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

MONETARY REPORTS -- .--ATITRDAY; Notwithstanding that the' Stock Markets have been characterised by much quietness to-day, the actual business doing being of a very moderate char acter, the tone throughout has been steady, and a further fractional improvement is noticed. Rail way stocks have been firm, and Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Eastern, North-Eastern, and Midland have each risen in value. Foreign bonds also, with the exception of a slight weakness in. Italian, have commanded extreme quotations, and Brazilian, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish have been dealt in af an enhancement. Con sols have been quiet, but firm, at 914 to 92 xd for delivery and 92 to 92i xd for January. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91i, 91i ; Bank Stock, 230, 232 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents, 110, 110} ex div., and India Bonds, 2215., 275. prem. For Colonial Government Securities the demand ha; been to a moderate extent, and the quotations have been well maintained. In English railway stocks not much busine4s has been doing, but an advance has ensued. Caledonian has been 1 better, at 83*, 831; Great-Northern, 1, at 125, 126 ; ditto A, 1, at 1351, 1361; Great-Eastern, *, at 38k, 39k; North-Eastern, I, at 144*, 1441 ; and Midland, *, at 128;, 1281; Metropolitan is quoted at 64, 611 ; Brighton, 41, 411; South-Eastern, 741, 75; North. Western, 12*, 121; and Great-Western, at 70*, 70/. For Indian stocks there has been but little inquriy. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 106 ; Eastern Ben gal, 1042, 105* ; East , Indian, 1091, 110* ; Great Indian, Peninsula, 107*, 1071 ; Madras, 105, 105*; * Oude and Rohilkund, 103 a, and Scinde, 103*, 103*. Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western, 131, -I. Foreign shares have been in moderate request. Bahia and San Francisco, 173, 181; Central Argentine, 19k, 20; Great Luxemberg, 111 ; Recife and San Francisco, 141, ; San Paulo, 21; and Lombards, 141, 1. Foreign bonds have been characterised by an increased amount of firmness, and the leading speculative stocks have further risen in value. Exception must be taken, however, to Italian (1861), which, at 551, 551, are * per , cent. easier. Brazilian (1865), at 921, 93, are * better ; Peruvian (1865), *, at 912, 92* ; Spanish (1867), at 31*, ;Ai ; ditto (1865),1, at 31, 31* ; Turkish (1865), 1, at 63, 631; ditto Five per Cents, *, at 44a, 44i ; ditto (1869), *, at 501, 50i; United States Five-Twenty Bonds (1882), *, at 361, 881; ditto (1835), *, at 88, 88*. Egyp tian (1868) are quoted at 77*, 771; ditto Nina per Cents, 95, 951 ; Mexican, 134. 14*; and French Scrip. Ito I prem. Bank shares have been dealt in quietly. Anglo- Egyptian, 21 ; Imperial Ottoman, 113, 12 ; London and County, 493 ; London Joint Stock, 344; Union of Alm trails, 41/ ; and Union of London, 394, 4. The market for telegraphic shares has been firm, but not active. British Indian Submarine, 6/, 7 ; Falmouths, 91,10 ; Hooper's Telegraph Works, 64 ; Silver's India rubber, 424: and Construction, 253, 26k. Miscellaneous securities have been in limited request. Fore-street Warehouse, 21; Ocean Marine, 18/, 3. The discount market has been well supplied with capital. There has been only a moderate inquiry for accommodation, and three months' paper has been taken at 24 per cent. The sum of six thousand pounds has been sent into the Bank to-day. The pospectous has appeared of the London Tramways Company, (Limited), with a capital of 2250,000 in £lO shares. The Cuba from New York has brought £31,200. r The Pera has taken out £62,300, for the East, and the La Plata £71,536 for the Brazils. The Manchester Courier of to-day says that a meeting of the creditors of Mr. J. Wolstencroft, bleacher, Spring Brook, (Jhadderton, was held yesterday. The statement of accounts shewed the liabilities to be : Owing to secured creditors, £1,109 lie. 11d. ; to unsecured creditors, £1,429 Bs. 11d. ; total, £2,539 Os. 10d. After the secured creditors had been paid in full there were assets £2OO 4s. 51 to meet : the amount owing to unsecured creditors, or about 2s. 9id. in the pound. The creditors agreed' to accept a composition of 6s. in the pound, pay able in three instalments of 2s. each, at three, silt, and nine months, to be guaranteed. At a first meeting of creditors of Henry and Edwin Miller, shipbuilders, of Gerstein, held on- Thursday, the were estimated at £24,972 6s. 6d., and the assets at £2'0,600 Oa. sd. LONDON STOCK 14;XCHANGE.-6ATURDAT. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERN3IENT SECURITIES. three pe. Cent C4,1.0:8 . 911 92 Viol 5p o Jan & Jul y 1391. 10311241 • 91/, 21, 1x d Brazilian, 1865, 5p a .... 92 93 DO fur :I mimic Tlare pel (..entlteduced 911 91 li:gyptiau 1862. 7p o 911 / 79:t New : per Cent 91Z:, / Italian, 1865, 5p a Ex chem.ei Mils. March 10 lspw Peruvian, 1865. 5 I.) U 1,01 91,1 Do, June • 10 15inn Portuguese 1369 3pc .. 311 328 - lan Russian. 1861. 5 p 0.. .. a a 5316.1 , Stock - 831 1 1 atdia b per Cents 110, 1 x d 661 1 India Dondb — Spanish. 1861. Ipo pm 311, 1, 1 CaP 6 koJaii&Julyll77-4 103 105 Do. 1,62.:: o n 104 301, 11 S Do ' March &Sept. 102 104 Turkish..lB 4. 6p o 7B 80 Do 5p c Jan & July ~ 97 98 79 93 Do. 1865. 5 p o Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 93 • 441, 1. 1 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1.865 6p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 638, 21, 3 8 November 1878 ll6 108 U. 5.5-20 tionds,6po 1331 881 88j Mauritius ( pc Jan and 888, 1, il July 1873 lO3 105 Do do 1885 881 881 New s%V ales 5 p 01871-76 10111021 . 88 New Zealand 6pc 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-401Inds, spo 1901 87 878 Do 5.p o Do 5p c Consolidated 988 998 ErieSha, 100 dols, ail paid -- Illinois Central Shares .. 11011111 Do 6 p e Mar &Sept 1891 106 108 1118 1)o • June & DeclB9l 105 117 A tlantio and GW It Con Viet go cJan &July 1891 115 117 Mortgage Bonds — ,DoApril &Oct 188345 . .. 11111128 Mt i .. 79 81 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter ll6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian •'') • 823,3,3 Do 3rd Prat Stock Great Eastern 381, 4, 83 4 th Pref Stock Great Northern • 1243 1073, 3 Do A: . Great Western 703 703 131, 703, / Do Op a 80 1 nds, 1873.. 97 91 Lancashire lk Yorkshire 13241333 Do 54 do, 1877-8 94 1:6 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 41 411 Do 3p c pref. Issued 80 jidis 3o , n • 411, 1 Madras guar spa Lou, Chat and Dover .. 121 13 1 05 1, 5 121. 3 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and N orth.Western 128 1283 6p o tat Pref Bonds 1231, 8 Oude and Rohilkuud g Lon and 9o nth-Western 90 91 5p o 1031 lO2llO 13 1 Soir Man, Shirt, and Lincoln 45 46 &hide, Punjaub, and 451 Delhi guar 5 p o Metropolitan 643, 4 Bahia and San Francisco Midland .... 128/1281 g 7 p o 1283, 3 173, 184 North British Worth-Easterp Consuls 14431443 Buenos Ayres GI Sthrn .. 241 25 1141 243 South-Ea steam Atlantic and Stl,awriice 75 T 1 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23 3ombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France ' — Central India, g 5 p c.. 10431053 Great Luxembourg 105 113, 1 Buff and hake Huron .. 31 43 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua 33 • 7pc Do 51 pc 80it5,1872-1 - 4 79 81 Northern of France Cape guar 6p c Last Bengal gnar 6 p c 10411053 Rec.ife and San Francisco 1051, 4i (Limited) gnu 7p o .. 143 143 East Indian. g 5 p c 110, 91, lf)3 San Paulo (L) guar 7p cs 203 20/ Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South A ustu & Lom-Ven 143 142 charge 5p c Do 2nd do Sono .... Idle lom Southern of France .... 