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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE BATTLE OF BAPATJME.

The French and German accounts of the fighting
on the 3rd were so amazingly contradictory that we
deemed a little delay needful before giving judg-
ment. This patience has been rewarded
by the discovery that both sides deserve
equal praise for their skill in exaggeration.
General Faidherbe left Arras on New Year's Day,
and marched against the Germans, who were posted
at Bapaume, fourteen miles to the south-west,
this position commanding the junction of the high-
] oads to some of the leading northern towns. On
the 2nd some outpost fights took place. On the
3rd Faidherbe attacked a number of villages before Ba-
paume, storming not only Sapignies, Ervillers,Favreuil,
Biefvillers, and Avesnes-les-Bapaume, all places
north of Bapaume, but, also, Grevillers on the west,
and Ligny Tilloy to the south of that place.
But the important village itself was left unassaulted.
The French were not repulsed from it; they did not
attempt to carry it. Faidherbe withdrew his men to the
nearest villages which afforded any shelter, and he
has not moved since. No doubt the expedition gave
his troops some improving practice. Some of them,
at least, fought extremely well. But if the object
was to break through the German chief position and
get on the road to Paris, the plan failed. On the
other hand, the German story about a rout, a com-
plete break-up of their adversaries, is quite as un-
founded as the French report about " a glorious day
of victory." Faidherbe's army is quite intact.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE WAR EXPENSES.

BERLIN, January 6 (Evening.)
The financial papers state that negotiations are
bei❑g carried on by the Government in reference to
the issue of the second 50 million thalers of the last
war credit.—Reuter's Telegrams;

FRANCE AND THE CONFERENCE.
BORDEAUX, January 0.
It is semi-officially stated that the convorsation
alleged to have been held by Mr. AVasliburne with
M. Favre was incorrectly reported by the Times.
According to the latest advices from Paris M.
Favre was still waiting to receive au invitation from
England to be present at the Conference.

THE NEUTRALITY OF LUXEMBURG.
LUXEMBURG, January 7.
The King of Holland has addressed the following
proclamation to the inhabitants of. Luxemburg :
" Tine HAGUE, January 6.
" The loyal address which I have received
through my brother, and in which you express full
London, England, 1871-01-09

CHARGE OF SHOOTING.

At Southampton on Saturday Thomas and Ann Stevens
were committed for trial on a charge of shooting a man
named Gilbert Broomfield, whom they thought had been
the leader in some proceedings which had taken place
near the village of Eling, arising out of the alleged immo-
rality of the defendants. The woman, incited by her
husband, had shot Broomfield, who still survives, with a
pistol, lodging twenty-three shots in his face.
London, England, 1871-01-09

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London, England, 1871-01-09

THE FItENCH VIEW OF THE BATTLE OF
13APAUMV.

• •
A correspondent of the Daily News, sends the following
from Boulogne, dated Jainiary 6 i—The English papers,
bringing the Prussian vie* 61 the tattle of Bapaume
arrived this afternoon ; but no one lee giVes any cre-
dence to Manteuffel's statement that he has defeated
the army of the North. Nor do the journalists abafs
one jot their elated tone. It is certainly difficult for
anyone residing here to believe all that the Prussians
state, and the frequency with which they have lately
"dispersed" armies which I,aV6 turned up the next
clay none the worse for their dispersion seems to indicate
a tendel y on their part to largely embellish the trnth.
There is perfect unity in all the French accounts in
asserting that the Prussians were driven back on Bapaume,
and the Prefect, of the Pas de Calais, in a telegram to
Gambetta, states that some detachments entered the
suburbs of that town; but it is also admitted
that Faidherbe retired early the next morning.
" The battle," says " recommenced before
daybreak (on the 4th): The enemy's efforts seemed to
have for object to driVe us away froth the town; but it Vag'
soon perceived that he had received considerable rein-
forcements, and that he manoeuvred to ge't between` the
army and its base of operations ; General Faidherbe
then executed a movement of a nature to balk the fine.,
sians, and which it is not for us to explain at present."
The same journal, whilst praising the courage
of the soldiers, admits that there were " some deplorable
shortcomings," and an order issued by General Farre the
day after hints very broadly as to the nature of these
shortcomings. It is to the effect that any runaway
Mobile or Mobilisd who shall enter any village shall lid
at once arrested, sent to Dunkerque, and shipped off to
one of the Breton camps. Recalcitrants to be tried by
court-martial at Lille. This reads strangely after news of a
great victory. The Prussian loss on the 3rd is quoted
by the French at 3,500, but no mention is made of diet+.
own. At Arras, however, the wounded were arriving in
numbers on the 4th; throughout the day vehicles con-
veying them entered the town. The Army of the North
is said by the Prefect of this department to have retired
from before Bapaume to Adinfer and Boyelles, where it
is now cantoned simply because the villages in advance
had been destroyed during the fight; but the strategic
reasons above alluded to had undoubtedly something to
do with the retreat, and a fiirther reason may be sought
in the want of provisions, the Army, as I. mentioned
yesterday, having only taken three days' food rith it
when it started from Arras.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE AR➢IIES ON THE LOIRE.

