricolour floating over the - Hotel-de-Ville. On the morn thousand to Pont-a-Mousson, where they had ing of the 25th a corps of free shooters marched to the to take the railway to Hagenau and Germany. The Place Bellecour, with the flag of three colours. Several departure of these columns was rapidly watched, and the companies of the National Guard were at exercise there , prisoners while they remained at Sedan, were closely and loudly applauded the hoisting of the flag. One of the superintended, but directly they left the town supervision local mayors and another citizen protested against became very difficult. Only some two hundred cavalry it as seditious. The lieutenant commanding the would escort the columns, and at every bush and every Guards, refused, however, to remove it, and the turn of the road some Frenchmen succeeded in making . i Guards themselves hoisted tricolours in their their escape. Several were killed, but it is positively ranks. At mid-day a detachment of Mobiles had to pass stated that not less than twenty thousand officers and in front of the Hotel de Ville itself. The excitement soldiers succeeded in getting off. They all provided them- caused by their presence stimulated two bystanders selves with workmen's clothes as soon as they escaped, and to tearing down the red flag from the hotel, directed their course towards Central France. Several in doing which one of them was wounded by rejoined their regiments at the depots, but the greater I the sabre of a staff captain inside. This produced number came to Paris to offer their services. A good great confusion. On the one hand, it was contended that many of them are Zouaves, Turcos, Chasseurs d'Afriques, the revolutionary symbol should be removed by proper and foot soldiers, who already form two or three com- authority, and on the other, that an . officer of the panies. Yesterday I travelled from Sedan to Virton with National Guard should not have used his weapon in such a soldier of the 3nd regime n t o f marine infantry, who had a case. The local press, at the time the news left, was contrived to elude Prussian watchfulness. This hero, who is endeavouring to pacify the tumult. in his 23rd year of service, saved the flag of his regiment, remaining for three days concealed with it among the dead. • OPINION IN GERMANY. COLOGNE, SEPTEMBER 27. That the Government have not profited in any wise by ~heir arrest of Dr. Jacoby becomes more evident each day. The act was as foolish as it was tyrannical. Fifty Jacobies could not have created the uproar that the Government have made by putting this Democrat in prison. If the doctor had preached until doomsday his humane doctrine that Lorraine and Alsace ought not to be transferred against the will of their in habitants, he could not have ensured the spread of his opinions so efficiently as he has done with the help of the silly men who arrested him. No sooner was the act known than it was protested against. The one or two journals who first spoke about it were very cautious, for, as the Cologne Gazette remarked, the event shewed how little freedom of speech on• this subject was tolerated in Germany. During the last few days, however, the tone of public opinion has made itself unmistakeably heard. Arrest or no arrest, people will not tolerate this kind of oppression. It degrades the people. Whilst they are fight ing with such triumph . ant success, and raising their country to the first place in the world, they are rewarded with imprisonment, if they simply de cline to endorse the Government policy of an nexation. Whilst all, the peoples are praising German bravery, skill, perseverance, and the high standard of German education, which has so much con tributed to the glorious issue of the war, here is perpe trated an act which reduces the nation to the level of serfs. An old man of sixty is carried off to gaol because he quietly explains at a public meeting the reasons why he objects to the transfer of Alsace and Lorraine from the state to which they are so fondly ' attached. The North German Gazette argued that a very strong measure was necessary in the case of Dr. Jacoby, for such propaganda as his might not improbably destroy the unity of the nation and weaken the force of her just demands in the eyes of Europe. But if such mischief is to be worked by one man, the position of tl'e Prussian Government must be materially weaker than most people suppose it to be. And what can Europe think of this attempt to batter sentiments of unity into the Germans? A unity upheld by force cannot command much respect. Amongst the journals of weight which have protested against this arbitrary measure are the Cologne Gazette, the Priveligiste Berlinzsche Zeitung, the Yolks Zeitunq, the Vossische Zeitung, and others. Nor is the agitation to be confined to the newspapers. An attempt is to be mad 6 to re-elect Dr. Jacoby to Parlia ment, and so strong is the sympathy for the old " martyr," even on the part of those who do not agree with