The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-16 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS,-YESTERD AY. The stock markets to-day have been in a depressed state. No news of importance has been received from th Con tinent, and the tendancy to heaviness must be solely attributed to realisations of profits, caused by the strong demand for accomodation, and the firm quotations for money. Large sales of English railway stocks have been made, and an average fall of about 1 per cent. has taken place in values. Foreign bonds also hays been adversely influenced, and a fractional decline has been noticed in Italian, Spanish, and Turkish. English Government securities have been dull. Consols have fallen * per cent., being quoted at 911 to 92 for delivery and the.account. Reduced and New. Three per Cents., 92 to 921. Bank Stocks, 244 to 246. Exchequer Bills, ss. to 10s. prem. India per Cents., ifrai to 1101, and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. For Colonial Govern ment securities the demand has been to a limited extent, but prices have shewn no alteration. In the market for English Railway Stocks an increased amount of depression has been apparent, and prices have given way in many instances. Metropolitan, North- Eastern, Midland, and Great Western have fallen /, Caledonian, Great Northern A, and Great Eastern 1, whilst Brighton and North-Western have been 1, and B respectively. Metropolitan, 641, 641; Caledonian, 871, 88 ; Brighton, 421, 431 ; South Eastern, 781, Great Northern A, 132 Y, 1331; Great Eastern, 381, 381 ; North-Eastern, 1461, 146 , 2 ; Midland, 1261, 126 i ; North- Western, 1291, 1291; and Great Western, 72k, 721. Not much business has been doing in Indian railway stocks. East Indian, 1091 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051, i; Madras, 1031; and Oude and Rohilkund, 1011. The demand for Canadian shares has been inactive, Great Western of Canada, 151, Foreign shares have been flat. Great Luxembourg, 121; Ottoman (Smyrna and Aden), 41; San Paulo, 211, and Lombards, 14k, 4. The foreign bond market has been characterised by quietness, and a further decline has taken place. Italian 1861 have fallen 1; Spanish, 1-16th ; Turkish, 1. Peru vian (1865), are quoted at 901, 91; Egyptian (1868), 74k, 741; Italian (1861), 541, 541 Spanish, 301, 30 , 2 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 412, 42; ditto (1869), 522, 53 ; United States Five-twenty (1882) bonds, 911, 911; ditto (1885), 90k, 901; French scrip has been flatter at 21, 2 prem. ; German, 21, prem. ; ditto New, 1,11 prem. Bank Shares have been in but moderate request. Anglo-Austrian have marked 171; Anglo-Egyptian, 23 ; Imperial Ottoman, 111, fi ; London and County, 50, 51 ; Joint Stock, 371. The demand for telegraph shares has been inactive. British Indian Submarine and Falmouths have fallen ' 1, the former being quoted at 71 to 1, and the latter at 91, 9 ; British Indian Extension have marked 71, and French Cables, 14; Hooper's, 6i; Silver's Indiarubber, 511 ; and Constructions, 251, 61. The traffic receipts of the Midland shew an increase of £3,250, North-Eastern, an increase of £5,163, North- Western, an increase of £7,219, and Caledonian, an in crease of £1,089. At Mark-lane to-day, wheat was dull and drooping. American flour fell 6d. per barrel. In the discount market to-day, there has been a strong demand,'and three months' paper has not beentaken under 2} per cent. Tenders for £400,000 in bills on India have taken place at the Bank. The amount allotted has been, to Calcutta, £344,200; to Bombay, £50,000; and to Madras, £5,800. The minimum price was fixed at is. 10d. the rupee on all presidencies. Tenders at Is. logd. on Calcutta and Madras will receive 76 per cent., and on Bombay at that quotation in full. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company to day the report was adopted, and the retiring directors were re-elected. An animated discussion took place with reference to the accounts, which were not passed without considerable scrutiny. The dividends will be at the rate of at per cent. on the ordinary, 5 per cent. on the prefe rence, 6 per cent. on the preferred ordinary ; and A per cent. on the deferred ordinary. The report of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com pany, to be presented on the 25th inst., shews that there is an available balance of £57,909 3s. 6d. The directors recommend that a dividend should be declared at the rate of 52 per cent. per annum (payable on 4th March), amounting for the half-year to £55,617 135., and leaving a balance of £2,291 10s. 6d. to be carried forward. The dividend for the corresponding half of 1869 was at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, with a balance of £2,064 Bs. ld. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, (Limited) will be held on the 28th inst., at which the dir ectors will propose a cash dividend of 245., in addition to the ad-interum dividend, and a bonus of' £3 per share out of the Submarine Telegraph Shares property, held by the Company, to be realised under the supervision of trustees. The Transfer Book will be closed from the 18th to the 28th inst. The report of the Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta Tele graph Company (Limited), to be presented on the 21st instant, states that the gross revenue from the opening of the line to the 31st of December, 1870, amounted to £4,091, and the expenditure to £1,354, leaving £2,737, which the directors propose to carry forward. The report of the Great Southern and Western Railway, to be submitted to the meeting of shareholders on Satur: day next, shews a decrease on the half-year ending the 31st of December in the number of passengers and of cattle, bus an increase of goods traffic to the extent of £5,500, as compared with the last six months of 1869, and a total increase of £4,670. The increase in the carriage of goods is a sign of commercial activity which is noticed with especial satisfaction. A dividend of 5 per cent. on the original stock of the company will be declared. The company propose to buy the Waterford and Limerick line, and have agreed to purchase the Cork and Limerick direct. g of shareholders of the London At the annual meeting General Omnibus Company (Limited), to be held on the 7th of March, a dividend of 3s. per share, or 7i per cent. per annum, free of income tax, will be declared. The following has been received from the Taquuil Gold Mining Company (Limited) :—Produce for December, 2,138 oitavas. Better expected for January." A prospectus has been issued of the London Co operative Society (Limited) with a capital of .220,000 in shares of £l. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDAY, LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOUlti The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 919 92 Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 921, 19. 2 DoApril&Oet 1883-85.. 112 113 Do for Account 919 Viol spo Jan& JulylB9l. 10141024 Three per Cent Reduced 921 921 icli 921, 2, ii Brazilian . 1865, 5p o .... 934 944 New 3 per Cent 92/, 2, 1 Egyptian 1862, 7po .. .. 53 85 E xc hequer Bills, March 2 7pm 841 30 pm Do Rail Deben 7p a .. 99 100 Do, June Italian, 1865. 5 p a 7s pm Bank Stock ......... .. . Peruvian. 1805. 5p o 2451 91 India 5 per Cents ...... Portuguese 1869 39 o 1101, 91 321, 1 India 80nd5 ............ Russian. 186 2 . 5 P 0.. 869, 1, 6 pm Cam 6pa JandalylB77-84 10411051 Do Nicolas 4p o 105, 4. 41 64, 9,8/, 2 Do March &Sept. 105 107 Spanish Do 69 0 Jan & July .. 98 99 301. 9. 9. 9. ft 981 Turkish, 1854, 6p a 79 81 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 80 Dom of Can 5p e 1903 .. 99 11001 Do. 1805. 5p o •.. 4l/ 42 Ceylon 6 p c May and 421 19, 2, 19, 9 November 1878 lO7 109 Do, 1885 6p 0 ........ 