The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-24 00:00:00

A PRUSSIAN NAVAL STATION. BERLIN, Wednesday. t i A: Memorial to Count Bismarck, calling his atten °4ll. to the French colony of Saigon, in Cochin f o I na, with a view to the impending negotiations k l t Peace, is in progress of signature by the most t? ° rtant merchants on the Bremen Exchange. ge :object is not to obtain a colony, but a per. 14ent naval station, the want of which, in those -*L eft is much felt. R. ODO RUSSELL AND COUNT BISMARCK. - NYAL HEADQUARTERS, VERSAILLES, November 23 (10.15 a.m.) 111, 34 , * ' ILI Q Russell saw Count Bismarck t*ice on 4 ."Y. The Prussian Minister's disposition was teit , k ti te Conference_ is likely to be suggested to consider 0 question rased by Russia, to meet possibly at IlBtantinople. th e lu t Odo Russell'was prevented from dining with 4 4 -ing on TueAlay, owing to a severe cold. 011 0ws from the front. The forts are silent. ENGAGEMENTS IN THE SOUTH. VERSAILLES, November 22. Yesterday erday several small victorious engagements 7 r red south of La Loupe. '"I•e 83rd Regiment took one gun. tr2 - day Nogent le Rotrou was occupied by our "s' il .P B 'without encountering any resistance. ° thing fresh from the Army of the Loire, but tf t ce Frederick Charles is expected to cross that b k er Rbove Orleans, and to cut off the retreat of 4 1 relle d e P a l a di ne sou th war d. Th e G ran d D u k e 1), ecklenburg will move on Le Mans to shut 14 N . ° , le de Paladine off from the French forces ° lltandy. Those forces or their advanced guard b retlz been pushed back, some distance beyond e t k -LURE OF A PRUSSIAN CONVOY BY THE FRENCH. Touns, November 23. Att ev "Plete change has taken place in the situation t .P reux. Th e v alley of the Eure has been - cleared lit: °° Pe, and the National Guards are repelling the 14 1 4 2 1 4 Y at Evreux. The peasantry assist with much 43 iaem, and actively pursue the Prussians. li ve " vernon the French have assumed the offen -111."Inzi driven before them a convoy of 1,600 Ti i ,7 i ane who were on their way to Mantes. tt, carried off a large booty. Two Mobiles ka s° ,Y killed, an d fi ve wounded. On. the Prussian It o 13110 officer and six men were killed, and forty teri 4de d• Several horses were captured. Satisfac hku 4 ews has been received from Paris by the 4 °°n Archimede. G lerman telegram thus relates the affair : - BERLIN, November 23 (11.55 a.m.) L e se hundred waggons have been sent to Paris to ta lu i s ed in v i c t ua lli ng th a t city in case of its sur er, and 200 more are to follow shortly. ants to the Geneva Convention, the oth and 1, th e ~.u a varian field hospitals have been plundered by bor e Fr ench at and near Orleans. The waggons, 4tt, - , a, and whole equipment were seized, and the Aill:.ts sent to Geneva, whence they returned to aLT , t B trasburg. fortifications have been repaired, 41e novv placed in a complete state of defence. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. jt l a BRUSSELS, November 23. el (trea reported here that General Trochu has do he it that he will make no sortie from Paris until htt, tet. ll "A that the besieging forces are being - " e d by the Army of the Loire. &.. FIGHTING IN THE EAST. t *tt % to - , 1 88 telegram says that a serious engagement h ' l ng place at Hericourt yesterday, and that Th - : il et Was unknown. t c'te' "'wise Federal Council has decided upon rein -I)kttft ti t he troops protecting the frontier by ono n. F ro GENERAL WAR NEWS. 4 t Tours it is stated that the Prussian troops It itti• h °llt beliard, Giromagny, and Hericourt, all 41 4,:,e1l miles north and south of Belfort, were for e 'Y withdrawn on the 17th, and recalled by marches to Lure, between Belfort and Vesoul. Ps t i: Government o f the National Defence in 1211 4ti e - t il° longer allows foreigners, including diplo %RC; t o leave the city. Subjects of neutral 4 er t e l 11110 had received permission from the ote 4 'll authorities to pass through the lines have le 4N , e. forbidden by the French 3overnment to 4e n_ ral Bourbaki has arrived at Tours. t'A l has 'aneais st a t es th a t M. G am b e tt a as left for TTh ae 4114 t1 co mbined armi es o f P r i nce F re d er ick Charles f orc e , la D uke of Mecklenburg, with the recent rein btiii ;" 11 t 8 , are n ow es t imate d,. at 160 , 000 , .an d are ei-rving reinforcements-- • • " .tre e . Prussian columns, each 4,000 atrong, were moving from Litre and itaiiaonchamp to Vesoul on the 18th. Prussian troops at Montbeliard, 0-irotnagny, and Hericourt left for Lure on the 17th by forced marches. Communication between Auxunne and Besancon Was restored on the 16th. From intelligence received at Lyons it is believed that Gei.eial von Werder has at preen relinquished his movement lowhra that city. I'2U'ULSION OF GERMANS FROM SAIGON. Advices from Cochin China state that all Germans have been expelled from Saigon, which ht IYeth declared iu a state of siege, ~~ TIIE ITALIAN ELECTIONS. FLORENCE, Nov. 21. •The result of the Italian general elections, so far as they have yet become' known, appear to be favourable to the Government, BOA A Zat number of electionti " Fo qtao a ballotaggio,. cr secon.l yutitt, Chiefly on account of the scanty tattndalice of v tern, caused by the inclemency of the weather, which prevented the attendance of the suburban inhabitants. The ballotagyio will take place next Sunday.- THE THREATENING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS tN SPAIN. Intelligence from Spain, through French sources, states that a great effervescence reigns in Madrid; the troops arekept tobarracks; a republican insurrec tion is imminent. In Aragon there is the same agi tation augmented by a Carlist movement. Barcelona is even more disturbed, and the Captain-General has telegraphed to Prim that all would be kit if he did not send reinforcements at otAe. the New " which predeces ief story sent work e readers. ye story from the no re- Boys." poachers y. The ibed, and a useful Le him in untied on :zles, and it, such as F," " The " Trades We must . devoted ustruction aeons are id will be ?aratively tstrations, )gether aB Boy could puts the that the Ese Russia of done it the whole le deeper, ch Russia Prince a protePt, tire inter- ns to me Treaty of Circular : d by it e for the peace are cents of a. 