The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-04 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.--YESTERDAY. The stock markets to-day have been characterised by more firmness, and although prices do not close at their best, they nevertheless shew an enhancement in many instances. The railway market, in particular, has been in a steady state, and the stocks of the principal com panies have risen in value. In the foreign bond market no movement of importance has transpired. For home securities their has not been much inquiry, but the Market has been firm at an advance of f, or at 92 to 92i, for delivery, and 92k to 92i for February. Reduced and New Three per Cents.,9li to 92; Bank Stock, 232 to 234; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 110 to 1101 ex div. ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. Colonial Government securities have been quiet but firm. Although the inquiry for English railway stocks has not been active, the tendency, with scarcely an exception, has been favourable. Great Northern has risen 1, ditto A, 4 ; • North Eastern 1; and Brighton, ; but Great Eastern has fallen 1 ; Metropolitan 63 to 631; Caledonians, 86i to 87 ; Brighton, 41i to 41i ; South-Eastern, 75 to 751 ; Great-Northern, 125 to 126 ; Ditto A, 136 toil36i : Great-Eastern, 391 to 391 ; North Eastern,.l46 to 1461; Midland, not to ; North-Western. 1291 to 1291; and Great-Western, 721 to 73. In Indian railway stocks very little business has been doing. Great Indian Peninsula have marked 105*, ex div.; Oude and Rohilkund, 103 k, f , ex div.; and Scinde, 100, 11, ex div. Canadian shares have been flat, and Grand Trunk and Great Western have fallen I and * respectively, the former being quoted at 121, 1, and the latter at 15, 1. Foreign shares have been steady. Buenos Ayres Great Southern have risen *, or to 25, 251, and San Paulo f , or to 21k, In the Foreign Bond market no feature of importance has been noticed. Spanish openedfirm at an advance of I, beingquoted at 29, 291, but the price subsequentlyreturned to 28/, 29 ; Italian (1861), at 551, 55 shew a fall of }, but Turkish (1869) have been * better, at 503, 50i ; Peruvian (1865), are qhoted at 90, 914 ; Egyptian (1868), at 77/, 78 ; Turkish Five-per-Cents., 431, 44 ; Mexican, 131,14; United States Five-Twenties (1882) Bonds, 891, 89*; ditto 1885), 88,2, 89 ; French Scrip, 11 dis. ; and Ge rman , I, I prem. Bank shares have been dealt in to a very moderate ex tent. Agra A, 8, 8* ; Consolidated, 5 ; Londo n an d Westminster, 63/ ; Oriental, 39 1 , 40A ; and Union of London, 38g. The market for tele#g►raph shares has been firm. Anglo- Mediterranean have been better, at 116, 117, andFalmouths, 4, at 9i. Silver's Indiarubber have been 4 better, at 44, 45 ; and Constructions, 4, at 241, 241. Miscellaneous securities have been quiet. Ebbw Vale, 181 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 74, 84 prem.; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 461, 1. The sum of X 25,000 has been sent to the Bank to-day. The feature in the exchanges has been the strong de mand for bills on Belgium, at lower rates. The shares of the Metropolitan Tramways Company are 1, 1 prem. The Ireferred shares of the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company are 9i, g prem. The shares of the South Aurora Silver Mining Company are I, prem. The Khedive Loan is 70, 71. The San Domingo Loan is 55, 57, ex div. Northern of Spain Obligations are 78 to The Batavia has brought 19 silver bars, valued at £4,500, from the South Aurora Silver Mine, White Pine, Nevada. There is again a good inquiry for money to meet pay ments maturing to-morrow. Capital is by no means freely offered, and three months' paper is not taken under 2B to 2f per cent. The Pera from Alexandria may be expected at Southampton on Saturday next, with £95,000 in specie. The Avoca has arrived at Galle, with £550,000. The City of London from New York has brought £43,104 in specie. The traffic return of the London and Brighton Railway shews a decrease of £531; that of the South Eastern of £715. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date, 25 32k, 25 371; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three months' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 45, 25 50; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 90, 26 95 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; ditto, three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 11 192, 11 12; Hamburgh, ditto, 25 32k, 25 37i ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120 N, 120 g ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 72k, 12 77i ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29}, 29a ; Madrid, ditto, 49f, 49} ; Cadiz, ditto, 49k, 491 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and Oporto, ditto, 521, 52k. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-TIIESDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 92 904 Pict 6p c Jan & JulylB9l 113 114 92, 19, 2k, 2 a d DoApril &Oct 1883.85.. 1111112 k Do for Account 929, 2 x d 102, If a d Three per Cen t Reduced 91k 92 Brazilian. 1865. 5p a .... 92 93 919. 2 929, 3. 24 New 3 per Cent 919, 9. 2 Do Rail Deben 71) 0 . 93 100 Exchequer 13111 x. March 10 15pm 989, R. 4, 9 x d 14s pm Italian, 1865, 5p a Do, Juue lO 15Pn3 Peruvian, 1863", 5p a .... 90 91 108 pm 909, 4,90 x d sank Stock ~ 309 319 234, 2 31. 309, 14 x d luclia 5 per C en ts 83 ussian, 1862, 5 D c.. .. 83 85 1101 x d 9 India Bonds — Do Nicoyas 1D o - 66 67 --- - 228 pm 661 Can 6 pc Jan&JulY l l77- 84 1031 1 0 4 1 Spanish. 1867. 3pc 1041, n x d Do. 1869. 3p a Do March & Sept. 103 105 Turkish. 1854, )D a 7B 80 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 971 981 78 97i. 9,1, 1 x d D 0,1865. 5 p a Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 98 431, 1,4, 39 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 98 100 D 0,1865 6p c Ceylon 6 p c May and 589, 9, 81. i a d November 1878 lO6 108 U. 5.5-20 lionds,6 pc 1884 899 899 MJuly auri 1873 101 103 Do d us 6p c Jau and 891. 0 9, 1 1885 89 891 New S Wales 5 p 0.871-76 991 1009 881, 100 x d Do 1040 find 99 s, Spa 1904 871 881 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 108 88 Do 5p c Do 5p o Consolidated 9911001 Illinois Central Shares .. 113 114 ICOI, 999. 100 i 1139, / Do 6p c Mar &SeptlB9l 109 111 Atlantic and 0W R Con Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds — RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter BB 80 Grand Trunk of Canada 89/ 2nd Pref Stock Caledonian 874, 7, 4 Do 3rd Fret Stock .- . 31 33 Great Eastern 394, 1 4th Prat Stock Great Northern 1251, 1,1, 5 Great Indian Pen g 5 ,, o 105 106 Do A 136 137 1054, 5, 1 137, 61, 1 Great Western of Canada 15 153 Great Western 722 731 15 3 721, 34, 23, 3 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 98 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire 135 1351 Do 51 do, 1877-8 95 97 1351, 5, 3 955 Lou, Brigh, and S Coast 411 411 Do 5p c pref. issued 80 4dis hum 411, 3 M a d ras guar 5 p c Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 14 141 103 1 41. 4,1, 4 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and North-Western 1291130 6p cc Ist Prat Bonds 1293,1, 4 Oude and Rohilkund g Lon and South-Western 901 911 5p c 914 1001, 11 Man, Shef, and Lincoln 451 451 &hide, Punjaub, and 451, 3 Delhi guar 5 p 0 Metropolitan 631, i Bahia and San Francisco Midland 13011301 g 7 p c 1301, 1 194, 19 North British North-Easterii Consols 14511461 Buenos Ayres G t Sthrn .. 