The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-14 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATURDAY. Depression has been the feature of the stock market to-day. The statement that Russia had requested some modification of the treaty of 1856 was received with sus picion, and imparted a weakening tendency to the quo tations. At the same time the success obtained by the French at Orleans was held to be decidedly inimical to an early restoration of peace ; inasmuch as it was believed that Frame, elated by a gleam of vic tory, will be emulated to fresh endeavours, and will turn a deaf ear to the offers of the neutral powers for an armistice. In the railway market no feature of import ance has been noticed, but foreign bonds, especially Turkish, have experienced a further fall. Consols have suffered in sympathy, and have receded 5 per cent., being quoted at 924 to 921 for delivery and the December ac count. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 914 to 910; Bank Stock, 230 to 232 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 14s. prem. India Five per Cents. have been done at 1134 to 1134 ; and India Bonds at 21s. to 265. prem. In Colonial Government securities next to nothing has been doing, and the movements have been trifling. In the market for English railway stocks nothing of interest has transpired. Metropolitan, at 634, 635, and Caledonian, at 775, 78, are 4 better ; but South Eastern has fallen A, or to 744, 744 ; North Western 4, or to 1274, 128 ; and Great Western 5, or to 694, 70. Brighton is quoted at 414, 42 ; Great Northern, 1225, 123 ; ditto A, 134, 1344 ; Great Eastern, 39, 39a ; North Eastern, 1434, 1434. For Indian railway stocks the inquiry has been limited. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 1054 ; Carnatic, 1045 ; Eastern Bengal, 106 ; East Indian, nog, nog ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1065, 107 ; Oude and Rohilkuud, 1034: and Scinde, 1044, 1044, Canada shares have been quiet. In foreign shares next to nothing has been doing. Bahia and San Francisco have marked 175 to 185; Buenos Ayres, Great Southern, 254; San Paulo, 200: and Lom bards, 145, 144. The demand for Foreign Bonds has been dull at re duced quotations. Turkish (1869) have fallen 5, or to 525, 524 ; ditto Five per Cents, 14, or to 444, 45 ; Mexican or to 141, 144 ; Egyptian Nine per Cents. A, or to 1004, 101; ditto (1868) A, or to 774, 775 ; Italian (1861) 5, or to 55, 554. On the other hand, Spanish (1867) have been 5 better, at 315, 313, and ditto (1869) 4. at 31, 315, American securities have been dull, and the Five-Twenty Bonds have fallen 3, the 1882 Bonds being quoted at 84, 880, and the 1885 at 875, 874. The French Loan has been dull, at 0 to 4 prem. In Bank shares the transactions have been only to a moderate extent. Imperial Ottoman have marked 11i, 121 ; London and County, 49/, 50 ; Joint-Stock, 34 ; and Oriental, 432. Telegraph shares have been inactive. British Indian Submarine, 7 5-16 ; Falmouths, 10/ ; Great Northern China and Japan, 7 / 1 ; French Cables, 14g ; Silver's Indiarubber, 38k; and Constructions, 27k. Miscellaneous securities have been in limited request. Credit Foncier of England, 2/ ; Fore-street Warehouse, 20 ; General Credit and Discount, 7 3-16ths ; International Financial, n ; National Discount, 11i ; Ocean Marine, 18i. The following are some of the official " making up," prices for to-day, being the first day of the account in shares and foreign bonds :—Railways.—Metropolitan, 631; Caledonian, 77/ ; Brighten, 42 ; South Eastern, 741; Great Northern A, 134 ; North Eastern, 1421 ;. Midland 126 ; North Western, 127/ ; Great 'Western, 701 ; Erie shares, 181. Foreign bonds—Peruvian (1865), 90 ; Egyptian (1868), 771 ; 'Mexican, 14 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 451; ditto (1869), 52/ ; Italian (1861), 55 ; Spanish (1867) 311; ditto (1869), 31. Miscellaneous—Anglo-American Tele graph, 171; Telegraph Construction, 27i ; Don Pedro Mining, 1 ; and Taquaril, 11. In the discount market to-day there has been a fair supply of capital. The demand for accommodation has been to a moderate extent, and three months' paper has been taken at 21, to 21 per cent. The Bangalore has taken out £63,550, principally in gold for the East. The sum of £42,000 has been sent into the Bank to-clay. Advices from Havre state that, as a German army is marching on Lyons, the branch of the Bank of France in that city has deemed it prudent to send the greater part of its funds and sectirities to Toulon. In several towns complaints are beginning to be made of the dearness of different sorts of foood, particularly of meat ; and as the winter approaches they will certainly increase in extent aad intensity. How they will be dealt with will be, in an economic point of view, curious to see, and they must be dealt with, for the people who raise them have got arms, and are disposed to use them. The principal suggestion made thus far is, that municipalities shall either compel butchers, grocers, and bakers to sell their goods at fixed prices, or shall under take the sales themselves. The prospectus has appeared of the Cape and Natal Steam Navigation Company (Limited), with a capital of £250,000, in shares of £2O each. The first issue is to con sist of £200,000. £2 must be paid on application, and £3 on allotment. The company is formed for the purpose of establishing a line of steamers between London, the Cape, Algoa Bay, and Port Natal. The Manchester Courier of to-day says that " the sus pension of Messrs. Edward Begg and Co., of Bombay and Manchester, has been announced ; with liabilities of £115,000, of which one firm in London appear as creditors for about £77,000, the remainder being distributed princi pally among the India banks. The assets are, however, considerable. A meeting of the creditors of M4srs. Morgan and Jackson was held yesterday. Nothing definite was done, the meeting hairing been adjourned. The liabilities are £8,500. The available asset's' are small, but there is a joint life policy upon the debtors for £5,000, the premium of which is guaranteed for six years. A few days . ago a rumour was current of the failnre of a large Batavian firm. Upon inquiries at once instituted by a firm in this city in Holland, it was found that nothing was known of it there. The failure referred to in our issue of to-day is not that of a Batavian firm, but of a house in Padang, whose suspension has been known for several days." The Cork and Limerick Direct Railway has been pur chased by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland, at the price of £6O for, every £lOO share. In consequence of the war the Belgian iron trade is reported to be dull. The coal trade, however, shewa little change. The Grocer publishes a despatch just received from the Greek Minister of Finance to the Greek Ambassador in London, stating that the currant crop of 1869 was 111,000,0001b5., whilst that of 1870„ it is probable, will not reach 98,000,0001b5., from authentic reports. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-SATURDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 924 Vict 5p c Jan& JulylB9l. 10311041 924. 3, 21 104 Do for Account 93, 21 92 Three per Cen 83 t Reduced 911 911 Egyptian 1862. 7po .. .. 81 83 911, 1 New Z per Cent 911, 8. 1 Italian, 1865, 5p a Exchequer Bills, March 10 14pm Peruvian. 1865, 5p a pm 90, 1, 894, 904 Do, June lO 14pm Portuguese 1869 3 v 0.. 311 311 pm Russian. 1862. 5p a.. .. 851 83 Bank Stock ~., ix _ B 4 1 ~.r 231 o icolas 4p a India 5 per Cents 113) Spanish. 1967. 3pa India Bonds — 304, 18 pm Do. 1869. 3 p a Can 6pc Jan &Julyll77-84 10511061 301, 8, 1 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Turkish, 1954, 6p 0 Bl 83 WO 5p c Jan & July .. 