The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-15 00:00:00

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River, in these religious chapel at tions, and ssionaries. e place on missiona .o attend• prudently London the place probably 3 evening/ he chapel ation was - as broken to escape will have irch was twined in 'a the fire, apel, and ) vicinity. i to wig' bas been 11 coy. 12. led by the noon with itf our, a,r- yesterday um Hall, will coin tended by the New real desire oncernii' ig cent, that ;ry means many and that most make the Efers-Ist, ses ; and, in Alsace assumed, f pounds tra to me . to them, by her as en years, her debt. two pro w form of rer under presont it is the d Franco so deter nan rule. t Law. LATEST wr LLLIGENC ‘1 SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAR. THE BATTLE AT ORLEANS. BERLIN, November 14. The Crown Prince of Prussia has written a letter his congratulations to the veteran Marshal von Wrangel for Congratulations on the bestowal of the title of Fielda-Zi.ltrshal, concluding with the w Ms it Au revoir tt Garibaldi is reported to have left Dole, and gelie to Maoon or Montbeliard—it is uncertain Which. The Berlin Post says that England proposed the ortnistiee merely in order to permit the negotiation of the French loan. This accusation is inconsistent ith the report, credibly circulated here, that Lord Gr anville t mentioned the names of the German °linkers who subscribed to the,loan. Guterbock, who was arrested on that charge, Th e Frankfort banker, Goar, has also been arrested. A:denial i s g i ven f rom Augsburg to the statements th at negotiations have been broken off on the subject of the new Constitution of Germany. The Bavarian 4iuisters are still at Versailles, whence they wilt return next week. The pretensions of Russia with regard to the that of Paris, and the singular coincidence with pat step of th e h onours p a id t o th e Roy a l F am ily o f M arshal, in giving the two Princes the title of Field 'arshal, are much canvassed in this city. Another telegram from Berlin of the same date b een the G erman arm i es in central France hav e ;eel' placed under the command of Prince Frederick h ni alies and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. The Grand Dukes of Baden and Oldenburg will arrive at Versailles, where other German Princes Ore expected, to discuss the coining reunion of North 411 d South Germany. Legislation on matters connected with the Press 44,1 Public Societies is to be transferred to the Con federacy. The banker, Saint Gear, of Frankfort, has . been tested for dealing in the French War Loan. The Russian suggestions relative to the revision Of the the Treaty of 1856 chiefly refer to the right of r ing men-of-war in the Black Sea. 4 t is thought here that the matter will not give 'lse to any serious complications. 1 , The news of the evacuation of Orleans by General b ,"?h der T ann was rece i ve d en thusiastic a lly on th e lellna Exchange. ~a N '6 Bl3 diplomacy is said to be compromised by die ,Zeries made in a recently - captured balloon. 'larehal Bazaine goes to Aix-la-Chapelle, Canrobert t 0,,, Stuttga r t, an d L e b ceu f to Bonn; Prince Murat and `letieral Blessis remain at Wilhelmshohe. A Prussian company having escorted some French t oners to Munich, was entertained at the Royal di al aee, and by the municipality. At the municipal a Professor Supf, formerly an Ultramontane, cid universal applause, proposed the toast, " The Prussian Emperor of Germany." the ° eLiberal Bavarian papers demand that their erbinent should enter at once into the Northern Wederati on , and content itself with the position Itce ,:Pted by the other minor States. In The French Government has issued a note thank el the Powers for their mediatory efforts, and v ee 'lltig that to accept the Prussian proposals °lll d have been to hand over France to the tender Me rcies of the enemy. ADVANCE OF PRINCE FRED] RICK'S ARMY SOUTH. T he Zolnische Zeitung states that so soon as the 17 0 7,Y a Primo Frederick Charles (2nd, 3rd, and left' Army Corps) has passed Troyes, and placed its 'wing in connection with the 14th Army, which 4 r Dijon, and its right with the 2nd Bavarian Co t ro ) Which is at Orleans, 200,000 men will march -li the South of France. htpn , RTED BATTLE NEAR ARTHENAY. BLois, Saturday. tt rumoured that the French gained a victory r 4 rthenay yesterday. The capture of 40 guns is reh„ - rutted. Prisoners are arriving here in hundreds. THIONVILLE ON FIRE. stat e travellers who arrived at Arlon on the 1 2 th C t e that Thi onv ill e b a d been heavily bombarded by t: t he Germ ans , and that the greater part of the was in flames. THE INVESTMENT OF BELFORT. b s ° me slight engagements have taken place near elfoit which ended in Clerval and Isle sur le 40 8 being occupied. The French have with -15111w4 towards the south. The preparations for Q"'ing up the bridge have been frustrated by the 4111 ans discovering and withdrawing the charges. : 40 A.PE OF FRENCH CHASSEURS FROM A PRUSSIAN ESCORT. Limar, Monday. 41 . 11 e Echo du .Nord of to-day says one of the a X chiefs of our garrison received last night t h ' e spatch announcing that the Chsseurs-h-Pied of o Guard made prisoners at Metz, during a halt to er Powered an d di sperse d th e i r P ru ssian escort and tine.k possession' of their arms, re-formed provision ttrp their cadres, and fled to the Vosges, where they 131. ettY well secure from capture. 0 0 . e influence that the presence of this corps V o lte Will exercise upon the mountaineers of the Res already beginning to rise, may be conceived. i te FO GY Frenchmen are to be sent to Bremen to be t ofll there as hostages for the release of the captain a G erman ship taken prisoner by the French. It IiSSIA AND THE TREATY OF 1856. VIENNA, Nov. 14 (11 p.m.) la Fro n i sources of information on which I can to a tt i r r extent depend, I learn that Russia has dY sixty iro n - c l a d gunboats in the Black Sea ti 4 r ,„., 8 / ready against any enemy.—Correspondent of elegr ap h. m.Plu 7 1 7 41 CE GORTSCHAKOFF'S CIRCULAR. ti r Ze Vienn a Presse publishes an analysis of the gi v la t note of the Russian Government, which totiB n otice of its desire to revoke the additional kaYention to the Treaties of 1856, relating to the Th e illte nance of vessels of war in the Black Sea. that Cri cular says that whilst Russia desires b e full independence and equality should Of ten to th e S u lt an , also that the rest by the Paris Treaty should not be affected il tuw e revocation of the additional convention. The il vt4 ; l an Government says it is quite ready to enter the ne gotiations with the Great Powers, parties to re vi a geement, should it be desired, either for a ' l nn or confirmation of the terms of the Treaty. A. co w , of th ‘iilnunicatton appears in the current number IWhi c h l ndependance Belge, dated from . Beam' , s tates that Russia had at different li: con fidentially declared that the neutra- Dor 1 1 4 , Of the Black Sea was ins.up eabt:o. The recent declaration of the Russian %m illet, it also states, appears solely to relate to th e 1)(2 4 11 -t• Rus s i a h as never c l a i me d a revision of 1856'erritorial cession stipulated by the Treaty of A„ f i v • lees from Southern Russia state that there are lin sYmptoms in any quarter of military prepar a• THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 18A. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. A REMARKABLE SEP kRATION CASE. The correspondent of the Daily News, in a letter from the head-quarters of the Crown Prince, on the 9th of November, says :—I am half afraid that a letter to you may have lately been lost on its passage, for the quickest mode of transit is not always the safest. But you have the comfort, such as it is, of knowing that no very important event has occurred in this neighbourhood since the departure of M. Thiers. The sweeping forestaller of letters, the telegraph, has made you aware of a lull hereabouts, and of great activity in the different invading armies of the east, and west, and south. France is to be marched over from end to end, whilst Paris is slowly strangled. There is to be a great line of Prussian bayonets from Switzerland to the Channel, and Republicanism is to be gradually swept southward to—to the line of the Garonne shall we say ? Perhaps further even than this, unless the French can pick up a little. Why tell you of the dis position of the Corps d'Armee which are to work Count Moltke's iron will? It is no secret, unhappily it is only too public—again that fatal wire—that the First and Second Prussian armies will be moved against the rest of the country, and that the Third Army, with the " Army of the Meuse," will continue before Paris. They have the hardest nut to crack, but they are now very strong for cracking. The Third Army, i.e., the Crown Prince's Army, has received, in addition to the Guard Landwehr from Strasburg, a most valuable reinforcement in the Second Corps--(Pomeranian), the Prince's old corps when he was a corps commander, which has come to him from Metz. It will need a desperate sortie to break out of Paris, and when once outside General Trochu would find himself attacked on both flanks if he did occupy more than the siege works. So the city must be choked to death by the grip that is round its throat, barring the distant chance of a rescue. It must be choked to death by hunger, for the siege works; if all of them were occupied, would yield no food, and the wild idea of the capture of all the batter ing, train would not, were it realised, make meat any cheaper in Paris. There is news of a French force at Chateaudun. For the honour of the provinces, we must give them the credit of striving hard to rescue the capital—striving, I ought rather to say, to be in a position to strive—the foxce at Chateaudun is said to be the ad vanced guard of forty thousand western provincials— Nermans and Bretons , —who are, perhaps, willing to brave the fiery death which will be flashed out on them, but whose courage must be wasted in vain against the Prussian lines unless they can muster many more than forty thou sand men. You will remember that Chateaudun was stormed by the 22nd Prussian division a fortnight oi'so ago, and it would appear that its small garrison has fallen back before the returning wave of Frenchmen. The place threatens the Orleans railway if only strongly enough held—threatens it, I mean, as against Von der Tann. Our countrymen have been expected to come out of Paris in some strength both yesterday and this morning, as also has a sortie of the garrison been anxiously looked for. But neither event has yet occurred. Up to thetime of my posting this I have not heard of the escaping English, and all has remained quiet in the front—quiet, but with busy preparation on this side, at any rate. Dr. Ball, in his capacity as vicar-general of the diocese and judge of the Irish Provincial Court, was on Saturday engaged in hearing a suit for the modified divorce a mensa et thoro brought by Mrs. Julia, Taylor against her hus band, Mr. Deane Conroy Taylor, of the South Down Militia. The case excites great interest in Ireland, both parties being very respectably connected. The petitioner is'the daughter of Mr. William Parsons, Justice of the Peace of the County Down ; and the respondent the son of the Rev. E. Montgomery Taylor, rector of Inhischarg, and one of the rural deans of the diocese of Down. He is entitled to a reversion of £1,300 a-year. The parties were married in 1858, and three children have been the fruit of what appears to have been a most unfor tunate,upion. After, the marriage they for some time resided abroad, and after their return at Myrtle-. bill and Holywood, county Down ; latterly at Finglas, near Dublin. The petitioner charges that her husband became addicted to drink, habitually treated her with gross insolence and brutality, absented himself from his home, left her with out funds during her last confinement, and once knocked her down with a blow of his fist. In 1868, having been insultingly informed by him in writing that he had spent a night in an improper house, she left him and went to reside with her grandmother at Newry. He then professed penitence and induced her to return home, after which she agreed to give up £6OO, settled on her in her own right, to pay his debts. He soon relapsed into his former habits, and until April, 1870, when she finally left him, he treated her with revolting brutality, several times threatening her life, personally assaulting her, boasting of his immoral conduct, and excluding her from the house. During the last day, they passed together, Easter Monday last, he tore her dress, threw stones at her, pleted her with watering pots and iron rakes, and finally dragged her into his dressing-room, and made an attempt to cut her throat with a razor. She then left him. The re spondent retorts by charging Mrs. Taylor with having committed adultery with several persons. Serjeant Armstrong having recapitulated the facts of the case in an eloquent address, The petitioner, Mrs. Julia Taylor, deposed—My hus band was always inclined to be violent, but he never did anything to make me afraid of him until the year 1864, when he hegan occasionally to drink to intoxication. In the year'lB6s, on his stating that a servant was drunk, my sister said, "No, I don't think he is," whereupon he took up a poker, saying he would not allow anyone to contradict him. On that occasion he called us disgusting names. During the latter part of the year 1865 his habits grew worse. He insulted me at the dinner table, and Thad to leave the room in consequence. He called me very filthy names, found fault with everything, and said it was all my fault. On the 15th of June, 1866, Mr. Barnes, my uncle, waS at my. house. My husband had gone to Bel fast, and he wrote a letter to me, under cover to Mr. Barnes, from Whom I received it. At this time I was in bed after my confinement, and I did not know what to think of his conduct. The following is the letter : " Imperial Hotel, Belfast, June 16, 1870. _ "Dear Julia,—As one who in a short time must be in the presence of God, I now take leave of you. See my will and abide by it. It is in Billing's hands. There is no use in writing or talking to you, poor silly thing, but I felt more thati'you thought when I kissed• you for the last time. Poor papa. Ho will have the property now. May he have a more happy time than I have had, and as you hope never to meet me stand to him. lam going to where there will be no earth work or will work. I regret I shewed such want of attention to the Barnes. . . . Send by letter my heaviest curse to your father. On the portals of damnation we will meet there ;so now, good bye. The poor pet would like to see you. I will now get drunk and go down to the river. My poor children.