The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YE STERD AY. Not much business has been doing in the Stock E•;- change to-day, and the fluctuations have again been of a trifling nature. As regards railway stocks, Caledonian and Brighton have shewn a slight improvement, but weakness has been perceptible in the value of Great Eastern, Midland, and Great Western. In the foreign bond market no alteration of importance has been noticed The consol market has been steady, and per cent. better at 92k, 92 2 , for delivery and the account. Reduced and New Three Per Cents, 92k, 93 ; Bank Stock, 235, 237 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. pm. India Five Per Cents have been done at 110, 110 i ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. pm. Colonial Government Securities have been quiet. The market for English railway stocks has been in a quiet state. Caledonian and Brighton have risen / and respectively, but Great Eastern has fallen*, Midland, /, and Great-Western, a. Metropolitan is quoted at 661, G 6/ ; Caledonian, 87*, 88 ; Brighton, 43, 431; South- Eastern, 76, 76* ; Great Northern, 125, 126 ; ditto A, 135/, 1361; Great-Eastern, 401, 41 ; North-Eastern, 146/, 1471 ; Midland, 129 k, 129* ; North-Western, 130, 1301; and Great-Western, 72*, 72g. Very few transactions have taken place in Indian rail way stocks. Carnatic have marked 101, East Indian 1101, /, Great Indian Peninsula 105/, 6, Great Southern of India 1021, Oude and Rohilkund 100/, and Scinde 101 f. Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western 151, a. Foreign shares have been quiet. Great Luxemburg 11a, Recife and San Francisco 151, and Lombards 15. The foreign bond market has been without feature of importance. Turkish bonds have been rather weak, the Six per Cents of 1869 being * lower; Egyptian (1868) have been quoted at 751, 75* ; Italian (1861), 54*, 54a ; Spanish 29*, 30*-; Turkish (1865), 59, 591; ditto Five per Cents., 42, 421 ; ditto (1869), 51*, 581 ; Peruvian (1865), 90, 90*; United States Five-twenty (1882) Bonds, 90*, 901; ditto (1885), 89*, 89*, 89. French Scrip, 31.2 dis., and Ger man, I*, 1 prem. Bank shares have been quiet. Imperial Ottoman, 111 London and County, 50*, 1; London and West minster, 641. Telegraph shares have been in limited request. British Australian, 41; British Indian Extension, 6/; British Indian Submarine, 71; Falmouth, 91 ; Construction, 2-1/; Silver's India Rubber, 481, *; Hooper's, 6 1-16. For Miscellaneous securities the inquiry has been limited. Credit Foncier of England, 2 3-16 ; Hudson's Bay, 81; Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 46/, 7. The sum of £69,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank to-day. There has been a fair demand for bills to-day, and the rates of exchange have been without material alteration. In the discount market to-day not much business has been doing. There has been a good supply of capital on offer, and three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. At Mark-lane to-day wheat sold quietly, at about Mon day's prices. The report of the Ocean Maiine Insurance, to be pre sented on the 30th inst., shews an available balance of £88,346, after payment of the interim dividend of .210,000 in July last. Of this sum £ lO,OOO will be employed in payment of a dividend of ss. per share, £40,000 in payment of a bonus of 20 s. p er share ; £150,000 will be added to the reserve fund, thereby raising it to £90,000, leaving £23,346 to be carried forward. The • ;um of £122,685 remains applicable to the risks of 1869 - 'livid 1870. The directors of the Home and Colonial Marine In surance Company recommend a dividend at the rate 6 per ` cent. per annum. The steamers which left New York on the 18th instant took out £550,000 in specie. At a meeting of the United Discount Corporation (Limited) a dividend at the r ate of 7 per cent. was :declared. A meeting has been held of the Metropolitan Bank. - The directors' report has been adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. has been declared. At a meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company a dividend of 11 per cent. was declared. The report of the Bank of Egypt, to be presented on the Ist of February, shews an available total of £30,529, including a previous balance of £9,615, and recommends the usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 21,100 per share, absorbing together £27,500, and making the interim dividend, paid in July. a total distribution of 16 per cent. for the year, the balance to be carried forward being ' £3.029. The total distribution for the previous year yes 14 per cent. The paid-up capital 4a £250,000, and the reserve £lOO,OOO, and the current accounts, &c., are £246,317. The report of the N3w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), to be presented on the 16th of February, shews an available total of £14,187, including a previous balance of £1,585, and recom mends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent., which will absorb £6,505 ; and the appropriation of £6,000 to reserve fund, leaving £1,682 to be carried forward. The waol consignments continue to increase, more than 13,000 bales having been sent to the care of the company during the last twelve months. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.-Amsterdam, three months' date, 11 191, 12 19/ ; ditto, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; Rotterdam, three months', 11191, 11191 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 30, 25 35 ; Paris, short date, ditto, three months' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 25 50 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10, ` 13 101 ; Frankfort -on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 1201- ; Vienna, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; Trieste, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; St. Petersburgh ditto, 29/, 29* ; Madrid, ditto, 48/, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto, 494, 49/ ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 821, 26 871 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 521, 521 ; Oporto, ditto, 524, 524. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY, LATEST PRICES. -AFTE It OFFICIAL HO U 11.1. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. 12 113 29i 30, 581 59, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. nate per Cent Consols 92/ 921 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. ~.. 921, I 1121, 1, 13 Do for Account 923 923 Viot 5p a Jan & J ulylB9l. 10181021 923 1023 Three perCentßeduced 923 921 Brazilian. 1865. spa .. • 93 94 9 2 3. j. 3 94 New 3 per cent 923, 1, 1 Do nail Deben 7p a .. 0911001 Exchequer Inns. March 10 lspsn 99. , ._ 100 10s, 15s. pin Ita lian . 1865, 5p a Do, June lO 15pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p 0 .... 90 91 10s. 155 pm 901. 1 Bank Stock India 5 per Cents 1103, 1, 1 841, 5 D India Bonda — o Nicolas 4p o 265. 27s pm 67/ Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 104 106 Spanish 1041. 4 30,, 4. 30 i, 291 Do March & Sept. 104 106 Turgigh , 1 6 54. 6p 0 79 8, Do 5p C Jan & July ~98 99 793, 3 93, A Do. 1865. 5) o. 43 42 1 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 421, 2, 1 a . Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 88 1 00 Do , 1865 6p c 991, 81 _l9l Ceylon 6 p c May and U. 5.5-20 lBonds.6 pc 1882 901 903 November 1878 . ~.. . . 1 0 6 108 22 1. 1. I) 'Mauritius I, pc dm and Do do 1885 891 893 July 1873 lO2 104 893 New S Wales 5p clB7l-76, 100 101 Do 10-4013111dg, spc 1901 88 881 New Zealand 6 pc 1891 lOB 110 Bsl, 3 Do 5p a . D o 5p a Shares .. 1091101 1001. 