The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-01 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 2.30 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON FORT CHARENTON. TOURS, OCT. 1. A- Government despatch says that the town of lournon is filled with wounded Germans, who have b een brought there from an unsuccessful German a ttack against Fort Charenton. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S MANIFESTO. The manifesto of the Emperor Napoleon, which has already been announced, will appear shortly. It r ecommends peace, and stigmatizes the members of the Provisional Government as guilty of higb treason a gainst the nation and the throne. THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES. Grave difficulties have unquestionably arisen in ri e°ll nection with the proposed entry of the South Berm an States into a new confederation. Herr u elbruck, who was sent to arrange terms with B avaria, has returned to Berlin, his mission not „Yet accomplished. Some report it au entire LUXEMBURG. The President of the Luxemburg Government has a rrived at the Hague. It is reported that his Il ait refers to the cession of Luxemburg to Prussia fo r a compensation in money. This transfer will be o ne of the conditions of peace with France. A MYSTERIOUS EVENT. A. French paper states that a Prussian Prince has be en killed, and that bis body has been taken back Prussia for interment. The greatest mystery is preserved in order that his name may not be known. FIGHTING NEAR PARIS. XTUAORDINARY REPORT OF FRENCH SUCCESSES. THE CONDITION OF METZ. FRESH MILITARY PREPARA- TIONS IN FRANCE. TOURS, SEPT. 30 (5 P.M.) 2 116 Governmant has issued a decree ordering the -4 °Ption of the following measures : t All the men of France between the ages of We llfry-one and forty, and all those who had already b 4ll teered, arc) to be organised into a Mo sed National Guard, and their organisation , co nfided to the prefects of the departments. All the from 25 to 85 years of age who are subject to ' Army L aw w ill rema i n i n the Mobili se d National Gu ardl, till their services are called for by the " 4 illister of War." the prefects are authorised to take the arms E . ; - "gbig to the Sedentary National Guard, and i re them to the Mobilised National Guard, and 1 40 empowered to demand that all sportsmen's th 4 and other private weapons be delivered up to e_ gl• a,_Abother decree places all Frans-Tireurs at the t i:Dosal of the Minister of War, and subjects I ,elt to the same discipline as the National Guard telegraph clerks are exempted from service in the "nal Guard and. army. t e T he Constitutionnel and Francais assert that the eetion t h _ s for th Constituent Assembly are fixed for " 16 th October. -- )r TitAoRDINARY REPORT IN A BELGIAN PAPER. T BRUSSELS, SEPT. 30. Th e toile B e i ge o f t o -day states that a traveller e 4. i ' l ed to-day from Valenciennes and communicated 1 ,, 6 text of the following despatch, which he alleged all Yesterday placarded on the walls of that town : ) 4 : Versailles retaken. The Prussian army routed. tti ll Y parks of artillery captured, There are 6,000 ho.3llers at Mont Valerien. 30,000 Prussians 4 , 4 ' 8 de combat. 67 mitrailleuses taken. The Prus istaff captured. (Signed) " GAMBEITA." NEWS FROM PARIS. - TOURS, SEPT. 29 (:EVENING). on from Paris announce that an immense 1411 reservoir, supported upon bricks, has been t io llee d pp front of the Gallery of Apollo, in the tw' hvr e, and will be kept filled from the Seine by st eam pumps as a precautionary measure in `' of the L ouvre or T u il er ies taking fire. , t 10 1 h i e Pari s G overnmen t ha v e taken possession of e carriages of the Chemin de Fer du Nord for v ela l ambulance service upon the ramparts. ‘l4a.r'eaterday a Prussian in the uniform of a National Bar c 1 made some enquiries of a woman at the kt oli,. r ' er e de Fontainebleau. Her suspicions being P ril . ' le d, she answered with hesitation, and the hle ti ao. stabbed her in the breast, killing her. /vas immediately arrested, and found to be a spy. ROUEN, SEPT. 80. ott WIS received from the suburbs of Paris states that b tel , tout Valerein and a battery at St. Ouen have hi; fi ringat very long range upon the enemy's con -44" a dvancing on Montesson, and towards the guar pt'f Argenteuil. Ort lasy was directing a heavy fire towards t1i, 34 -4 ) Where the enemy were attempting to esta li batteries. N i 4 a bridge at Triel has given way under the h tt e h t of the enemy's cannon, and three of them gone to the bottom of the Seine. DREUX, SEPT. 30. ee tila a eronaut, with despatches from Paris, has de ed here. He leaves for Tours, where he will ( 1 11 A l e t omorrow. 600 German infantry are marching 4intenon. A MARSEILLES, SEPT. 29. d ee ofth e ree co i f the ds Prefect dissolves the first company Crvic uar. CHA RTRES, SEPT. 30. q ott, 4 04 r aunication is cut off from this town to Eper altd Alaintenon. R(} AL HEAD-QUARTERS, FERRIERES, '4, SEPT. 30 (4 26 P.m.) ell ‘4h r eports circulated in France of fighting having '- 1) vei,t; pi ace yesterday and the day before are pure O n ,1 1 _ 318 . Not a shot was' fird . the "ue other hand, the French attacked to-day to I .;: it tenchments of our 6th Corps, but were forced 444 Lr e .,L a ,'L from the field of battle in wild confusion h heavy lo . 414 ORTED REVOLT OF TWO tAVARIAN REGIMENTS. At TOURS, SEPT. 80. II th e - ..e . last Cabi ne t C ounc il it resolvedwas: • that t 4iii :le?tio ns to the Constitu€nt Assembly should Uetoeelace on th e d a t e originally fixed—the 16th of. 44 47.47 / 00 denies the riuuour that Admiral Fourichon has resigned his post as acting Minister for War. Two Bavarian regiments are said to have revolted at Versailles, and twenty-four of the men have been shot. The officers of the Francs-tireurs of the Seine have addressed a letter to the Ministers complaining that their men had not been paid, and that the provincial Mayors had prevented them from at tacking the enemy. The Ministers have provided for the payment of all the Francs-trieurs.—Telegraph Telegram. TOURS, SEPT. 30. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following : "A person who was able to leave Paris on the evening of the 27th gives us some news from the city. Two Baden regiments had mutinied at Versailles, not wishing to go under fire. Twenty sour were shot. Ten steam mi trailleuses have been ompleted. The general state of Paris was excel lent. The battle of Pierefitte appears to have been really a great succes for us. The Prussians suffered considerably. Every night the approaches to the for tifications are illuminated by means of the electric THE CONDITION OF METZ. BERLIN, SEPT. 30, (0 P.M.) From the statements of prisoners, and the con tents of intercepted letters, it has been ascertained that the garrison of Metz is composed solely of Gardes Mobiles. The French army is encamped round Metz, and its meat rations during the past fortnight have consisted of nothing but horseflesh: They have no salt, but an abundance of broad and vegetables. There is no forage, and the horses are fed upon barley and grass. The epidemics in Metz do not appear to have decreased. The proclama tion of the Republic has been posted up in the town, but the soldiers outside the walls believe the reports of the capitulation of Sedan and the change of Government to be false. The reported recall.of the North German Minister at Brussels is officially denied. THE CAPITULATION OF STRASBURG. STRASBURG, SEPT. 30. Several French officers who were made prisoners on the surrender of Strasburg have been allowed to leave for Switzerland on parole. General Uhrich is among the number. The Gardes Mobiles, who are all natives of Alsace, are being sent to their homes. A great number of foreigners are already flocking to Strasburg, but it is at present difficult to enter the town. It is understood that a portion of the siege train has left for Paris. THE ALLEGED RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 30. The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day gives a formal contradiction to a number of reports circu lated by some newspapers. It denies the alleged purchase of an iron-clad from the United States, as well as the rumour of a concentration of troops in the South-West, and the assertion that General Ignatieff had been summoned from Constantinople to St. Petersburg in consequence of complications having arisen between Russia and Turkey. Russia, it adds, has throughout faithfully pursued a policy of peace and prudence. BERLIN, SEPT. 30, (10 A.M.) As yet the military trains announced by Russian papers have not begun running on the Moscow- Kursk Railway. • Hundreds of peasants daily apply to German pickets, requesting to be let out of Paris, but are refused.—Tines 7 elegram. THE POLITICAL RECONSTRUC TION OF GERMANY. STur rGARDT, SEPT. 30. The conferences between Herr von Delbruck and the South German Ministers, which lasted from - the 22nd to the 27th September, possessed merely the character of discussions, the points on which an agreement existed being set upon paper. The subject of the conversations was the esta blishment of a Bund between the North German and South German States—the States of South Germany contemplated in this arrangement being at present only Bavaria and Wurtemberg. The pro gress of the discussions was very satisfactory, and a communication is now awaited from the Prussian Government to arranve for the commencement of the real negotiations. PROBABLE DEPARTURE OF THE POPE FROM ROME. FLORENCE, SEPT. 29 (5 P.M.). Some of the evening papers here state that there is a probability of the Pope's departure from Rome before the taking of the plebiscite—which is now definitely fixed to take place on the 2nd of October. The inhabitatts of the Leonine City will also be admitted to the voting.— Telegraph 7 elegram. THE ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF ROME. ROME, SEPT. 30. The Roman Junta has finally fixed that the plebiscite shall take place on the 2nd proximo, and has settled the formula to be as follows : "We desire union with the kingdom of Italy, under the Constitutional Monarchial Government of King Victor Emmanuel and his successors." The Junta in a proclamation says, "Let us leave to the Italian Government the task of protecting the independence and spiritual authority of the Pope." A. deputation of Romans will proceed to Florence to present the result of the Plebiscite of the King. SKIRMISH AT MANTES. ROUEN, WEDNESDAY. This morning our troops had a successful skirmish with the enemy near Mantes. Seven Uhlans were killed. The news of the French success under the walls of Paris on the 23d inst. has caused enthusiasm in the provinces. The whole population will rise en masse. M. TRIERS' MISSION. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 30. M. Thiers, at his renewed request, was received yesterday by the Emperor in his capacity as a private individual. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 30. The Independance Beige says the departure of the Russian Ambassador from Constantinople had created some sensation. At Cahors, in the department of. Lot, 1,000 of the Guard Mobile have been actively drilled and equipped for service. The Male Beige of this evening says :—" We learn that the police authorities haVe received orders to make out the lists for the recall of the militia recently sent home on furlough. " AMERICA. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 30. Admiral Farragut's obsequies took place to-day, and the funeral procession is an imposing pageant. Business is partially suspended, and the Gold and Stock Boards are closed.— Great damage has been done to the railroad and other property in Virginia by freshets. Several towns have been flooded. , The National steamship Helvetia arrived here at 3 a.m. to-day. CIO SING. PRICES. Gold closed at 114*. The higilvA iiitvtativu '1 HE MIN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1876. during the day was 114, the lowest 1131. Ster ling exchange on London, 109. Five-Twenty United States Bonds (1882) 112 k ; ditto (1885), 1110 ; ditto (1867), 1101 ; Ten-Forties (1867) 1060 ; Illinois, 1351; Erie, 22g. Cotton---MirirPing 16ic. Petroleum, Standard White, 26c. Flour—Extra State, $5 30c. to $5 50c. Corn, new, 87c. QUEBEC, SEPT. 29. The Allan steamship Corinthian arrived out yester day. THE MASSACRE IN TIEN-TSIN. 130M1AY, SEPT. 26. Advices from Tien-tsin state that the French Ultimatum had expired, and that the demands of Count de Rochehouart had not been complied with. . The Chinese are buying and rapidly manufactur ing arms. The assembling of Chinese in the North continues. In the meantime instructions are awaited from the Home Government. Viceroy Ma is dead. THE MONEY MARKET CITY, Two O°CLOOK. There has