The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-11 00:00:00

BIONETARY REPORTS.—YEsTERDAY. The stock markets to-day have been characterised by an increased amount of firmness, and an improvement has taken place in the value of most securities. Railways have been steady, and Great Eastern, Midland, North Western, and Great Western have each advanced. The foreign bond market has also been steady, and the leading speculative securities have risen about 4 per cent. Home securities also have been steady. Consols have risen 1 per cent., the quotation for delivery and the account being 921, 921 Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921, 921 ; Bank Stock, 232, 234 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; Indian Five per Cents., 110, 1101 ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. Colonial Government securities have been steady. The railway market has been steady : Great Eastern, stock has risen ; North Western, 1 ; Midland, 1 ; and Great Western, g ; Metropolitan, 631, 631 ; Caledonian, 871, 871; Brighton, 411, 411; South Eastern, 751, 761 ; Great Northern A, 1351, 1361 ; Great Eastern, 391, 391 ; North Eastern, 1451, 1461 : Midland, 1291, 1291 ; North Western, 1291, 1291 ; and Great Western, 721, 721. For Indian railway stocks the inquiry has been on a limited scale. East Indian, 1081, 109 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051, 106/ ex-div. ; Great Southern of India, 102, 1; Oude and Rohilkund, 1001, ex-div.: and Scinde, 1011 ex-div. In Canadian shares very little has been doing. Grand Trunk, 121. Foreign shares have been quiet. Dutch Rhenish, 221 ex-div. ; Recife and San Francisco, 151 ; and San Paulo, 211. The Foreign Bond market has participated in the im proved feeling. Italians (186 1 ) have rise n 1, and Spanish and Turkish 1 per cent. ; Peruvian (1865), 891, 90 1 ; Egyptian (1868), 78, 781 ; Italian (1861), 531, 54 ; Spanish, 291, 29i ; Turkish Five per Cents., 431, 44 ; ditto (1869, 501, 501 ; Mexican, 132, 14 ; United States Five-enty (1882) Bonds, 89 1, 892: ditto (1865), 891, 891 ; F Tw rench Scrip, 21 to 2 dis. ; and German, to 11 prem. Bank shares have been quiet, Anglo-Egyptian, 211, 211; Imperial Ottoman, 111 ex div. ; London and County 501; London and Westminster, 631, 64, In the telegraph market the business doing has been limited. British Indian Submarine, 6 15-16ths ex div. ; Falmouth, 9. In miscellaneous securities there has been but little demand. Gen eral Credit and Discount, 71 ; and Hooper's 6 5-16. 000 has been withdrawn fr om the Bank The sum of £ 45, to-day- Silver has been firmer. Bars, 60 9-16, 601, and dollars 581, 581. There has been a good demand for bills to-day, and the rates have been rather easier. The Manchester Guardian of to-day announces the failure of Messrs. Melbourne, Clark, and Co., buying agents for India, with liabilities variously estimated from 215, to £25,000. The stoppage of Messrs. Liebart and Rooooger son, commission merchants, was also announced. In the discount market there has been a good supply of capital seeking employment. The business done has been very moderate, and three months' paper has been taken at 2, 21 per cent. At a meeting of the Greenwich Railway a dividend of ss. sd. for the half-year was declared. The directors of the Colonial Company (Limited) have declared an ad interim dividend of 10s. per share for the half-year ended the 31st of December, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per cent per annum. A similar distribution was made at the corresponding date of last year. The directors of the Assam Company have notified that the tea-making season of the past growing having come to a close, and the accounts received of the out-turn being such as to lead them to look forward to a favourable result, they have declared an interim dividend of £5 per cent. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.-Amsterdam, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; ditto, three months' date, 11 191, 12 00 ; Rot terdam, ditto, 11 191, 12 00 ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months' date, nominal ; Mar seilles, ditto, 25 35, 25 40 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 101, 13 101 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 1201 ; Vienna, ditto, 12 721, 12 771 ; Trieste, ditto, 12 721, 12 771 St. Petersburgh ditto, 291, 291; Madrid, ditto, 491, 49 Cadiz, ditto, 491, 491 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 85, 26 90 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 521, 521; Oporto, ditto, 521, 521. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-TUESDAY, LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. ri 100 Crystal Palace m 111 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Peru Deb.. 109 114 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 281 281 270 Ebbw Vale Steel LI.. 91 %die 281. I. 9.1 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 5 Ocean Marinelnsur l3ll4lpm Mortgage 1,0 an.... 76 78 50 P and 0 Steam 46 43 7LI. 1 x d ' 461 100 ff gyp 9 p oVroyLoan, 10 Do do New. 1867 3 2 die guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 50 Rhymney Iron 95., 6 15 1)0 New B5 95 13 Fore-AWarehouse (L) 8) 9:pm 60 Royal Mail Steam 54 100 F 221 C1 2 C 1 i IG 12 Tel Con and Main IA) 24 2 41 Pr= 6 p ° cl i lo a nds ° .7 98 100 241 7i Gen Credt&Disnt (L) /Ilia par 2 Thames and Meyrse 7t Marine Insur (L .. 31 31 t on 14 (len Stm Navigation 271 281 5) 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 1 dis Tobacco 6p a Loan. 6 5-16 guar by Italian Gov 86 88 17 Hudson's Bay 7l 8/ 5 Trust and Loan Co . of 1 inn 45 Indrbbr,GutPer.and Upper Canada .. I Tel Works4sl 5(7 Marine, Lvpool IL . Poi 5 InternlFinan S ocIL ) li 11dis 20 Union Steamship (1,) 23 5/ 25 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 31 4 6 United Dis Corpru (L Lila par 31 5 UnivMa.rine Insta (LI 61 7pm 12 Wanat.t Finance.... ii 7 ills MINING SHARE LIST.—JANUARY 10. Messrs. WATSON tROTHERS. Mining Odicet, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market moderately active for Prince of Wales, Grenville, East Grenville, Taquaril, Itosewall Hill, Drakewalls. Perran Virgin, New Lovell, and blarke Valley. Australian United. Chiverton Moor. Chiverton Chontales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, 19, 21 Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 235, 25s Dolcoath, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21, 21 East Caradon, 51, 51 East Lovell, 32, 33 East Seton, East Wheal Grenville. 21, 3 FrODUIIO and Bolivia (Gold), —s., —s. General Brazilian, Great LaxeY, 161, 171 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor. 3), 31 Kingston Down, Marke Valley, 61, 7 New Beldon, 15s, 20s New Lovell, 11, 2 re eifie. Pary's Mountain, Perran Wheal Virgin, 111, If plynlimmon. Prince of Wales, 335. 35s Providence Mines, 37, 39 Itosewall Hill and Ransome 'United. 245 . 26s South Coudurrow, 4,4/ South Frances, Sweetland Creek, 4k, 4} Tankerville. 13i. 14 Taquaril (Gold). 495, 51s Tincroft. 49, 50 Trumpet Consols. Van. Van Consols, It 1} West Caradon, West Chiverton, 51. 52 West Maria and Fortescue, 265, 28s West Tankerville, Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d. 15s WhealOrenville, 3k, 4 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Bk, 9 Wheal Mary Ann. Wheal Seton. 24, 26 MARKETS. METROPOLITAN MEAT. TUESDAY.-There were good supplies of meat on sale here to-day. The trade was less brisk, but prices were without change. Beef, from 3s. Bd. to ss. 2a. ; mutton, 3s. 8(1. to 6s. 2d. ; veal, ss. to ss. 2d. ; and pork, 3s. to 53. per 81bs. by the carcase. LONDON HAY AND STRAW. TUESDAY.