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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-28

FIRES IN LONDON.

A very interesting report has just been made to the
Board of Works, by Captain Shaw, of the operations
of the London Fire Brigade during the past year.
It appears that there have been no less than 2,188
calls to fires, and of this number 133 were false
alarms. Compared with the year 1869, there has
been an increase of 374, or compared with the average
for the last ten years, the increase was 555. The
proportion of serious fires was about 14 per cent.,
showing that the success of the brigade in reducing
losses is in proportion much greater now than
when it was first placed uuder the control of the
Metropolitan Board. It is curious that the
majority of the fires appear to occur on Sundays and
Thursdays, and that the greatest number appear to have
occurred in the last two hours of Thursday nights,
and the least in the ninth and tenth hours of Sun-
day morning. Among the remarkable causes of
fires we have the following :—Cats playing with
Lucifers, 2 ; fumigating insects, 11; horse singeing,
1; intoxication, 3; reading in bed, 1; smoking in
bed, 1; heat of the sun, 1; and thawing water
pipes, 3. At the head of the list of trades princi-
pally affected by fires, stand victuallers, drapers,
grocers, carpenters, and bakers, A hundred and
fly-three lives have been saved through the opera-
ons of the brigade ; and 33 persocs appear to
se been lost.
London, England, 1871-01-28

THE PRUSSIAN REQUISITIONS.

The Chaplain-General to the Army, in a letter to
the Times, agrees with Colonel Hamley in condemn-
ing "requisitions" as a system, and he thinks that
they work out as much hum to the invader as the
invaded. The Duke of Wellington disapproved of
the system, although in his celebrated march from
-Waterloo to Paris he found that it was necessary
in part to adopt it. But the English nation is the
only one that refrains from making war support
itself in an enemy's country, and it is consequently
hardly fair to condemn the Prussians as acting in
this respect with exceptional harshness. They are in
fact only doing that which every other European
nation would do if at war with its neighbour. With
respect to attacking populous places by bombardment
he asks " kiow could such a place as Paris be got
at except by bombardment ?" and rather pertinently
suggests that all the blame rests on those who con-
verted a great capital into a fortress. The Rev. G.
It. Cleig condemns resistance by the ordinary popu-
lation to an invading army, and says " levies en masse,
Francs-tireurs, guerrillas, or by whatever name they
may be called, who fight without any badge of
soldiership to distinguish them, are a curse instead of
an honour or protection to an invaded country," and
he further urges that for the sake of humanity, they
should be discountenanced instead of being encouraged.

THE VOLUNTEERS AND JULES FAVRE

Another meeting of volunteers has been held in
London, ostensibly to make arrangements for the
London, England, 1871-01-28

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participate ; so that persons who complete such Assurances
before June 30th next will share in that Division; although
one Premium only will have been paid.
Report and Balance Sheets, Forms of Proposal, and every
information, can be obtained of

GEORGE CUTCLIFFE,
Actuary and Secretary.

13, St, James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1871-01-28

THE JEWEL ROBBERY.

Mrs. Martha Tarpey, who was arrested at Leamington
last week for having committed, in conjunction with her
husband, the robbery of £2,500 worth of jewels from
Messrs. London and ilyder's assistant, will again be
brought up this morning, at the Marylebone police-
court, before Mr. H. Mansfield. She will probably be
remanded, as the police have not yet succeeded in securing
Mr. Tarpey.
London, England, 1871-01-28

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 EXCHANGB.—Report and Closing Quotations—
£2lBs. 6d. per quarter.
PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—Two reports are forwarded
daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leeds—charge,
£ll9B. per quarter for each report.
TRADE REPORTS.

