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It by the fall t impossible In his life ones " with 3e most elo bones—the used across of the dis. the injuries tat the ner re been sO performing By E. P. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN OFFICE, 8 n. M. THE WAR. CO NFIRIViATION OF THE RE CAPTURE OF ORLEANS. (GERMAN OFFICIAL lELEGKA.M.) BERLIN, November 11. The Army of the Loire having advanced to Beau gelleY, on the right bank of the Loire, General Von der Tann on the 9th of November evacuated O rleans, and took np a position against the enemy, a nd aft er ascerta i n i ng t h e s t reng th of the hostile f .. ,. °r ees, marched off to St. Peravy. There was a w4 glit engagement with them. The enemy remained quiet on the 10th. Prom head-quarters the King of Prussia has for !larded a telegram to the Queen, at Homburg. He Celle her that on the 10th, General Von der Tann, Yielding to the superior force of the enemy, with drew fighting, from Orleans to Toury, where he 11n ited his forces with those of General Wittich and pri nce, Albrecht, who.had arrived from Chartres. The 'rend Duke of Mecklenburg will join General Von der Tann to-day (the 11th). THE FRENCH ACCOUNT. The Government of Tours yesterday received intern geace of the re-capture. The report of General 4 nrelles de Paladine says that he carried Orleans after two days' fighting. The losses amounted to 2,000 killed and wounded, p ut considerably over 1,000 prisoners have been taken, and that number was constantly being increased by pursuit. Another important circumstance is that t Wo guns, of German make, have been captured by t he French, t oge th e r with twenty powder ammuni tion Waggons. The principal seat of the action was n `aoulrni ers , and the fighting was no mere " recon llaimance " but was a resolute, stubborn, and well- W aged fi g ht, w hi c h ma d e Von de Tann abondon his ho ld on the high road to Orleans, and all back across e°u ntrY towards St. Peravy-la-Colovnb, live miles t° the north of Coulmiers, on the road to Chateaudun. I .The fir s t eng agement took place in the Forest of ' 4B rchenoir, where a Prussian corps from Baccon at tacked th e F r e n ch position near St. Larrent des ia, but w e r e repulsed. On the following day the 'Fr ench t assumed the offensive. It is supposed the Nect of General Aurelle de Paladine was to tur n Orleans, and isolate General von der 1,4 ". The Beaugency Corps was to advance °u Orleans ; but while the right wing of the French Win g, 3' would stop near Ormes, the centre and left tia in g, pivoting on the right wing, were to march a r ,:igh Germigny, St. Peravy, Boulay, and Briey, G /lu . effect a junction with a cavalry corps which t eneral Pallieres was to bring from St. Beneit-sur t°ire towards Cercottes. The fighting commenced on ~L ts morning of the9th,and lasted till night. Baccon and 'l4ollln:tiers were successively occupied by the French, Wh ere Chauzy advanced rapidly on Germigny, xi ll ere the Germans made a determined resistance. i'eauwhile, General Royan, on the extreme G eneral marched on St. Peravy la Colombe. 0 e tleral von der Tann, warned in time, fel l his troops to evacuate Orleans, and andel back with the whole of his force by the Artenay coma Patay roads. At the same time strong Prussian ad vance from Beauce arrested General Royan's on St. Peravy, whence General Royan, eh e tlaced by a superior force, fell back. General aUzy also fell back from Germigny. The following order of the day has been issued by the French general in command Officers and men of the Army of the Loire,— ar eeterday' s fighting: has hbeen a success for our s• All the enemy's positions were vigorously ettlnt r ied, and the foe is retreating. The Govern et has been informed by me of your conduct, ; 4 has entrusted me with the duty of returning th °ll its thanks. I do so with great pleasure. In a 4 ° Midst of its misfortunes the eyes of the country L e t upon you. France counts upon your courage. us make every effort that her hopes may be 1, 46 AIIRELLES DE PALADINE, "The General Commander-in-Chiet. " head-quarters, Nov. 10." CAPITULATION OF NEW BREISACH. i o l le capitulation took place on the evening of the 0 : 1 There were 5,000 prisoners, including 100 cers, and 100 guns captured. ENGAGEMENT NEAR I\IONTBELIARD. despatch from Delle, dated November 11th, ktui ou Fnoes that an engagement had taken place on e Previous day between 3,000 Germans and the th e troops stationed between Montl:Aliard and Swis s f ron ti er , i n consequence o f w hich the Ger mans occupied Beaucourt and Etuves. ANOTHER BOMBARDMENT OF MONT MED Y. A despatch from Arlon, November 11, says the 3- 11188 ian army, six thousand strong, has reached a ltetz a few kilometres only from Montmedy. A " ftil bombardment is expected every moment. DEFENCE OF AMIENS. AMENS, November 11 k i a l ‘ i ° Enemy is at present near Amiens. The Prus -118 who were a t B eauva i s h ave gone b ac k to Paris. At this town the defences are all ready for the foal of th e enem y, a n d g r ea t r e j o i c i ngs are t a ki n g e/7 over the victory won by the Army of the MARCH OF GARIBALDI. G aribaldi i s sa id t o h ave marc h e d on th e 10th " t til 12,000 men from Dole to Beltort. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRUSSIANS. il"ews from Besancon of the Bth says that the sian headquarterS are at Swenans ; ,10,000 11 : 81 ans remained at Vesoul. There was believed a strong Prussian force between Belfort and tlie r leourt. A Prussian column left Montbozon on h for Rioz. LILLE, November 11. t : r he Echo du ord says : "We cannot say 415 -4 1 et lY where the enemy's troops are, but we are c i .e , to affirm that there can no longer be the - , ‘ "et doubt about the Prussian march to the I: i t h• On Thursday last French officers, abso irrecognisable under the disguise; travelled to °ll g the roads among a German army th ll3B going in a northern direction, and which eo e Y estimate at 60,000 to 80,000 men. Our t o i tint rYreen were three days passing through this tst . ll4ll l of troops, from which its importance may be vi lraated. This army appeared to be the one pre al Y announced as destined to operate against o ,: l tie n and Amiens. The corps destined for Lille a PPears to have left Metz on Monday last." THE FATE OF PARIS. t e l r l t eL l 'gence has been received at Brussels from o I n) statin g that Paris will not be bombarded, f ro ti rh t ' t Bismarck having