The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-06 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS .- _Y ESTERDAY. The announcement of further defeats sustained by the French arms has strengthened the Stock markets, the belief being engendered that France will now see that her cause is hopeless, and that she will thus be induced to come to terms with Prussia. In both railway stocks and foreign bonds an increased amount of business has been transacted, and the quotations have improved. Home securities have been firm. Further purchases of Consols have been made at an ad vance of / per cent., the quotation being 91/, 92 ex-div. for delivery, and 92, 92/ ex-div. for the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91, 92. Bank Stock, 231, 232. Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. India Five per Cents., lull, not; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. In Colonial Government securities there has not been much business doing, and prices have been unchanged. For English railway stocks there has been a healthy inquiry, and prices have been improved. Brighton stock has risen /, the quotation being 401, 40. ; Great Northern A ?s, or to 134},135: Great Eastern 1, or to 38a, 38/ ; North-Eastern /, or to 143 k, 144/ ; Midland, or to 1271, 128 ; and North-Western, I, or 127/, 128 ; Metro politan is quoted at 64, 641; Caledonian, 782, 79k; South- Eastern, 731, 741. Indian Railway Stocks have been quiet but firm. East Indian, 1091, t 5 Great Indian Peninsula, 107, / ; Madras, 104 ; Oude and Rohilknnd, 103 ; and Scinde, 103/. Canadian Shares have been dull. Grand Trunk have fallen /, or to 11, 11k. In Foreign Shares very little business has been doing. Bahia and San Francisco, 17i ; San Paulo, 20k. The foreign bond market has been characterised by much firmness. Italian have risen 1, or to 55/, 551 ; Turkish Five per Cents, I, or to 44/, 45i ;'ditto 1869, 2, or to 51, 511 2 ; and Mexican /, or to 13/, 14/. The French Loan has improved to tto 1 prem. On the other hand, Spanish have been flat, on the rumour that the coupons will be taxed," and a fall of / has taken place, the 1867 issue being quoted at 31, 31i, and the 1869 at 302, 30k. American securities have been firm. The Five- Twenties (1882) bonds have been quoted at 88, 88k, and the 1885 at 88k, 88g. Joint Stock Bank shares have been dealt in quietly, but prices have been without change. Anglo-Egyptian, 21, 21i ; Imperial Ottoman, 12 ; London and Westminster, 64 ; Metropolitan, 81; and Union of London, 39i. Telegraph shares have been quiet. .Anglo-American have been firm. British Indian Extension, 6g ; British- Indian Submarine, 7 ; Falmouth, 10/ ; and French Cables, 13/ ; Hooper's Telegraph Works have been better, at 1/ to 1 die ; Silver's Indian Rubber 3, at 41 to 46 ; and Constructions /, it 261 to 26g. For Miscellaneous securities there has been but little inquiry. Italian Irrigation, 31 ; Trust and Loan Com pany of Upper Canada, 61-. The steamers which left New York on Saturday, took out 70,000 in specie for Europe. The sum of £31,000 in sovereigns has been sent into the bank from Australia and South America, and £25,000 from Lisbon. At Mark-lane to-day wheat was firm, and occasionally ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer. The subscription list for the 20,000 5 per cent preferred shares of the Bedford and Northampton Railwayovill be closed on Thursday next the Bth, for London, and on Friday the 9th inst for the country applications. The shares are quoted at prem. There has been a good supply of capital on offer. The demand for accommodation has been limited, and three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. The Malta has arrived at Galle with £620,250 in Australian gold, and the Algaria, from New York, has arrived at Queenstown with £10,620 in specie. A new undertaking has just been formed, under the title of " Evans's, Covent-garden, (Limited)" to purchase, carry on, and extend the business of that establishment. The capital is fixed at £30,000. We are authorised to state that there is no foundation whatever for the report which appeared last week in an evening contemporary to the effect that negotiations were being carried on for the turning of the French Suez Canal into an English j3int-stock enterprise, with the Duke of Sutherland as chairman. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. X.A.TEST PII./CES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lbws indicate. the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 019 02 Vic 6p a Jan &July 1891 115 117 911, 9 x d DuApril &Oct 188.1-85.. 111 112 Do for Account 911, 2 x d Viet 5 p o Jan& JulylB9l. 103 104 Three per Con t Reduced 911 919 1039, 4 91 3 / 4 , 1 Brazilian. 1865. 5p c .... 91 93 New : per Cent 91 3 / 4 , /x d Egyptian 1662, 7pc .. .. 78 80 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Do nail Deben 7po .. 100 102 pm Italian, 1365. 5p c Do. June lO 15 on Peruvian, 180. 5p 0 .... 91 92 pm 91 3 / 4 Bards Stock - Portuguese 1869 3po .. 31 3 / 4 32 3 / 4 230, 1 3 / 4 Russian. 1842, 5 p c.. .. 83 S 5 India 5 per Ce n ts 110 3 / 4 , 9x d Do Nicolas 4p a 'villa Bonds — Pm - Spanish. 1867. 3 pc Can 6pc Jan &Julyll77-81 1049105 3 / 4 312, 1, i 1011,6 Do. 1869. 3 p a Do March & Sept. 102 104 309, 19, 301, 9 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 97 98 Turkish, 1851, 6p o — -- Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1815. 5P 0 Dom of Can 5 p 0.1903 .. 96 98 441. 59, 49 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p 0 November 1878 lO6 108 621, 3 108, 7 U. 5.5-20 Ilonds,6 pa 1331 881 889 Mauritius e p c Jan and 89. 81 July 1873 lO3 105 Do do 1885 88 881 New S Wales 5p 01871-76 101 3 / 4 102 3 / 4 889, 9 New Zealand 6p c 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-40 Slide, spo 1901 87 879 Do 5 p c Do 5p c Consolidated 98 3 / 4 99 3 / 4 Erie Sha,loo dots, all paid 99, 89 Illinois Central Shares .. 111 112 Do J 6 p Mr &Se & Dec 106 108 Atlantic and GW R Con DoJune clB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bon& — RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian Great Eastern 383, 5, i Do 3rd Pref Stock .. - 29 31 Great Northern Do A 133 135 4th Pref Stock 134} 155, 16 Great Western 691 73 Greatlndian Pen g 5. , o 107 108 695, 5 1075, 7. i Lancashire & Yorkshire 131 133 Great Western otCanada 14 14} Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 401 418 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99 41, 405, 15 Do 55 do, 1877-8 94 W Lou, Chat, and Dover .. 121 13 Do 5p c dis prof. issued 80 }As spm 21 1 LOU and N orth-Western 1271128 Madras guar 5p c 1271, A„ 5, 1 104 Lou and s South-Western 89 91 N. Railway of Canada , 5 6p 0 Ist Pref Bonds Man, Shef, and Lincoln 435 445 Oude and Rohilkuud g Metropolitan 64 5 103, 5 Midland .. . 1275128 Selnde, Punjanb, and 1271 Delhi guar 5 p a North British :21 Bahia and San Francisco North-Easteni Consols 143 144 g 7 p c 144, 33, 3, 5 17; South-Eastern 733 745 Belgian E Junction .... 2; 21 74} Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru.. 241 255 fillantic and St I,awrnee 76 78 243,5 3ombay, liaroda, and Dunaburg and Witepsk 185 19 Central India, g 5 p o 10311048 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23 Buff and Lake Huron Prf 35 45 Eastern of France - - 31 Great Luxembourg Do 55 pc 80nc15,1872-3 - 4 79 81 115, 5 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c 10 3 510 41 7 p 0 East Indian, g 5 p c .... 109 110 Northern of France - - 109}, 3 o ttom (Smyrna to Alain) 41 51 Grand Trunk Canada .. 11 115 Recife and San Francisco . 