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DANCING over a volcano, a masked ball i❑ the midst of the horrors of an eartlqualte, are alone comparable to the scenes now being enacted in more than one part of Christendom. Already the present war has secured to itself the dreadful distinction of being one of the most sanguinary conflicts on record. By an outrageous slip of the tongue, it was announced by the late Prime Minister of France as having been undertaken with a light heart by the Government over which he was presiding at the time in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Judging from appearances the horrors of the carnage are still being regarded with a certain ghastly light-heartedness. Not in Paris—that at least must be admitted. Among the Parisians the war is regarded as coming too nearly home, in Lord BACON'S phrase, to " men's businesse and bosomes," to admit of its being treated any otherwise than most seriously. But while this is so in that usually gay and sprightly capital, it is to all appearance the very reverse with some, at least, among the observers and commentators of the war in Germany, and also, we grieve to notify the fact, here, in England. At Darmstadt, for example, there has been a series of grotesque limnings under the title of " Zuminadas," in which, among other pictorial absurdities, there have been pourtrayed van-loads of the French prisoners ignominiously dragged in to Berlin, in the sight of tittering ladies assembled for this merry spectacle Unter den Linden! Another of their miserable drawings, drawings dashed off in the vilest taste in the world representing the Prussian Uhlans after the capture of Marshal MACMAHON'S baggage at Woerth —the said Uhlams capering about in "the crinolines and latest Paris fashions of his distinguished visi tors "—observe the implication ! A sketch pronounced by the Times correspondent from Frank fort-on-the-Maine, as "also. irresistibly comic." Irresistibly comic! The.% is as a C9llllllollt upon the hideous destruction of human lile at Woerth and at Weissanburg. Unhappily, we cannot pride ourselves here in London upon having disdained any participation whatever in these hor rible mockeries upon the calamities of our fellow creatures. A familiar axiom has it that there is a time for everything. But surely one might have imagined that even the professional grinners through horse-collars would have abstained from going through their fatuous performances in the presence of death and in the midst of the most appalling sufferings. Instead of this being the case, however, one of our many so-called comic publi cations of the day appeared with a broadly burlesqued representation of the battle-field, whether of Forbach, or of Borny, or of Rezonville, or of Gravelotte was left to our imagination. And now another of these decorous drolls announces as an immense attraction a Comic War Diary Extraordinary. It is time, perhaps, to think whether we have not had enough of this kind of fooling. According to a moderate calculation, within the first four weeks of the war not far short of a quarter of a million of men in the pride of life, and most of them in the very flower of their age, have been put hors de combat. A spectacle like that is hardly one to receive with an air of merriment only to be accurately expressed by the word snigger- in,g. SINCE the series of great engagements which ter minated in the very costly victory of the Germans of the 18th little has been known respecting the move ments of the various armies, and that little is far from intelligible. At present the history of the war terminates with Thursday week ; indeed, we have but just received sufficient details to explain the operations which led up to the battle of Gravelotte. Previously to Sunday, the 14th, BAZAINE had been collecting his forces about Metz, and the German host, under STEINMETZ and Prince FREDERICK 011ARI;1S, had pushed on through Lor raine to encounter the French Marshal. The latter, however, determined to avoid an encounter, and it was in attempting to cut off his retreat that the three battles took place. The first engage ment, on the 14th. was not, as has been supposed, a feint of the French rearguard to cover the retreat of their main body. The Prussian leaders saw that BAZAINE was making his way to Verdun, and they sent a strong force to make an attack on the east side of Metz. The serious battle that followed un doubtedly secured the object in view. It kept a large portion of the French army employed, two corps which were about to cross the river being rec but the Germans can hardly claim a victory in the ordinary sense of the term, for they suffered very severely from the fire of the French, and in one part of the field were thoroughly routed. It is true that the French retired, leaving the ground in the hands of the enemy; but their object was to retire as soon and as rapidly as possible. This happened on the east side of the Moselle. The fighting was then transferred to the west bank. The French crossed at Metz ; the Ger mans higher up, at Pont-a-Mousson and its neigh bourhood. Hurrying round northwards in order to intercept the _ retreating columns as they passed along the Verdun road, a comparatively small German force caught the head of the French forces, and kept them at bay until greater strength came up. The battle round about Mars-la-Tour and Vionville was engaged on pretty equal terms, the French being, if anything, rather superior in number. Here, then, the Germans gained a most decided victory, for, without advan tage in numbers, they barred the row t against the French and forced the latter back. The next day llazAiNE was at Gravelotte. A glance at the map will show that instead oi gaining ground he had lost it, for Gravelotte is further from Verdun (BAzArNE's object) than Vion ville. The battle of the 16th ended in the Germans so far gaining possession of the route by which I3AZAIIE intended to retreat, that it was neces sary for him to make a successful attack if he desired to carry out his design. He declined to hazard an assault in the face of superior forces, but most wisely en trenched himself at Gravelotte and the surrounding villages. The accounts wIl:h have appeared in our columns shew how well he disposed his men, and how admirably adapted for defence was the position he took up. The task before the Germans, indeed, greatly resembled the storming of a powerful fortification. The loss inflicted was so immense that the German accounts of the engagement are devoted almost as much to bewail ing their dreadful sacrifices as to congratulation over their success. Nevertheless, thorgh the French are not disposed to acknowledge it, the facts go to prove that the advantage secured was of the first moment. Gravelotte is the last position on the west side of Metz. After losing it I3AzAINE was driven into the fortress or immediately under its walls. So com pletely was he isolated that for the last week we have heard positively nothing of him. A clay or two ago a rumour was spread to the effect that he Lad cut his way through to Montmedy, and this theory still finds credit at Paris ; but there is no evidence to support it. Every indication of worth points to the conclusion that BAZAINE is still at the great fortress and fast locked up there. Whilst all this fighting was going on, MAcMAHoN was endeavouring to gather the remnants of his corps, which was broken up at `Werth, and to organise another army at Chalons. Ile has succeeded. A strong force Wag collected at the famous camp up to the beginning of the present week; and by some authorities, who are entitled to every consideration, this heterogeneous host is described as very formid able, perhaps over 160,000 men. MACMAIION, however, has not thought fit to fight the CROWN PRINCE, who advanced to Chalons to engage him. Be , broke up his camp and retired to Rheims. Immediately after reaching this city he quitted it also, and departed to some place as yet, whilst we write, unknown. This manceuvre is not easy to explain. In quitting Chalons he aban doned the best position which that district affords for the ;defence of the capital. He must therefore have retired, either because he felt himself unable to cope with the CROWN PRINCE, who has been reinforced from the other armies, or because he designs to join Bazaine and make a united attack upon the Germans round Metz. It is far from improbable that such a design is entertained. It is likely, on the other baud, that AlAcM.Arrox may fall back on Paris and fight at an advantage around the walls of the capital: But this latter supposition scarcely accounts for the confident tone with which the French Ministers speak of their prospects in the Corps I,4gislatif. According to PAr.ucAo the world is to be astonished soon. Surely the Cabinet would never dare to raise hopes which' had no better foundation than the retreat of MAC MAHON on . Paris. They must be well aware of the terrible outburst which would follow such deception. Nevertheless the Germans pursue their onward march calmly enough. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Tut SUN, LON DWI, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, :870. ourt DANGEROUS CLASSES. A formidable blue-book has just been issued con taining the judicial statistics for 1869. The first part gives the report of the police and criminal pro ceedings for the year, the second part of the common and civil law. In the total numberof indictable offences reported by the police there is a slight decrease as compared with the previous year. Unhappily this is owing to a decrease in the offences against property, as in the number of murders there is a considerable increase. In the class of known and suspected cri minals, exclusive of those persons known to have been living honestly for one year after their dis charge, there has been a decrease of 29,354, or 35.1 per cent. on the total for 1857-8. In the Metropo litan Police district the decrease on the year amounts to no less than 1,436, or 24 . 