The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-29 00:00:00

SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE W.R. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE EMPEROR SHUT UP IN METZ. OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. BAR-LE-DUC, AUG. 28. A rumour is current that. the Emperor Napoleon 18 shut up in Metz, which appears to be confirmed by the fact that for several days nothing has been heard of his Majesty. FOREIGNERS ORDERED TO QUIT PARIS. 20,000 PRUSSIANS MARCHING THROE GH CHALON S. STRASBURG AND P.FIALSBURG STILL HOLD OUT. PARIS, AUGUST 29. It is off►cially arnounced that the subscriptions to the National Loan amounted to 807,307,000 of franc, thereby exec.cding the amount demanded. An older of the 111unicipal authorities calls upon the, inhabitants to lay in all possible stores of pro visions against the siege in prospect, or to leave Paris if not capable of facing the enemy. A. proclamation of General Trochu, which was Plactrded last night, orders every inhabitant, not being .a French subject by naturalisation, or belong ing by birth to countries actually at war with France, to quit Paris and the Department of the Seine within thre e days, and either - leave France or withdraw to the other side of the Loire. Every . foreigner not • conforming with the above order, or neglecting to obtain a spacial authorisation for his further stay in Paris. will Le arrested and handed over to the Military Tribunals. The Minister of the Interior announces, under re fierve, that the whole of the vations masl,ges re ceived from the seat of war could be sumtuid up in the statement that the troops continue their march upon Rethel and Vonziers. seonts of the enemy hai been observed in the vteinity of those town. Yesterday 20,000 Prussian cavalry and infantry Poksed through. Chalons on the road to Epernay. Btrosburg andPhalsburg hold out energetically. PRUSSIAN ADVANCE GUARD DEFEATED NEAR VOUZIERS. PA EIS, AUGUST 28 (Evening). The Imperial head-quarters were yesterday at Nouzi ers. A battle with Prince Frederick Charles is expected in the district comprising the railway lines between Rheims, Rethel; Mezieres, Seden, and Montmedy. A report says that the French advanced Guard has beaten the Prussian advanced Guard at Attiguy, near Vouziers. NEWS OF MACMAHON AND BAZAINE. It is believed that the Crown Prince is now di recting the bulk of his army to the North against kacMahon, and that a great and decisive battle will be fought in the country to the right of Rheims and Epernay. MacMahon is stated to be operating In the Ardennes, and Bazaine is asserted to be between Churny, Etain, and Metz, having forbidden any correspondence whatever from his army. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, AUGUST 29, 3.30 P.m. According to Reuter's telegram the French Rentea this afternoon closed at 59f. BATTLE NEAR. STENAY. A RLON, - AUG. 28, EVENING. Fighting - has been going on since this morning at Dingy, &env, aid Mouzon. TILE CROWN PRINCE MARCH ING TO MEET MACMAHON. PARIS, AUGUST 28, 3.30 P.M The following is published under reserve by the Ministry of the Intesor:— " The Prussian troops, under the command of the Crown Prince, which had occupied Chalons, appear to have taken the direction of Suippes. The Prus- Can force, spread over the de,partinent of the Aube, have abont'oned their encampments, and have Inarcheil upon Soinmopy. "About 243,000 Pru - isians, with convoys, have Paased Joinville on their woy to Vassy and Montier. "The enemy has advance I towards Itethel and Youziers, coining by way of Mouthiors and Grand Pre de la Cruise au Bois." • RUMOURED REMOVAL OF STEINMETZ. PARIS, AUG. 28, 8.30 p.m. The P ar i s j ourna l s p u bli s h i n t e lli gence f rom M e tz, dated yesterday, announcing that the King of Prus -814 has removed General Steinmetz from his post, on ac count of the great losses suffered by his army, and that as no general cunsents to take his. place, his 111 / 1 Y has been incorporated whli that of the Crown P rince. A telegram from the Belgian frontier hints that the Pr ussians do not intend to continue their march on Paris until they have encountered Marshal MacMa "U'a army. THE POSITION AT METZ. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 27, EVENING. The Indrlpendance Beige publishes a telegram from Arlwi, dated yesterday, stating that persons who left a letz o n the 10th instant affirm that the army of Alarshal Bazaine has retired nudist. cover of the f°rtifications. It is not true that a large French f °me has assembled in the 'arrondissement of Mont- Ine dY ; at least there were none there on Thursday 1110 ruing• The Prussians have cut the railway line of the Ardennes a 9 far as Carignan. At Longuyon "the Imo has been underminld by the French. The Etoile Beige publishes a despatch from Mont le t ' enaYl 111 . statin 4 that a corps of Marshal Bdzaine's array still at S that the Emperor Napoleon is at Ret honville, and that the Prussians make recoil naLs-sances to the very gates of Montmedy. The Time; correspoadent at 13 , 3r1in telegraphs that the two German armies are marching on Paris 2.20,000 strong. A portion of the army oppo site Metz is to folbiw them as soon as re lje ved by the lleserve Army of- the Rhine, under the Grand I)ulfe of Mecklenburg. A fourth German army, under the Crown Princ ° . l. S axony, has been formed in France. It con 818's of two of Price Frederick Charles's corps., and covers the flank of the Crown Prince of Prussia, which marchts on Paris against 11Iarshal ISlacAlah on, who has turned north. Pl ince Frederick Charl es h as been reinforood by two more Landwehi divisi ons. has heen invet.ted by the La n d we hr. 10,000 pea..qulti and 15,000 wounded are shut up with the French army at Metz. The Orem-fans are extending into Southern A!saeei our that council and Per le public iat right Council aber was with the Did not formerly rs of the ht under the deli- nes and we been e always a consti es of the have, as nen t, it nembers ue is an the pre- essity iportant respect 'ding of icapabla ;n light, appeal- iaracter il when Assem - tecessity hat the tray ene le Prus- y is for nergetio L of old routes. deaf ear s. It is old sys in the ' many respon be lost. Id their against all pre nue old I make told to lie near ask for :f mai of through s shewn utralitY 3elgiun:e of the mainly hen the had no to the The as, bY consult i. The r. The r to her e put on The rea,dily* by tha it is an arrival nal the a been lemand ich she 3elgian ;ngland rnce to In the r Prue - Lbourg, Int is a istance t is the awe of yellow unboat e had El with left as ring at nonth. board. in the e, it is being The as the Lal ex- Royal Idle of rstand to her John these )ets.