-There were moderate supplies on sale at the market to-day. The inquiry was inactive, but no alteration took place in values. Prime mea dow hay, 1.3,,5. to 1405.; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 1355. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 1058. to 1155.; and straw, 335. to 425. per load. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. LONDON, TUESDAY. -Sugar ; Refined goods continue in de mand, and prices have advanced. Tillers, 505. 6d. to 535. Raw sugars are also dearer. Barbadoes good middling yellow, 335. to 335. 6d. ; low middling, 318. to 325. ad. ; Bengal Dulloah date, 208. to 21s. ad., bought in at 21s. Madras date, 225. Ufa French West India white, 38s. 6d. per cwt. Tea is in r re quest, and full prices are realised but . Cocoacommon : Good sortqualities se ll steadily, at full rates ; in value. Trinidad, 51 s. to 120 s. dull, and droop in g Coffee :There is not much business doing, but prices are sup ported. Ceylon, 635. ad. to 645. p London ; 295. d. er cwt. Cotton : The market is quiet, but steady. Oils : Linseed, 30s. 3d. 9 Hull ; English b r own rape, 478., spot and forward. Tallow Market dull. Y.., spot, 455. ; 458. to 455. 3d, January to March ; 455. March ; 46s C . last three months. TRADE REPORTS. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The tone of the market to-day was rather firmer, especially for cloth, and more business would have been done if spinner; and manufacturers were induce had not ex ercised so much caution ab out selling, as they d to do by the steadier tone of the cotton market. The dispo sition on the part of buyers to enter into further contracts was more apparent yesterday and to-day ; but the firmness of sel lers curtailed the actual business very much. In yarns there is not much doing except for immedieate qualities are barely supported. Cloth, on the other hand, is very firm, and a large business would have resulted if makers had conceded lid. per piece, which they are unwilling to do, in view of a steadier cotton market. Stocks of nearly every description of yarn and cloth are quite unimportant. Prices to-day for 39in. shi. tings, 71bs., ordinary to best makes, 7s. 70. to Ss. ; ditto, Bulbs., 9s. to 9s. 6d. Number 40's mule, good seconds, 13d. Thirties water twist, 121 d. The market, closed quiet, but very steady. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The weather being foggy this morning, rendered it difficult to judge of the merits of light goods. There was rather less business done than there would have been under more favourable circumstances. There was not much less done, however, to-day than on this day week, and there was quite as good an attendance of buyers. Light coatings, meltons, and tweeds were the chief classes of goods in which sales were effected ; but there were a few sales of plain whites of medium qualities and other ordinary goods. There were some tolerably good deliveries in the course of the day at the merchants' warehouses of goods, which had not been in the public markets. Prices of goods, also those of wool, oil, and the other raw materials are firm. There is no change to notice in the flax trade, which keeps rather quiet. The reports as to the iron, machinery, and tool trades are generally satisfactory. A good deal is doing in tools and machines more or less connected Governmentswar and large orders are on hand for several European besides those of France and Germany. CORN MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. This market opens very quiet to-day, but without change in prices for any articlesince Friday. Closing Report.—There was a fair trade done in wheat at this market to-day. Prices were rather in favour of sellers, but not quotably dearer. Flour was a slow sale. Indian corn retails at 3d. advance since Friday. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Wheat meets a slow sale at ls. per quarter decline. Spring corn unaltered. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, TUESDAY.--At this market to-day there were very few deliveries ; and sales were slow at Satur day's rates. In some cases reduction was accepted in order to effect sales. Very little business was done by factors. GOVERNSIENT SECURITIES. - - - Thu* per Cent Consols 921 991 Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 921. 4. 1. 1 x d 113 x d Do for Account 921, 1, 1 x d 1121, 12, 1 Three per Ceutlteduced 921 921 Vict 5p 0 Jan & JuiylB94. 101 102 921, 3 1011, 1, i x d New 3 per Cent 9 2 1. 1. 1. i 9'l, 21, 31, 21 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Egyptian Deb 7 p pm IM Rail Deben 7p o .. 99 100 10 15 Do. June m Italian. 1865. 5 p c Bank Sc ............ Peruvian. 180. 5p a 8 - 9 i 973 i 23 3 k 31 90, 891 a d India 5 per Cents ...... Portuguese 1869 30 0 1101. 1a d 31t, 1 x d I naiaßwids ............ Russian. 1862. 5 p 0.. Pra 841, 31 Can 6pc Jan&JulYll77-84 10311041 Do Nicolas 4p a 104. 31 x d 671. 6/, 1 Do March & Sept. 104 106 !Spanish 291, 1, la. d 291 291 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 97 98 98, 71 x d Turkish. 1854. 8p 0 7B 80 Do Inscribed Stook .. 96 98 80, 79 Dom of Can 5p c 1903. . 98 100 Do. 1865. 5n o 431, / C e ylon 6 p c May and Do, 18 N ove mber 1878 ....... . 106 108 65 6 p o M aur itius 6p c Jan and 581 1 ad , July 1873 .. . ... .. . ... 102 104 U. 5.5-20 Bonds,6 n a 1882 891 891 New SWales . s p clB7l-76 . . 100 101 894, ii. 1 New Zealand 6p c 1891.. 106 108 Do do 1885 891 891 Do 5p a . ..... . . ... 100 101 9 9 3, 1 Do 5p a .............. 100 101 Do 10-401inds, spa 1901 871 813 i 101. 1001 ErieSha,loodols,all paid Do 6p c Max &Sept 1891 109 111 Illinois 1133 t lSh 13are1 s .. 113111 4 Do June & DeclB9l 10 8 110 113 j, 1 1081 Atlantic and (11V It Con Mortgage Bonds ...... BANKING COMPANIES• I'd Pd 1 Agra Bank (14 A 7l 81 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 23 24 8 20 London and County 49i 501 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian . 20 A n glo - Egyptian ( L) 211 211 361, 54 211, 1 20 Lou and Westminster 631 641 50 British N American Si 52 631, 4, IX 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 1 4 10 Metropolitan Bl 91 131_ 20 Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 221 231 20 New South Wales .. 33 36 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated ( L . • 41 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 016 17 15 "Union of London .. 38 39 20 Imperial 1L) 10 Imperial Ottoman 111, 1 x d TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 10 0 Anglo-American LI 79 74 10 Great Northern .... la 111 731, 4 6 Great N. China, an d 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 116 119 Japan Extension.. 71 81 116 5 Indo-European (L).. 10 12 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) ... 51 6 10 British Australn (Li 5 Adis 10 Mediterrn Ex IL) . .. 4t 10 British Ind Exten IL). 6 61 21 Puma and S. FOWL 4 3 dis 10 Britisndian Sub- dis marin h e. I (L) 6 13-16 x d 20 Soo Trans France (L) 13 131 10 ChinaSubmarine(L) 51 Wig 100 131, 1 R 32 12 10 Falmouth, Gibralta r, Submarine and Malta 81 81 Do Scrip 9, 8 11-16, 1, 13-16 10 W India StPamunalLl 41 51 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter...... 89 ill Do 2nd do Scrip B3 85 C a l e d on ian ............ 87 87/ Do Ist s7 Prof Bonds b7l 5811 874, 1 1 Great Eastern .. , ....... 391 40 Grand Trunk of Canada 394, 4, 1.4 2nd Stock Great Northern ........ 125 126 Prof Ai Do 3rd Prof Stock . 125, 4 136 137 Grand Trunk of Canada 1361 4th Pref Stock DOA Great Western 72/ 724 Great Indian Pen g 5. , o 10511061 72, 1, 1 1061, 54, 64, a d Lancashire & Yorkshire 13411351 Great Western of Canada 15 151 135 15 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 411 42 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 98 100 411, 4, 2 99 Do 5 1 do. 1877 -8 95 97 Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13 1 14 4 14 Do 5 p c pref. issued 80 parlour Lon and North-Western 12911234 Madras guar 5p c 129, 1 1034 a d Lon and South-Western 91 92 N. Railway of Canada, Man, Shef, and Lincoln 44 441 6 p let Prof 13onds 4 4 1, 1 Dude and Rohilkund g Metropolitan 631, 1. 