11 (Limited) guar 7p 0 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 San Paulo (14 guar 7p a 205 21 charge 6p a 91 South Austn & Loin-Yen 141 143 Do 2nd do Scrip .... ldis him Southern of France .... - eo Ist Pref Bonds 54 56 BANKING COMPANIES. P d Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A s 12, 11/ 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 16; • 15 London Joint-Stock 335 "45 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 215 20 Lon and Westmuster 63 64 211, 1 r d 64, 3 } 50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 20 Oh of India, Austrlia 14 145 81 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL 5, 41 25 Union of Australia- 415 42 20 Eng. Scot. and Am 016 17 15 Union of London .. :9 40 20 Imperial AL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. I'd 1%1 100 A n L) 75 77 10 Great Northern .... 115 111 78. 7 fit 115 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 100 Atlantic - - Japan Extension., 21 2 die 100 Do 8p a - - 5 Indo-European IL).. 12 11 11 Britiah Australu OA 45 4dis 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 13-16 and Malta IL) _ . 53 61 10 British Ind Erten (L). 65 65 10 Mediterru Ex ( 1, / ; • 45 5 61, 1 25 Film:land S. Pcfc(L) . ...1 25 dis 10 British Indian Sub- dis marine, (L) 7, 5 20 Soc Trans France (L) 135 133 7 China Submarine (L) 5141 dis 135. 5X d Ju Fahnouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 236 241 and Malta (L) 10}, 5 10 W India &Panarna(L) ti 51 ____ --- - • MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd A nglo-Austriani3nd- 20 It Info Can Cavour :1 4 holders' Certificate IS 21 32, 1 10 IleriiiiWaAarworks(L) 141 15 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re- 63 65 30 11olekowNaughan (L) 30 35prn deemable 1870 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 l'() London Fin Assoc(L) 20 18,Lis P e Sterling Loan 91 93 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 22 3 4 Rrit k Fan Marine (L) 22 nom 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) 11 pm 25 Uanada Company. 74 76 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 745 g 5 o c by Ind Gov. 10051011 10 Ceylon Company (L) 35 3 dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dm. par .6 City Offices (1,1 25 24 dis 5 NatnlDisctComp (L) 11 111 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Aseurnee 2 1 35 pin Mere Agency iL) .. 11 pm 10 Crdt Fone of Eng (L) 2 n 5 N Zealand Loan and 100 Crystal Palace 201 65 N Brit s h and Mere (LI 28 29 100 Do I'ref 100 Do 6p e Pero Deb lO9 114 50 P and 0 Steam 4B 50 275 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 981 dis 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 die 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7P a 50 Rhymn e y I ron Mortgage r,.. - an. •• • 78 80 31 100 ggyp 9 p crroy Loan, _ _ l _ l _ Do. __ .. New B5 95 guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 6? Royal mail Steam 951, 5 IA Tel Con and Mai n (I 1 265 262 18 Pore-at W aretouse (L) 7 1 B P ro 2 6 .;, / rr""~ ir'''. -ri?r" ME SUN, LONDON, TITESDAN, DECEMBER 6, 1870. THE EASTERN UGESTION. COUNT BISMARCK AND THE CONFERENCE The London correspondent of the Independance Belge says that Count Bismarck has made a communication to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg laying great stress on the friendly sentiments which the King and his Govern ment entertain for Russia, and admitting the ground of complaint of Prince Gortschakoff, At the same time he points out the opposition which his demand has met with in Europe, and requests the Government of the Czar to leave the settlement. of its wrongs to the sig natory Powers of 1856. The Russian Cabinet has agreed on principle to this demand, but has made no promise as to the withdrawal of Prince Gortschakoff's circular, while England seems to rely on its withdrawal, since she has given her sanction to a Conference. There is another difficulty. Russia desires the Conference to take place at once, and therefore the English Govern ment has held communication with the delegates at Paris on the subject ; but the Republican Government cannot be represented in the Conference until it is formally recog nised by all the • Powers sitting there. There are still many obstacles to surmount before the good expectations that have been formed of the expected Conference can be realised. • THE WA R: THE CONFLICT AROUND PARIS. TUESDAY'S SORTIE. Previously to Ducrot's great effort on Wednesday last, several feint sorties were made on Tuesday. The most important of these was to the south in the direction of Longjnmeau. This attempt had two objects. It was de signed to discover whether the German line had been seriously weakened by sending troops against the Loire, and to divert attention from Ducrot's sortie in the east. 1)r. Russell sapy:—Covered by their famous redoubt at Villejuif, with its potent fire, now extended from the face of the works running from the Seine to the Porte h l'Anglais and connected with the- advanced works of Montrouge, the French directed a column of 12 battalions against the 6th' Corps on the right of Hartmann's Corps, while they attacked the position of the latter with an equal number. The 2nd Corps lies in • rear of these-6th and Bavarian 2nd Corps—so as to support either or both in case of need, but their services were not needed, for the columns of the French were in both instances forced to fall back under cover of the fire of their guns of position. lii front of St. Cloud a smaller column felt its way to the lines of the PruSsian outposts after they had been well pounded, and advanced up to their inner barricades; at one place, in front of Ville d'Avray, a single company 'of the sth Jagers had three battalions on their hands, but aided by the position. they beat back the French. On one occasion the latter, led by a gallant fellow, made a rush and got into one of the suburban streets. The officer tried to force open the doer of a house, in which were, or were supposed to be, some Prussians, with his 'sword, and was shot dead by a Jager, whereupon the mon, instead of burning to avenge his death, briskly retired. It is affirmed that the French field artillery was of a better description than usual. We hear from Paris that they have got "canons obusiers" of 12. transformed into guns of 7, breechloading, and with ranges up to 8,000 metres. They are also making guns on the Southey system, which have the same range, but they cannot have Solders. I make that remark as there Is a tendency just now to assert that the French are armed with English rifles. The circumstance is reported from Amiens most positively, and it is said the English bullets make large ugly wounds. The army of the Loire is also d.:- clared to have Sniders in myriads. Is not Mr. Remington at work, and is he not an American? At'ali events, the French did not make a lodgment on this side of the line, and at midday there was no symptom of the fighting, which was only serious in the front of Villejuif. Hero they sought, no doubt, to occupy L'Hay and Chevilly, and if they had done so the German line would have been pushed back and most dangerously enlarged. The danger is visible at a glance. 100 Fgn and Colonial Go v . 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 6p c Bonds.. 97 110 Marine lusur (I, .. 313„ pu. 71 Gen Credt &Diset (L) Idisrar St Tobacco 6p e Loan. 14 Gen Sun Navigation 261 211- guar by Italian Gov. 85 89 7 Hooper's Tel Works t 1 dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 6 1-16, }, 6, g, / Upper ORD Ada .... isll pm 17 Hudson's Bay S 81 61 al 5 (I Marine, Lvpool (L 41 Rom 45 Indrbbr,GutPer,and 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 '25 Tel Works L) .... 43 45 6 - United Dis Conon (L 2 I.lis 44, 5,1, 31 5 Univ Marine lnsur (L% 6/64pm 5 Intern! Finan Soci L) 11l Adisl l l, i 11, 5-16 12 WarTaiit Finance... . 9 7.115 MINING SIIATtPI 1 . Messrs. WATso 111ining thlicet, 1, St. Michai ,IST.—DECEMBER 5. 