The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-13 00:00:00

MONJTARY R.E,PORTS.-SATURD AY. A slightly improved feeling has been noticeable in the Stock Exchange to-day. Business has been conducted on a more liberl scale, and although no important change has taken place in values, the alterations have been mostly favourable. In the railway market an improve ment has been apparent in Brighton, South- Eastern, Great Northern A, Midland, and Great Western, but Great Eastern and North-Eastern have been lower. The foreign bond market has been firmer in sympathy, and a fractional advance has ensued in the principal speculative stocks. Home Government securities have been steady. Consols have risen 1, being quoted at 92, 921, for delivery and the account ; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921, 92/ :, Bank Stock, 243, 245 ; Excheqner Bills, 7s. to 12s, prem.; India Five per Cents., 110, 1101; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem. Rather more animation has been apparent in the de mand for English railway stocks, and a fractional en hancement has been occasionally observable. Brighton, Midland, and Great Western have risen 1, and South Eastern and Great Northern A, 1 ; but a decline of / has taken place in Great Eastern and North Eastern. After official hours Metropolitan was quoted at 651, 66 ; Caledonian, 872, 88/ ; Brighton, 43/, 431; South Eastern, 781, 782 ; Great Northern, 1241, 1251; ditto A, 1331, 134 ; Great Eastern 382, 39 ; North Eastern, 1462, 147/ ; Midland, 1271, 1272 ; North Western, 129 g, 129 h ; and Great Western 731, 732. Very few transactions have taken place in Indian Railway Stocks. Eastern Bengal have marked 103 ft ; East Indian, 109/, 2 ; Great Southern of India, 1032 ; Madras, 1031, I. Canadian shares have been firmer. Great Western, 151. There has not been much inquiry for foreign. Bahia and San Francisco, 181, 19 ; Central Argentine, 201; San Paulo, 212 ; and Lombards, 142. 274 Ebbw Vale S teel L).. 10 %die 5 OceanMarinelnsur 13414Pm 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7 p a 50 P and 0 Steam 44 46 Mortgage Loan ... . 77 79 10 Do do New. 1867 312)d. 771 50 Rhymuey Iron 100 1 1 1 gyp 9 p &Troy 'wan. 15 Do New 9 01 guar by Egyp Gov_ 96 98 60 Royal Mail Steam 1g Fore.stWarehouse IL) 71 81pm 60 100 Fgn anti Colonial Gov 12 Tel Con and Main Ll 264 2 7 Tnist 6 p c Bonds.. 98 100 2 Thames nd Mersey 1 Marine I nsur IL 00 71 GenCredtkDisct(L).. 1 fpm Tobacco 6 p c Loan. 7 13-16 lc d guar by Italian Gov 88 90 14 Gen Stm Navigation 28 29 90 7 Hooper's Tel Works 1 }die 5 Trust and Loan Co of 17 Hudson's Bay B4 84 , Upper Ca nada . .. i 1 010 . 45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 5 CT Marine. Lvpool(1, 51 6pm Tel Works L) .... 52 53 20 Union Steamship (L) 23 25 524 8 6 United Dia Corpru (1. Ulla par • 5 InterulFinan Soc(L) 21 lidis 5 UnivMarinelnsur (LI 61 61pin 21 x d 12 Warratt Finance.... 8 7 dm The tone of the market for foreign bonds has been healthy, and a general but not important improvement has taken place in prices. Egyptian (1868) have risen 1; ditto Nine per Cents, / ; Italian (1861), * ; Spanish, /; Turkish Five per Cents, *; ditto (1869), 1; Mexican, *; United States Five-Twenty (1882) Bonds, *. After official hours Brazilian (1865) were quoted at 032, 93k; Peruvian (1865), 90, 901; Egyptian (1868) 731, 74*; ditto 9 per cents., 97, 971; Italian (1861), 541, 542 ; Spanish, 301 302; Turkish Six per Cents , (1865), 59, 60; ditto, Five per Cents. 41/, 411; ditto (1869), 511, 521; Mexican, 132, 14 ; United States Five-Twenty 1882 Bonds, 901, 91*; ditto (1885), 90/, 902 ; French, 87k, 871; German, 21,., 22 pm.; ditto, New, 1, 1* pm. Transactions in Banx snares nave been only to a moderate extent. Agra A have marked 82, Imperial Ottoman 11, , London and County 50/, Joint-Stock 371, 8, London and Westminster 621, 2, and Union of London 39/, 2. In the telegraph market Anglo-Mediterranean have risen 1, British Indian Extension, / ; and Falmouths, 1; Uooper's have been 1 higher, but Silvers' Indiarubber have fallen 1. For Miscellaneous secur ities the inquiry has been limited. Cr6dit Foncier of England, 3/ ; General Credit and Discount, n, 8 ; Royal Mail Steam shares have advanced 7, being quoted at 59, 61, The discount market has continued firmer. There has been a good demand for accommodation and three months' paper has been taken at 21 per cent. The Delta from Alexandria has brought £132,000 in specie, and the Russia from New York £178,900. The sum of 25,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank. The directors of the Socidt6 du Cable Transatlantique Francais have declared an interim dividend of 2 per cent., or Bs. per share, payable on and after the lst of March, for the quarter ended the 31st of December. Owing to tte non-receipt of accounts from the French Government during the war, the usual general meeting to approve the balance-shoot, and declare a final dividend for 1870, is postponed for the present. The board of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company have resolved to recommend at the annual meeting on the 17th of March, a dividend of 3 per cent making, with the three interim dividends already paid, 9 per cent. for the twelve months to the 31st of January. The directors of Frederick Braby and Co. (Limited) have declared for the half-year, ended the 31st December, the usual interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE.- SAT IJAD AT. • LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 92 921 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 112 113 928, 2 1121 Do for Account 92 Brazilian, 1865. 5p a .... 93 8 94 4 Three per Cent Reduced 928 928 93/, 48 921, 8 Egyptian 1862 . 7 pa .. .. 83 85 New 3 per Cent 928, f Do Rail Deben 7p a .. 99 100 Exchequer Bills, March 7 12pm 998, 100 12s pm Italian, 1865. 6 p 0 Do, June 7 12pm Peruvian. 1865, 5p a .... 891 90] 12s pm 9 0 8, 8, 1 Bank Stock , — Portuguese 1869 3pa.. 32 33 245, 6 32/ India 5 per Cents 1101 86 India Bonds — Do Nicolas 4p 0 22s pm 638 Can 6 pa lo4B Jau&JuglB77-34 104 105 Spanish 301, 1, 1 Do March &Sept. 1 04 106 Turkish. 1854, 6p a 79 81 Do 5p 0 Jan & July .. 9 8 93 798 988 Do. 1865. 5p o Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 41}, 1, 8 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 99 100 Do, 1865 6 0 Ceylon 6 p 0 May and 59/. 9 November 1878 lO7 109 17.6.5-20 Bonds. 6 p a 1882 91 97 M a uritius C p 0 Jan and 911, 1 July 1873 lO3 105 Do do New SWales 5 p clB7 l - 76 lOO 101 9 4 I New Zealand 6p a 1891 lOB 110 Do 10-40 Birds, spc 1908 871 871 •Dos p c Do 5p a Consolidated 99 100 Illinois Central Shares .. 109 110 99, i 109 8. 