The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-17 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YE STERD AY. During the early hours of business, the Slcick Exchange presented a steady appearance, and the tendency of pricek was favourable throughout. Subsequently, however, on the circulation of a rumour that the Conference on the Eastern Question had been postponed, and on the with drawal of £75,000 from the bank, the markets became de pressed, and a general decline took place in the quo- , tations. In the railway market, Brighton South-Eastern Great Northern A, Great Eastern ; Midland,North Western, and Great Northern have ruled lower. Foreign bonds have also receded, but not to the same extent. Consols have been dull, and per cent. lower, at 921 to 921. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921 to 92-i ; Bank Stock, 235 to 237 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India'Five per Cents., 110 to 1101 ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. . - Business in the English railway market has been restricted, and the fluctuations have been unfavourable. lirighton has fallen 2, South Eastern Great Northern A I, Great Eastern t, Midland fi, North Western 2, and Great Western g. Metropolitan is quoted at 65k, 651 ; Caledonian, 88, 88k ; Brighton, 42k, 42i ; South Eastern, 76, 76k; Great Northern A, 136, 136 k ; Great Eastern, 40, 40k ; North Eastern, 147fi, 147 g: Midland, 1294, 129 i; North Western, 129, 129 k ; and Great Western, 72; 724. In the market for English Railway Stocks not much btisiness has been doing. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 103.1 ; East India, 1091, ; Great India Peninsula, 106fi ; Madras, 103fi ; and Oude and Rohilkund, 1011. Canadian shares have been quiet ; Great Western, 151. For foreign shares there has not been much inquiry ; Lombards, however, have been firmer at 15k, 4 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 19k. The foreign bond market has ruled easier in sympathy with other classes of securities. Egyptian (1868) have fallen 2; Italian (1861) 1; Turkish Five per Cents, A ; and ditto (1869) A. Egyptian (1868 751, 752 ex div. ; Italian (1861) 541, 541; Spanish, 291, 30; Turkish Five per Cents, 410, ; ditto (1869) 51, 511, French Scrip, 2f, 21 dis., and German, 11,12 prem. Bank shares have been dealt in quietly. Anglo- Egyptian, 22 ; Imperial Ottoman, 111 ; and Unior of Australia, 40A. Telegraph shares have been quiet. Falmouths have been better at 9to 91. British Indian Submarine have marked 7 1-16 ; Hooper's, 61. In miscellaneous securities not much business has been doing. Fore-street Warehouse, 22k ; General Credit and Discount, 7i ; Hudson's Bay, 8/. The sum of £75,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank to-day for shipment to Belgium. The silver market has been firm. Bars are quoted at GO 9-16, and Mexican dollars at 592 to 594 per ounce. In the discount market to-day, more animation has been noticed. Capital, however, has still been plentiful, and three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. The report of the Peel River, Land and Mineral Com pany, to be presented on the 20th inst., recommends a dividend of 14 per cent. Making 2A per cent, • for the year. At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat was dull and is. lower. The Metropolitan Bank recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 924 Vict 5p a Jan & Julyl39l. 1 014 102 4 924, I, 4, 4 102 Do for Account 920 931, 4 ler Three Ceu t Reduced 921 921 Egyptian 1862, 7p0.. .. 80 82 921, 4 824 New 3 per Cent 928, 1,1, 4 100, 991, 1001 Exchequer Bills. March 10 15pm Italian. 1865, 5p a pm Peruvian. 1805. 5p a Do, Juue lO 15pm 90 4, 0, 90 lls pm Portuguese 1869 3pc .. 314 324 Bank Stock 237 Russian. 1802. 5 p 0.. .. 84 85 India 5 per Cents India Bonds — Do Nicolas 4p a 27s pin 674. 4 Can 6 poJaii&Julyll77-84 10311041 Spanish 1030. 44 30, 4, 294, 1 Do March &Sept. 104 106 Turkish. 1854, 6p o 7B 80 Do 5p c Jan SG July .. 971 981 79 A d. 984 Do, 1865. 5 14 Pr 414 42 Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 98 420, 4,1, 10 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 98 100 Do, 1865 6p a Ceylon 6 p c May and " 60, 01 • November 1878 lO6 108 13.0.5-20 Botids.6 n o 1832 90 90 Bleuritius I p c Jau and 904, g, 90 July 1873 lO2 104 Do do New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 lOO 101 894. 4, i New Zealand 6 1)01891 lO6 108 Do 10-40 Buds, spo 1901 884 88, Do 5 p c Do 5p c Consolidated 9901004 ErieSlia, luo dols, all paid 100, 4, 991 x d Illinois Central Shares .. 1091110' Do 6 p cMar&SeptlB9l 109 111 110, 4 x d Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Atlantic aud (4 W R Con Viet Cp c Jan &July 1891 113 114 Mortgage Bonds — DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 112 113 1121 1885 89i 89! RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter. 9l 93 Grand PrankT of Canada 911 2ud tock Caledonian 881, L 9, I. 0. 1. 8 Do 3rd Pref Stock . .. 30 32 Great Eastern 41f, 9, 401, !,, 4th Prat Stock Great Northern Do A 136 137 Greatlndian Pen g 5-s a 106 107 Great Western 720 721 108, 1,1, 73, 21.9 Great Western of Canada 151 151 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13411351 151 Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 411 420 Do Op c Bonds. 1873.. 99 100 439, 21 Do 51 (10. 1877-8 95 97 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 131 14 96 1i), i Do 5 p a pref. issued 80 parlom Lon and North-W es tern 12911291 Madras guar 5p c 1301, 1. 2 9 0 1030 Lou and South-Western 92 93 N. Railway of Canada. 93 6p a lst Prig Bonds Man, Shef. and Lincoln 46 461 Gud G aud Rohilkund g 4 6 9. 1, 9 5 p Metropolitan ....... 659 651 101 1, 1, 1 659, 69, 9. Wi • Schide, Puni au)), and ... 1291130 Delhi guar 5p c Midland 1300, 9, 30, 293 x il Bahia and San Francisco North British 35 Di, 9 North-Easteni Consols.. 146 1461 Belgian E Junction 1479. 1,6, 9 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru 251 26 South-Eastern 759 760 251 76: Dunaburg and Witepsk 181 181 ittlautic and St L R2O nis awrnce 76 77 Dutch - 22 23 76 2, 1 lonitay, Baroda, and Eastern of France — —ll9 Central India, g 5 p c.. 103 104 Great Luxembourg 119 1039 119 Buff and Lake Huron 44/ • L em b er g Czernowitzgua Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872- 31 4 7 9 81 7 P o - 16 Cape guar 6p o _. East 13engal guar 5p o lO3 104 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 41 51 East Indian, g 5 p c 100, 9,1, 0, 10 (Lim ited) g uar 71) 0 • • 15 1 15 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd I San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 219 22 clir-rge Cv a 1.)0 2nd do i3crip 85 151 Do let Pref Bonds 5B 59 Southern of France .... BANKING OOMPAWIHR, Pd Pd 1 Agra B Sank (IA A BBO 10 Impellorial Ottoman .. 1)10PM• . / 25 Alliance (L) 10 Auglo-Austrian .. 57 pm 231 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21) 22 20 London and County 50 51 22 ' 15 London Joint-Stock 35) 6) ;50 British N American 50 51 20 Lou and Westmuster 630 64) 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 14 , 10 Metropolitan 8) 9 13) , 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 22 23 20. New Smith Wales .. 34 M 10 City. • 10) 11) 25 OrntalßankLorporn 41 42 '25 Colonial 4 Consolidated IL 20 Eng. Scot. an d Aus 0 It 'l7 15 Union of London .. 370 381 20 Imperial iL ) 17i 18) TELEGRAPH COMPANLER. Pa Pd NO Anglo-American JE , ) 74 76 10 Great Northern .... 111 111 • 741, 5 6 Great N. China, and ,10 Anglo-Meditrn ail ll7 120 Japan Extension.. 81 8 118, 19 5 Indo-European (L).. 10 12 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p e — c.nd Malta (L) .... 58 6 13 BOMA Australn (L) 4l 31dis 10 Meattorrn Ex (L) .. 4 1 5 t ' 'lt 4 4 11-16 10 liritish Ind Exton (L). 