Now that another crisis is evidently approaching
in the region round about the Loire, it would be
interesting to learn the strength of the contending
forces. It is extremely difficult, however, to obtain
anything better than a guess touching this question.
The estimates vary from 400,000 French against
200,000 Germans to half those totals; but all ac-
counts agree in attributing a numerical superiority of
two to one to the French. The Anlly and Navy
Gazette says the German force under the Duke
of Mecklenburg is absurdly overstated by the
Bcrdeaux account at 77,000 men, independent
of the Bavarians. " Even assuming that the bat-
talions have been brought up by reserves, as stated,
to 750, the one other corps under his command would
only contain 18,000 infantry; but it is extremely
unlikely that the battalions are really so strong as
this, and it is more probable that the five corps
under the orders of Prince Frederick Charles do not
number 80,000 effective infantry, including the ad-
ditional brigades which have probably been detached
from Paris."
London, England, 1871-01-09

BOURBAKI AND CIIANZY.

By the Germans the force under General Chanzy
is set down at 140,000. A military writer, who has
good opportunities of judging, gives him 100,000,
with a numerous artillery, and Bourbaki 80,000.
At the lowest estimate, therefore, these
two commanders will together number many
more men than the army interposed between
them and Paris; but this point of superiority affords
no indication whatever as to the result of the forth-
coming encounter. Chanzy's is the best army, and
there can be little doubt that he will get out of it
whatever fighting power it may possess. Bour-
bald is more doubtful. Nobody knows
where he is, or what he is doing, unless it happen
that he has really adopted the plan of going east and
falling upon Werder. The Saturday Review learns
that he is much shaken hi nerve and physique by
the events of the last few months, and that he does
not inspire the Mobiles under him with confidence.
The situation, however, is one which must induce
any real soldier to do all he can.
London, England, 1871-01-09

CORN MARKETS.

READING, SATURDAY.—This morning the supply of corn was
very scanty at this market, and wheat Was mostly damp, and
out of condition. Trade Was so eXeeedingly dull and flagging
that it was difficult to ascertain the exact state of prices, and at
the present we can only report wheat as nominally the same as
last week, with a slight tendency downwards. Barley and oats
of the best kinds were inquired fer and firnily maintained
at former rates. Beans and peas were dull, but value unchanged.
LEITH, SATURDAY.—A this market to-day, wheat was firm at
late rates. Flour was rather higher. Barley brought extreme
rates. Oats were at full prices. Beans were steady. Arrivals
for the week amount to 2,711 quarters wheat, 70 quarters
barley, 668 quarters oats, 2 quarters beans, 1,339 quarters peas,
and 514 quarters tares.
DONCASTER, SATURDAY.—There was a large supply on sale
here to-day. A fair amount, of business was transacted, at a
reduction of 6d. per load. The best wheat realised 21s. to 225.
ad. ; other sorts 19s. to 20s. per load. There was not much
doing in other cereals.
KIRKCALDY, SATURDAY.—There were fair supplies of wheat,
barley, and oats, and prices for the various kinds were without
material change. Wheat, 495. to 575. ; barley, 31s. to 385.; oats,
21s. 6d. to 28s.
London, England, 1871-01-09

INQUESTS IN WORKHOUSES.

St. Pancras is a parish which has already contri-
buted greatly to our knowledge of workhouse
management. An inquest on Michael Deedy, aged
75, who (lied in the immortal poorhouse the other
day, throws further light on the subject. The de-
ceased had been an inmate about four months, and
died from natural causes, according to the post-
mortem examination. As there were 225 inmates
in the ward, and only one fire, the night being, as
everyone must remember, bitterly cold, and as
these aged and infirm persons were kept fifteen
hours without food, the death was certainly
natural enough. The examination shewed no traces
of food in the stomach, but this was accounted for
by the fact that the deceased had had nothing but a
little tea for twelve hours before his death. Not
being in the sick ward he could have nothing from
five in the afternoon till eight in the morning. One
of the assistant nurses, as it happened, gave
him a cup of tea just before his death, but this was
not the rule. Several jurymen remarked upon
this long fast enforced upon infirm men of 70 and 80,
and the Coroner fully endorsed their remarks. The
Guardians had arrived at the conclusion that no
inquest was necessary, and informed the coroner of
their decision, but Dr. Lankester, with his usual
sagacity and public spirit, said he made a point of
holding an inquest whenever he was asked not to do
so. Inquests were compulsory in prisons, and he
thought they should be in workhouses. There is
more need, so far as liberality and attention are con-
cerned.
London, England, 1871-01-09

OUR COTERIPORARIES--This Morning'

THE ATTACK ON THE FRETTCH FORTS.

