The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-18 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS. Y ESTERD AY. A favourable construction continues to be put upon the tenour of the telegrams from the Continent, alid it is generally regarded as certain that the prolongation of the armistice is but the prelude to the signing of a treaty of peace, to be concluded, it ie to be hoped, on a sub stantial basis, and on as honourable terms to the vanquished as can be granted. There is, therefore, nothing on the political horizon to be viewed with distrust, especially as all warlike con troversy appears to be conspicuous by its absence, so far as the Black Sea question is concerned, and, consequently, all political news is not unfavourable to the promotion of a steady teeling upon the Stock Exchange. The discount market, however, has been characterised by much firm ness to-day. Capital has been wanted, and extreme rates have been demanded for negotiating all descriptions of paper. For English railway stocks there has been but little demand, but prices have ruled firm. As regards foreign bonds French and German have been purchased at an improvement, but Spanish have been flat. The market for English Government securities has been quiet. Consols have been quoted at 91k, 92 for delivery and the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92k, 92} ; Bank Stock, 243, 245 ; Exchequer bills, 25., 7s. prem. ; India Five per Cents. 109 k, 110, and India Bonds, 225., 275. prem. Metropolitan Board of Works, 93k, a. In Colonial Government securities the business doing has been unimportant, and the movements have been trifling. In the market for English railway stocks the transac tions have been very moderate, Nevertheless the tone has been steady, and prices have been maintained. Metro politan; 641, 651 ; Caledonian, 871, 872 ; Brighton, 421, 431; South Eastern, 78, 781; Great Northern A, 133, 1331 ; Great Eastern, 381, 381 ; North Eastern, 1461, 1471 ; Midland, 126 a, 1261 ; North Western, 1291, 1291; and Great Western, 731, 731. The inquiry for Indian Railway Stocks has been to a fair extent, and prices have been main tained. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 104 ; Ca,rnatie, 1011; East Indian, 110 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051 to 1051 ; Great Southern of India, 1031 ; Madras, 1032 ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1011 ; and Scinde, 1012 to 101 i. Canadian shares have been steady. Great Western have risen 1, being quoted at 152 to lg. Grand Trunk, have marked 122. For foreign bonds the inquiry has been limited. Central Argentine, 20/, ; Great Luxemburg have marked 12f, and Lombards, 14/. Nothing of interest has transpired in the market for foreign botids. The principal transactiens have been in the French loan, which has risen to 31 38- prem. Spanish have been flat, and prices have fallen 1 per cent., or to 30a, 301; German Scrip has been firmer, but / higher, at 1,12 prem. Peruvian (1865) are quoted at 91, 911 ; Egyptian (1868), 741, 75 ; Italian (1861), 541, 54k ; Turkish Five per Cents., 414, 421; ditto (1869), 52k, 534; Mexican, 131, 14; United States Five-Twenties (1882) Bonds, 91, 911 ; ditto (.885), 901, 902. Bank Shares have been quiet. Agra A, 9 ; Anglo -Egyptian, 22k, 23 ; Imperial Ottoman, 111 112; London and County, 501; London and Westminster, 621; and Union of London, 391. Telegraph shares have sold slowly. British-Indian Extension, 7 13-16; British Indian Submarine, 7 346, 1 ; Fahnouths, 91 ;"Constructions, 251, 1. Not much business has been doing in miscellaneous se curities. Credit Fonder of England, 31, ; General Credit and Discount, 7 15-16ths ; Hudson's Bay, 8 7-16th ; National Discount, 12. The discount market to-day has been in a very firm state, Both at the Bank and in other quarters the de mand for accommodation has been active, and three months' paper has been charged 21 per cent. As regards the exchanges bills have been rather offered, and the rates have been higher, with the excep tion, hoWever, of those on St. Petersburg and Vienna. No bullion operations have been reported at the Bank to-day. At Mark-lane wheat has been dull, and prices had a drooping tendency. Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake thus report on the state of the bullion market :-Gold-- Our market has been quiet during the week ; the demand for abroad has almost entirely ceased, and of the arrivals mentioned below, about £86,000 has been sent into the Bank. Sovereigns have heen withdrawn for shipment to Egypt and the Cape, the Nyanza having taken £30,000 to Alex andria, and the Gambia £25,000 to Natal. Silver con tinues in fair, but not very active, demand for Holland, and all present arrivals are taken for transmission thither. Mexican Dollars.-We have received during the week about £15,000 of this coin from NeW York. There are but few orders for China, and as a rule the coin is taken for refining purposes. FOREIGN ExcHANuEs.Amsterdam, three months' date, 120, 1201; ditto, short date, 11171, 11 181 ; Rotterdam, three months', 120, 1201 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 45, 25 50 ; Paris, short date, 25 30, 25 45 ; ditto, three months', 25 70, 25 80 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 70, 25 80 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 101, 13 11 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120/,1202 ; Vienna, ditto, 12671, 12 721 ; Trieste, ditto, 12671, 12721; St. Petersburgh ditto, 301, 301; Madrid, ditto, 48, 481; Cadiz, ditto, 49, 491 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 522, 53 ; Oporto, ditto, 521, 53 ; Berlin, three months' date, 6 261, fi 271; Italy, ditto, 26 771, 26 821. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST PRICES. -AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols.. 911 92 Do June & Dec 1891 108 110 911. 2. / • DO Account . ... . 911 92 Viet 6p o Jan &July 1891 1 13 114 Do for Tbree perCeut Reduced 92/ 92/ DoApril &Oct 1883-8 5 .. 112 111 • 921, 1, g Viet 5p o Jati&julylB9l. 10U1o% New 3 per Cent ........ 921 92/ Brazilian. 1865, 5v o 931 941 92/ / 941, 7,4, 1 Exchequer Dills, March 2 7pm Egyptian 1852.. 7130 .. B3 85 P Do Rail Deben 7p c 99 100 Do. June .......... '. ... 2 7pm Italian, 1865. 5p 0 pm Peruvian. 1865. 5p a Bank Stock ............ 911, 1, 1 ludia 5 per Cents ...... Portuguese 1869 3P c 110, 91 33, 21 Indiaßoutis .. Russian. 1862. 5 p 0.. .......... 861. 1, . 6 - ----- 20s pm •.`"i• .... Can6po Jan&JulylB77-84 104i105i Do Nicolas 4p o ...... 105/. 5 69, 81, I •n l .O . Do March &Sept. 105 107 Spanish ............ 'v L ''', Do 5p c Jan & July 9Bl 99i Spanish . I. i, i 981 Turkish, 1854, 6p c ...... 79 81 Do Inscribed Stook 9B 100 Do. 1865. 5i o . Dom ....... 411 421 Do of Can 5p 0 1 903 9 9 110 0i 421 Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p c ........ 60 62 N o vember 1878 lO7 109 63, 1 Mauritius( , p o Jan and (1.5 . 5.20 Boucle.° p o 1832 91 9 1 July 1873 lO3 105 91} new SW alessp 01871-76 lOO 101 Do do New Zealand 6 p o 1891 lOB 110 201. i Do 5p o Do 5p o Consolidated 99 100 ErieSha.loo dots, all paid 994 Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 Vo 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 109 111 AtlanMortgagetic and (I Wlt Con I;auds ... •.. . 5885 903 90! RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9O 02 Do 2nd Pref Bonds .. 421 431 Caledonian 871,, i Do 3rd Prof Stock . .. 31 3 871,, k G r eat Eastern 38/, 1 G rea t Northern 4th Prof Stock ........ 1 25 126 181 1253, 1 Great Indian Peu g 5 n o 105 106 Do A.... .. ............ 13211331 1051. 3, 1 Great We5tern.......... 73 73 9 Great Weatern of Canada 153 151 7 3 '15 i 151, I Lancashire & Yorkshire 13411251 Do Op c Bonds, 1873 -9911003 1343 Do 51 do, 1877-8 O5 97 Ton, Brigb, and S Coast 421 431 Do 5p a pref. tamed 80 1 2om Lou, Chat. and Dover .. 