acquired the conviction, Vi m what has transpired during his negotiations (tiorio‘.ci.atiou 8 4% Thiers, that the French capital has only t api ,ent provisions for one month, and that its is certain to take place within a brief CAPTURE OF GARIBALDI DENIED. BERLIN, November 11. Th e !reported capture of Garibaldi is contra CBE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1870. in the parishes of Templemore, County of Tipperary, and in part of the parish of Kilbride in King's County. Both these districts were proclaimed in Tuesday's Gazette. t THE POSITION GF GARIBALDI'S COMMAND. Writing from Dole on the, 7th inst., the correspondent of the Daily News at the headquarters of . Garibaldi_saya : The probability of our retiring upon Mouchard and the Forest of Chaux, in the event of our being attacked by the enemy in force, becomes more apparent every day. lam glad to say that we are now kept tolerably well informed of the enemy's movements, which seem to indicate that they intend either to drive us from this part of the country, or shut us up in Besancon or Auxonne, before marching upon Lyons. Vesoul is again occupied, as is also Beaune. Belfort is surrounded, so that the German line now presents the form of a crescent, extending from Belfort to Beaune, with Dijon, Gray, and Vesoul as central points, Besancon undertakes to observe the troops assembled in the neighbourhood of Vesoul and Belfort, and to prevent, a descent from that quarter, while the volunteers, under the command of Garibaldi, will oppose the remainder of the crescent. On the line from Dijon to Dole the Germans are at Callonges, which is the station before Auxonne. At St. Jean de Losne, which is situated due west of Dole at the point where the river Ouche runs into the Saone, we have had several skirmishes with the enemy's ectaireurs, in one of which we lost two men killed and six wounded, but held our ground. On the line from Gray to Orchamps and DOle, the Germans are at Valay which is the station before Pesmes, numbering, it is said, 3,000, with one battery and a few Uhlans. General Bosak, however, does not think they are so numerous. His head-quarters, which a day or two ago were at Offlange, have now been changed to 'l'ervay, which is a mile or two this side of Pesmes. He is placed there to prevent the enemy crossing the Oignon. Unfortunately he has only sixteen hundred men with him, six hundred of whom are dressed in blue blouses, and have never fired a gun. These have been left at Offiange to be drilled. The enemy can cross the Oignon in two places, at Pesmes and L'Abbaye d'Accy. At Pesmes the railway bridge will be blown up, and the passage of the river at that spot, although not impossible, could then be defended for a considerable time by a mere handful of men. At L'Abbaye D'Accy it would be necessary to defend the passage of the river at the point of the bayonet, and if the enemy presented himself in force General Bosak would be compelled to retire upon Besancon. On the other hand, the enemy is endeavouring to cross the Saone, in the neighbourhood of St. Jean de Losne, with a view, perhaps, of surrounding us by a rapid move ment of their right wing. St. Jean de Losne and the river Doubs are defended by the brigade of General Menotti Garibaldi Auxonne, although not a town of any particular strength, is sufficient to stop the advance of the enemy along the railway line between Dijon and Dole. It has 60 cannon, 3,000 men, and pro visions for two months. General Garibaldi in intends to stay here as long as he possibly can, and then, when he finds that the enemy are advancing in force, . he will move his headquarters to Mouchard, and if he cannot give battle, will probably retire upon Lyons, by Lons-le- Saunier and Bourg, In any case, our prospects are any thing but brilliant, and if any fighting does take place, I fully partake of the opinion expressed by Ricciotti, who firmly believes that we shall all be killed. It would be almost impossible to conceive an army worse dressed, armed, and organised than ours. Nearly the whole of our guns are flint lock muskets dating from 1813, transformed to the percussion cap system, and I feel certain that if ever we were to face the Prussians, a most horrible butchery _would be the result. I am not sure whether I have not already told you of a disturbance that occurred some days ago between the Etat-Major and one of the Italian legions, armed with percussion-cap muskets and 'provided with caps that were too small for the nipples of their guns. The Italians very naturally objected to fight unless they could have caps that would fit their guns. SEC,RESY OF TILL PARIS GOVERNMENT. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, in a letter dated the 7th instant, writes as follows :—One of the facts which are least likely to inspire confidence is the absurd mystification which the Government has attempted as to the numbers of the Army and the Mobiles. Some weeks ago I gave you these numbers from the official reports as follows :—For the Army, including the Marine, 70,000 ; and for the Mobiles, 90,00,1 ; in all 160,000. There is no reason why the Governmont at that time should have underrated their force•. On the con trary, there was every reason why they should have an nounced frankly to Paris what was her real effective force. Ever since the beginning of October, all the world has accepted the figures of 70,000 for the Army and 90,000 for the Mobiles. But on the occasion of the recent Plebiscite comes a device which is too transparent to deceive any one. First of all, there is issued a circular from the staff of the commander-in-chief, requesting the papers not to publish the numbers of the Army and of the Mobiles, as it might give information to the enemy. Most of the papers accordingly forbear to give the vote of the Army, and announce the reason why. Then comes au indiscretion, or au apparent indiscretion, of the ex tremely Red papers. One of them, either from spite, or through want of concert with the Government, publishes the numbers of the military vote. Finally, the Journal Officiel, seeing that the numbers have oozed out against the wish of the Government, thinks it right no longer to maintain silence, and lets us know publicly that the numbers which voted in the Army and Mobiles com bined amounted to 245,000. This sort of mystification is very childish, can mislead no one, and does harm to everybody. When the German leaders