The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-10 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. Considerable quietness has prevailed on the Stock Ex change.to-day, and the transactions have been restricted within a very reasonable compass. No change having tak6n place in the political situation, and nothing having' occurred to influence prices beyond steady purchases and the continuance of cheap money, a firm tone has been apparent throughout. Where any movement has occurred it has generally been of, a favourable character, the . only nofable exception being in the case of Spanish bonds, which have given way } per cent. Consols opened and closed at 92a, 92k; both for money and the account; Its dueed and New Three Per Cents were 91, 92 ; India Five Pei Cents, 113, 1131 ; India Bonds 235., 26. pram ; Ex chequer Bills, Bs., 12s. prem. There has been little inquiry for accommodation at the Bank of England to-day. In the open market the supply of capital is abundant, and the sales have shewn a down ward tendency. Good short paper is quoted at 2i to 2i ; Six months' India or China bills being taken at n to In the Stock Exchange short loans on Government securities have been obtainable at Ito 1 per cent. Home Railway Stocks have been in request, owing to the favourable traffic returns published by several leading lines, and to the rumours of amalgamations, which appear likely to result favourably to the companies concerned. Caledonian at 77, 774, South Eastern at 75, 751, 'Midland at 1274, 128, and London and North-Western at 1281, 129, show a rise of 4 per cent. each ; Great Western shares have advanced 1, to 71, 711. Metropolitan shares are 1 per cent. flatter, on the announcement that the directors are about to raise additional capital. Foreign loans have shown rather more animation. Erie shares are quoted at 181, 19 ; and Illinois Central at 112, 113 ; Lombardo-Venetian shares are 4 better, at 14, 15. In the foreign market the most noticeable feature is the flatness which has prevailed in Spanish stock, which has given way about per cent. The 1867 bonds were last quoted at 314, 311, and the 1869 at 31. 314. Italian Five per 'cents., on the other hand, are 4 better, at 564, 56g; Turkish and Egyptian have suppOrted late rates. United States Government bonds have sold quietly, values remaining without change in the day. The (1882) issue closed at 894, 894, and the (1885) at 881 884. The dealings in Joint Stook Bank shares have not been extensive, but values are without change of importance. Anglo-Egyptian have sold at 344 ; Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China, 23; Imperial Ottoman, 121; London Chartered of Australia, 234; London and County, 50 ; London Joint Stock, 331, 4 ; National Pro vincial of England, 1374; ditto New (issued at £lO prem), 184. The demand for telegraph shares has not been active, but prices have shewn a favourable tendency. Anglo- American have sold at 87. British India Submarine, 7 9-16 4 ; China Submarine, 11 ; Falmouth and Gibraltar, 101; Great Northern, 74; Telegraph Construction are better, at 274, 284. Very few transactions have been reported in the mis cellaneous market. Hudson's Bay shares have been done at 84 ; London Financial at 114 ; and the Italian Tobacco Loan at 89. The bullion operations at the Bank of England have consisted of the receipt of £66,000 bar gold. . The Oneida has taken out £42,552 in gold and £2BO in silver for the Brazils. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., as agents for the French Government, have given notice that the scrip certificates of the new French Loan are now ready at their counting house for delivery in exchange for the allotment letters and receipts. The last quotation was 1 to 1 pm. At ' Mark-lane, to-day, the wheat trade was dull, and the tendency of prices was downwards. At the meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company, to be held on the 22nd inst., it is intended to recommend an interim dividend at the rate of 4s. per share. The proprietors of the Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited), have confirmed the resolution passed on the 16th - ult., reducing the borrowing powers of the bank on its debentures, from £8,000,000 to £1,000,000. An undertaking is on foot to establish a Manchester Lloyd's Underwriters' Association similar to those which have long been in existence in Liverpool, Glasgow, Bris tol and Hell, to carry on the operations of Manchester merchants who are interested in underwriting on their own account. Although the plan to be adopted is open to some objection, there is no reason why some such organisation should not succeed. The traffic receipts of Midland Railway Company shew an increase of £9,013; of the London and North-Western, an increase of £5,126 ; and of the Caledonian, un increase of £4,536, over the corresponding period last year. LONDON STOOK EXOILN-NGE.-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 939 939 DoApril &OctlBB3-85.. 11191129 939, 9. 9 112/, 111 Do for Account 939 Brazilian. 1865. 5p o .... 91/ 949 Three per Cent Reduced 919 92 929, 11 921, 19, 29 Egyptian 1862, 7p a .. 81 83 New 3 per Cent 92, 9,2, 9, 19, 29 101 Exchequer Bills, March 812 pm Italian, 1865, 5p a June Peruvian, 1865. 5p a .... 90 91 Do, June 8 12 pm 90 9, 9 p m Portuguese 1869 3 p a.. 319 32 Bank Stock 230, 30;.2 85, 1 x d India 5 per Cents 1139 671. 9, 8 x d India Bonds — Spanish, 1861. 4pa ,pm 319. 9. 1,1, 9 Can 6 pc Jan 1059 &Julyll77-84 10511069 Do, 1869. . 3 1. p 0 . I 309 319 319 9 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Turkish, 1651, 6p o Bl 83 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 9 9 81 ..981 Do, 1865. 5 p o Df) Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 171, 9, 69, 7, 61 Dons of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865 6p a Ceylon 6 p 0 May and 661, 9 November 1878 lO7 109 U. 5.5-20 Bonds,6po 1832 899 831 Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 891, 9 July 1873 lO3 105 Do do 1885 889 881 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 10111021 881 New Zealand 6 p .31891 lOB 110 Do 10-1015nds, !Spa 1901 879 38 Do 5. p c Do 5p c Consolidated 98 99 Erie Sha, 100 dole, all paid 9sl, 1 Illinois Central Shares .. 1129113 Do 6p cMar &Sept 1891 107 109 1129, 13 Do , June & DeclB9l 109 111 Atlantic and GW R Con Viet 6p °Jan &Julian 114 116 Mortgage Bonds — RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter •88 90 Grand Trunk of Canada 'B9 2nd Pref Stock Caledonian Grand' runk of Canada Great Eastern 395 391 4th Prof Stock • 391, 1, 5 Greatlndian Pen g 5 p o 106 107 Great Northern Do A " 13111351 GreatWeateruotCanada 141 141 1351 145, 5 Great. estern 7l 711 Do Op o Bonds, 1873.. 101 103 711, 1 Do 55 do, 1877--8 95 97 Lancashire & Yorkshire 132 133 Do 5 p c pref, issued 80 Idisipm 132, } Madras guar 5 p o Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 411 421 105} 425, 5, }, 2 N. Railway of Canada, Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13 14 6p o Ist reef Bonds Lon and North-Western 128}128! Oude and Ifohilkund g 1285, 1 5 p c Lon and South-Western 89 91 1031, 1 • 90, 891 &Jude, Punjaub, and Man, Shef, and Lincoln 151 46 Delhi guar 5p c ' 453 ' Bahia and San Francisco Metropolitan 635, L L I 18, 5 Midl an d 127}1271 Belgian E Junction .... 21 21 1271, 1 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru.. 25 26 North British North-Eastern Consols 144 145 Dutch-Rhenish 221 235 1445, 1, } Eastern of France — South-Eastern 75 751 Great Luxembourg .... 