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B ova' D OO 4 leavlort FIFTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 4.30 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. BAZAINE'S CONDITION AT METZ. German accounts of the condition of Marshal Bazaine at Metz report that his troops are far less demoralized than MacMahon's. Disci pline is still maintained. The men have fought bravely in the late sorties (the last of which took place on the 3d of September) and their sense of military honour remains unimpaired. But there is no hope that this brave force can effect their escape. The lasses have been enormous ; the German surrounding lines have been greatly strengthened ; necessaries of:every kind are wanting, and disease makes fearful havoc in the ranks. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) OCCUPATION OF COLMAR BY THE PRUSSIANS. 30,000 PRUSSIANS AT CREPY. i?ARIS, SEPT. 15. A decree published to-day suspends the functions of the Councillors of St%te. All the representatives of Foreign Powers have informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they will remain in Paris. A circular of the Minister of the Interior orders the Prefects in all the French Communes to organise Garde N ationale Sedentaire. General Trochu has issued an order of the day, in which he says that the number of men required for daily service on the ramparts will be 70,000. He says that the enceinte of Paris defended by the persevering efforts of public spirit and 300,000 rifles is inaccessible. _ _ _ The following war news has been received this morning from the Departments :—Thirty Prussian Dragoons appeared yesterday morning before Nogent-sur-Seine, but retreated before the energetic attitude of the population. They were expected, however, to return soon. Yesterday the Prussians occupied Colmar. Communication with Mulhouse is interrupted. Some preparations are being made for the passage of the Rhine at N eubourg. A. despatch from Melun announces that several Prussian Corps belonging to the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia were in the neighbourhood of Nantes (? Naugis). Another despatch from Senlis announces. that 30,000 Prussians were at Crepy, in Valois, and strong advanced guards at Nanteuil and Plessis. The Gaulois believes that the negotiations with the neutral Powers in favour of peace will have a good result. THE ROMAN INSURRECTION. FLORENCE, SEPT. 15. The Opinione of to-day says that Prince Odesca lechi, at the head of the inhabitants, had hoisted the national flag at the Castle of Bracciano. Armed citizens are marching towards Horne, . The same journal denies that diplomatic diffiCul ties have arisen in connection with the entry of the Italian troops into Rome. FRENCH PRISONERS ESCAPING TO PARIS. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 15. The 9th and 10th classes, the substitutes, and the married Militia men of all other classes are allowed to return to their homes. The Etoile Beige announces from Virton that deserters and prisoners, who have escaped from the Prussians, continue to arrive in great numbers in Belgium. A large force have reached Marbehun, whence they proceeded to Paris. Three Belgian companies are at Virton, and patrol the neigh bourhood. Many Frenchme❑ are arrested every day and are sent to be interned at Beverloo. ITALY AND THE POPE. A Roman correspondent says the ultimatum offered to the Pope by the Count di San Martino, the Italian Envoy, was threefold : 1. The Pope should accept an Italian garrison in Rome, and in the provinces. 2. The foreign Papal troops should garrison Civita Vecchia. 3. Baron Recasoli should be appointed rreject of Rome. It was offered to the Pope on the 9th, and five days given him to consider it. The Pope will not leave Rome, but remain passive Making a protest. BONAPARTIST RESTORATION. The Independance Belge says there is some talk of a Bonapartist restoration through the interven tion of the Prussians, and with the consent of the French Chambers, which were dissolved by the Revolution of the 4th of September. This is to be followed by the signature of a treaty of peace on the base of the territorial cessions exacted by Germany. THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG. The correspondent of the Daily News, in a tele gram from Carlsruhe of Tuesday, says :—" A boat, conveying a large quantity of munitions of war to Strasburg, was captured by the Germans above Kehl. The firing from the fortifications is much Weaker generally, and the outworks opposite the r ailway station are silenced altogether. That of the besiegers has increased in vigour, and the giant mortars have inflicted great damage. Last night a fire broke out in the citadel. Continuous r ain has injured the besieging work, and seriously retarded their progress. The ar rangements for storming are still incom plete. The belief gains ground among the German officers that the capitulation cannot be long delayed. A- Protestant clergyman of Alsace held a conference at Lamperthsim, on the 10th, to devise means to convince the people in Strasburg of the futility of resistance. Schelestadt was summoned by the Germans 4. to surrender. Count Remach returned an absolute refusal. Telegraphic and railway communication with Colmar was severed by a party of pioneers. Two iron railway bridges were blown up. The Bavarian Ministers are considering a scheme for re constituting the North German Confederation, and forming a German Parliament. The Demo cratic Socialists are agitating for peace with their -V reech brethren, and protesting against the annexa tion of Alsace and Lorraine. A printed address to that effect was seized by the police in Brunswick. The authors and publisher were imprisoned." THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, tele graphing on T ues d a y evening, says:—"lt is under stood that measures are this evening being taken to negotiate with the Prussian head-quarters through the medium of the British Em bassy. The Provisional Government not having been recognised by the King of Prussia, it is neces sary to treat through a neutral Power. The object is to induce the Pruzsian Government to consent to open negotiations with the Provisional Government, with a IHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 