--- nicer louse n re ;-ene. IRE SUisl, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUG-UA 20, 1870. PRUSSIANS NEAR THE BELGIAN FRONTIER. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 28, 8.80 Four hundred Prussians appeared yesterday even ing at Longuyo.n, 10 kilometres from the Belgian frontier. .The Belgian troops have received orders to proceed to the frontier, and the neighbouring villages have been informed that troops are about to be quartered on them. Fighting is going on at Stenny. REPORTED DOUBLE DEFEAT OF THE PRUSSIANS. PARIS, AUG. 27, EVENING. No authentic news respecting Bazatne or Mac- Mahon has been received. The Opinione Nationale is i❑ posession of important information of a battle fought .on the 23rd or 24th inst., resulting in great carnage of the Prussians. The Liberte states that General Steinmetz was de feated on the 23rd, and Prince Frederick Charles on the 24th inst. A letter published in the Debais, and dated from Rheims the 25th, says that a battle was expected near Rethel on the following day or on the 27th. Other accounts represent a battle between AlaclUahou and S'einmetz to be expected-on the banks of the. Aisne, in sight of Monthois. The view generally taken is that the advance of the Crown Prince will not cause Maalahon to relin qUish his operations for the relief of Bazaiue and for the defeat of Steinmetz. The Paris journals regard the eventual' siege of Paris with calmness, and consider the advance of the Crown Prince as a fatal 1110Vi3 for the Prussians. The armament of the detached forts of Paris is nearly completed, and the city is fully garrisoned foz defence. A largo num oer or families daily leave Paris /or the Northern and Southern Departments, but other families have commenced laying by large stores of provisions. The great railway companies contemplate moving their central offices from Paris. The question of a removal of the seat of Govern- ment has already been mooted, and Lyons is spoken of for such a purpose. • In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body the Duke de Palikao refused to give information respecting the position of the Prussian Armies. All measures are taken for the defence and for the provisioning of Paris. REPULSE OF THE PRUSSIANS AT EPERNAY AND VERDUN. PARIS, AUG. 26 (EVENING}). A detachment of Prussians made an attack upon Epernay, but were repulsed by the National Guard. A body of 10,000 Prussians attacked Verdun yes terday, but were repulsed with loss by the National Guard. Prussian scouts appeared at Arcis-sur-Aube and Übians were seen to-day four leagues froin Dijon. SUCCESSFUL SORTIE FROM STRASBURG. PATHS, AUGUST 27, 2.5 P.M The followit g is published under reserve by the Minister of the Interior : • PrttE:Aan cavalry are reported to be at Arcis-sur- Aube. "A detachment of Uhlans has attacked th, rail way station at Epernav, while other detachments entered the town, hut were repulsed by the National G unrd, with a loss of seventeen killed. "A column of artillery and cavalry pushed on to Chalons yesterday. "It is asserted that the garrison of Strasburg has made a successful sortie, capturing a convoy of cattle and ammunition. A vigorous- resistance is being made. The inhabitants aro organised as Naticual Guards; they are full of spiric, and take part in the sorties." Charles Hart, the Prussian spy, was shot this morning. The rumour that the fortress of Longwy had been attacked by the Prussians is denied. CAPITULATION OF VITRY. OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. BAR-LE-DUO, AUG. 20, EVENING. The small fortress of Vitry capitulated yesterday. Sixteen cannons were found. Two battalions of Mobile Guards having lost their way, wore scattered by our cavalry, and 850 men and 17 officers taken . prisoners. On our side Major von Friesen and three men were wounded, the former severely. CAPTURE OF AN AMBULANCE TRAIN. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 28. The PmFainns are at Longuyon, and have cut the railway at 'fours la Granville. The PrusSians have captured an ambulance with six. surge ms and 20 l►orst's near Metz, and have sent it back to the French lines by way of Luxemburg and Belgium. Pit irSSIAN E . VI'S AGAINST 11l AN C-TIRE MI S. BERLIN, AUGUST 27, EVENING. The official Staatsanzelyer of this evening says the chief headquarters must already be at St. llizier (Champagne). Referring to the formation of the corps of Franc- Tireurs in France, the official journal remarks that besides the authorisation of the Minister of War, these corps, according to international usage, must be subject to French military law and be commanded by French officers. If these conditions be not com plied with, the corps in question will be treated as bands. The export or transit of horses across any portion of the frontier is prohibited. DISSATISFACTION IN PARIS. PARIS, AUG. 27, MORNING. The impression gains ground that a siege of Paris is inevitable. It it supposed to enter into the plans of the Government to allow the Crown Prince to ad vance unmolested, but dissatisfaction begins to be expressed at his unmolested advance, and appeals are being constantly made to the Government for a gene ral arming of the population. The Temps calls upon the Volunteers from the South, West, and North to hasten to the front, and to dispute-every inch of groun , l with the Prussians. Tne Soir criticses the inaction of the fleet. Paris is now provisioned for three months, and stores cvnunue to be accumulated. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. PARIS, AUGUST 27, EVENING. In to-d,,y's sitting of the Legislative Body, M. Thiers said ho had Darned from the official journal that he had been nppointed a member of the Com mittee of Defence. 11 - 0 diet nob wisp to accept this eppolntment, unless summoned to oo -so by the Chamber. Nevertheless, in view of the present grave circumstances, he would accept it if i'., anould be ratified by the Legislative Body. M. Chevreau, the Minister of the Interior, said the Government thought that M. Thiers, being the founder of the fortifications of Paris, should natu :ally be called upon to . rontribute to their defence. Stee:l;wi;o,.., e . 1.;,; :o Thiers Iv acclamation, but the 'President said that tito ',amber baying already manifested its wishes on (7,.#3 subject, there. was AO ruled to consider M. :teenacker's proposal A superior officer in the 2nd Regiment of Zouaves has sent a letter to Rheims, in which he declares that Bastline is well fortified and well placed ; the army has confidence in itself and believes in its chiefs. He feels assured that they will accomplish great things, and deserve well of the country. The Nazione states' that the best understanding pre vails between the Cabinets of, i _Queen Victoria and Victor Emmanuel. It is not true that Bavaria has made an offer to the Pontifical 'Government to intervene in its States. The Italian Government has declared that in no case will it permit any foreign Power to take the place of France in the Papal States. The rumour is current in Paris that one of the principa agents in the extensive spy system established in France by Bismarck was a well known lady of the demi-monde, to whom a Prussian of distinction, whom the King has now appointed Governor of part of the French territory occupied by the enemy, made the most splendid gifts. He had bestowed on her not only — an hotel in the Champs Elys4es„but a fine estate in one of the neighbouring de partments, valued at 1,700,000 f. Such is the report, which adds that the lady is_probably by this time in the hands of justice. The English, according to the Patrie, are themselves beginning to suffer from the arrogance which the late conflicts have given Prussia. At Hamburg, Captain Little, of the Englislf,steamer Germania, was brutally insulted and thrust out of the Bourse. Why ? Merely because Captain Little refused to give information respect ing the French fleet which he had passed in sailing to Hamburg, where the blockade did not begin until the 25th August. We wait to see what course the Cabinet of London will pursue with regard to this outrage committed on the person of one of its subjects. Mr. Gladstone is too English not to apply the old maxim, of which Lord Palmerston was always so fond, " Civis Romanus sum." (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) GERMANS AND CZECHS. PRAGUE, AUG. 26, EVENING. At a sitting of the German Club held to-day, Messrs. Reiger, Bielsmy, and Keaddy made their appearance as a deputation from the Czech Club. M. Rieger saluted the German representatives of Bohemia, and proffered recon ciliation on the part of 'the Czechs. He said this had hitherto been impossible so long as the Czechs were an oppressed nationality, but great events were preparing in Europe, and the Germans and the Czechs of Bohemia were separated by questions which the majority was unable to settle. M. Rieger added : "We wish to see an attempt at a settlement undertaken outside the Diet. A committee should assemble, composed of five members of each party, which should endeavour to reconcile the dif ferences of opinion which at present prevail on constitu tional and national issues." At eleven o'clock to-night the German Club sent a deputation to the Czechs, announcing its readiness to co operate in the proposed commission, and thanking the Czech Club for taking the initiative in the matter. . THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN. MADRID, AUGUST 29. A band of Carlists has cut the railway between Pampe luna and Aldasna. New bands have appearedin the North. A member of the Provincial Council of Biscaya has taken part in the Carlist movement. MADRID, AUGUST 28, EVENING. • The Official Gazette of this evening confirms the report that several Carlist bands have reappeared in Navarre and in the Basque Provinces. It is asserted that several others have made their ap pearance in Catalonia. The railway train from Bilbao was stopped three times yesterday by Carlist bands. The Basque Provinces have been put In a state of siege. Tranquillity prevails in Madrid. MADRID, AUGUST 28. The Carlist band that appeared in Navarre was defeated yesterday. The English fleet, composed of 15 vessels arrived at Vigo yesterday evening. AMERICA. NEW YORK, AUGUST 27. Gold closed at 116-i ; the highest quotation during the day was 1161, the lowest 116. Sterling exchange on Lon don, 1098 ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 112 f ; ditto, 1885, 111# ; ditto, 1867, 110 ; United States 10-40 Bonds, 1867,1081; Illinois Shares, 135; Erie, 22i. Cotton, middling upland, 19f. Petroleum, standard white, 261. Flour, extra State, $5 750. to $5 95c. Corn, new, $8 7c. THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION. (By Atlantic Cable.) TORONTO, AUG. 28. The Red River Expedition reached Fort Francis on the 4th of August, all well. Telegrams received from Fort Garry announce that the advance parties had reached Lake Winnepeg, and were expected at Fort Garry on the 20th of August. INDIA. (By Indo-European Telegraph.) CALCUTTA, Aua. 27. The appointment of Mr. Aintchison as Foreign Secre tary is confirmed. (By British Indian Submarine Cable.) CALCUTTA, AUG. 27. Later intelligence has been received from Mr. Forsyth. His expedition to Yarkand is proceeding well. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Bangalore arrived this morning. She brings sixty-four passengers, specie, value £64,274, also a general cargo, in cluding 2,689 bales raw silk, value £270,000. The Bangalore experienced strong head winds across the Bay of Biscay, and fine weather up the Channel. The usual Egyptian fleet and the screw-steamer Poonah were at Alexandria on the 15th, and at Malta on the 18th, her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Defence, Newport, and tele graph ship Hawk. _ . On the 24th, at 3 p.m., the Bangalore passed the com bined British fleet off Vigo. GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 22. The British steamers Dacion, Valetta, and Macedon, of Glasgow; Tiber, Genova, Elderly, Bavarian, and Hecla, of Liverpool, London, of London, Annie Vernon, of Cardiff, Nyanza, of Southampton, and Pelan, of Mid dlesborough, severally arrived here during the past week. The Richard Cobden, of the Blue Cross Line, ran into the bulk Ellera on the 19th ; the latter sank immediately, with 1,100 tons of coal on board. Exchanges are quoted on London 90 days' date, 501, # ; Paris, sf. 31c.; Seville, eight days' sight, I dis.; Madrid, 2 dis.; Cadiz, I dis.; Malaga, 1 dis.; Almeira and Alicant, par to I dis.: Valencia and Barcelona, par. (OENTIL&L PRESS TELEGRAMS.) ALLEGED VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY LAWS. A French man-of-war has, it is alleged, violated the neutrality laws at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She arrived at that harbour at the beginning of last week, and after staying there two days, the authorities pointed out to the commander that he had violated the neutrality laws by remaining without due reason in a British port for more than twenty-four hours, and asked him to leave at once. This he refused to do, stating that the vessel's engines were out of order, The engineers of the Queen, a steamer in port, offered to test the truth of the statement by exa mining the engines, but they were not allowed on board, and when the Queer. left Lerwick, on Friday morning, the man-of-war Iv as still lying in the harbour, after being there for nearly four days. COLLISION AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUMBER. Last night the paddle-steamer Sheffield, of Grimsby, arrived in that_porewith the survivors of the crew of the French fishing vessel St. Jean Baptiste, which she had run down at the mouth of the Humber. The French vessel founderedlat [once. Twenty-two hands were rescued and one drowned. Those saved were forwarded to the French Consulate at Hull. Our correspondent at Newcastle-on• Tyne telegraphs that 3,000 sacks of flour were sent from the Tyne to France. Other orders are to follow. A large French frigate is lying off the Sascar, watching all vessels passing into St. George's Channel. A Prussian barque, laden with petroleum, has taken refuge in Belfast/Lough, close to one of her Majesty's ships. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SCARBOROUGH RACES.—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) VISITORS' PLATE. Ptarmigan Cinderella Official A,signee Five ran. PRINCE OFAWALES'S STAKES. Rebecca Hopbine Mulatto Five ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Extra Number Doretta Grace Darling Seven ran. GANTON HANDICAP. Badinage Mexico Star and Garter Four ran. TATTERSALLS'—THIS EVENING. ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Kingcraft (offered—take 7 to 4) 11 to 2 agst Palmerston (taken) 6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered 10 to 1 agst Captivator (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 25 to 1 agst Alexander (offered) 40 to 1 agst Muster (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Wheatear (offered) 100 to 8 agst Camel 1,2, 3 (taken) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 20 agst Pax (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Sarsfield (taken and offered) 1000 to 14 agst Blandford (taken) ~... 1 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1000 to 20 agst Sarsfield (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Oxonian (offered—take 1000 to 15) 1000 to 15 agst Morna (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Albuera (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Barford (taken) CITY BETTING—Tats DAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 4 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 5 to 1 agst Torreador (taken) sto 1 agst Newsman (taken) ST. LEGER. 65 to 40 agst Kingcraft (offered) sto 1 agst Macgregor (offered-6 to 1 taken to £500) 6to 1 agst Palmerston (offered) 100 to 6 agst Captivator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Normanby (offered-33 to 1 taken) 1000 to 15 agst Wheatear (taken) CESAREWITCH. 50 to 1 on the field (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1000 to 15 agst Albuera (taken) 500 to 71 agst Royal Rake (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Atlantis (taken) ME MONEY MARKET AND cOM M ERCIAL INTELLI GEN CE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business on the Stock Exchange is unusually dull, and quotations are almost unaltered. The settlement has commenced, and is progressing satisfactorily. Foreign Stocks, English Railway Shares, and Banking, Miscel laneous and Telegraphic Shares are neglected. Consols are now 911 to 911 for money, and 911 to 911 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 to 911; New Three per Cents., 911 to 911; Exchequer Bills, 5 prem.; India Five per Cents., 1101 to 111; ditto Four per Cents., 1001 to 101; Bank Stock, 232 to 234.. Foreign Stocks show very little change since the opening, and business continues quiet. Spanish (1867) is quoted at 25.1 to 261 ; ditto (1869), 24* to 251 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 411 to 41 ; ditto (1869), 541 to 54i ; Egyptian (1868), 72* to 731 ; and Italian, 481 to 48g. At Mark-lane, this morning, the attendance was mode rate, and the demand generally quiet. Prices ruled about the same as on Monday last. The Argentine Budget for 1871, just issued by the Finance Minister, Senor Gorostiaga, shows an estimated revenue of £3,160,000, and an expenditure of £3,200,000. A statement of the Interior debt of the Republic In 0 per cent. bonds places the amount at £2,590,000. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the fol lowing remittances on account of New Granada dividends, viz.:----From Santa Marta, £300; Cartagena, £3OB ss. 6d.; Bogota, £3,392 11s.; total, £4,000 16s. 6d. There is a further sum of 5,867 dols. in Bogota to be remitted next time. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have given notice that the coupons due Ist September next of the Erie Railway Loan of 1865, and the United Canal and Railroad Com panies of New Jersey Loan of 18W, will be payable at their counting house. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that, at a meeting in bankruptcy of the creditors of Henry Moore and Co., the liabilities were announced to be £22,120, and the assets £10,717. Mr. H. Banner was chosen trus tee, and Messrs. G. Arlde and Keith were appointed the committee of inspection. MARKETS (THIS DAY.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The cattle trade is without material change. The re ceipts of stock have been about an average, and have been sufficient to meet demands. Prime breeds have continued scarce, and have commanded full prices, ss. Bd. per 81bs. being occasionally obtained ; the demand has ruled heavy. The show of sheep was good. The trade was quiet, but prices, generally, were fairly maintained. The best Downs and half-breds sold at 5s 4d to 5s 8d per 81b. Lambs have been quiet, calves have sold slowly, and there has not been much demand for pigs. THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29.—The mail steamer Biafra, from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Madeira, has arrived here. She brings 24 saloon passengers and a full cargo of palm oil, ivory, &c., 339 ounces of gold dust, and £11,704 in specie. The accounts from the western districts of the gold fields are satisfac tory, and there was every reason to believe that peace would soon be re-established. In the eastern districts the Accras and their allies have had a great success against the combined Ashantee and Volta forces, and taken possession of the enemy's chief towns. There were large quantities of produce on the coast awaiting shipment, and oil and cotton were coining down freely from the interior. STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN. The Crown Prince, iii the south of the scene of war, does not seem to push on very rapidly towards Paris. He has received the capitulation of the little fortress of Vitry i on the Marne, and his cavalry have scat tered or captured two battalions of Gardes Mobiles near that place. At the same time we learn that the Prussian cavalry had overspread the whole country east of Paris, from Rheims to Dijon; the railway between Rheims and Soissons has been cut ; and Arc is- sur-Aube, between Chalons and Troyes, on one of the lateral routes that link together the great highways of Champagne, has been occupied by the Prussians. And the French accounts assure us that the King, when he joined the Crown Prince at Bar-le-Duc, brovt with him a large reinforcement from the armies around Metz —or, possibly, in other words, that new Fourth Army which is to act under the command of the Prince Royal of Saxony. But thts progress which we have noted does not exactly correspond vtith the assurance telegraphed from Bar-le-Duc the other day, that the invaders had "resolutely entered on the march to Paris." No doubt the main columns could not in any case be expected to appear before the capital for several days after the Uhlans had reconnoitred the outer forts on . the east ; but the advance to Arcis-sur-Aube and towards Mon tmirail does not necessarily signify that more than the light cavalry has moved onwards. At the same time it is important to notice that yesterday morning the Home Minister at Paris announced, though "under reserve," that the Prussian movement on the Aube seemed to have been suspended, and that the invaders were withrlrlwing, towards St. Dizier. If this be true, it would seem that Ow Crown Prince has yielded to tl noticed the other day—that of in the defiles of the Argonne, or off from Paris by a bold march enemy's flaa. Perhaps in th explain the apparent temporary h Prince in hie advance from the M the A nrzy have seized on the opportunit. taking Maci‘fabun at a disadvantage, and have resole: ' h t:• • • the French armies before marching on to the capital. Even as we write, we receive from Paris direct authority for such a supposition, in the statement that the Prussians under the command of the Crown Prince have turned off to the northward, towards Suippes and Sonnnepy, as if to fall on the rear of Mac •nahon, entangled in the defiles. Such a movement is nueli more energetic and intelligible than the retrograde step to St. Dizier—which would rather seem to be aimed against the front of a force issuing from the Argonne defiles on the side of the Meuse than against the rear of a force engaging Aself in those defiles from the direction. of the valley of the Marne. Never could there be found a happier opportunity of finally disposing of the• French armies in the field, before striking the coup de theatre of the campaign, in the advance on Paris. MacMahon has in his reckless African style blundered headlong into the midst of the three German armies ; and it will be strange if he should get off scot free. Great as might be the impression produced by an appearance before the walls of Paris, that impression • would be all the more powerful and efficacious if the advance on the capital were made only after the two French armies in the field had been wholly "cut up" or captured. In such a case Paris would indeed have no hope, and no heart to prolong a futile and onerous resistance to a foregone con clusion. But this is principally matter of conjecture and inference. Plainly, if the Prussians do not advance with lightning rapidity on the routes " Nach Paris," it is from no fear of opposition in the interval. Paris is a ripe plum ; it must fall into the invaders hands in any case, and the triumph will be all the more speedy ald bril liant if the armies of MacMahon and Bazaine are both crushed or rendered impotent. There fore we conceive it perfectly possible that the Crown Prince—who has now, be it remembered, the King and 25A000 men—has turner aside to strike his part of a great concentrated blow at MacMahon, wildly scampering through the defiles of the Argonne, in search for Laraine, or iu hope to cut through the entrenched position of the Prussians around Metz.