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Thiers had a long interview with Count Bis iarck yestezday, and is satisfied (tres content) with hia reception. lie received lull powers to treat from the Paris Government for an Armistice on the basis proposed by England, and Count Bismarck has agreed t o o p en negotiations respecting an armis tice as soon as the Tours Government shall have also authorised M. Thiers to treat; but the p r oposals of England must, in any case, be clearly aefined, and meantime the siege works go on. Count Bismarck paid a short visit to M. Thiers last aight at eight o'clock. There will be a renewal of the conference to-day. The capture of Le Bourget on the 30th was a bl oody business. The Augusta Regiment of Guards '°st Colonel Waldersee and twenty-nine officers an d 600 men were put hors de combat. They took t esty officers and 1,100 prisoners. Weather fine again. VERSAILLES, November 4, (9 a.m.) Thiers, after a long, interview with the Chan cellor yesterday, expresses some hope of success—at l east, he does not despair. Re is to see:M. Bismarck again to-day. BERLIN, November 4 (10.55 a.m.) Thiers is expected to make concessions. In the last fortnight six villages near Orleans, whose inhabit a nts made common cause with Franc -4 r„lr eurs, were burnt. t jn Tours yesterday it was considered certain that h e conclusion of the armistice was certain, and fur ther it w as genera lly r ep o rted that communications nad been received from M. Thiers stating that he was quite satisfied as to the manner in which the nego tiations were proceeding, and that he was sanguine °I Complete success. SERIOUS RISING IN PARIS. T$E MINISTERS v TAKEN PRISONERS. News from Paris up to Wednesday has reached 1 , "ra. The intelligence is important. M. Thiers 4r rived in the capital on October 30. All the J o urnals, with the exception of the Revell and (41 1 bat, were favourable to the proposed armistice. Lilt the Reds took advantage of the opportunity Make an attempt to seize power. On the day after ,1• Thiers's arrival a riotous armed manifestation rk place in front of the Hotel de Ville, where th e members of the Government were de aned prisoners for several hours. A. Committee of Public Safety and of the Commune of Paris Wae Vi ctor Hugo, established, comprising Messrs. Ledru Rollin, 8 and Gustave Flourens. Towards P.m. General Trochu and Messrs. E. Arago and " I llea Ferry were released from the hands of the rioters by the 106th Battalion of the National Guard. Messrs. Jules Favre, Gaither Pages, an d Jules Simon, however, remained prisoners till a •cL, when battalions of National Guards, under th e command of M. Jules Ferry, hastened in great n umbers to the spot, dispersed the rioters, who had These in the Hotel de Ville, and restored order. disorders appear to have been organized by Partizans of the " Commune " and adversaries of the Proposed armistice. During the disturbance a rifle was three times levelled at General Trochu, and accusations of t j e ackery were made against M. Jules Favre "eral Trochu's demeanour was • very firm, ' II ' was greatly admired. M. Dorian supported his colleagues, and endeavoured to conciliate parties, but compelled to relinquish his efforts bte in- 'olerable exaltation of the chiefs of the y extreme Part s . General Trochu issued a proclamation in which, all uding so the disturbances, he points out the ad ; van tages to be derived from an armistice, and states it i s unjust to reproach the Government with such a st ep as an act of weakness and of treason. On the Ist of November Paris was tranquil. A dec ree was published on the 2nd, calling upon the fNation of Paris to vote on Thursday on the fol "'ing question :—Will Paris support the power conferred on the Government of the National Be "l:ace ? The decree also orders the election of a 4 Yor and three deputy mayors in each arrondisse 41'Jut, to be held on the same day. tlAnother decree announces that any battalion of National Guard that shall appear in the streets 1 a rms when not on regular service, and having r eceived no official notice for assembling, will be dis sol,ved and disarmed. 4 . Etienne Arago and all the Mayors of Paris ha ve resi gne d. P ublic meetings have been held, at which resolu t. i " 8 , condemning the events of last Monday, were ' lla nimously adopted. The newspape rs urge the Government to take ener getic measures for the preservation of order in the City. ehe Journal Officiel of October 31st announces capitulation of Metz. The news produced a peat sensation in Paris, but no discouragement. T he position at Le Bourget, says a French mili rY report, has been abandoned as of no strategical taPortance. REVIVAL OF THE TUMULT. VERSAILLES, November 4. There was exceedingly heavy firing during the night towards St. Cloud, and several rumours of eti°llB contentions inside Paris. I t froze last n i g ht and the night before. The Weather is now fine. „ II - report also comes by way of Brussels to the ',feet that th e riots had again broken out. MORE LEVIES IN FRANCE. TOURS, November 4. T he Government of Defence have issued a decree ov/ 4314313 g each of the departments to furnish at its e i . . 11 cost one battery of artillery for every 100,000 its Population. 9 Th e subscriptions in France to the new loan con 4eted in England is stated officially to amount to Th e 20 mobilization of all able-bodied men between ev 444 4 0 years of age, including the married, and tL e4 Widowers with children, has been ordered by e Clovernmet. THE BOMBARDMENT. 1 : 11 ° North German Gazette says the assertions th 4 difference of opinion exists between Count . tn , a rck and Von Moltke and the other great of ch ar y commanders respecting the commencement t the bombardment of Paris is altogether untrue. i e u °Mhardment is delayed because, according to ~"Pinion the military chiefs, su f f i cient pre vgrations for the attack have not yet been made. MA.RSIIAL BAZA.INE'S LETTER. M arshal Bazaine has written a letter to the 8 -eeditor. fiery: e "Vfrrci defending himself against the charges , of A . l, brought against him by Gambetta. the 41.8 -aal sap. ; "The Army of the Rhine would not t th e lucubration t : ve °boyed a traitor, The o n is olysend reply I. shall make t c o` d aY which was addressed to the army after the ktincllB of war held on the 26th and 2Sth October. atebetta d oes not seem to be aware of what at - 1 ". 