253 254 1453, 1,4, 64 25, 3, 1 South-Eastern 754 76 Dunaburg and Witepsk 181 19 758, 6 Dutch-Rhenish 2ll 221 Atlantic and St Lawrnoe 75 77 Eastern of France - - 3ombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p c.. 10241034 111 Buff and Lake Huron - 4 43 Lemberg Czeniowitzgua Do 51 pc 80nd5.1872-3-4 79 81 7 pc Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c 10211034 Northern of France . . - - East Indian, g 5 p 0 108 Recife and San Francisco Grand Trunk Canada 123 143, 2 Do Equip Mort Thad 1 San Paulo (1.) guar 7p o 213 211 charge 6 1. c Do 211(1 do Scrip Do Ist Prof Bonds- 5Bl 534 Southern of Fiance .. . - 59 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Hank (L) A 7) 81 20 Lon Char of Austrlla 23 24 8, 1 • 20 London and County 49) 501 25 Alliance ([.l 10 Auglo-A %Istria,' 20 Anglo-Pgyptlan IL) 21 21). 34, / 50 British N American b 2 54 . 20 Lou and Wrm estister 63 64 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 i 14 1 631 25 Char Merc of India 221 23) 10 Metropolitan Ei 91 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 5 25 ()ruts] Bankoorporn 391 101 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 0 151 161 391. 40) 20 Imperial %Li 10 Imperial Ottoman TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-Americau L) 75 77 10 Great Northern .... llf 115 75 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) ll5 118 Japan Extension.. 2f 2 dis 117, 16. 15 5 Indo-European (LI.. 10 12 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers. 100 Do 8y e — and Malta (L) .... 55 51 13 Britiab Auitralu IL) 55 4:ldis 10 Mediterrn Ex (LI .. 41 5 10 British hid Exten IL). 55 65 2f Puma and S. Petal, 4 3 dis 6 1-16 dis 10 British Indian Sub- 8 Renter's marine. 111 6), 11-16, 5 x d 11 China.SubmarinelL) 6 %tits 100 Submarine 237 242 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip 2f 2' and Malts 11,1 85, 95, 8 13-16, 91 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES li Anglo -A ustriap Bud. 20 It Irrie Can Cavour n 4 holders' Certificate 2 4 100 Do 6 p c Bo n d s. re . 10 BerlinWa4,erworks(L) 14j 151 deernable 1870 . 2 64 66 30 Bolc h ow -V a ughan L) 23 33pio 30 Loudon Ifni ASISOCt 1417 Ilildis 100 Boston City (U. 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3 & p c Sterling Loan.. 93 95 2 Lou & frov Marble i 1 pm 4 Brit & Fgn Marine( LI 3 31ipm 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 25 Canada Company. 71 73 gSI) c by Ind Gov. 100 102 10 Ceylon Company L) 32 Wig 2 Mauritius Land (L) i 1 dm. 35 City Offices (L) 2524 dis 5 Natnl Disct Comp L) 11 111 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 32 Rpm Mere Agency IL) .. i pm 9.} 5 N Zealand Loan and 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) . 2 . 21 _trust (L) _. 100 Crystal Palace 188 a d 5 OceanMarinelnsur —l3/ lipm 100 Do Fret 100 Do 6p c Pert) Deb lO9 114 50 P and 0 Steam 45 47 271 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 91 9dis 461. 1, 1 181 a d . 10 Do do New. 1867 4 2 dis 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 50 Rhymney Iron Mortgage Loan.... 79 81 15 Do New Bb 9) 80, 1 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 12 Tel Con and Main L) 24 '243 guar by Egyp Gov.. 94 96 241, 1,8, 1 951 2 Themes and Mersey 13 Fore-st Warehouse IL) 8 9pm Marine Insur (L 211, 1,1, 1 St. Tobacco 6 r o Loan 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov guar by Italian Gov 86 88 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 851 71 Gen Credt &Dimt (L) 1•t dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 274 2 81 Upper Canada 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 dis 5(7 Marine. Lvpool IL 4i opin 17 Hudson's Bay 7/ 8 20 Union Steamship IL) 23 25 45 Indrbbr.Gut Per, and 6 United Dis Corprn (L ldispar Tel Works L) .... 441 45 5 Univ Marine lnsur (LI 7 71pm 441. 5,4) 12 Warrant Finance.... 9'l dis 5 InternlFinan SociL) 1) 11dis LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871. THE LONDON DEMOCRATS AND THE EDUCATION BOARD. THE ATTACK ON MARSHAL PRIM. MADRID, December 20. On Monday evening the various sections of London democrats held a remarkable gathering at the Hole-in the-Wall, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, to celebrate, with feasting, speech-making, and other joyous observances, the return of Mr. Lucraft to the London School Board. Mr. W. Odger, the late " labour" candidate for South wark, presided, and among those present were many well known members of the organizations which have existed since the Reform League agitations. After the dinner the chairman said they had met to celebrate a successful effort on the part of the working classes of Finsbury in a most serious contest—that of the London School Board election, when they succeeded in returning the only representative of labour returned to confer and judge respecting the edu cation to be given to the future generations of Londoners. It was a matter for reflection, he said, that no other working man had been sent to that Board from other parts of Lon don ; but still the degree of success attained was something which could not have been foreseen even at no distant date. He proceeded to speak of Mr. Lucraft's consistent political life for a time extending over a quarter of a century, and Mr. Lucraft's first action on the School Board, in opposing a paid chairmanship, he held up to the admiration of his hearers in contrast to the general action of the House of Commons in such matters. He said with some pride and amid cheers that Miss Garrett and Professor Huxley ' adopted the same views as Mr. Lucraft. It was a laudable ambition onlithe part of Mr. Lucraft to serve his fellows on the School Board, and, in conclusion, the speaker said the working classes ought to be in the position not only to return Mr. Lucraft himself at the next election, but some other real working man as well. Mr. Lucraft, on rising to speak,was received with loud and continued cheers. After some general remarks, he said the success attained in returning him to the Board was mainly to be attributed to the working men themselves. He felt the great responsi bility of the position he had attained, for he knew that if he made a slip it would redound not only on him alone, but on the whole working classes. He had no right, therefore, to be careless, seeing the interests at stake, and he would do all in his power to enable the working classes to say that their representative was no disgrace to them. There was work for half-a-dozen working men to do on that Board, as, for instance, when the officers were pro posed, it was said that a gentleman could not live for less than £l,OOO a year in London, and this even when £BOO a year was proposed as that officer's salary ; but nobody thought of the messenger at 255. a week, and it never seemed to strike any of those who were so anxious about the £l,OOO a year for the clerk whether a messenger could live at all on his 255. a week. Those who adopted the salary foi the messenger did so because messengers could be obtained at that price, and he held that they should adopt the same plan for the gentleman. This early feature of the Board shewed that there was a necessity for working class representatives to point out the true wants and the position of the class in all questions in which they were interested, as they were interested in all that con cerned Englishmen. Taking the Board as a whole, he said it was a capital Board, and he had no doubt much goo d would come of it. For his own part, he said, though some of the working classes were against compulsion, not know ing how the children were to live, the Education Act must be enforced. It was sometimes pointed out to him that Prussia, as an educated nation, was not a free one ; but he held that England, which had won her freedom, notwithstanding the want of education among her masses, would not be likely to forego that freedom when better cultured, and he declared that no one living could estimate the advantages which the working classes of the country would reap from the labours of the Board. He advised the working classes not to allow their success to end with his election, but to strive to