The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Influenced by the belief that the capitulation of Metz will cause the Parisians to perceive that further resistance to the armies of Prussia will not only be useless, but will entail further fearfnl slaugh ter, and that they will, therefore, be now more readily disposed to listen to terms of peace, the stock markets to-day have been decidedly firmer, and the quo tions have improved in many instances. There has been no important movement in railway stocks. As regards foreign Bonds, the principal change has been in Spanish, which have been freely purchased on the belief that no opposition will be offered to the placing of the Duke D'Aosta on the throne. Consols have been firm at 911 914 for delivery and the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents. 91, 911. Bank Stock 232 to 234. Exchequer Bills Bs, to 12s. prem. Indian Five per Cents 1114, 112, and Indian Bonds 18s. to 235. prem. Colonial Government Securities have been quiet but firm. In the market for English railway stocks very few transactions have been effected, and the movements in prices have been about evenly balanced. Metropolitan stock has fallen I, or to 634, 634 ; Brighton 4, or to 424, 421; and Great Eastern 4, or to 384, 39. On the other hand, Caledonian is 4 better, at 76, 764 ; Great Northern A. 4, at 1354, 1254 ; North-Western 4, at 1284, 1294 ; and North-Eastern 4, at 1444, 145. South-Eastern is quoted at 744, 754 ; Midland, at 1264, 1274 ; and Great Western, 704, 714. For Indian railway stocks there has been but little in quiry. Great Indian Peninsula, 1064 ; Oude and Rohil kund, 1031; and Scinde, 104. Canadian shares have been flat, Grand Trunk have fallen 4, being done at 124. Foreign shares have been quiet,. but firm. Lombards have risen 4, at 141, 4. Great Luxembourg have marked 114, and Lemberg-Czernowitz, 17. Foreign bonds have continued in request, and enhanced rates have been paid. Spanish (1867) at 304, 314 ; and the 1869 at 304, 31, have been 4 better ; Italian (1861), have risen 4, being quoted at 554, 554; Turkish Five per Cents., at 444, 441; ditto (1869), at 514, 52; and Egyptian (1868) at 774, 78, are each I per cent, higher. American securities have been firm. The Five-twenty 1882 bonds have been better, at 894, 894 ; and the 1885 4, at 881, 88g. Erie shares are quoted at 184, 19 ; and Illinois Central, 110, 1104. The French loan is quoted at 14, 14 prem. In bank shares very few transactions have taken place. London and Westminster have risen 4, or to 61, 62 ; but Chartered of India, Australia, and China have been lower, at 14, 144; Imperial Ottoman, 114, 12; London and County. 484. Telegraph shares have been quiet. French Cables have fallen 4, or to 134,144. Falmouths have markedlol Anglo- Mediterranean, 134. Silver's India Rubber, 384, 39. Telegraph Construction shares have been 4 better, at 284, 29. Miscellaneous securities have commanded but little at tention. London Financial Association 11k. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day, comprise the purchase of £13,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of £5,000 sovereigns for Egypt. There has been a good demand for bills to-day, and the rates of exchange have been rather lower. At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat was quiet, but firm in value. The Devon and Somerset Railway Company have in vited subscriptions for £140,000, perpetual 5 per cent B Debenture Stock, at the price of 75 per £lOO stock, and yielding to the investor £6 13s. 4d. per cent. per annum interest—three years' interest being specially guaranteed by the investment in Government stocks of the amount necessary to pay the same. Payments are to be made as follows :—£lo on application, £l5 on 15th November, £25 on 15th January, 1871, and £25 on 15th April. The discount market has been fairly supplied with capitaL There has been a moderate demand for accom modation, and three months' paper has been charged 2t to 2i per cent. Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake thus report on the state of the bullion market :—" There is no de mand for gold for abroad, and the Bank receives all amounts on the market, the total sent in since the 20th inst. being £128,000. On the other hand, sovereigns to the value of £lOO,OOO have been withdrawn for Alexandria." Notwithstanding the unsettled aspect of continental political affairs, the Board of Trade tables testify that the trade of the country during the month of September was conducted on a fair average scale. During that month the declared value of the exports of British and Irish pro duce and manufactures amounted to £17,090,823, against £16,365,725 in 1869, and £17,027,240 in 1868. In the month of August of the current year they were valued at £17,087,490. During the nine months they reached a total of £148,634,191, against £142,707,536 in 1869, and £133,804,263 in the previous year. The computed real value of the articles imported in August was £21,033,059, against £20,559,578 last year, and £20,285,457 in 1868. In the eight months the imports amounted to £160,466,361, against £148,583,064 in 1869, and £152,637,733 in the previous year. Constantinople advices state that a second general meeting of the creditors of Messrs. John Seager and Co. has been held. It will be remembered that at the first meeting a resolution accepting a composition of ss. in the £l, payable in five instalments was unanimously agreed to. At the present meeting the following resolution was signed by 36 creditors representing claims amounting to £123,867 :—" We, the undersigned, being the statutory majority of creditors assembled at the second meeting in the above matter duly held at No. 2, Rue de la Banque, Galata, Constantinople, this 13th day of October, 1870, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, do hereby confirm the resolution passed by the statutory majority of the creditors of the said John Seager and John Remmer Thompson assembled at the first meeting. And we resolve that Hingston Harvey, of No. 2, Rue de la Banque, Galata, Constantinople, Solicitor, be entrusted with the registration of this resolution. And that the trustees shall receive for remuneration the sum of £350, to be divided between them as they may think proper." The dissenting or non-voting creditors, present at this meeting were five in number, and represented £3,556 Os. od., making a total of debts proved by creditors present— £l36,433l9s. sd. The following is from the Levant Herald of the 19th inst :—" The Viceroy has just completed with the Oppen heims and the Imperial Ottoman Bank a loan of £1,300,000, on the security of the Egyptian railways, at an interest of 17 per cent. per annum—the whole of the proceeds of the last loan having been swallowed up in the vast military preparations which have been going on since then to the present time and are still in progress. Daira bonds are a drug in the market of 30 per cent. ; the finan cial situation has not been so bad for years past, and pay ments in nearly all the Government departments are long and heavily in arrear." FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date' 25 92i ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months, date, 25 80 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 50 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples; and Palermo, ditto, 26 75 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11181 ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 12 01 ; Hamburg, ditto, 1310.2 ; Frankfort-on-the Maine, ditto, 1201; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 60; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 30 ; Madrid and Cadiz, ditto, 49 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 52. LONDON STOCK EXORANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST PRICES. AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done for money. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 Do June & DeclB9l 108 no 921, 1, 1 Viet 6p c Jau & July 1891 115 113 Do for Account 921, 1 Vict 5p c Jan & JulylB94 103 104 Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o ... • 90 91 911, 1 • 91. New 3 per Cent 911, 1, t Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 99 101 Exchequer Bills, March 812 pm Italian, 1865, 5p c 10s, 12s pm Peruvian, 1865, 5 1) 0 Do, June 8 12 pm 901, 90 Bs, 128 pm Portuguese 1869 3 D C.. 301 311 Bank Stock 233, 4 Russian. 1862. 5 p C.. .. 8 8 89 India 5 per Cents 1112 I, 121 Do Nicolas 4 p a India Bonds 691, 1, 701 Pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pc Can 6Po Jaulaulyll77-84 10511061 31, 301, L 11 106, 51 Do, 1869. 3 p c Do March & Sept. 102 104 301, 1, I, Ll. i 1021 Turkish , 81 83 Do 5p c jan & July • , 99 1854. 6p o 99 Do, 1865. 5p a - 44 441 981, 9, 81, 1 4 1 Do Inscribed stock „ 97 59 Do, 1865 , tip Dom of Can 5p 0 1903 .. 96 98 64 972.1 U.S. 520 Bonds, Gp o 1882 891 831 Ceylon 6 p c May and 8 91. i,- 1 November 1878 lO7 109 Do do 1885 881 881 Mauritius 6 p 0 Jan and 881 July 1873 lO3 105 Do 10-40 Buds. spc 1901 87 871 New SWales 5 p 01871-76 101 1 102 1 87 1 New Zealand 6p 0 1891— 107 109 Erie Sim, no dole , all p a id 98 100 Illinois Central Shares .. Do 5 p clO9lllOl Do 5p c Consolidated 98 99 110, i, i 981 Atlantic and G W It Con Do 6p 0 St a r & Sept 1891 106 108 Mortgage Bonds ...... 281 291 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter BB 90 2nd Fret Stock Caledonian 761, 1 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 3B} 39} 4th Pref Stock 391, 81, 5 165, 17 Great Northam Do A 135 136 1051, 65 Great Western 7OB 71 Great Western ofCanada 148 145 711, 1, 701 Do 6 p c Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 Lancashire 131 & Yorkshire 13011315 Do 55 965 d0, 1877-8 96 98 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 421 425 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 par Ipm Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 131 131 Madras guar 5P 0 131, I N. Railway of Canada , Lon and North-Western 1285129 6p a let Pref Bonds 128/, 5 Oude and Rohilkund g Lon and South-Western 89 91 5p a Man, She', and Lincoln 445 451 1035 458 Soinde, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 631, 4f, 35 104 Midland 1265127 Bahia and San Francisco 127},7 g 7 po North British North-Eastern Consols 14311441 Belgian E Junction .. 11 21 1445, 5 , 4, 35 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthni., 255 26 South-Eastern 755 76 Dunaburg and Witepsk 14 185 751 Dutch-Rhenish 225 235 Atlantic and St Lawrnoe 77 79 Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda t and Great Luxembourg . Central India, go p c.. 10451055 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Buff & Lake Huron Pref 7 p o l6l 17 Do 55 p c Bonds. 1872-3-4 81 83 17, le Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p a,, 105 106 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5 55 East Indian, g 5 p a Grand Trunk Canada 121 San Paulo IL) guar 7p o 211 211 Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 205 x d charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm la 5 Do Ist Pref Bonds 5B 60 Southern of France .... Grand Trunk of Canaa BANKING COMPANIES. .1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 Lou Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 25 Alliance (LI 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 23 24 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lon andWestmnster 611 621 20 Ch of India. Austrlia 144 144 62, 14 25 Char Merc of India 244 254 10 Metropolitan Bl 84 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) 20 Eng, Scot. and Anse 154 164 25 Union of Australia.. 41 42 20 Imperial (L) 10 Imperial Ottoman lli, 12 TELEGRAPH OOMPANIJ4S Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 85 88 10 Great Northern .... 111 112 88 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 132 132 Japan Extension.. 3 21(10 133 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 63 62 13 British Australis (L) 33 3ldis 63 10 British Ind Exten (L). 61 63 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 43 43 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Pnma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 die marine. (L) 71, 11-16 20 Soo Trans France (L) 133 143 2 ChinaSubmarine(L) 4240 Is 143, 133 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 233 240 and Ma to (L) 101 10 W India &Panama(L) 43 5 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd - - Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 30 London Fin Assoc (L)lBll7sdis holders' Certificate 15 25 111 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 141 151 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 3Q Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 2 1546, 3 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 2 Lon & Prov Marine L)par(pm p c Sterling Loan 91 93 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 4 Brit & Egn Marine ILI 225 pm gsp c by Ind Goy. 100 102 25 Canada Company. .. 72 76 2 Mauritius Land IL) i dis. par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 45 35dis 5 NatnlDisctComp IL) 11 115 35 City Offices (L) 25 24dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 101. 4 Merc Agency 1L) .. 41 pm 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 21 3pm Trust (L) 71 6I N Britsh and Marc IL) 271 285 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng IL) 21 25 5 OceanMarinelnsur l3/14Ipm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 50 Rhymney Iron 29 31 275 Ebbw Vale Steel (LI.. Midis 15 Do New Bl 91 100 Egyp 9 p crroy Loan, 60 Royal Mail Steam guar by Egyp Gov.. 100 102 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 275 18 1005, 2 29, 85, 71, 8 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 65 7/pm 2 Thames and Mersey 201, 4 Marine Insur (L 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov St Tobacco 6 u o Loan Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 99 guar by Italian Gov B7 89 75 Gen Credt &Disct (L) f / dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 Upper Canada 7 Hooper's Tel Works 214 dis 5 U Marine, Lvpool IL 45 spm 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 91 20 Union Steamship (L) 22 24 45 Indrbbr,GutPer,and 6 United Dia Corprn (L) 2 1 die Tel Works (L) .... 38 39 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 41 slpw 39, 85, 1, 1 91 5 InternlFinan Soc(L) If 11dis Viceroy of Egypt 7p a 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 3} 35 Mortgage Loan.... 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis deemable 1870 MINING SHARE LlST.—Oaromut 28. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market moderately active. East Lovell, Van Consols, Taqua ril, Prince of Wales, Providence, West Chiverton, and Tanker ville chiefly dealt in. Australian United, Bwlch Consols, Chivertou Moor, 22, 3 Chiverton Valley, Chontales (Gold), 108 156 Cook's Kitchen, Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 21s, 23s Dolcoath, Dou Pedro North Del Rey, U. 3 East Bassett, East Caradon, 48, 51 East Lovell, 24, 25 East Wheal Grenville, 22, 22 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold). -8., -B. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor 71, 72 Hingaton Down. Marko Valley, 62, New Lovell, North Crofty, Pacific, 11, 12 Pary's Mountain, 31, 4} Prince of Wales, Hs, 13s Providence Mines, 38, 40 Rosewall Hill and Rausome United, --- --- --- South Cam Brea, South Condurrow, 21, South Frances, Tankerville, 14i, 14t Tincroft. Taquaril((cold), 495, 51s Trumpet Consols, Van. Van Consols, IL 21 West Caradon, West Chiverton, 53, 64 West Drakewalls, West Frances, 31, 33 West Maria and Fortosone, 30s, 32s 6d Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville. 355, 40s Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 8, 8 i Wheal Mary Ann, 8, 9 Wheal Seton, MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, FRIDAY.— There was a fair attendance of millers at Mark-lane to-day, but the business doing was to a very moderate extent, in conse quence of factors asking a further advance of is. per quarter. There was a moderate supply of both English and foreign wheat on offer. The demand for all qualities was limited, at an occa sional rise of is. per quarter on Monday's currencies. Barley was in good supply and steady request for both grinding and distilling descriptions. Malt was inactive, but unaltered in value. There were large supplies of oats on sale. The inquiry was fairly active, at fully late rates ; iri fact, in some instances a trifle more money was obtained. Beans and peas were steady in value and demand. Flour was quiet, at extreme prices, Arrivals.—English and Scotch: Wheat, 1,630 ; barley, 670 ; beans, 130 ; and peas, 170 quarters. Foreign : Wheat, 17,680 barley, 2,400; oats, 29,910 ; maize, 3,200 ; beans, 3,330 quarters ; and flour, 6,260 barrels. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This market opened with a poor attendance to-day, and there was not much doing up till 11.50. Sellers were inclined to ask more. The imports are—wheat, 19,632 quarters ; corn, 17,599 quarters ; flour, 1,450 barrels. Closing report.—There was a small attendance at this market to-day. Trade was dull. Sellers were asking last quo tations. Only retail business was done, at from id. to 2d. de cline in wheat. Flour was equally dull, and rather cheaper: Egyptian beans were 6d. per qr, dearer. Barley was unaltered. Oats and oatmeal were dull. Indian corn was 6d. per qr. dearer, but the sales were checked by the higher pretensions of holders. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was firmly held for an advance of is. to 2s. on last Friday's prices, but trade is quiet. Fine barley was rather dearer, and other sorts steady, at late rates. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—At this market to-day wheat fetched from ls. to 2s. more money, Best barley was at is. advance ; other sorts were firm. Oats were 'at is. advance. Peas and beans were firm, but quiet. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.—The hop market has been in a quiet state. Large supplies have been on sale, and not much disposition has been shewn to operate freely. In prices no change has taken place :—Mid and East Kents, £2 10s. to £7; Weald of Kents, £2 10s. to £4 ; Sussex, £2 ss. to £3los. ; Farnham and country, £3 15s. to £6 6s. ; and olds, £1 to £2los. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, FRI DAY.-These markets have been fairly supplied with potatoes. There has been a moderate inquiry, at about late rates. -English regents, 455. to 80s.; Scotch regents 50s. to 80s.; rocks, 40s. to 55s.per ton. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.-Moderate supplies of meat have been on sale here to-day. The demand for all descriptions was inactive, at about late rates. Per 81bs. by the carcase:-Inferior beef, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd.: middling do., 3s. Bd. to 45.; prime large do., 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime small do., ss. to ss. 2d. ; large pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. ; inferior mutton 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; middling do., 4s. to 4s. Bd.; prime do., ss. to ss. 4d; veal, 48. Bd. to ss. ; small pork, ss. to ss. Bd. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FRIDAY.- There has been only a moderate inquiry for tea, at previous quotations. Raw sugar has sold quietly, but at full prices. Good and fine St. Kitt's, 295. to 30s. ; crystallised Demerara's, 335. 6d. to 375. Coffee has been in request, at steady currencies. Average and ordinary plantation Ceylon, 365. to 50s. ; fine middling bold colory, 71s. to 745. ; good to superior bold, 765. to 83s. 6d. ; pea-berry, 71s. to 775. Rum has been dull. Demerara, 2s. Oid. to 2s. ls. LONDON METAL MARKET, FRIDAY.-Scotch pig iron has been in moderate request, at 51s. 41d. to 51s. 6d. Tin has been quiet. Straits, £127. Copper has sold slowly. Spelter has been inactive. LONDON OIL MARKET, FRlDAY.—Linseed oil is offered at £3O spot. Rape firm. English brown, spot, £43. November- December, £42105. to £43. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, FRIDAY.—The market Is quiet. Y. C., spot 435. October-December, 425. 9d. to 435. ; December, 435. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Opening Report. —There was an improved demand at this market to-day. Proba ble sales 12,000 bales. Imports, 3,185 bales. No Surats. Total, 49,818 bales. Sales for the week, 98,770 bales. Reported for speculation, 8,820 bales. For export, 26,340 bales ; actual ex port, 13,365 bales ; trade, 66,310 bales ; stock, 509,470 bales, against 498,240 bales last year.—Closing Report.—This market closed to-day with a partial improvement of id. on the spot. Sales, 12,000 bales. Arrivals, ship named Savannah, 8 5-16 d. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—This market still continues flat, with only a very small business in progress, but the downward tendency of prices is less marked to-day, pro ducers adhering more firmly to their quotations, owing to the cotton market having opened with a firmer tone. This is purely owing to the news of the surrender of Bazaine's army and the fortress of Metz, which some think may hasten the termination of the war. The market, however, does not respond to this improvement in cotton, and buyers seem dis posed to wait, but in cases when prompt delivery is wanted an advance has to be paid. In all other cases prices to day have receded to those ruling this day week, which are as follows :—Thirty-nine inch shirtings (71b5), ordinary to best makes, 75. 9d. to Bs. 6d.; ditto (811bs.), 9s. 40. to 103.; No. 40 mule twist, ls. lid': No. 30 water twist, is. lid. The market closed dull, with a small business for the day, as the conse quence of producers adhering rather more firmly to their quota tions, but spinners and manufacturers being well sold, did not press for business to-day in the face of a firmer cotton market. GLASGOW PM IRON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Opening report. This market was rather better to-day. 518. 51d. to 51s. 6d. cash was paid. Closing buyers, 51s. 6d. cash ; sellers, 515. 10d. one month. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY. --At this market to-day there was a fair business done and prices were firm. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY —Ordinary firsts, 130 s. ; seconds, 1225. ; thirds, 112 s. ; fourths, 108 s. ; fifths, 89s. ; sixths, 775. 