—D.C.T." The witness then went on to detail the return of the respondent between two and three o'clock in the morning, and his subsequent acts of violence, such as threatening to shoot her with a revolver, striking her with his clenched fist, and catching her by the hair and dragging her about, and otherwise ill-treating her. He burnt her work, broke the photographs of her children, threw tea and eggs on the fire, smashed articles of ornamental glassware, spat upon witness, and called her by opprobrious names in the presence of her sister and her servants. She denied that she gave any cause for this course of conduct, and negatived the allegations in the respondent's answer, in which he set forth certain acts on her part as being the occasion of it. The wit ness went on further to state that some months after she had finally taken up her residence at Whitehall she re fused to live with him as his wife, in consequence of the course of conduct he pursued, and also by reason of an intimation from•him that it would not be proper for her to do so. At Whitehall he also spoke in disparaging terms of his mother. The police were sent for before quiet was restored. On another occasion he was absent from home for some days, and on his return he handed her a card, on which was inscribed the name and address of a female, saying, "If you have any curiosity to know where I was, I tell you I was with that woman, and I shall go into town now and bring her out here." On the 23rd July, 1869, he wrote an undertaking to give up his evil life, and forsAke drink of all kinds, on condition of her forgiving him, but he did not keep his word. The petitioner's examination had not concluded when the court rose. This is Probably the last case of the kind that will be tried in Ireland before an ecclesiastical tri bunal, as on thedist of January, under the Disestablish ment Act, the provincial courts willcease to exist. tions. It appears that the Government are un derstood to have proposed a Congress for the dis cussion of an armistice, and at the same time for entertaining the question of a . revision of the Treaty of 1856, and the assumption is that it was owing ;to this proposition not having been accepted that Russia, in tendering her good offices between France and Prussia, preferred to act singly instead of in concert with other Powers. ITALY. FLORENC T l, November 12. Baron Riess°li has addressed a letter to the Florence electors declining the candidature for a seat in Parliament, and stating that he intends to retire into private life. Signor Minghetti has left to-day for Vienna ; he. will, in the meantime, resume his post there on ac count of the complications that may arise in regard to Russian policy. THE ELECTIONS IN AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA, November 14. The elections already held have returned 128 Re publicans and 94 Democrats to Congress. Five States, containing 22 districts, have yet to vote. These, it is exp6cted, will return 11 Repub licans and 10 Democrats, so that the next House will stand 139 Republicans and 104 Democrats, making the Repubt ,an majority 35. Two Liberal Republicans, elected over the regular Republicans in Missouri, are in this classed with the Democrats. The Revenue Reformers will have a majority in the next Hone.:. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE COLSTON PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. Last night, in accordance with annual custom, four ban quets were given in Bristol in celebration of the charity of the late Edward Colston, of that city. Two of them were non-political, and of only local interest. The other two, at the Anchor and Dolphin, were strictly political. At the Dolphin dinner, Sir George Jenkinson, M.P., was the principal speaker. He regretted that the Education, the Irish Church, and the Irish Land Bills had passed the Houses of Lords and Commons, and bad now become part of the law of the land. The Conservatives had used every exertion to mitigate the numerous evils which the measures in question contained. Looking abroad upon the country, he saw the signs of a strong Conservative reaction, and anticipated the dawn of better times for the party to which he belonged. He anticipated that this country would experience considerable difficulties in con nection with Russia and China, and heartily condemned the Government for the unsatisfactory condition of Eng land's armaments. Mr. Richard Bright, M.P. for East Somersetshire, also spoke at this dinner. At the Anchor banquet the city mem bers, Messrs. Morley and Hodgson, Mr. Crawford, one of the members for the City of London, and Mr. Henry Richard, M.P. for Meithyr Tydvil, were amongst the speakers. The last named honourable member to king occasion to refer to the war, said he placed so much cunfi dence in the Government that he was persuaded England would be prepared for any emergency that might arise. Mr. Morley also gave expression to his confidence in Mr. Gladstone and his Cabinet. The Education Bill he looked upon as a step in the right direction, and trusted that the abolition of University Tests would soon follow. Mr. Hodgson urged his objections to the adoption of the Ger man military system in this country. THE CORK RIOTS. The Mayor and magistrates of Cork had a long con ference yesterday with Colonel Patterson, 72nd High landers, in reference to the rioting which took place in the city. The Highlanders have declared that they will take the first opportunity of avenging the death of private Gibson, and that they will not be satisfied until they have killed twenty civilians. The result of the conference is that the soldiers are to be confined within barracks until the ill-feeling at present prevailing has subsided. Military patrols will be stationed outside the barracks to prevent any of the soldiers getting out, and strong police patrols will be employed to prevent mobs assembling near the barracks. It is understood the Highlanders will shortly leave for India. It is said that the soldiers on Sunday night walked from the barracks in military order, and acted under the direction of leaders, who gave them regular orders. The police have informa tion that Gibson, whose death was the cause of the riot, was seen to attack two rowdies on the military road on Sunday night, and in this encounter it was that he sus tained the injuries of which he died. WRECKS IN THE NORTH SEA. Several wrecks are reported during the late storm in the North Sea. Yesterday, two of the crew of the barque Lord Raglan, of Exeter, arrived in the Tyne. They report that they left the Tyne about a month ago, bound for Gothenburg. In a few days they were caught in a severe gale. 