The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-20 00:00:00

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The e Crown is of the late tribution of E the e state t, to sell it heir claims. DEFRAUD. tste Girard , conspiring' Ir. Charles acturer, of The Pre" ner for the o advance ch railway 21,400 or The pr!" te securities ‘ler, whose he shares , 3 a t the isoner 11 ,1 shares 10 urther de solicitor, e shares, he s 1 1 1 3" ally from who had 8 solicitor dishonest rendered w hitt sand had been remanded shocking ie present yry. will b e The o period In d o ns an L ead of his ,er health acMahop, overed m. He 14 'Y his own the Pills lie i s n ow rl and was ce which Bismarc k in action ,entleman Favr e p r ince, Las con in the s General in three th three appeared that the Lid in the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAIL CAPTURE OF CHATEAJJDUN, The Prussians, shortly after noon on the 18th, commenced shelling the town. Later intelligence has been received at Tours, stating that on the 19th, after a desperate edgage runt, which lasted ten hours, the Prussians took the to wn. The Francs-Tireurs and National Guards con tested, the ground inch by inch, but were overcome by the superior numbers and artillery of the enemy. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. BERLIN, OCT. 19. Trustworthy advices from headquarters are to th e effect that negotiations between General Boyer, who is Bazaine's chief adjutant, Count Bismarck, kid General Moltke, are still proceeding. It said by a high official, who is in a position to know, that the ea llY Capitulation of Bazaine and his army may be confidently expected. All General Burnside's work has been purely unofficial, he having been in no manner sent or a uthorised by the United States Government. He Inites that he fears it is all up with the French t hough the men whom he saw seemed calm and de ter ?Mined, adding, however, that he saw only the sur auee. No fresh negotiations are likely to take place 'or some days. THE --- BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS BERLIN, OCT. 19. It is stated on high diplomatic authority that Fount Bismarck has set his face against a general eembardment of the city itself, and that the present 1 3144 is that some of the forts shall be taken, and 1 "ger do the rest. According to the Provincial Correspondence of Berlin of the 19th, the reports relative to the mediatory steps taken at Head-quarters, with I _ 4 view to the restoration of peace, must taken with great caution. All attempts arrive at such a result will be useless Le% the F renc h people bring themselves to the 7"riedge of their own great need of such a state t hings. The same authority also states that the Free preparations for the bombardment of the ~h forts are complete. The siege guns have all be en placed, an d active operations may confidently b e expected during the coming week. • RETURN OF M. TRIERS, A Council was held at Tours on the 19th, at /141101 Gambetta was present. M. • Thiers, it is t e nerally reported, will return from his mission, and ein Tours to-day (Thursday). NE r SSIANS USING PETROLEUM. BRUSSELS, OCT. 10. A correspondent of the lnde'pendance Beige, writ- ° g from Bale, says, " Federal troops continue to arrive en masse." i ;The Progres de Verneuil states that before the theme burnt the houses at Dreux they threw over u eirt petroleum from large gourds. The villages of c h erisY, Marolles, and others in the district around Dre ux, have also been set in flames. colonel Cassagne has been appointed Commander at bouai. lI RUSSIANS GRANTING PASS- PORTS. LILLE, OCT. 18. The Gazette de Cambrai says that the Prussians are giving p ass p or t s p e rmitting the bearer to remain i t ; 1 t he Departments of Ardennes, Aisne, Somme, Pas and Nord, just as if they were masters in all t hese Departments. DISMISSAL OF THE MAYOR OF MONTDIDIER. AMIENS, OCT. 19. The Prefect of the Somme has issued a notice t hat, considering the Mayor and Municipal Council °f Montdidier favoured the entry of the Prussians, rather than opposing them, the Mayor is dismissed and the Council dissolved. OPERATIONS IN EPINAL. General Weider has sent in a report to the Royal head-quarters, at Versailles, in which he says, " The e nemy in my front withdrew on our approach in a disorderly manner to Belfort and to Dijon." 500 captured Mobile Guards succeeded in escaping near Chat eau Thierry on the 16th inst., during an attack 13 Y Francs-tireurs. REPULSE OF A FRENCH SORTIE, General Pilsach also reports that on the 12th he rove 3,000 Mobile Guards from Breteuil. A sortie 14 several French battalions was repulsed on the 44 th by the outposts ; and on the following day the ene my, whilst entrenching at Villejuif, was driven 0 1.4 by the field artillery. T A IIE CAPTURE OF SOISSONS, ."' a number of soldiers who escaped, and who have the at Lill e , repor t th a t the population demanded e capitul a ti on, a lth oug h th ere we re still 50,000 r ounds of ammunition for the artillery. 1)11 13SSO-BONAPARTIST CON SPIRACY. The Echo du: Nord denounces a Prusso-Bona a"st conspiracy, the head-quarters of which, it thtaYB, are at Jersey, with affiliated branches in e n on and ramifications in France. The object of de l f s conspiracy is said to be to impede the national and en co, and th u s procure the triumph of Prussia, / 4 a Bonapartist restoration in favour of the Prince tn P er ial, with the Empress as Regent. COUNT BERNSTORFF AND ENGLAND. ti Ile Col ogne G azette says :—" Th e reca ll o f C o u n t tb e L lis t°rff from London is as little thought of as ti Herr von Balan from Brussels. The inten tia"allY-circulated rumour o f th e ir recall proves that they hll their posts admirably, and carefully watch that the duti es o f neu t ra lity are f u lfilled. It is not e fault of Count Bernstorff if his warnings as to e4l anner in whi c h E ng l a nd is true to her neutral tio n appear sometimes unpleasant to the English °,vernment." XPLOSION NEAR SEDAN. BOUILLON, OCT. IG. tj eBter daY, at a few minutes before five o'clock in th - ~e ven ing, an ammunition waggon blew up near .4uhatea u o f Sedan. The exp l os i on ma d e a no i se le h was heard for miles around, and caused Inens e consternation. As soon as it occurred all the of P t es of the t own were c l oi ed, and the bridges Iv Lu c fortifi ca ti ons were d rawn up . Th e gu ard er with dravvn.from the gates and marched to the Chateau, Th ree B avar i an so ldi ers were kill e d, and several horses were a l so woun d e d, It i s b e li eve d th e a ecdout was caused by fire from the pipe of a man smoking. MISSION OF M. TRIERS. VIENNA, OCT. 18. It is stated iu well-informed circles here that A. Thiers proposes on his return to Tours to pronounce himself decisively in favour of the immediate con clusion of peace by the Provisional Government. FLORENCE,' OCT. 18. M. Thiers left to-day for Tours. The Opinione states that he had been met here with cordial sympathy. PROPOSED TRANSFER OF LUXEMBURG. There can now be no doubt that Prussia is pre pared to buy, and the King of Holland to sell; the grand duchy of Luxemburg. 