187 u view to attempt to avert, by an armistice, upon certain bases, the battle which is imminent under the walls of Paris. The sins qua non of the Provisional Government is that there should be no cession of territory. Upon any other point they are ready to make concessions. They will agree to the fortresses of the Rhine Valley being razed." The Berlin correspondent of the same journal telegraphs : " With regard to negotiations for peace, it is understood that the position Germany will take up will be as follows :—The so-called National Defence Government in Paris, though existing de facto, is deemed of no validity de jure, and cannot and will not' be treated with. When Paris is taken the Senate and Corps Legislatif, with the Regency, will be regarded as the Government de jure. These can, and it is expected will, resume their functions, and appoint a Commission to accept terms of peace. The Empress can return. When peace is concluded Napoleon will be released, and France will be left free to have an Empire, or such other form of Government as its people may desire." (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRUSSIANS APPROACHING PARIS. PARIS, SEPT. 14 (4.30 p.m.) Since yesterday evening communication by rail between Paris and Lyons has been suspended as a precautionary step, in consequence of an engage ment which trek place yesterday between some Unlans and Francs-Tireurs near Montereau. The former, it is asserted, were repulsed, with a loss of ten killed and ten wounded. -Firing is reported to have been heard this morning near Melun. PARIS, SEPTEMBER 14, (10.15 P.M.) Private accounts state that in yesterday's engage ment near Montereau 20 Uhlans were killed and 40 wounded. Another encounter took place this morn ing between Melun and Brie-Comte-Robert, the re sult of which was less favourable to the French side, several Francs-Tireurs being taken prisoners. The suspension of the service of trains to Lyons is definite. The railway bridges will be destroyed to night. The line itself, however, is still intact. THE CATASTROPHE AT LAON, BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 14 (6 P.M ) The official Staatsanzeiger of this evening says : "The French people has lately given but too many proofs of the lowest moral deterioration. The mur ders and crimes of the African regiments have long :since been surpassed by the follies which had grown up on French soil. By the shameful deed perpetrated at Laon, which united a dis honourable violation of plighted faith to the com mission of a horrible murder, this new mode of warfare has reached its climax. The question arises, how will it be possible for m to continue to the end our manner of carrying on the war in harmony with German civilisation, if the better classes of France, hitherto rendered dumb by ter rorism—if the warning voices, in fact, of all civilised nations—do not make themselves heard in denuncia tion of the growing barbarism of that country ?" A PRUSSIAN VIEW OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 14, 5 P.M. The semi-official Provincial Correspoddence of this evening, in an article upon the mission of M. Thiers, says : "It may be altogether doubted whether the present Paris Government, which has hitherto de rived its powers only from the democracy of the Paris streets, can be considered fitted or autho rised to conduct negotiations in the name of France. Germany may view with calm confidence the impotent diplomatic negotiations of the tem porary Republic, and may rest assured that, as the war has been localised, so also will be the conclu sion of peace—that is to say, that it will be arranged between France and ourselves alone." The Austrian Government is said to be about ,o recognise the French Republic. The greatest distress prevails in Sedan, and there is so much scarcity of bread that at Brussels a committee has been organised for the relief of the sufferers, called the Bread Committee. Trains will be sent to Sedan with bread and provisions, and the wounded will be brought to the hospitals of the Belgian capital. (REUTER'S TBLEGRAMIL) tETURN OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. (By British Indian Submarine Cable.) BOMBAY, SEPT. 15. A letter has been received from H.M.S. Galatea, which states that H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, after visiting the Fiji Islands will sail for England in January, 1871, calling at the Falkland Islands and Monte Video. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPTEMBFR 14. A manifesto, drawn up by the Republican Deputies of the Cortes will appear to-morrow, expressing the hope that a Republic will be established by legal means, and by the concurrence of the Cortes. The Left insist upon the assembly of the Cortes. MADRID, SEPTEMBER 14, 11.30 A. M. To-day's Imparcial denies a rumour that the Govern ment are ready with a candidate for the Throne, and adds that even if that were the case they would not bring him forward under the present circumstances. It is rumoured that Senor Rivera is about to resign on account of ill health, and that Senor Gabriel Rodriguez or Senor Madrazo will replace him. To-day's Ministerial organs announce that at yes terday's Council of Ministers it was decided to recall Senor Olozaga by telegraph from Paris, on account of his having exceeded his instructions in recognising the Republic. EGYPT. CAIRO, SEPTEMBER 14. An official despatch, dated Constantinople, Sept. 9, has been received by the Khedive, announcing that the Grand Vizier had telegraphed on that day to the Turkish Ambassadors in Paris and London that the Government of the Sublime Porte had withdrawn its protest against the recent loan concluded with the Franco-Egyptian Bank, after having been duly convinced that that loan was a private operation of the Khedive's Daira. AMERICA. (By French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14 Gold closed at 1131 ; the highest quotations during the day was 114, the lowest 1131. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. United States 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 1128 ; ditto (1885), 1111; ditto (1867), 110 g ; ditto 10-40'8,106i ; Illinois Shares, 136; Erie ditto, 23k. Cotton, middling upland, 19k. Petroleum, standard white, 251. Flour, extra State, $8 05c. to $5 25c. Corn, new, 83c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton at all ports for the last four days have been 9,000 bales, shipments to England 1,000 bales, to France and to the Continent none. Middling upland 9/d., cost and freight per steamer. TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 13. The betting on the International Boat Race is in favour of the St. John's crew ; but the appearance of the Tyne men is decidedly superior to that of their competitors. The wind is so high at present that the boats cannot go out. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPTEMBER U. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Douro, with the above mails, has arrived with 88 passengers, including H.R.H. the Princess Imperial of Brazil, H.R.H. the Comte d'Eu, Viscount and Viscountess of Lage and family, and Viscountess Marohi. The Douro also brings £58,299 in specie, several packages of diamonds, value not stated, 3,430 bags of coffee, 300 barrels of tapioca, 784 bags of cocoa, 500 rolls of tobacco, and 79 packages of sundries. On the 9th she spoke the French ship Zouave, and on the 13th the English ship Western Chief. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. The following information hag been received at the Admiralty : Admiral Sir A. Milne was off Ushant yesterday morning (14th September). He left Corcubion on the afternoon of the 10th. No further intelligence relative to the Captain bad been obtained. H.M.S. Monarch would remain a week longer at Corcubion. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE EMPRESS AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. Our Hastings correspondent telegraphs that there is no truth in the statement that the Empress and the Prince Imperial passed through Exeter on their way to Torquay. At present it is quite undecided how long they will remain at Hastings, and they have no intention of going to Torquay. The health of the Empress has improved since her arrival at Hastings. Yesterday her Majesty was able to take walking exercise for several hours accompanied by Madame Le Breton. The Empress proceeded over the West Hill toward the village of Halton, where the air is very bracing, and charming views of sea and land can be ob t.iined. The Prince is in excellent health, and takes a long walk usually before breakfast. The Empress was walking on the Marine Parade before breakfast this morning. The hors s have not been out of the stables except for exercise ; the Empress, in fact, has not entered a carriage since her arrival at the Marine Hotel. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE TORQUAY HARBOUR WORKS. At seven o'clock this morning the " traveller," by which blocks of stone are lowered into the sea, at the extreme end of the new breakwater at Torquay, toppled over, carrying with it a portion of the staging, and some of the workmen. Two of the latter named Strawbridge and Veale were drowned, and the twc, other were so much injured us to re= quire their removal to the Infirmary: The bodies of the two men drowned were recovered an hour after the accident. A WORD IN SEASON WITH COUNT BISMA RCS. A correspondent of the Daily News with the German armies sends a report of a casual conversation with the Chancellor of the North German Confederation. The following extract will be found interesting : "We spoke about the future form of Govern ment in France, and he told me that news had just been received that a Republic had been declared at Paris. We don't want to interfere in the domestic affairs of France,' he said ; but our people think we must have those German provinces that they took away from us many years ago, and we must at least render them powerless to menace us by the same road that they have done for the last '2O years. We must have Metz and Strasburg ; we ask no more than that, and that is necessary to our own safety.' I told him that I had often wondered at the patience of the Prussians. `We are a very patient people,' he replied. They have been telling us that if we would not fight they would compel us to do so ; but we are like the father of a family who, after suffering many insults, at last consents to fight a duel, but only on condition that the struggle shall be decisive and final."' THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC. Telegraphic information has been received at Grimsby of el° Elbe and other German rivers, and of the sailing southward of the French fleet. Preparations are conse quently being made for reopening the steamboat traffic to Hamburg. The steamship Grimsby, it is expected, will leave for' that port on Saturday. The Anglo-French Company's steamboats, according to present arrange ments, will also re-commence running to Dieppe at once. GREAT INUNDATION IN SCOTLAND. Yesterday a storm broke out on the west coast o Sutherland and Caithness, which has proved terribly disastrous, particularly in the case of the former place. There was a heavy fall of rain throughout the whole day; and the result is that the Sutherland rivers have been swelled and have flooded to an enormous extent the sur rounding district. Several important bridges on the high road have been entirely swept away, and large quantities of corn belonging to the small tenants, either in stock o r ripe for cutting, have been totally destroyed or swept to the sea. Houses are lying inundated, and the church is threatened with destruction. As the means of communication with the districts further west are destroyed, no intelligence has been received from them ; but there is no doubt they suffered seriously, and that this flood will prove the most destructive that has hap pened in the north of Scotland for many years. It is reported that several head of cattle have been carried sway, but happily no loss of human life, so far as is yet known, has happened. MR. YOUNG, MX., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Mr. Young, M. P. for Ilebston, addressed his consti tuents yesterday. The hon. member expressed his hope that during the next session some of the urgently needed English measures would be passed, and remarked that everything stood over last session to make way for the two great measures which had become law. As re garde.' the Irish Land Bill, he was glad to have obtained the