The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-03 00:00:00

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Th e dly protested decided 00 a called forth nuan Catholic ;ion in Dublin , herits some 4 , icestor, q uoted statesmen, tatesmen, er, of the PaPs' id :—" Who° of 1814 ha 11 as wises rone. At this itt, said : a the Onnticeo Lees nf •Ipini° ll "‘ that a commo n, Ino can be th is ' for the momen t ' 3r its lost Pr e s by person no can raise,' Ipeak aecoridg my the Pope (erred to. ° I/ to Lord Nor:* - , Paris, "It 19 could be soN'er months WO iese words et State, Lolic subjects; therefore, be ' rests, that the poral positio n Ldence." ZST A BAI D : barrister, aurt, before sf a number .9 Library.ly he should ca I be reserved' Bail. walk all` LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAIL THE GREAT SORTIES FROM PARIS. HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE CROWN PRINOE OF PRUSSIA, VERSAILLES, December 2. The fighting before Paris on November 30 was not followed by any fresh movement yesterday. There was a lull in the French cannonades, and s everal amb u lances came out to collect the wounded. 1 0-day there is again heavy firing in the d:reetion of Charenton. This hard, bright weather is favourable to the Germans near Orleans. AN ARMISTICE DEMANDED. General Templin, the Conn-nar-ler of the 7th Clerman Corps, has forwarded a despatch from Villeneuse le Roi detailing the great sortie from Paris. He states that the united forces of Dacrot and Trochu, against the Wurtemburgers, amounted to 120,000 men. They were attacked very severely, but at six in the evening reinforcements came up, When the French were everywhere repuised. The loss of the Wurtemburgers is set down at 40 Officers and 800 men. The loss of Detrossel's brigade of the Second Army Corps, 2 officers and 70 men. The French loss is very considerable. They have r equested an armistice for several hours for the burial of the dead. Tours, Dec. 2. The Moniteur publishes an account of the great sorties from Paris. It states that ou the 29th ult., the sortie commenced on the right towards Choisy le Roi, Chevilly L'Hay, and from these points the battle was continued. During the night of the 29th to the 30th General bucrot crossed the Marne on the left, and on the horning of the 30th successively occupied Mesly and Mont-Mesly, and was engaged in a battle from Champigny-sur-Marne to Brie-sur-Marne with its back to the Marne. The army then crossed the Marne by eight bridges, and maintained the positions taken after capturing t wo guns. The entrenched position at Epinay was carried on the 30th by Vice-Admiral de la Ronciere. Totals, Thursday. General Ducrot is encamped fifteen miles from Paris. The French losS was 2,000 men. Immense excitement prevails in the town. Considerable French successes are reported from laizieres, Gevrey, Etrepagny, and Recroy. Many Prussian officers have been taken. It is stated that the position of the Prussian Arm y forms a curved line before the Army of Paris. VICTORY OF THE FRENCH ON THE LOIRE. TOURS, December 1 (Evening). A battle was fought yesterday, with important results, at Terminiers, near Orgeres, Department of Lure-et-Loire. The Prussians, with a strong artillery force, and infantry numbering 20,000, were com pletely beaten back by the 16th French Corps, under General Chauzy. The French were mostly young soldiers who had never before seen fire. They took CI'D prisoners. Ohauzy has been made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. The weather is cold and bright—excellent for the French with their tenter d'abn, but very bad for the Prussians, who have no tents. There are no Prussians now in the Depart toents of Sarthe, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, or Loi re t . No one now is in favour of holding the elec tions. All desire that the war should go on to t he end. Another despatch, dated Tours, December 2, says the Prussians were dislodged from the villages at the point of the bayonet. The losses of the enemy were very considerable. 'Zany prisoners were taken, including several Wfieers. The honour of the day is due to Admiral Jaurequiberry, an old sailor. Under the Empire he Was not in favour. He took part in the war in China, and protested against the pillage of the Summer Palace by Palikao. THE FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. The following official report has been published by the Government at Tours : " The Army of the Loire commenced on Thursday 'a general movement, concerted on the evening of "the 30th ult., in consequence of instructions re- Ceived from the Ministry of War. The first opera tions in pursuance of this plan have been 'favourable. A despatch of General Chauzy, 'Commander of the Sixteenth Corps, dated ?stay, Ist December, evening, says The 16th ( Corps left its position at ten o'clock on the morn ing of the Ist instant, and met the enemy on the left strongly entrenched at Guillonville, Terminiers, 41 1 d Goniers. The fight lasted from• noon until ' a il p.m. Notwithstanding the energetic resistance cif the enemy, comprising 20,000 infantry and cavalry, and from forty to fifty guns, the first division carried successfully the first positions of the enemy, and afterwards Monneville, Villepain, d Faverolles, where we bivouacked at night. Everywhere our troops attacked the enemy With irresistible elan. The Prussians were 'dislodged from the villages at the point of the bayonet. Our artillery was handled with a boldness and precision which I cannot praise too highly. Our losses do not seem to have been serious. Those of the enemy were considerable• Prisoners are being brought in, among whom are several officers. The honours of the day belong to Admiral Jaureguiberry. The enemy retired in the direction of Leigny and Chateau Cambray. I have a nnounced to my soldiers the groat news of the sortie f rom " FIGHTING wEs r OF ORLEANS. An official despatch from the German Head quarters at Versailles, dated Dec. 1, has been re eeivedn at Munich. it states tLat General Yonder 4ann fought a series of successful engagements in t he West of Orleans. No details are given. REPULSE OF THE GERMANS BY GARIBALDI AT AU TUN. AUTITN, December 1. -esterday the Prussians attacked Autun with I nfantry, cavalry, and twelve guns. The attack alroenced at two o'clock in the afternoon, and by ;our o'cl oc k th e P ru s s ians were repulsed with heavy 088 . The