The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-12 00:00:00

MOSES and SON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. STEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREXT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of G ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Also at other prices, Also at other prices, 10s. 6d , ORDERS punctual measure introd guarantee a fau 12s. 6d, 15s. 6d. 17s. 6d. 16s. 6d, Also at other prices. Also at other prices by post are attended to with care and City, and the easy and accurate systom of self iuced by E. MOSES and SON enabla them to ultless fit. T' MOSES - and SON'S PRICE Li ,T of e 130YS' CLOTHING : K::ickerbocker Suits. Os. 6d. 13:3. 6d 16g. 6d, ,o • ;], Eton Suits. Brighton ! Harrow Suits. ! Suits. 18s. i 18s. 19s. 235. 235, i 265. 265. 328. 1 325. 365. I 365. 48s. I 48s, Also at Also at Also at l prices. other prices. other prices. I and SON supply every description of _E4I. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all (Cusses: also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Roots and Shoes, andcomplete outfits for all climates, All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. 3105E5 and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sun3ct till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resuia;:d until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. OORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. C REMORNE.—On WEDNESDAY Next, 14th instant, A FETE WILL BE HELD, For the Benefit of the FUNDS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AID OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN WAR. KaRINCESS'S TrIEATRE.--Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. his Evecing, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MILLINERS, Mr. I. Rouse, &o.; at a quarter to Right, The RA PPAREE, Messrs. Herman Vesin, W. Rignoid, 7. Clayton, A. Rayner, E. P. Edgar, Shiel Barry ; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M. Cooper; to oonalude with THI HAPPY BEAN, Mr. Bhiel Barry, &o. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1870, ENGLAND, too, in this terrible year, although at peace with all the world, has her disasters. Since COWPER'S hero, KEISIPENFELT, went down in the last century, with twice five hundred men, 'VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-- v Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thome. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ItOSEd, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. lrviug, G. Honey, Lin Rayne, W. H. Stephens, and T.ZThorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy li'awsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. 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An ILLUSTBATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Accesut Books, Copying Presses, _inkstands, ptationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Oases. Desks. Put free Established 1841 THE SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1810. I HORLEY'S HORSE i.tid CATTLE SPICE, I In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists. and Corn Dealers in the Country. OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from Oecty, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price le. lid Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human H a i r /1 1 ,_ to its nristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNE I and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. 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Don Carlos. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public ri • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is ?.onsitlerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. STRAND—Kind to a Fault. Pilgrim of Love. NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily. Venus versus Mars. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREmouND—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. JABIER's HALL.--Christy Minstrels. Every evening. MADAME TIISiAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. and 7 till 10 p.m. is.; extra rooms, 6d. PoLTTEclimo—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and - I[l j , MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: 'J Summer I Truiiitsst. i 'ruouseersr. Dress Trousers. Evening. Suits. i11,i471-ei ' ArerVjg • 4111:S) here has been no more startling and appal ling catastrophe than the loss imme diately before daybreak, in a gale of wind, on Wednesday morning last, the 7th inst., off Cape Finistere, of H.M.S. the Captain, with almost all on board, to the number of five hundred. 