The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-16 00:00:00

MONETARY REPOILTS.- YESTERDAY. -0-- The Stock Markets to- day have been characterised by an increased amount of steadiness. Purchases have been more freely entered into, confidence being engendered by the belief that the situation as regards the Eastern Ques tion is not so critical as was apprehended. Quotations, in many instances, skew an improvement ; .the markets do not close at their best. Consols have been firm. At one time they were quoted at 93; or at an advance of ; but the closing price was 922, 924 ; for delivery and the December account. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91.1, 911 : Bank Stock, 232, 233 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s., 14s. prem. ; India Five per Cents have been done at 114, 114! j - : and India Bonds, 215., 20s. prem. Colonial Government securities have changed hands quietly, but at full quotations. More steadiness has been noticed in the market for English railway stocks, and the quotations have exhibited signs of firmness. Great Eastern has risen 1, or to 393, 39R; North-Western I, or to 127 i, 1271- ; Great Western g, or to 682, 09. i ; and North-Eastern 1, 1421, lln. Metro politan has been 1 A lower, at 631, 631; Caledonian, 77-1, 78 ; Brighton, 414, ; South-Eastern, 74, 741 ; Great Northern A, 133, 134 ; Midland, 120, 1262. For Indian railway stocks there has been but little in quiry. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 105 i ; East Indian, 1101 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1061, 1003 ; Madras, 105 ; and Scinde, 1031. Canadian shares have been in limited request. Foreign shares have been dealt in cautiously. Great Luxembourg, 111, 11a ; and San Paulo, 24 Foreign bonds have been much firmer, and a general recovery has ensued. Egyptian (1868) have been in re quest at an advance of 11, the quotation being 761, 77 ; Italian (1861), at 551, 55}, are a better; Spanish (1867), ft, at 31k. 31 ; ditto (1869), j, at 311, 31a ; Mexican 1, at 14}, 14.2 ; Turkish Five per Cents. j , at 441,441 ; ditto (1869), 3 , at 511-, 511; Russian Nicolas Railway Bonds, 1, at 671, 67/ ; ditto (1870), 1, at 83}, 84. The French Loan has improved to par to 1 prem. American securities have been steadier. The Five twenty (1882) Bonds have been done at 881, 88 ; ditto (1885), 87i, 87i ; Erie shares, 18k, 181 ; and Illinois Central, 110, 111. The demand for bank shares has been inactive. Anglo- Egyptian have been quiet, at 22, 221 ; Imperial Ottoman have been better, at It 21. London and Westminster, 63 ; and Union of London 39i. Telegraph shares have been purchased steadily, but the quotations have ruled firm. British Indian Submarine have risen or to 7i, 71 ; Falmouths have been done at 103 ; Mediterranean Extension, 41; French Cables, 14. Hooper's Telegraph Works have marked, 51, and Constructions have been # better, 27i, In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been restricted. Cr6dit Foncier of England, 2i ; Hudson's Bay, 8 11-16; International Financial, 3k. The sum of An,ooo has been sent into the Bank to-day. There has been rather less demand for bills on St. Petersburg and Vienna, and the rates of exchange have been lower. According to advices from Liverpool it is rumoured there that the liquidation of Messrs. Bewley, Webb, and Co., shipbuilders, Dublin, will not be a favourable At a meeting of creditors yesterday under the liquidation of Marrow, Threlfall and Co., Liverpool, cotton mid commission agents, the liabilities wero stated at .4:3,752, and the assets wero of a doubtful character. In the discount market to-day there has been a fair supply of capital seeking employment. The business doing has been very moderate, and throe months' paper has been negotiated at 2.t to 2i per cent. A prospectus has been issued of Powell's Llantwit Col- lieries (Limited), with a capital of £60,000, in shares of £lO, to purchase for £33,500 some colliery properties near Cardiff from the executors of a proprietor recently de ceased. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have invited tenders on Thursday next for bills of exchange for £40,000 on the Government of Ceylon. At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, it was shewn that there had been an available total of £20,235 for the half-year. An interim dividend of 4 per cent. has already been paid. FOREIGN EXCIIANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date 25 321, 25 371 ; Paris, short date, ; ditto, throe months' date, 25 GO, 25 80 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 23 50; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 6 7i, 26 70 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 171, 11 18 ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 11 191, 11 12; llamburgh, ditto, 13 101, 13 11; Frankfort-on-the- Maine, ditto, 1201, 1201 ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 GO, 12 65 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29, 291 ; Madrid and Cadiz, ditto, 491, 491 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto. ditto, 521 521. LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE.-TUESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Coot Consols Da 921 Viot 5p o Jan & Julyl39l. 10311041 921, L 3 104, 31 Do for Account 92 „, 1 911. f Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Egyptian 1364 7po .. .. 80 82 91, 3 811 New 3 per Cent 91, $ 0 Exchequer Bills, March 10 14pm Italian, 1865. 5p o PLO Peruvian, 1865. 5 p o Do, June lO 14pm 901, 891 Pill Portuguese 1869 3 p a.. 31 311 Bank Stock 233 85, 8. 43, 0 India 5 per Cents India Bonds — 8 71. 3, 7. i, 61 pm Spautsh. 1661. 3 po Can& pe JankJulyll77-84 1051106/ 301, 1. 1, I. 1. 9 1.06, .5) Do. 1869. 3 p o Do March k Sept. 102 104 31. 301, 11, 301, 13 Do 5p c Jau k July .. 98 99 Turkish. 1851, op a 6O 82 931 8 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1853.5 p 0 Donn of Can 5p o 1903 .. 96 93 441. 31, 41 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p o November 1878 lO7 109 611, 1. n Mauritius 6p c Jan and U. 5.5.20 Ifouds.tre a 1831 831 881 July 1873 lO3 105 883, 3, 1. I. k. 2 New 8 Wales 5p clB7l-76 10111021 Do do O7l 88 New Zealand 6 p 04891 lOB 110 871, 1 Do 5p c Do 5p c Cousolidated 98 99 86). 3. I 981. 1 ErieSlia,loo dots, all paid Do 6p c Mar &SoptlB9l 107 109 Illinois Oeutral Shared .. 110 111 Do Juuo & Dec 1891 109 111 110 Vet 6p c Jan &July 1891 114 116 Atlantic and 0W IL Cott LoApril &UctlB33-85 llllll2l Mortgage Bouts — RAILWAYS. Bristol and gloater BB 90 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 771 Do 3rd Pref Stock Great Eastern 334, 1, 3 4th Prof Stook Great Northern 122; Great Indian Fong 5n a 10511061 Do A 133.134 1064,1, 6 133 Great Western otlianada 141 141 Great Western 63/691 14}, 1 i 9,1, 1 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lancashire Sc Yorkshire 131 132 Do 51 do, 1877-8 94 96 1311, 1, 1 Do 5 p c pref. Issued 80 4d:3lpui Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 4 1 41 1 Madras guar -5 pa 411, 1 105 Lon, Chat, and Dovor .. 13 14 N. Railway. of Canada, 131 13 6p a fat Prof Bonds Lon and North-Western 12111271 Oude and 'Rohilkuud g 1271, 8. 1, 3,3 Spa Lou and South-Western 89 91 1031 90 Solna, Punjaub, and Man, She!, and Lincoln 441 45 Delhi guar spc 444, / 1031, 3 x n Metropolitan 630, 4, 1 • g 7 Pu Midland 1264127 171 1261, 1 Belgian 16 Junction .... 21 21 North British North-Eastern Consols 1421143} Buenos Ayres G t Sthrn.. 