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were placed on board the Danube, which started on the 30th on her return voyage. Samples of yarn and cloth were sent to the Chambers of Commerce at Bombay, Singapore, Hong Kong, and. Yokohama. " Thus it will be seen," observes the Straits ?lines triumphantly, in chroni cling the achievement, " that raw cotton shipped in Bombay can be carried to England vid the Suez Canal, spun into yarn, and started on its return voyage on the forty-sixth day from the date of original shipment, and that on the 53rd day cloth made from the cotton may be despatched on its return to India." EDUCATION IN INDIA. On the 2nd of July a public meeting was held at the Town Hall, Calcutta, for the purpose of memo rialising the Secretary of State for India against the educational policy of the Indian Government. Four or five hundred native gentlemen attended the meeting; the Mohammedans were not represented. Several resolutions were passed, which were to the effect that the meeting deprecated the withdrawal or diminution of the assistance afforded by the State to English schools and colleges. It was also declared that vernacular education should be pro moted. An energetic appeal was made on behalf of State support of education, more especially on account of the neccesity of maintaining a staff of European professors. It was finally resolved that a memorial should be sent to the Secretary of State for India. The general opinion prevailed that the demonstration was a failure. The Pioneer of Allahabad says that the Calcutta Baboos' meeting has ended in a ridiculous fiasco. The resolutions did not venture beyond platitudes which the Govern ment never disputed and which do not touch the real point. "It was never proposed to withdraw the whole grant from education, but only to apportion that grant more fairly between English and Vern acular education. The resolutions do not hazard a single allusion to the local land cess, which from first to last has been the only real issue." t 4 4 : 1•'. 4 1..' 4 tfillr HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, AUG. 9, The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Beatrice and Viscountess Clifden. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge was in attendance on horseback. Prince Leopold drove out, attended by Mr. Duck worth. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur. The Queen held a council to-day, at which were present the Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Viscount Halifax, and the Right HOn. Robt. Lowe. During the council Sir William Heathcote, Bart., and Sir George Mellish were . introduced, and sworn in as Members of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and took their seats at the board accordingly. The Earl de Grey and Ripon and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had audiences of her Majesty. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Baron Gevers, Netherlands Minister, and Don Pedro Galvez, Peruvian Minister, arrived at Osborne to-day. Previous to the Council the Netherlands Minister was introduced into the Queen's presence by the Earl de Grey and Ripon, in the absenee of Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and presented his letters of recall. The Prussian Minister was afterwards introduced by the Earl de Grey and Ripon, and delivered his creden tials. Majesty's George Mellish was then introduced to her presence by Earl de Grey and Ripon, in the absence of the Right Hon. H. Bruce, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and received the honour o f knighthood on his appointment as Lord Justice. Mr. Daniel Adolphus Lange was also introduced to her Majesty's presence by the Earl de Grey and Ripon, and received the honour of knighthood. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise was present during the cetemony. Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting, was in at tendance. Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph, and the Rev. G. and Mrs. Prothero, had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Viscountess Jocelyn has left Osborne. THE QUEEN'S PROCLAMATION.—A supplement to the London Gazette has to-day been issued, containing her Majesty's royal proclamation, prohibiting all subjects of the Crown of this realm from taking part in the war, and defining what constitutes Illegal Enlistment, Illegal Ship building, and Illegal Expeditions. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The number of visitors yes terday, one shilling day, was, by season tickets, 1,701; on Payment, 3,726; total, 5,427. An exhibition - is about to be opened in Tromso, the capital of Finmark. The exhibition will contain the Products and appliances used in the several fisheries, those eth agriculture, and of mechanical and domestic industry, toger with objects and products illustrative of the mode of life and state of civilisation of the inhabitants of those regions. • The death is announced of G enera l Si r Willi am h,wood, 1C.C.8., K.C.H., Colonel of the 14th (or Bucking lushire) Regiment of Foot. He was born in 1782, and entered the years as ensign in the 14th Foot in January, 1797 , served six years in the West Indies, was in the expe dition to Hanoverin 1805, in the Peninsular campaign 1:1 180 8-9, and commanded the 85th Regiment at the battle of Bladensburg. The corp s o f R oya l M ar i nes i s t o b e augmen t e d b y ' - ' , ° o o men, which will raise its strength to 19,000 or 1,000 above what it stood at previously to the reductions of the last two years. The resolution of the Admiralty was arrived at last week, and the recruiting has since been actively prosecuted. As this gallant corps is equally i .Yailable for service afloat or ashore, and has alwys ' ul guished itself in both capacities, the step s a c most Judicious one under present circumstances. VOLUNTEERS.—We are authorised to 6 4 ; in answer to frequent inquiries, that the Northeriitan Government does not object to admit British 11 17lieal men as volunteers in their army hospitals, pro jil`-'ed that they speak German fluently, that they have the Z_elice to practice medicine and surgery in the United egdom, that they have the permission of their ~2vernment to serve as medical volunteers in Germany, the that they will place themselves unconditionally at -e .tu-sPosal of the North German Government.—Times. „, 4 -n authoritative statement has been made to the eet that the North German Government does not o bject to admit British medical men as volunteers in their P u 3l 3 , hospitals, provided that they speak German ently, that th e y h ave th e li cense t o p rac ti se me di c i ne kul surgery in the United Kingdom, that they have the permission of their Government to serve as medical volun lie" in Germany, and that they will place themselves d lee nditionally at the disposal of the North German "" )ve rnment. TILE ROUSE OP ORLEANS AND THE WAR.