'This was no ordinary foundering of a great warship. The loss of the Captain was the loss of the very last and the very grandest of all the world's achievements in the science of naval arehi- tecture. It was England's floating masterpiece. The Captain was its inventor's and constructor's chef d'ouvres. Of all the fighting men-of-war it was re cognised as being the most formidable. Improved Captains there may be, but so far as ship-building had yet gone here, in the Captain, was, until now, its noblest achievement. Her burthen was 4272 tons. ler nominal steam power was that of 900 horses. She was a turret ship and—to the extent of nine and ten inches of iron—armour-plated. She, was double-turreted. Her complement of hands, all told was five hundred. The only rival that was deemed worthy to be brought in any way into com parison with her was the Monarch. Mr. REED, the late Constructor of the Royal Navy, was the de signer of the Monarch. Captain CoLBs, the inge nious discoverer of the principle upon which the shield ironclad warships have been called into exist ence, was the designer of the Captain, He had already superintend the construction of the Royal Sovereign. But the Monarch was his admitted masterpiece, He had already distinguished himself professionally in the assault upon Sebastopol. But his chief distinc tion has been won in the yards of the shipbuilders. Born in the same year as the reigning sovereign, he was only fifty years of age when he " went down " as one of those five hundred who were lost, in the twinkling of an eye, in the dead of the night, between Tuesday and Wednesday last on the foundering of his great maritime masterpiece off Cape Finistere. And of those fifty years she had been just forty years in the Royal Navy. The incomprehensible suddenness of the disappear ance of the Captain is what renders the fate of that wonderful vessel so peculiarly heartrending. Without an instant's warning she must have gone down. Admiral Sir ALEXANDER MILNE is the one who telegraphs the information of the calamity to the Admiralty. He says, writing his telegram from on board H.M.S. Lord Warden, that the Captain "must have foundered in the night." His reasoning is simple, but unhappily sufficient. " She was close to this ship at two this morning. Sudden S.W. gale; very heavy squalls. At daybreak the Captain was missing. This afternoon her boat (or boats) and spars found. All have unfortunately perished." In those laconic sentences what an epitome of tragic and pathetic horror. Not one mo ment's warning, not one cry of alarm, and the noble war ship with all her gallant crew, nearly every one of them at the time of course lapped in slumber, disappears from the surface of the great deep. The sorrowing relations may be certain of this, that in their great grief they have the profound est national sympathy. Those who were thus lost died a s gloriously as though they had fallen in battle. They died in the service 'of their country, and at the post of duty and honour. " AFTER me the deluge !" Such were the words, often repeated since, which Louis XV. used when pressed to construct the fortification s of Paris that had been designed by the great VAUBAN. That incarnation of selfishness, Louis • QungzE, of filthy life, having passed away, the deluge was not long in coming. Seventy-eight years ago this very month Paris saw a mighty German host ap proaching her walls. The word is metaphorical. Paris had no walls. She once had them but the Gratid Monarque destroyed them. New walls had been ordered eight yeais before the German.invasion, but they had not been built. There was but time to throw up redoubts at Montmartre, Saint Denis, and Belleville. But these could not have offered any effectual resistance. Paris knew it well. So the great city sent forth her youth, in spired by patriotic ardour, and they offered a rampart of human breasts far away in the plains of Champagne. That rampart the Coalition of Europe could not break through. Next year, 1794, the attack was renewed, the allied ar taies advanced within thirty leagues of the capi.a' out they did not reach it. Revolutionary France proved too si,rong for the Sovereigns. Unwalled Paris beat them of}. The fire o R evo l u ti on became extinguished by Imperialism, and tywienty-one years later, twice within fifteen months, Paris was entered bp hostile armies. On both occa sions there was a gallant resistance. It was not till the forts that defended Payis had been steamed that their guns turned against the city they were meant to defend; it was not till the black Brandenburg hussars had destroyed the French cavalry, who attempted to check, by a brilliant charge, the onward march of the enemy, that Marshal ALtamoNT dispatched a flag of truce to General BARCLAY DE TOLLY to arrange the terms of capitulation. Paris surrendered on the last day of March, 1814. When, in the following year, the battle had to be fought again, the allies did not renew the attack upon Montmartre, which had cost them so many thousand lives before, but crossed the Seine and assaulted the city on its undefended side. General EXCELMANS made a brilliant attempt to de. liver the place, but on the night of July 2nd and 3rd, 1815, an armistice was concluded, and the capital once more surrendered. It was not likely that Lours XVIII. restored to his throne by the Allies, would think of construe.