The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-26 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY. The stock markets this morning opened heavily, and the quotations in many instances exhibited symptoms of weakness. The downward movement, however, was checked by the reduction of per cent. in the Bank rate, but this favourable change failed to influence the markets to any material extent, and business throughout the day was confined within very moderate limits. Pending the result of the great battle, which, it is believed, will shortly take place in the neighbourhood of Paris, business for the moment is almost entirely suspended. Much anxiety is now felt as to the future course of events on the Continent. Now that the French have withdrawn their army from Chalons, and are falling back upon Paris, it is very evident that a crisis is at hand, as the Prussians are closely following; therefore we may shortly hear of an engagement, on the issue of which will in a great measure depend the duration of hostilities. Notwithstanding the reduction in the Bank rate, the Consol market has been depressed, a rumour which has not yet received confirmation of the defeat of the Crown Prince being productive of uneasiness. For delivery the quotation has been 914, 914, and for Sep tember, 914, ; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 914, 914 ; Bank stock, 232, 234 ; Exchequer bills par to ss. prem. India Five per Cents. 110, 111, and India bonds Bs. to 15s. prem. Colonial Government securities have been neglected, and prices have been with out change. The English railway market has been in a depressed state, and prices in many instances have again ruled easier. North-Eastern, at 139, 140, shews a rise of 4 ; on the otherhand, Metropolitan at 64, 64, Caledonian at 74, 74, South-Eastern at 68k, 694. Great Eastern at 344, 34i, and Great Western at 644, 66.2, are 4 lower ; and Brighton at 34, 39, shews a decline of 4. In Indian railway stocks transactions have been re stricted, but prices have been maintained. East Indian, 1104; Great Indian Peninsula, 1064, ; and Scinde 1041, 1054. Canadian shares have been flat, and without change. Foreign shares have been dull. Great Luxem bourg are 4 lower, at 114, ha ; Recife and San Francisco, 16k, 4 ; San Paulo, 20i ; and Lombards, 154, g. Foreign bonds have been neglected, and a further de cline has taken place. The heaviness has been chiefly apparent in Turkish. The 6 per cents. of 1858 and 1862 have fallen 11, ditto 1869 2, ditto 5 per cents. 1. Italian 1861 have been flat, and 4 lower. Egyptian 1864 have de clined 1, and Peruvian 1865 4. American securities have been depressed. The Five-Twenty 1882 and 1887 bonds have fallen ditto 1885 4. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, and Illinois Central shares 14. Bank shares have been quiet. Imperial Ottoman have been rather easier at 11k, f ; London and Joint Stock Marked, 33i ; Anglo-Egyptian, 212 ; and Agra (A), 10,}. Telegraph shares have been very quiet. Falmouths are * lower at 9-1, i ; British Indian Submarine, 7 ; Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta, 5-i, i ; Silver's Indiarubber, 38k. Miscellaneous securities have been dealt in cautiously, and prices have shown no change. The steamers which left New York yesterday took out £lOO,OOO in specie for Europe. The bullion operations at the Bank to•day comprised the purchase of £140,000 in bars, £76,000 in sovereigns from Alexandria, and the withdrawal of £30,000 in sovereigns for Belgium and Switzerland. The Clearing House return for the week ended August 24, shews a total of 260,345,000. against £56,400,000 for the corresponding week last year. A further reduction of per cent. has taken place in the Bank rate, making the official minimum 4 per cent. In the general market capital has been plentiful and with a limited demand for accommodation. Three Months' paper has been negotiated at 3 per cent. The Joint Stock banks and discount houses are now allowing 3 per cent. for money, at call, n if with seven, and n if with fourteen days' notice of withdrawal. At a meeting of the shareholders of the European Bank (Limited), it was agreed to terminate the liquidation, and form a new company to purchase all the remaining assets from the liquidators, at the price of £150,000, of which £75,000 will be represented by a first issue of £25,000 fully paid shares of £3 each, and £75,000 by 6 per cent. debentures. The present total indebtedness of the undertaking, including liquidation expenses is about £170,000. The liquidators have made a call of £3 per share, which it is antici pated will realise £75,000, thus reducing the obliga tions of the bank to £95,000. It is understood that the directors are willing to compromise the chancery suits against them by the payment of £20,000. The out-stand ing debts are chiefly on the continent and their early realisations has been checked by the war. A committee was appointed to carry out the proposed arrangement, which has been initiated by Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co., at the desire of several large shareholders. At a meeting of the Mediterranean Hotel Company (Limited), the balance of profit and loss was stated at £1,474; and a dividend of 4 per cent. was declared. To provide for the settlement of the architect's claims, amounting to £604, the directors have made a call of 10s. per share on those shares, upon which £9los. has already been called up. Against this call the dividend will be a set off, leaving 2s. sd. to be paid. The report of the Mutual Tontine (Westminster Chambers) Associations (Limited) to be presented on the 6th September recommends an interim dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company was held on Tuesday. The chairman gave an encouraging account of the prospects of the line. The dividend declared was 4 per cent., against 3. 2 during the corresponding half-year of 1869, and the amount of £l,OOO additional was carried over to next half year's account. Curiously enough, the increase of receipts, wnich is chiefly noticeable in connection with the carriage of goods, has not been accompanied by any increase of expenditure, but rather by a reduction. The traffic return of the Great Eastern Railway for the week ending August 21 shews a decrease of £494 on the corresponding week of last year. The Great Northern has an increase of £1,122, and the Caledonian of £Bl. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire shews a de crease of £1,082, and the Bristol and Exeter a decrease of £l3O. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway shews a decrease of £1,521. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-THUILSDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 91/ 911 Viet 5p c Jan &July 1894 100 102 911, 1,1, 1, it 1018 Do for Account 911, 1 Egyptian, 1862. 7 p c.. .. 81 83 Three per Cent Reduced 911 918 Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 98 100 911, 1, I, 1 Italian, 1865, 5p c New 3 per Cent 911, 1, / 858, 5, 6 Exchequer Bills, March 16 pm Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c.. 27 28 ss. preen 28 Do, June l6 pm Russian, 1862, 5 p c.. .. 86 88 Bank Stock 2328 Do Nicolas 4p c India 5 per Cents 1108, 10 Spanish, 1867, 3 pc tuba Bonds 268 1. 6,1, I, 1 pm Do, 1869. 3 p c Can 6pc Jan&Julyl 77-84 101 06 251, 1 104 Turkish. 1854, 6p c B2 84 Do March & Sept. 104 107 828 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 94 96 Do. 1855, 5p c 95 411. i t , 2. 1/ 2, 11 / Do Inscribed Stock .. 94 96 Do, 1855, 6p a ' Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 62, 1/ Ceylon 6 p c May and U.S. 5-20 Bond s , 6 p c 1882 861 871 November 1878 lO7 109 861, 1,7, I Mauritius 6p o Jan and Do do 1885 861 861 July 1873 lO2 104 851, 61, 51, 84 New 8 Wales 5 p clB7l-76 1008101/ Do 10-40 Bnds, 51)01904 82 83 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 109 82, 1, I Do 5p c - - Do 5p e Consolidated 97 93 Illinois Central Shares .. 