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The no through anywhere a it renews major ea st all who the States y word or inexations. ieeting of to transfer complete rtes of the d without have de- Lion. The y, and will to will re- general La ud resume afar Nov. 29. P, drove out eatrice also 11, and the the Castle, ECTION. tre to com b 8 o'clock inspectors rs. When ) the presi rtify to the rn will re -1 Gurney. )3 , reason ig places. were filled writer, and and placed the presi ot exactly a column is placed. which the or a second rere stolen try hall of I was des and 34,000 the possi- )portnnity ,hat quiet nethod of desirable ; and dig f sincere kat a new generally. 100 polling r ward or appointed he easiest ed in the system, prevailed. O DISE.— Majesty's marriage e Prince ton, with 'igre was Lion, and a treaty ffales is principle rd a good be non- Iding has ore than held last rising the stern and platform S P ECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE EASTERN QUESTION. RUSSIA ACCEPTS A CONFERENCE A telegram has been received by ller Majesty's Government this afternoon stating that the Russian Government had readily accepted the proposal for a Conference. ST. PETERSBURG, NovemL•er 30. Addresses to . the Emperor have been rcceivecP froth all parts of the Empire. They state that the f trni tie that exists between the Emperor and his People makes Russia unassailable, and fearlessly of hostile coalition both open as well as secret. The announcement that has been published in ! a tioes quarters that certain Ministerial instructions 4 0 the Press is unfounded, as notning of; the sort has t aken place. The proposal of a conference in London has met w ith a favourable reception here. THE WA I Z.. DEFEAT OF THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. • 1,000 KILLED AND 1,700 PRISONERS. VERSAILLES, November 30. Additional reports have been received at the Royal Head-quarters relative to the a ction at 'eaune le Rolando. They state that the greater Part of the Army of the Loire was engaged ; that I t , suffered a complete defeat, and further that the French left upwards of 1,000 dead on the field of battle. More than 1,700 prisoners were taken, and t he number is being increased hourly. FIGHTING BEFORE PARIS. VERSAILLES, November 29 (4 p.m.) After a violent cannonade last night and this morning acrainst the German positions on the south 1 : 114 west sides of the city, the French made sorties from Forts Issy and Valerien towards St. Cloud and L'llay, which were repulsed. The German loss at St. Cloud was trifling. No particulars have yet been received from the outpo s t s . Versailles is greatly excited. The negotiations for the Conference are pro .Pessing. Another despatch received from the Royal Head quarters of the Prussian Army, Versailles, states that during the night of Monday and Tuesday, the 28 th and 29th, heavy cannonading was opened by t he Paris forts, which was followed by a so r t i e in f ° ree of the garrison, supported 2y gunboats, in t he direction of L'Hay and other points, which form the position of the 6th Army Corps. taheously with the above smaller sorties were made 111 other directions, but they were all victoriously r epulsed, and over 1,600 have been taken p risoners. Th® German loss is reported to be 7 officers and 10 0 men. gant, and egotistical, has sent in his resignation while in presence of the enemy. lie threatens Gambetta with a council of war, and accuses General Loverdo of• treason. General Kdratry is here in Tours. , The despatch further states th a t the French °eaten near Amiens had fled in the greatest disorder and Were being pursued by the. Germans, who had t aken four French guns, in the direction of Arras. There seems to be some doubt about the correct ness of the above, as the correspondent of the il lanchester Guardian, telegraphing from Tours yes terday, says :—" The right wing of the French 1 1 1111 3' made six simultaneous attacks on the G er m an eft Monday. They were successful in five of t hese actions." A telegram to the same journal from Havre states t hat a hostile column of infantry and cavalry has been repulsed with considerable loss at Bizy, near Vernon MORE BURNINGS BY THE PRUSSIANS. Bouzaincourt, which has been occupied by the deans since the Ist of November, has been "acuated. The Prussians have entirely destroyed 8 1117 b y Ere. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. BERLIN, November 29. 4 , The German Official Moniteur Versailles says t hat the capitulation of Paris is drawing near, and that large stores of provisions are being established at Versailles in anticipation of the event. Prom private sources at Versailles it is announced t hat there is - no truth in the report that the King /v as going to the Army of the Loire. eneral Werdersee has been sent forward to p rince Frederick Charles. It is believed that if the French Army of the Loire can be surrounded as was t hat of the Emperor Nipoleon at Sedan, before the 3 t ll December the war will be over. Preparations are being made at Versailles for the' receptions of the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtemberg. The forts of Paris continue their silence. There 18 much distress in the besieged capital. Five hundred and sixty-eight French prisoners attempted to escape from the fortified camp at twerp ; some succeeded. At Liege, 85 more glade a similar attempt. All are now confined in the Citadel. ' 3 etliu is i'rile—repn co ort rrect . t tha the King would soon return to - - The new loan has been taken up by the bankers here at 921, to be issued to the public at 95 , and °be repaid in five years or earlier, at the choice °f the Government, in thalers or pounds sterlinz THE REPULSE OF THE FRENCH BEFORE PARIS. HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA, VERSAILLES, November 27. After many days' comparative silence before 'iris there was, last night, a brisk canno nade from the forts southward of the city. A sk irmishinnish took place near Choisy-le - Roi, and the 'fi ling from the forts was probably intended to e :ver the retreat of a French reconnoitring party, hich was falling back with loss of prisoners. The W ench were met in this affair by a detachment of the tl e util Prussian Corps, were allowed to come close to e Prussians, and were then greeted with a mur derous volley. The loss on the French side, though r ( lt exactly known, must