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The following is the Address of the North German Parliament in reply to the Speech from the Throne The elevated language in which your Majesty addressed the North German Parliament has found a powerful echo in the German nation. One single thought animates all German hearts. It was with joy and pride that the nation learnt the earnestness and dignity with which year Majesty repelled the unheard-of presumption of France. The German people de sires to live at peace R ith those nations which respect its independence. As at the time of the wars of liberation, a Napoleon forces us into a sacred struggle. Now, as then, calculations based upon the un faithfulness of the German States will be shattered by the force of the German people. The misguided French nition will recognise when it is too late the bad seed it is sowing, now that the most reasonable portion of their fellow-countrymen have failed to avert a great national crime. A hard and violent struggle is before us. We rely upon the valour of our brothers in arms, who will not bend the knee before a foreign invader. We place our trust in our old and heroic King, to whom Providence has granted that he should, in the eve of life, bring to a close the war in which he fought in his youth. We place our trust, finally, in God, who will surely punish the wicked audacity of the invader. The people has risen unanimously, and public opinion throughout the world recegnises the justice of our cause. Friendly nations see in our triumph a prospect of de liverance from the Bonapartist's lust for power, and the injustice to which they have been subjected. The German people will attain its unity on the field of battle, in which are also at stake the honour, freedom, 'and peace of Eu rope and the welfare of peoples." The address was adopted unanimously. and the deputies heard it read standing. Count Bismarck laid on the table the papers relating to the war, and said that from the French Government ho only possessed one document—namely, the declaration of war of yesterday's date. He produced the telegram pub lished in the newspapers, which had been described as a diplomatic note by the French Government ; the state ment of the facts of the dispute recently published by the Prussian Official Gazette ; and a report, dated the 12th instant, from Baron Werther, detailing a conversa tion with the Duke de Gramont. Count Bismarck said he did not lay this last despatch before the King, as the demand therein made for a letter of apology from his Majesty appeared to him ridiculous. The other documents presented were England's offer of mediation, and its rejection by Prussia, the French declaration of war, and the Prussian circular to the German Governments relative to the outbreak of war. In the afternoon Dr. Simson, the President, an nounced that the address had been presenied to the King at noon. On receiving it his Majesty expressed his thanks, and said :---" I look upon it as a pledge of 'succ ess in the tasks which lie before me— before us all. It affords me a convincing assurance that we shall accomplish these tasks, which the nation will never cease to pursue with unflinching perseverance. " The war grants and the bill for the enforcement of the law upon Federal nationality were read a first and second time without debate. PUBLIC FEELING IN FRANCE. The correspondent of the Standard says :—Some idea of the really national feeling the war has roused may be formed from the large subscriptions pouring into the Patriotic Fund started by the newspapers. The Duke de Montemart, an old soldier of Jena, offers, in the event of the Government raising a Patriotic Fund, to subscribe immediately 100,000 fr. The Paris stockbrokers have sub scribed 60,000 fr. The army of the Rhine is to consist of five corps d'armee, a corps of reserve, and the Imperial Guard. The first five corps are to be commanded by Marshal Vl'Mahon, General Frossard, Marshal Bazaine, General Ladmirault, and General De Failly, and the reserve is under the orders of Marshal Canrobert, and the Imperial Guard under those of General Bourbaki. The Monde says that the war is not only destined to decide the preponderance of one of the two Powers, but Will have a most important influence upon the prospects of Catholicism. The Monde considers the triumph of France necessary in order to stay the progress of Protes tantism and infidel German philosophy represented by Prussia. The Marseillaise reappeared yesterday. In a notice it announces that the first copies of the journal were seized at the printing-office, and, consequently, that it will cease to publish political articles. Count Everard de Solms-Sonnenwalde received his pass- Ports and left on Tuesday night. ATTITUDE OF BELGIUM. On Tuesday evening all the colonels of the Gardes Civique throughout the kingdom met at Brussels under the presidency of General Pletincks, in order to draw up an appeal to the volunteers of the country. This appeal to arms has created a most painful effect, inasmuch as it comes after the National Bank had sent its cash to Antwerp, and after the King had despatched his plate and pictures to the same strong hold. Had the country been invaded by the enemy the panic and consternation now prevailing through the whole kingdom could not be more intense. The volunteers will be armed with Albini guns, and will receive field pay. The army corps of observation, under the command of General Chazal, includes two divisions. The first division is commanded by his Royal Highness the Count of Flan ders, brother to the King ; the second division by General Gassin. The Count of Flanders has established his head quarters at Louvain, about two miles distant from Brussels. General Chazai's head-quarters are at Liege. Colonel 13 rialmont is the chief of the staff of General Eewans, e nrnmanding the army of Antwerp. The infantry of this garrison has just left for Antwerp, the cavalry for Lou. The service of the capital is intrusted to the Gardes Civiques. Already 18,000:000f. have been expended on the maintenance of the neutrality of the Belgian territory. Longwy, on the French ground, is in a state of siege. Brussels, Ostend, and Spa are deserted by foreigners. ADHESION OF SAXONY TO PRUSSIA. A telegram, dated Berlin, July 19, evening, says :—ln to-day' s sitting of the North German Parliament, the Government introduced a bill demanding a credit of 120 ,000,000 thalers for military purposes. In the last sitting of the Federal Council Baron Friesen, in the name of the Saxon Government, which, as he stated, was en tirely at one with all other Federal Governments, de clared that it agreed with all the steps hitherto taken by the President of the Confederation, and with the views which Prussia had expressed on the circumstances which have brought about the present position of affairs. Baron Friesen concluded as follows :—" France demands war. Let us hope that it will be carried on with all possible speed and energy." The Saxon Minister at Paris has been recalled. The protection of Saxon citizens in France has been