4 } 1004. 1 a d Midland 12911294 &hide, Punjauh, and 129.3 Delhi guar 5p c North British „. .... , ... 34 35 1011, 4x d North-Eastern Consols.. 14511461 Bahia and San Francisco 1451, 6/ g 7 p c South-Eastern 761 774 Belgian E Junction .... 24 21 761 Buenos Ayres Gt Stbrii.. 25/ 26 Cattalo and St Lawrate 75 77 Dunahurg and Witepsk 18 3 1 19 3ombay 76 Dutch-Rhenish 22 2, Baroda, and 221 ad Central India. g 5 p c.. 103 104 E astern of France — Ma 1a d Great Luxembourg Buff and Lake Huron 4 41 111 Do 51 pc 80nda,1872-3-4 79 81 Lemberg Czernowitzgua 80, 791 7 pa Cape guar 6p c 65 No r thern of France •• • • East Bengal guar 5p c 10211031 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidinl 41 54 103 a d Recife mid San Francisco East Indian. g 5 p a 109, 81, 9 : d 151, 15, 1 Grand Trunk Canada 121 211.1 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austu & Lour-Vet) 143 11 France .. charge 6 p c MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES Pd Pdl oo DO 0p e Bonds, Anglo-Austrian Bud-hoers' Certificate 3 6 re deemable 1870 • Cl 63 10 BerlitiVial,ervrorks(L) 141 15-1 20 London Fin ARsoc( i.)I8 179,'1i% 30 Bolckovr-Vaughan 1.4) 23 33pin 4 Lou 2 15-16 Gen Omnibus .. 2; 3 2 Lon 100 Boston City (U. S. & Prov Marine L) 1 pin p c Sterling Loa n 93 95 1 4 Brit & Fgu Marine Ll 31 4 pm 2 11-16 25 Canada Company. 7l 73 100 Madraslrrlg. &Canai 10 Ceylon Company • L) 31 3/dis gsp c by Ind Gov, 100 102 35 City Offices (L) 2504/ dis 2 Mauritius Laud (L) t 1 die. 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 4 4ipm 2i N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Folic of Eng IL) 221 Men Agency IL) .•II pm CATTLE MARKETS. HULL, TIIESDAY.—At this market to-day there was an im proved show of grazing stock, which met a fair sale. There was little or nothing doing in sheep ; the few sales that were made were at late rates. Sales of pigs by auction at from 7s. 3d. to 7s. 9d. per stone. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, TUESDAY.—At this market to-day there was a large show of stock, and a good demand at last week's prices. Beef was 7s. 6d. to 10s. per stone. Mutton 7d. to 9d. per lb. DONCASTER, TUESDAY. There was a large show of both cattle and sheep at this market to-day. Trade was rather slow. Ewes realised from 7d. to Bd. per lb., and one prime lot of hog gets 10d. per lb. Beef from Bs. 6d. to 9s. 9d. per stone. There was some very excellent beef sold, and most of best cattle changed hands. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market opened to-day with a fair demand, though scarcely so buoyant as yesterday. Sales, probably 10,000 bales or 12,000 bales. Closing Report.—The market closes steadily to-day at yesterday's prices. Sales 12,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation and export. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market was steady to day, but very little business was doing. Buyers, 51s. 6d. cash ; sellers, 51s. 7d. CLYD E CRUSHED SUGA R MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market was very excited to-day, and a large business was done at very irmgular prices. The advan ce since yesterday ranges from 6d. to la. Gd. per cent. The Lord Chancellor has placed the name cx Mr. Brady, M.P., on the roll of magistrates for the Isle of Ely. NEW INVENTION.—We understand that an ap paratus (bomb -proof) for conveying all valuables and letters out of Paris has been invented by a gentleman living in Workington, who has had the honou r of receiving a letter upon the sucject from M. Gambetta. It h is theSO constructed that all the gold, letters, &c., wit aeronaut may come out attachedto the balloon, and should it go seawards both aeronaut and contents would be saved. —Solway Pilot. IMPRISONMENT 'UNDER THE DEBTOR'S ACT. — Mr. Baron Martin has made several orders under the Debtor's Act for payment of debts by instalment, and in default commitment to prison, Some of the other learned judges have required second applications before a commit ment was ordered ; and Mr. Justice Willes has laid it down that the Act gave no authority to commit without a second application. Mr. Baron Martin intends to bring the matter before the judges to obtain a settled practice on such an important subject as this is. THE GEOGRAPHICAL SoaHry.—At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on Monday night, Sir Henry Rawlinson announced that at the request of the Council, in consequence of the continued illness of Sir Roderick Murchison, he had accepted tne post of ad interim President, which he intended holding until May, when, at the anniversary meeting, the Fellows would pro ceed to elect to the presidential chair for the succeeding two years. On the previous day he had the pleasure of half an hour's conversation with Sir Roderick Murchi son,. whom he found, although confined to an invalid chair, as active minded as ever, and as warmly interested as formerly in the proceedings and the welfare of the institution. He desired to have conveyed to the members his sincere gratification at the expression of their sympathy in his past and present affiction, and their earnest hope for his recovery. THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—It is often said that his tory repeats itself, and if the words which Shakespere puts into the mouth of Henry, Earl of Richmond, on the eve of the battle of Bosworth may be taken as expressive of the real sentiments of the Duke, whose morality was at least questionable before he overcame his Royal adver sary, his feelings may be said to have arisen again in the breast of a monarch now in the field. The Earl of Rich mond's prayer in time of warfare was ; " 0 Thou, whose Captain I account myself, Look on my forces with a gracious eye; Put in their hands Thy . bruising irons of wrath, That they may, crush down with a heavy fall Ph' usurping helmets of our adversaries ! Make us Thy Ministers of chastisement, That we may praise Thee on Thy victory ! To Thee I do commen d my watchful soul, Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes : Sleeping and waking, 0 , Defend me still !" BREAKFAST.—EPPWS COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a. thorough knowledge of the natural laws which g overn the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. Each packet is labelled—JA3iss EPPS & Co., Homoeo pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Caoabine, a very thin evening beverage. —Advt. E 6UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1871 OUR IGNORANCE OF INDIA. The ignorance that generally prevails in this country with regard to Indian history and Indian affairs is lamentable and appalling. Poets sing of the golden strands of India, while in reality the country is very poor ; the natives are compassionately considers th a e s b en ighted heathens, whi le they are o most quick and subtle intelligence, and possess a com plete religious and social organisation of immense antiquity. To those who have sent tracts and mission aries as an adequate remedy for I n dian deft ciences the ap p ear ance of Keshub Chu nder Sen, the leader of the most religious coterie of natives, must have been a porten tous phenomenon. To find such a man acmec overa i d and beard the lion in his den, feted by the sects eputin sectarianism, the guest of Christians, yet firmly refusing Ch r i s tianity, must have b een a very novel sensation. The lesson ought to be taken to heart, and we shall be none the worse for losing some of our self-satisfaction. We must recognise that India possesses a civilisation of her own. to be deve lo p ed, not to be destroyed ; that the Indian mind is not a blank sheet upon which we are to inscribe the shibboleths of our religious and political sects, but resembles rather an ancient tree having a soil of its own from which its roots draw nouerenrishmroenmt, w ith a foliage, blosso m, and fragrance different f any western plants. The peculiarity of civilisation in India is what physiologists would call arrested develop ment.