The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-26 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERD AY. There has been but a limited amount of business pass ing in the Stock Exchange to-day, the attention of member baying been chiefly directed to the preparation for the fort nightly settlement, this being the first " carrying over day." Much interest has naturally been excited by the present position of political affairs, and the feeling has been kept awake by the constantly repeated rumours of the Fall of Paris, which have been prevalent throughout the day. Although that event does not appear to have actually taken place as yet, it may be hourly expected ; and if, as it is to be hoped, it. will be the first step towards the con clusion of peace,, it may be anticipated to have a very important influence upon trade and the money market here. Whatever terms may be arranged, there is no doubt that bath. parties are much in want of funds, and will have to apply to England for considerable amounts.. We may therefore look fur increased firmness in the demand for money here. Consols here shewn more &mess to-day, and closed at 921 to 92i for money and account. Reduced and new Three per Cents. closed at 92k, ; India Five per Cents., 1101, 110 ff ; India Four per Cents., 1011, 1021; India Bonds, 235. to 275. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. In Colonial Government Securities there is no change worthy of notice. In the market for home railway stocks the tendency of the quotations has been directly upwards, and a fair amount of business has been transacted. Metropolitan at 661, 67, shews a rise of I ; Caledonian, London and Brighton, South-Eastern, Midland, and London and North- Western, of ; North-Eastern, of 1 ; and Great Western, ff. A general advance has taken place in the market for foreign Government securities, owing to the more favour . able prospect of an early return of peace, and to the belief that there is little fear of any new important complications arising. Egyptian of 1868 are 1 higher; Italian and Peruvian, ; Spanish, 3-16 ; Turkish Five per Cents. (1865), and Six Per Cents. of 1869,1. French Scrip has improved lin considerable purchases, while the North German Loan is better. The dealings in joint-stock bank shares have been on a restricted scale, but no change of importance can be noted in the quotations. Agra shares have sold at Bff, Colonial 50, Imperial Ottoman 111, ff, London and Brazilian 18i, London and County 511, London Joint-Stock 36k, 6, London and Westminster 64,1, Oriental 42, and Union of Australia 40.2, A steady tone has prevailed in the market for telegraph shares, prices of ,which have been well supported. British Australia have changed hands at 4 ; British Indian Sub marine, 7i, 1; Falmouth and Gibralta r, 9} 1 ; French Cables, 131 ; West India and Panama, 5, t. In the miscellaneous share market there has been little doing, but there is no movement in the quotations worthy of particular remark. Credit Foncier, 2a : Hooper's Tele graph, 7, 61 : London Financial, 19, 18 die ; Roumania Government Iron Bridges Annuities, 75. The money market remains quiet, though there is less disposition on the part of brokers to negotiate long-dated paper. The rate for good short bills to-day was 21 per cent. The sum of £36,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England to-day. At the meeting of the Shareholders of the National Discount Company, Limited, the report of the directors was adopted. There was an available balance of £69,958175. 6d., out of which a dividend at the rate of 17 per Cent. was declared. Absorbing £67,819 16s. and carrying forward £2,139 Is. 6d. to Profit and Loss New Account. The following are some of the principal making-up prices :—Railways : Metropolitan, 661; Caledonian, 87t ; Brighton, 43 ; South-Eastern, 76 ; Great Northern A, 135 ; North-Eastern, 1461 ; Midland, 129 ; North- Western, 130 ; Great Western, 72& ; Great Eastern, 41. Foreign Bonds : Peruvian (1865), 90 ; Egyptian (1868), 75 ; Mexican, 142 ; Turkish Five per Cents, 421; ditto (1869), 511; Italian (1861), 541; Spanish, 30. Miscellaneous : Don Pedro, 11 prem. ; An g lo-American, 741 ; Telegraph Construction, 251; Silver's Indiarubber, 471. The report of Hooper's Telegraph Works (Limited) to be presented on the 3rd of February, states that the profit of the year, after writing off 20 per cent. for depreciation of works (t 13,000), and the whole of the preliminary expenses, has been £36,490, and that after deducting the amount due to Mr. Hooper in accordance with his con tract, the net balance is £24,782, of which £6,250 was distributed on the Ist of July, leaving £18,532, out of which a dividend is declared for the six months' of 10s. 6d. per share, or at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £13;12.5, and leave £5,407 to be carried to a reserve fund. The report of the Staffordshire Joint Stock Bank (Limited), to be presented on the 7th of February, shews an available total of £15,540, including a previous balance of £2,935, and recommends a dividend of 15s. per share, or at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £6,589, and the appropriation of £7,000 to reserve, thus raised to £42,000, and £1,200 to purchase of business account, leaving £7Bl to be carried forward. At the corresponding date of last year the dividend was of the same amount, the appropriations to reserve and other accounts were £7,200, and £2,935 was carried forward. The deposits held are £406,624, an increase of £3,018, and the paid-up capital is £173,875. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY, LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HO U The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Console 929 DoAudi &Oct 1883.85.. 112 113 921, 9, 4,1 113, 121 Do for Account 929, 4, 9 1024 Three per Cent Reduced 921 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 931 941 927, 1 94, 921 Egyptian 1862. 7PO• • .. 81 83 New 3 per Cent 9 2 1, 9, i• 1, i 83 0 •• 9911004 Exchequer Bills, Maroh 10 15Prn Do Rail Deben 7 P 12s. pm 991 Do, June lO 15Pm Italian. 1865. 5 p 0 153 pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p a .... 90 91 Bank Stock 240 Portuguese 18 q 9 3 I" C ' • 32 33 India 5 per Ceuta 1101, 1, 9 Russian. 1862, 5 p 0.. .. 841 8 5 1 India Bon dB B5 I, 49, 5 4 p m Do Nicolas 4p o Can 6po Jan&Julyll77-84 104 105 679, 1 Do March & Sept. 104 106 Spanish 29 Do 5p o Jan & July .. 98 99 301. 30, 1,9, 301 79 8] 981 Turidsh, 1854. 6 p o Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 804, 79 Dom of Can 5p c 190.3 .. 98 100 Do. 1865. 5P g Ceylon 6 p c May and 424, 9, 1 November 1878 lO6 108 Do, 1865 6p a Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 801. 599, 1 July 1873 lO2 104 U. 13.5-20 B uda,ti p o 1883 909 909 New li Wal es 5 p clB7l-76 lOO 101 94 9, 9. i 1001 Do do 1885 899 90 New Zealand G p c 1891 lOB 110 90. 894 Do 5p o Do 5p c Consolidated 9991001 88/ 100 ErieSha, 100 dole, all paid Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 109 111 Illinois Central Shares .. 110 111 Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Atlantic and UW It Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 Mortgage Bonds RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9O 82 Do 2nd Prat Bonds .. 