The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-15 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YEBTERDAY. There being no fresh news of importance received during business hours from the seat of war, the stock markets have ruled dull and inactive throughout the day. There appears to be very little disposition to enter into fresh business for the remainder of the year, and the dealings and fluctuations in prices have been chiefly in connection with the settlement of the aecount, which will be com pleted to-morrow. The next settling day will be on the 30th instant, but it is believed that business will be re stricted within very narrow limits for the rest of- this year. Owing to sales having been made to close accounts, Consols closed f lower, the last prices being 94/, 91 for money, and 91n, 91t for account. The opening quota tion, however, was 91, 94 for money, and 91/, 91 for account. It may be remarked that there is on, uneasy feeling prevalent in regard to the political situa-C tion. The action of Prussia in reference to the absorption of Luxembomg is naturally regarded as a warning as to what may be the career of the new Confederation if strenuous efforts be not made to check its ambition, while the general disregard of treaties and treaty obligations, which is the distinguishing feature of modern diplomacy, is thought to endanger the peace of the country, seeing that England has entered into so many guarantees. For this reason we are not likely to see any inflation in the prices of foreign bonds or of shares likely to be affected by continental politics, and the quotations will probably con tinue depressed until the uneasy feeling promoted by recent events shall have passed away. Reduced and New Three per Cents, left off at 91, 911 ; India Five per Cents., 110, 110/ ; India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem.; Exchequer bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. Bank stock closed ar 230, 232, and Metropolitan Three-and-a-half per Cents. at 93, 93/. Home railway stocks have ruled steady, the large traffic receipts having afforded no hope of increased dividends. Caledonia and Great Northern A have further advanced I,the closing prices being 86, 86/, and 135, 136 respec tively. Midland shares are f better, at 128 k, 128 k. Great Westerns are I lower, at 69/, 70 ; while North Eastern, at 143,143/, London and North Western at 127/, 128, and London and Brighton at 40/, 41, are unchanged. The last price for South Eastern stock was 74k, 74g. Among foreign railways, Erie shares closed at 19/, 20 ; and Illbiois Central at 110, 111. Lombardo-Venetian shares were 14i, 142 ; and Great Luxemburg at 11, 11f. Colonial and India Guaranteed lines were steady in value. Van Mine shares have sold at 545. to account, and Great Lacey at 17i ; Sweetland Creek Gold Mine shares continue to keep firm, and have been done to-day at 31 for money. Don Pedro shares are quoted at 13, 2i prem. ; St. John Del Rey, at 24, 26 ; and Taguaril gold at 11, prem. The changes in the quotations for foreign bonds were generally of an adverse character. Scarcely any bona fide purchases are now being made, the' investing public now regarding the securities with some amount of sus picion. This is natural at a time like the present, though the credit of many States which have no connection with the events taking place on the Continent is much affected. To-day Italian of 1861 gave way j, and 1867, 1 ; Mexican bonds were lower; Russian, Anglo-Dutch, 1; Turkish (1888), 1; and Turkish Five per Cents., On the other hand, Egyptian railway debentures and Chili= of 1870, advanced 1; and Peruvian rose *per cent. The French Loan was lower, at par to * prem., while the German Loan was last quoted at e to 1 prem. The transactions in the latter were somewhat numerous. Joint stock bank shares have been little inquired after, but prices are without material alteration. The following are the transactions for the account :—Consolidated, 47, ; Imperial Ottoman, 12; London and River Plate (New), 11 ; Midland, 19k. American telegraph shares continue dull, owing to the interruption to the working of the cable. Other shares, however, are steady. British India Submarine have heen dealt in (for the account) at 6 ; Falmouth and Gibraltar, 9t ; Marseilles, Algiers, &c., Indiarubber Company's shares left off at 44, 45 ; and Telegraph Con strUction at 25t, 26k. In the miscellaneous share market there has been very little doing, but the quotations generally have been sup ported. City Offices have sold at 9, 1 ; Commercial Union Assurance, 81, ; General Credit, 7 , 1 ; London General Omnibus, n ; Thetis Marine, 8. There is a fair inquiry for money in oonnection with the payments falling due at this period of the year, and the rates have shewn comparative firmness. Three months' paper is now charged 2i per cent., while six months' bank bilk are not taken under 3} per cent. Short loans on English Government Securities have been obtainable at 14 per cent., while the rate for Foreign Government Bonds for advances from account to account is 3 per cent. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England to-day. At a meeting of the Falniouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Company (Limited) the report of the directors was adopted. The gross revenue fora period of three and a half months was stated to amount to £21,313, and the expenses to £5,817. A dividend of 4s. per share was agreed to, which will leave £2,296 to be carried to a reserve fund. At the meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Lemon Hart and Son the unsecured liabilities were stated at 2134,819, and the assets at only £31,918. The deficiency was partly attributed to the large private drawings of Mr. Lemon Hart—who, it was stated, has lost about £29,000 in two years in speculations upon the Stock Exchange—and partly to losses in a slate quarry. According to the balance-sheet submitted, the creditors will get about ss. in the pound, including the family claims. The adjourned meeting will be held on the 9th of January, when the committee of investigation will present their report. The shareholders in the late Birmingham Banking Company met at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, on Tuesday, to consider an offer that had been made by the Banking Company (Limited) to buy the remaining assets of the late company, and pay £1 to each shareholder. The matter was discussed at great length, and the offer was accepted. The North-Eastern Railway traffic return indicates an increase compared with the corresponding week of last year of £9,965 ; Midland, increase of £7,618 ; and London and Brighton, increase of £598. The South-Eastern return chews a decrease of £144. LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE.- WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done for Money, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent COlOlOlO 911 919 Via 6p c Jan &July 1891 115 117 919, 1, 1 x d DoApril&Oct 1883-35.. 111 112 Do for Account 911, 1 x d 1041. 31 Three per cuutit.duced ma 911 Brazilian. 1865, 5p a .... 921 931 919, 1 93, 2I New :J per Cent 911, L i. A . Do Rail I)ebeu 7 p c .. 101 103 Exchequer Bilis, March 10 15pm 1011 pin Italian, 1865, 5p a -- be ; June lO 15pm Peruvian, 1365, 5p a .... 911 921 14a pun 911, 2 Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 1101, 10 x d 831 , 5 India Bonds — Do Nicolas 4p c 22s pm G 69 an 6pc Jaulaulyll77-84 104 105 Spanish. 1867. 3pc 1041, 4. 9 zoi, 11, 4 0. Do March & Sept, 102 104 Do. 1869. 3 p a . Do 5p c Jan is July .. 