The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-19 00:00:00

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SARREBRUCK, SUNDAY The King of Prussia has absolutely refused to treat with a Republican Government, as the general Public feeling outside of Paris is against a Repub lican form of govprnment. It is maintained that the peace contracted with such a government would Sot be considered valid by the French educated Classes, who in Rheims and the surrounding country 13 1 Pas their stars that the German soldiers are present t o restrain the pillaging propensities of the working Class es . The Prefect of Laon has been sent a prisoner to Berlin for allowing the Laon powder mills to be the town hadcapitulated. blown up after The town of Epernay had to pay 200,000 francs for allowing the field telegraph to be destroyed. BERLIN, SEPT, 19, 9.25 A.M In still regarding Napoleon as Emperor, Prussia has no other object than to inform the various Political parties and Royal candidates in France that he Will recognize that Government which accepts her terms of peace. The Republic, ignoring her terms, Prussia, in return, ignores for the present the Republic. The absurd idea that Prussia will only treat with the Regency was never entertained here, and is expressly contradicted by the semi-official I Vorddeutsehe Zeitung, which declares that Prussia Will treat with whatever French Government may accept her terms, and which is sufficiently stable to e nsure a treaty of peace being conscientiously car ried out.—Times. PLOT TO RE-CAPTURE SEDAN. The Manchester Examiner publishes the following telegram:— NAMUR, SUNDAY, 12 (NooN). A plot has been discovered here amongst the French Population against the Prussian authorities, having for its object the seizure of the French guns and mitrail leuses captured on the Ist September at Sedan, and not Yet forwarded to Prussia. The town is declared in a State of siege. The gates are closed, and a search has been made, resulting in the discovery of 2000 stand of arms. Reports of an equally serious nature are arriving from Other towns and from the country, where it is said the peasants are rising and arming themselvrs. The Manchester Examiner's correspondent at Rouen telegraphs, "on good authority," that " a corps of 10,000 French prisoners have succeeded in Waking their escape, and are now marching towards Rouen:" FRENCH OFFICERS STABBED BY PRUSSIAN SPIES. PARIS, SUNDAY. • The Railway between Rouen and Paris has been cut. The bridge of Asnieres has been blown up. Two French officers were stabbed to-day in broad daylight; it is thought by Prussian spies. The advanced guard of American volunteers has arrived in Paris. Ambulances are being organised for the rapid removal of the wounded from the ramparts. The Prussians are preparing a vigorous onslaught Upon the fortress of Schelestadt, with the view of isolating Alsace from the centre of France. La Liberte says that it will take the Prussians two Weeks to get the cannon before Paris, and before t hen a new French army will be raised sufficiently s trong to attack the Prussians.—Lombard Telegram. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. Rumours that but a slight resistance is intended at Paris if present negotiations fail are contradicted by latest letters from the capital. It is even affirmed that everything is pregared to blow up the Prefecture of Police, the Hotel de Ville, and other Public buildings, in case the Germans force an entrance. Upwards of six million pounds of gun- Powder are in store. Extreme Republicans in Paris are unfortunately not easily kept quiet, they are now agitating in favour of stringent measures. Crime is beginning to be committed in open day. Two soldiers were stabbed a day or two ago. The Independancs Belge publishes a letter from Paris stating on information received from the Prussian Head-quarters that the Prussians will not be in a position to begin the regular siege of Paris until the beginning of October, but the recent successes have so excited the Prussian army from the royal Generals down to the lowest foot soldier that t hey have sworn to enter Paris no matter at What cost. As for the rumours of restoration, Napoleon 111. has more chance of entering Berlin than Paris. Alatters are said to be improving at Lyons. BERLIN, SEPT. 18. Prussia is prepared for a prolonged campaign, 10 0,000 furs being ordered for the army. The Staff for besieging Paris has been appointed. It includes Colonel Rief, president of the Artillery Examination Board. A number of chemists have been sent to Prance to disinfect systematically hospitals and battlefields. All the Landwehr officers are asked whether they Would wish to enter the standing army. On the 14th of September a French officer was Shot for attempting flight. The following is the reply of the King of Prussia to the Emperor Napoleon's well-known letter at Sedan:— . "Monsieur,—Mon frere,—En regrettant les cir constances dans lesquellea nous nous rencontrons, raccepte repee de Votre Majeste, et je la prie de biers vouloir nominer un de vos officiers munis de VO5 pleins pouvoirs pour traiter de lit capitulation de Parmee qui est si bravement battue sous vos °rcires. D e mon cote j'ai designee le General Moltke a cet effet. Je suis de votre Majeste le bon here. • " GUILLAME, Devant Sedan, le 1 Sept., 1870." Another telegram from Berlin of the same date s ays the German head - quarters a re still ' at Meaux. The investment of Paris is proceeding s uccessfully. Weather fine ; troops in best spirits. The Commandant Uhrich at Strasburg is greatly discouraged ; the resistance daily feebler, and an early surrender expected. Metz still holds out ; 11133nediate capitulation not likely, but the lines of 14 vestment are impregnable. The department of t he Haut-Rhin is completely occupied. