The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-22 00:00:00

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NEUFCHATEAU, SEPT. 21 (Evening). Further advices confirm that an assault was made °I I Toul on the nights of Sunday and Monday last, d was repulsed with great loss. til 4 portion of the Prussian troops had abandoned 8 siege, and were proceeding to Paris. BERLIN., TUESDAY, 6.20 P.M. T he Mecklenburg troops bombarded the fortress Of Toui h eav i ly d ur i ng t h e n i g ht f rom Sunday to ' lol lday, and stormed it the next day. It is reported that Toul has capitulated to-day. -"lllanchester Examiner. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TH E BLOCKADE OF METZ. EPINAL, SEPT. 21. A-nother balloon from Metz had descended in the n eighbourhood of Fenestranges, containing more h a ,, n 10 0 letters, all of which reiterate that Metz for the army of marshal Bazaine were provisioned °l ' a long time, and that the morale of the troops ' 4 'as9 excellent. THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG, (OFFICIAL FRENCH DESPATCH.) SOHELESTAI)T, SEPT. 21 (Evening.) °a the night between the 13th and 14th inst. the rison of Strasburg made a sortie, and surprised Germans in the trenches. A Baden and a Wur naburg reg i ment su ff ere d e a c h considerable losses. u n the n i g ht o f th e 17th and 18th the besieging f ,ces attempted an assault, which was repulsed , i' t h enormous losses on the German side. Fugitives ti r ° l2o . Strasburg confirm the statement that the town well provisioned. T IM PRUSSIANS AT MELUN. (OFFICIAL FRENCH DESPATCH.) TOURS, SEPT. 22. Intelligence from Evreux, dated yesterday 84e ning, states that some Prussian cavalry bad ~.._ hav ing in the neighbourhood of Mantes, where , i ," vi ng made a requisition on the town, they re "led their corps d'arm6e, which crossed the Seine 4 t Tri e l . F ront F rontMelun it is announced that yesterday the t 0" was occupied by a considerable Prussian ,Loree. 4 ANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22, a.m. 4h ir ke Emperor Napoleon is preparing, at Wilhelm °4e) a manifesto the French people. ~ .2 1 - de Girardin is actively engaged in making the for the re-assembling, at Limoges, o f . 1 ., 8 Members of the late French Senate and Corps A British diplomatist, en route to the head-quar oN, of the King of Prussia upon an important Z. 4 „ 81 ° 11 , arrived in Brussels yesterday , an d dined 44 Xing Leopold in the evening. h T he King and Queen yesterday visited the ° Vital and conversed with many of the wounded. MELTING DOWN THE NAPO LEON STATUES. TOURS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Pa ris The bronze statues of the Emperor Napoleon in bave been sent to the foundry to be moulded int o can non . Two thousand cwt. of corn around Paris ha s been bu rnt to prevent seizure by the Prussians. 1115 scholars of the Ecole Polytechuique are em g ° Y e a in the artillery service.—Lombard 7 elegram. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) T HE OCCUPATION OF ROME. FLORENCE, SEPT. 21. TR ome Official Gazette says : ea rne was yesterday occupied by a cont in g ent of e " division, the remainder of the troops hav in g e ' c amped near the city. G eneral Cadorna, after settling with the Pontifical Co mmander General Kanzler, the terms of the ii il leeder, was present this morning at the de i'verY of the arms of the Papal troops who capitu d and the entry of the Italian' troops , wh o atehere received with cheers for the King and the ar ta _ y. o . ',he garrison which capitulated w ill be sent to 171 ta Vecchia. The native Italians among them be retained iu depots, without arms, until further dire ctions shall be given, but the foreigners will b e p r ovided w ith mean s of transport for returning to their respective countries. EVENING. T he journals state that the losses of the Italians 13 " entering into Rome were only slight. g eneral Bixio's division had seven men killed and 23 Wounded. In General Angioletti's divis i o n one man Was killed. Ile Diplomatic Body was at the Vatican. It is satisfactorily shown that General Cadorna has taken all necessary measures fo r p reservin g tranquillity in Rome. d !ronl all cities and towns of Italy en thusiastic aonstration s have been reported. REPORTED RISING IN ALGERIA MARSEILLES, SEPT. 21. p , 4- rumour, as yet unconfirmed, states that an ( 7 1rr ection has commenced among the Arab tribes ; Southern Al ger i a . A detachment of ChaSseurs salAfri que, which arrived here f r o m Al g eria, has re e mbarked for Oran. RREST OF LAGUERRONIERE. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 21. de Laguerroniere, who arrived here yesterday, was arrested and conveyed to the prison of St. Pierre. I , o 4 :"Mueieipal Council held yesterday unanimously e ' a a lean of ten millions of francs for purposes °f defence. ORLEANS THREATENED. TOURS, SEPT. 21 (Evening.) The O r l eans Railway A d m i n i s t ra ti on a t T ours a ll 'iPended the traffic beyond Blois. The Pru ss i ans, who occup i e d Pethiviers, appear 4 _ threaten Orleans, and isolated French detach atEl have been recalled for the protection of the town. Ile tow n 10 of Rochefort voted 100,0 00 francs for cal. defence. ALSACE AND LORRAINE. BERLIN, SEPT. 22, 11. 2 a.m. 140 Oficial german Gaggle 19x Woo,. published SUN, LO.NDOIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER' 22, 1810. at Hageliau, in its first number alludes to the re covery by Germany of Alsace and Lorraine. It says " these provinces, when re-annexed, will 600,11 adopt German politics, being thoroughly German in language, manners, ideas, and even in their partiality for foreigners. They will be, moreover, only too happy to separate from Socialistic France. '—Times Second Edition. GERMANY AND THE REPUB LICAN GOVERNMENT. The German Press almost unanimously agrees that it is not for Germany to make any attempt to prescribe a Government for France. If the Re public will agree to the terms of peace, and can guarantee them. Count Bismark will be found as ready to treat with M► Jules Favre as with any other person. The Cologne Gazette says, Germany has not the slightest intention of attempting to set up a constitution in France. But it must be remembered that the public has not on its side the millions who declared for Napoleon, and that there is at present no ground for conclud ing that the acts of the Provisional Ministry will ,be endorsed by the Assembly nbout - to meet. The North German Correspondent says that the Germans cannot consent to a change of Government in chose parts of France occupied by their armies, for such an alteration would cause the greatest confusion. The Ministry of Defence is quite ignorant as to whether Bazaine and his army have declared for the Republic. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. ROUEN, TUESDAY. M. 'I hiers has written to M. Cremieux that the English Government are well disposed to recognize the French Republic, and willing to do all for peace. M. Jules Favre had to-day an iuterview with Count Bismarck. The Etoile Beige says that Mr. Wallet, of the Foreign-office, was sent by Lord Lyons to the head quarters of the King of Prussia to arrange the nego tiations of a peace, he was the bearer of a note which stipulated that the preservation of the in tegrity of the French territory was a sine qua non in any conditions to be considered. Lord Lyons did not take any fears in the affair himself, except in the capacity of agent. King William, it is said, in sisted on the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, and no armistice was agreed upon. COUNT BISMARCK'S OBJECTIONS. The negotiations between Count Bismarck and M. Jules Favre are carried on at Ferriere, a beautiful country seat of Baron Rothschild's, at some miles' distant from Paris. The Plenipotentiaries have as yet treated only upon the question as to how the terms of agreement should be approved by an Assembly on the part of France. BERLIN, SEPT. 21. The American Minister here learns on authority that M. Jules Favre, who will be received in his private capacity only, will be informed by Count Bismarck that Germany must insist, as a condition sine quei non of peace, upon obtaining possession of those French fortresses on the Moselle and the Rhine from which Germany has been so long threatened.—Dail! News Telegram. PRUSSIAN VICTORY NEAR PARIS. BERLIN, SEPT. 21. The following telegram has been received from he Royal Head-Quarters : " SEPT. 20. '• After the preparatory movements of the last few days, all our corps on the 19th advanced simultane ously and completely surrounded Paris. The King on the same day reconnoitred the north-east front of the fortifications of the French capital." The Crown Prince telegraphed to the Queen from Versailles on the 20th inst.:— "My army has to-day invested Paris from Ver sailles to the neighbourhood of Vincennes. The enemy was repulsed, and a redoubt with seven guns was taken. Our losses were inconsiderable." The following are extracts from the King's tele grams to the Queen, dated September 20: — "Yesterday morning I received the report that the enemy had abandoned his position near Pierre fitte, north of St. Denis, on the appearance of our troops. " Yesterday afternoon our Fifth Corps and the Second Bavarian Corps, after crossing the Seine at Villeneuve St. George, south of Paris, attacked three Divisions of General Vinoy on the heights of Sceaux, and repulsed them, taking seven guns and many prisoners. My 7th Regiment again had a good many dead and wounded. Fritz was present. The weather was excellent all last week." [GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.] FERRIERES, SEPT. 21 (10.45 A.M. Two slight engagements took place on the 17th and 18th instant, and yesterday the French, with three divisions, made an advance south of Paris, but were completely routed and thrown back on the capital, losing seven cannons and from 2,000 to 3,000 prisoners. THE FRENCH FLEET. DUNKIRK, SEPT. 21 (Evening). The French fleet is cruising off Calais, and three ron-clads are here. REPULSE AT TOURS. TOURS, SEPT. 21 (4.50 p.m.) Advices from Colmar, dated yesterday evening, state that the enemy has completely evacuated the Department of the Upper Rhine. Mulhouse is quiet, and if the Baden soldiers come back they will find the population ready for a vigorous resistance. EPERNAY, SEPT. 20 (Evening). Toul was vigorously attacked yesterday. It was asserted that the enemy was repulsed, and that the Prussian guns were dismounted and broken. ORLEANS, SEPT. 21. Advfces from the Department of the Seine-et- Marne state that the Prussians have suffered two defeats—one at Athis and Mons, and the other in the neighbourhood of Lagny. MANS, SEPT. 20 (EVENING). Travellers coming from the neighbourhood of Versailles assert that the Prussians were dafeated on the 19th inst. on the plain of Meudon, near Sevres, and suffered very considerable losses, in cluding several guns. This news, however, seems doubtful, as General Vinoy, who commanis the troops, would have found means to communicate the intelligence to the Government. An action is im pending. INDIA. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 22. The profit of the currency department for the year ending March last is £140,000. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) EMBEZZLEMENT OF £1,179 BY A CASHIER. At Abergavenny, yesterday, Walter Bunn, late cashier of the Abergavenny branch of the National Bank, was brought before the magistrates, charged with embezzling £1,179. The prisoner is a married man, with a family, and respectably connected. His father is a retired Inne pendent minister, a former secretary of the Congrega tional Association for Monmouthshire. It appeared that the misappropriation took place while the manager was absent, and the defalcations were discovered by the sub manager. The prisoner having threatened to commit , suicide was immediately given into custody. He has been led into difficulties by turf speculations. He was 09114Mitted ler trial M the next quarter emieno, MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two o'CLocR Business on the Stock Exchange is quite as dull as yesterday, but a feeling is gaining, ground that peace will be eventually