The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-05 00:00:00

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The :s of the by these m its sup parasites one of the be feared sympathy scenes of nber that that, if Emperor ar. The different urite pur mpanione t the out from the zte to the 3 was dis f France• ailure W 8 made W de poll' who see tunity o fortunes , Clotilde, i France : between was a ble ing hire, .tent th e Meudon , is future of other ema i n der • transfer Florence, ill forget scholar's., perfected his house his life that re adver- SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. ST. ARNOUD BURNT BY THE PRUSSIANS. REPORTED SHOOTING OF TWO MAYORS, LILLE, - TUESDAY NIGHT, A. correspondent, writing from Paris, says :- 4 ' Rumours are spread that the enemy's battery esta blished at Montretout can reach as far as the Tuileries. Not only Montmartre but the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile will be turned into fortresses. The manufac ture of mitrailleuses is being actively carried on in Paris, and each battalion will soon have one of its own. Electric lights, similar to those in the forts around Paris, are being established on the ramparts to prevent nocturnal surprises. The municipality of Li!le are completing the mobilisation of the Garde Nationale Sedentaire, and have ordered all persons possessing chassepots to present them for Purchase at the mairie." The Neuvelliste de Rouen publishes a telegram from Gisors, stating that nine Uhlans entered Trye-Chateau on Sunday evening, inquiring the strength of the forces at Gisors, and stating the Prussians would enter that place the following day. The village of St. Aruoud, near Dourdan, has been burnt by the Prussians. The Soir says is reported in Boulogne that Dr. Tahere, the mayor of St. Cloud, had shared the fate of the mayor of St. Cyr, for not being able to raise a contribution of 100,000 francs. It is said he has been shot." THE FRENCH TROOPS IN ALGERIA. BRUSSELS, OCT. 5. The Echo du Parlenient of to-day' states that the trench officers in Africa demand that the troops Under them, and which number 37,000 men, should be recalled to France to act against the enemy. The arrest of M. Lomon, the editor of the Pays, is announced from Paris. ARREST OF A GOVERNMENT DELEGATE. TOURS, OCT. 5. AL Lutz, the Government Delegate for the National Defence, was arrested at Besancon on Sunday by the Mobile Guard. The cause of this measure is unknown. The town of Tarare has voted a loan of 400,000 francs, to give assistance and work to artizans, and for the purchase of arms. THE STRUGGLE AT METZ. SAARBRUCK, OCT. 6, 1.20 A.M. The French have kept up a terrible fire from Fort Queleux. No casualties have occurred. Half the siege guns from Strasburg are coming here. The Prussians intend firing upon Metz. AMERICA SENDING ARMS TO FRANCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 4. The steamer Ville-de-Paris sailed to-day for Prance with a cargo mainly composed of improved arms and munitions of war. She has also 150 pas sengers on board. STATE OF PARIS. The letters by balloon post from Paris are by no 'Weans in agreement as to the state of the city ; but there can be little doubt as to which side the balance of trustworthy evidence inclines. Such a letter as that in the Daily Telegraph, which represents the state 'of affairs as growing Worse are erroneous. The testimony that the con dition of the capital has improved during the last few days is conclusive. There was consider able danger of anarchy when the invest 'teat commenced ; the Reds were then exceedingly difficult to keep in hand; but this Source of peril no longer gives uneasiness. The Reds are perfectly under control. Letters received at Brussels declare categorically that no street fighting whatever has occurred in Paris since the Prussians first came up before it. THE EASTERN QUESTION. • A pamphlet is circulating in Russian diplomatic circles urging that the time for a definite solution of the Eastern Question has arrived. It is believed that the production comes from a high hand. RUMOURED DEATH OF VON MOLTKE. TOURS, OCT. 4 (6 P.M.) The Marquis of Villeneuve Bargemont (?), ex- Mayor of the Thirteenth Arondissement of Paris, has arrived here, with, as is alleged, official confirma tion of the death of General von Moltke, who is said to have been shot in his carriage by Francs-tireurs last Z hursday on his way to Rheims. I have met a gentleman who assured me that he had seen Von Moltke taken out of his carriage at Rheims in a dying state, wounded in the neck and head. I did not, however, credit this story. At the same time, it is quite certain that news of some kind, of a grave Character, has arrived ; and the journalists here have been summoned to the Prefecture. Another balloon from Paris has alighted, and Ulric de Fonvielle is said to have been on board.— Telegraph Telegram. TOURS, OCT. 4 (7 r.m.) An authenticated rumour is circulated here that the great Prussian personage alleged to have been killed, and whose cod was said to have been borne through Chalons and Toul, was General von Moltke. FIGHTING AT EPERNON. EPERNON, OCT. 4 (10 A.m.) Well-sustained firing has been going on since one this morning on the heights of Epernon, in the direction . of Rambouillet. Four shells have fallen ( A), the town. 12.35 P.m. Nice. The cannonade continues vigorously. • The result 18 not yet known. The Moblie and National Guards are in ambuscade in all directions, and are behaving FONTAINEBLEAU, OCT 3. It is rumoured that there has been a serious en gagement in the forest near Chailly. MALESHERBES, OCT. 4. Four hundred Prussians have occupied La Forte, and are levying contributions on all the surrounding ? ht c ountry. BELLEGRADee 6 i. 3. A heavy requisition has been made by 120 Uhlans a t Boynes. There was an encounter this morning at Nibelle and °bonbon. TIE PRESENT STATE OF STRAS BURG. STRASBURG, OCT. 4. The city has assumed a new aspect since last Thursday. The shops are all re-opened, and the market, place is filled