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While holding the German forces at Toury by threatening them upon their front wilh a force equal or superior to their own; he has swu ,,, • around his left, moving at the same time an entire corps a long the road leading through Ablis, Orsonvi'le, At itlinn, and St. Hilaire to Etampes, where the corps paused, and now remains fronting south. By t his movement General D'Aurelle has thrust himself b etween the Duke of Mecklenburg and Versailles, while also he confronts the German army on its front, right flank, and rear. While these movements were going on, the Ger tans, devining their danger, and being pressed from the south, commenced a retreat from Toury northward, along tho road leading to Angerville, a Village 12 miles south of Etampes. Some fighting occurred, resulting to the advan tage of the French, who everywhere seemed to greatly outnumber the enemy. DEFEAT OF THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. The King of Prussia telegraphed to the Queen : rem Versailles, yesterday, that the Duke of Meek ilenburg had defeated the French along his entire 'he near Dreux, and Adjutant-General Treskow eAptured Dreux with very little loss. Many pri soners were taken, and the enemy was pursued in direction of Le Mans. ,Seven th ousan d M o bile Guards were driven out of u reux by Treskow. ,The French were pursued for some distance in the di rection of Le Mans. thatlt is understood here to be exceedingly probable in the course of a day or two the French Army °` the Loire will be surrounded like the corps of 'lfkeMahon at Sedan. REPORTED GERMAN DEFEATS. An official despatch from Tours announces that an en gagement took place on the 16th between Sonny 411 . 4 Harcy. Three-hundred Mobiles and 100 Francs i I,r eure were engaged against 2,500 Prussians, with at finery. It is stated that the Prussian loss is con 81derable, b ut t h e resu lt o f th e engagemen t i s no t given, despatch from Chateaudun says that 3,000 Prus pe 1 ° 8 ) with eight guns, attacked Landelles vigo -01181Y at 2 p.m., but that they were repulsed N 'i ir th loss. It is also given out that the Germans have been driven from Viabon by Colonel Lipwaski and Francs ' i re um. TERGNIER RELIEVED. Prom, Lille the news comes that yesterday the Etrrison of La Fere had made a sortie, and is said to ave relieved Tergnier, the besiegers losing several have relieved Tergnier, the besiegers losing several fldred men. COMBINED ATTACK EXPECTED. BERLIN, November 18 (Evening). events of the utmost importance may be im ediately anticipated on the theatre of war in a ece• The French armies of the North and P e Centre, under Bourbaki and Aurelles de „ Ili ad-Lie, are expected to make a vigorous and simultaneous attack upon the German position m itro und Paris, and on the covering army to the uth of that city. At the same time, General t eenu is likely, as I hear from my informants, to make a sortie in force, timed so as to tackle the Prus sians; b e t ween V e r s aill es a n d the Upp e r : i ll() while they are occupied in resisting the :act: of the relieving army. These combined move ments are s e t d own f or the o pening days of next we e k . Aleantime, all the necessary precautions have be en taken within the German lines ; and, if success ould attend the important preparations now being mad e on the points of vantage around Paris, the pity should surrender about the Ist of December. The impres s i on h ere i s th a t P rus sia, almost with -0 knowing what she was doing, has become in ,01111 17e a Way pl e d ge d t o R uss i a t o assist in bringing about an issue from the Eastern Question which 0 , 411 be favourable to the views entertained in the 'ancellerie at St. Petersburg.— 7'elegraph. SURRENDER OF PARIS IMMINENT BERLIN, November 18 (Night), Alt hough we have no precise news from the P a Y, the rumour is prevalent in this town, and is etty widely believed, that the surrender of A al is is imminent. lam told that the Prussian 411 3 r Administration is already taking, with meas ures to the forces in the French capital, the same r e Aures that were taken at Metz a day or two ab ef °re the surrender of Bazaine. To receive, to 11 — „ e , lt er, and to food, the entire mass of armed men 1 5 7er Trochu, is no slight task; but already, I ti B"e ve, the German leaders, looking on the capitula ti-t°ll of Paris as a foregone conclusion, are doing their moat to prevent that catastrophe of starvation 811 1 , 1111 3 7 foreshad owe d i n Bi sm arck's circular. "e final arrangements between the Chancellor c t t he North G e rm an C o nf e der a tion and the T h 4 eroment of Bavaria, have now been completed. e Military position of Bavaria in the Germany of the fat will retain the character of semi-independence NNlascribed to Saxony in the Confederation of the oNo further difficulty nee d b e a pprehended °M the aide of Wurtemberg.— Telegraph. 