been an improvement in business on the Stock Exchange, and prices in Consols are now 914 to 92 for delivery and 92 to 921- for the new accounnt of November 3, ll'oreign Stocks have also improved, Turkish have advanced g, and Peruvian to a like extent; Italian, ; Egyptian, t and Spanish, The price are : Italian ; 53 to 5 ; Lotilbardo-Venetian Railway, 14 to ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 27/ ; ditto Of 1869, 27 to 271. ; Turkish Five per Cents., 414 to 42; ditto of 1869, 52i to 53, or 491 to 50 ex the dividend ; Egyptian of 1868, 75 to 76 ; and Peruvian; 87 to 88. Letters have been received from S.S. Hibernia, with the Batavia Singapore section of British Australian Tele graph Company's cable on board, dated August 17, lat. 13.6 N., long. 25.34 W.. All well on board. during the past week. There were also large donations of hosiery from niamffactutbis, arid packages from private individuals. At the harvest festival which to be held on Wednesday next the offertory is to be applied in aid of the starving families of Alsace and Lorraine, who lost their all by the war. It is announced that 100 Chilian Three per Cent. Bonds, representing a total of £9,233, had been purchased under the operation of the Sinking Fund and cancelled. The Telegraph Construction Company's ship Scanderia, with the chief electrician of the British Indian Submarine Company, will sail from Suez to-morrow to repair the break in the cable of that company, which is proved by tests to be about 95 miles from Suez, in 30 fathoms waters Should the weather prove favourable for the repairs, the cable may be expected to be open for traffic again on Monday. The report of the City Offices Company, to be presented on the 6th of October, describes an improvement in the revenue, which for the past half-year has left a balance of £1,048 over outgoings. The Buenos Ayres Standard of the 30th of August announces a settlement with the Provincial Government of the question of the extension of the Southern Buenos Ayres Railway. The Government who own the Western Railway of Buenos Ayres projected a branch from their line to the south of the province, through some of the richest districts in the country, and the Southern Com- pany were also desirous of continuing their undertaking in that direction. Negotiations on the subject having been carried on for some time, it now appears that the Government have withdrawn their, bill, which was already before the Chambers, and have agreed that the Southern Company shall continue their railway as origi nally contemplated. were ) con- Coles the ig the A she , were they Cap to • ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN SOHO. This (Saturday) morning, at a few minutes before three o'clock, a fire of a terrific character, and well nigh attended with the destruction of four or five families, happened at No. 30, Lichfield Street, Soho, in the joint occupation of Mr. J. Ward, a carpenter and builder, and J. Redfern, a lodger, T. Wesson,. J. Norman, and A. Pavey. The flames commenced, from some unknown cause, in the lower part of the premises, and they extended so rapidly that they entered the different rooms before the inmates had barely been made sensible of their danger. How they managed to effect their escape they scarcely know themselves. One said that he thought he jumped out of the back window into the yard. Another, a female, stated that she let herself down by a blanket. The whole of the parties by some means managed to get out in safety, although for some time it was feared that several lives had been lost. The conflagration was not subdued until the whole of the premises and the contents were destroyed, and the City of Hereford tavern, belonging to Mr. T. Payne, was considerably scorched, and a house numbered 11, West Street, also belonging to Mr. Ward, was also partly destroyed. The total loss is considerable. Un fortunately, with the exception of Mr. Ward, none of the sufferers were insured. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY. PAYING FOR MEDDLING WITH THE POLlCE.—William Ewing, a painter, residing in Albany-street, Regent's Park, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough street Police-court, with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police-constable Hewett, 84 C. The constable stated that he was in Pall Mall last night attending to a man who was ill, there being a crowd round at the time, when the prisoner, who was drunk, came up and interfered, and made himself very troublesome, and on witness telling him to go away he caught hold of him and threw him, both of them falling together, and afterwards struck him on the head, and he still felt pain. from the blow. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 205., or 14 days'. ASSAULT AND MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—Wm. Stanley, a well-dressed young man, was brought before the West minster Polies-court, charged with assaulting Wm. George Etuitace, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The facts of the case were very singular. Mr. Eustace and a friend Mr. Aykin were in the King's-road, Chelsea, and a young man pushed rudely against Mr. Aykin, whereupon Mr. Eustace remonstrated with him, and passed along down Smith-street, Chelsea. The prosecutors now alleged that the prisoner and others followed them down the street, and at a dark part between two lamps, commenced a violent attack on them, and the prisoner struck Mr. Eustace a tremendous blow on the right eye, with some thing sharp, felling him to the ground ; while there he was beaten and kicked about. Aykin was knocked down also ; and if it had not been for the timely arrival of the police, something more serious must have resulted. Mr. Eustace's eye bled internally for several hours, and it was feared some lasting injury was done to it ; Mr. Aubray Turner, the surgeon, of King's Road, Chelsea, considering it was done with a sharp ring or instrument, certainly not with the hand. The magistrate thought the evidence insufficient to establish the identity of the prisoner, and he was discharged. BANKRUPTS. To Surrender in London. Cousens, Thomas Bagley, Cornhill, City, ship valuer, October 13, at 11k. Haines, Joseph Charles, Duke-street, Manchester-square, auctioneer, October 10, at 1. Weaver, S. W., Essex-road, Islington, grocer, October 10, at 1. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCE OF WALES ON THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. The annual rifle competition of the Sutheriaxdshire volunteers was held at Dunrobin Castle on Thursday, and the annual review of the whole force in the district came off yesterday in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, along with a distinguished party of guests, at the castle, and many thousands of spectators. The most important part of the proceedings was n. speeeh by the Prince of Wales at the dinner given by the volunteers, when his Royal Highness remarked that the present state of the volunteer force of the kingdom is not satis factory. but he hoped by the adoption of suitable measures the force would be brought to such a state of cadency as would make it a credit to the country. There were 454 of all ranks on the ground. The Princess of Wales distributed the prizes gained at the two previous days' competition, and in the afternoon there were games which were attended by about 6,000 spectators. A brilliant Volunteer ball was given by the Duke and Duchess last night, and to-night the annual ball to the servaLts will take place. THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian - Railway Company was held in Glasgow yesterday. Andrew Buchanan, Esq., presided, in the absence, from indiposi tion, of the chairman of the company. The report was adopted, and a dividend declared including 3i per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and shares. Messrs. Ainslie, Clerk, Hosier, Taylor and Nicolson were elected directors, after some opposition to the appoint ment-of Messrs. Ainslie, Taylor, and Nicolson. AID TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED. The amount collected by the Leicester branch for relief to the sick and wounded in the Franco-Prussian war now reaches over U 0436, of which about £l3O was received FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. The foot and mouth disease has appeared in the Bosworth division of Leicestershire. One farmer has six teen cattle attacked with it. The foot and mouth disease iespreading with alarming rapidity in several districts of Somerset. In the Frome petty sessional district, there have been fifty-nine fresh outbreaks during the last Month in the Xilmersaon division there have been 16, and in the Windatiton divi sion 100. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR TENBY. Yesterday an explosion of fire-damp took place at 'Moreton Colliery ; three miles from Tenby. One man was killed ; another is go'Seitiatisly burnt that he is not expected to recoyer. -rim LICENSING SYSTEM IN DERRY, A regular agitation has been commenced for the sup pression of public•houses in Londonderry, memorials to the Recorder having emanated from ifiany public bodies in the city, and from the citizens generally. To-day the usual applications were made to the magistrates for the signing of certificates for a renewal of licences. Many were refused on the grounds that the houses were used for illegal purposes. It is alleged that the alarming in crease of crime in Derry is the result of the immense increase in the number of public-bOUSeS, The Rev. Dr. Veremie; Trinity; College; the Ven: Dean of Lincoln, . has placed his resignation of the office of Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University in the hands of the Vice-Chancellor. He has held the pro fessorship, which was founded by King Henry VIII. in 1540, and has been augmented with the valuable rectory of Somersham, for twenty years; and has been, since his appointrrient to the Deanery of Lincoln, in the receipt of a very large income. He is the twenty-fourth holder of the professorship, and his successor must be appointed by the Council of the Senate. The examination must take place within twenty-eight days. At a Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons at New castle, yesterday, Earl Percy was installed as Provincial Grand Master of Northumberland, the ceremony being performed by Mr. John Fawcett, P. G.M. of Durham, in the absence of the Earl of Carnarvon. £lOO was voted to the charities of the town. - THE MUTIN Y AMONG THE FRANCS TIRE URS. The correspondent of the Telegraph at Tours, writing mt Tuesday, gives the following account of an outbreak tmong the troops in that city :—" Yesterday a large body of troops —Hussars, Gardes Mobiles, and Franca-tireurs— poured into the town, making the Mall gay with the 3olours of uniforms and the glitter of steel. Among others 3ame a body of the Francs-tireurt de la 'Seine. The Francs-tireurs, or free lances, as I need scarcely remind die English public, are volunteers who provide themselves with rifle, bayonet, and simple uniform ; elect all, or most, of their own officers; scour the country in search of the enemy's flying detachments ; and, in a spirit of wild ireedom, lead the life of guerilla soldiers. Fornied in the 3apital of its neighbourhood, the Francs-tireurs ie la Seine have been dashing about the country, and making things as unpleasant as possible to the ITh [ans. , The other day they were near fithiviers, which is 'oily occupied by 3,000 Germans, and shots were ex changed between the rival corps. Yesterday they were at Orleans, which the men wished to make their head quarters, becouse the enemy were at hand, and would thus, they thought, give them abundant chances of combaf. But the Colonel seems to have overruled the men. and brought them to Tours by railway. Enraged at being taken away from a }lace which must inevitably be the scene of a guerilla combat, the Franes.titeurls came here in a high spirit of mutiny, declaring that the com manding officer was a coward, and charged him with other high crimes and misdemeanours. The men themselves were certain' y not cowards. They had the look of skirmishers who could go anywhere and do anything. And their performance, I am told, has been as good as their promise. But, unfortunately, they have been badly treated, and hence arose the mutiny of last night. After the men had received billets on the inhabi tants, the officers came to the Hotel de l'Univers in a body, and about eight o'clock in the evening sat down to dinner. Seon afterwards the loud sound of angry voices was heard at the archway of the hotel ; and, on going out, I found a large crowd, in the midst of which a number of ar ned Francs- Crews. were describing their grievances with wild eloquence and frantic