1)0 Ist Prof Bowls—. 54 56 BANKING COMPANIES. I'd Pd 1 Agrs Dank 114 A Ye 84 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 24 25 25 Alliance (Li 10 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egd Lone , IL) 204 214 15 London Joint-Stook 33i 744 21 x 59 British N American 53 55 20 Lou and Westmnster 63 64 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 10 Metropolitan B4 9 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 20 Midland (14 . ..... I dispAr 10 City . lO4 114 20 New South Wa l es .. 37 38 25 Colonial lOm 25 'Union of Australis... 411 42) 4 Consolidated IL •• • • i 5 414 20 Bug. Scot, and Aus 0 16 17 15 Union of Londo n 20 Imperial ,Li 10 Imperial ottoman 11k, 12 * 43 TE LEG RAP H COMPANIES. Pd Pc' 100 Anglo-Arne rican LI 78 80 10 Great Northern .... 79, 80 6 Great N. Chins, and 10 Anglo-Mcditrn (14 123 128 Japan Extension.. 21 2 dis 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-Eurupean ILI.. 12 14 104) Do 8p c 10 British Australu IL) • • 41. tills and Malta (L) .... 51 6 t, C 10 British Ind Erten (L). 6 61 10 Medit l errn Ex (L) .. 41 5 6 21 Puma, and S. Pcfc(L) A 21 dis 10 'British Indian Sub- dis marine. (T 4 61, t, 7 20 Son Trans France (L) 13} 131 I Ohiriariulhnarine (14 5; Mite 100 r•tubinaritie 237 242 lu Falmouth. Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2l 2 arid Malta IL 9 13-16, I. 10 lli 111 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- fi InternlFinen 80'114 lilidis holders' Certificate 11 2 20 It Irriu Can Cavour zi 1 10 Berlin Wa',erworkeiLl 141 151 lOU 1 , 0 6 ti c Bootle, re 15k deemab:e 1670 . 63 65 30 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 30 35pm 641 100 Boston City (13.5. 5 30 London Fin Assoc(L) 20 18din p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 4 Brit & Fan Marine( Li n nom 2 Lou & I'rov Marine L) i 1 pm 25 Canada Company. 73 75 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon Company L) 31 3 dis g 5 D o by Ind Gov. 101 102 35 City Offices (L) .... 25 24 dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. par 20 Colonial (L) ... „ „ , 4 2 ills 5 NatialDiECtOomp (L) 11 11} o Cora Union Assnrnoe 2135 pm 25 N Zealand Loan and - 7s, 1„ 15-18 Mere Agency iLI .. It pm 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng IL) 2 25 5 N Zealand Loau and 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Pero Deb lll 116 28, 1, 5 271 Ebbw Vale Steel L) 9 Ulla 5 Ocean Marinelnsur ..1.35 14pm 100 Viceroy of Egypt p a 185, 5 Mortgage Loan 7B 80 60 P and 0 Steam ' 47 49 791 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 dis 100 ggyp 9 p oV'roy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 15 Do New B5 95 95), 45 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 75 Bpm 12 Tel Con and Main IL) 25) 55 21 26k, 55 100 Fgri and Colonial Gov 2 Tksmes and Mersey Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 Marine Insur (L 99 88. Tobacco 6 0 0 Loan 7; Gen Credt&Dinct (L) $ 5 dis guar by Italian Gov 97 89 14 Oen Stm Navigation 27 28 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 o)dis Upper Canada 65 5 (7 Marine, Lvpool IL 4?4lpin 17 Hudson's Bay 8 iii 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 15 Indrbbr, 0u t Per. and 6 United Dig Corprn (L 1 dis par Tel Works L) .... 42 43 5 UnivMarinelnsuriLl 6571 pm 42, 5 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 2 dis LONDON, MONDA';', DECEVI 11147,11 12, 1870. THE EXPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM. the emergency of the case, and every one in the establish ment lent their aid. The Weekly Board was sitting when the news of the disaster reached the Hospital, and all the gentlemen immediately. volunteered their active help.' Even amidst this terrible distress there were some re deeming features, and it is mentioned as a touching fact that the elder sufferers suppressed their feelings as much as possible that the younger victims might be first attended to. " Give me some water," was the pitiful cry which resounded on all sides, and was of course answered with all possible speed, but the cry becanie a shriek if not immediately attended to. A list of the injured lying at the hospital has been given, but in very many cases recovery is thought almost hopeless, and several deaths have occurred since the list was pub lished. Mr. Ludlow has intimated to the authorities at the General Hospital that the charity will not suffer any loss from' the result of this lament able accident. He asks that the sufferers should receive every attention, as the firm will willingly repay the Hospital for all the expenses it may incur. It seems that the demand for ammunition has lately been so great that the manufacturers have had to employ inexperienced hands to complete their orders. This may, perhaps, explain the quick succession of these disasters, but the ,explosion at Messrs. Ludlow's has the melancholy pre eminence of being the most disastrous that has ever occurred in Birmingham. The full details of the appalling catastrophe at Bir mingham prove that the first hurried report of the disaster rather underestimated than exaggerated it. The ammunition manufactory of Messrs. Ludlow, in which -the explosion took place, was situated to the left of Witton-lane, close by the works of Messrs. Kynoch, where a fatal explosion took place scarcely three weeks ago. These dangerous works are chiefly carried on outside the borough, and Messrs. Lndlow had erected eighteen or twenty sheds, in which 400 per sons, chiefly women and girls, were employed, under the direction of foremen. On Friday morning the workpeople assembled as usual, and some twenty-four entered the Enfield loading shop, as it is called, in which the preps: ration of the bnlletted cartridges for immediate use, the most dangerous part of the work, is carried on. All went on quietly, until about twenty minutes to one, when it ' seems from the general report, the girls and women gathered round the stove for dinner, and one of them in warming her food, set her apronain fire. Panic stricken, she rushed to the door, but before she could reach it some loose powder ignited, and the mischief was done. The explosion is described by those who heard it as one of a most terrific character. The concussion not only anni hilated the sheds at Messrs. Ludlow's works, but broke the windows in the houses in the surrounding neighbour hood, scattering over the neighbouring fields thousands of explodedcartridges, the dresses of the unfortunate work women, and the debris of the wooden structures them selvesa. How many successive explosions there were it is difficult to say; but two or three of equal violence are positively mentioned. The unfortu nate Enfield shop burst out with the first into a sheet of flame, and as its burning fcaginents were hurled far and wide, another and another shed exploded. From the Enfield shop no screams were heard to issue after the explosion, but in the second shed, from amidst the fire and the falling timber, and ammuni- ' tion boxes, cries of agony were heard. These were drowned in the third explosion, which was, however, less severe than the other two, andefar less destructive. The injured cried for help from these two sheds, many of ' them begging piteously for water. In the second shed — the one nearest to the Enfield shop—the manufacture of light cartridges is carried on, and of course there was not near so much gunpowder here as in its neighbour. But there must • have been enough when it was fired to inflict great injury, for it was from here that many of the worst cases were carried. The injuries