The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-09 00:00:00

xmanitted ;tempts at XCII.ISiVeI9 3St of the of a fidtl and liabi" ch a trust. overnmeut no escape wry prig" be stied' not above therefore) ale of the e Govern' e for the •sonal and ject being lie most - of ;he claims o try pro' )t satisfied how wido- ,roci ti es in universally the empire Ts equally y condemn .nnient to inless the tho view sight can, ended the " turn rig powder vo-fan wee his arieh ?skin and the letter Shanghae mong the that Lord overnment eer thinks arlier with ities which I the other ies of the ice is done rips to the od is that et locality would not hce might ilth, but a in the hot bjecting to :es of Incha magining s " Execa nits of the that the le for the specta Cal' 15 Simla 10. nbr. , Nov. 6. ,t th© parioh ridport were :NTAL M. Thiers le has advo - I late diplo to consider ;rant him A THE Ltinople, o • an 01a rn question. lge that she 'ar. Since itoring her in 1859 and ►sunder the t now " she above all. add in all admit that suppose her crificing her iat a secret de Laguer . iu it, and 3inion. lie ch territory lug similar ntervention ns. " Such ,e resistance ially whose le impulse overns her. tchakoff to roke against niggle with iis policy is a hazardous revive the )ortion ae he French Bosphorus ; r recrossing :e to Berlin of Charle zt Constan :B, mnst fol. a German ermany, 1 0 fleet in the sek another s Mediter ralysed, she re adds that Ire of this, f M. Jules noble and behalf of says, be' vent Wiil at its net he neutral )erhaps, for ?ported the L her the co• posing con!' ace inevit' with manY the Prime Ise of the )ps, clerg a councils , i presented Cork. Kinahao Ls premises , et, leading rke t-straet his famous , y cream el , ctly pure, Le brandy well-knowz! ortation si. m rs. Baas , ' ign LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN• OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAR. CAPITULATION OF VERDUN. A telegram from Charny, dated November 8, an nounces that after a long resistance the garrison of Verdun has been forced to capitulate. FIGHTING ON THE LOIRE-GERMANS REPULSED. righting has recommenced on the Loire. On the 7 th inst. a Prussian column attacked the French O utposts at Poisly and St. Laurent-des-Bois, and was repulsed; and the Prussian position at Valliere being th reatened by the French cavalry, the Prussians re treated leaving their dead and wounded. The French ea valrY made 64 prisoners. Their loss was four killed 4 M 31 wounded. THE SIEGE OF BELFORT. BERLIN, Nov. 8, (1.10 p.m.) General Treskow reports from Les Errues, near Belfort, N ovem b er 6, th a t hi s di v ision has dispersed t Francs-Tireurs in several slight engagements be tween Colmar and Belfort. On the 2nd there were engagements with Gardes 4 0biles at Les Errues, Rougemont, and Petit 4aguy. , At petit Magny the enemy lett five officers and 40 3 men dead on the battle-field. on the 3rd General Treakow invested Belfort and 4 frected communication with General Werder. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. A- despatch from the Prussian head-quarters at Ver- Niles, states that after the French Government had dec lined the offer of an armistice on the basis of a mil itary status quo, Bismarck proposed that the Fr ench Government of Defence should appoint a time for the elections, and announce when they should be held; and it was proposed that the elec tions should take place in the occupied parts of F rance without an armistice, the Germans agreeing t.° , respect the freedom of election. This offer M. f r 'doers, after consultation with Favre and Trochu, ha d to d ec li ne , as h e h a d received orders to with draw from any further negotiations. According to information received from Paris, it a ,,PPears that M. Favre and the majority of the were in favour of the elections for the constituent A_ssembiy, and the acceptance of the armistice as proposed by M. Thiers. The Defender of Paris, General Trochu, was opposed to such a Proceeding, and it will be seen his opinion has pre- The German Commander-in-Chief has 14a 'led an order that no person for the future 11 to be allowed to leave or enter Paris. This order has been occasioned in consequence of the discovery certain, documents found in two captured balloons, th e Passengers i n w hich have been brought before a Court Martial. PREPARATIONS AT LYONS. l'roni Lyons intelligence comes to hand that the th el nlans are advancing to occupy Le Creuzot, and ° line to Fevers. Chagny is to be defended to the last. The Prussians at Dijon number 20,000 /°l th artillery, and sixty guns. A barricade corn nlittee has been formed in Lyons, and there has be en , an arrival there of 50,000 Remington rifles. A lar ge herd of cattle has been collected in the city to meet the necessities of the siege. The less of Dijon is attributed to slowness of pre paration and the want of unity in command. L yons and Marseilles are reported now quite tranquil. AD DRESS OF GABIBALDI TO HIS TROOPS. DOLE, Nov. 7. This morning, Garibaldi addressed the Italian batt alions at present serving under him. In sub "' e_ nee, the General spoke as follows : “We meet again, my lads; you, young and vigorous; I, old and infirm. In accordance with Principles, we are fighting for the Re public ; not merely the French Republic but the iliv ereal Republic. lam very glad to be at your t 714 again, my old soldiers. Remember, t to you is confided the honour of haa b I Y• Many of you have fought with me b e battl es o f our F a th er l an d. I hope I shall e worthy o f y our c heer s for the Republic, Uni vtu'eal and French." address was received with loud shouts of 13 ',lva la Republica Universale!" " Vire la Re publica Francesel" we leave Dole to-morrow, and intend to advance. MARSHAL BAZA 'NE. Bnussims, Nov. 8. karshal B aza i ne h as t e legraphed to Madame Ba- Iltit, ! le ) in Brussels, informing her that he has asked to De interned at Aix,le-Oliapelle, and requesting her j°in 4im there. RETURN OF M. TIIIERS. 4 . Thi,zs returned to Tours yesterday afternoon (the 6 th). M. Laurier and the lteyet of the Bank of p Nace - ?ance are amongst the latest arrivals at that titpr t , ---- J-LING OF THE NORTH GERMAN CON FEDERATION AT VERSAILLES. BERLIN, Nov. 8. T he Reieb sra th i s , it is said, to be held at Versailles ;ere to deliberate on the re-establishment of a Ger wan, Empire, The reason assigned for this transfer th e Legislative B o dy i s , that the King is desirous to to reside over it ; and that, being at present unable v e ( * . ye the arm y, this w ish can only be gratified at to j aai lles, where the South German Ministers have t he most part already arrived. THE FRENCH LEVY EN MASSE. LILLE, November 7. 40 It j e estimated that the effect of the decree of the 1 ,4 e totnent for a levy en masse will be that France number three millions of armed defenders, ex s wi ng a powerful artillery up to this time un ePled. 