60 62 Mauritius t. p c Jan and • 611, 601. 9, 2 July 1873 lO3 105 U. 5.5-20 llowis,ti p o 1333 91 91i New BWalessp 01871-76 lOO 101 93 1, it New Zealand 6p c 1891 lOB 110 Do do 1885 901 90! Dosll o 99 Do 10-40 Bildt', 59 3 19 1 6 8 74 88 1)o 5p c Consolidated 99 100 ErleSha, 100 dols, all paid 995. 4, 1 , I Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 iDo 6p c Max &Sept 1891 109 111 1099, 4 Do June & 13e01891 108 110 Atlantic aud It Con _ " 1081 Mortgage B (I ond W s RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9O 92 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledon i an 873, a Grand Trunk of Canada Great Eastern 3 8 3, t, 1 • 183 Great Northern Do A 13211331 1053. 3, 1 133 1 Great Western of Canada 153 151 Great Western 723 73 151, 1 721, 33, 21 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 9931003 Lancashire & Yorkshire 134 135 Do 53 do, 1877-8 95 97 135, 41 Do 5 p °pref. issued 8() 1 tom lon, Brigh, and S Coast 421 43 532, 1 431, 1, 23, 33 a d Madras guar 5 no Lou, Chat, and Dover .. 14 141 1033, 3, 3 143 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and North-Western 12011291 6p o Ist Pref Bonds 1293 923, 2 Lon and South-Western 933 941 Oude and Itohilkund g 91 Svc Mau, Shef, and Lincoln 46 463 1013, 3 46 Scinde, Punjaub, and 643 65 Delhi Metropolitanguar 5 p c 6 5 1 43, 1 1013. I Midland .......... 12611261 Bahia and Sau Francisco 12ii, 4 I g 7 pc North British . .... . ... 33 1 343 191 North-Easternbonsols.. 1161147 Belgian E Junction 1461, 3, 7 2 7-16 South-Eastern ..........781 78/ Buenos A yres sat Sthrn 251 263 783.6 20, 6 Atlantic and St Lawsace 77 79 Dunabura and Witepak 18: 193 no SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1871. 23 24 18 20 12a 12: Bombay, Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish... Central India. g 5 p c 103 104 Eastern of France ... 104, 31 Great Luxembourg .... Buff and Lake Huron 4l 41 - IS'. Do 5 3 / 4 pc 80nd5.1872-3 - 4 80 82 Lemberg Czernowitzgna Cape guar 6p c East engal guar 5 .. 103 104 Northern of F East Indian, pc g 5p c .... 109 110 Ottom(Smyrna rance 39 to Aiding ' 44511 1091, 3 / 4 4k Grand Trunk Canada .: 12) 13 Recife and San Francisco (Limited) guar 7p 0 Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 ~..Arnlted) giu- - - charge 6n c 93 21k, 2 Do 2nd do Bonds J.)o Ist Prat Bonds S BA 59 1 14g, a 4 59, l} Southern of franca .... 19 21 Do 2nd Pref Bonds 429, I% 3 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd . 81 9 20 11011 12 131 61 71pm 20 Loi 10 Agra Rank (L) A I Char of Austrlla 24 25 25 Alliance IL) 10 Auglo-Austrian 175 505, 50, 5, 5 a d 20 Anglo-Egyptian IL). 225 231 15 London Joint-took 23 3/5 50 British N American 515 525 20 Lou and Westmnster 62 63 52,5 621 20 Cli of India, Austrlia 135 145 10 Metropolitan.. 25 Char Mere of India 24 26 20 Midland (L) y 10 Cit 5 115 20 New South Wales .. ?4 36 30 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L .. 20 Eng. Scot. and Ana b 16 17 25 Union of Australia.. 39 40 2 . Imperial iLI 10 Imperial Ottoman 115, 5 395 37 38 Idis B ip7l TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American LI 76 77 10 Great Northern .... 111 12 76, 1 6 Great N. China, and 10 Angio-Metlitru (L) 124 126 Japan Extension.. 8 81 126, 51 5 Indo-European (LI.. 12 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers , 100 Do 8p c — and Malta IL) .. • . 6 6 1 13 British Austral)) (L) ~ 31 3idis 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 41 51 10 British Ind Exten IL). 71 7 21 Pmna and S. PciclL 4 3 dis 71.9-16 die 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Renter's marine. ILI , 1, 1 20 Soc Trans France (L ) 131 141 7 5-16 10 ChinaSubmarine(L) 41 41dis 100 Submarine 237 242 7-16, g Do Scrip 2l 1) 4 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 W India St Panama(L) 51 61 and Malta (L) 91. 1 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES i Pd Pd A n glo-Austrianßnd- 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 21 3/ holders' Certificate 1 3 100 Do p a Bonds. re -10 BerlinWsAerworks(L) 16 161 deemabe 1870 . 62 63 70 130/ckow-Vaughan L) 32 37pm 63 100 Boston City (U.S. ,0 London Fin Assoc(L)18117 di. p c Sterling Loan 93 95 4 Long nl6.nius .. 21 21 4 Brit & Fgn Marine L l4 l 4 2pm 13- 1. t 25 Canada Company. —73 75 2 Lon & Prov Marine LI I Ipm 10 Ceylon Company L) 3.1 Wig 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 25 City Offices IL) 25(241 Ms g 5 n c by Ind Gov. 101 102 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn 92, Uni 11/, on Assurnce 41 41pm 5 Na L) 112 121 1 12 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 3 a 21 N Zealand Loan a n d 3 3-16 Mere Agency L 2 g pm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Pero Deb.. 110 115 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 281 282 274 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 10 91dis 222 172 5 OcesnMarinelnsur —l32l4}pn , 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p 0 50 P and 0 Steam • 44 46 Mortgage Loan.... 77 79 441, 5( 79 10 Do do New. 1867 4 3dle 100 Egyp 9 p crroy Loan. 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp Gov.. 96 98 15 Do New 9 9h 13 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 71 Bpm 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 12 Tel Con and Main L) 242 251 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 99 101 261, 52, i i, 41, 54 100, 4 2 Thames and Mersey 71 GenCredt&Disct(L). I (Pm Marine Insur (L 7 13-16, ', 1. 13- 1 6 . a d Tobacco 6 p o Loan 14 G'en Stm Navigation 28 29 guar by Italian Gov 89 91 7 ITooper's Tel Works 1 Nis 881 62 5 Trust and Loan Co of 's Bay si Upper Canada . . &11 pm 17 Hudson 81. 7-16. 3 , 81 5(I Marine. Lvpoolli , 51 51pm 45 Thdrbbr,GlutPer.and 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 Tel Works LI .... 50( 511 6 United Dis Corprn (L Nis }pm. 511, 1, 501 6 5 Intern] Finan SociL) 21 2dis 5 UttivMarinelnsur (Li 61 6lpm 2/ ad 12 WarraLt Finance.... 8 7 dis MINING SHARE LIST.'.—FEBRUARY 15. Messrs. 'WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London, Market active for West Chiverton, Taquaril, earn Brea, Uny Grenville, Cook's Kitchen, Great Laxey, and East Caradon; al an advance. Carn Brea. 50. 55 Chiverton Valley, Chontales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, 19, 20 Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21. 2 East Caradon, 51. 51 East Lovell, 31. 32 East Wheal Grenville, 2f, 3 Eberhardt and Aurora, 13, 161 Frontino and Bolivia Mold). -8., --s. General Brazilian, Great Laxey, 18, 19 Great Retalla ck. Great Wheal Vor 6, 61 Hingston Down, Marke Valley, 71, 71 New Beldon, New Lovell, North Crofty. 21, a Pary's Mountain. Ferran Wheal Virgin, Plynlimmon, 2, 21 Prince of Wales, 345, 36s Providence Mines, Roman Gravels, IRosewall Hill and Ransoms United, South Condurrow, South Frances, 29, 30 Sweetland Creek, 4, 41 Tankerville. 121. 13 Taquaril (Gold). 335, 40s Tiucroft, Trumpet Consols. Van Consols, 21, 3 West Chiverton, 441, 451 West Maria and Fortescne, 28s, 30s West Seton, West Tankerville, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 3L 4 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 9,9 i Wheal Margaret, (Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Beton. Wheal *Cloy, 4/. 41 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-An Increase amount of depression characterised the grain trade at Mark lane to-day, the export demand to France having, it is generally believed, finally terminated. Prices, in consequence, were exceedingly weak, and occasionally less money was accepted. There was a small show of English wheat on offer. The inquiry was inactive, and inferior samples were difficult to dispose of at a reduction of is. per quarter. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was moderate, sold slowly, at scarcely Monday's currencies. The barley trade ruled dull, and week. Malt experienced a reduction of ls. per qr. on the ek. alt changed hands quietly, at about late rates. There were not extensive supplies of oats on sale. The demand was inactive, and had a declining tendency. Beans, peas, and maize were in limited request on former terms. Flour was quiet, and the values of sacks and barrels gave way 6d. to is. on the week. Arrivals. -English and Foreign-Wheat, 110 ; barley, 270 ; malt, 4206; beans, 130. Foreign-Wheat, 3,310 ; barley, 3,400 ; oats, 670 ; maize, 3,650 ; beans, 850 qr.; flour, 5,410 sacks, 4,500 barrels. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNES DAY. -Sugar: The market for raw goods continues dull, and prices are again easier. Berbice, 28s. to 295. ; Crystallised Deme rara, washed, 375. ; Mauritius, soft grey (duty 4s. 9d. and ss. 3d.), 325. ed. to 345. ; low grey (duty 4s. 9d.), 30s. 6d. ; Porto Rico, 325. to 345. 6d. Coffee : There is a fair business passing, and prices are well maintained. Lantos, 535. to 535. 3d. to near continental ports. Rice remains firm, but not active. Spices : There is a good inquiry for Pimento, at 2s. to 2s. Bd. for fair. Other spices are quiet. Cotton is dull and drooping. Metals : Copper is lirm. Tin steady. Straits, £132. Spelter more active. Lead steady, but not very active. English sheet, £lB 2s. 6d ; pig, £lB to £lB 2s. 6d; soft Spanish, £l7 10s. Iron steady. Scotch pig, 525. 9d. cash, and 535. month. Oils are unaltered in value. Tallow dull at 455. 3d. spot, 455. March, 465. last three months. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY. - This market remains quiet, with a sluggish demand for both yarns and goods. Prices still showed much steadiness, especially for cloth, but spinners are always willing to sell at a slight concession for future delivery, whenever a favourable opportunity occurs. Buyers are now lesS willing to give out fresh orders, in the face of the large receipts of cotton in America, and the heavy im ports into Liverpool, which induce no faith in maintenance of present values. BELFAST TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-The linen trade of this district is, upon the whole, in a satisfactory state. The qualities of flax exposed in the market have been about similar to those presented last week. A fair demand has prevailed for certain qualities, and advanced prices were obtained. The business transacted in yarns, though scarcely so extensive as that of last week has been fair. Spinners have advanced their price list, but manufacturers have shewn little disposition to place orders at the higher rates quoted to them ; continental orders, however, have been to an increased amount. Stocks are limited. Most descriptions of brown linen, handloom and powerloom have been in fair request : app roved makes have been especially sought after ; forward orders for some descrip tions are held by manufacturers, andprices rule very firm. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. -At thts market to-day there were 590 fat cattle and 3.670 sheep. The market was rather slow, and the following prices were realised ;-Fizst quality of beef, 70. to. Bd. per lb. Secondary, 7d. to 70. per lb. Mutton, Bd. to Bd. per lb. Some prime North-country wethers, 9d. to 91d. per lb. Prime hogs, 90. per lb. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MAILKET, WEDNESDAY. -Nearly 1,000 beasts of good quality were on offer at this market to-day ; and as dealers demanded a slight advance in prices, trade ruled very dull. Sheep were not freely shewn, and fully Id. per lb. advance was obtained. Pigs were very plentiful, but the demand was very slow. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies of beasts to-day were rather heavier. Trade ruled flat at last week's prices. The supplies of sheep were short, and prices were very firmly maintained at rather higher rates. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - Trade at this market this week has been the reverse of last. Good sales and good prices were obtained. Fat cattle looked up a. little. Demand was very brisk for store cattle, and obtained a good clearance. Milch cows were much sought after, and £lB to £2O were offered. Pigs were brisk, with a rise per head for young ones, and a considerable rise in fat pigs. Sheep cleared off easily at good prices. Top price, 9d. per lb. GLASGOW CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-There was a fair attendance at this market to-day, and wheat and flour were held for last Wednesday's prices, but only a small business was transacted. Barley was quiet, and rather easier to buy. Oats, oatmeal, beans, and peas were unchanged in value. Maize firm, having recovered the depression throughout the week. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Opening Report.-The market opened with a sluggish appearance. Sales, probably 10,00 bales.-Closing Report.-This market has been very quiet to-day, and prices were barely sustained. Sales 10,000 bales, including 2,000 bales for speculation and export. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - Market quiet, 525. 6td. to 528. 6(1. cash accepted. Closing sellers, at 525. 6d. cash, and 538. 9d. it a month. Buyers offering a bltade less.-Close.-Market easier. Closing sellers, 525. 6d. cash, and 525. 9d. in a month. Buyers id. per ton less. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - At this market to-day there was not much activity, but prices were well sustained. CORK BUTTER MARKET,WEDNESDAv. -Ordinary firsts, 1485., seconds 1488., thirds 1305., fourths 1165., fifths 100 s., sixths 725. 20 firkins in the market. Mild cured ; firsts, 150 s. ; seconds, 150 s. ; thirds, 1475. Three firkins in the market. One of the Irish bishops (Derry), it is said, not only purposes to commute his ecclesiastical income, but also to compound with the Church Representative Body, and afterwards purchase the See-house and grounds, and re-endow the Bishopric with the princely sum of £40,000. Notice is given by the Privy Council for rade that they have received a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Carthagena, stating that, on account of the smallpox having broken out in London, all vessels pro ceeding from Great Britain will be subject to three days' quarantine observation, and thoss vessels with foul bills of health will be sent to a lazaretto. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND CON 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 wit h h a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many eavy doctors' bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS & CO., llomceo pathic Chemists, London. Also , makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. DEATH OF MR. SIDEBOTTOM, M.P M. James ,Sidebottom, M.P. for Stalybridge, died at his residence, Acres Bank, Stalybridge, about half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased gen tleman was the first member for the borough, which was enfranchised by the Reform Act of 1867 ; he was returned to Parliament at the general election of 1868. He was a Conservative in politics, and on the occasion just mentioned he was opposed by Mr. Nathaniel Buckley, of Ashton-under-Lyne. A petition was filed against the return of Mr. Sidebottom, and the case was heard by Mr. Justice Blackburn, in the Town Hall, Sta lybridge, in the following February, but the petitioners failing to connect the member with the agents accused of bribery, the election was confirmed. Mr. Sidebottom had not been in good health since his election, and at inter vals he had been confined to his room, as has been the case for several weeks past. Of course, no step towards filling the vacancy thus caused has yet been taken, though it is understood that Mr. Buckley will again be the Liberal candidate.