have been severe, as they B , e p l ied spiritedly to the Prussian fussillade, and : 30 (1 some time exposed to its effects. The re „°,lllleissance is suppoded to have had an ulterior "ulect. The French wished to find out the exact position of the besiegers, and succeeded to their cost. u-uay there is perfect stillness at the front. November 29. A demonstration was made last night by the F 16 ' ]0 1 against Bezons from Mont Valerian , an d m 1 18 Morning against MontKetout from tho same quarter. • A serious attack upon the Prussian Corps at eli °3B Y - le-Roi took place at nine o'clo ck this 2 10 5o rni ng:• The French attack was repuls ed, and Prisoners were taken. Many of the F r e nch W e . killed. The German loss was' comparatively Inisll. v. T he Bava r i an C or ps was also engaged, but not Or serio u sly. The French fire was heavy from llejif. R ESIGNATION OF GENERAL. KERATRY. Touns, November 29. General K6ratry, iu a letter which is considered of ' l4 'beard of character, as well as unpatriotic, arro• CBE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y NOVEMBER 30, 1870. PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1871. With a rootootooit Mr. Punch is again well up to time with his annual pocket-book a good clear month before New-year's-day. The Merry wight is always welcome in this guise, as welcome indeed as when, according to the old nursery song, on— " A misty moisty morning, When'cloudy was the weather, We met a little old man Cloth4d all in leather " —the leather here being, of course, red Morrocco ; our greeting to him at these times being always exactly like that so very heartily expressed .in the refrain of the same old nursery song, to wit— " How do you do, and How do you do,- And How do you do again !" Charles Keene's is the coloured illustration forming the folding frontispiece, representing very comically the gallant " Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks." L. Sambourne contributes several wonderfully chosen typical or allegorical devices to the various de partments, as for example, under the heading " Ambas sadors," the arrival (by balloon) of Mr. Punch himself, as Envoy Extraordinary to the Man in the Moon ! Toby, paw over paw, following his master up the rope ladder in his capacity, no doubt, as Secretary of Legation ! Tenniel's " Donkey Tournament" in itself, by the way, is worth the cost of the whole pocket-book. The letterpress .in the earlier half of the publication is thoroughly useful, and has evidently been compiled with a scrupulous regard to accuracy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE CROYDON NOVEMBER MEE 11NG. THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. Silvernier€ Magnum Bonum Thalassius Five ran. • . SHIRLEY HURDLE RACE. Grand Falconer Punishment The Czar.. .. Nineteen ran. GRAND METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE Souvenance Keystone David Copperfield Six ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Irritation Little Annie Wild Blood Seven ran. STAND PLATE. Casse Tete Stella Avone COUNCIL AT WINDSOR. • 3 Yesterday afternoon her Majesty's Ministers, including the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Earl de Grey, Lord Halifax, Lord Sydney, the Right lion. Mr. Bruce, &c., with Mr. Arthur Helps, left London, in order to attend the Council held by her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Ministers left Paddington at 1.15 p.m., in a saloon carriage attached to a special train, which arrived at Windsor at 1.50 p.m. Several of her Majesty's car riages were despatched from the Royal Mews in order t;) convey the Ministers to the Castle ; but the Premier and one or two others preferred walking up to the Castle, leaving the carriages to the service of friends and several distinguished foreigners who bad come to Windsor to have audiences with the Queen. The deliberations of the Council were somewhat longer than usual. At 3.20 p.m. Earl Granville and Lady Griinviile left the Castle and droire to the Windsor Station of the Great Western Rail way, whither the noble Earl was followed by the other Ministers. The Ministers quitted Windsor at 3.48 p.m. for London. Ten ,ran. The objeCtion to Defiance in the Hunters' Race yester day has been withdrawn. THE QUEEN AND THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. Her Majesty left Windsor to-day, on a visit to the Empress Eugenie at Chislehurst. Her Majesty returned to Windsor late in the afternoon. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) MR. RYLANDS, M.P., ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. Mr. lands, M.P., addressing the executive of the National Reform Union in Manchester last night upon the Eastern question, advocated the revision of the Treaty of 1856, a►:d contended that the country was not bound to declare war against Russia without the adhesion of the other Powers whose signatures were appended to the Treaty. At the present moment, he said, the Tory party, finding that the Government was strong, and had the confidence of the country, were en deavouring to entbarass the Ministry by creating foreign difficulties, and were advocating increased expendi ture. Others belonging nominally to the Liberal party, but Who'had been left out of office, were trying to create as much mischief as possible. Among these he chzsed Earl Russell, whose letter he characterised as so inherently silly that public opinion was not likely to be affected by it. . A report was current this afternoon in the City that Paris had capitulated. We publish the rumour as it was very general, but without in the slightest degree guaranteeing its authenticity. THE MONEY MARKET. THE EARL 01? DEVON ON THE VOLUNTEERS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. On the Stock Exchange to-day business was restricted in consequence of its being pay day. The settlement has passed off well. Great losses there must have been, but as no failures have been declared they have been met. Consols are 92 4 to 93 for money, and 91a to 91i ex div. for the sth of January. For Foreign Securities prices remain as last quoted. Italian, 54a to 54i ; Lombardo- Venetian, 14i to 143 ; Spanish 1867, 31 to 31g. The following telegram has been received by the directors of the Almada and Tirito Consolidated Silver Mining Company (Limited) from Mr. Clemes, dated Guaymas, 4th November instant :—August : Profit for month, $2,160 ; 