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

MONETA: •SA"i'VRDAY. Notwithstanding that business in the Stock Exchange has been on a very moderate scale to-day, the tone throughout has been favourable, and although no change of importance has taken place, the changes generally have been indicative of steadiness. Consols have been steady, at 92k, 92i for delivery, and 92 7-16ths, 92 9-16ths for No vember. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91, 91k; Exchequer Bills, 55., 10s. prem. India Five per Cents. 110, 1101 ; and India Bonds, 155., 20s. prem. In Colonial Government securities the transactions have been on a limited scale, but prices have ruled firm. The Discount Market has continued heavily supplied with capital. Both at the Bank and in other quarters the business doing has been very moderate, and Three Months' Paper has been negotiated at 2 to 2i per cent. The China, from New York, has brought 237,898 in specie. The sum of £190,000 in sovereigns has been withdrawn from the bank for shipment to Buenos Ayres. £12,000 bar gold, has been sold, and £6,000 bars bought. The steamer for the East has taken £114,640 in specie. In the English railway market a want of animation has been apparent, but the tone has been favourable on the whole. Caledonian at 76 to 76A, is k better. Brighton A ; M 41k to 41k ; South Eastern, at 73 to 74 ; Midland, *, at 1261 to 127* ; Great Western, k , at 71k to 71}; and North Eastern, f, at 146 to 146 k. Great Eastern, on the other" hand, has fallen it, or to 37k to 37i ; whilst Great Northern A, at 134 A to 135, is A easier. North Western is quoted at 128 k to 129 k. Indian railway stocks have commanded but little atten tion. Bombay, Baroda, and Cent ra l I n di a , 105 ; E as t Indian, 1092 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 105 k, 6k ; Scinde, 103. Canadian shares have been in moderate request. Great Western, 151, f. Foreign shares have been quiet. Buenos Ayres Great Southern, 251; Great Luxembourg, ; Lemberg Czernowitz, 16k ; and Lombards, 14, 14g. Bank shares have commanded but little attention, and there has been an absence of any important movement. Colonial, 46, -* ; London and County, 48, ; Union of Australia, 40.2 ; and Union of London, 37g. In telegraph shares the transactions have been on a limited scale. Anglo-Mediterranean, 14 ; British Indian Submarine, 71 ; Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta, 10k, 10 ; and West India and Panama, 5f ; Hooper's Tele graph Works, 4i. The Market for foreign bonds has been steady, and some further fractional improvements have taken place in values. Peruvian 1865, at 87i to 881, are better ; Italian 1861, at 54i to 54f, *; Turkish 1865, at 63 to 63i, ; ditto 5 per Cents., at 43i to 431, *; ditto 1869, at 51 to 51k, *; Egyptian 1868, at 76} to 76k, * percent. better. Brazilian 1865, are quoted at 90 to 901; Spanish 1867, 28 t) 28*; ditto 1869, 27* to 27i ; Mexican, 14f to 141. American securities have been quiet. The 5-20 (1882) bonds have closed at 911 to 911; ditto 1885, 90* to 90. Illinois Cen tral, at 100 to 110. Erie shares are 1 lower, at 17i to 18-1. For miscellaneous securities there has not been much inquiry. Berlin Waterworks, 15*. Foreign and Colonial Government Trust, 95-* ; General Credit and Discount, 6 15-16 to 7 ; Home and Colonial Marine Insurance, 4 1.16 ; Hudson's Bay, 8 15.16 to 9 ; International Finan cial, ; London Financial Association, 11k ; and Penin sula and Oriental Steam, 48k. Five bars of silver, realising £1,169 Bs. lid., have been received on account of the South Aurora Silver Mining Company. The Khedive Loan is 71 to 73. The shares of the South Aurora Silver Mining Com pany are firm, at 1 to 1 prem. LONDON STOCK EXOTIANGE.-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 Vict 5p o Jane JulylB94 10111021 9 102 x Do for A c c ount Three per Cent Reduced 91 91} 90f. 1 New 3 perCe 911, j nt d Egyptian , f 1862. 7PO. • • • 81 83 91f, jx d Do Rail Deben 7 p .. 98 100 Exchequer Bills, March 5 10 pm Italian, 1865, 5p o pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p o ...• 871 881 Do, June 5 10 pm 88}, j pm Portuguese 1869 3 D a.. 281 291 Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 84 1 110 1 Do Nicolas 4p o 6B 69 India Bonds — 69 ____ .... m Spanish 67. 75 3 pc an 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 10551065 283 , Do March & Sept. 103 105 DO. 1862. 3p a Do 5 c Jan & Ju .. 98 99 2 Do I n scribed Stoc k 71. .. 97 99 Turkish, 1854 i ,6 p a B4 87 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 93 Do, 1865. 5p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 4 3 - 3. i November 1878 lO7 109 Do, 1865. 6p c Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 625, 33 July 1873 lO3 105 U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1382 91} 915 New S Wales 5p clB7l-76 101 102 915, 5 New Zealand 6p c 1891 lO6 1 09 Do do 1885 905 903 Do 5p c 97 Do 10-40Bnds, spc 1904 85} 863 Do spc Consolidated 975 985 Erie Sha,loo dols, all paid 983, 8 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 Do 6p c Mar do Sept 1891 105 107 1091 Do June & Dec 1891 107 110 Atlantic and GW R Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 Mortgage Bonds 275 281 DiApril &0ct1633-85.. 110 111 271 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do Ist Pref Bonds .... 60 61 Caledonian 731, 61 2nd Pref Stock Great Eastern 3 71. 3 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern 122} Great Indian Peng 5p (1 10511064 Do A 13411351 1064, 53 1311, 51 Great Western of Canada 151 153 Great Western 7Ol 714 151, 3,3, 3 701, 1/ Do op c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102 Lancashire 8c Yorkshire 120 131 Do 51 do. 1877-8 96 98 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 41 414 x d 41, 1 Do 5p c pret issued 80 1 2pm Lon. Chat, and Dover .. 121 121 Madras guar 5p c 123 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and North-Western 12831291 6p c Ist Pref Bonds 129, 84, 21 Oude and Rohilkund g Lou and South-Western 88 90 5v c 891 Scinde, Punjaub, and Man, Shef, and Lincoln 451 453 Delhi guar 5p c Metropolitan Midland a Bahia and San Francisco . 1261127 — lrpC- --------- 181 181 1261, i Belgian E Junction .... 14 2; North British North-Eastern Consols 145;1464 25; 146, 54, 64 x n Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 18; South-Eastern 73 74; x d 3 Dutcs Atlantic 7 a n d St Lawrnce 76 79 Eastern h-Rheni of Fra h nce Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 1044105; 114, 1 105 Lemberg Czernowitz gas Buff & Lake Huron Pref 711 0161 164 Do 5; p c Bonds, 1872-34 79 81 164 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c 104;105; Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 54 54 East Indian, g 5 p 0 1094 (Limited) guar 7p a .. la 16; Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 14 141 charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm Southern of France .... - BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. lin pm 25 Alliance (LI 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 20 London and County 47 49 10 British N American 53 55 48f, 8 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 141 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33 131 ,20 Lou andWestmnster 601 61i 25 Char Mere of India 25 26 'lO Metropolitan Bl 8 t 20 Midland (1, 1 10 City 2s2 lOl 14 20 New South Ll 1 Wales 25 Colonial 461, 6 25 Union of Australia— 40 42 4 Consolidated (L) ... 0 . 1 Ipm 401 20 Eng. Scot, an d Aus 16 17 15 Union of London .. 3611 37; 20 Imperial IL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 87 89 Pd 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3; 141 Japan Extension.. 321 dim .1.4 100 Atlantic 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Do 8p o and Malta (L) ... 