'They had a narrow escape ; were, indeed, just saved by a Norwegian vessel as their own ship foun dered. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE CAM., Mr. Goldie, president of the Cambridge University Boat Club, yesterday afternoon won the amateur sculling championship of the Cam, his opponent being Mr. Close, the amateur champion of the Ouse. RAILWAY COLLISION. The 3.20 train from St. Pancras station to the north met with an accident yesterday afternoon, near Finedon station, on the Midland Railway. A bullock crossing the line caused the engine to swerve off the metals. The permanent way was much damaged, and considerable delay caused'in the traffic. THE DEAN OF EXETER ON THE RELATION OF SCIENCE TO THE BIBLE. The Dean of Exeter speaking at a meeting at Exeter last night contended that there was no antagonism between true science and revelation. Science properly so called, was deeply reverential. The true philosopher should respect the Bible, and while trying to meet its arguments ought not to sneer at its statements or attempt by ridicule to defile its sacred pages. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A GYMNAST. Another accident has occurred to a gymnast,resulting in death. Alfred Smith, better known as one of the " Fritz Brothers," fell from a trapeze whilst performing at Day's, Concert-hall, Birmingham, on Saturday. His injuries were so severe that he died yesterday morning., CALL FROM CHURCH TO CAPTURE HOUSE- BREAKERS. At the,Newton Abbot sessions yesterday, two rough fellows, who gave their names as Adams and Ellis, were brought up, charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Wale, a gentleman residing at Kingskerswell. The prisoners entered the house through the dining-room window, on Sunday afternoon, whilst the inmates were at church. A Mr. Sock saw them enter, and instantly called Mr. Wale and others out (If church. On their entering the house the prisoners jumped out of an up stairs window. Adams was caught by Mr. Wale, but that gentleman was instantly knocked clown with a life preserver. A man named Dart came with a poker, but he was also knocked down, and the prisoners then decamped. In their way out of the village they were in terrupted by one or two other persons, who were also disposed of by the life preserver. The village, however, became alarmed, and scores of persons pursued the pri soners ; but only one or two were able to approach them as the burglars threatened to knock them down. The men were, however, afterwards captured. Mr. Wale being too ill to attend the court yesterday, they were re manded until Friday. NUMEROUS CANDIDATES. The nomination of candidates for election on the Liver pool School Board closed last evening. No fewer than seventy-six persons have been put forward for fifteen seats. Two gamekeepers in the employ of the Earl of Aylesbury have been so beaten by poachers that their lives are despaired of. A ferocious dog kept by the watchers attacked one of them— apparently mistaking him for a poacher—and dreadfully lacerated his face. THE PRINCESS LOUISE AND THE CLAN CAMP BELL—A general and also a managing committee of the Clan Campbell have been formed for the purpose of invit ing all members of that clan, as well as ladies who by marriage are connected with it, to join in a subscription for the purpose of presenting a wedding gift to her Royal Highness the Princess Louise on her marriage with the Marquis of Lorne. The gentlemen who have consented to act on one or both committees are: The Earl of Breadalbane , the Earl Cawdor, the Lord Bishop of Bangor, Sir G. Campbell of Garscube, Sir D. Campbell of Dunstaffnage, Major-General Sir John Campbell, J. F. Campbell of Islay, D. Campbell of Lochnell, J. A. Campbell of New Inverawe, C. G. Campbell of Stonefield, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell of Glendaruel, A. Campbell of Auchindarroch, R. F. F. Campbell of Craigie, and Principal Campbell, Aberdeen, CLERICAL INFLUENCE ON THE WAR: The same correspondent observes:—Such as of late have conversed with Louis Napoleon are almost unanimous in stating it as their conviction that he speaks the truth in asserting, as he has done to King William, as well as to many others, that he was forced into the war against his own wish and better know ledge. Quite recently I have heard an explanation of his conduct which comes from a person worthy of at tention. He ascribes the war to the machinations of the party that was dominant in the (Ecumenical Council, and chiefly to the scheming of Father Rothan, whose orders the clergy and the religious orders in France are wont to obey in political matters. The destruction of Prussian ascendancy in Germany had been made the condi tion of the further support of the Empire by the Church. The war for this purpose was to take place while the (Ecumenical Council was sitting, and the (Ecumenical Council was summoned for no other purpose than to be sitting during the war. The Catholic popula tion in Germany was reckoned upon and represented to the ignorant statesmen of the Empire as the most im portant and reliable ally of France in the war. And it is quite true that in Germany, as well as in France, nobody fanned the flame of hatred against Prussia among the masses with greater zeal and assiduity than the Catho lic priesthood. Of the Bonapartist clique Louis Napoleon alone had his doubts, but everybody around him sneered at theni, and his friends began to treat him as a coward. The negative votes of so many soldiers at the Pldbiscite came in aid of the view's of those who were clamouring for war. The failure of the attempts to put the Empire right with the Liberals in France, and to gain the alliance of Prussia, finally made him consider the Empire as lost if he did not throw himself again into the arms of the Church. But it was an act of sheer despair, for he, far better than other Frenchmen, knew something of the terrible danger which France in curred in challenging the citizen soldiers of Prussia; and he had always looked at Count Bismarck, whose mental superiority he silently acknowledged, as the cobra looks at the snake. THE FRENCH ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The Times correspondent at Berlin, writing under date November 12, says:— After a pause, field operations at the theatre of war begin to be more active. Once more the French Army de la Loire has shewn symptoms of life. Knowing Prince Frederick Charles to be pushing south with a respectable force, this, the most compact body of Mobiles, meant to be before hand, and surprise General von der Tann previous ty the arrival of an accession of strength. Accord ingly, Von der Tann, who had no more than 20,000 men with him, on the 9th inst. found himself menaced by very superior numbers. Wary as he is gallant, he preferred retreat to a contest which could not result in complete victory. Evacuating Orleans, and fighting his way in the direction of Chartres, he proceeded to Toury, and took up a position which the enemy did not immediately venture to attack. Had he remained at Orleans he might in the most favourable alternative have defeated the enemy again, and taken some prisoners, without being able to prevent the rest from retreating and re-forming at a distance as before; whereas, if he waited for his reinforcements to come up, he might be able to deal a more telling blow, and, perhaps, succeed in dispersing the whole force. Even before he reached Toury messengers sent north summoned General Wittich and Prince Albrecht, the brother of the King of Prussia, to his aid. The ten thousand men under the command of these two Generals have been temporarily attached to General von der Tann, and were recently des patched by him on the well-known sanguinary expedition to Chartres and Chateaudun. Before the evening of Thurs day, the 10th, the required assistance appeared, and yester day morning another corps d'arm4e, composed of a Mecklen burg and a Wurtemburg division, under the command of the Grand Duke of Schwerin, was expected to join them. Upon the arrival of the latter General von der Tann will probably lose no time in attacking the enemy. The General won his spurs in the Danish campaign of 1849,and has ever since been regarded as one of the cleverest strate gists of Germany, particularly excelling in guerilla warfare—a southern Vogel von Falkenstein. While Von der Tann was thus luring the French north, to wards his reinforcements, Prince Frederick Charles, whose sphere of action is situated a little further east, was rapidly penetrating south, prepared, if he came up in time, to intercept the retreat of the enemy. Our latest intelligence says that the Prince had been diverging west with a view to this end, and had already advanced beyond Troyes. The exact day of his arrival at that place we have not heard ; probably it was the 7th or Bth. Should he manage to make good his way to the Loire before the French recross the river, they will be in danger of encountering one of those sweeping catastrophes of which the war has been so fertile. Mr. Odo Russell, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has left England for the Prussian head quarters at Versailles. The dQath was announced yesterday of Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, who was for many years M.P, for the Tower Hamlets, for which he was elected in 1852. He was 58 years of age. ILLNESS OF MR. GILBERT SCOTT, .R.A. —Mr. Gilbert Scott, ILA., the celebrated church architect, is now lying dangerously ill at the residence of the Dean of Chester. Mr. Scott was passing through Chester, on his way to Oswestry, several weeks ago, when he was taken ill whiie making a call at the Deanery. He has not been able to leave the house since, and has been attended there by various members of his family. His illness is said to arise from a complication of bronchitis and disease of the heart. MARRYING FOR LOVE.—Love marriages are decidedly the fashion just now. It is definitely settled that the lovely young widow, Mrs. Stoddart, is to be married on the 17th of this month to Lord Albert Clinton, brother (bankrupt) of the present Duke of Newcastle. This intended marriage has given rise to much conversa tion as to how the young people will live—on air, or love, or bread and cheese. AV'e are always so much more occupied with other people's business than our own. The parties in question have probably never yet given a thought as to ways and means. Why then should we ?—John 0411. TIM MARQUIS OF LORNE. It may be well to state that there is no foundation whatever for the rumour that the Marquis of Lorne is to assume the Viceroyalty of Ireland after his marriage. There is no reasot to believe that Lord Spencer has any present idea of surrendering the reins of government in Ireland, and therefore the suggestion of a successor wants the first essential element of probability. It may be added that no party in Ireland would desire to see such a change, while all would most heartily welcome the Royal Princess and the young Marquis who has been honoured with her hand if they visit the " Green Isle."-2 imes' Dublin Correspondent. INCREASE OF OUR ARTILLERY. We are glad to hear that Mr. Cardwell has decided to make a large increase to our field artillery. We believe that this branch of our forces is to be augmented by twenty batteries, or, in other words, 120 guns, which, with our present 180 guns, will give us 300 field guns for home defence, and for operation, if necessary, on the continent. It is satsfactory to find that one of the lessons of the present war--one of its most important lessons—has had a really useful' effect.. This augmentation of our field artillery force will contribute largely tawards that general increase of our military strength which it is our duty and our interest to effect.—Pall Mall Gazette. r i:HE TOTAL SOLAR E c LlPsE.—Her Majesty' s Government on Saturday evening consented to provide a ship and further assistance for the observation of the total solar eclipse in the south of Spain on the 22nd of December next. The Germans are carrying out their design of guarding against injuries to railway trains by mounting some leading French citizen on the engine as a hostage. At Nancy the President of the Court of Appeal has been sent to accompany the stoker. The President of the Chamber of Commerce, a judge, a barrister have also occupied the post of danger. CUSTOMS REFORM.—We understand that con siderable administrative reforms are about to be intro duced into the Customs. The statistical department will be completely reorganised : and the new arrangements will enable the Government to suppress the branch of the department which has hitherto furnished the reports of the exports and imports, thus dispensing with the services of some fifty clerks. The large reserve funds at the dis posal of the Customs will enable these savings to be effected without any cost to the public or any disregard of private interests.—Observer. THE MINISTRY.