The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-06 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-SATURDAY. In consequence of the contradiction of the news from Berlin respecting the proposed terms of peace, and the an nouncement that the indemnity had not been fixed, but would in all probability fall short of the sum stated as required, the stock markets to-day have been charac terised by an increased amount of firmness. The business doing, however, has been by no means extensive, and the fluctuations have been trifling. In the railway market, Brighton, South Eastern, Great Eastern, North Eastern, and Midland shew an im provement; but 'Metropolitan and Great Western have given way in value. Foreign bonds have been steady, and Egyptian, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish have risen. The market for Home Government Securities has been firmer. Consols have been better, at 911 to 92 for deli very and the account. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92 to 921 ; Bank Stock. 241 to 243 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents„ 110 to 1101; and India Bonds, 235. to 28s. prem. Colonial Govern. ment Securities have been quiet, but firm. The transactions in English Railway Stocks have been only to a moderate extent, but the tone of the market has been steady, and the bulk of the alterations have been favourable. South Eastern, Great Eastern, North Eastern, and Midland have improved and and an advance of is apparent in the value of Brighton Stock. On the other hand, Metropolitan and Great Western shew a decline of I and / respectively. After official hours Metropolitan was quoted at 651 to 6611 Caledonian, 871 to 881; Brighton, 43 4 to 44 ; South Eastern, 771 to 78a ; Great Northern, 123 to 124 ; ditto A, 1321 to 1331 ; Great Eastern, 391 to 391 ; North Eastern, 1471 to 1471; Midland, 1271 to 1271; North Western, 1291 to 1291; and Great Western, 721 to 721. In the Market for Indian Railway Stocks the transac tions have been restricted. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 103, 1; Carnatic, 1011; East Indian, 1091, 1; Great Indian Peninsula, 1041, 51 ; Madras, 1031 ; and Scinde, 101, 1. Canadian shares have been dull. For foreign shares the inquiry has been limited. Bahia and San Francisco, 18 1 ; Grea t Luxembourg, 121, ; San Paulo, 21/, 1 ; and South Austrian, 141, 15. Not much business has been done in the foreign bond market, but prices have been well maintained, and hn occasional, but not important, advance is apparent. Egyytian (1868) have risen 1, Italian 1, Spdnish 1-16, and Turkish (1869) a, but United States Five-Twenty (1882) bonds have been lower After official hours Egyptian (1868) were quoted at 741 to 741; Italian (1861), 541 to 541 ; Spanish, 301-16 to 30 3-16 ; Turkish (1865), 611 to 61/ ; ditto Five per Cents., 42 to 421 ; ditto (1869), 511 to 521 ; United States Five-twenty (1882) Bonds, 901 to 901 ; ditto (1885), 891 to 901. French Scrip has been # per cent. higher at Ito 11 prem. The German Loan (first issue) is quoted at 2 to 21 prem. ; ditto New, 1 to I prem. Bank shares have been quietly dealt in. Agra A, 81, 9 ; Alliance, 131 i Consolidated, 4 9-16ths ; Imperial Ottoman, 111, 1; London and County, 52 ; Joint Stock, 371. In telegraph shares transactions have been limited. Fal mouths, 91 ; Reuter's, 8 1.16 th French Cables, 14. Hooper's have been flat at I to 1 dis.: Silver's India Rubber have marked 511, and Constructions, 261, 1. There has not been much inquiry for miscellaneous securities. Credit Fender of England have marked 2 9-16, 11-16 ; General Credit and Discount, 7 9-16, 1 ; Hudson's Bay, 81; National Discount, 111. The discount market has been fairly supplied with capital The demand has been moderately active, and three months' paper has been taken at 21, 21 per cent. The Salsette from the East Indies has brought £28,900, and the Caldora from Valparaiso £49,000. The Tanjore takes out £167,600. There have been no bullion operations at the bank to- day. The report of Lloyd's Banking Company, (Limited) to be presented at Birmingham on the 9th inst, shews an available total of £25,038, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 121 per cent per annum, which will absorb £19,035 ; and the appropriation of £5,000 to reserve thus raised to £85,000, leaving £1,003 to be carrie:l forward. At the corresponding date of last year the divi dend was at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and £5,000 was placed to reserve. The paid-up capital is £304,560, and the deposits held are £2,549,161, an increase of £58,283, during the past six months. Subscriptions have been invited for 2,000,000 dollars Consolidated Mortgage Seven per Cent. Currency Bonds, of the Lake, Shore, and Michigan Southern Railway Company, at a price to yield a little over 7 per cent. LONDON STOCK EXC HANG E.- SAT URD AY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOUlti. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. flume ver Cent Consols 919 92 Viet 6p c Jan &July 18 113 114 92, 19 DoApril &Oct 1883-85. 9 . 1 112 113 Do for Account 92 Viet 5p 0 Jan & JulylB9l. 101 102 Three per Cent Reduced 92 9 2 9 1019 929, 2 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 931 941 New 3 per Cent 92. 9 Egyptian 1862, 7pa .. .. 83 85 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pm Do Rail Deben 7po .. 9911001 m Italian, 1865, 5 p a Do. Ju p ne lO 15pin Peruvian. 1805. 5p a .... — B9l 901 13s, 108 Pm 8 9 9, 909 ,dank Stock 242 ktussian. 1802. 5 p 0.. .. 841 851 India 5 per Cents 110, 9 Do Nicolas 4 p o India Bonds ............ 679, 84 pm Spanish Can 6pc J an &JulylB77-84 104 105 30, 9 1044.: Turkish. 1854, 6p c 79 81 Do March & Sept. 104 106 791 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 Do. 1805, 5p a 989 42, 9, 19, 29 Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 Do, 1865 np c Dom of Can 51 , o 190 3 . t 90 100 61 9, 9, 4 Ceylon 6 p c May and U. 5.5-20 ilonds,6 L, o 1882 909 901 November 1878 lO6 108 902, 9 Mauritius (p c Jan and Do do July 1873 lO2 104 0 0 9 New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 lOO 101 Do 10-4013nds, sw, 19(11 89 SI New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 8 9 9, 0 Do spc 1)o 5p 0 Consolidated 981 99. Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 9 9 1 , 9, 81 Atlantic and G II Con 1/o 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 100 In Mortgage Bond ds Po June & I)ec 1891 108 110 1885 90 90', 'RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9l 93 Do Ist Prat 80nd5.... 58 59 Caledonian Great Eastern 391, k Do 3rd Prof Stock .... 31 33 Great Northern 124 4th Pref Stock Bo A 132 133 Greatludian Pen g 5 n o 10411051 Great Western 72 72/ 1041, 51 721, 1, 1 GreatWesteru of Clanada" 15 151 Lancashire & Yorkshire 125 136 no Op c Bonds. 1873.. 99 100 Lou, Brig!). and S Coast 431 44 Do 51 do, 1877-8 95 97 44, 31 Do 5 p c prof. Issued 80 par tom Lou. Chat, and Dover .. 14 141 Madras guar spc 14/, f 1031 Lon and N orth-Western 12911291 N. Railway of Canada, 1292, 1 6p a Ist Pref Bonds Lou and South-Western 931 941 Oude and R ohilkuud g 94 5 n c 10011011 Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 451 Saluda, Putijanb. and Metropolitan 661, 51 1011. 1 12711271 Bahia and San Francisco Midland 1271,} g 7 p a North British ortit-EasteniConsols 147 1471 Belgian E Junction .... 21 21 N 14 B u enos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 25 265 71, 1 Soutt-Eastern 771 78 26, 6/ 771 Dnuaburg and Witepsk 181 19 Atlantic and St Lawmen 76 78 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23 Bombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France lB 20 central India , g I p c.. 10211031 Great Luxembourg 103, 1 121, / Buff and Lake Huron .. 