see that since the last report the numbers of the regular force in Paris have increased for the Army by 55,000 men, for the Mobiles by'3o,ooo, and for all by 85,000, what will they think ? They will at once imagine that Paris must be muoh weaker than it is. There was no reason why the numbers of the forces should have been concealed before ; there is a reason why these forces should be exaggerated now. And then for the impression in Paris. An effort has been made to mobilise the Na tional Guards, an effort which has hitherto completely failed for a variety of reasons. It must put a complete end to their voluntary mobilisation if they are made to under stand that General Trochu has a force of 245,000 regular troops under his command. If he has such a force under him, why should he want to mobilise the National Guards, and why has he been able to do so little hitherto to beat back the invader ? The love of conceal ment infects every French commander. A French general could not exist without a portfolio full of secrets. Bazaine had his plan—a tremendous secret. Now Trochu has his plan—another great secret. And the secresy of the general plan is supposed to involve a long train of secrets which are perfectly useless. The plans of General Trochu have hitherto been delayed simply through the want of artillery, In a few days he will be able to command 500 guns ; in a few days_more, 650. He has no lack of men, and when he has the guns, it will then be necessary for him to exhibit his plan, and to do something, if not to save Paris, at least to save her honour. He declares emphatically that Paris is impreg nable. If so, the capital can only be reduced by star v4.tion ; and now when we have begun to eat the beasts in the Jardin des Plantes—the yak was eaten yesterday at 30 francs a pound for the fillet, and this week we are going to feast on the monkeys, which are said to 'lake a very dainty dish—the time is near at hand, not, indeed, when we are to be starved out, for we have provisions to last a long time yet, but when we shall ail feel the pinch of privation at being deprived of our accustomed food. Paris can then show what she is worth, and we shall then also know what all the secrets 'of the Government are worth. Paris has still a noble part to play, and in a day or two we shall know whether it is in her to recover from the illusions created by the proposition of an armistice---to trust in no one but herself —and like a true heroine, to accept again, as she accepted before, a war to the last extremity. The Pall Mall Gazette utterly condemns the conduct of the Germans in shooting peasants who offer resistance as being both antiquated and barbarous. " The whole of the ‘Landsturm Ordnung,' as the law of 1813 regarding it is called, is drawn up—and its author is no other than Scharnhorst, the organiser of the Prussian army—in this spirit of uncompromising national resistance, to which all means are justifiable and the most effective are the best. But then all this was to be done by the Prussians against the French, but if the French act in the same way towards the Prussians that is quite a different thing. What was patriotism in the one case becomes brigandage and cowardly assassination, in the other." The Paris Journal des Debats says that at a meeting which took place on the thirty-first, a partisan of the rioters rushed in and declared that a battalion of the National Guard had taken possession of the Hotel de Ville, but little attention was paid to his recital. Another orator spoke with more success. " You wish," he said, "to put down citizen Trocbu, but by whom will you replace him ? We want a General, a man of mettle, for we cannot improvise a General. If he has done wrong let his conduct be examined, but he must not be put down by revolutionary means. He has acted like a brave and loyal citizen, and should be maintained in his authority. We cannot stop without a leader in the presence of the Prussians." These remarks were received with great applause. dieted; he is still at Dole. The communications from Lyons are partly broken. The Uhlans are at Nuits. All proposals of intervention are unanimously condemned, and the ill-feeling toward; England is on the increase. The resolution is universal to hold Alsace and Lorraine against all the world. The Reichstag, it is now reported, will meet at Strasburg. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. BERLIN, Nov. 10 (11.20 p.m.) Deserters from Paris state that General Trochu is preparing a grand sortie, in order to restore his prestige with the populace. The Germans have constructed fresh batteries on the heights of Rainey, opposite Noissy, and on the heights of Montmangy, opposite St. Denis ; and at Bezons, and near Courbevoie. A. number of Swiss officers of the late Papal army have joined the Zouave force forming under Baron Charlitte, late Colonel in the Papal service, the Comte de Chambord expressly permitting Baron Charlitte and other Bourbonists to fight under the Republican colours against Germany. In accordance with a new decree of M. Gambett 1, the drill-of the infantry recruits must be completed in a fortnight or 20 days at the utmost. MARSHAL BAZAINE. The Municipal Council of Lille have unanimously passed a resolution, stating that Marshal Bazaine, in announcing in a proclamation to the army which he treacherously surrendered at Metz, that Lille and the whole of the north of France demanded peace at any price, was guilty of a signal falsehood, which the municipal representatives spurn, with the utmost indignation, in the name of their fellow- citizens. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND THE GERMAN CLAIMS. BERLIN, November 10. The correctness of the document published by the London papers relative to the attitude of the Empress Eugenie since her arrival in England is officially denied in Berlin. No envoy, it is asserted, was ever sent by Bismarck to the Empress, neither were any territorial claims !of the description men tioned in the document ever made by Germany. ACHY PILLAGED BY PRUSSIANS. HAVRE, Thursday. It is announced from Formerie that 2,000 Prussians coming from Beauvais, have pillaged Achy, near Marsailles (Oise). THE GERMANS BEFORE PARIS. The construction of fresh batteries by the Germans has been somewhat impeded by the number of projectiles thrown from the forts. Rarely as they damage the work ing parties, concealed in many ingenious works they yet compel caution and retard progress. The sums already speht by the French in keeping up this cannonade must be enormous. Each discharge from tbi big guns, such as abound in the forts, costs no less than £l4. REPORTED JOURNEY OF EARL GRANVILLE TO VERSAILLES. The correspondent of the Telegraph sends the fol lowing from Amiens, dated Nov. 11:-- " I am informed on excellent authority that Lord Granville has passed through Amiens on the road to Versailles. His Lordship, it is added, at first tried the route by Creil, but the Prussians turned him back, and he has now gone on by Rouen. Ido not vouch for the truth of this, but it was told me by a person in whose credibib ty 1 have cou fidehce. THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE PRINCE IMPERI A L. The case of the individual charged with uttering threats against the life of the Prince Imperial has been tried at Brussels, and the accused condemned to six months' imprisonment. RUSSIA AND THE TREATY OF 1856. According to a letter from Berlin, dated the 9th of November, Prince Gortchakoff has addressed a Circular to the Great Powers who were parties to the Treaty of of 1856, respecting some of its provi sions, which, it is thought, might now be modified in the interests of Russia.— Times. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) SPOLIATION OF THE HOLY SEE. A requisition for a public meeting of the city and county of Cork, to protest against the spoliation of the Holy See, was published in the Cork papers yesterday. It bears the signatures of the May or, the city High Sheriff, the Bishops of Cork, Cloyne, Ross, and Kerry, four members of Parliament, a large number of magistrates, and nearly ten thousand other persons. The meeting will be held on Thursday. CHARGE OF MURDER AT CARDIFF. George Harding, a boatman, who on Saturday, the 22nd instant, pushed a man with whom he had been quarrelling in reference to a woman into the canal, thereby causing his death, was yesterday committed by the Car diff magistrates on a charge of wilful murder. The woman, who was the cause of the quarrel, and who stood by whilst her compauion was drowned, was called as evidence for the Crown. MR. GLADSTONE'S REPLY ON THE RELEASE ay MY OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS. The Cork Town Council yesterday received a letter from Mr. Gladstone's secretary, acknowledging the re ceipt of their resolution in favour of the release of the Fenian prisoners. He says :—" I am directed by Mr. Gladstone to inform you that Mr. Gladstone will not fail to communicate the contents of your letter to the Irish Government." THE OXFORD FOUR OAR CHALLENGE CUP. The winners of the previous heats for the four-oar Chal lenge Cup—Pembroke and Balliol—contended in a time race yesterday afternoon. Pembroke, who had the first place, was the favourite, and justified the judgment of the aquatic public by winning a splendid race by half ' a length. MR. TALBOT, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Talbot, member for the county of Glamorgan, addressed his constituents at Bridgend last night. Re ferring to the armaments of England, he commented upon the neglect which was manifested by the Government towards the Militia, and held that it was absurd to call the volunteers an army of reserve. AN IRISH FRACAS. An inquest was held at the Cork Barracks yesterday on the body of William Gibson, private Ist Royal Dragoons, who died on Thursday, from the effects of a fracture of the skull. Evidence was given that the deceased had made a statement to the effect that he was attacked on Sunday night by some civilians, with whom he, being in toxicated, had a dispute, and that he was struck on the head with a stone. A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned by the jury. CRUELTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOARDING-OUT SYSTEM. The "boardidg-out" system of pauper children has been adopted in Southampton for about a year, and has been generally attended with great success. Yesterday, how ever, David Teague, a superannuated police constable, and his wife, were charged before the Southampton magistrates with cruelly illtreating Flora Frampton, six years of age, who had been entrusted to them by the Guardians at half-a-crown weekly, with allowances for school fees, medical attendance, and clothes. The case was brought to the notice of the board by the schoolmistress, who called the relieving officer's attention to some bruises on the child, who was taken away. She said that she had been beaten with a stick for three days in succession. She was in a very bad and dirty state. The woman was fined the extreme penalty of £5, or two months' imprisonment. The man was dismissed. CARRYING ARMS IN IRELAND. The Dublin Gazette of last night issues an order of the Lord-Lieutenant revoking all licences to carry arms RAILWAY COLLISION. As the half-past five o'clock train from Exeter was entering Bristol station last night, through an error in the points it ran into a siding, coming into collision with a goods train standing there. Both the engines were smashed and several of the goods trucks destroyed. The driver of the passenger train had one foot cut clean off, while the driver of the goods train escaped harm by jumping off his engine. Several of the passengers received bruises and cuts, and two guards were seriously contused. It is asserted the signals were wrongly set. LORD ROBERT MONTAGU AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. A correspondence has taken place between Lord Robert Montagu, one of the members for Huntingdonshire, and Mr. Read Adams, secretary of the Hunt's Protestant Association, on the subject of his lordship's joining the Roman Catholic Church. In reply to Mr. Adams's first letter, October 13th, inquiring whether his lordship's secession were true, Lord Robert, on October 15th, asked the object of the inquiry, and what religion Mr. Read Adams professed. The rejoinder, October 18th, stated that the inquiry was instituted by the Protestant Associa tion, and that the object was to point out to his lordship that if he had become a Roman Catholic, he could not well represent so Protestant a county, actually and traditionally. Up to the 31st of October, Lord Robert had not replied to the letter of the 18th, consequently Mr. Adams pressed for an answer. In a short letter dated November Ist, Lord Robert said, " I don't mind telling the Association what I have also told