The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-11 00:00:00

M.QINTETABY R.E.PORTS Y _ ESTERD AY. The adjustment of the fortnightly settlement has prin cipally absorbed the attention of the House, and busi ness, apart from operations necessary for that purpose have been very limited. There has been an absence of any prominent feature in any department, and the fluctuations through out have been trifling and unworthy of especial notice. Any tendency to improvement that might have resulted from the progress of the French elections has been checked by the increasing stringency in the money market, the minimum quotation for negotiating three months' paper to-day being 21 per cent. Fresh demands for our surplus capital are early expected, and an advance in the bank rate is certainly no remote contingency. English railway stocks have been very quiet. Great Western has been rather better, but a fall has taken place in Caledonian and North Eastern. In the foreign bond market Turkish have continued flat at a further reduction. The demand for English Government securi ties has been rather more active. Consols have risen / per cent., or to 92, 921, for delivery and the March account. Reduced, and New Three per Cents, 921, 921 ; Bank Stock, 2u, 245 ; Exchequer Bills, 75., 12s. prem. ; Indian Five per (Ants., 110, 1101, and India Bonds, 225., 275., prem. In Colonial Government securities business has been limited, and prices generally have been without change. Nothing of interest has been noticed in the market for English railway stocks, and the fluctuations have been trifling, being confined to an advance of / in Great Wes tern and a decline of 1 in Metropolitan and North- Eastern. Metropolitan, 65/, 65/ ; Caledonian, 871, 88 ; Brighton, 431, 43 ex-div. ; South-Eastern, 77/, 78 ; Great Northern A, 1331, 1331; Great Eastern, 38/, 38g ; North-Eastern, 1461 147 ; Midland, 127/, 1271 ; North- Western, 1291,129 k ; and Great Western, 721, 73. Transactions in Indian Railway Stocks have not been extensive. Bombay, Barod a, and Central India, 103/ ; Eastern Bengal, 103 2 ; East Indian, 1091, is ; G reat Indian Peninsula, 105, / ; Great Southern of India, 103/; Maaras, 1031; Oude and Rohilkund, 101 ; and Scinde, 1011. Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western, 151. Not much business has been doing in foreign rail ways. Bahia and San Francisco, 19, and San Paulo, 211. As regards foreign bonds, Turkish have been flat, but they do not close at their lowest. The 5 per cents. are lower at 41 to 41/ ; and the Six per Cents. of 1869 at 512 to 511; Egyptian, 1868, are quoted at 731 to 731; Italian, 1861, 541, I ; Spanish, 301,1; Mexican, 15k, 1; United States Five -Twenty Bonds, 1882, 90 to 901 ; ditto, 1885, 901, /. French Scrip is quoted at 1 to 12 pm., and German, to 1 pm. Bank shares have been quiet. Agra A have marked 8/ ; Consolidated, 41 ; Imperial Ottoman 111,1; London and Westminster, 621, 2; and Union of Australia, 40. For Telegraph shares the inquiry has been limited. British Indian Extension, 71,1 ;British Indian Submarine, 7 1-16; Silver's In di a Rubber, 521, ; and Constructions, 261, 1. In Miscellaneous securities, business has been limited. Credit Fonder of England, 31-16, 3-16; Rhymnay Iron, 30 ; ditto New, 91. Capital has been less freely offered to-day. There has been more demand for accommodation, and the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been firm at 21 per cent. There have been no bullion operations at the bank to-day. In the rates of exchange no material alteration has taken place. At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat closed quietly. There was an absence of French buyers, and some difficulty was experienced in realising late prices. The Glasgow Herald has advices from America reporting the failure of Messrs. Lyman, Page, and Co., in the boot and shoe trade, with heavy liabilities. About $280,000 will fall on Boston. Their losses have been made in spe culations in railways, gold, grain &c. A meeting of their creditors had been held, but no definite action was taken. From Boston the stoppage is announced of Messrs. Pratt and Wentworth, extensive manufacturers of stores, with liabilities at $600,000; assets, £500,000. Their embar rassment has been brought about by the failure of parties for whom they had endorsed. It is hoped their difficulties will only be temporary. Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake thus report on the state of the bullion market :—There is no demand for gold for the Continent, and about £25 000 has been sent into the Bank during the week ; on the ot her hand, sovereigns continue to be withdrawn for Alexandria, the amount for the past few days being £75,000. Silver, owing to the demand for Holland, has slightly increased in value, and the price may now be quoted as tolerably firm at 60 9-16 d. per oz. standard. Mexican Dollars : With the exception of a small order for China, the imports, which have been but small, are taken for refining purposes. The price remains firm, at 581 d. to 58id. per oz. At a meeting of the Indiarubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company, it was shewn that the net profit for the year was £87,801, out of which it was resolved to apply £49,599 to the payment of a dividend of 15 per cent per annum, being £6 15s. per share ; to place £30,000 to the credit of the Patents, Goodwill, and Depreciation Account, and to carry f orwar d £8,202. Since the last annual meeting the entire cables of the West India and Panama and the Cuba Submarine Telegraph Companies have bran despatched from the company's works, as well as several smaller cables. The works are now fully employed in executing large contracts for various departments of her Majesty's Government, and the steamship International is now engaged in laying telegraphic cables manufactured for the postal service of the French Government. The Manchester Courier of to-day says that a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Cunliffe and Hinchcliffe, com mission agents, of that city, was held yesterday. The liabilities were stated to amount to £1,450. A resolution was passed to wind up the estate in liquidation, Mr. William Milne being appointed trustee. The debtors' discharge was granted. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. — Amsterdam, three months' date, 120, 1201 ; ditto, short date, 11 17-? 1 , 11 181 ; Rotterdam, three months', 120, 1201 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 37k, 25 42 ; p a ris, short date, ditto, three months' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 60, 25 70 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10k, 13 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 120} ; Vienna, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; Trieste, ditto, 12 65, 12 70; St. Petersburgh ditto, 301, 301 ; Madrid, ditto, 481, 481; Cadiz, ditto, 491, 49i ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, 52k, 52i ; Brussels, three months' date, 25 371, 25 421 ; Barcelona, ditto, 491-, 49} ; Italy, ditto. 26 75, 26 80 ; Berlin, ditto, 6 27, 6 21. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. LATEST PRICES.—AFTEIt OFFICIAL HOUR 3, The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERIghIENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 911 92 Viet 6pc Jan &July 1891 113 114 911. 2 DoApril &Dot 188.1•85 112 113 Do for Account 9l / 92 1121, 1 Viet 5p o Jan& July lB94 . 