8 per cent., which is attributable in a great measure to the destruction of low streets and rookeries and the dispersion of their habitues, to the greater accuracy of the returns, which now only in_ elude persons known to the police, to the conviction of many notable offenders and to stricter vigilance forcing others to remove. One point in connection with this branch of th e subject deserves, however, special notice. The total amount of the criminal classes throughout the country in 1868-9 was 54 ; 249, or in the proportion of 2.70 to every one thousand of the population. These dangerous classes are greatly assisted in their way of life by the low public houses, lodging houses, and other places of bad character to which they resort. These, including the houses of receivers of stolen goods, number 15,030, notwithstanding all our demolitions. Of these 1,921 are public-houses and 1,030 beer shops. The Wine and Beerhouse Act of 1869, says the report, has already produced a considerable effect in reducing the number of beerhouses of low character, but it seems from the official returns that there are still 3,851 houses enjoying licenses which are deliberately classed among the " Resorts of Thieves." This does not say much for our present licensing system. CATTLE DISEASE. That the cattle disease is a terrible plague no one will attempt to' deny, but insensate raving against the Legislature, unfortunately, cannot provide the remedy. In one extra-Parliamentary utterance, Mr. C. S. Read has excited the bucolic mind on the subject of this malady. The honourable member, with a dexterity which would do credit to an accomplished professor of legerdemain, hit the very point which touched his audience most. He admitted that efforts had been used to stamp out the disease, but complained that no attempt had been made to prevent the introduction of foreign cattle. No one knows better than Mr. Read that it is necessary to keep open the supply of foreign stock to prevent the agriculturists placing an unreasonable price upon their cattle, and that the sale and transmission of the animals should be as unrestricted as possible. Were the Government to stamp out the disease in the fashion suggested by those who think like Mr. Read on this subject, the poor would soon find the taste of beef and mutton a novelty. PROGRESS OF SIR SAMUEL BAKER. Sir Roderick Mnrchison writes to the Times to say that he has received a long letter from Sir Samuel Bakor, dated the 15th of June, at Towfi keeya, on the banks of the White Nile. He has established a station in the Shillock country, where he will pass the rainy season. Sir Samuel has been satisfactorily joined by all branches of the expedi tion via Khartoum, Mr. Higginbottom, his chief engineer, haying conveyed the vessels and stores across the Nubian desert on the backs of more than 1,800 camels. Sir Samuel lost the favourable sea son for the voyage up the White Nile, through the delay caused by the abstraction of conveyances at the opening of the Suez Canal and the absence of preparations at Khartoum. Since the traveller was there, in 1865, the course of the White Nile has been obstructed, and the slave traders have dis covered a passage to Gondokoro by way of the Bahr Giraffe, which proved to to be an arm of the main river. Baker tried to proceed up this arm, but was forced to return by the shallowness of the water, the stream being passable only in the rainy season. Sir Samuel Baker will employ his 1,500 men to 'sow and reap corn for the advance to Gondokoro, in November next. He has stopped a boat laden with 150 slaves, who were packed as close " as sardines in a cask." He has already freed 305 of these unfortunate creatures, mostly women, and he writes with satis'action that one of the first labours of his English blacksmiths was to cut through the chains which bound these unfortunates together, all - of whom on obtaining theii freedom were duly . registered. lIITMANITY ON THE BATTLE FIELD There have been many instances of Prussian humanity shewn in consideration for the enemy's wounded recorded since the opening of the war, but perhaps the most striking occasion on which com passionate feeling was evidenced was when 112 mem :Jere of the French medical staff who were cut off in the rout of MacMahon's army were at one;; on dis covery dispatched by the Prussian Generals from their catl:p to the French line 3 by way of Belgium. Through Pelgian territory was the shortest route place 'Alert.) the French ambulances were sup posed to be, and, accordingly, without • delay, Prussian sympathy for the suffering promptly deeded that through Belgium the surgeons and hospital assistants should be sent. This proceeding is altogether the more praiseworthy and remarkable as the Government of France has just now refused to allow the wounded iii the battles. before Metz to be transthitte I through Belgian territory to the lics i )itals of Aix la Chlpelle ; a course which, if per mitted, would have enabled the sick to be placed in hospital beds within 'three hours, instead of within three days. We have seen somewhere a painting