The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-19 00:00:00

GERMAN CONSISTENCY.

.The following extraordinary paragraph is frqm the .Artl6
York Commercial and Shipping News :--" Since the cora.
mencement of the Franco-Prussian war it is estimated
that the value of the munitions of war which havo been
shipped hence to Europe closely approximates ten millions
of dollars, and the principal manufactories of improved
implements are still fully employed on foreign orders-
At the outset, the North German Consul at this port
protested against the shipment of arms to France
as being in contravention of our neutrality laws, bal
that theory was speedily exploded, and the aforesaid consul
subsequently received instructions from his Goternment not
to concern himself further in Ple matter, because there is no
law among nations to prevent such shipments by privato
citizens." What do Englishmen think of this ? The
shipment of arms from England in trivial, 'imperceptible
quantities is a grave outrage to Germany, which the
Germans repay by systematic insult ; but the shipment
of arms in immense quantities from America is a sort of
thing Which " there is no law among nations to pre-
vent."

The eldest son of the Duke de Gramont, the Frond)
statesman, has left London to join the French Gard°
Mobile as a volunteer. He is only 19 years of age.
Seven hundred men have left Hamburg to fill up gaps
in the corps of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, which
has suffered heavily.
. The vessels placed in the Elbe to obstruct the channel
have been all removed, on account of the ice which io
floating on the river in thin sheets, but which is no impe-
diment at present to navigation.
• The Rote, of St. Leopoldo, on the Rio Grande del sol
(Brazirrsays that the Germans of that place have already
collected and forwarded 22,000 thalers in aid of the
wounded in the present war, and that they expect eh send
in further subscriptions.
Fifty Frenchmen, seized as hostages for the German
merchant captains, arrived at Frankfort on the 11th. ana
on the following day were sent to Bremen. They are
composed of counts, marquises, barons, and wealthy com-
moners from the district of Dijon.
The Echo du Nord of the 14th of December states that
MM. Jeunet and Tilloy, editors of the Journal d'Amiens,
have been arrested by the Prussian commandant upon
charges of insulting the King of Prussia and maligning
the Prussian armies, and are required to pay 50,000 f. 55
a fine before they will be restored to liberty.
A correspondent of the Swam Mercury says :---
To
the continuous grenade and small-arm firing of the enenlY
is now to be added that of the gunboats lying on the
Seine, the guns of which, being of the largest calibre,
cause great destruction."
Captain l3eaurefaire has collected in Paris the 12;000
volunteers with whom he hopes to cut through the Prue'
sian lines and organise a thorough levee en masse in .the
provinces. He waited on Trochu, who, agreeably to bl 5
promise, officially authorised him to form this new corpe.
The President of the Great Luxemburg Railway saYs
that that line has not been leased to the Eastern of France
Company, as has been alleged. The Great Luxemburg is
not a line in the Grand Ducal territory.' The William
Luxemburg line is the railway referred to, and this
leased to the Eastern of France.
A correspondent says it is probable that M. Gambetta
will find that some days must elapse before Bourbakj's
army is in a condition to take the field. The general's
own division is intact, , but he has a crowd of fugitives
without arms or equipments to reorganise. The corps are
in many cases completely scattered and broken up—inerl
without officers, officers without men.
Some gastronomical philosophers of the Acclimiti'
sation Society have been banquetting on all the extraor
dinary viands which they could collect, and salmi of rat
and broiled dog's liver are declared by them to be exquisite,
while the young rats which furnished the garnish to
roast cat were admitted to be uneatable, and a dog's hid
leg was pronounced as tough and stringy as it is prover'
bially crooked.
The Alsatians, says the Allgemeinc Zeitung, will not
accept posts under the German administration. The neWs'
papers daily give letters from officials, stating that they
had resigned, and had no desire to serve the Gerronl'
authorities. People have consequently to be brought
from distance, and the Alsations will by-and-bye, in
their own interest, regret this. In Upper Alsace attack'
continue to be made on railways and telegraphs.
Mayence has now an additional suburb. Between the
inner and outer walls of the fortress eighty wooden build-
ings have been erected for the accommodation of the
27,000 French prisoners, who were previously under or
vas. About 250 men are lodged in each building, with a
Prussian and twenty French sub-officers over them. The
demeanour of the prisoners is not very reassuring. lle'a
volvers and knives, with which they have secretly arms
themselves, have repeatedly been discovered. Greater pre;
cautions are therefore taken, so that any outbreak wok
be nipped in the bud.
THE PRUSSIANS IN ROUEN.—A. person lateli
arrived from Rouen has furnished some details of t
he
manner in which the Prussians have been conductine,
themselves in that town. It is not true that Rouen 10"„
been called upon to furnish a contribution of fiftee:
million francs. Requisitions in money have not bee'
called for, but the town has been obliged to contribl
twenty thonsand pairs of boots, and eighty thousse,e
coverings, together with other requisitions in kind. V,
superior officers have fixed themselves in the best hoteLs,tbe;
eat and drink well, and order the town authorities to pO9
the reckoning. The mayor has announced that all the
roads are free, and therefore the country people cog
send their cattle to market as formerly. The Prussia)
have seized upon all the homes. They say that they 0';
remain in Rouen for the winter. The Prussian garri?erj
should consist of 8,000 men, but more than 20,000 soldis
are now in the town.

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, BIRTHS.
~to 4
On the 14th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of W. Dom-
, Anderson, Esq., of a daughter. the
On the 15th inst., at Elmhurst, Harehills, Leeds,
wife of Robt.. Benson Jowitt, Esq., of a son.

• .
On'' the 14th inst., at St.MARRIAGES
Mary's, Chester,
'Harrison, of Clifton-crescent, London, to Sarah ter
second daughter of the late Mr. G• P. Carpenter,
the Vineyards, Bath. op
On the 15th inst., at Pilton, near Barnstaple Desl
Henry Vigne, Esq., of The Oaks, Woodford, Barnstaple,
Priscilla• Lord, youngest daughter of the late Rev. .0"
Lloyd, rector of Instow, North Devon.
DEATHS.
On the 15th inst., at 5, John-street, Adelphi, D. J. s'
Esq., aged 79.
On the 14th inst., at New Peckham, Captain P 1
Lawrence, aged 64.

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