10111021 Three pei Cent Reduced 92 921 102 1 B ra zilian. 1865. 5 p a .. 031 'J4I 921, 2, New 3 per Cent 92 921 91, 1. n. I t. 4 1 R gyp tian 1882, 7p o .. 83 85 921 2, 1 Exchequer Bills , March 7 12pin Do R a il Deben 7p o 99 100 12s pm 100, 991 Do. June 7 12pm Italian. 1365. '5 p a ...... 7s pm Peruvian. 1865. 5p o .... 891 90, Bank Stock 2431, 5 Portuguese 1869 31)o .. 32 33 India 5 per Cents 1091, 10 8n India Bonds pm 8 8 1 i Can 6po J 8.13 Sa ulylSii-34 104 105 Spanish 1041 301, 8, 1 Do March & Sept. 104 106 Turkish, 1854, 6p o 79 81 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 Do. 1865. 5p a 98 1 1, i 411, 40/, 1. 409, 1, 1 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do, 1865 6p c Dora of Can 5p c 1903 .. 99 100 59/. 60 Ceylon 6 p c May and U. 5.5•20 Sonds,6 p o 1882 901 91 November 1878 ....... . 107 109 901 I. Mauritius tp c Jan and Do do 1885 901 90, July 1873 lO3 105 901 New SWales 5 clB7l-76 lOO 101 Do IBnds, 5 o 1911 861 87 Newt ealand 6 p p o 1891 lOB 110 BrieSha o-40 , 100 dots, a p ll paid Do 5p c Do 5p a Consolidated 981 991 103 901 Atlantic and G W R Con Do 6 pcMar&SetlB9l 109 111 hlortgago Bonds - — Do June & D p eo 1891 108 110 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9l 93 1)o 2nd do Bonds .... 85 87 Caledonian Great Eastern 3Bl 391 Do 2nd Fret Bonds .. 411 425 381, I. 91, 9 42 11251 Do 3rd Prof Stock .... 31 33 Great Northern 1241 Grand Trunk of Canada Do A 133 134 4th Fret Stoc k Great Western 73 731 Great Indian Pen a 5. , 0 104510 5 5 73, 25. 31, 1 1051, 1,1, 1. 5 Lancashire3sl& Yorkshire 13411'.:51 G rea t Western of Canada 151 15 1 1 151 Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 43 431 Do 6 Bo p c nds 9 , 1873.. 911001 431 a d Do 51 do, 1877-8 95 4 Lon, CI 141 a nd Dover .. 14 1 141 o 5 c pref. sued 80 1 nom 1 Ma D dras p is c guar 5 p Lou and North-Weste rn 1291130 1031 1291, 1. / N. Railway of Canada. Lou and South-Western 931 94'd .. 6p 43 Ist Pref Bonds 945 On de and Rohlikund g Man, Shef, and Lincoln 451 46 5p 0 101 451, 1 etropolitan M 651 Delhi guar 5 P C Midland ....127 #1 27; 101 1 1215 Bahia and 6au Fraucusco North British 335 THE SUN, LON DON, SATURDAN , FEBRUAR Y 11, 1871. North-EasteruConsols 147 1471 Belgian E Junction .... 21 2 : 1471, 7 Buenos A y res Gt Sthrn.. 25 261 South-Eastern 7Bl 79 Dunaburg and Witepsk 181 19} 771, 1. 81 Dutch-Rhenish 224 231 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 23 Bombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France lB 20 Central India, g 5 p c.. 103 104 Great Luxembourg 103 k, 1 Lemberg Ozernowitzgua Buff and Like Huron .. 4 1 4 1 7 pc Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 80 82 16 Cape guar 6p o 70 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5 5z East Bengal gua r 5p o lO3 104 Recife and San Francisco 103.2(Limited) guar 7p o .. 15 15' East Indian, gsp a , lO9 110 San Paulo (L) guar 7p a 211 211 1091, 1,1, 9. 1 21 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 151, 14/ charge 6n o 931, 21 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A n 9 8 0 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 4 241 81 20 London and County 49;'501 25 Alliance (L 1 10 Auglo-Austrian . * 7 Bpm 15 London Joint-took 37 38 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 221 23 37i 50 British N American 511 521 20 Lon and Westmnster 62 63 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 131 141 621, f , 1 25 Char Merc of India 22 24 10 Metro p olitan 8 81 10 City 111 20 New South Wales .. ?4 36 2 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 41 25 Union of Australia.. 39 40 20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 0 168 174 40 2 i Imperial %LI 10 Imperial Ottoman 14 i. 2, I TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 75 76 6 G reat N. China, and 75 Japan Extension.. 8 81 10 Anglo-Meditrn ( L) l2O 122 5 I n do-European ILL .11 13 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — an d Malta (L) ... 6 6 10 British ikustrain(L).. 31 31418 10 Mediterrn Ex (lA . .. 4 4 5 10 British Ind Exten (L). 7 71 21 Puma and S. retell, 3 dis 7L 1 dis 71 81 10 British Indian Sub - 8 Reuter's marine, (L) 7 1-16 20 SooTrans Prance (L) 13 t 14 10 China Submarine (L) 5 4id is 14 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine 237 241 and Malta 11.1 9L 11-16 10 W India &Panama(L) 6 6i 10 Great Northern .... la 111 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES I'd Pd Anglo-A ustrianEnd- 20 it Info Can Oavour a 31 holders' Certificate 1 3 100 Do 6p e Bonds. re -10 BerlinWMerworks(L) 151 165 deemable 1870 _. 62 64 30 Bolekow-Vaughan L) 32 37pm 30 London Fin AssoclLllBsl7sffis 100 Boston City (U.S. 111 p e Sterling L 09.11 93 95 4 Lon Gen Omnibus —2l 29 4 Brit k Fgn Marine Ll4* 41pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine 14 9 Ipm 25 Canada Company. 73 75 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 10 Ceylon Company L) 31 31ffis gsn c by Ind Gov. 101 102 35 City Offices (L) 25520 2 dis Mauritius Land (L) Idle par 99 . 5 NatnlDlsctComp L 1 111 12 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union ASSUrtlee 41 4(pm Mere Agency 1L) .. $1 Pm 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng ILI 3 31 5 N Zealand Loan and 31-16. 3-16, 3, 7-16, * Trust IL) 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Frei 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb llO 115 5 0 P and 0 Stea m 44 46 271 Ebbe , Vale Steel L).. 10 95dis 451 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p o 10 Do do New. 1867 350 sdis Mortgage Loan.... 77 79 5 0 Ithymney Iron 100 lCgyp 9 p crroy Loar‘ 30 guar by Egyp Gov.. 96 98 15 Do 9* New 9 99 97. 9, 61 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 7( Blpm 60 Royal Mail Steam 71-16 pm 12 Tel Con and Main L) 26* 27 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 251, I 1. 9 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 2 Thames and Mersey 75 GenCredt&DiontlL). . * Ipm Marine Incur IL 71, 11-16, 1 a d Tobacco 6 p c Loan. 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 29 guar by Italian Gov 88 90 7 Hooper's Tel Works 9 Idis 5 Trust and Loan Co of 613-16, /a d Upper Canada .. 9 Ipm 17 Hudson's Bay ...... . . 81 85 5 U Marine, Lvpool IL 5f 61,in 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 20 Union Steamship (L) 2 25 Tel Works LI .... 53 54 6 United Dis Corpru IL I dis par 521, 9,4, 31 5 UnivMarinelneur (LI 65 61pm 12 Warrant Finance V 7 ills 1 5 Intern l Fivan Soci L) 2 * 19dis MINING SHARE LIST.—FEBRUARY 10. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London, Market quiet. Dealers busy with the settlement. Cern Brea. Chivertou Valley, Chontales (Gold), Cook's Kitchen, 19, 20 Devon Great Consols, Drakewalls, 19s, 21s Don Pedro North Del Rey. 22. 22. East Caradon, East Lovell, 31. 32 East Wheal Grenville, 22, 3 Eberhardt and Aurora. Frontino and Bolivia (Gold). —B., —5. General Brazilian. Great Leroy, 172, 182 Great Betallack. Gre;t Wheal Vor, 51, 52 Hingstou Down. Marke.Valley, 61, 71 New Beldon, New Lovell, North Crofty. 21, 22 Pary's Mountain, 3, 32 Ferran Wheal Virgin, Plynlimmon, Prince of Wales, 345, 363 Providence Mines, Roman Gravels, Rosewall Hill and Ransoms United. South Condurrow, 51. 1 South Frances, 29, 30 Sweetland Creek, Tankervilla, 12/, 13 Taquaril (Gold). 38s, 40s Tiucroft, 48, 50 Trumvet Consols. Van Consols. 3, 31 West Chiverton, 43, 45 West Maria and Forteacue. 11, 12 West Seton, West Tankerville, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville. 