The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-19 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERD AY. The tone of the Stock Markets to-day has been favour able. Business has been on a more liberal scale, and the quotations have improved in some instances. The feature in the railway market has been the advance in Brighton caused by the I announcement that the dividend will be at the rate of 11 per cent. Great-Eastern and North-Eastern have also been firmer, but Metropolitan and Caledonian have been rather easier. Foreign bonds have been steady, particularly Turkish, Italian, and Spanish Consols have been firm, and have risen per cent, being quoted at 921, 921 for delivery and the account. Reduced and New Three Per Cents, 921, 92a Bank Stock, 235, 237; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem; Indian Five Per Cents, 110/, 1101; and Indian Bonds, 20s. to 275. prem. In Colonial Government Securities the transactions have been limited, at about previous quotations. The market for English railway stocks has been firm. The announcement of the dividend of 11 per cent. on Brighton stock caused an advance of 1, the quotation being 421, 43 ; Great Eastern at 401, 401, and North-Eastern at 1461, 147, chew an improvement of * and / respectively ; On the other hand Metropolitan has fallen *, or to 652 and 66, and Caledonian, 1, or to 871, 871. Great Western is quoted at 72 to 721 ; Great Northern A, 136 to 1361; North-Western, 1291 to 130 ; Midland, 1291 to 1291 ; and South-Eastern, 76 to Indian railway stocks have been dealt in quietly. East India, 110, 1101 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1052. 1061 ; Madras, 1031, 1032 ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1011, and Scinde, 1011. Canadian shares have been dull. In foreign shares not much business has been doing. San Paulo, 211, and Lombards, 151. Although transactions have not been on an extensive scale, the tone of the market for Foreign Bonds has been steady. Turkish and Italian have risen 1, and Spanish i t , but Peruvian have been 1 easier. Turkish Five per Cents. are quoted at 42 1-16, 42 3-16 ; Italian (1861), 54, 541; Spanish, 29 15-16, 30-16 ; Peruvian, 891, 901; French Scrip is quoted at 31 to 32 dis. ; and the German Loan is at 1 to la prem. Bank shares have been in moderate request. Imperial Ottoman have marked 111 ; London and County, 501 ; London and Westm inster, 641 ; Oriental, 4 1 1, 1 ; and Union of Australia, 401. Telegraph shares have been in fair demand. British Indian Submarine have been 1 better, at 7to 71. British Indian Extension, 61, and Falmouths, 9, 91; Hooper's 52, 51; Constructions 241; and Silver's India rubber, 481. Miscellaneous securities have been quiet. General Credit and Discount, 71 ; National Discount, 12 ; Penin sula and Oriental Steam, 461, 461. The sum of £3,000 has been withdrawn from the bank to-day. In the discount market to-day, a want of animation has been noticed. Full average supplies of capital have been on offer, and three months' paper has been taken at 2to 21 per cent. At Mark-lane to-day wheat was quiet, at Monday's prices. Bidclings for £400,000 in bills on India took place at the bank to-day. The amount allotted was £399,000 to Calcutta, and £l,OOO to Bombay. The minimum price was fixed at is. 10d. Tenders at Is. 101 d. both on Cal cutta and Bombay will receive about 66 per cent. The prospectus has appeared of the Morro Da Gloria Gold Mining Company (Limited) with a capital of £75,000 in shares of £1 each. Messr. Turquand and Harding have issued a circular to the shareholders of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), shewing that the indebtedness had been re duced to £162,504. In order to meet the last instalment of the creditors' claims a loan of £200,000 was contracted, to meet which they have assets and securities which are expected to yield about £595,000. The total amount paid by contributions in respect of calls has been about £2,042,061. At a meeting of the London and Westminster Bank, it was shewn that after making provision for all bad and doubtful debts—paying the Income Tax—setting apart £2OOO towards the buildings of the Bank, and presenting a gratuity of 10 per cent. on their salaries to the officers of the establishment, the net profits for the last half year amount to £178,597 19s, 2d. This sum, added to £3,032 6s. 2d., the unappropriated balance of the preceding half-year, will amount to £181,930 ss. 4d. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and by way of further dividend out of the profits, a bonus of 6 per cent. upbn the paid-up capital of £2,000,000 was declared. After these payments are made, there will remain £1,630 ss. 4d., which the directors have carried to profit and loss account for the current half-year. The North-Western Bank (Limited), Liverpool, has declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and an addition of £lO,OOO to the reserve fund, leaving £2,300 to be carried forward. Of the corresponding date last year the dividend was at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and £20,000 was added to the reserve. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY, LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOUR 3, The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 921 921 Do &pri i &Oct 1883-85.. 112 113 921, 1 Viet 5p c Jan sc JMy 1.891. 10191029 Do for Account 92/, 8 Brazilian. 1865. 5p a .... 93 94 Three per Cent Reduce d 921 921 039, i. 9 921 1, 9 Egyptian 1862, Ipc .. .. 80 82 New 3 per Cent 929, 1, t Do Rail Deben 7 p c ..9911009 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Italian, 1865, 5p a 11s, 15s pm Peruvian, 1865. 5 1,, c .. . . 90 91 Do, June lO 15pm 901, 90, pm Portuguese 1869 3po . . 311 321 Bank Stock 2361 841, 5 India 5 per Ceuta 1101, 9. 1 67, 9. 1 India Bonds — Spanish 273 pm 30. 299, 309, 30 Can 6pa JandiJu 1 y 1177-84 10311041 Turkish. 1854, 6p o 79 81 Do March & Sept. 104 106 80 Do 5p c Jan Sc July .. 973/4 981 Do, 1865. 5p a 98 419, 21, 2, 9 a d Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 98 Do, 1865 6p c Dorn of Can 5p c 1903 . 98 100 59 . 1 Ceylon 6 p c May and 0.5.5-20 Bonds. 6p o 1331 90 90; November 1878 lO6 108 901, 1. 1 Mauritius ipc Jan and Do do 1885 891 89; July 1873 lO2 104 899. I, i New SW aless p 01871-76, 100 101 DOlO-4011111% spo 1.)31 88 IN New Zealand 6 pc 1891 lO6 108 889 Do 5p a Do 5 p lOOl , 9 c on nsolil 00 da 1091 ted 991100 } Illinois Centr x d al Shares .. 1091 110 91, x d Do 6p c Mar ILSeptlB9l 109 111 Atlantic and (1 WII Con Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds — Viet 6 p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 RAILWA.II73. Bristol and Exeter 9l 93 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 871, 0, 9 Do 3rd Prof Stock . Great Eastern 409, 1, 401, 19 4th I'raf Stock Great Northern Do A 13591361 Greatlmliati Pen g 5. , a 10511069 Great Western 721 721 1053, 69 721, 9, 1, 9 Great Western of Canada 151 151 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13491359 151 1359 Do Up c Bonds. 1873.. 99 100 Lon. Brigh, and S Coast 421 431 Do 59 do, 1877-6 95 97 421, 1, 9 96, 51 Lon. Chat, and Dover .. 139 14 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 parlour 132 Madras guar 5 no Lon and North-Western 12911301 1031, 9 1291, 9, 30 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and S ou th-Western 92 13 6p c Ist Pref Bonds 93, 21 Gude and Itoliilkund g Man. Shot. and Lincoln 46 469 5p c 459 1019 Metropolitan 65 , 69, 9 Delhi guar 5 p c Midland 1291130 1011 1291, 9, 30 Bahia and San Francisco North British 349 191 North-Eastern Consols.. 1461147 Belgian El Junction 1463, 1, 9 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthni ' ,59, 26 !South - Eastern 76 769 26 761 Dunaburg and Witepsk 189 183 4.tlantic and St Lawrilce 76 77 Dutch-/thenish . 