61 ol 28 Puma and S. PefelL 4 3 dis 68 dis 10 British Indian sub- 8 Renter's , IL) marine " .7, 1-16, 7 100 Submarine 237 242 XI a,Subrnarine(L) 58 &Ifs Do Scrip 2 } 2 i ' Chin ' 10 W India tz Pa u ama(L) 4( 51 2 4 10 Falmouth. Gibraltar, and Malta (LI ... 9 9/ -.. 9 - 1, 0 . 8 "' MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 100 Do 6p c Bonds. re bolders'„..Certificato 3 5 deemable 1870 . 61 63 10 BerlinWacerworks(L) 15 16 611, 21 30 BoickowAratighan LT 33pin 30 London Fin Assoc(L) 19 18dis 100 BOStOil City (U.S. 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 c Sterling Loan 93 95 2 15-16, 4 Brit k Fgn Marine LI 441 pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) 91 pm lb Canada Company. , 71 -73 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon . Company LI Si-6141C, gSD c by lud Gov. 100 102 55 City (Aces (L) 259241 - 2 Mauritius Land IL) 9 2 dis. 20 Colonial (L) - 5 Com Uon Assurnce ' 4 Cpin 21 NMe Zealand Loan and 99 nire Age nap IL) .. 92, pm 40 Crdt Nona of Eng (Ll 2 21 5 N Zealand Lgan said 400 Crystal Palace 199 69 N Britsli and Mere (L) 281 262 100 Do I 100 Do 6p e Pero Deb lO9 114 191 279 Ebbw Vide Steel L).. 92 99dis 50 P and 0 Steam 49 49 100 Viceroy of Egypt i p 0 47 Mortgage Loam.... 78 80 10 Do do New. 1867 3 2 dis 789. 9. 9 50 Ithyinney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p c V'roy Loan, 15 Do New Bl 99 guar by Egyp (13V.. 95 91 £0 Royal Mail Steam P. 62 Royal 13 For,stWarehouse (L) 8; 99pm 12 Tel 249 Mu 9,0 Main L) 249 242 229 , :, 4 100 Pgn and Ccelogial CI ov 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 6p c 130r...1.5.. 98 100 'Marine Insur IL qt Gen Credt &Disct (1..),;:1is ipm Tobacco 6p c Loan .7) guar by Italian Gov 87 83 14 Gen Stin Navigation 279 2IA 5 Trust and Loan Co of 3 lloopex4 Tel Works 19 IdiA - Upper Canada .. 9 1 pin 61, 13 5 (I Igtsain i e, Lvpool (L 5 59pui i 7 nuason's Bay ........ 81 81 -101 ' " aBl 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 4E' InetrbbrAti t P.er, an d 6 United Dis Corprn (L 1 dis pof Tel Works L) .•..4$ 49 6 Univ Marine InsuriLl !62 71pin 41, 9. 4 11.), 2 5 Intend Fi n an SociL) 19 12dis 12 3. 17 .4r4 v 4 Viiiance 9 7 dis 20 It lrrig Can ()avow z,4 i MINING SHARE LIST.—.JANUARY 16. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. , I Nlliiing Oißeet., 1, St.. Michael's Alley, C4:4111111, London.. Market active for Prince of :Wales, Grenville, East Grenville, Seton, Cans Brea, South Frances, Tincroft, and Rosewall Hill. Cain Brea. :5, 40 Perran Wheal Virgin, 11, 1 • Chiverton Moor, Plynlimmon, Chiverton Valley, Prince of Wales, 1/. 2 Chontales (Gold), Providence Mines, 38, 39 Cook's Kitchen, 20. 21 Rosewall Hill and Ransoine Devon Great Consols, United, 245, 26 • Drakewalls, 235, 25s South Condurrow, 48. 48 Dolcoath, South Frances, 281, 292 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 22, 21 Sweetland Creek, 41, 41 East Caradon, 52, 51 Tankerville, Ist 131 East Lovell, 311. 321 Taquaril (Gold). 50s, 51s East Pool, Tincroft, 50, 52 East Wheal Grenville, 3. 31 Trumpet Consols. Frontino and Bolivia : (Gold),, Van. 54, 56 —13., —S. Van, Consols, 11, 11 General Brazilian, • West.Caradon, . . Great Lasey, 161, 171 %Vest Chiverton, 50. 52 Great Retallack, West Maria and Fortesctie. Great Wheal Vor , . 11, 11 ' • Hingston Down, West Tankerville, 31, 31 . Marko Valley, 7, 71 Wheal Agar. New Beldon, Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d, 15s New Lovell, 11, 2 IWheal Grenville. 4, •42 Pacific. Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 91, 9/ Pary's Mountain, • Wheal Seton, 26, 28 IHE SUN, _LONDON TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1871. MR. DENT AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. , Mr. Dent; one of the representatives of Scarborough, in addressing his constituents at the Mechanics' Hall, said --Since . .the last session closed the war between France and Prussia had been desolating some of the -fairest portions of Europe—a war more terrible, and destructive than any in the memory of man. It commenced with the sympathy of England—and rightly, too, he thought —for Prussia. He freely confessed himself that at he outset his sympathy was with Prussia, who ' was attacked by an impetuous and jealous neighbour, But this war seemed to have caused a feeling in England which he could not understand. When he read of the - conduct of what lie might term the Radical portion of • the country assembling not merely to express sympathy for France—for France always had our sympathy as a neighbour and a gallant nation—but what he was most astonished at was that the Radicals should gather together for the purpose of calling upon England to interfere in foreign politics in a manner that at least was most dangerous. He did trust that they would proclaim that England was not be inter fering and intervening in foreign matters. He did not blame our Government for not having interfered in the quarrel.. He believed we were safe in the hands of Earl Granville and Mr. Gladstone. We had, in accordance with 'the expressed wish of the country, reduced our military expenditure; but in doing that we had drawn a . great many troops from the colonies, and he believed that at the present .time 'we had a larger and better armed • force than we ever had. If we had not, it was not from ;any want of ability in the men, but it was the fault of the War Department. Ever since he went to Parliament our l' military expenditure had been increasing. We did appear to have gone on increasing our military expenditure ever since he could recollect, yet still we were told that we were :weaker than ever we were. He was not a military man, but he should be very glad if we could get our enormous standing armies reduced in all parts of the world. He should be glad if men, instead of spending the best portion of their lives in learning to shoot and to fight in order to kill each other, should strive honestly to .earn bread for their families. He did not think we could do without armaments altogether, but he thought those great armies on the Continent were a continual threat and a menace to peace. As to' our misunderstanding with the United States, he did not think this Alabama question appeared to him to be so difficult to settle. He was sure we were prepared to settle it, if our . friends would only come forward in a fair spirit. If by the indiscretion of our servants injury was done to the commerce of America, we were prepared to pay for it, but we were not going to have it called into question whether we were right or not iu acknowledging the Southern States as a belligerent power. Last session and the one before were, very laborious. (A voice : " What about the ballot 1") Well he thought that question so far settled that it was unnecessary to say any thing about it. - All parties—Liberal and Tories alike— were agreed to pass it in some shape or other. He was not very sanguine about the ballot, but anything which would decrease the riot and drunkenness at eections would be a great acquisition. He hoped they would exert their influence against intervention and increased expendi ture for the army, and that instead of spending their time in the consideration of foreign matters, they might at tempt to deal with some of the evils which afflicted the body politic. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid - Loud cheers. MR. JAOOB BRIGHT M.P„ ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. At a meeting of the Bollington Liberal Association, on Saturday, Mr. Jacob Bright, in moving a resolution calling upon the Government in the ensuing session to pass the Ballot Bill, said :—The question of whether Parliament was going to give the country the Ballot next session was to his mind a very grave one. Although the measure might not accomplish everything that was desired, they knew things which it would accomplish. It would produce order at elections. There would be none of that insane excitement and dis graceful conduct now seen at elections, because from early morning till late evening no man would know how anyone stood at the poll. There would be just as much order and as little excitement as in going to church or chapel on Sunday. It would protect men from coercion. If it had not been known that it would accomplish this, it would have been passed before. Hitherto, in some counties, the great county magistrate and half a-dozen of his friends had been able to decide who should go up to the House of Commons. If the ballot became law, he did not say that in the very next election they would reverse this, but they would put men in such a position that that unfortunate state of things would be reversed. In many instances farmers were politically ignorant, and it was happier for them that they should be so. The farmer would be even more a slave than he was if lie possessed high political intelligence and was compelled to vote according to the will of another. Give him security with his vote, and in a little time he would begin to inquire, and they might rely upon the fact that he would obtain political information, If by any chance, however, the Gladstone Government should shew less earnestness, should exhibit less force in offering to carry that question through both Houses of Parliament and making it law than was exhibited on the Irish Church and Irish Land Bills, and if, in consequence of that apathy and lethargy, the ballot should not pass, he believed the effect would be to weaken and destroy the Liberal Government more than anything else that could occur. The remark made with regard to the peculiar state of the agricultural counties of England had made him feel more strongly than ever that if ever it was to be remedied votes must be given to the whole of the county people with the adoption of the ballot. They must place their deliverance in their own hands. The agricultural labourer, when he had the vote, might not always vote for the man who had the best political position or the best political knowledge, but he would tell them for whom he would not vote. He would not vote for local oppression or the man who had ruinous and wretched cottages ; he would not vote for the man who gave unjust decisions when poor people came be fore him on the bench. He was in favour of defensive armaments ; he would assist so far as he could in the defence of the country, holding that a Government established in order to maintain order within the British empire ought to protect and assist the people as far as it was capable of doing; but no pretext should induce him to adopt in the slightest degree an in termeddling policy. A word about the Eastern question. What on earth had Turkey to do with us ? We had a very important interest in that part of the world, and our interest consisted in having a free and quick passage to the East ; but our route did not pass through Turkey or Constantinople. England possessed that Eastern interest, too, in common with every country in Europe ; and, therefore, it was so necessary to all that no sane man would dream that Russia, or half-a-dozen Russias, would ever attempt to plant itself between us and India. The foreign policy, or rather he should say the no foreign policy—because he did not care to have a foreign policy—of the non-intervention which he wished to see carried out, would in the long run greatly enrich the people, save their earn ings, lessen their taxation, and lessen the necessity to work in every department of life. Of course lie might be told by those who took an opposite view that it was a mean and selfish policy, and lie would admit that it was so if anybody could shew him chat it ever benefited the world to depart from such a policy, or that it could be made clear that the world would be benefited by de parting from it. To keep England out of foreign broils was to limit the area of battles and lesson their duration. He advocated this policy, not only for our own benefit, but for the universal benefit, and if the world was ever to arrive at a state of peace or at a state of somewhat nearer to general peace than we found, some nation would have to set the example ; some nation would have to begin and shew that it had au ambition of a much higher kind, and would not be taunted into war by things said on the other side of the Channel in order to affect weak minds here. England was the country that could best begin and carry out this policy, because she was an island, and possessed such vast interests in every part of the world from her great possessions that there was a field for her ambition large enough, though she never were to set foot in Europe again. The unsightly wilderness, says Land and Water, known as the Leicester-squaTe " garden !" will, at last, cease to disgrace the metropolis. An owner has been found by the Court of Chancery, and unless purchased by "the Metropolitan Board of Works," it will shortly be covered with buildings. Leicester-square would make an excellent flower market. THE NEW KING OF SPAIN.—King Amadeus has made himself very popular. He has greatly reduced the number of his servants, and suppressed the splendour of the ancient Court. His manners and customs are different from those of the old Spanish kings. He has dismissed from the palace many persons who were unpopular with the people, such as Senor Ducazcal, head of the Porra band, and Senor Abassal, financial director. He has given a polite go-by to those men who ruined Queen Isabella, and who at the outset proffered their advice to the younc , King, believing their services would be accepted. He declared, with much firmness to Marshal Concha, and to other political men of the same standard, that he thanked them for their kind intentions, and when he found it necessary to consult them on political questions, he would have the honour of sending for them ; but, for the present, he found the Council of Ministers sufficient for his purpose. THE FENIAN PRISONERS.—On the 3rd of Jarluary the prisoner M`Cafferty, in' writing to a friend, gave tterance to the followitigsentiments ;—" I nlnst ac4ow < ledge that I am anxious to return to my friends, home, and native land ; bilt, as I have the bonenr of being both an American and a Christian, such conditions were neces sarily very offensive to my feelings, and, in consequence, I declined to shake hands with my ' English cousins,' and, being in an exceedingly negative mood, I further stated that I would make no compromise with Britannia's distinguished seven per cent. Prime Minister and Co. in 'reference to my discharge from these penal hives. I regard this movement for our banishment as a sign of national weakness, and I am forced to conclude therefrom that the British statesmen must be blind mad, or they would never proceed against the Irish political prisoners as they have and are doing ; for, sooner or later, all this hypocrisy, vindictiveness, and brutality will return to them with compound interest. Yet, as they have sown so shall they reap—and it will be with a vengeance.'" BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparationhas 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 a careful application of the fine prhperties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. . Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS (45 CO., HOMMO rrathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Cacailine, a very thin evening beverage. —Advt. • • THE WAR. THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS, (BY BALLOON MAIL.-FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " CENTRAL PRESS.") PARIS, JANUARY 12. Yesterday the bombardment of the Southern forts went on with extreme violence, especially at the fort of Issy. Last night a company of Zouaves and a company of the Morbiban Garde Mobile made a recon naissance on the heights of Avron, when the enemy's outposts were driven in. From midnight until 2 a.m. one projectile per minute fell in the neigh bourhood of St.,Sulpice. The injuries were not all on the French side, however, for the forts of Vanvres, Issy, and Montrouge caused considerable damage to the Prussian batteries, and the eastern forts maintained a vigorous fire on the Prussian positions. A decree has been issued proroguing for one month from the 14th inst the payment of bills signed prior to the law of August 13, 1870. Fifteen days is accorded for bills signed later than the law of the 13th. Another Govern ment decree just issued refers to the num ber of horses whose lives are to be spared in consideration of their public services. Lists are to be prepared in each of the twenty arrondise ments of Paris and the suburban communes, of the horses which are indispensable for public service. The number of horses allowed will be in proportion to the population about one horse per 1,000 inhabitants. This will leave about 2,000 horses, but they will not be henceforward at .the disposal of the persons who have hitherto kept them. They are to supply in succession all the private wants of the arrondissement or commune, and their daily employment will be determined by tLe mayor. Each horse' will' have a card, which will be delivered to the citizen in charge, and any abusive use of this card is punishable by fifteen days' imprisolment, a fine from 200 to 1,000 francs, and confiscation of the horse. Bakers are forbidden to make or sell any of the finer sort, which is denominated pain de luxe, or to pick or sift the flour served out to them. Should they disregard this order their shops will be closed. They are, moreover, forbidden to deliver bread to any persons, not being regu. lar customers,who have not a card of alimentation attestin{ that they inhabit the neighbourhood. January 13. From 10 p.m. until midnight last night the bombard ment was very violent, especially on the eighth section, though it diminished on the southern point. During the night the enemy made several attempts on the trenches between the forts, but was repulsed, leaving several wounded in the hands of the French. The damage done to the works is comparatively trifling, and the National Guard behaveS admirably. The bombardment is both violent and constant in the bend of the river Marne, but the commandant of Vincennes reports the conduct of the troops to be perfect. The general population of Paris evince the greatest determination, though their resolution is severely tried. Yesterday the National Institution for the Young Blind was struck by several shells. It is a large building, visible to the naked eye from the Prussian 'positions on the heights of Chatillon and Meudon. At the present moment there are two hundred sick and wounded soldiers in the building, which is surmounted by the ambulance flag. Three ofl the sick inmates and two of the hospital attendants were wounded. The patients who were suffering from typhus fever and chest complaints, were accordingly removed to the cellars. The public exasperation is at its height, and no wonder, for the bom bardment is in a military point of view as inefficacious as it is cruel. For instance, at Auteuil, Vaugirard, and Grenelle, three large districts, there have been only twenty-three killed and a certain number wounded since the beginning of the fire ; but nearly all the victims were inoffensive non-combatants, old men, women, and children. Prussia „gains little by such slaughter as this ; and the Minister for Foreign Affairs has protested against. it. It is even said that General Trochu has himself written direct to King William on the subject. • General Ducrot is seriously ill with an affection of the throat. lIG is forced to take to his bed, and has sent three of his best divisions to join General Vinoy's army. A movement of importance is expected before long. MARKETS. LONDON CORN MARKET, MONDAY.-Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of wheat have been on a limited scale, and the quality generally has been inferior. Choice qualities were disposed of at about late quotations, but inferior produce was only saleable on lower terms. Fair average supplies of foreign wheat were on :the stands, but choice supplies were the exception. Transac ' tions were quite of a retail character, at hardly late rates. The market was moderately supplied with barley. For all quotations the demand has been inactive, and .prices have ruled in favour of purchasers. Malt has been quiet, at about late rates. Oats, the show .of which has been good, • have been in limited request, at drooping prices. Beans have been quiet, at about last week's quotations ; the supply has been moderate. There has been p., moderate supply of peas on the • stands. The inquiry has been limited, and some difficulty has been experienced in 'realising previous prices. There has been a continuance of the export inquiry for American barrel flour ' for export to France, and pr ices have been supported. Other qualities have been unaltered. METR OPOLITAN CATTLE MAieRKET,te to-day. The MoNDAY. - The cattle • trade has been in a qut MA RK E s supplies of beasts have been short, nevertheless the demand has been inactive; at late quotations. As regards sheep, the show has been limited. Sales have progressed heavily, est. at about late rates. Calves' r aid pigs have been r Per 81bs. to sink the offal.-Common and inferior beast primes, 3s. large 6d. to 45., 4d. ; second q uality do., 4s. 64. to 4s. 10d. oxen, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. ; prime Scots, etc., ss. 10d. to 6s. Common and infeior sheep, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; second quality, do:, 45. 2d. to 4s. Od ; prime coarse-wooled sheep, ss. to sg. 84. ; prime Southdown ditto,to 6s. 2d. ; large coarse calves, 38. Bs. to 4s. 44. ; prime small ditto, ss. to 6s. 4d. ; large hog, 4s. 4d. ss. 2d. ;neat small porkers, ss. 6d. to Os. 4(1. ; quarter-old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals :-English beasts, 2,910 ; sheep, 12,770 ; calves, 23 ; pigs, 140. Foreign : beasts, 190 ; sheep, 250. Total : beasts, 3,100 ; sheep, 13,020 ; calves 23 ; and pigs, 140. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY. - The market has been well-supported with meat. The trade has been dull, at our quotations. The import into London last week was confined to 100 packages from Harlingen. Per 81b5. by the carcase:-Inferior beef, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 84.: middling do., 4s. Od. to 4s. 4d. ; prime large do., 4s. 84. to ss. ; prime small do., ss. Od. to ss. 24. ; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; middling • do., 3s. Bd. to 4s. Od. ; prime do., 4s. Bd. to ss. 24. ; veal, ss. 04. to ss. 4d.: large pork, 38. 64. to 30. 84. ; small pork, 4s. to 4s. 44. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, MONDAY. - During the past week this market has pre,sented a firm ap pearance. A good demand has prevailed for choice and colouring hops, and prices have been well sustained. Purchases in other descriptions have been effected rather more freely, at fully previous quotations :-Mid and East Kents, £1 15s. to £7 ; Weald of Kents, £1 15s. to £3 10s. ; Sussex, £l . los. to £3 6s. ; Farnham and country, £3 15s. to £5 12s. ; and ads, £1 to £2 - 10s. per cwt. . • -- - BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, MONDAY.