compromise with the fixed tenure advocates ; but he was not satisfied with the Education Bill. As a practical man, however, he took what he could get, and squabbled for the re mainder, and he hoped yet to vote for an amendment of the Act. He argued that they had gained a great point in this, that they had obtained the recognition that it was the duty of the State to educate the population up to a certain point. The honourable member maintained that the Ballot and - -University Tests Aboli tion Bills must be passed during the next session, and suggested the desirability of the ballot papers being destroyed. He also urged that anyone who was proved to have bribed or intimidated, per sonally or by agents, should lose one vote, whether the elector so bribed had voted for him or not. The Burials Bill gave him great annoyance as it would remove the social disparagement of Dissenters. Referring to the dis astrous war between France and Prussia, he expressed his deep sympathy wfth France, although the aggressor, because she was beaten. It was to the best interests of the world that there should be material guarantees against aggression or perpetual threats of war, for continual menace was as bad as war itself. A cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the hon. member for his assidious attention in the House. THE FALLS OF NIAGARA SURPASSED. News has been received in Plymouth to-day of the discovery by the Colonial Government geologists, Messrs. Sawkins and Brown, of magnificent waterfalls, far ex ceeding those of Niagara, which exist in Demerara, British Guiana. They are on the upper part of the Potaro river, three days' journey from the colonial penal settlement, and within 100 miles of the capital of the colony. Although so near comparatively to European settlements, they have hitherto remained unknown to civilised men, and are but rarely visited by the Indians, who have not appreciated their marvellous character. The falls consist of two leaps, one being a perpendicular fall of 770 feet, and the second over 50 feet. The volume of water measured in the dry season is 28 feet in depth and nearly 100 yards broad. The Government of the Colony have undertaken to open up the neighbourhood and give facilities to visitors. The Niagara Falls are 160 feet high. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE. EXCHEQUER IN SCOTLA The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Lowe arrived on Tuesday afternoon at Duffus House, situated six miles from Elgin, on a visit to Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart., of Northfield and Duffus. The Right Hon. gentleman, who has been the guest of Mr. Bass, M.P., at Glenfulcham, in Strathspey, since Tuesday, the 6th inst., is to be presented with the freedom of the city of Elgin on to-morrow. THE BRECON ELECTION PETITION. The hearing of the Brecon election petition was fixed for yesterday. It is a petition against the return of Mr. Gwynne Holford, the sitting member for the borough. Mr. Justice Byles opened the court at Brecon. Affidavits were put in by the petitioners . and their agents, stating that the petition had been withdrawn. The petitioners, Messrs. Geo. Overton and William Mainwaring, were examined. Mr. Browne, who appeared for the respondent, then addressed the Court. He stated that some kind of informal notice had been served on Monday ; and he thought his clients were quite justified in treating it as a trap laid down by their opponents. They had come prepared to meet the allegations contained in the petition ; he should therefore ask that the petition might be dismissed with costs. His lordship was about to deliver judgment ; when Mr. Browne asked that Mr. Gwynne Holford as well as his election agent, should be sworn , for they had had alleged against them a multitude of crimes, and he wished to allow them to free themselves. Mr. Gwynne Holford, M.P., was then sworn, and, in examination, denied all knowledge of any illegal practices during the election.—Mr. Garrold, the agent, did the same; but it transpired that the books shewing how the money was expended had been left at his house at Hereford. He was sent, however, to procure what accounts he could in the town, ani on his return into Court produced several receipts from solicitors for retain ing fees, and said the total amount expended by him ex clusive of his own account, was £2OO. This sum he received in two portions of £lOO each from Mr. Carlisle, the private solicitor of the candidate. His Lordship intimated that he should require each of the books to be produced on the morrow. Mr. Overton, one of the petitioners, cross-examined Mr. Garrold at some length as to the "roughs" and "detectives" employed at the election ; but elicited nothing of importance. His lord ship, at length, said he had decided to dismiss the petition, but as to the question of costs and the far more serious question of the tenor of his report to the House of Commons, the latter involving the franchise of the inhabitants and possibly the prosecution of -some of Ithem, he would take time to consider. Accordingly the Court would adjourn until ten o'clock this morning. COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS. By telegrams received at the Post-office last night, it was stated that direct communication with Paris was stopped, and that arrangements had been made for send ing the French mails, until further orders, via Rouen and Amiens, by which a delay of twelve hours would be in curred. This morning, accordingly, the usual mails from Paris and France generally, due last evening, were re ceived. MONEY MARKET. CITY. Two o'CLocx. REDUCTION OF THE BANK RATE. The directors of the Bank of England have to-day made another reduction in the official rate. It is now fixed at 3 per cent. Consols are now 921 to 921 for the 4th of October, and 92 to 921 for immediate delivery. In the Foreign Market a firmer tone is apparent, especially in Italian, which are a higher. Egyptian have advanced #, and Turkish 1. The present prices are : Italian, 511 to 511 ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 271; ditto of 1869, 261 to 261; Turkish Five per Cents., 43 so 44, "ditto of 1869, 55 to 551 ; Egyptian of 1868, 751 to 761 ; and Peruvian, 86 to 87. A circular has been issued by