241 24/ 1421, 1, 31, 3 x d South-Eastern 74 741 Dauaburg and Witepsk 18 181 74, 4 Dutch-Ulionisb 22 23 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Eastern of Frav4a Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 10411051 11!, 4 1051 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Buff Sc Lake Huron Prof 4 41 7pc Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872.3-4 50 82 x d Cape guar 6 p o 63 x d Capin (Smyrna to Aldini 5 51 East Bengal guar 5P 0— 105 106 114441 and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c 110, 4 15 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 201, g charge 6p 0 Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2 pin 181, 1 Do Ist Pref Bonds sti 53 Southern of France .. _ BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Manic (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austria 234 241 25 Alliance (1.) 10 Anglo-Austrian 16;1 341 20 Anglo:Egyptian (L) 211 22 20 Lon and Westmnster 63 64 22, 11 63, i 50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 20 Ch of India, Austrlla 14 141 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 211 231 20 Now South Wales .. Z 8 40 235, 3 25 Orntal BankCorporn 401 411 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L i 1 Ind 42 , 1 1 20 Eng. Scot. an d Au s 010 17 15 Union of London .. 191 401 20 Imvorial 114 10 i iiiperial Ottoman “ 1; 21pm 391, 40, 391 12, 114, 121, 12 Ed TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Ed 100 Anglo-Atnarlean LI 85 Sr 10 Great Northern .... Ili 12 10 AngloAleditru (L) l3 131 6 Great N. China, and 130 Japan Extension.. 21 11dis 100 Atlantic - 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Do 8p c - 10 Marseilles, Algiers. 13 British Ana train (L) 4l 31,1(3 and Malta (L) ... 6 1 10 British Ind Exton (L). 6 64 10 Moditerrn Ex (L) .: 4} 5 61 11 10 Eritish Indian Sub- 2} Paula tad B. Pcfc(L) 3 2 di s marine, (L) 7 5-16 8 Renter's . . ' . ..... ??, 71 8 2 ChinaSubmarine(L) 4:4ldis 20 Soo T 4 ra.ns Franco (L) If 141 1, 1 JO Falm l raltar, uth, Gil 100 Submarine 235 240 o, and nalts (L) 102 2i 10 W Imila 1 1 4 Pauamalfd 40 51 one. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES, Auglo-Amitrian Mid- 5 InternlFinau Soc(L) 2 lldis holders Certificate 11 2. . 31, 3-16 10 BerlinWaterworkE(L) 140 1.53 20 . It Irrisx• Can Cavour 21 4 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 35pin 100 no 6p c Bonds. re -100 Boston City ((7.5.) 5 deep - sale 1870 . 65 07 p c Sterling Loan 91 93 30 London Fin Assoc (L)l3il7ldls 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 11'- :Ism 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. 21 3/ 25 Canada Company. 74 ' 76 21, 3 1 16 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4 3Wis 2 Lou &Prov Marine L) 1 1 pm 35 City Offices (L) 25 24d1s 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 20 Colonial (14 5 Cum PIMA' Assunice 21 3pm 2 111auritiwi Land (L) I dis. par 10 Crdt Fuse of Eng (L) 11 21 .5 Na till Disci - , Comp (L) 11 lli 21 N Zealand Luau and 100 Crystal Palace lilt) Do ['ref 100 1)o ii Ilc l'erp Deb.. 109 114 Trust (L) - - --- 13 13 pm 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 8571 dis 61 N Britsli and Mere (L) 272 23k 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 5 OceauMarinelnsur 132142pm Mortgage Loan.... 80 82 50 P and 0 Steam 49 51 801, 1, 80 Do do New. 1867 2 die par . 0 Itliyinney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy oan, guar by Egyp Gay.. 100 102 5 Do New Bl 9i 100, 1 0 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore stWarehouse IL) 7 75tim 2 Tel Con and Main IL) 272 ' , 7i 205 275, 5 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersoy Trust 6p c Bonds.. 97 100 Marine Insur IL 71 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 25 Ms St Tobacco 6p c Loan 72 guar by Italian Gov B7 90 14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 29 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Ilooper's Tel Works 15 %ilia Upper Canada 52 5 (J Marine, Lvpool IL 4i 5 pm 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 9 20 Union Meainship (L) 22 24 811-16 6 United Gls Corprn (L) I}s dl a 45 Intlrlibr, Gut Per. and 5 UnivAlarine lnsur (LI 6 7 pin Tel Works L) .... 371 385 12 Ivar:ant Finance.... 3 7 dis MINING SHARE Lisr. —NOVEM BIM 15. Messrs. WATSON B nOTII E RS. Mining Office!, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Corsihill, London. Market very quiet, and prices in most cases merely nominal. Australian United, Pary's Mountain, 33, 4 Bwlch Consols, Prince of Wales, 11s, 13s Chi verton Moor, Providence Mines, 33, 40 Chivertou Valley, Rosewall Rill and RllllBOll2O Chontales (Gold), United, 11, 11 Cook's Kitchen, 19, 23 South Caru Brea Devon Great Consols, South Condurrow, 21, 3 Drakewalls, 11, 11 South Frances, Dolcoath, Tankerville, 14, 141 Dou Pedro North Del Rey, 21, 21 Taquaril (Gold), 21, 21 East Caradon, Thicroft, East Lovell, 26, 27 Trumpet Consols, East Seton, Van. East Wheal Grenville, 21, 21 Van Consols, lf, 21 Froutino and Bolivia Weld/, West Canideu• —a., —s. bleat Chiverton, 521, 531 General Brazilian, West Drakewalla. Groat Lazey, 173, 18/ West Frances, 35, 37 Great Retallack, West Marla and Fortesctio, GI eat Wheal Vor, 5, 21 335, 35s thugs ton Down, Wheal Crebor, 51 arK e Valley, Wheal Grenville. 21, 21 New Lovell, IVheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 81, 9 North Crofty, Wheal Mary Anu, Pacific, Wheal Seton, MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market opened firm to-day, and sellers asked more money all round. Imports :—Wheat, 11,646 quarters ; barley, 245 quarters ; oats, 2,677 quarters ; beans, 7,346 quarters ; peas, 55 quarters ; Indian corn, 27,399 quarters ; oatmeal, 3,663 loads ; flour, 1,034 sacks and 1,903 barrels. Closing report.—At this market to-day there was a numerous attendance of local and country millers. A large business was done in wheat, at 2d. advance on all good qualities. Speculators bought to some extent at this improve ment. Flour was fully as dear, but there was not a free sale. Beans were without change. Peas were ls. 6d. per qr. dearer on the week. Oats were more saleable. Oatmeal was dull. Indian corn made in retail 9d. per qr. advance, but large sales were checked. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—We have had a fair consumptive demand for wheat to-day, and the finest qualities command ls. per qr. more money. The market is well supplied with malting barley, and we note no change in the price of fine qualities, there being a fair trade passing. Inferior descriptions are very difficult to move. There is no alteration in other articles. HULL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a scanty sup ply of English wheat at this market to-day, which realised an advance of ls. There was more inquiry for foreign wheat, but the high rates asked checked business. Fine malting barley was unaltered ; secondary qualities were ls. lower. Beaus, peas, and oats were at late rates. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—Thero was au improved tone at this market to-day, and prices were firm with au upward tendency. Fine specimens of wheat brought ls. extra. There was little shewu from farmers, and there were small deliveries coastwise. Flour, barley, and oats wore at late rates. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY. —There was an ex tensive show of mulch cows and drapes at this market to-day, and a fair amount of business was done at late rates. There was only a limited number of sheep shewn, and where sales were effected prices remained as a week ago. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a larger supply of cattle at this market to-day, but a much less supply , W sheep. Both classes of stock were chiefly of the inferior sorts. There was a good demand for cattle, at higher prices. Sheep moved off steadily, with one quarter advance on the best quality. Middling and inferior sorts were about the same as last week. The prices were as follows :—Beef, first-class, Si. ; second-class, Sd. to Sid. ; mutton, 71d. to 9d. ; veal, Sd. to 9d. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. —Mr. Charles James Eastern thus reports on the state of the hay market ;—Moderate supplies were on offer at the market to-day. Sales progressed steadily, at about previous rates. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 1108. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s, to 1255, ; prime second-cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 10U, to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LONDON METAL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Scotch pig iron has been dull at 51s. cash. Copper has been flat : Chili bars, good brands, £O2. Tin sells slowly ; Straits or Banca £l2O. LONDON OIL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Linseed oil has been quiet at £29105. to k 2 9158, Rape has been firm. English brown, spot, £44 lOs ; refined, £4O lOs to 447 ; foreign, £47 10s. to £4B. Other oils have been dull, LONDON TALLOW MARKET, Tutisn.ty,—Thorp has been a moderate inquiry. Y.C., bpot, 435, per cwt. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, TUESDAY. —The market for China tea has been quiet, but prices have ruled firm. In sugar the transactions have not been large. Holders, however, have been firm in their demands, and have refused to sell on lower.- terms. Superior grocery Porto Rico, 365.; low Penang, ris. 6d. Coffee has been quiet, but firm• There has been very little demand for rum, and the market for rice has continued dull. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened quiet to-day, but with a good inquiry for American. Probable sales 10,000 bales. Imports, 7,0:16 bales. Closing Report—The market closed strong to-day for American and Brazil. The market closed quiet for Surats. Sales 12,000 bales, Tho arrivals are also firmer : Savannah due Sad. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TITINPAT,—This market opened this week with increased dullness, owing to tho ;Timms current respecting the future policy of Russia. The inquiries made to-day were fewer, and the demand in all departments is very limited, and prices shew little or no variation since Friday last. Owing to the smallness of the stock of American cotton at Liverpool, and its comparative dearness, all yarns and goods made front that description Are held for full rates. Buyers for our large eastern roarkOte have not Wen anxious lately to add to their existing engagoatnnts, so that any offers they have made have generally been refused, owing to their prices being too low. Pridueers, on the other hand, are also deeply under contract, and exhibit no eagerness to sell further, more especially as the future course of the mar ket is far from clear, owing to further possible complication in European politics. In yarns for the home trade only a mod*rate business is doing to supply current wants. Printing cloths are still dull, and few are being made. Heavy goods for home consumption are still in fair demand, and other fabrics for the spring trade share in this improvement. The market Closed quiet, and the transactions of the day aro very limited. Quota tions app nominally the same as those current last Friday, LREIg TgAR4 REPORT, TUESDAY.—The prospect of Rus sia provoking a gellPFal European war, has cast a gloom over the woollen trade at tills 14444 t4IIV. In the cloth halls this morning there was little animation, 'Ogg there was a worse market than usual, even for the end of the jail trade, There were no buyers except a few agents of shipping houses, who were looking out any low-priced thick woollens. Many mer chants, who had offers of orders for 50,000 or 100,000 yards, have been unable to get the supply together in the brief time in sisted upon. What with this rush upon old stocks, and the ahsefleP tsit any speculating spirit lately, the clearance of winter stoeks is likety to be satisfactory. Low tweeds and meltons sell oecaSiOnalty, hut titg prices are a:lllxniserable. In Spring goods there is but titil6 doh - g. Solite new styles of Bed ford cords are taking very I:air - lista Pa Y 9 iil4llP local linen both in the mediumand - 4tte'r Auaßt es. The locaq linen tracif3 js ateady, especially as regarqS yarns and Some bleach works have foreign as well as . hqMp (Vers. - Both the iron and steel work has inereilhet! this week, 444ittApal smelting furnaces are in course of Wilding, CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—TIie iron market to-day was well attended, and a good deal of business was done. A few parcels of, iron were sold at higher rates than have prevailed for some weeks past. Prices of pigs, however, may be quoted rather lower than formerly. No. 1,48 s. 6d, ; No, 3, 465. 6d. ; No. 4, 458. Inquirers are numerous, and apparent activity characterised the market, but makers are not disposed to yield to the prices offered by buyers. Deliveries to Belgium, nolland, and coastwise are well maintained, while exportation to France is still diminishing. The rail markiit has slightly reeovsnia from its former depression, and in quiries are numerous, NW§ are reported as in - "better demand than formerly. The prospect Gi 4 onculty With Russia adds to the uncertainty which is so prejudicial to foe tß(le generally, and which prevents the negotiations of large con tracts. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAT.--Opening Report. —This my t opened a degree firmer to-day. Businets was done at Ms, lid. 0401, Fite, 41, In a month but went. Hat. good many lots changed hands, at las. 64411 igen, over sellers. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TIMPAY.—At 41418 market to-day there was a fair business done at full prices. CORK BUTTER MARKET, TUESDAY.—Ordinary firgii 4 129..; seconds, 121 s. ; thirds, 109 s. ; fourths, 103 s. ; fifths, 87s. ;:sixtbs, 70s. 1,200 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts, 1378. ; seconds, 12.55.; thirds, 120 s. 70 firkins in the market. jEpRESENTATION OF CLARE.—Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, jti is id, has expressed his intention of becoming a candidate log ret?resentation of Clare county. There are other names mentioned, inplOing that of a former representative, and the Irish Tines says the Conservatives are anxious that a colleague of their politi cal faith should be found for Colonel Vandeleur. LuEyRE-PouTALts AND TEE " letter from J. a f frag -Pon talis appears in the Siècle re ferring to the ,criticise}} Regotiations with Bismarck respecting - the . elcettont migotiiitions were, he says, opened with the object of ParFAii,' Put flip deprec of the Tours Delegation befote the Ooternment of Paris declared it useless. They did not take piece with M. Pontalis himself, but the 11layor of Versailles. The letter which he wrote to Bismarck did not, as the Siecle repre sents, ask his authority to proceed to the elections, but represented to him that M. Poutalis and his friends could not appeal to the electors of the Seine-et-Oise unless a French prefect con voked them. The only meeting he has taken part in has been a conference with some of the former leaders of the Opposition, and more especially with M. Grevy, whose Republicanism is above suspicion. The object of this conference was to represent to the Govern ment the necessity of convoking a National Assembly. M. Lefevre Pontalis protests indignantly against the inter pretation which the ASiecle puts upon his acts, and objects to personal government in any form, even in time of invasion. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacaoinc. Cacaoine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacsoine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, anti is the most do sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacaoine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil Is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only izoncp Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 112, Great Rus sell-strodt Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-Street ; at their Works for Dictetio'kgekarcligns, Euston-road.