The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-18 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. In the Stock Exchange to-day the business doing has been on a very moderate scale, and the bulk of the al terations have been unfavourable. In the railway market the fluctuations have been trifling, and the transactions have been to a limited extent. Foreign bonds also have been much neglected, the alterations at the same time being unimportant. Consols have been quiet and slightly easier, at 92 5-16, 92 7-16 for delivery and the account ; Reduced and New Three per Cents. On, 92k; Bank Stock, 235, 237 ; Exchequer bills, 108. to 15s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 1101, 1101; and India Bonds, 225. 275. prem. For Colonial Government securi ties there has been but little demand. The demand for English Railway Stocks has been on a j limited scale, and prices have shewn no important change. Caledonian and Great Northern have fallen 4 ; but Brighton, Great Eastern, Midland, and Great Western have advanced 4, whilst South-Eastern and North-Western have been 4 and better respectively. Metropolitan, 654, 66 ; Caledonian, 874, 88 ; Brighton, 42, 424 , South-Eastern, 76, 764 ; Great Northern A., 1354, 136 ; Great Eastern, 404, 404 ; North Eastern, 1464, 1461 ; Midland, 129 a, 1294 ; North Western, 1291, 130 ; and Great Western, 72g, 72g. Next to nothing has been doing in Indian railway stocks. East Indian, 110 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 106 ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1014 ; and Scinde, 1014. Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western, 15g. In foreign shares the business doing has been limited. Bahia and San Francisco, 194, g ; Great Luxemburg, 11g. In the foreign bond market the transactions have been restricted. Egyptian and Turkish have been rather easier. Egyptian (1868), 75, 754 ex div. ; Italian (1861), 534, 544 ; Spanish, 294, 294 ; Peruvian (1865), 90, 904 ; Mexican, 131, 134 ; Turkish Five per Cents, 414, 414 ; ditto 1869, 504, 51. French Scrip has been flat, at 3to 24 dis. The German Loan is quoted at 14 to 14 prem. Bank shares have met a slow inquiry. Imperial Ottoman have been 4 better, at 14 to 14 prem.; Anglo- Egyptian have marked 22 ; Consolidated, 54 ; and Joint Stock, 364. For telegraph shares the demand has been limited. Anglo-American, 74 ; British Indian Extension, 64 ; British Indian Submarine, 7; Falmouth, 94 ; and French Cables, 134, 4 ; Hooper's 6 Miscellaneous securities have sold slowly. General Credit and Discount, 74 ; National Discount, 12 ; and United Discount, 6. The sum of £120,000 has been withdrawn from the bank to-day. In the discount market to-day there has been a moderate inquiry for accommodation. Capital, however, has been plentiful, and three months' paper has been negotiated at 24 per cent. The Parthea, from New York, has brought £14,000, and the City of Brussels, £77,600. The report of the National Discount Company to be presented on the 25th inst., shews a gross profit of £114,637, and after deducting therefrom, the current expenditure, directors and auditors, remuneration, writing off £l6O, towards redemption of premises, and reserving £37,085 for rate of interest on bills not due, there remains with the balance of £2,497 brought forward from last account the sum of £69,358. Of this sum, £67,819 will be appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 17 per cent per annum, leaving £2,139 to be carried forward. At a meeting of the City Bank it was shewn that there was an available balance of £45,725. A dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. was declared, £5,000 was added to the reserve fund, thereby increasing it to £lOO,OOO, and a balance of £1,585 was carried farward. There has been a strong demand for bills to-day, and the rates of exchange have been lower. The report of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company (Limited), to be presented on the 25th inst., recommends a dividend of 4s. per share, and a bonus of 65., making 171 per cent. for the year, and leaving £34,919 to be added to reserve, which will then stand at £78,811. The report of Parr's Banking Company (Limited) at Warrington shews for the past year a net profit of £32,672, which, added to the balance brought from 1869, enables the board to pay a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, to add £12,000 to the reserve fund, to pay the fifth instalment of the purchase money due to the late private firm, and carry forward £6,700 to the present year. _ _ _ _ FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Amsterdam, three months' date, 11 191,12 00 ; ditto, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; Rotterdam three months', 11 19i, 12 00 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 30, 25 35 ; Paris, short date, ditto, three mouths' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 25 50 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10, 13 101 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120,120; ; Vienna, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; Trieste, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; St. Petersburgh ditto, 29t, 294 ; Madrid, ditto, 49, 49k ; Cadiz, ditto, 491, 49 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 85, 26 95 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 521, 521; Oporto, ditto, 521, 521. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—TuEsDAy. LATEST PRICES.—AFTER. OFFICIAL HOU Lt The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. rb t ee per Cent Consols 921 921 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 112 113 922, 8. 1,1, 1 1122 Do for Account 921 102. it Three per Cent Reduced 92 2 928 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 93 94 921, 2. i 931, 1 New 3 per Cent 921, 1, 1 Do Rail Dalian 7p a .. 9911008 Exchequer Bills, March 10 15pin 991, 100 15s, lls pm Italian, 1865. 5p a Do, June lO 15pna Peruvian, 1865. 5p a .... 90 91 lls, 12s pm 902, 90. 8 Bank Stock 238 321, 8 India 5 per Cents 1101, 2 842, 5 IndiaEouds - Do Nicolas 4p a 275, 24s pm 671. i 293 ZO2 Can 6pc Jan&Jtdyll77-84 10311041 Spanish Do March & Sept. 104 106 292 2, 30. 292 , Do 5p o fan & July .. 971 981 Turkish, 1854, 6p c 98, i Do, 1845. 5 n 0 Do Inscribed Stock .. 96 98 412, 2, 12 x d Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 98 100 Do, 1865 6 p o Ceylon 6 p c May and 59. 1 November 1878 lO6 108 17.5.5-20 Bonds,6 o a 1831 90 902 Mauritius 6p c Jan and 901. 8, 90, 1 1885 898 89f July 1873 lO2 104 Do do New /Males 5 p 01871-76 lOO 101 891 1001 Do 10-40 [lnds, spo 1901 88 888 New Zealand 6 p 01891 lO6 108 8 8 1, 8 Do spo Do 5p c Consolidated 9921002 Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101 1001, 991 x d 1108, 91 x d Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 109 111 Atlantic and (1 Wlt Con Do June & Dec 1891 108 110 Mortgage Bonds Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9l 03 Grand Trunk of Canada 923 2nd Prat Stock Caledonia n 8,7/ Do 3rd Pref Stook ... 30 Great Eastern 40. Li. 1 4th Pref Stock Great Northern Do A 13531365 Greatludtan Pen g 5. , a 10531065 1351 103, 1 Great Western 72/ 721 Great Western of Canada 151 153 7 2 1, 3. I, 3 151,3 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13431353 Do 6p c Bonds. 1873., 99 100 Lon, Brigh, and S Coast • 422 42 Do 53 do. 1877-8 95 q 423, 3 Do 5 p a pref. issued 80 par loin Lon. Chat, and Dover .. 133 14 Madras guar 5p c IJ. i, 4 N. Railway of Canada, Lon and Borth-Western 1291130 6p c Ist Pref Bonds 1293, 1., f, 30, 293, 1 Gude and Itohilkund g Lon and South-Western 92 93 5p a 92, 3 i 1013, 1,3, 1003 Man, Sher, and Linco ln 46 463 &hide, uni 5 anh, and 461. P,, 3 Delh g P uar p c Metropolitan .......... 653 66 1015 66 , 52, I ' and San Francisco Midland 1295130 g 7 P 0 191, 1 l9l 191 North British .......... Z. 45 355 Belgian 13Junction 342, 1 North-Eastern Consols.. 1463147 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn 25 26 1,1, 3 253, 6 146$,and Wite South-Eastern 751 761 Dnnaburg psk 181 183 Atlantic and St lawrhee 7 6 77 Dutch-Rhenish 2ll, 22; Sombay, Baroda, and E astern of France— Central India, g 5 p e.. 1 03 104 Gre at Luxembourg .... 