98 (10 Do, 1865. suc Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 45 1 , 5 ,1, 41, 53, 1 Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 96 93 Do, 1865 6p 0 Ceylon 6 p c May and 64, 5 November 1878 lO7 109 U. 8.5-20 Bouds,6 pa 1332 881 S) Mauritius 6 p 0 Jan and 881. 1 July 1873 lO3 105 Do d 1885 873 88 New Males 5p clB7l-76 101110 2 1 874. 84, 78, 8 New Zealand bp c 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-1013nas, 51,01931 861 874 Dos pc Do 5p 0 Consolidated 98 99 Illinois Central Shares .. 11111121 981, 4 111 Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 107 109 Atlantic and (I W R Con Do Juno & l)ec 1891 109 111 Mortgage Bonds — Viet 6 p cJan &July 1891 114 116 274 DoAprii&OctlBB3-85.. 11111121 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exet er lB 90 to let Pref 80nd5.... 5.3 53 Caledonian Great Eastern 391, 1 37, 4 Great Northern ........ 1221123.1 Do 3rd Prof Stock Do A 1311 13311311 Grand Trunk of Canada 4th Prof Stock Great Western 7os 701 16 701, L 1 Great Indian Pen g 5. , a 106 107 Latoashire & Yorkshire 131 132 1061, 1, 7 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 411 421 G reatWesternofCanada 111 11j 41 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873,. 100 102 Lon, Chat, and Dover Lon and North-Western 12751.281 Do 5 p 0 prof. witch if; Id'slp, n 1272, I, 8 hladrp.s guar 'I o . ... . .. 105 106 Lon. 0 South-Western 89 91 N. Railway of Canada, • " 20i 6 p c Ist Prof Ronda .. 02 04 Man, Shef. and Lincoln 451 46 Omle and Rohilkund g ! Metropolitan 63,1 1031 Midland 1261, 1 Delhi guar 5 p c North British 331 iiahia and San Francisco North-Eastern Consols 11211435 g 7 p c 1431, 2;1 171, 181 South-Eastern 741 75 Belgian 11 Junction .... 21 21 75 Buenos A yres Gt Sturu. . 25 251 Atlantic and St Lawruce 77 711 251 • Bombay, Baroda, and Dimaburg and Witepsk 181 19 Central India, g 5 p c lO5 106 Dutch-Rhenish 221 23) 105, Eastern of France — -- Buff & Lake Huron Prof 4 . 41 Great Luxembourg Da 51 pc 80nd5.1872-3-4 81 83 Lemberg (izernowitzgua Cape guar 6p a East Bengal guar 5 p c.. 105,1061 Northern of France .... 106 Ottorn (Smyrna to Aidiul 5 5 East Indian. g 5 p c .... 119 111 Recife and San Francisco 1101 1 (Limited) guar 7p o .. 141 15 iiraud Trunk Canada .. lii 111 San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 201 20 , Do Equip Mort Bud 1 • 201 charge 6p c - 901 141, I Do 2nd no Scrip .... par 2pm Southern of le'rance 17i 13 7... 16117 BANKING COMPANIES. I'd Pd 1 Agra Bank (1,4 A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 234 21. 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 171 15 London Joint-Stock 33 4 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 231 233 31 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lou and Westmuster 6?5 645 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 144 10 Metropolitan B4 9 25 Char Merc of India 23 24 20 Midland (L) 24, 31 20 New South Wales .. :8 40 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 016 17 15 Union of London .. 385 :91 20 Imperial IL) 10 Imperial Ottoman 113, 12* TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd 100 Anglo-American LI S 5 67 6 Great N. China, and 10 Angle-Metlitra (L) 13a 132 Japan Extension.. 21 la dis 100 Atlantic 100 _LoS p c - 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 13 British Australn(L).. 4} 31.119 10 Marseilles, - Aliiers, i 0 British Ind Exton (L). 6 61 and Malta (L) ... • 6 6 ., 10 British Indian Sub- 10 Meditorrn Ex (L) .. 41 5 marine. IL) 7 5-16 2 China Submarine (L) 4141,1 ia 8 Reuter's 10 Lealmouth, Gibraltar, 20 SocTraus France (L) 141 141 and Malta (L 1 101 100 Submarine 235 240 10 Great Northern .... 111 12 Do Scrip 10 W India t'anama(L) 41 51 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. - Anglo• Austrian Bud- 20 It brie Can Cavour 4 4 holders' Certificate 11 21 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re -10 BerlinWaAarworks(L) 141 151 deemablels7o 64 66 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pru 50 London Fin Assoc (L)lBll7Ais 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 24 31 p c Sterling Loan.. 91 93 3 4 Brit & Fgu Marine (L) 24 nom 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) iI pm 2.5 Canada Company. .. 74 76 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal le Ceylon Company (L) 4 34dis gsp c by Ind Gov. 99 131 35 City Offices (L) 24l24dis 2 :Mauritius Land (LI • dis. par 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 24 3pm 114 .71 21 N Zealand Loan and 10 Ordt Fone of Eng (L) 21 24 Mere Agency tL) .. 4 1 pro 21 5 N Zealand Loan and 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 5 OceanMarinelnsur —l3l 14pm 27 3 / 4 Ebbw Vale Steel (1) Bl7ldis 184 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c P and 0 Steam 49 51 Mortgage Loan— 821 831 Do do New. 1867 2 dis par 83 0 Rhymney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 5 Do New Bl 9 3 / 4 guar by Egyp Gay— 100 102 0 Royal Mail Steam 100 2 Tel Con and Main (L) 2 74 ' 4 B 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 7 71Pm 274 20 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov Marine Insur (L 3l 31 pin Trust 6p c Bonds.. 97 100 St Tobacco 6p c Loan 71 Gen Credt &Disct (L) i 1 dis guar by Italian Gov B7 90 7 3-16 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 29 Upper Canada ... 411 pm r's 7 Hoope Tel Works 1 3 / 4 1 dis • 5 Cr Marine, Lvpool (1, 41 5 pin 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 9 20 Union Steamship (L) 22 24 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per,and 6 United Dia Corprn (L) 2 1 dig Tel Works L) .... 58 39 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 68 pm 38, i 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7.141 5 InterulFinan SociL) 2 lidis . 31' MARKETS. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat on offer, which sold freely at late rates. Foreign wheat was m limited rt quest, except fine qualities, which were scarce. Malting barley was dull, but grinding was firm. Oats were unchanged. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ther e was a small supply of wheat at this market to-day. Seed lots fetch higher rates, and grinding parcels maintain former quotations. Best malting barley was in request ; secondary sorts slow sale. Oats and beans were unaltered. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The usual fre quenters of the Exchange assembled rather later than usual this morning, and actual business did not commence until late. The supply of wheat was very short. Last week's prices were firmly maintained. Of other corn best barley and oats were mostly in request, and quite as dear. Beans and peas remain unaltered, NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-The tone of this market to-day was firm. Millers offered last week's prices for wheat, the best qualities of which reached in some cases to 6d. per quarter advance. Good qualities of wheat sold from 50s. to 51s. per quarter. Barley, oats, and beans met with a fair de mand, the previous quotations being fully supported. Averages: -wheat, 1,375 quarters at 50s. lld. per qnarter. Barley, 8,224 quarters at 365. 3d. per quarter. Oats, 30 quarters, at 375. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.--,There was a small show of farmers' wheat at this market to-day, and prices ruled rather higher than last week. Factors are doing little, but are standing firm for the old prices, with a desire for an advance. Flour was also firm, at late rates. Oats and beans were as before. KIRKCALDY GRAIN MARKET, SATURDAY.-At this mar ket to-day there was a small supply of wheat. The quotations for barley and oats were similar to those of last week. Wheat fetched 455. to 495. 6d. to 545. per qr. ; barley, 31s. 6d. to 353. to 375. 