—ADvt IHE SUS, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16; 187 e. 'I'IIL CHARGE OF BABY' FOISTING. EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES. At the Lambeth Police-court, Mary Hall was brought up on remand, charged with foisting a child on George James Loe, and further with exposing the infant so as to en danger its life. Mr. Poland, assisted by Mr. Moss, pro secuted on the part of the Treasury, and Mr. Lilly, instructed by Mr. Rickets, defended. It will be remembered that at the last hearing of the case it was adjvurned for the purpose of securing the attendance of the mother of the child, Mrs. Farrant. On that occasion evidence was adduced, proving that upwards of 200 diapers and other things marked with various initials, had been traced to the prisoner's possession, and that a bottle labelled " poison," and marked " white heleborc," together with a pair or, drachm scales and some pills in a box were found in her house. Subsequent inquiries by the police induced the Treasury now to place Mrs. Farrant with her husband in the dock, on the charge of conspiracy with Hall to foist the child on Mr. Loe. Mr. Mayo defended Mrs. Farrant, and Mr. Belton the husband. Mr. Chance asked whether there really was any evidence against the Farrants at present as already given. If they, believed the child was to be adopted for its benefit there could be no charge of conspiracy. He suggested that the charge should be withdrawn until some further evidence was fcrthcorning against them. This was ac ceded to, and the evidence against Hall was continued. Dr. Farr said he had examined the packages handed to him by Inspector Mackay. There we re three. One of them contained white helebore, It was an irritating poisod—a violent irritant. It was used very little for anything. William Adams said on the 22nd of October he con veyed the prisoner in hie cab to a beer-house in Com mercial-road, near New Cross. When she got into the cab she had nothing with her. When within 150 yards of New Cross she got out. It was near to Mr. Loe's house. Witness waited there, and she returned in five minutes, when he drove her back to the corner of Smith-street. On the same day, two or three hours afterwards, ho took her to the same place. lie fetched her at the Anchor and Hope publichouse. This was about a quarter-past three. Two parcels were put in the cab, -and the prisoner got in with something under her shawl. He again drove her towards New Cross, and she got out at the place to which lie had driven her in the morning. It was a wet day. When she got out she took the two parcels, and that which was bulky under her shawl. He left her there. By Mr. Lilly : Couldn't say positively at which house she stopped. Mr. Moss said he thought it would be better to call Mrs. Farrant, for the purpose of identifying the child. Charlotte Farrant, wife of Henry Farrant, said she lived with her sister, Mrs. Reeves, at the Anchor and Hope beershop, Peckham. On the 22nd October she was confined of a female child. The prisoner Hall was present at its birth. After she was confined, Mrs. Hall took the child away, Witness did not know where prisoner was going to take it. About three weeks before Hall asked her if she would like a lady and gentleman to have her baby, knowing she was always very ill. She said it would have a good home and be well taken care of ; also that witness could hear as often as once a week how it was. After a fortnight's consideration, being so ill after her confinement, she gave her consent. She had no other metive but that. She was not paid one farthing for the child, nor was there a promise of any kind that she should receive an ythi ng . The child was afterwards brought back, on the Monday, night, by her sister, and she was very glad to see it home. Mr. Moss said he thought he had supplied the necessary link, and, should ask that the prisoner be now committed for trial on the two charges, viz., endeavotning to foist the child on Mr. Loe, and of ',exposing it so as to endan ger its life. Mr. Chance said he had no doubt that the case had been made out on the first point, but at present he could not say that the charge was made out as to-the second. Mr. Poland said the Treasury had not thought right to interfere actively in Mr. Lee's prosecution, but circum stances had come to the knowledge of the police which would involve a more serious inquiry. In the course of inquiries made into this matter, it appeared that the woman and her husband had been in the habit for some years past of keeping the house No. 6 Chapel-place, and that they there received ladi e s f o r the purpose of their being confined in that establishment, the woman being the midwife. The police had been informed of a number of persons confined there, and that in some of the instances children had been born and not traced, while in other instances children had been traced. It would be seen by the evidence adduced whether the committal should be for wilful murder or for secretly disposing. The man Hall ' was now placed in the dock with his wife, and lie (Mr. Poland would put in the box a young woman who had lived with them as servant, Matilda'alarrett said she lived with her mother at Wal worth. She was 18 years of age. She was in the pri Boner's service. Sho went there in February, 1869. They lived at 6, Chapel-place, Coalharbour-lane. She was the only servant; and remained in their service eight weeks. She occupied the room next to the kitchen. Two children slept with her, one was six, the other twelve. There was a window in that room towards the garden. When she first went there were no women lodging there. A woman came to the house about a week after she went there to live. The woman said she was in the family way. Sho occu pied the first floor. In the night witness heard a child cry. That waif the same night the woman 'came. She watched, and saw Mr. Hall come down down stairs, with a child in its night-gown, go down the garden, and drop the chid down a hole. Sne had -been in the garden that same night about nine o'clock, and had noticed a hole near the . fowl-house. The hole was a good depth, and if witness had gone in she could not have been seen. As Hall. came in he was dusting his hands. He was in the garden half an hour. She couldn't say whether the child was alive or dead when Mr. Hall had it, but she heard it cry a quarter of an hour before. On the following morning when she went down stairs she saw sonic blood Oust outside the kitchen door on the steps. The hole was quite filled up, and there was some lime or some fresh mould. There was also some blood outside in the garden in the direction of the hole. . Hall came down at eight o'clock, and wont straight to the hole. He walked back, and as he came in through the kitchen he said to himself, " It's all right." Witness took the person upstairs a cup of tea, and there was no child in the room. The woman, after remaining there some time, left. About a week or fort night after, another young woman, came in a cab. Mrs. Hall Opened the door, and they went upstairs. Witness went up into the bedroom next morning and saw a young woman in bed with a child, living, which was lying beside the mother. The next morning witness went into the room and there was no child. Mrs. Hall, on the day after she saw the child , alive, went to a drawer in the kitchen and tiok out a piece of brown paper and a string. The same day she heard Mrs. Hall say to Mr. Hall, if Mrs. Waters should come the was to be shewn into the parlour. Mrs. Waters papae soon after dinner that day. Mrs. Hall came down stairs With a brnSYll paper parcel, and gave it to Mrs. Waters. They had been together in the front Parlour, Mrs. Waters afterwards