gesticulation. One tall, fierce fellow his face pale with rage was explaining that the men had not been able to put off their shoes or their clothes for five days; that when they went to the houses on which they were billeted, the people would not receive them or give them any food ; that they had eaten nothing since the night before ; and that they had got no Pay for several weeks ; meanwhile, he added, they were totally neglected by their officers, who were enjoying a dinner of ever s‘t many courses in the sane a manger. It was disgraceful, he added, that they should thus be treated by the people for whbm they had engaged to shed their blood, and ten• fold disgraceful that they should thus be neglected by their own chiefs. The crowd waxed larger, the num ber of the Francs-tireurs increased, and the din be came deafening, until at last a deputation walked in at the gateway, and, entering the room in which the officers were dining, stated their grievances. It was a deputation of men armed to the teeth and maddened by hunger and the sense of wrong. Its tone, I presume, was not very respectful, and, indeed, the men seem to have threatened that, if the officers did not at once satisfy their demands, they would revolt in a body, and make provision for themselves. The precise reply of the officers I do not know ; but it so enraged the men that when the deputation came to the street the leaders of the mutiny frantically shouted 'A kt 9are P and began to move off towards the railway station. By this time an officer had appeared, and was try ing to reduce the men to order, and he threatened to shoot any man who should disobey. But he was shouted down, hustled, cuffed, driven back, until every moment it seemed as if blool were about to flow. Then, amid indescribable noise and confusion, the men declared that they would compel the officers to do their duty, and, headed bya short determined Franc-tireur, who told his comrades to foilow, they pushed aside the crowd, and again made for the gateway, to enter the officers' room. Those of us who were standing on the pavement of the street were driven back by the rush of armed men, and for a moment it seemed as if the archway were to be the scene of a deadly fight. The officer to whom I have referred held a revolver in his band, and made a desperate effort to keep back the men ; but they seized him by the shoulders, cuffed him, drove him back, and, griping him by the collar, shouted in his face words of mad passion. Meanwhile, a few of the men bad been loyal to their chiefs, and, seeing the officers so roughly handled, one hot young fellow, close beside me, raised his Chassepot, put his hand on the trigger, and was about to fire on his advancing eorerades, when au officer leapedlonvard, seized the rifle by the barrel, and, after a vitlent struggle, held it down by main force. When the mutineers saw the uplifted revolver, they fell - back for a moment, and thus on abled their loyal comrades and the officers to swing round the heavy gates. Isy the time that we had got to the Vvindowl the gates had been shut, and, recovering from the momentary panic, the mutineers were again rushing to the doorway. Three, lam told, were- deliberately seen to load their Chassepots, and there was a loud demand for the blood of the captain who had fired the pistol. Had he gone out, he Would certainly have been shot. In their rage against the whole body of officers, and their wild eager eeks to kill that captain, they battered at the door with their rifies;and tried to drive in the gates. While we were every moment expecting to see the destruction.of the barrier which cut off the rival com batants from each other, some gendarmes and a body of soldiers rushed up and plunged into the crowd with bayonets fixed. For .1 While the tumult waxed so trinch wilder that every moment we expected to see the regulars and the Francs-tireurs attack each other with steel or shot ; but gradually the mutineers were broken up into groups, and at last they found a vent for their rage in outbursts of wild but harmless eloquence. Even now, when all the witnesses are at hand, and when the event is still fresh, it is exceedingly 'difficult46 get at the real truth with respect to the causes and results of • the mutiny. Meanwhile, the demands of the mutineers seem to be still unsatisfied ; and the Francs-tireurs de la Seine are wandering about the town without the slightest dread, it would seem, of court martial." THE SIEGE OF PARIS. We hear that the King reconnoitred Paris on the 29th, and that the besiegers are constructing works at Bagneux, which is south-west of Fort Montrouge ; on the terrace of Meudon; opposite the fort of Vanvres ; and also near Brie-sur-Marne, which is opposite Fort Nogent. Our French correspondent, writing ftoth Rouen on the 29th, states that it is believed that the attack Will tom , mence o:: the west of Paris, on a line extending from near Fort Valerien to Fort de la Briche at St. Danis. This attack is to be—so it is asserted—made by one army, that of the Mown Prince of Saxony, we pre sume, which will concentrate in the Pdre'st of St. Germain, cross the loop of the Seine which intervenes between Fort Valerien and St. Germain, at Maisons4 and Bezons, advance by Charlebourg on Camberoie— the last being evidently a misprint for Courbevoie— and then, crossing the Seine a third time between the• Route de St. a-ermain and the Route Impe riale, occupy the - Village's of Courcelles, Villiers, and Levallois, opposite Les Batignolies i and advance straight on the fortifications. In the meantime the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia, concentrated in the wood round Versailles and Meudon, is to cross the Seine be tween Bellevue and Billancourt, and make for the Bois de amlogne: Our correspondent informs us that General Trochu has not neglected the defences on that side and that the Seine is in this part of its course well guarded by gunboats. We confess that we do not believe that this hypothesis— which, by the way, our correspond dent by no means endorses--is correct. We still incline to the belief that the real attack will take place on the south and south-elist, perhaps also on the south-west, about Sevres. We are led to form this opinion from the fact of works having already teen constructed by the Prussians in the direction we have indicated,' though, of course, it is possible that