obtained. Cons sl ; quiet at 92i to 92a ; Railways and Foreign Bonds easier. The large amount of silver received from India by the last overland mail (2400,000) has been disposed of. The prices obtained for the rupees was 59ad. per oz., and for the bar silver 601 d. It is expected that the Bank return for the week will show a total of bullion in excess of any previously held during the past two years, and considerably beyond that of August, 1869, when the rate of discount was reduced to 2i per cent. Although the influence of the quarterly revenue and other payments in contracting the currency in the hands of the publio must now operate until the disbursement of the October dividends, it is believed that at the present minimum rate of 3 per cent. scarcely any business is transacted. The day and night mail trains and boats continue to run between London and Calais, and there exist the usual day services between Folkestone and Boulogne. The French and English mails will still be forwarded by the Calais route, and there is understood to be no diffi culty in reaching Rouen, Le Mars, Tours, and the north western provinces of France with safety, either by Calais or Boulogne. The South-Eastern Company, it is stated, will run trains When necessary between Folkestone and London. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Thomas Jolly, Son, and Co., of.Accrington, a statement which was pre pared showed liabilities amounting to £9,017 14s. Bd., and assets to £3,718 is. 7d., being equal to about Bs. Bd. in the pound. A resolution was passed desiring Mr. Thos. Jolly, sea., the surviving partner, to petition for the liquidation of the estate by arrangement. previous gatherings of a similar kind as one possessed of average interest and. importance. It would be mere flattery to say .that the sojourn of the exponents and votaries of science in the town of Liverpool has been so agreeable as their visits to other and even smaller places. Whether this arises from the depression of busines, or from other causes, there is no concealing the fact that the loading inhabitants, and residents in the neighbourhood have not closely identified themselves with the meeting of the Association. The sections - have been varied enough, lint they have lacked some of the freshness and vigour which have characterised the proceedings on many, former occasions. It is generally admitted that it would have been better if the meeting had been held a fortnight or three weeks earlier. This defect will be remedied next year, as the Association will go to Edinburgh in the middle of August. Six of the sections had a brief, and only sparsely attended sitting yesterday, for the purpose of clearing off such papers as could not be read on Tuesday. It was stated that the association had granted £1,840 for various scientific in quiries, also that the tickets issued numbered 2,878, yield ing £3,096. There was a concert in St. George's Hall in the evening ; and several excursions are arranged for to-day. AID FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE CREW OF THE CAPTAIN. —At a meeting in Liverpool yesterday, in aid of the suf ferersby the Captain ; s fonndering, Upwards of £3OO was raised. The foot-and-mouth disease is spreading with extra ordinary rapidity in the county of Somerset. The fresh outbreaks during the past week affected over 2,400 head of stock, including more than two thousand cattle. The epidemic has now appeared in quite a new quarter of the county—namely, in the Long Ashton division, and as this part of Somerset adjoins Gloucestershire there is a fear that the disease may spread in the latter county, in which ; indeed, it has already appeared—namely, at Hen bury, near Bristol. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MONMOUTH RACES—TiIIs DAT. (EY ELECT= TELEGRAPH.) CHIPPENHAM STAKES. Marplot Lady Louise...... . Peahen c Three ran. BEAUFORT CUP. Witchcraft.. Dentelle Wamba Nine ran. TROY PLATE. Chatolherault M.A. Winner objected to. HENDRE PLATE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Thrs DAY. ROBBERY AT A 111tt8t0 PaiLiSßEß'B.—Richard Haynes, a young man, clerk in the employ of Messrs. Hopwood and Crew, music publishers, No. 42, New Bond Street, was brought up before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough Street Police court, charged with stealing a half sovereign, the money of his employers. Mr. George Crew said the prisoner had been in his employ some months, and in conse quence of continually missing moneyhe communicated with the police at Scotland-yard, and a detective (Moon) was employed. Some money was marked, and it being missed the prisoner was challenged with taking it, when he admitted taking half a sovereign. Richard Moon of the detective department, Scotland-yard, said that on being called into Mr. Creiv's yesterday, and the prisoner being charged with stealing a marked half-sovereign, he said " Yes, here it is; I took it," at the same time producing it. In reply to Mr. Knox the prosecutor said the firm had a number of lads in their employ, and, although money had been frequently missed, he could not tell till now how it went. He had not missed money before the prisoner entered his employment. The prisoner was committed for six months with hard labour. NEW MAGISTRATE.—Upon Mr. Edmund Humphrey Woolrych taking his seat at Westminster Court this morning for the first time, Mr. W. Doveton Smyth, of Rochester-row, the leading attorney of the court, congra tulated him upon the pleasure he and others connected with the court felt in finding his worship appointed to occupy the seat so worthily held for many years by the late lamented Mr. Selfe, and he trusted that Mr. Wool rych would live long to follow in the deceased gentleman's footsteps. Mr. Woolrych was a member of the Society of Middle Temple, and was called to the bar November 22, 1839; he was appointed first to the Thames Police court, then transferred to Lathbeth, where he was senior magistrate for some years up to the present time. A BRUTAL HUSBAND. A wretched-looking couple, named Samuel and Julia Young, man and wife, pre sented themselves before Mr. Paget, the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, the former as a prisoner, charged with assaulting Mrs. Young, who carried a small infant in her arms, and who was misery personified. She said her husband was a gunmaker, a trade at the present time flourishing, but he preferred the public-house, his pipe and pot, to supporting himself and wife and little one. In his mad drunken moments he was in the practice of beating his wife in a brutal manner. Yesterday he was drunk and beat his wife and kicked bar in a oruol manucr. He wounded her head, and struck her on the chin. He als inflicted upon her two severe black eyes. The prisoner retorted on his wife that she neglected his home, and made the first attack on him. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) CONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT WAKEFIELD. Last night upwards of five hundred of the members and friends of the Wakefield Working Men's Association, which was established four years ago, were present at a grand banquet in the Corn Exchange. The arrangements were admirable, and the proceedings, which extended over several hours, passed off most successfully. Mr. E. Green, of Heath, near Wakefield, occupied the chair, and he was supported by many of the leading Conserva tives in the county, including Mr. R. Winn, the member for North Lincolnshire,Messrs. Fielden, C. W.Denison,the Conservative representative for the Eastern Division of the Riding, Mr• Wheelhouse, Conservative member for Leeds, Messrs. Stanhope and Starkey, defeated Conser vative candidates at the last West Riding election, and Mr. T. K. Sanderson, the defeated candidate at the last borough election. The principal speakers were unani mously of opinion that.the Conservative party in York shire need only be united in their objects and efforts to be able to return as many Conservative members as the neighbouring county of Lancashire had done. Several of them joined in denouncing the action of the Govern ment with regard to the great reduction in the defensive forces of the country prior to the outbreak of war, and urged the necessity of maintianing the army and navy in that state of efficiency which would enable them to repel attacks of any invaders. Mr. Fielden, in the course of some lengthy remarks, called attention to the recent appointment of Mr. Beales to a County Court judgeship, and to Mr. Applegarth's election as a member of the Royal Commis sion of Inquiry on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act, and dwelt upon the significance which these acts in his opinion denoted. The proceedings were brought to a close shortly after ten o'clock. THE HOTSPUR TURRET GUNBOAT. Great interest was manifested in naval circles at Devon port yesterday, which was especially stimulated by recent events, in the preliminary trial of the Hotspur, a new turret gunboat, constructed on a different principle to any now existing. Admirals Codrington and Stewart and a diitinguished party were on board. The main object of the trial was to test the effect of the enormous 25-ton gun, one of the heaviest afloat, mounted upon one of Captain Scott's latest gun carriages. The turret, being a fixture, is pierced with four port-holes, through either of which the gun is pointed, thus having uninter rupted all round fire from abaft beam on one side to abaft beam on the other. Beyond this and crossing the fire of the big gun are two 64-pounders, which sweep all round the stern. The experiments were admirably conducted by the Hon. Captain Foley and part of his crew from the Cambria, and were successful be - yond all expectation. Shot of 264 pounds weight were fired with 67-pound charges of powder, with Fo little effect within the turret that two ladies were enabled to remain in it the whole time. The main deck, which is cased with three inches of iron, was not affected, but the upper deck was much shaken, depressed, and cut up, some bulk heads also being knocked down. These damages will soon be repaired, and to prevent their re currence it is proposed to plate the deck over from twelve feet from the muzzle of the gun, and entirely to close up all the apertures forward, adding stanchions to show up the deck. The turret itself is cased with ten inches of iron. Two dummy men were placed on a bridge above the turret, but the shock and flash set fire to one of them, and flew the other into the air, rendering it evident that the bridge must ho made capable of removal during action. The speed of the ram was excellent, but the chief importance of the experiments was the testing of Captain Scott's carriage, for the heaviest guns. The designer of the turret was Mr. Reed, late chief constructor. COURT-MARTIAL AT PLYMOUTH. A court-martial, lasting five hours, was held yesterday on board the Royal Adelaide at Plymouth for the trial of Alfred Harding, of the Royal Marines, John Pitts, and Thomas Quin, 411 of her Majesty's ship Dee. The prisoners were charged with breaking into the spirit-room of the Dee on the Bth of August. The evidence was con fiicting, but, after a long deliberation, all the prisoners were found guilty, and each sentenced to one year's im prisonment at Lewes. THE RAISING OF THE BALTIC BLOCKADE. The Consul-General in London for North Germany has issued the following to the North German Consuls in the provinces :—" I have the honour to inform you that the blockade of the North Sea ports has been raised. Be good enough to make the same known to all whom it may concern." THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The 1870 meeting of the British Association was brought to a close yesterday, It will take its rank amongst Decision.. Panada Masquerade Four ran AYR RACES—Tuis DAY. FREE HANDICAP. Christopher Sly Harebell f Bloodshot Five ran. PLATE OF 30 SOVS. Mary.... Puritan Attache. Seven ran. Winner objected to for not carrying proper weight (101bs short). Objection sustained. AYRSHIRE HANDICAP. Fragrance Lady of Ly0n5...._...... Sensation .. Thirteen ran.., CITY BETTING.—Tnis DAY. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Vandenhoff (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agst Lady Sophie (taken) 100 to 2 apt Fugitive (taken) 100 to 2 age Talavora (taken) 100 to 2 agst Cerdagne (taken) 100 to 2 agst Moorlands (taken) 100 to 2 agst Maid of Athol (taken) 100 to 2 agst Oxonian (taken) 1007 to 2 agst Michael de Basco (taken) 100 to 2 agst Allbrook (taken) 100 to 2 agst Tim Weaver (taken) 100 to 2 agst Ben M`Dhuie (taken) 100 to 2 agst Historian (taken) 100 to 2 agst Benbow (taken) CESAREWITCH. 12 to 1 agst Wheatear (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Hawthornden (offered) 100 to 4 agst Falkland (offered) 100 to 4 agst Tabouret (offered) 100 to 4 agst Rattlepate (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Royal Rake (offered) 30 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Mars (offered -4 0 to 1 taken) 1000 to 30 agst Cardinal York (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Pax (offered —take 1000 to 20) 40 to 1 agst Recorder (offered) 500 to 10 agst Sister to Cherie (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Far Away (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Arlington (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Vestminster (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 500 to 30 agst Podesta (offered) 100 to 6 agst Fichu (offered -20 1 taken to 2200) 20 to 1 agst Tabernacle (offered) to 1000 to 35 agst Frivolity (offered- take 1000 to 30) 1000 to 30 agst Vandenhoff (offered) 40 to 1 agst Vintner (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 Royal Rake (offered) 2000 to 30 agst Not Out (taken) 500 to 5 agst Maid of Athol (taken) 1500 to 15 agst Rafale (taken) THE ENTRY OF THE ITALIAN TROOPS INTO THE PAPAL STATES. Writing before the occupation of Rome by the Italian troops, th 9 correspondent of the Standard states that the news of the entry of the King's army into the Papal States was everywhere received with an extra ordinary outburst of exultation , generally with the full connivance, and in some places, as at Naples, with the direct participation of the authorities. The King, who resisted up to the lost moment, and gave his consent to the momentous step only when he found that it was as much as his crown was worth to hold out further, must have been encouraged and consoled by the enthusiastic plaudits with which he was received in the Principe Umborto Theatre on Sunday evening. The house was crowded, and as soon as the King made his appearance in his private box, all the spectators rose from their seats with long repeated shouts of " Evviva it Re ! Evviva l'ltalia Evviva Roma capitale 1" And while the men waved their hats, and the ladies their handkerchiefs, the orchestra struck up the Royal March, and when the air had been played once it was called for again, and again, and again. Later in the evening, during the performance of the ballet, the demonstration was renewed. With respect to the best mode of ensuring the spiritual independence of the Pontiff, M. Lanza ex presses his readiness to assume formal engagements with the other European Powers. For this "extreme con descension" he has been blamed, as it is feared that the door will be thus left open to future foreign interventions in the affairs of Italy. With this reservation the document has given general satisfaction. A report was current that the Pope had refuled to admit Count Ponza di San Martino to an audience. It appears, however, that this is not the case. His Holiness not only received the Italian envoy, but dilated at great length on the proposals of which the latter was the bearer. He had hoped, he said, to end his days in the undisturbed possession of the mutilated remnants of his temporal kingdom. But if Heaven had decreed otherwise, it was his duty to submit. As for the engagements which the Italian Go vernment declared itself ready to assume, be placed them on a par with other engagements and other promises made to him. To the question whether he intended to remain in Rome, or to embark for some foreign destination, he refused to give any direct answer. " His conduct would be regulated by the course of events, and by the inspirations of Divine Wisdom." He spoke with great calmness and dignity, the evident result of a strong effort for self-mastery. CRYSTAL PALACE.—(One Shilling Day, Wednes day, September 16, 1870.)—Admissions by season tickets, 1,499; ditto on payment, 2,061; total visitors, 3,560. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, SOUTH KEN SINGTON.— At the show yesterday the cut asters and zianias were abundant and beautiful, and there were some good dahlias. The gem of the colleetion was dendrobium chrysostis from Assam, which bids fair to be a very useful species, as the elongated stem evidently bears several spikes. It was purchased at one of Stevens's sales. Mr. Fenn ex hibited the result of grafting a Ribston pippin on a Blen heim orange, the result of which was a complete change in form, the flavour resembling that of the stock. It was announced that the exhibition of fungi would be held the first Wednesaay in October, THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG. The oorrespondent of the Telegraph, writing from Ober* hausbergen on the 14th instant, saydi "—The western awl south-western outworks of Strasburg are literally in ruins. Of the trim green turf facings td the long dtirved line of bastions and cur tains, there remain but a few blotches here and there of verdure, standing out in bright contrast to the rough, dark br -wn surface of the shattered and crumb ling works. Some ragged edged shapeless frag ments of brickwork represent the gabled and roofed houses that, three weeks ago, fringed the inner side of the chief defence. The cathedral, seen from afar, appears to be intact; but examined from such point de mire, as say, 'Eckbolsheim granary, and war a good glass, its various hurts are but too plainly perceptible. The tower and spire have suffered, as well as the roof —fortunately not to any irreparable extent. 