The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-27 00:00:00

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The King telegraphs to Queen Augusta as follows " This morning the army of Marshal Bazaine and the fortress of Metz capitulated with 150,000 trisoners, including 20,000 sick and wounded. " This afternoon the army and the garrison will lay down their arms " This is one of the most important events of the Month. " Providence be thanked ! " (Signed) WiLuELm." THE TREATY OF PEACE. It is rumoured in certain quarters at Totirs that the following treaty of peace has been pro- Posed by England, Russia, and Austria to the two belligerents : " 1. No cession of territory, but the razing of the f ortifications of Metz and Strasbourg. "2. Two thousand million francs to be paid as i ndemnity of war by France to Prussia. "3. Peace to be ensured by the collective guaranteo of the neutrals above mentioned." It is further rumoured that Prussia has agreed to sign, and that it will be submitted to the Constituent Assembly about to be elected in France. DETERMINED RESISTANCE IN FRANCE • Gambetta has just addressed from Tours a Ministerial circular to the Prefects and Sub-Prefects, r equesting them to inform the Mayors of their respec tive Communes that resistance to the enemy is more t han ever the order of the day, that every °l le must do his duty, and that the e lamples set by Chat eaudun and other ten nis should be followed ; that it was abso- tely necessary that each town should pay its debt the National Defence, and that towns surrender lag to the Germans without resistance would be denounced to the country through the columns of t he Moniteur. THE MISSION FROM BAZIINE. No Official intelligence has been received at Tours 'cull London relative to the application for the safe conduct of Mr. Thiers to Paris. It is looked upon 48 boding ill for the proposed armistice. It is also generally believed that General Boyer's mission has ended without result, and that on his return to t i etz Marshal Bazaine will resume hostilities with th e greatest intensity. OCCUPATION OF DREUX. Two thousaud Prussians, with artillery, are re ported to be at Dreux. St. Remy is also occupied Y the Germans. GERMAN LEVIES. s jhe Prussians have imposed contributions of 0,0 00 francs on Montdidier, and about the same a mount has been demanded from St. Quentin. DEPARTURE OF M. THIERS. The latest intelligence received from Tours states that M. Thiers has left for Paris. Afterwards he is t° Proceed to Versailles, where he will arrive to day. It is r epor t e d th a t th e P rov i s i ona l G overnment has ; determined not to subscribe to any conditions f o r 11 armistice which may imply the admission of any Lorritorial cession whatever. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT QUIT- ING TOURS. BERLIN, October 25, (10.31 p.m.) • Lesourd, the French Secretary of Embassy, ilawno delivered the declaration of war at Berlin, 1 .. 8 be en di scovere d at V ersa ill es, an d sen t t o ul aYence. S ixty thousa n d f urs h ave b een or d ere d f or th e P aris army. October 26, (1.35 p.m.) The Provisional Government are obliged to leave P i rs• They will probably retreat to Clermont, in livergn e . °A the 22nd a whole French company wanted to lll 'ender to the Prussian outposts befoie Metz, but W ere turned back. THE BOMBARDMENT. ----------------- -- The Berlin Provincial Cormsnondenz says that the f eta Y in opening the attack upon Paris arises solely °lll the inherent difficulties of the enterprise, 4 from pclitioal causes. There bad been a hes Position to believe that active operations would t o , BllB Pended at l e a s t f o r a few days, while the over b: for peace made by England were debated ; h n — Such, it seems, is not to be the case, and at any 0 6, 11--- even while the negotiators interview each al : 4 e. " at Versailles—the Prussian guns may open THE SIEGE OF METZ. SAAItBRUCK, October 26. L There is no sign of the surrender of Metz. h" French have recommenced firing from the e tB4 eB on the right bank of the Moselle, burning T ,. vi llag . es of Grigny and Corny. 4 1 . 4jese ters are flocking in all sides ; civilians also The en deavouring to escape, but they are sent back. d . a Prussia ns re f use t o t a k e th em , an d th rea t en ath to those attempting escape. e ta, h a Weathe r i s co ld an d we t, an d ep id em i cs are h‘l the increase' d estruction by the Prussians of the bridge r e - aur-Aloselle is reported. The death of Bazaine is contradicted. CHATEAU GRAS, October 24. do I)eserters just brought in report that a proclama trn has been issued by Lebceuf to the desponding i tt ? B on this front of the defence, stating that a grand days' time the whole army would make t o V and successful effort to cut its way 4 141 : 411 e. The state of the roads m us t, ho wever , th e —e it The for troops to march even as far as at Prussian advanced posts, especially when they d eB e nfeebled, di seased, and all b ut shoe l ess. Many Th e continu e t o come i n . dPer4 he 'weather has b een a t r o c i ous f or th e l as t f ew 0 38 ' an d an unusual ca l m p erva d es th e d e f ens i v e ati ons. t o A li n Pinglish correspondent from Metz is reported Dos t we been in St Barbo last night. It is sup- Q u e b e is the correspondent of the Manchester Qrdi an, 'who has been so longshut up in Metz. FIGHTING ON THE OGNON. It Cl v e l in lal von d er W er d er h as sent i n a report to the tiZt ßea dquarters at Versailles of the fighting on h at „ " nd, according to which it appears that the the battle d, fought at the crossing of the Ognon from epartinent of Haute-Saone into that of Doubs. Et r-1) trench made a fair retreat towards h the g P os ition of Chatill on -l e -D uc , f or G enev ill a , V:" )e genfold's Baden brigade—which has formed 0 4 ,„ dvan ced guard since the Department of the lie l ar '' s was i nvaded —three brigades and two batal i,, all with proportionate artillery, about 25,000 men : fr ail ) were engaged. The German loss was three s i,; e( 're and about 100 men. The French had con osueerable losses, besides 2 staff officers, 13 other , L ers ' a nd 1 80 men taken prisoners. The enemy 'Y'Lbtare,w iilgreat disorder. )ecially 6ir per beauty of the ith the rchesa, cations ice, a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870, THE MONEY MARKET. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Business on the Stock Exchange to-day is dull, and there is no alteration in the English Funds, the price of Consols being still 92R to 92k. In Foreign Stocks there is not much business doing, but Spanish are a shade firmer, and Turkish barely so good. Thunder NURSERY HANDICAP. The London list for the French Loan has closed. The subscriptions are understood to have been of a high class, and in a large number of instances from capitalists inte rested alike in the welfare of Germany and France, and whose most earnest desire is for an honourable termina tion of the struggle. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Company (Limited), for the half-year ended June 30, recommends a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. Melurge Lozenge dam colt Manille Fifteen ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Rose of Athol Croxteth Starlight Four ran. HOME-BRED SWEEPSTAKES. Albert Victor Ripponden Cunctator ' Fivo ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. The Wren Palmyra Penguin Seven ran. TROY STAKES. Letters from New York from experienced persons confirm the statements officially made here, that the receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway are nearly double the amount returned by the Erie Company under the lease. The petroleum traffic alone is under stood to yield as much as the entire total thus given. The Glasgow 'Herald states :—" Advices have been re ceived from Montreal of the failure of Messrs. Rimmer, Gun, and Co., engaged in the grain, trade. Their liabilities, although not stated, are believed to be con siderable." The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states : "At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. James Hance, wool broker, lately carrying on business in Liverpool in partnership with John Edward Cheeseborough, under the firm of Hance, Son, and Co., the liabilities were stated to be £4,731, and the assets £792. Mr. H. W. Blackburn was chosen trustee, and Messrs. Ackroyd and Hill, bank managers, were appointed a committee of inspection. The proceedings were transferred to Brad ford." The Manchester Examiner states :—" At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Henry Tattersall, cotton merchant, the resolution to accept a composition of is. in the pound was confirmed." The London and China Telegraph states :-"It is expected that a further dividend of 3d. in the pound, completing 7s. 6d., will be made on the estate of . Messrs. Lindsay & Co. No further dividend is expected from the estates of Messrs. jßobert Smith and Co. and Messrs. Smith, Kennedy, and Co., the total distribution having been Os. 21,-d. The property in China belonging to the estate of Messrs. Fletcher and Co. has not yet been realised, and the final dividend is consequently delayed. A further ls. is expected from the estate of Messrs. Scott, Bell, and Co., and a trifle on that of Messrs. Dow and Co. Another is. will soon be declared on Messrs. Finlay, Campbell, and Co.'s estate, and 6d. on that of Messrs. Dent and Co." Noblesse Queen of the Gipsies Loetitia Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Finesse colt Cheesewring N0rf01k....... The winner was disqualified, and Cheesewring gets the stakes. £5O PLATE. Newsman Gruelthorpe Belphegor Twelve ran. FREE HANDICAP. Agility Falkland Sornette Five ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Violet Clos Vougeot Rockery Ten ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Vex Wild Flower Reindeer 3 Fifteen ran. TWO-YR-OLD SWEEPSTAKES. Camenbert Dancing Girl Repose The following has been received from the British Aus tralian Telegraph Company (Limited) :—" According to the Shipping !Gazette of the 20th inst., the steamship Hibernia, with Batavia-Singapore section of British Aus tralian Telegraph Company's cable, was spoken on the 11th ult. by the Asia, arrived in the river in lat. 24 S., and long. 30 W.—GEORGE LYONS, Secretary." Five ran. MATCH. Asterope Moorlands 2 BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 1000 to 90 agst Albert Victor (taken three times) LIVERPOOL CUP. 20 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mount Pleasant (taken) 25 to 1 apt Blandford (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 33 to 1 each agst Exciseman, Green Riband, and Islam CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 100 to 7 agst Rosicrucian (offered-100 to 6 taken) 100 to 6 agst Alaric (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Cardinal York (taken) 20 to 1 agst Syrian (taken) 25 to 1 agst Barford (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 33 to 1 agst Green Riband (taken) 33 to 1 agst Shilling-a-Dozen (taken) Very little doing. TUE RACE FOR THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. The 42 competitors were all at the starting post soon after halfpast two, and whilst whiling away the quarter of an hour which required to pass before the start was advertised to be made, liafale ran up an embankment in close proximity to the starting ground. The descent being greater than the jockey cared about risking to come down, he dismounted and led the mare from her perilous position. During this time Queen of Hearts was exceedingly fractious, but after one failure, Mr. M`George accomplished one of the most brilliant starts he ever effected, the lot streaming away almost in line, excepting Action and Dubois, who, however, quickly ran into the compact body of competitors, who were led by Barford. When the lot had fairly settled down into their strides he was succeeded by Thunderstorm, Albany, Guy Dayrell, Dubois, Miss Shepherd, Adonis, Bonny Swell, and some half-dozen others in a cluster, whilst in the rear were Ethus, Gouache, Actwa, and Frivolity. Before they had gone a quarter of a mile, Aetna broke her leg, and at the top of the hill, rather more than a quarter of a mile from home, Dubois, when hold ing a prominent position in front, struck into the heels of Barford, and, faultering, Jarvis was pitched out of the saddle, the horse, who did not fall, going on riderless with the leading divisioL. There was very little variation in positions until three-fourths of the distance to be run had been contested, when Barford still held the lead, having at this point—a quarter of a mile from home—Adonis, Thunderstorm, Syrian, Albany, Bonny Swell, Not Out, and Westley in his immediate wake. A couple of hundred yards fur ther a great change occurred by Adonis, full of running, and apparently without any effort, racing in front, and at once assuming a clear lead of his immediate followers, who instantly collapsed. Barford was thoroughly beaten when Adonis went to the front, as were all the rest, except Syrian, who ran gamely on to the finish, but was unequal to the task of overhauling Adonis, who won with consummate ease by three parts of a length. Bonny Swell, running past the beaten lot, at the finish was a bad third, Albany being fourth, Hanford fifth. Westley sixth. Not Out seventh, Miss Shepherd eighth, Guy Dayrell ninth, Rafale tenth, Soucar eleventh, and Aftermath 12th ; then followed a cluster of about a score, the last lot being Ladas, Mdlle. de St. Igny, Charnwood, Green Riband, Miss Dayrell ? and Haw thorden, the latter being absolutely last, finishing just in the rear of Ethus, who trotted in very lame. Neither Jarvis nor Butler was hurt, but the accident to Acta was of such a painful character that the mare was quickly destroyed. The time occupied in running the race, us taken by Benson's chronograph, was two minutes and five sec mid& TID4 CAMBRIDGESHIRE FlELD.