The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-27 00:00:00

THE WAR. THE ACTIONS FOUGHT BY GENERALS VINO Y AND DUCROT. After noting the confusion between the actions fought by General Vinoy and General Ducrot, the Standard gives the following details :—On the 16th General Vinoy's corps had a sharp skirmish with the Prussians near Creteil. A few men were killed and wounded on both sides, and General Vinoy, finding the Prussians in force—from 30,000 to 40,000 men —and being played upon by their guns, which during the night had been placed upon the heights of Mely, he took refuge under the guns of fort Charenton, and the redoubts of Gravelle and La Faisanderie. On the same evening another skirmish took place on the other bank of the Seine, in front of Fort Ivry. It having become evident that the Prussians who had crossed the Seine near Juvisy were marching towards the west, and massing in the Bois de Mendon. Viney's corps, or at least a portion of it, made a recon naisance towards Choisy le Rol—query, Choisy sur Seine. This force fell in with the rear guard of the Prussian corps marching on Versailles. An engagement took place in which the French gained the advantage, losing only 43 men killed and wounded against, it is said, 400 casualties on the Prussian side. The strength of the Prussians on this occasion did not, it is asserted, exceed some 4,000 men. On the 18th General Ducrot, who, at the head of the 14th corps, composed of troops of the line and Mobiles, had taken up a position on the heights extending from Villejuif to Meudon, advanced to feel for the main body of the corps, making the flank movement above alluded to. He marched early in the morning, and massing the bulk of his troops in dense columns on the plateau of Chatillon, he commenced the action by a heavy cannonade on the Prussians concealed in the wood in his front. This, however, had not the effect of inducing the enemy to chew himself, and after a time the French commander, becoming impatient, rushed forward strong detachments, and among them a regiment of Cui rassiers, in the direction of the village of Bagneux, a little to the south-east of Chatillon. The Cuirassiers were received with a heavy fire, which emptied many saddles, and put the survivors to flight. All the efforts of the French line to carry the woods were fruitless, the enemy being too strongly posted. At this moment a battalion of Mobiles coning up in support fired by mistake into the 16th French Regiment. The latter, panic-struck, retired at speed. This incident appears to have taken place on the French left. In the meantime the Prussian guns had been placed on a height which commanded the plateau on which the main body of the French troops were placed. On this a general retreat of the first line took place—that on the left was effected with haste and confusion, that on the right with a fair amount of order. The second line, discouraged by the retreat of the first line, also fell back and did not re-form until protected by the fire of the guns of Forts Montroge and Vannes. In fact the French fairly abandoned the field, and the new re doubt on the heights of Chatillon, about two miles from the Fort of Vannes, was abandoned, the seven guns which it contained having been previously spiked. THE SITUATION IN THE CAPITAL. The special correspondent of the Daily News, writing. from Paris on the 20th inst, furnishes the following des cription of the situation of affairs in Paris :- The aspect of the streets changes wonderfully from day to day. Fewer peopl_ are in them ; more shops are closed, more soldiers are out, and fewer women. People are solemn and serious. At ten at night the cafes are rigorously closed, and by eleven there is scarcely a cab upon the Boulevards. The now continual passing of ambulances bearing wounded soldiers and Mobiles is not calcul ated to enliven the spirits, nor are the reports current of the mining of houses and streets, ready to be blown up at a given moment. Vehicles passing near the line of fortifications are prohibited from going at more than a foot-pace, less the rattle should set off some too susceptible explosive, and send people up in the air. I don't know how true it is that the city swarms with Prussian spies. I do know that everyboby looks at his neighbour with suspicion, and I see no remedy for this unpleasant state of citizenship but for everybody to give everybody else into custody. No later than Saturday last I was on the Place St. Pierre, Montmartre, looking through an opera glass at the process of filling with gas one of the two captive balloons. A pleasant-looking young National Guard came up to me and said, " Citizen, you will have your glass taken away." " Why ? " asked I. " Because to look through an opera glass at anything about here is strictly prohibited." " But I cannot see without," I objected. " Well, citizen, do as you like. I have only warned you. You can't conceive what a heap of opera glasses are at the Porte close by." I thanked my unknown friend, pocketed my glass, and moved away whilst I was safe. I was up yesterday in the immediate vicinity of the Barrier de Montrouge to see the troops come in who had taken part in the fight. They were dirty, dusty, and fatigued, but every soldier was the centre of a group of people, who listened to hith with avidity. A lieutenant of artillery was a great point of attraction. His overcoat was riddled with bullet-holes, and his side-bag had a hole in it into which a very juvenile citizen thrust his forefinger. This officer must have borne a charmed life. A bullet had whizzed by his ear, describing a curve over it by cutting his hair close to his head as though it had been clipped by a skilful barber. His horse had also received a trifling graze under the left ear. I have in reserve a few incidents picked up on the ramparts, but no time now to narrate them. By the way, I ought to add that the Corps Diplomatique is following M. Cremieux to Tours, where, with a delegation from the different Minis teres, he is charged to carry on the Government. The United States Minister is still here, and has received numerous ovations. He is exceedingly popular. Another personage, less popular, perhaps, but more notorious, has reappeared upon the public scene. M. de Vile messant re-assumes the editorial chair of the Figaro, promising not to dabble in politics till he can do so under different auspices, and asking his readers to have "a little wit." Cool and not at all self-st.tficient. A Prussian Uhlan, in the uniform of the French Artillery, is being taken on foot through the street under my win dow. He is a young, fair man, utterly beardless. His horse, a light brown, seems hardy, It is marked on the neck on the left side. The people are running after the prisoner in crowds, but he is well protected by the mili tary. His horse is ridden by a French dragoon in fatigue dress. LYONS AS THE PROVISIONAL CAPITA!. OF FRANCE. The Lyonese who have not hitherto appeared so well able to govern themselves are ambitious of seeing their town become the seat of Government. The Salut Public, of the city, writing on the supposition that the Consti tuent Assembly would be speedily elected, demands that it should meet at Lyons, which from its size, its population, and its importance is the second capital of France. Its situation is central ; its communications with those districts not occu pied by the enemy are numerous and easy. Lyons possesses suitable accommodation for the national repre sentatives, and being seated on two rivers, surrounded by strong fortifications, and the centre of formation of a new army, Lyons claims in the public interest that she