The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-28 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAR. THE FALL OF PARIS. TERMS OF CAPITULATION. ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS, VERSAILLES, January 27 (5 p.m.) M. Jules Favre went back to Paris yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, and returned at 8 o'clock this morning, accompanied by General Beaufort• and others. An Armistice is agreed upon to extend at once to the whole of France. The terms of Capitulation are to be arranged. There is great agitation in the city. We heard here last night sounds of drums and shouts of multitudes. LE VERT GALANT, January 27. No fighting on either side to-day. It is rumoured that there is an Armistice, or that one is about to be agreed on. French troops by hundreds are presenting themselves at the Saxon outposts, and offering to desert. The French soldiers who have come to the Saxon outposts in such numbers to-day say they have done so not as deserters, but because there is an krmistice. —Times' Telegram. BERLIN, January 27 (Night.) It is semi - officially announced here that Count Bismarck demands from France as terms of peace : The surrender of two provinces, and of one of its colonies; The transfer of twenty vessels of war ; and Four milliards of francs, or £160,000,000 sterling, as a war indemnity. Only on these terms will peace be concluded.— Telegraph Telegram. VERSAILLES, January 27. The essential conditions for the capitulation of Paris have been agreed upon between Count Bis marck and Jules Favre. A French general officer has arrived at Versailles, and is arranging the details of the capitulation with General Moltke.—Lombard Telegram. The following telegram has been received at the Foreign Office from General Walker, dated Versailles, Friday, 8 a.m. : " Jules Favre returned yesterday to Paris, and will come back early to day with an officer to settle the terms of the capitulation. "There has been no more firing since midnight." The following telegrams come through Reuter's agency : - VERSAILLES, January 24 (Vid Saarbruck). M. Jules Favre arrived at Versailles at 5 p.m. on the 23rd inst. in Count Bismarck's carriage, which had been sent to the outposts to meet him. M. Jules Favre appeared greatly aged since his visit to Perrieres. He drove to the office of the German Chancellor, where he had a long conversation with Count Bismarck, with whom he afterwards took dinner. M. Jules Favre put up in the Rue Boule vard du Roi. Count Bismarck, at 11 o'clock the same night, conferred with the Emperor of Ger many. Mr. Odo Russell was apprised beforehand of M. Jules Favre's coming. VERSAILLES, January 27. The negotiations in reference to the capitulation of Paris are so iar advanced that the terms are ex pected to be concluded to-day. BERLIN, January 27. Count Bismarck is desirous of treating for peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace and a part of Lorraine. If M. Jules Favre accepts these pro posals made to him by Count Bismarck, Germany Will recognise the French Republic. It is certain that these proposals would be accepted by the Im perialists. GENERAL CHANZY REINFORCED. BORDEAUX, January 26. The Moniteur of to.day publishes a letter from Colmar, which states that the Prussians have sent away from Alsace all officials who were not natives of the Province. They have vainly attempted to persuade the Alsatian officials to retain their offices under the Prussian regime. The sale of tricolor rlbands to be worn as ornaments by ladies is for bidden. General Cambriels has been appointed to the com mand of the 19th Army Corps. He left Toulouse for his post, but was obliged to return in conse quence of the wound in his head received at Sedan reopening. General Chanzy has received large reinforcements from all sides. His dispositions are excellent. ARRIVAL OF GA.MBETT 4. 1 1. Gambetta arrived at Bordeaux to-day (January 26th)___ • The Germans threaten Angers, with the object 0 subsequently endeavouring to turn Chanzy's right. The evacuation of Tours is not complete, a Ger- Ulan force being still there. The Lafayette has arrived from America. January 27. The Government has to-day communicated the following Note to the newspapers : " The Government is informed by its agents abroad that, according to news published in London, 4 egotiations have been opened between Paris and V ersailles relative to the bombardment of Paris and ta an alleged eventual surrender of the capital. " The Government Delegatio n a ccor d s no cre dit t o these allegations. It is impossible to admit that ae gotiations of this nature and importance can have b een commenced without the Delegation being pre /1011111y advised. The balloons which have arrived 1111 to the present have not given any warn i ng o f S uch a_ a st e p. It a pp ears th a t a b a ll oon was seen to rt 3' near Rochefort. We do not kn ow y e t w h e th er bas fallen, but as soon as its news and despatches ar e recei ve d t h e G overnmen t w ill h asten to make the n known to the public." BOURBAKTS ARMY. VERSAILLES, January 20. The army o f G enera l B our b a ki i s w ithd raw i ng to te sa ncen by t .e left bank of the Doubs, pursued by t h -ver al Corps of the Army of the South. Th e l oss o f w e e nemy in his unsuccessful attack upon General c gir der i s est i mated at not less than 10,000 men. The weer, am ong t h e F renc h s i c k an d wounded, who ‘,6 . _t 3 left b e hi nd w i thout help or maintenance, is Z e Pecial ly great. The other corps of General Man iutitere army h ave i n t erru pt e d th e commun i cat i ons 11 .,,,e rear of B o u r b a ki' s arm y by th e occupat i on o f k vitt and Quingey, and the ra il wa y j unc ti on a t " Chard. ANGERS, January 25. 6 ...Two thousand Germans, with cavalry and artil to-J,D.' have occupied Sable. It it difficult to enter the e ,,: n ) all outlets being carefully watched by the. u, t reY, who do not permit anyone to leave. Z'i v went Y - five TJhlans' h - ave appeared- at Precigne. 6111 . 2 of them who composed the rear guard were 44 - r i aed by ten Mobiles sent on a reconnaisance, t wo were wounded and one made prisoner. —On was Local y, for under lamed anter- were jected a.,rcl of plain aility ; liable The of the been MUG. a very slooms nearly 1, who ,ermon. ;ena,nce derable placed rustees. obtain- at her ;tion of :nt pro -366, the ndants. the evi- to bring t, but it Equity of their Judge al law• ,he elder m of the appear, t he had against He was eut pre- Hall of Leggatt, gh order of a lady —British, judges, r. Justice under the had eon vas objet" In that of lqr. has been t Govern" late in the t at large' nigh state his end 1 0 r, oppose become .