many persons in the county, viz., that I am a Roman Catholic." A meeting of the Association has since been held, at which it was resolved ",That the committee learn with the deepest regret that Lord R. Montagu has abjured the Protestant faith, and has joined the com munion •of the Roman Catholic Church ; that in consequence of this act, however conscientious it may be, he has ceased to enjoy the confidence of a Pro testant constituency ; and that this committee do therefore originate a movement amongst the electors and others (if that be not already done), the object of which shall be the presentation of a requisition to Lord It. Montagu, respectfully calling upon him to relinquish his seat in Parliament." It was also further resolved that a sub committee, consisting of the treasurer and secretary, be appointed to give effect to the foregoing resolution ; to report to the committee; and that a general meeting of the association be called at the earliest convenience to con sider the whole subject. MR. C. GILPIN, M.P., ON THE WAR._ The usual banquet to celebrate the election of Mayor of Northampton, took place on Thursday night, at the George Hotel, in that town. Upwards of two hundred persons were present. The newly-elected Mayor, Mr. Pickering P. Perry, presided, and he was supported by Lord Henley, M.P., Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P., and a large number of the Aldermen, Town Councillors, and leading tradesmen of the town. Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., in reply to the toast of the " House of Commons," alluded to the disastrous war now raging on the Continent. He contended that the present war was the work of M. 011ivier, one of the greatest Radi cals in France. The honourable gentleman de nounces Napoleon as a despotic tyrant, and said the hireling soldiery were no use in the face of an unpaid citizen army, who fought for something which they under stood. He condemned standing armies as being provoca cive of war, the tools of tyrants, and not the defenders of the people. At the same time he was desirous of sup; porting the Government, in keeping our defences in a proper condition. He endorsed fully the policy pursued by the Premier, and the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Gilpin then alluded to the Education Act ; and said he had no doubt but that it would be a national benefit, when it was in thorough working order. SEVERE STORM IN WALES. Our Llandudno correspondent telegraphs that a severe storm is now ,raging at that place. At one yesterday morning the breakers were terrific, and extending for half a mile, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, not withstanding the moon was shining brightly. The .wind is bitterly cold from the north-east. The Prince and Princess of Wales are•expected to visit the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Blenheim in the first week of December. Maclaine Balfe, the wife of the late talented and popular composer, M. W. Balfe, left London last night for Madrid, on.ayisit to her daughter, Victoire, Duchess de Frias. CRYSTAL PALkCE.—One Shilling Day ; Friday . Nov. 11, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 953 ditto on payment, 517 ; total visitors, 1,470. THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT ROME.— A corres pondent, who is usually well informed, writes tons to say that he is enabled to state, on the best authority, that the English College, if not already broken up, must be shortly. Weekly .Register. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. M. T BASS, M.P. FOR DERBY.—The inhabitants of Derby are about to do hon our to their senior representative in Parliament, Mr. M. T. Bass. It is intended to invite him to a dinner, when his portrait, painted by a first-class artist, will be presented to him. The Birmingham Daily Post states that the bishopric of Madagascar, has been offered to`and accepted by the Rev. R. H. Baynes, vicar of St. Michael's, Coventry. Mr. Baynes (who was for some years vicar of Holy Trinity, Maidstone) is the author of the " Canter bury Hymnal," " Lyra Anglicana," and other volumes of Church poetry. _ LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.—A large and influential meeting of the ratepayers of Marylebone was held last evening in the spacious school-room of Brunswick Chapel, Milton-street, Dorset Square, to hear an address from W. Whelpton, Esq., of Belsize Park, a candidate brought forward by the Wesleyan body for the school board for the district of Marylebone. Mr. Whelpton was supported by the Revds. W. Jackson Wray, George Burgess, S. Woolmer, H. E. Gregg, W. S. Nichol, C. Haydon, N. Bishop, M.A., H. Burton, 8.A., and Messrs. R. Bentley, F. C.Turner, —Jones, J. Nurton, &c. Mr. Whelpton will firmly support the introduction of the Bible into Board Schools as the one source of good morals, and the surest means in the hands of carefully selected teachers of making the scholars the good citizens of 'the future. A unanimous vote of confidence was passed, and the meeting pledged itself to vigorously support the can didate. OUR WINTER GIIESTEL—With November the vagabond mendicants return to town. During the sum mer and autumn months they migrate, in imi tation and pursuit of their betters, to country quarters. Those who are disposed to work can generally get it in the harvest-fields and hop-gardens, and for the larger class which cares only for re creation and excitement there is a tolerably continuous series of fairs, fights, and races provided. But with the return of chilly days and long nights the country ceases to offer any attractions, and the tramps betake them selves to town, testing the hospitality of each workhouse on the road thither. With November, therefore, the resident in London ought to .make up his mind how he will meet those " casual" demands upon his pocket with which he will be beset for the next six months. It is not everyone who can adopt Arch bishop Whately's rigid rule, and consistently turn a deaf ear to the most plausible appeals ; nor is it likely that the efforts after such fortitude will be assisted by the re-enactment of the statute of 1535 (37 Henry, VIII., c. 25), which forbade giving alms to beggars' on pain of forfeiting ten times the amount bestowed. Harsh as that statute may sound, i was absolutely necessary, in order to check the blind eleemosynary habits which had been fos tered by the Church, and which had