Arrangements have been made for obtaining first-class trade
reports from the chief centres of industry, which are telegraphed
at the earliest period at which the tone and result of business
becomes known on the chief market days. These reports will be
found of great value for first-class newspapers and news rooms.
They will be forwErded direct from the following places, and
are supplied at is. each : •

Belfast, lAnen—Wednesday. Dundee, Linen—Tuesday.
Birmingham, Iron Trade— Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday.
Thursday. Manchester, Trade Tuesday
Bradford, Worsted Trade— and Friday.
Thursday. I South Wales, Iron and Coal—
Cleveland, Iron Trade--Tuesda). Friday.
London, England, 1871-01-28

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

ARMY REFORM.
Mr. Trevelyan still keeps pegging away on the
subject of army reform. In a letter to a contempo-
rary he intimates that just, at present there is a
danger lest we should surrender our personal liberty,
by the adoption of some scheme for compulsory ser-
vice in the line or the militia. If the regiments
were located in the neighbourhood in which they
were raised, and the term of enlistment for the home
service reduced to one year, plenty of fine young
fellows would be attracted to the ranks. Should,
however, this plan fail, recourse might. be had to
Lord Derby's, scheme of making the locality
responsible for a certain number of recruits
under penalty of a payment in money. Ile there-
fore prefers the old English way of entering the
military service to compulsory enlistment. Mr.
Cecil Raikes, who also takes a great interest in this
question, thinks that the difficulty may be met by
reducing the period of enlistment to five years in the
regulars, followed by five years in the militia. By
this means the reserved force would every year be
fed by some 20,000, or 25,000 men retiring from the
line, so that in the course or five years half our
reserve would be composed of seasoned soldiers.
London, England, 1871-01-28

A REMARKABLE LANV SUIT.

A. very singular case has been entered in the Cour
of Common Pleas, at Dublin, by Captain Poynter
who seeks to recover £lO,OOO damages for an
alleged assault committed by a country gentleman,
named John Gray Vesey Porter, of Bellisle, Fer-
managh. The defendant has applied for a postpone-
ment of the trial, his object being that in the mean-
time a divorce case, in which Mr. Porter is the
petitioner, and his wife the respondent, should be
heard. It does not appear that Mr. Porter
denies the assault, he having pleaded in miti-
gation that Captain Poynter has seduced his
wife, she having admitted her guilt. But
this allegation is flatly contradicted by the gallant
captain, who states that he disliked Mrs. Porter's
invitations, and that if she really made such a con-
fession to the defendant, she must be suffering udder
a " delusion of the strangest character." Three
times one of the defendant's servants waited on
Captain Poynter with a message, asking him to meet
Mrs. Porter at a Model School, near Enniskillen.
Twice he refused, but on the third invitation he
went " unwillingly." On his way he was
seized by some of Mr. Porter's servants, and
carried down Lough Erne in a boat ;
the defendant after throwing - water • over
him, cut his hair, and then had him tied up to a
triangle and flogged with whips, giving him neither
time nor opportunity to make any explanation.
After this extraordinary conduct Captain Poynter
brought his action instead of indicting him, so that
the defendant might be able to give any explanation
of his conduct which he pleased, and the plaintiff be at
liberty to rebut any charge made against him. This
extraordinary case, as may readily be supposed,
attracts a good deal of notico among the Irish people.
London, England, 1871-01-28

MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION.

A conference of the clergy and laity was held at the
Chapter-room of Rochester Cathedral on Friday. The
Yen. Archdeacon Grant, D.C.L., presided, supported by
the Earl of Darnley. The Dean of Rochester
(Dr. Scott), and a large number of the clergy
and influential laity of the district. The subjects
for discussion were middle class education, and whether
any changes are necessary in the licensing system. The
first subject was opened by the Rev. A. Willis, of New
Brompton, who urged that it was principally the duty of
the Church to educate all classes of the community, and
quoted several cases in which a system on this
principle was being adopted. In the discussion
which ensued, both the Dean and the Archdeacon urged
the necessity of teaching more of English classics, as
greatly calculated to improve the public tone of thought.
In regard to the second subject, it was thought by the
speakers generally that greater restrictions should be
placed on the granting of licenses, and also that the
adulteration of liquors should be more guarded against.
No positive resolution was passed on either subject.

OPPOSITION TO THE POSTMASTER-
GENERAL.