31 , 1 BROTHERS. A's Alley, Cornhill, London Good demand for Cooks' Kitcli Chiverton, Tankerville, and Pen Australian United. Bwlch Consols, Chivertou Moor, Chivertou Valley, Chontales (Gold). Cook's Kitchen, 181, 191 Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 22s 6d, 25s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2i, 2i East Caradon, East Lovell, 251, 261 East Seton, East Wheal Grenville, 2}, 21 Frontino and Bolivia Mold), —s., --£l, General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor. 3, 31 Hingston Down, Marke Valley, 61. 6.1 New Seton, 1) New Lovell, Pacific, en, East Lovell, Tincroft, West Lee of Wales, at an advance. Pary's Mountain, If, 4 PerranWheal Virgin, 32s 6d 37s 6,1 Plynlimmon, Prince of Wales, 12s Ca, 153 Providence Mines, Itosewall Ilill and Itansorne United, 225, 245• South Condurrow, South Frances. Tnnkerville, 13. 13} Taquaril (Gold). 475, 49j Tincroft, 42, 44 Trumpet Consols. Vail. Van Consols, West Caradtm. ' West Chiverton, 52, 53 West Frances, West Maria and Fortascue 28s, 30s Wheal Crehor, Wheal Grenville, 2, 2.1 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 1 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton. 3h, 3/ MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.-There has been a short supply of wheat on sale from Essex and Kent. The at tendance of millers has been good, and the trade has been flrm for all qualities. Factors have demanded ls. to 2s. per qr. more money, but this advance has been only occasionally realised, the bulk of the transactions effected being at the full rates of Monday last. With foreign wheat the market has been fairly supplied. There has been a steady inquiry, and the quotations have had an upward tendency. The supply of barley has been moderate. For both grinding and distilling qualities there has been a fair inquiry, and prices have ruled firm. Malting qualities have been steady in value. Malt has been quiet, but firm in value. There has been a good show of oats on offer. Sales have progressed steadily, at quite is. per qr. more money than on Monday last. Beans have c in manded very full prices, with a healthy inquiry. Peas have been in fair request, at quite late rates. Flour has been steady, and fully as dear. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-Quietness has been the feature of the cattle trade. Full average supplies of beasts have been on sale. The demand has been inactive, at late rates. Sheep, of which a moderate supply has been on sale, have changed hands quietly, on former terms. Calves and pigs have been inactive.-Per 81b. to sink the offal.-Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s. 4d to 4s. 2d. ; second quality do., 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd.; prime large oxen, ss. 2d. to 6s. Bd. ; prime Scots and crosses,ss.Bd. to 55.10 d.; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 4d. to Ss. Bd. ; second quality do., 3s. 10d. to 4s. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled sheep, 4s. 10d. to ss. 6d. • prime South Down do., ss. 10d. to 65.; large coarse calves, 3s. 6d. to 45.; prime small do., ss. to ss. 10d. ; large hogs, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d.: neat small porkers, ss. 6d. to Cs. 2d. Quarter old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals.-English Beasts, 2,760 ; sheep, 12,780 ; calves, 5 ; pigs, 50. Foreign : Beasts, 1,220 ; sheep, 4,360 ; calves, 155 ; pigs, 150. Total : Beasts, 3,980; sheep, 17,140 ; calves, 160; and pigs, 200. - - LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET. MONDAY"-The supply of cattle and sheep at this market to-day was about the same as last Monday. The demand was very good for each, at higher prices for the best qualities, Other descriptions were without change. Beef, Old. to W. per lb.; mutton, 746. per lb. and upwards. There were at the market 3,208 cattle, and 8,109 sheep. The great Christmas cattle market will be held on next Monday, December 12. METROPOLITAN MEAT 31ARKET, MONDAY.-There has been a moderate supply of meat on sale. Rather more anima tion has been noticed in the inquiry, at our quotations. The import into London last week consisted of 1,608 packages from Hamburg, 43 from Antwerp, and 6 fro a Rotterdam. Per Blbs. by the carcase :-Inferior beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Oct. : middling do., 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; prime large do., 4s. 10d. to ss. Od. ; prime small do., ss. 06. to ss. 4d. ; inferior mutton 3s. 86. to 4s. Od. ; middling do., 4s. 26. to 4s. 61; prime do., 4s. 106. to ss. 46.; veal, 4s. 86. to ss. 4d.; large pork, 4s. Od. to 4s. 4d.; small pork, 4s. 86. to ss. 46. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET; Mow- DAY.—Only moderate supplies of potatoes have been on sale. The trade has been fairly active, at our quotations. The im ports into London last week consisted of 21 hampers 10 baskets Rotterdam, 3 bags Amsterdam, 4 sacks Harlingen, and 38 bar rels from New York. English regents, 60s. to 80s. ; Scotch regents, 505. to 805. ; rocks, 455. to 555. per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, MONDA.Y.—Fair supplies of hops have been on sale. Choice qualities have been in request, and there has also been a fair demand. Other descriptions have sold slowly. The import into London last week consisted of 1,173 bales from Hamburg, 187 from Antwerp, and 53 from Dordt. Mid and East Kents, 153. to £7; Weald of Kents, 10s. to £2 15s. ; Sussex, £1 10s. to £3 10s. ; Farnham and county, £3 15s. to £6 6s. ; and olds, £1 to £2 10s. per cwt. LONDON WOOL MARKET, MorthAv.—Since the close of the public sales the demand for colonial wool has been only to a moderate extent, buyers having in most instances already sup plied their wants. Prices, however, have ruled firm. English wool has l peen quiet, but steady. The import into London last week consisted of 1,434 bales from Melbourne, 484 bales from Port Philip, 2,773 bales from the Cape, 2,040 bales from Sydney. and about 900 bales from the Continent. Current Prices of English Wool.—Fleeces South Down hoggetts, 7s. Old. to Is. 11d. per lb. ; half-bred do., ls. 3d. to is. 4d. ; Kent fleeces, ls. 2d. to is. 3d. ; South Down ewes and wethers, 10d. to 11d.; Leicester do., Is. Id. to Is. lid. Sorts: Clothing, is. Od. to Is. 41d. per lb. ; and combing, lid. to Is. 3d. _ . _ LONDON TALLOW MARKET, MONDAY.—The market has been firm. Y. C., spot, 435. Dd. per cwt. Town tallow, 435. ad. net cash. Particulars-1870 t—Stock this day, 40,866 ; price of Y. C., 435. 9d. ; delivery last week, 3,271 ; ditto from June 1. 62,780 ; arrival last week, 2,621; ditto from June 1, 71,868 ; price of town, 455. 2d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MoNDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market opened quietly to-day. Probable sales, 10,000 bales. Imports, 1,171 bales. Closing Report.—This market closed quiet to-day, and ruling easier for American. Sales, 10,000 bales. Arrival Mobiles at sea, 81d. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, MONDAY.—No change of importance has occurred in this market to-day, which continues quiet, with little attempt at business. Quotations are not quotably lower, but buyers almost invariably rind prices slightly in their favour. The Liverpool cotton market is very flat, owing to heavy.recipts at the American ports. This, coupled with the doubtful results of the recent severe fighting in France, check any extension of buying. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, MONDAY. Thls market opened to-day at 518. 6d. cash, but went flatter ; closing sellers 51s. bd cash ; buyers 51s. 41d. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, MONDAY. --There was a good business done at this market to-day. Saturday's prices were rather exceeded. CORK BUTTER MARKET, MONDAY Ordinary firsts, 1305.: seconds, 1235.: thirds, 1135.; fourths, 108 s.: fifths, 965.; sixths, 675. ; 1,250 firkins in the market. Mild-cured—firsts, 1485.; seconds, 1305.; thirds, 118 s.; 40 firkins in the market. RISE IN THE PRICE OF TlN.