54 6 10 British Australn (L) 3 3-W 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) . .. 4/ 5/ 10 British Ind Exten (L), 61 62 20 Prima and S. Pcfo(L) 3 2 dis 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuter's 70 8 marine, (L) 71 100 Submarine 233 238 2 China Submarin e (L) 4141 d 1a Do Scrip 2 21 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 W I ndia &Panama(L) 5 51 and Malta (L) 0 101, 2. 2 10 Great Northern Ili MISOELLANEOI73 SICOURIITES. Pd _ _ - Anglo-Austrian Bud- 30 London Fin Assoc (L) 1 9 18dis - holders' Certificate 11 2/ 111 10 BerlinWMerworks(L) 14 151 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. .. 21 3 151 21 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 33 38pm 2 Lou & Prov Marine L) } ;p m 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 Madras Irrig & Canal, p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 102 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 221 pm 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dial par 25 Canada Company. .. 72 76 a d 10 Ceylon Company (L) 41 Will 5 NatnlDisct Comp (L) 11 111 36 City Offices (L) 26 25 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and / Merc Agency (I.) .. i i Pro 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union ABsurnce 2131 Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 21 61 NBritshand Marc (L) 27 28 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Prof 100 Do 611 c Perp Deb.. 108 113 481 ' 2 74 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 9 Bdis 10 Do do N ew . 1867 3 ldi s 100 EgYP 9 p cV'roy L oan. 50 Rhymney Iron 3l 33 gg}guar O YEgYP Gov.. 98 99 15 D o New 9 10 981 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-stWarehouseru 51 qpni 55 10 Fgn and Colonial G ov 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 26 261 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 94 58 71 Gen Credt &Discs (L) a 1 d i s 2 Thames and M ersey 70, 6 15-16 Marine Insur (L 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 30 St Tobacco 6 r . c L oan. 7 Hooper's Tel Works 3 2 Idis 5 guar by Italia n G ov. 85 88 1 Tst and Loa n C o of 41 Upper Canada, , i 1 p m 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 9 5 U Marine, Lvpooiliz, 41 slp m 8 5-16, 9 20 Union St eamship (L) 24 26 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per,and 6 UnitedDisCorprn (L) li Idia Tel Works (L) ~ . 381 391 5 UnlyMarinelnsur (1.% 41 spm 5 IWerul Finan Soc(L) 11 lidis Viceroy of E g y pt 7 c 11 Mortgage Loan.... 20 It Irrie Can Cavour 3 3/ 12 Warrant Finance .... 9 7 dill 100 Do 6p o Bonds. re deemable 1810, L. 59 63 MARKETS. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market opened to-day, with rather a better demand for wheat, best qualities of which for seed being inquired for, the full cur rencies of last week were easily realized. The supply was tolerably good. Best barley, for malting, was also in request, and made full rates. Oats were dull, at barely late figures, as were also beans and peas. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, which brought the full prices of last week. Foreign wheat was not much sought after, and was without change. Barley was rather dearer. Indian corn was without alteration. Oats held firmly, but without much business doing. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The wheat t ra d e opened firm at this market to-day, and with a brisk demand. Last week's prices were fully maintained. Barley was rather slow. The trade prices, however, remain unaltered, although ' in all probability a rise will shortly take place. Other descrip tions maintained their prices. Wheat, 2,105 quarters at 465. 7d. per quarter. Barley, 7,108 quarters at 355. 9d. per quarter. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a good supply of wheat at this market to-day, and trade was good, there being a fair demand for seed. New wheat was firm, 18s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; beans, 18s. 6d. per three bushels; oats, 20s. to 345.; grinding barley, 31s. to 335.; malting barley, 375. to 41s. per quarter. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to day wheat remained firm, at late rates. Flour was also firm. Barley was ls. per qr. lower. Oats were slow, at firmer prices. Peas and beans were 6d. per qr, lower, The arrivals for the week amount to 8,822 qrs. of wheat, 1,021 qrs. barley, 684 qrs, of oats, 848 qrs. of beans, 45 qrs. of peas, 969 qrs. of rye, and 710 sacks of flour. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There were moderate supplies of grain at this market to-day, and the ave rage price of wheat and barley shewed an advance of 45. and 2s. respectively as compared with last week. Oats were firm in favour of sellers. Prices per quarter :—Wheat, 30s. to 545, ; barley, 275. to 385.; oats, 17s. to 265. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—There were a few cattle on offer at this market to-day, and trade was dull. There was a good supply of sheep, and fair sales were made at the prices last quoted. Pigs was a small show, and slow trade doing. The prices as before. ABERDEEN CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—There have been rather short supplies ht the district markets during the week. The demand for all classes of prime beasts has been brisk, at firm rates. Top quality from 735. to 765. per cwt. Sheep have been in request, at 7id. to Bd. per lb. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market opened quiet to-day without change. The probable sales are 8,000 to 10,000 bales. Imports, 16,531 bales. The market closed dull and dragging, and prices ruled in buyers's favour. Sales, 10,000 bales. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY. -Market hides, 561bs. to 641bs, 31d. to 30. ; 641bs. to 721bs, 34d. to 31d. ; 721bs. to 801bs., 34d.t0 4d.; 801bs. to 881bs., 4d. to 4id. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4id. to 4id. ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 4d. to 4id. Horse-hides, 10s. to 12s. Calf-skins, light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. Sheepskins, polled, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ' • half-breeds, 35. 6d. to 4s. 2d. ; Downs, 2s. Bd, t o 3 s. 3d .; lambs, 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATUR DAY.-The market to-day was fairly supplied with hay and clover. The demand was steady, at about previous quotations. Prime old hay, 1265. to 1375. 6d. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s. ; prime new hay, 115 s. to 1255. ; inferior ditto, 1005. to 110 s, ; prime clover, 130 s. to 1425. 6d, ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime new second cut clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. ; and straw, 30s. to 345. per load. LONDON POULTRY MARKET, SATURDAY.-Turkeys, 4s. to 65.; geese, 3s. to 4s. 6d.; goslings, 43. 6d. to Bs.; ducks, ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; ducklings, is. 9d. to 2s. 6d.; Surrey fowls, 4s. to 75,; Sussex, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 9d.: Boston and Essex, ls. 9d. to 2s. 94.; Irish, ls. to ls. 9d.: rabbits, tame, ls. to is. 9d.; ditto, wild, Bd.; pigeons, 3d. to 6d.: pheasants, 3s. to 3s. id.; partridges, Is.; hares, 25. 6d. to 35.; white Scotch, is. 6d.; eggs, best, 10s. per 120 ; Aylesbury butter, best, ls. 6d.; seconds, Is. td. per lb. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.