41 41 Lemberg Czernowitzgua 4i 7 p c Do 51 pc 80nd5 ,1872-3-4 80 82 161 Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c lO3 104 Ottom (and SaSmyrnaFranci to Alasco in) 41 51 East Indian , g 5 p a ' (Limited) guar 7p 0 .. 15 15 10* 4 Grand Trunk Canada 21 / , 2 Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 charge 6p c 921 15, 141 Po 2nd do Bonds _4 Brit & Fgn Marine Ll4l 41pm 2 Lou &Prov Marine 1.) 1 11prr 25 Canada Company. 72 75 100 Madras Irrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon Company I.) 33 31dis gsn c by Ina cloy. 100 102 35 City Offices (L) 251241 die 2 Mauritius Land (L) 3 I the. 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assuruce 41 41pin 111 10 Crdt Pone of Eng (I.) 21 23 21 N Zealand Loan and 2 11-16, 3, 9-16 Merc Agency IL) • • Ii pm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Prat 931 69 N Britsh and Mere 114 289 283 100 Do 6p c Peru Deb.. 110 115 5 OceanMarineinsur _1431511mi 271 Ebbw Vale Steel 14.. 91 91dis 393 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7P c 50 P and 0 Steam 44 46 Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 45 1 781 10 Do do New. 1867 31 21dis 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan. 50 Ithymney Iron guar by Egyp GOV.. 97 99 15 Do New 9 91 97 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-et Warehouse (Li 8 9i"n 5 , 4 100 Egli and Colonial Gov 12 Tel Con and Main L) 761 ¶63 Trust 6p c Ronda.. 98 100 263. 3 71 Gen Croat &Dis.lt (1.1 par Ipm 2 Thames and Mersey 7 9-16, 3 Marine Insur IL • • BR ID. 14 Gen Hun Navigation 28 29 Tobacco 6 p o Loan. 7 Hooper's Tel Works 4 ldis guar by Italian Gov 88 90 1 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 5 Trust and Loan Co of 83 Lipper Canada .... 3 Ipm on Indrbbr,Gut Per. and 5 (I Marine, Lvpool Ifs 5 - 5 inn Tel Works LI .... 51 52 20 Union Steamship (1.) 23 25 1 51' 6 U tilted Dis Corprn (T, idle par 5 Intel - 1111'111FM Soc(L) 21 2dis 5 Univ Marine hisiir iT. I 7 710 iii 12 Warract Finance.... 9 7.1 is BANKING COMPANIES. Pa Pd 1 Agra Bank 114 A 9l 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 11 11pn1 81, 9 111, 1 25 Alliance (Ti 131 a d 20 London and County 511 521 10 Anglo-Austrian 171 15 London Joint-took 37 38 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 221 221 171 x d 50 British IV American 51 52 20 Lou and Westmnster 621., 62181 20 Ch of India , Austrlia 131 141 10 Metropolitan ........ 8 25 Char Mere of Ind ia 22 23 20 Midland IL) par 11,81 10 City 111 x d 25 Orutal Bank Corporn 411 42' 2 Colonial 40 4 Consolidated (L .. • . I bun 0/ 4 g-16 ad 15 Unio 4 n of London .. 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus C 161 171 p 2 Imperial %Li 1 71 a d W 40 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Fd Pd 100 A ng lo-American LI 73 75 5 Indo-European (L),. 10 12 10 Anglo-Meditru (L) llB 120 10 Marseilles, Al . iers, 100 Atlantic — and Malta (L) .. 61 61 1/0 8p c — 10 Mediterru Ex (L) . .. 41 5 100 13 British Austrian (L) 10 British Ind Exten (L). 6 1 61 dis 110 British Indian Sub- 8 Reuters marine. (L) 10 China Submarine (L) 5 41d1s 20 SooTrans France (L) 131 14 Au Falmouth, Gibraltar, 11 nd Malta (1,1 a 91 1)o Scrip 2l 21 I 1) (treat Northern .... 111 111 10 W India A Patiaina(L) 6 6) 6 Great N. China, and 6 3-16 Japan Extension.. 8 8i MISCELLANEOUS SECTJRITIES Pd 20 it 'nig Can Cavour 1 31 Anglo-Austrian Bud holders' Certificate 2 4 100 pc, 6p c Bonds. re- 62 64 10 BerlinWatertvorks(L) 151 16f deemab le 1870 30 Boickow-Vangban L) 32 37pin 70 London - Fin Assoc(L) 19 184115 100 Boston City 411.8. 93 ‘, 4 Lon fien Omnibus .. 21 21 ciiterling lA= .. vs 21,1316 THE SUN, LONDON, :MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1871. NEWS FROM AMERICA. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. A correspondent writing from Philadelphia on January 16th, says :—The Alabama Question engrosses public at tention, but just now so much in the form of complaint as in an endeavour to secure some practical means, of settle ment. I have already reported the visit s to Washington of various delegations of whaleship owners, under writers, and others interested in the claims, who have been urging the Government officials and the Foreign Committees of Congress to adopt a plan by which the Government shall assume the individual claims. The New York Board of Underwriters have also held a meeting on the subject, at which a large number of in surance companies outside of New York city were also represented. The meeting assembled on January 13, and the discussion took a wide range, although the general sentiment expressed was to the effect that the Government ought to settle with the individual claimants, and then seek redress from England. The recommendations of the President's Message with reference to the appointment of a commission to ascertain the amounts and ownership of the individual claims were approved, and a resolution adopted appointing a committee of two from each city represented at the meeting to visit Washington and urge Congress to pass an Act carrying out these recommenda tions. Mr. Parker, President of the Great Western In surance Company, whose correspondence with Reverdy Johnson and others upon this matter is already well known in England, was chairman of the meeting. In the House of Representatives, January 13, Mr. Baffin ton, Republican, of Massachusetts, introduced a Bill carrying out these views, although the Foreign Committee of the House had not at that time deter mined upon anything. Mr. Buffinton's Bill provides for the appointment of Ccmmissioners to ascertain and determine the damages sustained by American citizens or corporations by the depredations of the rebel cruisers Alabama, Georgia, Shenandoah, and I Florida, or their tenders, the Clarence, Lapwing, Tacony, and Tuscaloosa. The bill was referred to the Foreign Committee, and it is thought will at an early day be re ported back favourably. There are, according to its pro visions, to be three Cammissioners, who shall meet at Washington on or before April 1, but who may subse quently meet at New York, Boston, or New Bedford, Massachusetts. They are to examine claimants and wit nesses under oath, and all claims are to be presented within six months from the day of the first meeting, and must be decided within one year after that time. The decision of any two of the Commissioners shall be final. The Board of Commissioners is to give a hearing to counsel appointed by the Government of Great Britain. Each Commissioner is to receive a salary of 8,000 dols. a year, and the sum of 50,000 dols. is appro priatecPto defray the expenses of the Commission. All sums awarded as due are to be paid by the United States within eighteen months after the . first meeting of the Commission, in twenty-year bonds, bearing five per cent. interest. For the payment of these claims the Secretary of the Treasury is authorised to issue bonds to the amount of 20,000,000 dols., which shall be known as the British Bonds. Upon the presenta tion ut the Treasury Department of the award by the legal holder thereof the Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver bonds to cover the larger amounts, and the balance is to be paid in United States' currency. The holder thus paid is to surrender his certificate of award to the Secretary of the Treasury. It is provided that a copy of the bill, when it passes, shall be given to the representative of the Government of Great Britain. There is nothing said in the proposed measure about any ulterior claim by the United States againsf Great Britain, although that, of course, is to follow. General Schenck has again delayed his departure for England, the day of sailing being now fixed for Feb ruary 1. He has had a farewell dinner party at Wash ington, at which the Vice-President, Secretary Boutwell, and Senators Sumner, Sherman, Williams, Fenton, Morrill, and others were present. He made no reference to his instructions or intended course of action in London. Upon these he preserves a studied silence.