22 23 Eastern o 761 221 f France - - 3ombay, Baroda, and Central India, g 5 p c.. 103 104 Great Luxembourg 103/ Lemberg Ozernowitzgua Buff and Lake Huron . ft 49 7pa 4 5-16ths, 7- 16t hs 169, 2 Do 59 pc 80nd5,1872-3 - 4 79 81 Northern of France -_ Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c lO3 104 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c 1101, 10, 9, 9 159 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 211, 1 charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip 841 Southern of ice .. Do Ist Pref Bonds 5B 59 58 1 , 9, 9 BANKING COMPANIES. I 0 British Indian Sub lumina, (IA 7, 3-16, 0 ChinaSubinarinelL) 5f 4f,lis 3 8 Renter's 7 71 20 Soc Trans France (14 13/ 131 100 Submarine 237 ! , 11 Do Scrip , ► 10 W India &Panaosali,i 41 51. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES I'd I'd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 20 It Irrig Can Cavonr 71 I holders' Certificate 3 5 100 lio6 p c Bonds. re -10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 15 16 deeinab:e 1870 61 63 16. 151 70 London Fin Assoc(L)18)17 die 70 Bolekow-Vaughan L) 23 33pm 4 Lon (len Omnibus .. 21 3 100 Boston City (U.S. 3,2/ p c Sterling Loan 93 95 . 2 Lou & Prov Marino L) 1 1 pin 4 Brit & Fgn Marine I ) 4 , 1 pm 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 25 Canada Company. 7l 73 g5O c by Ind Gov. 100 102 10 Ceylon Company L) n 31dis 1011 35 City Offices (L) 25124) dis 2 Mauritius Land (L) i t 3 , lie. 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Malian Assume° 4 41pm 12 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 2i 2) N 2caiand Loan and 2) Merc Agency ILI . • $l, pm 100 Crystal Palace 191 Trust (L) 100 Do fret 100 Do 6p c Pero Deb, lO9 114 5 OceanMarinelnsur —141141 cap VI }3bbw Vale Steel LI 9l 9)411s f,O P and 0 Steam 46 43 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 10 Do do New. 1367 3 2 diA Mortgage Loan.... 78 83 461. 1 78/, 1 50 Rhyniney I ron 15 Do New 8) 9) 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, guar by Egyp Gov.. 96 97 63 Royal Mail Steam 96„ 7 12 Tel Con and Main L) 241 '3l 13 Fore-stWarehouee (L) 81 9:pm 241 221, 1 2 Thames and Mersey 100 Fgn and OolonialGov Marine Insur (1. Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 Tobacco 6 p a Loan 7) Gen Credt &Dimt (L) tills par guar by Italian Gov 87 89 7), 2. 8 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stiff Navigation 271 281 Upper Canada 7 Hooper's Tel Works 11 idle 5(I Marine, Lvpool IL 5 51!m' 52, 1 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 ''s 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 6 United Dls Corpru (L Itlis )pm 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per. and 6, 51 Tel Works L) .... 48 49 5 UnivMarineliisnr(L‘ GI 7Pf. 481 111,2 5 Intern' Finan Soc(L) 2 11dis 12 Warzar_ t Finance... Falmouth, Gibraltar, awl Malta (IA 9 3-16 9 9} MINING SHARE LIST.—JANUARY 18. Messrs. WATSON BROTIIRRS. Mining Of 1, St. Michael's Alley, Coruhill, liondim. Market active for Prince of Wales, Grenville, East Grenville, West Maria, Rosewall Rill, Great Laxey, Mary Ann, North Crofty, Van, Carn Brea, South Frances, Drakewalls, Marke Val ley, 'tiny, Penhalls, and Cook's Kitchen. Cain Brea. 40, 45 Ferran Wheal Virgin, 11, lf ()Invert= Moor, Prince of Wales, 375. 405 Chiverton Valley, Providence Mines. 36, 38 Chontales (Gold), Rosewall 11111 and Ransoms Cook's Kitchen, 20, 221 United, If, 11 Devon Great Consols, South Coudurrow, 41, 43 Drakewalls, 245, 26s South Frances, 29, :0 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 51, 5f Sweetland Creek, 41, 41 East Caradon, 51f, 5! Tankerville, Li, 13f East Lovell, 31, 32 Taquaril (Gold), 455, 47s East Pool, Micron, 49, 51 East Wheal Grenville, 3, 31 Trumpet Cmisols, Frontino and Bollyla (Gold), Van. 55, 57 —s.. --a. Van Consols, General Brazilian, West Caradou, Great Laxey, 161, In West Chiverto», 49, 51 Great Letallack, West Maria and Fortescue, Great Wheal Vor 265, 22s 11 iugston Down, West Tankerville, :1, 31 Marke Valley,- 7, 71 Wheal Agar. 30s. 35s New &Won, 15s, 20s Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d, 15s New I,ovell, 37s 6d, 42s 6d Wheal Grenville, 4, 41 North Crofty. 2, 21 IWheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 9L 10 Pails Mountain, Wheal Mary Ann, 13, 13 Penhalls, 5, 51 Wheal Uriy. 4, 41 • 9 7 ala 3 3-16, i Pd Pd 1 Agra Danis IL) A 8 81 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 23 24 81 21 25 Alliance IL) 12k, 1 602, 1 10 Anglo-Austrian 161 2U Lou and Wcstinuster 631 641 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 212 224 6 4 } , 4, f 22 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 50 British N American 50 51 20 Midland (L) 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 14 201 25 Char Mere of India 21 23 20 New South Wales .. °4 36 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 5 401, -1 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 0 16 17 15 Union of London .. 20 Imperial %Li ...A l7l 181 .7f 171. 18 10 Imperial ottoman . Ili, 1 114 11Pm TELEGP.APH COJIPANIES. Pd I'd 100 Anglo-American L) 74 76 10 Great Northern .... 111 117 10 Anglo-Meditru (L) llB 120 6 Great N. China, and 119 Japan Extension.. 81 81 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (1.).. 10 12 IUO Do 8p e — 10 Marseilles. Algiers, 13 British A ustraln (L) 4 31dis and Malta (L) .... 51 6 41, 3 - 16 10 Mediterrn Ex IL) .. 0 4! 10 British Ina kAten fL). 61 7 21 Pinnaand S. I'cfc(L 4 3 dis 6: 7 .. 1 Alla 11-1111 Sti_N, LONDON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1871. THE 'WAR. TILL SIEGE OF PARIS. THE ARMY OF PAlllii. When Paris was first invested, the regular army con sisted of about 83,000 men, of which 28,000 had returned from M4zieres with General Vinoy, 40,000 were old sol diers, and men from the depots, and 15,000, the recruits from the last contingents. Forty thousand morn came from the Garde Mobile of the capital, ninety ' thousand, the Mobile of the Departments, twenty thousand, the Free Corps and ten thousand the navy. The whole working army enclosed in Paris was consequently 245,000. Since that time about twelve thousand men have been lost, but there still remains a strong force. It has been divided into two under the commands of Ducrot and Vinoy, General Vinoy s army, the 3rd, is chiefly composed of Gardes Mobiles. General Ducrot's is the 2nd Army, and the Ist consists of the National Guard, and the Service Companies of the Local National Guard. The sailors and the garrisons of the Forts remain as a fourth army at the disposal of the Governor. A small special force, consisting chiefly of sailors, has been detached for the defence of the advanced posts of St. Denis. The mixture of civilians, sailors, and military men does not seem to work har moniously. Orders have been given that the ser vice companies of the local National Guard when they take part in an action shall be under the orders of the chief commander of the army they fight with like any other troops ; but the general organisation is so complex that it is difficult to get the necessary diaci pline and unity. The leaders neither feel nor inspire perfect confidence in their troops, and the men are defi cient in firmness and quickness. General Trochu has no easy office, though some blame him for not better appre ciating the difficulties of the situation at the outset. MARKETS. LONDON CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Business in the Corn Exchange to-day is again conducted within very narrow limits, except in American flour, which, in consequence of the continuance of the Continental demand, tends to strengthen the valve of other descriptions of grain. The supplies of Eng lish wheat were short, but owing to the inferior state of the arrivals, very little disposition to operate is exhibited, and Monday's reduced currencies are scarcely supported. Foreign wheat, the show of which is moderate, experiences a slow in quiry, at the late decline. There is a fair show of barley on the stands. All qualities are disposed of with difficulty, at drooping quotations. Malt is very quiet, but prices aro without important change. There is a tolerably good supply of oats, which are purchased quietly, at Monday's quota tions. Beans, peas, and maize are taken off cautiously at declining quotations. Town and country flour is quiet, but a good inquiry prevails for American on French account at an improvement of ad. per barrel. Arrivals—English and Scotch, wheat, 200 ; barley, 730 ; malt, 400 ; beans, 270 ; peas, 80. Foreign, oats, 2,730 ; flour, 4,300 barrels. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNES DAY.-Sugar : The market remains very firm ; Porto Rico bought in at 375. to 385. 6d. for good to fine, ditto brown to middling yellow 325. to 345. 6d. per cwt. Coffee is in moderate demand ; Plantation Ceylon sold at 655. to 675. for middling to good bold, 58s. 6d. for small ; native bought in at 575. Gd. for bold Owah mark ; Singapore sold at 525. to 545. ' • Rio bold grey, 58s. 6d. ; common brown, 50 s. 6d. Tea : There is not much doing, and prices are somewhat easier. Cotton : The market is inactive, and prices are rather lower. Oils: Linseed steady, at late rates. Rape cheaper : English brown, 465. spot and forward. Turpentine is firmer, at 365. to 365. Gd. Petroleum is slightly advanced, at ls. 64d. for standard white. Tallow : The market is steady, at 455. 9d. spot ; 465. March ; 465. 6d. to 465. 9d. last . three months. Metals : Tin firm, at £135 per cwt. for straits. Other metals flat. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-This mar ket continues quiet, and in all departments there is an absence of animation, but notwithstanding this tameness, there is no variation in prices, which continue to stew remarkable steadi ness. The latest news by telegram from the East are not so favourable, and buying for that quarter is less active than formerly, Producers have to rely upon previous heavy engage ments for their ability to maintain steadiness in values, notwith standing the heavy imports of cotton, LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-There were 695 fat beasts and 2,500 sheep at this market to-day. The prices of beef were rather lower than last week, but those of mutton were fully as high. Best beef, ;id. to Bd. per lb. ; second qua lity, 7d. to sp. • mutton, Bd. to 90. A few prime North Country wethers;9o. ; ewes, Bd. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The show of beef at this market to-day was remarkably good as to qua lity, but only about an average in quantity, and nearly all the beasts were disposed of at 10s: per stone of 141 b. There was a very light supply of sheep, and dealers in several cases obtained an advance of about Id. per lb. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies were rather shorter at this market to-day. Trade rules slow, prices heing gradually made at about last week's rates. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The trade for milch cows and Aryshires at this market to-day is not so dull as last week, prices ranging from £l9 to £27, and £ll to £2O respectively. Fat and store eattle obtained high prices, with a slow trade and a dull finish. Best quality 10s. current 9s. 6(1., secondary Bs. 6d. to Bs. ; fat sheep 1,000 fewer, in good demand, ls. to 2s. per head up ; a good clearance was effected. Pigs were dull, young ones same price as last week, fat ones 3d. per stone cheaper. - • NEWARK CORN MARKET, WEDNBSDAY.—There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to-day, for which there was a sluggish demand, at last week's prices. Malting barley was in less supply, and little more demand, at fully previous prices. Beans unaltered. Oats a small supply, at 6d. per qr. dearer. Maize Is. per qr. dearer. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies were moderate at this market to-day, There was a siow sale for wheat at rather less money. Barley had a ready sale at from Bd. to ls. per qr. advance. Oats were in fair demand at last week's prices. Beans unchanged. GLASGOW CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market was well attended to-day, and a fair business was transacted in wheat, at an advance of ls. per qr. on American descriptions, but no advance was obtainable on other kinds. Flour : sacks unaltered ; barrels, 6(1. to is. dearer. Barley was agein 6d. per 3201b5. dearer. Oats and oatmeal were dull. Egyptian beans were unaltered ; feeding qualities, 3d. to 6d. per 2521 b. cheaper. Peas and maize unaltered. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—This market opens quietly to-day without change, and the sales will probably reach 10,000 bales. Closing report.—The downward course of the market still continues, and the supply offering is still in excess of the demand, and at the close pr ices rather favour buyers. Sales 12,000 hales, including 1,000 on speculation and export. GLASGOW PI 3 IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This market opened a turn better to-day. Business done at 515. na., closing rather firmer. Buyers at this quotation. This market closed to-day at 51s. Id. cash buyers, 51s. 6d. sellers. Buyers, 51s. Md. in a month, sellers asking 51s. Bd. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, WEDNESDAY.—A good business was done at this market to-day at 3d. advance in many cases. CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —Ordinary firsts, 116 s. ; seconds, 1425. ; thirds, 1255. ; fourths, 112 s. ; fifths, 955. ; sixths, 03s. 300 firkins in the market. Mild cured ; firsts, 1525.; seconds, 1515.; thirds, 131 s. Six firkins in the market. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE.—This fatal epi demic, which of late years has raged through Surrey and the metropolitan districts, and destroyed much valuable stock, has now been subdued by the process of inoculation of cattle ; and although not permanently eradicated from the district, it appears only in a modified form, and the fatality is reduced 60 per cent. The theory of inoculation was at first received by stock keepers with incredulity, but since it has been successfully put in practice, and the beneficial results have become apparent, inoculation is popular, and nearly all the cowkeepers on the Surrey side of the metropolis have adopted the plan. Foot-and-month oinplaint still lingers in many districts in Surrey. A DIVORCE APP3AL.—The cause of " Babbve v. Babbage, Manning, Holmes, and Smith " was before the Full Court of Divorce, on a question as to whether the rule nisi for a new trial granted by Lord Penzance should be made absolute. The husband sought a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co respondents. 'I he original trial lasted two days, and the evidence pro and con was conflicting in the extreme. and in the end the jury found for the respondent. The full court—L or d P enzance , Justice Mellor, and Baron Channell—was of opinion that the rule nisi ought to be discharged with costs, as the matter was one entirely for the jury. There were a large number of counsel engaged in the case, which has excited considerable interest in Devonshire, where the petitioner is a farmer. REPORTED DEATH OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.—The death of the above great and world-renowned African traveller is once more reported ; this time from Pot chefstroom, and apparently on good authority. Mr. E. Pavey, who arrived here on Saturday from the above town, informs us that a regular post has recently been established by the Portuguese Governor, now at Potchef stroom, to Quillimane (Mozambique), and that by this post letters have been received stating for a fact that Livingstone is no more • that news of his death has reached Zanzibar. Sir Roderick Murchison will probably refuse to give credence to the report ; but for our own part we believe it is too true. The Doctor has now been too long missing among the fever swamps and savage tribes of Central A frica to leave much hope of his reap pearance among living men.