14 14 Madras guar 5p c Lou and North-Western 12911291 1031 122, , 3 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and South-Western 94 95 6p c lot Prof Bonds 1, 4 Gude and Ithltilkund g 94 Man, Shef, and Lincoln 463 47 5p c • 10011011 461. 1 1011 Metropolitan .......... C 5 66 Saluda, Punjanb, and 551, 1 Delhi guar 5p c Midland ....... .... 1263127 1011, 3, 1 124, .1 Bahia and San Francisco North British .... . ... 331 341 g 7 p c 191 North-E as t e ni Consols .. 146.1147 South-Easteru .......... 78 781 B e lgian E Junction 783, 1 Buen os Ayres Gt Sawn 26 203 • Atlantic and St TAlVirnee 77 79 Duna burg and Witepsk 18 1 19 1 Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rheni5h .......... 23 24 Central India , g 5 p c.. 103 104 Eastern of France 104, 31 Great Luxembourg . • Buff and Lake Huron .. 43 41 121 Do 51 pc 80nd5.1872-3 - 4 80 82 Lemberg Czernowitzgua Cape guar 6p c Bast Bengal guar 5p a lO3 104 Northern of Fr3nce .... 39 41 East Indian, g 5 p a 100, 94 Ottom (Smyrna to Alain) $1 51 Grand Trunk Canada p oncisco 121 ru gua .. 15 15 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 an Paulo (L) g uar 7p a 21: 211 charge 6n a Do 2nd do Bonds Do let Prof Bonds 5Bl 591 10 S o uthern of France .., 59, 2 , 19 21 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 10 Agra Bank (L) A Bl 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 1211 pm 9,8/ In, 2 25 Alliance IL) . l2 ‘ 131 20 Lou Char of Anstrlia 24 25 10 Anglo-Austrian .. 7 Bnrn 20 Lon' !, Ixd on and County 50 51 20 Anglo-Egyptian (LI. 221 232 51 222, 3 15 London Joint-took 374 'Bl 50 British N American 52 53 20 L0n622 an dWestmnster 62 63 20 Ch of India, Anstrlis 131 141, 1 25 Char Merc of Ind ia 24 26 110 0 Metropoli L ta !dig !pm 8f 8f 10 City 112 20 New South Wales 10 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 4) ' 25 Union of Australia.. 39 40 20 Eng. Scot. and Ails 016 17 15' Union of London .. :,9 40 161 x d 392 2) Imperial t 1.4 172 ___ TELEGRAPH 0011TANIES. Pd 100 Angw.-Atwrican Ll 75) 76i 10 Great V•lrthern 11 12 10 Aug i o ziedarn it) .. 125 127 6 Great N. Giantk, and 126, 7 Japan Exteuatc.,... S 81 100 At1antic............ 81 5 Indo-European 11.1..1.. 12 16 1.00 Pb 8 ..... • • rim SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871. THE REPRESENTATION OF NORWICII. Sir Charles Legard, in his address to the electors of Norwich, says, if returned, he shall enter Parliament as a free man, neither the tool, of any party nor the slave of, any faction. He is a Conservative and a Church man, but he will not oppose any reform pro mising benefit to the people and consistent with the honour and dignity of England. He will resist Mr. Miall's motion for the disestablishment of the Church of England, and will support in a liberal spirit such measures as may be necessary for the security of our country from the peril of hostile attack and the humiliation of foreign invasion. Sir Charles addr essed a meeting of the Con servative electors on Thursday evening in the Lecture Hall. Sir R. Bignold presided, and a resolution was car ried approving the candidature of Sir Charles Legard, who was favourably received. Sit Alfred Slade, who had gone down with Sir Charles Lei, , ard, also addressed the meeting: The nomination will be on Monday, and the poll on LAW AND POLICE, --- • • BANKRUPTCY OF LORD DE MAULEY.—Friday was fixed for the public examination of Charles Frederick Cooper Ponsonby, Lord de Manley, in the petition described as of 39, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and of Longford Lechlade, Gloucestershire. The adjudication has been obtained at the instance of Mr. Frederick Yates, of 74, Harley-street, Cavendish-square. The Act of bankruptcy being a declaration of insolvency, proofs had already been tendered to the extent of £24,000 and up wards. Sir R. Baggalay said he appeared on the part of the trustees. I Lord de Manley, who was now in court, had given every information that the trustees required, and it was not therefore proposed to go into a public examination of his lordship. The case was adjourned for the final examination. Lesda,y nee: `. ACTION FOR AUGLUSTU S Y MR. IBEL B A.. GEORGE SAL In the COurt of Queen's Bench, before the Lord Chiel Justice and a special jury, the above well-known author and journalist brought - action against Messrs. Stoughton and Hodder, the publishers, for having published an alleged scandalous and defamatory libel on the cha racter and against the professional reputation of Mr. Sala. Mr. Serjeant Parry, who appeared for the plaintiff, paid a high compliment to his client, who was known, he said,' wherever the English language was read and spoken. He was the author of a great many original works on education, art criticisms, literary criticisms, biographical and humourous sketches, but he especially prided himself upon the Let that he had been, from an early period of his life, con nected with the public press of the country. As special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph he had been in various parts of the world, and described with his graphic. and facile pen scenes and incidents that had laid their mark on the pages of the world's history. He was a hardworking literary man, never having had a penny in his possession but what he had honestly and industriously earned ; and it was, his counsel considered, painful that now in mid-life Mr. Sala should be compelled to bring an action of this kind to vindicate his character from what the jury would find to be as gross and scandalous an attack as ever was penned against the private character of a htterateur, or, indeed, of any man, no matter what his position in life. Mr. Sala was quite unaware what offence he could have given to. any one connected with the work in which the libel was printed, to justify the author or publishers of them in giving forth to the world such an audacious and unwarranted attack. Mr. Haines Friswell was the author of the work in which the libel appeared, and the title of the book was " Modern Men of Letters Honestly criticised." Mr. Friswell was a literary man also of some position, and the publishers of the book had a very extensive connection, which would, of course, give increased acrimony and force to that libel. Mr. Friswell's work professed to criticise such men as Lord Lytton, the late Charles Dickens,. John Ruskin, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, George Gr )te, Ben jamin Disraeli, add others famed in literature, art, and science. That passage of the work complained of as libellous was headed " Mr. George Augustus Sala," and it proceeded to say that Mr. Sala was a Bohemian writer of a bad school, but yet a brave man, one that has done very little good, and'yet one full of capabilities for good. The learned Sergeant said the word "Bohemian" occurred three or four times in the obnoxious passage, and he supposed it had reference to one who led a vagabond, gipsy-like life similar to that led by the wanderers of historic fame from Bohemia.] The author went on to say that Mr. Sala was a writer of sound English, a scholar, and yet a driveller of tipsy, high-flown, high falutin' nonsense. A man of under standing when he liked, and yet an utterer of bosh and nonsense as well, who had done much to debase himsslf. A man of keen intellect, prodigious memory, great pictu resquenessin scenic description, and of photographic accu racy,and yet so utterlrcareless of his own reputation, of the dignity of letters, and of what was due to him, that he could sell his pen to describe a Jew clothier's, or advertis ing furniture dealer's establishment, a Liverpool