The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-12 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. This being the first day of the account, the attendance of the members of the Exchange was mainly directed to the settlement, and business in stock and shares, was more than ordinarily quiet. There liras however, a steady tone in the market for Home Stocks ; owing to the belief now generally current, that the danger of war so far as this country is concerned, has now been averted. On the other hand the anticipated issue at an early date of fresh foreign wars, to a large amount has had the effect of checking the rise in the foreign market, though the quotations have shewn considerable buoyancy. It will be observed that home railway stocks continue to attract a large amount of attention, greater confidence being felt with regard to the future of these important undertakings. There is the most satisfactory feature in the market at the present time. Consols closed at 921, 921 for money and. the February account ; Rednced and New Three per Cents. are 92E 921 ; India Five per Cents., 110, 1101 ; India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem.; Ex chequer bills, 103. to 14s. prem.; Bank of England Stock left off at 233, 234. Colonial Government securities are without material change, the dealings having been on a restricted scale. Canada (1877-84), 1041, 1031 ; New South Wales (1888 to 1896), 1001: New Zealand Consols, 1001, 101; Victoria (1883-5), 1121 ; ditto (1894), 1001, 102. The business passing in foreign Government bonds has been somewhat limited, and has generally been in con nection with the settlement of the account. Egyptian stocks have been in fair request, and are rather higher, but Turkish have shewn considerable wekness. Russian of (1862) and Nicolas are / up ; but Italian Five per Cents. remain dull. The latest prices were :—Peruvian, 891, 90; Egyptian Nine per Cents., 951, 961 ; ditto Seven per Cents. (1868), 78*, 781; Italian. 531, 53i ; Spanish Three per Cents., 291, 291 ; Turkish Six per Cents. (1865), 591, 591 ; ditto Five per Cents., 431, 44 ; ditto (1869), 50, 50/ ; Mexican, 13i, 141. The Scrip of the French National Defence Loan closed at 21 to 21 discount, and the North German Loan at 11 to 11 prem. Five -Twenty Bonds are again higher at 891 to 894 for the 1862 issue, and 881 to 881 for 1867. Ten-Forty Bonds have been done at 881 to 881. The inquiry for home railway stocks has been rather active, and though the movements have not been exten sive, the tendency of the quotations has been upwards. Great Western Stock at 721, 7,`A shews an advance of 1 ; and Midland at 130, 1301, and London and North Western at 1291, 130, have improved 1. London and Brighton is 1 better, nt 42, 421. South Eastern, on the other hand gave way A, the closing price being 761, 761. Foreign and Colonial bonds have remained without variation of importance, but there has been a steady in quiry for the latter. Bombay and Baroda, 103,104 ; East India, 109, 1091 ; Madras, 103 to 104 Great Western of Canada, 15, 151 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 191, 191; Great Luxemburg, 111, 111; Erie Shares, 181, 19 ; Illinois Central, 1131, 1141. Owing to the good dividends paid by most of the lead ing institutions, there has been an increased demand for joint-stock bank shares, and the tendency of the quota tions has been upwards. Alliance shares have been sold at 131 ; Anglo-Egyptian, 211, 1 ; Chartered Mercantile of India, 23 ; Consolidated, 4* ; Imperial Ottoman, 111, ; London Chartered of Australia, 24. A fair business has been transacted in telegraph shares, and generally at improved prices. Anglo-American, 731; Anglo-Mediterranean, 117 ; British India Extension, 6 3-16 ; British Indian Submarine, 6 13-16 ; China Sub marine, 21 ; Falmouth and Gibraltar, 8i ; French Cable, 131. The miscellaneous share market has ruled quiet, and the quotations are without material change. The follow ing sales have been reported :—Credit Foncier, 2 116 ; Egyptian Viceroy's Loan, 771 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 22.; International Financial, 31; Telegraph Construction, 24/, 1 ; Union Marine, s*, 6. The mining share market has not exhibited any con siderable activity. Prices remain about the same and are generally firm. Tan-yr-Alt shares have sold at 11, and South Condurrow at 41. In foreign mines Don Pedro, are quoted at 2, 21 ; Pacific, 1, 2 ; Rossa Grande, 1, a ; Sweetland Creek, 41, 41 ; Taquaril, 11. lh prem. There is continued ease in the open money market, the payment of dividends having set free a large amount of capital which is now seeking employment. The Lombard street quotation for good short paper to-day is 21, 21, while short loans on English Government Securities are obtainable at 1 per cent The bullion operations at the Bank of England to-day consisted of the withdrawal of £30,000 in bar gold and of £lO,OOO in sovereigns for transmission to Lisbon. The Douro has taken out £50,175 for the Brazils, and the -Celt has taken £5,000 in gold for St, Helena. The Astarte has arrived from the Brazils with £5,000 in specie. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Union Bank of London the directors' report, which is annexed, was adopted :—The directors have to report that the net profits of the bank for the six months ending 31st of December last, after payment of all charges (including the sum of £73,462 3s. 101 for interest paid and due to customers on their current and deposit Accounts), and making full provision for all bad and doubtful debts, are £115,888 Is. 7d., which, with £4,237 7s. Bd. brought forward from 30th June last, amount to £120,125 9s. 3d. The directors now declare a dividend for the last six months at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum on the p a id -up capital, clear of income tax. After payment of the dividend amounting to £90,000, there will remain an unappropriated balance of £30,125 9s. 3d. to be carried forward for appropriation at the end of the financial year in July next. Since the last meeting, the directors have elected Joseph Maynard, Esq., of 5 2 , W e s tbourne-terrace, a duly qualified pro prietor, a director of the Bank. Business at the Holborn Circus Branch was commenced in the new building on the 26th December last, The dividend will be payab l e on and after Friday, the 20th instant. The report of the London and Brazilian Bank, (Limited) shews a net profit for the past six months' of £18,769, making with previors balance brought forward £21,988. This includes 27,421 on capital l ocked up in Rio. The paid-up capital is £750,000; the deposits held are £554,307 ; and the cash in hand is £263,116. The suspension of Messrs. Siebert and Rogerson, East India and China merchants, of London and Manchester, with liabilities, direct and indirect, of about £250,000 to £300,000, is announced. The amount on which the firm is primarily responsible is £30,000. The directors of the Union Marine Insurance Company (Limited) have decided to recommend a payment of 10s. per share, making, with the interim divided of ss. paid in July last, a distribution of 15 per cent. for the year. They also propose to add £20,000 to the reserve fund, in creasing it to £lOO,OOO. At the meeting of the Westminster Brewery Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Annexed are to-day's making-up prices for the leading stocks : —Metropolitan, 14 ; Caledonian, 871 ; London and Brighton, 42 ; Great Northern A, 136 ; North- E a stern, 146 ; Midland, 1291: London and North- Western, 1291 ; Great Western, 721; Don Pedro Mining, 2 ; Peruvian, 891; Egyptian (1868), 78 ; Mexinan, 13/ ; Turkish Five per Cents., 431, ditto (1869), 50; Italian, 531 ; Spanish (1869), 291; Lombardo -Venetian Railway, ; Anglo American Telegraph, 73 ; Tele g ra p h Con. 14 ~struction, 241. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—WEDNEsDAT, LATEST PEICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. 575 5S RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B9 91 Do let Pre( 80nd5.... 90 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 87/, 1, 8 40/ Great Eastern 397, I, 40 3 / 4 Grand Trunk of iiatiatla Great Northern lt6 107 Do A 136 137 Great tnat ['en g 5.. o 1361 106, an 7, Great Western 7 21 73 Great Western of Canada 15 151 727, 3 4)o 6p o Bonds, 1871 .. 98 VI 100 Lancashire & Y or k s hire 12411n7 Do 57 do, 1377 -8 95 1347, 57. 7 Do 5 p c pref. issued 80 par Inn. Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 427 43 Madras guar spa 42, 2, 2 1031 Lon, Chat, and Dover ..132 141 N. Railway of C anada . 14, 3 / 4 6p 0 let Prof Rands Lou and North-Western 129 ; 130 Unite and Rohilkund g 129 3 / 4 5 0 0 Lou aud South-Western 917 927 ' ' 1007, 1 3 / 4 , 1007 917, 2 Belittle, Puitjault, and Man, Shot and Lincoln 44 44 3 / 4 Delhi guar 5 p o 447, 7, 7 1007 Metropolitan Midl an d l3O 1207 g 7 p c 1307 197. 7 North Brituth N or th-Easteni Consols 14671477 2 I-16th 1467, 7,7 t Buenas Ayres lit Sewn_ :57 2 f , South-Eastern 7 51. 767 Dunaburg and Witepsk 187 19 76# Dutch-Rhenish l l ,, 22 3 / 4 (Atlantic and St Lawrlice 7f 77 22 Bombay, Baratta, aud • Eastern of France — Central India. g 5 p c.. 103 104. Great Luxembourg 1037, 3. I 7 117 Buff and Lake Huron 4 47 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua Do 57 po 80nd5,1872-3 - 4 79 81 7 po Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p c 10271037 Northern of F rance .... 1027 Ottom(Smyrua to Aidini 47 51 East Indian, g 5 p o 1091, 9, 7 (Lmited) guar 7 ra 0 o .. 15 15 Grand Tnink Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South A itstu a. lAna-Yen 141 15 charge 6n c Do 2nd do Scrip GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,three per Cent Consols., 921 021 DoApril&Oct 188345.. ,_ 922, 1 112 f, 1, 1 Po for Account 921 921 Viet spa Jana J uly 1891. 101 102 922, 1 1011, 2 Three per Centßeduced 922 921 Brazilian. 1865. 5p o .... 921 93i 921, 1 921 New 3 per Ce nt 921, y`, 1, 1 811 Exchequer Dills. March 10 15pin Do Bail Dube 7pa .. 991 100 1 m 100, 91 Do, Ju p ne lO 15pm Italian, 1865. 5p o • 10s. 14s pm Peruvian, 1865. spa .. 891 901 Batik 8 23 4# — 891, 90 2341 Portuguese 1869 3p a India 5 per Cents ...... Itussian. 1862. 5 p a.. 1101 041 India Bonds — Do NICOIaS 4p e mu 671, 64. 71, 61, Cau6 pa slanta u l y ll77-84 10311041 Spanish 1041, 31, 41 291, 1, D o March & Sept. 104 106 Turkish. 1654, 0p e 130 5p c Jan & July .. 97 98 Do. 18.35, 5p o Do Luscrtbetl Stock .. 96 93 44, 31, 1 p o w o f Dan 5p c 1903 .. 98 100 Do, 1865 b p s Ceylon 6 p c May and 581 Noveinhar 1878 lO6 108 U.5.5.20110nd5,6 p a 1332 891 89 61auritius 1 pa Jan and 102 104 Do 8 8 9 9 0 } d : do July 187 2 !Sew S Walessp4i7l-76 lOO 101 New Zealand. opc 1891 lO6 108 Do 10-40 !Inds, spc 1901 871 88, Do 5 pc v o 5 1 , 0 Consolidated 100 101 Er il leMa e l i t i lsa h l a l r p e a s i . d . 1001. 1 WI vo 6 p c NarASeptlB9l 109 111 Ven .liiiie Si, DeelB9l 108 110 A tlautia and 41 NV It COll VCi rke Jail& Jul; 1891 113 11.4 Mortgage 'Bonds 291 29; 78 80 in 4i E 131114 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) .... 75 85 2a Imperial %LI A. 25 Alliance (L) 131, 5 115, I 10 Anglo-Austrian 165 24 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 215 212 20 London and County 491 50 • 212. 5 15 London Joint Stock 155 61 50 British N American 51 52 365 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 14 20 Lou and Westminster 631 645 25 Char Mero of India 225 235 10 Metropolitan B2 95 23 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 45 15 Union of Loudon., 38 39 20 Eng. Scot. and Aug 0 16 17 TELEGP APH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 73 75 Great N. 10 Great Northern ..and.. 112 112 731, 4 China, 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 116 119 Japan Extension.. 72 8 ' 117 5 Indo-European (1.).. 10 12 100 Atlantis — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, Malts (Lt ~... 0 6 100 Do 8p c 13 British Australn(L) 5 41dis 10 Mediterr n Ex (1.1 .. 41 10 British Ind Exten (L). 6 6 5 25 Pllllll% anti S. retell, 4 3 dis 6 3-16. digs 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Renter's marine, (L) 13 6 13-16, 7 100 Submarine ......... 23 241 10 CliiimSubmarine(L) 5/ 55(116 237 2/ Do Scrip ........ . . 25 2 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 NV India Sc Panama( Ll 41 5 7 and Malta (L) 8i MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES Pd 4 Pd Anglo-Austrianl3nd- 20 It Trigg Can Cavour 23 holders Certificate 3 5 100 Do 6p o Bonds. re- 61 63 10 BerlinWai.erworks(l.4 141 151 deetnaCe 1870 BO London Fin Assoc ( L)lBsl73dis 30 Bolckow-Vaughan 14 28 33pin 100 Boston City (U.S. 4 Lou Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 Beaton c Sterling in Loan 93 95 2 15-16, 3 4 Brit It Fgn Mare Ll :3 4pm 2 Lou A I'rov Marine L) 31 pm 25 Canada Company. ._. 71 73 2 9-16 10 Ceyion Company LI 33 3} 33 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 35 City ()dices (LI .... 251245 die gSD e by Ind Gov. 100 102 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union A.ssuriice 4 43pin 5 NatnlDisetComp LI 113 12 10 Crdt Folic of Eng IL) 2 2/ 13 N Zealand Loan and 2 1-16 Merc Agency iLI .. $i Pm 100 Crystal Palace ...... 17 19 5 N Zealand Loan and 100 Do Prof 100 Do 6p c Pero Deb.. 109 114 61 N Britsh and Mere ILI 281 183 271 Ebbw Vale Steel LI.. 91 91dis 5 OceanNlarinelnsur l4 46 4 143n3ni 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p 0 .10 P and 0 Stoma Mortgage Loan.... 76 78 461 77i 10 Do do New. 1867 3 2 dis 100 Egyp 9 p clr'roy 'Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron gnar by Egyp GaV.: 91 96 15 1)o New B3 95 95/, 1 6) Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-at Warehouse (LlB3 9;.pm 12 Tel Con and Main L) 241 241 22 245, 3. 3 100 Fgli and Colonial Gov 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 611 c Bonds.. 98 100 Marine Insur (L 981 Tobacco 6 p o Loan. 71 Gen Credt &Disnt (LI Pis par guar by Italian Gov 86 88 14 Gen Stm Navigation 275 281 5 Trust and Loan Co o f 283 Upper Canada 7 Hooper's Tel Works 3 1 dis 5 15-16, 3, 6 6 1 5 (I Marine, Lvpool IL 5 51oin 17 Hudson's Bay 8 83 20 Union Steamship (LI 23 25 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 6 UnitedDisCorprn (I, Idis par Tel Works LI .... 45 46 5 Univ Marine lusty (0 61 71nin r 5 InternlFlnan SociL) 13 Win 12 Wanact Finance.... 9 1 dis MARKETS. MARK-LANE. WEDNESDAY.—Considerable quietness was apparent on the corn exchange to-day. The business actually concluded w a s in significant, and great difficulty was experienced in realising Monday's reduced quotations. There was a small show of Eng lish wheat on offer. The inquiry was dull, but owing to its improved condition prices were maintained. The arrivals of foreign wheat were extensive. The demand was quiet, at the late reduction. Barley was in good supply, but limited request, especially for malting qualities, at prices tending downwards. Malt was dull, and unchanged in value. There was agood supply of oats on offer. The demand, in consequence of the abundance of maize, was checked, at drooping currencies, Beans and peas were purchased slowly, at about previous values. Flour ruled quiet, but rates were not further reduced. Arrivals : English and Scotch—Wheat, 80 qrs.: barley, 100 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 15,210 qrs. ; barley, 9,650 qrs. ; oats, 7,340 qrs. ; maize, 14,310 qrs., ; beans, 1,840 qrs. ; and flour, 11,380 barrels. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. — Sugar continues in request, and the recent advances is well supported, especially for strong re fining qualities. Jamaica has sold at flls. 3d. to 385. ; St. Kitt's and St. Vincent, 82s. ; crystallized Barbadoes, 40s. Coffee con tinues to come to hand somewhat freel and values are rather easier. Plantation Ceylon, tirage and ordinary, 'has sold at 425. to 549. ; good and fine middling, 68s. to 765. ; peaberry, 725. to 78s. per cwt. Tea has ruled quiet, and rather easier. Fine cocoa is steady in price, but inferior qualities have tended downwards. Ruin is without change. Tallow is quiet, at 455. spot, 453. January to March, 455. 3d. to 455. 6d. March. Linseed oil, 30s. 3d. spot,January to April. English brown rape steady, at 475. spot, 409. refined, foreign 50s. to 50s. 6d. Fish oils are unchanged in value. TRADE REPORT. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—Notwithstanding the quieter tone of the cotton market, both spinners and manufacturers adhere most tenaciously to their quotations, and only in a few cases have either been induced to lower their terms. But wherever a concession has been made it has resulted in business. Yesterday the business at the close was larger than most people expected, and very good prices were obtained. To-day there is little doing, and a dense fog interferes with business. CORN MARKETS. NEWARK, WEDNESDAY.— The supply of wheat at this 1 Market to-day was fair, with moderate demand at- is. per quarter lower. Very little demand for malting barley at un altered prices. Beans and oats were largely offered at is. less money. GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY.—There was a iair attendance at this market to-day. Wheat was from Od. to is. per quarter lower on the week. Flour was unchanged. Barley 3d. to 6d. per 3201b5. dearer. Oats, oatmeal, and beans were dull, and a turn lower. CATTLE MARKETS. SOUTHALL, WEDNESDAY.—There were fair supplies m beasts at this market to-day. Trade was slow, but full prices w ere maintained for the hest qualities. sheep supplies were rather stronger, but trade was flat. Prices were the turn in favour of buyers. WAKEFIELD, WEDNESDAY. —At this market to-day bed met with a good demand, at from Bs. 6(1. to 9s. 6d. per stone ol 14 lbs. Sheep were more fleecy than those shewn of late ; and although prices had a downward tendency, prime qualities and small animals realized fully 9d. per lb. LEEDS, WEDNESDAY. —There were 586 fat beasts and 6.100 sheep at this market to-day. Prices were as ;blot follws :—Besuttt beef, Bd. to 80. per lb. ; second, 70. to 8/d. mn, 81d. to 9d. A few North Country sheep, 90. ; ewes, 70. o to 7/(1. EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY. —In all departments trade was dull at this market to-day. There was a slight rise for best clean cattle. Prices middling cheaer, Short-horns sold from £2O to 430. Sheep were very dull; top price 9d. per lb. ; secondary Bd. per lb. Pork trade was dull : young pigs 10s. to 12s ; clean from Os. to Bs. 6d, per stone ; sows fetched ss. to ss. 6d. per stone. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —Opening Re port.—This market opened with a moderate demand to-day from ap parently without change from yesterday. Sales probably 10,000 bales to 12,000 bales. Closing Report.—The demand for cotton has been less active, holders evincing more desire to sell. The tone of the market at the close is decidedly quieter without including 2,000 quotable change in prices. Sale s 12,000 bales, 2,000 bales for speculation and export. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, WEDNEsDAY.—Official Report. — Refiners, demanding a further advance, checked business at this market to-day. The sales made have been at a further advance of fully 6cl. per cwt. GLASGOW PIG-IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This marke opened quiet to-day. Price nominally 51s. sd. cash. This mar ket closed steady to-day. Sellers, 51s. 6d.; buyers, 515. sd. CORK BUTTER MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —Ordinary firsts, 140 s. seconds, 140 s. ; ttirds, 1255. ; fourths, 112 s. ; fifths , 935. ; sixths, 635. 210 firkins in the market. ' Mild cured ; no change. Eight firkins in the market. Lord Lytton has returned to his Winter residence Argyll Hall, Torquay. THE DEATH OF PRIM.—The assassination of Marshal Prim affords one of the saddest yet most appo site illustrations ever shown of those wonderful words of Sir Walter Raleigh upon Death. We are sure our readers will not have any objection to recall them ;---c` 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death whom none could Advise ' thou la st persuaded ; what none hath dared , thou bast done ; and whom all the world has flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou halt drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, _We jacgt."—Guardian. THE MORTALITY IN LONDON,—There were 1,828 deaths registered in London last week, which was 83 above the estimated average. There were 79 deaths from small-pox, 34 from measles, 112 from scarlet fever, ten from typhus,, eighteen from enteric (or typhoid) fever, nine from simple continued fever, sixteen from ery sipelas, and nineteen from diarrhceas The deaths from smallpox were less numerous by 31 than they were in the previous week, and fewer by 3 than in the week ending the 24th of December ; but the fatality of the disease was last week as great as in any week of the epidemic of 1863. The mean temperature of the week was :311, or 5 . 4 below the average of fifty years. B4EAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND CDM FoRTIN,C.—The very agreeable character of this preparat! - rendered it agenerAl favourite. The Civil Service Gazette marks ;—" By atheroUgli knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opevations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine pr.perties of well -selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our brealOmt tables with a delicately_ f l avour ed beverage which may save many heavy doctorS l bills. Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPii (CC CO., IfoniceA -I)athie Ckemisth, London. Also, makers of Epps's Caoabine, very thin evening beverage. —Advt. 1885 891 89j filE SUN, LON DON, TRURSD NN , JANUARY 1 2 , 1871. THE WA IZ. I'IIE GARIBALDIANS IN THE SOUTH. LYONS, January 7. The three corps of Bourbaki, Bressolles, and Garibaldi are acting in concert against General der Werder on the Saone and in the Vosges. General Werder has been f forced to fall back on Ve soul, h-nperatively or reinforcements. This app eal has been answered by detach ments from Langres and Alsace, and others are coming. A letter from St. Louis say s that long convoys of troops are daily passing through Alsace. Ninety-five trains, each bearing two companies, or 500 men, with waggons and transport carriages, have passed without interruption towards Belfort. Some fifty thousand troops have passed in this manner. The Baden journals declare that Werder will have 80,000 men under Lim at the first encounte.., They estimate the Frenc h army at 800,000, and consider the cops between Besancon and Vesoul, at 20,000 men. Several corps of mobiles have left Lyons with the artil lery of the 2nd Legion, which comprises six steel breechloading cannon of the Armstrong kind. They were purchased in England, and are supplied with projectiles of dynamite. Lyons still ceutinues its effo rt from the s for the national defence. A num ber of v olunteers regiments in the East have been incorporated with the Free Companies under Garibaldi. His corps d'armee only includes about 2,000 Italians, some being left with Frappoli. The latter has fresh con tingents every day. In one day last week 500 volunteers joined him from Isere. Many of these belonged to the detachments just arrived from Egypt and Constantinople. A