The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-28 00:00:00

ESS. E, TuEsn.». the address °f le Department tical and brief. impolicy of to labour, or to s, he said :—. l " ongst members, As means of against counter labour they ar' attempt to g► ve ;tive rules, they Ira laws, which s consequences. ly practised 1 1 (.1. I refer to f establishing 3 ice to differen t the purpose of oin exceeding a they perform• played in these Lice, but at the sible to conceive alation, more tor lie interest, thou ce and coercion the sanction of their edicts , r it ranks have, 'al Commission, es. My opinil does not perms rule and not the be Patent Law s and always 113 e I think that the Unrewa rd e d , but ;y of cases a sll e• n which carries a that the State tses of hardshiP would accrue to of the pr esent as to the policy that the law 9 , legislation. .13 tt all events be tction should h e e public, in can . f 9 dvantages o. luable in ren t° re such a barg o .ade to ascertain nice. At presen t nventor asks for v ith' of course, 1 the claim or hat patents esP! y of so grav e !: m are absoluteiii3t al validity, hich is g enera ll y the exactions ° r between e0P 3 1 5 La t eve r in reg a „f. no monopoly of arthorshiP. / ,' 0,,L of invention fight. of ct to the sa l e r voluntaryP nl l ) . read in the su t. The foil% e author ted without 50J. L, although P r e :j for the 1 °,,, on to act to som a The groan local interess de allowing - license sl' el ; benefits of ti ion The oppositi; •liament, wi ll a vhile the a,bsq , permissive 4" is crushed PY even existencei w made subject only differen to ' ion would be A p v )r traffic 10 ', epi c themseli re e a r ey are not 4 ily ccnvention,-,LO 'es, affords , tu h , iction shoulai,"- behalf Pub P.° i . . nually license' , units to 1 1: public 0 0 1 ., v noted than , 1, parochial ?T T ° e plan of vo_ ii , action, thou 'e, would Prnt ad as fast as ~, is darkest ta i n and degree s ,, e ,... ,nd police suP" " Educatiointb" le the lie 3 . o i t y ion of a varl. e don of Cri°,, vile PauPer s i e paper e , e Conferee ;wily Faitbf wought forty men's clubs ciu ax_ • is were uncleelt on, the suhi e _ %mos Shel d° !' t th e Acts . 1, ed their 1/31- prostitution' PrOStt of legisl 3tl ., 4 ° n . ver to be trai" - , iw should ° li e ° f affording t" n, that the P. s of authored itatute • sh° ll te si efforts at king it h e nsue d after t P., compla n e r n behalf of ,m s the Conts , o l h e effect that cy in be 1 .., of a n a ought Mr• l e that for thi r cal professiosr, f Mrs. Bil tle r e ,nd was aW 3 o f 6 member ;uld certain'? in questio_ the discussiola., section the C o- , , despotic, be Association he necessity n'• pealing theni: alter the the. G9ver o f suspenslon held that 4 ' e r at, once n t Disarmaln e ro resulted i". 1 the sect o i , would silr ll oo in co nnected ?pear to ti l `s war on 3 P ug of , ounc he r isider whet. 0 arbitratiioeci recommen i a f 0 'es was real' o f 'he hunch acted ' a la. r l g d. Shipb l . ll entertaj,n' On Nv e ..' A the ass° c o - ,,t ;o Leeds n at Pip:toll"— r RCA at ~r end her siste_ e t urn ing fr o o r e hied near de, the o_c.F. s ie eldest N 1,.% nd blood WA' t on the fg, r b e ; injury. "be Downes (P veral weal' e; and theeY; ver y eriti.t.;; ton of to and renla rk ! are therefore e o f the fo ot° to an ex ten low estimate heat that We t harvest ; to ity of a veLY actually co n not easy o' SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 11.30 A.M. LA►-TEST iNTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. SURRENDER OF STRASBURG. DARMSTADT, SEPT. 27. According to intelligence from Ludwigshafen, Strasburg surrendered this evening at 5 o'clock. RIGHTING EAST OF METZ. BERLIN, SEPT. 27, 10.54 p.m. F ighting September of considerable magnitude took place on e P t ember 22 and 23, east of Metz. The First Co res and Thirteenth Division were engaged. No ground gained by the French. Montmedy reported tak en. The Semi-Official North German Gazette censures the 'United States for their recognition of the French Itepublic. Advices from Constantinople report the North G erman corvette Bertha sunk in the Red Sea, in an e n gagenient with three French men-of-war. T HE OCCUPATION OF ORLEANS THE STATE OF STRASBURG. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS. REPORTED SHOOTING OF FRENCH MOBILIERS. FIGHTING NEAR ORLEANS. ORLEANS, SEPT. 27. Af ter some successful skirmishing against the th rillisl alls yesterday, in the vicinity of Arthenay, e general in command at Orleans, finding the Fre nch force i nsu ffi c ient to resist the advance of the Prussian Army Corps, withdrew his forces in rd ord er , i t i s b e li eve d i n th e di rec tion of Tours. i s stated that the Prussian Corps is commanded 13 3' Prince Albert. OC CUPATION OF ORLEANS BY THE PRUSSIANS. TOURS, SEPTEMBER 27, (4.25 P.m.) The Prussians occupied Orleans this morning. TllO removal of the Government Delegation from 1 , °lir a to some point further south is imminent. At a counc i l held to- d ay t h e mos t energe ti c radi cal measure s were reso l ve d o n for the national de fiellee, includi ng a l e vee en masse of young men up : the age of 25 ; men above that age to be called„, When arms are ready. A general requisi -104 was d ec id e d upon f or a ll fire-arms for the arma ment of the national forces, as well as a general re quisitio n upon the inhabitants for boarding Franc- UrS and oth er military bodies, wherever they ma he. 23 rd numbers of the Official Journal of the and 25th have reached here to-day from Pari , . TC r number of the 24th is missing. General a "hu hrd issued an 'order detailing the means givin g i ns t r uctions for the preven zo°ll ( 1 conflagrations during the bombard il,e„et• The Prussians occupy Chaton and Ville- W it ' Eight thousand Prussians are quartered at of - Germain. ./‘ report from the fort of Bicetre th the 24th says t h a t t ran q u illity reigned along all e Positions. The enemy was completing his move and was in strong force at Versailles. A. re tort from Mont Valerien of the'24th announces that e °ridge at Chaton had been blown up. AEXTENSIVE DESERTIONS NG THE GARDE MOBILE. OFFICIAL GERMAN DISPATCH. ROY iL HEAD-QUARTERS, FERRIERES, SEPT. 27, (9.42 P.m) % I le Mobile Gards who have been pressed ;into f r o a tillY at Paris are deserting in bodies of ho M 2 0 to 50 each, and are returning to their ho ~es. About 200 of them have been shot for 40bedience. The former inhabitants of the abandoned villages round Paris, who were driven en ret:e