The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, THE EXPEAOR. The Times comes to the conclusion that the Emperor Napoleon should follow the Prince Imperial to Paris. He laid, perhaps, too much stress on the ascendancy which his presence and the prestige of his name might exercise on the French troops. There was little he could gain by showing himself to'his army in the infirm state of his health, and taking with him a mere child of fourteen, unripe for the hardships, and unoonscious of the dangers of real warfare. The experiment was rash ff made in earnest ; it was not dignified if merely meant for show. It was neither a soldier like " Louis," nor,.be it said, for truth's sake, a general like his father, that France needed at this crisis. The Emperor acknowledges his mistake-- one may hope not too rate. When he has confided the conduct of his army to either Chaugarnier or Bazaiue the Emperor will d well to look upon his own campaign as at an end. It is evident that his . business at this moment i s no t t o fi g ht, but to reign. His plade is in his Cabinet, no in his Council pf War. All his enemies—his worst enet mien —are, by no means before .Metz. post of danger, and, therefor; hts pokit of honour, is in Pans. Passions have been let loose in the heart of his Empire during his short absence which he himself may fail to curb, but which he alone can hope to curb. e has ruled like one who dreaded the deluge to come after him. Ent now the deluge has almost overtaken him in his own time. The flood may be too strong for him to stem, but it can be stemmed by no other man. 'lt is inwpskible to foretell what might be the eitect Of the Emperor's presence in Paris, but it is fearful to contemillate the probable . results of his pro longed absence. The Emperor may still do . good service in Paris. But that he can do none in Metz is a poineon which no man has entertained any doubt since the very opening of the campaign. THE PROPOSER BELGIAN TREATY. The Sarcoma asks whether it would not have been simpler and more dignified for Lord Granville to have notified to the Courts of Paris and Berlin that England, whether supported or not, intended to abide by her en gagements of 1839? This would have met the objection that a collective guarantee is not legally binding on one of the guarantors without the consent of the rest. But, it is argued by Ministers, the promise of France and Prussia, that each will respect the frontier until the other violates it, leaves open the danger that the first one who finds it convenient may break the pledge. tt is proposed to bind them both to England in a new and solemn manner. The Treaty of 1839 is not to be abrogated, but a special understanding is to be agreed upon to the effecl- that in case of France or Prussia, trespassing tn Belgian ‘ soil England is to take part w ith th e o th er i n defending that country, and driving out the invader, without being bound to take part in the general operations of the war. This treaty, which is said to have been signed by Prussia and virtually agreed• to. by France, is certainly the most remarkable achievement of diplomacy that was ever heart of. Who, exceptLeld Granville could have dreamed of 5r cli a thing as an. igreement between three Powers, that in case of certain contingencies, two of them should go to war with the other? When was such a thing known before as a treaty signed by two Powers actually at - war ? Why, French and Prussians, as far as • their mutual obligations are concerned, are clearly justified in looking upon it as so much blank paper. Then, again, though we know that Mr. Gladstone in every difficulty has " three courses " open to him, we might' have .hit upon thirty or three hundred before such an extraordi nary idea occurred to us that England, called upon to Oefend Belgium, should pledge herself to operate only with her paltry army on land, instead of being allowed to annihilate her adversary- at sea. A limited war is an absurdity. We may be at war with France and with Rrussia, but to suppose that we can be at war with either Power only quoad Belgium, and at peace with it in all the rest of the world, is 0 grant an utterly ridiculous thing, an advantage that never will be conceded to the possible enemies of this country- in the future. This much, how ever, we have gained from our Government. They have pledged themselves to defend the independence and neu trality of Belgium. We are now absolutely committed to it. The Telegraph maintains that had the Ministers of Eng land uttered the naked threat that she would declare war against the first Power which should cross the Belgian frontier, the pride of France ail Germany would have taken fire, and might have ed in the same flame. What, it might have been asked, was England, that she shofld thus speak to the two greatest Powers of the Continent in the language of dictation ? What could herpaltry army do against the hosts of France and Germany.. Her menacing words, in fact, would have provoked both Powers to cross the Belgian frontier, and would thus have precipitated the very calamity which she seeks to prevent. There has been no menace. To Franca and rrussia severally the English Ministers have virtually said "We wish to guard Belgium in accordance with our treaty engagements; so, of course, do you. We will, therefore, aid either of you to protect the Belgian soil." The form of that message presents n 5 menace; it hurts no national pride. It is the less objectionable because it was given, not inthepubliro glare and heated atmosphere of a legislative assembly, but in the course of quiet diplo matic talk. And, as a matter of fact, the invitation has been received most favourably by. both France and Prussia, who detect in it nothingbut goodwill and friendly confidence. THE PR,ITSSIAN AND FRENCH SOLDIERS. The Daily Hews remarks that unless . all who have undertaken to, compare the physique of the French and German soldier are mistaken, the Germans have great natural advantages over their adversaries. Their soldiers are stronger men, and can bear more fatigue, walk further, and fight longer than the French. More than Oat, they are better instructed in their duty And here it is remarkable that the only persons who hay tinfavourably criticised the French army so soon i this war are Frenchmen. . The French Corps d'Elite—the Zouaves, of European blood and African schooling, with martial front and springing panther-like tread, and the Chasseurs-a-pied, the best trained in fantry in the world—are universally admired. But the body of the army is defective. An observer so intelli gent and patriotic as M. Edmond About, writing from the front, says that a large number of the troops do not know their trade, and that they hinder the others. " Many of them are too young and too new to the service. Many of the reserve still have to learn how to manage the Chas sepot ; they are only acquainted with the old-fashioned piece. These men are drafted off into other companies, which they. weaken instead of reinforcing. Such con scripts fire at random like wild things ; they are subject to panic, disorder, and demoralise the old soldiers:" THE IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF THE E3IPIRH. The Times, with an ominous comparison between the events of 1814 and those of 1870. It points clearly to the withdrawal of the Emperor from his throne. In such crisis, it says, the party that is most prompt and clear in its decision carries the day, and it cannot fail to escape notice that the members of the Extreme