0; the citadel, of course, nothing can be seen from this side the Rhine ; but the latest reports from Kehl state that it has been terribly knocked about and is reduced to a mere wreck of masonry and earth. The town has been consistently spared, as mush possible, ever since the reception of the King's merciful orders, and bnt little additional injury has therefore been done to the houses and public buildings in the central portion of the city ; the whole of the fire for more than a fortnight has been directed upon the fortifications, barracks, and military storehouses, which have suffered very heavily— many of the latter, in fact, are completely destroyed. As to the siege works, the third parallel, as you are aware, is finished ; it has been driven right through the glacis, and in several places is quite close to the walls. The two monster mortars, of which so much has been said in the German papers, are established well in front of this village between it and Schiltigheim ; they have produced a tremendous effect on the French works, and are kept at work with considerable regularity. As the projec tiles they throw weigh nearly two hundred pounds, you may well conceive that each discharge is followed by ruin and devastation. 'Ulrich has exhibited signs of yielding more than once since the capitulation of Sedan. He has, it is said, with the permission of the General in command of the German army, sent two officers to the Emperor at Wilhelmshohe, to' solicit his Majesty's orders with regard to the defence of the fortress. As he is a staunch Imperialist, I should not wonder if he has declined to recognise the Republic, and decided upon taking his instructions from the imprisoned gentleman whom he still considers to be his sovereign. For several days he has not been seen by his soldiers, having shut himself up in his quarters and discontinued his:daily visits to the works. Parlementaires have been backwards and for wards between the hostile forces, and the French fire has been exceptionally tame, sometimes ceasing alto gether for several hours, and then breaking out in a spasm of salvos all along the line, which continue for a few minutes and then suddenly cease, to be followed by another long interval of silence. The guns are, in reality, insuffici ently manned, General Ulrich being principally dependent for the working of his artillery upon some two or three hundred marine artillerists, who were intended for the equipment of the celebrated Rhine gunboats that never came to anything. Of course a good many of the liners and Gardes Mobiles have been trained, since the commencement of the siege, to serve the guns ; but they are useless for all the more professional branches of the work—sighting, elevation, &c. The whole force at Ulrich's command, not counting volunteers from among the younger citizens, whose numbers are small and utility doubful, is, comparatively speaking, insignificant. With so small a garrison the defence he has hitherto made is more than creditable—it is heroic ; and the superior German officers do not hesitate to admit it, saying freely of him, "He is a splendid soldier and gallant man—the only FrenCh general throughout the present war who has really deserved well of his country." But the moment has now arrived at which what has aitherto been admirable heroism is fast becoming inex cusable obstinacy and hopeless folly. The network of approaches is drawn tightly round the doomed fortress, and the Germans can at any moment concen trate so tremendous a fire upon any part of the western defences that any opening of a practicable breach would only be the work of a few hours ; and an assault in overwhelming force would not only annihilate the garrison, but expose the town and its inhabitants to many horrors,the commission of which it is the interest of humanity at large to avert. THE INVESTMENT OF PARIS. The correspondent of tlie ,standard, writing from Mantes on the 17th, says :—" Paris is on the qui-vive. Over 400,000 men are waiting rams au bras, and the alarms taking place constantly for the last twenty-four hours make the Mobiles familiar with the dangers they are going to incur. General Trochu's organisation seems perfect. The companies of Franc-tireurs, and other volunteers composed of the most rosolute men, adventurers, old soldiers, and hunters, who have carried arms and weapons all their life, are sent forward to the front, either in the face of the very enemy, or between the forts and the walls; they advance in every direction, harass the German outposts, and retreat only when meeting too superior forces. These brave marksmen have only begun their exploits since the 15th. These troops form twelve moveable divisions, and although posted on different sections of the military zone they can easily be transported, at a moment's notice, to a spot more seriously attacked. Their movements are con siderably helped and protected by the guns of the fortresses, and by several regiments of regular' troops. Fighting has been going on from four to seven o'clock between Ablon and Athis, on the Orleans Railway. Telegraphic communication has been destroyed between Ablon and Juvisy, and in the last earned place the Prussians have been able to cross the Seine at low water and to establish a powerful battery.— Ten a.m.—The Western Railway has just been cut, and the courier from Paris will not arrive to-day. Telegraphic despatches are suppressed for all the departments of the west right up to the Loire. The work of isolation is done as far as railway communication is concerned. The Paris lines are now all destroyed around the capital. I must take at once a resolution and direct my steps on new strategic roads, bringing me near the battle field, and leaving me at a short distance from post and telegraph to England. My next letter will announce how far I have succeeded in my plans.