proved the cause rather than the cure, of beggary and wretchedness. And although it is, of course, idle to wish for the revival of such a law, we cannot help thinking that. if people would act upon its principle and fine themselves for indulging in an indolent abuse of almsgiving, the individual and the com munity at large would be equally benefited. Such a fine, we would suggest, might be paid in the form of a donation to some other agency of established reputation ; or, better still, it might be commuted by serving for a certain period as almoner to such a society or as guardian of the poor in a London parish. By these means a man would not only have the satisfaction of knowing that his bounty was well bestowed, but he would learn the extent and some of the causes of the misery around him. Such knowledge, we are sure, would at least convince him of the mischief of indiscriminate alms giving, if it did not suggest also some practical scheme for solving the most formidable social problem of our time. —Pall Mail Gazette. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPEROR. The Telegraph,through the agency of the Atlantic Cable reproduces from the New York Herald of yesterday an account of an interview between a correspondent of that journal with the Ex-Emperor at Wilhelmshohe on the Gth inst.., After referring to general matters and a denial on the part of the Emperor of having 23 millions worth of property in America, the subject of peace and a restoration was referred to as follows : " Correspondent : Peace is the general desire. Peace, by all means. _ ' " Emperor : France, too, needs it ; but the conditions imposed by Count Bismarck are too exacting altogether. What Government could accept them,and at the same time maintain its foothold ? France cannot endure so deed a humiliation. " Correspondent : As to the sentiment in Berlin, the people are so bent upon annexation for future security, that it may be regarded as an impossibility even for Count Bismarck to lower the demand for territorial annexation on the largest scale. " Emperor (with emotion) : France cannot bear this. " Correspondent : Considering that your Majesty may be recreated on the throne, and that France may yet be come prosperous through having lost a portion of her territory, why should your Majesty now commit yourself oh a question of this character ? "Emperor (musingly) : You may be right, but—(and here the Emperor, who had heretofore been all cheerful ness, sighed for the first time). " Correspondent : Will your Majesty have the goodness to explain why the Provisional Government so obstinately refuses to hold an election for representa tives ? " Emperor : In my opinion it is because they are afraid of the Red Republicans. " Correspondent : Should they not just as much apprehend that a large number of Bonapartists would be returned? " Emperor :I do not think so. The discordant elements of socialism, communism, and anarchy, have spread terror, and got the upper hand. It is very difficult to contend with such utopian and seductive delusions. " Correspondent : Does your Majesty feel—l do not speak of bodily strength, for on that score I feel assured there can be no doubt—sufficient mental strength to take up again the reins of Government, if affairs should take a favourable turn and you should be recalled? " Emperor : If I consider the uncertainty lurking on the road to such an aim—if I consider the vast impedi ments to be removed—l can feel but little ambition. I would rather be independent, would even rather be, as I am now, a prisoner, and never step again on French soil. • " Correspondent : But how is it with your Majesty's interests as a father desirous of bequeathing the dynasty to your son ? " Emperor : No, not even for him could I wish the chances of dread uncertainty. If these can not be avoided, he would be happier in private life, without tht overwhelming responsibilities at tending to such a station, in a country which can never forget a humiliation. Pruszda ought not to be too severe; she ought to recollect that I allowed her to fight the Austrian war--that I could have prevented it. The history of the situation previous to 1866, and since— also that of the occurrences before and after Sedan, an exposition of which I have ordered to be written and published—will fully explain the relative merits of the two Powers." THE LEVEE EN MASSE. The Tours correspondent of the Standard, in a letter of the 9th instant, says :—A decree yesterday divides the levee en masse into four bans, which will be called out as required. The first ban is the single men between 21 and 40. These are called out by the decree of Sep tember 29, but, like many decrees, that has been a mere dead letter, and the men are for the most part still in their homes. Does not this shew the utter folly of issuing decree after decree without taking the slightest care to see that they are carried out ? The second ban takes in all married men up to 30, the third from 30 to 35, the fourth from 35 to 40. No hint is given of the dates at which these various bans will be called out, but the general opinion is that, with the ex ception of the first, they will never be summoned at all. It would, indeed, cause far less distress and inconvenience to summon at once the conscripts of '7l and '72, This would give 600,000 young fellows, even allowing for the provinces occupied by the Prussians. These lads would learn the use of arms and the necessary drill far more speedily than the older men, besides which a large number of the married men are at present enrolled in the National Guard, and can be utilised for the defence of their respective districts. It need scarcely be said that the entire absence of hands for agricultural manufacturing, and other purposes, by . the absence from home of all men, single or married, between 21 and 40, would be enormous, and that the number of women and children who would be at once thrown upon the State for support would be overwhelming. It is in fact this very circumstance that the family bread winners are still at home that enables France to support war with less suffering, except in the invaded districts, than is ex perienced in Germany. By alI means make every married man a National Guard, drill him and discipline him to the utmost, and bring him into the field for local defence ; but to take him away from his field or his workshop until the very latest moment would be simply an act of suicide for France, and such, I need hardly say, it is generally considered to be here. Ido not suppose, however, that M. Gambetta ever gave the matter a thought when he dashed off his first decree, ordering a general levee en masse. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES-FRIDAY. HANDICAP HURDLE PLATE. Kelvin Grove. .. Pompeii Spitfire FREE NURSERY HANDICAP. Herod Knight Templar Barefoot PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Mocking Bird... 'Trojan Skiff... ....... .. ... ..... 3 Nine ran. LIVERPOOL CUP. Exciseman Indian Ocean Rosicrucian Seventeen ran. PERFORMANCES OF THE WINNER. Exciseman, three years old, a brown colt by Saunterer, out of Lady Elizabeth, in 1869 was third (Bst 101 b) to La Rile (Bst 31b) and Syrian (Bst 121 b) for the Stephenson Biennial for two.-year-olds at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; was beaten (colts Bst 101 b fillies Bst 81b) by his only opponent My Lady for the Juvenile Stakes for two-year-olds at York August, and was fourth (6st 111 b, car. Est 121 b), and last (except Perfume, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b) to Camel (2 yrs, 6st 71b), Agility (2 yrs, 7st), and the White Slave (2 yrs, 6s. 111 b.) for the Eglinton Stakes at Doncaster. In 1870 won (Bst. 31b.) the Stephenson Biennial for three-year olds of £195 at Newcastle upon-Tyne from La Mlle (Bst. 31b.) and Etruscan (Bst. 121 b.); was second (6st. 131 b.) at the same meeting to Dark Cloud (3 yrs., 6st. 71b.) for the Stewards' Cup (handicap) ; was unplaced (6st. 121 b.) for the Great Yorkshire Handicap, won by Border Knight (4 yrs., Bst. 101 b.) ; was unplaced (6st. 71b.) for the Cesare witch, won by Cardinal York (4 yrs., 7st. 81b.); and won (6st. 41b.) the Liverpool Autumn Cup, beating Indian Ocean (3 yrs., sst. 101 b.) Rosicrucian (5 yrs., 9st.), and fourteen others. WINNERS OF THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN OUP. 1856, Md. of Derwent, 3 y, sst 111 b. 1857 Special License, 3 y, sst. 71b. 1858 Special License, 4 y, 7st. 101 b. 1859 Meg Meanies, 3 y, 4st. 101 b. 1860 The Brewer, aged, 7st. Ilb. 1861 Petra, 5 y, 6st. 91b. 1862 Gardener, 4 y, 6st. 61b. BENTINC 1863 Blithfield, 3 y, 6at. . _ 131 b. 1864 Tartar, 3 y, 6st. 41b. 1865 Elland, 3 y, 6st. 41b. 1866 Beeswing, 3 y, 6st. 71b. 1867 Mandrake, 3 y, 6st. 101 b. 1868 Palmer, 4 y, Bst. 21b. 1869 Lictor, 4 y, 7st 1870 Exciseman, 3 y, 6st. 41b. 1 2 3 WELTER. Emerald Hawkhead Plenipotentiary Four rau. WHITEFIELD NURSERY. Athol Daisy. .. The Bee Chimborazo Twelve ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Knutsford. . Countryman Mayoress Nine ran. A. SCHOONER ASHORE.—About twelve o'clock on Thursday night the Russian schooner Ystava, of Nystadt, Captain Sotka, from London for Newcastle with ballast, broke from her anchors during a stiff breeze from the north-east, and came upon the beach at the South Ham. The crew, seven in all, were saved by the Gorleston life boat, and were subsequently received at the Sailors' Home. An agreement for 2120 has been made with the Gorleston beachmen to get the schooner off. OUR CO rEMPORARIES—This Morning THE RE-OCCUPATION OF 01ILEANS BY THE FRENCH. The victory of the Army of the Loire, says the Times, is a gleam of sunshine for the French nation. Its importance will probably be exa; 4 gerated in France, and there is at least an equal probability that it will be underrated here. The moral effect of an undisputed victory would have been of great value to the French cause, under whatever circumstances it had been won, but a victlry such a; has been achieved on the Loire is doubly important. It shows that . the power of the German hosts to roam about wherever they list, south or south-west of Paris, is, after al., limited. The Germans may securely reckon on getting all they demand if they can keep their circle of iron around Paris unbroken, and can maintain their communications with Germany, and at the same time detach a corps or two to break up any army that may appear to be gathering against them. They must be able to do all these things to be certain of success, though it remains highly probable that they will get what they ask if they can manage to insure the first and second conditions to which we have re ferred. If they can keep Paris shut up and the roads to Germany open, Paris must fall. There is as yet no sign of any part of the 30,000 cavalry coming on the stage, of whom au observant general lately returned from France is understood to have said that if he had then, as he once had, such a force under his command, he would make the King of Prussia beat a precipitate and disastrous retreat. The communica tions with the East are iaterrupted only by the casual action of Francs-tireurs, which are insufficient to interfere with the prosecution of the German plans. But the victory on the Loire shows that it is not possible for the victorious Army to spread out below Paris at pleasure. Prince Frederick Charles, Von Werder, and Von der Tann are formidable leaders, but in dividing their forces they may be overmatched. had they gone on from victory to victory without a check, the desolation of France would have been complete. Wednesday's success is in this way an omen of more friendly fortune. It came not before it was wanted, and its effect em the spirits of the nation will not be less because it seems to have come unexpectedly. The Daily News observes : The course of the German arms has been steadily onward. Now, for the first time, we hear of a retreat—a retreat, it may be, only pour mieux sautes. The Germans have really eva uated Orleans. They have retired before a stronger force, fight ing as they went. But they have fallen back, it would seem, only to oollect their strength. General von der Tann has effected a junction with the armies of General Wittich, Prince Albrecht, and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh; and it is probable that the reoccupation of Orleans by the French will be of but a temporary character. Still, so far as it goes, and while it lasts, it is success. The French Army of the Loire has won its spurs. It has been proved possible to take at least one German commander by surprise, and to confront him with a force stronger than that which he could oppose to it. The German prestige of absolute invincibility, of preparation, everywhere and always, for whatever might happen, is slightly very slightly, it is true - impaired. The