The Nationalist party in Limerick, which previously
has been dispirited by the want of a candidate, is now
evincing intense enthusiasm. At the eleventh hour Mr.
Isaac Butt has consented to come forward. The nomina-
tion takes place to-day (Saturday). Mr. Butt will him-
self arrive in Limerick this evening, and will, during the
few days which will intervene before the election, address
the electors in the principal towns throughout the county.
"It is universally believed," says a Limerick corre-
spondent, " that the Postmaster-General will be in a
minority."

EMIGRATION OF FRENCH REFUGEES TO
JERSEY.

Emigration from the North-West Departments of
France to Jersey continues on an increased scale. On
Friday morning two boats arrived at St. Helier's, one
from Granville and the other from St. Malo. They
brought about one hundred passengers, among whom
there was a larger proportion of males than usual. They
had with them their personal luggage, but there was not
much baggage. The Granville boat sighted two French
men-of-war near the French coast.
London, England, 1871-01-28

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THE • EUROPEAN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This Edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.

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London, England, 1871-01-28

MARKETS.

The following markets are supplied at a cost of 4d. for each
report. They are forwarded direct, and the most careful
arrangements are made to ensure their prompt dispatch.
London, Corn Averages—Once
a week.
ft Potatoes—Daily.
„ Produce—Daily.
„ Provision—Daily.
Leeds, Cattle—Wednesday.
Corn—Tuesday.
Leith, Corn—Saturday.
Liverpool, Cattle—Monday.
ft Corn—Opening Tues-
day and Friday.
~
Corn—Closing Tues-
day and Friday.
„ Cotton—Opening Daily.
—Closing Daily.
OP 11
Produce—Daily.
Lincoln, Corn—Friday.
Maidstone, Corn—Thursday.
Manchester, .Cotton—Monday,
Wednesday, and Thursday,
at 4d. ; Tuesday, Friday, ls.
Manchester, Corn—Thursday.
Newark, Corn—Wednesday.
Newcastle, Cattle—Tuesday.
Corn—Tuesday and
Saturday.
Norwich, Corn—Saturday.
Reading, Corn—Saturday.
Salford, Cattle—Tuesday.
Southall, Cattle—Wednesday.
Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday.
„ Corn—Friday.

Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday.
Birmingham, Corn—Thursday.
Bristol, Cattle—Thursday.
IP Corn—Tuesday and
Thursday.
Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily.
Cork, Butter—Daily.
„ Corn—Saturday.
Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday.
, Corn—Saturday.
Dublin, Cattle—Thursday.
„ Corn—Tuesday and
Friday. •
Edinburgh, Cattle —Wednes-
day.
PP Corn -- Wednes-
day.
Gloucester, Corn—Saturday.
Glassow, Cattle—Thursday.
PP Corn—Wednesday.
IP Pig Iron—Opening
Daily.
„ —Closing Daily
Hull, Cattle-. Tuesday.
Corn—Tuesday.
Kirkcaldy, Corn—Saturday.
London, Cattle—Monday and
Thursday.
„ Corn—Opening Mon-
day, Wednesday,
and Friday.
„ Corn—Closing Mon-
day, Wednesday,
and Friday.

BANK RETURNS, 395. per quarter. WIND AND WEATHER,
395. per quarter. SHIPPING 'ma, arrivals at Gravesend, Fal-
mouth, and Queenstown, each 395. per quarter.
NEW YORK PRICES, daily, 395. per quarter.
SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for sporting news will be supplied
in January next.
A discount of 10 per cent. Is allowed on arrangements for not
less than twelve months.
London, England, 1871-01-28

THE BONAPARTIST RESTORATION.

I have learnt, says the same correspondent, from
authoritative sources, leaving no doubt whatever as to the
correctness of the information, that the peasants round
Paris, and generally throughout the Department of
the Seine-et-Oise, are manifesting a distinct return
to Bonapartist sympathy. Their desire for order
and for the protection of their material interest
incline them earnestly towards the restoration of
the Empire. They suppose that no other form of Govern-
ment would give them the same security; and, from what
I hear, they would vote almost unanimously for the return
of Napoleon if a Plebiscite were taken on the ques-
tion. This feeling is evidently growing and
spreading every week. Private letters which I have
seen from prisoners in Germany announce that a
secular reaction is taking place amongst them alsa.
Public opinion in the metropolitan districts is growing
vigorously against the Republic and its authors. Rely
upon it, that the Republic has thus a very small number
of friends amongst the population of this part of France.
This is the more significant because this department has
been anti-Imperial.
London, England, 1871-01-28

ENGLISH AND PRUSSIAN GUNS.