3, 4 Wheal Kitty. St. Agnes, 9,9 i Wheal Margaret, Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton. Wheal Uny. 4, 41 MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.-The Corn Exchange to-day was scantily attended by millers, and the business doing was on a limited scale. Nevertheless, prices throughout were supported. The show of English wheat was limited, and the quality inferior. The inquiry was not active, but full rates were realised. There was a larger supply of foreign wheat, which changed hands quietly, at extreme quotations. Barley was in good supply. Transactions were restricted, but prices were un changed. Malt was dull on former terms. Oats,the supply of which was limited experienced a less active demand, at prices tending upwards. Beans and peas were purchased cautiously, but values were fully as high. The flour market was firm, though less active, and the late advance was thoroughly maintained. Arrivals.-English and Scotch : Wheat, 680 ; barley, 580 ; malt, '7OO ; beans, 420 ; peas, 100 qrs. Foreign : Wheat, 9,050 ; bar ley, 3,200 ; beans, 3,480 ; flour, 960 sks., 2,960 brls. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, Fumey.-The market has been moder4tely supplied with meat. The trade has been quiet, and prices have been exceedingly weak. Per 81bs. by the carcase:-Inferior beef, 3s. to 45.: middling do., 4s. to 4s. 6d.; prime large do., 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; prime small do., 4s. Bd. to 4s. 10d.: inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; middling do. , 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d. •, prime do., 4s. Bd. to ss. •, veal, ss. to ss. 4d. ; large pork, Bs. to 45.: small pork, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, FRIDAY.-Full average supplies of potatoes have been on sale. The demand has been to a moderate extent, at about late rates English resents, 60s. to 90s. ; Scotch regents, 60s. to 85s. rocks, 555. to 705. LONDON WOOL MARKET, FRIDAY.-The attendance at the public sales of colonial wool is rather more numerous.. Biddings progress steadily, and Cape-scoured qualities have been sought after freely for export to Germany, at an advance of Is. Old. per lb. Other descriptions have been id., and in some instances id. tier lb. over November rates. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.-This market has been characterised by less firmness, though the business doing, con sidering the period of the year, has been extensive, and values have been thoroughly supported. Mid and East Kent, £2 6s. to £7 Os. per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, £2 Os. to £3 155.; Sussex, £1 15s. to £3 10s.; Farnham and country, £3 15s. to £5 125. ; olds, £1 Os. to £2 105. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FRI DYY.-Sugar: For raw sugar there is little inquiry, and prices tend downwards. Refined goods command rather more attention, and prices are sustained. Crystalised Demerara, 375. 6d. ; Ma nila clayed, 265. to 28s. 6d ; refined titlers, 475. Coffee : The market is less active, but full rates are obtained. Plantation Ceylon torage, 495. to 565. 6d.: small, 595. to 61s. 6d., middling, 665. to 70s. ; pea Derry; 775. to 795, Rice : The market assumes a firmer tone, and sales of good ex tent are effected at full rates. Madras, 105. to 10s. 3d. Oils : Linseed firm, at 318. spot. Rape dull. English brown, o 465. Tallow: Market dull. Y.C., spot, 455. ; March, spot: sellers, June, 455. 6d. Metals : Scotch pig firm, at 525. 71d. to 525. 9d. Copper steady. Chili bar, £65 to £65 10s. for common and good ordinary brands. Tin dull. Straits, £132 to £133. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.-This market co ntinues quiet, without any p erce p tible change in prices. There is no appearance of activity in anrquarter yet. A fair amount of business of a general character takes place daily, chiefly in those classes of yarns and goods of which small stocks exist, or early delivery can be obtained. The great staple articles are all heavily contracted for, and neither buyers nor sellers seem to care to increase these contracts as yet. For these it is not ap-. prehended that there will be any change of importance, either for better or for worse, until it is known whether the Armistice in France will be followed by peace, or a renewal of war ; if the latter a lower range of prices will be expected, and if the former it is only expected that present rates will be maintained, as the prospects of cotton are more against the supposition of a higher range of values under almost any circumstances. The market closes dull in tone, and a small business only has taken place. Quotations unchanged since Tuesday. SOUTH WALES TRADE REPORT, CARDIFF, FRIDAY.-A better feeling prevails amongst makers and coal owners than existed last week. All, however, depends upon the prospect of peace, of which no opinion can be formed until the result of the French elections is known. At the iron works throughout this district a notice for deducting wages 10 per cent. has been given, and it will take effect in three weeks from to-morrow. Notwithstanding the limited orders Rail mills and other works are kept steadily employed, in anticipation of good Prussian and Indian demand. Inquiries on behalf of home railways are slack. Plates are in fair re quest. Bars continue firm. Pigs not so much inquired for. In the tin plate trade there is no change to report. The steam coal collieries are fairly employed, but will not be worked in anything like their full capacity until a settled peace. House coals are in moderate request. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening report.- At this market to-day wheat opened with a firm tone, at fully Tuesday's prices. Flour the turn better. Indian corn, 6d. lower. Closing Report.-Wheat was very firm in tone. White wheat sold at Tuesday's prices. Red wheat was ld. dearer. Flour was a turn better. Maize : Small supply, and 3d. dearer. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY. -At this market to-day there is a small show of wheat and barley, and business is firm at last week's prices. Oats and beans are 6d. dearer, and peas ls. over last week. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening report The week's sales, 59,000 bales..de, 44,000 bales. Export, 17,000 bales. Import, 92,000 The market opened quietly. Sales probably 10,000 bales. Closing Roport.-This market closed dull and heavy to-day, without any quotable change in prices. Sales 8,000 bales, including 1,000 bales on speculation and export. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY. -At this market to-day a good business was done at unaltered prices. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FathAv.-Ordinary firsts, 1485., seconds 1485., thirds 1305., fourths 1135., fifths 965., sixths 665. 180 firkins In the market. Mild cured-No change. Two firkins in the market. :0 30 • The marriage of Mr. Alfred Ker with Miss Bateson, which was to have taken place on the 21st inst., is un avoidably postponed until the beginning of March, owing to the death of Lady Selina Ker. ST. PAUL'S CATITEDRAL.—the Company of Dyers have subscribed the sum of 25 guineas towards the fund being raised for the completion of the interior of St. Paul's. Seventeen of the City companies have now subscribed to wards this great national work. ANONYMOUS BENEVOLENCE.