The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-17 00:00:00

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(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) mAnother explosion occurred this afternoon at eBB r 9 . liynoch and Co.'s cartridge and percussion ea p mane actory, Witton, near Birmingham. firm, it is stated, for some time past e had large orders for cartridges on avhand.ture In one of the sheds used for the mmufac of these articles, twenty-five persons were by to-day, and either by acc.deut or the clumsiness of one of the boys, a ethers, burst, causing an explosion of :T e rEll which blew the roofs off the shed, and ~, Zi t ired all the persons engaged in it. They were t hey to the G enera l H o spital at Birmingham, where now lie, many of them being seriously hurt. o everal are not expected to recover. THE THRONE OF SPAIN. MADILID, November 16, 8.41 p.m. The voting in the Cortes upon the choice of a so vereign has resulted in 191 votes being given the Due d'Aosta ; for. Espartero, 8 ; Prince Alfonso, 2; the Republic, 63 ; the Due de Mont- Pensier, 27 ; the Duchess de Montpensier, 1 ; blank Patters, 19. THE WAR. FRENCH REPULSE AT BELFORT. Yesterday (the 16th) the French made a sortie 4.. 1.0133 . Belfort. The force consisted of three bat 11°11s, with three guns ; but after some severe fightin g the French were repulsed, with the loss of ° Yer 200 killed and wounded and 60 prisoners. AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. The Lille papers publish a despatch from Vienna, fitted November 15th, announcing that a popular keeting had been held in that city to consider the Position to be taken in the Franco-Prussian e ?naict. The assembly passed resolutions against the continuation of hostilities by Prussia, denounc 41g the right of conquest, and calling upon the 4 nstrian Government to sustain the French Re Mlle by all means. RUMOURED FRENCH SUCCESSES. LILLE, Thursday. The Echo du Nord says that rumours are current, t waleh it publishes under reserve, that " reorts had v eep. received of a French success aroun p d Paris, aofhe attributing it to a sortie by General Trochu, a nd others to a movement by the Army of the .„ 4 ,`.. *i re, in which 40,000 Prussians and 15 , 000 French were hors de combat. The Gazette de Carnbrai believes that the German 1120Yement upon Chauny and the north is a feint to der the enemy's real object—an attack upon tkriliens. LOWING UP OF A. PRUSSIAN BARK. Intelligence received this morning from Storno taY (in the Hebrides) states that the Prussian bark --toerraann Helbmanns, which left Scapay (Isle of p r kneY) a few daT,l3 since, was blown up by a rer ich man-of-war, off Dunvegan Head on the fol °Wilig morning. It is stated that the firing was hem all along the coast. RECONSTITUTION OF GERMANY. 17 11.6 We was received at Carlsruhe on the 16th from reailles, stating that a Treaty between Hesse, attestadt, and the North German Confederation for the entry of the Grand Duchy into the Con federation had been signed, the North German Con federation being adopted. THE :ARMY OF THE LOIRE. BRUSSELS, November IG. A rumour from Lille has reached this city that General Bourbaki will march to-morrow with 20,000 ell by Amiens, to co-operate with the Army of the It is also reported that the Germans are marching u pon Cambray. iXTRY OF 10,000 GERMAN TROOPS INTO DIJON. LYONS ; November 15. „Th. Prussians, making their way from Upper ace towards Lyons, are now in stronger force than " goer in the neighbourhood of Dijon, That town was occ upied on Monday evening by 10 , 000 Germans 4 th powerful artillery ; other troops poured into the town all through the night. ADVANCE OF PRINCE FREDERICK. TOURS, November 16. The advanced guard of the left wing of Prince Frederick Charles's army is reported as marching on C hablis i an d A u xerre, in the Department of the °ll ne, and his men have destroyed the railway sta tion, at N em ours, on the line to Lyons through the ' l3l lrbon na i s . The Prince has with him three army Cor ps, making an average strength of 25,000. "'"At , UX RE-OCCUPIED BY THE FRENCH. Touns, November 16. The news has been received that Mezieres has been h ave surrounded by the Prussians, and that shots ' n ave been fi re d f ro m the town as well as by the 'erraans. 13 reux has been re-occupied by the French. The French papers are discussing the Eastern Qu estion, a n d it is generally rumoured that orders 'aye been given to arm the English Fleet. I t le now thought that Lyons is in no great danger tt , Present, as the movements of the Army of the Loire will be sufficient to occupy the Germans for the Pres ent. The Prussians continue their destruction by fire. tti ey have burnt down the Nemours railway sta °n) and eight or nine houses near it. Inv PRUSSIANS IN FRENCH FLANDERS. & German force, 1,200 strong, occupied Tergnier ° A ll , the 15th. A detachment has left Clermont for 7:l o utdider. The Prussians have destroyed a number 't building s by fi re , in c luding a mill, ns it was alleged th ey afforded hiding-places to the Francs-tireurs. THE CAPITULATION. The Pari s i em p s of the Bth in3t. says that Paris panb e Saved only by an offensive movement. tn T he Paris Patrie en Danger, Blanqui's organ, ta unts the Parisians with a desire to surrender. ASSEMBLING OF THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT. A decree has been issued by the King of Prussia br a°ll ing the North German Parliament to assem ° at Berlin on Thursday next, the 24th instant. ecQz cling to the Provincial Correspondence the Parliament will be called upon to sanction a credit fo ti the prosecuti o n of the war, and a measure admit 11g to the N or th German Confederation such Southern States as have determined to join it. Ittp ORTED RENEWAL OF THE ARMISTICE NEG OTIATIONS. BERLIN, November 16. „ r umour comes that England, at the request of . 1 ° Fren c h G overnment, proposes a renewal of lotiations for an armistice. b 4, he Independence Beige also mentions the rumour , throvs discredit upon it. ME; SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1870. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Earl Granville has addressed to Sir A. Buchanan the following circular in replyto the communication of Prince Gortschakoff SHREWSBURY RACES.