The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-04 00:00:00

ion for !or the by the yen of ,hinese nce on tate of Ihinese led by , and in the hinese l to be would o the ;o con gusts. ct the 5i per Le over g out led at , na of f the carlet of his ed by will • The nthly mem been ,cures rile of SECOND) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 11.45 A.ll LATEST INTELLIGENCE. • SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] An accident occurred to the nine o'clock express train f rom London, at half-past one this morning, about one Mile from Whitmore, on the North Western Railway. A goods train was proceeding in front of the express, and three miles from where the accident occurred t he driver of the latter train had received the caution • signal ; but going at the rate of twenty banes an hour he overtook the goods train, and a collision took place. The break van of the goods train was turned over, but the breaksman escaped with a cut and bruised ankle. Thirteen persons are injured, four seriously. The following were taken to the Crewe Arms, at Crewe, under the care of Dr. Atkinson and assistants :—Mrs. lilorrison, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; Mr. Robert Pollock, u'eaufort-street, Chelsea ; Mr. Jude, George-street, Euston -road, London ; and Mr. Peter Neville, Longsight• THE WAR. EARL G-RANVILLE'S ANSWER TO M. THIERS. It appears that the answer given by Earl Granville to M. Thiers, when the latter visited England, was a sort of general declaration against Mediation. The mission of the French statesman was to procure the intervention of the other Powers in. favour of France. The English Foreign Minister r eplied that Germany alone had made the war and Germany alone could make peace. Speaking of the I 'mperor, M. Thiers expressed his belief that his r estoration was an impossibility. The English 4 loister, according to reports in the foreign papers, c oincided in this view. COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS. Aluch to the Germans' disgust the balloon post has nnw become a regular institution in Paris. It 18 announced that any letter will be taken either to the d epartments, Algeria, or foreign countries. No missive !Mast weigh more than four grammes. The charge Is about twopence a letter, but post cards may be s ent for half that price. The latest news by this balloon mail is down to the 28th or 29th of Sept. M. TRIERS' MISSION. FRIDAY'S ENGAGEMENT BEFORE PARIS. READ -QUARTERS OF THE CROWN PRINCE, VERSAILLES, OCT, 2. The loss of the French in the engagement of the 30 -th ult. amounted to 1,200 killed and wounded, a mong whom was General Giulham. 300 unwounded Prisoners were taken. The German loss was 80 killed and about 120 W ounded. Among the former were eight officers. Only occasional shots were fired from the forts on t he Ist and 2nd inst. PARIS, SEPT. 30. General Trochu's report of the fighting to-day 84Y8 " Our troops to-day effected a very vigorous offen ll" reconnaissance, and occupied successively e h evilly and l'Hay, and advanced as far as Thiais 4114 Ohoisy-le-Roi. All those positions were strongly °e ellpied and entrenched, the last two being mounted Vith guns. "After a lively artillery and musketry engage /31"a, our troops withdrew in good order to their Positions. The coolness of the troops was re rkable, and the Mobiles shewed great firmness. short, the day was most honourable. We have ! l ittered sensible losses, but their number is not estimated. We believe the enemy had considerable losses:, PARIS, SEPT. 30. The Official Journal of to-day contains a decree 11 1 ) Pressing the service of General Public Aid, and be that henceforth :all domiciliary relief shall '43 exclusively municipal. Another decree orders the requisition in the name or the National Defence of all wheat and flour now l i B ting in Paris, with the sole exception of wheat g i ld flour laid in for household consumption. The Government has issued a notice that the pe nsion service of the State is secured in Paris and she Departments, and the amounts will be paid regularly. Alilitary reports up to the evening of the 29th i pstant announcs a slight engagement between rench gunbeatS and the Prussians during the ' , estruction of the woods of Billancourt. Several reconnaissances have been made in ad- Nee of Villejuif, and towards Deanry, Some shots from Fort L'Est and the double crown St, Denis have dislodged the enemy from Stains 411 d Le Bourget. The ensmy has constructed works at Dugny. GERMAN ADVANCE INTO SOUTHERN FRANCE. BASLE, OCT. 3. (3 erman troops from Mulheim have been crossing the thine all night by the bridge of Chalaman (F) MALESHERBES, OCT. 3. ithiviers is still occupied by 1,500 Prussians, rho i t scour the surrounding country, and exhaust all resources. ORLEANS, 0c T. 3. general Longfine drove a Prussian detachment et terday out of Arthenay (13 miles north of Or t,eallB). The Prussians have concentrated in con iia'erable force at Touryi where they have collected g e herds of cattle. G ENERAL NEWS FROM PARIS. PARIS, SEPT. 27. eehe Official Journal says that the Government ofo 0 l\rational Defence has completed the Barricade °ll Thlscion by the addition of the Citizen Albert, °llll erly member of the Provisional Govern tiellt• The Commission is also composed of nine me mbers charged with directing, and also nine engin eers of the works for the interior defence i w t he nine s ec tions. The Commission is divided ti,, (3 three divisions ; and MM. E. Ulbach, Ernest Fle : 113. 