Left, including almost all the Deputies of the Seine, the representatives of the will of Paris, have in an informal way constituted themselves a Committee of Public Safety. The Demo cratic journals have in the same sense demanden that That the representatives of Paris should be recognised as the nucleus of a Committee of Defence. We may, however, leave France to work out for herself the problem of a change of servants if it be forced upon her ; but there is a duty incumbent upon us in such a contingency from which, difficult as it would be in execution, n o Ministry ought to shrink. Germany has never made war upon France. The Emperor threw down the challen'e, and it was accepted. With the etirement of the challenger the battle ought to close and, in the words of Mr. Disr a eli, an o pp or t un ity wou ld arise for " a Power like England to come forward, with a friendship that cannot be doubted, to give counsels of moderation in such a manner as will shew that, while anxious for the peace of Europe,. she respects the dignity and national feelings of both belligerents." THE DIFFICULTIES OF FRANCE. North, South, East, and West, says the Telegraph, France looks for an ally in her hour of need, and looks in vain. That such should be the ease is doubtlesethe neces sary result of her own infatuation ; but it is none the less a spectacle really painful to witness to all who have, at heart the welfare of a noble and gallant people. When ever the time comes that friendlyintervention can be of any service, the diplomatic efforts of England and of the other great Powers of Europe will not be wanting to mitigate the severity of the blow which has fallen upon France. But if the in , l'ader is to be expelled from her soil by force of arms it must be accomplished by her own efforts, and by her own efforts only. As yet, however, there have been few indications of such an uprising of the nation as might suffice to check the Prussian advance. Camp and Senate alike present dejection, irresolution, and divided counsels. The Prince Imperial has been sent away hastily to Paris with his baptism of fire but half completed ; and the effect of this acknowledgment that his personal safety is no longer secure within the lines of the French army is certain to increase the dismay already felt in Paris. The Emperor, we marpresume, intends to risk all upon the chances of a contest with the Prussians, so as to bar their advance upon the capital ; and lest the fortune of war should again go against hi m , i t i s well that the Heir to the Throne should be at Paris. So far as the poor lad himself is concerned, the march to Berlin ended at Saarbruck ; and before the 15th—the day of the Pete Napoleon—the day , when the French Eagles were to be carried " Mater den' Linden," the French army must fight a battle which, has been courted by the head of the dynasty that is at stake. FATAL. A_LPINt ACCIDENT.—MrS. George Mph° fell, a few days ago, into a crevasse in the mountains near Chamouni, and up to the last time her relatives in England had heard (about 24 hours after the occurrence) she had not been found. The young lady was the daughter of the Rev. R. C. Maul, of Rickinghall, Suf folk. She was w i t h h er husband spending their honey moon in Switzerland. Her husband is Mr. George Marke, the son of the late Sedley Bastard Marke, of Liskeard, in Cornwall. They were married about two months go. The accident is supp ose d to have occurred on, the er de Glace, or at some of the glaciers near. " TEE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE WAR...—" 11l looking over several hundred exchanges every day," says the New .York Tribune, "we cannot help seeing how largely the American press sympathises with the Germans in their struggle against the French Emperor. Nearly all the leading journals of the country--those which control public opinion and express themselves according to their convictions—have taken ground against the pretensions of Napoleon, his aggressive designs, and his policy of inter ference." AUCTIONEERS.—By a provision in the new Act on Customs (passed on the Ist inst.), it is enacted that it shall not be necessary for any person to take out an excise licence as an auctioneer in order to enable him to sell fisi' by auction upon the aeashore where the same 8411 laami .i2P94 fifot ' THE WAR. ' and it was almost as important and disastrous as the con test near Woerth. This Forbach misfortune was another instance of bad generalship—another case of sur prise. Your readers will remember that on Tues day last the French troops, amid a strange chorus of rhodomontade and bombast, assailed a small Prussian force near Saarbruck and took possession, after a trivial combat, of the heights in front of that town- General Frossard was left in command in that quarter; and as is usual at present with Imperial strategy, his corps re mained by itself without any support from the vast mass of combatants round Metz. On Friday General Frossard thought it prudent to evacuate Saarbruck. It appears, however, that he did not retire far enough. Yesterday he was assailed on a good position on a range of heights at Spicheren—a very good position, it would seem, for an army well handled, but the French are not well handled at present, whilst the dispositions of the Germans are of the most consummate ability. General Frossard " did not think the engagement would be serious," aid accordingly made no great exertions 'to bring up the requisite forces, or to retreat, if be could not find them. The Prussians came pouring on, their grand masses being handled with the most perfect ease. Soon the French were overwhelmed by odds at the point of issue—as they always seem to be in this most mismanaged war, and no bravery could avail aught. The soldiers fought most des perately, but their generals had betrayed them. Frossard was driven from his heights, numerous prisoners were lost, and the loss in killed and wounded was excessively great. The Germans lost heavily too, but they gained the victory, and can well afford to pay the price for it. However great the anxiety to keep back the whole truth, there cannot be a doubt that General Frossard's corps is cut to pieces. The Prussians have now got as far as St. Avoid, and are fairly established on French territory. CONCENTRATION OF THE PRUSSIANS, A French official despatch from Metz, dated yesterday morning, says :—" An army of the enemy is concentrat- ing on the Saar. The King of Prussia has established his headquarters at Kaiserslautern. No movements have taken place to•day." THE FRENCH ARMY. The following official news received from headquarters is dated yesterday :—"A •great part of the French army is concentrated before Metz. Marshal Bazaine is charged with the direction of the operations. The army corps of General Frossard is retiring in good order upon Metz. The night passed off uietly. ° The Emperor is about t o visit the quarters of Marshal Bazaine." Such is the day's work. One defeat of the kind would lave been enough to seriously imperil the Imperial cause, he two seem overwhelming—almost irreparable. THE POSITION IN PARIS. PARIS, MONDAY. We have spent twenty-four hours without intelligence of moment, but this period of repose has had no beneficial effect upon the peace of the city. The last bulletin was enough to plunge the nation into grief for more than one day. The excitement and passion of Sunday has in no sense diminished to-day ; the crowds in the streets are as panic-stricken, the newspapers as energetic, the whole public