-There have been buyers in the woollen market from London, Manchester, and the provinces. Some small sales at low prices have taken place of blue tweeds, Victorias, and low waterproofs. There has been fishing for spring patterns, but it is too early for them, though heavy goods are dropping out rather earlier than usual. In the Dewsbury district Germans have been buy ing overwarings. Three failures in the woollen trade are re ported, the liabilities in the largest are about £30,000 ; good dividends are expected. Special machinery and tools are being made extensively, and in great haste ; they are principally for the Government to be used for rifling ordnance small arms. Other well known firms have on hand almost un limited orders for gun-lathes and heavy machinery for the same destination. Since the war broke out, however, there has been a great falling off in the manufacture of silk and flax machi nery for abroad. The house coal trade has greatly improved, and the colliers are all in full work. At Allerton, where the last strike occurred in this district, fifty of the turn-outs have renounced the union, and gone to work again. 200 or 300 others are expected to follow. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This marked closed to-day steady. The price for medium and lower sorts was 3d. to 6d. higher for the week. Other kinds were no dearer. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY. Ordinary, firsts, 130 s. ; seconds, 1205.; thirds, 110 s.; fourths, 1025.; fifths, 88s. sixths, 775. 1,920 firkins in the market. Mild cured firsts, 1355.; seconds, 128 s. ; thirds, 120 s. 100 firkins in the market. ENGLISH MEMBERS ON THE WAR. Lord Enfield, M.P., and Lord George Hamilton, M.P., were present at the annual dinner of the Middlesex Agri cultural Society on Friday, and both addressed their con stituents upon topics of current interest, the chief place being given, of course, to the war, and our own prepared ness for an emergency. The chair was filled by Lord Enfield, who, referring to the state of the British army, described it as lamentably deficient in men. The country, he observed, was rich enough, and the House of Commons liberal enough, to grant the necessary supplies, but what was wanted was that the Government should come forward with a really good scheme for putting our military establishments on a sound footing ; and he pronounced it a great mistake to have got rid of 20,000 well-trained men, and substituted for them 20,000 ill-trained men. With regard to the reserves, he hoped that the press would continue hammering at the door of the War Office until Mr. Cardwell and the other authorities had matured a plan for placing this branch of our defensive forces in a state of efficieecy ; and, alluding to the war, he remarked that, although connected by the ties of religion with Prussia, we should not forget that France had been our very good friend in time of need. In act, no firmer friend to England had ever existed than the un happy Emperor ; and whatever might have been his faults, the manner in which his late subjects had treated him was one of the most contemptible episodes in the history of nations. Lord George Hamilton, in speaking on the same subject, was inclined to blame the Emperor Napoleon for giving way to the popular craving for a war with Prussia. His Majesty had, however, paid the penalty of his terrible mistake, and when we reflected how good a friend he had been to this country we could not but lament the bitter animosity which had been exhibited towards him. It was contrary to the spirit of Englishmen when a man was down to strike or trample upon him. As to Count Bismarck, it was impossible to hold him altogether guiltless. The question of mediation was one of such difficulty that he would not enter into it. It might be that Government had not done its duty, but it was in possession of information of which outsiders were ignorant. When Parliament met, it would have to give an account of its conduct. There was in the country a general desire for media tion, and, if a favourable opportunity offered, he was quite certain that the followers of the Government would not fail to censure it if it did not take advantage of the opportunity and do its utmost to carry that mediation into full effect. He thought we ought to profit by the experience of France, and institute a strict inquiry into the state of our national defences, with the view of being prepared to meet any emergency that might arise. Sir Thomas Bazley and Mr. Jacob Bright attended on Friday night at the opening meeting of a Liberal club, which has been established in the township of Cheetham, near Manchester, and, responding to a vote of confidence in the Government and the Liberal representatives of the city, reviewed at some length the political events of the year. The senior member reiterated his opinion that the country never was blessed with a better than the Glad stone Government, and also said a good word for the present House of Commons, which he affirmed surpassed any in his experience for its constant and anxious at tention to public business. Reviewing with satisfaction the legislation of the p as t sess i on , h e expressed regret that the ballot had not yet become law, but said he con fidently hoped that, in the next session of Parliament, it would be applied both to parliamentary and municipal elections. Referring to the Franco-German war, he cha racterised it as an appeal to brute force in matters that ought to have been determined by argument and reason, and praised the neutral attitude which had been maintained throughout by the Home Government. Mr. Bright said that the recent legislation with regard to Ireland had given the Irish people an amount of religious equality, and Irish cultivators advantages as to tenure and pur chase of land which were not enjoyed in any other part of the kingdom, and he expressed a hope that by and by the principles of legislation which had been applied so advantageously to the settlement of discontent in the sister country would be extended to England, Scotland, and Wales. Mr. Bright also referred with point and vigour to the question of the -Married Woman's Property Bill. Colonel Gilpin, M.P.; was present at the dinner of the Bedfordshire Agricultural Society, on Friday, and spoke about the war. He called it unjustifiable, because he considered that no war was justifiable which was not undertaken for the defence of the honour and interest of the country. There were two or three things taught them by this war, one of which was the possibility of a million of in en being placed in a position for fighting in a fortnight. They had also learnt that two great Powers of Eurore with whom they were on terms of friendship, could discuss terms for the partition of a Power which would greatly affect the interests of this Country, without in any way consulting her. The House of Commons had spoken out on this question. The country trusted that the Government would avoid as far as possible becoming entangled in matters that did not concern them. While they desired peace (though not peace at any price), they were determined that this country should hold its own against any foes ; and if unfortunately they should be called on to take part in war it should be carried out in such a way that the prestige of the country should not suffer. T 1 Ile appointment of the Marquess of Kildare to the Chancellorship of the Queen's University, Ireland, gazetted. STORM OFF NOVA SCOTIA.—The record of marine disasters during the great storm on the coast of Nova Scotia, in the early part of September, is yet incomplete, though it is known that more than 100 lives have been lost. The latest shipwreck reported is that of the Glaramara, a large ship from Greenock. All on board were lost. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacAoine. Cacioine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacioine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacaoine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 112, Great Rua -011-street Ll7O, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-street ; at their Wor)re for Dietetic Preparations, Eitaini-rOnti,--AD9T. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. SUN, LONJJON, MON DA Y, OCTOBER 10, 1870 tion of war have been published in the Journal Offio and offer a strange contradiction to the Emperor's state ment that he had been forced into war by the French people. The extracts occupy eight pages of the official journal. - The Minister had desired the Prefects to /men tain the feeling of the country, and their answers were almost unanimous in favour of peace. The Prefects were too courtly to oppose the central authority in so many words, but they give the impression that the people will only support war from patriotism and public duty, not from any love of it for its own sake. Even the most warlike departments speak in these terms, and nowhere is there any manifestation of military en thusiasm. The Prefect of the Aubes says plainly "War is not desired, but it is dreaded." "Itisto be hoped that the country will not be driven to that extremity," says the Prefect of the Creuse. The Prefect of the Var says, "I cannot affirm to your Excellency that in the Depart ment of the Var, under present circumstances, a war could be popular ; but the ruling prin ciple on the public mind is confidence in the Emperor and his Government, and a firm reso lution to follow them wherever they may lead the country." Many of the Prefects make no secret that their people have little attention to spare from their agricultural pur suits. " With respect to the country districts," says the Prefect of the Ain, " the occupations and the anxieties of the harvest engross the attention of the population. It is but by slow degrees that the news of this grave incident will reach them. But, whatever may be their desire for peace, and however much it may be needed by them, they will, I am convinced, follow the current of public opinion by a patriotism equal to the occasion." That is hardly a description of enthusiasm. " The only anxiety of the people," says the Prefect of the Neireu "is at this moment the continuance of the drought." "War would appear to us," says the Prefect of the Ardbche, "as a fresh calamity added to those of the vine disease, the silkworm disease, and the drought." In the replies of the administrators of the Somme, the Orne, and the Oise, we find these admissions,—" The country requires peace ;" " A hearty peace is hoped for ;" "It is hoped that the firmness of the Government will contribute to the maintenance of peace." The unhappy Department of the Moselle answers that it does not wish for war, but craves for peace. Certainly the experience of the last three months will not have modified that desire. Some of the reports shew the individual characters of the Prefects. One of them, the Prefect of the Doubs, advises immediate action. "Has not experience shown, particularly in the case of the Luxemburg affair, that the national susceptibility is easily excited among us, but that a speedy reaction follows when hesitation and diplomatic discussions are protracted ?" Another, the Prefect of Vaucluse, boldly says :—" The people are apprehensive of war, and fear that the Emperor may too readily permit himself to be dragged into it." Another reply is outspoken enough :—" The Emperor and his Government may do as they please—peace or war. By all its interests the Department of the Nord clings to peace, but if honour and safety should demand, it will resign itself to war." " This news," says the Prefect of the Aribge, " coming in the midst of profound calm, has caused great excitement. There is a general hope that everything will be attempted to render possible the maintenance of peace." Thus the reports from the Prefects of the 88 Departments furnished the Emperor with little excuse for provoking hostilities, while it must not be forgotten that 83 Deputies voted de cidedly against the war, which has proved so disastrous to their country. CONVERSATION WITH AN ALSATIAN. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the above subject, says :—" I arrived at Bischeim, before Strasburg, just the day before the surrender, and so had occasion to enter the city together with the troops. Met your special correspondent at the Maison Rouge engaged in drawing up the description of the touching and extraordinary spectacle which sur rounded us, and left after a stay of two days and much intercourse with old acquaintances in the city, for Ha genau and Weissenburg ; for it appeared to me of interest to ascertain in as many instances as possible the feelings of the Alsatian people themselves at the prospect of being reunited with Germany. Of this prospect they were officially informed by the journal of the German Prefect at Hagenau in a well-written article, containing much flattery of the Alsatians and their personal achievements while citizens of France, and promising them that Germany, too, even more than France, was able to give full scope to their brilliant qualities, and particularly that they would not be subject to centralisation, as in France. The experience I have collected is, that the peasantry, almost to a man, rejoice in becoming Ger man subjects, and that, even the towns being left aside, they might be polled about it without danger. I give you literally a conversation with an old peasant proprietor of four horses, &c. 'Do you believe what the Prefect tells you here ?" I do not quite understand it ; but I know • I shall have to pay less taxes, and juster taxes. I have often be en in Baden as well as in the Palatinate.' What, would you pre fer to become Badish or Bavarian ?" That would be about the same to me.' Would you like to become Prussian ?" I know nothing about Prussia. I day say I would like it far less. The Prussians are so severe with the young people in the army. I have no son, only sons-in-law, who are past the age ; but it is for the grand children.' What would you say if Alsace was to become a State for itself, and only have to enter the German Con federation ? " Oh, that would be capital. Then the gain from the war to us would be enormous. The French have been eating us up. For, you know, Alsace is very rich, sir 1 And the greatest part of France is but poor. Our money has been going to Paris, and not one-third of it coming back.' Would you then choose to be come a Republic, or a Grand-Duchy like Baden, or, as they suggest in Germany, neither a Republic nor a Grand- Duchy, but a kind of colony under the merely personal Sovereignty of the King of Prussia ?' Here the school- master, a native Frenchman, who spoke German, and had attentively listened, stepped in, and said—' That would be about what the canton of Neufchatel formerly was ?" Not quite, I dare say, for you would get certain laws, in fact a great deal in com mon with all Germany, and would have to enter the German army. Only in minor things would you govern yourselves, and always with the King's personal con sent only.' Yet that would be good,' said the school master. lam a schoolmaster, sir, from Burgundy, and I would not care at all trusting myself to the Alsatian people, instead of to the French. For, you know, the educational system is much better in Alsace than in the remainder of France. The Alsatians like schools, as the Swiss, and are always ready to do anything for them. We get 1,600 francs a year here.' That is certainly much more than a village schoolmaster re ceives in Germany. But now tell me, are the peasantry in Alsace all speaking like him?" In our village, and in all the villages north of Strasburg, as far as I know them, they do. First they were greatly irritated against the invasion, and are so still, but that is on account of the sufferings they had and have to undergo, and not from love of France or hatred of Germany.' But how is that ? You are speaking in this way, and yet it was, as far as I know, your own parti cular business and official instructions to cultivate French patriotism, and to secure the German language being supplanted by the French among the children entrusted to your training.' The schoolmaster laughed and said, Yes, that was the system, from the time of the first pldbiscite in 1852 till now. Before that period it was only at work in Lotharingia. But, le pbre, would it do here ?' The old peasant, too, laughed and nodded at him. 