Messrs. James Matthews and Co., West India merchants, who failed in 1867, announcing that their liabilities have now been paid in full, with compound interest, and thanking their creditors for their kindness and forbearance. The circular also states that the business is now conducted by Messrs. Hill and Richardson. _ _ At the meeting of the London Assurance Corporation, the usual dividend for the half-year of ss. per share, free of income tax, was declared. At the meeting of the City Terminus Hotel Company (Limited', the agreement for the tranfer of the under taking to the South-Eastern Railway Company was confirmed, and an arbitrator was appointed. At an extraordinary meeting of the Mersey Steel and Iron Company (Limited), the resolution recently passed, reducing the capital of the undertaking to £240,000, was confirmed. The half-yearly meeting of the Phoenix Gaslight and Coke Company will be held on the 28th inst., "for the purpose of declaring dividends to the 30th June last." POLICE IN fELLIGENCE.—Tars DAY. DARING TILL ROBBERY.—Tnomas Williams, a lad of 17, was charged on remand, at the Westminster Police court, with stealing £2 4s. 7d., the monies of Thomas Philp, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Philp is a butcher inthe King's road, Chelsea, and on the morning of the 7th instant the prisoner came into the shop and asked for a bullock's bladder, for which the foreman had to go to the back of the premises ; while gone, the prisone was seen to put his hand into the silver bowl, and he tried to convey the stolen money into his coat pocket, but the handful was so large that he could not do so in time to prevent Mr. Philp seeing his hand, and discovering on the arrival of the police that he had £2 4s. 7d. in his hands. At the station £2 50. was found in his pocket, and a bank book in which he was credited with £1 10s. His father and mother, creditable people, now appeared, and the father related that he had just come from sea, and he would send him back after the expiration of any sentence passed on him, and he trusted his worship would take that into consideration. Mr. Arnold said it was a most daring robbery, and he would attend to the appeal of the father, and remand the pri soner to see if the father could get him a ship He was remanded accordingly. CHARGE OF STABBING.—Jane Laws, a staymaker, was charged, at the Marlborough-street Police-conrt, with stabbing a tailor, with whom she cohabited, with a pair of scissors. The prisoner was discharged. MR. DISRAELI ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL POWER. At the annual meeting of the Royal and Central Bucks Agricultural Association, held yesterday, Mr. Disraeli replied to the toast of the " House of Lords and Com mons." Having referred to the agricultnral prospects of the county, he proceeded to say : I hardly like to sit down without making some reference to those topics which so much occupy the attention of the people of this country and of Europe at the present moment. We have all wit nessed great and strange events of late, and- it is more than possible—it is probable that we shall all of us wit ness, and even perhaps soon, greater and stranger events. There seems a likelihood that there will be in Europe a very trying time. I think it may be some consolation to us that the last forty years of this century have not been wasted, though there may be differences of opinion upon a variety of questions which have been discussed, and which have led to legislation. I think that all im partial persons must admit that, on the whole, the pro gress of this country during the last forty years has been decided and considerable. I think it is a matter of great congratulation at this moment—when empires vanish and republics arise, and the greatest changes occur or are threatened in every part of Europe that three years ago, with, if not the entire, yet with the very general concurrence of opinion among sensible men of all sections, and without any disruption of political Tarties—which I, for one, look upon as one of the greatest misfortunes which could happen to England—we did settle the question of the distribution of political power in this country, on principles which I believe are firm—(cheers)—and which at this moment allows every man to feel secure and con fident in the political establishments of his country. I have always felt myself that if England was true to her self there was no fear. I believe that England now is true to herself, and therefore I think great, vast, and startling as are the changes that even hourly occur, we as English men need not be appalled. (Loud cheers.) THE HEALTH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The correspondent of the Manchester Examiner. says :--To great a orange has taken place in the appearance of Napoleon that he is hardly recognisable. His face is swollen and of bilious colour. He is dark about the eyes, which seem to have no speculation in them. His gait is forced and mechanical in a word his whole appearance is such as to produce a painful feeling in the beholders. He goes to bed late and rises early. The windows of his bed chamber are often seen lighted at midnight, and before dawn he is observed walking in the garden." The correspondent of the Telegraph says the daily life of the Emperor Napoleon proceeds with its customary regu larity. In the forenoon, between eight and ten, after an early breakfast, he may be seen as a quiet-looking elderly gentleman in civilian attire—for he has laid aside his regimentals—taking his constitutional in an enjoyable manner. At two o'clock is the luncheon hour, and the dinner is at eight, when covers are laid for sixteen persons. The Governor of Cassel, Graf Moats, and the commander of Wilhehnshohe, Captain von Pupenbrock-Gruiter, commanding the squadron of hussars stationed at the place, have seats at the Imperial table reserved for them, of which they can avail themselves daily. All the servants engaged in the kitchen, as well as those whose business it is to wait at table, have been sent from Berlin. The house steward, under whose supervision all household details are ar ranged, is also from the Prusisan *ital. The Emperor receives all the outward deference and respect which Royal etiquette demands. There is no apparent personal surveillance exercised towards him. He moves about at his own pleasure, and mostly without an attendant to remind him of his position. A SPLENDID MAP OF PARIS has just been issued by Mr. Wyld, the Royal Geographer. It is brilliantly coloured, and includes all the important items in regard to the forts and fortifications. It is fully up to time, and worthy of the publisher's reputation. LARGE PURCHASE OF RIFLES FOR FRANC E.