— Friend (a Natal paper). A TIGER - WITH A MUSICAL TASTE.—The Times of India reports from Bellary that a bugler of the 34th was carried off by a tiger, as the regiment was marching through some jungle in the Hassan district. lt is said by some of the men that the animal made a dash at its victim, singling him out from the others. A private of the same corps is also reported missing. On t h e 20th of December great excitement was caused in Khandalla, by the appearance of a man-eater in the precincts of the barracks. It appears that this ferocious animal slaughtered no less than four bullocks in the neighbour k hood of Khandalla. The bullocks were found stowed away in a cosy place by two low-caste natives, who set to work to remove the meat for their own use. While thus engaged they were pounced upon by the tiger ; both were killed, and one carried off, THE EVIDENCE OF EXPERTS. In the great Howland will case, decided in one of the courts at Massachusetts, an issue was raised as to the genuineness of two signatures alleged to be those of the testatrix, Sylvia Ann Howland. The signature to the ant sheet of the will, which we will call signature A, was admitted by both sides to be genuine, but it was contended by the defendant in the suit that the other two signatures, B and C, were forgeries. In support of this view it w'as pointed out that the two latter signatures, if laid over the first, ,corresponded exactly with it, stroke for stroke, and it was urged that such a correspondence between two genuine signatures by the same hand was impossible, or at any rate unheard of. •It was further maintained that an examination of signatures B and C chewed that they had, in fact, been traced from signature A, and that this had been done in two different kinds of ink. In support of these contentions—that the exact similarity between the three signatures proved that the two latter were forged - a host of expert evidence was produce d. Cashiers, bank managers, examiners of franks, &c., all of them of many years' standing in their professions, declared that they had never in their experience dis covered two signatures of the same person which tallied with each other with the exactitude of those in question. One gentleman had made 37,700 comparisons of signatures with a view to the present inquiry, and had failed to find such a similarity ; and, to crown all, a mathematical professor was produced, who explained to the court a method by which he had calculated the chances against such a similarity to amount to many millions of millions to one. Against this mass of testimony the plaintiff produced only two pieces of evidence, but they were of a crushing character. The first was an exhibit consisting of 12 signatures of the late President Adams, selected from a quantity placed in the hands of the plain tiff by the President's grandson. Two photographs of each signature had been made, one on thick and the other on transparent paper, and each was found to tally ith every other with the utmost exactitude. The second piece of evidence consisted of three undoubted signatures of Sylvia Ann Howland herself, which on being applied to signature A were found to cover it nearly as closely as signature B, and far more closely than signature C. In support of the second theory of the defendants—that sig natures B and C spewed marks of being traced—engravers and electrotypers of many years' experience were called, who swore positively that these signatures had been traced. Their evidence was met by that of experts of equal credit, who as strenuously swore that they could not have been so traced; but having been thus reduced to contradictions, science was next destined to be set against herself. On the third point a multitude of scientific witnesses were called, among whom Dr. Jackson, chemist, and State assayer for Massachusetts affirmed that on a microscopical examination he had de tected the presence of two inks. On the other side were time eminent names of Professor Agassiz and Dr. Oliver, Wendell Holmes, whose utmost microscopic skill had failed in detecting two inks, and who were confident that only one had been used. The deadlock of expert evi dence was thus complete. As a fitting conclusion to the story, we may add that the issue as to the genuineness of the two disputed signatures turned out afterwards not to be the governing issue of the case, which was decided upon another point. AN AMERICAN BORDER TRAGEDY. The Cheyenne (Wyoming Territory) Tribune, of the 19th ult., has the following :—Mr. William Parks, in partner ship with Mr. Edward Creighton, of Omaha, purchased last fall some 3,500 head of stock cattle at . Selluyler, Neb., and bringing them by way of Pine Bluff, reached Horse Creek on the sth of November. Here he had built a large corral and comfortable cabin, and intended to establish himself in the stock business, and was making arrangements to return to Omaha to spend the approaching holidays. He had with him eleven men consisting of one foreman, John Brackpool, one cook, and nine herdsmen. Among the latter was the murderer, Herbert Elmore Nourse. On Tuesday morning, the day the murders were com mitted, the foreman directed six of the herdsmen, Nourse amone them, to take their ponies and look after the cattle as usual. Nourse complained of not feeling well, and was left in the camp, the foreman taking his place. The remaining three herdsmen were expected to dig a well near the cabin. During the morning Nourse occupied his bunk most of the time; taking the opportunity, when all were out, to secure all the guns and pistols in the Cabin, which he secreted in his bunk. He heel thus secured five revolvers, and two Henry rifles. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon Mr. Parks, Nourse, and three of the other men were in the cabin. Nourse had been talking of a settlement, had made his own state ments, which Mr. Parks said were correct, after which he went to his bunk, and Parks turned to the table, where he was writing with his back towards Nourse, who then levelled a revolver without being seen, and shot Parks through the head. He died instantly. The other men seeing what had been done, one of them, Seymour Robb, sprang for his revolver and found it gone, at which Nourse fired at him and missed him. Another man, H. F. Tilley, not comprehending the state of affairs, attempted to assist Mr. Parks, who had fallen to the floor, when Nourse snapped a revolver at him, not five feet from his head.. The three men, finding their position rather critical, being without arms, beat a hasty retreat out of the house, closely followed by Nourse, who fired at Tilley immediately after reaching the door. Tilley saved his life this time by dodging behind a cart that stood near by, which received the ball. The two men that were working in the well, hearing the firing, came out and started fOr the house. Nourse fired at the one in advance, Andrew Mattice, the ball taking effect in the left breast above the heart, and coming out below the shoulder blade. Mattice and his companion, Martin Lee Eastwood, then turned to run, when Nourse fired at Eastwood, striking him in the small of the back, inflict ing a wound that proved fatal in aboutfour hours. Nourse then•wene into the house, and after some time had elapsed, Tilley. who already miraculously escaped, having been shot at once and snapped at once, with more 'pluck than discretion entered the house, where Nourse seemed t' be engaged in examining Mr. Parks' pockets. Nourse arose from behind the corpse, and snapped a revolver at Tilley, and followed him out of the house. He succeeded in eluding Nourse by closing the door after him. Turning quickly round the corner of the house, Nourse with two revolvers started up the creek in the direction the other men were known to be. One of the men followed him, and when some four miles away from the house; Nourse met one of the herdsmen, Allan Parsons, and fired at him. Parsons being on horseback easily made his escape. Nourse re turned to the house after several hours, during which time the foreman, Mr. John Brackpool, had returned. As Nourse approached the house Brackpool presented a carbine, and would have shot him, but he threw up his hands and begged for his life, saying that he was guilty, and that he had no pistols. The men took him into the house, tied and watched him until the sheriff arrived and took him into custody. In its earliest days a California paper appeared with this paragraph :—" VVe have no vv in our type, as there is none in the Spanish alphabet. VVe have sent to the Sandwich Islands for this letter; in the meantime vve must use tvvo V's." DESTRUCTIVE FIDE AT NRAV ORLEANS.