9. i Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 109 111 Atlantic and (4 Wlt Con Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds — Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 114 1886 9O sol 1E SUN LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1871. DR. LIVINGSTONE AND SIR SAMUEL BAKER Mr. Churchill, the Political Agent at Zanzibar, writes, under date the 18th November last, that news was re ceived about a month previous of the arrival at Unyanyembe of the men and suppli es sent up to Dr. Livingstone in October 1869 by Dr. Kirk, the Acting Political Agent. Seven of the men had died of cholera, and the remainder having consumed the provisions forwarded for, them, had, with the advice of the Governor of Unyanyembe, drawn upon the supplies of which they were the bearers for their subsistence. This at first sight may appear preposterous, but, on consideration, Mr. Churchill states, it may be expl ained by the fact that without supplies from some source or other, the progress of the caravan would have been stopped, and in the absence of an authority to that effect from the Sultan, the Governor of Unyanyembe refused to grant the neces sary subsistence money. The latest account from the interior states that Dr. Livingstone, after visiting a place called Manme, had returned to Ujiji. Vague rumours had also reached Zanzibar of Sir S. Baker's expedition. A party of Khartoom ivory traders, it appears, under the command of one Ibrahim bin Mussa, had reached Sunna's capital in Karagency, and had reported the arrival of 12,000 men, the remnant, it was said, .of an 'expedition of 30,000 sent into the country by the Pasha of Egypt. The story goes on to say that the Egyptians succeeded in fighting their way through Nubia, where they lost the greater part of their army, but that their enormous losses had not stopped. It is very possible, the Political Agent thinks, that what with fever, desertion, and opposition from the natives, Sir S. Baker's expedition may have been reduced to 1,200 men taking it for granted that he started with 3,000 men.— Bombay Gazette. NEWS FROM INDIA. We have received the Bombay Mail, bringing advices to the 21st ult. The following heads of intelligence are taken from the Bombay Gazette:— News that has reached Bombay, via Zanzibar, states that two Europeans, believed to be survivors of the crew of the St. Abbs, are really held in semi-slavery in the Galla country, on the east coast of Africa. Their locality is placed farther to the southward than any former report has placed it. Major-General Nuttall, who commanded the expedition against the Lushais, and who is well acquainted with eastern frontier affairs, has been appointed political agent at Munnipore. The Madras Governnzent has addressed a letter to the Government of India, on its scheme of financial decen tralisation. It is respectfully submitted that the claims of Madras have not been fairly considered in the allotment of Imperial revenue to the various presidencies and administrations. THE WAR. JULES FAVRE AND BISMARCK. Major-General I. Barrow has been gazetted Chief Com missioner of Oudh. The Paris correspondent of the Intikpendance Beige gives the following details of the interview between Jules Favre and Bismarck. When Jules Favre arrived at Versailles, Bismarck said to him, " You come rather late, but in time to relieve me from various importunities. In the first place the solicitations of the clique of the Empress Regent, then other proposals which arrive from Bordeaux, one from M. de Talhouet, others from MM. Daru and Changarnier, behind whom, no doubt, is M. Thiers. Who is this M. de Talhouet ?" M. Favre was surprised that Bismarck did not know the reporter of that Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, which, on the strength of documents it refused to publish, declared the despatch of the Prussian Government was offensive to France, and that war was consequently necessary. " Now," said the wily Chancel lor, who affected not to know the name of de Talhouet, " here is this despatch, and you may see whether it could possibly be more conciliatory, and whether it necessitated war. I prefer to treat with you direct," he continued, " though you have not spared me in the documents you have published ; but I can understand you were little pleased with me after our interview at Ferribres. At that moment, I do not conceal it from you, it was the intention of King William to treat with no one but the Emperor Napoleon, confirmed by an im portant pldbiscite. We wished, after having signed a treaty of peace with him, to restore him and his imprisoned army, and leave him to support his rights in any way he liked in France. But we have since been enlightened as to public opinion. The energy of the resistance has proved to us that the nation survived the regime, and we learnt that the immense majority of the prisoners were more disposed to shoot the ex-Emperor than to support him. Therefore, we decided on addressing ourselves to you." A LETTER FROM LOUIS BLANC. M. Louis Blanc has addressed a letter to the Rappel the famous Red Republican organ, which has . made Several changes are contemplated in the Military Finance Department. It is said that Major Chitty, from Bombay, will relieve Major Bruce at Madras. On the 9th January the so-called Wahabee, Ameer Khan was released, by order, from Alipore Gaol. Mock congra tulations are said to have been addressed to him, and he was conducted to the door of the gaol under the belief that he was at length a free man. There, however, he was at once re-arrested and conveyed to Patna, to be tried on a charge of waging war against the Queen. It is said a statement of the treatment the old man had experienced has been forwarded to Mr. Gladstone and the Duke of Argyll. THE "TIMES" AND PONDICHERRY. ---- From Wednesday to Saturday the Times believed that ;he Prussians demanded Pondicherry. During that period A asserted frequently and emphatically that the cession of Pondicherry was to us a matter of perfect indifference, though it would be deeply wounding to the French pride. On Saturday it learnt that the Prussians did not demand Pondicherry ; and on Monday it straightway proclaimed that it made no appreciable difference to the French whether Pondicherry was demanded or not, but that to us " the difference was immense." The case was pre cisely inverted. We, it now appeared, had been " sur prised " at the news, and our surprise was rapidly passing through "jealousy" into " resentment." It must be admitted that the development of feeling was slow enough on the part of the Times. Two days after the demand had been published, and had excited comment all over Eng land, it was' still proving that we cared not two straws for such a wretched trifle ; and the resentment only appeared after the demand turned out to be fictitious. Now what is the explanation of this surprising change of front ? Why did the mere trifle of Friday become a question of immense importance on Monday? That is a question to be fully answered only by those who are in the secrets of the Times ; but there is an explanation which is as obvious as it is degrading, and which, however little truth it may contain, will certainly commend itself to foreigners. They will say, only too plausibly, This is just another specimen of British bluster ; when you think that we are really about to insult you, you turn the second cheek in the most affable manner ; all you say is, " Pray take Saigon as well as Pondicherry ; it won't annoy our feelings in the least." When you find that the . supposed intention did did not exist, you pluck up your courage ; then you say, "We appeared to be mild, but ,we were really growing terribly angry ; if the demand had really been made, the British lion would have been aroused, and our surprise would have become resentment." In short, it will be assumed that we behaved liked curs ; that we crouched when we fancied that the whip was lifted, and chewed our teeth in the most valiant manner as soon as it was lowered. If the Times is really the mouthpiece of English public opinion, can anything be more contemptible than the course of public opinion in England? When anybody really wants to give us a kick, we are to persuade our selves that it is such a very small kick that we had better submit ; and when we find out that he doesn't want to kick us, we are to say that we really at the bottom of our hearts cherish a decided dislike, to kicking.