—A second and sea sonable gift of £l,OOO has been received by the Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital from "D. V.;" and an ad ditional donation of a similar amount has also been paid in to the bankers of the Royal Infirmary for Children and Women, Waterloo•bridge•road, under the initials Li E.F.S.i, WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The late Right Hon. George Ans on, Lord Byron, died intestate. His personal estate was administered to under a nominal sum. His Lordship was a retired Captain in H.M. 39th Regiment, and he died at the age of fifty-two, without issue. The title devolves on his nephew, the son of his brother, the late H on. Frederick Byron ; the deceased Baron and the present Baron married two sisters, the daughters of the late Rev. W. Wescomb, of Langford-grove, Essex. The will of Thomas Brassey, Esq., late of Lowndes-square, contractor for public works, was proved in the London Court, on Tuesday last, the 7th inst., under £ 3,200,000, the probate duty thereon being £48,000. The will is dated in 1854, with five codi cils, 1860.4-8-9 ; and the tes tator died Deo. 8, 1870, aged s i x ty-five. The executors and trustees appointed are Samuel Holme, Esq., of Liverpool (who ee has renounced) W. Wagstaff, Esq., of Great George-strt, Westminster, to whom he leaves a leg ac y of 210,000 ; Thomas Brassey, Esq., his son, (to whom a power is reserved) ; and his sons Henry Arthur Brassey, Esq., of. Preston Hall, Aylesford ; and Albert Brassey, Esq., of Caller, Ireland, of H.M. 14th Regiment of Hussars. He leaves to his wife a legacy of £lO,OOO beyond all other provision and settlements, a residence, with his plate, furniture, and carriages. He has left legacies to his brothers and sisters, brothers-in-Law, and sisters-in-law, and annuiteis and bequests to other parties and legacies to his s persona ervants. He leaves the residue o f his pperty, real and l, equally amongst his three sons.--The will of Walter Long, Esq., late of Preshaw House, Southampton, was proved in London, on the 23rd ult., under £50,000 personalty.— The will of Samuel Lindow, Esq., of Ingwell, Cumberland, was proved in London on the 25th ult., under £120,000 personalty. The will of John Brymer, Esq., formerly of Royal-crescent, Bath, and late of Islington House, Pud dlestone, Dorset, wasp roved, in London, under 2140,000 personalty. The wills of the undermentioned have been recently proved, viz. :—Thomas Davidson, Esq, under .280,000 ; Mrs. Frances Barker, £70,000 ; Robert T. Mawley, Esq., £50,000 ; and John Breaks, late accountant to the Royal Victoria Dock and Victualling Yard, under £7,000 pessonalty. —lllustrated London News. TII] EXPLOSION AT DUNKIRK. The explosion of the cartridge factory at Dunkirk, on the 6th, appears to have been of the most terrible cha racter. It occurred at about half-past nine in the morning, and the victims, as in the recent disaster at Birmingham, were young women and girls. Owing to the immense demand for war material, there has been a great increase in the manufacture of Chassepot cartridges, and extra hands were taken on, whose inexperience probably led to the catastrophe. A notice was placarded about Dunkirk, with an official heading, calling for fresh hands, declaring that the work was light and free from danger, and offering wages of from one franc to two francs a day. As might be supposed plenty of applicants for work on these terms were forthcoming, and a very large number of females, mostly young girls, were employed in a long wooden build ing at the end of the port. The officials, who had so un scrupulously announced that there was no danger in the work, do not seem to have taken the slightest care to keep the poor ignorant young creatures from running un necessary risks, for many of them knew so little about gun powder and its perils that they had lucifers in their pocketi, and fires for cooking were allowed in the building. The precise origin of the explosion is at stated, but it is only too easy to guess that it must have een some impru dence. Beams and sheets of zinc were blown far and wide to a distance of hundreds of yards. There was a large quantity of powder on the premises at the time, and the wooden building was rapidly con sumed. The remains of the victims were heaped up and scattered about in a manner which render identifica tion and even classification impossible, and the task of extricating the dead lasted the whole day long. About forty were killed on the spot, but many died after, and sixty coffins were carried in solemn procession to the Cemetery by the Garde National, the funeral being public. The sailors of the squadron distinguished themselves greatly in the attempt to save the lives of the victims. Those who were not killed by the explosion in the building were burned to death, as it fell in with the shock, and the flames rendered escape impossible. The basement was used as a stationary warehouse. The whole town was greatly agitated, and the funeral created general excite ment. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER.—The Egypt, the largest steamer built on the Mersey, was safely launched on Thursday. She is the property of the National Steamship Company. Mr. Browning has sold a poem for £lOO and pre sented the money to the Fund for the Relief of the Distress prevailing in Paris. The title of the poem is " Herv4 Riel," and it will be published forthwith in the Cornhill Magazine. It is rumoured that an eccentric M.P. is going to bring in a bill to legalise marriages for a limited period. The measure would permit a man and woman to enter into partnership for a definite term, just as two merchants, 4 lawyers, or tradesmen do now. In consequence of the death of her Imperial and I Royal Higness the Princess Dona Leopoldina Duchess de Saxe, daughter of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the members of the Imperial Brazilian Legation were unable to be present at the opening of Parliament. The Belgian Minister was also unavoidably prevented from attending on account of a domestic affliction. SUICIDE IN A. LOCK - vr. —On Thursday morning two butcher • lads of Newark were appre hended on a charge of sheep-stealing, and lodged in the lock-up. One of them, named Robert Bliley, was found, half an hour afterwards, lying dead on the bed with his throat cut, and an open pocket knife by his side. An inquest was held yesterday evening, at which the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had destroyed himself, but that there was no evidence to show what state of mind he was in at the time. THE Loss OF THE CRESCENT CITY.—The Crescent City, lost off Gallyhead on Wednes day morning, was a new ship 1,375 tons register, and belonged to the Liverpool and Mississippi Company. She was on her second voyage, having left New Orleans on the 12th of last month with 4,000 bales of cotton, 3,000 bags of maize, and 240,000 dollars in specie. The ship when she shuck was going under steam and sail ten knots an hour. The fore companion beginning to fill, the captain, officers, crew, and two passengers put off in the boats, taking with them about one-seventh of the specie. The steamer sank two hours after striking the rocks. CHARGE OF LIBELLING THE MAYOR OF BURY ST. EDMIINDS.