The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-12 00:00:00

P THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE WAR. LATEST FROM METZ, A telegram dated Metz, August 11, evening, says no engagement has been reported to-day. Rain has been falling all day. The department of the Haute-Garonne has been declared in a state of siege. An imperial decree has been issued ordering the organisation of one regiment of cavalry and another of foot gendarmes. INVESTMENT OF STRASBOURG. No confirmation has been received to-day of the invest ment of Strasbourg'by the South German army,.as reported by telegram last night from Carlsruhe, under date of Wednesday. GREAT INCREASE OF THE FRENCH WAR CREDITS. In to-day's sitting (August 11) of the Corps Legislatif Count de Palikao said that the late reverses to the French arms would be repaired, and that revenge was both near and certain. Bills increasing the war credits from 500,000,000 francs to 1,000,000,000 francs, for giving a forced currency to the notes of the Bank of France, and limiting their issue to 1,800,000,000 francs, were declared urgent. In the evening sitting of the Legislative Body the Bills granting a milliard of francs for war purposes, and esta blishing a forced currency for bank notes were adopted by a unanimous vote. A rumour is current that MacMahon has been again defeated, and that the Emperor is retreating to Chalons. The Paris Journal says that "Lord Lyons has left Paris to have an interview with King William." In the event of any more demonstrations the most re. pressive measures will be put in force. Marshal Canrobert has arrived in Paris from Chalons. He is supposed to have received special orders from the Emperor. THE COMMAND IN PARIS. Admiral de la Ronciere le Noury takes command of the forts of Paris. Eight thousand marine gunners have just placed themselves under his orders to man them. The French navalartillerymen are considered amongst the first in the world. The admiral is much liked in the navy. THE ENGLISH AN]) GERMANS IN PARIS. The panic among the English residents and tourists in Paris, says a letter dated the 11th, has reached its culmi nating point. The British Embassy is literally besieged by persons in quest of passports, so much so that the sup ply of them yesterday was exhausted, and a fresh order had to be sent to the printers. It is generally anticipated that all Germans will be expelled from Paris. There are still about 40,000 in the capitaL The Gaulois says that a decree has already been prepared ordering them to turn out within 12 hours. STRENGTH OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. A letter just received from Hamburg says the British papers have all under estimated the German armies of the Rhine. As matters develope they will see their mistake. At the present moment there are about 750,000 troops between Rastadt and Cologne ; and it is my belief that in a very few days the combinations will have been com pleted and 500,000 men will march on Metz. ENGLAND AND NEUTRALITY. A telegram from Berlin to•day (Friday) says England has declined to join in the Austro-Italian League for the restoration of peace, which had been proposed by Count von Beust. The League was intended to protect both France and Germany from any loss of territory; but in case of the defeat of Prussia, it would not have prevented the dissolution of the North German Confederation. ANOTHER SECRET TREATY. The Cologne Gazette of Wednesday laysbefore its readers the c o py of another projected treaty, said to have been proposed to Count Bismarck by Count Benedetti in August, 1866. The Gazette says it has received the docu ment from a trustworthy source, and that a copy of it is to be found in Count Benedetti's handwriting in the archives of the North German Confederation. I t consists of three articles, and is as follows : ARTICLE I. The French Empire enters again into pos session of those portions of territory which to-day be longing to Prussia, were comprised within the boundaries of France in 1814. . ARTICLE IL Prussia engages to obtain from the King of Bavaria and the Grand Duke of Hesse, whilst indemni fying these princes, the cession of those portions of territory which they possess upon the left bank of the Rhine, and their transference to the possession of France. ARTICLE lII. All arrangements are annulled by which the territories placed under the sovereignty of the King of the Netherlands are connectedwith the . Germanic Con federation, as well as those relative to the right of gar rison in the fortress of Luxembourg. The Cologne Gazette says that the circumstances con nected with the proposal of this projected treaty were as follow :—A day or two before the sth of August Count Benedetti asked Count Bismarck to give a formal assent to the above concessions, and added that, if they were rejected, war would be inevitable. " Then," answered Count Bismarck, " let there be war." The Prussian Premier went on to say that he could not believe France was in earnest in its threat to insist on such extravagant demands. Bene detti replied that he was on the point of setting out for Paris, and far from advising the Ern , peror to give up these demands, he would advise him to press them. Nothing, he continued, was so dear to him as the continuation of the dynasty ; but the dynasty would be lost if these compensations were not conceded. On the sth of August, Count Bismarck received from the French Ambassador a copy of the projected treaty, with the following note : " My DEAR PRESIDENT, — In reply to the communication which I transmitted from Nicolsburg to Paris, in conse quence of our interview on the 26th ult., I receive from Vichy the project of secret convention of which you will find a copy enclosed. I hasten to bring it to your know ledge that you may be able to examine it at your leisure. I am at your disposal to discuss the matter with you as soon as you think that the right moment has come. — Entirely yours, " BENEDETTI. "Sunday, Aug. 5, 1866." TUE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS SOLDIERS. Dr. Russell, in his last letter to the Times from the seat of war, writes as follows : I have been the accidental and unseen witness of a little Beene just now which is worth recording. A country cart was rumbling down the street with two wounded officers —young men—on their way to the station. An officer on foot beckoned to the driver to stop and went up to the cart, the occupants of which tried to salute him, but he made a gesture, and leaning over entered into conversation with them for ten minutes, evidently asking after their wounds. On parting he shook each by the hand, and continued his way up the street accompanied by two other officers. He halted at my quarters and inquired if there were any wounded inside—they had been removed, some to their last resting-place--- then went on, and meeting a cart full of wounded soldiers, talked to them each in turn, and so went on visiting the hospitals and the wounded