transferred to the American Minister. THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES. The Crown Prince of Prussia assumes the command in chief of the German Army of the South, and has already made the necessary communication on the subject to 'the Courts of Munich and Stuttgardt. The Bavarian Minister in Berlin has been instructed by telegraph to notify Count Bismarck that in consequence of the declaration of war by France against Prussia, and the fact of an invasion of German territory having taken place, the Bavarian Government, on the ground or the treaty of alliance with Prussia, and as Prussia's ally, has entered into war with Prance, in conjunction with all the German Govern- meats. The Chamber of Deputies has voted the extraor dinary military credit of 18,209,000 florins demanded by the Government. The Upper House unanimously ap proved the vote. The Chamber expressed to the Minister of War its thanks for the good organisation of the army, and the rapid manner in which the troops have been Placed upon a war footing. The French envoy took leave on Tuesday. Wurtem burg participates in the national wrr against France, and the French envoy will receive his passports without delay. HESSE DARMSTADT. In yesterday's sitting of the Lower House of the Diet, Herr Von D u l w i g k , t h e P r i me Mi n i s t er, ma d e a speec h , in which he stated that the German frontier had been violated under frivolous pretexts. He declared that all Particularist dissensions must disappear in face of the im pending danger to the Fatherland, and he begged the House to sanction unanimously the bills which he had to submit. The credit for 3,376,000 florins for the Hessian contingent, and a loen of 1,100,000 florins were agreed to nem. con. The sitting closed amid cheers for Germany,, the King of Prussia, and the Grand Duke. MEDIATION DECLINED BY FRANCE. France has declined the mediation proffered by England in virtue of the treaty of 3856, on the ground that the present circumstances do not come within the scope of that treaty. Official decrees, dated respectively the 16th and 19th inst.,iwere published on Tuesday last appointing Prince Latour d'Auvergne Ambassador at Vienna ; Marshal Le Bceuf, Major-General of the Army of the Rhine ; and General Dejean, Minister of War, ad interim. Prince Latour d'Auvergne leaves here on Tuesday next for Vienna. In Tuesday night's sitting of the Senate the bills voted by the Corps Legislatif granting supplementary credits were unanimously adopted. In the Corps Legislatif the bill prohibiting the publication of news of military operations was passed by 209 against 10 votes. The extraordinary budget of the City of Paris, with an amendment increasing by 38 mil lions the sum granted for public works, was also unani mcusly adopted. It is stated that all Prussian Consuls will be requested to leave French territory. EASTWARD HO ! PARIS, TUESDAY. It is now finally settled that the Emperor will accompany the army to the field in person, and so will his son. The sovereign will take the command of his troops, though whether this leadership will be only nominal and the real direction of affairs will devolve upon Marshal M`Mahon, remains to be seen. His Majesty's health, though much better than it was, still leaves much to be desired. A little while ago he could not mount a horse at all ; and even now this kind of exercise is most trying to him. To prolong it for any length of time is out of the question. The Emperor will, therefore, most likely campaign en voiture ; and he may content himself with a general surveillance, leaving the more immediate direction of affairs to his marshals. M`Mahon, to whom—there is no denying it—the destinies of France am in a mea sure committed, has already gone to the front, and taken up his quarters at Nancy. This town will form the centre of the French line on the right, as Metz Will be the centre on the left. M`Mahon is an able general, and his public performances, if one may use a phrase which has been appropriated by sporting tipsters, place him above any of his French contemporaries, and upon a level with the foremost German soldiers of the day. He it was who took the Malakoff, and kept it in spite of every resistance. His services in Algeria in 1857 was also striking. In 1859 he established his military renown by his splendid performances as commander of the second army corps at the battle of Magenta. Since 1864 he has been Governor- General of Algeria, a post where he has been required to display abilities rather of administration than of military strategy. Bazaine is well known for his achieve ments, far from unsullied, in Mexico. But whatever may be thought of the moral aspect of his doings whilst com manding the unfortunate expedition in support of the Latin Empire, there can be little question that both here and in the Crimea, where he commanded a brigade of in fantry, he proved himself a good soldier. Canrobert was commander-in-chief for a short time in the Crimea, but soon gave place to Pelissier, After that he commanded the first corps. Both at Magenta and Solferino he rendered great services. General Bourbaki is of Greek origin. He became general of brigade in 1854 and general of division in 1857. At the Alma, at Inker mann, and at the assault upon Sebastopol, he rendered good service. He likewise served in Italy, though of course in all these cases he had no com mand which allowed of much scope for military display. In 1869 he was appointed to the command of the second camp at Chalons ; later in the same year he became aide-de-camp to the Emperor ; and he will now take the head of the Imperial Guard as the reserve of the Rhine army. The Count de Palikao is a veteran, He was born in 1796. He served in Algeria in 1836 and following years. In 1860 he commanded the famous expedition which, in conjunction with the English, carried the standards of civilisation into the very heart of the Chinese Empire. The capture of the Peiho forts, the victory of Palikao (whence this general, whose name is Cousin Montauban, took his title), and the destruction of the Summer Palace, are among the most romantic of the episodes of war oc curring during the last few years. In 1862 Count Palikao was the subject of a severe dispute in the Corps Ldgislatif, that body daring to display one of its rare fits of opposition to a proposal of the Emperor to grant the veteran a sum of money. In 1860, when Palikao was made Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, he had seen forty-two years of service, and had served in twenty-eight cam paigns. He now takes the command of the 2nd army corps. General Frossard became general of brigade in May, 1855. He served in Italy in 1859, and in 1867 be came Governor of the Prince Imperial. He now takes the 3rd army corps. General De Failly was made general of brigade in August, 1854. He served in the Crimea, and distinguished himself at the battle of the Alma, the fight of the bridge of Traktir, and the capture of the Mamelon—the work which stood in the way of the operations against the Malakoff. He became general o: division in Sept., 1855. In the Italian war he commanded a part of Marshal Niel's corps, and rendered striking services at Magenta and Solferino. He was destined, however, to attract most attention by his part in a very different transaction. In 1867 he was placed at the head of the expedition sent to Rome to defend the dominions of the Holy Father from the Garibaldians. He com manded at Mentana. It was in this battle that the Chas sepot was first tried in earnest, and General de Failly sent back the famous report of its success—" fit merveille." In October 1869 he replaced Marshal Bazaine as com mander of the army corps at Nancy. He will now take the fifth corps. The movement to the Eastern frontier still goes on rapidly and slowly. It is rapid, because the utmost exer tions are made to get men and material to the front; it is slow because no exertions whatever will suffice to accu mulate on the frontier such an immense force, with its appurtenances, in less than a week or more. The rail way companies are doing all they can. An im mense number of carriages have been lent to the Eastern Company by those whose lines are less in re quest; the luggage vans have been made " suitable for passengers ;" but still the work is one of time, though it is wonderful how fast the ordes assembled round the capital have been got off, The Imperial Guard is leaving this evening. Most of the barracks are already empty and the doors fastened up. The lazy life of show allotted to this fine corps for so many years has come to an end. It is now required to maintain its ancient traditions. The second battalion of the first regiment of Turcos has also gone off this evening. The first battalion of the same regiment has just landed at Marseilles, and is making its way to the north east. In short, the whole army of Paris, except the Imperial Guard has left. Some other regiments will, however, arrive in the capital en route. From the South we hear that all the troops from Algiers have landed in France, and all those from the remainder of Algeria are embarked. Soon the colony will be in the same position as Paris. Further detail apart; all France is on the tramp, and the marching and the despatching of railway trains will con tinue in all probability for the next four days to be the sole source of excitement for this expectant people. The Government are determined not to strike rashly. The Emperor, it is now said, will not leave before Monday (of course, nobody is told when he will leave) and even the commander of the Cherbourg fleet has not yet started. The public here has calmed down much since its ebulli- tions of last week. There is nothing as yet to keep up enthusiasm. People are looking anxiously forward to the first operations ; and in the meanwhile are beginning to re flect a little more coolly on the logic, the reason, and the pos sible consequences of this rash appeal to arms. No doubt the patriotic determination of the journals not to publish news of the war which may be of service to the enemy, and the determination of the Government to prevent such publication if the journals are not patriotic enough to refrain of their own accord, are very wise ; but such a precaution is not without a special danger of its own. It leaves room for reflection. And hence a strong reaction is setting in. The demonstrations in the public streets have grieviously fallen off, in fact the police have forbidden them, and the peace party can now speak its mind unchecked. Unfortunately it is too late. The die is cast. This very day are we all aroused to a sense of our duty by the news that the formal declaration of war has reached Berlin, and has been presented to the King by Count Wimpffen, Secre tary of the French Embassy at Berlin. The declaration was made, says the Liberte, " officially, and with a certain solemnity." King William, after hearing the reading of the document, embraced his son with emotion, in the presence of the surrrounding courtiers, and said that he committed himself to the grace of God. STRASBOURG, MONDAY. Last night the streets were thronged with people, and THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21. officers and soldiers passed and repassed continually. There were as m any patriotic songs to be heard as in Pali% but more order prevailed. General Froissard has served as the centre of much enthusiasin. It is said that he was at the theatre of the camp when the first news of the complications reached him. The intelligence spread quickly through the regiments, and caused the greatest excitement ; but when the declaration of war put a period to all doubts, the general feeling of delight that prevailed surpassed all expectations. At present all movements seem concentrated on Metz. The unfinished condition of the railway from Verdun to Metz compels the troops to make a detour by Chalons and Frouard. Some other portions of the railway in this neighbourhood are also incomplete. There is no reason to doubt that Strasbourg will also become a rallying point and the centre of warlike operations. Bodies of troops have arrived here from the valley of the Rhone, and Marshal MacMahon is shortly expected. Great confi dence is placed in General Ducrot, who is a most intelli gent general, and intimately acquainted with the borders of the Rhine and with all parts of the Black Forest. On all sides one meets with people who ask for news instead of giving any, and the same thing was to be noticed yesterday on leaving Frouard. After this station not a soldier was to be seen ; all stopped at the branch line which leads to Metz. METZ. MONDAY. We hear that there is a strong movement in South Germany. The Bavarians to the number of 15,000 men are concentrated in the neighbourhood of Forbaeh, and are watching on the frontier. The Prussians are as sembled in large numbers around Mayence, the defences of which are in a very complete state. A despatch just arrived through Strasbourg announces an important concentration of troops at Wissenbourg. From Thion ville the news is nil. At this town, which may soon be the theatre of such important events, there is absolutely nothing stirring, except rumours and reports. A statement to the effect that the King of Prussia had caused a proclamation to be affixed at Luxembourg created great excitement at Thionville the other day, It turned out that this, like the affair of the "first battle," was a hoax. THE GERMAN FRONTIER. MAYENCE, JULY 16, An inspection of Cologne, Forbach, and Mayence shews that all three are absolutely confident as to the result of the campaign, and even the smaller towns are equally patriotic. Crowds of Prussians surround the railway stations asking for news from Paris, which they are of course unable to get. Military preparations are going on here as fast as in France, but going through Rhenish Bavaria no preparations at all are to be seen. Faithful to their traditions the Bavarians are waiting to see which is the strongest side. If Prussia could be beaten while Germany won, the Bavarians would be very well satisfied. Old Prussians will not, however, be sorry to shew