The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-27 00:00:00

MINING SI lARE LIST.—JANuAny 26.

•Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS.
Mining Oilicee,, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London.
Market rather duli. Taquaril opened buyers 445., and ad
vanced to 465., but leave oft flatter. Prince of Wales fatter.
Caen Brea. Y)rrio",ciedel,cTitir,.e.369. 38s
Chiverton Valley,
Chon tales (Gold), 10s, 155 Romau Gravels,
Cook's Kitchen, 181, 191 Itosewall 11111 and Ransoms
Devon Great Consols. United. 11, 11
Drakewalls, Vs, 25s South Condurrow, 41. 5
Don Pedro North Del Rey, 21. 21 South Frances, 29, ?0
East Caradon, Sweetland Creek, 31, 4
East Lovell, 32, 33 Tankerville. 13, 131
East Pool, Taquaril (Gold). 435, 455
East Wheal Grenville, 3, 31 Tincroft.
b'rontlito and Bolivia (Gold), Trumpet Console,
—s., —s. Van,
General Brazilian, West Caradon,
Great Laxey, 171, In West Chiverton,- 41. 50
Great Retallack, West Maria and Fortescue.
Great Wheal Vor, 81, 9 265, 28s
Hingst on Down, West Tankerville,
Marl:e Valley, 61, 71 IVheal Agar.
New Beldon, 15s, 17s 6d Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d, 15$
New Lovell, Wheal Grenville. 31, 4
North Crotty. 2, 21 Wheal Kitty, St. Agile», 9, 91
Pary's Mountain, 3. 31 IWheal Margaret,
Penhalls, -Wheal Mary Ann,
Ferran Wheal Virgin, 11, 11 Wheal Ut.y. 3. 31

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CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST.

LYONS, January 20.

According to accounts received from the Swiss frontier,
the 17th was more unfavourable to Bourbaki than was at
first supposed. His general attack completely failed.
The German lines were defended by pieces of great
weight, and their position was favourable to defensive
movements. Telegraphic news from Porrentruy affirms
that the Germans drove the French back from all the
villages which they occupied on the Swiss side. Abbe-
villers was reduced to ashes, and during the night many
inhabitants went to Switzerland by Damvant. It is
stated, however, that Bourbaki's army is in excellent
condition, and strengthened by the numerous reinforcements
which have arrived from the South during the last fort-
night, which have not yet taken part in the engage-
ments. Generel Werder is receiving succour In other
quarters than the West. The 2nd Prussian (Pomeranian)
Corps are, it is reported, coming by forced marches from
Paris to reinforce the Army of the East. It is estimated
at from 30,000 to 40,000 men. Garibaldi was prevented from
taking port in Bourbaki's expedition by illness ; there was
therefore no truth in the report that he had marched on
Epinal with the left wing of the Army of the East.
Besides the reserves which he had not made use of,
Bourbald has received large reinforcements since his
failure at Hericourt. From Dole it is reported that
troops which are called "the little army of Africa" hail
passed by, consisting of Zouaves, C hasseurs, Turcos, &c.
to rejoin the army.

LYONS, January 22.

No despatches have come from the Swiss frontier this
morning but some intelligence from Dijon gives indirect
information of the headquarters of the 19th instant.
Bourbaki was in the position he held on the
eve of the last and desperate day. He was then engaged
in marshalling his reinforcements without meeting with
any disturbance from the enemy. Hericourt, the village
near which the chief forces of the enemy are concentra-
ted, is between Montbeliard and Belfort. It is the best
position to take to free the latter place altogether. Every
village round Belfort is turned into a sort of fortress, bar-
ricades are erected, the houses are fortified, and redoubts
are established in some places. Such is the case with

ericourt.
The mobilised legion of the High Alps, which is armed
with Springfield guns, has just passed through Lyons
ea route for the East. Bourbaki's army is to
be provided with some field-pieces of a hew
kind, which are very effective. A scccessful
experiment has been made of their capabilities
at Grenoble, and they are being manufactured on an
extensive scale in Allevard. A lottery has been arranged
in one of the companies of the National Guard for the
purpose of presenting an offering to Garibaldi. It will
be a Prussian needle-gun, which was taken at the battle
of Lautenay in November.

THE FOOD SUPPLY OF PARIS.