in the most unostentatious manner. It was, the Crown Prince. No wonder his men are fond of him. Many did not know him till he had passed on. He told how the soldiers, one and all, seem to rejoice in their wounds, and make light of them for the sake of the cause, and there was an honest exultation in his tone at the honour of commanding such troops. THE EMPEROR'S WATCHWORD. " Dead or victorious" is the watchword at Metz. It was the word of a brave man, a,ndis sure to find a response in every brave man's heart. —Times. The Crown Prince, in answer to an inquiry as to the fate of the correspondents of Le Gaulois and Le Figaro, said, in a good-natured way, he would let them go in a few days, " for they can do no harm by telling all they have seen." The body of General Raoult, who had been reported as missing after the defeat of the cops d'armee of Marshal de MacMahon, has since been found among the dead. A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday /morning near Tours. Two trains came into collision near a junction. One of the trains was filled with soldiers for the army of the Rhine, 20 of whom were badly hurt. Four are now dead. Mr. Odo Russell, who for some years has been employed on special service at Rome, and who has returned home from Italy, has accepted the post of Assistant U n d e r Secretary of the Foreign Office in the place of the late Hon. Charles Spring Rice. UHE MONEY M ARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoci There is no particular change in business on the Stock Exchange beyond a slight improcement in Government Securities. Railways steady; Foreign Bonds without change of importance. Consols are now GO* to 901 for money, and 91* to 914 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 to 911; New Three per Cents., 911 to 911; India Five per Cents., 1091 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001; ditto 4 Bonds., par ; Metropolitan Board of Works, n per Cent. Stock, 981. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 90; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 84 to 84k; ditto of 1868, 701 to 71/ ; Spanish of 1867, 25 to 25i ; ditto of 1869, 241 to 25i ; ditto Quicksilver, 70 to 71 ; Peru vian, 851 to 84k; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 42.t0 42k; ditto of 1869, 53 to 54i ; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 77. The Railway Market —Metropolitan are 643 ; Great Eastern 32 to 321; London and Brighton, 35g to 341; Caledonian, 711 to 73; South-Eastern, 672 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 401 ; Great Northern, 117 to 1161 ; ditto (A), 1211 ; North Eastern, 1341 ; London and North-Western, 1241 ; Midland,tl24l ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 ; Great Western,[64l. Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 1021 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 991 to 992 ; New Zealand Five per Cents., 961 to 97 ; Queensland, 105 ; Victoria, Five per Cents., 992; and ditto Sieper Cents., 111. American Five-Twenty Bonds, 86 to 86i ; Ten Forty, 89i- to 84k. Illinois, 101 to 104 ; and Erie at 17 to 18i ; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 17i to 18i ; and ditto Debentures. The following half-yearly meetings have just been con vened, viz. :—The Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company (Limited), for the 18th inst. ; the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, for the 25th inst. ; and the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Company, for the 30th inst. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 13 to 14; Anglo- Austrian, 17, 1 ,- premium ; Chartered Mercantile, 26* ; Consolidated,) prem ; ImperialOttoma,n, 111 London and County, 51; London and Westminster, 60 591; Lon don Joint Stock, 34 ; and Union of London, 37. In Miscellaneous Shares Berlin Water Works are quoted 15 ; Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. Mortgage Loan, 70 ; National Discount Company, 101 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 40. The Austrian Government have just obtained an ad vance of a million sterling for three months, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, from an association, at the head of which are the Credit Anstalt and the houses of Rothschild and Wodianer. At the meeting of the shareholders of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) the resolutions passed at the former meeting in favour of the reconstruc tion of the company, by transferring its assets to a new company, were confirmed, and the articles of the new company were approved. The directors of the South Eastern Railway Company state they desire it to be understood that a circular which has been sent to the South Eastern proprietors by the East London Railway Company, offering debentures at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum interest, has been transmitted without their previous knowledge or consent. The liquidators of the Unity Joint-Stock Mutual Banking Association have given notice of a further and final distribution of the available assets among the share holders at the rate of 2s. 7d. per share, making a total return of £l4 10s. 7d. upon each share, with £6O paid. The winding-up has been effected by a committee of share holders without charge for their services. A telegram from Calcutta states that the Government of India are shippingby the steamer of the 15th of August £400,000, in addition to the like sum from Bombay, and £200,000 from Madras—in all £1,000,000. The Geelong, from Melbourne, according to a telegram of the 17th of July, will bring £551,625. At a meeting of the creditors of Green, Humphrey, and Co., whose suspension was recently announced, the liabilities were stated at £30,615 Bs. 7d., and the assets at £16,992 ss. 6d. An adjournment for a fortnight was agreed to. At a meeting of the Land Securities Compaily (Limited) the accounts showed an available balance of £3,802, and a dividend was declared at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving an addition of £5OO to the reserve fund, £1,302 to be carried forward. Subject to audit, the directors of the South Eastern Railway Company state that the net revenue of the past half-year available (after paying all interest and prefer ence charges) for dividend on the ordinary stock is £118,453, as compared with £99,015 in the corresponding half of 1869, or sufficient to pay a dividend after the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, with £3,900 over. Considering the state of the Continent, the directors will, however, recommend the proprietors to pay a dividend at the same rate as in the corresponding half of 1869, namely, 2i per cent. per annum, and to carry forward £23,000 to the credit of the current half-year. The report of the North London Railway Company for the half-year ending 30th June last has been issued. The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the Preference and at the rate of 61 on the Ordinary Stock, leaving a sum of £4,874 13s. 9d. to be carried forward. Bar silver and Mexican dollars have again declined in value, the former to ss. Otd. per ounce standard, and the latter to 4s. Did. per ounce. MARKETS.