of Napoleon the Great on the. field in one of the battles before Waterloo. His generals had been acting with some cruelty towards the enemy, and the Emperor is represented pointing to a dog who is licking the wounds of a dead officer. His Majesty's words, "Let the dog teach us humanity," form the superscription of the picture. It might perhaps be as well for the present Emperor's future fame if he Inherited the merciful disposition of the Caesars thus exemplified in addition to their valour and intrepidity. By the act of the French authorities it is said the deaths of some thousands of their wounded country men, as well as of their enemies, will be brought about. to th,-, GERMAN RESERVES. A German correspondent of the Times writes front Silcsia to say that they ale eight hundred miles from the theatre of action, but any stranger might suppose that he was on the frontier, so nume rous are the soldiers in the town, and so surrounded are they with the accompaniments of war. lie has a dozen soldiers in his house, whom he is obliged to keep for a small remuneration. Not only at Breslau, where lie resides, but in the country all round, drill ing goes on night and day, and there is a succession of marching and firing and manoeuvring parties. He cannot precisely indicate to what corps these soldiers belong, they are for the most part battalions of reserve or " supplies" for all regi me:As. As soon as a party, say 1,000 or so, have re hearsed their drilling, they are sent after the corresponding regiment in France, and their number is filled up i new-comers, volunteers, Landwehr, &e. By this means the German army is always complete to the utmost, notwithstanding the march ing force of half a million or so; and " I don't know," adds tile writer, " but any enemy coming would find resistance sufficient in any part of our Fatherhuid. It is easy to conceive, after this, that the number of 1,200,000 we find indicated as that of our combatants is not exaggerated, but falls far short of the reality." FRENCH ESPIONAGE IN GERMANY. The French, it is stated, have had their secret police in Germany for seine time past. They have doubt less exercised all that astuteness generally attributed to the French police in accumulating particulars for trans mission to the home authorities respecting the senti ment of Germany and its readiness for war. That the Emperor has been grossly misinformed recent events have proved, and the degeneracy of France might be reasonably arguel from the precipitate action, want of discretion, lack of energy and foresight displayed on the part of the political and military leaders of the cf - mutr . y. That France should have an army of police in Germany is significant and Suggestive en ou gh, and inclines one to institute a comparison between the spy system of the Germans and the espionage of the French. The one hac so far demon strated its perfectness as an indispensable element of the military science, and the other its miserable failure. Well may the Emperor cry that he *has been deceived. ENGLISH TOURISTS. An interesting story is told of some English tourists rendering most opportune services at a critical time.. Nine gentlemen were sitting in the waiting room of the Railway Station at Tr4es awaiting the arrival of a train which would carrY them further on their route. While they were there a telegram was sent from the seat of war requiring the assistance of attendants for the wounded. The travellers instantly offered their services, which were accepted, and a knight-hospitalier furnished them with the badge of.neutrality, a red-cross on a white cloth. The next train bore them to one of the hospitals instead of on their tour of pleasure. These tourists have set a good example to the rest of their class. THE BELIEF IN ASTROLOGY. It would seem that the descendant of " Old Moore " has in his almanac for the current year made some very happy guesses. Not only does the hieroglyphic represent two eagles engaged in fight over a plain on which dead soldiers in foreign uniforms are strewn, but the distinct assertion is made in the " Forecast "of the twelve months that there " will be war between France and Prussia, and that the month of July will be especially disastrous to the Emperor Napoleon." According to the oracle, however, France is not to hav e all the defeat on her side, for the prophet says "In October the King of Prussia (if living) will meet with defeat, and the ex-King of Hanover recover some of his prestige, if not his throne also." The Emperor Napoleon has no doubt been furnished with a copy of "Old Moore's Almanac," and probably the lesson taught his Majesty by M. Comte to deal tenderly* with astrology, coupled with the prophecy set apart for October, has induced him to make pre parations for keeping his army and mitrailleuses a long time in the field. Meanwhile the English Go vernment need not trouble itself about mediation, a►id the King of Prussia 'may consider the advisability► of making his will. SCARLET FEVER. The ravages which scarlet fever has made