° i nien tal t su ifragi 3 t 9 ittee , the other of voting' d the C Ol3- i t h ou t d l5 : u of se tvi d that our that ligh t ' organised' FRENCH MOVEMENTS. The Independance Beige announces that General Faidherbe arrived on the 24th at Dunkirk, where preparations are being made to place the town in a state of defence. Advices from Auxerre announce that the bridge of Crecy, near Laroche, has been destroyed by the French, who captured eleven prisoners on the spot. THE GERMAN LOAN. BERLIN, January 27.. The subscription to the North German Loan closed to-day ; the amount has been subscribed several times over. An Imperial Decree, dated the 24th inst., orders the elections for the German• Parliament to be held on the 3rd of March, and summons the Parliament to assemble on the 9th.l, Another decree convokes the Federal Council for the 20th February: By a third decree the order of the 18th of July, relating to the capture of French merchant ships, is to cease to be in force from the 10th of Feb ruary. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. In Thursday's sitting 'of the Lower house, Count Andrassy, the President of the Ministry, in reply to. the question of Herr Shatimirowitz respecting the despatch which notified the new formation of Germany, stated that it had been accomplished with the full consent of the Hungarian Govern ment, adding that the tenour of the answer con sisted in an unconditional acknowledgment of the newly-formed German Confederation, and the re-establishment of friendly and neighbourly rela tions between the two countries. (General cheers.) Count Andrassy further said :—The Government cannot see any threatening danger of Germani s ,tion, either in the new formation of Germany, or in the wish expressed by that Power to maintain good neighbourly relations with us, or in the fact that Austria would lay special stress upon the main tenance of friendly relations with Hungary. (Cheers.) The Government, after fruitless endea vours to prevent the war, has adopted a most decided neutrality. Such a policy will prevent either of the belligerents making any claims upon us under the pretext of our exercising illegal pressure upon the other. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.-THE MATHE MATICAL TRIPOS LIST. Wranglers : Drs. Hopkinson, Trinity ; 2, Glaisher, Trinity ; 3, Spence, Pembroke ; 4, Hart, Trinity ; 5, Temperleff, Queen's ; 6, Appleton, Trinity ; 7, Malcolm, Christ's ; Carver, St. John's ; Genese, St. John's ; Cruikshank, St. John's ; Dey, St. Peter's ; Bell, St. Catherine's ; Keith, Emmanuel ; 14, Smith, H.G.S., Trinity ; Colson, Clare ; Neville, Sidney Sussex ; 17, Bourne, St. John's ; 18, Pollard, Trinity ; 19, Failles, Trinity; 20, Rae, Trinity; 21, Bishop, St. John's; Dumergue, Corpus Christi ; Taylor, Christ's ; Carpmael, St. John's; Hartley, Sidney Sussex; 26, Bowen, Trinity ; 27, Eagles, Queen's ; Bowditch, Clare ; Farvens, Trinity; Bond, St. Mary Magdalen; Wood, W.S., St. John's ; 32, Odges, Trinity Hall ; 33, Ward Pembroke ; Cantley, P. L., Gonville and Caius, Watkins, Christ's; 36, Johnson, St. Catharine's Hall, Pembroke ; Phillips, Christ's ; Simon, Optimes ; Dr. Myers, Trinity; 40, Jeffery, Trinity ; Allen, W. 0. 8., Trinity Hall, Jesus; Raikes, St. Peter's; 44, Ireland, Trinity; 45' Goodayre, Queen's; Bennett, Emmanuel; Cox, Trinity; 48, Symes, Downing ; 49. Wright, Clare ; 50, Carlyon, Sidney Sussex ; Groves, St. Catherine's ; Sims, Pem broke ; Crowdy, Trinity ; Miller, St. John's ; Cantley, R. H., Gonville and Caius, Potmony, Corpus Christi ; 57, Huand, Jesus ; 58, Lowe, Christ's ; 59, Kirkby, Christ's ; Carter, Trinity ; Collins, Christ's ; Thompson, Christ's ; 63, Hanson, Corpus Christi ; 64, Wooly, St. John's ; 65, Standish, Queen's; Bethell, St. John's; Lunt, Corpus Christi.--Junior Optimes : Drs. Tuck, King's ; 69, Panter, Clare ; 70, Bell, Corpus Christi ; 71, Praed, St. John's ; 72, Savage, St. John's ; 73, Crouch, St. John's ; Butler, St, John's ; Thompson, St. John's ; 76, Jinay, Emmanuel ; 77, Amphlett, St. Peter's ; 78, Leach, Corpus Christi ; 79, Dale, Gonville and Caius; 80, Trotter, Trinity ; 81, Keary, Trinity ; 82, Stewart, Trinity ; 83, Ord, Trinity Hall ; Boyd, Trinity; Field, St. John's; Taylor, St. John's; 87, Boreham, Christ's ; 88, Channen, St. John's ; 89, Weston, Trinity; 90, Winthrop, Trinity Hall ; 91, Gregson, Jesus ; 92, Callithrona,s, Clare ; 93, Ralph, St. John's ; 94, Baring, Trinity ; Allen, W., St. John's ; Rilteney, F. E., Trinity ; Jackson, Sidney Sussex ; Robertson, St. Peters ; Swainson, Corpus Christi ; Aegrotant Fitzjohn, Gonville and Caius; Forbes, St. Catherine's; Karshall, Clare; Morley, A., Trinity; Roscoe, St. John's. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION. A conference of the clergy and laity was held at the Chapter-room of Rochester Cathedral on Friday. The Yen. Archdeacon Grant, D.C.L., presided, supported by the Earl of Darnley. The Dean of Rochester (Dr. Scott), and a large number of the clergy and influential laity of the district. The subjects for discussion were middle class education, and whether any changes are necessary in the licensing system. The first subject was opened by the Rev. A. Willis, of New Brompton, who urged that it was principally the duty of the Church to educate all classes of the community, and quoted several cases in which a system on this principle was being adopted. In the discussion which ensued, both the Dean and the Archdeacon urged the necessity of teaching more of English classics, as greatly calculated to improve the public tone of thought. In regard to the second subject, it was thought by the speakers generally that greater restrictions should be placed on the granting of licenses, and also that the adulteration of liquors should be more guarded against. No positive resolution was passed on either subject. OPPOSITION TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. The Nationalist party in Limerick, which previously has been dispirited by the want of a candidate, is now evincing intense enthusiasm. At the eleventh hour Mr. Isaac Butt has consented to come forward. The nomina tion takes place to-day (Saturday). Mr. Butt will him self arrive in Limerick this evening, and will, during the few days which will intervene before the election, address the electors in the principal towns throughout the county. "It is universally believed," says a Limerick corre spondent, " that the Postmaster-General will be in a minority." EMIGRATION OF FRENCH REFUGEES TO JERSEY. Emigration from the North-West Departments of France to Jersey continues on an increased scale. On Friday morning two boats arrived at St. Helier's, one from Granville and the other from St. Malo. They brought about one hundred passengers, among whom there was a larger proportion of males than usual. They had with them their personal luggage, but there was not much baggage. The Granville boat sighted two French men-of-war near the French coast. AN ACTION AGAINST MISS JEX BLAKE. It will be remembered that in a late meeting held at Edinburgh, having reference to the admission of female students to the medical classes of the University, Miss Jex Blake said that the class-assistant of