should be the provisional capital of France. EMILE GIRARDIN'S APPEAL TO THE PRESS. Emile Girardin, who has been censured for leaving Paris at this crisis, is said to be desirous of establishing a journal in one of the departments, but has not yet suc ceeded in doing so. Meanwhile he has issued a long address to the press of the departments, written in his inflated style. He appeals to the provincial journals to take the lead in their respective districts, and summon the people to resistance. If guns are not to be had, let them take scythes and reaping hooks; but let there be no delay in organising two armies, the Army of the Loire and the Army of Lyons, which must act in the rear of the Prussians, and cut off, if possible, their communications with the narrow channel by which they draw from Germany numberless levies and a measueless supply of ammunition. M. Girardin calls upon his com patriots to organise a local resistance to the advancing Prussians, behind every wall and tree they pass, so as to prevent them from overrunning the country in search of supplies. Famine is an invincible ally, and the French can readily obtain its aid. He reminds them that the former history of France itself shews by the invasions of Spain and Russia that wars which commence by brilliant victories may close by lamentable disasters. With more truth than consistency,the quondam enthusiastic supporter of Emile 011ivier calls upon his countrymen not to be too easily disheartened by the rapid successes of the Prus sians, which are " due to the presumption and incapacity of lying ministers." PUBLIC MEETING AT P OIT I FAS. A public meeting was held in the theatre at Poitiers, on Thursday evening , the subjects for discussion being : the national defences and the municipal elections. The Salle was crowded long before the time appointed ; but, strange to say, no orators were forthcoming, an d the meeting, which opened At eight o'clock, broke up at a quarter-past nine. The chairman, after having appealed to the company in vain, desired one of the assistants to speak. The first orator contented himself with reading Victor Hugo's address to the French nation; the second read a letter from one of his friends, a Republican of some experience. At last an advocate said a few words respecting the national defences, and mentioned an interesting fact—the guns which had been given to the National Guard were those which had won the Battle of Solferino. As the only other speaker was a very young man who passed a eulogy on one of the candidates for the Constituent Assembly, the search for further eloquence was abandoned. Luckily the meeting produced ono practical result in a liberal collection for the wounded. SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, sEPTEIVIBER 27, 1870, bearer is to proceed to Switzerland. It must first be visjd by the Mayor of StraAurg, they. countersigned by the Prussian General 'Werther, and finally approved of by General Uhrich, the commander of the place. The latter refuses with the greatest energy to a,uthe- rise the departure of any one who is of an age or condition to assist in the defence of the town, so, that only old men, women, and young children will he allowed to profit by the Swiss intervention. The Municipal Council of Strasburg, in adopting the neces sary measures for the departure of the fugitives, took the opportunity at the same time of expressing its gratitude to the Swiss authorities. After acknowledging' it misgivings as to whether any portion of the soil now in French hands should be handed over, the Gazette says :—" 'We must all the more firm'y insist, for the welfare of the world, but especially of Ger many, on the new frontier not being carried throughout beyond the limits of language. We have repeatedly, for more than twenty years, • shewn the entire inadmissibility of the claim to a strategically better frontier, and we are the less justified in such a claim, and have the less need for a strategic fron tier, as we are avowedly at present the strongest military Power in Europe. The doctrine that Metz in French hands is an outlet for attack, but in our hand, a security for peace, seems to us utterly incon sistent with reason and fairness. Every other nation has an equal right with ourselves to. put for ward claims to a better strategic frontier, and we shout I thus give the signal for incessant wars. Every alteration of political boundaries was formerly termed conquest. The most we can now assert is that the incor poration of kindred territory is not to be regarded a conquest. Every annexation of nationally foreign territory is surely to be deemed conquest and to be decidedly rejected. ' Our reasons for a conquest of Metz would certainly be very strange. We must conquer Metz, fo. ye Germans are a nation wholly incapable of makin; conquests." In another part of this article, the Gazett, hints that the arrest of Dr. Jacobi looks as if free discussion of the territorial question were pro hibited ; and proceeds to point out that not, a few democrats alone, but some of the most moderate thinkers in 'Germany, are against all acquisition. "In mercantile and trading circles many misgivings exist with regard to the measure. How will it end ? they ask. Alsace has become rich through protective tariffs, and now supplies more than half France by its spinning and weaving factories, &c. The present market will be cut off from it, and if those monster establishments are not suddenly to collapse, nothing remains but for them to throw themselves on the German market. How would German manufacturers face so sudden and powerful a competition ? " The East German Gazette is against taking any portion of French Lorraine. The Hamburg Correspondent is op posed to all annexation whatsoever. In another article to day the Cologne Gazette follows up its moderate tone by throwing the blame of the war upon the French Emperor. The plea that Napoleon was driven into the war by the pressure of public opinion, will not, it says, bear the test of examination. The Imperial Government was making ready for this war long before anybody in France thought of it. The Hohenzollern candidature itself was pronounced harmless by the Paris press before the French Government, in the most perfidious manner manufactured a pretext for war out of it, and through the proceedings of the 6th of July made the preservation of peace almost impossible. The Luxemburg question, adds the Gazette, sbews how pacifically disposed the French people are. The ad dresses and demonstrations in favour of peace at that time were even more universal and earnest amongst the French than with us. It is quite refreshing to find a German paper speaking at such a time in this fair and moderate tone. THE DEFENCE OF FRANCE. The Salut Public of Lyons says that after the battle of Wissenbourg, where the enormous strength of the enemy was made known, tt was no longer practicable to think of pitched battles. Partial war consisting of ambuscades, and cutting off the advance of the enemy, would have been the most desirable course to follow, but France did not adopt it. She should have recourse to it now at any rate when the enemy is concentrating itself around Paris. When Strasburg has fallen it is to be presumed that the besieging forces will disperse in different directions to over run Burgundy, Normandy, and other places, in order to ravage them for the benefit of the besieging army. No time should therefore be lost in organising light bodies of troops to impede the progress of the marauders, and-it will be found that sufficient forces are at the disposal of the Government. The Garde Mobile, not including those in Paris, number