The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-11 00:00:00

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Oh B of our B already we should 3trasbnrg tied on by pontoon 3 the chie f itereours° detely re' ong been fortnight ruge frag' lies veil Th e owing' ur corres' ccitenien i val fro' cent gerf, ine sinao Lee and morning• thrown by the :1 fields, 7ds, of A fond has b ea uty, ) carats , aye been THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 2.30 P.m. LATEST I NTELLI G ENCE. THE WAR. GARIBALDI IN THE VOSGES. TOURS, MONDAY, 5.50 p.m. _ _ Gambetta is to be Minister of War. Orders have been given for General Mazure to be set at liberty at Lyons. General Bourbaki has been sent for from Belgium to give an explanation to the Government. The services of Count Yana() would be accepted with pleasure by the French army and the Government. A battalion of Pontifical Zouaves is to be formed, and will march under the command of Colonel Charette. The destination of General Garibaldi is not yet decided, but it is possible that he will operate against the Prussians in the Vosges. SEIZURE OF ARMS. CALAIS, TUESDAY. The Custom Hcuse authorities have seized 65 Packages from England, addressed Blucker, Pre fecture Epernay, on suspicion that the contents were intended for the Prussians. Telegrams have been , d espatched to detain a portion of the goods which had been already sent forward. The police of Antwerp have seized on board the ship Anteloz, which had cleared for Havre, several cases of arms and munitions of war. The five franc pieces bearing the effigy of the Wench Republic are already in circulation. LOSS OF ARMS AT STRASRURG. BERLIN, OCT. 11, 10 .41.31 In addition to 1,100 cannon, 12,000 chassepots, 6 )000 cwt. of ammunition, and 50 locomotives were captured in Strasburg. Italy is about to address a circular note to the Powers, proposing that all States having Catholic subjects shall contribute towards the civil list of the Pope. THE BONAPARTIST RESTORA- TION. , The German Ministerial papers of yesterday pub bBhed a statement, according to which the Prussian government cannot acknowledge the present Pro visional Government in France as sufficiently eudowed with authority ; but at the same time they disavow all plans for bringing about a Bonapartist restoration. THE FRENCH FLEET. r A. French fleet passed Dover this morning, con 14titig of 12 ironclads, all first-class. The ships e anle from the west, and are bound eastward. A NEW' COMMAND OFFERED TO BAZAINE. The French papers mostly argue in favour of an a dvance upon Metz by the armies now forming. l ley admit that no force which is likely to be col lected within an available time can combat the host rou nd Paris ; but they urge that the new levies might easily co-operate with Bazaine in meeting the army of Prince Frederick Charles. The Liberte ce ntains an important statement respecting Bazaine. It is to the effect that the Provisional Ministry have off ered the M ars h a l the command-in-chief of the Fre nch armies if he will recognize and sustain the R epublic, or at least consent to let the Constituent Assembly decide for itself on the form of Govern- ITALY AND FRANCE. The assumption that Italy would take advantage Z 1 the present difficulties of France to reclaim Savoy and Nice has not as yet found much con 4111ation. Several leading citizens of Nice protest a ' ci gainst such an ungenerous idea. •An Italian „ e PutY, who is now at Tours writes that not one of Lae Ministers now governing his country counten ances such a project. He asserts this as matter certainty, and adds that he is not one of the 41-Inistexial party, and therefore has no interest in crediting them with magnanimous motives. THE SIEGE OF METZ. SAARBRUCK, OCT. 9, (10.20 P.M.) Heavy cannonading has been going on incessantly 411 day from the outworks and forts of Metz. The r esult is not yet known. The Prussians yesterday took 2,000 prisoners. They have many of their c) lvu wounded. 600 were sent forward to-night. T he weather is very bad. There is sickness all a bout. The rinderpest is raging.—Times Telegram. SUGGESTIONS OF AN ARMISTICE. BERLIN, OCT. 10 (2.5 P.M.) It is said here that the English Ambassador at I'°ll rs recently suggested the expediency of an ar mistice, and that Count Bismarck replied that peace i mi ght even n ow b e concl u ded anywhere, but an armistice only at Paris. The foll ow i ng P russ i an M emoran d um h as b een ~.. 'unnunicated to the Powers : A i " The terms of the ar m i s tice communicated to ""- Jules Favre, and destined to usher in an attempt t restore order in France, have been rejected by r ," 11 and his collea g ues, w ho ha v e res o l v ed on the F ll tirmati on o f a struggle which, after all that has r P Pelled, m us t b e regar d e d as h o p e l ess by th e ench nation. S i nce the re j ection of our terms t a h i l chances of victory France may have had in tho l s Pernicious war must have considerably dimi c Toul and Strasburg have fallen, Paris closely invested, and the German troops have penet rated t o L o i re. Th e cons id era bl e f orces so ti °ll g detained by the two conquered fortresses are : vc :: therefor e , f ree f or em pl o y men t i n ano th er di -0-fe".:°ll. France w ill have to bear the consequ e nce s at the resol u ti on t a k en by h er ru l ers t o engage i n a in ri lggle a routrance. Her sacrifices will uselessly Nv i ct p ea se) and the destruction of her social system be all but inevitable. The Commander of the b h e f i llan army regrets his inability to prevent this ; re '' he clearly foresees the results of the resistance k i V es sly determined upon by the rulers, of France, p en ‘, 4. 