41 42 91 411, 1 Caledonian 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Great E4laßtertl 181, 171 171 181 18, 1, 175 Great Northern Do A l?5 136 106 Great Western 725 721 Great Western of Canada 155 155 725, 1 155 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13511361 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 99 100 106 Do 55 do, 1877-8 95 07 Lou, Brigb, and S Coast 421 431 Do 5p c pref. maned 80 part ,in 435, 25, 31 Madras guar 5 p c Lon, Chat,, i and Dover .. 14 141 103, 1 147 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and N or th-W astern 130 1301 6p o Ist Pref Bonds 130/ Oude and Rohilkuud g Lou and South-Wester n 921 931 5p e 927, 3 1015 Met sod Lincoln 16 46 5 &hide, Punjaub, and Man, 465 Delhi guar 5n 0 45/ litan Metropolitan 661, 6, 5 Bahia and San Francisco M idl an d .. 129 1291 g 7 p 1291 195, 19 3 35 ritaall N or th B 341 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 26 26i North-Eastern Consols 147 148 26 147, , 1, 61 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 5 j 18 1 'l2 Sout h-E as t er n 761 77 Dutch-Rhenish 23 76/ Eastern of France 12 Atlantic and St Lawruce 76 77 Great Luxembourg .... 111 Bombay, Baroda t and 112 Central India, go p c.. 103 104 Lemberg Czernowitzgua 104, 31 7 Po Buff and Lake Huron .. 41 41 161 Do 55 pc Donds, lB 7 2-3-4 79 81 Northern of France Cape guar 6p a East Bengal guar 5p o lO3 104 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c 1101, 95.101, lo 155 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bild 1 211. 5 charge 6n o 1)0 nal do Bonds Do Ist Fret Ronda— __ 'B9, I, -81 BANKING COMPANIES. I'd Pd 1 Air.). Bank 11.4 A 8 81 20 I , on Cha r of Anstrlia 231 ?•44 81 20 London and County 501 511 25 Alliance (L) 10 Auglo-Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian (L) 22 221 :61, 6, 1 221 20 Lou and Westmuster 631 641 50 British N American 51 52 64, 1, 1 20 Ch of In4a, Anstrlia 131 14k 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 25 Char ts Mere of India 20 22 20 Midla 2ol nd (LI 10 City 25 Colonial 50, 2 42 4 Consolidated 11 , •• • • I 11pm 25 Union of Australia.. 40 41 4 15-16, 5,4 i 402, 1 20 Eng. Scot, andAus 0 1 74 61 18 17 3% 1 15 Union 01 London 2 Iniperial ‘LI 10 Imperial ottoman 3.11, I 8 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American Ll 73 75 10 Great Northern .... 111 11/ 74, 1 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) llB 120 Japan Extension.. 81 8/ 118/ 5 Indo-European (L).. 10 12 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 51 6 13 BritishAustraln(L).. 4 nulls 58 41 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 4 4i 10 British Ind Eaten (L). 68 ? 21 Puma and S. PcfclL 4 3 dis 6; dis 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Renters marine, (L) 71. '. 1 138 10 China S'ubmarinelL) 5 414118 100 Submarine 237 242 1u Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2l 2.) and Malta (TA 91, ii, 3-16 51, 8 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES Pd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bud- 50 London Fin Assoc(L) 19 18,1 i.. holders' Certificate 3 5 11* 10 BerlinWaCarworks(L) IR 161 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 24 3 161,, 159 21 . • 50 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 28 33pm 2 Lou & Prov Marine L) 51pm , 100 Boston City (U.S. 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal p a Sterling Loan 34 96 g S P a by lud Gov. 100 102 ( 4 Brit 3 Fun Marius U 4 41 arn 101 36 Canada Company. 7O 72 2 Mauritius Land IL) f 1 dis. W 10 Ceylon Company Lt 4 81dis 5 NatnlDisatConan L) 12 1211 35 City Offices (LI 25 5 3941 dig 25 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) S Com Union Assurnoe 4 4(pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fono of Eng (Li Id; 21 Trust (L) 10 pm 29, 13-16, 4 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 251 2 8 3 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p a Pero Deb lO9 114 50 P and 0 Steam 45 47 271 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 9f 9fdis 46 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p 0 10 Do do New. 1807 3 2 die Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 61 785 50 Rhyuiney Iron 100 ggyp 9 p crroy Loan. 15 Do New 9 95 guar by Egyp GOV.. 97 98 60 Royal Mail Steam 813 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 9 10pm 1 2 Tel Con and Main Li 251 2 51 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 255. I. 5 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 2 Themes and Mersey 71 Gen Credt&Diset (L) Par bra Marine Insur (L 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 29 Tobacco 6 u o Loan. 7 Hooper's Tel Works fulls par guar by Italian Gov 87 89 7. 61, ; 88 17 Hudson's Bay B9 89 5 Trust and Loan Co of 45 I drbbr, ut Pet and Upper Canada .... 1 Ipm Tel Works L) .... 47; 481 SCT Marine. Lvpool (L 51 51pm 48 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 S Intend Finan Soc(L) 2 Miff 6 U lilted Dis Corprn (L par fpm 20 It Irrie Can Cavour S/ 4 5 Univ Marine ln (L% 05 7pm 100 Po 6p c Bonds. re- 12 Warraxt Finan sur ce.... 9 7 its damnable 1870 . 61 63 62, 5 NTINING SHARE LIST.-JANUARY 25. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining O►licer., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Conihill London. Market very active for Prince of Wales, Great Laxey, Great Vor, Wheal Crebor, and West Maria. Taquaril and Don Pedro flatter. - - - Cain Brea. Chivertou Valley, Chontales (Gold), 10s, 15s Cook's Kitchen, 181, 19/ Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 235, 25s Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21, 21 East Caradon. 5, 51 East Lovell, 31, 32 East Pool, East Wheal Grenville, 3 1 . 31 Prontino and Bolivia (Gold). -a., -5. General Brazilian, Great Lamy, 17, 18 Great Retail ack. Great Wheal Vor, 82, 9 Ain ton Down, Marke Valley, a 71 New Beldon, 158, 17s 6d New Lovell. North Crofty. 2, 21 Pary'a Mountain, 3, 31 Peuhalls. 5, 51 Ferran Wheal Virgin, 11, 11 Prince of Wales, IL 2 Providence Mines, 37, 3 8 Roman Gravels, Rosewall Hill and Ransom° United, I, 11 South South Condurrow, rances 41, 41 Sweetland Creek, 3L, 4 Tankerville, 13. 131 Taquaril (Gold). 1L 2 . Tincroft. 49, 51 Trumpet Consols, Van, West Caradon, West Chiverton, 49, 501 West Maria and Fortescue. 265, 28s West Tankerville, Wheal Agar. 11, 2 Wheal Crebor, 10s, 15s WhealOrenville, 4, 41 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 9, 91 Wheal Margaret, Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal 11,,y. 3i. 3) MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—lnfluenced by the expected capitulation of Paris, and by the cold weather, the tone of the Corn Exchange was firm, although the business doing, with the exception of flour, was not on an extensive scale. There was a small show of English wheat on sale, but the arrivals from abroad were more liberal. Sales in all de scriptions were effected at the extreme rates currant on Mon last. Barley was in fair supply, but malting qualities, owing to their inferiority, were little inquired after, Grinding samples, however, were purchased more freely, at full rates. Malt was dull, and unchanged. There was a moderate show of oats on the stands, which were taken off to a fair extent, at prices tending upwards. Beans, peas, and maize were steady, both in demand and value. The flour trade was considerably improved in consequence of the news with reference to the Capitulation of Pat is, and quotations advanced from 6d. to is., both in sacks and barrels, but chiefly in the latter. Arrivals :—English and Scotch : Wheat, 510 qrs. ; barley, 80 ; beans, 190 ; peas, 140. Foreign : Wheat, 6,780 qrs. ; barley, 2,510 ; oats, 3,630 ; flour, 12,350 sacks. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNES DAY.—Sugar has remained quiet, and values shew increasing weakness, Barbadoes has sold at 335. for good yellow, and 31s. to 325. for middling. The supplies of coffee sent forwards have been taken off at fully late rates. Cocoa has remained very quiet, but there has been a fair inquiry for rum. Rice has ruled steady. The tallow market is steady, at 455. 3d. for Y.C. spot ; 455. 3d. January March ; 455. 6d. to 455. 9d. March ; and 465. to 465. 3d. all the year. Linseed oil is quoted at £3O spot, and £3O 15s. February April. English brown rape, £47 spot. Fish oils unchanged. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There were 058 head of fat cattle and 3,500 sheep at this market to-day. There was a good demand, and the following prices were realised : Beef, first quality, 7id. to Bd. per lb. ; second quality, 7d. to 71d. ; mutton, finest quality, 80. to 9d. ; ewes, 3d. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supply of cattle was the same as last week at this market to-day, and trade was heavier. Prices favour buyers, but it was difficult to make a finish. Sales were limited on account of high prices. Best cattle ,9s. 9d. to 10s. , current, Os. 6d. ; secondary, Bs. 6d. ; , inferior, Bs. There were 1,000 sheep fewer than last week, and is. per head d. , top prioe 9d. per lb., with a fair clearance. Shorthorn trado very dull. Pigs dull, ad 3d, per stone down. AU sales were in savour of buyers. —— - - WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDXESDAY.—There was only a slow trade for every description of stock at this market to-day, and at the close of the market several lots remained un sold, notwithstanding that lower prices were submitted to. The stock on offer included upwards of 900 fat beasts of good quality, over 5,000 sheep and 250 pigs, and nearly 100 head of lean cattle. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies of beasts were stronger at this market to-day. Trade was slow, bnt prices were rather Dinner. Short supply of sheep. Trade was brisk, and prices were rather higher. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —At this market to-day the supplies were good. Wheat was in fair demand, at ad. to Is. per qr. advance. Barley. a slow sale, at full prices. Oats : Finest samples 6cl. per qr. advance. Other sorts without change. Beans rather dearer. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Opening Report.—This market opens to-day with a very good demand, and holders are asking higher prices. The sales will probably reach 15,000 bales. Closing report.—ln consequence of the political rumours of the general termination of the war, we have had an excited market to-day, with a much improved demand from the trade, and prices for all descriptions are fully an eighth per lb. dearer. Sales, 20,000 bales, including 5,000 bales on speculation and for export. GLASGOW PI 3- IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening Report.—This market opened firm today. 51 bar, 8 cash paid. Business done at 51s. 74d. cash. Closing, sellers at the latter quotations. Buyers a shade less. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was more disposition to buy at this market to-day, and a good business was done, and in some cases at rather better prices. CORK BUTTER AIARKET,WEDNESDAL—Ordinary firsts,l46s., seconds 1445., thirds 1295., fourths 1135., fifths 975., sixths Gas. i 200 firkins in the market. Mild cured—firsts 1525., seconds 1505., thirds 1355. sfl kips in the market. 15 15 The two houses that recently fell in Upper Thames-street were built in the year following the great fire of London in 1666, and the timbers had become "as rotten as touchwood." Anna Dickinson, the noted American lecturer in a recent lecture demanded, "Why Has I born ?" There was an emphatic pause, a repetition of the question, and then a small boy in the gallery shrilly piped, " I givo it up.' Next Wednesday a banquet is take place at Halifax, when an address congratulating Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., on the defeat of the recent prosecution, will be presented. Admiral Duncombe will preside, and amongst those who have promised to attend are several members of Parliament and other influential gentlemen. OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.—Mr. Reverdy Johnson, in a letter dated Baltimore, January 13, has written to Z_-,ir Thomas Bazley, M.P., Mr. George Hadfield, M.P., and Mr. Charles, Seely, M.P., thanking them for having sent him some information in relation to the ocean penny postage movement. He says that he is more than ever persuaded that penny postage would prove even more beneficial than the sum now fixed. Besides the individual interest which cheap postage promotes, its effect in bring ing together in closer union the two countries, will be to confirm these friendly relations which are so vital to our common prosperity and happiness. Booxs.—The " Garden Oracle," a yearly periodi cal, which appears for the thirteenth time, is enlarged and improved. It is illustrated, and contains selections of the most valuable garden vegetables and fruits, a series of selections of " pictorial trees" for parks, gardens, public promenades, and town enclosures, and a review in detail of the progress of horticulture in every branch of the art during the past year. It is odd to notice that the war has affected gardening, for the " Oracle" contains no announcement of new continental roses or gladioli, or any other of the many flowering plants which our near neighbours have been went to supply oar gardens with.— " Tweedie's Temperance Year-book" supplies an excel lent review of the temperance doings during the year, with original articles, and a list of temperance societies. AN ECCENTRIC CAPTAIN AND HIS GARDENER. —ln the Nisi Prins Exchequer Court, on Wednesday, George Glover, gardener, sued his late master, Captain T. G. Edwards, of Hyde Lodge, Hammersmith, for sub stantial damages for assault and wrongful imprisonment. Plaintiff was recommended to defendant by Sir James East, and shortl3 3 after he had entered on the service he was found fault with by the defendant for giving refuge in his lodge to Mrs. Newman, the housekeeper whom Captain Edwards turned out of his house about eleven o'clock at night. It was the practice of the Captain to flourish a large four-in-hand whip among the shrubs and flowers in the nursery, and threaten to " victimise " plaintiff, whom he eventually gave in custody for remov ing gardening utensils, which, however, belonged to plaintiff, who was acquitted by the Hammersmith magis trates, who considered it a groundless charge: The jury, under the direction of Baron Bramwell, gave plaintiff a verdict for £2OO damages. !THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871. THE ALLEGED FR kUDS BY STEWARDS 1N THE NAVY. The courts-martial on the stewards of the Royal Navy, who are charged with a series of frauds on the Admiralty, commenced on board the Duke of Wellington at Ports mouth on Wednesday. There are seven stewards for trial, whose