11r of Th e Government at Tours has received intelligence t he e ' general fermentation amor,g the inhabitants of th e ter ritory actually occupied by the Prussians in ea st of F rance . prole M ayor of Lyons has issued the follow in g araatio n de cree Municipal Council, inspired by necessity, i ' e u ea as follows: t iro ' 14e ther than submit to the shame of surrender, w ona na will be defended until complete annihilation; a l l e n, children, and aged persons only will be dill Wen, to leave. Cowards in face of the enemy De considered as deserters." PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL GARIBALDI. q e Til e following Proclamation has been issued by 441 Garibaldi "el - 4 (31 the Army of the Vosges !—The cosmopolitan w as that th e French Repu b l i c i s rallying in her rep r „ t : c omposed of men chosen in the elite of nations, nobl e hunaanit aria future, and upon the banner of this e gr°ll P You can read the motto of a free people, which ti ou g e lit s a o atB on ce b r e tai th al e y wat c h wor d of the human family, "Allfor Q 0 4, 11e fo r all." Egotism governs the world, and autocracy in the French Republic the germ of the ever. Of which it abhors genius of evil, it makes ,trert for its preservation. t C e nct the people ? Modern Republics like ancient Car hat,:tiwiln in gold and sybaritism, whilst despots shake araidstithe darkness they enjoy, and profit by the Lortune of a brother people. Helvetia, believing her- SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAN, NOVEMBER 9, 1870. 111 self weak, holds down her head, and covers, with the holy flag of William Tell, her money chests and her banks. Grant, who by a single sign of his finger could have despatched the soldiers of Prim home to Madrid, permits peaceably an entire population belonging to the grand family of Washington to be massacred and to be destroyed, and barely allows the great Republic to utter a word of sympathy for the valiant sons of Lafayette. And thou, proud and classic ground, refuge of the exile, thou who has first proclaimed the emancipation of races, and who to-day enjoyest the triumph of thy courageous initiative, wilt thou leave alone in its gigantic struggle that sister nation which, like thee, marches, and will march, in the van of human progress ? In the heroic struggle which France is sustaining there can only be found the debris of an army of brave men, which the most stupid of tyrants conducted to defeat. But the nation is there ! risen like one man, she will cause the old autocrat soon to repent of his determination to continue his butchery of men. What a noble mission therefore is ours ! Sons of liberty, elite of all people. Oh, no I would not change my title of militiaman of the Republic for a crown. Apostles of peace and of the fraternity of peoples, we are compelled to fight, and we shall fight with the proud consciousness of justice, whilst consecrating the formula of the illustrious Chenier : "Republicans are men, and slaves are children." Your courage I do not doubt ; all I ask of you is coolness and discipline—indispensable in war._ GARIBALDI AND THE GREEKS. the Manchester Examiner's Berlin correspondent, on the Bth, telegraphs that Garibaldi has invited the Greek nation to come to the assistance of France, promising them in return the liberation of Thessaly and Epirus. Also, that tue German Reichstag is summoned to meet at Strasburg, where Bismarck intends presiding. INDIA. CALCUTTA, November 8. The Viceroy arrived at Calcutta to-day. Yakoob Khan is lying ill near Giriskh. There are rumours of an intended flight to Turkestan. The latest telegrams are imperfect, but are favourable to the Ameer. A General of Yakoob Khan has been shot. Mr. Forsyth left Yarkland according to instruc tions from the Viceroy. The honour of England is reported to have been maintained, although some evasions were attempted, but failed. The reception was hospitable everywhere. Shaw collected materials for his book, Henderson plants and birds, and Forsyth geographical facts. Brockbank was proved to have tried to bribe the police with the offer of 10s. ASSAULTING A POLICE SUPERINTENDENT. The case of the fishermen who were recently com mitted on a charge of assaulting Superintendent Head, of the Oxford police, during an affray on the river, again came before the magistrates yesterday at Oxford, when they were charged with using a net of an illegal descrip tion by the Thames Conservancy. The professional ser vices of Mr. Charles J. Barrett, of Eton, were, by direction of the Board of Conservators in London, re tained. After lengthened arguments with Mr. Walsh on the various statutes, the seven defendants were each fined in the mitigated penalty of is. and costs. A special committee of the Liverpool Select Vestry reported on Monday in favour of a greatly restricted sale of liquor on Sunday, and a restriction of the hours of sale during the week. DISTRIBUTION OF THE IRON CROSS BY THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.. The correspondent of the Standard at the headquarters of the Prussian army, in a letter dated Versailles, November 5, describes as follows the proceedings con nected with a distribution of the Iron Cross by the Crown G. GARIBALDI. Prince : A more favourable day for a display of cavalry on such a spot as had been selected could not well be conceived. Clear days we have now had, three in succession, but the other two, besides being piercingly cold, were disagreeably windy, fraught with dust, and buffets, and whirled-about leaves. Yesterday, when an autumn leaf did fall, it fell of its own weight, and fell through sunshine as brilliant as itself. Not a branch stirred, not a ripple dimpled the water. Autumn and winter had met and shaken hands, and for a day there was a truce to their unequal strift.;. Everybody who has ever been at Versailles knows the pretty lake in the form of a cross beyond the basin of Apollo, and remembers the A11.6e des Matelots, and the Avenue de la Porte Venice. The latter stretches from the canal to the point at which, by way of continua tion, commences the Avenue St. Antoine, and the abso-: lute junction of the two is just prevented by the Avenue de Trianon, running at right angles between them. In the Avenue de la Porte Venic then, from the Canal down to the entrance to the Grand and Petit Trianon, were drawn up in double line the three regiments I have named. The avenue consists of what I may call a nave and two aisles—the latter paved with sward and densely overhung with arching branches, the former a carriage way, well roofed by leaves in summer, but yesterday more or less open to the blue sky. The troops were drawn up along the left aisle, taking the gateway at the Canal as our entrance. First came—most of them very much in the sunshine—the Cuirassiers, with their glittering calques and