115 113 Buff and Lake Huron 4 4} 11: Do 53 pc 80nd5,187244 79 81 Lemberg Czernoivitzgua Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5 p a.. 103 104 Nort hern of France ... --, East Indian, g 5 p c .... 109 3 110 3 Ottom ( S m y rna to Aidini 42 51 110, 92, 102 Recife and San Francisco Grand Trunk Canada .. 125 13 (Limited) guar 7p 0 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 San Paulo IL) guar 7p a 21 5 12 charge 6p c Do 2nd do Scrip Do Ist Prat Bonds 5B 59 Southern of France .. . 59, 83 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A.,.. , 8 81 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 1111 Pin 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Avg -Egyptian IL) 211 22/ 20 London and,(Jounty 53 51 22 15 London Joint-Stock 351 61 50 British N American 50 51 16', 5/ 51 20 Lou and Westinnster 631 641 20 Ch of India, Austria 13 14 643 14 10 Metropolitan Bl 9 25 Char Mere of India 22 23 20 Midland ILI 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 5, 1-16 40 20 Eng. Scot. and Ana 016 17 15 Union of London .. 371 381 20 Imperial %Li TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-AmerlCan L) 74 76 10 Great Northern .... 11/ 112 74, 5 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) 118 100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (LI.. 10 12 100 Do 8p c 10 British Australn (L).. 41 3/dis and Malta IL) .... 51 6 4 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 41 5 10 British Ind Exten (L). 63 63 4 1146 61 21 Pinna and S. Pcfc(L 4 3 dis 10 British Indian Sub- dis marine, (L) 7 20 SocTraus France (L) 133 134 10 ChinaSubmarine(L) 51 sdla 100 Submarine 237 242 2i Do Scrip 2l 2; 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 10 W india&Panatnalt4 4: 61 and Malta (LI 9 3-16, 9, 1 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES Pd Pd Anglo-A ustrian 13n d- 5 InternlFinan SocIL) IT, IRdis holders' Certificate 3 5 3R 10 13erlinWa1erworksIL) 15 16 20 It Irrie Can Cavour 2( 4 16, 15% 100 1)o 6p c Bonds. re -30 Bolckow-Vaughan L) 23 33pm deemat:e 1870 . 61 63 100 Boston City (IT .S. 62 ..... .. -• • don Fin AssocIL118(178 lis p c Sterliligloan 93 1,. .ondon v ~. ._ 95 4 Lou Gen Omnibus ._ 4 Brit & Fgn Maribe Ll 4 41pm 2 15-16, 3 25 Canada Company. 7l 73 2 Lou & Prov Marine L) 11 pm 72 100 Madras Trrig. &Canal 10 Ceyion Company Ll 37 31dis gsn c by Ind Gov. 100 102 35 City Offices (L) 251241 die 100 1 91 2 Mauritius Land (L) 1 1 dis. 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 4 4' pm 12 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (LI 2 21 2( N Zealand Zed Loan and 2 3-16 Aency %TA .. 1w Pm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Peru Deb.. 109 114 61 N BritshandMere (L) 281 2 i5 271 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 94 9/dis 5 OceanAtitrinelnsur l4ll4llar 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7P 0 50 P and 0 Steam 46 43 Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 10 Do do New. 1867 3 2dl. 79, 81 80 RhYinney Iron - 3O :9 100 lf,gyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 15 Do New Bl 91 guar by Rap Gov.. 96 97 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-stWareLouse IL) 81 9-pm 551, 6 221 12 Tel Con and Main L) 244 941 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 241, 1, 1 . Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 2 Themes and Mersey 71 Gen Credt &Dissit (L) Idle per Marine Insur (L 7/ Tobacco 6 p a Loan. 14 Gen Stm Navigation 215 281 guar by Italian Gov 87 89 7 Hooper's Tel Works 11 ]dis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 6, 5 i Upper Canada • .. 4 5 1 pin 17 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 5(7 Marine. Lvpool.lL 51pin 8 3-16 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 45 Indrbbr,GutPer.and 6 United Dis Corprn (L 3,11 s )pm Tel Works I.) ...48 49 5 TJnivMarinelnsur iLi 61 7inn 481, 8,4, is, I, 6 12 WarTaLt 'Finance.... 9 7 ills ?O - if -3- --- MINING SHARE LlST.—..,:tAtttaint 17. Messrs. WATSON BROTRIfitS. Mining Offices., 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Market active for Prince of Wales, Cifehville, East Grenville, West Maria, Cook's Kittilen, Tiiieroft, Agar, Kitty St. Agnes, Margaret, and Mary Alin. Taquaril declined. Carn Brea. Perran Wheal Virgin, 32s 6d, 35s Chiverton Moor, Prince of Wales, 365. 385 Chiverton Valley, Providence Mines, 37, 39 Chontales (Gold). Rosewall Hill and Ransome Cook's Kitchen, 20, 21 Hutted, 245, 26s Devon Great Consols, South Condurrow, 44, 43 Drakewalls, 245, 26s South Frances, 29, 0 Dolcoath, Sweetland Creek, 4 3 / 4 , 43 Don Pedro North Del Rey, 2 3 / 4 , 2) Tankerville. In. 13) East Caradon, 5 3 / 4 , 5) Taquaril (Gold). 435, 45s East Lovell, 314, 32 3 / 4 Tincroft, 50, 52 East Pool, Trumpet Consols, East Wheal Grenville, 3, 34 Van. 55, 57 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), Van Consols, -5., -s. West Caradon, General Brazilian, 'West Chiverton, 50. 52 Great Laxey, 16), 174 West Maria and Fortesone, Great II etallack. 265, 288 Great Wheal Von West Tanker Ville, Hingston Down, Wheal Agar. 30s, 32s 6d Mark e Valley, 7, 74 Wheal Orebon 12s 6d, 15s New Beldon, Wheal Grenville, 4, 44 New Lovell, 14, 2 iWheal Kitty. St. Agnes, 94, 10 North Crofty. 2, 21 Wheal Margaret, 8, 9 Parrs Mountain, Wheal Seton. 26, 28 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY . 18, 1871. MARKETS. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TIMSDAY.-Only limited supplies of meat were on offer here to-day. The trade was more active, but prices were not improved. Beef from 3t. 4d. to ss. ; mutton, Bs. 6d. to ss. id.; veal, fis: to ss. 6d.; and pork, 3s. 4d. to ss. per 81b., by the Carcase. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. -Fair average supplies were on offer at the market to-day. The trade was inactive, and the value of straw gave way slightly. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime fresh-cut clover, 1355. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 105 s, to 1155.; and straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET,.TIIESDAv. -Sugar : There is a good inquiry for refined qualities, at firm rates. Raw sugars sell steadily, at full rates. Berbice low middling yellow, 325. to 335. ; good crystallised Demerara, 38s. to 395. Coffee : There has been a firm market, at full prices. Fine ordinary Rio, 51s. 6d. to 535. ' • Costa Rica, 595. 6d. to 70s. Cocoa : The market has been quiet. Fair common and good Trinidad, 555. to 725.: fine, 81s Rice : The demand has been inactive ; Bengal, 10s. to 10s. 3d.; Mats Seam, 9s. to 9s. 3d. ; Ballam, 9s. 3d. Jute : There has been a healthy inquiry at full prices --say, £2O to £22 for arrived parcels. Metals Iron has been steady at 51s. 4d. to 51s. sd. cash. Tin firm ; Straits, spot, £135. Good demand for Copper; Chili brands, £64 to £64 10s. ; Wallaroo cake, £72 10 s. cash. Oils: Linseed oil firmer, at 30s. to 30s, 3d. spot. Rape quiet, but steady. Tallow : Market firm ; YC, spot, 455. 6d. ; March, 465.; last three months, 465. 6d. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.-The tone of this market to-day is quiet, but a very steady feeling continues to prevail, and Friday's quotations are firmly adhered to. There is only a limited business doing, and the quieter reports of the cotton market have caused the feeling here to be less busy than on Saturday. The quotations of to-day do not total up large, but there is a very general demand for both shipping yarns and home trade also, especially the medium counts of the latter, and the prices of all are well maintained. For cloth the inquiry is still very considerable, especially for quick delivery. But for the goods chiefly in request few makers can accept orders on such terms, hence the actual business is but moderate. Printing cloths of all kinds are in good demand, an d are scarce. Heavy goods, such as domestic T eloths, long cloths, and similar goods for the home trade, are very quiet, and the values of these are hardly steady. This is the only class of goods which are neglected, and of which stocks exist. Qnotations are the same as those of last Friday, and producers can afford to adhere firmly to them, although they do little businesss at present, as their engagements are still heavy. The market closes quiet but steady. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.- The woollen cloth trade, as indicated by the markets in the Cloth Halls this morning, shews no change of importance. The attendance of buyers was moderate, but their operations were restricted to small selections of goods. Melton, both union and all-wool plain and fancy coatings, and blank union cloths, were sold in almost equal quantities. The sale of black super fines was very small. A few sales of good beavers, both brown and blue, were effected, In the White Hall and in Hairlists, and other plain goods in the balk state, a moderate business was done. The represen tatives of shipping houses bought very few goods, and the only class of cloths that are in good demand for exportation are the low heavy fabrics required for the French and Prussian armies. Prices of wool, woollen yarns, and goods, are all firm. CLEVELAND IRON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.-This market is well attended to-day, and a cheerful tone prevails. Number 3 is again quoted at 465. 6d. to 475., and a good deal of business is being done. The holidays being now entirely over, the furnaces and malleable works are again in full operation, and the output is large and regular. There are more inquiries for rails, and should the Conference have a satisfactory result, this branch will receive a large accession of orders from Russia. Plates angles partake in the business, which characterises ship building, and are in good request. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.-There was a fair show of lean stock at this market to-day, with a moderate trade for superior quality, at late rates. Milch cows, £l6 to £2O each ; and heifers, £l2 to £l4 each ; calves, 20s. to 30s each : sheep, from ass. to 44s each. Pigs were plentiful, and sold at the reduced prices of 7s. 3d. to 7s. 6d. a stone. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—There Were 1,100 beasts, 5,000 sheep, and 700 pigs at this market to-day. The cattle were zenerally of an inferior quality, but prime sorts brought an an advance on previous rates. Trade was brisk at former prices, and the market was well cleared. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—At this market to-day cattle were chiefly of a middling quality, but sheep were in a fair condition. In beef there was a steady trade done at prices about a farthing below last week. Sheep sold slowly the best realising last week's prices. Other qualities sold in favour of buyers. Beef, Bd. to Sid. ; sheep, 71d. to 91d. ; calves, 7d. to 9d. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TUESDAY.—Opening Report. —This market opens quietly to-day, and holders are asking ld• to 2d. per cental advance on last Friday's prices for all kinds of grain. Closing report.—This market is dearer to-day than on this day week ; the advance for red and white wheat is 2d. to 3d. per cental. There was a fair business done. Flour was ls. per barrel, and ls. 6d. to 2s. per sack, dearer. Barley and beans unchanged. Peas ls. dearer. Oats were dull. Indian corn sup ports Friday's improvement. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—This market opened ery flat for wheat to - day , and with scarcely any demand. Prices are nominally as on Friday last. Spring corn was quite neglected, and unchanged in price. smaller e NENVCdAIiSvTaLrEIeaCa thisN MARKET,-dTarSaDaedYl. it — tle n do er in e g, w b e u re t flourof thfieerurlaarrrgieveodrdtee-rdaoyf inhan md.aintAinceeda S for s France c s s sack from Yarmouth. . An s o HULL CORN MARKET, TutsDAY.---There wa sup ply ast of wheat from farmers at this market to-day, who obtai r s a fai su u w t e t e l k e 's d p a ri ia c g es ifaorfbareesitgaso.rts. last Otherßarley, beaks, sorts d a i n ffi d c uplet peas so sellse . at Very week's currency. Oats, 6d. per qr. advance. DUBLIN CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Irish wheat was a turn dearer at this market to-day. Foreign wheat was firm, and in fair demand. Flour was unaltered. Oats were a trifle bette Maize was in request for retail. Barley sold freely, at Yrida r. y's reduced rates. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—Opening Re port.—This market opens very quietly to-day, and the sales will probably not exceed 10,000 bales.—Closing Report.—The demand from the trade has been on a reduced scale, and with more desire to press sales. Prices have receded 1-16th to 1-Bth per lb. Sales, 10,000 bales, including 1,500 for speculation and export, DUNDEE LINEN MARKET, TUESDAY.—Messrs. Armitstead report the flax market very firm. A large business was done on the spot. Goods obtained full prices, and a further advance is now demanded. In the contract business there is little doing, in consequence of the high prices asked. Yarn market firm, with a moderate inquiry for linens. Jute goods unaltered, but prices very stiff. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market opened quiet to-day, at 71s. 4d. cash accepted. Closing, buyers at this ; sellers asking 51s. 41d. cash, and 51s. Bd. in a month. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TIIDSDAY.-official Report.—There was a fair amount of business without further change in value, done at this market to-day. CORK BUTTER MARKET, TUESDAY. Ordinary firsts, 1465., seconds 1405., thirds 1265., fourths 1135., fifths 935., sixths 665. 230 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change. 6 firkins in the market. WHOLESALE SWINDLERS.—At Vienna, on the 12th, two Englishmen, named William HerYre o G e nwo d and William Levy, the former of whom gave n Cambridge road, West-end, as his last English residence, and the latter Twickenham, were tried for passing forged checks and letters of credit. They became acquainted in the Queen's Bench Prison in 1856, and from that time, under a variety of names, they travelled through Germany, Austria, Italy , France, Belgium, Sp a i n , P or tu g al, Greece, Switzerlan d, Malta, an Madeira. Th e y paid for their lodging and for expensive articles whi c h th e y b oug ht with forged checks on English banks, a number of which were found upon them. They were arrested last March at Vienna, just as they were on the point of proceeding to Munich. They were convicted, and sentenced, Levy to seven, and Greenwood to five years hard labour, at the expiration of which time they are to be expelled from the Austrian dominions. [ADVERTISEMENT. }—Holloway's Pills. —Throughout all classes of society the human frame is exposed to many acid varied dangers. Disorders or disease will occasionally attack the most cautious, though all h ave it in their power to forearm themselves securely with these . noted pills against the ever-impending battle. In the intermediate seasons, when great vicissitudes of tempf3rature take place, a dose or two of Holloway's regulating pills will counteract their injurious tendency, and spare many the sacrifice of health. No other combination of drugs can produce such alterative, aperient, and tonic effects as are daily felt and attested by thousands who have resorted to this invaluable medicine, and gained a complete cure after their maladies seemed past the reach of medical skill. THE SEIZURE OF TH - E INTERNATIONAL. JUDGMENT. On Tuesday, in the Court of Admiralty, the Judge, Sir R. J. Phillimore, gave judgment in the case of the ship International, which had been seized in the Thames with a cable on board for the French Government of National Defence. The question was whether any infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act had taken place, or was intended, and the arguments in the case were heard last week. The vessel belongs to the India Rubber and Gutta Percha Telegraph Construction Company (Limited). The Attorney-General (Sir Robert Collier, Q.C., M.P.), the