6d. ; oats, 225. to 245. 6d. to 28s. 6d. The average price of potatoes was Bs. per bale, or £2 per ton. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-Wheat was down at this market to-day. Flour remained unaltered. Barley was down 6d. per qr. Oats were steady, and inclining upwards. Peas were in demand, and 6d. dearer. Beans were dull, and 6d. lower.. The arrivals for the week are-12,396 qrs. of wheat, 1,725 qrs. of barley, 51 qrs. of oats, 578 qrs. of beans, 587 qrs. of peas, 3,333 qrs. of Indian corn, mid 6:028 sacks of flour. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.-There was a large show of . cattle at this market, and it was of a better quality than last week, and a fair trade was done at about last weeks's prices. There were not so many sheep, and with a little business done. Prices were not so firm. Pigs were in good demand, but prices were unaltered. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. -Mr. Charles James Eastern thus reports on the state of the hay market :-There has been a moderate supply of hay and clover on sale at the market to-day. Sales have been effected to a fair extent, at fully the rates previously current :-Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 1105. 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, 105 s. to 1155. ; and straw, 305. to 345. per load. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY. -Market hides : 561bs. to 641b5., 3d to 3d. -641bs. to 721bs. 3d ; 721bs. to 801bs., 30. to ad. ; 801bs. to 881bs., 3,d. to 4d. ; 881bs. to 961b5., 4d. to 4id ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 44. to 40. ; 1041bs. to 1121b5., 41-d. to w. Horse hides * , 10s. Od. to 12% calf skins-light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. - Sheep skins polled, Gs. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; half-breds, ss. to ss. 6d. ; Downs, 35.6 d. to 4s. 3d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. Opening Report.—This market opened to-day with a fair inquiry, espe, daily for American. Probable sales 10,000 bales. Imports, 4,140 bales.--Closing Report.—This market closed steady to day. Sales, 10,000 bales. Arrivals—Orleans, steamer via New York, Bd. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—VO; the end of the fall, trade to-day has been good. A bright windy morning was favourable to a correct choice of colours, and patterns of new goods in various shades were more generally inquired for. A new feoture is a demand for fancy Astracans and seals for ladies' mantles, but in the Heckmondwicke district the outcry for rugs and blankets for the French has for a time supplanted the seal manufacture. Some Inquiries are made for tenders for police clothes, both by LondOn and Manchester contractors. An offer of a large French order for the needles of Chassepot rifles, has been renewed to our steel workers, but much higher prices than the Swiss • makers would likely take are insisted upon. The French Vice Consuls are try4fig Leeds after Birmingham, and other large towns. • The engineering works here have important orders for pumping, blowing, and traction engines, one large machine firm are to-day sending a £5,000 order to the Philhpine Islands. The iron trade of Leeds goes on ex panding, and a new firm are building a very large furnace for hetblasting purposes. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was rather •more business at this market to-day, but prices were the same. The decline for the week is 6d. and ls. 9d. on medium sorts, and 3d. on fine sorts. I'he Duke of Argyll and Mr. Bright were again the only absentees from the Cabinet Council held on Friday. THE LEVEE EN - MASSE.—The Tours corre spondent of the Standard, in a letter of the 9th instant, says :—A decree yesterday divides the levee en masse into four bans, which will be called out as required. The first ban is the single men.between 21 and 40. These are called out by the decree of Sep tember 29, but, like many decrees, that has been a mere dead letter, and the men are for the most part still in their homes. Does not this shew the utter folly of issuing decree after decree without taking the slightest care to see that they are carried out ? The second ban takes in all married men up to 30, the third from 30 to 35, the-,fourth from 35 to 40. No hint is given of the dates at which these various bans will be called out, but the general opinion is that, with the ex ception of the first, they will never be summoned at all. It would, indeed, cause far less distress and inconvenience to summon at once the conscripts of '7l and '72, This would give 600,000 young fellows, even allowing for the provinces occupied by the Prussians. Theso lads would learn the use of arms and the necessary drill far more speedily than the older men; besides which a large number of the married men are at present enrolled in the National Guard, and can be utilised for the defence of their respective districts. It need scarcely be said that the entire absence of hands for agricultural manufacturing, and other purposes, by the absence from home of all men, single or married, between 21 and 40, would be enormous, and that the number of women and children who would be at once thrown upon the State for support would be overwhelming. It is in fact this very circumstance that Che family bread winners are still at home that enables France to support war with less suffering, except in the invaded districts, than is ex perienced in Germany. By all means make every married man a National Guard, drill him and discipline him to the utmost, and bring him into the field for local defence ; but to take him away from his field or his workshop until the very latest moment would be simply an act of suicide for France, and such, I need hardly say, it is generally considered to be here. Ido not suppose, however, that M. Gambetta ever gave the matter a thought when lie dashed off his first decree, ordering a general levee en masse. NOTICE.—KINATIAN'S LL. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co. have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-street, loading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—This 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. lAllt 4N 1) POLDJE; • EXTRAORDINARY CH AE ,of FRAUD.—Harold Brand, a foreigner. aged 26 years, s charged before Mr. Paget at the Thames Police-court, - obtaining .C6O by fraud and two orders for the payment •' • money purporting to be written by Mr. Mathias Mi ,elis, " practical tailor and outfitter," of No. 91, High-street, Whitechapel. A few weeks ago the prosecutor supplied a large quantity of cloth ing to the captain and crews of many Norwegian ship in the Commercial and Grand Surrey Canal Docks, in Deptford and Rotherhithe, and intended to collect the money for the same on the eve of the departure of the ves6e!3 for Norway and the Baltic. The prisoner and a servant in the employ ,of Mr. Michaelis, however, obtained payment of nearly all the accounts by a clever ruse. Yesterday a police-constable, named James Wilson, No. 570 K, apprehended the prisoner in Rotherhithe. He was remanded. LAMENTABLE CONDITION OF 'PARENTS.