—Tn IS DAY. MARK-LANE. Quietness has been the feature !of the grain trade to day, and the tendency of prices have been in favour of buyers. The receipts of old English wheat have been short, Of new limited ; but the arrivals from abroad have been more liberal. For all qualities the demand has been inactive, and forced sales could only be concluded on lower terms. Barley has been purchased cautiously at about late rates. Malt has been dull on former terms. The show of oats has been unusually extensive, owing to the liberal receipts from abroad. Sales have progressed slowly at a reduction of from 6d to is per quarter. Beans have been in fair request at fully late quotations. Peas met a quiet sale on former terms. Flour has been dull, but without change. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EN ENING, AUGUST 12, 1870. THE EX-MAYOR OF CORK AGAIN: --- - CORK, Friday Morning. —At the usual meeting of the Local Poor Law Board, yesterday, a disgraceful scene oc curred through a proposition made by ex-Mayor Sullivan, who moved the passing of expressions of sympathy with France in the war against Prussia. After giving a chronological narrative of the war, he went to urge the claims of France on the Irish nation, his speech being frequently interrupted. The Chairman ironically sug gested that Mr. O'Sullivan go to the French front, to which that gentleman angrily retorted that his country should not be dictated to by Orangemen. Amid great confusion several members protested against expressing sympathy with either combatant, both the King of Prussia and the Emperor of the French being denounced as " imperious tyrants." The chairman was also attacked for his alleged ridicule of O'Sullivan. Ultimately an amendment was carried by fifteen votes to nine, declining to express sympathy with either Prussia or France. The majority consisted of Conservatives and moderate Liberals : the minority were all Liberals. ------- A FRENCH VIEW OF THE BELGIAN _ _ __ __ . _ ___ TREATY. The Journal des Debats adverts to the circumstances under which the new treaty with respect to Belgium have been entered into, and says :—" No objection can be taken to this treaty, as it was proposed simultaneously to both the belligerents. For our own part, the only thing we see against it is its uselessness. The treaties of 1839, the latest which established Belgian neutrality under the, guarantee of all the Great Powers, were amply sufficient as long as the wish existed to cause them to be respected, and we search in vain for any good pur pose which new engagements on this head can serve. As to the stipulation made by England for confining her self strictly to one special issue, and refraining from taking any part in general questions, this seems to us simply puerile. If, for example, one of the two armies occupied Belgian territory, and England were to join forces with the other power, who could bring himself to believe that this interventionwould be confined to mount ing guard at Antwerp, and would no t f fecessaril y outrun ' the factitious limits of a diplomatic convention. By the mere fact of co-operatinn . with one of these two Powers England would have declared war against the other, and that war would become general by land and by sea. This convention has been accepted by Prussia and by France, with certain reservations as to details. France and Prussia, each from its own point of view, would have been very wrong to have treated this as a serious matter. It is one protocol more, added to others in abundance, which seems to us at once superfluous and impracticable. The former treaties sufficed, and they gave to England and to the 'other Powers all the rights which this new convention confirms. Accordingly we only mention this affair for the purpose of noticing it and of recording the fact. We have other and very different matters which claim our attention." FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. During last night and this (Friday) morning the fire men were called to attend eight fires that had taken place within the Metropolitan district. Out of that number two only were deserving of being publicly noticed, the others being of a trifling character. One took place in the premises belonging to Mr. C. Montague, boot and shoe manufacturer and exporter, No. 33, Royston-street, Victoria Park. It was caused .by a spark from a paraffin lamp, and in a very brief period the workship on the first floor was in a blaze, and the fire was issuing through the roof. The firemen and Salvage Corps promptly attended, and the principal part of the factory was saved. That portion in which the fire began was destroyed. The property was insured in the Sun Fire Office. The other fire happened on the premises of Mr. J. Barker, a gasfitter, No. 1, Brook-street, Upper tilapton. The engines were early on the spot as well as the Salvage Corps, but the conflagration could not be conquered until the greater portion of the premises was burnt out and the roof destroyed. The loss will fall upon the Royal Fire Oflic.e POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—'Ims D.Y. ROBBERY ON BOARD A FRENCH VESSEL—William Greaves, a well-dressed man, aged 53 years, of No. 8, Cobden-street, Sr. Leonard-road, Bromley, was brought up before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police-court, charged with the unlawful possession of a ham, weighing 141 b., and valued at 12s. in the Millwall Dock, Poplar. A dock constable, named Cornelius Cox, stopped the pri soner as he was leaving the dock with a ham in his pos session. The prisoner, in answer to questions put to him, said a man in the dock gave him the ham, which was afterwards identified by the steward of the French ship Silver Star, and said it had been stolen from that vessel. A glass was missing at the same time, which was also found upon the prisoner. Mr. Charles Young, for the prisoner, said he was formerly master of a merchant ship, and was for five years in the Royal Navy, in which he filled an honourable posi tion. The defendant did not steal the ham. It was really given to him. A conviction would destroy all the future prospects of the prisoner, who had a large family dependent upon him, and he did hope at least that the magistrate would meet the case with a fine. Mr. Lushington said he could not swerve from the usua course on account of the apparent respectability of the prisoner. He would accept the proposition that the pri soner was the worse for liquor, but that was no palliation of the offence. He was afraid the prisoner had stolen the ham and a glass from the French ship. He should convict the prisoner of unlawful possession of the property, and sentence him to twenty-one days' imprisonment with hard labour. ROBBING A MASTER, r —Alfred Northwald, aged 17 years, of No. 3, Regent-street, Mile End-road, was charged with with feloniously appropriating several sums of money, amounting to 2585. 