Solicitor-General (Sir J. D. Coleridge, Q.C., M.P.), the Queen's Advocate (Sir Travers Twiss, Q. 0.), and Mr. Archibald were counsel for the Crown ; Sir John Kars lake, Q.C., Mr. Thomas Hughes, Q.C., and Dr. Pritchard appeared for the owners of the vessel. Sir IL. J. Phillimore, in delivering judgment, said this was an application under the 23rd section of the 33rd and 34th Victoria, chapter 90, made by the Indiarubber and Gutta, Percha Telegraph Cable Company, the owners of the ship International and her cargo, for a release of that vessel, which had been detained by order of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, under the provisions of the statute he had named. That statute was passed during the last session of Parliament, and this Court was now called on for the first time to exercise its powers under it. It was a Very important and very valuable act, because it strengthened the hands of her Majesty's Government, because it enables them to exercise a proper control over vessels, such as the International, in times of war between foreign and friendly nations. It was the duty of the court, upon which devolved the application of the statute, so to define it as to give full execution to its provisions, at the same time not to strain them so as to fetter the private commerce of Her Majesty's subjects. The statute provided that if any person in Her Majesty's dominions dispatched, or causes or allows to be dispatched any vessel with the intent or knowledge or having cause to believe that it will be engaged in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with a friendly State, he should be liable to certain penalties, and to the forfeiture of the ship and cargo, It was to this part of the Act that this case had special reference, and it was to vessels of this kind that the Act itself applied, and having detained the vessel, two grounds of proceedure were left open to the Crown. The law officers might apply to that Court for the condemnation and forfeiture of the vessel, or might leave it to the owners to apply for its release. The Attorney- General had taken the latter course—he had taken no step himself, but left it to the owners to ask for the re lease, to which he had no objection to upon certain condi tions. Those conditions were that a bond should be given to secure the vessel from engaging herself in mili tary service for France, and beyond this the Crown did not intend to proceed against the company for any further penalties. The owners, however, applied to the court for an immediate and unconditional release of the ship, and the condemnation of the Government in damages and costs, caused by the detention, which the court had power, if it saw fit, to award. He must now draw attention to the facts as they appeared on the affi davits. The vessel itself per se was not adapted for the purposes of war. Mr. Gray, the manager of the com pany, in his affidavit, said the company carried on the business of manufacturing and laying submarine cables. On the 7th July, 1870, the company purchased the ship International, which was then partly built, and caused it to be fitted up for the ordinary purposes of laying sub marine cables. At that time the terrible and devast ating war, which was covering France with blood, had not broken out. The ship was delivered as completed in, September, and was shortly afterwards let to tier Majesty's Government, for the purpose of laying a sub marine cable between England and Jersey which task was successfully performed. On the 28th November, the company entered into a contract with the Director-General of Postal and Telegraph Service of France to lay down certain cables, and it would presently be important to notice the principal points of that con tract. On the 21st of December, whilst lying in the Thames with the cable on board, constructed according to the terms of the contract, the International was seized by the officers of customs, and on the 27th of December de tained on a warrant of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Now, it was important to notice that the con tract was entered into with the French Government represented by the Director-General of Telegraphs, and was afterwards ratified by the Government of National Defence. The cable was to be laid down in the Channel, and would be a means of connecting Dunkirk with Cherbourg and Bordeaux. The cable was to be of two kinds—submarine and land, or shore end, and it was to be.-constructed according to models which were produced in court. The French Government were to have the direction of the land ends of the cables. and were to give full instructions to the contractors before the International left the port of London. The contract further stipulated that at every point of landing the com pany were to place 500 metres of land cable at the service of the French Government, the whole sum to be paid being nearly £90,000, in five instalments. A portion of the cable was to be completed by the 31st January, 1871, and there were penalties for non-fulfilment of the contract. It would therefore seem that it was one undivided contract to lay down certain cables, with the exception of the land end which would be necessary to make it of any practical use. This latter part the French Government undertook to do, and it was an im portant ingredient in the contract, inasmuch as, prima facie, it tended to shew that the undertaking did not con template a breach of the law by the vessel being engaged in foreign service. It was evidence in favour of a purely commercial undertaking—no main fides were imputed, and it was simply alleged that there had been a violation of the law in ignorance. It was also admitted that the present International law in no way affected the case. He had not to consider whether, under the old act, the vessel might have been liable to seizure by a Prussian cruiser, as carrying contraband of war, and was not en titled to the protection of the Government. In such cases contraband of war might destroy the right to protection, and the punishment was left to belligerents; but the vessel was not under the municipal law of the country. The question he had to decide was, however, whether the owners of the International had so acted as to bring their vessel under the accusation that she was engaged in the military service of France. The counsel for the Crown had contended that, considering all the circumstances of the case, those who despatched the vessel had reasonable cause to believe she would be employed in the military service of France. First it was pointed out that the contract was with the French Government ; secondly, that the state of France at the date of the contract was such as to render it impossible that the Government could have contemplated laying the: cable for purely commercial purposes; thirdly that the places to be united by it, especially Dunkirk, Cherbourg, rnd Bordeaux, made it a matter fraught with suspicion, as the two armies of France would be con nected, the importance of which could not be over-esti mated ; and fourthly, it was pressed on the attention of the court that the contract was entered into very shortly before the removal of the Government to Bordeaux, and that the cable must afford the greatest facility to the Government for com municating with other parts of France. On behalf of the owners it was argued that the cable was civil and postal, and not military. Now, to furnish military tele graphs was clearly against the Act ; and 'it was argued by the owners, and not denied by the Crown, that the telegraph for a military purposes was different in kind and character to the cable in question. But to maintain that they were different was one proposi tion and to maintain that a postal telegraph, to be used for military purposes, was not a military telegraph was another and very different proposition, to which he was not disposed to assent, neither did the Statute contem plate the exclusion of postal telegraphs under such circumstances. The question was whether there was evidence before them in the present case to prove that the real object of this