—Geo, Graham alias Keoley, a boy 13 years of 'age, was placed at the bar at the Westminster Police-court, charged with stealing a £5 note. Mr. Jones, linen draper, 40, Warwick-street, Pimlico, said that the prisoner had been in his service for five week up to the 31st ult. On that day he gave him a £5 note to get changed, and he absconded. Police-sergeant Randall, 9 B, said he took the prisoner yesterday at Liver pool, and brought him to London. He was then in custody, charged with wandering about the streets destitute. He stated on his way to London that he had stolen the £5 note, and having gone to a slop seller at the east end had purchased some new clothes, and gone to his aunt at. Bolton in Lancashire ; but as he had pre viously run away from home with his father's watch, she would not receive him. He then went to Liverpool, where he endeavoured to get on board ship, but could not find any captain to take him. Mr. Arnold having asked if any of the prisoner's friends were present, his mother, a genteel looking woman, stepped forward, and with tears in her eyes expressed her deep concern at what had occurred. If the magistrate would kindly impose only a slight imprisonment or set him at liberty she would at present send him to school, and then when old enough to sea. Mr. Arnold thought he had better send him to a reformatory. The mother earnestly entreated 'him not to do so. Her husband bad had much experience as a warder at the Milbank Peni tentiary, and he said that six out of seven of the convicts under sentence there had been in reformatories. Mr. Arnold was sorry to hear it having been led to suppose a better result. He should remand the prisoner to con sider his dispesal. THE LATE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS' ESTATE.—In the Chamber of the Master of the Rolls an application was made before Mr. Church, Chief 2 Cle;k, on behalf of Mr. John Day; trainer under the late Marquis of Hastings, .to amend the certificate in the cause of the administration of the estate, by admitting a claim of £856 due to Mr. Day for various services rendered in 1868. It was stated that the claim had been omitted entirely by mistake, and that the solicitor to the estate admitted its genuineness, and had, in fact, vouched for its accuracy. The Chief Clerk regretted that he should have been caused to issue an inaccurate certificate. Contrary to early expectations, however, the estate had produced sufficient to meet liabi lities, and under those circumstances, with the consent of all the parties to the cause, the certificate might be amended. LYNCH LAW IN LONDON.—The Dail& Telegraph reports that a place in the uninediate vicinity of the Stock Exchange has been the scene of a very remarkable appli cation of Lynch law. It appears that a youth of about fifteen, the son of a stockbroker, was recently accosted by a well-dressed person, who made criminal proposals to him. The lad communicated the circumstance to his father, who, after consulting with some friends, plarined a scheme for tho chastisement of the offender. An ap pointment was made by the boy, and the " gentleman," on arriving at the place of rendezvous found several per sons in waiting, who, with somewhat peremptory polite= ness, requested him to accompany th em .- Th e y con ducted him to the counting-house of the boy's father, took him to a private room, fastened the door, and then began a process of summary punishment. The unfortu nate wretch was soundly beaten with fists, and even, it is said, with sticks; his coat was torn in two, a piece of his nether garments was cut out, a bottle of ink was emptied over his head, and, bruised, bleeding, hatless, and be grimed, he was then kicked out into the street, where he staggered into a cab. Another account says that the Vic- tim of the thrashing made no complaint to the police, although after his punishment he had a good opportunity of doing so. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. " How THE DISEASE SPREADS."—At the Brentford Petty Sessions, Roland Hawkins, farmer, A Greenford, was brought up on a warrant charged with driving cows suffering from foot and month disease, along the high road, contrary to the statute. Mr. Leggett, of Hanwell, one. of the in spectors appointed bythe Council, said : On the 26th of October I was going towards Southall, when I svv the prisoner drive seven cows along the high road for about forty yards, and put them into a field. I subsequently examined them, and found them. to be suffering from foot and mouth disease. Prisoner ad.: mitted that the cows were suffering from the disease, and stated that he was merely bringing them from one part of farm to another, and the reason that he did not appear to answer the summons on the last bench day was because, he could not get away conveniently. The Chairman then said the disease was very- infectious, and persons wei•e astonished at the manner in which the cattle disease ex-. tended, but it was easily accounted for if farmers were so careless as the defendant, who would be fined 405.,.in-, eluding costs. THE ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO.-Some of the secrets. of the tobacco trade were exposed at the Birkenhead Police-court, when Richard Clark, of Chester-street, was` fined £75 for mixing his tobacco with sugar and treacle.' It seems it has been Mr. Clark's practice, and probably that of others in the trade, to mix 101 b. of treacle and. 101 b. of sugar with 100 lb. of tobacco, and -. ay doing this. Mr. 'Clark says he improves the • tobacco a n d &mins nothing in the weight. He makes him.-: self out to be, in fact, a public benefactor,. and doubtless thinks a man oan do what he likes "in the. way of trade." Unfortunately for Mr. Clark's defence, it was elicited that his tobacco containad 4.4 per cent.: more water than if it was properly made, in addition to' 13.7 per cent. of sugar. This variation from the right course of manufacture enabled Mr. Clark to increase his profits by 5(1. in the lb., a very substantial reward for his efforts to " improve the article," as he calls it. As some years have elal)Sed since the defendant's factory was last' visited by the revenue officers, it is not certain how long his profits have been augmented in this way.—Liverpool Courier. ENGLAND AND THE ROMAN QUESTION.—It is re ported that Lord Granville and Archbishop Manning have agreed together to nominate Lord Howard, of Glos sop, as the English representative at the European Conn -gress regarding the Roman question—subject, of course, to the Queen's sanction.—Church herald. INDIAN OCEAN.—The career of this horse, second in the Liverpool Autumn Cup, has been most unfortu nate, andin a 'minor degree he has earned the distinction of being a second Yellow Jack. Indian Ocean has started fifteen times as a two and three year old, running second on no less than seven occasions, and not once scoring a win.—Sporting Life. LOSS OF A SCHOONER OFF ' THE MERSEY. -0 11 Friday forenoon, a 'very severe gale from the N.N.E. prevailed off the port of Liverpool, and a little before one o'clock p.m. the schooner Four Brothers, of Chester, bound from Fleetwood to Dublin with a cargo of coal, was. driven ashore on the Burbo Bank, and soon filled and sank, the crew taking refuge in the rigging. The signals of dis tresswere discovered by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat, which at once put off to the rescue of the crew, and succeeded in taking them ashore safely. TH., ENGLISH EMBASSY IN PERSIA.—The new palace for the English Legation at Teheran is nearly finished. It stands outside the town, on the way to Yul hek. Its estimated cost is about £35,000, inclusive of the 30,000 tumans which the Persians have agreed to give for the old residence within the walls of the city. Reckoning what has been expended on the house at Yulhek, the total outlay in Persia for the accommodation of our Minister has been about £40,000 in the last few years —a sum which cannot be considered otherwise than ample, and worthy even of comparison with the liberal disbursements of the East India Company. THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA AND ENGLISH PHILAN THEOPY.