--The Premier left his residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Saturday for Sir Stephen Glynne's seat, Hawarden Castle, Flintshire but Mrs. Gladstone still remains in town. The Lord President of the Council left town by mail train on Saturday for Studley Royal, his seat, in Yorkshire. Viscount Halifax (Lord Privy . Seal) also left town on Saturday for Hickle ton Hall, Yorkshire. Earl Granville left on Saturday for Walmer Castle. His lordship in all probability will re turn in the course of the week - for transaction of public business at the Foreign Office. The Earl of Kimberley has gone to his seat in Norfolk. EMIGRATION PROSPERITY.—Mr. Maguire, a gentleman connected with the Canadian press, who is at present travelling through England, desseminating infor mation in the interests of emigration to Quebec, has handed us a pamphlet prepared by order of the Provincial Governments. If its statements are to be trusted, great advantages are expected to accrue to the Province from the immigration of a good class of settlers, and to these the inducements offered are a certainty that industry and thrift will insure ease, comfort, and, in time, affluence. — Daily News. FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION. About eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a railway accident occurred at Newport, Monmouthshire. A line of railway, used only for goods traffic, connects the two stations at that town. On this line a luggage train stopped, just at a steep gradient. The line curves sharply at this place, so that the driver of the second train could not see anything of the stoppage. Receiving no warning, he ran into the standing carriages. The guard's van of the still train was consequently smashed, but fortunately there was no one in it, nor were the driver and stoker of the still train much injured. On the other engine, however, Thomas Archer was killed, and the driver and stoker were very much shaken. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA'rfERSALL'S—LA ST EVENING. SHREWSBURY CUP. 6to 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered) 7to 1 agst Capitaliste (aken and offered) 7to 1 agst Free Trade (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Musket (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Good Hope (taken) .• 10 to 1 agst Nero (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered) 100 to 8 aget Viscount (taken) 100 to 8 agst Our Mary Ann (wanted) 100 to 7 agst Westley (taken) 6to 1 agst Cecil with a start (taken) SHREWBURY RACES.-MONDAY. ABBEY PLATE. Visage Gladness Bonnie Katie Seven ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Countryman •a • Roedeer Tullibardine Seven ran. WYNNSTAY CUP. My Uncle Whiteleg colt Ben Macdui . Eight ran. NURSERY STAKES. Queen Bessie Trident Star Thistle Nine ran. CARNIVAL NURSERY. Mornington... La Baronne . Musty ••• . • • Seven ran. CLEVELAND HANDICAP. Gladness Oxonian Referee Thirteen ran. AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE. The Robber Royal Irish Fusilier Champagne Eight ran. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Musket Dutch Skater Sornette Four ran. PARTICULARS OF MR. HAYWA RD'S DEATH. The following interesting memorandum regarding Mr. Hayward's death has been supplied to Indian Public Opinion from an official source :—" It is to be feared that no doubt can now remain that Mr. George W. Hayward, who was endeavouring to explore the Pamir Steppes and the country north of Pashawur in the intesest of the Royal Geographical Society of London, has been murdered in Chitral by Mir Wall, the nephew (sister's son) of Aman Malik, chief of Chitral, the valley north of Swat and Bajour and west of Gilghit. No particulars of the murder have been received of sufficient probabi lity to warrant their publication till receipt of further intelligence, but it is reported that Mr. Hayward and his six servants were surprised and all killed, while his munshi was wounded. The life of the latter was spared, but he was compelled, under threat of immediate' death, to write a letter to Kashmir, stating that his party had been passed through Chitral in safety and were on their way to Yarkand. The murderer, Mir Wall appears to be now in an asylum at Chitral, from the admission of his uncle Aman Malik, who writes to the effect that after the murder, Mir Wall fled, in the first place. to Badakshan, from whence the ruler Mir Muhmud Shah, sent him back captive to Aman Malik, who, not wishing to be the means of destroying his sister's son, allowed him to escape to Afghanistan, whence he returned, and is now at Chitral. If this account be true, the chief of Chitral is affording an asylum to the murderer, whom the Maharajah of Kash mir has demanded to be surrendered with all his accom plices. It is impossible to pronounce upon the motives which have led ignorant and fanatical savages to commit this crime. The reason, in all proba bility, was the hope of plunder, and disappointment at not receiving from Mr. Hayward the presents which they considered they had a right to expect. These Mr. Hayward was not in a position to give them ; for his means were small, and he had to borrow money to enable him to leave Srinagar. Disappointment and avarice may be accepted as sufficient reasons for the crime. In addition to these, Mr. Hayward been long resident at Srinagar ; he had been treated by the Maharajah with great consideration, and had been escorted by Kashmir troops to the frontier. The people of Chitral have long entertained a bitter enmity to the Kashmir authorities, and they may have suspected that Mr. Hayward was in reality in their in terest or a spy to discover the points at which they would be most exposed to attack. But this can be only con jecture. It is at any rate certain that the murderers were bitter enemies of the Maharajah of Kashmir, and may have hoped to embroil him with the British Government by the murder of an English traveller in territories which nominally are subject to his influence. Mr. Hayward, from private letters written previous to leaving Srina gar, seems to have had some presentiment of the dangers that awaited him, although he regarded them far more lightly than the Kashmir authorities, who urged him repeatedly to abandon the expedition in which his life would not be safe. Mr. Hayward was, however a man of great determination, and resolved to persevere, although he wrote that he was proceeding at his own risk and responsibility, and was aware that beyond the Gilghitt frontier the Maharajah of Kashmir would be absolutely unable to protect him. Further details when received will be communicated." DIFFICULTIES OF THE DUKE OF AOSTA. A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, writing from San Sebastian, makes the following very ominous state ments :—lt has been admitted that the Duke of Aosta had to be pressed a good deal before he would consent to even entertaining the proposal of the Spanish throne, and now rumours are again abroad that he would rather back out of it if