—These markets have been scantily supplied with potatoes. The trade has been nuiet, at about late rates. The import into London last week consisted of 68 barrels from New York. English regents, 80s. to 100 s. ; Scotch regents, 80s. to 100 s. ; rocks, 70s. to 85s. per ton. . - LONDON - WOOL MARKET, MONDAY. The. wool market has been characterised by a fair amount of activity. For. all qualities the inquiry has been on a more liberal scale, and fabrics have acquired a hardening ten dency. The import into London last week consisted of 1,910 from Melbourne, 461 from Brisbane, and 56 from the Continent. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, MONDAY.—Tho market has been steady. Y. C., spot, 455. 6d. per cwt.: town tallow, 445. per cwt., nett cash. Particulars : Stock this day, 38,78 2 cwts. ; price of Y. C., 455. Gd. ; delivery last week, 2,509 cwts. ; ditto from June 1, 77,831 cwts. ; arrival last week, 1,154 cwts. ; ditto from June 1, 84,353 cwts. ; price of town, 445. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, MONDAY.—This market to clay has disappointed the hopes of sellers, who came to business with the expectation of realising an advance in value, owing to the reported very strong cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday. These hopes have not been realised, as the telegram from Liver pool reported the market quiet to-day. Prices here are very steady at Friday's rates. The amount of busines doing is not large, but sufficient to maintain steadiness in values. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.—At this market to-day the supply of cattle was larger, and of sheep about the same as on last Monday. The demand was very good for both cattle and sheep, at the extreme prices of last Monday. Beef, 64d to 80. per lb. Mutton, 711 to 90. per lb. There were at the market 2,269 cattle, And 7,648 sheep. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.--=-There were fair supplies of all kinds of grain in this market to-day. Wheat sold slowly, at last week's rates, and barley and oats were from Gd. to ls. per qr. dearer. The prices per qr. ranged as follows Wheat, 51s. to 535. : barley, 30s. to 38s 6d. ; oats, 225. to 235. Many tanners were in the market. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—Opening Report. —The sales will probably reach 12,000 bales to=day at this mar ket, which opens steadily, 1)14 with less activity.—Closing report. -This market has lost some of the buoyancy which characterised it at the close of last week, and the demand to day has been moderate, without any change in prices. Saves 12,000 bales, including 2,000 for speculation and export. GLASGOW PI "I IRON MARKET, MONDAY.—This, market opened to-day at 515. 6d. to 51s. 9d. In a month. A considerable business was done. Prices receded to sellers, 51s. 41d. cash. Buyers a few days to pay. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, MONDAY.—A fair business was done at this market to-day at about prices fully I.s. per cwt. under the highest point of last week, except for lines, which do not shew much reduction. ANGLOPHOBIA. AT PAU. AnglrphObia is still on the increase here, writes a correspondent at Pau. It is very painful to behold, anp it takes every shape. Here is a ridiculous example of it. An English friend of mine, who is on a visit here to some Frencn relations of hers, wishing to make herself useful, offered to give lessons in English to the small children of the family. Her offer was repeatedly declined. The good soul has only just found out to her amaze ment that political hate was at the bottom of the refusal, and that her enlightened relatives could not bring them selves to allow their children to learn " for the present " the language of such perfidious neighbours. It should be added that the family in question has in nol manner been touched by the war—they act on "public grounds."—Pall Mall Gazette. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS. The latest accounts received from the Cape state that the rush to the South African diamond fields continues. Diamonds continued being found at the diggings, but no further discoveries of very large gems were reported. Numerous diggers were arriving from England and America, en route for the diamond-fields, but many were ill-suited for the labours they were about to undertake. Some anxiety was being felt by the colonists that this influx of strangers would be overdone. The Standard and Ma e a il says :—The thoughtful in this colony are much griev at the extraordidary exertions made to induce emigrants to come here by describing in - too bright colours the diamond fields. It is feared the result will be that a large number of the emigrants will be brought out quite unprepared for the life they will have to lead, and disappointments which must occur to the majority in diamond-finding. In stances of fortune-malting are very exceptional, the work is said to be frightful, and the life worse than a convict's. To work steadily at the diggings for six months or a year is pretty certain to do more than pay expenses if it does not make a fortune, but the outlay is consider able, and the tales that reach England that £5 or £lO is sufficient for an emigrant on his arrival at the Cape are as absurd as their deception is cruel. The letter from the Dean of Grahamstown to the Times is declared in the colony to be so highly coloured as to be likely to lead astray. Mr. Thomas Dugdale, of Blackburn, succeeds Mr, George Wilson as chairman of the Lancashire and York shire Railway Company. - - - A man in Ohio, while a collection was being taken to aid the heathen, pocketed all the money in the plate. When asked to explain his conduct, he replied that he was the greatest heathen in that part of the country. The Chilint Chamber of Deputies have granted an annual subsidy of $20,000 to the West India and Panama Telegraph Company for layinga submarine cable from Callao to a Peruvian port connected with Europe, also an annual subsidy to the contractors of Transandine TelegraPhS. filPA.—ln a valley near the frontiers of Prussia, lies, halthidden by foliage and hills, one of the prettiest little towns on the Continent; and although it only boasts 'of Selma tiro thousand inhabitants, it is the gem of Belgium, and the fahlfoli able resort of its notabilities; and' hot otthein only, for when the season is at its height, titled and distinguished visitors crowd every avenue and every rendezvous. Not only Princes of petty States, ex-Potentates, or the Counts and Barons which crop up so plentifully on a foreign soil, but the men of mark in society ; the statesmen, warriors, and leaders of their respec tive countries. The great men of Great Britain are amongst the number, for they gladly brace up their faculties and re-invigorate their systems at this health-restoring spot, after the fatigues of te t e ent t still—strongly the waters too nauseous are 'glad to m Coiirfs, Parliam ents, and Sessions. The roulette-table has its Votaries, lint t he waters a a p r 4 e t m ho o s r e e w o h m o ni e p s on initiegttatea with iron, that needful auxiliary in renovating 'th th t cl li • '4 table liqueur, moo , e cious substitute—the Elixir do Spa." enfeepled c.:Onsfitution s . .11914. '.fah Pl* 4 5 possesses a delicate 'perfume and 'exquisite flaveur, a n d b e i ng " distilled from the flowers and plants of the dfstiict, i§ at the same time greatly prized for its tonic, digestive and gelitlY s ti mu lating qualities. The manu facture of this liqueur forms the chief part of the staple trade of Spa, which may be said to consist of the important Distillery of Messrs. Schaltin, Pierry, awl Cie the inventors of the Elixir de S p a, and the manufac turer4-df Griiarnents in the pretty S p a wood. A " petit verre" of the Elixir dis "Sp; is the favourite prelude in Belgium to a "dejetiner ri la fourchidta, , " in order to give zest to the appetite, for which purpose it is equal lii officiol% to the nauseous absinthe ; and the burly Flemish burg° aster's admirable dinners are usually capped with a wee glass of this invigorating native cordial, which is universally pronounced to be the best of Table Liqueurs. It may be obtained through your wine mer chant.