by the French soldiers, are now gradually with the property which they had taken W aY with them. THE BATTLE OF THE NINETEENTH. BERLIN, SEPT. 27, (8 P. m.) A 'ecording to advices from headquarters the c (1 , 1148 ian generals believe that in the battle of the Q, between Sceaux and Montrouge they per tired. in the retreat of the French an attempt to mi nethe German soldiers on to positions which are Liberals, known as the Party of Progress, have published an address to people declaring in favour of a Bill of Rights, the Constitution framed by the German Parliament of 1849 being taken as the basis fbr the organisation of an united German Empire. A movement, which pro mises to be successful, is going on for the re-election of Johann Jacobi for the district in Berlin which he represented in the House of Delegates bef 3re his arrest. —Daily News 7 elegram. CARLSRUTIE, SEPT. 27, (12.25.) The German Official Journal, published at Hagenau, contains a decree of the King of Prussia, from Rheims, ordering the postal service in Alsace and German Lorraine to be permanently or ganised by the postal authorities of the North German Confederation, while the service in the occupied French provinces is to be continued on the existing• provisional basis. This is the first definite indication of the resolve to treat Alsace and German Lorraine as integral portions of Germany. A great meeting of the Fortschritt party has been held at Munich, at which it was resolved to accept the Stuttgard propositions, and to request the King to take, immediate steps to enter into the North German Confederation. Representa tives of the Democratic Socialist party attended, and were allowed to make protests against Bavaria joining the Confederation, and against the annexa tion of Alsace and Lorraine. It is un• l erstood that Prussia has assented to alter Articles 62 and 64 in the North German. Federal Constitution, so as to allow the Bavarian forces to be an independent portion of the general army, having their own uniform and arms, and being exempted from garrison duty out of Bavaria in peace time. The King of Bavaria will retain the right to appoint to the command of his forces and fortresses. The addresses from Kiel to the King of Prussia asking him to violate the stipulations of the Treaty of Prague relating to North Schleswig, are regarded with general disapproval.—Daily News 1 elegram. THE PROJECTED ANNEXATION OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE. BERLIN, SEPT. 27, (8 P.m.) The Chamber of Commerce of North Germa ,, y has been asked by the Government to state whas influence it expects the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine will have upon the industry of the States of the Zollverein. THE GERMAN DEMAND FOR TERRITORY. BERLIN, SEPT. 27, 1.29 P.M. M. piers said at Vienna that the French Govern ment thinks Prussia is not in earnest when demand ing a cession of territory. She probably preferred this demand only to make its withdrawal a conces sion which might secure her a counter-concession. Nothing can be more erroneous.—Times Telegram. m- TITTERS'S MISSION. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 27. M. Thiers arrived here this morning, and alighted at the Demuth Hotel. THE DUC D'AUMALE. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 27 (9 p.m.) The Due d'Aumale has accepted a request that he should come forward as a candidate for the depart-_ ment of La Charente in the forthcoming elections for the Constituent assembly. The Due d'Aumale's electoral address expresses an intention to give his present support to the Govern ment, which is fighting and negotiating for France ; and he will give in his future adhesion to the Government which May be chosen by the Constituent Assembly. The address, in conclusion, says all efforts should be directed towards obtaining an honourable and durable peace, and establishing order and probity in France. ROUEN, SEPT. 26. A. delegate of the Government, having lett Paris yesterday, the 25th, by balloon, has arrived at Mezidon, en route to Tours, and reports" that order has not :teased to reign ; and that on Thursday the French took nine guns, 12 mitraiileuses, and put 12,000 (P) men hors de cone Lot.—Standard 7 elegratn. 11 0 POSED BOMBARDMENT OF MEZIERES, Pao- DINANT, SEPTEMBER 27. h i tlves have arrived here from Mezieres and al ieville, a n d th e y assert that the bombardment 0 Ale •• zle h re:.4 is fixed to commence to-morrow (Wed- THE GERMAN ARMY. VERSAILLES, SEPT. 27, (10.15 A.m.) co e sterday the Crown Prince held a parade in the 411- Yard of the chateau, for the distribution of re- L ard s and hon ours t o o fficers and soldiers. The o took his s t at i on on the base of the statue of 1, 'lee 8 ,,X 1 V. There is nothing serious to report. French are fortifying at Velizy. The Duke , 3 f ag Wurtemberg was wounded at the outposts Ball Cloud. The weather is magnificent. "us are sent up from Paris.—Times Telegram. A LEVY IN MASS. At TOURS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27. a Cabinet Council to-day the Ministers re am" ed on resista nce t o th e l as t. All the men of 25 t ad u Pwards h ave b een ca ll e d o ut. It is possible i ii ;. th e seat of G overnmen t ma y be changed, but p r lB city all is quiet at present. Large bodies of Thanes-tireurs are here, and are splendidly armed. TElegraP e°llll t l 7 people are pouring into the town. — h 7 elegram. THE NEW GERMAN CIRCULAR. BERLIN, SEPT. 27. Ileb. von Thiele, addressing a circular to the re l'l:esentatives of the North German Confederation in h i el ' ill abY and abr oa d, s t a t es th a t th e ru ling powers , t ra nce having d ec li ne d an arm i s ti ce , an d no re e!sed Government existing in Paris, and moreover T o Gov ernment de facto having been transferred to llr e) all c ommun i cat i on w i t h an d f rom P ar i s can onlyh, be carri e d on i n so f ar as th e m ilit ary events - " a y Permit. BERLIN, SEPT. 27. Th e follovvi„g circular, dated yesterday, has been ag ents addressed to the North German diplomatic tif ellts The French rulers having declined anearraistice and made Paris the theatre of war, the recognised Government existing in Paris, ilGovernment de facto having been, as is re ,cirtecl) removed to Tours, the undersigned has the cours e to inform you that safety of inter ere() to, from, and in Paris has now become wh o )" ' , ubordinate to military events. VON 414127 The Leaders of the advanced Prussian THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA v, SEPTEMBER. 