—A terrible fire, resulting in the destruction of six large steam vessels and property, valued at about $BOO,OOO, has occurred at New Orleans. From information which reached Liverpool on Tuesday it appears that early on the morning of the Ist instant flames broke out in the steamer Magenta, and, despite all efforts to check them, spread rapidly to the steamships Julia Rudolrh, Grand Era, Thompson Dean, and John Howard. It was believed that the hull of the latter will be saved, but the other vessels are com pletely destroyed. The Magenta was valued at $30,000, and insured for 10,000 • the Grand Era ' was valued at $7 0 , 000 , being insured for $35,000, and the Julia Rudolph, estimated to be worth $150,000, was insured to the extent of $120,000. TheinstrAnces areunder stood to have been effected in western offices. The Thom pson Dean's cargo, consisting of flour, sugar, molasses, steel, &c., and which was all, burnt, was valued at $lOO,OOO and upwards, and insured for $60,000. The value of the John Howard—a new vessel—and its freight of 1,200 bales of cotton and a large amount of Western produce, was esti mated at $130,000, the loss being put down at $lOO,OOO or thereabouts. Another very fine steamer, the De Soto, which left New Orleans for New York on the 31st ult., took fire on the following day, when only some 27 miles from the first-named port. She was run ashore on M'Coll's flat, in the hope of saving her, but she was burnt to the water's edge, and her cargo of cotton, sugar, and molasses estimated to be worth $250,000, was almost entirely de stroyed. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. - Damp Weather.—Diseases of the Throat.—Whenever the atmosphere is surcharged with moisture, a vast number of throat affections arise, which when neglected soon become complicated and serious. Holloway's ointment rubbed twice a day over the top of the chest and the glands of the neck is admirably adapted to cure all such complaints. It penetrates the cutaneous pores, reduces inflammation, and cures without the pain of swallowfng medicine, which is a matter of momentous consideration in childhood, when mental irritation begets fever, and increases the severity of every symptom. In quinsey, diphtheria, ulcerated sore throat, and scarlatina, this ointment rubbed on the skin will dissipate all dangerous spmptoms. GUNNERY. The besieged have been tolerably independent in the matter of guns, for Paris contains some of the largest military establishments in existence. There is a celebrated cannon foundry, and factories of the first order, and it has therefore been easy to get guns of vari ous calibre • to arm the forts and ramparts as well as to supply what was more important—field guns for the two hundred thousand active troops. These guns required to compete in length of range and quickness of firing with the far-famed Prussian artillery. Three hundred and sixty 12-pound howitzers have been converted into rifle breechloading 7-pounders by casting . a new bronze cylinder inside the gun. This difficult work was accomplished in the Paris foundries, which are capable of carrying out the most delicate opera tions in gunnery. The converted . guns were tried at Avron, and answered very well. Be sides the Government orders, every day guns come in from private manufacturers, which are paid for by sub scription. The enthusiasm which prevailed a short time since in this matter has a little abated, but so many designs of the kind were set on foot that the numbers of the guns now being completed form a considerable aggregate. It was the fashion for every society, every trade, every section of the citizens who subscribed, to offer one or more cannon to the Defence, and, accordingly, every day the guns are brought in State to the Hotel de Ville, speeches are made, thanks are rendered, and there is general cheering and satisfaction. There will soon, it is said, be more guns than there will be horses to drag them. There are now few surviving animals, and they are painful to look upon. No more oats nor straw, nothing but bread, which has become the common food of men and horses, but the allowance is too limited to be satisfactory. THE ESCAPE OF M. JULES FAVRE'S SECRETARY. The recent escape from Paris of M. Frederic I: eit linger, private secretary to M. Jules Favre, will be read with some interest. It was about nine o'clock in the morning of Monday last that a balloon ascended from La Gare d'Orl4ans, bearing away with it M. Reit- , linger, with five sacks of despatches for Vienna, St. , Petersburg, and London ; M. Cassier, who was entrusted with instructions to establish a carrier-pigeon pest between General Trochu and General Bourbaki ; an ex marine, who had formerly been a pupil of the celebrated aeronaut Mons. Goddard ; twenty carrier pigeons, fool, baggage, &c. After journeying a long time throngh mist, they passed into a dense mass of rolling clouds, and in ono moment it was quite dark, with first a heavy dew and afterwards torrents of rain. As soon as the sun shone out again it became evident that they were rapidly descending. An observa tion of the parachute confirmed this, and the grappling irons were thrown out. In a few minutes the balloon had fallen to a height of about 500 metros, and M. Reitlin 4er then stood up in the car to survey the situation. He found they were descending with frightful rapidity upon a forest which extended in every direction as far as the eye could reach. " Mon Dieu," exclaimed M, Reitlinger, "poussons que nous puissons de passer la foret ; " but it was too late. The words were hardly pronounced before , the balloon, driven by a violent wind, rushed amongst the trees, crashing the branches as though they were tooth picks. This was the most terrible moment of the whole journey. Mons. Reitlinger jumped up and seized, the wooden circle 'known as the " crown." By this means he saved himself from injury, while his companion, M. Cas sier, WAS less fortunate, and is still in the hospital from the injuries he sustained. The balloon rose and fell and rolled about, and the travellers not only thought of death, but of the terrible one of being torn to pieces. At length the huge balloon dashed against a great oak, breaking into pieces, and nearly suffocating the brave aeronauts with its escaping gas. The car, however, had become entangled between some branches, which for some minutes kept it sufficiently steady to allow the gentlemen to get out and descend to terra firma. After about a quarter of an hour's walk they approached some peasants who came out to meet them, and the voyagers then learned that they had descended not tar from the village of Vigneulles, in the department of the Meuse, and not far from Metz. It was one o'clock, and consequently