—The Senate after a long delay, has finally confirmed the nomination of Vice-Admiral D. D. Porter to be Admiral of the United States' Navy.—During the past autumn and winter there has been a severe drought throughout the North Atlantic States, which has caused serious inconve nience not only to millowners, but also the large cities in the matter of their water supply. Another frightful disaster has been added to the long, list of catastrophes in the history of steam boating on the Western rivers. The steamboat T. L. M‘Gill, from St. Louis for New Orleans, was burnt on the night of Sunday, the 15th of January, on the Mis sissippi River, below Memphis. The boat had been aground on a bar for two days, and had partly unloaded her cargo so as to lighten the vessel, The origin of the fire is unknown, but it spread rapidly through the re mainder of the cargo, which was chiefly pork and petro leum, There was a large number of persons on board, and 58 lives were lost by burning or drowning. General Ivoil; composer of the Russian National Hymn, died on December 28, at his estate in the Govern• ment of Kowno. THE UNIVERSITIES.—Four scholarships, tenable for three years—two of £6O and two of £3O per annum— will be open to competition in April next, at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The examination will commence on April 18. THE LIFEBOAT BAZAAR IN DUBLIN.—The follow ing ladies were among those who presided at and contri. buted to the supplying of the stalls :—The Marchioness o Drogheda, the Countess of Howth, the Countess o. Granard, Lady Alice Havelock, Lady Gray, Lady Margaret Stronge, Lady Ventry, and Lady Power. The International Association has passed a resolu tion to the effect "That Mr. Otway, M.P. for Chatham, having honourably withdrawn from a professedly Liberal Governmentwhioh, while professing friendship for France, has basely deserted her in the hour of need, we hereby tender to him the thanks of the association, and request him to become its president." PAPER FROM WOOD.—Mr. James McDonnell, of Dublin, a paper manufacturer, has lately used wood as a substitute for rags in the manufacture of paper. Deal boards are chopped up into fibre, and placed in a boiler at 200 lb. pressure. It then assumes the form of a rich cream-coloured pulp, which bears printing admirably. Mr. McDonell holds a patent for this process, and has made arrangements for using this ingenious substitute on a large scale. Some particulars of the wreck of the steamer Borneo are given in the Anglo-Brazilian Times of January Q. It appears that of the seventy-seven persons who had been on board, only forty-two reached the land alive. The only passenger saved was Mrs. Walker. Those who perished were Mr. Piogio Mr. H. Thomas, Miss Lewis, Mrs. Walker's two young daughters, and Mr. Butcher, the agent. Of those belonging to the vessel, the captain, the chief officer, the doctor, four officers, and thirty-five of the crew were saved. DEATH oF Di.. SIJERIp4N MuspnATT.—We have to announce the death of Dr, Sheridan Muspratt, of the Liverpool College of Chemistry, and brother of the presi dent of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. The deceased was a favourite pupil of Liebig, and he was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends as a chemist of exceptional talent both in a literary and experimental sense. In Harrogate Dr. Muspratt was highly popular, and he is said to have added greatly to the reputation of that favourite watering place. He was the son of Mr. Muspratt, of Seaforth Hall, near Liverpool, and some 20 years ago he married Miss Susan Cushman, sister of the most famous of American actresses. THE SMALLFO:X. IN FRANCE.—The smallpox con tinues its ravages in several parts of France, in addition to the other disasters of the country. M. Pereira, the Prefect of the Loiret, and his brother-in-law M. Peau, have died from it. Until a few hours before M. Pereira's death, a Prussian guard was stationed at the Prefecture, for he was kept as prisoner. The Gadois.mentions a fresh instance of the heroic devotion of the Sisters of Charity. Forty-seven sisters were sent to Bicetre to nurse the smallpox patients at the hospital. Eleven of the sisters caught the disease and died. Eleven more were asked for to replace them, as none could be spared from the dangerons service. Thirty-two imme diately volunteered, and ots had to be drawn for the required eleven ! A STEAMER DESTROYED BY Finp.—Some further particulars of the destruction of the Mississippi steamer have come to band. Seventy-two lives were lost, which are twelve more than those pre vionsly reported. The Zeager steamer was near the M`Gill when the fire broke out and she des patched a boat to her assistance, but the flames had almost enveloped her and passengers and crew were drif t ing about on cotton bales and planks. The boats of the Zeager succeeded in rescuing many of the relief rom the water, but it was impossible to get near burning vessel. All efforts to reach the unfortunate captain of the M`Gill were unavailing, and the heat and flames prevented him from getting to the boat. About fifteen persons were seen clinging to the steamer, but they could not be reached, and were unable to save themselves in consequence of being benumbed with cold. Had it not been for the opportune appearance of the Zeagers boats the number of lives lost would have been 110, instead of 78. A number of the charred remains of the passengers were found amongst the wreck. MARKETS. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. -Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the hay market ;-There have been moderate supplies of hay and clover on sale at to-day's market The business transacted has been, to a fair extent, at fully the rates previously current. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 1103. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 1355. to 1475. ; inferior ditto, 116 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. infe rior ditto, 105 s. to 1158., and straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. LONDON HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY.-Market hides-561b. to 641 b., 30. to 30.; 641 b. to 721 b., 3d. to 3d.; 721 b. to 80 1 b., 3 0. to 4d. ; 801 b. to 881 b., 4d. to ; 881 b. to 961 b., 40. to 40.; 961 b. to 1041 b., nil ; 1041 b. to 1121 b., nil. Horse hides, 10s. 6d. to 125. 6d. Calf skin-light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. Sheepskins-polled, Bs. to 105. 6d. ; half-breds, 65. 9d. to 7s. 9d.; Downs, 4s. 9d. to 6s. 6d. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.---In the cloth halls the attendance has been fair, but consisted only of a few large London and Gut-town houses. The demand has been mostly for both mantle and coating Meltons, and for fancy coatings and hairlists. Parcels of goods. however, for the spring trade are not yet large, but manufacturers, except in a very few localities, are well employed on orders, which are delivered direct, and from a distinct branch of business from that done in the cloth halls. A large London buyer was inquiring this morning for mixture Meltons at 2s. 2d. a yard, but the lowestterms for such goods are 2s. 4d. a yard. At he lower price he was open to buy largely. Merchants generally throughout the town are busy in home orders. Some of the leading manufacturers are preparing pat terns of stripes in dark shades, for next winter's trade. The flax spinners in Leeds are well employed, and prices both of the raw material, and of threads, yarns, linen canvass, and sacking have improved. The local market for clothing wool is flat, and buyers are cautious, because of the doubtful state of affairs on the Continent. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there was a small show of cattle and pigs, but rather more sheep, but no alteration In prices, and a slow trade. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat of good quality has considerably increased in price this week, and the trade generally has become more active. In some instances an advance of 2s. has been obtained both for wheat and barley. Indian corn and oats have also improved in price, and it is anticipated that holders will require an advance on this de scription of grain at the Exchange to-day. Beans and peas remain unaltered. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY. — At this market to-day there was a fair show of wheat, but a slow trade was done, at 6d. per load reduction. There was a small show of barley, with no alteration in prices. Market firm for oats and other cereals. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY. — This maricet was characterised to-day by less animation, and the wheat trade re mained dull, without, however, much change in prices. Barley also experienced scarcely any change. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There was a large supply of English wheat at this market to-day, and except for choicest samples the sales made were slightly in favour of buyers. Foreign wheat was dull, and in some instances is per quarter less money was accepted. Barley and oats were firm. Maize was 6d. in favour of buyers. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was is. per qr. dearer on the week. Flour was is. per sack up. Barley brings ls. per qr. over late rates. Oats was 6d. to Is. per qr. dearer. Peas and beans were each ls. per qr. higher. Arrivals for the week amount to 356 qrs, of wheat, and 197 qrs. of oats. . CORK CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—White wheat sold at 10s. 9d. to 13s. ; red, from lls. to Us. 105. ; barley, from Bs. to Bs. 6d. ; black oats sold at 7 . Bd. to Bs. 2d. ; tawney oats sold at Bs. to Bs. 4d. ; white, at Bs. Bd. to 9s. 15. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Opening Re port.--This market opened to-day with a moderate demand ; and the sales will probably reach 8,000 to 10,000 bales. Closing Report.—Sales 10,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation and export. The market closed rather steadier, but without im provement in prices. CLYDE CRUSHED ,SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—The mar ket closed quietly to-day. The business done shews a further reduction in prices. The decline for the week is about 6d. on whites, and 9d. to is. on low and medium kind. THE SCOTCH MARRIAGE LAWS. A public meeting, called at the instance of the Scottish Branch of the Marriage Law Defence Association, was held on Thursday in Queen-street Hall, Edinburgh, for the consideration of the Marriage Affinity Bill. The principal speakers were Mr. A. Campbell' Swinton (who presided), Dr. Charles Brown, and Dr. Guth rie ; and the meeting resolved, first, that a change in the law legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister was against the divine precept, would bring about a conflict betweeii civil and ecclesiastical law, and would be destructive to some of the best relationships of social life. The meeting further resolved to send Dr. Brown and Mr. D. F. Sandford to London, as a deputation to the parent society at its approaching meeting there, and to wait upon the Lord Advocate and other members of the Government in order to represent to them the views of the Scottish branch of the Association upon this question. THE IRISH LAND ACT. A case of some interest came before the Land Sessions of Bantry on Wednesday. A tenant named Deasy, who held 15 acres under a middleman, claimed compensation to the amount of £l9O for improvements. It was stated that the farm had been in possession of the tenant's family for several generations. They had a lease from Mr. Buckley, the middleman, who is a relative, but after its expiration he brought an ejectment. It was admitted that the land had been greatly improved, but the claim for compensation was resisted on the ground that the buildings for which it was sought were erected more than twenty years before the passing of the Act. The Chair man ruled that the objection was valid, but awarded £9O in respect of the other items in the claim, and commented upon the hardship of the case, reproving the conduct of Buckley in trying to put out on the world his own uncle and cousins. It is stated that Lord Bandon, the head landlord, strongly disapproved the ejectment pro ceedings. A RAILWAY CARRIAGE FOR BISMARCK.—III full appreciation of the political successes achieved by Count Bismarck and the important services rendered by him to the Fatherland, the German railway companies have sub scribed a very handsome and liberal sum to present to him in the shape of a splendid saloon railway carriage, which is being built at Berlin, and is nearly finished. When completed it will be sent to the Count at Versailles, and it may be expected that he will make use of it on his triumphant return to his country.—Railway Ifew3. THE MIDLAND FARMERS.—The annual meeting o f the Midland Farmers' Club was held at the Rcyal Hotel, Birmingham, on Thin-alay. The report shewed that there was a sum of £2l 4s. 6d. due to the treasurer, although there were still owing subscriptions to the amount of more than £BO. Mr. George Wise, of Woodcote, was elected president for the year, and Mr. Bowen Jones vice president. The treasurer, secretary, and ex-chairman were thanked for their services during the past year, , after which the Rev. A. G. Brooke read a paper on the breed ing and management of poultry, on which subject a lengthy discussion took place. I THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND THE WAR.— Mr. Whitwell has addressed a meeting in the Friends Meeting-house, Bishopsgate-street, on the distress oc casioned by the war. He has lately returned from the Metz district, where he has been distributing relief, and will shortly proceed to Paris. He gave a sad description of the position of the inhabitants of Metz and Alsace, among whom he has been since last October. Their sufferings are extreme, and every kind of industry has been paralysed. The funds placed at his disposal had been the means of saving thousands from starvation, and providing them with bedding and clothing in the inclement weather. The distress was not felt by one class only, for all ranks were involved in the common ruin. The German military authori ties had put no obstacles in his course, but in some cases rendered him assistance. Mr. Whitwell referred to the state of the districts between Orleans and Paris, and said the committee were preparing to send relief to those districts. He advised those whq went out to distribute relief not to trust, to the maires or curs ? for they only recommended individuals, while the mass of the poor people were neglected. Unless corn were provided for the devastated agricultural districts of France, a great famine would prevail in many parts of that country before the end of this year. At the close of his remarks a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Whitwell for his great exertions. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway's Pills.—With winter come sore trials to the soundest constitutions, while the naturally delicate and feeble find it too frequently a pro• longed struggle against or under suffering. 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She is not now in Brussels, but the conspirators are still busily carrying on their intrigues, which Belgian journaliits complain are compromising the safety of the little king dingdom ; but Azamat-Batuk is of opinion that if they knew how impotent the plots and plans were, they would save themselves the trouble of com plaining, THE NEWS OF -THE CAPITULATION AT BORDEAUX. BORDEAUX, Jan. 29, The agitation at Bordeaux has 'been great, and no wonder. This morning there was but a vague rumour that Favre had gone to Versailles, and that the bases of a peace, and a dishonourable peace, had been signe 1. The all-important despatch was sent to the print ing-office at one o'clock. At two the official accourft was at the offices of the journals and the facts were known. Favre had signed a treaty with Bismarck and an armistice of twenty-one days was granted, during which time an assembly was to be elected. Later on it was known that the revictualling of Paris was allowed, mid that provisions were being sent from all quarters. Meanwhile, rumours of all kinds circulated and were commented upon. The condi tions of peace were said to be twenty ironclads given to Prussia, a war indemnity of from two to four milliards, one of the colonies, Alsace and Lorraine, and the occupation of Champagne, with perhaps two forts of Paris in awaiting the fulfilment of the conditions. In political circles it was affirmed that Gambetta, mid Laurier had resigned, but that Cremieux, Glais-Bizoin, and others were endeavouring to induce them to hold their places. A demonstration took place before the Prefecture, but contrary to his wont, Gambetta did not appear, but sent word that he was indisposed. lie may well have been in no state to address the excited and agitated populace, for his own course was an) thing but clear, and he would not have known what to counsel. After a stormy afternoon it was, however, agreed that Gambetta and Laurier should retain their places until a member of the Paris Government reached the delegation. Such an arrival was confidently looked for, and speculation was rife as to whether it would be Simon, Ferry, or Picard who would come. Jules Simon was one of the deputies of the Gironde, but it was supposed he might be unwilling to come for that very reason, for fear of compromising his popularity with the electors. It was said in some quarters that the Republic was doomed, and that matters had retrograded to the 3rd of September. In others it was confidently stated that Favre had only come to terms on being threatened by Bismarck that he would conclude a treaty with the Regency. The uncertainty, the grief, the anxiety, are beyond description; but it is not until the first shock is over that we shall see whether resignation or resistance is to be the motto. It is believed that the alarming and rapidly-increasing mor tality of Paris had nearly as much to do with the sudden decision of Favre as the exhaustion of provisions. Bour baki is not dead from his self-inflicted wounds, but he suffers terribly. THE ORLEANISTS AND THE ELECTIONS The Duc d'Aumale has issued his address to the con stituencies for which he will stand at the forthcoming election. He says he had no share either direct or indirect in the war, and therefore reserves his entire liberty of appreciation or otherwise. The following passage is impOrtant "When I consider the situa tion of France, her history, her traditions, the events of the last years, I am struck with the advantage which a Constitutional Monarchy presents. I believe it can respond to the legitimate aspirations of democratic society, and guarantee with order and secu rity, every kind of progress and liberty. It is with a mixture of filial pride and of patriotic sorrow that I com pare France in her actual state with what she was under the reign of my father. As to this opinion, I have a right to hold it as a man, and as a citizen I believe it my duty to express it ; but I do not mingle with it any spirit of party, any exclusive tendency. In my sentiments, in my past, in the traditions of my family, I find nothing which separates me from the Republic. If it be under this form that France wishes freely and definitively to constitute her Government, I am ready to bow before her sovereignty, and I will remain her faithful servant." rear and flank, and shut up between the Doubs and the Swiss frontier. Some of the divisions, cut off from the line of retreat on Besancon, were driven into the mountains. General Convagnie's division drew back on Morteau, and thence towards Pontarlier. Yesterday, while I was at Morteau, General Castella arrived with his adjutant and escort, followed by remnants of the army, which he had saved after an unsuccessful encounter at Pont-aux-Moulins. It was stated that he was directed, with scarcely 3,000 men, to take a position held by 25,000 Prussians. A French officer told me that General Castella formed the extreme covering detachment of Bourbaki's army, and that he guarded the retreat from Arcy to Clerval with rare energy. Castella has advanced further towards Pontarlier. All the troops which are marching through have a melancholy appearance. They give the impression of wanting a few clays' absolute rest if they are again to take the field. Poor France is in a very sad plight." A LETTER FROM JULES SIAION.—The Gironde publishes a letter from M. Jules Simon, the French Minister of Education, written in Paris on the 14th January, though it did not reach its destination at Limoges until the 26th :—" My dear friend,—l have learned from my colleagues at Bordeaux that you, as prefect at Limoges . . . . Paris is bombarded day and night : a shell passed over my study a quarter of an hour before I began this letter. But lam convinced that we shall hold out until the last cartridge and the last mouthful of bread. What is most terrible is the lack of news. We have received nothing since the Bth of this month. . . . The day when the blockade of Paris is raised there will be nothing to feed two mil lions of inhabitants. What more ; the railways will take three weeks to repair ; t will therefore be necessary to send by water, flour grain, and butter. Trade will profit especially those who are prompt, but the Prefects ought not to slumber. The blockade is as likely to be re moved to-morrow as in a month's time, and I ask you to give notice to the agriculturists and the traders of all the agricultural departments. One thing must not be for gotten, and that is to send with the first supplies grain for sowing. At this moment we are seizing all the grain reserved for sowing, and we have promised on our honour it shall be replaced. Weigh well this letter. Exhibit great activity in the matter : it will be rendering trade a service of the greatest importance. 11 o'Clock.—lt is said the bombardment is going to assume a more terrible character. In all directions persons are crying out that in case of the worst we must blow up Paris. It is appalling, but yet it would be better to be Moscow than Sedan ! JULES SIMON." THE ENTRY INTO PARIS. From Versailles, January 30, the correspondent of the Standard sends the following :—Knowing that Bismarck is ever ready to sacrifice the shadow to the substance, I was not surprised to hear that the entry into Paris of the Prussian troops was deferred until peace had been con cluded. 