as much confounded as when the mortal stroke first fell. It is the old French habit of falling away from one extreme to the other. To Englishmen this profound prostration will seem as strange as the pre vious wild assurances that the army would be in Berlin in a few days, and the ridiculous nonsense about 0.3 Prince Imperial, his bullet, his bap tism of fire, I.Kuj the weeping soldiers. It is difficult to understand such ebullitions. Nobody can deny the gravity of the present crisis, but it is not without hope, and the abattement visble here seems really more even than the circumstances justify. This is a time, how ver, when the goodtraits of the French character pre eminently shew themselves. To arm in defence of the country is the one obsorbing pre-occupation. It is really remarkable to observe the unanimity which prevails at the present crisis. It is quite useless to quote from the journals, for they are all, even the extreme Republican papers, of one mind, and and all their utterances are summed up in one word, " arm." It would seem that at no time had the Emperor's opponents a fairer excuse for attack than at present. But they are not making use of it ; and though it is not to be expected that this forbearance will continue long, it may very probably last until the Immediate danger is over? The Imperial family, in short, occupy none of the thoughts of the French public. Their names never appear, save at the bottom of some decrees in the newspapers. On the walls the Empress's proclamation hangs disregarded, whilst the populace discuss the means of turning the fortune of war against the detested enemy. Some regrettable scenes occurred last night. The disturbances to which Paris is so often a prey were renewed. Some time ago it was revolution that was called for in the streets. A few days since it was " war;" now it is " chassepots." Marshal Baraguay dalilliers has issued a proclamation forbidding all assemblages in the streets, as a consequence of the capital being put in a state of siege, but nobody pays the slightest heed to the injunction. Crowds of people assembled on the Boulevards last night. Large bands of roughs howled for weapons. Circulation was utterly im peded, café chairs and tables were knocked over, and all the features of a Red riot were being repeated, when the Municipal Guard found it necessary to charge. (*.cer tainly had not a cheerful aspect. What with the riotous roughs, and the drawn swords of the Guards, the city did not at that hour have a very patriotic ap pearance, but such ebullitions, let us hope, do not repre sent altogether the spirit of the people. • - The means of defence may be briefly recounted. First there is the Grand Army, the shattered fragments of which are now being gathered together. Several of these corps are wholly uninjured; they have not yet fought ; one or two others have suffered slightly ; and something may no doubt be made of the wreck of Frossard's and MacMahon's. Altogether the Emperor ought to have nearly a quarter of a million to put in line, which will soon be increased. Then there is the Garde Mobile, consisting of young men between the ages of 20 and thirty; and after the Garde Mobile comes the National Guards (stationary), which will garrison the towns, 'whilst the Mobile goes to the frontier. The stationary guard is formed of men between thirty and forty. Lastly, comes the levy en masse. With these resources the nation mus not despair. Numerous troops are coming into Paris. 11E , LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST THE BATTLE NEAR FOIR,BAOII. The correspondent of the Standard writing from Metz, on Sunday, gives an account of the great battle near Forbach on the preceding day, when General Frossard's corps was so severely handled :—"Knocked up by fatigue, overcome by excitement, scarcely able to stand, how shall I narrate in a few words the fearful spectacle I have partly witnessed ? At an early hour yesterday morning the Prussian army, 150,000 men strong, arrived near Forbach, and met General Frossard's second corps &armee three divisions, commanded by Generals Verge, Battaile, Laveauneupet, and a division of cavalry, commanded by General Litcheliss : two divi sions of three batteries each, with General Gagneur in command, were also in the field, and with the mitrail leuses worked by the artillery present in the action. The battle has lasted all day. The French soldiers have sustained the tremendous shock of that large Prussian army with a courage and devotion worthy of the Spartans. Several times during the day they have taken the offensive, notwithstanding the immense slaughter made in their ranks. Feats of bravery, actions d'e,clat are to be counted by hundreds. I cannot describe the sanguinary carnage. Whole regiments were disappearing' on both sides in the middle of the smoke, and when a glimpse could be got, half of the soldiers had fallen bravely. The losses are enormous on the Prussian side ; they are terrible on the French. The corps d'arm6c of General Frossard is nearly destroyed. The Prussians were completely victorious at eight o'clock p.m. Forbach is a heap of ashes. A locomotive is taking us back to Metz. The Prussians are advancing on St. Avoid on one side and Saarguemines on the other. The Emperor is at Metz, the Etat Major- General is here also. A heap of French correspondents were all clay in the battle-field; we fear that two of them who were lodging at an inn, between Spicheren and Forbach, have been taken between the fires of the two armies, as they were missing when I left. On my arrival on going to telegraph to you I had a long conversation with a colonel of the general staff. He does not seem in despair. We are going to take a brilliant revenge says he, and these everses must be expected. In the meantime great con sternation prevails here. It would seem that there is no apprehension of a fatal blow. Masses of French troops have been concentrating in every direction on the second line of defence, and the losses of the Prus sians are so great that their pursuit cannot be con tinued at once. On the other side, the two corps d'armec which have suffered are only Frossard's and MacMahon's. Ido not know yet what may be the losses of the let corps ; no doubt Frossard's corps is crushed and nearly destroyed ; but the 4th corps of General L'Admirault, the sth corps of De Failly, the corps of Bazaine, the Imperial Guard with Bourbaki, the 7th corps with General Douay, the 6th corps with Marshal Can robert are safe and untouched. Behind them is the army of Lyons, the Garde Mobile, and the French nation, which will no doubt rise en masse. The position is far from being desperate. It was with a feeling of sadness that I saw to-day the equipages of the Emperor and his staff leaving Metz, the picture of a great calamity ; but at the same time was to be seen the resolute and sponta neous action of the citizens assembling in the court of the "motel de Metz, and swearing to pnt aside all causes of political antagonism, and to join fraternally in the defence of their country, A writer in the Paris Journal also gives an account of the affair. He says that on.the 6th of August the forces occupying Spieheron and the Saarbruck heights had not the remotest idea of the possibility of their being attacked, whilst an attack at Saarguemines was generally expected, and preparations were made to receive them. At half . past nine o'clock in the morning a small detachment was sent from the heights of Saarbruck to explore a wood on the left. But the