— axon Rothschild, in Paris, has received the following T urns for the society to give assistance to the wounded : o r Countess of Paris, 10,000 f. ; the Duchess 2 'llartres 10,000 f, ; the Princess of Joinville, 50 0 t on 9 f. ; in' remembrance of the Duchess d'Aumale, b uf. The last subscription was accompanied the following note . from the Duke d'Aumale : tOrleans House.—My dear Friend, Were the f ue „lless d'Aumale still alive she would have been one B ,, i _tue first to come to the assistance of our wounded 'tiers and of families suffering on account of war. In eo,4,ernbrance of one who is no more, I pray youto forward 12 ,,,'`' 0 0f. for the national subscription,—Ever yours, HENRI A LUNATIC AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—At the weekly at e t eti ng of the Board olGuardians of the Windsor Union 4bention was called to the case of a lunatic named Witao r ahatu Levi, a man of gentlemanly appearance Wi(tl, manners, who on Saturday afternoon drove up manners, quantity of luggage to the entrance to Windsor b een as tle, and informed the police and porter that he had C o authorised by Mr. Gladstone and the House of ramons to take possession of the Castle. He said that l'ljesty would never come back to Windsor, that he Why going to dismiss all the servants and engage his own (431:nas estles, and, as "_Dictator," do as he pleased with the On being arrested and taken to the union, the tietor at once pronounced him insane; and, as the pro wiitY in his possession gives no clue to his identity, he Littlemorot . if n Lun claimati cd e within the next few days, be sent to e As 1 y um. • tou NviLLE and Co., Belf as t, are th e largest .holders of whisky hi the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended 11,0. me dical profession in pr e f erence t o F renc h brandy. Sup -o„ett ni casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations tiii aP P li cation to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis % erie s , Belfast ; or at thei L on d on Oa kes, 4, B eau f or t B u ildi ngs raw , vv.°. THE SUN,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1870 THIS EVENING'S NEWS. FURIOUS SCENE IN THE CHAMBERS. THE PEOPLE CHARGED BY SOLDIERS. M. OLLIVIER'S DOWNFALL. THE DUG DE PALIKAO THE NEW I%IINISTER. DEMAND FOR THE EMPEROR'S RECALL. PARIS, Tuesday Evening A transformation has to-day made made in the Imperial Government. M. 011ivier is out. The Duo de PALIKAO, that is General Montauban, is in. So •far it is a satisfaction to have a strong man of the sword, instead of a weak man of pen, Prime Minister. with the enemy advancing upon the Capital, and revolution at our door, ready at any moment, it may be, for an outburst. Nay, Revolutionis not simply preparing, it is here close at hand. Mobs overrun the streets andthe boulevards, and at one or two points have been charged by the soldiery. There is need for a Dictatorship. The Emperor away on the frontiers is wanted back here to deal one way or the other with the' emergency. In the Corps Ldgislatif M. Duvernois pro posed the following—" The Chamber being determined to support a Cabinet capable of organising the defence of the country passes to the order of the day." M. 011ivier announced that the Government could not accept the motion, which the Chamber nevertheless adopted. At the request of M. 011ivier the sitting was suspended. On the sitting being resumed, M. 011ivier announced that in consequence of the adoption of the order of the day proposed by M. Duvernoise, General Cousin de Mon tauban (Duke of Palikao) had been charged with the for mation of a new Cabinet. On the Place de la Concorde, at 3 o'clock, the public were not permitted to cross the bridge. Large bodies of Infantry and Cavalry are drawn up on the Quay to pro tect the Chamber. Excited crowds encumbered the Place de la Concorde, and the parapets of the Quays. Ca valry—Lancers, Cuirassiers, and Guides—are continually clearing the way between the Place de la Concorde and the wing of the Tuileries next the Seine. The Tuileries gardens are shut up, and a large force is under arms to protect the Empress. After several charges upon the people, executed by the Cuirassiers, the National Guard protested, lodged their arms, and exclaimed that the proper place for all regular troops was on the frontier. In the Legislative Corps it appears there was a f earful row. M. Jules Favre having spoken the President called out, " You will never make a revolution with this Chamber." M. Granier de Cassagnae said, with immense energy, that if he were in the Ministry he would have M. Jules Favre and all the membera of the Left brought to a court martial and shot this very evening ! M. Emile 011ivier. in an excited state, thereupon ex claimed, "M. Jules Simon has asked me whether we mean to have all the Opposition deputies shot 7" What answer he made, the tumult rendered it impossi ble to understand. Count de Keratry proposed that the Chamber should now treat Napoleon 111. as the Chamber had treated Napoleon I. in 1815. Ministers and Deputies here came to blows ! There is a rumour that the Duc de Persigny will co-open rate with the Due de Palikao in forming the new Govern ment. IMPERIAL PA RUA Al EN HOUSE OF LORDS.—This DAY. Parliament was prorogued by Royal Commission to-day. The Speaker of the House of Commons having appeared at the bar of the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor read tion of Criminals, will tend to confirm our friendly rela. tions with foreign' Powers. ' The Act which regulates enlistment for a shortened term of service in the ranks of the Army will, I trust, tend to increase the efficiency of the force, to promote the welfare of the soldier, and to provide for the nation a reserve of men well trained to arms, and ready in any case of emergency to return to the standards.' I bid you farewell for the recess, with the earnest prayer that, when you are again summoned to your duties, I may be enabled to rejoice with you in the re-establish ment of peace on the Continent of Europe. ME MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLI GENCE. Stock Markets generally good to-day, tendency of quo tations upwards. Consols are 901. to 901 for account. Railways steady. Metropolitan- 65 to 66. Caledonian 71 to 72. • North Eastern Consols 133 to 1,34. Foreign Bonds are firm, political news being construed favourably. Italians 46 to 461, Spanish 1867, 254 to 25g. Consoll are now 904 to 901 for money, and 901 to 901 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 901 to 902 ; New Three per Cents., 901 to 901; India Five per Cents., 203 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001; ditto 4 Bonds., par; Metropolitan Board of Works, 3i per Cent. Stock, 891. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 881; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 81 to 83; ditto of 1868, 681 to 69}; Spanish .of 1847, 25 to 25 ; ditto of 1869, 251 to 25i ; ditto Quicksilver, 68 to 681; Peru vian, 83 to 841; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 40 to 39k ditto of 1869, 50 to 51f ; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 77. The Railway Market—Metropolit an are 651 ; G rea t Eastern 31 to 3 n ; London and Brighton, 341 to 34 ; Caledonian, 711 to 72; South-Eastern, 66; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3911; Great Northern, 116 to 115/ ; ditto (A), 1211 ; North Eastern, 1331 ; London and North-Western, 1231 ; Midland, 1231 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261 ; Great Western, 631. Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 1001 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 98 to 981 ; New Zealand Five per Cents:; 941 to 951 ; Queensland 1031 ; Victoria Five per Cents., 981; and ditto Six!per Cents., 1091 to 110. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 13 to 14; Anglo- Austrian, 6to 8 premium; Chartered Mercantile, 27 ; Consolidated, 4 prem ; Imperial Ottoman, 11 I; London and County, 51; London and Westminster, 59; London Joint Stock, 32; ; and Union of London, 37. In DTiscellaneaus Shares Berlin Water Works are quoted 14 ; Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. Mortgage Loan, 69n ; National Discount Company, 11i ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 39 to 41. The financial advices from Paris state it to he impossi ble to describe the feeling of despondency` observable in all quarters. The demand for bills on London had become so great as to cause a rise of between 1 and 2 per cent. in the rate of exchange. The recent statements in Paris of the intended exporta tion of gold by the respective houses of Hirsch, Bischoffs heim, Oppenheim, &c., are ascertained to have been with out a shadow of foundation, and indignation is felt that at a time like the present the Paris journals shcvld have given currency to anything so calculated to expose influ ential establishments to mob violence. , A telegram from Rotterdam mentions the destruction by fire in the warehouses there of the entire cargo of tea brought by the Bristow, but does not state if other pro perty was extensively injured, The cargo of tea was in sured in the local offices. Mr. Sheridan's bill to facilitate compromises and ar rangements between creditors and shareholders of Joint stock Companies in liquidation has passed through Par liament. It was supported by all the law officers of the Crown and also by the Board of Trade. The bill applies not only to all companies that may come into liquidation, but to all now in liquidation. It can, therefore, be re sorted to in the case of the Albert Assurance Company, which Vice-Chancellor James recently avowed his inabi lity to deal with, owing to the existing law giving him no power to authorise the required reconstruction. The Levant Herald states with regard to commerce : —" We regret to announce that, owing to the present commercial crisis, the much respected Galata firm of Messrs. John Seager and Co. has been obliged to suspend payment. The liabilities of the house—whose business lay chiefly in the wool trade with Yorkshire—al.& said to be considerable, and it is feared that more than one other local firm may be brought down with it." Notice has been given by the Bank of England that holders of stock wishing to receive their dividends by post must make application before the Ist of September iri order to have the October dividend transmitted in that manner. MABKETS.—Tms DAY. MARK-LANE. There was a fair attendance of millers at Mark-lane this morning, notwithstanding only a s. mall amount of busi ness was concluded, and the general tendency throughout the trade was downward. The supply of English wheat was limited, but of Foreign it was tolerably good. The demand for qualities was quiet, with a drooping tendency in prices. Barley, the supply of which was moderate, experienced a quiet sale, at about previous currencies. Malt was dull at late rates. Oats were in good supply. The enquiry was moderate, at about Monday's prices. Beans and peas were dull, and prices were With difficulty maintained. Flour met with a slow inquiry, at late quotations. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(THIS DAY.) THE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT.—CAUTION TO FOREMEN.— Henry Cooper, foreman in the employ of Mr. Huntsman, baker, of No. 378, Oxford-street, was summoned before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street police court, by Sergeant Dunlop, of the C Division, for negligently using a furnace so that the smoke therefrom was not consumed. Mr. Sandison, C.E., appointed by Government to conduct the proceedings under the Smoke Nuisance Act, having produced the authority of the Secretary of State for the proceedings, Daniel Bettridge, 225 C, proved seeing thick black smoke issuing from Mr. Huntsman's premises on different days, and calling attention to it. Mr. Sandi son deposed that the apparatus on Mr. Huntsman's pre mises was constructed to consume smoke if attended t 4:: _ _ properly. Mr. Huntsman said he understood his foreman requested the constable to go down and see the furnace, but he refused to do so. There were witnesses to bhow that there was no smoke. Mr. Sandison said constables were strictly prohibited from going into bakers' places, so that they should not be tampered with, it having for merly heen dome. The defendant, who appeared far from sober, and conducted himself in a very impertinent manner, said the constable could not tell smoke from steam, and that there was no smoke whatever. Three witnesses were called by the defendant, two of whom, however, contradicted each other materially. Mr. Knox fined the defendant 18s., and ordered him to pay 12s. 6d. costs. ' Robert Pike, fireman in the employ of Mrs. Sarah Liddle, baker, of Charlotte-street, was also fined ls. and 12s. 6d costs for a similar offence. BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND THE POOR.—Apoor man made a complaint at the Thames Police Court before Mr. Lush ington against the St. Michael's, Lodge of a Benefit Society of Druids. He joined the Druids and went, through all the mysteries and ceremonies on the 11th of. October last, and was free to receive all the benefits on the 11th of April. He paid ss. fees, and had regularly contributed is. 3d. weekly ever since On the 28th of March last the society came to a resolution to suspend all benefits. He was taken ill and afflicted with bronchitis on the 28th of March, and when he became a free member and entitled as a sick member to 14s. per week, it was declared that it became within the operations of the new law. He received no summons before he was free, but on the 4th of July he received a smnrnons stating he was nqf entitled under the new law suspending benefits to poor members to anything. He wished to know if the Druids had the power to make such an order. Mr. Lushingtcn believed they had. For how long a period, sir. Mr. Lushington : For three months longer. It is quite within their power to make the order. It applies to every member, and ‘ you must submit to it. will not be entitled 'to anything for - three months longer. The applicant said it was a hard case upon him and retired. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF AN UNFORTUNATE.