—Examiner. THE FEARFUL OATA.SISSIPPITROPH . _ EIN THE ISS --- - LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES. Details of the sinking of the steamer Nick Wall, in the Mississippi, and the loss of about 100 lives, have beeii received in Liverpool. It appears' that the steamer was going down the Mississippi, with a full cargo and complement of passengers, when she ran upon a " snag," and soon become a total wreck, and about 100 people perished. The accident occurred about fonr miles below Worthon's Point, and one of the survivors gives the fol lowing account of the catastrophe. He says that some time before the vessel was "snagged" the majority of the passengers had retired, but a few remained sitting around the stove amusing themselves, when they felt a severe shock. He ran out of the front door leading to the boiler deck ; but immediately after getting out every thing appeared quiet, and he returned to his cabin. He then continues :—I suppose the time that elapsed from I left the cabin until I returned was about two minutes, when a crash came, and the hurricane roof caved in, dashing barrels, waggons, ploughs, and numerous other articles to the boiler deck, where every body had rushed who could get out of their state rooms. I was thrown against the funnel, but by great exertions managed to extricate myself, and commenced climbing over the boxes and barrels. The steamer •Pargond on coming down the river, passed the wreck of the Nick Wall, about two hours after the disaster, and took some of the passengers from the Semivole. Mrs. Poe, the wife of Captain Poe, was discovered wedged in her cabin between some boxes and barrels, and attempts were at once made to rescue her. In cutting through the hurri cane roof to get near her, the axe struck her on the head, wounding her rather seriously. Twenty-five dead bodies were taken out of the cabins and state-rooms of the wreck, and a great many others were on the lower deck, which was completely under water, and could not be reached. About 100 lives are supposed to have been lost by this fearful calamity. A DISASTER ON CHRISTMAS DAY. Richmond, the chief city of Virginia, formerly capita, of the Confederate States, has been the scene of another terrible catastroyhe. Not a year has passed since the falling in of the flooring of the Capitol spread desola tion throughout the city, and since then the disastrous floods have destroyed much life and property. The un fortunate year 1870 had yet another disaster to chronicle, and on the morning of Christmas Day the total destruc tion of the famous S p otswood Hotel by fire, occa s sioned the death of many person under most painful circumstances. The day after the tragedy eight persons were known to have perished intheflames,and seven more were still missing. The scene is described as some thing appalling. The fire was not discovered by a passing w ttchman until about two o'clock, and the flames spread with extraordinary rapidity and violence. It originated in a pantry where a stove had been negligently left ; and as the building had no brick partitions, it com municated to the flooring, and passed from cellar to garret. By the time the Fire Department had become thoroughly organised for work, the whole interior of the vas t structure was a sheet of flame, roaring and crackling as if to drown the shrieks of the victims. The incidents of the affair were most exciting, and there were not wanting instances of heroism. One young man, named Sam Hines, saved two friends from the fourth storey, and.rushed back for a third, whom he could see at the window of his room. But the staircase was in flames. His only chance was to leap, but as he prepared to do so, and eager men below rushed forward to catch him, a volume of stifling smoke enveloped him, and he fell back overcome. Another of the victims perished in a less worthy cause. The housekeeper • was urged to escape, but wanted to save her trunk, and while she was collecting her property her retreat was cut off. Among those who were lost were also Erasmus Ross, famous us clerk to the Libby prison during the war, and Mr. Pau, United States Mail agent. Two or three heroic rescues were effected, but some men are described as being absolutely stupefied by fear. A man was seen at a fifth storey window, for the Spotswood, like most of the American hotels, was of gigantic size. It was Mr. Schaffter, State Superintendent of Public Printing. He was clinging to the sill of a fifth storey window. His feet reachei the upper row of glass in the fourth storey window, and he kicked out the panes. He placed his feet sash, moved his hands cautiously to the cap of the window and then descended to the sill of that window. In this way the gallant Schaffter came from storey to storey amid the plaudits of th e crowd, by whom he was seized and carried out of danger when he reached the ground. When the inmates were first roused they all rushed to the staircase which was soon blocked up with an indiscriminate mass of people and luggage. But some lost their way, and the flames ran so rapidly along the long corridors that there was little time for es cape. The night was bitterly cold, and the water, which poured liberally on the fire, froze in all directions. When the sun rose brilliantly on the clear Christmas morning it was flashed back from the countless icicles suspended from the ruins. It was, says an American writer, describ ing the scene, " like death and destruction decked in diamonds." ---- The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Dunn, a Sheffield, an active and highly esteemed leader of politica, matters in the town. SUDDEN DEATH OF A LADY AT A RAILWAY STATION. —On Monday Mr. Richards, metropolitan coroner, held an inquiry at the Court House, Norton Folgate, touching the death of Mrs. Ann Holland, aged 60. Mrs. Eliza Ann Austin, 10, Lover-road, Stratford, stated that the deceased was her mother. On Friday evening she left Stratford for the purpose of seeing some friends in the City. She was in ill health at the time she left. P o lice-constable Baker stated that second class waiting room at the Bishopsgate Station of the Great Eastern Railway, and the deceased, Mrs. Holland, came to her assistance. She and witness assisted the sick lady into the railway carriage. Mrs. Holland, who appeared to be very much alar med by the occurrence, fell dead upon the platform. Her body was instantly removed to the dead-house. Dr. Hopkins deposed that the deceased died from the effects of disease of the heart. Seeing the other lady faint might cause the blood to flow more rapidly through her heart, and that would have a tendency to accelerate her dea th. The jury retrned a verdict accordingly. FEVER, SCARLATINA. AND DIARRHEA IN CHESHIRE. —The prevalence of fever, scarlatina, and diarrhcea in the Altrincham registration district, which covers a large area of Cheshire, in the September quarter, caused the Medical Department of the Privy Council to write to the various local authorities in the district on the subject, asking for information. Mr. Atwell, the officer of health to the Altrincham Board of Health, has drawn up a report to the