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)th. HaP deaths havln_g e 20th to 12 ' 2. 1 an d Noriviol l, snot be said to while the busy quiet midlan d the list. In as been by f ar mos of popula ;ss than eleven of the metro -11 teach foot ing order, aIILI riticistn. 'TY pointments 19 g unnecessary them of t he finer of paYi lls tion, and Ivo" )f compromis e )gilled to pay acentive to an ;en removed' F could if 11° ause on pal' o pay the cos t in attendance makes a CO n" re of opinion ave abolished vho are liable fine, strictly ice was forth le old system ily summone d noning cffice r 5 thought, be ections ed States that lore power& . In 000 e and NeW ;lections :sown politics r of the elec arhed chang e ? far as is yet it the Repair an horn 46 le new, while reduced fro° Republican s ndancy, they effected the tion, extrava nist doctrines ,hey have lost wit of being, ppised to the reetraders are influence in 7mbr. E, Nov. 30. Beatrice, went he Empress of archill. ;the Castle. 1 and Princess E UGENIE. erday morning lehurst. The Williams, of I via Waterloo sere the Queen Windsor in the BISHOPS. lauxitius and al's Cathedral, lemony in the ceedings were The service ducted by the krchbishop of sted by the and other 1 and Canon was preached :arrow School, 3 progress of ; of Mauritius to the present tdch presented could not be exertion. At I of the fund athedral. ) the Church ppoin t John the Supreme q., to be the nd of Mauri- tted in the lion up to this in any year the number should have er larg3 sums c Education are informed, Cu esday, Mr. rd of Works, of Carnarvon, by the Lord ighthood. r ACCIDENT. drift boats at ne boats had Cities ranging s of the catch 3curred near len with fish, were rescued, read in the Tospect of a pressed fears s impending. s, and pesti cms, to chas - Prussia," he -esentative of blasphemous !ley and Dr. Plumptre in Oxford, Mr. 5, afterwards head-master dedd, senior the valuable is said that ).ble living of ip, which is FORD.—The [Rol College, avour of the Cheltenham; Leigh, Edin ster School; y Scholar.— inguished.— Clifton lent of the m been paid tape/mien of )37 the West last murder ave given us )ciation, had is have come f the Ribbon SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M. LA'T'EST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. LOSSES IN THE BATTLES AT AMIENS. Le Liberal de Cambrai says that in the various e ngagements around Amiens on Sunday last th e r ench had 1,500 hors de combat, and the Prussians 2,500. The Nouvelliste de Rouen says :--Six kindred "Orsini bombs" filled with nitro-glyceri-e have b een discovered in Paris, at Batignolles, by the Police. They were hidden in a cellar, at the bottom 13 t a small court, and had been manufactured by order of M. Blanqui, in view of a revolutionary agi tation. GREAT BATTLE BEFORE PARIS, EVACUATION OF AMIENS AND VENDOME LILLE, December 1. The Germans have, it is stated, suddenly evacuated Amiens and are falling back on Paris. A great battle is now being fought before Paris. No definite intelligence has been yet received. VERSAILLES, November 30 (5.45 p.m.). The furious cannonade, which continued from last night to this morning, was a feint to distract atten ti°ll from a most serious attack which was made on t he Saxons and W urtembergers. A. terrible battle has been going on since noon, and is now raging on the north and north-east sides 01 Paris. Tbe Army of the Loire is retiring, but its position the number of its forces are uncertain. --- One thousand seven hundred prisoners have been taken. D. - ,, lght thousand shells have been thrown ag ainst the works on the south side, but have done no "ainage to the position, and caused very small loss. 'PRUSSIAN REVERSE NEAR ROUEN. ROUEN, Wednesday. To-d ay ir the Prussians were defeated at Etrepag n y. heY lost 160 men. The French captured one gun, 250 rifles, and Olree ammunition waggons. ATTACK ON MAZIERES. VENDOME, November 30. The Germans have attacked Mazieres twice to clay, but have been repulsed on each occasion. One () Fneer and 34 prisoners have been taken by the French. The fighting lasted for nine hours. Vendome, Cloyes, Chalvandon, and Chaleauneuf have been evacuated. VICTORY OF THE FRANCS-TIREURS. Nurrs, November 30. An engagement took place this morning b etween t he Francs-Tirgurs of the Eastern Pyrenees a nd two Prussian columns with artillery at ievray. About two p.m., the fig ht extended ° Nuits, where 13 companies of Francs- Tireur s of the Vosges, valiantly supported by the Garde Mobile of Beaune, attacked the enemy and ftined a complete victory. The losses of the Missions were very great, as their dead strewed the toads for a considerable distance. THE FIGHTING ON Ti] LOIRE. TOURS, November 30. It is announced by the Moniteur that the G e rmans finding their position at Beauve la Rolando unten able have evacuated the town, after having set it on fire. During the last few days the French have re rlltured Montoire, Bassou, Saint Calais, Mondoub u.ean) Broil, and Nogent-le-Rotrou on the left , and 41 untargis on the right. The Prussians abandoned 41 - 01 1targis after the affair at Ladon. An aide-de-camp of Prince Frederick Charles was 'alien prisoner, and Count Plater was killed, in the affair at Neuville. The Prussians were repulsed with a severe lcss in 811 attempted night surprise at the village of ` - 'llateau-Gaillard, near Toury. December 1. A decree dated the Ist instant opens a credit of 35 )000,000 francs for the settlement of the pending armament contracts, and also a supplementary c redit of 15,000,000 francs for ulterior purposes. THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The following despatches have been addressed to t he Queen by the King of Prussia : " VERSAILLES, November 29. " To QUEEN AUGUSTA. "Prince Frederick Charles reports that yester day's engagement was a perfect defeat of the greater t art of th e L o ire Army, of which the whole 20th °rim, and probably also the 18th and parts of the 1 6th and 16th, were present; according to French statements 70,000 men.. The whole 20th Corps was en gaged ; the other corps only partially. "The enemy left 1,000 dead on the battle-field, "d is reported to have 4 , 000 wounded. We too k 1 ; 6 U0 prisoners, and the number is increasing hour l y . 