elect representatives to Parliament, to municipal Boards, and such like bodies. After other remarks he said, amid loud cheers, that one work which the School Board must undertake was to look into the charities left for education. Other speeches fol lowed, and Mr. Osborne, in speaking on behalf of the Reform party in this district, said a new agitation was on the point of starting, for the people were determined to have manhood suffrage. Mr. Roberts and Mr. Davis were among the other speakers. The one great topic of the day is the attack on Marshal Prim last evening, which engrosses all thoughts. The Epoca, the organ of the Prince Alfonso party, expresses the prevailing sentiment when it speaks of the attempt as one which no party and no honourahle man can do other than emphatically repudiate. The Gazette of this morning merely stated that the President had been slightly wounded in leaving the Cortes. but that the shots had been extracted without mischance, and that there was nothing unusual or complicated in the wound. The Epoca, however, observes, that the resolutions taken in Governmental s ph eres i n consequence of the attempt, indicates the gravity of the case, and renders the result doubtful. The writer in the I mparcial after declaring he has never taken up his pen under a more painful feeling, or with more profourid indignation, than at the news that the President of the Ministry had been assailed in his carriage in one of the most public streets of Madrid, says—" If as Spaniards we inquire what can account for an act of savagery inconceivable among a civilized people, as politicians, we are dismayed to think it may be believed these infamous assassins were the instruments of some political party. No ; the crime and the conditions under which it was committed belong to no particular opinion, to no political party. It was the exhibition of ferocious instincts, of vile spirits who perhaps expected to derive a fatal celebrity from it. It is to be hoped that the assassins will be captured, and that such a crime will not have been committed with impunity." The details are as follows : —The President of the Council of Ministers, on leaving the Cortes, proceeded in his carriage to the Ministry of War, accompanied by his two aides-de-camp Senors Naudin and Moya. On leaving the Calle del Turco (a narrow street), the carriage encoun tered two coaches which impeded its progress. The carriage of the General, being detained by this impedi ment, which seemed to be a casual one, Senor Moya went to the window, between Marshal Prim and Senor Naudin, to see in what it consisted. He saw three men dressed in blouses with guns in their hands, and had only time to exclaim, "Down, my General, they are firing on us ! " when three shots were heard, and the men fired, one on the left, and the other two on the right. They were so close that Marshal Prim felt the grains of powder in his face. The coachman, finding what was passing, lashed his horses on, and overturning, one of the coaches, no doubt an intentional obstruc tion, he made his way into the Calle Alcala, and speedily reached the Ministry of War. In answer to the Aide-de-camp Moya, Marshal Prim said he was wounded in the right hand and in the left shoulder. Marshal Prim went up the stairs of the Ministry with great fortitude, supporting himself on the balustrade with his wounded right hand. Meeting his wife, he told her affectionately that he was only slightly wounded. The doctors were immediately on the spot, and dressed his wounds, performing the necessary oper ations. The two coaches which had blocked the way had disappeared. One of them had been behind that of the President of the Council. Senor Mora, after leaving his chief in the hands of his wife, met his companion, Senor Naudin in the antechamber. He asked if he were hurt, and discovered that his right hand, which Senor Naudin had enveloped in a handkerchief, was completely destroyed. It has since been amputated. Great and universal complaints are made in all quarters of the i*efficiency of the police. The deplorable dis organisation of that body is severely commented on in tile press this morning, and the escape of the assassins cer tainly justifies the reproach, eepecially if it be true as is reported, that three hours after the commission of the crime the inspector of the district intimated what had occurred to the Governor of Madrid. The Pais thins it inconceivable that in one of the most public thorough fares of Madrid there should not have been a single spectator, who could, on the overthrow of the inter cepting coach, have had time to capture the driver, who might doubtless have been able to throw light on the affair. The Pais, the Epoca, and other journals are pain fully convinced that the whole affair betrays premeditation and concerted preparation. It could scarcely have been by accident that these coaches so opportunely blocked the way in such an extremely narrow street. The place and the season gave every opportunity for the criminals, who, no doubt, reckoned on the want of management and promptitude of the police, and the confusion natural to such an event, for the assassins, having done their work, got off unmolested, and the coaches disap peared as if by enchantment. It is gratifying that all the press unite in condemning the outrage, which they hold to be at once an attack on public liberties and individual safety. The Eco de Espana has a vigorous article reprobating in the name of the party, of which it is the organ, this barbarous crime, "with the same indignation as when our friend and chief, the illustrious General Narvaez, was the victim of a similar attempt, andiThis noble and un for tunate aide-de-camp, Baseti, perished by the hands of the infamous assassins." The Nacion maintains that Prim only received two balls instead of eight as said by the Imparcial, which gives the fullest narrative of the disaster. The Nacion, suspects the reactionary party of having employed this crime to destroy the work of the revolution. Other papers, notably the Epoca, the organ of the ex queen's party, maintain that this is a calumny, and that they will not do any political party the injustice to attri bute it to them without evidence. The Iberia thinks the crime one of elaborate preparation, and comments on the number of provincials present in Madrid, and other attendant circumstances favouring the assassins. According to one account these had horses stationed on the Prado, by which they made their escape. The Discussion, a Republican organ, laments the action, while it condemns the crime, inasmuch as evil means can never, it affirms, lead to good ends. No sooner was the news of the attack known in Madrid than all men of political distinction of whatever party, and all the civil and military officials, as well as many others, hastened to the Ministry of War to inquire after the wounded President. The Regent was one of the very first, and, perceiving the gravity of the situation, he immediately summoned a Council_of Ministers, calling all the leaders of the Liberal monarchical party together to consult as to the perplexities of the moment. It was not only necessary to find a substitute for Marshal Prim as President of the Council and Minister of War, but also for his intendod journey to Carthagena to receive the new king. The Imparcial in speaking of this Council says from the first moment the general opinion pointed out Senor Topete as the person to preside over the Cabinet and to receive the King, but the illustrious Admiral had some scruples on the subject, and it was only the solemn appeal of Senor Riss Rosas, and other of his friends and co-religionists, that finally persuaded him. It was finally announced that Senor Topete should take charge of the portfolio of State, and per interim of the Ministry of War, giving the Colonial Office to Senor Ayala. By this means the Ministry was completed until the arrival of the King, for whose reception Senor Topete starts this night for Carthagena. The Pais mentions among those present at the Council General Cordova and Jose Olozaga, whose brother, Don Salustiano, was prevented attending by ill ness. Topete, says the same journal, yielding to the appeals of his friends, sacrificed his personal wishes to the necessities of the State in such grave circumstances. The Queen ba3 fixed Wednesday, the 29th of March as the day on which she proposes to open the Royal Albert Hall at Kensington. The Sheffield Independent says a son of the late Abraham Lincoln is being educated in a private school at Tulse-hill. Mrs. Lincoln has taken up her residence in this country. A DARING ROBBERY OF £2,000 WORTH OF JEWELLERY.