1 was, however, somewhat taken aback when I was told that, although the city had surrendered unconditionally, no officers are to be allowed to enter the city on any pretence, and that even after peace is declared it is not likely that a German soldier will be allowed to enter Paris. The Ger mans, I at once saw, had some selfish reason in shewing this consideration for the capital, and my suspicions were confirmed when I discovered that every officer who ap plied for leave to go into the city received some different excuse as a reason for his request not being gra.ntel. One was told that the difficulty lay wtth the French authorities—even a Bavarian brain suc ceeded in penetrating through this flimsy pretext ; another was informed that his presence in Paris would add to the difficulty in the matter of food. This was even more far-fetched. Most were told that the fear of smallpox alone prevented leave being granted. The truth, however, was not long in disclosing itself. The authorities have received information which has decided them not to let the troops elite]. Paris. Republicanism, however, and not smallpox, is the disease they are anxious to guard against. This has caused much discontent among the troops, natably the South German soldiers ; and there is little doubt that it would rapidly increase if the men saw that their officers were allowed to go where they were not trusted. The whole affair has given rise to a good deal of uneasy feeling here ; and perhaps, the worst symptom in the case is that the insubordinate spirit which has shown itself is not entirely confined to the rank and file of the army. That the King considers the matter of the greatest moment is evident, as instead of returning at once to Berlin, which he had intended doing, he has de cided on remaining here until the termination of the armistice ; he remembers, doubtless, that the seeds of revolt which led to the insurrection in Russia in 1825 were sown among the troops in Paris in 1814. The . present campaign has never really degenerated into a conflict of races; after being together for a day -or two the soldiers composing the different elements in the German army appear to have got on much better with the inhabitants than with their allies. The brotherhood of blood cemented by the war must be looked upon as the purest fitcion, as far as the nationalities under the wing of Prussia are concerned. Between the French and Ger mans the case is different. Round Paris, at least, all seems to be already forgiven and forgotten. Jules Favre had, indeed, hardly arrived in Versailles ere the outposts had proclaimed an armistice on their own responsibility ; and were drinking from the same bottle, swearing eternal friendship, and promising never to fire on one another again. PROSPECT OF A. CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE Some remarkable sentences appear in the Pall Mall Gazette from a correspondent at Bordeaux. He says : In case of peace being concluded, a civil war is considered inevitable. It is evident that a disgraceful peace will complete the ruin and dismemberment of France in the opinion of many Frenchmen. Numbers will emigrate and disown their country. The rest will scramble and fight among themselves for the reins of government. It is painful for an Englishman to hear the longings expressed by every one for even the moral support of England. " How short sighted is your policy!" they say ; " when Prussia has our fleet and has absorbed Holland into the Fatherland your turn will come : and how will you resist her without the French alliance? With you we could defy the world; without us you stand alone, marked out for plunder by the raven ing eagles of Prussia, Russia, and perhaps America." It is difficult to know what to reply to such adjurations. The Pessimists and war party consider the result of the elections to be inevitably reactionary, the peasantry being profoundly Imperialist, and in fa vour of peace at any price. All officers with whom I have conversed here who have been serving in the different armies agree in this particular. They describe the peasantry as absolutely unfriendly to the French armies and the Republic, favourable to peace at any price, and ready to acknowledge any constituted authority prepared to guarantee it. Their vote is expected to carry the elections, and, as said before, in this event civil war Is inevitable. The Berlin Provincial Correspondence of the Ist says : " Our Emperor and King will remain at Versailles during the present Armistice, his presence being necessary with regard both to further operations in the South and to the impending negotiations." Some misapprehension seems (a correspondent writes) to exist as to the way in which the elections will be held in France. On the 6th of September the Government of the National Defence issued a decree that the elections should be held as in 1848, by departments, one member to every 50,000 electors. The objection which has been made, for example, that in starting three candidates in the Pas de Calais the Republic are attempting too much, falls to the ground when the fact is taken into account that that electoral district will have at least half-a-dozen members.—Daily News. The fine Cathedral of St. Denis has suffered but little from the bombardment. Every precaution had been taken to protect it with sandbags. The stained glass is intact, or all but intact. Only four shells have pene trated to the interior of the building. One of the elabo rately carved crosses on the top of a buttress has been splintered off, and a coping stone has been shattered : this sums up the evil done to the Cathedral by the shells of the enemy. The splendid carving on the arches around the great door has not been harmed in the least, although there have been some verry narrow escapes. The aspect of the Cathedral inside is very strange; the tombs of the Kings have all been protected by sand bags ; the interior may be called one great sand bag. FRENCH PRISONERS AT MAYENCE.—AR account from Mayence throws some light on the subject of the conspiracy which was said to have taken place there. It is the custom among the French to celebrate Christmas Eve wfth festivities, which are called reveillon. The French prisoners were, naturally enough, constantly talking of this fête, and their guards, after hearing them incessantly repeat the word reveillon, supposed they were thinking of rebellion. An inquiry was made, which shewed that there was no foundation whatever for the belief that an escape was meditated ; but, notwithstand ing, more strict measures were adopted. It was settled that the officers should be arranged in groupa of six, and that if any one of the number escaped, the rest should be imprisoned. PROVISIONING OF PARIS.