'heir total loss was probably 7,000 men. " General Aurelles is said to be wounded. Our e se is 1,000 men, am mg whom are but few officers. " WILLIAM." " VERSAILLES, November 29. "The enemy retreated in disorder towards the be rth, pursued by our troops. their abandoned en trenchments we found four gulls. " The hostile force discomfited by the 10th Corps the 28th continnes its retreat. _ ," In the night of the 28th and morning of the `uth there was heavy firing from the Paris forts, rich was succeeded by a strong sortie towards s ' llaY and the 6th Corps. The gunboats on the eine co-operated with the troops. " Simultaneously some smaller sorties and demon -I,ations were made against the sth and other Corps. The enemy was everywhere repulsed. Our loss con wisted of seven officers and about 100 men." "VERSAILLES, November 29. " Only to-day have we been able to ascertain the Whole importance of the action, in which part of 0 10 Second Army, and especially the 10th Corps, Were yesterday engaged till after nightfall. The ! n eatest part of the French Loire Army has been "oropletely routed. "The enemy left 1,000 killed on the battle-field, 1,000 unwounded prisoners, who increase geerly. "We lost gun, whose artiilerists and hor ses W ere all killed, and not quite 1,000 men killed a nd w °ended, among whom were comparatively few officers:, I "REAT OF THE FRENCH ARMY OF THE NORTH. BRUSSELS, November 30. til l _ he French Army of the North has abando ned It " project of • joining the Army of the L oire. A i 3 retiring to Lille, without even holdin g 'xrrEts. k N T ° ITER EXPECTED BATTLE ON THE LOIRE. Touns, November 30 (7.10 p.m.) en the Loire a great battle is expecte d ever y h . Eight hundred beds for the wou nded 'ye been ordered at Orleans, and 2,000 in this town. `fit present we have no news from the front; b Y, I'BE SUN, LONDON, T HURSDA Y , DECEMBER 1, 187&. the Government is extremely confident as to the result of the engagement about to take place on the Loire. General Bourbaki has accepted the command of the 18th Corps d'Arnie'e now stationed near NeVerS. THE CONDITIONS OF PEACE. . BERLIN, November 30, (10.45 a.m.) The papers begin to demand that the impending capitulation of Paris shall nut be accepted, unless the German conditions of peace are ratified at once by the Paris section of the French Government. '111,: three days' bombardment of Thionville de stroyed one-third of the town. Prussian judges are being sent to Alsace and Lor raine to fill up vacancies occasioned by the emigration of their French predecessors. In accordance with the announcement of the Prussian Finance Minister, a portion of the new Federal Loan will probably be allotted to English ban Lers. THE TREATY OF 1856. IUSSIA ACCEPTS A CONFERENCE A telegram has been received by Her Majesty's Government stating that the Russian Government had readily accepted the proposal for a Conference. VIENNA, November 30. Advices from Constantinople state that General Iguatieff being questioned as o the recent Russian armaments, said they were insignificant, and for defensive purposes. Russia was prepared to give better guarantees for the safety of the . Porte than those of the Paris Freaty. _ _ _ VIENNA, November 30. The semi-official Frembdenblat says that the Conference will probably be accepted by the Powers. The Neue Freie Presse says that Austria, in conjunction with England, will then demand that Russia should positively disavow the form in which the neutrality question was first brought for ward, or give adequate guarantees against a repeti tion of such arbitrary actions. The guaranteeing Powers must be secured against Russia arbitrarily declaring that treaties are not obligatory. TOURS, November 30. No reply has yet been given to the communication of Lord Lyons relative to the Government of France sending a representation to the Conference to be held in London on the Eastern Question. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON, NOVEMBER MEETING. • THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Harmony • • The Dybbol Titterstone. Four ran. NORWOOD STEEPLECHASE. Moose Magnum Bonum Droxford Eight ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Fifteen ran. SELLING' HURDLE. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The special correspondent of the Telegraph,. sends the following by Submarine Telegraph, dated Berlin,Tuesday, midnight :—ln official quarters at Berlin the Eastern question is not at this moment considered to threaten war. , The Cabinet of St. Petersburg professedly and apparently •has no intention to place in jeopardy the independence and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. No additional conquest of territory at this moment seems desirable to the men who control the affairs of Rus sia, ; and those statessn have quite relinquished the idea of creating a Greek Empire at Constantinople under the Protectorate of the Czar. At the same time it is not their seeming intention to establish any extensive naval arsenal or military fortifications upon the northern coasts of the Euxine. The case being so, it is believed, and with some confidence,_ in well-informed circles in this capital, that, through the medium of diplo matic conversations, it may be possible to attain a plain and peaceful understanding on this very thorny ques tion. By such an understanding, it is said in those circles of which I have spoken, the Powers that signed the Treaty of Paris in 1856 would accede to the Russian demand regarding neutralisation of the Black Sea. The Government of Prussia main tains that, since, like the Sardinian Government, that Power signed only the Treaty of March 30, 1856—the Treaty which was concluded, as its preamble purports, to guarantee the independence and integrity of the Turkish Empire—she' is not in the same position as England, or France, or Austria, who together concluded the additional Treaty of mid- April, 1856, binding themselves to consider that any infraction of any stipulation in the Treaty dated March 30 would constitute a cases belli. By such a clause those who signed were obliged to fight in order to maintain—so people hear and say— a clause to which a great Power cannot submit in perpetuo which in no way infringes upon the principle of the original Treaty. The special correspondent of the .Daily News telegraphs from Vienna on the 25th ult., as follows :—The news that has reached us of Gortschakoff's answer to Lord Granville is not very reassuring. Apparently Russia is willing to do everything except the very thing we ask of her. She will condescend to talk politely, she will shew her desire for peace by ordering a partial disarma l i - ment ; but she shews no signs of willingness to retire from her first position. Notwithstanding, there can be no doubt that a warlike solution of the difficulty has be come much more improbable since the contents of this last Note have been made known. The Neue Freie Presse is rapidly changing its tone. This morning it says : "According