—A few days back the shop of Mr. Burling ham, jeweller, of Peterborough, was broken into and goods worth nearly £2,000 taken. It appears a police constable saw two men about three o'clock in the morning, and, from their suspicious movements, tried to capture them. One was captured. but the other managed to escape until Sunday. The man captured had upon him goods worth £l5O, including twelve geld watches and a great number of rings and lockets. The burglars completely cleared several glass cases. They effected an entrance frem the rear by means of a rope ladder ; they then tried to bore through a door, but a sheet of iron prevented it. A hole was then cut through a lath and plaster partition, and the men commented their work of plunder. They had provided themselves with a bag of some thin material, and whilst making off with their booty the bottom of this bag fell out, leaving the property on the roof of one of the outhouses. Fifty . gold rings, 56 silver watches, several hundreds of pins, rings, lockets, and other articles were found on the roof. The man first taken was known as Thomas Henry, alias Stripes. On Sunday Detective-Sergeants Ham and Ranger; of the P division, proceeded to Wood's lodging-house, Kent-street, Borough, where they found William Pain, alias Nutty, in bed. Ham told him he was wanted for being concerned with the other man, when he said, " I little thought Stripes would round on me." At the station he said he was done for, and if he had the chance he would kill Stripes. He would confess all about the robbery, for he knew he was "settled for life" at the trial in March next. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM foRTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it ageneral favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine •properties of well-selected cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' hills." Each packet is labelled—JAmEs Epps (tr, Co., Homeo pathic Chemists. London. Also, makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. MARKETS. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TIIESDAY.—There were only limited supplies of meat on sale at the market to-day. There was a good business passing, and prices were fairly sup ported. Beef, from 3s. 2d. to ss. 2d. ; mutton, 3s. Bd. to ss. 2d.; veal, 4s. 10d. to ss. 2d.; and pork, 3s. to ss. per Blbs. by the carcase. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. —The market to-day was moderately supplied with hay and clover. Sales in all qualities progressed quietly, at prices tend ing upwards. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. • prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 1155.; and straw, 335. to 425. per load. LONDON METAL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Tin is firm. Straits sold at £133 per ton ; spelter firm, at £l7 10s. to £lB, and copper firm, but quiet. LONDON OIL MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Linseed is rather firmer, at 30s. 3d. London ; 295. 9d. Hull, spot ; 295. 9d. to 30s. month ; 30s. 9d. first four months. English brown rape, 475. spot, and 477. 3d. first four months. LONDON TALLOW MARKET, TUESDAY.—Market firm, 455. 3d. to 455. Od. spot ; 455. 6d. to 455. 9d. spring ; 455. 9d. to 465. March. LONDON COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE - MARKET. TIIESDAY.—SuAar ; There is a good demand for refined goods, which are again dearer. English titles, 445. to 445. 6d. Raw sugars are slightly firmer. Manilla, 245. 6d. to 255. per cwt. Coffee : The market is steady, and prices rule firm. Ceylon, good ordinary native, 535. 6d. to 545. fgr arrival. Cocoa : The inquiry is limited, but prices are maintained. Common Trini dad, 545.; middling, 638. to 665.; fair 71s. 6d.; fine, 855. Cd.; ' Grenada bought in at 545. to 6 5 5 , • Surinam, 655. to 665. per cwt. Tea is firm for good congou and fine greens, which are mostly in request. Cotton The business doing is limited, but values are unchanged. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TITESDAY.—This market opened very dull to-day, with very little demand in any depart ment of business. Since Friday there has been an entire absence of business. Most places have been shut, and the attendance on Change to-day was exceedingly small. The attendance at business is but slightly less than usual, yet transactions till the close of the day have been quite unimportant, either in number or value. There is nothing doing either for India or China, the demand for the quarters being in abey ance at present. Buyers have not resumed operations since stock taking. Even yarns for the home trade have only been dealt in to provide immediate wants. Prices are nomivally un changed, but the tendency is slightly in favour of buyers, espe cially for distant delivery, and the dulness of the cotton market, caused by heavy imports into Liverpool, contributes to this weakness. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—The market in the cloth halls this morning presented a very quiet aspect, there being very few buyers present in either the coloured or the white halls. In the former a few sales of grey and fancy tweeds were effected, and also one large purchase of medium white goods was made. A little business was done in union meltons, but scarcely anything in black unions. In the white cloth hall there were a few small parcels of a general character made up by purchasers, but the aggregate quantity of goods, which left the halls after the close of the market, was in a small compass. The demand for spring goods by the home trade, as well as by shipping houses, is unfavourably affected by the present severe winter weather. In the meantime manufacturers are keeping tolerably well employed, as are also cloth finishers and dressers. The raw material as well as goods keep steady in price. Olive oil is about 10s. per ton higher than it was a week ago, and the price of cloth wools are also hardening. The flax, iron, and other industries of this town, and district are in quite as good a con dition as we have lately noted. CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—There was a small attendance at this market to-day. The Christmas holi days have, as usual, caused a suspension of production, and deliveries wiil not be generally resumed till the end of this week. The tone of this market is healthy, and pig iron is decidedly stiff at 465. 6d. to 475. A very few fresh con tracts are being made at present, and the depres sion caused by the war continues to be severely felt. It is expected that at the quarterly meeting of the trade, to be held next week, a considerable amount of business will be transacted. The settlement of the Black Sea question Is anticipated with great interest. The rail trade is now almost nil, and must continue so until there are more assured prospects of an early peace. The finished iron trade continues very du 1, but iron shipbuilders are well supplied with orders. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY. —This market opens firm to-day, at rather over last Friday's prices for wheat, flour, and maize. Supplies are quite moderate, and holders little in clined to give way. This market closed to-day with only a small attendance of millers. T here was a limited trade done in wheat, at last Friday's prices. Flour and maize were quiet, without change in value, the demand being scarcely so good as during the past week. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TUESDAY. Wheat is held for rather higher rates at this market to-day, but few sales are effected. Barley meets a fair demand for fine desciiptions, but other sorts are neglected. Oats and beans are firm at former prices. HULL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a fair supply of English wheat from the farmers at this market to-day, who obtained an advance of ls. per quarter on most transactions. Foreign wheat remains quiet, at late rates. Barley, beans, peas, and oats were firm, at last week's prices. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—Deliveries were small, and demands were good. Saturday's prices were still maintained, and sellers firm. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TIIESDAY.—There was a large selling market stock at this market to-day, and buyers were scarce. There was consequently a slight decline as com pared with last week. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a good show of cattle at this market to-day. Average sales effected, at last week's prices. Grazing stock obtained a slight advance. Pigs had a moderate demand, at 7s. 6d. and Bs. per stone. There was a moderate supply of sheep, which were soon cleared off, at late rates. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIIESDAY.—This market opens rather dull and heavy to-day. Full prices scarcely ob tainable. Sales, 10,000 bale 3. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, TIIESDAY.—This market was better all round to-day. There were considerable transac tions in sugar. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market was very strong to-day, at 51s. 6d. to 51s. 7d. cash, closing steady. Buyers, 51s. 6d.; Sellers, 51s. 7d. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, TUESDAY.—Official report : There was a very meagre supply at this market to-day, but the advance was fully sustained. CORK BUTTER MARKET, TUESDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 116 s. seconds, 138 s. ; thirds, 121 s. ; fourths, 109 s. ; fifths, 98s. ; sixths, 635. 319 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change. 14 firkins in the market. Sir Roderick Murchison is still confined to his room, but is progressing satisfactorily. A meeting of the committee of the " French Pea sant Farmers' Seed Fund" will be held at the Salisbury Hotel, Fleet-street, on Thursday, when plans will be organised for collecting subscriptions either in money or in oats and spring seeds. CHARITY.—The Female Orphan Asylum, Bedding ton, has received a second contribution of £l,OOO from " D.S.W. ;" St. Mark's Hospital for Fistula, City-road, a second donation of £l,OOO from " E.N. ;" and the Guardian Asylum for the Protection of Fallen Females, Bethnal-green, £l,OOO from " M.W.T." THE THAMES FROZEN.—The Thames between the Windsor " Goswells " and the "Eton Brocas " was covered with a thick sheet of ice completely bridging the river for 150 yards west of the Firework Ait. Upon the ice thus formed large numbers of skaters and sliders assembled, while many persons crossed the stream for the sake of the novelty. It is some time since the Thames was frozen over at this spot. The ice has formed on the lock-cutting, and on each bank of the river, navigation being consequently entirely suspended. - - - - THE FEMALE SAILOR—This case (tome particu lars of which have already been published) was brought before the Yarmouth Bench of magistrates on Tues day, when it appeared from the statement made by the girl, through an interpreter, that she was induced by Captain Price to leave Wybourg with him in his vessel, the Thomas and Joseph, to effect her escape from her friends. She assumed a sailors attire, and in this garb she took her place on board as cabin boy. The captain, however, soon • got tired of his cabin boy, and made three attempts to put her ashore in the Baltic. The girl, however. was deter mined not to leave the vessel, and a week or two ago she arrived in Yarmouth. The captain made several other attempts to get rid of her, but failing to do so, he thrust her ashore on Saturday night, just as the vessel was leaving the river. Her case was made known to the Mayor, who provided her with means of subsistence. Matters were finally settled by the captain agreeing to give her £3, and the Mayor undertak ing to forward her to the consulate at London, and to see that she is sent home as soon as the weather permits. THE LATE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT HANLEY.—At the adjourned inquest as to the fatal boiler explosion at Hanley, Mr. Longridge, of Manches ter, said that the plate near the main steam pipe was only three-sixteenths of an inch thick, The rivet heads were very much corroded, and some entirely destroyed. The steam pressure gauge in the engine-house indicated one pound less than the actual pressure. He was satisfied that there had been no deficiency of water. It was probable that some bf the cotters of the stays had worked out, and the strain being thrown on a lower seam, of which many of the rivets were without heads, the rupture would be the consequence. Such a boiler ought not to have been worked at higher pressure than ten pounds per quarter-inch, but judging from the state of the plates the pressure could not be less than twenty pounds. John Shenton, boiler maker, upon whose report the boiler had been started, was called, and admitted this. He said he had exa mined the boiler before it was started, but he had not even touched it or applied any test beyond sight. The behind ball was inside the boiler. When he was there he d.4nied any knowledge of the rivet heads being off, and against this Mr. Lon g ridge said that there were whole plates without rivet heads, which were corroded off. The jury acquitted the proprietor from blame, believing that he employed competent men, and worked under their suggestion CAN I AFFORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. Map of the World gratis in . all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and ls. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible Ink for Postal Cards, Od. per bottle. NOTES FROM AMERICA. An American correspondent, writing from Philadelphia on December 19th says :—" The scheme for Government absorption of the telegraphs has been extensively discussed by representatives both for and against the project, in the presence of the Postal Committee of Congress, but that body is unable to agree upon the matter, and, finally determining to dispense with further dis cussion iu committee, has decided to permit Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, the chairman, without any recommendation for or against, to report to the House a Postal Telegraph Bill. The measure will chiefly affect but one corporation, nine-tenths of the American lines being now consolidated as the Western Union Telegraph Company. The bulk of opinion seems to be against the absorption, the public being afraid to to trust the Government in the matter, and thinking it has no right to go into any business operation. Probably nothing will be done this winter. The Massachusetts Butler, the General, is almost the hardest worked of all the House. He is the chief leader in the onslaught against England on account of the Alabama; he is waging war against the Province on behalf of the mal treated fisherman ; he is anxious to annex San Domingo, capture Canada, free