marching region from the Cote d'Or is to be organized in Lyons. Great numbers of the Mobiles of that department come into the town since the Prussians evacuated it. The whole of the south of France is covered with snow, and the cold hairhred a in point no t seen for half a century. The freezes casks. At Avignon, aubsciiptions have been raised for the Garibaldian Legion, and one of the citizens who has been prominent in collecting them, has received from Milan the following notice, which is to be sent also to the Italian papers : "It is from hatred of General Garibaldi that some influential persons have energetically endeavoured to obtain for Colonel Frappoli the commission and the means to form a corps of Italian volunteers from the Government of National De fence. The volunteers who arrive in France are detained in Lyons, and are almost compelled to join Frappoli's corps, Agents are dispersed throughout the towns calumniating the Garibaldians. We consider it our duty to inform our fraternal Italian societies so that they may know the intrigues which by a blind am bition, and in order to propitiate the Italian Government aim at tarnishing the honour of the Garibaldian name in France." This notice spews that there are divisions in the Italian military emigration which the French have reason to regret. Avignon, however, is faithful to Gari baldi. Colenel Bordone has written a letter to one of the Marseilles journals, repelling the insinuations directed against the Garibaldian corps, and setting forth the services it has already rendered. He cautions the public against confounding the brave soldiers who fight by the side of Garibaldi with the malefactors or cowards whom he has driven from his army. Some Freeshooters of the 2nd Company of Vancluse having deserted their flag and their comrades under Prussian fire at Autun, the commandant has sent their names to the Prefect, and has desired that they may be placarded in the town. " They must not (says the commandant) be allowed to disgrace a company which has never yet re treated before the enemy." The signature of Menotti Garibaldi endorses the commandant's letter. The cowards are, however, to ba brought before a court martial. NOTES FROM LILLE. LILLE, January 9th. What many people took to be a retreat of the German troops towards Vervins and St. Quentin WM merely a concentrating movement, carried out by the express orders of Manteuffel, who wished to collect his forces together for a grand coup. The German General is anxious to adopt every means in his power to restore the confidence of his army and retrieve his own reputation which has been tarnished, it is thought, by the two last engagements. The German army is between Bapaume and Cambray, and has so arranged its position that, in the event of defeat, it can retire on Laon or Amiens, while, if successful, it can march forward and rejoin Beuthein in Normandy. The army of Faidherbe has not changed its position since the day after the battle of Bapaune. One or other of the bellgetenta will shortly be compelled to assume the offen sive, and it is probable that Faidherbe will be the one to make the first move. The two armies are not exactly opposite each other. That of Manteuffel is to the south east of Faidherbe's. In awaiting the signal to commence the grand struggle, the out posts which touch each other are engaged Sn skirmishes. The most important of these affairs resulted yesterday in the capture of some fifty IJhlans, who were surprised at a farm by a party of Lille volunteers. It has been found impossible to obtain any news respecting the state of Peronne—whether the bombardment is over, or the town has' capitulated or not. Some excitement was produced here yesterday by the mistake of the International journal in substituting the name of Rosny for that of Rocroy. The rumour was spread that the fort of Rosny had fallen into. the hands of the Prussians, and great was the indignation that prevailed. If has been remarked as worthy of notice that the day after the battle of Amiens, General Manteuffel informed his Government that the Army of the North was com pletely destroyed, and that he was pursuing the debris. Scarcely a month afterwards the same . Manteuffel left Normandy in haste to give battle to this same Army of the North. This battle was at most indecisive. Notwithstanding, General Manteuffel loudly proclaimed the second destruction of the Army of the North. On the 2nd of January the victory seemed doubtful at first, but the next day the Germans were at last dis lodged from their positions, and they only retained Bapaume through the consideration of the French, who were unwilling to destroy the town. Yet Man teuffel persisted in his telegrams in defeating Faidherhe, as the latter defeated him on the field, and accordingly the public heard of the third destruction of the Army of the North. That army is tho while quite prepared to take part in new engagements, and provo to General A Manteuffel how greatly he is mistaken. td THE SURRENDER OF ROOROY. Rocroy did not, it seems, surrender without a struggle, as the German accounts implied, but only after suffering a heavy bombardment and part of the town being fired. The attack was a coup de main, which proves yet once more with what precision, and yet what energy, the German operations are carried on. Rocroy, after the capture of Mhibres, expected an attack, but it was thought there would be considerable delay in bringing up siege artillery through broken roads, snow, and frost. However, one morning, the population awoke to find the place surrounded by IThlans. About ten o'clock a parlementaire appeared, and summoned the place to surrender, declaring that if the capitulation did not take place at noon precisely the town should be bombarded. The commandant of Rocroy, scarcely believing in the possession of siege batteries by the enemy, refused, and the enemy with drew. The fog was so thick that there was no indication of the enemy's approach. The troosp composing the defence were only some 160 mobiles, and 120 artillerymen and engineers. '1 he cannon were all old, and belonging to the old system. At the first stroke of midday a report was heard, and a bombshell came hissing over Rocroy. Fifty-two German cannon were in battery a distance of five or six kilometres, and opened a terrible fire. Fifty-two others of a longer range were in the rear, and all were accompanied by from 8,000 to 10,000 men. Rocroy had only four cannon, and these could hardly be used. At the first shell the Mobiles scaled the ramparts furthest from the firing, and escaped in all directions. The twelve ethers stood their ground for five hours and a half, during which time the firing dicl not relax, and more than 2,000 projectiles were poured into the town. Fire broke out in several places, and ten houses were in flames. The four French pieces fired 500 shots, but as they could not even see the enemy's batteries their shots we nt wide of the marl .Their powder magazine was so much injured that an exPlosion was imminent. At half-pa.st five another pariementaire advanced and said it -was useless to prolong a, resistance whip time Germans considered so valiant that they had, contrary to usage, sent a second envoy. The town was burning without the possibility of succour, and the commandant therefore signed the capitulation. The Germans entered and ex tinguished the flames, which, owing to the high wind, threatened to destroy the town. Half of the 120 men managed to escape. The others were sent to Germany with the officers. The town is a melancholy sight, but as - usual the fortifications are not injured. n has THE CLUBS OF PARIS. Great excitement was produced at the Club of the Rue d'Arrs, at Varis, in consequence of the discussion which took place on the