bright burnished breast plates, yellow facings, yellow saddle cloths, mighty boots, naked blades, and thundering big chargers. Next to them were the 13th Dragoons, blue and white, who looked almost modest after the mailed men to their right, but whose r deeds were as doughty and whose losses fully as heavy as those of their steel clad neighbours on the famous field of Gravelotte. Their horses were worthy of themselves. Bringing up the left were the Hussars, retaining a headpiece that we once used to know, but have got to regard as antiquated, but look ing cap-a-pie like business. They have not been in what is properly called action in this campaign ; but the übiquitous usefulness of their well-poised lances, and the terror inspired by their little black and white pennons—are they not written in thirteen scoured depart ments, in villages overawed, in towns glad to purchase peace with golden ransoms, in secure communications for . a hundred leagues? A Prussian cavalry regiment consists of four squadrons of 140 men each; There ought, therefore, did we his e in normal days, to have been over 1,600 cavalry on the ground. But all the squadrons were not there, and it is a difficult thing, even with the splendid system of filling up gaps organised by these mighty makers of modern war, to keep squadrons up to their full strength during a campaign. I did not take any actual count when on the ground yesterday, but I should think that those present would be fairly represented by half the round numbers I have just written. I cannot say why they were drawn up so early as a little after one, for I was at first told that the inspection and distribution of crosses would not be till half-past two, and afterwards not till three. The Crown Prince did not make his appearance till some . time after the latter hour; the only incident which pre ceded it worth recording being the inspection of his own regiment, the Cuirassiers, by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the brother of our "Albert the Good." The shrill sound of trmmpets, scarcely musical, announced the coming of the Prince, and each regiment took up the piercing notes as lie and his staff advanced, swollen by those many affable non-combatant soldiers who se sort donnes la peine de naitre. The important part of the military ceremonial was reserved for the last. Those happy fellows who were to receive the cross were summoned from the ranks and drawn up in single file in the road, and facing their comrades. To each one in suc cession surely the pleasantest faced Prince that ever made war addressed himself personally; putting those flatter ing questions which are supposed to be the peculiar gift of men born to command, and ending the little interview with a warm grasp and shake of the hand,. which doubt less each separate individual will remember to the last day of his life. Then there was a plunging of beautiful steeds, a blending of uniforms, and a scamper, for the thing was done. THE ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN PARIS. A correspondent of the Dully News, writing from Paris on the 4th instant, thus remarks on the attempted revolu tion in that city :—Since Monday night, when MM. Flourens, Pyat, and Company, were expelled from the Hotel de Ville, the peace of this metropolis - has suffered no interruption. The episodes of that day werq numerousat one time menacing often ridicu-i . bons. It is now quite clear that the movement in favour of the Commune was premeditated and precon certed in most of the details of its execution. When these coups de main, mis-called revolutions, are closely investi gated, one is astounded how much of their success is due to momentary audacity and accident. From the coup of the 18th Brumaire, which placed the destinies of France in the hands of a Bonaparte, to the coup of the 4th September last, which dethroned the Third of the name; from the coup which brought the Convention to an end, to the one which has abolished Flourens and .Co., audacity, accident, and surprise, aided by a show of military force, have been the chief elements of success. Each has been but a parody, more or less successful, of the first. Some popular grievance or disaffection, taken skil ful advantage of by one or more bold intrivuers ; a demonstration on the part of a section of the people ; the invasion of the Representative Assembly or of the Municipality, a decree, and the trick is done. The latest Bonaparte regime expired under a blow like this. A victory at Sedan, in lieu of a disaster, would have altered the situation here. In actual point of fact, MM. Flourens, Blanqui, and Co. had as much right to attempt to depose MM. Jules N'avre, Trochu, and Co. as Jules Favre , and his colleagues had to demand the decheance of Napoleon 111. on the 4th of September, and to proclaim the Provisional Government for the National Defence in lieu of the Imperial regime. But for the appearance of the National Guards—at least such battalions of them as were under the control of M. Jules Ferry's brother on the 4th of September—it is doubtful whether the victory would have: remained in the hands of the Republican" party. Had M. Flourens's battalions been sustained by the people, St is probable we should to-day bo under the Commune. But such was not the case. Whatever irritation existed in the public mind, the popular sentiment was unprepared to substitute untried men for those who at a most terrible crisis had undertaken the stupendous task of organizing the defence of the nation. The grievance of the Flourens party was not of the calibre to determine a great popular movement against the Government. One of Flourens' grand ideas is a sortie•ut)on an immense scale ; but, as General Trochu very emphatically asserted, this would be exposing the troops and National Guard to certain butchery, and Trochu is an authority. Another cry of his party was, "No armistice !" They misled the public as to the true character of this transac tion, branding the members of the Government, Trochu particularly, as traitors for entertaining a proposition which, looked at seriously, is an actual homage paid to the attitude of the French nation, and especially to that of her metropolis. The Government took not the earliest but an early opportunity of pointing out this fact by a statement in Tuesday's Official Journal. The Musical World says that Mdlle. Ulna di Murska left London on Tuesday for Moscow, where she is en. gaged for the winter season.—Mdme. Szavardy (late Wilhelmine Clauss) is among the artistic refugees from unhappy Paris at this period.