The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-27 00:00:00

.efore, ) from ie last apital )016on lippe• irmur )b in once longer most they n for mpire surd. SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. RAISING THE SIEGE OF TOUL. PRUSSIANS REPULSED AT MONTAIEDY. PARIS, AUGUST 27. The following news from the army is published by the Minister of the Interior "The Prussian troops have passed through Nancy =' .route for Chalons and Joinviile by Vancoutours. "" They appeared to be composed of men of the ast Landweher class." The besiegers of Toni, meting with a vigorous - defence, appeared about to raise the siege and march on the Marne. Pru=sian scouts have- cut the railway between Montmedy and Mczieres, but were subsequently repulsed by free corps, and the railroad has been re-established. The appearance of Prussian scouts at Chateau- Thierry has not yet been confirmed. An official decree, dated yesterday, is published this morning, appointing M. niers a member of the Committee for the defence of Paris. The Council of Revision for the close of. 1870 will commence operations on the sth of September and will conclude on the 19th. The law regulating the substitution for military service will not apply to the class of 1870. The Jcurnal Officiel of to-day confirms that Bel -glum and Luxemberg have withdrawn their consent for the transport of Prussian and wounded across Their territories. The Prussian Cabinet not having further insisted on its demand, this incident in re, larded as concluded. DEFEAT OF STEIMIITZ. A PRUSSIAN CORPS DROWNED mETz. PRUSSIANS AT EPERNAY. ARREST OF 2,000 PEOPLE IN PARIS. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR TO JOIN IVIACMAHON. PARIS, AUG. 26 (Evening.) Cavalry scouts from the Army of Prince Frede rick Charles have appeared on the road . to Epernay and Chambert, in the direction of Montmirail. Cannonading was heard at Rheims at 5 pm. in the direction of Portfavergy. The railway line beween Soissens and Rheims has been cut. The army of the Crown Prince has been joined at liar-le-Duc by a portion of the King's army, coming from Metz. The scouts of the corps of the Crown Prince are baing sent far and wide in ev, ry direction, hut all accounts agree in representing the Prince as advancing on Paris. Several journals continue to speak in general terms of the satisfactory pwition of Marshals MacMahon . ,and Bazaine. The Presse affirms that General Steinmetz has been s9parated from Prince Frederick Charles and driven back towards the North. The same paper adds that Prince Frederick Charles receivpd a severe check near Meizieres. Another rumour asserts that 'a whole Prussian corps has been drowned near Metz. The first battaLln of the Mobile Guards of the Department. of the Aube has arrived here. The rest are to follow. Two thotkand arrests have been made during the last two days; comprising vagrants, suspicious cha racters, and loose women. PARIS, AUG. 24 (Evening.) The Prince Imperial is gone to Rethel. The Emperor follows Marshal MacMahon, who, on leaving Rheims on Tuesday la,t, took the direction of Montho:s and Vonzieu. Nothing is kno‘‘n of MaeMahon's subsequent rnoveinens [The following telegrams appeared in our previous Editions this morning :]— MARSHAL BAZAINE'S ARMY. PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, BAR-LE-DUC, AUGUST 25. The news that Marshal Bazains has escaped from Metz is eutirely groun Lies. OA the contrary, he is Surrounded in Metz by Prus3ian troops, and is ex- Pected to capitulate, being short of provisions. THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE. (PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL DESPATCH). PRUSSIAN HEAD- QUA RT ERS, BAR-LE-DUC, AUGUST 25, (10.15 a.m.) Since our victories near Metz, and the hemming -111 of the French in their position there, those of our troops that are not required to surround them have made a rapid and uninterrupted march. Chalons has been occupied by them, and our advanced gunds are already between that place and Epernay. The Royal head-quarters here are at Bar-le-Duc. TUE DEFENCE OF PHALSBURG. PARIS, AUGUST 26, 5 P.M. The Minister of the Interior communicates the ioll o w i ng intelligence, under reserve:—"Phalsburg continues its heroic resistance. Two attempt 3 at assault have been repulsed; in the first the Prussians lost 500 men, and in the second, 1,000 men. The commander of the place has declared that he will ta tli r blow up the fortress and perishin the ruinsthan surrender. The enemy's scouts are reported to beat twelve kilometres from Rheims. Prussian troops a ppear to be on their way to Varenues and Stenay. There are some thousand Prussians round Verdun." NEW PRUSSIAN ARMY. BERLIN, AUGUST 20, EVENING. The New Prussian (Cross) Gazette of this even ing says that in addition to the German armies already in the field, a fourth has been formed under the command of the Crown Prince of Saxony, and to which the Prussian Guard is attached. This army is destined to operate in the direction of Paris, together with the third army under the Crown Prince of Prussia. [The 'Times Berlin correspondent says three armies of reserve are being formed, one on „the Rhine, under the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; another at Berlin, under General Canstein ; and the third at Glogau, ender General Lorrenfeld. The Germans opposite Strasburg are diverting the liver 111, for the purpose of draining the moat.] PARIS PREPARING FOR A SIEGE PARIS, AUGUST 20, EVENING. A_ decree has been publishei appointing the fol lowing as members of the Paris Commi tee of Pe f°llce. Armand Belie and General 40.1449 t, atirely ;s you. .board ,sports nt Nv^" mday, Le pre- passed delay andful Duaves to will d the ill be of ?L ;ed to of the •ation, arrival vinces. ;gle as ribaldi ing to, of the a and serious of M• or two Mar- A the Man- Efected irred- bin for y, and wever, insists of re who more session e of a Rome •OUS to her, or battle popu organs ding a ; gene under and e coni- ~ Avitit nds of I since t wasp 5 fate. n, and )f the ward, cation n the ;e and seines • lead, ns of herto, is, is Will ey in' ) some ituted TII h SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1876, senators; Count Da. u, M. Du Puy do Lome, and the Marquis de Talhouet, Deputies. FIRING UPON A FLAG O 1 TRUCE. BERLIN, AUGUST 26, EVENING. The Berlin journals, replying to French denials, state that it is an aset:rtained fact that the French in _Metz have fired upon an envoy bearing a flag of truce. Lieutenant-Colonel Verdy was present, and was himself slightly wounded, besides the trumpeter' who accompanied THE FRENCH LOSSES IN THE BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE. (GERMAN ACCOUNT.) PRUSSIAN lIEADQUATERS, PONT-ik_-1110USSON, AUGUST 22.