Professor Chris tison had behaved in a manner so gross that it was chari table to suppose he was drunk. To this statement the Professor's assistant has raised an action against Miss Blake. ROBBERY AT LEICESTER. A robbery occurred at Leicester on Saturday morning last. A youth named George James, aged 18, clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Arthur Atkins, shoe manufac turers, was sent to Messrs. Peares' Bank to draw £ll3 to pay workpeople, which amount he received in hard cash, and decamped. The persons who were sent after him re turned on Thursday after a fruitless sear ;:h in London and Liverpool, and a warrant has been taken out for his ap prehension. He had only been in Messrs. Atkins' em ployment about a month. THE EXTENSIVE ROBI3ERY OF DIAMONDS. Liebman Tannebaum, a German Jew, lirJao was arrested on Wednesday, in Northampton, by, Sergeant Lilley, of the Northampton Borough Police, on suspicion, was brought up on Friday morning, at the Town Hall, before the Mayor, (Mr. P. P. Perry,) and Messrs. J. Barry and T. Sheppard, on a charge of stealing diamonds from a man named Rose, a jeweller, on Monday last, at the St. James's Hall. After some evidence was given, he was handed over to Detective Sergeant Runiers, who was at Northampton waiting to receive him. MR. WHEELHOUSE, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., addressed a large meeting of his constituents at the Mechanics' Institute, Leeds, last night. Referring to the question of Church and State, he said he could not look upon the union as anything but a necessity productive of enormous benefit alike to the State and the Church. He spoke of the Education Act with approval, and thought that the religious difficulty, when fairly subjected to the test of practical examination, would be found to present next to nothing deserving of that name. With regard to the War, he reserved any attempt at intermeddling, as likely to be attended with consequences at once useless and disastrous, and he insisted that there should be im mediately after the assembling of Parliament a thorough investigation as to the position of the country with respect to foreign affairs. With regard to our national defences also the utmost vigilance should be exercised by Parliament, and he deprecated any policy that might weaken the connection between England and, her colonies. He demanded an inquiry as to the opera tion of the commercial treaties, and thought it was time the truck system should be swept away. He promised to oppose the introduction of the principles of the Permissive Bill into Government legislation on 2 the liquor traffic, discountenanced acts of coer cion by trades' unions, and said that while not fearing the ballot he did not like the principle on which it was based. (After the hon. gentleman had replied to questions, a vote of confidence in him was passed. Judgment was given on Friday at Liverpool in the inquiry into the loss of the New Dominion near Cardiff, the captain's certificate being suspended for three months. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE, We (Times) have' been requested to publish the follow ing disclaimer, , which has been forwarded to us from Chiselhurst " Dans un article publi4 it y a deux jours, le Times indique que l'lmperatrice des Francais aurait, du con sentement de l'Empereur, accept 6 les conditions que les journaux disent avoir proposdes par M. le Comte de Bismarck k M. Jules Favre, pour le rdtablissement de la paix entre la France et l'Allemagne, le Times a 46 induit en erreur. Cette assertion est inexacte." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1871. THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS. The special correspondent of the Telvraph, sends the following from Versailles, dated January 25, 3 p.m. : Yesterday afternoon it became known all over Versailles that M. Favre had come out from Paris, and the greatest excitement was created among the French population when they learnt his errand. They have come down off their high horse, and are loud in their expressions of satisfaction at the mere prospect of the war being soon over. They vow vengeance on the Republican leaders if the maintenance of the gpuriims Republic is preferred to the intefesth of France. Peace first, they say—and good government, the choice of the people, afterwards. " When we have got that, and resumed our occupations, and re-embarked in our usual prosper ous career, then we can think of revenge, and prepare to be ready to exact it. And, who knows ?—perhaps in the fulness of time it may be needless, as Germany may be in advance of us in the freedom of her institu tions, and may restore to us unasked, from a mere sense of justice, the provinces of which she now becomes possessed as the spoils of war. The Empire—let us have it, if only for a plank to bridge the stream which is leading us to destruction." Paris will probably capitu late unconditionally, and its defenders will be made prisoners of war. Then an armistice will be concluded, and a Plebiscite will be taken for the choice of a Government which shall truly represent France, and with which Ger many can treat. The following are the probable terms of peace to be exacted :—Alsace and German Lorraine, one milliard of francs, forty war ships, and a colony. The money indemnity must be guaranteed by the municipali ties, whose bills will be taken. If this is refused, the pro perty of rich individuals will be taken possession of. It will be remembered that Konigsberg, Potsdam, and other Prussian towns are still paying the war indemnity exacted by the French in 1806. Immediately after the capitulation, the reserves of all the German regiments, amounting to one-third of each, and the whole of the Landwehr will be sent home. At mid day of the 23rd, a letter arrived from M. Jules Favre to Count Bismarck requesting permis sion to come to Versailles. Bismarck at once replied --himself writing in German the answer, which was translated by an official translator into French —that M. Favre might come, under the distinct under standing that no mention should be made of the London Conference, that subject having been dis posed of. The Chancellor's reply reached M. Favre at 1.30, accompanied by the Count's own carriage. M. Favre arrived at Versailles at eight p.m., and drove straight to the Rue de Provence. Count Bis marck had finished dinner, but sent to the Royal kitchen for a handsome entertainment for M. Fa 're. The interview took place immediately. About ten p.m. Count Bismarck applied to the Emperor for permission to attend him. His Majesty appointed eleven o'clock for the interview. M. Favre spent the night at the quarters of the Lieutenant of Police, under the rooms of Dr. Stieber, the chief director of the Prussian police, and Fouch4 of Germany. None of the French local authorities " got at " M. Fevre. After the first interview in the evening of the 23rd, M. Favre did not see Count