—Mantes, Sept. 18. When I was writing to you last night of my project of approaching Paris, and, if possible, to turn in the direction of the south, where the cannonade has been heard all day, I little thought of the sudden arrival and actual presence of Prussian Uhlans and edaireurs in the neighbourhood ; but such is the fact. From Pontoise they have come to Meulon, and are now destroying the telegraph and railway lines at about three maim from Mantes, but they are in great force in the forest of Saint-Germain. At an early hour this morning the French had blown up the bridges of Asnieres, Bezans, and Maisons. Heavy skirmishing had been heard in that direction, but the circle of German lines becoming more and more developed, it is extremely difficult to approach and ascertain the importance of the different skirmishings. On the other hand, no correspondence, letters, or newspapers have come from Paris. All that I can gather in my excursions con firms my news of yesterday—that important engagements have been taking place at Ablon and Athis-Mons. Ablon is a little village of the Department of Seine-et-Oise, ten miles south by east of Paris. Athis-Mons is situate two miles further on, near the mouth of the River Orge, and close to the Seine and to the station of Juvisy. The moat concentrated troops seem to direct their attacks from the east to the south; from Clarenton to Clamart. Clamart is a township of the Seine, with 3,000 inhabitants, and- ft about four miles from the railway station (rive gauche) Paris to Versailles. The forts protecting that side of Paris are Charenton, Ivry, Bicetre, and Montrouge.— Sept. 19, Evening. Yesterday an engagement took place at Creteil between 15,000 men of the corps of General Vinoy and some troops of the corps of the Prus sian General Vogel de Falkenstein. Early in the morn ing the divisions of General Vinoy were reconnoitring near Bonneuil ; the vanguard, when displaying its skir mishers on the hills of Mely, had to sustain a heavy fire of &Allier - r-r,-n the enemy. During the night ''^ Prus sians, forty thousand in number, had alished their batteries on the top of the hills', on a plateau, natu rally strong. Gen. Vinoy, having so posted his artillery as to protect the retreat of his skirmishers, fought with ad vantage for two hours, and succeeded in hi object of reconnoitring the position of the corps d'armie that was advancing in that direction. The Gene ral then retired on Charenton, after inflicting heavy losses on the Prussian ranks, several of the German staff having been killed in the affair. The French losses are reported to be 18 killed and 37 wounded. Another fight has taken place at Visors, in the plains of Champlan, between Ivry and Chatillon. A corps of the Prussian army was repulsed bY Franc-tireurs and regular troops, and compelled to retreat on Montlery and Arpajon. At this very mo ment different light engagements are going on from the direction of Nangis right up to Clamart If I do not mistake, cavalry, infantry, and artiller, under the command of Prince Albert, are the troop( engaged at the vanguards, the Crown Prima having his headquarters at Fontainebleau. It it difficult to obtain precise details of the various move ments and conflicts taking place at every hour of th day, although my service is pretty well organised. I hope to advance very soon myself, and to continue to forward my courier, a velocipedist of great ability, by whom I send telegrams and letters to Rouen. It is reported that 400 Uhlans have arrived at Versailles, where the King of Prussia intends to fix his headquarters. His German Majesty is far from being humble in his choice. Will not the spirit of Louis XIV. be distritbed by the stay under the golden ceilings of his -palace of the new ruler of Germany invading every part of glorious France? OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. The Times says the Chancellor of the Confederation and the French Minister have thus far confined them selves to considering the means by which any terms of peace that may be provisionally agreed upon between the King and the Government of Defence should be sub mitted to the Constituent Assembly for its sanction and approbation. The terms of Peace themselves have not yet been discussed. Count Bismarck has evidently made it an essential point, before debating any proposed Treaty, that some kind of guarantee should be given that the Treaty will be accepted by the represehtatives of the nation, or that, in the event of its rejection by them, the German Powers shall suffer no loss of military advantage by the delay. It would have been compe tent of Count Bismarck to declare that, as no substantial proof of the power of the Government was forthcoming, hostilities must proceed ; but this would have been fatal to the convocation of the Assembly or to the hopes of a treaty. Nothing like a general election could be held in the midst of war, and if Tors were chosen as the meeting place of the members who were elected, Paris and the whole of the North-East of France would be unrepresented in the Constituent Assembly. Two days spent in fighting over the mode of guaranteeing a Treaty whose terms are Tut yet stated raise a violent presumption that the discussion of preliminaries is wilfully protracted, and it is plain the cause of delay must arise on the side of Count Bismarck. Why should he wish to keep the negotiations hanging on ? He may desire that Paris should have some little experience of what it is to be be leaguered, in the assurance that better terms will be obtained in consequence. There are some facts which lend a colour to this hypothesis. Something may be said for the second explanation of the Chancellor's desire for ' more delay. It may very well be that there is no perfect agree ment atthe German headquarters on the termsthat should be granted to France. Nothing, then,could be more appro priate or ingenious than a long preliminary discussion on the method of ratifying the terms of a Treaty, so as to postpone the discussion of the terms themselves, if the victors have not yet agreed as to what the terms should be. The Telegraph is in a position to state that the negotia tions at Meaux are proceeding, upder circumstances which attest thte earnest wish of both parties to attain a sound basis of settlement. The discussions of the negotiators have hitherto turned on one imDbrtant preliminary point—the question what guarantees the Provisional Government shall give that any treaty of peace concluded in the name of the French nation