town was bombarded with howitzers. Th e alobile s did their duty well. We expect another attack from the Pruss ians `e"day. AUTUN 7 December 2. The Prussians have attacked Autun wit h infan t I T) cavalry, and two battalians of artillery. Garibaldi allowed them to come to the gates of the town, in order that he might the more effectually repel their attack. The Mobiles, under the eyes of their fellow citi 2ens, did their duty. The Prussians threw bombs into the town. T here was no fresh attack during the night. GERMAN TERMS FOR TIIE SURRENER OF PARIS. BRUSSELS, December 2. A well-informed official has just arrived here from 'ION, ME SUN, LONDON, SATURD" DECEMBER 3, 1870. sarily irreligious. He had already taken part, and in• tended still to do so, in pressing forward the opening of universities to Nonconformists, so as to get rid of every thing like religious differences at the highest seats of education. Such differences he hoped, would soon vanish from the question of elementary education, which ought to be common ground for all to unite upon. The differences, that separated Christians on the subject of elementary education would disappear when the new system came to be worked out, It would then be found that this was a matter upon which all could unite and do honest and good work without any compromise of particular opinions. MR. THOMAS HUGHES, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., addressing his constituents at Frome last night, referred to the capture in Canadian waters of a New England fishing boat by an English cruiser, than which ho said nothing could be more un lucky. The Fisheries Question kept alive most bitter feel• ings, which were natural enough, because England was insisting upon rights which her statesmen felt could not be supported. Since he had been to America he was more than 'ever persuaded that the people of the United States were England's true allies, and would reply cordially to any advances on the part of this country. He trusted that the present Government would forthwith take action and settle the Alabama claims and the Fisheries Question. Then England and America would be on terms of real friendship, and unitedly powerful enough to maintain the peace of the world. • THE IRISH CAUSE CELEBRE. THE JUDGMENT. The Taylor case for a separation a mend et thorn con cluded yesterday at Dublin. Judge Battersby gave judg. went. He reviewed the evidence at length, and said he considered the petitioner's case proved, but the respon dent's case had not been made out. It was noticeable that the respondent made no charges of adultery against his wife until the present suit, and now he sought evidence against the least creditable wit nesses, relying upon the testimony of discharged servants, hotel waiters, and ostlers. He had not pro duced one respectable witness, except his mother, and she deposed to circumstances of which she had no knowledge, but which she persuaded herself were true. If the evi dence given by Dr. O'Hare, of Belfast, were true, the sooner the police watched his movements the better. The judge therefore declared the petitioner entitled to the separation prayed for, and granted her permanent ali mony. PLAYING WITH FIREARMS AGAIN. A labourer named Hawks was firing cannon in honour of the Nonconformist victory at the election for the Bridgwater School Board, when the piece bursted, and so injured his lower extremities that he died an hour after wards from hemorrhage. £250 FOR INJURIES BY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. At the Manchester Assizes, on Thursday, a draper, named Turner, carrying on business in Oldham, recovered 2250 damages from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail. way Company for injuries sustained in a collision at Los tock Junction, in September last. THE GREAT SORTIE FROM PARIS. The correspondent of the Daily News at the Head quarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia at Versailles, telegraphing on the 30th November, says that further details have come to hand of yesterday's fighting before Paris. it becomes clear that a very important sortie was attempted against Choisy-le-Roi, and that the feigned attacks upon Montretout and Bezons were likely to have been pushed home had any weakness been found in the Prussian line. The French began their movement against Bezons in the middle of the night of the 28th to the 29th by a heavy cannonade from Mont - Valerien, and there was an attempt, or the pretence of an attempt, to throw a bridge across the Siene. There was an exchange of fire with small arms between the opposite sides of the river, and the whole Prus sian force on the Peninsula and the Carribres of St. Denis was on the alert. Meanwhile the French were preparing to attack Montretout with a body of infantry moving up from Surennes, under cover of the guns of . a new work of Mont Valerien. At eight o'clock yester day morning this attack commenced. The Prussians were vigorously shelled. Detachments of Gardes Mobiles began to skirmish. Several Prussian field batteries moved up in support, and a large force of infantry of the line was soon ready to assist the Jager companies of the sth Corps which were engaged with the French. Gunboats on the Seine took part in the action by throw ing shells among the Jagers. It is said that fire was also opened from batteries at Boulogne. The Prussian guns did not reply, because they were placed in a position to do execution upon troops which might press home, and the French though hotly skirmishing did not advance. I have heard from men who were engaged .with them for several hours that they made two or three rushes to the bent, as though half inclined to do strong work at Montretout, but that their supports so manoeuvred as to give the idea that no order to storm it had reached them. They seemed to be in strong force and to chafe against the restraint of a feigned attack. They would, however, have lost frightfully had they been more pushing, for the Prussian positions were carefully prepared. The French officers exposed their lives freely to hold their men just where they were wanted, and the cool, steady fire of the Jagers caused much loss to the Gardes Mobiles. One French officer sprang to the front, and made straight to the place where the Jagers lay. He was shot down just as he turned to wave on the hesi tating skirmishers, By about midday the fire from Mont Valerien slackened, and