six hundred thousand men. These could be distributed over the country, in separate divisions which might unite for the purpose of cutting off the com munications of the enemy, and stopping his supplies and reinforcements. Military men do not like this sort of war, because it is opposed to their ordinary principles of action. Instead of saying " Make a good resistance, do not disband, keep firm," it is necessary to impress,upon such troops the importance of not exposing themselves, so that whether their operations are successful or otherwise, they can appoint a rendezvous in another place. In the organisation of such a scheme it would be well to find 40 or 50 bold leaders with a good topagraphical knowledge. They could communicate with the people of the country, and arrange their plans for the formation of ambuscades and coups de main. At the present moment the large forces which are remaining in idleness in the chief places of the departments should be assembled in the towns which are in the neighbourhood of Paris, such as Sans, Auxerre, Chartres, and Evreux. Provincial France has asked with son e indignation what has been done by these disseminated armies, and of what avail will the resistance of Paris be if the besieging army is not reduced to famine, and if measures are not adopted to prevent its receiving reinforcements. PUBLIC FEELING IN FRANCE. The correspondent of the Telegraph, in giving an account of his journey from Rouen to Tours, writes as follows : "As we dashed along yesterday the talk turned on sub jects very different from the richness of the landscape, the fall of the old noblesse, or the triumph of democracy. One of my companions was ' a French officer, whose sturdy frame and clear blue eye told of unlessened vigour, although his iron-grey hair bespoke the advance of years. He had belonged to the army of MacMahon, and had been at Sedan. The result was a wound in the leg, from which he had not yet recovered, and which obliged him to rest his limb on the cushion of the carriage. A young traveller, apparently not more than two-and twenty, was also an officer ; but his battle-fields had still to come. A third was a middle-aged army sur geon, who had been in the Crimea, and wore the medal of Sebastopol. A fourth was a noisy civilian critic, who led the conversation on the events of the day, and dealt out summary judgment to the statesmen and the soldiers of France. When the conversation turned upon the siege of Paris, all the speakers chewed themselves to' the typical Frenchmen, by setting aside the very idea of surrender as too absurd even for debate. Nothing, indeed, can be more unmistakeable than the conviction of the French that Paris must not only fight, but fight to the bitter end. The beauty of her boulevards, the lines of trees which the fire may consume, the stately erections which the shells may deface, the belt of woods which must be burnt in order to withhold a shelter from the cnemy, and the priceless treasures of art which must be exposed to the risk of destruction— all this is totally forgotten in presence of the over mastering fact that Paris must not fall into the hands of the Prussians, or must undergo such a degrad ,tion only after a fight which, by comparison, shall make the burning of Moscow seem tame. In the language of gesticulation, the general feeling of determination was expressed by one of my travelling companions with all the energy of speechless grimace. First, he implied, the forts must be defended so long as a stone of the walls could give shelter to the garrison ; then the ramparts must be held to the like extremity ; and, at the waist, there would still remain a system of defence which he deemed impregnable, and the aggressive force of which a copious command of words failed to describe. There would re main Rochefort and the cry of ala barricade. 4t the mention of these words the eloquent commentator became speechless ; and, if confronted with Bismarck, he slowly, gravely, solemnly made the most contemptuous gesture at his command. Perhaps Paris may have already attested the truth of Alphonse Karr's prediction, that she would lay down her arms if deprived of fresh strawberries for a single morning. Yet the fact remains that, on every side, the French people--women no less than men—declare, not with boasting or vulgar loudness, but with a quiet, grim, almost religious sedateness, that France must now fight until the bitter end. Whatever may have been the case at first, the French people are now thoroughly iu earnest, and are throwing their whole heart into the war. Their earnestness fills them with un wonted sadness. You hear little martial music, no cheer ing, little boasting, no attempt to undervalue the foe, or to disguise the tremendous sacrifices that await the country. The only signs of merri ment or noisy patriotism come from the soldiers as they enter the railway stations in the military trains ; and on the eve of battle the soldier of a natioh is always the most reckless citizen. The civilians of France are drilling in the quiet grim silence which befits men who mean to fight, and know what fighting means." THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG. The Baden correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, writing on the 21st, says that no• important operations will be carried on in the uppear part of Alsace until the fate of Strasburg has been decided. "It is stated that the heart and soul of the defence of Strasburg is General Barral, of the artillery, who in the disguise of a peasant managed to make his way into the town before its complete invest ment. He is considered by all who know him a most capable and devoted soldier. According to the statement of M. Bis chof, a member of the committee of the Swiss Association for the succour of the Wounded, who is taking care of the refugees from Strasburg, the accounts of the damage the town bas sustained are greatly exaggerated, and there is no foundation whatever for the different stories that have been circulated as to the almost complete destruction of the cathedral. This destruction, as far as any important portions of the building are concerned, would hardly cover an ordinary sized table, according to the account of M. Bischof, who specially requested per mission to enter the cathedral and examine it." A correspondent of the Frankfort Journal says : "Circulation in the trenches has been rendered most diffi cnit through the continual rain we have had lately. Some of them are half full of water, and offer no inviting stay, and the uniforms of our men are completely covered with hard clayey mud. In spite of all difficulties and hardships our troops are cheerful, and were singing the Wacht am Rhein.' Our earthworks and bastions have so far ad vanced that the earth as it is being thrown up by our sap pers rolls over into the moats and ditches that surround the fortress. The battery on Spur Island is committing fearful havoc in the citadel. It is stated that a pound of horseflesh sells for 2s. 6d. in the town." THE S TRASBURG FUGITIVES. The first detachment of Strasburg fugitives who have left in consequence of the intervention of the Swiss dele gates and the Federal Council has arrived at Bale and Zurich. It consists for the greater part of the wives of officers from all parts of France, who have lived during the last few weeks in the cellars of the houses, without change of clothes, and have landed in Switzerland in a state of the greatest misery. They have been most kindly received, and met with all the assistance they so much required. These unhappy emigrants give the most lamentable accounts of the besieged town. In