'We Alsatian schoolmasters,' continued the treacherous Burgun dian, prefer peace with the Alsatian peasants to that with our Government. Look you, sir, what this man and others really want is not to be go►erned a t all.' That is very true," said the old peasant. I see, you are a Republican ! " The Republic ! ' said the old man. The Republic I liken to a sudden mental disease of the French. (The French, in Alsatian fashion, he denominated ' Welsh,' to denote the distinction between the two races.) The Re public, sir, means very much kirschwasser (brandy), and everybody loitering about with his pipe in his mouth, and his hands in his trousers pockets. And everybody shouting and hallooing, and everybody speaking without hearing what the other said. That is a mere dodge of the wine merchants in Paris, who got up the cry of the Republic for pur poses of their own. And the brewers at Strasburg have learned it from them. I was at Strasburg in 1848, when the Wackes (slang term for the roughs of Strasburg, one of the most noisy and fanatical rabbles in existence) were let loose. - They shouted nothing but the Republic, but what they meant and com- menced was plunder of the Protestants. 0 yes, sir, you do not yet know what words mean in France that may have a fine sound somewhere else, and what revolutions mean, and who it is that makes them.' Well, and who is it that makes them ? ' That is the Catholic priesthood," he said without hesita tion, and with great decision. 'How is that? They do not go to fight in the streets ?' ' No, but they, together with the army, make the Wackes.' Well, I cannot see my way to that.' ' You must understand, the Wackes are almost all illegitimate children.' Strasburg,' the school master put in, ' has the greatest number of them in all France.' Yes, and they are all baptised as Catholics, because, in the Catholic Church, baptism costs nothing, and because the girl gets consoled in this way for not beiug allowed by the law to establish the parentage of the child. They are the offspring of Catholic soldiers, to whom it is forbidden to marry with Protestant, Alsatian, or German girls.'." A JOURNEY FROM THE CAPITAL. A courageous merchant belonging to Maine-et-Loire has just arrived at Lyons from Paris, having passed all the Prussian lines. He had been delayed in Paris by business, and tried vainly five different times to get out. At last he got out through the Maillot Gate, and passcd through the French lines, being stopped and searched every moment. When he reached the Prussian lines be was at once aimed at by the outposts, but having stopped and signalled with his hat and handkerchief that he wished to speak, they contented themselves with searching him; and on his declaring that he was a merchant, and was re turning to his family at Anjou, an officer at once gave the order he should be allowed to pass. The officer at the same time advised him to travel quietly along the high roads, when nothing would hurt him, but if he ran across the fields, hiding behind hedges and having the appearance of flying, he would certainly be fired at. The merchant says that the Prussian cavalry, men and horses, were in excellent condition, and that he especially remarked the perfect order and extreme discipline of the enemy's troops. The Prussians are collecting a quantity of poplars which they strip of th e i r b ar k s an d cover with pitch. They have admitted to some peasants—who told the merchant traveller —that this is a pre-arranged signal, and that at the moment when a general attack takes place on the capital all these beacons will be fired as notice of the assault along all the line. NOTES FROM STRASBURO. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. As the only space available the Jardin Botanique, ad joining the arsenal and citadel, was turned into a burying ground. It wears at this moment, says the Times' cor respondent, as does, in fact, all the garden-ground for miles round Strasburg, the aspect of a neglected over• grown wilderness. Along its eastern side a trench far deeper and broader than that of the parallels has been driven in two rows, and here in piles, four or five over each other, the dead of the last six weeks have been crowded thick together. In this dense agglomeration of mortality it was painful to witness the anxiety displayed by survivors not to lose sight of their relatives. Wooden crosses, with brief inscriptions, immortelles, bead wreaths, statuary, floral bouquets elbowed and crowded each other. When I entered, a tier of five coffins piled one over the other were lying exposed in the trench, one a handsome studded oak coffin, the rest of plain white wood. The grave digger assured me they had interred 1,600 bodies, but seeing an official in a corner of the grounds busied with papers, I walked up to him. Before him lay the daily register of burials, and he informed me that the numbers did not much exceed 1,100- Of these 500 belonged to the garrison and 600 to the citizens. The first interment was on the 22nd of August, and, although the siege had now ended four days, they still continued bury ing here. The springing of a bridge had cut off com munication with one, and the only cemetery at present available is that in the parallels of the besiegers. Stras burg has a population of 80,000, and during the siege the garrison may be assumed to have equalled the number of those who quitted the town. The mortality would seem to have been 200 a week, half of them due to violent deaths. In the week of September 14th to 20th, the greatest number of deaths occurred, amounting in the military and burgher hospitals to 200, deaths. September 12, 18 military ; 16th, 26 ; 18th, 28 were interred. In every instance I was assured there was a funeral ceremony at the grave—a duty equally shared by the Catholic priests and Protestant Pastors of the city, and a perilous one, for the garden lying alongside the arsenal had its full share of the bombardment, and the registrar pointed out to me a heap of fragments of shells which had fallen in the pre cincts. No accident, however, occurred in it during the siege. With but few exceptions, the families of the deceased did not accompany the coffin to the grave. It is not intended to transfer the dead to the city cemeteries ; almost all are buried in plain white coffins, and identifica• tion would be impossible. THE CAPITULATION. When the surrender was agreed to it was arranged that the gates of the town should be guarded by Prussian and Baden detachments, at eight on the morning of Wednes day, September 28. This order, however, was not carried out, and a Prussian major who went to report himself at the headquarters of General von Mertens in Strasburg, found the gates closed. He climbed over and fell into the hands of the whole of the garrison, who were assemb ling to march out as prisoners of war. He incurred great danger. Several guns were pointed at him; but he ultimately got safely through to the citadel, and was immediately led into the presence of General Uhrich. The Cologne Gazette says that after the French