100., to his own use, which he had received for and on account of his master. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Edmonds 3 years, and had behaved extremely well until recently, when he began to misappropriate money ho had received for his master to his own use. The prisoner pleaded guily, and Mr. Lushington sentenced hlm to hard labour for 3 months. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.), THE SEFTON LIBEL CASE. The case of the Earl and Countess of Sefton versus Leng was taken at the Nisi Prius Court at Leeds Assizes yesterday morning. Sir John Karslake stated that the plaintiff had brought the action in no vindictive spirit, but because he felt it his duty to the public to promote the action. Proof of the publication of the libel having been given, Mr. Digby Seymour addressed the jury. He expressed the deep and sincere sorrow felt by his client that the paragraph should have ap peared. He also spoke of the ample apology which Mr. Leng had made for the indiscretion of his sub-editor, Mr. Peddie,and crntended that Mr. Leng was not responsible, as when the paragraph was published he was ill at home, and unable to exercise his usual supervision over what went into the paper. The sub-editor, reporters, cashier, and other members of the staff of the 8141eld Daily Tde graph, having been examined for the defence, the judge summed up, the tone of his address being unfavourable to the defendants. After about five minutes' deliberation, the jury returned a verdict forthe prosecution. The judge then asked the prosecution whether sentence should be passed at once or in the Queen's Bench, and the former alterna tive was chosen. Sentence, however, was deferred till Monday, to enable the defendant to file affidavits in miti f,ation of punishment. Lord Sefton was seated on the bench during the trial. THE EVE OF THE TWELFTH. Up to two o'clock last evening Derry, though much ex cited, was free from disturbance. Large crowds were gathered in the streets, and heavy contingents, chiefly to reinforce the Catholic party, arrived hourly by train and by road. To supply the wants of these a regular com missary depot has been established. All persons sus pected of having arms in their possession arc searched by the police. SETTLEMENT OF THE THORNCLIFFE COLLIERY DISPUTE. The Thorncliffe colliery dispute, which has been in ex istence for sixty-eight weeks, was settled yesterday at the colliery offices. The firm undertakes to find three hundred of the old hands work within a month, and the rest as soon as vacancies occur. AN INFANT CRIMINAL. At the Chatham police•court yesterday, before Mr. Guise, a little boy named Benjamin Streator, nine years of age, was charged with attempting to strangle his infant sister. The magistrate said he had wished to send the prisoner to an industrial school, as from his tender years he was very indisposed to send him to gaol, but he found that the county of Kent did not contribute to any such school, and therefore he could not send him to any. The prisoner had previously committed malicious acts against children, and the mother appeared alarmed at his being set at liberty. The magistrate said he could do nothing but discharge him. Discharged accordingly. SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society took place on Thurs day at Rye. A special train was run from Brighton, calling at the intermediate stations, and arriving at Rye shortly before twelve o'clock. The fine old church, Queen Elizabeth's well, and other places of interest, were visited by the members and their friends, and carefully inspected. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER. The first vessel of the Glasgow and South American Steam Shipping Company was launched on Thursday after noon from the Aberdeen Shipbuilding Yard, Kirkcaldy. The vessel, which is an iron-plated screw steamer, of 1,450 tons, classed 1,000 A at Lloyd's, is provided with accommodation for twenty first and one hundred and seventy third-class passengers. She is named the Andes. A sister vessel, to be named the Alps, is being built at the same yard for the company. DISTURBANCE AT AN IRISH MEETING. While a meeting of the supporters of Captain King Harman, Conservative candidate for the city of Dublin, was being held on Thursday under the presidency o f Sir William Wilde, a mob broke into the room, and a num ber of coal porters took possession of the platform, several gentlemen upon which were severely beaten. Captain Kirwan, one of Captain Harman's supporters, narrowly escaped with his life. Captain Harman him self sprang from the platform into tht, body of the 11,111. The meeting had to be brought to an abrupt termination. The directors of the South Devon Railway Company have agreed to recommend a dividend at the rate of two per cent. per annhm for the past half-year. The Belfast Chamber of Commerce on Thursday resolved to draw up a memorial to Government, detailing the grievances under which the public suffer in regard to tele grs.phic communication, and praying that measures be at once adopted to remedy the grievances complained of. The Rossclare Hotel is being sold out, and also the property of the late Mr. D'Arcy Irvine. Mr. Henry Sergeant, secretary to the city of Water ford Grand Jury, attempted to commit suicide at his residence, Tramore, by taken poison. He * still alive, but the doctor has no hope of his recovery l „ Ho was recently married. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. A telegram from Queensland on July 14th says the Ministry has been defeated and has dissolved. In New Zealand prospects were improving, and peace was estab lished. TRIERS ON THE EMPIRE. A private telegram from a correspondent says :—" M. Thiers said yesterday in the French Chamber that tne Empire was henceforth out of the question. There could be no Empire without an Emperor. The Republic must inevitably sncceed the Imperial rdgime."