—Tuesday's field for the Cambridgeshire has only on ono previous occasion been exceeded iu numbers, namely, in 1862 (Bathilde's year), when 43 ran. It is a singular circumstance also that the Cesarewitch has only once brought out a larger field than that of the present year (35), namely, in 1862 (Uartington's year), when 37 ran. BURNING - OF TWO GERMAN SHIPS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The report of the burning of two German ships in the North Sea by a French vcsssel, is supported by such evidence as to leave no doubt of its truth. The captain of the Swedish barque, The Carolina, which has arrived in the Tyne from Addeval, states that, while making the passage across the North Sea, be was stopped by a French war steamer, whose officers boarded his vessel ; but when they learnt his nationality they allowed him to proceed unmolested. Shortly after wards he saw the French steamer seize two German merchant vessels and burn them. The captain of a vessel which has arrived at Leith from Copen hagen gives confirmatory evidence, leaving no doubt of the truth of the report. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ON PUBLIC MATTERS. Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., who presided at the annual meeting of the Halberton Farmers' Club yester day, in adverting to the engagement of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorne. said he felt bound to protest against the common expression that this would be a marriage of affection, as though there were no other marriages of affection in the Royal Family. He contended that there were no marriages fraught with greater domestic happiness than those of her Majesty's children. In reference to the war, Sir Stafford considered that a most important duty rested upon the Government to look to the defences of this country. He pointed out that it would be necessary for Englishmen generally to be ready to support such good measures as the Government might feel called upon to adopt in refer ence to this matter. He often heard it flippantly re marked that this Franco-Prussian war had shewn the difference between a standing army and an armed nation, but it was unwise to draw inferences of this sort and apply them to England. It must be remembered that her cir cumstances were different. England certainly possessed great advantages in her insular position, but the British Empire consisted of more than England. It had distant colonies to take care of, and he ventured to think no scheme would be perfect that did not take these foreign possessions into account. For this reason he advocated the expediency of rendering England's national defences impregnable in every respect. MR. LOPES, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Lopes, M.P., addressing his constituents at Laun ceston, yesterday, and referring to the war, said: France, in the first instance, was the aggressor, but the secret treaty which had been brought to light, proved Prus. ia was no stranger to the idea of territorial aggrandisement. He was opposed to intervention, but in favour of mediation, and believed the Government of England had done all it could in that direction. He did not believe annexation would secure peace. The war most clearly demonstrated the advantages of national education, and the superiority of national armaments over standing armies. It was England's duty to be prepared for defence, and he should like to see her with a small standing army and a large national militia. He hoped in future that the exportation of arms and munitions of war would be made illegal. The meeting passed a vote of con fidence in the hon. member. CRIME IN SHEFFIELD. An Irishman, living in Sheffield, stabbed his wife in a most brutal manner yesterday morning, during a quarrel which arose between them. The woman now lies at the infirmary in a dangerous condition. A woman named Heeley was taken into custody at Sheffield yesterday, charged with attempting to murder her husband, by stabbing him in the neck with a pair of scissors while he was asleep. BOILER EXPLOSIONS. The Liverpool coroner yesterday received a letter from the Home Secretary to the effect that the Government would probably soon propose legislation with reference to boiler explosions. ENGLISH DETENTION OF A FRENCH PRIZE AT LOWESTOFT. The Prussian vessel Henrick of Holstein put into Lowestoft Roads for provisions yesterday afternoon, manned by a French prize crew. She had been captured in the Baltic on the 15th of October. Being in neutral waters, the vessel is detained by the Custom House autho rities. Great commotion prevails in the town, - some people believing the seizure to be illegal. TRIAL OF THE ACTIVE. The screw frigate Active went out of Portsmouth har bour yesterday morning for a trial at the measured mile, under the superintendence of Captain Price, of the Steam Reserve, and Mr. Oliver, inspector Df machinery. The trial was to test Hirsch's screw, which has been altered by the removal of the leading corners, and by changing the pitch. Tie result is pronounced very satisfactory. The vibration has diminished, and the screw altogether improved. The speed at full power has, however, som e what decreased by the change ; but at half boiler power there was a slight increase. The Active made six runs at full boiler power, and realised a mean of fourteen knots eight hundred and seventy-seven parts. She made four runs at half boiler power, and realised a mean speed of eleven knots seven hundred and sixty-four parts. Wind from W.N.W. to N.W. COMMITTALS FOR MURDER AND RIOT. On Tuesday three navvies, White, Caseley, and Parker were committed for trial by the Penrith magistrates on a charge of wilful murder, at Armathwaite, of Cornelius Cox, a fellow labourer and an Irishman, on Saturday night, the 15th instant. Yesterday three more navvies, French, Jones, and Draper, were charged with conspir ing to create a riot and disturbance on the Monday fol lowing, and with being ringleaders of the mob which assembled, armed with sticks and other weapons, to drive all the Irish labourers from the works. About two hundred English navvies proceeded in a band to the office of the manager, and asked, with an oath, if he was going to pay the Irish off. On his refusing they proceeded to the huts and ordered them off immediately. The Irish were so frightened that they betook themselves to the woods, and now there was no one left at the works. The evidence clearly implicated all the prisoners, and they were committed for trial. Lord Mayo intends to establish a college in India to educate the sons of Thikoors and chiefs. An ironclad vessel, the Panther, built at Amster dam by the Dutch Government, has just been launched. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI CULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON, 1870.—The number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others, on the 26th inst., was 4,697. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wednes day, October 26th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,113 ; ditto on payment, 669 ; total visitors, 2,082. The Austrian Lloyd of Trieste, will resume the regular service between Trieste and Bombay, via, the Suez Canal, which had been suspended in consequence of the war, on the 10th of November. The flying squadron under the orders of Rear- Admiral Geoffrey Hornby left Valparaiso for England on the 29th of August, and will not touch at Monte Video, the Falkland. Islands, and Rio do Janeiro, as originally intended, but will merely call off Bahia for despatches and letters. If all goes well, the squadron will be at Spithead on or about the 9th of November. • ' CIA. NEW BISHOP.—We are glad to be in a position to' state that the Bishop of Capetown has, during his stay in this country, succeeded in arranging for the appoint ment of a bishop for the Orange Free State. This see was left vacant sometime ago by the sudden and unaccoun table resignation of Dr. Twells. The name of his succes sor will be made public as soon as the necessary formal steps have been taken to confirm the election.—Church Herald. CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURE IN CHESHIRE.—On Tuesday, the Hon. W. Egerton, M.P., presided at Al trincham, at one of a series of meetings being held in Cheshire, to form a Cheshire Farmers' Supply Associa tion, co-operative and limited, its object being to manu facture artificial manures on the Weaver Canal, and to buy wholesale for cash bones and mineral phosphates, &c., guano, seeds, pure oil cake, and feeding stuffs, and to re-sell these articles at a considerable reduction as compared with the past cost to the farmers and land owners. The Chairman said he hoped the undertaking wovld be carried on, as he believed its principles were sound, and that the association would benefit the agricul tural interest Miss GLYN.—Miss Glyn made her first appear ance in the United States at Tremont Temple, Boston, on the sth instant, and was favoured with an audience large in numbers, and remarkable for its containing such inenas Longfellow, Hughes, Lowell, and many others of equal culture and reputation; and not only this but the ma jority of the audience'were people of refinement and culture ---so that the debutante had to do remarkably well to succeed before such an assemblage, and her success was decided. The play she chose for her opening—" Antony and Cleopatra"—was (according to a Boston critic) one re markably suited to her style, and her rendering of the simple, stern, grand, though coarse, Antony—the beautiful, sly, fascinating, perverse, passionate Cleopatra —the rough, soldierly Enobarbus— of all the various characters—was well-drawn and all-satisfying. —London Figaro, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT -Tms DAY. Louis Gustave Drox, 38, watchmaker, a native of Switzerland, was charged with throwing a quantity of aquafortis upon Harriet Drox, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix was the wife of the prisoner, and they had been married for eighteen years at the time the occurrence took place. Owing, however, to the cruel treatment of the prisoner, the prosecutrix had applied to the Divorce Court, and obtained a decree of judicial separation, on the 10th of June this year. The prisoner appeared to have constantly waylaid the prosecutrix and annoyed her after she had obtained the decree, and she never went out without having some one to accom pany her. On the 2nd of October she had been to Dr. Cumming's Church, in Covent-garden, and when she came out she saw the prisoner, and he went up 'to her, and she saw him drop his hand, and at the same moment she smelt a strong smell, and found that her dress had been burned, and there was no doubt that the prisoner had thrown a quantity of aquafortis, an ingredient which he was in the habit of using in his trade as a watch maker, upon the clothes of the prosecutrix, but fortu nately no part of her person was burnt. The prisoner was found guilty of a t'ommon assault, and sentenced to eight months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. REFRACTORY PAUPERS. —A batch of six paupers, named John White, 41 years ; Henry Jones, 32 ; William Lee, 21; Charles White, 21; James Crane, 24 ; and John Dawson, pl 9, were brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with refusing to 'pick two pounds of oakum each, in the casual ward of St. George's in-the-East, to which they were admitted as inmates last night. Four of them picked 11b. each, another 14 ounces, and the last 12 ounces only. They all then expressed their inability to pick any more. The labour master said other casual paupers picked the full quantity of 21bs. each supplied to them, the same quantity of oakum that was served out to the prisoners to pick. Mr. Paget believed the prisoners could have done more if they had tried. He sentenced them to 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. James Campbell was sentenced to two months' im prisonment for tearing up his clothes, and neglecting to perform the task of work allotted to him in the SL George's Workhouse. Upwards of 100 casual paupers have been committed to prison during the present month by the magistrates of this Court from Poplar, Rateliff, Mile-end Old Town, and St. George's-in-the-East Work houses. WAREHOUSE ROBBERY.