'he parlia- Ly belong ; but all ;one upon hing that these con lc of the ress of all n treaty. ✓ chooses eighbours rn to break he burden D bear is on. But Shoulders, . the least Ise. Such tb, must went, ex s. That the chief Paris, demands France is clear on caused ent of his he conse- to spew an waste • such all Einiater of I. R. 11.. yesterday andidate, m. The through- :heater of en before inge took that hi he police ion about here they ..ds train d of the rhich was The two ie parcel, Irtridges. ,ame day which the He said 1, and in take out 'bout the we found i cipher. perinten asked if it to his feadlam: :r. Head [le Wear *r. Head ' 24 was led for a ie Court ments on Byles, to ;ion peti -as guilty s had not te m out, that the a under best of a under tig to the ;r, would Brighton ,nd other subject itinental fore the sorbed a fie pend 'ward to Les. - By way it of free re rigid aportant o see the e speech and the my what hensive. idgment practi without TEE LOIRE. SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The answer of Russia had not, up to a lai3eirettr l ais afternoon, been formally presented to Earl A despatch dated St. Petersburg, Nov. -24, - states that Prince Gortschakoff's reply to Earl Granville, l a couched in very conciliatory terms, and endea oars to expl a i n th e p a cifi c b ear i ng o f his [ r ev i ous (I ,_telarati o n. R uss i a d es i res a general c:;c1.: and by in the East, whigh tan only be secured : a common understanding ; and, far from wisl act separately, would very willingly join in such all understanding with the other Powers. THE WAR. CII O.EAN MARCH AGAINST TILE ARMY OF A despatch received to-day from the Royal Head 4Narters at Versailles, dated the 23d, states that the At li Duke of Mecklenburg is moving forward 4Direll the greatest celerity against the Army of the Dir e , All remains quite before Paris. BO►IIBARDMENT OF TIIIONVILLE. The bombardment of fhionville is going on, but Ibe latest information received to-day does not state St any definite result had been obtained. • o, 'IrTURE OF A. GERMAN MERCHANTMAN. telegram from Singapore, dated Nov. 18th, 07tIounces the capture, by a French man-of-war, r.the German vessel J. F. Worwerk, bound from sibur g to Shanghae. The prize Was taken to A ENCOUNTER AT CHA.TEAUNEUF. A t letter of the 19th from a correspondent at Rain says that sharp skirmishing was kept up all Rothe wood of Chateauneuf, without much re t. At noon, Wittich's division entered the suburbs I the town su pp os ing it t o be free of the French. be y te were suddenly fired upon, and obliged to i 'eat with precipitation. After an attack of w l 'erai. hours and being thrice stormed, the town a ' s finally taken. One' hundred and nineteen citi o nem were taken. IHE SUN; LONDON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK HUNT MEETING—TiIIs Daft • V - TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO-YR-OLDS. Dodona's dam colt HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Versailles • • Countryman • .• . , . • . Wandsiret. •" '" . 3 Seventeen ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Black Prime 1 Wild Fowl Ajax • 3 Ten ran. • HANDICAP HURDLE STAKES, Marshal Noy Harmony (3 34•) • ;.,,.••• ~• • ...... Svitfire.•• ••• ••:". '•:- '''' , • ''''''' lie .30venteen ran. THIRD NURSERY. Versailles Admiral Better Half Ten ran. SCURRY FLAT RAGE, Ismael.. ..... Satinstoc .•• . •- • • 2 . . Itoyante .. .. +A . i gill tIi,EAT MIDLAND COUNTIES HANDICAP. Musket Stanley Bonny Swell Fourteen ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Gladness Unfashionable Beauty Blockade ...... tio•• ...... 3 Eight ran, 1941 :TORTE! H.ANDICIA.I S I • - o ..• Wolsey Visage . —• Eleven ran. THE ADELPIII THEATRE, With apparently all its old vigour and importance, Mr. Buckstone's famous drama " The Flowers of the Forest " has been re-placed upon the Adelphi stage. Madame Celeste, who appeared in the original cast 29 years ago; and Mrs: Alfred Melltiti; keitiiiie, moreover, the wits Whose impersonation has so often given the public extreme gratification. The able corps of actors and actresses now at the Adelphi, em bracing as they do the names of Miss Furtado, Mr. Billington, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Wilmot, is suffi cient guarantee that the pristine glory of the gipsy play will be thoroughly sustained while Messrs Chatterton and Webster think it expedient to continue its revivaL This promises to be for tbtne tithe, to judge by the bril !Wit 'Attendance at the Adelphi on Wedneeday evening. EGYPT AND TIIE TItEATY OF 1856. La Libette publishes the lollowing extraordinary despatch from London, asserting that information bad been received from Cairo That the Viceroy had confidential notice from St. Petersburg the day after the capitulation of Sedan that a manifestation Would shortly be made an the Eastern Question; The Viceroy has also been iu possessitin of Confiden tial information respecting the declaration against the Treaty - of Paris since November the 17th, but Ismael Pacha fears the occupation of Egypt by the Western Powers. VIENNA, November 23. The New Free Presse says that the campaign will be carried on with the pen, and not with the sword. The Official Presse says that tirtitsia is will ing to treat with Englam! as to induce her to forget the first affront, and that therefore peace will, in all probability, be preserved. A conciliatory note from Prince Gortschakoff is on its way to London. This is official. VIENNA, Nov: 22 (7 p.m). In anticipation of the answer to be returned to the Russian Circular, the Porte has instructed its Ambassadors at Vienna, London, Berlin, Tours, and Florence to expreSs the painful surprise which the Russian communication has produced in Con stantinople, and the hope that the Powers which signed the Treaty would support Turkey in her efforts to !invent the consummation of an act tend ing to destroy all international relations. The semi-official Warrenea Correspondence Con tradicts the statement which has appeared in certain quarters that Austria had proposed either a con ference or a congress to consider the Black Sea question. BERLIN, November 22. The reports which are circulating with-regard to the : pacific character of Prince Gortschakoff's reply to Lord Granville's despatch are • founded simply upon the fact that the Russian Chancellor disclaims " any hostile intention, or any ulterior objects, in claiming that the provisions of the Treaty of Paris which he considers oppressive should be held henceforth as cancelled. There need be no doubt, however, of the fact that the position assumed in Prince Gortecbakoff's first note on the. subject is firmly maintained and strenuously vindicated. BERLIN, November 23 (12.30.) The Russian Post Office has quadrupled the post age for Russian journals sent to Turkey and Greece. These