Board, which shows the progress of the diseases and their s everity during the quarter jus t closed. In the quarter ending March there were three deaths from scarlatina and three from fever, diarrhcea not having then commenced ; in the June quarter there were seven deaths from scarla-, tina, two from fever, and one from diarrhcea ; and in the September quarter there were twenty-four deaths from scarlatina, four from fever, and twenty-two from diarrhcea,, Altrinchan has been the principal sufferer, most of the cases registered in the September quarter having been in that township. Out of the twenty-two deaths from diarrhcea, 13 occurred in Altrincham, and of the 24 deaths from scarla tina, 17 took place in Altrin cham. Up to the 29th December there bad been in the December quarter 18 additional deaths registered for scar latina, the fatal cases being spread all over the district ; seven more deaths had taken place from fever, and one from diarrhcea, which latter disease has now disappeared. At the meeting of the Board of Health on Friday, one of the members stated that fe ver was raging very severely in the township of Ashton-on-llersey, Bollington, and Dunham.--11fanchester Examiner. CAN I AFFORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. Nap of the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and ls. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and adies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Ink for Postal Cards, ed. per bottle. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. THE WORKS BEFORE PARIS. The Silesian Gazette describes the movements of the be sieged, and the counter manoeuvres of the besiegers, during the last few weeks. " During the month of November the enemy worked unceasingly in strengthening his defensive works. New entrenchments, barricades, abbatis, and trenches were planned along the whole line. Close to the Seine a redoubt was thrown up and armed with six guns. On the southern edge of Vitry new works were erected and several guns placed in position on the right flank of Moulin Saquet. The redoubt of Hautes Bruyeres to the west of Villejuif was completed, and the communication with it greatly increased. Three batteries showed their threatening embrasures there, and comm anded the plain in front. On the eastern edge of the Vievre valley a new emplacement for two guns appeared. On the western acclivity of the same valley near Cachan rose a ter raced redoubt sheaving eight embrasures. Trenches have been dug along the whole of the front of these new and enormous works, and come within 600 paces of our extreme foreposts. But on our side, too, we have not been inactive. Pickaxe and spade have done their work as far as possible. Day and night the infantry and pioneers have been busy with their work. Trenches and covered ways run along our front, and connect the different villages with one another. Pits, hedges, and wire fences check the advance of the enemy, and threaten him with destruction. Abattis and barricades stop the entrance into the villages. Closed redoubts and emplace ments for cannon cover the rear of the forepost position. Batteries are always ready to greet the enemy with their fire. Even chassepots and long-range rifles have been distributed along the whole line to interrupt the enemy in his work. It is, therefore, necessary in this neighbour hood, as well as at Mont Avron, to overpower the outly ing works before proceeding to an attack on the forts Ivry and Bicetre." THE BOMBARDMENT OF PERONNE. Writing from the Headquarters of General von Goben Combles, near Bapaume, January 1, the correspondent of the Telegraph, says :—This morning the gu ns of Peronne again thundered away, but, as the heavy siege artillery from Amiens is not yet in position, the bombardment a outrance has not commenced. General Faidherbe made a reconnaissance in the neighbourhood of Fins from Arras, but returned without firing a shot ; and the first day of the year stole by without bringing with it anything 6, importance. Intelligence arrived this evening that a heavy division of French troops has marched towards Cambrai from Douai. It would therefore appear that the French General is not disposed to sit quietly down on the banks of the Scarpe and allow Peronne to be taken under his very nose, without making an attempt to relieve that ancient fortress. This morning (January 2) the firing in the direction of Peronne was hot, heavy, and frequent ; and while I write intelligence has just come in that the 15th Division has been alarmed, and that a some w and hat sharp skirmish has ta ken p lace by Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit, on the Arras railway. I have ordered my horse, as I still hear sounds of heavy firing in this direction, as well as in that of Peronne. Since writing the above I am ena bled to give you further information respecting the events of to-day. It would appear that General Faidherbe has made a strenuous, though unsuccessful, attempt to turn General von Goben's left flank, proteeted by the 30th Brigade of the Bth Corps, lying in BallpaMe. Yesterday the French had lightly felt the Prussian left flank without coming into action, and to-day their commander seems to have made up his mind to make a still further trial of our force in that quarter. I cannot but think that the advance of to-day upon our left flank was almost entirely by troops from Arras and detachments from General Faidherbe's right army. The affair commenced about noon, the French advancing vpon the Prussian outposts lying in Sapignies and Behagnies. These villages were held by the 28th Regiment—the 68th Regi ment lying in Bapaume, Achiet-le-Grand, Bihu court and Favreuil. The contest was sharp, short, and decisive, the French being compelled to retreat, with the loss of 10 officers, and 200 men made prisoners. Their loss in killed and wounded was also considerable, but by the uncertain light, it is difficult to tell exactly how many. The Prussian loss is very small—one officer wounded and a few men ; as yet we have no certain information of any killed. It would appear by this movement that the French intend to occupy Albert—to which they are most heartily wel come ; and to make an attempt at cutting off General von Goben from Amiens. This, however, is an utter impossi bility, as he possesses the Somme from Clery to Amiens —a certain and safe barrier against the intruder. Should the French occupy Albert, and attempt to re peat their farmer advance, they will at once find themselves in a cleft stick from which it will be difficult to escape. This evening the French occupy Achiet le Petit, Bucquoy, Ablaineville, Gomiecourt, an d Mory. The Prussian cavalry is at IVliraumont. The news from Peronne to-day is reassuring. The town burns in three or four places—the heavy artillery brought from Amiens having.done its work. The French artillery has not been so successful. The mortars are badly served, and do but little good, while the fire of the town is wild, infrequent, and very badly directed. The Count Portolais's squadron of the Bonn Hussars made a very fine attack. it appears, in the affair this afternoon before Sapignies. General Faidherbe has lost much valuable time ; and in so doing, he has permitted the Prussian Army of the North to out-manoeuvre and out-march him. Had he made the bold push that he ought to have made, and instead of marching on Amiens, taken the road to Beauvais, matters might have been otherwise ; but the bait of the capital of Picardy, skilfully left for him, was a temptation he could not resist. AFFAIRS IN BORDEAUX BORDEAUX, January 5. There was a grand demonstration at Bordeaux on New Year's Day, according to an announcement which has been placarded about for the