commander had learned the details respecting the manner in which the major had come into his presence, the general offered him his most sincere con gratulations that he was still alive. "The general continued by saying, It is a great consolation for me on this my day of tribulation and sorrow to find such an example of the heroism of my enemy, as with such officers and men impossibilities even are impossible.' General Uhrich kept the Prussian officer by his side, and at ten o'clock . the curious inci dent occurred that the generals and staff officers of Stras burg could not meet the general at the time stated on account of the four sentries posted by the Prussian major, who had given strict orders that no one was to pass in or out without an order from him, and this order was carried out to the very letter. In the course of conversation General Uhrich said, ' I was always under the impression that the French had an extraordinarily good artillery, but they do not bear any comparison with yours, as witness the battered bastions and the dismounted cannon ; your artillery fire has destroyed everything.' After we had seen the shattered bastions, the enormous breaches in which were plainly visible on close inspection, we had to acknowledge the justice of the general's remarks. The effects of our guns have been indescribably terrible, and had the town not capitulated it would only have been able to hold out a couple of days at most." One of the residents said that it was common for a shell to fall where children were at play, to kill some and to deprive others of legs arms, or fingers. The number of wounded children is very large. On the other hand, it is satisfactory to know that the hospital arrangements have been very good. The German troops grew very tired of the siege before it terminated. One Sapper said to a correspondent, "I was in the Bohemian campaign, and before that in the Schleswig- Holstein campaign, and that ought to have been enough. The siege of Duppel was bad enough, but this is worse. They keep me groping in the earth for twenty-four hours at a time. Yesterday we came to a mine, took the powder out, and replaced it by sand. That was well done, but there are sure to be other mines close by, and if there are not, we are now so close to the wall that our own projec tiles fly back upon us, so that we run more danger from our own fire than from that of the enemy." AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. The correspondent of the Independance Beige, writing from Marseilles, says, "Marseilles is rejoiced to hear of the pacification of Lyons, but here is General Cluseret, scarcely released by the Lyonnese authorities, who is com ing to Marseilles to organise his revolutionary league of the south. It is rumoured he has been arrested at Aix. What is certain is that the Jacobin and Socialist revolu tion has, by dividing the citizens, and alarming peaceable men, kept them at home, and thereby favoured the Prussians. The situation of the two fore most towns of the province, Lyons and Marseilles, has contributed not a little to leaving unfortunate Strasburg isolated and without help. Lyons has within its walls, or in its environs, 30,000 good soldiers. Marseilles and Toulon have garrisons which might have joined the little army of Lyons. There were more than enough to relieve Strasburg, which was only besieged by 60,000 men, for the town had 17,000 defenders. It would have sufficed to cut through the blockading line, and introduce the munitions of war which were wanting. But so great was the confusion and inconsistency in the official measures, that instead of expediting troops into Alsace, 7,000 or 8,000 men of the Line were sent from Marseilles and Toulon, to reinforce the African army, which did not require them. The Prefect of Constantine had telegraphed to Marseilles that the Arabs were per fectly tranquil, and chewed the best disposi tions. The natives are only anxious to avenge their brothers who have died in the service of France, and if it had been desired, masses of Arab horsemen would have been forthcoming, as well as Kabyle foot soldiers. Toulon is being armed. A strange rumour is spreading through the South. It is said that a new South German army is being formed to invade these parts, and that a great number of Russians have enlisted in it. On the contrary, the fact is that Russia begins to fear the increase of German Power, and remembers that she has on the Baltic three provinces of German origin." THE FRENCH PEOPLE AND THE WAR. Extracts of the reports sent to the Minister of the In terior iu the 011ivier Administration prior to the declara- THE FRENCH AND GERMAN CAVALRY. The correspondent of the Independance Beige at the Prussian Headquarters says that Napoleon observed to Count Bismarck at Donchery that the Prussian cavalry formed an impenetrable barrier round their army. This remark, which was reported by a most influential person, exactly describes the part which the Prussian Staff has made the cavalry take in the present war. Prussia, first of all the nations of Europe, has comprehended the modi fied work which modern tactics have assigned to the cavalry. In the wars of the Crimea and Italy, the cavalry had scarcely ever an occasion for taking an active part. In the war of 1866 it had still an opportunity for displaying its prowess, as one of the contending parties was not provided with breach-loaders. In the present war the Prussian generals have completely changed the tactics of Seydletz, Kellerman, and Murat, according t o . . _ which, much to the loss of the English cavalry, the Earl of Lucan was put forward at the battle of Inkerman. They do not command their cavalry to take batteries, nor to force squares of infantry. Only cnce during this cam paign a regiment of Silesian dragoons was called upon to perform this task. It was on the sixteenth of August, at a critical moment for the Confederated army, the third corps had lost its communication with the other corps, and it was important to prevent the French columns from advancing until the third corps had re-effected its junction. A regiment of dragoons undertook this task, and acquitted itself gloriously, It charged the French infantry, which, from being arranged in columns, formed itself into squares. True these squares were broken through, but they were quickly re-formed. This unequal contest could not have lasted The squadrons of dragoons were dismounted in a terrible manner by the fire of the Chassepots, and they could not have prevented the French from marching on eventually. But the desired effect had been attained. The third corps effected its juncture with the main army, and the rest of the brave dragoons were able to retreat behind the lines of infantry. It was, doubt less, to this charge that Count Palikao referred when he said in the Corps Ldgislatif that the cuirassiers f Bismarck were totally destroyed. With the exception of this feat of arms, the German cavalry has been chiefly employed for reconnaisance and patrols, for pursuing the enemy when routed, and finally for surrounding the army with the impenetrable barrier of which the Emperor spoke to Count Bismarck. The French, to their great loss, employed their fine cavalry in a different manner. They were sent everywhere against the German artillery and infantry. The German officers admit that in all these charges the French cavalry displayed great bravery and heroism. At Woerth two regiments of Cuirassiers were killed to nearly the lass man. At Sedan a magnificent charge was made by the Marquis Gallipot, at the head of his chasseurs ; but this was not the proper use for these troops, for the German officers blame the French commanders for the reckless manner in which they