detachment met with a hot reception, and supports were sent up, which, after some skirmishing, ascertained that a body of at least 40,000 Prussians held the wood. They had probably crossed the river at Saar louis. The 66th Regiment of the line and the third battalion of Chasseurs were immediately despatched to the front from Forbach, and for three hours maintained a desperate struggle against overwhelming numbers ; but they were driven back, and the Prussians immediately proceeded to attack the heights of Spicheren. It is said that this position was taken and retaken several times. A stout fight also took place for the possession of MM. Wendel and Co.'s manufact or y a t Stiring. Further reinforcements came up from Forbach, but the Prussians also brought up fresh troops, and in far greatey numbers.. The French were driven from the heights a n d _ _ down to Forbach, where another stand was made. The shells from the Prussian artillery set Forbach on fire, and General Frossard's corps * had to retreat. STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN. Considering the enormous preponderance of force which the Crown Prince had at his disposal, the Standard thinks it not to be wondered at that MacMahon was driven back even from his strong position at Woerth. The fact that the action is spoken of by the French as having taken place at ReichshOffen and at Froeschwiller, while by the Prussians it is called the battle of Woerth, shows us where the troops must have taken up their stand. Reichshoffen is a station on the railway from ...Strasburg to Bitsche, and is on the small river Falkenstein. Between it and Woerth are some hills, which slope down to the streams which flow through Woerth. To the left of the road between Reichshoffen and Woerth is the village of Froeschwiller on the side of these hills which evidently mark the line of MacMahon's position. The Marshal's left would have rested on the forest of Niederbronn. The villages of Neehwiller, Froeschwiller, Elsashausen, and Eberbach, would have Protected his front. The Crown Prince in his first telegram said that MacMahon had retired to Bitsche, but the French telegrams show him to have retired in the direction of Nancy, and we have further intelligence that he has reached Saverne. Saverne is a station on the railway from Strasburg to Nancy ; and the despatch of the Crown Prince is easily reconciled with the French advices by supposing that MacMahon first retired, as lie naturally would do, upon Niederbronn, and thence, instead of taking the direct road to Bitsche, struck off towards the south-west. Had he taken the road to Bitsche, his position would have been one of imminent danger. He would certainly have been between the advancing army of the Crown Prince and that of Prince Frederick Charles and General Steinmetz. But by his retreat towards Nancy he allows the Em peror, should he be so disposed, to fall back from Metz and concentrate with him. In a case of this nature there is only one course to be pursued. Whenever two armies are thus severally pushed back, their best hope lies in concentration ; and the telegram from Metz, which states that the French troops are being concen trated to defend the defiles of Vosges, coincides with our suggestion of yesterday that the Emperor might yet use his interior position, and mass his whole force against either the Prussian right or the Prussian left. Five divisions only appear to have been engaged at Woerth ; three divisions only at Speicheren. If, then, only the corps of MacMahon, and one division either of Caurobert's or De Failly's corps have been engaged on the right, and if only the corps of Frossard was engaged on the left, there remain the perfectly fresh troops of LadtrArault, Bazaine, De Failly, and Canrobert, except one division, as well as the Imperial Guard. If these can be concentrated, and)MacMahon and Frossard can fall back upon them, there will be a force, even after the losses, of not less than 250,000 men. It is not impossible that the telegram which says that the troops are being concen trated for the defence of the Vosges is, in the main, correct, and while the defence of Metz is being left to a garrison, the Emperor is about to throw his whole force against the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince should pursue . MacMahon southwards he mi g ht th us b e confronted y a superior force. If, on the other hand, he should move due west, so as to connect himself with the other armies, this movement on the part of the French would be of little avail. Though the opening incidents of the campaign have been most favourable to Germany, the Telegraph holds that it would be rash to consider that the disasters yet sustained are decisive or ir.etrievable. The Guard, with the corps of Bazaine and Ladmirault, are available to cover the retreat and check the pursuit. It will not, however, be prudent 'to stay th e re t reat at Metz, and to attempt there to reorganise the army to fight a great battle. The Crown Prince, from Haguenau, advanc ing on Nancy, can cut the railway communication be tween Metz and the capital, and expose Paris itself to in sult, if not to capture. More probably, unless the Prus; dans push forward so fast that the retiring troops have no time to retreat, but are forced against their will into a general action, no serious engagement will take place until the French army has gained the line of the Meuse. The object of the Germans will naturally be to press their retreating adverseries as hard as possible, to prevent them from recovering their first dis-. asters, and from reorganising their army for a great dfort. , Still, it will cost no _slight effort to carry out this policy. The country over which both armies are 'now moving is peculiarly suitable for the action' of a well - directed rear - guard. It is much broken by streams and defiles ; and the MOselle, which flows through Metz . and Nancy, ' is in itself no contemptible. barrier. The Prussian movements will be much impeded by the difficulties of subsistence ; for, although the country has not been desolated, it has held for three weeks an army of 300,000 men ; and such a force rapidly consumes all available supplies, leaiving little for another army following in its footsteps. Nor Will the German leaders, in advancing, ,be able totally t o di sre g ar d the fortresses which lie upon their path. MENACING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. We receive, says the Pall Mall Gazette, from Paris, assurances that the French Empire is in danger of imme diate collapse. This apprehension is based upon a belief 0, 1870. that the Emperor is to all intents and purposes beaten al ready, and that within a very brief period the Germans will be on their way to Paris. It is thought —we only now repeat what we hear—that even if the Germans should be delayed, the Empire cannot live. The Government has been under the necessity of arming the Parisian population as national guards. Now the great mass of tbat population, though un doubtedly very patriotic, hates the Empire, and is republi can at heart; which promises as much for the overthrow of the Emperor as the discomfiture of his enemies. We are informed that 'some leading political men of France, of the Orleanist and Republican parties, have been dis cussing among themselves the propriety of pro posing to the Chamber to establish a Provisional Government, on the ground that the Empire, having provoked war without having the means of sustaining it, has scandalously betrayed its duty