921 X 4129 i Do 68 , clgar & S .e ptlB9l 109 111 Atl an tic and 0W It Con Do June & DeolB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds V ict 6p c Jan . July 1891 113 114 271 RAILWA.YS. Bristol and Exeter ...... "91 113 Do Ist Fret Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada caledo g i i. ............ 871 871 2nd , Prat Stock 86 Do 3rd Prat Stock Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern .......... 401 41 4th Pref Stock ta, tot 1 171 18 Great Northern ........ 125 126 1 I d 7l p Do A ................ 13511361 Great u tan en g 5. , a 10511061 Great i.We5tern.......... 72 721 106, sf, 61 72k. 3 G rea t Western of Canada 15 3 15 1 151, f L an cashire & Yorkshire 123 126 Lou, Wish, and S Coast 423 43/ Do Op 0 Bonds , 1873.. 99 100 Do 61 do. 1877-8 431. 3 05 97 , au3l 14 DO 6P 4 Vret issued 80 par loin 131, d Dover .. 1 31 1 Madras gnar 5 p p ...... 103 104 Lon, Chat Lon and North-Western 130 1301 N. Railway PI PlinlialA, 1301, 30 6p 0 Ist tyre [ Bonds Lou and South - Western 92 93 Condo and Rohilkund g 93,23 8p0. .. . .. ............1 ....... ......... M ... 10011011 Mau, Shef. Lincoln 4 6 16 8 481, End fichule, Punjaub, and Metropolitan 665, ' 104 1, looi Midland .. .... 1291130 Bahia and San Francisco 124. ibi, .... g 7 pc North British . ... . ... 241 351 Belgian E Junction .. North-Ea5teni............. 1461117 Buenos Ayres 0 t Sthrn 26 261 147. 1, 63 251, 6 South- Eastern .......... 76 761 Dunalinrg and Witepsk 181 181 0 Dutch- Rh en i s h 22 23 761, 6 ittlantle anctSt T,awrilce 76 77 Eastern of France — Bombay, Barods, and Great Luxembourg Central India.. g 5 p c.. 103 104 / 1 8 104, 33 Lemberg Likernowitzgua Buff and Lake Huron .. 43 41 7pc Do Wi pc 80nd5,18724 ,-1 79 81 153 guar 6 p c Cast Bengal guar 5p a lO3 104 Damn (Smyrna to A idill) 43 51 1031 Uncife and San Francisco East Indian. g 5 p a 1101, 1. / 161 Ciraud. Trunk Canada 7 1) 1) a 21 151 1 15/4 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Aus tin & Loui- 92 94 15 charge p c Do '..kd do Stuiu - 84 86 Southern of Fra nce .... BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd . I Agra Bank IL) A 81 111, 1 25 Alliance (LI 10 Augi 6l o- 221 15 Lo Austriaa n and County 50 51i 1 591, '2O Anglo-E gy ptian (14 ) 211 ndon Joint.. Stock 351 •01 22f• 1 36 30 British N American ,50 51 10 Lou ailawestmnAatAr 431 641 - 511 6; 3 IRE SUS, LONDON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1871. MR. OTWAY ON THE WAR. There is one passage of Mr. Otway's speech at Chatham so important in its bearing upon the history of the war that we make no apology for supplying a fuller version than we gave yesterday :—He wished to correct a misap prehension and supply an omission which seemed in the reported speech of Mr. Forster at Bradford. That right hon. gentleman was so incapable of misrepresenting a fact, and would be so sorry if people were misled by an unintentional misrepresentation, that he would no doubt thank him (Mr. Otway) for drawing attention to the matter. According to the report , M r. Forster sAid, "We gave our advice to Prussia to remove the cause of war by removing the Prince of Hohenzollern from the candidature of the Crown of Spain. Prussia followed our advice. We gave our advice to France not to declare war against Prussia. I regret to say, and Frenchmen also I suppose will regret, that France did not follow our advice." This was hardly a correct representation of the facts. In the first place, Prussia never withdrew the can didature of the Prince of Hohenzollern to the throne of Spain. Prussia, when applied to, ignored the matter, and said she had nothing to Ell with it. She declined to have anything to do with the withdrawal, and the Prince of Hohenzollern was not even withdrawn by his own consent, but by his father, unknown to him. The omission was, that Mr. Forster unintentionally represented the Government of Prussia as having listened to our advice in order to avoid was a s t t l a i a h t w the h sEngl quarrelis h Cabinet, bsvesn i t i l a d v s in q g ua c rr ora el e . to l a li The fact conclusion France and Prussia m i g ht be avoided, communicated a i ; memorandum to Count Bismarck, to be laid before the King of Prussia, as their views on this matter. And what was the answer of the Prussian Govern ment to the advice solemnly tendered by the British Cabinet? Let the Parliamentary papers pub lished furnish the reply. Lord Granville in his despatch said, "Count Bernstorff called upon me this morning to inform me that he had received a telegram from Count Bismarck, in which he expresses his regret that her Majesty's Government should have made a proposal which it was impossible for him to recommend to the King for his Majesty's acceptance." So far, therefore, from Prus sia following the advice of the English Government, Count Bismarck said he regretted it had been given, and found it impossible even to lay it before the Bing. He (Mr. Otway) did n ot sa y this by way of an argument upon foreign policy, for he was determined not to enter into that ; but simply to rectify an accidental error. We had entered upon a crisis as grave as any through which England had ever yet passed, and he was glad to see that the working men of this country were beginning to take interest in foreign policy. The spirit of the country, he believed, was what it always was—it required direction. It was painful and irritating to hear and see the estimation in which we were held by foreign nations—not in France only, but amongst the kindred and thoughtful people of Germany. It was time this impression should be removed. But that was not to be done by violent acts or ill.considered words, but by a firm and dignified foreign policy. In common with the great majority of Englishmen, he detested war, and thought that the Ministry which recklessly plunged the country into unnecessary strife would deserve the severest punishment which could possibly be meted out to it. There was nothing so likely to cause war as chewing signs of weakness ; courage was often the best defence, and resistance to the first improper demand the safest proceeding. Further than this he dare not venture on this point. He was not one of those who would help to snake war in a " light heart," but commercial men would understand him when he said that credit was as necessary in political as in mercantile matters. He was unable to speak of the Conference now assembling, but if his voice could now influence his noble friend who presided over it, and if if could reach the council-chamber, he would say, " You can achieve a great work, and endeavour to stop the carnage which is desolating the homes of France and Germany. If you succeed you will have earned for your masters and yourselves the blessings of all mankind. If you attempt it and fail you will at least obtain the respect of men; but if you, the represen tatives of the great powers of Europe, assemble in con ference and separate without making any attempt to this great end, you will add no credit to your honoured names, and you will bring the profes sion which you adorn into well-merited contempt." France had been told, in a phrase of cynical brutality, which, he feared, would never be forgotten until the Rhine and Seine had ceased to flow, that Paris should stew in its own gravy. Was it not time that the voice of the neutral Powers of Europe should be heard on this matter ? It was idle to say that the voice of England, Austria, and Italy would not be listened to, and he maintained it was pusillanimous policy that would prevent that voice being raised ; it would be a policy un worthy of this country and humanity. He doubted whether our defences were entirely satisfactory. Our great defence should be our navy, and no question of expenditure should ever be allowed to interfere with the possession of the finest fleet in the world. The days of big fleets were over, but what we wanted was a vast number of vessels of small draught, and a vast number of swift ships to protect our commerce. He urged that the forces of Marines, Engineers, and Artillery ought to be extended, and was in favour of the abolition of purchase in the army. In conclusion, he said it was no light matter that had induced him to take the painful step his resignation involved, but he hoped his political connection with Chatham would long be pre served. CHLOROFORM ROBBERIES.