the citadel even all the buildings have been nearly destroyed by the bullets ; and besides the losses which the garrison sus tains from the cannon of the enemy, each day fifty or sixty of the citizens are killed or wounded. The projectiles are showered with such rapidity at certain times that when an inhabitant is struck and lies on the ground no one dares to go out to remove him into the house, and consequently some persons who are compelled to go about the streets are said to carry poison about with them in order to protect themselves from the horrors of a lingering death, or at any rate from being exposed for hours to sufferings which no one will alleviate. The emi grants are provided with a passport declaring that the A LOOK INTO METZ. To-day I visited the Observatory, which is posted on a hill some 400 feet above the level of this village, distant from it a couple of miles, in the direction of Metz. It commands a magnificent view of all the surrounding country, and the very strong telescope•with which it is provided enables one to observe, even to the minutest de tails, Metz and its entourage in this direction. Looking , towards the fortress, one had, on the right front, the out lying forts, first of Plappeville, and second of St. Quentin ; on the left that of St. Julien. In Plappeville we could see a very large body of men—a working party probably --defiling out of the place; in St. Quentin no stir was visible, and the only prominent (human) feature in' the place was a group of three officers, standing on a parapet, and returning the compliment which we were paying them by staring at us thoough their glasses. St.' Julien had all the appearance of being deserted—not a living thing was visible. Right in front was the great point of interest—Metz itself. The strong glass enabled us to see as if on the table of a camera obscure and almost as clearly as in a minature photograph, the town, the fortifications— even individuals moving about, and all the life and action of the place down to the minutest details. Altogether outside the works one saw the white tents of a large encampment, and within the works, and within the town, wherever there was an open space, white tents again. Everything looked very gay and bright in the strong noonday sunlight. The fine cathedral—the most prominent feature for miles up and down the valley—was the only sombre object in the scene. The other public buildings—the arsenal, the various barracks and hospitals, the artillery school and half a score of churches, all built of a light-coloured stone—looked as brilliant as possible. It was difficult, from their low elevation, to make out the minutice of the works, and I could only half 'satisfy myself that I had identified Cormontaigne's masterpiece, the double crown-work of Belle Croix and that of the Mo selle. Yet individual figures were clearly discernible wherever the sunlight fell strongly in the camp, on the works, and in the town, moving about singly and in groups, and here and there by the river, which winds self all through and about the Lown and fortifications in strange sinuosities, cattle enough to convince one that from famine, at all event=, the garrison need not capitulate for some time to come, unless, indeed, the rinderpest, which is rapidly spreading in the surrounding districts should find its way into the place: Looking at the size and brightness and life of the place, it was difficult to realise that it is absolutely cut off from all the external world, and yet it is absolutely ; for, as the crew of a sinking and waterlogged ship confide their last mes sages to the chance of the waves, so these unhappy people in Metz have been trying to get the winds of Heaven to carry tidings of them to anxious friends at home.—Times' Correspondent at Jlarange, near Metz, September 21st. THE BURNING OF BAZEILLES. The charges against the Bavarian troops of atrocities committed at Bazeilles, near Sedan, still form the subject of dispute in the German papers. Foreign critics have alleged that the burning of the village was a wanton act of brutality ; German wriqrs maintain that the inhabi tants drew down the vengeance of the Bavarians upon themselves. Herr Voget, writing from Frankfort to the Aligemeine Zeitung, denies that the village was burnt simply because it was defended by the inhabitants in the uniform of National Guards. On going over the ruins, he noticed in more than one instance the shreds of a Bavarian uniform, and he himself saw a villager and his wife trying to drag a wounded Bavarian lying in the street into a burning house, both of them being cut down by the wounded soldier's comrades and themselves cast into the flames. On the 31st of August,. the houses bordering on the Meuse were fired by the Bavarian artillery on account of their serving as a protection to the French defending the passage of the river, this being a simple strategic necessity. The next day, when there was ffghting round the village, the houses sheltered the French, particularly one commanding two streets. Hundreds of Bavarians had been thereby slaughtered before the order of demolition was given. PiOneer; accordingly burst in the back walls and threw firebands into the breach, but whether the women and children who had taken refuge in the cellars were burnt, he cannot say. When the Bavarians, after several hours' fighting, drove the French marine infantry from the village, the numerous wounded were lying in the streets, houses, and gardens, whom the wearers of the red cross desired to relieve, but the inhabitants remaining in the houses, regardless of the cross, fired on them, felling six within half an hour. A military examination of the houses was consequently ordered, and the men and women found in arms were brought out, those who resisted being shot, and the remainder kept as prisoners. The houses, however, were suddenly repeopled, as if from invisible lurking places, and the firing was renewed, still on those carrying off the wounded, some of whom at length refused to proceed unless the houses were cleared. After 150 persons had fallen, the order was given to fire them, and how many perished in the flames he does not know, but he thinks the Duke of Fitzjames's estimate of 1,700 a twenty-fold exaggeration. It is quite untrue that entire families and women who tried to fly were thrust into the flames, and he himself saw a Bavarian soldier give a draught from his flask to an exhausted old woman, and then lift her bundle of goods on her back. BARON VON MOLTKE. Baron von Moltke, general of infantry and chief of the staff of the Prussian army, author of the plan of the campaign of Sadowa and of that which is now being executed, is sixty-six years old. He was born in Sleswig, where his family, which originally came from Mecklen burg, settled during the last century. His grandfather Adam Gottlieb von Moltke, who left his country in 1769 to enter the Danish service, had twenty-two children, of whom the youngest was the father of the famous Prus sian general. One of his uncles took up the principles of the French revolution with great warmth. He resigned his title of count and styled himself citizen Moltke,and until his death in 1837 he was one of the chief opponents of Denmark in the Duchies of the Elbe. The young Von Moltke entered the Bth regiment of the Prus sian army in 1823 as a lieutenAnt, and two years later, being noticed for his intelligence, he was admitted into the staff of the corps where all his military lifehas been passed. In 1839 Major Von Moltke was sent to Egypt to the army of Mehemet Ali at the same time as Herr Von Vincke, at present one of the most celebrated orators and leaders