will be actually accepted and rati fied by that nation. Meanwhile, it must be clearly understood that the preliminary conversations do not in the slightest degree directly affect the still graver and more difficult questions of indemnities for the past, and guarantees for the future—the real sub jects with which the negotiations 'leading to peace must hereafter be concerned. And the Germans have plainly shown that no attempts to effect a settlement by the pen will retard their endeavours to effect a settlement by the ;word. It is now apparent that on both sides the ques tions at issue have been fully and frankly considered; and the terms of final reconciliation may well demand the utost serious thought of the negotiators. M. Jules Fav j re went to Meaux prepared for the largest possible cones sions. The Provisional Government, to the full mess e of its power, was willing to bind the nation to the pay ment of a war indemnity amounting to 2100,000,000; to the dismantlement of the fortresses; and even, the Telegraph believes, as a last resort, to the condition that Alsace and Lorraine should be neu tralised. On the other hand, there can be no doubt that Count Bismarck's demands have been faithfully stated by the mans of German opinion, and by his own " inter viewers f' and those claims are totally irreconcilable with the French resolution to let no French soil be transferred to German rule. Supposing the difficulty about the endorsement by France of any treaty that may be concluded overcome, the sincere desire of both uatioriff for a peace that on the one side shall not be dishonourable awl on the other shall not be fallacious and temporary, may for some time prolong the discussion. FRENCH REPUBLICANS. The Daily News remarks if to secure peace it were enough to be sincere in wishing for it, and willing to pur chase it by pecuniary sacrifice, then we might well have good hopes of the work now undertaken by the French Provisional Government. Not alone did Fevre, and Picard, and Pellet an protest against this war, but Rochefort had the moral courage to send forth from his prises" the declaration that this and every war not strittly Taefensive is a crime. Indeed, the French Republics have always been pacific in their original intentions. The first Republic was forced into a war very much as we have just seen Germany driven into it. The Republic of 1848, despite its magniloquent pro fessions of sympathy with enslaved nationalities was for the most part prudently peaceful in its ways. Of later years we have all observed that the most extreme and uncompromising of the French Republicans have been enthusiasts and optimists in their worship of peace, and have given the abolition of standing armies and the repudiation of all aggressive warfare a leading place in their creed, or, as enemies would have said, among their crotchets. To do the Republicans of France justice they have at no time identified themselves with the principle which declares military glory to be a supreme national right and need. A successful war is almost sure in France to bring up to the front some military dictator. It may be doubted whether the existence of a French Republic is not, and will not, for some time be almost absolutely incompatible with the reign of the war spirit. Thus far, therefore, the Republic is in a better position to make and maintain peace than any other form of government would probably be at present. It may be taken for granted that the present popu lations now ardently desire peace. When the peasants voted oui to the Plebiscite they voted for peace ; they voted for the Empire, because it had got into their heads somehow that the Emperor alone could save them from revolution and war. Count Palikao has hired a furnished residence at Namur for three months. MR. CHILDERS.—The Times has it on the best authority that the health of Mr. Childers has greatly im proved, and that he is able to take long walks daily. A fire broke out yesterday at the seat of the Earl of Mexborough, Methley Hall, about seven miles from Leeds. By the aid of the fire engines kept on the premsies, the fire was confined to the kitchen and laundry, the Hall itself not being injured. RESIGNATION OF A COLONIAL BISIIOP.—The Right Rev. Dr. Matthew Blagden Hale has intimated his intention of resigning the Bishopric of Perth, to which he was consecrated in 1857. The jurisdiction of the Bishop consists of Western Australia. The income of the see consists of the interest of £4,000, granted by the Colonial Bishopric Fund, and invested in the colony. The Bishop was formerly vicar of Stroud, Gloucestershire, and after wards Archdeacon of Adelaide, South Australia. MR. THOMAS HUGHES, M.P.—The Boston Commonwealth states that Mr. Thomas Hughes, who is the guest of James Russell Lowell, at Elmwood, his Cambridge residence, is besieged with letters from all parts of the United States asking him to lecture. It is announced that Mr. Hughes is unable to comply with any of these requests. FRENCH REFUGEES.—The Havre steamer brought a large number of French refugees yesterday morning to Southampton. A number of French convents have been deserted in consequence of the war and the proclamation of the Republic. Notice has been received at South ampton that twenty-five nun s belonging to a convent at Evreux are daily expected. They will take refuge in a convent of the same order at Taunton, in Somersetshire. Two of the Evreux nuns are English ladies. THE CIIICHESTER ACCIDENT.—The inquest was resumed yesterday as to the deaths of the Rev. C. Hind , cura te of Milton-next - Gravesend, and the five boys. wh o , on their passage from the Chichester training ship, off Woolwich, to the Fisguard, were drowned through their boat being run down by the Irish steamer Cormorant. Some of the sailors on board the latter vessel, and the pilot, were in attendance, and gave evidence, upon which the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotation , on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & 0., Royal Irish Dig tilleries, Belfast ; or n.t the; London OtEcet 4. Beaufort Butldino Stran , l W 0 , 291 ,253