Bismarck until after the Council of War held yesterday forenoon, which was attended by Von Roon, only just convalescent, and Count Bismarck—the third time since the investment was com pleted—Moltke, &c., and the Imperial Crown Prince, all under the presidency of the Emperor. The council lasted an hour and three quarters. Its decision having been communicated to M. Favre, he left again for Paris at 4.30 p.m. As his carriage was being driven down the avenue leading to the S4vres road, Count Bismarck, taking his daily constitutional on horseback, encountered it, turned his horse, and rode by the window, conversing with Favre up to the town gates. M. Favre asked that the garrison should march out with the full honours of war—the army to pass through the Prussian lines, and to take up its position in some dis trict of France yet unoccupied by the enemy, under an engagement not to resume hostilities for a term of months to be agreed upon; also that no triumphal entry into the capital should be made by the German troops. All these stipulations were refused ; the only basis upon which surrender would be accepted being the same as at Sedan and Metz. The state of Paris is simply ter rible ; the clubs are up in arms against all constituted 'authorities. It is understood that General Trochu, having been urged to supplement his failure on the 19th by making a fresh sortie with two hundred thousand men, refused, saying that it would be useless butchery. He acknowledged that he had come to the end of his plans, and resigned; and Vinoy took his place. He was also subsequently superseded by Le Flo. A proposal was made by the Reds to constitute a new Government; and 210 members of National Guard of different grades in that force were chosen by ballot. Three new batteries, making twenty-eight in all in activity, opened this morning on Paris, between Drancy and Le Bourget. To morrow, batteries on Mont Avron will be opened. St. Denis was on fire yesterday in fourteen places, and is now nearly destroyed. The church is burning. Enormous flocks and herds of oxen and sheep, 15,000 and 25,000 respectively, have been collected between Lagny and G-onesse, presumably to be driven into Paris imme diately on the capitulation. THE JEWEL ROBBERY. Mrs. Martha Tarpey, who was arrested at Leamington last week for having committed, in conjunction with her husband, the robbery of £2,500 worth of jewels from Messrs. London and ilyder's assistant, will again be brought up this morning, at the Marylebone police court, before Mr. H. Mansfield. She will probably be remanded, as the police have not yet succeeded in securing Mr. Tarpey. DR. LIVINGSTONE. We regret not to be able to share in Sir Roderick Murchison's assurance that the communication which he has recently received from Dr. Kirk relieves us from all anxiety respecting the fate of Livingstone. The Arabic letter merely states that the caravan sent from Zanzibar had reached U - ny-amyembe, and was going on to Ujiji, where Livingstone was shortly expected from " Manimes," a place, it appears, to the westward of Lake Tanganyika ; but no ground whatever is given for the expectation. We hope the Arab Sheikh had some better foundation for anticipating the speedy return of the indomitable traveller than a pious In-shAa-Allah. His letter, more over, is dated " the 16th Rabea-el-Akbar " (read, Rablaah-el-Akhir)--corresponding, if the month is of the current Mohammedan year, to the 16th of July last—and was not received by Dr. Kirk till the 24th of December, an interval of five months and eight days. Had Living stone reached Ujiji even two months after the Sheikh wrote, there would still have been abundance of time for the intelligence to reach Zanzibar before Christmas Eve. —Pall Mall Gazette. MR. POTTER, M.P., AT ROCHDALE. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) Last night Mr. P. B. Potter, M.P., addressed a crowded and enthusiastic meeting of his constituents at Rochdale. He reviewed the proceedings of last session, alluding to the Irish Land Bill and the Education Bill in terms of approval. Though the latter was far from perfect, yet its defects could be amended without delaying the main question indefinitely. In the coming session the Ballot must be a prominent measure, and if not referred to directly in the Speech from the Throne, he trusted his friend, Mr. Leatham, would at once proceed with his bill. The University Tests Bill must be passed without delay, and Mr. Miall:s resolution for the disestablishment of the English Church would have his (Mr. Potter's) cordial support. After explaining the reasons which led him in July to vote against the proposal to increase the army estimate by two millions, the hon. gentleman said that the question of army reform would occupy a prominent place in the pro- ceedings of the session. As a first step, the purchase system must be abolished, and a regular military training for officers, with an opening for the advancement of merit from the ranks, be established. The dual Government system must be abandoned, and Parliamentary control exerted through a responsible head. What was wanted, was a small, but thoroughly efficient, standing army, a strong force of engineers and artillery, short terms of service the creation of a reliable reserve, the amalgamation of the militia with the line as a further reserve, and the volunteer forces placed under the command of officers in the military department. The main reliance of England was on a powerful navy, and her policy should be one of strict non-interference. Care must be taken to guard against the growth of such a military spirit as that which had led France into her present disasters. He sympathised as much as any man with the efforts made to establish a Republic in France, but he most strongly deprecated the attempts now being made in this country, actively to interfere on behalf of the French nation. Such a course would be suicidal for England, and of no avail to France. Mr. Potter, in reply to a question, said he should vote for a dowry to be given to the Princess Louise. A vote of confidence in the honourable menber was passed, with some little oppo sition. CABINET COUNCIL.