inflicted were terrible in the extreme, and it is doubtful if any of the eighteen dead lying at Witton will be identified. For this reason the crowds of eager and anxious friends and relations of those employed at the manufactory were not allowed to see the dead, and a watch was kept over the remains. As soon as a dead body was rescued from the burning Enfield shed it was at once covered up and carried off and deposited on a counter, hastily constructed for the purpose. Wonderful ro relate, some of the women and girls succeded in escaping with their lives. Almost simultaneously with the shock, a number of women, half naked, bleeding, and burnt, were seen to run from the priming shed towards the road ; many of them before they reached the gate leading from the field, fell down from utter exhaustion ; others ran shrieking down the lane, until they were able to take shelter. Blinded, with the hair burnt from the head, and the clothes from the back, with bleeding limbs and weak uncertain steps, the poor creatures made their way with what speed they could from the fatal field, end fell moaning in the road. Then there was no lack of hospitable householders to take compassion on them, to carry them into the houses, and to mitigate their sufferings if possible. As is usual on such painful occa gone, everything that could be done by the uninjured to relieve the sufferings of the less fortunate was done. When the explosion first took place everyone was paralysed with terror, and it seemed impossible to know what to do. The unhappy workpeople and the wrecks of the sheds Were blown about the field, and in three distinct places sheetsof flame were.raging. The anxious assistants rushed forward to help, and found that a mass of smoke flung from a burning shed represented the body of a woman, but who it was no human eye could discover. The aid of the Birmingham Fire Brigade was soon at hand, and after great efforts the fire' was subdued, but the worst of the work was to come. A resident at Birmingham says.—" The shed In which the fire first originated was so terribly shattered that it was as good as levelled with the ground, and in the course of the afternoon it was utterly demolished. Most of those in this shed were killed The second, only a few yards away, pre sented exactly the same appearance as a railway carriage which we •remember having seen dragged out of the fire at the Abergele railway accident— a mere charred shell with gaping holes burnt in it on all sides. How any one of those under the roof of the second shed es caped with evan a lingering life seems a mystery. The third shop, although not so much charred, is - also in a state of ruin, and in it were found many women badly bruised, shaken, and' somewhat injured by. fire." Everything along the benches and in the frames was singed or burnt. Thousands of cartridges, which were either fillet with powder or just being filled, had all gone off, and the bullets and the cases were only left. By the place where one poor woman met her death was her muff and umbrella, both left here a very few minutes before, never to be picked up again by the owner's hands, the first singed very much by the fire, and the umbrella broken, evidently by the force of the explosion. Little bits of personal ornaments, which had been care kfully put on one side during the working hours, were strewn about in one corner, mingling with the deadly material which had been instrumental in causing the death of the wearers. In another place a bonnet with a gay flower or two in it protruded throiigh, a gash in one of the sheds where s'ina , 3 dozen young women had been at work, but who are now numbered among the dead.. In some instances the women were so frightfully injured that, on the arrival at the hospital, their clothes dropped off, and blankets had to be provided to wrap them in before they could be car ried into the hospital. The report of the explosion was heard several miles off, although the snow waafalling fast at the time, which would naturally deaden the sound. At first it was thought that the catastrophe, which was known to be in the direction of Witton, had. occurred at Messrs. Kynoch's, the scene of the late disaster, and the relations of those employed at their works were in agonies of suspense. The men employed at that factory were, it may be mentioned, among the first to give help. The Birmingham papers were eagerly sought after, and hundreds of the working classes set off for Witton to learn the fate of their friends and relatives. Very often their exertions were in vain. Some of them were admitted to see the dead, but identi fication was hopeless. One of the local journals writing on Friday says "Most of the killed and injured are girls, and for hours hundreds of persons were clamouring in the utmost state of anxiety to be admitted to the hospital. to see the dead, to discover if their children were amongst them. This, however, was resolutely refused, and indeed the killed are so frightfully mangled and torn to pieces that recognition is almost impossible. The heads and limbs of several were completely blown off from the trunks of their bodies, and the scalp of one was found at a distance of thirty yards from the place where lay the head to which it belonged. Shirts, petticoats, and fragments of stays, were found dissevered from the bodies -Which they had clothed. At present the authorities, probably because they cannot do. so with any degree of accuracy, refuse to give the names of the killed. The work of identification cannot be completed until Saturday." The traffic in front of the hospital was completely stopped by the crowd. At about two o'clock a written announce ment was placed on the outside door of the building, stating that friends of the sufferers would be admitted to the institution at five o'clock, and as this information was ' circulated crowds of people clung to the doors of the building with the greatest anxiety. At about three o'clock the names of the suf . fereis from the explosion were posted upon the entrance door of the Hospital, and as the anxious reader observed the name of some dear friend, the weeping and sobbing outside were only equalled in distress by the appalling sight within. At five o'clock, when the suffer ings of the patients had been as far as possible relieved by the surgeons, the relatives were admitted, when another agonising scene took place. Strong men, acquainted with grief, and also women who could have stood affliction in any other form, wept like young children as they stood by the bedside of mother, wife, or sister, whose human image had been almost destroyed. Women moaned and cried, interrupted every now and then by the shrieks of the wounded as their pangs grew greater. In truth, it was r sight which' would unnerve the strongest mind. One very affecting incident was that of an old man, whose misfortune it was to have both his wife and his daughter in the explosion. The poor creatures were so dreadfully disfigured that the man was unable to distinguish between ! them, until the daughter, recognising. her parent, faltered out "Father.". _ The resources of the Hospital are strained to the utmost, as there are no less than 70 victims of the late four explosions now inmates. No effort was spared to meet MARKETS. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SAIMRDAY.—There was a brisk inquiry for wheat at this market to-day, which maintained last week's currency. Before the close of the market some disposi tion was evinced to gift a slight advance. In barley, beans, and peas no transactions can be quoted. Oats rule firm, with rather an Upward tendency. Flour was firm. Averages— Wheat, 219 quarters, at 535. 