The Times says :—With respect tatWeitttack on the
forts, it is doubtful whether the results of the first week's
fire have been £l4l satisfactory to the besiegers as the Verb
sallies telegrams would have us believe. After the brilliant
success at Mont Aron and the silencing of the Forts of
Itosny, Noisy; thid Nogeut, nothing seems to have been
undertaken on that side, but a deliberate attack has.
been directed against the BOulthern Forts of Issy, Vanvre*.
and Montrouge with such effect tiiA the two first-named
have been compelled at least temporarily to cease their
fire. The mere silencing of the forts, hatreter, may
only ini it ttiecottragement among the defenders. anct
brings the besidigfg hardly any nearer to tlur
possession of them. In order that the Ger,'
mans may effect a loclgmeti al Issy and Vanvres,
will, perhaps, be necessary that they should test the
solidity of M. Thiers' masonry by a oaarnonacle with;
round shot. It seems that some of the Prussian' gunx
throw their shells to the prodigious distance of six Boglislr-
: miles; and if it can be established that the artillery:,
of the defenders is no match for the guns of the be-
siegers, Paris would be reduced to the condition of al
fortress equally unable to ward off the enemy by its{
fire and by its sorties. It would thus be at the discretion
of the enemy, who would only spare it so long as he
could make his mercy consistent with his safety. So lonli„
as Faidherbe, Chanry, and Bourbaki can be kept at a
hundred miles' distance, engaged in petty skirmishes, in
which they are, to say the utmost, so often vanquished
as victorious, the Germans can afford to listen to the
dictates of humanity, and spare a city whose 'nowt;
ments are thet admiration of the civilized world. But
there may come a moment in which the fail of Paris might'
bed, question of existence for the besiegers themselve;, •
and then it is very doubtful whether they would
listen to any other voice than that of stern
necessity. There was a time in which it
seemed almost certain that cannon would not be •
employed against the French capital ; now one would be
glad to feel certain that all the fury of the German fire is
to be spent against stone walls and earthen bastions, and:
that no harm will come from it to a population already sa
severely tried by all the scourges of ruthless war.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE ICE RUSH IN THE WEAR

Nine vessels were safely moored in Sunderland Harbour
on Saturday afternoon. Five vessels were carried out to
sea, and were all more or less seriously damaged, including
the Reindeer, of Scarborough ; Jaen, of Whitby ; Bel-
mont, steamship, of Sunderland ; Pearl, of Montrose ;
and the French lugger
London, England, 1871-01-09

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London, England, 1871-01-09

FIGHTING NEAR HAVRE.

HAVRE, January 8.
Yesterday 10,000 Germans, coming mostly from
Rouen, crossed the Seine on pontoon bridges near
Juwieges, defeated the corps under General Roy,
and occupied Bourga,chard and Bourgtheroulde.
The Germans threaten Pont Audemor.

CHERBOURG, January 7.
Of the fresh troops recently arrived from the
West a large number have already left for the
front.

About 000 wounded French have reached here this

morning.

THE OCCUPATION OF ROCROY.
MEZIERES, January 6.
On the occupation of Rocroy 300 prisoners, 72
guns, one eagle, and many rifles were captured as
well as large stores of ammunition and provisions,
eight German prisoners, amongst whom were two
Prussians, detained as spies, were delivered.

The capture of Rocroy was effected by five bat-
talions of Infantry, two squadrons of hussars, six
field batteries, and one company of pioneers.
London, England, 1871-01-09

WHY SHOULD WE NOT RECOGNISE THE REPUBLIC ?