Captain Majendie, Royal Artillery, has made a
comparison between the Prussian cast-steel breech-
loading rifled guns and the English Woolwich
muzzle-loading rifled guns. He declares that in the
trials which took place in Prussia the Krupp gun was
bigger than the English weapon. It fired heavier
charges, and was frequently repaired during the
experiments, besides enjoying other advantages not
accorded to the Woolwich gun. He maintains,
notwithstanding, that the English gun surpassed the
Prussian one in penetrative effects, and that its en-
durance was of a better character. It was superior
in rapidity, simplicity, and economy, while not in-
ferior in accuracy. The Woolwich gun experimented
upon at Tegel was cracked in the inner
steel tube at the twenty - third round, but
more than a hundred heavy. charges were fired out
of it afterwards, and the gun has since been pur-
chased by a Foreign Government. Prussia and
Russia are the only nations which have adopted
Krupp's system ; Austria, Spain, Italy, Norway, Den-
mark, and Holland, have Armstrong guns; Turkey,
Egypt, and Greece are arming with English ord-
nance ; while France and Sweden, like Prusssia, make
their own gulls.
London, England, 1871-01-28

FRENCH MOVEMENTS.

The Independance Beige announces that General
Faidherbe arrived on the 24th at Dunkirk, where
preparations are being made to place the town in a
state of defence.

Advices from Auxerre announce that the bridge of
Crecy, near Laroche, has been destroyed by the
French, who captured eleven prisoners on the spot.

THE GERMAN LOAN.

BERLIN, January 27..
The subscription to the North German Loan
closed to-day ; the amount has been subscribed
several times over.

An Imperial Decree, dated the 24th inst., orders
the elections for the German• Parliament to be held
on the 3rd of March, and summons the Parliament
to assemble on the 9th.l,
Another decree convokes the Federal Council for
the 20th February:
By a third decree the order of the 18th of July,
relating to the capture of French merchant ships,
is to cease to be in force from the 10th of Feb-
ruary.
London, England, 1871-01-28

CAVENDISH ON WHIST.

The authorship of this famous little treatise has
been lately brought into dispute, and some correspon-
dence has ensued in consequence. The author
writes from the Portland Club to explain, and his
statements are fully confirmed by one of his
coadjutors of the "little whist school." This
"school," as it was called, consisted of five young
men at Cambridge who, about the year 1854, began
the systematic study and practice of the game. They
soon discovered that there was no systematic treatise
London, England, 1871-02-04

Docks with provisions for Paris, has reeeived into
her hold a supply of the Kalydor from the humane
English public.

PHILOSOPHICAL THIEVES.
Rogues have it all their own way, a correspondent
informs us, in the county of Surrey. Turkeys have
been " taken in lots " from the farmers since Christ-
mastide, and as the stock seems diminishing, the
thieves are now beginnilg to transfer their affections
largely to sheep. About a week since a worthy farmer
awoke to find himself bereft of three tat sheep, and
the following excuse for the robbery was pasted on
his gate :

You're rich : we are poor
If your mutton's good, we'll come for more.
As the plunderers lately have been able to
laugh at the county police, and to continue
their depredations without the least restraint, they
honourably returned, we learn, and kept their
word by carrying offseveral more sheep a night or two
afterwards. Sacks of wheat are rather sought after
at present; but the theft of sheep, punishable a few
years since by hanging, seems to be easiest of accom-
plishment under the eyes of the Surrey policemen, to
judge from the quantity of the ovine species re-
ported missing from the different farmsteads.
London, England, 1871-02-04

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce yesterday, Mr. Graves, M.P., and Mr. Rath-
bone, M.P., both expressed a hope that General Schenck
would be enabled to make a satisfactory settlement
of the Alabama claim ; both gentlemen stating
that from their own personal experience and knowledge
of Americans, they were convinced that under an outer
crust of irritation all native-born Americans cherished a
feeling of affection for the old country, the alien popula-
tion of the United States being alone hostile to us. Mr.
Graves also spoke strongly in favour of further postal
reforms.
London, England, 1871-02-04

THE RIVAL GOVERNMENTS IN FRANCE.