115 125 Atlaaio and St Lawrace 77 79 x d Bombay, liaroda, and Lemberg Czernowitzgua Central lndia, g 5 p c lO5 106 7 p o l6l 17} Buff & Lake Huron Fret 4 41 175 Do 55 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 81 83 Northern of France Cape guar 6p o East Bengal guar 5 p c 10511061 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c 1101, }, 1 San Paulo IL) guar 7p o 20} 201 Grand Trunk Canada. Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 14% 143 charge 6p o 91 Southern of France .... Do 2nd do Scrip . ... par 2pm Do Ist. Prof Bonds 57 59 57 . BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra l Bank (I.) A 8 a 20 Lon Char of Au s t r li a 236 246 8 231 25 Alliance IL) 10 An 10 -Austrian 171 15 London Joint-Stock 33 21 20 Aron -Egyptian (L) 24 246 33 i. 11 W , 4 i 248 20 Lon and estmnster 63 65 50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan B6 9 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 148 81 25 Char Merc of India 23 25 20 Midland (L) 23 20 New South Wales .. 38 40 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L %Ali _ 42, 11 20 Eng. Scot. and Auso 16 17 15 Union of London .. 39 39 20 Imperial IL) • l7B 186 10 Imperial Ottoman 121 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American Ll 85 88 10 Great Northern .... Ili 12 87, i 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3l 138 Japan Extension.. 2t 2/ (Ifs 13 7/ 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (Li.. 12 14 100 Do El p c 13 British Austrain (L) 4l 3/dis and Malta (L) ... 6 61- 10 British Ind. Erten (L). 6 61 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) . .. 41 4. 6 7-16 4 11-16, f , i 10 British I n di an S u b- 2$ P n ma an d S . Pan( L) 3 2 dis marine (L ' m7l • d'is 7 9-16, i 8 Renter's 2 China Submarine (L) WO is 20 Son Traus France (L) 141 1411 11, 1 100 Submarine 235 240 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2 2i and Malta (L 1 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd Pd Anglo Austrian Bnd- 30 London Pin Assoc (LIM India holders' Certificate li 21 111 117 BeriniWo*,erworks(L) 1I Di i Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 31 15 3, 1-16, 3 30 Bolel:ow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) k t pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal p c Sterling Loan 91 93 gsp c by Ind Gov. 103 102 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 21 3/pm 2 Mauritius Land (L) dis. par 25 Canada Company. .. 74 76 5 Natnl DisetComp (L) 11 111 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4 3 dig 21 N Zealand Loan and 35 City. Olt ces (L) 24124 dis Mere Agency IL) .. 1 / pin 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assumes 21 3pm - Trust (L) —— - 71---- - 61 NBritshaudMere (L) 271 281 10 Crdt Fonc of ling (L) • • 21. '•2/ . 5 OceanMarinelnsur _l3l 14ism 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do.pret • 93 98 491. - 501 ' • ' 100 Do 6P c Perp Deb lO9 114 10 Do do New. 1887 2 1 lie 271 Ebb® Vale Steel (L) BlBldis -81 • 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c • 50 Rhyumey Iron Mortgage Loan.... 821 831 15 Do New Bl '9l 83/ 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p eV' roy Loan, 52. 1 x d guar by Egyp Gay.. 100 102 12 Tel on and Main (L) 28 281 100/. 11 281 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 61 7/pm 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov Marine Insur (I, Trust 6pc Bonds.. 96 99 St Tobacco 6p et Loan 71 Gen Credt &Diset (L) I 1 die guar by Italian Gbv B7 90 14 Gen Stxn Navigation 21 . 29 89 _ _ i Hooper's Tel Works alt dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 9 'Upper Canada ... 111 pm 81 5 17 Marine, Lvpool (L . 41 5 pin 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 20 Union Steamship (L) 22 24 Tel Works L) .... 381 39 6 United Dig Corprn (L) 2 1 dig 334 1 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 5 51pin 5 Intorni Finan SocIL) If 11d1s 12 Warrant Finance..'.. 9 7 dig 20 It Irrie Can Cavour 34 4 100 1436 p o Bonds. re deemable 1870 . 64 66 645 FfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSIMA, NOVEMBER 10, 1870. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. DAILY-LIFE AT VERSAILLES. The following interesting particulars about the daily life of the King and Count Bismarck at Versailles are given in a letter from that town, dated Oct. 25 : " The King of Prussia has taken the Prefecture for his residence. Generally on Thursdays and Saturdays the King goes out hunting, taking his departure in an open carriage with ilbur horses, preceded by a platoon of dra goons galloping two hundred metres in advance as scouts. In the evening the game which has been killed is distri buted among thetroops of the Guard, with the exception of what is • reserved for the King's table. Many of the soldiers sell what comes to their share, so that we, are well supplied with hares and venison. Meat and butter are both at an exhorbitant price; poultry is abun dant, and the consumption much larger than that of but cher's meat, which is often requisitioned for the army, and seized at the butchers' shops. Count Bismarck resides at the Impasse Montheauron. I have only once seen him— in the park on an occasion when the band was playing. He never abandons his cuirassier's uniform except when he is in his working room, installed in the office of the Secretary-General of the Prefecture. From five a.m. a light, which may be seen from a long distance, indi cates ,that the Minister is at work ; it is also about this time that shadows may be seen gliding along the walls, and ringing the bell discreetly after a fashion peculiar to the Minister's hotel. These are the spies arriving from Paris with the reports and the news papers. At ten a.m. the Minister has terminated his work, dispatlhed his couriers, and marked out the pro gramme of the day. Relieved from all work, M. de Bis marck can assume throughout the day the unconcern and indifference that are depicted in his countenance. Gene. rally, in the afternoon, he makes an excursion towards the advanced posts, sometimes venturing farther than prudence would recommend. The band continually plays in the park, and, no matter what may be said of the superiority of the Prussians in artillery, in matters of music it would be difficult to find their masters. The audience is composed mostly of officers and ladies of the demi-monde, who entered the town in the wake of the army; and the officers of the Guard are full of attention to them. Besides this por tion of the public, there may be seen many parasites of both sexes arrived from Berlin under the pretext of nursing some imaginary wounded relation, but who in reality have come as spectators to witness the bombard ment of Paris.. These persons crowd the hotels, and obstruct the streets and squares. Nothing is more exas perating than the presence of these idlers, who make a party of pleasure of this disastrous war. During the week there were at least a dozen persons of eminence— Kings, Princes, and German Grand Dukes—who have met to decide when King William shall be crowned Emperor of Germany. A grand review was held in their honour on the evening of Oct. 20, on which occasion the old King gave a dinner which lasted till midnight. The whole facade of the Prefecture was brilliantly illuminated. Four cuiras siers of the Guard, giants in size, guarded the entrance. We heard the cannon roaring on the side of Paris, as if to protest, in its deep sonorous voice against this foreign