The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-26 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. The prospect of an armistice having been rudely dis turbed by the determination of the French to listen to no proposals involving a cession of territory, the Stock Markets to-day have been depressed, and although prices do not close at their worst, they are fractionally lower than those of yesterday. The attention absorbed by the new Fund loan, the applications for which, considering the unsettled state of the country, have been tolerably numerous, and the quotations for which have already advanced to 2 to 3 prem. has tended to increase the depression. The railway market has been quiet, and Caledonian, Gre4t Northern A, and Mid land are each easier, whilst as regards foreign bonds, the principal speculative stocks shew a fractional reduction. The consol market opened heavily at a decline of ik per cent., the quotations being 921 to 92) for delivery, and the November account. Subsequently the tone became firmer, and the price recovered to 92} for delivery and the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91k, 91i. Bank Stock, 232, 234, Exchequer Bills, 7s. to lls. prem. India Five per cents, 111, 111} ; and India bonds, 18s. to 23e. prem. Colonial Govern ment Securities have changed hands quietly ; but prices have been without change. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas Jolly, spin ner, Hynburn Mill, Oakenshaw, Accrington, was held yesterday, at Manchester. It appeared that the liabi lities amounted to £10,040 6s. Bd., and the assets to 3,551 Os. 2d., or about 6s. &h in the pound. The meeting was adjourned for a week. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. R. Edmundson, yarn agent, of Manchester, was held yesterday. The estate shewed the assets expected to realise about 2s. 10d. in the pound. It was resolved to liquidate the affairs by arrange ment, and Mr. Robert Whitworth was appoined trustee for the purpose. English railway stocks have commanded but little attention. No important movement has transpired, but the tone has been unfavourable. Caledonian has fallen 4, or to 751, 764 ; Great Northern A, 4, or to 1342, 1354 ; and Midland, *, or to 1262, 1274. Metropolitan is quoted at 644, 641; Brighton, 422, 43 ; South Eastern, 75, 754 ; Great Eastern, 384, 384 ; North Western, 128*, 129; Great Western, 702, 714 ; and North Eastern, 1444, 1444. Not much business has been doing in Indian railway stocks. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 1054 ; Eastern Bengal, 1054 ; East Indian, loot no ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1064 ; Madras, 1054 ; Oude and Bohil kund, 1044 ; and Scinde, 1034, 2. Canadian shares have been flat. Great Western, 144, g. Foreign shares have been in limited request. Recife and San Francisco, 154 ; San Paulo, 214 ; Lombards, 144. For foreign bonds there has been but little inquiry. and the quotations has ruled easier. Italian (1861) have been * lower, at 551 554 ; Spanish (1867) 4, at 294, 292 ; ditto (1869), 4, at 294, 294 ; Turkish Five per Cents. 4, at 433, 44* ; ditto (1869) i t , at 514, 513 ; Egyptian (1868), 1, 774 772 ; Peruvian (1865), 894, 904 ; Mexican, 142, 15. American securities have been flat. The Five-Twenty (1882) bonds have been done at 89, 894 ; ditto (1885), 884, 882 ; Erie shares, 184, 19. Illinois Central have fallen 4, or to 1094, 1104. . . Bank shares have changed hands quietly. Anglo- Egyptian, 231; ; Imperial Ottoman, 11/, 11i ; London and Westminster, 61: Oriental, 41k, 42; and Union of London, 37i, 37k. For telegraph shares the demand has been inactive. Falmouths, 1.08 ; Reuter's, 7i ; French Cables, 14i ; Telegraph Constructions, 274. In Miscellaneous securities the transz.ctions have been restricted. Credit Fonder of England, 24, ; General Credit and Discount, 74 ; National Discount, 114. There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. As regards the exchanges bills have been in demand, but the rates have shewn no material alteration. The discount market has been in a rather more animated state. There has still been a good supply of capital seeking employment, but the tone of the inquiry has been firmer, and three months' paper has been charged 2i to 21 per cent. The City of London, from New York, has brought £91,077 in specie. The report of the Standard Bank of British South Africa (Limited) chews an available balance of £14,471, which it is proposed to dispose of as follows :—To rebate on bills £5,876, to dividend of 100. per share on £25 shares and 4s. per share on £lO shares, £8,167, and to balance carried forward, £427. The directors of the Singapore Gas Company have declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares, leaving 2207 to be carried forward. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 37k, 25 42k ; Paris, short date, ; ditto, three months' date, ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 45, 25 55 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 67-i, 26 72 : Amsterdam, short date, 11171, 11 18 ; ditto, three months' date, 11191, 11 ; Rotterdam, ditto, 11 191 11121 ; Hamburg, ditto, 1310 k, 1310-1 ; Frank fort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 1201 ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 60, 12 70 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29.2, 30 ; Madrid, ditto, 48, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto, 49, 491 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 52, 521. LONDON STOCK EXOI-IA.NGE.-TtrESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the Hues indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 Viet 5 p o Jan & July lB94 103 104 321 1 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 90 91 Do for Account Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Egyptian 1862. 7p 0 • • • • 81 83 911, 3 811 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 99 101 New 3 per Cent 011 L i Italian, 1865, 5p a Exchequer is ills. March 711 Pin 85 pm Peruvian, 1865, 5 p 0 Do, June 7 11 pm 903 . 1, I 8s pm Portuguese 1869 3 p 43.. 303 31* Bank Stock 232 Russian, 1862. 5 p 0.. .. 88 89 India 5 per Cents 111, 1 Do Nicolas 4p a India Bonds — 691 m Sparush. 1867. 3 po J Can 6pc an&Julyll77-84 10511061 291, 1, 3 1061, 5} Do, 1869, 3 p 0 Do March & Sept. 103 105 293, L I, II Do 5p c Jan & July .. 985 993 Turkish, 1854, 6p 3 Bl 83 993. 83 Do. 1865. 5 p o Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 44, 3 Dora of 98 Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865 6 p et 64, 31. 4 Ceylon 6 p c May and U.S. 5-20 Bonds,6 p o 1832 80 891 November 1878 lO7 109 893, 1 x d blauly uritius 6 p c Jan and 103 105 831 Do do x d 1885 881 883 J 1873 , I New SWales 5p clB7l-76 10111021 Do 10-40 Bnds, Spa 1904 863 873 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO7 109 873, i Do 5p o Do 5p c Consolidat3d 98 99 Illinois Central Sharos .. 109 110 983, 5 x d 110 Do 6 p c har & Sept 1891 106 103 Atlantic and GW R Con Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds 2Bl 295 Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 29, 83 DoApril & octlBB3-85.. 11011111 1111, 11, 5 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter BB 90 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonia d n x 401, 394 Great Eastern 384, 1, 4 Grand r Trunk of Canada Great Northern 1221, 1, 4, 4 171 Do A 13411353 Greatlndian Pen gsp a 10511064 Great Western 703 714 106, 4, 51 701, 14 Great Western of Canada 144 143 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13041314 144, 3 x d 131, 30/ Do 6p $3 Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 Lon, Bri 42 gh, and S Coast 424 421 Do 54 do, 1877-8 96 98 3 973 Lou, Chat and Dover .. 