The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

. MONET,A.RY REPORTS,-•YESTERD AY. The stock markets have been very unsettled to-day. At the opening a firm feeling was produced by the satis factory tenour of the telegrams from Versailles, but realisations of profits immediately succeeded. Large bill operations were closed, and a heavy decline took place in the quotations. Later in the day a reaction ensued, and a portion of the reduction was recovered. The railway market has been depressed, and the leading stocks have receded on an ave. rage per cent. In the foreign bond market the principal feature has been the rise of 2} per cent. in French Scrip ; but, on the other hand, Egyptian, Spanish, and Turkish have given way in value. Con sols have been flat, and 1 per cent. lower at 921, 921 for delivery and the account, Reduced and New Three Per Cents, 021, 92i ; Bank Stock, 241, 243 ; Ex chequer Bills, 10s. to 153. pm. Ind ia Five Per Cents have been done rt 1101, 1101 ; and India Bonds at 225. to 275. pm. English railway stocks have been purchased cautiously, and prices have given way in most instances. South- Eastern shews an advance of 1, but Metropolitan ) Caledonian, North Western, and Great Western have fallen 1 ; Midland has been 1 ; Great Eastern, 1 ; and North Eastern, 1 lower. Metropolitan is quoted at 66, 661 ; Caledonian, 88, 881 ; Brighton, 43, 431; South-Eastern, 782, 791; Great Northern A, 135, 135 i ; Great Eastern, 401, 40 ; North- Eastern, 1461, 147 ; Midland, 1.28-i, 129 ; North-Western, 1291, 130: and Great Western, 72k, 73. The demand for Indian railway stocks has been to a very moderate extent. Bombay, Baroda, and Ceatral India, 104 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051 ;Madras , 1031 ; Oude and Rohilkknd, 1011, and Scinde, 101 1, 1.. Cana_ dian shares have been quiet. Foreign shares have been flat. ,Lombards have been 1 lower, at 15, 1514 Great Luxembourg, 121, For foreign bonds there has been but little inquiry, ex ception being taken to French scrip, which has risen to 21 to n prem. Spanish, Turkish, and Egyptian were at one time much depressed, but close only 1 worse than on Saturday. Egyptian (1868), 751 to 751; Spanish, 30a to 301; Turkish Five per Cents., 421 to 431; ditto (1869), 53a to 531 ; Italian (1861), 541 to 55/. Bank shares have been dull. Anglo-Egyptian, 221; Imperial Ottoman, 111, 121 ; London and County, 51,52 ; London Joint Stock, 36.2 ; London and Westminster, 631; and Union of London, 39. For Telegraph shares there has not been much in quiry. Mediterranean Extension have been I better, at ; British Indian Submarine 71 ; Manufacturing Companies shares have been steady. Silver's India Rubber have been 1 better at 51, 52. Hooper's have been firm at 7, 7 1-16 ; and Constructions have been better, at 261, 26.2. Miscellaneous securities have sold slowly. Warehouse, 211 1 ; National Discount, 111. The Discount Market has been in a firm state to-day There has been more inquiry for accommodation, and capital has been less freely offered. Three months' paper has been charged 21 per cent. The Calabar, from the West Coast of Africa, has brought £2,500. At Mark-lane to-day wheat was firm, and 2a. dearer. Flour rose 3s. per 2801bs. The report of the Home and Colonial Marine Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented on the Bth of February, shews that the net premiums during 1870, amount to £110,193 ; and the losses and claims paid on account of the same, to £36,508. The directors recom mend the declaration of a dividend of 35. per share at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The under writing account for 1868 now closed shews a net profit of £27,505. There still stands at the credit Gf 1869 account, after the deduction of expenses, £31,134. The Nyanza, from. the East Indies, has brought £560,000 in gold, and £387,000 in silver. At a meeting of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com pany, it was shewn that the available balance amounted to £88,546 (after payment of the interim dividend of £lO,OOO in July last), of which interest at the rate of 5 per share, and a bonus of 20s. was declared ; to add £15,000 to the reserve fund, increasing it t0£90,000 £90,000 ; and to carry forward £22,346 ; leaving the sum of £1.22,635 ha risks of 1869; and 1870. The usual payment of ss. per share on account of interest will be made in July. It was stated that the agreement with the Union Marine Insurance Company (Limited) continues to work satisfactorily, and that a payment somewhat in excess of that of the previous year will be shortly due to the company for the year 1869. Fore-street LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE.-MONDAY, LATEST PRICES.—AFTER 0 F Flo lAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 923 921 Do April &Oct 1883-55.. 112 113 993. it. 1. i Viet 5p a Jau & JulylB94. 10131021 Do for Account 921, I Brazilian.lld6s. 5p o .... 931 941 Three per Cent Reduced 921 921 94 i• 31 921, 1..4. 1 Egyptian 1861.7 pa .. .. 83 85 Now 3 per Cent 9 2 1, Exchequer k i lls. March 10 15pin 100, 991 7pa • . 99'11(103 14s pm Italian, 1865. 5 p a Do. June lO 15utu Peruvian. 1865. 5p a .... 90 91 15s, lie pro 903, 3 Bank Stock 241, 3 . 321. 3. 23 India 5 per Ceuta 1101. 4 853. 4, 5 India Bonds ............ Do Nicolas 4o 0 Pill 673, 81 3 c an s pa jsor,JulylB77-84 104 105 Spanish Do March do Sept. 104 106 301 1. 1. it, 8. I 1 Do spc Jau & July • . 98 99 Turkish. 1854, 4D o 79 81 931 803. 4. 80 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do. 1865. 5n a Dow of Can 5p c 1903 .. 98 100 431, 1, I, 23. L L 3 993 Do • 1865 6p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 63, 1, 23, 3 November 1878 .. . .... t 196 108 17.8.5-20 80tta.... 0 e 1832 901 91 Mauritius t p c Jan and 911, 901, t, 1 July 1873 lO2 104 Do do 1833 903 903 New Ze a la n d als 5 p 01871-76 lOO 101 903. 4 New Zen 6p c 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-10 Bads, Spa 1931 894 891 Do 5p a 1)0 5p c Consolidated 9931003 ErieSha, lo Jdol s, all pald -- 991, 100. 994. i Illinois Ceutral Shares .. 1 0 9 3 110 ] Do 6 p c Mar &Sept 189 1 109 111 1101 110 'tlantic and G W R Con Do June & Deo 1891 108 110 Mortgage Bonds ...... Viet °pc Jan &July 1891 1 13 114 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Master 9l 93 Do 2nd Prof Bonds ... 42 43 31 . 2, 2 422 Caledonian Great Eastern 401, 11. I, 1. 40 , 1 4th Prof Stock Great Northern Do A 1::4;1351 1051,, 1 1351, 5 , . Great Western °Mamas 152 151 Great "Western ' ' 721 73 151 73}, Do 6p c Bonds, 1373.. 99 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire 1;5,1361 Do 61 do, 1877-3 95 97 1361, 6 Do 5 p c pref. Issued 80 par low .Lon, Beall. and H Coast 43 431 521, 3, 2 432, 2. 1, f Madras guar 5 no Lou. Chat, and Lover .. 141 141 1031, 1 14, liN. Railway of Canada p c Ist P t Bonds Lon and N ° all-w ef t s= 12%130 , 1301, 291 ' Oxide and Itohilkund g Lon and South-Western 93 94 5p o 932. 3, 1 1011, },l Man, She, and Lincoln 451 46 M p ade, Puujanh, and 45/, ad Delhi guar 5 o Bahia and M e tropolitan 1, 661. 2 . . Midland 1281129 g 7 p o 1281, 9, 81 19, 2 North British Nor th-Esstern (lonsols l4l 1413 21 1471, 1,7, 1 Buenos Ayres Gt Fithra.. 751 261 South-Eastern 731, 9, Bi, 1, 2 Dunaburg and Wltepsk 181 18 Atl a ntic and Si Gawrooe 78 78 Dutch-Rhenish 22123 77, 1 B 9m bay, Baroda, and Eastern of France _ _... C en t ra l India. g 6 p 0.. 