to all appearances the alarm is likely to blow over, and the matter will end in a Conference. But it is as clear as daylight that a Conference will only paste up the breach, and bring about a state of things which can be but temporary. Diplomacy is no longer the potent engine that it was, and is thankful enough if it can avoid the pitfalls that stand daily in its path. Still there can be no doubt that the present moment is the most un favourable possible for a sharp settlement of the Russian question." This last sentiment is curiously inconsistent with the earlier views of the same journal. The Berlin Cabinet, like the Russian, seem to be willing to give us everything but what we want. Telegrams daily arrive, giving us assurances . of the peace ful intentions and mediatory efforts of Prussia, but we have heard at present of no answer to the categorical question that Odo Russell was to have put to Count Bismarck, viz., whether he was prepared to maintain the breach or the • observance of the Paris Treaty. But the English way of looking at things is becoming too pre valent here as elsewhere on the Continent, for such slippery diplomatic ways to furnish occasion for war. The impression which the perusal of the Red Book has produced on me is on the wliole a favour able one. In it Austria has shown her desire for the extension of religious freedom, and has done her best in the interests of peace. On two occasions we find her endeavouring to combine with other nations—in the first instance, to resist the Pope ; in the second, to stop the Franco-Prussian war. In both these cases efforts were rendered futile—the first, through the resistance of France; the second, through the resistance of England. Ger many already charges us with one national sin—that we did not do our best to prevent the war. Now, Austria apparently charges us with another—that we did not' do our best to stop it. I hope England will not have to plead guilty to these two charges at the bar of history. KELLY'S DIRECTORIES OF THE BUILDING AND IRON TRADES FOR 1871. The Messrs. Kelly, have made a most important addi tion to their invaluable serifs of Directories published annually. We have now before us two goodly volumes, which bear respectively the titles of " The Post-office Directories of the Building Trades," and " The Engineers and Iron and Metal Trades for England, Scotland, and Wales." These works differ from the London and Country directories hitherto published, inasmuch as being class directories. A more thorough division of the trades has been given than is possible in a general direc tory. In the building trades the manufacturers of every article used in the trade are given, and in the engineers the manufacturers of particular articles are named, thus —steam engine makers, ploughing, pp. 194 and 794 ; steam engine makers, portable, pp. 194 and 794 ; steam engine makers, traction, pp.l94and 796 ; steam hammer makers, pp. 195 and 800 ; steam road roller makers, pp. 196 and 800. Usually these trades have been included under the title of Engineers, but in the present volume they are detailed in a manner never before attempted. The labour of collecting and arranging this great mass of information must have been immense, but the enterprising firm have accomplished their task in a most perfect and complete manner, and henceforth the two new directories will be looked for as positive necessaries to the office or counting house. THE ATLANTIC CABLE BROKEN. We regret to hear that the second English At lantic cable is broken. It is supposed that the vessel sent out to fish up the cable previously in jured has hooked the sound one and so•caused the accident, but communication is carried on by the French cable. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) SYMPATHY WITH THE POPE, A crowded meeting of the Roman Catholics of the diocese of Dublin was held yesterday, under the presi dency of his Eminence Cardinal Cullen. Resolutions were passed expressing sympathy with the Holy Father, and protesting against the invasion of the Roman States by the Florentine Government. Several Irish Papal Zouaves were present in uniform. LETTERS DROPPED FROM A PARIS BALLOON. The Dantzic steamer arrived at Leith yesterday from Christiansand with the letters dropped feom a Paris balloon, and found near Mandal. They have been for warded to Tours. A BALLOON IN THE CHANNEL. Some Plymouth fishermen who were in the English Channel on Tuesday night report that shortly before day light yesterday morning a large balloon, with lights in the car, descended low enough to be distinctly seen. Having " reconnoitred " the fishing fleet, the occupants of the car threw out large quantities of ballast, and the balloon rapidly ascended. The wind was blowing stronly E.S.E. —a breeze which would carry the balloon over the Scilly Islands into the Atlantic. The crews of the Madge and the Union, two fishing smacks, which have come into Plymouth, saw the balloon eight miles south of the Eddystone Lighthouse. It ap peared within a few yards of the mast, and the aeronauts hailed the fishermen in a language 'they could not under stand, and then threw out ballast. THE LATE EXPLOSf ON AT BIRMINGHAM. Betsy Bracey, one of the persons injured in the late explosion at a cartridge manufactory, Birmingham, has died. This is the seventh death that has resulted from the accident. PARTY DISPLAYS IN DERRY. The Derry Catholic Defence Association has resolved to disband itself, owing to the action taken by the magis trates for the suppression of party displays in the city. THE FREEMASONS. The Earl of Dalhousie laid the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall in Edinburgh on Tuesday. In the evening the Earl of Rosslyn was installed as Grand Master Mason of Scotland. ACCIDENT THROUGH THE FALL OF A WALL. As some labourers were engaged on Tuesday in taking down a wall in Blackfriars-street, Edinburgh, a portion of it fell upon them, killing one and severely wounding two others. FOOT BALL AT ETON. Yesterday being SL Andrew's Day was as usual devoted to foot ball matches at Eton, which were wit nessed by a large number of old scholars and many friends of present collegians. The match College v. Oppidans was won by the latter. The contest which fol lowed between old Etonians now at Oxford and Cambridge resulted in a draw. THE BOOTLE _SCHOOL BOARD. The election for the Bootle School Board has resulted in the election of five Churchmen, two Catholics, and two Nonconformists. There were twelve candidates, and the Catholics placed their nominees at the head of the poll. CONDUCT OF THE MOBILES. A correspondent of the Daily News at