that it is possible for them to defeat French troops. Old Prussians, properly so called, belong to the oldest possessions of the House of Branden berg. The young Prussians are those which came into the kingdom with Cologne and the Rhenish provinces in 1815. The inhabitants of the States annexed in 1866 are designated by the conveniently comprehensive title of Germans. News of the declaration of war was pre. maturely given in several parts of Ger many by a false telegram. As far as can be learned, the Prussian, forces will be stationed as follows. At Mayence they will have from 40,000 to 0,000 men. The Hessians at Darmstadt, and the Bavarians at Rastadt, will conjointly occupy the position of Seitz, which is of great strategical importance. On the Rhine and at Wissembourg troops are being concentrated, but no aggressive movement is in contemplation. At Strasbourg there is great enthusiasm (on the other side of course), for the hatred of the Alsatians against Prussia is not a thing of yesterday. They still tell the story of the pillage of their province by the Prussians in 1815, while the Cossacks, they aver, took little or nothing. Ninety thousand French troops passed through Metz on July 17 between 1 a.m. and 4.30 a.m. It is worth notice that the whole of the African army took the train at Marseilles and arrived at Metz without changing carriages, by using several different lines of railway. STUTTGART, MONDAY. The declaration of war in this city, the capital of Wur temberg, caused a feeling of stupefaction. The news is unwelcome probably throughout Germany ; but most un welcome of all is it in Wurtemberg. This is the least Prussian of all the South German States. The feeling in favour of unity is weaker, and dislike to Prussian domination stronger than in any part of the Fatherland. No State of South Germany signed the Treaty of 1866 more unwillingly, none will observe it more grudgingly-- though there can be little question that it will be observed. Hence the Wurtembergers are in a double difficulty. ' They do not want to see themselves follow Prussia in a war, which, if the great German State is victorious, will leave them more under its domination than ever. Nor do they wish, on the other hand, that the Fatherland should be humbled by the triumph of France. There is not the slightest doubt that Wurtemburg, with all the other South German States, will do its duty. Whatever may be the result, the treaty of 1866 will be respected, and all Germany will be one. In fact, so early as Saturday evening anti-French precautions were taken. All telegrams to France, no matter what might be their contents, were refused. The first mail on Sunday morning, which generally brings the French, English, and German papers, brought nothing but the Presse of Vienna. Even telegrams from Frankfort are kept back. The usual stampede of visitors, too, is to be seen. Yesterday the hotels of Stutt gard were full. To-day they are empty. Ah I it is a bad time for the hotel keepers. Their guests flee affrighted before the war. Later on, more and more alarming intelligence arrives. They say that the communication by the bridge of Kehl is intercepted, and there is, in consequence, a tremendous rush to the French diplomacy office in order to obtain passports. It appears to be doubtful whether the bridge has been broken down or blocked up. But there is no doubt whatever of one warlike fact—all the Wurtemburg reserve has been called out. Russia should interfere, for in that event Austria's freedom, and indeed her very existence wouldle at stake. COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. The Pall Mall Gazette has the following :—" The an nouncement that the. French have commeneed hostilities somewhere near Forbach is not very intelligible by itself. That the French would move in this direction is probable but one wouldscarcely have expected them to penetrate so far upon German soil. Forbach is a little village in one of the most picturesque parts of the Black Forest, situated at a point where the valley of the Murg narrows to a ravine some twenty or twenty-five miles from Baden. As the crow flies Forbach is not more than about twice that distance from the nearest point of France, but then it is situated on the eastern slopes of the range of hills which forms the backbone of the Black Forest. Perhaps the French crossed the Rhine some where near Lichtenau, hurried across the flat country near the river, and encountered the Prussians on the west, not the east side of the hills. We have reason to believe that the Prussians are not 1 so advanced in their preparations, especially in regard to the supply of ammunition, as their Government could desire, and it is probable that it will be some days yet before they will be fully ready for the field; and if the report as to the French advance is correct, the latter seem determined to take advantage of this circumstance. It has been supposed that the French have a monopoly of the mitrailleuse, but this is an error. The Prussians have also a weapon of this kind, only under another name— Kugelspritzen. THE UNITED STATES AND THE WAR. Baron Gerolt, the Prussian Minister, has communicated to Secretary Fish a message received from Count Bis marck, announcing tnat private property on the high seas will be exempted from seizure by Prussian vessels without regard to reciprocity. M. Prevost-Paradol has informed Mr. Fish that France will respect the treaty of Paris. An enthusiastic meeting of Germans has been held at Cincinnati, to express sympathy with Prussia. The Ger man societies in the great cities are subscribing large sums of money for the relief of the widows and orphans and soldiers who shall fall in the coming contest. The time for the ratification of the Samana Bay Treaty, and the protectorate of San Domingo by the United States, has been extended for one year by President Baez. DENMARK. - The Times's Paris correspondent says :—" One of this morning's papers says it is considered certain that the alliance between France and Denmark is definitively concluded, and that for the last two days the Danish ironclad squadron, consisting of six ships, has been ready to put to se a . This does not agree with what reaches me from an authoritative quarter. I hear that the Emperor desires no alliance, and holds it a point of honour to seek no aid in a conflict with a single Power. So all the other Powers may for the present maintain their neutrality without temptation from France to abandon it ; and if Denmark intends striking a blow in hope of regaining some part of the territory unjustly. wrested from her she will have to do it without combina tion with this country. Such, I have reason to believe, is the state of things at this moment." THE ALLEGED SCENE AT EMS.