—The Queen of Prussia has addressed the fol lowing letter to the Committee of the English Inter national Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War :—" I have observed . with sincere admiration the generous manner in which the English nation endeavours to alleviate the fearful sufferings of the present war and to participate in the care of the numerous wounded by supporting . the existing societies and hospitals, by the erec tion of their own hospitals, establishment of depots, and the distribution of gifts. In my relations with the German societies, I feel it an urgent obligation to express this to the English Committee for aid to wounded and sick soldiers which- directs this benevolent activity, and in their name, as well as in the name .of my countrymen far and near whom this assistance has benefited, to 'offer the most sincere and deep-felt thanks. By ouch proofs of true humanity the nation does honour to itself and preserves its old reputation of maintaining the interests of humanity as everywhere the first consideration. It may likewise rest assured that with us in Germany what we owe to it in this respect is most warmly acknowledged and feIt.—AUGUSTA, Homburg, Nov. 8 1870. A letter from Homburg states that the Queen and Crown Princess are devoting themselves exclusively to their families and to philanthropic objects. Both are constantly visiting the hospitals in the neighbourhood. A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE ; and as it comprises all the appliances and devicesfor varied work with which all the best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that " LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 210 A, REGENT-mum, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their place, a 3 the universal domestic helper.—" investment Circular and Financial ReCord," September 7, 1870. . ye 11, Vitit 2 :l4oNDON, IVIONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1870. r 4- - LE - 71 117 D 1 Ft. ANOTHER PROPOSED PLEBISCITE. TOURS, November 10. There is serious talk here about applying to the whole country the Plebiscite which has been so successful in Paris. It is even said, on good authority, that the Dele-, gation at Tours has made up its mind, and that the pigeons bearing the proposal are on their way to Paris. The advocates of the pl6biscite maintain that the argu ments which led to its adoption in Paris apply equally to all France. There was an en - eute in the capital, and ex cesses are committed in the southern cities. The armis tice is rejected ; it is necessary to continue the war ; the assent of all France should be gained before embarking in such an enterprise. It may be as well to translate part of the article from the Patrie, which is the leading advo cate of the plan.:— The armistice, says the Patrie, has been rendered im possible by the unjustifiable pretentious of Prussia, and the election and convocation of a National Assembly have become equally impossible, so that France finds herself thrown back into the vague and provisional con dition which she has been placed in since the shameful capitulation of Sedan, and the abrupt revolution of September. At the same time it is indispensable, under pain of death and suicide, that France should have a regularly constituted Govern ment, empowered by the nation to repress the enemies of the interior, and to speak in their name to the neutral Powers as well as to Bismarck. The Go vernm en tof National Defence must propose to France a plebiscite, couched in some such terms as these. "The French people recog nise the Government created on the 4th of September, 1870, and give it full powers for internal administration, and for treating with foreign powers, and especially for concluding a peace, on the condition that directly after the conclusion of this peace a Constituent Assembly shall be elected by the nation." The result of the Paris vote leaves no doubt of the result of the vote of France. The Government of National Defence will be recognised by an immense majority. Strengthened by the authority thus given to it, the Government, henceforward regular, will easily dispose of the resistance now offered, and which before the expressed will of the people will probably disappear of itself. Mar seilles, Lyons, Perpignan, and Saint Etienne will be once more in order. In the present situation of the country, the election of an Assembly, very difficult with an armistice, would be impracticable without. Under the most favourable circumstances the task of col lecting an assembly would be a lengthy one. How much wiser it would be to adopt a plan by which in three days the whole nation can be consulted, and at the end of six days MM. Favre, Trochu, and Gambetta can speak with the same authority as the Ministers of Queen Victoria or the Czar. The only objection to the. plan is this—would Prussia allow the invaded departments to vote on the pldbiscite ? The Patrie believes that she dare not refuse in presence of the suspicious watchfulness of Europe. As for Alsace and Lorraine, Bismarck will un doubtedly refuse to let them vote. But when your friend in Greeco or Sicily falls into the hands of brigands you cannot pause to consider the most orthodox means of delivering him ; you do the best you can to save him. The provinces may well entrust their deliverance to the Go vernment which said, " Not an inch of our territory," The Government must have the sanction of the country. It will be obliged to ask France for fresh sacrifices of men and money, and it must be authorised to do so by France itself. These are the pleas of the-plebiscite. Englishmen, as a rule do not believe in such expedient; but in this special instance there is the argument that the Germans would be able to exert much less influence upon the plebiscite than in the choice of a Constituent assembly. The special objections—not speaking of the general pleas against a plebiscite—are also strong. It would distract the atten tion of the people from the business of prosecuting the war, and so long' as it appears that hostilities are to proceed, it is desirable that nothing should interfere with them. Moreover, the opponents of the plebiscite urge that there is no reason for any extraordinary appeal. Some cities in the South have displayed considerable rowdyism, and even mutinied, but in no other part of the land is there the slightest opposition to the Defence Go vernment ; considering that the Ministry took office at a time of unparalleled confusion and depression, the obedience to their decrees has been wonderful. It is urged, too, that the mass of the people are likely to mistake the complex vote of confidence which it is proposed to submit, for a simple decision of peace or war, and vote accordingly. One way suggests another objection The peasants voted " Oui " at the last plebiscite and got repaid by the most fearful sufferings. They will in future be careful of saying " Oui " too rashly. We shall see in a few days whether the project will come to anything. The reports of fighting in the Loire arrive constantly. It appeared a fact that the French have triumphed in one small engagement. They are certainly pushing forward and events of importance are impending. Of details there are as yet none. COUNT: BISMARCK ON THt PROPOSED ARMISTICE . . Count Bismarck has addressed the following circular to the representatives of North Germany abroad:—" The fact that a statesman of position and experience like M. Thiers had been accepted by the Paris Government led us to hope that proposals would be made to which it would be possible for us to accede. M. Thiers stated that at the desire of the Neutral Powers France would be ready to agree to an armistice. Notwithstanding the objections which stood in the way of a conclusion of an Armistice, the King allowed his wish to prevail that steps favour. able to the conclusion of peace might be taken. Count Bismarck, therefore, offered a suspension of hostilities for 25 or 28 days on