4d. ; barley, 6,408 quarters, at 338. 9d. GLOSTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.- -There was a large supply of English wheat at this market to-day, and the farmers demanded an advance of is. per quarter, which millers refused to give, and the sales were made at last week's prices. Foreign wheat was little inquired for, and it was dull. Barley, oats, and maize were rather lower. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Business opened with a very lifeless trade here to-day, and it was unusually late this morning before any transactions took place. Wheat was in good supply, but in a damp conditionc f , Sellers asked advanced rates for all descriptions. Best white wheat realised about is. per quarter more money, but red whelt did not exceed the terms of last week. Best grinding barley was in more request, and dearer, as were also oats, beans, and peas. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was an average show of wheat at this market to-day, which was much affected by the damp weather. There was a slow sale of dry parcels, at previous quotations. Good maltiug barley was scarce, and fully as dear. Other qualities were in limited re quest. Oats and beans same as last week. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY,—At this market to-day farmers' wheat was of an inferior quality, and barley brought last week's prices ; but factors' wheat was in favour of sellers. There is, however, only a small supply of each. There was a large delivery of Scotch oats, which sold at previous rates. Flour unchanged. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market was well attended to-day by farmers and dealers, and a fair supply of all kinds of grain was brought forward. Prices were the same as last week, as follows :—Wheat, 48s. to Ms. 4d. per qr.; barley, 30s. 9d. to 375. 6d. per qr.; oats, 225. Oct. to 275. per qr, The sales were ready. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat continlies firm, and ls. to 2s. per quarter dearer. Flour is ls. pt , r sack dearer. Barley brought late rates. Oats moved off rapidly at full prices. Peas, is. per quarter higher. Beans, 6d. per qu'arter dearer. Arrivals for the week amount to— Wheat, 7,448 qrs.; barley, 14,589 qrs.; oats, 2,126 qrs.; beans, 814 qrs.; peas, 87 qrs.; rye, 320 qrs.; tares, 2,525 qrs.; flour, 9,084 sacks. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.-There was a good show 4 cattle at this market to-day, and in a better class. A fair business was done at last week's quoted prices. In sheep there was nothing doing. Pigs was a poor show. A moderate trade was done, and the last quotations were firm. ABERDEEN CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.-There were average supplies of stock on sale at the district markets during the week. The demand for beasts was steady, at 755. to 78s. per cwt. for prime stock. Upwards of 1,000 prime Scots left Aber deen by rail the last two days, for London. The mutton trade was inactive, at 7d. to 84c1. per lb. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY. -Market hides : 561bs. to 641b5., 31d to 34d. 641bs. to 721bs. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 34d. to 34. d ; 801bs. to 881bs., 34d. to 4d. • 881bs. to 961b5., 4d. to 41d ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 41d. to Ald. ; 104 lbs. to 1121b5., 44d. to sd. Horse hides, 10s. Od. to 12s. calf skins-light, 2s. •to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. Sheep skins polled, 7s. Od. to Bs. 6d. ; half-breds, ss. 9d. to 6s. 6d. ; Downs, 3s. 10d. to ss. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY.-- Mr. Charles James Eastern thus reports on the state of the hay market. There was only a small show of hay and clover at the market to-day, in consequence of the wet weather. The inquiry for all qualities was active, and previous quotations were well sustained :-Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; in ferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 335. to 38s. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATORDAY.-Opening Report.---This market opened slow to-day. Probable sales, 10,000 bales. Iniports, 7,539 bales. Closing Report.-This market closed to-day with a fair demand, at rather easier rates. Sales, 12,000 bales. Arrivals, ship named, Mobile, 81(1.; Charles ton, Bd. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATuRDAY.—But few of the mer, chants will appear on 'Change this morning, until stock taktr.: and balancing are over ; and they will not buy, except small lots for assortment. One or two Bradford ho..ses have been th (miring for low pilots, and presidents. Not many remain in stock, but the makers are worried constantly by both French and German demands that their orders be speedily finished. One or two London buyers have been looking round, but nothing more ; and some parties from Manchester did the same. There was very little jobbing, but some goods may be had at such low rates, that that kind f trade is almost as bad. Tweeds may be had, for instance, from is. to ls. 6d. per yard. and union Meltons may also be had at a very low figure. The orders given out to-day (which were not many) were, without exception, to be dated forwards. Merchants and many others think next year's trade prospects are satisfactory, but the evil of the present state of things is that only large millowners can make a profit. Oil is 42 per ton higher. There is not much doing in combing wools so far as clothiers are concerned. CIYDS URI/SHED SUGAR 3fARKET, SATURDAY. —The market elesed with less animation. Business was small to-My, and the extreme prices of yesterday were not generally obtain able. The advance since last Saturday ranges irregularly from ts. to 2s. 6d. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1365.; seconds, 1255. ; thirds, 1145.; fourths, 104 s. ; fifths, 965. ; sixths, 675. 1,050 firkins in the market. Mild cured, nn change. 76 firkins in the market. `. DIVORCE CASES, AND £750 DA.MAGES. In the Divorce Court, Lord Penzance and a special jury were engaged in deciding the case of "Todd v. Todd and Dolman," in which the husband asked for a dissolution of, his marriage, on the ground of his wife's adultery. From the co-respondent he claimed £6,000 damages. The peti tioner is a well-to-do North country farmer, and the co respondent, to judge from his appearance, is over 60 years of age. He was friendly with the parties, and visited them. The respondent's father was ill, and she obtained her husband's consent to go and see him, instead of which she was met by the co-respondent. At the death of the respondent's father Dolman was appointed one of the executors, and whilst acting in that capacity he committed adultery with the respondent. Ultimately the respondent went away, as her husband believed, to visit a friend. She never returned, and was found by Mr. Scherer, one of Pollaky's agents, to be living with the co-respondent as his wife at a large farm in Nottinghamshire.—The jury found for the petitioner, with £750 damages.—Lord Penzance granted a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage.—ln another case Mrs. Jex Blake, wife of Captain Jex Blake, an officer in the Staffordshire Militia, prayed for a dissolution of her marriage on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty. The latter, it was stated, was committed within a few days of the marriage. His wife, however, forgave him, and they renewed cohabitation ; but the respondent again was guilty of cruelty. The adultery was clearly made out, and Lord Penzance granted a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage. Both parties are highly connected, and they lived for some time in Queen's Gardens, Hyde park- GALE AND Loss OF LIFE ON THE SCOTCH COAST. --A severe south-easterly gale raged along the Fife coast of the Firth of Forth, on Friday, increasing in violence as night approached. About seven o'clock on Friday night, when the gale was at its height, Captain Stewart, of the schooner Plover, feeling afraid of the safety of his. vessel, ventured out to the end of the quay to make fast an additional rope. While in the act of doing so a huge wave swept his boat from under him, leaving him sus pended between the mooring rope and the sea. Several of the crew of the Plover manned a boat, and attempted to rescue their master, but. before they had reached him, he let go his hold, and was carried out to sea. His body was recovered about half an hour afterwards, but life was quite extinct. DESOLATION SOUTH OF PARIS.—The Loire dis trict—that is, the region between Orleans and Paris—is terribly devastated. For two months, says the Times correspondent, it has been called upon to feed large armies, and there is no region of the same extent in the whole of France so utterly drained of its resources. " The inhabitants have actually come to be dependent on the army for food, and I heard a respectable citizen of Janville say that, in default of bread and meat, which were no longer procurable, he was reduced to a diet of potatoes and cheese. In this town (Janville), whiCh con tains a population of 1,500 souls, the shops are shut up because there is literally nothing of any sort left in then), and our only source of supply is the army. The people look haggard and wretched, and remain for the most part in their darkened houses, for they keep the shutters closed. and there is not a sign of life in the street This is not due to any excesses on the part of the Germano, but simply to the fact that the necessities of war have compelled large numbers of men and horses to be perpe tually quartered in the town, until they have either bought or ' requisitioned ' everything ; and the inhabi tants are as much cut off from the power of commercial intercourse with the outer world as if they were in Paris. When once their supplies are exhausted they have no means of replenishing them, and have gradually been reduced to a condition of the greatest privation and want." Herr Wachenhusen, of the Cologne Gazette, gives similar testimony. " The war," he says, " seems to me to have reached a point at which everybody on both sides desires g eaee. Whole departments have their provisions completely exhausted; towns formerly prosperous see their whole population beggars, and in a condition in which they do not know how to get to-morrow's bread. The lower classes walk or stand, hungering, in the streets, and look gloomily on the groups of soldiers when these receive their rations, while they themselves, poor crea tures, cannot find a morsel of dry bread for their crying and amishing children. In these desolate towns the ruins caused by fire , present a melancholy aspect amid this deadly stillness. ' NOTICE. —KINAHAN'S LL. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchficld-street, Oxford-street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—This famous and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained all over the kingdom, in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Agents to Messrs. Bass, Guinness, and Younger, and Dealers in Foreign Wines and Spirits. LAW AND POLICE. A LUCKY ESCAPE.—Anne Cain, a miserable-looking woman, about 30, who last week was brought up at the Westminster Police-court, charged with the double offence of begging, and attempting to commit suicide in the police cells, was brought up.again. before Mr. Arnold. The prisoner was seen by a constable to go down several areas and beg of the servants, and at length she iwas apprehended near Eaton-square. She was taken to the station and had to be searched by force, when some broken victuals and money, were found on her. She was placed In a cell and gave way to violent paroxysms. of rage and grief, in one of which she placed her stocking round her neck, and had it not been for the timely arrival of the constable on reserve at the station, who found her black in the face. The surgeon was fetched and restoratives were administered, but prisoner was long before she re covered, and appeared very ill and weak before the magistrate ; the police, however, were of opinion that the prisoner was not so bad as she pretended, and this was exemplified when the prisoner, hearing she was going to be remanded, suddenly revived, and asked his Worship to deal with her at once. The officers from the Mendicity Society attended, and stated that they could not prove any convictions against the prisoner, although they knew her well about. Mr. Arnold, finding the prisoner was in a miserably wretched condition, sent her in charge of the police to St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. A RUFFIANLY BLACK MAN AND HIS SPOUSE. --Robert Cummings, a black man, aged 32, was charged before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, with violently assault ing an Irishwoman named Ann Delahunty. The woman said that the black man had been lodging with her a few days, and he came homelast night mad drunit, and demo lished all the things in her house, tables, chairs, clocks, chimney ornaments, and everything of the slightest value was involved in one general wreck. Having broken up everything he began to knock and kick her about, and finally laid her among the dOris of the broken furniture. She estituated her loss at £2O. The prisoner s:.id the things partly belonged to him. Mr. Paget : How is that? The prisoner: Why, I married her six years ago. The complainant said that she was not married to the pri-' soner. She forgave him, and only Wanted him to keep the peace towards her. A policeman said the prisoner committed a similar act a year ago, but complainant did not appear against him. After some recrimination, Mr. Paget directed the chief clerk to bind over the prisoner to keep the peace towards his wife, and said if you ill use her again will commit you for six months whether she for gives your brutality or not. THE ALBERT AND WESTER/I AIIiSUBANCE SOCIETIES. — Vice-Chancellor Bacon delivered judgment upon a claim made by the liquidators of the Western Life Assurance Society to have handed over to them the whole of the unrealised assets which accrued to the Albert'Lifo Assu rance Society under an agreement made at the amalga mation of the two societies in 1865, that, in consi deration of the transfer of all the property of the Western, the Albert would ' satisfy all existing and subsequent claims, and indemnify the Western against all liability. The question arose in con sequence of the inability of the Albert, notwithstanding the receipt of £65,000 in cash and bank annuities, to satisfy the claims of the Western policy holders. His Honour held that the Albert . having become, at the amalgamation, primarily liable, the .policy-holders of the Western could have the legal remedy against them in the event of a breach of contract under the agreement ; brit that the Western had no lien upon the unrealised assets, RS the effect of such a lien would be to frustrate the very object contemplated by the original agreement. CHURCH-RATE LITIGATION. —Mr. Justice Mellish de livered the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Smallbone,s v. Edney and Linn.. The appellant is a parishioner of Whitchurch, Southampton, and the respondents churchwardens of that parish. The sum of two thousand pounds was borrowed from the Public Loan Commissioners to repair the church, and before the Act to abolish Church-rates was passed a rate of sixpence in the pound was made, which Mr. Sinallbones resisted:- The Arches Court ordered payment with costs. Hence the present appeal. The contention was whether, as the chancel was repaired, the repairing resting with the iinpropriatore of tithes, as well as the body of the Church; the rate under 5 G.eerge the IV.. could be enforced.