The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-16 00:00:00

THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE WAR. BATTLE AT METZ. PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. The following telegram has been received from Herny, dated Aug. 15 :—Yesterday afternoon the Ist and 7th Army Corps attacked the French troops outside Metz with great violence and drove them back, after a sanguinary encounter, into the town. The French losses are esti mated at 4,000. His Majesty the King made a reconnaisance in force today, and for several hours penetrated within the French chain of outposts without any demonstration being made on the part of the French—a proof that in the French army a strongfeeling of discouragement prevails. THE PRUSSIANS AT COMMERCY. FRENCH OFFCIAL ACCOUNT. PARIS, AUG. 16. The Prefect of the Meuse telegraphed last night to the Minister of the Interior that Prussian Uhlans have been seen at Commerce. They took the road by way of Bar-le-Duc, and cut the railway line. ALGERIA IN A STATE OF SIEGE Algeria has been proclaimed in a state of siege. The Cent Gardes have been broken up, and the men are to be drafted into various cavalry regiments. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARIS AND METZ DESTROYED. A telegram dated Stuttgart, Sunday, says the railway Communication between Metz and Paris has been destroyed. French transport of forage has been captured near Metz. THE 3REAT FRENCH LOAN. It is understood that the list of the new Three per Cent. Loan for £40,000,000 will be opened to-day in France. The price, it is stated will be fixed at 61. Notwithstand ing the difficulty in forwarding applications, some amount is expected to be subscribed for on account for persons in London. THE BELGIAN TREATY. We learn that this Treaty, having been signed by the representatives of Prussia and France, wrs forwarded yes terday by special messenger to Osborne, for her Majesty's signature. SWITZERLAND AND THE WAR. The seat of war being now far removed from the Swiss frontier, the Federal Council have decided to dismiss to their homes two of the divisions placed on a war footing. DANISH NEUTRALITY. The official Copenhagen Berlinske Tidende of the 15th contradicts a statement that the French fleet had been supplied with provisions near Helsingor. THE NORTH GERMAN LOAN. Letters from Berlin give some particulars of the sub scriptions to the ,Federal Loan of 100,000,000 thalers 015,000,000 sterling), the whole of which has been taken in Germany. The Bank of Prussia took £720,000, the Bank of Frankfort £200,000, and Messrs. De Roths child £lOO,OOO. At Breslau, Dantzig, Hamburg, Frank fort, Stettin, and Breinen the subscriptions of the com mercial houses ranged from £lO,OOO to £50,000. It is added that most of the subscribers were allotted all they applied for. MACMAHON AND HIS SOLDIERS. On Sunday, says the Monitenr, a special train came into saucy witn some of the wounded. Marshal MacMahon accompanied them. He came " percipitately" to Nancy in search of subsistence for his troops, the enemy having taken all his provisions. His troops had eaten nothing for twenty eight hours. The Marshal went on foot from the railway station to the Cafe Boillot, a well-known rendezvOtn, Bon. H e was in such a state as to be hardly recognised. Re was covered with mud from head to foot, his hands were black, one of his epaulettes had been carried away by a bullet, the skirts of his uniform were full of bullet holes, his telescope was broken asunder by a ball which at the same time slightly wounded him in the hand. He had not had time to take off his Hessian boots and long B Pors. Everybody in the cafe, as soon as he was known, respectfully saluted him. He hastily called for some cold meat, for he had not tasted food for twenty eight hours. He•wrote a letter while he was eating, and was very soon joined by an officer who is believed to be General de Failly. They went into a private room and had a short consultation, after which the Marshal went back by rail with the provisions he had bought for his soldiers. An inhabitant of Nancy, personally acquainted with the Marshal, asked him news of the Cuirassiers. Ris answer was, " The Cuirassiers! why there are none of them left." The work at the fortifications of Paris continues, and th e papers say that the Ministers have decided to take it in turn to visit them. Every day one of them will make the round, accompanied by competent professional per sons, and satisfy himself that the utmost is being done to accelerate their completion. Most of the Berlin papers say that peace can be con cluded only at Paris. Several English Cabinet couriers have arrived at Berlin, and returned to England. It is stated that the gallant General Colson, chief of MacMahon's Staff, who was killed at Woerth, fell by his own hand. It is said that the Marshal had desired him to explore a wood in which he thonght the enemy might lurk, and that Colson, having reasons of his own for think ing the wood unoccupied, neglected to do so. In the en gagement a heavy fire was poured upon the French from that very spot, and MacMahon reproachfully called the General's attention to the fact. It is related that Colson shot himself with his pistol. Eye-witnesses of the battle of Wissenburg state that the Prussian infantry seek particularly to pick off the enemy's officers, for whom four practised marksmen to th e right of each Prussian platoon are specially instructed to reserve their fire. A party of five ladies left London to join the Prussian army at the seat of war, as nurses, under the auspices of the English Branch of the Societd International. Up to the present time no request for lady nurses has been forwarded from the head-quarters of the French army, and therefore none have been sent. A letter from Verdun, dated Saturday last, states that on the previous day at Metz, the body of a Jew named Meyer, an earthenware dealer, was found hanging in a chimney. The unfortunate man had been suspected of acting as a spy, and all his stock of goods had been destroyed a few days before by an exasperated soldiery. Count Choteck, the Austrirn Ambassador, left St. Petersburg for Vienna yesterday. An English squadron, composed of six ironclads and one transport vessel, has entered the Mediterranean. THE REPORTED FRENCH VICTORY. The French are in great spirits at the reported victory of their arms on Sunday. The Journal des Debats of last evening writes : The event of the day is the engagement betwren our troops and the Prussians, the news of which has arrived thislevening. Again the Prussians.were superior,in number, and their approach was not signalised by ou scouts. The victory of our soldiers is only the more glorious, and the Country will with joy see in it the indication of a return of fortun e in favour of our flag. The Liberte says : We have spoken of calm in the presence of reverses ; We now speak of it in the presence of success. The serious engagement of yesterday, the combat—for it is a combat—is very probably the prelude of a great battle ; but it is mnch to have accom plished, in repulsing the enemy, a movement Which evidently incommoded him, since he threw upon us great forces in order to prevent it. It is much to have recovered the advantage—to have proved that we Were prepared, on our guard, and capable of resisting these Prussian masses. Therefore, calm and confidence. The Patrie says : The combat of Longueville was very brilliant. We fought with inferior numbers, and obtained the advantage. Our losses, everything taken into account are very inferior to those of the Prussians. The result of this success has been to permit the entire army of Marshal liazaine to cross the Moselle in order to cut off the route of the enemy. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The settlement, according to a telegram from Shanghae dated July 22, is quiet, but uneasiness still prevails. The French missionary establishment is considered unsafe. The English and French Admirals are at Tientsin. It is reported that the Chinese authorities are using their ut most endeavours to persuade England and America to in terfere and avert retribution for the late massacre. The Investigation into the affair is proceeding at Tientsin, and strong evidence has been obtained to justify the belief that the murderous rising was directed against all fo reigners, the down 3 the esolu' ill go Le war t rest rthing les all 6rmies peace, and ystem 'ranee r war, A the ditary ,tional 'ranee vast the vever, ;annot tri the ;h the u.ofes tst the surely On !ecom sation 1 the happy while itizens re feel its are Luse of ur the OL.-- a duel came er, his he en laving ae had sworn upon Prince red to th the r, has ries.— o load )our in -overn posses- rH.- L Mar. child, L Lon nt out a half Cherry ied off at fire raged ocality stitute ruction 3il are rigade, e town 'old ers mended . Sup otations ish Dia iildinge THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EN , ENING, AUGUST 16, 1870. FRE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. On the Stock Exchange to-dry prices improved. Rail ways are firm, but business is inactive. The foreign market is firm. Money continues plentiful. Consols are now 911 to 91 for money, and 911 to 911 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 to 914 ; New Three per Cents., 911 to 911; India Five per Cents., 110 to 110 k; ditto Four per Cents., 1001 ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 31 per Cent. Stock, 924 to 921. . In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 904; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 84 to 85; ditto of 1868, 741 to 75 ; Spanish of 1867, 27 to 261; ditto of 1869, 26 to 251 ; ditto Quicksilver, 73 to 71; Peru vian, 85 to 851; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 431 to 43; ditto of 1869, 56 to 561; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 77. The Railway Market—Metropolitan are 65 ; Great Eastern 341 to 341; London and Brighton, 381 to 371; Caledonian, 73 to 74; South-Eastern, 694; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 421; Great Northern, 117 to 119 ; ditto (A), 126 ; North Eastern, 139 ; London and North-Western, 1261 ; Midland, 1271; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 ; Great Western, 661. Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 105 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 101 to 1001 ; New Zealand Five per Cents., 981 to 99 ; Queensland, 106; VictorialFive per Cents., 1001; and ditto Six per Cents., 1111. Anglo Mediterranean, are 131 ; British Indian Exten sion 61 to 61 ; Falmouth, 91 to 91; British Indian Submarine, 71. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 13 to 14 ; Anglo Austrian, 18 premium ; Chartered Mercantile, 27 ; Consolidated,/ 4prem ; Imperial Ottoman, 1l London and County, 51; London and Westminster, 601 591; Lon don Joint Stock, 34 ; and Union of London, 35 37. The 'Cuba, from New York, has brought 2154,000 in specie. A fresh reduction took place in the silver market. Bars were quoted ss. per ounce, and Mexican dollars 4s. 10id., showing a decline of id. in each case. The half-yearly meeting of the Tower Subway Company is called for the 30th inst. A call of 10s per share has been made on the contribu tories of the East India Cotton Agency (Limited), payable on the 15th of September. _ . The La Plata, from Brazil, has arrived at Lisbon en route to this country, with £68,382. The steamers which left New York at the end of last week for Europe bring £440,000. _ It is announced that the half-yearly interest due on the Ist September next on the bonds of the Charkow-Kre mentschug Railroad Loan for £1,716,000 will be paid by Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The report of the directors of the Danube and Black Sea Railway and Kustendjie Harbour Company (Limited), states that an unusually protracted winter in Eastern Europe, and the occurrence of great floods upon its breaking up, have retarded the forwarding of large quantities of grain” from Wallachia, but that the trade is now better, and is expected to continue good during the remainder of the year, provided it is not prejudicially affected by the war. Owing to the slackness of the receipts in the first half of the year, the directors are unable at present to fix a time for payment of the preference dividends which were declared at the last meeting. The Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Com pany have notified that the charge for messages of 20 words to Spain is raised to 11.. from London, and 12s. from provincial stations and Ireland. The report of the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company (Limited), to be presented on the 18th inst., an nounces an increase of traffic which will admit of a re sumption of dividends. A distribution at the rate of 3 per cent. on the ordinary capital is recommended, together n 1, 4 4 ".." , -pnronria . ,tion of £1,142 to reserve, leaving £222 to be carried forward. The report of the Eagle Insurance Company for the past year states the new premiums to have been 14,363. The surplus fund is £1,121,209. J. Berger Spence and Co.'s weekly chemical, mineral, and metal report says :—There are few alterations in the chemical trade worthy of note on our last week's circular. A perceptible improvement in the state of home affairs has taken place, attributable in a great measure to the firmness of Government to maintain the rights of neu trality, and also to the suddenly altered aspect of affairs on the Continent. The orders given out for home con sumption have been fully as numerous as last week, and manufacturers have no reason to complain under the circumstances. Soda crystals are in stronger inquiry ; but bleaching powder is scarcely in such good demand as last week, while soda ash remains firm. A slightly better market may be reported of the metal trade ; business still continues on the most limited scale. Scotoh pig iron is improving. Tin and lead are improved in value. No al teration in spelter. BARNED'S