103 104 Gre a t Lux e m bourg 104 ' 121, 1 Buff and 1 ‘1 Lake llurou .. 41 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua 4 7 Po Do 54 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 81 Northern of Franca - Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p o lO3 104 Recife and San Francisco (Limited) guar 7p e .. 151 151 East Indian, gsp II 1102 San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 211 1.2 G 13 rand Trunk Canada South A ilstn Et LoinNen 15 15 Do Ilquip Mort Bud 1 93 1 1 5 152, 15, 1 charge 6 n o yin 2nd do Bonds Do Ist Prof Bonds 59 60 591 BANKING COMPANIES. Pa 1 Agra Bank (1..) A Bl In Pd 20 London and County 51 52 25 Alliance (Li 52, 14, 2 10 Anglo-Austrian ... 7'! Bipm 15 London Joint-took 637 2 0 A n glo-Egyptian (LI 29k 221 36i, 7, 61 xd -22 f 20 Lon and Westmir:ter 63 6 , 50 British N American 51 52 63:`,, 3, Li xd 20 Ch of India, Anstrlia 14 15 10 Metropolitan...... , 25 Char Mere of India 21 20 Ii x d 10 City . . ll 11i 20 Midland (L) 2 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 4', xd - '25 Orntal IlankOorporn 41 92 20 Eng. Sc ot. and Aus C 16 1 17 91k 17/ 25 Union of Australia.. 40 41 2 , Imperial 1 1,1 10 Imperial 4 .ttoinau 12i, ilk 391, 3, 1 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23i 24k _____ TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. I'd Pd 100 Anglo-Am e rican L 1 74 76 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Medltru (1,1 llB 120 Japan Extension.. 8 81 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European 11,1.. 10 12 100 Iso 13pc 13 British Austrian (L) • • 31 &lig and Malta (Id .... 51 6 ' 4L 5, 41 51. it 10 British Ind Baten 1L). 6i 71 10 Mediterrn Ex (IA .. 4 41 7, . 4, ,, :. a, i 10 'British 6l Indian Sub- 2 1 Plinio. and S. PcfciL 4 3dis marine. iLI 71, 8 1 16, 1 8 Renter's 10 China Submarine(L) 4 2 4 1 .118 20 S oc Trans France (id 141 142 31, 1 7-16.1 141 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 237 242 and Malta, (1./ 10 Great Northern .• .. 11/ 111 10 NV In d dia & Panalna(l 1 6 61 111SCELLANEOUS SECURITIES ra Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 20 it lrrig Can flavour 31 32 holders Certificate 2 4 100 Po 6p c Bowls. re- 62 64 10 BerliuWei.erworka) 15/ 161 deoulable 1870 ~ THE SUN, LUNDON, TUESDAY „TANUARY 31, 1871. ..•....0 ........................+ w 30 Rolckow-Vaughan L) 28 33pm 30 Loudon Fin Assoo(L) 19 181. s ' I THE BANKRUPTCY OF SIR UOLMA.N 100 Boston City (U.S. 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 2 3 t O'LOGHLEN. p c Sterling Loan 94 96 2 1 , 1 95 2 Lou &Prov Marine L) 3 liPm ! 4 Brit & Fgn Marine Ll 33 41pm 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal The Lords Justices delivered judgment on the appeal 25 Canada Company. 7l 74 gsn o by Ind Gov. 100 102 from the decision of Mr. Registrar Spring Rice in the 10 Ceylon Company L) 53 31dis 101 35 City Offices (L) 25024) dis 2 Mauritius Laud (L) 1 1 4,:. bankruptcy of Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bart., NI, P. late 20 Colonial IL) , x d Judge-Advocate - General , the q uestion being whether Sir 181 18 x a 11 ; 5 Corn Union Assumce 4 4'pm 2 N Zealand Loan and Cohnan, being an Irishman, living in Ireland, and comin g 10 Crdt Folic of Eng (L) 21 21 Mere Agency ILI .. 17 Pm 21, 11-16 5 N Zealand Loan and 100 Crystal Palace 11 ' 13 P rn duties, could be adjudicated a bankrupt on a debtor's 100 Do Frei 45 47 100 Do 6p o Perp Deb lO9 114 5 OceanMarinelnsur ..14115 1 mp summons issued at a time when the hon. baronet was not i 270 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 91 %dig 60 P and 0 Steam d. Their 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 10 Do do New. 1867 31, %dig in England, and served upon him in Ireland. Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 7 Lordships were of opinion that the Bankruptcy Act !of 781, 93 60 Rhymney Iron 100 Egyp 9 p crroyLoau, Slt 1369 applied only to England, unless its operations were guar by Egyp Gov.. 97 99 15 Do New 990 extended beyond the jurisdiction, either by express terms 985, 8, 73, 81 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-stWarehouse(L) 8 9pm 12 Tel Con and Main L) 265 27 or necessary implication. The debt upon which Sir 213, 1 261, 1,7, 6L 1 100 Fgu and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersey Colman was adjudicated bankrupt could not be regarded Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 Marine Insur (L 7) Gen Credt&Dimt (L) par ipm Tobacco 6 p o Loan. 72. 9-16 guar by Italian Gov 83 90 been characterised by irregularity and unnecessary hard -14 Gen'et's Navigation 26 29 881 7 Hooper's Tel Works Kis }pm 5 Trust aud Loan Co of ship. The bankrupt c y must be annulled, and having 7 1-16 upper Canada .. 3 17 Hudson's nay Bl 81 50 ' Marine , l e/ p ool (L 5! NT," 1 Ina regard to the mode in which service was obtf.ined in Ire -45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 20 Union Steams hi p (L) 23 25 Tel Works LI .... 51 52 6 U lilted Dis Corpru (L N is par land, the costs would comp rehend the costs of the appeal as well as those incurred in the Court below. 51), 2, 1 5 Unifldarinelnsur (L‘ 7 71Pm 5 InterniFinan SociLl 2 11dis 12 WarraLt Finanoe.... 9 7 dls 35, 5-16 ____-----------------.-------. CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST AN OFFICER. At the Central Criminal Court, Captain Edward John ' Armytage surrendered to his bail on a charge of having married Caroline Sheldrake, his former wife being alive. Mr. Besley and Mr. Collins prosecuted, and Mr. Straight and Mr. Horace Brown defended. Captain Armytage married Miss Sheldralce on the 9th of October last at the Registry-office of St. Pancras, and it. was proved that in 1861 he had married his first wife, a Miss Jane Flossma,n. Some years after.the first marriage, differences arose, and the defendant, who for merly held a commission in the 39th Foot, entered into a deed of separation from his wife, allowing her a handsome maintenance. Since the separation he had had no personal connection with the first wife, and neither of the ladies were in court to prosecute. These facts were looked at by the Court as mitigating the offence, and with the consent of the opposing counsel, Captain Armytage was liberated on entering into his re cognisances in the sum of £2OO to come up for judgment when called upon. MINING SHARE LIST.—JANUARY 30. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Officer., 1, St. Michael's Alley, COrnhill, London. Market moderately active. Tincroft, Cook's Kitchen, Great taxey, Marko Valley and Prince of Wales firmer. Taquaril, East Lovell, and South Condurrow flatter. Cain Brea, Prince of Wales, 373, 39s Chivertou Valley, Providence Mines, Chontales (Gold), 10s, 15s Roman Gravels, Cook's Kitchen, 175, 185 Rosewall Rill and Ransoms Devon Great Consols, United. 255, 308 Drakewalls, 13, 15 South Condurrow, 41, 43 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 25. 21 South Frances, East Caradon, Sweetland Creek, 31. 45 East Lovell, 315, 325 Taukerville, 125, 13 East Pool, Taquaril (Gold). 425, 443 East Wheal Grenville, 21. 9 Tincroft, 48, 50 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), Trumpet Consols. Van, General Brazilian, West Caradon, Great Limy, 175, 185 West Chiverton, 49. 50 Great Retallack. West Maria' and Fortescue, Great Wheal Vol'. 61, 75 265, 28s Hingston Down, West Tankerville, Macke Valley, 7, 71 Wheal A gar. New Eeldon, 15s, 17s 6d Wheal Crehor, 12s 6d, 153 New Lovell, Whea lG r euville, 31, 45 North Crotty. 