The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-28 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY. During the earlier hours of business the stock markets presented a quiet appearance. Business was conducted on a limited scale. Nevertheless prices were maintained. But after official hours, on the receipt of a telegram at the Foreign-office that arrangements were being made for the capitulation of Paris, and that all firing had ceased, the markets assumed much more buoyancy, and a general advance took place in prices. The railway market has been without feature of importance, South Eastern and Great Western beingi better. Foreign bonds have been firm, and Italian, Spanish, and Turkish have risen about per cent. Consols have been steady and per cent, better, at 92k, 921 for delivery and the account. Re duced and New Three per Cents., 92i, 922 ; Bank Stock, 236, 238 ; Echequer bills, 10s. to 15s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 1101, 110 ; and India Bonds 225. to 275. prem. In the market for English railway stocks the transac tions have been on a limited scale, but prices have been supported. Metropolitan is quoted at 66k, 67 ; Cale donian, 88, 88k ; Brighton, 43, 431; South-Eastern, 77i, 77k ; Great Northern A, 1351, 1361 ; Great Eastern, 401, 41k ; North-Eastern, 137, 147 k ; Midland, 1291, 1291; North - Western, 1301 130 a : and Great Western, 73k, 73g. Indian railway stocks have been quietly dealt in. Car natic, 1011 ; East Indian, 110 k ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051, 61; and Oude and Rohilkund, 101 k. For Canadian shares there has not been much inquiry. Great Western, 15g. Foreign shares have been qui& Bahia and San Francisco, 19i ; Lemberg-Czernowitz, 16k; Recife and San Francisco, 15*, t. For Foreign Bonds there has been an improved demand at an advance. Italian (1861) have risen or to 55, 55i ; Spanish, 11, or to 30 11-16, 30 13-16 ; Turkish Five per Cents., I, or to 43k, 43a; ditto (1869), 1, or to 53k, French Scrip has improved to to 4 dis. The German Loan first issue is quoted at 2 to 2* prem., and the second at *to 2 prem. United States Five-Twenty (1882) Bonds are quoted at 902 to 91 ; ditto (1885), 90* to 90g. The market for Bank shares has been quiet. Congo) dated have been I lower at par to pm ; and Joint Stock, at 35k, 361; Imperial Ottoman have risen *, or to la, 1. Union of London have marked 38k, 9; and London and Westminster, 62/ xd. Telegraph shares have sold slowly Anglo-American have marked 74/, 75i ; Falmoutbs, 9 7-16; Reuter's, 8 1-16 ; Construction Companies' shares have been firm ; Silver's Indiarubber have been 1 better, at 50, 51; Hooper's have marked 7, and Construction and Maintenance, 25g. In Miscellaneous Securities transactions have been limited. Ebbw Vale stock, 17i ; London Financial, 11i , ; Ocean Marine, 20. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day comprised the withdrawal of £67,000 bar gold and £21,000 in sovereigns. In the discount market to-day there has been but little inquiry for accommodation, and with a good supply of capital on offer, three months' paper has been taken at 21- per cent. At Mark-lane to-day wheat was firm, and I.s. per qr. dearer. In the rates of Exchange no material alteration has transpired. The directors of the Indiarubber, Guttapercha, and Telegraph Works Company recommend a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. The suspension has been announced of Mr. Isaac Mendez, of 10, Union-court, Old Broad-street, a " merchant " of little more than a year's standing, with liabilities for about £20,000. He appears to have been connected with Mr. Yuly and Mr. Attea, whose respec tive suspensions for £60,000 and £30,000 were notified yesterday. The books are in the hands of Messrs. Cooper and Co. The directors of the Industrial Dwellings Company (Limited) have agreed to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year to the 31st of December. The receipts amounted to £8,225, and the payments to £4,486, being a profit of £3,739 (equal to £5 10s. 7d. per cent. per annum.) This, added to the balance brought forward from the last half-year, gives a total of £6,040 available for division. The dividend of 5 per cent. will absorb £3,125, and leave £2,195 to he carried forward. The capital invested is now £180,610, and a proposal will be submitted at the ensuing meeting to raise an additional £125,000, the whole of the present capital having been invested, and there being a continued demand for improved dwellings by the working classes. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway for the week ending January 22nd shews an increase of £5,173 on the corresponding week of last year; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of £3,575 ; the Great Northern, £1,078 ; the Caledonian, £3,100; Bristol and Exeter, £433 ; and the Great Eastern, £22. The Lon don, Chatham, and Dover has an increase of £706, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire of £52. The prospectus of the Pyramid Range Silver Moun tain Company (Limited) has been issued. The capital is set down at £500,000 in 100,000 shares of £5 each, and the object of the company is to purchase and work certain rich silver lead mines in Arizona, United States, the district in which the property is situate, but until very recently in the possession of the Indians. The sub mission of the latter, about twelve months ago, led to explorations being made, which resulted in ledges of silver ore being discovered, opening up a field for mining enterprise of unusual richness. A fact of the highest degree of importance is that the mass of deposits will be above ground. A speculation has been made that at least two tons of ore will be crushed per day for each stamp head, which will return a profit of at least £2,000 for each working day. The terms upon which the pro perty is to made over to the company is £400,000 for the mines, of which £lOO,OOO is to be in cash. Of the entire capital £300,000 will be represented by 60,000 A priority shares, and £200,000 by B deferred shares, the former having priority of dividend up to 20 per cent. per annum Of these A shares 40,000 are now offered for subscription the remainder, with the B shares, being reserved for the vendors. The Corporation of the City of London are prepared to receive subscriptions for £120,000, being part of an amount of £160,000 required to erect a Foreign Cattle Market. The bonds will be issued at par, in amounts of £l, 000, £5OO, and £lOO, and will bear interest at the rate of 4} per cent. The bonds will be redeemed in eight years. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have invited subscriptions for £500,000 Six per Cent Mortgage Bonds of the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation, Delaware and Raritan Canal and New Jersey Railroad and Transporta tion Companies, forming the United Canal and Railroad Companies of New Jersey, in bonds to bearer of £2OO sterling each, at the price of 29 per cent. or £lB4 per bond. The repayment of the bonds at par (2200) in 1894 is secured, in addition to the mortgage, by the establish ment of an annual sinking fund to be paid by the com panies to, and accumulated by, the Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia. ZlO per £2OO bond on application ; £4O on allotment ; £4O on Ist March, 1871; £5O on Ist April, 1871; £44 on Ist May, 1871 : tc tal, £lB4. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Amsterdam, three months' date, 11191, 12 00 ; ditto, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; Rotterdam, three months', 1119:1, 12 00 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 35, 25 40 ; Paris, slaort date, ditto, three mouths' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 50, 25 60 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10, 1310'k ; Frankfort-on -the-Maine, ditto, 120, 120} ; Vienna, ditto, 12 67k, 12 72} ; Trieste, ditto, 12 671, 12 72} St. Petersburgh ditto, 30, 30}; Madrid, ditto, 481, 48/ Cadiz, ditto, 49/, 49 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, ant Palermo, ditto, 26 82}, 26 87k ; Lisbon, 90 days' date 521, 52}; Oporto, ditto, 52/, 521. LONDON STOCK EXC HANG E.- FRI D A LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERMIENT SECURITIES. nice per Cent Consols 921 921 Do A pril &Oat 1883-45 921. 1, 1 Viet 5 pc Jan & Julyl39 Do for Account 921, 1 941, 4 Three pet Ceut Reduced 92 1 921 Egyptian 1862. 7po .. 923. 2 837 New 3 per Cent 921, 1 100 Exchequer Bills. March 10 15pw Itlian, 1 865. 5p a ... pm Peruvian. 1865. 5 p o . Do, June lO 15pm On i lls pm Portuguese 1861 3po .. 32 33 Bank Stock - Russian, 1862, 5 p u.. .. 841 85 240 8 4 India 5 per Ceuta 1101, 1, 1 68 India Bonds — Spanish pm 301 1, 1. !. 1 Can 6pc Janbanl7ll77-84 104 105 Turkish. 1851, 6p ci 79 8: Do March &c Sept. 104 106 80, 8 1)0 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 D o. 1865. 5p 0 95i 431, 22, 3, 1 Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Do, 1805 60 c Dow of Can 6p a 1903 .. 98 100 8 03 / 4 . 1, 1 • Ceylon 6 p V AIRY and Itomisoi o c 1342 902 90; November 1878........ 106 108 902. 2. 2, 2 Mauritius tpc Jan and Do do 1885 90 90. July 1873 lO2 104 84 2. 90 New SWless p 01871-76 lOO 101 Dolo-41/Rods, spa 1911 891 897 New Zeal 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 89, i 9311 9 82 84 90 9. 673 68 42•,- 43; 60 6] Tli E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ; ,JANUARY 28, 1871. THE -WI-Vi ~ THE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS. share of three sorties, but there are loud demands that General Le Flo should be superseded at the War Office by M. Dorian. Do spc Do 5p c Consolidated 99 3 / 4 100 Illinois Central Shares .. 110 11 l 100, 992. i 110 3 / 4 Do Op a Mar &Sept 1891 109 111 Atlantic aud (I Wll Con Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds — Vic/ 6pc Jan &July 1891 113 114 Do 2nd do Bonds .... 85 87 91 Do Ist Pref 80nd5.... 585 591 Caledonian - 59, / 881, 1 Do 2ud Pref Bonds .. 411 421 neat Eastern 41, 401, /, 1 Do 3rd Prat Stock .... 31 33 treat Northern 1 25 4th Prof Stock 125 136 Great Indian Pen g 5 ,, c 1051 ; 0.. - ;5 136/, 51 10 6 8, N. 61 Great Western 73 731 GreatWesternot(Jauada , 157 15/ 73i, 1, 3 , 1 152, 1 Lancashire a. Yorkshire 11511361 Do Op o Bonds, 1873.. 99 100 1367, 1,5/, 61 Do 55 do, 1877-8 95 97 Lou, Brigh. and ii Coast 43 431 Do 5p c pref. tailed 80 par 1, ,, 431 Madras gnar 5 Do Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 14 141 1035 141 N. Railway of Canada, Lou and North-Western 130 1305 6p o Ist Pref Bonds 1302, 1 i Oink and Rohilkund g Lon and Sonth-Western 921 931 5p o Man, Shef, and Llueoki 45}451 1012 45/ Scinde, Pnnjanh, and Metropolitan , 661 66/ Delhi guar bp c Midland .. . 129 1295 1011 129 7, 1,1., I Bahia and San Francisco _Walsh 341 191, 19 North-Eastern Consols.. 147 148 Belgian E Junction 1475, it, 7, it Buenos Ayres (It Stlirn 265 2 6 South-Eastern 775 78 Dunaburg and Witepsk 181 181 772. ii, 2, 2 Diitoh-Rhenish 22 23 Atlantic and St Lawriice 76 77 Eastern of France — - Bombay, Baroda, and S Great Luxembourg Central India, g 5 p 0.. 103 164 121 104 Lemberg Ozernowitzgua Buff and Lake Huron .. 45 45 7Do Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3 - 4 79 81 161, 16 80 Northern of France • Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p o lO3 104 Recife and San Francisco East Indian. g 5 p a 1101, 10 151, 5 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 15 151 charge 6D o RAILWAYS. 90 n lestol a. d !Cie Ler DoA North BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Akra. Rank (14 A BBl 10 Impe r ial Ottoman .. 1 1 2 jan 8 546 111, 25 Alliance (Li 121, 5 x d 4, 31 10 Anglo-Austrian 171 515 20 Anglo-Egyptian (14 22 221 15 London Joint-Stock 351 :61 22 x d 50 British N American 51 52 20 Lou and Westmnster 62 63 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 5 141 625, 1x d 25 Char Mere of India 20 22 10 Metropolitan B5 82 10 City 2 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L 4,5, 1,5 x d 25 Union of Australia.. 40 41 20 Eng. Scot. aud Aus C 161 17/ 401 15 Union of London 17 • 2 % Imperial 1L) ,8i 391 . _ TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. m. • Pd .00 Anglo-American L 1 73 75 10 Great Northern .... 111 111 7EI, 4, 1 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) llB 120 Japan Extension.. 8 8 ) 1181 5 Indo-European (Li.. 10 12 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers,. 51 6 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L).. 11 British Australis (L).. 3) &Us 10 Mediterrn Ex (Li .. 4 4 4), 13-16 2 i Puma and S. Potc(L 4 3 die 10 British Ind Exten (L). 61 7 dis 7, 6 13-16 8 Reuters 10 British Indian Sub- 8 1-16 marine. (L 1 10 ChinaSubmarine(L) 4/ Oils 13/ 31 100 Submarine 237 242 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, Do Scrip and Malta (L 1 9 7-16, 5-16 MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES ?d, Pd Anglo-Austrian T3nd- 20 It Irrig Can Cavour 29 39 holders' Certificate 2 4 19 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 159 161 100 1)o 6p e Bonds. re- SO Bolehow-Vaughan L) 23 33 pm damnable 1870 62 64 .00 Boston City (U.S. 30 London Fin Assoc(L) 19 18 Us p c Sterling Laan• • 9496 - 119 • 951 4 LouGeu Omnibus .. 29 3 4 Brit & Fgn Marine Lin 41p. 29 25 Canada Company. 7O 72 2 Lon &Prov Marine L) 61 pm 10 Ceylon Company Ll 4 31dis 100 Madraslrrig. &Canal 35 City Offices (L) 251211 dis g 5 n c by Ind Gov. 100 102 20 Colonial (L) 5 041111 Union ARRUnteO 4 Von 5 NatalDisctOotup L) 111 12 10 Mit Fonc of Eng ILI 29 29 119 2 13-16, 9 21 N Zealand Loan and 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6n c Peri, Deb lO9 114 Trust (L) 279 Ebbw Vale Steel L).. 99 91dis 69 N Britsli and Mere (Li 289 299 179 5 OceanMarinelusur l4l 15pm 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p c 20 Mortgage Loan.... 78 80 50 P and 0 Steam 45 47 79, 9 10 Do do New. 1867 31 %dig 100 Egyp 9 p &Troy Loan, 69 guar by Egyp Gov.. 97 99 50 Rhyniney Iron 98 15 Do New 9 91 11 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 8 9 pin 60 Ro y al Mail Steam 100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 12 Tel Con and Main L) 251 •z 59 Trust 6 p Bonds.. 98 100 259, 9 991 2 Thames and Mersey 71 Gen Credt &Diset (L) par rpm Marine Insur (L 79 Tobacco 6 p c Loan 14 Gen Still Navigation 28 29 guar by Italian Gov 98 90 7 ilooper's Tel Works 9dis fpm 889 7. 1-16 5 Trust and Loan Co of 17 Hudson's Bay B9 89 Upper Canada .* .. 9 Ipm 65 I ndrbbr,Gut Per.and 5 0 Ma rine, Lvpool IL 5! 51pm Tel Works LI . . 50 51 20 UnlCin Steamship (L) 499. 89. 9, 511, .501 6 United Dia.Corpru (L par (pm 5 lute/ill Finan Soc(L) 2 lliclis 5 Univ Marine Insult (L% 7 71mo 39 12 Warramt Finance—. 9 7 .lis MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.—The corn exchange to-day presented a very firm appearance, owing to the continu ance of cold weather, and to the apparently near approach of the fall of Paris. There was a rather larger show of English wheat, which sold more freely, at prices tending upwards. The supply of foreign wheat was good. The demand was steady, and prices were well supported. There was a moderate show of barley on sale. Malting parcels were difficult of disposal, but grinding qualities were firmer. Malt was much depressed, but unaltered in price. The market was scantily supplied with oats. The In quiry was moderately active, and prices had a strong upward tendency. Beans and peas were purchased with more anima tion, at extreme quotations. The flour market was firm, and sacks and barrels were fully 6d. dearer. Arrivals : English and Scotch—Wheat, 860: barley, 650 ; malt, 1 , 000 ; beans, 370 ; and peas, 210 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 6,780 ; barley, 4,839 ; and oats, 3,830 qrs. ; flour, 12,350 barrels. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRlDAY.—Considerable activity prevails in this market. Owing to the low figure at which English hops are offered, the business doing is extensive, and prices throughout rule firm. Mid and East Kents, £2 Os.to £7 Os. per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, £2 Os. to £3 15s. ; Sussex, £1 15s. to £3 10s. ; Farnham and county, £3 15s. to £5 12s. ; olds, £1 Os. to £2los. - • - LONDON WOOL MARKET, FRlDAY.—Firmness is still the feature of the wool market. With the prospect of peace, and increased activity in the manufacturing districts, business has been on amore extensive scale, and prices have been well main- tained. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, Flu- DAY.—These markets have been moderately supplied with potatoes. The trade has been quiet, at our quotations. English regents, 755. to 955. ; Scotch regents, 755. to 100 s. ; rocks, 655. to 80s. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.—There were moderate supplies of meat on sale here to-day. The trade in fluenced by the cold weather was improved, and prices were well supported. Per 81b. by the carcase :—lnferior beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od ; middling ditto, 4s. Od. to 48. Bd.; Prime large ditto, 4s. Bd. to ss. Od. ; prime small ditto. ss. Od. to ss. 4d. ; Inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od. ; middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10(1 ; prime ditto, ss. Od. to bs. 2d. ; veal, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd. ; large i pork, 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. ; small ditto, 4s. 4d. to 58. Od. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE MARKET, FRI. DAY.-Sugar Refined sugars are again slightly dearer. Corn mon titlers being quoted at 545. 6d. Raw sugars are in limited request, but full rates are realised. Coffee is in good demand, and prices are is. to 2s. higher on the week. Plantation Ceylon good middling qualities, 675. to 71s. ; middling, 635. 66. to 665. 6d. ; fine ordinary to low middling, 595. to 61s. 6d.: small, 535. 6d. to 665. 6d. Tea : The market is steady ; but the business doing is not extensive. Cotton is less animated, but prices are maintained. Good fair Tinnevelly, W.-Metals: Copper is active, and prices are firm. Chili bars to arrive, £66 ss. to £66105. ; Wallaroo, £73 10s. Tin dull. Straits, £134. - Oils : Linseed continues dull. London, 305., sellers ; 295. 6d. Hull spot. English brown rape, 475.-Tallow : The market is firm at 455. 6d. spot ; 455. 96. March ; and 465. 6d. last three months. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY. - The excited feeling on Wednesday caused by the reports concerning the capitulation of Paris has now toned down, and producers have become rather less exacting in their demands. Still many of them ask high prices, and in not a few cases higher prices have been paid than those current on Tuesday. Yarns especially are very strong, and most spinners hold firmly for higher rates. For goods the advance is not marked ; manufacturers are gene rally willing to sell at the full rates of Tuesday. Some few sales in advance of these prices, with reluctant buyers, have taken place, but the transactions have been for small amounts. All large transactions for the Eastern market are in abance. The home trade demand continnes good. Quotations to-d ey ay are-for 39in. of shirting, seven pounds, ordinary make, 7s. 101 d.; ditto best make, Bs. 4id. ; eight-and-a-quarter pounds, ordinary make, 9s. 36. • ditto, best make, 9s. 9d.: No. 40 mule yarn, good seconds, 15.116 . ; No. 30, water twist , 13d. The mar -1 ket closes very steady; producers are partially successful in their attempts to obtain an advance. SOUTH WALES IRON TRADE REPORT, CARDIFF, FRIDA7. -The reported capitulation of Paris during the past week has caused an unwonted stir in the markets of this district, and if it should prove the forerunner of a speedy peace, business will revive with startling rapidity in every direction. In the iron trade considerable slackness is observable, and it is feared unless some improvement takes place the hands will have to be put on short time. The principal demand at present is from the United States. Old contracts are generally worked out, and makers have to rely on current specifications. The home busi ness continues quiet. Uncertainty characte: ises the prospects of the tin plate trade, which will not be removed until the close of the war. For steam coals there is nothing fresh to re port, except in the case of France. The demand from the principal foreign markets compares favourably with the cor responding period of last year. It is, however, with difficulty that prices are maintained. House coals continue active, and the colliers are well employed. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRIDAY. -Opening report. - At this market to-day wheat opens strong, holders asking ld. to 2d. advance, which checks business. Flour 6d. up. Indian corn 3d dearer. Closing Report.-At this market to-day there has been a good demand for red wheat, at Id. per cental advance on the quotations of Tuesday. Flour sold at an improvement of ls. per sack and 6d. per barrel. Barley and beans very firm. Peas held for ls. per quarter advance. Oats and oatmeal quiet. Indian corn, a fair business done at 6d. per quarter advance. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-Owing to the prospect of an early termination of the war, the wheat trade has assumed a firmer tone, - and prices are noted ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer than last Friday. The demand was chiefly for fresh reds. Barley has asteady sale. Beans and oats arerather dearer. LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.-At this market to day wheat was selling at from is. to 2s. advance. Trade was slow for barley, and other sorts are at lat e rates. DUBLIN CORN MARKET, FRIforeiDAY.-At this market to-day I r i s h wheat was steady, and gn wheat 6d. to is. dearer. Sales of flour improrvinegofatwhfuitlle.ley weaker in to rates. ar Blackoats3 n d e ..de 3 a i r a e i r ze 66 ; no . change fn the price LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Opening Report. -This market opens tcr-day with less animation, and the sales will probably be 12,000 bales. The week's sales amount to 95,000 bales trade, 69,00 0 ba les ; export, 12,000 bales ; declared export, 19,000 bales ; sp eculation, 7,000 bales. The week's imports amount to 73,000 bales. Closing Report.-Sales, 12,000 bales, including 3,000 on speculation and for export. Business has been on a moderate scale, and prices are without change from yesterday. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, FRIDAY.-Market steady. and little doing. Sellers, 51s. 76. cash. Buyers, 51s. 616. This market to-day was a turn better. 51s. 7d. cash paid. Closing, k rather, buyers at this price. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR, FRIDAY.