last several days. It was intended as a tribute to Gambetta as the most advanced member of the Delegation, and also meant to urge him to take immediate and vigorous action, and, if possible, to relieve Paris by the march of the provincial armies to the capital. Every one here acknowledges the Republic, but there are Republicans and Republicans. Everyone pro fesses to support the Government of National Defence, and to favour the war d outrance, but there is a division in the ranks notwithstanding. One party wishes to put aside for the time being all political questions which, can not be settled at this moment, or, indeed fairly discussed; whereas the other party wants all the great questions of the day to be settled at once, no matter at what perplexity to the Government or what danger to the country. The first part, it need y scarcely be said, are the genuine Republicans, the latter trouble themselves very little about the stability of the new and democratic form of Government. At midday accordingly we had our grand dis play at Bordeaux, notwithstanding a cold enough to freeze one. It did at first freeze up the eloquence of the young dictator, for when be appeared in answer to the enthusiastic demands of the eager crowd on the Place d'Armes, who were pinging the " Marseillaise," and shouting " Vive la Republique," he only said a very few words, and made a hasty retreat. One of his secretaries came forward to excuse him on the ground of fatigue, and made a speech in favour of the Republic "one and indivisible," but the crowd did not disperse, and Gambetta presently re-appeared, and turned the situation to account with his accustomed sagacity. "Yes," he said, "it is the Republic that we all want ; but the Republic, with and by the salvation of the country, and the Republic with order— as we have had it since the 4th of September." Such is the order of the day for the New Year. Unfortunately some of the people on the outskirts of the crowd (which must have numbered twenty thousand) could not hear all he said, which was the more to be re gretted, as it would have been impossible to enter more fully into the aspirations and anxie ties of the country than did the young dicta tor. Such is the name frequently bestowed on Gambetta, and an article in the Moniteur itself em ploys it ; but it is immediately added that the dictator ship is only temporary, and cannot extend longer than the siege of Paris. News of various successes meanwhile comes in from the provinces. The intercepted letter from an officer of the Loire Army, which the Prussians have triumphantly published in the corrrespondence from Versailles, describes truly enough the situation, at the time it was written seen in the worst light. There was a very critical time for us between the 4th and the 20th December, and this letter i 8 dated the 11th. The Army of th e Loire was then apparently broken up and dispers ed, though the letter only applied e ven then to part of the army, and did no t represent the whole military situation, but only one phase. The protests of the French officers imprisoned in Ger many, against the Imperialist restoration scheme, and the conflicting evidence about Metz, are read with the greatest interest here. One captive officer writes that Bazaine's pamphlet endeavouring Ito justify his conduce, has come before him, and really excites his contempt. He marvels that Bazaine has ventured to make such statements public when he must know they would be seen by those who' really know the facts. The French officer w ho wrote in contradiction from Lubeck, tells the actual truth. Another officer, just escape a d from captivity, decla res that Bazaine based ll his calculations on the anticipation that Paris would not hold out a fortnight. He thought that then he would command the only army France had left, and maintaining his position in Metz while Paris gave up, he would cut his way through, march to the capital, and became the arbiter of the destinies of France. Paris did not surrender, and he began negotiations with the Prussians who duped him, promising that he should march out with arms and baggage for the South of France. They offered him one thing after another ; and, finally, when he had eaten his last horse, led him on to the disgraceful capitulation. Even then he might have held out another fortnight, had he not feared displeasing the Prussians ! NEWS FROM LYONS. LYoNs, January 6. The news which we receive here from the East is con flitting, but the French troops, according to the latest intelligence, have certainly resumed the offensive, and a battle is imminent at Montbeliard, where the Germans are mustering strongly. Werder has joined Zastrow and Treskow. There is a report of a letter from the Ministry at Bordeaux to the southern prefects, urging on the training and the sending out of the mobilised troops. A circular of the War Minister recommends a strict super vision over the railway stations. One letter has certainly been received from Ministerial quarters. It is addressed by M. Gambetta himself to M. Henon, who read it to the Municipal Council. M. Gambetta regrets being com pelled to leave Lyons , a nd warml y applauds the efforts and sacrifices which the citizens have made, and declares that they set an example to other districts which he is making every exertion to stimulate into action. One of the papers mentions a report of a great battle going on between Bourbaki's army and Werder and Treskow's corps, but there is no confirmation of this rumour. The Prussians it is said no longer call this part of the country the ate d'Or but the Me de Fey having met with a resistance they did not at all expect, , and having suffered great losses. A decree has been issued by the Prefect of the Haut-Rhin authorising the issue of , bonds during the investme nt of Belfort. The bonds, E which are called siege bonds, will be of the value of sf. and of 20f. FRENCH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. A letter from Cassel to the General German Gazette gives some terrible details respecting the passage of the French prisoners of war through that town. " Some hundreds prisoners from Orleans," says this correspondent, " passed yesterday through our town. Their melancholy condition wouldnotpermitof their beingtaken further, and their de parture was delayed until late in the evening. Theirjourney to Cassel had lasted seventeen days, and neither the pri soners nor their escort were in a state to go another league, owing to the cold, for all this time they had been in open cars. Last night, says a Bavarian belonging to the landwehr, who formed part of the escort, was a terrible one in every respect. The rain fell on them in torrents, and they were up to their ankles in water, the cars having no outlet. Later on, it began to freeze, and glazed frost formed under the train, which produced a terrible accident at the Gerstingen station. A Turco in getting out fell, and was crushed between the wheels, his limbs having lost all elasticity by the sufferings of the journey. The Bavarian added that he believed all would have perished if the journey had been much longer. Many of the prisoners after having warm drinks, fell into a kind of stupor which lasted along while. They were lodged in the barracks and food given to them. The 3rd Zouaves are numerous. They had taken part in the Orleans fighting on arriving from Oran. They were hardly clothed, and many of them walked with bare feet through the snow, weeping and shivering with cold. It is doubtful if so many as 30 or 40 of them will be able to reach Stettin. The German residents at Marseilles have sent an address to the King of Prussia entreating him to put a stop to the horrid war which is now raging. According