—The tin smelters this morning advanced the tin standards £3 per ton all round. The standards now are for common, 118 s. ; flue, 119 s. ; superior common, 1203.; suparior fine, 1225. per cwt. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The Mark Lane Express says :—The weather of the past week, reverting to a seasonable temperature, and being mostly dry, has been extremely favourable to all out-door operations. The soil has continued to work un usually Well, and the young wheat looks on the whole healthy and promising. There is yet a small bite of grass helping to keep stock, and, with a mild winter and early spring, the difficulty of cattle keeping may be tided over. Wheat prices have som3what given way, but we can hardly estimate the reduction generally at above per qr. Our general averages have now precisely gained the 4s. per qr. which we held as very likely two months ago, being 50s. sd. against 465. 5d., the then range, but the London rates now exceed them by ss. 3d. Whether as much more will shortly be further gained events must determine, and the future being un certain and unseen opinions are but of little value ; but the late efforts of the French, should they become the occasion of protracting the war and increasing the agri cultural difficulties of the country, must also increase in a like ratio the future necessities of France. On the other hond, should they incline Prussia to an early peace, there are wants enough now to provide for, and Great Britain with her granary stores may have to open them freely for her neighbours; for it is fair to expect the Baltic, as well as the Black Sea, will be fast closed by frost. This latter idea obtaining in Londim gave more tone to the market on Friday, inasmuch that the Is. lost on Monday was in many cases recovered. With large orders for oats to Ant werp, this grain experienced the same rise ; for the large cavalry forces of Prussia cannot depend on a spoiled country, where oats were a confessed failure, and all forage was short. We do not therefore see low rates for any grain in prospect, and the last mail advices from New York noted the extreme rise on wheat in three days at 10 cents per bushel, or about 3s. per quarter. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—AII accident, which caused much destruction to property, occured yesterday morning on the Apedale branch of the North Staffordshire rail way, near the main line at Tunstall. The negligence of a signalman caused two trains to come into collision. One of the engines and several of the waggons were smashed, and the driver and stoker were injured. ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF RUTLAND.—The Duke of Rutland had a severe fall while out hunting with his foxhounds on Friday, near the Hougham crossing on the Great Northern Kailway. The horse on which he was riding dropped short on taking a fence and a ditch beyond falling with its breast against the bank, and the duke was pitched off on his head, and was severely shaken by the fall. His carriage was telegraphed for, and he was con veyed to Belvoir Castle. THE QUEENS VISIT TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL. —The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Bea trice, visited the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday morning for the purpose of inspecting the progress of the works. Her Majesty first looked at the exterior of the building on the west side, and examined the mosaic frieze designed by Messrs. Armitage, A.R.A., Armstead, Horsley, R.A., Marks, Pickersgill, R.A., Poynter, A.R.A., and Yeames, A.R.A., and executed by Messrs. Minton, Hollins, and Co., who employed the female students of the Kensington Art School in its production. Her Majesty then passed through the amphitheatre into the body of the hall, and afterwards ascended to the royal box. In order to have evidence of the acoustic properties of the hall. Frederick Britten, one of the contractor's boys employed on the building, sang, and Mr. Healey, an officer of the Science and Art Department, was called upon to play a set of scales on the violin with the most delicate har monies. The Queen then commanded that Miss Anna Williams, an amateur, should afford the opportunity of judging of the effect of a female voice. T 1 is her Majesty heard from the royal box, and afterwards from the balcony on the third story, where the most delicate notes were perfectly audible. The Queen passed into one of the small lecture theatres, although in an, incomplete State. Her Majesty was pleased to express to Mr. Thomas Lucas her gratification at the manner in which the contractors carried out the design, and her interest in the early completion of the building, which Mr. Lucas stated would certainly lie before the end of January. TA➢ SITUATION IN RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the fail 31a11 Gazette says the attitude of England has inspired no small alarm, and the Prussian proposal of a Confererice is very generally welcomed as a ready means of obtaining all that Russia wantswithout fighting for it at a time' hen she is unprepared. "By this move, Count Bismarck has rendered the Emperor Alexander a real service, for which he will doubtless claim his reward when the time comes. Should Austria and Turkey persist in their opposition, Russia would not hesitate to bring matters to a war, provided always that England remains neutral. It is probably with a view to some such contin gency that the War Department, notwithstanding the more peaceful aspect of affairs, still shows an almost feverish activity in all parts of the country. Odessa is, I hear, being fortified ; large stores of arms, ammunition, and provisions have been sent to Poland, and General Milutyn, the able administrator, who has for many years been labouring at the reorganization of the army, is daily at work in the War Office to.an advanced hour." THE BONAPARTIST RESTORATION SCHEME. The London correspondent of the Independance Beige, thinks there is little reason to attach much importance to the intrigues for the restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty, not because ' such intrigues do not exist but because those who mix in them have as little common sense as they have influence. In the shameful condition in which they have been placed by the surrenders of Sedan and Metz, they are still cherish ing the memories of the coup d'etit. The persons most concerned in these intrigues were the accomplices of the coup d'etat, and are masters in the art of con spiracy. Their schemes include the following details : Prussia will only take Alsace without Mulhouse. The weaving industry there would compete too closely with the manufactures of South Germany. Mulhouse is to be given to Switzerland. Metz will be dis mantled. ' Territorial compensation will be given to France at the expense of Belgium. Perhaps even Alsace will only be neutralised with a slip of territory extending to Antwerp, also neutralised. France is to be summoned by a plebiscite to sanction these bases of peace. Prussia will form near Sarrebruck a camp of 100,000 French prisoners, ready to receive at the right moment 100,000 chassepots, and to be put at the disposition of Napoleon 111. In political circles men shrug their shoulders at these Plans, and it is doubted whether these 100,000 French soldiers would be so lost to all honour and independance as to become the blind instruments of leaders who only brought them defeat and disgrace. As for Bismarck, though he is called in the clubs the Mephistophiles of diplomacy, It is not believed he would lend himself to such low in trigues, which would perpetuate the hatred of France for Germany, beyond any military exactions, without reckon ing the universal contempt to which it would expose Germany. PARIS: Mons. D. Fonvielle, editor of La Liberty, and brother of Ulric de Fonvielle, whose name was prominent in the Pierre Bonaparte affair, lectured on Saturday night in London on the present condition of Paris. He escaped from the beleaguered city in a balloon, and proposes .to risk a return journey by the same means. His verbal descriptions of the condition of the inhabi tants were assisted by a number of sketches. To accommodate the French and English elements of the meeting, the lecturer spoke in both languages. M. de Fonvielle, in the course of his observations, said : Paris was the first town of its magnitude which in our times had been invested by a hostile force. To find a com parison, we must go back to the beginning of the mediaeval period, when Mahomet 11. invaded Con stantinople. 