journals having for years kept up an anti- Turkish agitation among the Sclavonian subjects of the Sultan, the Post-office action is regardP4 as indicating an intention to prevent an outbreak at this critical juncture. The Russians seem to. be convinced that after this measure there can: bp no doubt as to the pacific intentions of their Govern ment. OONSTANT/NOPLE, November 21. There is but little excitement in this city in conse quence of the action of Russia, and no one seems to expect that there will be war. In any case Turkey will follow the lead of England. INDIA. CALCUTTA, Nov. 22, 11.50 a.m. (via Teheran.) Yakoob Khan is again making application for the Governorship of Candahar, but has moderated his tone, and is believed to be in flight to Siestan. The Calcutta trade has suffered severely from the depression caused by the telegrams respecting Russia and the Treaty of 1856. The market is overstocked with Manchester goods, and heavy losses are anticipated. The cotton coming from the country is good. The jute trade alone is prosperous. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY FROM SCOTLAND. The Queen left Bahnoral at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, and began her journey southward by rail. She arrived at Aberdeen about half-past throe. Her Majesty was there met by a great crowd, who took the opportunity to greet the Princess Louise. The Royal party had consequently an enthusiastic reception. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT WINDSOR. . - Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses, the Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, arrived at Windsor this morning, at nine o'clock, from Scotland. The Royal party travelled by the usual route. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Roxburgh, Lord Bridport, and Colonel Pon sonby. Princess Louise was conveyed from the train on a bed to an invalid carriage, in which she proceeded with her Majesty to the Castle. The public were not admitted to the platform of Windsor station. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. On Tuesday night. at Neath, while in a state of intoxi cation, a man named Evan Rees had his scull broken in with a large stone by a woman with whom he had for some time cohabited, named Mary Evans, The cause of the attack was jealousy, and the effects are that the man is likely to die. We learn from Cambridge that the Caius under graduate prize has been adjudged to A. F. Kirkpatrick, Trinity College. The examiners consider H. Pope, Christ's College, and E. F. Warstall, Trinity College, to have acquitted themselves with credit. ALLEGED HORRIBLE OUTRAGE BY THE PRUSSIANS. —The Tours correspondent of the Standard writes :—A horrible affair has taken place at IsTewville-et-Tuis, a little village near Warg. A gun was fired in the neighbourhood, no one knows by whom, at auy rate no one was hit. A strong body of Prussians in consequence arrived, under the command of a lieutenant-colonel. The maim and assistants were brutally beaten and ill-treated, and finally ransomed their lives at I,ooofr. each. The village was fined 2,000 f. more. The male inhabitants were shut up in the church, and the place was then deliberately sacked and several houses burnt,' and the women wero assaulted and - outraged by the soldiers. This is upon the best authority, and I specially mention it out of dozens of instances which daily come before me, because it is very seldom that the Prussians during the campaign, in all their innumerable instances of ravaging and brutality, have abused women. This is the one redeeming trait in' their ferocity. • They pillage, they 'Murder, they burn ' they put to death under anSt - eircurnstices of ferocity, but with the exception of g few isolated cases, of which the ' above id one, they retweet. the WQMOU. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE. Mr. R. Reece's burlesque, " The Stranger, Stranger than Ever," was last night withdrawn from these boards, to make room for h new production by the same author, who to M t ge from the success which has already attended his writings, bids fair to take a foremost place in the ranks of burlesque writers. ' The subject chosen was the familiar and oft dramatised story of Dick Whittington, which, under its present aspect, bears the title of " Whittington, Junior, and his Sensation Cat," &c., and there can be no doubt that the subject has never been more cleverly handled, and from a story which every one would have considered had by this time been worn threadbare, a really good mirth provoking burlesque has been produced, and one very excellent feature in the performance is one that there is not a single parody on a music hall absurtlity-- , -a tirdcbdaing which is unfortu nately only too prevalent now-a-days • in plays of this kind, and as a proof of the wisdom of this course, it may here be noted that every song was encored. Songs and dances are freely inter spersed throughout the representation, and the scenery is all that could be wished. The part of the hero was sustained by Miss Henrietta Hodson, who, on her appearance, received a perfect ovation. The cast is ex cellent throughout, and includes Miss Rachel*Sanger, viho appeared ii the character of Sir Highbury de Barne (described in the programthe as the best-looking knight of his day); Mr. Oliver Summers, as the Alderman and Dick's master and the two apprentices, supposed to be in love with Rosemange, were efficiently repretented by Mr. C. Flockton and Miss Fannie*Leng. Miss Kate Egerton appears as Rosemange, the Alder Man's daughter, and who, of course, ultiMately becomes the wife of Dick. The minor characters were all well represented, not excepting the Cat, who, what little he had to do, did extremely well. The curtain fell amidst long-continued applause from the audience, and calls were made for the author and principal per formers, who respectively appeared and bowed their acknowledgments. The tv. o act comedy drama, er.