BANK AND ITS LIQUIDATION. In the Chambers of Vice-Chancellor Bacon to-day an application was made to Mr. Allen, chief clerk, to em power Mr. Young, the official liquidator, to give his assent to a scheme of re-organisation of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, a concern the affairs of which had been in an extremely unsatisfactory condition, and in which Barned's Company had an interest to the extent of £170,000. Mr. Hanson, who supported the application, presented an affidavit from Mr. Young, stating that the matter was extremely urgent, and involved a loss of £2,000 per day to the creditors until the new scheme was sanctioned. The Chief Clerk examined the details of the scheme, and said that although there was every appearance of its being a most wretched look out, he had no alternative, there being no opposition, but to sanction the reconstruction scheme in com pliance with the prayer of the official liquidator, who must be supposed to be aware of what was best calculated to promote the interest of the company. THE BRIXTON BABY-FARMERS AT THE OLD BAILEY. At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court this morn ing, before Mr. Baron Martin, Margaret Waters, 35, widow, and Sarah Ellis, 28, married. were indicted for a series of murders of children at Brixton. As the various counts of the indictment were read over each prisoner answered in a low voice, " Not guilty." They both appeared very much depressed, the grand jury having brought in bills for the capital offence. _ Mr. Bexley, who appeared for the prisoners, applied that the trial might be postponed until next sessions. The briefs had not been delivered until last night, as it was not known in what form the grand jury would return the bills. There had also been some additional evidence obtained by the prosecution, of which the prisoners had not received sufficient notice. Mr. Poland retained for the prosecution, said that his leader, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, did not consider the ap plication unreasonable. The new evidence referred to only strengthened that already given. Under the cir cumstances he left the matter entirely in his lordship's hands. Mr. Baron Martin said it would put upon another judge the burthen of trying a case of this kind. How ever, as both parties agreed, the • trial would be post poned until next sessions. AN ENGINE-DRIVER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. At the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Baron Martin, James Monks, who had been out on bail, was in dicted for the manslaughter of Henry Coomer, at Lewisham, Kent, on the Bth of July last. The prisoner was driver of a passenger train, from Croydon to London, and the deceased was guard of anothec passenger train, which was on its way from the Crystal Palace to London-bridge. The trains came into collision at Syderham junction, when several of the passengers were severely shaken. The only life life lost was that of the guard of the Crystal Palace train, who,seeing that a collision was imminent, jumped off. He rebounded on to the line, and the traln passing over him, inflicted such injuries as to cause his death. It was shewn that the signals were " all right" for the Crystal Palace train, and consequently at " danger" for the Croydon train, which ought to have stopped at the junction. The prosecution had been undertaken by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, on the coroner's jury returning a ver dict of manslaughter against the prisoner, who had been in the company's service for nineteen years. It appeared that the Palace train was a few minutes late, and the prisoner had put on steam to get past the points before the other train came up, thus acting in violation of the rules of the line, the signals being against him. His statement before the coroner was that this was the only chance of saving his train, and if he had not done so the consequences would have been still more serious. It was suggested for the prosecution that through negligence the prisoner had mistaken the signals, and it was important that their observance should be enforced. His Lordship, in sum ming up, observed that if a man were placed in a position of danger, and had to make a choice between two methods of getting out of it, and acted bona fide in doing so, it was monstrous to say that he should be held criminally responsible for that failure of the means he might adopt. But the jury were to say whether he had been guilty of gross negligence in not seeing the signals against him. He had also to ask whether the act of the deceased in jumping out of the train was the reasonable and natural act of a firm and courageous man, to.avoid impending death. The driver and others of the train were uninjured, and deceased would not have been hurt if he had remained on the train. —The jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty, an d the prisoner was discharged. There was an attempt to applaud. which was promptly suppressed. THIS MORNING'S NEWS (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) THE PLYMOUTH ELECTION.-UNOPPOSED RETURN OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The Attorney-General was re-elected member for Plymouth yesterday morning, without opposition, on his acceptance of the appointment of Recorder of Bristol. A threat of opposition had been held out by the Radical party, who carried a resolution at the meeting addressed by Sir Robert Collier last week, strongly disapproving of the holder of so lucrative an office as the Attorney-Generalship taking another well paid appointment. In the course of his _ speech he said :—" From time immemorial the three great features of the Liberal party have been peace, reform, and retrenchment. The Go vernment have proved their anxiety for the two :first, and those around me who were so strong in con demning the policy of,the Conservatives for increasing the public expenditure by a million a year, must have seen with satisfaction that the present Govern ment have reduced the expenditure by about an equal amount. The beneficial results of this you have seen ; but whilst retrenchment is exceed ingly popular in theory, it is sure to be unpopular in practice with many. To dispense with the employment of those persons who are not required is of course a pain ful operation, and must create dissatisfaction and distress, but I state most positively, from my own knowledge, that it has been the:intention of the Govern ment to carry out the reductions with the most perfect fairness and impartiality. It has been found that in all the large Government offices s in London there were many more clerks than necessary to perform the duties, and these have been reduced accord ingly. Therefore it is not fair to say that the reductions have been confined to the poorer classes. I do very much feel for many of the dockyard labourers. Since I have been here I haveheardsome some accounts of the distress which have affected me greatly, and I can only say