'There was a singular relation between the two events, inasmuch as both Mahomet 11. and King William of Prussia placed great reliance upon a big gun; but as in the first instance the gun burst, so in that . respect did he believe that William would not be more formidable than his barbaric prede cessor. Speaking of Paris more particularly, he remarked —When the Republic was proclaimed, the followers of the Empire fled away like the owl when the sun rises. They took their money in their pockets, and some of it found its way into the Bank of England. Paris had no arms, no soldiers—nothing. She had no generals, no powder, no guns. What had they to do? They had to create everything out of nothing. While England, a brave nation, had Aldershot and sham fights, the French in Paris were obliged to take untrained men and teach them warfare by real fights. These men came fresh from their homes to disperse the German hordes. The fall of Metz occasioned the victory of Paris. Though there was a wide difference between those two towns, there was a wider difference between their rulers. Who was Marshal Bazaine? He was the butcher of the Republic ; he had been the butcher of Mexicc. 'Who was Trochu ? An honest and straightforward man. "Vive Trochu !" He hoped he should be able to convey to the General the fact that an audience in England had cried " Vive Trochu 1" King William was called a friend of humanity, and on that account would not shell Paris ; but he could not. His big guns could not reach the city because of the resistance of the brave gunners at the forts. But if ho could not shell them he said he would famish them. His humanity wanted to starve them to death. Upon his word of honour he (M. de Fonvielle) would like better to be shelled than to be re duced to starvation. The common cry at Paris was stilt "No surrender." They did not want an armistice ; they did not want anything but to sweep the enemy from their land as with a broom. r`TEW STEAMSIHP LINE FROM CANADA.—A corres pondent at Ottawa says :—A scheme is on foot for the establishment of a second Canadian Ocean Steamship Line, to traverse the Atlantic, which, if carried out, will materially aid Canadian commelce. The 'proprietors of the present Ocean Steamship Line propose to equip a fleet of seven steamers, of 2,000 tons each, which are to run each way weekly between St. John's Newfoundland, the British West Indies, and Liver pool, pursuing some such route as the following:— Leave Liverpool for Newfoundland, thence to Hali fax, where the steamer would coal, thence to a United States port to receive Canada mails for the West Indies, then to • Bermuda, St. Thomas, and Deme rara ; from Demerara the return voyage would begin, calling, as before, at St. Thomas, Bermuda, at the United States port to land mails and passengers, at Halifax to coal, and thence via Newfoundland to Liverpool. The value of such a service to the commerce of the West Indies with Canada and Great Britain it is difficult to overestimate. The Canadian trade with the Antilles is as yet limited, and there is no reason why Canadian goods should not be used there quite as' well as those from Britain, we in return receiving direct, cocoa, coffee. arrow root, hides, &e., in addition to the sugar and molasses —which two latter articles alone we as yet import from them. THE LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL PE3IBERTON.— The obsequies of this gentleman and soldier, who, in the discharge of active duty in connection with the press, was killed at the battle of Sedan, took place on Saturday, at Harston, about eight miles from Cambridge, on the Lon don- road. At Newton, the immediately adjoining parish to Harston, Major Pemberton, the father of deceased, has a seat, an d the church of Harston is only just without the demesne. The melancholy cortege issued from the hall in its progress to the church on foot. It comprised Major and Mrs. Pemberton, Mr. Arthur Pemberton, Mrs. Hughes, Major F. Campbell, Mr. R. Campbell, Mr. H. W. Pemberton, General Malcolm, Captain Stracey, Captain Hartopp, Colonel White, Lieutenant-Colonel Wale, Mr. Day (Caius College, Cambridge), Mr. William Hurrell (Harston), Mr. Clement Francis, the' Rev. Thomas Percy Hudson, the Hon. Spencer D udley Montague, and the Rev. J. W. Clarke, of Trinity College, Cambridge. In close proximity to the precincts of the church the procession was met by the Venerable Canon Selwyn and the Rev. F. J. Durbin. On entrance into the church, the funeral service was read by the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the body was then deposited in a new vault on the south side of the tower. The following is the in scription on the coffin :—" Christopher Peach Pemberton, captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards, killed at the battle of Sedan in France, on the Ist S tember, 1870, whilst advancing with the - Prussian army as military correspondent, aged 32." The greatest respect was displayed in the neighbourhood towards the memory of the deceased gentleman. THURSDAY'S SORTIE. The correspondent of the y News at the head quarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia, writing on t 2nd inst., says :—A formidable force has been organised in Paris during the days of weary delay. The fighting on Wednesday, the 30th, was as hard as any in the whole war. So say the besiegers ; and the result, if not a suc cess to the French, at least is what they will think a triumph, all the more because a hundred German prisoners were taken, and positions occupied far in advance of the former line of outposts. I particularly refer to the sortie between the Seine and Marne, against the Wur temberger division, where the French had an overwhelm ing force, and where, despite the gallant resistance of the Wurtembergers, they took and hold several • villages. The prisoners were not taken from this division, but belonged to the Saxon Corps, which is posted further north. The Wurtembergers lost heavily in killed and wounded, as many as seven hundred having fallen, but they retook a good deal of lost ground, and sheaved that they were quite worthy to be trusted with part of the line. They had the ill luck to he posted at one of the few places where hostile forces could be developed. 