- titled " Wealth," still occupies the first part of the evening's entertainment. THE IRISH CAUSE CELEBRE. f. The:Taylor divorce case was again on trial in the Dublin Probate Court on Tuesday, and the mother of the respondent was examined at great length. She stated that Mrs. Taylor on one occasion beat her husbiind on the bare legs with a horsewhip, and raised " welts " upon them. She on another occasion " knocked him down and sat on his head "on a sofa. "He endeavoured," said the witness, "to push her off, but she is a most powerful woman." During the giving of this evidence the court was crowded so densely that the judge . was obliged to threaten to adjourn. The witness continued " On one occasion I saw her drink- a whole bottle of claret. and she then jumped on her husband, who was in bed, and pulled his hair and whiskers. She used to allow .the female servants to remain AA all night, and come in through the windows in they morning." On being asked if Mrs. Taylor was a hard drinker, witness said, " Well, she was. She drank rum and milk in the mor• fling, and front luncheon -to bed-time she generally drank about five bottles of porter. When I remonstrated with her she said it was no business of mine." This witness testified to midnight visits of Mrs. Taylor to Mr. M`Carthy's bed rooM, and added, " When I was speaking to Mrs. Taylor - about her conduct with Mr. M`Carthy, she said, ' The d-1 a pin I care what the world says.' " The witness said Mrs. Taylor drugged her husband's drink, and gave him pure whisky against remonstrance. On one occasion, when he had been in a great passion, she gave him laudanum. The case is proceeding. A_MERIOAN NOTES. Writing on November 4th, the Philadelphia correspon dent of the Times says : " The announcement is .made from Washington that the President has offered the mission to London, in succession to Mr. Motley, to General Robert C. Schenck, M.C. from Ohio. This gentleman is said to be inclined to accept, especially „as he was defeated in the recent election, and after the . 4th of March next will lose his seat in the House. Until General Schenck formally accepts the mission, how ever, the President will make ri..) formal announce ment of [the appointment, having become quite vexed at the unfortunate result of his previous appoint. ments. If Schenck accepts, and consequently resigns his seat, the Hon. Samuel Hooper, of Massachusetts, will succeed him for the approaching Omit session of Congress as chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and general guardian over tariffs taxes, and ' protection to American industry.' Senator Merton is said to have urged Schenck's nomination and his defeat for Congress has made it necessary for his party friends to provide him with a new office. Diplomacy will be new to him, as, under the unfortunate American system, it is generally to our envoys abroad ; he will have to learn a new trade, and therefore his failure is not beyond probability. The fishery dispute between the United States and Canada is wearing a more friendly aspect, notwithstanding the belligerent speeches of General Butler to the Massachusetts fishermen who are his constituents. Three American gunboats have been looking after American interests in Canadian waters, and although five American fishing vessels have been seized and some others molested by the Canadians, it ap pears that all were at the time engaged in violating the Canadian laws, or the treaties between the countries. The seized vessels have 'been condemned, but from Montreal it is announced that the Canadians do not intend to _enforce their fishery laws rigidly, and that instructions have been received from Ottawa postponing the sales of the condemned vessels. From this it looks as if there would be a friendly issue to the dispute, a chief cause of which is said to have been the fact that the American fishermen were making more money than the Canadians out of their business. Lady Young, wife of the Governor-General of Canada, is in Washington, and has been presented by Lady Thorn ton to Mrs. Grant and to the President. 'CABINET COUDICIL.— r -Srihonses were issued yes terday evening 'for a Cabinet Council to-morrow after-. 110014 at Mr. Gladstone's official residence in Downing street, , AY, NOVEMBER 24, Id. THE MONEY MARKET. -- CITY, Two o'CLoCK. Theed ti in - rid ed g"rtiitiori pf the aisciniebing run:tours which were circulated yesterdiy, Pri6ei tinge !cinieifliat recovered, but the markets are still flat. Consols have improved 93 to 931. The rise in Foreign Stocks is otog in Turkish, in Italian, and to SPanisli;- French Scrip, and .• , It is stated that the 'Mission of Count 0 4 hatlordy from the Tours Government, which is reported from Frankfort, to have resulted unsuc:essfully, was , to arrange for the calling together of a National Assembly, -even if an armistice could not be negotiated. Frankfort advices state that the Russian Circular did not make a Very deep Impfeesluit so king as it was con sidered tO refer to tiUstioti td lie Settled bettiren to the feeling that act thl&el• td preplude the prospect of an adjustn - ioiit ; hint *lien it atijj6v.ied that Austria would step fo'rward a serious panic enaued. It was seen that her finances could not bear any new strain, and that her ultimate resource would again'be the issue of irredeemable paper currency. Abcordingly, Austrian Silver Rentes receded in two days frOm 56 to 49. On Saturday there was a change of tone, the language of the Austrian semi=official tires§ being incite moderate, while .it huts at ;. ,the o,auid tittle tepdrted that the' surrender of - • Paris iraa Coenh b§ expected. Still the market bas become very sensitive, althceigh its position is more healthy than before the relapse. It is stated that bankers in constant relation with Russia on railway matters are convinced that she does not medi tate war, " as no pressure is put on them to hasten the construction of such lines as lead to the frontiers, which certainly would be. the case if a campaign were appre hended." • *-- The difeddfS of th 6 ).1141.811. batik of nig do Janeiro (Limited) hairs declared a dividend on accoua of 4 per cent. (Bs. per share), free of income tax of £500,000, the paid-up capital of the Bank, payal - Fle on the 9th December next. . At the adjourned meeting of the Hudson's Bay Com pLiny, the amendment for a declaration of an interim divi dend of Ss. instead of 45., as recommended by the present directors, was compromised by an agreement to Os. In the bankruptcy.of Thomas Ccillyet and Co., paper merchants, of Budp-row, dannori-stteet; the debts were stated to abofit £l2,dod. At the annual meeting of the BCottish lite Insurance Company (Limited), the premiums for the year ended the 31st of July were.stated at £40,599, and the losses paid 224,902. The usual dividend of 7i Per cent. was declared, and £613 carried forward. The Cape and Natal Steam Navigation Company will close the subscription list for shares to-morrow for Lon don applications ) and on Saturday for the country, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tats DAY. IMPORTANT PAROCHIAL QUESTION.