to the nation. Even if this should not be done, it is thought probable that Generals Changarnier, Trochu, and others of the Orleanist party will be appointed to important ' military commands; and no surprise will be felt if that proves to be the beginning of a new order of things. Several eminent personages in France who have been in close alli ance with the Empire have left, or are preparing to leave, the Country, and their example will be followed by others. Some friends of the Emperor have already prepared for the flight of the Empress and her son. The following is a passage from the Paris letter referred to above :—The Ministers of foreign Powers under the present disheartening circumstances naturally meet and discuss the state of affairs, and I believe it is no secret that they are generally of opinion that the dynasty of Napoleon is likely to come to a sudden ending. In case of another defeat it is expected that we shall have a second abdica tion of Fontainebleau, aid that this unfortunate capital will•pass under the government of a Committee of Public Safety. General Trochu, who has been summoned to Metz at the last hour may of course retrieve the fortunes of a master who has been almost afraid to employ him ; but discouragement is everywhere visible, the members of the Cabinet have lost their heads ; and so dispirited are we as to believe, many of us, that Paris will hardly have time to get ready before the Prussians come down on us. The consterna tion of yesterday afternoon deepened as evening fell into turbulence, and the troops had to be called out to protect M. 011ivier's residence in the Place Vendome. I myself had a narrow escape, with a number of other peaceable citizens, of being galloped over by the Municipal Guard. M. 011ivier appears to me to have the knack of irritating brute force, which, with a little palaver, might be turned to account. The cry for arms should not have brought the police and city guard about the ears of an excited people anxious to march against the Prussian trespassers. GENERAL. CHANGARNIEB, AT METZ General Chargarnier arrived at Metz on Mind: y even ing, and immediately had an interview with the Emperor. The news of the General's arrival was favourably received. After his interview with the Emperor, the General was escorted to his hotel by an orderly officer, and appeared satisfied with the result of his conversation with Ms Majesty. THE BATTLE AT WOERTIL The following is the Prussian account of the Battle of Woerth :—" The French loss in the battle at Woerth was at least 5,000 men hors de combat, amongst whom were many officers ; 6,000 prisoners were also taken. The army of Marshal M`Mahon in their flight left behind them their entire baggage, many cannons, and two rail way trains with provisions. Our cavalry in the pursuit came upon many thousand fugitive stragglers who had thrown away their arms. The loss on our side was be tween 3,000 and 4,000 men hors de combat. The Times correspondent says :—" It is positively ascer tained at the Ministry of War in Paris .that Marshal MacMahon had only 35,000 men, and that the Prussians numbered 140,000. It is believed that General Trochu, who is on his way to Paris, has been appointed Minister of War." DEPARTMENTS PLACED IN A STATE OF SIEGE. An Imperial decree has been published, placing in a state of siege the departments comprised in the first, third, fourth, and seventh territorial military divisions, the departments of the Cote d'Or, Saone, and Loire, Ain, and Rhone. THE ATTITUDE OF ITALY- AND AUSTRIA. The Paris correspondent of the Vanchester Examiner sends the following telegram :—" I hear, on what I have been accustomed to deem good authority, that Italy will fulfil her secret league with France by sending 100,000 men to the assistance of France. It is rumoured that Austria also is preparing to do the same." A telegram states that the reports as to the mission of Count Vitzthum are only so far correct, that both Austria and Italy have agaeed to act entirely in common in all contingencies. WELCOME OF KING WILLIAM AT NEUSTADT. A great demonstration has taken place at Neustadt, by the Hardt, on the occasion of the passageof King William. The railway station and the picturesque hills which surround it were densely covered with Bavarian and Prussian troops, and all the inhabitants of the outlying villages. Several speakers addressed the crowd, and cheers were given for the King, Count Bismarck, Generals Moltke and Reon, the assemblage concluding with a general shout for Germany's unity and freedom, which echoed like a peal of thunder through the hills as the royal train proceeded on its way to the seat of war. THE FRENCH DISASTERS. 'FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OP THE CENTRAL PRESS.) IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS, SUNDAY. The most terrible news has arrived here. The French have been beaten near Saarbruck, which place has fallen into thehands'of the Prussians, vOlio have likewise advanced and captured Forbach. An even more crushing disaster is announced from the right. MacMahon fought and lost a hard battle a few miles to the south of Weissenbourg (Wissemburg the French here call it), and he is now driven to Saverne, on the road to Nancy. Such is the ominous intelligence' that has overwhelmed everyone here with gloom. It is impossible as yet to gain any satisfactory details, and I am compelled to have recourse to the post to send even these few facts, for all telegraphing of Ivar news is rigidly prohibited. It was at first reported that therta was fighting along the whole line yesterday and last night ; but this story of general conflagration resolves itself into two very considerable battles, one on the right, and the other on the left centre. On the right the fighting commenced on Thursday, when the Crown Prince, with a powerful army, invaded France at Weissenburg. Here he defeated a small force of Frenchmen, under General Abel Douay. This affair was a regular surprise, and was far from creditable to French generalship. General Douay had only a division with him, a force of about 8,000 men, and this little army was by some disgraceful mismanagement left to fight a vastly superior force without support from any quarter. Some say that the Germans were ten to one ; it is at least' pretty safe to assume that they were three or four to one. MacMahon, to whose corps General Abel Douay is attached, could not have known of this sadden attack, or he would have sent help, if any had been within reach ; but in any case his leaving a single division to be thus overwhelmed was an error of the first magnitude. The fight was exceedingly desperate, It could, however, have but one issue. After giving and receiving very severe losses the French division was broken, scattered, and utterly routed, leaving numerous prisoners in the hands of the enemy and General Douay dead on the field. It is rumoured that this commander committed suicide, unable to bear a defeat which he could not avert. On hearing of this battle MacMahon at once took action. He collected his other divisions, which were all far away from Weissenburg, advanced from Hagenau in a north-easterly direction, and came upon the Crown Prince at Froschwiller, near Reichshoffen. The ground here is very rough, broken into deep gorges by a spur of the Vosges Mountains, and covered with wood. Nearest Weissenburg is the little river Saurbach, which runs through a valley by the village of Woerth, and falls into the Rhine. Further still from Weissenburg, and