—The meeting of the Cabinet Ministers which was appointed to be held yesterday was' countermanded early in the forenoon, and was postponed until this afternoon. Commander Frederick Harvey has been awarded £l,OOO on account of his torpedo invention. Another colonial appointment has become vacant by the death of Colonel Blackall, Governor of Queens-, land. The death is announced of Colonel Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, Bart., K.C.8., lately one of her Majesty's counsel for India. A general colliers' strike has begun in the Pennsyl vania coal regions. This strike is one of those periodical arrangements between the masters and men which of late years have been resorted to for the purpose of raising the price of coal, when, owing to over-production, it has got too low, and it is, to a slight extent, already successful in its operation. The coal proprietors of Lancashire, North Staffordshire, and North Wales having refused the appli cation of the miners for an advance of 10 per cent, in wages, a circular has been issued to them by the Amal gamated Association of Miners intimating that if the 10 per cent. advance was not given by the Ist of February, "they (the miners) would feel in duty bound to use every lawful means in their power to secure the same." AMERICAN RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—An express train was runnin g on th e Mi ss i ss i pp i and Tennessee ail road on the 3d of January, when an axile broke, and a passenger incar was thr own d own an em b an k men t , and, the stove the car falling over , the car was in a blaze before the passengers could make their escape from it. Seven coloured persons were so burnt that it was impossi ble to identify the bodies. One man, on whom the stove fell, presented the appearance of having been burnt alive in it. About 30 other passengers were scorched and hurt, but escaped alive. The car was first thrown across the track, and a rail, torn from its place, was forced into the car, and penetrated it from end to end. WINES AND SPIRIT was paid in London by some of year 1870 : (Foreign) on which Duty he principal Firms during the • WINES (Foreign) SPIRITS (Foreign) Gallons Gallons. W. and'A. Gilbey.. .. 781,623 W. and A. Gilbey.. .. 816,946 F. W. Cosens . .. 130,174 Twiss and Brownings.. 255,252 Dingwall, Portal, & Co. 123,264 .1. &W. Nicholson dc Co. 199,793 IR. It. Hooper and Sons .. 117,116 D. Taylor and Sons .. 149 , 1 82 C. Kinloch and Co. .. 103,064 Trower and Lawson .. 101,822 Simon and Lightly .. 90,167 Dingwall, Portal, & Co. 114,169 1 Cunliffe and Co. .. .. 88,243 Bond, Forbes and C 0... 103,468 J. Allnutt, jun., and Co. 86,895 R. Hooper and sons 97,869 Dent, Urwiok, and Co.. 86,004 Seager and Evans.. .. 93,739 D. Taylor and Sons ~ 73,618 13ishop and Sons .. .. 87,316 Brooks and Oldham .. 71,985 K.Burnet and Co. .. 71,981 I?indlater and Co.'.. .. 70,754 F. Webb .. . .. .. 63,437 Matthiessen and Co. .. , 70,517 Marshal, and . Elvey ~ 61,019 Robertson Bros. .. .. 70,.219 E. S. Pick and Co. .. 58,624 Domecq and C 0... .. 70,217 'Bowerbank and Sons 51,265 Besides the preceding there were upwards of 2,000 Firms who paid Duty on Wines i and Spirits in less quantities than those above mentioned—(" Wine Trade Review," 15th January, 1871). THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS. The special correspondent of the Daily News at the Headquarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia sends the following by special despatch, January 26th :—During last night and to-day the German batteries kept up a steady fire on the St. Denis forts, which increased in violence, when the French fire was renewed at irregular intervals. In the course of last night the two batteries on Montmorency were advanced 2,000 paces nearer St. Denis to positions near Villanteneuse. To-night the batteries at Ormeson and Enghien are to be pushed forward an equal distance. This approach will materially strengthen the German fire. There are now no French outposts to the north of the forts ; the glacis marks the edge of the French position ; nor is there any posibility of any further sortie. Since last night the French engineers have cut up and barricaded the outlets, to prevent them from serving as inlets. This has been done with great la bour and substantiality. They have, at least, effectually blocked themselves in. The German losses in the bat teries are trifling. Mont Avron has not been occupied by the Saxons, but they yesterday established one bat tery a good way in front of Villiers on the horse shoe, at shorter range, of Nogent, and another in front of Champigny, to deal with the redoubts of Faisanderie and Gravelle. The eastern fire on neither side has been hard for the last three days. There are faint rumours of negotiations, but nothing reliable. The following I have heard creditably named as the boundary of the territorial demands agreed , on by the German authorities :—A line starting from the corner of Luxemburg frontier at Longwy, coming south by Brie, passing between Mars-la-Tour and the plateau of St. Hubert, thus bisecting the battle-field of G-ravelotte, and making Fort St. Quentin overlook the frontier line ; passing down the ravine to the gorge crossing the Moselle below the Nogent, leaving Port-a- Mousson some three miles inside France ; passing through Chateau-Salins and Marsinvillier, then striking due south to the Meurthe below Lune ville, thus sparing to France that town and Nancy; then running due south from St. Di 4 to Belfort and Montbgliard, both of which would be the frontier fortresses ; and finally striking Switzerland at Delle. From the special correspondent at the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Saxony the following is despatched, January 24 :—The great event of the day is the coming of M. Jules Favre to Versailles. He passed the position held by Bavarian corps south of Paris yesterday evening, and arrived here at midnight. He proceeded immediately to the residence of Count Bismarck. It is said that M. Favre comes to treat of surrender, and there can be no doubt that this mission has reference to the state of affairs in and before Paris rather than to any project of travel ling to England. Very brisk cannonade took place yesterday, not only from the French batteries at Point du Jour and from the enceinte of Paris, but also from the outlying forts. Issy and Montrouge found voice again, and hammered fiercely at their assailant. The conjecture ventured by several observers that the orts, though silenced awhile, were preparing for future work, is seen to be correct, and the German wisdom in attempting nothing rash against them is fully proved. To-day there is a thick fog. Little can be done in the way of bombarding. But the presence of Favre does not imply,. I understand, any suspension of arms. General Vinoy has relieved General Trochu of command. Trochu's cautious strategy is unpopular, despite the wholesale slaughter tbat the last sortie entailed. Pushing bravely into the German positions before Valerien, the French lost thousands in the vain attempt to force back the besiegers. It is almost certain that 5,000 French were put hors de combat, and nearly 500 were captured. The German loss was 600. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service. Gazette re marks :--" By a thorough knowledge of the_riatural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine prciperties of Neell-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 & Co., Homoeo pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Caca6ine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE. The Berlin correspondent of the Dail!' News, under date January 25, writes :—lf the French continue to refuse, even after the fall of Paris, to form a definitive Govern ment with which a settlement really pledging the nation can be come to, the safety of all international relations in Europe will be seriously imperilled, in spite of the London Conference. That Count Bismarck would not lend himself to acknowledge, even in directly, the Government of National Defence as a defini tive government might always be anticipated ; for he is obliged to take care not to exclude the possibility of other Governln —its with which it might be more easy to con clude peace. Jules Favre can hardly have doubted that his attempt would fail, and his letter, which now has drawn forth such an ironical reply, can hardly have had any other object than to try if other Powers could be lured into a commencement of intervention. The Government of National Defence, if they are not really confident of being able to drive the German inyasion alto gether back, have almost no other gaine left but that of trying to extend the area of war, by changing it into a European conflict. As for tiring out the Germans, so that they will be ready to abandon the claim of a new frontier, all idea of it must be given up. The longer the war has lasted the more the imagination of the people here has become filled with anticipations of the next war between France and Germany, and the less has it become possible to speak to them of any other security but a military one such as the complete prostration of the adversary is expected to bring about. The argument on this side is that the war has shown, even more than was known before, the dangers to which Southern Germany is exposed on the part of the French. I repeat that there is no hope of seeing the Ger mans wilfully throw away what they believe to be an opportunity which may never occur again ; but what, perhaps, is as yet possible is to divide their opinion about the extent to which they have to go in incorporating hitherto French soil, and about the principle to be adopted in drawing the line, which they ought not to exceed. If the propo sition comes from a third party, that what could be claimed as the best military boundary should not be in sisted upon ; and that the former frontier of the German Empire is to be treated as a thing of the past, on which no claim ought to be founded ; but that, in deference to the modern idea of eminently national States, the frontier of language ought to be made the future boundary between the sway of France and that of Germany. To me it seems as if everything nOw hinges upon some Frenchman of name and influence having the courage to avow that France cannot expect to get out of her scrape without letting her former German subjects become citizens of the present German Empire. Some neutral Power should make itself the advocate of these views with the Imperial Government, leaving the remainder to the German nation. That the moment is propitious could to-day be seen here at once. The arrival of Jules Favre, who has evidently correctly understood the serious part of Bismarck's ironical reply to his insincere postulate, with proposals for a capitulation of Paris, meets, on the part of the people here, with a very gaod reception. "At last"—this is the general remark—" there is a symptom of returning reason. It is probably owing to the experiences obtained by the mobilised part of the National Guard at the sortie of the 19th. Trochu should have done their will before ! It is their honour they are fighting for to all appearances, and honour we will leave to them." But this is just the mood of mind, in Berlin as well as in Paris, to facilitate nego tiations about other things besides conditions of capitula tion. The latter will certainly not be very heavy as far as concerns Paris itself. The besiegers have no interest in burdening themselves unnecessarily with keeping the peace inside the city. They may leave that to the National Guard. They will probably be content with being put in possession of the forts and the enceinte, and with getting the promise of the troops of the Line and the Mobiles to give up fighting. They cannot wish, though they are prepared for it, to make prisoners of them also. But then a general, instead of a local, armistice is at once indicated by the situation. THE BONAPARTIST RESTORATION. I have learnt, says the same correspondent, from authoritative sources, leaving no doubt whatever as to the correctness of the information, that the peasants round Paris, and generally throughout the Department of the Seine-et-Oise, are manifesting a distinct return to Bonapartist sympathy. Their desire for order and for the protection of their material interest incline them earnestly towards the restoration of the Empire. They suppose that no other form of Govern ment would give them the same security; and, from what I hear, they would vote almost unanimously for the return of Napoleon if a Plebiscite were taken on the ques tion. This feeling is evidently growing and spreading every week. Private letters which I have seen from prisoners in Germany announce that a secular reaction is taking place amongst them alsa. Public opinion in the metropolitan districts is growing vigorously against the Republic and its authors. Rely upon it, that the Republic has thus a very small number of friends amongst the population of this part of France. This is the more significant because this department has been anti-Imperial. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Henry William Cavendish Scott Bentinck, known as Lord Henry Bentinck, for merly M. P. for North Nottingham, and heir presumptive to the dukedom of Portland, was proved in the London Court on the 19th instant, and the personal property sworn under £500,000. The executors appointed are his cousin, George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Esq., formerly M.P. for Taunton, who alone took the grant, power being reserved to the Hon. C. A. Ellis, the other executor, to prove hereafter. The will is dated July, 1868, with three codicils 1869-70, His lordship recites certain deeds of settlement by which estates held by him will devolve to his relatives, members of the family of Lord Howard de Walden. His lordship has left a life in terest, chargeable on his landed estates, to his sister, Lady Howard de Walden. He directs that his horses, pointers fox and deer hounds shall be sold. He appoints his said cousin, George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Esq., residuarylegatee of both his real and personal estate. —The will of Madeline, Countess Blucher de Wahlstatt, relict of Gustave, Count Blucher de Wahlstatt, of Baden- Baden, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in the kingdom of Prussia, but late of Capernwray Hall, Lancaster, was proved in London, on the 13th inst., under £lB,OOO per sonalty in England, by her nephew, George Blucher Heneage Marton, Esq., and her sister, Mrs. Lucy Marton. She leaves to her said nephew a legacy of £l,OOO ; and to her sister her diamonds and other jewellery, and all money at her banker's. To her nieces, Eliza Flower and Adelaide Mowbray, each a legacy of £l,OOO. She bequeaths he property and estates in Germany to her nephew, Count Gustave Blucher. The residue of her property in England she leaves to the children of her late sister, Catherine H. Passy, and Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund W. W. Passy, equally amongst them.