97/ 981 309, 1 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Turkish, Lot, 6p a 7B 80 Dom of. Cali 5p c 1903 .. 97 99 Do, 1865. 5p a Ceylon 6 p c May and 439,1 November 1878 lO6 108 Do. 1865 6p a Mauritius tpc.lan and U. 5.5-20 lionds,ti lie 1334 88f 88/ July 1873 lO3 105 88k N ow 8 wales 5 p 01871-78 1011102', Do do 1835 83 881 New Zealand 6pc 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-0 13nibi. 51 , 01901 87 871 Do spc Do 5p c Consolidated 98/ 905 Illinois Central Shares .. 991, ft Atlantic and U W It Con Do 6 M c n e ar &S & ep DeclB 9 9 t l 108 1 181 106 108 Mortgage 13ouds Do Julo :M 311 110 111 • RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 8 6 81 1)o Ist Pref 80nd5.... 55 57 Caledonian 85-1 2nd Pref stock Great Eastern 381,.. 1 Do 3rd Pref Stock . Great Northern Do A 134 135 4th Pref Stock Great Western 691 7 0 16 69, 1 Great Indian Pen g 5 •-. c 107 108 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13211331 1074, 1, '2 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 101 41 Great Wester n of Canada In 184 Do 6p c Bonds , 1873 .. 97 99 Lou, Chat, and Dover 12/ Do 3 p c pref. tssuod 8U Idis /mu Lou and North-Western 1272128} Madras guar spa 127 N. Railway of Canada Lou and South-Western 99 91 6p c Ist Prof Bonds Mau. Sher. and Lincoln 441 451 Oude and ltohilkund g Metropolitan 631 Scinde, Putijaith, and Midland .. . 127;1281 Delhi guar 5p a North British North-Eastern Consols 14311441 Bahia and sail tera.ncisco South-Easte 1421 rn 74 741 In lBl 181 74 Belgian B J unction . 2i 21 ittlantle and St Lawrnce 75 77 Bue nos Ayres Cat Stlir . ii . 241 25 3oinbay, Baroda, and Dunaburg and Witops . k . 181 19 Central India, g 5 p c.. 10411051 Dutch-lthenish 22 23 1042 Eastern of Fra i ,c e Buff and Lake Huron .. 31 41 Great Luxembourg .. 1)o 54 ye 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 8 s Lein 1 •Leberg e xe , rnowitz ,,,,v,, Cape guar 0p c East Bengal guar 5 p e„ 10411051 Northern of France .... _ , East Indian, g 5 p 0 .... 110 111 Ottom ( Smyrna to Aldiul 41 51 1 110, 1 Recife and Sao Francisco Grand Trunk Canada .. 11 1,11 (Limited) gnat 7pa .. 141 15 11 . San Paulo 11,) guar 7p a 201 21 Do Equip Mort Tind 1 , South A ustti & Lorn-Ven 142 143 charge cu c Do 2ud do Scrip .... Hie Ipw Southern of France . ..... -= 1 29 31 104 114 . 15 16 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank IL) A 7l 81 10 bnperial Ottoman .. 11 , 2ipm 25 Alliance (LI 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian IL) 201 21 20 London and County 49 50 21 15 London Joint-Stock 331 4! 50 British N American 53 55 334 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 20 Lon and Westmnstor 63 64 25 Char Mere of India 23 24 Gl, ....,, _ ____ 10 City _. 10i It= 10 Metropolitan fq 9 11 20 Midland (L) 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 4T, 25 lTnion of Australia.. 41 42 20 Eng. Scot. andAus C Ml 7 15 'Union of London .. : , 81 39i 20 Imperial %Li TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglio-American L 1 79 81 6 Great N. China, and 10 Auglo-MecUtru (L) 123 126 Japan Extension.. 26 11,11 s 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (Li.. 10 12 100 Do Srp c , . 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Australn (L).. 5 4.ldis and Malta (LI .... 5i 6 dis 10 Moditorrn Ex (L) .. 4,, 5 10 British Ind. Eaten (L). 51 66 25 Pnina and S. Pclc(L) 31 25 dis 10 British Indian Sub- dis marine, (L) , 61 7 8 Renter's 6 15-16 7 ChinaSubmaiinefL) 55 WIN 20 Soc Trans France (L) 131 131 13i 1U Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 237 242 and Malta (L) 9 11-16 10 W India &Panama(L) 41 55 10 Great Northern .... 116 Ilf MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Anglo-Austrian End. 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re holders' Certificate 13 21 deernab:e 1870 . 63 65 10 BerlinWatenvorks(l.l 143 151 30 London Fin Assoc(L) 20 Min 30 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 30 35pm 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 100 Boston City (U,S. 5 21 p c Sterling Loan 91 93 2 Lou & Prov Marine L) 1 Ipm 4 Brit & Fen Marine( LI 23 3ltim 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 25 Canada Company. .. 73 75 gsu c by Ind Gov. 101 102 10 Ceylon Company 14 33 ?Vie 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. par 63 5 Natnl Disct Comp (LI 11 111 35 City Offices (L) 253241 die 23 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assumes 3 31pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fono of Eng (L 1 11 21 Trust (L) 100 Crystal Palace ,, 19 21 63 N Brash and Mere IL, 28 233 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lll 116 50 P and 0 Steam 47 49 273 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 9 81dis 10 Do do New. 1867 3 1 dis 181 50 Rhymney Iron 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 15 Do New B3 93 Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p crroy Loan, 52 guar by Env Gov.. 94 96 12 Tel Con and Main (L) 263 263 943, 5 26 13 Fore-stWarebouse (L) 73 83pm 2 Themes and Mersey 100 Fen and Colonial Gov Marine Insur IL Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 St. Tobacco 6p o Loan 71 Gen Credt &Disct (L) 273 3 dia guar by Italian Gov 37 89 ll Gen Stm Navigation 1 283 88, 73 28 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 (dig Upper Canada 17 Hudson's Say 8 83 5 (1 . Marine. Lvpool (L 4 ' 41pin 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per. and 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 Tel Works L) .... 443 451 6 United Dis Corprn (L) die I pin 443 3 5 Univ Marine lnsur (LI 6171 inn 5 InternlFinan SociL) 1111 dis 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dis 20 It Irrie Can Cavour 33 4 MINING SHARE LIST.—DECEMBER 14. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Office-,1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market rather quiet. Prices remain the same as yesterday. Pary's Mountain, 3f, 41. Ferran Wheal Virgin, 32s 6d, 35s Plynlimmon, Prince of Wales, 19s, 21s Providence Mines, 38, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransoms United, South Condurrow, 3,3/ South Frances, Tankerville, 13, 14 Tliquaril(Gold), 48s, 50s Tincroft, Trumpet Consols. Van. 52, 54 Van Consols, West Caradon, West Chiverton, 51, 52 West Maria and Fortescue, 11, 1i West Tankerville, Wheal Crebor, Wheal CI renville, Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 8, 81 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Beton. Australian United, Bwlch Con sols, Chiverton Moor, Chiverton Chontales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, 18, 19 Devon Great COnsols, 105 Drakewalls, 235, 258 Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21, 21 East Caradon, 51, 6 East Lovell, 241, 251 East Beton, • East Wheal Grenvflle% 2, 21 Frontino 'and Bolivia (Gold), -8., -8. General Brazilian. Great Duff, 171 f, 18 Great Retallack. Great 'Meal Vor, 31 4 Hingat on Down, Mark e Valley, 6h, 7 New Beld on, New Lovell. 