— George Jones, aged 17 years, and described as a lighterman, was brought up at the above court, charged with stealing 3} cwt. of tallow from a cask in the warehouse of Messrs. Richardson and Co., in Wapping. In consequence of information, Mr. Nutter, in the service of the prosecutors, and another, searched the warehouse filled with casks of tallow this morning, at three o'clock, and wedged between two casks found the prisoner concealed with a dark lantern in his hand. One cask had been broached near a loophole, and 3} cwt. abstracted. Some fat had been dropped on the floor of the warehouse, near the loophole. The prisoner is sus pected of having accomplices. He was remanded for a week. THE MAGISTRATE ON RECKLESS DRlVlNG. — Richard Prince, cab-driver, badge 12,882, was charged before Air. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, charged with being drunk and recklessly driving, to the common danger of passengers. Sergeant Watson, 4C, stated that shortly after 12 o'clock he was going along Denman street with a female, who was going to the station to claim a necklace she had lost, when the prisoner, who was driving a cab, nearlyran over him. He shouted to the prisoner, but he still drove on and ran against the female, knocked her down, and the wheel of the cab went over her leg and foot, but he succeeded in stopping the cab before it went over her body. Ho considered the act of the prisoner, who was drunk, and had four persons in the cab, was a wilful one. In reply to Mr. Knox the sergeant said he took the female to the hospital when it was ascertained that no bones were broken, but that her leg and foot were much swollen. Mr. Knox said that he would remand the prisoner for seven days, to ascertain how the female :went on, and he would then send him for trial. The practice of reckless driving had attained such a height that it must be stopped. At the present time they had to deplore:an accident of the kind which had occurred to the senior magistrate of that court, which was one of the last they had heard of. For the protection of the public he would not simply impose a trifling fine, or deal with the case summarily, but send it before a jury. The prisoner was remanded. MARRIAGE OF LADY FLORENCE COLE.-A mar riage has been arranged between Lady Florence Cole, second daughter of the Earl of Enniskillen, and Vis count Urichton, M.P., eldest son of the Earl of Erne, K.P. NEW RIFLES.—The Marquis of Blandford has written to the Times on the subject of our breechloaders. He says :—" The new rifle which Mr. Henry is about to place before the authorities of the War Office combines all the so-called advantages of the Soper or Martini move ments, and has only one spring in it,—viz., a main spring. Both this rifle and the Soper are by far superior to the Martini, inasmuch as the action of both these depends upon a mainspring, w hereas the Martini rifle combines with a complicated movement the most vicious application of the spiral spring, to say nothing of the other disadvantages, such as fouling of the locks by continual firing, &c. Now, the difference of rapidity in loading between Mr. Henry's original rifle, as placed before the Special Com mittee, and the Martini and other rifles, is exceedingly small; and whereas, on the one hand, the Henry rifle is extremely simple, the Martini is more or less complicated. Hence, it would seem that the Henry rifle in its original form, unadulterated with the Martini breech, is the best weapon for our army ; for we must consider this fact, that though great rapidity of fire may be an advantage with picked men skirmishing, it is a great question whether the advantage is the same when a body of men are in line, and when blinded with their own smoke they will not only fire wildly, but will be inclined to fire away their ammunition with much too great rapidity, A RACING ESTABLISHMENT. An article in All the Year Round describes a visit which the writer made to Whitewall, the residence of that famous Yorkshire trainer, John Scott. Whitewall is situated on the brow of a hill, a substantial, pretty house, white as its name implies, with a raw of smaller houses attached to it, all of the same colour, with green doors. These are the offices or residences of persons belonging to the establishment. The large folding gates through which you enter the stable-yard are in the middle of this row, and the whole block of buildings stands by itself, looking down upon the suburbs of Norton. This is the trainer's portrait Mr: Scott might stand for a picture of the sporting squire of the old school; with his silvery white hair, shaven cheeks, neatly-folded neckcloth, white-skirted frock-coat, drab breeches and gaiters, he looks the Englishmen all over—the kind of man whom William Farrell shewed us on the stage, whom Wilkie and Webster shewed us on canvas, but Wliose generation has passed away, and whose like we shall never see again. In his seventy-sixth year, he is yet hale and hearty, and, with the exception of a slight deafness, chews none of the dis comforts of old age ; while in his frank, hearty manner there is a touch of genuine courtesy, such as might be ex pected from a man who, for upwards of half a cen tury, has been on terms of confidential and familiar inter course with such noblemen as those by whom the Turf used to be supported." The writer went to the place where the horses are trained. Langton Wold is, as its name imports, an open tract of moorland, from which a panoramic view of some thirty miles can be obtained. The turf is short, smooth, and elastic, and the ground a gentle undulation of hill and dale, which is favourably regarded as calculated to extend the stride . and improve the wind of the animals. Extending right across the moor is a tan gallop, of nearly two miles in length, with a circular track at the far end, by continuing in which any requisite distance cam be attained. Returning to the stables, the writer notices that on each door are one or two portraits of racers, previous occupants of the stables, piinted on a metal plate, and framed by a thin little shoe, or " dancing pump," as it is called, in which the horses run, a record of his or her performances being appended underneath. The boxes themselves are models of neatness and order. One mag nificent animal, standing over sixteen hands high, splendid in his girth and muscle, stood in his loose box. On the top of a corn bin, in a corner of the box, lay a perfectly beautiful French cat, and the horse is never happier than when his feline companion is nestled on his back or gam bolling around him. The splendid display of the Aurora Borealis on Monday night was an exceptional treat for Londoners, but it was impossible to view the blood-red clouds of light rolling across the sky without the unpleasant thought asserting itself of the hard winter which these signs in the heavens are said to portend. Everything appears