The Government of Defence has, since the end of the
last month, made several efforts to prolong the agony of
the capital. As I have already told you, there were at
that time only 15,000 or 16,000 horses to be given up for
consumption, which, according to the rations of forty
grammes a day apportioned to each person, would only
provide them with fresh meat till the 20th of January.
Bread was not rationed, and it was even promised in a
proclamation of the 15th of December that it should never
be so. It is soon apparent that by the end of the month
there would be provisions for ten days only, and that it
would be necessary to tkink of capitulating. What did
the Government do? They began by diminishing the
rations of meat, and reducing them to 30 grammes a day,
including in that a fifth part of bone. They then rationed
the bread, and coming at once to extremities, they have
since the 13th of January reduced the consumption to
300 grammes for the men and 150 grammes for the ail-
ren. But these reductions in the daily consumption
could scarcely add a week to the resistance, and seemed
quite insufficient to permit of our waiting for the armies
which M. Gambetta promised to us by each, one of his
pigeons. If became necessary, therefore, to create new
resources. During the last month all the horses had
been requisitioned, but a great number had
escaped the butcher, as belonging to the public
service. Now they laid violent hands on all useful
I and even necessary horses. The cavalry of the Na-
tional Guard gave up theirs ; the undertakers had
to put down half their horses ; the ambulance, the
doctors, each had to abandon the half of theirs ; those of
the carriage and omnibus companies were already requisi-
tioned by the Administration of War; in short, they
limited the number of draught horses in all Paris employed
for the service of individauls to 2,000. They thus secured
an addition of about 8,000 horses, which, by strictly
limiting the consumption, would supply meat for
15 or 20 days more. It is not possible to allow less
than 30 grammes a day, which only gives (deduction
being made for bone and sinew) 20 grammes of bad meat.
But there are means of enconomising still further. Thus,
they take care to distribute to the butchers a quantity of
meat insufficient to serve the customers assigned to them.
In consequence, the last corners must return empty-
handed ; and, as the distributions are made only every
three days, this amounts to a saving of 90 grammes for
each person dismissed. It is the same with the bread;
those who are not at the baker's door before day-
break risk going without any. By this trickery they will
manage to make the provisions last ten or fifteen days
longer. But what will become of craving stomachs during
this time? Already the public health is greatly affected.
Last week the mortality was greater by 322 than the
week before, that one being greater by over 500 than the
preceding. The slenderness of the rations and the bad
quality of the bread will only increase this rate of pro-
gress.- Times Correspondent.

M GUIZOT ON FRANCE AND PRUSSIA
M. Guizot, the eminent French statesman, for so many
years the head of the French Cabinets under Louis
Philippe, has written a long letter to Mr. Gladstone as
Prime Minister of England, on the duty of England in
the present continental crisis. M. Guizot's language
is extremely temperate, though he states his
country's case with earnestness and great ability.
Up -to the present moment, he says, he has been
able to understand the extreme caution, he will not call it
supineness, of England in the struggle. Undoubtedly
France was in the wrong at the outset, while Prussia
shelved moderation and good sense. He says
"France," though he is well aware the Impe-
rial Government dragged the country into war. The
old warlike habits of the nation were aroused by the appeal
of the Goverment, and the dominant political party voted
everything that was asked because they wanted to keep
profitable power. The real interests and wishes of the
nation were opposed to the war, but as it had still
some remnant of liberty it must pay the penalty
incurred by acts which it tolerated. The war
has been a long series of misfortunes for France, but no
conqueror ever had a grander opportunity than Prussia
had after Woerth and Sedan. It was such an occasion as
Napoleon I. would have taken advantage, of immediately;
but Prussia was intoxicated with triumph. From that
time it is she who has aonapelLacl Franoo
to fight, and the war she is now carrying on
is a war of aggression, while the French
have no other object than to defend France. Ever since
1815 there has been one great change in European policy.
There has been no war of ambition for the sake of con-
quest. Territorial changes have been necessitated by
revolutions, but they have not been recognised until they
have received the sanction of Europe, like those of Greece
and Belgium. M. Guizot does not believe in
perpetual peace, and is convinced that ambi-
tion and force will always have their place in
shaping the destinies of the nation ; but he asks that their
place shall not be too influential, and ,that they shall not
Ibe allowed to have their own way unchecked. France is
In the midst of a perilous crisis, but her present policy is
in accordance with European respect for international law
and peace. Even after Sedan the attitude of England
was comprehensible, for the neutrals wanted to see if the
defence would be stubborn. No one believed it would
be. " What will you do if Paris holds out 1" asked an
English traveller of Count Bismarck. " Paris will not
hold out," was the answer, and the greater part of Europe
shared his opinion,. M. Guizot has four sons and grand-
sons now in the besieged city, serving in the National
Guard. They are grave, practical men, not over sanguine,
but their confidence in the resolution and unanim'ty
of the population increases instead of diminishing. One
of them (writing in December) said, " It is not the pro-
longed defence of Paris which will give rise toinsurrection,
but the idea of surrender." In 1792, M. Guizot
reminds his readers that France had neither army
nor generals, and she is now told she has not any. She will
not now defend herself by the violence of former times,
but she is stronger and more united than then. She will
be wiser and less ambitious, but she is less likely to yield.
France is misjudged because Europe does not bear in
mind her history. She is the nation which has made
most mistakes, and has experienced the most striking
reverses, but she has ne*'er failed to see her errors, and has
always risen again after her falls. Moral evil has often
abounded, but moral etbtlienee has never lost its hold on