=-EXTRA ORDINARY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.—At the Mansion house, Count Ernest de Lusada and Thomas Arthur, described as a commission agent, were brought up before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Detective Sergeant Packman, charged on a warrant with obtaining from David Forrest two cheques for £lOO and £9O respectively, with intent to defraud. The parties had, it was alleged, had negotiations with reference to the purchase of 800 Enfield rifles, intended for France. The Lord Mayor discharged the defendants, but the prosecutor was bound over to appear against the defendants at the Old Bailey. THE SIEGE OF METZ. On the Bth inst. the chimes from the clock of the little village of Vaux sounded through the valley, and were replied to by the steeples of Sey and Ste. Rufine, a puff of white smoke, a flash, and the report of a 12-pounder, gave the signal for the batteries to begin their fire. The first battery that opened was that of Vaux, its shells being directed upon the village of Sey, and the outworks of Mont St. Quentin. It was followed by a battery on the other side of the Mo- selle, and the fire was taken up by the whole of the 7th Army Corps guns. On the left, too, a heavy fire was opened by the batteries above Gravelotte on the village of Lassy and the outworks of Plappeville, until the whizzing of the Prussian shells from the 7th and Bth Army Corps battery became incessant. For a few minutes no sound was heard on the French side, Then a light appeared above the village of Sey, then a fitting to and fro of lights in the village of Longeville, then a flash from Mont St. Quentin, and a 241 b. shell came hurtling into the middle of us, bursting to the left of the battery, but fortunately doing no harm. Plappeville now replied to the Gravelotte batteries, but not a gun spoke from the ramparts of Metz. Mont St. Quentin sent a shot every now and then ; but the French fire was slack, and they seemed to treat the Prussian 12-pounders with indifference. The fire, however, between Gravelotte and Plappeville was much more frequent and severe. About a quarter to eight the rain swept down in awful torrents, the battery of Vaux ceased firning, and gra dually the fire slackened, except on the Gravelotte side, where it was prolonged for another twenty minutes, But then all was once more still, and nothing but the howling of the wind and the patter of the fast falling rain was to be heard. Thus ended the first bombardment, if I may so call it, to which Metz has yet been subjected. Of the injuries done, of course it is impossible to speak. To morrow, no doubt, I shall be in a position to do so ; but I fancy the darkness of the night, to say nothing of the weather, must have prevented any serious damage. The Prussian loss was very trifling—one man killed and three wounded.—Correspondent of Telegraph. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. The correspondent of the Standard, writing from Paris, says :—" I am inclined to think that the siege of Paris will prove a far more protracted affair than appears to be supposed by those who believe, with Alphonse Karr, that Paris would surrender rather than do without green peas. Your special correspondent will probably describe the appearance of the National Guard reviewed to-day by General Trochu. Whether they are the sort of men the general would like to lead into the field is a question I will not enter upon, but I have no doubt they are quite able to hold their own behind the protec tion of fortifications, and their numbers fairly surprise me. There could not have been less than 150,000 men present. The battalions consist of eight companies, and most of the companies were two hundred strong. They received Trochu enthusiastically ; there were a good many cries of Vive la Republique !' but a good many more of Vive la France !' and unanimous shouts of ' A bas la Prusse !' General Trochu rode rapidly along the front of the battalions, giving a quick searching glance at the men; he looked extremely stern. Several of the battalions are commanded by retired rear-admirals and old naval officers. Most of them wisely did their duty oa. foot, but one of these gallant veterans had hoisted himsel on a raw-boned horse, on which his per formances strongly reminded me of Commodore Trunnion. The men, I have said, were very loud in expressing their determination to fight, and after this day's display the sense of amour propre, which is the predominating feeling among the Parisians, would prevent the easy surrender which is antici pated [in some quarters, where the power of an idea, ev, n though that idea be a vain one, over the French mind is utterly ignored. The Mobiles continue to come in in shoals. They are being supplied with kit and uniforms with a rapidity which reflects the highest credit on the Government. Of course their drill may not be perfect, but they are stouter fellows than are to be met with in any average regiment of the line,and unqueationably march infinitely better. There are 100,000 of them, formed into four divisions. Of their appear ance, however, even in their present semi-uniformed condition, no commander need be ashamed. The Prussians appear to be moving, not on, but round Paris. The official announcement given yesterday of their being at Noisy le Sec, about five miles from Paris, was not true. The news was telegraphed by Admiral Soisset, who commands the fort there, but he reported that the bridge had been cut, not at Noisy le Sec, but at Noisy le Grand, a to wn in Seine-et-Marne, twenty-seven miles off. To day we hear of the bridge at Corbeil having been blown up (no doubt by the French), and that the bridge of Creil (thirty-one miles from Paris) has shared the same fate. The northern line, therefore, now only communi cates with Belgium and Calais rid Pontoise and Pont St. Ouen, and