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) THE MARCH. UPON ROME. FLORENCE, SEPT. 18, (Evening.) The Royal troops entered Velletri on the 16th 1118 t., and met with an enthusiastic reception. The division Angioletti 1 ayes Florence for Rome je-day. General Bixio is marching upon Rome. SPAIN AND THE REPUBLIC. MADRID, SEPT. 18. The Government have ratified the official recogni tion of the French Republic by Senor Olozago. the Pais Mates that no agreement hoe as yet been arrived at between the Deputies of the Republican Ministry on the subject of a manifesto to be issued. Senor Castelar is of opinion that there is little hope for an agreement. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The following has been communicated to us from the Foreign Office : Messages have been transmitted during the last ten days by her Majesty's Government from the belligerents to one another through Lord Lyons and through Count Bernstorff. M. Favre has deter mined to go at once to the German head quarters. No basis f r negotiation has been agreed upon. er Majesty's Ambassador at Paris telegraphs as Follows : " PARIS, SEPTEMBER 17 (10 P.m.) " French ➢Minister for Foreign Affairs writes that blockade in North Sea is raised." The correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs the following from Paris:— " SEPT. 17, 2.30 P.M. " The Second Secretary of the British Embassy has returned from the headquarters of the German army. 1. hear that Count Bismarck insists on the occupation of Metz and Stras burg. Paris will be starved out if German terms are not accepted. The Times correspondent at Berlin telegraphs as !ollows: "Neither officially nor semi-officially has Prussia given any indication that she will only treat with the French Regency. But she is not likely to treat with the existing French Government while its authority is only based upon the acclamations of an accidental gathering of people, and while it is repu diated at Lyons and other places. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) FIGHTING NEAR PARIS. PARIS, SEPT. 17, 7.5 P.M. A. telegram from Ablon reports a great movement of Prussians towards the heights of Brunoy. They are proceeding in the direction of the heights of Villeneuve. The Patrie of this evening says that an interview is almost certain to take place between NI. Jules Favre and Count Bismarck. According to the same paper, the members of the diplomatic body will quit Paris. Several, of the foreign Ministers will leave to-night. All this evenings journals, excepting the I?eveil and he Univers, congratulate the Government upon aving brought forward the date for the elections to le 2d October, to consequence of a communique sent by Count Bismarck to the lndependant Remois the editors of the Paris newspapers have held a meeting to pro test energetically against Prussian interference in the internal affairs of France. Tire sense of the meeting was utterly opposed to the restoration of the the Napoleonic dynasty. PARIS, SEPT. 17, 8.10 p.m. A despatch from Ablon announces that the enemy has commenced constructing a bridge near Villeneuve. A telegram from Provens, dated yesterday, says that Prince Albrecht with his staff; 200 cavalry, and a battery of artillery, arrived there the previous day, and left the following morning for Nangis. They demanded and obtained eighteen suits of clothes, such as are worn by French peasants, requiring them, it is supposed, to disguise spies. Sancy, Gourtacon, Ciourchamps, and other villages have been completely impoverished by Prussian re quisitions. _ _ PARIS, SEPT. 18. The five classes of the Institute of France have unanimously resolved to draw up a protest in view of the eventual bombardment of the monuments, libraries, and museums of Paris. The protest will be addressed to every academy in the world, in viting them at the same time to give their adhesion to it. The Electeur Libre says that a Prussian brigade, under the orders of General Vogel von Falkenstein, is encamped at Villeneuve Saint George. The Gaulois announces that 15,000 men of General Vinoy's corps made a reconnaissance yes terday towards Creteil, where 30,000 Prussians appear to be posted. A slight engagement ensued, and the French had 15 killed, .nd 30 wounded. The Prussian loss was much greater. The cannonade lasted two hours. Several cannon shots have been heard in the direction of Fort Ivry and Charenton. NEWS OF MARSHAL BAZAINE. TOURS, SEPT. 17, EVENING. The following is a summary of the latest official war news which has been received here. The service of trains on the Northern of France Railway is entirely suspended. The line has been cut between Paris and Chantilly. Between Ablon and Athis the Prussians fired upon a train. On Friday they burnt the railway station at the latter place, and succeeded in crossing the Seine with 60 cannons. The enemy is anhounced at several points, espe cially Villers Cotterets and Nanteuil. A despatch from the Sub-prefect of Belfort, dated Tuesday evening, confirmsthe occupation of Mulhouse and Cermay, and adds that the enemy appeared to be seeking a fresh route to According to other information their advanced guard had suffered a serious check between Mulhouse and Colmar. An official telegram from Neufchatel, of Saturday's date reports that a 1. alloon was found the pre vious evening, containing 6,000 officers' letters. dated Met; 16th September. Ihe letters say : "We have been surrounded in Metz. Since the battle of Gravelotte we have had provisions in abundance. The army of Marshal Bazaine was victorious on the 14th, 16th, and 18th of August; and on the 31st of August our success was complete, and that is not the last. When the moment arrives we shall cut our way through. The same enthu siasm prevails in the army as when it left Paris. This is the second balloon which we have sent up. No fighting has occurred since the Ist September." BOMBARDMENT OFT()UL . (FRENCH ACCOUNT.) PARIS, SEPT. 17. The Minister of the Interior announces that Toul was again bombarded on Thursday