28, tB7O tained the conquered positions, and still occupy them. The enemy suffered considerably. The Garde Mobile behaved well. " On the same day Rear-Admiral Saisset effected a hrilliaat recJuliaisgance on the side of Rouzet at the head of 200 Fusiliers, 400 marine infantry, acid eight companies of light cavalry of the Seine. Ile quickly dislodged the enemy from the village of Oroncy. " On the same day again General Billanon or dered an attack on the village of PierrefittP, and t 114! enemy, though in considerable force, was driven out after rather a sharp fight ; our troops effecting their return to St. Denis without being disturbed." WAR LOAN IN MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 26. The Mayor of Marseilles has posted up a placatti calling for a loan of ten millions of francs. M. Zaffiropulo. a Greek merchant, has placed three millions of francs at the dispositio❑ of the Municipality for the purchase of rifles. The young men between the ages of 16 and 20 are forming a French legion, to replace the Garde Nationale, should that body become mobilised. Five hundred and fifty-one Garibaldians, among whom are 15 officers, left for Tours this evening. The Southern League has published a manifesto which concludes thus :—" We do not wish to din& minish the action of the central power. On the contrary, to aid it." POSITION OF THE PRUSSIANS. (LOMBARD TELEGRAMS). TOURS, MON AY NIGHT. The report has been, revived to-day that the Government is about to remove to Toulouse, but all is quiet to-night. Trains are still running to Blois and Orleans. The Prussians now occupy nearly all the depart ments of the Seine and Marne. The Prefecture has been removed to Nemours. BRUSSELS, MONDAY NIGHT. Despatches from Versailles represent the greatestt order and method to prevail, and the most severe and strictest discipline to be maintained. The arrest and imprisonment of M. Jacoby in tic fortress of Loetzen, where several Hanoverians and other State prisoners are also confined, has pro duced a most painful impression throughout Ger many. 'The Independance Beige says the German press are unanimous in condemning this abuse of power by the Governor-General. A petition, signed by a large number of eitizen , , has been sent to the. King's head-quarters in Franco, asking that the state of siege may be raised, and Jacoby liberated. BRUSSELS, EPT. 27 complete repeal, disapproving the appointment of a Royal Commissian on the subject as being useless to remove the objections to the Acts, and providing for a memorial praying for the earliest possible repeal of the Acts , to be forwarded to the Premier. The Moniteur Beige of to-day denies the rumour that Prussia has addressed a note to the Belgian Cabinet in reference to certain classes of the Belgian militia having been sent back to their homes. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS. Orders have been given to prepare ammunition waggons in Western and Southern Russia for im mediate use. Six field telegraph corps have been formed at St. Petersburg, each capable of laying down 35 versts of line. The St. Petersburg papers state, without eliciting official or semi-official contra diction, that from the 27th of September fourteen military trains will be, daily despatched over the Moscow-Durst Railway.—Times Telegram. THE PROTECTION OF MER CHANT VESSELS IN WAR TIME. BERLIN, SEPT. 27, 8 P.M. The . Chambers of Commerce of different German seaport towns have addressed a request to the Chancellor of the Confederation, asking him to take steps for giving practical effect to the principle of the inviolability of private property at sea in war time. RELEASE OF A PRUSSIAN SHIP. CALAIS, TUESDAY MORNING The Prussian ship Baumeister Tilken, which was captured and brought into Calais on Friday last, has been released, the captain having produced proof that he left the port within the period allowed by the circular issued by the Government in July last. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SEPT, 27 (6.37 P.m.) It is rumoured that the Prussian Minister here will shortly be replaced. The Echo du Parliament of this evening reprints a special telegram published by a London paper, in which it was alleged that great excitement was manifested in Brussels on receipt of the intelli gence of the failure of the peace negotiations. The Echo du Parlement says :—" Every word in this despatch is false. People are asking with what object such foolish labrications are sent abroad. We are only surprised that the telegraph adminis tration did not stop the transmission of the message." BRUSSELS, SEPT. 27, 10.46 P.M. The Journal de Bruxelles of this evening denies and severely comments upon the news published in London of alleged excitement i❑ Brussels on the occasion of the news of the failure of the peace negotiations. THREE ENCOUNTERS NEAR PARIS. NEWS BY CARRIER PIGEON. TOURS, SEPT. 27. The Minister of the Interior has receivers the fol lowing despatch from the Prefect of the Department du Nord :-- LILLE, SEPT. 26 (Evening.) " We receive the following from Paris by a pigeon carrier, which was left by us in the capital : " Y( sterday, the 23rd, General Mandlay's division attached the heights of the plateau of Villejuif, which were occupied by the Prussians. The fighting commenced at 3 a.m., and after a well-sustained fire, lasting se - i - eral hours, our held batteries, sup ported by the fire from the forts, completely carried the redoubt and the Sagne Mill of Villejuif, as well as the redoubt. of the Haute Bruyere. They main- GERMAN ARMY MOVING ON LYONS. A correspondent of a contemporary telegraphs from Namur to-day that the Belgian and German papers report the movement of a German. corps, 65,000 strong, towards Lyons, by way of Mui hausen and Belfort. THE EXPORT OF ARMS. The report which has appeared in several journals, to the effect that a final protest on the part of the North German Confederate Government, will be very shortly delivered to her Majesty's Govern ment, on the subject of the supplies of arms and am munition from this country to France, is without foundation. Count Bsrnstorff will probably reply to Lord Granville's despatch, but a protest woul,l not be delivered without instructions from Count Bismarck, and no instructions to present a protesr. have yet been issued. According to the Phaire de Loire, the Count tie Chambord has published a statement claiming the throne of France. It seems certain from a letter i❑ the Cologne Gazette that the communication from Banille, which is mid to have contained proposals for a sur render, referred only to some minor matter. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 27. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Reichs rath, Herr Rechbauer moved that the debate on Herr Pascotini's draught of an address in reply to the Speech from the Throne should be postponed until the House had come to a decision upon his (Herr Rechbauer's) pro posal for the proroguing of the session. On a vote being taken, Herr Rechbauer's motion was adopted by 63 against 67. Two Upper Aust . .-ian " Clerical" Deputies voted to-day with the Constitutional party. VIENNA, SEPT. 27 (AFTERNOON.) • The Presse of this afternoon says that the returns' of the revenue from direct taxation in the Cis-Leithan Pro vinces during seven months up to the end of July show an increase of 1,500,000f1. over the same time last year, and indirect taxation an increase of about 6,000,0001 AMERICA. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27. Ex-Judge Grier, of the Supreme Court is dead. The cable betn-en Cuba and Jamaica works ad mirably. Gold closed at 113 k. The highest quotation during the day was 1131, the lowest 1131. Ster ling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty United States Bonds (1882) 112 1 ; ditto (1885), 1111 ; ditto (1867), 1108 ; Ten-Forties (1867) 1068 ; Illinois, 1351; Erie, 22. Cotton—Middling Upland, 17fic. Petroleum, Standard White, 26/e. Flour—Extra State, B 5 30c. to $5 50e. Corn, new, 91c. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE TRUCK SYSTEM. The commissioners appointed under the Act of Parlia ment to inquire into the alleged prevalence of the Truck System, commenced their sitting at the Town Hall, Car diff, yesterday. The witnesses examined (on oath) were Supt. Sadler, of the Ogmore district ; Superintendent Matthews, of the Newbridge district ; and Superin tendent Hewlett, of the Swansea district. The evidence adduced went to show that at the various works in all these districts the Truck System to a greater or less extent prevailed, and 1 hat compulsion upon the workmen to deal at the company's shop under the fear of dismissal, and timidity to complain of the grievance, largely existed. Mention was made by one of the witnesses of the Treforest Tin Works being one of the worst cases in this part of the country. The working of the truck system, and its effects, were also explained by the different witnesses. It was understood that the sitting of the Commission at Cardiff should extend over a week. LAUNCH OF AN IRONCLAD. Yesterday afternoon the iron-plated frigate named the Triumph, built by Messrs. Palmer and Company for her Majesty's Government, was launched from the yard of the firm at Jarrow. There was a vast concourse of spec tators. The river was covered with craft of all descrip tions laden with onlookers, who cheered lustily. The Triumph is built from the same designs as the Swift sure, which was launched from the same yard last June. Her tonnage is 3,892, length 280 feet, breadth 55 feet, depth 47 feet. She will be fitted with a pair of 800 horse power engines, and with an auxiliary one of 40 horse power. NEWCASTLE AND THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. A densely crowded meeting on the Contagious Diseases Acts was held at Newcastle last evening, under the preA dency of Mr. Tennant, of that town. Amongst the speakers were Mr. McLaren, M.P., 1111.. Stewart, ltcv Mr. Steintheil, Mrs. Butler, Mr. William Saunders, Mrs. King, Mr. Whitwell Wilson, and Mr. Fraser. Resolu tions were unanimously passed expressing strong repro bation of the Contagious Diseases Acts, and pledging the meeting to use its utmost efforts to bring about their BOILER EXPLOSION Yesterd ty afternoon one of the tubes of a boiler attached to a 60 horse-power steam engine burst, and blew down the walls of the boiler house. Some. burning cinders were blown into an adjoining.shed, where chemi cals, Esparto grass, and rags were stored. The whole was speedily burnt down. The damage is estimated at nearly £3,000. The property is fully insured. It is said the boiler was recently examined. No lives were lost, but a lad, named Charles Noretam, engaged as timekeeper, was burnt. He was taken to the hospital, where he lies in a dangerous state. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN SCOTLAND, The Prance and the Princess of Wales yesterday passed north to Dunrobin Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Sutherland. They travelleerby special train, and arrived at Golspie about six in. the evening. The prize meeting of the Sutherland Rifle Association begins to-morrow ; the review in connection with it takes place on Friday. The Prince of Wales as Colonel of the Regiment, will review the Volunteers. THE RAISING OF THE BALTIC BLOCKADE. . The barque Pathfinder left Hull for Heligoland yester day, with nitrate of soda. A month ago she arrived at Hull, the blockading squadron having driven her from the Elbe, where she was bound to from South America. Her cargo being contraband of war, she has had to wait at Hull until the raising of the blockade, and now sails ostensibly for Heligoland. DECAPITATION ON THE RAILWAY. A man named Jones was lying across the rails on the Staffordshire Potteries loop line yesterday supposed to have been either asleep or in a fit, and, was run over by six ballast trucks, and his head was nearly severed from his body. The position of the man was not noticed till too late to avert the catastrophe. DRAGGED TO DEATH. On Monday night, a master bleacher, named Henry Lomax, whose works are situated at Ainsworth Val-, between Bolton and Bury, was returning home from business at Bolton, when his horse ran away, throwing him out of the gig, and dragged him to his home. Nearly every bone in his body was smashed. Deceased leaves a widow and two children. THE CAPTAIN COURT MARTIAL. (CENTRAL PRERS.TELEGRAIL) The inquiry into the loss of the Captain was held yester day on board the Duke of Wellington, at Portsmouth. Admiral Sir James Hope, the president, on opening, said that owing to the importance of the investigation the same facilities would be given to the press as at the Wilmshurst trial. May, the gunner, was examined, and said he ho neyed the cause of the loss to be undue or overpressure of canvas ; the ship, at the same time, making a very heavy roll by starboard with much water over the side of the main deck. Possibly the wind may have acted on the under side of the hurricane deck. The