they had been four hours in travelling the distance between Paris and Metz (about 300 kilometres), which it takes the railway trains sixteen hours to accomplish. It was then found that a quarter of an hour before the Prussians had passed through the village, male a requisition, au d. gone away. The party then proceeded to the mayor, who told them to be gone as soon as possible, as the Prussians frequently visited the place. M. Reitlinger selected two brave ladies, to whom he entrusted the delivery of some of his despatches, and a courageous and devoted citizen took them in his carriage to the Belgian frontier. The party went through village after village with the Prussians (who had heard of the balloon descent) in hot pursuit. The German officers, however, were misdirected by the vil , lagers, and in this way, after a very narrow escape at Montmddy, the fugitives reached the frontier. They pro ceeded first to Vienna, and then to London, where M. Reitlinger now is. THE FIGHTING ROUND LE MANS. The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette gives an in teresting account of the fighting round Le Mans. So late as the Bth, he says, I was told at Le Mans by the people of the town that it was impossible for Chanzy to be beaten. It was believed ho had 200,000 men under his command while the Prussians had only half that number. Chanzy's forces were probably as strong as this, but they were dispersed, while the Germans were under estimated, being 180,000 strong, and were massed together. The French had slightly the advantage in artillery, but the German troops were greatly superior, being disciplined and experienced soldiers,whereas Chanzy's army consisted principally of mobilised National Guards. On the Bth a rumour spread through Lo Mans that im portant movements were imminent, and on the 10th serious fighting began. A strong attack was made on the French line, and a violent encounter took place at Mont fort. The French fell back upon Champagn4, but the ever-advancing Prussians crossed the Huisne, and, after another hotly contested, action, took possession of the village, capturing numerous prisoners and four cannon. The result of the day's fighting was that Chanzy retired upon strong positions near the town, and the Prussians were enabled to advance within twelve kilometres of Le Mans. In the town we could plainly hear the French batteries at YvreSTEveque cannonading the enemy, from one in the afternoon until five in the evening. It was long before the above facts came out ; during the evening it was reported throughout the town that although the French troops bad been forced to fall back, they had at least' done serious damage to the enemy. One enterprising news monger had the audacity to assert that round about Champagnd the slaughter of the enemy had been so fearful that their killed lay a yard deep in the fields, and that many had died standing, propped up by the fallen bodies of their slaughtered com rades. At daybreak next day was heard the sound of a frightful cannonade, which continued at intervals. Rumour spoke of terrible German losses, but presently more trustworthy news arrived. Early in the morning General Chanzy, who was suffering from indisposition, inspected the French positions and appeared full of confi dence. The Prussians, however, had been reinforced by 60,000 men on the preceding day, and attacked the French on all sides, gaining an important result and forcing a detachment of the French to retreat on A r lencon, while the ocirp;% dispersed betweetl the tioire 444 the Loir was cut off from the main army. Still the French had not lost any ground, and could easily re-establish their intercepted communications. When night "set in, the Prussians retired, and all anticipated that the struggle would be renewed at daylight. But the enemy did not wait till then, for in the middle of the night the town was aroused by the booming of cannon. . A red glare illumined the sky, and lights appeared in many a window. The Prussians had surprised the French troops occupying the eminence on the left bank of the Huisne, which was the weak point, and the violent and unexpected artillery attack completely disconcerted both officers and men. The officers in command were too astounded or dismayed to give orders, autl, left to themselves these unfortunate and inex perienced troops knew not what to do. In a fatal hour they determined to retire. Horses were precipitately harnessed to the guns, defending their bat tery, and the column commenced to retreat. They did not pause in their march until they reached the town, down the now lighted streets of which they came, spreading panic and dismay. Exag gerated reports stated that Chanzy was completely routed, his positions taken, and the army all but annihilated : and the inhabitants refused to believe that no such serious disaster had taken place. After a few hours' repose the retreating column marched out of the town and took up their position on the Buttes St. Georges. By this time it was daylight. The loss of the surrendered position was found to he irreparable, for the enemy could turn the French positions and attack them in the rear. The generals in command of the different divisions were consulted, and unanimously advised a retreat, for which orders were accordingly given. It was an exciting morning. While the various corps were falling back on the heights of St. Georges and Bouillon, to the west of Le Mans, Chanzy's big breech-loading naval guns, thundered upon the Prussians from his position atYvre-PE'veque,delaying their approach. In the town the alarm bell was ringing, the National Guards assembling, the wounded being hurried out of the town by all possible means. Two bridges were blown up over the Sarthe and the Huisne, and the railway viaduct over the Sarthe mined, ready to be blown up any moment. Half-a-dozen projectiles had fallen on the town by noon, and the railway station was blocked with an excited and frightened train of people. The whole place was in confusion. Steaming engines were waiting to depart. Trains were being hastily formed indifferently of passenger carriages, luggage vans, and trucks. An immense amount of war materiel covered the platforms, and was being piled without regard for symmetry and order into the many trains which one by one in rapid succession steamed away. For my part, having already had the pleasure of being in a town occu pied by Prussians, I had no desire to experience it again, and determined to get clear of the enemy as soon as possible. I jumped into a third-class carriage of a train with no less than forty carriages or trucks. The rumbling fire we had heard through the morning which told us the fighting continued,was every moment becoming lender, and frequent explosions could be heard in the town, in spite of the hurry and noise in the station. Having crossed the mined viaduct over the Sarthe, we soon got away into the open country, beyond the thunder of the cannonade. As the last train left j.e Mans—leaving behind it still five locomotives, 160 carriages, vans, and trucks—a dramatic incident occurred. All were busy loading a train with military stores, when an employe, with a pale and excited face, dashed on to the platform, and whispered to the stationmaster that the Prussians were marching on the town. The stationmaster shouted for a train to be immediately formed, and in fifteen minutes 54 loaded carriages drawn by two locomotives were ready. The majority of the employes scrambled in. The guard was leaning out of his, van helping a wounded soldier in, when a frightful crash was heard, and part of the glass covering of the station fell in, shivered. A bomb fell through the shattered roof and exploded. Seeing it fall, the guard of the train hastily withdrew within his van. Not so, however, the unfortuna . e trooper. Before he had time to