last. The besieged returned the fire and dismounted the Prussian bat teries. Yesterday complete silence reigned in the enemy's camp, but it is asserted•that they will make a fresh attack to-day. THE GOVERNMENT AT TOURS. TOURS, SEPT. 17, 6.18. P.M. The Government of the National Defence is dis playing great activity, and daily conferences between M. Cremieux and the delegates are being held at the Archiepiscopal Palace. Measures have been adopted for expediting and simplifying official procedure and the Government services, especially those connected with the national defence. Intelligence received from all the. departments announces that everywhere resolutions have been adopted for armament and defence, and that con siderab!,, sums have been voted for this object. A. decree signed by M. ,Cretnieux, and dated yesterday, orders all foreigners, natives of States now at war ‘...ith France, to leave the country within three day, unless specially authorised to remain. No Paris or English mail has been received since yesterday. • .• .1 • • TB SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y , EPT.iLl:,]\ I BER 19, 18/0. THE FOREIGN AMBASSADORS AT TOURS. frontier disguised as peasants were arrested by the Belgian authorities as soon as it was suspected that they were soldiers. The Independance, whilst admitting that these. arrests were evidentiy in the interest of neutrality, and the motive for them respectable, asks if they are compatible with the Belgian principles of in dividual liberty, and even justifiable from the point of view of our obligation as neutrals. TOURS, SEPT. 18. Nearly all the Ambassadors, and foreign Ministers, including Lord Lyons, arrived here this morning from Paris. The English mail of.yesterday has not yet arrived.. Military preparations are being made in all parts of Tours and the environs. 25,000 armed volunteers leave to-day for the north. Travellers who have arrived here from Paris this morning state that the woods of Clamart and Meudon are occupied by 80,000 French troops, under the command of General Ducrot. THE EXPLOSION AT LAON. BERLIN, FRIDAY. The injury received by Duke William of Mecklen burg, *om the explosion of a magazine in the citadat Laon, is not serious, but only a contusion of the foot, which does nct prevent his following the troops in a carriage. Yesterday an engagement took place before Fort Ivry between the Prussian troops and three French regiments of the line, some battalions of Garde Mobile, and a battery of artillery, under the com mandant of Fort Ivry. At the last moment the Prussians appeared to be falling back. • News has been received from Marshal Bazaine to the 16th inst., according to which the engagements which took place on the 31st of August and - Ist o September at Servigny and Nosserville were. advan tageous to the French. The sanitary condition of the troops was excellent, and provisions were still abundant at Metz. The Russian Czar, on receiving the news of the battle o!,Sedan, at Moscow, on the 3d September, gave a (timer. When having drunk to the health of his Royal uncle of Prussia, he broke the glass according to German custom, which prescribes that none shall drink main from a glass which has been used for solemn toasts. . CIRCULAR OF M. JULES FAVRE. THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG. CARLSRUHE, SEPTEMBER 18, The Germans have 'succeeded in erecting a battery on the left bank .of the Rhine, 6pposite to Kehl. Last night a sortie was made from the citadel against this battery, when sixteen hundred French were engaged on one side, and four hun dred Badeners on the other. The latter held their ground till reinforced by the Prussians, when the French were driven back with heavy loss in killed, wounded, and .prisoners. The crowning of the glacis is completed, and a breach has been made. Whilst making approaches near Schilttigheim the burial ground of St Helens Church was passed, and the besiegers worked amid coffins and skeletons. Colmar .has been occupied by the Germans. They are marching on Mulhouse. The Mayor.of Chalampi (?) and six inhabitants have been sent to Rastadt on the charge of firing on the troops.—Daily News Telegram. M. Jules Favre has issued a circular, dated September 17; in order to explain the decree which hastens the elec tions to the Constituent Assembly, and the resolution to convoke that body' as soon as possible. M. Jules Favro says : " I will sum up our entire policy. In accepting the perilous task which was imposed upon us -by the fall of the Imperial Government we had but one idetfus-namelyr to • defend Pm% +erektexy. ,tp , save our honour, to give back to the nation the power emanating from itself, and which it alone could exercise. We should have wished that this great act might have been completed without transition, but the first necessity was to face the enemy. We have not the pretention to ask disinterested ness of Prussia. We take account of the feelings to which the greatness of her losses and the natural exalta tion of victory have given rise in her. These feelings explain the violence of the press, which we are far from confounding with the inspirations of statesmen. These latter will hesitate to continue an impious war, in which more than 200,000 men have already fallen. To impose unacceptable conditions upon France would only be forcibly continuing the war. "It is objected that the Government is without regular power to be represented. It is for this reason that we immediately summon a freely elected Assembly. We do not attribute to ourselves any other privilege than that of giving our soul and our blood to our country, and we abide by its sovereign judgment. -It is, there fore, not authority reposed in us for a day. It is immortal France uprising before Prussia ---,France divested of the shroud of the Empire, free, genbrous, and ready to immolate herself for right and liberty, disavowing all political conquest, all violent