—Manch ester Guardian. FEARFUL EXPLOSION ON BOARD A STEAMER. By the arrival, at Liverpool, of the Russia, we have some particulars of another terrible catastrophe on the Mississippi, by the blowing .up of a large saloon river steamer, and the loss of eighty-seven lives, together with a large number of people injured. The steamer W. R. Arthur, bound for New Orleans for Louisville, which left Memphis on the night of the 27th January, exploded her boilers about 14 miles above Memphis, about half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 28th ult. , the explosion tearing away the fore part of the saloon cabin and upper decks. The steamer then took fire, and burnt furiously till the forward part sank under water. The night was exceed ingly dark, and after the explosion most of the passengers rushed down to the lower deck, and many of them in the 'Confusion fell or jumped into the river and were drowned; and when the bow sank the waves 'rushed in and swept from the lower deck all who had gathered there. The commander of the steamer states that he had only retired to his berth when the explosion occurred, and that he was lifted up a considerable height, and knocked down by the stairs of the " texas," which fell upon him. He managed to extricate himself, got an axe, and cut his way out, and succeeded in saving his wife and child, and took them to the ladies' cabin. The steamer took fire several times but it was eventually extinguished. He believes that bad the cabin passengers remained quiet in the cabin all would have been saved, but they became panic stricken, and nearly all rushed down stairs. The captain was bti,dly in jured about the legs and head, while his wife and sister were seriously hurt. Captain J. A. Frazier, who was a pas senger, says he was in bed when the boilers exploded, but not asleep, and he at once ran out on the guard, and, seeing the state of affairs, hastened back to the cabin, and found that all the lady passengers, with the exception of his wife and Mrs. Brolaski, had left. He ascertained that the lifeboat had been taken away, and he then assisted in putting out the fire. Beyond having his feet badly frost bitten, he and his wife escaped uninjured. The lifeboat was taken away by five passengers immediately after the explosion, and on landing the boat was turned adrift. Several persons were picked up from bales of cotton and planks, many of whom were half dead, and others badly injured. Those who were saved by the steamtugs which came to their assistance were all seriously injured, some being unable to speak, and it is feared that beyond the. 87 lives which are be lieved to have perished, some more deaths will ensue. The second engineer, who was on duty, says that. everything was working well up to the time of the explosion, the steam in each of the boilers being lower than usual. One of the boilers was blown aft the rudder post, and smashed the yawl ; while the other, it is believed, was driven through the hull causing the vessel to sink. The boilers were new and extra heavy, and the whole out fit of the vessel was unusually good, and she was furnished with all the required appliances for safety of life and pro perty. The vessel was built in 1860, and cost about £20,000 and at the time of the disaster had on board 300 tons of cargo, and about 1,200 bales of cotton. RISE IN THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS.—In COHSE) (pence of the demand for Paris, fish has become scarce in the London market. Cod fish, which were selling at 35., are now 10s. Turkeys are realising 15s. each. Most of the fishing boats have taken their cargoes to Boulogne. LONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1871. During the week ending the 11th inst. the • objects, con sisting of machinery, scientific inventions, objects for education, earthenware, porcelain, and terracotta, were delivered in great quantities on the respective days ap 'Anted. A detachment of Royal Engineers, as in former international exhibitions, has been employed in receiving the objects. PLATE ROBBERY.—On Monday morning some one entered- Ledsham Vicarage, Cheshire, by the front door, proceeded from the entrance hall into the dining room, and carried off a silver tea-pot, lea-caddy, and other articles, which had just been put upon the table for breakfast. The robbery was discovered shortly after, and immediate search was made for the thief, but with what success is not yet known. It was supposed the thief had hid hid himself in the plantations adjoining the house till his opportunity occurred. The whole of the plate on the table was not taken, a silver cream jug and other articles being left untouched. WHOLESALE VACCINATION.—On Tuesday Colonel Henderson issued an order that all the officers and consta bls connected with the metropolitan police force should be immediately vaccinated by the divisional surgeons, and in case of any individual declining to comply with the terms of the order it was stated that he would be at once called upon to resign. On Monday 600 girls; in the em ployment of Messrs. Eley, the ,cartridge munufacturers, of Gray's-inn-road, were vaccinated by a surgeon on the premises of their employers. The firm contracted with the surgeon to perform the operation, and he completed his labours in three and a half hours. All the boys and girls at the East-end schools are to be vaccinated. Seven teen persons have died from smallpox in Whitmore-terrace, Hoxton, during the past week. In nearly every case the sufferer had not been vaccinated. SIR SPENCER ROBINSON AND THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL DESIGN. — The Army and Navy Gazette gives currency to a rumour that the late Controller - of the Navy was summoned to appear before the members of the Com. mittee on the Design of Ships of War (improperly called the Captain Committee) to give evidence, but refused to answer the questions put to him. The facts, we believe, are these :—The Committee proposed to ask Sir Spencer Robinson certain questions respecting the coaling stations which the Admiralty possesses in different parts of the world. As this subject is purely an administrative one, relating to other departments of the Admiralty, Sir Spencer Robinson objected to answer the questions ; and the Committee decided that they should not be put. Sir Spencer expressed himself perfectly ready to answer at once questions relating to his own department ; but the Committee decided to go on with the subject on which they were engaged, and to defer Sir Spencer Robinson's examination. —Daily News. THE GERMAN ENTRY INTO PARIS. From Havre, February 13, the Paris special correspondent of the Standard sends the following :—The "low living" which the people were reduced to, with the exception of a few very wealthy members of the community, proved especially fatal to women and children. Strong constitu tions bore up against constant privation, but it proved fatal to the aged, the young, and all invalids. it was understood in Paris that on the conclusion of peace the Prussian army would march through Paris with bands playing and colours flying. They are to march under the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs Elysees , then along the boulevards to' the Barriere du Trone, and so- out of the city. Committees have been formed to de-. termine the attitude of the population respecting this crowning insult. It has been resolved that all along the line of march of the victorious army the streets are to be deserted, the shops shut, and the houses have their blinds down. There is not to be a sign or % sound, and the strains of their own music and the tramp of their own footsteps will alone disturb the silence of the bereaved city.. That is the programme. We will see how it is carried out. Here peace is regarded ascertain, and there are only very few who.refuse to acknowledge its necessity. It is essential that peace should be made soon unless France is to be doomed to famine for this present year. Neither in Normandy, Brittany, nor Central France is there a single acre under cultivation. The. October sowings have nowhere taken place, and even supposing ' that the South of France has been more favoured—which I question—the next harvest will be entirely nil. It is imperatively necessary that the thousands of Mobiles , now loafing about the streets of large towns, contracting habits of sloth and dissipation, should, without delay, be sent back to the plough. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway's Ointment and A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, Fistula, and Sores of every description. —The very satisfactory results arising from the'use of this invaluable ointment, when the patients have been suffering from any of the above disorders, have induced the medical profession to introduce it into the hospitals and their private practice, and in iita,nyinstances where the sufferer was considered incurable, Holloway'e ointment, in conjunction with his pills, healed the most desperate cases. They are also unequalled for the cure of scrofula, scurvy, and all diseases of the skin, and the cures they effect are not temporary or imperfect, for by their purifying powers they bring about a marvellous and msot beneficial change in the whole system, and enable it, with renovated powers, to resist the approach of all future attacks of the same disease. CIVIL APPOINTMENTS THROUGH THE NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES. A most influential meeting was held ow Wednesday, at the Royal United Service Institution, the Earl'of Derby in the chair, to advocate the policy of making the road to the subordinate civil appointments through the ranks of the naval and military services. Amongst those present were Prince Teck, Sir ,John Hay, Bart., Sir William Mansfield, Colonel Lindsay, LordLucan, Colonel Ormsbey, Sir Charles Trevelyan, Lord William Paulett, &C. The noble Chairman said that up to July or August last he should have thought it necessar y to apologise as a civilian not only-for presiding over a public meeting or even taking part in it, called together to discuss a question the interest of which perhaps was mainly military, but the last six months, if it had not made them all soldiers had set them all discussing military matters. Whether this had been of advantage or not might be another ques tion, but our whole military system had been, and would be thoroughly overhauled, and if it should occur, which was highly improbable and undesirable, that we should be dragged into foreign troubles, we should not find ourselves so unprepared as we were twelve months ago. (Hear, hear.) The scheme that required their con sideration that day for the most part affected the army and naval administration, and no' doubt they would hear it treated from both points of view. What they wanted was some system equally cheap and effectual, which should induce the best men to enter the ranks, and when their time of active service expired that the means of obtain ing permanent employment in the Civil Service should be afforded them. On the following day a new scheme of military reorganization would be in troduced, and therefore it might be an inconvenient time for discussing a matter of this kind. With regard tel the increase of our forces, and the subject of reserves, the noble lord said the latter was a spent question, and did not affect the subject before them; but he was con fident that whatever may be contemplated with regard to home defence, the regular army would be purely on the voluntary principle. If so, and we were to gain in creased numbers of men, it was obviously desirable that every inducement should be held out to the men to enlist. As to bounties he need not discuss that. They were liable to hold out strong temptations to fraud; and done away with, every one would agree with him that it was not desirable they should be restored. A soldier after forty years of age was hardly fit for military duty, and the question was what was to be done with him then. They had to see how ready and willing a man who had passed six years in the service would be to go back to the agricultural mode of life from which he was taken. This much was certain that in an overworked community like ours they could hardly offer to any man a greater boon than that he should feel assured there was a probability of employment hereafter, from which he could not be removed except from his own misconduct. But employment of this kind could scarcely be given except through the State. An employer might die, but the State was permanent, and it was to be hoped would always be solvent. The noble earl then observed that there I was another view of the case to be taken which was with re gard to old soldiers and old sailors who had given proof of their fitness to do the work required of them. Educa tion to any great extent would not be required, from the fact that many men who were mere copyists could per form their work without it. He, the noble lord, was one of the earliest, he believed, to support the plan of open competition now introduced into the Civil Service. (Hear, hear.) When at the head of the India Office he had an opportunity of testing it on a small scale, and during fifteen or sixteen years he 4d never varied in the slightest degree from his conviction of its advantages. He looked to it as the means of getting rid of all dirty and local influence, so that it might give place to a purer administration and a greater public morality. And al though the competitive test might not be a perfect one, it was one mote adapted than any other which they might be able to apply on a small scale. He did not know where the Ti easury drew the line with respect to the amount of intellectual competition, but it has been stated that there were 100,000 persons in the Civil Service appoint-' ments, out of which only 14,000 were engaged on duty that might be called intellectual.—After some further observations, the noble Earl sat down amidst loud ap- plause. Sir William Mansfield proposed the following resolu tion :—" That the appointment of soldiers and sailors who had served their country with credit to the various subor dinate situations in the public departments would in every respect be highly conducive to the interest of the King dom as furnishing both an inducement and reward for military service. They recommend, there fore, that soldiers and sailors of good character who had completed a sufficient period of service and are able to pa;g3 the necessary examinations of the Civil Service Com missioners, shall have a preference over other candidates for vacancies in the public departments." Sir John Hay seconded. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Leeds Co-operative Flour and Provision Society, whose members are mainly working men, have contributed 25 sacks of best flour for presentation to the distressed inhabitants of Paris. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place between Captain Seymour Corkran, of the Grenadier Guards, aide-de-camp th Sir Hope Grant, and eldest son of Mr. Charles Corkran, of Long Ditton, Surrey, and Miss Florence Peel, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Lennox Peel and the Hon. Mrs. Peel. A. committee has been formed in Monmouthshire fOr the purpose of obtaining suffrage for female house holders. The secretary to the committee is Lady Amber ley ; and Lord Amberley, Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Hamilton, Miss Williams, Miss Jones, and Miss E. Jones, form the committee, with power to add to their number. Petitions for the Women's Disabilities Bill are being extensively signed in Monmouthshire. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR DEWSBURY. —On Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, a fire broke out in the worsted mill near Birstal station belonging to Messrs. Marriott and Co. It originated, as is supposed, in the over heating of some of the shafting, and by half-past six o'clock the whole building (ten windows in length and five storeys high) was in flames. The building was gutted and the whole of the valuable machinery destroyed. The damage is roughly estimated at about £20,000. THE HUNTARIAN ORATION.—Sir William Fer gusson has lately delivered the biennial discourse in memory of John Hunter. He explained that the object of the ceremony was to celebrate the birthday of the celebrated anatomist, physiologist, and surgeon, John Hunter, who flourished in London in the eighteenth cen tury. Hunter's Museum, which contained valuable specimens, was collected by his own exertions at a cost of seventy thousand pounds, and was purchased by Govern ment after his death, and presented to the Royal College of Surgeons. Sir W. Fergusson said that Hunter had anticipated by a hundred years the science of the system of grafting and transplanting which is much favoured by the surgeons of the present day. Respecting the results of Hunter's works, he said that the treasury of facts in his museum and writings may be considered the fountain-head of modern science in the medical profession. The streams had flowed in various directions, and no one could tell the course they may yet take. In conclusion, the orotor pointed out the interest• ing nature of Hunter's career.' He had no wealth or influential friends to assist him, but he rose to be the foremost surgeon and physiologist of his day. Some of the results of his physical labours were treasured in the walls of the College of Surgeons ; his mental labour had become the property of the world at large ; and his mortal remains rested with those of England's greatest sons in-Westminster Abbey. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY.—The twenty-sixth annual issue of Messrs. Mitchell's News paper Directory, which gives valuable particulars relating to every journal, magazine, and review published in the United Kingdom, has reached us, and we find some start ling facts contained in it respecting the growth of news papers in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1851, the year of the first International Exhibition, there were 563 journals published, 18 of which were issued daily. At the present tune there are, on the other hand, 1,450 news papers printed in these islands, 120 of which are given daily to their readers. Of our present supply of daily newspapers, one only is printed in Wales, and one in. the Channel Islands. Eighty-eight are pub lished in England, 19 in Ireland, and 11 in Scotland. The magaziuss now in course of publication, including the quarterly reviews, number 638, of which 236 are of a decidedly religious character, representing the Church of England, Wesleyans, Methodist s, Baptists, Independents, and other Christian communities. We may here state that even while the 1871 Directory was in type, five different newspapers were ushered into existence, one of these being the new School Board Chronicle, a paper which, published under the auspices of the Education Councils of England, cannot fail to diffuse much information useful in all locali ties where School Boards are either . established or about to be established. The Directory as a work of reference, is most useful to literary men, and to advertisers who desire to be acquainted with the papers of highest circula tion, or of respectability, in the kingdom. The casual reader will moreover find in its pages many generally un known facts of interest connected with the age and his tory and method of inauguration of the different journals. TIT F, WAIL BOURBAKI'S ARMY. GENEVA, February 9. The amount of military precautions which for some reason or another it is thought desirable to take here is extraordinary. The roads are patrolled, there are cruisers on the lakes, and the perpetual beating of drums makes us fancy we are in a besieged town. The Prussians, how ever, are no where in sight, the report of their visit to Gex being incorrect. Gex, which is in the Department of Ain is therefore included in the armistice, so the Swiss send their gifts for the sick and wounded thither without let or hindrance. Switzerland, however, regards her obligations as neutral very seriously, and the deserters and stragglers are brought in constantly. They come with a very bad grace, and it was thought at one time that force would have to be employed. Swiss patience carried the day, but it is severely tried in many ways. First there are the dilettantes who followed the army, wearing the Red Cross, but who were determined to ren der no active service as soon as they had crossed the Swiss frontier. Then there is the troop of emigrants who, chased by the Prussians from the Doubs and the Jura, take shelter on Swiss territory with all their luggage. They have such a dread of even passing their villages, which the Prussians hold, that they go round by Geneva to get into France, and form picturesque groups, with their goods in caravans. It is necessary to keep a strict watch over the stragglers, lest they should join these fugitives who have not taken up arms. It is only such that have the right to re-enter France. There are about 65,000 men interned in Switzer land, as a good many were saved by Generals Cremer and Billot, who went round by Gex. General Billot escaped by disguising himself as a cattle driver. The plain of Plainpalais, the Swiss Champ de Mars, looks like an en campment. It is covered with horses and chariots which brought the French troops into Switzerland, and are daily sent back into France. The accounts which the peasants give of the sights they saw on the road, are most harrowing. Every five minutes they passed dead horses, and vehicles overthrown and abandoned in the snow, for the number of horses lost was extraordinary. Worse still, there were men who could not rise, and refused even to make the effort, saying, " Let us die," and they were forced to leave them unaided. Never did cold and hunger make more victims. A correspondent of the- Lausanne Gazette relates that he was following a host of soldiers and officers toiling on to Switzerland, when he saw a man stretched helpless on an abandoned waggon, but no one turned his head to see whether he was dead or alive. At last the narrator could bear it no longer, and said to a Mobile that perhaps the man was not dead. " Ah, bah !" he replied, "he is dead, no doubt. All the better for him ;he will have no more cold or hunger. Plenty more are dead besides."' A, drop of brandy poured down the man's throat soon revived him, however, but there was nothing else to give him. There were thousands of fainting men on the frontier whose lives would have been saved by a basin of hot bouillon at the right time. Among the other wayfarers in Switzerland is a troop of Bonapartists. They meet every day and settle the details of the Restoration. However, they are just now very much discouraged, for Wilhelm shohe has abandoned all hope, and declared itself betrayed by Bismarck. ELECTIONS AT MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, February 9th Couriers from Paris - have at length reached Marseilles. The strangest rumours