—Saturday Review. .3r — "The Assembly, THE NEW LAW COURTS.—We understand tha, the contract for laying the foundations of the New Law Courts was signed last week with the Messrs. Dove, who tendered the lowest estimate. Labourers, we are rejoiced to observe, are already at work. —The Solicitor's Journal. A. NOVEL WOMAN'S BIGHTS QUESTION. —In Craw ford County, lowa, Mrs. Hunter, has brought an action against Miss Sarah Moran for seducing her husband. Mrs. Hunter claims 3,000 dollars damages, and as the case is pretty clear, and as Sarah has considerable property, it is thought that the lady plaintiff will recover. THE SALMON FISHING IN THE TYNE. The fishing commenced on Thursday, and the first fish caught above Tyne Bridge was a noble salmon of 261 b. weight, and the least was 15jlb. There is every promise of a suc cessful season, and an abundance of fish in the Tyne. There never have been more salmon on the spawning grounds than this season, though last year an enormous number of fish were caught in the estuary of the Tyne and on the line of coast within the jurisdiction of the Tyne SSlmon Conservancy Commissioners. It is anticipated that fully 500 fishermen will be engaged on the coast of Northumberland and in the estuary of the Tyne in salmon fishing this season.. PIRATING OF THE POET-LAUREATE ' S WORKS. — In the course of last summer a note of suspension and interdict was lodged by Mr. Tennyson ,and his publishers, praying that certain Glasgow booksellers should be re strained from selling copies of his works printed in foreign countries. Judgment was allowed to go by default, and the pursuers subsequently raised an action of damages against Mr. Robert Forrester, bookseller, Stockwell street, Glasgow, for violation of the Copyright Act, in importing and selling, or exposing for sale, copies of an American edition of Mr. Tennyson's poems. Damages were laid at £5OO. This action has just been settled on the footing of the defender's paying 2100 of damages, and the expenses between agent and client.. The case was be fore Lord Gifford on Thursday, when the authority of the Court was interponed to this arrangement.—Scotsman. DEATH OF FATHER HERMANN.—The Rev. Father Hermann, whose death we briefly announced last week, was, before he became a Catholic and a Carmelite, a cele brated musician. In fastidious Paris he was held in the highest repute, and his conversion from Judaism in the height of his popularity and fame, and his entrance into the austere Order of the Carmelites, caused at the time no small sensation in Paris. Father Hermann, a powerful preacher, and a man of indomitable energy, died as he lived, labouring for the welfare of his fellow men. In volunteering his services to the Prussian Government as chaplain to the French prisoners in the fortress of Spandau his last sacrifice was made. 'A week or two ago we published a letter from Father Hermann, in which he described how terrible were the ravages of disease among the French prisoners, and now his own life is sacrificed in the service of the poor prisoners at SDandau.— Westminster Gazette. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL" AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks:—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations •of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfaSt tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS R. CO., Homoeo pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Gaea6ine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter 9l 9 3 Do 2nd do Bonds .... 85 87 Caledonian 4 Do Ist F ret 80nd5.... 58 59 88, Great Eastern 3Bl 391 Do 2 nd Prof Bo nds .. in 421 391, 1 Do 3rd Prat Stock . .. 31 33 Great Northern Do A 133 134 4 th Pre Stock Great Western 731 73} Great Westerne gsn c 105 106 731 1 Greatof Canada 151 151 Lancashire & Yorkshire 13411351 151 135, 1 Do 6p c Bonds, 1 8 7 3 .. 9911001 Lou, Brigb. and S Coast 43 431 991 431 x 0 Do 51 do. 1877-8 95 97 Lon, Chat, and Dovor .. 141 141 Do 5p a pref. issued 80 1 1 1ima 141, 1 531 Lon and North-Western 1291130 Madras guar spa 1291, 30 1031, 1 Lou and South-Western 931 941 N. Railway of Canada, 94f, 4 6p a Ist Pref Bonds Man, Shef, and Lincoln 46 46/ Once and Itohilkund g 461, 5 c Metropolitan 651 Delhi guar 5 p c Midland 1271127/ Bahia and San Francisco 1271, 1. 1,1 g 7 pc North British 331 Belgian 14 Junction .. 21 21 N or th-EasteniOonsols 147 1471 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn:: 25 261 1471. 1. 7 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18119} South-Eastern 7Bl 79 Dutch-Rhenish 22123.1 781 Eastern of France lB 20 Atlantic and St Lawrnce 77 70 Great Luxembourg Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg Czernowitzgua Central India, gSP 0— 10 3 1 04 7po Buff and Lake Huron .. 41 41 16 Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 80 82 Northern of France Cape guar 6p a . . .... . 68 71 Ottom(Smyrna to ?Odin) 5 51 East Bengal guar 5p a.. 103 104 Recife and San Francisco 1031 (Limited) guar 7p a East Indian, g 5 9 0 .... 109 110 San Paulo (L) guar 7p a 211 21 1091, 1. i 211 Grand Trunk Caliada .. 121 121 South Aml4l u% & Lom-Ven 141 141 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 charge 6I) 0. . ...... 92 94 Southern of France BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 8 10 Agra Bank (14 A., 81 9 20 London and County 50 51 1 501 x d 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 221 23 20 Lon and W i estumster 62 63 50 British N American 511 521 821. 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 131 141 10 Metropolitan ....... , 8 85 25 Char Marc of India 23 25 20 Midland. IL) .. . ... AIR ipm 10 C o y 30 on 4 Consolidated (L .. 20 Eng. Scot. and Ans . 0 161 171 25 Union of Australia.. 39 40 2d Imperial IL) 10 'lmperial ( ,ttomau 111, a. i 38 2, 5 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 231 241 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Fa 100 Anglo-American L) 75 76 10 Great Northern .... 117 11) 76, 5, 61 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-M editrn IL) l2l 123 Japan Extensi (L) on.. 8 8 122 5 Indo-Europeau .. 11 13 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 13 p c 10 British Australn (LI .. 37 31dis 6, 7 41 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 41 51 10 British Ind Ellen ( L). 7 1 n 2 1 Puma and S. PcfclL 4 3 dis 77, 9-16 dia 10 British I n dian Sub- 8 Reuters marine. (L 1 7 3-16, i 131 ' 10 China Submarine (L) 5 41dhs 100 Submarine 237 241 41.4 Do Scrip 2l 2 1 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, ' 10 W India &Pa , u a wit (la 66i and Malta (L) 9 9-16, 11-16, 1, 7 IIi i scELLANEOUS SECURITIES I'd Pd Anglo-Austrian Bnd- 20 it Tule Can Cavour holders' Certificate 1 3 100 tin 6p c Bonds. re- - 10 BerlinVaterworks(Ll 16 161 deemat:e 1870 . 