18 saYing, or o f th e pos iti on i n w hich the army 4te . tz Was placed, when he stigmatises, as he does, i o t : chief, Who struggled for three months against ces double those at his diopoml, and whole effective strength was always kept up. I received no communications from the Government at Tours, notwithstanding the efforts made to place ourselves in relations. The Army of Metz had 1 marshal, 24 generals, 2,140 officers, and 42,350 men struck by the enemy's fire, and it made itself respected in every fight in which it engaged. Such an army could not be composed of traitors and cowards. Famine and disorganisation alone caused the arms to fall from the hands of the 65,000 real combatants who re mained. The rations had been reduced to 300 grammes, and later on to 250 grammes of bad bread ; and there was 20,000 sick and wounded, with their medicines on the point of failing, and themselves suffering from the effects of the torrential rains. France has always been deceived as to our, position. I know ' not why ; but the truth will, one' day, prevail. We are conscious of having done our duty." IHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 18%. aid for Church teaching, and funds were to be subscribed for the purpose. THE EDUCATION ACT. Last night, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, as a candidate for Marylebone, addressed the ratepayers at St. George's Hall, Dr. Richardson, M.A., in the chair. THE' SOLICITOR-GENERAL AT EDINBURGH. The Solicitor-General, Sir J. D. Coleridge, M.P., opened the lecture session of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution last night, with an address, in which he dwelt upon the importance of the culture of the mind, both to men busily engaged and to those possessed of leisure. The chair was occupied by Principal Sir Alex- ander Grant. Mr. Dixon characterised the Education Act as most ungrammatical and unreasonable ; in fact, it appeared to be nothing more than a kind of order from the House of Commons referring back the great question of education to the people at large. After all, the main point for their consideration was, how were the children of the State to be reclaimed and saved ? He had heard of much discussion on account of the additional burdens which the education of children was likely to throw upon the rates. At all times ho was in favour of economy, but lie considered it unwise, looking to future advantages, to adopt a system under which they might save a farthing and spend a pound. If the Act was faulty, let them by all means try to amend it. It was the law of the land, and the country was bound to proceed at once to carry out its provisions—dry and difficult though they might be—in the most free and liberal sense, taking care to give to those for whose benefit it was especially designed every advantage that might arise from a literal interpreta tion of itsmeaning. It was said, in simple Saxon language, that there should be schools enough. Well, that was proper ; but he thought that, whilst every attention was paid to the formation of new schools, these in existence should not be overlooked—at all events there ought to be, on the part of the London Board, a just and fair inquiry with regard to their efficiency. Compulsion, he ad mitted, was an ugly word ; yet he was in favour of a patient and wise compulsion. The work must be done ; and, for the sake of society, idle and vicious parents must not be allowed any longer to neglect their children. Every law was compulsory, and ought to be obeyed, and children must be sent to school for the sake of the public benefit. The Act stated, too, that there should be taught no catechisms or formularies ; and, as in that respect it was peremptory, he had but little to say about it. Conflicting opinions, how ever, said that there might be, not that there should not be —religious observances in the schools. This, then, was the bone of contention. Now, all men, with any knowledge of nature, were religious; for religion meant living a true and noble life, according to the laws of God; but there was some fear lest persons should be elected on the School Boards who might be pledged to put a particular con struction upon the term, and that it would be found that the whole matter had been sent for determination to a mere conclave of Kilkenny cats. For himself, he said, let the Bible be open in the schools, and let it be read pure and simple, 'without any man's annotation or inter pretation of it. In order to solve the religious difficulty. he would propose to them to take the child and give to it the key of knowledge by teaching it to read and write, leaving religion a separate function, tobe conducted in sacred edifices, where particular inferences might be drawn from the glorious Book. There must be upon the education boards, a certain number of " buffers "—men who were ever ready to receive the thumps and bumps that must arise in carrying out an Act that would natu rally give rise to vast sectarian differences. If the services of a certain number of these men were secured, then the Act might be made to work advantageously; otherwise it would prove a practical failure. On the motion of Professor Brewer, seconded by Mr Morrell, a resolution expressive of the opinion that Mr Dixon was a proper person to represent Marylebone was carried unanimously. Mr. G. Cruickshank said that he had always beenof opi nion that children should be taught their A B C during five days of the week, and on the sixth should be handed over to the clergy of the different denomina tions for religious instruction. Compulsory attendance ought to be adopted so far as Sunday Schools were con cerned. Amongst the three millions of teetotallers there was not a single neglected child, so far as education was concerned. A resolution for carrying out the election of Mr. Dixon was unanimously adopted. ME I'Z AF lER ITS SURRENDER. Writing within Metz, under date October 31st, and describing generally the state of the place, the correspon dent of the Telegraph says proceeded to make my way through a crowd of all sorts into the Cathedral, the spire of which had so long been a landmark. Of the architecture I am not going to speak ; but in the long and lofty aisles I could see no wounded or sick. "Had the Cathedral been used as a hospital ? " I inquired of a Frenchman. " No, sir, certainly not," was the answer. Here I met a Prussian soldier who had been wounded on the 7th of October, and had been a prisoner in Metz ever since. He informed me that his treatment had been of the best ; that whatever rations the French soldiers had received, he had obtained an equal share. In fact, he was hobbling along on the arm of a wounded_ Frenchman. Leaving the Cathe dral, I wandered ' through the streets, and entered into conversation with several shopkeepers and proprie tors ; but the same story was