with buyers and sellers. from the appearance of the streets it would be i nlPessible to tell that a siege is just over. The ruined houses alone bear witness to the severity of the ordeal the city has been subjected to, An order has . been issued that French officers on parole shall not wear swords in public, and must depart by the' 6th October. The inhabitahts are ordered to supply the German officers quartered cTi them with the prescribed meals, along with two litres of wine and five cigars. The soldiers are to have in addition to their meals, half a litre of wine, or a whole one of beer, or a quartern of spirits, and five cigars, or a corresponding quantity of tobacco, daily. The sums of money, munitions, provisions, and other things which belonged to the French authorities are very large. Many cannon were spiked prior to occupation, but hundreds . have been captured in good ' condition. The arrangements for maintaining order are con tinued. The military alone are allowed to leave their houses after nine at night. Postal service was resumed on Saturday, preparations being rapidly made to render the bridge over the Rhine available for railway trains. It is expected to be open in a fortnight. A new army is being formed in the vicinity of Freiburg for the occupation of the south of France. It will consist of 170,000 men, and will be directed towards Lyons.---Daily News Telegram. THE BOMBARDMENT OF BITSCHE. HOMBURG (PFALZ), OCT, 4. The siege of BitsCho was taken in hand in the middle of August. On the 24th four GO-pounder mortars and five batteries of four 12-potinder breechloaders each commenced bombarding the fortress. On the 4th of September there was a sortie against the besiegers, who consist of the 4th Wurtemburg and, two battalions of the Bth Bavarian. The sortie was repeated on the 11th and 29th, in the direction of Freuden berg and Saspelscheidt. These attempts were completely repulsed, with small loss to either side. From the 11th to the 20th there was a severe bombardment, which 'dis mounted several cannon, destroyed about 120 houses and the castle on the fort. After firing 20,000 shot .the besieging batteries became disabled and were removed to Germersheil. The Wurtemburgers were also withdrawn, the Bavarians being left for the purpose of observing. On Friday, Saturday, and Monday the garrison made sorties, with cavalry and infantry, protected by cannon, and destroyed bat teries and farms where the besiegers' outposts lay. The fort is a perpendicular rock, like Gibraltar, 200 feet high, casemated, and nearly impregnable. The garrison consists of 2,000 men. The peasantry speak German, but there is an intensely French sen timent amongst them.—Daily News Telegram. NEWS FROM TOURS. TOURS, OCT. 4 (7 p.m.) A circular has been issued by the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects, ordering the stringent application of the law calling out all unmarried men between 21 and 40 years of age. The Mayors are ordered, under pain of dismissal, to have lists ready within three days of all individuals liable to serve in their respective communes. _ . A foreign legion, consisting of 1,500 volunteers, left Tours yesterday evening for an unknown desti nation. • The Secretary of the Papal Nuncio has arrived here, after vainly attempting to enter Paris. 111. Thiers is shortly expected back in Tours to assist the Government. The Constitutionnel and Union express regret at the resignation of Admiral Fourichon, and condemn the action of the Prefect of Lyons, as tending to produce great military disorganisation at the present critical moment. A state of siege has been proclaimed in the Maritime Alps. There is a strong body of troops at THE DISTURBANCES AT LYONS. LY._,NS, OCT. 3. A declaration of the Prefect, explaining the ar rest of the Commandant Mazure, says that the inertia of the military authorities had long filled both the Government and the country with distrust. The Government, therefore, had entrusted the Prefect in Lyons with full powers. Mazure had already been warned twice, and requested to re sign ; but in vain. The Prefect concludes by recommending to the army the strict observance of discipline. When Mazure was arrested at the barracks, immense crowds collected, shouting, "Drown the traitor !" " Shoot him !" Richard, the chief of the International Society at Lyons, and Saigne, the two principal supporters of Cluseret, have been arrested. A. decree of the Prefect orders the dissolution of all corps of Francs-tireurs, the men immediately to return home to be incorporated in the Mobile Guard. All those disobeying will be subject to the penalties of military law. THE INVESTMENT OF METZ. SAARBRUCK, OCT. 4 (12.40 P.M.) Sorties are made nearly every day, with feint attacks from different points, but no important results have followed. The French have always been driven back with terrible losses, under cover of the guns from Forts Queleux, les Bottes, and St. Julie , ]. Prussian casualties have been small. During the past week there has been heavy cannona ding from Metz throughout the night to harass the Prussian troops. Marshal Bazaine now declares himself fighting for the Emperor. Balloons are con tinually sent up. A large Cavalry Brigade has marched to Tours.— Times Telegram. GENERAL DUCROT. BERLIN, TUESDAY, (11.10 A.M.) The Czar of Russia has conferred upon Baron von Moltke the Order of Saint George, the highest mili tary decoration of Russia. All round Paris trenches, rifle-pits, barricades, and other temporary defences have been erected; many villas, cottages, and park walls have been looooled. The semi-official Norddeutsche Zeitung says-- u General Ducrot was taken prisoner at Sedan, and gave his word of honour not to fight again against Germany, but he ran away to Paris. lie will be shot if captured." The Berlin municipal authorities have issued a public appeal for relief to the sufferers at Strasburg, which they call a venerable German city, and one more to revert to France.