clamber into the train, the projectile hail exploded, and cat him iu two. The incident warned the engine driver that there was no time to lose. The train steamed out of the station at as fast a rate as its extreme length would permit. It had scarcely been on its journey five minutes, when a continual small-arm fire, intermixed with louder detonations, was plainly heard. My informant, who, with some twenty employes of the company, was seated in a goods van on the top of some cases of arms, looked through the small railed window of the van, and discovered a large body of Uhlans, who had evidently just rode up, and had failed to cut the line in time, discharging their pistols upon the train—happily, however, without effect. A minute afterwards shells and 'Chiang were far behind, and at full steam the train passed over the bridge across the Sarthe, which' a few minutes afterwards blew up. The remainder of the journey was safely accomplished. We learn through Conic that when the Prussian advanced guard entered Le Mans they were met by the French National Guards, joined by a body of sailors from Havre, who charged them with the bayonet in the streets, and inflicted great damage. I learn from a semi-official source that when Gambetta heard of Chanzy's defeat, he exclaimed that if it were necessary to send 800,000 men to recapture Le Mans he would do so, so highly important in his eyes was this junction—surnamed by its local journals the key of the West. A correspondent, writing from Chaumont on the 12th instant, says :—" The day before yesterday our railway towards the south was partially destroyed for the fourth time, but, fortunately, no military train was injured, the deed having been discovered in time. General von Man teuffel has arrived at Chatillon to take the command of the united corps of Generals von Werder and von Zas trow. The 2nd Army Corps is advancing likewise by forced marches." The Debats of the 12th states that up to that time the fires caused within the city by the bombardment had been very trifling, and were easily extinguished. During the night of the Bth-9th of January twelve fires broke out, but were checked by the pompiers with a few buckets of water. On the two following nights the fires were less numerous. The most serious conflagration occurred on the route de Choisy, where a shell falling upon a heap of shavings, caused the destruction of the premises. Emile de Girardin, in a pamphlet entitled " The Hun dred Days," relates a conversation which he had on the sth of October with M. Glais-Bizoin, a member of the Bordeaux section of the Provisional Government. To Girardin's representations Glais-Bizoin replied : " Be easy, and entertain no anxiety. I will have my head cut off if before the 31st of December Paris has not been re lieved by the Loire army, which is already 300,000 strong. I tell you this quite seriously, and you may re peat my words." A Paris letter from a Frenchman to his friend in Switzerland, says :—" It is terrible to think that whereas 12 days ago Trochu possessed general confidence, this has so much collapsed since the evacuation of Mont Avron that yesterday the groups of people in the streets called him an imbecile and a traitor, worse than Bazaine. His treacherous conduct, they say, has for its object the in stallation of the Comte de Paris, in whom King William is especially interested. They reproach him with sham defence, sham sorties." The acquisition of Saigon, in French Coehin-China, for a German naval station, as part of the indemnity to be exacted from France, has been discussed from time to time by the German press, and the Berlin Geographical Society has just issued a report which is favourable to the project. It is urged that the increasing German trade in Eastern Asia renders the constant presence of men-of war necessary, and that in so remote a part of the world the German fleet requires for its protection a station where it can rendezvous, refit, and obtain the necessary war material. The mortality returns of Paris during the first week of the present year again shew a -lamentable increase, the number of deaths for the week ending on the 6th of January being 3,680 as against 3,280 in the previous re turn. These figures do not include the military popula tion. The fatality from smallpox declined from 454 to 329. Bronchitis caused 343 deaths as against 258 in the previous week, and pneumonia numbered 262 victims as contrasted with 201 in the proceiling period. Diarrinea, which had been fatal in 98 cases in the previous week, is ascribed as the cause of 151 deaths in the last return. Dr. E. Decaisne, in the France, reports that the condition of the hospital establishments had somewhat improved, hos pital gangrene being very rare, and purulent infection less prevalent. At Ingolstadt, where 10,000 French pr;soners are con fined, one of them, named Gombault, the sergeant of a Turco regiment, was tried by court_martial on the 10th instant. He was a Parisian, 23 years of age, who had been frequently punished for insubordination, and on account of two attempts to escape had been placed under restric tions. During the hour allowed him for exercise in the open air he tried to pass the barrier, and on being pre, vented by the sentry he violently attacked him, as well as a subaltern who came to his assistance. The oourt con demned him to death. He received this very composedly, and smoked a cigar up to the place of execution. He shewed some feeling, however, when the staff was broken over him. He gave the signal, and four well-directed shots killed him instantaneously. The Bromberg Gazette says that a French colonel, a prisoner of war, escaped with his orderly from the for tress of Grundenz and succeeded in crossing the Russian frontier. But they were both arrested by the Russian authorities and delivered up to the military authorities of the Prussian fortress of Thorn. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. - Three French officers, two of whom are from Alsace, and thoroughly understand German, have been residing for some time at Breslau in a house where a portion is let to a poor woman, whose husband is away at the war. This woman has a little son, who took a great liking to the officers, and came to see them every morning. One day the child did not come in, and for a week continued absent. At the end of that time he called, and said with tears that he had now a little brother, but that his mother was very ill, and he had to attend her himself alone. The officers quieted him, and told him they would go to the church in the afternoon to act as sponsors for the child. The nurse, on being. informed of this, came to see the officers, who directed a carriage to be sent for, and conveyed the nurse and child to the church, where the baptism was solemnised. After the ceremony the nurse received a handsome compliment, and the mother was presented with a note for 100 thalers ; afterwards at the dinner, to celebrate her rising from her bed, being sent a tart and two bottles of wine.— Silesian Gazette. LAW AND POLICE. mRs. GIACOMMETTI PRODGERS.