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London, England, 1871-02-11 00:00:00

with inurortelles, but there are none left on the railings
round the column in the Place Vendome. There are
not so many shops open as usual on the boulevards,
and there is no flower market at the Madeleine, but
the cafes seem in full force, and the charcuterie
shop windows display-a tolerable assortment of tins, but
very little meat. I have not yet had time to do more than
explore the Boulevards and the Rue de la Paix, and the
one great impression which the aspect of those streets,
and of Paris generally, has made upon my mind has been
that I have yet to discover the misery and the starvation,
and the sights which should make a town of two million
inhabitants which has stood a four and a-half
months' siege the most remarkable and interesting spectacle
of modern times. This eveningl dined, with my friend,
at the Cafe Peters, in the Passage des Princes. We had
there Crecy soup, Seine smelts, excellent roast beef, salad
asparagus, preserved peaches, a bottle and a half of wine,
and coffee, for 13f. each—a very much better and cheaper
dinner than I had at the hotel St. Germain
two nights ago. The bread was brownish and a
little sawdusty, but perfectly eatable ; the bee
was certainly not horse, though I believe it was on the
bill of fare. Rats require to be ordered the day before,
they are so little in demand. I counted three very well-
fed-looking dogs roaming at large on the Boulevards, and
not apparently exciting any unusual emotion in the breasts
of the passers by. The people do not look as if they had
in any way suffered privation,, but are fat and cheer-
ful as usual. After dinner we went to a concert on
behalf of the wounded, which was crowded with a well-
dressed and respectable audience, and was only remark-
able for its intense dulness.—Times Correspondent.

NOTES FROM LILLE.
LILLE, February 8.

The elections are being carried on with great modera
tion, and one would scarcely suppose, from the appear
ante of the electors passing in and out of the bureaux
that they were dealing with a question which was life or
death to France. Strange as this may seem, it is the wisest
course to adopt under the circumstances of the case. A.
picturesque appearance has been imparted to the town
by the crowd of peasants who have come here from their
communes to record their votes. Great precaution has
been taken to keep down any tumult that may arise; and
the National Guard is called together, and armed
detachments keep guard over the electoral dis-
tricts. M. Hendle has succeeded M. Bert as
orthern Prefect, he is the private secretary
of M. Jules Favre, and a well known advocate of
the Parisian bar. A member of the Bread Committee
left Paris • yesterday and brought some numbers of the
Temps, Siecle, and other papers. They do not, however,
contain much interesting news. The Figaro says that
Poitiers will be selected as t'ae meeting-
place of the National Assembly, because Bordeaux
will not be sufficiently quiet for the purpose. • The
greater part of the political celebrities, and the notabilities
of the Paris press figure among the candidates. M. Ledru
Rollin has declined to be put in nomination, because
questions 'of principle prevent him from accepting the
honour ; and M. Nefftzer has declined on account of private
reasons.

A war correspondent who entered Paris. the other day
with a leg of mutton was positively mobbed whilst walk-
ing down the boulevards. " Sir," said one man, " allow
me to smell it:" The correspondent did so.
Two steamers have left the Tyne this week for France,
laden with flour for Paris. About 6,000 sacks have been
sent. A. quantity of ship bread has also been despatched
from some of the neighbouring seaports. A fleet of
steamers have also taken coal from the Tyne and Wea3.
to Havre and Dieppe since the armistice, and, now that
the obstructions on the Seine have been removed, English
collier brigs will resume the coal trade with Rouen.
The despatch of food supplies from Liverpool to the
French ports is being energetically continued, and on a
very extensive scale. For some days past the London
and North-Western Railway Company have been con-
veying large quantities of preserved meats and other
provisions from that town to ports on the south coast for
transhipment to Havre and Dieppe. On Thursday alone
1,000 tierces of beef and pork were carried over the com-
pany's line. On Saturday some 3,000 additional tierces
of beef and pork will be forwarded from 4 Liverpool.
Immense supplies of various kinds of clothing are also
being despatched for France by wholesale clothiers and
outfitters in Liverpool.
TEN THOUSAND MILLION FRANCS.—With regard
to the ten milliards alleged to be demanded by Count
Bismarck as an indemnity for the losses suffered
by the Germans in consequence of the war, we find
the following curious calculation in a Belgian
paper :---" Ten milliards in five-franc pieces would
weigh 50,000,000 kilogrammes. To transport them all at
once by rail would require a train of 10,000 waggons as-
suming each waggon to be capable of carrying 5,000 kilo-
grammes. If you were to make a girdle out of the ten
milliards in sf. pieces, in such a manner that each coin %
should touch its neighbour, it would go one and three-
quarter times round the earth. In if. pieces such a
girdle would go four times round the earth. If the ten
milliards in sf. pieces were heaped up on each other in a
column, they would reach the height of 5,400 kilometres,
or 1,080 leagues (3,240 English miles). Supposing this
column of coins to have its base at Paris and to fall
in the direction of Berlin, the part of the column
which would strike the latter city would be hardly one-
fifth of the entire length from the base of the column. If
a ready cashier, who can on an average count 40,000 five-
franc pieces per hour, were alone to attend to the counting
of the ten milliards, and if he were to begin at the age of
30, and to be engaged at it eight hours a day, and 300 days
in the year, he would be 135 years old before he had com-
pleted the task. He would then assuredly be convinced
of the truth of the proverb, "Money does not bring
happiness."
GENERAL DUCROT.—The Paris Journal says that
as soon as negotiations were entered upon with Count
Bismarck, the Chancellor demanded that General Ducrot
should be given up to him as his prisoner of war, he having
broken his engagement. Our readers will remember the
affair. The Journal Officiel of the 19th October published
an account of it signed by Ducrot, and the next day an answer
appeared from General Trochu. The General approved
of the course which had been taken by his friend and
companion in arms, the brave Ducrot. The, question
assumed such an importance in the sight of Bismarck and
Moltke, that they declared unless Ducrot was given up
to the 'Prussians. they would not go on with the nego-
tiations. General Vinoy informed General Ducrot oft
determination on the part of the Prussian leaders, but
absured him that so long. as he . kept the command he
should refuse to give him up: To this General Ducrot
replied that no personal consideration should stand in the
way of an act which was • called for by the
general interests.. He therefore, resigned his cony
mand at once, and went to his house, where he
put off his uniform, and; surrounded by his aides-de-
camp he awaited_ the arrival of those who were to take
him to Versailles. At the present time he is still waiting.
It is said that an international tribunal will be surly
moned to decide upon the difficult matter of his escape'
but this trial will, not take, place until after the meeting
of the National Assembly in France.

MARRIAGES.

LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—Mr. W. P. Elliott, the
hon. secretary of the Holyhead Branch of the Natiessi
Lifeboat Institution, reports that a noble service was rslv
dered on Thursday by the. lifeboat Princess of Wales, 0°
that station. The screw steamer Alexandria, of Londos,
from Liverpool to Cardiff, had gone ashore on the Pei!
Rocks, in Holyhead Bay, the wind blowing at the arc;
from the N.W. The lifeboat was immediately launch*"
and proceeded to the distressed ship. After some diffiel
the lifeboat succeeded in saving the crew, consisting °'
men. If the weather continues to moderate, the stall'
may be saved.
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BIRTHS.
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On the 9th inst., at Queenswood, near lthaul,
the wife of Vesey W. Holt, Esq., of a daug,hter.

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