1 and Emile Raspail have been appointed as re taries to the respective divisions. ~ Parisian is calm, impassable, and leads his ITIal life from day to day ; only his rifle is ready, e atriage-pouch is full, and at the first tap of the dill fail every one will run to arms. Not one faa m hen the call to arms is sounded. veran enormous mass of smoke, which at one p.m. • clay rose above the city, caused some un- B - ille sa among the population. The fire arose the conflagration of a certain number of I ,, itL s of p e t ro leum, which had been brought 1 4 'in th e enc i en t e from the P ar k Chaumoul. pmt ' it is in that park where, for some days d er ') a porti on o f th e petroleum to be used for the defello e of the city has been collected. The barrels 4p on their arrival ought to have been covered with th ' e d, but the precaution has been neglected. Hence lai e 2 l 'e• Thanks to the prompt and vigorous at Which were taken, the fire was got under le esterday th e so ldi ers accuse d o f cowar dice w e re ty 4k thr ough the st ree t s , on th e ir w ay to the military 11-44.!nal before w hi c h th ey were t o b e tried. Their ua were tied behind their backs, and their caps and tun tw ICF3 turned inside out. They proceeded between _, r anks of s o ldi rs. O n t h e i r b reasts t h ey b ore a with the following inscription : "[The name], miserable coward, who abandoned his post before the enemy. All honest men are invited to spit in his face." The following despatch, which was sent 'by the Empress to the Emperor, after his two first defeats, has been discovered and published : " I have received a despatch from Piotri. Have you thought over all the consequences which would follow your return to Paris under the blow of two reverses ? For myself, Ido not venture to take the responsibilities of counselling you. If you have decided on the point it would at least be the best step - that should be represented to the country as provisional. Thus : ' The Em peror returning to Paris to reorganise the Second Army, and provisionally entrusting the command-in-chief of the army of the Rhine to Marshal Bazaine." THE STATE OF PARIS. (FRENCH ACCOUNT.) PARIS, SEPT. 28. The twelfth day of the siege has passed almost entirely without a cannon shot. Some shots have been fired from Nogent only, the batteries there having fired upon some travellers, who dispersed. It is known that the viaduct of Nogent, this work of art, which commands the river Marne, and is seen with such grand effect from .from the surrounding cocntry, has been destroyed for the defence of Paris. It has been broken into three pieces by mines. The Prussians tried yesterday to rejoin the piles by wooden arches, but our firing brought them to a sense of the danger of the attempt. Beams and cross beams Were left on the bridge, and those who brought them away took good care not to come back. The Prussian inundation of troops seems to have reached its level, and a calm seems for the moment to be established in their ocean of men. The positions are taken up, and the enemy is fortifying himself and securing his lines of retreat, especially those to Choisi-le-Roi. Information, the correctness of which is guaran teed, confirms the belief that the bulk of the Prus sian army occupies all the heights from Chatillon in the south-west tu Bezons in the north west. Five army corps and an important siege of artillery are collected upon this line. We are assured that in the north-east and south east of Paris the enemy is established at a great dis tance; a considerable number of batteries, supported by infantry and connected with each other by squad rons of cavalry (unceasingly in movement) are also collected. Thus the enemy is endeavouring to sur round the capital by a sort of circumvallation which, it is said, would be impossible for the French to cut without encountering the enemy. But however numerous the Prussians may be, this man ner of investing Paris might have for them a very serious termination. A blockade, embracing a circumference of forty miles, could only be effective so long as it is our will that it should be so, that is to say, until the moment when we believe it is time to operate by making sorties, or until corps ape or ganised in the departments to engage the Prussian lines. BERLIN, OCT. 3, (5.10 P.M.) Orders have been given to take as few prisoners as possible before Paris, so as not to diminish the mouths within the citys.—Times Telegram. CIRCULAR FROM COUNT BISMARCK. BERLIN, OCT. 3. Count Bismarck has addressed a circular de spatch t..) the representatives of the North German Confederation abroad on the subject of M. Jules Favre's report of the conversation between the two Ministers at Ferrieres. The circular corrects 111. Jules Favre's report in many of its passages, and states that the conditions of the proposed armistice were very moderate. Count Bismarck says that, as the French Government would not take advantage of the opportunity offered for proceeding, even in the territory occupied by the Germans, to elect a Constitutional Assembly, it tliereby.manifested a determination to keep up the difficulties to a con clusion of peace, and a resolve not to hear the ex pression of the public opinion of France. That a general election, freely carried out, would have resulted in a verdict in favour of peace, is the impres sion that forces itself _upon the mind, and one which will not have escaped those who hold the reigns of power in Paris. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COUNT BISMARCK AND M. JULES FAVRE. BERLIN, OCT. 3 M. Jules Favre has addressed a letter to Count Bismarck, in which, in the name of the Diplomatic Body, he requests that notice should be given before the bombardment of Paris commences, and asks per mission to despatch a courier from Paris once a week. Count Bismarck declined, on military grounds, to give the notice requested ; and, as regards the sending of a courier from the capital, he replied as follows : —" Though we may permit the forwarding of open letters from the diplomatic agents in Paris, as long as their contents are not objectionable from a military point of view, I cannot regard or treat as well founded the view taken by those who consider the interior of the fortifications during a siege the proper centre for diplomatic intercourse. This view, appears, moreover, to be shared by those neutral Governments which have removed their representatives to Tours." FRENCH OFFICERS ON PAROLE. The following