105 1 06 98, / 1, Do 613 c Mar & Sept 1891 109 111 Atlantic and GW It Con Do 108 June & Dec 1891 108 110 Mortgage 22/ Bonds 228 231 Vict 6 pc.Jan & July 1891 111 113 DoApril & OctlBB3-85.. 111 113 1121, L }, 12 RAIL WAYS. Bristol and Exeter B4 86 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 731, 1 414 Great Eastern 3 4 1, 4 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern Do A 129 130 18 129 Great Indian Pen gsp c 106 107 Great Western 66 67 1064,1 661, / Great Western of Canada 131 14 Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 131 131 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 37 38 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 98 100 37/, I, 1. i Do 51 do, 1877- -.S Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 13 Do 5p c pret, i ssued 80 par 2pm 2 Madras guar 5 p c a p y r e o f f B C: . d n a s d a : 88 91 105 107 ton and North-Western 126 127 N. p it:1 B I 1261, 1. I. i Lou and South-Western 85 87 Gude and Rohilkund g 85.6xd 5 p c Man, Shef, and Lincoln 40 1 41 1 Scinde , Punjaub, and 40/, i, 1 Delhi guar 5 Metropolitan 631, 4 x d Bahia and San Francisco Midland 126 127 g 7 P c 1261 18 18 19 North British 32 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 23 24 North-Eastern Consols 13811391 Dunaburg and Witepsk 17 18 139 k, 8, 9 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23 South-Eastern 6Bl 69 21* 681, 9 Eastern of France Atlantic and St T.awrnce 79 83 Great Luxembourg Bombay, Baroda, and 11*, 1 Central India, g 5 p c.. 105 106 Lemberg Czernowitz gua 1051, 6 7p c l6 17 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 41 Northern of France Do guar Bonds, 1872-3-4 78 82 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 51 61 Cape 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p c lO6 107 (Limited) guar 7p o .. 16 17 106 16), i, I East Indian, g 5 p c 1101 20, * Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd , 1 1 5). I, ) charge 6p 0 Do 2nd do Scrip ....1 dis, Ipm Do Ist Pref Bonds 61 11 111 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26 5 1870. journey from Chalons. He was three days and three nights consecutively in the train. The Prussians on reachingßlesmes tried their old plan of sending false messages by telegraph and trying to entrap the enemy. Knowing that Douay was in the neighbourhood, they sent him a despatch signed by a French staff officer asking for troops in all haste. All the division were at once in motion, and very soon en route. Presently they came to a spot where 500 metres of rails were up. There was scarcely time to re verse the steam, while the enemy in ambush in the hills began firing, but happily all escaped. The attack on MacMahon is yet a mystery. Was it by a spy or a mad man? All we know is that one man was wounded, and four have been arrested. I open my letter to tell you painful things. Some trains of goods and military stores have been plundered by 200 or 300 men of all arms again. The enemy's runners have appeared at Chalons. The general and his officers have arrived here. The Emperor is at Rheims. The imperial trains, as extensive as of old, encumber the line. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that King William has ordered all newspaper correspondents from the head quarters of the Prussian army. This does not mean that the correspondents of the press are to be banished alto gether. King William only wishes to have the selection of them himself. Among the sayings attributed to the French War Minister, Count Palikao, are these observations : "If I revealed all I knew, Paris would be illuminated." The Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige says there was a momentary danger of a division between General Trochu, commander of the Paris forces, and Palikao, Minister of War. The Garde Mobile was the subject of contest. General Trochu wished to keep the Garde in Paris, the War Minister desired to send it away. The Empress, too, who cannot overlook the reception the Mobiles gave the Emperor at Chalons,wished the Garde to be despatched to the army, and on the advice of M. Thiers General Trochu gave way. The Independance Belpe says that Marshal Lebceuf will be appointed to the command of the 'Army Corps which was formerly led by General Ducaen, now wounded. Surely the Administration would never dare to take such a step. There is now no place in the French army for the officer who is supposed to be chiefly responsible for its disasters. The bombardment of the town of Kehl by the French batteries in Strasbourg (which is immediately opposite the former town, on the Baltic) has given rise to a protest on the part of General von Werder. An Article in the Carisruhe Gazette claims immunity for Kehl on the ground that . it is an open city. Reprisals in Alsace and personal proceedings against the commandant of Strasbourg, in case the place be captured, are threat ened. A letter from M4zieres to the Correspondence Havaß, dated Wednesday, says that the news which has reached that town,respecting the battles near Metz on the 14th,16th, and 18th, i s very favourable to the French cause. Bazaine has given 300,000 Prussians abundance of work ; he is gaining time, and with such a foe in their rear the Germans can never attempt to beseige Paris. The news of the Correspondence Havas does not say how long Bazaine is likely to continue this highly useful work, nor how long Metz is likely to hold him. The First French Army Corps—that which suffered so fearfully at Woerth—has received strong reinforcements. Its artillery is now complete. The men have been once more supplied with linen, shoes, and other necessaries which'were lost in that terrible flight through the Vosges mountains. Altogether the First Corps is now pretty well re-established. The Cologne Gazette attributes the failure of the mission of the Duke of Cadore—he was sent by France to induce King Christian to assail Prussia—to Russia. Owing to the matrimonial alliance between the King's daughter and the Czar's son, Russia has naturally great influence with Denmark, and the St. Petersburg Cabinet exerted itself unceasingly to keep the little state out of such a dangerous adventure. Prince Gortschakoff was especially energetic, and even King Christian's son-in law, who is by no means friendly to Prussia, gave his influence to the policy of neutrality. The feeling of the Danish people, the Cologne Gazette admits, is violently opposed to Germany ; but on this occasion good sense prevailed with the Court. BANKING COMPANIES. Pd d 10 Agra Bank (L) A lO 11 P 2O Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 104, 4 234 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian .. 6 8 pro 474 x d 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 214 224 15 London Joint-Stock 32 34 21i, 334, 50 British N American 50 52 20 Lon and Westmnster 59 60 4 9 20 Ch of 50 1 4, ndia, Austrlia 164 174 10 Met r o politan 74 84 25 Char Mere of India 26 28 20 Midland (L) 27. 4, 7 184 10 City 11 25 Orntal Bank Corpom 40 42 25 Colonial Consolidated (L) .. 20 Eng. Scot, and Ausb 164 174 37 20 Imperial 114) 10 Imperial Ottoman 114, 4,4, i TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd Anglo-American L) 87 90 10 Great Northern .... 10-1 102 87} 61 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3 131 Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis 100 Atlantic l3l 14/ 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Do 8p c 10 British Australn (L) 4 3 dis and Malta (L) ... 51 51 10 British Ind Exten (14. 