cases will be taken separately. The first case is that of Samuel Vine, steward of the Boscawen, against whom there are six charges—viz., of having, on the Ist, 4th, 7th, 17th. and 25th of Oct., represented to Henry Win. Arlidge, paymaster of the Boscawen, that certain quanti ties of fresh meat had been received on board, well know ing that smaller quantities only had been received, and also with having, on several other occasions, conspired, with one James Curtis, to defraud the Queen of large sums of money. Vice-Admiral Wellesley presided. The • suggestion of the prosecution apparently is that the prisoner entered into a conspiracy with an agent of the contractor for. the supply of fresh beef to the ships at Portland, by which he was to shew on the books that quantities considerably beyond those actually brought on board had been received, and that for this he was to have 6d. a pound on the excess. The prisoner apparently attempts to shew that the beef charged was ac tually received, and that the sum due to boys on leave was to be paid to their savings fund. It was proved by medical evidence that Mr. Cu rtis was suffering from epilepsy, and could not attend the court. Mr. Arlidge, the paymaster of the Boscawen, was ex amined at great length. He proved that the custom on entering a port at which there was a contractor was to present a formal demand, signed by the captain, for beef for the crew. After the first supply the contractor was informed by the ship's steward of the quantities required for daily use. The ship's steward on the receipt of sup plies furnished the paymaster with the quantities, and the receipts were signed by the paymaster ; but they were not supplied to the contractor again, as he did not come on board for them. Witness did not know that the quanti ties which came on board were the same as what were signed for. A list was furnished of the men and boys going on leave to the paymaster's office by the master-at arms or the sergeant of marines ; the assistant-pay master sent a cheque note to the, steward, and the provisions were stopped. The assistant-paymaster was then supposed to make an entry in the books. If men and boys were absent on leave for 48 hours, or less, the provisions were issued to the messes, and what was paid for as savings was paid to the messes at the end of the quarter. Witness was not aware that if men were absent more than 48 hours they were not checked, but lie presumed their provisions would be issued to the messes, as he had already explained. An Admiralty order, dated the ebttnooo 2 tly 9 r adfsto,laihri him mseu o ani f Se ptember, 1870, intdhcin.aug e tis p r t oote e fswn mb fresh wouti e htl r hd , e n g o e r b p to a h h a y e a: d d beefAmakedn issued,w roaa a lb stgoyrygreat a,otlainci dt ao differencet solicitor tgehopoi going ir prisoner i n o ont reference to this case, the prisoner handed in a book, which he said was his explanation. The witness was ex amined at considerable length as to the manner in which the statement was obtained, but as there was evidence that it was given perfectly voluntarily, it was read. In it the prisoner admitted that Mr. Curtis and Mr. Brown had come on board, and had told him if he had any surplus meat they would be glad to buy it at 6d. a lb., stating that this would be a good way of augmenting the boys' fund. He added that he was to be paid for this surplus meat at the end of the year, and it was his inten tion to hand the money either to the commander or to the paymaster. He also said he had made this statement to several officers, and had added that they would be astonished at the amount due to the boys' fnnd at the end of the year. The prisoner added that he had actually received no money at all. In cross-examination, the witness said he did not superintend the weighing of the meat, and he depended on the steward for the accuracy of the accounts with reference to the quanti ties. There had sometimes been mistakes in the de livesy, meat intended for other ships being received on board the Boscawen. The ship had a tender, the Racer, and, although the accounts were kept separate, the re ceipts for the meat on board the tender were given from the Boscawen. The commander had given him £6 to be placed to the credit of the boys' fund, which lie did. In those cases he considered the contractor must have had receipts for larger quantities than were received. It had been usual before he joined the ship for the contractor to supply rice, pearl-barley, and, articles of a similar character, in lieu of a less quantity of vegetables, of an inferior quality ; and that pearl-barley had been put in the boilers as a substitute. He told the contractor he should have nothing to do with such an arrangement. The prisoner had told him that he had re ceived £193 on behalf of the boys' fund. Joseph Woods, foreman to the contractor,was examined, with the view of shewing that the supplies of beef on the days mentioned in the charge were less than those alleged by the prisoner. He also said the prisoner had asked him, after these inquiries bad been instituted, whether he had given up his books ; and on witness replying that he had not, the prisoner said he thought he was not going to be so foolish as that, for it would be a very serious thing. Subsequently he saw the prisoner, who. said Mr. Curtis was a brute, that all the stewards would be hung through him, and that he would have to send the beef good, or he would have it back again. The Court was adjourned. THE WAR. THE STATE OF PARIS. PARIS, January 20. The official account of the sortie makes no attempt to ' conceal the gravity of the situation, and the painful im pression made by the repulse is deepened by the news of , a defeat of Gen. Chanzy who was, it was believed, drawing near Paris. We are told that this defeat is partly atoned for by Bourbaki's success. All night long there was great agitation, and M.M. Favre and Ferry went to Mont Val4rien to see General Trochu. After a long conference with him, the departure of the balloon which was just about to start was delayed for two hours, for the purpose, no doubt, of adding to the Ministerial message to Bor deaux. The press is, generally speaking, firm and dig nified in its language, and by no means despairing. It is, however, thought imperative to replace Trochu by a more energetic commander. No one denies his intelligence, his patriotism, or the skill with which he has defended the besieged capital, but he has not, according to the prevail ing impression, the necessary qualities for taken the offen sive. There would be no difficulty in superseding him, for he, himself, has proposed retiring from office, but the ques tion is who is to supersede him? Ledru Rollin when appealed to on this matter, convoked four generals, and laid the case before them. Each was ready with his criticisms on the manner in which the defence had been conducted, and of course could improve greatly upon it —in theory. In practice, however, it was a different mater, and not one of the four would accept the responsi bility. The exact amount of the French losses in the sortie is not yet known, though they must have been heavy. Colonel Langlois. a well-known Republican and socialist . writer, was wounded in the arm. A young actor at the Comedie Francaise, M. Didier Sevestre, has had to suffer amputation of the leg. PARIS, January 