—Tinzes Telegram. GERMANY AND STRASBURG. BERLIN, *Qcr. 4 (8 r.m ) The French prisoners taken at Strasburg have already arrived at Stettin and other fortified places cif East Prussia. The chief of the magistracy of Berlin has issued an appeal for subscriptions to relieve the distress of the inhabitants of Strasburg, and has submitted a resolution to the Common Council to grant a sum of 20,000 thalers for that object. The Queen has given her name for 1,000 thalers. A dvices from Strasburg announce that measures are beginning to be taken for the permanent posses sion of Alsace. Among other steps a garrison is to be sent to Mulhouse. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCI- DENT. ROUEN, OCT. 4. accidentoccurred last night to a train con veying soldiers, near Critot, on the Amiens and Rouen Railway, Fifteen persons were killed, 15 mortally injured, and 100 others injured more or less seriously. • • IHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, _1876. SPORTIN.G INTELLIGENCE THE- MISSION OF M. TIHERS. BERLIN, OCT. 4 (8 P.m.) EDINBURGH RACES—Tms DAY. According to advices publiShed here from St. Petersburg, M. Thiers directed his endeavours towards representing the establishment of the Provisional Government of France in the most favourable light possible, and towards demon strating the dangers to which Russia will be exposed by the aggrandisement of Prussia. M. 'Thiers did not make any positive proposals to the Government in St. Petersburg. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Dutch Skater, Vicar. Termagant.. Five ran. GOLFERS' CUP. Harmony Satellite Cottage Girl 1 2 Nine ran, THE PLEBISCITE IN. ROME.' I FLORENCE, OCT. 3, EVENING. Details received here of the voting in the Roman provinces shew the result in many localities to have been an almost. unanimous Yes. At Civith Vecchia 422 voted Yes, and 13 No. Perfect order reigns at Rome and in the Roman provinces. The King has conferred the Order of the Annun tiada on Signor Lanza. BRUSSELS, OCT. 4 (10 P.M.) The Journal de Bruxelles publishes a note, ad dressed by Cardinal Antonelli to the members of the Diplomatic Body at Rome, protesting in the name of the Pope against the events which have just come to pass in that city. LOTHIANS' HANDICAP. Geant des Batailles. Lumley Alice Ten ran. JUVENILE STAKES. Nectar colt Starvation Fly filly Seven ran. STEWARDS' PLATE. Lackland Official Assignee, Sir Digby Seven ran. CITY BETTING.—Tms DAY. CESARE WITCH. 7to 1 agst Wheatear (offered—take 750 to 100- 800 to 100 laid once) 900 to 100 agst Hawthornden (taken) 12 to 1 agst Ethus (offered-2500 to 200 taken) 100 to 6 agst Typhceus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Falkland (offered) 22 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken and offered) 1000 to 35 agst Royal Rake (offered—take 1000 to 30) 25 to 1 agst Cardinal York (offered) 200 to 7 agst Barford (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 500 to 15 agst Annie Wood (offered) . 500 to 15 agst Sister to Cherie (taken) 500 to 10 agst Not Out (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Brigantine (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Paganini (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Free Trade (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Westley (offered) 700 to 200 agst Hawthornden and Wheatear coupled (taken and offered) CAMBRIDGESHIIII. 1009 to 60 agst Fichu (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Podesta (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Ethus (offered -20 to 1 taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Flibustier (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Pax (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Adonis (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Not Out (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Vintner (offered-1000 to 15 t and off) 1000 to 20 agst Westley (offered-1000 to 15 t and off) 1000 to 10 agst Hawthornden (taken) REPORTED ESCAPE OF GARI BALDI. 11 Dovere, of Genoa, announces that Garibaldi has succeeded in eluding the surveillance of the Italian Government, and that be has escaped from Caprera. It is believed by the same journal that Garibaldi is in France. GREAT FLOODS IN SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 4 (Evening). The Correspondencia of this evening states that Signor Olozaga, the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, has sent in his resignation, which has been accepted. Great damages have been caused in Valencia by the, floods. Several cases of yellow fever are re ported from Alicante. THE CAPTAIN COURT-MARTIAL. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The Court-martial appointed to inquire into the loss of the Captain, met again to-day. A certificate was handed in stating that Captain Commerell was unable to attend, having met with an accident, a piece of iron falling on his foot. The Court thereupon adjourned pro forma until to-morrow. It will sit de die in diem until the delivery of the judgment. BANKRUPTS. To Surrender in London. Bath, Edward John, High-street, Whitechapel, printer, October 17, at 12. Frith, Joseph, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, hotel keeper, October 17, at 11. MONEY MARKET. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] A SIGNALMAN KILLED ON THE SOUTH- CITY. Two o'CLocx. WESTERN RAILWAY. The advance of yes terday has been maintained, and Consols are now quoted 921 to 92g for money and 921 to 921 for the 3rd of November. Foreign stocks are firm. Turkish (1869) are *higher ; Italian and Turkish Five per Cents., H ; and Spanish of 1869, 1-16. The prices are :—ltalian of 1861, 548 to 541 ; Lom bardo-Venetian, 14 to 14! ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 281; ditto of 1869, 27g to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., 421 to 421; ditto of 1869, 50/ to 50 ; Egyptian 76 to 76! ; and Peruvian 87 to 88. Last night (says a telegram from Southampton) Edward Swift, gatekeeper on the South Western Railway, who was signalling with a lamp to the approaching train, was knocked down by the engine on the other line, and died before reaching the infirmary. The verdict given at the coroner's inquest, held this night, was that of accidental death, but the jury recommended that an additional gate keeper should be stationed at the spot. The report of the Great Western Railway of Canada, to be presented on the 12th inst., recommends a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £70,733, and leave £3,302 to be carried forward. The New York advices mention a renewal of hostilities between Commodore Vanderbilt, of the New York Central line, and Gould and Fisk, of the Erie. According to a circular of Messrs. Fenerheed, jun., and Co., of Oporto, this year's vintage has been favourable. Experienced farmers compare it to the vintages of some of the best seasons. The quantity produced in 1870 is estimated at 60,000 pipes, against about 70,000 pipes in 1869, and 40,000 pipes in 1868. The half-yearly meeting of the West Flanders Railways Company will be held on the Ist November. The following, giving the substance of recent advices, relates to the discovery of gold in Western Australia : —Ten holes were sunk by the police employed by the Go vernment. Eight of them produced gold, and it was easily found, being only two feet from the surface. This was in ground near the Irwin river, which is about 220 miles from Perth. An official report just issued on'Brazilcan railways shows that the Empire has 400 miles of railway open to traffic —viz., Pedro Segundo, 133 miles ; San Paulo, 85; Bahia, 75 ; Pernambuco, 76 ; Cantagallo, 21 ; and Mauh, 10 — total, 400. The gross receipts for the past year were £680,000, and the expenses exactly one-half, leaving a net profit of £340,000, equal to £B5O per mile. The increase of income in 1869 was exactly 33 per cent, over the previous year, although only 10 miles of new line had been opened. The number of passengers carried was 1,158,000, showing an increase of 10 per cent., and the goods traffic was 375,000 tons, or an increase of 7i per cent. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK LANE. There was a fair attendance of millers at Mark Lane to-day, and the tone of the market was steady. The business doing was very moderate, nevertheless prices of all descriptions of grain were maintained. The supply of English wheat on sale was limited, while that of foreign was tolerably good. The enquiry for all quotations was moderately active, at fully the rat( s current on Monday. Barley was in fair supply and request, at previous quota tions. The malt trade ruled quiet, but unchanged in value. There was a good supply of oats on offer, the demand for which was steady, prices tending for higher rates. Beans and peas were rather scarce, consequently sales were effected to a moderate extent on former terms. Flour was quiet in demand, but firm in value. SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION. Yesterday afternoon a serious boiler explosion occurred on the premises of Messrs. Duke. And Co., iron founders, Gregson-street, Liverpool, by which a youth •14 years of age, and a child 2 years of age were killed, and a number of other persons seriously injured. Considerable damage was done to property, the walls of one of tlle....houses adjoining being blown down, and one of the inmates killed, and another seriously injured. The explosion was heard for a considerable distance, and the shop windows in the neighbourhood were completely shattered., • • -‘ r ,* GREAT FIRE AT SOUTH MOLTON, Early yesterday morning a great fire occurred at South Alolton, North Devon. The houses being thatched, the fire spread with great rapidity. Several houses were burnt, and very little furniture saved. Fourteen families have been rendered. homeless. THE CREWE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The statement in the Tinies that several persons were killed by the accident to the Northern mail is unfounded. No deaths have occurred ; indeed, there is no case of serious injury. The accident appears to have been caused by'a dense fog prevailing at the time. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN SCOTLAND. Yesterday the Prince of Wales left Dunrobin Castle on a visit to Mr. Tennant, at his shooting lodge at Auchna shellach. The house is situated at Strath Carron, through which the new railway passes from Dingwall to Skye. Auchnashellach is a pretty spot close beside the line ; it has a lake finely stocked with salmon, and its deer forest is extensive. The Prince and his friends left Dunrobin by ordinary train, but a " special " conveyed them from Dingwall to Auchnashellach. THE RIGHT OF PEERS ENS TO VOTE AT ELECTI. The question whether peers are entitled to be on the £l2 list of voters came under diecussion at the County Registration Court at Bury St. Edmunds yesterday. The Marquis of Bristol claimed as an occupier. The revising barrister, Mr. Merewether, said that the question turned upon whether the words in the 55th section of the Act. " All laws, customs, and enactments con ferring any right to vote or otherwise relating to the re presentation," included any custom taking away the right to vote. If they 'lid, then he should hold that there was a custom for peers not to vote, for at the time of the union with Ireland it was resolved by the House of Commons that no peer of the realm should have any right to give his vote at any election to Parlia ment. If such a custom was not included in the terms of the Act, then there was nothing to prevent peers being on the £l2 list. As his lordship, however, was already on the £l2 list for another parish, and had not been objected to, he should not strike him off from that list. But as he did not wish to inaugurate bad law, he should disallow the new claim, because the name must not appear twice. His lordship, nevertheless, could not vote without incurring certain liabilities. Lord Bristol did vote at the last West Suffolk election. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. The foot and mouth disease is very prevalent in the Isle of Wight. No less than twelve cases have been re ported in the neighbourhood. MR. LOPES ON RECIPROCITY. Mr. Lope;, M.P., speaking at Launceston yesterday, said he had had very great doubts for some time whether the indiscriminate import of foreign goods, duty free, was altogether advantageous to the working classes. It might be if there was reciprocity, but without reciprocity free trade was a misnomer. Free trade was good, but it might be carried too far. Condemning the dockyard reduction, he said that State money spent in the encouragement of the mechanic or artisan was, to a certain extent, well spent. . THE BRUTAL ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. The Leicestershire county police are making active inquiries with reference to the recent assault on M. Emile Devilliers, a marble merchant of Brussels, in a railw:. y carriage between Melton-Mowbray and Brooksby stations. The accused is still at large ; but the clue as to who he is has been discovered, and he is being closely pursued. He is well known in the neighbourhood of Melton- Mowbray, and has been connected with the railway, hence his expertness in jumping off the railway carriage. His arrest is considered to be certain. He is supposed to have been connected with another outrage. A bowie knife has been found on the railway, which' was dropped in the desperate struggle, and which Devilliers mistook for a revolver. When the Allow dropped from the car riage he left a parcel behind him containing dirty linen and a bundle of letters, and these afford a full clue to his identity. Mr. John Metcalfe Smith, the Leeds banker, who was thrown from his horse on Monday, died of his injuries last evening. He was about forty years of age, and leaves a wife and children. He was a munificent contributor to public charities, and founded the Convalescent Hospital Leeds. Captain Rieste, of the Spanish ship Rita, was yesterday fined £lO at Liverpool for entering one of the docks with gunpowder on board. The full penalty is £lOO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Taus DAY. VIOLENT STEEET OUTRAGE.—Bridget Christopher anc Elizabeth Daly, well-known to the police, were brought up at the Westminster Police-court, charged ,with the following outrage :—Daniel Carter, a police-constable, at the Victoria Station, said he was going through Chelsea with his wife, and the prisoner, Christopher, threw half a pot a beer over his wife. He turned to remonstrate, when she apologised on her knees, but at this moment the other one came up with another woman and began to abuse the prosecutor, who thereupon said he would fetch a policeman; upon this Daly ,picked up two stones, handed one to her companion, and with the other struck the prosecutor in the back of the head, causing him to bleed profusely and fall ; and while in the act of falling her companion struck him in the face with a stone. Christopher also hit the prosecutor in the mouth, and had it not been for the timely arrival of a constable more mischief must have been done. They both denied the charge, but the Magistrate sentenced Daly to hard labour for two months, the other he remanded for a week. AN OFT-CONVICTED THIEF. — John Smith, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough street Police-court, with the following robbery. Mr. Thomas Chilton, eating-house keeper, of No. 43, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven-dials, said that on the previous day the prisoner and another man came into his house, and the other man took a shoulder of mutton of the value of ss. 6d. out of the window and gave it to the prisoner, who*wrapped it up in his pocket-handkerchief. He secured the prisoner but the other man ran away. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether any one present could speak to the pri soner's character. Wm. Boden, an officer of the court, said he had known the prisoner 14 or 15 years, and he was one of the most successful " dragsmen " (that was persons who robbed shops) in London. There were numerous convictions against him. Committed for trial. THE BOW BANDITTI.—John Buck, aged 19 years, and Alfred Rook, 18, were brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with stealing lead from the roof of a house in Bow Common Lane. The prisoners belong to a well-known gang of juvenile thieves, called the Bow Banditti, and only left prison a few days ago. Rook had been convicted in the name of Edward Dixon on the 20th of December, 1869, at the Middlesex sessions, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, which expired on the 19th of last month. Two other convictions were then recorded against him. Buck was convicted on the 6th of April, 1869, of three robberies in Bow and Poplar, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial. CHlNA.—lntelligence from Shanghai, dated the 15th of September, is to the effect that the Chinese are threatening foreigners in Kiu-kiang. Chin-kiang, and Chefoo. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] The court resumed its sitting at nine o'clock yesterday. Henry Nothersole, engineer, RN., formerly of the Captain, was called to confirm the statements made by him as to the quantity of water at the bottom of the ship. At an inclination of from seven to nine degrees that quantity - was twelve inches, and the witness did not observe it in a newly fitted-out ship. He believed it partly arose from its continuously blowing through and trying to get leeward engines to work ; also from water running through the screw passages, through the engine room bilge to stoke hole bilges, and sluice valve at the track head, and to the stoke hole being open. Witness never heard of its being possible for propellers to revolve when under sail, in consequence of their being disconnected. It was not the custom to leave a double bottoin with water as the coal was used. Witness had every faith in the Captain, believing that both as to sailing and steaming and steadiness she was one of the best ships in the navy. Witness could not say what