0 a A 1 ,, -- "-*E OF PUBLIC FEELING IN PARIS. BRUSSELS, November 18. le The independance Beige of to-day publishes a th e latest Versailles, which states that, according to late s t news received from Paris up to the 12th, a Of h a t be to have come over the inhabitants f ens " u e capital ; they had become tired of the de wae) as no news arrived of an army being on the co to relieve them, and they now demanded the nyecation of a National Assembly. THE GERMAN POSITIONS. s trong German force is said to be massed at Whence two roads branch to the German 111 ; 11 t. It is thought possible that Von der Tann T3r a ttempt to encircle the French position. het skirmi s h es occurre d at A rtenay on t h e 16 t h . v iers, G ermans are reported to be in force near Pithi- 134VA.RIA AND THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERACY. T 11 BERLIN, November 18. ti en f l'ai-unich Town Council has passed a resolu tnt " 4 t they will grant no money to celebrate the France't the Bavarian troops on their return from N orth , unles s B avar i a h as p rev i ous ly j o i ne d th e the G erman Confederacy, and ceded to Prussia Th e u trection of her military and foreign affairs. to i ? , ° te, Which was all but unanimous, is intended Th e 'renci the decisions of the Bavarian Cabinet. give i to lan negotiators at Versailles are beginning In Ttip 4-4 IV WAR AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS IN ° ..1 4 At,„ ?°°l4 -- It was the general impression in Liverpool a t , 4 eclaY that the determined tone of Earl Granville's h e ad t: 2 4 will do more to avert war than if the despatch bl erei Tl of a. less energetic character. Amongst com the e a 'n?eri, however, the condition of political affairs . on tak e °ntinent, and the possibility of England having to 4 4 4 Part in a contest, was viewed with alarm, as at pre a I,;o_cunmercial matters in Liverpool are in anything but a gellBlstrous condition.. In all kinds of produce there was e ra' dulness and tlepression, whilst stocks of all kinds shared in the despondency. MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA. THE MONEY MARKET. --.- BERLIN, November 18. CITY, Two o'CLocK. News comes from an official source that Russia has large bodies of troops on the Vistula and further south, and also that armed vessels have been built the Black Sea. On the Stock Exchange to-day there is a firmer tone. English Funds aro higher, and in Foreign Stocks Turkish have risen g, and Italian but Spanish has fallen g to 1. Consols are now 92 to 921 for money and account. The French Scrip is quoted at 21 to 21 dis. While there is perfect unanimity of opinion among the mercantile community of the City of London that the course adopted by Russia is such as could not for an instant be acquiesced in by any civilized State, -it may be added that up to this time the growth of a most friendly feeling toward Russia had been steadily observable among our financial and mercantile classes, and that even the re-opening of the Treaty of 1856 had been regarded as a matter which, in view of her own dignity and interests, she was fully entitled to bring forward with the expecta tion of satisfactory results. It is the manner of the movement that has shocked the universal sense, and so long as that may be per, isted in, so long, it can hardly be doubted, will every honest man in Europe demand that her claims should be disavowed. The National Bank of Australasia have invited tenders for South Australian Government Revenue Securities, to the amount of £lOB,OOO, maturing half-yearly between the years 1913 and 1913, and bearing 6 per cent. interest from the first of January next, payable in London. The tenders will bo opened at two o'clock on Thursday, the 24th of November. ITALY REFUSES TO JOIN ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA. FLORENCE, Nov. 17 (4.56 p.m.) The Ministry, it is asserted, has absolutely re fusol to join England and Austria in any diphmnatie e against Russia. RUSSIA AND A CONFERENCE. BERLIN, November 18 (10.40 a.m.) Russia does not object to attend a Conference for the revision of the Treaty of 1856. Prussia would probable consent to be represented at such a meeting, provided she could be brought to believe that topics connected with the war will be excluded from the debates, or, at any rate, touched upon in a way not prejudicial to her interests. The Russian Government have resolved to reduce the time of active military service from ten to six years, and levy infuture six instead of tour recruits in every 1,000 souls. A very severe panic has occurred at Frankfort. Aus trian Credit Shares (160 f. nominal each) have declined 20f. ; Austrian Railway Shares (2001. nominal) went down 20f. BERLIN, November 18, (9.33 p.m.) The St. Petersburg semi-officialjournal, the Golos, denies that Russia promised Prussia to remain a neutral spectator of the French war it Prussia connived at Russia's setting aside the Treaty of 1856. The Press of Vienna states that, in view of the Eastern question, the Finance Minister intends to apply to the Delegations of the Monarchy for authority to raise an amount between 50 and 100 million florins. It might have been dangerous," the Golos adds, " to give such a promise to a neighbour whose power is growing so very fast. At any rate, it would have been paying a very high price for a small favour, con sidering that all Russia wishes to elect is the moth fication of a treaty, the general principles of which she still recognises." Orders have been received from Russia for 8,000 or 10,000 tons of pig iron for cannon shot, according to a sample of which 300 tons were sent some time back ; also for 100 tons of antimony, 1,000 tons of copper, and 1,000 tons of lead. The colonial produce markets this week have been with out material alteration, the state of Continental affairs and the present aspect of the Russian question tending to further unsettle trade. BERLIN, November 18 (Evening). The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day con tains an article to the effect that, had an European Congress now been possible, the Russian Cabinet would have submitted to it the question which has now been raised, and which is of such vital im portance. To postpone that question until Europe should come to an understanding on the subject would be to chain Russia to an uncertain and an intolerable situation, which is constantly becoming more irksome. England can do for Turkey what she has already done for Belgium. The dangers to which Turkey is exposed are not foreign, but domestic. They arise from the difficult position of the Christian population; and the country will not be tranquil until the Government of the Porte shall have been reconciled with Russia. As for Austria, her difficulties on this question only began when a perfidious policy in the East lost her the friendship of Russia; but both Powers will hence forth gain through a fair acknowledgment of their mutual interests. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states :—" We regret to have to announce the suspension of Messrs. Dicksons, Boardman, and Co., au old and highly respect. able house engaged in the West Coast trade. Their liabi lities are said to be about £140,000, but the liquidation will be favourable. We have to announce the suspension of Mr. Godfrey J. Aman, cotton and produce broker, of Liverpool, whose liabilities are stated at about £lO,OOO. The Russian note has been received at Constanti nople; it cites the infringements of the Treaty of Paris committed in the union of the Danubian Prin cipalities, in the nomination of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern as their Sovereign, and in the passage of the Bosphorus by ships of war. PESTH, November 18 (Morning). In the quarters hero in which the best informa tion circulates, the impression is that the Austrian Government and the people of the Empire —especially in Hungary—are strongly inclined to fight Russia on the sudden question raised with respect to the Treaty of 1856. But, although the tone of the people here is bellicose, there is a strong feeling that indecision on the part of the British Cabinet is to be apprehended. It is believed at the Austrian Court that the Government of Italy is perfectly prepared to join heartily in any con certed measures which may be taken by the Cabinets of London - and of Vienna in regard to the present complication. At Berlin the opinion prevails that peace will be maintained. FLORENCE, Nuvember 18. The Italie of to-clay says : "We have reason to believe that Turkey has strongly protested against Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty of 1856, and that Ali Pasha's despatch is couched in energetic terms." INDIA. CALCUTTA, November 18, (12.66 p.m.) The rumour of the departure of Rahmed Khan from Samarcand and his apprehension at Bokhara is incorrect. The Ameer is assured that Rahmed remains at Samarcand. Yacoob Khan is reported to have fled to Persia. The financial statement will be made earlier than usual this year. The Government will submit impor tant reforms. Mr. Stephens brought a report on the Penal Code before the Council to-day, and will speak upon it next Friday. The Insolvency Bill is deferred, to allow of its being discussed by the Indian Chambers of Commerce. The arbitration respecting the Afghan and Persian boundaries is being proceeded with. Mr. Qoldsniid has left Teheran for that purpose. Colonel Herbert has been confirmed as political agent in Turkish Arabia. The Maharajah of Bhurtpore has arrived in Cal cutta. Mr. Engles, of the North-Western Provinces, has been appointed a member of the Legislative Council. CHINA. (GRANT'S NORTH CHINA DESPATCH.) SHANGHAI, October 27. Sixteen Coolies have been beheaded, the Chinese Government indemnifying their families. 23 others have been exiled. An indemnity of 600,000 taols is to be paid to the French, and 10,000 taels t 9 the Chinese Christians. M. Rochechouart expresses himself satisfied, but the Russians are not so. M. Itochechouart has quitted Pekin, but Mr. Wade remains. Chunghow has started for Europe. 1 FIB SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 187 C, THE EASTERN QUESTION. Subjoined is the despatch from Prince Gortschakoff to Baron Brunnow—the Russian Minister at the Court of St. James's—communicated by his Excellency to Ear] Granville on the 9th of November, and to which reference is made in the second paragraph of Lord Granville's die. patch of the 10th instant, which we printed on Thursday morning : Prince Gortschakoff to Baron Brunnow. Tsarko6 Selo, Oct. 20 (Nov. 1), 1870. M. le Baron,—ln acquitting yourself, with the Chief Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty, of the com munication which the orders of his Majesty the Emperor prescribed to your Excellency, you will be kind enough to make a point of causing the sense and scope of that com munication to be thoroughly understood. When, at the commencement of the year 1866, there arose the queStion of a threefold Conference to prevent the war then imminent in Germany by means of a Congress—in discugsing the bases of the Congress with Earl Russell, you were in a position to indicate to him the compensations and the pledges of security which for Russia would be necessitated by certain eventualitieg of such a kind as to be calculated to modify the status quo existing in the East. Lord Russell recognised that representation with perfect fairness. He did not dispute that every alteration made upon the text and in the spirit of the Treaty of 1856 . ought to result in the revision of that instrument. Although these eventualities were not realised, Lord Granville will not dispute that at this present moment the Treaty has undergone grave modifications in one of its essential