colleption of wood which was being made in all directions. The speeches wen) characteristic. One speaker said he had lighted his fire with an old door, and the owner of the door was greedy enough to claim fourteen francs for it. He had offered to give back the pieces which were not burnt, but he refused the bargain. Great indignation was caused by this statement, and various communications were made with respect to the steps taken by Government to secure sufficient sup plies of wood. One of the speakers expressed a hope that the results of this undertaking would put a stop to acts of violence, but another speaker declared that snch acts were rendered necessary by the state, of things and that if the people had not demolished some barracks and torn down trees the Government would not have troubled themselves to procure them wood. That which had been done to-day for wood should have been resorted to long ago to procure subsistence. Those persons at the Hotel de Ville must be urged forwards, if they are to act, for they think of no one and of nothing but themselves. With respect to the question of rent it was idle to expect them to pay the landlords half the money they claimed they owed them nothing, in fact, they had been the accomplices of Bonaparte, and it they persisted in their demands the best thing to do would be to hang them. A citizen made some remarks on the subject of the ambulances, and declared that Jules Ferry had ordered the litter bearers to put the officers into the carriages and to leave the soldiers in the field so as not to overcrowd the ambulances. The same speaker said that when he went to the Hotel de Ville on the thirty-first of October to obtain the liberation of the prisoners, he was greatly ill-treated. As for Jules Favre and Jules Ferry, they behaved with the greatest cowardice, and jumped on the roof like cats to get out of the way of the patriotic demonstration. A police agent who was present complained of these statements, but was vehemently silenced, one speaker declaring that he re membered him in 1848, when he had been selling his brothers. In vain the agent trird to explain— he was turned out with the greatest empressement. THE MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL CHANZY, Ina letter dated Bordeaux, January 7, the special cor respondent of the Telegraph says :—General Chanzy's army, 150,000 strong, with 300 pieces of artillery, was to have proceeded from Le Mans towards Nogent-le- Rotrou, en route for Chartres and Versailles, last night. In how many columns Chanzy will move, or what direction the different columns will take, I am unable to say ; but it is certain that his orders are to march quickly, every one of his men carrying with him four or five days' provisions, and to force his way towards Paris, no matter at what cost. I have reason to believe that General Faidherbe, in the North, is to make a similar move towards the capital now that he has disengaged his front ; and that Bourbaki will to night be close upon Belfort, whence he will detach a divi sion into the Vosges, and quite possibly assume the offensive, even by crossing the Rhine. In short, now that the frost has broken up, the different corps are com mencing work in earnest, and will yet give the invaders of France some trouble. To-day I saw an English man who had just come from Le Mans. He gives a very good account of Chanzy's army, and says that, if the men are a little rough, they are certainly very ready. The discipline of the camp is excellent, the spirit of the men wonderful ; and, in the way of arms, they are provided with rifles from America, which are second to none in the world. Curiously enough, one of Chanzy's right-hand men is a young Englishman, named Gordan, or Gourdon, who was not long ago a sub altern in an English line regiment. He came out to France, offered his services to Chanzy, and has been found so useful in every way that he has been given the tempo rary rank of lieutenant-colonel on the staff, and is pro mised still higher promotion. All the sick, weakly men of Chanzy's army are ordered to remain behind at Le Mans, and three brigades of picked men from Brittany have been formed, which, with two from La Vendee, are to lead the vanguard of the advance. M. de Char rette, who, commanding. the Pontifical Zouaves, has gained rich laurels in this campaign, has been pro moted to the rank of General of Brigade, and, if his wounds permit his going with the army, he is to command one of the leading brigades. The clothing of Chanzy's forces—so my informant tells me—is in excellent order, and the commissariat has improved greatly ; but the medical arrangements leave very much to be desired ; or, to speak more correctly, the task of tending the wounded is entirely thrown over upon the English and Anglo- American ambulances. THE CONFLICT AROUND HAVRE In a letter from Havre, January 9, a correspondent o the Daily News observes :—Why General Peletingeas, with his corps, returned to Havre, is as yetro incomprehhe in n sible. The journals of last Friday pmised that five days the public should understand the object of this retrograde movement, and until this period has elapsed, we must, I suppose, suspend our curiosity. It is impossible to conceive what the plan of action Is at present with regard to the march on Rouen. It may be that the two Generals, Roy and Peletingeas, will effect an amalgamation of troops on either the right or the left of the Seine, and march in a compact mass against the enemy. This opinion might be supported by the in tended departure of about 2,00 C men of the Line yester day for Honfleur, on the other side of the river, who, however, after waiting some hours on the quay, were marched back to barracks,the order being countermanded. It would not, apparently, answer to transfer a large force from one side of the Seine at present, as Havre might be left exposed to a sudden attack of the enemy ; but, in reality, a strong corps might advance on the left, and, in case of a German march on Havre, the French could easily retreat to Hon. fleur, cross the river, and be here long before the invader was able to bring up his artillery, &c. However, I cannot understand why both generals could not go forward and effect a junction near Rouen, where they would be. sure to be joined by thousands of workmen. It is, to say the least, censurable in the ex treme to find so large a body of soldiers resting here idle and inactive, while the country round is being pillaged in every direction, and completely at the mercy of the enemy. It is distressing to think that a few hundred horsemen can thus keep a whole tract of country in a state of constant terror, that they can levy contribu tions and threaten fire and death with impunity, in pre sence of a garrison which ought to have 'the- strength and the means of driving them back, and of at least forcing them to keep to their headquarters. A GERMAN WRITER'S REFLECTIONS. Herr Wickede, one of the ablest correspondents of the German press, indulges in some melancholy reflections on the military situation, "Anyone with the German armies in France at the beginning of September, when we were under the intoxicating influence of the victory of Sedan, who had predicted that we should have to stay in Fiance into the ensuing January, and even then have a tolerably remote prospect of quitting it as perfectly victorious, would have been laughed at and decried as a gloomy pessimist or incompetent judge of military matters. I well remember how stoutly my opinion was combated by usually well-iniormed officers, when, relying on my lor.g and intimate knowledge of the French people and army, I stated in the middle of September that the French could confront as with at least 200,000 men, and , if they liked, protract a de