- ing works intended to keep them out of Paris. But almost the first step taken by the Government of July was to demand the fortification of Paris. Lours PHILIPPE constructed a vast entrenched camp between the Marne and the Seine. It covered with its works Fontenay-sous-Bois, Rosily, Noisy, Romainville, a small portion of the Ourcq canal, and was extended to St. Denis, where the canal served as a foss. It was estimated that fifty thousand men would suffice for this defence. But, however well devised, it defended only one side of the capital. It in no way solved the problem of the defence of Paris. In 1833 Marshal SOULT demanded of the Chamb r of Deputies a credit of £1,400,000 to be devoted to the erection of permanent works around Paris. According to. the plans recommended by the majority of the Committee of Engineers seventeen pentagonal forts, each pre senting five bastioned points, were to be con structed, eleven upon the light and six upon the left bank of the Seine. They were to be supported by redoubts in masonry with counterscarp and covered way, and to contain casemates for the soldiers, and the guns and powder and food magazines. Each fort was to contain 1,000 men and 80 guns. Beyond these forts and the en trenched camp, the wall which formed the limit of the Customs district of Paris, was to be raised to about twenty feet high, provided with two ranges of . battlements, and flanked by sixty-five towers or bastions, mounted with 325 guns. This plan was met unfavourably received, Military men criticised it most severely. Politicians saw in it an attempt to construct a number of Bastilles in order to overawe the Parisians. The project was abandoned, and for seven years afterwards nothing more was heard about the defences of Paris. In 1840 there was a panic in France. It was believed that England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria had determined to regulate the affairs of the East without consulting France, and the last men tioned country saw in this intention a renewal of the European coalition against her. There was great excitement in Paris. 'The people chaunted the " Marseillaise." The KING said that if necessary he himself would don the red cap M. THIERS, at that time Prime Minister, took advantage of the excited state of public feeling to obtain from the Ohainbers a credit of four millions far the con struction of defensive works arapnd Paris. But what kind of works were they to be ? On the one hand the KING insisted upon Marshal SOULT'S de tached forts, in order that he might be able to hold his own subjects in check; on the other hand, the people, suspicions of these, insisted upon a wall around Paris which would give the Natio nal Guard an opportunity of defending the capital in case of need. It was de termined to combine both works. But it soon became apparent that the first were to be pushed on at the expense of the second. The democratic journals unceasingly called attention to the fact. GUIZOT succeeded Tninns, and announced his desire to carry out the combined scheme. At last, after much agitation and discussion in the Chambers, the continuous defence system was adopted. Great num bers of troops were set to work, and the whole line was completed within the stipulated tune, 1844, and within the stipulated amount, £5,600,000. We now proceed to give sowe account of the defences of Paris as they stand at the present time. The first fort, situated at the top of the map, in the centre, is the Fort de la Briche, close to the town of St. Denis,whose famous church was the burial-place of the kings of France. This fort, with the double crown of the Nord, the lunette of the Maine, and the fort of the Est covers St. Denis. A continuous enceinte continues the line of defence to the forts of Aubervilliers and Romainville. It then stretches eastwards to Forts Noisy, Rosny, the redoubt of Fontenay sous-Bois, and the Fort of Nogent-sur- Marne, forming a half circle around the citadel of Vincennes. The old castle has almost disappeared the nine towers with which it used to be garnished have disappeared, and the citadel is now constructed on the most modern principles with a bastioned enceinte, scarp and counterscarp in masonry, and a covered way. The wood pf Vincennes is protected on the South by the redoubt of Faisanderie and the point of Gravelle which commands the peninsula of St. Maur. The fort of Charenton, situated between the Seine and the Marne, connects the works on the right with those on the left bank of the Lanier river. The works upon the left bank are far less formidable than those upon the right. They are farther apart, and are named Ivry, Maitre, Montrouge, Vauves, and Issy. Between Versailles, St. Germain, and St. Denis is the strong fortress of Mont Valdrien. Its armament is not less than 60 guns; it can lodge 1,500 infantry in addition to the large force of artillery and engineers indispensable to such an important strong hold. Its object, however, is not so much to pro;. teet Paris against attack—for it is not from the west that the enemy is likely to approach—as to keep open the means of communica tion and the supplies of food. The detached forts being outside the enceinte, it is supposed that the army would be able to have its Operations so free as to secure the provisioning of the city. The fortifi cations of the second line, all bastioned and continu ous, comprise, proceeding inwards, first the "zone of servitude," about 770 yards wide, in which no erection of masonry is allowed, and none of wood without the express permission of the military