Boulogne writes on November 29, as follows :—The fall of Amiens has, however, caused great depression here, and this combined with the uncertainty which exists as to there being any ammunition, prevents any great enthusiasm upon the question of resistance. The anxiety as to the result has had the comic effect of giving rise to a suggestion among the lower classes that Boulogne and Calais should be offered to England, and this from people who would not cede Alsace and Lorraine. Details of the fighting on Sunday are still wanting, but the rumoured decimation of the battalion of Chasseurs, to which I alluded in this morning's letter, is confirmed; and it is now said that only 150 remain. I have seen a gentleman who came from Amiens, and who was an eye witness of Saturday's combats. He was very much struck with the utterly useless way in which the Mobiles wasted their ammunition. He was posted behind the French, and could see a long black line of Prussians in front, silent and motionless, and conk' also distinguish their cannon. The Mobiles, who were even out of cannon-range , kept blazing away into space, until encouraged at finding they were. not killed, they made a forward move. When, however, they arrived within mile-range of the Prussians the black line gave forth a sharp volley ; men fell on the French side, and the Mobiles drew back. These move ments were "repeated several times, until darkness came On, Between eighty and ninety Stragglers from the army arrived this . evening, and. it is. said have been sent on to Arras,. to be dealt,. with by the Council o! War. War. We understand that the publication of Prince Gortschakoff's Despatch, in reply to the Note of Lord Granville, has been postponed for the present. The probability is that it will not be printed here until Lord Granville's answer has been placed in the hands of the Russian Government. The death announced of the Rev. John Hodg son, M.A., formerly vicar of St. Pet9r's, in the Isle of Thanet, and secretary to the Clergy Mutual Assurance Society. He was an energetic supporter of the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary at Margate, which by his efforts was much improved and enlarged. Mr. Hodgson was in his 81st year. NEW MUSIC. Messrs. Hopwood and Crew, of New Bond-street, have just published six of the latest compositions of Fabio Campana, They are respectively entitled, " The Scout," sung by Mr. Santley ; " Bessie's Mistake" and " Eyes," sung by Mdme. Trebelli Bettini ; " Evening bringeth my Heart unto Thee," sung by Adelina Patti ; " Weep not, 0 Rose" and " Speak to Me," sung by Mdme. Sinico. The words of each of the above are by H. B. Farnie, and certainly a more graceful or melodious setting could not be than that by Campana. The " Scout' is a capital, dashing, trooper's ditty, relating to the dangers of the German Uhlan, and a more effective or spirited composition has never before been published. Of the other compositions, Patti's song, " Evening bringing my Heart unto Thee," and that sung by Mdme. Sinico, " Speak to Me," are two of the most exquisite melodies, and we specially commend them to the attention of all true lovers of pure ballad music. The other compositions are all of equal merit, although in style they differ from those we have specially mentioned. " Bessie's Mistake," more.especially, having rather a humorous touch aboutit j will doubtless become a great favourite. It is a long time since a series of such excellent compositions made their appearance, and the admirers of good music will, on becoming possessed of the six, thank us for directing their attention to them, as a really good new ballad is rather a scarce article now-a-days. SIR RODE RICK MURCHISON'S ILLNESS. At the meeting of the Geographical Society on Tuesday evening, Sir H. Rawlinson, who presided, read the follow ing note, addressed to Sir R. Murchison's nephew, and it was resolved unanimously that it should be forwarded to that gentleman :—"I have been requested by the council of the Royal Geographical Society to express the deep feelings of sorrow with which they have learned of the sudden illness of Sir Roderick Murchison, and their earnest wishes for his recovery ; and I am further authorised to say that the great body of the fellows of the society, as represented at their regular evening meeting, entirely concur in those feelings of solicitude for their venerated president." On Tuesday Sir Roderick passed a tolerable night, and is stronger. The following attempt to trace the mutual con nection of the different Bourbon families of France may not be uninteresting at the present conjuncture. The old question of a fusion between the Count of Chambord and the Orleans branch has • been revived. •At first sight it - is a very simple one, and Beans to admit of an easy soluti in. If the Count of Parii is next heir to the throne, as "Henri Cinq " has no children, why cannot the rival houses make an amicable arrangement and remove at least one of tlip present French difficulties? But the question is not to be. so disposed of : the Spanish branch intervenes be tween the elder line and that of Orleans. As long as they continued on the throne of Spain their claim was bancd by the settlement of Louis XIV. But they are not now on the throne of Spain, and in fact have not been, in the male line, since the ac cession of Isabella 11. in 1833. So that the claim of the present head of the Spanish family, Don Juan de Bour bon, has to be considered before that of the Count of Paris, who is descended from Louis and who therefore is more remotely connected with the Count of Chambord than the Infante Don Juan, who derives from Louis XIV. Charon Dog Fthc Capitalist€ Artist • • Planet...... Ben Nevis . Fourteen ran. CROYDON CUP. Brick Keystone... Hippolyte 1 2 Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Irritation Balder Princet Seven ran. THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS. The results of the election in the Westminster division were as follows :--- FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. William Henry Smith, 13,602; Viscount Sandon, 7,119 ; the Rev. Alfred Barry, 6,057 ; the Rev. James Harrison Rigg, 5,721; Charles Edward Mudie, 4,875. Lord Howard of Glossop, the Roman Catholic candidate was not elected. SOUTHWARK.—The successful candidates are the Rev. Mr. Mee (Church of England), 5,835 ; Mr. Lafone, 5,711 • Mr. Wallace (Roman Catholic), 5,033 ; Mr. Ingle (Wesleyan), 4,920. CHELSEA.