187 tons of ore crushed in month ; value of ores, $o per ton. September : Profit for month, $3,774 ; 197 tons of ore crushed in month ; value of ores, s4g per ton. Pitanque ore in stock, 18 tons (the value of Pitanque ore as realized by former sales is from £BO to 2100 per ton). July : Account not received. It is understood that an offer has been made of a sub scription of £8,000,000 to the contemplated new North German Loan at a definite price, the dividends on the bonds to be made payable in London as well as in Ger many. A prospectus has been issued of the Thornhill Reef Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £20,000 in shares of £l, for mining purposes in the district of Maldon, Victoria, Australia. It is stated that the forthcoming report of the Penin sular and Oriental Company will recommend a dividend of 2 per cent. for the six months ended the 30th of September last, making with 3 per cent. paid in June, 5 per cent. for the year. A payment of 2 per cent. will also be recommended from the proprietors' underwriting account. The Post-office have arranged with the Brighton Rail way Company to convey the French mails via Newhaven and Dieppe. The trains will leave London-bridge station, on the 30th of November And the Ist of December, at 10.20 p.m. With reference to the affairs of Messrs. De Vecchj Navone, jun., and Co., of Great Winchester-street-build ings, the registrar has decided that the resolutions sub mitted by Mr. Phelps, for the realisation of the estate in bEihkruiltcy were duly carried out, and the matter will be wound up accordingly. • • A large meeting was held in Exeter Guildhall last evening for the purpose of promoting the efficiency of the Ist Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Devon said he was -not alarmed as to the future of this country, yet he thought it highly important that the volunteer regiments should be able-to bring into the field, if required, the number of men that appeared on their muster rolls. Those who would have the right to demand the co-operation of volunteers should know exactly upon what they had to depend. All non efficients should be struck off the books of the battalion, and he asked for recruits .to iiiake up the defi ciency, observing that the appeal was now not to their pockets so much as to their patriotism. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL PALADINE The special correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Tours on the 26th, says :—lntelligence has reached me, from a source which can be relied on, that the main body of the Army of the Loire has advanced from Orleans towards the north—in other words, towards Paris. From what I gather, the plan of the French General is to advance, as the weather permits, by marches of about twenty-five kilometres (say twenty English miles) and at each halting-place to leave parties of 2,000 men, whose sole work will be to make an entrenched camp after the headquarters shall have gone on, so that, if the latter had to fall back, it would have places behind which to defend itself. The idea is somewhat novel; for, although since the days of Torres Vedras, entrenched camps have been well knovall i European warfare, I do not recollect of a series of sue } works having been erected by an army advancing to raise the siege of a. beleaguered town. The distance from Artenay (where the French camp before Orleans was 'bn Thursday) to Paris is 102 kilometres ; and from Toury, where the camp- was last night, the distance to the capital is eighty-nine kilometres, or about sixty-four English miles. Thus in a few days from this time, the great crisis in the affairs of France will have come and passed away; and either the cause will be lost for ever, or the enemy will have received a blow from which he can hardly hope to recover. What , the - Prussians have been about, to allow the French ' thus to pene trate through their very centre, it is impos sible to say. This movement of the French seems to have been unsuspected until the night before last. when the enemy appears to have fallen back from Bel leme (Orne) when in full march upon Le Mans, and to have made a forced night march upon Nogent le Rotrou (Eure-et-Loire). There they must be within a compara tively short distance of the left flank of the advancing French army ; but, as I can gather from the hundred conflict reports which reach me, they are unable- to act on the offensive, owing to the large French force at and near Le Mans, which is moving behind the extreme left of the main body of the Army of the Loire. Behind this French corps at Mans, which numbers 35,000, and is almost entirely com posed of regular trcops, there will be again the Breton army of Iteratry, so that, so far as the left flank of the French Army is concerned, it seems to be safe enough. Of the right flank I cannot speak with anything like certainty, excepting that the enemy before it is com paratively insignificant in numbers, and that it is well drawn in towards the centre at Vittori—so that what was last week the pivot may to-day be con sidered the right of the French line. Of course all eyes are now turned towards General Trochu, whose sortie from Paris, it not made before Wednesday or Thursday next—or if unsuccessful when made—will ruin every thing. There is, however, this much to be said in favour of this sortie—that General De Paladins is no doubt in communication with Paris, and has been so for some days past. Yesterday morning, very early, two officers of Trochu's staff, who had left Paris in a balloon the day before, arrived at the camp of General Paladine, and no doubt brought with them certain intelligence as to when the advance could be made, so as to join hands with the sortie. In fact, there is good reason to suppose that the move forward has been made, if anything, before the Army of the Loire was . quite ready for it ; and this fact may perhaps make success less certain than might be otherwise hoped. The weather, too, must be greatly against any movement of troops on alarge scale, except upon the high roads ; and this makes me believe that there will be a race between the French and the Prus sians which shall first reach the neighbourhood of Paris, and that the race will be more to the swift, than the battle to the strong. OUR CO rEIVIPORARIOS—This id6rnin THE CAPITULATION OF LA FERE, The officer in command at La Fere has sent. the following