—HOW is it that only people who are mysteriously robbed can be rendered instantaneously insensible by chloroform or other anaes thetic vapours? Instantaneous means of producing anaes thesia by inhalation are unknown to men of science, and we are all aware that to produce anaesthesia by any known fluid evaporating from a hankerchief is a comparatively slow process, and one which is still more impeded when we have not the ready and intelligent co-operation of the sub ject except in children, whose loud cries lead to deeper in halation and more rapid insensibility. It is hard to sup pose that the thieves have compassed a secret beyond the skill of men of science.—British Medical Journal. EDUCATIONAL BOOKS,—The editor of the Pub lishers' Circular has been collecting information with a view to issuing an index or catalogue, classified according to subjects, of school, college, technical and general edu cational works in use in Great Britain, So many returns have been already received from publishers, that it would take eight or ten pages, closely printed in three columns, to give the short titles of merely elementary publications which teach the English language. Instead, therefore, of a supplement to the periodical above named, it will be necessary to make the catalogue a distinct volume; it will not, as a general rule, include any work of which there has been no new edition within the last three years. ROUGH JUSTICE.—The committee elected to pre side over the diamond diggers at Pniel, on the Vaal, had a puzzling case before them recently. A young lad picked up a diamond of 12 carats at a spot between two cradles. This piece of luck was not kept a secret by him or his relatives. Coming to the ears of one of the adjacent cradle owners, the diamond was claimed by him, on the ground that it must have been carelessly thrown out of his sieve. The father of the boy refused to give up the stone, and the affair was referred to the committee, who decided that the stone should be sold and the produce divided between the three parties—the finder and the two cradle owners. There seems to be no prison at the diggings. In November, a German who had stolen money was put in the stocks for twelve hours, and then drummed out of the fields with " Thief " painted on his back, and informed that if he returned he would be flogged and kept to hard labour for a long term. AN AFRICAN WAR.—A Bonny correspondent of the Liverpool Courier gives some particulars of the pro gress of the war between Oko-Jumbo and Ja-ja. The latter is _reported as shewing a great talent for Bismarcking neighbouring niggers, and drawing them into the war on his side. The Kings of Audomy and the King of Eboe, with other iliggere of less consequence, have joined him. At the latest dates the town of Obeta had been skilfully captured by Ja-a—in fact, a sort of African Sedan has been accomplished. The combined forces attacked Obeta, and, under a fierce fire of canister and grapeshot, a large body of men effected p, lodgment in the town. Then fresh men being thrown in, the war canoes swept the rest of the town, the open beach, and adjacent bush, thus driving Oko-Jumbo's men out. This being accomplished, a body of men were sent outside the town, under a heavy fire from the war canoes, to cut all the bush down for a long distance from the town. While doing so they captured some prisoners, a large number of breech-loading rifles, and a quantity of cartridges. Th e heavy guns at ()beta had already been taken. All this was effected with slight loss. In the meantime a large body of men had landed about two miles in the rear of Obeta, and ad vancing in extended order through the bush cut off the only line of retreat open theough the Ekreeka country for the Bonny men. Completely snrrounded, the Bonny men entrenched themselves in the bush. Since then Oko- Jumbo's men have made repeated attempts to cut their way through, but without success, and every day batches of prisoners are brought to Opobo. Twenty were deca pitated, the heads being boiled till the flesh peels off, and then hung up. to dry--a decided improvement on the European mode of starving prisoners of war to death. There seems to be no escape for the Bonny then. Ja-ja is in possession of a number of Blakely guns, with whidh his capital, Opobo, is strongly fortified. [ADVERTISKMENT.]—A certain Cure for Headaches, Ex cessive or Deficient Bile, Loss of Appetite, and Lowness of Spirits.—These piils can be taken without danger from wet or cold, and require no interruption of business or pleaiure. They act mildly on the bowels, strengthen the, b i s tomach, and promote a he alth y action of the live ~ w hereby they purify the blood , cleanse the skin, brace e ner ves, stimulate the kidneys, and invigorate the wh e system. They effect a truly wonderful change i n ade i tated constitution, as they create a healthy appetite, Or rect indigestion, remove biliousness, giddiness, headaeLes, and palpitation of the heart. Plain dire ctions f or the use of this inedieine, at QUO . F3CI Mild 4 1 44 efqeacieusi, aro affiXed to each box. their numbers were nearly equal to those of our Franc - tirur% but they were supported by two. guns and one mitrailleuse. A brisk fire of musketry and artillery was opened against the Mocquarts and the Francs-tireurs du Nord, who immediately deployed en t , andreplied by a murderous fire, admirably directed. At about half-past one, in pursuance of the plan agreed on, Bellanger's com pany and the Franc-tireurs from Rouen, effected a double turning movement right and left, to try and hem the Prussians in. But just as the circle was about to be completed, the Prussians were warned by their cavalry scouts, and two of the enemy's guns were at once turned on the Rouen corps, who were turning the Prussian right, whilst the enemy's infantry held Bellanger's company in check. It was at this moment that the brave Lieutenant Bellanger received a bullet right through the heart. Two other Havre men were killed by shell splinters that broke their spine. In spite of their artillery, in spite of their cavalry, such was the vigour of the French attack that the Prussians had to fall back in disorder carrying their guns to the rear to pro 'tect, we will not say their retreat, but their fight. They were pursued by the Franc-tireurs of Rouen and the Nord until beyod the hamlet of St. Eustache. Our losses, though painful, are only five killed and ten wounded. As to the Prussians their losses were very heavy. Our men in pursuing them had to wade through real pools of blood, and found several corpses. Moreover, it is a fact that the PrusSians requi sitioned five carriages, including a couple of two-horse waggons, to transport their killed and wounded; there 18 every reason to believe that they lost officers, as in th e middle of the action they hoisted the white flag over their ambulance. The death of the brave Bellanger and our com rades was avenged. If we had had any cavalry it is probable that not a single frussian