of the old Liberal party in the Prussian Chamber. They both took part in the famous battle of Nezib in 1839. General Von Moltke has been head of the staff for five years. His predecessor was General Von Falkensteins, now Com mander-in-Chief of the 7th Prussian corps. GERMAN OPINION. COLOGNE, SEPTEMBER 24 For a time the annexation cry here and in other parts of Germany had it all its own way. It is difficult for a nation to depreciate the effect of its own victories, and an attempt to restrain the general inclination to exact a substantial compensation from France would have been deemed unpatriotic. But the sort of in terregnum since the battle of Sedan during which no very serious fighting has taken place, has evidently done some thing to cause a revulsion of feeling. A party opposed to annexation has grown up. It is only small, it is true, and it is not likely to have much influence on the course of negotiations ; but it is not the less satisfactory to find that there exists a body of Germans who, in the flush of victory, are disposed to rest content without exacting territorial guarantees which may be more burdensome than advantageous. Some of this change is probably due to the very foolish arrest of Dr. Jacobi. This democrat delivered an address at Konigsberg against annexation. He was immediately thrown into . prison. The ministerial papers had no diffi culty in finding excuses for this detestable wit of tyranny : Herr Jacobi did not stand alone, there were others who shared his opinions, and the spread of their doctrines might become dangerous to the national unity,— and so on with similar stuff, as if the national unity demanded that everybody in Germany should be forcibly hammered into the same opinions. But sensible people see in this act an employment of the present irresistible power of the Government to repress all individual freedom. Naturally their attention has been drawn, as is usual in such cases, to the very subject for which Herr Jacobi has been prose cuted for discussing. And, little by little, a feeling has grown up that Germany would be better off without than with French soil. The Cologne Gazette, which favours the annexation of Alsace, is very pronounced against adding to Germany such a thoroughly French town as Metz. NEWS FROM PARIS. The correspondent of the Standard at Rouen, writing on Saturday, says :—A balloon, with a brave aeronaut of the name of Ducoe descended near Evreux yesterday at twelve o'clock. He had started at nine from Paris- Montmartre with important dispatches for the Government at Tours. The dispatches were imme diately forwarded by the prefect. The young man gave good news from Paris ; he says the National Guards, Mobiles, and soldiers are in the best spirits, and full of confidences, the successes of the last few days having pro duced the best effect. The balloon, when pdszing over the Prussian troops, was repeatedly fired at, but. fortunately without effect. The aeronaut adds that the redoubt of Montretout has been taken by the Prussia - n. 4. The construction of that fort was not completed, the engineer, Monsieur Guillemot„ was applying in its erection the system of General Tottleben, that is to say, employing earth instead of brick and mortar. For the last two days a strong cannonade from Mont Valerien has been directed on the redoubt, and the Prussians will find'it difficult to keep the position. ENGLAND'S NEGLECT TO PROCURE PEACE. The Paris correspondent of the Kreuz-Zeitung contra dicts Mr. Lowe's statement that when the war broke out England had exhausted all diplomatic means for prevent ing it. It was the lukewarm attitude of England (says the correspondent) that made the war possible. It is true that the Emperor Napoleon wished for a war with Prussia on dynastic grounds ; but he several times shewed signs of hesitation, even after the declaration of the Duke of Gramorit in the Legislative Chamber on the 6th of July. The British ambassador, knowing this, asked in London whether it would not be proper to take some step for the maintenance of peace, adding that be believed that in the then disposition of the Emperor such a step might be successful. The reply was an order absolutely to refrain from taking any steps whatever. This corresponds entirely, adds the corres- ponC.ent, with another piece of news which has been com municated to him "from a trustworthy source," viz. that after the Ems affair Count Benedetti had an interview with Count Bismarck in Berlin, frcm which it appeared that even after the declaration of war France would have been ready to make it up with Prussia if she were allowed to take Belgium. TROUBLE'S IN LYONS, The disturbers of the public peace in Lyons are no yet satisfactorily disposed of, and the Salut Public of laE. Thursday gives a startling account of the excesses tc . _ which they are proceeding. The day before several public meetings of the most stormy and extravagant description were held in the town, at which it was loudly maintained that the people had been betrayed by the officials who had set at liberty the magistrates and other persons im prisoned by the Comite de Salut Public. It was, therefore, resolved that the Prefect, the Procurator of the Republic, and several members of the Municipal Council who were known as Republicans, but a 3 friends of order, should be Amsted by the people, who should again take possession of the Hotel de • Ville. The procurator of the Republic, M. Andrieux, who formerly chewed himself too lenient towards these disorderly spirits, heard that matters were becoming dan gerous, and hurried down to a meeting at the Salle Valen tino. Here he vainly endeavoured to pacify the audience and reduce them to reason, but at the end of two hours abandoned the task in despair,- and took refuge in a neighbouring cafe, where he was soon followed and car ried off to prison by the mob. The commandant of the National Guard, hearing of this, hurried out with his staff, at three in the morning, and insisted that M. Andrieux should be released, on pain of a general call to arms. throughout Lyons. In consequence of this M. Andrieux was released, but great irritation and excitement still lingers in the town, and the respectable por tion of the inhabitants are highly incensed at this new at tempt to institute a reign of terror at the Hotel de Ville. The Municipal Council of Lyons has decreed the sequestration of all the property of the religions so cieties, the owners having left the town. The establish. ments are to be used for the public service as barracks, ambulances, or store houses. The officers of the 7th bat talion of National Guards at Lyons have addressed a pro test to the Prefect of the Rhone, expressing their surprise at the delay in supplying the National Guard with arms and ammunition, especially as they learn on good authority that the Prussians are marching on Lyons. The Situation, the new Imperialist organ published in London plainly intimates that the Orleans Princes have been actively concerned in the Revolution in Paris, and declares that they told those around them before the 30th of August that the Emperor would be made prisoner at Mendres or Sedan. Demi-lunes have been constructed before the gates of Paris, their sides covered with boards into which spikes have been driven. Rows of stakes have been driven in the ground, to which' wires are fastened. An order of Count Keratry, French Minister of Police, directs that any shop in Paris of which it is proved that intoxicating drink has been sold there to a man already the worse for liquor shall be closed, and the shopkeeper be prosecuted. The Morning Advertiser says it is in a position to state