—Daily News. THE BATTLE OF WOERTIT. The Times correspondent with the German army has a letter dated Soultz les Forets, Sunday. It furnishes some important inforniation of a battle of which little is known :—Everything confirms the impression that the great battle of Woerth was an accident, and the belief gains ground that MacMahon, like Douay, had no idea of the force to which he was opposed when he attacked it. At the Prussian headquarters it was . a surprise, and the outpost firing, which extended along the ridge over the WOerth rivulet (a few yards broad and a yard deep) was not considered serious fill the French displayed a great line of artillery on the ridges and opened a furious cannonade. Had the corps on the Prussian left kept more in front, and had the Bavarians coming from Weissenbourg pressed on more rapidly and come on the French left, their escape would have been almost impossible. As it was, when the heavy cavalry repulsed in their charge round through the battalions in the rear, masses of men threw down their arms. Their fighting at Nechwiller was grand. The Prussian generals say they never witnessed anything more brilliant. But the Prussians were not to be denied. With tenacity as great, and a fierce resolution, they pressed on over the rivulet, up heights where the vineyards dripped with blood, and checked again and again, still pressed on with a furious intrepidity which the enemy could not withstand in that desperate fight of eix long hours, during which the battle raged in full vehemence. It lasted, indeed, for thirteen hours, and at one time the French gained ground and got down on to the ridge on the left ; but the main stress of the day was on a narrow front of some two and a half miles along the stream at each side of Woerth, and the final stand was made by Reichshotfen and Nech willer, from which the French retreated by several roads through a very difficult country, by Neiderbronn, &c., on Bitsche. The victory of Goeben at Sarrebrucken opens the road to Metz ; but Bitche, with a strong citadel, still intervenes between his left and the army which ought to complete his communication—viz., that of Prince Frederick Charles. The belief that the Emperor was at Worth with MacMahon gains ground, as several French officers agree in the statements. His Royal Highness seems to think it was probable. A little later this writer says :—" I have been the acci dental and unseen witness of a little scene just now which is worth recording. A country cart was rumbling down the street with two wounded officers—young men—on their way to the station. An officer on foot beckoned to the driver to stop, and went up to the cart, the occu pants of which tried to salute him, but he made a gesture, and leaning over entered into conversation with them for ten minutes, evidently asking after their wounds. On parting he shook each by the hand and continued his way up the street accompanied by two other officers. He halted at my quarters and inquired if there were any wounded inside—they had been removed, some to their last resting-place—then went on, and meeting a cart full of wounded soldiers, talked to them each in turn, and so went on visiting the hospitals and the wounded in the most unostentatious manner. It was the Crown Prince. No wonder his men are fond of him. Many did not know him till he bad passed on. He told how the soldiers, one and all, seem to re joice in their wounds, and make light of them for the sake of the cause, and there was an honest exultation in his tone at the honour of commanding such troops. It is now four o'clock, and a report is going about that MacMahon had only two divisions with him. If so, they have been sacrificed, causing an immense loss to the Prus sians, it is true, but gaining no material benefit.• They must have lost all their guns. The story is very improbable, al though it is quite true, that the French were in far inferior numbers. Could MacMahon, too, have been surprised and involved in a battle so that ho could not withdraw his men ? He handled his troops beautifully, and a change of front under fire, when he retired his left and took up a new line for his guns, is spoken of with admiration by his enemies. Bibeche, or Bitch; on whioh his routed corps fell back, defends the pass of the Vosges in conjunction with Phalsbourg, Petite Pierre, and Liehtenbuig, but, as M. Lavall6e points out, the Vosges may be turned by Mayence and Saarlouis. THE BATTLE FIELD OF FORBACh. The special correspondent of the Telcyraph visited the field of Forbach, or Saarbruck, as it is sometimes caged. He relates his impressions :—Until I reached the base of the heights upon which the French had taken up their position, I had no idea of the steepness of the ascent; and, had I been asked if any infantry in the world could storm those heights under the fire of a force posted upon its advantageous ridges, I should have scoffed at the idea as utterly absurd.. Nevertheless, the battalions of Germany accomplished what must ever remain a wonder to their brothers in arms. The ascent to the Alma was a farce to this position, as an old Crimean officer and I both agreed. The French had three lines of defence, one above the other, each one of which was more formidable than the one already vacated ; their flanks were protected by thick woods, and an open country for them to retreat to in the rear. Everything was in their favour, but notwithstanding this, the Prussians gained a moat decisive victory, for at sunrise this morning there was not a French soldier within miles of the Forbaoh heights. I ascended from the plateau exactly in the centre of the Prussian attack ; the hill is covered with brushwood, and rises to a height of some 800 feet above the plain below. As I passed on my way the Prus sians wore burying their dead, and I stood by and listened to the simple funeral service that was pronounced over the bodies of a lieutenant and sergeant of the 89th Regiment, who were buried where they fell, in one grave. As the bodies, rolled in their cloaks, were lowered, an audible sob by my side made me turn round. I found that it came from a fine, handsome-looking fellow, who apologised to me for his manly grief by saying, " Ah, sir ; I can't help it ; he was the kindest friend and the best lieutenant in the regiment." Proceeding up the hill I found the Prussians lying thick, whilst every here and there the grey coat and red trousers of the, 24th French in fantry appeared. On the top of the first ridge there were little heaps of French and Prussians mixed, whilst on the second ridge the French uniforms lay thickest. Upon reaching the brow of the hill a heart-rending sight• met my eye. It had evidently been the last stand of the 24th ; for their uniforms, mingled with the Prussians, lay to the number of seventy-five in a very small space. Facing the road, with a smile on his face, lay the major of the French regiment. In one hand he clasped a sergeant's hand, and in the other a lock of hair wrapped in a bit of paper. Both the sergeant and he lAA have been shot at the seine time. The woods to the left were, as I anticipated, filled with wounded, whose piteous cries wore heart-rending to hear. On the crest of the hill the Prussian uniforms lay very thick. I counted more than 150 to about 30 of the French. This was the hard-fought-for point, and where all the slaughter took place—l say advisedly, slaughter, for it was nahing less. The unfortunate men were still being carried into Saarbrucken at twelve o'clock to-day ; I leave you to imagine theiNsufferings all night long without a drop of water. All branches of the service seemed to have suf fered ; for I picked up a lancet and some surgical instru ments close to the body of a doctor, who had evidently been shot whilst employed in attending to a wounded man. Here I saw a French soldier of the line, his face still bearing a stern, determined look upon it, even in death, while close by his side lay the