sail the Captain was under in the May gale. His orders were to keep the double bottom of the Captain continually dry, and rrwer to let water in except with special orders from the chief engineer or Captain Bur goyne. After this evidence all the survivors were called on for their defence Mr. May, the gunner, and only surviving officer, acted as spokesman for the whole eighteen. He said : After all that has been adduced in evidence it is ' unnecessary for me to take up your time by details of the loss of the Captain. I beg to state that I have been 23 years in the service of her Majesty's Navy, but am unable to produce testimonials, as they were lost. With the assistance of John Heard I succeeded in placing Captain Burgoyne on the bottom of the steam pinnace and save him once, and when in the launch I made another attempt to save him, but unfortunately failed. Witness added that he requested to draw the notice of the court to the conduct of Tredenna•, who for fourteen hours steered the boat with an oar. Mr. May and the survivors thanked the officers and crew of the Lord 'Warden for their timely pecuniary as sistance, the Queen for her noble message of sympathy, and the court-martial for its kindness. The court adjourned on judgment until to-morrow at 10.30, when probably it will be known when judgment will be delivered. NEWS FROM PARIS. (BY BALLOON EXPRESS.) The following despatch of the Bullier Agency was published in Paris on the 28th of September, and on that day left the city in the balloon "Strasburg ": " The apparent inaction of the Prussians is that which now most occupies our minds. What is this system of tactics intended to conceal ? Are we to regard it as a good or a bad sign ? You can understand that on this subject opinions vary, both in the press and among the public. The statement in the Official Journal, which represents the Prussians as harrassed by the unexpected resistance of Paris, and as having suffered much at the fight around Issy, seems to favour the views of the optimists. But, as long as we see Paris so completely invested that even ambassadors are obliged to obtain a safe-conduct for the couriers—as long as our only means of communication with the provinces is the uncertain one of balloons—we dare not place too much reliance on the report of a check which has been inflicted on the Prussians in the environs of Paris by the French. But you ought to be better informed on this subject than we, who are completely ignorant even of the distance to which the lines of the enemy extend. We are in the same condition with reference to the reported departure to the army of the Loire of General Ducrot by balloon. May the good news be true ! All the cannons deposited at the Museum of Artillery have been recast, and transformed into pieces of more modern make. The fosses of the fortifications are inundated on the side of Grenelle. The Seine is blockaded in this part of Paris by a solid bridge of boats. Many journals discuss the advisability of endeavouring, by means of sorties, to prevent the enemy from completely taking up the position. This question is naturally one of those on which the Government delibe rates', And it has been decided in the affirmative. But We must be active in equipping the National Guards, and in giving them as many chassepots as possible. The balloon which will bring you this letter is called "The Strasburg.' This one is quite complete, and three others are in preparation. M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle, who directed the last balloon, has undertaken to return in six days at latest. The editor of the Liberte is a man of his word. The Siecle, which believes itself to be in a posi tion to guarantee the correctness of its information, affirms that the bulk of the Prussian army is posted on the heights between Chatillon, on the south-east of Paris, and Bezons, beyond Courbevoi, on the north west. Five army corps and an important artillery siege train are massed upon this line. From the north to the east and south-east the line of the enemy is much weaker. at is principally by the route from Choisy-le-Roi to Ver sailles that the Prussian supplies pass—a fact of which the Government delegate at Tours should take note. The battalion of the National Guard at Clichy have just given a splendid example of patriotism. They requested to be allowed to remain outside the wall of the enceinte; in a reconnaissance they killed three of the enemy, and they guard and defend the passage of the Seine. It is proposed to organise free companies of National Guards, to be composed of energetic volunteers. The command of the corps of scouts in pro- Jess of formation will be given to the former Lieutenant- Colonel, M. de Joinville, one of the chief secretaries of the Charras Cabinet in 1848—which is a good choice. Count Nugent, a captain in the Austrian army, and military attache at the Embassy, who on account of his hatred of Prussia, sent in his resignation in order to fight for France as a Private in the mounted Chasseurs of the ex-Guard was killed at Chatillon by a ball through the heart. France wili remember his name. The conflagration at Buttes- Chaumont was put out last evening. It is said the gatekeepers of the park have been arrested. The Bourse has shewn a considerable recovery on the favourable reports that have been re ceived. Infan!ry and cavalry reinforcements are being continuously sent forward to our encampments. Among the reports current is one to the effect that the tunnel of Savonne, on the Eastern Railway, has been destroyed, and another that a Prussian general has been arrested at St. Denis in the disguise of a superior French officer. Per contra, there is some fear of a Blanquist demonstration to-morrow, and of an appeal to the electors for the constitution at all hazards of the Municipal Council of Paris. The attempt, if it be really made, will be a miserable failure. The Patric en Danger, the organ of the party, does not appear to find readers. THE SITUATION. The Paris correspondent of the