2,540 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 1375. ; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 117 s. 80 firkins in the market. IHE SUS, LONDON, SATUR THE WAR. THE CAPITULATION OF METZ. The surrender of the great French fortress was appa rently unattended with any of those favourable conditions which Bazaine strove to attain. It has been absolute, like the capitulation of Sedan. It is now well ascertained that for some time negotiations have passed between the commander of the French armies, Prince Frederick Charles, and King William. But the very fact that the Marshal was so reduced as to be compelled to parley at all shewed that the end of his resources was near, and so encouraged the German leaders to refuse all terms in the expectation of the complete triumph which has at length rewarded them. Bazaine, too, made some overtures re- spatting peace and the future Government of France, but they have come to nothing. It was natural that the commander of the only regular force remaining to his nation should desire to exert some influence upon the general conduct of the war, but it was not easy to suggest a practicable scheme for giving that desire effect. The administration of the country was in the hands of the Republicans, they commanded all the national resources save those of Metz, and it was not in the slightest degree probable that anything Marshal Bazaine might resolve would receive attention. There was nothing for it but to consider the surrender as a strictly military event. Starvation has done the work. The locking up of such a large army within the range of the fortress made it im possible to take the place by siege; but the process of starvation was all the more quickly accomplished. The food in the fortress would have lasted the garrison of 16,000 or 20,000 men for a very long period. It has been eaten up by the army and the garrison together in about seventy days. How the number of un wounded prisoners reaches 150,000 is not clear. The French army under Bazaine at Courcelles on the 14th, at Vionville on the 16th, and at Gravelotte on the 18th of August, was made up, as an official French telegram informed us at the time, of the following corps :-50,000 men of the Marshal's own corps, 30,000 of General Ladmirault's corps, 25,000 of Frossard's corps, and the Imperial Guard 25,000 strong—in all 130,000 men. The garrison of Metz never exceeded 20,000 men, so that altogether the forces in and around the fortress only reached the figure of 150,000, before any losses had been sustained through three great battles, the numerous sorties, or by disease. These losses must have been tre mendous—indeed, nobody outside Metz would have sus pected that Bazaine had latterly more than fifty thousand men under his orders, exclusive of the garrison. The commander of the fortress, General Coffiniere, and Marshal Bazaine were not agreed as to the mode of sur render. On October 21st General Coffiniere informed the Marshal that he could supply no more pro• isions, and that his army must shift for themselves. Thereupon Marshal Bazaine ordered his outposts to cease firing on the German pickets, and tacitly allowed his men to desert in groups of a dozen or two, which were accepted by the German outposts as pri soners. Larger bodies were refused acceptance. It was at first designed to make an irruption en masse on Gravelotte, not with the hope of saving the army, but simply to compel the Germans to take them prisoners, so that the fortress might hold out longer with its compara tively small garrison. Marshal Bazaine, however, persuaded Coffiniere that the necessary effusion of blood would be too dear a price to pay for a few weeks' prolongation of resistance. A mes senger was sent, on the 24th, to Prince Frederick Charles, intimating the intention of the fortress to capitu late. This was the first proposition yet made which in cluded both the fortress and the outside army. On the 25th, General Changarnier, as plenipotentiary, spent an hour with the Prince. He went away from the interview much disturbed, and after wards, in excusing some forgetfulness of which notice had been taken, said, "No wonder, the Prince was so severe." By arrangement at this meeting, General Stickles and Colonel von Herznurg, the Chief of the Staff and Quartermaster-General of the Prince's army, rode to Frescaty, a chateau three miles due south of Metz, and just within the German lines. The two French com manders, together with Humbert, second in command in the fortress, had been taken there by a Prussian post chaise. The meeting lasted from •six o'clock to seven o'clock in the evening, and resulted in a but partial agree ment. At a further meeting, however, everything was settled. 7he intention of the French to make a general irruption was known to the Germans, who had collected large forces at Gravelotte. FRENCH PREPARATIONS IN THE NORTH. The special correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Amiens, Octobsr 26, says :—The general tone of the news brought in from different points during the last few days has greatly raised the already good spirits of the troops gathered here ; and, unless some unforseen blunder should be committed, we at Amiens are in a position to hold our own, even against a tolerably large force of the enemy. What I like least in the preparations . for the defence is tue giving of firearms to the working men who are not soldiers—although, as is always the case in France, a very great number of them have at one time or other served in the ranks. That they have themselves asked for these arms is true ; and that nine out of ten are able to use them I have no doubt whatever. But, in a war like the present, to arm men who don't wear uniform is like playing a game of chance with immense odds against you. These Frenchmen are so excitable, and reason so little when they are excited, that it is a very great chance whether artisans with muskets, and not under the imme diate control of officers, will not, should they be obliged to retire, bring about street firing—which will, in th e event of defeat, simply cause the utter ruin of this fine town. I must say the whole population of the North are now raised to such a pitch of fury against the enemy, that I really believe they could go anywhere and do anything. It is almost impossible to conceive the change that has come over Amiens during the last three weeks. Apart from the clergy, the citizens above sixty, and the women, hardly a living soul more than sixteen years of age is not armed in some way or other, either as a Mobile, as a National Guard, or with a musket on his own account. The town is full to overflowing of Mobiles, who have lately learnt their drill well, have been armed and equipped like regular troops, and are full of quiet, confiding courage. Marchings out and marchings in, drills, firing at marks, and going out on reconnaissance, occupy the whole day. The shops are driving a roaring trade in revolvers, Chassepots, military caps, tunics, blankets, flannel shirts, and all that a soldier requires for • a campaign. Many of the Mobiles are young men, who have some means of their own ; and the readiness with which these persons not only incur privations themselves, but assist their poorer comrades, is pleasant to see. And when I note the wonderful improvement all these young troops have made in:their drill during the last few weeks, I can readily be lieve the good that I bear of such