'lt is understood that a communication will soon be addressed to the Neutral Powers respecting the abrogation of the treaty concluded at London in 1867, whereby the famous "Luxemburg question " of that year was settled The German papers speak of relaxing the terms of peace in consideration of Luxemburg ; but it is not at all clear that the territorial clauses of the German demands will be lessened. THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The Government at Tours will not retreat to Bordeaux or Limoges until the chance of another battle is tried. Gambetta's influence has been beneficial in somewhat calming the panic which followed the defeats of lastweek ; but part of the regu lar troops remain unmanageable. Several companies have been disbanded. At Tours many men were seen drunk and abusing their officer's immediately after the battle at Orleans. Some of the ringleaders will be shot. The Government intends to bring over from Algiers as many officers as possible in order to supply the present great want. The disaffection amongst the Arab population appears to have been overrated. ITALY, VIENNA, OCT. 19. An Italian Government Circular protests against the Roman assertion that the Pope is ill-treated, stating that he is quite tree and independent Italy is ready to give every guarantee asked for, the Government desires only if the Pope prefers to leave Rome against the Government's wishes to be informed previously, in o rder to make all the preparations conformable to the Pope's high dignity. THE TIEN-TSIN MASSACRE, We have been favoured with the following com munication" from Messrs. Morgan, of Cannon- street : " Our correspondent telegraphs us from Tien tsin, on September 30 : " Two of the mandarins have been transported, and 15 men beheaded here. " There has been no outbreak thus far at Kiu- kiang. " 4 The Government are about to send an Embassy to France.' " THE STORM ON THE SCOTCH COAST.. WICK, OCT. 19. We have had a terrible storm of north-easterly wind, accompanied by torrents of rain, since last night. Fragments of wreck, believed to be long to a N orwe,gian vessel, are coming ashore, including staves, battens, a skiff, pump, and other articles belonging to a dismasted vessel which was in the offing yesterday. It has been ascertained that the vessel wrecked is the schooner Enichoden, of Drammen, with wood, from Christinia, for Fra serburg. All the crew are lost, except a boy, who was most miraculously saved by climbing up the rocks at the south side of Wick. The vessel is a total wreck, and the cargo scattered along the whole coast. WRECK ON THE SUFFOLK COAST. LOWESTOFT, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Mr. John Henderson, the Chief Officer of Coast guard, reports that the lifeboat Letitia, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was launched last evening to the stranded brig Glenora, of Scar borough, 241 tons, Simpson, master ; bound from Shields to Rochester with a cargo of coals. Fortu nately the lifeboat was instrumental in rescuing the crew of seven men, and in landing them in safety. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. D. Three men, named O'Sullivan, Murphy, and Bullen, were brought up at the Cork police-court yesterday, the first charged with having the previous night fired a revolver at Mr. Bull, Deputy-Clerk of the Peace, and the other prisoners with assault and with assisting O'Sullivan. Shortly before midnight Mr. Bull was passing along Patrick-street, when a shot was fired. He turned round and gave chase, but was set upon by the supposed accomplices of the assailant; a desperate fight followed, and the police arrested the three prisoners. They were remanded. The Church Convention reassembled. to-day. The Primate pressed the representative bodies to report on the Government Charter and on Finance. The resolutions were considered and adopted. THE OLYMPIC THEATRE, A new musical piece, by a new writer, Mr. Arthur Wood, has been placed upon the stage of the Olympic Theatre. Its chief characteristic is its brevity, which, it may be stated, on the first evening quite astonished the audience. The outlines of the story of Paul and Virginia are represented in a rapid, and, were it not for the songs and scenery, in an• unpleasantly realistic and succinct manner. The only remarkable innovation is a dance by ten little Indians, who, though additionally interesting by their difference of size, fail to sing the song that has made the number Ten, as applied to Indian boys, so famous. The smallest of the littlt, fellows perforrfis his part in so intelligent a way as to call forth an encore for a dance that is kept time to by clappings from empty cocoa nuts. Mrs. Liston's pourtrayal of Paul is creditable, as indeed all her usual impersonations are. Her graceful form and tasteful style of dress, as well as her clear voice and opportune movements upon the stage, tend in this new extravaganza, as much as in any old one, to gain her many friends. Mr. Belmore is excellent as Virginia. His dress and performance at different stages of the piece is a mixture of what might be expected from a burlesque Ophelia and a Marguerite com bined. In spite of the long raven hair and the " gushing" gestures of countenance assumed by this very best of Lordon comedians, the memory of " Daniel Peggotty," a part Mr. Belmore sustains in the early part of the evening, cannot be forgotten by the audience when he is once more on the stage in the character of Virginia. The melancholy interest raised by Mr. Belmore in the former character, and, rendered especially peculiar by his own soft eyes and mournful tone of voice, is not removed by all his versatility and fun shown in the after piece. Paul and Virginia is embellished by some very