saturnalia on the soil of a country in mourning." Jules Favre appears to have behaved with great firm ness during the recent Onzeute in Paris. He was twice deliberately shot at ; and with a view to force him to re sign, the roughs tied him down on his chair, and kept him there for hours ! There have been deaths from starvation in Versailles. Most respectable persons are in great distress, selling plate and valuables for the means of buying mere necessaries of life. Families accustomed to every comfort are in the depths of indigence.' A'Correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette, writing from Versailles on the 31st ult., says that General von Moltke was ill, owing to the fatigues of the campaign, but that his illness was not such as to occasion any alarm to the physicians. The sentry engagements around Paris are -extremely numerous. Both sides are at it day and night. The - chas sepots have a great advantage in this kind of work, but the sxill of the Prussians redresses the balance. The necessities of the defence of Paris have compelled the conversion of the Pantheon into a central powder magazine. The gunpowder is stored only in the extensive vaults beneath. Great precautions are observed, and a detachment 'of troops is on constant guard. During the enzeute of the 31st ult. M. Milliere, one of the editors of the Marseillaise, presented himself at the Ministry of Finance, and demanded, upon the authority of a requisition, signed Bla,nqui, the immediate transfer ence into his hands of the modest sum of fifteen millions in Government securities. He was most politely received, invited by M. Picard himself to walk into an inner room, where he was left to his own reflections, on the wrong side of the door, with the key turned upon him. All sorts of speculations about the supply of food in Paris prevail in the German camp. There are two different parties who favour different views. One side who, from motives of humanity, desire to avert the horrors of a bombard ment from the besieged city, represent that it must yield from hunger. The military men, on the other hand, represent that Paris will not be reduced by famine before several months have elapsed. This party desires an immediate attack. Under the title of the Lettre Journal de Paris, a small octavo sheet has been started in the French capital, two pages of which are filled with a summary of the day's news in very small type, while on the third a letter may be written, and the fourth bears the address. It is thus, without an envelope, within the weight allowed for letters transmitted by balloon post, and, as only one copy of each newspaper is allowed to be forwarded daily, the besieged are able by this means, always provided the balloons are not intercepted, to supply their friends at a distance with Paris news. The balloon Ferdinand Flocon, which brought the last news from Paris to Tours, had a rather disturbed and perilous voyage. It was manned by M. Lemercier, de Janvelle, a functionary of the Telegraph Aministration, and M. Vidal (better known as M. Loysoet), an aeronaut. Passing over Montretout and Versailles, they were re ceived with a sharp musketry fire from the Prussian lines. Three balls struck the car. As they passed over Chartres they became the object of several smart platoon volleys, which, however, were harmleas. About two o'clock they attempted to descend in the vicinity of the sub-prefecture of Segr6, but could not succeed. Their descent was effected at 37 minutes past three o'clock at Ncrt, nine leagues from Nantes. The Paris Journal says that what Rochefort saw and underwent at the Hotel de Ville on the 31st ultimo power fully affected him, and inspired him with a profound con tempt for those in whose cause he had laboured, only to recdive unmerited insult. At the Hotel de Ville he was charged .with being an aristocrat and a hanger-on of General Trochu. He is said to have exclaimed to a friend in his bitterness, "They are a canaille, after all." The rioting, the revolutionary madness, the drunkenness, that day, he says, he shall never forget. He has withdrawn in disgust both from the Government and his Belleville friends. His present residence is unknown. Dr. Jules Guerin recently laid before the Academy of Sciences o.t„Paris two schemes for maintaining telegraphic communication between Paris and the provinces by means by balloons. The first consists in sending up a captive balloon and paying out a telegraph wire from it by means of a free balloon, until the latter reaches the ground. The intermediate portions of the wire would be kept in the air at the desired height by a series of small balloons attached to it at a distance from each other. The second plan is a wire enclosed in a tube. The latter, having a series of in tersections filled with gas, would constitute a kind of tubu lar balloon, which would, as in the former case, be paid out by a Captive balloon, and would follow the free balloon until the latter reached the desired destination. A correspondent of the Pall "1 Gazette says that the proposal to establish stores of provisions in the neighbour hood of Paris, for the benefit of the unfortunate inhabitants when the place capitulates, is favourably received by the Germans. " I have heard many of them high in rank affirm that they themselves would be glad to do something similar in the neighbourhood of Paris ; and they point to the accumulation of stores at Courcelles for the inhabitants of Metz by Prince Ftederick Charles as a proof of their willingness to succour a fallen enemy when possible. I ought to add, however, that they somewhat jesuitically suggest that the French ought themselves to establish depots of 'food in some o the large towns in the north held by Bourbaki's army well as at Tours. I wonder how long it . would oe before a German corps d'armee would be in full march on one of these depots, if they were ever made 1 " THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The correspondent a the Daily News at Blois .31 , writing on the 4th instant, says :—We did not go to-day to Mar chenoir as we anticipated. I told you in my last that the general headquarters of the army had fallen .back a, few leagues this way. The 16th Corps has also fallen back, its headquarters are to-day at Pontijeau or Pontijou. It is probable that in a day or two the headquarters of the Loire will be here. I went over the chateau this morning, it has been turned into an ambulance. It is curious to see those , magnificent halls and rooms,,wbiph have been recently restored, and are gorgeous and ]admirable niodels of the gnilding, moulding, and colouring or the Renaissance, filled with rows of beds from the military stores. The beautiful mosaic. pavements have been boarded over, and the walls: wainscoting, and pillars have also been clothed up to a certain height with deal boards. From the outer gallery, which runs along the magnificent facade of Francis 1., on the upper storey one discerns the surrounding flat country to an immense distance. I had here another instance of the discouragement, or rather, I might say, the indifference which reigns among the officers of the regular army, and if among the • officers "is plus forte raison " among the men. As we were standing looking at the distant horizon, which we could command on three sides of us, a man who was shewing us over the place said, pointing towards the left bank of the river in the direction of Beaugency, "If the Prussians come here, they will come in that