51 6 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) . .. 5 6 10 British Indian Sub- 21 Pnma and S. Pcfc(L) 4 3 dis marine, (L) 7 61 20 Soc Trans France (L) 14 14} 2 China Submarine (L) 5 4dis 14 dis 100 Submarine 230 240 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 1 Do Scrip 2 2 and Malta (LI 9l 91 10 W India &Panama(L) 52 61 91, II MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES, Pd ' Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 30 London Fin Assoc (L) 20 18dis holders' Certificate 13 23 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. .. 23 21 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 131 143 21 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 30 40pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine (L)par 3pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 Madras Irrig &Canal, p terling Loan 89 91 gsp c by Ind Gov. 99 102 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 1123 pm 10111 27 Canada Company. 7O 75 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 10 Ceylon Company (L) 53 43 dis Watnl Disct Comp (L) 101 113 35 City Offices (L) .... 263 253 dis 23 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 13 23pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 2 23 Trust (L) 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 5 OceanMarinelnsur ..123131pm 273 Ebbw Vale Steel (L) lO 8 dis 50 P and 0 Steam 4l 43 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 10 Do do New, 1867 4 2dis guar by Egyp Gov.. 95 98 50 Rhymney Iron 963 53 15 Do New 93 101 3 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 53 63pm 60 Royal Mail Steam 193 181 19 20 Tel Con and Main (L) 23 233 Fgn and Colonial Gov 23 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 94 98 2 Thames and Mersey 3 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 1 1 dis Marine Insur (L) 7 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Gen Stm Navigation 29 31 guar by Italian Gov. 81 83 7 Hooper's Tel Works 33 21dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 4 1-16 Upper Canada 20 Hudson's Bay 8 83 13 Marine, Lvpoo l (L 4353 pin 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per. and 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 23 Tel Works (L) .... 38 40 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 13 Idis 383 5 Univ Marine lnsur iLI 4 spm 20 InternlFinan SocIL) 2 11 dis 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p e 33 Mortgage Loan ... . 75 77 It Irrig (Can Cavour) 31 31 74 51 43 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 12 Warrant Financ .... 9 7 dis deemat:e 1870 _ . 58 62 MARKETS. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET, THIIRSDAY.-Trade during the week has remained in an inactive state, buyers merely operat ing for the supply of the present wants, but in the value of wheat and flour no material change has occurred. For spring corn the tendency of prices has been downwards. The foreign arrivals at Liverpool have been to a fair extent of wheat, oats, Indian corn, peas and flour. From Ireland and coastwise very little has come hand. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was a good attendance, moderate supply, and fair business at this market to-day. There was no alteration in wheat. There . were free sales at last week's prices. Barley was in better demand at last week's rates. Oats were rather cheaper. Beans is. cheaper. Peas is. to 2s. lower. Indian corn ls. cheaper. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, THIIRSDAY.--There was a good supplly of English wheat at this market to-day, mostly new. Old wheat realised fully as much money, while new wheat was from Is. to 2s. per qr. cheaper. There was little doing in Foreign wheat. American wheat was fully ls. per qr. lower. Barley was steady in price, but the demand was much smaller than usual at this season. Indian corn was in large supply, and taken freely at last week's values. Oats were firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-Quiet ness has pervaded the cattle trade to-day. The supplies of stock have been rather over the average, and Monday's quota tions have been with difficulty supported. With reference to beasts, the shew has been moderate, but prime breeds have been scarce. Sales have progressed slowly, at about previous quota. tions. The supply of sheep has been tolerably good. The inquiry has been restricted, and prices have had a drooping ten dency, with the exception of choicest qualities, which main tained late rates. Lambs have been quiet. Calves and pigs have experienced an active demand, on barely former terms. Per 81b. to sink the offal :-Inferior beasts, 3s. 6d. to 45. 2d. ; second quality ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large oxen, 4s. 10d. to ss. 4d. ; prime Scots, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. • inferior sheep, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; second quality ditto, 3s. 10d. to 4s. 6d. ; prime Cotswold wooled sheep, 4s. Bd. to ss. 2d. ; prime Southdown, ditto, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. • large coarse calves, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; prime small ditto. 4s. Bdl to ss. 6d. ; large hogs, 45, 2d. to ss. ; neat small porkers, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. ; lamb, ss. 10d. to 6s. 6d. Sucking calves, 20s. to 255., and quarter old store pigs, 20s. to 255. each. Total supplies :- Beasts, 950 English ; 360 foreign Sheep and lambs, 14,000 English • 3,450 foreign Calves, 600 English ; 455 foreign. Pigs, 110 English ; 90 foreign. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, THIIRSDAY.-There was an ordinary supply of cattle at this market to-day, but many of them were of middling quality. The demand was dullish, and little alteration can be quoted from last week's prices. Top current 735. to 755. per cwt., secondary, 70s. per cwt., middling and inferior, 555. to 60s. per c w t. Of s h eep and lambs there was a large supply, about two-thirds of which were of middling and inferior quality ; good sorts were in fair demand at prices similar to last week's. Inferior were unsaleable ; top current, 71d. to Bd. per lb. ; secondary, 7d. to 71d. per lb. ; middling and inferior, 6d. to sp. per ib. Lambs-top, 245. to 28s. each; secondary, 17s. to 20s. each ; middline and inferior, 18s. to 225. each. At the close a clearance could not be effected. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE, TFIIIRSDAY.---Sugar The tone of the market is firm, owing to West India being bought so extensively ; Martinique, brown to good middling grey, 225. 6d. to 28s. Coffee : The market is firm. The auctions to-day have comprised chiefly small lots, which have sold irregularly, without affecting general quotations. Rice: Cleaned rice has been in request, at firm rates, for rough rice the inquiry has been dull. Saltpetre : The market is quiet, and prices ir regular, but 295. is the nearest price for Bengal on the spot. Cotton : The demand has been less animated, and prices easier, Good fair Lumevelly, 735. 4d. to 775. Bd. per lb. Hemp : Market flat ; top price for clean St. Petersburg, £35. Oils : Linseed dull, at 275. 6d. London ; 28s. 9d. Hull spot ; English brown, 425. 6d. spot ; 41s. 6d. next month ; 395. 6d. last four months. Tallow : Market very quiet, 435. 9d. spot, 445. 7d. to 455. last three months. LONDON WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY.—The position of the wool market is unaltered. The business doing has been very moderate, but prices have been without change. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. —There has been a moderate supply on offer at the market to day. The trade has been slow, at scarcely previous rates :—Prime old hay, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 1008. to 110 s. ; prime new hay, 1158. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 105 s. ; prime old clover, 140 s. to 1505. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 1008. to 110 s. ; and straw 245. to 328. per load. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—The mar ket continues dull and inanimate, with the tendency of prices in favour of the buyers ; but as yet this is not very marked, as producers are in a strong position to resist a sudden fall, owing to their being deeply in contract. Again, where this is not the case, sellers are willing to make a concession, but without lead ing to much business. Indeed, buyers hardly attempt to operate. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—Opening re port: The imports, per bill of entry, were 9,020 bales. This market opened quietly. Though the holders were anxious, there was less pressure to sell. The opinion gains ground, however, that the war will be more protracted than was generally ex ' petted. Probable sales, 8,000 bales. Closing report : The news from Berlin and from Paris has had no beneficial influence for holders of cotton. The sales are called 9,000 bales, 2,000 of them on speculation and for exportation. But for the lower qualities of American prices are decidedly easier. BIRMINGHAM IRON TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—The meeting of ironmasters to-day was well attended. The tone and prospects of the trade are excellent ; but the plethora re ported last week still continues. Many of the works are working full time, and there are more orders than can be exe cuted. Prices remain as they were, though perhaps a little stiffer, and in order to put a check on excessive demand, a temporary advance of ss. all round is still maintajned. BRADFORD TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.--The wool mar ket is quiet to-day, both buyers and holders shewing no anxiety to operate. Upon the whole, perhaps, there is less despondency, as many are of opinion that the prospects of peace are somewhat closer than a short time ago. The wools chiefly taken into con sumption are demilustre sorts, the choicest hogs being less in demand. Values are not quotably altered. The yarn trade con tinues in a state of stagnation. No orders are coming from the Continent, and the only signs of business in the export branch are some speculative offers ; but few transactions have taken place owing to the restrictions of price. In the home branch trade there is a small healthy trade in both coloured and demi lustre yarns ; and we hear of some purchases of soft nonlustrous sorts. Prices generally are unchanged. In pieces there is rather more doing for America. Stocks are low, and prices are main tained. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—This market was quiet to-day. Business was done at 51s. 9d. to 51s. Bd. cash. Closing buyers latter, sellers former quotations. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR. MARKET, TIIIIRSDAY.—This market was good to-day. Business medium. Fine sorts were slightly stiffer. CORK BUTTER MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1295.: seconds, 1235. ; thirds, 114 s; fourths, 111 s. ; fifths, 935. ; sixths, 775. 2,440 firkins in the market. Mild cured, firsts, 1355. ; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 117 s. Ninety firkins in the market. Charles Hart, the Prussian spy, has been shot. It is reported from Strasburg that a brewer of that town has also been shot for having in his employment as helpers Prussian officer d , whose mission was t o ass i s t i n th e capture of the town. MRS O'DONOVAN ROSSA'S READINGS.— This lady, who bears a name which is tolerably well known to news paper readers, comme nce d on Wednesday evening a series of readings at the Egyptian-hall, London. She had it ap pears, previously read with great success in America ; but it is doubtful whether she will have quite so enthusiastic a reception in London. She has the advantages of a good face, a commanding figure, and a sonorous voice ; but, nevertheless, she reads more after the manner of an a mateur than of a trained and pr ac tised reciter. The scene from the "School for Scandal" was not suited either to her voice or style; but a pathetic po em ca ll ed " Beautiful Snow " was well delivered and much ap plauded. The piece de resistance was the " Battle o f Fontenoy," which concluded the entertainment, and which was delivered with true Celtic fire and aanimated gesticulation. The entertainment was varied with some very swest ballad singing by a young lady, whose name was not mentioned in the bills.—Daily News. THE AV /It THE MILITARY SITUATION. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, AUGUST 23. M. Cluseret, a Frenchman holding the rank of General in the American army, has sent the following telegram to the Minister of War :—" The time for discussion is past ; the time of action has arrived. The integrity of France at any cost. I left New York on the 4th of August, and have arrived at Ostend on the 18th. I offer my services to France until the Prussians are expelled." General Cluseret is a Republican. The Liberte recommends this fact to the " servile Prussians and enslaved Germans." The Liberte, ever wild and frisky, grows quite confi dent after Count Palikao's announcement that things are going on pretty well with Bamine. It now says that a siege of Paris has become quite improbable. General Trochu is said to be greatly bothered by the Committee of Defence. He could have managed much better, he says, if he had been left to his independent action. There does not appear to be the slightest prospect that the French Government will accede to the request of the German authorities to allow their wounded to be trans ported through Luxemburg. The French wounded in German hands would gain by the concession as much as their disabled enemies ; but it is argued that the railways through Prussian territory would then be left quite free for the transmission of supplies, and what is the welfare of wounded men in comparison with strategical considera tions ? One of the men engaged in the diabolical La Villette outrage was condemned to death the other day. A second batch has just been disposed of. They were three in number : Cahier, aged 55, a broker ; Bisset, aged 29, a bronze worker; Zimmerman, aged 31, a coachbuilder. All three had been taken with arms in their hands ; but all three denied their guilt. One said he had been com pelled by the' rioters to arm himself with the dagger found in his hands ; the two others swore solemnly that they were never on the spot. Nevertheless their identification was proved quite to the satisfaction of the court, and they were condemned to death. MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO MARSHALS. The correspondent of the Temps, Captain Jeannerod, continues his letters. The last is from Rheims, Tues day : " Let me begin with correcting a mistake. Ido not want to assume the air of correcting other people's errors, but I have a detailed plan of the environs of Metz, and I can therefore set the public right as to the position of the quarries of Jaumont, about which there has been so much discussion during the last forty-eight hours, and which I see are inaccurately indicated in several papers. These quarries, according to the papers in question, communicate with Metz by the railway of Thionville and the station of Mazi eres les-Metz. In an industrial sense I admit it ; but in a strategic point of view, neither the railway nor the station have the least connection with the quarries. Tnese are situated on a plateau crossed by the road to Briey, which I passed along, while the railway runs much lower