11l luck, did I say ? Why the Wurtembergers rejoiced at it ; regretted not having come in for a share of fighting as large as other . German corps in the earlier part of the campaign, awl are proud of the honour of bearing the brunt of a serious sortie from Paris. lam told that the alacrity with which they recovered the first shock of the French onslaught, and in turn attacked their assailants, WWI admirable. The French, resolved to make an impression, sallied out with four whole divisions, becidos their heavy guns, with, in the first instance, several field batteries tY) follow up the attack. They were in such farce that no effort of the Germans could completely drive them back again. It remains to be seen whether Ti-ochu has fortified the posi tions taken up between the Seine and the Marne mill ciently to resist to-day's att tcle ; and whether, if he has, these positions will enable him to do still more. There was a great sortie on the same clay (the 30th) against the 4th Corps, near St. Denis, but • the French did not take any ground, I believe, which they could hold. The loss on both sides was considerable, and the affair very important. lam in hopes that my colleague on that side of Paris may have had a good view of all that happened with the 4th Corps ; for though there was more of this sortie to be seen and heard from the heights above Manly than of the distant engagement with the Wurtembergers, yet such seeing and hearing only amounted to glimpses of white smoke puffs along the northern horizon, and incessant roll of artillery and musketry fire. THE WORKS AROUND PAM. The Paris Temps of the 17th gives an account of th e works before Paris, which has some bearing on recent operations. Champigny, it says, is at this moment the point to which the French . converge. The Prussian officers have some reason to complain, for the shells have destroyed more than one house in which they used to assemble. The French bombs, aimed with great precision at the trenches of Champigny, drove out a band of scared soldiers. The French themselves are under shelter. The works at Villejuif, which unite with the forts of Charenton, d'lvry, de Bicetre, and Montrouge, give them the road on both sides of the Seine when they are able to use it, and mean while prevent the enemy from advancing either from Choisy or Valenton. These works also deprive Chatillon of some of its force, since Chatillon, not being secure from an attack,can neither destroy Montrouge itself nor give any efficacious assistance to Meudon ngainst Vanves and Issy. T.,ey give besides a support to the French troops in case of an ad vance, which is invaluable. It has been asked what battle-field the army of Paris could act upon if necessary. There is one of two leagues extent be yond Villejuif, on the plateau of I,ongboyan, and another beyond Yvette and Orge, on the plain between Montyery and Corbeil. The enemy can make no solid re sistance there, for it is certain that the Prus sians are in no great strength in those parts, We shall not precipitate matters since events are in our favour, but wo are ready to act. This is known at Ver sailles, where orders have been given to construct and arm a tete-du-pont at St. Germain. The precaution of sheltering so strong a position against a surprise shews that a descent of our Northern forces is apprehended in the valley of the Oise. No large reinforcements have been received by the enemy, and some surprise is felt that the army which besieged Metz has not done more to help the besiegers of Paris. The fact is that since the fall of Metz despair has given the French that energy which Germany is losing. ON THE LOIRE. COUNT KERATRY AND M. GAMBETTA. Count Keratry has addressed the following letter to the Minister of War, in explanation of his reasons for resigning command of the Breton army :---"By a decree of October 22nd. you appointed me commander of the mobilized forces of the five departments of Brittany. At that period there was no army in existence. Thanks to the patriotism of my fellow-countrymen and the devotion of roy officers, on November 22 the camp of Coulie was established and rendered impregnable. This was an exceptional instance in France, and on the 24th of November, after having personally ascertained the fact, you expressed your great satisfaction, which you repeated to me the same night at the Prefecture of Mans. At that time Le Mans was menaced ; the left wing of the Army of the Loire might have been outflanked ; the troops of General Fierech had been routed, and were fleeing from Nogent-la Rotron to my camp." After paying a tribute to the Army of Brittany, and stating that the enemy disappeared suddenly when he and his troops marched to meet them, Count K4ratry adds Notwithstanding the entreaties of my troops, I in formed you on November 29 that the tenour of your orders issued from Tours on the 26th, at the very mo ment when we were proceeding to attack the enemy, compelled me to resign my command. You accepted my resignation on the same day. In summoning my fellow-citizens to the defence of the country I contracted a responsibility towards them. I have, therefore, the .honour to announce that when circumstances permit I shall invoke the decision of a Council of War upon the conduct of the superior War and Marine Departments, and thus, both they and myself, will appear at the bar of the country, and none of the documents which I have in my possession shall be withheld." SMALL ENGAGEMENTS IN THE LOIRET. A French letter from Tours on the 26th ult. says the enemy draws every day closer to the Loire. The fighting has extended from Nogent-le-Rotrou to Montargis, a distance of fifty leagues. The armies have not yet had a pitched battle, but there have been numerous skirmishes. The 25th was 'a day of battles. The most serious encounter was in Eure-et-Lore at Brou, which laSted great part of the day, and in which the Prussians were repulsed with out being able to carry the French positions. Near Or leans the Prussians pushed a reconnaissance on to Arthe nay, but on two cannon opening fire they retreated in disorder. At Neuville-aux-Bois, about six leagues from Orleans, they surprised the advanced posts and fired a shell into the town of Neuville, but were driven back by some French troops, who came up with artillery. The Prussians left some dead, and fifty prisoners. Another engagenient took place at the Orleans forts near St. Loup but no particulars have been received. The line most threatened is still that of Mans and of Vendome. Doubtless the Germans are 'massing their forces for an attack on Mans, which is preparing for a resolute resist ance. In the direction of Chateaudun and Vendome the Prussians are making progress. T.Thlans have been seen at Chartres, that is ti say within a dozen leagues of Tours. The spirit of resistance is everywhere growing stronger, and orders have been issued by the government for the formation of ten entrenched camps, at St. Omer, Cherburg, Coulie, in the department of Sarthe, Nevers, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Clermont-Fer rand, Toulouse, Pas-des-Lanciers, and Lyons, - The National Guards, mobilised by the decree of November 2nd, and the National Guards now in the depots, the Free corps and the contingents of the:depots, will be sent to these camps for military instruction in waiting for their summons to the field. The camps at St. Omer, Cherbourg-, La Rochelle, and Pas-des-Lanciers, will, from their vicinity to the sea, be strategically fortified and armed with artillery. SKIRMISH OF BEAUNE LE ROLANDE. Some skirmishes around Beaune le Rolande, which is to the North of Orleans, are recounted in the French papers. They are not to be confounded with the battle that took place there recently. On the 18th of Novem ber a body of Prussian cuirassiers came to the gates of Beaune surprising the garrison of Mobiles. Some men rushed to their guns and altacked the Prussians. The tocsin was sounded, and the Mobiles in the environs hurried to the town. The next day a similar attack of the Prussians was repulsed; the Mobiles mustered strong and determined to defend the town. It was ascer tained that some unfortunate Mobiles, who kept the rail way station of Beaune-le-Rolande, had been seized by the enemy. On the night of the 19th the town was in arms all night. The commander returned from visiting General Cathelinean, and informed the garrison that they could not reckon on any further assistance. The enemy attacked about seven o'clock, and being driven, back they sent forward some riflemen to estimate the strength of the defence. These riflemen were driven back with loss. The commandant endeavoured to draw the enemy forward in order to protect Cathelineau from their attack, and Prince Frederick Charles vigor ously attacked the place about ten o'clock, suppc rted by a numerous body of infantry. By twelve o'clock the gar rison, which had been reduced to five hundred men, relinquished the