beauti ful oriental scenery. The Daily News notices the strange phenomenon that the Tory press, including the Quarterly, should have exhibited all through the war sympathy with revolutionary France, and intense dislike of the most truly Tory Sovereign and the most thoroughly Tory statesman now existing in Europe. —Pall Mall Gazette. Barometrical pressure has again decreased rapidly at all stations. Temperature has risen considerably in England, but fallen in the south of Ireland. It has blown hard from the south and south-west on nearly all our coasts during the past two days. Rain has been general and rather heavy. Thunder, hail, and snow are reported from the south of Ireland. The sea is very rough at Pen zance and Valentin., moderate elsewhere, but nearly calm on the east coast. All coasts were warned on Tuesday. Emily, the youngest daughter of Sir John Bow ring, has just died at the Italian Convent, Hong Kong, in which she took the vows several years ago, under the name of Sister Aloysia. Her father was formerly Governor of Hong Kong, and when he left the colony, in 1859, Miss Bowring remained in the field of labour she had chosen. She devoted herself especially to education, and is said to have effected much good by her Christian exertions. She was 37 years of age. Her funeral was attended by the principal residents of the foreign community of Hong Kong. TB h SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870. CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH ON EDUCATION. Who had taken his father-in-law and wife in his cart to market. It was contended that the conveyance of these persons for shopping was not the use of the cart solely for the purposes of the respondent's trade, as stipulated in exemption of the Act. The Court held that however harsh it might seem, a cart so used was liable to the tax of fifteen shillings. The new Act did away with many of tho exemptions allowed under the old law. The Excise intimating that only a declaration of the law was sought, the minimum of penalty of £5 was imposed without costs. Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of Peterborough pre sided at a meeting held in the County Assembly Rooms, Leicester, of the friends and supporters of Church Edu cation, when the subject under discussion was the best mode of providing for the sufficiency and efficiency of Church schools in the archdeaconry. The meeting, which was convened by the Leicester Archdeaconal BJard of Education, was largely attended by ladies, clergy, and laity. The Bishop of Peterborough said he would net criticise the Education Bill nor the motives of those who promoted it, as it was now the law of the land, and we must endeavour to carry it out frankly and loyally. On the face of it it was a compromise, and therefore it was unsatisfactory to all. It was effected by compromise between Churchmen and Nonconformists, who desired definite religious instruction between Nonconformists and Dissenters, who desired indefinite religious teaching, and between anti-religionists, who disliked religious teaching. It upheld secular instruction, and only permitted religious instruction under limitation. Rate-paying schools were divided into two classes— one in which the patron decided how much religious in stru,tion should be given, and the other in which the State stepped in and defined how much should be given. Their conduct to rate-paid schools must be regulated by the judgment they formed of them. They could not give up existing schools because they had no guarantee as to teaching in years to come. As laid down by the law, it would be forfeiture of the grant to teach a child " I believe in one God the Father Almighty ; " but not to teach him "I believe there is no God," because the latter was recognised. And the greater would be the tendency to secularism according to the number of seats on the board. As to Churchmen holding aloof from the board, he hoped they claimed it as their right and duty to be on it, and would not obstruct the carrying out of the Act or attempt to make the board a Church board, or to obtain undue advantage for the Church, • but simply to further Chris tian teaching. In the course of his further observations, his lordship stated he could not agree with those who de clined to snake their schools elementary schools, as he could bear testimony to the success of the time table and Conscience Clause in Ireland. THE HEALTH OF ARCHDEACON DENISON. The accounts which have appeared in reference to the health of Archdeacon Denison bear traces of considerable exaggeration. About a fortnight ago fresh matter having formed in the limb affected, a new operation had to be performed. Since then the Venerable Archdeacon has been progressing favourably, and no alarming symptoms have appeared. INQUEST ON CAPTAIN HATCHELL. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Captain Hatchell, 43rd Regiment, who, with Lieutenant Nugent, Royal Engineers, was drowned in Cork harbour on Tues day week. Mr. Flyn, master of Lieutenant Nugent's yacht, deposed that the two officers had been sailing on the Tuesday, at seven in the evening, the water being quite calm. They'left the yacht in a punt to return to Curiisk Fort. He noticed Captain Hatchell sitting in the middle of the punt, and before leavin g warned him to sit in the stern to trim the boat. He believed Captain Hatchell might have changed his position after leaving the yacht, and in doing so upset the punt. The body, when found, was only partly clothed, and it is supposed that deceased, while in the water, contrived to divest himself of his boots and outer coat. A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. Deceased was a native of Wexford, 32 years of age, and unmarried. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A COASTGUARD OFFICER. The Admiralty have ordered an investigation into the facts of an extraordinary affair, in which an officer of the Coastguard division in North-west Cornwall is c'aarged with an attempt to murder one of his men. The person in question is the chief boatman, named O'Brien, who, having been annoyed by the second boatman, named. Ball, in consequence of his claiming to have charge of some ammunition, ordered the latter to meet • him at five o'clock in the morning in a desolate spot near the open shaft of an abandoned mine on the cliffs by the sea at Gwithian. The statement of Ball is that on arriving there he was knocked down by O'Brien and dragged seve ral yards along the ground towards the shaft of the mine, but by a desperate effort he regained his legs and ran away. He reached home with difficulty, and has since been in a dangerous state. /The chief boatman was immediately suspended. MR. JAMES WHITE, M.P., AT BRIGHTON. Last night Mr. White, M.P. for Brighton, delivered a lecture in that town on " The Kingdom of Italy," and was enthusiastically received. He gave an interesting sketch of the history of the country, and eulogised the character of Mazzini, denouncing his imprisonment. H e ascribed the lamentable state of education to Popery, and predicted a bright future as the result of recent events. LOSS OF A VESSEL AND CREW. Intelligence has reached Londonderry that the ship Sydney, commanded by Captain Hamilton, which left Quebec for Greenock, with a cargo of timber, on the 15th of September, was driven by the late storm on Glen head Point, County Donegal, where the vessel became a total wreck. All hands, numbering 21, perished, with the exception of two men, who, after struggling with the waves for a long time, succeeded in climbing up a cliff 1,600 feet high, and reaching a house. The vessel has been driven into an indentation in the cliffs. It is feared that other casualties have taken place during the storm, as waifs have been found on various parts of the coast. " THE CONFESSIONAL UNMASKED." Yesterday, at the Hampshire Quarter Sessions, George Mackey, a lecturer for the Protestant Electoral Union, was tried for circulating the last edition of " The Con fessional Unmasked," when lecturing at Lymington, the same being an obscene book, and likely to corrupt the morals of the people. The sale of the book was not denied, but Mr. Kydd (specially retained) and Mr. Ledgard, for the defence, urged that Englishmen had a right to discuss these subjects, and if so they could not do so in words less repulsive than those pointed out. The object of the discussion so far from corrupting the morality of the people .was promoted in order to inform their minds as to the teachings of the college of May. nooth, which the national taxes helped to support. The chairman said the only point for the jury was whether the book was obscene or not, and Lard Chief Justice Cockburn had ruled that it was. It was no answer to the charge of publishing an obscene book that the inten tion was a good one.. The jury, after two hours' consulta tion, had not agreed upon their verdict, whereupon the chairman said he understood they bad been troubling them selves about the phraseology of the indictment, and again impressed on them that they had only one question before them—was the book obscene,l and therefore unlawful? The intention did not enter into their consideration at all. After being locked up for four hours, the jury were unable to agree, and were discharged, the chairman intimating that he would consult his colleagues before deciding what further step should be taken. TAXATION IN INDIA. A meeting of the board of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. The secretary announced the receipt of a letter from the Bombay Association, asking the support of the Chamber to their memorial against the Income Tax in India, and advocating a reduc tion of taxation and a reform of financial management. A resolution was passed to the effect that the board con sidered an income tax in India to be a fair and equitable source of revenue, and that on any remission of taxation the salt tax, which pressed heavily on the poorer classes should have the first consideration of the Government. SUPPOSED SHIPWRECKS ON THE NORTH- .EAST COAST. After a very stormy night of wind and rain, a large quantity of wreck is being washed ashore this morning on the coast of Caithness. • It chiefly consists of Nor wegian timber, staves, and Lattens ; also a Norwegian skiff, a pump, and similar articles. Between ten and eleven on Tuesday night cries of distress were heard com ing from the sea. Towards evening a dismasted schooner was seen in the offing. There is no trace of any crew, so that it is expected they have perished. Large Norwegian vessels with timber were expected at Wick. A later telegram from Wick says the supposed loss of a vessel has proved to be too true. The name of the vessel is the Erncheder, a schooner, of Drammen, laden with staves and battens, Captain H. P. Hansen. The crew were all drowned except a boy, who climbed ❑p the wreck and gave the alarm to a farmer's family. No bodies have yet been recovered. The vessel is in pieces, and the cargo is strewn along the shore. The escape of the lad is considered marvellous. THE NEW TAXES-SERIOUS PENALTY. At the Staffordshire Sessions yesterday, the Inland Re venue officials made an appeal against the dismissal of an information under 32 and 33 Vic. cap. 114, against a farmer, THE STRANDING OF THE GLENCAIRN. An inquiry, directed by the Board of Trade, has been held at Ardrossan, relative to the circumstances attending the stranding of the ship Glencairn, of Ardrossan, which sailed from Liverpool for Quebec on the 15th September, and went ashore on the day following during a fog in Castletown Bay, Isle of Man. The decision was given yesterday. The defence urged an alleged error on the compasses of a quarter of a point, and the thick weather. The opinion of the court, however, was that the master was at fault, as he neglected to use his lead, and did not make due allowance for the spring flood which was sett- ling landward. Captain Drous's certificate was accordingly suspended for three months. PAPAL ZOUAVES AT LIVERPOOL The French Canadian contingent of the Papal Zouaves, numbering two hundred and nine men, sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New York, en route for Canada, in the steamer Idalio. Major Blundell, and other influential Roman Catholic residents, were present on board. Great enthusiasm was manifested by all, several of the soldiers stating their intention of returning shortly to Europe. BURGLARY AT A JEWELLER'S. On Tuesday night a daring robbery was committed on the premises of Mr. Heywood, jeweller, at Wrexham. The thieves entered from the back of the premises, break ing the windows, and thereby gaining access to the shop, which they plundered of some £lOO worth of .property. A whirlwind swept over part of Kingsbridge at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, during a heavy shower, which partially unroofed