—Mr. George Edward Pear son, architect, was charged before the Bury St. Edmund's magistrates on Thursday with a false, scandalous, and malicious libel on Mr. lon, the mayor of that town. Mr. lon is clerk to the Burial Board, and the libel was contained in a letter written by the defendant to a member of that board, in which he said there was a little embezzling going on, or much over charging for excavating graves, and he suggested that the board should get possession of the clerk's books and papers, and advertise for persons to send their receipts to be compared with the amounts in the books kept by the clerk, who he characterised as a " dirty little toad, whose a ntecedents did not inspire confidence." The de fendant attempted to justify himself by stating that there was a great overcharge by some person, and he wished the board to find out who that person was ; but the table of fees showed the charge to be legal. It transpired that Mr. lon had acted as solicitor in a prosecution of the de fendant for assaulting his sister. During the hearing the defendant threatened to kick Mr. lon out if ever he came to his mother's house again. The defendant was com mitted for trial at the assizes. THE NEW FOREST. —A large public * meeting was held in Southampton on Thursday night to consider the Government scheme in reference to the New Forest. The following resolutions were passed : 1. "That any enclosure of the New Fosest or other common and Crown lands within the United Kingdom which fails to provide small farms and long leases for the benefit of unemployed labourers in agricultural districts will not tend to decrease the p a uperism and crime which already exists to an alarming extent throughout the country ; that it would be far better to post pone all legislation for the enclosure of such lands for the present, than that any portion of them should pass as freehold property into the hands of private indi viduals; and that it is not only inexpedient, but absolutely opposed to the just development of our national resources, to send unemployed labourers out of the country to re claim and till the wastes of other climes, so long as there are so many millions of acres at home, forgetting that one of the nation's invincible defences is a hardy, de voted, and vigorous manhood, wedded to an unrestricted and productive soil." 2. " That the system of allotment of small farms 'to labouring men without capital requires to be accompanied with suitable loans to cover the necessary expenses of buildings, stock, and implements, to be repaid by easy instalments ; and this meeting strongly urges the Govern ment to adopt this plan in their forthcoming measure." It was also resolved to ask Mr. Gladstone to receive a deputation on the subject, MRS CAROLINE GIACOMETTI NEE PRODDERS. Another proceeding was taken in the Divorce Court on Friday in reference to the case of Mrs. Giacometti, or, as the lady chooses to call herself, " Mrs. Caroline Giaco metti Prodgers." It will be remembered ,that she was a lady possessed of some sixty thousand pounds in the funds alone. She nmrried Mr. Giacometti, a gentle man in the Austrian navy, and by him had two children. She soon afterwards repented of her choice, and tried to have the marriage set aside; but could not. She then left her husband and would not, it was alleged, live with him, Mr. Giacometti instituted proceedings for a restitution of conjugal rights, and the judge of the Divorce Court thinking that the lady was alone to blame, granted the application and condemned her in costs. Mrs. Giacometti's next appearance in public was when she was summoned by some cabmen for nonpayment of their fares and her repartee before Sir Robert Carden excited much risibility in the court. On the 19th of January an attach. ment was issued for non-compliance with Lord Pen zance's order, and on the 4th of the present month she was taken to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. Mr. Inderwick now said that an arrangement had been come to between Mrs. Giacometti and her husband, and he there fore asked for her release from custody. Dr. Spinks, on the other side, said he had no objection to offer ; but Mrs. Giacometti was com mitted for contempt, and of course he must leave the case in the hands of the Court.—Lord Penzance : You say they have agreed.—Dr. Spinks : There is a deed of separation. Would he give an order to stay further pro ceedings.—Mr. Inderwick said that would be the order. — Lord Penzance said that the registrar, could draw up an order that, on staying proceedings, the respondent be re leased. Mr. Inderwick asked that the order might be at once drawn up. Lord Penzance said it would be drawn up as soon as practicable ; if Mrs. Giacometti suffered, it was caused by her own fault. LAW AND POLICE. SIR MORTON PETO AND HIS STOCKBROKER.—The Lord Chancellor delivered judgment in an appeal from the de cision of Vice-Chancellor Malins, made under the follow ing circumstances :—Sir Morton Peto was the contractor for the construction of the London, Chatham, and Vover Railway, and employed as his stockbroker, Mr. Coleman, of the City of London, who was one of the directors of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association. Having, as agent of Sir Morton Peto, purchased several thousand pounds' worth of debentures in the undertaking in ques tion at 95 per cent., Mr. Coleman sold them to the association at 981. per cent., thus deriving a considerable profit. The association subsequently filed a bill against him for the recovery of the excess of 3i per cent. with interest at 5 per cent. alleging that he could not be a partaker of benefit from any'contract with a company of which he was a director. His lordship said the principle of law propounded by the plaintiffs was correct, though he doubted whether it was judicious to exclude from the directorate of an associa tion like the present men who were in the habit of having pecuniary interests in public undertakings. The court below had condemned Mr. Coleman on the ground that he did not disclose the interest he had in the debentures. But his lordship was of opinion that it was directly opposed to the evidence ; and believing that Mr. Cole man had sufficiently disclosed his interest, the decision of the Vice-Chancellor would be reversed. CARRYING SPECIE ON BOARD SHIP.—A remarkable case is at present before the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, being an action by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to recover £1,590 for the carriage of specie amounting to £159,000 from Dublin to Holyhead. This specie had been sent by one of the Inman steamers, and, owing to the vessel becoming disabled at Queenstown, had to be landed there, and sent by rail and steamer to Eng land. The defendant, Mr. Inman, lodged incourt £79105., being ls. per cent., which he declares is all that the plain tiffs are entitled to, and it was stated in the course of the trial that his total charge for conveying the specie from America to England was 2 s. 6 d. per cent. The case is not yet concluded. A great meeting in opposition to Mr. T. Chambers' bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister is to be held on Thursday next. The Duke of Marl borough will preside, and amongst the speakers will be the Earl Percy, the Earl Beauchamp, the Bishop of Win chester, Mr. Barnett, M.P., the Bishop of Chichester, Mr. A. J. Beresford-Hope,and Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P. COAL IN NEW ZEALAND.