that if there has been any measure of hardship I deeply regret it, and will take pains to represent it to the authorities, and do my utmost to redress it—if there are, as I am told, reductions which may be made among the higher class of officers who are not performing adequate duties, and if some persons are holding mere sinecures that ought to be put a stop to and these offices abolished. But if a per manent officer is dismissed and his office abolished the Government give him compensation. What is best to be done in such a case is, when the office is vacant, not to appoint a successor. I believe the departments of the Government are entirely inaccessible to any jobs, and if there are any, they are the work of subordinates, and are not known to the heads of those departments. SPEICHEREN AFTER THE BATTLE. The correspondent of the Telegraph with the Prussian army narrates, in a letter dated immediately after the battle, a visit he paid to the field of Speicheren :—" A walk of four miles, and again across the Waterloo of the day, brought me to the headquarters of the Bth Army Corps. The battle-field presented a more orderly appear ance ; little mounds surmounted by wooden crosses marked the resting-place of the defenders and assailants of the Forbach heights. These graves were covered with sword-bayonets, to the number of the men the grave contained, stuck upright in the ground, and upon each was placed the helmet of the soldier. In one place I counted ninety-six piles of arms, most of them being needle-guns ; knapsacks, cloaks, boots, and shakos strewed the field in every direction, whilst that never-to-be mistaken odour of the battle-field filled the moist and heavy atmosphere. It had rained hard all night, and the effect upon some of the faces of the dead was any thing but pleasant. The bells in the neighbouring villages rang the assembly of the inhabitants for the pur pose cf forming fatigue parties to bury the dead. Upon my arrival in Speicheren I found it but a very small French village, of the poorest description ; the troops, as is their custom, were bivouacked outside, although many of the officers had installed themselves in the French tentes d'abri, which their hasty retreat had caused the enemy to leave behind ; but, notwithstanding the drench ing rain, the troops were in the best of spirits. lam sorry to say that the Prussians have lost 200 offi cers in the battle of Saarbruck, and their total of killed and wounded is larger than I before stated. After a great deal of bother, I discovered a refuge for myself in the cottage of an old peasant, who was too old and too poor to attract attention. He is 74 years of age, and his wife 70 ; they live alone, and are, I need hardly say, miserably poor. When I entered the house the poor old man burst into tears, whilst the wife hastily hid some beans and potatoes, cooked in a saucepan, underneath the bed. After reassuring the luckless wretches, they told told me that the French army had lain there for at least four weeks, and that they had left them absolutely nothing ; neither did they know what they were going to do during winter. Poor creatures ! it is the same thing everywhere. There is literally nothing left, and eating or drinking has become a matter of very grave con sideration. After establishing myself in my anything but agreeable quarters, I turned out to take a walk to the front. On my road I met Colonel von Witzendorff, Chief of the Staff, on his way to visit some French prisoners who were wounded, and had sought the shelter of the village in the retreat. Poor fellows, they are certainly in a most wretched state, for they cannot feed them, the troops being in need of provisions themselves; in fact, so short is everything in the shape of eatables or drinkables that it is apparent to everybody the army must advance within a few hours. The villages of Kerbach and Etzling, in the immediate neighbourhood, are also full of French wounded, unable to get any further. From them I learnt many interesting facts regarding the battle of Saarbruck, and my former opinion that the French had no large force and no reserve to back them up were fully justified by the account they gave me. It appears that the Emperor viewed the position himself, and pro nounced it, as well he might, impregnable; and so it would have been if common prudence or the simplest laws of military tactics had been observed. But General Frossard, over-confident in his position, permitted a division to occupy this post on the heights, entirely isolated and unsupported. He never dreamt of being driven from it, and consequently echeloned the other divisions of his Corps d'Arm4e so far away, that when their assistance was claimed they were unable to reach the battle-field, and only arrived within two miles of it, to find their comrades in a hasty retreat. The Prussians, however, knew the fearful struggle before them. Regiment after regiment kept coming on the ground, even up to nightfall; and fresh troops were sent continually against the worn-out men, who had been fighting for more than eight hours. The French were deficient in artillery, and an old corporal told me that many of the soldiers were so young that they could scarcel - re their rifles." v char THE WEATHER AND THE PRUSSIAN IN VASION. The rain, after keeping off so long, would in the in- I terests f Prussia have doue well to have remained away for 5( me time longer. It has now been pouring con• tinuously for the last three days, and country roads must be FO cut up with the movements of artillery and baggage that the army must be almost brought to a standstill. Little streams must have become impassable torrents, and the flat country by the Moselle must be completely under water. The weather, too, cannot but tell prejudicially upon the health of the troops. Although the Prussians are most careful not to allow their men to sleep in the open air when it can possibly be avoided, and will pack the men thirty or forty in a room rather than do so, it is almost impossible that the whole of the immense army upon the frontier can find even standing room in the small and scattered villages. But even for those who have the advantage of shelter the wet weather is very trying, the necessity for remaining all day in wet clothes, and again either passing the night as sentry or as patrol, or else sleeping in hot and densely crowded rooms, cannot but be most trying. But the wet weather will be most unfortunate for Prussia in another sense. The vast extent of harvest which still remains un cut, and which is being got in but slowly by the women and old men who now constitute the agricultural popula tion of Prussia, will suffer terribly if this weather has pre vailed over Northern Germany. Here, in the south, the crops are all in, and consequently the rain will be a boon to the farmers, whose land was previously comparatively burnt up. Hearing the " latest news from the seat of war" being cried in the street, I have been to buy one of the papers, but there is nothing new whatever, nor do I expect that there will be any event of importance for some days. I hear from a person this instant arrived from Mayence that immense pontoon trains are proceeding by all the roads towards the Moselle, and that 30 large boats upon car riages have been taken by the pursuing army. These, like the pontoons captured, were intended for the passage of the Rhine, and the fact that they were not destroyed by the French, or at least so damaged upon their aban donment as to be useless to the enemy, shows how hurried and confused must have been the retreat of she French.