25, 23 Wh e al Kitty. St. Agnes, 9, 91 Pary's Mountain, 3, 35 t Wheal Margaret, Penhalls, !Wheal Mary Ann, Perran Wheal Virgin, 27s 6d, 12s 6d ' Wheal U ny. 3. 3t THE ALLEGED FRAUDS BY NAVAL STEWARDS. THE VERDICT. The trial of Samuel Vine, steward of the Boscawen, for alleged frauds on the Admiralty, was resumed on board the Duke of Wellington on Saturday, Vice-Admiral G. G. Wellesley presiding. The case for the prosecution, which closed on Friday, may be thus summarised :—The con tractor for the supply of fresh beef to her Majesty's ships at Portland for the six months commencing on the Ist of July and terminating on the 31st of December last was a Mr. Augustus Curtis, now residing at Lovegrove-terrace, Landport ; but, in consequence of ill-health, the business was conducted by his brother and agent, Mr. Jas. Curtis, who is, perhaps, the principal witness in this inquiry. The prosecution alleged that a conspiracy was entered into by James Curtis and the stewards, the latter agreeing that he was to represent to the paymaster that large quan tities of meat were received beyond those which were actually delivered ; and that as the Admiralty paid 575. sd. per 1001 b. of beef, the steward was to receive the 50s. and the contractor the 7s. sd. ; and that in four months no less than £193 was paid to the prisoner under this agreement. The agent to the contractor has, as it is termed, " turned Queen's evidence,"he having, he states, received a promise from the Admiralty authorities that he will not be prose- cuted. Mr. G. P. Martin, paymaster of the Victoria and Albert, assisted by Mr. Eastlake, of Portsmouth, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Bullen, of the Western Circuit, was counsel for the prisoner. On the assembling of the Court on Saturday morning, Mr. Bullen read the prisoner's defence—a lengthy docu ment. From the facts he submitted that on the third charge there was a balance of 121 b. in his favour, and on the fourth charge a balance of 201 b. against him, shewing on the five charges, taken altogether, a discrepancy of 81b. between the amounts actually received and the amount represented to have been delivered. He urged that this could not be regarded as evidence of fraud, when among the thousands of pounds of meat passing through his hands an error of only 81b. had been made either in the weighing or in the recording of the weights. The two witnesses he should call were above suspicion. Sergeant Mann was performing his duty, and would be more likely to have a leaning to his superiors than to him (the prisoner), and the assistant steward's book had been in the hands of the prosecution, who declined to avail themselves of the information it might have afforded. With reference to the sixth charge, he submitted there was not a tittle of evidence to constitute a conspiracy. To a conspiracy there must be two parties, and the only evi dence produced by the prosecution was that of the imma culate Curtis, who swore that he never did anything wrong in any of his dealings with him (the prisoner). Having detailed the services in which he been engaged, and remarked that he had never been in any trouble or difficulty before, the prisoner dwelt on the serious issues involved in the trial, and asked the court, on the unsatis factory evidence before them, to acquit him of the whole of the charges. Witnesses were then called for the defence. Sergeant Frederick Mann, in charge of the marines on board the Racer, said in October he was in the habit of seeing the meat weighed on board the Boscawen as repre sented in his book as having been delivered, and he was certain that quantity came on board. He was on board till the 9th of October. On the 17th of October 5891b5. were represented as having been deliveied ; and on the 26th, 4881bs. He had heard the prisoner say he had left beef behind for the boys' food. The prisoner had told him, before he was put upder arrest, that he had received money for the boys' food. Henry Price Coningbourne, the assistant steward, said the meat as it came on board was weighed in his presence, and he entered the weights in his rough issue book. This book he used in the serving out of provisions. The entries in his book were duly entered in the daily account book. From this book, it appeared that on the let of October 5411 b. of beef were received on board ; on the 4th, 6671 b.; on the 7th, 1,0951 b.; and these accounts were correct. In cross-examination, the witness said he was not always present t a the weighing of the beef ; but he could swear he was present on the 4th and 7th, but not on the Ist. Charles Ravenhill, gunner's mate and caterer of No. 24 instructor's mess, proved that seven men went on leave from Saturday to Monday ; their meat was not checked in the messes till the 14th of this month.—ln cross-examina tion the witness said when men went on leave for over forty-eight hours they were checked after the first day. Edward Henry Parnell, captain of the mizen top, gave similar evidence as to the checking of the messes. He had never heard any complaint, and an officer went round every day to ask if there were any complaints. Commander J. Grant, of the Boscawen, gave the pri soner an excellent character. The Court, after a deliberation of nearly three hours, thought that the charges had not been proved, and acquitted the prisoner. The sum of 2260,862 Os. Bd. will be required by the Metropolitan Board of Works during the present year. Precepts are to be prepared at the rate of 31 in the pound. MELANCHOLY ICE ACCIDENT.—A.s three boys, named Howard Cox, Charles Edward Ellis, and Sydney Ellis, aged respectively 14, 13, and 12 years, were skating on a pond in Mr. Dawson's brickfields, Lordship-lane, Sydenham, on Saturday, the elder Ellis ventured upon a doubtful part of the ice, and was immersed. The two other boys dragged a ladder to the spot, but, hampered by their skates and the weight of the ladder, they were too late to rescue their unfortunate companion. The situation of the pond being lonely, nearly an hour elapsed before the body was recovered, when life was extinct. The three boys were pupils in Dulwich College, and the deceased was a very fine boy, Much esteemed by his tutors and friends. AN ALARMING FIRE.—A fire was discovered at midnight on Friday at the millinery establishment of a Miss Heslett, of Ferry Quay-street, Londonderry. Several young ladies were known to be sleeping in the house, and great efforts were made, to arouse them. For some time the attempt was unavailing. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the risk of losing lives became momentarily greater. Dense clouds of smoke were bursting from the shop to the upper storey, and flames began to rush out from the windows. Three females appeared at the windows beseeching help. Fortunately, the upper portion of the signboard ad mitted of standing room, and the women were got in through the window of a neighbouring house. It was then found that a child had been forgotten. After some exertion and risk, the infant was rescued. There was yet another person remaining—the servant girl—whose cries were audible in the street. The flames had now asserted mastery, and it was feared that the girl would be sacrificed. Ultimately she, - too, was rescued, having made her way to the rear, whence her screams were heard in au adjoining printing-office. The premises were com pletely gutted. MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.