The Telegraph commenting on the proclamation of M.
Gambetta, says :—France has now two hostile Govern-
ments, both illegal in their origin, and it remains for the
people to say whom they will trust, Gambetta or Favre.
The writer concludes by observing that France has reached
a crisis of such tremendous importance that the decision
of her National Assembly may bring salvation to the
country on the one hand, or ruin on the other. When
such are the issues, it is supremely important that the
decision in favour of peace or war should be pronounced,
not by any•party, but by the whole nation. However
good may be a Republic, or heroic a fight a outrance,
Gambetta has not a vestige of right to use

the powers of the Government to win a vote
in favour of either. He has held authority, not for
the coercion, but for the defence of the nation. The
decree by which he would shut out all foes of the Repute•
lie from the electoral field is as flagrant an act of ursurpa-

tion as that by which the National Assembly was dis-
solved in 1851. If those partisans be unworthy of legis-
lative trust, it is for the people, and not for a self-elected
Dictator, to pronounce the decision. Were he able
so to employ the powers of the Government as
to ensure the return of none save his own creatures, and
could he thus make the Assembly vote for war while the
people demanded peace, his guilt would be almost too
great for chastisement, and his name would merit execra-
tion for ever. But his power is happily limited
by the good sense and the apprehensions of the
French people. Outside the ranks of the "Reds"
he will not meet with obedience. France must and will
take the side of M. Jules Favre, and insist that the
National Assembly shall be fairly constituted, and not
be packed with the creatures of the Dictator. And
_ _ _ _

if M. Gambetta should display the slightest sign
of a determination to employ force, the Parisian
Government will, of course, place him under arrest. His
act looks like that of a person whom the failure of gigantic
labours has driven distracted ; and, indeed, it is charit-
able to believe that the man who has otherwise dohe im.
perishable services to France has such an excuse for
issuing a decree the guilt of which is eclipsed only by its

folly.

The steamer Burgsund is loading at the Millwall
Docks, London, with provisions for immediate despatch to
France. Among other cargo she takes about 500 tons
of preserved meat in tins, the want of fuel in Paris
rendering ready - cooked provisions of the first im-
portance.
London, England, 1871-02-04

THE ELECTORAL DISABILITIES.

The Liberte, the Paine, the Francais, the prance,
the Constitutionnel„ the Union Universelle, the
Courier de la Gironde, the Journal de Bordeaux,
the Ginonne, and the Province publish a protest
against the decree issued by the Delegate Government
on the 31st of January relative to electoral incompati-
bilities. It is as follows :

Before publishing the protest we thought it was our
duty to send three delegates to M. Jules Simon, to ask him

there did not exist a decree relative to the elections

issued by the Government of Paris on the 28th of
January. and published in the Journal Officiel. M. Jules
Simon replied that such was the case, that that decree
had been unanimously adopted on the 28th of January by
the members of the Government of Paris. It suppressed
all incompatibilities, with the exception, however, of
prefects who cannot be elected in the departments they
administer. The elections for Paris were fixed for the sth
of February, in the departments for the Bth, and the meeting
of the National Assembly for the 12th. The Journal
Officiel which contained the said decree had been sent in
all the departments by order of the Government of
Paris. M. Jules Simon received a safe conduct on the
31st of January, and left Paris the same morning. As
soon as he arrived in Bordeaux he called a meeting of
the members of the Delegate Government in order to
explain the state of things. The deliberations of the
Council were protracted. This evening at four o'clock the
Council met again. M. Jules Simon declared to the dele-
gates of the press that he intended to persist in the execu-
tion of the decree of the Government of Paris. In presence
of these declarations, which M. Jules Simon has authorised
us to publish, the undersigned representatives of the press
have only to await the execution of the decree of Paris.
(Here follow the signatures of the editors of the above-
mentioned journals.)