their construction may only be a feint, that in spite of the numerous forts on that side the attack would be safer, and from the circum stance that the Prussian communications would be thus better coirered and the siege train more easily brought up. There are also negative reasons by which we have been influenced in forming Our opinion. These negative reasons are as follows :--In addition to the difficulty of bring up the siege train, the ammunition, and supplies to the western side, the river Seine would have to be three times crossed, and it would be a difficult and tediotui operation to tonstrtict bridges for the passage of so large an army. At Bezons the passage would be made under the fire of Fort Valerien and the redoubt at Geunevilliers, both only 3,600 yards distance. Fort Vale , rien, which is the strongest of the forts round Paris, would have to be taken by regular siege, for it is too strong to be captured by a coup de main and too formidable to be neglected. At the third passage of the Seine the crossing would be impeded by the fire of the gunboats, and by that of the enciente, only a mile distant, Again, the ground between the river and the town on the west is so cramped that if the Prussians Were repulsed in their attack they; having the river in their rear ; could hardly escape annihilation. Lastly, while the bulk of the Prussian fcirces were engaged in the attack, the weak corps entrusted with the care of the invest ment and the charge of the communications on the other sides, would be exposed to destruction at the hands of an army of 100,000 men, which General Trochu could very well spare from the defence. For these reasons we believe that whatever feints may be made in other directions, the real attack will take place to the south, aided by false attacks on the south-east, and perhaps the south-west. By attacking on the south the Crown Prince would preserve his commu nications, his siege train could be brought up with com parative ease, and he would have no river to cross.-- Standard: ALARMING COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAIL WAY. LEEDS, FRIDAY NIGHT. To-night :colligion of two trains took place on the Mid , land line between Leeds and Bradford. A train left Leeds at 6.45, and at the Ilkley Junction, near Apperley-bridge, was run into by the express leaving Bradford for Leeds at 7.5. A man and woman are injured. The line was blocked at midnight. Both engines were th'row'n off the rails, and the damage to the rolling stock is very great. All the trains between Leeds, Bradford, and the stations on the Little North-Western line have been much de layed. A strong force of workmen have been sent from Leeds to clear the line. The Leeds station is thronged with persons anxious for the safe arrival of their friends. A telegram this morning says the block on the line has been removed, after causing a delay of between eight and nine hours, and passenger trains have again com menced running. The accident was caused by a defect in the points, supposed to have arisen by carelessness on the part of the pointsman. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were : The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster. CRYSTAL PALACE. One Shilling day, Friday, September 30, 1870. Admission by season tickets, 1,447 ; do. on payment, 1,684; total visitors, 3,131. The will of Mr. John A. Kinglake, M.P. for Ro chester, serjeant-at-law, of Sergeants' Inn, Chancery-lane, Eaton-square, Belgravia ; and Court-place, Monkton, has been proved at Taunton under £30,000 personalty. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI CULTURAL HALL, IBLINGTON.—The number of visitors exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others on the 30th instant was 4,750. CRYSTAL PALAUE.—The first of the new series of Saturday concerts takes place this afternoon with Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. Vernon Rigby, and Mr. Charles Hall as principal artistes. Beethoven's No. 1 symphony, and No. 4 pianoforte" Concerto will be played, and Sullivan's new " Ouvertura di Ballo " and three vocal pieces will be heard for the first time at the Palace. A large collection of original sketches, taken at the seat of war, by the artists of the Illustrated London News and the Graphic will be exhibited for the first time. FIELD MARSHAL SIR J. F. BURGOYNE.—We deeply regret to hear that this gallant and honoured vete ran is confined in his bed by severe illness, in consequence of the great shock he has lately experienced by the death of his only son, Captain Hugh Burgoyne, RN., in com mand of her Majesty's ship Captain. POLICE APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. George Chance has accepted the magistrateship vacated by Mr. Elliott's resignation. Mr. Chance is of the Oxford Circuit, and was called to the Bar in 1846. In 1868 he was one of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the trades union outrages at Sheffield. The magistrateship accepted by Mr. Macnamara upon the death of Mr. Selfe has again become vacant, NT. Macnamara having been compelled by the state of his health to resign the appointment early in the present week, and before he had taken his seat. METROPOLITAN EDUCATION BOARD.— The fol lowing candidates have been selected by the advanced educationalists and the various Liberal and working-class organisations within the borough of Marylebone to con test in the forthcoming election the seats in the Metro politan Education Board, which are to be allotted to this borough : Professor Huxley, Miss Garrett, Mr. Joseph Guedella, Mr. W. R. Cremer, and Mr. Frederick Pen nington. THE REVENUE RETURNS.—The Revenue returns for the quarter ending September 30 were issued last evening. During that period the total receipts amounted to £14,202,413, a decrease of £1,024,327 as com pared with the corresponding period of last year. The items in which the deficiencies occur are—Customs, £505,000 ; taxes, £225,000 ; property-tax, £680,000 ; stamps, £59,000 ; and Post-office, £90,000. An increase is observable in the amounts received for Excise of £239,000 ; Telegraph service, £100,000; Crown lands, £1,000; and miscellaneous, £200,673. For the twelve months the total amount of the enue was £71,871,475, or a net decrease of £1,391,202 as compared with last year. EMPLOYMENT FOR LADIES.