as are defending Paris. Nor are the National Guards behind the Mobiles in zeal. Every man among them seems to be anxious about one thing, and one thing only—namely, that he may become an efficient soldier, and be able to do his duty before the enemy. Some four or five times I have seen the National Guard of Amiens turned out at a moment's notice, and on each occasion the very small number of absentees has greatly surprised me. To get under arms late in the day, with a fierce wind blowing, and a continual rain falling—to have to march out some six or seven, , miles wet through and through, and then to come home about midnight in the same uncomfortable condition—is certainly not a com fortable proceeding, particularly when a cold, damp autumn has fairly set in. Yet this is done day after day by a very large body of men who are accustomed to every comfort, and who, unlike the soldiers of the regular army, have nothing to expect in the way of promotion or other advantages. THE. EMPRESS EUGENIE. The Daily News publishes the translation of another document respecting the Empress Eng&ie. It is an authentic exposition of facts, and of the views and aims of the lady, concerned. Assuming its accuracy, which there is no reason to impugn, it is an ,important contribution to our knowledge. The manifesto com mences by a statement that the Empress, whilst in Eng land, has remained a stranger to every intrigue. She is not without hope of a restoration, but she is resolved to take no steps at present. In respect of rejecting all pro posals for a cession of territory, the Empress is not one with the Provisional Government. The document pro ceeds : " The evidence of this may be found in her answer to the first emissary, sent her by M. de Bismarck on the 15th of last month, when she had been only a few days in England, and when the events that had brought about her exile were still so recent that she might perhaps have been excused if she seized on the first opportunity of exercising her authority as Regent. Prussia at that time was ready to make peace. The victories of Weissenberg, of Forbach, and of Sedan, were enough for her glory. Public opinion in Germany had not then been embittered by the con tinuance of a war which the surrender of the Emperor promised at first to terminate, and the Chancellor of the OCTOBER 29, 1870. North German Confederation did not then feel himself obliged to offer to a country exhausted by the struggle any considerable territorial compensation. Accordingly he proposed to the Empress to conclude a peace on the basis of the surrender of Strasburg, the key of the house, as he calls that French city, with a portion of the, Depart ment of the Bas Rhin, including but 250,000 inhabitants, and with a war indemnity of two thousand millions of francs. The Empress, rejecting long before the Pro visional Government the idea of territorial cession, refused this proposition, which has remained so completely unknown that views are to - day - im puted to ber which would be wholly incon sistent with her past acts, and as hostile to her interests as to those of France. No doubt conversa tions take place at Chislehurst between the Empress and her household. The chances of restoration, and the means to be employed when the hour shall strike, may well be discussed, but such views are private, and have remained private ; nor has any indiscretion— a thing in itself im probable—given to anybody the right to state them in a positive form, much less to give them an official character. To form a juster estimate of the various narratives that have been published, it needs only to keep in mind the intrigue in which General Bourbaki became an involuntary tool, or that famous manifesto im puted to the prisoner of Wilhelmshohe. It is known to day how entirely ignorant was the Empress of those two matters, and what a surprise to her was the arrival of the confidant of Marshal Bazaine. It ought to be equally well known that her desire to take part in none of the intrigues of which it was sought to make Chislehurst the centre, has been formally expressed. The Empress lives in the most absolute retirement, surrounded by a few per sons whose devotion is known, coming but seldom to Lon don, dividing her hopes between France and her son. The arrival of General Boyer was as unexpected as that of General Bourbaki. It was only natural that the envoy sent by Marshal Bazaine to the Prussian headquarters should have thought it a duty, when his mission was accomplished, to pay this respects to the Empress at Chislehurst, and to apprise her of what was passing fn Metz. Everything beyond this is pure imagi nation. There was no question of a military revolution in the interview of last Saturday at Chislehurst, but solely of the possibility of continued resistance. To suppose that the discussions between the Enipress and General Boyer had any other end is to hold light the military honour of the defender of Metz, as well as to confess ig norance of the relations existing since the Mexican war between Marshal Bazaine and the Empress, with whom he has never been a favourite. From such an interview it is a long step, as will be seen, to that project of the Empress's journey to the Prussian headquarters, and to the part she was to be made to play in the negotiations for peace. No doubt the Empress eagerly desires to see an end of hostilities, but whatever those reck less partisans whose dangerous services she rejects may assert or allow to be supposed, and whatever be the diplomatic intrigues of which M. de Bismarck desires to make her an instrument, it is certain that she does not dream of sacrificing an inch of French territory, or any part of the honour of the country to her dynastic in terest. When Alsace and Lorraine shall be no longer in question, the Empress will doubtless use every effort to put herself in agreement with the country, with a view to obtaining an honourable peace, but till then she will abstain with the same dignity and resolution as heretofore." The manifesto proceeds to say that with respect to the visits of the Prince Napoleon, the Empress has never concealed her prepossessions against him whom she re gards as the Emperor's enemy. It is certain that his last visit to Chislehurst ended in an explosion. He called one of the late Ministries a Ministry of idiots. The Em press replied : " I know not what you mean by a Minis try of idiots, but what I do know is that down to the last moment the Emperor was served by devoted and faith ful friends. For the last eighteen years yon have opposed the Empire. You and those about you have never ceased to undermine it ; and to-day, when the Emperor is fallen, you pursue him still. Had you been at Paris on the 4th September you might have been able to give us good advice, but you were absent, as you have so often happened to be, at the moment of danger ; of course, to your great regret, as Ido not doubt.' Upon this, says the document, Prince Napoleon tarried no longer. He took up his hat and left the room. TIIE RESULTS• OF A BOMBARDMENT. The Berlin correspondent of the Times, under date October 25, says : The Frankfort Society for the Relief of the Strasburgers has sent some of its members to the unfortunate city to Inquire into the condition of the inhabitants. Their report has been printed, and the details contained in it exceed all the harrowing descriptions we have already received. According to the official statistics, Strasburg had 3,598, or, including the suburbs, 5,150 