the Mobiles withdrew to Surennes. The sortie against Choisy-le-Roi began a little later than the feint against Montretout. At nine o'clock yesterday morning some twenty French bat talions came out from Villejuif, and advanced towards the position of the Gth Prussian Corps. The guns of the new work at Villejuif supported the attack by an incessant fire, which fell mainly on the right of the 2nd Bavarian Corps, and caused comparatively small loss. The French are said to have shewn great energy at the beginning of the movement, but were soon discouraged, and soon halted by their general's command when the Prussian bullets began to shower upon them. It was thought necessary by the besiegers to unmask their batteries of field artillery. These caused the French much annoyance. The officers who led the sortie tried hard to keep their men in order, but the fore most battalions became a good deal confused ; supports did not push on, and in two hours the affair was over. It is estimated that the French loss must have been between five and six hundred men. The Germans lost about one hundred, thirty of whom were Bavarians injured by the artillery fire, the rest being Prussians of the Sixth Corps. I rode out to wards Choisy-le-Roi, and found the country alive with German troops mustered to repel the sortie. It is no idle boast of the besieging forces that they can concentrate twenty-five or thirty thousand men upon any lreatened point. The weather was raw and misty, and the mud very deep; but the Germans were in excellent spirits, some of the columns were singing, others were enlivened by the music of brass bands. Everyone knew exactly where to go and what was expected of him. The Wurtembergers on the extreme left were heavily cannonaded last night, with about one casualty to every five hundred shells sent against them. Report says that firing was also heard to the north. There was much shelling during the night from the whole line of southern forts. The French are roused to immense activity, and the impression gains ground that the final efforts are being made. The reckless waste of ammunition is accounted for by Trochu knowing that food must fail before he can possibly spend all his powder and shot. The French are firing more and more heavily as the day goes on. M. GAMBET rA'S SPEECH. The following is the speech of M. Gambetta, delivered at Tours, on Thursday, and forwarded by telegraph by the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph :—The Delega tion of the Government received yesterday—Dec. I—the news of a victory gained under the walls of Paris during the days of the 28th, 29th, and 30th Nov. This news was brought to Tours by the balloon " Jules Fevre,' which fell near Belleisle-en-Mer at four o'clock. M. Gambetta, addressing a great crowd assembled in the court of the Prefecture, confirmed, in the following terms, the great and fortunate news:—" Dear fellow-citi zens : After seventy-two days of a siege unexampled in history—seventy-two days consecrated to preparing and organising the forces of deliverence—Paris has thrown itself outside of its walls to break through the circle of iron which strangles it. A numerous and valiant army, prepared with prudence by consummate chiefs, whom nothing has been able to shake or to perturb in their laborious talk of organising victory—this army has been ableto await the destined hour, and the hour has come. Excited, encouraged by the invigorating news which came from Orleans, the chiefs of the Government had resolved to act ; and, with one accord, we have all been awaiting for some days in deep anxiety the result of our combined efforts. On the 29th of No vember, in the morning, Paris put herself in motion. A proclamation by General Trochu informed the capital of this supreme resolution, and, before marching to the combat, he threw the responsibility of the blood which was about to flow on the head of that M;nis ter and that king whose criminal ambition tramples under foot modern justice and civilisa tion. The sortieing army is commanded by Gene ral Ducrot, who, before entering the field, made oath, in the manner of the ancients, in the presence of the city besieged and of France consumed by anxiety, that he would never re-enter the city unless dead or victo rious. I give you,' continued M. Gambetta, in their own laconism, the tidings brought by, the balloon Jules Favre' —a name of good augury and leer to France—which fell this morning at Belleisle-en-Mer. On the 29th of November, in the morning, the sortie directed against the German line of investment began upon the right by Choisy, L'Hay, and Chevilly. In the night between the 29th and 30th, the battle was prolonged upon these various points. General Ducrot, on his left, had passed the Marne on the 30th, in the morning, and occupied successively Mely and Montmedy. He strongly pressed his movement on the left, passed the IVlarne, and, with his back to that river, placed himself in order of battle from Champigny to Bry. The army then crossed the river upon eight bridges, and bivouacked on those positions, after having taken two guns from the enemy. The re port of the engagement was made to Paris by General Trochu himself ; and in that report, in which all are praised, is silent only as to the great share which Gene ral Trochu has taken in the battle. As Turrenne did, it is established that he retrieved the balance of the fight upon several points, carrying forward the infantry by the impulse of his presence. During this battle the whole circumference of Paris was covered by a formidable fire—the artillery searching all the positions of the German line of investment. The attack of our troops was supported during the whole engagement by gunboats launched upon the Marne and upon the Seine ; and the circular railway of M. Dorian, whose military genius cannot be too much cele brated, has co-operated in the battle by the aid of iron-clad waggons, which maintained a fire upon the enemy. This same day of the 30th November, in the afternoon, witnessed a vigorous attack by Admiral La Ronciere, always in the same direction of L'Hay and Chevilly. He advanced upon Longiumeau, and carried the positions of Epinay beyond that place—the entrenched positions of the Prussians, who have left in our hands nu merous prisoners and two more guns. At the hour at which we read this despatch from Paris a general action should be going on along the whole