—The following is the result of the poll : Rev. Canon Cromwell, 9,783 ; Lord Lawrence, 8,254 ; Mr. Kiell, 7,763; Mr. Freeman, 7,133. THE MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. On the Stock Exchange to-day the impression prevails that the defeat of the Army of the Loire has ruined the hopes of France, and that an end of the war is approach ing rapidly. The funds are per cent. higher. Consols being quoted 93a to 93i for money, and 91i to 92 ex div. for the sth of January. Foreign Stocks are again firmer upon an active de mand. Turkish and Spanish have risen ; and Egyptian, 2. English Railway Shares continue firm, but as compared with last night the changes are very trifling. American Securities are in demand, and prices generally show con siderable firmness. Sydney advices announce the suspension of Messrs. Thame,•Walder, and Co., wholesale grocers and spirit merchants. The direct and contingent liabilities were over £lOO,OOO, whilst the assets are £25,000. The Glasgow Herald states :—" The advices from New York report the failure of Messrs. White and Douglas, produce commission merchants, one of the oldest houses in the trade. Losses in butter and a heavy decline in the value of hops are said to be the cause. The stoppage of Messrs. David Gibson and Co., of Cincinnati, liquor dealers, has also been announced, with liabilities esti mated at $600,000." The Manchester Examiner states :7--" At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ayland and Jones, yarn agents, &c., the statement submitted showed liabilities £1,935, and assets £569. It was resolved to liquidate by arrange ment.," The following relates to the New Granada Debt : " Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following remittance on account of New Granada divi dends :—Santa Marta, £250 ; Cartagena, £6O ; Bogota, £B,Ol5 —making £8,329. Of the bills remitted from Bogota £7,115 are drawn on Paris, payable in London, and, therefore, not at present negotiable." It is officially announced that electrical communication is interrupted on the section of the cable belonging to the Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Company between Lisbon and Gibraltar. The fault, it is antici pated, is in shallow water, near Lisbon. The electricians are at present testing. The company's maintenance steamer Hawk is on its way to Lisbon from Malta. It is stated that several new banking establishments are in course of formation, and that with an improve ment in politics, the prospectuses of the Anglo-German, Anglo-Turkish, and Anglo-Russian banks will shortly be issued. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. COWARDLY AND OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULTS. —Henry Her bert, 20, a picture frame-maker, living in Hanover-street, Long-acre, was brought up at the Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr. Knox, charged with assaulting Mr. Robert Godfree, refreshment shopkeeper, 'No. 61, Tottenham-court-road, and also Matilda t Leach, assistant to Mr. Godfree. Mr. Moore, of the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women, watched the case. Mr. Godfree said that on the previous night, the prisoner and another young man, came into his shop smoking, and on his telling them that they could not smoke, there the prisoner gave him a violent blow in the mouth and knocked him down, and on his assistant coming to his aid she was also assaulted. Matilda Leach, asssistant to Mr. Godfree, said that seeing the prisoner knock her master down, she went to his assistance, when the prisoner threatened to smash her and knocked her down twice, trampled upon her, and hurt her very much and she felt very unwell. Police-constable T. Carlyon, 46 E, proved running after the prisoner, who was trying to make his escape, and taking him into custody. The prisoner said he was very sorry. Mr. Knox : Well you may be, Persons are sent to prison for three or six months for stealing a shilling's worth of property, and a young man like you goes into a shop and knocks down an unoffending man, and on a poor girl interfering to protect her master you knock her down twice and brutally assault her. I shall commit you for a month for the assault on Mr. Godfree, with hard labour; and for the far graver offence of assaulting the girl, two months, with hard labour. IMPORTANT DECISION RESPECTING SKITTLES.-Mr. Jas, Hayward Hughes, of the King's Arms, Cremorne-road, Chelsea, was summoned, at the Westminster Police court, for knowingly suffering gambling in his house with skittles. Sergeant Large, of the D Reserve, proved visiting the house of the defendant and finding several persons playing at skittles, and betting on the games ; defendant was not present, but upstairs at supper. Mr. W. D. Smyth, for the defendant, did not dispute the facts, but urged that his client could not be held responsible for any act done in bis absence ; he had used every means to keep his customers from playing either for money or moneys worth, and since the Com missioners of Police had warned licensed victuallers on the subject, 'he had posted placards in his house for bidding any gambling. It was necessary to sustain the charge to show the guilty knowledge of the defendant, and that could not be sustained in the present case, Mr. Woolrych was of opinion that the scienta must be clearly shown, and held with Mr. Smyth that the defendant could not be responsible, and dismissed the summons. FRACAS ON A RAILWAY. -Mr. George R. Edgcumb, a young gentleman who is clerk in the engineers' office of the Great Northern Railway, and who resides with his parents at 66, High-street, Poplar, and Edward Green, a porter at the Poplar station of the Blackwall Railway, ap peared on a cross summons at the Thames Police-court to answer charges of assaulting each other. The first case was that against the defendant Edgcumb, and a solicitor (who represented the Great Eastern Railway Company) said the case was aggravated by the fact that Mr Edgcumb filled a responsible situation in the service of another rail way company, and ought to know how dangerous it was to interfere with a servant of a railway, and to get into a carriage of a train while in motion. The complainant Green saidl that on the 22nd ult. he was receiving 3d.,0f a lady for the carriage of.a dog, and the defendant, who had just taken a ticket at the office, and was waiting for a train, asked him why he charged 3d. for .a dog and only 3d. for an ordinary passenger. He told the defendant to mind his own business. The defendant told him to be d— --, and threatened to strike him, and challenged him to fight. He said if he was not in his uniform and on duty he would not challenge him to fight twice. The defendant pushed him backward from the top to the bottom of the stairs, and, while the train