—New Zealand seems to be rich in coal ; almost every mail brings tidings of black diamonds having been discovered upon her soil. The last advices received from the province of Auckland reported that an extensive deposit had been found in the bed of a small creek on the west side of the Surrey Re doubt, in a direct north-west line with Porter's Creek, immediately facing Grahamstown. Captain Higgins, a gentleman of experience, has minutely examined the seam, and pronounces it to be of great value and admir ably adapted for steam purposes. The coal is found on the property of his Honour the Superintendent, and is about eight miles from the coast ; the country is very level and well adapted for the laying of a tramway. The Superintendent of the province offers favourable terms to all who are prepared to work the deposit. The discovery has created considerable interest in the province, in which the consumption of coal is largely increasing. VALUE OF A CLERICAL BEARD.—Under the above heading a most abs urd stor y has been going the round of the papers. We should not have alluded to it had it not found a place in the columns of a clerical con temporary. It is to the effect that the Rev. S. Flood Jones, Precentor of Westminster Abbey, having been " mentioned in the proper quarter" as eligible for the position of Priest in Ordinary to the Queen, it was inti mated that he could not be appointed " unless upon the condition of removing the obnoxious appendage," and that his wife had " given a very decided veto" against its re moval. A very little trouble would have elicited the fact that Mr. Flood Jones dbes hold the appointment alluded to, and has done so sine 1869. The story of the beard was concocted, we believe, by a correspondent of an Irish newspaper. The rev. gentleman wears the appendage in question as a throat protector (and very useful it must be in that respect to one who wishes to preserve a musical voice amidst the draughts of cathedral cloisters), and does so with the Queen's knowledge and sanction.—The Rock. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. C: V. Boys.--On Thursday the committee formed some months ago to raise a fund with a view of presenting Mr. Charles V. Boys, who has been for upwards of twenty-two years connected with the telegraph companies of Great Britain, with a substantial token of their appreciation of his past services, completed their labours in Willis's Rooms. The Duke of Beaufort occupied the chair, and among those present were Colonel Napier Sturt, M.P., Messrs. Biddulph, Alfred Brown, G. S. Nottage, Julius Reuter, Edward Satterthwaite, A. Blimenthal, Richard James Wood, J. W. Anson, Ste. The Duke of Beaufort presented the testimonial, in the absence of the Duke of Sutherland, the president of the fund, who is abroad. The following is the inscription on the timepiece :—" To Charles Vincent Boys, Esq. This testimonial, together with a bookcase and library, in con sideration of his public services, and as a token of esteem from his friends. Presented February 9,1871, by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort." THE PURCHASE SYSTEM.—Major Anson, in a long letter on the abolition of the purchase system, con siders the question of the cost has never been fairly met. The cost of abolishing purchase and the subsequent ex penditure required he divides into six heads. 1. The regulation money paid by regimental officers on full a* - ' half pay. 2. The over regulation money pa by such officers. 3. The liabilities incurred for sums to which officers are entitled under warrant besides tha sums actually paid. 4. The over regulation prices which officers would eventually receive if the present sys tem were not abolished. 5. The annually-increasing sum that will be required to take the place of the purchase system in providing a flow of promotion. 6. The. increased pay that will be re quired under a different regimental system. Purchase and non-purchase officers have been generally placed on the same footing in all schemes for the abolition of purchase, which Major Anson esteems to be highly unfair. He estimates the actual sum total which the officers of the army would be out of pocket at £8,400,000, and this sum, or the interest of it, should be at once re turned to the officers who paid it. But when this money is paid the purchase system with all its evils will be eradi cated. He believes it would be wisest and cheapest to buy up all these claims at once, and he thinks this could be done for their present value in ready money in the lower ranks, and considerably less in the higher. Up to the present moment the officers of the army have under taken the heavy expense of keeping up a proper flow of promotion, and that is the history of the purchase system, but if the expense had fallen on the country it would have cost the taxpayers twice as much. The Govern ment will do well to close an old account without leaving a wound behind, retaining full power over the officers who remain, 19 21 THE WAR. THE " JOURNEL OFFICIEL" ON THE SITUATION. The Paris Journel Officiel of the 4th contains the follow ing article :—" We are unable, from reasons which every one will understand, to give here an explanation of the negotiations which preceded the Treaty, but we may state that from the evening of Monday, January 23rd, to eight o'clock in the evening of Saturday, 2Sth, we disputed the ground inch by inch, and that the little which we gained was won at the price of great efforts and bitter suffering. We would gladly have achieved more, but we were compelled to submit to all we could not alter by persuasion. Thus we were obliged to consent to a reservation for the continuation of the siege Belfort, and an adjournment of the demarcation of the line separating the armies of the Doubs, the Jura, and the Cote d'Or. At that very moment Bourbaki's army, whose position was not known, was on the frontier, which the next day it crossed. By these details the extent of our disasters may be estimated. We were too much broken to insist upon more. Only the feeling of duty sustained us, and we did not yield until it was at once useless and criminal too hold out. In this shipwreck, which has engulphed so many noble hopes and generous illusions, we sought for an anchor of safety. We thought we had found it in the respect for the national sovereignty, and to obtain its con secration seemed to us a great advantage. If we could draw from our misfortunes the lesson it offered nothing would be altogether lost. Our hearts are pierced by the sight of our beloved country invaded, mutilated, ruined ; we all wear mourning for loved ones who have died for her with out being able to save her, yet we are sustained by the thought that we have done our duty. Whatever may be the inertia of the European Cabinets, the world at large will do us justice, the peoples will not refuse us their sympathies. We knew this already, notwithstanding the imperfection of the communications, which enabled us to glance beyond the iron circle which has stifled us for five months.We knew that a profound emotion agitated England. Great meetings have been held in Lofidon. The workmen have organised a subscription which in a fewldays produced more than 250,000 francs, and which will, we are assured, exceed two millions. A committee was immediately formed to purchase provisions of all kinds, which the population of London send to the population of Paris. Touching expression of feeling which ought to console us in the midst of our misery ! We accept it with gratitude as a proof of the doctrine of fraternal so/idarite which ought to unite the nations, and make them detest that