houses. Of the 3,598 structures of the town proper, 448 are entirely destroyed, and between 2,000 and 3,000 more or less injured. Those which have remained uninjured count only by hundreds. In many cases houses appa rently _intact have only a few habitable rooms left, bombs having fallen upon the roofs and burst inside. The value of the 448 houses in ruins is estimated at 16,500,000 f., and the damage occasioned to the others at from 3,000,000 f. to 4,000,000 f. To the loss inflicted upon private persons must be added that sustained by Corporations. The devastation caused to churches alone amounts to 4,000,000 f. To repair the schools, 400,000 f. will be required. The Museum origi nally cost 500,000 f. ; the Prefecture, 500,000. ; the Court of Justice, 500,000 f. ; the Theatre, 875,000 f. ; the shat- teret bridges and torn-up roads and streets, 2,000,000 f., &c. Most of the gates are impassable, the gasworks de stroyed, and whole quarters of the town such a complete head of rubbish that it is impossible to distinguish the imits of the individual houses. The catalogue of the guns employed and shot fired in the siege for more reasons than one deserves to be generally known. There were 241 pieces placed in battery outside the walls. During the 31 days over which the regular opera tions extended these fired 193,722 shot—that is, an aver age of 6,249 per day, or 269 per hour, or between four and five per minute. Of the total of the shot fired, 45,000 grenades came out of the riffled 12-pounders, 28,000 grenades out of the long rifled 24-pounders; 23,000 7-pound bombs, 20,000 25-pound bombs, and 15,000 50 pound bombs out of smooth bore mortars ; 11,000 shrapnels out of the rifled 12-pounders, 8,000 grenades out of the rifled 6-pounders, MOO shrapnels out of the rifled 24-pounders, 4,000 shrapnels out of the rifled 6-pounders ; 3,000 long grenades out of the 15 centimetre guns, and 600 long grenades out of the 21 centimetre guns. Are we to witness a repetition of the same sorry spec tacle in the case of the gay capital on the Seine ? Up to a few days ago the number of French un wounded prisoners in Germany amounted to 123,700 men and 3,577 officers. In addition to these, a large number of wounded prisoners, variously estimated at between 20,000 and 50,000, are either in German hospitals or on French territory occupied by German troops. The cannon taken reaches the fabulous figure of 2,500; the horses exceed 30,000. A. FRENCH MONARCHY ANTICIPATED. The Siecle has a very severe article on the want of energy in Ministerial quarters. When the Republicans, it says raised the sovereign power from the dust their first duty was in regard to the foreign invaders. It was necessary to organise the national defence, pro vide for the public service, secure order, and restore in some measure the public confidence. The flagrant incapacity of the Imperial Government had pushed France to the borders of an abyss from which she could only be rescued by obtaining the assistance of all parties. Accordingly no government ever opened the door more widely to aIL But the door has been allowed to remain so wide open that all ambitions have found an entrance, and we are flooded by place hunters and such characters, who choke up the avenues to power. Nothing is changed in the Imperial institutions excepting a few men at the head of affairs. No doubt the first thoughts of M. Gambetta and his col leagues were directed to the war, and the noise of arms prevents them from hearing the counsels of their friends, but it is necessary to look to the future, and to take care that the Republicans, after exhausting them selves in efforts to save their country shall not find that they have carried self-abnegation so far as to work for a monarchial reaction. It is time to guard against this. The feeling in the rural districts is deplorable. Why has nothing been done to enlighten them as to the actual state of affairs ? It is no unusual thing to see even in the streets of our towns mob orators declaring amidst the applause of the people that the Prussians have been paid to come into France. The people are ignorant and startled by the extraordinary catastrophes of the last two or three months, and understand neither the fall of the empire nor the cause of it, nor the future of the country, nor the condition to which it is reduced in any case. Enriched not only by commerce, but by the unmeasured consumption of a capital in which corruption, fraud, and stock-jobbing were the order of the day, the country people sold their productions at fabulous sums. They required little themselvei from the towns they overcharged, and what they most needed—iron, clothing, agricultural implements—did not increase in price. Consequently, the demands of the food producers daily increased, to . the impoverish ment of the workman and the citizen, and a reaction would have been inevitable even had the Empire lasted. As it is they understand the matter so little that they attribute the sudden and forcible stoppage of their accus tomed profits to the Republic. If care be not taken, the thousand trumpets of the monarchy and the clergy will assist, and the deception of the rural districts will be turned to account. Universal suffrage will be turned against the Republic, on the ground of the losses of the peasantry. Some pretender will be put forward, and France one fine morning will find herself under a monarchy. THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE. A letter from Tours on the 26th, says that the town is full of conflicting rumours respecting the negotiations for an armistice. It declares the true version to be that Eng land, with the object of stopping the effusion of blood, made known through her representatives at Tours and Berlin that she would be glad to see the belligerents con clude an armistice. England acted alone, but all the neutral powers declared their willingness to support her. They were eager to do this to avert the dis turbance produced by She war in their own countries. The local Government of Tours could not decide the question without reference to the Central Government at Paris, and the English Government, understanding this, applied to the Prussian authorities for a safe conduct permitting M. Thiers to go to Paris and discuss the English proposal with the Government of National Defence. The matter rests there for the moment, waiting for the Prussian reply to England, but it is well to notice that the French Government has neither asked nor proposed anything, and that all that has been done has been the proposal made by England. The only question pending is of an armistice, and there is no talk of the conditions of peace. The Patrie says that for the first time since the com mencement of the war a serious attempt at mediation has been made, in which England takes the initiative. From information received on the subject the Patrie believes that the territorial integrity of France is the basis of the armistice. It hopes that Prussia will not refuse the sug gestion, and thinks it improbable that England, who has such intimate relations with Prussia, would have made the proposal if she had not received some indication of a con ciliatory temper on the part of the King and Bismarck. With regard to the decision of the Paris Government there are some doubts. Some politicians apprehend that Paris, animated by her heroic resistance, will refuse to listen to any specific propositions, and will demand war a l'outrance. The Patrie, in taking