—Cathprine White, an unfortunate girl, was brought up on remand before Mr. Lushington charged with attempting to drown herself at the Old Gravel-lane dock bridge over the London Dock afortnight ago. She has been in the Clerken well House of Detention ever since, and the chaplain forwarded a letter to the magistrate declaring she was penitent. Her mother said her daughter had not been long on the streets, and her course of life had preyed on her mind, and led her to make the rash attempt upon her life. She promised to take care of her, and look after her future welfare. Mr. Lushington admonished the prisoner on her rashness, and gave her up to the charge _of her mother, THIS MORNING'S NEWS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMEN'U. Both the War Office and the Admiralty have written to the London and South-Western Railway (Devon and Cornwall section), urging them to complete at the earliest date the junction of the Devon and Cornwall Railway between Okeharnpt on and Lidford, as„that small link is all that is,needed to enable the Government to send stores from one arsenal to another without break of gauge. The line is of such strategical importance that it is ,ex.- pected that the London and South-Western and Devon and Cornwall Railways will at their meeting on Thursday next order the works to be pushed forward with all pos sible speed. The Government are also pressing for an extension of the line to Portland and Devonport, so as to send coal direct from Wales to their fleets by rail. THE BATTLE NEAR SAARBRUCK. The special correspondent of the Daily 7'elegraplt o writing on Saturday, gives the following outline 'of the battle which took - place on the French left centre on that day, when General Frossard's troops met with a reverse : , —"lt is almost impossible for' me to send you the full particulars cif to-day's severe engagement ; but as the field 'post is just leaving I send a few lines. The divit.m of General von Goben advanced upon Saarbrucken this morning; the French, whose outpolts were still on the parade ground, retiring as the German advanced guard came in sight. The suburb of 4St. Johann.,..was immediately occupied by the cavalry, and when he infantry anX.artillery came up they crossed over the river into the town of Saarbrucken. Skirmishers, with two batteries of artillery, were then. thrown out, and a desultory sort of . fire 'commeticefl, the few Fr e nch troops left there slowly rttiting upon the next ridge .of hills, having 'St. Arn*ul on their right, and FOrbach on their left. The position is perhaps one of the strong - 4st, if pot the stronges, on the frontier ) and General Fros-lard shewed great judgment when he retired and took up a position commanding the plateau across which the Prussian army must advance. The morning was driz zling, but about eleven a.m. it cleared, and, the troops havinlrested, the attack upon the French position commenced. You will be good enough to understand that the French position was one which Nature had done her utmost to matt infopregnablo. Prom the bottom of the hill, covered with brushwood and intersected here and there with deep gorges, to the top, where' there was a level plateau, the • ascent might beabout an English mile. But before reaching the base of this ascent the Prussian army had to advance acs n plateau about two miles in length. The first troops to attack the enemy's pOsition were my old friends the 40th regiment, the 39th, and the 77th— about 6,500 men, supported by four batteries of artillery, their advance being covered by a bat talion of rifles. The woods to the right of the French position swarmed . with tititilleurs, whilst a the centre was occupied by strong brigade, which seemed to me to be about 8,000 strong.. In the meanwhile Gene ral von Goben, anticipating the arrival of Prince Frederic Charles, ordered the attack to commence,at the same time massing a large body of cavalry, compojed of cuirassiers, lancers, hussars, and dragoons on either flank. At about twenty minutes past ten the engagement began in earnest, some six batteries opening fire on the French position, and covering the advance of the first line—this time with but little loss—gained the foot of the hill, and then tlirconflict became sanguinary. Foot by foot was each iitisputed, the continual roll o f mus k etry b e i ng ahnos oo awful to listen to. Gradually the French re. tired until they gained * the crest of the hill. Here they turned, anethe loss on the Prussian side was fearfully heavy; they fired at about sixty yards, and ,the French, having to fire down whilst the Prussians had to fire up, and being but ill-conditioned, must have suffered great slaughter. The regiments that had got so far were now greatty reduced, the blue uniforms and brass-topped helmets i lying in hegps along the crest of the hill. " goanthne the triains from Neuenkirchen had been cring ing up rigl troop - s,-who ' formed to the right and left, and advanced to the relief of their hardly-pressed corn. rades. The French, on the right of the Prussian position, then re red upon. Forbach, remaining in position with artilleryn their front, when they reached the suburbs of that place. Meantime anxious eyes were looking out for Prince Frederic Charles's force ; but no signs of it weie to be seen. The first line was then relieved, and the. Fan* under a severe fire, retired to the crest t of the hill. Here, or an hour, thiltruggle for possession of,the crest of the hill was hot and furious. At length the French gave 'lefty, and the Prussian infantry steadily advanced: No sooner had the French reached the svburbs of Forbach than they opened a hot fire of artillery upon the right of the Prussian line, causing the cavalry placed there to change their position to the left flank. Here thy* whole cavalry division—some B,ooo.eahrss—were massed behind a shel tering hill. g lthalf-rattery of field artillery had, by some extraordinary means, been gagged up to We crest of the hill, and the service lone by these guns will always be a prominent feature of the battle. The French, nowrein forced, advanced their whble line, compelling the Prus sians to retire, and pitching shells with beautiful-precision into the cavalry, whose hiding-place they had disco vered. "Fresh PitABSian trops then rtlieved those on the heights, whilst four battalions covered by artillery were massed an the right to strengthen their petsition towards Forbach. Night was now falling, and darkness soon put an end to the Qbstinate struggle for the' crest of the hill. The Prussian advance up the heights of Forbach, in the ffice of the fearful fire that wain poured upon them, was simply magnificent. They - were as steady as if on parade, and I shall never forget tha . do;sged sort of way in which they retreated whtficompelled to leave the crest of the hill. The regiments that,suffered most were the 77th, the 40th, and 39th. The 40th lost nearly all their officers in one battalion, and according to the opinitm of Wally c f the generals the ltss on the Prussian side may be put down at 2,000 or 1,600 men killed and wounded. The French loss must have been nearly as large. At half-past seven Prince Frederic Charles arrived. The generals in Saarbrucken. to-night are Prince. Frederic Charles, General von Steinnlitz, general von. Oobon, General .von Zastro7, and General von Zimmermann. The PrusSians had some 28,000 infantry engaged, the whole force under fire being about 40,000 men, composed of the 7th and half the 3rd .g.rmy Corps. The town of Saar brucken is full of wounded, and they are stilt-bringing the poor fellows in; I very much fear that many of those wounded towards evening will have to remain till daylight, for the - night is pitch dark. I write this on the top of a baggage waggon, by the light of a very bad oil-lamp ; and; shoilld there be an advance to-morrow I will then send further partleulars. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GRNTLEMEN,— The state of public business enables me to release you from your attendance in Parliament. I continue to receive from all foreign Powers assurances of goodwill and friendship ; but I have witnessed with grief and pain, on domestic as well as public grounds, the recent outbreak of war between two power ful nations, both of them allied with this country. My best exertions had been used to avert this great calamity. I shall now direct a constant and anxious attention to the strict observance of the duties and the maintenance of the rights of neutrality. I have cheerfully assented to the measure, matured by your wisdom, to enlarge the power of the Executive, not only for the diseharge of international duties, but for the prevention of acts which, in time of war, might be in jurious to the interests of the country. I shall make every fitting endeavour to check the opera tion of causes which might lead towards enlarging the area of the present conflict, and to contribute if opportunity shall be afforded me, to the restoration of an early and honourable peace. I have tendered to the two belligerent Powers treaties identical in form to give additional security to Belgium against the hazards of a war waged upon her frontiers. This Treaty has been signed by Count Bernstorff, on the part of the North German Confederation, and the French Ambassador has signified that he has authority to sign the corresponding instrument as soon as his full powers arrive. Other Powers, which were parties to - the Treaty of 1839 have been invited to accede, should they think fit, to this engagement. The shocking murders recently perpetrated in Greece produced a painful impression throughout Europe, and have drawn attention to serious evils existing in that country. My unremitting efforts will be directed to securing the complete and searching character of the inquiry which has been instituted. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for the liberal provision which was made by you for the ordinary service of the year, and for the addi rional supplies of men and money which you have voted in view of the altered state of things on the Continent of Europe. The condition of the revenue gives ground for the hope that it may be able to meet the new charge which has been created, without reversing the proper balance of income and expenditdre. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMBN, In regard to domestic legislation, I may fitly con gratulate you on the olose of a session marked by an assiduous devotion -to labours of the utmost) national importance. The temporary Act for the Repression of Agrarian Crime, and the Maintenance of Order in Ireland has, up to the present time, answered the purposes for which it was passed. - From the Act for regulating the occupation and owner ship of land, I anticipate the gradual establishment both of harmonious relations between owners and occupiers of land, and of general confidence in the provisions and administration of the law, and in the just and benevolent intentions of the Legislature. In consequence of the efforts which have been made in matters of capital moment, to remove from the Statute Book whatever might seem inequitable to Ireland, I trust that the discharge of the first duty of Govesnment in providing for the security of life and property will be come more easy, and I shall rely with confidence upon the loyalty and affection of my Irish subjects. It has given me pleasure to *concur with you in the passage of the important law . providing for national education in England. I perceive in it a new guarantee for the moral and social well-being of the nation, and forits prosperity and power. The Igaturalization Act, and the Act for the Extradi- THE BATTLE AT WOERTH. A letter in the Standard, from Nancy, supplies - a, few details respecting the great defeat on the French right— the rout-11 APStMahon's corps :—" The encounter took place on Saturday morning, at a short distance of Haguenau, at a place named Woerth ; the Prussians were posted amongst the woods of 4aguenau k and commenced a fearful artillery fire on the French columns ; it was soon replied to by MacMahon, his fulls strength being nearly 30,000 men ; the Prussians nurebering about 100,000 men. The.contest was horrible, the mitrailleuses making a fearful havoc of Prussian relOmentEor who disappeared to make place for new ones. On the other Side The enemy's artillery was making a real carnage in they French ranks ; Turcos, Zouaves, and troops of the lineNotight heroically—three against one ; repeated arges of cavalry 'were unable to take advantage,ffour regiments of Cuirassiers having to ?etire each time with greater losses. The struggle lasted nearly all day, and concluded by the:, entire repulse of MacMalion's troops, after a mostklisastrous contest. The losses are enormous on both sides. An officer just come back tells me he sawin the field near 30,000 Prussians killed or wounded; even fvith their number so out of proportion, ie French have not lost so much—but they sale defeated, they are repulsed. Consternation is spread- on all faces ; all these reverses were so unexpected, the blow so rapid, that it seems incomprehensible, especially to people un concerned with nailitary tactics and warlike Operations. Tout n'est pas perdu, it is said, and I firmly hope so, but . the defeat of the French at the beginning of the campaign must have already seemed ' all over Europe -as one of those calamities which "tend to to civilisation and liber4lisro a e retrograde MacAbhon is retreat,ipg on , Nancy. The brave marshal was overcome by superior forces. It is really striking that up to now the different corps d'armee have been so die , - persed that they cannot reinforce- one another when they meet nshas been 'the case up to now, with enemies twice their number—there is something wrong sozpewhere. The French soldiers fight and die like heroes ; they have to fight in unfavourable positions, with insufficient nume rical strength. Who 'a to blames Such is the question put•everywheg. STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN. is somewhat straw that the' Prinsians" should be, by Conwiison with 1866, so tardy in following