The Spectator says the conflict of testimony as to the
intentions of France in relation to sending an ambassador
to the Conference is so great, that we can hardly doubt
but that, unless there is some difference of view en the
subject between M Gainbetta and M. Jules li'avre, which
the indications hardly suggest, the real debateable 14.6
in the mind of the Government of
_National Defence, •is
Low beat to secure a formal recognition by England of tire
new Government in France, whether by holding absolutely
aloof till that recognition is accorded, or by entering
the Conference simply to demand that recognition auu
retiring if it is not given. Fur our own parts, we cannot
understand, and believe it to be impossible to
defend the reserve of cur Government on this heati..
So long as there is a real internal dispute as to the
Government, we hold our hands and observe ; as soon as
it is clear that there is none, that all parties are acting
under the same assumptions as to the sources of power,
we do not profess to be more fastidious than the nation
itself. We recognise what the people recognise. That
has been always the general profession, though that has
not .always been the practical principle of our Govern-
ment. And it seems to us absolutely to demand the formal
recognition of the existing Government of France, against
which not a hand or a voice has been raised
in France, except in Lyons and Marseilles by a party
of anarchists speedily suppressed, during the whole four
months of war and struggle. if General Trochu, M.
Gambetta, and their colleagues do not constitute the
formal Government of France, where is that Govern-
ment ? Yet, though the exieting Government has been
guilty of no violence ; though it has come into power
without a struggle ; though it has ruled France for , four
months ; though it has raised great armies, and demanded
popular sacrifices such as .might have giVen rise to
popular tumults even if the Government had been one of
the longest standing, and though no such tumults have
arisen ; though its morality and legality are infinitely
less questionable on any ground than the morality
and legality of the President's Government on the 3rd
December, 1851,—in spite of all this, our Government
still stands aloof, and does not think it right to acknoW-
ledee formally the authority and right of the universally
accepted Government of a great nation. We assert that
this is not creditable to Mr. Gladstone and Lord Gran-
ville ; and that had the " provisional " ruler of France
and her armies been, instead of M..Gambetta and General
Trochu, the Comte de Paris, we should have had King
Louis Philippe 11. or King Louis XIX. (as the case
might have been), acknowledged by England long before
this, as the King of France—even though there might
have been an element of uncertainty attaching to the
duration of his reign.
London, England, 1871-01-09

LIBEL.

To the Germans must be given the credit of per-
sistently circulating the most shallow and foolish
misstatement that has appeared during the present
war. This falsehood is expressed in the following
telegram which came from Versailles the other
day:a" The German authorities declare that
according to an official French document which has
fallen into their hands, and which emanates from the
6th Section of the sth Division of the War Department,
the French Government, by a decree dated the 10th
of November, orders a premium of 750 ff. to be paid
to each of the French officers who have escaped
from German captivity in breach of their parole."
This story has been told more than once. It ap-
peared a fortnight ago, a week ago, and in Friday's
second edition of the Times. Yet the official docu-
ment in question expressly excludes from the premium
any officer who has made an engagement with the
Germans. Officers who make no engagement are
at liberty to escape and to re-enter the army after-
wards. The calumny is unpardonable.
THE Loss OF THE CAPTAIN.
Sir Spencer Robinson, in his reply to the recent
memorandum issued by Mr. Childers, contents himself
with giving an outline of the position occupied by
the Constructive Department of the Admiralty with
reference to H.M.S. Captain. Among other observa-
tions, the gallant officer says that Messrs. Lairds' re-
putation as the successful builders of several turret
ships, some of them low freeboard, justified the De-
partment in believing that the Captain,uotwithstand-
ing the features in her design objected to by
the Royal Naval constructors, was fit to go to sea.
Enlightened as the Constructive Department now are
by the catastrophe which has befallen the ship, Sir
Spencer Robinson still holds the opinion that the
Captain was safe "if properly handled, so far as re-
lated to her stability at her load line, and the means
existing to restore it as she became lighter." Late
in the summer the Controller of the Navy, when he
bad learnt to some extent the effect of wind and sea
on such a vessel, considered it expedient to ascer-
tain by long and intricate calculations the result
that might be expected if by any accident her
lee gunwale should become permanently immersed.
Sir Spencer requested that the laborious work of
making these calculations, deducing the stability of
the ship at every ar.gle of inclination, might be
undertaken. It was furthermore necessary, as
favourable accounts of the Captain had been received
from several experienced admirals, that all they
calculations should be verified. Unfortunately, these
were not completed and thoroughly investigated
until after the vessel's loss. Sir Spencer Robinson
adds that if H.M.S. Captain had returned to England
in September, it would have been his duty to weigh
thoroughly all the reports respecting the ship and
her behaviour conscientiously against his own con-
victions and impressions, and to have acted
accordingly.
London, England, 1871-01-09

NOTICE.

The SUN will in future be published
solely at 8 a.m., and the Evening Editions
will be discontinued from this date.
January 7, 1871.

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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1871.

INSIDE PARIS.

The news from Paris shews that dissatisfaction
with Trochu is on the increase. People, in fact,
seem to think of nothing but the inactivity of the
military force. The bombardment, which troubles
Paris very little, whatever harm it may do to
the forts, excites nobody's attention, whilst
the feeling against Trochu is becoming so strong
that it has found expression in the Cabinet itself.
But whether this popular impression will produce
any result remains to be seen. Whether it deserves
to produce any is a still more difficult question. It
is the custom for generals in France to receive hard
measure when not successful.
London, England, 1871-01-09

TIIE EMPRESS AND HER TOILET.