* The French themselves acknowledge a loss of 15,000 wounded in the battle of the 18th instant at Gravelotte. To this must be added 5,000 killed, and there have been besides, up to this morning, about 3,000 prisoners brought through here from that battle, so that the total French loss reaches at least 23,000 men„ It has not been possible to count the exact number of killed, as from want of power, heaps of dead from the battle of the 10th, belonging chiefly to the French Imperial Guard, lay unburied as late as the 10th, and the in:. terment consequently had to be carried out at last in a very hurried manner. *This telegram only reached London August 26th, 10.40 p.m. PRUSSIAN HEAD-QUARTERS, BAR-LE-DUO, AUGUST 25 (9.45 aan.). Besides the French wounded in the villages sur rounding Metz, there are in Metz itself, according to French accounts, 15,000 wounded, and according to our estimate 20,000. Moreover, hospital and typhus fever have broken out amongst them, so that a long resistance appears impossible. THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE. PARIS, AUGUST 26, EVENING. To-day, in the Senate, M. Busson-Biblault, Presi dent of the Council of State, said no direct infor mation had been received from Marshal Bazaine, but intelligence otherwise received, proved the position of the French armies to be an excellent one. The Minister further remarked that the advance of the enemy on Paris appeared to be undergoing a period of delay. In the Legislative Body, M. Chevrean, the Minis ter of the Interior, said the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia had seemed to have arrested its march to Paris, but have resumed it yesterday and to-day. M. Chevrean added :—"lt is duty of the the Government to inform the Chamber and the country of this fact. The Committee of Defence is taking measures to meet the possibility of a siege. The Governor of Paris and the Cabinet will do their duty, and we count on the patriotism of the capital." THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, AUGUST 26, 3.30 p.m. The Bourse has been inanimate. Recites closed at 60.60, or 33c. lower than yesterday. REPORTED BATTLE NEAR MONTMEDY. It is reported that au enogement took place on Thurslay night at Shenacli, near Montmedy, and the Prussians have cut the rails of the Sedan liai'way. The woun led were taken to Moutniedy, where t .ev were closing the gates. SOtTTHANIPTON, AUGUST 26, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here with 60 passengers, £638,116 in specie, and a heavy cargo. On the 22nd, when off Lisbon, she passed the combined Channel and Mediterranean fleets, steaming north ; also the steamer Mauritius, towing the steamer Paris, bound north. MARSEILLES. AUGUST 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera arrived at 4.30, and the mails leave at 6.40 p.m. this day for London. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS. COLLIERY ACCIDENT. At a colliery at Bilston last night, as a skip containing six men and a boy was being raised, it was drawn over the pulley at the mouth of the pit, and they were all thrown out, and seriously injured. In some instances it is feared fatal results will ensue. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON 'RACES.-TIIIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STAND PLATE. Sophie Lincoln.. Brazenose Five ran. WELTER STAKES, Victoria l3rennus Royal Princess Seven ran. NURSERY HANDICAP, C0wb0y..... : Queen Bessie Hilary Five ran SHIRLEY PLATE. Miss Adelaide f . Bellenden Manrice Four ran. CROYDON PLATE. Transgressor Veda Turn of the Tide • CITY BETTING-17ms DAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 4to 1 on the field (offered) ST. LEGER. 65 to 40 agst King-craft (offered) sto 1 agst Palmerston (offered—take 6to 1) 100 to 15 agst Macgregor (offered-7 to 1 wanted) 100 to 7 agst Captivator (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Normanby (offered) 100 to 3 agst Alexander (offered) 1000 to 10 agit Wheatear (offered) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 15 agst Rattlepate (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Blandford (offered) 500 to 5 agst See Saw (taken) 500 to 5 agst Sylva (taken) 100 to 1 agst Cradle (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1000 to 15 agst Blandford (offered) 500 to 5 a,gst See Saw (taken) 500 to 5 agst Sylva (taken) BANKRUPTS. In London. Allen, George William, Chalk Farm-road, Haverstock hill, china dealer, to surrender Sept. 15, at 1. Amos, James, Bunhill-row, Old-street, St. Luke's, metal dealer, Sept. 22, at 12. Brace, Alfred Thomas, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, book seller, Sept. 8, at 1. Cotterell, Samuel, Halkin-place, Belgrave-square, horse dealer, Sept. 19, at 12. Harrison, George, Bedford-row, Holborn, tracer of pedi- grees, Sept. B — , at 12k. Juch, Ernest, Crane-court, Fleet-street, journalist, Sept. 19, at 11. Murray, Eustace Clare Grenville, Brook-st., Grosvenor square,. newspaper proprietor, Sept. 15, at 11. Wren, George, High Holborn, paper merchant, Sept. 19, at 1. TTIE PROSPECTS OF FRANCE. iseturiting to the estimate taken byuur Military men hf the 06Sition occupied by the two great armies Which follow the fortuiieS of Bazaine and MacMahon, I em in a position to state at great htipefUlness preVails. It is believed that in the fierce battles of laSt week, and peeially in that of the 18th, Marshal Bazaine deceiVecf his enemy and drew on an attack which, he felt en ,:rely confident, would enable him to inflict fearful :oiiiishment upon his assailant. I hesitate to give the reputed nithabers of the killed and wounded upon !,,il.ll shies. But I believe that even the Prussian accounts battle, while claiming a - g,reat victoik, aclm4 that the vae.ers suffered more than the defenders of French Let ritoiy. There is but one opinion here