direction. . ." "If they come !" interrupted a young officer of Lancers, who had ridden over from Pontijou, " they'll come as sure as fate. Why," he continued, "we are not in sufficient force to oppose them ft minute. They will attack us with about 200,000 men come from Metz, and we are only about 50,000 at Marchenoir and Pontijou." I was speak ing to an officer this morning, who has just been appointed " officier d'ordonnance " to his father General Lussac, a descendant of the famous savant Gay-Luss . ac. This, general is to take the command of the 16th Corps instead of General Pourcet, who is " destitu6." Why " destitu6 nobody knows, Generals are " destitu&l" now-a-days as easily as they are made. Nevertheless, in the present instance, it was a pity General Pourcet was ever appointed to the command. He is too old ; I can remember him an old man ten years ago. Now he is' obliged to put on his spectacles fumblingly, whenever an orderly brings him any paper to cast his eyes over, and in short he ought to have been superannuated long ago. As for General d'Aurel, it would seem he has been overdoing the discipline business, judging from the feeling that exists towards, him in the army. - I wrote to you when I was at Salbris, that there were military executions almost every day. An officer assured me that in one month he 'had had 113 men shot, and that he firmly believed in the first battle some of his men would shoot him if they got a chance. There it is. The army certainly did want disciplining, but the chastisements which have been inflicted have called out a new vice among the men, that of a revengeful spirit against their chiefs ! One thing is certain, and I ventured to remark upon it in a former letter, although it is more plainly visible every day, and that is that the officers 'of the army, one and all, dislike and despise the Republic" exceedingly. As for the general officers, it was an omission on the part of the people in power to-day not to change every officer from a general of division upwards inclusively, that is, if they wanted to be well served. Ido not mean to say that these officers will not fight, or that they would leave their country to perish because it is governed by a Republic ; but their posi tion and their feelings are certainly not in harmony. Here is a Government prosecuting a war whioh, from a military point of view, it is impossible to bring to a suc cessful issue. They put Generals at the head of an army of raw conscripts and of disheartened or demoralised soldiers ; they tell them they must gain battles with these soldiers. If they don't, they will be " destituo " and perhaps called traitors. Moreover, these Generals know that if this Government were to remain in power all military men would be put on the shelf for good as soon as the war is over. What •heart can these men have in this work ? Or what hope can they have of suc ceeding? ANARCHY AT MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, November 2. :The Marseilles papers have not during the last few days given a very accurate account of the state of affairs, which has been altogether exceptional. There has been an actual administrative and municipal revolution, which has driven off the mayor and the properly elected coun cillors, , replacing •them by a revolutionary commune. Some of the papers attempt to justify this movement and demanded the reinstallation of M. Esquiros, the governor, and M. Delpeche, the prefect, who have both resigned in consequence of differences with the authorities at Tours ; other journals Merely record , the events and quote the documents without comment, while only one, the Peuple, has openly declared against the disturbances, and sided with the new Prefect, M, Alphonse Gent, just appointed from Tours. There have, in the opinion of impartial judges, been faults on both sides, though the balance is much heavier against the civil than against the National Guard. The revolu tionists have played their part most energetically, while the defenders of order have not done their duty. There has happily been no bloodshed as yet, but morally the self-respect of the town and the interests of the public have been very seriously wounded. Marseilles is the third town in Fra-nce, and the first commercial port in in the Mediterranean, and yet Mar seilles has been surrendered to something very like anarchy. It is three weeks since M. Esquires gave in his resigna tion, in consequence of M. Gambetta's disavowal of his proceedings, but he afterwards withdrew it in obedience to the wishes of the club that wished to separate itself altogether from the Tours Government. Marseilles among other advantages was blessed with• two prefects, and M. Delpeche, one of these, issued a proclamation, annauncing that in consequence of the disaster at Metz he abandoned his office and . would take up arms. The day after M. Gent, who was prefect of Vaucluse in . 1848, was sent - from Tours to replace him at Marseilles. The revolutionary clubs determined not to • re ceive him, and laid their plans. A considerable force assembled, and marched tothe Hotel de Ville where the National Guards were stationed. As the latter had neither orders nor cartridges, they allowed the invaders to enter without opposition. The Civil Guard, whom Esquiros had allowed to act as sergents de ville, and who were wholly in favour of the Red party, were well supplied with arms and munitions, and under their protection thirty-five chosen members of the Alhambra Clubwere installed as the revolutionary commune. A proclamation was speedily issued announcing . the change to the people, and declaring that the now authorities were appointed by the people to give a more vigorous impulse to the National Defence. General Itoze, the commander of the 9th division was restrained from acting because the commander of the National Guard had been endued with the chief civil and military power. The latter ordered the rappel to be beaten, and convoked the National Guard, but he did nothing else. He gave no orders for the removal of the intruders from the Hotel de Ville, and, as the mayor took no steps either, the National Guard dispersed at the usual hour for retiring and the revolutionary commune were left masters of the field. ,On the next morning, All Saints Day, a hurricane blew from the Mediterranean, but the new authorities were not to be deterred by trifles. The Civil Guard, the International Societies, and some hun dreds of the National Guard who had joined them. took possession of the environs of the Prefecture, the telegraph office, and the railway, forbidding anyone to leave the town unless furnished with a special passport. They excused this extraordinary measure on the ground that . all iable,bodied men would be required for an immediate levde en masse, and it is even said they gave orders that no vehicles were to be allowed to pass the octroi posts, and no vessel whatever was to leave the harbour. Marseilles became a grand prison, and the hurricane took great care the prisoners should not even have the chance of escape in a balloon. The general of the National Guard, who had been com missioned by the Tours Government to declare Marseilles in a state of siege, apparently found his task too heavy, for he disappeared no one knew where, and the four colo nels under him were left without orders, and did not like to take the initiative. Presently the Civil Guard sur prised the head-quarters of the National Guard, who had taken refuge at the old Prefecture, and