131 133 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 par 2pm 131, 4, 4,1 Madras guar 5 p a Lon and N orth-Western 1284129 1051, 3 , i . 128 f. 9 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and South-Western 89 91 6p c Ist Prof Bonds M an , Shot, and Lincoln 45 454 Oude and Rohillrd g 451, 5 3) c Metropolitan 641, 5 Sande guar 5p 0 Pnnjaub, and 103 105 Midland 12631271 Delhi 126/, 7 1033, i, 44 North British North- E as teruConsols., 144 145 g 7 p , 1441, 4,4, it 18 x d South-Eastern 741 754 Belgian E Junction 11 24 •••• 75t, 5 18 184 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn. 25 253 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 77 79 Dunaburg a n d w itep ..• Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish 224 234 Central India, g 5 p c.. 10411054 Eastern of France — 1051 Great Luxembourg ... , 113 12 Buff & Lake Huron Pro f 113 Lemb Do 54 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 81 83 erg Useruowitz gas Cape guar 6p c 65 161 East Bengal guar 5 p c.. 105 106 Northern of France ICA Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5 11 East Indian, g 5 p c .... 10911104 Rec ife and San Francisco 1091,10, 93 (Limited ar )gu7 p 0 Grand Trunk Canada .. 12 4 121 153 x d Do Equip Siort Bnd 1 San Paulo IL) guar 7p o 21 214 charge 6D 0 x d South us tn & Lom-Ven 143 144 1)0 2nd do Scrip .... 1 3pm 141 Do Ist Pref Bonds 59 61 Southern of France .. , . BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra (lank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 25 Aiiia,ee (L) 10 Angl~-Austriau .. 20 Ang:.-Egrptian (L) 221 231 23 i 20 Lon andWestmnster 601 61 1 SO Brit! h American 53 55 61 10 Metropolitan 8 81 20 Cif of India, Austrlia 141 145 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 241 251 20 New South Wales .. 36 13 10 City 25 Colonial - 411, 2 4 Corn: , o.idated (L) 20 E u g, 3cot, and AusC 151 16 1 15 Union of London . 37 38 16 .... 17 18 3 ti. i. t 9t, ~ uperial (J.) .V.. I ni perial Ottoman 11,1, 1, 12 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 85 88 Pd 6 Great N. China, and 87, 6 Japan Extension.. 3 21 di, 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3l 13/ 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Atlantic: — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 61 7 10 British Australn (L) 3f 31dis 61 10 British Ind Exton (L). 6/ 61 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 4} 4} 61 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dia 10 British Indian Sub- dis marine, (L) 8 7 2 China Submarine (L) 4/41d is 20 Socha ns France (L) 141 14/ 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 233 040 and Ma to (L) 101, f 10 W India &Panama(L) 4! 5} 10 Great Northern .... 11 111 7i 8 ISIISCE.LLANEOUS SECURITIES. - Anglo-Austrian Bnd- - 20 It Irrig Can Cavour a 31 holders' Certificate 1 2 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re -10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 141 151 deematle 1870 - 62 65 15 10 London Fin A ssoc (LllBll7 id , 30 BolckowAraughan (L) 33 38pm 4 Lon Gen Omnibus . , 24 3 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 ..,_ ___ _2 Lou &Pro! Marine yparipia p c Sterlinglesai— 91 93 100 Madras Irrig. St Canal 925 gsp c by Ind Gov. 99 101 4 Brit Bagn Marine (L) 225 pm 2 Mauritius Land (L) 5 dis. par 25 Canada Company. .. 72 76 5 Natul DisctComp (L) 11 115 10 Ceylon Company (L) 45 35dis 11} 35 City Offices (L) 25 24dis 25 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnoe 2} 3pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 7 15-16 Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L ) 24 28 6} N'Britsh and More (L) 27i 28} 2}, 3-16 5 OceanMarinelnsur l3ll4}pni 100 Crystal Palace . 2O 22 19, } 205 50 P and 0 Steam 49 51 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 9 275 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) BlB}dis 50 Rhymney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p eV'roy Loan, 15 Do New B5 95 guar by Egyp Gov.. 100 102 60 Royal Mail Steam 1005, /I 100 5 , 1} 13 Tel Con and Main (L) 27} '45 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) T MID 274, i 20} 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov Marine Insur (L Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 90 85 Tobacco 6p c Loan 98, 9,8, 4, 75 guar by Italian Gov. 86 89 74 Gen Credt &Diact (L) a 4 dis b Trust and Loan Co of 7} Upper Canada 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 5 (1 Marine, Lvpool (L 41 s}pm 7 Hooper's Tel Works 211} dis 20 Union Steamship (L) 24 f. 6 17 Hudson's Bay 8 9 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 15 sffis 45 Indrbbr.Gut Per, and 5 ITnivMarinelnsur (LA 4} s}pin Tel Works (L) „ 28 39 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 381, 5 Mortgage Loan.... 5 InternlFinan Soo(L) 14 15dis 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dis MINING SHARE LIST.—OCTOBER 25. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market moderately active for Great Laxey, West Chiverton, Grenville, West Frances, South Prances, Tankerville, and Great Vor. Australian United, Es, lle Bwlch Consols, Chiverton Moor, 21, 31 Chiverton Valley, Chontales (Gold). Cook's Kitchen, Devon Great Consols. Drakewalls, 21s, 23a Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 3. 31 East Bassett, East Caradon, 41, 51 East Lovell, 26, 27 East Wheal Grenville, Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), --s. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 181 Great Beta Hack, Great Wheal Vor 71. 71 Kingston Down, Marke Valley, 61, (if New Lovell, • North Crofty, Pacific, 11, 11 Pares Mountain, 4 Prince of \Vales, 10s, 12s Providence Mines, 37k, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransomo 'United, South Condurrow, South Frances. 31, 33 Tankerville. 141, 14} Tincroft, Tan-yr-Alit, Taquaril (Gold), 47s Gd, 50s Trumpet Consols. Van. Van Consols West Caradon, West Chiverton, 5.3 i. 54 West Drakewalls, West Frances, 32i, 35 West Maria and Fortescue,3o 32s West Seton, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville. 15s, 37s 6d Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 8, 83 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—Thismarket opened to-day ld. to 2d. dearer since Friday, and with a prospect of a very large business. The import. are ;—Wheat, 4,538 qrs. ; barley, 055 ; oats, 3,816 ; beans, 3,229; peas, 1,728 ; Indian corn, 20,882; oatmeal, 2,870 loads; flour, 3,735 sacks and 11,809 barrels. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Good wheat was again dearer at this market to-day to the extent of from ls. to 2s. per qr. Fine barley is not plentiful, and prices are against buyers. Secondary and inferior qualities met with a slow sale, at late rates. There wasno change to note in other articles. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TIIESSDAY.--Alo der4te supplies of meat have been on sale here to-day. The demand has been steady, at the following quotations :—Beef, from 3s. 4d. to 5s ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to bs. 2d. ; veal, ss. to 53.4 d. ; and pork, as. 4d. to ss. Bd. per 81bs. by the carcase. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, TUTS DAY.--Tea has sold quietly. Sugar has been in request. Fine Jamaica, 30s. ; Barbadoes, 275. to 295, ; Havana, 265. to 295. Refined goods have been steady. Coffee has commanded more attention. For rice there has been a fair demand. Rum has been firm, Jamaica, 3s. 9d. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TIIESDAY.—The market is steady. Y. C., spot, 435. oa. ; October, December, 435. 3d. to 435. 6d. _ _ . . LONDON OIL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Linseed has been quieter, at 30s. spot. Rape has been firm. English brown, spot, 435. buyers. Other oils have sold slowly. LONDON MEDAL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Scotch pig iron has been firmer, at 51g. ed. cash. Tiu has been quiet, but steady. Straits, £123. Copper has been inactive. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. — There were fair supplies of hay and clover on sale to-day. The demand for all descriptions was inactive, at about previous quotations :—Prime old hay, 1275. ed. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new hay, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s, ; prime clover, ISOs. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime new second-cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened with less inquiry to-day, but prices are steady. Sales will probably be 12,000 bales. Imports not reported. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—Our market does not as yet respond to the activity in the Liverpool cotton market, resulting in large daily sales at advancing rates. Here both spinners and manufacturers find they cannot sell at the necessary advance in prices, caused by the enhanced value of cotton. Buyers will not follow the market and pay the prices asked, except when compelled to do so for immediate wants. Hence in cop yarn for the home trade spinners have sold moderately at an advance of one farthing, though they generally ask double that. In fundle yarn for shipment there is almost nothing doing, owing to the advanced rates demanded. In cloth the transactions are few and individually small for immediate use, for which an advance has had to be paid. The large buyers remain inactive as they have many goods contracted for and not yet delivered, and because they do not beieve in the present excitement and in the advance of cotton. This feeling is evidently caused by the expectation of an armistice and a speedy and honourable termination of the war; but the accounts this morning shew the peace prospects to be very uncertain. Still prices to-day are nominally above those of Friday, about id per lb. on yarns, and 41d. per piece on shirtings. All round it is hoped the excitement in cotton will terminate to-day. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—The woollen market to-day has been quite the opposite of Saturday's, because there has been little doing. Inquiries as to the cause led to the dis covery that the hopes of peace between the belligerents are delu sive. In no department was there any inquiry, except among waterproof tweeds and victories. The only buyers here were a few home merchants. Prices are as miserably low as they have ever been. Some orders occasionally are given out for spring coatings. The near approach of the wool sales unsettled manufacturers as to the current value, and merchants hoid oft in the hope of getting bargains. The do mestic and engine coal trade is good, and shipments via Hull from Allerton, Normanton, &c., are rather large. Some coal orders are finding work for all unemployed, if they are not unionists. The hot blast iron furnaces are working more iron stone than can be found in the immediate neighbourhoood. The making of tools and machines for Government goes on as largely as ever. This briskness is expected to last for months. Thu large iron works are more fully employed than usual in the autumn. The railway goods traffic hence is unusually brisk, and trucks are scace. CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY. —The at tendance at the exchange to-day was an average one, and less money was taken for immediate delivery. Little business was done, however, on account of the uumaturod state of the nego tiations between France and Prussia. Probably the declaration of peaco will be succeeded by a healthy reaction in the principal local industry. The warrant store remains at 14,139 tons. There is nothing remarkable in the finished iron trade beyond what has been previously reported. Prospectively every branch continues dull. Engineering is active. The coal and coke trades are the most busy, deportation by rail to London being exceedingly heavy, and rates very firm. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a moderate business done at this market to-day. Prices as before. The barometer has recovered considerably throuirh out our islands from the very low readings reported - on Monday, but is still below 29 inches in the north of Scot land. The change has been greatest at Thurso, and during the night a fresh but slight decrease has occurred at Pensance. The highest reading is at Dover, and exceeds by 0.62 inches that at Thurso. Temperature has fallen somewhat, except at Valencia and Pembroke. The gale of the last two days has dis appeared from our coasts, and the winds are now generally light or moderate. In direction they are chiefly westerly, but have veered to the north-eastward at Ply mouth and Penzance (with continued rain), and to N.N.W. at Valencia. A strong W.N.W. breeze still holds at Ardrossan. Some rain has fallen, except in the east coast of England, where the sky has cleared. Else where cloudy weather is prevalent. The sea has gone down, except al Ardrossan. THE TIEN-TBINMASSACRE.—The Chinese magnate Tseng-kwo-fou has made a memorandum of his investiga tion mto the massacre at Tientsin. He reports that the first cause of tie disturbances lay in the circumstance that the missionaries were supposed to be implicated in the kidnappings that were carried on by bad men. No proof, however, has been obtained of the complicity of the foreign missionaries themselves in the abduction of children. With regard to the tearing out of eyes and hearts, it turns out to be a mere invention ; but it is useless to seek for any foundation of facts which could have given rise to such accusa tions. When the most careful inquiry was made into the truth of the reports not a single proof could be adduced in favour of the statements made against the missionaries. It is, however, impossible to ascertain the source from whence all these false rumours originated. "It is my wish," says Tseng-kwo-fou in conclusion, " that the Emperor should promulgate an edict in all the provinces of the Empire, openly declaring that the misdeeds laid to the charge of the missionaries in those ' anonymous placards are nothing but calumnies ; so that the wrong done to foreigners b3r these slanders may be expiated, the doubts of. the Chinese people and literati dissolved, and that every man in the Empire may learn and know the true state of things. In this way it is hoped that the distrust existing at present between Chinese and foreigners may be termi nated, and that the hatred and illwill between our people and Christians may gradually disappear." CACAOINE. —Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacaoine. Cacd.oine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacaoine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacaoine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co. Hoinceopathu3 Chemists, 112, Great Rug. sell-street ; .170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Tfireadneedle-street ; at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, Euston-road,—ADVT. ME SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 187, THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, The news up to yesterday afternoon is not so favour able as it was on Monday. The negotiations opened by the British Government are still in a very crude state, and so many elements of - confusion exist, in the shape of rival demands for the power of treating with Germany, that great doubts are felt by everybody here respecting the speedy conclusion of the war. The Daily News of this morning gave reassuring information; but the Times regarded the negotiations as at an end. The former announced that the preliminaries were proceeding in a satisfactory manner : an interview had been arranged between Count Bismarck and M. Thiers, and the latterwould at once pass through the German lines. The Times, on the other hand, declares that the suggestions concerning an armistice have come to nothing in consequence of Prussia demanding that France should consent, on principle, to a cession of territory. There is some truth in the statements of, both journals. M. Thiers is about to visit the German lines, and the French Government are desirous of making peace. But if they admit the principle of ceding terri tory at all, they are not prepared to cede much. There is unquestionably a strong party amongst the Re publicans who believe that better terms can be obtained by holding out for another month. The Germans are disgusted with the war. A few weeks' winter campaigning would induce them to relax some of their stringent conditions. These views are not shared by all the Ministers, but they have their weight. One preliminary stipulation the Republican Ministry will insist upon : they will not negotiate so long as overtures from the Imperialists are listened to. Bismarck will not be permitted to flirt with both sides. The announcement made with characteristic servility by the Telegraph, that the Empress is about to settle everything as Regent, is entitled to no great consideration. The British Govern ment, having entered the field, is leaving nothing undone to ensure success, and it would be decidedly premature to abandon hope yet. The Pall Mall Gazette of yesterday afternoon has little hope that the peaceful prospects of Monday will be fulfilled. It believes that the King and Bismarck are determined not to leave the walls of Paris until they have taken the city. The Empress Eug4niehas returned to Chislehurst. The Constitutionnel announces that the proposals of Lord Lyons relative to an armistice appear to have met with a favourable reception from the delegation of the Government at Tours. They have taken measures to in form the Central Government of the overtures which have been made to them by the representatives of Eng-• land, supported by the representatives of Austria and Italy. The Constitutionnel expresses a hope that without prejudice to the interests of the national defence, these efforts will be as well received in Paris as they have been at Tours, and that France, being for the time relieved from the war, will be able to recover herself and elect her national repre sentatives, and believes that the Government will take advantage of the armistice to convoke the electoral col leges and elect a Constituent Assembly. The Journal of Brussels, in a recent number, says the great interest of the day is not the progress of the Prus sians or the operations of the French, but the rumours of peace which are circulating throughout Europe. Two efforts in this direction have been recently made. One of these entirely failed; the other offers some chance of success, but cannot be spoken of with any certainty. The first of these attempts was made by General Burnside simply for an armistice, and its terms were rejected by M. Favre. The other was of a different character, being carried on between the belli gerents themselves without the intervention of a third party. In this case it was neither Paris nor Tours which was to treat for France, but Metz. The correspondent of the Independance Belge, it will be rembered, inferred that Bazaine would immediately assume the position of Dictator, and would in that quality summon the nation to elect a Constituent Assembly, the Germans meanwhile allowing them full liberty to do so. The Nord believes that the movements in and around Metz regards a capitulation of the fortress rather than a treaty of peace. The Marshal can only act as the repre sentative of Napoleon 111., and no one can say what reception ho will meet in Paris. Bismarck is too practical a man to open negotiations with an uncertain authority. The Provincial Correspondence, of Berlin, says the fresh attempts in favour of peace ought, first, to be directed to convincing the French people how greatly they stand in need of peace, and to making them recognise the inevitable basis of a possible treaty. A letter from Maubeuge, written on the 25th of October, says that the diplomatists are redoubling their efforts to bring about the conclusion of a peace directly between the King of Prussia and Marshal Bazaine. The King has several times expressed his - willingness to treat with the Marshals of France, and negotiations have been opened. Marshal Bazaine, if rendered powerless, would sooner capitulate than accept the cession of any part of France as a condition of peace. Accdrding to good authority, the conditions proposed by the Marshal through General Boyer were that Prussia must content herself with the dismantling of the French fortresses, with a heavy indem nity for the war, and with a treaty of peace guaranteed by Russia, England, and Austria against whichever of the two belligerent powers infringed it. The St. Petersburg Journal believes and hopes that Bazaine will capitulate in order to put his army at the disposal of the Government, which will decree the elec tions and the meeting of the Constituent Assembly. Ac cording to the Russian or g an, there is an understanding between Bazaine and the - Prussian headquarters, and General Boyer has only been sent to the ex-Empress as a matter of form. If she refuses her consent to the plan, Bazaine will hold himself free from all obligations excepting that of serving his country. Meanwhile the Situation, the organ of the Bonapartists in London, says the only method of escaping from the dilemma is to restore the rights of the regency, to treat with it on the basis already indicated by the imperial note published by the Situation, and to immediately convoke a congress of sovereigns, in which the august prisoner of Wilhelinshohe should take part as the most legitimate of all. The Journal de Rouen thinks the neutral Powers have at last discovered it is their interest as well as that of the belligerents that the war should cease ; but France should reckon only on herself, and accept all outward aid as superfluous. A granite monument has been placed over the grave of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells in the palace churchyard, adjoining Wells Cathedral. We understand that the Archbishop of Canter bury is desirous that a committee of Prelates should be appointed by the Upper House of Convocation to consider a plan for the revision of the Prayer Book.— Record. Four names are added to the long list •of candi dates for seats at the new London Education Board. These are Miss Elizabeth Garrett, M.D., and Mr. Joseph Guedalla, who was a prominent member of the late Re form League, for Marylebone ; Mr. Side, a working man's candidate, for Southwark; and Mr. C. E. Mudie, of Mudie's Library, for Westminster. M. ESQUIROS AT MARSEILLES.