went out with the parcel under her cloak. Mrs. Hall went with her, saying if she Was rather late Mr. Hall was to give witness her supper and go to bed. She returned between 11 and 12 o'clock. A fortnight afterwards another woman came, and witness left the service because she would not wash all the con finement Been. When she left the child of the third won ft ESlfr SIIP aid licit know any of their names. Donald rap ay, Inapector of I. I IIIIPP, proved going to Mr. gall's house on" the 23rd of October. Mrs. Hall Was then in custody on the other charges. Superintendent Gertion, two other constables, and Dr. Farr were with him. David Hall opened the door. They told Hall his wife was in custody, and also the charge. He became excited and said he could not understand it. They searched the house. Witness then gave evidence as to the discovery of upwards of 200 babies' diapers and napkins, besides a large quantity of babies' under-linen, with various initials. On the 24th /mad 25th October he dug the garden up, and found several pits that had been filled up with rubbish and cinders. When David Hall was taken into cnstedy t. sp was charged with the wilful murder of an' mtant, name unknown, in February last. He said, "I'm an honest man. What my wife did up stairs Ido not know. She carried on her own business, and I am not responsible for it." On this evidence Mr. Poland asked for a remand. He hoped to be able to trtioo the persons who wont to the house to be confined, The Madrid correspondent of the IncUpendanee Beige says the candidature of the Duke of Aosta I not yet secure from opposition in the Cortes, The Liberal Union has not taken any definitive resolution, but It seems likely that the most important mon of the party will vote against the Government candidate or abstain from voting, which will come to the same thing. Besides this, many 40puties are away from Madrid, and show no inclination to answer the ptosi.ing that has been made to them. It is the Ministerial deputies who will fait The Opposition are gathered in great numbers. For some time past the attitude of the independent Russian press has given great offence to the Cabinet of Berlin, and caused steps to be taken similar to those whlp4 tile remarks of the Indipm4cmcc Beige. It w4s ANPPLO twit tbeiie jeUrratia 4tt4Gked Prussia with too much vehemence. The reply wAs that hi questions of foreign policy the Russian press enjoyed complete Inde pendence, and that no particular line of conduct could be laid down for it. This would have settled the question, but for the intemperate zeal displayed by some high functionaries. The Minister of the Interior made some observations to the Director of the Press, and requested him to make some official remonstrances to the anti-Prussian papers. The latter refused, and resigned his post. He has been succeeded by one who is friendly to Prussia. NOTICE.—KINATIAN'H LL. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co. have removed to their now and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—Tkis famous and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained all over the kingdom, in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Agents to Messrs. Bass, Guinness, and Younger, and Dealers in Foreign Wines and Spirits. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. THE COMING SORTIE. The special correspondent of the Telegraph, in his letter from the Royal Headquarters, Versailles, November 9, previous to the engagement before Orleans, says :—We are on the eve of great events. In all human probability the—French—Army of the Loire will attack the German forces stationed between Orleans and Chilteaudun to morrow, or at latest next day. A single French success would do a great deal towards prolonging this hopeless war; of course it could be but temporary, and would exercise no lasting influence over the fortunes of the campaign ; but it would raise the spirits of the French, and lead to an enormous loss of life—and that is just what the King is most anxious to avoid. Why is this army apparently—and to some extent really—so inactive about the reduction of Paris ? Because the King will not hear of a single man's life being wasted, knowing that the capital mast fall through exhaustion, and preferring to lose time rather than soldiers. Should the Bavarians and the 22nd Division suffes a reverse, and the Army of the Loire push ahead vigorously, we may have a curious time of it between two fires ; for it is to be supposed that Trochu's great sortie, which we have been expecting in vain for a week, will come off with a will so soon as Paris hears the thunder of French guns in our roar. All this is somewhat pessimistical, and I confess I do not believe in it—in the first place, because the new French armies want commanders ; secondly, be cause Ido not believe them able to cope, even at the odds of two to one, with the veteran legions of Germany ; and thirdly, because, judging from their behaviour hitherto, they are sure to lose time, even if they obtain a slight success, and a delay of forty-eight hours in following up their victory will bring Frederick Charles down upon them like the Assyrian. That the position of things is looked upon here as serious, is very certain ; the best proof that it is so may be found in the fact that, though' we aro by no means too strong in this neighbourhood, two divisions, the 4th and 17th, have been sent off to support Wittich at Chartres. The French are reported near the river Ozane ; and an august personage expressed this morning a strong opinion to the effect that the fighting would commence to-day. Fortunately there is •plenty of cavalry to keep up the communications between Chartres and Orleans ; and Prince Albrecht will have his hands full—just what he dearly likes. We eipect to be giving and taking hard knocks, too, within the next two or throe days ; for Trochu has been chewing his teeth every morning since Saturday last, though nothing more. Fifty or sixty battalions have been marched out and exercised daily under Valerien, and have kept us on the alert, to the great tribulation of the advanced posts and supports. Last night was a lovely night for a sortie—thick fog and bitter cold; if the French knew their business, which they do not, they never would have missed such a chance —the Russians never did in the good old Crimean days. Before you get this—confound those wires I—you will have heard of many wigs on the green. Nobody here doubts that rho fighting in the South will be bitterly hard work. Three days hence it will be too late. To attack now would be good generalship on the part of the French, with a fair contigency of effecting a brilliant fait d'arnies ; to make the attempt when Frederick Charles is within reach of them will be sheer madness, sure to result in the utter rolling up of their hastily col lected forces, and the final deathblow to the hopes of Paris. The latest Perla papers announce the arrest of M. Flourens, who was taken without difficulty'while walking in plain clothes in the Rue Menilniontant. The Standard learns on undoubted authority—not that of a correspondent—that the amount of sickness in the German army before Paris is very great, " dreadful " indeed.. All reports to the contrary are erroneous. M. Rochefort was met at a theatrical performance in Paris the other day by M. Jules Ferry. The former, after resigning his place in the Ministry, had concealed his residence, and had been lost for some time. M. Ferry entreated him to come back to the Government, which was ready to receive him with open arms. The appeal did not succeed at the time, but it is believed M. Roche fort will come back. A large number of Engliph people remain behind in Path, feeling that it would be useless for them to leavo, as they had no means of assisting themselves on their