official report to Tours:— " After a fortnight's investment, during which every means was attenrpted, either by _sorties or by artillery fire, to check the works of the enemy, the place was attacked with powerful siege artil leiy and mortars, and sustained a tremendous bombardment for thirty hours, Contrary to all the laws of war, the enemy opened fire at seven a.m. without giving either wsrning or previons sum mons, which caused the utmost dismay and disaster among the population. "From the earliest hour our batteries, outflanked from the heights which overlook the town, were completely dismounted. Resistance was, however, still kept up during the whole day, the night, and the following day. This unfortunate little town was crushed under a shower of shells. A great portion of it was burnt and the provisions partly destroyed by fire. Shelters were wanting— no cellars, no casemates. Impossible to restore bastions and batteries. Then disarmed and powerless, we could not let this population and the troops be uselessly crushed ; and, by the unanimous advice of the Defence Councils, I was obliged to surrender the place. Our losses are great." WAR NEWS FROM TOURS. The latest official despatches front Tours (Nov. 29) state that several inaccuracies are contained in the Prussian despatch dat.3d Versailles, Nov. 27. It is incorrect that the French evacuated Ladon and Maizieres, in the Forest of Orleans, the Fiench line on the 24th being 45 kilometres . behind those points. The French captured Ladon and Maizieres on the 26th. It is untrue that a French General was taken prisoner. _ _ The supposition that the Prussian detachment which was reported in this department had strayed from the main body and lost it way is confirmed. Several Prusians were captured at Neauvy yes- terday. The Prussian forces towards Vendome are being recalled to Chateaudun. The Prussian right is concentrating in that direction to support Prince Frederick Charles if he shJuld be attacked by the French. General Bourbaki has been appointed to the com• wand of the 19th Army Corps. The retreat of the portion of the army engaged near Amiens has been effected in good order, and without being harassed by the enemy. THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD AND 'TIE KING OF PRUSSIA. BRUSSELS, November 29. The Count cle Chambord has written a letter to the King of Prussia, but has received no answer. The Legitimist agent was not received at Ver sailles. There are rumours here to-day of a battle having taken place before Paris. The first number of a new paper, called the Drapeau, edited by Gamier de Cassagnac, has been published here to-day. THE EASTERN QUESTION. TOURS, November 30. The Government here have received acommunica tion from Lord Lyons relative to the proposed Con ference on the Treaty of 1856. it asks- if France would send a Plenipotentiary. Lord Lyons is now awaiting the reply of the French Government. The lndependance Beige of the 30th, publishes a telegram from Berlin, stating that England accepts the Conference on the condition that Russia should give satisfactory explanations of the first circular of Prince Gor t schokoff. _ _ BERLIN, November 20. Addresses thanking the Czar for his policy in respect of the East have been voted at Smolensk, Poltava, and Ekaterinoslaw. A similar address to Prince Gortschakoff from the University of Kieff elicited the following reply : "I am deeply sensible of the hoaour conferred upon me by your congratulations. By zealously and accurately carrying out the commands of the Emperor we shall always effectually promote the true interests of our beloved country. GOILTSCHAKOFF." OPEN, November 29. Prussia's proposal for a Conference ad hoc has been notified here. . Austria is not averse in principle, but makes its adhesion dependent upon the decision of several preliminary points, and among them that its accept ance is not to be taken as an adherence to Russia's views. VIENNA, November 29, (10.45 a.m.) The Prussian Conference project is viewed here with distrust. The Neue Freie Presse says that a Conference is impossible while Russia denies Englea and Austria the right of maintaining the validity of Article 14 of the Treaty of Paris. • VIENNA, November 29 (3 p.m.) Tho proposal of Prussia has been submitted to the Vienna Cabinet. It is accepted in principle, but the final adoption is made dependent on certain preliminary conditions which have yet to be con sidered. ST. PETERSBURG, November 29. Turkey has not yet consented b a Conference, but probaaly will, as she is actuated by a desire for peace. She does not object to the Russian demands, or care for the neutrality of the Black Sea. The Turkish statesmen are far less excited than the English. It is rumoured that the Sultan has sent an autograph letter to the Government here on the subject. The Exchange Gazette says it is glad that a Con ference has been proposed, as it shews the wisdom of the form adopted in the Russian note. In no other way could a Conference have been obtained. Russ:a will gladly consent if the other Powers admit the fait accompli. There is a strong feeling in society here against any concessions. It is considered that they wou,ld be injurious to peace. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. I The War Office has decided that the armaments of the forts in the Isle t 4 Wight should be changed from the smooth-bore guns for rifled guns. The former guns of 8-inch and 68-pounder calibre, will be replaced forthwith by 42-pounder and 7-inch breech-loading rifles. A detachment of about fifty non-commissioned officers and men from the depot companies of the Royal Engi neers left Chatham on Monday for Ireland. They will join the 27th Company at Camden Fort, Cork harbour, and the 12th Company at the Curragh. The building of the Snake and the Scourge, iron gun vessels, is now actively proceeding at Chatham dockyard, after the work had suffered some delay from the non arrival of material for their construction. They will not be launched at the time originally fixed, the end of. Decembers The vessels are for use in shallow streams, and therefore will draw little water. Each will Carry an 18-ton gun, mounted on Captain Scott's gun-carriage. Information has been received at the Admiralty, White hall, that her Majesty's ship Trafalgar arrived at Madeira on the afternoon of the 16th inst. She was to remain probably ten days at Funchal, and