The Siecle approves these disabilities. The
Gironde, a journal on the side of M. Gambetta, thinks
their expediency doubtful.
London, England, 1871-02-04

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London, England, 1871-02-04

ARMISTICE ARRANGEMENTS.

.The armies of Faidherbe and Von Goeben con-
cluded an arrangement on the 31st, conformably to
the armistice stipulations, between M. Favre and
Count Bismarck. General Faidherbe refused at
first to withdraw within the boundaries marked out
in the Paris Convention, The Paris Government,
however, sent an imperative order.
London, England, 1871-02-04

BANK RESPONSIBILITY.

A. case of some importance has lately been
tried in the Supreme Court of Philadelphia
respecting the responsibility of a bank. A business
firm borrowed a large sum of money from the
National Bank of Erie, and deposited bonds as security
for the sum. These were placed in the vault of the
Ocean Bank of Philadelphia, but were stolen a few days
afterwards by burglars, who hired the basement
under the bank, and bored a hole up through the
floor. The business firm resisted the demand of the
Erie Bank to recover the money they had lost, and
maintained that they had a right to receive the
excess of the value of the bonds above the amount
.of the loan. The Pennsylvania Court declared
that the holders of bonds were not responsible for their
safe keeping if ordinary care was employed. But it
appeared that the room of the bank was separated
from thebasement by nothing stronger than an inch of
plaster and an inch of board. The room was let to
unknown tenants and no watchman was kept on
Sunday in the bank. The court decided that as this
negligence had been shown the merchants were not
called upon to pay the loan they had received, and
that the Erie Bank must make good the difference
in value which existed between the bonds deposited
and the sum borrowed—au amount of ten thousand
dollars.
London, England, 1871-02-04

THE FATE OF BOURBAKI'S ARMY.

In a note to the journals the Bordeaux Govern-
ment explains what is pronounced to be the dims-
trous effects of the armistice on the fortunes of the
Eastern Army. It says :

At the very moment when the Convention of the 28th
of January was notified to the Delegate Government a
double strategical movement was taking place. On
one side the Army of the East was operating,
while on the other General Garibaldi, who had
received reinforcements numbering 50,000 men, com-
menced a diversion in force in the rear of the enemy, ad-
vancing towards Dole and the Forest of Chana. Had
this movement ended as successfully as it began, the Prus-
sian troops might have been placed in a very critical situa-
tion between two fires. At this moment the Army of the
East suspended its operations, and the army of General
Garibaldi halted within three kilometres of Dole, which
had been almost completely evacuated by the enemy.
During the two following days, while the French
generals were negotiating with the enemy to clear
up what seemed to be a misunderstanding, the enemy con-
tinued to advance, sending considerable reinforcements
against Garibaldi, occupied important positions, and ren-
dered it impossible for the French army to pursue the
original plan. When the full text of the armistice became
known, General Garibaldi was obliged to evacuate Dijon,
and to fall back on Macon ; and the Army of the East
was compelled to enter Swiss territory, with the exception
of the 24th Corps, forming the left wing, which succeeded
in esoaping-the pursuit of the enemy. •
Quite a different report comes from Versailles. A
telegram from Imperial headquarters contains the
following :—" At the conclusion of the armistice, it
was demanded by the Germans that the siege of
Belfort should not be included in the armistice, on
account of the impending fall of the fortress; and
in consequence thereof the French requested that a
similar exception should be made for the army of
General Bourbaki. Accordingly the continuation of
the military operations in the three gouth-western
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THE ELECTIONS.

It is stated that the north of France will elect
twenty-nine deputies, instead of twenty-four as pre-
viously.

M. Jules Favre has sent a telegraphic despatch
from Versailles to M. Gambetta, explaining the con-
ditions of the armistice in the East and North,
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stood that in the provinces occupied by the enemy
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PUBLIC FEELING IN FRANCE.