4661 T1S it necessary to • draw attention to one t vi , — " ill Particular—that is the state of Paris. The th n ° 12 " re important engagements before the capital— th-fle of the 10th and 30th September—in which m ost effective portion of the enemy's forces did th e , lic ceed in repulsing even the front line of eoo Inve sting troops, justify the conclusion that n ile r or lat er P ar i s must f a ll . I n t h e event o f the lelitulation being put off by the Provisional Govern (Term till the want o f prov i s i ons compels the surren iie te rrible c onsequences w ill ensue. Th e a b surd eZ tra ction of rail wa y s , b r id ges , an d cana l s w i t hi n a ain distance of Paris has not stayed ,the pro a7BB of the German armies for a m omen t ; ilee u communications by land and water v er n a q for our purposes have been restored i n a w e ' 84° It period. But we have only restored what ala(irequire for the military objects we have in view, c oin ell° tlgh remain s d emo li s h e d to interr u pt easy t: e nluni t c ation between capital and provinces for a lo n g abolo to come. The German commander in the case mentioned will find it absolutely impos- Z e ll i ll.otus even f or to provision - population of nearly two a single day. Neither will the gh b°ll thood of Paris for a distance of many marches supply any means of succouring the Parisians, all that there is in it being indispen sably required for the troops. Nor shall we be able to remove a portion of the population by the country roads, as we have no available in ears of transport. The inevitable consequence will be that hundreds of thousands will starve. The French rulers cannot but foresee this as clearly as ourselves. W e can only fight out the quarrel forced upon us, but those who bring on such extreme consequences will be respon sible for them."— Times Telegram. THE STATE OF PARIS. TOURS, OCT. 9 (AFTERNOON). Mr. Reynolds and Mr. May, two American gen tlemen, arrived from Paris this afternoon by balloon. They started at the same time as M. Gambetta, and their balloon was much fired at by the enemy. They report Paris to be entirely quiet, and the population and the garrison in the best spirits. The conduct of the troops and the people is alike orderly and cou rageous. There- is no want of provisions anywhere perceptible; and the city, they think, can hold out indefinitely.— Telegraph Telegram. GARIBALDI AT TOURS. TOURS, OCT. 9, At two p.m. the crowd collected in the court yard of the prefecture. French and American flags were displayed. Garibaldi descended to the courtyard and was'much oheered. The people shouted, " Long live Garibaldi ! Long live the Republic ! Long live France !" Garibaldi spoke a few words. He was understood to remark principally upon the energy of the volunteers and the expressed confidence in the deliverance of France. He appeared to be in fair, but not robust health. He wore a Garibaldian uniform and a black felt hat. M. Gambetta appeared subsequently at the balcony of the Prefecture, and said, " I have come here to work. Let us be sparing of demonstrations. We must work ourselves, for we have not a moment to lose." Garibaldi received the National Guard of Tours and announced to them that he will have the general command of all volunteers. PURCHASING ARMS IN BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, OCT. 10. The Etoile Belge says delegates from several of the French Departments have visited Belgium within the last few days to purchase guns for arming the corps now forming. In consequence of the orders now in force, the Belgian manufacturers were pre vented from entertaining these proposals. THE SACKING OF ST. DIZIER. HAVRE, OCT. 10. The Garde Nationale of Rouen havebeen reviewed, and a portion of them has started for an unknown destination. The Journal de Rouen gives the following account of the sacking of St. Dizier :—" The Prussians made a requisition for 500,000 francs, and took as hostages to Bar-le-Due five of the town councillors. The following day a delay of two hours was granted for the payment of the money. the alternative being the threatened destruction of the principal houses in the town. The money not being forthcoming, the pillage of the town com menced, and was continued for an hour and a half, when a tender of 150,000 francs was made and refused. Eventually this sum, subscribed by the chief persons in the town, was accepted. An organised pillage then recommenced, ml was kept up from noon until six in the even ing, during which time the troops laid their hands upon all valuables within their reach. A shoemaker was condemned and shot for firing upon the Prus sian soldiers. The Mayor, who had gone to Bar-le- Due to plead for his pardon or respite, returned un smcessful. M. Lutz, the Government Commissioner, has been set at liberty. The Municipality of Lyons have contracted for 250,000 guns, with ammunition to correspond. 150,000 of these will be placed at the disposal of the neighbouring Departments. Hurst and " Claud her pen. I is the reader 15 ty be objected denouement hivalrous self muds of duty well described. he history, i° weak-minded ho prides her ;t unpleasant over-zealous 3 be actuated Some of the ite occasional aude " as one RIS. THE SUN, LONDON, TITESD Al , Paris in a balloon, has issued from Tours a proclama tion to the citizens of the departments. This some what remarkable production is dated Sunday, and runs thus : " By order of the Republican Government, I have left Paris to convey to you the hopes of the Parisian people, and the instructions and orders of those who accepted the mission of delivering France from the foreigner. " For seventeen days Paris has been invested, and offers the spectacle of two millions of men who. for getting all differences to range themselves around the Republican flag, will disappoint the expectation of the invader, who reckoned upon civil discord. The Revolution found Paris without cannon and without arms. Now 400,000 National Guards are armed, 100,000 Mobiles have been summoned and 60,000 regular troops are assembled The foundries cast cannon, the women make one million cartridges daily. The National Guard have two mitrailleuses for each battalion. Field pieces are being made for sorties against the besiegers. The forts are manned by marines, and are furnished with marvellous artillery, served by the first gunners in the world. Up till now their fire has prevented the enemy from establishing the. smallest work. The enceinte, which on the 4th .September had only 500 cannons, has now 3,800, with 400 rounds of ammunition for each. The casting of projectiles continues with vigour. "Every one is at the post assigned to him for fighting. The enceinte is uninterruptedly covered by the National Guard, who from morning till night drill for the war with patriotism and steadiness. The experience of these improvised soldiers increases daily. "Behind the enceinte there is a third line of defence, formed of barricades, behind which the Parisians are found to defend the Republic—the genius of street fighting. All this has been