protector of his Fatherland, with his face to the enemy and his helmet in his hand. The gallant behaviour of the Prussian troops is beyond all question; and after they have taken such a position, defended as it was with the greatest gallantry, France will have enough to do to keep them out of Paris. The Prussian loss in killed and wounded is about 2,700; the French must have lost also very heavily, but not nearly so many as the Prussians. Their victory —for a victory it was—cost them dear, and the battle of Saarbrucken has quite eclipsed that of IConig gratz. Late last evening the 13th division of the 7th Army Corps took the French town cf Forbach, and the advanced posts of the Prussian army are almost in sight of Metz. The Crown Prince also sent a telegram late last night to say that he had driven back Marshal MacMahon, so that the French are retiring in every direction, and in the present state of things I do not see what is to prevent the Prussians from being very soon on their road to Paris. The 3rd, the 7th, and Bth Army Corps have now formed a junction, and their outposts are already a long way over the French frontier. The regiments that suffered most in the sanguinary conflicts of yesterday were the 3itth, the 40th, and the 12th Regiments ; the 39th had only forty men left in one company, and no officers. If you consider that their companies are 200 strong, instead of 100, you will understand the loss of life is fearful. The Prussians also lost a general, whose name I could not catch. The way in which the people of Saarbrucken have behaved to the wounded will ever be remembered as one of the great features of this struggle for Fatherland. The women were abso lutely running about on the field of battle giving drink to the wounded, and every house in the town at once turned its& into a hooltal. Oman sada, _with wit() aiid eatables, lined the road to rorbach, and all possible means to alleviate suffering were employed. The wounds were almost all Chassepot bullet wounds, and are much less dangerous and ugly than those made by the larger Prus sian bullet. Most of the wounds from the Chassepot are in the head and feet, while those from the needle-gun are in the body. STRATEGY OF rut CAMPAIGN. As yet everything points to the probability of a great battle before Metz, and within a Very short time. The Prussian advlces are so slight that we cannot penetrate their plan of operations with any certainty. We are much inclined to believe that they will endeavour to push for ward their left across the Moselle south of Metz, and, holding the road to Verdun, endeavour to hem the French in against the neutral territory, cutting them off from Paris. Meantime, although the delay is allowing the French the opportunity of concentrating forms to oppose their advance, it must not be forgotten that the Pru,ssians have even greater reserves, which they are now, at all events to some extent, bringing up to the frontier. We have reason to know that on Monday large bodies of troops were - still pouring southwards through Coblenz and Cologne. The delay cannot be supposed to argue timidity or hesitation ; we must look for its cause to one of two motives, or perhaps to both cora blued. These are the necessity for concentrating an over whelming force within striking distance of the French at Metz, and the necessity for bringing great quantities of supplies together for the support of such a force. The Prussians have reason to know that they will be opposed at Metz by at least 130,000 troops, and if MacMahon and De Failly should join Bazaine, by fifty thousand more. The last French despatch says that reinforcements are being rapidly brought up by the Eastern Railway. The Prussians must advance against such a force, holding as it will a very strong tactical position, with at least 200,000 men. Those 200,000 men must be supplied in a country which is by no means rich, and which the French have also drained. The difficulty of forage alone must be very great. The valley of the Saar was burnt up by the scorching heat of the early summer, and before the war broke out hay was bringing nearly four times its usual price. Subsequent to this a French army, of 250,000 had lived on the country. The Prussians depended chiefly for forage in the war of 1866 on the country in which they carried on operations, bringing in their supplies by means of country carts and waggons taken from the farmers. The transport of forage from the interior of Germany would be a work of immense difficulty, and the formation of magazines of supplies would be essential to the Prus• sians before they could venture to advance boldly. It must be remembered that they were not quite ready for war, and that although the French inactivity allowed them to strike the first blow on the frontier, they cannot have been ready to advance into the heart of France. — Standard. The junction of the Crown Prince with the two other German armies is now an accomplished fact. Some have fancied that he would effect the junction by way of Bitsch —in other words, by painfully retracing his steps north westward from Woerth and Haguenau, and chosing perhaps the most awkward of all the Vosges passes for his transit. No doubt, the surrender of the garrison of Bitsch, and also of that of Petite Pierre—a little fortress which closed the pass between Bitsch and Phalsburg —has made the Prussians free of the mountains to the north of the great Strasburg road by Saverne. The road from Haguenau across the Vosges westward to the plain of Lorraine, passing by Petite Pierre to Saareunion and Fenestrange, might more naturally be followed ; but there is another route, which now lies open to the Crown Prince that of Severne itself. We know, now that MacMahon, after displaying a desperate bravery at Worth, to be matched only by the severity of his losses, retired southward upon Sa verne ; but that on Sunday evening he continued his retreat westward towards Nancy, and the town was occu pied by the advanced guard of the Crown Prince. Now Saverne ) which is twenty miles west of Haguenau, is only fifty miles east of Fenestrange, where the advanced cavalry of Prince Frederick Charles was on Wednesday night ; Marshal MacMahon, retiring on Nancy, must, in the three days that bad passed since he quitted Saverne, have got fairly into the neighbourhood of Nancy, by Blamont and Luneville on the south, by Dieuze and Maisel on the north ; and no French troops kept the field to the east of Fenestrange and Sarre bourg. Thus we do not outrun the actual progress of events, when we say, that the junction of the three great German armies has already been practically effected. On the crest of the Vosges, whether by the pass of Petit Pierre or by the Strasbourg route from Saverne, the Crown Prince is not more than a d'ay's march from the left flank of his cousin's army on their western slope ; and since the relative situations of the armies are subject to the Changes which three days have made—for the German centre had reached Fenestrange on Wednesday night, while the Third Army had reached Saverne three days earlier—it may well be imagined that by this time the Crown Prince has brought into line on the west of the mountains no inconsiderable portion of his twice victorious troops. The junction of the two armies may have contributed to cause the delay at which we have all wondered ; but it will also assuredly increase the magnitude and decisiveness of the conflict for which we are now waiting. It remains to be seen whether Bazaine, Canrobert, and MacMahon will really make a stand on the Moselle against forces so over whelming, with troops discouraged and in part disor ganised. Prudence would strongly dictate further retreat; but Paris clamours for a victory, and the Mar shals may be constrained to deliver battle against their better judgment.