line. The attack on the south _of the Ist December was to be directed by General Vinoy. Results so considerable could not have been attained without serious losses. We have 2,000 men wounded. General Renault, commanding the 2nd Corps, and General Ducrct have covered them selves with glory and merited the gratitude of the nation. The Prussian losses are very con siderable. All these informations are official, for they are addressed by the Chief of the Staff, General Schmitz, to Leon Gambetta." The Minister of War continued : " The Genius of France, obscured for a moment, now re appears. Thanks to the efforts of the entire country, Versailles. Ho tells me that if the Orleans army should capitulate, Paris will be summoned to sur ren ler in three days. A clear statement of the po sition of France will be sent in to the Govern ment, and the following terms :—The Regu lar] and the Guard Mobile to be prisoners of war. The National Guard and the Irregulars to be disarmed and allowed to return into private life. The forts, cannons, and munitions of war to be given up. The regular garrison to march out with the honours of war. If the surrender is refused, the siege will be proceeded with in the regular way, but bombardment will only be resorted to An extreme need. My inf)rmant adds that there are no siege guns in position.—Daily Telegraph. THE RATIONS IN PARIS. BERLIN, December 2. Half the population of Paris have been put on rations of bread and wine. All the papers are more calm and dignified in tone. People at Versailles are growing to look upon the attitude of the city as " quite worthy " and deserving of all respect. GENERAL WAR NEWS. In an order of the day, dated the Ist, General Aurelles de Paladine says:—" The Army of Paris has forced the Prussian lines. General Ducrot, at the head of his army, is marching towards us : let us march to meet him with an enthusiasm of which the Army of Paris has set us the example." A decree has been issued in Paris forbidding the newspapers to publish, nnder pain of suppression, any military news save such as emanates from the Governmeat. A. decree has also appeared, authorizing the autho rities to take possession in the name of the Govern ment of all salt pork and prepared comestibles in the shops of Paris. M. Rochefort is doing duty as a simple artillery man in the National Guard. THE W '!JR IN CENTRAL FRANCE. BERLIN, December 1 (10.30 p.m.). The following is an extract from the official re port, dated Versailles, 26th November : " Nearly the whole of the forces at the disposal of the French Government have been concentrated between Blois, Tours. and Orleans. If defeated, they will probably retreat to Lyons, which is strongly fortified and provisioned. "All around Orleans the country people, insti gated to fight by the priests, who have been ordered by Bishop Dupanloup to preach a crusade, have begun a guerilla warfare against the Germans. "Patrols are fired at from every building and every hedge. Officers carrying orders are shot down by labourers, seemingly working in -he fields, but provided with rifles ;Is well as spades. To avenge these assassinations, all non-soldiers carrying arms are immediately executed. Not a few priests are now awaiting trial. The towns of Sens and Nemours have been severely punished for conniving at the surprise of Prussian detachments by Francs-Tireurs. " On the 24th of nivember, at a reconnaissance near Neuville, two Prussian battalions, two squadrons, and one battery chased the enemy, who was four times their number, to the very gates of the town. Other reconnoitring detachments took 150 prisoners." Colonel Lesczynslti, Chief of the Staff of the 14th Army Corps, publicly accuses General Barral, who holds a command in the Loire army, of having run aw ay after giving his parole when taken prisoner at Strasburg. Prussia has lent to the Strasburg Savings Bank one million francs to assist the poor, whose deposits were transferred to the French Exchequer. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. CASSEL, December 2 (9 p.m.) We are authorised to state that the alleged agree ment between the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Prussia never existed, and was at no time con templated. _ • The Empress is not expected here. WILHELMSHOHE, December 2. The statement that a treaty has been signed be tween the King of Prussia and the Emperor Na poleon is entirely unfounded. DE LA MusxowA (Prince) Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor. —Times. THE SUEZ CANAL. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 2 It is generally stated here, and is believed, that the Suez Canal will become an English company, and that the entire work is to come under English pru toction. Prussia, it is said, has no objeotion to the project. —Daily 7 elegraph. CHINA. The following has been forwarded to us from the Foreign Office : " A telegram has been received from Mr. Wade, dated Pekin, November 16, stating that M. Roche chouart has come back trom Tien-tsin, where he considers public confidence completely restored. He expresses himself satisfied with the new Governor- General. There is no alarm elsewhere. British, American, French, and perhaps Russian gunboats, will remain at Tien-tsin during the winter." TARTAR INSURRECTION IN MONGOLIA. (Per Grant's North China Despatch, via Kiachta.) SHANGHAI, November 8. A Tartar insurrection has broken out in Mon golia. 20,000 rebels are marching on Ourga and Fliasutai (?). Thirty guns and 1,000 drilled soldiers, with Russian rifles, started from Kalgau on the 21st of November. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.