would have escaped from the iron circle within which the Franc-tireurs strove to enclose them. We must also direct the solicitude of those whom it may concern to the armament of the Nord and Rouen companies, which are only provided with Mini 4 rifles, excellent at long range, but the process of loading is too slow when opposed to breechloaders. It is related to us that several of the soldiers thus armed shed tears of rage when they found out the impossibility of firing—their muskets got foul, and they had not the necessary tools to clean them out." and there is not the slightest sign of wearing out in the army. I repeat that men and horses are in first-rate con dition. They are so well fed that they would be positively fat but for the daily exercise. Preparations are being made in Prussia for the early re ception of 150,000 prisoners, evidently in anticipation of the capitulation of Paris. At Posen, Glogau, and Liegnitz, in particular, extensive preparations are in pro gress. The provincial towns will, it is said, be selected for the accommodation of some of them, provided they offer the requisite space and security. A German correspondent says that the French troops now engaged in fighting are well armed, for France gets excellent guns from England, America, and Belgium, but the troops are badly dressed and equipped, for they have received no pay for the last two months, as the Republic is compelled to reserve all its funds to pay for the arms and ammunition that are obtained from foreign countries. Their food is of a bad quality, and very scarce in quantity. General Coffinieres, the ex-Commandant of Metz, has published a pamphlet, in which he justifies his con currence in the capitulation. He argues that the com mandant of a fortress must submit to the orders of a, - general-in-chief who has fixed his head-quarters in it. He confirms the statement that General Changarnier, when sent by Marshal Bazaine to Prince Frederick Charles to treat for a surrender, asked permission for the army to retire to Africa. The Natal Mercury says the adventures of the schooner Margaretha at Port Louis (Mauritius) would form an interesting chapter. While she was there, a French cruiser from Bourbon called in, ostensibly to coal. Of course, she was not supplied with coals, except a suffi cient quantity to take her back to Bourbon. Her real object was to watch for the Margaretha, which, although she had altered her flag from German to British might still be in danger of being picked up by a Frenchman. The French cruiser departed, but it was known that she and another were lying off, waiting to pounce upon the Margaretha. Captain Schafer was ad vised to go out in broad clay. He did so. Apparently the Frenchman did not expect him to have the hardihood to venture out at such a time. At any rate the schooner evaded them, and with a fine breeze came spinning along to Natal. THE PARIS BARRICADES.—Henri Rochefort and others were formed into a " Commission of Barricades," charged with the construction of a third interior line of defence, which should prepare the ground for that line of fighting so peculiarly Parisian—the defence of barri cades and the struggle from house to house. The press at the time made great fun of this com mission : but the semi-official publications of the Prussian staff leave no doubt that it was above all the certainty of having to encounter a determined struggle at the barri cades which caused them to decide in favour of reduction by famine. The Prussians knew very well that the forts, and after them the enceinte, if defended by artil lery alone, must fall within a certain time ; but then would come a stage of the struggle in which new levies and even civilians would be a match for veterans ; in which house after house, street after street, would have to be conquered, and, considering the great number of the defenders, with the certainty of an immense loss of life. Whoever will refer to the papers on the sub ject in the Prussian Staats-Anzeiger will find this reason to be stated as the decisive one against a regular siege. —Pa 1 Mall Gazette. THE DEATH RATE IN PARIS.—The following is the list of deaths in Paris during the three weeks ending January 6th. It does not include the mortality in the hospitals and ambulances : Week from Week from Week from 18th to 24th 25th to 31st Ist to 6th Smallpox 3BB ... 454 ... 329 Scarlet fever Measles Typhoid fever Erysipelas Bronchitis ...... . Pneumonia Diarrhoea 73 ... 98 ... 151 Dysentery Cholera Diphtheria Croup Peurperal affections 6 ... 3 ... 11 Other causes .. Total of deaths 2728 ... 3280 ... 3680 ACTIVITY AT BORDEAUX.— A letter from Bor deaux, in the Presee, says :—" Immense warehouses are being vacated here for the reception of the new arms which are arriving. There is a distinct army equipment commission, which in the last six weeks of the past year supplied 430,000 new rifles, with 7,000,000 cartridges. At the end of this month they will have furnished in addition 270,000 breechloaders, and altogether 600 cannon, partly mitrailleuses. When It is remembered that Lebceuf and Palikao were not able, even to the last, to turn out more than 4,000 rifles in a month, and when the then prices are compared with the present, one must be truly astonished at such results. Not a day pusses without an additional stone being laid to the firm foun dation of the war organisation, and the results of this activity are constantly becoming more evident. The project is at present being discussed of calling into the army the 30,000 young merchant seamen just returned to the west coast of France from the cod fishery, and forming from them a staff of excellent subalterns. The Hanover legion, 200 men strong, was formed in Algeria. The new cavalry corps, organized at Limoges, is immediately to join the Eastern Army. It is composed of excellent elements , and forms ten squadrons." THE ENGLISH IN PARIS.—The following extracts are from a letter from Dr. Smyth to his wife, dated from 10, Avenue Marbceuf, Champs Elyges, Paris, Jan. 5 :-- " The weather is fearfully severe. Thank God we have some wood for a month, but the distress for want of some kind of fuel is truly awful. In fact, the absence of all food and firing is beginning to tell a sad and mournful tale. There were 404 deaths last week from smallpox, and much over 3,000 deaths in the week ! Sickness meets one every where ; misery and sorrow is truly appalling. In Decem ber we paid £730 to the persons wanting assistance ; in January we expect to pay £BOO. I pay in my little waY about:2Bo a month to my poor. I fear that death will soon make sad inroads among our people. Two, if Pc' three, deaths to-day, and if no fuel is to lid had the condi; tion will be most terrible. May God be pleased to help us' We are, thank God, all well ! I have a bad cold an d pains in my hips from the cold and fatigue, but other wise, lam very well, and go on with my work. If all be well, I hope to visit about sixty families to-morrow, re presenting over two hundred and forty souls. I shall give about £lO, and forty quarters of a pound Of , tea, extract of meat, and chocolate. The bombarding °f J . the forts is awful. It has been going on for two days, , no damage as yet." . 8 9 par Ipm . 34 36 20 Ch of India, Austr lia 131 141 10 Metropolitan 132 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Merc of India 21 23 20 New South Wales 10 City 25 Colonial 501 xd 412 4 Consolidated IT, 4 15-16, 51-16 401, 1. 49 20 Eng. Scot. and Alta 016 17 15 Uninii i.t a [Ammi .. 37', 33!! 20 Imperial 'Li ELEG RAP H COMPANIES. l!ii I'd LOO AugM-A merman 1.1 74 76 in Great Northern .... 