cable was and must have been known to the company ; and he considered the positive evidence was in their favour, especially as no malafides were ascribed. The company contracted to furnish an ordinary submarine telegraph, and this they did, and the affidavits declared there was no intention on their part, directly or indirectly, to adapt it to military purposes. No doubt the communication would be of great value to France in a military point of view, and would probably be used partly for military purposes, but that, to him, did not appear to be the main object, which lie considered was commercial. If it was used for military purposes occasionally, that did not divest it Of its priMary permanent, commercial 'cha racter, or subject the company to the heavy penalties of. the statute. He had arrived at the conclusion that 'the applicafits had made out their claim to have the vessel released. They had acted with great candour towards the Government, and he did not feel inclined to clog the release with the conditions asked for by the Attorney- General, which, from whit transpired, would not be very easy to agree upon. He was of opinion, having regard to the peculiar circum stances of the case, which he need not here refer to, that the Government took the correct view of the matter in forcing the company to make this application ; and that there was reasonable and proper cause for the detention of the ship and cargo. Ite should therefore no order as to the damages and costs. Sir J. Karslake asked for permission to appeal on the subject of damages and costs, if it was considered necessary, and the judge consented. SIR MINT° W. T. FARQUI - lA.R'S BANKRUPTCY. Tuesuay was appointed for the public examination of Sir Minto Walter Townsend Farquhar, before Mr. Registrar Roche (sitting for the Chief Judge). The bank, rupt was described as of 5, Colherne-road, Earl's•court- Brompton, The amount of his debts were set down at between £20,000 and £30,000 ; the ass3ts being uuascertained. Mr. Rooker appeared for the trustees, and Mr. Philp for the bankrupt. On being called, and not appearing., Mr. Philp read a letter from him, stating that lie was most anxious to conform to the orders of the court, but was suffering so seriously from congestion of both lungs, that he believed if he were to go out it would kill him. His medical man had been called suddenly out of town, and on his return a cer tificate should be sent shewing the serious nature of his (the bankrupt's) illness. Under these circumstances Mr. Philp applied for an adjournment, stating that the bank rupt had given every information to the trustees, and that the accounts were nearly ready. Adjourned accor dingly, LA.W AND POLICE. THE GODRICH DIVORCE CASE.—lmportant proceedings took place in this well-known cause before Lord Penzance in Chambers. His Lordship, a few weeks ago, made an order for Mr. Godrich, in the case in which he is petitioner, to state the issues, and when they were settled, ;o pay an amount into court sufficient to defray the costs Mrs. Godrich now applied for a peremptory order to corn pel her husband to conform to his Lordship's order.—Mrs. Godrich's proctor said the issues had not been settled, as the witnesses could not be got at. Tug well, against whom Mrs. Godrich obtained a warrant for perjury was to be found nowhere. In the present state of the case he (the Proctor) did not feel justified in bringing it into court, as the petition would be sure to be dismissed.—Mrs. Godrich said that all the other side wanted was delay. After a short conversation it was agreed that if Mr. Godrich did not settle his issues within fourteen days his petition should be dismissed, Lord Penzance thinking that such an arrangement was an equitable one. THE TAILOR AND HIS RIFLES.—The case of Haslett V. Mappin, again came before the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday. The plaintiff in this case, a tailor in the City, contracted on the 9th September last to pur chase from the defendant 800 Snider rifles at 60s. each, and also 40 cases for the same same. Ire paid a deposit of £6O, and the balance of the purchase money, which Altogether amounted to £2,429, was to be paid by four o'clock the next day, or the deposit was to be forfeited. The action was to recover back the £6O, and also damages for non-delivery of the rifles, and at the trial the verdict was for the plaintiff for £220. The rifles, it was stated, were intended to be sold to the French Government. Mr. Clark moved for a rule for a new trial on the grounds of surprise and excess of damage, but the Court refused to disturb the verdict. SINGULAR CASE OF ARSON.—At Bow-street Police court, Ellen Bowles, a domestic servant, was charged with arson. It appeared she was in the service of Mr. Nash, a surveyor, and a few evening ago, whilst sitting in the parlour, lie smelt fire, and found a bed-room full of smoke. The bed was in flames. He thought it could not be by accident, as this was the fifth fire that had taken place during the last ten days. The prisoner at first denied having cau sed the fire, but subse quently admitted it. She said that all the other fires had been caused by lucifer matches. The first fire was on Thursday week when prosecutor discovered a bed in which one of the children was sleeping in flames. He could assign no reason for th e prisoner's conduct. She had been a very, good servant, and there had been no complaint against her whatever.—She was re manded. FRAUDS ON THE CHARITABLE.—Mary Andrews was charged with fraud at the Marlborough-street Police-court. Lady Duff Gordon stated that on the 23rd ult. the pri soner called on her, and stated that her. son was very ill, and that she wished for a ticket for the Westminster Hospital. She gave the prisoner a ticket, and Also a shilling. The prisoner returned between nine and ten the same evening with the ticket, stating her son was dead. She appeared in great distress, and sobbed very much, and she then gave her half-a-crown. On the Monday or Tuesday following she sent the" prisoner a coal ticket by post. A few days afterwards the woman again came, and a lied whether she could do anything more, as her son was going to be buried. Inquiries were then instituted, and it was found that her child was not dead, and that she had ob tained the money by false pretences.—The prisoner was proved to be an imposter, and she was sent to pr ison for six weeks. - - ----- THE SOLDIER'S STORY.—Daniel Collins, a discharged soldier, formerly in the 33rd Regiment, was brought up at the 'Westminster Police-court charged with felony. The man told a pitiable story of his sufferings, and asserted that, after he had served for nearly seventeen years in India and Abyssinia, and had dislocated his shoulder in road-making, he was discharged with a pension of only six pence a day for six months. Necessity drove him to crime. Mr. Woolrych, the magistrate, read a letter from the secretary of Chelsea Hospital to the effect that the pri soner had been a soldier some time, and had been in ured, not in field service in Abyssinia, as he had stated, but in some other employment in India. It would appear, he said, that desertion and drunkenness had reduced his service to two years, and in consequence of his disable ment a pension had been granted to him out of compassion. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was sent to prison for a month. SHOCKING CASE OF ABDUCTION. — At the Clerkenwell Police-court, Thomas Henry Gibbs, aged 25, of 68, Shakespeare-road, ti,toke Newington ; Eliza Ste venson, aged 35, having no occupation ' • and John Casemore, aged 30, a house decorator , both living at 2, Smith's-terrace Hornsey road, were charged before Mr. Cooke, with being concerned in enticing Grace Taylor from her home on the 17th of October last, she not being sixteen years of age ; and, further, with receiving £lB from her, well knowing the same to be stolen.