-At Mark-lane to day considerable firmness has been app arent in the grain trade. From Essex and Kent the receipts of wheat have been limited. There has been a good attendance of millers, and the demand has been steady for all qualities, at an advance of 2s. per quarter. A corresponding* improvement has taken place in the value of foreign wheat, for which there has been a healthy inqui. The supplies have been tolerably good. barley ry the market has been moderately supplied. The demand has been heavy, at late rates. Malt has been quiet the on former terms. There has been a m oderate supply of oats on stands. The trade has been firm, and prices have risen ls. per quarter. Beans have been steady, but unaltered in value. P eas have sold at the rates previously current. In maize a fair average business has been transacted at is. per quarter advance an The flour market has been characterised by firmness, and advance of from ls. to 2s. has been established. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-Quietness has been the feature of the cattle trade to-day. The demand for beasts, the show of which has been moderate, has been inac tive, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. The best Scots and crosses have sold at ss. Bd. to 53. 10d. Salesl There has been a short show of sheep on offer. have progressed slowly, at late rates. The best Downs and half-breds have sold at ss. 10d. to 6s. per 81bs. Calves and pigs have been dull. Per 81bs. to sink the offal.-Common and inferior beasts, 3s. 4d. to 45. 2d. ; second quality do., 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime large oxen, ss. 2d. to ss. 6d. ; prime Scots, etc., ss. Bd. to ss. 10d. Common and inferior sheep, Bs. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; second quality, do., 4s. 2d. to 45. fid • prime coarse-wooled sheep, ss. to ss. Bd. ; prime Southdown ditto, ss. 10d. to 6s. ; large coarse calves, 3s. Bs. to 4s. 4d. •, prime small ditto, ss. to Os. 4d. ; large hogs, Bs. 6d. 4s. 10d. • neat small porkers, ss. to Os. ; quarter old store pigs, 225. to 265. each. Arrivals : English-Beasts, 2,790 ; sheep, 12,590 ; calves, 15 ; pigs, 80. Foreign : beasts, 630 ; sheep, 470: calves, 45. Total : beasts, 3,420; sheep, 13,060, calves 60 ; and pigs, 80. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.-There has been a moderate supply of meat on offer. The trade has been quiet, at our quotations. The import into London last week week consisted of 17 packages Antwerp, 20 Gluckstadt, and 88 Harlingen. Per 81b. by the carcase :-Inferior beef, 3s. 8(1. to 4s. Od ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8(I.; Prime large ditto, ss. Od. to ss. 2d. ,• prime small ditto. ss. 2d. to ss. 4d. • inferior mutton. 3s. Bd. to 4s. Od. ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d ; prime ditto, ss. 2d. to 55. 4d. ; veal, ss. 4(1. to ss. Sd. ; large pork, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; small ditto, 48. 4d. to ss. Od. LONDON WOOL MARKET, MONDAY.-There has been a continuance of firmness in the wool market. The prospect of a re-establishment of peace, and of a strong inquiry for manufac tured goods on Continental account, has strengthened the market, and the value of all qualities has been well maintained. The imports into London last week consisted of 3,374 bales from Adelaide, 3,098 Melbourne, 2,335 Melbourne, 2,869 Cape, 1,393 Sydney, and 2,688 Port Philip. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, MONDAY.-The market has been steady. Y. C., spot, 455. 6d. per cwt.: town tallow, 445. per cwt., nett cash. Particulars :-Stock this day, 37,924 cwt. ; price of Y. C., 455. 6d.; delivery last week, 2,240 cwt. ; ditto from June 1, 82,390 cwt. ; arrival last week, 204 cwt.; ditto from June 1, 88,054 cwt. ; price of town, 465. 6d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, Moll. DAY.-Good supplies of potatoes have been on sale at thes e markets to-day. The demand has been inactive at our quot a tions. English regents, 70s. to 90s. ; Scotch regents, 60s. to 90s. ; rocks, 555. to 755. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, MoNDAY.-There has again been much animation apparent in the hop market. Business in all descriptions has been transacted with activity, and values have had a strong upward tendency. Mid and East Kents £2 Os. to £7 Os. per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, £2 Os. to £3 15s. Sussex, 151 15s. to £3 105. ; Farnham and county, £3 15s. to £5 12s. ; olds, £1 Os. to a 10s. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.-Opening Re port.-This market opens with a fair demand to-day, and the prices of Saturday, are fully maintained. Sales will probably be from 12,000 to 15,000 bales. Closing report.-Sales, 12,000 bales, including 2000 bales on speculation and export. The demand has only , been moderate without alteration in prices. On spot arrivals are rather easier. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, MONDAY.-At this market to day a moderate business was done, at firm prices, to an occa sional slight advance. CORK BUTTER MARKET, MONDAY. -Ordinary firsts, 1465. ; seconds, 1465. ; thirds, 1335. ; fourths, 117 s. ; fifths, 995. ; sixths, 635. 200 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change. Three firkins in the market. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The past week has brought us an unexpected renewal of frost, the thermometer having sunk on the night of the 25th to 24 degrees ; and as very little snow then covered the ground, and there had previously been copious rains, some damage is to be apprehended. Already we hear that winter beans, tares, and barley have partially suffered, and with these fluctuations the wheat cannot be safe. Some growers already think that harm is done, but there is no mistake that this second frost has done serious hurt to the turnips, and holders of stock have been so assured of the difficulty of keep ing it that they have preferred accepting lower prices. It is now to be hoped that peace will be assured, and that a seed time may yet be given to French farmers, or Europe itself may have partly to pay the penalty of this prolonged and san guinary strife. It is evident from the continuance of very high prices in Germany that there are no large stocks anywhere to fall back upon, and in America almost every market has lately been a rising one ; while the United Kingdom, in foreign corn and flour, has scarcely, a month's consumption in store. red M u ction ore over, there is no prospec t of any permanent in meat with so little fodder, and. we hear that corn is going largely into consumption as its substitute. If so,_taur short crop of cereals cannot long hold out, and we shall be in danger of a general rise from our own necessities, with out making any calculations for France or elsewhere. Large imports must, therefore, as be w ell Americanted from thean ore Blac s k Sea on the opening of it s ports, w as st so soon as the canals shall be free. —Mark Lane Express. The first number of a new periodical, Durk. Blue, announced to appear at Oxford on the Ist of February, will not be brought out until March. THE WALKER DIVORCE CASE.