as to the ability di h i t throughout last week Bazaine handled his force ----:olmit tedry smaller than that of his enemy. Moreover, no one 11-.4.6 believes that the foremostline of Germans, or, in (Aber words, the aglgregate of men fighting under the two Princes and Steinmetz, is nearly so" large as you believe tai state in England. To begin with, A very large force is necessary to keep up communication with St. Avoid. !.t is believed here that the German • armies are fed by taco Main roads communicating with the railroad base at St. Avoid. One of these roads leads through a very dillicult country, and passes half-way between Vionville and Metz—which are about twenty-two miles apart— to the rear of the German force under General Steinmeti. The other road passes to the south of Metz, and fee& the army of the Crown Prince. Although the activity and enterprise of the French cavalry and francs tireurs have hitherto been very inferior to those of Stuart, Morgan, and Mosby, during the great Confederate struggle against the forces of the Union, it is impossible that the Germans can convey provisions along these two roads, which pais, in the, one case, between two stroug.ly-fortified towns, and in the Other through from forty to fifty miles of .an enemy's country, Without Ladling a very considerable body of troops to keep off aggressors. Secondly, the siege of Strasburg, which is daily assuming larger proportions, must absorb no in significant number of Germans who are detailed to bring for ,vard siege guns and heavy mortars, with a view to the bombardment of the Alsatian capital. Thirdly, it cannot but be necessary to keep a small corps of observation, to which is entrusted the duty of watching the considerable French forces which are advancing northward from Lyons; Di jen, and Besancon. Fourthly, the task of carrying oack the sick and wounded to St. Av.dd must occupy the aintivided attention of no small number of men. You are, Itoubtless, aware in England that, although the proposition that the neutral railroads of Luxembourg and Belgium should be thrown open to the German sick and wounded was supported by the English Government, it was never listened to for a moment by the French Generals. Although it may seem cruel and - inhuman to make the wounded suffer unnecessarily, it cannot but be a satisfac tion to those who wish to see the war confined to France and Prussia, that the dangerous implication of any neutral L'owers should be vigorously resisted. Reverting, however, to the question of the numbers row at the disposal of the G Generals, I have, I think, said enough to show that, If I estimate the front line of the invading force at 250,000 len, it is a not an illiberal estimate. If lam rightly in formed, the soldiers who now follow Bazaine and Mac lahois amount at least to this figure. Although there is believed to have been heavy fighting to-day and yester lay somewhere in the neighbourhood of Verdun, it cannot not be obvious to your military readers that.Metz and St. Avoid are dangerously near each other, and that the possession of these two strong fortresses at Vionville and Metz gives the French a great advantage With a view to snaking a dash upon St. Avoid. It is, of course, Ml poesible to say what may be the effect of the fighting now believed to be going Cu near Verdun ; but the infuence and area of Metz and Vionville cannot but tell for much, as points d'appui, upon Which the French may rest and whence they may dart out. I shall be surprised if some effort is not shortly made to (owe the German Generals to increase their defensive knee at St. Avoid. Meantime the advance of the Crown Piiner. upon Paris is, to say the least, delayed, if it is not wholly arrested. My own belief is that the great efforts new put forth by the Germans to take Strasbourg a:e due to the fact that they find it impossible to e7o v isio I their enormous armie,4 by a single line if railroad connecting St. Avoid with the Rhine. a pamphlet which the Prince de Joinville wrote about the American war, shortly after accompanying futile advance of General M`Clellan upon Richmond in 1662, he roundly affirms that no single railroad, even though entirely unmolested by the enemy, is capable of feeding more than 100,000 men. And here we find Von Moltkc trying to fees/ front three to four hundred th..o,atat hungry men by the single line which debouc'res st St. ! --Special Correspoinie7t of the Te!eura_oh in wan MACMAIION'S ARMY. 13 1.1 une of the ~madard's correspondents . f with the :olny or AfaeMahon during the last few day, , and a Lattar i corn him is published, dated Montmedy, 24th. It ikes not, however, much enlighten us as to the great bf,:rut of MacMahon's doings `• The army now under the command of Mardial Mac- Mahon is stronger than is generally supposed. Not only has the 'Marshal again completed his first corps, so cruelly exhausted by the heroic fight of Gro.swillers, but his eth-eti'-e has been brought to a force of 30,000 men, with whiult the corps of De Failly, the corps of General Douay, %OR. Las made a voyage of forty hours by railway to come t o el m lons, ia, Paris ; some divisions of Canrobert (detached), infantry of marine, saint reii!! - ,reements from U south, make a force of at least 130,000 fresh troops, looking admirably. - "-Since I announced to you the /era of the Camp of Chalons and the presence of the army of the Emperor at Rheims *I. have ascertained an im portant fact., and this at the moment I was leaving. All the forces of the Camp of Chalons had not come to Rheims when the camp was abandoned on Sun day morning ; the greater part of the troops went west ward, soaking for ltheims, but a large corps d'arm(Se left in an easterly direction. " So man; contradictory accounts are given of the battle of the 18th that I have refrained from giving mine ; but having travelled with a Prussian naturalised Belgian subject, I have had some precise details of the affair. lie was near the spot where it took place, and on Sunday morning last he left the Prussian head-quarters, which were then at St. Benoist, near Vig neulles, north-west from Metz, their line standing up to Marie-aux-Chenes on that side. The Carrieres de Jamnoilt, mentioned in the French official despatches, are situate in that neighbourhood towards