draper's, a Manchester warehouse, or a St. Paul's Church-yard bonnet shop. A man who ought to have taken a lead on any paper, but who in the various walks of the pen profession had done but little. The libel then went on to say that Mr. Sala was often drunk, always in debt, sometimes in prison, and was otally disreputable. He had, however, the happy tact of propitiating the good will of newspaper proprietors, for George Augustus Sala would bring his copy with a correct regard to time and ptinctuality, which newspaper proprietors required. The article adverted in acrimonious terms to the fact that Mr. Sala left unfinished literary works upon which he had been engaged, and for which he had been paid, and somebody else had to finish these incomplete lucubrations, and that somebody else Mr. Sala was afterwards very unwilling to ,pay. His name was then connected with that of the late Dr. William Maguire, and an inuendo was thrown out that, like this illustrioms Irish author, Mr: Sala had not unfrequently been seen rolling drunk in Fleet street ; but all these foibles only excited the admira tion of Bohemia. In his early life his youthful efforts in the republic of letters were devoted to the com position of sensational romances brought out by his Miecenas, Mr. Edward Lloyd,• of Salisbury-court, for whom he wrote "Sweeny Todd, or the string of Pearls, " Ada, the Bereaved, or the Old Smithy." (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis, the plaintiff's solicitor, proved to having purchased a copy of the work in which the libel was pub lished at the establishment of Messrs. Stoughton and Hodder the defendants.—Mr. Charles Dickens, conductor of All the Year Round magazine, said he had known Mr. Sala ever since he was a boy at Eton, and had known him as a great personal 'friend of his late father, and as a writer of repute and genius. Mr. Edward Levy, one of the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, deposed that Mr. Sla had for upwards of fourteen years been connected a with that journal. Mr. Seymour, Q.C.: Do yo,u know what lurid leaders are ? The Lord Chief Justice :Do you mean leaders at the bar, Mr. Seymour ? (Laughter).—Mr. Levy said he understood the term referred to sensational leaders in newspapers. Mr. Sala, in his examination, said he had been devoted to literature since he was fifteen years - of age, when he was engaged as a scene-painter at the. Princess's Theatre. He had, he believed, written upwards of 3,000 leading articles for the Daily Telegraph, and had been its Special Correspondent in almost every part of the habitable globe. He denied ever having written for Mr. Lloyd, whom he always regarded as a worthy and respectable man, or the penny romances mentioned by the writer. He gave no cause for this scandalous attack on his character. Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., in his address for the defence, contended that it was the author of the work (Mr. Friswell), and not the publishers, whom he should have sued in this instance.—After the summing up of the learned judge, the jury returned a verdict for £5OO damages. The British Medical Journal is authorised to state hat no bill for the amendmend of the Medical Acts will le introduced by the Government this session.' A prebendal stall in ChicheAer Cathedral has been conferred upon the Rev. 'Richard Snowden Smith, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge, incumbent of All Souls' 'Church, Brighton. - - _ THE NEW M.P. FOR YORK.— Vr. George Leeman, of the Mount, York, who was elected on Tuesday without opposition in the Liberal interest as M.P. for the city of York, in the place of Mr. J. P. Brown-Westhead, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, is a son of the late Mr. George Leeman, also of York, where he was born in 1809. He is a solicitor and an alderman of York, of which city he is now Lord Mayor for the third, if not fourth, time. He is also Clerk of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Deputy Chairman of the North-Eastern Railway Company. He sat as one of the members for the city of York in the Parliament of 1865-8, but did not come forward as a candidate at the last General Election. Mr. Leeman married first in 1831, Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Johnson, of Loud6n, and, secondly, in 1863, Eliza, widow of the Rev. Charles Payton, of York. BIGAMY EXTRAOg,DINAIIX.—YesteIa ay, at the Bradford West Riding Court, a man of 55 years, named Dalby, a schoolmaster, residing at Cleckheaton, and possessed of property, was charged with bigamy. Two months ago, tho prisoner assaulted Mary Ann Mortimer, who was living with him as his wife, and was committed for two months. On Tuesday, on coin ing from prison, he was apprehended for bigamy, having, when he knew his first wife was alive, on three occasions married other women, viz., at Manchester, in April, 1859, with Ann Roberts ; at Rochdale, in 1865, 'Margaret Scholes ; and at Bristol, in August, 1870, Mary Ann Mortimer. A fourth, whom he had married, was sup posed to be alive, but her whereabouts was unknown. The three marriages 'subsequent to the first and legal marriage were proved by the several women, and the prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes. 13 British Australn(L)., 41 31dis 10 Marseilles, 'Algiers, 44,4 and Malta (TA ... 10 British Ind Erten IL). 71 7.; 63 7 11-M, 1, 11-16 10 Mediterrn Ez(l,l .. C 5) 10 British Indian Sub- 2) Pincia and S,'Pcfc( 1. 4 3 dis 'marine, (L) 72, 3-16, 1 8 Renter's 10 CliinaSuinuarine(L) 5 11,118 20 Soc Trans France (1 1 135 14t 4: 100 Submarine 237 141 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, . Do Scrip 2l 21 and Malta (LI 92 , MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES :} 31 ru Anglo-Austrian Bnd- iflt 'Trig Can Cavour holders' Certificate 1 3 100 Do (i p c Bonds. re -10 BerllnWaterworks(L) 16 161 deemaltie 1870 62 63 161 70 London Fin Assoc(l.llBsl7 . di, 30 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 32 37pin 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 100 Boston City (U.S. 2 Lon & Prov Marine 1.) 1 Ipin p c Sterling Loan., 93 95 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 4 Brit &Fgu Marine L14..5 ilpro g 5 n c by Ind Gov. 101 102 89 2 Mauritius Laud (L) 9dis par 35 Canada Company. 74 76 5 ICatnlDisctCoinp L) 111 121 10 Ceylon Company L) 71 31clis 12 35 City Offices (L) • 255245 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assumes 41 41pm 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Bug (L) 3 31 Trust (L) MI pm 39. 9 61 N Britsh and Mere (1 . 4 285 29 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Porn Deb.. 110 115 451, 5 275 Ebbw V ale Steel 1.1.. 10 95dis 10 Do do New. 1867 31311 13 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p 0 65. 1 Mortgage Loan.... 77 79 50 R hyinney Iron 781,1, 3 , 1 15 Do New 9 91 100 Fgyp 9 p cirroy Loan, 91 guar by Egyp Gov.. 96 98 60 Royal Mail Steam 98 12 Tel Con and Main L) 25 251 13 Fore-stWarehouse(L) 79 Bpm 255, 1, 1 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 6p c Bonds.. 99 101 Marine Insur (L 100 Tobacco 6 1) c Loan. 75 GenCredt&DisAiLl.. 9 )pm guar by Italian Gov 89 91 7 15-16, 13-16 xd 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 29 Upper Canada .... 9 19 pm 7 Hooper's Tel Works 19 idis 513 Marine, Lvpool IL 51 S•J pm 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 8 1 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 95 8 7-16, 9 6 United Dis Corprn (L Idis Ipin 45 Indrbbr,GutPer,iind 5 UnivMarluelnsur tL) 61 61oin Tel Works L) .... 509 511 111 x d 309, 1 12 Warramt Finance.... 8 7 ills 5 InterulFinan SocIL) 29 2dis M TNIN(= SHARE LIST.—FEBRUARY 17. Messrs. WATBON BROTH nits. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, Loinlon. Market very quiet. West Chiverton, Van Consols, and East Lovell flatter. East Grenville firmer. Cam Brea. 521. 55 Prince of Wales, 32s 6(1, 33s 6d Chiverton Valley, ' Providence Mines, Chontales (Gold). Roman Gravels, Cook's Kitchen, 21, 22 Rosewall Hill and Ransoms Devon Great Consols, United, Drakewalls, 1, 11 South Condurrow, SI. 51 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21. 21 South Frances, 30, 3 2 . East Caradon, 51, 51 Sweetland Creek, 4, 41 East Lovell, 31, 32 Tankerville, 12), 13 East Wheal Grenville, 31, 3/ Taquaril (Gold), 345, 36s Eberhardt and Aurora, 151, 161 Tincroft, Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), ,Trumpet Consols. —s., —s. Van, 53, 55 General Brazilian, Van Consols, 21, 21 Great Laxey, 18, 19 West Chiverton, 41, 43 . Great lletallack. West Maria and Fortescue, Great Wheal Vor, 51, 6 30s, 32s 6d Hingsten Down, West Tankerville, Mark e V alley, 71, 71 Wheal Crebor, New Belden, Wheal Grenville, 3L 4 New Lovell, Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, North Crofty. 21, 21 Wheal Margaret, Pary's Moun tain, (Wheal Mary Ann, Perran Wheal Virgin, Wheal Seton. Plynlimmon, 2, 21 Wheal May, 41, 41 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRlDAY.—Considerable quiet ness prevailed on the Corn Exchange to-day. The business doing was to a very limited extent, at prices generally reduced. There were limited supplies of English grain on offer, but the arrivals from abroad were on an extensive scale. Wheat changed hands slowly, and less money was occasionally accepted for both English and foreign produce. Barley experienced a dull inquiry, more especially for malting descriptions, and previous rates were scarcely maintained. Malt was in a quiet state, and values were nominal. Oats were purchased cautiously, at declining curren cies. Beans, peas, and maize • were in limited demand, and in some instances cheaper. Flour was quiet, and again reduced, American barrels being obtainable at 28s. ex-ship. Arrivals.-- English and Scotch—Wheat, 280 ; barley, 270 ; malt, 1,670 ; and beans, 630 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 9,600 ; barley, 17,460 ; oats, 2,440; maize, 4,850; beans, 920; flour, 6,490 sacks and 11,340 barrels. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.-There were moderite supplies of meat on sale here to-day. The trade was steady, but prices were without material alteration. Per Blbs. by the carcase :-Inferior beef, 3s. 4d. to 45.: middling do., 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; prime large do., 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; prime small do., 45.10 d. to ss. ; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; middling do., 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; prime do., 4s. Bd. to ss. ; veal, 6s. to ss. 4d.: large pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; small pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.-The hop market con tinues to exhibit much firmness. A fair amount of business is passing, and prices are well maintained, more especially for choice qualities, which, owing to their scarcity, realise on some occasions a slight improvement. Mid and East Kent, £2 Os. to £7 Os. per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, £2 Os. to £3 155.; Sussex, £1 15s. to £3 10s.; Farnham and country, £3 15s. to £5 12s. ; olds, £1 Os. to £2los. LONDON WOOL MARKET, FRIDAY.-The attendance of buyers at the public sales of colonial wool has continued good. Biddings have progressed steadily and the late advance has been well supported. The export inquiry has continued. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO , MARKET, FRI DAY.-These markets are again well supplied with potatoes. The demand has been inactive, at about late rates. English regents, 705. to 90s. per ton ; Scotch regents, 70s. to 80s.; rocks, 60s. to 70s. per ton. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE NARKEr, FRIDAY. -Sugar : Only a limited business is transacted, and prices tend towards further reduction. Beetroot bought in at 325. 6d. to 345. 6d. for 85, 33 to 89 per cent. analysis. Coffee : The market is firm for both native and plantation descriptions. Oils : Linseed continues steady at 318. ; London, 30s. 6d. to 365. 9d. ; Hull, spot, 31s. 3d. to 31s. 4d. February-April ; rape dull, at 455. to 455. 6d. for English brown on the spot. Tea : There is only a moderate enquiry, and prices are without material change. Common sound Congou 11d. to Ilia. Rices : The mar ket is more active, and prices rather firmer. Metals : Tin fiat : Straits, £l3l to £132. Copper firmer ; Chilian, £65105. to £66 5s ; Spelter, £lB ; Scotch pig iron, 525. 6d. Cost sellers. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.-The quiet tone of this market still continues, and every department of business is very tame, with a very small trade doing. There is not as yet that pressure to sell, even on the part of those who are not deeply engaged, as is usually met with in so dull a cotton market, with a stock in Liverpool amounting to 750,000 bales. , Still, the bulk of the business since Tuesday has been at a concession on last week's rates, and whenever buyers do not find some advantage in price, they hold back their orders, For large orders either in yarn or cloth, for our large Eastern markets, none has been placed lately. Quotations to-day are as follows :-For 39-inch shirtings, 71bs.. ordinary to best • makers, 7s. 6d. to Bs. IV. ; ditto, 811bs., 9s. to 9s. 44d. Number forties mule yarn, ls. V. ; thirties water twist, ls. V. Qualities good. The market at the close is dull, with prices easier, and but a small business done. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening report. -At this market to-day wheat opens very slow, at a decline of ld. per cental. Flour dull and in buyers' favour. Indian corn in limited demand, at a decline of 6d. per quarter. Business quite nominal. Closing report.-At this market to-day there was a fair attendance. Wheat was slow, at 2d. decline, though there were only a few sellers. Flour 6d. lower. Indian corn, 355. 9d. wanted. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-Trade for wheat was quiet at this market to-day, but prices are not lower. Barley was scarce and ls. dearer. Other sorts were unaltered in value. Beans and other articles sell at late rates. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-At this market to-day wheat is slow at Is. decline. Barley, oats, and beans are firm at late rates, and peas are Is. dearer. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY. -Opening Re port.-The market opened with a very limited demand. Sales, probably 10,00 bales. The week's sales, 62,000 bales ; taken by the trade, 48,000 bales ; export 9,000 bales ; imports, 196,000 bales ; stock, 751,000 bales, of which 400,000 bales are American. Closing Report.-Sales 10,000 bales, including 2,000 bales on speculation and export. This market was quiet to-day, without any quotable change in prices. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY.-There was not much doing at this market to-day. Prices unchanged. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRIDAY.- Market flat. 525. 2d. to 51s. lid. cash, and 625. sd. to 525. 14d. in a month taken. Closing sellers at the lower quotations. Buyers rather shy. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY. -Ordinary, firsts, 148 ; seconds 1485.: thirds, 130 ; fourths , 112 ; fifth, 965. ; sixths, 725. 164 firkins in the e markt. Mild cured: firsts, 150 s. ; se conds, 1505. : thirds, 1475 ; fourths, 775. SIR 'WILFRIDLARMI LA.WSO ST N ON TIMOROUS AS. In a recent speech Sir Wilfrid remarked :—lf we were to go to war—which God forbid !