—III a reclaiming . note by Mrs. Walker against Lord Ormidale's decision in her action of divorce against her husband, the First Divi sion of the Court of Session on Friday adhered to his lord ship's judgment, repelling the plea of her having no title to sue, and granting her £lOO expenses. Further, the Court sisted procedure in Mr. Walker's action till his wife's action shall be ripe for judgment. Her proof has been fixed for the 23rd February.—Scotsman.. - DEATH OF " MABEL GRAY."—One of the London celebrities has just passed away. Mabel Gray, as she was known to the public, died late on Friday night of con sumption. The Queen of the demi-monde, whose portrait has been in every shop window for the last four or five years, had a most remarkable career, At one time she was engaged to be married to the heir to one of the oldest English dukedoms, but by the strenuous interference of his friends, and the granting for life to her of a liberal provision, what would have been a gross mesallianee was fortunately prevented.' Many stories are told of her eccentric extravagance, but let the soil lie lightly on her remains, for in times of biting distress Mabel Gray was a woman whose charity covered a multitude of sins. Birming ham Morning News. WINTER, IN CHINA.—Those who seek for a sum mer temperature in winter must not go to the north of China. A British resident at Tien-tsin, the port of Pekin, made observations there last winter with a self-registering Fahrenheit's thermometOr, by Callaghan, New Bond street, suspended in the open air, facing the north, and fastened to the side of a flagstaff at a height of about five he minim um t em perature was feet from the grou n d. T below 10 degs. on 28 days in December, on 22 in J anu ary, and on 15 in February ; on 20 days in the three months it was below five degrees, and on two fell to zero. The highest temperature marked in December was 43 dews. ;in January, 49 degs. ;in February, GO degs. The river was frozen over on the 4th of December, and could hardly be said to be opened till the 10th of March, 1870, though on the sth of March the North China Steamer Company's iron steamer Tuen-tze-fee succeeded in forcing her way up to the settlement, when the ice was nearly a foot thick, to the amazement of the natives, who had to retreat in their sledges before the advancing steamer. This, however, was the severest winter there for some years. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GBATEFUL 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 natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties 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 at Co., Ifounno pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Caca6ing, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. 81 8 THE WA it THE FALL OF PARIS. THE LAST SORTIE. The sortie was intended to be a great stroke. The soldiers fought under the belief that Chanzy was only a few miles off. They were loaded with ammunition and food. Dr. Russell, writing from Versailles, says they came out 40,000 strong, with their reserves of the same strength ; and the National Guards, so far from refusing to bear their share in the action, as some of the prisoners affirmed, generally set a very fine example, and were in the van of the battle. What delusions may prevail in Paris no one knows. It is not the practice of Generals to tell their troops the truth when it is not encouraging. But certainly the officer who came out with the flag of truce was quite incredulous, contemp tuously so, when he was told of the victories of Prince Frederick Charles, Goeben, and Werder. He seemed to believe Chanzy had got within five miles of Paris, and was almost angry when he was assured of the victories of Le Mans. The dead French were almost packed with bread inside their coats, and carried three days' supplies of all kinds, cooking tins, pioneering tools, and all the necessaries for a great outburst; but they had no transport, and their artillery was very short indeed. Twice as many field bat teries would not have been too many, or even enough, particu larly as their guns had no mobility and kept at long ranges. The abandonment of Montretout was a capital military crime. A few hours more and their position would have been most formidable. If all their officers and men were of the same stuff as those who fell in the midst of the felled timber along the Prussian position, fighting splen didly, the sortie could only have been repulsed by the best efforts of all the troops on the spot, aided by every available support. THE NEGOTIATIONS AT VERSAILLES. The Versailles correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says that the bombardment of St. Denis produced a greater impression on Paris than that of the south faubourgs. The effect was immense. M. Jules Favre left Paris and made his way to the headquarters at Versailles. St. Denis in flames must have induced him an his colleagues of the Provisional Government to take this step. It was certainly not the Conference on the Black Sea which forced the famous tribune to cross the bridge at Sevres with the traditional flag of truce. In fact the late events must have made the Parisians reflect. Since the 20th of January bre a 'had been .rationed like meat, and to obtain the ration of four kilometres for three days, it was necessary to join the line before the bakers' shops as it was before the butchers'. This bread was composed of wheat, flour, oats, rice, and potatoes, and seemed to be little to the Parisian taste. There was a Government decree promising rewards to those who discovered concealed stores of food, which was positively encouraging denunciations and all their consequences. The bombardment set fire to the great depots of wine at Bercy, and to the immense carpenters' stores near the Invalides, so that everyone, of all classes, began to feel the effects of the bombardment. It was thus that Paris, which had intended to resist to the last man, consented to open negotiations. Jules Favre, whether authorised by the popular assembly of the 22nd, has visited Ver. sallies. He did not do so with a very good grace, but the situation of Paris allows no further posponement of pour parley's. What the conclusion of it all will be, it is diffi. cult to say. The destruction of the railway bridge between Toul and Nancy has caused a bad impression. The material damage is slight, be cause we have a second railway line by Mezieres and Rheims at our disposal. But this act of the Free Shooters is not without a certain gravity, and though 150 individuals of the band have been arrested, it is not less certain that we must keep a vigilant look out on our railtvay lines, and guard strongly our halting places on the roads. The Cross Gazette also describes the visit of Jules Favre to Versailles. "The Minister of Foreign Affairs was brought here in one of the Imperial Chancellor's carriages, which had been sent to meet him at the outposts. He looked much aged, and bent under the weight of pro found sorrow. He went down the Rue de Provence to the office of the Chancellerie, and had a long conference with Bismarck. He then dined and was lodged in the Boulevard du Roi, in the house which is the office of the police. The news of M. Favre's arrival spread like lightning; and when he left the Chancellerie, Bismarck, at eleven at night, went to the King. It is said that letters from M. Favre were sent from the out posts to Bismarck and to the English charge d'affaires, Odo Russell, that replies were at once