the basis of the military status quo. He propoied to fix by a line of demarcation the positions of the two armies in accordance with those respectively occupied by them on the day of the signing of the truce. He also proposed that hostilities should be suspended for four weeks, and that during that time the elections for a National Assembly and its installation should be held. On the French side the only consequences of the Armi-tice would have been the abandonment by them of the little and inexplicable course they pursue of wasting their artillery munitions by firing from the guns of their forts. As regards Alsace, Count Bismarck de clared that he insisted upon no stipulation which coal be considered calling in question the possession of this German Department by France before the conclusion of Peace, and that we should make no charge against any inhabitant of Alsace for appearing as a Deputy in the French National Assembly. M. Thiers declined these proposals, and declared that he could only agree to an armistice on condition that it should embrace an exten sive re-victualling of Paris. In reply to the question as to what equivalent he could make for such a con cession, M. Thiers said he could offer none other than the readiness of. the Paris Gos;ernment to allow the French nation to choose representatives. The King was justly surprised at such extravagant military preten sions, and deceived in the expectations which he had associated with the prospect of negotiations with M. Thiers. The incredible demand that we should sacrifice the fruits of all the efforts we had made during two months, and the advantages which we had achieved, and restore the conditions of the struggle to the point at which we found them in the beginning of our investment of Paris, once more proved that pretexts are sought in the French capital to deny to the nation the power of recording its votes. At Count Bismarck's ex pressed wish that an attempt should be made to bling about an understanding upon other bases, M. Thiers, on the sth instant, had an interview with the members of the Paris Government to propose a short truce, or that elections should be ordered without a regular convention being signed for the suspension of hostilities, in which case Count Bismarck ' promised free intercourse, and the granting of all facilities consistent with the s2curity of the German armies. In return M. Thiers communicated merely the instructions he had received to break off the negotiations. The course these negotiations had taken left Count Bismarck convinced that those now holding the reins of power in France were not in earnest from the commencement in the wish to allow the voice of the French nation to be expressed by a Representative Assembly, elected by . free votes, and that it was just as little their intention to bring about an armistice. They must have been convinced of the impossibility of their conditions being accepted, and only brought them forward in order not to give a negative reply to the neutral Powers whose assistance they hope to obtain." THE CAPTURE OF DIJON. On the 31st of October a message reached Tours, giving a clear account of thE engagement of the previous day, eulogising the sharp and courageous resistance of the troops, especially of several battalions of the 71st and 90th Regiments of the Line, and of the Gth Battalion of Chasseurs. The Baden troops, about 10,000 in number, supported by eight or ten pieces of artillery, occupied the heights of Montmuzard. The fight lasted from ten o'clock in the morning until night. At about four o'clock the bombardment of Dijon commenced. Confla- ErMiom broke out at several points. Colonel Fauconnet, who had just been appointed Commander of the Mobile and mobilised troops in lieu of Dr. Lavelle, as well as a Baden officer, was grievously wounded. Fauconnet ex pired during the night. By half-past four a flag of truce was hoisted at the top of the central tower, but some of the townspeople fired at it more than 200 shots, and several times succeeded in bringing it down. " The pourparlers of the capitulation took place during the night, and the surrender was signed and carried out the next morning. The town agreed to pay 500,000 francs as a guarantee for the victualling of 80,000 men, of whom the Germans announced the approach on their way to Lyons From the various accounts it is clear that, if the Muni cipal Council of Dijon and the Committee of Defence had yielded to the entreaties of the Prefect and of the mili tary Commander, and had consented to barricade the town, the main body of the French troops would have found there fortified works, which, to a certain point, would have afforded them a protection against the deadly effects of the enemy's artillery. Dr. Lavelle, Commander of the Mobile and mobilised troops, whose presumptuous incapacity was the cause of the panic on the 28th, was arrested and taken to Lyons, where he will be tried by a court martial." A. (lERMA.N SPY. Nicholas Schull seems to have had somewhat of the better qualities of a man in him, and to have been one of intelligence and fortitude. A Hungarian by birth, a scion of the noble house of Degelmann, educated in Vienna, a naturalised American, and long dwelling in Mexico as a partisan of the late Emperor Maximilian, from whom be received the decoration of the order of Guadaloupe, he was a man who had seen much of the world and of its ways. Rather tall, and looking taller from the fact that hls figure was upright and spare, Schull seemed more like a native of the country of his adoption than of that of his birth—an illusion strengthened by his wearing his reddish brown beard without the moustache, and at the first glimpse he might readily be taken for an American. He was captured on the night of the 10th of August on the railway from whence he was surveying those new earthworks which we raise in every direction to strengthen the already strong fortress of Metz. It seems that about the 19th of July last he was presented to General Ducrot at Strasburg, announcing himself as the sworn enemy of Prussia and as equally the sworn friend of France. Without much hesi sation or inquiry his services seem to have been accepted, for on the 11th he left Strasburg, and returned again on the 26th with a certain amount of information, sufficient, indeed, to influence the General to give him 800 francs in German cash with which to enter the Prussian camp and carry out his object. From that time until his arrest the French military authorities saw nothing of him. That he did visit the Prussian camp is certain, for on his arrest there was found on bim a laisser passer from Soleski, the quartermaster general of the Prussian army at Mayence, and dated the 6th of August, requiring all military authorities to let him go where and when he would. With his appointment from General Ducrot and this from General Soleski, he had the entire rim of both armies, the which . thing, as your correspondent, I most humbly long fcr at this moment, for the weariness of Metz is very hard to bear. Schull seems to have moved about actively, and the French say that he conveyed intelligence as to the disposition and numbers of their forces at Wissemburg and Reichshofen, and, having finished his business there, came on to Metz to perform the same function ; but no real evidence of this was produced at the trial. The most incriminating thing against him was the medal carried by all the Prussian spies to be produced as a voucher of their being enrolled in the Intelligence Department. This and 1,000 francs in gold were quite enough without the laisser passer, which, strange to say, was written not in German, but in French, and the Council of War, after a few minutes' deliberation, condemned him to death. Schull heard his sentence without betraying any emotion, and demanded his pourvoir en revision with calm tone, as though it were an ordinary request. This appeal, the right of all condemned to death in France, was immediately accorded, but was of no avail. His sen tence was approved of by the council of revision, and at five o'clock on Sunday morning, iri a drizzling rain, his prison door opened for the last time for him. Half a mile's walk through the town took him to the fosse of the citadel. A few minutes' waiting there whilst his sentence was read over to him, a sharp rattle, and, with four holes through his breast, he falls, and so ends the first convicted of the numerous spies here in Metz. He ended his life stoically, simply requesting that he might be buried decently, which request was accorded him, and a simple stone in the Chambibre Cemetery marks his grave.