horrible folly which is called war, and those who urge the peoples to it. The . English Cabinet has taken part in this impetuous move ment of public opinion. A delegate has come to, arrange with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his colleague of Commerce, for the prompt arrival of these goods. The Ministry has hastened to thank Lord Granville officially, and to beg him to offer to the people of London the expres sion of the gratitude of the people of Paris. At all events these honest workmen, these merchants, these artists, all the citizens who people that great city, have not, like others have done, forgotten the hospi tality we were so happy to shew them in bettei da34. They have displayed their good will at the time of our dire distress. We are glad to thank them publicly, and to find in their generous eagerness a pledge of substantial frienship, which the appreciation of our reciprocal interests can only strengthen. AFF kIRS AROUND PARIS. From Margency, February 6, the special correspondem of the Daily News at the Saxon headquarters sends the following by special despatch :—Both in Paris and in the surrounding country, now flooded by those who have quitted Paris, the feeling in favour of the Orleans family is very strong. There is, however—it would be wrong not to state—a considerable proportion in favour of the Emperor, chiefly of the bourgeois class, and those to whom a gay court has advantages. Many who are indifferent whether it is the Orleans people or the Napoleons who are to reign, exclaim : " For God's sake, no Republic." Equally emphatic are they against the pro longation of the war. Over and over again to-day have I heard Gambetta abused as a maniac. There is a strong belief among the Germans that the Imperialistic dynasty will come to the front again. People do not seem at all assured of the prospect of immediate peace. If Gambetta succeeds in enforcing his restrictions as to the antecedents of the representatives, further resistance is regarded as inevitable. To-day I have ridden more than half round Paris. Lagny is swarming with German Jews, hungry for business when once they can get into Paris, which is not yet allowed. Every road is thronged with the inhabitants of the country surrounding Paris, pouring out of the city in which they have so long been immured. You see sad sights at every step. Families gazing hopelessly at their shattered homes, or women timidly asking permission of the Germans to be allowed a corner in their own house wherein to shelter their chil dren. I have seen a French nobleman, visiting his own chateau, asked as a truest by the German occupants to drink a glass of his own wine, and proffered a shakedown in one of his own bedrooms. I have seen delicate ladies, with jewels on their fingers, grubbing in the fields for frosted vegetables ; while the nursemaid stood in the rear with the sobbing children, and the father mooned about picking up scraps of firewood to warm the damp hearth in the wrecked chateau. I have seen the stupefied farmer gazing dreamily on the battery emplacements cumbering his fields, and at the shell-craters behini them, as if the solid works were spectral apparitions, and would melt away and leave the easy fu rrows if he only looked long enough. Faces have passed me not good to look upon. Dark faces of French ladies inside carriages, with tightened muscles, and eyes flashing full of silent passion, as the German sentry stopped them in the ruined village in the rough Teuton manner, and de manded their papers. There were lurid faces of men, too, with knitted brows and suppressed angry despair working in each feature. Yet the picture has its other. side, thanks to French adaptability and light-heartedness. A family finds its wineshop empty, and the roof off. In a couple of hours thing are patched up somewhat ; the buried bottles are unearthed ; and a brisk over-the-counter trade is going on. Another family turns up in an omnibus, with impediments, in. chiding an assortment of babies and green umbrellas, only to find its home tenanted by Saxon soldiers. Pack closer, is the order with the Teutons. Room is made for the new-comers. The corporal takes the baby while the mother tries what Erbswurst soup is like ; and the old household settles down into something marvellously like content. The nondescript appearance of the French emigres is almost ludicrous. Some come out arrayed in the pink of sporting attire ; ethers in dress coats. To-day, in the presence of Prince Augustus of Wurtemberg, the Queen August a Regiment, stationed in Fort Aubervilliers, took over from the French the Chassepots of the garrison of Paris and the carriages of the enceinte artillery. The Convention arrangement was that these were to be delievered in Sevran ; but this was modified by reason of the scarcity of horses in Paris. Judging by the number of vehicles of every kind which have come out to-day the scarcity must have been but relative, not absolute. Neither Fort Aubervilliers nor Romainville is in any material degree injured. Baubigny and Drancy are all but razed. On the other hand, the Crown Prince of Saxony, who to-day has made an excursion through Gen nevilliers, Courbevoie, Asnibres, and the other peninsular villages, tells me that these have sustained very liitle injury indeed. Paris still continues closed to outsiders, but the prohibition is probably more or less nominal. No great amount of food has as yet entered from this side. I hear that the Seine is open, and that steamers yesterday came up into the town. If there is no more fighting the Ger mans will save Paris the nominal humiliation of occupa tion. Of course, in the other event, its occupation is a matter of certainty and necessity. I'ARIS AFTER THE SIEGE. Five years had elapsed since I last stood under the Arc de l'Etoile. Who could help moralizing under such cir cumstances ? It seemed now, as we drove at 4in the afternoon down the Champs Elys4es almost the only wheeled vehicle to be seen at that fashionable hour, more like a dream than a reality. , The side pavements were tolerably filled with a crowd cheery-look ing enough. The women were even in bright colours, as dainty and coquettish as ever, but they were not nearly so numerous as of old. The great majority of men were in some uniform or other, but there was no unusual earnestness or distress to be seen in their hearing. Both sexes were evidently there to itaner, and there was the ordinary crowd round the little Marionette Theatre near the Rond Pont. There was nothing in the way of military preparation or fortification in the Champs Elysees. In fact, excepting that there were not a dozen carriages from one end of the drive to the other, and that there were far fewer well-dressed and fashionable -looking women than formerly, and a very much larger sprinkling of uniforms, this celebrated drive presented its usual aspect. As we drove on we were surprised at the absence of change. What exactly I ex pected to see it would be diffieult to defiine. I suppose every one has formed in his mind a picture of Paris as it is in contrast to Paris as it was, but the contrast is very blight in reality, The statue of Strasbourg is still covered with inurortelles, but there are none left on the railings round the column in the Place Vendome. There are not so many shops open as usual on the boulevards, and there is no flower market at the Madeleine, but the cafes seem in full force, and the