to promise what wo call "an old-fashioned winter." The oaks are full of acorns, and the hawthorns crowded with great bunches of berries—the provision made by nature against a hard time—and we have just passed through the hot, dry summer which is supposed to be the forerunner of a long cold winter. THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. ' [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.] The annual meeting of the Council of the United King dom Alliance was heldat Manchester yesterday. Upwards of 400 members attended, and all parts of the United King dom were represented. The guarantee fund of £50,000, pro posed five years ago, had, it was stated, now reached a sum of £51,000 The result of various canvasses of electors sheaved arge majorities in favour of giving ratepayers the power to prohibit the traffic. Resolutions were passed, urging Sir Wilfrid Lawson to introduce the Permissive Bill in the next session of Parliament. Mr. B. Whitworth, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, and Sir Walter Trevellyan, increased their annual subscriptions from £6OO to £BOO a year each. Other large subscriptions were announced, and the ncome of the Alliance, which last year exceeded £lO,OOO, will be largely augmented henceforward. Later in the day the public meeting of the Alliance was held in the Free Trade Hall, Sir Walter C. Trevelyan in the chair. Numerous letters of excuse from attendance were read, one of them from the Archbishop of Canter bury. His Grace expressed unabated interest in the object of the Alliance. He did not, indeed, feel that he could concur in all the plans by which the Alliance sought to promote temperance ; but they had his hearty good wishes in the main object they sought. The Archbishop of York wrote that it was impossible for him to preside at the meeting, on account of diocesan engagements. Letters were also read from Mr. George Melly, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Dalway, M.P., and the Hon. Neal Dow. The Chairman congratulated the meeting on the success of the Alliance in its efforts both in and out of Parliament. Mr, Bruce's recent utterances shewed him making great advances in the direction of the Affiance. It was not too much to hope that the right hon. gentle man's measure would remove some of the crying evils o the liquor traffic, though it would hardly effect all that the Alliance desired. Mr. Pope read the annual report of the executive. It congratulated the meeting on the growing attention of the public to the Alliance, and the increasingly satisfactory position of its finances. More especially was its parlia mentary progress a source of rejoicing. Not one of them who had formerly voted for the Permissive Bill had this year gone to thi other side. The losses to the oppo nents of the bill were 54 ; and the virtual gain to the Alliance was 75 votes. The balance sheet shewed that the income for the year was £15,719, leaving a balance of £2,310 after paying the year's expenses. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Mr. Benjamin Whitworth moved a resolution pledging the Council to co-operate with the Executive in raising funds to con tinue the agitation with increased vigour. He com mented especially upon the last division on the Permissive BilL The next resolution conveyed a vote of thanks to the 115 members who voted and paired in favour of the Permissive Bill. That division leads the Council to an ticipate that the principle of Sir Wilfred Lawson's Bill will shortly receive the sanction of the Legislature. Other resolutions in furtherance of the principles of the Alli ance were also carried. Among the speakers were Pro fessor Newman, Dr. F. R. Lees, Mr. W. Saunders (of London), Mr. Sullivan (of Dublin), Mr. J. S. Wright of Birmingham), and others. At the evening meeting, at which Sir Charles Trevelyan presided, supported by Sir Walter Trevelyan, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., Mr. Birley, M.P., Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., and others, a letter from Archbishop Manning was read expressing regret at his inability to be present, and stating that his desire to work for the great common end of the Alliance increased year by year. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P.; gave notice, amid loud cheers, that at the very earliest possible moment next session he would re-introduce the Permissive Bill into Parliament. THE WRECK OF THE CAMBRIA. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) None of the Cambria's missing boats have turned up. For some time a hope was entertained that they might have found their way to the Scotch coast ; but this hope has been entirely abandoned, and it is now believed cer tain that they have gone down with the ship. Large quantities of wreck aro daily being washed ashore on the coasts of Antrim and Donegal. Some portions are relics of the Cambria. Men have been placed on Innistrahull to inter any of the bodies washed ashore. GLASGOW, OCTOBER V. The steamer Islay, from Islay, arrived at Glasgow to-night (Wednesday). She reports that the stern of the lost steamer Cambria has come ashore on the Island of Islay, and that she passed great quantities of wreck. A body was also seen floating, but it was not picked up. A lifebuoy, broken and lashed across with cords, was found on the Islay shore, but none of the boats are known to have turned up. Large quan tities of wreckage have come ashore on the Kintyre coast. • THE LATE GENERAL LEE. The immediate cause of General Lee's death, says the New York correspondent of the Standard, was congestion of the brain, aud his term of life was sixty-three years, eight months, and twenty-three days. He retained during the greater part of his illness the full possession of his faculties, but there were moments when his mind wandered, aud, like that of Napoleon in the death chamber at Longwood, reverted to the scenes of war. Once he asked that General Hill might be sent for, and again he gave orders that his tent might be struck for the march- Robert Edmund Lee was the son of Henry Lee, the "Light Horse Harry" of the revolution. With an early predilection for the army, he was entered at the West Point Military Academy in 1825, and graduated the second in his class in 1829. The first five graduates in every class at thisinstitution are hold to have won distinguished honour, and are rewarded with commissions in the Topo graphical Engineers; accordingly young Lee took a second lieutenancy at once in this corps, and his first service was performed as assistant astronomer in drawing the boundary line between the States of Ohio and