—Telegraph. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY. A BRUTAL HUSBAND AND A FORGIVING WIFE.— Samuel Rumbelow, described as a labourer, of Carrier street, Bloomsbury, was brought up at the Marlborough Police-court, charged with violently assaulting his wife. The complainant, who was very poorly clad, and had a black eye and cut face, and whose hand was also injured, said that on Saturday night she was with the prisoner, her husband, in Compton-street, when he struck her several times in the face with his fist and kicked her, but she did not wish to hurt him. The magistrate sent the fellow to prison for two months, and ordered the wife protection. A BRUTAL FATHER.—John Taylor, a labouring man, living at 4, Robert Street, Chelsea, was charged on a warrant, at the Westminster police court, with assaulting Thomas, his 50n,12 years of age. The prisoner, according to the evidence, has no wife, and has been in the habit of beating his children with a broom and strap, so that the youngest, aged 8, was taken under the protection of a neighbour. He was in the habit of putting towels in their mouths to prevent their crying out, so that the neighbours had few opportunities of discovering his brutality. On Thursday last he was seen by the neighbours to beat the boy with the broom. The defendant said the boy robbed him and spent his school money, but the magistrate said such cruelty could not be allowed. The prisoner was ordered to find bail for good behaviour for six months. SMUGGLING Robert Cockburn, the steward of the ship Clarence, lying in the East India Dock, surrendered on bail before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police•couit, charged with smuggling 371 b. of cigars. Mr. Collins, an officer of Customs, searched the vessel on her arrival at this port last Friday, and on removing some bottles in the steward's pantry found below them many bottles of wine and spirits, and under the bottles, straw covering several boxes of cigars. In all there were 371 b. of cigars, and the value and duty amounted to £95. The prisoner was brought before Mr. Paget on Saturday and admitted to bail, He now 'surrendered, and the Crown, represented by Mr. Beverley, of the Custom's solicitors, now sued by infor mation for a penalty of £lOO, which the magistrate in flicted, and in default of payment six months' imprison ment. A GERMAN COUNCIL OF WAR. The present position of affairs is believed to be as fol lows : —On Wednesday last a solemn Council of War was held somewhere in the neighbourhood of Verdun, at which all the principal Generals of the German army met King William and Count Bismarck with a view to deliberation as to the next move of the invading host. Without exception, the military pundits were of opinion, and they expressed it forcibly, that an advance on Paris was hazardous in the extreme, when the stubborn resistance of the French under Bazaine on the 14th, 16th, and 18th of August was taken into consideration. The losses sustained by the Prussians during the week which elapsed between the 11th and 21st inst. were mournfully recapitulated, and General Steinmetz in particular ,is asserted to have said that if the Prussians advanced on Paris they would fall back from the Seine to the lihine in much the same fashion as that which has made the French retreat of 1812 from Moscow the most tragic episode of military history. Upon this King William and Count Bismarck cut short the Council of War by saying briefly that, what ever might be the military objections to the step, an ad vance upon Paris was a political necessity ; that Germany would consider the entire war a failure if the tide of invasion were arrested or rolled back, and that, coute qu'ff coute, the hazardous at tempt to take Paris must be made. We are in formed here, in quarters which cannot be with out means of knowing something like the truth, that the King and Crown Prince are at the head of 303,000 troops, of whom no fewer than 150,000 are Saxons, led forward personally by the Crown Prince of Saxony. I need hardly say that this force advances in light marching order, and is, of course, destitute of siege guns or mortars. Returning for a moment to the investing force left before Metz, which is, I believe, commanded by Prince Frederick Charles, I have reason to estimate its numbers at 150,000 men. They have strongly entrenched them selves in front and in rear—in front with a view to resisting the agonised and desperate dash which Bazaine and his half-starved army, supposed to number 70,000 men, will make on them from Metz —in rear, wit - h a view to baffling the onslaught of MacMahon's force, supposed to number 120,000 men, which is, I believe, advancing from Vouziers to cut Bazaine and his gallant companions out of the trap which encloses them at Metz. It will be seen that if my estimate of the an tagonistic forces is anything like correct, the French will fight the Germans at least on level terms as regards numbers. Assuming that Bazaine cannot carry his whole seventy thousand men wi h him to the attack, and that some of MacMahon's 120,000 soldiers drop off in their