first gleam of success has shone upon the French arms, for the fire baptism of Saarbruck was but an ignis fataus. It is vain to speculate upon the vicissitudes of the French temper. The valour of our neighbours needs especially to be encouraged, and it can draw hope from the slightest achieve ments. it is possible, therefore, that this casual success at Orleans may have moral consequences out of proportion to its military importance. Whether this would be for good or for evil remains doubtful. Such a revival of hope and courage as should allow the war to be continued without affecting its ultimate result would, phy sically speaking, be a calamity to France as well as to Germany. It would mean bloodshed and devastation on a larger scale than ever, and increased exasperation and hatred. On the other hand, it might be something to restore the tone of French feeling, and to arrest the nation in the course of that swift descent on which it has entered. We may take it for granted, says the Standard, that General Von der Tann, the hero of Bazeilles, retired, as the King of Prussia puts it, because the force of the enemy was superior—that is to say, because he could not help it. The Bavarian commander executed a strate gical movement, which in all ages and all coun tries has been approved. If he had stopped at Orleans he would have been cut to pieces, so he retired upon Toury and reinforcements. General Von der Tann, whose presence, or the presence of some namesake of whom, where fighting goes on, is the refrain of a popular German song, commemorating the exploits of the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1848, did what the circumstances required of him, but his abandonment of Orleans and retreat towards Paris is not the less a signal advantage to the French, and one the effect of which will not be destroyed if he should be able with the troops sent him from Chartres and Paris to hold his position, and even to force the French to retire. That is a question upon which we will not enter here. The great fact is, that the rupture of negotiations has been followed by the one real succes of the French in the present war. We ought, indeed, perhaps to describe the repulse at Montmedy as such a success, but its influence on the course of the war has hardly been greater than that of such successful resistance to flying columns of the enemy as was offered at St. Quentin and other places. For the first time, at Orleans, a considerable German force has been driven back a considerable dis tance, and been compelled to seek its safety in an abstraction from the forces investing Paris. The effect of that intelligence throughout France cannot fail to be enormous. For the first time the country will hear of a real French success, and a success which is, moreover, extremely important, dealing with the question politically, because a success organised by the Government of the National Defence. For the first time the tide of invasion, hitherto checked only by those scat tered forts in the defence of which the honour of the the French army has been vindicated, has been driven back. No defeat the army which has occupied Orleans, and apparently menaces the Bavarians and their supports at Toury, may sustain, will avail to destroy the encou raging and stimulating effect upon the nation which the announcement of this success cannot fail to exert. THE CONDITION OF PARIS. The Telegraph in an article on the present condition of Paris says : General Trochu runs Bazaine's risk in putting off his great sortie to the days when his men will be under fed and weakened. If he procrastinates, he may find that drill and preparation will not balance the lost advantages of health and strength, while a defeat would have painful effect upon a populace demoralised by suffering. We must indeed allow that even as things stand, and although the enemy's cannon has yet to open, Paris makes an heroic defence. The spectacle presented by the gay and selfish city, so constant during all these dreary days, is a rebuke to those who have ima tined that her prosperity had utterly sapped the feeling of patriotism, and that the typical representatives of her public spirit were the loungers of the Boulevards. The class which has most failed—that which deserves contempt and reproach—is the class of luxurious idlers whose influence might have done so much to sustain and cheer their weaker fellow citizens. The jeunesse doree, the Upper Ten Thou sand of Paris, have in too many instances shamefully evaded their duties as patriots, and have vanished at the first hint of danger. They are not to be found either on the walls or in their rich abodes ; fair-weather Frenchmen, they have hurried to neutral countries, abdicating all the superiority of culture and birth to which the laid claim. In such dreadful days it is wise, no doubt, to have sent out of Paris women and children. The city is no place for them now, and far worse times are approaching. But Frenchmen who are blessed with bodily health have no business out of France at such a crisis, and they must not complain if honest and manly Englishmen look with disgust upon the well-fed young Gauls who crowd Regent-street and fill our London and suburban lodgings. There is, in truth, no sadder proof of the decadence of the nation than the conduct of so many influential Parisians who have consulted their own safety, and meanly left their poor fellow-citizens and the provincial Moblots to face the enemy in Paris. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday in Down ing-street: The Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Harting - ton, the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster. The Bock understands that the consecration of the Rev. H. C. Huxtable, to be Bishop of Mauritius (vice Dr. Hatchard, deceased), and the Rev. Henry Cheetham, Vicar of Quarndon, Derbyshire, to be Bishop of Sierra Leone (vice Dr. Beckles, resigned), will tak e pl ace on S t. Andrew's Day, Wednesday, the 30th instant. It is not yet decided where the ceremony shall take place. The Tablet announces the death of Mgr. Andre Charvar, the late Archbishop of Genoa, who died on the 18th ult. at Moutiers in Savoy. He wa4 born in 1795, add was made Bishop first of Pignerole in 1834 ; Archbishop of Genoa in September, 1853. He resigned the last named see in August, 1869. He was preceptor to ding Victor Emmanuel, and has left behind him many pub lished works.