After having reigned for nearly twenty years 9'4
the acknowledged leader of fashion, the EinPrel
Eugenie seems likely to find that little remains 43i
her glittering kingdom but vanity and vexation eh
spirit. Some of the French critics deal hardly with°
her, and say that a glance at the vacant chambers oftuto
Tuileries reveals the weakness of the woman
whom the destinies of France were entrusted fo'.
period. It would indeed appear from the deserilr
tions given that the Empress regarded 13(3,,rfire;
tion in dress as the one thing needful. 'i-
all her private rooms were apartments (18,1 a
cated to the use of the toilette, 67t0
communication was carried on from one story
another by trap doors through the ceilings, similar 0,
those employed in theatres. An apparatus was eclop
trived by means of which a lay figure was sent to
and down with the various articles of toilette' of
avoid the risk of crushing them. The study o 0
dress engaged an important, part of the tel,o,
of the ex-Empress. Troops of modistes and drrieg
makers were permanently established in the gale
d a DI
of her palace, and the galleries were surrounds
very
cupboards, in which were treasured 11P
looped
variety of elegant articles, so that they were I°%e
upon as perfect storehouses of the curiosities 0'
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London, England, 1871-01-09

BANKING COMPANIES.

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25 Alliance (LI
13 l 20 Lou Car of &tastelia 23 24
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Arglo-Egyptian (L) 211 21t 501
50 British N American Si 52 15 London Joint-Stock 351 61
511 36
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 13 14 20 Lou andWestmnster 631 641
25 Char Mere of India 221 231 631, 41
10 City
25 Colonial
521 20 New South Wales .. 33 36
4 Consolidated IL .... I llpm 25 Orutal BankOorporn 401 411
20 Eng. Scot. and Aus C 151 161 411
161 25 Union of Australia.. 41 42
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MARKETS;

LONDON HAY AND STRAW.

. ,
SATVII.DAY.—Mr. Charles James Easton thus reports on the
state of the hay market. There have been fair supplies of hay
on sale at the market to-day. The trade has been firm, and
prices have slightly improved. Prime meadow hay, 130 s. to 1405.;
inferior ditto, 110 s. to 1205.: prime first-cut clover, 130 s. to 1455. ;
inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; prime second-cut clover, 126 s
to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 105 s. to 1155.; and gra% 83s. to 42s
per load
London, England, 1871-01-09

DANGEROUS SPORT.

The folly of skaters and sliders is generally verY
plainly . exhibited in case of a sudden thaw. Per
sonsmt content with the ordinary risks of skating'
seem bent, in spite of all warnings and examples, in
risking their lives for no apparent reason. On Fridell
when the ice in the London parks was most nir
sound, in consequence of the rapid thaw, 6,00°
persons went on the Serpentine, and 4,000 on the
Round Pond. Besides these, there were,
hosts of children in St. James's Park, two 0
whom got immersed without serious consequences'
Happily the accidents throughout the day were 10
slight, and when the icemen left the park there W9B
but one hero left skating on the ice, which we
actually under water, in the midst of rain and dao,-
ness. How long he continued this ration
amusement no one, unfortunately, remained to see.

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London, England, 1871-01-09

WEST NORFOLK ELECTION.

Mr. Bentinck has issued an address to the electors of
West Norfolk. He says his political opinions are well
known ; and he is still prepared to uphold those views, to
the advocacy of which he owed his former election for
that division of the county. He dwells emphatically on
the unjust legislation in reference to the rights and
interests of the rural districts of Great Britain. He also
speaks of the urgent necessity for placing our home
defences in a more efficient state. There is no sign of
opposition to Mr. Bentinck yet.

THE SAD AFFAIR AT BEARWOOD.
The inhabitants of Wokingham have forwarded a letter
of sympathy and consolation to Mr. Walter,in consequence
of his recent bereavement, and also as a mark of appre-
ciation of the many considerate aets of kindness which
had bound Mr. Walter so warmly to the town.
London, England, 1871-01-09

GREEK BRIGANDS IN TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, January 5 (2.15 p.m.)
Arvanitaki, Spano, Calzoy, and other chiefs, with
over 80 Hellene brigands, coming from Greece,
were on the 31st December Attacked at Eimee by
the Turkish troops. 'Their losses are estimated at
20 men. The Turkish detachment was very inferior
in number, and suffered heavily. The pursuit is
being conducted vigorously.—Times.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE EARL OF DERBY ON NATIONAL
DEFENCES.