-THIS. DAY. (BIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) LONGNER STEEPLECHASE. Foreign-office, Nov., 10, 1870. Sir,—Baron Brunnow made to me yesterday the communication respecting the Convention between the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan, limiting their naval forces in the Black Sea, signed at Paris on the 30th of March, 1856, to which you allude in your telegram of yesterday afternoon. In my despatch of yesterday I gave you an account of what passed between us, and I now propose to observe upon Prince Gortschakoff's despatches of the 19th and 20th ult., communicated to me by the Russian Ambassa dor on that occasion. Prince Gortschakoff declares, on the part of his Imperial Majesty, that the Treaty of 1856 has been infringed in various respects to the pre judice of Russia, and more especially in the case of the Principalities against the explicit protest of his representative, and that in consequence of these infrac tions, Russia is entitled to renounce those stipulations of the treaty which directly touch her interests. It is then announced that she will no longer be bound by the treaties which restrict her rights of sovereignty in the Black Sea. We have here an allegation that certain facts have occurred which, in the judgment of Russia, are at variance with certain stipulations of the treaty, and the assumption is made that Russia, upon the strength of her own judgment as to the character of those facts, is entitled to release herself from certain other stipulations of that instrument. This assumption is limited in its practical application to some of the provisions of the treaty, but the assumption of a right to renounce any one of its terms involves the assumption of a right to renounce the whole. This statement is wholly independent of the reasonableness or unreasonableness, on its own merits, of the desire of Russia to be released from the observation of the stipulations of the Treaty of 1856 respecting the Black Sea. Fox the question is, in whose hand lies the power of releasing one or more of the parties from all or any of these stipula tions. It has always been held that that right belongs only to the Governments who have been parties to the original instrument. The despatches of Prince Gortschakoff ,appear to assume that any one of the Powers who have signed the ergagement may allege that occurrences have taken place which, in its opinion, are at variance with the provisions of the treaty ; and, although this view is not shared nor admittel by the co signatory Powers, may found upon that allegation, not a request to those Governments for the consideration of the case, but an announcement to them that it has emanci pated itself, or holds itself emancipated, from any stipulations of the treaty which it thinks fit to disapprove. Yet it is quite evident that the effect of such doctrine, and of any proceeding which, with or without avowal, is founded upon it, is to bring the entire authority and efficacy of treaties under the discretionary control of each of the Powers who may have signed them; the result of which would be the entire de struction of ' treaties in their essence. For whereas the whole object is to bind Powers to one another, and for this purpose each one of the parties surrenders a portion of its free agency, by the doctrine and proceeding now in question, one of the parties in its separate and individnal capacity brings back the entire subject into its own control, and remains bound only to itself. Accordingly, Prince Gortscha koff has announced in these despatches the intention of Russia to continue to observe certain of the provisions of the treaty. However satisfactory this may be in itself, it is obviously an expression of the free will of that Power which it might at any time alter or withdraw ; and in this it is thus open to the same objec tions as the other portions of the communications, be cause it implies the right of Russia to annul the treaty on the ground of allegations of which she constitutes herself the only judge. The question, therefore, arises, not whether any desire expressed by Russia ought to be carefully examined in a friendly spirit by the co-signatory Powers, but whether they are to accept from her the announcement that, by her own act, without any consent from them, she has released herself from a solemn covenant. I need scarcely say that her Majesty's Government have received this communication with deep regret, because it opens a discussion which might unsettle the cordial understanding it has been their earnest endeavour to maintain with the Russian Empire, and, for the above mentioned reasons, it is impos sible for her Majesty's Government to give any sanction, on their part, to the course announced by Prince Gortschakoff. If, instead of such a declaration, the Russian Government had addressed her Majesty's Government and the other Powers who are parties to the Treaty of 1856, and had proposed for consideration with them whether anything has occurred which could be held to amount to an infraction of the Treaty, or whether there is anything in the terms which, from altered circumstances, presses with undue severity upon Russia or which, in the course of events, had become un necessary for the due protection of Turkey, her Majesty's Government would not have refused to examine the question in concert with the co signatories to the treaty. Whatever might have been the result of such communications, a risk of future complications and a very dangerous precedent AS to the validity of international obligations would have been avoided.—l am, &c., (Signed) - GRANVILLE. P.S.—You will read and give a copy of this despatch to Prince Gortschakoff. Souvenance Bonaparte Five ran. SELLING HURDLE. Leases Spitfire Wild Bee ... Six ran. HANDICAP HURDLE STAKES. Standard Bearer Wamba Victress. Three ran. SELLING NURSERY. Minette Daisy Queen Eliza Four ran. WELTER PLATE. Masaniello . . Cantate Le0nide5......... IFour ran. COLUMN HANDICAP. Moslem 1 Wild Flower .» N ero Ten ran. CASTLE NURSERY. Royknte . Blenheim .