-There was an active demand at this market to-day, and a good business was done, at from 3d. to 6d. advance in most cases. CORK BUTTER MARKET, FRIDAY. - Ordinary firsts, 1465. ; seconds, 1445. ; thirds, 1335. • fourths, 113 s. ; fifths, 975. ; sixths, 635, 250 firkins in the market. Mild cured, no change. Six firkins in the market. trll 30; THE COST OF WAR. Writing from Margency, January 21, the special cor respondent of the Daily _News gives the following sta tistics :—There were, say, 60 German guns firing steadily all day at the St. Denis forts. Twice I timed the fire, and on one occasion made it 12, on the other 14, shots per minute from the whole batteries. But there were periods of lull occasioned by fog, &c., and I have no doubt I am considerably within the mark when I say that six shots were fired per minute during the seven hours from nine a.m. till four p.m. This gives a gross total of 3,220 shots fired in that time. Of the batteries six are armed with 24-pounders, each throwing a shell of 52 lbs. weight (not 32, as by a printer's error I was made to say in a recent letter), four with 12-pounders, each gun throwing an elongated projectile of 261bs. weight. It follows that the six 24-pound batteries threw in the time I have named 100,4641b5. weight, and the four 12-pound batteries 33,28011 r. weight of material ; or, in other words, there were pitched into St. Denis during seven hours of this day very little under 60 tons of lead, iron, and powder. Fancy how the intermediate air must have been torn and vexed by 3,220 huge projectiles darting through it at an average velocity of 250 miles per minute. Fancy this pelting of colossal hailstones tumbling into so limited an area with a'shower so profuse and yet so un remitting. Hailstones, say I? Why, hailstones are not full of powder, and do not explode, sending from half a dozen to a dozen massive, jagged, fanged fragments and splinters abroad centrifugally into upward space. There is used for each charge of a 24-pounder, six pounds of powder, therefore the firing off of the 1,932 shots fired by the guns of this calibre, used up 11,5921b5. of powder. For each charge of a 12-pounder is required a little over 41135. of powder —say 41bs. ; this gives the quantity used up by the 1,280 shots fired from guns of this calibre at about 5,1201b5. Total quantity of powder used in charges 16,7121b5. Each shell fired from a 24-pounder gun contains four pounds of powder for explosive purpoSes—on the day's fire 7,728 pounds of powder fired away inside the larger shells. Each shell fired by a 12-pounder gun con tains 2 1:101bs. of powder—say two pounds—on the day's fire of• this description of ammunition, 3,5601b5. of powder shot away inside shells. The consump tion of powder in charges and for explosive purposes was, therefore, within a fraction of 22,0001b5., or, as nearly as may be, 10 tons of powder alone consumed in a single day in one section of the bombardment. Remember, they are at it on the east and on the south also, and one cannot be far wrong in estimating that to-day there were close on 200 tons of projectile matter thrown upon the beleaguered forts and city out of the mouths of German cannon. That is independent of the weight of powder used in charges ; arid taking no account of the return fire, which has been no trifle. Think of the labour and transport power involved in bringing to the front all the way from Germany 200 tons of material per diem for an indefinite number of days. M. GAMBEITA AN!) THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL. Despite his political anxieties, M. Gambetta has had, it seems, some leisure to spare for intellectual considera tions. The Polytechnic School has been re-opened at Bordeaux, and a Professorship of History having been established, Gambetta Istrote, on January 7th, to M. Littrl, a Frenchman of great reputation, to offer him the post. He reminds M. Littrt that he formerly authorised him to appeal to him for his assistance in any way on behalf of the Republican Government, and he now asks for it in this respect. At the opening of the college, Gambetta says he himself delivered an address, in which he exalted the office of science, and he has placed the lectures on history in the first rank. One of the founders of the Polytechnic School in the days of the first Re public was Michel-Francois Littr6, the father of the present savant, and he was one of the most powerful ad vocates of national education. He therefore calls upon his son to demonstrate that the re-opened Polytechnic School will be conducted on s imilar p rinciples, by his participation in the course of instruction. M. Littr6 has accepted the office. The Paris Figaro estimates that over 9,000 men were sacrificed in the sortie on Thursday week. In Portugal a Ministerial crisis has taken place, in consequ ence of the recent appointment ot the Bishop of Algrave as Patriarch. Serious differences of opinion have arisen hetween the Marquis d'Airla and his col- leagues. The charity of Mr. Richard Wallace, says the Cones pondance Havas, seems to be inexhaustible. He has just established a new ambulance with fifty beds in the Rue d'Angouleme, called the English Arubalance, its doctors and attendants being English. He has also given 25,000 francs to the Evangelical Committee, which now supports 800 beds for the wounded. The death rate in Paris last week shews a great increase —4,465, which is 483 more than last week. Strange to say, the diseases arising from derangement of the alimen tary system are diminished. The chief increase arises from bronchitis, pneumonia, and typhoid fever. The Times correspondent at Versailles says :—Faid herhe's defeat at St. Quentin has been an astonishment, .not because it was a defeat, but on account of the place where he was defeated. Many had no idea, lam sure, that he was so near Paris, and that he had succeeded in getting down east and south of Goeben after his over throw at Bapaurne. Even on the terrible Sunday when the disturbances in Paris took place, and when the bombardment was fiercer than ever, families might be seen emigrating, with their little all, from those parts of the town were the shells were falling, and talking calmly and even cheerfully by the way—the father harnessed to a cart filled up with poor furniture, and the mother, laden with bundles, dragging, may be, one or two children with her. The special correspondent of the Daily News at Rennes mentions that which railway carriage, containing some forty persons, in he travelled, the feeling was very strong against M. G-ambetta among the soldiers ; and that when it was proposed to sing the " Marseillaise " to while away the time, the suggestion brought on a storm of groans and hisses. The country people are said to be opposed to the Republic, that they betray the French to the Prussians whenever they have a chance. According to the Echo de la Frontiere, of the 24th, the Prussians were not immediately advancing towards Valenciennes. Forty Uhlans went close to the town, chasing stragglers, and inquired if there were any soldiers, but did no mischief. The Prussian scouts have been into Solermes, where they obtained the names of the Con scripts of 1871 and of the Chasseurs. They demanded the weapons of the chase and the guns of the National Guard which they broke. They afterwards took possession of the Cattenieres. The Prussian headquarters are, it is said, to be fixed at Lille, and the army will be divided between the towns of Canahrai, Axras, and Douai. Some particulars have been given of the blowing up of the railway bridge over the Moselle at Fontenoy, between Nancy and Toul. It was guarded by 50 Landwehr men, but at 5 a.m. on the 22nd, 400 French soldiers in uniform, probably from Langres, surprised them, and killed, wounded., or dispersed the whole guard. French engi neers, who had come in two carriages, then blew the bridge up with gunpowder, whereupon the French re tired with a few prisoner. By order of the Governor of Lorraine, Fontenoy was burnt down later in the day, and this is to be the punishment of any place where railways are destroyed. The restoration of the bridge is expected within a week. The Times correspondent says he expects there will be one more desperate sortie—possibly more than one—as considerable faith is put in the