that a final protest, on the part of the North German Coufederate Government, will be very shortly delivered to Her Majesty's Government, on the subject of the supplies of arms and ammunition from this country to France. The correspondent of the Indepenclance Beige writes from the headquarters of the Crown Prince at Corbeil. He describes the misery of the place as something ex treme. In retreating from thence the French blew up part of the bridge across the Seine, and the explosion caused great damage in the town. The greatest distress prevail, for all forage has been removed to Paris, and all provisions of food as well. In passing through the town the writer was struck with the wretchedness of the in habitants. Through the open doors he could see the women and children weeping bitteriy, and altogether it was a heartrending scene. He went into a fine hotel turned into an ambulance, but could get - no bread, and was compelled to return to the farm where he lodged in hopes that the sight of money and the use of civil words would procure him a meal. • A correspondent writes to the Voix du Luxembourg : " The exaggerations respecting the cruelty of the Prus sians are ridiculous. The mayor of Bazeilles and his wife have not been burned, but are at Bouillon. The par; priests of Bazeilles and of Balan have not been shot. ' the former I have spoken lately, and the latter is a safe " Around Metz the country is a picture of ruin and de lation. The ground is bare, riddled with bullets, & marked by the passage of horses and cannon. Neither bush, tree, nor blade of grass is to be seen. On the rainy days it is a desert of mud. The Prussians, who have no tents, suffer greatly, and are.decimated by sickness. The Constitutionnel, now published at Tours, the tem porary seat. of Government, persists in maintaining that M. Thiers was well pleased with the result of his visit to London, and asserts that he has obtained a promise that Lord Lyons should act as the intermediate agent in negotiations with Prussia. This concession was withheld by the English Government until the last moment, and was until nbw positively refused. Tours now presents the appearance of an armed camp. Speaking of the state of affairs in Paris, the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says :—" One of the most eminent French artists has arrived in this country, not having found it possible to remove the works he most .valued, and thoroughly disgusted with the vapouring and rodomontade of national self-devotion which he knows to be, as far as the luxurious capital is concerned, wholly unworthy of regard." Karl Vogt, the distinguished naturalist, has written to the. Frankfort Gazette, protesting against the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine by Germany. He thinks this will inevitably lead, sooner or later, to a coalition against the Fatherland, and argues that it would be best to insist on complete indemnification for the costs of the war, and on the cession by France of some of her colonies. The French prisoners receive three hot meals daily, coffee in the morning, meat and vegetables at twelve o'clock, and soup in the evening. They are very content with their fare, and say that it is more ample than what they had in the French army. The only thing they grumble at is, that they receive rye bread instead o wheat bread A Prussian spy was recently arrested at Porte-Maillot, near the fortifications, of which he was taking correct note, while he pretended to be selling a cheap popular " Life of the-Brave General Uhrich, the Defender of Strasburg." He was giving change, when, by inadvert ence, he took out two gold twenty-franc pieces, which excited suspicion, and he was arrested. The Mobiles arrested another spy wearing female attire. A letter from Metz published in a Lyons paper says Marshal Lebceuf, in the battles of the 16th and 18th, sought vainly for death. Before the fight he put on all his decorations, and in his full uniform he was one Of the first to face the fire. The balls rained around him, the officers fell at .his side, he alone had not even a scratch ! He openly declares that he did not dare to tell the Emperor he was not ready. Just before the King of Prussia left Rheims intelligence was received from the commanding officer ae Cologne that a band of two hundred French volunteers had sworn •to kill or capture the King and Count Bismarck. The guards were strengthened, and a lieutenant of police was stationed behind the waggons of the King and Count Bismarck. The officers of the staff all kept within the" procession ; in every village was posted a company of infantry, with a body of cavalry. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, discussing the ability of France to continue the war, remarks that of the 430,000 or 440,000 men who composed its armies on the Ist of August, at least 80,000 have been killed and wounded, and 20,000 are sick, while 130,000 have been either captured or disarmed in Belgium, so that over 230,000 of the best troops must be deducted. Marshal Bazaine is shut up in Metz with about 100,000; 20,000 or 30,000 are invested in Strasburg, Thionville, and other small fortresses. • The Inclependance Beige holds that the declaration by Count Bismarck of the resolution taken by Prussia to reduce France to a second-rate Power has entirely changed the character of the war, or rather it may be said that a new war has begun. The French aggression having been repressed, behold a German one commences. When she was first provoked by France, Germany received universal sympathy from the other nations of Europe ; but is she not aware that such sympathy will desert her in the new campaign she has entered upon, in the offensive war into which she is rushing in her turn without right or reason. The Prussian authorities find it necessary to take various strong measures to keep up the numbers of the regiments which are in front of the war. Last week the commanding officers of the landwehr districts received instructions to acquaint themselves with the Cases of all invalids from the field army sent to their homes for recovery, so as to be prepared to see that as soon as really recovered they should rejoin their regiments. The number of invalids returning after amputation is very considerable, and has had a sensible effect in checking the volunteering of young men otherwise exempt, which went on heartily during the first excitement of the war. Most of the recruits arriving at the regiments are either of this class or the First or Select Ersatz Reserve, which numbered over 30,000 in Prussia alone before the war began. —Pall Mall Gazette. The Prussian army which has been sojourning at Reims has cleared everything before it, and this town, .which was formerly so rich, is reduced to the greatest dis tress. The Prussian authorities, on arriving at Reims, asked for twelve millions to begin with; this was after wards reduced to three millions. The inhabitants were then called upon to furnish thirty-five thousand francs' worth of boots in five days. At the present moment there is not a sou's worth of snuff, a grain of coffee, nor a piece of sugar in the place. In the neighbouring country the peasants were compelled to give them up, together with their animals. The requisitions only ceased during the last few days, when the Prussians were able to get sup plies for themselves. The writer who gives this account adds that when the Archbishop offered his palace to the King of Prussia, the latter replied " I do not want the Archbishop to offer me his palace ; if I require it I can take it for myself." A French journal, • l'Aube, admits that the Prussian officers have two great advantages over the French offi cers. They are perfectly acquainted with the geography and topography of the districts they traverse, and they know how to make themselves obeyed. Which of our French officers, asks the journal in question, even of those residing in tne department, know that the Aube is fordable at a particular spot betwen . Arcis-sur-Aube and Villette ? A Prussian officer knew it, and sent four Uhlans to reconnoitre the country, and ascertain whether the ford was still there. When the scouts rejoined the cOrP - s — d'arm6e at Som- mesons, they proved to have forgotten all about the ford. The officer sent them back to run the risk again, and they had to cross Arcis to fulfil the order. They learned that the ford was still there, and brought back word to their commander. Such is the topographical science of the Prussian officers, and such is the discipline of their soldiers. MARSHAL MACMAHON.