• King of Clubs/ Nine ran. FORESTER PLATE. Anton Witchcraft Mdllo. St. Igny.... Ten ran. SHORTS SELLING STAKES. Seringapatam • •••• Sallie Minytue •.. Seven ran. THE MONEY MARKET. • •• CITY, Two o'CLocx. The panic continues on the Stock Exchange. The rally of yesterday has been more than lost, more particularly as regards Turkish. There is a decline in Foreign Stocks, but a sudden rise has just taken place in Spanish, upon a report that in the Cortes last night D'Aosta was elected King. Consols are now 92 to 92k. Spanish of 1867 are 30i ; and 1869, 30} ; Turkish Five per Cents., 40i ; Italian, are lower, at 53i ; Egyptian, at 73 to 73j. In the midst of the alarm from the faithless course of Russia, it is necessary to remind the public who are now hastily parting with their securities that, whilst it is still uncertain if serious events will arise out of it, there can on the other hand be no question that it must for the present, not only by restricting trade, but by putting a stop to the possibility of the introduction of any further foreign loans, tend to increase greatly the prevalent abundance in the money market. At the same time the intense panic created on the Frankfort and other Gernian Bourses must aggravate the strain of the war upon the resources of Prussia, whose expenditure from the delay before Paris is becoming day by day more enormous. The amount of bar silver brought by the Nile has been disposed of at 60 9-16 d., &hewing a fractional decline, the export demand being not quite so active as of late. Advices from Frankfort describe a violent relapse on the Bourse in consequence of the statements current re garding the Russian circular, the disquiet created at Vienna having caused large amounts of shares to be thrown on the Frankfort market. Under these circum stances it must, it is argued, be evident that Germany cannot abate her demands for material securities, since a new proof has been furnished of the worthlessness of treaty guarantees. All the principal cities of Germany, it is said, seem still filled with soldiers, and drilling is going on !at every corner, "so that no one coming to the country would fancy there is such a thing as a German army in France." Austrian stocks and shares have experienced a i very severe fall, and nearly all other securities have suffered proportionably. , Lombard shares are to some extent an exception, owing to " the impression that the Austrian Government does now insist on the separation of the two systems, as stipulated by the treaties of peace with Italy, a measure which is greatly in the interest of shareholders, as the Austrian part of the line would then give a hand some dividend, while the Italian part will be thrown on the State guarantee." The voluntary liquidators of Hodge's Distillery Com pany (Limited) have made a first return of £2 10s. per share to the shareholders. The ordinary general meeting of the Oriental Gas Company (Limited) is called for the 24th inst., and the half-yearly meeting of the Scotish Australiau Investment Company (Limited) far the 25th. FRANCE AND THE RUSSIAN DECLA RATION. Writing from Tours on November 15th, the Times' cor respondent says :—I need hardly tell you that the event of the day here is Russia's declaration, that she no longer regards herself as bound by the Treaties of 1856. It was published here only this afternoon, and the general public has hardly yet had time to realise what its possible consequences may be, but among the limited number of persons who knew it some hours sooner the excitement was great. M. Thiers is in high glee, as may be supposeds It is enough to make him forget all his recent fatigue. and disappointments. Lucky France, it is said, to have such a trump card turn up when her game seemed almost irretrievably bad ! There is a tremendous stir in diplomatic and official regions. Lord Lyons, Prince Metternich, and M. Thiers were with Count Chandordy this afternoon. The danger which, at the commence ment of the conflict, it was earnestly sought to guard against, has become imminent four months after the declaration of war. The duel is likely to become an European contest. For although England's love for peace is well known, no one supposes she will put up with this slap in the face, particularly as she will be at no loss for allies. There are Austria, Italy, and Turkey, and probably even Spain, ready to join in. Her game is good—so good that some fear she will only have to show her teeth in earnest to put an end to the audacious pretensions of St. Petersburg. We wait with intense anxiety to learn the result of the inquiry it is understood the English Government has addressed to Versailles with respect to the exis tence of a secret Treaty between Russia and Prussia. If Prussia has played that double game and means to carry it through, things may go very hard with her. France is not yet broken down, and the prospect of aid from abroad would raise her spirits and give a de gree of confidence, which of itself would be worth an army. The moment is, indeed, most interesting and critical, and the correspondence between the British Embassy at Tours and the Foreign Office is very frequent. Two Queen's messengers have arrived since Friday morning, and I hear that another is expected to morrow. One will leave for Calais to-morrow night. The same correspondent on the following day remarks : Nothing new has reached us with respect to the Russian difficulty, which has suddenly assumed so important a place in men's thoughts, and awakened hopes that France may perhaps ' before long find allies. With reference to this fresh complication, it was re ported this morning that M. Thiers was preparing to start for London, but nothiug has since transpired to confirm the rumour, and such a move at the present time, and with the objects supposed, would mani festly be premature. A Queen's Messenger arrived this morning with despatches for Lord Lyons, and another is leaving this evening. Mr. Odo Russell was met at Calais very early yesterday morning on his way to Versailles, under the escort Of Captain Robbins, and it is to be hoped they will suffer no impediment or molestation from the freeshooters who now seem to render the roads of Northern France almost as dangerous for peaceful travellers as for warlike Prussians. FAILURE IN THE COTTON TRADE.