62 64 30 Bolcleow-Vaughan L) 32 37pin 30 London Fin AssoolL)18117 dis 100 Boston City (U.S. 111 p c Sterling Loan.. 93 95 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 re 4 Brit & Fgu Marine Ll4l 41pm 2 13-16, 11-16 25 Canada Company. •.73 75 2 Lou & Frov Marine LI 1 Ipin 1 0 C e yl o o, company L) 37 ndis 100 Madnuarrig. &Canal 35 City Offices (L) 20 Colonial (Li ........ 3 1 ills 2 Mauritius Laud (L) 1 dig par 5 Co t Union Assurnce 41 41pm 5 Natul DiactCorop L) 111 12 10 Crdt "gone of Eng iLI 3 31 2 3 / 4 N Zealand Loan and 3i, 346, 1-16, 1 Merc Agency iLI .. 17 pm 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Pere Deb.. 110 115 61 N Britshand Mere (L) 281 287 a 32 MARKETS. LONDON HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY.-Market hides-661b. to 641 b., 3/d. to W.; 641 b. to 721 b., to 31d.; 721 b, to 801 b., 3/d. to 4d. ; 801 b. to 8811)., 4d. to 4/d. • 881 b. to 961 b., 4/d. to 41d.; 961 b. to 10411)., nil; 1041 b. to 11211)., nil. Horse hides, 10s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. Calf skin-light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6d. Sheepskins-polled, Bs. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; half-breds, 7s. to Bs. 3d. ; Downs, ss. to 6s. 6d. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY —Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the state of the Hay Market :—There have been moderate supplies of hay and clover on offer. Sales in all descriptions have progressed steadily at fully previous currencies. Prime meadow hay, 1305. to 1405.; inferior ditto, 1105. to 1205.; prime fresh-cut clover, 1355. to 1475. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 1265. to 1355.; and straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY. — There has been a rather better attendance of buyers in the Cloth Halls this morn ing than on this day week. The tone of the market was cheer ful, though no large amount of business was done. The country manufacturers report a slight increase in the demand for spring goods by some of the shipping houses, but most of them are making to stock in the expecta tion that there will be more demand as soon as spring weather sets in, and when the navigation in the northern ports of Europe is completely free from ice. The goods sold this morning were coatings, thin Meltons. black unions, and Victories, in light colours. In plain ordinary cloths, in cluding hairlists, the sales were small. Wools, woollen yarns, and cloths are alike steady in price. The flax trade is rather improving, there being a fair demand for yarns, and prices are firm, the late increase in the cost of the raw material giving an upward tendency to the quotations for yarns and threads. The iron trade, both as respects the raw material, and the machinery, tool, and locomotive departments, is active, and more hands are employed than at the corresponding period of last year. DONCASTER CATTLE MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there was a good show of young stock, but the continued severe weather prevents business. There was a poor show of sheep and pigs, with a slow trade. DONCASTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there was a short supply, and 6d. per load advance in the price of wheat. Barley and oats had a moderate supply, with an upward tendency in prices. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Wheat was slow and rather lower at this market to-day. Flour was unaltered. Barley brings extreme rates. Oats were 6d. per quarter dearer. Pease and beans were steady. Arrivals for the week amount to 2,933 quarters of wheat, 26 quarters of oats, and 24 barrels of flour. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY. —At this market to-day English wheat was in good supply, and sold at the rates of last Saturday, Foreign in fair demand, and without change. Oats and maize 6d. lower. Barley unaltered. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Trade has been rather quiet this week at the market, and prices have scarcely equalled the quotations of last week. English wheat has been in good supply, and barley of an inferior quality commands full prices. There is scarcely any change to note, and it is anticipated that only an average trade will''be done at the exchange to-day. NORWICH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply of wheat on offer at this market to-day was tolerably good. The attendance was also fair. Wheat presented little animation, but former rates were about supported. The same may be said of barley. - - • ---- - NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there was only a small delivery from farmers, and business was brisk, at former rates, while good samples brought is more. Factors' wheat was also in demand, at a slight advance ; flour also tending upwards. Other articles at late rates. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day there were small supplies of wheat, barley, and oats. Prices per quarter were as follows :—Wheat, 475. 6d., 525. 3d., and 555.; barley, 345., 355. 9d., and 385.; oats, 225. 6d., 265., and 28s. Sales were slow. CORK CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—White wheat, 10s. 9d. to 13s. 2d. ; red wheat, 11s. 10d. ; barley, Bs. 6d. ; black oats, Bs. to Bs. 4d. ; tawney oats, Bs. 3d. to Bs. 4d. ; white oats, 9s. to 9s. 2d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. Opening Report. —This market opened very quietly to-day, and without animation. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Closing report,—Sales 10,000 bales, including 1,000 bales on speculation and export. There has been a slight improvemont in the demand, and prices are rather steadier. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, SATURDAY.—This market closes steady to-day. A fair business was doing at about 6d. reduction for the week. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY. —Ordinary firsts, 1485., seconds 1485., thirds 1305., fourths 1145., fifths 985., sixths 70s. 200 firkins in the market. Mild cured—No change. Five firkins in the market. MILITARY GOSSIP. The intentions of the Government with respect to the Army are of course kept as close as possible, but notwith standing all the precautions observed, rumours uniformly get into circulation previous to the formal disclosure, and as uniformly these rumours are found to have had con siderable foundation in fact. The air of Pall-mall and Whitehall is now heavily laden with premonity military rumours, and the first of these we shall notice is that Her Majesty's Ministers have determined on a grand muster of the defensive forces of the country, in the course of the summer, at some central trysting-ground —say Cannock Chase. It is now some years since we ourselves suggested such a muster as a means of testing the real numbers of Volun teer army, and as presenting a " great fact" to the notice of our Continental neighbours. The present inten tion is, we have heard, to muster Army, Militia, Yeo manry, and Volunteers altogether ; and we have no doubt that if this be done, and done with a will, such a demonstration will be made as will induce a certain eminent foreign statesman to