when these bridges go, probably to-night, after the mail train which carries this letter has passed over them, there will remain but a precarious communica tion between Paris and London vid Rouen. The old Norman city is expected to be visited by Count Bis marck's requisitionaries,' and I hear that in consequence there is a perfect panic all along the coast." The diplomatic duties of the French Embassy in London are being discharged by M. Tissot. The marriage of the Earl Cowper and Miss Compton, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady William Compton, is appointed to take place on the 20th of next month. The Bolton Daily Tolegraphlsays that a great Con servative banquet is shortly to be held at Manchester, to which Mr. Disraeli and other notabilities are to be in vited. The memorial pillar-to Daniel Defoe, which the boys and girls in England have raised over his grave in Bunhill-fields. will be nncovesed to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, by Mr. Chas. Reed, M.P. The ground will be open to the public. Hitherto subscriptions in Ireland have been made towards the relief of the French wounded only, but recent events appear to have created a partial revulsion of feel ing in the sister island. At a meetin g at Riverstown, in the county of Cork, which was addressed by the parish priest, it was announced that the proceeds of the collec tion would be appropriated to t he relief of the wounded of both armies. The Folkestone -Boulogne Cable has been repaired and is now working excellently. No private messages can now be received for Paris itself, but for Italy, the South of France, and places reached through Paris, the commu nication is still open. A special meeting of the members of the Council of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was called yesterday " To consider what action shall be taken by the council or by the chamber in reference to the exportation of arms and ammunition to Franec.,' THE BLOCKADE OF GERMAN PORTS.—Telegraphic information has beon received at Grimsby to the effect that the French fleet has raised the blockade of the Elbe and other German rivers, and has sailed to the southward. Preparations are consequently being made for re-opening the steamboat traffic to Hamburg. The steamship Grimsby, it is expected, will leave for that port on Saturday. The Anglo-French Company's steam boat, according to present arrangements, will also recom mence running to Dieppe at once. SYMPATHY WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.—Last evening, Mr. George Odger, accompanied by Mr. Wil liam Trant, left London by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, en route to Paris, to present to M. Jules Favre, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the French Republican Government, an address of congratu lation to the Republic, adopted at a meeting of work ing-men, at Hyde Park, on Saturday last. Messrs. Odger Trant obtained their passports without any difficulty, and they did not, upon their departure, appear to anticipate any trouble in reaching the capital of France. Mr. Odger will seek a personal interview with M. Jules Favre, and, if possible, return in time for the " democratic " demonstration in London next Monday. THE TAMWORTH RAILWAY ACCIDENT. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] The details of the accident which occurred yesterday at Tamworth to the Irish mail train chew that the results will not be so serious as at first reported. The train con sisted of the guard's break, two Post-office carriages, three mixed first and second class carriages, and a luggage van, and was on its journey to London. The Tamworth station was passed at a speed of about twenty-five miles an hour, and going at that rate the train ran off the main line into a siding. The cause of the accident is supposed to be the negligence of the pointsman Evans, and he has been taken into custody. The train ran down the embankment into the river Auctor, and the engine and tender were deeply embedded. The engine driver and stoker were killed. The body of the driver was im mediately recovered ; that of the stoker remained in the water for four hours. The first carriage consisted of the guards' break, two first and one second-class compartments. Two Roman Catholic priests were in one of the compartments ; one of them was killed, the other ;,escaped with comparatively little injury. In describing the accident, the rev. gentleman said he heard a crash, and then felt the'carriages sinking as it were into the ground. Both himself and his friend were thrown into the river; his friend was; drowned, but heLhimself being able to swim, succeeded in laying hold!of a piece of wood, and, supporting himself thereby, succeeded in getting safe out. The two next carriages were those of the travelling post office. One was thrown on its side, the other broken into splinters. Both clerks, as it were, miraculously escaped, though one had a narrow escape, being precipitated into a tank, and being in the water twenty minutes. He was a good swimmer, and kept himself afloat until he was rescued. The other passenger carriages were broken, one of - them into splinters, and the scene of the accident is described as one of "fearful wreck." There were twenty-seven passengers only in the train, and these were mostly in the latter carriages, or the loss of life would have been greater. This so far amounts to three only— river, named Taylor ; the stoker, called Davis ; and the Rev. Mr. Healey, a Roman Catholic priest, of Tower hill, London. But one account to hand says that a lady and child are also feared to be missing, and the reservoir near the river is being pumped dry in order to discover if any still remains. Seven passengers are injured, some seriously, but none, it is believed, fatally. All were more or less shaken, but they do not require medical assistance. A telegram, conveying some additional facts, says that the engine-driver discovered the pointsman's error and re versed the engine, but the impetus of the train was too great to be thus checked. The obstruction at the end of the siding proved nothing. A stone wall was knocked down ; some carriages were smashed. they and others fell into the river, and every one left the line. Heavy American and