—Mdlle Nilsson has had an immense success in Baltimore and Philadelphia, and will give two concerts in New York on the 24th and 26th instant, when she will be assisted by Miss Cary, Vieux empe, and Brignoli. THE CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AG RI CULTURE. A council meeting of the Central Chamber of Agricul ture was held yesterday at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury - quare, Fleet-street, . There was a very good attendance of members of the Council and deputed members from provincial Chambers. In the absence of Colonel Toulmin, M. P., the President, the chair was occupied by Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., the Vice-President. Among those present were the Hon. F. Walpole, M.P., Mr. Read, M.P., Sir G. Jenkinson, M.P., Mr. A. Pell, M.P., Mr. H. Neild (Lancashire), Captain Cragie (York shire), Mr. 1). Long (Gloucester), Mr. H. G. Andrews (Somerset), Mr. T. Duckham (Hereford), Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bennett (Leicester), Mr. Hewitt (Northampton), Mr. C. Walford, Mr. Martin (Lincoln), Mr. Whittaker, Mr. Wrensfordley, Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson (Suffolk), Pro fessor Blind, Mr. Morrison (West Riding), &e. The Chairman then read the report of the Local Taxa tion Committee, in which report it was expressed that several important counties were still unrepresented, notably Lancashire, Northumberland, Berkshire, Derby shire, Dursetshire, Kent, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. The committee congratulated the members and all in terested in obtaining a reform in the present mode of levying local taxation. On the success which had at tended the suggestion of the chairman that the attention of magistrates at Quarter Sessions should be drawn to the very large, and increasing charges of recent years upon the ratepayers for county rate purposes ; particularly for Police, Prisons, Lunatic Asylums, Militia &c., which being for the general Government, should be more largely supplemented from the national exchequer. The sugges tion had been very favourably received, particularly in Devonshire, Denham, Gloucester, Cornwall, and the com mittee suggected the desirability of presenting a petition on the subject, to the House of Commons, in preference to memorialising ally individual member of the Government. Mr. Neild moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Muutz seconded the proposition, which was carried. Mr. Pell moved " that this Council recommend pro vincial chambers to memorialise their respective courts of Quarter. Sessions on the subject of the increased taxation arising from rates levied under the authority of those courts. Captain Cragie seconded the motion, which was adopted, Mr. Andrews urging that it was the duty of every pro vincial chamber, and of every ratepayer, to support the committee, and to provide liberally in the shape of funds to carry on the agitation, if a satisfactory result was to be obtained. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Read, ➢I.P., moved "that the `Average Clause,' as insisted upon by the new regulations of the principal Fire Insurance offices, is inapplicable to a property so variable in amount and in value as agricultural produce." He pointed out the unfairness of the regula tion to the farmer, and said it was absurd to say that the risk was equal in the case of those who built their ricks in the field with those who built them all in their rick yard. No doubt the insurance of farming stock was very risky and uncertain. It was also said to be unprofit able, and that might probably be true, but under any circumstance the system of averaging was unequal in its bearing and unjust in its application. Let the in surance offices raise their rates if it was necessary, but he was sure the offices would find that it was not to their interest to do anything to damage the farmer any more than the farmer desired to injure the offices. Mr. Hewitt seconded the proposition. Mr. C. Walford, Q.C., pointed out the working of the average clause, and said that many of the offices suggested that the farmer should insure for three-quarters of the value of their stock instead of for half only • but there was another method by which the whole question might be adjusted. They had hitherto endeavoured to arrive at a basis which would be fair, but had never succeeded in doing so. He thought if the officers were to appoint county directors and take insurances on the basis of their recommendation that that would most fully and most completely meet the case. Mr. Read, M.P., replied, and the motion was carried. Captain Catling (Cambridgeshire) moved that the secre tary be instructed to invite from other offices a declaration of their terms for the insurance of farming stock. Mr. Turner (Peterborough) seconded the motion. Mr. Vardan moved as an addition to the resolution " that a committee be appointed to confer with the various insurance offices as to the most equitable mode of insuring farming stock and produce." Professor Bund seconded the proposition. After some remarks from Sir G. Jenkinson, the resolu tion was carried, " non-associated" being added instead of " other " offices. The rider was put as a separate motion and also agieecl to. The following were appointed the committee : Colonel Towline, Mr. Pell, M.P., (Leicester), Captain Catling (Cambridge), Mr. J. Turner (Midland), Mr. T. Brown (Norfolk), Mr. Muntz (Warwick), Mr. Morrison (York shire), Mr. Walford, Mr. Read, M.P., and Mr. Vardan (Worcester). Mr. T. Duckham next moved—" That the thanks of this Council are due to the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., for the prompt manner in which the powers of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act were put in force upon the outbreak of Cattle Plague on the continent ; but that the interests of both producers arid consumers demand that effective regulations for waterside slaughter should be permanently extended to all imported fat animals, with quarantine for store stock." He urged that, while looking to the imported stock, pre cautions should be taken to prevent the spread of disease at home, and regretted that there was great laxity in this respect. He knew that a diseased animal was taken from Bristol market into Cornwall, and spread the disease throughout the county and in the adjoining county to that, but little notice was taken of it. Mr. Martin seconded the proposition, which was carried with the following rider : "That the regulations should be applied with the least possible delay at every port at which foreign animals are admitted." Mr. Bennett moved "That this Council express a hope that her Majesty's Government will not hesitate to adhere to and support the provisions of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, with reference to the establishment of a permanent Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market, and trusts that when such market has been opened, the present re striction against the removal of cattle from the metropo litan area will be rescinded." Mr. Dixon seconded, and the resolution was carried. Mr. Wilson moved that the Council should direct special attention to the exorbitant charge of railway companies for the conveyance of dead meat, and express a hope that by a reasonable revision of their tariff they would facilitate the supply of mtat to populous dis tricts. He considered that Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the great consuming districts had good cause for com plaint. In Liverpool they were paying a penny per pound more fOr meat than they were in London, and he could not see upon what ground railway companies charged four or five times more for the carriage of dead meat than they did for live stock. Mr. Read, M.P., seconded the motion, and thought the charges were very heavy, especially as the risk of carrying dead meat must be less than the convey ance of live stock. The motion having been put and carried, the proceed. ings terminated. ANOTHER FAILURE IN THE WORSTED TRADE.