down, at some distance from the Moselle, in the great plain of Thionville. Nothing has taken place in this plain. Everything occurred on the plateau, and I am convinced I was not mistaken when I told you that Bazaine, after fighting against much superior forces, had purely and simply held his positions. If lam correct in my estimate of the several battles which have been fought on the 16th, 17th, and 18th, without mentioning the former days of the 14th and 15th, our army, which at first ex tended from Gravelotte along the road to Verdun, left its centre and its right wing to fall back on the forts Plappe vile and St. Quentin, and on the woods which surround them. It was this movement which was to be expected when I told you on the 17th in leaving Briey that we thought we saw our troops retreating on Saulny. In fact, the Prussians, thanks to their immense masses of men, if they could not break our positions. succeeded in turning them. They occupied Briey, and the quarries of Jaumont and Amauvillers, near this town, and in - this way I explain the contradictory telegrams of the two generals-in-chief. Bazaine, who has not been dis lodged by the reiterated assaults of the enemy, holds with reason that this is a victory. The King of Prussia, who is convinced he has stopped the retreat to Verdun, thinks the same of his own achievements, and both are exulting, leaving time to settle who will laugh the last. I hope it will not be the Prussian King. Only one thing puzzles my conjectures, and that is the news given by the Public, which speaks of good positions in the vicinity of Montmedy. Ido not understand this, unless fresh fight ing has taken place since the 18th. But may we not expect anything from so experienced a chief and such heroic troops ? Whatever the results of this remarkable conflict, it is evident that our second army at Chalons has had sufficient time for its organisation. To-day, as a ll the world knows, MacMahon has commenced his move ment, and I have been told some particulars which I believe to be authentic, of the manner in which this resolution was arrived at. It was in fact a sudden re solve on the part of MacMahon. Twenty-four hours since all the staffs were dispirited. General Douay, whose corps has undergone many strange changes, did not conceal a sadness whit I knew of without daring to mention it. The plan I speak of seems now to have galvanised these drooping energies. "I play for the salvation of France by freeing the road to Paris," said the Marshal; " but how am I to abandon the central point of my forces, and what a heavy responsi bility would be thrown upon me if I did not go to the assistance of Marshal Bazaine." The force left, and thus enlightened those who could not understand the retreatfrom the camp of Chalons, with only the object of covering an open town like Rheims. Th e plains of Chalons are less adapted for a defensive battle than those of Rheims, round which there are several undu lations. But the four railway lines extending from the latter town seem to me to form a much stronger motive. The question was which of these lines they were going to take. Should they go towards the Ardennes or continue to fall back towards Paris ? A prompt decision was above all things necessary, for the enemy must be speedily aware of their movements. He will know them for certain when this letter is read. I have seen officers who were willing to abandon the greater part of their personal luggage, convinced that they would soon be called upon tomake the sacrifice, but why, if sacrifices are to be made, is not the army relieved of that which embarasses it themost? I allude to the presence of the Emperor, which is inexplicable here, or only ex plicable in a sense useless to France, and consequently un suitable to the time. The Emperor is himself the best judge on matters which concern him only, such, for instance, as his unwillingness. to remain shut up in Metz, and his preferring to accompany MacMahon's army, hoping, perhaps, if the junction is effected, to present himself to Bazaine's troops with the prestige of a liberator. But his presence, and the impedimenta which accompany him, hampers our movements. His comings and goings, and the designs which are attributed to him agitate the public. These are matters which concern us as well as him, and of I which we have a right to complain. I can readily understand that the Emperor feels painfully being thus put on one side, but this is a very slight consequence of the misery which his policy has inflicted on France, and his first wish ought to be to prove that the in terest of the dynasty is with him second to the interest of the nation. Unhappily he has always ranked the safety of the Empire parallel with that of the country, and this leads him astray. The peasantry, who have not lost the old Napoleon tradition, greet him cordially now and then, but the army are any thing but enthusiastic. The Emperor passed yesterday before the troops under the immediate command of Mar shal M`Mahon, and not a cheer was to beheard from either officer or soldier. The departure from Chalons was looked upon as a retreat, and the march of the day before had been fatiguing. lam surprised myself that Marshal M`Mahon did not make two stages instead of one. But I can fancy I hear MacMahon saying, " What, are you tired after ten leagues ? When I was in Africa my regiment marched fifteen leagues in the day, with very different loads, under a torrid sun, on bad roads, and not a man was left behind. What has become of the French soldier?' The. French soldier is what he always was, but the Mar shal must not expect in everyday life the prodigies of the battle -field. You have heard, no doubt, of Douay's THE BATTLE-FIELD OF THE 16111. In the Vossische Zietung a letter dated the 19th describes the scene of the strife that raged round Vionville and the neighbouring villages on Tuesday week :—After Prince Frederick Charles, in the evening of the 16th, had obtained a decisive victory over the French, the 17th passed off quietly ; but a decisive action was expected to take place on the 18th. The French armies are being pressed ever closer around Metz, whilst the German troops have continually moved nearer towards each other. As on the previous day, so yesterday the King betook himself to the troops at about half-past five in the morning, he being attended by Prince Charles, the Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, Count Bismarck, and his suite. At about seven a.m. he arrived at St. Thiebault, a small outbuilding close to Gorce, and there he mounted his horse. From Pont-h- Mousson a country road leads along the left banks of the Moselle ; and it passes through Vandieres Pagny, Arne vile, Ars, and Moulins, to Metz, mostly close to and parallel with the railroad. The Moselle flows in a deep vale, which on both sides is hemmed in by considerable heights. These, again, descend from an undulating plateau, in which the several ridges branch out in various directions, and where the roads now take a steep rise, and now a sharp descent. If you fancy you have reached the summit, fresh heights start up in sight. Thus the ground draws along towards Metz. Most wild and pic turesque are the surroundings of Gorce. This place, a large marketing town, lies about an hour's drive to the north-west of the railway, and of the road adjoining this and the Moselle. The gradients of the road exceed any rise seen in other highlands. Skids and other appliances are barely sufficient to restrain a vehicle in its impetuous rolling. The roads are lined by deep ditches, and the ridges are partially covered with forests and clusters of bashes. At rlalf-nn-hour's distance from Gorce, where the rise commences, the road is fringed with