21. The military report on the battle of the 19th appeared this morning, corroborating the impression we gather from all private accounts. The successes gained early in the day were brilliant and easily won, and the retreat, which closed the action so disastrously, was in no way imperative. There were such powerful numbers in reserve, and these might have been doubled in case of need, that it would have been possible, if not easy to continue the battle, and to win a decided victory. It is this conviction of a lost opportunity which renders the complaints against Trochu so loud and long, and since it is not possible to suspect his loyalty, and neither can he be supposed to be absolutely incompetent, an explanation for the breakdown is found in the belief that the news of General Chanzy's failure reached Trochu in the middle of the day, and he was no longer bent on continuing a struggle whose chief object was to effect a junction with the army of succour outside. The action of the troops was admirable. The Line and the Mobilised National Guard seemed to outvie each other ; and everyone is amazed that better results were not obtained with such soldiers. General Trochu does not deceive himself on this point, for on the very evening of the day he tendered his resignation, which was refused. The public mind is, however, undoubtedly in a state of great irritation, which is not diminished by the refusal of the enemy to grant the armistice asked for to bury the dead. General Trochu produced a most unfor tunate effect by writing to General Schmitz from Valerien, desiring him to send as many litters as possible. His intention was excellent as he wished to restore as many bodies of the fallen Mobilised National Guards to their families as possible, but the impression pro duced was none the less' disastrous. It is probable his col leagues were influenced by this blunder in their decision to accept the proffered resignation of the General, who will retain his post as Governor of Paris, though no longer the supreme director of military affairs. Admiral Saisset and La Roncibre have been called for. The latter is confident he could get out of Paris with 150 men and generals chosen by himself. General Le Flo will have to be also superseded at the War Office, and M. Dorian, the Minister of Public Works, who has organised the whole of the new artillery, is spoken of to succeed him. This would be a very popular appoint ment. M. Dorian has faith in the future, and is reported to have said that even were the Prussians on the Place de la Concorde, he should not despair of the salva tion of France. However, it is not likely he will accept office at present. The generals, though none can be found ready to accept the responsi bilities of the command-in-chief, are willing enough to face the enemy. They urge that the risks of the next sortie should be left exclusively to them and to their men, since the National Guard suffered heavily in the last en counter. One thing is certain, Paris will not give up with 500,000 men, and a supply of provisions which can last a couple of months more, if bread be dispensed with. Horses are still numerous, and if people will consent to eat meat instead of bread the sup plies can certainly hold out for some time, all the more so as the sortie at least effected one desirable object—it regained the oxen at St. Cloud. ALIVE IN A COFFlN:—Stories of this kind are generally very apocryphal ; but the following reaches us from an authentic source. A child narrowly escaped being buried alive last week in Manchester. The infant's father had died, and was to be buried in Ardwick Ceme tery. The day before the burial, the infant was taken ill, and apparently died. A certificate of death was procured from a surgeon's assistant who had seen the child ; and, to save expense, it was decided to place it in the same coffin with the father. This was done ; and the next morning the bearers set off to the cemetery with their double burden ; but before reaching the graveyard a cry was heard to issue from the coffin. The lid being re moved, the infant was discovered alive and ki3king. It was at once removed to a neighbour's house, but died eight hours afterwards.—British Medical Journal. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A day or two since a singular accident occurred to the 3.40 express train from London to Birmingham, bet Ween Leighton and Bletchley. The following particulars are those which were given by a gentleman who was a passenger in the train, and who, it will appear, had a very narrow escape. Soon after the train had left Leighton station, the floor ing of the second-class compartment, in which this passenger was riding, dropped out. There was only one passenger in the compartment, and he got upon one of the seats. He states that he endeavoured to pull the cord— the means of communication with the driver or the guard of the train—and that he heard the bell sound, but that the train was not stopped. During this time sparks and splinters from the broken flooring which came in contact with the wheels were flying about, and he says that he was himself, to use his own words, "jerked about like a parched pea in a frying pan." He held to the seat as long as he was able, and feeling that he was in the most imminent peril, and that of two dangers it was better to choose the lesser, he de termined to jump from the train. He did so, and rolled down - the embankment, and fortunately escaped without any broken bones. Soon after he had jumped from the carriage the train stopped, returned to the spot where he had made his leap for life, and picked him up again. Although, happily the passenger escaped without personal injury, he lost his hat and his luggage, and he will pro bably for the rest of his life have a very vivid recollection of his ride from Leighton to Bletchley, The accident to the carriage caused a delay of half an hour to the express. —Birmingham Post. DESPERATE ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—The other clay two men were apprehended in London charged with having deserted their wives and families and leaving them chargeable to the parish of Birmingham. They were conducted safely to the Paddington Station by Mr. Sweeney, the relieving officer for Birmingham, and were safely ,lodged in a second-class carriage of an express train from Paddington to Snow Hill station. When, however, within several miles of Reading Station, one of the prisoners, a man named John Joseph Randall, a bookbinder, jumped through the window of the com partment, the train running at the time at the rate of about 40 miles an hour. Before reaching the ground he was seized by the coat by Mr. Sweeney, who at once observed the man's desperate efforts to escape from custody. Although in the perilous position of hanging out of the window with his legs dangling against the door of the compartment, and held only by the skirt of his coat, he struggled violently to disengage himself from the grasp of the officer and the other prisoner, who rendered considerable assistance, the train travelling all the time at the speed stated. When within about three miles of Reading he succeeded in divesting himself of his coat, by which he was held, and sprang into the six foot way. On reaching Reading, the station master was com municated with, and on being informed of what had taken place, he accompanied the relieving officer along, the line, to the place where the man made his escape, having left the other prisoner in safe keeping, but no trace of the fugitive could be found, and the officer was obliged to continue his journey to Birmingham without him.