sea most likely struck her before she recovered the heavy roll. She never stopped heeling till she foundered. The canvas was a heavy press for a heavy gale, and he should think that with the same canvas in a ship of the Captain's size the spars and sails would be more likely to suffer than the ship, The Captain's greatest roll was fifteen degrees, and the greatest heel the witness knew of vas from eight to ten degrees. He never heard that that there was a degree of heel under which the vessel had been unsafe. His feeling was that the ship was hove over by a heavy sea, as well as by the press of canvas. When the vessel foundered she had from 200 to 400 tons on board. Mr. Myers was washed away when they had left the ship. Charles Tregunna steered the boat with an oar for ten hours. Witness and others tried to relie - 7 e him, but could not steer so well. Witness had no complaint to make as to the conduct of the survivors. When Captain Bur goyne was in the sea he begged of witness and another to assist him on to the bottom of the pinnace. They saved him once. Witness was on board the Captain in a gale in May. There was then a long sea. When the Captain was lost it was a short sea. In May the Captain had the wind on her bow, and did not heel so much as the night she foundered. There was steam in four boilers, but witness did not know if the engines were going. When witness last saw the Captain she was as nearly bottom up wards as possible. In conclusion, the witness bore testi mony to the excellent manner in which all the survivors behaved. James Ellis, gunner, said : On the night of the loss the middle watch was mustered under the bridge of the hur ricane deck. The watch was not really relieved. The Captain rolled very little. He heard the order given to let go the topsail sheets. They never were let go, but were belayed at the fore bits. About ten minutes after " little one bell" the ship capsized. lle was in the lee gangway when she upset. There was no rigging or anything that could entangle him. Be ore being called to muster witness was ordered by Captain Burgoyne to cover the turrets. The guns and. turrets were reported to witness as secure at eight o'clock. Lewis Werry, captain of the foretop, said the vesse 'heeled very gradually. When in the sea he heard a roar, and on looking rouud he saw the Captain bottom upper most. According to this heel of the ship he did not con sider double reefed topsails too much. The yards . were braced very much. He considered the ship to be over masted, and believed the reason that Captain Burgoyne would not jump from the launch was that he would not when there were two men on her. James Harvey thought the hurricane deck afforded room for the working of the ship. George Bride, the coxswain of the pinnace, was also of opinion that the ship was overmasted. The wind suddenly increased. Witness had been in the Monarch, and considered that she could have carried head-reefed top-sails in a squall such as the Captain foundered in, but not fore-sails in addition. Charles Tregunna believed that the September gale was heavier than that in May. Robert Wsrd gave corroborative evidence. Lieutenant Bolitho, of the Agincourt,was near the Cap tain. The weather was squally about eleven. He had his topsails lowered, and had hands by the lee sheets and topsails, and increased the speed of the en2ines. Before the topsails were lowered the Agincourt cer tainly was not heeling more than six degrees. Witness did not consider from the state of the weather at twelve there was risk to any ship in the fleet. Staff Commander Gibbey, of the Bellerophon, said at 12.25 there was a nasty cross sea, but not a particularly heavy one. If the Bellerophon had been in the trough of the saa, he did not apprehend that she would have suffered any inconvenience. Other evidence of a similar description having been given, the eourt adjourned. It is expected that important evidence will be given as to construction. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling day, Tuesday, September 27, 1870. Admission by season tickets, 1,887 ; do. on payment, 2,661; total visitors, 4,548. FATAL FIRE IN THE CITY. Yesterday a fire broke out in the City, which resulted in the deaths of four persons. The fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Bush, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate Without. The flames, in extending, reached bottles of inflammable matter on the premises, which increased the intensity of the heat. In the first floor, cutting and preparing labels, were two females and a lad, who were burnt to death. A man who tried to extricate the sufferers was suffocated, and a third woman who was on the premises, was rescued, but it is thought she has received mortal injuries. MESSRS. MILNER'S SAFES AND THE BRITISH ASSOCIA TION.—In compliance with a request from a numerous section of the British Association, some interesting experiments were yesterday made 'with Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son's fire and thief resisting safes, at the Phcenix Safe Works, Liverpool. Between three and four hundred spectators (including members of the British Association) witnessed the experiments, and even the most prejudiced could not help confessing that everything was conducted with the utmost fairness and impartiality, and that the results of the tests were highly satisfactory in every way. In the first instance an ordinary cast-iron safe, without any fire-resisting chambers, and one of Messrs. Milner's ordinary fire-resisting safes, of the weakest quality, were tested in a large fire Composed of coal and wood, the result being, after two hours and a half, that the former was entirely destroyed, while the latter remained intact, a £lOO note and a large number of circulars which were placed in its interior being wholly untouched. In a second test one of Messrs. Milner's safes, containing a £lOO note, several gold watches, and a number of circulars, was consigned to a terrific fire, in which it remained for five hours and a quarter without any effect of the flames—save a dulness in the colour of the iron—being visible, while the contents were perfectly unharmed. Afterwards there was a testing of the locks, and those of ordinary use were shat tered to pieces from the effects of gunpowder, while Messrs. Milner's double patent gunpowder-proof and thief-proof locks defied the effects of gunpowder and remained perfectly secure, after all the powder (sixty grains) which could be introduced into them had been exploded. A number of attempts were also made to wedge open a safe, but without the slightest effect. Indeed, the whole of the experiments (which were conducted under the personal supervision of Mr. D. R. Ratcliff, one of the firm) were of au interesting and highly-satisfactory character, and proved that for every purpose, and under any circumstances, Messrs. Milners's safes are perfectly reliable.