the carcases of horses. Gored itself spreads out in an extended block along both sides of the road. At the right a vineyard towers up, crowned by a gilt image of the Virgin, which is visible at a remote distance. In entering this place a horrid spectacle presented itself. A peasant who shot at a waggon with wounded men was seized by the soldiers, gibbeted, and then riddled with bullet shots. Thus he remained suspended, as a deterring example, for two entire days. He was dressed in the ordinary blue blouse as worn here by the labouring classes, and his hands held a stick. In this narrow lane every house was filled with the wounded of the battle on the 16th, and on e ac h h ouse was fixed the white fla g w ith A the red cross. The inha bitants—male and female--engaged to tend the sick, wore an analogous badge on their arms. Behind this place a plateau is extended, on the north-western rim of which lies St. Thiebauld, the property of a private indi vidual. It consists of dwelling and farming premises, and of a chapel dedicated to St. Thiebauld. This and the pretty front area, enclosed by a wall and railings, was now filled with 300 wounded. Straight before this build ing, in the direction of Metz, is seen a densely wooded ridge, joining the outwork of the fortress ; so that yester day a soldier, in bringing a spy to the guard station of the staff, was severely wounded by a shot fired out of those bushes. The woodland ridge hides from view all that is behind it. Towards the left side rise steep and deeply incised plateaux. Here the battle of the 16th has raged, and here, tolerably close to the outworks, rest some of the dead, still unburied. SIEGE OF STRASBOURG. A letter in the Daily Telegraph, dated August 19th. from the Prussian head-quarters at Munholsheim, says : I have been under fire to-day for over two hours, and have had altogether a rather hot time of it. Since yesterday evening Strasbourg has been speaking almost incessantly to her assailants through the mouths of her cannon. She has shelled Kehl and set it on fire, has com pleted the destruction of Schiltigheim, has fired Bisch heim, and has burnt down a considerable portion of Koni ginhof, the largest and handsomest of the numerous villages in her vicinity—in fact, almost a suburb of her own. Last night, at nine o'clock, the troops (6th Baden Infantry) holding Wolfisheim received orders to advance and occupy Koniginshof, which is situate about a quarter of a mile beyond Maison Rouge, and separated from that building by a noble avenue of poplars, part of the main chauss6e leading straight into the gates of Strasbourg. To the right and left of this change, between Maison Rouge and Koniginhof, are meadows and potato fields—in short, open country stretching away towards the western lines of the fortress on one side the road, and to a small wood, in which stans a large manufactory called La Chartreuse, on the other. Two companies sallied out of Wolfisheim and entered Koniginhof, which the found to be in 'the hands of a similar force of French infantry, which greeted them with a sharp fire. The Badenser, however, swarmed into the churchyard, and succeeded, after a spirited little contest, in driving their enemies back to the city. As soon as the French infantry had retired, leaving two dead and a few wounded behind them, the forts opened upon Koniginhof with shell, and soon burnt down some of the larger houses, besides inflicting a great deal of damage upon many others. The Badenser, how ever, held on to their prize, and when the morning dawned were in full possession of the village, the furthermost houses of which are only twelve hun dred yards from the guns of the fortress. When I reached Wolfisham this afternoon, therefore, I found my friends, whom I had taken leave of yesterday, close by Maison Rouge, well forward between Koniginhof and La Chartreuse, under a slope which partly protected their men from the incessant fire of the fortress. I had, of course, to leave my horses in Wolfisheim and join the outlying company on foot ; just as I reached them two big shells came humming, like gigantic tops, over my head, and exploded about one hundred and fifty yards to my right, one striking a peasant's horse, which I need not say it smashed. After a short talk about the events of the night, Count G-- offered to conduct me through Koniginhof to the foremost outpost, in charge of Captain Dumont, and shew me the forts, which had just favoured us with a double reminder of their existence, from a nearer point of view than had been yet reached by any one not actually on service. Of course I gladly accepted so advantageous a pro position, and so we climbed up to the chaussee and started for the partly burning village, availing our selves scrupulously of every cover that we could gain protection from on the way, as it is the pleasing custom of the French artillerymen to send a shell or two in the direction of every individual they catch sight of within easy range. Sure enough, just as we reached a little bridge at the entrance to the village, buzz ! buzz ! came two more thumping shells from the fortress, happily passing over our heads, and bursting just beyond the sheltering place of the company we had quitted five minutes earlier. On entering the main street I was irresistibly reminded of Goldsmith's " De serted Village." All the inhabitants of lioniginhof have fled to Strasbourg, which is something very much like jumping out of the frying-pan into the fire- there will be few hotter places in this world or another than the fine old city within a week from this day— and not a living soul was to be seen in the streets save a few Baden soldiers on duty, and even they were carefully sheltered, behind house corners and in doorways, from the steady shelling kept up by the forts on the doomed cottage. About half a mile to our left was a tolerably large hamlet—Bischeim, I think—in full blaze, the flames shooting up high into the sky through the thick pall of smoke shrouding the half-consumed houses. Splendid old trees lay across the Grande Rue, cut sheer in two about three feet from the ground by round shot, their brilliant foliage scattered in the dust. Every house was closely barred and bolted, all the shut ters up. Here and there a huge unexploded shell lay mute and harmless, but of ominous aspect, on the street pavement ; at least half the buildings exhibited' gaping and ragged holes in their tiled roofs, whilst a few were mere heaps of smoking ruins and charred timbers. THE PRUSSIAN LOSSES. At length the first official lists of losses in the field have been made public. They only fulfil too completely the melancholy anticipations with which we saw the troops going out to the war. Although restricted to officers, and referring only to a few introductory engagements, they contain figures which will not easily be erased from the minds of men. I will just give you a few examples. As you may be aware, a Prussian regiment on a war footing has 3,006 men with 69 officers. Of these 69 officers the 74th Regiment (Hanoverians) lost no less than 30 in killed and wounded at Wissembourg. The 77th (also Hanoverians) on the same occasion lost 25 officers ; the 39th (Rhinelanders), 26 ; the 82nd (Hessians), 19 ; the 95th (Thuringians), 16 ; the 83rd (Hessians), 14 ; the 53rd (Westphalians), 11 ; the 88th (Nassauers), 9 ; the 80th (Hessians), 8, &c. Still worse was it at Woerth, where the Prusfians were for five mortal hours opposed to the French, who were stationed on the hills and could not be dislodged until taken in flank by Wurtembergers and Bavarians. There the 58th Regi ment (Poseners) had 32 dead and wounded offi cers ; the 59th (Poseners) had 23 ; the 7th (King's Grenadiers—Lower Silesians and German Poseners), 