statement is dated from the German Headquarters . " FERRIERES, SEPT. 29. " The French General Ducrot, taken prisoner at Sedan, had pledged his word of honour to pro ceed thence to Pont-A-Mousson, and to report himself there, in order to be sent on as a prisoner to Germany. Interpreting his word of honour in a Jesuitical manner, General Ducrot did, indeed, travel in his carriage to Pont-a-Mousson, but did not surrender himself there. He has, on the con trary, fled to Paris. " When we see other officers serve there with one who has !despicably broken his word, we can only regard it as a bad sign for the value attached in the French army to the notions of honour. It is natural that, in consequence of this experience, the word of a French officer can henceforth only be less thought of on the part of Germany, and that the consideration hitherto shewn to captive French officers will have to be essentially restricted. The contrary would evidently be foolish weak ness." GENERAL UHRICII AT TOURS. TOURS, OCT. 2. The Mayor visited General Übrich this evening, and addressed him in congratulatory terms on Lis heroic defence of Strasburg. M. Cremieux also eulogised his bravery. General Uhrich, who was dressed in private clothes, replied briefly, expressing his thanks, and said, with great emotion, " I shall carry to my grave' the remembrance of this manifestation •of sympathy." General Uhrich is a prisoner on parole. THE FRENCH MINISTRY AT TOURS. TOURS, OCT. 1. Admiral Fouriehon has resigned his post as Bele- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESD A , O►C FOTIEII 4, 1870. gate-Minister of War, but remains in the Ministry at. the head of the Navy. General Lefort, delegated by the Minister of War, will administer the War Depart ment. Admiral Fourichon's resignation was caused by the arrest of General Mazure, Commandant of the Department of the Rhone, by order of'the Prefect of Lyons. Admiral Fourichon disapproved of this measure, which was nevertheless confirmed by the Government. NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES. LYONS, OCT. 2. M. ChaHemel Lacour, the Prefect of Lyons, is invested with full powers for the preservation of public order. An address is being signed by the National Guard, promising their energetic support to tho Prefect for that object. LILLE, OCT. 3. The Francs-tireurs of Lillors, who were marching towards the Ardennes, have been recalled, and proceed to Breteuil, where the Prussians are an nounced. The Lyons correspondent of the Independence Beige says that a local paper states that the Pre fect had informed the Council that a Prussian army corps, formed in the Hant Rhin 100,000 strong, was marching direct upon Dijon and Lyons• Pending confirmation of the news, great precautions for defence were being taken. Seven thousand Garles Mobile were actively drilling. CALMS, OCT. 3. All the Garde Mobile and regular traops left here to-day for Arras. Calais is now garrisoned by the National Guard, who came on duty yester day. THE SIEGE OF METZ. NOISSEVILLE, NEAR ➢IETZ, OCT. 3. Yesterday afternoon a Prussian battery in front of St. Gamins, on the south-west of Mont St. Quentin, destroyed with shells a bridge which the French had constructed across the Moselle. In doing so the village of Moully-les-Metz was burnt. Last night, at 9 p.m., fifteen volunteers of the 4th Regiment, under the command of a lieutenant, made a dash into the village of Nouilly, in front of the French positions to the east of Fort St. Jullien, and fired it in six parts. The village was entirely consumed. It contained secret stores of food, the locality of which villagers had revealed to the garrison of Metz, but which the Prussians could not discover.—Daily News Telegram. THE EXPLOSION AT LAON. TOURS, OcT, 3 (.4.FTEnNOON.) William and the Emperor Napoleon given by Pr Russell, the Times correspondent, is founded throughout upon mere invention. (Signed) ed ) • BISMARCK. JULES FAVRE AND GENERAL BURNSIDE. VERSAILLES, OCT. 2 (7. 40 P.m.) The American General Burnside went to Paris yesterday from Versailles to have an interview with M. Jules Favre, and also with Mr. W ashbourne. He is expected back to-morrow. About 500 French prisoners were taken in a sortie yesterday. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRUS- SIAN ARMY. MLLE, SUNDAY. The Nouvelliste de Rouen says that the two army corps which were advancing upon Rouen are re treating upon Versailles. Official despatches state that the Prussians have appeared some distance from (Means, marching north. The old Republican party stongly disapproves the policy of summoning the Constituent Assembly. The Imperialists argue against the vote being taken at the chief places of the cantons. An angry discussion is going forward between General Polhes and the Prefect of the Depart ment of• the Loiret, regarding the responsibility for the retreat of the former from Orleans. Letters from.Laon declare that a Prussian Council of War had condemned the Mayor of the town, M. Ferrand, to death for the explosion of the citadel ; but the punishment had been commuted at the prayer of the Archbishop of Rheims.