—The Morning Post is assured that the King of Prussia did not adminis ter any snub to the French Ambassador in consequence of an outrage. " The French Ambassador never ad dressed the King, and his Majesty never requested his aide-de-camp to tell the French Ambassadorthat he would hold no further communication with him. The statement of King William which we published yesterday refers to the one and only interview which ever took place on the promenade at Ems. It was on the 13th the King in the Kursaal-gardens spoke to M. Benedetti, and handed the Cologne Gazette to him with the news of the step taken by Prince Anton. Subsequently, at a later date, the French Ambassador pressed for an audience, upon which the king sent Prince Radzivill to decline it. When M. Benedetti left, the king accidentally meeting him on the road to the station, saluted him courteously, and the personal relations between the monarch and the French representative were never otherwise than excellent." THE SITPPU OF NEWS.—As to the supply of news during the campaign, in all probability the public will be kept in grievous suspense and very tardily en lightened. In the French army certainly no newspaper correspondent of French or other nationality will be allowed at the front. One distinguished officer has dis tinctly threatened that he will shoot any journalist he may catch in his lines, and although the wording is harsh we are inclined to believe of him as the Duke of Wellington said of General Picton, " If he said so, he will keep hls promise." During the Italian campaign of 1859 the correspondents of German papers in the Austrian army published the only reliable information the French had as to the move ments of the Austrian army. The blunder will not occur again. Chance may bring a newspaper correspon dent to the front, but it will be at much personal risk ; and both French and Prussians are likely to make short work of any one whom'they may find within their lines who is not able to furnish the most satisfactory proofs of the legitimacy of his calling.—Standard. INTERVIEW WITH M. OLLIVIER.—A military cor respondent of the Daily News has managed to obtain an interview with the French Premier, and has heard from his own lips of the annoyance which the attitude of the English press has given in France :—" M. 011ivier seemed not so much vexed or annoyed, as grieved at the com ments in our journals. He complained that the Emperor had always been more than friendly towards England, that he himself had done everything to promote warm relations between the two countries, that especially he had studied the English commercial interests, but that now he was accused of breaking the peace of Europe. As to Germany, he had taken office on the con dition that there should be no German war; the Emperor, too, was well aware of the responsibility involved, and most anxious not to destroy the state of peace but it was impossible to permit Prussia to drag them through the mud by an insult openly and publicly avowed." This writer puts an end to the hopes of the foreign correspondents ; they will not be allowed with the French army. The Morning Post gives similar news. It says :—" Besides the official intimations which have been published, we have received answers to applications to both Governments concerned, requesting permissron to send representatives of this journal , to accompany the respective armies, and to report the progress of operations. The refusal is positive and absolute. The Birmingham. Gazette says that a high authority on volunteering has appealed to our Government to arm the volunteers with the Snider breech-loaders, arguing that, in the event of complications, the Enfield is perfectly useless against the .breech-loader. He reckons that the gunmakers of Birmingham and London alone could con vert 50,000 Enfields into Sniders in six weeks. It is considered possible that the Government will listen to this suggestion. Her Majesty's Government has issued an orderprohibit ing all officers in the service from joining either army as newspaper correspondents. It is also intimated that both post-office and telegraphs are completely in the hands of the French Government, and no news which they object to will be allowed to pass. The Patrie says that in all the great shops of Paris a notice has been fixed that any of their employes who may volunteer or be called out to serve in the army will receive pay from the establishment at the rate of 15fr. a month, and on their return they will be re-engaged. Subscriptions in aid of wounded soldiers are being opened in all the chief towns of the empire. The Spanish press universally] condemns the 'Emperor of the French for declaring war against Prussia. Spain is quite peaceful, and bent on observing strict neutrality between the combatants. The screw steamer Harraton, from Hamburg, which arrived at Sunderland yesterday morning, reports that the Schaarhar beacon was burnt down on Monday morning. Twenty-two steam vessels running between Sunderland and the North German ports are laid off through the war. The Berlin Official Staatsanzeiger, of July 19, pub lishes a decree ordering that French merchant vessels shall not be captured by vessels of the Federal fleet, except under circumstances where capture would be justified in the case of neutral ships. The same decree summons all North Germans now serving in the French army to return home without delay. IN RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Eastern Budget writing on the 15th inst. , says that the Russian Government had not then declared itself on the Franco-Prussian were conflict, but there was reason to believe that its sympathies with Prussia. The semi-official Journal de St. Petersbourg, which is usually extremely reticent, pleads strongly on behalf of Prussia, and the Foreign Telegraphic Agency, which is entirely, under the control of the government, and whose head-quarters are at Berlin, withheld all its telegrams on the subject from the private press, so as to give the Journal de St. Petersbourg a tarst. The Russian press got the first news of the crisis from the French and German papers. The general feeling in Russia has not hitherto been very favourable to Prussia on account of ber aggrandising tendencies. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, it must be added, has within the last few days remarked that the Spaniards might elect Prince Leopold king notwithstanding his withdrawal from the candidature. The Vienna correspondent of the same paper, writing a day later, says that for the time being even the proclama tion of Papal Infallibility, which must lead to serious conflicts in the Empire, has been thrown iuto the shade by the interest excited by the war. The sympathies of the several nationalities are rather with France than with Prussia, even in the German provinces where the events of 1866 are still fresh in the popular memory. The Poles in Austria are neutral, and even the Czechs are determined to stand aloof. The intern a disputes between the several nationalities are forgotten in the common object of securing peace, and Austria is at least likely to be strong enough to mediate between the adversaries. THE HUNGARIAN PRESS ON THE WAR. The Hungarian newspapers unanimously recommend that Austria should remain neutral during the war. The Pesther Lloyd says that politically, what Austria desires most is the maintenance of the status