The Earl of Derby was present on Saturday at the
presentation of prizes by his Countess to the members of
the Preston Artillery, and in responding to the vote of
thanks which was passed to her ladyship, spoke at some
length on the partial unpopularity of the volunteer
movement, and then passed on to notice the question of
England's defences. His Lordship trusted that before the
Legislature entered upon the discussion of the subject
the people of 'England would know their own
minds about it. He supposed every one
agreed that national defences ought to be made
thoroughly efficient, but if defence only was meant there
must be no swerving from that opinion. No doubt the
country was incurring great additional expense in military,
matters, and it was much to the credit of English patriot-
ism that the public were willing that this should be so.
His lordship then observed that the expense which the
taxpayers of the country, as rational men, would least
grudge was that which was required for the scientific
brancheg of the service in the efficient maintenance of
which England had the best security for the triumph of its
civilization over mere barbaric forces. He recommended
the use of light field guns by the artillery, such as were
used by the navy for shore service, in addition to the pre-
sent volunteer artillery. On the subject of strengthening
the militia, Lord Derby suggested the division of the
country into districts, each of which should provide its
quota of men, or in default pay a pecuniary fine. Recruit.
ing would thus be encouraged, as poor men who were
willing to serve would be assisted by their neighbours,
rather than that the district in which they lived should be
called upon to pay a money penalty.
London, England, 1871-01-09

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS

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and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her
Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of
Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte-
resting stud] of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and eau bo had
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London, England, 1871-01-09

THE NAVIGATION OF LOUGH ERNE.

Lord Erne, K.P., Chairman of the Lough Erne
Drainage and Navigation Committee, has called a public
meeting of the landed propeietors interested in the drain-
age and navigation scheme of that Lough on the 11th
inst. in Enniskillen, to submit their report on Mr.
Roberts's, the Government Engineer's, views on the sub-
ject, and of Messrs. Lynams and Barton's plans and
schemes for carrying out this undertaking. At the meet-
ing they wish to arrive at a final conclusion, thereby
opening communication of Erne Lough with the Ulster
and Belfast Canal.
London, England, 1871-01-09

ANOTHER NEW OCEAN CABLB.—The latest a,

counts from Heart's Content describe the weather there as
of the most boisterous character, and that all attempts to
grapple with the broken cables had up to that time
proved unsuccessful; but it was hoped that, should the
weather become less tempestuous, the endeavour to raise
both cables would be attended with more success. A few
days since we noted that a company, which had been in-
corporated in 1866 in New York for the purpose of laying
a cable between that place and France, but which had
remained in abeyance up till December last, had at length
determined to lay an Atlantic cable from New York to
Russia, the Government of the latter country having
agreed to grant all the requirements necessary for the
success of the new expedition. Another cable, however,
is to be laid, this time commencing from the western
shores of America, across the Pacific to the eastern coast
of Asia. The New York Chamber of Commerce has taken
'the matter in hand, and witkevery appearance of speedily
carrying out the grand project.
NEW FIELD GUN.—Great interest is excited in
military circles by the prospect of a new field gun of un-
wonted power being introduced into the British army. It
is a somewhat remarkable coincidence that the close of
the year 1870 witnessed the completion of two new and
experimental pieces of field artillery, one designed for the
army and the other for the navy, each gun intended as an
advance on the magnitude and power of previous wea-
pons. The difference of bulk is doubtless great, when we
compare the new field gun with the ponderous 700-pounder
which crushed the Arsenal railway out of gauge and
slipped down quietly between the rails. But the lighter
weapon iq, nevertheless, quite as great an advance on its
predecessors as the naval' gun of 35 tons. The field gun
which is now coming to the front is a handsome-looking
weapon, having a nominal length of 74 inches, or 78 inches
over all. It is rifled with three grooves, having a twist
equal to one complete turn in 30 calibres, the diameter of
the bore being 3.6 inches. The charge of powder will be
three pounds, and the weight of the projectile 16 pounds,
the gun weighing 12 cwt. It is constructed on the Fraser
principle, consisting of a steel tube, reinforced for about
half its length in the rear portion with a jacket of coiled
wrought iron.— Western Morning News.
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London, England, 1871-01-09

A QUEEN IN AN OMNIBUS.

The Bishop of Manchester thinks that English life
generally is sombre in its colouring. He therefore
declares himself anxious to see every attempt made
to facilitate the mingling of all grades of the com-
munity to a greater extent than the staid barriers
now raised between class and class permit of. At
Manchester on Friday he said he hoped the time
would come—and he partly believed it Was coming—
when even the Queen of England, if she pleased,
might ride in an omnibus without meeting anything
to shock her sensitive feelings. The Bishop assuredly
draws his contrasts to the present monotonous old
customs amongst us in a thoroughly vivid and novel
way. A queen in an omnibus, especially if the
vehicle should at all resemble an Islington convey-
ance, drawn by horses puffing and blowing all the
way from Charing Cross to the Angel, so burdened
is it with weighty passengers, would certainly be au
alliance in civilisation which our more Conservative
readers would witness with a feeling of awe, not
mingled with that of admiration.
" VERY SINGULAR."