have been circulated during the interval that has elapsed since the capitulation, when in telligence ceased to be transmitted by pigeons and bal loons. It was even reported by some persons that Trochu and Jules Favre had been assassinated by the Republicans. In the arrondissement of Marseilles the Republican list of electors was supported by the Egalite and Peuple jour nals. The former declared that the names of Gambetta, Ledru Rollin, and Esquiros were intended to re present Constitutional, Revolutionary, and So cialist Republicanism. On this list was the name of Delpech, the founder and former editor of the EgaliM journal, and, since his resignation of a prefectship, the commander of a brigade in Garibaldi's division. An editor belonging to the Peuple figured likewise in the list. These rival Republican papers have made friends for the time, and when the prefect Gent yielded to the persuasion of Gambetta, and withdrew his opposition to the elections, the league was immediately organised. The moderate journals, on the contrary, had each a different list, and only five or six of the same names appeared in each paper. M. Gambetta's name was in three of these lists. M. Pel letan was favoured by the Liberal Democratic Com mittee. These various circumstances conspired to place M. Pelletan in the first rank in the arrondissement of Marseilles, and M. Gambetta in the second. The other candidates of the Republican Alliance had a majority of from three to four thousand over the moderates. In the country places the prevailing senti ments are fear of revolution and weariness of war ; but the bad weather keeps away many of the country voters, and was enough to lose the day for the moderates. Among those elected at Vaucluse were M. Gent, Prefect of Mar seilles, who resigned at the fall of Gambetta ; M. Naquet, former editor of the Peuple at Marseilles, at present Pre fect of Corsica; and Taxile Delord, editor of the Siècle, who failed in the election of 1869. On the opposite side were Leopold de Gaillard, political director of the Correspondent at Paris, and M. de Laborde, a former representative, MOTES FROM LILLE. LILLE, February 13. A strange state of things has prevailed here of late. When M. Bert resigned his post as Northern Prefect, M. Hendl4 came to Lille, having been deputed by the Govern ment of Paris, who thought the city was in a state of anarchy. Having to his surprise found every thing 'quiet, M. Hencll6 returned at once to those who sent him, and is not expected to come back to Lille. We are, therefore, without a prefect for the time being, but the Secretary-General performs the duties in the interval. The next serious inconvenience of our present position is the cessation of our renewed corre spondence with Paris. The North Company had, with the consent of the German authorities, reorganised their service of trains to and from Paris. Two went every day, and con veyed passengers who were furnished with the necessary double pass. Yesterday, without any previous notice having been given, the train which left Lille in the morn ing was stopped at Busigny by the Prussian military authorities, and the passengers were compelled to return from whence they came. Since then not a single train has been allowed to pass by the enemy's lines. This unexpected. event has given rise to various surmises such as a revolution in Paris or a general rising of the people in the invaded territories. Our epistolary correspondence is reduced to the smallest limits, and no papers arrive. M. de Fonvielle has given up his idea of returning to Paris by a balloon for the present, as the wind was blowing in so contrary a direction that the aeronauts would in all probability have found themselves over the North Sea instead of approach ing the Seine. The last report is that the cause of the quarantine imposed on Paris is the non-payment of the contribution which was imposed, and that the communi cation will only be reopened when the Parisians have ful filled the stipulated conditions. THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The Constantinople correspondent of the Independance Beige says the sensation produced in the Turkish capital by the capitulation of Paris is very great. The news pre viously received from the besieged city had not given rise to such anticipations. In official circles it is asked whether the war will finish here, and the peace so ardently desired by the Turks arrive. The representatives of the Sublime Porte at Bordeaux and Berlin have already the necessary instructions for giving their most active sup port to all efforts which may be made by the neutrals towards an arrangement. It is hoped at Constantinople, despite the categorical refusal of all mediation by Count Bismarck, that the neutral Powers, who cannot be indifferent to the duration of this terrible war, will regard it as their duty to interpose. If there is to be any intervention at all, Turkey will take part, since she occupies a place in the European system, and she will by all the means in her power endeavour to arrest the effusion of blood. The new diplomatic agent of Roumania, M. Jean Balatchiano, has been well re- i ceived by the Porte, the private letters addressed by Prince ' Charles to Ali Pacha having enlightened the Porte as to the real state of affairs in the Principalities. The verbal explanations given by M. Balatchiano have completed the cclaircissement, and have thus disposed of the policy adverse to Prince Charles, and consequently prejudicial to the interests of the Sultan, which was beginning to prevail. At a time when grave questions of European interest are engrossing all attention, and a new system of alliances is being spoken of, the affairs, of Roumania must necessarily be relegated to the second ritik ; but their turn will come. While on this subject of alliances I may state that it is not only by the three Powers, but by all the Courts who signed the Treaty of Paris;that Turkey will be guaranteed against Russian aggression. The Porte will obtain from the London Conference the recognition of her right to open the Dardanelles at will, to the war ships of all the powers, with the exception of the border state, that is to say of Russia. This is probably what the Times refers to, when it says, the Porte has demanded being reinstated in its former rights over the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. APPALLING CATASTROPHE NEAR TOULON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TOULON, February 8. The greatest excitement and consternation has pre vailed in this town for the last few days, and I hasten to send detailed particulars of the terrible railway accident, of which, of course, the telegrams have already given you some intimation. At about half-past nine o'clock on Sunday morning a ter rible detonation was heard in the direction of Sa Seyne to the West of Toulon. It was at first supposed that th e gunpowder magazines belonging to the arsenal had exploded, and this idea was strengthened by the fact that only on the previous day more than a hundred persons had been arrested in consequence of an alleged adultera tion of the powder. The rappel was at once sounded, and as the National Guard proceeded to the station I followed them thither. We heard that an engine had exploded between Bandol and St. Nazaire, in a cutting at a short distance from the last-mentioned station. A portion of the medical corps with a detachment of the National Guard immediately started in a train for St. Nazaire, taking lint and such instruments as were ready to hand. At St. Nazaire we found that an engine had already arrived from the scene of the disaster. The engineers, besmattered and begrimed with blood, could tell us nothing but that the train, of which their