—SeteraI of the in habitants of Maude-grove; Clieleea, were summoned at the Westminster Police Court by the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, to show cause why they should not contribute their share towards the paving of the grove. Evidence was given to show that Mr. Evans, of Evans and Laney, John-street, Bedford- rJw, who had a large interest in the property, had been to the expense of £20,000 on it, lad paved in frontof his houses to make the street tenantable, and that after that had been down two years—the parish contractor having done the work—the parish came into the street under the powers of. their Act, pulled up the stones, wilfully broke a great many; and itpaved the whole street, considerably worse than it was before. Mr. Evans was the advocate for the defence, and coriducted the case with great ability, contending that it was not a new street, and that the parish had not, with the strict interpretation of the law, paved the street. Mr. Wool rych decided that the defendants must pay although his sympathies were with Mr. Evans. He did not like the procrastinating conduct of Mr. Patterson, the parish sur veyor, who had not conducted himself as a parish official in the matter. The Act gave him no power but to make the order ; it was fixed, immutable, irrevocable ; his hands ' were bound, but in making the order he would with plea sure grant Mr. Evans a case for the Court of Queen's Bench on the grounds he had stated. COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A CARMAN.—Thos. Harraway, tobacconist, of No. 26, Old Compton-street ; was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough -street' Police-court, with assaulting John Christy, cab driver, badge 15,045. The complainant said that shortly after 12 o'clock last night the prisoner and a drunken soldier got into his cab in Fenchurch-street, and told him to drive to No. 26, Old Compton-street, Soho. On getting there the prisoner told him to drive back to Fenchurch-street, and began abusing him. He asked the prisoner for his fare, when he swore at him and told him to drive to the Victoria Station. He declined to do so unless he was first paid, and had some difficulty in getting the prisoner and his Companion out of the cab, and as Om as he did so the prisoner rushed at him, grasped him violently by the throat and struck him a severe .blow in the mouth. Wm. Fish, 56 It,. said that qu being called' by the com plainant he found the prisoner and one of the Ist Dragoon Guards in his cab. He persuaded. them Co get out, and they did so, and . the prisoner immediately after struck the complainant. in the mouth. In answer to Mr. Knox, ,the constable stated that the prisoner was sober, but the soldier drunk. Prisoner said he was with the soldier, a friend, who was on furlough, and wanted the complainant to take theth to the Victoria station, and he refused. He never struck the cabman. Mr. Knox said that both the officer and the complainant had said the prisoner did, only because the cabman wanted his fare. He did not see why an unfortunate cab man, whom they all kr.ew had a hard fate, was to be struck any more than any one else. He should fine the prisoner 25, or a month in default, and to save the cab-. man the trouble of taking out a summons would ortter him to receive the amount of his 'fare 2s. out of the poor-box. AN OUTRAGEOUS KIND' OF SPREE.—Benjamin Brittle, Thomas Wallocks, and John Wodehouse were charged before Mr. Paget at the Thames Police Court with being drunk, disorderly, and damaging and wasting property belonging to several persons. The prisoners are labourers, and on the termination of a day's work yesterday went to a beer-house and drank an immoderate quantity of old and mild cooper, four and six ale, and other similar beverages. Under the inspiration of these potent. beverages they committed stupid freaks, went through Bow singing and shouting, visited the fish shop of a respectable man named George Granger, pelted each other with the dried fish, threw it about the shop, and took a large fish away, which they threw into the next shop. They visited a butcher's shop kept by James Colville, and .seized calf's liver, which they flourished and threw into the middle of the road. After capsizing several things they reached Bromley, and observing a milkman named William Dillanay they upset a large milk can containing two gallons of milk, and the lacteal stream was spilled over the foot-path. This ended their spree as they termed it. They were all captured and consigned to durance vile. Mr. Paget stigmatised the prisoners as three stupid fel lows. He fined them 10s. each, and in default committed them to prison for seven days. Brittle:—Then this is the end of our spree, a prison. Mr. Paget—Yes, if this money is not forthcoming. AN ECCLESIASTICAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Guardian publishes a lengthened correspondence between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Capetown. The archbishop is under the impression that the Act commonly called the Jerusalem Act requires that bishops consecrated for countries beyond British dominion, but within a colonial province, should take the oath of canonical obedience to himself, or to the Arch bishop of York, if the consecration takes place in Eng land. The archbishop also holds that the consecration service requires that all bishops consecrated in England for colonial dioceses should take the oath of obedience to himself. His three immediate predecessors took a different view, and so does the Bishop of Capetown, who believes the course approved of by the Archbishop will be destruc tive of all discipline in Colonial Churches, and who does not see how Bishops of Churches within colonial provinces can be again consecrated in England. The Bishop of the Orange River Free State is to be consecrated in Scotland while the question is pending. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Wednes day, November 23, 1870.- -Admissions by season tickets, 1,631; ditto on payment, 987 ; total visitors, 2,618. THUNDERSTORM—On Tuesday evening a some what remarkable thunderstorm passed over the metropolis. The weather for some days had been unsettled and rainy. On Tuesday a continued alternation of showers and sunshine prevailed, and the temperature was high for the time of the year. Soon after sunset there was a heavy fall of rain, and the wind veered about with great rapidity froin one point to another. Shortly before eight o'clock the rain came down in torrents, flooding the streets, and drenching to the skin in a few seconds any unfortunate.pedestrian who failed to obtain shelter. 