The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-13 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. IMPORTANT MISSION OF M. TRIERS TO THE NEUTRAL - POWERS. ENGLAND DEMANDS AN ARMISTICE. THE PRUSSIANS REPULSED AT TOUL. THE POPE LEAVING ROME. PRUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News tele graphs that "Whatever instructions, if any, Mr. tancroft may have received from Washington, his , a etion has been left entirely to his discretion. He not tendered the mediation of the United States, and the Government at Washington has no intention of doing 80 . The Cabinet of Berlin has addressed a letter to Mr. Washburn at Paris warmly thanking him for his good offices on behalf of the Germans expelled from France. The siege 0 Metz and of Strasburg is progressing vigorously. Their fall is daily expected. The advance of the Gorman armies on Paris continues without interrup tion.” THE EMPEROR AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA. The special correspondent of the Daily News at Berlin sends the.following dated yesterday :—" In a long report to the King, which is published in the Staatsanzeiger, Count Bismarck says that the Emperor Napoleon, in the interview at Sedan, chiefly endeavoured to obtain favourable terms Belgiu m his army, proposing to let the troops cross into to be disarmed. This was not acceded to. Napoleon declined, as a prisoner, to treat for peace, de plored the misfortunes of the war, and declared that he himself had not desired war, but that the pressure of public opinion in France bad forced aim into it. The general political situation was not discussed. The conduct of General de Wimpffen a nd other French Generals was highly praised. General de Wimpffen, in a letter to Count 'Moltke, expressed thanks for the consideration Which had been shown to him in the terms of surrender. Meaux-on-M arne, and Me lun - on- Seine, ally 28 miles from Paris, were occupied yesterday. The report of Marshal Bazaine's attempt to break trough the besieging forces towards Pont-a 4inusson is not true." ITALY AND ROME. A telegram in the Daily News, from Narni, says t hat yesterday the Italian troops crossed the Roman r ontier. General Cadorna addressed a proClama tion to the Roman people. Great enthusiasm pre- Yana, (RBUTERS TELZGRAMB.) PARIS, SEPT. 12. Au official decree has been published re-establish the tax on butchers' meat. It 10 stated that yesterday evening, at the last khroent, the departure of certain members of the Government for Tours was indefinitively postponed. The Gaulois says that the diplomatio body have 8180 postponed their departure. The same paper asserts that England forwarded Saturday a note to the Prussian Government de manding an armistice in the name of the neutral powers. No reply has as yet been received from the gang. 1t is officially announced that M. Thiers will leave this evening on a mission to London, afterwards Proceeding to St. Petersburg and Vienna. This step is being taken in consequence of information received by the Ministry. The Prussians are expected to enter Meaux and telun this evening. THE GOVERNMENT TO REMAIN IN PARIS. PARIS, SEPT. 12. The departure of the Diplomatic Body is post poned. The Government and the Committee of National Defence will not leave Paris. The Minister of Justice will be the sole delegate at Tours. GREAT PRUSSIAN LOSS AT TOUL. (FRENCH ACCOUNT.) PARIS, SEPT. 12. The following information is communicated 1 1 the Ministry of the Interior. On Satur day, from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m., the Prussians attacked Tpul. Their assaults were repulsed, and 41 their batteries dismounted. Their losses attlount to 10,000 men hors de combat Verdun continues to offer a vigorous resistance, 411 d bas twice refused to surrender when summoned, 411 d will hold ont to the last extremity. „ Montmedy on Thursday repulsed a fresh attack of t he besiegers. The Prussians are in the neighbourhood of M eaux. T hey _ are also in force at Crecy, and are app roachin g 331 oisy l I ROCLA.A.IATION OF GENERAL TROCIIU. PARIS, SUNDAY. General Trochu has issued a proclamation °rde ring that all the woods and fores t s near Paris, which may serve as a shelter for the enemy, 4nall be burned at the approach of the Prussian kr plies. The Municipal Council of Toulouse has v oted the bum of one million five hundred th ousand francs for the purchase of ' arms and ammun ition for t he defence of the country, and arming the people for the defence of the capital. Twelv e th ousa nd men of the African army , z °llaves, Turcos, and Spahis have arrive d at -10 aria. ARIIWAL OF 20,000 VOLUN- TEERS. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 11. Volunteer enro l meL gts continue. 20,000 Volun teers arrived from Aix wit`.ll 1,500 Ge rdes Mobiles. The Municipal Council ha 7:e unanimously voted that the religio us b o di es , being liab le to the action of e common , law, must take part in the defenoe of the country. THE EXPLOSION AT LAN BERLIN, SEPT. 12. Queen Augusta has received the following tele gram from the King of Prussia RHETMS, SEPT 11, 10 p.m. Sad news from Loan, where, after the capitula- tion and the entry of our troops, the citadel blew up. 50 of our men and 300 of the Gardes Mobiles were killed and many wounded. The Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is among the latter. Unquestionably the disaster is to be attributed to treachery. THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG. BERLIN, SATURDAY, 6.45 p.m. A Frankfort journal reports that a regiment be longing to the garrison of Strasburg marched out of the fortress on Sunday, and laid down their arms, stating that they were not bound by the military oaths to the Emperor. OCCUPATION OF ROME. FLORENCE, SEPr. 11 (Evening). The Official Gazette announces that on the propo sition of a Congress of Ministers the King gave orders to the Royal troops this morning to enter the Pope's territory. FLORENCE, SEPT. 11 (Evening.) It is officially announced that the King, in con sequence of the proposition of the Council of Ministers, has ordered the • Royal troops to enter the Roman provinces. Signor San Martino is expected this evening at Florence on his return from Rome, where he has been on a mission. Signor San Martino yesterday had an audience of the Pope, to whom ho presented a letter from the King of Italy, in which the hope was ex pressed that the Pontifical troops would avoid all conflict with those of Italy. An enthusiastic demonstration in favour of the King took place at the theatre this evening. FLORENCE, SEPT. 11. The Opinione of to-day publishes news from Rome stating that at Terracina and Velletri .an address to the King of Italy was being signed, inviting him to order the Italian troops to enter the Roman territory. Great agitation prevails in the province of F rosinone. The Pontifical troops will retire as soon as the Italian troops shall have crossed the frontier. It is stated that the Papal troops are preparing to defend Rome. If Count San Martino should not be received to-day be will return to Florence. The Pope has been solicited to leave Rome and go on board an English frigate. What resolution the Pope will take is as yet unknown. The Natione says that the National flag has been hoisted at Terracina. 