parallel with the Saurbach, is another river, the Moder. It would appear that the battle has been joined on the hills which separate the two valleys. MacMahon took a strong position, but he seems to have been both out-numbered and out generalled. Wh s at was the exact manner of this defeat I cannot yet precisely tell. There are numerous accounts floating about here, but the great difficulty is to persuade oneself to giVe credence to them. One story is that MacMahon was successful against the Germans yesterday morning, but was beaten later in the day. This would imply that he had held his ground for some , time, but was finally overpowered. Another account apologises for the defeat by stating that the Mar shal had no more than from 20,000 to 25,000 men with him—an explanation to which no credence can be given. MacMahon must have had with him at least his own corps. He was very likely also supported by parts of other divi sions, in which case the whole army he opposed to the Crown Prince would amount to 60,000 or 70,000. This is probably the correct estimate. I incline, also, to accept the account of the battle which atateki that Mac- Mahon held his ground for several hours against the attack in front ; but that ultimately a large body of Bavarians fell upon his flank, and decided the fight. It wc i s es a we m re o s f t ea in r important engagement. e consequences T m h u e st l b o e ss s e e s ri o e n us b , o f t e h r N M a a n d y M l a to n n d i h t a .ws ill been cboemnpee light t t m o a t f t a e l r l t e back pre v towards three Prussian armies from becoming one. The idea 'of such a battle being waged with only 25,000 men on the side a the Viench is mere trif li ng. MacMahon was foolish to try the issue with G. 0,000 to 70,0.00,, ~for tim Crown Pririce, hall at least 100,000, and odds of ten to seven are too great when the larger army . has also in its. favour the prestige of 'a previous considerable triumph. The effects of this battle may readily be guessed at by what one sees here in Metz. The people are in a terrible fright, and grave alarm is depicted in the face of every officer. How intense must be the agony of the Emperor the reader may be able to conceive for himself. The Im perial staff is getting ready to start to assist in the concentration of the army. The inhabitants of Metz are hastily forming themselves into volunteer corps. .But the dismal narrative of disaster is not yet complete. A. battle was fought and lost. near Forjuacl4 on Saturday THE HORRORS OF THE WAR. The more melancholy tales of warfare, those which relate to the death and injury of strong-hearted and strong-bodied men and enthusiastic youths, are now being told once again with respect to the new battle fields of the continent. The first who has ventured to ' depict the dying agony of veteran warriors, and the heroic anxiety of mortally wounded lads even in the last hours of their lives, is the eminent writer Edmond About. Seeing the results of Weissenburg, he feels his heart swelling and his head weighed down " as though he ha'd a crime upon his conscience," and yet it was not he who caused the disaster. Like the Prussian sympathisers, who threw packets of tobacco and good wishes to their French prisoners, he can feel pity and respect for the Prussians brought in by the French con voy ; but his pity is very deep indeed, and his heart is altogether very sorely touched, when these Prussians are found amongst the wounded. He sees one whose face is livid and swollen ; "a Chassepot bullet has gone through his mouth ; think is given him through a straw ; he doesn't complain. This poor creature, who has no lOnger any feature of the human face, seemed indifferent to his lot. One of -his comrades came to Forbach on the same hand , truck with a lieutenant of franc-tireurs, who was killed under fire. The living man, leaning on his elbow beside the dead, looked alternately at the corpse and the inqui sitive crowd without groaning, without moving a muscle.' Edmond About thinks that the soldier when dying sees the. reverse side of the medal for which he has risked his life. He describes the suspense of some, the terror and the peace of others as they approach the end, but he has found in rdost cases that after a few hours of stubborn bravery in the hospi tal, pain overcomes the most heroic of natures. On the road to the hospital at Metz he encountered a procession of the wounded a few days since, and he touchingly de scribes some of the scenes he witnessed in this cavalcade. Amongst the number, was a boy, at most eighteen year • s old, with a bright and quick expression of face ; and what fire there was in his large black eyes ! One of the townspeople approaches him and sayS, " You enlisted as a volunteer ?" " Yes," he replies, and lets himself fall upern the hay of : the waggon. :lAnoiher, 'not yet 20 yeareold, is' carried ort a truck ;. be, is hit in both legs, a n d seriously. This one makes jokes, b u t only he; all the othrs are already in a state of stupotir. Some times a man struggles agitinst his fate ; witness, for instance, that little foot-soldier whose right arm is broken, and who cries, " Give me my rifle.! I can kill them very well with the left hand." He saw one very painful case of recognition. As the carts file past, near, theea r young faac ne d o o ffi cf r c oi e en r s s aera You o onug b ; e t f t o Th r s e e w t t h yo e uo u C n _d a e f _e d F h r e a rn n e c ?e a ” i r s s r Te e sh c , o e gou draws:ee rs who carries his arm in a sling, and seems to suffer cruelly, scarcely appears to notice ,this warm sympathy; he thurniurs a few words confusedly, and lets his bead fall forward. The cart goes on . WAR NOTES. rIIE IRTTLE OF WEISSENBTJIIG.—k letter in the Standard, from Mannheim, Saturday, speaks of what hap. paned after the battle of Weissenburg, which engagement took place last Thursday. He says :—The news of the capture of Weissenburg and Geisberg was received here, as elsewhere, with the utmost enthusiasm, though tho lots on the Prussian side has been very severe. The sth Prussian Regiment was sadly cut up, and I have been told only five officers are remaining unwounded; so was also the 11th. A Bavarian regiment suffered very severely. I was speaking to several of the wounded. They were not in the least low-spirited. " We have won. It is for our fatherland," they said, " and we do not care." Fourhundred came into Mannheim, and 150 went to kenkfort to the Lazaretto there. The arrangements at the station here are excellent; a party of firemen keep celee, and then the young men from the town's committee ve seltzer water or brandy, as the surgeons order, to the wounded. Four hundred and eighty French prisoners, tether with ten officers, passed through —some French, :kno pure Aigerines, some Zonaves. One Zouave said he ;l el not care who was Emperor, whether Napoleon or Use ol Prussia, provided he had plenty to eat and drink.. Thoy were going to Spandau, a political prison near Be -'in. One cannon was taken at Weissenburg, a six. Denuder; the carriage in which it was put was labelled : `(;4' sods for Berlin." All speak in the higheSt terms of not only the bravery, but the kindness of the Crown Prince. ['oe wounded Prussian soldiers said he was just as a com a-el man amongst them, and to see their faces when that 'a,4 ea:d would thoroughly have gladdened the heqt of ar own Princess Royal. They all acknowledged that the em of the Bavarian troops was I.Atter than -the PlRL'it:all leedle- - gun ; that not only did it fire farther, but twenty huts a minute. I was speaking to the, Inspector-General HoJpitals in Berlin, who is now here. lie ears the iliasse. - pot makes frightful wounds ; the bullet is larger, sn:l it jumps. He saw an officer who was wounded in the wei:;t, and the bullet jumped on three places on his arm. TIIE DANGER OF A GENERAL WAm.