hesitate before he again describes the English flag as "an old rag which he tear to pieces whenever he likes." Such a muster to be effectual, should number at least half a million of armed men, and railway companies and all other controllers of means of railroad transit, should be called on to give their patriotic aid in bringing the troops to the ground. The coming Army Estimates are of course being heralded into publicity by a regular batch of rumours. The money increase is fixed d'avance at three millions to be spent on stores and artillery, rather than on numerical increase in the rank and file. Our single torpedo is no longer to enjoy its unenviable distinction, and it has also been suddenly discovered that our Artillery cannot get on without about 1,000 ad ditional ammunition waggons. The Purchase System is to go either as a whole, or, what we yery much fear, on! in part, and a separate estimate of between seven and eigh, millions will be required to carry out the change. Following the destruction of purchase, must come the abolition of Army agency, and this will save about £42,000 a year. --United Service Gazette. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The United Service Gazette says :—The Royal warrant just promulgated provides that " a man discharged from the Royal Navy and enlistld. in the Regular Army shall reckon towards pension his previous service in the Navy,pro vided twelve months did not elapse between the dates of his discharge from one service and of entry in the other." Such service will also reckon towards good-conduct pay, provided the man was in receipt of that pay when he left the Navy. The same rule has long applied to the Royal Marines. — The Major-General commanding at Woolwich has issued the following order :—" In consequence of the prevalence of small-pox and scarlet fever, the Major-General com manding desires that until further orders no passes or furloughs be granted to non-commissioned officers and men to visit London. Those proceeding on furlough to the country are to be ordered through London by under ground railway ; they are to be instructedi to leave the metropolis without delay. We understand that the Veterinary Staff of the Army is to be supple mented by the appointment of one Staff Veterinary Surgean, whose duties will be those of Veterinary Purveyor. He will have the charge of all stores and drugs appertaining to the service, and will be custodian of the Veterinary Museum at Woolwich.—An officer of Royal Engineers is to be added to the staff of the Topo graphical Department of the Army, with the pay of a Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General at head-quarters. The good-service pension of 2100 per annum, vacated by the death of Dr. John Wilson (1824), has been awarded to Dr. James Wingate Johnston, Retired Inspector-General of Hospitals, 1868. The Army and Navy Gazette says :—We understand that the Captain Committee will adjourn on Monday for a fortnight. Rumour states that the late Controller of the Navy was summoned to appear before the members to give evidence, but declined to answer the questions put to him, The Controller has completed the extra term of five years granted to him by the Duke of Somerset. It is proposed to establish a school of instruction for officers of the Irish Militia, similar to those at Aldershot, London, Woolwich, &c., in April. Lord John Hay retired from the representation of Ripon in order to complete the sea time necessary to save him from being placed on the retired list under the recent Admiralty regulations. The name of Rear-Admiral Tarleton, C. 8., has been mentioned in connection with the office of a Lord of the Admiralty in the event of Lord John Hay deciding upon retiring from the post he now holds, as also that of Rear-Admiral Cooper Key. It is said that the long_ con tinuance at Versailles of Mr. Odo Russell, the Under -Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will be warmly criticised in the House of Com mons, and that use will also be made of some of the allegations made in the Duc'de Gramont's pamphlet. It is now said that the first knoWledge which Prussia had of the withdrawal of Prince Leopold's candidature was derived from the French Government. considerable sensation in Paris. he says, " which is about to be nominated wi have to decide only upon the question o peace or war. It is for the sovereign people to answer by limiting, if it thinks proper, the powers of its representatives. Those who desire that an Assembly should be allowed to declare itself all powerful, to do what it likes, do not con sider that they are confiscating the rights of the elector for the benefit of the elected, and putting the servant in the place of the master. No journalist and no party, says the Patrie, can dare to limit the political power of the representatives of a nation. I admit this, but such powers may be limited by the nation itself which Confers them, and every journalist who believes this to be the wisest course under certain circumstances is bound to say so. The question then is whether or no it would be wise for universal suffrage to say to the Assembly which it is about to create; " Thus far shalt thou go, and no further." Is it, or is it not true that France has not at this moment the free disposal of herself, that a barrier has during four months—four ages—separated Paris from the provinces, and that they are ignorant of each other's state; that the elections are to take place, so to speak, before the head and the body are reunited and the circulation restored. Is it, or is it not, true that France . lacks the time indispensable for a deliberate choice, and is forced to decide with feverish haste under pressure of confused senti ments, in darkness, or at best in twilight nearly as decep tive ; that the forthcoming Assembly is to meet under the supervision of the enemy, and that to leave Paris the deputies of Paris—l cannot finish the sentence—it is too heart -breaking ! And it is to such an Assembly that we are to entrust the high mission of reorganising and regenerating France ! Will not the authority of its deci sions be called in question and the stability of its institu tions affected by the stigma of its origin ? Must we not apprehend that we shall very soon see all its work undone, being accomplished in circumstances which impede all freedom of action, all calm exercise of judg ment? The time for the electors to decide is very short, hut it is not the less necessary that public opinion should specify the limits of the assembly's powers. Let us not speak of the assembly as sovereign. There cannot be two sovereigns, and the nation is the true one. The editor of the Opinion Nationale thinks that if the assembly has as its mission to make peace first and to reorganise France afterwards, the second part of the programme will render the first acceptable. It is just the contrary which I fear. I tremble lest the first part of the programme should compromise the second. I hold that an assembly condemned to the humiliation of sign ing a heartrending peace, or charged with the awful responsibility of voting a war of desperation, will be under the worst conditions for putting its hand to the work of renovation with the least chance of success. M. Gueroult