sent from the Chancellor, and his carrine sent to the outposts. Judging from the short space of time which elapsed between the sending of the reply and the arrival of the visitor, he must have awaited the answer at the extreme outposts. AFFAIRS AT LYONS. LYONS, January 26. There is nothing new from Dijon, but Prussian rein forcements are constantly arriving, more than forty thou. sand men, and interminable trains of cannon and waggons having passed northward during the last few days. There are as yet no details to be had of the affair on the 23rd, though we know that the troops and especially the Garibaldians, behaved welL Their firing decimated the Germans, and they followed it up with a dashing bayonet charge. All the enemy's regiments before Dijon were Prussian. Some of them were Pomeranian, and others Westphalian, the latter were from before Paris. It was in the first day's fighting at Talant that Colonel Lhoste, of the Garibaldian army, fell mortally wounded. He commanded the Battalion Rhone et Afrique. The Commandant Franzini is still under arrest. His officers excuse him by declaring that his soldiers were really badly armed, and that the superior 1 authority were aware of the fact themselves, since they have recalled them from Haute Savoie, and are giving them fresh arms. From the East we hear that the defeat at Belfort was unfortunately very serious, and the heavy losses of the enemy do not at all atone for it, seeing that he remained master of a position which enabled him to bombard the town. Since then Co lonel Denfert I has made a lucky sortie, but the retreating movement of Bourbaki has placed him again in a perilous position, and we await news of fresh attacks on Forges and Peronse. Another body of Freeshooters has arrived from Algeria, and have been sent eastward. Details just received of the third day's attack on Dijon state that it was the regiments of the Prussian Royal Guard who advanced with cavalry and artillery, and for a moment gained possession of the fdrm and the houses at Pouilly, but were driven back and put in full retreat by two brigades of the Army of the Vosges. It was here that the flag of the 61st was taken. The Prussians were mowed down by the artillery, but never theless stood firm, and only yielded to a vigorous assault. All the prisoners taken declare that their companies lost half their effective. General Kettler's order of attack was found on a dead officer. The attack on the left was entrusted to a whole brigade, composed of the 61st, 21st, 49th and 2nd infantry, and the 11th Dragoons, with twenty-four pieces of artil lery. This shews the German force between Talent and Fontaine to have been at least 20,000 strong. The latest bulletin concerning Prince William of Baden states that he is better, and is now able to leave his bed for some hours daily. Nevertheless he occasionally, after the daily bandaging, suffers from great prostration of strength, though only for a few moments. For some day's past all letters arriving at Berne from Strasburg have been opened, without exception. This is done by order of the Prussian authorities, and it would seem that this is to be the inauguration of a new system, for the German Post Office has had a stamp made ex pressly for the purpose, on which is written, " Opened by military authority," and which is placed on the open letter. The Electeur Libre publishes some details of the escape of M. Delamarne, the only aeronaut who has returned to Paris. He was captured near Coblentz, where, he was detained for some time. He was taken thence to Versailles, where, having been questioned by the King and the Crown Prince, he was ordered to be removed to St. Germain. While passing on the way through the Forest of Manly he contrived to escape into the wood. The night was very dark, and a thick fog further aided his attempt. In his path he struck upon a spring, which discharged a gun and brought out the guard of the nearest post, but ho escaped their fire, and reached the French outposts in safety. THE FIGHTING IN THE EAST, - - - Details of the attack upon Von Werder's position before Belfort by Bourbaki's army are not very plentiful. A letter which appears in a Hamburg paper gives the fol lowing German account:—" On the 15th and 16th four French corps attacked incessantly from early morning till night onr position from Delle to 114ricourt. Our power ful artillery, which was in excellent positions, had the especial task of repulsing those attacks, and a cannonade ensued such as has very seldom been heard. It did not consist of scattered shots, but of regular salvoes, and sounded like an incessant peal of thunder, gradually diminishing at sunset. The French also displayjd numerous and good artillery, and set several mitrailleuse batteries to work, but could not compete with our artillery in its commanding positions. Wherever the French infantry shewed themselves and tried to storm any of our batteries, they went to cer tain destruction. The attacking regiments were cut to , pieces by our grenades and cartridges. We thus succeeded during two days in maintaining all our positions. On our side the struggle was chiefly an artillery fight. The in fantry, posted in protected positions, only took part at a few points, but suffered much through the terrible cold. We had accordingly only slight losses—about 100 men each day, while the enemy must have suffered enormous losses, as in numerous cases they were foolhardy enough to try and storm our batteries and attack our infantry in their protected positions. The enemy's wounded, lying therefore within our line of fire, could not be taken away, and many of these unfortunates were frostbitten. The feeble attacks of the 17th and 18th were only designed to mask the retreat and prevent our too rapid pursuit. The 14th corps may be proud of having alone, with its feeble force, confronted this danger. Each of our soldiers has for a fortnight held in check at least three Frenchmen, as we had to deal with four corps and also with Gari baldi's troops, forming an army of at least 100,000 to 120,000 men." THE GERMAN ARMY. It would be difficult to exaggerate the homesickness of the Germans and their longing for peace. Besides this homesickness, they consider that the ultimate result of the conflict is so certain that they feel and shew the kind of annoyance which a mathematician feels when some one tells him that an attempt to square the circle or to enclose a space with two straight lines may one day be successful. Nor can it be concealed that, although the fighting power of the Germans is doubtless as great as it ever was, their morale has suffered considerably during ° their long and tedious " Wacht am Seine," as it is the fashion to call it. In the beginning the army was one of the soberest it has ever been my lot to live with ; indeed, the remark was in every English man's mouth that you might see more drunken men in the streets of Chatham in a single night than in those of Versailles in a month. No one would make such an assertion now, and, strangely enough, drunkenness is much more prevalent among the more highly educated men of the Landwehr than among the soldiers of the regular army.