Cuba, and have non-intercourse with England. He demands a general amnesty, with large numbers of exceptions, and declares that Porter shall not be confirmed as Admiral. He claims to be President Grant's spokesman, and aspires to be leader of the House. Added to all this is now a new duty. The Fenians—overjoyed at his recent speech on the Alabama question—meditate a huge meetingin New York, at which Butler is to he the chief orator, and of this a contemporary says :—` He has not yet consented to take the rostrum openly for the Fenian cause, but his letter leads one to suppose that it will not need much persuasion to bring him out on the platform so long the exclusive property of George Francis Train. The Roman Catholics throughout the United States continue to make extensive demonstrations of sympathy for the Pope, and to protest against the occu pation and spoliation of Rome by Victor Emmanuel. From all parts of the country intelligence is received of these demonstrations, which are always attended by large crowds of people. Samuel K. Briese, Read-Admiral of the United States' Navy, died at his residence, near Phila delphia, on the 17th of December, aged 70. He took part as a midshipman in the war with England in 1832-14, and was also in service during the Mexican war and the late civil war. General Valmaside assumed command of Cuba as Captain-General at noon on the 13th of December, at Havannah, there being appropriate ceremonies. The privateer Hornet, which recently sailed from New York in the insurgent interest, is said to have succeeded in getting off without any violation of the neutrality laws. She carried no warlike stores or armament, having only coal on board. Her crew consisted of sixty men, and she cleared for Nassau and Aspinwall. Her armament has already been sent to one of those ports, where she will take it on board." THE REPRESENTATION OF YORK.—With reference to the report of the intended retirement of Mr. Westhead, M.P. from the representation of this city, we are in formed that no decisive course has been determined upon. The hon. member, although seriously indisposed, has of late made much favourable progress.— York,shire Gazette. WRECK ON THE SCOTCH COAST.—Mr. John Moffatt reports that the lifeboat Fair Maid of Perth, on the Ardrossan station, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was instrumental, on Sunday morning, in saving a shipwrecked crew. It appears that the brig Morning Star, of and from Dublin, for Ardrossan, in ballast, went ashore on the west side of Horse Island during a strong gale from the S.S.W., and soon became a total wreck. The lifeboat was promptly launched, and towed to the spot by the Ardrossan steam-tug, when some of the lifeboat men landed on the island and suc ceeded in dragging the shipwrecked men, six in num ber, through the surf from a rock on which they had taken refuge. They were afterwards all safely landed i n the lifeboat. CORNISH MINING.—The last week of the year was characterised by unusual briskness at such a season. Shares in the principal tin mines were in much request at higher prices, and there was the novelty of a £3 rise i n copper. Providence mines paid a dividend of £1 per 1-120th share, leaving a balance of £246. Old Wheal Russell paid ls. per share. Wheal Crebor called is. 6d. per share, the accounts at the meeting shewing liabilities in excess of assets of £309. 'lrelyon Consols called 10s. per share, the accounts shewing an adverse balance of £4OO. Boswedden and Wheal Castle called £3 per 119th share. A large quantity of spare materials at East Brea are to be sold to pay merchants' bills. Wheal Nary Ann sold 50 tons of lead at £22 15s. 6d. and 45 tons at £l2 12s. The official monthly statement shews that 21 pumping engines were reported during the month ; they consumed 1,646 tons of coals, and lifted 12 - 2 million tons of water ten fathoms high, the average duty of the whole being 50,000,0001 b., lifted one foot high by the consumption of 1121 b. of coal. Thirteen engines exceeded the average duty. KINAHAN's LL WHISKY.—This celebrated and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish Whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest Cognac Brandy. Note the red seal, pink label, and cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." New Wholesole Depot, 6A, Great Titchfield street, Oxford-street, W. THE WAR INSIDE PARIS. [BY BALLOON MAIL FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " CENTRAL PRESS."] December 24. We are very much disappointed with the sorties of the 21st and 22nd. Their failure is unquestionable. Nothing has been gained by this fresh effusion of blood, and its only consequence has been to arouse a dangerous spirit which will give trouble, unless a success be gained. Not only was no success assured this time, but we are unable even to comprehend the plan of the assault upon the German positions. It consisted of an attack more or less severe all round the northern half of the circle, the chief effort being in the direction of Le Bourget. But, whatever was the special object, all the positions attacked were alike retained by the Germans at the end of the two days' fighting. The general opinion is that the sortie was to satisfy the popular clamour against inaction. One of the symptoms of uneasiness is the growing dis satisfaction against General Trochu. This is assuming serious proportions. His last sortie wo.,s incomprehensible. He has professed all through "to have a plan," but more than three months of the siege have passed, and when is the plan likely to be developed? The im pression gains ground that he has too much to do. Commanding the army and presiding over the Government is too much for one man. Trochu should choose between one function or the other. There has been more bad behaviour by some of the troops, and exciting scenes have occurred at Montmartre. Many of the war battalions of the National Guard were with the troops on the 21st and 22nd ; but notwithstand ing the compliment paid to them in the military report, some of them failed in their duty, and amongst the number was the 32nd of Montmartre, which battalion left its post before the enemy. Two other battalions 'followed, but did not come farther than Rosny. The 32nd, however, came straight to Paris. The chef de batailloa is under arrest, and the men were ordered to return on the following morning to the outposts under the command of the senior captain. The Parisians, however, have determined that they will have a voice in the matter, and that they will give a warm reception to the battalions who fly from the battle-field. When this battalion arrived within the walls on the 22nd, howls of scorn and indignation greeted it. The troops were hissed and hooted by the inhabitants of Montmartre, who went in a body to the Mairie, to demand explanation. A lieutenant of the 32nd passed in a carriage; the people took his sword from him, and a woman struck him in the face with a key. The women were the most indignant, and cried loudly against the National Guard. The rappel was beaten to call the men together; nearly all of them came, but when they passed they were received with hisses and derisive laughter. We are in hopes that this treatment will have some effect upon the decision of battalions who may in future contemplate " a bolt." Unfortunately, these flights are not matters to be decided by j udgment. Con sideration as to results have no weight. Troops are like sheep; half a dozen make a start, and the rest imme diately follow. Many holders of corn and flour not having made a declaration of the same, in conformity with the requisi tion of the 28th September last, have been notified for the last time that unless they make declaration before the 27th instant their premises will be visited by the Custom house and Excise authorities on the 