Briey. Those quarries, about three miles in length, are a dis tance of ten miles from Metz, and the new fortresses built at Metz during the last few years have been erected with stones extracted from those quarries. To go from Metz toJaumont you have to follow the road from Lletz to Brie}, through the villages of . Plappeville, Waippz, and Lorry ; you can also reach the place by the road of Don court, Etain, and Verdun, by way of the village of Armanvillers. The country is very uneven to the south east of Jauiuont between Armanvillers and Lorry, a forest with deep ravines ; to the north of Armanvillers the road of St. Marie-aux-Chenes, the hills of St. Privat, and the mountains above the valley of Montvaux; to the north-east, towards Lriey, the fine forest of Avril, boinnled by the river Orne, on the right of the river the villages of Gouf and Homencourt—making more towards the north, at the confluence of the Orne and Moselle, the immense forest of Mozeuvre, and the road to Siercke. It is probably through those woods of Mozeuvre that the corps of General Steinmetz, which had been engaged in the battle of the 16th, have made their marsh to the enemy, and in consequence the engagement of the 18th n.st have been principally commenced under Stelum What was the position. of Bazaine at the beginv:ng• of the conflict I have been unable to ascertain. The ..attic of the 18th took place in that romantic and uneven track of country, but which side obtained the ad, ,aff:lge it is difficult to state just now. The Prussian de. pttch es claim victories ; and Marsh Bazaine, it is said, is with the progress of his plan. In another way, stated in my last letter, the private information given IT; me at Rheims, and coming from a high source, is far from giving an advantage to the French general. The departure from Chalons, the abandonment of the great Mourmelon camp, the march of MacMahon to the west-- all those movements taking place since, leave a large part to doubt and sugges tion. An unfortunate certainty still remains—the work of destruction has been continued, and the battle of the 18th has made even more victims than the engage ments of the 14th and 16th. From the party I met, who had visited the Champ de Bataille on the Fri ' v and following day, I heard that heaps of dead be: . :ere accumulated in every direction, some as as two yards. At certain places the bodies wer clasped together. Here, again, was the deadly work of the initrailleuses, which I first saw al Borny, and shall never forget. In a ravine the bodies were so pressed together that they had not fallen, re were buttressed one against the other. On the morning of Friday the Prussians were occupying the Champ d. Bataille. Only three out of nine bodies were French soldiers. The losses are, therefore , a g ain heavier on thi Prussian side, as in other battles, and having those detail' from a man who sympathises with the Pilssian cause, conclude they must be true. " At the moment I write this letter I hear of a great ex citement in the lower town of Moutmedy. The authorities have just intimated to the inhabitants that they must pre pare lodgings and provisions for a number of soldiers. All carriages and carts are put in requisition, and orders given for cavalry accommodation. My own idea to come back here turns out the correct one. My suspicions of the probable movements of MacMahon are turning out right. No doubt the army of Chalons has made for Montmeds, iia the Ardennes-Mezieres Railway, and the bulk of it will here to-morrow. I have been jour neying ahead of theiii, and nearly came by their very OUR COTEMPORARIES—Thii Morning. THE CONTEST FOR SUPREMACY AT PARIS. The - Times notes that the struggle on the part of the Left of the Chamber to have a share in the Com mittee of Defence, which began at the beginning of the week, has revived, and this time the Ministry appear to have abstained from any attempt to check it. They have contented themselves with publishing a futile Decree, adding a certain number of ex-Ministers to the Committee of Defence, But these are not the men the Left desired to associate with General Trochu. Unfortunately for France, the Assembly which should have been her main stay in the confusion of the crisis is destitute of all claims to confidence. It was elected, as we all remember, in June last year, at the memorable election which revealed to the Emperor'the startling fact that one-half the independent voters of France rejected the theory of p3rsonaltgovernment ; but the constituencies had been so arranged that the malcontents were massed together in a few civic circonscriptions, or so associated with rural districts as to be just outnumbered by the docile peas ants who voted as the Prefects told them. Hence the Cnamber showed a large Imperialist majority, though the voters were nearly equally divided ; and hence also it happened that when the 011ivier Cabinet was formed electoral reforms and new elections were placed at the head of its programme. The reforms were never accom plished, the.elections have never been held; the war was apparently chosen as a simple mode of restoring the stability of the old regime, and the result is that France in her hour of peril is represented by an Assembly com posed of men the majority of whom would be at once unseated could there be a fresh appeal to the electors, The Emperor having for a time retired, the Assem bly ought to be supreme. It should assume the functions of our own House of Commons. The Ministry themselves declare that they hold their power as the servants and executive officers of the Assembly. But no Assembly can wield supreme authority, even when it is thrust upon it, unless its members feel them selves to be the embodied will of the nation. The majority of the present Assembly do not deceive them selves with this belief. There is a minority, small in number, which, rightly or wrongly, possesses this confidence. They do, undoubtedly, represent one of the strongest Powers of the State, if not the strongest, and they will not yield the claim to pre eminence withont a struggle, General Trochu, who h-s been elevated to the post of Governor of Paris, n; L., so much because he is trusted—for, indeed, he is diztrusted as a doubtful Orleanist by the Empress -11,_,,,ent and the Ministry—as because it was impos sib'e in the temper of the capital to give the charge to any other than this unbending soldier, may be taken as representing the second greAt Power of the nation ; and about these two hover the Ministry, with their uncertain tenure of power, and the population of Paris, capable of bursting at a moment's notice into a flame of irresistible passion. FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A telegram from Hagenan to Le Gauluis states that a deplorable railway accident happeneJ on the 21st. A train full of troops came in collision with a train loaded with provisions. There were many killed and wounded. Among the dead was a Prince whose name was nnknown. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RISING OF CARLISTS. MADRID, AUG. 27. A band of GO Carlists has made its aupearance in Navarra. Three battalions of Chasseurs will leave Madrid to morrow morning for the North, in order to increase the garrison of Pampeluna. A rumour is current that a camp is about to be formed at Miranda. Don Carlos is said to be on the frontier of Navarra. The rumour of a treaty between France and Spain is contradicted. SPAIN. IRUN, AUGUST 26, EVENING. A band of Carlists, without arms, has entered Spain, coming from France. A3IERICA. NEW YORK, AUGUST 25. The Anchor steamer Cambria arrived out to-day. NEW YORK, AUGUST 26. Gold/closed at 1161 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1161, the lowest 116 k. Sterling exchange on Lon don, 1091; United States 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 112 ; ditto, 1885, 1111; ditto, 1867, 110 ; United States 10-40 Bonds, 1867, 108L,Illinois Shares, 135; Erie,l22l. Cotton, middling upland, 19f. Petroleum, standard white, 26. Flour, extra State, $5 750. to $5 95c. C orn, new, $8 7c. INDIA. (By British India Cable.) ALLAHABAD, AUGUST 26. The Pioneer announces that the Government has decreed the Nawab-Nazim of Bengal a certain sum in ad justment of his claims. (By Indo-European Telegraph.) CALCUTTA, AUGUST 26. The natives of Bengal intend to send an influential baboo to England to advocate the cause of the natives. MAIL NEWS. SUEZ, AUGUST 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mooltan, from Calcutta, 31st July, arrived at 9 p.m. yes terday, and the Baroda, from Bombay, 10th inst., at 10 a.m. to-day. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 26. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steamship Nile, from the West Indies, &c., anchored at Plymouth at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. She brings 80 saloon adult pas sengers, 998,432 dols., 500 cases of cigars, 1,240 bags of cocoa, 607 serons of cochineal, 453 bales of indiarubber, 1,938 bags of coffee, 36 live turtle, 331 seronsiof bark, 35 plants, 297 hales of tobacco, and 265 packages of sundries. . . The Nile proceeded for Cherbourg and Southampton at 9.30 p.m. The mails, &c., were forwarded from Plymouth by the 10.20 p.m, train. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steamship Shannon, from Southampton on the 18th of July, with mails for the West Indies and Pacific, arrived at Jamaica on the sth of August at 9.30 a.m, and after coaling, &c., proceeded at 6 a.m. next day for Colone. QUEENSTOWN, AUGUST 26. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer China arrived here at 10.45 a.m. to-day, with 48 passengers and 1,390,690 dole. in specie. The China left New York on the 17th inst., but brings no mails. The National Steamship Company's stearncr England, from New York, arrived off this port at 2 a.m. to-day. She brings 50,000 dole. in specie. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Tripoli arrived here from New York at 3.45 a.m. to-day, with 17,550 dole. in specie. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of London arrived here from Liverpool at 2.30 p.m. to-day, and having em barked mails and passengers, proceeded at 4,30 for New New York. Wind, northward, fine. GREENCASTLE, AUGUST 26. The steamer Columbia, of the Anchor Line, arrived in Lough Foyle at 5.50 p.m. from New York, and having landed passengers, proceeded for Glasgow at 7 p.m. The Canadian mail steamship Prussian arrived in Lough Foyle at 1 p.m. to-day, and having embarked mails and passengers proceeded for Quebec at 6.10 p.m. A FRENCH IRONCLAD OFF DOVER. A telegram from Dover says :—A largo French float ing ironclad battering ram passed up the Channel off Dover yesterday at 10.30 a.m. It was a most formidable looking vessel, and to all appearances was armed with only two, but immensely large and powerful, guns. AID TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED. At a meeting held in Edinburgh yesterday, the Lord Provost in the chair, it was unaniinously agreed to form an auxiliary to the National Association for Affording Aid to the Wounded in the Franco-Prussian war. A com mittee of influential citizens was nominated to take immediate action in the matter. At a meeting to express sympathy with France, and in aid of the French wounded, held in Sligo yesterday, Dr. Gildoly, Catholic Bishop, declared his dissent, and t,,,ttened to close the doors. The meeting, however, proceeded, and several speakers protested warmly against the interference of the bishop. Last night a meeting was held at Dudley in aid of the sick and wounded in the war. Captain Wainwrigh moved the first resolution, which was—" That subscript tions bo now entered into for the purpose of forming a fund for the sick and wounded of both nations engaged in the war." This being seconded, was carried unanimously. The Rev. M. Gusson moved a resnl►itioh to the effect that, considering the importance of help being promptly ren dered, the amount subscribed be entrusted to the National Society for Affording Aid to the Sick and Wounded. This was seconded by the Rev. G. G. Osborne, and carried. A suhscription list was then opened. A young Irishman, named Peter Moran, was brought up at the Birmingham Police Court yesterday, charged with murdering John Walsh, at Tuam, on the Ist of January last. He was remanded until Wednesday. Large quantities of American preserved meats are being daily shipped at Liverpool for French ports. ME MONEY MARKET AND ( )MM ERCIAL INTELLIG EN CE. CITY. Two o'CLocK. The tendency is downwards in the discount market, and the rate for