—let some of these people go themselves who write so finely about it. Now, I should suggest that the Government should charter a ship. I would give the command to Earl Russell, and have it mannedwith diplomatists who cost us hundreds of thousands a year to keep the peace, and know no more about what is going on than we do ourselves, and who cannot keep us out of war. Then I would have a lot of warlike newspaper editors. Mr. Odger should be a passenger, and I would have a sprinkling of fire-eating bishops. Well, my ship might go into battle. I should be very sorry indeed if, when they came into close quar ters, any of them came to grief ; but I should not be sorry if the ship were captured, and if they were all retained in some foreign land. They might solace their captivity by singing that old chorus once sung by some gentlemen who were transports against their will, to the East, — "True patriots we ; for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good." Youu, need not my assurance that I am strongly in favour of non-intervention. I was surprised to see the terms in which the party of non-intervention was described the other day by one of the Positivist party, Mr. Frederick Harrison. He described those who are for non-interven tion as " psalm-singing fanatics." I don't sing psalms except in church, and thrn I make a poor hand at it ; but I confess I would rather be the lowest and humblest joint in a party formed by Cobden, and led by John Bright— A party whose policy has conferred in the past un numbered blessings on my, fellow-countrymen—l would rather be the lowest joint in such a party than the proudest and most admired leader of a party bringing on my fellow - countrymen indescribable villanles and miseries. We have orators and writers who say, "If you wish for peace, pre pare for war." What nonsense that is Look at these nations of the Continent. They have spent their whole time in preparing for war, and the natural consequence is they carry on war. What would you think if you saw a set of boys being trained to the utmost perfection in cricket, and you were told that they were being trained in cricket so that they might never play amatch. Why, it is absurd. BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S 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 govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS & CO., Homcoo pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. 61 6t WILL-O'-THE-WISP IN THE SHERIFF'S COURT. the Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, judgment having # 1 been allowed to go by default, a jury was called upon to \ assess the amount of clamoges sustained by Mr. John Alfred Allsapp, a solicitor, of Great Marlborough-street, in consequence of a satirical article which appeared in the humorous journal 11'111-o -the- Wisp, in March, 1870, of which paper the defendant, Mr. Alfred Sheard, was then the publisher. The article complained of has already been the subject of much litigation, and the printer has sustained damages to the extent of £5O and costs in an action at Common Pleas. Defendant said he had no defence to make, excepting that as the plaintiff had already obtained compensation from one source, he thought that ought to mitigate damages in the present case. After some discussion, his Honour said that could not affect the present issue, because it had not been pleaded, but no doubt the jury, having heard the fact,, would take it into consideration. The jury returned a verdict of £2O damages. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. --A charge of a very surprising nature was entered "upon at Marl borough-street police-court, when Mr. Robert Gordon Hope Johnstone, lately an officer in the army, and Mr. Smallpage, a well-known fashionable tailor, of Maddox,- street, were charged, on summonses, with conspiring to obtain from Mr. William Henry Vane Milbanke, a young gentleman of large fortune, sums of £2,500 and £B,OOO. A third charge of stealing bills of £4,500 was mentioned as likely to be preferred against the former defendant. Mr. Milbanke came of age in December, 1869, and the theory of the prosecution was that the defendants had induced him to accept certain pieces of paper which were afterwards manufactured into bills. Several'of these had been presented for payment, and the prosecutor was sued upon them. The magistrate after hearing the learned counsel's statement, doubted whether the graver part of the charges could be sustained and the evidence of Mr. Milbanke having been taken , t he case was adjourned, the defendants being liberated on their own recognizances. FORTUNE-TELLING SWINDLER. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. At the Clerkenwell Police-court, 'Thomas Finigan, alias Burdett, aged 62, described as an undertaker, and Ellen Finigan, his daughter, aged 30, living at 18, Drummond crescent, St. Pancras, were charged with unlawfully pre tending to tell fortunes. Elizabeth Lewis, a young woman, living at 71, Warden-road, Kentish-town, stated that on Monday last she and a friend, Elizabeth Moore, went to the prisoners! house, having previously received a card on which the following words were printed in large letters, "Your future foretold by Mr. and Miss Burdett, 18, Driimmond-crescent, Euston-square." They saw the female defendant, who shuffled cards, and told witness that women Were not friendly to her, but that the men were ; that she would have words with a woman, and if she had not been in company of a man under peculiar cir cumstances she very shortly would be; that there would shortly be a death in her family, and she would soon leave her present address and get married. For this information she was charged 6d. The female prisoner advised them to consult her father, and told them if they would leave their initials and the date of their birth they would not require to see him. Witness asked what they would have to pay, and the defendant replied 6d. each as a deposit for papers they would receive, as her father would have to consult the stars at midnight. The money was paid to her, and on the following day witness and her friend went to the house. When in the parlour they saw the male defendant sitting in the shop, writing. After they had waited some time a paper containing the following words was handed to witness :—" Ceres is the planet which presided at your birth. This denotes . plenty. Your own disposition is very generous ; you would go without yourself to give to others; but caution is necessary. Take care you do not give yourself away without something worth having in exchange. It appears upon this subject you are doubtful how to act. You have, or will have, two offers. Take the one you think you like best on ac count of his personal appearance ; but it is not all gold that glitters. An honest heart is above all price. There are many ways to try a man's love for a woman, but one safe way is to notice if he will tell you of any fault you may or pretend to have (in order to try him), and shew you how to cure it. The man that does this loves you, and is worthy of your love. Notice the following :- 1871—Two offers of marriage. Some doubts`soon dispelled. 1872—Married and in business. 