asks me whether, since I regard the Assembly as a holocaust to the national wrath, and its only mission to acknowledge our defeat, and inscribe it in a treaty, I would accept a seat. I reply Yes, but it is not because I am blind to circumstances. By an unprecedented reversal of the natural order of things, the election this time will be an execution ; the elected are the condemned. lam so convinced of this that my first feeling was to abstain. A well-known opponent of this disastrous war, I thought that I was not bound, after twenty years' absence from my country, to vote its moral abasement or its ruin. But a sense of duty soon replaced this feeling. I recognised that France in distress bad an un doubted right over the reputation as over the life of her children, that the humiliation of all was, like the danger of all, a misfortune in which each was bound to share; that, in presence of his country bowed down, none could claim to stand upright, that the day is not far distant when human reason will denounce the superiority of brute force, and that the hour has come when we, as Frenchmen loving France devotedly, must serve her at any cost, even though our devotion should but be repaid with ingratitude, and our names, by an injustice which is not without precedent, become a bye word in history." THE ELECTION IN PARIS. ---- In a communication from Paris, February 8, the special correspondent of the Standard observes :—Even already, people are beginning to ask themselves what this National Assembly will be worth, and some of them to discredit its authority beforehand. Conservatives, Catho lics, and very decided Republicans have here arrived at the same conclusion : that the body elected under such auspices and conditions as the present will be rotten at its root. That they are right, as a matter of argument, it would be difficult to disprove ; but that they are wrong, as a matter of practice, may be seen by reflect ing on what would be the result if everybady followed their example. There would be no National Assembly at all ; one of the clauses of the convention with Count Bismarck would expire without a single step having been taken to establish peace or to justify the continuance of the war. This reduc tion to absurdity of the principle of abstention is the best answer 'to those who espouse it. Either war must go on because nobody can find an escape from it, or some sort cf National Represen tative Body must be convoked. It is this conviction which is compelling men to take an active interest in the elections this day, in spite of their feeling that such unsatisfactory proceedings can never by any possibility have been witnessed be fore. You must - attend the public meetings to know how keenly the atrocity of the situation is felt. I feel confident that the vast majority, and even many of those who affect the contrary, are thoroughly well satisfied at the ambiguous turn things have taken. They are delighted to be rid of the responsibility of voting on the question of peace or war, with the conditions of peace before them. They are, I will not say chuckling—this is not the moment for such a sensation—but relieved, immensely relieved, that it dOes not fall to them to be asked point-blank whether they will cede Alsace and a good part of Lorraine rather than go on fighting, and to decide in open day whether they will adopt a list of candidates in favour of peace at a hard price, or a list of candidates ready to vote war rather than territorial cession. But why are they rejoiced and relieved ? Because they want peace, and they will know they will get it by this device without saying so. More than that. It will be open to them to say afterwards they never did want peace on such terms, just as they say now they did not want war with Ger many ; and they will be able to lay the blame of territo rial cession at the door of the National Assembly, just as they lay the blame of the declaration of hostilities at the door of Napoleon 111. They wanted the war, and they now want peace, but they have not the slightest inten tion of appearing to be responsible for either. The only persons to be compromised are to be the elected ; the electors mnst, at all costs be left free to swagger after peace is made, to vow that they never would have signed it, and to carry aloft the honour of France. They have I had so many " traitors " that they see they will need at least another batch before the affair is over, and they can retire from it with honour. The history of this war, accord ing to the Parisian view, is already written. Napoleon 111. made the war, and the capitulation of Sedan. He was traitor number one. Bazaine sold Metz to the Prussians, and he was traitor number two. The Government of National Defence signed the capitu lation of Paris, and the Convention of January 28th, and they were traitors number three. It only needs a National Assembly to sign peace with a cession of territory, and then the Parisians will be able to point to traitor number four, and the honour of France will be saved. The interests of vainglorious rhetoric will not have been imperilled, and it will still be possible to speak of Paris as Saragossa, as a city com pounded of Athens and Lacedmon, and as the chosen abode of genius, generosity, and valour, sacrificed by the minions of incapacity and treason. BOURBAUFS ARMY. A correspondent of the New Zurich Gazette, writing from Couvet on the 3d instant, says :—" For the last three days the terrible spectacle of a routed army has met our gaze. Early on the Ist instant the head of the French artillery column made its appear ance in the Valle de Travers, winding its weary way along ; guns, caissons, fourgons, and mitrailleuses and still continued rolling, with a dull sound on the miry road, drawn by miserable animals—scarcely the shadow of horses, whose subdued energies had to be con stantly aroused by spur and whip. Every now and again one of the poor brutes fell exhausted to the ground, and after its harness had been removed was allowed to die on the roadside. Yesterday evening we had to lodge from 5,000 to 6,000 men and 600 horses. Of course it was not possible to bring such a mass under roof, and hence bivouacs had to be arranged. We led these poor devils on to a small plain, sheltered by the railway embank ment, but covered with a coating of snow a foot and a half deep. There they formed themselves into groups of eight or ten men, and after clearing a space in the snow lit their fires and made their arrangements for the night. I visited these bivouacs in detail at about one o'clock in the morning. Nothing could be more heartrending than the sight. The great majority of the soldiers were suf fering from a dry, hacking cough, which produced a by no means melodious effect. If food is given them ac companied by kind words, they appear to be struck with astonishment at meeting with any sympathy under a Swiss officer's uniform, and they shew their gratitude in a truly moving manner. A few sitting in a crouching posture and wrapped in miserable blankets sleep until they are suddenly disturbed by a violent fit of coughing, or perhaps by a part of their body being singed by the fire. How terrible must the former sufferings of these people have been to make them rejoice at