295, 31$ Pacific, 1, 1} AXARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—At Mark-lane to day there was a very thin attendance, and the grain trade throughout was almost stationary ; whilst the few sales effected were at a reduction. There was a small show of English wheat on the stands, the condition of which, owing to the unfavourable weather, was generally inferior. The inquiry for both Essex and Kent produce was dull. at a decline of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Foreign wheat was in moderate supply. Transactions were concluded cautiously, at a similar reduction. There was a good supply of barley on offer. Both malting and grinding descrip tions were purchased slowly, the former being at a fall of ls. per qr. The malt trade was depressed, but values were not quotably lower. There was a moderate show of oats, which could only be disposed of at a decline of 6d. to Is. per quarter. Beans and peas experienced a great demand, at about Monday's quotations. Flour was depressed, and prices were with difficulty. supported. Arrivals: English and Scotch—Wheat, 370 qra. ; barley, 150 qrs. ; peas, 20 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 4,280 qrs.; barley, 9,700 qrs. ; oats, 5,610 qrs. ; maize, 5,200 qrs, ; and flour, 710 sacks and 3,560 barrels. NEWARK CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—At this market to-day the demand for wheat was very sluggish, and no business was done. One shilling per qr. less money was accepted. There was a demand for the finest malting bailey, at full prices of last week: Secondary qualities neglected. In all other kinds of grain a dull trade was done at unaltered prices. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There were at this market to-day 863 beasts and 3,509 sheep. There was a very superior show of cattle from the neighbourhood of Skiptou. One beast was sold for £BO, Sheep met with a slow sale, except for the best wethers. Priced ranged for beef from Bd. to 9(1. ; second quality, iid. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was a very large supply of excellent beef brought to this market to day, it being the annual Christmas show of fat stock. A number of prize beasts were soki at from forty to sixty pounds each. Ordinary qualities making Bs. to 10s. per st. Mutton was only in slow demand, at from Bd. to 10d. per lb. Prize sheep were disposed of at lid-. to lsit per it t. Pigs sold at late rates. Calves were scarce. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-At this market to-day there was a larger number of sheep than usual of the best quality, at last week's prices. Ewes were slow, and part of trade was unsold. Best mutton, 81d. to 9d. per lb. There was a good show of cattle, and quality was good, but trade was slow. Prime quality obtained high prices, at a slow finish. the extreme prices check ing the demand. Best beef, 10s. current, 9s. 9d. per stone ; secondary, 9s. to Os. 3d. ; inferior, Bs. Shorthorns, £23 to £2B, and only three Ayrshires in the market. There was a great show of pigs, but sold slow. from 10s. to 16s. per stone. The market was extremely slow. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNES DAY.-'The sugar market continues steady, and full rates are paid for all good qualities. Inferior samples, however, are dull of sale. Trinidad, 225. to 255.; Barbadoes, 30s. 6d. to 315.; Deme rara, 255. to 285.; crystallised, 365. to 375. 6d. Coffee has come to hand freely, and has sold at yesterday's rates, Ceylon tirage, 435. to 555.: small to bold, 565. to 685.; peaberry, 60s. to 708.; green Mocha, 87s. sd. to 88s. 3d. Cocoa has been in moderate demand. at about stationary currencies. Trinidad, 565. to 575. Rice afloat is still inquired after, but the market en the spot is dull. Small sales of rum continue to take place on former terms. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—TaIIow is rather firm, at 445. spot ; 445. 3d. to 445. 6d., January ; 445. 9d. to 455. March ; 40s. 6d. to 445. December. American turpentine, 345. French ditto, 325. 6d. American refined Petroleum, Is. 61d to ls. 7111. Scotch Pig Iron, 51s. 41d. to 51s. 7d. Straits tin, £l3O. Chili bar Copper, £63 10s. Saltpetre quiet, but firm. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—This mar ket continues to wear a quiet aspect, yet of late there has been an under current of business fully equal to the production, though chiefly confined to various staples for shipping. A good deal of steadiness has accompanied this demand, and the weakness of the cotton market has hardly any influence on prices here as yet. Here and there we hear of orders placed at easier terms, but generally great steadiness is maintained. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report. —This market opened quietly to-day. Probable sales, 10,000 to 12,000 bales. Imports—American, 19,758 bales ; India, 2,869 bales : other kinds, 1,945 bales. Closing Report —This Market closes dull and irregular. Sales, 12,000 bales. Arrivals : Mobile, ship named, 'lid. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market was very inactive to-day. There was a very little doing. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Th o Prince and Princess of Wales, will pass their Christmas at Sandringham. It is announced by a placard posted at Londonderry yesterday morning, that the Catholic Defence Associa tion have dissolved their society, owing to the authorities having issued the proclamation. The effigies which they had made were destroyed. General Butler's recent truculent invective against England has been re-published in pamphlet form, and is being distributed in this country. We note with some satisfaction the following paragraph in the Philadelphia Ledger, of the 26th ultimo : The Boston papers of all parties are after General Butler with a sharp stick for his recent warlike speech in that city." Alluding to the Lord-Lieutenant's letter respecting the Fenian prisoners, the Dublin correspondent of the Times says :—" It is understood that a disposition exists to comply with the earnest appeal of the prisoners' friends, backed as it has been by the implied or expressed concurrence of the public of all classes, if proper safe guards be obtained for the preservation of peace and order." • COMMITTA T. OF AN ENGINEMAN FOE, MA N - SLAUGHTER. —James Griffin, an cugineman at the Aming ton Colliery, Tamworth, was committed on Tuesday, under a coroner's warrant, for the manslaughter of John Smith, a miner employed at the above colliery. It was given-111 evidence that the cagineman had been signalled from the pit bottom, that the men were corning up, and he returned the signal for, them to get in the cage. He then left the engine house to give instructions to his firer man, and, on his return, drew up the cage without signalling, and the deceased was, in consequence, crushed to death. FIRE AT A COTTON MILL.-A cotton mill at Bolton, in the occupation of Mr. John Hoyle, and in which 150 pairs of hands were employed, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The supposed origin of the fire was one of the spinners lighting up. Another mill adjoining was for some time in great danger of being destroyed ; but by the a id of the corporation engines and those of numerous spinners in the town, this mill, which is in the occupation of Messrs. Rostroy was saved ; but the only part of Mr. Hoyle's premises that were saved were some out offices, the mill being a complete wreck. The premises are in one occupation, and Mr. Hoyle is the owner of the machinery, which, with the cotton, is par tially insured in the West of England, Royal, Royal E xc hange, Sun, and Queen offices. The barometer has fallen rapidly on all our exists, especially in the Irish Channel, and readings at our western stations are all below 29 inches. Temperature has risen generally, especially in the west, and is high. Nairn is, nevertheless, 19 deg. colder than Plymouth. The winds are now westerly in the south of England, and draw gradually round through south and south-east over Eng land, to east in Scotland and the north of Ireland. In force they are generally fresh, but blow a gale at Pem broke and Scarborough, and at Cork a gale has been felt. lain has been general. The sky is overcast, and the weather very unsettled. The sea is rough at southern stations, moderate elsewhere. Fri E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1876. THE BROMLEY WHINS ACCIDENT. THE WAR. Robert Hedley, the pointsman at Brockley Whins, on the North-Eastern Railway, through whose fault it was alleged the recent fatal collision on that line was caused, was on Tuesday tried at the Durham assizes on a charge of manslaughter. The question which the judge put to the jury was, whether the omission of the prisoner to alter the points shewed neglect deserving of punishment. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, ana the pri soner was discharged. INSIDE PARIS. (BY BALLOON MAIL.-FROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE CENTRAL PRESS.) December 8. It would be 'old news,l doubt not, to tell you the story of the great sorties attempted at the close of the list month. You will have learned, probably before we did, that the enterprises came to nothing. 17ndoubtedly . the army of Paris fought, and made some progress. It repulsed an attack which the Germans made to regain their lost ad vanced posts. But it did not succed in breaking through, and of course when the first assault had failed it was use less to persevere further in that direction after the Ger manshad received great reinforceAnents. General Dacrot, therefore, withdrew his men. Thil result has naturally disappointed us, and to add to the distress General Trochu has received a letter from Count vos Moltke announcing the defeat of the Loire army. THE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION NEAR It has been explained that in reference to the explosion at Messrs. Ludlow's, near Birmingham, there will be two separate inquests, in consequence of the deaths having occurred within two coroners' districts, and the opening of one of these inquiries has already been referred to by us. The second inquest was commenced on Tuesday at Birmingham by Dr. Brit Davis, the borough coroner. There were 15 bodies, all being those of women, within the jurisdiction of Dr. Davis, making, with the 17 in Mr. Hooper's district, 32 in all, as the number of deaths which had occurred up to Tuesday evening. Mr. Siviter Smith, solicitor, attended on behalf of Messrs. Ludlow. Nevertheless, I can testify that, though discouraged, the Parisians are not disheartened. The communication from Von Aloltke has roused them to greater exertions. Borne of the leading journals consider it as a menace of further disaster in case of resistance ; others as a ruse ; others as a German exaggeration of an unimportant event ; but all approve of the Governor's answer. The universal opinion is that the inhabitants, having pre pared to defend Paris when there was no chance of as sistance from without, now that the provinces have risen the capital is bound to hold out until the last, no matter what may be the amount of privation and destruction incurred. The jury viewed the bodies, and evidence was afterwards taken relating to identification, which had been effected in one case by the loss of a tooth, and in two other cases where the patients were much burnt, though still living s their parents only recognised them by their voices. The witnesses, from their evidence, shewed that the deceased had given several explanations as to the cause of the explosion. One said that a woman caused it all ; another that ,a girl's apron caught fire by the stove, This was also the explanation given by other sufferers. One girl, fifteen years of age, told her father that she saw a flash in one corner of the shop, and that then she was immediately blown off her seat and rendered insensible. The husband of Maria Shelley said he had heard his wife say once that the stove was sometimes red hot. The, time that the deceased had worked at the factory varied from two to three months to a few days. Many went direct from other work, without any previous experience. They all considered and said it was very dangerous work. Some difficulty has been experienced with the troops during the last ten days in the matter of insubordination. This is not unnatural, for it is hardly to be expected that half a million men, nearly all yaw soldiers, can be confined in this small space and kept in order as easily as a regular army corps. Nor is the amount of insubordination great. Nevertheless its existence has been made appa rent, particularlft in the battalions from the Red quarters of Belleville and La Villette. The men who live in these districts are for military purposes a regular nuisance. They think highly of their valuable services ; they are une.menable to discipline; they demand to be led to the front of the fight ; and yet shew no great valour when they get there. The Belleville batta lion of National Guards, called the Tirailleurs de Belle ville, originally formed by M. Gustave Flourens, has been disbanded, in consequence of disgraceful conduct. To satisfy the reiterated demands made by the battalion to be sent against the enemy, it was ordered to advance posts before Creteil. On the night of the 28th November,the men in the trenches became panic stricken, fired, wounded three and killed three of their own bat talion, and then ran away. They refused to obey orders. Sixty-one of the battalion re-entered Paris without per mission, carrying with themitheir arms and accoutrements. Flourens, who had been deprived of, his command in consequence of the riots of the 30th October, made his appearance at Creteil, and attempted to assume the command. The battalion of Vilette was next to that of Belleville in the trenches ; the hatred between them is so great that they erected a barricade, and mutually de• dared they would kill any man of either regiment who crossed it. The Government has disbanded the Belleville battalion. Flourens has been arrested, and will be tried. The sixty-one men who disappeared will also be tried for desertion in presence of the enemy, as well as .the Aide- Major, who took wounded to the rear and did not return. There is but one way of dealing with gentlemen who behave in this way. They must be shot. That was the remedy D'Aurelles de Paladine found effectual with the Loire Army, and it would be effectual here, but the Government seems afraid to try it. Nevertheless than is no other resource. Inside a besieged city, with an immense hostile army round the walls, is not a position for half measures. The same rule ought to be applied to cases of marauding, drunkenness, and other offences. They are becoming very numerous, drunkenness in par ticular. The inquiry was ultimately adjourned till the 21st instant. The funeral of seventeen of the unfortunate victims of the explosion took place in the afternoon at the Borough Cemetery, Witton. Early in the day the bodies were removed from the factory, and, encased in plain elm coffins, were deposited in the re ception room of the mortuary chapel. The hour fixed for the ceremony was two o'clock, and for some time before that hour the sorrowing relatives, attired in deep mourning, began to assemble, and were provided with places close to the reading desk. The rest of the chapel was crowded with onlookers, many of the factory girls, companions of the deceased, being among the spectators. The greater number of the mourners were women, and the weeping and sobbing told of the intensity of their affliction. The Rev. Charles Heaven read the service. In a few remarks he alluded to the solemnity of the occasion, and his address, with its allusions to the terrible catastrophe, seemed to bring the events of Iriday afresh to the minds of the weeping women, for at each