Standard, writing from Rouen on Sunday last, says :—" The most remarkable thing about the letters from Paris that reach us here is the mode in whichthey are conveyed. They are dispatched only under certain specified conditions of weight—none must exceed four grammes, and, `in the event of the letters thus mailed being unable to go, the lightest letters will be taken in preference.' I have seen several of these letters—not indeed written by newspaper men, but by persons compelled to reside in Paris, to their fami lies. They represent the capital as having wholly changed its aspect. It was awfully dull ; there was up to the 28th plenty to eat and drink, but the great dearth the city suffered from was want of news. One writer, the relative of a well-known artist, to whose kindness I am indebted for the communication, states that throughout the day the streets and boulevards have a strangely deserted appearance, and that the look of desolation which has spread over the city is greatly increased by the con trast presented by the brilliant sunshine. The boom of distant artillery is heard every now and then, and the very few civilians to be seen in the streets keep specu lating as to what may be going on outside. Every man dresses up as a National Guard, and a man in plain clothes outside the cafés is gazed at as some curious outlandish animal. The gamins are having all their own way ; bands of these mischievous urchins get up a cry of ' A bas l'espion '—` Down with the Spy '— and raise the hue and cry after some unsuspecting indi vidual who does not happen to wear uniform. He gene rally gets frightened ; quickens his pace at first—then breaks into a run ; he is immediately hunted down and conveyed to the guard-house, from whence, after some little inconvenience—a detention varying from half an hour to six hours—he is released on his utter harmlessness being proved. The only intelligence from without received in Paris had been by means of carrier pigeons ; the messages brought by these winged substitutes for the twopenny post greatly cheered the Paiisians ; they were told that General Polhds, at the head of the army of the Loire; was preparing to attack the Prussians in the rear l Gbneral - Polhes is the officer who evacuated Orleans on the approach of the Prussians. The general feeling in Paris was that the Prussians had their work cut cut before them if-they attempted to storm the place, but the enthu siasm which is so conspicuous in the columns of the news papers was not generally apparent. Up tne ntil ult. (last Wednesday) nothing startling had taken place in the way of fighting. A gunboat was said to have demolished a battery constructed by the Prussians at a range of '2,800 metres—vtiry nearly two miles. The viaduct at Nogent had been blown up. The Prussians were believed to be preparing an attack on Point du- Jour. General Troche has organised drumhead courts.:martial for the purpose of shooting runaways, thieves, and marauders belonging ...to the army, and permanent courts-martial to keep the Seden tary National Guard in order. The greatest concentration of Prussians is to the soutihwvst.iii the di. rection of Versailles, and as they have .niade , eeveral at tempts, hitherto ineffectual, to throw bridges over the Seine between St. Cloud and Sevres. it was expected that the main attack would be made in that direction—, ln the outskirts of Paris a great deal of plundering Here the news, or rather the report, of the dayt..s4.4hat the Prussians have beaten a body of Franc-tirktirsiii &that of Mantes, and that two columns are moving:-on Rouen and on Amiens. A portion of the MobileS at Havre and Montevilli ers have precipitately left for Arnim s, and Rouen is afraid of a visit from the enemy, who is said to have reached Rosily, 25 miles from this. In anticipation of this visit the houses display a great variety of foreign bunting, and the Union Jack appears as great a favourite as the Yankee Stars and Stripes in Paris. I believe this q.nprebension to be premature. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning ... 3 COUNT BISMARCK AND M. FAVRE. The Times remarks that had the moral elements of Count Bismarck's character been of equal strength with his iron will, or had the range of his intellectual vision been as remarkable as the energy of his resolution, he would have understood and answered M. Favre's apparently irrelevant appeal to the popular en thusiasm aroused in France. Had M. Favre's passionate patriotism been qualified by an equally faithful confession of external facts,. he would have been able to reason with Count Bismarck. A third person, endowed with the qualities in which each was deficient, might have supplied the links bringing the two together, and although the inter view might in that case have been as ineffectual asit really was, it would not have ended without a sharp definition of the line dividing the negotiators. Count Bismarck suggests to the foreign representatives of Germany that the French Government declined the Armistice because they were afraid the Representative Assembly would have consented to peace. The fact that it . is held by him is but another instance of the inability apparent throughout of each negotiator to understand the attitude of the other. Here were two men, both eminent and both able, but whose minds are cast in such different moulds that, after two days spent in close consultation, they remained strangers to each other's sentiments. Both, for very different reasons, desire that an Assembly should be convoked, and each thinks the other has resolved to prevent it. It is very difficult for lookers-on who are capable of seeing both sides of a dispute to believe that it is impossible to - bring to gether negotiators whose primary aims are thus identical ; and when the Ministers of Germany communicate, as Count Bismarck directs them, his last Circular to the Governments to which they are accredited, this thought will arise in the minds of many casting about for a settle men of the great issues in dispute. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH The Daily News, commenting on the remarks made with reference to the non-reception of the Empress by the Queen, says :—We doubt, in the first place, whether the social sympathisers with the Empress are quite sincere in their sentimental moods. We hesitate to give them credit for an honesty of disposition which implies a singular lack of thought or discretion. It is possible, however, that they may be imposed upon by their permitting their fancies to indulge in romantic comparisons and memories which are not much to the point. The Queen was splendidly entertained in Paris; her gratitude for the superb reception is exhibited in the most chilling reserve to her former hostess. The gushing ladies and gentlemen who go through the process known by them familiarly as thinking, in this fashion, entirely forget that the conditions which regulate the conduct of the Queen in connection with the ex- Empress now are completely different from those in which they both met so many years ago. Although the gossipmongers are in all probability more diligent students of the etiquette that surrounds Royalty than we are, they seem to be ignortant of the restrain placed upon .he personal sympathies and wishes of persons in the highest rank through the inevitable necessities of their position. A little reflection might have suggested, to them the awkward consequences of her Majesty meeting the ex-Empress in such a manner as would admit of misconstruction. Supposing the Queen to entertain for the lady whose misfortunes are so deplorables the most cordial personal affection and regard, we believe she could not show her concern in a more sensible or more delicate fashion than by remaining aloof while the sufferer was enduring the first pangs of her great trial. The reproach of indulging ourselves in that stealthy pleasure which the amiable Frenchman described as proceeding from a contemplation of the miseries of a dear friend, is one to which we are less liable when we do not-mortify him with compassion during his throes of anguish. IS PARIS FRANCE? The Telegraph asks the question—Does the siege of Paris mark the beginning or the end of the war between France and Germany ? On this side the Channel 6wo assumptions are almost universal, evert Among those whose sympathies are strongly in avour of France. The first is that the fall of Paris is a mere question of time ; the second, that, whenever the capital is taken, France must A necessity make peace. In France, on the con trary, entirely opposite views are held. The sur render of Paris is regarded by Frenchmen as a very doubtful contingency, and the utmost con fide.ce is expressed that even should the contin gency come to pass, the resistance of France would be aontinued "to the bitter end." Such a conviction is )bviously not confined to mob orators and sensational journalists, but is shared by the rulers of France —past as well as present. Just as the French Deliexed firmly, until a few weeks ago, that the enemy whom two generations ago they had routed at Jena could lever defeat their armies in the field—so does France seem to be led astray by the experience of 1792. For ong years France has been governed entirely from Paris ; end the system of centralisation which com menced under the Bourbons has been carried to the highest perfection under the Empire. Already we see how the whole energies of France are paralysed by the mere investment of . her capital ; and were Paris once in the possession of the invaders, we believe, says the Tele paph, that peace must follow. How long the peace may endure, is a different consideration ; but, for the moment, ..he resistance of France depends on the resistance of her metropolis. THE EMPEROR'S MANIFESTO. The Manchester Examiner, discussing the Emperor's manifesto, says he has evidently not lost hope nor abated one jot of his self-confidence. He offers himself to France and Germany as the indispensable peace maker. As he cannot rule the Continent alone, he is ready to divide the supremacy with the King of Prussia, and promises great results from such a working partnership. It is hardly worth while to speculate on the possibilities of such an arrange ment. But it is clear the Emperor will remain a visionary to the last. The Manchester Courier says the Emperor appeals to a peace which he is wholly incompetent to effect. There was a time when a word spoken by him might have averted the tempest. It has corn now, and no number of words he may si)eak will cause i to cease. The Emperor, in his retirement, must hav many reflections which are melancholy enough, but non more melancholy than this. He issued his mandate in matter in obedience to what or whose dictates, and i was war. War has brought revolution to France, nor i there much ground to hope that the pacific utterances in the Imperial manifesto will find an echo in the hurrica.n to which they are cast. A new comedy, by Mr. T. W. Robertson, called " Birth," will be produced at Bristol this week. Mr. Sothern plays the principal character. A NOTABLE BANKRUPT.-At the Court of Bankruptcy a petition for adjudication came on for hearing against the Right Hon. Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, Baron Mostyn, described as of 33, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The petitioning creditor was Mr. William Edwards, of 4, Coleman-street Buildings, Moor gate-street, who claims £2,488 7s. 4d., by virtue of a judgment dated May 22, 1868, recovered by him against the defendant upon a bond for £2,400, dated May 27, 1848, the consideration for which was money lent. On the case being mentioned :to Mr. Registrar Haslitt, an objection was raised to the. pro ceedings by Mr. Bagley, upon the ground that the peti tioning creditor had not proved his debt in support of the petition, as required by the rules. Mr. Mackreet, solicitor, appeared for the petitionin g creditor. The Registrar granted a short adjournment, in order that 4 furthei affidavit of debt might be filed,