The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-13 00:00:00

, and troops city. if )rwarded to m a corps Mobiles 'dui service .ength of re [ready done. Men. )th, . 12,00 0 . 3,000 , 2,200 . 2,500 . 1 . 5,000 , and 3,206 1,200 1,200 1,600 450 500 ... 2,500 .„ 1,800 36,950 their tour• to sufficient h is not ap of Lyons is be preme d his new c is a hard t populated , ver a people ialised itself no doubt to cts. Bu t from being and shave v scope of t the Freres ;ions congre - L the Garde ary decrees tree is en• during the the duty of is devoted 0 patch from le Prussians two o'clock lasted ever attack with of 3,40 0 1 Colmar ; esterday the of Evreuxt tey have also i seen in the mcentratir4 Yuth-west !eux. Some expect as van guar ds •aontinue wi writing was went to the •eased to the as voyage la. aior, his re• 'e certain to she depart- mu-s, writing news from th M. Gam ice my tele before you expected to f operations 3rnment will shackle the he Prussian SI'ECJI J EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. REVOLT AGAINST THE PRUS- SIANS. CALMS, WEDNESDAY (Midnight). The Patrie says that the Prussians around Ver sailles have no camps, but sleep in the woods, and are scattered from Poissv over the forests of St. Germain, Manly, Versailles, St. Cloud, Meudon, and Verrieres, as far as the heights of Clamart, at the south of Paris. The Journal de Rouen states that the whole coun try of the Vosges in the rear of the Prussians is in i nsurrection and under arms against them. There i s no regular army, but every man is a soldier ; sen tinels established at every avenue ; all the defiles Occupied by Francs-tireurs, who no longer wait to parley with the enemy, but every courier, every trillan that presents himself, is shot. Every cottage is a guard-house, and women as well as men prac tise shooting. The struggle of 1798 has recotn- Menced in the Vosges. M. Testelin, Government agent of the Depart ments of the North, writes to the Echo du Nord that M. Gambetta assured him on his arrival at Amiens that Paris was abundantly provided, even With fresh meat ; that the newspaper reports con cerning the army of Metz were absurd : and that Marshal Bazaine and his troops had given their adherence to the Government of National Defence. OCCUPATION OF BRETEUIL. LILLE, OCT. 13. The Prussians, after a most determined resistance, have taken possession of Breteuil. The latest intelligence from Amiens announces that the German troops are rapidly approaching the Place. CAPTURE OF ORLEANS, VERSAILLES, OCT. 12. Yesterday, after nine hours' fighting, Orleans was taken by General von der Tann. Re took more than 2,000 prisoners and several Ms, The German loss amounted to 1,200 ; that of the French was heavy. They fled in disorder. Colonel Lindsay was allowed to enter Paris to day. General Burnside has had several interviews with Count Bismarck since his return from Paris. Great activity prevails in front of Paris. BISMARCK AND PARIS. BERLIN, THURSDAY (8.30 A.m.) After the occupation of Paris by the German a rmies, wl ich it is expected will follow in a month fr om the commencement of the bombardment, Count I smorck will be favourable to the convocation of a Constituent Assembly, to determine the future Government of France, and to ratify the terms of Pea ce, but he is desirous at present that the ° ccopation of the French capital should first be accomplished. LATEST BALLOON NEWS. A. balloon from Paris descended yesterday near Tournai. The a3ronaut, Cargat, reported that he left the c it y on W e d nes d a y, and that at that time b e Parisians were well prepared, and indeed anxious for the attack. The greatest spirit is e zhibited and but one feeling seems to prevail, and that is, death to the invaders. All political demon strations have been given up, and General Trochu la everywhere trusted as the only deliverer o f Paris from her enemies. The ramparts are all strongly manned, and steps have been taken t ° give the earliest instructions to all parts of the c apital the moment the Germans make any impor tant movement. --- PRUSSIA AND ENGLAND. The diplomatic relations between Germany and C ount country have, it is said, become so strained that u oent von Bismarck contemplates giving Count 'crustorff a conge, or leave of absence, in which e ase Germany would be represented in this country merely by a Charge d'Affaires. M. TRIERS MISSION. From Florence we learn that M. Thiers has had an illterview with the King of Italy. Tho Nazione of t he 12th of October contradicts the assertion of certain foreign journals, that the Prussian Ambas eador here h a d d e clared to the Italian Cabinet that Prussia was desirous that Nice should again form Part of the Italian kingdom. DEFENCE OF PARIS. G ambetta's arrival at Tours has unquestionably Coen en great i m p u l s e to the defensive measures which bare languished b 0 under the delegation of Ministers °rl ginally se n t t o T ours . The new Minister of War takes the Presidency of the Government at Tours, 4 ," his powers are so considerable that ho will be turao st dictator of France outside Paris. Every I ° l will b e ma de to discover military talent. of under the First Republic, rapid changes c ommand will be adopted in order to afford every Promising officer a chance of displaying his abilities. t H" Ordrnieux and M. Glais-Bizoin, Ministers sta :ned at Tours since the commencement of the 8 1 ; Aige of Paris, recognise M. Gambetta's authority. „• Glais-Bizoin himself announced to the inhabi tants that th e e l ec ti ons , w hich he and his colleague , s el.e 3 0 determined to bold, are indefinitely post- SCARCITY AROUND PARIS. T here is great scarcity of meat in the district th°und Paris. Th e Germans have eaten up every h n g in the way of flesh. All the tame rabbits 2 atdisappeared ; the swans on the ornamental ers have been eaten—much to the detriment of t e soldi ers ' d i gest i ve organs, an d even dogs. bk Ei g h ty foragers the other day only found three lea ves after a long search. '1 ho Germans must e ither widely ex t en d th e scope of their raids, or de p e nd upon supplies from Germany. AN-OTHER ARMY FOR FRANCE. 200,000 MEN READY. The ?bites publishes the following telegrams : " VIENNE, OCT. 12. bee n Gambetta's impulse great enthusiasm has arous e d i n F rance f or th e na ti on al d e fence " t . days 200,000 Regulars will be ready. Bola. "au] will accept the command in Tours." 