quo in Germany ; for if Prussia were thrown back into the position which she occupied before 1866, there would be a danger of Austria's policy again aiming at the acquisition of influence in the Fasherland, whereas if Prus sia were victorious, and the whole of Germany became subject to her, Austria would have a gigantic military State on her frontier. Thus, whatever may be the result of the war, it can only be disadvantageous to Austria; and all her efforts should therefore be directed to the localisation of the conflict and the restoration of peace as soon as possible. Austria's real policy is neu trality, even if Denmark and Italy were to appear in the field. She can only take an active part in the war ENGLISH TROOPS IN BELGIUM. Among the canards which have recently been set afloat is a statement that the Cabinet have been considering the propriety of sending a body of troops to Antwerp, in order to protect the neutrality of Belgium ; and that orders have been given to hold a sufficient detachment in readi ness for the purpose. Frahce and Prussia have announced their intention to respect Belgian neutrality, and the British Government is not likely to take any step which proceeds on an assumption at once of - bad faith on the part of those Powers, and of the insufficiency of the pre parations of the Belgian Government for the maintenance of its own neutral position. Our readers will be amply warranted in entire disbelief of these rumours. —Daily News. THE MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS IN CHINA. The Russian Government have received the following telegram, dated Troitskossovsk, July 6 : "News from Tien-Tsin, dated June 9 (21), announce that the Chinese populace of that town, irritated against the Roman Catholic missionaries, have massacred the Consul of France and his secretary, all the Roman Catholic priests, nine sisters of charity, two merchants and their wives, and two young Russians. The French consulate, the Roman Catholic church, and the hospital for the sisters of charity, have been burnt down. The other Europeans were unmolested. On the next day order bad been re-established by the authorities," 1870. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning. THE WAR. The Times observes that those who, like itself, could find no words too strong to condemn the Governments who got up this quarrel will find it difficult to withhold their sympathy from the nations who are to fight it out. The German cause may make the strongest appeal to our hearts, for the French are the aggressors; but their feeling of jealousy and emulation, which brooks no equality among their neighbours, has its sources in a certain loftiness of genius which qualifies a nation for high destinies. French longing for glory can achieve wonders ; but much may also be demanded of the German's sense of duty. The loud cries " To the Rhine !" the crowds walking arm in arm on the Boulevards singing the "Marseillaise" and the "Chant du Depart," produced an addition of 19,000 Parisian volun teers to the French army ; but East of the Rhine, under the empire of a law that makes every man a soldier, the whole youth of every town and village are assembling round the standard without waiting for the call of the recruiting sergeant. There are on both sides the same earnest zeal and devotion, though the clamour is not equally loud; and if the war is only to terminate when the hive of forty millions of people on either side is exhausted, we may make up our minds to a struggle for which the world's annals offer no precedents. The Daily News considers that the varying reports which arrive daily as to the intentions of neutral Powers show how strongly the influence of this war is felt beyond the theatre at present marked out for its opera- • tions. Still at present it presents itself simply as a great contest between France and Germany. All the news froin South Germany shows that the war will be one of unsurpassed magnitude. The German people, forgetting their past disunion—or rather remembering it for their instruction and warning —are unitod, and will fight as one man. In the end this union will prove a guarantee of peace, but for the moment it extends the area of suffering and sacrifice. We are on the eve of a struggle whose dimensions recall the days of the First Napoleon, but which will be made more terrific by the use of agencies and facilities of which Napoleon knew nothing. The French Army, like a wedge of steel, is to be driven, if that be possible, as far as Berlin, and cleave Germany asunder. Germany perfectly understands its adversary, and, taking up the sword in sorrowful anger, vows not to lay it down until it has established the peace of Europe upon a firm foundation. Such a struggle cannot but assume Titanic proportions. Tne Telegraph says that, down to the present hour, the outbreak of hostilities may be said to be equally welcome on both sides of the Rhine. It is now certain that any faint hopes of peace which may still have been enter tained by sanguine optimists must be definitely aban doned. The representation addressed by our Govern ment in favDur of mediation has met with no success in either camp ; and, even if a sudden desire for a pacific arrangement should seize upon either of the belligerent Powers, it is doubtful whether they could control the ardour of their subjects. The Prussian Parliament has respon led to the Royal Speech by an Address, stigmatising the " Bona- partist lust for power," which would alone render war inevitable. Count Bismarck explicitly denies the exist ence of any circular despatch to the Confederated Govern ments, corresponding to that on which M. 011ivier laid so much stress ; and the diplomatic warfare between the two statesmen is only an illustration of the intensity with which this conflict is likely to be waged. WHO IS TO BE BLAME? The Standard remarks it may be that the King of Prussia and his Minister did. not seek war, but it is cer tain that they offered no concession to avert it. No doubt the declaration of the Duke de Gramont was a pill not easy to swallow, but it had been called forth by a candidature which no French Government could possibly accept but at the cost of a resignation of all influence in Europe, and which the King and his Chancellor were perfectly aware it could not accept save at that cost. Under the circumstances, if they really had de sired the maintenance of peace they would have showed some anxiety to satisfy the not unreasonable irritation of France; and they might easily have found some expedient —say in the mediation of foreign Powers—by which they might have given that satisfaction without any apparent I humiliation. But they would, according to their own account, listen to nothing. They shut themselves up behind the ridiculous contention that they could not in terfere. They treated the French ambassador after a style unheard of in these later times, and being possibly quite right have done their utmost to represent them selves as quite as wrong, at the least, as their antagonists. That Prussia might have averted the war by