-OXFORD CHALLENGES CAMBRIDGE. At a captain's meeting of the University Boat Club, held yesterday at Oxford, it was unanimously re solved to challenge Cambridge to row the usual eight-oar race in the spring. The day has not yet been chosen, but it will probably be on or near April Ist. The trial eight oar race, which precedes the selection of the Oxford eight, will take place on Friday next. THE EASTERN QUESTION. A meeting to consider the duty of England in reference to the demands of Russia, was held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, under the presidency of the Mayor, last night. Mr. James Anthony Fronde, Professor Thorold, and Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., were among the speakers. The following resolution was unanimously passed : " That while this meeting disapproves of the manner in which the Russian Government has disclaimed certain obligations entered into under the Treaty of Paris, and condemns the abrogation of any treaty unless by the consent of the signatories thereto, it protests against an appeal to arms, considering that the subject in dispute ought to be referred to a Euro pean Congress." A second resolution was also carried, to the effect that the meeting entertained a profound con viction that the welfare of the people of this country was identified with the maintenance of peace throughout the world, and therefore emphatically condemned the conduct of those who have been endeavouring to foment war with Russia, and the meeting was further of opinion that a foreign policy which corn - mits the nation to the maintenance of treaties having for their object the control of political institutions and forces on the continent of Europe, was inexpedient and dangerous, and that the reference of in ternational disputes to the wager of battle instead of to arbitration, was a wanton and barbarous sacrifice of life and treasure, THE BISHOP OF EXETER ON EDUCATION. The Bishop of Exeter, speaking yesterday at the an ni versary of the North Tawton Middle-class School, said it was a mistake that comprehensive schools were neces- RAILWAY COLLISION. A collision occurred last night between the Leamington and Birmingham passenger and a heavy mineral train on the Hampton station on the London and North-Western Railway. No one was killed, but several of the pas sengers were severely injured. The passenger train had stopped to shunt some horse boxes, when the mineral train came up and ran into it. The official s say that the signals were fixed at danger ; this, however, is denied by the driver of the mineral train. BALLOON POST. Four packages have been picked up at Cadgwith, near the Lizard, with the Paris postmark of November 28th, supposed to be from the balloon which passed the Channel ou Tuesday night. Each parcel is marked balloon post. They are all wet and covered with sand. One of them has been forwarded from Falmouth, where they were brought to the French Consul-General in London. THE BRIDGWATER SCHOOL BOARD. The result of the polling for the School Board at Bridg water bas been the return of three Churchmen and four Nonconformists. Their relative position, according to the number of votes received, was as follows :—Hammill (Independent), 1; Wilton (Nonconformist), 2 ; Sully (Nonconformist), 3 ; Barham (Nonconformist), 4 ; Smith (Churchman), 5 ; Winterbotham (Churchman), 6 ; Poole (Churchman), 7. Two other Church candidates were defeated. SUICIDE OF A RECRUIT. A coroner's ingtiest was held yesterday at Maidstone,on the body of a man named George Welfield, who com mitted suicide under the following circumstances. De ceased had joined the 7th Dragoon Guards as a recruit at Newcastle on the 12th of November, and arrived at Maid stone on the 19th. On Thursday he was seen hanging about the railway six miles from Maidstone, and was ob served to throw himself in front of a train, the whole of which passed over his body. The jury found that deceased was of unsound mind. THE JURIES ACT. Mr. Justice Brett, who presided in the Crown Court at the Manchester Assizes yesterday, referred in his charge to the grand jury to the ambiguity of the Juries Act passed last sessions. He commented severely on the in consistencies in the measure, and said that the judges had had the greatest difficulty in framing rules carrying out the intention of the Legislature. TIIE CARDIFF ABDUCTION CASE. Yesterday morning the Jewish abduction case was re opened at the Cardiff police-court. On the application of Mr. Barnett Lyons, father of Esther Lyons, the girl who was alleged to have been abducted for proselytising purposes, a summons for wilful perjury was granted against the Rev. Nathaniel Thomas, Baptist minister, of Cardiff. When the case was before Mr. Jus tice Blackburn in the Court of Queen's Bench in July last the judge reprobated in very strong language the conduct of the defendants Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. The summons will be heard on Monday. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Seventeen Japanese paid a visit to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich on Wednesday, by a special War Department order. Recruiting at Woolwich is proceeding at the rate of about eighty a day, which is a greater activity than ever remembered by "the oldest inhabitant." The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the entering at Chatham dockyard, of six engineer students, providing that number pass the standard required of candidates after a competitive examination which will shortly be held under the direction of the Civil Service Commis sioners. CRYSTAL PALACE.-011P Shilling Day.—Fri day, December 2, 1870.- -Admissions by season tickets, 1,137 ; ditto on payment, 453 ; total visitors, 1,590. The success that attended a Channel Islands Exhibition, held on a limited scale at Guernsey in 1868, has induced the executive of the Royal Jersey Agricul- tural and Horticultural Society to inaugurate an exhibi tion of Channel Islands' products in Jersey in June next ea r The island authorities have granted the use of Vic toria College and its spacious grounds for the purposes of the exhibition. The annual dinner at the Agricultural Hall, pre- i llminary to the Grand Christmas Cattle Show is a cheer- 1 ing sign of •` the good time coming," But fat oxen, to be serviceable to the community, must be well cooked; and, when served up, efficiently carved, with a view to the good digestion which should always " wait on appetite.' Steel knives, hitherto the sole " medium " as cutting in struments for the table, are obviously objectionable on many grounds. Silver, on the other hand, is only avail able at dessert. That noble patron of the arts, the late Prince Consort, believed that all things were possible to the ingenious and industrious manufacturer, and the problem of dinner knives has been solved most satisfac torily by a new invention of Mr. J, Neal, of the Edgware road. He has patented a new " pyro-silver " knife, with a sharp incisive blade, which requires no cleaning, and may be simply " set " on a steel. This knife has been literally tried in the fire (whence its classical name), and stood tke proof. The metal is not corrodible by vinegar, lemon-juice, or any other