— Mr. G. T. Latimer, manufacturer, of Portland Mill, Bradford, has been obliged to suspend payment, Nothing is at yet known as to either his liabilities or assets. It is supposed, the liabilities may be £13,000, and that a good dividend-10s. or 12s. in the pound—will be realised from the estate. GREAT FIRE IN MANCHESTER. -- A fire occurred on Monday evening in •the large seven-storied mill of Messrs. R. Haworth and Sons, East-street, Lower MoSley-street. The sixth and seventh floors, which were filled with cotton, cotton maqhinery, and cotton goods, were completely destroyed. Owing to the insufficient supply of water, the fire lasted for two hours before it was subdued. The origin of the fire is attributed to careless ness in lighting the premises. The property is insured, but the amount of damage is not known. MR. SAMUEL MORLEY, M.P., ON THE WAR AND EDUCATION.—Mr. S. Morley presided on Monday evening at the opening cf the winter course of weekly lectures at Surrey Chapel. Referring to the war he said that though the war was wicked - in its origin, and deserved to be met as it had been, Prussia must take care not to run counter to the public opinion of Europe. In Germany itself there was a feeling against prosecuting the war further if only sufficient guarantee could be secured for the continuance of peace. It was time this devilry should cease. While he maintained the right of a people to defend themselves against violence, he thought the time had come when they should refuse to be led out to be slain at the dictum of any human being, and that they themselves had something to say about it. Referring to the educa tion, he hoped that working men would not lend them selves to the election of mere fussy pretenders, who only sought the opportunity of enforcing their own crotchets. They should elect those who had already proved them selves true hinds of education, and try to carry out what he believed to be an honest measure ; and while securing religious training, guard against sectarianism arid protect the conscience of all. THE REMARKABLE CHANCIERY SUIT.—In the Court of Appeal, the cause of Weston v. Weston was resumed before Lord Justices JE‘mes and Mellish, it being an appeal by Mr. W. H. Purcell Weston, a gentleman of large fortune, residing at Dorchester, from a decision of the Master of the Rolls, ordering the payment of £l,OOO par annum for the maintenance of his wife, from whom he has been separated. The deed contained a proviso that the allowance should be discontinued in the event of the wife committing adultery after the separation. `Sir R. Baggally, who appeared for the appellant, con tinned his opening statement, in the course of which he read affidavits in support of the allegation of adultery subsequently to the partin g . It seemed that the wife pro , ceeded to Paris with Mr. Andrew Quicke, who was her suppbsed paramour, and his aunt, the excuse for this being that she lived with Miss Quicke, inasmuch as her allow ance was insufficient to enable her to maintain a separate establishment. The appellant being informed of this, sought the assistance of a Mr. Ignatius Pollaky, the proprietor of a private in quiry office at Paddington, who employed, at a salary first of £2O, and afterwards £3O per week, a confi dential agent to watch the 'movements of Mrs. Weston and Mr. Quicke, during their stay at the Grand Hotel. This agent obtained, it was alleged, the assistance of Mrs. Weaon's maid, named Lenlitte, who made periodical re ports of her mistress's proceedings, which were duly transmitted to England, by the adoption of a kind of initial correspondence. Sir Richard said he differed from Lord Romilly, and believed the evidence obtained in this way to be quite reliable • and he refuted the argu ment that the woman Lenlitte had been tampered with by the defendant, who could have no object in view to prove his wife guilty of adultery.—Lord Justice James : None but to save £l,OOO a-year.—At one o'clock the Court adjourned, Sir R. Baggallay having occupied two sittings by his opening statement. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. It is understood that the British Government has ex pressed its desire to come to terms with the Cabinet of Washington on the long-standing fishery question. It is alleged that Mr. Motley's presence iu London is the only obstacle in the way of the immediate settlement of this mischievous controversy. General Butler will be sorry to hear this. It promises to take an important weapon out of his truculent hands.—Manchester Guardian, (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. The Loudon correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post says that shortly after their marriage the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne will visit Ireland, and that subsequently the Marquis will be offered the Viceroyalty. THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE. Last night the mayor of Southampton gave a fancy dress ball, which was attended by 780 ladies and gentle men, in honour of the engagement of her Royal Highness the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorne. ACCIDENT TO THE ENNISKILLEN MAIL TRAIN. The mail train which left Dublin at 8 o'clock yesterday morning for Enniskillen met with an accident near Lis bellaw station. The engine ran off the line, and was pre cipitated over the embankment. There was no person injured, but the passengers were roughly shaken. This is tho third time the same train has met with a mishap at the same place. A special engine was despatched from Enniskillen, and the mails arrived there nearly an hour and a half late. THE NEW IRONCLADS. The result of the experiments made to ascertain the centre of gravity of the new ironclads is that the Admiralty yesterday ordered that the water in the bottom of the Iron Duke shall be replaced by 360 tons of solid ballast placed very low in the ship, thus increasing her stability, but diminishing her speed. Her iron masts will also be shortened. The Vanguard is ordered to pre w.re for sea. Mr. Childers is expected to visit Devonport this week. MR. JACOB BRIGHT, M.P., ON THE TREATY OF BELGIUM. Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., addressing the Executive of the National Reform Union at Manchester, last night, upon the subject of non-intervention, said he sawno reason why this country should guarantee the inviolability of Bel gium more than Denmark, Sweden, or Holland. He ridiculed the idea that the possession of Belgium by any foreign Power would place England in a perilous position. The question whether the treaty engagement made by England should be fulfilled was rendered by the lapse of time and altered circumstances; not one of honour, but of prudence. THE PRICE OF TIN. Yesterday afternoon, according to advices from Pen zance, the smelters announced an advance of £4 per ton on the standard for tin. Quotations now are :—Com mon, 120 s. ; superior common, 121 s. ; fine, 1235. ; supe rior fine, 1255. per cwt. This advance is equal to £2 10s., or £2 l2s. Gd. per ton. The prico of the best tin ore is now about £Bl per ton. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT LEICESTER. The first anniversary dinner of the Leicester Workin g Men's Conservative Association, held last night, was made the occasion of celebrating the recent return of Mr. W. U. Heygate as Conservative representative for South Leicestershire. Mr. Charles Brooke presided, and amongst those present were the county members, Lord John Manners, Mr. S. W. Clewes, Mr. Albert Pell, Mr. W. U. Heygate, Sir R. T. Fooke, and the chief sup porters of the Conservative party in town and county. To the toast of the Lords and Commons, Lord John Manners replied. He said the time had come when England /should recover her position in the councils of Europe. He protested against the system of frittering her greatness by the Government, which had been going on through the influence of Mr. Gladstone since the lonian Islands had been left to the tender mercies of Greece. Nothing, he held, could more conduce to the interests of durable peace iu Europe than the conviction that England was well prepared, armed, and willing, if necessary, to adjust European quarrels. No sufficient excuse had been brought forward for the present unsatis factory condition of this sountry's armament. MURDER A—T7P—YNEMbUTH. At the Tynemouth Petty Sessions, yesterday aftermion, two young men, Scotch minors, were committed for trial at the ensuing Northumberland Assizos for the wilful murder of Thomas Villeny, a pitman, at East Holy well, on the Ist of October. The men had knocked at Villeny's door, and challenged him to fight. Villeny then went out for a few minutes to them, and returned stabbed in the thigh. He managed to go out again to search for a policeman, but was brought home with his head split open. He lingered on till Thursday last, when he died. Pieces of iron covered with blood were found in the pos session of the prisoners. PRESENTATION TO MRS. SHOTTO HARE. At a soiree organised by the Conservatives of Bristol, and held last night in the Colston Hall, in that city, a suite of jewellery, set with diamonds, of the value of £2OO, enclosed in a carved casket, was presented to the wife of Mr. Shotto Hare, who was the Conservative candi date at the last election. The jewels were purchased by the subscription of the ladies of Clifton and Bristol, and were presented in recognition of Mrs. Hare's energetic efforts in connection with her husband's canvass. UNDERGRADUATES FINED. John 13rockbank, John Brooks, and Edward Parker, undergraduates of Trinity College, Cambridge, were yes day fined 40s. and costs for pulling down a cabstand post near the railway station at 11 on Monday night, on their way home from th refreshment rooms. Mr. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES—YESTERDAY. CROXTETH HURDLE HANDICAP. Miss Banks /Egean Silvermere , 1 2 Six ran. BECHER HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Chevalier d'Esprit.. TRIAL STAKES. The Bee Queen Bessie Tippler Ten ran. WATERLOO WELTER. Cygnet g 'rriphthong Recovery... . . Seven ran. KNOWSLEY NURSERY. Heirloom , Barefoot Better Half 1 2 3 Eleven ran. WELTER CUP. Eugenie colt Westley... Forget-me-Not Four ran. FLYING STAKES. Countryman . . Roma Badsworth Fourteen ran. MILE HURDLE STAKES. Cobalt • .. Kicks'y Wicksey CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 11 to 2 agst Rosicrucian (offered-6 to 1 taken and wanted) 6to 1 agst Blandford (taken and offered-100 to 15 laid once) 9to 1 agst Musket (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Cardinal York (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Exciseman (offered) 100 to 8 agst Barford (offered) 100 to 8 agst Syrian (offered) 100 to 6 agst Flibustier (taken freely). 100 to 4 agst Cecil (offered) 100 to 3.agst Fleets (taken and offered) 500 to 5 agst Ware Hare (offered) 500 to 5 agst White Slave (offered) 6to 1 asst W. Day's lot (taken to £5O) 100 to 8 agst Cecil, with a start (taken) 200 to 8 agst Fleets, with a start (taken) 6to 1 agst Cardinal York, with a start (taken) SCRATCHED. Liverpool Cup—Starter, Our Mary Ann, and Judge. LORD GLASGOW'S STUD HORSES. On Saturday, Messrs. Tattersall let for twelve months the valuable stud of stallions belonging to the late Lord Glasgow, and now the property of General Peel and Mr. Payne. The attendance was large, but several of the horses were believed to be bought in. The prices were as below : Guineas. Knowsley, by Stockwell, 'dam by Orlando, 40 mares and not to go abroad; Mr. Gee ... ... 560 General Peel, by Young Melbourne, darn by Or lando, 50 mares, and not to go abroad ; Mr. Gulliver ... ... 250 Toxopholite, by Longbow—Legerdemain ... 140 First Flight, by Brother to Bird on the Wing— Physalis ... 150 Beauvale, by Young Melbourne —Physalis ; Major Brown, Belton, Northumberland ... ... 130 The Drake, by Stockwell—Miss Whip ... ... 135 Strafford, by Young Melbourne, dam by Gameboy, Physalis 95 Brother to Schiedam, by the Flying Dutchman— Emeute 95 Clarissimus, by Barbatus—Clarissa ; Mr. Hutton, Milnthorpe ... 115 Rapid Rhone, by Young Melbourne, dam by Lauer cost .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 Brother to Rapid Rhone . 95 Roan horse, by Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing 85 Outfit, by Young Melbourne, dam by Teddington... 95 Colt, by Tom Bowiine, dam by Old Melbourne ... 95 Locksley, 6 yrs, by Toxophilite—Miss Sarah, by Don john ; Mr. Kennedy, Ulverstone ... 100 Brown colt, by Toxophilite—the Drake's dam ... 85 Rupert, 4 yrs, by Knowsley—Rapid Rhone's dam ... 