—Seventy Days in Metz by the Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. THE FRENCH VICTORY AT ORLEANS. I If the successes of General d'Aurelle de Paladifie (for such, according to the official lists, is the real title of the Chief of the Army of the Loire) stop where they have begun he will yet leave his name in history, for two good 'reasons. He has been the first French commander in this war who has made a serious attempt to restore to the French army the discipline it seemed wholly to have lost ; and he is also the first who has won a real success. We trust those correspondents who have been so hard upon General d'Aurelle for insisting upon the discipline which, be it noted, a French commander in the field has only one means of enforcing, by capital execution, will not be slow to allow that at least his severity had not been thrown altogether away when he came to move his army forward. The immense superiority of his force enabled him to manoeuvre Von der Tann out of Orleans without a direct attack upon the place, by t simple process of throwing his left forward froninf arche noir, so as to threaten to shut the Bavarians in by cutting them off from Paris. With this movement was combined the march of a separate cavalry column from the east, under a General Pallieres. The 13th Corps, therefore, whose chief is evidently the Reyan, Royan, or Reyau of whom we heard at the opening of the Loire ope rations, had most of the work to do. Von der Tann, on his side, plainly found himself too weak to hold the city, and began a retreat to the north by the direct Paris road through Chdvilly, and that more to the west of it by Patay. About the latter especially there were sharp rear guard actions on the 10th, resulting on the whole decidedly in favour of the French, although it is admitted from Tours that the 15th corps once at least had to fall back. As a general result, Von der Tann was forced to retire on Toury, nearly two days' march from Orleans, and left behind him about a thousand prisoners and two guns according to the French reports. Here he was joined by Wittich with the 22nd Division, which, contrary to the assertions made in letters from Bavarian officers, had not returned to Paris, but had been retained with a division of cavalry at Chartres to cover Von der Tann's right, and send up supplies to . Paris. (The greater part of the south side of the investing army has, we learn by German accounts, been fed from this district for the last fortnight). At Toury, therefore, Von der Tann collected his original force together, and had probably 40,000 men at least in line ; but this is evidently judged insufficient by the Varsailles ataff, and the Duke of Mecklenburg, who has recently been charged with the eastern portion of the circle round Paris, is officially announced as being sent instantly to support him. We must, therefore, of course, look for some more hn portant news from the district between Toury and Artenay, on which Von der Tann drove Gene ral Reyau on the 10th and 11th of October, exactly a month since. The Fourteenth Corps, that of the Duke of Mecklenburg, is, we believe, composed of the strong Wurtemberg Division, the 17th Division, and detachments of Landwehr ; but it has been very largely drawn upon for minor operations, and can hardly take 25,000 men to the south, even if it be wholly withdrawn from Paris, where the Second Corps is now available to take its place. General Aurelles de Paladine has issued the following order of the day:—" Officers and men of the Army of the Loire : —Yesterday's fighting has been a success for our arms. All the enemy's positions were vigorously carried, and the foe is retreating. The Government has been in formed by me of your conduct, and has entrusted me with the duty of returning you its thanks. Ido so with great pleasure. In the midst of its misfortunes the eyes of the country are upon you. France counts upon your courage. Let us make every effort that her hopes may be realised. --AURELLES DE PALADINE, the General Commander-in- Chief. Headquarters, November 10.--Pall Mall Gazette. It is said that the Irish ambulance has been invited to proceed to the Army of the Loire. The employs of the Auxiliary Engineers have found in the Catacombs of Paris sufficient quantities of salpetre to prision Paris with powder for six months. The citizens who perform the duties of mayor under the new Republic will receive the sum of 500 f. a month. The functions of the mayoralty have hiterto been performed gratuitously. Amongst the 53 eagles captured at Metz, and which have been provisionally stored in the arsenal at Berlin, there are many which still herald the proud deeds of Marengo, Wagram, Ltitzen, Solferino, and others. In Alsace and Lorraine all newspapers published in the rest of France . have been prohibited. Even before the conclusion of peace, these provinces are to be intellec tually separated from the country they have hitherto belonged W. The Municipal Council of Rouen have drawn up formal protest against the Prussian order requiring s° lll3 leading citizens of the town to travel by every train. order to prevent the French Freeshooters and others fo ul firing upon the railways. From a letter found on the table in the Hotel de Vil le after the eineute on the 31st, it would appear that the Revolutionary commune contemplated the aasassinath° of King William as one item in their war progranyle* A correspondent of the Etoile Beige says that the An le ricans who have just left Paris in great numbers sre unanimous in their praise of the attitude of the Pe ° P i e e j They were induced to leave the city because they belie t the French would fight to the last extremity, and th 3 the Germans would be certain to bombard the place. The Union Liberale of Tours says that according to t heir information the sum of money taken in Metz was !,, r A below forty millions of francs ; on the contrary , ~ managers .of the Metz branch of the Bank of France Wm' on the evening before the surrender, burnt all their ncT o and the only amount remaining was a total of 112,E francs, 1,300 francs of which was in copper. Among the secret papers of the Imperial Cabinet 11°W published are a number of short letters and messg, e, from Emile 011ivier, written at the time of the fain°' , Pl6biscite, to Ihe Procureurs Gdndraux. He exhorts WO to repress all disorder, and is especially anxious for the arrest of the members of the Internationale in Franc e ' particularly id Marseilles, and desires them to seize the leaders, if possible, the gentlemen rather than the pe oo3. An English correspondent has " interviewed " 13501 but extracted very little from him except the statem e n t that the Government of National Defence was responeib'e for the surrender of Metz. Though fully aware of the situation of the fortress, and of the army which was sh ut up within it, the Republican Ministry made no n lov ii