—The unfortunate girl in her evidence, said she became acquainted with the pri soners by their coining to her father's shop. She first became acquainted with Stevenson, and then with Gibbs, and very shortly after the latter told her if she got £2O lie would marry her. She was induced to rob her father of the amount, and finally quitted her home with Gibbs. Stevenson on some occasions received portions of the money, and very shortly after she left she was deserted by Gibbs, and finally turned into the streets at Lee, in Kent, entirely destitute. Gibbs, she said, per sonally took a portion of the money of which she robbed her fatter. All three prisoners were remanded. THE PARAGUAYAN CASE.—The case of Madame Lynch against Dr. Stewart, has been before Lord Ormi dale in the Court of Sessions, Edinburgh. An application was made to prolong the time for lodging revised defences on the ground that it had been discovered that Madame Lynch had been married to M. Quatrefages, a surgeon in the French army, now residing at Bordeaux. It was admitted that an informal marriage had been contracted, and a power of attorney was produced which had been granted by M. Quartrefages in favour of Madame Lynch for the puspose of enabling her to prosecute any case in the Scotch courts. Lord Ormidale granted a fortnights delay in order that inquiries might be instituted. The case of " Gelot v. Stewart" came before the Second ; Division of the Court on the same day, when a commis sion and diligence were granted to recover certain corres pondence between Dr. Stewart and his brother, Robert Stewart. A MOBILE GUARD'S EXPERIENCE.—The following is an extract from a letter by a Guard Mobile in the army of General Chanzy, dated the 29th December :—" For seven days we marched from morning to night, without halting even to eat a bit of teeth-breaking biscuit. Ido not know where we were, but we were always in mud up to the knees. I lost my shoes twice, and was then forced to march in my socks, which were soon gone, and I was barefooted. I found a boot on the road, and after wards picked up a sabot on a farm. We reached Ven dome, and were waiting for the Prussians under torrents of rain. At length we saw the enemy, and expected he would charge us ; but no—always cannon. We replied with grape, and the game began. From noon to night it went on wits- at ceasing, and in the morning no one was opposed tr j s ! At last we reached Le Maus, and there had to rt,,i on the bare ground. It was so cold under the tents that we preferred to remain standing by the fires as long as we were allowed to do so." GERMAN GOVERNMENT IN LORRAINE.—The Moniteur oXciel of the (German) General Government of Lorraine, published at Nancy, contains in its impres sion of Thursday last the following order :- " We, William, King of Prussia, order the following for the Ge neral Government of Alsace and Lorraine: Art. 1. Who ever shall join the French armies will be punished by con fiscation of his present and future property and banishment for ten years. Art. 2. The sentence follows upon the order of our Governor-General, which three days after it has been published in the official portion of the Gazette of the Governor-General will have all the effect of a legal decision, and is to be carried into execution by the civil and military authorities. Art. 3. Every payment and transfer which shall afterwards be made to the con demned will be considered void. Art. 4. Every disposi tion of his property or of portions of the same, whether to come into effect during his lifetime or after death, which= the condemned shall make after the issue of this decree is null and void. Art. 5. Who ever shall desire to leave his place of residence must obtain a written permit from the Prefect, to whom he mast give notice of object. Whoever shall absent himself from his dwelling for more than eight days will be legally considered to have joined the French armies. This supposition will be sufficient for his condemnation. Art. 6. The Prefects are to adopt means for keeping and con trolling a list of all males. Art. 7. The receipts from the confiscation are to be paid into the account of the General Government. Art. 8. Returning from banishment is punishable in accordance with the penalty laid down by Art. 33 of the Penal Code. Art. 9. This order comes into force on the day of its publication. THE WAR. THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS. EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. The Times correspondent at Versailles writes on the 12th :—The siege is going through its regular phases like a fever. One day is like another, and one night Is like another. At dawn the French, who have worked to re pair damages, open from new batteries and repaired embrasures. They have mounted new guns in the enceinte works, run up new gabion nades—and where they get the wood for gabions is rather a puzzle—established guns in positions which give them more or less power to meet the Prussian guns. In this opening concert, Bicelre, Villejuif, Montrouge, Vanves, Issy, reported quite . silent or nearly so the previous day, are sure to join, having broken out in fresh places and recuperated a little; and this phenomenon is regular. The efforts to reduce this fire by the establish ment of rifle pits in front on the flanks of the enceinte works have been only partially successful. But the want of complete success is due more to the nature of the weather than to the vigilance of the besieged. The snow, frost, and ice baffled the working parties. The main point is that thoughthe Prussian guns establish -in most cases a superiority of fire in the course of a day, and reduce the French works to silence, they are not able at these distances to demolish the works of the enceinte. Therefore they are occupied in force during the night, and, in spite of the artillery fire directed against them—, the French having any number of workmen—are able to do just as the Russians did at Sebastopol; so that the battered ghost of a fort is covered with flesh, and finds life and voice in the morning. Not one of the French emplacements is quite silent. FROM A RESIDENT. A writer in Paris sends a letter to his sister, from which we take the following :—lf you receive very alarming accounts of the furious sounding bombardment we are undergoing, you will be very glad of one line to tell you that lam well and uninjured. My trouble is the thought of your anxietyfor me. I am perfectly calm, though, to be as prudent as possible, I am going down two floors lower to sleep, or rather for the night ; for, as that is the time which the enemy chooses for sending tokens of his presence into the city, reserving his day fire for the forts, sleep is not a luxury to be largely enjoyed ; the whizzing of the shells through the dead stillness of the night, their crackling ex plosion in the air, their frightful crashing against the buildings, or the dull boom with which they fall without exploding are the sounds which never cease, except for the short intervals which seem employed in reloading the guns. As yet, as the Parisians says, " Messieurs les obus font Plus de bruit que de besofine." Noi , e enough they cer tainly make. At 2 o'clock last night my poor maid Ameilie , could bear it no longer, but came to my room, made up some fire, and established herself near it, finding a cer tain consolation in imagining where the shells fell. The Abbaye has not yet been touched, and does not seem in the present line of fire. The calmness, courage, and determi nation of the pleasure loving Parisians under everyimagin able privation and suffering are truly admirable. "Les antes se retror pent," was said to me the other day, "et 1 faut avouer, elks en avaient bien besoin." The cold is less severe ; the bitterness of the weather during Christmas week was our worst suffering. Don't trouble about me, come what may ; I feel that I have staid at my post. Tell Eugenie she never had more reason to be proud of her Paris than now. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST. An account of the movements in the East from 'a Prus sian point of view is given in the Cross Gazette of Berlin : " General von Werder has successfully outplayed the plan of the enemy, which consisted of relieving Belfort, and forcing a passage into Alsace and Southern Lorraine. This plan was not executed as rapidly as M. Gambetta desired' Bourbaki, who had reserved to himself his freedom of action, could not march promptly enough, probably fearing to expose his left flank; or probably the Army of Lyons, with Garibaldi, was not able to concentrate with sufficient sapidity to secure victory. General Werder, on the other hand, succeeded in completing his strategic movements in time, and in establishing his forces on the line of railway from Vesoul to 11flontbdliard in positions which would enable him to arrest the attack even of superior forces. The advanced guard affairs of the last few days led to the expectation of the battle which, in fact, was fought last Monday near Villersexel. The Oignon—the banks of which have already been the scene of General von Werder's success when he drove the former Army of the East back to Besancon - -crosses the railway from Vesoul to Belfort, near Lure, and flows at first to the south, then to the south-west, parallel to Doubs, to throw itself into the Saone, between Gray and Auxonne. At the point where this river crosses the road, from Montb6liard to Vesoul. nearly in the the centre of a quadrilateral, formed by the positions of Montheliard, Lure, Vesoul, and Beaune les Dames, Villersexel is situated. In this Position Werder attacked the left wing of the enemy, consisting of the 18th and 20th Corps of Bourbaki, carried by assault the village where they were posted, repulsing all charges of the enemy, deploying his forces more and more, and re mained in the end master of the line of Villersexel to Moiny Marrast. It may be hoped, therefore, that all the enemy's grand projects, despite the promises of L. Gam betta, will fail in the east." A BONAPARTIST RESTORATION. A correspondent of the Independano Beige declares that the Bonapartist intrigues are being carried on in full force, and their promoters gather fresh hope from every fresh reverse of the French arms. A new scheme has been submitted to Bismarck, by which a department now occupied by the German forces shall be neutralised, so that a fantastic assembly shall be convoked there, which, under the protection of foreign bayonets, shall decide on the destinies of France. The author of this wonderful scheme received from Bismarck a safe conduct to present himself atVersailles. Bismarck can hardly be suspected of countenancing such folly, but he receives the suggestions with an undue amount of favour, and this gives rise to the belief that his secret sympathies tend in this direction. Belgium always plays a Part in these schemes. The Wilhelmshohe plan is as follows :—Germany is to content herself with Alsace and a rectification of frontiers, in a strategical point of view, in Lorraine, leaving Metz to France on condition of its dismantlement. In return, she is to take the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and to induce the French to abandon Alsace, France is to have the Walloon provinces of Belgium. The Flemish provinces of Belgium are to go to the King of the Netherlands in compensation for Luxemburg, but Holland, when thus aggrandised, is to form part of the German Union, either under similar con ditions to those of the southern states or under the system of limited autonomy imposed on the incorporated states in 1866. Antwerp in any case will be an exclusively federal port. :It is not said that Bismarck encourages this, but it is certain that he is offered, if he will accept them, to find himself in presence of a Government which will sign peace without calculating closely the indemnities of the war. There are at present two Bonapartist 'Govern ments in prospect. There is the captive of Wilhelmshohe who aims at remounting the throne in person, and there is the Regency which does not believe in the enthusiasm of France for the Man of Sedan. The German Prefect of Strasburg has published a decree confiscating th 6 goods of those men who leave the country for the purpose of serving in the French armies. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says the Ger mans do not expect to take Paris by reducing the forts. Their cue is to get near enough to bombard the city itself, and in this deadly enterprise they are making steady, albeit slow, progress. The Times, in a leader, expresses an opinion that the bombardment of Paris was a blunder. "It was an error to undertake the siege, an error to turn it into a blockade ; and it is an error now to depart from that policy, and to adopt from irritation a measure from which, either from fear or humanity, they hadlitherto recoiled." In Italian paper has heard from Berlin that General Werder has received orders to repulse Garibaldi when he meets him, but he has likewise been forbidden to put his hand upon him. This token of respect to the distin guished man does high honour, it is considered, to General Moltke and the King. In Paris the other day a street orator was just boasting that although he resided among the sparrows, he had no intention of removing, when his wife rushed through the crowd, and informed her husband that a shell had just exploded in their "nest," and had shattered the household goods. • It is very difficult to find one's friends, says a resident in Paris, -in the bombarded quarter, as those who have not emigrated have installed themselves in the cellars, and only come out when the horizon clears up. Numbers of ladies and gentlemen pass the night in these subterraneous apartments. The cavalry of Prince Frederick Charles's army suffered heavily during the recent campaign against Chanzy. One correspondent with the German army says :—" I have been assured on the best authority that, what between the Francs-tireurs and the ~ execution done by the enemy's outposts, no fewer • than thirty cavalry soldiers are daily tumbledout of thesaddle by the rifle bullets from invisible infantrymen. And, with regard to another source of weakness for the arm in which Prince Frederick Charles is well known to place so much reliance, and to base so many brilliant but yet unexemplified theories, I may add, that, before I left Orleans with the head quarters, I saw four or five large squadrons of Uhlans and Hussara leading their horses back into the city—broken down, footsore, utterly wearied, and more than half starved." uV Prince Otho of Bavaria has just joined his regiment of light horse at the seat of war. The Bavarian army has sustained a loss since the beginning of the campaign of 12,031 men ; 1,644 of these have been killed, and 10,218 wounded, while 169 have been taken prisoners. The killed include 154 officers. Some of the Germans who were expelled from Paris are urging the authorities at Berlin to make arrangements for their return by special train 'to the French capital imme diately after its surrender. They think that, under the protection of the troops, they could thus save any por tion of their property which there is still a chance of recovering. While in Paris the opinion is adverse to the departure of Jules Favre, and to his journey to London to take part in the Conference, at Bordeaux his departure is expected and hoped for. Gambetta was to have met him either at Calais, or even in London, and there in one half hour's conversation they would learn more from one another than from a dozen pigeon despatches. M. Janssen started in a balloon to witness in Algiers the total eclipse of the sun on the 22nd of December. The balloon came down near St. Nazaire, but unfortunately just as it approached the ground a violent gust of wind shook it with such force that all the delicate instruments it contained were broken to pieces. As it was impossible to replace them, M. Jaussen was obliged to give up his scientific expedition. A company of the Mobile Guards, who were stationed at Lombeg, having been charged with uttering cries of " Vive l'Empereur," made such indignant protestations that it was found necessary to summon their commanding officer to quiet them. The latter issued a proclamation, in which he denounced the course pursued by those who invoked the name of one whom all good Frenchmen