propaganda, having no other ambition than to remain mistress of herself, to de velope her moral and material forces, and to work fra ternally with her neighbours for the progress of civilisa tion. It is that France which, left to her free action, immediately asks the cessation of the war, but prefers its disasters a thousand times to dishonour. Vainly do those who set loose a terrible scourge try now to escape the crushing responsipility by falsely alleging that they yielded to the wish of the country. This calumny may delude people abroad, but there is no one among us who does not refute it as a work of revolting bad faith. "The motto of the elections in 1869 was peace and liberty, and the Plebiscite itself adopted it as its pr.o eramme. It is true that the majority of the Legislative Body cheered the warlike declarations of the Duke de Gramont ; but a few weeks previously it had also cheered the peaceful declarations of M. 011ivien A majority emanattng from personal power believed itself obliged to follow docilely, and voted trustingly. But there is not a sincere person in Europe who could affirm that France, freely consulted, made war against Prussia. Ido not draw the conclusion from this that we are not responsible. We have been wrong, and are cruelly expiating our having tolerated a Government which led us to ruin. Now we admit the obligation to repair in a measure of justice the ill it has done. But, if the Power with which it has so seriously compromised us takes advantage of our misfortunes to overwhelm us, we shall oppose a desperate resistance ; and it will remain well understood that it is the nation, properly represented in a freely elected Assembly, that this Power wishes to destroy. " This being the question raised, each one will do his duty. Fortune has been hard with us, but she has unlooked-for revulsions, which our determination will call forth. . Europe begins to be moved, and sympathy for us is being re-awakened. The sympathies of foreign Cabinets console us, and do us honour. They will be deeply struck by the noble attitude of Paris, in the midst of so many redoubtable causes for excitement. Serious, confident, ready fox the utmost sacrifices, the nation in arms descends into the arena without looking back, and having before its eyes this simple but great duty - 7 -tixe defence of its homes and independence. "I request you, sir, to enlarge upon these truths to the representative of the Government to which you are at credited. He will see their importance, and will thus obtain a just idea of our disposition." The Ambassadors of Austria and England, and the Charge d'Affaires of Russia, left Paris on Saturday moil ing for Tours, in order to be able to keep up uninterrupted intercourse with their Governments. They will net cease to be in communication with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. in Paris. The Ministers of the United States, Belgium, and Switzerland have informed M. Jules Fevre that they will remain with him. RUSSIA AND FRANCE. ST. PETERSBURG-, SEPT. 17. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day, in an article upon the best means for bringing about a conclusion of peace, says that France must not oppose the demolition of her fortresses. The conscience of Europe and the civilised world declares that her honour does not require her to expose herself for. such a cause to fresh catastrophes. In the Constituent Assembly there will be found men to say :—We will not refuse to have our fortresses destroyed, for that course will, after our misfortunes, seal a pact of reconciliation and mutual respect, the bravery of the French soldiers having been openly acknowledged by the enemy. The article adds : "If the French had been vieforious, would they have been satisfied with a pecuniary indemnity F A sincere answer could only be in the negative." SPAIN AND FRANCE. MADRID, SEPTEMBER, 18. A. Republican manifestation will be made to morrow at Toledo, in honour of Francd . . It is declared that after giving certain explanations to the Spanish Ministry Senor Olozaga will return to his post of Ambassador in Paris. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The Times publishes the following telegram, dated Wilhelmshohe, Saturday evening :—" Lady Cowley arrived on a mission from the Empress in the forenoon, and, after a long interview with the Em peror Napoleon, returned. to England in the evening." ITALY AND ROME. FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER 17. The Italian troops were receivel with enthusiasm at Civita Vecchia. Tricolor flags were hoisted and shouts were raise I of " Long live the King of Italy. The result obtained without a drop of blood being shed is due to the energy of General Bixio during the negotiations with the Papal authorities. FLORENCE, SEPT. 18. The Official Gaeette publishes. the following tele grams : _ _ • _ _ _ "Monte Rondo, Sept. 17 (Evening). " To-clay, at noon, Baron Arnim, the North German Minister at Rome, went to the head quarters of the Italian troops to tender his good offices, and at the same time to learn General Cadorna's intentions, He informed the latter that the military element was master of the situation at Rome, and that, consequently, resistance was in evitable. General Cadorna in reply assured Baron Arnim that he had no other intentions than those already manifested on the part of the King's Government. As to himself, he had shown the greatest forbearance and all possible regard for the adversaries opposed to him, but he would not withhold from Baron Arnim that, in presence of the unsrtisfactory reply given to the Italian park mentaire, ho was unable to delay longer putting an end to the overweening behaviour of the foreign troops who domineered over the city of Rome and the will of the Pope himself. Baron Arnim asked for a respite of 24 hours, in order to make fresh representations to the• Pope. The general ; complied with this request, ant promised not to I undertake any decisive operations during the time • granted. "Baron Arnim will return to the camp to-mor row.. Meanwhile the troops continue . their move ments for surrounding the Efernal City , " The Times correspondent at Monteviso telegraphs that General Cadorrta crossed the Tiber at Casale. Notwithstanding two refusals returned to his offers of truce, the General, upon a request from, has con sented to delay his operations for entering the city for 24 hours. GARIBALDI AND MAZZINI. FLORE N CE, SEPTEMBEU 17. Garibaldi has not left Caprera. The letter attri buted to Mazzini—irt which he pledges himself to renounce his efforts to make Italy Republican, pro vided the King's Government occupied Rome and made it the capital of Italy—is a hoax. Mazzini has written no letters.