engine had formed part, had been blown up by torpedoes, placed purposely on the rails (of course this idea of treachery originated in their inner consciousness). Imme diately after the smoke of the explosion had cleared away, they saw that the second engine, like their own, was intact, but that all the carriages were overturned. They opened all the doors, but finding, as they believed, nearly three hundred per sons dead or dying, their own effo - rts at relief were utterly impotent, and they came on at once for aid and assistance, We all of us hastened to the spot where the accident had - occurred, and one of the most painful and heartrending scenes it has ever been my lot to witness, presented itself to view. The carriages nearest to the engine were not very much damaged ; the others were smashed and broken. Travel lers covered with bloodwere standing along the edge of the line ; others more seriously hurt were sitting on the clibris waiting patiently for help, their clothes blackened with pow der, and their faces, here livid with the pallor of pain and terror, there crimson with the blood i themselves or others. One unfortunitte woman who had lost an eye, and had a gaping, ghastly wound in the side of her head, was, like a French lady, bandying compliments with her doctor. " I must be pretty indeed, doctor, my husband will scarcely know me, will he thank God as I do that I have been saved ?" Fearful as the sight of the carnage was here, the worst had yet to come. The explosion took place 400 or 500 yards further on. Half the train was left, while the rest followed the engine for a short distance. Here, however, all help was useless ; the ground was inundated and soaked with blood. Mutilated human bodies lay scattered about in all directions. The earth was torn up to a depth of three-quarters of a yard ; iron rails twisted and broken, were thrown along the cutting, and lay on the embankment in a confused mass with hats, bonnets, tattered remnants of dress, and horrible fragments of human bodies. A poor little child was found in a neigh bouring field, still clasping her doll in her arms. All the atmosphere was filled with a sickly odour of burnt flesh. Rough stretchers were immediately constructed from the carriage benches, and the wounded were conveyed to Toulon, St. Nazaire, and 011ionels. To Toulon alone, sixty-three dead bodies, and a hundred and fifty wounded persons were brought by rapidly succeeding trains. The medical corps here were indefatig able in theii labours, while the ladies hastened to place at their service the lint and bandages they had been prepar ing for the wounded in the North and East. The wounded after being carefully attended to and dressed at the ambu lance were taken to the Hospice Civile ; four of them, however, expired in the very act of trans port. As may well be imagined, the station 'here was crowded. The National Guard, being unarmed, were not strong enough to keep back the anxious crowd, and the Mobiles assisted. Even then, however, the specta tors would rush forward and snatch the covering from the faces of the corpses as they were being carried past. It was intensely painful to watch the look of utter anxiety followed by a quick flash of joy, to be repeated as the countenance of each corpse was declared unknown. This was followed in many cases also by a terrible recog nition. Among the killed were two Mobile officers, who could only be recognised by the shreds of their uniforms, and the "way bills" found upon them. A brother of Charles Voiiy, the poet, was so severely injured that he still lies in a most pre carious state. He was returning home after having verified the report of his son's death in the late engage ments. An English gentleman had his leg blown off, but his wound was dressed at the station, and he continued his journey to Nice, rejoicing, to the asto nishment of those who condoled with him; at having come off so easily. Among the other sufferers were an attache of the Turkish Embassy and the station-master of Toulon, who are both now considered out of danger. There was also a company of actors in the train from a theatre in Marseilles, most of whom are believed to have perished. The bodies remained at the Hospice till Monday even ing, in order to give sufficient time for their identifications but many of the corpses were so disfigured that it was utterly impossible to recognise them. As secondary effects of the accident it may be men tioned that most of the houses within a mile of the station of St. Nazaire were injured, and there were the usual number of miraculous escapes. An inquiry will, of course, be made into the cause of the accident. At present it is known for certain that in the centre of this train (an express passenger train) four waggons, containing 15,000 kilogrammes of gunpowder and a number of shells, were placed. A stray spark, the friction of heated iron, may have caused the explosion. Of course , this will never be known; but what we do demand is a know ledge of the reasons of the culpable selection of a passenge r train for the transport of combustible material. No demnity, however, is likely to be given, as the railWai officials disclaim all responsibility, the order, they salt having come from higher quarters. I do not wonder that the accident has happened noirf but that it did not happen before ; as it appears that 1. similar transport of war material in passenger trains 10 0 '? been going on for months. On Tuesday afternoon the funeral of the victio ll . took place. All the shops were closed, and t 5 whole line of the boulevard was crowd by the sympathising and the curious. The processil left the Hospice at five o'clock, headed by the pries tho° of all the parishes. They were followed by the old all: women, and children of the hospital. The medical stabs bearing seven palls, immediately preceded hearses, fifteen in number, each hearse containing fr.° two to six coffins. The first hearse, contaia-w, the bodies of the two officers, was accompanied bi r e detachment of the Marine infantry, with their arras 00 versed, while the procession was swelled to an ino e . es , length by the presence of the civil and military auth oritt and the National Guard. ;13 4 Many of the hearses simply consisted of ro- Tip wagons, arranged and draped for the purpose, as the .°0 possesses but three—more than ample for its oral° requirements. Eve The people of Toulon have heard, as you have iu the land, of the miseries and horrors of war ; but appalling incident in our midst, has produced a Pr °f° f - t be sensation ; the more so from its being the resu lt most unwarrantable thoughtlessness. Nineteen more deaths are recorded this evening. On the 13th inst., at Re ßlßTHS igate, the Lady Richard Br° of a dauothter • t j l e On the 13th inst., at St. Thomas's House Hac wife of H. N. White, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. ol)c` r On the 11th inst., at St. Saviour's, Paddington, 1, to Barker, Esq., of Abbey - road, St. John's'w°fr`ooldo Harriot, youngest daughter of the late William:, Esq. s' l ion On the 11th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Lon t ionio ' race, Richard Thomas Coupland, Esq. widow of the late C. J. Davies to j30 , 0 0i Civil Service. Esq., a the On the 13th inst., suddenly, at Walwor th Castle , P ° ' l' lington, John Masterman,' Esq., age d 84. woo d' On the 13th inst., Mr. Richar Porter, of 4 7, ' street, Cheapside, aged 64. ._..,, of London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND n °ll, - ( fro ' tb° No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by I , , 00 THE Sur: Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct o' Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Thursday, krebruary 16, 1871 DEA.THS.