—The managers of the Royal Albert Press, established for the employment of educated gentlewomen, have just issued two very fine sets of designs for illumination, which will doubtless meet with the highest approval and patronage. The floral crosses are exceedingly beautiful, and the gracefully entwined flowers, when filled in with the brilliant colours set out at the back of each design will make them the prettiest objects ever issued for illuminative purposes. The other designs are for various ornamental uses such as illustra tions to portrait albums and such like matter, and the exquisite taste that has been displayed in their production by the lady artists merits the highest approval. The Messrs. Fuller, through whose energy and instrumentality these beautiful works of art have been produced, have on former occasions issued many fine illuminative designs, but their present series is certainly the best, and it is to be hoped that a very extensive patronage will recompense them for the spirit with which they have taken up the interests of these accomplished female artists, OUR COTEMPORARIE Morning ENGLAND AND THE WAR. The Times teniarks that the Ministers of the Crown( have met, and have separated with the conviction that they have done all they could up to .this moment, and th it the time has not yet come to abandon the policy of obser vant neutrality. The conditions of one week are not those of the last; for instance, the Germans, in possession of Toil and Strasburg have a different base for negotiations front that on Which Count Bismarck and M. Jules Fevre dis cusssed the arreistice, Should the Germans capture tvrecon tignous forts outside Paris, there would again be a change ire the relative position of the combatants; while a single defeat of the investing army by the French would more than compensate for the capture of Toni and Strasburg. The question for our Government, says the Times, 19 whether at any moment the prospects and temper of the belligerents are such as to encourage the hope: that negotiation will be successful. If so, it mai tender its good offices ; but to do so prematurely ertaa only weaken its own influence. On this subject it may be said that, according to all appearances, the Germans are resolved not to negotiate until • they are .fully in possession of the frontier district they desire to annex. They believe—and, no doubt, with justice—that no French Government would cede Metz sot long es it was held by a French army, unconquered though imprisoned. 1 hey believe also—and probably with ecnialt justice—that Marshal Bazalne, so long as he has a: barrel of flour, will reject with contempt an order from the Provisional Government to evacuate the place. Should his 'firmness frtistrate the designs of the enemy and keep Metz permanently . for France, there iv-ill be nothing he cannot claim. The Germans, therefore, insist that the principal question connected with the restoration of peace has not yet been placed by events in a fit state for discussion. The state of affairs et Paris is analogous to that at Metz, and diplomacy equally awaits the prior arbitrament of war. The Daily News asks it readers not to believe that the holding of a Cabinet Council so early in the year means that the Ministry contemplates some grand stroke of diplomatic intervention, and remarks •---We must not repeat the calamitous mistake which was cominitted when Lord Palmerston anti Earl Russell made, by implication, promises§ to Denmark which that brave little State took as the pledges of England, but which England firmly and justi.y refused to endorse. We must not even expose ourselves to the fruitless humiliation of another rebuff such as that which we received when we called on Russia to kt Poland alone, and were contemptuously bidden to mired our O«11 hisitiess. Any one who takes the trouble to read AL Jules FaVie's recent Report will be a sanguine person in deed if he can extract from it one gleam of hope for pre sent diplomatic intermediation. It is a melancholy docu ment for more reasons than one. Every heart must sympathise with the manly and patriotic Frenchmanborne down with grief for the suffering which has fallen upon his country, and ready to sacrifice every personal feeling and partisan interest to save or serve her. But it is impossible not to see that Jules Favre himself is stilt possessed, with the conviction that when France got rid of the Emperor she had done all that ought to be asked of her as a condition of peace. He seems to forget altogether that France dethroned the Emperor, not because he invaded Germany, but because he did not invade her ; not because he attacked Germany, but because he attacked her unsuccessfully; not be cause he claimed her Rhenish Provinces, but because he failed in grasping them. • It would be im possible for any German, when M- Favre appeals to the fact that France - has overthrown the Empire, not to remember that the, Empire was overthrown only because it did not succeed in humiliating and dismembering Ger many. The very arzument M. Favre employs to save' the Republic from loss of territory must be in German eyes the strongest possible argument to show the neces sity of territorial security. " Spare us," pleads M. Fevre, "we did not make the war." Admit the principle, and why should not some other French Government say hereafter to Germany, " Don't talk to us of engagements; we did not make the peace." M. Favre's mind is yet full of illusions, most of them generous and honourable, but illusions still. M. JULES FAVRE'S IMPORT. The Telegraph considers the two facts of the moment to be the recommencement of the Cabinet Councils, and the issue of M. Jules Favre's detailed report on his recent negotiations with Count Bismarck. Those who have closely watched the proceedings of our Government in its dealings with the bel ligerent Powers will scarcely anticipate direct action as the result of yesterday's deliberations. M. Jules Favre's account of his mission, however, certainly does not encourage a lively hope that France will speedily apply for a repeated employment of our friendly action. The perusal of the document is strangely calculated to awaken a mixed feeling, in which it might be hard to say whether sympathy, or disapproval, or regret had the largest share. The statement is that of an honest man, even morbidly anxious to do the best for his country, and thoroughly convinced as to the justice of his cause. It is also, we must add, the