—The will of George Smythe, Esq., was proved under £160,000; that of Samuel Johns, Esq., under £60,000; and that of Henry Oakley, Esq., merchant, of Monmouth, under £2s,ooo.—lllustrated London News. RETIREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COUNTY CRICKET PLAYERS. —Four well-known county professionals will re tire from the cricket field during the next season. Edgar Willsher, the great bowler, of Kent; John Lillywhite, of Sussex ; H. H. Stephenson, of Surrey ; and Roger Iddi son, of Yorkshire, will severally have benefits and take their farewell from the cricket field. Daft, the celebrated Nottingham batsman, who sustained an accident while playing cricket last season, has sufficiently recovered to ensure his reappearance in the field in the approaching season. Oxford University has elected C. B. Tylecoat as Captain of the Dark Blues, and Cambridge University will be represented by W. Yardley, Esq., as Captain of the Cantabs. The split between the Oxonians and Surrey County Eleven will preclude a match between them being played next season. RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.—The American Railroad Journal states that as many as 5,574 miles of new railroad were opened for traffic in the United States last year, which brought the total up to 54,435 miles. The average cost of the new road was over forty thousand dollars per mile. The greatest increase may be noticed in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, where subscrip tions in the form of bonds have greatly stimulated rail way construction. The companies building railroads in Alabama and Georgia have been ercouraged by State subsidies. North Carolina could not profit by these sub sidies, on account of the breaking out of the Euro pean war, which closed foreign markets against American bonds, and interfered with the progress of companies. Had peace continued, it is probable that ten thousand miles of railroad would have been ,completed during 1870. The great overland lines cost more than a hundred thou sand dollars per mile ; .but the average cost of railroads in the United . States is under forty-eight thousand dollars per mile. In the South the • cost of railroad building has not exceeded twenty-five thousand dollars per mile. One half of the present total has been constructed since 1870, and the total is equal to the railroads of all other parts of the world. It is larger than the circumference of the earth. OUR CO TEMPORARIES--This Morning THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS. The Times, in announcing the important event, says The capitulation of Paris may by this time be looked upon as accomplished. At an early hour yesterday the negotiations were said to be already so far advanced as to leave little doubt that they would be brought to a conclu sion before night. Hardly any other result could be an ticipated. The mere fact of M. Jules Favre's journeys between Paris and Versailles might satisfy the world either that the terms to which Count Bismarck would consent were in themselves acceptable, or that they were rendered so by a force of necessity which no one in Paris could withstand. There are also rumours of an Armistice to be extended to all France, and of a discussion -of terms of Peace on the principle of territorial cession. There is, in short, every reason to believe that we are approaching the end of the struggle far sooner than could have been expected. The appointment of General Vinoy in the place of General Trochu as Com znander-in-Chief of the Army and Garrison of Paris could not and did not, most fortunately, bring about any change in the determination of the Government. It had been said that the new Governor would not give up the contest without one more attempt at a sortie. But, like Trochu, Vinoy is a soldier. He knew that suc cess was impracticable, and he would not take upon him self the responsibility of wanton bloodshed. It will, at all events, be a great gain for Paris to have a man of firm character at its head at this juncture, for it is impossible to foresee what call may yet have to be made on his energies. We have wt last come to the supreme crisis, and it may as easily have a mad dening as a sobering effect. For our own part we are inclined to take a hopeful view of the subject. There is a necessity for silence and self-concentration which adversity easily enforces, and there never was a time, perhaps, in which France was more likely to exhibit calm sense and self-control than upon the abatement of that war fever which will leave her weary and prostrate. Revulsion of feelings among multitudes are apt to be sudden and violent ; and even in the midst of the present turmoil, when the rolling of drums and the shouting of multitudes are reported from Paris, convulsed with the first apprehension of her surrender, there is, perhaps, no great rashness in predict ing that the day is sure to come—and soon to come—in which the Party of Order, and even the Peace Party, will re-assert its ascendency. The Daily News observes :—At last the news has reached us. There was scarcely a man among us who believed that the Capitulation of Paris could be longer delayed ; and it -had come to be a question of the terms which France would accept and Germany ratify. The coming and going of M. Jules Favre between the capital and Versailles clearly foreshadowed the end. It has been clear for some time that Paris must capitulate ; and, her falling being inevitable, humanity has prompted the wish that the sufferings of the non-com batants should not be prolonged a day more than is neces sary. Nevertheless, it is far from certain that the first tidings of the surrender—however unavoidable that may obviously be—may have been received with peaceable resignation. The popular cry recently has been for more sorties. We have for some time been told that prior to the capitulation a final sortie en masse would be made by the troops, whether the Government said Aye or No. If anything of this kind be now attempted, if enormous masses of men resolve to throw themselves at any cost and without preparation on the German line of de fence, there will ensue a slaughter such as niodern history has not yet known. The object of M. Favre's visit to Versailles having been to negotiate for a surrender of the great fortress, the fact must be come known to the people, and that speedily. Time hurries on at a terrible rate, with nearly three millions of human beings watching the