retailed everywere. They had never wanted food. They had been rationed, of course, because they anticipated a much longer resist ance ; and they had eaten horseflesh ; but anything like starvation had never occurred. I had appointed to meet some French officers in the evening, in order to hand over to them some melancholy souvenirs that had been given. to me by mortally wounded comrades on the 16th and 18th of August ; and, from what these gentlemen have told me, I am inclined to believe that Bazaine's army outside the walls of the town did in the last few days suffer from want of bread, and that the Im perial Guard was by far the best off as to quarters. It appears that Bazaine was doubtful whether he could rely upon his men, and it is believed that he depended upon the Guard to enforce obedience if necessary; hence their better condition. Under any circumstances, I was fully impressed with the conviction that the French army had not arrived at that point of starvation to which an army of 170,000 men should be reduced in order to warrant their capi tulation. All the charm, all the poetry of Bazaine's heroic resistance has now vanished into the air. We have hitherto been led to believe that the French army round Metz has suffered inconceivable hard ships, and that thousands have died of starvation ; that the inhabitants have led upon all sorts of curious things; that want has filled the town with disease. This turns out, however, not to be the case; had Bazaine wished to hold Metz a few days longer, and to give his soldiers a chance of marching to the assistance of their comrades in arms in other parts of France, an• officer and detachment despatched from each regiment would have procured from the inhabitants the subsistence necessary for such a movement, even if it had been necessary to do so at the point of the bayonet. The inhabitants might have rebelled, it is true- - ; but the army should have been the first thought. . A Cabinet Council was held yesterday in Downing-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 Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Mar quis of Hartington, the Right Hon. C. Fortoscue, and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster. Last evening summonses were issued for a Cabinet Council on Monday afternoon, at 2.30 p.m., at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—IIer Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by her suite, honoured the performances at this theatre with her presence last evening, to witness Sheridan's comedy, "The Rivals." CRYSTAL PALACE.—An extensive and beautiful show of chrysanthemums will open this day in one of the garden corridors of the Palace. Beethoven's Mass in C. and the same composer's Overture in C, are the principal orchestral pieces to be played in the Saturday Concert to-day. The solo vocalists are Miss Edith Wynn; Mr. Nelson Varley, and Mr. and Madame Patey. LEGAL ITEMS.—The Law Times hears that two circuits are about to lose a leader. At the last assizes Mr. Manisty bade farewell to the Northern, as he intends confining himself to London business. Mr. Overend will not only quit the Midland, but professional life as soon as he has disposed of the matters in which he is already engaged.—The Solicitor's Journal complains that no steps are being taken;pwards the erection of the Law Courts, although the Carey-street site has long been cleared. It hints that Mr. Lowe may have a new surprise in store for the public and the profession, which he will divulge on the meeting of Parliament. THE WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. — Amongst those exhibitors who have taken the prize medal for their ingenious handiwork is Mr. Jefferys, of Tottenham-court-road, whose glittering exhibition of the patent crescent shirt studs, and solitaires in imitation gold have been the theme of admiration of every visitor to the exhibition, including the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister, each of whom now wear specimens of Mr. Jeffery's workmanship. For taste, design, and: excellence of workmanship, the supplementing jewellery exhibited by Mr. Jeffery is quite equal to that made of the precious metal, and as the former can be purchased at about a quarter the cost of the latter, its use is rapidly becoming gerieral. The ingenuity of the exhi bitor has not been confined to the production of an amal gam, having all the qualities of gold, but it has extended to the production of fac-similies of diamonds, opals, and other precious stones, and speaking from the beautiful specimens that have attracted such attention for the last three months, he has been quite as successful in the one , case as la the other. EXPLOSION AT CHERBOURG. On the evening of the 3rd of November there was a great explosion of gunpowder in the room devoted to the manufacture of cartridges in Flamands Fort, by which twenty-six men were seriously injured, but no loss of life is reported. EVACUATION OF CHATEAUNEUF. From Tours the news comes that the Prussians have evacuated Chateauneuf, and are now concen trating in large numbers at Orleans.. FRENCH DEFEAT AT THANN. Advices which have reached Berne from Porren trin, dated Ist instant, announce that the Mobile and National Guards have been completely defeated near Thann. Heavy cannonading having been heard in the direction of Giromagny on Wednesday, the Swiss troops have been ordered to advance to the furthest extremity of the frontier. NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES. M. Gambetta has issued a circular to the military commanders urging the necessity of frequent reviews of the troops. The generals are rendered personally responsible for the commissariat; they are urgently requested to adopt measures to prevent any surprise of advanced posts, and to organise an official system of reconnaissance. Lyons has been provisioned for the expected siege. A proclamation of the prefect, the municipality, the military authorities, and the Republican Association, express the resolution to defend the city to the last extremity, emulating the example of Paris. The Departments of the Rhone, Ain, Saone and Loire, Drome, and Ardeche have been placed in a state of siege. Advices from Nimes to the 27th ult. state :—The town is generally agitated by the news of the capitulation of Metz. Tumultuous crowds invaded the Prefecture, but order was quickly restored. Similar demonstrations took place at Grenoble. INVESTMENT OF BELFORT. The investment of Belfort by the Germans com menced on Wednesday. At Giromagny a battalion from the Haute Saone resiste.l for an hour and a half and then retreated. Another