—A. meeting of creditors under the liquidation of Marrow, Threlf all, and Co., of Queen's -buildings, Liverpool, cotton and commission agents, was held on Monday. The liabilities, which were chiefly in respect of differences in arrival of cotton contracts, were stated at £3,782, and the assets are of a doubtful character, being principally debts due from defaulters in the cotton market with whom the debtors had been dealing. A proposal to liquidate by arrange s meat was resolved upon by the creditors, and Mr. F. Turner, cotton salesman to the principal creditor, and Mr. Bolland, accountant, were chosen trustees. THE TREATY OF 1856, BERLIN, November IG. The British and Turkish Ambassadors at Vienna are conferring with Ctunts Beust and Andrassy on the questions raised by Russia. The Provincial Correspondent, in noticing the proceedings of Russia, says the resolutions of that (the Rvssian) Government has made a deep impres sion upon the Powers interested, but according to the news received up to the preseGt none of them appear intent on refusing their seriotls consideration to the good policy of modifying the Treaty in qu-qlon. Thelnews comes from Odessa that General Igna tieff, the ;Russian envoy to the Porte, has left for Constantinople. The note of Gortschakoff has pro duced great enthusiasm in Russia. PESTH, November 15. The journals of the Deak party call upon the Go vernment to act energetically in regard to the de mands of Russia or a revision of the Treaty of 1856. The Monarchy should defend its dignity even by force of arms. The Opposition press express hopes of a pacific arrangement. RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, AND ENGL !dill A Vienna journal, the Neue Wiener Tagblat reports a conversation on the subject of the re cent action of Russia, which is said to have taken place between Count Beust and the Russian Ambassador at Vienna. The latter reminded Count Beust that he had formerly expressed himself not unfavcurable to the removal of the restrictions on Russian activity in the Black Sea. To this Count Beust replied that it was now no question whether the proposals made by Russia are in themselves jus tifiable. If she wanted free access to the Black Sea, she ought to have set about it in a proper manner, obtaining the consent of all parties to the Treaty of 1856. By her present policy she assumed the right to reject the whole treaty whenever it might suit her to do so. The action of Austria would now depend on the policy of the other Powers. The Imperial Government had already placed itself in communi cation with the English Cabinet on the subject. FURTHER OUTRAGES IN CHINA. Via Bombay we learn that further outrages have taken place near Canton, and that the execution:of he criminals has been for some reason delayed. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. A crowded meeting of the Ladies' National Association for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, last night. Letters were read from the Bishop of Salisbury, the Dean of Carlisle, Mr. Henley, M.P., and others, severely con demning the Act. Mr. Henley observed " The pretence for the Act is sanitary, the real motive is mammon," and "to provide healthy sinners for the use of the army and navy." The Bishop of Salis bury said they were " utterly unjustifiable, and hideous." Mr. Hugh Mason wrote, "I do not hesi tate to term them infernal." Mr. Fowler, M.P., moved a resolution declaring the necessity of the repeal of the Act, which was unimously agreed to. Another resolution deprecating the inquiry on the subject, proposed by the Government, on the ground that it would not meet the requirements of the case, because no inquiry could justify what was morally bad, was also proposed by Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., and also carried. Mrs. Josephine Butler spoke to this resolution. During the progress of the meeting the wife of the Rev. W. A. O'Connor, a local clergyman, moved an amendment to one of the resolutions for the purpose of condemning the conduct of the association in excluding her husband from the list of speakers. Mr. O'Connor himself seconded the amendment, but after some conside rable disturbance and he had been loudly hissed, the rev. gentleman withdrew from the meeting, declaring that the object he had in view had been attained. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NEWPORT. The inquiry into the death of Thomas Archer, who was killed by a collision between two luggage trains on the line which runs through the town of Newport, Mon mouthshire, resulted in a verdict of " Accidental death,' the jury recommending that a more experienced signalman should be employed. TIIE FLYING SQUADRON. It was decided yesterday that the Flying Squadron shall be paid off, with the exception of the Liverpool and the Endymion, which have been in commission less than two years. The former will remain at Plymouth, and the latter will go to Portsmouth. The ships composing the Flying. Squadron are all wooden vessels, and several of them need extensive refitting. THE HABITUAL DRUNKARD'S BILL. A Conference, called by the National Licensing System Amendment League, was held at the Town Hall, Man chester, in support of the Habitual Drunkard's Bill. Colonel Ackroyd, M.P. for Halifax, occupied the chair. Dr. Dalrymple, M.P. for Bath, whose name is on the back of the bill, explained its object to the meeting. The measure, the hon. gentleman pointed out, was intended to profide refuges and reformatories for the reception of habitual drunkards : so that inebriates might be kept from drink until, by abstinence, they lost their excess of appetite for it. They were, in fact, treated as insane. Numerous provisions were provided, guarding the liberty of the subject. The meeting was attended by officers and members of the United Kingdom Alliance, and by the Secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. On the motion of Mr. Birley, the objects of the bill were generally approved, and a petition to Parliament and a memorial to Government were adopted. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race will possibly be rowed on Saturday, April 1. The Oxonians have not yet sent a formal challenge to Cambridge, but will do so at the next meeting of the Boat Club. It is officially announced that Earl Granville will remain in London during the present diplomatic crisis ; but it is not stated when Mr. Gladstone and the other Ministers are likely to return. GRATEFUL OFFERINGS.—The seamen who have visited the Wells-street Sailors' Home, Shadwell, have dropped into a contribution box £13185., in aid of the funds of the National Lifeboat Institution. Amongst the money were found three sovereigns and four half-sove reigns, being the grateful offerings of some seamen who had probably been themselves or their friends saved by the lifeboats of the institution. ROYAL COMMISSION ON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION AND TIIE ADVANCEMENT OF SClENCE.—Meetings of the above Commission were held at 6, Old Palace-yard, S.W., on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the present week. Pre sent—The Duke of Devonshire, IK.G. ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, Bart. ; Mr. B. Samuelson, M.P. ; Dr. Sharpey, Sec., F.R.S. ; Professel- Huxley, F.R.S. ; Professor Stokes, Sec., R.S. ; and the Secretary, Mr. J. Norman Lockyer, F.R,S. ; David Wooster, Assistant-Secretary. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BATTERSEA.—Great alarm was caused about three o'clock this morning, in the parish of Battersea, owing to a fire occurring in one of the newly erected eight-roomed houses, situate in Surrey lane. The premises, it appears, were not quite finished, and some persons having taken shelter n them, and they commenced smoking tobacco, when a light having fallen upon a heap of shavings, the whole became ignited, and the flames rapidly spread to the top of the structure. The engines of the Metropolitan Brigade, and those from Hewitt's Brewery in Larkhall lane promptly attended, and plenty of the Southwark and Vauxhall Company's water being at hand, the firemen and the London Salvage Corps went to work, but in spite of their exertions the conflagration could not be subdued until the house was nearly burnt out, the roof destroyed, and the adjoining house damaged. The No. 3 coal-pit of the Clay Cross Company, Derbyshire, caught fire some days since. The miners had to make a precipitous retreat. Being unable to put out the fire in any other manner the officials have turned water into the workings. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the tine properties of well-selected cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' I bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London.—Advt. COURT OF CHANCERY. The Master of the Rolls has this morning given judg ment in the case of a claim made by the West London Wharves Company against the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. The claim was for damages sustained in consequence of an alleged breach of a con tract to buy land. His Lordship dismissed the summons, and disallowed the claim of the Wharves Company. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY. BIGAMY IN THE ARMY.—Thomas Carroll, a private in the Grenadier Guards, stationed at the Tower, was charged, at the Westminster Police-court, with bigamy. Evidence was given that the prisoner was married to Caroline Warren on June Ist, 1868, at St. Martin's-in the-Fields, and on the 24th of February, 1869, was again married to Mary Ann Hawes, at St. Luke, Chelsea. Both wives were present with their children, and the second wife said he had been a good husband and kind father to his child, and she did not wish to hurt him ; she had not taken these proceedings. Samuel Dannerall, 140 H, proved apprehending the prisoner at the Tower ; when told the charge he said " All right, and would have married five others had I the chance." Prisoner said he should say nothing, but reserve his defence for the %jury, and he was fully committed for trial. ROBBERY FROM A LAUNDRESS'S CART.—Robert Oakes, 20, describing himself as a general dealer, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with stealing from a cart a large bundle of articles of the value of 305., the property of Caroline Conture, laundress, of 10, Louisa-street, Kingsland-road. The prosecutrix said that on the previous night she left her cart, in which there were several bundles, in the care of a lad, while she went into a house in Compton-street, and shortly after she was called and told a bundle had been taken out of the cart. John Margell, a young man, living in Tichfield-street, said that seeing three young man go behind the cart and take a bundle, he followed them, and spoke to a constable, and he took the prisoner, who was one of the three, into custody. Police-constable Ellis, 125 C, said that on stopping the prisoner with a bundle in his possession, and asking him what he had got he said it was some washing, and that he was going to take it home, but he could not tell him the name of the street or the number of the house where he got it from. He afterwards said he got at No. 16, High-street, but that was found to be untrue, and he (the constable) then found that the bundle had been stolen. Sergeant Pope, C divi sion, asked for a remand, staling that on going to the prisoner's lodgings in New Church-street, Strand, he found several diapers with the name of Defries on them, which the prisoner's wife said he had brought home, but which she knew nothing about. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—George Acres, a seaman, aged 25 years, was brought up at the Thames Police-court, charged with smuggling 4 lbs. of tobacco. He was de tected leaving the ship Argus, in the London Dock, by an officer of Customs named Sharp, and 4 lbs. of tobacco were discovered ingeniously concealed about his legs and other parts of his body. He said he had the tobacco for a smoke. He was told he ought to have paid duty,and was fined £l, the single value and duty of the tobacco, which was confiscated. IMPUDENT SHOP ROBBERIES.—Sarah Harrison, aged 67, was charged at the above court with stealing a piece of beef, the property of Mr. George Goldstone, a butcher, of No. 11, St. Leonard's-road, Bromley ; and Thomas Dris coll, of No. 1, Charles-street, Millwall, Poplar, was charged with stealing half a pig's head, the property of William Fraser, from outside the shop, No. 99, Three Colt-street, Limehouse. Both parties were caught in flagrante dclicto. In each case money was found on them sufficient to have paid for the meat they had stolen. They were each sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Hepworth Dixon will address the ratepayers of Marylebone at the Eyre Arms Assembly Rooms this (Thursday) evening, at eight o'clock. Dr. Richardson will preside, and many gentlemen of eminence will address the meeting. .... 