—. Daily News 7 eleqram. BISMARCK AND BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 17. The Ftoile Belge reproduces, under reserve, the following 'statement published by the Echo de Luxembourg. Count Bismark is said to have asked explanations of the Belgian Go vernment respecting the alleged passage on the 31st of August of a corps of 12,000 French. troops at Sugny and Puscmunge, who were thus able to reach France without. being arrested by the Belgian authorities. The Etoile Beige says that if this statement is not 'true the Belgian Government would do well to con tradict it. The Independance Beige of to-day pUblishes an article, in which ',,after confirming the numerous desertions which have taken place among the French prisoners at Sedan, it states that those fugitives of which the most part gained the THE SIEGE OF PARIS. Writing, from Paris on the 16th inst., the correspondent of the St? udard says :—" The news which I sent you last night by letter and telegram is fully confirmed. The Prussians are 'within sight of Paris, and the train which takes away this letter and myself will in all probability be the last, or the last but one, that leaves the city. Last night the monotony of expectation was relieved by a good deal of excitement. General Vinoy, with a large force of artillery and infantry, moved from Neuilly (west of Paris) in the direction of the east, and the passage of the troops down the Rue Rivoli and the Faubourg St. Antoine gave rise to an impression that an action was about to be fought on the banks of the Marne. Later in the evening there was an alert on the boulevards. A bugler of the Garde Mobile, who happened to be bellicose in his cups, amused himself at about half-past nine, p.m. by sounding the assembly ; as a matter of course, all the drums and bugles within earshot took up the signal; the Mobiles and Sedentary National Guards hurried to their different rendezvous; crowds hurried to and fro wondering what the matter was, and it was a long time before the agitation subsided. The feeling of uneasi ness which it is natural the enemy's approach must create was not undiminished by the official announcements pub lished this morning that the Prussians had captured one train on the Northern Line at Senis, and fired into another near Chantilly. The circle which is to seclude Paris frot the rest of the world is evidently being rapidly completed, and before twenty-four hours are over Paris will have been placed in quarantine, and no means of transmitting tidings of what may be going on inside will be procurable. Meanwhile the town is fast filling with those of the inhabi tants of the outlying suburbs whe had been hoping against hope that they would not be molested. The population of Sevres, St. Cloud, Neuilly, and As nieres are all coming in, and the national guard of these localities, mostly shopkeepers, are billetted upon resident Parisians. Two of these citizen soldiers have been quartered on - me for an indefinite time, and I am bound to find them a room and sleeping accom• modation, either in my house or out of it, one of the unplea sant necessities of war which it is impossible to escape. There is hut one course, to submit cheerfully, and request the citoyens who are thus forced on your hospitality to make them selves at home, and trust to their good feeling to do as little damage as possible. The country Mobiles are the most desirable of these unwelcome guests. The two oitoyens who honour me with their Rresence are small shopkeepers from Neuilly, red hot ' Democrats, and" very anxious to assert their superiority. They were not pleased with their beds, and intimated that "feather beds were what they were accustomed to." They also made an attempt—an abortive attempt—to be supplied with breakfast, but as I stead fastly demurred to this they shouldered their muskets and went off to tne nearest wine-shop, muttering that I was no patriot, and had not a Republican Km]. SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—This EVENING. CESAREWITCH. 10 to 1 agst Wheatear (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Tabernacle (taken awl offered) 1000 to 70 agst Tabouret (offered -1 000 to 60 taken) 190 to 7 agst Hawthornden (offered) 20 to 1 agst Falkland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mars (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Adonis (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Make Haste (taken and wanted). 30 to 1 agst Typhoens (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Bonny Swell (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Recorder (taken) 40 to 1 agst Royal Rake (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Pax (taken) 2000 to 40 agst Cherie (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Ploughboy (taken) 500 to 10 agst True Blue (taken) 5000 to 75 agst Sister to Cherie (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Spy (taken) 1000 to 9 agst Nightjar (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 7 agst Podesta (offered) 20 to 1 agst Tabernacle —offered (25 to taken freely) CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. CESAREWITCH. 