column of the enemy simultaneously attacked the village of Roppe. A battalion of the Mobiles of the 11). hone vigorously de fended theposition and repulsed the enemy. TilE FREESTIOOTERS. A German telegram from the north of France says that flying columns have been very active against the Freeshootors during the last few days. Several small engagements have taken place. The French lost twenty men. The Germans admit that one non-commissioned officer was killed. LE BOURGET ABANDONED. The position carried by the French on the 28th has been abandoned as being useless, and of no im portance in a military point of view. GERMANS AT METZ. SAARBItUCK, Nov. 3 (2.30 p.m.) Order has been completely restored in the town, and everything is quiet. Two Prussian army corps have gone to Thion ville. The bombardment commences on Monday next. Landwehr regiments, amounting to 30,000 men, under General Kummer, remain here. Prince Frederick Charles, with the Second Army, has marched to Lille and Besangon, and au attack upon Belfort is expected. Sickness is raging in the town. The weather is unsettled and cold. ASSASSINATION AT MARSEILLES. Touus, Thursday. M. Gent, who was sent to Marseilles to succeed M. Esquiros, has been shot and badly wounded by the Reds. Colonel Valcour's report against Bazaine will appear to-day. The colonel has been decorated. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The latest advices received from Bombay from China state that matters continue unsatisfactory at Tien-tsin. It is reported that Mr. Wade has appliod for men and guns to patrol the settlement, but the news is unauthenticated. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND THE PRINCESS LOUISE. The Marquis of Lorne presided last night at the annual dinner of the Glasgow and Argyleshire Society. The health of the Princess Louise was drunk with Highland honours, the guests standing with one of their feet on the table and the other on the chairs. The Marquis, in re sponding, said : I am sure the Princess will learn with much gratification of the extremely cordial manner in which her name has been received this evening by so large a number of gentlemen con. netted with Argyleshire. His lordship, in a subse. quent speech, expressed the hope that he might long have the honour of representing the county of Argyle, and thought it was not a county which one would desire to desert in any case. The Rev. Dr. Norman M`Leod said if he had been the Marquis of Lorne instead of the minis ter of Barony he should have decidedly proposed to her Royal Highness, and remarked that the Princess would get a good husband as the Marquis of Lorne would get a good wife. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. An important meeting was held at the Corn Hall, Huntingdon, yesterday. The Bishop of Ely occupied the chair, and in his opening address declared his misgivings of the Education Act, it being calculated, if those who carried it out were not careful, to empty the rate payers' pockets and leave unfilled the minds of the children. But if it stirred up voluntary effort to more decided action, it would in that way do good. They might, did they prefer it, work without a conscience clause, and surrender the Government grant, but his lordship though it better to adopt the pro visions of the Act, for a time-table conscience clause was not in itself objectionable. The clause regarding reli gious teaching was not, he thought, the best which could be framed ; but under it they might teach the doctrines of the Scriptures. The whole principle of the bill was to lead them to practice Volitntaryism. They must re member that if the bill did not succeed another would soon replace it ; they must therefore work the Act legally lest they get a worse one. If they wanted, as it is quite cer tain they did, to retain a good religious education, they must do their best to make all their schools good and promote the success of their training colleges. Speeche s were afterwards delivered by Mr. E. F. Fellowes, M,P. Mr. T. Baring, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Duncombe, M.P., the Earl of Carysfort, and others ; and resolutions were passed declaring the necessity for definite religious teach ing in schools, and that the best way to insure this would be by establishing voluntary schools. A large and influential meeting was also held in Rochester yesterday, Viscount Sydney presiding. Re' solutions were passed urging the importance of a great effort to establish schools, and thus obtain Government FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning a collier named William Hodgetts was killed by a fall of coal at a colliery belonging to the Earl of Dudley at Gornal Wood. Both his legs and back were broken, and he was otherwise much mutilated. FAILURE OF A BRADFORD HOUSE. The failure of N. S. Louree and Company, stuff mer chants, of Bradford, is announced. The firm was exten sively concerned in the American trade, and surrendered by the stoppage of a large dry goods house in New York. The liabilities are estimated at £77,000, and the assets at 7s. 6d. in the pound. MR. WALTER MORRISON, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., addressing his constituents at Plymouth, last night, strongly urged the necessity of army reform. The whole principle of the system was wrong. There ought to be an entire change of personnel at the Horse Guards and at the War Office. Infantry corps, he contended, should be kept in skeleton for expan: sion on emergency. The militia staff should be utilised, and a national army of civilians formed, which would never sanction aggressive war. Mr. Morrison said he approved of England's policy in reference to the war. He depreciated bullying and deceiving, as Earl Russell did in the case of Denmark. He regretted Germany's greed for territory, but neither England nor France oould throw stones at Prussia for annexation. THE CORK CITY COUNCIL ON THE POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE POPE. The Cork Council yesterday passed two politcal reso lutions. The first was moved by Mr. Riordan, a Nation alist, and seconded by Mr. Brast, a Conservative. It set forth "that the time has now arrived when the Govern ment, without the slightest infringement of its dignity, can release the political prisoners. Such merciful act would be hailed as a sure guarantee of conciliatory policy. On the ex-Mayor Sullivan rising to speak to the motion the Council would not listen to him. But on his motion, a resolution was afterwards adopted condemning the Ita lian occupation of Rome, on the ground that the rights of his Holiness the Pope were as sacred