he could. The fact is, he is only Prim's candidate. A. great number of journals of different political opinions resist the candidature meetings of all political denomina tions are held against at ; the people in general shrug their shoulders and are indifferent ; while the deputies are either strongly against or lukewarm about it. Under these circumstances, and as Victor Emmanuel does not seem to be very much flattered with the way the Spanish people receive the news, and has threatened to withdraw his consent, Prim entreats, threatens, and cajoles in turn, but to little purpose. All parties, including Progresistas, are against him, and even high officers in the army, friends of Prim, have tried to dissuade him from prosecuting so unpopular a scheme. The prevailing opinion at present is that the majority of votes in favour of Prim's candidate will be so small that he will never have the courage to come to Spain on such an invitation. THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION. At length the eclipse-expeditions have received promise of State assistance. Originally the Chancellor of the Ex• chequer had been asked for a thousand pounds. On the converse of the principle, bis dat qui cite) dat, the Govern ment having granted tardily, gives twice the sum demanded. Two thousand pounds and the means of transport to Spain and Sicily may have an insigni ficant sound beside the six thousand pounds and the means of transport across the Atlantic granted by the American Government, but, after all, it is something. Indeed, if the truth must be spoken, our Government is very little to blame in the matter. Every excuse for even the bluntest refusal has been afforded them. The application for assistance was sent in far too late ; it was directed to the wrong depart ment ; the long delay which ensued led to n 1 further action ; and only at the latest moment did the indignation of the scientific public rouse the leaders of science to a sense of their position. Even now that the money has been granted, and that the sixty-eight volun teers are being reminded of their promises, there is great risk—most imminent risk — that the whole business will end in a dismal fiasco. Not one of the four classes into which the expeditions have been divided has as yet been organised. Not a single observer knows as yet what instrument he will have to use or what he will be called upon to do. -To the private munificence of afsingle enthu siast we owe the certainty that an attempt will be made to photograph the eclipsed sun ; but even in this case the selection of assistants and other details have been as yet altogether neglected. While there is still time, our scientific leaders must really rouse themselves. The credit of scientific England is at stake. Our American fellow-workers in science are here amongst us, observing our mode of action, prepared to learn from our longer experience, but also sharp eyed to detect the signs of effeteness in the science of the mother country. This is not the time for scientific fogeydom to be allowed full swing. We must not let the whole world laugh at us. Yet it will laugh if, at the latest moment, when men ask what has been done to organise our observing parties, all that the organising committee can do is to exhibit a list of names. Let the matter be rightly understood. At the present moment, though the eclipse is littl e mor e tha n six weeks off, and ' though organisation is most urgently needed little has been done save to print a classified list of the volunteers. Daily News. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz haA„subscribed £lO to the Captain Relief Fund, OUR COTEMPORARIES—This tYlorninge THE PROSPECTS OF PARIS. Everything considered, the Times says, it is evident ! that the proposal of an armistice came too late to avert the catastrophe which alone '. can terminate the war Within, perhaps, something !ess than twenty-eight days Paris must either be relieved or fall, and :all by that weapon which Count Bismarck was expected voluntarily to lay aside. Famine is Bismarck's sword, sure of execution, unless it be broken either by a victorious sally from the capital itself, or by a strenuous and simultaneous onset of the armies of the provinces. Till Aurelles de Paladine gave tan gible evidence of the existence in France of such armies, there was nothing to encoura,,e the hope that Paris could be spared the fate that stares her in the face. But the mere fact that a French army has taken the field and maintains it has done away with all impossi bilities. We know not of what exertions Aurelles himself and the other commanders in the East, North, and West, and, above all others, Trochu may be capable. The only thing against them is time. Every day, as we write, necessarily modifies our reckoning of the resources of Paris. Trochu's Mobiles may daily gaits strength and confidence. There may be constant improvement in their arms and equipments ; additions may be assiduously made to the array of cannon, to the line of fortifications ; but all this will not stave off the gaunt enemy. The pounds of meat, the loaves of bread are num bered. Paris, and with her France, must either fight or make Peace, and the alternative can hardly be prolonged beyond three or four weeks. It is an ill-omened clemency, we believe, which prompts the Prussians to put off from day to day, and possibly altogether to give up, the bombardment of Paris. They have evidently full confidence that hunger is rapidly and inexorably doing the work for them. Yet Count Bismarck himself has told us that of all the evils Paris might perish of starvation would be the most dreadfuL Is it, indeed, so difficult to turn the serious attention of the French Government to this fact ? Is there no chance of a proposal, not of an armistice, but of peace, before Pads is starved into submission ? RUSSIA AND THE TREATY OF 1856. The Daily News, remarking on the rumoured designs of Russia, says : That Russia should in some measure desire the revision of the Treaty, is but the natural corollary of recent events. There is no finality in any treaty, for as the years go on, countries wax more strong or more weak, and it is impossible by artificial agreement to preserve them in one condition. A nation must from time to time alter her boundaries, or her relations with her neighbours, even as she alters her laws and her inter nal economy; and it is but natural that Russia, seeing the great and rapid changes which have recently passed over Europe, should think that she also should have a share in' what is going. We have so pledged ourselves to maintain the independence of Turkey that we can not, whatever may come of it, permit the abrogation of those conditions which we considered in 1856 necessary to that end, except in so far as modifications are possible which shall not interfere with the primary purpose we had then in view. If Russia proposes to rebuild Sebas