passing the night thus ?" COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARIS. - - _ It would appear from information which has reached us that the railway communication between London and Paris has again been opened to travellers provided with the necessary official passports and papers. We learn that the Northern of France Railway Company have decided upon at once running a daily train from Boulogne to Amiens, and vice versa, at about 9 a.m., and that the Prussian authorities, on the other hand, have arranged a service of daily trains from Amiens to Paris so that passengers leaving Boulogne in the forenoon may arrive at Paris in the evening. The trains and boats of the South Eastern Railway Company to and from Boulogne have never been discontinued, so that visitors and travellers are again in a position to pass and repass between London and Paris. The munificent gifts of pro visions, &c*, sent by the Mansion-house Committee are conveyed that way daily, and it may possibly be useful to explain that the consignments to and from Dieppe have equally to be sent through Amiens, whence to Paris they also pass over the same line of the Northern of France Railway Company.— Times. THE PARIS REDS. The correspondent of the Times in Paris is of opinion that even now the Moderate party is not a little indebted for its protection to the German armies that surround it. Were it not for a salutary terror of the Prussian bayonet, the ouvriers would long since have made a revolution in the streets. Up to this period-they have contented them selves with demanding the execution of the Government. " Nous demandons," said Citizen Gaillard the other night, " contre le Gouvernement actuol la peine qu'entraine le crime de la capitulation—la peine de mort." (Loud cheers.) All the orators were in the same sense ; all de manded revolution, another overthrow, and some even recommended the massacre of the bourgeoisie. Only one, says a moderate paper, commenting upon the proceeding of the audience, shewed good sense—a dog which, by loudly barking, insisted upon interrupting a revolutionary orator; it is needless to say he was ex pelled, OFFENCES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL MORALITY. Sir Edward Strachey, writing to the Spectator in refe rence to a recent letter by Mr. E. A. Freeman in the Pall Mall Gazette says :—I cannot doubt that Mr. Freeman, in this demand for vengeance on France, the ever-restless and aggressive Power, is expressing the thought and feeling of many a wise and good German, probably of a majority of such ; and I look on this as a calamity greater than any other which has come of this terrible war. France has been a great offender, with her restlessness and her aggressiveness, and Europe has suffered much from her doings; but has she done us no services too ? Has. she not fulfilled an important and indispensable place, and done an important and indispen sable work in Europe and its civilisation? What would Europe be without France, and without that very rest lessness which is but the excess of a noble energy? No one will deny the restlessness and the aggression which the French Revolution exhibited, nor the calamities which these inflicted upon all Europe; but surely there was not only good with the • evil, but good so indis pensable to all our social and political progress that it was worth having even at the cost of the evil? And ou the other hand, none of the other nations of Europe is"so pure of national crime against the rest, that France should be thus treated as an outlaw. International morality is low enough, and war is one of the results of its feebleness ; but being such as we are, it is idle to say that France is so guilty beyond all other nations that she should, as far as _ possible, be disabled from taking her wonted place among them." The inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine, now at Bor deaux, have held a meeting, at which they unanimously voted an address to the Government of National Defence, protesting against any project of separating their country from France. It is pronounced as probable at Brussels that M. Lacour, prefect of Lyons, is about to resign in consequence of excessive fatigue, and that ho will be succeeded by M. Valentin, who was appointed prefect of Strasbourg about the 4th of September last. - M.M. des Rotours having written a letter to the Pro curator of the Republic at Lille, in which he complained of the seizure of his pamphlet, the Procurator has replied, that he despised slanderous imputations, and that he would neither prosecute him nor give him the explan ations he demanded. The Brussels correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes : —Three and a half millions have again been voted by the Chamber for extraordinary military expenditure. The Belgian taxpayers will have to remember for a good many years Napoleon 111., the Duke of Gramont, and all those who wished to execute the " military promen ade" to Berlin. -- The Moniteur says :—The spirit of order and the rare sagacity which have presided over the magnificent gift of the people of London are especially remarkable. The English with great discernment have understood that the necessitous class in Paris was not that which suffered the most in the siege and the small tradesmen, the skilled work men and others of the kind should not be excluded from the distribution. The Wendel establishment, which is one of the most important industrial works on the Moselle, has lost 800,000 francs by the Prussians. The greater part of the rails which were in the workyards of Styring, near For bach, were seized by the Prussians for the construction, of railways near Metz during the siege of that place. These lots of rails included some which the Wendel house were to send to some Belgian capitalists. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing from Havre, says :—Some persons believe that our peasants are so much wanting in education that if the names of Bismarck or Moltke had been placed on a Conservative list these two gentlemen would have been elected without opposition. The soldiers quartered in this arrondissement have also vastly contri buted to swell the list of Orleanists and Bonapartists, and principally the party of " peace at any price." The Mobile Guards have distinguished themselves by voting for the cessation of the war, and it is even asserted that the higher officers share that opinion.' The Independance Beige says that it has received com munications from many of the French refugees in Brus sels complaining that they cannot send help or provisions to their friends and relations in Paris. In reply to these the Belgian journal states that in spite of the armistice no arrangement has yet been made for the dispatch of private messages. This is a great hardship, but all that can be done is to call the attention of the Prussian, French, and Belgian authorities to the question in order that they may hasten the completion of the modes of com munication with Paris. The Journal de Rouen of the 7th states, on good autho rity, that M. Etienne Arago started that morning for Italy on a Government mission. From thence he will probably proceed to Spain. - It is said that the official compte rendu of the French Chambers will be suppressed. There will be a steno graphic compte rendu published by the Journal Officiel, but the journals will not be obliged to take it. REVICTUALLING OF PARIS.