sacrificed their fine regiments. Captain Chassepot, the inventor of the rifle bearing his name, is now in Tours. Marshal Palikao has been at Wilhelmshohe for the last few days. The Emperor's health is bad. La Situation, the journal which published the false Imperial manifesto, has made a rambling statement about the serious transaction of which it has been guilty, but has not offered any apology, or any explanation respecting the origin of the document. The Electeur Libre states that a few days since a work. man, slightly intoxicated, was returning into the city by the Porte d'...A.uteuil when he was challenged by the National Guard on duty and, not replying, was shot dead. Immense numbers of half-starved dogs are roaming about the streets. The food which ;they formerly got is now eaten by the people. They are famished, diseased, and a source of danger. The Ultras of the besieged capital have got a journal to their taste in La Patrie en Danger., This print has been exclaiming " Long live Afarat I" It says, "it is necessary for us to be pitiless, and to shed the blood of traitors and cowards." Up to September 30 the rate of mortality in Paris had not risen, and the general health was good. Small-pox, which has raged so many months, still caused numerous deaths, but no other epidemic had appeared. Many of the maps of Prussia which were served out to French officers have fallen into the hands of the Germans. These artistic productions excite much ridicule. They are full of errors. The names are frequently mis spelt, the towns are out of place, and the whole drawing in false proportion. The Francais complains bitterly of the want of dis cipline amongst the troops, especially amongst those just forming, and who, on account of the abundance of wine in the valleys of the Loire, get drunk, and in a frenzied state of intoxication drown themselves in the rivers. Whether the taste for horseflesh is spreading or not in Paris, the number of horses consumed is largely on the increase. Eleven new horseflesh shops have been opened. The daily consumption of horses, which at the beginning of the siege was only 20 or 30, rose in the last three days of last week to 141, 195, and 275 respectively. The Prussians appear quite at home in Alsace and Lor raine, and administer the affairs of the provinces as if they had been in their possession for years. They have just setup at Nancy an official Moniteur of the General Government of Lorraine. The establishment of telegraphs goes on apace in all directions. Nancy has become a great centre of operations. The north of France is greatly troubled by the threatened apparition of the cattle plague, and despatches announce the presence of the Asiatic cholera near Chalons sur Marna in the track of the confederate armies. Typhus certainly exists among the cattle in Saxony, PJmerania, the Rhenish Palatinate, and several other parts, as well as in France on the Marne. The herds have suffered greatly from the drought first, and the war afterwards. A Red Club holds its meetings in various quarters, under the presideney of M. Blanqui. It advocates that the whole population, like an army, ought to be restricted to certain rations. Various other measures much more violent are discussed, and, altogether, the " Clubbists " are giving cause for some uneasiness. Several of the German journals attribute to the Prus sians the intention of entering Paris on the 18th October, the anniversary of the battle of Leipzic. Between inten tions and performances there is often a. wide difference. The Germans must be quick if they would thus celebrate the anniversary of Leipzic. The Paris Bulletin Adrninistratif gives some important particulars respecting the store of food in the capital. On the 26th of September the Government had in Paris a store of 292,000 quintals, or cwts., of grain, in addition to which there was in the hands of private dealers a further quantity of 155,000 quintals—making a total of 447,000 quintals, sufficient, at the estimated requirement of the population of 7,000 quintals daily, for a period o _ . two months or two and a half months. The meat store consisted of 24,600 oxen and cows, 150,000 sheep, and 6,000 pigs, or an estimated ordinary supply for two months. M. de Girardin in the Constitutionnel severely censures the members of the Government at Tours for inaction. Paris is holding out, so is Metz ; but other armies should be formed to relieve them by attacking the Prussians in the rear. At Tours, they are engrossed by trifles to the neglect of the great object. Since the resignation of Fourichon, Ordmieux holds the portfolio of war, and he knows nothing of tactics or strategy. M. Cr&lieu; who has taken the office of War Minister in place of Admiral Fourichon, is assisted by a War Com mittee of civilians amongst whom are MM. Gent, Lecesno Steenackers, Jules Cazot, and de Freyeinet. The people of Tours do not think highly of this collection, and they positively hate M. Gent, who is a thorough Red. It does not follow that a man cannot make war because he is a Red, but the direction of military matters in France un- doubtedly suffers from the lack of competent officers. rY It is noticed as remarkable that nobody in France will now own to have voted " Oui" at the recent plebiscite. Everybody execrates both the measure and its author. A Times correspondent says, on behalf of the peasants, that, in N• oting, they almost invariably asked whether " Oui" meant peace, and on being assured that it did, they unhesitatingly cast their vote in that direction. With them, " Oui " or " Non " meant simply peace or war. This was the only issue they understood, and seven mil- ions and a half voted a month before the declaration of war distinctly for peace. A strange story is told in one of the German papers. A few days ago a letter, addressed to one of the civic authorities of Berlin, arrived from Belgium. it ;;; found to be full of bombastic invective against Prussia, which it threatened with ruin and destruction. The con- tents of the missive would have only caused amusement had not the officer who opened it complained immediately w afterwards of a violent headache, a sensation also experienced by two other persons who had held the letter a short time in their hands. On being subjected to an examination it was discovered that the paper was im pregnated with veratrin, a poison which acts on the brain - •••• by - being inhaled throughthe nostrils, The C'ologne Gazette, referring to this topic, says that the poisone letter sent to Belgium to a burgomaster in Berlin, which has given rise to so much discussion, is certainly in exis tence. It bears the stamp of Virton, and the superscrip tion, "To the cannibals and lynxes of Prussia ;" it was also full of emblems of death. The envelope alone was dipped in, chemical poison. The whole has been sent tc the Belgian authorities, to be brought forward at the in quiry which is taking place on the subject. The correspondent of the Telegraph says that several fresh regiments arrived at Tours on Friday. Some of them were composed of fairly-disciplined men, and the whole body appeared in excellent spirits. The Prussian official journal seems to admit the possi bility of Bazaine holding out a long time in Metz. There were at least 24,000 horses shut up in the fortress which, moreover, was provisioned for several months for its own garrison. Surely with these resources the Marshal ought not to be soon starved out. Of course the eating up of the horses weakens his cavalry and field artillery, and so diminishes the chances of a successful sortie. The Pope's answer to Victor Emmanuel is a charac teristic epistle. It says :—" I bless God, who has suffered your Majesty to fill with bitterness the last