up their first successes. Various explanations way be assigned for such a departure from' the course of strategy which led them to Sadowa. rt is.evident that the Prussian army, as a whole, was not - ready to take the offensive against France, and that, but for the inexplicable delays of the Emperor,. the attack of the enemy would have been awaited on the line of th'i Rhine. At the same time it_may be con ceived that the CroiVn Prinee, with the Third Army, around Alannhehm and in the Palatinate---an armY at least half as poVferful as tho entire French force between Thionville and the Rhine—was destined to strike a heavy blow fit the flank and rear of the invaders, as they pressed northwards into German terri, tory. In this enterprise he would - probably have been qecouded by a Fourth Army, crossing the Rhine above 'Strasburg ; while Frederidk , Charles and Steinmitz, making a stiff but not a desperate resistance, drew the French onward to the Rhine, and opened up their com munications to the Crown Prince's attack. Such a plan of camptiign, of course, would necessarily Involve a higher state of ,readiness for aggressive open dions on the Dere of the Third `Arniy : -,--since the First and cocottd had v* to . await, or to invite by their compara tivugusitiitAbm tlcatmk. Ow n ix, autt THE WAR. The North German Consul at the port of Shields has received copies of a proclamation by his Majesty the King of Prussia, dated the 24th July, respecting the formation of a volunteer naval force, and requesting him to make the same known to the captains and crews of all North German ships at present in the port or that may arrive there in time. It is reported that a Northern gentleman has submitted a new projectile to the Prussian Govern ment which has been very favourably received. A num ber of Germans left the Tyne for the war yesterday. ANOTHER FRENCH BALTIC FLEET OFF DOVER. The second French fleet of nine ironclads passed Dover yesterday, bound for the Baltic. They are reported to have contained a large number of soldiers on board from Brest and Cherbourg. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE WAR. The Bishop df Manchester, preaching on Tuesday at Manchester in behalf of day and Sunday schools, referred thus to the war : " After the strange revelations that have been made of the motives that have been stirring of the hearts of princes and statesmen for six years or more, the one thing that amazes me about this terrible war more than another is its criminal, its astounding wickedness. That emperors and statesmen, to gratify their inordinate ambition to prop up a tottering dynasty, or even with the higher object of consolidating a great nation, should be ready to shed blood like water, and carry out their guilty purposes at whatever cost of angdsh, misery, and desola tion inflicted upon hundreds of thousands of their fellow creatures, is an awful thought. There may have been righteous wars in the history of the human race ; I fear they have been few, but if I dare to interpret the verdict of posterity upon this war, I cannot befleVe that, lio'w ever its history may be gilded by heroisffi, or hdweyer much it may be ennobled by patriotic feeling,, it will ever be justified as righteous." - 7 ,,- , STATZE OF THE LATE EARL OF OARLISEE A bronze statue, byNoble, was on Tuesday uncovered in memory of the late Earl of Carlisle. It is placed on a hill overlooking the town of Brampton, ten miles froth Carlisle. A large company was present, and a public dinner followed the inauguration. Earl Russell and M!. Gladstone were expected to take part in the proceediags, but were unable to attend. £1,250 COMPENSATION FOR RAILWAY ACCIDENT. At the Manchester - Assizes yesterday, John Hargraves, commercial traveller, brought an action against the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway for injuries sustained in a collision at Brighouse on December 14th, between a pas senger train and some goods waggons being shunted. The medical evidence was that the plaintiff was suffering from spinal disease, the result of a. shock ; and in all proba bility he would never completely recover. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the damages at £1,250. REPRESENTATION OF PLYMOUTH. It is thought that the lion. Charles Edgcumbe, a cap tain in the Guards, and brother of the Earl of Mount- Edgcumbe, may be brought forward in opposition to Sir Itobert Collier, the Attorney-General, who, having ac cepted the Recordership of Bristol, has again to ask the suffrages of the electors of Plymouth. THE RYDE REGATTA. The Commodore's Cup at the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, held at Ryde yesterday, was won by the Egeria. Fiona came second, then Gwendoline, Pleiad, Marian, and Druid. WORKMAN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. -= The number of visitors present yesterday was 8,254. The London Society for the Aid of the Sick and Wounded in War met on Monday, and resolved to send out six surgeons to the scene of hostilities. BARNEVS BANKING} COMPANY..-.--Oh Tuesday, at the Rolls Chambers, in the winding-up matter of Barned's Bank, Mr. Lording, on the part of tbe official liqul. dators, applied for a number of " balance orders" to enforce the payment of the call on the "B " list of past contributories, on which list numerous compromises had been accepted. The parties summoned did not appeat, and Mr. Church, the Chief Clerk, made the kequired orders. Mr. Lording asked that ihe money might be made payable to one of the liquidators, because if the money were ordered to be paid into the bank nothing could be done till November en default of payment. 'The Chief Clerk declined to vary the usual order. FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL,—,At two o'clock on Tuesday morning the barque Maximili an , l a diM with sugar, from Surinam io Amsterdam, was mil down off Volkestone by the ship Lady Lawrence, from London to Liverpool One woman and two boys were drown6d. The captain, crew, and other passengers scrambled on board the Lady Lawrence, and were taken from her by a Texel pilot boat and brought to Dover. There :verb 29 soldiers and 12 seamen on board, all of whom were re ceived at the Dover National Sailors' Home, where they were not only lodged and etarded, but, as far as the stock of clothing in hand at this admirable institution allowed, Were also Gothed. EUROPEAN ASSURAWM SOCIETY.— The Sheriff of 4Edinburgh having issued his warrant for the examina tion of Sir Frederick Benith (the chairman), Mr. A. R. Bristowe and Dr. Read (directors), and Mr. Dalton Easum (the secretary, the proceedings were 9penea, on Tuesday by Mr. Go Junner, the Commissioner appointed at hia Charmers, Briok-court) Temple. It may be necesgaty tri state that the proceedings had reference to Qie disput , Irtween Mp. Robert Crawford, fornwly a tliracter and manager of the Scotch branch of tlunirbusi ness, and thtf present bogrd of directors. Mr. Montagne Williams appeared for Mr. Ckawford, and other legal gentlemen were also, present. Mr. Bristowe was exar mined at some length in explanation of his connection with the so6lety. Mr. W. Cleltind, formerly managbr of the European, was also exaanined, and an adjo u rning t took place. James Gibbons, Chairman of the Executive Com mittee of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States, has issued the following letter :—" Phil a d e lphi a. J u l y 20, 1870.