sentence the sobbing was so loud as to cause the speaker to desist. He had been a witness of the sad affair, and he had remarked how after the first report all was still, but when the second and third explosions followed agonising cries were heard. Last Friday morning these people had passed out of the homes of their fiiends, who little thought at the time that they would never see them again. Mothers and daughters had perished from amongst them. All these things should make his hearers consider the way in which they were living lest they should come to a like sudden end. After the conclusion of the service in the chapel the coffins were borne to the graves, which to the number of seventeen had been prepared on the summit of the highest part of the cemetery and at the west side. The names of the seven persons whose bodies had been identified were painted on the coffin plate, but nine bore no name, for none could be given. The relatives of the missing were there, but none could claim any coffin as that which contained the remains of their dead. When the bodies were being lowered into the ground, and the remainder of the service was being concluded, one woman was unable to restrain her grief, and gave vent to her agony in loud and repeated cries of " Oh, my girl ! My poor girl!" About 1,500 persons were present, including the Messrs. Ludlow. General Noel, commander at Mont Valdrien, addressed a report on the sth to the Governor. of Paris, from which it appears that a large party of marauders, mostly, belonging to the Garde Mobile, passed the out posts, weut to Rueil, got drunk,• and devastated property. About 300 others did the same at Nanterre. Two were arrested. General Noel has given orders to fire on any person attempting to pass the outposts. Pillagers wlbo refuse to surrender when summoned to do so will be immediately shot. The Commandant demands that a court-martial be ordereck The Governor has given the necessary instructions. I must relate another act of insUbordinatkm, which has called - forth a " severe order of the day," but nothing more, from the commander-in-chief of the National Guards. The four war companies of the 76th bat talion, when re-entering Paris on the 29th November, received orders to return the cartridges which they had received that morning. A lieutenant of the 2nd company of the 76th battalion menaced his commanding officer with arrest, and excited the men to rvolt. Some of the men surrounded the commanding officer, and grossly insulted him. He displayed, however, much coolness, and ordered the arrest of the refractory lieutenant. General Clement Thomas, the Commandant-in-Chief, decided that the 76th battalion should•be deprived of the honour of taking part in the sorties which took place on the Ist, 2nd, 3rd December. The lieutenant was ,conducted to the Conciergerie, and will be tried by court-martial. December 9. The French losses on the 29th and 30th November, Ist, 2nd, and 3rd December, were :—Second Army : Officers —6l killed, 301 wounded ; soldiers-711 killed, 4,098 wounded. Third Army : Officersr-8 killed, 22 wounded ; soldiers, 192 killed, 364 wounded. Corps d'Armee, at St. Denis : officers, 3 killed, 19 wounded ; soldiers-33 killed, 218 wounded,. Total: officers, 72 killed, 312 wounded; soldiers —936 killed, 4,680 wounded. The obsequies of General Renault took place this morn at the Hotel des Invalides. In consideration of the glorious death of the general, who was killed sword in hand at the head of his army corps, the Govern ment decreed that his funeral should be paid for by the State. Hope is charitably expressed that an ill-feeling exists between England and Prussia, which will be increased by the refusal of Count Bismarck to permit Colonel Clare mont, military attache at the English Embassy, to take with him when passing the Prussian lines, a letter for the Prince of Wales, unless the Contents were made known to M. Bismarck, a condition which Colonel Claremont is said to have resented as an insult to the Prince. After the late battles, M. Jules Ferry, the. member of the Government, acting as . Mayor of Paris, appealed to the 'population that all houses should be opened, that all families should find a bed to offer the wounded, that the hospitals and ambulances should be reserved for serious wounds, that convaleScents and the slightly wounded be treated in private houses. The citizens have been requested to make known the number of beds they can offer. The Government wilt provide food: The appeal was scarcely placarded on the walls of Paris ere patriotic offers were made in large numbers. From 9 a.m. until late in the evening fifteen clerks could hardly satisfy the, demands of the citizens. One thousand three hundred and ninety two beds were offered during the day. The number of prisoners taken from the enemy is now reported at 800. Those in the Prison de la Roquette are said to have refused to eat horseflesh. There is little else to be had now in Paris, and that is at an ex bitant price. Of course the sortie which began on the 30th will be by no r 13061113 the last. Another great enterprise is, there can be no doubt, in pre paration. The men are to have eight, days' provi sions, and will then endeavour to force their way into the open country beyond, through the German lines. This time the garrison of Paris will relyupon its own resources. It cannot be expected that the outbreaking force can absolutely raise the investment by a sortie, but if it gain the open, it will be in a position to end the siege by fre quent attacks from outside. By this arrangement Paris will be left to its fate in charge of the National Guards, the seamen in the fort, and a few troops. Even with these forces (and the National. Guards are anything but formidable) the powerful forts ought to resist a long time. At any rate it will be' better for the army to get outside than to be Made prisoners. Such is the plan. May it succeed. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. THE NATIONAL GUARDS. Nothing can be more uncomplimentary than the descrip tion given in the Iteese des Deux Mondes of the Paris National Guards. Speaking 'of their conduct. whilst ou duty, it says :—" On the arrival of a battalion, the chief of the post arrapges the hours during which each man is to be seen on active duty. After this the men occupy themselves as they please. Some play at interminable games of bouchon ; others, notwithstanding orders to the contrary, turn their attention to icart THE HUSH CHURCH. The Irish Church is rapidly putting its house in order, and but little remains to be done in completing its preparations for the coming change. Several of the Diocesan Synods constituted under the statutes of the Convention have been held, and all the elabo rate machinery necessary for conducting its spiritual and temporal affairs in future will be ready before the end of the year. In one respect only is there reason to anticipate much serious difficulty. The collection of funds has not proceeded as satisfactorily as might have been expected, and it will need a very great effort to place the Disestablished Church in a position of financial security. Many circumstances have acted as drawbacks to check the liberality of friends who possess abundant means of helping it, but think it prudent to wait until it shall have been reorganised. The hope of realizing a considerable sum from commutation and composition of life interests to form the basis of a re-endowment is becoming fainter every day. This is owing to the fact that the clergy, as a rule, are driving a hard bargain with the representative body, and have insisted upon such advantageous terms for themselves that there is little chance of a surplus for the future Church, and some of the laitX apprehend that if a considerable number of the ergy avail themselves of the privilege of compounding there will be serious risk of a deficit. There is no uniform plan or harmonious combination of plans for the collection and distribution of the Church's available re sources. Various schemes and suggestions are put for ward in each diocese, according to circumstances, for the regulation of financial matters, and the want of co-opera tion is sadly felt. In places where the Protestant population is numerous and wealthy, funds will not be wanting for local purposes, but the tendency of the policy adopted in some of the Diocesan Synods appears to be to take special care of.