journey to this country, and no friends to help thorn on arrival. These unfortunate people are mainly indebted to Mr. Wallace for means of subsisting, this gentleman giving as much as £5O per week towards their main tenance. They are about 560 in number. There exist at the present time in Paris two private companies foimed for - working the balloon postal service, The director of one of these companies was until lately the well-known M. Nadar, -but, he having resigned, two other aeronauts, MM. Dartois and Yon, have become the managers. The other company is under the management of MM. Julei and Eugene Godard. A third company was started for-the conveyance of passengers by balloon, but the schemd seems to have been abandoned. Dr. Fussell rrites in the Times :—" lam sure there are many officers iVho think the. siege of Paris is a gigantic mistake. It *mid have beep more easy to obtain peace and what thek"viant, it is safd, by using the troops, now hold inactive as an investing "force round Paris, in grand military promenades all through Franco, and crushing armed resistance north, south, east, and west, so as to leave the capital, if it held out when no strong place was left to resist, as a bonne bouche for the last concentrated effort of tliq'army 4 (cur aise." THE RECAPTURE OF ORLEANS. . • TUB BATTLE OF BACON. The Timeicorrespondent at Tours, writing on the 12th on the subject of the first French triumph, remarks : The " Battle of Bacon " will sound rather oddly in English oars as the title of the first French victory ; but the name matters little if the fact be beyond dispute. Bacon is a small village about 14 miles to the west of Orleans, but, judging (ruin the circum stances of the affair, so far as they aro as yet known, the principal fighting must hive been farther north. You will have seen by my yesterday's letter that I was not very Sanguine of its having been quite so great a victory as the Government, in its natural desire to inspirit the troops and the'people, would fain have had it supposed, and what I have since observed justifies that misgiving. Elie Germans, finding their positions at and near Orlearfe insecure by reason of tho converging and flanking movements of the Army of the Loire, evacuated the town, and then retreated northwards before very superior forces, abandoning in succession positions temporarily occupied, but which there was no intention of retaining. This is not exactly the impression conveyed by the French offiCial accounts, from which ono would rather infer that Orleans had been attacked and taken. The GovernmenA,- however, has been moderate in its state ments, and it has been left to the papers to magnify be yond measure the results obtained. Thefirat statement of the Prussiari, loss, sent by a sub-Prefect, was 3,000 men, an intrenched camp, and nearly 100 carts of provisioils ant: forage. To-day we are t o ld th a t the Prussiaii 7 . loss "(avarian, more correctly speaking, but the French . Say .riussian as we should say German) is 6,000 killed and wounded, that in the various combats spread over tirrep, days. there were altogether moo° hors de combat, and4ii.aodtliough the weather was wet, 1,800 prisoners are said t4ave been made. Besides these, it' is added, the people of Orleans took 500 Prussians, who had not time to escape. Tho French had 100 guns engaged, each one of which fired about 140 rounds. Several of the enemy's guns, it is said, were taken by the Mobiles of the Sarthe. Many Bavarians aro reported to have let themselves be made prisoners, " weary of a war they disapproved." Finally, says the boastful Mon4eur, " it is undeniable that the Prussians keep their infantry as much as possible, out of action, because, in equal numbers, it is no match for ours." These French journalists are really incorrigible, but their brag no longer, deceives Enrol their own country men. The truth will prove to be that that the Germans left a certain number of sick and wounded behind them at Orleans, and they probably also lost a certain number of men, wounded or not, in their retreat ; that they lost two guns, perhaps those stationed on the bridge at Orleans ; and if the French really fired 14,000 rounds from their artillery, and if their practice was pretty good and their fuses better .cut than in souse former actions of this war, the loss of their retreating enemy in killed and wounded ought to have been considerable. The French seem to have fought well, and they certainly had the best of the affair, which is calcula ted to encourage the troops. But it will be of little value unless followed up. We learn to-day that Von der Tann is being reinforced, and it is the business of the French also to increase their strength. This, I believe, they are doing. Troops have gone to Orleans from Nevers and other places, and, if I may believe what I hoar from sources I have generally found trustworthy, General d'Aurelles has not less than 150,000 men under his command. It is believed that he intends taking up strong positions somewhere to the north of Orleans, and there awaiting an attack. If so, his generalship will soon be tested. A STRANGE GERMAN ESTIMATE. The ingenious style in which the North German Gazette represents the recapture of Orleans as a positive disadvan tage to the French is worthy of note. It says : "We remarked yesterday that General Aurelles de Paladine would soon find himself obliged, by the general strategic dispositions of the German commanders, to retire without a blow to his former positions, and the sudden arrest of the advance of the army of the Loire may be regarded as fore shadowing the accomplishment of this intimation. The ques tion now is whether it will be possible for that army to'escape unscathed to the lower Loire and behind that river. Admi rable precision and foresight on the part of the Germans have prevented the French from inflicting a defeat on us through their momentary superiority, for, with a rapidity which will be fully appreciated by strategists, an imposing force has, almost simultaneously with the appearance of the more considerable hostile force, been concentrated some miles behind the first position. This dispels the slightest idea of our positions before Paris being endan gered, and, with these premises, it may be expected that there will be no delay in arresting the Army of the Loire wherever possible in its retreat, and in thoroughly curing it of any inclination for further demonstrations." REJOICINGS AT HAVRE. The Havre correspondent of the Standard, in a commu nication dated the 13th of November, thus describes the effect produced by the recapture of Orleans :—The recap ture of Orleans by the Army of the Loire you will have received ample details of from your correspondents at Tours and Le Mans. I only need, therefore, refer to the impression it has produced here. It has been enormous ; all the other incidents of the war have been thrown into the shade by it, and even the siege of Paris is lost sight of in the first flush of the triumph of Orleans. This is not to be wondered at. It is necessary to have lived in France, and with the French, to understand the sickening feeling of discouragement at a long series of disasters unredeemed by a single solitary success ; and that feeling once understood, it is impossible to quarrel with the exultation excited by the victory won by an army, the very existence of which was but a few days ago open to doubt, and though we may think that it is a mistake to infer from this one battle the issue of the war, yet the excess of confidence is pre ferable to the excess of despondency. The unfortunate fellows who are forced to leave their homes to-morrow, in pursuance of the last decree for a levee en masse, will march forth with a lighter heart and a more buoyant step ; military men, even those who were most discouraged, brighten