—" Liverpool Daily Post." THE LATE NEGOTIATIONS. REPORT OF M. JULES FAVRE. TOURS, SEPT. 27. The report of M. Jules Favre, dated the 21st inst., on his late negotiations at the head -quarters of the Prussian army, states that the day after its establishment the new Government received the representatives of all the I ~veers in Paris. North America, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal officially recognised the French Republic, the other Governments authorised their representatives to enter into semi-official relations with the new Government. M. Favre explains the various solutions of the situation which were proposed, such as a league .of the neutral Powers, and says : " Time went on and the enemy came nearer, and I decided to take a direct step. Therefore, on the 10th of September I asked M. de Bismarck if he was willing to enter into negotiations as to the conditions of an arrange ment. His first reply was that he could not entertain any proposal, in consequence of the irregular character of our Government. However, he asked what guarantees we could offer for the execution of any treaty that might be concluded. "The Minister of the Power which had acted as intermediary considered it desirable that I should not hesitate to proceed to the Prussian head-quarters. I decided to take this step, expressing at the same time my regret that the negotiations were not kept secret as agreed upon." M. Favre proceeds to relate his conversation with M. de Bismarck. He proclaimed France's love for liberty, but at the same time declared the unshakeable resolution of the country to accept no condition which would con vert the proposed peace into merely a short and threaten ing truce. M. de Bismarck replied that if he believed a perma nent peace possible he would conclude one at once. He maintained that the position of the present French Government was precarious, and that should Paris not be caj,tured in a few days it would be overthrown by the populace. " France will as little forget the capitulation of Sedan as Waterloo or Sadowa, which did not concern you." M. Jules Favre goes on to say :—" Count Bismarck maintained that the French nation had had a fixed inten- tion to attack Germany. To any observations combating his assertions and explaining the causes of the war, and pressing him to state exactly his conditions of peace, M. de Bismarck replied distinctly that the security of his country compelled him to keep territory which would be a guarantee of safety, and he declared that the departments of the Upper and Lower Rhine, of the Moselle, with Metz, Chateau Salins, and Soissons, were indispensable, and that he could not relinquish them. To the objections that the consent of the people of whom he disposed was more than doubtful, and that the public law of Europe would not permit him to act without that, M. de Bismarck replied that he was aware of this, but said—" As we shall shortly have another war with you, we intend to enter upon it in possession of all our advantages." M. Favre hereupon remarked that Europe might find the pretensions of Prussia exorbitant, and might oppose them, adding :—" We will never accept them. We can perish as a nation, but we cannot dishonour our selves. The country alone is competent enough to decide upon a cession of territory. We have no doubt as to its sentiments, but we will con sult it. Finally, I urged that Prussia carried away by the intoxication of victory, desired the destruction of France. M. de Bismarck protested against this, but to my demand for time to allow of the meeting of the Constituent Assembly, he replied that for that pur pose an armistice was necessary, which he could not grant at any price. "At the second interview, on the evening of the 19th, at Ferrieres, M. de Bismarck appeared to allow himself to be persuaded about an armistice, which I asked should be for 15 days, and on the following day, at 11 a.m., he sent me the following conditions, namely, the occupa tion of Strasburg, Toul, and Phalsburg ; and as I told him that the Assembly would meet in Paris, he desired in that case to have the forts commanding the capital—Mont Valerien, for instance. I objected to this, that it would have been more simple to have asked for Paris at once. M. Bismarck replied, ' Let us seek some other combination.' I spoke to him of the Con stituent Assembly meeting at Tours, in which case no guarantee against Paris should be required. M. de Bismarck further demanded that the garrison of Strasburg should surrender as prisoners of war. Having expressed my indignation at this proposal, M. de Bismarck went to consult the King, who accepted the second combination, but insisted that the garrison of Strasburg should give themselves up as prisoners of war. My powers were now exhausted. I rJse and took my leave, expressing to him my conviction that we should fight as long as we could find in Paris an element of resistance." M. Favre, in his report, proceeds to explain the Dearing of the interview. He sought for peace, and met with an inflexible determination to have conquest and war. He therefore now states the facts and communicates them to Europe. On the 21st instant M. Favre forwarded a dispatch to M. de Bismarck, explaining that the Government of the National Defence would not subscribe to the condi- tions upon which the armistice was dependent. M. Favre states that his mission has not been useless, since it has removed the ambiguity in which Prussia had enveloped herself. She had declared that she attacked Napoleon and his soldiers, but respected the nation. " To-day we know what she desires." In conclusion he calls upon the country to rise, and either " to disavow the Ministry or fight to the bitter end." OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN DISPA.TCH, ROYAL HEAD-QUARTERS, FERRIERES, SEPT. 27, 9.23 Am.. M. Jules Favre's report of his conversations with the Chancellor of the North-German Confederation shews cer tainly a desire to give a truthful account of what took place, but is, nevertheless, inaccurate. The question of an armis tice was the chief point