executed with calmness and order by the concurrence and enthusiasm of all. It is not a vain illusion that Paris is impregnable. It cannot be captured nor surprised. Two other means remain to the Prus sians—sedition and famine. But sedition will not arise nor famine either. Paris by placing herself on rations has enough to defy the enemy for long months, thanks to the provisions which have been accumulated, and will bear restraint and scarcity with manly constancy in order to afford her brothers in the Departments time to gather." The proclamation then proceeds to state that the Republic requires the co-operation of all citizens. Arms was the chief want, but this is being rapidly supplied, rifles being obtained from all parts of the world. "We must bring to bear all our resources, which are immense ; we must make the provinces shake off their torpor, react against foolish panics, multiply our partisans, offer traps and ambushes to harass the enemy, and inaugurate a national ar. The Republic demands the co-operation of all. It will utilise the courage of all its citizens, employ the capabilities of each, and, according to its traditional policy, will make young men its 'chiefs. Heaven itself will cease to favour our adversaries. The Autumn rains will come, and detained and held in check by the capital, far from their homes, and troubled and anxious for the future, the Prussians will be decimated ono by one by our arms, by hunger, and by Nature." THE NEW UNITED STATES LOAN. A preliminary Government circular has been pub lished at Washington relating to the issue of the New National Loan, under the provisions of the Funding Act, approved on July 18th, 1870. It recites the pro visions of the Act, and announces that a deposit of 2 per cent. wiil be required with all proposals of subscription. ROME. ROME, OCT. 9, 1 P.M. General Della Marinora arrives to-morrow morn ing with a Council of Lieutenancy of Under Secretaries of State. For the Interior, Giacomelli ; for the Finances, Brischi ; for Instruction and Works, Bonacci. EXECUTION OF' MARGARET WATERS. '.THIS DAY. All efforts for a reprieve having been fruitless, IVlarg,aret Waters was executed this morning within the precincts of Horsemon ger-lane Gaol. The melancholy preparations, which were the work o a few minutes only, were then gone through, and Mar garet Waters ceased to breathe, almost immediately, and apparently, without a struggle. The convict died protesting her entire innocence of all intention to commit murder. She left behind her a document, written last night with her own hand, relating the circumstances under which she entered into the business of baby-farming, and the publication of which document she earnestly desired. She exhibited great firmness on the scaffold, and her last words were to express regret for all her sins, and the deeds she had been guilty of. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE GALE ON THE NORTH COAST. A telegram from South Shields says :—The severe weather of the past few days culminated in a heavy gale on Sunday. A strong wind blew from the north-east, and the sea was very rough in the bar. The brig Hart, of Shields, which left that port for London on Friday, was abandoned in a sinking condition off the Yorkshire coast. Intelligence was also received in Shields last night of the total wreck at the mouth of the Humber of the North Shields steamtug Alacrity ; the crew were saved. Yesterday afternoon the Golden Age ran aground at Tyne docks, doing damage to herself and the pier. Several vessels have broken adrift from their moorings, but no serious loss is reported. TTE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE SIEGE OF PARIS AND PARISIAN IMMORALITY. The Bishop of Manchester, preaching at Radcliffe, spoke again upon the war, referring especially to the wonderful development in Paris of vice, libertinism, and profligacy. He said that splen did and beautiful as Paris was architecturally social and political immorality had long been eating at its heart, so that it had become a moral plague-spot in Europe. He desired to avoid sitting in judgment over the unfortunate city, but it was difficult to help seeing that in regard to it the story of Sodom and Gemorrah was being repeated. It mattered little whether the instruments of judgment were fire and brimstone from heaven, or the shot and shell of an hostile army. The effect was the same in both cases. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER ON EDUCATION. The Bishop of Winchester yesterday distributed the prizes of the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations of the Southampton centre. He said he regarded those examinations as of the deepest importance to universities, as bringing them back in a great measure to what was undoubtedly their original intention and work—namely, being helpers forward of the education of the whole of this country, and not of a single particular class. One of the dangers of the present age was amassing wealth, tending to the separation of classes. We wanted to cut a path through the opposing jungle of the differences of rank in England—to let those possessing the gift of genius rise honourably and natu rally, not spasmodically and by those convulsions which tear society. This, these examinations were doing. They also gave a test of merit above suspicion. Great efforts were being made to educate the manual labour class. If these were educated for the class next above them socially, we should see one of those contradictions in society that cannot long exist without convulsion. There fore it was extremely important that the middle class, the great stratum of strength of this country, should keep ahead. These examinations would help them to do so. OCTOBER 11, 1870. THE MONEY Ai ARKET CITY, Two o'CLecic. Business on the Stock Exchange is quiet, but firm. Consols are 92g to 921 for money, and 92 7-16 to 22 9-16 for account. Italian Stock of 1861 are 541 to 541; Lom bardo-Venetian, 14 to 141; Spanish 28 to 24 ; ditto of 1869, 271 to 27i ; Turkish Five per Cents., 44 to 431; ditto of 1869, 51 to 511 ; Egyptian, 761 to 761 ; and Peruvian, 84 to 89. Subscriptions for a Montevidean 6 per cent. loan of £3,000,000, at the price of 80 or 77-1, reckoning allowances, have been invited by Messrs. Thomson, Bonar, and Co., the instalments extending to the 15th of April next. A sinking fund of 21 per cent. per annum is to redeem the whole at par in 21 years, and the rate of interest it will yield irrespective of this advantage is 7 per cent. The objects are to carry out the law of 1868 for the with drawal of the paper currency, amounting to £1,561,000, to pay off certain public debts, amounting to £441,000, and to provide for the erection of a custom-house and bonded warehouses. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas Routledge, of Cannon-street, Esparto importer and paper manufac turer, a *statement of affairs was presented disclosing liabilities for about £90,000, of which £30,830 are unse cured. The assets unencumbered amount to £35,574, showing a surplus of about £4,750 ; and it was resolved to leave the estate in the hands of Mr. Routledge, the busi neess to be carried on by him under the supervision of a committee of the creditors, until the whole of the debts shall have been discharged. Of the £731,500 in gold which recently reached Point de Galle from Australia by the steamer Avoca, £673,000 is for England, and may be expected to reach Southamp ton in about a month. Berger, Spence, and Co.'s weekly report says during the past week the business done in chemicals has been quite up to the average of the few,weeks previous. There has been a good inquiry for, home consumption, but buyers do not operate much beyond supplying present wants. In minerals generally there has been a well supported demand, but the inquiries for some products have slightly fallen off. Scotch and Cleveland pig irons remain at about the same values. In tin there is little doing, and lead and spelter both continue dull. RIGOROUS MEASURES AT LAON. Colonel von Kahlden, commanding the First Regiment of Mecklenburg. Dragoons, has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Laon and the neighbouring villages, stating that, in consequence of the hostile attitude of a portion of the inhabitants towards the German troops, the slightest attack or resistance would be rigorously avenged ; and that, for every German soldier slain, four Frenchmen, innocent or guilty, would be shot, and the neighbouring towns be made to pay a large indemnity. The proclamation urges the in habitants, for their own welfare, and to avoid being subjected to such rigorous measures, to do all in their power to prevent such occurrences, and secure good treatment and protection of their pro perty by the authorities. All arms not surrendered down to the present time must be forthwith delivered to the Mayor for transfer to the Commandant. The proclamation forbids the publication of all political journals except those of Rheims. THE ROMAN PLEBISCITE FLORENCE, OCT, 9 (AFTERNOON). To-day, at eleven o'clock, the reception of the Roman deputation took place at the Pitti Palace. The King was surrounded by the whole of the Royal Family, members of the Government, and the municipal and military dignitaries. The reception took place amid a scene of great pomp in the throne-room of the Palace, and the Piazza Pitti, which was decorated suitably for the occasion, was densely crowded by the people. The square was lined by troops of all arms, and the King and the Duke of Sirmonetta were obliged, by the shouts of applause raised by the populace, to appear on the balcony of the Palace. Atter the reception, a solemn ceremony took place in the Piazza Sig nori, the object being to uncover, under the Loggia dei Anzi, a stone bearing an inscription to the effect that the Roman Plaiscite had Con secrated the union of Italy. Although unfortunately the weather proved unfavourable, an immense con course of people was present at both of the cere monies, during which constant salutes of cannon were fired. FLORENCE, OCT. W. . An imposing and enthusiastic demonstration in honour of the Roman delegates took place last night at the special performance in the Teatro Pagliano. The King, the deputation, Prince Humbert, and the Princess Margherita, were pre sent, and were greeted with loud and often renewed applause. The King's official answer on receiving the Ple - hiscite states his grateful acceptance of the votes of the Romans, and his purpose, as a Monarch and as a Catholic, to render secure the freedom of the Church, and the spiritual independence of the Holy Father. FLORENCE, OCT. 10 (AFTERNOON.) • It is announced that M. Thiers will arrive in Florence on Wednesday, the 12th inst. The King will soon leave this city for Turin. The Roman deputation takes its departure for Turin this evening. The Duke Of Sirmonetta, who headed the deputation, will return to Rome. PROCLAMATION OF M. GAMBETTA. The ➢linister of the interior, who has escaped from POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. ' ROBBERY AT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-Mr. Edward Theo bald, described as a clerk, was brought before Mr. Tyr whitt, at the Marlborough Police-court, by Detective Beechey, of the C division, charged with stealing a meerschaum pipe and cigar tube of the value of £6, the property of Mr. John Bennett, proprietor of the billlard room, St. James's Hall. Mr. Bennett said prisoner was one of his markers. He left on Saturday week for Leeds, and after he was gone a meerschaum pipe and cigar tube, his property, were missed. Detective Beechey said that on taking the prisoner into custody at Leeds, he said he had exchanged the articles at the shop of Mr. Davies, tailor, in Tichborne-street, but that he intended to return the pipe on the following Monday. In reply to the prisoner, the officer said the prisoner used the word " exchanged." Mr. John Davies, tailor, of Tichborne street said he received the pipe of the prisoner as security for a pair of trousers and a vest, the prisoner paying him a half sovereign and telling him not to part with the pipe. Beechey said he was informed the prisoner had been in custody at Leeds for embezzlement. Committed for trial. AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER.—Jacob liedland, aged 36 years, a bald headed, well dressed, studious looking man, was charged at the Thames Police-court, with wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the King's Arms public-house, in Brook-street, Rateliff. Mr. Palmer, the landlord, said the prisoner came there and made a great disturbance, and when he attempted to eject him he smashed a large pane of plate glass, valued at 31s. The prisoner ran away, and when pursued threw himself on the ground. This was repeated several times, and the prisoner ultimately escaped. A policeman captured him opposite Shadwell Church the same night. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner his profession. The prisoner : A sailor. Mr. Paget : But something more than a common sailor on board ship ? The prisoner : No, a common sailor. The tailor has rigged me out with a new rig, and has made me look like a parson. Mr. Paget : You must pay a fine of is., and 315., the value of the pane of glass, or go to prison for 14 days. M. GAMBETTA AT ROUEN. The Paris correspondent of the Standard at Havre, in a letter dated the 9th inst., describes the visit of M. Gambetta to Rouen. At about two o'clock yesterday afternoon it was rumoured throughout Rouen that " the Minister of the Interior, Citizen Gambetta," had landed from a balloon on Friday evening at Montdidier, near Amiens, and that he would probably arrive at Rouen at about three o'clock, on his way to Tours. An enormous crowd proceeded to the station, including a battalion of National Guard, preceded by its band, the prefect, M. Desseaux, the commander of the National Guard, M. Estancelin, and, in short, all the authorities of the town, just as in the olden days, when an affectation of Republican simplicity, and a repudiation of the pomp, pride, and circumstance of monarchy were not the fashion. The rain, which poured down in torrents, failed to damp the curiosity of the Rouennais to behold this wonderful tribune of the people, this astounding M. Gam betta, whom no one had ever heard of before the Baudin trial in December, 1868, and who bids fair to became the self-appointed dictator of a country like France. Some admirers of this gentleman drew up an address to him, and sent it round for signatures. Every body signed it as a matter of course. The style of the document betrays its origin. It is evidently the produce of the Republican and Revolutionary Cuisine, viz. : " Illustrious citizen Gambetta, of devotion we have a superfluity, and energy and a ruling mind are wanting. Supply that energy to the provinces as well as Paris ; give us that ruling mind, and then the enemy shall be driven out, France shall be saved, and the Republic founded defini tively and for ever. Vive la France. Vive la Republique 1" At about a quarter past three the train bearing " the illustrious citizen " made its appearance. The great man alighted—the drums beating the salute, and the National Guards presenting arms. Gam betta looked paler, thinner, and, to use an expressive vulgarism, considerably more ailing than when I l as t saw hi m in Paris. He bowed, and appeared agreeably surprised at the cry of " Vive Gambetta" which greeted his appearance. He made a motion with his hand, which was understood to mean that he wanted to speak, and deep silence having suc ceeded the previous turmoil, he addressed the persons present in the station. He said, in sub stance, all that the Goverment organs have been telling us long ago—viz., that Paris was prepared to offer the most energetic resistance—that the greatest con cord and union prevailed ; that every available hour was spent in drilling, &c. Paris, he added. would resist and repel every assault with dauntless energy. But the enemy was powerful: it com manded enormous forces; it was necessary that the provinces should hurry to the rescue of the capital. He wound up by saying that Paris relied on the provinces —a tribute to provincial gallantry which was loudly cheered. He then reminded his hearers that the Republic had been proclaimed under peculiar circumstances, and jumped to the conclusion that the existence of the Re public was indissolubly connected with the existence of the country. With fervid eloquence he then appealed to the patriotism of the people of Normandy. Unless they took effectual effectual steps to prevent it, Normandy would be a provision-magazine, a storehouse for the enemy. Whilst defending themselves the people of Normandy would have the satisfaction of knowing that they were doing their best to save their country. He terminated by an eloquent perora tion, which concluded by the declaration that "if we cannot make a compact with victory, let us make a com pact with death." These heroic declarations are always popular in France ; but truth compels me to say that I strongly doubt the stalwart burgesses of Rouen relishing the alternative. After a very brief interview with the Prefect and M. Estancelin, M. Gambetta left for Tours, where it is understood he is going to supersede Messrs. Cremieux and Co. It is understood that the general elec tion, which was (after a first adjournment) fixed for the 16th, is again to be put off ; and that, of all men in the world, M. Gambetta is going to " orga nise the national defence." The why and where fore of M. Gambetta's departure from Paris Ido not know, but it is not, very difficult to divine it. It seems to be that a terrible game at cross-purposes is going on. The provinces look to Paris to hold out ; Paris looks to the pro vinces to attack the Prussians in the rear, and break through the iron circle that hems it in. In Normandy there is a strong determination to defeat the province. The appeal of Estancelin has been unanimously responded to. At Havre the most patriotic spirit prevails, and all the towns and villages on the right bank of the Seine are despatching to Rouen every able-bodied man that possesses a musket or fowling piece. On the left bank of the river a very different spirit prevails, and the natives have a loathing of gunpowder which should qualify them for the Peace Society. It remains to be seen what M. Gambetta will do at Tours. An experienced general, I cannot help thinking, would be better able to organise an army for the relief of Paris than an eloquent but comparatively inexpe ikiic.,,Nl .;77.:, (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAEIS.) CONFERMENT OF DEGREES, In a convocation holden yesterday morning at Oxford, being the ,first day of Michaelmas Term, the following degrees were conferred:—M.A., Messrs. C. A. Fyffe, University; H. D Ferrier, Merton ; G. 11. Lam bert, Magdalen; G. Lyon, Trinity ; R. J. Hughes, Jesus. 8.A., Messrs. A. C. Hamilton, University; A. Gaye, Oriel ; W. A. Stewart, Oriel ; W. J. Greenwell, New ; 0. C. Kent, Trinity ; and C. E. Sneyd, Trinity. A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR IN DIFFICULTIES. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon a French man of-war, while hotly pursuing a German merchant vessel, got upon the Cross Sand, Yarmouth. The position was seen from the shore, and steam tugs were quickly dis patched to her assistance, but befoie they came up with her, she floated off the sand and steamed away south. The German subsequently put into Yarmouth harbour. THE ATTITU JE OF LYONo. The correspondent of the Standard,writing from Lyons, says :—"The arrest by the Prefect of General Mazure. commanding in the district of Lyons, no doubt has an ugly look; but M. Challemel-Lacour had to take his choice between dismissing an officer who, stand ing on the strictest ground of military rights, declined to recognise the chief, nay, by virtue of delegation from the Government at Tours, the supreme civil authority, and fighting the populace which had made up its mind that it would only support the Administration on condition of power and responsibility remaining in one head and pair of hands. The arrest, which will lead to nothing serious, for it appears the General did not receive the formal official communications that were addressed to him, seems to have had the happiest effect, and the Prefect is now, so far as I can judge, master of the situation. That he is honestly Republican I make no question, but he is one of those Republicans who would accept the verdict of the nation if it should happen to be in favour of the restoration of the Orleans family. Anything but the Empire again appears to be his motto— and there is no use disguising the fact, that it is the ruling idea of ninety out of every hundred Frenchmen. Myself rather leaning, for the sake of France, to a restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty, I must tell you honestly I have not spoken to a single Frenchman, urban or rural, who shared my opinions, or who treated the very idea of such a restoration as anything but a reproach to the intelligence of the country. lam sorry for it, but my business is to tell the truth. The papers all over the South of France have quoted with marked approval a telegraphic summary of an article in the Standard, to the effect that by deserting France England has perilled all she won so dearly by the Crimean War. What can England be thinking of ? they all say, and they find their consolation in the unquestionable fact, that since the change in the political questions of the war there has been a marked revulsion in England in favour of their country. Still, they have learnt the bitter lesson that they must look to no meditation or intervention in their behalf, and must depend upon themselves for the result of the contest. Now that France has her blood up she would no more consent even to pay the expenses of the war—which she was willing enough to do a fortnight ago— than she would give up Alsace and Lorraine, or blot herself out by her own hand from the list of European Powers. It is now, indeed a war to the uttermost, and it is a war in which King William may lose his throne, but in which France cannot be conquered, even by the strategy of Von Moltke, the persistence of Bismarck, and the reck less sacrifice of his subjects by the mouth-pious King William. Lyons, alone, will give about 45,000 men to the new defence. There are, of course, a great many more than that on paper, but the National Guard, which numbers 65,000, has only 21,000 fit for campaigning; and the Mobiles will not turn out in much greater force. Still, 45,000 is a good contingent, especially as it is one of all three arms—and it will further include about 2,000 very valuable men drawn from the boat and bargemen of the Rhone and the Saone, who will be familiar with the material used in boat bridges. The artillery seems to be better than that of the Army of the Loire, and certainly the artillerymen are more numerous. The city is now en tirely at unity, at least for the present. The. Red Com mittee has completely collapsed, and the Red flag is only to be seen hung out in one place. But the Reds do not intend to disarm. Their leaders, who are the merest ad venturers with nothing to lose, may give some trouble in the future, if France should not decide in accordance with their wishes; but just now they have retired from notice, biding their time. When I went to-day to call on the Prefect I found his ante-chamber crammed with the men whom such a crisis as this brings out—men full of new notions, anh each one of whom fancies the safety of the country depends on the instant adoption of this or that • invention. Busy as he is, M. Challemel-Lacour finds time to see the most of tham, and to persuade them to submit the new machines to the Committee of Inventions, which sits almost en permanance, and which is said to have really found some very useful machines among the hundreds which they have inspected. I have had the privilege this after noon of going over some of the fortifications mentioned in my letter of last night. You will not expect me to enter into any details of their construction or their strength ; but I may say thus much, that they are very strong earthworks, covering bomb-proof magazines, and commanding by their heavy guns at least six miles of country from the heights of the Saone and the Rhone. As they stand at present they could be taken in flank, but in three- or four days the covering works will be completed, and they will be inaccessible from the country, while from the city itself the bulk of them can only be approached by roads, well defended, winding up almost perpendicular cliffs. Without much faith in fortifications as a rule, I should yet pronounce that, with these works, Lyons is safe. Almost the only reprehensible act of this city, in its corporate capacity, has been the closing of the schools kept by the Christian Brothers. The hostility of Republicanism to religion was never more clearly shown, for these schools were kept open by a payment from the city of less than one-fourth what it would cost to maintain secular schools. However, the rapport I , ‘.tween the oitizens and the clergy appears to be in tier respects satisfactory; for instance, the Jesuits gave up their grounds and a portion of their buildings to drill—Mobiles ? no, that would be somQiing, but actually two companies of the Garibaldian Legion that was here for a few days. Nothing like this 1 1,6 s been heard of since, in Byron's 'Vision of Judgme Jack Wilkes turned evidence in savour of ueorge 1 L Eight thousand more men have passed here to-day r Besancon. I heard on the Bourse that a Prussian , lump began t 3 move south from Colmar last night,_ at nothing is known or believed of this at the Prefecture. All is very quiet in Lyons to night, but drilling is going on vigorously. If these troops only had plenty of arms ! It is arms they are wanting now. What is Birmingham doing ?" THE CONDITION OF NANCY.