1873—Some prolierty comss to you by will. 1874 —Some law business settled in your favour. Three children, a loving husband, and a happy home. It is impossible to go into snore detailed particulars in this condensed exploration of your horoscope, but it is enough for you to know that you may be happy if you like. The mole on your person denotes long life." She then asked him what there was to pay, and was told 35., or 18.6 d. each. Elizabeth Moore, of 24, Langford-road, Kentish Town, gave evidence of a similar kind. Detec tives Parry and Dalton, of the Y division, said that in consequence of. the wide circulation of the defendants' advertising cards they had been directed to watch their house, and had seen a great many women, mostly servants, enter, and after remaining there a short time come away. They took the defendants into custody on the previous evening, when the man said he had been trapped, and the woman denied the charge. In answer to the charge, the male prisoner said that the witnesses came to his house and asked if a fortune-teller lived there, and he thought he would tell them their future for a joke. He wished to know what Detective Parry meant by saying that the cards had been widely circulated. Parry was called, and said that he believed upwards of 300 cards had been found down the areas of houses in the neighbourhood of Camden-town. Mr. Barker said that he considered this case was fully proved. He had no doubt that the defendants had carried on this system of swindling poor servant girls out of their money.on a very extensive scale. He should pass the heaviest sentence upon the defendants that was in his power, and they would each have to undergo three months' hard labour. The Head Mastership of DoN , er College is an nounced vacant. None but graduates in honours of one of the leading Universities are eligible for the appoint- merit. -------- The total number of messages forwarded from the postal telegraph stations in the United Kingdom during the week ended the 11th of February was 180,880, chewing an increase of 52,008 on the corresponding week in 1870. The Woman's Suffrage Party will shortly bold their first public meeting in London. Admission to the meetings they have hitherto held has been by invitation. Mr. Mill will not preside, as was expehed, but the chair will be taken by Sir Robert Anstruther. The House of Lords sat to hear appeals on Thurs day morning. The list is an unusually short one. Thirteen appeals are English, sixteen Scotch, and seven Irish ; the whole number of appeals thus being less than half of that in last year's session. -- A would-be school teacher in Alabama recently replied to a question by one of the examiners, "Do you think the world is round or flat ? " by saying, " Well, some people think one way and some another, and I'll teach' round or flat, just as the parents please." - - - Vv _ . The Merchant Shipping Code, otherwise entitled "A Bill to Consolidate and Amend the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping and Navigation," has been prepared and brought in by Mr. Chichester Fortescue and Mr. 'Arthur Peel. The measure is a voluminous one, consist ing of 696 clauses, and filling more than 300 pages. At the North Dublin 'Union meeting, ou Wednes day, a letter was read from the Poor Law Commis sioners, stating that a greater tendency to epidemic disease exists at 'present in Ireland than at any time since the Irish famine. The guardians were called upon to prepare temporary accommodation for fever pa tients. MANSION Housir..—On Thursday evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of London gave a grand- ball at the Mansion House. The company was about 800 in number. The guests began to arrive about ten o'clock, being received by the Lady Mayoress and the Misses Dakin in the saloons, after which dancing com menced in the Egyptian Hall, which was brilliantly lighted up for the occasion. Towards twelve o'clock supper was served, and the dancing was afterwards resumed. The greater part of the guests took their leave shortly after midnight. THE WAR,. THE CHOSEN OF PARIS. -At Now that the result of the Paris election has been offi cially announced, it may be interesting to know something of the men whom the Red party have chosen to represent their country at this momentous juncture. Some six or seven of them have been too prominently before the world to require notice ; but the great majority have gained what notoriety is attached to them only within the last few weeks, in some cases, indeed, within the last few days. Felix Pyat, as editor of Le Vengeur, exhibits a more bloodthirsty craving than any man even of the Red party, has, in fact, declared war entrance, not only against the enemy, but also against every honest and honourable leading man in France, and shrieks out " for the impeachment of the whole Government without exception—the Governors of Paris and those of Tours, advocates, and generals—Favre as well as Gambetta." Delescluze, who goes from prison to take his seat at Bordeaux, is a dry little man, with a flaring red beard, an excitable temperament, and a shrewish tongue which gives utterance to the most violent opinions ; according, however, to the correspondent of the Advertiser, he is said to be dying. Milliere, who will be re collected for his connection with the Pierre Bonaparte trial, has recently brought certain infamous charges against the private character of Jules Favre,and is precisely the kind of man to whom the handling of pitch would be a pastime. Ranc, who is quite a young man, well educated, and well mannered, is supposed to have a future in store for him, possibly because he has either written a play, abused the police, or been deported to Lambessa. Figaro, which to a great extent has dropped its cap and bells, and come out as an advocate of Legiti mate Monarchy, has named him as the possible RadiCal candidate for the Presidency. Marc Dufraisse combines the extreme opinions of the Red party with the calmness and moderation of the philosopher, and, like his colleague Lockroy, is tolerant of the opinions of others. Vacherot and Littre, who are certainlybonest men at heart, will probably vote as often with the less extreme party, as with that to which which they are accredited. Not so, however, with D'Assy, Malon, and Tolain, who, belonging by birth to the lower classes, are very violently opposed to the idea of peace. D'Assy, a coal-worker of Creuzot won his celebrity by inciting the workpeople there to the famous strike. Malon is also a workingman and a Socialist, while Tolain is a young engraver, who was one of the founders of the International in Lon don, in 1862, and they all three of them belong to the International Democratic Association. Saisset and Pothuan, who are admirals, will have a professional and Conservative leaning, that is, if they resemble their English brethren ; and Frebault, a. general /of artillery, is not considered dangerous, while Brunet, once a captain in the same corps, but who refused to recognise the coup d'etat, is a man of the most violent opinions, though personally honest. Henri Martin is well known for his advanced ideas, but is of a mild nature, and high character, in which points he is resembled by the journalists, Leon Say and Peyrat. Edmond Adam is an associate of Rochefort's, and shares his opinions ;—Greppo and Clemenceau are violent Socialists, the former having passed ten years in exile, while Joig neaux is a thorough-going Republican of the old school. Among the remaining men on the list there are few whose names are known, many having been elected simply because they were on the International ticket. It is computed that 300,000 out of the 550,000 regis tered electors refrained from voting, and as about 150;000 electors voted for Pyat and his school, it follows that the strength of the old parties is represented by 100,000 votes, but the Red party, immensely strong numerically, is yet more formidahlo by the completeness of its organi sation, and by its unity of aim. TIIE NEW GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE M. Scherer, a well-known writer in the Temps, has published an article on the state of affairs in France. He believes that the National Assembly will,be a Constituent Assembly. The most important