—The Interna tional Society has organised a demonstration at Marseilles in honour of M. Esquiros. Some hundreds of individuals assembled outside the Prefecture, and, amidst loud cheers for the Governor, demanded the formation of the Revolutionary Commune. M. Esquiros promised to take this demand into consideration,. though he did not say what he would do in that case with the Municipal Council, which was formed exclusively of the Republicans. In the course of his reply, Esquiros said, " Citizens, you know the difference which exists between the central poWers at Tours, and those which have been confided to me. If the administration at Tours forsakes me I am certain that Marseilles will not abandon me. In another week the National Guard will be mobilised, and we shall all start. I will put myself at your head, and will go from village to village preaching the sacred war, and dying if necessary to save France and establihs the Republic." After the applause which followed this ad dress, the " Marseillaise ' was sung, and a patriot mounted a ladder and declared that he had never heard a better speech, and to preserve the memory of it he sug gested that the street before them should be called the Rue d'Esquiros, in place of the Rue Saint Ferrest, which was unanimously agreed to. Dowrt WEST. —A curious story comes across the plains, which, if true, is calculated to upset some of the favourite theories of the geologists. Professor Agassiz de clares that the New World is incomparably older than the Old World ; and Professor Winchell adds that, with the exception of part of Canada, the Western is the oldest part of the continent—so old, in fact, that it is nearly worn out, and hence is reduced to a desert. Now, what will the learned Professors say to this little scrap of scientific fiction from the Los Angelos News ! It says that on the great Yuma desert, forty miles north of San Barnardino, and thirty miles west of Los Palmos was formerly a shallow salt lake, which has recentlydisap peared, revealing the wreck of a large vessel imbedded in the sand. There can be no mistake about it. Nearly one-third of the forward part of the ship or bark is plainly visible. The stump of the bowsprit remains, and portions of the timbers are perfect. No inscription, log book, valise, or other article has been found by which the strange craft can be identified ; and the question is, how came she there ? It is forty miles from the nearest road, and, so far as known, nobody but Indians have ever passed that way. They never could have built a ship ; and if they had, they could not have floated it upon that shallow lake. It is hardly rational to suppose anyboly would attempt the passage of the plains in such a vehicle ; and the more the editor thinks about it the more he don't know. In the light of geology, we see but one possible solution to the question. Et is the scow of some reckless Canadian wh o started to hunt for gold in California, and was shipwrecked on the way. It probably happened about the time the Rocky Mountains first came above water, and interfered with overland navigation,—Deb - 04 POSE. rui3 - 11: 4 1 11T A ' i 4f,) Lk THE SIEGE OF PARIS, THE BOMBARDMENT. One of the correspondents of the Cologne Gazette fixed the 22nd or the 24th of October as the date for the com mencement of the attack on the Paris forts. It will be seen that he is wrong, and that the German fire has not yet opened, nor is likely to open. "There are great difficulties," he says, "in bringing heavy guns, each requiring ten or twelve horses to draw it, by road sixty miles from Nogent, up to which point the railway can be used, and the transport of the enormous masses of ammu nition required for a tolerably warm fire is still more diffi cult. Thousands of cwts. of ammunition will be launched iu a few days with those siege guns against the Paris forts if the bombardment is once seriously begun, and 1,000 carts are necessary to bring up four or five days' supply. Most of the forts are armed with heavy, long range fortress guns, Mont Val6rien, the strongest and largest, having 72, and Issy, Montrouge, Vanvres. Bicetre, Tyry, Charenton, Nogent, Viscennes, Rosny, and Ro mainville, 50 to 60 each. It is calculated that the forts round Paris have altogether about 1,000 cast-iron heavy guns. People in Germany should therefore wait a little patiently for the opening of the bombard ment. A useless fire, such as unfortunately hap pened in the first instance at Toul, would only tend to increase the defiance of the Parisians." Herr Wickede adds that " in order not to afford the French the practice of firing at night at lighted windows, all rooms whose windows can be seen from the forts are not to be occupied, or else the windows are to be thickly covered with curtains. On his visiting an officer in a conntry-house near Sevres, exposed to the fire of Fort Issy, they were drinking a bowl of punch in the drawing-room, by moonlight, when, the moon having apparently lit up the windows, half-a-dozen grenades from the f ,rt were aimed at the house, two of them striking it above the windows. They lost no time in covering these, whereupon the fire ceased. Such things are of daily occur rence along the whole line, and there are posts where the men live under an almost constant cannonade. As, how ever, the balls seldom hit, the soldiers eat, drink, and sleep quietly under it. Such exposed posts are relieved every four or five days, and recKuit themselves at Versailles or other positions in the rear." THE FOOD QUESTION. The butcher's meat of Paris has now been regularly rationed, every person above eight years of age being entitled to one hectogramme (a fifth part of a pound) daily. This rule is to be enforced rigidly, cards being delivered at the Mairies to each household. The price of meat is not very high, however, and the State, up to this time, only charges the consumer 21 sous a pound. The question of quantity is the one of prime importance. The Times correspon dent writes rather favourably on this point. He says : " Horseflesh is abundant, and you may indulge in that without limit at the rate of 16 sous per pound for the choicest morsels. Some Parisians have learnt to like it. There is flour in store for months, and oceans of ,wine. Coffee and rice are plentiful ; salads, fruit, and a few green vegetables are still to be had, but at high prices. Eggs, not fresh laid, but good, cost four or five sous each. Milk, of course, is not to be had, and worst of all butter (even salt), lard, suet, and all kinds of fat have quite disappeared from the market, so that all cookery is very unpalatable, unless you have a cook who knows how to use oil. Saltfish is sold at thirty sous a pound, and not a cheese can be had for love or money in all Paris. All men who are in the National Guard receive 30 sous a day, and when on duty they can club together and so manage. But the women of the working classes, especially the single women, are most to be pitied, for they earn nothing now and there are many pinched and wan faces to be seen among them. Their fare was always very poor, for no Parisian ouvriere cared to spend much on eating, and they have consequently not much strength in them to resist want. The charcuterie, the cafe au lait, the little bit of fronuzye de Brie which formed their chief food, can no longer be had. There is food still in Paris for many weeks to come, but it must soon be distributed gra tuitously to thousands who never dreamt of living upon charity. A Berlin letter in the Cologne Gazette states