authori ties; secondly, the military terrace, or zone of fortifica tions, which begins at the limit of the glacis, em braces the counter-scarp, the foss, the scarp, and other works; and, thirdly, the military road. The loss is about 48 feet wide, the wall about 31 feet it means to submit thereto ; a point which becomes more dountful every hour. TOPICS OF THE DAY. LONGINGS FOB PEACE. A strong belief exists that after all Paris will escape the horrors of a siege by a timely interven tion of the neutral Powers. The diplomatic circular of M. Jules Favre indubitably expressed an ardent desire• for' peace conditionally, that Prussia should not; prosecute her avowed design of annexation of French territory. For a naticn or the Government of a nation, whose military system has been broken, such a condition to impose upon the conqueror is preposterous, and M. Jules Favre could not, we think, have seriously entertained the belief that the Prussians would catch at the offer of peace. Had France won she would not have scrupled to aggran dise herself by a territorial extension, and Prussia doubtless, will give her tit for tat. It is well known notwithstanding all the talking in Paris to the con trary, that there is a large class who- are not pre pared to see the beautiful city made desolate by a Prussian bombardment, and, according to what appears to Le trustworthy information, the repre sentatives of the neutral powers have bad a confe r rence, and agreed upon the basis of peace. The ' scheme, it is said, will be submitted to the King of Prussia. The indifference of the English Govern ment to the issue of the struggle is much marvelled at. It may be that the friendly powers may induce the Prussian King to accept less humiliating terms on the part of France than the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, and agree to the demolition of the fortresses of Strasburg and Metz, which will afford Germany more security against the ambitious de signs of France than would an occupation of terri tory by a great military force. A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette, after commenting upon the war, ex claims :—" And this is what European civilization of , the present day has tamely suffered to take place; and England, blessed for centuries, es no other nation has been blessed with wealth, honour, know ledge, and all that should have given her almost boundless power to sway the destinies of that world of which she was once the Queen, is powerless to pre vent this slaughter, and has confined her action to merely scraping small quantities of lint and con tributing a few rags for the use of the wounded." THE WAR AND THE TELEGRAPHS. The Economist remarks upon the ,singular delay which has been noticeable during the war in the transmission of important news, and especially of the events at Sedan. The battle was over between five and six in the afternoon of the Ist, and its fin- mediate result a matter of certainty. The scene of these events was within an easy hour's ride of a neutral frontier. A. telegraph station could not be far off, and there were certainly railway stations within three or four hours' ride of Sedan, which is . itself not twenty hours' actual travelling from London. What actually. happened was that all Friday, in London at least, nothing was known of the issue of the Sedan battle but what was contained in the King's telegram, which did not reach London till midday on Friday, and which merely intimated that a victorious battle was pro gressing, without stating positively that MacMahon was all bat completely enclosed in Sedan. Even the final surrender though completed at- mid day on Friday, was net telegraphed to London till late on Saturday morning, and the detailed account was not published for forty-eight hours later. The failure of the ordinary obannels of information, notwithstanding all the appliances of telegraph and post, could hardly be more conspicuous. The Economist explains it by every one taking for granted that the official telegrams from the royal headquarters would be first, whereas the field telegraph has not worked well in this war owing to the distances to which it was carried. No one seems to have thought of the marvellous opportunity for despaching speedy information through Belgium. ZADICIEL AND NAPOLEON. Some days since the discovery was made that the downfall of Napoleon the Third, through the instru mentality of the King of Prussia, had been pre viously arranged for and prefigured in Old Moore's Almanac for 1870. We were inclined, however, to give all the credit of the prophecy to the represen tatives of Moore, but we now find that we did wrong, for turning back to the predictions in Zadkiel's Almanack for the year 1853 we find the following paragraph in reference to the Emperor Napoleon's prosperity then at its height in France. "Let him not dream of lasting honours, powers, or prosperity. He shall found no dynasty, shall wear no durable crown ; but in the midst of deeds of blood and slaughter, with affrighted Europe trembling beneath the weight of his daring martial hosts, he shall desund beneath the heavy hand of fate, and fall to rise no more, with none to mourn him, none to