about twelve or fifteen houses, and sent the slates flying in the air. Two houses had the plastering stripped off their outer walls, several large trees and chimneys were blown down, and the telegraph poles supporting the Brest cable were snapped asunder. THE BATTLE BEFORE PARIS OF THE THIRTE EN TH. LILLE, OCT. 20 (MoRNING). The Echo du Nord has the following new account of the battle of the 13th of October, before Paris : "It was at nine o'clock, and not at five o'clock, in the morning, as has been stated, that a shot fired from a cannon from Fort Montrouge gave our troops the signal that they impatiently awaited. From the Gate of Orleans to the Redoubt of Haut Bruyeres, the last point that we occupied, our soldiers were massed behind the earthworks. To the right of the Fort of Montrouge extends a long plain as far as Meudon, and behind is Bagneux and the heights of Chatillon, which face the plateau of Villejuif. At a quarter-past nine all our positions commenced a terrific fire. The enemy but feebly replied. They were either not ready, or intended some new surprise. After an hour of violent cannonading our troops launched out en masse. "At the head were Mobiles of the Cote d'Or. At the bayonet our soldiers approached the poSitions of the enemy and met with no resistance. In vain a Prussian battalion raised the butt-end (crosse) in the air. For many times this ruse has been employed by the enemy, who allowed us to approach without resistance, and the battalion was charged mid dispersed: With a furious spring our troops over leaped their distance, • and entered Bagneux. As far as the church they met with no serious resistance ; but arrived there, they were met by a lively discharge of guns. From the caves, the windows, the granaries, the enemy shot upon our troops. Each house was indented as a fortress, which it was necessary to take at any price. We could only advance step by step. Happily numerous reinforcements arrived 35th, 70th Line, and 12th, 13th, and 15th de march, in their turn, entered the vil lage. • The struggle continued with fierceness from house to house and street to street. After two hours and a half the last obstacles were overcome, not without losses. " The Count Dampierre fell struck with a ball, and covered with blood, he yet cried to his Mobiles ' For ward.' I saw this heroic soldier with his breast covered half an hour after he was dead. Unhappily reinforce ments arrived to augment the enemy's strength from all sides. Bavarians succeeded Hessians, and then Prussians; crowds of them were visible on all sides. " The struggle could not be continued much longer against such numbers without reinforcements. The retreat was commenced in good order in the midst of a terrible cannonade. The Fort of Montrouge, which had remained silent for upwards of an hour, fearing to fire upon our troops, recommenced its fire. Its enormous marine pieces made deep gaps in the enemy's ranks. At the same time all our artillery commenced fire upon the Orleans road. "The thing was horrible ; notwithstanding the Ger mans advanced. At a hundred metres from the fort I saw two Mobiles and a soldier of the 70th struck at my side by Prussian bullets. The enemy then ad vanced to within a thousand metres of our batteries. All was over at four o'clock; thirty-eight Mecklenburg troops, making part of a hundred prisoners which were made yesterday, were conducted at half-past live before the Etat Major, in the Place Vendome, the most part of them were young men ; they wore a very contented air, and some of them were even laughing. As they entered the gate of Montrouge the crowd, hearing that they were Mecklenburg troops, cried ' A bas les Prussiens 1' to make them know the extent of their hatred." The following is General Trochu's report on the sortie : " Oct. 13, 1870. " Solid offensive reconnaissance very well effected. Excellent retreat. I have just seen the trooas, who are full of ardour. Our losses are unimportant, but we must regret the fall of the chef dc batadlon, De Dampierre. For the second time the regiments of the Cote d'Or have distinguished themselves. The enemy, constantly under the fire of our artillery, has suffered considerable losses. We have taken fifty prisoners." " 0ct..14 (11 o'clock a.m.) " The Prussians having demanded armistice to take away the dead, a suspension of arms was granted from eleven to five o'clock in front of southern forts." The Journal Ogiciel again recurs to the sortie in these terms :—" A narrative, in other respects very clear and faithful, of the engagement of this day (Thursday) has given it to be supposed that the object of this military operation was to occupy the plateau of Chatillon. In order that the results of this excellent day should be estimated at their true value, it is of impor tance to say that an actual occupation was never contem plated. Simply an offensive reconnaissance was intended, and this succeeded at all points. The opinion had spread that the concentration effected by - the. enemy on the day before yesterday had for its object the preparation of an offensive operation against a French corps coming from 01 leans. The Crivernor of Paris deemed it necessary to ascertain whether the Prus sian troops bad remained on the plateau, or had left it, as he had been assured. He therefore ordered the reconnaissance which we are now discussing. The villages of Bagneux, Chatillon, and Clamart were at taeked ; and after a sharp conflict between riflemen and artillery, in which our troops shewed the greatest energy, the Prussian battalions made their appearance on the plateau, the reserves running in from all sides ; and they exposed themselves to the cannons of Forts Montrouge, Vanves, and Issy. At this moment it was that, in accordance with the order that had been given, the retreat was to commence. It was effected with much order and calmness, being protected by the very brisk fire of the artillery in the forts, which inflicted severe injuries on the enemy. The latter sustained considerable losses in killed and wounded, leaving in our hands fifty prisoners. In another place the same paper says : —" In consequence of the armistice sought by the Prussians to bury the dead, there was no serious action this day. We merely fired a few shells on Mont retout, where we observed some movements of the Prus sians. Their losses at Chatillon and at l3agneux amount to at least 1,200 men. Ours were infinitely less-200 wounded or killed." CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling day, Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,067; ditto on payment, 1,268 ; total visitors, 2,335. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others, on the 19th Oct., was 4,697. CRYSTAL PALACE. —The repetition Concert 01 Patriotic Songs, by a choir of 4,000 voices, takes plaCe this evening, under the conductorship of Mr. G. W. Martin. In the afternoon Balfe's " Bohemian Girl" will be played, with Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. and Mrs. Ayn,sley Cooke, and Mr. Perrin in the principal parts. THE TORCHLIGHT M EETING Last night was held an open-air meeting, organised by what is called the Anglo-French Intervention Society, which consists of a war section of the Democratic as sociations in the metropolis. It was announced to be a " torchlight demonstration," and the place fixed for its operations was a new one, namely, Palace-yard. Choice was made of New Palace-yard, but, in the event of obstacles being made to the use of that area, the gathering was to be in the unenelosed space of Old Palace-yard. However, the former was left open to the meeting, and accordingly it took place there. It was arranged that the members of the society should assemble at Clerkenwell-green, and about seven o'clock some 150 persons, with a single • banner and a few torches, gathered there, and proceeded to Westminster. At the same hour persons begafi to gather in Palace-yard, and the numbers thickened until there may have been, perhaps, 1,200 present. These were slightly increased when the procession, so called, came in ; but at no time was the area full. Pending the arrival of the principal actors in the demonstration, the people gathered into knots, some listening to the recitation of the inevitable mock Litany which is a feature of these gatherings, while others formed an audience for an unmusical chanting of the " Marseillaise." The conduct of the crowd was nothing . particular—not very noisy —and they were more given to horse-play than anything else, much of the movement and crying out being contributed by irrepressible young lads, who mingled largely in the assemblage. Soon after eight o'clock a movement and some shouting, which was not exactly cheering, signalled the arrival of the proces sion, which, with its few torches and its one banner—an Italian one, with the words " La Liberte " inscribed on it , —threaded it way to the central gateway of the Speaker's Court. There the leaders formed up, and, having obtained a cab from a driver, who, dur ing the proceedings, was in a continual state of remonstrance against the weight which was imposed on it, it was converted into a platform, and from its top the various speeches were made. Messrs. Riddel, Oliver, M. Sweeney, Wieber (a Prussian), Fagan, and A. SOlomons were the speakers. Resolutions to the effect thut the meeting indignantly recorded its disappro bation at the apathy and indifference shown to the mis fortunes of a tried ally, urging Mr. Gladstone to give ex pression to the feelings and sympathies of the English people by at once officially recognising the de facto French Republic, and calling upon the Government at once to convene Parliament to consider the duty of the country at this especially event ful crisis, were of course carried unanimously. The effect which the oratory produced was not very re markable. Those who were near enough to hear what was said cheered at intervals, and the sound was duly caught up by the more distant auditors. Soon, how ever, the majority of the crowd began to form into small sections, and there was some outside speaking hear and there. But in a short time the numbers began sensibly to decrease, and by the time that the proceedings were over probably not more than a third of the original spectators remained. Once only was there any show of disturbance, and that was caused by an attempt to put out some of the torches, the bearers of which, all lads, had flashed them about in the faces of the crowd too much to be agreeable ; but this soon subsided, and on the whole the proceedings were, if not exactly constituting an enthusiastic demonstration, were orderly in every other respect, except noise. There was a supposition that after the meeting there would be a march to the houses of Mr. Gladstone and the Prussian Ambassador, but if there was such an intention it was abandoned, and the meeting dispersed rapidly. THE EMPEROR AT WILIIELMSHO A correspondent of the Times, writing from Wilhelms hohe on the 7th instant, says :—" I had the pleasure of a conversation to-day with the Emperor, since my arrival at Wilhelmshohe, and repeated to him the principal points of information imparted to me by the Prussian Commissioner, The reply of the Emperor was that there could be no prospect of peace, near or remote, on the basis of ceding to Prussia a single foot of French territory, and no Government in France could attach its signature to such a treaty and rennlin in power a single day. The Emperor, to whose presence I had not the least difficulty in penetrating, is looking in remark able good health, though he has been suffering fur a day or two past from a slight attack of gout, brought on, no doubt, by a marked change in the weather, which is to-day cold and rainy. The high and exposed situation of Wilhelmshohe is such as to render the winters very severe, and I should be in , clined to think that a prolonged sojourn at this place would be very trying to any one unaccustomed to the rigours of a northern climate, and particularly to a tem perament like that of Napoleon 111. 