—After reviewing the circum stances, their lordships ordered that the judgment of the Court of Arches should be reversed. THE FALSE CHEQUE CASE AT BRISTOL!--At the Bristol Police-court, James John Merest, an elderly clergyman, was brought up on remand, charged with uttering two cheques upon the Old Worcester Bank, he having no account with the bank, to two girls of the town, named Jessie Stewart and Fanny Davis. The magistrates, after hearing the evidence, and taking into consideration the legal points involved, dismissed the case. THE JEWESS ABDUCTION CASE.—At the Cardiff Police Court, the Rev.• Nathaniel Thomas, Baptist minister, of CrOome Villa, Cardiff, and his wife, Mrs. Thomas, ap peared to answer a summons taken out by Mr. Barnett Lyons, pawnbroker, Cardiff, the father of Miss Lyons, the young Jewess who, it was alleged, was induced to leave her home by Mr. Thomas, for proselytising purposes, charging him and his wife with having committed corrupt and wilful perjury, on the 25th July, 1869, in an affidavit sworn by them in the Court of Queen's Bench. In the month of March, 1868, Esther Lyons, the young Jewess, now 21 years of age, was missed from her father's house ' and slept one night at the residence of Mr. Thomas. In July, Mr. Lyons, not having succeeded in finding his daughter, in consequence of information received by him, made an ap plication at the Court of ' Queen's Bench for a writ of habeas carpus, calling upon Mk. and Mrs. Thomas to pro duce his daughter in court. A summons was granted, and to this summons the defendants made affidavit that they did not know where the girl was, neither could they produce her, or assist in any way whatever Mr. Lyons in tracing her out. These proceedings were now instituted to prove that the Thomases, in making these joint affidavits, had committed the perjury complained of. The court was crowded, many ladies being present. The case is not concluded. i) ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE AT HULL.—A case has een heard at the County Court, Hull, which created some interest. It was that of Cooper v. Newton. The claim was for £24 6s. for wages, and money lent. Both the parties concerned are somewhat advanced in years, Accord ing to plaintiff she was, in 1865, engaged by defendant (then a widower) as housekeeper, at the wages of 12s. per month. Some time after defendant said the children wanted some things, and promised to make her his wife, adding that nothing should part them in this world but death. Subsequently defendant stayed out late at nights, and made frequent visits to his cousin, Matilda Bland. Plaintiff asked him if he was going to marry his cousin, to which he replied, " If thy head does not ache until I have ing.rried Matilda Bland, it will never ache in this world." His cousin, however, paid frequent visits to his house, and becoming suspicions, plaintiff again questioned him, when he replied, " Can't I talk to my own cousin," But defen dant and his cousin were afterwards married. Plaintiff had a quantity of furniture in the house. She asked him for a character, but he refused to give one, saying that if she claimed for her wages, it could be broughe up against him. He gave her 12s. Plaintiff said she bmd two chil dren to nurse, at 6s. per week. The Money was paid fos clothes for defenflant and his family.—Defendant said the agreement was that plaintiff should save what she eould out of his wages every week after paying the household expenses. He had never borrowed any money from her, and had not promised to marry her, neither did he lead her o believe he was going to marry her.—His Honour non uited plaintiff.—Eastern Horning News. • MALE AND COLONIAL OFFICES.—The new Home Old Colonial Offices have been commenced by Messrs. aackson and Shaw, under Mr. G. G. Scott, R.A., archi tect, and we may soon expect to see strange transitions in the neighbourhood of Whitehall and Parliament-street, the ugly and obstructive block of buildings which chokes up the thoroughfare towards Westminster Palace and the Abbey being already doomed to abolition.—Architect. j A BOON FOR LADIF,S.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they Make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that or a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises dll the appliances and devicesfor varied work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their lace, as the universal domestic helper.,--" investment Circular nd Financial Record," September 7, 1870. THE WAR. AFFAIRS AT LYONS. A letter from Lyons on the 6th says that the success ob tained by the two legions in the departments of Saone-et- Loire and Cote d'Or had been confirmed to the general satisfaction. These legions are under the com mand of General Cremer, who is very popular among the citizen soldiers: In his order of the day the general speaks highly of some of the companies of Freeshooters as being full of courage and vigour. M. Hyppolite Pout, formerly a Parisian jour nalist, who is a native of Lyons, has offered to the Municipal Council of that city 500 f. for the wounded, 500 f for the widows and orphans, a like sum for the clothing and equipment of impoverished soldiers, another for the French prisoners, and 3,000 f. for the pur chase of a cannon for the use of a Lyonnese corps. In the letter making these offers, M. Pout says he considers it to be the duty of each citizen to do his best in the pre sent crisis, and he is doing his utmost in confi dence. A second Lyonnese ambulance has been established at Chambon Loiret, on the road to Loury, The cannon have been heard firing constantly, but there is a strong French corp d'armde which is expected to keep off the enemy. The writer of the letter saw a spy brought in by four engineers. A quarter of an hour later he was shot. A letter from a Lyonese garde mobile captured at New Briesach, who is interned at Dresden, speaks highly of the good treatment he has received in the Saxon capital. All prisoners, he adds, could not say the same. Smallpox continues its ravages in Lyons, and is very fatal. An attempt has been made, with partial success, to arrest its progress by employing tincture of belladonna. PARIS AS IT IS. If you stroll along the boulevards you no longer en counter those seemingly light-hearted pedestrians whom you commonly associate with the spot. ; but, in place of them, men more or less grave-looking and not unfre quently positively depressed, wearing the eternal and per petual red stripes down the sides of their trousers, with just a few flaneurs and such " bouches inutile s " as man aged to elude Prefet Keratry's minute researches, besides a swarm of beggars and itinerant traders and musicians. 