inherit his renown, none to record his good deeds, and none to lament his destruction." It is worth while considering whether it would not be well for our Government to purchase the goodwill of all the almanacs likely to be issued at Christmas next. There is no knowing, what in the political world is in store for us, if we once are prophesied about. A FRENCHMAN'S REPLY TO MAX MULLER. A Frenchman has written to the Times in reply to Herr Max :Miller's letter on France and Prussia. He thinks the miserable projet de traito is a worn out subject, and there is no reliable evidence to shew to whose fertile brain Europe is indebted for the idea. He says that since 1866 Prussia recognised war to be inevitable, and she obtained her information from various sources, so that in the end the Ministers of King William knew the actual position of France much better than Napoleon and his Cabinet. Herr von Bismarck, no doubt, induced Benedetti to draw up the famous treaty, in order that the other nations of Europe might be influenced by it to the prejudice of France and the advantage of Prussia. It was not brought to light until after the declaration of war, and was reserved by Prussia for a fitting moment, to enable her to say to Eng land, Holland and Belgium,—" Espouse my cause, have no sympathy for France. See, have I not saved thee from being devoured F" If he has not shown that the projet de &alto was concocted by Bismarck, the Frenchman thinks it ought not to be cast in the teeth of France, as one of her misdeeds. His aim is to preserve the goal feeling between Fiance and England. They are neighbours, near on es, and at any rate he is convinced that English men will not be forced into seeing only through Ger man spectacles. They will watch the signs of the times, and choose their allies well and wisely. THE "SIANDARD" AND THE THREE M.P.'S. The Standard apologists to Sir Charles Dilke and Mr. Auberon Herbert for not ea r li er i nser ti ng th e i r high, and has an average thicknes s o f 11 f ee t 6 inches. It ii strengthened every 10 feet by buttresses, letter of protest. It will be remembered that the which are carried 7 feet into th e groun d o f t h e Standard severely censur e d th e th ree E ng li s h mem parapet. It is constructed of r oug h s t one and hers of Parliament wh o j o i ne d th e W ar H osp it a l mortar, and is covered with a facin g o f millstone, Corps at the seat of war. The s u b s t ance o f th e i r complaint was that the tr a v e ll er s fi n di ng th ey cou ld and surmounted with a slab of f ree - s t one . Th e not carry out ; their d es i gn o f a h o lid ay excurs i on to fortified enceinte is more than twenty m il es i n l engt h , and presents ninety-four fronts, twenty-six upon the battle-fields w ith ou t diff icu lt y , joined the a volunteer party, w h o d onne d . th e re d left, and sixty-four upon the right b an k o f t h e Seine, cross on white ground with the idea It includes about 20,000 acres. The military road of " getting on" in their journey rather than of planted with trees, within the fortifications is formed Van uninterrupted The Standard attri assistin, the wounded. bates the mistake complained of to their own col line of macadganised bouleva.rds, and bearing the names of the Marshals of the First leagues! version of the story; t l ut while readily Empire. There are 15 barracks upon this line connected acknowledging that the three travellers took no not only with each other, but with detached forts, so financial advantage of their philanthropic uniform, it that there is a permanent communication between reiterates its reproaches against theirtrifling with so se the outer and the inner line of defence. Such is the rious an errand. If they went abroad and " donned the city Which is now about to be beleaguered, if indeed red cross" with a serious purpose, how comes it, that with more than fifty thousand wounded craving tendance between Saarbruck and Sedan, Sir Charles Dilke and Mr. Herbert have already turned aside from their work ? The answer, the Standard suggests, is obvious, The red cross had served their object when it had enabled them to complete their journey across the country to Paris. LIGHT CAVALRY. The Franco-Prussian war is prolific of useful les sons to our military authorities, and it is to be hoped they will not be disregarded, as unworthy of official notice. One thing it seems clearly to have demon strated, and that is the superiority of the light as com pared with the heavy cavalry. The Uhians afford a convincing proof that - alight man on a well-bred horse is capable of performing greater feats.than a heavy man riding a heavily clad horse. It is said that the Uhians can on a pinch accomplish a distance of fifty miles a day, and certainly when we read of their übiquity, the miles and miles they scour the country in advance of the main forces, together with their daring achievements, there seems no reason to doubt that such is the case. Thus the argument advanced with great confidence short time ago, that the light cavalry would prove superior to the heavy, assuming numerical equality, discussed in view of the -ex periences of the present war, would appear to be capable