An enthusiastic meeting was held under very
peculiar circumstances with reference to the Euro-
pean Conference, at Mile-end, in the metropolis, on
Friday. A. Prussian, named Cohn, occupied the
chair, and yet the speeches were all against the
conduct of his own countrymen; and, finally, he wee
obliged to listen to resolutions in favour of the
Republic and pledging everyone present to give 11
warm welcome to Favre. It was calculated that
more than 3,000 people were in the hall during the
meeting.

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London, England, 1871-01-09

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B9 ill Do Ist Prat 80nd5.... 58 59
Caledonian
871, 2, 1 Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Eastern
39/, 1
Great Northern
1251 Grand Trunk of Canada
'Do A . iii
172
Great Western 72 722 Great Indian Pen gsn a 105 106
Lancashire & Yorkshire 1341115 1051, 6 x d
1342 Great Western of Canada 15 151
Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 41 412 15
411 Do Op o Bonds, 1873.. 98 100
Lou, Chat, d Dover
141 lanDo 5 p c pref. issued 80 par lom
Lon and North-Western 129 12.12 Madras guar 50 o
1291 N. Railway of Canada,
Lou and uth-Western 91 92 6p a Ist Pret Bonds
911 So Gude and Rohilkund g
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 45 45} 5p o
Metropolitan
631 1 Delhi guar 5 p o
Midland 12911291 100/ x d
1292 Bahia and San Francisco
19 19.1
North British
9/
North-EasteniConsols.. 14511461 1
14511,1 Belgian B Junction
South-Eastern 76 761 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 25 26
761 Dunaburg and Witepsk 181 19
4.tlantio and St Lawrnce 75 77 Dutch-Rhenish 22 22,
3ombay, Baroda, and Eastern of France . -
Central di Ina. g 5 p c.. 10211031 Great Luxembourg .. • •
103) x d Lemberg Czeruowitzgua
Buff and Lake Huron .. 4 41 7pa
Do 51 pc 80nd5.1872-3-4 79 81 152
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5p c 10221032 Ottom (Smyrna, to A idln) 42 51
East Indian. g 5 p c
1081, 2, 1,1 x d (Limited) guar 7p a .. 141 151
Grand Trunk Canada
121 211
Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven 141 15
oharge 613 o
Do 2nd do Scrip
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London, England, 1871-01-09

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

Dimly LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADELPH/—Smoke. Mistletoe Bough.
HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.
Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom.
VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—OR and Off.
Lion.

Living at Ease. Coeur-de-

ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes
Furioso.
OLYMPlC—POppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur-
lesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY Wealth, Whittington Junior and his Sensa-
tion Cat, and The Rendezvous.
GmErr—Tartuffe. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11.
QUEEN'S—Charles 11. Richlieu.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Delicate Ground.
White Cat. Rely on my Discretion.
OPERA CoMIQuE Blue Devils. Found Drowned.

The

Nothing to Nurse.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise.

Locke d

Jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. - Queen Stork. Ours.
In.
PRINCESS'S—A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Blas. He's
a Lunatic.

ASTLEY'S—Faree. Little Tom Tittlemouse.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to
Banbury Cross.
SADLER'S WELLS—Faree. Sinbad the Sailor.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War.

AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
ALHAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Snperba."
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
PALAIS RovAL—Japanese Troupe. Performing Gorilla.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Balcur-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1871-01-09

FRAUDS IN THE FLEET.

The Superintendent of Contracts at Whitehall has,
it would seem, discovered a great system of
fraud, which is believed to be of old standing,
on the part of several of the ship's stewards
of the fleet at our home ports. Mr. Rowsell, who
holds the position of superintendent of contracts
under an active chief—Mr. Baxter—first, it is said,
had his worst fears aroused through the conduct of
the stewards at Weymouth and Portland.
The contractor for meat at these places, on being
brought face to face with facts, it is alleged, turned
Queen's evidence, and it appeared that an organised
which previous Boards of Admiralty had merely sus-
system of levying " black mail" was
found to prevail among the stewards.
The inquiries at Portland induced Mr. Rowsell
to institute investigations at other parts, and
the result has been the acquisition of serious
evidence against a large number of stewards, who will
immediately be tried by court martial. A corres-
pondent hears there is evidence of one official
having received gratuities, from contractors who
victualled the fleet, at the rate of £6OO a year.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE WARWICKSHIRE GUARDIANS AND

VAGRANCY.

A Conference of Guardians of the Warwickshire Unions
was held at Warwick on Saturday. A memorial was
adopted to the President of the Poor-law Board, urging
the necessity of a Government measure being brought
forward applicable to the whole of the country, with a
view of more effectually checking vagrancy. They
earnestly hoped it would distinctly lay down how vagrants
are to be dealt with, and prescribe the amount of work
to be executed in return for a certain quantity of food and
accommodation. They considered a distinction should be
made between distressed wayfarers and tramps, and that
children, whether alone or with vagrants, should be sent
to an industrial school.