150 THE OPERA COMIQUE The management of this new theatre seem fully alive to the charm of novelty, inasmuch as a change has already been effected in the programme. Monday night, Mddle. Dejazet appeared in a fresh role, the play selected being "Le Marquis de Lauzun," a two-act comedy by M. M. Carmouche and Vermond. A piece thoroughly characteristic of the French stage, with sparkling dialogue, little plot, and less scenery, and evi dently written to bring out the especial powers of the actress, and sacrificing all other con siderations to that end. Mdlle. Dejazet sustains no less than five different characters, appearing succes sively as Traveller, Professor, Sportsman, a Timid Boy, and finally as The Marquis. Her performance was excellent throughout, and making allowance for the thinness of her voice, the song of "La Chasse " could not have been better rendered, whilst her singing in the love-making scene was enthusiastically encored. In the conduct of the present series of French plays at this house the management might borrow a hint from the Italian Opera, where books are furnished with the Anglicised version of the piece produced ; and if this plan was carried out at the Opera Comique, the per formances would doubtless be patronized by many English families who are not thoroughly au fait with the French language, but who, under these circumstances, could not help enjoying an evening at this, the prettiest theatre in London. " The Marquis de Lauzun " was preceded by " Unt Mauvaise nuit est bientOt passee," and followed by " Une tasse de The." THE NEW LORD MAYOR-YESTERDAY. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, aldermen, and other members of the Corporation of the City of London proceeded in state to the Guildhall for the purpose of taking part in the ceremony of swearing in Mr. Alderman Dakin as Lord Mayor of London, and inducting him in his new office. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the Lord Mayor divested himself of his chain of office, and conferred it upon Mr. Alderman Dakin, who then took the oaths and made the customary decla rations. He received the congratulations of his friends, and was loudly cheered. As soon as he had been formally installed, the various members of the Corpora tion who held their offices from year to year, approached the Lord Mayor and gave up the insignia of their respec tive offices, which his lordship was pleased to restore to them. The ceremony attracted many visitors. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Lord, William, Oldham, cotton waste dealer, Nov. 2. BANKRUPT. (To Surrender in London.) Welden, L. E., Cannon-street, City, general merchant, Nov. 23, at 12.30. CABINET CouNcth.—Summonses have beon issued for a Cabinet Council at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence, in Downing-street, to-morrow (Thurs day) afternoon. _ _ _ A. Cabinet Council was held on Monday iu Down ing-street. The Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. G. J. Gosohen, the Marquis of Hartington, the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster. THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WOBIES.—It has been arranged that the elec tion of a successor to Sir John Thwaites in the chairman ship of the Metropolitan Board of Works shall take place on Friday, the 18th inst., and that it shall be conducted in the same manner as before. It may be interesting to recall the circumstances of that election. There was a large number of candidates on that occasion, of whom eight went to the poll, viz., Mr. Roebuck, Q.C., M.P., Mr. W. Corrie, police magistrate at Bow-street (now City Remembrancer), Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. T. Turner (a member of the present board), the Hon. Josceline Percy, M.P., Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Thwaites, Mr. W. Hawes, and Mr. Jebb, who had been chairman of the old Commissioners of Sewers, which the Metropolitan Board of Works supplanted. The election was by show of hands, and the seventh division was a trial of strength between Mr. Thwaites and Deputy Harrison. The numbers were—Thwaites, 26 ; Harrison, 13. A final and formal show of hands was then taken for Mr. Thwaites, when 30 were .held up in his favour, and he was declared duly eleoted chairman of the board. It is understood that amongst members of the board Mr. P. H. Le Breton, Mr. Runtz, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Westerton are candidates, with probably many others. No mamas of outside candidates are publicly announced. Candidates may be nominated on the day appointed for the election, so that in all probability there will be along list for mem bers of the board to select from. OUR COTEMPO RARI;iIS---This Morning THE • FAILURE OF NL)OTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE, The Times, in commenting on the failure, says : We take some little shame to ourselves that, though we pro tested at the outset the proposed Armistice could come to nothing, -though we took care to point out as it proceeded that the evidence of its favourable progress was quite untrustworthy, we did so far yield to the weakness of humanity as to hope that, in spite of reason, a suspension of hostilities was by some means or other about to be secured. It was a weak and a foolish dream. M. Thiers was received clay after ,day by Count Bismarck with the courtesy and kindly spirit due to his past career and his precut devotion to his-country. M. Tillers flattered himself he was making progress, that he was actually bringing together the Government of National Defence and the Chancellor of the North German Confederation. The Delegation at Tours, knowing perfectly well what bases of an armistice, and what bases alone, they were prepared to accept, con cluded from the assurances of M. 'niers that Count Bismarck was favourably receiving them, and was about to permit the revictualling of Paris for as many days as the suspension of hostilities might endure. It was a pardonable delusion on their part. An Armistice with out revictualling would be nothing more than the volun tary diminution of the resources of defence to the extent of 25 days' provisions, and, as they could never assent to this, they naturally concluded that Count Bismarck was about to allow fresh supplies to be thrown into the city. They believed this, and we reported their belief, expressing at the same time the gravest doubts whether it could be true, and we now tee that it would have been better if, instead of doubt ing, we had boldly pronounced the statement im possible. Count Bismarck never had the slightest intention of making such a concession. However much his courtesy may have misled M. Pliers, his despatch to Count Bernstorff and the semi-official announcements at Versailles and Berlin denounced the idea. The Daily News says the explanations with which the telegrams furnish us of the rupture of the negotiations for an armistice themselves need explaining. If they are to be trusted, the opposition to it has been found where opposition was least to be looked for. M. Jules Favre, and the majority of his colleagues, are said to have favoured it, and the election of