then proceed to Teneriffe, where she would probably arrive on the Ist December, and sail for Gibraltar about the sth. All well on board. Tho Panama Star announces the death of Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands, the lady whose visit to this country some few years ago was turned to so much account by the promoters of the Honolulu bishopric. Pere Hyacinthe, the celebrator' French ecclesi astic, has recently been visiting the Rev. Professor Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and made a stayof some days at the Master'a lodgings. • • • • SHEFFIELD SCHOOL BOARD. The election for the Sheffield School Board yes terday resulted in the return of four Churchmen, three Wesleyaus, two Unitarian; one Independent, one Roman Catholic, ono New Connexion Methodist, one Primitive Methodist, one member of the United Methodist Free Church, and one Quaker. The Roman Catholic candidate wall at the head of the poll, all the Irish voters plumping for him. PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS IN DERRY. At a special meeting of the Derry magistrates it has been resolved to allow no more party demonstrations in the city. It is understood that a proclamation will be i3sued to this effect. AN ALDERMAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL. James Pallett Elliott,a haberdasher, and alderman of the borough of T:Fnworth, was charged before the Tamworth magistrates yesterday with criminally libelling Mr. John Shaw, county-court registrar and clerk to the comity magistrates. The libel was contained in a handbill, in which the defendant alleged that the plaintiff had charged more for witnesses than he paid them. The defendant, by his counsel, admitted the publication of the libel, but urged that a full public apology would be suffi cient to meet the offence. With the prosecutor's consent, the apology was accepted, the defendant paying, all expenses and engaging to give £lO to some public charity. THE LIVERPOOL MURDER The inquest upon the body of Mr. Flueck, the school plaster murdered at Liverpool on Friday, was formally opened yesterday, and adjourned until the 7th of De cember. ACCIDENT FROM THE FALL OF BLOCKS OF CONCRETE. Yesterday afternoon, while the engineers were engaged depositing some large blocks of hardened concrete on the foundation of the new quay wall at Greenore, some of them gave way, and fell, killing Mr. 011ey on the spot, and injuring several other persons very severely. THE LORD -LIEU'TENANT OF IRELAND AT CARLOW. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Countess Spencer, visited Carlow yesterday for the first time. He was warmly received. His Excellency sanc tioned an outlay of £4,000 on the Asylum. The Carlow Town Commissioners presented him with an address of welcome, and took advantage of the occasiGn to refer to the political prisoners, for whose release they asked. Earl Spencer returned a formal answer of thanks. He left for Dublin in the middle of the day. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT-A COTTAGE DEMOLISHED. At the Ma,3borough station, near Rotherham, on Mon day morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, a coal train was being shunted into the Midland Station Works, when one of the waggons, of which there were twelve, leaped off, the line, It ran against the corner of a cottage, which was within a foot or two of the siding. So great was its impetus that the cottage was almost completely demolished. A woman and two children were buried beneath the walls, .but fortunately were all rescued alive. 'The woman and one child were severely, but not dangerously, injured, the other youngster escaped almost without a scratch.. Seve— ral of the waggons were overturned and smashed. While the wheel of one of them was being removed it fell upon the leg of a labourer and broke it. kicEPA.RATIONS AT ORLEANS. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Orleans on the 20th inst., says:—The immobility of the army in advance of this town in surprising, but the calm which exists is probably the presage of an impending storm. It was, it appears, too rashly that I told you in my letter of yesterday that the Army of the Loire was about to move forward. I saw to-day Colonel Reilly, the military attach 6 to the British Embassy, who is following the operations of the Army of the Loire ; he is staying here, as well as an Austrian officer who is also accredited to the Army of the Loire. lam sorry to say they are not, I think, very hopeful as to the result of the next event. It seems the army, far from moving for ward, will await an attack in its present positions. The reason it does not advance, and did not follow up its success of the 10th, is, it seems, the impossibility it was in of being victualled on its onward march, for want of sufficient waggon trains. I rode out to 'some of the neighbouring camps. There is a great movement of troops, aides-de-camp, waggons, &c., &c., on all the roads north of the town. They have been making earthworks to a very considerable distance, beginning outside the town to the north. Every available vantage ground has been fortified, and big guns served by gunners are placed on these works. There can be no doubt that Orleans will not be re-entered on that side without a fearful struggle and enormous loss to the enemy. In case of a retreat of the French, the army will cross the noire on a pontoon bridge, which is at this very moment being rapidly constructed by torchlight, and the two permanent bridges (one a railway bridge) would be blown up. It is probable before three days are over a great battle will have been fought close by here ; for it seems impossible that the two armies should remain facing each other much longer. However, it is useless to make any conjectures just now ; the only thing to do is to await patiently the first sound of the cannon. It is a curious sight to see the preparations going on for an im portant battle, upon which so much detends for this unfor tunate country. The lurid lights on the river where they are building the bridge, the silent streets, and the expres sion of every face, furnish a vivid picture of expectation and anxiety. It is stated that Mr. Palles, Q.C., of Dublin, will be a Liberal candidate for the vacant seat in Meath. The Earl of Granard has received a letter from the Foreign Office, in which Earl Granvi lle p romises to take the necessary measures for the protection of English members of religious orders at Rome. Two Ministers were absent from the Cabinet Council on Monday—Mr. Fortescue, who is in Ireland, mid Mr. Bright. The Ministers, who met at half-past three, separated at five o'clock. Summonses have been sent out for a Cabinet Council, this afternoon, at one o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. . HORRIBLE STORY.