1 THE DEFEAT OF VON DER TANN, The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News, under date November 14, writes : The first check which the German arms have received in France is fully appreciated as such by the German press of every shade. It is understood that General Von der Tann has been defeated. The explanation of General von Podbielski's despatch, and of King William's telegram to Queen Augusta, could not well be otherwise than it is, from courtesy to the Bavarian general, and to the Bavarian people. The Prussians had to leave it to Von der Tann to confess himself what he might have to con fess. He is a man that may be relied upon for sin ceritY, and probably soon will speak. What is considered as wanting explanation is why the Prussian troops, the 22nd division, that were under his command were sent away from Orleans, though the formation of the French Army of the Loire and its strength were not unknown. That he tested the enemy's strength and withdrew fighting is merely military slang for a compulsory retreat. That the retreat was not quite orderly is proved by the ammunition column that lost its way and was cut off, falling into the hands of the French with two reserve guns. These two unfortunate guns, the first which the French have taken, are probably destined to play a most ominous part as a trophy which will raise flagging spirit. They are a real poison to them. That they were taken on the 10th, though the fight took place on the 9th, shews that the French must have spread out far and wide round re conquered Orleans. There will, of course, be a third battle of Orleans, probably very soon after the junction of Von der Tann with the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, with a sufficient number of Prince Frederick Charles's troops, has been effected. It must be hoped that this battle, which the French mean to support by a sortie from Paris, will be a last struggle, and the immediate precursor of peace, for the rapid advance of Prince Frederick Charles's forces has already frustrated the plan of Gambetta and Trochu. It will not be necessary to despatch troops from before Paris to the Loire. The battle and the sortie consequently will not support one another. The correspondent of the Telegraph sends the following in his letter from Versailles, dated November 12 :—Some details of the day before yesterday's affair between Von der Tann and his brave Bavarians, and the French army of the Loire, have arrived to-day. The Bavarian general admirably conducted the retreat of the corps under his command (only seventeen thousand strong) in the presence of a vastly superior force. It . was between Artenay and Ormes that he was attacked; and the battle which ensued was fought on his side almost exclusively with artillery. The French commenced operations by throw.' lug forward six battalions of infantry belonging to the expeditionary corps that returned to France a few weeks ago from Civita Vecchia ; and these battalions, in line formation, attempted to get at the Germans with the bayonet, scarcely firing at all, and displaying great gallantry. Their losses from the fire of the Bavarian field guns, however, were very severe ; indeed, it is said that they left nearly half their number on the field. They maintained excellent order, although shockingly cut up, and returned three times to the charge Each time they were fairly stopped and turned by a withering and steady cannonade. The Bavarian casu alties were so trifling that they are scarcely worth mentioning in the record of a war in which the tale of killed and wounded after each battle has been numbered, not by hundreds, but by thousands. Aftei the third repulse the French drew back to Coulmiers, and the Germans to Toury, each side retaining posses sion of its fallen men. The capture of two guns by the French did not take place during the action. You must know that, whereas the Prussians carry only spare wheels, poles, &c., for each gun that they take into action, the Bavarians are provided with a sub stitute or reserve gun for every " active" piece; so that, supposing a gun struck so as to be rendered useless, it can be at once dismounted and replaced by the spare piece. and the full efficiency of the battery maintained. These " Ersatzgeschutze" are carried by the Munitions-colonne or train—they are not mounted, horsed, or pro vined with limber. Two of these were the guns taken by a French patrol, which pounced upon them as the Munitions-colonne was lumbering along easily through a wood near Orleans; and the captors made off with their prize ere the train guard well knew what had happened. Yesterday Wittich's Division, reduced to little more than 6,000 men, and the Grand Duke of Meck lenburg's Division, about 13,000 strong, joined Von der 'Tann at Toury. The Grand Duke of course at once took command of the army—a force, counting in the two cavalry divisions (2nd and 4th), of about 40,000 men. To the real astonishment of everybody at head quarters, the French did not follow up the negative advantage which they had gained on the 10th ; and now, if they do not hasten to retire and cross the Loire before Prince Frederick Charles comes up, they will probably be surrounded and forced to capitulate in open field. The avant-garde of the Prince's army (composed of the 3rd, 9th, and 10th Army Corps, about 75,000 men) will be at Fontaine bleau on Monday—perhaps to-morrow evening, for the Prince is making haste, and he knows how to do that. The French have positively no time to lose if they do not wish to rejoin their comrades in Ger many. Should they waste a day in retreating, the Germans will certainly drive them into the Loire, even if they do not outflank and surround them. The Times correspondent at Tours, in a letter dated the 13th inst., says :—Trustworthy information which has reached me since the despatch of my yesterday's letter convinces me that the action of the 9th and 10th instant was more important than I at first was disposed to think, and that the Prus sian despatches are not candid, and do not give at all a fair notion of what took place. Indeed, they must have struck everybody as by no means clear. The battle of Bacon, or of Baccon, as the papers now say the word ought to be written, is an unmistakable French victory, and not only are the results considerable as regards the number of prisoners taken and the moral effect produced, but the conduct of the troops was excellent, and the generalship displayed very creditable. The total loss of the Germans cannot be estimated at less than 5,000, for it is certain that there are 2,500 prisoners. Already, yesterday and to-day, some of these have reached Tours, and others are expected to pass through the station on their way to remoter places. There were artillerymen, men of the Ist and 10th infantry, and a few cavalry soldiers. One detachment was in a frightfully dirty state, their uniforms covered with mud. The loss of the French in killed and wounded is stated at 2,000. It is reasonable to suppose that, excluding the prisoners, that of the Prussians was larger, since they were beaten and pursued, and the French artillery was very powerful. An important fact is the courage and discipline displayed by bodies of Mobiles. I am assured that they shewed unflinching steadiness under a heavy fire of artillery, than which nothing can be more trying to young troops. The generals seem to have done well. I have heard General d'Aurelles' strategy, as ex hibited in this action, spoken very favourably of by foreign officers, and General PalliZzes shewed great energy, placing himself at the head of his troops at a critical moment, and charging the Bavarians in the most brilliant and successful manner. The 9th Foot Chasseurs and the 16th of the Line are said to have particularly distinguished themselves. Various battalions of Mobiles are cited for conduct worthy of veteran soldiers. CRYSTAL PAL ACE.