7T.Ip to eight there were no signs of 'thunder gild ,but at that hour an electrical discharge of .unpatalleled force' and vivacity took place. The lightning lit up the streets as if at noonday, and a peal of thunder shook the houses like ,an earthquake., The storm passed off as suddenly as it lsati 'appeated. THE EXPECTED SORTIE IVIVYIif PARIS. The following is an extract from the diary of a besieged r,,icknt in Paris, published in the Daily News :—Paris, November 14th. —The great question which occupies all minds now is "the sortie." General Trochu and General Ducrot insist Upoon ati attempt to pierce the Prussian lines. All • the other generals say that; at it cannot succeed; it is Wrong to sacrifice life to no good pur pose; , This is hOw the matter is regarded by officers and soldierk q fOr the National Gdard; they distinctly say that they will be no parties to airy 3 - U.6h tiet of folly. Even in the councils of the Government there is a strong feeling against it ; but General Trochu declines to allow the question, which he says is a purely military one, to be decided by the lawyers who are his colleagues. They, on their side, complain that the General never quits the Louvre ; has surrounded himself with a number of clerical dandies as his aides-de-camp, 'whose religious principles may be •tiourid; btv; S . 4 .illose knowledge of war is nil ; and that if. he wished Make - a sortie he should not have waittid Until th 6 Prussians had rendered its success impossible by dortpleting th'eli lines of invest ment. It is said that the attthript will be made .dung the post road to Orleans, it being now considered impossible, as was at first intended, to open communications by the Havre Railroad. The general impression is either that the troops engaged in it will be driven bat& under the forts in confusion, or that some 50,0;:0 will be allowed to get too far to return, and then.will be ni , tted like sparrows: It is not, however, beyond the bounds of peSsibilitY , that the Prassians will not wait until our great administrator liti4 C'oMploted his preparations for attack, but will be beforehand With hint and open fire upon the southern posts from their batteries, which many think would effectually reduce to silence the guns of Vanves, lesy, and of the advanced redoubts. These Prus sian batteries aro viewed with a mysterious awe. We fire on them, We walk about within less than a mile of them ; and they maintain an ominous silence. On the heights of Chatillon It 11 said at the advanced posts that there are 108 siege guns in position; Sof& of them we can actually distinguish without a glass, and yet not a shot comes from them. Yesterday the gates of the Bois de Boulogne were opened, and a crowd of several thousand persons walked and drove round the lake. Over their heads one of the bastions was throwing shells into Montretout, but it seemed to occur to no one that Montretont might return the compliment, and throw a few shells; not over their lutds, but into their midst. ON TUE LOIRE. The special correspondent df thei Telegraph, writing from Tours, November 22, says :—We in this part of France are on the eve of great events ; but the crisis is not so near, I think, as many persons believe. The more I see and hear people speak who know what is going on, and in whose veracity every trust can be placed„,the more confidence I feel in the result of the coming struggle. The English press; guided; as it seems to me, by the opinion of special 66rieSpondents in the German camps, seems convinced that, by the inaction of We army before Orleans, a great opportunity has been lost. Let me assure you they are utterly in the wrong. The army before Orleans has for the present an almost impregnable position, and can afford to wait until certain combinations necessary for its success have been carried out. Had Aurelles do Paladine moved forward one day after the victory at l3accon, he would simply have ..followed in the footsteps of those chiefs through whose. utter want of forethought , an army of 300,000 French men is now prisoner of war in Germany. Furnished, as 1 have been; with letters to nearly all the authorties here, it behoves me to keep silence upon details which ; if kneWn to the enemy, would greatly prejudice the French cause. This much, however, I may say—that, unless not only I, but also other English military men who have seen service, and who know what is going on here, are greatly mistaken, Europe will yet be surprised by the energy, the deter mination, and the military combinations of the French leaders. The armies of France; as they now are, reminds me of my old companions in arms at the Alma and at Inkernian. In a word, the troops I now meet every where around me, although many of the men are young in years, are, with reference to discipline, in as good order as soldiers can be, and are as fit to take the field as any army I have yet seen in Europe, always taking into consi-. deration the different temperaments and require ments of different peoples A new scheme for the defence of the departMents in France has lately been submitted to the Government by an English officer—a Cap tain Ogilvie—who was formerly, I believe, in the Indian Army, but who is now •in the French service, and wears the uniform of a major on the staff. What Captain Ogilvie's plans may; be, I have no idea, for, as yet, they have been seen by no one except the chiefs of the Government ; but rumour says that they will probably be adopted. Nor can I say whether their author belonged to the Indian or Royal army, or to what corps. He is a tall, fair, soldier like looking man, about live and thirty years of age, and was—so I am told, for I only know him by sight—present at the siege of Lucknow. It is not often that an Eng lishman enters the French servics, and it will be doubly singular should an Englishman's brains help to relieve Paris from her present difficulty. It is stated that two Danish deputies, .Mr. Kryger and'llr. Ahlmann, have been returned by a very large majority as representatives of North Sleswick in the Prussian Parliament. This, of course, indicates a strong feeling in favour of annexation to Denmark. A surgeon, whose son is at Rugby, has written to the Times, complaining of the many injuries which are inflicted by football matches, as played at that school. He protests against the practice of "hacking," arid he throws upon the head masters the responsibility of accidents. NOTES FROM ROME.