in this country during the last few years have been re peatedly brought under public notice by medical authorities, and the statistics which they lay before us certainly present a startling aggregate. The Bri tish Medical Journal says that during the years from 1848 to 1868 no less than 415,982 deaths occurred from scarlet fever and its allied disease diphtheria. The registration accounts for 1869 are not yet com plete, but 6,181 fatal cases were reco-ded in London during the year, and as the mortality from scarlet fever is less in the metropoliS than in the rest of the country it may be estimated -that forty thousand deaths occurred from this cause throughout England last year. In the six months ending June, 1870, 13,900 deaths were returned by the registrar, so that the aggregate mortHlity for the lost twenty-two and a half years from this disease is no less than 470,000. But what of those who were attacked but s urv i ve d? The British Medical Journal thinks that at least five millions of persons in England must have sull'ered more or less severely, and it is impossible to gauge the full extent of the mischief. Sixty-two per cent. of the victims are children under five years of a3-e, who are incapable of protecting themselves, The State is bound to exert itself on their behalf and to take the most stringent measures against the culp able ignorance and neglect which perpetuate the disease. Deficient .sanitary precautioasliave a great deal to do with the spread of all kinds of fever, and it is often bad air, bad drainage, bad water, and overcrowding that play havoc with our little ones tin 'er the names of type 13, scarlet fever, or cho'era. THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND IN NORWAY The Duke of Sutherland has returned from his inspection of the narrow-guage railways of Norway. More than 100 miles of line on the 3ft. bin-gunge have been constructed by - M. Carl the Govern ment engineer, and they have been most` successful. The supporters of this system havo-no doubt that, if the northern parts of Scotland could have had the advintage of such a cheap description of railways, a much greater extent of the country would before nov: have been supplied with railway accommoda tion. The avera„•e co-t is . about £4,000 per mile, and the railway w - orlis are suitable for public con venience. Previous to his leaving Christiana, the Duice was requested to review. the Fire Brigade, which is unusually efficient for a town of 60,000 inhabitants. Captain Andersen and his crew were highly pleased with the prwttical linOwledge which the Duke displayed concernirir all that was connected with tht.a worli. 'fticv satisfaction at being reviewed by one who had done so much to improve the machinery for • saving life and property f'rom fire. The review consisted in calling out the firemen and engines to the site of an imaginary fire near the University, where all the operations were gone through with great energy and rapidity. On the conclusion of the review, three hearty cheers were given for- the Duke of Suther land. .. - .,•2 , -;--:- N . :-.,,. ~ ; .Vrt , :4 2 . - -4.;1 1 Zi''''''''t'':li.,''f ' 7 - , 4,4. .. h. it,s" - f 4:,','.."..,..";___:&:' (Ir. (fjprie t 'Ci r -- ... , ........., b ' E; trtathicr f . - -,c., • HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, AUG. 24. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, went out this morning. In the afternoon the Queen drove out, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill.. Princess Louise drove out, attended by Miss Cavendish. The Rev. Dr. Taylor had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. NAPOLEON 111.. AND THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." Sir, -In your excellent paper, of the 19th instant, appeared, under the head of " Metropolitan Gossip," and referring to the Pall Mall Gazette as the authority for the statements, some mention of transactions between the Duke of Brunswick and the Emperor of the French, &c., ending by saying, in reference to both : " One of these two high. contracting parties died ; the other became Emperor of France. I suppose the latter will scarcely consider himself bound to consult the successor of the former before he abdicates." There is a rather important circumstance, which shows the information of the writer who put forth the state ments is not to be relied upon. The Duke of Brunswick is there stated to have died, and the other to have become Emperor of France (even this last expression is not quite correct, as the title used is Emperor of the French). But the truth is that the Duke of Brunswick, instead of hazing dial, was quite alive the day before, yesterday, at Geneva, lodging there in the Hotel de la Metropole. I, who know perfectly well his handwriting and signature, have seen a letter of his from thence with such date, and with the competent - Swiss stamp and postmark. The observations, therefore, copied above naturally fall very flatly to the ground. 