parts. What, above all, should strike Russia in these modifications, is not the tendency of factitious hostility towards her of which they bear the imprint; nor is it the consequence which may result to a great country from the creation on its frontiers of a little quasi independent State. It is, above all, the facility with which, searcely ten years after its conclusion, a solemn arrangement, invested with an European guarantee, should have been infringed in its letter and in its spirit, under the very eyes of the Powers that ought to have been its guardians. In presence of such a precedent, What value can Russia attach to the efficacy of that arrangemement, and to the pledge of security which she once thought she had found in the principle of neutralising the Black Sea? The equilibrium established in the East by the Treaty of 1856, therefore, is destroyed, to the detriment of Russia. The resolution taken by our august Master has no other aim except to re-establish that equilibrium. The Government of her Britannic Majesty would never conent to leave the security of its coasts at the mercy of an arrangement which is no longer respected. It has too much fairness to recognise in us the same duties and the same rights. But that which above all things we desire to have well established is the fact, that the decision implies no change in the policy which his Majesty the Emperor pursues in the East. You have already been several times in a position to come to explanations with the Cabinet of London upon the general views which the two Governments bring to bear upon this important question. And you have been able to represent a conformity at once of principles and of interests, which we have _registered with lively satisfaction. We have deduced from that circumstance, that at the present day it is neither from England nor Russia that the dangers can arise which might threaten the Ottoman Empire ; that the two Cabinets have an equal desire to maintain the existence of that Empire as long as possible, by appeasing and conciliating the differences arising between the Porte and the Christian subjects of the Sultan ; and that, should a decisive crisis break out in despite of all those efforts, both Governments are equally resolved to seek the solution of those difficulties, before all things, in a general agreement of the great Powers of Europe. To those views we have steadfastly adhered. We believe that their perfect similarity renders possible an understanding in earnest between the Government of her Britannic Majesty and ourselves; and to such a result we attach the highest value as the best guarantee for the pre. servation of the peace and equilibrium of Europe from the perils that may arise from the complications in the East. By the order of his Majesty the Emperor, your Excel lency is authorised to reiterate to Lord Granville the assurance of these views. We should be sincerely glad if the frankness of those explanations should contribute to that result, and should render impossible ;any misunder standing between the Government of her Britannic Majesty and ourselves. —Receive, &c., (Signed) GORTSCHAKOFF. TILL TERAIS * OF A CAPITULATION OF PARIS. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News, in a letter dated November 16th, says :—lt is no easy task to draw up the terms of a capitulation of Paris. It will tax Bismarck's awl Moltke's ingenuity to the utmost. It will not do to have the gates opened, the garrison disarmed and sent off as prisoners, or left to. go where they like, and then to occupy and garrison the place, as is the usual practice, which could still be ad hered to, even in the case of Metz and Sedan. The armed people of Paris cannot be marched out. And the entry of the Germans into the city, while the people still are armed, would undoubtedly lead to that terrible street fight which the capitulation is to render superfluous. The object of the siege of Paris is to prove to the French that the fortification of their capital does not enable them to do in Europe as they like without being called to account. They are to become aware that this fortifica tion was not merely an insolent menace to the remainder of mankind, but a blunder. This will already be proved if the Germans get possession of some of the forts. Thus far the way is clear. But what next? The Parisians ought after this to consent to the peace in sisted upon by Germany. But if they don't? What if the capital continues to render every French Govern ment impossible which might attempt to carry out the terms of peace ? Are the German troops to act as police for such a Government ? A French Government should depend on French forces. Where are the French forces disposable for such a service ? Again and again the prisoners emerge before the eye. Here in Germany they are a burden which soon must become unbearable ; there in France is employment for them in the interest of peace. Again and again the Empire, in which 9,000 of the 10,000 captive French officers still firmly cling, looms in the distance. The question is not what should be, but what can be and will be. It is all very well to talk of public opinion in France, and how the French are now hating and despising. Louis Napoleon, of which we all have sufficient evidence, but what for the moment is the weight of French public opinion com pared with the necessity of getting 900,000 Germans out of France and 350,000 Frenchmen out of Germany, and of restoring peace to Europe ? is the fault of the popular leaders in Paris that the Germans really have no