first-class bills is 3i per cent. On the Stock Exchange business is very restricted. Foreign Stocks are inactive, and Railway Shares are neglected. Consols are now 911 to 911 for money, and 91A to 01i for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 to 91i ; New Three per Cents., 91.1 to j ; Exchequer Lith, 5 prem.; India Five per Cents., 110} to 110; ditto Four per Cents., looi to 101 ; Bank Stock, 232 to 234. __ Foreign Government securities are firmer. The pre sent prices are :—Seven per Cent. Egyptian (1864), 89 ditto (1868), 73* to 73i ; Six per Cent. Turkish (1862), 64 to 64* ; ditto (1865), 411 to 42; ditto (1869), 544 to 55 ; Three per Cent. Spanish (1867), 26* to 264 ; ditto (1869), 25* to 25-1 ; Five per Cent. Quicksilver Mortgage, 72* ; Six per Cent. Argentine (1868), 87 ; Six per Cent. Chili= (1867), 98* ; Three per Cent. Portuguese (1869), 27* to 28 ; Seven per Cent. Danubian (1864), 80 to 83. The fortitude with which the investing classes of France regard the present position of the country, and the confidence they entertain in the ultimate solidito of its resources. has been strikingly exemplified by' the prices of the public funds. Up to tho present time, when they have suffered a succession of almost overwhelming disasters, and the ..enemy are reported within 90 miles of the capital, the fall in Rentes has not been greater than was experienced during the short and brilliant war against Austria in 1859, while the Govern ment have been enabled to raise a loan of 30 millions upon terms better than were then obtained for one of 20 millions. On the Ist of January. 1859, the quotation of the French Three per Cents. was 72f. 90c., and in the May following they were down to 60f. 65c. On the Ist of January this year they also stood at 72f. 90c., and, by a remarkable coincidence, they have this week fallen to 60f. 75c., showing a depression almost precisely the same as in 1859, such fractional difference as exists in the com parison being in favour of the present occasion. With re gard to the loan operations of the tw ) periods the figures again are in some respects almost identical. In May, 1859, a subscription for 20 millions sterling was made at the price of 60i or 59*. reckoning allowances, and this week a subscription has been rapidly effected for 30 mil lions at 60'. 60c., or 60, reckoning allowances. Advices from Halifax state that at a special meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Nova Scotia, on the 10th instant, the defalcation of James Norman, cashier, to the amount of $320,000, was made known. His property, transferred to the bank, is estimated at $195,000. The actual loss is $125,000. This will sweep away all surplus assets, and $B,OOO capital stock. The bank is still solvent. COMIC WAR DIARY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." SIR,—In your edition of this morning you allude to the " Comic War Diary," published in the London Figaro, in a manner leading to an inference that it is a kind of bur lesque of the horrors of war. Allow me to state that I should be the last man in the world to encourage anything of the kind. The sole object of the " Comic War Diary" is to ridicule the braggart charac ter of many of the special war letters published by the English newspapers, and which certainly afford a f a i r mark for Figaro's sarcasms.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Aug. 27. THE EDITOR OF THE London Figaro. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—TaIe DAY. NIGHT CABS AND NIGHT HORSES.—James Adams, a cab driver, No. 6340, was charged at the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at the Westminster Police Court, with cruelly torturing and abusing a horse, and George Bent, the master, was charged in aiding and abetting and procuring the commission of the offence. The officer proved that at one o'clock in the morning of the Ist August he was in Brompton, and saw the defendant Adams driving a horse and cab at Thurloe square ; the cab had just been called off the Bell and Horns rank. Examined the horse and found it very much blistered under the neck and chest, and there was a heavy dis charge from the nostrils. It had evidently been badly used, as there were marks of wales on the neck from the whip. In reply to witnesss, Adams said the cab was his, but the horse was Bent's. It was totally unfit to work. Defendant promised to take the horse home and led it part of the way, but when apparently out of sight of the o fficer he took a fare and went in the direction of Regent circus, but on the attention of the fare being called to it► he agreed the horse was unfit and would not ride. The evidence being confirmed, the defendant was fined 10s. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Mary Ann O'Briant, a strapping and turbulent Irish woman, was charged, at the Thames Paliee-court, with attempting self-destruction. Coulson Harwood, a dock constable, said that he saw the prisoner, who was very drunk and excited, running down New Gravel-lane, towards the swivel bridge, and people were running after her, and said that she was about to drown herself. He followed her, and when he reached the bridge she was about to throw hex self over the railings. He seized her, and prevented her accomplishing her object. She then became very violent, threw herself in the road way, and screamed and hallooed dreadfully. She struggled and released herself from his grasp, and made a second attempt to mount the bridge and jump into the water. He seized her again, and procured further assistance and carried her away. The prisoner said she did not intend to drown herself, but she had much trouble. She was remanded for a week. WYLD'S WAR MAPS.—TWO additional maps illus trative of the War have just been issued by the Royal Geographer. For completeness there is nothing like them. One represents the present seat of war—between Metz and Paris. The other the recent seat of war—showing the battle field of Saarbruck Aug. 2, and Wiessenbourg Aug. 4—as well as on the 6th August the cluster of victories, here at Forbach and Speicheren, here at Woerth, Reichshoffen and Freschweiler. Highroads, railways, rivers, cities, forts, towns, villages, even hamlets, are all indicated: Wyld's Mars are at once mkunte and comprehensive. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES: On Saturday last we know Mac - Mahon was at Chalons: We know that he then moved upon Rheims, and that on Monday night he left Rheims, from which date we have no further intelligence of his movements: We know that a large portion of the Prussian force which had • been en , gaged at Metz on the 18th was moved from Metz to join the Crown Prince in his advance westwards shortly after that action, probably about S'aturday, the 20th. Consequently, the army of the Crown Prince, which now becomes the army of the King, is greatly strengthened at the expense of the army investing Metz. We think it very possible that Macll.lalion, who had remained at ,Chalons as long as the army ad vancing against him was such as he could venture to fight, received intelligence about Saturday of its being largely increased, which of course implied the diminution of the army investing Metz. There upon he broke up from Chalons, knowing it to be impos sible to hold chat position longer, and moved upon Rheims, and theiice, with all the speed in his power, he has has eened by a countermarch past the right flank of the King's army advancing from Bar-le-Duc towards Paris, to reach Metz, and thus raise the siege by .attacking the army in vesting the fortress at the same time that Bazaine would sally out and engage it in rear. Such a plan, though bold, co nveys to our mind the best chance of success which the French army has had since the battles of W oerth and Forbach; or at least since the battles of the 16th and 18th. At the same time the success must depend on M'Mahon gaining about two days' march on the Prussians, and on his accurate calculation of the time required for the movement. Everything de pends on time. On this matter we are able, from private sources, to give one important item of in formation. We know that a vast quantity of rolling stock was accumulated at Rheims from the north, west; and south before Bazaine's movement from that town. Now it was tot till Wednesday, the 24th, that the Prussians arrived at Chalons. Between Monday and Wednesday much might have been done by MacMahon. There is a railway from Rheims towards Verdun, another from Metz by Mezieres and Sedan to Montmedy. 15p to the 24th there is every reason to suppose that both of these rail ways were entirely in French hands unbroken bet Ween those points. Now, if MacMahon sent his cavalry and artillery by road to Verdun, and his infantry by rail to Montmedy and Verdun, there might be a coneef tration of the whole bulk of his force about Etain by the 27th ; on the supposition that each railway could take what we have positive information the Prussian railways did carry, 25,000 men a day.—Standard. AN ENEMY IN THE BEAR.—It IS rumoured that dysentery and dial rlicea of choleraic proportions is preva lent amongst the German troops on the Rhine. The pre sence of choera in the Black Sea must not be overlooked. —Medical Times and Gaz-tte. THE LATE Mn. BOWLEY.—The manager of the Crystal Palace, whose death we reported yesterday, has fallen a victim to an unremitting attention to his duties. At the inquest it was proved that the unfortunate gentleman's mind had become over balanced, and that he had leaped deliberately from one of the river steamboats into the Thames. A letter was found upon him, in which he said that he felt weak, ill, and thoroughly worn out, and that heart, hand, and energy wera all gone. The jury found that Mr Bowley committed suicide while labouring under temporary de rangement. DEATit OF THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD, K.G.— We regret to learn by'telegraph from Paris of the death iu that capital of the Right Hon. Richard Seymour Con way, Marquis of He:tford, K.G., who, after a lingering illness, expired on Thursday last. His lordship was a bachelor, and the marquisate and family honours devolve upon Lieutenant-General Francis Hugh George Seymour, eldest son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour, G.C.B. and G.C.H., who died in January last. THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.—No candidates have as yet been formally put forward for election to the London School Board to be formed under the Education Act of last session ; but it is stated by a contemporary that Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. T. Hughes, and Mr. M'Arthur, as well as Mr. Torrens, have signified their willingness to serve on the board. LADY FRANKLIN.—Among the passengers by the Tripoli which arrived at Queenstown yesterday morning. are Lady Franklin and attendants, from New York. THE EXPULSION OF CITIZENS FROM PARIS. — The Daily 1G ews correspondent in Paris says that up to Thursday 1,200 people had been arrested by order of the Governor of the city. THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND.—Twenty-seven magistrates of the county of Leitrim having signed and forwarded a document to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. complaining of the recent inquiry by Mr. Coffey, Q,C., into the appointment of Leitrim magistrates as " unsatis factory," being " only of three hours' duration," and not " taken on oath," Lord O'Hagan writes from London in reply, stating that he has satisfied himself of the pro priety of the selection, and adding Such men ( Mr. M`Keon and Mr. Maguire) are not to be excluded from the Commission of the Peace in Ireland if we would teach the people to respect the laws and confide in the equal and impartial administration of justice. ' THE DEFENCES OFTHE MERSEY.