—A corres pondent of the Times, who writes with much apparent authority from Vienna, gives the following highly Ina portaat intelligence :—".The first danger of a general con flagration has passed. It was not without great trouble that it was averted, for the French moved, heaven and ea. th to drag us in as well as Italy. As Cadore in BaVaria, so Malaret in Italy and Gramont here had talked them selves and their Government into the belief that France had but to give the signal and all would rush to the rescue. Beast, who I suspect had been fencing all along, tried to parry the attack made upon him with his old diplomatic tricks ; the French, who had left here a nervous and ex citable First Secretary, became more and more press ing, and at last went so far as to threaten to make it up with the Prussians, and make us pay the price of the bargain. Beust was at his wit's end, for there seemed a disposition in the military and Court circles to push in the same direction. Of course there could be no question of entering into action at once, but Austria could not remain as unprepared as she is now. " Armedmeatra lity " was, therefore, the watchword, and everyone knows what that means.. If Austria had armed Russia would have armed too, and then a pretext was easily found when the moment for action came. The Emperor was unde cided, listening one day to one side and the next day to the other. In this crisis Andrassy came to the rescue, and, by his influence on the Emperor, avoided the struggle. He had all along held the same language, which was plain and clear, so that there could be ne mistake. Still the French thought themselves ill. used, and their civilities ill-requited. In Italy it was the same story as before, the King trying to make politics on his own hook, and from the first moment ready to rush in with the French. The Ministry, knowing the disposition of the country, which is averse from the very name of France, resisted as best it could, and the result was a tem porary compromise. Italy was to arm, but not to eater into action. However, the Ministry does not make to itself illusions. It is only a respite they have gained, and unless some support is found elsewhere they will have to give way or to go. MILITARY Law.—Two painful incidents have Jecurred here lately. On Wednesday, a soldier at work mtside the works, throwing up a breastwork in a potato field, being told by the officer on duty to do something he lid not like, stooped down, picked up half a dozen potatoes, and pelted his superior. Half an hour after wards ho was a corpse, a drumhead court-marshal baying 3enteucedirim to be shot instantly in the ditch of the fortress where he was at work. On Thursday, a soldier in the train from here to Bingen fired his pistol at an officer, fortunately without effect. The train was stopped at ante, and military law carried into effect within sight of ,he whole train. Of course there is nothing to be said ygainst these two executions, but it is horrible to think that a moment's folly may thus hurry a man out of the world.—Daily News Correspondent at Mallence. THE FIRST FIGHTING.—The account of the en ;agement at Weissenburg, by the Paris correspondent, iiffers from most particulars hitherto published. It would tppear, he says, that they (the French), were in consider- Lille force, fifteen or twenty thousand strong at the least, !,nd the troops engaged belonged to Marshal MacMahon's . .ofumand. They took the offensive, and succeeded, after t fiercv htreggle, during which both sides displayed the greatest bravery and steadiness, in forcing the Prussians 6o retire towards Bergenberg. This retreat, however, would appear to have been a feint to draw them forward; :or tha Bavarian division, during the Franco-Prussian 3ontest, had got round the Geisberg,—a mountain close ro Weissenberg,—and suddenly appeared in the French rear, occupying the town without tud pushing back towards the Prussians ; whereby the French, caught between two fires, suffered very heavily, Ind were eventufklly compelled to retreat, leaving the aonfederate army in possession of Weissenburg. They my that the Bavarians fought like tigers, even clubbing ;heir rifles at close quarters, and dashing their enemies' drains on the right and left ; the French appeared to be )verwhelmed with astonishment n t discovering the Ger nans to be such terrible foes. The Prussian wounded dso speak in the highest terms of the behaviour of the French troops throughout the action, and say without iesitation tnat " although•the red breeches had the worst )f it all time, they fought with the utmost steadiness and letermination." MISMANAGEMENT.—The strategy which rendered possible suclAlunders is worthy of the Austriandin their most helpless times. It is not Napoleon, it is Beaulieu, *Mack, Gyulai, and the like of them, we arc reminded of. Imagine Frossard having to fight at Forbaeh all day, while to his left, and not more than ten miles or so from the line of the Saar, seven divisions were looking on ! This would be unaccountable, unless we suppose that there were facing them German forges sufficient to prevent them from either supporting Frossard, or assisting him by a n independent attack. If the Emperor intends to keep his four army corps in the entrenched camp at Metz— and he has but the choice between that and an uninterrupted retreat upon Paris that need not stop the advance of the Germans any more than the attempt of Benedek, in 1866, to reassemble his army under shelter of Olmiitz arrested the Prussian advance upon Vienna. Benedek ! What a comparison for the conqueror of Magenta and Solferino! And yet it is more to the point than any other. Like Benedek, the Emperor had his tro o p s masse d i n a pos i t i on from hich he could move in any direction, and that a full fort night before the enemy was concentrated. Like Benedek, Louis Napoleon • managed to have corps after corps beaten in detail by superior numbers or superior generalship. But here, we are afraid, the like ness ceases. Benedek had, after a week of daily defeats, strength enough left him for the supreme effort of Sadowa. To all appearances Napoleon has his troops separated almost hopelessly, after two days' engage ments, and cannot even afford to try a general action. Pall Mall Gazette. BAD STRATEGY.—AS far as we can judge from the imperfect knowledge we possess of what has passed, it seems as if the advantage of the Prussians had hitherto consisted in their superi or s t ra t egy an d v i g il ance. Without pretending to divine what passed in French councils of war at the opening of the campaign, or to judge of the propriety of movements only parti a lly k nown to us, i t certainly ap pears as if the French had been out-manceuvred by their foe. This was particularly manifest in the affair of Weissenburg, where an incomplete Division allowed itself to be surprised by superior forces, and was left to shift for itself, without any attempt to support it by the French Corps to which it belongs. Some of the French papers (to-day's Libertd, for instance) allude to this in an indignant tone, and hint that some in command must hereafter be brought to a reckoning for a . , disaster which ought to have been avoided. Now, Prussian strategy has a high repu tation in Europe since 1866, although it must be admitted that in that campaign 'it was powerfully aided by many fortunate circum stances and by the shortcomings of Austrian leaders. It is scarcely possible to doubt that the whole plan of the present campaign was carefully drawn up by Moltke and his coadjutators before it ever com menced, and, as an unexperienced English officer lately remarked, the steady, prudent Germans will not only have done their best to insure victory, but they will have made every proper _preparation for the possibility of defeat.