a more sanguine view, reminds the public that one of the first acts of the new Ministry was to open communications with the Federal Chancellor, and all France approved the act of M. Favre which certainly did not tend to war a l'outrance. La France considers the movement of England an important fact, but insists that France took no part whatever in opening the matter. Since the failure of Jules Favre's negotiations there has only been one thought —of strengthening the national resistance. It is in her own name, in her character as a great Power, that England, after having fully deliberated the matter, emerges from her long inaction. It is an important move ment, for England is chary of such initiations, and does not lightly employ the authority of her diplomacy, After the mission of M. Thiers, the declarations of M. Favre, and the sacrifices France has made to continue the struggle, England knows what France can accept, and what she 'will reject. If she has pro posed an armistice, then it must be because she regards the opening of negotiations on a basis which France can accept as possible. The Sieele, however, believes that Europe has only in terfered in the interests of Prussia, not of France, and therefore advises the wholesale rejection of the offers. The London correspondent of the Inclependance Beige, in confirming the news that Bismarck has opened communications with the Empress, says that the Prussian statesman is by no means embar rassed by the double negotiation he is carrying on, but thinks it indispensable in the state of affairs to negotiate with the representative of the Government. de . jure as well as with those whom he disrespectfully designates as " ces messieurs de la rue." Bismarck's beau ideal is that M. Thiers should undertake to bring about an understanding between the fallen dynasty and the existing Government ; but M. Thiers is the last man to be the instrument of such an intrigue. At Pirey, a village near Besancon, a Zouave has been shot for abusing an officer, and drawing his sword upon him. Fashion has vanished from Paris for the present. There is nobody to design fashions, and nobody to exe cute them. Chignons have disappeared. According to an official statement the number of Ger man soldiers now on French territory is 856,000 ; 740,000 of these belong to Prussia and the North German Confederation. Some Freeshooters who were taken at Orleans were not shot, but carried off prisoners to Stettin and Posen. Here, however, they received worse treatmentthan there gular soldiers, being regarded as " confirmed vagabonds." The correspondent of the Telegraph affirms that upwards of a million Mobiles are now unders arms. The Garde Sedentaire also number a million ; and the Freeshooters must be at least 40,000 strong. In Paris a " foot cavalry " has been formed of boys between 13 and 17. This force is said to be 60,000 strong, and its members are designed to act as scouts and couriers. The Prussian barque Franciska, Captain Dillwitz, from Newcastle with coal, has been captured in the North Sea by the French war steamer Dessaix and taken to Dunkerque. A court-martial at Dreux has pronounced four sentences of death—two against persons not belonging to the army, convicted as Prussian spies, and two against Gardes Mobiles, guilty of insubordination. The sentences were carried into execution. M. d'Amphernet, the Postmaster-General of the Seine et Oise, has been suspended by M. Steenacker, for having deserted his post without any valid reason, his only ex cuse being that the department was partially in the occu pation of the enemy. A successor has been appointed, who, it is presumable, will accept the office. It is reported that the King of Prussia and Count Bismarck had a narrow escape of falling into the hands of a corps of Frenchmen the other day. They were saved by the devoted efforts of six hundred German cavalry, who were clic to pieces during the struggle which ensued before the royal carriage could get free. A correspondent says the news of the proposed armis tice, strange as it may appear, was very badly received at Amiens. " It would seem that with Frenchmen the desire for fighting increases with the discomforts and miseries of wan A month ago the greater number of the well-to-do classes—at any rate in the north of France— would have been in favour of peace at almost any price. Now all that is changed ; and I do not believe that a peace, even on the most favourable terms for France as yet proposed, would be - acceptable. A French gentleman of property, who moves in the best society, and has more than once dined at Marlborough House, is the commander of about 200 Freeshooters. He now wears a flannel shirt for a month together, and dresses like a brigand. He boasts that he himself has killed at least a dozen Prusssians, and his band perhaps 300. Some of the French commanders are displaying some thing like excessive energy in training their troops. At Lille about a week ago a review was to be held at noon. Rain was falling heavily, and some 12,000 men of the National Guards in new uniform, purchased at their own expense were kept in " the open " from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. At Amiens a still more foolish arrange ment was made. A review having been announced, a large force assembled outside the town early in the morn ing ; and, after enduring a heavy shower of rain for three or four hours, it was informed that on account of the bad weather the review would not take place. Herr Wickede, of the Cologne Gazette, says that at least 3,000 provision columns are daily occupied in col lecting everything eatable in the neighbourhood of Paris, though interminable provision columns are sent from the railway stations at Nogent and Nanteuil. In making requisitions there are frequent fights with Francs-Tireurs, a band of whom attacked his expedition from a wood. After firing a few harmless shots they fled, but some were overtaken, and a dozen, who still offered resist ance, were cut down by the troops, " who always fight with justifiable rage against such freeshooters." The rest escaped. The unwelcome tidings of the defeat of Sedan were con veyed to Marshal Bazaine in a most original manner. As the French had repeatedly fired at parlementaires, Prince Frederick Charles did not wish to risk the life of some of his officers in this errand. But it so happened that Bazaine had just released 600 Prussian prisoners ; the Prussian commander could not better return the civility than by releasing the same number of French, though the marshal in Metz would rather have left them to live on Prussian food than assist in starving out the fortress. The released prisoners were selected in such a manner that about one quarter of them consisted of soldiers who had fought and capitulated at Sedan. Although.the French would have discredited anY Prussian account of M`Mahon's terrible disaster, Bazaine was not likely to doubt the veracity of the report emanating from French. soldiers, and confirmed several hundred times from eye-witnesses and actors in the dreadful tragedy. WAR MAP.