—Fanny Evans, 15, an unfortunate, was brought before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, charged with annoying passengers in Hyde park. Police-constable James Rapley, 314 A, said that last night, while on duty near Rotten•row, Hyde-park, he saw the prisoner annoying gentlemen, and took her into custody. At the station she told him that she was seduced by her own brother when 12 years of age, and that ever since, having been turned out of doors by her father, she had had to get her living in the way she was doing. Mr. Knox asked the girl whether what she had told the officer was true, as it was a most horrible story. The girl said it was. She was seduced by her brother when 12 years of age, and was turned out of the house by her father, who lived at Guildford, in Surrey, he telling her at the time that if she ever returned he would break her back. On one occasion ber father put a halter round her neck, keeping it there till she was black and blue in the face. Her father was the cruelest father in the world, and her mother was nearly as bad, and drank awfully and encouraged her brother to do as he had done. Mr. Knox said he would have careful inquiries made and endeavour to save the girl.by getting her into some institution if one could be found. The girl was remanded. A MEAN THIEF.—John Estall, a young man, was brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames Police court, charged with btealing 3s. horn a poor woman named Elizabeth Canty. The complainant is dwelling in Osgood-street, Bromley. She had occasion to go into a public-house in that locality on Monday last. The pri soner was there drinking; and stood alongside of her. She felt a hand in her pocket, and immediately after wards the prisoner loft the house, and she put her hand in her pocket, and missed 3s. the hard earnings of her husband. She was positive of the prisoner's identity, and had seen him frequently in the same public-house before. Julia Canty, a girl, was with her mother on the day in question, and saw the prisoner go up to her and take a key from her pocket, and run away. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Lusbington said he had committed a very mean robbery, and- plundered a poor woman of all her money.- He sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment ; with hard labour. . . • WlO IS GpNERAL D'AURELLES DE PALADIN ? A contemporary says :—lt is said that there exists proof positive at the Prussian Head-quarters that General D'Aurelles de Paladine is one and the same person with the Duc do Nemours, the second son of Louis Philippe, and uncle of the Comte de Paris, who has chosen this nom de guerre under which to fight for his country. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Tue'sday, November 29th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets 2,202 ; ditto on payment, 972 ; total visitors, 3,174. CAN I AFFORD IT ? —Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. Map of the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and is. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's liolisekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much iinprovpd. Letts's hiyisible Ink for Postal Cards, ad: per bottle. THE ATTACK AT BRETONCELLES. The ✓ournal de l'Orne gives the following account of the Prussian attack at La Fourche and at Bretoncelles. The first battalion of L'Orne had taken up its position at Friaige, the third at Pontgouin. Colonel Martin, who occupied the forest of Senonches, having, no one knew why, quitted his position, the Mobiles of L'Orne ran the risk of being surrounded. They were ordered to fall back, as were also the Mobiles of Calvados, and a half-battalion of Chasseurs d pied. This movement was effected in good order; . the Prussians followed closely. The column stopped at La Fourche, where two roads met—the one leading to Courville, the other to La Loupe. All Sunday was em- _ . ployed in the construction of two barricades at the entrance of the village ; these were defended by two companies of L'Orne, commanded, one by M. Vallee, the other by M. Thomas. On Monday, at eight o'clock in the morning, the arrival of the Prus sians was announced. A 12-pound shell was fired by our troops on their columns ; they retired immediately, and without delay ; returned with twelve or fifteen pieces, which opened immediately a very brisk fire. More than 200 shells were discharged ; one gave a fatal wound to Captain Lefdvre, Commander of the company of Le Mesle. Our troops had only one 12-pounder pie , .e and four field cannons, which answered their best to the fire of the enemy ; but the dispropor tion was too great to allow us to hope that we could silence it. The Mobiles posted behind_ the barricade did not permit themselves to be intimidated by the 'detona tions of the shells, to which the engagement at Landelles, that had taken place a few days previously, had accus tomed them. Commanded with coolness, they replied with a musket fire from which the enemy must have suffered, as they were but little sheltered. The barricades held out till four o'clock in the evening, with out too much loss. The Mobiles of Calvados, whose companies wavered on the plain, were more tired. The Prussians, who perceived that they were uncovered, sent shells into the midst of them. The chasseurs pied fought with their usual energy, but they had opposed to them considerable forces. They were compelled to fall back on Nogent. The retreat might have been effected with greater order. The same day there was a fight at Bretoncelles. We have no positive details of the affair. Wo are assured the Prus sians were so little expected that the officers of the Mobiles were walking quietly in the streets when the caunon was heard. The inhabitants of Bretoncelles just had time to fly, without, however, being able to bring with them either their clothes or money. Several houses have been burned. 