fensi 70 war till late into the autumn. And now, in January, more than 400,000 Frenchmen, exclusive of the Paris army, are opposed to us, the war goes on raging, costs the greatest sacrifices on both sides, and, unless the capitulation of Paris, not, it is to be hoped, very distant, effects a change of opinion and breaks down the obstinacy of the people, our troops may have to resign themselves to a spring campaign. As. to the power of resistance of Paris, all of us without exception, were radically mistaken. "What swarms of curious pleasure-seekers, almost all, often on a mere pretext, decorated with the Geneva badge, poured into the country last September, when it was so pleasant to travel in France, almost universally with the secret idea of witnessing the triumphal march of our army Into proud Paris ! All these pleasure -seeking birds of passage, who were then quite troublesome to the troops, have been dispersed like chaff by the snowstosm which rages over the barren ground. White armlets with the.red cross are now seldom seen on French railways, and whoever wears them deserves every respect, for nothing but a real feeling of duty and desire to alleviate the sufferings of their . fellows ties them to places where anything but pleasure is to be found." Among the servants left at Lady Arhburton's chateau is an old house steward, who told a pitiful story to one writer :—" Ile has a daughter who is shut up in Paris, and the girl contrived to send her parents a letter by balloon -post. It came on New Year's morning, and the mother sat down to read it with avidity. The letter killed her on the spot. With it in her hand — containing, as it did a recital of privation and misery which I refrain from giving in detail—the poor woman fell dead to the ground. Her husband had buried her the day before I saw him, awl now he came to one whom he seemed to look upon as having at least a consular position, to ask whether I could do any thing to get the girl out of her trouble, and also whether I could send certain letters to England. The latter request it gave me great pleasure to comply with ; I was forced to tell the old man that his first . desire was not to be thought of. He, for one, will pray God to shorten every hour till the capitulation. It is pleasant to know that the Prussian officers shewed him the most solicitous conside ration in his trouble, and smoothed every difficulty for him with genuine kindliness." AFFAIRS IN DIJON.—The Progr,s de Saline et Loire gives what it declares to he the correct account of the events which recently happened in Dijon. "In Dijon certain provisions only became scarce and dear—butter THE ATTA.CIc ON THE PARIS FORTS. was 35fr, per lb„ sugar Ifr. 750., and salt se. to 60c. ; The following notice of the bombardment from the cor- but the principal artieles of consumption for r e to to be had respondent of the P al l Mali Gazette contains some into- without paying an unreasonable price m ; proiucnedofofabpeoer adboovfebflrad anddi a no g t oo rige su a b b s o ti v t e ut l e s c f . o , r o t f hi a s resting particulars --" The opening of the bombardment was treated quite as a holiday by the German officers, pound horseflesh, at 50c. a pound. The want of who made up parties to witness the ' beginning of the coal was work feared. The establishment of end'— the commencement of the destruction of communal shops and the organisation of the fairest city in the world—as they would for a ' banks of assistance in the companies of the picnic or a shooting party. There was a great contrast National en Gar energy, tact, were tancid of greatisinterestedn value, essof m. and the in the style 6 f firing o f the two opponents, the French there, and of the whole municipal council, have firing deliberately gun by g un, while the Prussians fired received a universal tribute of praise. 'rhe Prussian s 110 salvos, the ripping sound of which was like that of mi- demanded a sum of 500,000 fr. as a security for the faith trailleurs magnified. Of course we know nothing ful observance of the treaty madea first sum of2oo,ooofr. was of the French losses, but those on the Prussian side were returned dtiwin tc , ) th t lir f iz, vtehtoureof atilieresmsiinLyw demand hich for .w i a t E , 3 far from insignificant—eight officers and Isi T i ien bars threatening il the working classes. With this sum they de combat, if I 441 not misiniormed. Something started the public workshops. Finally, the remaining liko 180 guns opened flirt on the Prussian side, but it is 300,000 fr. whs returned by the Prussian administration on probable that to-morrow a much larger number will be employed, as the gun-park is by no means completed, and the St. Cloud batteries did not fire at all. When the next attack comes there is little doubt it will be on Issy, for if that were to fall Paris could hardly hold out. But unless the Prussians are more successful than t he y were yesterday, it may be long before the defenders of Issy need fear. There is, as far as I can judge, no doubt that the Saxons had a severe check before Noisy. They had fancied that the French guns there were silenced, as they saw the embrasures filled with sand bags and gabions. But when they attempted to storm the fort they were met by so withering a fire from these em brasures which they thought were abandoned, that they were compelled to beat a rapid retreat." Fifteen young men of Rheims, who had plotted an escape from the occupied city to volunteer with the French army, were betrayed to the Prussian authorities, and every one of them suffered corporal punishment by the &Mag. - -- • The correspondent of the Times with the Crown Prince of Saxony is certain that "we have neither damaged Paris nor caused any fright to its population, however we may have terrified the raw artillerymen with whom Trochu has been obliged to man some of his batteries. If the forts have to be taken before we can produce any effect on the city, I think we shall see the close of the present month before we see an end of the siege of Paris." Those familiar with Giiethe's play of " Gotz with the Iron Hand" will be interested in learning that the hero's last lineal descendant, Joseph von Berlichingen, lately met with his death before Paris. He had been a Zonave in the Pontifical army, and on its dissolution returned to Stuttgardt, joined the Wurtemberg forces, and fell beside the two young Counts Taube at Champigny on its recapture by the Germans on the ,3rd The wound received by Prince William of Baden in the sanguinary engagement at Nuits on the 18th ult. has proved more serious than was originally supposed. The bullet entered about an inch below the left eye and issued from the neck, two inches behind the left ear. It pene trated into the cavity of the ear, without, however, in juring the drum, but severed many small nerves which at times cause a good deal of pain. In the Yorkshire Post there is a letter from a German gentleman who has just been summoned from the neigh bourhood of Leeds to join the army. In the course of it the writer says :—" We expect a general rising of the French prisoners in Glogau, Posen, Schweidnitz, and Silbrberg, and should this take place you will hear some thing in England which will startle you. Every third man of these 78,000 prisoners is sure to be shot if they attempt such a thing." A German correspondent writes :—" The siege of Bel fort is for the German troops an enigma, the solution of which is to be found in the configuration of the ground and in the special communication between the town and the citadel. These peculiarities of the soil hinder an in vestment as complete as that of Strasburg. There is always a possibility of communicating between the sur rounding country and the besieged, who regularly receive letters and information." General de Loverdo before leaving office sent the fol lowing circular (which has not hitherto been published) to generals commanding districts : " It is necessary to in form you that German officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates have been found in possession of jewels, coin, watches, and other manifest products of pillage ; you will, therefore, in future take care to have all German prisoners searched, and you will send to this office a list of such fruits of rapine as may be taken upon them.