—1 n view of the imminency of a general European war, and the strong probability of England being en gaged in the struggle, a general convention of the Irish Nationalists of America, irrespective of past differences or organizations, will be held in Cincinnati, August 23, to adopt such measures as will best promote the cause of Irish independence. Tier Majesty held a Privy Council on Tuesday at Osborne, at two o'clock, at which were iresent—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone (First fiord of the Treasury) ; Earl de Grey and Ripon (Lord President of the Council) ; Viscount Halifax (Lord Privy Seal) ; and the Right Hon. R. Lowe (Chancellor of the Ex chequer). At the Council her Majesty's Speech,.to be delivered (by commission) on the prorogation of Parliament, was submitted and approved of. The re cently appointed Lord Justice (G. Mellish, Esq.) had an audience with her Majesty, and received the honour of knighthood, and was also sworn in as a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. The Dutch Ambassador had also an audience with her Majesty. Arthur Helps, Esq., was Clerk of the Council. SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM,--011 Monday a grand field day took place at Chatham, and the regular troops were brigaded together with the Volunteer corps, according to the system which has been pursued with a view to afford instruction to the Volunteers, and increasing the confidence of the country in their powers. Chatham was chosen by the authorities for the pur pose of an instruction visit on account of its fortifica tions. The origin of its fortifications arose" in the seventeenth century, when the Dutch fleet, under Do Ruyter sailed up to the town, and committed some depredations.. The School pf Military Engineers is also established at Chatham, and the Com mandant of the School inspected the regiments. One . qfficer of the Royal Engineers was told off to- each coin= . pang to point out the details and to impart any, desirable information to the . volunteeko. They saw, everything connected with the attack on a fortress, and the erection of • batteries. Experiments were afterwards made with powder and gun-cotton near St. Mary's barracks. In the afternoon some operations were carried on at the fortifica tions. The volunteers appeared to be highly pleased with the result of their expedition, and the best feeling existed between them and the regular troops. (ADVERTISEMENT].—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment. — Climate. —Under certain circumstances it is compulsory for Englishmen to leave their native land for more distant countries, rendered unwholesome by variations of tempera ture and other causes. To all such Holloway's Pills and Ointment aro strongly recommended. Armed with these great antidotes they may safely encounter all the extreme and sudden variations of climate, and all the diseases engendered by malaria. No disorder can long resist the diligezt use- of these matchless medicines, which are a blessing to the human race. Holloway's _remedies are, wonderfully potent, yet marvellouily harmless. retire to the shelter of tlleir fortresses. But days anct weeks passed by, and the Emp erer ma d e no movement, while the million soldiers of Germany are mobilised and ready for battle. The Prussian generals might well see cause—in the inactivity, the hesitation, the evident weakness of the enemy, —to change suddenly the l plan of campaign, so far as the centre and right were concerned, and to 'launch the Crown Prince at once against the French right • flank, incautiously ex posed by the' drawing-in of MacMahon upon the centre for the Much meditated but lOng-delayed attack. This theory would e,xplain at_ once the feebleness with which the Prussians at first held Saarbruck ; the energy with which; as their divisions successively arrived from the north, they retook it on Saturday last ; the delay of Steinmetz and Frederic Charles to form up the masses of their troops, but lately put in march from the Rhine ; and the delay of the Crown Prince himself in pushing the great advantage he won at Woerth, until he should learn that the main army—and perhaps also the Fourth Army, destined to cross the Higher Rhine—were fully ready to support his further advance into the French ter ritoity. The necegbity of repairing losses and replacing ammunition must also count for something in retard ing operations; but this cause alone could not explain the delay, at least on the part of the First and Second Prussian Armies, only a very small portion of which was engaged at Forbach and Spicheren the other day. A day or two at the most, however, will suffice to place the various German armies in a state of perfect effi ciency itr an offensive campaign —a chief difficulty being, as we indicated yesterday, the supply of provisions for operations in a country almost eaten out by the Imperial troops. Each of the three armies num bers about 140,000 men ; and thus, even if we leave out of account the South German levies, who are gathering on the' Upper Rhine, the Emperor would have to do with more than 400,000 already victorious enemies, of whom 2430,000—under Prince Frederic Charles and Von Steiumitz—act as one single body be tween the Vosges and the Moselle, while "Fritz," with his one hundred and forty- thousand men, on the eastern slope of the Vosges, is proof against any possible attack that can be made by the French in the present posture of their affairs. Even by the Emperor's own account, he has not more than 230,000 men under his hand ; and these are, as was shown yes terday, scattered in three distinct bodies, over a line of about a hundred miles in length, from the neighbourhood of Metz, to Saverne, on the crest of the Vosges, twenty miles north-west of Strasburg.