The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

BOURBAKI'S ARMY.

It is reported from Basle that large numbers of
General Bourbaki's army are crossing the Swiss fron-
tier, with guns, at Pruntrut and Neuenburg.
The attempt of the General to commit suicide is
• confirmed.

The army of observation on the Swiss frontier is
receiving reinforcements, although 35,000 men
strong already. All letters received here from
Strasburg are opened, without tug exception what-
ever, and Lear the inscription, " Opened by military
order."—Lombard Telegram.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS.

The German vessels in the port of Bristol displayeC
their flags yesterday as a sign of rejoicing at the capitula•
tion of Paris.

MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce was held on Monday. The Chairman, Mr. J. M.
Bennett, in moving the adoption of the report, congratu-
lated the Chamber on the maintenance of the improve-
ment in the trade of the district, to which he had called
attention at the last quarterly meeting. Three months
ago it was said that although there was a-large business
doing, there was little profit made ; but since that time
the price of cotton had gone down, while the price of yarns
and cloth had gone up, so that there must be a
little margin of profit being made within the last week
or two. He had himself heard of • half a dozen new mills
being about to be built in the manufacturing towns
around Manchester. The working-classes in the district
were never better employed, nor at better wages than they
now were. In the discussion which followed several mem-
bers strongly insisted on the necessity of commercial
represntation on the Indian Board. Mr. Hugh
Mason, of Ashton-under-Lyne, advocated the re-
duction of the hours of labour from sixty to fifty-eight
hours a week maintaining that the complicated nature of
the machinery now being employed, and the ever in-
creasing speed of operations, rendered it impossible that
men could ever sustain the strain imposed upon them over
an extended period.

THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER BORNEO.
A telegram has been received at Oxford from Lisbon
from Perceval Thomas Kilbee, one of the officers of the
steamer Borneo, which vessel was lost on her homeward
voyage from South America off Cape St. Marta. The
telegram is to the effect that Captain Cole and the whole
of his officers, except one, were saved, and are now on
their way to England. The statement that was made on
.Saturday last, confirming the previous announcement that
the captoin and all his officers were lost, is therefore in-
correct, and has caused much unnecessary pain to Mr.
Kilbee's friends and the friends of the other officers.

SINGULAR ABANDONMENT OF A VESSEL.
A large French barque, the Caledvilla, belonging to
Vannes, was picked up on Sunday ten miles south of
Waterford, with only two little boys on board, by the
American barque Annie Kemball ; from Liverpool to
Charlestown. The second officer and six men of the lat-
ter vessel, were put on board the French barque, and they
subsequently took her safely to anchor in Queenstown.
She is supposed to be from Mexico, with mahogany for
Havre. There were no provisions of any kind on board ;
only one boat was left. Nothing is known of the crew,
and the boys are ignorant of them. The poor boys were
nearly starved oat.

On Monday, at Liverpool, the Maritime Insurance
Company held their ordinary meeting, and delared a divi-
dend similar to the previous half-year, making 10 per
cent. for the year, payable February 3rd.
The shareholders of the Runcorn Soap and Alkali Com-
pany held their annual meeting on Monday, at Liverpool,
when a dividend was declared at the rate of 255. per
share. The state of the company's affairs was very satis-
factory,

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE FRENCH

GOVERNMENT.

A gentleman, says the Telegraph, holding an official posi-
tion at Bordeaux is stated to have received the following
copy of a letter, addressed originally by the Prime Minis-
ter to an English member of Parliament :
" Hawarden Castle, Chester, January 10, 1871.

"My dear Sir,—lt is impossible to read without deep
interest the letter of M. Benard, which you have been
kind enough to send me. We, who witness with the
deepest pain the continued and increasing horrors of the
war, must not be surprised if in that agony—for such it
is, though it is an agony of heroism—in which the people
of Paris fight for their country, our motives, and even
our acts, are not always correctly apprehended. There
is no request before us from the French Government
for recognition. There never has been any since the
mission of M. Thiers, several months ago—very shortly
indeed after the Government was formed. Yet, for every
practical purpose, we have proceeded towards and with
them just as if their origin had been the most formal in
the world, and never by word or act have we implied that
they were not entitled, in the highest degree, to our sym-
pathy and respect.—l remain, my dear sir, faithfully yours
" (Signed) " W. B. GLADSTONE."

CABINET COUNCIL. - Summonses were issued
yesterday evening for a Cabinet Council on Thursday
afternoon.

Colonel the llon. 11. F. Keane, R.E., has been
appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of the London
district.

From the let of February the system of Post-office
orders will be adopted between Germany and England.
Each order must not exceed 70 thalers.

A boy named James Doyle, a newsvendor, was
found on Friday morning about a mile from Waterford,
lying by the roadside, frozen to death.
The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of Eng-
land, Sir Alexander Cockburn, who has been suffering foi
the last few days from an attack of bronchitis, was better
on Sunday.

Mr. Gladstone, as Premier, has issued cards for a
full-dress Parliamentary dinner to the. Speaker and his
coadjutors of the Government on the Bth prox., the eve
of the meeting of Parliament.

The Lord Chief Justice of England was con-
siderably better yesterday, but it is doubtful whether he
will be enabled, unless his health improves, to go the
circuit. There is nothing serious, as his Lordship has
frequently been attacked by bronchial affections.
THE PRINCESS LOIIISE.—In accordance with a
resolution of the Campbeltown committee, the Duchess of

7gyll has just selected from the stock of Messrs. Mac-
kay, Cunningham,. and _Co., Edinburgh, • a magnificent
pearl necklace of two rows; as the present from Kintyre to
the Princess Louise. The necklace is valued at between
2600 and £7OO.