of refutation. Mr. Edmund Tattersall takes this view of the subject, and expresses his belief that such a charge as that supposed would hardly ever occur, but if it did he is of opinion that the light man on a well-bred horse, ridden at speed, would be capable of more work than the heavy man on a heavy horse riding at trot. Says Mr. Tattersall, we have plenty of light-weighted men ; but in this country, where we have the best horses in the world, we either have not the requisite supply of horses, or the Government will not buy them. If we have not the horses, we must manufacture them ; but private individuals will not do so unless it pays. Then it is the duty of the Government to step in and do as Prussia, France, and Austria have done. Those countries have purchased their means of manufac turing their cavalry horses from us, and now we need them. MILK BOBBING. A. man named Warren has been sentenced at the Thames police-court to four months' imprisonment, accompanied with hard labour, for stealing milk. It seems that the accused, who was a journeyman milk vendor, had been discovered defrauding his master' of on one occasion two gallons of milk, and on another occasion six quarts. The mode he adopted to avoid detection was that which according to his own confession appears to be a very common one amongst his, class. He did what is familiarly designated as bobbing the milk, that is to say whenever he appropriated the milk for his own purposes, he substituted a quantity of water. The people of the Metropolis may well complain about the milk being adulterated, and it would be only even-handed justice to mete out the same punish ment to the master when guilty of bobbing, as is inflicted upon the employed. Doubtless in the first instance the article would be well watered, but what proportion of milk can there be left when a pail undergoes a second course of " bobbing ?" An investigation into the composition of the article sold, and paid for as milk might lead to interesting results. THE BATTLE BEFORE SEDAN. The Spectator says that the spectacle of a hun dred thousand French soldiers, by various circum stances that they were forced to submit to be captured was an event unparalleled in the history of the world. The battle of Sedan seemed to shew in the most fearfully vivid of tableaux vivants the physical impotence of the Empire. General MacMahon's plan for the relief of Bazaine would probably have succeeded if his army had been in the same condition as that of the Prussians. The Em peror, however, virtually declared not only hid own but his Imperial system's failure, as the Emperor was caught in the fatal Sedan trap, so the Imperial regime has shewn its impotence in the very depart ment in which it was supposed to display most bril liancy. It was caught in a state of conspicuous inability, which was due to a system of bad govern ment. The Prussian general, Von. Moltke is said to have furnished de Wimpffen, with moral evidence that if he did not surrender he would be annihilated. A. Bonaparte has surrendered the greatest army which ever surrendered, on the evidence that it could not defend itself. The charm of the name of Bonaparte can hardly be expected to survive such a catastrophe even among the peasantry of France. The Spectator (!) believes that the mili tary associations of the name are cancelled.—Q. E. D. THE SHIPMENT OF RIFLES TO FRANCE. As yet the statement of Mr. Pollaky, that he had discovered the shipment of some four thousand Sniders to France, remains uncontradicted. It is true the accuracy of his letter is questioned, but that in the absence of an official and positive denial is of little account. It may be that he has been misin formed ; but still the confident and circumstantial manner in which he wrote gives an appearance of truth to his statement. Mr. Pollaky, however, in h's communication, failed to give the names of the persons concerned in the transaction, and a demand is now made that they should be made known, in order that the public may know the men who, for a mere money consideration, would compromise the neutrality of their country. If, as Mr. Muntz avers, there is no truth whatever in the statement so unhesitatingly made in the French Parliament by Count Palikao as to receiving forty thousand rifles from England, such astounding mendacity should be . exposed as much as possible. Considering the con sequences of a breach of neutrality, and the conflict ing statements made in reference to the matter, it is the manifest duty of the Government to institute such rigorous inquiries as will reveal the real circum stances of the case. Three writers in the Pa ly News call attention to the subject, and agree in insisting upon strict investigation. DR. CUMMING ON THE WAR, Dr. Cumming commenced a series of sermons last evening at the Scottish National Church on the subject of the present war. Ile took his text from the sixth chapter of Revelations, Bth verse, and contended that this portion of the New Testament prophesied the conflict. It was occasioned by three unclean spirits, one of which came from the mouth of the dragon, which was the Papacy ; the other from the mouth of the "beast " which was Satan, and the