'Ent the writer of the srticle seems also to be indiffe rently informed as to the claim of the . Duke in question to his throne, to which he is in reality no less entitled than her Majesty Queen Victoria to the throne 'of Great Britain, notwithstanding that, by a base and cowardly transaction, the same day he was de facto removed from such throne, and younger brother substituted on it as if the rightful successor were dead. The cause of this foul arrangement is very little knoWn, or else is forgotten ; . deserving well, however, tobe rernem here(' as a counter part of the Portuguese case, by which my poor country, thanks to England, has been reduced to i s present meat miserable condition. I The father of the Duke was killed in battle the day be fore the great victory of Waterloo, and leaving his son and s=ess:3r, aged only eight years. King George IV. of Eng land, his uncle, remained the young Prince'sguardian,and administrator of the State, during his minority. Instead of keeping things as they were in the duchy until the young Prince's majority a new constitution was there introduced, in the English fashion—and, of course, a patty created bound up with this order of things. When the young Duke became of age he disapproved of these changes. Supported in this disapprobation by the national party, who had been ousted from power and influence before by the English party, and, revoking the newly introduced constitution, he re-established the old one. This vexed George IV. and that English party ; conspiracies were hatched against the Duke, and an insur rection 'effected, by dint of which he was obliged to fly from his capital, and ultimately took refuge in England, where he resided many. years. England, and George IV., of course, supported the revolution and the new-fangled constitution, in the same manner as tiny did the revolutionary charter of Govern ment and Sovereign in Portugal. This was quite natural, and to be expected ; but the most strange—and I will say loose and scandalous, not less than impolitic and contra dictory—is that the legitimate Powers and Sovereigns in Europe, the same who recently had been holding con gresses at Tropau, at Leybach, and at Verona, against revolutions—the Governments of France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the Metternichs, the Nesselrodes, the An cillons,—should obligingly connive at all this, just to flatter England and George ; should admit and approve the absurdity of putting on the ducal throne of Brunswick as full Duke and Sovereign the second son, brother to the real Duke, not taking any notice of the latter, as if he were dead ! Had they only declared the rightful Sovereign incapable, by madness, for instance, or other malady, and then placed at the head of the State his brother as Regent in the name of the former, this would be a sensible pro ceeding ; whilst the one adopted. was an injustice, a scandal, an inconsistency, a bad example, a baseness, and a blunder.—l remain, Sir, with great respect, your obedient, humble servant, I A. R. SARAIVA. 21, Nottingham-street, Marylebone, W., August 24, 1870. THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. Her Majesty, says the British Medical Journal, still suffers at times severely. The cares and laboure incident to her position are at present increased by personal anxiety for the safety of nearly related to her Majesty, the Prince Consort's only brother and the husbands of two of the Queen's daughters being in the Getman army at the seat of war. These causes combine to inflict suffering- on a nervous system at all times most sensitive to worry and anxiety. Ole Bull, who has been sojourning in London of late, returned (says the Musical Standard) to America by the Java steamship last week. A STATE PRISONER.—M. de Bussiere, deputy of Strasburg, is now a state prisoner at Rastadt, he writes to his brother to this effect :—" In spite of the international convention of Geneva, which gave me the protection in consequence of the wounded French and Prussian soldiers I had in my house, I was arrested in my bed at six o'clock in the morning, and taken by an armed force from post to post to Rastadt, where I am shut up in the State prison without change of clothes and almost without a sou, in short just as I was in coming down to see the officer. What can I say of such pro. ceedings, of so great a violation of a Convention which is a part of European public right ? I was interrogated yesterday as a mere form, and I made a protest. I ad dressed one to the Austrian Minister at Carlsruhe ; I sent a copy to Prince Metternich, and have also made known my situation to the Chamber. I think myself a victim, and believe that society will insist upon justice being rendered to me. My vicinity to Strasburg gave me uneasiness, and I tho"ght if I went there the Prussians might become suvicious. I therefore broke off all con nection with the place and maintained a strict neutrality. I have had to give up my poor wounded guests and to leave my ambulance to be disorganised ; my house. has perhaps been pillaged. Alas ! wh a t a scourge i s war, and to what calamities does it not give rise au revoir if. Heaven permits." THE CRISIS AT RO ME. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, AUGUST . 21. • The French troop 3 will have in all probability entirely evacuated the Roman territory before this reaches you: Two other regiments left on Sunday and Monday on board a Marseilles merchant vessel, and the imperial transports will take away the remaining troops. General Dumont vv-' received, on audience de eonge, by the Pope on Monday, and is said by those who saw him leave the pre sence to have been greatly disconcerted by what passed at the interview, which was extremely short. A delay has taken place in the occupation of Viterbo, as a handful of French troops remains, and till all have left the Zouaves will halt at a neighbouring village. M. de Charette will occupy Viterbo, and command the Zoue and the depot. The Zouaves with the artillery will be stationed at Civita Vecchia under the command of AL D'Albiousse. The Remingtons will be distributed to the gensdarmerie this week, and the armament of the ruerye, or Urban Guard, will be the next consideration, as it will be more than doubled in strength by the arrival of numbers of Italian gentlemen of the annexed provinces. Everything points to a sharp and imminent struggle as soon as the French ha ve fairly left Rome, and Garibaldi announces to his friends that he intends returning to. action as soon as the last detachment has sailed. An embarkation at Terracina is the probable opening of the campaign, or on the coast between Civita, Vecchia and Rome, so as to intercept the railway communications. The Legion of Antibes are beginning to be a serious trouble to the Pontifical Government. A part of Legard's battalion held a midnight meeting a night or two since near the Coliseum, where they sang the Mar seillaise and signed a petition to the Empress of the French begging to be recalled to the Rhine. M. de Man dri,t's battalion, on the other hand, is admirably affected to the Pope, and not a request for absence has occurred. A very strong party exists in the Court of Spain for inducing the Pope to enter into a compact with Italy, and. admit a mixed garrison. This party is not, however, the one likely to be listened to, as it consists principally of the prelates who are desirous of re taining comfort and ease at any cost, and who are distrusted by the Pope himself and his more zealous advisers. These would prefer exile to concession as far more dignified, and as offering the best chance of a Bourbon restoration. The Italian monarchy at Rome as conqueror, without the Pope, would be at once attacked by the Republicans, who having no longer priests to fight with, would assail kings as their most ready enemies. No one believes that Italy is.either able or desirous to maintain the terms of the Convention •of September, or that her neutrality is possible after the first great battle on the Rhine. The Prussian cause is decidedly the popu lar one, and it is only the official and semi-official organs which support the French alliance ; the idea of sending a contingent to the Rhine is most dreaded by Italians gene rally, whose tastes are essentially non-military. The Italian corps d'arinte are three in number, under the command of Generals Ricotti, Pettinango, and Pianelli. Prince Humbert is to have the supreme com mand, and the camp is being formed on the Chiarone, with a large outlying force at San Germano and Oriento. PARIS AND THE CRISIS. The destinies of France are once more in the hands of the capital. A crisis has arisen without a parallel since that of 1789, and Paris is now, as it was then, as it was, too, in 1830 and in 1848, the arbiter of the nation's fate. The Legislative Assembly is, to be sure, in session, and may at any time vote itself the supreme power of the realm ; but now that the National Guard, which, strictly speaking, is simply the nation armed, has been appealed to, the power 'of disposing of events has in fact become vested in the people, in whom by right it resides. Let Paris rise and pronounce for a republic, and who can say that Marseilles and Lyons, Rouen and Lille, would not follow her lead, as they have done heretofore, or that the millions of French rural population will not accept, as hitherto, what the great cities decree ? Whatever is, 18 right with the French peasantry, and they w ill indorse a republic to-morrow as faithfully as they in dorsed the empire a few months ago, if only they have some tangible evidence that the one has been substituted for the other. The armed populace of Paris is, therefore, master of the situation, and let but the first fugitive from a great defeat in the valley of the Marne tell that the last bulwark between the invader and the gates of the capital has fallen, and it will deal as summarily with Napoleon 111, as it dealt with Charles X. and Louis Philippe. Already the National Guard has begun to murmur against the soldiery which charges the mob in Paris instead of charging the enemy at the front, and should these same soldiers