charcuterie shop windows display - a tolerable assortment of tins, but very little meat. I have not yet had time to do more than explore the Boulevards and the Rue de la Paix, and the one great impression which the aspect of those streets, and of Paris generally, has made upon my mind has been that I have yet to discover the misery and the starvation, and the sights which should make a town of two million inhabitants which has stood a four and a-half months' siege the most remarkable and interesting spectacle of modern times. This eveningl dined, with my friend, at the Cafe Peters, in the Passage des Princes. We had there Crecy soup, Seine smelts, excellent roast beef, salad asparagus, preserved peaches, a bottle and a half of wine, and coffee, for 13f. each—a very much better and cheaper dinner than I had at the hotel St. Germain two nights ago. The bread was brownish and a little sawdusty, but perfectly eatable ; the bee was certainly not horse, though I believe it was on the bill of fare. Rats require to be ordered the day before, they are so little in demand. I counted three very well fed-looking dogs roaming at large on the Boulevards, and not apparently exciting any unusual emotion in the breasts of the passers by. The people do not look as if they had in any way suffered privation,, but are fat and cheer ful as usual. After dinner we went to a concert on behalf of the wounded, which was crowded with a well dressed and respectable audience, and was only remark able for its intense dulness.—Times Correspondent. NOTES FROM LILLE. LILLE, February 8. The elections are being carried on with great modera tion, and one would scarcely suppose, from the appear ante of the electors passing in and out of the bureaux that they were dealing with a question which was life or death to France. Strange as this may seem, it is the wisest course to adopt under the circumstances of the case. A. picturesque appearance has been imparted to the town by the crowd of peasants who have come here from their communes to record their votes. Great precaution has been taken to keep down any tumult that may arise; and the National Guard is called together, and armed detachments keep guard over the electoral dis tricts. M. Hendle has succeeded M. Bert as orthern Prefect, he is the private secretary of M. Jules Favre, and a well known advocate of the Parisian bar. A member of the Bread Committee left Paris • yesterday and brought some numbers of the Temps, Siecle, and other papers. They do not, however, contain much interesting news. The Figaro says that Poitiers will be selected as t'ae meeting place of the National Assembly, because Bordeaux will not be sufficiently quiet for the purpose. • The greater part of the political celebrities, and the notabilities of the Paris press figure among the candidates. M. Ledru Rollin has declined to be put in nomination, because questions 'of principle prevent him from accepting the honour ; and M. Nefftzer has declined on account of private reasons. A war correspondent who entered Paris . the other day with a leg of mutton was positively mobbed whilst walk ing down the boulevards. " Sir," said one man, " allow me to smell it:" The correspondent did so. Two steamers have left the Tyne this week for France, laden with flour for Paris. About 6,000 sacks have been sent. A. quantity of ship bread has also been despatched from some of the neighbouring seaports. A fleet of steamers have also taken coal from the Tyne and Wea3 . to Havre and Dieppe since the armistice, and, now that the obstructions on the Seine have been removed, English collier brigs will resume the coal trade with Rouen. The despatch of food supplies from Liverpool to the French ports is being energetically continued, and on a very extensive scale. For some days past the London and North-Western Railway Company have been con veying large quantities of preserved meats and other provisions from that town to ports on the south coast for transhipment to Havre and Dieppe. On Thursday alone 1,000 tierces of beef and pork were carried over the com pany's line. On Saturday some 3,000 additional tierces of beef and pork will be forwarded from 4 Liverpool. Immense supplies of various kinds of clothing are also being despatched for France by wholesale clothiers and outfitters in Liverpool. TEN THOUSAND MILLION FRANCS.—With regard to the ten milliards alleged to be demanded by Count Bismarck as an indemnity for the losses suffered by the Germans in consequence of the war, we find the following curious calculation in a Belgian paper :---" Ten milliards in five-franc pieces would weigh 50,000,000 kilogrammes. To transport them all at once by rail would require a tra in of 10,000 waggons as suming each waggon to be capable of carrying 5,000 kilo grammes. If you were to make a girdle out of the ten milliards in sf. pieces, in such a manner that each coin % should touch its neighbour, it would go one and three quarter times round the earth. In if. pieces such a girdle would go four times round the earth. If the ten milliards in sf. pieces were heaped up on each other in a column, they would reach the height of 5,400 kilometres, or 1,080 leagues (3,240 English miles). Supposing this column of coins to have its base at Paris and to fall in the direction of Berlin, the part of the column which would strike the latter city would be hardly one fifth of the entire length from the base of the column. If a ready cashier, who can on an average count 40,000 five franc pieces per hour, were alone to attend to the counting of the ten milliards, and if he were to begin at the age of 30, and to be engaged at it eight hours a day, and 300 days in the year, he would be 135 years old before he had com pleted the task. He would then assuredly be convinced of the truth of the proverb, "Money does not bring happiness." GENERAL DUCROT.—The Paris Journal says that as soon as negotiations were entered upon with Count Bismarck, the Chancellor demanded that General Ducrot should be given up to him as his prisoner of war, he having broken his engagement. Our readers will remember the affair. The Journal Officiel of the 19th October published an account of it signed by Ducrot, and the next day an answer appeared from General Trochu. The General approved of the course which had been taken by his friend and companion in arms, the brave Ducrot. The, question assumed such an importance in the sight of Bismarck and Moltke, that they declared unless Ducrot was given u p to the 'Prussians. they would not go on with the nego tiations. General Vinoy informed General Ducrot oft determination on the part of the Prussian leaders, but absured him that so long. as he . kept the command he should refuse to give him up: To this General Ducrot replied that no personal consideration should stand in the way of an act which was • called for by the general interests. . He therefore, resigned his cony mand at once, and went to his house, where he put off his uniform, and; surrounded by his aides-de camp he awaited_ the arrival of those who were to take him to Versailles. At the present time he is still waiting . It is said that an international tribunal will be surly moned to decide upon the difficult matter of his escape' but this trial will, not take, place until after the meet ing of the National Assembly in France. MARRIAGES. LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—Mr. W. P. 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