MISMANAGEMENT ON AN IRISH RAILWA Y.

Many complaints have lately been made of the mismanage-
ment of the Irish North-Western Railway, and according
to the following incident there is great neglect somewhere,
On Saturday the Right Honourable Judge Keogh, the
Master of the Rolls Court, and Mr. Heron, Q.C., M.P.,
and a distinguished party, having taken first class return
tickets for a journey on the above line, were compelled to
travel third class from Bundoran, there being no other
carriage attached to the train. These carriages, it appears,
are very much neglected, as there were no windows to
them, but merely openings from the sides of the carriages,
without any glass to protect passengers from the weather,
which being very severe yesterday, the hail and snow
swept through the carriage, making the floor wet and
dirty. On the return journey the right honourable
udge complained greatly of the treatment he had received
at the hands of the Railway Company, but there was no
redress, except that the fares of the party were returned
The railway company run only third class carriages on
the morning up and evening down trains.

DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
A daring attempt at robbery was made either late on
Saturday night or early yesterday morning by burglars,
who broke into the Loan Fund Bank in Lisnakea, Fer
managh. The windows being protected by iron bars,
ingress by that way was prevented, they therefore re-
moved a large quantity of the masonry and forced the
door. They ransacked the premises, but without the
desired result, the manager of the bank having on Satur-
day evening removed the monies. The constabulary
are actively engaged on the affair, but up to
the present their efforts have been unsuccessful in
tracing the thieves.
London, England, 1871-01-09

Tale of a Hair, 6cl,

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in
one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CIIIROPO. This pre-
paration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing
the very root. Price 45., sent by post for 60 stamps. 248, High
Holborn, and all chemists.
London, England, 1871-01-09

THE ALABAMA QUESTION,

There seems to be little doubt, says the Standar,l,
that General Shenck, the new American Minister, has
received instructions to reopen the Alma question,
with a view of pressing on a settlement of that dispute
between this country' and the United States'. He
will probably s find Lord Granville as ready, to
meet him half way as Mr; Reverdy Johnson
found Lord Stanley and Lord Clarendon, and
should Lord Granville enter into a convention with
General Schenck for a settlement, by which the honour
and dignity of this country is not compromised, no one
will be more ready than we shall be to express a cordial
approval thereof. A word of caution is, however, neces-
sary. There is too great a tendency in our foreign policy at
the present epoch to concede everything that may be asked
of us by a powerful State, especially when the request
is backed up by a menace. If, therefore, General
Schenck conveys the proposals of his Government in any
language such as that formerly used by Mr. Sumner. or
more recently by General Butler, the proposals must be
flung back straight inhis face, for the time has come when
the bullying of this country, so in vogue abroad, must be
put a stop to, catite qui ceute. General Schenck is, how-
ever, a politician of a very different stamp from General
Butler. The latter is the scum and the former the pure
metal in the refinery of polities ; and we read General
Schenck's political antecedents very wrongly, if he comes
to England to widen, instead of to heal, the breach between
her and the United States, It is a noticeable fact that
if the popular opinion of General Schenck's instructions is
correct, the United States Government have abandoned
the unwarrantable position which they took up last, a
little more than a year ago, that all future negotiations on
the Alabama question 'Mist take place in Washington.
General Schenck may arrange with Lord Granville
a convention on equitable terms for the submission
of the dispute ta arbitration ; but then what
guarantee have we that a convention of 1871 will not
share the fate of the convention of 1869, and be rejected
by the United States Senate f Even if it be, we shall
have this consolation, that it will be more than ever
patent that the delay in the settlement of the Alabama
question proceeds, not from this side of the Atlantic, but
from the other.
London, England, 1871-01-09

STOCK EXCHANGES,

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Opening price of Consols at 11.15
and statement of business done at 12.15, with remarks—
£2lBs. 6d. per quarter.
LONDON STOCK ExcNANaE.—Report and Closing Quotations--
£2lBs. 6d. per quarter.
PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—Two reports are forwarded
daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leeds—charge,
£ll9s, per quarter for each report.
London, England, 1871-01-09

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.

A fatal accident, caused by the incautious use of fire-
arms, occurred on Friday at Boxley, about two miles
from Maidstone. Mr. William Barron, son of Mr.
Henry Barron, of Newnham Court, Boxley, was placing
a loaded gun in a sack for the purpose of preserving it
from the damp, when from some unexpected cause the
gun suddenly exploded, and the whole contents lodged
in the head of the unfortunate young man, killing him in-
stantly.