— Writing on the loth, a Roman eorrespondent says :—" All the Roman journals declare that the Pope is preparing to depart for Malta. Some, indeed, say that his health.will not alloW of his taking a sea voyage, and that he will go only to Porto d'Anzip, to avoid being in Rome on the arrival of the King. The truth is, the Holy Father is' in very fair health, and, instead of meditating• flight, is having his apartments made comfortable for the winter." THE BISTIOP OF CARLISLE ON ENGLAND AND WAR.—The Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. Harvey Goodwin, presided on Wednesday night at the annual meeting of sub scribers to the Carlisle School of Art; He said there used to be a saying—which was none the worse for being a little rough—one Frenchman can " lick" two Portuguese, one Englishman can "lick" all three. That was a very proper view for all Englishmen to havci, and he had ro doubt every true-hearted English boy • in the school would go in for the great truth that an Englishman can " lick" a Frenchthan, or a German, or anybody else. That was the view at, least which had been taken up till now ; but now there was a grumbling, pitiful spirit which had taken poS session of some Englishmen, and it seemed that if any great Continental nation—if anything like a great Russian bear —was disposed to prowl we should forthwith say, " Oh, don't growl ; don't show your teeth, and, whatever you do, don't bite ns 1" That was a disgraceful feeling. We should all be desirous of peace, but, at the same time, we should be confident in the strength which God had given to this great nation. These remarks were received with loud cheers. THE BLOCKADE OF PARTS.--The Daily News correspondent at Versailles, in a letter dated the 18th inst. says :—There is a thick fog this morning, but the French have not availed themselves of it up to nearly mid day for a sortie. It seems, therefore, more than ever probable that what we have heard of their resolve not to come out just yet is true. The arrival of Prince Frederick Charles, to keep. back the Army of the Loire, leaves the Germans at Ver sailles free to press the siege without anxiety for their communications. It is, however, more and more doubt ful whether the city will be bombarded. The policy of blockade seems to gain favour, and the works to be directed chiefly to bottling up the forces of General Trochu. All previous reports of the partial or preparatory success of the negotiations for German unity must be taken with great reserve. The matter may be said to hang fire as regards the full,adhesion of the South German States. • DOUBLE PLOUGHING ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS.—An interesting and spirited match .came off last week at Caistor, in Noith Lincolnshire. The Caistor Society is one of the oldest and most impcirtant in the County, and is greatly inspired by the energy and activity of the celebrated shorthorn breeder, Mr. Torr, of Aylesby Manor. The dynamometrical experiments were under the management of Mr. Amos, engineer to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, the results proving Howard's new implement to be ninety-seven pound lighter draught than the ploughs which drew lightest as the Alford trials last week, and the judges awarded the, •Prize•to the Bedford firm: During the trials the judges tested: the iirkiight of an ordinaTpsingle Oat h. with - the • coinpeting double implements, and • atordini to Mr. Amos, this experiment chewed the winning double plough to effect no less a saving of Horse power than 27 ver I cent. I OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning THE TAM= (Mgl76lf. The Tines renkalts: ' that P'rince• Gartseholtoff's reply to Lord Granville's despatcii has' not yet been reteiveri, and although there is some ground ftvt_ believing that it wig prove •to De conciliatory, there is I :ittle reason for expecting . a retraction of the claim assumed kit hie , first note. We could scarcely anticipate obi ink...- mediate. retreat of the Imperial Chancellor from his false position s and it is not material that he should absolutely recant his assumption of. power to throw aside the obligations of the treaty of 1856, or such Of theni as he resents. The point is whether the Russian Emperor Is prepared to take any practical step to assert the supposed abrogation of the treaty. As long as he is content to make a claim on paper it if" sufficient to reply to it that we most treat any tincli claim as a nullity. The Emperor may hold himself freed, but we must hold him bound. This was the essence of Lord Granville's reply to Prince Gortschakoff's Nott , , it was enough for the moment. A man may hold and publish very eccentric views on the limits of the rights of property; he mar advocate the institution of a community of goods '; but such action alone would not justify his arrpst by the police on a charge of robbery. If he carried his theory into practice, and, entering the nearest shop, appropriated the first object that struck hielancy; we should be bound to stop him, unless we were prepared to assent to the legitimacy of his opinions. The supposed case - illustrates the present' situation of the Russian question. We have disallowed the claim of the Chancellor, and shall be Weil eonteno if we are not forced to do anything more ; but if th& Russian GoVernment pass from words to deeds—if, hi derogation of the settlement of 1856, it attempt to launch ships of war in the Black Sea, or to erect an arsenal on its shores, we, on our ride, shall be driven into action also to repress any violation of the obligations of the Treaty. In alvrticle on the attitude of Engirt towards Euroo-' pean complications and disputes, the Daily News ob..' serves : Russia seems to have fallen into the old error of thinking that we cared for nothing but our iron anal our cotton, our ships and our colonies, our tel and our commerce, and that she might tear up a treaty and fling the pieces in our face without tile least notice on our parts Yet it is worth notice that it is our philosophers rather than our politicians, and our thinkers rather than our traders, who advise that we should put up with the aggression aiicA pocket the affront. There is, indeed, a party whieLi Strongly counsels immediate war. An ultimatum to Prussia demanding her adhesion to her obligations, and the immediate mare') of an army to the relief of Paris if it is refused; another ultimatum to Russia with the imme- , diate entry of a fleet into the Black Sea if Russia does not at once tai' back her words ; are counsels which hare a certain force in the,-au.dconsequptly a certain number of supporters. • But if Russia wants to estimate English public opinion aright, she must