—The case of Prodgers v. Prodgers came before the Judge Ordinary in the Divorce Court. In the early part .of last year Mrs. Giacommetti, née Prodgers, established, under a recent Act of Parliament, that her children were legitimate, and she took those steps be cause, it was alleged, her husband had often said they were illegitimate, in consequence of his being a Catholic and she a Protestant. Miss Prodgers was the daughter of a clergyman in Hertfordshire, and Mr. Giacommetti was an Austrian, and at one time in the merchant service of that country. They met each other accidentally in Lon don, and, after a very short courtship, they were married, the lady's brother officiating at the ceremony. Differences took place whilst on the marriage tour, and Mr. Giacom metti stated a short time since, when he sought for a restitution of conjugal rights, that she had refused to con tinue to live with him, and was now living in a separate residence 'at Balham. His wife's relatives believed that she was solely in the wrong, and had allowed Mr. Giacommetti £2OO a year ; but as his wife had £50,000 in the Funds alone, it was asked that she should continue to live with her husband. The Court at that time ordered that Mrs. Giacommetti should resume cohabitation in a fortnight, and it was stated that she had not complied with the order. She had gone to his residence, turned up her nose, and then went away without leaving any message. The Judge Ordinary said if the order of the Court was not complied with he would order the attach ment of her property. The lady was in court, and heard his lordship's remarks without observation. . THE UNITED INSURANCE SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. — William Fowles, a poor man, came before Mr. Lushing ton, at the Thames Police-court, to complain of the opera tions of a burial society, called the United Insurance Society of St. Patrick. He joined the society eighteen months ago, and his wife and four children joined at the same time. All the contributions-Is. per week, or 2d. each individual—had been regularly paid to the society's collector, named Daniel Foley, of Wade street, Poplar. His wife died a few days ago, and on applying for the money (X 10) to bury her to which he was entitled, he was informed that he had forfeited all claim to the assurance money, on the alleged ground that she was in bad health when she joined the society. The com plainant produced the admission card, which stated that the poor woman was in good health when she became a member, and the magistrate then advised the applicant in the event of his case not being disposed of by arbitra tion, to sue the secretary in the County Court. CAUTION TO ADVERTISERS. —Mrs. Smith, of No. 9, Marlborough•row, Golden-square, applied to Mr. Benson, at the Marlborough-sireet Police Court, for advice under these circumstances :—On the last day of the old year a respectably dressed female, between 30 and 40 years of age, called on her, she having advertised for a situation for one of her daughters. She told her that her daughter was suited. The stranger then took a fancy to another daughter, about 10 years of • age, and proposed to adopt her if her father did not object. Her husband, on being spoken to, agreed to the proposal, being out of work, and on the fol lowing day the female was allowed to take the child away, on her promising either to call or write within a fortnight, in order to get the child's register and to have an agree ment executed between the father and herself. Nothing had been heard of the woman or the child since, and as herself and her husband were in a state of great anxiety, she wished tc, know what steps she ought to take in the matter. The magistrate said all he could do was to advise Mrs. Smith to communicate with the police. THE ROBBERY AT LORD KILMOREY'S.-At the Middle' sex sessions George Churchman was indicted for stealing a large amount of money in notes and gold from Lord Kilmorey. Two years since the prisoner was in the em ployment of the Earl of Kilmorey, who lived at Gordon House, Isleworth, and in December last he sent his butler with a cheque for £lOO to get cashed, and the amount was brought in notes and gold, and before going to dinner he placed the notes in a writing desk, which was kept in the library, and the lock was of an excellent con struction, and worked with a spring. The next morning, having occasion for a little money, on opening the drawer and a box he found that some of the notes and gold were missing, and there was no appearance that the lock and spring had been tampered with. The butler was immediately sent to Richmond to stop the notes, and communicated the robbery to Scotland•yard• On the 20th of December the prisoner came to the house ti) see the servants, and at this visit the money was ab stracted, the prisoner leaving at a late hour at night, H e was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with bard labour. CURIOUS CANINE EVIDENCE.—A case of some import' tance to farmers has come before Mr. M. Fortescue a nd A jury at the Holsworthy County Court. The plaintiff, fl farmer, named Charles Sandrey, sued another fariPer, named Thomas Chaplin, to recover damages sustained by defendant's dog killing certain sheep belonging to him' The evidence for the plaintiff was to the effect that on th e morning of the 11th May the defendant's dog was seen in the plaintiff's field, where rather later two ewes and one lamb were found -killed, two other sheep so bitten that they had to be killed, and a lamb injured so that it died two days after. Messengers were sent to the house of de" fendant, who said he did not think his dog had killed the sheep, but if plaintiff and his men were satisfied that the dog had done so, it should be killed. The dog was se" cordingly killed, and in its stomach some mutton, a Pc 4 ", Lion of a lamb's kidney, and wool were found. A kid ney of one of the lambs was gone. The sheep were worth 400. each, and the lambs 20s. each. For the defence witnesse s stated that the dog was in the house all night, and tul t i some hours after the sheep had been worried. The we e tc ; it was thought. was that of a dead lamb belonghig,x defendant. The jury returned a verdict for pla int ' damages RS 15s. • THE HAMBURG TRADE.—The screw stenillq Gipsy Queen, Captain Nash, belonging to the W,. es ,. Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company, arrived yesl'e",; day from the Elbe, after having been frozen 1, at Gluckstadt since before Christmas. Her out at ward cargo was destined for Hamburg, but c i .op; sequent upon obstruction offered by the ice on lt. arrival out, she was obliged to discharge at Gluck sa( There being no prospect of reaching Hamburg, her while car to was forwarded thence for shipment, but NO / t loading the vessel became frozen up. She remained fAs,, until Saturday, when Captain Nash, accompanied W age , New York steamer, determined to attempt a Po s t bet out, although there were huge masses of floating ice in river as far as Cuxhaven. Six other steamers n.". 0 mained Gluckstadt rather than risk the vol which, however, proved successful. Besides a vau u general cargo, the Gipsy Queen brought about 10 1. h sengers, chiefly emigrants for America : also two En^ 11I captains and part of the crews of vessels frozen up at l 3 for burg and other places, and not likely to be release(' 0 ' 0 some time. The Hamburg trade must be carried on 0 Gluckstadt, from which place to Hamburg the riv er frozen completely up. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., at 3, Porchester-square, the wife c" . F. Clements, Esq., of a daughter. On the 16th inst., zyt 29, Highbury-grove, the wife of l i r ' John Sugden, of a aon. MARRIAGES. On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanoversquar e ,loo ward Meyricke, Esq., of Dinham Lodge, 1 -' lll- ''rik Salop, to Evelyn Maria, only child of James son, Esq., of Hartlepool, county of Durham. On the 14th inst., at Esher, Surrey, the Rev. Care/4., 1 Lock, youngest son of the late Captain C. Look, -1-11.00- to Mary Rachel, daughter of the late Captain Sir Oliver, R.N., and Lady Oliver, of Millfield , By DEATHS. lter" On the 17th inst., at Victoria - park, Manchester, 1,„ third son of Edmund Potter, Esq., M.P.. aged 3 °' _ lo per O n the 17th indt at Sprincr-grove, Isleworth, Y.. Cu Froder ~ eindian Arzn or London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND• No. 112, Strand Printer, and Published by Pi f tl 9 THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct ° Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Thursday, January 19, 1871. o Kra are 41c