produc tion of art intellect which appears utterly' in capable of seeing facts in their true light. M. Favre bases his argument throughout on the assumption that France, under her present regime, is the injured party in the quarrel ; and that any attempt to hold her respon sible for the policy of the Empire is a crying sin and shame. Throughout the report there rum , something like the plaintive tone which a man might use if, after he had offered everything that his antagonist could possibly desire, he was suddenly informed that all was not enongh. It would have been better for France Bad M. Favre thought more of fact and less of sentiment. We do not say M. Favre was wrong in refusing the proposal, continues the Telegraph, but we do say that it ought to have been decided gravely, not rejected at once as inad missible. . - - - -------- In commenting upon M. Jules Favre's report of his visit to the Prussian headquarters the Standard says : —Let us say at once that we cannot accept nine tenths of AI. Jules Favre's postulates. His at- , tempts to make the Dmperor entirely responsible for the war, to stigmatise it as a war engaged in solely for dynastic'- nterests and against the will of the great bulk of the nation, deserves the contempt with which it has always been treated by the Germans. No doubt M. Jules Favre and his immediate allies opposed the war, but it would be difficult for any impartial critic of their opposition to deter mine whether a desire for the maintenance of peace, or a wish to discredit and injure the Empire guided their conduct. Accept, however, their plea of " not guilty," it is as beyond all doubt that the war was popular with the majority of the nation as that the Government which engaged in it represented by the best of all titles, in the eye of a French Democrat, the popular vote of the nation. But whilst we insist again, upon the frivoulsness of the plea that France should not be held respon sible for the war and ought not to suffer for it because it was declared by Napoleon the Third, and whilst we must express our surprise that M. Favre and his colleagues could find it consistent with their own sense of honour to urge such a plea, we must repeat, too, our opinion that the Prussian Government has made—and that too assuming its con tinued successes—a fatal mistake in not negotiating with the Government which, repudiating the war in its original programme, could have made concessions which will be impossible to any other Government, and which France would have been ready to accept without arriere pensee. All parties in France would have been glad to get quit of a war upon which no one of them could have looked back with any satisfaction, at the price of a heavy indemnity and a practical reduction o: Strasburg and Metz to the condition of open places, or fortresses of the third-rate kind. Count Bismarck has refused to accept these terms, which the Government of the National Defence might have conceded. Treating, as he has no doubt a ri ht to do, the present Govern ment upon the assumption that it represents the nation, as equally responsible for the war with that which it has superseded, he as rejected an oppor tunity which we are confident will not occur again. Pro bably enoagh the German armies may capture Paris; that will not bring the German statesmen nearer the per manent peace they profess to desire. M. FAVRE'S MISSION, The Manchester Examiner, commenting on M. Favre's mission to the Prussian headquarters, says :—Comparing Count Bismarck's absolute refutation of the idea of an armistice at the first interview with the exceedingly moderate terms upon which he was willing to grant it on the second, it seems probable that he had taken counsel during the interval with minds more pacifically disposed, and it is certain that for the terms he at last suggested he had the sanction of the King. The conditions were peremptorily declined` by the Provisional Government, the leading consideration no doubt being that the terms of peace which would have to be considered were abso lutely inadmissible, or not to be entertained till France had tried and lost her last desperate chance that remained open to her. THE PROSPECTS OF FRANCE. The Manchester Courier says that day by day the pros pects of France in the present unhappy war seems to ~r ow darker. The chances that Pari s will b e able to hold out against a prolonged siege is believed by impartial observers as well as by German commanders themselves to be hopeless. In spite, however, of the existing ele ments of evil, there might be hope for France, if the Provisional Government were but capable. The one great need of France at this moment is a responsible Government. Not merely is such a Government not forthcoming, but there seems to be no chance of its exist ence. The favourable opportunity has been allowed to slip by unheeded, and now, with Prussia victorious every where ' , ere is no loophole for escape or repentance. It been better for the Provisional Government tc have r. eopted the proposals of Count Bismarck than tc have allowed the existence of the present state of things. It can only result in confusion, failure, and distress, so that the end of the French natio n, as far as this century is concerned, is likely to be wo rse than even its beginning, RUSSIA AND Tunic EY. —Some uneasiness has been occasioned by a despatch from Constantinople announcing the departure for Odessa of General Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador to the Sublime Porte. The coincidence of this journey with other statements from Berlin to the effect that warlike prepara tions were in active progress throughout the do minions of the Czar, attracted a notice which would not, in ordinary circumstances, have been given, and tended to increase the apprehensions prevalent in City circles. So far as the movements of General Ignatieff are concerned, we believe the Apprehensions to he purely chimerical ; we have the best authority for stating- that his Excellency's journey is quite unconnected with political questions, and has been rendered necessary by private considerations onlv.— Teletpaph. rday, ailed, lence rt, as ence, nt of tered ;had Lde a els in the esail, ently Con- 3rvice b the :peri done, uated ,ween being Bur r the face a saw ware the was 1 out dited ques- ptain rf her i the uare same ence He )tain leing cess, ;seen the said con ipon I