— Birmingham Gazette. wehr men were soon overpowered, only some 20 escaping ' up the line towards TouL The chamber in the third arch from the right bank was now - opened, filled, and just before the train was ready a railway train filled with 750 cavalry under the command of Lieutenant Campbell, of the 17th Cuirassiers passed at full speed. The mine exploded as the last waggon gained terra firma. By the explosion two arches were completely destroyed, and will take at least fifteen days to repair. In the meantime a pontoon bridge has been built, and the mail trains run to either side. The Garibaldians made good their retreat, carrying :off forty Landwehr men prisoners. Ten were left dead on the spot. —Manchester Guardian. THE BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN. General Faldherbe, in his official report of the battle at St. Quentin, says :---Seeing the necessity of marching forward to assist the sortie of the Army of Paris, I prepared to start on the 16th towards the south east to turn the army opposed to me, and threaten the line of La Fere, Chauny, Noyon, and Compiegne. I was certain to draw towards me crush ing forces, but there are circumstances in which one must know how to fulfil the duty of devotion. It was before St. Quentin that I came into collision with the masses of Prussian troops coming from Rheims, Laon, La Fere, Ham, Peronne, Paris, Amiens, and Normandy. As I informed you in my telegram of January 20, the Army of the North, which has given proof of the greatest bravery, maintained completely until the evening its positions, which were very good; but then the continued arrival of fresh troops of the enemy, and the exhaustion of our own, rendered it necessary to give the order to retreat on Cambrai. General Lecointe's corps was directed along the road to Cateau that of General Paulze d'lvoy on that of Catelet ; then with the cavalry I took an intermediate road, that which leads to Monbrechain. The heads of two Prussian columns then entered St. Quentin, one by La Fere and the other by the Paris road. The enemy commenced to pick up first the wounded ; secondly, the too great number of men who under different pretexts, had remained in the town instead of being in their place in the battle; thirdly, the unfortunates, who, harassed by fatigue and suffering from hunger, after four days' forced marches, and two days' fighting, were unable to undertake a retreat of eleven leagues in the mud on a cold and dark night ; finally a few of those brave soldiers who sacrifice themselves in the rear guards to protect a retreat. To this all their trophies are reduced. They took no prisoners from us on the battle-field, and we brought away intact our twelve division-batteries and our three batteries of reserve. Our four divisions being reduced by six weeks' operations and battles to 6,000 or 7,000 each, we had barely 25,000 combatants in the battle of St. Quentin. The first German army, having been reinforced by several corps, must have numbered at least double these forces. Notwithstanding this reverse, I hope that the Army of the North will be able to prove in a few days that this time again it is not reduced to impotency. COUNT BISMARCK AND FRANCE. The following letter, which is of considerable importance is from the correspondent of the Manchester Guardian at Versailles. It is dated Friday last : " Monsieur Regnier, or the Monsieur N.' who got Bourbaki out of Metz, is now in Versailles. On thel9th instant he had an interview with Count Bismarck, at which all seemed to go smoothly until the end, when Count Bismarck wanted him to act in the name of some party. ' Monsieur N.' -refused, declaring that the peace should be signed by no party, but by the nation, which, on peace being proclaimed, could then choose its form of government. Count Bismarck seemed disposed to allow Monsieur N.' to try his scheme, the new Government to be thus formed to be called the Gouveruement Provi soire de l'Existence Nationale,' with a motto, Pour arriver au but.'" The following letters are also sent by the same cor repondent, and are declared authentic : " Sidmouth Lodge, 19th December, 1870. " Monsieur le Comte, —When we declared war against you we made but one mistake, that of not having ar ranged beforehand to be the conquerors. Every mistake has to be paid for, and we will pay for ours. In order to know the price, we must at least enter into communica tion with each other. My opinion is that you will not now ask more than you would have accepted at the end of September. But with us no prince or leader can decide himself to treat for peace, for fear lest his signature should be ascribed to his desire of obtaining power. Aide-toi, Dieu t'aidera,' says our fabulist. We must then ourselves take our own business into our own hands. '.chat is why I— who am only an isolated private individual, who belong to no party, but who really love my country and my countrymen, and who can therefore despise calumny—ask you if I may use, for the purpose of visiting Versailles, the safe conduct which I had previously obtained from you. There I shall request yon to point out to me one of our departments occupied by you which your strategical position may allow you to abandon. As soon as one or more shall have been indicated to me, I shall go thither, and I think I may be certain that after four or five days public meetings, I shall be able to convey to you the de mand of one of these departments, in order that I may obtain from you its evacuation by your forces and its neu tralisation by the belligerent armies. Within a fortnight the cry for peace will be such, and will be heard through out so great a part of France, that its realisation cannot long be delayed. The moderate people of all parties who may join in it will attain this result, so desirable for all, by the establishment of separate committees, having the same purpose. Paris will stretch out her hand to them, and peace may be signed without its being neces sary for you to enter the modern Athens by force, or to destroy it by a horrible bombardment. You will not, Monsieur le Comte, by a refusal give a semblance of reason to those who assert that you rejoice at being unable to find anybody with whom to treat, in order that you may destroy my poor country for ever. No, that is not true ; and, moreover, your mothers and orphans in Ger many, have they not every day, like ours, more sons and fathers to weep for?