'NERAL FLEURY AND THE EMPEROR. CASSEL, OCT. 12, (4.35 P.m.) Ge neral Fleury, formerly Ambassador at St. Pete rsburg., arrived Lero yesterday, and was imme diately received in audience by the Emperor—Times Telegram. CEP ARTURE OF GARIBALDI The Russian War Office has issued new regulations for the expeditions calling in of men on furlough. The Hospital Board has drawn up new orders for the administration of the Military Sanitary De partment in time of war. The Odessa Commander in-Chief suggests that hospital tents should be adopted, as in the Prussian army. The Legislative Commission is engaged in revising rules for pen sioning military surgeons and hospital attendants. The Artillery Board has been ordered to revise the regulations for the drill and practice of their arm.— Times Telegram. ITALY. ROME, OCT. 10, (7.30 P.M.) The Royal words of yesterday, in answer to the Roman deputation, and the Article of the proposed aw concerning territorial franchises to be guaran ;eed to the Pope are unfavourably regarded here. OCTOBER 11. His proclamation Della Marmora has arrived. says : " Foreign nations, well understanding that an incomplete Italian kingdom offered more danger than aid to Juropean peace and equilibrium, will form an equitable judgment of the event. It is the firm intention of the !Royal Government that guarantees should be established to render manifest to the Catholic world its loyal and firm intention that the Supreme Pontiff shall exercise, with the dignity of a Sovereign and full efficacious liberty, all the rights and offices of the Head of the Church. Great would be the responsi bility of those who, refusing all conciliation, would open an abyss between Catholic and national reelings." Cadorna returns to Florence, Massi to Palermo. The Giunta will continue to act. WAR WITH CHINA, There is no foundation for the report prevalent in Liverpool yesterday to the effect that war has been declared by England and France against China. INDIA. (BY INDO-EITROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CALCUTTA, OCT. 12. The Viceroy entered Jeypore at seven this morning. The procession of nobles and their retainers was a mile long, and included eighty elephants. Troops lined the road for miles. The Viceroy and the Maha raja entered on the same State elephant. It was a magnificent spectacle. The Durbar would be held at one o'clock, on account of the return visit of the Viceroy. FROM TOURS. TOURS, OCT. 12. Oariballi has been. appointed General of Division THE SUN, LONDON, THUIISD AI, OC.I. I OBER 13, tB7O, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET RACES.—Tnis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOVS. Nelusko Moorlands... Itamaquin (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) PROPOSED NEW CABLE. Three ran. FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Far Away Sornette Prior A meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday at Liverpool, at which it was resolved to petition the Government to lay down a cable from Liver pool to Valentia direct, in order to avoid the delay which now becomes excessive by reason of the transmission of American messages through the London office. 1 2 3 iu the French army, and Commander-in-Chief of the irregular forces of France. lle left 'fours this morning. Orleans was occupied at soven o'clock yesterday. The fighting continues there, but with what result is not known. General Aurellis Paladin° replaces General Lamotte Rouge as Commander of the Army of the Loire.—Daily News. PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA. BERLIN, OCT. 12. THE TRUTH. ABOUT STRASBURO. The correspondent of the Standard, writing from Bale on the Bth inst., furnishes that paper with what he con siders a truthful account concerning Strasburg. He says :—" With regard to the number of prisoners taken at the surrender of the town, these are, I see, fixed by the Berlin official telegrams at something over 17,000. If you will divide that number by just one half, you will arrive as nearly as possible at the true amount. Here are the figures. Before the commencement of the siege, when the first French reverses gave reason to apprehend that the town might be attacked, something very like a panic spread among the inhabitants at the report that they had been left absolutely without defenders. The garrison of Strasburg in time of peace, consisted of two regiments of artillery, two of infantry of the line, and one of Chasseurs b. Pied, the elite of the infantry service. The total formed an effective force of from 7,000 to 8,000 men. But the whole of these had been withdrawn for MacMahon's army, one regiment of the line (the 97th) alone remaining, and even this being, not only under marching orders, but actually at the railway station in readiness to depart. In point of fact though I give this only as rumour, well supported no doubt, but without absolute authority, there seems very little reason now to doubt but that all idea of the defence of Strasburg had been given up by the central authorities at the commencement, it being plainly held by the French Government that this force was not sufficient for the simultaneous defence of that place and of Metz, and that the latter being strategically of more importance, must, of course, have the preference. General Ulrich, however, was of a different opinion, and when the panic began to spread set himself energetically to calm it by a proclama tion, denying that the condition of the town was in any way so defenceless as had been too hastily supposed, and placing the number of the garrison, with a slight touch of exaggeration pardonable under the circumstances, at. 11,000. The real Sgures were as follow:- 97th Regiment of the line 2500 Depots of the 10th and 13th Chasseurs a Pied, con- sisting chiefly of the tradesmen, &c., of the A company of 96th Regiment of the line 200 Artillery ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 Pontoon train ... ... 400 Marines, intended for service in the Rhine gunboats, not forthcoming ... ..• w ... 60 Mobiles • Oil ... GOO ... ... ... 9.0 0.• ... ... 4000 Dousaiiers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 500 Total 'ill 11.• CHI ... ... ... ... 