—Two delegates from Nancy have lately been to Lyons, and given some infor mation concerning the unfortunate city of Lo-raine. In spite of the complete isolation in which the Prussians kept Nancy, the news of the proclamation of the Republic was speedily made known there, and nothing could check the display of public enthusiasm. The Prussians threat ened to charge the crowd, but the manifestation was con tinued for some time. The Prussians have completely re-established the railways in Lorraine, and these bring direct from Germany, great quantities of munitions and provisions of all kinds. The delegat: were of opinion that the fortunes of war might be changed if the French could send troops into Lorraine to stop the trains and de stroy the railways. The Prussian masses before Paris would be famished if they were deprived of their com munication with Germany, and the great number of the besieging army which has hitherto been the cause of their success, would lead to their ruin. The German hordes could not, it is contended, find suffice - , nt provision in the departments, which they have alrea ly pillaged in all directions. TREATMENT OF GERMAN SAILOR —The Cologn Gazette publishes new accounts with refer, rde to the ill treatment of German sailors •by the Frenc , authorities, to which we have already had occasion to refer. At the end of August six German merchant vessels were taken by the French to Oran in Algiers, where their crews were treated as prisoners of war, although their papers showed they ought to have been set free at once, The ships in question are the Borussia, Captain Wegener; the Norddeutschland, Captain Dillwitz ; the Blucher Finke, Captain Andreis ; the Adler, Captain Konow ; the Perle, Captain Wallis, and the. Brillante, Captain F. A. Brondes. The whole of the crews, after having been released from prison, ar,_ tillobliged to remain in Oran, in spite of the exertions of the representative . of the United States of North America. Even the wife of one of the Captains was imprisoned by the French authorities, and it cost no small trouble to obtain permission for her and her husband to take private lodgings. The crews of two Prussian colliers, which were taken in Greek waters, suffered a similar treatment. The two captains and the twelve sailors were imprisoned in the casemates of Marseilles. They were there placed in ohains, left with out light, and only fed once in twenty-four hours. They remained there six weeks, till the Republic was proclaimed. The Prussians were then interned, and the other Germans compelled to leave the country. OUR COTEPaPORARIES—This Morning THE SIEGE OP PARIS. The Tones thinks there has been no moment in the history of the war when the prospect of misery was so dark and unrelieved as now. Hitherto we have always been able to flatter ourselves that the end was not far off. The sufferings of the time were acute, but it was always possible that the war might end as suddenly as it began. We cannot any longer deceive ourselves thus. It is now evident that the war will go on to the worst extremities. Each belligerent is determined to per severe, the one in attack, the other in defence, until the strength of the weaker is consumed. Each knows how long it will be before this exhaustion is reached, and each tries, by circulars and manifestoes, to heighten toe apprehension the other must have of the work before st ; but beneuth these artifices, which neutrals perhaps, understand better than those who use them, there is a stubborn determination not to give in, however stiff and resolute may be the temper of the antagonist. A winter siege which must pass into a bombardment an artillery duel, the endurance of starvation—these are the elements that threaten to compose the future. We leave out of right, continues the Times, the wretchedness of the Departments; the misery of the inhabitants of the North-East, who havelost all, and depend upon the ill-regu lated charity of strangers for the means of life ; the perpe tual ravage of the Orleannais and the Upper Valley of the Seine ; the disorganisation and corruption of law even where the armies of the enemy have not reached, and will not reach. It is enough to picture the reality of the ex perience that must be looked for in the coming months in that narrow circle, having Paris as its centre, to understand how humanity cries to Heaven for judgment on those whose crimes om whose vices bring such amfial Axus-sry on-their kind. It would seem that, when Christmas comes, The Message of Peace and Goodwill Among Men may find the foremost nations in Christendom proving once more the irony of the ancient phrase, " See how these Christians love one another." UNITED GERMANY. The Daily News, remarking on the unification of Ger many, observes that the hope that the establishment of a Confederated Germany will be a guarantee of the peace of Europe is based chiefly on the fact that the army of the Confederation will be what the army of Prussia is now, a national —an army composed of men taken from ti desk and the plough, and returning to their ordinary a ibour when their term of service is complete. Exemption are, we know, so numerous that the army is not identical with the nation ; but these exemptions are not purchasable, and the conse quence is that the army does actually reflect the opinions of all classes of people in the country. The strength of the Prussian Army does not lie in the troops of the line—who are mostly young men scarcely done growing— but in the bronzed and bearded Landwehr, who go back from a war to be mixed and lost sight of in the general poiiii lation. Nevertheless every year which sees a fresh levy of young men drafted into the line, to be trained for three years, adds so many thousands to the soldier element of the nation ; and the