him, that this practical protest may be successful. In the meantime a verbal protest has been sent to Count Bismarck. It is influentially signed, and speaks in the most straightforward manner. The position is this : 'When war was declared it became known that the 'French meditated a design upon the Baltic coast, which was accordingly placed in a state of siege. The command of the district was given to General Vogel von Falckenstein. This highly respectable commander, but exceedingly unpleasant old gentleman, has yet had no brush with the French ; and we all know who finis work for idle hands to do. The time, which began to drag uncomfortably with the General, has been employed to some extent in arresting Dr. Jacoby and kindred exploits—making domiciliary visits, arresting various " offenders," suppressing newspapers, &c. But the French have not landed on the Baltic coast ; they are little likely to do so; and people therefore are anxiously inquiring why the state of siege should be continued, and they remain'a prey to the cantankerous old general's eccentricities. These are the facts set forth (not precisely in the same terms) in the protest forwarded to Count Bismarck. The writers wind up by saying :—" t home such actions produce a feeling of insecurity and diminish men's gratification at the success of the German arms. They are, moreover, calculated to have a prejudicial effect on our army. Abroad they may tend to the impression that the appa rent unanimity of the coun 'ry in relation to the war against France was the result of intimidation and of the suppression of free opinion. We, therefore, pray your Excellency to cause the speedy withdrawal of the procla mation of the state of war, and that you will take means THE LATE FIGHTING BEFORE PARIS. The following is the military report on the latest fight ing before Paris : " SEPT. 24, 10 a.m. " Our operations of yesterday have heen. excellent. he cannonade of Vill e j u if , t h e reconnoitring of Admiral Soisset, the brilliant engagement at Pierrefitte have given us a proof that our young troops have already acquired the coolness and steadiness of veterans. It is a good omen for the future. To-day all is calm ; the enemy is achieving his movements, but he is not advancing ; he is i n gre at force at Versailles. It would seem that the enemy has no intention of attacking Nogent, Petit-Bray, and Brie sur-Marne, his presence not being signalised i n that direction.—The Governor of Paris, " TROCHIJ." With respect to this fighting the Rouen correspondent of the Standard observes :—" The engagements have had . a far more important effect than appears on reading the official notes of the Government. At Villejuif and Arteuil the enemy lost a considerable number of his troops, and several prisoners were made ; but the new commanders of the French army, wishing to preserve the greatest secrecy as to their military operations, a nd having reEolved to be sober in the glorification of their successes, are determined to give only brief reports of the actions and of their results. The artillery of the forts has already shewn a great superiority over that of the besiegers, and every one is confideDt - that the armies of King William will be repulsed." Colonel Count Finckenstein! who of..,,ied Genet-at Moltke's famous order to the Cknown Prince the night before the battle of Sadowa, has died of his wounds. It is calculated that since the commencement of the war 35,000 foreigners have sought refuge in Brussels. The hotels in that city are crowded and lodgings can only be obtained with difficulty. A guerilla force is being formed on the Rhine under the command of an old captain who took part in the Cretan insurrection. They number 120 men, and their head quarters are apparently to be at Lyons. The Times' correspondent has been assured that the Detached Forts at Paris are wholly unprovided with casemates. If this be true they are mere shell-trap— nids a bombes, as the Frenclr would say. The Salut Public of Lyons states that the armament of the forts round that city has been completed, and formid able earthworks have been thrown up, which will offer serious impediments to an hostile attack. Paul de Cassagnan has not followed the example of his brother Imperial journalists. He enlisted as a Zouave , fought well, and was taken prisoner at Sedan. He is now employed by his captors in making bread. La France says that when a detachment of Mobiles were ordered to explore some of the coppices of the Bois de Boulogne, to fire them, they discovered there several individuqls who had been expelled from Paris, all of whom were armed with needle guns. A letter received in Lyons from Mulhouse reports that the enemy's troops abruptly left the town the day after entering it, and that since then a large number of F r ench troops have passed the town whose destination is un known. It appears that previously to the surrender of Stras burg the inhabitants, driven to desperation, had succeeded in hoisting the