to be discussed. As regards the cessions of territory, Count Bismarck would only state his views when the principle of a territorial cession 13:colic' have been accepted. THE BATTLE OF THE NINETEENTH, The more detailed reports (especially those published by the Francais and Opinion _Nationale) enable us to form a clearer idea of the battle of the 19th than the official account, which, though truthful as far as it goes, is not sufficiently explicit as to the real cause of the defeat of the French, for it cannot now be questioned that this battle of the 19th was a defeat, and a serious one, as it enabled the enemy to take up positions of such vital importance as those of St. Cloud and Meudon. No ono not familiar with the locality can form an idea of the ground from the maps, however detailed. South of Paris, between the Sevres and the Bievre, is a plateau of no great height; it is bare and barren, and studded with frequent quarries and marl pits. That is the plateau of Longboyau, and it is that which the official report describes I as the heights of Villejuif. In the rear of that plateau are the heights of Bicetre, which are pro tected by a fort, from which the whole of the city, with the Arc de Triomphe and Mont Valerien in the distance, can be clearly described. It slopes down west to the valley of the Bievre, in the direction of Sceaux. The ground then rises again, and a succession of sloping hillocks, s tubbed with numerous villas a nd p rett y villa g es, extend ; ior tli-west in the direction of Chatillon, Clamart, Vanes, Issy. Mendon, and Bellevue. There the road from Versailles to Paris runs via Sevres in a.deep hollow, beyond which abruptly rise the woods of Ville d'Avray (called in the maps Bois des Fausses Reposes), and the picturesque heights of St. Cloud. The French with four divi sions of infantry, made up probably. of Vinoy's corps and the debris of the army which escaped from ' Sedan, and of a very large force of artillery—one account says twelve batteries, or 72 guns—occupied an inner semi-circle between the forts and the vil lages of Villejuif at the extreme left, and Meudon on the extreme right. The Prussians NV:n.O marching from Ghoisy-le-noi on Versailles in very nearly a straight line, but naturally covered its right flank by occupying, or trying to occupy, the woods between Sceaux and Bellevue. Whether it was that the French line was too extended for its strength--and 40,000 infantry appears a small number to act off,:miively along a curved line of upwards of five miles, 1.: ~I:en by trees and houses—or that they were ill connnanded, or that they were outnumbered, or from all these causes combined, it would be impossible to say ; but the hest and steadiest troops, on whom the duty devolved of • holding the heights of Mendon, and who thus formed the extreme right of the French, were seized with a panic, broke fled precipitately back to Paris, and created a panic there by their doleful stories of another disaster. The signal • for the flight was given by a provisional regiment formed out of the debris of the Ist and 3rd Regiment of Zouaves, and the rumour of the right having given way, which spread like wildfire through the rest of the corp s, made immediate retreat necessary, the troops having got it into their heads that they were " turned," and that the Prussians were getting between them and Faris, The artillery behaved splendi• and is said to have tired no less than 25,00, s hp . t,i. The French seem only Co have lost the eight guns of position which they had plab t n in the earthwork of Chatillon ; but the loss (3 - .ite heights of Mendon and St. Cloud, and more than that the demoralising consequences of the fearful example given by the trained soldiers running away panic-stricken, trrat have consequences more serious by far than the abandon ment of a few guns. —Paris Correspondent of the Standard. THE FRENCH FORCES IN THE NORTH. The special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing from Douai on Tuesday, gives a very discouraging description of the men France relies upon to retrieve her self. He remarks :—Any military man who should at the present time visit this and the other fortified places. to the north of Paris, must perforce arrive at the conclusion that France has determined to shew the world at large how "not to do it." Every reasonable person in Europe has long ago come to the conclusion that if ever a country had, to use a homely phrase, got into a mess, France is that country. Evea l'renchmen no longer try to deceive themselves on this s2ore. They admit that they have been beaten, that their soil is invaded by legions which seem never to end, and that, even if their capital is not besieged, some twenty years must pass before the debt now duo to the Prussians can be paid in full, before the destruction necessarily caused by the army of hall a mqlio , . men now in France can become a .thing of the past. And yet they seethed determined to make Lad worse. They were not able to drive back the Prussians when the latter were doubtful as to their comparative powcr and when France had three magnificent armies in the field; and now they are trying to make lemselves believe that they can overcome au enemy hushed and confident with victory, when they have really nothing save some two hundred thousand un taught arid undisciplined Gardes Mobile, and the remnants of their beaten regiments. I have within the last few days visited Lille, Valenciennes, and Douai, and have seen the so-called troops with which France seems in her madness determined to drive the enemy away from Paris. The sight of thess men—the sight of so many fine young fellows going forth to certain and utterly useless death—has made me sad. Take the roughest of the Whitechapel roughs, make him perspire freely ; and when he is in that state roll him in the dust ; then dress him in a blouse with a bit of red serge on the sleeve ; give him a musket which he can not handle, a bayonet of which he does not know the use, and ammunition with which he cannot load his rifle ; parade him one or twice a day, but let him have very much his own way iu the ranks ; let him be commanded by officers who never served before, who cannot drill him 'low, and whom he tioroughly despises. When he is doing nothing in the Nv ay or duty—that is during eleven-twelfths of his hour keep preaching to him away a levy 2,a:-se, and make him thoroughly believe that he and his fellows are destined. to restore the military glory of France. And when