8260 Of these only 3,760, or considerably less than half, it will be observed, were soldiers at the commencement of the siege in any sense of the word. Of the remainder no less than 4,000 were simply raw lads, caught up from the ploughtail, and still in their sabots and their blouses. Before, however, the actual commencement of the siege, these numbers were swelled by the accession of fugitives from the battle of Froeschwiller, to very nearly the amount just named by General Uhrich. These men came dropping in by twos and threes, the off scourings of almost every regiment in MacMahon's army, until they reached finally to the number of nearly two thousand. What was likely to be the value of such an accession of men, whose very presence in garrison was only due to their having run away from the field of battle, may be very readily imagined. And in truth for a sortie, or any purpose of hand-to hand fighting, they proved in the end almost use less. It is only just, however, to say that behind the ramparts they still did their duty manfully, and though in some respects their presence in their then disorganised and demoralised condition was rather a disadvantage than otherwise, they were still by no means without their value, and must at all events be reckoned as swelling the number of prisoners which ultimately fell into German hands. Add to the numbers thus obtained a company of Frano-tireurs formed during the siege, about 200 strong, and wo have a total of 10,460, tepresenting the entire number of the garrison of Strasburg at the time of its highest efficiency. Of these 1,800 were killed during the bombardment, the pontonniers, for instance, being swept away almost to a man, and their places at the guns being supplied during the latter portion of the siege by cavalry soldiers and Mobiles. We have thus of all arms a total of 8,660 men, instead of up wards of 17,000, as claimed in the official dispatch. The next false statement is one I most sincerely regret having it in my power to contradict. " The collection of MSS." we are told in . the Government dispatch from Berlin, "is very rich." Now, it is just pos sible that this statement may be intended to refer not to what has been saved, but to what has been destroyed, and in that case I have not a word to say against it, except that time and place are somewhat singularly chosen for the gratuitous recalling of a fact over which the " uncivilised " world has mourned for some weeks past, If it be intended to imply that out of a collection almost unequalled, one solitary scrap of paper has escaped the deliberate fire of the German batteries, it is a falsehood, pure and simple. I say the "deliberate " fire, and am thus brought to A third point on which the world has been somewhat grievously misled. I forget exactly how many weeks it is, but it is a good many, since we were solemnly assured that the King of Prussia had forbidden any further firing upon the town, and ordered that the attack should be confined to the fortification. If that order was given - which Ido not believe--it was simply disregarded by General Werder and the army under his command. Five ran. PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Eneide Congo Julien Five ran. MATCH. Newsman beat Alpenstock. BRETBY STAKES. Queen of the Gipsies Stray NEWMARKET OAKS. Wheatear Wave Asterope 1 2 1 z 3 W. O. Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Asterope SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Echo ••••• • Tho Wren Eight ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Panopticon Cocoa Nut..... Belphegor Twelve ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Blonde *•• ••• •• Satinstoe Le Tracone HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOVS. Phosphorous Mr. Feeder Conspirator Thirteen ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 bo 1 agst Not Out (taken) 15 to 1 agst Pax (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rafale (taken freely) 1 2 The objection against Panopticon, the winner of the Handicap Sweepstakes yesterday, is overruled. PERTH RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL STAKES. The Nigger w.o. CALEDONIAN HANDICAP. Luisette - llawthorndale.. Whimsical. Six ran. £5O PLATE, Kelvin Grove .... Mary Six ran. COUNTY PLATE. La Favorita • • •••• Lincoln Lass **** The Bobby MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The settlement still forms the principal object of atten tion in the Stock Exchange. Consols are flat, and the price is now lower, at 921 to 921 ; the account remains at 921 to 921. Peruvians have declined 1 , from the advanced price obtained at the close yesterday, being now 891 to 90. Turkish Stocks are firmer, the Five per Cents. being 1 higher, at 521 to 531; and the 1869 Loan, 50i to 51; Italian are better, at 54 to 541 ; but there is no change in Egyptian, at 761 to 76f ; Spanish of 1867, 28 to 281; ditto of 1869, 271 to 27/ ; and Lombardo-Vene tian, 131 to 141. Mr. W. T. Henley, of North Woolwich, has just laid a submarine telegraph cable from Bona to Malta, thus com pleting the lines of the Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta Telegraph Company. The total length of both sections laid is about 900 miles, The cable of the Indo-European Telegraph Company has been repaired, and messagei. by it are again in course of regular delivery. Communications have been addressed during the past few months to the Post-office by mercantile firms, point ing out the great inconvenience occasionally experienced from the refusal of the telegraph stations to give receipts for messages, but thus far apparently without effect. At present any servant entrusted with a telegram may ab stain from taking it to the Post-office, and purloin the money, the sender remaining in ignorance of the de fault, while the most serious consequences may a r i se , since telegrams usually relate to matters in which delay is fatal. Such instances are believed already to have been numerous. A Liverpool firm, Messrs. Bell, Nott, and Co., have, moreover, urged upon the authorities the vital importance in transactions by telegraph with foreign countries for senders to have a receipt specifying the exact time at which they are handed in for transmission, since many questions of damages from non-execution of orders and variations of market rates are always liable to be raised ; but although they suggested the remedy of extending to telegrams the system of registration at present in force for letters, by which the Post-Office revenue might be materially in creased, no movement of the kind appears to be contemt plated. The general public will probably consider that even the adoption of the system of registration would not meet the requirements of the case, since,receipts are necessary in all instances without any extra charge, and the old telegraph companies found no difficulty in sup plying them. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that there was a first meeting of creditors at the County Court yesterday under the bankruptcy of William Walter Thompson, broker, trading in co-partnership with Patrick Hunter Dirom, under the firm of Brown, Hunter, and Co. Debts amounting to £7,922 were proved. The statement of accounts filed shewed in the joint affairs of the bankrupt's liabilities £50,379, assets £1,384 ; in the separate affairs there appeared to be liabilities £398, assets £425. Mr. Banner was chosen trustee. Au allowance of £3 a week was allowed to the bankrupt till his public examination, which was fixed for the sth of November. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This DAT. THROWING A SISTER OUT OF A WINDOW. Timothy Connor, a bad character, was re-examined at the West minster Police-court, charged with throwing his sister out of a window. The evidence on the previous occasion went to shew that the woman in question was found fearfully bruised, with her nose and finger fractured, and was in the Hospital a fortnight before she was able to attend ; the police heard that he had thrown her out of the window, but a witness named Coyle, a companion of the prisoner's, said ho saw the prisoner throw her violently against the window sill, and cut her nose and finger. The young woman now attended, and said she was in the first floor and heard her brother coming up stairs ; jumped out of the window and injured herself. Her mother was drunk in the bed. The mother swore that she was not drunk ; that tho pri soner was in the room and had some words with the girl, that she opened the window and jumped out herself. The father swore that his son had never injured her in his life. Coyle was recalled, and endeavoured to alter his previous statement ; but Mr. Weolrych said it was evidently a conspiracy among the whole lot to defeat the ends of justice, in which they might succeed, but as there were some other persons present he should not let the prisoner off quite so easily as he imagined, and remanded him for anothe week. AN IMPUDENT Suop THIEF. Julia Cambridge, a notorious old thief, was brought up on remand before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with stealing an iron kettle, the property of Mrs. Ravell, who keeps a large hardware shop in the Whitechapel-road. Frederick Pettigrew, the shopman to the prosecutrix, received in formation which' induced him to follow the prisoner. He stopped her, lifted her apron, and discovered a kettle under her shawl. It had been stolen from outside the shop of his mistress. Two other kettles were missed the same day. He wished the prisoner to be asked if she knew anything of the other missing kettles. Mr. Paget said he could not do that. The inquiries made respecting the prisoner were not favourable, and he committed her to prison for two months, and to be kept to hard labour. LORD ST. LEONARDS.-- We are happy to state that there is no truth in the report published yesterday in some of the evening papers of the death of Lord St. Leonards. The report was one of those cruel hoaxes, which of late has caused so much annoyance to the noble lord. The Westminster Gazette says a protest against the invasion of Rome has been drawn up, and is in the course of signature by the lay Catholics of England, with the Duke of Norfolk at their head. The brigantine Aberfeldy, of Greenock, with Spanish copper ore on board, has gone ashore at Tinnaberen, within ten miles of Wexford, and ten from Blackwater Head. Four of the crew were drowned. The messenger who brought the intelligence reports that the ship will probably be a total wreck, and the cargo be lost. CASUALTY AT SEA. SHOOTING A SWEETHEART. Yesterday an inquest was held at Ipswich torching the death of Eliza Spurgin, who was shot by her sweet heart, Walter Chambers, on Sunday. He was shooting for the Monthly Challenge Cups at the Ipswich range on Saturday. He completed 14 rounds, and finding he had no chance of winning went home and placed his rifle, which he had ne idea was loaded, on the copper. On Sunday, after dining with his father, mother, deceased, and a niece, he took• his rifle down to clean it. He hap pened to find a cap in his waistcoat pocket s and put it on the nipple. The rifle swerved, and to prevent it falling on his father he caught it by both hands. At that moment it exploded, and the bullet struck deceased in the head, instantly killing her. Two volun teers corroborated the statement as to Chambers not having fired his last shot, but the colour-sergeant swore according to his register that he completed his fifteen rounds. The jury found that deceased met her death by the careless handling of fire-arms by Chambers.—The Coroner said tt at this amounted to a verdict of man slaughter, and committed Chambers for trial at the next buff alk Assizes. THE GALE. Cardiff and the South Wales ports were visited by a terrific storm yesterday, blowing from the westward. The Welcome Home brig, belonging to Plymouth, laden with coal, after meeting with heavy weather foundered yesterday morning off Ilfracombe. The master, John Draper, and two of the crew, took to their boat, and after tossing about for some hours were picked up by a Cardiff pilot boat and were landed at Cardiff. Some other minor casualties are reported, but the storm continued unabated to a late hour. It is announced from South Shields that at noon yes. terday, another severe gale was experienced along the coast, a strong wind blowing with great violence from the south-east. The sea rose rapidly on the bar, and huge waves dashed over the north and south pier. A large number of vessels ran into the port for shelter during the day. The screw steamer Leo, from Dundee, had some difficulty in entering the harbour owing to an accident to her helm. The storm had slightly abated at night. THE MERSEY SHIPPING. Much fear is entertained at Liverpool for the safety of a number of ships which left the Mersey on Tuesday and the preceding day, as from midnight up to this morning a severe gale blew from the south-east, doing much damage to the shipping anchored in the Meriey. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. The Conference of the above Union was resumed yester. day at Sherwell Chapel, Plymouth. The Rev. J. Macfadyen, of Manchester, gays an address concerning the best means of stimulating missionary spirit in the churches. A dis cussion took place upon the subject, which resulted in a resolution commending missions to enlarged support. The chief subject of the day was the propriety of forming a general sustentation fund for augmenting the incomes of ministers throughout the country, especially in rural dis tricts. The matter had been under consideration for years and the committee now brought up a scheme, the basis of which was the formation of a general fund to be administered centrally by a representative body. Three hours' warm discussion followed, exception being taken to the basis of the plan, to its proposed operation, and to its details. The Rev. Thomas Binney criticised it unfavour ably. Eventually, however, a resolution was adopted without a dissentient, asserting the necessity for, and ap proving the principle of the proposal, and instructing the committee to ascertain the views of county associations upon it, and report to a meeting to be held six months hence. The question chiefly at issue was whether there should be county funds or a national fund. In the after noon sectional meetings were held, in which papers were read and discussed, one of the subjects being " Music of Worship," introduced by the Rev. John Curwen; another tde " Advisability of introducing a Liturgy into Congre gational Chapels," which was dealt with by the Rev. Mr. Rogers, of Clapham. Dr. Stoughton, in an address which he delivered, regretted the admission of unsuitable men into the ministry, and suggested that the conference of local ministers should be appointed to examine candi dates for ordination prior to public recognition. In the evening a public meeting was held for the exposition and enforcement of Free Church principles. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. The foot and mouth disease has at length disappeared from the herds of cattle at Hungerford Down, and Hun gerford Marsh, Berko, where it has prevailed for the past four months. The various commoners will now be per mitted to remove their cattle to and from their private premises for the purpose of feeding and milking. Two fresh cases of this disease have recently been reported as having broken out at West Woodhay ; and it still exists on five farms in the parish of Hintbury. The latter parish has scarcely been free from the disease all through the season. The disease has appeared on 15 fresh farms within the Dorchester division, the total number of animals attacked up,to the time of the last return being 416, in cluding 50 sheep and 33 swine. The foot and mouth disease exists in thirteen petty sessional divisions in Somerset. In the week ending Bth October there were 595 new cases, and the total affeoted in the county numbers, cattle, 3,159 ; sheep, 245 ; pigs, 297. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI CULTURAL, HALL, ISLINGTON. The number of visi tors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors and others, on the 12th inst. was 2,528. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, 45, GREAT ORMOND STREET.—The Principal, the Rev. F. D. Maurice, M.A., Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, will address the students this evening at 8.30 p.m. The address will bo delivered in the new large art room. TESTIMONIAL TO TETE RESIDENT SURGEON OF CHRIST'S HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, the boys of this noble institution presented T. Stone, Esq., F.R.C.S., with a very handsome suite, consisting of a drawing room clock and candelabra, in the style of Louis 16th. The articles were from the establishment of Mr. Benson, Ludgate hill, and bore the following inscription : " Presented to Thomas Stone, Esq., F.R.C.S., by the boys of Christ's Hospital, grateful for many kindnesses, October, 1870." THE RIGHT OF BAIL.—Mr. Lewis, jun., made an application to Mr. Justice Brett, at Chambers, for the admission to bail of a young man named Atkins, who has been committed to the Central Criminal Court on a charge of indecently assaulting several police constables. He reminded his lordship, who sat for Mr. Justice Lush, that it was only a question of the amount of bail, inas much as his brother judge had decided that, in cases of misdemeanour, the prisoner was entitled to bail. His lordship inquired if he was to understand that Mr. Jus tice Lush had decided that the accused was entitled to bail as a matter of right. Mr. Lewis said that was so, and the question was only one of amount. Under these cir cumstances, Mr. Justice Brett decided that two sureties in £250 each, and the defendant himself in £5OO, would be sufficient, notice to be given to the Treasury, for whom Mr. Pollard appeared. SCULLERS RACE FJR £so.—The last " above bridge" race for the season. was between Henry Thomas of Isleworth, and Richard Harding of Poplar, for £5O. Mr. Wormald, of Bell's Life, was the referee; Henry Kelley sheaved Harding up, and William Sadler was pilot for the other. They got away at the same moment, but Harding catching several crabs allowed the other to take a commanding lead, so that at Hammersmith-bridge he was five lengths to the bad ; he never recovered himself, but was beaten by four lengths—time 25 minutes 30 seconds. TILE LARGE CITIES OF EUROPE.—The following is given as the most accurate statement of the fifteen largest populations of Europe, with the rate of their increase from 1832 to 1869 :- 1832. 1369. Increase per cent. London . 1,624,000 3,214,000 98 Constantinople .. 