as those of any other sovereign, and calling upon the representatives of Cork to protest in the House of Commons against the spoliation of the States of the Church. THE SOPER RIFLE. A first-class award has been made to Mr. Soper, of Reading, for his excellent direct action breechloading rifle, at the Workman's International Exhibition, London. The success of the breech mechanism of the Soper rifle is commented upon by members of Par liament and officers in the army, who have had an oppor tunity of examing the arm. The excellency of the rifle was highly praised by Sir Francis Goldsmid, M.P., in his address to the Reading Volun teers on Thursday evening, and Colonel Blagrave, the High Sheriff of Berks, also eulogised the invention. Mr. Soper, the inventor, in returning thanks, said that he only wished it was in his power to arm the whole of the Berkshire volunteers with breechloaders. He spoke favourably of the Snider Rifle, and thought it superior to the Chassepot, which, although distinguished for length of range, was rendered an unserviceable weapon, because it "hung" after twenty or thirty rounds had been fired from it ; the Snider would fire one hundred rounds with out any fear of the breech clogging. He took that opportu nity, the first he had had, of publicly thanking the Mayor, Mr. P. Spokes, for procuring him the introduc tion to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the late Royal visit. Since that time his rifle had been favourably spoken of by the highest military authorities. ELECTION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Yesterday morning the Rev. J. Power, D. D., master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, was elected Vice-Chan cellor, in the room of Dr. Atkinson, Master of Clare College. Dr. Thompson, Master of Trinity College, was also nominated, but after a short time retired from the contest. The new Vice-Chancellor was only appointed Head of Pembroke College during the present year. THE LOBS OF THE SYDNEY. Ten bodies, part of the crew of the Sydney, have been found. A large portion of the cargo of the ill-fated vessel has been strewn along the coast of Ireland, at a distance of thirty miles from where the wreck took place. GA.RIBALDI'S ARMY. The correspondent of the Daily News, who writes from Arrange, head-quarters of the army of the Vosges, Oct. 28, says : I have only been with General Garibaldi's army a few days, but I have been long enough to see that the Government is not doing all that it might to help the General to drive the enemy out of this part of the country. In the first place we have no artillery, and then General Cam briels, who commands the army near Besancon, seems to be either totally incapable of fulfilling the duties of the po sition which he occupies, or else dreadfully jealous of Gari baldi, and bent upon throwing every obstacle that he can in his path. The few insignificant engagements which took place yesterday, but which might have been very important had General Cambriels done his duty, show this plainly enough. During the last few days the General had learnt from our eclaireurs and spies that the Germans were advancing in two columns, with a view, first of all, of surrendering the Forest of Serre, which is swarming with Garibaldians, and then to gain the railway, so as to isolate first of all the towns of Besancon and Belfort, and by turning Auxonne to march upon Dijon, which would give them the means of obtain ing provisions, and would open the road to Lyons General Garibaldi consequently took every necessary measure, and the sort of curtain which the German troops established to mask the nudity of their army corps might have been easily destroyed, if being placed in the centre, and covering the open ground between Auxonne and the defile of the Doubs, the Garibaldian army had been able to count upon a simultaneous movement upon the part of the troops which are Auxonne ; but although this position was explained to the generals who command the two nearest fortified towns—Auxonne and Besancon—Garibaldi was unable to rely upon them, as they declared that they were not in a position to render the required assistance. Garibaldi was, therefore, only able to count upon the forces which Colonel Lavelle, of the committee for the defence of Dijon, had, according to agreement, placed upon the banks of the Saone, with their centre at Pontailler. Garibaldi extended his line very near to the troops of Colonel Lavelle, and established an ambush on the bridge which crosses the river Ognon, which the enemy occupied a few days ago, and in the im mediate neighbourhood of which the Germans had blown up a railway bridge which has since been reconstructed by our troops. Yesterday morning about 1,200 Germans entered the village of Talmay, and found a few companies of Gerdes Nationales Mobilistes, from the Department of the Coto d'Or, badly dressed, badly armed, and above all very indifferently guarded. The consequence was that the Germans fell upon the village by surprise, and captured three companies of the troops assembled there. The forces of Colonel Lavelle immediately marched upon Talmay, whence the enemy was dislodged. At the bridge which crosses the river Ognon our ambush repulsed the enemy with heavy loss, while on our side we had only one wounded, thanks to our magnificent position on the bridge, from either side of which we directed a steady fire upon both sides of the valley. Other engagements took place, during which the enemy was unable to surround our lines Between Tougerolles and Le Loup another ambush surprised a convoy of ammunitions and food composed of fourteen waggons, and accompanied by an escort of eighty infantry soldiers and a few cavalry. Thirteen waggons were captured, and a large portion of the escort either killed or made prisoners. On the previous evening one or two waggons, loaded with materials for blowing up the railway line to Rochefort, was also captured. Up to the present every move of the Garibaldians has been crowned with success, and there is • every reason to suppoes that the enemy will be unable to cross the positiOns which we occupy. Our eclaireurs and spies are perfect ; the Ger mans try very 'hard to deceive us respecting the number of their marches, but without success. The rain, which continues to fall in torrents, helps us considerably, and al though we also are drenched to the skin, with cool heads and warm hearts, we hope to be able to resist all the miseries of a campaign in this season of the year. CRYSTAL PAL kCE.—One Shilling Day ; Friday, Nov. 4, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 1,449; ditto on payment, 430; total visitors, 1,879. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN RACES.-YESTERDAY. JUVENILE STAKES. Manille Highthorn HAINTON STAKES, Amarl Gamos Capsule Seven ran. AVELAND NURSERY. Johannes Rex Athol Daisy .. Lady Mortimer Fifteen ran. INNKEEPERS' STAKES. Waif Thorpe Woodthorpe Four ran. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Musket Dutch Skater. Blue Gown Five ran. CONSOLATION STAKES. Countryman ... Outpost ... Surgeon Six ran. HUNTERS' PLATE. Cinderella Doretta.. Ten ran. BURGHERSH CHA.NTRY STAKES. Witchcraft . The Bee 2 Adrian ...e ~,...... 3 Six ran. The Stewards have disqualified Luck's All for the Hurdle Race yesterday, and awarded the race to Mons Lonis. CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAY. • LIVERPOOL CUP. 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered-7 to 1 laid to £5O) Bto 1 agst Blandford (taken freely) 11 to 1 agst Cardinal York (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Barford (offered) 100 to 6 agst Flibustier (offered) 20 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Hervine (taken) 25 to 1 apt Alarie (offered—take 30 to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Islam (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Heraut d'Armes (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst My Uncle (taken and offered) 1000 to 25 agst Vestminster (offered) 1000 to 25 agst Adonis (offered) 500 to 5 agst White Slave (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Filou (offered) 500 to 2 agst Starter (taken) 500 to 5 agst Judge (offered) 2000 to 100 agst Mr. Hodgman , s lot (taken) 1000 to 30 agst W. Day's lot bar Blandford (taken) 700 to 100 agst W. Day's lot (taken) 6to 1 agst Cardinal York and Syrian coupled SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. A copy of a report made to the Foreign Office by a committee appointed to consider the measures necessary for the suppression of the slave trade on the east coast of Africa has been received by us. Circumstances, it is thought, would favour any attempt to suppress the extent of this traffic. The African slave trade is now confined almost entirely to the territories of the Sultan of Zanzibar on the East Coast. The Sultan himself derives 220,000 a year, one. fourth of his income, from the traffic. From a single port 20,000 negroes are admitted to be shipped off every year as slaves. Custom House records prove that 97,203 were exported through Kilwa to Zanzibar between 1862 and 1867, and 20,500 to other places. This is the recognised traffic; but many slaves are also exported from Kilwa and other places on the coast ; and the committee who have been investigating the subject are informed that during last year, owing probably to the great difficulties experienced by the slave dealers in procuring slaves in the neighbourhood of Zan zibar, the Galla tribes about Fazi were incited to go to war; the result being that large numbers of captives were made, taken down to the coast to the north of the Sultan's dominions, and there sold for slaves. Con stant slave raids, it is said, have so depopulated the dis tricts bordering on the coast that the dealers, who are chiefly Arab subjects of the Sultan of Zanzibar, are now obligsd to go far into the interior of Africa for their sup plies, and so large a tract of country has thus been laid waste that it is from the vicinity of Lake Nyassa and beyond it that slaves are now said to be obtained. Should this nefarious traffic continue much longer to thrive, it would be difficult for our Government to avoid the odium of a share of the responsibility. The Sultan of Zanzibar is under the British protectorate, and he has bound himself by treaty to suppress the foreign slave trade. It is notorious that he has not fulfilled this engage ment. Though he has prohibited by decree the sale of slaves to northern Arabs, the law is evaded, and what slaves the Arabs cannot buy they steal. " Such is their power and lawless daring," we are told "that during their stay at Zanzibar they are a terror to all the peaceable inhabitants," negroes daring not to leave their houses after dark, lest they should be kidnapped. The legal traffic is confined chiefly to the export of slaves from Kilwa, mainland port to the south of the island of Zanzibar about 150 miles distant, and to Momfia, Pemba, Mombaza, and to Lamoo, some 300 miles to the north. Even connected with this legal traffic the bar barities are appalling. Dr. Livingstone has stated that not one in five, in some cases not one in ten, of the victims of the slave trade ever reach the coast alive and become slaves ; the rest die in the interior. At the lowest computation—assuming this to be true—more than 100,000 persona are annually carried off from the interior, under the provisions of a treaty to which Eng land is a party. Account has not been taken here of the illegal trade. Under the eyes of the Sultan, Northern Arabs arrive at Zanzibar every year to purchase and kidnap slaves, whom they export for sale to Arabia and the shores of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. The committee report to the Foreign-office their opinion that the Sultan should be pleased gradually to diminish the legal export of slaves from the mainland with a view to its total aboiition. Holding that it would not be prac ticable at once to prohibit all the traffic, they suggest that it should be brought under supervision and control, and to this end they recommend that all persons shipped at Dar Selam should, in the first instance go direct to Zanzibar, with liberty to go thence to Pemba and Mombaza only, imports to any other plac .s or which have not come through Zanzibar, being declared illegal and liable to cap ture. By these means ; by entirely prohibiting their transport when the Northern Arab dhows are in Zanzibar waters ; by doing away with the coast traffic, and abolish ing the open slave markets ; by inflicting severe penalties for any breach of the laws against the slave trade, and for any improper interference with the liberated slaves ; by providing that no vessel shall be allowed to carry slaves without a special pass from the Sultan, and some distinctive mark on the hull or sails to indicate the nature of her occupation, the committee are sanguine that " whilst an effectual check will be put upon the illicit traffic, and great difficulties thrown in the way of slave traders, a ready means will be afforded for limiting the export of slaves for the home trade with a view to its ultimate total aboli tion." The success of these measures, however, would depend much upon the efficiency of the British cruisers engaged in suppressing the traffic. Not more than 7 per cent. of the slaves exported are liberated by British cruisers. The gains of the traffic are, therefore, comparatively greater than the risks. This should be reversed, and with this -object in view, the committee recommend that the naval force to be permanently em ployed in suppressing the slave trade on the east coast should consist of three cruisers and one steam-launch, to be assisted by three other vessels, during March, April, and May ; larger and better equipped boats being provided. 