inland mails were being con veyed to London. They were all precipitated into the reservoir. Sixty-eight letter bags were taken out, and, with injured passengers, were conveyed to London. The pointsman explains that his watch having stopped he believed the train which he saw coming was the goods train which shunts at Tamworth for the mail to pass, and he therefore sent it into the siding. His signal was, he points out, at danger. The wife of the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire and the post office clerks are (besides the Roman Catholic priest already alluded to among the injured. OUR COTEIVIPORARIES—This Morning THE DIFFICULTIES OF PEACE. Tha Times remarks that the ignorance of the French as to the feelings and temper of Germany, and the un willingness of all parties and classes to confess that any one but the scapegoat Emperor is responsible for the present war, form the first great obstacle to peace. Yet there is hope that a day or two, could a day or two be secured, would do much to remove this hindrance. War is a wonderful instructor, and if it has not at once taught _Frenchmen that others have rights as well as them selves, it has taught them that others have powers which must be respected. There are difficulties on the German side also. The Germans are clearly warranted in insisting upon a sufficient safeguard against outbreaks of this mischievous disposition of Their neighbours ; but they are not at pre sent likely to see very clearly what is the best safe guard on which they should insist. A little time would enable the King and Count Bismarck to overcome with ease what we doubt not they will overcome in any case, the unmeasured demands of popular feel ing in Germany, and to reconcile the German na tion to guarantees which are apparently more moderate, but really more trustworthy. If there a real desire in Paris to treat for peace, and a readiness to submit to the just penalties France must pay for her wanton attack on Germany, these is yet a hope that peace may be secured. The time for action is too short as it is to allow of more than the faintest hope that Paris may be spared the devasta tion of a siege, and the true patriot would sacrifice all personal and party ends if by promptly using the time that is left he could avert this terrible calamity. THEITERMS OF PEACE. The Telegraph asks if Metz and Strasbourg, Phalsbourg and Bitene, were made into open places, would not Ger many be stronger by avoiding future difficulties with recalcitrant Alsatians and Lotharingians than by reversing the axiom which she enforced at Holstein, and by dismembering France ? Nor, after all, though the guilty aggression of France gives her victors all but unlimited claims, is it exclusively a question for German statesmen. Even they must, in the end, submit to the supreme power of civilised opinion ; the new order which they impose must be in harmony with morality, or it will fall to nought ; it must be shaped by nobler thoughts than those of vengeance and pride, or it will not stand. To-day they are arbiters of the situation; but Europe, in turn, will be arbitress of the conduct, and what she demands—representing Christianity and humanity—is that there shall come forth from this horrible war, to reconcile it to our patience and our conscience, the grounds of an universal peace, of a repose for the agitated, despairing, bleeding race. Well, then, will the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine insure such ,a blessed consummation, or will it not, on the contrary, stamp hatred as immortal, and render troubles in Europe chronic ? Germany must answer that question to the satisfaction of Europe before she makes Teuton towns of Metz and Strasburg. The victors themselves are not so great or so potent to-day that they can deride the agony of a land like France, can disregard the affinities of 2, 000,000 of her people, and sut their pound of flesh from nearest her heart, blood and all. They demand compensation and guarantees from the aggressive nation which has condemned Europe, through all these past years, to the intolerable burden of warlike preparations. So far they do justly ; and we say that France must turn to them, not to the neutral Powers, to be forgiven. But Europe has also demands upon the victor ; it asks, and, after the close of the war, in the deliberate calm of peace, it will expect conditions of a genuine and lasting disarmament as the issue of such au ccesses. The Manchester Courier hopes the neutral Powers will intervene to secure for M. Thiers a patient hearing from the Prussian Government, and obtain for France terms not disgracefully humiliating. Warmly though such consummation may be desired, it is almost hopeless tinder present circumstances. It is to be feared that the war must proceed, and the next news will probably be that the siege of Paris has commenced in earnest. The Freeman's Journal says the conditions sketched in Berlin are not only unreasonable,but largely partake of the preposterous, while those shadowed forth in the Paris organs are equally untenable and absurd. - FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN SOUTH DEVON. The foot and mouth disease, which has for some weeks past existed near Bridgewater and Exeter, has to-day been discovered on Humscombe Farm, close to Plymouth, several cattle being infected. Cornwall as yet is free from the disease. -_ FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION Last night about six o'clock a fearful boiler explosion took place at the extensive engineering works, at High Walker, near Shields, by which upwards of fifty work men are more or less injured. Four dead bodies have been taken from the ruins. The boiler was situated in the fitting shops, the roofs of which are completely blown off. The Standard says :—" An Italo-Prussian agree ment has finally been concluded. Consequently the Italian occupation of Roman territory commenced on Tuesday. Italy guarantees the personal security of the Pope and cardinals." " A great demonstration of the London Democ racy," in favour of the French Republic, is announced to take place on Monday, Septemberl9, in Trafalgar-square, at seven o'clock. The announcement we have received of this intended demonstration is signed, " George Odger, President,"