—Wholesale Depdt —SCOTT BROTHERS, 8, Duke-street, Adelphi, London. - WAR A. OUTRANCE. A letter from Chaumont, in the Allgemeine Zeitung,dated the 9th inst.,. says :—" Since the weather has become milder, scattered bands of Francs-Tireurs have been again frequently seen,especially in the woods and chateaux round ClAtillon. A moveable column of four battalions of in fantry and two squadrons of cavalry has been formed, under Colonel Dannenberg, which is to scour the whole district in pursuit of these . kmall bands. The war is car ried on, alas, on both sides, with merciless bitterness. The sufferings of the poor country are terrible ; famine and distress are constantly increasing, and the people have hardly anything to live upon. In many villages there are more burnt down than uninjured houses, and domestic animals are frequently not to be seen for miles." The kind of warfare which is being carried on in the East of France, and the exasperation of the Germans against the Garibaldians and other irregular combatants, are illus trated by letters from an artilleryman, published in the CaTogne Gazette. After mentioning Menotti Garibaldi's surprise at Chatillon, where seventy or eighty Landwehr men and half a squadron of Hussars were massacred in their beds, he says :—" A few days ago thirty of these banditti (Garibaldians) were captured not far from Chan- Mont. They were first forced to dig their graves, and were then shot and thrown in. Any of them who falls into our hands immediately receives a bullet. If we meet With Garibaldi, there will be- a life and death struggle ; no quarter will be given. We are no longer fighting against a French army, but against assassins. In consequence of a requisition company having been surprised at a village in the Vosges by Francs-Tireurs and inhabitants, we were ordered to set fire to it. The infantry stormed it, fired some volleys into the windows, and brought out 16 principal inhabitants, including the Mayor and the priest, as prisoners. Several who attempted to 'escape were immediately shot. Our infantry, with the prisoners, drew out of the village, and we posted ourselves 1,600 paces off in order to convert it into dust and ashes. After we had fired 40 shots the Franc-tireurs advanced from 'the neighbouring woods. Four of our horses and two of our men fell, the infantry could no longer make a stand, and it was high time to retreat, 'or all our horses and both our guns would have been lost. The next day we went again with six guns and more infantry, and only infants in the cradle were spared. All who could carry even a stick Were shot." The writer alludes to an attack by Francs-tireurs and marines on a Landweln: garrison at Chatdauvilain. The former left 15 killed on 'the field, one of whom he saw—" 50 or 60 years old, barefoot, with a cartridge box over his blue • smock; :and a Cursed robber's face." Referring to a march through snow nearly as high as their :heads, when the men's feet were frozen to the stirrup, he says How our teeth chattered you can easily imagine, dear parents ; war in 'earnest is now be ginning. What, however, others can endure, I certainly can too, therefore, don't be uneasy. As long as there is a drop in the flask and something to smoke things may go as they like. Of the men who at first formed the battery not more than - a tenth remain ; we have been four times manned, and are now again expecting new men. Whoever goes through the war from beginning to end will certainly have deserved Heaven:" We (P AU Mall Gazette) have reason to believe there is some foundation for the report that King William intends leaving Versailles for a short time. An officer of the Francs-tireurs took the trouble to count the shells at •Courneuve, • Paris, the other day. He counted 2,081. The result was not a man killed, and not a man wounded. It is believed that General Manteuffel has been 11P pointed to the command of the Eastern Army because of his temper, which involves him in diplomatic difficulties. His strategical conduct of the campaign, too, is not all that could be desired. The German troops, according to a Berlin paper, how occupy, not partially but completely, 32 of the 85 French Departments, comprising 15,000 communes. They exer cise in these all civil and military powers, control the posts, telegraphs, and railways, and regularly collect the taxes. On the morning of the 11th, the Paris &Me declared that a sortie, which was to have taken place the other day, had been countermanded, because when the troops were about to march it was found that the Prussians had already concentrated their forces at the points which were to have been attacked. The Echo says that the Comte de Chauibord has pub!i shed a protest against the bombardment of Paris, in which he says, " No, I will not see that great city perish, which each one of my ancesters has called My beautiful city of Paris.' And since I can do no more, I will raise my voice in exile to protest against the ruin of my country," It is reported from Dijon that not only a detach ment of Garibaldians have arrived in that town, but they have also been accompanied by a number of women dressed in various military costumes. Some wear the uniform of an officer, whilst others are only decked with the Geneva cross. The Garibaldians are well equipped and armed, and warmly clad, Another official list of fugitive French officers has been issued at Berlin. It comprises 28 names—viz., one lieute nant-colonel, One chief of a battalion, seven captains, four teen lieutenants, and . five sub-lieutenants. In three of these cases the' atteir IA was frustrated. The total number of officers who have violated their parole in North Ger many alone is now 105. The Allgerneine Zeitung, discussing what is to be done after the fall of Paris, deprecates the extension of the war further to the south, as calculated to attenuate the German lines, and expose them to incessant guerrilla attacks. It points out that even if a truce and preliminaries of peace are arranged, the troops will not be able very. soon to eva cuate France. The peace negotiations will probably be more protracted than at Prague. The German, garrisons in Lorraine now take special precautions against night surprises. The sentries are every_ where strengthened, the troops are lodged, wherever it is possible, in barracks and buildingr connected with each other, a fixed number of officers have to sleep in the barracks with the men, while infantry patrols and Hussar detachments scour the district by night and day. Nancy especially, which Garibaldi was ordered, it is said, by Gain betta, to seize upon, is thoroughly secured against a tour de main, Extensive peculations have ben discovered, accordh4. to the Volk'sZeituug, in the Government erbswurst manu factory at Berlin. Detectives were placed among the workmen, and by this means a confederacy was found out, the members of which stole not only bacon, but whole quarters of beef and large quantities of peameal and ilnur. All clssses of workmen were implicated, and the establish ment was closed for some days, and then reopened with almost an entirely new staff. A Paris paper, the Electeur Libre, calls upon the muni cipal authorities to revise their arrangements for the distribution o Meat, so as to preclude the necessity of great gatherings of persons at the ,authorised butcher's shops. At present, while many parts of the southern half of the city are exposed to the fire of the enemy, long queues