—The lassitude or utter indifference of the Government with respect to the defenceless condition of our most important seaports has been criticised. in very severe terms at a meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Liverpool, it was stated, was totally undefended, and was at the mercy of any adventurous enemy, although the port contained about £50,000,000 worth of shipping and produce. The discussion on the question took place upon a motion of Mr. Forwood to the effect that, with a view of securing the adequate defence of the port, a permanent committee of the board be formed which would have power to confer with the Government. The motion, however, was not ri - e-ised, on the understanding that the chairman, in con jrr ction with the Mayor, should call the attention of the Government to the urgent necessity fur better defences of the port Liverpool. THE CHANCES FOR FRANCE. The Standard argtles that the condition of France very far from hopeless. The fortune of war may change. The advantages which Prussia has hitherto commanded in the field are likely to be less every day. The further she marches the more equal she makes the struggle. Her legions cannot always hope to preserve Ureic numerical superiority. They have suffered terribly already in the three bloody days of Metz, and there must be a term to the resources in flesh and blood of the Prus sian generals. The German reinforcements now hasten ing :cross the Rhine to refill the thinned ranks of the King's army can hardly be equal in quality to the troops who fought at Forbach, at Woerth, and at Grave lot`-e. Moreover, the longer the war continues, the less capable will the Prussian system of org-anisatien be to bear the enormous strain to which it is now exposed. Admirable as the Prussian military system is for a short and sharp war, we know not as yet how far it is able to stand a long campaign in an enemy's country. At present it is a race against time on the part of the Prussian strategists. They are playing boldly, but tne SLilas.to the ame is far from. ended. Even should the Crown Prince, leaving the main army of the King exposed to the joint attack of MacMahon and Bazaine, risk an immediate advance to Paris, the solution of his task will not be reached. It is certain that Paris is not to be taken by a coop de main, and that the appearance of a few Uhians in the Wood of Vincennes will not produce precisely the same effect as at Nancy or Bar-le-Due. The. capture of Paris can only be attempted by regular siege, and for such a siege it would require an aimy at least three or four times larger than that which the Crown Prince will bring with him. in the meantime France is adding to her armies by thou sands every day. She is repairing her breaches and dos ing her ranks. Ber capteity fur making soldiers is, at least, equal to that of Prussia, and in a little time she will have a force to match even the vast host which Prussia has poured into her eastern provinces. The conjoint armies of MacMahon and Bazaine, if they should effect a junction, must number as many men as the King of Prussia has under his command. They will go to battle on their own soil, in defence of their country, in the midst of a sympathetic popula tion; with every odds in their favour. They will risk even less in defeat than the Prussians, with whom a single disaster in the field would mean irreparable ruin —the total loss of all the fruits of the campaign, if not absolute annihilation. THE EMPEROR AND THE LEFT. The Telegraph cannot doubt that the more sagacious Republicans prefer to leave the Napoleonic dynasty un touched until the invader shall have been driven from France, and they shall have time to plant their political sys tem on a firm basis. Hence, even when viewed from the Republican point of view, nothing can exceed the folly of M. Gambetta's attacks on the Government of the day. M. About must be expressing the general opinion of his countrymen when he compares the conduct of the ex treme Republicans to that displayed by the Greeks of the Lower Empire while Mahomet 11. and a horde of conquering Moslem were drawing a dark ring of death round Constantinople. The Greeks of four centuries ago were as brave as the Parisians of to-day, and their proud city did not fall without one of the most desperate struggles recorded in history ; yet the precious weeks which they should have spent in strengthening the battlements were frittered away in the despic able disputes of politics and theology. M. Gam betta threatens to provide food for theirony of the Gibbon who shall tell how France awaited the march of the German troops against her capital. If ever there was a time at which political discord was folly and guilt, such a time has now come to France. BEFORE PARIS. In speculating on the political consequences of the German advance the Daily News assumes that the King of Prussia will actually appear before Paris at the head of an immense and well-appointed army. The French people say they will never treat while an invader is on their soil, but as they would certainly not treat if the invader should go off their soil, that resolution might probably change if the capital lay at the invader's mercy. The Siecle naturally declares that between 1792 and 1815 it chooses 1792. If this declaration represents the feeling of the people, it means that Paris will fight invasion by revolu tion, will make the appearance of an enemy outside her walls the signal for insurrection and revolution within. But will the Empire die as easily as the old monarchy did ? Will the Emperor allow himself and his son to be set aside without a struggle ? Paris is not France. He might at once endeavour to put himself at the head of a provincial insurrection against the dictatorship of Paris. He might appeal to the provinces not to consent to a humiliating peace, and might try to be again elected by the Pl6biscite of a national up rising head of the national arms. The role of a great Imperial Liberator would suit him well. The experiment would probably fail ; but it might be essayed. The Pari sians will find that history does not repeat itself itself in sufficient minuteness for them to act on its example. It will be hard for the Prussians to repeat 1815, but it will be harder still for the French people to repeat 1792. THE IRISH JOURNALS. The Irish Times believes that only Bazaine's rear guard is in Metz, and regards as refreshing the splendid defences of Phalsburg and 'foul. Saunders's News Letter warmly advocates general contributions in aid of the wounded of both armies without distinction. A COMPLAINT FROM IRELAND. The Irish. Times, referring to the good shooting which has been had in Ireland since the season began, complains that we do not hear that any one of the Royal Family in tends shooting there, or that this nobleman or that has a large shooting party in Ireland. mver the Aides party ellect odern stand ions" 1830, ,os of d of hag rbon :cora s nor itful ker, ised mes ntlY ,Irs. idge [ear for ztly the to yen the ;ing the be t at era cied ;up .01:19 pis ago