question they will have to decide upon is the form of Government which is to govern France. It remains to be seen if she is to be plunged afresh into dynastic troubles, or to take her place among the strong nations who are resolved to remain the arbiters of their own destinies. France is a Republic and ought to remain so, monarchy is dead in the country because it has proved unequal to its work and has ever been produc tive of revolutions. The Republic is the only thing which can save France from further' revolutions and it is besides the only correct form of government for an advanced people. All other kinds of government take for granted that a nation does not know how to conduct its own affairs, and the natural tendency of all societies is towards Republicanism. We may hope that in the midst of all these horrors, France will rise to a high place among free nations, and that she may afford the Old World an example of that which has hitherto been confined to the New World. In old days France possessed a Republic, but it was violent and stormy ; to-day she must establish one that is solid and liberal. Should she succeed in such an attempt, she will have made the greatest and the most durable of all her conquests. UNHEEDED WARNINGS. Great excitement has been produced in France by the publication of the reports of Colonel Stoffel, the French military attaché at Berlin prior to the war, since it ap pears that Colonel Stoffel gave ample warning of the strength of the Prussian forces to the reckless Imperialists. " Beware of the Prussian Staff," said he at the close of his first report. In the second he writes more strongly. "I am convinced that there is in France the most com plete ignorance respecting the Prussian army and the Prussian nation. How can it be otherwise when a young Frenchman receives no information of the important part played in modern history by the nations around him, and is not taught their languages ? From one generation to another the ignorance is maintained. Is there a single person in France who has followed the remarkable de velopment of Prussia since 1815? Here is a nation full of life, whose population has doubled in fifty years, who, basing the social edifice on two great principles—compul sory education and compulsory military service, has placed itself in the first rank of the enlightened nations of Europe, has organised a formidable army, equipped with an unequalled armament and led by the best instructed officers in the world. Never theless, the spectacle remained unnoticed until the people revealed themselves by a thunderclap in 1866. We then began to inquire, but already this powerful, energetic, and unscrupulous nation, whose frontiers are only nine days' march from Paris, without any natural obstacle, reckoned 30,000,000 souls, and had 1,000,000 soldiers ! " Colonel Stoffel then proceeds to compare the character of the Germans of the North with the Austrians, who are of lighter mould, and prompt to pardon an injury. It was the defeat of Jena and the resolve to revenge the insults of Napoleon which made the Prussian nation. Should war break out hereafter, he says, beware of thinking that France will only have to deal with Aus trian troops. The Prussian army 'will shew us a vigour, a daring, a military science which we did not find in Italy. How would the Prussians have acted in 1859 ? As soon as hostilities had broken out, they would have been in Turin before a single French army had crossed the Alps? At Solferino the 4th French Corps would have been broken before mid-day. This is not doubtful, if we consider the energy and intelligence shewn in 1866. The Prussians were quick to profit by the experience gained against Aus tria, and remedied every perceptible defect. The King is devoted to the army, to the exclusion of all other sub jects. All favours are reserved for the army, and every effort made to raise its importance in the eyes of the nation. In the religious services the prayers are first for the King and the army, afterwards for the great bodies of the State. Colonel Stoffel was in the same carriage with General von Moltke when the King of Prussia visited the Paris Exhibition in state. King William and his suite were amazed and impressed by the spectacle. General Moltke said to Colonel Stoffel, " T am glad the King has seen the magnificence of Paris. He is engrossed by the army ; but now he can see for himself that a Sovereign without neglecting the army, for yours is excel lent, can interest himself in all that contributes to the greatness of a nation. I have a right to say this, for I have no personal reason to complain of the King's predilection for the army." But General Moltke forgot that the tastes and habits of a man of seventy-two are not likely to alter. The King remained what he was before he visited Paris, and his passion for the army did not decrease. He held reviews in the • depth of winter, inspected separate companies with unwearying patience, and, in fact, suggested all the reforms which have been introduced in the Prussian army of late years. Marshal MacMahon and the French prisoners elected to the National Assembly have passed through Frankfort, en route to Bordeaux. A statement appears in the Paris press to the effect thal the International Association has placed two hundrec thousand francs at the disposal of the members belongin to their society at Bordeaux. -- --- - It is proposed that a grand concert be given at Paris in honour of the delegates sent over to distribute the Eng- lish charity, and as a mark of the gratitude of the popula tion for this expression of sympathy and goodwill. Prince Napoleon writes to say that the statement which apppeared in a French paper respecting him, to the effect that he had offered himself to Bismarck as a candidate for the French Imperial throne, is absolutely false. In case the continuation of the war should render the occupation of Paris necessary, General Vogel von Falken stein is spoken of as the Governor of the capital. He is known for his persecution of German Liberals, and in • 1866 the South Germans who were against Prussia used to call him ",The Bird of Prey." The France asserts positively that at one time Gambetta and his surroundings contemplated a coup d'etat, and the., arrest of Guyot Montpayroux was the first stet. They', had a list of "suspects" to imprison, including the chief editors of those journals wnich had protested against the electoral decree of January 31st, and several po l i ticians of •3;` the Gironde. The threatened individuals obtained some intimation of this, and took their measures accordingly. A day or so later three members of the Paris Govern ment appeared on the scene, and the coup d'etat was abandoned. On the day of the votes for the Deputies a significant incident occurred in one of the suburban arrondissements of Bordeaux. An Octogenarian, decorated with the ' emblems of a soldier of the first empire, advanced with feeble steps to the ballot-box, holding his voting-paper open for any one to read who liked. Before putting it in he paused, and said to the crowd who were eagerly watch ing him: "In my time when soldiers were sent to war they received munitions, provisions, and clothes. My two grandsons have died in the Army of the Loire. They had none of these things." Saying this, he put in his vote, which bore the names of M. Thiers, Dufaure, General d'Aurelles, and M. Carayon Latour. Some bystanders voted for the same men. THE LAST BALLOONS FROM PARIS.