a Constituent Assembly, of which it was the condition. General Trochu is reported to have set his face the other way. Yet immediately after the popular vote of Paris, which confirmed the power of the present Government, with express reference to the negotiations with Count Bismarck, into which they had entered, General Trochu declared for the suspension of hostilities. The cele - brated and periodical avowla that not an inch of territory should be ceded came from M. Jules Favre. It is strange to find that member of the Govern: neat, who is especially charged with the defence of the capital, and whom the military problem chiefly engages, chal lenging a renewal of the conflict, which less respon sible rhetoricans are desirous of avoiding. Whether an armistice, the conclusion of which would leave Paris far advanced on the road to starvation, and which thus involved the continued use of the chief weapon of the siege, would really have been a suspense of hostilities, or whether, without a truce, even Count Bismarck could guarantee freedom of election, are points we will not now discuss. In one notable point, if the explanation of the rupture to which we have referred be true, is the fact that General Trochu counsels resistance. The Telegraph says: Meanwhile England must say a word to both the combatants. France has technically placed herself in the wrong by breaking off the ne gotiations, and has thus for the moment for feited the good offices of England. Lord Gran ville did not intervene until he saw that ho could speak with effect, and the moment o counsel was chosen so opportunely that every one of his suggestions has been accepted. He might even have continued his pacific efforts at the point where the , diplomacy of Count Bismarck and M. Thiers came to a dead-lock. But the French Government has given him no chance. It did not even cast the responsibility of breaking off the negotiations on Count Bismarck, as it might have done, but instructed its Envoy to demand his passport and leave Versailles. Thus England is shut out of the field for the present, and can not enter it again until invited by some disaster on the part of France, or by some such change of fortune as would compel Count Bismarck to lessen his demands. On the other hand, the German Chancellor has been guilty at once of harshness and impolicy. Although he had a " right" to demand some " military equivalent" for the revictualling of Paris, he might safely have waived that right when France is already beaten to the dust, and thus have saved his policy from that stigma of hardness which will now be applied to it by the common consent of Europe. Moreover as we have shown, he has prevented the assembling of an Assembly which, almost to a certainty, would have voted for peace at any price. Nor by postponing the day of peace, has he given greater surety to the ulti mate triumph of Germany, or made her final task more easy. On the contrary, he has raised up a crowd of new difficulties. The Prussian troops may capture Paris, defeat General Bourbaki, destroy the Army of the Loire, capture Lyons and Marseilles, and, in a word, place the whole of France under their feet. They may win such a triumph by ceaselessly fighting throughout the winter. But they can do it only at the cost of anarchy throughout France. THE AIM OF THE PRUSSIANS. The Standard thinks it is necessary that the world should clearly understand the aim with which Prussia is now prosecuting the war, and remarks that content with a maintenance of the old limits before they had led French armies into captivity, satisfied after Sedan with a rectification of frontier, which would have had for them little more than a sentimental benefit, they now, after utterly destroying all the regular armies of France, after devastating a third of the country, after inflicting losses which it will take twenty years of undisturbed peace to repair, and after making it humanly impossible that any Frenchmen will, in this century, talk seriously about a Rhine frontier, demand Metz and French Lorraine, as well as the whole of Alsace, in order to protect themselves against French lust of conquest in the future. It is, we are told by Count Bismarck and his organs, by newspapers which publish no news which has not received an official imprimatur, essential in the neces sary regard for the defence of Germany, and in con sequence of the insistance of Count von Moltke and his colleagues, that Lorraine, inclusive of Met; should be ceded to Germany. How grossly untruthful this assertion—put forward to supply the defects of the nationality argument, which would leave Metz to France—is, appears from the fact that in the beginning of September the Prussian Government was quite content to do without any such securities. It knew very well that it did not need Metz and Sedan, and to put forward the argument that their possession is essential to the defence of peace-loving Germany now, when France is ready to accept any, terms it can accept in good faith, is really a clumsy subterfuge which will deceive no one. To have insisted upon the necessity of the cession or the capitulation of Metz before the war began ; to have declared, after the first victories, that to be the aim of their policy, would have been au intelligible and, in' many respects, justifiable course on the part of the Prussians. But to claim it now because Ger many would otherwise be open to invasion, is about the most impudent attempt to cover a project of aggran disement, generated by unbroken success, with a plea of self-preservation, that has been ever made. The Northern Daily Express stak e that the River Wear Commissioners have got the loan of £24,000 on easy terms from the Government for the deepening of the river; and the commissioners intend to spend £lO,OOO more on the same work. BAALBAIL—Mrs. Burton has written a letter to a contemporary describing her visit to Baalbak. In the midst of the temples, which are the main attraction there, she op ant five day under canvas. Sheis convinced that excava n would produce valuable results. Alluding to one of b r excursions in that neighbourhood, Mrs. Burton writes: Iu fine weather nothing 'can be more delightful. The clear, crisp, pure air at an klevation of 3,000 feet above sea level; the abundance of water more splendid than glass ; ' the variety, the novelty, and the glorious asso ciations of the view ; the sublime aspect of the ruins crowning the fertile valley, and backed by the Eternal Mountains ; the manifold contrasts of stony brown range, barren yellow flat, luxuriant verdure of irrigated field and orchard, and last, not least, the ermined shoulder of Hermon, Sannon, and Arz Lebnau (the Cedar Ridge) thrown out into such relief by the diapha nous blue sky, that they seem to be within cannon shot— if these things will not satisfy a traveller's taste, I don't know what will." ~~: .~