'At five, some Prussian scouts having been announced at Morolles—four kilometres from Nogent—the Prefectoral Administration retired to Chateaudun. The officials of the railway and the tele'. graphs quitted Nogent at six o'clock in the evening, by the last train. The mobilised soldiers of Nogent have met rather serious losses. Colonel Martin, or De Marty, is severely blamed by the Journal de l'Orne for abandoning his position near the Forest of Senonches. Trouble had been taken to render this position defensible, and by retreating from it Colonel de Marty left a gap of which the enemy very cleverly pro fited by throwing itself unexpectedly on the French troops feebly entrenched at La Fourche. The Journal de l'Orne also instances the fact that the troops to the right of the Forest of Senonches did not know of De Marty's retreat as proving its complaint of the want of ' communication between the different bodies of the Frenoh army. FRENCH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS. There are in the ambulance both French and German soldiers, and it is curious to observe the different manner in which the French and the Germans support pain and bear the approaches of death. It is natural that this war should often have raised the question which of the two nations the French or the German —is the bravest; for, of course, the reverses of the French and the facility with which they have sometimes given way in the battles of 1870 cannot be taken as decisive argument against them. There can be no doubt that all northern nations, and perhaps the Teutonic race more than others, have a more gloomy ideayof death than the southern races. The southern races either never think of death at all Cr think of it in a more smiling light than the people of the north. It is difficult to understand, therefore, why the German should stand with more firmness than the French, and it would seem that it cannot be ascribed to the intrinsic bravery of the people, but to their train ing and to the pressure of discipline. What one observes in hospitals where wounded and dying soldiers of both armies are lying side by side is very singular. The French do not bear pain so well as the Germans. They scream and. howl where .the Germans will not utter a sound. The German soldier's fortitude in this instance is owing, again, to the awe he stands in of his superiors. But when the overwhelming terrors of inevitable death are upon them the German's training breaks down, and they give the most unmistakeable signs of terror. The Frenchman, on the contrary, generally shows thebgreatest coolness and unconcern. This contrast was shown very powerfully the other day. A priest who had been administering a Bavarian soldier who was dying, styped in another room at the bed of a French man, who was in an equally hopeless condition, and told him that he was about to die, asking him if there was nothing he would like to do to make his way clear to Heaven by confession and the viaticum,. ''he wench soldier, turning his eyes to the priest, answered with the faint voice that remained in 'him, 4 'l should like some beef tea,"---Dailx News Cortes voctent at (*taw. . • . . . `HE EASTERN DIFFICULTY. The Times is happy to think that the Government are united in their determination to maintain the Treaty as it stands until it is modified by the same authority that made it. It shall not be violated so long as we have the power to prevent the violation. But, so far as we know, there has as yet been no violation. The Treaty has been repudiated, and Russia pretends To resume the right to rebuild Sebastopol, and to create a :flack Sea ileet.' Now, there can be no doubt that there are preee- . dents for considering such a declaration as a cases bcrli. Indeed, it is evident that cases may arise in which a notice of this kind ought in justice to be looked upon as an act of hostility. Where an obligation is repudiated ob viously with a view to immediate action, the Power that is threatened would be weak indeed if it setupled to take the warning and anticipate the attack. But here there is no such prospect, no immediate danger—may, if we are true to ourselves, no danger at all. It must be long before Russia can place a navy on the Black Sea ; that navy will certainly be weak, ill manned, and not very skilfully equipped. The Russian Fleet of 1854.c0u1d not keep the sea for a day after the Allies passed the Bosphorus, though the late Czar had been long preparing it, took great pride in it, and could boast that it contained some of the most powerful ships in the world. It need hardly be said that Russia can put no ship on the Black Sea against the will of England. Having, therefore, the material power entirely in our hands, we may dispense with the necessity of considering the Russian declaration as a hostile act. It may contemplate hostility, or it may be a mere bit of brag uttered by Prince Gortschakoff to main tain his failing influence, but, in either case, there will always be the opportunity and means of meeting it. This determines our conduct, and enables us to act with the requisite firmness while giving Russia every opportunity to recede from the position she has taken, and to seek redress for her alleged grievance in a legitimate way. England, then, refuses to recognise the right of the Russian Govern ment to abrogate the clause of the treaty respecting the Black Sea, and will enforce it should the declaration of Russia be followed by any overt act; but if Russia is willing to let it be understood that her aggressive circular shall not be considered .as an assumption of a foregone conclusion, England, when the political situation of Europe permits the assembling of a Conference of the Powers, will be willing to consider the representations of Russia as if nothing had happened. It is impossible that the most zealous partisan of Russia, if he retains any sense of justice, can ask more than this ; on the other _ _ hand, our " candid friends" at home, with all their acute• ness in espying the faults of our own policy and excusing our opponents, can hardly maintain that their country can be content with less. The Daily News, commenting upon the Eastern diffi culty and the proposed conference, says : The whole question of the conference, however, hinges upon the supposition that Prince Gortschakoff will withdraw his first Note. So far as it is possible to gauge public opinion in England we find a very gene• ral desire to meet Russia in the matter, and temperately to