'With their stalls placed against the shutters of the closed shops, and by the light of one or more glitter ing candles, hawkers of purses . and photographs, songs and swordsticks, and, above all, of scurrilous pamphlets and caricatures will importune passers by to purchase their worthless wares. " Demandez la Plainte de Rata poil Badinguet I" " Demandez le Sire de Framboisy, dont la femme dance le cancan avec tous ses amis I" " De mandez la femme Bonaparte, ses crimes et ses orgies !" assail your ears in succession. Every now and then you find your progress interrupted by a knot of open-air politicians, vehemently discussing "the situation," declaiming against an armistice, and demanding that the sortie in force be no longer delayed ; or a crowd encircling a group of juvenile street singers who have endeavoured to illumi nate the surrounding obscurity by ends of lighted candles placed on the ground in front of them ; or gathered round an old man who professes to imitate the notes of all the songbirds ; or congregated before a one-legged player on the accordiau, who, seated on a can.p-stool, rests his wooden leg on a little mat, while a couple of comical-looking dogs, one holding a pipe, the other a tray in his mouth, squat gravely on other mats in front of him. A row of four wax candles, protected from the wind by glass shades, light up this singular ex hibition which, now that so little suffices to amuse the Parisians, nightly attracts a considerable crowd. As may be supposed, the Petite Bourse of the Passage de l'Opera has entirely suspended its operations. and the cabinets partieuliers of the Cafe Anglais and Maison Dor& are dark and deserted—not a dinner or a supper has been served in "le grand siege" since the city was first invested. Before the doors of the theatres there are neither carriages nor noisy touters nor jostling crowds. A few people will per haps stop for a moment when some voiture drives up at a slow pace and deposits a wounded soldier in to one or the other ambulance. The weary evening has at last whiled itself away. At half-past ten the last lights in the cafes are put out, and the cafes themselves are closed. You walk home through the silent and deserted streets, utterly regardless of the mid night robber who used to be in wait in gloomy porteco cheres ; for you know that armed men are certain to be within call even in the less frequented thorough fares. Suddenly footsteps are heard approaching, and a sombre mass turns a corner of the Boulevard, and proves to be a patrol of National Guard de• filing past in silence. Occasionally they direct their steps to some lofty house where a light has been seee moving au cinvMme, and forthwith proceeded to arre the astonished occupant of the attic on the pretence that he has been signalling to the Prussians, of whom, although we see them not, we are incessantly reminded, and more than ever at this moment, when the distant booming of the cannon breaks the stillness of the night. —Pall Malt Gazette Letter from Paris. At the time of the attack on Evreux, a Prussian rushed into a jeweller's shop and laid violent hands on the goods. He filled his pockets with jewels, ear-rings, and other objects of value. Having accomplished this feat he hastened away. Eight or teu IThlans were imprudent enough to come within eight leagues of Tours Surprised by the free shooters not one escaped, and the freeshooters are now riding about Tours mounted upon the superb horses of these audacious scouts. The Staats Anzeiger states that the object of the recent sortie from Paris, according to the statements of pri soners, was to break through the German lines in the direction of Meaux and Fontainebleau. They were told to accomplish this in masses, or, if this was impossible, in battalions. The Daily New., correspondent at the Saxon Head quarters, speaking of the fighting on the 2nd, says : . "Some inference may be drawn of what the loss was on the fatal day, when I mention, on the authority of the Colonel with whom I hale just spoken, that the 107th. Regiment, which occupied Brie in the morning has lost in killed and wounded 12 officers and 675 men. The loss of the 108th Regiment—the other name of which is the (_l3th Schutzen Regiment—is, I have reason to believe, still heavier." The Patrie says the agriculturists of France have been most severely tried this year. First there was the drought, which diminished the supplies of forage, of potatoes, and vegetables for drying. Then came the war, with all its attendant calamities. Not only have the inhabitants of the invaded districts been unable to sow any grain for next year, but all their stores have been seized, and their flocks and herds have been consumed by the Prussians. France imported from Germany annually 1,500,000 sheep, which supply, of course, is stopped. The French cattle had greatly improved of late years, but it s feared that it will be very long long before the cattle owners recover from the present disasters, Government will have to come energetically to their aid. M. Emile de Girardin has addressed another long letter to the Liberte, in which he criticises somewhat severely the conduct of the Government of National Defence, declares that under the circumstances a Consti tuent Assembly would be useless, and renews his arguments on behalf of a pl6hiscite. He would himself, ho says, oppose the war a outranee if the army of the Loire could not save Paris from the tortures of hunger and the miseries of capitulation endured at Strasburg and Metz. The Thirty Years' War, even the Seven Years' War do not belong to our epoch. Our age is an age of iron, but of iron divided into rails. The honour of a conquered country never exacted that it should condemn itself to the powerlessness of taking its revenge, but if misled by the sound of fine phrases, French honour thought such an act of heroic madness necessary, M. de Girardin does not hesitate to declare that in the choice between honona and common sense he should decide in favour of the latter. Prince Plon-Plon, as Prince Napoleon is disrespectfully termed, is living incognito at his villa at Prangins. It is difficult, says a Swiss paper, to describe the profound contempt with which the Vaudois treat him. Wer e it not for respect for his wife and children, he would, it is said, have been forced to leave his establishment by hostile demonstrations. Re cently he was passing through Nyon, hidden in his vehicle, when he was recognised by some workmen in the road. One of them opened the door of the carriage while the others detained the driver, and they apostro phised the Prince with such energy that he was afraid to stir, and crouched in a corner. After hearing his lecture out he was allowed to continue his route. It is rumoured that ten million francs of his have been sequestrated at Paris, and nothing remains to him but his villa at Pran gins, which is of great value but difficult to sell. A letter from Sedan says that in ten days there have been three funerals of doctors who have lost their lives by their devotion to the cause of humanity. Dr. Thomas was exhausted by his energetic efforts to serve the wounded and the fatigue of constant watching. Dr. Debaudre was killed at Lafrancheville, although he was supposed to be safe with the badge of the Geneva Con• volition. He was an exile of the Empire, but, on the proclamation of the Republic, he returned to his country and served under the red cross of Brussels. The third was an American doctor, who came over on purpose to assist in the care of the wounded atter the battle of Sedan. &letter has been published in the Boulogne papers' e suggesting the formation of a compay of boy soldiers, 01 from 16 to 20 years of age, to be termed "La Compagnie des Pupilles Boulonnais." The French soldiers in Paris have discovered one svoY of getting a good meal of fresh meat. After a sor tie has taken place they cut up and cook the horses that rag' have been killed. At one of the Paris clubs, says a besieged inhabitant, there is a lady who sits on the platform. " When anyon e makes what she considers a good speech, she embraces him on both