that 500,000 cwt. of ammunition have reached the camp before Paris. The German papers are constantly publishing accounts of the manner in which the French peasants assail the enemy. A letter from Livry, near Paris, says that a few Saxon soldiers who had left the hospital to return to their regiments, were surprised on the outskirts of a wood by some persons dressed as peasants, who attacked them cruelly, and put out their eyes. THE INVESTMENT OF METZ. The special correspondent of the 2 imes, at the head quarters of Prince Frederic Charles, writing from Corny, October 19th, says :—The Parldmentaire returned here yesterday from the King. His mission must have been fruitless, as I can gather nothing from the result of the interview. The Prussians, however, seem perfectly sanguine about a capitulation, which they say must be made in the course of a few days. Yesterday an order was issued that no officer or man was to quit his post ; the Prussians expected that Bazaine might, per haps, make one more terrible effort to cut his way out of Metz into Luxemburg. But everything passed off quietly as along the whole road from Remilly the artillery cavalry, and infantry soldiers were to be seen carelessly lounging about, smoking their long pipes. The Prussians yesterday, from this side of Metz, fired a salute of 101 guns from a 24-pounder battery of theirs, which they have mounted near here in front of Jouy, in honour of the battle of Leipsic and the Princess's birthday. The French thinking the fire was intended for their benefit immediately answered the salute by pouring in a heavy shell fire from Fort St. Quentin, but only got to the length of 31 guns when they must have thought it was mere " than " on the part of the Prussians, and at once ceased firing. On arriving here I was told by the commandant that there was no accommo dation to be got in the village for either man or beast After wandering about for some time in vain to look for shelter, I was fortunate enough to come across an English bivouac of the " National Society " waggons en route to supply the different lazarettos round and about the districts. The party consisted of Mr. Lea, Captain Norman, and Mr. Bennett. Thankful and glad I was to receive their hospitality, and for my own part I much preferred putting up anywhere else than in the town, which is infested with divers epidemics. THE ASPECT OF SEDAN. Writing from Sedan on the 18th of October, the corres pondent of the Telegraph says: One of the most inter est ing points about Sedan is the cottage where Count Bismarck met the Emperor. It is inhabited by an old weaver, whose native language is German, and who tells the visitor how he put out in front of his house two of his chairs for the accommodation of the great men. One of these chairs he sold, says he, for 25 francs on the day after the capitulaltion. He chuckles in a weak fashion over the bargain, and does not quite believe that he might have got much more. The sudden importance given to the house prevents him from following his trade ; so he has stuck up a placard above his door, announcing that refreshment is to be had, and, according to some German soldiers who came in while we were there, he has not lost by his change of business. Just above the weaver's house, situated on the road to Donchdry, is the eminence from which the King of Prussia witnessed the battle ; and a little nearer to Sedan is the Chateau Bellevue, where the Emperor passed his last night in France. It is a prettily-built summer habitation in the midst of extensive and once beautiful grounds. The first floor consists of two large rooms of equal size and shape, approached by outside steps through small conservatories at either end. If cut down the middle, one side of the house would exactly correspond with the other. Up one of the outer stair cases entered the Emperor with Count Bismarck, and after a long delay the King, who had been summoned for the purpose, met his antagonist from the other side, the Crown Prince closing the folding doors that separate the two rooms, and holding watch and ward. The garrulous concierge, who on the Ist of September was alone with her husband in the house, said that the Emperor seemed much depressed, and answered very sulkily the few questions she asked him. She was delighted to find that he had brought his own " draps." Poor woman ! it never occurred to her that a man who had just lost an Imperial crown might not greatly care about the quality of the sheets on which he has to sleep. On our way to Bazeilles we met cartloads of saddles and knapsacks which had just been picked up. The field of battle spread over such an extensive area, and the mass of materiel abandoned was so enormous, that for a long time to come there will be plenty to reward the patience of those willing to search. Many Chassepots find their way into Belgium. At Bouillon, on my remarking some queer looking cases, the man in charge of them told me, with great glee that they contained Chassepots which had been bought for a song at Sedan, to be sold at high prices at Liege. It is on this account that the sentinels at Sedan examine every carriage that leaves the town, but the duty is lightly performed, and I have no doubt that many weapons are smuggled across the frontiers. Outside the gate lead ing to Bazeilles, the suburbs of Sedan seem to have suf fered most. Almost every houso is pitted with bullet, grenade, and shell marks, as though with the small pox. In the little suburb of Balan the spire and clock face of the church have both been injured—the building having probably been chosen as a good target wherewith to test the accuracy of the Prussian fire. But all recollection of minor miseries is lost in the ap palling catastrophe of Bazeilles. You have heard the whole story, yet I think you cannot possibly have realised all its tragic depth. The present state of the place may be described in one short sentence —there is absolutely nothing left of the village but the outside walls of the houses. This is the simplest state ment of the case, but it gives no idea whatever of the desolation of the scene. THE GERMAN CORPS. The corps composing the German army outside Paris have been perpetually fed by drafts since the commence ment of the war, but, notwithstanding, they are much below their full war strength. The correspondent of the Cologne Gazelle, writing from before Paris on the 21st inst., states that the battalions of the Guards and the sth and 11th corps number now from 700 to 750 men effectives, the 4th corps from 750 to 800, the 6th corps from 800 to 850. The cavalry regiments are also much below their war strength. The corps not mentioned here are probably in about the same condition as regards strength, except the Bavarians, who are probably weaker than the Guards, as to them has lately fallen the lion's share of the fighting. On the whole, we shall probably not be far wrong if we estimate the total deficiency at 20 per cent., the war strength of a battalion being 4,000 men. This is a very considerable deduction, and it will soon be increased, for it is notorious that in a campaign of any length more men are killed and invalided by disease than by the weapons of the enemy. The French are of course also daily losing men, but with them it is not so much men as arms and soldiers. Continual sorties of course consume men, but the residuum, will in the course of a week or two, be a formidable well-trained army. Now, when a certain amount of excellence in military training has been attained, further improvement is of