drove out their rivals, taking possession of some of their arms. Soon after General Cluseret reappeared on the scene. He, had been expelled from Paris by General Trochu, from Lyons by the prefect, and was now in his element at Marseilles. Of late he has been staying in the neighbour hood under the orders of the League of the south, and no sooner was their manifesto published by Esquiros and the revolutionary commune installed than the mischief-making general, summoned by telegraph, at once reappeared on the scene. He straightway assumed the position abandoned by General Marie, proclairned himself military commander of the South as well, and • began to discharge his self-appointed duties with' vigour. Three proclamation's were issued within a few houra, and the Commune, meanwhile, proclaimed that all the old officials were distui,sed, that a forced 'tax would be leyied, and illustrated its authority by taking posses sion of the, municipal coffers, and putting sentinels at the Bank of France: When M. Gent, the new prefect, who was threatened with death if he dared to enter 3ilarsailles, arrived at the railway station, ho was met by some 10,000 National Guards, who wished to testify their support to the legally constituted authorities. They had, however,no arms. Some 300 or 400 of the Civil Guard who came up were, on the contrary, all fully armed. M. Gent traversed the J i ;+.~ r '( town in an open carriage and drove to the Prefecture. Meanwhile, after two months of uncertainty and inertion on the part of the authorities, Marseilles rejoices in two prefects,, two mayors, two municpal councils, two depart mental councils, two generals, two public guards ! _ _ NOVEMBER 4. All is over:and Marseilles is not, after all, to be the scene of a civil war. The Civil Guard has, after reflection, within the Prefecture, which was their last stronghold, agreed to dissolve and be - come incorporated with the National Guard. They defiled between two battalions, shouting, " Vive la Republique ! Vive l'Union 1" to which the Nationas Guard replied with more energy than politeness, "A bal Cluseret !" The illustrious American, however, after enjoying his sovereignty of the Militia for two days, has disappeared As suddenly as his predecessor. The revolutionary commune has done the same, •after having the effrontery to recommend the judicial authori ties to do justice to the reactionary manceuvres to which they attributed the attempted assassination of M. Gent. Happily he is likely to be speedily restored, and will, it is said, elect a fresh Municipal Council, so that order and unity may once more reign in Marseilles. It is certain that General Bourbaki consents to retain his command in the north. Whatever may be the defects of the Loire army, it does not fail to keep a sharp look-out. The vedette and outpost service is perfectly well done. The announcement that the Helicon, two-gun steamer, had been ordered to Havre to protect British interests was denied. It is, however, quite correct.' . . . A German paPer declares that should Garibaldi fall into German hands, he will be shot without further trial or inquiry as a foreign adventurer in no way entitled to fight for France. M. Votel, of Brittany, has set a noble example of patriotism. He has lent ten millions of francs without interest for the organisation of a commissariat for the army of M. K4ratry. Amongst other neat things done by the Marseilles de mocras, was the arrest of Mgr. Dubar, missionary bishop in China. The prelate, his secretary, and all the members of his community, were seized. The Berlin correspondent of the Manchester Examiner telegraphs that the Gernaan Reichstag will be summoned to meet at Strasburg, 'where Count Bismarck intends presiding at the opening. 4. regular pigeon post has been arranged by M. Steenakers between Tours and Paris. It was to begin on the Bth, and far a hundred sous twenty words will be sent by it. It is said that nine such messages out of ten reach their destination. General Punier, who fell into such deserved discredit from his conduct at Orleans, has at last given in his resig nMion. It was not too soon, for it had been loudly called for. The general accounts for his resignation to his troops by saying he has an affection of the eyes. On a recent market-day at ChAteau-Neuf, six hundred Prussians suddenly appeared among the crowd, but their presence caused no disturbance. They walked about for an hour among the people, and. having eaten' and drank took their departure from the place, and set off in a new direction. The German forces occupying Dijon are 20,000 strong, and possess sixty guns. Detailed accounts of the capture of the place fully confirm the previous reports of the gallant resistance made by the defenders. The disaster is solely attributable to the hesitation of the authorities, their slowness in preparation, and the want of unity in command. The French army of the West; commanded by Count Keratry, is increasing rapidly in numbers. It is formed, too, of very good materials, being in this respect far superior to the Loire army. In the latter, lack of confi dence among the men and indifference amongst the officers prevail generally.' A Swiss paper states that several trucks, containing articles of furniture, chaises, &c., have been despatched by train to Arenenberg, which is the property of the Empress Eugenie. They were forwarded by General Fleury from St. PetersbUrg. This apparently indicates that the Empress contemplates settling there. . It is positively asserted at Tours that, but for M. Thiers' prohibition of aggressive operations while he essayed the power of his diplomacy, the Army of the Loire would before now have attempted to retake Orleans and with good prospect of success. The numbers of this army are stated to be 120,000, with 200 guns. - The London correspondent of the Manchester guardian, says :—lt is now denied that the Empress was offered territorial terms of peace, as good as had been repre sented ; but nobody any longer donbts that Bazaine had negotiated conditions for the restoration of the old empire and the conclusion of the war, the responsibility of which would neither be accepted at Chislehurst nor at Wil hemshohe ; and that in a fit of ill-temper and despair he agreed to capitulate unconditionally. To every army corps in the German army there are at tached three heavy hospital trains, each of these con sisting of eleven waggons, sixty-nine horses, fourteen sur geons, and a hundred and fourteen men. Besides these there are three light divisional trains, containing ten waggons and fifty-six horses, and having a personnel of thirteen surgeons and seventy-four men. The beds, in struments, materials, and medicines carried by each suffice for 200 sick and wounded. This organization is quite distinct from that which is charged with the duty of bearing the sick off the field. The Cologne Gazette states that an unfriendly feeling has arisen between Austria and Prussia out of the recent pro posals for an armistice. Count Bismarck has written an unfriendly reply to Count Beust, and since its arrival in Vienna a great coldnesS has 'arisen between the two Counts, which in well-informed circles is considered to be matter for grave apprehension. The &We declares that the lowered tone of the French mind is one great cause of tho national disasters. "We were no longer a warlike nor a far-seeing people. Courage and patriotism were regarded as chauvinisme and stupidity the country an empty phrase. It was the reign