-LParis Correspondent of the Times. LONDON GAZETTE -LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, AUG. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Edward Thornton, Esq., C. 8., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the United States of America, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. CROWN OFFICE, AUGUST 5. The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn has been elected a Representative Peer for Scotland to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the present Parliament, in the room of George, Earl of Haddington, deceased. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 5. Royal Marine Light Infantry. The following promo tion and appointment has taken place in the Royal Marines :—Captain Hamond Weston Gwyn to be Lieu tenant-Colonel at the Plymouth Division, vice Pickard, to retired full pay. Navigating Lieutenant Henry Rendle Harris has this day been promoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 22d July, 1870. In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 22d February, 1870—Assistant Paymaster David Woodifield Wise has been placed on the Retired List from the above date. AUG. 6. - - -- In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 22d February, 1870, the under mentioned Officer has been placed on the Retired List of his rank from the above date :—Chief Engineer Thomas Davies. AUG. 8. - - - The undermentioned Inspector of Machinery Afloat has been promoted to the rank of Chief Inspector of Machinery Afloat, with seniority of the 6th instant : George Gregory Bardin, C.B. The undermentioned Chief Engineer has been promoted to the rank of Inspector of Machinery Afloat. with seniority of the 6th instant :—Lionel Swift. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Besant, John James, Dorchester, brewer. BANKRUPTS. Notices of Adjudications and First Meeting of Creditors. To Surrender under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In London. Allen, William Edmund, Tokenhouse-yard, City, stock broker, Aug. 25, at 11. Gspandl, Joseph, and Videky, Adolphus, Strand, restau rant keeper, Aug. 22, at 12. Morrison, James Robert, Stracey-rd., Forest-gate, Essex, builder, Aug. 25, at 12. Nunn, 'Vernll, Forest-rd., Dalston, licensed victualler, Aug. 22, at 11. Tindall, Edwin James, Wellington-rd., St. John's-wood, auctioneer, Aug. 22, at 124. In the Country. Atkins, Henry, Sutton, Surrey, lime burner, Aug. 25, Croydon. Bradley, John, Normanby, Yorkshire, horse dealer, Aug. 24, Stockton-on-Tees. Callie, James, and Callie, John, Sheridan-st., Liverpool, joiners, Aug. 23, Liverpool. Charles, William, St. Columb Major, Cornwall, builder, Aug. 27, Truro. Dobbs, William, and Dobbs, Edward, Mattishall, Nor folk, wheelwright; Aug. 23, Norwich. Jarrett, Thomas, Soudley Furnaces, near Newnham, Gloucestershire, grocer, Aug. 27, Gloucester. Lockwood, Edward, Batley, Yorkshire, collieryproprietor, Sept. 1, Dewsbury. Lyons, Nathan, Sherlock-st., Birmingham, jeweller, Aug. 19, lirminghain. Sims, Frank Andrew, and Sims, Nathaniel Dupe, Clutton, Somersetshire, innkeeper, Aug. 26, Wells. Stark, Andrew, Watergate, near Newport, Isle of Wight, dairyman, Aug. 20, Newport. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Leckie, Andrew, and Munro, John, Torry, Kincardine. shire, iron shipbuilders. Morris, James, late of Perth, miller. Young, James, Young, James, jun., and Young, John, Dundee, restaurateurs. The claim of Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun, to the baronies of Boutreaux, Hungerford, De IVloleyns, and Hastings, was before the House of Lords' Committee for Privileges on Tuesday, and was adjourned sine die. Mr. Eastwick will ask the Secretory for War to day to state the reasons why a plan for fortifying Fal mouth, which has been for some years deposited in the War Office, has not been carried out. WORKMEN'S TRAINS.—The South-Eastern Rail way have deeided upon withdrawing the workmen's train running between London and Woolwich in consequence of its not paying. GREAT FIRE ON THE Moons.—On Monday an immense fire on the North Riding moors was visible for nearly all the day from the hills about Malton. A very considerable breadth of country seemed to be on fire. At night the fire seemed to have burnt itself out. A. LESSON IN, WAR.— The Fenian General O'Neill, now in Burlington Gaol, has been "interviewed." The reporter asked him to explain candidly to what his failure was to be attributed ; the General replied that it was owing " entirely and solely to lack of men." The Dublin Evening Mail has been informed that a letter from Cardinal Cullen was read in the Roman Catholic churches on Sunday; commanding that the prayers of the faithful throughout Ireland should be offered for the success of the French arms. An association has been formed at Lincoln for the augmentation of poor benefices within the county. The Bishop has given £5OO, the Lord-Lieutenant £BOO, Colonel Amcotts, M.P., £250, Archdeacon Trollope £2OO, and the Rev. Basil Berridge £2OO. His Excellency the Hon. J. Lothrop Motley, United States Ministsr, with Mrs. and Miss Motley, returned to town on, Monday afternoon from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, at Highclere Castle, near New bury. His excellen c y w ill, it i s expected, leave for America in the course of three weeks or a month. The Lord Mayor of London has consented to be come the custodian of the Elcho Challenge Shield, won by the English Eight with small-bore rifles and of the -International Enfi e ld T rop h y, won by the English Twenty with Enfield rifles. Both these contests were won at the recent Wimbledon meeting, and on Monday a deputation of metropolitan commanding officers waited on his lord ship to make arrangements for a fitting ceremony. All the metropolitan corps will be represented on the occa sion, but the day of presentation and other details will not be decided till Thursday. BIRTHS. On the sth August, at Aitechnan, Ardrishaig, N. B. the wife of Lieutenant -C o l one l G. T. Beaum on t, late Scots Fusilier Guards, of a daughter. On the Bth August, at 50, Palace-gardens-terrace, Ken sington, the wife of Maurice Powell, Esq., of a daughter. • • MARRIAGES. On the 6th August, at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Henry Smith, solicitor, younvest son of the late Thomas Smith, Esq., of th e L am be t h Potteries and . - Uper • liennington-fane Lambeth, to A nne Maria, eldest daughter of Samuel Anthony Bacon, Esq., of Peckham, Surrey. On the 6th August, at St. Sepulchre's, Northampton, Nicholas John Ryle, Esq., of 8, the Waldrons, Croydon, Surrey, to Mary Isabella, third daughter of George Buxton, Esq., of Northampton. DEATHS On the sth August, at Springfield Lodge, Bath, Lawrence Blount Williams, Commander R.N., aged 74. On the Bth August, at 25, Norfolk-square, Hyde-park, James Augustus Elmslie, Esq. 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