—Telegraph Telegram. Eight hundred Prussians, without artillery, occupy Clermont-Oise. It is also reported that Clermont is now defended by only 200 Saxons. • Prussian troops from Fontainebleau have burnt several houses at Chapelle la Reine. The Prussians are making overwhelming demands for provisions at Melum, and the population are greatly exasperated. Eighteen thousand troops are expected from Algiers to form the army of the Loire, the head quarters of which will be at Bourges. The Paris correspondent of the independance Beige writes that a rumour- has been spread in Paris, either by the French or the Prussians under the walls, that the Crown Prince had written a letter to the King of Prussia expressing regret at the failure of peace negotiations with M. Jules Favre, and commenting upon the difficulty of the work undertaken. THE SIEGE OF MEZIERES. LIBRAMONT, FRIDAY, THE FUTURE CONSTITUTION OF GERMANY. There is an armistice until Tuesday. Marshal Bazaine, with part of his army, is said to be coming. Active preparations for defence are in progress. SIXTY LIVES LOST AT HARPERS FERRY WASHINGTON, OCT. 1. The monthly statement of the Secretary of the Treasury shows a decrease of $9,000,000 in the Public debt. Over sixty lives have been lost by a flood in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. OPENING OF THE DANISH CHAMBERS. COPENHAGEN, Ocm. 3. CANNSTA.DT, Oc T. 2 (EVENING). The Reichstag was opened to-day by the King in per son. His Majesty, in his speech from the Throne, stated that by maintaining a policy of neutrality he had succeeded in sparing the country from the evils of war. Although no human foresight could tell what would be the result and the consequences of the present war, his Majesty said he entertained a firm hope that the question that was pending between Denmark and Prussia would meet with a solution that would ensure the future inde pendence of the country, and strengthen Denmark's good relations with her powerful Southern neighbours. The Speech from the Throne further declared it to be desirable that the session of the Reichstag should be short. A well-attended meeting of the prominent in habitants of this town was held to-day, and an address to the King of Wurtemberg was adopted, praying his Majesty to bring about the adhesion of Wurtemburg to the Constitution of North Ger many. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] MUTINY OFF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The ship Alexandra, Captain Cardon, master, arrived at Galway, from Callao, yesterday. The master asserts that the men mutinied on the sth of July, off the Cape. He fired on them, and wounded one in the arm, and another in the hand. The informations have been sworn. MINERS' AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION. The conference of the Miners' Amalgamated Associa tion was commenced yesterday at Hanley, Mr. Halliday presiding. The financial position of the Association was declared to be good in all districts save one—Worsley--- with respect to which difficulty was pleaded. The Presi dent, in his inaugural address, after general re marks on the value of trade combinations, expressed his full sense of the importance of arbitration, and urged that the men should take this means of settling the justice of their demands. But they should stand for their stricts rights ; in this way, and not by cringing subser viancy, would they obtain the respect of their employers. All laws of supply and demand, pleaded against associa tion, should not, could not, interfere with the just demands of a man to have enough to sup port both himself and his family. Miners, however, should be more careful with their hard-earned wages. 'Mr. Halliday, in conclusion, demanded, greater security for the lives of miners. That was in part to be obtained by the greater care of the miners themselves. To under stand the necessity for it they needed a higher education, and he suggested that clauses for providing such should be introduced Into the Mines Regulation Bill. But by making Government inspection more what it should be, something more might be done than was effected—a mere attempt to lock the stable door after the steed had been steed. laborat c d a few title of ography pears of 6ustable, tections. nveys to n them h of the s a poll- Raid, a mis- ` Fiction hames," ing (this mentary 7 con.- " The all who overbial bserves, to cast b brown ;y of in mcating ading of dight ful brilliant s, as an ity Col -1 it is as that he but a )oration style, sir kind English English ter man Charles appear that its pirants. f three Girdle ie war, itionale nitribu ty," by mpathy :raging iment;" ether a ntinued rs from :cimens -hich so er Bit' ), while Ince of " R6n6 ,er the happier the of papers aber of 'AC Y. egation course 'ontius y from of the uld not e King tumult cry of qDIA om the ;ed) : e Gulf amship I reach break. ctor. M. THIERS' MISSION TO RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 3. Thiers will leave to-morrow for Vienna. He dined yesterday with the Emperor at Tzarsko-Selo. THE REPORTED WAR PREPARA TIONS BY RUSSIA. VIENNA, OCT. 2 (EVENING.) The rumours of armaments in Russia do not obtain credence in well-informed circles in this city. A morning paper asserts that the Cabinet Council held yesterday under the presidency of the Emperor was engaged in considering advice@ from St. Petersburg ; but this evening this report is denied. EXPORT OF WEAPONS FROM AMERICA TO FRANCE. BERLIN, OCT. 3 (6 P.M.) The North German Gazette of this evening says : "We learn from New York that the United States are sending large quantities of bread to France for the French army ; while a short time back a French ship left America for the same destination with arms and ammunition. On the 17th of September a French steamer which left New York for Brest and Home took 26 rifled cannon, 400,000 cartridges, and several thousand rifles." THE NAVIGATION OF THE BALTIC. KOENIGSBERG, OCT. 3. Casks have been laid down to mark thb navigable waters, and the Pillau lighthouse and the lights for Lubeck at Travemunde have been lit. THE OVERRUN DISTRICTS. BRUSSELS, OCT. 2. The ex-Queen of Spain, and M. D evienne, late Chief Justice of France, have arrived here. Large numbers of packages of provisions are being daily despatched to the various localities of the Bas-Rhin, more especially Rethel, Rheims, 11ouzon, Givonne, Vouziers, Faulquemont, and other places, where the inhabitants are suliering much from the want of provisions. THE PLEBISCITE IN ROME. ROME, OCT, 2 (11.15 P.m.) This evening the Duke of Sirmonetta announced the result of the Plebiscite from the balcony of the Capitol. An immense and enthusiastic crowd of Roman citizens and people from the provinces was present. Rome, 40,805 Ayes, 46 Noes; Leonine City, 1,500 Ayes; Genzano, 1,297 Ayes, 1 No ; Frascati, 996 Ayes, 4 Noes; Pazzio, 270 Ayes. Rocca-di-Papa, 329 Ayes, 10 Noes; Grotta Perfett , 151 Ayes, 1 No; Marino, 1,227 Ayes, 1 No ; Tivoli, 1,292 Ayes ; Monte Rotondo, 429 Ayes, 4 Noes; Mentana, 160 Ayes, 1 No. OPERATIONS AGAINST LYONS. NEUFCHATEAU, OCT. 2. It is stated thst a corps of 100,000 Germans is forming at Toul, and is destined to march on Lyons. LYONS, OCT. 2. The red flag is still hoisted on the Dome Terraux as a signal of the national danger, but the tricolour is displayed on the forts and military establishments.. The Prefect has visited the forts on the left bank of the Rhone, which are stated to be in a perfect state of defence. THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. FERRIERES, OCT. 2, (10.15 P.M.) The report of the conversation between King A VESSEL ON FIRE AT SOUTH SHIELDS. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, a fire broke out on board a French vessel lying in Tyne Docks, South Shields. Notwithstanding the active exertions of upwards of 100 men, aided by two river fire engines, and five extra pipes, it was not extinguished till 4 o'clock in tne afternoon. The ship was laden with Esparto grass. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been the spontaneous com bustion of the grass. The name of the vessel is Surath ; she belongs to Oran. She is 603 tons burthen, and under the command of Captain Dabil. She is supposed to be almost wholly destroyed. ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE, On Saturday a marble merchant, named Emile Deville, of Brussels, left Peterborough for Leicester by the last train, to catch the mail for Nottingham. Shortly after the train left Saxby, on the Midland line, a stranger entered the com partment occupied by Deville, who was asleep in one corner of it. On awaking near Brooksley he rubbed his hands over his face, when the stranger who sat opposite struck him on the head with a stick. Deville, who is a powerful man, seized his assailant, whom he expected meant robbery, and a scuffle took place, during which the stranger threw something like a revolver out of the window. Deville held him until he cried for mercy. When he was released, and the train was approaching Brooksley station, the stranger opened the carriage door, and jumped out, and effected his escape. On the train arriving at the station Deville reported the affair to the stationmaster, and a guard went back with a train to the distance pointed out, but no trace of the individual could be found. A carpet bag, parcel, and stick broken in two were found in the compartment, which may possibly lead to the dentification of the man. The police are investigating the matter. THE QUEEN 'ND THE EX-EMPRESS.--Lord Alfred Paget, on the part of her Majesty the Queen has paid a_ visit of sympathy to the ex-Empress of the French atChisle hurst. Lord Alfred was wisely appointed for the duty, inasmuch as he was in attendance upon the Emperor and Empress during their visit to London, and was personally well known to both of them. In the course of the interview the Empress ex pressed herself grateful for the kindness and courtesy exhibited towards her by the public since her arrival in this country.—Telegraph. THE SIEGE OF PARlS.—Private communications from Paris, under the date of the 30th, and official docu ments in addition to the letters which appear in another portion of our impression, have been received in London. The aspect of the city is said to be very orderly, while the spirit of the inhabitants and of the mili tary forces is reported to be resolute and unflinch ing. General Trochu is unremitting in his exer tions to improve the discipline of the forces at his disposal ; and a sentiment of hope and courage pervade every class of the community. There are no signs at this date of despair or of misgiving. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI CULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON.—The number of visitors exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others on the 3rd instant was 5,533. MANIFESTO OF NAPOLEON. The following document has been forwarded from the office of La Situation, a' French journal recently esta blished in London. It appears under the title, "Lea Id6es de l'Empereur," and is introduced by the state ment that Count Bismarck, immediately after the failure of the negotiations which he had with M. Jules Favre, for warded an exact report of what had passed to Wilhelms hohe. The Emperor Napoleon thereupon retired to his cabinet, and the same evening despatched M. de 'Castel nau to the Prussian head-quarters with the following note, the whole of which was in the Emperor's own handwriting : " The King of Prussia, in keeping me daily informed of the events which have been accomnlished since the day when Providence compelled me to surrender my sword to him, seems to call his prisoner to witness the hardships which the Prussian armies are imposing on France, in the interest, as the King believes, of Germany. " The Count's communication confirms me in this opinion. But is the time really come for me to reply to this twofold attention by the expression of my own thoughts ? " Down to the 4th of September, the reserve which I have maintained since Sedan was founded upon a firm resolution to leave the Empress full and entire liberty to conform to the wishes of the country. " Since the 4th of September, however, I have been unable to restrain myself from praying that France, even in sacrificing my dynasty, might succeed in driving back the invaders beyond her natural frontiers. " In the overture made to the Count, the result of which it was easy to foresee, the war has been deprived of its veritable character, in the belief that by this means the responsibility of the movement, to the force of which my Government felt it its duty to yield, would be avoided. " That was to destroy the effect of the motives which we have for refusing to subscribe to the conditions offered; it was, above all, to paralyse the national defence at the moment when it was about to assume