— correspondent of Standard at Mannheim. FIRE IN ISLINGTON. About five o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Hill and Son, builders and contractors, 10, Chalton-place, High-street; Islington. The fire, the cause of which is not known, destroyed the sawmills, engine and boiler house, the joiners', plumber', and black smiths' workshops, and the stables and covered yard Three horses were burnt to death, and about 1,000 cut deals were very severely damaged by fire. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAT. SINGULAR AND DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.—WiIIiam Crouch, a carpenter, living at No. 13, Circus-street, Marylebone, was charged before Mr. Knox at the Marl borough Police-court, with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in Crown-court, St. James's. Police constable Stephen Tye, 102 C, deposed that at about a quarter to six yesterday evening he was called to Crown court, St. James's, where he found the prisoner, who had stripped himself and was declaring that he would fight all the Prussians. With some difficulty he succeeded in getting the prisoner to put on his clothes, and then took him to the station. In reply to Mr. Knox the constable said the prisoner was drbnk. The prisoner said he had been with a ship's carpenter and had some rum with him. Mr. Knox asked the constable whether he meant to say the prisoner was naked. The Constable—Stark naked. Mr. Lnox said the prisoner's conduct was monstrous in the streets of London, and at such an hour, and fined him 40s. or a month. _ EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.—James Mackinlay, aged 29 years, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police-court, charged with being drunk and wilfully breaking a large quantity of plate glass in the house of James Bance, a dealer in ginger beer and other things, No. 17, Albert-street, Shadwell. The right arm of the prisoner, which he had bared in court, was fright fully cut and mutilated, and had been bandaged. He said he was cut by some of the people in the ginger beer house, but it appeared he inflicted the injuries to his arm himself while causing the damage with which he was charged. He entered the complainant's premises with a young woman on his arm, and they had two bottles of ginger beer, for which the female tendered 2d. After wards more ginger beer was consumed by the couple, and a dispute arising about the change the prisoner smashed up everything in the place, including seven panes of glass in the window, a butter scale, and a good deal of plats glass and glass bottles. He was taken into custody after some resistance, and after an exhibition of his arm he produced an empty purse, and saidhe had been robbed of the contents. He was paid off on Saturday after a long voyage, and there was a good deal of money in it when he entered the " pop shop." The proprietor of the place said all the money he saw was a shilling, which he threw on the counter for the ginger beer he had been drinking. Mr. Lushington fined the prisoner Is., and ordered him to pay 495. for the damage he had done. He was locked up in default, and told the imprisonment would be six weeks with hard labour. UNPROVOKED AND BRUTAL ASSAULT.—James Eneven, aged 50 years, a strong, corpulent man, was brought up at the above Court, charged with violently assaulting and wounding William Short. The prisoner is a greengrocer, in Hope-alley, Wapping. On Saturday night he en croached on the premises of his neighbour, Short, with his vegetables and other things, and refused to remove them to his own premises when desired. He struck Mr. Short and beat him severely ; his skull was fractured and three ribs broken. The wounded man was conveyed to the London Hospital, where he now remains in a very bad state. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner, said the parties fought five rounds, and the fortune of war decided in favour of the prisoner. The man in,the hospital was not in danger. That turned out to be the case, and on a report made by Inspector Gee, of the K division, the magistrate consented to accept bail for the prisoner to appear on Saturday next. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Monday, August 15, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,469 ; ditto on payment, 3,870 ; total visitors, 5,339. SAFETY OF MR. ELLIOTT. All doubt of the falsehood of the story that Mr. Elliott had been shot as a Prussian spy in Paris is now set at rest. Mr. Elliott himself arrived at Brackley from Paris yesterday afternoon. BAN KRUPTCY OF THE HON. WINFRED BROUGHAM. The first meeting of the creditors of the Hon. Winfred Brougham, son of Lord Brougham, took place at Canterbury Bankruptcy Court on Mouday, debts being proved amounting to upwards of £4,500. Mr. Brougham was declared bankrupt, and ordered to come up for first examination on September 14th, at Canterbury. PRESENTATION TO LORD ROBARTES. Lord Robartes, who for twenty-one years represented East Cornwall in the House of Commons, was on Monday afternoon presented at his seat, Lanhydrock Park, with a congratulatory address from the Mayor and Corporation of Bodmin on his elevation to the peerage. Lord Robartes thanked the Mayor and Corporation, and said that he hoped in the Upper House still for some years to apply himself to the measures which might come under the consideration of that body whose Liberal principles he had warmly held for so many years. EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. A conference of clergy and schoolmasters and mis tresses was held last evening at St. Mary's Schools, Chat ham, the High Constable of Chatham, Mr. Cr. Winn, in the chair, to discuss the provisions of the new Education Act. The first subject, Religious Teaching, was opened by the Rev. H. B. Stevens, Rector of St. Mary's, Chatham, in a paper, in which he expressed a general approval of the provisions for that teaching contained in the Act. The teaching must still, he argued, be continuous, compre hensive, and persuasive.—He was followed by the Rev. H. Weller, Mr. G. A. Bernays, and other speakers, who held the same sentiments ; but Mr. Bernays considered the Church should not put dogmatic teaching too promi nently, or Dissenters might be dissatisfied thereby, and agitate in a short time for a new Act. The question of compulsory attendance was afterwards discussed. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A COUNTY MAGISTRATE. Intelligence has been received from Cambridge that an attempt to murder Captain Elliott, of Chesterford Park, near that town, a magistrate for the county of Essex, has been made. It appears that a female servant of Captain Elliott's, has recently been married, but subsequently left her husband, who, it is alleged, suspected that she was living on improper terms with her master. Last week be arrived at Chesterford, and is said to have ineffectually endeavoured to prevail on his wife to return home with him. Captain Elliot was at the time in Lon don, and the man took lodgings to await his return. By some means he obtained information of the Captain's arrival by train aid saw him at the station. An altercation took place between them, and Captain Elliott was knocked down with a stick. He called out for assistance, upon which his assailant drew a revolver and fired at him. His life was saved by almost a miracle, the bullet being diverted from him by the buttons of his clothes. The offender is in custody. ASSAULT ON CATHOLICS. On Sunday night the Hon. Judge M'Cann, of New York, the Rev. Mr. M'Cullan, priest of Coleraine, and Mr. M'Kenna were attacked at the Coleraine station, Derry, by a mob of Orangemen. Mr. M'Kenna, who is the editor of the Star newspaper, Belfast, received various cuts and bruises from stones, as well as blows and kicks. The fact of his having taken a prominent part in the Catholic procession at Derry was the cause of his being specially signalled out for assault. Various at tempts were made to renew the rioting in Derry on Sun day night. Bands paraded the streets, and large mobs had to be dispersed by the police. A great many persons were waylaid and severely handled. Knives in some in stances are stated to have been used. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A FISHINc, , ': BOAT THREE MEN DROWNED. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, three men were drowned of lthe mouth of the Tyne, near the South Shields Pier. There was a strong wind blowing from the north-east at the time, and the sea was very rough. It seems that the usual number of boats were engaged in salmon fishing, when the net belonging to one of them drifted near the shore. The occupants of the boat, in question, were endeavouring to recover their net, and, in doing so, got amongst the broken water, and the boat capsized. Notwithstanding the great danger incurred, another of the boats, containing three men, put off to the assistance of their brother fishermen, but, before reaching them, their boat filled with water, and they were swamped. They were, however, saved, two by means of a cable, and the third, an old man, by the bravery of a young fellow who swam from the shore to his assistance. The poor fellows who had occupied the first boat were all drowned. Their names are Thomas Mackelvie, Andrew Cunningham, and William Barney, said to be Scotchmen. They were about 40 years of age, married, and leave families. The body of Mackelvie was found on the beach about an hour after the occurrence. The other bodies have not been recovered. A NEW STEAMBOAT LINE TO LIVERPOOL. An official notification has been received by the Liver pool Chamber of Commerce that arrangements have been made by the Austrian-Hungarian Government with the Austrian Lloyd's for a direct steamboat communication between Trieste, London, Liverpool, and Southampton. Mr. Ireland, the registrar of births and deaths for St St. Paul's district, Liverpool, committed suicide on Sunday morning by swallowing poison. A fire on Sunday nearly consumed the entire produce of Mr. Woodward's farm, near Hanley. Eight stacks of farm produce were totally destroyed, and there can be little doubt that the fire was due to the smoking of some men in the stockyard. The property was insured. ARREST OF MAZZINI. The Opinione of yesterday publishes a despatch from Palermo announcing that Mazzini had been placed under arrest on the previous day, and sent to Gaeta. lie had come from Genoa. • The following modifications of the Cabinet have taken place at Constantinople :—Mustapha Fazyl Pasha has been appointed Minister of Finance ; Sadik Efcaf Edheim Pasha, Minister of Justice ; and Haidar Pasha, prefect of the capital ; whilst Hall Pasha and Rustein Pasha have been nominated respectively ambassadors of the Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburg. THE BLOCKADE OF NORTH GERMAN PORTS.—A supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, published on Monday, gives the following official notification of the block - ade : —lt is hereby notified that the Right Hon. Earl Granville, K. G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 'has received a communication from her Majesty's ambassador at Berlin, that the admiral of the French fleet off Heligoland has requested the Governor of Heligoland t to notify through her Majesty's consular agents in Hamburg, Cuxhaven, and Bremers haven, the blockade of the rivers Eider, Elbe, Weser, and Jande, to take effect in ten days from the 15th instant, and that up to such time neutral vessels may enter or de part.—Foreign Office, August 15. " RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—This afternoon her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, attended by the suite, will leave Os borne after luncheon en route for Windsor. Her Majesty will cross to the Rbyal Clarence Victualling-yard at Gos port, bysteamer, and will quit the south coast in a special South-Western train, under the charge of Mr. W. M. Williams, forßasingstoke, which will be reached at 5.45 p.m. At 5.50 the Queen will leave the junction and travel yid Reading, Taplow, and Slough to Windsor, where the Royal train will arrive at 6.50 p.m. Her Majesty will sleep at the Castle for the night, and is ex pected to leave Windsor for. Balmoral on Wednesday. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—At five o'clock yes terday afternoon an exciting scene was witnessed by a crowd of people from the new Blackfriars-bridge. Three two-oared boats competing in a race were seen coming up the river opposite St. Paul's landing stage. Somewhat closer to the London, Chatham, and Dover railway bridge two or three barges were moored, and as the boats ap proached in order to round them and finish the race down the river, one of the penny steamboats passed. The two foremost boats reached the shore side of the barges before the wash of the steamer could affect them, but it caught the last boat, which, like the others, was of the lightest construction. The boat filled rapidly, and in a few seconds its three occupants, who wore boating costume, were immersed in the water. Two of them swam to the nearest barge, on board of which they were taken, and the other clung to the boat, and was picked up by the crew of another craft, which was rowed to the scene of the accident. The death is announced 'of Rear-Admiral George Guy Burton. He entered the navy in 1797, joining the Eagle, 74, but was shortly afterwards transferred to the