third which came from the mouths of false prophets, who even those that subscribe towards and taught the doctrines of the Romish Church. The present crisis was foretold in the chapter to which he referred. The limit of the ex istence of the Papacy was 1868, and it had only been pro longed by the occupation of Rome by the troops of Napoleon 111. The spread of Romiah system had been such as to cause every nation to live for itself alone, and no man now trusted his brother. This indi cated a dissolution of the forces of society, and hence those black clouds that hung over Paris, and which had left their dismal traces on the field of war, leaving the vineyards of Europe so covered with slain that there were not sufficient hands to bury them. Yet, out of all this storm and battle, the light of peace would arise, and the whole world should be filled with its splendouT, OACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs, on the removal of the oil, fall into powder, and this powder is eacaoine. Cacloine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cscaolne makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de• sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. 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The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with the Queen In the afternoon the Queen drove out. SEPT. 9. In the morning the Queen drove to Alt-na Guthasach with Princess Beatrice. THE GERMAN PRESS ON THE WAR. The PT0141)01,24 Oorregmadence, a semi-official journal of I)erlin, says that the new phase on which the war has entered hss had the important result of preventing any foreign Power from stopping the course of hostilities by its intervention. The decided successes of Sedan were of themselves sufficient to preclude any offer of mediation, and the change of Government in France has removed all pretext for intervention. The Frankfort Gazette signals the proclamation of the French Republic, and adds, " The Republic of France is a grand name, and if we mention it in a calmer manner than we might have done at another time, it is because circumstances have changed. At any rate the events has occurred rather late, but however it may be, we congratulate France on this revolution, ,which will have the effect of dissipating the idea of consolidating the Napoleonic dynasty by means of the German armies. The Nouvelles Berlinoises believes that the proclamation of the Republic in France is likely to put aside any inten tion to interfere on the part of foreign Powers. Les Nouvelles Nambourgeoises hopes that Paris will be reduced in time enough to admit of the re-establisnment of Napoleon, who will be the only man capable of signing such a peace as we desire. The Gazette d'Elberfeld asks if the Freneh people has the necessary virtues for a Republic demoralised as it has been by the Bonapartist regime. The Weekly Military Review of Berlin, says a new era has dawned on France. The Radical Opposition is master of the situation, but will it remain so uncontested, and will the measures now adopted succeed in repairing the errors of past Governments. Time will shew us. The Magdeburg Gazette says that the changes which have been wrought in France do not concern Germany, and that can exercise no effect whatever on the policy of Germany. The Staats Anzeiger of Berlin, an official organ, registers without a comment the proclamation of the French Re public. The Gazette du Peuple of Berlin rejoices at the over throw of the man who ever since he made the coup d'eta4 of the 2nd of December has exercised during twenty years a sinister influence on the destinies of France and Europe. In another article of the same journal a demand is made that Alsace and Lorrane should be constituted an independent Republican State. The Gazette of Aix-la-Chapelle felicitates the French Republic on its having fulfilled its task without shedding a drop of blood in Paris or the departments. The General German Gazette of Leipsic recalls the words which Napoleon the Third pronounced some weeks ago " I must conquer or die." The North German Gazette does not believe in tha vitality of the Repulalio which has been so hurriedly set up in France, THE LONDON DEMOCRACY AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. On Saturday evening a public meeting was held in Hyde Park to express the sympathy of tho Democracy of London with the Democracy of France. There was a very small attendance, not more than five or six hundred persons being present. Mr. George Otter, who presided, briefly adchweed these present,, and urged them in every way to show their satisfaction at the establishment of a Republic in France, and to let the Provisional Government know that the Democracy of London were watching its development with lively interest. Mr. Weston moved the adoption of an addeess ex pressing delight at the great and manly act by which the French people had swept away a cruel, dishonest, and tyrannical dynasty, and proclaimed their owu emancipa tion by declaring France to be a republic. The address went on to urge that the King of Prussia should'be satis fied with what had taken place, and that France would agree t) such terms as would be acceptable