was in motion, got upon the steps of a carriage. He . pulled him off and ordered the defenda n t to go up stairs. The station-master would not allow him to proceed by any train to London that evening. After hearing the station-master, who corroborated Green, Mr. Lushington fined Edgcumb 205., and dismissed the summons against _ green. THE FIGHTING AT AMIENS. Writing from Amiens on November 27, the corres pondent of the Daily News says :—During the last four or five days the Prussians have kept shewing themselves on the east and south-east of Amiens. The various skir mishes had only a reconnoitring end, and served to harass the French troops, and Beare the civilians. On Satur day matters commenced to 'ivear a more serious aspect. Small but smart encounters took place, and a commandant was killed. These engagements occurred between Corbie and Boves, the latter being the first station from this city on the lite to Paris. It was in this neighbourhood the Prussian infantry were first discovered to be in force. The receiver-general of the Somme passed through the woods where they were bivouacked. He had with him • 11,000 f. of public money, but escaped ,hither last night: This morning it was evident something grave would be attempted. All the remaining troops had left the city at an early hour. Everyone felt that a battle was imminent. Windows were closed, and barri caded with bedding; shops ran up shutters, everything was made taut. The ambulance corps set off early for the front. The National Guards quietly departed, supplemented by a goodly number of armed mechanics in their working, and many in their Sunday, clothes. Women and children followed fathers, husbands, and brothers to the outskirts of the city, where they had to stop. Ladies promenaded all day on the Boulevard, not timid, but labouring under a subdued excitement. Passing by some houses. I heard pianos strumming the "Marseillaise," a few of[the fair sex sat reading,in window recesses, as if the Prussians were one hundred miles away. Even old gentlemen that ought to be nursing their rheumatism hobbled along, demanding what news, counting the coups of the cannon, and inquiring if you also heard tile same. Orderly officers dashed by, covered with mud, and traps drove madly with bearers of the latest news. Even the beggars never mustered so strongly, and had more the air of your money or your life in their demand for charity than that of not having eaten anything for the last three days. The Prussians evidently were not posted up as to the force the French possess. Their advance from the south-east indicates an intention to gain the northern side of the city, and from the heights command the citadel. This, taken in connection with the rumoured advance of the Prussians by Pecquigny on the south-west, would have for object to cut off the line of French retreat by Rouen, Arras, and Boulogne-sur-Mer. This day's fighting is regarded as a feint to cover the supposed actions going on about the Loire. At the skirmish a few days ago at Villers- Bretonneux, a case of cruelty has come to my know ledge, which is without parallel in the war. A Uhlan had charged a Mobile, the [latter parried the lance thrust with his bayonet, wounded his adversary, whose money fell on the ground with himself. The Mobile picked up the money and his prisoner, handed both to a group of peasantry, and set off to join his retiring battalion. The peasantry put the poor Uhlan to death. Prussian-spy on the brain broke out in the city within the last few days, a Franc-tireur, a lieutenant of the Mobiles, and a Geneva pastor having been severally arrested and imprisoned. More curious still, the aide-de-camp of the Commanding General was seized on alighting from the train with despatches. He has a very German appearance, I must say, and it was only when he was escorted to the General's hotel, and the General himself knocked up out of bed, that the aide-de-camp was liberated from the hands of the Sons of Freedom. The fight to-day commenced about eleven o'clock, and was practically over about five, some shots continued to be fired till near six. It was altogether an affair of artillery, and extended from Gentelles, Boves, Dury, to Sains. On the south-west a smart engagement commenced at Le Petit St. Jean. The segment of this circle of fighting ground might be about ten miles, and the land was hilly. The French did not leave their entrenched camp to any extent, and the only bayonet charge was at Boves, where the French troops displayed much of that discretion which is the better part of valour. However, those who fight and run away, will live, &c., so that to morrow when the grand battle will come off, it is to be hoped better deeds may be done. The Jack Tars fought like lions and proved excellent artillerists on land, as they are famed on the sea. The village of Dury was fired by French shells, and a chateau, the name of which I forget, was burned. lam sorry to say, the line troops Maintained that evil reputation they have earned of being the first to bolt. The road was strewn with their Chassepots. The line to Rouen has been cut this evening between Saleux and Nampa, as might have been expected ; to-morrow the lines to Boulogne and Douai will follow. I saw a segment of a 41b. that exploded beside an officer and carried away the head of a soldier- The town is very excited at this moment, 9 p.m. A workman shot a Mobile en route to the battle-field, and stray shots are reported as being fired on the Place Perigord. The workmen say they will defend the town, if the " regulars " will not. I saw a few spiked helmets, with some children—the latest toy. To-morrow, at 5 o'clock in the mornicg, the battle will recommence. THE DISPOSITION OF THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The special correspondent of the Telegraph rends the following from Amiens, dated the evening of the 23th _ . .., Now that the hostile armies have measured themselves against each other, .and found of what materials their opponents are composed, it may not be without interest to know precisely the forces engaged on the French side. Before and in Orleans itself, there are no fewer than four Corps d'Arm6e—the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 19th—numbering together between 120,000 and 130,000 men. All these forces, let it be understood, are under the immediate command of General Aurelles de Palladine himself. But this is not the whole Army of the Loire—that force is spread over the country on both banks of the river in a way that military men would not consider compatible , a ith the first rules of strategic combination. On