—A. letter to the Etoile Beige, dated from Calais on the second of February, says : Whatever may be thought the trains of provisions still come very slowly to Paris, for the only roads opened by the Prussians are very impracticable, because the chief bridges are destroyed, and the rails taken lip in several places to a considerable length. The first train of flour can only be sent direct from Amiens to Paris - to-morrow, and then the train will have to pass over a bridge of boats constructed by the Prussians at Railly, which can only sustain the weight of three carriages at, a time. The route indicated by the Prussian authorities is the most inconvenient possible for the transport of cattle, which always suffer greatly from a sea voyage. A head employd of the Northern Com any, who was able to leave Paris, has assured me that Paris is perishing with hunger, and shewed me a piece of bread, similar to that which is eaten in Paris. It was a horrible mixture, of a repulsive charade", and a disagree able taste." BOURBAKffi RETREAT. —The Band puhlishes letter from the Franco-Swiss frontier, dated the 28th, which gives some particulars of the retreat of Bourbaki's army. The retreat," says the writer, " was carried on along a single road, which was covered with sheet ice, so that the horses could na keep their footing. One may easily imagine ths n confusion which resulted. Men and horses suffered tffribly from the cold. A third of the troops had frost-bitten feet. Owing to incomprehensible negli gence, the Prussians were allowed to restore the bridges at Hole, Clerval, and Beaume-les-Dames. The con sequence was that the array was intercepted in the ~rIJE WAR. THE FALL OF PARIS. THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO ENTER PARIS. The correspondent of the Daily News with the army of ;he Saxon Crown Prince, was the first outsider who pene ;rated the double cordon of French and German posts. He got in -- - with a good deal of difficulty, and rode through the city ; and thus describes his experience :—" Paris is utterly cowed ; fairly beaten" —so said the first Englishman I met; and his opinion is mine. Yet Paris is orderly and decent, and with a certain solemn-morose self-restraint mastering the tendency to demonstrate. The streets were crowded, almost wholly with men in uniform. Civilians were few and far between. Many shops were open, but many also were closed. There is no want of hardware in Paris. You may buy enough and to spare of anything except edibles. Drink is plentiful enough, but except near the gate I saw not a soul drunk. The food shops had nothing to shew. There were confitures and preserves, jellies, &c. ; but solid comestibles were con spicuous by their absence. In one shop I saw several large shapes of stuff that looked like lard. When I asked what it was, I found it was horse fat. The bakers' shops were closed ; the grating down before the butchers'. And oh, the number of funerals ! One, two, three ; I met six altogether in the course of my ride. Sad with an exceeding great sadness ; such was what I found as regards Paris long before I reached the Ameri can Legation ; self-respecting, too, in her misery ; not blatant ; not disposed to collect in jabbering crowds. Each man went his way with chastened face and listless gait. I spoke with a soldier of the Line. Yes, he had had enough of it. Satre. They had nearly killed him, these terrible Prussians, and he was very hungry. When would the gates open for food? Food began to be with me a personal question. I had nearly filled my wallet with newspapers, and only stowed away for an exigency, a few slices of ham. Did ever the rarest geological or mineralogical specimen make such a sensation as these slices of ham? When I at length reached my quarters the servant women asked permission to take the meagre plateful out, and shew it as a curiosity to their companions ; and after the ham was eaten, stray visitors came in, attracted by the tidings, and begged for a look at the unwonted viands. The whole city is haunted with the chaste odours which horseflesh gives out in cooking ; odours which I learned to appreciate at Metz. They permeate the deserted British Embassy, where, as serting my privileges as a Briton, I stabled my horse ; they linger in the corridors of the Grand Hotel, and fight with the taint from wounds in evil case. The Grand Hotel is one huge hospital. Half Paris seems converted into hospitals if one may judge by the flags. They were more than were needed until the Southern bombardment began ; and then when the hospi tals, ambulances, orphanages, and madhouses on the South side had to be evacuated, there was a squeeze on this side of the water. Very touching is the ignorance as to the outside world. "I have seen three English papers since September," said Dr. Gordon, our Medical Commis sioner. "Is Ireland quiet? Is Mr. Gladstone still Prime Minister? Is the Princess Louise married?" Such are samples of the questions I have had to answer. The igno rance as to the condition of the Prussians outside is equally dense. The sins for which Paris used to be famous, all belong to the past. She has been half-starved, half beaten into morality, or it may be that other than phy sical influences have led htr to wash and be clean. You see some drunkenness, but far less than I had looked for, among men whose clock, so to speak, has run down. A decent gloom is everywhere apparent. Some assert that the gloom is as much theatrical and assumed as had been the previous valorous seeming. I don't think so—l think you can see the iron eating and burning into the hearts of these men—silent with unwonted silence ; moody as they never knew how to be before ; and as the downcast faces pass I draw a good augury from them for France and Paris. The great and beautiful feature of the siege has been the absence of crime. No murders no robberies, but a virtue in which, to me there is some thing pathetic. The half-lit streets are empty by half past nine. The midnight air is not tortured by the sound of revellers, although there are no police to keel) order. I woke up between twelve and one in the night, and the silence made me for the moment think myself back at Margency. THE BELLE VUE CONSPIRATORS. Azamat•Batuk, in the Pall Mall Gazette, gives an animated account of the proceedings of a gronp of ladies, whom he styles the Belle Vua Conspirators. Five ladies of rank and high social position, set to work, imme• diately after the catastrophe of Sedan, in the Belle Vue Hotel at Brussels, weaving their spells to resuscitate the fallen Empire. They had plenty of money from Chiselhurst and Wilhelmshohe and no lack of energy, the most energetic and the most noisy being an English duchess, better known in Paris than in her own country. The others were French, English, and Austrian, but the Austrian lady was less per servering than the rest, and vanished into her own chateau after visiting Chiselhurst and Wilhelmsohe. A number of gentlemen who occupied high standing under the Emperor, formed the working staff. One of them whose name was not known in Brussels, was at first supposed to be the Mons. N. of the Bourbaki story, but this is uncertain. No. one could make out what the precise plans of the society were, though the members were constantly hurrying from Brussels to London and back again, and their agents were rushing from one French town to another. The only intelligible purposes which could be discovered were, in the first place, to secure some luggage belonging to the Empress, which, as she was unable to carry it with her in her flight, had been consigned to the care of private individuals in several large towns in the north. This luggage does not seem to have contained articles of any considerable pecuniary value, but it contained a considerable amount of important private as well as State correspondence. It would also appear that a considerable number of letters and telegrams sent by the Emperor to the Empress, and vice versa, when the former was on his adventurous escape from Metz to Chalons, as well as on his fatal march from Chalons to Sedan, did not reach their destination. The greater part of the documents, originally scattered in the hands of various generals, aides-de-camp, prefects and mires, had by-and-by been gathered together into some devoted Tin ' perialist hands and brought into Paris, where they seem still to remain, and whence the Brussels committee ex erted its best efforts to get them. Another part of the pro- gramme was to send as Many agents as poss ible into France to communicate with