11111. BRIGHT.—The President of the Board of Trade is still at his home, One Ash, Rochdale. The right hon. gentleman frequently takes outdoor exercise in the neighbourhood. - . IRE ELECTION JUDGES.—The judges appointed to try election petitions for the years 1870-71 are Mr. Justice Keating, Mr. Baron Channel, and Mr. Justice Lush. Up to the present time petitions have been lodged against the returns for Norwich, Shrewsbury, and Brecon, but it is doubtful whether all these will be " fought." The Act of Parliament, by virtus of which " election judges" are appointed, will expire next year. On the 22nd ult., at the British Consulate at Geneva, a marriage was solemnised between Mr. William Abbott and her Serene Highness the Princess de Looz Corswarem, daughter of the Prince de Godoy Bassaino, granddaughter of his Serene Highness the Prince de la I'aix. The nuptial benediction was conferred by Mon seigneur Mermillod, the Bishop of Geneva. The Princess de Godoy Bassaino, the Prince de Godoy, and his Excel lency Segnor Contina, the Spanish Minister, were present at the ceremony. A rival to the far-famed Mont Cenis Tunnel is announced from America. The tunnel through the Hoosac Mountain, on the Troy and Greenfield Railway, is stemlily progressing, and has now overcome the great difficulties with which it started. It is 41 miles in length (more than half that of Mont Cenis), and of this distance about one third is already penetrated. The work is ac tively proceeding night and day from both ends, and it is expected it will be finished before the expiration of the contract in 1874.--IVature. THE FEELING IN RUSSlA.—Russia, we are told, is greatly troubled by a hint which has been thrown out iu one of the Berlin reviews, that " the policy of consoli dation which Prussia is pursuing in the west with Alsace and Lorraine might with equal advantage be extended to the Russian Baltic provinces in which C4-erman is spoken. The declaration, says the Moscow correspondent of the Mornag Post, has given rise to an " absolute panic." Nor is this the only terrror which has overtaken the Russian mind. The revival of Polish nationality under the pro tection of the Prussian Crown is regarded as a not impos sible event. There is no answering for the daring brain of Count Bicmarck ; but, without strong provocation, there are a thousand things he is more likely to attempt than either the annexation of the Baltic provinces or the resuscitation of Poland. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morn ng THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE. The Times, commenting on the negotiations, says : We struggle for peace. We strive to believe in peace. We recognise with extreme satisfaction the fact that the Go vernment of Defence at Paris are strong enough to brave popular suspicion in consenting to accept the principle of an armistice as a preparation for peace. If it- rests with French opinion, an armistice will be accepted, provided it is offered on the only terms Cult can be reasonably proposed—on the terms of maintaining through out its duration the proportionate military power of the two combatants. If Crermany, through Count Bismarck, assents to this, the first and most diricult step is overcome. We may fairly ask for an iminediat, answer to the ques tion whether the Chancellor does or does not concede an armistice on such conditions. We are not prepared to condemn him if he refuses to allow a cessation of hostili ties in this fashion. He is the inspiring political genius of a great war, and he may believe it better on every account to bring the war to a speedy, if destructive, end. This much, however, we ►nay say—the Chancellor is bound to assent — as we hope, has assented—to an Armistice on the basis of maintaining the status quo in the fullest interpretation of the phrase, or to withdraw the circular in which he described the consequences of a defence of Paris until the last ounce of bread is consumed. He cannot indulge at once in an effusive benevolence and in an unqualified adherence to the severest military policy. On him rests the responsibility of the choice. We hope he has decided on the side or humanity. The balance of evidence inclines to accept this conclusion. Yet we cannot say that we rely on it with undoubting faith ; we long for a better assurance that what we desire has been accomplished. The Telegraph says : The exact conditions of the pro posed armistice are not as yet officially known ; but some curious points are sure to arise. Will the Germans be allowed to erect new batteries, to bring up new guns, to movetroops from their rear to their front? If so, may the Parisians also erect new lines of defence, strengthen their forts, and plant new cannon? If, the armistice involves the ingress of provisions into Paris, disputes may arise as to the kind or amount of supplies that may be tolerated ; but Count Bismarck may, of course, specify the conditions. The military advantages to France, from a truce, seem at first sight considerable ; but against all such material advantages may be set this moral dis advantage : Will not the pause in actual fighting and the prospect of peace tend to uneerve French hearts and to diminish national and individual enthusiasm for '• war ? Such delays are always much more dangerous to an irregular than to a regular force, and after the truce the leaders of France may find that the taste for peace has taken away the old tierce relish for combat. If so, Count Bismarck will gain by the delay. But if France shews herself firm and manly enough to renew in cold blood the vows made in violence and haste, then Count Bismarck will do well to reconsider any resolution he may have made to exact from his victim the already stipulated "pound of flesh." Count Bismarck, observes the Daily News, says he hag been offering terms ever since the beginning of last month. Perhaps these terms are not very generous—of that it is impossible to form any opinion, for they have never been stated ; but it is at all events not very cheering to observe that the mere preliminaries