—l have the honour, &c. " J. V. REGNIER. " M. le Comte de Bismarck." " Monsieur, —I have received the letter which you had the goodness to address to me on the 10th inst. ; and I have the honour to inform you that there is no obstacle to your journey, of which the object would be at first to ex plain more clearly your intentions, which are too vaguely indicated in your letter to allow any opinion to be formed at present as to the possibility of their execution. — Accept, &c. " COMA HATZFELD. " M. Regnier." The same correspondent sends additional particulars under date Saturday :—" During the interview granted by Count Bismark to Monsieur Regnier, on the 19th inst. the Count took a map from the table, and, pointing to it, said, ' Here stands Von Werder ; there Manteuffel, a d va ncing with great strides ; between the two lies Bourbaki, who in a few days will be taken like your Emperor was at Sedan ; Paris wF capitulate in a day or two, when 300,000 men will be let loose to over-run and subjugate France. I must, therefore, have a party to treat with, and cannot enter into negotiations with the nation f' or words to that effect, promising to favourably consider Monsieur Regnier's plan of neutralising a department of 100 square leagues on the Belgian frontier, provided some party took lead therein. On Monsieur Regnier refusing to have anything to do with parties, on the plea that it would be suicidal for any party to attempt, to make peace, Count Bismarck waxed wroth, and dismissed Monsieur Regnier very curtly. On the latter gentleman reaching his hotel, he was rather more surprised than gratified to find two police officers waiting merely to say good day to him, They swore, and then de parted. On the 20th Monsieur Regnier called on Count Hatzfeld, who disclaimed any knowledge of the police, and took charge of Monsieur Regnier's telegrams. Up to the latest accounts, it seems possible that Count Bismarck may allow Monsieur Regnier to carry out his plan. It is stated on good authority that negotiations for the capitulation of Paris will be opened either on or shortly after Tuesday, the 31st. Several mercantile houses have been warned to be ready with provisions immediately. The Echo de la Dordogne announces that the cattle plague has broken out in the Orleannais and Berry in the direction of Chateauroux. Its progress is regarded with great apprehension. Madame George Sand has denied the authorship of the letter recently published in the French papers under her name, though she does not appear to repudiate the opinions it expresses. The Electeur Libre says that M. Delamarne, who left the Northern Station in the balloon, the Ville de Paris on the 15th December last, and who descended at Sinn, in Prussia, on the same day, has escaped, and, after passing through many dangers, arrived on the 13th instant at the French outposts before Paris, and was received next day by General Trochu, A special correspondent at Rennes says that for a long time it has been thought that France ought to make peace and discontinue a hopeless struggle. Since the defeat of Chanzy's army this opinion, which it was unsafe before to express openly, is now fearlessly uttered. In the railway train on the way to Rennes an old soldier declared that M. Gambetta ought to have his neck twisted, a he EFFECTS OF THE LATE SORTIE. The Correspondance Havas, of the 20th of January referring to the events of the previous day, says that the conduct of the Mobilised National Guards was magnifi cent. They rushed upon Montretout, and charged with the bayonet with irresistible force, so that the Prussians were driven from the heights. Unfortunately there are many wounded, and the brave battalions of the National Guard have sustained serious losses. As the ambulance carriages brought back the wounded, the crowd testified their sympathy and regret. The " dynamite" did wonders, and in several places knocked down walls, and made breaches with surprising force :aid rapidity.. While it spared the lives of many men, it was worth a legion of sappers. The experienced officers say that they never heard more persistent firing than that which tcok place in the wood of Buzenval. It was a I continual roll of ten thousand simultaneous de tonations, which lasted the whole day. It appears that the statement was an exaggerated one, which put our losses at six or seven thousand men. One of the present leaders of the defence movement is said to have proposed a plan by which he will free the blockade round Paris with fifty thousand men. The Prussians would only grant an armistice of two hours duration, and would not allow us to pass through their lines to bury our dead, they affirmed that our wounded men who are prisoners are well cared for at Versailles. The chief 'of the battalion of Mobiles from Loire Inf4rieure was made prisoner, with three hundred men. He wished to bold his ground at St. Cloud to the last moment, and was sud denly surrounded by anumerous body of Prussians, against whom it was impossible to contend. M. Delangle, the ordnance-officer of General Trochu was killed, the painter Regnault is among the number of those who have disap peared. The battalion of freeshooters from Ternee were fearfully injured. Its captain was killed after he had carried with twenty-five men the enemy's barricade before Montretout. The bombardment has continuedwith increased fury. and many accidents have occurred, especially in the quarters of Val de Grace and the Jardin des Plantes. The collection of fossils in the Museum has been almost entirely destroyed. The Siecle, in the name of its sub scribers, has just presented the Minister of Public Works with the third cannon battery of broach-loaders. Some experiments, which were made of the electric light have been very successful. THE BOMBARDMENT OF LONUWY. ARLON, January 22. The cannonade goes on furiously, the rival batteries striving to silence each other. The besieged generally , fire three shots to one, and the advantage seems to rest with them, for one battery has been silenced, and others have been removed further back ,so that they are now stationed at a distanee of about 5,000 metres. The aim of the besieged is very good, and scarcely any of their shells miss their aim. On the other hand, the chief buildings of the town do not appear to have suffered greatly. The steeple of the church and the towers are still standing and the tricolor (in painted iron) is still displayed triumphantly. A Prussian parlemen taire was sent yesterday to the town summoning it to surrender, and threatening in case of refusal to employ the largest cannon against it. The commandant refused, but it remains to be seen when the threat can be put in execution for the mud is up to the men's knees. Eighteen horses did not suffice to bring the first of the Prussian heavy guns into position. It is already six days since the firing began, and none can tell when it will finish. Much will depend on whether the assailants can bring their heavy pieces, flinging bombs 75ki1., up to the required point, and on whether the casemates can resist them. THE GA.RIBALDIAN RAID. On the morning of the 22nd a dashing raid was carried out by Riccotti Garibaldi on the German line of commu nications. About two a.m. a force numbering nearly eight hundred, all well mounted and equipped, dashed down on the village of Fontenoy, on the banks of the Moselle between Toul and Nancy. The railway bridge of the Chemin de Fer de l'Est, ercrssing the Moselle at this point, was suddenly attacked, and its guard of VO Land- was the cause of more useless bloodshed than anybody else ; and these views were heartily supported by all the other soldiers in the carriage. The Propagateur de Lille announces that the Repub lican committees of Arras, Roubaix, Calais, Douai, Valenciennes, and Lille have drawn up an address thanking the people of England for their sympathy with France. A correspondent writing from Honfleur, says : " I have conversed with many military men, but I have not met with one who believes that France