Michigan. At the breaking out of the war with Mexico he was a captain of Engineers, but his con spicuous gallantry and inestimable services in that contest secured for him rapid promotion, and he came out of it a lieutenant colonel and colonel by brevet. Of his conduct in the war of rebellion it is unnecessary to speak. His campaigns have been the study of the best military minds of Europe, and no intelligent observer of the course of events in our own times is ignorant of them. Since the close of the struggle, General Lee 'has devoted himself wholly to the college over which he was called to preside, mani festing the utmost aversion to anything like public dis play, refusing entirely to take part in politics, and endea vouring as far as he could to heal the animosities that had been caused between the two sections of the country. No aspersion of his motives, no attack upon his private cha racter, could make him break the silence he had imposed upon himself. On the other hand, no expression of popular feeling on the part of his admirers, no spontaneous ascription to him as the leader of the lost cause, could betray him into a public speech or a political argument. He accepted fully and bravely the consequences of defeat, and counselled submission to the re-established authority. A correspondent at Barcelona informs us that the deaths from yellow fever have again increased, and that the daily average has gone up from seven to sixteen. Everything is at a standstill, and great poverty and desti tution prevail. The Rev. George Akers, 8.A., of Oriel College, has just received priests' orders a second time from the hands of Archbishop Manning. He is appointed director and confessor to the Franciscan Nuns at Ash Grove, South Hackney. - - His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Motley are visiting Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont at thir seat in Yorkshir e , wh ere a succession of visitors have assembled during the past week. His Excellency Edward James Roye, President of Liberia, left England for Liberia on board the African mail steamer whicb sailed from Liverpool onTuesday morn ing.. His Excellency was accompanied on board by seve ral of the leading merchants of Liverpool. The Cambria was not the only ship wrecked on the Donegal coast in the storm of Wednesday night. The Sydney, a vessel bound from Quebec for Greenock, with a cargo of timber, shared the same fate ; 19 of the crew were drowned. Two men clung to some floating spars and were rescued. A marriage is arranged between Mr. Albert Brassey, youngest son of the well-known railway contrac tor and the eldest daughter of Lord Claumurris; also between Lord Richard Grosvenor, brother of the Marquis of Westminster, and the second daughter of Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks. The health of the Marquis of Bath, according to a letter just received, has improved so little that his enforced journey up the Nile will be considerably pro longed. The noble marquis, in consequence of his severe indisposition, has resigned the Chairmanship of the Wilts Quarter Sessional Committee and other official posts. The Rev, F. 0. Morris, the ornithologist, mentions that on Friday last he heard the thrush singing in his garden as lustily as on the evening of .a summer day, And that there are rhododendrons in flower in a garden at Mahon, some twenty miles north-east of York. The last swallows he has seen—martens, that is to say—were on the 17th instant. The martens arc apparently dying out. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning THE NEGOTIATIONS POE PEACE. The Times, in commenting upon peace negotiations says : "There are few even among the sanguine who speak of spending Christmas at home." This is a sentence in the last letter from our Correspondent at Versailles, which may found in another column ; and though it was written on Saturday. when the attempt to bring about an Armistice had not been made known at the Royal Headquarters, it remains true still. The prospect of peace recedes the more we strain our eyes in hope to herald its arrival. We had attempted to believe that the willing ness of the delegation at Tours to convey the suggestion for a suspension of arms to the Government of National Defence indicated something like a change of temper in France. Although they are a mere delegation, not endowed with any authority to bind the Provisional Ministry, and still less with any authority to bind the mass of their countrymen, it was still argued, with a fond confidence, that they would not communicate to their princi pals propositions they themselves rejected as inadmissible even for consideration. But fuller intelligence from Tours dispels the hope founded on this argument. The good people in that pleasant city on the Loire took it for granted that the Germans had, somehow or other, shown their willingness to recede from the demand for a cession of territory, and that it was upon this change of attitude the English Ministry had proceeded. The demandi for a transfer of French Departments being aban doned, all else they knew might be arranged. Unfortunately, this condition precedent to suc cessful negotiation has not been secured. The resolu tion of King William and of Oount Bismarck remains precisely what it was. The temper of the German people offers no proof that they will be contented with lesser con cessions than have been hitherto insisted upon. M. Thiera may go toand fro between Paris,Tours, and Versailirs, as, in spite of 76 years, he has passed from London to St. Petersburg, from St. Petersburg to Vienna, and from Vienna to Florence : but the end is no nearer than before—no dove bringing an olive branch when it makes its appearance. The Standard, which again takes a gloomy view of the result of the proposals for an armistioe, remarks that Europe only interferes to chatter commonplaces of the goody order about the wickedness of war, the horrors of bombarding Paris, and the propriety of moderation and generosity on the side of the winners and submission on that of the losers. The only hope consequently of any result to the negotiations, if we may call them so, which have commenced would lie in a com plete change of opinion on the part of the French or Prus sian Governments—in the resolution of the Governmen,t of the National Defence to cede territory as well as allow fortresses to be razed, or in the withdrawal by Count Bisniarck of the demand for Alsace and Lorraine. Is there the slightest reason to suppose that such a revolution of opinion has yet taken place on either *Adel And if not, what possible good can result from this