the right rear of the army under the immediate command of De Palladine himself, the 18th Corps, of which General Bourbaki has just refused the command, is stationed—to the number of 35,000 men. Again, on the right rear of the 18th Corps, the 20th Corps, between 28,000 and 32,000 strong, in the environs of Bourges, covers the great central arsenal of France. At Le Mans, until the other day, the 21st French Corps, also about 30,000 strong, held a post of observation against the Army Corps of the Grand Duke of Mecklen burg—striking down to the south-westward, through Dreux, Chateauneuf, and Nogeht-le-Rotrou. Thus we find, on the Loire itself, a collective force of 225,000 or 250,000 men; and this figure does not include the Army of Brittany, under M. Kdratry, numbering at least 25,000 men. Of the forces that I have now enume rated, at least one-half are soldiefs who have passed through the ranks of the regular army, and are between 30 and 35 years old. About one third of the number—or 80,000—are Gardes Mobiles. As for artillery—an arm in regard to which the new French levies are naturally very sensitive—they can at least claim an equality with the enemy ; for they have about 200 field pieces with fifty mitrailletises. Their cavalry, somewhat over-estimated in some calculations, numbers at least 8,000 troopers, half being old soldiers, Their horses are very good; but, like every French force outside the Francs-tireurs, they are over-burthened with tentes (Cali, and other camp furniture. ThE RECENT BATTLES. ---- - Up to this time such accounts of the recent fighting on the Loire as have reached England tend to shew that the action, though of considerable extent, had' no decisive result. The battle of Beaune, which is situated rather more than twenty miles to the west of Orleans, seems to have ended in a draw. A Manchester Guardi an telegram says that the French made attacks in six places, and were successful in five ; but from no other source is the news so favourable to that side. The French, in a Tours telegram, claim to have " re, pulsed " their adversaries and to have taken many pri soners and one gun. The German despatches are not explicit—one stating that the forces of Prince Frederick Charles "maintained their positions," another that they " victoriously repulsed",the enemy. The fact that each side represents the 'other •as attacking indicates that the a ction wash series of corubats, such as those which gene rally precede a great engagement, that the forces on both sides were drawn into collision gradually and at different points, and that the Germans had the best of it here and the French there. It is likewise clear that in the Army of the Loire the Germans have found the most stubborn antagonist they have yet encountered. D'Aurelles is for the present maintaining a defensive attitude, from want of provision transport, it is said. Of the battle near A m i ens it t rans pi res that the Mobiles fought badly. These troops have behaved differently on various occasion—sometimes making an obstinate stand, sometimes, as in this case, ruining away. CAN I APPORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. Man 02 the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts'S 64. and is, Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's invisible Ink for Postal Cards, ad. per bottle. OUR CO I'EMPORARIES—This Mornin • THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Times alludes to the great naval and military pre parations which Turkey has of late years made, and says it is not strange that there should be an apprehension of the Porte compromising itself •by action independent of the other Powers. The means of offence suggest their own use, and even a Government more advanced than that of the Ottoman Empire might repine at seeing such splendid preparations end in nothing but a diplomatic discussion round a table. The talk of certain Turkish dignitaries, and, still more, of the lower employes, may have confirmed these suspic ons. For some years the tone of the Porte has been bellicose, and people have been told that the days of concession were past. Probably language of this sort, repeated in Russia, has had something to do with the denunciation of the Treaty, and with the applause which that act seems to have met with from Russian opinion. We mention these facts because they may affect the judgment both of Austria and Russia, but we have reason t) believe that they have no substantial founda tion. The Porte, we are happy to announce, will act completely in accordance with the other Powers, and take no step whatever without their sanction. The Turks have made preparations for war, and, should the necessities of the case demand it, would no doubt, meet the enemy with the stolid confi dence of their race. But even if the Government were as reckless and foolhardy as it is represented to be, it would know that the European Powers would resent the attempt to drag them into a Russian war as much as they now resent the circular of Prince Gortschakoff. There is, besides, one thing by which Turkey is bound to good behaviour. She may have ships and cannon, and the conscription may give her, though not without dif ficulty,' a fine army ; but she wants money, and .for money she must come to us. Let our foreign friends, therefore, make their minds easy on the subject. There may be Turks as ready to boast as the Russians them. selves, and these may fill the diplomatic ear with ap prehensions of some unexpected and disastrous "complica tion ; " but the Turks know too well the value of Frank assistance, and have too keen a sense of favours to come, to act without the approval of their allies. Now that we are, as we hope, so near to a peaceful settlement of this question we have no wish to speculate on the chances of a war ; but it is worth remarking that at no former period has the Ottoman Empire been so well able to defend itself. The Daily News remarks that the attitude of Prussia has in the main corresponded with that of England. If less strictly bound than ourselves to resist the infringe ment of the Treaty of 1856, the Government of King William has a more direct and material interest than we have in deprecating war in Eastern Europe. The family alliance and the personal friendship which subsist between the Royal and Imperial Houses of Prussia and Russia do not represent any strong liking between the two nations. The Pan-Sclavonic ambition of the one Power, and the Pan-Germanic aspira tions of the other, have in them the germs of serious dif ferences, and territorial complications. Russia and Prussia are to each other in the Baltic what