vegetable acid. Mr. Neal's patent is also applicable to table forks, dessert services, fish slices, scissors, &c. Orna ment has not been sacrificed to utility. Mr. Neal's stock is really a fine art exhibition of its kind, and amongst many other specimens that attract the admiration of visitors should be mentioned the dessert knife handles of rock coralite—a " leading article" of the manufactory Steel knives have had their day, and pyro-silver will henceforth command all such customers as are desirous not to look or to use " daggers," but to cut their flesh food to mincemeat as a first step to nutrition, victory returns to us, as if to make us forget the long series of our misfortunes. It favours us from every point. In effect, our Army of the Loire has for three weeks disconcerted all the plans of the Prussians, and repulsed all their attacks. Their tactics have been power less against the solidity of our troops, on the right wing as well as en the left. Etrepagny had been wrested from the Prussians, and Amiens has been evacuated as the sequel of the battle of Paris. Our troops at Orleans have vigorously launched themselves in advance. Our two great armies march to meet each other. In their ranks each officer and each soldier knows that he holds in his hands the fate of the country itself. That alone renders them invincible. Who then would doubt henceforth the final issue of this gigantic struggle ? The Prussians can appreciate to-day the difference be tween a despot who fights to satisfy his personal ambition, and an armed people which refuses to perish. •It will be the everlasting honour of the Republic to give back to France the sentiment of herself, and having found her in the depths of abasement, her armies be trayed, her soil occupied by the stranger, to have brought back to her military honour, the discipline of her armies, and victory. The invader is now upon the route where he is awaited by the fire of our population raised in his rear. Behold, citizens, what can be done by a great nation which wishes to preserve intact the glory of its name, and to assert the triumph of right and of justice in the world. France and the universe will never forget that Paris first of all has given that example, has inculcated that policy, and has thus esta blished her moral supremacy in remaining faithful to the heroic spirit of the Revolution. Wive Paris ! Vive la France ! Vive la Rlpublique one and indivisible.'" RUSSIA AND THE TREATIES OF 1856. FRANKFORT, December 2. I am told here on good authority, says the correspon dent of the Daily Telegraph; that Mr. Odo Russell has carried out his mission with the greatest enterprise and vigour, placing the matter before Count Bismarck in the clearest possible light, giving him at the outset to under stand that it was not upon the Eastern Question nor that of the Black Sea Fleet, and the fort resses, nor the guarantee of Turkey's existence and integrity, that England would fight Russia, but upon the arbitrary breach of Treaty and the modes operandi adopted by the Imperial Government. Count Bismarck at once placed Prussian influence at the disposition of England; he urged a Conference, which Russia wished held at Constantinople or St. Petersburg. London was then proposed, and Count Bismarck took up the idea, telegraphing to Prince Gortschakoff, " You will be more likely to get concessions out of the English in their own capital than anywhere else." To this expedient Count Bismarck has lent his whole weight. When he came out of his private room into his Chancel leries after his last interview with Mr. Russell, during which he telegraphed to St. Petersburg, pressing London upon Prince Gortschakoff with extreme energy, he stopped a few seconds amongst his councillors, and, rubbing his hands joyously, said, "Well, gentlemen, everybody is always accusing me of making wars; but this time I have made peace." FLORENCE, December 2 (Evening). The Italian Government is favourable to the Prussian suggestion for holding a Conference on the Eastern ques tion. It is reported that it has already officially notified its adhesion to this proposal. _ . _ VIENNA, December 2. The situation here continues peaceful. Count Beust is acting in complete concert with England and the Sublime Porte. Turkey will on no account negotiate with Russia without the concurrence of the contracting Powers to the Treaty of 1856. BERLIN, December 2 (3 p.m.) It seems that even those Cabinets which were at first least favourable to a Conference will content themselves with declaring that their acceptance of the invitation does not imply an approval of the Russian precedure. Tours, December 2. The Government of Tours has decided to refer to the Government of Paris the proposal communicated by Lord Lyons for the participation of France in the pro jected Conference. THE CROWN OF GERMANY. A correspondent of the Telegraph, in a despatch dated Berlin, December 2, says :—ln authoritative quarters it, is stated here that the King will be compelled to tte,cpt the Crown of Germany. Saxony, Bavaria, and Wurtemburg are, in their representatives to pro ceed to Versailles. Apartments are being prepared for them in the Chateau. The title assumed by the King will, it is probable, not be " Emperor of Germany," but " Kaisser von Preussen and Schirmherr von Deutschland." Thus all suscepti bilities may be saved, and the extinction of Prussia as Prussia averted. The King is much exasperated about the late affair at Chatillon, in which Alvens leben—formerly of the Gardes du Corps, and lately colonel of a reserve regiment of Uhlans—was brutally murdered, his throat being cut by the Garibaldians. He said about the affair—" I did not pity them because they have been surprised, and Prussian soldiers ought not to be surprised ; but the whole thing occurred through treachery, and will cost the French dear." h*tfyg.:- ,P 4 (fart • . . 4 . filar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 2. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, at tended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Princess Louise drove out with Lady Churchill. Prin cess Beatrice also went out. VV The Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Churchill had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family last evening. The Hon. Mary Pitt has left the Castle. FURTHER P ROhOGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Her Majesty's proclamation further proroguing Parlia ment from the 13th of the present month to the 17th of January is published in last night's Gazette. Convoca tions of the provinces of Canterbury and York stand pro rogued to the 18th day of January. We regret to learn .that there was no improve ment in the state of Sir Roderick Murchison yesterday. The death is announced of Mr. Charles Birch Bean, editor and proprietor of the Liverpool Albion. The Norwich election petition will be heard before Mr. Justice Keating on or about the 4th of January. The Queen went to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, at noon yesterday, and inspected the magnificent reredos just erected at the east end of the choir. Sir Henry Bulwer, M.P., who is at Torquay, has been suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis, but is reported to be better. Mr. Henry J. Jennings, of the Western Daily Press, has been appointed editor of the Birmingham Daily Mail.—Newspaper Press. The relapsing fever is said to be largely on the increase in Glasgow. The authorities are about to con struct a permanent fever hospital there. The King of Bavaria has conferred upon Dr. P5l - the significant distinction of appointing him mem ber of the Chapter of the Order of Maximilian for Science and Art. The twin daughters of the Count and the Coun tess of Flanders will receive the names of Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette, and Jos6phine Marie St& phanie Victoire. Complaints are made of the desecration of St. Andrew's churchyard, Plymouth, where, it is said, the visible remains of the departed are dug up and carted away with rubbish.—Rock. • Miss Helen Faucit, now fulfilling an enga g ement at the Glasgow Theatre Royal , has this week handed over a donation of £5O to the funds of the Royal In firmary in that city. The Census for England and Wales in April next, will be taken by Major Graham (the Registrar General), Dr. Farr, and Mr. J. T. Hammick, with Mr. W. Clode acting as secretary. The Law Journal understands that Mr. Arthur James Johnes, the County Court judge of Circuit No. 28, has resigned. He was called to the bar in 1835, and re ceived his appointment in 1847. The bill for declaring. the equal right of all parishioners to the use of the parish churches, which, last session, did. not survive the first reading, is, we believe, to be again brought forward.—Rock. A Manchester correspondent sends us a rumour that a recently-appointed bishop is about to marry the daughter of a millionaire manufacturer, who will bring to the right rev. prelate a dowry of a quarter of a million sterling.—Globe. The Prince of Wales has intimated to the authori ties of the new museum at Oxford his intention of visiting that building during his stay at Blenheim Palace in December. The prince, soon after his return from Egypt, presented a mummy to the museum. • OUR COTE THE MILITARY SITUATION IN FRANCE. The Times is of opinion that aid from the Army of the Loire cannot be expected at Paris for several days to come, and much less from any other quarter. Trochu and Ducrot, if bent on renewing the experiment which was not very successful on Wednesday, will have to rely on their indomitable courage alone. On Thursday, when a fresh s: - .l.ti-e --- was announced, so far as we know up to the moment of going to press, all was quiet near Paris, and the French had asked for a few hours' armistice to bury the dead. We have not forgotten that a sin - ) 'ler request was made by Bazaine after Gravelotte. Indeed, the analogy between the vicissitudes of the two beleaguered places strikes us almost at every stage of the hostilities —an ominous ana logy ! We should be sorry to express any scepticism as to the portents which martial ardour, kin ded by patriotism, may be able to achieve. Though Metz fell, Paris may yet triumph. That Ducrot may eventually cut his way through the midst of the besieging Germans, and that D'Atirelles may break through the double line of Prince Frederick Charles, are all events within the limits of human possibility ; but all we can say is, that whatever has hitherto been achieved, either on the Loire or on the Marne, has not done much towards the " joining hands " of the two French Generals which might, indeed, if happily effected, be fraught with most serious consequences for the Prussians. The Manchester Examiner thinks the plans of Trochu are only now beginning to be developed. They were probably agreed upon before Gambetta's journey to Tours, and the gist of them was the creation of a military force competent in numbers and discipline to contend with the Germans. In any case, continues the Examiner, it must be admitted that whatever may be the fate, of Paris, and however the war may terminate, enough hasbeen done to rescue the work of the defence from the charge of Quixotism. More thau this has been done. Self respect has been restored to France, the national cause has been retrieved from the absolute helplessness in which it lay the day after Sedan, and it has been proud that patriotic arms with a worthy cause can do greater deeds than a hireling army in the pay of despotism. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The -Daily News regrets to say that the peculiar casu istry of Prince Gortschakoff has not improved. He still contends that a Treaty may exist in full force as a whole, though each party to it claim and exercise the right of re nouncing such of its stipulations as that party may object to. He cannot see that in the claim of Russia to annul of her own self-will one point of the Treaty of 1856, there is any implication that all are annulled. Perhaps not ; but there is a dis tinct warning that none are really binding, whioh, after all, is much the same thing. For a Treaty which does not bind its signatories is really no Treaty. These con siderations, however, represent a stage of the controversy which has long since been passed. In entering the Con ference, Russia will practically withdraw from the po,i tion she has taken up. Through Prince Gortschakoff the Emperor expresses his willingness and desire to come to an arrangement compatible with the rights of Turkey, and with the maintenance and consolidation of peace in the East; The other Powers can desire nothing else and nothing more .than this. Since the Treaty of 1856 the condition of Europe has undergone great changes ; and sounder and truer ideas of policy prevail now than existed