resolution of General Vinoy, who is believed to be a man who, when he has set his heart on an objet, dons not mind what he sacrifices W gain it, and if the gortie fails, all but a few expect THE ARMY OF PARIS. Paws, Monday. There has been an outbreak in Paris, and blood has been shed in a civil broil. These are ugly facts, never theless the matter, though tragic enough, has pass off for the time being without any serioual consequences. After the fashion 'of the Great Revolution, the seizure of a prison played a prominent part in the outbreak, but luckily the Aoters did not proceed so far as the destruc tion of the modern Bastille. Gustave Flourens was the hero of the affair, and his release from durance vile was the first object of the Involution. ids. The name of Flourens limb came into prominence last year at the time of the Loehefort , disturbances and the p u ling the siege of Paria be Victor Noir catastrophe. has distinguished himself afters a very discreditable fashion by stirring up civil discont ent, and opposing the Govern ment at every possible opportunity. They may not have been immaculate in wisdom or vigorous enough in action, but assuredly their difficulties have been sufficiently great without having their attention diverted from feeding Paris and repelling the Prussians to sub duing the Reds within the walls. Flourens and his friends at the clubs have long been clamouring for the Commune, though what good the Commune could do in the present state of things it might perhaps puzzle them to explain. Flourens' performances with respect to the National Guard, his resignation and unasked resumption of his post, and the whole ha. broglio which proceeded the previous disturbance at the Hotel de Ville will be fresh in every one's recollection, and there are few of the respectable classes who do not think that be is much more suitably lodged inside than outside the walls of Mazas. However, the Reds thought differently, and on Saturday night an attack was made on the prison in which the popular Gustave and his friend Millidre—one of the chief witness at the trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte for the murder of Victor Noir— were incarcerated. The rescue was effected quietly enough and it was not in the actual process of forcing open the prison doors that any lives were lost. It was in fact effected by a kind of stratagem, though it would have been better had the resistance been a little stronger. The Governor of Mazes ssems to have been very easily duped, for he has not been accused of complicity with the rioters. By some means or another, he was induced to open the gates to parley with the enemy, and this being done he was easily convinced that resistance would be useless, as Flourens' friends were in large numbers. Had he refused to open the gates it would have been almost impossible for the assailants to force an entrance, for there was plenty of force in Paris to repel them, and the moral effect would have been much greater. As is usually the case, his weakness spared no lives, for though there was no actual fighting at the moment, the release of Flourens gave the mob a ringleader, and led to the subsequent bloodshed. Onoe released, the first act of Flourens was to proceed to the Mairie in triumph, followed by his friends. The Mairie of the arrondissement, in which Mazes is situated, includes the turbulent Belleville—word of terror to rulers—as well as St. Fargeau Pere la Chaise, and La Charonne. The " Mairie "is always the great object of attack to Parisian insurgents, as a preliminary, of course, to the more important seizure of the Hotel de Ville. The Mairie of the 20th Arrondissement wrs selected as headquarters, and as a first exercise of authority, two thousand rations of bread, ready for next morning's distribution at the Mairie, were taken possession of. Apparently the rioters did not find themselves strong enough to keep possession, or thought it better to reserve their energies for a more important point, for they very soon evacuated the Mairie, and agreed to reassemble next day at the Hotel-de-Ville. Some hours of quiet, therefore, ensued, during which the inaction of the Government is almost incredible. Surely, if ever there was an occasion in which rioters themselves gave warning of their inten tions, and then amiably afforded the authorities the oppor tunity of frustrating them, it was this ! However, it was net taken advantage of, though the wildest stories were flying through Paris during the morning as to what the mob had done or were inten ding to do. Nothing occurred until the afternoon, and there was no attempt at a demonstration, though a large crowd was assembled in front of the Hotel de Ville. They were mostly mere spectators, and though they discussed the events of the day with true French animation, they were not disposed to take part in any affray. By and bye came up the men from Belleville who had been allowed to send a deputation to the Hotel de Ville, where no extra precautions had been taken. The deputation requested that the municipal elections should be held forthwith, and that the civil power should take precedence of the military— a very reasonable request, if only " Messieurs lee Prussians," could be induced to grant it too I The delegates were received with courtesy, but their requests coukl not be granted, and they were bowed out. Here the mischief began. A second deputation, object un known, tried to force its way in, and the officer in charge resisted. Who fired first is not quite clear, both sides disputing the precedence, but at any rate shots were ex changed. A Breton Regiment of Mobiles had the charge of the Hotel de Ville, and seeing one of their offioers fall they fired in good earnest. The Belle ville heroes were anything but heroic, and if their conduct on Sunday is a fair specimen of their moral and physical courage, we had better keep our present rulers than accept the ".Commune," if we want to fight the rrussians: They fled helter skelter, many of them falling on their faces either out of sheer terror or to escape the balls. The people meanwhile who had been waiting pretty quietly outside the Hotel de Ville, listening to orators whose platform was a lamp-post, and otherwise beguiling the time, no sooner saw the stampede of the Belleville assailants than they shared the panic, and men, women, and children fled in admired disorder. It was no joking matter however, for there were several deaths, and a geod num ber of wounded. The official statement says five killed and eighteen wounded, and the exaggerated numbers at first stated were probably due to the Belleville heroes flinging themselves prostrate at the sound of the shots. The Government now interfered with a strong hand, as it might have done earlier with advantage. Order was quickly restored, for the interest of the people was not really engaged in the affair, and the presence of a strong force of!, soldiers 'as well [as of National Guards and Mobiles in the place de Motel de Ville was quite sufficient to dispel any idea of renewing the demonstra tion. There was artillery, too, as if the Prussians were to head the next deputation, and an imposing force of cavalry and infantry was sent to Belleville, with orders to sweep the streets at the first sign of disturbance. Up to a late hour companies of National Guards paraded the streets, but there was not the smallest inclination for renewed riot. These military measures of repression have been followed up by much needed civil measures of a decisive nature. The clubs have been closed, with their ceaseless clamour about the Commune, the two noisy organs of the demagogues—the Combat and the I?eveit - have been suppressed, a wiser plan than impri soning the editors, as was tried some time since ; and the number of courts martial have been doubled. These strong measures have been heartily welcomed by the pub lic, a proof that there is no desire to overthrow the Re public, or to proceed to wild excesses of any kind among the people of Paris generally, and that the powers that be have only to act with proper firmness and decision to secure support and respect. General Vinoy is understood to have said that he would not accept the military command of Paris unless strong measures were adopted to repress dis turbance. It is this resolve on his part which has produced these measures about the clubs and papers, and he has thus done good service at the outset, for what ever the military necessities of the hour with regard to capitulation, or the danger of famine, no possible good can be gained by riot and disorder within the walls. Paris must not forfeit the heroic character her citizens have so hardly won. General Vinoy is the best successor that could probably have been found for Trochu. His part in the ill -managed sorties has never been wanting, and he is said to have declared that with 150,000 men and generals of his own choosing he could get out of Paris. Without . attaching too much importance to such an assertion, easily made when out of office, we must remember that he is no untried com mander. He was in the Crimean war, and a constant companion of Lord Clyde. When the British commander passed through Paris on his way to India, in the year of the mutiny, he snatched a half hour to breakfast with his old companion in arms, though the English Ambassador expected him, and on his death the name of General Vinoy was mentioned in his will. Troche, though everywhere respected, and undoubtedly a man of great ability, lacked the firmness and vigour which alone can carry a man successfully through such a crisis. In the memorable sortie of the 19th there was terrible misma nagement. The artillery of the different divisions took the wrong routes, and blocked the way of the infantry. A delay of two, some say four, hours, in bringing one of the principal divisions up to the point of attack would ruin the best planned buttle, Vinoy, at least, has the prestige of success, having made no blunders in his A new Paris paper, the Defense Nationale, gives some de tails respecting the armed inhabitants of Paris :—" The total number of men who have been furnished with mili tary weapons is computed at 520,000, and they are divided into three armies. The first is commanded by General Cl4ment Thomas, the second by General Ducrot, and the third by General Vinoy. The army of General Thomas, which is the most numerous, comprises nearly 300,000 men, and is mainly composed of National Guards, mobilized and sedentary. By a gradual weeding out of unfit men this civic force has become an army which is fit to take the field. The new regiments are commanded by colonels of recent promotion. The sedentary guards serve on the ramparts of the enceinte, and they also occupy nurAerous posts withtn the city. The National Guard has but five ' batteries al artillery, and great efforts are being made to increase the strength of that arm. It has no longer any cavalry. The urban guards perform police duty. Their special uniform consists of blue trousers with red stripe, and a kepi with a red cockade. The remainder of the cos tume is at the discretion or the means of the wearers. The second army, under the command of General Ducrot, con ' sists of 150,000 regulars and Gardes Mobiles, with 88 bat teries of field artillery, mitrailleuses, and two regiments of cavalry. It is divided into three corps, of which two are under the orders of Generals Blanchard and Bellemare. This army is encamped around Paris, between the Forts and other defensive works. The third army, under the orders of General Vinoy, includes 70,000 men, and is composed of the depot battalionsof the Imperial Guard, now divested of their gold lace and incorporated with the line, the marine guards, former sergents-de-ville, gendarmes, and some provincial Mobiles. General Vinoy's army furnishes garrisons for the forts, and, when they aro needed, rifle nen for 90 bastions of the enceinte." of the besiegers. Admitting the fact that the Prussians, in defiance of the old customs of civilised nations, destroy and burn the towns instead of besieging the fortifications. What are we too under such circumstances? In the case of Peronne, did your commandant do well in surrendering with his garrison, and his means of defence intact, because the population of the place was reduced to distress. Humanity may answer in the affirmative, but the laws which regulate troops in a campaign will answer in the negative, most decidedly. The military duty of the Commandant of Peronne called Upon him to defend himself until a breach was made in the place, or until he had, at any rate, repulsed an assault. I believe that the claims of humanity do not authorise the commandant of a place in acting against the law, and only the Government of the country can by changing the law justify him in surrendering a place for the sake of the population. To be logical and reasonable, it would be necessary in future to withdraw the can nons and military stores from fortified places, for it is only making so many presents to the enemy if you offer them up a few days after the bombardment has begun." " P.S.—lt is evident that if the towns instead of giving up, were to sacrifice themselves, and the Prussians were compelled to carry on a regular siege in order to reduce the fortifications, they would draw such universal execra tion on themselves that they would be obliged to give up their present practice." it to fail, and no very good news comes of Bourbaki, poor Paris, aftei all her gallant struggles and patient, hopeful waiting, will be forced to surrender. •` Then we shall be fortunate indeed if we escape more terrible scenes, of which yesterday's was but the prelude." . _ . . . Speaking of Bourbaki, a correspondent of the Tele graph says :—" Bourbaki's prospects in the East are not so bright as they once were. I have it from excellent authority that the veteran is sick to death of all the Free shooters, Garibaldians, and adventurers of every sort with whom his movements are very much hampered, and who obey him or not, just as occasion may offer and inclination may lead. His army is large, but very unmanageable. It has fought well, but the old Colonel of Zouaves says he could do with a fourth fewer than he has if they were all well under controL Of his commissariat he complains bitterly; and in this respect the French army of the Republic is almost worse off than that of the Empire." Testimony to the coolness of the Parisians during the bombardment is abundant. On the Sunday when the dis turbances took place the Boulevards were crowded with well-dressed loungers enjoying their usual Sunday Promenade as composedly as if their) were no shells or short-commons tc disturb the ordinary routine of their life. The ca,f6s were filled with guests, discussing over absinthe or beer, busily, but with less vehemence than might have been expected from French politicians at such a crisis, the downfall of Trochu and the hopes entertained of the more energetic Vinoy. At the Thatre Francais a large audience was listening to one of Moliere's master pieces, too absorbed to notice the frequent and now fami liar explosions which filled up the pauses between the speeches of the actors. SHELLS IN AN AMBULANCE,-011e evening lately in Paris, the ambulance in the Odeon Theatre, founded by Mdlle Sarah Bernhardt, was struck by two shells. One of them pierced the roof, and brought down a shower of bricks and mortar on the beds. The whole building was still quivering with the shock, when a second shell struck the side of the theatre. Those patients who could walk, hastened to seek the cellars ; while the nurses calling for what help they could get, took the others in their arms, on their backs, any way they could carry them, till they got them into the friendly cel lars. All the night through, in their subterranean ambu lance, they heard the shot and shell falling above. FRENCH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.