1.000,000 1,500,000 50 Paris St. Petersburg 480,000 667,000 37 Naples 358,000 600,000 67 Vienna Dublin Moscow 280,000 420,000 50 Berlin 250,000 800,000 220 Lisbon 240,000 340,000 44 Manchester Amsterdam Glasgow 202,000 401,000 99 Liverpool ...... Madrid We hasp reason to believe that the Queen has given her consent to the marriage of her loyal Highness the Princess Louise to LorJ Lorne, the eldest son of the Duke of Argyll. We feel confident that this announcement will be received by the country in the same spirit which induced the royal assent, and that her Majesty's solicitude for the happiness of her family will be recognised and appreciated in an event involving such a departure ,from the usages of modern times. The position of the Princess, removed by many lives from the Succession, makes it impossible to foresee any of those difficulties arising from dynastic complications which have operated as a bar to marriages of a sub ject with a member of the reigning family,—Morving Post. PROTEST OF THE POPE AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF ROME. The following protest, in Latin, has been addressed b; the Pope to each Cardinal, and was distributed in the 300 vestries of Rome : " Pins IX. Pore. "Beloved Son,—Salutation and Apostolic benediction. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who humbles and elevates, morti fies and vivifies (Ist Kings, chap. ii., verse 6!, scourges and saves (Tobias, chap. xiii., verse 2), has recently permitted that this city of Rome, the seat of the Supreme Pontificate, should fall into hostile hands, as well as the remaining portion of the Pontifical State which the ene mies had for some time considered it expedient not to usurp. Yielding to the impulse of our fatherly love towards our beloved sons, the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and seeing in them co-operators in our Supreme Apostolate, we have this day resolved, in our mourning and sorrow, to declare to them, as is required by the duty of our ministry, and as even the voice of our conscience urges us to do, the inmost feelings of our soul, which make us to detest, and publicly and openly to reprobate, the state of things now existing. We who, although un worthy and undeserving, exercise the power of the Vicar of our Lord Christ on earth, and who are the Pastor over the whole House of Israel, find ourselves now practically wanting that freedom which is absolutely indispensable to us in order to govern the Church of God and to maintain its rights ; and we feel it is our duty to issue this protest, which we moreover intend to have pub lished, that it may be known, as it is proper that it should, by the whole Catholic world. And when we assert that this freedom has been ravished and taken from us, our adversaries can not reply that this complaint and this declaration are without founda tion. Indeed, any one who possesses good sense will understand and confess that, having no longer that supreme and free power in virtue of which we enjoy the right of our civil Principate in the use of public means of conveyance and in the public circulation of letters, and, being unable to trust the Government who has arrogated this power, we are really deprived of the necessary and speedy way as well as of the free faculty of treating the affairs which the Vicar of Jesus Christ and the common Father of the Faithful, to whom his sons so numerously come from all parts of the world, must treat and admi nister. This observation has again been confirmed by a fact within the last few days ; persons going out of our Palace of the Vatican have been searched by soldiers of the new Government, who wanted to know if they were not carrying something under their clothes. A complaint was lodged against this proceeding, and the reply was that it had been done , by mistake, and an apology was offered for it. But who can ignore how easily errors of this kind may be repeated, and lead to others? " Moreover, public education in this august city is threatened with a very serious evil. Before long the aca demic year will be opened at the University. This establishment, which has heretofore enjoyed exemplary tranquillity and order, although about 1,200 young men are there assembled, being the sole place where so many Christian and honest parents can send their children to be instructed without the risk of being corrupted—this establishment, either on account of the false and erro neous doctrines which are now prevailing, or on account of the animus of those who have been chosen to pro pagate them, must fall, as will be easily understood, into a state very different from what it was. It was made known that the laws in operation in Rome should remain in their integrity and inviolability after the occupation; but, in spite of such declarations, the parish registers are taken away by force and examined, and it is uct difficult to guess that such information is therein searched for as will doubtless be useful to draw up conscription lists, and for other ends which are easily imagined. It must be added that attacks and offences inspired by the desire of vengeance and by party spirit are left unpunished, and that a similar impunity is assured to the authors of those shameful and unworthy outrages with which our faithful bodies of troops who have so well deserved of society and religion have been loaded, to the great grief of all honest people. " Lastly, ordinances and decrees concerning Church property have already shown the tendencies of the usurpers. " Therefore, against all those things already accom plished, as well as against those still worse which are im minent, we intend to protest in virtue of our supreme authority, as we now protest through the present letters, by means of which we impart to you, beloved son, and also each of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, a brief statement of those particular facts, reserving, moreover, to ourselves to enter more fully into the matter elsewhere. " Meanwhile let us fervently and incessantly pray Al mighty God that he will enlighten the minds of our enemies, in order that they cease loading their souls with the more and more overwhelming weight of ecclesiastical censures, and provoking upon themselves the terrible wrath of the living and all-seeing God, whose arm none can shun. We, on our part, pray the Divine Ma jesty with constancy and humility, imploring also the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin, and of the brother Apostles Peter and Paul ; and we do so with the holy confidence that we shall obtain what we ask, because the Lord helps those that are in tribulation who invoke Him in sincerity. Meanwhile praying that our Lord Jeans Christ may bestow peace and joy on thee, beloved son, we from the bottom of the heart, give thee the Apostolic blessing. " Given at Rome, near St. Peter's, on the 29th of Sep