Russia and Turkey are to e tch other in the Black Sea. A war in which Austria could not but bear a part would raise prematurely for its North German conqueror a vast number of complicated questions con nected with the position of that State in Europe. Con nivance at an aggression on public law attempted during the temporary prostration of France, and finding its opportunity in that helplessness, would act as a moral and, it may be, as a material diversion on behalf of France. If any State in Europe has an interest at present in discountenancing the doctrine that Treaties of Peace, dictated at the close of a successful war, are binding only until the conquered party finds an opportunity of renouncing them, Prussia is that State. Count Bismarck is shrewd enough to see this. The idle chatter of the officers and minor politicians of the Royal Head-quarters at Versailles, which our Correspondent faithfully reports, exhibits an ignorance of the real issue at stake, which is certainly not shared by the North German Chancellor. That astute statesman has reason to congratulate himself that England with all her resources disengaged, is ready to take up, on the ground of honour and good faith, a position which Prussia, with all her resources pre - occupied, has a clear and direct interest in assuming. Count Bismarck may have been as much surprised at Prince Gortschakoff's Circular as Lord Granville ; • he may have been as much shocked by it. He had even more reason to regret it, and to do his best to prevent the Russian intentions from taking the form of accomplished facts. The Telegraph, in commenting on the part taken by Prussia with respect to the Russian note, says : What ever may have been the speculative fancies of the past, Count Bismarck was not long allowed to imagine that England would be his dupe. In Mr. Odo Rus sell, one of the most accomplished diplomatists in Europe, he encountered no Benedetti ; he at once met his match in penetration and clear ness of mind, and we have already seen some thing of the result. England is wiling to accept peace; but the last few days have given us a serious lesson. We have learned that we cannot well afford to lay aside our armour while such a power as Russia is still swayed by her ancient policy of aggrandisement in the East, and while there is even the possibility of com plicity with her manoeuvres. Our reply to Prince Gortschakoff's Note has shewn Europe that we are ready to fight in order to maintain the Treaties that we have signed. The event has also shown ourselves that, with our name attached to such guarantees, we can never afford to be, entirely unprepared far war- The American principle of utter non-intervention in European affairs is intelligible, and for its absolute adoption by England there is something to be said; though the change in our foreign policy would be so vast that it would practically make England a new Europead State. Without discussing now such an Americanisation of our interests abroad—without stopping to consider whether a Power that holds India can withdraw itself from the politics of the world—we may safely say, that we cannot adopt the American policy in part, and yet retain a relic of our present system. We cannot give guarantees, and then ignore them. We cannot sign Treaties, and then dis honour our own name. Our policy must be Con tinental to the extent of our pledges, or else we must imitate the frank brutality of Russia, and issue a circular, giving all men to know by these presents that we do not consider ourselves bound by any treaty that we have signed. Until that declaration is issued, Lord Granville's policy must be maintained at any cost and at any risk, and we must see that we possess the means of making ourselves respected. The Standard is of opinion that if England can, consis tently with her own honour, so far as her own position and interests are concerned, enter at once into such a Conference,. she cannot do it with honour—she cannot possibly do it unless France is represented. Well, amongst the answers which Count Bismarck expects there certainly is not one from the French Government, whether the French Government be regarded as the gen-, tlemen of Tours or the gentlemen of Paris. Count Bismarck holds no communication with these gentry. He denies them any right to speak in the name of France, and consistently he would address to neither set of them an invitation to take part in any conference to discuss a question in which France has a special claim to be heard, and which Russia would never have dared to raise in such a manner if she had not believed France to be completely crushed. Neither the Russian nor the Prus sian Government allows the existence of a French Government, and hardly of a French nation, and both are naturally only too ready to enter into a Conference in which France should not he represented. But England cannot look upon the matter after this fashion. On the contrary, she cannot cute? into any Conference convoked for the purpose of altering or annulling any stipulation of the Treaty of Paris, unless France, with whom she was partner in the Crimean war—with whom she was partner in the peace of 1856—is represented. She cannot do so honourably ; she cannot do so if she has the slightest regard for her own interests. Well, is it at all probable that France can send, within the next month, or two months, or three months, a plenipotentiary authorised to speak in her name to such a Conference ? THE SIEGE OF PARIS. The Manchester Examiner says: It would be rash to ven ture on anything like prediction, but It is certain the resistance of Paris has been already amply justified. If tune t i eveno rise on her feet, tuallyfalls iftvt,:ilalu d placenot;bo herself befo in before France attitude anoehashad of defence. . .Although in absence of . relief, its sur render can , only be a question of time, there is still reason to doubt whether thit time is near at hand. According to the most trustworthy evi dence we have, there will not be much difficulty in holding out against famine until the end of January, and as long as Trochu can defy hunger he can also defy the Germans. If Moltke thought he oould get into Paris by bombarding either the city or its defences, we do not believe he would stay outside in this wintry weather, The only plausible explanation of the inaction of the besiegers is that their engineer officers give them no hope Of su ccess from active measures, at any rate, except at a cost from which the King and Ids advisers shrink. The chances are still greatly adverse to. the French, but the military B . itua49ll gt I qao wtt dektmate.