of dandies, male and female, both of whom had recourse to false or dyed hair. Such things constituted the sole national questions. The public mind of France was degraded to such 'a point as to occupy itself only with frivolities worthy of the minions of the time of Henry III." The Parisians, adds the Siecle, are worse than the Greeks of the Lower Empire. Thes2„latter discussed theological phrases, which at least evinced some consideration of serious matters, whilst Paris witty journals deal with liothing but the ignominies of Parisian vice. The Augsburg Gazette contrives to thoroughly mistify its readers respecting the doings of the Freeshooters. One contributor says the efforts of these bodies have ended in miserable failure. Another writer in the same paper gives quite a different picture of the situation. He states that guerilla warfare is still being organised in the upper Vosges and further in the interior; that, though the garrisons are constantly making marches into the valleys, and now and then repulse small bands of Francs- Tireurs and Mobiles, the latter reappear as soon as the Germans retire, and as the winter advances these disorders are likely to increase. They are at present so rampant in the upper Meurthe and valley of the Meuse that the field past recently could not pass and had to turn back with its escort, even the itappe stations being endangered. A. correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says :—" Stras -I?Urg andirett, Mord partictlarly the latter, were the two great arsenals and arms and ammunition stores for a whole French army. Now that we , have captured both these places, and their immense stores have fallen into our hands, the military power of France has been destroyed for years and years to come, and for the moment no army, not even one of 100,000 men, can be equipped. Out of 67 cavalry regiments which France possessed on the Ist of August of this year there only remain at this moment four regiments of Spahis in Algeria, and five regiments of the line in the south of France ; all the rest have been either destroyed by us or taken pri soners. Close upon 40,000 cavalry horses, and about as many belonging to the artillery and military train of the French army have also been destroyed during this fearful campaign." ' The Independance Beige has been publishing portions of a long essay on the capitulation of Metz by an officer of high rank, who escaped from the Prussians. He takes a most unfavourable view of the conduct of Bazaine from the outset, though he appears to blame him for in capacity rather than for absolute treason. The rations of bread were, he said, reduced after the governor of the town had obtained'a separation of the stores, saying his responsibility was distinct from that of the commander in-chief. The sufferings of the soldiers were terrible, and many of them went into the town to beg crumbs. Some of them fell down in the streets with weakness. No bread was given them during five days. The officer, who severely ondemns the 'generals, 'says they yielded to numberless panics and unaccountable blindness. He has studied military history extensively, but can find no case in which so numerous an army allowed themselves to be enclosed, starved, and surrendered without an effort to hreak through the investing forces. General Zastrom is re ported to have said, "If Marshal Bazaine had not lacked determination, the army of Metz might have left." Marshal Bazaine, according to the Echo du -1 1 Thr cl ' placarded Metz with the following order before the capitulation. "The greatest anarchy reigns through' out all parts of France. The Army of Lyons was defeated at Orleans, and the municipality Of f Rouen has been . — obliged. to seek the assistance °I the Prussian army to re-establish order. Prussia will treat with the fallen Government alone ; Marshal Bazaine is ap pointed Regent ; General Boyer is sent to the Empress to obtain her assent, From this day the army will not be 07 longer supplied with bread ; wine and _horseflesh will be given. Three days hence probably the army under Met will take its departure with the consent of Prussia and with Marshal Bazaine at its head, and will proceed to restore order in France.—Done at the Headquarters of Metz. THE FRANCS-TIREURS.— A Dane serving in a corps of Francs-tireurs near Paris gives some interesting particulars of the mode of campaigning practised by these free corps. He says that the army investing Paris is O W itself invested, as it is surrounded on all sides by Franca' tireurs and Mobiles. Formerly the Prussians used to send only three or four Uhlans on their foraging expel' tions; now a whole squadron is not sufficient. Wherever there is a bridge or a road through a wood, they may depend on finding irregulars in greater or less numbers. In many places - deep ditches, full of palisades, are cut across the roads ;-'sometimes these ditches are defended hi barricades: The Franc-tireurs never take, any prisone a rs. When they see a cavalry soldier they shoot at the man nd spare the horse, who will at least give au equivalent for his food. The Uhlans now generally avoid the more nu' frequented roads and advance in sufficient strength to be able to resist an an.buscade. Often a Franc-tireur he° all night, from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., on the damp ground , under strict orders not to stir or talk to his comrades -4 great sacrifice, observes the writer, for a Frenchman to make. The strongest and best commanded of the Fran?' tireur bands,is that known as the " IVLocquards." Th l6 band, which numbers 1,200 men, is divided into two bat talions, and consists chiefly of the remains of the rev• ments which capitulated at Sedan. They are very ragged' but all are armed with Chassepots, and they do a grea t deal of harm to the enemy. THE GERMANS AND THE FREE-SHOOTERS.—The German papers aee constantly relating the attacks of free' shooters on townspeople or the soldiers, and the retaliation that takes place. At Corteil, where six soldiers and an officer of the Uhlans had been killed by the free-shooters , and the inhabitants refused to give up the assailants, the village was burned. At Saintillon, near Or leans a Prussian column, which was lev9; ing requisitions, was attacked by free-shooters, assisted by the villagers. The Germans cut to pieces all those who resisted, and burned the village, which made the fifth hamlet destroyed in twelve days for this reason. A German correspondent says that every day the vra,_ becomes more cite'. The fanaticism of the Frenea excites ' the rage of the Germans ; the officers and soldiers complain of the present phase of the war, but the military laws exact certain rules for the safety of the army. On some occasions the troops believe they.have been fired upon or other outrages committed, when in reality nothing has occurred. A short time ag o some Saxon soldiers drank the contents of a bottle wide,' they found in a cellar, and which they thought containe", some liqueur. Two of them died, and the rest were save‘' with great difficulty. It was thought that the liqueur was poisoned, until, on examination, it was found that they had been drinking oil of bitter almonds. THE INVESTMENT OF BELFORT. The in' vestment of Belfort has been confirmed ; and the statement is added, that communication has been estab lished with General von Werder—indicating that the French in the Doubs region have abandonedtheir intention to push northwards upon the German lines of s upply, and - are fain to limit their efforts to the defence of Lyons. Whether the commnuication between the two invading columns advancing on either slope of the Vosges has been formed in front or in rear of Besancon , we are not told ; but probably the first is the case, sinc e the last would have involved the masking of Besancon , and it is tolerably certain that the Germans would not have kept secret a proceeding so important. About the blockade of Belfort we have some information which throws a little light on the condition of matters in that city'. The Lyonnese who serve with the troops in garrison speak, with' anxiety of going home to defend their own city, anci quit their ranks with much' alacrity—their officers only with difficulty restraining them from departure. Fran other sources we hear bad accounts of the behaviour of Garibaldi's troops ; and the veteran guerilla has not as yet even attempted to justify the hir hopes that were entertained of him when first die came to Tours, and rushed thence to throw himself into the breach for the 'defence of bleeding France. To the north-east of Belfort the Francs-Tireurs and the Mobiles have sustained some petty but 'sharp encounters, nei to their own advantage, with the Germans ; an also from the " Army of the Loire " we have vague accounts of a slight engagement between 4,000 Ger mans and a body of French, who drove the enemy hit?, retreat, capturing three-score prisoners, and killing and wounding about 40 officers and men. This victory, how ever, is too trivial to affect the course of the war ; a nd, indeed, it might also appear as though there had been 9 , tacit joint understanding that no real operations should be taken in hand outside the capital until the opening of the bombardment—the only great work now left for the Germans to lo.—Correspondent of the Telegraph. COMIC, PAPERS. •(From Punch) THE MOST USEFUL "FREE LANCER."—Ambulances. THE ODDS (In the Great International Match).—UPS' v. Elan! THOUGHT IN NOVEMBER (By a Londoner). —Perhaps England's best defence against invasion will always be her Fogs. No foreigner would like such a climate. Another Ballooning statesman reports, from the French capital :3-" General Harmony is Cemented by the life shared in common by all." If this cement is only plaster of Paris, we fear for it. But General Harmony is the best officer Paris could have just now. Much better than General Melody, singing the " Marseillaise," and doing nothing else. " Nous SOMMES TRAMS ! " "We are betrayed !" Even so, but by whom ? Not by your Generals alone, or worst, By all that should have stood 'twixt you and doom : Most by yourselves, with wilful blindness curst. Your Emperor betrayed you, when he sowed Battle-seed broadcast, and laid at your door Red swathes of fields the scythe of death had mowed, And husks of War's steel flail and bloody floor. Your Ministers betrayed you, when they said That all was readiness to face the foe, Though foul corruption on your strength had fed, As white ants eat great boles that seem to grow. Your Journalists betrayed you, when they dressed The falsest fancies in the fairest show ; With new-forged lie confronting lie contest, And calling you, that should have cried, to crow. Your Officers betrayed you, Guard and Line, Swagg'ring with outside show of men of war, But lingering o'er the absinthe and the wine, With talk of battles, from the battle far. • And You betray Yourselves, when still you shut Your wilful eyes, and will see the truth, With your own hands your stoutest sinews cut, Despise your age, and sacrifice your youth ; Striving and shouting, " Vire this ! " and " Vive that ! " While she, whose life you live, France, bleeds to death And while fierce factions on her blood wax fat, In struggle waste your strength, in shrieks your breath : Ere for the realm of France and her soiled'flag, Disaster can be checked, and suffering stay'd, She must learn to face truth, bate boast and brag, And, beaten, say, " We're beat," not," We're betrayed." (From Fun.) FOR THIS OCCASION ONLY.—The course of true love must run smooth. The fortunate suitor for the hand of Princess Louise having been found on this side of the Ger man Ocean, it can never be said of him that he's "crossed" in love. MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—At Mark-lane to-day there was a thin attendance, and the business passing was of a quiet character. In sympathy with the improvement noticed in the Liverpool market, the tone of this market was firm. There was a fair show of English wheat on offer, and the arrivals from abroad were on a liberal scale. Sales in all qua lities progressed quietly, at the rates current on Monday last. The market was well supplied with barley. Malting qualities, which came to hand in inferior condition, met with a limited demand, at late rates. Grinding and distilling descriptions were in moderate request, at full quotations. The malt trade ruled dull, on former terms. There was a good supply of oats on sale. The inquiry was limited, but prices were supported. Beans and peas were purchased to a fair extent, at previous currencies. Flour was quiet in demand, but firm in value. Arrivals :—English and Scotch.—Wheat, 590 qrs. ' • barley, 1,690 ; beans, 10 ; and peas, 50. Foreign.—Wheat, 7,740 qrs. ; barley, 5,500 ; oats, 36,270 ; peas, 320 ; flour, 160 sacks and 10,050 barrels WAKEFIELD CATTLE INIARKET, WEDNESDAY.—A short supply of beef was offered at this market to-day, and the quality was secondary. A few North Country beasts realised 10s. per stone of 141 b. Irish, Spanish, and other sorts sold at from Os. to 9s. 6d. per stone. There was a pooT inquiry for niutton, for which lower prices were asked than last week. Pigs sold at last Wednesday's quotations. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, • WEDNESDAY.—The sup plies on the whole were rather rough. Choice beasts were in demand, at firm quotations. Other qualities were purchased slowly. The inquiry for sheep was unchanged. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This Market opened very tame to-day, with very little inquiry. • Sales, 8,000. or 10,000 bales. Imports, 6,000 bales.— Closing Report.— This market closes very quiet to-day. Prices are in favour of buyers. Sales, 8,000 bales. Savannah, ship named. 8 3-161. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The Tallow'mar ket has ruled dull, at, 41s. 9d. spot ; 41s. 9d. October-December ; December, 425. ; January, 425. 6d. sellers ; March, 435. sellers. Linseed oil, 295. 9d. ; English brown rape 435. 9d. ; refined, 455. 6d. ; foreign, 465. 6d. per cwt.- . . MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—This market has assumed a very quiet tone, as the failure of the peace nego tiations has caused very general disappointment. This, coupled with the heavy receipts of cotton at American ports, has had the effect of lowering the price of cotton in Liverpool, and both yarns and goods are lower in sympathy with cotton. Home trade yarns are taken sparingly, but export qualities are difficult to move. The cloth market is flat, at easier rates. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Market still quiet. Business small, but prices not lower. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market is inactive to-day. Sellers close at 51s. Bid. in one month, and 51s. 54. cash. Buyers a shade c less. • CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Ordinary, firsts, 128 s. ; seconds, 1205.; thirds, 1095.; fourths, 1035.; fifths, 875.; sixths; 70s. 1,920 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change. 