100 to• E 9 agst Wheatear (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Tabouret (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Blueskin (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Faraway (taken) 500 to 10 agst Normanby (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1000 to 70 agst Podesta (offered) 3000 to 100 agst Tabernacle (taken, after 40 to 1 take to £100) 33 to 1 agst Fichu (taken after 40 to 1 laid) (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. As at present arranged the naval court-martial concern ing the loss of the Captain will be opened at Portsmouth to-morrow. Probably all the squadron will at once repair to Portsmouth on this account ; but it is possible that some of the ships may be kept at Portland, their captains being summoned to Portsmouth to constitute the court. ;air Spencer Robinson and Mr. E. J. Reed will, it is be lieved, giVe evidence in order - that a full accouut„of Captain's peculiarities of build and arrangement may be placed on official record. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A FIRE BRIGADE. Yesterday morning about one o'clock a serious fire broke out in Messrs. John Gordon and Co.'s warehouse, Trades lane, Dundee. The warehouse was stored with flax codilla, tow, and jute, the total quantity being about 1,500 fens. The cause of the fire is unknown. The mate rial was almost totally consumed, and the building was destroyed. The loss is estimated at about forty thousand pounds. It will be met by insurance. While the fire was raging a fearful accident happened. Captain Fyffe, of the Fire Brigade, Sergeant Watson, of the police, and several others who were.engaged in endeavouring to subdue the fire, had the misfortune to be buried under a portion of the wall of the building which gave way, and Captain Fyffe, Sergeant Watson, Robert Jenkins, and John Clark were killed. Inspector Rennie and above a dozen others were seriously injured. The accident has created great excitement in the town. BOILER EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE. Two men• were killed and several injured, on Satur day, by the explosion of a boiler at the Chatterley Company's Iron Works. There were three hundred men on the works, several of whom had narrow escapes. The damage done to the works is estimated at £l,OOO. LIRE MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two O'CLCCR. On the Stock Exchange Railways and Foreign Bonds are rather easier. Business on the whole is firmer. Consols are steady at 92i to 92k. In Foreign Stocks, Italian Turkish, and Egyptian are 1 higher, and Spanish 1. The prices are now as follows :—ltalian of 1861, 521 to 52i ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 271 ; ditto of 1869, 261 to 26i ; Turkish Five per Cents., 441 to 442 ; ditto of 1869, 55g to 55a ; Peruvian 861 to 87-1 ; and Egyptian of 1868, 76 to 76g. The Neue Freie Pre,sse of Vienna, in alluding to the position of Austrian securities in other countries, says that the recent events, which have caused great fluctua tions in most foreign stocks, have exercised comparatively slight influence on those of Austria. After an umimport ant decline, there was a general recovery, and there is every symptom of confidence being upheld. A telegram from Sir Charles Bright, dated Morant Point, Jamaica, the 15th inst., announces to the India Rubber Telegraph Company that he has laid the Jamaica section of the West India Cables, and that the line will be opened in a few days. It appears that the Bank of France has constituted the branch at Tours its main centre of business during the siege of Paris, and that, according to the return of the present week, its, stock of bullion stands at £31,600,000. The reduction from the high and unprecedented point atttained shortly before the commencement of the war bas thus been nearly £21,000,000. According to telegrams received by Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co. the American cotton crop for the year ended the 31st ult., has amounted to 3,035,000 bales against 2,260,000 in the previous year, being between 300,000 and 400,000 bales in excess of the original esti mates, consequent upon the exceptionally favourable picking season. LYCEUM THEATRE. —- - - 'On Saturday evening this theatre was reopened under the management of Mr. E. Falconer ; the novelty produced being a new Irish melodrama, entitled " Innesfallen, or the Men in the Gap," from the pen of the manager. The principal characters were supported by Mr. S. Emery, Mr. Nelson, Mr. E. Falconer, Miss Ernstone, and Miss i'atti Josephs, but, doubtless, owing to the hurry in which the piece had been brought forward the success was not as great as it might have been. With judicious curtailment, and the removal of two or three incidents that it was plain did not please the public on Saturday evening, the drama may be made attractive, but it certainly will not turn out another " Peep o' Day." Mr. Falconer's reception was particularly enthusiastic, and it seemed to be the desire of all present to assist Mr. Falconer in securing success. The scenery and entire mounting of the piece was extremely beautiful, and we have faith enough in it to believe that ,it will, after the necessary alterations have been made,' become highly attractive. Mr. Falconer has our best wishes for perfect success in his venture. POLICE IN lELLIGENCE. -THIS D AY . EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY. —George Webber, 30, late under Sir Edmund St. Aubyn, of 84, Eaton Place, was brought up at Westminster Police-court, charged with stealing 300 ounces of plate, value £BO, the goods of his master, in his dwelling house. A man named Wilton Barratt was charged at this court about three month-4 ago with feloniously receiving the plate, which he pledged at Messrs. Vincent and Balls , pawnbrokers, at Brompton. He was tried at the sessions and sentenced to 