cheeks. She is by no means ugly, and Iho serious thoughts of making a few observations myself ir) view of the reward." Belgium is about to increase her army of observation. The burgomasters of the various villages on the Frenc h ,. frontier have been desired to inform the War Departm ent how many soldiers they Can accommodate in the neigh bourhood, in the event of warlike occurrences in the Departement du Nord. ot The following is a list of the prices of Paris "luxuries • —Terriners of chicken, 16f.; of rabbit, 13f.; a fowl, 26f.; a rabbit, 18f.; a turkey, 60f.; a goose, 45f.; one cauli flower, 3f.; one cabbage, 4f.; dog is 2f. a lb.; a cat skinned costs 5f.; a rat, lf.; if fat from the drains, If. 50c. Almost all the animals in the Jardin des Plantes have been eaten. They have averaged about 7f. a lb. Kangaroo , however, has been sold for 12f. the lb. The Paris Journal insists that rats are not eaten be' cause food is scarce, but because it is the fashion. " One of the celebrated restaurateurs has discovered the waY to make a delicious dish , with these creatures. Efe dresses them with champag,ne and spices. He cannot fulfil all the orders he receives. In short, the last chic is, to eat rat." The army of Lyons, on the south-east, ig said to have been organised with great skill, and. to have been eagerly awaiting the signal to depart . 00 , service. In the skirmish at Chateaneuf, when Genera l Cremer defeated a Prussian column of seven thousand men, the first legion of Lyons Mobilised Guard had the honours of the day. The Marseillais are jealous of the activity displayed by the people of Lyons, and will shortly be ready to start for the scene of action. 21 -• Vogues, the chief editor of an important journal in Lyons, has suspended the publication of his p a per, La Reforme Politique, in order to join the army at Matte. The two theatres of the town give representations to Pro' mote the purchase of mitrailleuses, and the performance* have been very successful. ALSATIAN REGIMENTS.—A. French letter from Bellegarde exults in the great number of Alsatians who have gone into the interior of France to join the armiek The Prussians are, it says, beside themselves. The whole valid population is emigrating. All Alsatians who are able to carry a gun escape at every possible opper tunity across the Swiss frontier, and make their way to those parts of France which are free from the invader. According to rough calculations made by one of the chief Baden officers, there are already 7,000 Alsatians who have left their province to enrol themselves in the French army. The same officer, says the writeri took him for an aide-de-camp of Victor Emmanuel an ,_°• acknowledned that another such victory as the Fren ch gained near Orleans would determine the inhabitants oft Alsace and Lorrain.- to emigrate en masse. Very likely even the women would go. Stratagems of all kinds are resorted to by the Alsatians to escape the vigilance of the Prussians. THE UHLANS.—A German correspondent Bala that the unfortunate Uhlans who were so triumphen in the early part of the campaign have now a very unfortunate time of it :—" Always upon the chase PO Franc-tireurs and Mobiles, exposed to every bullet which may be shot from behind a tree or the hedges skirting the roadway, always the first to march Int o to the towns and villages of the enemy, and ca' pelled to search the different hamlets and wayside_ houses, they have a hard time of it, and, just now especially, scarcely a day passes without some of them being shot down from their - horses. The officer's of these foreposts are consequently fortunate if they cert . occasionally get up a little amusement amongst them selves. There is always one among them who can plat the piano ; sometimes fiddles and flutes are brought ouV from some of the houses, and then the fun begins. Our soldiers have sometimes even dragged out pianos into the fields and meadows were they were camping in order to, have a bal champetre. These times are past, it is true, but still one may indulge in an occasional jollifieatiori under a rooftree." PRUSSIAN BRUTALITY.--The Telegraph's corre spondent at Tours reports that he has just been " officiously " examined respecting AL Chaudordfa asser tions as to the conduct of the Prussians in France. Il e adds : " I have replied, as I will now affirm, that in the. circular which I send you the conduct of the invader is mildly, very mildly, put. These are not the times, nor is this the place, in which to argue the case, and to state facts which have come under my own eye since the dal I saw the first French defeat at Worth. Trut h is great, and it will prevail. I should be very sorry to implicate all Prussian officers in the sentence which the civilised world will, sooner or later, pass upon their army foi its cowardly treatment of defenceless villages. But there is anything like justice in this world or in the next, the sufferings that the French people have undergone at the hands of their invaders must some day be ave nged- And as regards M. Chaudordy's circular, I could say, if , was placed upon oath, that from what I have seen Alsace, Lorraine, the department of Oise and Ardennes , and wherever the Prussians have been, he has understate d not overstated his case." A PARIS ObUB.—A writer to the Nord gives 11 comical account of a meeting which he attended a t the Salle Valentine. "An orator ascended the tribune, saying that he was about to speak of the siege of; Montvideo, a heroic siege which had lasted. seven years. For the first year they ate provisions and animals; in the second year they sold their plate, and jewels. Money was not to be found. In the thir d year they sold the churches and palaces. Here there were exclamations among the audience, to whom the prospect of a siege of three years was not agreeable. If there was no more money,' cried an interrupter , `they could not have sold the churches. It is too absurd r A captain of the National Guard said to the orator, the devil with Montevideo when the Prussians are within 600 metres of the walls, and the National Guard is giving itself to death.' Here was a loud uproar. Tho National Guard is not giving itself to death ; where , then, hast thou given thyself to death, captain ?' F u rther disturbance and hooting of the captain concluded the meeting." THE GERMAN ESCAPE.—Dr. Russell says that . considerable uneasiness was felt at times in the German camp until the last few days. " The Army of the Loire and the Army of the North, and shadowy legions of many i names kept up the hearts of the French, and caus e ; anxiety to the Germans. Now all this is change°'. There is not the smallest gathering to mar the clear' ness of the sky over the head of the investing aril' But a few days back, and every one felt he might ve summoned at a moment's notice to leave his quarter ; on a long campaign, the siege of Paris raised, and t he , swarming populace pressing out behind the army the Crown Prince. The sound of a gun in an lit; expected direction, or what sounded like one, raw"' men look at each other. Baggage was kept WAY; for a start. D'Aurelles might come round by _ve t flank of Prince Frederick Charles, or he mg° break through his centre, where the avarians stood, o ' . , he might turn the Duke of Mecklenburg's right. Keratry might step , in somewhere between Manteuffe and the new army—in fact, though ultimate success ff never for a moment to be assigned to such contingencan A it was plain that the Crown .Prince's army might be t 'd any moment forced to abandon its sedentary position an begin an arduous winter campaign." 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