'T. 10. 2e, went ary Las- has ar- quite u amiable with the it for the ie. H. 1 not be this is 9rence to resenl -1866 to a not at all Lally good le Three [dry mar ease Mrs.- a novel plete vin ids, being bit out of ice which life, leav ler lights rig of the haps, for e opened b voice on break off history of RO in St. article on read anr aality and ;rue an d 3 which cynicism course 11 ynicism >w to be you wi ll nothing tter ;"O r. Sven that, it as nl er,LCe. :n as Y° ll if Then act, a ll 4- a male: ar that in iew of the t is appr°,,," ra r ." It 17, upon with any Pri c e md. The were uPe° res up to safety 0 1 it view of aused oer ula unpop r A iprovokeu dynastA: )r in this i France , which he nt to alio• o the V.?; Auge very ige. ge,:entod ud Port" ace on the Bristol, offered RI o be used Coulter, es, bel; 3l , one toile' he race• erchall? l : runU nitie° r, at twc'' aving, (:41 ' T o h ns ton,t; i e ved th y ' trd. on lial re ' for t" ,nded which" imatecli hieb. it *4 lee er 'll2l-fi° r r; .?, 2 itreea le i to n ° o time • inti 9 . ,t.4-erea 3:1 r iog i Old othe paYil o d lace, Ber ri 3t., eit dece 9 " s 0 1%6 I ge 0 Li r istrate te stat e l r-A-clw i re 1 „d o f t- ea . Y Seleeth itintie THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1870. with the out mails from Southampton of the 9th August, was at Pernambuco on the 26th idem. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) PROFESSOR BONAMY PRICE ON THE SUPPLY OF GOLD. Mr. Bonamy Price, Professor of Political Economy at Oxford, lectured upon " Commercial Crises ' yesterday before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. He depre cated the notion that panics and crises were due to a scarcity of gold, and shewed his meaning by example of the amount of gold in reserve in the Bank of England uring the several crises which have taken place. THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS ON THE CRISIS. Mgr. Darboy writes to the clergy of his diocese as follows :—" God and the country ! These are the grandest words of human speech, and I have never used them with more emotion than at the present moment. The country is threatened with invasion in its capital by the stranger. The blows struck at France resound in the hearts of her sons, and they are ready to undertake everything in con cert with the Government of the National Defence. What we have to do, Monsieur le Curs, in this terrible crisis, is to give the support and consolation of our Minis try to the valiant soldiers who are in the forts and ramparts, to comfort the wounded, and to assist their families, and finally to pray to God, who is the supreme arbiter of our destinies. The clergy of Paris has presented itself in crowds to assist the soldiers, the twenty-one forts which surround the capital have each a chaplain ; the ambulances which have been estab lished on the points of attack will be attended by a priest of the nearest parish. A work is in prospect for creating an asylum for the orphans of the war. I am connected with it, and I have promised that you will participate in it to the full extent of your powers. In one word, we will do our utmost to support bravely the unheard of trial which Providence has sent to us. But while we fulfil these tasks with courage we must pray to God that he will make the war end. The most exalted spirits of this great city will unite with the most pious hearts to beseech heaven to succour us in our most difficult position. The weakness of man can make the whole world realise more fully the power of God. Only one object need be set before us and unite us in a common prayer and a common effort—it is that of saving France by saving Paris. May God defend our country, and assist with light and guidance those who labour in its defence." THE POPE LEAVING ROME. The Constitutionnel says Pius IX. is preparing to leave Rome. Orders to this effect have been trans mitted to Civita Vecchia. The Pope will embark .on board the Immaculate Conception. GARIBALDI EN ROUTE FOR PARIS. The same paper announces that Garibaldi, with an army of volunteers, is en route for Paris. PROSPECTS OF PEACE. Four Powers have already recognised the French Republic, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain. A despatch from Prague says that the United States have done more. They have en treated the Prussian Government to cease a war, which has no longer an object since King William and the Crown Prince have openly said they do not make war on the French Government. The W ash ington Cabinet went so far as to say that it could not remain indifferent to the effusion of blood in a country whose Constitution resembled their own. This news, says the despatch, has produced im mense excitement in diplomatic circles. Belgium, says the Constitutionnel, is about to recognise the new French Government officially. We (Echo) understand that on Saturday the Go vernment received a proposal from M. Jules Favre, the new Foreign Minister of France, ad dressed to Count Bismarck, for an armistice, and that Lord Granville, acting as intermediary, has forwarded this note to the Prussian head-quarters. It is not correct, as stated by Le Gaulois, that Eng land has demanded an armistice on behalf of the neutral Powers. England has acted in this matter as the Power which accepted the charge of French interests when the Ambassador of France withdrew from Berlin. But we believe that iu forwarding the note of M. Favre to Count Bismarck, Lord Gran ville has not failed to express the desire which is felt in England for the restoration of peace. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 11 (Evening). At Ferrol and at Corunna manifestations have taken place in honour of the Faench Republic. The Permanent Committee of the Coites have not yet arrived at any decision respecting the question of Convocation. MADRID, SEPT. 11 (Evening). The Republican party intends signing an address to the President of the Cortes, demanding the convoeation of the Assembly. It is believed that they combine with this intention of demanding the abrogation of Article 33. INDIA. (By British Indian Submarine Cable.) BOMBAY, SEPTEMBER 12, It is officially announced that the Viceroy will leave Simla, on the 4th of October, when he will open the Sutlej Bridge. After which his Excellency will proceed through Rajpootana, where all the Chiefs will assemble at a Grand Durbar which Lord Mayo will hold. INDI4N AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, SEPTEMBER 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta arrived here at 8.30, and the mails leave at 10.50 this morning for London, vitt Havre. GIBRALTAR, SEPTEMBER 10._ The Poonah leaves at four o'clock this afternoon for Southampton. All well. She may be looked for on Thurs day, the 15th inst. ALEXANDRIA, SEPTEMBER 10. The Ceylon left at four, and the Pera at six p.m. this day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 16th and the latter at Southampton about the 23rd inst. MARSEILLES, SEPTEMBER 12. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Dupleix with the above mails arrived here at 6 a.m. this day. SUEZ, Summon 11 . The Ava arrived here to-day. AMERICAN MAILS. QUEENSTOWN, SEPTRIEBBII 12. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Batavia, from New York, arrived here at 5 a.m. to-day with 158 passengers and 65,000 dollars in specie. The Guion United States Mail steamer Colorado, from New York, arrived here at 5 a.m. to day with $15,000 in specie. The Inman royal mail steamer City of Baltimore ar rived here from Liverpool at 5 p.m. yesterday, embarked mails and passengers, and proceeded for Halifax at 9.40 this morning. THE CAPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 11. The Union Company's steamship Saxon arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon, and having em barked 101 sacks of fortnight's outward Cape mails and fifty passengers, she proceeded on her voyage. She was delayed in her passage from Southampton by a heavy adverse gale. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, SEPTEMBER 10. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Douro, _from the River Plate and Brazils, left Lisbon for South annaton at noon to-day, with 69 passengers, £58,299 in specie, 3,430 packages of coffe, 300 of tapioca, 784 of cocoa, 500 9f tobacco, and 68 of sundries. The Oneida, FATAL ACCIDENT. Yesterday afternoon an accident took place near North ampton which has terminated fatally to a brother of Lady, Henley, of Walford Court, near Rugby.' It appears that the deceased was riding in company with another gentle man along the turnpike road near Darlington, which is a village one mile from the town, when the horse the deceased was riding suddenly bolted; and one of his feet leaving the stirrup he was thrown into theroad with great violence, and received a severe concussion of the head. He was picked up and at once taken to the residence of Dr. Barwin, Northampton. Surgical attendance was of no avail, and he succumbed to his injuries. THE FRENCH IRONCLAD FLEET. Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning the French squadron, consisting of five orsix ironclads,was seen outside the Goodwin Sands. The vessels were going southward. CAPTURE OF A RUNAWAY CONVICT, Beaumont, the convict who escaped from Portland Prison early last Tuesday, was captured yesterday at Puddletown. Since his escape from prison he has broken into the Clifton Hotel, and stolen two loaves, 81b. of cheese, some mutton, currant pudding, a bottle of brandy a bottle of wine, tobacco cigars, a suit of clothes, and a wide-awake hat. He hid the articles amongst the rocks till Sunday morning, and, as he says, sustained himself by about a spoonful of brandy occasionally. A milkman, who saw him quit Port land informed the police. About midday the mail guard saw him near Dorchester, and informed the county police, who pursued him. At Puddletown, five miles off, a constable reported a suspicious man then picking black berries, and had him fetched. He was wearing the stolen clothes and prison slippers and socks. He was hand cuffed, and tried to escape, but was prevented. A jemmy, cleverly made from an iron bolt used in Portland quarries, was found upon him, also a knife made of hoop iron, and several trifles taken from the hotel. For a shirt, he was wearing a surplice taken from Portland Roman Catholic Chapel last Saturday night. ale was brought back to the Convict Establishment. CHARGE OF SENDING THREATENING LETTERS. At Uxbridge Petty Sessions yesterday, Walter Kember was charged with sending a threatening letter to the Rev. D. Robinson, of Yornsley. It appeared from the evi dence that several fires had occurred on the prosecutor's premises during the past twelve months, each of which were evidently the work of an incendiary. Some time in May last the prosecutor received a letter, saying his place would again be set on fire, in consequence of which he and the prisoner, who was in his service, watched the premises. Suspicion having fallen on the prisoner, he was employed by the pro secutor to take an inventory of the contents of the house, and on the writing of that document being com pared with the threatening letters, it was found to be the work of the same person. The prisoner told the constable who apprehended him that he wrote the letters, but had nothing to do with the fires. The magistrates committed him for trial. More than £5OO worth of property have been destroyed in these conflagrations, and letters had been received previous to each. A church at Aberdeen was broken into on Sunday afternoon, and the collection of ten pounds for the wounded in the war was stolen. There has been no trace of the robbers. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. STATEMENT OF THE SURVIVORS. From the statement of the few who have been saved, it appears that about midnight on the 6th instant, the ship was in company with the Channel Fleet, about 40 miles off Cape Finisterre, cruising under double reefed fore and maintopsails, and foretopmast staysail and mainsail, and the foresail hauled up, there being at the time a very strong breeze and a heavy sea. The starboard watch had been called at 12 o'clock and were being mustered, when a squall struck the ship on the port side, causing her to give a heavy lurch to starboard. As she did not right herself Capt. Burgoyne, who was on the bridge, gave the order to lower the foretopsail, but in consequence of the yards being braced sharp up, the ship at the time being on the port tack, it did not come down. Orders were promptly given to let go the lee braces and man the topsail downhaul, but by this time the ship had been again struck by a heavy sea, and she was completely hove on to her beam ends, with the water pouring down the funnel, and she then turned bottom upwards, and gradually sank stern first. From the time the ship was first struck to her going down only from five to ten minutes' elapsed. The number on board at the time was about 520. When the Captain was first lost sight of it was thought that she had missed the fleet, which is not an uncommon occurrence on a dark night and when it is blowing hard, and no one imagined she had gone down. STATEMENT OF MR. JAMES MAY. Mr. James May, gunner, 2nd class, states that he was awoke about twelve o'clock on the night of the 6th by some marines making a noise outside of his cabin, and finding the ship more than usually unsteady, he dressed himself to go on deck and see if the guns were all right in the turrets. In passing the engineer's bath-room he exchanged a remark with the engineer officer who had come off the first watch, and this he is certain as to its being just past 12 o'clock. When he got up into the after-turret the.slaip gave a very heavy roll to starboard, and continued in that position, gradually heeling over more and more, until he found the water coming into the point hole on the top of the turret, through which he crawled, and then found himself over board. He, however, succeeded, with five others, includ ing Captain Burgoyne, in reaching the steam pinnace, which was floating bottom uppermost, and observing the launch passing within a few yards of them he cried out, "Now, jump, men; this is your only chance." He and three others did so, and succeeded in getting into the boat. They in vain endeavoured to regain the pinnace to save their captain, but the sea running so very high pre vented them fulfilling their task, and in the attempt they were struck by a heavy sea, nearly swamping the boat, and washing one man (George Myers) overboard. It was then deter mined to let the boat run before the sea, as the land was known to be to leeward of them. About two o'clock they Bighted the light on Cape Finisterre, and afterwards observed land. They made for it, and succeeded in landing about noon of the 7th at Finisterre, and at four o'clock, after making all necessary inquiries and drying their, clothes, proceeded to Corcubion, where they found the vice-consul, who telegraphed and sent the news of the sad disaster through Corunna to England. The Monarch's boats picked them up. Mr. May speaks highly of the manner in which Charles Treganna steered the oar. STATEMENT OF JAMES ELLIS. James Ellis,thegunner'smaie, states :—I was awoke just before 12 o'clock by the ship making a heavy lurch to starboard, but she presently righted again. The middle watch, to which I belonged, was then called and I went on deck. While the watch was being mustered, Captain Bur goyne called me on the bridge and desired me to take a steady and trustworthy man with me, and put the iron covers on the turrets and report to him when it was done. I then heard him ask how much the ship was " heeling." I did not hear the reply, but afterwards heard that it was 18 (it was generally only eight). Captain Burgoyne then gave the order to lower the foretopsail, and clap plenty of hands on the - " down-haul." Directly after he gave the order to lower the maintopsail, but the yard being braced sharp up the yard did not come down, whereupon Captain Burgoyne ordered the lee topsail sheets to be let go. These orders were all rapidly given, while I was pre paring to cover the fore turret. I called James Frost,A.B, to come with me, but I never saw him afterwards. I walked forward in the weather gangway, and finding a lower sail on the turret grating to windward, went round to leeward of the three foremost boom boats, stowed inside of each other,and endeavoured to liftoff thegrating. While doing so the ship gave a tremendous lurch, throwing her quite on her beam ends, the,water coming over the sea nett ings, and up through the iron grating which I was endea vouring to lift. I thought then that the ship must be sinking, and holding on to the gratings, felt the boom E boats graze my back. I went down some distance with the ship. TWO NAMES TO REMEMBER. The Liberie says that on the Ist of September two Prussian bearers of flags of truce entered into Sedan with bandaged eyes. A third messenger, who went later, with out having his eyes bandaged, was able to take note of the deplorable condition of the town. He informed King William of it, and it was after this that the word capitulation was pronounced. What a capitulation. When the Emperor had been made prisoner, General Wimpffen assembled a Council of War, composed of all the generals then in Sedan, in order to decide whether they should break through the enemy's lines, or should accept a capitulation. All the generals, with two exceptions were in favour of 'accepting the capitulation, their names were Pelle and Cat-re de Bellmore. It was General Pelle who at Wissenberg took the command soon after the beginning of the fight, and who, without any instructions from his predecessor, General Douay, killed 7,000 Pruisians. It is said that when the Prussians offered him his liberty on condition of his promising not to fight again he replied with energy, " I have always been under fire, at the head of my soldiers, and when they are given up I will not abandon them. They shall still find me at their head to brave the enemy into captivity and exile. General Pend wrote to his wife in these terms : " I am a prisoner of war before Sedan with the whole of the army. Never has any people submitted to such an affront as this before. Tell your brother that if he