—Pall Mall Gazette Correspondent. Angers has voted £B,OOO for defensive purpose. The Germans in New York have sent an address to the Prussian Chambers protesting against the continuation of the war for the object of incorporating Alsace with Germany. The blowing up of the railway bridge over the Moselle by the Garibaldians, caused great inconvenience to the Germans round Paris. In fact, it cut off communication with Germany altogether, during a day or two. So disastrous was the French retreat from Le Mans that the correspondent of the Standard, a warm sympa thiser in the French cause, says a couple of defeats in pitched battles would not have involved greater loss end demoralisation. Two artists of some celebrity have recently died in Paris. One was the sculptor, Joseph Pallett, whose statue of La Nuit achieved so great a success ; the other a young flower painter, named Vincslet, who was rapidly rising into distinction. He was only 30 years of age. General D'Aurelle has declined the offer of a military command. " I will only," he says in a letter to M. Gambetta, " accept that command at the hands of a regular Government whose first act shall have been to pass judgment on the ambitious and incapable men who have lost France." It has come out that a project for the capitulation of Paris was on foot immediately after the last sortie ; for it is ascertained that the Envoy of Trochu who was sent to Versailles to ask an armistice to enable the burying of the dead, was instructed to put out feelers in regard to what reception would be given to a proposal to surrender. — Scotsman. The Echo de Luxemburg has received some particulars of the accident which took place in the Montmedy tunnel. It appears that a collision occurred between two trains, and that the first carriage of a train containing some pri soners of Faidherbe's army was completely destroyed. Among the killed are seven French officers and three Prussian soldiers. The Prussian Prefect of Metz has interdicted the cir culation of the Journal de Luxembourg in Lorraine, so long as that paper which calls itself " A voice from Luxemburg for right and justice," contains articles and accounts likely to excite and irritate the public. The Etoile Beige says that petitions are being clandestinely cir culated in Limbourg, demanding the annexation of the province to Prussia. The misery occasioned by the war has not been confined to France. The Journal de Bruges says that many German families have been obliged to seek in foreign lands for the food they cannot procure at home, and have arrived at Bruges in a state of complete destitution. The Antwerp journals record the same state of things in that city, and say that their offices are continually besieged by Germans, who are in the greatest distress, and ask for bread for their wives and children. Count Bismarck has imposed an extraordinary contri bution of 10,000,000 f. on the province of Lorraine as a punishment for the destruction of the railway bridge between Nancy and Toni. This is to be rigorously col lected. Several attempts having been made to destroy the railway between Wasselonne, Molshim, and Barr, the German Prefect of the Lower Rhine has ordered that in future hostages shall be carried on the locomotive of every train between those places. The former French ra ilwa y officials are to be preferred for this duty. The Ursuline Convent at Blois, in France, sent to its kindred institution at Berlin to petition that the estab lishment might be exempted from the payment of war charges. The Superior of the Berlin convent applied to Queen Augusta direct, and when the Prussian officers ap peared before the establishment at Blois to request it to lodge fifty men and horses, they were presented with a paper signed by King William, commanding that the convent should be freed from all military charges. The Germans think highly of the mitrailleuse. They would rather face a large body of infantry than half a dozen of these instruments. "I find," says the Tin - es correspondent, " among-the fighting men a general agree ment that the mitrailleuse, especially when behind a little cover, is very dangerous. A bold dash against infantry causes the Chassepot to be fired at random, or even in the air. The mitrailleuse, once laid, shoots ateadily for it has no nerves. I was told yesterday by a General that the Germans will certainly adopt the new weapon in some form or other, after the war, for positions in the field." The Germans declared that a vast quantity of English made weapons had been found in the French camp at Conlie. A correspondent rode over the camp to see. He found a few miserable old muzzle-loading Enfields, which must have been taken from among those condemned by our Government as unfit for use, probably rejected at proof, or they would long ago have been con verted into Snider breechloaders. There was also a mass of American arms, some packed in boxes, others standing in rows or laid in heaps under the shelter of wooden huts. The rifles were Spencers, none of which are manufac tured at all in England. They bore the American mark. The evidence of the Times' correspondent with Prince Frederick Charles respecting the strength of the army that fought against Chanzy, is worth notice. " The Duke of Mecklenburg, so far from having 70,000 men, is only, ex clusive of cavalry, about as strong as one Prussian corps weakened by fighting, and I believe that if the whole Ger man forces concerned in the short campaign just termina ted be reckoned at 85,000 men, it would be considerably above the real number. The French say they had 200,000 men, but perhaps 120,000 would be nearer the truth. The Germans were very strong in artillery, carrying with them about 400 guns." " Pauperism," says Herr Wachenhusen, of the Colonge Gazette, " will on the conclusion of peace prevail in one half of France and will eat up the other half. Already armed bands are roaming about which plunder the country houses and chateaux, and murder their own countrymen with the very arms put into their hands by the country as Francs-Tireurs. Hundreds of thousands have been suffering for months. They are enduring all privations for a time as a sacrifice imposed upon them by the misfortunes of the country, but with the war their re signation will cease. Hundreds of thousands of officials are starving with their families because too old to carry a musket ; in the occupied towns the inhabitants have long ceased work, and have not the means to procure the requisite materials. Entire communities have emigrated, and will, perhaps, on their return find half their property burnt. - - NN THE ENGLISH IN FRANCE.—The papers of the Western Departments of France have published a protest from the English residents to Mr. Gladstone on the course pursued by the English Government during the present war. The chief points which the protest refers to are the silence which the English Cabinet kept after the interview at Ferrieres, from whence followed the determination of Prussia to pursue the war without taking any advice from the other Powers, and their neglect to summon the English parliament immediately. They record their regret that ----- - the English nation should not have been consulted in so great a crisis as that which at present has occurred, and that the English Minister has treated as a question of purely foreign interest an affair which is of the greatest importancefor England and for Europe. And, moreover, during a period of seven weeks at a most critical junc tures there should have been no Cabinet Council held. THE OCCUPATION OF AUXERRE.