of women . .and children are to be seen waiting in the streets to receive their allowance of meat, and, at the same time, are exposed to mutilation and death from the shells which are constantly falling in that part of the city. The Spoor Gazette says that when Paris falls it will be necessary to organise a German civil administration for the country, to prevent the social disruption of the coun try, and to maintain the German troops on the soil of Franct, as well as to commence the payment of the indemnity. The Germans can remain in the richest pro- vinces of France, and occupy them en masse, so as to be quite secure in their tenure. They have conquered the house of the enemy and so long as he resists they must hold it as their own. After a lapse of time offensive operations may again be resumed, either to crush the, last attempt of resistance on the part of the French, or. to take possession of the rest of the territory if it pleases them to do so. The. Nuremberger Zeitung, relates that a young Hano verian officer had, on the occasion, of a rencontre with his cun.pany, made some free-shooters prisoners. He seat to, his commanding officer for orders respecting their fate' and received the laconic reply, " Shoot them." The offi cer conducted his. company to the outskirts of the village, and prepared to execute_ his orders. One of the free : shooters, a youth of eighteen, who was very delicate, was in great dread of death. He wept, "and threw himself at the knees of the officer, imploring him in piteous terms to save his life. The officer was deeply moved, but felt con strained to fulfil his orders. The youth was shot accord:- ing,ly, the officer fainted away, and when he was restored to consciousness he was mad. He is now in a madhouse in Germany. An incident in the life of General von der Tann is re called by the Aftonbladet, of Stockholm. " During the' Danish war," it says, " Prussia had some volunteer corps taken from various parts of Germany, and clothed and equipped in the most fantastic manner. These corps com mitted many cruelties on the Danish villagers, and even threatened to fire the open town of Aabenraa. . . . They were under the command of a Bavarian major named Von der Tann. Several of them were captured by the Danes, who treated them like ordinary prisoners of war. But now that the French have organised volunteer corps for the defence of their country, this same Von der Tann declares that any franc-tireur that may be captured by his troops will, be shot." A correspondent, writing from Paris under the bom bardment, says :--" After walking for many hours to-day among the inhabitants of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Arrondissements, into which during the whole of last night the iron projectiles fell like snowflakes, I have found not the slightest disposition towards terror or submission, I conversed again and again with women who were living in houses over which some hundreds of shells have already passed, and who, in some instances shewed the great craters or holes produced by shells that had fallen and buried themselves in their gardens. From all came the same answer, 'We may be killed, but that is of little account. Only let Paris hold firm until la France has come to her rescue !' " A German letter from Bar-le-D uc mentions an attack by 1,500 Francs-Tireurs on a company of Jagers, near the Confluence of the Aube with the Seine, north of the Troyes and Fontainebleau Railway. The latter had to yield to superior force, and withdrew to Vichy, where they arrived after two days forced marches. They lost twenty killed, and a larger number of wounded. After a short rest the' company, having been reinforced, retraced their steps in order to clear the districts of the Aube from Francs- Tireurs and perhaps to avenge the surprise. If, as was reported, the inhabitants of Marcilly and another village were found to have taken part in the attack, both places w"uld be burnt down. " The punishment," remarks the writer, "is terrible; but if the peasants choose to carry on against us a war which is contrary to the law of nations they must take the consequences. Leniency in such cases would not only be useless, but a crime against our own soldiers." It is not a little singular that the Jesuits, who have been so unpopular wherever the Garibaldians have appeared in the South of France, are just now, on the • contrary, most popular inside Paris, on account of the fact that, as a body, they have thrown themselves heartily into the defence of the city. It is • well known that they have hitherto had in the Rue de Sevres a most flourishing college, the studies of which are preparatory to admission into the Ecole Polytechnique and to public offices. They have also a large public, school at Vaugirard, just within the fortifications on the south of Paris. We understand that this school still continues to be held in spite of the siege, but that the students, though somewhat diminished in number, are working only " half-time," coming to their lectures only once instead of twice a day. In the evening the Jesuit professors assist in lighting up the forts with the electric light, and whenever a sally is made, some of the Fathers accompany the soldiers, in order to minister to the spiritual wants of the wounded and dying. A great portion of the house 'accommodation of the reverend Fathers has been placed at the disposal of the sick and wounded.—Times. • LORD *CAVENDISH AND THE WAR.. : After the distribution of the prizes by Lady Cavendish to the Ist Administrative Artillery. Volunteers, - at Brad ford, on Friday, Lord Cavendish, in replying to the com limentary vote of thanks given to her ladyship, congaatu lated the brigade.on their history during the past year, which was one of unalloyed satisfaction. The coming year was big with the fate of all military organisa tions. During the past six months they had seen one of the greatest military nations of the world overcome, and on the other hand they had seen the terrible organisatipa, of the Prussians who had overrun France, an organisatiq. which was kept up at a very cheap rate. With regara to the defences of this country, he would abstain from saying anything against any Government, but be be lieved that the people of this country would demand that the best military organisation should be brought about. He did not think that it would be necessary to have forced military services. Plans would be submitted to Parliament in the next session for the reor ganisation of the national defences, and he believed that the Government would do its duty in that respect, but the . new system would have to be elastic, such as would adapt itself to a time of peace as well as war. Whatever might be the fate of this country, he believed that the volunteers would do their duty in time of war - as they had done during a period of peace. (Applause.) PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, writing on the 12th, says :—lt may be true that the Parisians have lost heart, but I own to great doubts as to the accuracy of the Prussian information as to the condition and prospects of poor Paris. There is a good deal of anxiety in certain quarters as to the movements of Bourbaki, who is now threatening .our " communications. Accounts from Orleans speak of the three corps under Frederick Charles as greatly exhausted by long marches and bad food, and as having suffered very heavy lesses in the desultory fighting of the last three weeks in the neigh bourhood of Vendome. The horses; too, are said to be terribly " used up" by the hard work and short-commons. The result of yesterday's bombardment, so far as the forts are concerned, is said to have been that a breach thirty feet wide was made in Fort Issy, and it is expected that to-day