—The goo" nauts of the last three balloons from Paris have arrived at Bordeaux, having sent their despatches on betom--then's" -- Of these M. Robin, of the General Daumesnil, made 5 perilous descent in Belgium, and was met at Lille by Al• Gambetta. M. Bely, less fortunate, landed in the depart ment of Oise, in the Prussian lines, and had 'to get over twenty-five leagues before he was in a place of safety. M Tristant, the remaining aeronaut, left Paris in time, for two hours afterwards the workshop of the balloons of the Orleans Railway Station, was crushed by the Prussian shells. He came down in a village lately held by the Prussians, and the peasants of the neighbourhood provided him with a disguise. This seems to be the close of the numerous series of balloons which began on the 23rd of September, and finished on the 28th of January. THE PRUSSIANS AT DlEPPE.—Dieppe has to ne commodate two thousand Germans, and the inhabitant s are quite worn out with the burden of finding them in food and lodging. In consequence of tic armistice th e small towns in the immediate vicinity have been compelled to take detachments of the German armies, and the dir tress thus occasioned is very considerable. As many 1,4 25,000 Germans have been settled in a spot which is not more than ten leagues in circumference. The Prussian officers have even seizedupon some finehunting dogs. Tfe: fort was ordered to pay a requisition at the rate of 50f. f o e each inhabitant, and in awaiting the fulfilment of th order some hostages were seized. The little town of was the scene of great excitement in consequence of the refusal on the part of a citizen to lodge three Germ soldiers ; he was seized and it was expected would he sh ot immediately. The Prussians, on their sid e, threw an old woman downstairs because she had not furnished thein with sufficient provisions. The horses of the Mecklen: burg soldiers are put in the gilded saloo ns of the of o Chateau of Eu. ADMIRAL DE LA RONCIERE LE NOURY.—Admi ral de la Ronciere Le Noury, who ha s p la y ed a p rominent part in the Siege of Paris, was born at Turin, in 181 3 ' He was the second son of the General of Division, 1-1 Ronciere. who died in 1854. The young sailo r entered the navy in 1834, and rose rapidly. He took part in th e naval campaigns in South America, and diszthargei several missions to England as aide-de-camp of AdnurA ci de la Susse. Captain de la, Ronciere was secretary ana reporter of the Commission which drew up the e 0 s' organising the maritime service in 1851 ; he was subs.ei; quently head of the staff to the squadron the Mediterranean, and served with distinction 1;', the Crimea, as commanded of the R oland. On br, return to France he was one of the jurors of the Bxhili'lle tion, and commanded the scientific exped ition in "„ Polar Seas. Afterwards he held several diplomatic po; and took the command of the naval di vision at oa Levant. In 1861 he was appointed Vice-Admiral,,l i g subsequently, head of the staff of the Minis,. of the Marine and the colonies. In 1866 he was appoin'to to the command of a division of ironclads and sent be superintend the evacuation of Mexico. A year later be was made Vice-Admiral. During the siege of Parie:4,, distinguished himself by twice seizing Bourget, NW however, he was unable to retain. A JERSEY SCANDAL. An attempt at murder has been committed at, , St o { Helier's, Jersey, on a young officer named Camp the 69th Regiment. In company with a friend 115 ", Lebreton, he went to Pomme d'Or Hotel for th e P" r n: of chastising' Alfred Bridges, who had for s ono annoyed his sister. He sent in a messenger, retriestil4 Bridges to go to the door. He refused, being susPici° Mel and a short time after he left the hotel , when he at Campbell and immediately fired a revolver. The first sh missed, and the second struck his left arm, the ball 1 39.9. ,, sing through above the wrist. He was arresed shorty afterwards. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENO' It is intended during the present year tointrsnedruvcice:oljoi Prussian system of sham campa i g nin g into the the British Army, in order to instruct both o fficers men in the work they may expect in actual warfare. t he War O ffi ce, it is said , are strongly impressed with.,;&, tv' d es i ra bility of adopting a similar plan. The monce e o , it is expected, will be deferred until after the ba rs ; 0 9 Dartmoor and the moors of Scotland are spoken °' places where the campaigns will take place. 01 )8 We are glad to hear that an attempt is about t,ioe made to improve the dress of the Royal Artillery . ltb field batteries are to be provided experimentallY 0,4 pantaloons and boots, instead of the leather-faced trotl e? now worn. We trust that the experiment will be s uc i e o ti ful, as there can be no doubt that for mounted mel'P, loons and boots are far more appropriate than trot It would be very desirable to extend the experitoeive the gunner's jacket and tunic. Of all men , next Il e e r g 4' to a sailor, the artilleryman requires a loose-fitt ioo went. —Pall Mall Gazette. al ,bBd.oE The unfortunate mall who was lately stab'.- a gang of burglars at Stratford has died from the ef fee the injuries. 0 1 : BRIDGING THE MERSEY.—A. letter fO lirl p e B Evan Lee, of Manchester, was read at the weelcbrmellc-i ing of the Liverpool Dock Board on Thu r s da y in re'erri7u4 to a project for building a railway bridge from to Birkenhead. It was stated that the railway c°,w ( l were the proper bodies to communicate with, letter is to be replied to accordingly. r tl 3° , fo 0 S TALEYBR IDGE ELECTION.—A contest - representation of Staleybridge, made vacant by tt , of Mr. James Sidebottom, is apparently inevitartlo:o requisition is in course of signature to Mr. nob e t bollo o f of Durham Hall, by the Liberals, while it is e ri e ` h e more than probable that either Mr. Cobbet t or '0 Coo Spinks, who unsuccessfully contested Oldhg lii Coo r general election, may be put in nomination bye .44! vative party. 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway ' s Ointment - 1( ° g - Coughs, Influenza.—The soothing properties of 11 all caments render them well worthy of trial in a A ill i t o fe the respiratory organs. In common colds at'... - bbc,Ve l ' the pills, taken internally, and the ointment , ' 10:1 • U.S. .the chest and throat, are exceedingly . efficaci ° •,,st, 5 ,9 influenza is epidemic this treatment is the el l i e sonie‘" and surest. Holloway's pills purify the b100u9,,,,5, t e s itY obstacles to its free circulation through the it'ire°' the over gorged air tubes, and render respirat ion or aePoo, out reducing the strength, irritating the nerves'f 65 0 1 ) 6 sing the spirits ; such are the ready means ° ‘ 4 from suffering when afflicted with colds, c9. l l l pc - 0 0 ' chitis, and other \ chest complaints, by which, ' re d so many is seriously and permanently countries. ILII E t im T O H re S ..g . On. the 16th inst., at E of j' if ° 0 V 3 " ' Cox, Esq., of a son. 1 300 1) On the 15th inst., at Colherne Court, West Mrs. Edmund Tattersall, of a daughter. VA MARRIAGES• ardens, th 'Reel` 'f li ' On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's Churob, - 0 . ,t° 0 4 Harold Cunningham, of Gosey Cop, Gala:oi' ,0 Catharine, youngest daughter of Stephe n i. jor Manor House, Rock Ferry, near Liverpo° „re l, c) ,, , ,P; On the 15th inst., at St. Michael's, o f ~ O D A William French Stewardson, of Colneio if Amelia Frances, only daughter of Jam es 1 Esq., of Wood-green. 1 DEATHS. ne ater' . h p On the 15th inst., at 32, Percy-street, 3' y i , H. R. Noble, Esq. 13 „,„p0 3 4 , rO.- 0- On the 15th inst., at 4, Sydney -place, r ling t° Robert Lavanchy, Esq., la te of New 130 of aged 74.' -cfP 009 A.NP IT 1 London : Printed by GIDEON AcTi...--,, ;4 ,ea . I) c t° No. 112; Strand, Printer, and - 1 - - 11 1 ;pree 0 THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in t Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. i. 571, S a turday, February 182