white flag on the cathedral, but General Uhrich ordered its removal. It is believed he was com pelled to surrender by the pressure of the inhabitants and the garrison. A Berlin paper states that Police - Lieutenant Hoppe, who a few weeks ago was captured by the French, and, on account of his imposing uniform, was taken for a general, was sent to Bordeax to be " interned." The papers found on him, however, disclosed his rank, and were so compromising that he was tried by court-martial and shot. A correspondent says It strikes many people as extremely odd that the provincial Gardes Mobiles are such a much finer body of men than the infantry of the Line. It looks as if all the best men had been left at home, and all the puny, narrow-shouldered, knock kneed lads taken by the conscription. The Gardes Mobiles are first-rate materials for soldiers, but it is to be feared that if there be not time to drill and discipline them enough to make them steady before the enemy and efficient in the field, they will hardly have a chance of amending the for tune of the war." The Main Zeituug, of Darmstadt, complains of the defective commissariat arrangements of the Hessian troops :—" `For three days no bread,' `three' days with out meat,' such is the burden of the military correspon dence which arrives here. Hunger, wet, and cold have had a terrible effect in our division. On the 17th alone there were 1,100 Hessians on the sick list. The number suf fering from typhus and - other diseases we cannot learn. This frightful sanitary condition of our division is mainly attri butable to the neglect of the State." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Wron gs made Right.—Every day that an y bodily suffering is permitted to continue, renders it more certain to become chronic or dangerous. Holloway's purifying, cooling, and strength ening Pills are well adapted for any irregularity of the human body, and should be taken when the stomach is disordered, the liver deranged, the kidneys inactive, the bowels torpid, or the brain muddled. With this medicine every invalid can cure himself, and those who are weak and infirm through imperfect digestion may make them selves stout and strongi by Holloway's celebrated Pills. When the system is out of order, and an un usual depression weighsdown the spirits, a few timely dose of this medicine will dispel the threatening illness, and spare suffering. are French at heart, and desire to remain French. Bi s. marck admits the fact, and substantial testimony is bore to it by the hostility cf the Aseatians and Lorrainers , who, in their ca p ac it y as pr i vate citizens, have combatted the march of the Prussians with grent e !, energy than the inhabitants of any other 1' of France. One of the correspondents of th e Cologne Gazette says he has been six weeks In Lorraine and declares that it is French to the backbone . It is difficult to find a few traces of German origin even on the frontier. If the province be incorporated , Gerrtiany will attach to herself a territory which, will give her more diffi cu lty th an V enet i a ever caus ed Austria. " The patriotism of the inhabitants of this province yields in nothing to that of the Italians. Nowhere will Prussia encounter more vivid animosity than in Lorraine." Another letter from an old officer of the Landwehr, says • Lorraine, ruined, spoiliated, an d devastated by the war, desires peace ardently, but she would prefer to continue her miseries r ather than be annexed," The Gazette itself earnestly supports these views. It urges that Alsace may be taken , but the French population of Lorraine ought to be left with their present rulers_ It takes no account of the obvious deduction that the arguments against the annelin" tion of the province apply with almost equally great force to the transfer of the other. BIRTHS. On the 28th inst., at 28, Cavendish-.goad, St. John's wood, the wife of. James &Atoll, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., at Puttenham Rectory, the 'lon. Mrs. W. Arthur Duckworth, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 27th inst., at Ryde, the Rev. George C. Stenning, dM.A., second son of W. Stenning, Esq., of Halsford, East Grinstead. to Emily Louisa, eldest daughter of the late E. W. Pilkington, Capt. R.N. On the 27th inst., at Hornsey, Henry Aubrey Husband, M. 8., M.C., of Stroud-green-road, Tollington-park, to Georgiana Grace Bentinck, daughter of Peniston Gros venor Greville, Esq., of Caversham-road. DEATHe. On the 26th inst., Mr. Anthony Wormull, of 121, Lam beth-walk, aged 85. On the 25th inst., at Petersfield, Hampshire, Richard G. P. Minty, Esq., aged 52. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, an d Publiteled by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of. the • Salmi!, in the County of Aliddlesex. Friday, 'Suptember 30, 1870. ......., ,____ R T errace J Rarve a o p ive .c great T•• p/ C ,-, ~rehesD. t 8111uinn! ~' i- tf) v. 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