- this particular section of the Church, instead of aiming at the formation of a general fund, to be appor tioned equitably to every parish. THE BRITISH AWAY IN HOLLAND, 1795. Terrible as are the sufferings of many of the wounded in the present war, and imperfect as the arrangements may be for tending them, they at least as a rule re ceive better treatment than the sick and wounded of the British army in Holland, iu 1795, under the Duke of York. The accounts given in the records of the day shew how scandalous was the conduct of the then military hospital authorities, and it is not surprising that the medical board as well as the commis saries became objects of great hatred and indignation. The following extract from a report of an eyewitness gives some idea of the condition of affairs "January 21, 1795.—0ur [the British] hospitals, which were lately so crowded, are for the present considerably thinned. Removing the sick in waggons without clothing sufficient to keep them warm in this rigorous season, has sent some hundreds to their eternal home, and the shame ful neglect that prevails through all that department makes our hospitals mere slaughtering houses. Without covering, without attendance, and even without clean straw and sufficient shelter from the weather, they are thrown together in heaps, unassisted and unpro tected, to perish by contagion, while legions of vultures, down to the stewards, nurses, and their numberless dependants, pamper their bodies and fill theii coffers with the nation's treasure, and, like beasts of prey, fatten on the blood and carcases of their unhappy fellow-creatures, of whom not one in a hundred survives, but perishes under the infernal claws of these harpies, still thirsting for more blood, and rioting in the jaws of death. For the truth of what I say, I appeal to every man in the, army who has only for a few hours ob served with an attentive eye the general rule of conduct in our hospitals of late, and witness here the scene before me • while I now write. A number of men living on a scanty allowance of dirty, wet straw, which, from the heat of their bodies, sends up a visible steam, unable to help themselves; and though a sufficient' number of men are liberally paid for their attendance, none has been near for several hours, even to help them to a drink of water. Five carcases, covered only with the rags they wore when they were alive, are piled one upon another on the pre tence that the ground is too hard to bury them until a thaw comes.—Pall Mall Gazette. DREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND CO3i- FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation ha:s rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by careful application of tho fine pr.porties of well-selected cocod. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctork' bills." Each packet is labellcd—JAM}} Errs dr, Co., Homeo pathic Chemists. London. Also, makets of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. and piquet ; others gossip over the news of the day with .the artillerymen, • who are keeping guard by the side of their cannon. Some go away on leave, or dis appear without leave ; they make excursions beyond the ramparts, or shut themselves up in the billiard-room of some café. Many make during the course of the day frequent visits to the innumerable canteens, which succeed each other almost without interruption along the Rue des Ramparts. Here old women have lit a few sticks under a pot, and sell for a penny the glass a horrible brew called petit noir,'• composed of sugar, eau de vie, and the grains of coffee, boiled up together. Behind there is a line of cook shops, the proprietors of which announce that they have been commissioned to provide fpod. These speculators offer for sale greasy soup, slices of horse, and every species of alcoholic drink. Each company has, too, its cantiniere, and round her cart there is always a crowd. It seldom happens that more than one half of the men of the battalion are sober. Fortu nately, the cold of the night air sobers them. , Between eight and nine in the evening there is a gathering in the tent. A circle is formed in t round a single candle, and whilst the flasks go round tale succeeds to song, and song to tale, until at length all fall asleep, and are only interrupted in their slumbers until morning by the corporal, who, once every hour, enters and calls out the names of those who are to go on the watch. The abuse of strong drink makes shameful ravages in our ranks, and is produc tive 'of serious disorder. Few nights pass without false alarms, without shots foolishly fired upon imaginary enemies, and without lamentable accidents. Every night there are disputes, which often degenerate into fights, and then in the morning, when explanations take place, these very explanations are an excuse for recommencing drinking. Rules, indeed, are not wanting to abate all this, but the misfortune is that they are never executed. The indiscipline of the National Guard con trasts strangely with the patriotism of their words. Most of the insubordination may be ascribed to drunken ness, but the mauvaise tenuc, which is so apparent in too many battalions, Is due also to many other causes. The primary organisation of the National Guard was ill conceived and ill-executed, and when the enrolments had been made, and the battalions formed, day after day a fresh series of orders were promulgated, so diffuse, so obscure, and so contradictory, that the officers, despairing to make head or tail of them, gave up any attempt to enforce them." FOOD. The Etoile Belge has received a communication from its financial correspondent at Paris on the subject of the food which can be obtained in the capital He says our daily rations have again been diminished ; we have no more than 40 grammes of meat every day. It is intended to distribute alternately beef, horseflesh, and salt provisions, by which means we can hold out till February. Although the taxes have not increased, living costs more and more. Potatoes are from 6f. to 7f. a bushel ; a fine chicken costs 20 francs, and a poor one 12 francs; a goose 70 francs, and an ordinary rabbit 20 francs. The cat is sold at sixpence the pound, but the dog is less highly esteemed, and is only worth twopence halfpenny the pound. The rat is sold from twopence to fourpence a pound, according to its appearance. If every one would consent to eat this animal there would be a snflicient store in the drains and sewers to furnish suste nance for some weeks. The prices of bread and wine do not increase, the former is good and abundant. Immense quantities of sea-biscuits are being manufactured. THE GA_RIBILDIAN VICTORY AT AUTUN There can be no doubt that the Garibaldian defeat at. Dijon was followed in a few days by a victory