— The _Nord gives the fol lowing extract of a letter from Sister Mary Magdalene, the Superioress of the Sisters of Bon-Secours of Alger. who is nursing Marshal MacMahon, to her superioress general of the same order at Troyes :—" Here I am, a prisoner, and a fortunate prisoner, I assure you. Marshal MacMahon is going on as well as possible. What a rich and powerful organisation! I have never met an invalid so patient as the Marshal He has been nearly eight days in the same position, and it has been impossible to make his bed, which is without a hair mattress. Never has he uttered a complaint during the dressing of his wounds. No matter how they cut and hacked in the frightful wound which complet9ly traversed his thigh, and in which a boy 10 years old might turn his fist round, not a groan was heard. What ever is given him, whatever is done for him, his reply is always, ' Very well, my good sister.' Never a murmur against the causes or the effects of our misfortunes. H e has done all that he could, and thinks that others have done so too. As soon as he shall be able to bear the journey he will leave for Prussia to rejoin his unfortunate soldiers. ' The chief ought to set the example,' he reasons. The marshal and Madame .la Mar4chale are as kind as possible. I am much occupied in preparing lint and charpie for all the poor wounded, for the marshal wishes that they should be bandaged in his place and as he is. At night I lie down for a while on a coverlet laid on the ground, and there is but one bed for Madame la Mar - chale and myself, and I occupy it for two hours in the day-time." Four Open Scholarships will be filled up at Mal vern College in December next, value £9O, open to those boys who have been in the school a year. COMMITTAL FOR FORGERY.-At the Mansion House, Robert Davey, aged 32, supposed to be an American, was brought up on remand, charged with forging and uttering a draft for £382, on Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; another for £220, on Messrs. Baum and Co., money dealers, in Lombard-street ; a third for £4OO, on Messrs. Rothschild and Co. ; and a fourth on the Metropolitan Bank, with intend to defraud. Mr. Mullens, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the London Bankers' Protection Association. The prisoner, who it was alleged seemed well acquainted with the nature of chemicals necessary to the carrying on of this kind of business, had obtained old drafts on the houses in question, and obliterating the signatures and ' amounts, and replacing them with others, the fraud was perpetrated. Mr. J. Smith, from the firm of Messrs. Howe, gave evidence, as an experienced chemist, to the effect that in testing the documents in question he had rendered visible by. chemical appliances, the nam es o f Messrs. Rothschild and others, fully showing that a for gery had been committed. The prisoner, who declined t o say anything for himself, was committed for trial. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF DEFRAuv- ING A RAILWAY COMPANY. At the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Commis h sioner Kerr, Joseph Avery (28), clerk ; Edward .AverY 'o (19); butcher ; J o h n J or d an (22), clerk ; Peter Jo hnson Badger (25), ticket c o ll eo t or; an d J o h n Parsonages ( 42), Jo se ph customs messenger, were i n di c t e d f o r conspiring fraud the Gr ea t E as t ern R a il way C om p an y. °f )- Avery was a c l er k i n th e F enc h urc h- stree t terminus the railway, and Edward was his brother. It was alleged for the prosecution that Parsonage and other Ft; sons travelled on th e li ne t o St epney , Poplar, &c., With old tickets through the connivance of the other prisoners, whom they treated at public-houses and ctherwise re warded. The principal witness was a lawyer's clerk, named Melhuish, who said he noticed something suse h cious, communicated with the company, associated l e the prisoners, and received f rom A ver y ti c kets, Nvilie h .. re now produced, having b een f urn i s h e d with gen we ill ' e tickets by the company. When the prisoners arrested, some old ti c k e t s w ere f oun d upon Jordan, thin, and the Averys.—l n d e f ence it was denied that anye of that sort had occurred; and it was asserted th,atltei. proceedings had arisen th roug h th e ma l evo l e nce of r huish, who owed m one y t o P arsonage . The lade was said to have acknowl e d ge d travelling free on that line, between Stepney and London, for fourteen yeSars, but it was d en i e d th a t h e h a d lived at step ney longer than two y ears . E v id ence was c alled to sh ew that Parsonage always took proper tickets when travail; Mr. Commissioner Kerr summed up strongly fe v i 3 of the prosecution, stating his opinion that a most un attack had been made upon Melhuish. The jury retire i and after being absent a quarter-of-an-hour, returne': with a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners , bu recommended Edward Avery to mercy on account of e L! youth. Mr. Metcalf ann ounce d th a t a ft er the prison °. were taken into custody, th e rece ipt s a t the Fenchur em street station rose over 212 per week. Joseph Jordan, and Badg er were eac h sen t ence d to twee t months, Edward Avery to six m o nth s , an d Parsonage ° two years' imprisonment with hard labour. NAVAL AND MILITARY. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur is expected to rei join his regiment, the Rifl e B r i ga d e , a t W oo l w i c h, ab e l s • the middle of October. H e w ill res id e a t th e Ranger. house, Blackheath, from whence he will ride over to 11 3 duty every day. His regimental quarters in the ReY . • Artillery Barracks will again be placed at his disPe sa i and he will have the option of dining either at the ilff an Artillery mess or with hi s b ro th er o ffi cers o f the v' Brigade. on H.M. turret-ship Wivern, C a pt a i n H o p e , left 11 -11 . -u- Saturday afternoon, on a cruise to the southward. • of The Earl of Camperd own an d M r . S m ith, su rveyor .t the Greenwich Hospital Est a t es , h ave d ur i n g the Pa; c , fortnight been in the North going carefully over thelir. tensive farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital, in Ne r i ii i umberland and Durham, and have been making a care inquiry into the management a n d con diti on of the faros, &c. It is st a t e d th a t th e C o mmiseiell" purpose laying out and selling in building sites the Th orn ' borough Estate, near Hexham. A veteran died at Sheffield last week, named den Elliott. He entered the n av y a t e l even y ear s old, 3 4. '4 fought all through the nava l campa i gn, which terminatedat Trafalgar, with N e l son . S ome years a f ter he ente s the army and served under Sir Colin Campbell. Ile W • 80 