approach of the spectre of famine. Whatever M. Fevre is empowered to do he must do quickly ; for starvation is swift of foot. There is not a movement on the part of any army to go to the assistance of the capital. The final days of the great siege chime in with the collapse of a great series of provincial efforts. East, west, and north, the armies of France are looking to their own safety, rather than thinking of the release of the capital. It is on this account that proposals of peace would come in oppor tunely with the fall of Paris. There is obvious truth in the statement of M. Gambetta that France, if only she keep on long enough, must win. The waves dash against the rock apparently with no effect ; but in time the rock is eaten through. France, however, has to look at the probable duration of this experiment—at the fearful misery which would fall upon the non-combatants of both nations, and say whether she will undertake so cruel and indefinite a task. In a very short time, as things appear at present, she will have an opportunity of saying Yes or No to the anxious inquiries of Europe. A National Assembly will, at all events, absolve the members of the Provisional Govern ment from further responsibility. If France elects to continue the campaign, she will appoint those Ministers most likely to carry out her wishes ; if she votes for peace, she will at the same time indicate the Government she desikes. Notwithstanding the serious rumours current about a restoration of the Empire, we still believe that Germany, once the war is finished, will leave France to pick and choose her own rulers. The Telegraph says :—Paris has fallen, and a pldbiscite must now be taken, or a Constituent Assembly must be summoned. And what will be the result ? If the nation is determined to prolong the war, it will, probably, vote for a continuance of the dictatorship which has fallen to Gambetta ; for, if France is to fight, his audacity, inflexibility of will, and clearness of purpose are all-important. But, in the event of a plebiscite, the chief votinv power will be with the peasantry, and there is scarcely a doubt that they will demand peace with something like unanimity. Their wasted fields, their empty granaries, their sons who lie dead at Sedan, at Paris, or await death in the ranks of the Mobile Guard, will plead irresistibly for peace. And, if the peasantry do not seek war, they will vote to a man against a Republic ; for they have been wont to connect that form of Government with the idea of anarchy and Socialism, and now they will identify it with the terrors of a dreadful war. A plebiscite will in all probability doom the Republic to death, at least for a time. The Orleanist dynasty will have a far stronger hold on the middle classes than on the peasantry restoring an the ..En and then there will His acceptance l , re . mahl questiontheaee h 0 3, the great towns is out of the question. In them he is hated for having added the capitulation of Sedan to the past sins of the Empire. But the peasants around Paris, and throughout the Department o f S e i ne - et Oise, are displaying a returning symp a thy f or th a t r e g i me, because, in spite of the fact that the war was begun by Napoleon 111., they fancy that his dynasty would restore order and protect their property from spoliation. If that feeling prevail throughout the pro vinces, a return of the Imperialists is not unlikely. A contemporary has, indeed, stated that Count Bismarck has already in his possession a document, signed by the Empress as Regent, accepting for France the terms of peace demanded by Prussia. If that were true, the return of the Bonapartists would certainly be improbable, for their name would be associated dis gracefully with the cession of Alsace and Lorraine. But we have ascertained that this statement is utterly des. titute of foundation. Meanwhile, before the taking of the plebiscite, all eyes are fixed on Paris. The city is falling after its long and heroic defence, and it is falling amid the homage and respect of civilised mankind. IThe Standard remarks :—France is well nigh at her last gasp, and her silent but yearnin g a pp ea l t o E ng land still remains unanswered. France is our true and loyal ally, and has a right, in her bitt er ex t rem ity, t o plead the friendship we have professed towards her as the justification for her claim on our good offices. As a nation we condemned her precipitation in drawing the sword in a quarrel which history will show to hive been a just one. Looking merely to the facts, and ignoring the considerations which gave them their right significance, the great bulk of the English people gave its voice for Germany, as a nation defending its soil against an invader. But the misconception was not long-lived. from the moment of the fall o f The sSedan, reveal ed policy rev e o a f l e K d itnligeWtruillialecnh'aracter of the Power which had been making ca pital out of the fable of th e wo lf an d the lamb. Having annihilate d the military power of the i Empire, havn, , demonstrated her own superiority, and her full capacity to protect her soil against all comers, Germany commenced to make war upon the French people, with the view of satisfying the lust for terri torial agarandisement, and under the plea that the Fatherland would not be safe until it possessed a frontier absolutely dominating France. In the very act of proving her invincibility, and having inflicted upon her neighbour a series of ruinous defeats, which must cripple her power for invasion for years to come, Prussia set out upon a new campaign to crush out the life of the French nation under the pretence that she dreaded a fresh attack. We have seen with what vindictive ferocity, with what devastating fury, she has carried out her purpose. The fell work of the German armies will not be obliterated in a quarter of a century. Wherever they have marched they have left their traces in blood, shed, ruin, and desolation. They have burned, plundered wasted, and assassinated until they have brought the horrors of war to nearly every home in Paris. For months past Europe has looked on in silent but earnest sympathy at the revolting spectacle of an enor mous army of trained soldiers making war upon a civilian population, crushing their raw levies in the field, bombarding their towns, plundering their homes, and wasting their fields. The unequal struggle has been gallantly maintained by the nation fighting against such terrible odds, but all Christian peoples have surveyed it with shuddering horror, and the voice of the civilised world has gone up in an indignant demand that the conqueror should be compelled to show mercy,and that the massacre of a nation should be stopped. But the Governments of Europe have remained unmoved, and Germany has been permitted to pursue her savage end without let.or hindrance. us of of is, znd 'ion aph The Each r of it of icial for .own erm, •hich Cliff were liable