—A. letter from Nevers says :—" We have news from Auxerre, which has been occupied a second time, and is again free. The Prus sians remained three days only in the town, but during those three days more disputes arose between the municipality and the enemy's staff than during the first occupation, which was of so much longer duration. When the Prussians discovered the rifles which had been preserved for the outposts of the town they were very in dignant, and reminded the mayor that on their preceding visit the French had promised to deliver all the arms possessed by the citizens, and this promise had been broken seeing that some of the arms belonging to the National Guard had been secreted at th e Mairie itself. The mayor explained that as the town had been deprived of all public force for purposes of police, he had kept these guns to arm a few citizens. The Prussian officer, however, carried off the guns, and orders were given by public notices to all the inhabitants to surrender any arms they might have. The Prussian commandant also ordered the arrest of the Colonel of the National Guard, reproaching him for having intended to constitute a military force by the re-organisation of the National Guard, shewing letters which the Colonel had recently addressed to the com mandants of the National Guard throughout the districts occupied by the Prussians. He refused to accept the colonel's defence th tt the object of the correspondence was merely to maintain public order, and kept him under arrest until he left Auxerre, when he carried him off with him. Another difficulty arose respecting an hussar from Posen, who had come from Joigny to Auxerre, and declared he " wished to be a Frenchman." The authorities sent him on to Nevers, and this greatly irritated the Prussians. However they were at last pacified, and let the matter rest. AN IRISH ADDRESS TO M. JULES FAVRE• In the address to M. Jules Favre prepared at a French sympathy meeting in Dublin, the promoters declare— " For ourselves and for our countrymen, and for the Irish race throughout the globe, we repudiate, disown, and anathematise the neutral policy that consigns Paris to destruction and a gallant people to extermination. Ire land having felt herself the evils of foreign domination, the wounds inflicted on France cause her own to bleed anew." The party who supported this declaration were nationals of the Irishman newspaper stamp. LUXEMBURG AND THE CONFERENCE. The Berlin correspondent of the Indkpend,ance Beige, referring to the London Conference, says that it is be lieved definitive stipulations may be signed at the meeting of to-day (Tuesday), which will be submitted to the dif ferent Governments. Another sitting, probably the last, would be held on the 7th of February. It is not believed that the question of peace or war has been touched upon even indirectly at the Conference. Some details are ex pected concerning the exchange of dispatches between Prussia and Luxemburg. Count Big marck's dispatch cf the 6th was written in German, and alluded to the departure of a special plenipotentiary to Luxemburg to treat with the Government of the Grand Duke concerning the measures to be adopted to prevent the recurrence of past errors. The reply of Luxemburg was in French, and alluded to the plenipotentiary as a commissioner, but the functions of the person are evidently the same in both documents. The proposal for this inquiry emanated from the Luxemburg Government, and was put forward with the probable intention of forestalling the proposal of Prussia. The Luxemburg inquiry was also communicated to the other Governments, and it was intimated that a counter-investigation on the part of Prussia might be ren dered necessary with respect to the affairs of Greven macher. THE STATE OF ROUMANIA. The Post publishes a remarkable letter which it says has been addressed by Prince Charles of Roumania to a friend in Germany. The Prince deplores the fact that he has been of little use to the country over which he has been- called to rule, and he has asked himself often whether the fault is his or that of his subjects. He comes to the conclusion that neither party is to blame, and that the failure he has to lament must be attributed to the mistakes of the Roumanian political leaders. These men, educated abroad, and im bued with foreign notions, have contrived to set up Liberal institutions for which the population are not pre pared, and to this fact the Prince ascribes the non success of his efforts. He is determined, however, to make a last attempt, which will probably lose him all his popularity. " Whoever has the courage in certain situations to proclaim the truth, and to call things by their right names, very frequently gets the worst in this world, and so it will probably also happen with me, only with this difference gratefully acknowledged by me, that I am free to return to an independent life, free from cares, and blessed with domestic happiness in my beloved native country, whose strong magnet never ceased to reattract me during the sorrowful hours which I had to pass through. I deplore only with all my heart that my good intentions have been so misconceived and rewarded with ingratitude. Since, however, this is the fate I have in common with most mortals, I shall know how to console myself." TRAPEZE ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM.-011 Friday evening, at the Adelphi Music Hall, Oldham, one of the Brothers Bauvard, gymnasts, fell from the trapeze into the orchestra. One of his arms was broken, three of the fingers on his left hand were smashed, and one of his ankles was badly sprained. SERIOUS FlitE IN BELFAST.—The flour mills of Messrs. John Ross and Co., of Lame, near Belfast, were discovered to be on fire on Sunday morning. Six hours elapsed before the firemen were ab►e to extinguish the flames. The roof fell in, and the whole of the machinery and stock were destroyed. A new fire-proof wing was saved, but the value of the grain, &c., destroyed with the building, is estimated at over £20,000. A VERITABLE CENTENARIAN.—An old lady has passed away who had more than completed her 100 years ----Mrs. Shirley Morse Codd. She was born on the 11th of April, 1770, in Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, and baptized before the end of the same month at the parish church of St. Marylebone. Her maiden name was Robin son, and she was married at least 83 years ago, as is proved by the fact that last year she lost a daughter who was in her 82nd year. With the exception of her sight, she pre served her faculties to the end. Last year she fell and broke a wristbone, which was set and healed. Mrs. Codd was the mother of no less than 16 children, of whom 14 grew up to man's and woman's estate, though only two of them now survive. She had outlived her husband 40 years, and was buried a few days since at Stockbury Church, near Sittingbourne, Kent. The dates of her birth and death are engraved on her coffin-lid. Had she been spared for another three months she would have completed the 101st year of her age. When upwards of 100 she was in the habit of walking in her garden at Kingston-on-Thames without the help of a stick or an arm. This case of cen tenarianism is the less open to doubt as the lady was in ei sphere of life in which the registers are carefully kept, her husband being well known to more than one of the Royal Dukes of 50 years since. 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