12 months hard labour, and stated that the prisoner Webber had given them to him to dispose of. Thomas Cheshire, servant to Sir Edmund, said on the 27th of July he counted the plate and found it short. The prisoner was then in the service, and witness made certain, before charging him, by sending to Devon Port, where Sir Edmund banks ; they were not there, and the police being communicated with, apprehended Barratt, who made a statement when apprehended. On prisoner were found two shirts, one belonging to witness and one to Sir Edmund's son. William Taylor, a detective, proved apprehending prisoner on Satarday at Victoria station. On him and found a portmanteau and hat case belonging to Prince Achille Murat ; he made no answer to the charge, but asked if witness had a warrant, and then went to the station quietly. Mr. Dayman advised the prisoner to say nothing now until he heard all the evidence against him, as the other prisoner would be brought up to give his version of the matter on a future day. He was accordingly remanded till Monday. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE--John Lynch, a rough looking young man, was charged at the Marlborough street Police-court with assaulting Mary Rose, a young woman living in Peter-street, St. James's. Mr. Wm. Moore, of the Associate Institute for Enforcing the Law for the Protection of Women, watched the case. The co mplainant, who had a black eye and a cut on the temple, said that on Saturday night, while in Windmill street the prisoner insulted her and then struck her several times with a stick till she was nearly insensible. The prisoner said the complainant was always following him about and annoying him, and he did not want her to do so. Mr. Knox said that under no circumstances had the , Prisoner a right to strike the complainant. It was a case ..of excessive violence, and the prisoner would be com mitted for a month with hard labour. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning M. JU FAVRE'S &BOMAR. The Times considers that M. Foyle's present languag justifies the conclusion that no effort will be wanting on his part to secure peace, if tt li Can be obtained with out dishonour; but it proves more than this, for it shews that he now recognises the truth that France is responsible for the vices and crimes of the Im perial regime, and may consent without dishonour—nay, with the highest honour—to pay the penalties justly due in consequence. M. Favre seeks an interview with Couht Bismarck, and he frankly explains that he will meet the Chancellor of the Confederation prepared-to acitnoep ledge "the obligations of France to repair in a measure of justice the ill the Imperial Government" did to Ger many. It is possible that the fair promise of Peace, thus opening before our eyes may prove abortivt. For a moment it seems as if the triumph of destru :oft.-vrere to be arrested, that the home of the arts and e life were to be spared the visitation of war's "0, expe riences ; but the prospect may immediately dor over again, and the city be left enwrapped in fiiit and encircled in blood. The King of Prussia has at every step given evidence of that spirit of simple piety which ani mates his breast, and the Crown Prince, while most vic torious in war ; has professed his ardent love of peace. We shall not, continues the Times, be easily persuaded that peace is impossible or will not be secured. Something must in any case be attained by the interview between M. Favre and the Chancellor of the Confederation. The exact points for which the war is to be continued, if it should be continued, must be defined. The terms ou which the King will insist as the just and necessary conditions of peace must be stated. The issues on which negotiations may be broken off will be made clear. The Telegraph thinks that there is yet life in the nego tiations which have been passing between the belligerent nations. The difference between the negotiators—thus apparently dead-locked—is strongly indicated in the firm and dignified circular which M. Jul es Favre issued on Satur day to the representatives of France abroad ; and it is ominous. Germany is perfectly ready to go on fighting, and France is far less ready. More over, the impending fate both of Metz and of Strasburg loads the balance of destiny heavily Against _the vanquished country ; and possibly Count Bismarck is waiting for important news from these two points. It is equally possible that he may have a policy of his own—that he maybe meditating adroit combinations which at a happy hour will make Europe admire hiss saga 3ity, and show how the knot may be untied without the fatal sword-edge of Moltke. But the French nation, face to face with its victors, must for itself decide upon the course to be adopted. Even if Germany were to be content with the razing of the fortresses of Metz and Sti asburg, that condition of peace, which has now been offered, is in contraven tion of M. Favre's first unlucky defiance ; so that rather than plunge France deeper into the abyss of war, her truest friends will be those who candevise some middle term that may satisfy the exacting demands of both sides, and terminate a struggle which the whole world regards with horror and dismay. TUB EXPORT OF ARMS. On Saturday we (Daily News) published two state ments which may be usefully examinectin contrast with each other. The first was a list of subscriptions from persons in every part of the country to the funds of the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War. The second was a list of arms and ammunition which we have reason to be lieve have been recently exported, or are now in course of preparation for export, to one of the belligerents by certain manufacturers in London, Birmingham, and Sheffield. The pounds, shillings, and pence, the linen Sharpie and lint of the former, read curiously enough by the side of the Chassepots, Sniders, and Martini-Henrys, the