proportions worthy of France. " The Count appeared surprised that an armistice, necessary to the reconstruction of a regular Go vernment, should have been refused; and he is astonished that none of the legally existing Powers should have offered an opinion upon what he regards as evidence of the King's moderation. " But surely no one would reproach a Frenchman with having repaired an imprudent step by refusing propositions little in harmony with our glorious past ! " A duel, like that which is taking place between France and Germany, can end only in the complete ruin of one of the adversaries, or in their close and loyal recon ciliation. " The Count, should, therefore, in the first place, ask himself whether Germa,ny.., has a greater interest in the ruin or the friendship of France ; and whether, ii the former hypothesis be adopted, Germany dees not feel that France may derive her safety from her despair, even though Europe consent to remain an indifferent spectator of an invasion that had no fixed bounds. "My interview with the King authorises me to believe that he would much prefer an affiance with France to her ruin ; that he is not without concern regarding the results of a struggle et, outrance, and that he appreciates at their full value the claims which the complete recogni tion of the opinions shown by the different nations of Europe during the war would give to the two peoples thus closely allied. " If such was, in fact, the opinion of the King, nothing remains but to point out the means for making it effective; but does it really belong to the conquered to define the obligations of the conqueror, in order that his generosity may not seem less tolerable than his demands ? "I can only recall to the Count than an appeal is never made in vain to the heart of the French people by heroic measure ; while at the same time nothing can certainly be obtained from them by an attempt to strike in then breasts the chords of self-interest or of fear, to which they will be strangers, whatever may be the reverses Providence imposes upbn. them. " Inclined by generous measures to a close and loyal alliance with Germany, France would be the first to admit that a line of defence between the two Empires, domi nated by fortresses, would have no longer reason to exist. "As to the extreme sacrifices which France ought to make, she would not hesitate to make them the moment that she was allowed to perceive the immense advantages to both nations that would result from a peace which would have henceforth their own free will as its sole arbiter. " Upon this basis the other Powers, which must main tain a complete reserve so long as France shall retain a hope of victory, would have a serious cause for interven tion. " The sincere and plain exposition of the truth has always established a sympathetic current between France and myself, which nothing could destroy. It would be enough, I believe, for me to affirm that our honour has no injury to fear from a reconciliation based on the disarmament of fortresses now become use less—and upon the principle of a war indenmity, to be determined by inventory for peace to become pos sible. _ _ " By these conditions France may be prevented from having recourse to those extremities which, by a caprice of fortune, might easily give the death-blow to the social order of Europe. . _ _ " Reconducted by experience to a just estimate of the divisions which are tearing her asunder, and delivered from the scourge of war, France would not hesitate to acknowledge that, as she is compelled to attribute her misfortune to the want of political unity, she ought for the future to look for prosperity from the strictly observed inviolability of the Institutions. " These considerations are losing weight every day, especially if the King hesitates to take account of them before attacking Paris. The terrible shock which Provi dence has permitted to take place between Germany and France may have given birth to a spark of which progress may make use for the moral and material well-being of Europe ; but if there be an obsti nate determination on either side to abide only by a solu tion of force, a fearful unknown element will inevitably be set free by this shock, as disastrous to Germany as to France," " NAPOLEON. " Wilhelmshohe, September 26, 1870. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] The inquiry was resumed yesterday. Mr. Henry Laird, examined, said : The height of the centre of effort of sails, as shewn in the original design submitted in 1866, was calculated, and the ratio of the stability of the ship with that area. The stability of the ship was ascertained by metre centre, the usual method. Witness made a passage from Liverpool to Portsmouth in the Captain, and was present at two of the steam trials, and went a part of the first cruise. When in a beam sea, resulting from a strong south-west gale, the ship rolled from about seven to eight degrees each way. She rolled easily about eight to the minute. The Captain was under sail and steam, and under sail alone for severa days. The first day after leaving with fore and aft sails set her heel was four degrees, and the Monarch's at the same time a little more. Witness noticed that the ship, when heaving, lurched to thirteen or fourteen degrees. He cared not to stay the whole cruise, but on the return of the vessel he learnt that when in a gale with other ships the force of wind recorded was from nine to ten. The Captain's mean heel was nine degrees, and the maxi mum thirteen. If the ship had had two feet more of freeboard angles of maximum and banishing, her stability would have been greater, but if the question referred to the Captain's floating two feet lighter than intended, thereby having that amount more of freeboard, and the centre of gravity remaining the same, witness was not sure whether her righting force at any given angle would have been greater, because the metre centre would have slightly approached to the centre of gravity, and the