Venerable, 74, in which, under Captains Sir W. G. Fair fax and Sir Samuel Hood, he was present at an action in Aix Roads between the British and Spanish squadrons, July 2, 1799 ; and in the battles of July 6 and 12, 1801; under Sir James Saumarez, for which he afterwards re ceived the medal and three clasps. After serving in various vessels, he obtained post rank in 1846, and became rear-admiral June 15, 1854. Admiral Burton received at the session of the Royal Society, 1823-24, the large silver medal of the society for his improved method of fitting anchor-stoppers, for which he had previously received the thanks of the Board of Admiralty* STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN, Speaking of the news of the fighting on the Moselle, the Telegraph, without adopting either report, says the French army seems to have narrowly escaped a vast catastrophe. To be caught by a superior adversary, in the act of retreating across a great river, is almost to incur destruction; and only great good fortune, or the advantage of a fortified position, can avert disaster. The Emperor says that "half of his army had crossed," when the Prussians, with greatly superior forces, fell upon the remainder. If the assailants were really re pulsed, the fact speaks volumes for the skill and energy of Marshal Bazaine, charged with the task of drawing off the army across the Moselle. And the Marshal's credit is all the greater if the battle was fought, not under the guns of Metz itself, but in the open field, about eight miles east of the fortress. Pange is a village of some importance—just midway between Herny—the King of Prussia's headquarters—and Metz ; and an army drawn up with its centre at the village would cover at once the roads leading westward from Saarlouis, from St. Avold, Sarreguemines, and Saverne, and the railway from Strasburg. But the mention of Pange does not bear out the Emperor's state ment that his army was interrupted in the operation of crossing the Moselle in retreat ; for we can scarcely conceive that one half of his troops would have been kept in position at such a great distance behind the part which had - passed the river. Such a division of forces, in presence of a superior enemy, would have been eminently dangerous; and, on the slender information yet before us, we are disposed to believe that Napoleon and William I. really refer to distinct contests, in the contending tele grams which claim victory for either side. It is perfectly imaginable that an important affair of rearguard may have taken place at Pange, before the French army drew off to cross the Moselle by the bridges of Metz ; that the Prussians pushed the enemy before them to the verge of the works of the fortress; and that another contest was then waged, resulting in a check for the Prus sians, thrown back by hostile masses, supported by powerful fortifications. Meanwhile we may frankly con fess that, whether one or two battles be indicated in the vague telegrams received yesterday, the result of the fighting was not in favour of the French. Even a victory of the most decided character could have won for them at the best only an unmolested retreat across the Moselle; and since we are told that the Prussians are already at Vigneulles, about 30 miles from Metz, in the direction . of Chalons, it is perfectly clear that Marshal Bazaine could not have effectually shaken off his pursuers. The Standard does not accept the theory that two battles have been fought. To our mind the bat tle described by French and Prussians is one and the same. We read it in this way. The French army under Bazaine, commenced early on Sunday morning to cross the liver from Metz with a view to retreating on the river Meuse. To cover the retreat, which must of necessity be carried out by the several corns in succession. the corps of Ladmixault anal of .Vacaen, wno, It will be remembered, succeeded Mar shal Bazaine in command of the third corps on Bazaine's appointment to the chief command of the left wing, were left in front of Metz, and probably took up position on the heights overlooking the Nied—at least so we conjecture from the report of Prince Pless, the military inspector of the Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded, who says that the battle was fought in the direction of Pange, a village nearly two miles south of the main road from St. Avoid to Metz, and on the right or western bank of the Nied. From this point there would be a safe re treat in case of defeat under the guns of the fortress of Metz. These troops appear to have been attacked by two Prussian corps, the Ist and 7th, before they had quitted their position as a rear guard ; but when the other half of the army, whieh would be the Guard and Frossard's corps, had already crossed the Moselle. The French claim to have repulsed the Prussians with considerable loss ; on the other hand the King of Prussia, though in a very different tone to the joy expressed at " Fritz's wonderful luck," claims a victory. Both accounts may be reconciled by supposing that the French repulsed the Prussians, but subsequently retreated to the fortress, having performed their duty as a rear guard effectually, and thus, on the prin ciple that those who hold the battle field are the con querors, allowed the Prussians to claim to have won the action. A glance at a large scale map shows that a very strong position might be held across the road from St. Avoid to Metz, on the line of the Nied. Woods, which the French are beginning to learn the value of for defensive purposes, come down to the bank of the stream on the bank nearest the Moselle ; while on the side by which the Prussians must advance on open plain has to be crossed for several hundred yards. Still nothing is heard of Marshal MacMahon and his corps. Count Palikao does not ven ture in the Corps Legislatif to say where he is, and what he is expected to do. An unofficial telegram states that he was at Toul on Saturday afternoon, but if so he takes good care to place a whole day's march between himself and the Germans. This statement, if accepted, shews that he is separated by a very long line, one of forty or fifty miles, from Marshal Bazaine, and we may look upon his junction with that Commander as now hopeless. The German army is now between him and the main body of that of France, and the Prussian cavalry would not permit any transverse movements even if he were able to execute them. None but wholly speculative and conjectural accounts are given of the strength or composition of the corps under MacMahon, and a belief is spreading that in this, as in so many other matters, the Government is mystifying the country.—Daily News. WAR NOTES. THE TURCOS.