consider such modifications of the Treaty of Paris as she fray think consistent with her national honour. Russia, also, as we observe from her public journals, is quite aware of our willingness to submit the Treaty to discussion and revision. But a Conference can have no raison d'etre until Prince Gortschakoff's Circular is cancelled. The co-signatory Powers may meet to consider the propriety of releasing Russia from the stipulations of 1856; they need not, and cannot meet merely to inform each other that, Russia has already released herself. An impression seems to prevail at Versailles that, in view of the Prussian pro• posal, Prince Gortschakoff will consent to this necessary step ; and it is earnestly to be hoped that this belief may prove to be well-founded. No doubt, if the Emperor sees fit to withdraw a manifesto which has provoked so unex- pected au opposition, he will secure some scapegoat on whom to fasten the blame of the affair. With that we need not concern ourselves ; we shall only be too happy to find Russia returning to her right reason, and to the convenances of diplomatic intercovrse. When once Prince Gortschakoff's Note is removed from the path' there will be few obstacles inthe way of an amicable settle ment of the difficulty. The penitence which such an act would express—although obviously founded on mere pru dence and self-interest—may make the other Powers lenient. We have from the outset of the dispute -- maintained that the conditions imposed by the Treaty of Paris on Russia were of a kind which no great Power could suffer in per petuity. Perhaps England would not have borne with them for five years, how much less for fourteen. The only excuse, however, which Russia appears to offer for breaking up the Treaty as she has done is that the other Powers, had she sub mitted the matter to their arbitration, would not have granted her requests. That is an assumption. We do not say 'that they would have done so, nor is it necessary to found an objection against the course pursued by Russia on the hypothesis that it was unne cessary. It was unjustifiable—nay more, it was intole rable. We are glad to know, however, that there exists a prospect of Russia following another course, and we are sure, since it tends to peace, that England and the co signatory Powers will throw no needless obstacles in the path. The Telegraph says we are happy to be able to state that a still further advance has been made in the direc tion of peace. Nor is the progress shown in some single incident or in some reluctant step ; it is evinced in more than one way, and involves genuine and healthy action. Confronted by the determined attitude of England, the Government of St. Petersburg has been led to reconsider its position, and, as we predicted, its " second thoughts" are proving themselves much better than its first. After referring to the proposed Conference by Prussia with the concurrence of Russia, the Telegraph re marks that it is well that there should be no mistake as to the position of England in regard to the Conference. A well-informed evening contemporary has suggested that the present aspect of the question was not be fore her Majesty's Ministers in the Cabinet Council of Monday ; but the statement is based on a misconception. It is . true that Russia's disposition to yield was not then so pronounced as it has since manifested itself ; but it is equally true that her Majesty's Ministers knew on Monday afternoon, from other sources than Prince Gortschakoff's despatch, that the Chancellor's diplomatic shew of courteous firm ness was by no means the true measure of Russia's real intentions, and Lord Granville's reply was drawn up in full view of the pacific attitude of Russia. It is plain, therefore, that a Conference now means, on the part of all who agree to it, a distinct recognition of the basis which England has laid down. . The Russian Go vernment can entertain no doubt on that point after reading Lord Granville's despatch. The probable result of the whole imbroglio will be to place the Eastern question on a surer foundation, and to strengthen, instead of weakening, the sanctions of international law. Another result, which is already shewing itself, will be to reinforce the moral prestige of England. To-day no Power in Europe can doubt, that, much as we abhor war, the arm of England will ever be ready to defend her honour or to support her obligations; and this we owe to the mingled judgment and firmness with which our Government has acted at a most unfore seen and difficult juncture. The Standard points out that to decide the question of the Black Sea, to modify the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris without the concurrence of Franco, or at least without ,+ France being properly repre sented in the Conference or Congress, may appear quite correct to Russia and to Prussia, but can never he agreed to by England. The Treaty of 1856 is a contract which terminated a war waged by France and England for a common, and, it may fairly be said, for a most unselfish purpose, and in a general European interest. It contains the guarantees by which England and France believed or hoped they had permanently secured what they had achieved at such enormous sacrifices. It may be that the Allies imposed harsh and intolerable terms upon Russia— terms which humiliated and humiliate her without really aXvantaging Turkey. We do not think it ; the question is, however, one which may fairly be raised by Russia, but must only be raised when France can consult with England; and England, France, and Austria, who imposed the treaty, can agree together as to the ex. pediency of the modification or annulment of any of its provisions. England cannot assent to any alteration of tl* Treaty of 1856, until her ally France is free to form and express an opinion upon the question. England might, indeed, then take a different course to France. The two nations might look at the question from very different stand points, But until France can declare her wishes and in tentions, England is bound, not only in generosity and honour, but by the strongest interests, to refuse to assent to any alteration of a contract of which the circumstances 'make her a trustee of France. The Russian Government thinks it is all over with France, and that is the reason Prince Gortacbakoff made the announcement Count Bis marck eanderal e as premature.