— Telegraph. WAR NOTES. Cunrous CAPTURE.—The first incident of which we received notice was the capture of a thousand French soldiers in a railway train. Similar circumstances oc curred in the great American struggle, but this is the first of its kind in European warfare. The train was pro ceeding apparently from Haguenau to Bitsche, in total ignorance of the advance of the Prussians beyond Weissenburg. The surprise must have been complete, as not a shot was, I believe, fired. The astonishment and horror of the French when, upon the train having come to a standstill, they looked out, and found themselves covered by the rifles of the Prussian infantry, must have been ludicrous inthe extreme ; and it is fortunate for them that no resistance was attempted, or the slaughter, pent up as they were in railway carriages, must have been terrible. The incident, although of no great importance in itself, shows a want of arrangement and an absence of any system of mutual intelligence between the various divisions of the French army, which is certainly signifi quit of bad generalship, and is in strong contrast to the perfection of the arrangements of the Prussian army. —.Mannheim Correspondent of Daily Telegraph. A. DEMONSTRATION IN BRUSSELS.—At nino o'clock to-night (Wednesday), when I was quietly reading the London papers in the Rue du TrOne, where the British Embassy happens to be situated, I suddenly heard some thing like the tramp of a small army approaching. As a matter of course, I went out at once to reconnoitre, and inquiring from one of the foremost skirmishers what it meant, was informed that the popular demonstration before the British Embassy was about to take place. I ran up to the Embassy in company with an English friend, and we posted ourselves in the hall door, which the servants opened for us just in time to receive the crowd, which consisted of more than 4,000 men of the middle and working class of Brussels. Unfortunately neither the Envoy nor any of his secre taries were at home. The crowd, preceded' by an Eng lish flag, commenced their well-meant demonstration by crying, "Vive l'Angleterre !" accompanied by " Hip, hip, hurrah ! " Then " God Save the Queen " was sung, and fresh cries of " Vive l'Angleterre ! Vive l'Am bassadeur Anglais !" were raised. I told the leaders of the crowd who surrounded me at the hall door of the Embassy that the Ambassador was not at home, but that the English nation would be informed of their mani festation, whereupon a tremendous outburst of " Vivent les Reporters Anglais" (the term by which English newspaper correspondents are designated) brcke forth, and some hundreds of hands were. tendered to me, which I had to shake. To the reiterated cries of Vive l'Angleterre !" I replied, " Vive la Belgique !" and the crowd took up lustily the cry. A few more spirited shouts of " Vive l'Angleterre ! " followed and the people then went homewards. A heavy rain was falling all the time. I was assured by the students of the Uni versity of Brussels, who formed tho nucleus of the crowd, that the number of persons taking part in the demonstra tion would have been at least threefold that present if the weather had been more favourable.--Letter in Daily News. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111.--We are in formed on good authority that the Emperor's health has suffered considerably from the exhaustion and fatigue in cidental to the great physical exertion and mental excite ment through which he has passed. Baron Larrey and M. INT6Ia ton are in attendance, and have prohibited the active exertions which the Emperor wished to make on two accessions since he has assumed the command at Metz. Letters which have reached Paris from two medical *woes, however, describe the Emperer as displaying erhtl, ferenity under sertOus phyucal and mental ;T :toftt'fick MUM lourna. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR RACES.-THURSDAY. The Langley Park Plate. About half a mile straight. Mr. Roper's Bouquetiere, by Voltigeur— Pauline, 5 yrs, 9st Mr. Walker's fby Colsterdale--Tiny, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (Webb) 2 Mr. Hodgman's f by Vedette, dam by Chanticleer, Os trogoth's dam, 2 yrs, Est (car. Est 11Ib)... (Jewitt) 3 Maurice, Sir Pertinax, McSycophant, Cadanette c, and Mousey a also ran. Won by three quarters of a length. The Clewer Stakes. About half a mile; straight. Lord Anglesey's. Steppe, by Saunterer—Seclusion, Bst 91b Mr G, jones's Sauntering Alma, Bst 12Ib (inc. 31b ex.) (Fordham) 2 Mr Lethbridg - e's Faith, Bst 911, (Maidment) 3 Sauntress and Athol Daisy also ran. Won, after a good race, by a neck. 'The Osterley Handicap. About three-quarterS of a mile, straight. Mr Chaplin's Countryman, by Stockwell—Village Lass, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr Faucit's Rodomonte, aged, 7st lib (Hudson) 2 Mr Chaplin's Religieuse, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Newhouse) 3 Won by four lengths. The Castle Handicap. About one mile I Mr G , Angell's Scarboro , by Lambton—Cordelia, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Sir C. Rushout's Vagabond, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Maidment) 2 Mr J. Dover's lonia, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car sst 9lb) (Loates) 3 Vestminster and Westley also ran. Won by a neck. ;The Forest Handicap. About half a mile, straight.; Mr J. C. Stuart's Petioles, by Newminster—Pera, 6 yrs, Bst 51b Mr Joseph Dawson's La Mouse, 5 yrs, 7st 91b . (Hunt) 2 Mr Head's Bonnie Katie, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Butler) 3 Bliss, Religeuse, and Sour Grapes also ran. Won by a head. The Park Nursery Handicap. About half a mile. Mr Goodwin's fby Oxford—Defamation, .7st (Wilson) 1 Mr Chaplin's f by Newminster— Bonny Bell, 7st 31b (Jeffery) 2 Mr W. Hale's Echo, Est 121 b (inc 71b ex) (Rowell) 3 La Giroflee, Metheglin, androisy also ran. Won in a canter by four lengths. A Welter Handicap Plate. About five furlongs. • Lord St. Vincent's Rosalie, by Lord Clifden—Prairie Flower, 3 yrs, 10st Mr Walker's Ude, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (inc 51b ex ...