—It is bad enough that the semi barbarous Turcos should be pitted against civilized men, and should find opportunities to mutilate in the most in human manner the bodies of those who fell in the field. This is what they were sent to do. No one expected that they would display any regard for decency or she* mercy to the fallen. This belief inspired the German troops with an incredible vigour whenever they were opposed to a regiment of Turcos. The officers could no longer hold their men in hand. Disregarding the restraints of discipline and whispers of prudence, they shouted "forward," and swept down the detested enemy. The large proportion of Turcos to be found among the pri soners is due to the special efforts directed against them. Yet the hatred entertained and manifested towards them has not in a single instance taken the form of insult or maltreatment, after the battle was at an end. The prisoners have all been treated with the greatest consider ation, and the Turcos have not been made exceptions to the rule.—Prussian Correspondent of the Daily News. HOSTILITY OF FRENCH PEASANTS.—The Prus sians, in their pursuit, have come upon large quantities of stores, upon magazines of ammunition, and upon necessaries of war of all kinds. In every village they find numbers of wounded French, who could no further accompany their retreating comrades. The hate of the peasants for the Prussians has greatly surprised them, and is shown in every way. In one place a woman fired upon the troops, in another the peasants ill-treated the wounded, and being caught in the act were tried at once, and fourteen of them were summarily shot. The surprise of the Germans, indeed, in this particular re sembles that with which the conduct of the Bavarians and the natives of the other Southern States has inspired the French. These last had been told that they were going to liberate the Southern States from the tyranny of Prussia, and are there fore astonished at finding those people, instead of hailing them as deliverers, fighting against them with a bravery and fury even exceeding that of the Prussians them selves. The Germans, upon the other hand, have always claimed this portion of Lorraine and Alsace as belonging by ties of race and history to Germany, and are surprised to find that the peasants are to a man their deadly ene mies.—Correspondent of Standard at Mannheim. EPISODES AT WOERTII.—As far as I can ascer tain, the 74th French Line regiment has virtually ceased to exist as a military body, one-third of its men and officers having perished in the field, and the rest, as well as all its staff, having been captured. A cavalry regiment has also perished—the Bth or 9th Cuiras siers, I know which. It was surrounded in a large vineyard, refused to surrender, and, with the exception of a few superior officers, was simply exterminated. The capture of 200 French soldiers, and an enormous mass of military stores, at Hagenau, by about a dozen German dragoons, headed by a couple of young lieutenants—Von Schdnau and Von Freydorf—is one of the most brilliant episodes of the war, and, moreover, illustrates the utter demoralisation of the French troops. On the 7th (Sunday), about one o'clock p.m„ the Ist and 2nd Dragoons took possession of the town, and the two young lieutenants above named, fol lowed by a few troopers, rode off to the great barracks, which were still in the hands of some 200 men. The pair summoned the occupants to surrender, which they at once did, marching out and piling their arms. —Correspondent of the Telegraph at Mannheim. THE EMPIRE.—The chance of battle is a mighty chance, and on some bloody field France may regain her prestige, but what effort, what heroism, what smile of fortune can restore the tarnished splendour of the Empire ? I can imagine no combination of events which could effect that miracle. Not even if the German army were driven back, not even if a victorious peace were signed at Berlin, would Napoleon be again what he was a month ago ; for in the eyes of France another would have repaired his faults, another would have wiped away the stain inflicted by his incapacity; the defeat would remain his, the revenge would be another's. It would be said that victory had returned only when he gave up the command. Napoleon 111. is not dethroned, but he is al ready discrowned, and it may well be that the one degredation is only the prelude of "the other. Even some of us—the Irreconcilables of former days— feel our just and righteous enmity relax in presence of such a great and sudden ruin. But, unless lam much mistaken, there will be no pity shewn. Napoleon lIL was essentially, even in his most brilliant days, the Emperor of the soldiery and of the peasants. Those two classes, his sole but all-powerful supporters against a hostile bourgeoisie, he has now alienated.—Frenth Correspondent of the Times. THE CHANCES OF PEACE.—A drawn battle there may be in the neighbourhood of Metz and Nancy, but that is the most the French and their friends can hope for. Perhaps that would be the most desirable issue, seeing that it alone would render peace possible. At such a moment of exhaustion, but of loss of honour on neither side, England might possibly step in with the hope of being heard. Of course, considerable sacrifices would have to be made by France, even in that case. The status quo would have to be recognised, and Alsace be lost for ever. Still, France would be more tractable after a drawn battle than after another defeat. In the latter event England would in terfere in vain. Defeat might be the ruin of the Em peror personally, but the nation would scarcely succumb. Then Germany would have to face an Orleanist or a Republican France, and the voice of either would still be for war. On the other hand, should the French against all probability, prevail in the next great action we should be further from peace than ever. Win this united Germany must. All calculations based upon anothee assumption will prove fallacious. I repeat these things to you, not so much because they are my own opi nions as because they are those of everybody here. People are already asking themselves what it is that they shall exact from the vanquished. I hear very little said in favour of the recovery of Lorraine. "It is French," is the general observation, " and therefore we do not want it." But Alsace must once more be German territory. And then comes the question of money. How much is it to be ? On this head, German terms will be hard, very hard. The financial damage done to this country by the war it is not easy to calculate ; and all that can be set down in figures, by figures must be con doned. here in Berlin, a great capital, things apparently go on much as usual ; but there must be places where life and movement have almost ceased by the action of this vampire war. You cannot tell how anxious every body is that it should cease. But at the same time no one wishes it to be prematurely closed. It must be the last war—with France at least. That is the predominant, the universal feeling. Men do not want to do all this over again, nor women to see it done. Alas ! it hits the women almost hardest of all. —Berlin Correspondent of Standard. ed ch he Ong im p rd. hat of self he ler -1 of for wig tra- and ote, len, by ner, ople ion, full le lie Is of eking ed to sting fare- -_.~.~