at Autun. The details of this affair, given in the Carleruhe Gazette, clearly leave the advantage with the Garibaldians. Keller's brigade made the attack upon the French posi tion at Autun " There was a warm fight, in which our artillery poured a brisk fire into the place, while the in fantry (2nd Battalion sth Regiment), partly wading through a deep brook, advanced within 1,200 paces of it. They encountered, however, as it seems, superior hostile forces, and the battalion was suddenly exposed to a flank attack of several battalions advancing from Chalon-sur-Sabne. The enemy had six or eight guns. The infantry retired on their rendezvous position on the Dijon and Autun road, whence they afterwards occupied the village of St. Pantal4on, imme diately abutting on the town, while the artillery re sumed its fire upon it. The enemy's fire had mean while everywhere ceased. After a short time the brigade commenced its retreat on Dracy St. Loup. On the 3d unexpected obstructions to the retreat were met with at Chateaunenf. The wooded heights were occupied by hostile columns, which had arrived, it appears, from the west in order to intercept our troops. A contest ensued, in which our Infantry, actively supported by the artillery, of their own accord, as it were, stormed the steep heights—one of the most brilliant exploits of our brave troops in the whole campaign. The enemy was dis lodged, and the brigade were thus enabled meanwhile to continue their march without molestation. The detach ment which had dispersed the enemy rejoined the brigade. This seems to have been the general course of the expedi tion. That painful losses were not wanting need not be said, and the list of losses, which cannot long be delayed, wfll give precise information on this point." THE INVADED FRENCH PROVINCES. A letter written from the department of the Meuse gives a melancholy account of the condition of the in vaded provinces of France. The writer says :—" Besides the requisitions made by the enemy, there are the enor mous expenses of supporting them, which have to be borne either by the commune or by indi viduals. Thus 150 Cuirassiers lodged here for six days, and consumed the greater part of our forages without any redress. What is not seized to-day will be taken to-morrow. There will soon be neither sheep nor poultry, and as for cattle typhus is disposing of them rapidly. They are sold with difficulty. Within the last few days there have been fresh levies of horses all through the district. It would be a great mistake to suppose the invaded pro vinces as governed. There is no longer police, justice, or law. On every side are violence and threats. Only the mayors retain their position, which is pain ful enough. Immense fines and fusillades are the only things talked of to take place whenever the least resistance is possible. Even now the people are threatened with sabre and pistol for the merest trifle. Thus, the curl of ll was carried off to A— with orders to shoot him immediately if there was any firing in the woods, whence some shots had been fired at the Prussians the previous day. Under this system the most peaceable man may be at any moment punished for other people's acts. The greater part of the officers are uncultivated boors. One of them, a prince, broke open the cupboards the other day to look for brandy. To complete the picture, the mor tality of the country is enormous ; smallpox and typhus prevail. The miserable peasantry, having no moral support, full of despair for the present and apprehensions for the future, have no strength to resist disease. At Metz the deaths of the civil population are from 20 to 30 a day. The writer of this letter, in conclusion, says the levee en masse is a terrible thing, but it must be, and, above all, there must be no peace. If I were a Prussian, he adds, I should not be without uneasiness as to the final result. The Wurtemburg losses in the late sortie at Paris amounted to one in seven of their contingent. Mr. Richard Wallace, heir of the Marquis of Hertford, who is now in Paris, has given £B,OOO towards supplying the inhabitants with fuel. He had previously given £12,000 for an ambulance. The lyceums and colleges in Paris now present a singu lar appearance, the professors wearing the National Guard uniform instead of the classical toga. The last eggs wore sold in Paris at 528 francs the thou sand, or 52 francs 80 cents the 100. Fresh new laid eggs cost one franc each. In order to prevent disturbances the Prussian prisoners are not taken to Paris during the day, and the gates of Vincennes are left open from midnight till two in the morning, to allow of the entrance of the prisoners. Lyons is suffering from an epidemic attack of smallpox in its worst form, which is called black smallpox. In this form of the disease the blood undergoes a change which makes it escape by the nose and month, and even by the eyes, prodUcing also extravasations under the skin, which have the effect of terrible bruises, and give the name to the disease. Great alarm is occasioned by the visitation. Dr. Barbier recommends the employment of tincture of bella donna as a preventive. This was discovered in 1854 by the Germans. Wholesale va,ccinati3n is advised by the press. General Trochu, according to the correspondent of the ,Cologne Gazette, told the parlementaire who carried him the news of the defeat of the army of the Loire that he believed the information. He treated the Job's messenger very hospitably, but declined conversation,' and when the latter touched on the capitulation of Paris, replied that Paris was in the same position after the defeat of D'Aurelles as before it. In many quarters of Paris, especially in the Rue Choiseul, the heads of commercial and financial establish ments have taken their word of honotir net to employ Germans again for their business, This engagement which is binding for ten years, will be posted in the bureaux and warehouses of all those who have signed it, and the greatest possible publicity will be given to it. The arrangement is supposed to be popular. Fifty-two officers, 1,839 men, and 63 guns were capture d in Phalsburg, The Globe in a leader adduces some evidence to props that General d'Aurelles de Paladine was, after all, the Due de Nemours. The Electeur Libre says that during the night of the 29th ult. no less than 2,000 cannon shots were fired on the enemy's works by the forts of Paris. The Democratic press in France complain loudly of the apathy displayed by the superior officers, of the armY f or the Republic. The Indp6ndance Beige quotes and confirms a state ment of the Echo du Luxemburg that some Franc-tireur s seized some Prussian post-carts on Luxemburg territory The post was from Sedan to Libramont. It is amusing, and at the same time significant, to observe the enormous number of notices in Paris o ff er ing rewards for , " lost " dogs and cats, the greater part of which have no doubt been long since eaten mid digested. The. Prussian officers, who were recently insulted 10 a Paris cafe, were young men, and behaved with great is' discretion. Instead of eating their dinner quietly, theY indulged in a good deal of loud, and by no means wise con versation, and their remarks were calculated to offend those Frenchmen who heard them. The tremendous cannonade from the Paris forts during the sorties had the important effect of preventing the Germans from easily learning where the real danger /AY- The Duke of Saxe Coburg says he counted 107 shots in five minutes. The shower of shells and rockets was like display of fireworks. Ham, which has been taken by the Germans andretakeo