period of my life. For the rest, I cannot admit the demands expressed in your letter, nor agree to the principles which it con tains. I once more appeal to God, and I place in His hands my cause, which is entirely His own. I pray Him to grant your Majesty abundant graces, to deliver you from all peril, and to make you a sharer of the mercies of which you have need." Surgeon-Major Wyatt has returned after an expedition to Paris. He gives an excellent account of the good order prevailing in the capital. The physique of the Garde Mobile from the country is admirable. " I should be very glad to see such recruits for the Guards—stout, sturdy lads of Mt. 10in., with good broad shoulders and expansive chests, and legs to match. I watch them by thousands, bnt have not yet seen anything like an air of despondency. They are as cheerful as larks, and com mence singing about as early in the morning." Dr. Wyatt does not believe that an hostile army will be able to force its way into Paris except at a sacrifice of life beyond calculation. The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post telegraphs :—General Burnside has, it is said, found un expected obstacles on the part c f the French Government to the conclusion of an armistice. If they were unable to communicate with the provinces an armistice would be absolutely necessary, but whether by means of a secret underground telegraph wire, as some allege, or by frequent balloons from Paris, the Ministry are enabled calmly to take measures for the election of the Constituent Assembly, and to issue their orders to the Government delegation at Tours. Genera Burnside demanded much from the. Prussian headquarters and had little to offer the French in return. The prospect of an alliance between Austria and Ger many is being much discussed in those two countries. In a letter to the Cologne Gazette, an excellent authority in Vienna, points out that Austria is the only ally upon whom Germany could rely, that the interests of the two states are no longer opposed, and that the feeling between the two during the war has been excellent. Ccunt Beust and the Emperor are represented as both favourable to the design. The Cologne Gazette adds some approving words to this letter, and calls Count Beust the friend. f Germany though a short time ago no epithets could be too harsh for this statesman. It is further noticeable that the press of both countries, once so hostile, has been very friendly. Toulouse, the capital of the central districts of the south, is the head quarters of all military movements in that direction. However the residents in neighbouring districts are inclined to resent the assumption of supreme authority by the Toulouse prefect, and the extreme Republicans even propose the formation of an armed league of the patriots of the south. However, it is satirically observed that in the South the tongue is easier loosened than the purse strings. M. Odillon Barrat has visited Cler mont Ferrand, and addressed the municipality and the Defence Committee. The centre of Auvergne should, he thinks, become for France in case of need what the Asturias were for Spain in the days of the first Empire. Puy-de-Dome, Arache, Lozbre, Haute Vienne., and other places in the heart of France would become a huge fortress which the enemy would not know how to deal with. They would form a great intrenched camp, which should enclose the army who should reconquer France, when the Prus sians should have been exhausted by the winter. M. Barrat's views, which, notwithstanding his 80 years, ho put forward with great vigour, made a great impression, and communications have been opened with the War Minister on the subject. HERR JACOBY TO COUNT BISMARCK.—On the morning of his arrest Herr Jacoby sent the following communication to Count Bismarck :—" Under the orders of General Vogel von Falkenstein, the merchant Herbig and myself have been arrested and taken to the fortress of Loetzer. Herbig is charged with presiding at a public meeting, and I am charged with having spoken in this same assembly against the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine. The article of the Constitution which guarantees the right of meeting has not been sus pended, on account of our province being put in a state of siege. The meeting referred to had been mentioned to the authorities, and it was watched to its close by the police-agents. My speech did not contain anything of an offensive character, and I do not believe I have committed a n y offence. Although I have always been a determined opponent of your Excellency's policy, I have sufficient confidence in you as a man to believe that you will not sanction, if you have the power to pre vent it, a course by which innocent men are subjected to arbitrary penalties with the aid of martial law." NICE RE-CLAIMED BY ITALY.—The Francais says, " We have already alluded to the singular reclamation of a part of Savoy by Switzerland, who has been secretly encouraged by Prussia to put forward these pretensions. At the same time, the Italians are thinking of taking back Nice. They are making intrigues with this object, and already have forces on the frontier ready to enter should a favourable opportunity present itself. Nice has declared itself a free and independent town in some meet ing which took place at the clubs. Tne French were not admitted to these affairs, and the only language that was spoken on the occasion was the Nicene. A Nicene deputation has been to Florence and declared to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs that the inhabitants of Nice cannot longer endure the yoke of France; that the annexation of Nice to Italy had become necessary, and that if the Italian Government did not favour the scheme, the work would be carried on by revolutionary means, through the agency of the Secret Societies. The Cabinet of Florence has made no reply to these demands as yet." • THE POLICY OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.- The Cabinet Council which met on Friday week is under stood to have come to the decision that the time had not yet arrived to abandon the attitude of observant neu trality —a decision semi-officially announced by the Times in its leader of this day week. As far as we are able to interpret the signs of English opinion, we hold that the Government is thus far behind the opinion of the country, that a very strong desire is felt to see a formal protest put in by as many neutral powers as can be got to sign it against the intention now formally announced by Germany, of annexing a very consider able strip of French territory in opposition to the most ardent wishes of the population. It may be quite true that such a protest would not prevent the contemplated annexation ; but it is quite certain that such a protest powerfully supported,—and probably every European power except Russia would be heartily willing to support it—at least, of Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium, th ere can b e lit t l e or no d ou b t, and in all probability Austria would now give in her adhesion, —would make Germany uneasy, prevent that probable raising of her demands of which she has given us official warning, clear our own position, and make a great and most wholesome precedent f or th e future. Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet is far too timorous in relation to foreign affairs. Spectator. [ADvmarsEmENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Sores which are daily extending, ulcers which are hourly deepening, may be arrested in their torturing progress, and induced to take a healthy action, by applying this healing Ointment, and taking these purifying Pills. 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