118 111 74/, 5 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-bleditrn (L) llB 120 Japan Extension.. 81 81 00 Atlantic — 87-16 00 Do Bpc 13 British Austral') (L).. 4 31dis 10 Marseilles. Algiers, 4} anti Malta (L) .... 51 6 ritish Ind Eaten (L). 61 7 10 Mediterrn Ex ([4 .. 4 48 6/ 28 Plana and S. rcfclL 4 3 ilis itish Indian Sub- dis urine, (L) 75 8 [{) ChhiaStilimarine(L) 5 414 its 20 Soc Trans France (L) 13) 13: 3, 8. 8 100 Submarine 237 241 10 Falmouth. 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Marine, Lvpool IL 5/ ninn 81, I 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 45 Indrbbr,GutPer, and 6 United Dis Corprn (L par I p m Tel Works L) .... 48 49 61 481.1} ft 5 UnivMarineltisur (Li 63 7 nn l 5 InternlFluan Soc(L) 2 Wig 12 Warract Finance.... 9 7 .lis MINING SHARE LISP.—JANUARY 20. Blears. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Oilicet., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Good demand for Prince of Wales, South Condurrow, Great Vor, Grenville, East Grenville, Van, Rosewall Hill, Mary Ann, Great Lacey, East Lovell, and West Maria. Carr Brea. Zinr a l le V s irfil i n, 2 lll, 11 Cldverton Moor, Chiverton Valley, I:Perrohvlcidenence Mines. 37, 33 Chontales (Gold), Rosewall Hill and Ransoms Cook's Kitchen, 19. 20 United, 11. 11 Devon Great Consols. South Condurrow, 41. 41 Drakewalls. 245, 26s South Frances. 29, :0 Don Pedro North Del Rey. 2 1. 21 S wee tland Creek, 4, 41 East Caradon. 5, 51 Tankerville. 131. 131 East Lovell, 311, 321 East Pool, Taquaril (Gold). 41s, 4:4 Tincroft, 49, 51 East Wheal Grenville, a3l Trumpet Consols, Frontino and Bolivia Mold), Van, 55. 57 —B., --s. General Brazilian, Great Lacey, 17, 171 Great Retallack. Great Wheal Vol . . 5. II II ingstou Down, Malice Valley. 7, 71 New Beldon, I_, 1 New Lovell, 1/, 24 North Crofty. 2, 21 West Oaradon. West Chiverton, 50, 51 West Maria and Fortescue, 265, 28s West Tankerville, 31, 31 Wheal Agar. 2, 21 Wheal Crebor, 12s Cd, 15s Wheal Grenville. 4, 41 Wheal Kitty. St. Agnes. 9,9 i i Wheal Margaret, Pary's Mountain, 3, 31 Wheal Mary Ann. 121, 131 Penhalls, Wheal 131 y. MARKETS. LONDON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The grain trade at Mark-lane to-day was again very quiet. The business transacted was on a limited scale, but prices were without any important variation from Monday last. There was a scanty show of both English and foreign wheat on offer. The demand for red and white produce was dull, and prices tended towards further re duction. There was a good supply of English barley on sale, but that of foreign was short. For all qualities the inquiry was inactive, at about previous currencies. Malt was in a very quiet state, but no alteration took place in values. Oats, the show of which was far from being extensive, met with a slow sale, at recent prices. Beans and peas were depressed, but values were not quotably lower. The flour market was quiet, but unchanged. Arrivals—English and Scotch—Wheat, 200 ; barley, 1,830 ; malt, 500 ; beans, 270 ; peas, 80 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 1,760, oats, 2,730 qrs.; and flour, 120 sacks and 5,690 barrels. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.—There were less extensive supplies on sale here to-day. The demand for all descriptions was rather more active, and prices were slightly en hanced. Per Sibs. by the carcase :—lnferior beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 2d. : middling do., 4s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. ; prime large do., 4s. 10d. to 6s. ; prime small do., ss. Od. to ss. 2d. ; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; middling do., 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; prime do. , 4 s. B d. to ss. ; veal, ss. Od. to 55.6 d. : large pork, 3s. 4d.to 4s. 4d. ; small park, 48. - Bd. to ss. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY. - Mach firmness has been observed in the Hop Market. Choice qualities have con tinued in good demand, and the late advances have been thoroughly maintained. Medium and inferior grades also have been purchased freely, at prices tending towards improvement. Mid and East Kent, £1 15s, to £7 per cwt.; Weald of Kent, 41 153. to 43 10s.; Sussex, 41 10s. to 43 Os.; Farnham and Country, 43 15s. to £ 5 125.; Olds, 41 to 42 10s. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FUMY.- Sugar : The market is quiet, and crystalised sorts are rather easier in price. Demerara, 38s. 60. to 395. Madras bought in at 255. 6d. Coffee is in fair request at firm rates. Plantation Ceylon sold at 595. to 78s. for fine ordinary or fine bold colory. Tea : The market is moderately active, and prices are steady. Rice : There is a good inquiry for float ing cargoes, but on the spot the market is quiet. Cotton is quiet, and prices were very weak ; good fair Tinne velly 6d. to Gad. Metals : Tin quiet ; straits £135 cash. Chili copper ingots £96. Scotch pig-iron 51s. 5d cash. Oils: English brown rape rather firmer at 465. 6d. to 465. 9d spot, and 465. to 465. 6d. forward. Tallow : The market is quiet ; Y.C. spot 455. 3d. to 455. 6d.; same January, 455. 9d. March, 465. 6d. last three months. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.-No change of moment has occurred in the market to-day. Both yarns and cloth remain in a very inanimate state, and for a market day the transactions were on avery small scale indeed. The latest telegrams received from Calcutta report an improvement in that market ; but this has led to no increase of business. Producers still adhere firmly to their quotations, which buyers hesitate to give, and the quietness of cotton is reflected in this market in the indisposition of merchants to enter into new contracts, as they anticipate the heavy simpliesof cotton will make a more marked impression on that commodity ere long. The demand for China water twist and India mill yarn is in abeyance, but both sorts are firmly held. Home trade qualities are duller, the transactions being individually small, but at full rates. In cloth there is a moderate and rather general business doing in most departments, but no large quantities. Manufacturers shew no disposition to extend their sales by accepting a slight reduction in price. Nearly all classes of goods suitable for the Eastern markets are well engaged, and printing cloths are also in request, and free of stocks. Heavy goods are still neglected, and rather easier to buy. The market closed quiet, but steady, with a small day's business. SOUTH WALES IRON TRADE REPORT.--CARDIFF, FRI DAY.-The trade of this district has been characterised during the past week by a snore buoyant and reassuring feeling. Some appreciable improvements have taken place in the United States demand, considerable orders having come to hand from that country and from the more distant British Colonies. Continental buyers hold back their ord rs, but it is thought that they will make extensive purchases as soon as European affairs become more settled. Most of the large works are tolerably well employed, as, for instance, the Blamd Iron Company, who are enlarging their establishments. The tin plate trade shews little change ; but what it does is towards improvement. For steam coal the dmand Is still brisk, and prices are fal maintaied. There ise little change to note in house coal ir , y which are in fair de mand. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening report. - Wheat pens firm, at an advance of Id. per cental. Flour 6d. dearer.o Maize from scarcity commands fully ls. more money. Closing report.-There was a good attendance, and a large bates usi ness was done in whe at, at ld. per cental over Tuesday's at this market to-day. Flour 641. higher. Indian corn had a good demand, at Is. per quarter advance. Barleyats and oat and beans were steady. Peas 6d. per qu arter more money. O meal favour sellers. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-At this market to-day, prices are the same as last week. There is a large supply, but the demand is not extensive. Beans have suffered a decline r of 3d. DUBLIN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-At this market to-day Irish wheat was firm, and foreign wheat was in demand, at rates unaltered. There was no alteration in the price of flour. Oats tending downwards; bar l ey weaker in tone; maize 1 6d. dearer than last market. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening Report. -This market opened to-day with a better feeling, and fair demand at yesterday's rates. Sales probably 12,000 bales. Closing report.-This market closed dull and depressed to-day, and yes. terday's quotat4ona were barely maintained. Sales, 12,000 bales, Including 2;00Q for speculation and export. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY.-There was ft fair business done at previons Prices. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Sellers, 51s. 50. Buyers, 51s. sd. This market closed steady, at 51s. 50. on Mon day, and 515. cd. call} next week. Sellers wanting 51s. 6d. on Monday. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY. -Ordinary, no change. 250 Hans in the market. Mild cured ; firsts, 1525. ; se conds, 1515.; thirds, 1355. Six firkins in the market. The court-martial on the stewards of the Channel Squadron, who are charged with certain peculations of ' provisions, will commence on board the Duke of Welling ton on Monday next. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.—Notice has been iss4e4 of the following examinations :—Civil Service of India.—The opening competition will co mmence on March 28 ; applications may be sent in at once. Home Civil Service.—Class 1 and Class 2.—Preliminary exa -. minations will be held on January 24 and Feb ruary 7 . in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. Ex cise Assistants.—Au .open competition for thirty situations will be held on February 22 in London, Dub lin, and Edinivrgh. Writers.—Candidates between 18 and 30 may offer ttiemselyes for examination in London on any Thursday in January or Fehriiary. Candidates may be examined in Dublin, Edi n b u r g h, Liverpool, Birmingham, or Exeter, on application t o the Secretary. Boy Writers.—Candidates between 14 and 18 may be examined in London on any Thursday in January or February. Boy Newspaper Sorters in the Post Office. —Wages, 6s. to 12s. a week. Candidates between 14 and 16 (who must live within two miles of the General Post Office, and be 4ft. 10in. in height) may apply on January 23, 25, 27, or 28. Tech nical clerk in the Office of Works.—An open competition will he held forthwith. Salary, 2150, risirg £3OO. Applications must he npAle by letter before the 21st instant. 'Clerks to 4Vssistp.nt Suryeyor in the Office of Works.—An open con3l, r Itio4iif;F.l 404p1Q44 nl one situation be madeionwillbe h e ld forthwith. Age, 1?- by letter before the 28th instant. Copies of theem-illations applying to each of the above situations maybe ontained on application by letter to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, S.W. 'FRE WAIL TILE SIEGE OF PARIS. (BY BALLOON MAIL.-FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " CENTRAL PRESS.") PARIS, January 12. The reckless firing of the Prussians creates great indig nation among the people, the more so that it is suspected they fire designedly on the schools and hospitals. The doctors of the hospital for sick children, (the Enfan:`,- Jesus,) protest in the name of humanity, of science, the rights of man, and the International Convention of Geneva, against the bombardment of that hospital. struck by five shells during the night, in which at the present moment there are GOO sick children'. Thirty shells of large calibre fell on the hospital de la • Pitid. ..11. woman was killed. and the invalids in one of the wards have been taken to the cellars. The school in the establishment of St. Nicholas has also been visited by shells, and unfortunately several children were killed. The • funeral of these innocent victims of the war was performed at Notre Dame des Champs, when a large number of municipal authorities and other notabilities were present. M. Leroy, the assistant mayor of the arrondissement, superintended. During the service the numerous assembly were deeply moved by the arrival of M. Jules Favre, who came to share in the solemn service. The curd, M. l'Abbe Duchesne, thanked the Minister pub licly for this spontaneous expression of sympathy. • M. Favre accompanied the procession to the cemetery of Montpar nasse, walking after the officiating priest, who headed the cortege, which was very long, and was joined by the children of the establishment, and a large detachment of the National Guard. After the service was concluded M. Favre made a brief address, expressing the regret of the Government at the melancholy incident, and thanking the various religious bodies for their efforts, alike on the battle field and among the .children of the poor. The courage of the population remains unshaken, but news is eagerly looked for, though it comes tardily. On the 9th the Governor received a despatch from Gambetta, dated December 23rd, and the news relative to the provincial armies at once occasioned a rise of 35 centimes on the. Bourse. The bakers have begun making bread with rice. Some successful reconnaissances have been carried on, a joint one by sappers and sailors in front of Fort Issy was especially fortunate, and twenty-one prisoners were I made. The celebrated conservatories of the museum of the Luxembourg are destroyed. Destruction is also going on in the Bois de Boulogne, where eight hundred men are employed cutting wood. The Prussians persist in firing on the Hospital of the Val de Grace, and orders have consequently been given to transport all the German wounded now in Paris to that establishment. Another charge against the Prussians is that of using petroleum bombs. Several houses have been fired by them, and when the bombe explode the smell ,of petroleum is unmistakeable. If the WAS continue it will be the most horrible on record, for the desire for vengeance is daily increasing, and Trochu in his letter to King William, pro testing against the massacre of an inoffensive population, threatened severe reprisals. The Journal des Debats has an article on the effects of the bombardment. A number of shells have burst in the Rue des Ecoles, and caused great damage, but only of a material character. One shell burst in the midst of some blocks of stone, which were turned black, but none were crushed. Two workmen wore killed on the ground floor of a house in the Rue St. Mddard, and ten little children were mortally wounded in the yard of the same house by the bursting of shells, A shell burst in the cellar of a house where the people were taking shelter, but none of them were wounded, though the fragments were scattered far and wide. A young girl and her brother were killed by the shells which fell on their house in the Rue St. Marcel. The Polytechnic School sustained some Injuries from ' the shots, but ao one was hurt in the establishment. Crowds flocked iu the neighbourhoods where the shells had fallen in order -to observe the damage that had been caused by them. A house in Rue Monsieur le Prince was struck with great violence, and a projectile penetrated through the walls. A child was slightly wounded and a cat was cut in two. In the Rue Mathilde a shell burst on