—By order, DE LOVERDO." At Claye, a little village to the north of Paris, a sad scene occurred on New Year's Day. Some of the villagers had returned with their priest, and on the occasion of delivering the sermon on the festival, the latter exclaimed, " \Vhere is my flock?" and answered himself, "In flight." The scene was a most painful one. The congregation consisted of a German soldier, some peasants, and.a, few women. The priest called upon those present to pray with him for the return of the fathers, husbands, women, and children, and for the restoration of peace between the j two belligerent nations. The correspondent of the Daily News before Paris, says : —" I have a strong notion that the French have, in a great measure, depleted their forts of big guns in order to supply their advanced batteries, and that this fact ac counts for the comparative silence of the forts in reply to the German fire. It is not in the nature of things that such a fire could have the effect of utterly silencing for-. tifications of suoh a character as the forts of Nogent and Rosily, but my supposition is quite compatible with the facts as they have occurred." Napoleon the First used to ridicule the Empress Josephhie for the importance she attached to the sayings of Mdlle. Lenormaud, the soothsayer, but on the occasion of entering on the Prussian campaign ho sent a trusty agent to seek her counsels, Mdlle. Lenormaud at once said, "You come from Napoleon : tell him he will hear from me to-morrow." The next day the Emperor re ceived the Sybilline communications that in 1806 Prussia would be defeated, but in 1870 Prussia would be lestroyed. The French still cherish a hope that the latter part of the prediction may be verified as the former Several officers of foreign States that are on terms of I amity with Prussia have appeared fro m time to time at Versailles to witness the grand military spectacle of the bombardment of Paris. Thus from eight to ten Russian officers of different grades and several English officers are staying at head-quarters, while Austrian, Italian, and Belgian officers have not presented themselves there. But the most remarkable guests are certain nine Japanese officers, some of them of high rank, whom the Emperor of Japan has sent specially to the Prussian armies to com plete their military studies, and who have been very well receixed there. They were dressed in plain clothes, and have just passed through Nancy on their return from Versailles. Speaking of the bombardment, the Times correspondent says it is well known that the large pieces of the French marine are short-lived. The order in the service is that only forty rounds are to be fired with full charges, and that when that number has been reached the charge must be reduced one-third. The life of the gun with these reduced charges is equal to from 250 to 300 rounds. But the strain on the pieces during the tremendous outbursts in which the French indulged early in the investment and during the sorties has prove d ver y dama g in g , and the y did not at all develop° the pow er they were expected to exhibit. Most of the balloon letters which have been recently intercepted, speak of privations, &c., but not of the 'unitary situation. One writer makes merry over his stomach becoming reconciled to rats and horses, and a Dutchman promises never to forget the anxiety caused him by separation from his family if he has a chance of avenging himself on the enemy. Women complain of the ex horbitant prices of provisions, and of having to stand in the cold outside the shops waiting for a handful of rice or a herring. The severe weather, the scarcity of fuel, the absence of gas, the cessation of business. and the pre valence of smallpox, are also alluded to. Tuesday morning, at the moment of their departure fro I . • the town, accompanied, it is said, by a letter from Gener. .: Werder, which acknowledged and praised highly the , • . patriotism which the population of Dijon had not cease to exhibit." .. The Constitutionnel objects to France being represente in the the Conference, and asks whether Jules Favre is quali fled by the violent elevation to power of September to ac r : for his country in one of, the most important questions o :', European politics. Any participation in a Conferenc: which has no reference to the present situation of Franc: is only an insult to misfortune. The Siecle is delighted Fa vre's being chosen for London, and attacks M. Thiers ". . whose intrigues are played out. The Patrie regrets Thiel': has not been selected. Should Favre go, it hopes ht:--, will not indulge in useless declamation, but assum k --- a sober and dignified tone, such as Thiers would hay. done. PitisoNEns As ACTORS.—A French sergeant- major, imprisoned at Spandau writes to say . that he gets In :.• on very well in captivity :—" our forced idleness here we have opened a theatre, under the sanction and patron age of the general in command. It is very well organised, and the performances are now tolerably perfect. Thi 4 c ompany is drawn entirely from the French p risoners of war ; we are 3 5 in number — act ors, sin g ers, and musi cians , and there is also a chorus of 25, under the direc tion of the ' sous chef de musique ' of our regiment. Among the singers there are some who have very fine voices, and who sing on the stage, ballads, opera airs, and comic songs with orchestral accompaniments. The com- . pany is particularly strong in comedies and vaudevilles as there are several professional actors in our ranks. The room assigned for our performances is a large one, andwill l hold 450 to 500 persons. The General often attends, and several ladies, as well as prisoner officers. The room is • always crowded, and it furnishes an agreeable mode of ~' passing our time." , TIIR PRISONERS OF THE RlllNE.—Writing fro& Bale, January sth, the special correspondent of the `i Standard thus describes the condition of the French' prisoners :—The attention of the English nation was • called for the first time to the state of the French prisoners in your columns. Until then the poor wretches incarce- .. rated in the fortresees of the Rhine had borne their misery : *9ll silently, and without provoking comment. They were .?,,, , dead to the world ; they existed like so many unwilling • monks in loathsome cloisters. lam sorry to say that my -- , investigations have led me to believe that the condition of , the prisor.ers of Cologne is infinitely better than that of the unfortunate Frenchmen incarcerated in other parts of'. Germany. To commence with the officers. Those who are , wealthy are not subjected to much inconvenience. They are permitted to wear civilian attire, and are allowed to I roam about within certain districts. They have to report themselves on the average three times a day to the Prus sian officer commanding the district to which they be- . long. Until very recently there was no restriction to their movements by night or day. Since a number of them broke their parole they have been required to be within the doors of their various apartments or hotels by six o'clock in the evening, and are not permitted to leave their houses until the same hour on the following morning. This regulation prevents them from going Co the