pvtt the on. class over against the other. They neither - of them re present English opinion, nor realV' , influence English policy. We shall neither surummi• to go down on her knees, 'nor meekly tell her that she May do as sire pleases. What we have to say to her is that what she wants done is not altogether unreasonable, , but she wants to do it in an unreasonable fashion. She must either get it done legally or not do it at all. We are quite willing, under Certain conditions, to give her the key to her house, bul 7- .zve will not let her batter in the door. It is nonsense to talk of this being a mere question of manner`: Pjannee is everything.. You grant a man a favour when he asko it, but you knock him down when he seizes you by the" throat togioree it from you. England has perhaps little interest in keeping Russia out of the Black Sea, but all the world has an interest in the faithful discharge of Treaty obligations, and we must hold to them till we have Mewed ourselves from them. The Telegraph says i Jf Russia is really anxious to COSI; vince the nations of Europe of her good faith and piteifi intentions, there is only one way in which the can do so, She must abandon her lawless attitude, and take heir place again within the pale of the law of nations. She cannot at one and the same moment enjoy the rights of a civilized and of a savage State.: She must snake her choice between the two, and until she does so she will assuredly find herself ' regarded. as an object of suspicion and dislike by her neighbours. She has given a shock to their confidence which nothing short of the most explicit renunciation of the immoral doctrine propounded in Prince Gortschakoff's circular will suffice to allay. We shall not scrutiniser too closely any explanation she may offer, pro vided only she repudiates the intention of withdrawing from her Treaty obligations without the' consent of her partners in the engagement. Having no interests to serve beyond the discharge of Ler duty and the vindication of public right, England will only be too glad to receive a satisfactory_ assurance that she has misinter- - ; pretedPrinceGortschakoff's circular, She has neither motive uor wish to thwart the development of Russia's influence, provided that development be regulated by the rules of. international morality. In the East the two Powers have a noble field for a rivalry in good works among their subject tribes; let us trust that the wisdom of their rulers will succeed in warding off ail danger of rivalry as foes. The Treaty of Paris, the • Stenclard remarks, pledges, England to maintain the independence and integrity of Turkey. A treaty signed a few days later, and well known to the Russian Government, pledges her to treat any infraction of the articles of that treaty as a Carus kW. The stipulation for the neutralisation of the Black Sea is the kernel of the treaty—the one guarantee taken. If Russia can build arsenals in the ports of the Black Sea, and put upon its waters a' powerful fleet, the best safeguard of the independence and integrity of the Turkish Empire is gone. It is said, indeed, and by the Duke of Cleveland, that Russia does' not menace the independence of Turkey. Perhaps she does not propose now, when her preparations have not been mad; to attack Turkey, but what security have we that when the Black Sea becomes a Russian lake she will not do so? Ths plain truth is that Russia has always been labouring to destroy,if she has not formally menaced it, the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. It is but two years ago since she put all the pressure she possibly could upon Turkey to' make her cede „Crete to Greece, and persistently she has endeavoured, by stirring up dissensions among the subjects of the Sultan, and making those disturbances a pretext for calling the atten• tion of the Powers to the state of Turkey, to so alter the relations between the Sultan and his -people as to serously affect the integrity of his empire. Con sistently with their opinions in 1853, the Duke of Cleveland and his friends may say, " England has no interest in propping up the Turkish• power and ought to leave European Turkey to anarchy or Russian annexation." But were this contention as sound as it is mischievous, had the Duke been right sixteen years ago and the English • people wrong, the argument that England ought not to uphold the Treaty would be worthless because England is not in a position to freely determine that question. We have engaged, wisely or unwisely, to protect Turkey; . and we cannot shuffle off the obligation because it may be convenient to us to do so. The Manchester Examiner, referring to the Eastern question, says : To go to war in defence of an arrangement that we admit to be indefensible would be an act of national folly greater even than the Crimean war, and the matter is not the least mended by placing our conduct under the protection of groat names and high - sounding generalities. We cannot afford— nor does true honour require it—to waste another hundred millions of money and another hundred thousand lives in winning a barren triumph on the inhospit able shores of the Black Sea. The Manchester Courier thinks we have before us about the very gravest question which couldjit raised with re gard to England's position. She is mat - ced with war on grounds utterly unsatisfactory to any reasonable man. Such a state of things cannot be considered satisfactory. We, therefore, ask that Parliament should be summoned without delay, and that steps should be taken towards the establishment of a more constitutional system of deal. ing with the present serious :Ante of things. Count Andrassy says that no change is contemplated in the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office. ------- - Signor Visconti-Venosta has proceeded to Turin to be present at the expected confinement of the Duchess of Aosta. Six Uhians have entered St. Quentin and peaceably took possession of the town. The requisitions will corn- mence again• - - The Church Herald hears that in the Maelconoebie case the Lord Chancellor wished to give judgment in favour of Mr. Mackonochie directly after hearing the case, but the Archbishop of York would not consent. Hence the delay, in order that Lord Chelmsford may give liis opinion. It is now 128 days since the weekly health re turns from Berlin, and 63 days since those from Faris, were discontinued on account of the war. From New 'cork, however, a return has been received for the week ending October 29, when the annual rate of mortality in that city was 24 per 17000,