35 ; the 47th (Lower Silesians), 29 ; the 46th (Lower Silesians), 33 ; the 57th (Lower Silesians), 30; the 6th (Westphalians), 28 ; the 37th (West phalians), 25, &c. What terrible conclusions must be derived from these statistics in respect of the higher grades as to the number of casual ties among rank and file I need not say. But the most frightful carnage of all in the earlier part of the campaign was at Spicheren, whose steep and precipitous heights, defended by a tearing fire from cannon, mitrailleuses, and chassepots,were thrice assaulted in vain, and at last carried at the point of the bayonet. On this spot 10,000 Prussians, gradually increased to 27,000, struggled against 40,000 French. Though the official list does not yet extend to this sanguinary encounter, there can be no doubt as to the correctness of the private intel ligence forwarded me, which gives the total of the losses as 2,297, of whom 811 are dead and 1,486 wounded. Accordingly, every 12th man was killed or wounded. Some companies left nearly one-half their men on the spot, as for instance the sth company of the 48th (Rhinelanders), which went with 250 men into the fire, and came out with 129, and the Ist company of the Bth (King's Own—Branden burgers), which on the evening of the battle con signed 107 comrades either to the grave or the hospital. Passing on to the tremendous three days' battle near Metz, we have but private intelligence, and this only referring to individual detachments ; yet we know already enough to imagine the rest. On the 14th, in the action named after Pange, or Courcelles, the 48th (Rhine landers) lost 32 officers and 891 rank and file ; in other words, about one-third its complement. A. rifle battalion in the same locality was by the enemy's fire deprived of nine of its officers and 270 rank and file— i.e., of a third of the officers and a fourth of the men. On the 14th, as well as on the 16th—the latter being the battle of Mars la Tour, or Vionville—the losses of the Prussians were comparatively greater than those of the French, the former being on both occasions greatly out numbered, yet holding fast the enemy with a bulldog's tenacity, to give their main force time to come up and engage him in right earnest. At Mars la Tour the best blood of the country was spilt like water. Within a few moments, by the unexpected unmasking of a mitrailleuse battery, Count Westarp, Count Wesdelen, Baron Kleist, Henry VII., Prince of Reuss, Baron Grimm, Baron Witzleben, and many other noblemen of high rank and position, were killed. The grand finale at Rezonville, or Gravelotte on the 18th, where the Prussian hosts, at last assembled in strength, are said to have suffered a loss of 18,000 combatants, was worthy of the beginning. —Times Berlin Correspondent. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MARSHAL AIACMAHON. RHEIMS, WEDNESDAY. I am going to mention a fact which Elbows how much delicacy the Prussians can display in their actions. This , affair took place under my eyes. Yesterday at five o'clock in the afternoon I was in one . of the camps estab lished round Rheims, talking to some persons belonging to the ambulance, when a shot was heard a hundred steps off. Some individual had discharged his revolver against a general who was crossing the camp, but being badly directed the ball had struck an unfortunate soldier of the 52nd line. The assassin was immediately arrested and interrogated. He replied very quietly that he was a Prussian, and that, believing the officer who had crossed the camp to be Marshal MacMahon, he aimed at him, being resolved to kill him in the interests of Prussia. The fanatic was shot this morning. You have heard so much of the Prussian spies that you may have thought there was great exagger ation in the remarks of the journalists as to the numbers of these auxiliaries employed by M. Bismarck, but the truth is that the Prussian spy is everywhere, in our towns, at our tables d'h6te, and also in our camps. Hour by hour the enemy is informed of the movements of our army, and is acquainted with the number of our men, the number of our regiments, and how many pieces of artillery we possess. At eight o'clock in the evening another spy was arrested in the town. He was disguised as a staff captain. He had been dining in company with some officers at a table d'hote of the Maison Rouge. He was likewise shot. M. Bismarck employs spies as he employs Uhlans. If one out of twenty Uhlans he sends out to reconnoitre returns, he has gained his end ; and if one spy out of twenty escapes the eye of the police, he has learned what it is his interest to know. You see that Bismarck seeks his information at the fountain head, and that he has never reckoned upon the indiscretion of our journals. Not a soldier remains at Rheims. The camp was raised this night, in the midst of a fearful tempest of wind and rain. This large town, which yesterday was filled with red trousers, seems deserted. They are going forward in what direction ? By midnight I shall have returned to the rear-guard of the army ; great fear prevails here. The inhabitants dread the Uhlans, who are, they say, at the distance of some kilometres, committing ravages, but the truth is that I have seen none of them, though yesterday I went a long way in the environs. Ido not believe the Uhlans would be some kilometres from the French army on march. These adventurous warriors do not risk them selves without knowing what they are about ; they a° not visit the towns until the spies have assured them that no one remains there but c iti zens w i t h out arms . Let us reverse the case, and imagine thitt we are carrying on the campaign in Prussia. Do you not think that King William and Count Bismarck would hav e been sure to distribute arms to the inhabitants of the towns which were situated on the passage of the French troops ? When we see how the Prussians carry on the attack we may be sure that they would have put equal energy into their defence. But with us it looks as if ever? one was suspected who did not belong to the regul ar army. It seems that our rulers think there is an unknown thing more formidable in its character than the invader° of oar country. I do not know if the Emperor left Cour celles when the army removed, b u t'y es t er d ay h e w as al However this news will not produce much effect on the Bourse.—Edmond Texier in Le Siecle. THE LAST CHANCE.—AII is not not lost ye t, though there is dreadful uphill work to repair the errors committed. Every day the Prussian advance is retarded is a partial victory for France. The Prussian military system has not the staying power. The crops are uncut in many parts of the kingdom of King Frederick William, his army is full of fathers of families, trade is going from bad to worse in the absence of those Wh o worked and stood behind the counter ; and in the opinio n of military men who are acquainted with the organisatio n and recruitment of the Prussian army a single victorY of M`Mahon and Prussia is compromised. Can M'Alah oll achieve such a victory? It is quite on the cards. He 1 10 a comparatively small but excellent army with hiln; and if he only has the prudence to play the role of Fabius Cunctator till his opportunity comes, he may reverse the account and turn bael' : the tide of invasion at its flood. I count greatly on the 10,000 seasoned soldiers of the Marine Infantry who are with him, hardy, vigorous, alert fellows, who are accua• tomed to the sort of fighting that suits the Chassepot, though they are not used to that arm. The majority of them have learned to stand fire on far foreign s hores, from Cochin China to Mexico ; they are inured to fatigue, to privation, and to long marches in evil climates.