concessions or assurances, consistent with her own dignity,the Standard will not pretend to say; but it is certainly clear that she made no offer and that she refused all concession, and it becomes but too evident that if France seized hold of the Hohen zollern candidature as a pretext for war, Prussia, which was privy to that candidature, knowing that it would be felt in France as a hostile act, was eager to accept the challenge, and made no effort to preserve peace. THE PANIC IN THE CITY. The Telegraph, speaking of the panic in the Money Market, says --Enough has transpired to make it clear that war and political complications would have effected comparatively little harm, had it not been for elements of mischief already in full play. If no extraneous sources of trouble had been at work, the first consequence of the re cent war news would naturally have been a depreciation in the value of those particular properties that were threat ened with material injury in the prcgress of the contest. Something else than war must be invoked to explain the precipitate and universal tumble which has lately befallen even the safest stocks, and the cause is, unfortunately, but too obvious. Had no war happened, we now know that we should have witnessed a sharp reaction ere long, simply as the result of over-speculation. Two months ago, plenty of unemployed money, with revived enter prise, and prospects of peace, beguiled even the shrewdest; and men who were neither shrewd nor rich—who had no }Sliminess to speculate, because they had neither the heads to use prosperity rightly nor the purse to meet a reverse—" went in" with the old unconquerable notion, that they were buying exactly at the right time, and that every difference must be a profit. The game required just two conditions of success : one, that the movement should go on for some time in the direction which a sanguine gambler desired ; the other, that he should have the self-control to know when to back out. The second of the two if that which is most ccmmonly wanting ; and recent events have proved ho exception to the rule. His calculations were, on the whole, excellent, but they were spoiled by the cardinal blunder of making no [allowance for the unforeseen—the very thing that always happens ! So, when, on one very black Thurs day, about a fortnight ago, the unforeseen made its appearance, there was first a pause, then a tremor, then — the deluge. DENMARK AND THE WAR. The Post says the departure of Denmark, from the line of strict neutrality—already publicly marked out for her by herself—would be like the letting out of many waters. At present the great forces of Europe are held, as it were, in artificial restraint. We know not what other secret treaties or what alliances underlie the external calm, and are ready for development on the first overt step being taken by any one of the now neutral Powers. Denmark is, no doubt, differently situated, in an international or diplomatic sense, to the other on-looking Powers. It is generally felt that Denmark was harshly and unjustly treated by Prussia, and sympaty with her has been widely expressed. And it has, moveover, been assumed that Denmark would naturally endeavour to regain that which had been taken from her on any fitting opportunity arising. If ever Denmark became a belligerent, the situation would be altered ; the equilibrium would be upset ; questions now in abeyance would arise ; and the other Powers, thereupon moved to action, would communicate the impulse, so that we might, not improbably, see the face of Europe divided into two great opposing camps. If such be the poli tical situation of Europe at this moment, the responsibility attaching to the first disturber of the equilibrium, the opener of the sluice-gates restraining the neutral Powers, cannot but be tremendous. Mn EDMUNDS' CASE.—We (Daily News) are re quested to state that the reason why the Government did not divide upon Mr. Russell Gurney's =than on the Leonard Edmunds' case was, that the Attorney-Gener a l had expressed his readiness to lay a " copy of the judg ment ''- upon the table. Under these circumstances there was no point before the House on which the Government' who were anxious to meet the issue raised by Mr. Russell Gurney's speech, could have challenged a division. THE DENHAM TRAGEDY.-111 the event of the grand jury finding a true bill in time, Mr. Baron Channel has decided to try the Denham murderer at Aylesbury to-morrow. The prisoner has lately been visited by his father, a tailor, residing at Daventry, near Byfield, Northamptonshire, who first recognised the prisoner as being his son by a photograph sent to him. Had it not been for this the prisoner intended to keep his real name and antecedents a'mystery. The scene between the pri soner and his father in the cell was an exceedingly pain ful one. The old man was greatly affected, and shed many aears. The prisoner maintained that cool, callous demeanour he has from the first displayed. He has a written statement drawn up, which he wishes to read at the trial. Since the recognition of the prisoner by his father and his sisters a photograph of him has been sent to his wife, who now resides at Braes, in Warwickshire, with her friends. She recognises the photograph as that of her husband, and states that he deserted her twelve years ago, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KINGSBURY MEETING THIS DAY. HORSES ARRIVED. Actress, Artesian, Abbotsford, April Morn, Agnes, Badajos, Cape Flyaw a y f, Crawler, Cantineer f, Desert, Derby Day, Emerald, Expansion, FearnOught, Hammer ton, Indigestion, Jersey, Light Claud, Eion, Li ma , Linger, My Queen, M as t er Dick, Maggie, Oakapple, Olive, Pussy Cat, Peasant Girl, Slaughterer, St. Theo dore, Surgeon, Shreckhorn, The Rover, Woodland Mary, Wanderer, Ambush g. The following trainers will have horses at this meeting, in addition to those that have arrived—Reed, Rickards, Ford, Thorpe, Stevens, Nightingall, and Sherwood. SCRATCHiNdS- Welter Cup—Aftermath. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. WEDNESDAY, Midniht. At the night resort Capitaliste would have been ba g cked freely for the Goodwood Stakes at 6 to 1, but offers did not extend beyond 11 to 2 agst him, and even those odds were not readily obtainable. Prince Henry and Indian Ocean were each backed at 8 to 1, the latter especially being in force at that price. After 15 to 1 had been booked about Toby, 100 to 7 was also accepted, that being the highest offer at the close. For the Goodwood Cup Sabinus found friends at 7 to 4, while 5 to 1 WAS taken about Pero Gomez. Musket was in somewhat better odour than had been the case earlier in the day, 7 to 1 being occasionally taken about him. CLOSING PRICES : sto 1 agst Capitaliste (take 6to 1) 7to 1 agst Indian Ocean (8 to 1 taken and w) 7to 1 agst Prince Henry (take Bto 1) 100 to 7 agst Toby (taken and offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 4 agst Sabinus (taken) sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Musket (taken and offered) :CITY BETTING-WEDNESDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. -6 