—Some of the French prisoners in Spandau have established an illus trated paper called the Prometheus. The programme says :—" Far from our beautiful France, this journal must refer to what interests us in a foreign country, and revive among us that love of satire and that gaiety which are the characteristics of our nation." The first number has been published, and contains articles of a humorous character written by the prisoners. Among the French at Konigsberg is M. Tremole, first tenor at the Bordeaux Opera, and many of his companions who fought with him in the battalion of Gironde riflemen, are among the richest citizens of Bordeaux. One of them, a merchant, is an excellent prestidigitateur. The prisoners of Konigsberg amuse themselves by acting plays and one of them is an admirable photographer. Twenty three thousand French prisoners are to be sent from Coblentz and Cologne to Eastern Prussia and Schleswig. It is believed that the men from Alsace and Lorraine will shortly be sent home on condition that they promise to take no part in the war. They have already been granted especial privileges. ALLEGED FRAUDS BY STEWARDS IN THE NAVY. At the adjourned sitting of the Court-martial, of which Vice-Admiral Wellesley, C. 8., is president, the following evidence was given :--Mr. J. S. King, of the Accountant- General's Department of the Navy, produced the Bos cawen's leave book, daily book, and victualling list for the Michaelmas quarter. Had examined the victualling list for September, and compared it with the leave book. Found the leave-book had been kept in a somewhat irregular manner. The leave given _to each man can only be ascertained with certainty in two cases. In the victual ling list seven or eight days have been omitted from the check column in several instances, and no leave is checked for less than four days, except in one case. The total amount of fresh beef supplied to the Boscawen for July, August, and September, according to the ship's certificates, was 50,1531 b., and according to the book kept by the contractors' foreman is 42,4111 b. The difference in weight is 7,7421 b., and that at 50s. per hundred pounds, amounts to £193 11s. Comparing the quantities of meat shewn onthe certificates given the contractor from the Boscawen with the quanti ties on the book kept by the foreman of the contractor at Portland, as the actual weight of meat supplied to the ship, the figures stand as follows :—October I.—Beef signed for 541 lb.; supplied, according to the contractors' agents boas, 275 lb.; difference, 266 lb. October 4.—Beef signed for, 945 lb.; supplied, &c., 689 lb.; dif ference, 256 lb. October 7.—Beef signed for, 1,530 lb.; supplied, &c., 1,095 lb.; difference, 435 lb. October 17. — Beef signed for, 8851 b.; supplied, &c., 6041 b.; difference, 2811 b. October 25.—Beef signed for, 4881 b.; supplied, &c., 3431 b.; difference. 1391 b. The " difference " represents the " surplus meat." The receipts shewn generally agree with the quantity signed for. On the sth of October, 4441 b. are noted as received and issued to the Racer, while that ship admits only 2441 b., which agrees with the contractors' foreman's book within 11b. On the 14th of October the quantity shewn las re ceived does not agree with the receipt given, nor with the contractors' foreman's book. The issues to the messes does not agree with the number of men in the messes ; at lib. per boy, the boys' messes are always much less. Philip Butt, of the Accountant- General of the Navy's, Department, examined by the Prosecutor. —Proved the supplies of fresh beef to the Bos cawen, as shewn on the certificates for September and October; the quantity for September being 13,4531 b„ and for October 12,8281 b. For the month of November the quantity of fresh beef shewn on the certificates was 14,2261 b., and the quantity paid for by the Admiralty was 12,1581 b. The inquiry was again adjourned. THE FROME APPEAL.—The hearing of the ap peal " Shepherd v. Bennett," which was to have taken place during the present sittings of the Judicial Cour mittee, has been unavoidably postponed at the request of the leading counsel in the case, who is unfortunately suffering from severe indisposition. ANOTHER COLLIERY INUNDATION.-- There has been an inundation of water into another colliery in the county of Durham. The colliery is Seaham No. 1 pit, near Sunderland. About 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon eight men and two boys were employed in the south-east part of the colliery, about two miles and a quarter from the shaft, with a descent from it of 22 fathoms. A man named Roseby struck through into some old workings, and water immediately gushed in. At first the volume of water was no greater than the thickness of a man's arm, but in a - short time a large portion of the coal gave way, and a heavy rush of water ensued. Roseby immediadely shouted out to his fellow workers to make their escape, which they did, with the exception of two, a man and a boy. The worker s at once proceeded to the haft, and thus saved their lives, but not without getting a drenching, for the water fol lowed them at a rapid pace for about a quarter of a mile. The names of the missing persons are William Telford Candlish, aged 45 , and Gorge Charlton, aged 16. gr. Dakers, resident viewer, Mr. Thompson, under-viewer , and Mr. Corbett were soon upon the spot, and, accom panied by a number of skilled men, at once proceeded to explore the place where the accident occurred, but from the quantity of water which had gathered it was feared that it would be some time bef ore an exploring partY would be able to work its way into the interior of the mine. On Thursday morning the rush of water into the mine had been quite stopped, and the authorities were pumping the pit out, but they had not reached the bodies of the man and lad, who, no doubt are drowned. [ADvErrroniENL]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment. -- Disordered Stomach.—VVliene , rer the stomach fails faith fully to perform its functions indigestion is produced, the issue of which is uncertain. Th e food, after p assing through the sluggish stomach, irritates the bowels and set ° up diarrham, which probably relieves the sufferer for time. To rectify the disordered diges tion and check Of first morbid symptoms, nothing prev iousl y prescribec! equals Holloway's digestive pills , whic h in severe case° should be assisted by his ointment, rubbed over th e stomach and right side perseveringly for ten minutes twi _ l3 , a day. The united action of these rem edies over stomach' liver, and bowels is immediately benefi cial and lasting , they restore order and ease, and simultaneously reraolt° ) the cause and consequence of the BIRTHS. On the 25th inst., at 10, Bryanston-square' th e wife of S Charles B. F. Stirling , Bart. , of Glorat, of a dau.hter. f On the 25th inst., Mrs. John Glynes, of Upton, Essay ° a son. • _ MARRIAGES. On the 24th inst., at St. Geor g e's, Hanover-square, Cble. me Melissa R . George. C., Turner Roo second da u ghter of the late Cap late Ca ,.