e• ment in the way of assistance, and thus left the Mars h '! no choice in the matter. Fresh butter in Paris still exists, but it has risen to V francs a pound (about seventeen shillings). A g° °° . fetches £lss., a turkey about £2 55., one carp £1 sx► !i f " chicken about 135., ass and mule flesh nearly three Of lings a pound, and eggs fourpence each. A couple of OW bits cost about a sovereign. M. Baroche, who commanded the Mobiles at Li e Bourget, shewed the most splendid courage. Giving men leave to retire, he coolly awaited the advance of 14 ' Prussian Guards, and then rushed forward to meet th ee ' at the head of four officers and a dozen men, who refus ed to desert him. The whole party were of course shot down and either wounded and taken or killed, among the latte r Colonel Baroche. The Colonel was a son of the late elt li ' nent Minister of that name. 41" A correspondent of the Standard makes a calculatioo that to bombard Paris on the same scale as Strasburg would require 6,025 pieces of cannon, and nearly fi ne million projectiles of various kinds. The corresponde lit doubts with some reason whether Germany can ruu ster such a total as this. But it remains ,to be seen wheth eb, Von Moltke intends to bombard Paris on the same se sle as Strasburg. A medical correspondent in Paris speaks highlY ();, American and Austrian surgery:—" The Am e ricans tre e " their cases in tents heated in a simple and ingenious wt They have under their care gunshot woun d s th ro ugh neck and shaft of the femur doing well without operation, also wounds of the lungs, proceeding favourably—in f ° ' et ' s alMost all wounds seem to do well with care, except th ose of the knee. The Austrian surgeons are also very succes s. ful in the preservation of limbs." General de Bellamare, who has been disgraced l er taking upon himself the responsibility of the occupation of Le Bourget without afterwards taking efficient 'pee l to hold it, is a man of some special energy, of whom a c' . °7 l deal had been expected at Paris. At Sedan he had command of a battalion of reserve troops, but, refusing t° be included in the capitulation, left them to disguise bit e : self, and so escaped into Belgium and round to Paris. T it ': feat procured him the brevet of General of Brigade. —A r and Navy Gazette. A lieutenant of hussars, who has escaped from get says that previous to his departure an order of the ' 511 ' 9 from the Prussian general in command declared that re° ll than 700 French officers had escaped. In consequence °, this the country round was to be searched, and a ll sus" pectal persons arrested. All French officers found in t he town in plain clothes were to be shot. Eight of thes e officers had already been executed in order to serve i ts examples. The Echo du Nord of the 11th instant has the follovr ing -f` We do not know where the enemy's troops al at present, but what we can assert is that the advance the Prussians to the north can no longer be doubted. o: Thursday last some French officers, completely disguise' travelled with a German army which was proceeding t o. wards the north, and which they estimate to be 60,000 of 80,000 men in number. Our countrymen were three dal s going through the whole column, the importance of whic h may be judged by that fact." A writer in the Cologne Gazette says that the Alsace a nj Lorraine soldiers who came out of Metz, relieved froui their military obligations, were seen in troops on the road s with bag and baggage. They, too, were in a good humour' Many a substitute had only served a short time, had bi 9 money in his pocket, and now returned to his village t° live in peace and tranquillity. They had collected tog ther, *their backs loaded with outfit and beddmg, sa o g their songs, and were silent only when a Prussian column met them. Verdun, which capitulated on the Bth, is described by the North German Gazette as a fortress of the first 0100 its ordinary war garrison consisting of 4,200 men and 7 horses. It is considered the key to the Argonnea Passes' which have long been in the possession of the Gernia o ' but will now be more securely held, as numerotlo Franc-Tireurs, relying on the fortress, infested theme' The only fortresses still held by the French in the North' East, are Thionville, Montmddy, and Longwy. The latter is asserted by the Commandant to be provisione d for a year. The French railways used by the German troops had at first to be rendered available for traffic and to be manage d by Ger Man officials, the native employ& having fled. The line from Chillons to Château Thierry is still guarded an d managed by Landwehr soldiers, but the officials o f the Eastern Railway have now been summoned to resum e their duties. On giving a written promise of fidelity thel will receive their former pay. This notice is hailed by the inhabitants as a sign of peace. At Château Thierry ty re elegant car& have just reopened. The first night the v 1 tors were all men, but on the second the ladies of the place presented themselves. A lady, who writes from Paris. says she made up h er mind to make a meal of horse on November 5. She w° 4 "really too hungry." "We have four tins of beef-tea left, and more than half the ham Mr. sent, and hav e not touched the two tins of meat I bought, so you see have saved all I could. I fry the ham slice by slice, au' save the greage to eat. Our rations of meat for three M I we always eat in one meal, ana desire more. I was tµ' ° hours and a half getting my piece of meat (horse), an d very much pushed ; but it was nothing to the rne 3t crowd on Friday—the barrier thrown down twice, a nd -I vory much hurt. I screamed awfully. I don't remove" ber in the least how I was got out. The worte° are like devils. I quite understand the scenes of th e Revolution." • [ADVERTISEMENT.]-110110way's Pills.—ln general debi' lity, nervous tremor, and mental depression, these 1 111 ' rivalled Pills haves a marvellous effect. They have we the confidence of millions in all parts of the civilise d world. Constitutions shaken by sensual excesses, by 1 0 ' 15 residence in unwholesome climates, or by sedentary habits' are wonderfully renovated by a course of this extra,ordju i : ary medicine, which, powerful as is its action on the Nat; system, is perfectly harmless to the tenderest frame. 1m.," Pills are composed of rare balsams, without a g ra in of in; mineral whatever, or of any other deleterious substanc e ,: They operate directly, powerfully, and beneficially 'W e ' the whole mass of blood ; a fact we cannot question 'Wb e we see indigestion cured, liver complaints arrested, tb oppressed lungs brought into healthful play, and ever physical function renewed and strengthened by their agency. BIRTHS. ----- On the 9th inst., at Scarborough, the Countess Cathca 44 of a son. On the 11th inst., at 5, Cleveland-square, Hyde-Po: 4 the wife of Edward. Maynard Denny, Esq., of l b daughter. MARRIAGES.] On the 10th inst., at Bretton Park, Wakefield, M r . 1101 Hussey Vivian, Esq., M . P., to Averil, the daughter 0 ,, Captain Richard Beaumont, Royal Navy, of Rutlito° gate. On the 10th inst., at Tawstock Church, Devon, Henry Brudnell Bruce, Esq., 9th Regt., third son of the Rlb Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., to Georgiana, sec° daughter of G. H. Pinckney, Esq., Tawstock Cou r " Barnstaple. DEATH? On the 10th bast., at Exton Vicarage, Oakham, the goo. and Rev. Leland Noel, aged 73. On the 10th inst., Joseph White, Esq., o f L owe r VO Smithfield, and Quebec, aged 47. - of London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE , No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him TEE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct o f th Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Monday, Novomber_l4, 1876,