— A. private corre spondent of the Etoile Beige, who arrived in Paris with the first train of provisions, has furnished an account of his adventures. .He joined the train from Dieppe at Amiens, and was obliged to get his pass countersigned by General von Goeben. The train left at seven in the morning, and did not reach Paris until half past eleven at night, so that it took nearly seventeen hours on the road, which was nearly six times the length of an ordinaiy journey. At Creil there was a stoppage of three hours. The head of the railway station there had received orders from :Rheims not to allow any train to pass without inform ing the authorities of that town. At last the autho risation came, and the train proceeded a short dista nce, when a new difficulty presented itself. The French had blown up the bridge of Chantilly, but the Prussians had constructed a new line by the side of the bridge, which was, however, very difficult to pass over. The train was obliged to be divided into three parts before it could pass. On arriving at Chantilly another delay of three hours occurred. The Duke of Mecklen burg was expected at Versailles, and no train was to be permitted to pass along the line until he had gone by. In vain the French authorities said that their train would be in Paris before the duke reached Chantilly. There was nothing for it but to wait. It was worthy of note that on this occasion, as on many others, all the German employes spoke French, but none of the French employs could speak German. The Prussian flag waved over the railway station at Chantilly, and all the necessary directions at a railway station were in Ger man letters and language: The employ& were all German. At Gonesse there was another halt, and a fresh examina tion of papers. It was night when they arrived at last, and the station which was once so animated was dark and silent. It took half an hour before two men could be found to take charge of the baggage. Paris seemed to be enveloped in deep gloom. MR. CA.RDWELL'S ARMY BILL. A London correspondent of the Manchester Courier writes from the Houses of Parliament as follows : " There is a rumour about the lobbies that Mr. Cardwell's Army Bill will be on a large scale, and conceived rather in the spirit of those who desire to see the country great and powerful, than in the economical v i^w. In fact it appears to be a scheme which appeals primarily to Con servative support. The total abolition of the puzchase system is said to be contemplated at an expense of about nine millions." MR. REED ON THE STRAINS OF SHIPS. Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., late Chief Constructor of the Navy, has read a paper, at the Royal Society, on th e result of his investigations of the strains which ships undergo at sea. He pointed out that since the beginning of the century but little progress had been made in the subject, but it was necessary to examine it in consequence of the introduction of iron and steel as shipbuilding materials. As types of modern vessels he se lected the Victeria, and Albert, the Minotaur, the Bellerophon, and the Audacious. The smooth-water strains of these ships were shewn by numerous diagrams, and it was remarkable that the strain in the lightly-built Victoria and Albert was greater than that of either of the ironclads. Mr. Reed said that his investigations had shewn the falsity of the princigles laid down by former investigations, and particularly the notion that there was a compensating action between the strains of, and the wave actions ',exerted upon, very fine, long, fine lined vessels. He had entered upon these investigations on account of the weakness of many modern ships, and he believed that it would be necessary to attend to calcu lations which had hitherto been neglected. ARMY ESTIMATES The estimates which were laid upon the table of the House of Commons, very early on Saturday morning, and which have since reached us, shew that the total charge for the Army in 1871-2, is estimated to be £15,851,700, the net amount, deducting the exchequer extra receipts being £14,697,700. The latter sum exhibits a net increase over the expenses of 1870-1 of £2,886,700. Since IPA session, the Army has been ordered to be increased bY 19,980 fresh men, and the total number of soldiers to be pre' vided for this year will be 133,201. This represents our nairl' tary strength. This increase in the number of the regul l forces was included in a special vote granted in Augus t ' 1870, and the additional expense was provided for the last financial year by a vote of credit taken at the sam e time. The Horse Artillery has been increased bY six batteries. Twenty Garrison batteries We b e en converted into field batteries , and the remaining garrison batteries increased in s trength . The Artillery Depot has also been largely increased, and so organised as to admit of the immediate expansion of that branch of the corps as far as may be needed for activ e service. Nine regiments of cavalry are taken at a full s strength of men, and all the regiments will consist of four squadrons, all of which will take the field when ordered oa active service, and recruits will be trained at a general dep t ' The troops of the Engineer Train have been strengthen ed and one troop added for telegraph eq ui p ment. All tbe battalions of the Foot Guards, and 23 battalions of P . fantry, have an establishment of 850 rank and filed' as being first for active service. The Aro' Service Corps has been increased by three coo panies, two for transport service and one for supP 4' to The Army Hospital Corps has been increased in order improve the arrangements for the internal service of hospitals under the control of the medical officers a tP, army. The Ceylon Rifles Corps will be reduced by companies, on the withdrawal of the troops fr° Labuan, where they will be replaced by a police fo In the year 1869-70, the net expenditure for army serr i ,.; was 212,444,765. In the year 187 0- 7 1 the sum .I'o £11,665,985 ; so that a considerable inc rease is ma 000• in the amount asked for this year. It must be relO a 3 bered also that the money expended in 1869-70 incitleo, 1472,664 disbursed on account of the Abyss inian ex p editi to In the vote for warlike stores in the present year the 6 0 . mentioned for torpedoes is £38,485. Dividing the esP. e c o diture required for our effective and non-effective sell)°, we find that the former are likely to cost £13,5 54 '0, while the sum for the latter is mentioned at £2,291' RUMOIMED RESIGNATION OF THE SECE OI , P t iIe TO THE ADMIRALTY. — A London correspondent c " . ,reti D u ndee Advertiser says :—" It has been generally rtlol°J in the London Clubs that Mr. Baxter has resigli e i 5 office as Secretary to the Admiralty. The stateloSora not correct, but seems to be an inference froul 1 eolig Halifax temporarily acting for Mr. Childers, and %O. to be assumed that Mr. Baxter will not act unc le :;,p ll9 There is, no doubt, considerable uneasiness at but the statement of Mr. Ba xter ' s resignation is e el.- u nauthorised." 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