defence and retired. The Prussians entered into the town, which they quitted in the evening. The Mobiles lost no men, and only one was wounded. On the Prussian side there were eighteen killed and numbers wounded. THE MOVEMENT ON MANS. The Journal de l'Orne says the army of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg is proceeding towards Mans. A few days'since such a daring movement was not dreamed of, and yet it is being accomplished with the success that usually distinguishes the Duke. While it was supposed that they intended to reinforce the corps of General Von der Tanu after his Orleans defeat, the Duke's army suddenly threw themselves upon Dreux. So little were they expected that the greater part of the artillery had been sent off the preceding evening in another direction, so the town was carried with little trouble. The recapture of Dreux by the Prussians was the first part of a series of engagements and deieats, in which some detached com panies of French saw fire for the first time. Unfor tunately there was insufficient communication between the battalions, and the right were not informed of the dangerous position of the left. The battalions encamped on the right of the forest of Senonches did not know of the retreat of. Colonel de Marty, who abruptly abandoned his position, notwithstanding its defence works. The eva cuation of the forest made an opening, whi?.ll the Prussians cleverly availed themselves of, to make an improvised attack on the weak French position at La Fourche. THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. German letters agree in representing that the resistance offered' on the Loire is very different, indeed, from any thing previously experienced in France. The utmost vigilance and caution are, therefore, necessary, and severe reprisals have frequently to be resorted to. Dr. Horne writes to the Cologne Gazette :—" The further the Second Army advances the more difficulties it meets with. Hitherto, we had to contend with soldiers, but now begins the war with the people. Surprises of single orderlies, small detachments, provision waggons, and field posts are the order of the day. Every tree, it may be said, is now inhabited, not by a charming dryad, but by a blue bloused Franc-tirenr, who stands behind and fires the treacherous bullet at every Prussian. The Franc-tireurs have ceased to be a distinct class ; every peasant, every artisan, is a Franc-tireur.' After referring to the dzffi culty thus attending military operations, the dangers to which the communication between the three separately marching corps is exposed, and the destruction of the roads, the writer mentions that Villeneuve had been subjected to a contribution of £1,600, and Joigny to one of .28,000, for having offered resistance, and that four Francs-Tirenrs at Villecien were captured and shot. In a suburb of Nemours several houses were burnt on account of 47 Uhlans having been surprised at night, and several killed or captured, through the inhabitants having given infor mation of their presence to Francs-Tireurs. Another cor respondent, who describes the-Grand Duke of Mecklen burg's movements as resembling a corkscrew, owing to the uncertain tactics of the enemy, says Our soldiers will give no quarter, and their exasperation knows hardly any forbearance when they see the peasants in the battle or marching in troops in their blue smocks, with the lace of the Mobile Guard on their trousers. They know that they are the men who daily shoot down their comrades from an ambush, and, therefore, make short work with them. The blindness which makes the peasantry grasp the musket is inconceivable. Their resistance is useless, as they already feel and confess, yet their fanaticism is always extreme." The Amiens Municipal Council was ordered to supply a contribution of £160,000. The bishop endeavoured to procure a reductio'n of this amount. It. is stated that, in anticipation of the fall of Paris, speculators are taking measures to collect largo stocks of provisions and colonial wares at Havre and other places. The German troops behave very well at Amiens. Where they are billeted they offer to assist the owners of the houses in all kinds of work. They are the most willing of " aids." Thousands of Germans are now making a pilgrimage to Strasburg, which has become to them what Mecca is to Mussulman devotees ; but while proud of having recon quered their ancient city, they are said to be by no means enamoured of their reception there. A Manchester Guardian telegram from Havre says : It is stated here on good authority that the Delegation at Tours have ordered nearly 300 rifled cannon in America, and that the whole are to be delivered before the end of the present month. General Voigt Retz, Commander of the 10th Army Corps, states that at Beaune-la-Rolando he had 11,000 men against 31,000 Frenchmen, who attacked his flank to prevent his effecting a junction with the German main body. A Berlin letter in the Allgemeine Zeitung says :—" The order has been given to raise the Landwehr battalions, provisionally 800 men strong, to a strength of 1,000 men by further levies, and to despatch them to the seat of war. By this decree the army at present in the field will receive a reinforcement of more than 150,000 men. The Berlin National Zeitung relates that a few days the French officers detained in Belgium were invited to assemble at M. Zachard's, the French Envoy at Brussels, where they met M. Richard, the Feer.ch Army Inspec tor, who, in the name of his Government, asked them to break their parole, fly to France, and re-enter the army. Officers were wanted, and they would be imme diately promoted. The fighting at Amiens was serious. In killed, wounded, and prisoners, the French total will not be far from s,ooo—over 1,000 of their wounded have been found, including many of the 43rd Regiment, and the 20th Chasseurs ; " the latter especially made a beautiful fight." The Prussian losses, it is whispered in well-informed quarters, is accepted as 7G officers, and about 1,700 men killed and wounded. The Loire army has a great advantage in the matter of railways. Tours is at the junction of five lines of rails, exclusive of the one to Bordeaux. The five lead to Angers, Le Mans, Vendtime and Chateaudun, Orleans, Vierzoll Bourges, and Nevers. There is a prodigious amount Of rolling stock upon these lines, which is of immense ser vice in the movement of troops. The other day Fort Valtrien fired for two hours on ei Prussian battery, after which it sent out spies to ascertain the damage that had been done. The spy returned with a cannon under his arm made in pasteboard, and he found similar ones strewn along the ground. M. Gambetta has written to General Ca,mbriels respecting the Council of War which the General as" fur to explain his conduct and put a stop to the attach' made upon him. M. Gambetta, declines to do so, aw l considers the telegrams he has sent to the General are sufficient replies to the charges made against him. I ‘ -f ' Gambetta adds that if he were to call the Council toge' ther it would be making himself a party to the charge: against the General, and finally he 'states that he himself is quite satisfied with the course pursued by General COO briels, in spite of the retreat in the Vosges. The German field post never goes out now without lan in front and another in rear of the van. Two of these poor orderlies have been shot in the service between this place and the point at which the mail is put on the railway. A regiment of Uhlans could not secure the con voy against shots fired by Francs-tireurs. The latter CO effectually conceal themselves in the thick woods which the mail must pass through between this place and Dai ly martin. It would be necessary to clear miles of forests to effectually deprive them of shelter. - The Monitenr publishes the following official notice , which, it says, has been