—The latest of Mr. Wyld's series of war maps might perhaps more properly be called a peace map. It represents Alsace and Lorraine, and shews by means of colouring the portion of this territory which is claimed by the Germans. The districts where the German language is spoken, where the French language is spoken, and where a mixed dialect is used are also denoted. In considering peace negotiations this map will be found very useful. ALLEGD SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH PRISONERS Some of the French papers are responsible for a strange story of what happened at SOiSSOW3 The prisoners taken at the capture of that town, 4,00 0 in number, were marched off under a strong escort. When they had reached the wood of St. Jean/ after a march of fifteen leagues, there was a halt, and immediately •from the front, from the rear, from both sides, the guards poured a heavy fire into the dense column of unfortunate prisoners. What was the cause of this butchery is at present unknown. It is supposed , however, that some of the prisoners must have endea voured to escape. When the fire was opened upon them the prisoners at once made a rush to save themselves, and a considerable number succeeded in doing so. Who was in fault in the matter it is impos sible with the information we have at present received to say. THE SURRENDER OF CHARTHES.—The Tours correspondent of the Standard, remarks :—We have at last some news respecting the surrender of Chartres, and the details are sufficient to shew how great an effect the despe rate defence of Chateaudun has had upon the German commanders. Chartres was invested on the morning of the 21st by the Prussian forces which had been engaged at Chateaudun, and by troops arriving from Rambouillet, and Etampes, Angerville, and Patay. Against forces like this it was impossible that the defenders could hope for success. However they threw themselves out as skir• mishers and a lively fire opened between them and the invaders, At eleven o'clock the Prussian general com manded the prefect and maire to surrender, under a threat of instantly setting the town on fire with his numerous sr' tillery. It was not until two visits backwards and forwards between the camp and the town, during which time the fighting continued, that the terms were finally agreed upon. They were as follows :—All the troops in the town, regular and irregular, to march out with thir arms, &c., free to go where they chose ; two hours to be allowed for the evacuation ; the town not to be submitted to any war requisition in money ; requisition of supplies to be made only through the municipality private property and person to be respected ; the Seden tary National Guard to deposit their arms in the Town' hall ; the enemy not to enter Chartres, until half-past four. No such terms as these have been obtained by any town from the commencement of the war, and it is evident that the heroic defence of Chateaudun has inspired the Germans with a terror of street fighting, and has greatly modified their opinion of the fighting qualities of the French irregular troops. THE SICK AND WOUNDED AT SAARBRUCK.---"' In a letter dated from Baden, October 24, a correspon dent of the Telegraph says Saarbruck is literally over flowing with sick and wounded. They cannot be drafted off quickly enough to places further from the frontier, and I am sorry to say there is, as may be expected, much typhus and dysentery. That the German army before Metz is suffering severely is beyond doubt. The soldiers, it is true, shew great ingenuity in protecting themselves. For instance, if they are lucky enough to be near a garden wall, they make requisitions in the neighbouring villages for planks and straw, and with these they construct a sloping roof and outer wall, thus providing themselves with a long hut. They also manage to build hovels in the woods by tying together the boughs and stems of overhanging trees. But these makeshifts do not compensate for the want of weather-proof tents. We were glad to leave Saarbruck, although the parting scene at the station intensi fied the unpleasant impression of the place. One , train was coming in full of troops who evidently had not yet been up to the front. They were toler ably neat in appearance, bright and hopeful in manner, and they presented a strong contrast to a train ful of sick wretches who, in stained, torn, and dirty clothes, were huddled on the straw in horseboxes. With out its " pomp, pride, and circumstance," how wretched is " glorious war ! " The conversations heard everywhere at Saarbruck—almost all the civilians had come to find out relatives sick, dying, and dead—made the noisy, half-hysterical hilarity at the station peculiarly dis gusting, and the long bare tables, covered with coarse un- appetising fare, could only be approached by the strongest appetite. In the railway carriage which bore us away were two fellows in deep mourning, who, in their hospital search for friends, had got drunk with artificial stimulants and natural excitement. This episode was sufficiently disgusting; but the most ghastly incident of the scene was the hawking about, by a brute with a Stentorian voice, of " Schulze and Muller im Kriegsschau platze "—a comic description of the seat of war, sold in the very hearing ok men who were writhing in the agony it occasioned. PRUSSIA AND THE POPE. We may, says the Tablet, give to the public q, passage from the letter of our Italian correspondent this week, which bears out the general impression we are receiving from other sources as to the policy likely to be adopted by the King of Prussia towards the Holy See. The Marchese Migliorate, the representative of the Florentine Govern ment at Munich, has recently come unexpectedly to Florence ; his object being, it is affirmed, to apprise the Ministry of the great Catholic movement going on in Germany in favour of the liberation of the Sovereign Pontiff, a movement which cannot fail before long to impel the Bavarian Government, in concert with Prussia, to some decisive step. That Prussia is by no means averse to support a cause which concerns so deeply the great mass of its Catholic subjects, is very . generally believed, and it is a somewhat significant sign that the Augsburg Gazette, hitherto so acrimonious against the Pope, and rightly regarded as quite a Masonic journal, but which, it is said, has lately been sold to Prussia, has begun to assume ouite another tone about the Holy Father, and to admit articles by correspondents in favour of the maintenance of the Temporal Power, and shewing how suicidal would be the policy of European Monarchs did they permit the over throw of the most ancient of thrones. Such con tributions would certainly find no place in its pages, without the permission or inspiration of those who have purchased the right of controlling its dicta. • . . . . We have also the right to draw a surer, because more direct, inference from the language of the official Prussian press, which is full of expressions of warm sym pathy for the Holy Father. The Tablet says to these considerations we may add the following facts : Ist. that the King of Prussia prides himself on being, as he is t the enemy to the Revolution 2nd, that Garibaldi and s his Italian followers have linked their cause with that of France ; 3rd, that Mazzini and his party are sworn foes to the Prussian dynasty, and have pledged themselves to found a Republic in Germany as well as in Italy and France ; 4th, that the Catholic people of Germany are known to be the friends of order and of monarchy ; and sth, that the King entertains an affectionate and chival rous respect for the Sovereign Pontiff, and is therefore personally disposed to assist him. These form a catena of reasons, to which others might be added, for entertaining a hope that help may come even from Germany. On. 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