you have dune ail this—when you have taken what little good in the way of industry there . is in the man, and made him an idle loafer about the town, you will then have manufactured a very fair sample of what a Garde. Mobile iu France, in these our days, is made of. With these men the Provisional Government of this land proposes to bring Prussia to terms. • With make-shift regiments, composed of such soldiers, they seriously tell the people of the country that they can defend Paris, attack the Prussians in the rear, and - drive the enemy out of France ! There must either be great ignorance or great wickedness in high places when so palpable au impossibility is gravely .put forth as the programme of the policy that is to restore France to her place amongst the nations of Europe. it is said that France will never consent to give up Lorraine and Alsace, and that, even if the Provisional Government agreed to peace on the terms proposed by Prussia, they would have to resign immediately. But is not this exactly what all France has been blaming the Emperor for since the defeat of Sedan? Do they not say that he insisted upon hopeless battles being sought in order to give the XnAire one more chance of living ? And is it not to the 4311,imbrielf.ed to fight in order to uphold a Republican as an 33g -vial Government ? OUR COTET/IPORARIES—This THE DEPUTATION TO 3313. GLADSTONE. The Times remarks that some of the deputation told Mr. Gladstone they thought that if the Government had been outspoken at the com mencement the war would never have been de clared. Sir Henry Bulwer expressed the same opinion in his letter which appeared yesterday. The be lief is widely held in Germany. Mr. Gladstone might have answered that it was unfair to judge of what might have been done by the light of subsequent events, but he was content to declare that " the Government did everything that was possible, with all sincerity and earnestness, to prevent the war." Looking at the plea in the cold light of historical criticism, continues the Times, we are afraid we must pronounce it in sufficient. Mr. Gladstone may say' with perfect accuracy that time Legislature and the nation did not give the Ministry any reason to act otherwise than they did when war was imminent ; they did impel them, indeed, to take security for the protection of Belgium, but that was all. This is true. The nation required no more, and Mr. Gladstone was strictly abreast of the nation in his efforts in favour of peace. But if Mr. Gladstone had gone further, if he had protested in the name of England against the attack on Germany on pretences which Mr. Disraeli truly said would have been judged frivolous in the 19th century, it is possible that the hesitating Emperor would have abstained from war, and 200,C00 men who have been sent before their time to the grave would have been still alive. GERMAN FIRMNESS. The Dui p News, after remarking on the determination of the Germans to prosecute the war says:—" We confess that we do not see any sufficient assur ance that the French have made up their minds with equal deliberation and equal firmness. They seem rather to be drifting about for a principle and a policy. The declaration that not a stone of the fortresses should be given up was apparently abandoned when Jules Favre went to confer with Count Bismarck, but it is reproduced now in all its magniloquent integrity. A single success of any magnitude would probably define quite anew the French conditions ; and it seems strange indeed if the defence of the capital do not give to the arms of France some chance of winning a stray laurel. On the other hand, it is unlikely that for the present the French, if they play their game with anything of decent skill, cannot s( ffer new reverses. Between this time and the fall of Paris—if Paris is to fall—there is not much opportunity apparently for the Germans to inflict any new and severe blows upon their enemies, while it is quite possible that the French may now and again make a daring and successful little coup which will till them with fresh and sudden hope, and produce a momentary change in temperaments and counsels. We cannot wonder if the Germans take into consideration the fact that their enemy is of fitful mood and apt to be blown about by every gust of sentiment or fortune. No one can doubt that even now, after all the passionate protests we have heard against the wickedness of dis membering nations, if the French were to compel by force of arms the Germans to fall back from Paris, we should hear the old clamour for the Rhine pro vinces revived with all its pristine fulness and vehe mence. HIE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AND INTERVENTION. The Telegraph considers that from Mr. Bruce's speech delivered on Monday at Glasgow, it is apparent that the English Government is not at present prepared to nego tiate terms of peace between France and Germany. The Home Secretary says, indeed, that it "may at some time become the duty of her Majesty's Ministers to offer such assistance as may be in their power to put an end to this unhappy war. But it is clear that the Cabinet does not consider the opportunity for offering such assistance with a reasonable prospect of success to have yet arrived. This view is, as we know, strongly condemned by several classes of politicians in England. The "International Democrats of London," and the extreme Tories, arguing from opposite principles, arrive at the same conclusion, and agree in urging the Cabinet to make its voice heard in all European conflict. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, a diplomatist of no mean authority, says in a published letter that "the situation is one which, for the interest of all the parties directly or indirectly con cerned, requires the interposition of Europe ;" and he ex presses a n apprehension that, if we rem a i n mu t e an d mot ici.less, "the day is not far distant when God will withdraw from us a power we have not known how to use worthily." To all such animadversions and warnings there is, it seems to us, one perfectly suf ficient and conclusivo answer. It is—that modern diplomacy does not afford one solitary example of successful mediation by a neutral Power between tiro belligerent States. That may seem a bold state ment ; but history strictly kuitifies it ; and a brief retro spect of the precedents of the present century will materially assist in forming a second judgment upon the. conduct of foreign affairs at the present crisis.