return, de jected and mutinous, from a disastrous campaign, they will fraternise with the people as they have done in for mer times of trial, and will aid in overturning the Empire as gaily as they went to fight for it. To anyone conver sant with the temper of the Parisian population, the prospects of an Orleanist restoration, now so freely canvassed, are in the last degree absurd. Much as M. Thiers has done to merit the admiration of the world,- he is, in the politics of to-day, merely a species of fossil. The party he represents numbers in its ranks much of the intellect and culture, as well as not a little of the wealth of modern France. But the mass of the people never did understate , ' " the monarchy su rr o un d e d by re p u bli can i ns tit u ti o ns' which was voted in by the Chamber of Deputies in 1830, and contemptuously cast aside by the Republicans of Paris in 1848. What the Emperor Alexander I. said of Louis Philippe may be safely said of his grandson, the Count of Paris, that he has a very unique characteristic for a Bourbon prince--a liberal turn of mind; but amiable .and accom plished as he is, he responds neither to the traditions nor to the hopes of Frenchmen. He is neither the rightful heir of the ancient monarchy, nor the child of the vic torious First Empire; his title would be a creation of the people, and yet would aspire to claim a share of the " right divine ;" once elected he would seem to be above the power that elected him, and the first time that the people hungered, and the Government was unable to feed them, Louis Philippe Albert, of Orleans, would be compelled to sink to plain Mr. Smith as his grandfather under similar circumstances did before him. He may become a favourite of scholars and the educated middle class, but the idol of the democracy he could never be. It is neither to be expected from his claims or his character. It is even conceivable that in the event of Prussia becoming able to dictate terms to a subjugated France, the son of Helena, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, might obtain the support of foreign arms to secure his throne. But even presuming, what is far from probable, that the Count of Paris is so little of a Frenchman, and so much of aßourbon, as to imitate the role of Louis XVIII., aid like this would only make his tenure of power briefer and more precarious. Meanwhile, Paris is not in a mood to discuss questions of succession and dynasty- A premonition of such an occupation as she has not seen for fifty-five years has come upon her, and Imperialists, Orleanists, and Republicans vie with each other in forming a living ram' part against this crowning national shame. And when, in a moment of fury, she may hurl the Empire from a place it can never regain, there is only one thing she can put in its place, and that is a r e p u bli c . A P rov i s i on al Government, perhaps a dictator, may preside till the crisis is over, but when the smoke of battle r lras rolled away, the statue of liberty will once mere, be found surmounted by the bonnet rouge , ts.the manifest consternation of many surrounding poten ate% and Powers. A conviction that nothing can be interposed between the Empire and a republic will be the most powerful influence in support of the Empire. France will shortly want rest more imperatively than ever, but he would be a bold man who should say that with release from the invader, an internal anarchy, more fatal and persistent may not follOw.—New York limes. , THE WALKER DIVORCE CASE.—Mr. Walker, manufacturer, Edinburgh,lormerly of Sheffield, has raised an action in the Scotch Court of Session against James Grant, the novelist, for £3,000, Mr. Grant recently figured prominently in the Edindurgh Divorce Case. Mrs. Walker has reclaimed against the judgement of the Judge in the Outer House granting the divorce. • • A Cottage Hospit a l was opene d a t Stanley, near Wakefield, on Wednesday last, completely furnished for five beds. The district is one where accidents frequently happen, and the institution will be a great benefit to the inhabitants. £6O a year has been guaranteed fori is support. At the opening ceremony addresses were given by Dr. Crichton Browne and Mr. Lawson Tait. Considerable progress has been made with the erection of the iron pier at Hastings. The design is being carried out by a Glasgow firm, and it is expected that the work will be completed by next summer. It w ill be I,oooft. long and 40ft. wide, and it is intended to erect at the extreme end of it an assembly room some 200 ft. in length. The pier is being built at a spot within easY each of any part of Hastings or St. Leonard's. D UNVI LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plie lin casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotation s on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Vie tilleries, Belfast; or at thoi London oMces, 4, Beaufort BuildhiSS Strand, W.C. THE EUROPEAN WAR. A SECOND EDITION of THE SUN is Published Eirery Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.