serious question is whether this powerful military element may not be seduced by the pleasure of conquest into developing a strong martial feeling to the exclusion of peaceful and indus trious instincts. May not success engender a lust for further aggrandisement? Prussia, from being an insignificant province, won her way upwards by the strength of her right arm ; until, with the rest of Ger many, she was shattered by Napoleon, and bound down by the Confederation of the Rhine. Since that time, say her friends—and we believe with perfect truth — Prussia has engaged in no war which had not for it purpose the effecting of the unity of Germany under her control. Her • ambition has been bounded by the . extent of :the German language. Her freeing of her countrymen in the Danish Duchies, and her victorious wrestle with her rival in the south, were parts of this programme, which she would have caried out in peace and security but for the jealousy of France. M. GAMBETTA'S PROCLAMATION. The Telegraph is of opinion that the two classes of readers for whom the eloquent passages of M. Gambetta's proclamation are intended, will both be less impressed than they would have been if it had been written with a single eye to fact, and inspired by those senti ments which are higher and better than heroic despera tion. Count von Bismarck, pondering over an early copy of it, will be inclined to disbelieve certain portions of the document when he reads that the Paris forts have prevented the King's army from getting A single gun into position ! The rpening of many hundreds of heavy pieces will, i% is much .to be feared, soon and cruelly give the lie to the assertion. Possibly, the passapt was designed to encourage the provinces : and the dig. ire to give a favour able gloss to transactions affecting the national fortunes may still be dominant among the official heads of the French people. When the provincials are told that the great army of " William " cannot even face the outlying forts, and that Trochu has 560,000 men unler his command, it will appear to the unsophisticaied nature strange that Paris should not do something for hersk. What need of Dens ex machind—of a Gambetta fronicloud-land—to call out department upon department, when Paris had all these enormous cannon, and twice as many soldiers as her assailants ! The Telegraph doubts whether France will be made !` sublimely united and consecutively active " by the rhetorical and descriptive composition of the Minister. Englishmen would demand, that, with such forces, Paris should give the invader battle. Frenchmen, however, may recognise that the phraseology of the proclamation has a twofold object, and may ask no more of the capital than to hold out till they can arrive. At all events, the manifesto is a defiance, not a preface to peace. It is a cry for a national uprising to expel a detested foe, and the keynote is struck with a clearness which indicates settled purpose to face and dare the very worst. The Standard, in discussing M. Gambetta's proclama tion, remarks that M. Gambetta's assurances with re gard to the strength and spirit of Paris are of the utmost importance if they are absolutely true. So far as they deal with the subject upon which he can speak with knowledge, they ought doubtless to be received with confidence. But, unfortunately, a very small part of his announcements are covered in this way, and there was an uncomfortable suspicion forcing itself upon the reader that a good many of the facts which we ought on this account to take as facts are only assertions, introduced to belabour the fallen Government. For instance, M. Gambetta prefaces the statement that there are now 400,000 armed National Guards, 100,000 Mobiles, and 60,000 regular troops, by the asser tion that the Revolution found Paris without cannon and without arms. If this statement, intended partly for the glorification of M. Gambetta and his colleagues, and partly for the abuse of the Empire, were true, it would really amount, so far as that intent goes, 4- 4) very little. But it is not true, so far as the earlier )rtion of it is concerned, except in a vete quibbling sem:- indeed. It is not the Republic which has armed Paris, it was General Palikao and his colleagues. The fruit of the exertions they made is the power of which M. Gambetta boasts as his own produce. Well, the story as to the authorship of the defences of Paris being so incorrect, can we trust to the statement of the forces the city now possesses? We will strain a paint nod do so. The men are in Paris, their spirit is exe.01. ,, t , tlte National Guard drills from morning to night, ti. lri s:; cast cannon, projectiles, and cartridges-- 1 11 X of course, being stored in enormous, !! 31innted quantities —are being manu fse . •• • i y. Everybody is at his post. . will go with M. Gambetta. But liaL: to believe that the artillery of the f(; • , . in..y be, is " marvellous ;" if that had been • c :1 all the Prussian care to keep Prussian log:;•, ' , xi), we should have heard of its exploits. We mu L no, too, to attach much impor tance to the Parisimi genius of street fighting. That might do wonders ag.tinst a weak Sovereign—against any enemy not provided with artillery.; but if once the struggle assumes that form Paris will be destroyed. The Prussian artillery will dispose of the barricades and the defenders behind them. The Cologne Gazette of Saturday treats the whole story of the death of the Duke of Nassau as a myth. WORKAIEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI- CULTURAL, HALL, ISLINGTON. - The number of visi tors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors and others, on the Bth inst. was 4,740. CRYSTAL PALACE.—A cha 11 gathering of four thousandialdult singers will take . . :e to-morrow evening-, under ia• l -‘ , conductorship of Mr 4 ; j 4,1-. M. Martin. The Progra me wdl consist enti tl'A - of national war songsjp . -inclu ling the "Mar. 10, 'Elise," " The Ger maPAlrFather'!-,nil," &c. These 101 be sung in unison by Ec 4,C )0 voices, concluding with H armonised Chorus, a` ''ml by a band of 100 per formers. Mr. Vernon " Sound. an alarm," and " Come if you Rigby will 5 • 5 dare "--- • Th c , nee r being ghted up for the termi f a:so the Palace . t will commence ac h e ight o clock, and :':"Lc ' at - G reat Fountains will play, and other be provided for the afternoon, occasion.