theatre, visiting their friends, • &c. At Cologne most of the officers are members of the Garde Imperiale, and are consequently wealthier than their brothers of the line. While I was staying in the town I did not meet a single officer in uniform, and 1 several were staying in the first-floor rooms of the best i hotels. At Coblentz I found matters very different. Here ,c nearly every officer wore his uniform, and some of the t lieutenants looked as ragged and as poverty-stricken as i the poor penniless privates. This tact will cause you no surprise, when I inform you that scores of French subalterns are receiving no more than forty-fivo francs a month. Upon this pitiable sum they have to live, dress, and board like gentlemen. I noticed that the Prussian officers paid no sort of attention to their unfortunate prisoners. A great deal has been written about the gentlemanly behaviour of the Pr assiau officers, of their extreme courtesy, their perfect breeding. Perhaps I have been un lucky in my travels, but I must say that I have found the Germans uncouth and disobliging. A. few days ago I was at Strasburg, and there they were be having like savages. They swa g ger along the pavement, pushing every one they meet out of the way ; and iii the hotels they treat the proprietors like horses and the waiters like dogs. Every gentlemanly feeling would dic tate a civil demeanour before the French officers. But, no ; the Prussians are invariably cold to the captives, who are their equals in rank, if not in good fortune, and frequently rude. It is evi dently considered "'not the thing " to know a French officer : and so the prisoners of Sedan and Metz are treated with undisguised contempt by lieutenants of Landwehr and other German warriors of equal distinction, equal experience, and equal good taste. At the present moment a large number of the French subalterns are nearly starving. LAW AND POLICE. THE LATE GREAT BANK NOTE ROBBERY,- At the Central Criminal Court, before the Common Serjeant, Sarah Durrant, 63, widow, was charged with receiving; two £l,OOO Bank of England notes, the property of John Gurney Hoare, and others, well knowing them to have been stolen. It will be re membered that early in last February an ingenious robbery of notes was committed at the Brickbeck Bank, in Chancery-lane, a large sum being extracted from the bill case of Mr. Tomlin, collecting clerk to the prosecu tors, who are the well-known banking firm, while standing at the counter. The notes in q uestion form part of the proceeds of the robbery. The police, from private information which was given them, saw the prisoner, who keeps a coffee-shop in the Borough-road, on the 19th of December, and told her that they had heard she bought two notes a few days before. She re plied " Good God," and became very excited. The de tective officer further said he had reason to believe she had them about her, and should take her to the station to be searched. Prisoner said, " know I have done wrong, but don't take me there, or I shall get ten years." She also asked if the detective would' let her go on giving up the notes, and then she pulled - them ou t from her bosom. She refused, however, to state where she got them, but subhis se quently told the officer she had picked them up. T latter statement was the substance of the defence, and it was urged that the prisoner had simply acted indiscreetly after she found the notes. The jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to two years' hard labour. A THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS' CHANCERY SUIT AND ITS EFFECTS.-STRANGE CASE.-At the Old Bailey Sessions , before Mr. Justice Brett, a respectable-looking elderlY man, named Eldred Lewis Blyth Pearce, was c har g ed with' publishing defamatory libels on Thomas Donald ' son and Thomas Smith. The p arties all re side at Paddington, and Donaldson carries on a wine .and spirit business at Leicester and Nottingham - The prisoner has been plaintiff in a chancery suit, with reference to considerable property, which suit has ex te e u n t ( 0 1 r e s d h o a v v e e r a f r p o e m r ot time a o e f ttoh timei t y- s e a v d e v n a n y c e e a d r s h . i a m n d n the e p y r o s e - for the purpose of carrying on the proceedings. S ore few months ago they refused to make aro' further advances, and prisoner taking advantage of t he post cards sent the libel in question to several of the friends of the prosecutors in the neighbourhood of Pad dington, &c. The libels complained of were to the follow' ing effect :—" Robbery of £50,000 by Thomas Donaldson and Co., now figuring as wine merchant s Leicester and Nottingham. The bribe was taken 1 1 wines and as a sham to force Mr. , Eldr ed L. B. Pearce into a deed, now held by him, to rob him of millions collusively in his Chancery suit of thi r ty-seve n years a suitor. On an indictment , Smith and DonaldSll would be transported for life. The case in Chancery b' been decreed on by three Lord Chancellors in plaintifq favour up to 29th July, 1868." The prisoner was fon n guilty and recommended to mercy. He w a s liberated (/'",„ his own recognisances. ri 41 4 THE CHARGE OF CHILD Mumw y .—At the en-- a Criminal Court, Mary Ann Clarke, 23, spinster, who 1 0 r . been committed for trial on the charge of wilfully morclebe ing her infant child, was placed at the bar before common sergeant. The grand jury having ignored n bill for the capital offence , she was char g ed on the seen% count of endea,vouring to conceal the birth. To this s' t pleaded guilty, and sentence was postponed till the to % sessions. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Council Osborne on Saturday next. Her Majesty's Ship Grasshopper not havit arrived at Nanchang on the 31st of October, the Satanus went in search of her. She was found, 5 10 1 towed to Nanchang, where she will winter. She uo rt sustained some damage from heavy weather, and was s' of coal. o f [ADvEunsEmENT.l—Holloway's Pills are securitiefvep health to all nations, of whatever clime. They have g i o il hope relief, and comfort to millions. In irritation col debility, generated by exoesses of any kind, or in ger,og, prostration a the system, their effect is rapidly soetL'ltiie renovating, and restorative. They rapidly drive fret° t he system the morbid cause of ailment, and renew frame its pristine animation, health, and vigour - 4 1), greatly increase the appetite, give tone to the sterl3its; assist the digestion, and impart elasticity to the e1n.,,g1) their essence enters the circulation and, carried thr°lo its course, exerts its cleansing power over every ere,tl o the lungs they effect most striking changes, convern; tDo impure venous into pure arterial blood , by wh whole frame is recruited. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Major L. Geary, R.A., of a daughter. .n o l e ' On the Bth inst. , at Atherst one, the Wife of J. 1;-:. - Esq., of a son. fle lld MARRIAGES. ~ On the 7th inst., at Kensington, Henry Case, of 'icle ° l Blomfield-road, Maida-hill, to Blanche Jane, the,,,e daughter of Henry Ayres, Esq., of Surrey-Pl .° ' - ' 'll l° e O P ' Kent-road. n the sth inst., at Char Charlton Edwin 1 , 1 0 1) De Russett, Esq.,S of Dum k barton, to nJane PuK6l eldest daughter of the late John Goodman, Blackheath -park, Kent.. DZXTHS. 01 0 On the Bth inst., at Elm House, Denmark-hill a , „ sQ -- Kirby, of the St o ok Exchange, London , a g e On the S.th inst., at King's-road, Chelsea, Joseph late of Mincing-lane, aged 85. ----::::--- --:-----------------....----- London : Printed by GID EON ACLAND BO ll', No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published bY ' l l ' t 4l- THE Surt Office, No. 112, Strand , in the Precinct ° Savoy, itt OW County of Middlesex. `DWI-6day, January 12, 1871.