„,g'tain 80th lieSl to John Powney, RN., K.H. On the 25th inst., at St. Cuthbert's, Wells, Somers v i nv i t W. Farrant, of South Peng e Park, Anerley,,to 8017 Maria, younger daughter o f the late James Garr° Esq., of Wells, Somerset. DEATHS. On the 25th inst., at The Avenue, Sidenham-par k ! r til Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, K.C.., Bengal Aler. 7 aged 69. t\T On the 25th inst., at 20, Old Burlington-street, .) Robert Rutland, aged 63. C N' London : Printed by GIDEON ACLA.ND ;t No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by bniie THE Surr Office, No. 112, Strand , in the Precinct of Savoy, in the County of Nliddleseli. Saturday, JanuarY 28, I$7X. NOTES FROM LYONS. LYONS, January 23. The news concerning the Prussian attack on Dijon has caused the greatest surprise here, and people are asking how it was that the authorities of the Cote d'or were n informed of the movement, or how it was we were left in such complete ignorance of it. A despatch from Bordogne has shewn how the Pomer anians were driven from their positions, ,with considerable loss. The decided attempt of the Prussians to keep in the rear of Bourbaki's army spews the anxiety they feel with respect to the movements of the General; but even if Bourbaki should fail before Bel fort, a corps of twenty-five or thirty thousand men cannot stop the retreat of an army like his. The most vexatious thing at present is the entry of the Prussians into Dole, which place is the junction of the railways between Burgundy and La Francho-Comtcl. It is greatly to be regretted that such an important point should not have been protected. We have as yet received no official news of the result of.. the second day's fight before Dnon, but one Important division of Manteuffel's army has taken Bourbaki in flank and rear, It is unfortunate that the Garibaldians should have been separated from the Army of the East. We are obliged to depend for our information upon the news from the Swiss frontier, and this does not confirm the report that Bour bald has made a forward movement. • Some excitement has been produced by the affair between Garibaldi and Frappoli; the former has replied to the communication he received in a friendly spirit, and written to Frappoli to say that they had better leave the past alone, and turn their attention to the future. He bids Frappoli organise all the Italians he can, and send them to him, far he will be glad of their assist ance. Fortified positions are to be made in the Rhone valley, and the Government of the National Defence has conferred with the Defence Committee on the subject. Colonel Denfert, who so gallantly defends Belfort, is of a family which has always professed Republican principles. He has served with the engineers, and contributed to the democratic journal the Independent de JJidi while he was staying at Montpellier. According to a ru mour from Colmar the Prussian authorities are about to take the number of all men in Alsace who are between 17 and 40 years of age, and only those who have landed property will he allowed to go about on parole. Tile municipal council of Grenoble have just decided that the names of all the citizens who die on the field of battle during the war shall be inscribed on marble tah.ets in the Council Hall. NOTES FROIT LILLF, LILLB, January 24 The Germans found it impossible to reduce Cambial. without resorting to regular works, which would have wasted time and given Faidherbe the opportunity to come np and assail the besiegers. Such a contretemps would have put the German forces in a critical position on account of its limited numbers. It has difided itself, the cavalry overrunning the country between Cambrai and Vitry, and about six thousand men passing to Roeulx with the intention of getting requisitions and watching ' for the French Corps who are near Douai. Beyond Cam brai it is difficult to say what is going on, but it is believed that the enemy had attacked Landrecies and afterwards abandoned the attempt, as they did the bombardment of Cambrai. So far as can be seen there is no reason to complain of the Prussian soldiers in this neighbourhood. There have been heavy demands made for requisitions, but no vexatious conduct has taken place. Recent statements shew that the battle of St. Quentin was not very lucky for the con querors ; the number of wounded who have been brought here is considerable, and among them are many who seem to belong to the last ranks of the Landwehr. The Prussian officers are delighted with the military talents of I General Faidherbe. A. RETREAT " IN EXCELLENT ORDER." Even during the engagement of the 11th numbers of Chanzy's more recent levies fled in complete disorder at the first sight of the enemy, throwing away alike their arms and their accoutrements that these might not impede the rapidity of their fight into Le Mans; where, how ever, in accordance with Gambetta's recent instruc tions, gendarmes had been stationed at all the entrances into the town to arrest the runaways. That this is not a superfluous precaution is evident from the fact that at one post alone no less than 1,800 of these fugitives were secured in the course of the afternoon. A French officer informed me that he chased his •men with his riding whip and by sound lashings endeavoured to make them face the enemy, thinking , his sword too noble a weapon for the flat side of it to be employed in belabouring the backs of such arrant cowards. He was satisfied, he said, that thousands of mobiles of the Army of the Loire had gone through the entire campaign without having ex changed a single shot with the enemy. If Wednesday was bad enough, Thursday was infinitely worse, for during the morning of this day a complete host of disbanded soldiers in full flight before the enemy crowded the streets of Le Mans, having entered the town, after sweeping the gendarmes aside in a torrent, by the Avenue de Paris, which was strewn with knapsacks and rifles every step of the way. Officers of mobiles were only less numerous than privates. One of the former, having stumbled over a stone, was brought plump down on his knees, which sent his gold-laced kdpi flying some distance before him. On rising from the ground he hastily brushed every speck of dirt from his , uniform with the cuff of his coat, and then gave his attention to his kepi, the gold bands of which he carefully dusted ere he resumed his pricipitate flight. No less than four waggon-loads of muskets thrown away by these terrified fugitives were collected in the environs of Le Mans and brought safely into Laval, to say nothing of the thousands of castaway arms that were abandoned to the enemy.—. Pall Mail Gazette. GEN. FAIDHERBE ON THE SURRENDER OF PERONNE. General Faidherbe has written to the sub-prefect of ' Peronne :—" The letter you sent me on thelBth of January was to take the part of the Commandant of Peronne, whom I condemn. It also refers to a ques tion of general interest which affects Cambrai now as it did Peronne the other day, and may shortly be applicable to other strong places in the North, which will be bombarded and called upon to surrender. I publish my letter in order that the public may be aware of the truth of the matter. In old times the siege of fortified places was carried on while the town was spared . This was according to an International Convention and the rights of the people. The Prussians in this, as in many other things, have broken faith with past regulations, They no longer besiege fortifications, but they bombard towns. For my part I accuse them of neglecting the usages that civilised nations have practised in their wars, and of having given up a tacit convention, It is their good faith which I impugn ; for if one accuses them of inhumanity, they declare that they have acted in the cause of humanity, Look at Peronne. Its capture has cost them some hundreds of lives, and us a dozen or so in killed and wounded, while a regular siege would have entailed the hiss of fifteen thousand men to. the besieged; and from three to four thousand on the part