28th, and they will be subjected to the penalties of the law. The attention of the Government has been called to the rapid diminution of the firewood stores in consequence of the excessive cold. The stock of wood in Paris at the commencement of the siege was less than usual, the dry ness of the summer season having prevented the arrival of wood by the rivers. The stock is nearly expended, but the remedy can be found in the large number of standing trees—the thousands of acres of plantation in the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes, and the trees on the boulevards, and on the roads in the environs. Large fellings have been already ordered, so that the inhabitants may not fear scarcity of firing. The inhabitants, however, do fear such scarcity, and they have begun to take measures for their pro tection. In some quarters they have cut down railings and the like, several scaffoldings have unexpectedly disappeared, and in one case a whole barrack made of wood for housing some Mobiles disappeared from the face of the earth. On the 21st, Generals Malroy and Blaise occu pied Neuilly sur Marne, Ville-Evrard, and the Maison Blanche. A small detachment of the enemy remained in the cellars of Villa-Evrard, which had not been explored, and at night made a sudden attack on the French. General Blaise was warming himself, surrounded by his officers, at a large fire near the villa about midnight. Suddenly the sound of a Prussian bugle was heard, followed by a discharge of rifles. Several officers fell, amongst the number General Blaise, who was killed on the spot. The enemy's soldiers, who were concealed in the cellars, had fired from their hiding-place. The cellars were sur rounded by the French, and many of the Prussians were massacred. Some of them were made prisoners, and thus escaped with life. The body of the General was brought to the ambulance of the Grand Hotel. The Government has decreed that General Blaise shall be buried at the expense of the State. December 28th. The following was published yesterday by the chief of the staff :—" The enemy has unmasked this morning some siege batteries against the Eastern forts from Noisy to Nogent, and against the Northern part of the Avron plateau. These batteries are composed of pieces of long range. At this moment, eleven o'clock, the fire is very brisk against the points indicated, and as this cannonade may be the prelude to a general bombardment of our forts, every disposition has been taken with the view of repelling attack and protecting the defenders. During the night two loud detonations were heard from Mont Val6rien, which may give re a son for thinking that the enemy has blown up the bridge of the Rouen Railway. This morning the enemy blew up the Gare- aux- Bceufs at Choisy. These facts would tend to prove that the enemy, fatigued by a resist ance of more than one hundred days, is preparing to employ against us the means of attack at a great distance, which he has prepared long since." The bombardment of the forts was continued yesterday with great violence until 5 p.m. The men behaved well with the exception of a few, who left the trenChes at the commencement, to which they were taken back to pass the night, by order of General Vinoy. The French loss is about 8 killed and 50 wounded. The first day's bom bardment has not caused much damage. The day before yesterday General Vinoy ordered three battalions of the National Guard to occupy the park of Maison Blanche, in order to destroy the wall.to the south west. They dislodged the advanced post of the enemy, and made six prisoners. The wall has been destroyed, so that it can no longer afford shelter to the enemy's sharp shooters. The French lost one killed and eight wounded, one of whom was an officer. Evening. The firing has continued during the clay, but less violently than yesterday. Some of the projectiles (Prussian) weigh 50 kilogrammes. Occasionally three or four rounds succeed each other with rapidity ; some times single shots with long intervals between each from the more distant batteries, the guns of which have a range of 6,000 to 7,000 metres. The heights of Avron appear to be the principal object of attack. Several of the enemy's shells found on the plateau of Avron on the 22nd inst. are French, probably from Metz. The Lyons correspondent of the Independence Beige, writing on the 27th ult., states that the railways in that neighbourhood have been placed in requisition for 48 hours for the transport of troops. Herr Wickede, German correspondent with the in vading army, says :—" There now prevails in many of the districts particularly exhausted by our troops a frightful famine. The people perish by thousands, like flies in the middle of summer, and this will terribly increase in the course of this severe winter, when the last remains of the scanty harvest are entirely consumed." A German officer who was taken prisoner on the 2nd of December before Paris says lie is treated with the greatest respect and consideration. The city, he wrote some days ago, could hold out for two months. " All the omnibuses and fiacres are still horsed, and there are enormous stocks of bread, wine, and rice. There is only a want of beef, vegetables, wood, and coals." Some of the French marines who fought in the sortie of the 21st rushed upon the Prussians and commenced hew ing them down with axes. The axe can scarcely, however, be considered a match for the needle gun, and the too gallant fellows who wielded it left nearly 260 out of 600 men upon the ground. According to the statement of a deserter, Ducrot had been living for some time in Drancy, and was engaged in strengthening his offensive position and constructing fresh works, with a view to command Le Bourget, Le Blanc Mesnil, Aulnay, and Pont Iblon. A correspondent says that directly these batteries open fire they will be met in front by metal of quite equal calibre, supported by field artillery superior to anything inside Paris, They uld, moreover, be subject to a cross fire, so that their position could be made untenable at any moment. The Germans are falling back on Gien, and evacuated Bonny on Saturday. The Moniteur has been publishing a series of articles on the operations of the French fleet in the Baltic, in which it is plainly stated that the co-operation of Denmark was expected. Most of the Paris journals brought by this balloon are very much against the participation of any French plenipotentiary in the London Conference : yet it appears that M. Jules Favre will come. An English gentleman, who has just been received by the Emperor, says his Majesty is preparing a compared estimate of the French and German armies, which, if published, will, no doubt, create a sensation in military circles, and be found a valuable source of information. The Emperor loohs forward with confidence to his speedy restoration by the will of the French nation, and by the French nation only. The railway between Chaumont and Troyes was on Christmas Eve, for the third time, tampered with, the rails being torn up and then put back so as to conceal the injury. A military train of 500 men consequently went off the line, and at the same time a band of Francs-Tireurs sallied out from a wood expecting to capture the party. The Landwehr men had, however, escaped injury, and rapidly collecting their senses, gave the Francs-Tireurs a few volleys, at which they hastily fled, leaving some killed I and wounded behind them, The correspondent of the Daily News at Versailles says that at Strasburg, Nancy, and Chalons, signs of the active reinforcement of the German armies are plentiful. The Landwehr is "pouring into the conquered country like a winter torrent." Every station is full of German uniforms ; every train is crowded with invaders. The present effort is the strongest at complete conquest Ger many can be expected to make. The Cologne Gazette commends the following letter from Metz to the consideration of those who wish to annex really French territory :—" This afternoon (28th), in the vicinity of the Basseille barracks, a member of the 58th Landwehr regiment had his head split open with an axe. The offender, the sari of the French quartermaster, and the father of six children, is arrested, as also his father, mother, and brother. Two other Landwehr men have met with their death in a similar way, and the sentries are shot at by day as well as by night almost daily. Among us officials nobody goes out alone, and anybody living a little distance from the town is escorted up to his dwel ling." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Sir William Mansfield, commander of the forces in Ireland, left Dublin on Saturday evening for London, to confer with the Secretary of State for War relative to the defences of the country. A committee, of which Mr. Alderman Besley is chair man, has issued an appeal to the merchants, bankers, and citizens of London, in aid of the City Volunteer Fund. The various regiments have now been in exis tence for more than ten years, and during that time have maintained a high position in the Volunteer force of the country. The exceptionally heavy expenses of all kinds in the City of London have pressed very heavily on the resources of the corps, and with a view to relieve them from these calls upon their funds, the Com mittee appeal to the public spirit of their fellow citizens. The entire force of the City of London numbers about 3,500 men. Captain Cecil B. Le Mesurier, captain instructor at the Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich Arsenal, will shortly be succeeded in that appointment by Captain Richard Oldileld, at present attached to the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery. Fifty additional workmen were taken on at the Royal Laboratory on Monday. The number of hands now employed in this department is almost as great as during the Crimean war, while the extensive introduction of labour saving machinery has, according to the estimate of the executive officers, increased its productive power 30 or 40 per cent. The introduction into the service of breech-loading rifles has rendered the old machinery for filling Cartridges obsolete, and orders have just been issued stating that Caffin's machines will no longer be supplied to her Majesty's ships of war; any that may be in store, at home or abroad, are to be returned to Woolwich. Regulations regarding the examination of officers who may be candidates for admission to he Staff College in February 1872 have been issued. There will be vacancies for twenty officers, and the first qualification is that they shall have had five years' service. Applications should be sent in not later than the 15th of June next, and the exa mination will take place in London on the 20th of July and following days. The total number of recruits entering the Tipperary Militia from Monday to Saturday last was 100. Enrol ment in other regiments, including that of South Mayo, is announced. THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—There are 70 matters pending for the ensuing term in the Court of Common Pleas, of which 45 special cases are already entered for argument, and two for judgment. Rules far new trial — eleven for argument and six for enlarged rules. There are four registration appeals, two for argument, and two for judgment, and two election petitions now pending for hearing. M EADE'S MlNons.—Lord Chancellor O'Hagan has giveni‘ieacto,s i‘judrinoers,, which greatly nt , yeton thepetiitniotnereisntsthte Dublin e h matterof public, and the hearing of which we reported, a few days ago, at great length. Mr. Meade, it will be recollected, had pledged himself to his first wife, on their marriage, to rear his female children as Roman Catholics, and this was accordingly done as long as their mother lived, under the care and tuition of her sister. Mr. Meade having married again ; his second wif e b e i ng a P ro t es t an t lik e hi mse lf , has been for some months training his two girls—under ten years old—as Protestants. The application is on the part of the first wife's sister to obtain their custody and the legal right to teach them the Roman Catholic religion. The Lord Chancellor has examined the children at his house as to their religious impressions, having declared in Court that this would be necessary before pronouncing his decision. It is stated that Mr. Meade will appeal to a higher tribunal in the event of judgment being adverse to his authority over his children. One of the Dublin papers speaks of this as the "Irish Mortara case." IRON SHIPBUILDING.—IrOn shipbuilding has been carried on at Hull with very great activity during the year 1870. The two yards upon the banks of the Humber -I have been fully employed during the whole of the year, and each has on hand orders that will occupy it far into 1871. Messrs. C. and W. Earle have launched from their yard nine steamers, all - of large tonnage, the least being 850 tons register, and the largest over 3,000 tons. The vessels built at this yard during the year represent a total of 12,696 tons and 1,800 horse-power. Messrs. Earle also have in their yard, in various stages of progress, seven screw steamers, representing a total of 13,600 tons and 1,500 horse-power. Messrs. Humphrys and Pearson have launched from their yard five steamers, each one being over 1,200 tons register, the total tonnage being 6,781, and the horse-power 720. In this yard the total tonnage last year was '2,462, with 260 horse-power. Messrs. r Humphrys and Pearson have now on the stock seven large I steamers, with a total of about 10,000 tons. Most of the vessels built at these yards have been for Hull owners, and they, with others built on the Clyde and the Tees, make an addition to the fine fleet of Hull steamers of about 32,000 tons. There have only been three Hull steamers lost during the year—viz., the- Plato, which foundered with all hands in the Bay of Biscay ; the Juno, which went ashore on the Scaw this month ; and,4 the Hull, wrecked near the Juno. The two latter vesseleol went on shore during a fog. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment. — Diseases of the Chest.—The increase of deaths from these causes will advance steadily from week to week, with the ; diminishing temperature and sudden changes from wet to cold weather, unless colds, coughs, and chills be success fully checked by suitable remedies immediately on their discovery. Let no one afflicted in the chest hesitate for a moment to use Holloway's potent medicaments. Pro perly used they will mitigate each system, and avert those disastrous consequences now grievously noted by the Registrar-General. Rub the Ointment thoroughly over ' the chest three times a day, and take the Pills exactly according to the printed instructions affixed to each box and pot—immediate relief and permanent cure will result BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at 18, Gloucester-road, Regent's-park, Mrs. Charles Dickens, jun., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at The Ellowes, near Dudley, the wife of Charles Cochrane, Esq., of a son. MARRIAnS. On the 29th ult., at St. Peter's, Norbiton, Sebastian Am derson, Esq., of Pembury, Kent, and Bayswater, Lon don, to Clara Emily, younger daughter of the late bert John Glover, Esq. On the 28th ult., at the parish church, Dudley, Samuel • Rudge, Esq., J.P., to Mary Ellen, eldest daughter of James Cartwright, Esq., of The Priory Cottage, all of Dudley. DE LITIIS. -------- On the 31st ult., very suddenly, George Cannon, Esq., of Peckham-rye, aged 70. • On the 31st ult., at Penge, Surrey, Thomas HadawaY , Esq. 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