up at finding that the army can do something after all—and the bulk of the community—the ignorant, the fools, and the fanatics—make themselves happy with the idea that the French will now make very short work of the invaders. Some of these enthusiastic souls deal extensively in historical precedents, and refer pointedly to the fact that it was at Orleans that the tide of English conquest was first encountered and repelled, and would make poor General d'Aurelles de Paladines into another Maid of Orleans—Laissons les dire. The long and short of the matter is that this success has inspired all with a feeling of confidence in the ability of France to drive back unaided the Prussian invader. The party of la guerre a entrance are once more rampant, and the partisans of foreign, and specially English, inter vention, are for the present absolutely nowhere. Their turn will, I fear, come again fast enough. It is worthy of note that the Prussian dispatches about this Orleans affair excite almost greater satisfaction than the French ones. General Von der Tann announces that he was compelled to withdraw by superior forces ! The acknowledgment of the Prussian commander that he was overmatched iu point of numbers is especially comforting to those who ascribe the disasters of France to her having to fight against a Prussian army four times more numerous. THE ENGAGEMENT AT MAROHENOIR. Previously to the important fights of the 9th and 10th round Orleans, a smaller affair took place at Marchenoir on the 7th. Von der Tann had sent a reconnoitring party there, and the French assailed it. The leader of the victorious party supplies these particulars :—On the 7th an engagement took place before the forest of Marchenoir, near Saint Laurent-des-Bois. The Prussian troops, composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery, amounted to nearly 2,000 men. A battalion of French foot chasseurs ad vanced, preceded by a large number of sharpshooters ; some pieces of artillery were put in position, and after a brisk cannonade the battle ended, towards four o'clock, n the retreat of the Prussians. Towards five in the evening two fires were seen, one in the direc tion of Bois d'Enfer, the other towards Villesiclorc These fires were lighted by the . Prussians. In the battle the French loss was about 20 killed and wounded; the Prussians left more than 100 dead on the field. Sixty-four prisoners were taken, including three officers, all Bavarians. It is believed the Prus sians were making a reconnaissance, and that another engagement will soon take place. The French troops are full of ardour, and it has been remarked that the Foot Chasseurs sustained the fire with great vigour. We had two mitrailleuses on the field which inflicted great damage on the enemy. The head of the Oucques Brigade reports that the thirty wounded have been brought into those quarters, of which thirteen are Prussians. Nothing of importance is mentioned by the other brigadiers. THE MILITARY POSITION IN FRANCE. Serious news may be expected hour by hour from the armies concentrated just north of the Loire, and from Paris too. D'Aurelles de Paladino's force is within easy reach of Von der Tann's, which it has already beaten, and General Trochu is known to be contemplating a sortie on a grand scale. He probably never have so good a chance again. The .German army round Paris has lately been weakened by the withdrawal of a large number of men to support the Bavarian. The whole investing fOrce cannot muster two hundred thou sand. If Trochu cannot defeat some portion of this army stretched along a line I hirty-five miles in extent, his hope of defending the capital must be slight. Equally strong are the reasons why D'Aurelles de Paladine should advance. He is supposed to be in great force, much superior to the 60,000 or 70,000 Germans now opposed to him, and his troops are encouraged by a successful engagement. If he does not fight at once, it will be because he is less strong than has always been represented. He has at present a clear field. He need be in no fear for the moment of Prince Frederick Charles coming up, for the latter cannot arrive on the scene within a few days. A despatch from Heligoland of the 7th instant says that the French fleet had captured six German vessels. The censorship at St. Petersburg has forbidden the sale of caricatures and ;writings which are personally offensive to Napoleon 111. M. Ducasse, colonel commandant of the first class of the town of Strasburg, has been appointed, by a decree dated the 7th instant, to the rank of general of brigade, exeptionally and for his excellent conduct during the siege of Strasburg. General Bourbaki has published the following order of the day :—" The General of Division and Superior Com. mandant of the region of the North is happy to make known to the troops that the Franc-tireurs have stopped a Prussian train on the railway from Mdzibres to Bethel. This hold act has cost the enemy 466 men." A military execution took place at Gournay the other day. Some ladies applied for mercy to M. Gambetta, but ho did not think it advisable to acoede to their re• quest. The man had been sentenced to death for mutinous conduct ; when drunk he had shouted " Vivo la Prune!" A German correspondent notices the fresh and pros perous appearance of the region round Dijon and Belfort, which has not yet been visited by large bodies of troops. Provisions arc plentiful, especially wino. The inhabitants aro civil and obliging, but complain of the war, yearn for peace, and denounce the Emperor who began and the Parisians who are continuing the struggle. Much has been said about the wretched condition of the French prisoners when captured. Beaten men, however, never look well, no matter of what nation they may be. The Bavarians captured near Orleans were in a deplorable plight, many of them without knapsacks and with but shreds of uniforms. Some were mere lads, and excited the pity of the Tours women. The Emperor Napoleon has lately written to the King of Prussia, thanking him for complying with his wish that the captured Marshals from Metz should be interned near him at Cassel. lie likewise requested that the Imperial Guard might be located in his immediate neighbourhood. NVhether (says a correspondent of tho Cologne Gazelle) ho reckons, like Napoleon 1., on returning to Paris at the head of his groguard. , I will not decide. A monster French gun 'is lying at the Vaise railway station. It is above twenty-one feet long, and the internal diameter of the breach is eleven inches. In size and range it far transcends the famous Josephine of St. Ouentin and the celebrated Krupp gun at Jande, and it had been intended to have it mounted in Fort Val4rien, but the rapid investment of Paris prevented that design from being carried out. Tho Preeurseur d' A avers says :—" According to an offi cial despatch received at Bremen, the French fleet hay arrived in the North Sea with troops for disembarkation. However, there is no agreement as to their number. If i t be true that there are land troops on board, there ebonies be a number of transports with the fleet. An a ttack upon the coasts would be possible, notwithstanding th e difficulties that exist. To-day at noon a smart cannonade was heard at Neuwerk, and a portion of our fleet put to sea. All the signals of the Lower Weser have been re' moved." The manufacture of cartridges for rifled guns is Pr e ' ceeding with animation at Havre, where 20,000 are P re ' duced daily. The work will not be slackened until * million are ready for use. It rarely happens now-a-days that an army chaplain i 4 either killed or wounded. Pastor Schwabe, of the 2 2 n d Prussian division, is an exception to this rule. He waa f struck through the h ea d w ith a b u ll e t i n th e streets Chateaudun, whilst tending th e soldi er