regarded as a traitor and a coward ; who was guilty of all the sufferings of the country. In the Electeur LiOe of Sunday last we find the follow ing document : —"The undersigned physicians of the Hopital de la Charit6 protest against the bombardment which has been directed against that establishment. Eight shells have fallen upon this hospital, which con tains 800 sick and wounded civilians, as well as soldiers. Several other missiles have also burst in the immediate vicinity." This protest is signed by Dr. Lannelongue and six other medical men. The manufacturers of the Middle Rhine, at a meeting at Mayence on the 11th, discussed, with great interest, the obstructions offered to trade and industry by the almost complete monopolising of the railways for war pur poses. It was urged that, in spite of the gigantic means of transport required by the war, civil traffic could be carried on but for the want of a comprehensive organisa tion. It was resolved that a memorial on the subject should be forwarded to Count Bismarck. The Prussian War Office has issued a circular, giving further directions as to the employment of the French prisoners. Care is to be taken that they do not injure private industry, and the manufacture of fish nets straw mats, grindstones, blankets, and boots, wooden carvings, boards for bookbinding, &c., is recommended. In order to stimulate the industry of the men, the present rule of five hours' daily labour without payment is repealed, and the entire value of their work is to be given to them, either in procuring additional com forts or as pocket money. The purchase of books and tobacco out of the proceeds of their labour is especially suggested. THE AIMEST OF M. PINARD.—The Progres de Lyon says, in reference to the arrest of M. Pinard, for merly Cabinet Minister, at Autun, that the step was taken in consequence of a communication received through Garibaldi's staff accusing him of Bonapartist intrigues. M. Pinard, according to this statement, was working for the Prussians by distributing copies of the Drapeau, M. Cassagnac's newspaper, which does its best to discourage the national defence. The ex-Minister of the Empire appears greatly pre-occupied. He has been interrogated by the Prefect of the Rhone, but no result has been made public. AMMUNITION IN PARIS.—Much astonishment is expressed at the abundance of provisions with which Paris must have been supplied when it was cut off from communication with the rest of France. General Montbe remarked to me yesterday that he thought the supply of ammunition for the forts was a matter of still greater wonder. Though shells and powder are made in Paris one would have thought that the limit of materials for their manufacture must have been reached long before the present time. To take the two Forts of Rosny and Noisy by way of illustration. For three months they have been firing with scarcely an intermis sion of a day or a night on one small part of the Saxon line. An accurate account of the number of shells thrown by them on that portion was taken for twenty four hours. It was found to be 175 from each. lam told that for every day of three months it might be taken at an average of 150 a day. I believe there are some 28 forts or outworks which have been doing similar work. What a consumption of shell and powder that will she w for the whole ! A few days ago, for the first time, ammunition waggons were observed to be on the way from Mont Valerien to the north-eastern forts, which would indicate that the supplies of the latter were running short ; but since then, judging from their firing, they have been in no want.--Tintes' Correspondent. THE TENDER-HEARTED KING.—The Times corre spondent at Versailles confirms the statement we made that the King of Prussia was about to leave headquarters for a short time. He has, in fact, gone on a visit to his brother, Prince Albert, whc is lying ill at Maintenon, near Chartres. In connection with the King's anxiety about his brother, a touching incident is mentioned in the letter of the same correspon dent which supplies conclusive proof, if proof were wanting, of the singular tenderness of heart which charac terizes the pious monarch. "It was feared the other day," Dr, Russell tells us, " that a battle would have to be fought on his (Prince Albert's) account, as he could not be removed." It is surely impossible to imagine a finer example of sweet fraternal solicitude than this readiness to sacrifice for the sake of an invalid's repose not only the lives of a few hundred or perhaps thousand Frenchmen (for that would have been a small matter), but even the lives of his own soldiers. Some allowance must be made for the irritation of the Parisians at the present moment, but we hope they will repent of their calumnies on King William when they hear of this fresh instance of his good nature.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE GERMAN SPY SYSTEM.—The Prussians have a knowledge of the French language, which enables them to carry out their espionage with an ease which is utterly beyond the possibilities of a Frenchman, who rarely knows any language but his own. A Prussian officer has been known to come into Paris and dine like any French man in the Cafe Riche. In the earlier weeks of the siege the Frenchwomen of gay life paid many and many a visit to the Prussian lines. Then many spies got to and fro between the lines on pretence of gathering vegetables in the fields around. Some poor people drove a thriving business by carrying out newspapers, for which they were often paid in gold. The Prussians were in this way kept well informed of all that was being done in Paris, and there are cases in which the officer on guard at an advanced post knew the watchword on the French lines when it had been unknown to a French soldier or forgotten by him. Somehow or the other they knew per fectly well when the two great sorties, one upon Champigny, the other upon Bourget, were intended. The Prussian spies have been found with the pass of General Trochu all regularly filled up. The other day at Asnieres the Mobiles got suddenly into a forsaken , cottage, where they found four Germans in the act of changing their costume—two were being attired as peasants in blue blouses, a third as a Mobile, and the fourth as an honest Alsatian coming to Paris to seek his fortune. So a few days ago, on the banks of the Marne, a whole family was seized. There was a little villa near Nogent, occupied by a middle-aged gentleman of distinguished manners. His house continued to be occupied when those around were abandoned. It was watched. Suspicion had been excited, the more as the owner had a German name. One night a light was seen moving at one of the windows —now in one direction, now in another, now suddenly concealed, then again exposed, then describing a curve, then stationary. Similar signs, as if in response, wet° observed from the other side of the Marne. There seemed to be no doubt as to a system of telegraphy. The occupants of the house were arrested and carried off to Vincennes.—Daily News Correspondent. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Aldershot, Hants, the wife of Colonel Laffarr, R.E., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Argyll Villas, Brixton, Mrs. Frede ric J. Cornwell, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 12th inst., at Carlton-on-Trent, Mr. John Lee, of Gardham, to Ann Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Joseph Smith, Esq., of Carlton-on-Trent. On the 12th inst., at Terrington St. Clement's, Norfolk , the Rev. Charles Holt Wilson, vicar of Upavon, Wilt' shire, to Catharine Ellen, youngest daughter of the late Rev. T. T. Upwood, of Lovell's Hall, Terrington St. Clements. DE ATH S. On the 15th inst., George Baldock, Esq., of 8, Grove• road; Brixton, and 35, Milk-street; On the 16th inst., at 13, Dorset•square, James Rhodes) Lsq., aged 73. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, 0 , No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hint ' THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Wednesday, January 18, 1811,