—Daily Telegraph. It is possible, though we confess it seems to us hardly probable, that the Emptror may even now design to con centrate his whole army to defend the passages of the Vosges. But he could scarcely expect to be in time. Can sobert's corps would exhaust the transporting power of the railway for two days, and the troops from Metz would have to make four marches in order to reach Phalsburg. Before their four marcheeNould be com pleted MacMahonll'even if assisted by Canrobert, would in all probability .be beaten back, and the Vosges he crossed by the army of the Crown Prince. Yet, as a. last desperate risk, the effort might be worth making. Saverne closes this pass of the Vosges, and must be taken before an advance on Nancy can be made by either the railroad ,or the great Strasburg road. In rear of it a strong position might be taken up. It is situated on the Zorn, where it debouches into the plains of Alsace, and above it rises a spur of the Vosges, covered with forest. It ,was chosen by the Romans as a station for the defence of the Vosges, and that argues that it is not incapable of defence. Of its old defensive works only some ruined wails and towers remain. But if Saverna itself were taken, the railway to Nancy would easily be made useless. Immediately after passing Saverne there is a viaduct on six arches which carries the railway over the road, canal, and river, and then, after several deep cuttings, there is a tunnel nearly 500 yards long. The main road is closed, when Sat'erne is passed, by the fortress of Phalsburg, and although this may not be strong enough to stand a long siege, having still only tine work designed by Vauban, it would prove a for• midable check to an advancing army. We know how it opposed the Allies in 1814 and in 1815. But in order that MacMalson or the Emperor should hs- , e an opportunity of opposing the Crown Prince at Saverne and Phalsburg the. Crown Prince must first attack by that 'road ; and if" does not follow that because MacMahon has takes that . route the Crown Prince will do - lo as well. Hip first despatches chew that he was under the. impres sion that the marshal had taken the road to Bitsche, and he would naturally halt before pushing on against that strong positibii, where the fort-crowned hill closes the pass, till assured of assistance from the other armies. He is long since aware that the army of Prince Frederie Charles has occupied Saarguemines, and that the French army has retreated along-the whole frontier. Helmet know, what was doubtless the case on Monday, that there are nS French forces to bar that passage to the Vosges, and it is more than likely that he will disregard MacMahon for the present, or at least leave a corps to oppose him, and hasten to cross these difficult hills, and effect his junc tion with the other armies. If once the three Gesman armies foin together, west of the Vosges, they will ad 'ance in Such strength on Metz that the Emperor's forces will be entirely outnumbered.. It is now impossible for the Emperor to dispute these northern passes of the Vosges ; and it seems, the refore, that a concentration for the purpose olholding tipke mountains cannot be sure of suc cess. It would be no use to hold Phalsburg, and have the position turned by Bitsche. Besides the risk of throwing the whole Frbuch army towards the Vosges would be enormous. It affords to Steinmetz and to Prince Charles the opportunity of ascending the Moselle unchecked, and placing themselves between the French army and Paris. The more we think over the dispatch which states this to be the plan the more we see that it is now too late for such at attempt, and that the probabilities are much more in favour of the Emperor's calling Canrobert to Metz, and there endeavouring to make a stand against' the armies which will advance upon him from the Saar.—Standard. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER. Late on Mondaftight a most deliberate attempt to murder was made in Bethnal-green, at the back of the new Columbia Fish Market. For some time past a man named Robert Jordan had been cohabiting with a woman named Elizabeth Butler. Both were people of the lowest class, and, though married, were separated from their respective partners. On Monday . afternoon Jordan found Butlek in a publichouse in the Hackney-road,drink ing ,with a man who she told hi m was h er brother-in-law. They had words together, he is believed to have struck her, and ,he threatened her that before the night • was but he would give he something which would mace her remember him. He then left her, and purchased for 2id. at an ironmongery shop in SPital fields a knife similar to that used by shoe-makers; the blade, about 'six inches long, was ground down to a sharp point, and it was doubled-edged. The same night he found the woman at another public - - house in Bethnal-green„ and withmit speaking a word lie struck her in the back. Blood ,fol lowed, and ( persons standing round exclaimed,,that he had a knife . , and had stabbed her. The man then ran off down the street and escaped. The woman was at once removed to ,the London Hospital, where her condition was found to be sueh that it was deemed necessary to take down her statement. nn the meantime Jordan had been arrested at a public-house hard by, where he remained drink ino,, until his apprehension. ,At the hospital the prisoner was confronted with the unfortu nate woman, who identified him as her assailant. The written statement agreed with the foregoing narrative. The woman remains in a most precarious condition, and it is the opinion of the house-surgeon that she cannot sur vive, as the weapon penetrated A her liver. Cin Tuesday afternoon the prisoner was charged at Worship-street with the attempt to murder, and the written statement was put in as evidence. The prisoner, in reply to Mr. Newton, said----:" She (Butler) says it was her brother-in.- law ; lint I can prove different. It was all through jea- Lusy." He was then remanded fora week. ..... • NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. At the military depot in King-street, Westminster, the non-commissioned officers are busily engaged in enlisting men for the Army Service Corps, the 60th Rifles, and various other regiments. Before midday yesterday 200 strong and active looking young men had been enlisted and passed by the military surgeons at the Horse Guards. The greater number were carpenters, tailors, saddlers, journey. Men bakers, and shoemakers. Nearlyall these men have come from Whitechapel and the east-end. No man was en listed for the Army Service Corps unless he had a trade and was under Mt. Tin. and above Mt. Sin. in height. As the day advanced, and it became known among the unem ployed of the working classes that the Government in tended to enlist 20,000 additional men for the army, me chanics an d labourers came in greater numbers to the depot than in the earlier part of the day. In the evening the crowd outside the depot became so great that it VOA found necessary to procure the assistance of the police in order to regulate them. 'lie officers remarked that the - difficulty of procuring men was now ended. The screw frigate Ariadne, which was last employed as a yacht for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was towed from her moorings in Portsmouth harbour and placed alongside the dockyard jetty. It is expected she will be immediately prepared for commission, and form part of the squadron under Rear• Admiral R. Seymour. There was a further entry of men at Chatham Dockyard yesterday—fitters and labourers. Since the augmentation commenced about 150 additional workpeople have been taken on at this dockyard, including women (for the ropery), fitters, sailnialiers, smiths, and labourers, I for Go- DSSl and nen- ►ow - till fore, ,erly lade ;e at was Eon to a q. an ;hen e to Lave )neh is a the ions ion, tew, nicy T of On 111 the ise" wls ats. )ro- WS- in -I;ed. mci ,tel, the rtly gh- I to yes We ous to yen , is