has a shadow of a chance of success in continuing the struggle. Yet the general feeling seems to be, We must fight on, for we cannot give up French territory.'" M. Lemaire, editor of the Etoile Beige, secretary of the bread committee of Brussels, has been sent by that com mittee to Lille in charge of numerous articles for the wounded from the battle of St. Quentin. He has dis tributed sheets, woollen coverlets, flannel shirts, cotton shirts, and other articles of clothing ; as well as coffee, rice, sugar, chocolate, flour, potatoes, wine, and other comforts for the sufferers. " The " Besieged Resident " who contributes to the Dail?) News, says the Paris National Guard behaved very fairly under fire at the last sortie. Many of them had not been above a few days in uniform. " Their officers were in many cases as inexperienced as the men. During the fight companies were wandering about looking for their battalions, and men for their companies. As citizen soldiers they did their best, and individually they were made of good stuff ; but the moral is—do not employ citizen soldiers for offensive operations." Count Bismarck's note to M. Jules Favre is commented upon unfavourably by the German Liberal Press. The Zukunft, the organ of Dr. Jacoby and the advanced Demo crats, is particularly severe. " There is no necessity," it says, "to prick the vanquished with pins. The note may encourage another sortie, and if that should cost the lives of but a dozen German soldiers, it would be too expen sive a fee for the production of the classical despatch of the 16th inst. An amusing story is told from Longwy. Two travellers from Brussels and from Bruges were ambitious to have a near view of a bombardment. Accordingly they went to the borders of the wood of Musson to survey the bombard ment of Longwy; but finding the firing too hot for them, they bargained with some countrymen to bring them a ladder into the heart of the wood. When they got it they climbed up a high oak, but were scarcely installed when their attendants demanded a fresh douceur, having received one at the outset. On its being refused they carried off the ladder, leaving the two curious travellers swearing they would never be entrapped again into such a view of a bombardment, especially as the shells hissed unpleasantly near. They had to remain there two hours. How THE FRENCH FIGHT.--It is true that upon all occasions, whether it be the case of a commander-in chief and an entire army, or a lieutenant and 20 men be hind a hedge, they always ma nage to get outfl6Aked, and instead of turning to bay in desperation, they either inn away or surrender the moment an enemy appears from an unlooked for quarter. Again, it is supposed they must have an objection to getting wet. In the skirmish ing fighting of the last few days the Germans lie down flat on the snow, and can take un erring aim over its smooth white surface at the dark objects who seem to dislike this attitude, and to prefer to stand up and be shot at. But the one thing the French soldier, as he is at present constituted, cannot stand is' the bayonet. The principle of German tactics is comprised in the one word vorwarts," and against the chassepot it combines safetywith success. The nearer you get to a chassepot the safer you are, for the French soldier almost invariably fires high. " Visez haut," I perceive by the French papers, is one of their words of command. By these means they can hit old women in villages a mile off and miss the German soldiers 300 yards distant, who are advancing at a run, with bent bodies and heads kept as near the ground as consistent with speedy loco motion. Suddenly, out bursts the Hurrah !" the storming party straightens itself, and fires a volley a t close quarters, and the Moblots shew their heels and are tumbled over like rabbits into the snow as they scramble away, or pursue the safer course of throwing down their arms and crying for mercy. They easily get it, poor fellows. The Germans are so accustomed to make large masses of men prisoners that at the first symptom the firing stops, and the column, escorted by 20 or 30 men, marches to the rear, and occupies the time in getting there in an active process of fraternisation with their captors ; and these are the men M. Gambetta thinks are to save France, and that General Chanzy hopes to end to victory !—Times Correspondent at Le Mans. LAW AND POLICE. CURIOUS CASE OF ELOPEMENT.—CharIes Jacobs, was charged, at the Clerkenwell Police-court, for allowing his wife to become chargeable to the parish of St. Pancras. Mrs. Jacobs's former husband was for many years chief clerk at this court, and having retired went to Exmouth to reside. There he died, and his widow sent to town for defendant to fetch the corpse and bury it in London. Both the widow and the defendant returned to town in the same train, and they appear to have become so smitten with each other that the widow took apartments in the defendant's house. Within a few weeks of the death of her husband the widow was married to the undertaker at St. Pancras. Church, Euston-road. A month had not elapsed when n pianoforte tuner of the name of Spring was professionally engaged at the defendant's house. The newly-made bride became enamoured of him, and in the result they eloped. The parties were traced to Leytonstone and Waltham stow, where they were found cohabiting as man and wife in a cottage. The wife soon after her elopement wanted some of her former husband's money, and the defendant, not choosing, to give her any, she instituied a suit in one of the vice chancellors' courts to compel him to restore it, whilst the husband, on the other hand, took proceedings in the Divorce Court for the dissolution of the marriage, and th e grounds he set up for doing so were the elopement and cohabitation with the co-respondent Spring. But before the case came on for hearing in the Divorce Court, an arrangement was come to, with th e sanction of the Vice-Chancellor, and a deed °' separation signed, one of the covenants of which was the division of the former husband's property between the widow and the undertaker, and the withdrawal of both suits. Mrs. Jacobs having spent her portion, then applied to her husband for sustenance ; but that being refused, she, on the 17th of December, went to the parish of St. Pancras, and Mr. Stevens, one of the relieving officers, assisted her and gave her an order for admissio to the workhouse ; and as she became au inmate the pre' sent proceedings were taken against the husband to NO' pel him to remove the chargeability to the parish and to support his wife.—The case was adjourned in order allow of evidence of the wife's elopement to be produced . SELLING DRINK TO A BOY.—A boy named Williarab Smith, aged 15, was brought before the magistrates Bradford charged with being drunk in the Wakefield-ro an It appeared that the lad had wantonly struck a son of police-inspector in the face while the youth was standin4 in the road. He was brought to the station " drunk," and said that he and five others had partakena four quarts of beer, at two public - houses. He had 2s. 10 when he left home, but had given it t o his companions t ° I pay for ale. The prisoner was remande d for a week. ill• is T HE YORKSHIRE WHEAT CROP.—The presentof a very trying season for the farmer. 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