topol, or to equip a fleet in the Black Sea, with the definite certainty that Turkey will equip another, and renew the old fight there, we may as well stop atithe outset a course of action which would, if continued, involve us hi war. Short of this, there may be certain qualifications of that Treaty which Prince Gortschakoff has really a right to demand. With perfect pro priety, and with a due regard to their own dignity, the Powers which signed the Treaty of 1856 may con sent to discuss these points. Until we hear more definitely about the designs of Russia in this present matter, we shall refuse to believe that she contemplates a total abolition of the 1856 Treaty—a step which would arrest those efforts at internal development she has been recently making with praiseworthy industry and vigour, to plunge her again into a war from which, once more, she may emerge with stunted finances and a crippled army. There is no longer any reason to doubt, the Standard observes, that the Russian Government—acting, as we may fairly presume, in some sort of concert, open or secret, with Prussia—has reopened that which we have been accustomed to call the Eastern question. The rumour of such an event has been spread for some time, and as it was at all times probable, we cannot have any reason to be sur prised at the formal announcement of the Russian designs which has now been made to the European Courts. The season is unquestionably most favourable for Russia to revive her old dreams of aggression. The prostration of France and the sudden rise of Prussia to the foremost rank among the military Powers have paved the way for the new Russian demands. France, which was the leader of the Western Powers in their crusade against Russian ambition in 1854, has doubtless been calculated upon as no longer an obstacle in the path of Russia. Prussia, whose neutrality was of so decidedly benevolent a complexion towards Russia in the Crimean war, has a deep interest, if not in aiding her designs upon Constantinople, at least in pur chasing the good graces of her formidable neighbour at any cost. Of the other parties to the Treaty of Paris Austria has recently been subjected to the assiduous attentions both of Count Bismarck and Prince Gortscha koff, and is supposed not to be able, even if she were willing, to offer any decided resistance to the scheme projected. There remain only Turkey and England to support the settlement of 1856. Turkey, although stronger now in a military sense than she was then, and provided with a fleet equal perhaps to that of any of the secondary Powers, cannot, of course, be expected to stand alone against Russia. As for England, it has doubtless formed part of the calculations of the Russian Government that, under her present Ministry— which includes one member who spoke of the Crimean War as a "terrible crime," and another who fled from his post when that war was in its most critical stage—England would not be disposed to offer any active opposition to the pro posal for a revision of the Treaty of Paris. The Manchester Courier, referring to the Eastern ques tion, says : Prussia will refuse to interfere with any effect, her crippled state after the conclusion of the present war affording ample excuse for abstensiou. The numerous acts of friendliness towards the leaders of the German army and the King of Prussia seem to prove, however, that there is something more than mere good nature in the matter, and the bonds between the two countries are closer than has hitherto been guessed. The question now is as to what England will do, and on this point, with the author of the famous Edinburgh. Review article in the highest place of Government, Mr. Bright at the Board of Trade, and Messrs. Cardwell and Childers at the head of military and naval affairs, it is not easy to be sanguine. That England will submit to a complete nullification of her work of sixteen years ago we can hardly believe. Modifications may be ad mitted after negotiation, but that the main features of the Treaty must be preserved as well for our honour as for the safety of our ally at Constantinople, is a principle which admits of no doubt whatever. THE HOREOII OF A BOMBARDMENT. The Telegraph, in commenting upon the horrors of a bombardment, says : A foretaste of what awaits Paris was experienced by Fort Mortier, at Neu Breisach, the other day, during a short, a slight —we might almost say trivial—bombardment. All the buildings, except those which are bomb-proof, have been levelled to the ground. Everything guns, mortars, kitchens, ovens—was smashed. The whole place was a ruin. Paris, no doubt, is better shielded against the enemy's fire, both by its distance from the lines of the enemy and by the protecting fire of such forts as that of Mont Val6rien. Yet the Krupp guns will cast shells over the advanced posts, and far into the city. And, if we think of the havoc and the terror which would result from the falling of a few shells among the densely-crowded houses of Poplar or the Seven Dials, we shall understand what an awful significance lies in the words, " the bombardment of Paris." half a dozen of such messengers of destruction dropped into a thickly-peopled faubourg may effect as terrible a havoc as is spread by one of the minor earthquakes that devastate South American cities, or the conflagrations that sometimes lay waste parts of our own. Fires will break out, with no means of extinction at hand. Old men, old women, infants, the helpless, the sick will be stricken down by fragments of the missiles or buried in the debris of falling houses. The people will rush in dismay from the quarters exposed to the cruel fire —homeless, shelterless, without clothes and without food. From whatever faubourg may be exposed to bombardment there will be such an exodus; now the flight will be from one quarter, now from another; and the whole outer rim of the city, or even perhaps the great crowded districts of the centre, may, at any hour of the night or day, be seized with a panic. The actual loss of life will be but a minor element of the horror ; it is the flying, terror-stricken crowds, the crash of falling houses, the constant expectancy of murderous bombs, the sight of wounded women and children, the sound of helpless agony, that will fill up the cup of horror which Paris has to drink. The Angel of Death seems to hang over the doomed city ; "we might almost hear the beating of his wings." There i. e , indeed, a bare chance that the advance of one horror will help to neutralise the other, and that the pressure of famine will avert bombardment, by giving the grim and silent enemy the prize he covets. And there is something inexpressibly painful in the vety calm that seems to encircle the doomed metropolis ; in the absence of any really striking event, within or with out, to break the dead march of time as it resistlessly leads, day by day, onward to the consummation of defeat.