11e himself seems to think little and to care less about his own per - sonal comfort, every thought being evidently pre occupied with unhappy France, now, alas ! further removed than ever from peace and tranquillity. The Emperor, in spite of the flood of abuse and calumny heaped upon him by the Republican press, is resolved to say nothing or do nothing of a nature to engender fresh complications, or throw obstacles in the way of the defence of France. tle spoke in warm terms of the numerous proofs of the kindly sympathy entertained for him in Eng land which he is in the constant habit of receiving from every quarter of the United Kingdom, and alluded also with a sad smile to the dastardly attacks made upon him, a prisoner, by too many of his own countrymen, Who, one would suppose, whatever their opinions, might at least shew some respect for the great misfortune of the man who has in the past done so much for the honour and prosperity of France. While I was conversing with him, a letter from Southern France was brought in, which turned out to be one of the cowardly anonymous missives sent to Wilhelmsehe, and containing a number of doggrel verses, of which I give you a sample, copied from the crumpled paper the Emperor contemptuously cast aside : " Maudissez donc cette horde avilie Qui, non contente encor des beaux ecus De notre France, et l'avoir asservie, A fetranger nous a memo vendus." Bon voyage, Clique a Mandrin, Einbarquez-vous pour un autre rivage ; Bon voyage, Clique a Mandrin, Bien loin de nous portez votre venin." Such trash as this daily comes here, the anonymous senders hoping to embitter the irksome hours of the prisoner of Sedan by even such pig22ros d'epirufic as this. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning WILL THE WAR END WITH THE FALL OF PARIS? The Times asks whether it is possible for irregular forces who cannot face the enemy in the field to render such assistance to the garrison of " Paris, by harassing the investing army, by cutting off detached bodies of soldiers and intercepting supplies, as to stave off the capture of the city ? We cannot suppose it pos sible. If the Germans persevere, and are content to pro 7 long the strain upon their resources, which must already be severe, the capture of Paris and of Metz is inevitable. The important question, however, then arises, Will this be the end ? Suppose Paris to have fallen. After an amount of destruction not to be contemplated without horror, suppose the capital to be taken. Is the war over? We see no reason to assume that it will be. It appears not only possible but probable, that, just as the Emperor Napoleon at • Sedan renounced all authority to speak in the name of France, so the Provisional Government at Paris will simply disown all pretence to assume such a function. They may declare that they formed the Government of Defence; they attempted to defend Paris and failed, and have be come again no more than simple citizens. Whe ther they adopt this attitude or not, we may be confident that, if Lyons be not by that time taken, Lyons will refuse to be bound by any submis sion they may make. The same thing may be said of Marseilles, of Toulon, of the whole of the South and West of France, if not also of the naval arsenals and of the navy. If the present temper of the country be maintained— and it daily becomes more bitter rather than more sub dued—the capture of Paris would be followed by the disintegeation of France, but not by its submission. PARIS AND THE PROVINCES, It looks just now, says the Daily News, as if the in exorable tendency of events had resolved to compel the French provinces and the great cities to act for them selves, independently of the capital. A cloud has swallowed up Paris. For all guiding and ruling purposes she is practically lost to the nation. A Minister may ascend now and then in a balloon from her midst, and descend on some provincial city, amid storm and thunder, like an antique god. But the provinces could not be expected very long to keep the resolves necessary to their own safety waiting until some such Deus ex machind should come down to untie the knot of the difficulty. With Paris baleaguered as she now is the other parts of Frace will be compelled to look at things with their own eyes, and decide by the light of their own intelligence. Orleans has already learned how little the capital can do for itself. The same lesson will imprint itself on Marseilles and Bordeaux, on Rouen and Havre. So far from being able to advise and help the provincial cities, Paris has now plaintively to appeal (when she gets the chance of utterance) for coun sel, and aid to them. Now, we hold that great as is the calamity which causes this political and intellectual disin tegration of France, the decentralising effect is an almost unmixed benefit. In the nature of things the public opinion of a city which has been for time out of mind the seat of Empire and of fashion, cannot be always healthy, disinterested, and wise. No Englishman of any judg ment would regard it as aught but a misfor tune if England were to be governed by Lon. don. In almost all our recent political and economical struggles the earnest, energetic agitation of the manu facturing cities and the North of England has been an influence of inestimable power and value on the right side. Every measure adopted in this country has to be weighed and valued by Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and Sheffield, by Edinburgh and Glasgow, by Dublin and Belfast, before it can pretend to receive the assent of the nation. THE WAR 1N FRANCE. We have reason for believing that General Bourbaki resolutely declined to accept the command of the beaten and demoralised Army of the Loire ; and that his appointment to the command of the Army of the North—an army yet to be made—was the result of an enforced afterthought on the part of the French Provisional Government. The sojourn of the Delegation at Tours will not, so far as we understand. be much longer protracted. Should the issue of the battle that will probably be fought, south of the Loire, within a day or two, be adverse to the cause of France, it is probable that Bordeaux may be called on to provide ac• commodation for the Ministers " detached on special service," and for the members of the Corps Diplomatique now at Tours. It is reported that there has been some discussion as to whether Bordeaux or Clermont- Ferrand should be the next seat of the Delegation ; but Bordeaux, by our latest information, won the preference in the opinions of those most directly in teres ced. Telegraph, INDIAN NEWS. A Bombay paper says :—" The reply of the Duke of Argyll to the memorial of the inhabitants of Calcutta, praying that the 3-i income-tax be disallowed, and a Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the administration of the finance of the empire, is dated London, August 4, and in these words :—` I regret very much that, under existing circumstances, I am unable to comply with their request' " The war in Europe extends its influence to the remotest corner of the Punjaub. The shawl-workers, whose manufactures find their readiest market in France, are almost all thrown out of employ. In Umritsur, where there are