the fourth storey of the house and went through the lower ceilings, so that the four stories are all comprised in one. An old lady, who was in the room when the shell burst, was not injured, though close to her pillow was a fragment of shell weighing ten pounds. BltVariali prisoners state that, every effort is being directed against Mont Val6rien. Should the enemy succeed hi taking that fort, end one of the southern forts, which now appears to be his object, every- part of Paris can be bombarded. THE EFFECTS OF THE DOIIBARDIUM. I Slowly the Prussians are discovering that there is a groat ' . and most important difference between " silent" and " silenced "as applied to Fort Issy. That the said fort has been " silent" for hours together is true enough ; but that'it is silenced was shewn not to be true the other day by its suddenly pouring a perfect storm of shells into the already sufficiently ill-treated Ville d'Avray, Many of the embrasures are damaged, and have been filled up with sandbags, but so far as one can see with a powerful glass, little damage has been done to the scarp, and, of course, still less to the counterscarp. In spite of all the reports which have been prevalent in Versailles, there was nothing which could by any means be held to be a practical breach to be seen in Issy a oouple of days ago. Of course it is very pleasant to telegraph to Berlin that Issy, Vanves, and Montrouge are silent : but even if they were not only silent but silenced, it is hard to see that there was much chance of the red, black, and gold banner of the Deutches Reich taking the place of the tri colour on their flagstaffs. If I am correctly informed, the spies who have come in from Paris are compelled to admit that, while the bonibardment of the town itself has caused some material damage, it has had no depressing influence on the Parisians, but rather the reverse.- - Correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. SUBTERRANEAN PARIS. The subterranean passages of Paris have already played an important part during the siege of the capital, and now that the bombardment renders it imperative that some shelter as complete should be sought by the inhabitants of the most exposed parts of the capital, they will probably soon cease to be the mysterious terra incognita, of which the French speak with admiring awe. A pamphlet just pub lished (Mr. Mitchell's "Siege Life in Paris") describes one of what he calls " political tunnels," , outlets from the Go vernment buildings :—The subterranean passage that figured historically in the Revolution of October was one that very few people had ever heard of. Behind the Hotel de Ville, as everybody knows, stands the great Caserne Napol4on. It stares across into the municipal palace, something as Mont Val6rien on a larger scale does into Paris. The Hotel de Vile, formerly the focus of civil agitations, can, since the First Napoleon, be garrisoned against an 4mente. Leading from the Caserne Napol4on to the Hotel de Ville is an underground passage of considerable width. The distance is very short—not above a hundred yards. The only difficulty was that no one knew of it. It was long before the Provisionals of September dis covered what means and appliances a French Government possess. It was late at night before they became aware for what convenient purposes the inventions of Napoleonic tyranny might now be used. As for the Provisionals of October they discovered the passage much too late ; their first notice of it was the sight of the armed Mobiles defiling from its doors into their invaded stronghold. Meantime Troehu also escaped. How the Garde Nationale got into the Hotel, past the guards set by the Reds, no one can properly explain. It is certain that almost immediately after they got in they were forcibly expelled. In this retreat, or flight— for such it may be called—they managed to take with them the rescued general through a scene of hideous tumult and uproar. No one knows the exact time that this strange scene took place. It was some time, however, before the arrival of the Mobiles from the Caserne. That settled the question ; the usurpers instantly " caved in." These dramatic surprises are not wanting in the elements of romance which abound in the unfolding tale of this marvellous siege. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST. A letter from Chatillon, in the Cologne Gazette alludes to ' the preparations made by the Germans with a view Of ' checking the advance of General Bourbaki's army. " The ' 13th Division," it says, " has long been here ; the 14th has been despatched by railway from the Belgian frontier, the 2nd Army Corps from Paris will likewise join us, and we seek to effect a union with the reinforced 14th Corps, under Werder, with whose extreme left wing Treskow's troops are connected. General Manteuffel, who arrives to-day from the north, takes the command of these masses of troops. The concentration of such strong forces shows what importance is attached to the operations about to be begun, and the first object of which will be to drive back the Rhone army out of Dijon towards the south. This.new large French army is the last hope of the intelligent inhabitants here, and doubtless more than 80,000 strong." Referring to skirmishes with Ricciotti Galibaldi's brigade at Cr6pan and Montbard, north west of Dijon, the writer says, " Captured Garibal dians, with whom I conversed, state the strentgh of the • whole Garibaldian Corps at 12,000 mostly French, but also many Italians, Spaniards, and Poles. My informant was a native of Nice, by law a Frenchman, but at heart an Italian, he said. They are armed, he added, with all kinds of weapons—• Spencer and Remington rifles, chassepots, and tabatteres. They have a few cavalry, commanded by Menotti Garibaldi, and a little artillery, in which, however, he had little confidence. I spoke ' also with a Polish surgeon, a prisoner, who answered my French questions in good German, He told me that Garibaldi had the rank of a General of Division, and Com mander of the Army of the Vosges, and that Bourbaki and Cremer had the same rank, there being no general in chief, and the movements of the whole Eastern or Rhone Army being controlled from Bordeaux." After mention. lug the confidence expresssed by the people round Cha tillon, especially by the ladies, in the eventual triumph of France, he adds :—" I must, however, give the French credit for something praiseworthy ; one may learn from them how to receive as guests the enemies who press for ward into one's country. The proud and refined courtesy which Lhave everywhere received in educated families has impressed me not a little." THE FRENCH TROOPS. It was not until we had crossed the ridge and were passing through the woods which clothe its opposite slopes that we peioeived how hot the fighting must have been yesterday evening. The position in the hands of a few resolute men would have been almost impregnable; the thick underwood was traversed by deep narrow lanes, affording admirable cover for men, while steep banks and deep ditiehes give every facility for concealment and sur prise. Since I have been campaigning with the German armies I have not seen any more conclusive evidence of the utter incapacity of the French levies for partisan warfare, or, indeed, any other kind of warfare, than - this scene presented : that an inferior force shouid have driven them out of the woods as if they had been sheep, and should now be able to advance with impunity along the narrow lanes which afford the only means of traversing the difficult country, has struck their enemies with asto nishment. There can be no doubt that had these forests