the breach may be made practicable. One of the barracks of Issy has been burned as well as those.in Montrouge. Yesterday the batteries of Chatillon and Clamart had made such progress against Fort Montrouge that the Bavarians, who, like the traditional Irishmen, " are blue mouldy for want of a bating," declared they would storm the " verfluchte restung " with or without leave. However, we have not yet heard of their having taken the fort. The first parallel against Issy having been completed, , seven batteries were yesterday pushed . nearer by some hundred yards to that fort. Newspapers from Paris up to the 10th have been received by the staff. They speak of the death rate as having increased from 1,500 to 3,000 a day. It is not plelsant to hear the complacent manner in which the German officers talk of the increase of death and suffering in Paris. The vigorous reply of the forts to the bombardment yesterday has not a little astonished the Prussians, who do not always seem to be able to see the difference bet Ween " silent" and " silenced." So far as I have heard, there is as yet no sign of an approaching . capitulation. Yesterday's firing certainly did not sound like giving in on the part of the French. THE EAST OF FIi.A.NCE. The Staatsanzeiger says :—Since the beginning of the month very important events appear to be approaching in the east of. France, and especially in the Vosges. General Bourbaki has marched to the south-east with his forces, composed of portions of the Army of tilt) Loire, and other troops collected near Bourges and Nevers, in the middle of. France, to unite with Garibaldi's corps and the Army of Lyons under General Bresolles for a grand coup against General von Werder. The plan of the then French War Minister Gambetta was to compel the German troops to raise the siege of Belfort, and after that to turn towards Nancy, and'inenace the line of com munication of the German forces, opening up for them selves at the same time a road in South Lorraine. For this purpose General Bourbaki marched upon several corps to the Oote d'Or, Garibaldi advanced with four bri gades, cavalry, artillery, the Trancs-tirenrs de la mor t, and the Enfantg perdus de Paris ;—as the Franco- Spanish corps and the Genoese carabineers call themselves likewise upon Dijon, and General Bresolles marched with from 30,000 to 40,000 men of the French Eastern Army along the Swiss frontier upon Belfort. These forces were to unite in the neigh bourhood of Montbeliard, in order to endanger the Ger man positions in Upper Alsace by means of a powerful attack. In consequence of these movements General von Werder was compelled to concentrate his forces ; he eva cuated his advanced position near Dijon for the present, effected, notwithstanding the difficulties caused by the nature of the country and the severity of the weather, the necessary strategic flank movement at the right time, and collected . his troops in such a position along the Vesoul and Montb6liard Railway, that he was not only able to preVent the relief of Wlfort, but also to meet the advance of any force Of the enemy that might be brought against hirn.', THE ARMY OF TIIE NORTH. LILLE, January 14. The Fabian policy of Trochn is creating some irritation at Lille, where it is believed that the Germans profit by the inaction of the capital to crush the provinces until the annihilation of the provinces shall enable them to crush the capital. As for the Army of the North the German staff seems to trouble itself very little about it, having more pressing matters on hand, reckoning on the weakness of the force. Faidherbe gave an estimate of his soldiers in one of his despatches, and moreover the Prussian generals are seldom at a loss for any infor mation they care to acquire. The army of the North is not, however, without enemies confront ing it. Von Goeben's troops oppose it, but there is much uncertainty *i t s to their strength. It is generally believed that if the Baxon reinforcements which joined Manteuffel at Bapaume have really returned to Paris the numbers of the belligerents, are about even. The Commandant Gamier, who was conquered at Pe ronne, arrived last night at Lille, where his reception was not very cordial. it would not be fair to pronounce upon lAis conduct before the pending court-martial on the reddition of Peronne with its ram parts intact, but it has been suggested that M. Gamer acted from motives of humanity. The Prussians placed in position three batteries, and began the bombardment of the town with petroleum shells without firing a single shot on the ramparts. The first shell fell on the hospital and set it on fire ; but they paid dearly for their acts, since nearly all their guns were dismantled the first day, and they lost a number, of men. _ . They then brought from La Fere some guns of immense range and, despite the frost, made trenches to shelter themselves firing at a distance, which the French guns could no longer reach. The inhabitants took refuge in the casemate4, where the bad air and agitation killed anumber of women and children, but only some five or six pt.rsons died from the enemy's fire. The officers under the capitulation retreated under parole not to serve against Prussia during the rest of the war. There were some 3,400 prisoners, who have been sent to La Fere. Half the town is burned, and the rest much injured. The commandant yielded, it is said, to the reiterated remonstrances of the frantic inhabitants, and if hecommitted a military error, his supporters plead that he is absolved by the humanity of his motives. The severity of the bombardment is attested by the fact that besides the hospital, the church, the Hotel de Ville, and the Receiver's Office, were all destroyed. EARL FORTESCUE ON EDUCATION. Earl Fortescue, addressing the farmers of North Devon at Barnstaple, said one great objection which be had to the establishment of School Boards had vanished by the lapse of time. Where schools had been established on" the voluntary principle, the parish, could always get e School Board established, but it could not get it dis established in a hurry. By another great flaw in the Act these new schools, built with the ratepayers' money ana • under their management, were forbidden by the law to be used for any purpose except purely educational purposes, and were perfectly useless for concerts, bazaars, lectures, or any innocent and desirable recreations whatever. But any school that was built by voluntary contributions could. be let to the School Board with any reasonable conditions• attached to it, and one of the most reasonable and obvious , conditions seemed to him to be that it should be available for such purposes as he had mentioned. He had never been. , able to see why the minor differences of Christions not be avoided in the training of children of tender age. Ins parishes where the farmers and tradesmen had for years contributed to the schools and taken part in their management, he, did not see that there would be any, gain in changing the form of government, because boards , were apt to have staffs and staffs were apt to be costly and besides, those who had made sacrifices of time and , money for 3 ears in the management of schools were those , who would continue to carry on the work most efficiently . . He doubted whether a master employed by a School Board, established and supported. by rates, would be able to appeal to the feelings and con sciences of children as when supported, not by mere official authority, but by the presence of those; who for years had taken a loving interest in the work. He thought cases ought to be judged by their different circumstances, and that the universal application of either system would be undesirable. 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