comparatively less value. Consequently the difference between the quality of the garrison of Paris and the besieging army will be much less on November Ist than it was on October Ist. From a Berlin telegram, dated October 24th, we learn that two battalions of riflemen have been told off by the King for preserving the communications in the occupied dis tricts. This looks as if the Franc-tireurs were beginning to make themselves felt. ALLEGED PRUSSIAN BARBARITIES. The correspondent of the Standard at Tours, writing on the 22nd inst., says :—lt is surely time that the Go vernments of the neutral Powers, if they feel themselves unable to interfere to put an end to the war; should at least lift up their voices against the manner in which the Prussians are carrying on the war. It is not civilised warfare ;it is organised savagery. The path of their columns is marked by burning villages. Every day one hears accounts of defenceless places committed to the flames, and, whilst relying upon French accounts, I will gave you a Prussian official proclamation which has been published, and which I say fearlessly is a disgrace to the nation. The document in question is signed by " Hergenhahn," the Prussian prefect of the Meuse. It is too long to give in full, but it states that the inhabitants of each commune in which a Prussian soldier shall have been attacked by Franc-tireurs will be severely punished, whether they have taken part in the attack or not. "According to the gravity of the act will be the severity of the punishment—heavy fines to pay, many or all the houses will be burnt, many or all the male inhabi tants will be arrested or shot." And this whether they have taken part in the attack or not 1 Similar rules have been issued respecting damage to the railways, and several villages have been burnt because bodies of France tireurs have lifted JO rails in their neighbourhood. This is not warfare, It is wanton barbarity. How can these unfortunate villagers prevent the movements of bodies of Franc-tireurs ? Do the Prussian authorities expect them to beat off their countrymen with sticks and stocks, or to betray the first rumour of their approach? France is in no condition to protest against these acts with any effect ; surely our Government might without fear of any severe consequences protest against the spirit in which Prussia is carrying on the war. The result is that feeling is daily becoming more embittered, and that reprisals will take place. If this continues, the Franc tireurs will assuredly take no "more prisoners, but will shoot every man who falls into their hands. For their own sakes, if not for the sake of humanity, for which they appear to care very little, the Prussians should con duct the war like civilised soldiers. M. DE KERATRY AT MADRID. A Madrid correspondent writing on the 20th describes the brief visit of M. de Keratry to that city. He reached the Hotel de Paris on the morning of the 19th, and wrs visited by several politicians of the Republican party, but notwithstanding the numerous questions addressed to him, he remained entirely silent on the subject of his journey. All that is known is that he had a long conference with General Prim and the Regent, with which he was only half satisfied. According to some accounts, M. de Kdratry wished that Spain, in unison with the United States should take the initiative in pacific negotiations ; according to others, he asked the aid of 50,000 Spaniards in exchange for five frigates of the French fleet ; but all such versions are manifestly false. It is more probable that M. de K4ratry asked the permission of the Spanish Government to order the arms France needs in the public and private establishments of Spain. General Prim op posed this request, as being contrary to the obligations of of a neutral; but agreed to shut his eyes to the export of arms from private manufactories. This was the only concession M. de K4ratry could obtain, and, understanding the close relations subsisting between General Prim and the Prussian Government, he thought it useless to prolong his stay, and returned to France suddenly the same evening by special train. His attention was attracted while in Spain to the number of French. men who persist in remaining in Spain instead of return ing to fight for their country. Some argued that they were exempt from the summons ; others that they had affairs to arrange in Spain before leaving ; others again that the authorities of their districts would not allow them to re-enter France without a direct personal recall. M. de Kdratry considered this a grave abuse, and deter mined to take steps to remedy it. TROUBLES AT LILLE. The story of a slight emeute reaches us from Lille. It broke out in a little estaminet in consequence of an inflammatory harangue by M. Losson, a citizen who is known as the author of a brochure on the education of princes, dedicated to tho Prince Imperial and one of the editors of a democratic paper recently published at Lille. A procession was resolved upon after his speech, of which the text was, " Let us swear to die for our country," and the mob, growing as it went, proceeded to the Prefecture, where the Prefect, M. Legrand, and the Commissioner of National Defence, M. Testetin were loudly called for. Shouts of "Down with Testetin 1" "Down with Bourbaki 1" were raised. The gates of the prefecture were broken open, and some of the ringleaders forced themselves into the court. The Prefect, however, advanced to meet the in truders, and seized two himself. The others slipped back outside the railings. M. Testetin nailed out the National Guard, and several arrests were made. M. Losson, the prime mover of the affair, was not forthcoming. The disturbance, which happly never assumed a serious aspect, was soon suppressed. Prisoners brought into Corny from Metz state that a pretence ofiregular rations existed in the fortress until the 17th. The rations then became exhausted, and nothing but horseflesh was to be had. A Berlin paper publishes a declaration signed by a large number of members of the popular party, in which they declare their adhesion to the protest voted at ICOnigsberg in the meeting of the Democrats, addressed by Dr. Jacoby, which produced his arrest. Gravelotte is the most pestilential battle-field. Every grave-heap has beside it an eccentric tombstone in the shape of a barrel of chloride of lime ; but notwithstanding this disinfectant the taint in the air is unmistakeable and indescribably foetid. It is announced in the Liberte that the French Govern. ment is on the point of quitting Tours, being unwilling to incur the charge of embarrassing the movements of the Army of the Loire from motives of self-preservation. Bordeaux has been definitely fixed upon as the city to which the seat of Government will be removed. Those of the French prisoners in Germany who belong to Alsace and German Lorraine are to be separated from the rest, formed into companies, and employed in agri cultural occupations, where they are to be treated with all possible consideration. This is another indication of the determination of Prussia to insist on the cession of these provinces. Them_ is no truth in the report_that_on_and_ after3l oll, " day next the Port of Calais will be closed. There is scarcely any crime.in Paris at present. The new guardians of the public peace enjoy a sinecure. With the exception of cereals, the Delegate Govern ment at Tours has permitted the exportation of goods to Switzerland, hitherto prohibited. - - The Echo du Partement publishes a telegram from Luxemburg, announcing that on Saturday a column of 2,000 men with two guns left Thionville en route for Verdun, in order to relieve the troops blockaded in the latter place. A Russian courier, bearing despatches from the Czar, has passed through Frankfort, en route for the Prussian head-quarters. There is one recent change in the policy of the German authorities ominous of their contempt for their enemies• They publish in ostentatious fulness the chief changes in their army's staff, enabling any reader to judge indirectly' of important objects to be attained.