sent by the Prussian militarY authority to the mayors of the Department of the Eure —" In order to prevent useless homicides, the General 01 Division has ordered me to say, and I ask you to publish► to all the inhabitants of your country, that no civilian discovered with arms will be treated as a soldier, bet as a murderer, and punished with death. The lade shall be burnt in which the inhabitants commit hostile deeds. —DE ROSENBERG, Chief of the Regiment of Lancers." - A v French paper says that the Prussians entered Montargis a few days since, to the number of 20,000 men and 48 pieces of cannon. It was after the fight at Laton that the town was evacuated. In this fight 1,500 Mobiles► supported by artillery, dispersed 4,000 Hanoverians. The engagement took place in M. Grenet's park. He is the chief engineer of the bridges, &c., attached to the public works. The Prussians, after considerable losses, retired upon Pithiviers, taking with them the sub-prefect 'Oi l two of the principal inhabitants of the town as hostages . At Arthenay a battalion of the 39th, a company of scouts► and a squadron of lancers, held a position behind the rail way and killed a hundred Prussians without losing one man. The Patrie relates the circumstances under which ie number of peasants resident in the neighbourhood of Paris recently effected their escape from their German cow. querors. A requisition having been made for labourers to work at the construction of some intrenchments and re doubts in the plain of Chatellan, the country people were called upon to assist in the task of completing works which were destined to bombard the Forts Vanvres, IssY' and Montrouge. The men thus employed were for sol e custody lodged at night in a church, but resenting their involuntary employment against their countrymen, they determined to escape, and accordingly, by a preconcerte a arrangement, they burst open the door of the church , killed the sentries, and fled to the woods, whence they singly made their way to the French outposts. The son of General D'Aurelle de Paladine is among the French prisoners interned at Konigsberg. By means of a Berlin house having relations with the German firm of Falck, at Marseilles, the young man has hitherto received a monthly allowance of 300 francs. In recognition of this favour General Aurelles had directed that Ire° Falck might remain at Marseilles without molestation• A few days ago, however, a letter from Geneva w as re ceived from the latter stating that in spite of the General e protection he had been expelled, and must therefore beg his Berlin correspondent to suspend the payments to the prisoner. The Journal de l'Orne complains bitterly of the want ef generalship and military science displayed by the French- Mans is a highly important town as being the point of division of several great railways, and it will no doubt he strongly defended ; but where is the security that it 'wil l not, from want of the spirit of direction, allow itself to be surprised? The Prussians, they say, make war with surprising skilL Surprises are part of their regular pro gramme, and they are nearly always successful. On the other hand, the French scouts are very deficient. Th e peasants, frightened by the thunder of the cannon , and the flames of the incendiary fires, ar e either paralysed 'or give their information to the enemy.. In the last invasion of France it was very dif ferent. The peasantry braved everything to assist th e national forces, but to-day Bismarck's gold produces nunr berless treacheries, which are expiated before French court-martials. At Illiers very recently a peasant ink" cated to the Prussians the position occupied by the French. He was detected and shot. FRENCH REFUGEES.—The Allgemeine Zeitulzg gives an account of the French refugees in Brussels whose number it estimates at 37,00. They think thew." selves under an obligation to the Belgians, and make 0 complaint of the high prices which prevail. The Bel gians are too discreet to burden them with their syinP 3- thies, but a melancholy smile comes over the countenance s of the ladies and girls, dressed in black, if they hear 1 sympathetic remark on their conutry. A German wor d at the table d'hote or on the promenade, on the other hand, gives them a shock. Most of these families har e relatives among the killed, captured, or missing, but they never utter a complaint or sigh for them, carrying the na" sence of sentimentality to apparent stoicism. The writer sees the emigrants shudder when the Gaulois is offered to them in the street, and the Belgians think such a scanda lous print insufferable, while its writers and patrons har 6 to slink through the streets with downcast gaze. The French women cool their burning forehead and eyes 011 the marble floor of the cathedral praying for good news from Amiens, Paris, and the Loire, the anguish of sus' pease teaching them really to pray, and they no longer take into their hands a Gaulois or Figaro. GERMAN OEGANISATION.—The Daily News cor respondent at the Head-quarters of the Crown Prince a Saxony relates the following amusing incident have borne tribute to its [German organisation] merits, but the most whimsical tribute I have yet heard we' 9 exacted from a Briton, who is with the head" quarters of Prince George of Saxony. I have the story from the gentleman himself. He had been dining with Prince George, and was on his wi r to his quarters along the causeway. On his roar , he came upon a provision waggon, one of whose w heel"; had broken, and the concern was in the mud. Not for lowq though ; presently the waggoner produced another wilee! in a matter-of-fact •way which seemed to convey that he had an unlimited quantity of extra wheels on hand. The new wheel was put on, and the waggei l rolled. Our countryman, comparatively a new comer , had heard much of the Prussian organisation. Here, to his hand, as if he had ordered the rehearsal, was? specimen. Far away from a wheelwright, a waggon Oa' denly breaks a wheel at midnight ; so thorough is the or ganisation, that a new wheel is on and the vehicle under way again in less than ten minutes. Our countryman fe v lowed Captain Cnttle's counsel by making a note of this illustration, intending, no doubt, after the manner of a Briton, to write about it to his newspaper. Befor e , going into his house, he happened to look into a she' which hd been allocated as the dwelling house of a gig, il l ; which he had a few days before invested. The wheels of his gig was gone. It was the wheel of his "ig that he he seen stuck on to the proviant waggon. He went to bed , trying, as he might, to digest this last phase of his illur tration of the " German organisation." Mr. Johnston, M.P., has (according to the Northern Whig) been deposed from the grand mastership of the County Grand Lodge of Belfast for his Liberi leanings. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Life with enjoyment. 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On the Ist inst., at St. Andrew's, Walls-street, Hui, ll Edward Johnstone, Esq., of Broncroft, Shropshire, Mary, the daughter of Henry Tudor, Esq., of Portlan'" place. On the Ist inst., at St. Peter's Church, Regent-square, 'l t ,' B. Horsfall, Esq., of Bellamour Hall, Staffordshire, t' Lucy Martha, second daughter of the Rev. Thos. Nolan' 8.D., vicar of St. Peter's, Regent-square. DEATHS. On the 2d inst., at 282, Kingsland-road, Thomas Reece, Esq., aged 75. On the Ist inst., at 13.5,IEbury-street, S.W., John Bennett, Esq. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer , and Published by bi ol .!. THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of ti" Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Tuesday, December 6, 1870, Nc'. 94 RY STAL WEEK. 1 1 arm. Wet or THIS Admission -- ... Orchestral Band Festival Organ .. Admission, 1: Pile dating T' e ntrances. 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