s wo u nded in tb st desperate fight. At Strasburg tbere has been some commotion hl consequence of the discovery of a factory in the city o r ployed in fitting out Francs-tireurs. A German come" spondent declares that it is proved that 280 have been sent out of the place fully equ ipp e d. S evera l c itizens ha d been sent before a court-martial in consequence, and it We e fully expected they would be shot. All the inhabitants of St. Cloud have been brought to Versailles on account of the discovery being made that they made signs to th e f or t a t V a l6 r i en by m ean* °) blinds, shutters, and curtains. So successfully did they contrive these signals that no sooner did a German officer enter a particular house than the building became th e centre of attraction for obuses and other projectiles of the large cannons of the fort. The Siecle states that a woman . of suspicious appears'l e : was arrested at Couches by the National Guard. Prussian passport for London was found upon her, whf'" gave her special permission to go and to return. She taarehande de toilette at Paris, and was carrying to th e Times an account of the interview between Thiers and the Prussian authorities. She acknowledges having received 200 francs for the voyage. At Havre the news of the successful arrival of the Silesia at Hamburg, on the 7th inst., caused a g ood deal of surprise. The Journal du Havre says --" We canlot too strongly call the vigilance of our cruisers in the Chan' nel, and particularly those of the Pas de Calais, to such rich prizes as such vessels present. It is important that the exploits of our marine shall not be confine d , to the capture of some u n f or t una t e sa ili ng -reagent secondary importance." A wounded soldier recently passed through Berlin wh o excited general attention, being a woman. She Is 24 yell° of age, was carefully educated, but always shewed a Pre' ference for masculine dress and activity. She passed the ensign's examination, and, with good recommendation* entered the army under the name of Weiss. She distill; guished herself by the recovery of a Prussian stander ° taken by the enemy, and was presented with the iron cross. She has received four shot wounds, and for recover, has gone home to Tilsit. Gambetta is aggrieved that because the local antis , ' rities in various districts do not sufficiently proclaim the Bulletin de la Republique. He therefore issues an order to the effect that on every Sunday, and, if possible, severe' times in the course of the week, it will be the compulsorY duty of the teachers of each commune to read to the in habitants assembled in the school-houses the principle articles in the Bulletin. The teachers are to instruct the people as to their political and social rights, and to demon strate that the Republic alone can ensure the future great ness of France. The badness of the Empire must be similarly exposed. A private correspondent of the Manchester Examinert writing from Tours Nov. 7th, says :—Worse than the continuance of war is, I fear, to be dreaded here--that is, civil.war and frightful excesses. People are driven to madness by the disgrace of their aims, the extortions and brutalities of the Germans, and the baseness of their Government ; and they are without capable military leaders or anything like Govern' ment. Should, however, a capable man appear to lead their armies, Prussia will, before many month* be driven to the wall, and England will be fortunate if she escapes all consequences. I may be mistaken in my opinions, but they are dispassionately and disin terestedly formed. This nation, believe me, is at this moment a dangerous constituent of European systems. The cattle plague has not been so fatal of late in Germany, bnt the typhus is threatening in the east, and the least imprudence can extend it to the centre and the west. Prussia has closed her frontiers on the Polish and Russian sides, but those of Silesia and Bohemia have equally interdicted the cattle of Gallacia. At the end Of October there was no good news from that country. Since the new governor of Alsace has introduced the German customs, the disease has moderated in in tensity on the left bank of the Rhine. In the one department of Bas Rhin, 24 communes have been infected with this plague. The horses at Saarbruck have been afflicted with glanders, and the Prussian Govern ment have taken precautions against this disease, which is dangerous alike for men and horses. An inspection takes place, after which the infected animals are , destroyed, and those persons who have been near them are subjected to quarantine and disinfecting processes. BONAPARTIST CONFERENCES AT WILIIELMSIIOLIK. —Writing from Cassel on the 12th November, the cones' pondent of the Daily News says :—During the last fort night Wilhelmshohe has probably been the scene of more than one Bonapartist Council. The fall of Metz, having been brought about before that of Paris, against Louie Napoleon's expectation, has necessarily altered the Bonapartist projects. The Empress Eugenie in consequence was summoned first, and ar rived before Bazaine and the other generals taken pri soners at Metz. Some came and went with great privaeh even avoiding the station at Wilhelmshohe, bt't pro bably alighting here at Cassel, sheltered from observo tion by a veil. I happened to meet her on her return at Hanover last Wednesday, while entering the Union Hotel. Bazaine, Lebceuf, Canrobert, Murat the elder, Fourton, Frossard, &c., are still here, and it appears that Bazaine will soon leave for Ai% la Chapelle, to meet his wife there, who cannot bear much travelling, whilst somewhat later Lebceuf will go to Bonn, and Canrobert to Stuttgardt. Hitherto they were all staying at the Hotel du Nord here, at which I am writing, but some of them have already taken lodgings nearer Wilhelmshohe, and it is said that a still greater number of French generals will soon arrive, in fact successively all that are now prisoners 10 Germany. As they must have the consent of the Prue- Sian Government to all their movements, it is evident that Count Bismarck has nothing to say against the ea- Emperor being surrounded with a regular staff. The French Republicans ought to reflect about this, and not quite forget that besides this staff, there is a French army in Germany, now numbering not less than 350,000 men. I can tell them that the French officer* without exception, with whom we converse here, are not their friends. As for the private soldiers, they are politically mere children, whose opinion is:of no import' ance whatsoever. Those who know how to treat then) will have them. They are now worked upon here and there, as the report goes in Germany, by agents of the Orleans family, which is, howev er , only possible whsle they are separated from their officers ; for among these latter the Orleans family has no sympathisers. At pre sent they confine themselves to stating it as their convic tion that order must be restored in France with a strong hand. The insults on the part of the people to which the prisoners from Metz were exposed, particularly on their passage through Nancy, have infuriated them, and they now almost wish further success to the Gerinals arms. It is a very sad impression we.get concerning the ' near future of France, when we contrast the behav i our of the French army here and of the French people there. [ADVERTISE it ENT. I—Holloway's Spirit&--- Every one has frequently experienced sudden personal changes from gaiety to gloom. The wind and weather oft receive the blame when a faulty digestion is the sole cause of the depression. Holloway's Pills can be honestly recommended for regulating a disordered stomach and thereby improving digestion. They entirely remove the sense of fulness and oppression after eating. 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