100 firkins in the market. LAW AND POLICE. AN IMPENITENT SINNER.—SHOCKING LIFE. —Susan Denman, a girl, aged 18 years, who has been remanded six times, was brought up for the last time at the Thames Police-court, charged with attempting to commit self destruction by poison. A month ago the prisoner entered the station-house adjoining the court, and said she had swallowed three-pennyworth of laudanum, and was afraid of dying. She was transferred to a cab. at the station house door, and immediately conveyed to the London Hospital, where by thelapplication of the stomach pump and other remedies, the laudanum of which she had taken, a large quantity was dislodged from her stomach. She had bought three-pennyworth at the shop of a che mist and druggist, and had taken enough to kill half-a dozen_persons. ,Her own - fears, after swallowing the stuff, contributed to her recovery. She has exhibited no signs of repentance, and the chaplain of the prison, who has shown great interest in her spiritual welfare, sent no recommendation in her favour. She gave her address in Baker-street, Commercial-road, a most horrible place, full of loose characters ; and the gaoler of the court has more than once stated that brothel-keepers and prostitutes were waiting to receive her to go on in her former wretched mode of existence. Mr. Lushington now addressed her in a long and feeling speech, and said she was obstinate and determined and must go her own way. He hoped she would reflect on the grave sin she had committed, and reform her evil ways, which could end in nothing but destruction to body and soul. He and his colleague had done all they could to save her, and to bring her into a better frame of mind. She was a very wicked girl, but if she pursued a moral and industrious life • she might be saved and become an ornament to society. He would not detain her any longer, and she was discharged. Ens'' , END PICKPOOKETS.—James Wilkinson, describing himself as a clerk, but refusing his address, and Catherine Close, a machinist, of Hope-street, Hackney-road, were charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with attempting to pick pockets in Regent street. Mr. John Thomas, of No. 6, Cumberland-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, warehouseman, proved seeing the prisoners yesterdayafternoon in Regent-street together the female prisoner making two or three attempts to pick pockets, and ultimately succeeding in doing so. He spoke to a constable, and the prisoners were taken into custody. Thos. Leader, 32 C R, proved being spoken to by the previous witness, and taking the prisoners into custody ; and on searching Wilkinson he found upon him a pocket book containing some postage and receipt stamps, the pocket book having written in it "P. Place, 40. Save Nov. 9th," and the name " Deschamps," and also a sovereign and some halfpence and a necktie. Sergeant Leech, 17 C, said that after Close was searched by the female warder and placed in the cell, nothing being found upon her, he had her brought out df the cell and sent a constable in to bring out her shawl, and on his doing so in the corner of the shawl was found a purse pinned up, containing 6s. 9d., and in the cell pieces of paper were found, ond of which was known to have been in the purse. The purse be longed to a lady at Clapham, who was not present in attendance. Detective ;Sergeant Cole said he knew the prisoners as companions and associates of the most noto rious East-end thieves. Mr. Knox remanded them.. STRANGE LEGITIMACY SUIT.—In the Probate Court the cause of "Atkins v. Atkins" was heard. The plaintiff asked for a revocation of letters of administration which had been granted to the defendant under the assumP tion that she was the widow of the late John Simkins. It seemed that the '.plaintiff was married to the testator in 1813, but nine years after that period he deserted her. Simkins seems to have resided with the defendant for 46-years and up to the time of his death s and had a family by her. The defendant, not knowing that there was a former wife, obtained letters of administration. The children of the two marriages were examined, and the plaintiff's case was fully made out. Lord Penzance ordered the administration to be revoked, so that the property should go to the first family. " ICONOCLAST " CHARGED WITH PERJURY.—In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Joyce moved for a rule for a new trial in the case of the " Real and Personal Advance Company v. Maitland," tried before Mr. Justice Brett at the Guildhall, in July last, wheu a verdict passed for the plaintiff. It was an interpleader issue, to try whether certain machinery seized by the Sheriff of Surrey was the property of the plaintiff. An action had been brought by Maitland against the Naples Oil and Colour Company (Limited), upon whose premises the machinery was, and it was there seized in satisfaction of the judgment. The Advance Com pany, however, said it had been pledged to them by bill of sale, by one Gavelli, and Mr. Charles Bradlaugh made affirmation that he was the owner of the machinery, and had assigned it as security to Gavelli for advances to defray his election expenses at Northampton. He claimed to be secretary of the company, but he was not sworn at the trial. Mr. Justice Brett : " Mr. Bradlaugh had not the least objection to take the oath, but said it was not binding on his conscience, he being an Atheist. I don't understand that, but he said so." Mr. Joyce said Mr. Bradlaugh's evidence took them by surprise. They had since found the parties from whom the machinery was purchased, and they said they had sold the things to the company and took the company's bills, countersigned by Mr. Bradlaugh as secre tary. Mr. Bradlaugh had since written a letter applying for five per cent. commission on the transaction, and yet he had affirmed that the company was a myth ! The court at once granted a rule nisi. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE STEWARD OF THE REFORM CI:I/B.—Thomas Bacon, steward of the Reform Club, Pall Mall, was brought up at Bow-street on remand, charged with stealing a cheque, the property of Earl Dalhousie and others. Mr. Hutchinson, clerk at the London and Westminster Bank, proved cashing the cheque for a stranger, but was unable to identify the prisoner as the per son. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for,the prisoner, said he was connected with one of the most respectable hotelkeepers in London. It was quite true, as stated in evidende, that he was in a muddled state from drink when the cheque was missed, and everything tended to 'corroborate the prisoner's statement that he lost the cheque. Under these circumstances the learned gentleman asked for his dis charge. Mr. Vaughan, taking this view of the case, he was discharged accordingly. ( From Judy). LITERARY TASTE. —Lady (pursuing a conversation on the invariable topic) : " And pray, Mr. Aitchbone, while this dreadful war is raging, what newspaper do you pre. fer ?" Mr. A.: " Well, Mum, the Pall Mall is the one for my money. Them penny papers is very unreliable stuff ; if you wrap up 'arf a pound of steak in one of 'em, the juice is through in a minit." [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills. FlatulencYl nauseu indigestion, headache, and nervous ,affections are removed by these pills with the greatest facility. 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