by the French, is the place where Napoleon 111. spent four years of captivity. Changarnier, Leflo, and others were confined there for some time after the coup d'etat• The small force of Germans who occupied it were veil greatly out-numbered ; they nevertheless shewed some fight. The Patrie'gives an explanation of the , circumstances under which General D'Aurelles ceased to command the Army of the Loire. He thought that, pending the inquili ordered by the Government into the evacuation of Orleans, he ought not to retain the command. The Government offered him another appointment, but he declined it, preferring to await the result of the inquiry His health, moreover, is bad. A tragic comic incident is told from St. Cloud. Some Prussians went into a chemist's shop where one young assistant, who could speak no German, was left in charge: and seeing some medicnl biscuits on a shelf, seized and ate them, despite the protestations of tne young shopnaan, of which they did not understand a word. The men very soon felt ill in consequence of the biscuits, and at ono concluded they were poisoned, so they shot the young chemist on the spot, and fired the house. The fire spreal to some distance. The administration of justice is again suspended 10 Alsace. The President of the Court of Appeal at Colmar intimated to the German authorities on the 7th that, 1 0 consequence of directions from his Government at Tours, he and the rest of his court must suspend proceedings- The other Alsatian judicial functionaries have followed the example. This is regarded as proof that the secret post office, which has been previously referred to, has extensive ramifications in the conquered province. Boulogne and the neighbouring villages are still filled with Mobiles, very few of whom are armed with breech loaders ; the portion carrying muzzle-loaders are given to understand that they will receive American breech loaders, improvements on Remington's rifles, ere they are again sent on active service, and those who are with out any arms are to be drilled with the muzzle-loaders of their more accomplished brethren. Order and discipline prevail to a satisfactory extent, and drilling twice a day keeps the men employed. It is said that among the carriages and waggons which the French have lately taken from the Prussians at Orleans and elsewhere, there were some which were sur mounted by the red cross of the ambulance. These vehicles, however, did not contain provisions, munitions, nor medicaments, but clocks, linen, cups, hearthrugs, household goods, and dolls' and children's clothes. Thus , by an ingenious arrangement, they put their spo il s u nder the care of the International Society for the Protection of the Wounded. THE JEWELS AND THE RICHES OF FRANCE.--* Travellers from Southampton to the Isle of Wight cannot fail to observe two large paddle-wheel steamers lying safely moored within about one mile of Southampton pier; and a nautical observer would instantly recognise that they are not of English build. The names of them are the Europe and the Emperor. Alongside of these vess els lies quietly but watchfully a British man-of-war, with her ports open and her guns ominously peeping out. Few are aware that these vessels contain a considerable amount of the rich and valuable property of the Parisian shopkeepers and the rich classes of France. It is said that the jewellery and other valuables, consisting of arti cles of vertu, are there deposited for safety. It is also re ported that the Crown jewels and some of the moneY belonging to rich individuals are deposited in these vessels for security. The vessels look particularly clean and smart, and have been selected for this especial purpose s 5 being the superior in the mercantile navy of France.- - Morning Advertiser, WARLIKE PREPARATIONS LN RUSSIA• A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner, writing from Moscow on Friday, speaks of vast warlike prepara tions. " Stores of arms and ammunition are being collected on every side. The Poltava - Kharkov Railway—which will unquestionably play an important part in the event of any active movement against Turkey—is being pushed forward with as possible speed, and now lacks only fifty miles of completion. The Minister of War, acting upon the personal instructions of the Emperor, has just issued directions respecting the arrangements of the medical and commissariat depart . ments which certainly have the air of providing for an imminent contingency." OUR WAR MA.TERIALS. The public is at this moment grossly deceived as to the condition of our war material. Plausible explanations and exact statistical returns are always ready in answer to any inquiry or complaint in Parliament. many most important matters these statements and the figures - tendered in support of them—(We have no hesitation in saying so)—are false and mis leading. Every day brings us new and startling assur• antes on that head. It is true, we believe, that now, in these dangerous times, army and navy have no sufficien t supply of powder. If we were to be brought into a war now, there, would be too few guns, and for all practical purposes no powder for large guns at all. Economy has left us without that article. Economy, finding out its poverty, has been compelled to apply to the gunpowder makers at a time when their mills are fully employed ; and the answer Economy gets from these manufacturers is, that they will be happy to supply powder to her Majesty's Govern' ment at some forty per cent. beyond its normal price ; and not for less. It should be observed also that even at this price at least a year must elapse before the deficiency can be made good !—a year from this threatening time That is the current story, and we have reason to believe it to be literally true. Economy, then, we see, must be sorely tempted to do without powder at all : sacrifice everthing—our allies, our honour, our interests—rather than be compelled to avow itself, as otherwise it must, A blundrr and a crime.—Pall Mall Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway's PlLs.—lnfluenza.—n° the subjugation of disease and the preservation of h ea lth; it is all important to maintain the purity of the blood, a u( ' to keep its channels clear, that no foulness nor obstruc tions shall impede the life-sustaining current. By these means are Holloway's Pills all powerful in restoring an d protecting the human frame, and freeing it from influenza , congestions, inflammations, neuralgic and gouty pains, short, from the many dangerous maladies arising frote bad. blood. A pure circulation is good security for life and health ; when it is right the nerves are in excelleot condition, and oh the order, harmony and completene ss of these two systems, depend the perfection of life, energy, health, and happiness. BIRT HS. On the 11th inst., at Ealing, the wife of Charles Arthur Patten, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at 49, Carlton-hill, N.W., the wife ° I Thomas C. Venables, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 13th inst., at Bromley St. Leonard's , George W. Dunn, Esq., of Pembroke Dock, to MarY Catherine Jane, youngest daughter of the late John Bowen, Esq., of SoUihamPton. - On the 10th inst., at St. Luke's, Lower Norwood, \Yu). A. Spinks, Esq., of Oxnea,d, Norfolk, to Letitia Eliza beth, younger daughter of the late Thomas H. Alley , Esq., of Buxton Lodge, Norfolk. DEATHS. On the 13th inst., at 37, Brompton-square, S.W., George Broome, Esq. On the 11th inst., at 12, West-street, Colchester, g r. Francis Dodd, aged 64. 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