—One Shilling Day ; Wednes day, November 16th, 1870.—Number of visitors by season tickets, 1,611 ; ditto on payment, 707 ; total visitors, 2,318, MR. KEKEWICH, M.P. ON THE WAR. Mr. Kekewich presided at a ploughing-match dinner in South Devon on Tuesday evening. Speaking of the war, he expressed sympathy with France. Whatever faults might have been committed by her rulers in beginning the strife it was not surprising that in the face of the territorial aggressions of Prussia, her feelings of nationality should be aroused, and her determination to resist should be strong and unwavering. A. HOAX.—On Monday, a singular scene occurred at Sproatley, in Holderness, East Riding. The Holder ness hounds wore fixed for that meet, and a field of eighty ladies and gentlemen had assembled in anticipation of good sport, the Sproatley meet possessing a reputation which brought visitors from long distances. The hounds, how ever, never arrived, they having been kept in kennel out of respect to the memory of Sir Clifford Constable, whose death had been falsely reported by telegraph. Sir Clifford's son and his lady were at the meet. THE GREAT BANK FAILURE AT NORWICH.--- A large meeting of the creditors of the Crown Bank was held on Tuesday at Norwich, the Mayor of Norwich presiding, for the purpose of considering whether consent should be given to the bankrupts applying for an order of discharge during the continuance of the bankruptcy, and whether the costs of such meeting should be paid by the trustee out of the estate of the bankrupts. The meeting gave its consent unanimously to the bankrupts taking the course indicated. In the course of the pr weedings it was stated that Mr. R. A. Kerrison had never taken a penny of the profits credited him during the last ten years, but had left them in the bank, where they now remained, for the creditors, and that Mr. Keririson's estate at Tivets Hall and Hanworth, Norfolk, would be sold for the bene fit of the creditors. OUR COTE --This Mornin THE EASTERN QUESTION. The reply of Lord Granville, the Times remarks, which was despatched on the 10th of November, and which, in all probability, has already reached Priuce Gortschrokoff, will leave no doubt as to the determination of the British Ca- binet. RUSSift has of her own mere motion repudiated the Treaty which her Plenipotentiaries signed only 14 years since, and this repudiation s if applied to one, does really extend to all its provisions. For, as Lord Gs inville has ably pointed out, the Treaty must stand or fall as a' whole ; its clauses represent only various phases of the same agreement, and it is obvious that if the Czar can re lease himself from one he is bound by none. Indeeel, so far as we underst and the Circular the whole Treaty is at an end ; but the Russian Government is willing to enter into new negotiations for the purpose of re-enacting _ - some of them. Thus, on the most flimsy pretences, a recent and solemn compact has been contemptuously broken, and a moment chosen for the act which clearly shows that Russiahas hitherto not been bound by her own plighted word, by respect for her neighbours, or by a re gard for the general peace, but solely by fear of the united strength of the two Western Powers. To such an act there could be but one response on the part of England— to protest against the insolent manner in which the treaty has been denounced, and to declare, without entering into the merits, that we still hold Russia bound by all the provisions of the Treaty of 1856, and reserve to our selves the right of acting according to circumstances. Europe might have been ready to hear her grievances had she been reasonable, but Russia must not think that _ _ _ because France has been visited by sudden calamity she can therefore fly into a passion and tear up the Treaty which she solemnly signed. Should the Russians put ships of war into the Black Sea in contravention of their engagements, Turkey would be able to sweep them off the Euxine; but even were this out of her power, England and the other parties to the Treaty would be in duty bound to take the most effectual means of enforcing the settlement of 1856. The Standard is of opinion that Russia by the course which she has preferred to take has given evidence to all the world that it is pot the mere pacific revision of th• Treaty of 1856 which she desires, but a release by violence from all guarantees which were taken from her to keep the peace towards Turkey. She has proved that she is still at heart the Russia of Nicholas the First—that she has changed in nothing from the arrogant, unscrupulous, and overbearing Power which disturbed the peace of Europe in furtherance of its own sinister ambition sixteen years ago. She has learnt nothing—she has forgotten nothing. The spirit which shines in Prince Gortschakoff's circu lar note of the 19th October is precisely that which actuated his predecessor Prince Menk chikoff, during the early days of the quarrel of 1854. The pretences which hare been put forward in excuse of the violation of the Treaty of Paris are as shallow and hypocritical as any of those which were used in defence of the claim to the guardianship of the Holy Places. We are carried back, in fact, at once, by this act of Russia, to the era of Nicholas the First. Who will believe in a Treaty any more as a solution of the evils of war ? What is to be the end of the existing war if it is understood that any treaty which is made should be observed only so long as it is convenient for either Power to observe it ? The Russian example, in its