the various civil and military autho rities of the North to secure their assistance in the event of the Emperor's return. It is difficult to say whether or no the return is to be effected tbrqugh Prussian aid, but at one time at least it was thought the Emperor might come back to France on his own account. At the end of September and the beginning of October the communications with the Emperor were closely watched by the Germans, anti many messengers sent to him were not admitted. The manner in which the coin- mittee worked out the only comprehensible points of their scheme, the rescue of the luggage, and the securing of the adhesion of the civil and military authorities was in many respects comical. The male agents were persons so well known in France that they could not move without raising suspicion. Most of them were men of means who had no wish to run into danger, and several who had landed property in the North of France, when sent into that part of the country, con tented themselves with visiting their own estates. The committee grew dissatisfied, and began to despair of success, but the eager English duchess was determined not to fail. She began to look out for feminine agents, and soon found two, one was the wife of a French general, who undertook to act as courier between England, Bel gium, and Wilhelmshohe ; the other a French lady, who has long been famous in Paris for her cleverness and her folly at the same time. The Duchess harangued this lady, whose fortunes had, she knew, been considerably reduced by the war, telling her that she knew she was fond of adventures, and that the expedition proposed to her would be highly advantageous. The lady, though seemingly langhing in secret at the transaction, amed to start for Paris, but refused to take any money until she had done something to deserve it. Az.unut Batuk uncharitably suggests that this disinterestedness was due to a regard for her own safety. She was styled the dame aux cent-dix-neuf coups, the Duchess declaring she had made so many triumphs in her life, and she rapidly became the heroine of the committee, and especially of the Duchess. In less than a week after they made their acquaintance, the lady, entrusted with all sorts of introductions to the generals and commanding officers of the north, and with full powers for entering into negotiations with the person who had in his hand the Im perial correspondence at Paris, started from Brussels with instructions to enter Paris either by some coup de main under the cover of a company of francs•tireurs, to the 'care of whose commander she was commended, or by such stratagem as she might invent to deceive the Prussian authorities and pass their lines. However, the " dame aux cent dix neuf coups " did not reach Paris. The letters of introduction and other docu ments were burned at an hotel In one of the Great LAW AND POLICE. DAWKINS V. LORD ROKEBY. This case came before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a special jury. It was an action brought by Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins against Lord Rokeby for libel and slander in certain statements made by Lord Rokeby before a court of military inquiry, and which have since become a matter of public notoriety. When the learned counsel commenced his statement to the jury the learned judge intimated that unless the facts in the case were different from those in Dawkins v. Paulett, he must rule in accordance with the de cision of the Court of Queen's Bench in that case, that an action at law would not lie, and as this action was brought to clear Colonel Dawkins's character, and to question that ruling, the better way would be for him to direct a verdict on that ground for the defendant, and for the plaintiff to to tender a bill of exceptions to his ruling, which would give the plaintiff an opportunity of taking the case to the Exchequer Chamber, and then the House of Lords, if necessary. This was assented to, and a verdict condi tionally was returned for the defendant. ANOTHER ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—John Horton , alias Robert Harris, a journeyman watchmaker, 'ora 9 charged at the Guildhall with stealing about 2200 worth of watches and jewellery belonging to his employer, gr. B. J. Bishopp, of 53, Moorgate-street. The prisoner , who had been in the employ of Mr. Bishopp as worlonati and shopman for nearly two years, absconded with the property in question on the 18th of October last, and was heard no more of till Friday night, when he vra ° arrested in Bethnal-green by a detective. He was re- manded. CATTLE ON SHIP-BOARD.—Mr. Wilde, a cattle dealer il t Berlin, brought an action against the Great Eastern Bail" way Company. In December, 1869, he sent 572 s heep , under the charge of his son, from Rotterdam. by one (4 the defendants' steamers, to Harwich, for sale in London . They were put on deck, contrary to the plaintiff's instrile tions. Outside the bar the weather was somewhat role' and before the steamer reached Harwich all the sill except 171 were drowned on deck or washed overboard' and of the 171, 22 had to be immediately killed. l i° defence was that the plaintiff's son consented to the shed ) being carried on deck, it being impossible to stow so many below. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff' £85116. 9d. The signalmen employed by the Great Northern Railway Company have petitioned the directors to redoes their time to eight hours per day, and to increase the' wages 2s. per week. The rectory of Newland, Gloucestershire, has b e ' come vacant by the death of the Rev. George RicWl M.A. It is worth about £5OO a year, and is in the gift ° the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The M.A.'s of London University have made re ,, presentations to the authorities at Burlington Garden s, the effect that the examinations at the University e j ; too stringent, and It is probable that the standard will b lowered. t o The Scotsman is informed that, in consequence "to the recent severity of the frost it was found necessarl stop the limited mail train at various stations on the 1.5 ,,f way between London and Edinburgh, for the purpose " examining the wheels, tires, and springs of the c arriag e r A. diary of the Duke of Edinburgh's recent t°l l o in Australia, New Zealand, India, and Ceylon, i f- V r , course of publication. The letterpress will be by t o , Haigh, his Royal Highness's equerry, and the ill", s lhe thins by Mr. Nicholas Chevalier, who accompa nied Duke. st London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND 3301(941 No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published Bb t.) THE SuN Office, No. 112, Strand , i n the Precinct o Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Monday, February 6 1871. R I BIRTHS. On the 2tl inst., at Burleigh Loughborough, 3111. Cecil Forester. of twin boys. eny On the 2nd inst., at Newton-terrace, W es tbourne - P" the wife of Henry Peyton, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. c, hi ll ' On the 2nd inst., at All Saints' Church, Nottio,7o",ty Henry Bayly Carling, Esq., of The Hall, °,,,,e0 borough, near Tunbridge-Wells, to Marianne, Y° ll- 0 ,61 ' daughter of T. Cautley Newby, Esq., Talbot -r Westbourne-park, Bayswater. bel t On the 2nd .inst., at Trinity Church, Leicester, P t, to Haymes, Esq., of The Lodge, Kibworth Ha Es4' Mary Susan, second daughter of Thomas Bell, late of Carlton Hall, Leicestershire. DE THS. re nd On the 2nd inst., at High Grove, Rut h Atherton , of Major Brown, High Grove, Cheadle, Cheshire. or On the 3rd inst., at his residence, Be lmont, South .1-` wood-hill, John Henry Rowland, E5q 1 ,12: ... ." al