thousands of Cashmerees employed by the great native or French shawl merchants, the looms are almost all stopped, and it is feared that much distress is inevitable. The Arch 'eacon of London has hal a relapse. `The New Testament Company closed their present session on Friday. The Roman Catholic Education Fund hes now reached £43,000. Mr. Macready, the ex-tragedian, is about to pub lish a volume of his reminiscences of Dickens. The Marquis of Salisbury has given £6OO and Mr. R. Hanbury £5OO, to the " Special Education Fund for Rochester Diocese." It is believed that the Recordership of Reading, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Macnamara, will probably be conferred on Mr. J. 0. Griffiths, of the Oxford circuit. . VIE ANNEXATION OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE, The Telegraph says the forcible annexation of Alsace and Lorraine would be a return to that barbarous policy which formerly transferred people from one State to another at the will of a conqueror, with as contemptuous a defiance of the people's own wish as if they were so many cattle. Even Napoleon 111. did not join Savoy and Nice to France without ascertaining the wishes of the people by means of a Plebiscite. In reviving the old, hard, absolutist system, Count Bismarck would put back the political clock of Europe for fifty years. All that Liberalism had gained by winning official recognition for the principle that human beings are not like shedp, would be imperilled by the enforcement of " the blood and iron " doctrine that Prussia may force Alsace and Lorraine to receive German governors, submit to German laws, pay " the blood tax " of the German army system, and accept a German form of education, merely because she is strong and they are weak. Morever, the annexation of two bitterly hostile provinces would bring . undiluted evil to the Fatherland itself. The whole of Liberal Europe wishes to see that country united and strong, because it would secure the peace of the Continent by checking France on the one hand, and Russia on the other, and because, in a state of political tranquillity, the German people could devote their won derful powers of industry and brain to the labours of peaceful progress. But the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine would bring an element of discord into the Fatherland. .Those provinces would be dis conted, hostile, and ready to seize every opportunity of throwing off the yoke of conquest. And since they must be held down by main force, they would make the supremacy of the military class in the political councils of Germany inevitable, postponing for - a generation, perhaps, the triumph of that Liberal movement which is the hope of educated Europe. PEACE PROSPECTS. We, observes the Standard, do not share the general opinion that with the surrender of Metz the war would be at an end. We have no great opi nion of the armies of the South, of the Loire, of Lyons, and of the Vosges. We fear that if they would pre sent themselves before any considerable division of the Prussian army they would sustain a decisive de feat. But the conflict, unfortunately—and the result is principally due to Count Bismarck and his Sovereign— has reached a stage in which the existence of regular or quasi-regular armies is of comparativelysmall importance. The difficulties the Prussians have to deal with are not created for them by organised French armies, but by the hatred of the population, which they have stimulated by the stupid and brutal attempt to strike terror everywhere by the wholesale slaughter of innocent persons as punishment for the losses they have sustained from the Franc-tireurs. The capture of Metz would set a large number of men free, but in the position the war has now assumed would advance very little the cause of peace. Assume that the armies of which the Provisional' Government talks so largely are beaten too ; there remains no organised opposition to the enemy. But, on the other hand, there is no organisation with which the enemy can treat. M. Jules Favre and his colleagues may surrender Paris that is a question to be discussed some time hence but they will not attempt to make peace. Anxious as they may be to keep the authority they have assumed they will not venture to appear before France, occupied by the enemy, and ask it to approve a dishonourable peace. So the best result of these continuous Prussian successes, which we have assumed as fully as the journals inspired by the Berlin press bureau, would simply ba this, that the Prussians, having conquered France, must keep it and organise it. BRITISH NEUTRILITY. The Manchester Examiner, whilst entertaining the strongest opinions as to the groundlessness of the charges brought by Count Bernstorff against our conduct as neutrals, admits that international law is applicable to the subject required, and should receive consideration on the conclusion of peace. The work of inter national legislation has been too long delayed, and an effort should be made at the earliest opportunity to supply all civilised States with some more authorita tive guidance for their conduct in time of war than they now possess. The Manchester Courier, referring to the same subject, says it is evident that any prohibitions against exportation of goods by neutrals to belligerents must favour nations whose navy is inferior as against a nation enjoying advantage of naval superiority. Is it likely that England, whose strength, if it lies nut in ships, and on the seas, 'lies no where, will give adhesion to this view, and accord its sanction to an international dogma which, if its time of trial iever come, must tell terribly ag.tinst her, and even cripple the right arm of her strength. Interpreted in its proper sense, for us Englishmen the neutral obligations which Bernstorff enjoined mean nothing more than a guarantee of our weakhess in war, and the ruin of our trade in peace. A report has reached Lloyd's that the brig ./Eolus of Halifax, from Marseilles, for Martinzas, with tiles, experienced a severe hurricane, and foundered on the 4th of September, in lat. 21 N., long. 42 W. The crew were saved. The total receipts into the National Exchequer from April 1 to October 15 were £32,457,956 against £36,269,800 in the corresponding period of last year. The expenditure has been £38,905,332, against £40,512,571 last year. The balance in the Bank of England on Saturday last was £1,119,809.