to a great , people, honourable to herself, a guarantee for the security of French territory, and for the future peace of Europe. It further expressed full confidence in those who had been appointed to carry on the Government. The speaker denounced the late Fmperor in the strongest terms, and threw the whole blame of the war on his shoulders. The war, he said, had cost a deal in blood and treasure, still perhaps, looking at the result—the establishment of a Republic—it might be said the advantage would counter-. balance the loss. Professor Beesley said he condemned France forgoing to war, but he should blame Prussia if it was continued. With a republic Prussia had nothing to fear. France would never wish to invade her or to divide Germany, and he therefore characterised the proposal to annex Alsace and Lorraine as simply in famous. He also urged that it was the duty of the English Government to recognise the Republic without delay, M. Le Lubey and other speakers addressed the meeting, and the address was unanimously agreed to. It was also decided that Mr. Odger should proceed to Paris, and present it to the Provisional Government. A crowded meeting of the working classes was held on Saturday in St. James's large hall, " to give effect to the views of British workmen on the present disastrous war." Mr. Edmond Beales presided, and in addition to the lead ing representative working men of London, there were on the platform Professor Beesley, Dr. Bridges, Mr. Baxter Langley, Dr, Dawkett, Mr. Congreve, Dr. Bennett, the Rev.. Isaao Doxey, Mr. Hodgson Pratt, Captain Wallhouse, and others. The Chairman, in a long and forcible speech, contended that never had been a war more criminally undertaken, nor for such a frivolous purpose. And what had it ended in ? A united Germany and a Republic in France. The Empire meant a masked peace—the Republic a real one. He entreated the Ger mans not to persevere in the dismemberment of France, nor in her humiliation, for if they did a feeling of revenge would be created that would never be eradicated. Mr. Mottershead, silkweaver, moved the following re solution :—" That this meeting hails with gladness the restoration of the French Republic, as being calculated to lead to a speedy termination of the present disastrous and frightful war by removing the cause of it, and so secure to Europe the blessings of permanent peace, by promoting the friendship and union of the two great peoples of Germany and France. He maintained that Louis Napoleon was the man who had dis turbed the relations of the several States of Europe for twenty years. He it was to whom they were indebted for the invention of the needle gun, the Snider, the mit railleuse, and for that he had cost the hard-working men of this country twenty millions annually. Mr. George Odger seconded the resolution, contending that it was the duty of England more than that of any other country of the world to come forward now in its manhood and help France to keep that which she had so nobly won and deerly earned, as she had in times past always been the marplot of the efforts France had made in the vindication of her liberties. A resolution urging France to use every honourable endeavour to secure Peace, and inviting our Government to take every friendly step to secure this result was pro posed by Mr. Guile, ironfounder, and seconded by Mr. Pratt, saddle and harness maker. Professor Beesley said he did not consider the resolu tion gave sufficient expression to the feelings of the people of this country, and proposed a rider to it with the addition of words at the end of the resolution to the effect that the English Government should use their utmost efforts to prevent any spoliation of France. He considered that Government, when tfie dispute arose between France and Prussia, should have thrown her strength into the German side. (Loud cries of " No, no.") But now that the war had come to a. crisis he did not think we should stand quietly by and see France dismembered. (Cheers.) If such were to take place he believed it would give rise to serious complica tions and future wars. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion be expressed a doubt whether the Germans would ever g(4 into Paris, if they did he believed they would find their graves there. The resolution and the rider having been put to the meeting, the chairman_ said_ the show of hands was ea equal that he was unable to decide which was carried. Other resolutions were proposed, and unanimously car" riecl, expressing sympathy with th e o bj ects of the W or k+ ing Men's Peace Committee. CRYSTAL PALACE. — HALP-A-CROVN DAY, Satur— day, September IQ, 18 7 0 .—Adrassions by season tickets: 8.15(1:1: ditto on navmonts, 1,093 1, total visitors, 4,698. THE EUROPEAN WAR A SECOND EDITION of THE SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGJ O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEVUS of the WAR, and of all other events. 'th e IN'oi, le a ., mite 04 1 G-,1 an a P it e 1 tQpi a Cori ;l eo on 8 ma i , P ow Kind this Aroc st ep 4cei Mali V ( leers Th th at th e c th e c %itio o rde P. tot]Btati him tee G, Fro g Ti Itaii bd , e 1, Ro ( th e j T 1 4041 PI T' , oil Pltri