read the con versation of the meeting of the Council of War for the surrender of the army he will see that two generals were not willing to surrender. They have not been mentioned by name. Tell him to write and say that these two generals were Pend and Carr 4 de Bellemare. THE KEY OF PARIS. The Soir asserts that there has just been discovered at Sevres, opposite the great porcelain manufactory, an ad mirable military position, which commands the Seine and Paris. The military engineers never fortified this cardinal point, whence the Prussians might bombard Paris at leisure if they were allowed to take it. A German banker (honi soit qui mal y pease) has laid out an elegant park there, and built himself a chateau, at which the masons are even now working. The Committee of National Defence have ordered the instant construction of a redoubt at this spot. The workmen are there, and are labouring night and day under the direction of marine engineers, and even of a young student of the Polytechnic SchooL But hands are wanting. Three thousand men required. Are there not 3,000 men in Paris willing to work for its safety. The Soir addresses a desperate appeal to the Provisional Go vernment, and calls upon them to recommend the Redoubt of Sevres to all good citizens. Soldiers, mobiles, and workmen will then flock there by tens of thousands. M. ESQUIROS AT MARSEILLES. The following proclamation has been addressed by M. Esquiros to the inhabitants of Marseilles : " Citizens, to arms ! Sent by the Government of National Defence to transmit its sentiments to you, I de clare to you with shame and grief that the country is in danger. You know the author of our misfortunes. It was not the Republic that created this fatal state of things. In the desperate circumstances in which we find our selves, in the name of that dear country which we cannot leave to perish,we ask all armed men to start immediately for the seat of war. On the other hand, being commis sioned to keep order in the town, we beg the citizens of Marseilles, in the name of the sacred Republic 'regained. under the cannon of the enemy, to resume their ordinary peaceful occupations. Let us make war against the enemy, not against our. own interests. Confidence, unity, firmness. Let us have only one heart, one soul. The Republic at this moment signifies the whole nation armed for the defence of its rights and its liberties. Dear citizens, I have come in the midst of you to draw inspirations from your patriotism, and to act in concert with you in this terrible but sublime struggle, which was commenced by the faults and the crimes of the fallen Government. Vive la Republique ! " ALPHONSE ESQUIROS, " Chief Administrator of the Bouches du Rhone." THE GRAND DUKE OF MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN. Frederick Francis 11., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, who is believed to have perished in the destruc tion of the citadel of Laon, was born in 1823, and was son of the Grand Duke Paul Frederick and the Princess Alexandrine of Prussia. He studied at the University of Benn, but preferred a military to a civil life, and was colonel of the 24th Regiment of Prussian infantry, as of the 6th Regiment of the Infantry of Hanover and of an Austrian corps. He was twice married, first, to the Princess Augusta of Reuss-Shleiz, secondly, to Princess Anna, daughter of the Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse Darmstadt. His son and heir, Prince Frede rick Charles, is in his 19th year. The grand ducal house of Mecklenburg is the only reigning family of Slavonic origin, and claims to be the oldest sovereign house in the western world. The Grand Dukes style themselves "Princes of the Vandals," and they trace their descent to Genseric, King of the Vandals, who ravaged Spain and Portugal in the fifth century. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One shilling day, Monday, September 12,1870. —Admissions by season tickets, 1,342; ditto on payment, 3,964. Total visitors, 5,306. Mn. EDMUND FALCONER.—During this gentle man's res idence in America the following pieces written b y him were played at the theatres mentioned :—" Innis fallen " (the drama with which Mr. Falconer will open the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday), three acts ; first pro duced in Boston, in 1867 ; acted for the first time in New York by Mr. Barney Williams, Mrs. Williams, and others ;at Niblo's Gardens in 1870. " Fire-fly," three acts, written for Lotta ; acted at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1868. " Snare," three acts ; written for Mrs. Bowers ; played at Buffalo in 1869, " Charles O'Malley," four acts ; pro duced at the Grand Opera House, New York, 1869.—" Heart's Ease," three acts, written for Lotta, acted at the Arch-street Theatre, Philadelphia, in 1870. —An adaptation of " Mary Stuart," from the German of Schiller, written for Mrs. Bowers, and acted at Albany in 1868.—A burlesque, called " Ye Grande Queen Bess," played at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York in 1867. In speaking of Mr. Falconer's career in the United States, the New York Tribune pays a high tribute to his character. " Altogether," says that journal, "he has been a great credit to the stage ; and we feel that a com pliment to him, at this time, from the actors in New York would be a peculiarly graceful recognition of valuable services to the stage and of such ability, in tegrity, and modesty as are seldom united in a single character." BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.- -GRATEFUL AND COll - very agreeable character of this p re p a ration has rendered it ageneral 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 fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately fla;oured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS Si CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London.—Advt. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei London °Mena, 4, Beaufortßuildings Strand, 17.0. PARIS PREPARING, Trees have been cut down in the Bois de Boulogne, in the line nearest the fortifications, leaving stumps, and sharpening them into points with the axe, so as to render the ground unpleasant and almost impossible for cavalry. It was hoped the rest of the rest of the wood might be spared, but this seems doubtful. "Fire will be applied on approach of the enemy," says to-day's Journal; Officiel, "to the forests, woods, and portior 3 of woods that may impede the defence." I much IL ar this will include the pleasant groves, so well beloved of Paris promenaders.. Preparatory works are to be immediately executed ; that is to say, inflammable substances will be scattered in the tvoods. We were told the other day that water was being let into the moat, but it is now officially an nounced that the bottom of the fosses des fortifica tions will be filled with faggots and branches, and will receive " liquid incendiary matters," and will be set on fire when the proper time comes. Alas l alas ! for the devastation all around us. The "edility " of Paris, to adopt a compendious French word, betrays the stress of the times, and the disorganisation of municipal functions. All that department of police which comprises the care of the streets, their guardianship, cleansing, watering, &c., seems to be nearly abolished. The sergens de-ville have disappeared, and as yet I have observed no signs of their replacement by the new corps without arms, and perambulating in three, of which a decree lately ordered the formation, and which are likely to in clude the greater part of the disbanded body. To what ever force the preservation of order in the streets of Paris may be intrusted, it will be liable to be summoned to the defence of the ramparts in case of need—a measure which we may presume will be resorted to only at the last extremity, since it will leave the women, children, and invalid inhabitants at the mercy of the bad characters likely to shirk military duty, and to pillage at the first favour able opportunity. The watering of the streets, in ordinary times so well attended to in Paris, is now greatly neglected. In the artistocratic quarter of the Fau bourg St Honord and Boulevard Malesherbes the dust is getting deep, and flies in clouds. The water-cart men, and those with the hose and lance, who habitually sprinkle Paris so refreshingly, are wanted for duties more important. Perhaps the water-carts themselves have been converted into trucks for the transport of provisions, or of the furniture, of which loads are continually seen passing through the streets. Judging by the numbers I have met, there must by this time be a great many country carts in Paris, a large portion of those primitive vehicles,like rude, strong wooden boxes.placed upon wheels. One meets them coming in early in the morning laden with the poor furniture and scanty personal effects of the fugitive peasant population. I have seldom seen a large quantity of provisions in them, whether for man or beast, and it has often struck me that so many unprovided mouths would prove a heavy burden on the public store. Paris, however, the authorities have announced, is provisioned for two months, and .till more stores are coming. A farmer at Verrieres declared that he had • quantities of potatoes, corn, and fruit, which he would gladly bring into Paris instead of leaving them to the enemy, but he lacked hands to gather and carts to convey them. A large number of National Gurrds were told off for this duty, and the stores thus obtained will soon be in Paris. If a siege occurs, and is pro longed, the authorities will have to !serve out food to the needy citizens. To the absence of police is also to be attributed the multitude of beggars that infest the streets and the boulevards, where in ordinary times they are not allowed to appear. Groups of small children whine at the foot of lampposts, while older ones rush at the passengers in clamorous solicita tion, getting in front of them and impeding their progress until their demand is satisfied, or their importunity with difficulty repelled. Trade is of course at a complete stand still, and the premium on gold going up, partly because people need it to take with them and partly on account of the absence of small notes. Since the Ist of September notes of 95f. have been issued, but it is impossible to get either them or those of 50f. in payment. The bankers say they cannot get them because they are caught up by speculators. The money-changers charge a premium for exchanging these against 100 f. notes. Four days ago respectable bankers charged 2i per cent. for giving gold for notes, and since then the rate is very likely higher. The shops continue to dress out their fronts and arrange their wares seductively, but I fear it is labour in vain, or as the French express it, all pour le roi de Prusse. What a terrible new meaning that old familiar phrase is now acquiring.—Times Paris Correspondent. SYMPATHY WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. A crowded meeting was held last evening in the Town hall, Birmingham, to express sympathy and " good wishes for the peace and prosperity of the French Republic." The Rev. A. O'Neill moved the first resolution, which expressed gratification that the instinct of the French people for the divine right of self-government had re established their Republic, after a century of sacrifices for freedom. The resolution further expressed a trust that the union and energy of the French people, together with the sympathy of America, Switzerland, England, and other free nations, would defy any Powers to force upon them a dynasty, and would secure to them the enjoyment of the Republic with all its blessings of liberty, fraternity, and equality for ever. Mr. Radford seconded the resolution, which was carried enthusiastically. The second resolution expressed a desire that the cordial alliance which had so long existed between the French and English people might be con tinued and strengthened by the Republic. The third resolution was as follows :—"That the Provisional Government are entitled to our admiration and sympathy for the noble manner in which they have come forward to secure their country from the serious difficulties in which it has been placed by a disastrous war, for which they are not responsible, and against which they protested from the beginning. We earnestly hope that they may soon obtain an honourable peace, which shall for ever unite in friendship the two great peoples of Germany and France." All the resolutions were carried enthusiastically. A slight opposition was attempted by one or two Irishmen. A meeting of the leading working men, and of in fluential members and supporters of the several poli tical associations of London is announced to take place this evening, at 8 o'clock, at the Arundel-hall, Strand, to congratulate the French people upon the establishment of the Republic, to call upon the English Government to recognise the French Government without delay, and to insist upon a cessation of hostilities pending the negoti ations for peace ; also to protest against any dismember ment of France, as evolving future disquietude and war in Europe. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO EDINBURGH, —The Prince of Wales has arranged to visit Edinburgh about the 12th of October, to be installed as a patron of the Masonic Order in Scotland. His Royal Highness at the same time will lay the foundation stone of the new Infirmary. A great masonic demonstration is expected on the occasion. BIRMINGHAM NEUTRALITY. —We understand that M. Chassepot, the inventor, is at Birmingham, under the name of Mr. Jacob, examining rifles and putting his stamp on the cases. For every Snider rifle 400 cartridges are demanded. Several gunmaking establishments have orders from the French Government ; all the guns have to pass " Mr. Jacob's " inspection, and but for the scarcity of the real Boxer cartridge—the only one accepted —a large number would be shipped off. There are several parcels of guns ready, but awaiting cartridges. Up to the present time.,l,ooo Chassepots have been sent off to France, and about 6,000 Sniders.—Daily News. SUPPLIES FOR FRANCE.—The shipment from London of supplies for France, consisting chiefly of oats, flour, salt, beef, and pork, continues. At present six barges laden with oats are lying in dock at Millwall, awaiting ships into which to discharge the cargo for transit to France. Three steamers have been chartered by one firm for three months, to convey provisions to France—Havre being the port most used by them, and. the vessels are kept constantly employed. Large quan tities of dead meat, principally quarters of beef, continue to be forwarded to France from the Bricklayers' Arms station, Old Kent Road. REPORTED SEPOY MUTlNY.—lnformation has been received at the India Office that it is utterly untrue that, as stated in telegrams from India, a native regiment at Allahabad threw down its arms in a spirit of insubor dination. The India Office has ascertained that there is no cause for fearing a disturbance at that station, and the a pprehension felt by the European residents appears to have been groundless.—Times. FRENCH REFUGEES AT SOUTHAMPTON.— A large French steamer, named the MacMahon, anchored in Southampton ater, on Monday night, She had on board several hundred French refugees, men, women, and children, with an immense quantity of baggage. The refugees, with their baggage, landed here this forenoon in steam tugs. Most of them appeared to be well-to-do persons. The hotels and lodging-houses in this town are crowded with French refugees. Numbers of them have left their furniture and property in Paris, and have left the capital to avoid the horrors of the siege. The steamer MacMahon was formerly the Emperor the Third. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning THE MISSION OF M. THIERS. The Times says it is evident that France is ready to consent to almost any terms of peace, provided they do not include a cession of territory ; and it is also evident that if this be insisted upon Paris will stand a siege. Peace con cluded now, before the siege is begun, would save its inhabit ants a protracted agony, and would preserve the city itself from the ravages that would be deplorable ; while the Germans might well be spared a labour that would be costly as well as arduous, even though the end were as morally certain as we confessit our opinion to be. M. Thiers will arrive among us to-day, and we (the Times remarks) need hardly say that his errand will be accom panied with the hearty good wishes of the English people. M. Thiers comes in consequence of information received by the Provisional Ministry, and it is not rash to con clude that he is authorised to express their views on the terms of peace, and that they believe they have reason to think these views may be accepted as the foundation of practical negotiations. It would be idle to guess at the nature of the stipulations to which they are ready to consent, but the opinion gains ground that France would allow Metz and Strasburg to be dismantled, as she allowed the fortifications of Dunkirk to be razed after the Treaties of Utrecht and of Paris, or, as an alternative, would allow them to be occupied for a certain period by German troops, as some French fortresses were occupied for three years after 1815. Whatever the instructions of M. Thiers may de, one thing may be freely affirmed—lf he comes authorised to suggest terms of peace such as our Govern ment thinks may be reasonably pressed upon the accept ance of Germany, no moral effort will be wanting to induce the victorious King and his counsellors to stop in their career of triumphs, and to assent to the negotiation of a just and permanent peace. PEACE. The Telegraph remarks that if diplomacy and states manship are worth anything, surely a peace ought to be had. It will be a sad confession of the helpless brutality of our age, if, from such elements of conciliation on either side, representative men cannot arrange terms to satisfy the just requirements of Ger many, and to save the capital of civilisation from the frightful visitations which seem impending. The friends of peace ought not to be discouraged by the con tinued advance of the King's soldiers, nor yet by the desperate talk and warlike preparations of the Paris leaders. There are necessary pre parations on both sides ; the conqueror can not afford to suspend his progress while he listens to informal suggestions of a peaceful settlement; and the hapless capital of France would lose her last chance—as she believes—in negotiating, if she relaxed the attitude of defiance. But for just so long as no shot is fired against the defences of the city the war remains the Empire's war for so long it can b peacefully repudiated, paid for, deplored, an terminated. Paris ought not to be besieged merely to humiliate or to punish her ; the only just cause for such a mournful extreme would be the refusal of the new Government to secure King William's people against the danger involved in those bitter feelings which must be left when the German armies have retired. The