tember, the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, in the 25th year of our Pontificate. " Prus, P.P. IX." GARIBALDI AT TOURS. The correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Tours on the 9th inst., discusses the result of Garibaldi's presence in France. " What," asks the writer, will be the effect at this moment of Gari baldi's presence? That must depend, I think, upon circumstances rather beyond the General's control. That he is the very man wanted at this moment to achieve a certain object, I hold beyond doubt. If the French nation really desires, at any risk or cost, to cut the Prussian lines of communi cation, Garibaldi is the man to perform that ser vice. Let the command of the Francs-tireurs be given to him, and the Germans must look sharply to themselves. But only within the last few days the Government has almost officially declared that the system of these free corps is intolerable, and has, in a manner, incorporated them with the regular army by a grant of pay and a formal transfer to the constituted authorities. It is perfectly well known, or entirely believed at least, that this step is preparatory to more active measures in the same direc tion. The Francs-tireurs themselves are con vinced that they are about to be destroyed as separate bodies, and that all their picturesque finery is to be confiscated. They do not approve of the prospect. In the interval, then, comes Garibaldi, the very prince and tutelary saint of all free-shooters. No wonder that the Franca-tireurs assemble at the railway, and that those too late for the first ovation follow him to the Prefecture. But if the country could not and would not bear these irregular troops when isolated, is it likely to be more patient when they shall be formed into a wandering host under the great guerilla leader—if, indeed, that be the intention of the Government? I know that the Francs-tireurs account the formal welcome by M. Cr - mieux and his colleagues as a tacit revocation of the measures which they suspected to be forming against their class. If they be right, the farmers and others, who thought themselves about to triumph, may not impossibly be irritated to more vigorous action than before. If they be wrong, the precipitancy of the official welcome must be regretted. It will have spread false hopes on one side, and roused, in any case. a bitter spirit on the part of Legi timists and clergy, WINDSOR GREAT PARK.—Two notices have lately been issued by the Deputy Ranger, one cautioning the public of the danger of approaching the red deer during the present month, and the other stating that the keepers and police have orders to prevent the acorns and chesnuts from being carried away, as they are wanted for the deer during the winter, The Times is of opinion that Count Bernstorff's reply to Lord Granville is able, and makes some points which may have their force as relating to the particular form which these negotiations took. As things now stand, however, the question is this Is Great Britain guilty of wrong because her Government does not use the powers which it possesses, or might arrogate, to prohibit in favour of. Germany an ex portation which has always been lleld to be legal, which has been practised by every State, Prussia included, and is being now organised on the largest scale in America. The Times has no hesitation in saying that, however desirable a better internatinoal doctrine might be, it would not become our Government to make the change at this time, in the present relations of France and Prussia, and by recourse to an Act of Parliament which, beyond a doubt, was passed for an entirely different purpose. The very fact that the pro hibition of the trade must be universal, and apply to all shipments, whithersoever addressed, shews hat the Act has no relation to the 'end for which Count Bemstorff would use it. The ques tion for England is whether, taking into consideration the present crisis of the war, the British Government is bound to immediate and irregular action. To the moralist it does, indeed, seem lamentable that for purposes of gain people among us should be furnish ing the means of maintaining a war which is rapidly acquiring a character of savagery. The statesman and economist may reflect that, if we sold rifles and cannon and powder enough to equip half-a-dozen armies, the gains of the trade would not compensate for the loss the country in general experiences through a single week's continuance of the war. Every considera tion of honour, morality, and interest equally urges that the traffic in arms with belligerents should be controlled or forbidden, and as to the practical difficulties of the supervision, they are the merest bugbears, which would disappear before the first honest effort MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning BRITISH NEUTRALITY. THE NEW FRENCH FORCES. The Daily News thinks that the attempts now being made to raise up forces under the names of the Army of the Rhone, or. Army of the Loire, are •interesting, inasmuch as to them attaches the last hope of preserving•the regular character of the warfare in France, and the control of a central authority over it. Count Bismarck and General Moltke cannot be indifferent to the conse quences which would follow the failure of the experi ment. Bound as they are to seek the destruction of all corps which might threaten the safety of the besiegers of Metz, they must know that a general decentralisation of the military forces of France, accompanied as it would be by their enormous increase, would tend to make the conclusion of peace impossible. From all parts of France we hear of troops being raised and armed by local authority and with funds locally raised. In the Northern departments of France great attention is being paid to defence ; but we are told by correspondents that these departments are chiefly anxious to secure their own safety. These people, it may be, are only taking the most effectual means for saving themselVes against the invader ; it would be better, pro% ided it were practicable, to seek strength in national union. But the result may be, that the Germans will find, when they have taken Paris what they found when they had taken Sedan—a dead weight on their hands ; and a government that can only utter its non possums and dissolve into its elements. We are told, indeed, that