needle-guns, the Remington revolvers, and the can. tridges of the latter. In combination they afford a striking illustration of the strange union of public generosity with private greed which constitutes the leading peculi arity of our character as a nation. It is not improbable that several of the names which occur in the one would be found on inquiry to be entered on the other list. It is quite possible that the bane and the antidote may at this moment be proceeding from the same source, that a portion of the profits reaped by the dealers in implements of lestruction•may be applied to the reparation of the mis 31iief they may produce, and that the very hand which has supplied the bullet may furnish the bandage for the wound it may . create. These amiable inconsistencies in human nature form an interesting subject for contempla i lion to the philosopher. But they are apt to regarded with far less composure by people who are practically affected by their development. Wu 3annot be surprised if the Germans in particular should thew some disposition to regard our ostentatious display A sympathy for their maimed and mutilated soldiers, at all events, as so much hypocrisy and imposture, while at the same time we are systematically arming their memies with the means of maiming and mutilatftig them. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The Standard considers that unless the King' Prussia turi his confederates have completely changed their minds in the last day or two, peace negociations can lead to nothing. So far as we are acquainted, says that journal, Kith their views—and the expression of - them is of the clearest and most emphatic character, they will make no peace except upon the basis of a dismemberment of France, which no Government of France, unless insti tuted ad hoc by Prussian military governors, could accept ; Ind, what is more, they will not deign to treat, with any )they Government than the one of their own making. Count Bismarck informed our correspondent five or six days ago that Germany would fight for ten years rather ;han make peace without obtaining territorial guarantees, and sufficiently indicated what he con sidered must be the maximum of those guarantees by ieclaring the possession of Metz and Strasburg to be :ndispensable. ' If Count Bismarck promises a little too much for Germany in engaging her to such a ten years' war of aggression, he no doubt states clearly enough the present purpose of Prussia and her allies. No one knows better the mind of the King of Prussia than Count Bis marck, whose business it has been for many years to form Ind guide it. If Count Bismarck says "we must have Metz and Strasburg," that is the resolution of Germany at the time he speaks. Of course circamstanoes may modify that resolution. A successful defence of Paris, the expul sion of the German armies from France, the intervention of the neutral Powers, might effect a remarkable revolution in the ideas of the Sove reigns of whom in this conjuncture Count Bismark is the mouthpiece—a revolution which would soon extend through Germany. But up to the pre sent moment no fact of this kind has -occurred to influence the decision announced by Count Bismarck to our -correspondent: Prussia wi►l not make peace except upon the condition that Alsace and Lorraine are, in spite of the vehement, the almost savage protests of their pepu lations, to be made German, and as no French Govern,ment whose members lay claim to the slightest patriotism can agree to a peace of that sort, it may be taken to follow that peace is out of the question for the present, even if the Prussian Government would treat with the present Possessors of power in France. LOSS OF A VESSEL IN YARMOUTH ROAD. Captain Sellars, of the barque Eliza Smeed, of Roches ter, reports that he was l3ing at anchor in Yarmouth Roads about four o'clock on Sunday morning, during a thick fog, when he observed a steamer coming south slowly, and blowing her steam whistle. Just before the steamer approached he heard a crash as of a collision, and shrieks of men, and as the steamer passed Captain Sellars hailed them and asked what had happened, but he re received no reply. He subsequently lowered his boat, and with a few hands went to the spot to render assistance, but all he saw was a mass of wreck. At daylight it was evident that a vessel had been run down, but as yet it is unknown what vessel it may be. It is feared all the crew are lost, A fire broke out in Mr. Brandingham's shed, Monk wearmouth, Sunderland, on Saturday night. A man, whose name is unknown, rushed into the house while the fire was raging, and in spite of the efforts of the police. At that instant the roof fell in, burying the man burnt, ruins. When got out soon after he w as fri g htfully and died in a few minutes. Chunder Sen delivered a farewell address at Southall ton on Saturday afternoon, previous to sailing for • India. He urged the importance of bringing into harmonythe minds of England and India as necessary to India's successful future. Miss Carpenter spoke on Friday night on the importance of educating the women of India. DR. CUMMING ON THE WAR. - Dr. Cumming delivered the second of his series of sermons last night on the war. He continued his subject from the Sixteenth Chapter of Revelations, in order to prove that the present crisis was in accordance with prophecy. He instanced the various wars, extending over a number of years, to show that they tendeti to the over throw of Papal power, and contended that Prussia was in instrument in the hands of God, and a means to the working out of the Revelation. The three evil spirits that came out of the mouths of the dragon, the Vast, and the false prophets, and which were represented in the evil passions of men, was the explanation of this revolution, and were the real elements cf war. Peace would not be . on earth until the coming of the great Master of Peace. ::vim.••••