eastward march to succour their be leaguered friends, the strength of each combatant will be about 150,000 men. But there is this advantage on the side of the Germans : the army of Bazaine is noto riously destitute of provisions, and the belief here is that it must either fight or surrender before to-morrow (Monday) afternoon. It is also doubtful whether Bazaine can be convinced that MacMahon is ad vancing to his relief, and he therefore may be less disposed bo strain every nerve and to hold out until he hears the guns of the rescuing force at work upon Prince Frederick Charles's rear. If the army under Bazaine should be compelled to capitulate, I do not like to con template the discouragement and depression which such an event will produce upon the heart and courage of French men and Parisians. If, on the other hand, MacMahon cuts out Bazaine's army, the position of the King and Crown Prince ought to be so perilous that, instead of Metz being hereafter identified by military students with the associations of Ulm, Paris will more probable be identified in the memories of Prussians with the warning associations of heroic Moscow.—Paris Correspondent of the Telegraph. AFFAIRS AT MONTMEDY. A correspondent of the Standard, writing from Mont medy, August 25th, says ;—Montmedy, although the seat of a sous-prefecture of the Meuse, has only a population of about 3,000 inhabitants ; it is situate at the extreme frontier of the department of the Meuse, on the borders of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, and about three miles from the Belgian territory. The town is divided in two; the upper town encircled in the walls of the fortress, the lower town at the foot of the fortified rocks. The fortress is certainly, by its position on the top of an elevated rock, as strong as any secondary frontier town ; the fortified works are very powerful, and the natural rocks on which they are built command a complete defence of thd country around. The fortress is well armed, and the artillery service in the hands of Gardes Mobiles. Old non-commissioned officers of the army and a superior officer command the place, and efficient battalions of well-trained Mobiles form the garrison. At the present moment the importance of Montmedy consists in the rail way line on the Ardennes, the rails having been cut by the Prussians in the direction of Vionville, as I told you in my letter of last Saturday. The line from Montmedy to Sedan (Ardennes) is now the only one remaining for victualling the French. Superior officers of the commissariat, surgeon majors of the army, have arrived here. All carts and carriages have been brought into requisition. Provisions and stores are gathered in, and an order from the mayor has just been issued to pre pare a certain number of beds for the wounded, and to every householder to keep some broth ready. An en- IgEnt is expected in the neitZurhood i but no bOen eat 34 1 7. kW** MN DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co. ' Royal Irish Dis fineries, Belfast ; or at thei London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.O. Current : it is said that one of AlacMahon's corps d'armte is approaching in the direction of Stenay, and another corps in another direction. Great excitement prevails in all quarters ; families leave in crowds for Belgium; the remaining inhabitants look at every one who enters the town in the most suspicious manner ; you hear at every infinite, "He must be a spy !" Then you are surrounded, and your papers examined, or you are given in charge of the gendarmes and douaniers. I can see from my window at this very moment a little tiny priest, surrounded by two gendarmes, twenty Garden Mobiles, and a mob of roughs. I saw the beginning o the affair; it has been going on some two hours, and I do not know how it will finish, for the little cure is still talking and gesticulating in the middle of his guardians. At the railway station the little priest, who is curate of a village five miles distant, was discussing about the war, and finished his speech by saying : "Ah I you have not finished with the Prussians ; it is only the beginning, and God has sent them on you to punish Frenchmen for their sins." It was quite enough. Cries of "A bas le Prussien" were heard, and my little friend carried away by the mob and given into the hands of the gendarmes. They have arrested him, but they will have some difficulty in staying his tongue. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning. PROVISIONING PARIS. The Times says that the "useless mmitb. ,, t • he ;lab azodusi ivr., has is, indeed, stw• iat leave the capita; zhe . zi'those who are and the sight of ,ach convoys hurrying from the city would not tend to increase •lebs feigning within it. It is even more difficult to understand how those who are bound to remain can look forward with undisturbed serenity to the future. Paris is estimated to contain 1,800,000 inhabitants, and neither voluntary emigration, nor forced exile, nor both combined, could reduce such a population by a third. This would be, indeed, an extravagant esti timate, especially if we bear in mind the suggestion made 14y M. Thiers, who is now a member of the Committee of Defence—a suggestion favourably re garded at the time by the Ministry—that the population of the surrounding towns and villages for some miles wound the capital should be compelled to come in, bring ing their stores of provisions with them. One of the first difficulties in the problem of defending Paris plainly consists in providing food for the vast population within its walls. We know something of the way in which a great city is fed, and of the neces sity of a daily importation of food for its consumption. We are told that Paris is provisioned for three months, and that the stores continue to accumulate ; but who can define the degree of belief to be given to such cheerful assertions ? The stores of wine at Bercy may be ample; the bakers have, no &milt, been