neutral Powers, not having interfered to prevent the war, could scarcely interfere now to forbid its direct consequences; but they can urge generosity on the stranger nation, and a reasonable submission upon the defeated people ; while the opinion of the civilised world would back them in their efforts to spare Europe the fearful plague of slaughter and hatred. THE OCCUPATION OF ROME. The Daily News, in reference to the movement in Italy, says :—lt is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The success of the German armies on the soil of France is not, as M. Jules Favre would fain believe, a disaster for all the so-called Latin races of Europe, for one of them, at least, finds the greatest possible national advantage in it. We were able to an nounce some time since that the Italian Govern ment had resolved to take possession of Rome during the month of September. The intelli gence from the Roman frontier to-day shows that after some natural and pardonable hesitancy, the resolution has been followed by action. Italian unity has been in these late years a kind of shadow of Ger man unity. The French Republic of 1848 for bade Italy to be one. It sent an army to re conquer Rome for the Pope, and it handed on to the Empire, as a necessity of its policy, the pro tection of the Papal authority against the revolution within and the Italian people without. The Empire partly repaid Italy for its interference in Rome by expelling the Austrians from Lombardy, but it was the victory of Prussia at Sadowa which freed Italy from the hated presence of the foreigner. France, however, still stood in the way of national unity. The Emperor could never make up his mind to let Italy have Rome. The Republic has been obliged to conciliate the priests, the peasants, and the women by winning back the Pope's Throne, and the Em pire, which absolutely rested on the peasantry and the priesthood, and probably was a good deal swayed by feminine influence at the Tuileries, dared not leave the Infallible Head of the Church to his own wisdom and might. Nor would the mere overthrow of the Empire have been sufficient to open the way of theltalians to their historic capital. The policy of interference at Rome was not the choice of any particular Government in France. but was the necessity of all French Governments. Italy had but two chances of getting rid of that interference— the chance of a quarrel between the Pope and France, or of the preoccupation of France in some great quarrel of her own. These two chances have happened together; but it is the latter which is the lucky chance for Italy. THE DISTURBARCE AT ALLAHABAD. The Manchester Courier says the recent news from India attracts attention here, but there can be no doubt of its gravity. Allahabad has just been the scene of an outbreak, strikingly resembling that which was the sig nal for that of 1857. Discontent is traced by the dissa tisfaction of the Zemindars with the imposition of the in come tax. That tax has been increased, greatly to the an noyance of the Zemindars, and that military disaffection is coincident with the increase points to the one as being a result of the other. A second outbreak would probably rouse the native police, and, from their pecu liarly scattered position, they would possess an immense advantage in the contest ; so that, if disaffection were to show itself amongst them, the difficulties of the situation would be aggravated. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. The Manchester Examiner says the loss of the war ship Captain must surely lead to some modification of the principle on which it is proposed to build our ships of the future. It is too much to be asked to regard as an accident that the ship in which the turret principle was first applied in its most perfect form went down in a storm which ten other ships survived without any mate rial damage, and more especially in the way in which the vessel perished, is precisely that wherein the weak point of the principle her construction exemplified was supposed to be. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS AT DONCASTER. Athol Daisy, Anton, Agility, Australia, Annie filly, Auburn, The Boy, Brown Duchess filly, Bonny Swell, Byron, Border Knight, Bonny Katie Birdie, Constance, Curieuse, Chaucer, Consternation, Captivator, Curieuse, Caradoc, Clemence, Conspirator Cocoanut, Cestus, Digby Grand, Don Carlos, Dark Cloud,. Elles mere, Ely Appleton, East Coast, Enterprise, Exciseman, Forget-Me-Not, Flyaway Jack, Falkland, Fairfield, Fearnought, Gong filly, Gamos, Glaucus, Gunga Gee, Gladness, Geant des Batailles, Good Hope, Heather Bell, Hawthornden, High Treason, High Pressure, Hetty colt, Imperatrice gelding, Jester, King of the Forest, Knuts ford, Kingcraft, Kitty, Kingmoor, Lcetitia, Lord Hawke, Lady Langland, La Calonne, Lumley, Lady Studley, Lord of the Valley, Moslem, Marquis of Steane, Miss Hervine, Mr. F ox, Myosotis, Mdlle. de Mailloc, Miss Fanny filly, Master Bagot filly, My Uncle, Noble man, Normanby, Noblesse, Oxonian, Paganini, Ptarmi gan, Pretty Bird, Physiology, Palmerston, Pretender, Queen of the Gipsies, Queen of May, Queen Bee filly, Recorder, Referee, Ripponden, Rose of Athol,. Rapidity, Rebecca, Sunlight, Sunflower colt, Sauntering Alma, Saladin's dam colt, Sphynx, Stephanotis, Simplon, Sornette, Somno, Stockhausen, Sharper filly, Starter, Sunny, Sir George, Shannon, Stanley, Turquois, Tim filly, Weaver, u Thor,shant, Viscount,Thu nde d o v u a g , a T b o o r n n d a , d e Ta r sa b i e l rn l e s a , c I v % e T h i n n u y colt, Wildflower, Wilful, Wheatear, Waif. SCRATCHINGS. G- S takes.—Perth. Finesse c, Lozenge' s dam c, Traitor, Ki n glike, Doorha c, Lydon, Sister I s l e c , Heroine f, Bay C elia f, Fredigonde, Emily c, Cerinthia Champagnelaso w c, Lady Augusta f . D o ncaster Plate. —Barrier, Saggittarius, Alice. St. Leger.—Macgregor,Lackland, Eu gen i e c , Vi c t or, Vandenhoff, Vibration, Visage, Bellenden, Bouquet c, Revenge, Soldier's Daughter Torment c, Ostorius, Chateau la Rose, St. George, Emperor, Fragrance. Municipal Stakes. —Paeaano. Sweepstakes of Ten Sevs.-Each.—Ace of Diamonds and Lady Di. Zetland Stakes.—Mont Blanc and St. George. Eglington Stakes.—Herod and Canonical. Portland Plate,—Tibthorpe, Cymbal, Lady Sophia, Linsey Woolsey, and Hesperia. 1 Doncaster Stakes. —Lisieux. Park-hill Stakes.—Apaturia, Mantilla, and Slipper. WT. t