to a communication from a Bavarian captain of artillery before Belfort, the place is so torn by pro jectiles that it resembles a cobweb. The capitulation is not far distant. The Tours correspondent of the Standard says that Bourbaki has passed through Chagny to Besancon with three corps d'armee, and is being followed, it is believed, by 50,000 of Prince Frederick Charles's men. Almost all the correspondents in the German lines be fore Paris believes that the forts have ceased firing of their own accord. They have not been " silenced" in the proper acceptation ofthe term. The 76th Regiment, raised at Hamburg, has been most severely handled. Its loss in killed, wounded, and missing was more than seven hundred, so that it was found necessary to send rei nforcements to fill up the vacancies. Different French versions of the German losses at Bapaume fix the number at 9,000, 7,000, and half the latter total. The Germans admit a loss of 1,000. Study ing the campaign in the North is, it will be seen, highly encouraging and profitable work. A letter from Cologne to the Journal de Liege says that the Fusiliers and the 2nd Regiment of the Guard have been detached from the Army of Paris to march to Soissons, in order to prevent the forces of the North from advancing from that side. A paragraph in the A ord states that the first Prussian shell thrown into Paris fell oh Thursday, the 15th of December, near Point du Jour, inside the enceinte, and that the battery which had thrown it was reduced to silence by the naval gunners of Issy and Mont Vabirien. The Impartial du Nord has received information from Peronne which says that that the place has suffered a siege, and that for days the cannon was constantly heard. Peronne did not surrender, but the village of St. Rada. quede at a short distance, was burned down. The Prus. sians raised the siege for the purpose, it was presumed, of reinfaciiii the army of Manteuffel. Garibaldi has written from Autun to say that he never so much wished himself thirty years younger. The present war is the most important of his life, and he rejoices at the chances of success which are opening for the Republic. He never doubted its final triumph, and he now sees additional grounds for confidence. The spirit of the people is strengthened, and men of all ages display a wonderful degree of e nthusiasm in taking to arms. The Garibaldian officers who have been taken prisoners are to be sent to Konigsberg, and only the Frenchmen among them are to be allowed the privileges conceded to other persons of the same rank. The Italians, Spaniards,. Greeks, and Poles will be lodged in the barracks and c losely watched. They will, in other words, be treated as privates. A large number of prisoners are to be quar tered in East Prussia. Twelve thousand Alsatian volunteers have joined the French armies since their country was taken possession of by the Germans, and others are daily coming in. They escape by night, they make their way over the mountains, they pass through Switzerland, weary, hungry, footsore, and even shoeless, to take their places in the ranks and to fight for France and for rescue from the rulers to whom they will never willingly submit. A German official at Soissons has accidentally dis - covered a secret post, by which despatches, letters, and newspapers have been regularly transmitted from Tours and Bordeau x to the north of France. Happening to enter the kitchen of a livery-stable keeper, named Ballet, whose house h ad been engaged by the German postal authorities, he noticed five packages, and on opening them found a large number of despatches, newspapers, and balloon letters. Ballet alleged that he had received the packages from an unknown traveller. The commandant of. Phalsburg, Colonel Taillant, writes the following letter to the Liberte of L'Herault :—" The French journals have repeated, copying foreign papers, that Phalsburg has capitulated. Phalsburg has not capitulated. After having repulsed two attacks in force, endured four bombardments, when we saw that provisions were about to fail we drowned our powder, broke the 11,000 guns in our soldiers' hands, and spiked our 65 cannon in the arsenal, and broke up the carriages. On the day when bread failed we opened our gates, informing the Prussians that we had destroyed all our matdriel of war, and that we asked nothing. This is certainly not a capi tulation." Acoounts from Rouen and Amiens confirm what has before been said of the wretched condition of these towns. At Rouen each day witnesses disturbances between the soldiers and the workmen. Cannons are pointed in all directions, and the Prussians are afraid to shew themselves in the most populous parts of the town. At Amiens there is less disturbance, but the people are even more wretched. Some discipline is maintained in the town, though not so much as prevailed at first. In the neighbouring villages the greatest desolation is apparent. The inhabitants are de prived of eyerythius thilt odd be carried off, and they wander about without resources. In some places, where the superior officers were not present, the soldiers gave way to excesses which are not generally laid to the charge of the German armies. The " Besieged Resident " who contributes from Paris to the Daily News, is in Germany the most popular English writer on the war. Almost the whole German press are in the habit of translating the more racy passages of his diary; and in the beerhouses of Germany the people are so eager for his accounts of the mood the Parisians are in, that usually somebody is compelled to read the letters aloud, The causes of this popularity are not difficult to discover. The " Besieged Resident's" representation of life in Paris under the siege are the most unfavourable that come from the capital. They are absurd specimens of Philistineism. Speaking of GeneralChanzy and his army, a correspon dent of the Times says :—He is is a fine looking man, in the prime and vigour of life, and a spare muscular frame, an erect and soldier-like bearing, and a frank resolute character. His army, scattered in cantonments, I had not time to visit ; but the men have passed through a month calculated to turn recruits into veterans. Those whom I saw in Le Mans were in excellent condition ; and I was assured on the best authority that the account of the army which recently appeared in the columns of one of your contemperaries had no other basis than a chance meeting with a rear-guard, and with stragglers exhausted by the fatigues of the work they had gone through. A lady of Soissons has sent to a Belgian paper an account of the sufferings of the wounded during the un fortunate days of the conflicts in the environs of Paris. She says that to appreciate it one must see the depths of distress in which these soldiers remain during several days. They are placed in empty houses, and are often left alone for a considerable time, nearly dying from cold and hunger. Charity has done much, but much still re mains to do. It is encouraging to witness the eagerness which has been displayed by different nations to join in the good work of succouring the distressed. Belgium has contributed greatly to the noble deeds, and it is to be hoped that more will be done to promote the welfare of those who so greatly require assistance. A correspondent of the Times gives some important information respecting the armies of . Chanzy and Bour baki. The two parts of th e French army have been in communication by railway along the Valley of the Cher, and it is known that the railway has been very active lately. I gather from French sources that Bourbaki, with the 18th Corps, has moved further towards Lyons that Martineau, with the 15th Corps, three days ago at Vierzon, near Bourges, about due south of Orleans ; that travellers coming to Orleans from the south were turned out of their way at Vierzon, and forced to take a round in the westerly direction ; and that Chanzy, with the 16th, 17th, and 21st Corps, con fronts the German army on the Loir. The 19th and 20th Corps remain to be accounted for. The 19th is probably with Bourbaki ; of the 20th we know nothing. GERMAN 64 SAVING."