ordered to in crease their stocks, and if a population could be main tained on bread and wine it would be comparatively easy to provide for a lengthened siege ; but some thing more than this is wanted, and the assurance that anything else has been laid up in considerable quanti ties is not re-assuring. We remember how the resources of the Commissariat were described as abundant at the beginning of the campaign, and cannot but feel some apprehension that, if the confidence of Paris rests on the statement that three months' provisions have been aeon nulated, it may prove to be misplaced. RESULTS OF CXSARIS3L - The Daily .IVezcs says that, brought to the verge of ruin by the rule of the one strong man, France is com pelled at the last moment to take connsel of that free public opinion which, according to the proverb, is wiser than Voltaire, and therefore how much wiser than Persigcny, Rouher, or 011ivier. While things went well with Bonapartism it might have things all its own way, but every failure—and failures were many—had to be instantly followed by some concession, real or pretended, to the principles of liberty. M. Thiers declared, and doubtless with truth, thathad the public opinion of France been allowed twenty-four hours more to consider the have consented to th war. B4t the principle of Clesarism is that the people art vas, declared by right and 1 , 1414 Imperial Csar- drag: OA N;o0:41 x-Cai floAd, and then, eiv / proposed," has to cry ont,k " H the — retrt I sink." If FranCe is t n~-s~h^T►cm~nr from her present dr red , and the wisdom of for ti tle cot least, overruling Imperialism, and acting for the mo ment in the spirit of free government. What are the fruits of the Imperial system ? Freedom of speech re pressed, the newspapers put into chains, and maintenance of the Pope's temporal sovereignty, the Mexican expedi tion, the ignoble efforts to impede the consolidation of Germany, the wretched broken down scheme of army organization, the present war, and the Prussians march ing to Paris. This is what Imperialism has done with France. This, or something like it, according to degree or kind, is what such principles of government must do for any country which submits to them. The interests of liberty, and even the interests of civilisa tion, must alike make the world view, with a melancholy satisfaction, the practical discomfiture and refutation of the Bonapartist theory. THE MOVEMENTS OF MACMAHON. The Telegraph considers that the interest of the cam paign, viewed in a military sense, is now at its highest point, and has two chief centres of attraction—one, the army marching under Marshal MacMahon through Rheims and Bethel ; the other, the city of Paris. The theorists who watch the war have been as much puzzled as the French people by the proceedings of MacMahon. Was it a retreat, or an astute stratagem, that hasty retire ment from Chalons, when the great camp was burned to the ground, and the baggage in the rear of the troops was plundered by their own followers ? Did the " Algerian " merely wish to withdraw the last remaining army in the field from the Prussian advance, so as to keep unbroken a politico-military guard of honour about the Emperor? or was he really hastening off to raise the investment of Metz and set Bazaine at liberty? Whether it should turn out one way or the other, another &eat problem of the opening week was presented by the decision of the advancing Prussian army under the King and the Crown Prince. True, we had news from Berlin, that the forces were " resolutely bent on marching upon Paris ;" but strategists wagged their heads doubtfully over the information. Iklolte is scarcely the man to supply Europe with early information as to his plans, and it might be that this piece of news was intended rather " for French consumption " than for the enlightenment of the world in general. It was seen how tempting it would be to decoy MacMahon over the Meuse near Stenay, and then fall upon him, annihilating the last active force of the empire, and driving it over the border. While the danger to Stein metz would thus be abolished, Bazaine would probably be obliged to coitulate, and nothing be left but to take up the suspended march on Paris. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE. On Saturday evening Mr. David James made his first appearance here in a new farce, entitled " Chiselling." The trifle.'served admirably to introduce Mr. James to his numerous admirers, and the reception was a most hearty one. The fun of the farce is produced by the troubles and inconveniences a faithful servant has to endure, who, in furthering the projects of his master, consents to stand in his studio as a statue of Alexander the Great. Mr. James, it is needless to say, by his peculiarities produced the heartiest laughter, and the curtain descended on the farce amidst general applause. Now that Mr. James has joined his co-partners we may anticipate some rare fun at the Vaudeville. The admirable drama of the " Two Roses" remains highly attractive, rnd judging from the applause of the brilliant audience of Saturday, it will continue to do so for a considerable time. The Vaudeville is now one of the most successful theatres in the metro polis, and whilst the management is conducted with the care, talent, and liberality of the present management, it will undoubtedly continue to be so. We have authority for stating that within the last few days upwards of 400 bales of bacon and pork have been purchased in the London market for the supply of the French army. The cost of bacon to metropolitan customers has been raised in consequence. DEATH OF LORD WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY.- Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Joint Hereditary Grand Chamberlain of England, died on Saturday, in the 49th year of his age. His lordship leaves no issue, and the title falls into abeyance. The peerage dates from 1313. jestY far of a, trteu w ith best the oted his ~~. :~~