—Pall Malt Gazette. General Bourbaki is not one of the mere Court general of the Second Empire, but has won his grades throughout by hard service. He was especially popular with the army in his capacity as a brigadier of Zouaves in 1859, when these since-condemned troops touched the zenith of their reputation. A number of German soldiers, who are cured of their wounds or the maladies they contracted during the cam paign, have again directed their steps toward the theatre of the war. The other day a train took 3,000 of thou towards Paris. Besides this the German papers state that many of the Landwehr have been summoned to rejoin the army. Some German papers state that the Intendance of the Prussian army have not renewed their orders for prod' sioning the forces, which expired on the 20th of October; and ask if the head-quarters have determined to keep to the system of requisitions from the enemy, or whether the first may be regarded as the presage of approaching peace? Everything is in confusion at Marseilles. The order , of the Government are systematically disobeyed. The suspension of the Gazette du Midi is maintained, in spite of the decree of the Government, which authorises that newspaper to recommence its publication. The civic guard has made its reappearance in arms, in spite of the order which pronounced its dissolution. Prince Frederick Charles, who has been suffering seri ously from dysentery, is still far from fully rcovered, but he is able to sit his horse, and he has never devolved his functions of commander in-chief on any substitute. This leader has an insuperable objection to the presence of special correspondents. He tolerates only those who are furnished with the King's mandate. General Trochu has refused to employ lighted petroleum as an engine of war, saying it would only provoke cruel reprisals on the part of the Prussians. This was the only new invention accepted by' the War Committee out of some 2,000-impracticable suggestions made to them. The Greek-fire fusees exploded in the hands of the examiners, and it is decided to keep to cannon and mitrailleuses, but to have plenty of them. The Sildelentsche Presse declares that the organisation of the Freeshooters of France need not call forth so much indignation on the part of the German authorities. It add that if the chances of war had gone against Germany, and that country had been invaded, its inhabitants would have done exactly what the French have dono. The peasants would have risen, and, if possible, have prepared for France a second Moscow, and the nation, far from blaming these acts, would have recompensed them. The Progres de la Cote d'Or states that 150 freeshooters who left for Dijon, in the Vosges, a few days since, have been forced to return, not by the Prussians, but by the peasantry, who refused to give them anything to eat, begging them to retreat or they would get them all massacred. The women of the place actually denounced an ambush they had planned to surprise the Prussians, and the alarm being given to the enemy, who were greatly superior in numbers, they were forced to retreat. Angel de Miranda, Prim's former agent, has been arrested at Versailles. He pretended to be Secretary of the Spanish Legation, but was really Vice-President of the Spanish Financial Commission in Paris, intrusted with the payment of the interest on the External Debt• He likewise officiated as a contributor to the Gaulois, and was found at Versailles in the capacity of a spy. pocket book filled with military notes of the German pod' tions was found on him. There is a great deal of pillage in the neighbourhood a St. Germain. "As to the lower classes, they appear W have made up their minds that, once the Prussian armies are out of France, the golden ago will have come for then , and their class. Here, in St. Germain, it is difficult to get any work done. 'We are not going to work,' say the owners ; 'we shall have plenty to eat and drink when the cursed Prussians are gone." A profitable traffic is done by the inhabitants of Givonne and Bouillon. Large consignments of worthless old arra are sent to them which are disposed of to tourists as trophies of the battle of Sedan. The story is told of an Englishman who bought a flint-lock pistol to take it home. as he said, as a proof of the carelessness of the French Administration, which in 1870 still used the arms of the First Empire. The German armies made 1,000 French prisoners at Weissemburg, 2,500 at Spicheren, 6,000 at Woerth, 1,0 after those two battles in Saarguenaines, Hagenau, and Lichtenburg, 2,000 at Vionville, 3,000 at Gravelotte, 8 50 in Vitry le Francais, 2,856 at Beaumont, 84,450 by the capitulation of Sedan—in all, 104,443 ;to which must - be added 2,080 at Laon, 2,240 in Toul, and 15,347 ill Strasburg, which brings the total number of French Prl soners unwounded, without counting those recently take° in the Vosges, at Orleans, and at Soissons, to 3,51 officers and 123,700 soldiers. The Staatsanzeiger dwells on the importance of the capture of Orleans to the Prussians, and says that from WI position on the right bank of the Loire it is an important point gained for the army round Paris. The strategical value of the town consists in the central railway ling which abound there. Besides this consideration, the en virons of Orleans possess material consequence, the town can afford shelter to the troops in the event of the pro. longation of the campaign, and the country to the north of Orleans is the granary of Paris, and la Seance is a most fertile spot which can furnish supplies to the army round Paris. It will not, therefore, be necessary for the Ger mans to send provisions for their troops in that direction. A MODEL COLONEL.—Some days back a colonel was placed at the head of a regiment being formed in central town—at Nevers, if we have been rightly in" formed. The officers spent their time in the caf6s the soldiers in• like manner went to the cabs' nets, every one coming into barracks when be liked, and paying little attention to the beat of the drum; as to exercise, little or nothing was done. This cannot last,' said the colonel, and for the next day he commanded a long drill in person; a march occupied the afternoon. On the succeeding day they had a long march, and after soup the soldiers were again called to drill. Murmur° soon broke out, and threats were uttered, of which the colonel was informed, and on the third day, after a long and tiresome drill, he came alone into the boa-rack yard. All old soldier, who had spoken a good deal and had drunk some' what at the canteen, came up to make complaints, and doing so employed an insolent gesture. The colonel yell coolly drew a pistol from his pocket and blew out the man's brains • he then had the rappel beaten, and stand ing beside the ' corpse, he said, ' You are 3,000 here, and I am alone ; you can murder me, but you will kill n, bravo man, who has punished a coward and traitor. 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