to 1 agst Capitaliste (offered-7 to 1 laid to £75) 7 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered) 7to 1 agst Prince Henry (offered—take Bto 1) 9to 1 agst John Davis (offered—take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Sweet Sound (offered) 100 to 7 agst Toby (offered) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 200 to 10 agst Paganini (taken) 3to 1 agst Capitaliste with a start (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 6to 4 agst Sabinus (offered—take 7to 4) 7to 1 agst Siderolite (offered) Bto 1 agst Musket (offered) ' sto 2 agst Sir Joseph Hawley's lot (wanted) BELTING AT MANChESTER—WEDNESDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 6to 1 agst Capitaliste (taken and offered) Bto ragst Prince Henry (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) Bto 1 agst John Davis (offered) 100 .to 6 agst Miss Sh e pp ar d (t a k en ) 20 to 1 agst Toby (taken) 4to 1 agst Sweet Sound and Prince Henry cougled (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 4 agst Sabinus (offered) sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 6to 1 agst Musket (offered) HUNTINGDON MEETING. —WEDNESDAY. The Apethorpe Scurry Handicap. Three-quarters of a:', mile. Mr G. Williams's Knutsford, by Kettledrum—Emily Middelton, 3 yrs, 6st. (Jewitt) 1 Mr C. Head's Bonnie Katie, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (H. Jackson) 2 Mr Edgar's Dolphin, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (H unt ) 3 Nightingall also ran. Won in a canter by four lengths. The Ramsey Abbey Nursery Handicap. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr T. Parr's Nona, by Flatcatcher or Grimstan— Nerio, Bst 41b (Cannon) 1 General Peel's Trysail, 7st 51b (Hunt) 2 Mr E. Weever ns. Miss Sharp, 7st (Jeffery) 3 Viper, Grand Coup, Hi g h Pressure, Sash, and King Mob also ran. Won by a length. The Milton Stakes. Half a mile, straight. General Peel's Borbeille, by Brother to Strafford—Out fit's dam, Bst 41b (Hunt) 1 Mr Goodwin's f, by Oxford—Defamation, Bst 41d yn Mr W. Hale's Ech o , B s t 71b (L ch) 2 (March) 3 Brecon and Marplot (l a t e F ero di as ) also ran Won by six lengths. The Cromwell Handicap Plate. Half a mile. Mr. C. Head's Bonny Kate, by King Tom—Basquine, 4yrs, 7st 81b (H. Jackson) 1 Mr C. Rayner's, jun., Perambulator, 3yrs, Bst 21b (Barber) 2 Mr Leo's Hopbine, 2yrs, 6st 51b.. (Loates) 3 Mr J. Nightingall's Laird of Scotland, syrs, 7st 121 b (Wyatt) 4 Won by a head The Cup Stakes. Two miles. Mr York's Kennington, by Oxford—Polynesia, 3ys, 7st 21b (Hunt) 1 Mr England's Pate, 3yrs, 6st 121 b (F. Webb) 2 Won in a canter by two lengths. The Corporation Stakes. 1 mile. Colonel Vyse's Fanfare, by Stampedo—Fanny Gray, 3 yrs 7st 41b Mr G. 'Williams's Knutsford, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (in 71b ex) Watt 2 Mr Moreton's Gip s y, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Maidment ) 3 Queen of the Valley, Jewel, Constantine, Royal Arms also ran. Won in a canter by six lengths. The Oakley Claiming Plate of 50 sovs. Half a mile. Mr W. Clack's Bouquetiere, by Voltigeur—Pauline, 5 yrs, 9st 21b Mr W. Maltby ns Blucher, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (250) Mr T. Stevens' s B e ll en d en (H. Covey) 2 , 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (Newhouse) 3 Perratt, Thunderpeal, and Kenmore also ran. Won in a canter by three lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 1000 to 200 agst Capitaliste (taken) 7to 1 agst Prince Henry (taken) 100 to 12 agst Indian Ocean (offered) 300 to 25 agst Toby (taken) ST. LEGER. Bto 1 agst Macgregor (offered) GOODWO Acceptances for the Goc and ►D RACES. Iwood Stakes. Two miles half. Age st lb Brigantine Kidderminster 6 8 10 Paganini Capitaliste Strathnairn John Davis Acaster The Laird 5 7 3 Fleets... 4 (pd) Chivalry Bonny Swell 3 7 0 Prince Henry Toby Sweet Sound Newsman Bertha Age et lb 4 6 7 Miss Sheppard 3 6 5 Rattlepate Dairymaid 4 6 4 Indian Ocean Five per Cent. 3 5 12 Nightjar 4 5 11 Revenge 3 511 Sulphur 3 5 10 f by Tim Whittier —Maud Jasonia lonia Moccolo .3 510 .3 5 9 . 3 5 7 3 5 7 GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY. At the Clerkenwell Police-court yesterday William Parker, aged 15, described as of no occupation, and Walter Hill, aged 17, a currier, residing at 14, Berry street, Clerkenwell. were charged with stealing from No. 20, Wilderness-row, Clerkenwell, 11 gold watches, 11 silver watches, 9 bars of gold, 4 bars of silver, 2 diamond rings, 1 diamond pendant, 232 gold coins, 111 silver do., 4 gold rings, 12 gold pencil cases, 11 gold pins, 14 gold brooches, 17 silver spoons, 2 gold lockets, 6 gold seals, 6 ounces of Australian gold, 16 gold chains, and a large number of other articles of jewellery, as well as £64 in money, the whole of the value of between £1,500 and £2,000, the property and moneys of Mr. Frederick Jones. The bearing of the case excited great interest, and there a number of the leading tradesmen of Clerkenwell in at tendance. Mr. Frederick Jones said—l am a gold and silver re finer, carrying on husine ss a t 20, Wilderness-rosy Clerken well. The prisoner Parker has been living with me for some ten or twelve years. He is some distant relative of mine. He was living with my mother at my place of business, but was not employed by me, though he went about almost as he pleased. The other man is quite a stranger to me. Last Monday morning I missed from one of my iron safes in the front shop and all the property that it contained. On my missing the property I saw Parker and told him of my loss, saying he must know something about it. He then most solemnly denied all knowledge of the robbery. My son had the key of the safe. I have since seen all my property in the possession of the police. _ _ _ _ _ The police proved having found the jewellery in a stable in President-mews, Queen's- square, Goswell-ryad. The prisoner Parker said—On Saturday night Mr. Frederick left me to shut up the place, and to shut up the inside safe. PHe never tried the safe. Instead of lc eking it, I did not. On Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, my friend came there. We took down the bars and opened the safe. When we got out all the property we wrapped it in abudle. We to k ib 'up to the table and hid it there. Mr. Cooke asked Hill if he wished to say anything, and he said—William Parker came round to my house on Satur day night and told me he had left his uncle's safe open for me to get everything away, an d th a t I was to go there and help hi m . He said his grandmother was going out on Saturday night, but she did not. On Sunday after, noon I met hi m a t th e corner of Great Sutton-street, and he said, " It is all right now, if you will come and help me." I did so, and he fetched out some of the property. He asked me to get some out, and I did so. Mr. Cooke committed the prisoners to the Middlesex Sessions for trial, and on the application of the prose cutor, the money was given up to him. The prisoner seemed to treat the matter with the greatest indifference, - 20. The The