—Cer respondent of Standard, PARIS MELANCHOLY.—The remnant of General Frossard's corps were before us, the survivors of the awfu l slaughter of Forbach, and the different uniforms told of the various regiments engaged, and of the number wil ° had fallen. They are on their way to the barrachl of Grenelle, there to recover tone, and "to forget, in the re' organisation of their several regiments, in drill, and il l military preparations, the memory of their crush' ing losses and defeat. They passed on their melancholy way without a cheer, but now and ag .,111 sympathetic bystander would press some of the stricken men to drink with him, when the talk was brief and 10/ and healths were drunk without a smile, and they re' mounted and went on their way without intermission in their gloom. Many more soldiers have passed through this morning—from Rome, it is said, some of them—and they ha ve gone t o the out lying forts of Paris, in which, and in t he capital, are massed some forty thousand men under arrae• Not a cheer is raised for any of them. The shopkeePere stand listlessly at their doors, the flaneurs never pause in their purposeless stroll, those seated at the caf6 table! remain glued to their seats. The sight of military bowl for the seat of war or for the defence o f P ar i s , th e seat war itself, the measures for protection—nothing lifts people out of their despondency. Enough of soldiere' they seem to say, what have they done for us? We e `, 1 ::; past judging any instituti ons , or any se t o f men, sa ve results, and the pestilent war has furnished us enough." Daily News Paris Correspondent. FRANCE'S HOPES.—Foz more than half a centuri France has known no such trouble. The country Pe°P i° are the most surprised at it.. They were still under On spell of the promises of peace and prosperity, by means ° I which the sub-prefects and mayors induced them to vot e for the plebiscite, when, only two months after the vot e ' they saw the war break out, and since then one shock has succeeded another. But the national feeling of resistance against the invader begins to re-animate the rural pop lll ° - tions. They had resigned themselves for years under the bur den of administrative centralisation. They no longer had the initiative of their own affairs, the spirit of liberty Was extinguished. It will revive under the spontaneous e ffort° made by the country to save itself. The body sharpshooters will be the best school of spontanic t i without any fear of their degenerating into a revolution: ary force, for they will learn patriotic devotion and good fellowship on the battlefield or in the war of ambuscades' One may judge of the general insufficiency and improv i• dente of the administration, when one sees the young, Gardes Mobiles arrive in the camp where nothing ss ready, where they have to begin the most elemental/ course of instruction, without the weapons necessary f er learning the exercises being provided. They began go through them with sticks, l aug hi ng , b ut a l so so m e what vexed, and the protests were too public to be silence d ' These peasant troops will, however, soon be furnishe d with weapons, and the French thirteen corps d'armee will then have behind them a young reserve of 400,000 In_ ready to take part in the struggle.—Paris Corresponde n " of the Independance Belge. • THE ENGLISH PRINCESSES IN GERMANY' Dr. Charles Mayo, who has gone out to Germany as t he principal representative of the English society for helping the sick and wounded, gives an interesting account of hi ° interviews with the Crown Princess of Prussia and th e Princess Alice. After four days' delay in Berlin (Dr. M9Y ° writes) the prospect of moving forward seemed no nearer than at first, and I determined to break through officia l obstacles if possible. I therefore wrote to the Crown Princess, asking her Royal Highness to use her influeug e to get us sent on, and telling her that our presence 0 2 Berlin was consequent upon a telegram which had been received from the Princess Alice. On Friday I received " telegram desiring me to attend her Royal Highness a t the Crown Prince's Palace in Berlin on the following afternoo n but as I had succeeded by Friday afternoon in getting ng my papers complete I thought it right to go to Potsdam see the Princess's Chamberlain, and to ask to be excuse' from the audience, so that I might save twelve or twenty-four hours in going to the front by starting th e same evening. Her Royal Highness, however, desired W see me immediately, and received me very ki n dly. 611 e spoke of various matters relating to the war, and part larly to the medical business of the campaign' I was surprised to fi n d h er so conver sant with medical terms, and so well informed of the require ments of the army. She inquired particularly as to the. supplies that we had bro ug ht w ith us, i n severa l ca ses was able to answer her questions in the affirmative, but she was disappointed that we had not brought considerable stock o f surg i ca l i ns t ruments an d &lore' form. The instruments, she said, were badly needed , and no good English chloroform was obtainabl e. She also said that instruments were thrown asid e and lost from the impossibility of getting the repaired on the field. The Princess took me into the Crown Prince's room, where a table stood, p ar tly covers with bandages, compresses, charpie, &c., made by her own hands, and supporting also a French cuirass, helmet , sabre, and flag, which she said were presents from Weissembourg. She took all the charpie that she {hadmade from a box on the table, and rolled it u p in rai pocket handkerchief, asking me to tell- the wounded we n for whom I used it that it was of her making. The Crown, Princess looked well, but was at n o p a i ns t o co nceal her anxiety and distress about the fearful lossea of the German army. I have come forward n e fast as possible to Darmstadt, and have this morning been received in the kinde s t manner b y t h e Pr i ncess Lou i s c , Hesse, who took me in her carriage to a hospital estah; lished at the Ora nger i e , an d sent for the local chairman 0". the Hulfs-Verein, to whom she introduced me. A large part of the Princess's palace is given up to the work of col lecting and packing charpie, bandages, linen and all kinds of necessaries for the army, and the whole of her time appears to be also given up to care for the sick an d wounded. I noticed that in the hospitals she knew nearly all the patients who were in bed by sight, and i n many cases remembered what their injuries were. lal told also that she goes to meet nearly every tr a in tha t arrives with the wounded, and visits the hospitals two or three times a day. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of I. A. Crook enden, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Redhill, Surrey, the wife of Edward E. Meakin, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 23d inst., at Crieff, Sir Patrick Keith MuiTait Bart., of Ochtertyre, to Francis Amelia Jemima, th e sixth daughter of Anthony Murray, Esq., of Dolleriof Perthshire. On the 24th inst., at All Saints', Maidstone,Wm. Stevens, The Chestnuts, Norwood, eldest son of Wm. Stevens; of Springfield, Tulse-hill, to Jeanette, third daughter ol Charles Arkcoll, of Maidstone. DA HS On the 23d inst., at Putney Park, Surrey, Robt. Hutton -I Esq., aged 65. On the 23d inst., at North-crescent, Hertford, Willis° White, Esq., aged 75. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, °, f No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by bias a b THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in th e P rec i nc t of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Friday, August 26, 1870. 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