displacement of the ship would conse quently have been 800 tons less. Witness was examined at some length as to the arrangement of the masts and sails, and the alt erations made from the original design which he stated were sanctioned by the Admiralty. The area of the sails was calculated on the same basis as those for high freeboard vessels. The responsibility of the witness's firm was of two kinds —namely, the construction of the ship and the provision of proper material and workmanship, and this responsibility was the ship's performance as proposed by the design. He considered the responsibility of Messrs. Laird and Coles to be that of constructor and controller. Witness was then asked as to other ships built by the firm, some of which were not estimated as to draught of water, but he said none had ever been refused on that score. When asked as to data furnished by the Admi ralty, witness said in '66 and '69 he furnished all data he understood to be wanted for thorough investigation of design, which was to be approved or not as the Admiralty thought proper. The only reason why the Captain heeled snore in the second than the first cruise was, the alteration of a portion of weights, or water being in the ship unknown. Captain Coles might be described as having a good general knowledge of the row:dn.:melds of a ship, but not any very great theoretical knowledge of the means of making those calculations. Mr. Reed, late chief constructor, gave highly important evidence. After the president had read extrects from a summary sent by the Admiralty of the whole facts connected with the Captain, witness was asked for any explanation. He said his report of the 20th July, made to the Lords of the Admiralty with the full knowledge on their part and the Controller of the Navy, was,. he objected to the freeboard of the Captain, and cenfined himself to the consideration of the design as a piece of naval architecture, pos sess i ng lower freeboard than the Controllev e , their lordships, and himself considered necessary for the seaworthiness of the ship. His report, consequently, omitted all reference to that feature of the vessel. Beyond this assumption, it was taken for granted that the deck was high enough, which was precisely where Captain Coles, the Controller, and witness differed as to the design, so considered. Wit ness had no further objections than those pointed out in the report of August 18GC. Touching the weights and stability, the President said from the evidence adduced, and the paragraph in the paragraph in the summary, he-was led to believe that the Messrs. Laird and Captain Coles were responsible for the design, whereas from further evidence given by. Messrs. Laird it seemed that they were under the con viction that the responsibility of themselves and Captain Coles on the one hand, and the Controller of the Navy on the other, was joint. The witness said I am of opinion that the responsibility for this design must rest entirely with Captain Coles and Messrs. Laird. Because the Court will observe that in the last reports, prior to the commencement of ships made upon the design by the Controller and myself, are both eases of doubt upon the character of the design, I in particular questioning it up to two points with reference to which it has failed, viz., its floating and its stability. It is out of the question to suppose that their lordships would order £350,000 of public money to be spent, and 500 lives committed to a ship, the responsibility of which was to rest upon persons who had from the beginning to the end believed that the characteristic feature of the ship to be wrong, and out of whose hands the design of the ship and the responsibility had been advised and distinctly taken in order to put to the test the question whether our be lief of a high freeboard as being necessary to a full rigged sailing ship, was a mere prejudice of ours or a scientific conviction. The very cause of the Captain being designed and constructed was that the opinions of Sir Spencer Robinson and myself were not to be trusted, and that we were spewing some prejudiced opposition to the views of Captain Coles. So strongly did I feel that we were clear of all responsibility, and that the time would come when it would be necessary for us to prove our exemption from responsibility that I forbade my assistants to make use of the word approved "in connection with the most minor details, and told them to use the phrase "No ob jection would be offered." Witness concluded by saying that if Messrs. Coles and Laird were not responsible for the success and seaworthiness of the Captain, no naval officer or architect was. In reply to various interrogatories, witness said the Controller's responsibility was to see that the workman ship and materials were sound. Beyond that the only responsibility which arose, Captain Coles being ill, was as far as the character of the ship was concerned. Nothing whatever was done except with the full con currence of Captain Coles. 'Witness undoubt edly had misgivings as to the safety of the ship, and he believed that the catastrophe must have come sooner or later. His misgivings were obvious from. the fact of . his advocating a much higher freeboard. The funnel casings were likely to be started in extremely heavy weather, and in consequence of the large engine and boiler hatches being open to the inroads of the sea the ship was liable to founder. As regarded the Cap tain in time of war, the witness did not like to express his sense of her unfitness. He considered the ordinary masting to be too heavy for the Captain, and concluded that she was lost for want of canvas, and did not believe it attributable to management on the night of foundering. The Court adjourned, after sitting ten hours. It is expected to close to-night. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning PROSPECT OF FRESH NEGOTIATIONS. The Times, commenting on the late interview, says it is probable that Count Bismarck and M. Jules Favre will again be brought into diplomatic relations, and no one can tell how soon this may be. Every week is pregnant with new evepts, and these - may so far change the conditions of the struggle that a French Envoy may once more be received at the Prussian Head-Quarters. The late attempt at an accommodation is therefore interesting not only as an attempt to avert the siege of Paris, but as indicating the basis on which the Chancellor of the North German Confederation will persist in treating as long as the fortune of war shall favour the Prussian arms. M. Favre is the chief Minister of France, and on him it may rest to decide whether this war shall continue until the country is wasted and ruined, or brought to a close on terms which, though unwelcome andinvolving areal sacrifice, need not be dishonourable. He must be ready to meet Count Bismarck in Prussian fashion, and to bargain with him for the best terms attainable. We wish we could believe, remarks the Tima, that th ese terms could be bettered by the appeals of M. Favre to the moderation of the victor; or by his assurances of the repentance of the vanquished. But it is plain that sentiment must be banished from any future interview. The French negotiator must seek ad vantage from other sources. The best of those, of course, is military success; the General who could c)mpel the raising of the siege of Paris would furnish M. Favre with better arguments than any which moral considera tions could supply. But, failing this, be must look to what will recommend itself to the Germans on the score of material advantage, and endeavour to satisfy their demands, while entailing the least sacrifices and the least permanent burdens on the French people. NAPOLEON'S MANIFESTO. The Emperor Napoleon's promised Manifesto, says the Daily News, has at length appeared. It is addressed, however, not to the French people, but indirectly to the Prussian King and his Chancellor; though it is probably intended indirectly to influence opinion in France. It is rather a monologue spoken at France and Germany than an appeal directly to them. The Emperor is clearly conscious that any expression of opinion from him will have but little effect upon the course of the war, or of the negotia tions to which it may eventually lead. He begins with a half apology to the King for expressing an opinion on the situation. But the Royal courtesy in making him from day to day acquainted with events as they happen appears to call for some expression by him as to the terms which Prussia seeks to impose on France. Ever since the fatal Fourth of September he has imposed silence on himself, in the firm resolve to leave full liberty to the Empress to respond to the wishes of France. Even that fatal day has not checked his good wishes and his pious prayers for France, and he has been ready to take even the loss of his Dynasty, if so be that France may be better enabled to chase the invader beyond her natural boundaries. But the Emperor thinks that the attempt of his successors at Paris to approach M. de Bismarck with proposals of an armistice, and to throw the responsibility of the war on the Imperial Govern ment, was a mistake. The Imperial Government, in making the war, merely obeyed a national impulse, and to make a sign of repudiating that impulse was to destroy the effect of any further concessions France might make, and to paralyse the national defence, which was then taking really national proportions. M. de Bismarck naturally thought the terms he offered when France asked for them, exceedingly moderate, yet the Provisional Government, in rejecting them as they did, was only acting in a way worthy of the dignity of France, by re tracing their own imprudent and compromising step. A duel (the Emperor adheres to his original term) like that which is now taking place between France and Ger many, can only have one of two endings. It must end in the ruin of both adversaries, or in their complete and perfect reconciliation. NAPOLEON'S MANIFESTO. The Telegraph observes that the cool, cynical, expe rienced ex-Emperor might surely have been thought one of the last men to regard the present crisis in France solely through the eyes of sentiment and idealism. Yet we find him approving the refusal of the armistice by M. Jules Favre in language almost as exalted as that of the Foreign Minister himself—offering to Germany in the name of France " a strict and loyal alliance " which should take away all reason for the existence of " a line of defence dominated by fortresses "—giving his word to the King that France will yield the two points of disarmament of the strong places and a war indemnity: but, if these terms are not accepted, will fight "to extremities." More remarkable, however, than the conditions to which the ex-Emperor pledges his country are the words in which the assurance is couched. No*, crushed, dethroned, and captive he comes forward affirming that he has only to speak the word, and France would consent to terms of peace against which her present _rulers, and the whole people, by con• tinning them in power, stand pledged. What does he offer to France in exchange? The friendship of Germany. And what to Germany for withdrawing her present claims and taking money for the precious blood of her children? The friendship of France; for neither the payment nor the permanency of these compensations however, has Napoleon any guarantees to offer. A simple statement of the terms' is enough to show the utter uselessness of putting them forward at such a crisis ; and whether or not the ex-Emperor •is making a bid for a return to France as the leader of her been against Germany —or as the associate of Germany in future designs—his manifesto equally shows that the author, like almost every Frenchman who has spoken or written since the war entered upon its second stage, sadly mistakes the realities of the moment, and misreads the signs of the times. says gedy from Is vic2 keling mpli- aued red The , ; en- the: their The ;s irr