an apprehension Gf this kind is not foreign to the counsels of the King of Prussia. THE GERMAN DEMAND FOR TERRITORY. The Telegraph remarks that the German people wish to secure a lasting peace ; they have made a gigantic effort in the field of late, because they seek to prevent France from ever again menacing their national existence. For that reason, in the main, do they demand Alsace and Lorraine, which, they contend, would provide their country with effective barriers against the aggressions of their neighbour. The reasoning is plausible, but it is utterly and dangerously fallacious. If the coveted provinces were forcibly wrested from France, such a calamity as the Ger mans seek to avert would be inevitable. Another and a worse war between the two peoples would only be a. question of time. Seeing the German flag flaunting over territory which once belonged to France, Frenchmen will be continually reminded of the bitterest humiliation ever endured by a great people. They will reflect that, when they began the war they were unprepared to find their Government incapable, their ad ministrative system a mass of corruption, their Generals incompetent, their soldiers have-fed, half-armed, half drilled. They will hold it to be a scarce duty to win btibk the historic soil of France from the grasp of their enemy. They will give a truce to their own political enemies on the coming of the inevitable day when they may strike without hope of success. The hatred of Prussia will become a religious tenet—the preparation to assail her a religious duty. Then will educate their officers, drill their people, cast cannon, fill their arsenals with breech loaders, bide their time, and then strike. The Ger mans have been declaring that France is a country without Nirtue ; if so, they cannot expect us to measure them by the standard of political morality which they apply to their foe; and hence, when judging Germany, we appeal to that higher law of morality which condemns such an exercise of the conqueror's right as the partition of Poland, and which, on similar grounds, will condemn the forcible annexation of Alsace and Lor- rains; BISMARCK'S LAW!' CIRCULAR. The Standard returns to the subject of Count Bis marck's last circular. " But if," says the journal, " the language of Count Bismarck—to hold him, as we may fairly do, responsible for this singular document—is repulsive, the horrible consequences described in that language are likely enough to occur if only the commander of the German army succeeds in the purpose he has undertaken. As for the destruction of the social system of France, that which is threatened seems in many parts of the country to have already happened. We hear many well-authenticated stories of the patriotic devotion of individuals, of cantons, and of departments. We hear of bold resistance, soberly and judiciously, and successfully offered to the invaders by Gardes Mobiles and Gardes Nationales. We know indeed that the Gardes Mobiles have displayed, under circumstances, more oourage, more devotion, and more discipline than the regular troops. But, on the other hand, what a sad account of cowardice, selfish. ness, insubordination, paltry egotism, and class political hatred is accumulated ! Of course the larger part of the responsibility for this terrible state of things rests upon M. Jules Favre, M. Gambetta, and their friends, who having sacrificed France on the 4th of September to the gratification of their theories, have since done all in their power, whilst professing, no doubt sincerely, other motives, to divide France and to induce a large part of its people to believe that Prussian victory would be better than the domination of men who have seized power pretendedly to save France, and use in nine cases out of ten the power not to save France, but to oppress and tyrannise over the most patriotic and self-sacrificing class of Frenchmen. Be the cause what it may—that is a question worthy much more consideration than we can give it now—the fact is certain. The disorganisation reported by the most credible witnesses ; the hopeless insubordination of soldiers ; the narrow views of care for the interests of each particular district ; the oppres sion exercised by the mob upon the rich and well to do ; the bluster and then the childish panics —all testify to a social malady which, in spite of the heroic, exploits of some battalions of citizen soldiers, seems likely, if the war continues, to spread and to ultimately effect what Count Bismarck looks forward to—the de struction of the social system of France. ATTORNEY'S LIABILITY FOR ISSUING A WRIT.— Yesterday, in the City of London Court, in the case of Ambler v. Philp, which was an action brought to recover amount for expenses incurred in the execution of a writ capias from the Sheriff of Lancashire, Counsel for the defendant disputed the liability of his client, a Liverpool attorney, on the ground that acting in his professional ca pacity for aLiverpoolmerchant,he issued the writ,which was r d e u s l p y o n s e x i b e l e e n . t — e d i , ,h and n j d b Judge dg e e y beyond (l\[r. t A n h a t d e rs he o n c , o u ci l d . o ns not b e held founding his decision on the well.kn own Exchequer case of Baewer v. Jones, held that the attorney, under such circumstances, was liable.—A rule for a case in the Superior Courts was granted. THE GOOD TEMPLARS.—A public meeting w as held at the Lecture Hall, 337, Strand, in furtherance of the Good Templars movement, which has for its object the spread of temperance by means of a species of Free masonry. About 200 persons, mostly working men and women, were present. On the platform were several sol diers in uniform, and a few gentlemen in evening costume. A gentleman wearing masonic regalia had charge of the seats, and conducted persons up the hall as they arrived. A Mr. Curtis presided, and stated that the Good Tern plars were well known in America, where they had exten sive organisations. About six months ago some lodges were started in Scotland, and so successful had they proved that they now had a penny magazine devoted to the in terests of the movement. The Good Templars were a description of Freemasons. Bx means of lodges and private 'understandings they meant to spread an abhorence of intoxicating drinks broadcast, and to enable teetotallers to know each other wherever they met.