been filled with Red Indians or New Zealanders the Ger man loss would have been much heavier. It is painful to write thus of a people whose bravery has become a proverb in Europe,, and who have made the pur suit of military glory their successful occupation, but there can be no advantage either to them, or to those whose fortunes are in any way connected with them, to perpetuate a delusion which has already been so fruitful in disaster. Whatever may be said of the Imperial armies, or those first Republican troops who at the outset inspired many with hope, these two days' fighting have made it plain to us that the last raw levies are utterly contemptible from a military point of view, and are far inferior to anything professing to be an organized army with which the Germans have yet come into collision. It was painful to see them thickly scattered over the fields and open spaces like slaughtered sheep. Under the hedge-row of one small two acre field I counted no less than 18 dead Frenchmen and only one German. There they lay, coiled up in ditches, stark in the midst of snow wreaths, or half concealed by the thick brushwood, but all of one nationality. Evi dently they had been taken at this point unexpectedly, either in flank or rear. Destitute of any officers of expe rience, it is easy for the Germans to out-manoeuvre them, to _steal round through the thick wood with out firing a shot or replying to the volleys which their enemies pour into the woods at random, and then from an unlooked-for direction to rain upon their victims a well-directed fire at close quarters, and, before they have recovered their surprise, to rush at them with that demoralising cheer which seems to strike terror into the breast of the poor Mobile. Indeed, to judge from the corpses so plentifully strewn over this tract, the Mobiles did not even wait to be fired at. All the uniforms of the dead here, as at the battles near Orleans, were of the Line, and, except as a prisoner, the Mobile is a being rarely visible to the enemy. It was singu lar to look over these fields of snow, and see the traces of the fugitives, like innumerable hare-tracks on a large scale, traversing them in every direction ; sometimes abruptly terminating in a, pool of blood, where some wounded man had fallen, sometimes in a stiffened corpse, and sometimes converging to the only outlet, through which there had evidently been a simultaneous rush. Here were claassepots, greatooats, and knapsacks thrown away in the moment of flight, thickly strewn ; now and then a dead horse, but rarely, as neither artillery nor cavalry seemed to have been employed by the French. Times' Correspondent with Prince Frederick Charles's Army ✓anuary 12. Gambetta has arrived at Laval. The Italian Consul has ceased all diplomatic intercourse with the Government of Tunis. The motives for this step are not exactly known. Accommodation is being prepared in the environs of the Paris Pantheon for one thousand citizens who are driven out of their dwellings by the Prussian shells. General d'Anrelles de Paladine, the original comman der-in-chief of the Army of the Loire, is still in the de- THE ACTION AT ST. ROMAIN. partment of Ain, and has, it is said, received a letter One of the Havre local journals, of January 18, gives from Gambetta, proposing that he should take another the following accountof the late fighting at St. Romain : command in the army. " The details which reach us this morning, inform us The French officers and soldiers who were taken pri that tbg action at St. Ilamain reflects the highest credit Boners at Rocroi are sent to Stralsund, in Pomerania. on our Vranc-tireurs, but that our little victory was Their journey, according to a letter that has been received dearly purchased by the Ilavrais, who lost the gallant from one of them, was a most wretched one. They were Lieutenant Bellanger and two other men, whose names ' closely watched, and every one of their trains had to wait we are as yet unacquainted with. As early as Tuesday to allow of the passing of transports of troops and provi evening a council, at which perfect harmony pre- .;„,„ vaned, was held by the offic ers of the various "-- corps of Franc-tireurs, and a very we ll-combined plan The 9th Prussian Corps made a ma rch last month which had been agreed on. Yesterday, at noon, the Franc- is certainly one of the greatest achievements of the kind tireurs, about 400 strong, consisting of the corps of Havre, iin history. It has been reiterated fro m so man y q uarters Rouen, the North, Mocquart , an d others, occu p ied the I that it would be absurd not to believe it. During twenty road from St. Romain to Rouen. All the ambuscades (?) four hours of the 16th and 17th of December, this corps were taken by them. They held the farm close to the marched twelve Prussian miles, or about fifty-four English. brickfields, and other neighbouring farms, forming a semi- Twenty-five miles a day for a whole Corps—lnfantry, circle, The Prussians made their appearance about noon 1 Oavalry, and Artillery—haire been frequently marched, LONDON UNDER SIEGE. It must be admitted that the " gentlemen of the pave ment " in Paris shew considerably ingenuity in the ir shifts and devices. A letter from Paris which appears the Independence Beige mentions that the asphalte of the footways is being used as fuel in chocolate factories so d , rice mills, &c. These footways exceed one tho usand kilometres in length, and would afford a supply of Ale' for at least a year. Under similar circumstances '4ve should probably burn our hack cabs first; our Blue-boolo ' next ; then "My Luds' minutes. We should then tri the statues in Trafalgar-square and see if they were flammable ; and then would come the question wheal ° we should use the paving of that square as fuel or 11 the "Reformers' Tree" in Hyde Park. We ow, not meddle with either without seriously interferi" with the comfort and convenience of demonstrati o l yet burning eloquence will not roast a joint d, meat, and one or the other would have to be sa crific e r In some other respects Paris is becoming reduc ed to ell normal condition. We hear of lard being m ade f ro h nl tallow, and butter compounded from the pomad es in t'io3 perfumers' shops. The Parisians have not yet 0. 4 butter from mud, like ourselves, but they are fast onto to it : in the meantime the pomade probably has a th unpleasant perfume than the questionable grease laid which we plaister our adulterated bread.—Pall Gazette. BIRTHS. grO' On the 17th inst., at Park House, Hampton Court, 1Z Wm. Owen, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Larabton Castle, the Countess of Durham, of a 61a. MARRIAGES. ( - 1 On the 18th inst., at S.Willingham, Captain C. K. bell, Royal (late Bombay) Artillery , to Christinitry,'," ° youngest daughter of the late Rev. C? A. rector of S. Willingham. be ° On the 18th inst., at St. Stephen's, Paddington, ---,°ers' J. B. Smart, R.N., younger son of Dr. Smart, o'• r bourne, Dorset, to Anna Maria, younger daugh,Leolt the late Rev. Thomas B. Turner, rector of Port P" Jamaica. DEATHS. -p4P On the 19th January, at his residenCe, Carantrila 04 D un more, county Galway, John Stratford lia"uVotl't Esq., of Carantrila, son . of William Hand el; ' of liathmoyle House, Abbeyleix. On the 18th inst., at Chichester, William Novell:10111i° Esq. t it' 0 4 ' On the 18th inst., Elizabeth , th e wife of George T Esq., of Worcester Park, Surrey. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND No. 112, Strand, Printer , and Published Bb O r THE SUN Office, No. 1 12 , Stra nd, in the Pr e cinc Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Saturday, January 21, 1871.