to the dis cussion of terms seem to have been ill received by a sec tion of the inhabitants of Paris. We must hope that the calmer and better feeling of the capital and of the coun try will allow no such stumblingblock to be placed in the way of a possible peace ; and there is this one bit of con solation offered to us, that Trochu, in his proclama tion of Tuesday, apparently accepts the responsibility of having agreed to the terms of the armistice. If the Provisional Government, utilising this armis tice, comes to an arrangement with Count Bismarck, and makes peace, it will probably in so doing sign the decree of its own deposition. But that result is a lesser evil than the continuance of the war. We be lieve that the Germans will negotiate with any Govern ment which will sign a treaty of peace, and will there after leave France to choose her own rulers. The ques tion, therefore, is—Will the Provisional Government— . supposing that no difficulties about the revictualling of Paris lie in the way of an armistice— brave the oppo sition of the Irreconcilables, and do its best for the country at the risk of incurring its own dissolution Or will it go so far in this direction as to convene a Constituent Assembly, and throw upon that body the onus of making a pact with the Prussians, and clearing the departments of France by peaceable means, since warlike ones have failed? Or will it espouse the cry of the extreme Republicans, and swear to make no peace so long as a Prussian soldier remains on the sacred s3il of France? At any moment we may learn the answer to this question—upon which hang the lives of thousands and the happiness of millions of human beings. The Standard still doubts whether Count Bismarck has offered an armistice which the Government of the National Defence, strengthened and encouraged as it may be by a vote of confidence in Paris, can venture or could be willing to accept. Are General Trochu and M. Jules Favre willing to agree in principle to a cession of territory ? Is Count Bismarck ready to waive the demand for such a cession? When we get a clear answer to these questions we can speak with some confidence as to the end of the negotiations which have been commenced at Versailles. Of an armistice concluded without any understanding as to the terms of peace, we can entertain very little expectation, and of the arrival of such an agreement as to those terms we have at present very little hope. If either side has receded from its old position there may be a good chance of an armistice and a peace. What reason, we must aak again, is there to believe or hope that such a moral revolution had taken place? Suppose that the Government of the National Defence in Paris, either appreciating coolly the situation of France, or considering the interests of the capital, should agree to an armistice which would necessarily, although not implicitly, include a peace asking from France Alsace and Lorraine, Strasburg and Metz, would it be accepted in the South and the West ? Certainly not. The cry of treason would be raised still louder, and with more seem ing ground. But putting that aside, what reason can there be to expect that the Government of the National Defence will surrender at discretion, as they would practically do, by signing an armistice for twenty-five days without agreeing at the same time in principle upon the terms of peace to be presented to the Constituent As sembly, or capitulate after the manner of Sedan and Metz—as those capitulations have been qualified by them selves—by agreeing to do, before a shell has been fired at Paris, what up to the last few days they have insisted they would rather die than do ? Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein visited London yesterday. A slight further decrease has taken. place in the number of fever patients at the Liverpool workhouse hospital, there being 1,341 this week as compared with 1,383 a week since. As an instance of the high value sometimes placed upon rare animals, we are told that Professor von Hare, the African traveller, has been offered 20,000 dollars for a large gorilla, by an American agent. Following the example of the authorities in London, the Liverpool magistrates are turning their atten tion to the subject of questionable dances, &c., at theatres. On Thursday Mr. W. H. Pearson applied for a license for the Prince of Wales Theatre, in that town. Reference was made to the can-can, and the license was only granted on the express condition that no improper dances should be exhibited. A. TIME TO SELL.—NeW York papers announce that on the 18th of October at Washington, General Dyer, chief of the Ordnance Btu-eau, opened the bids for 200,000 Springfield rifled muskets, new, and 110,000 old, but serviceable ; also, 40,000 new Enfield rifles, 40,000 serviceable, and 30,000 arms unservicable. There was a number of offers. A list of them was made, and would be acted upon forthworth. An additional number of arms was to be offered on the 29th. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette thanks the women of } ranee for their courtesy and tact in dealing with the invading forces. They seem to make the best of their calamities. " Only yesterday the landlady of an ordinary village inn begged me, with a sigh, to interpret for her what the soldiers upstairs were wanting. One ought not,' she said, 'to treat them ill, for our soldiers are much worse than yours, and nothing Is safe from them." THE NEW M.P. FOR COLCHESTER.—CoIoneI Alexander Learmouth, of Dean, Midlothian, who was elected on Thursday in, the Conservative interest as ono of the representatives of Colchester, in the place of the late Mr. J. Gurdon-Rebow, is the eldest surviving son of the late Mr. John Learmouth, of Dean (who was a magis trate and Deputy Lieutenant for. the county of Mid lothian, and at one time Lord Provost of Edinburgh), by his wife, Margaret, daughter of the late Mr. James Cleghorn, M.D., of Dublin. He was born in 1829, and was educated at Eton and at U n i vers it y C o ll ege , Oxford. He is a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and was formerly in the 17th Hussars. fie is also a magistrate for Midlothian ; he was, along with Mr. Edward K. Kars lake, Q.C., an unsuccessful candidate for the borough at the late general election in December, 1868, when he stood at the bottom of the poll. Colonel Learmouth married, in 1858, Miss Charlotte Salter Lyons. eldest daughter of Colonel Humphrey Lyons, of the I-lon. East India Corn- Lpanys service. As the late Mr. Gurdon-Rebow was a Liberal, this election must count as the gain of a seat to I the Conservative party.