—A correspondent writes ; I see reference is made to the French troops being badly shod. The Germans are keenly alive to the advantages of a good boot. You must go very soon indeed to a battle field after the fighting is over if you want to see a body with boots on. The Prussian soldiers are ever on the look-out to renew their foot-gear when defective, and not very scrupulous as to the means of doing so. When asked where they got their new boots, they say they " saved " them. This wo rd is becoming a recognised equivalent for " convey " in the sense given to it by Ancient Pistol. An officer, seeing a soldier with a fine gold watch and chain, asked the man where he got it. "I ' saved ' it, Herr Hauptmann." "Who from ? " retorted the officer, well knowing what "saved " meant. "A French peasant, Herr Hauptman." " And what did he say? " "He cried very much," was the reply. A Belgian paper publishes a sad incident which has just taken place at Brussels in the quarter where the French female emigrants reside. Great excitement was produced by the arrival of the postman with letters from Paris, and among those who received communications were Mesdames A and B, intimate friends, who occupied the same apartments. By a curious coincidence the husbands of both ladies had been killed during the same sortie, and mutual friends had written to each lady re questing her to inform her friend of her sad loss. Each lady saw the other's consternation, and believed her news had been forestalled, so that it was some time before they became awate of their individual misfortunes. The sad event has produced a painful impression on all in the im mediate vicinity. FRENCH DETERMINATION.—Much has been said about the secret longing of the French for peace, that the Republican Government was carrying on war quite on its own responsibility, against the wish of the people, &c. Here is what a representative of the Times has to say on this subject :—The journey to Le Mans and back, as well as the latter part of my sojourn here afforded me opportunities of mixing with a considerable number of French people of the middle classes, and of hear ing their sentiments about the war. I found among them almost absolute unanimity. There is to be • no peace until the last German has been expelled from French territory; and no sacrifice of money or of life is to be weighed in the balance against the object to be at tained. They all said that the turn of the tide had co me, and that the Germans, who might have ob tained honourable, or even glorious terms, cost. after Sedan, must now be driven out at any They speak of the system of pillage carried on by the invaders, of the burning of farms s on by of the villages under frivolo us p retexts, exe cution of Franc-Tireurs in cold blood after engage ments, with a certain calm bitterness that bodes no good to those who have provoked it, and that might well be the precursor of a retribution that would know no pity. They regard their enemies as a people mad with the pride that goeth before destruction, and hurrying to the certainty of eventual defeat. The soldier of the line returning to his regiment convalescent after sickness, the merchant taken from his desk and his accounts into te ranks of the new levies, the young fellow of a mo h re advent ur ous turn, whose chassepot and plumed hat proclaimed him a Franc-Tireur, the provision merchant who had a contract for feeding the army, the few ladies to be encountered in rail way carriages or waiting-rooms, all held the same language or expressed the same ideas. THE TRIAL OF THE GERMAN BANKERS.—Th O Berlin correspondent of the Times gives an account of the trial of four German bankers on a charge of high treason. The crime alleged against them was that, being German subjects, they subscribed for a French loan while their country was at war with France. The gentlemen thus accused were Herren George Gitterbock, of Berlin, Kulp and St. Goar, of Frankfort-on-the Maine, and G. IL Levita, of Antwerp. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners had telegraphed to London for scrip, thereby supplying irrefragable proof of their offence, and at the same time clearly chewing they had not reflected on the culpable nature of the act. Instead, however, of basing their defence upon this latter circumstanc e, counsel pre ferred bringing forward excuses which, while they did no t remove the guilt, were calculat ed to veil the fact that it had been incurred by mere inadvertence. Herr Giiter . bock stated that he had subscribed, not for himself, for M. Soria a banker at Florence , w ho then happened to be at Berlin ; Herr Levita subscribed for the banker Habicht, of New York, then sojourning at Frankfort; Herr Kulp did not subscribe at all, but merely meant to purchase scrip subscribed by others, which clearly does not implicate him under the law; while Herr St, Go insists that he only inquired about the scrip, but neither subscribed for nor pur chased any. The court, regarding these excuses as disproved by the wording of their tel grams, found the prisoners guilty. Herr Gitterbock, wh° had ordered the largest sum, £17,000, was sentenced td two years' imprisonment in a fortress. Kulp, who ha telegraphed for £4,000, was let off with nine months 4 probably because he stat ed that he was a naturalise; French subject. Herren St. Goar and Levita ? who haa, asked respectively for £ lO,OOO and £5,000, got six month ° each. Pills: d [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and It is undeniable that early or late the majority of man- 10 °,1 is affected with bad health. Few person s are so favourcr by circumstances, or so fortified by nature, as to enact et them to pass unscathed the sore trials of an inclemt, season. With catarrhs, coughs, and influenzas abounding, it should be universally known that kil o way's ointment, diligently rubbed u p on the chest, checao the worst assaults of these maladies, and securely wil.,a off more dangerous and graver diseases of the throat D,o. lungs. The truth of this ass ertion must remain unqn.!,,, tioned in the face of th ousands of unimpeachable livr7, attestors. Diphtheria, croup, enlarged tonsils, an d laxed uvalas yield with readiness to this treatment. BIRTHS. the On the Bth inst., at 4, Cleveland -gardens, Ilycie-parg wife of George Lee, Esq., of a son. a , O. On the. Bth inst., at Airlie Lodge, Surbiton; Mrs- T. Bryant, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the sth inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Oct:3l the youngest son of the late B. W. Horne Esq. , c'' t i l e Russell square, and Mereworth, Kent, to 'llarrf.,,et9oo. second daughter of John Rowland Gibson, F.-L"'• Eng., of 10, Russell -square, W.C. of On the sth inst., at Danbury, Robert Ottley, U6qi'deo Wilmslow Park, Cheshire, to Caroline Matilda, e too" gore daughter of I. N. Stevenson, Esq., of Ilayne, hampstea,d, Devon. DEATHS.- V I A On the 7th inst., at Kippington, Sevenoaks, John Smith, Esq., ate M.P. for Ch ichester, aged 68. o ckt On the 6th inst., at 83, Camden-road, Abel Shirlat aged 65. -aOO , London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BO , w ,t No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published b 1 ' : :f THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. WalneficlaY , January 15714