during tl-e first Premiership of Lord Palmer ston. If there is any remnant of the old leaven in the minds of statesmen of either party, it will not permeate the nation. Her good faith vindicated, England will de cline to be drawn, no matter at what bidding, into a war for the purpose of s maintaining restrictions on another State which she would not submit to herself. She will not endeavour to impose on Russia any limitation of the rights which belong to her as a sovereign Power in her own treritory and within her own waters. This is not a Cabinet question only. It is a national one ; and the nation's mind is made up. While, says the Standard, few men believe war to be necessary and none desire it, all or nearly all feel con vinced that the actual situation is such that we may well be driven to a choice between war and dishonour ; and in proportion as they see reason to consider that Ministers are resolved to avoid war, they find cause to apprehend that peace may be purchased by disgrace. This is the natural result of the known character and the avowed policy of the lead ing membe.s of the present Cabinet ; they can only dispel such uneasy feelings by making us promptly aware what they actually have done and are doing. Public confidence would be most completely restored by the convocation of Parliament; .if that be not thought expedient, at least let the nation learn on what terms Lord Granville has replied to the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff. Not so many days have elapsed since the Foreign Secretary declared that "England could not sanction" the repudiation of the treaty. To enter upon a Conference under the present conditions would be to sanction it; for Russia still adheres to her declaration that in no case will she longer be bound by the treaty ; and a Conference, therefore, can only meet to sanction that declaration, unless it meet to menace Russia with war, and that, we know, no Conference will do. In a word, if we are not to sanction the Russian outrage on public law, that declaration must, in some form or other, previous to the meeting of the Conference be withdrawn; and the Powers must enter into the discussion with the understanding that there is no foregone conclusion on either side ; that the Czar, equally with ourselves and our allies, is prepared to abide by the decision of collective Europe, and that the first and second notes of Prince Gortschakoff are to be condoned on the one side on condition that they are practically abandoned on the other. The Telegraph says : We do not hesitate to say that, if Prince Gortschakoff's reply lad been the only contribution to the solution of the Russian difficulty received since the despatch of Lord Granville's Note, we should have entertained but slight hope of the preservation of peace. Fortunately, betwecn the date of the despatch . of Prince Gortschakoff's reply and its receipt in London, Russia had practically seen fit to abate her pretensions. Austria had pronounced against the viola tion of the Treaty of Paris with a decision of which, for many a year past, she had given an example. Turkey had shown herself ready to resist violence by force ; and Italy had given her adhesion to the policy of which England had constituted herself the champion. Thus Russia found herself once more confronted by the prospect of a Western coalition, to which France was prepared to tender her support or not as circumstances should permit ; and the resolution of the Emperor forthwith began to waver, Whether with or without reason—we do not 'care to inquire too closely—the Government of St. Petersburg had reckoned upon the moral, if not the material, support of Prussia. Knowing this to be the case, our Government, immediately upon the receipt of the original note, addressed a demand for direct and explicit explanations to the Head-quarters of the German Army ; and the bearer of these demands, Mr. Odo Russell, has fully justified the judgment of the Foreign Office in selecting him for that most important mission. Mr. Russell was instructed to convey to Count Bismarck the view entertained by our Government in the most unmistakeable terms ; and this duty he has fulfilled with extreme tact and resolution. The Prussian statesman was assured that though England might not be prepared for war at all risks and all hazards, either to settle the Eastern ques tion, to enforce the neutralisation of the Black Sea, or to defend the integrity of Turkey, she was ready and deter mined, if need were, to take up arms on behalf of that faith in treaties which was trampled under foot by Rus sia. To this declaration Count Bismarck responded at once by an offer to exert the whole influence of Prussia in favour of England. He promised to induce Russia, not only to submit her claims to a Conference, but to consent that that Conference should be held in London. As we know, these pro fessions were acted upon at once ; and the Emperor, seeing that in the event of resistance he could not reckon even upon the aid of Germany, has so far modified his arrogant assumption of the power to set aside the Treaty of Paris as to acknowledge that the question is one on which other Powers besides Russia have the right to speak with authority. The Manchester Courier says: If Russia have a grievance, the same means of redress are open to her as to the other States. She can represent her grievance, and can demand a conference of the other Powers for their redress, but it cannot be permitted that she should violate the faith she has once pledged, or that she should take up a position of direct defiance with regard to the other Powers of Eurepe. The partisans of Mr. Glad stone and his colleagues may rely upon it that if there should turn out to have been any faltering duty on the part of their nominees, any disinclination to uphold the honour of England at the critical moment, there will be such a storm of indignation as will make office no pleasant place for the Libe ra l pa r ty, great and united though it be. The Law Times is informed that a number of County Court registrars have formed themselves into an association for the purpose of watching the legislation affecting County Courts, and more particularly measures which relate to their positions and responsibilities. It is said that Rudolph Lehmann is about to paint the portrait of Mr. Seeley, the ex-Lord Mayor, for one of the city companies. ~~~ .This Morning