(Parry) 2 Mr Goater's Rockery, 3 yrs, lOst 9lb (inc 51b ex) (J. Goater) 3 Mr Cobham's War Queen, 5 yrs, lOst 111 b (Mr Reynolds) 4 Won easily by two lengths. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER--THunsDAY. EBOR ItANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Mysotis (t2-I4) Bto 1 agst Blandford (offered) 10 to 1 agst Good Hope (offered) 100 to 8 agst Torreador (taken) 100 to 8 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered) 100 to 8 agst Cherie (offered) 100 to 7 agst Moscow (taken) ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) 6to 1 agst Palmerston (taken) 15 to 2 agst Macgregor (offered) sto 4 agst Kingcraft and Macgregor coupled (t) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. August 5, at 9 a.m., The Nigger, out of the Lewes Nursery. August 5, at 9 a.m., Childe Harold, out of Windsor engagements. August 5, at 11.5 a.m., Transgressor, out of Surrey and Middlesex stakes, Egham. August 5, at 12.30 p.m., all Mr. Buckenham's horses out Egham handicaps- August 5, at 2,55 p.m., Aftermath, out of Betting Stand Plate, Egham. August 5, after 6 p.m., C. by Cambuscan, out of Emily, and c by Citadel, out of Lytham's dam, out of Warrington Biennial, Windsor. August 6, at 9 a.m., Baron Audley, out of Tyro Stakes, Liverpool Summer Meeting. August 6, at 9a. m , Caprera and George Osbaldeston, out of Windsor engagements. Aug. 6, at 9 a,.m.,. Mistake ; out of all handicaps at Egham. Aug. 6, at 9 a.m., Ploughboy and Lucretia, out of Stockton engagements. Aug. 8, at 9 a.m., Moscow, out of Stockton engage ments. Aug. 8, at 9 a.m., Disdain, 2 yrs, out of Egham en gagements. Aug: 8, at 9 a.m., Sash, out of King John Stakes, Egham. Aug. 8 4 at 11.55 a.m., Laird of Scotland, out of Wind sor and Lgham engagements. Aug. 8, at 11.55 a.m., Olympia, out of Cooper's Hill Nursery at Egham. Aug. 8, at 1.12 p.m., All Mr. Ray's horses, out of Windsor and Egham engagements. Aug. 8. at • 1.15 p.m., Pretty Bird, out of Cooper's Hill Nursery, Egham. Aug. 8, at 2 p.m., Roxana, out of all engagements in Mr Brayley's name. Aug. 8, at 2 p.m., Soucar and Minnie Warren, out of Egham engagements. August 8, at 2 p.m.. Thornettle, out of Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, Egham. August 8, after 6 p.m., Appeal and Lady Louise, out of Windsor engagements. • August 9, at 9 a.m., Black Gown, out of Wolverhamp ton engagements. August 9, at 9 a.m., all Mr. E. Green's and Mr. T. Golby's horses out of Windsor engagements. August 9, at 9 a.m., Perils of the Deep out of Abingdon Stakes. August 9, at 9 a.m., President Lincoln, out of Windsor engagements. August 9, at 9 a.m., The Poet, out of the Champagne Stakes at Lichfield. August 9, at 1 15 p.m., All Mr. A. May's horses out of Wolverhampton engagements. August 10, at 9 a.m., All Mr. Merry's horses, out of all Handicaps at Windsor. August 10, at 9 a.m., Miss Sheppard, out of the Castle Handicap, Windsor. August 11, at 9 am., Bennus, out of Welter Cup, Windsor. 'The following assumed names have been registered : Mr. McCormack, Mr. J. W. Balfour, and Mr. Eykyn. CoLoußs OF RIDERS. —Mr. J. W. Balfour, black and gold stripes. STEEPLE CHASE FORFEIT LlST.—Marc Anthony (late Rattletrap) paid to qualify, Brackly, Fertullagh. HERTFORD, 1870.—Will take place on Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of October, being the two days immediately following Cheltenham Meeting. BADEN BADEN.--These races will not take place this year. TRAGEDY IN FRANCE. A horrible drama is now spreading consternation among the inhabitants of Meze, where, on the 3rd instant, a butcher, Etienne Vedrinel, in a paroxysm of mad ness, seized a large knife, with which he first attempted to kill his sister. The blade slipped between her arm and body, and she owed her life to a young man who attacked Vedrinel from behind and pushed him towards the door. He then proceeded to a restaurant in the market-place, where, besides its proprietors, he wounded two persons, including a but recently-married wife. Leaving the establishment, he buried his knife in the breast of a professional man, who instantly expired. In a neighbouring street, to which he had directed his steps, he wounded a poor unsuspecting . fellow of Herculean frame. His next victim was an old man, who die: d of his injuries the next night. At last a brave citizen risked his life in the chase and attack of this polycidal monster, but M. Alexandre Prouzet did not manage to cage him till after a desperate encounter and a number of wounds. He is now in the asylum of the allies at Montpellier. The list of dead after these bloody engagements is three, of wounded five, and the authorities attended the funerals. But why has not Napoleon bagged the precious prize, and let him loose among the comparatively gentle troops of Prussia ? The Court will return to Windsor on the 16th, and will probably leave for Scotland on the following day. The subscriptions to the German Assocsation in. Loudon in aid of the wounded and destitute in the Con tinental War, of which Baron Schroder is chairman, now amount to £26,435 lie. 9d. IRISH AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—The return of the Irish Registrar General, giving the agricultural statistics for 1870, exhibits a decrease of 34,359, in the total acreage under flax cultivation in 1870, as compared with 1869. This difference is chiefly perceptible in the province of Ulster, where it is 30,676. In Munster, indeed, there is an increase of 380 acres. The total extent of flax grown in Ireland in 1870 was 194,893. Ulster is, of course, the grear flax district, and 1,392 of the whole 1,511 scutching mills in 1869 were in that province. A NRIV COMMENT ON WISSEMBURG.—TIIO Cosmo politan cicclaims—How wise ! Adding—The Times teems with criticisms on Frenclimilitary blunders. It insolently charges the Emperor with weakness any indecision, and even suggests his abdication. And all because Prussia, with 140,00 0 men in action beat 33,000 men ! The Times is a wonderful critic from its owu point of view, that is its commercial point of view. TIIE PRINCE IMPERIAL UNDER FlRE.—Henry Mayhew, who is the war corresp on d en t o f th e Gl o b e , writes :—" I am told the boy prince's conduct, however, deserved even a higher eulogy than this. It should be borne in mind that Prince Louis has not yet seen fifteen summers, and that it requires a strong dash of the lion in the heart to be 'able to stare death in the face uncowed when the cheeks are as smooth as a woman's, and the wiil which gives the iron resolu tion to the soul is still as undeveloped as the heart of oak that is latent in the acorn. Hence your readers will be as surprised as I was to hear that when the first bullet whistled over the head of the Prince Imperial he raised his cap to it, as if he was proud to make its acquaintance. This is the true Napoleonic stuff assuredly, and shows that though the lad has the amiable character of th 6 Empress stamped on his face, he has all the pluck of the Emperor,engraved on his heart."