years old, having had a pension for 46 years. A correspondent, who wr it es i n re f erence t o the loss o,f. the Captain, rem a rk s th a t th e pro bl em o f sea - go i n g turtr ships has been long un d er th e cons id era ti o n a coot American Navy D e p ar t men t, an d th e Di c t a t or was coot me - nced before the C a pt a i n was l aunc h e d . Th e Dicta -,, is the most powerful ship now afloat in the Ameri ca s navy, and was intended to be capable of crossing t'`,.. Atlantic. She is over 3,000 tons, carries a turret O'r taming two 20-inch guns i and has only one foot 0 : exposed freeboard, and thi s s covered withl2-inch plat iv i e She ha 4 been proved to be thoroughly seaworthy, but sl has no masts, and on ly carr i es s i x d ays ' f ue l a t full sil e nt and thus for ocean crossi ng wou ld h ave t o b e depeaue upon other vessels. t he Captain Commerell, of h er M a j es ty' s s hip Mena he has reported to the Admiralty th a t a ft er th e loss of t Captain he remained at the anchorage of Corcubion nal for a week, and du r i ng th a t ti me dili gen tl y sea rched land and sea, every practicable spot for over 50 where it was possible for any of the crew of the Ca1 ) ,, 3 1,t to have effected a landing, or where their remains meths have been washed on shore. But little of wreck has come o n s h ore . H e h as ma de e be arrangement for the interment of any bodies that maYi e d washed ashore. Every sort of facility has been extena to him by the authorities. Thirty Thousand small-arm amunition boxes, each 1 1 to hold 1,000 rounds of ball cartridge, are to be mad e Woolwich Arsenal. A n or d er has also been received there to manufactu r e 1,000 amun iti on b oxes su itable I° ' conveyance by camels in India. On Friday the Monarch, 7, armour-plated turret -ship ! arrived in Portland R oa d s t o j o i n th e Channel Fleet frea" the coast of Spain. The Marines for the Wolverine, 17, screw corvett e ! 1,703 tons, 400-horse power, fitting for sea at Sheernee e ; are to be provided from th e Ch a th am Di v i s i on , the al having been placed under orders to embark. The subscription list at th e R o y a l N ava l C o ll e ge Edle • that the sum received o r p rom i se d on b e h a lf o f the fa n ig lies of the men l os t i n th e C ap t a i n amounts to 2 8, '" k. The officers and crew of the United States frigate Fran lin have subscribed £133. The officers of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich Pg; pose giving two perform ances , th e one musical and "ha other dramatic, in aid of the widows and orphans of crew drowned in her Majesty's ship Captain.—The o _ of higher w ages h as succee d e d i n procuring a crew fort : iron turret-ship Cerberus, to take her out to Melbounq e . sufficient number of men h av i ng j o i ne d f rom L o ndon. 1 ,, process of taking in stores is still go i ng on , an d when tiu is completed the ship is expected to leave for Australia; i •, 4 The 2d Battalion 13th Regim e nt, now - n f-, Aldersho t, 1 , 0 under orders to proceed to P e mb ro k e L oc . : t o r elieve t" 6th Royals. The Donegal, screw line-of-battle ship, un d e r the 4 mand of. Captain H. P. Miller, recently promoted to ?IT, rank from the command of the Salamis, despatch pa". Chi° steamer, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from with officers, seamen, and m ar i nes on b oar d who Nape been serving in several of h er M a j es t y ' s s hips ill, „n Chinese and Japanese seas . Fi ve d eat h s occur red - board during the voyage home. THE FIRST SEA LORD. We are afraid that the rumour that either iu r . feld or Lord Northbrook is to be the new First 14° 7 1 of the Ad m i ra lt y, must b e founded upon some suc,c, return of Mr. Childe rs ' ill ness as , not i mpro b a bly', necessitate his resignation of his office in the Ministry'" Globe. THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER. f Mr. Oliver P. Morton, who h as accepte d the P°st,f, American Minister to London, w as b orn i n IndianaPeL'" in 1823. He graduated in Mia m i University, and W 35 elected circuit judge of Indi ana i n 1852 . Si nce then 11 has held several offices• of importance in the same st 3 to being governor in 1861, and in 1867 he was elected represent it in the Senate. In politics he is a mod Republican. THE POPE AND THE KING OF ITALY' The Italian papers publish a letter addressed by V ic ad ter , Emmanuel to the Pope. The King says that he ; dresses the " Most Holy Father " with the affection ': a son, the f a ith o f a C a th o li c , th e l oya lt y of a k i ng, a nd the sentiment of an Italian. A storm full of perils threaten the Europe and the revolutionary p ar t y, f avoure d by Continental war, prepares to strike the last blow at the monarchy and the Papacy. He therefore feels the di" the of taking, in face of Europ e an d o f C a th o licity, a 'responsibility of maintaining order in the Peninsula an b „ the safety of the Holy S ee . I t i s i n di spensa ble - state of mind of the populations governed by the P°P e !, that the Italian troops should advance from the frontier' ° f to those positions which are indispensable to the safety the Pope and the maintenance of order. " - A ot Holiness," he continues, "will not see a hostile „ t , in this measure of precaution. My G o vernille', - ... and my forces will restrict themselves absoluteu th e to an action conservative and tutelary °, t ; on s rights, easily reconcilable, of the Roman Polu a a with the inviolability o f the Sovereign Pontiff and with of his spiritual authority, and with the independenT the Holy S ee . Will your Holiness permit me to 'Tor , still that the present moment, as solemn Italy as for the Chu rc h and for the PaP 3 :it will give occasion to the exercise of that siii r io of benevolence which has never been extinguishe d y i n your heart towards thi s l an d , w hi c h i s a l so your I I I country, and of thos e sen ti ments o f conciliation rich to have always s t u di e d w ith an i n d e f at i ga b le perseveranc the translate into acts, in order that while satisfying by national aspiration s , th e Chi e f o f C at h o li c i ty, surroundedrye the devotion of th e It a li an popu l at i ons, m i g ht pose, a on the banks of th e Tib er a g l or i ous seat i n d e p e nde e n st ' ow all human sove re i gn ty ? I b eg your H o li ness t o b ,our upon me your Apostolic b ene di c ti on , an d I rene w t0 .. 3, 010 . Holiness the exp ress i on o f my pro f oun d respe ct. &- Holiness's most humbl e , mos t o b e di en t , an d in° voted son, VICTOR EMMANUEL." BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Clare-p ar k, near Farnham,-- me wife' of George F. Birch, Esq., of a son. h On the 23d inst., at St. John's-w oo d, th e wife of Fi e Firmin, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Tr e nrY On the 22d inst., at Ashton-under-Lyn William xx Salter, Esq., of 40, Ladbroke-road Jane, fourth daughter of Frederick Reyner, F 66 1" Thornaeld Hall, Ashton. . Go. On the 21st inst., at St. Simon's, Southsea,lba rn w r o. England, Esq., Commander RN., eldest son of es England, Esq., to Emily Isabella Tumour, you n ' daughter of the Hon. Heys Tumour. 'Notting hlll, of DEATHS. On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Rear-Admiral Richard: Quin, aged 50. - On the 24th i ns t., su dd en ly, a t Clifton-gardens, Maidw hill, John Braithwaite, Esq., C.E., aged 73. of London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYqy at No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by TiE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of TA , Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Tuesday, September 27, 1870. I