con. ference b, tween Count Bismarck and M. Tillers, if it should come off, which is still doubtful ? A report of it from shorthand writers' notes would no doubt be interest ing reading, but any greater fruit we cannot expect. The formal failure of the negotiations, however, will not be announced for some days. M. Thiers has to get into Paris and to get out again—the latter, under present circumstances, the more agreeable part of the journey. His conference with Count Bismarck, if the Chancellor admits him to au audience, and his report to the Delega tion at Tours, or wherever it may then be, will take a little time ; and in all probability we shall only hear how M. Tiers fared at Versailles, and what the Government of the National Defence, were ready to yield, after events have occurred which have completely altered the situation and produced something of that retreat from the stub. bornuess of demand, or of refusal, which is indispensable before peace negotiations oau be entered upon with tho slightest chance of success. The Telegraph says c—On the side of Prussia, we would fain hope, there will be no inexorable refusal of a fair compromise, no haughty persistence in a " blood and iron" policy towards the vanquished, Let it be well ob served that the demands of the Germans have never yet been formulated officially. Von der Tann, it is true, at Orleans, roundly asserted that Alsace and Lorraine must be recovered; but the irrevo cable word which would make so great a price final has never yet been pronounced by the King and his Chan cellor ; nor is that statesman the personage to commit himself beyond recovery. it is not impossible that Count Bismarck may meet M. Favre half-way on the ques tion of territory, as the French statesman has already met the Count half-way on the " stones of our fortresses." It remains, moreover, to be seen in what mode Moltke solves with compass and pencil the question of " military security." No doubt, Count Bismarck has already handed over to him the map, and requested him to trace the line which would render invasion most difficult and defence most easy. Who knows whether that line goes half so far as public suspicion has drawn it ? The principle of cession of soil once yielded, it is possible that the ultimate arrangement might be easy. Nay, not only might the conquerors gladly show themselves generous in the presence of such wise submission, taking into consideration the dangers of their remaining task, and the desire of Germany to make peace, but other advantages might follow. It would be the inte rest and the wish of the King to soften the humiliation of his foe by all practicable concessions on other points. Paris might save her honour ; Metz, perchance, might remain La Pucelle. There aro many heads—the fleet, the indemnity, the future military footing of the land—under which Germany might be lenient if Franc() would only look facts in the face and realise the oompletene3s of her defeat. If there be anybody who still doubts that fact, it is not M. Thiers ; and therefore, while the threads of negotiation are in his hands, we shall hope that the last chance of a compromise may not pass, after all, into a renewal of furious hostilities, and the beginning of that " end " which must be bitter indeed. The Daily News thinks -the real obstacle to be en countered lies in the illusions of France. If it be held that all is not yet lost, and that the victorious Germans can be checkmated either before Paris or else where, then the talk about an armistice will simply be so many idle words. Even while appealing to the Neutral Powers to step in and stay the strife, M. Guizot appears perfectly confident as to the ability of his country to prolong resistance. Ho shares the convic tion common to his countrymen that France possesses latent powers of an extraordinary and overpowering character. This is a legacy which the revolu tionary period has bequeathed to all Frenchmen. They cannot rid themselves of the belief that history will repeat itself, and that the invaders will again be ex pelled, whenever the nation resolves on making the attempt. What the French need is a man who will calmly estimate the present position of affairs, and give his countrymen judicious counsel as to their conduct. No one desires to see France humiliated. What her truest friends fear is that by obstinacy she may humiliate herself. She will gain a real triumph should she speedily come to terms with the conqueror, for by putting a period to hos tilities she will avoid the exhaustion which must be the necessary consequence of persistence in an attempt to turn the fortunes of the war. In this matter she would act wisely in taking a hint from the enemy. An official Berlin paper recently consoled the Germans for the sacrifices they had to bear owing to the continuance of hostilities, by pointing out that every week the war lasted was a direct gain to Germany, inasmuch as the French were so much the more weakened. This reasoning would do little towards reconciling the Germans themselves to bear their lot with patience. While they have had many vic tories to celebrate, they have also had serious losses to deplore. Although contending hosts have not met on German soil, yet the towns and villages of Germany know what war really means nearly as well as the towns and villages of Alsace and Lorraine. The winter will be a sore trial to many a German family, from which the father, the son, or the brother has been taken away. All the testimony we receive concurs in depicting the. Gormands as most anxious that mace should be made During the past fortnight 6,2511b5. or meat have been seized in London as unfit for human food, 3,8761br. of which were diseased, 2901b5. putrid, and 2,0851b5. had come from animals that had died from accident or disease. The barometer is higher at all stations than it was on Tuesday morning, but has reconnnenced falling on all coasts. Temperature has fallen in the north and north east, but is hardly changed elsewhere. Pembroke is 1 5 degrees warmer than Nairn. The wind continues westerly or north-westerly and moderate in the southern parts of our islands, but has backed towards south in the north, and freshened slightly at Greetieastle. Brilliant aurora was again seen in all parts of the British isles on Tuesday night. Some rain has fallen in the west and south. The sky is overcast, except in the north and north-east, and hail squalls are prevalent at Valentia. The sea is mode rate in the south-west, calm elsewhere, but s i diatrY lames -A iatur . a of 0 al, al Lis of side l o tel, nsoa, r igh , F acie, Wes. oW .103 1 ' a 11 33 •,e re" blob by 9