A telegram from Toulouse, dated Thursday,
says :—At a meeting in this city, convened by the
Democratic party, which was attended by
about 3,000 persons, resolutions were passed
that the Party of Action declares that
the Government of the National Defence has
forfeited its power, and confides to M. Gambetta the
task of constituting a Committee of Public Safety,
with the object of rejecting the armistice, continuing
the war a outrance, and establishing a Republican
Government. Two delegates were ordered to leave
immediately for Bordeaux, in order to present these
resolutions to M. Gambetta.

R. Gent, Prefect of Marseilles, and M. Anatole de
la Forge, Prefect of the Basses-Pyren6es, have issued
a proclamation, recommending the continuation of
resistance a outrance.

A Committee of Defence, composed of natives
of Alsace and Lorraine, has been established at
Bordeaux, under the presidency of M. Tisserand,
Advocate of the Court of Appeals at Nancy. The
committee has presented an address to M. Gambetta,
who promised to give shortly a formal answer. This
address energetically protests against the annexation
of Alsace and Lorraine, and urges upon the Govern-
ment the continuance of war a outrance.

At a public meeting held at the Grand Theatre of
Bordeaux twenty-three Republican leaders were
nominated to form a future Committee of Public
Safety, among whom are MM. Louis Blanc, Victor
Hugo, Gambetta, Henri Rochefort, Esquires, Du
Portal, and Schcelcher,

HAVRE SUPPORTS M. GAMBETTA.
HAvnE, February 2,
The Municipality have unanimously passed the
following resolution :

" The Municipal Council of Havre gives its entire
adhesion to the decrees issued by the Dele-
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appointed by the electors will know how to defend
the Republic, the interest, and the honour of France."
—Lombard Telegram.
London, England, 1871-02-04

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FATAL ACCIDENT.

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WISBEACH CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.
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Viscount Royston deprecated the opposition that was
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Louise.
London, England, 1871-02-04

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THE ADMIRALTY FRAUDS.

Yesterday the court-martial assembled at Portsmouth
proceeded with the trial of Charles Townsend, steward of
the Inconstant, against whom twelve indictments of fraud
and conspiracy have been preferred. Admiral Wellesley
presided. The prisoner is charged with having on different
days in October, November, and December falsely repre-
sented to Mr. Giles, the paymaster, that cer-
tain quantities of meat had been received on
board for the use of the ship's company when
the Inconstant was at Portland, well knowing that a
smaller quantity only had been shipped. The case for
the prosecution is that the accused obtained certificates
that certain quantities of fresh meat had been supplied
when considerably less had actually been furnished, the
contractor payln him for the excess. Prisoner's counsel
objected to the jurisdiction of the court, but the objection
was overruled. After some evidence had been taken the
court adjourned until to-morrow.
London, England, 1871-02-04

THE " CAN CAN" IN THE PROVINCES.

Edwin James Edurus, manager of the Gateshead
Theatre, has been fined five pounds and costs by the
borough magistrates for permitting an indecent perform-
ance in his establishment, by allowing Mademoiselle
Brahau% and her Parisian female troupe to dance the
"Can Can." The Mayor of Gateshead was present at one
performance, and stated in the court that it was the most
indecent and debasing entertainment he had ever wit-
nessed.
London, England, 1871-02-04

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PROFESSOR BLACKIE ON WAR.

Professor Blackie has just delivered at Edinburgh
a lecture on war which created some excitement by
the novel mode in which he treated his subject. He
said war made man a very expert animal, and
developed his intellectual qualities. It also brought
out generosity and chivalry. There was likewise the
alleviation of the sick and wounded to consider.
Alter declaring that he thought the soldier was a
noble man, Professor Blackie referred to Bismarck
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of the streets, but this was not the sample of the old
Roman and the modern Prussian soldier. Bismarck
was like Cromwell, a stern man for a stern
purpose. He had succeeded in his work of uniting
Germany, and why should we grudge Germany the
chance of becoming a great Power in Europe? The
Professor reserved the strangest of his arguments
for the close of his discourse. He said it
was one result of war to teach nations
to respect each other. It was formerly
the custom of Frenchmen, and lie was sorry to say
of Englishmen too, to despise the Germans ; but
now they had taught us something of the utmost
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TIIE DOCKYARD EIkIIGRANTS TO CANADA.

The official papers containing information with
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