audacious contempt of public morality, in troduces nothing but chaos into all the affairs of Emopc. It promises us an endless series of war and troubles, and is for England at once a direct challenge to come out of these blissful dreams of perpetual peace in which she has been lulled, and a provocation to battle. The existence of no English Ministry is worth a week's purchase that dares not give the right answer to this most insolent cha►lenge. The Daily News remarks : The reply which Lora Granville has promptly addressed to the Circular of Prince Gortschakoff represents the attitude which the nation, having had time to consider the matter in all its details, will inevitably assume. The declaration of the Emperor, in its present form, is prac tically a challenge which England cannot overlook, .unless she wishes at once and for ever to abandon her position among European Powers. She is one of the guarantors of a Treaty which Russia, in the most arbi trary language, announced her resolution to abolish. We have already stated our opinion that there may be con ditions in that Treaty the alteration of which Russia has a right to demand ; but there is a vast difference between a Power appealing to the co-signatories of a treaty to lessen the stringency of its provisions, and the same Power apparently taking advantage of an oppor tune moment to blow the whole thing to pieces. Russia has observed the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris for fourteen years. She now expressly disclaims any inten tion of re-opening the Eastern Question. Wemay admit, too, that it is not consonant with the dignity of a great Power to find herself placed under permanent, disabilities, which recall with too painful accuracy the circumstances of a bygone defeat. All these things can be said for Russia. We will even add, that there has been in this country a growing feeling of respect for a nation which has of late been busy with internal reforms—developing her resources, and conferring freedom upon the more hardly used of her population. Probably the first feeling among English people on hearing that Russia wished to be free from the Treaty of 1856 was that she had some claim to be freed. England, also, has found the advantage—nay, the necessity—of departing from treaties which in their day were the safeguard of European freedom. There is, we must repeat, no finality in treaties ; for as nations grow strong or weak, their old relations with neighbouring Powers and their old conventions must be revised. But Russia, in her present declaration, advances no such plea. She expressly claims for herself the right, on her own decision, to renounce the Treaty in whole or in part, as it suits her —a course of action which, as Lord Granville says, would result in the entire destruction of Treaties in their essence. If Russia maintains that she can now, without the consent of the co-signatoriess of the Treaty of 1856, with draw from its stipulations, of what avail can any Treaty be? The Telegraph, in commenting on Gortschakoff's "im perious " circular, and Earl Granville's " dignified, calm, conciliatory, but resolute " reply, says :—lf we are obliged to condemn the matter and purport of the Russian circular, we must condemn with equal emphasis the occa sion of its publication. It is a specimen of sharp practice which Europe will not soon forget. We shall not speculate on the probabilities for or against a private understanding between Russia and Prus sia. Count Bismarck is far too wary a diplomatist to commit itself, except under the pressure of some dire ne cessity, to a written engagement ; but to us, at least, it has been no secret that an amicable understanding, in view of certain contingencies, has existed between the two great Northern Powers since 1867. Very possibly the Russian Minister may find, when it is too late to repair the blunder of his easy confidence, that he, too, like some other diplomatists who thought themselves clever, has been made a tool of by the craftiest statesman of the day. Prince Gortschakoff's ill-advised move may serve Count Bismarck well at this particular junc ture. France is not quite so helpless as she seemed a while ago, and the forcible annexation of Alsaco and Lorraine is likely to turn out a more diffi cult task than Prussia expected. The public feeling of Europe, too, is gradually but surely veering round to the conviction that Prussia is bent on pushing the rights of the conqueror beyond the bounds of equity. Under these circumstances, a diversion of the political interest of the day from Paris to the Bosphorus may be acceptable enough to Count Bismarck. But where is the gain that Russia is to derive from this untimely resus citation of ,the Eastern question ? The hands of Prussia are sufficiently full at present ; and even if Paris were to capitulate to-morrow, and a peace were signed the day after, Germany is not likely to rush into another great war, of which the advantage to her would not be very apparent. On the other hand,has Prince Gortschakoff been simple enough to persuade himself that England would sit quietly by while Russia pursued unchecked her career of ambition in the East ? If he was indulged in any such illusion, he is destined to experience a very rude awakening. Lord Granville states that England, in concert with the other parties to the Treaty of 1856, will listen to any fair representation on the sub ject; but from the same excellent authority Russia learns that England will stand firm to her Treaty engage ments. The Imperial Chancellor has probably also learned, ere now, that England will not stand alone. The Manchester Examiner observes :—Such a note as that of Prince Gortschakoff cannot pass without grave re monstrance. So much is absolutely due to decent regard' for the sanctity of a treaty only 14 years old, and for the obligations of international morality and fair dealing. But when that duty has been discharged it will remain to deal with the question, not according to the unfortunate and most censurable mode in which it has been raised, but on its•real merits. When that has been done, and when the indignation which has been called forth by the brusqueness of Russian proceedings has sub sided, it will doubtless be admitted that there is no call for action on our part. That we have a right to treat it as a emus belli is indisputable, but it does not follow that it is either our interest or our duty to Bar,