choice. All they can do, and perhaps will do, is to leave it to the option of the prisoners if they will return to their colours or not. This is already the practice with the prisoners who are natives of Alsace. They are sent home if they succeed in convincing the governor that their desire to quit the French army and the French cause and to return to works of peace is sincere. Many have gone thus of late, and their nnmber will soon greatly increase. The thing is managed very well indeed. First, the Alsatians are separated from the French whenever they are found in large num bers. They then by degrees get privileges—for instance, that of letting their labour to whom they like on terms freely settled. The next step is, that they get permission to provide themselves for their lodging and food out of their earnings. Instead of pre senting themselves every evening, they then may do it on Sundays only. If they stand that test without running away, their word away be safely trusted. The number of those who have availed themselves of the permis sion to return would already le much greater were it not for the very good wages which they now are earning in Germany, where working men, of course, are scarce. Those who return to Alsace are so many political agents for reconciling their countrymen with the transfer of their allegiance from France to Germany. Those that stay will gradually establish direct family connections be tween Germany and Alsace. VOYAGING IN BALLOONS.—Aeronauts, who now form an important section of the travelling public, will be glad to learn from so high an authority as Mr. Glaisher that it is a popular fallacy to suppose that the temperature of the air always decreases by a uniform law with increase of elevation. Were it so the ballon mont6 " would be come an impossibility during the present season, for a half-starved Parisian would be of all persons the most incapable of withstanding the rigour of an Arctic climate. Mr. Glaisher's experiments, however, have brought to light the unexpected results that the mean monthly tem perature of the air at 50 feet high is during the evening and night hours invariably higher than at a distance of four feet from the ground, and in the winter months the same rule holds good both by day and night. In fact, the general conclusions at which he has arrived are that at sunset the temperature of the air is sensibly the same up to 2,000 feet, but that at night and during the winter season it increases from the earth upwards. It would therefore seem that the voyager who • penetrates beyond the clouds will not only be rewarded by finding a serener atmosphere, but also a temperature milder than that to which the combatants on whom he looks down are exposed.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE ST. ALBAN'S CASE. The hearing of the case "Martin Mackonochie" was resumed yesterday before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It being understood that the proceedings would commence with the exami nation of Mr. Mackonochie, the court was crowded. Mr. Mackonochie, examined by Mr. Archibald, said : After the judgment on the 4th December, 1869, he ex pressed to his curates his intention to obey the monition. He could not say whether he gave them any distinct in structions not to kneel having this monition before his eyes. It was needless to say anything about the elevation of the paten, as it had not occurred since 1866. He told his curates that he intended to bow instead of bend ing the knee during consecration. That practice had been followed ever since the monition. The bowing was a low bowing. He dared say the forehead touched the Table sometimes. There was no other gesture except standing. The vestments they wore came down to their heels and cow-Ted them. The course he pursued after the monition was to see how far he could - obey the law of the Church and not disobey the law of the State. His practice was to have wafers instead of ordinary bread. During the administration of the Sacrament it had been his duty to lift the wafei the same way as the cup. It was the practice to toll the church bell during the Prayer of Consecration, at the words, " This is My Body ; " and again, " This is My Blood." The tolling of the bel continued until some time after the close of the Consecration Prayer. Mr. Archibald submitted that the bowing down admitted by Mr. Mackonochie was as near to prostration or kneeling as possible. He looked upon the substitution of the wafer for ordinary bread in the same way, and asked their lord ships to pronounce against the respondent for these apparently illegal acts. Their lordships remained in consultation about twenty minutes, and then announced that they would reserve udgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. SUSPECTED PERSONS. —John Field, traveller, John Wilson, betting min, and Emma Jones, an unfortunate. were brought before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough-street Police-court, charged with loitering as suspected persons. Mr. J. A. Alsop appeared for Wilson Land Field. From the evidence of Detective P. Shrive; of the C division, it appeared that he saw the prisoner Jones accost gentle men, and the male prisoners waiting for her, and then joining her again. After watching the prisoners for some time, he saw the prisoner Jones go into a public-house with a man, and afterwards leave with him. The man then left and the male prisoners joined, and he then thought he saw her pass something to one of the men, and with assistance took the prisoners into custody. Mr. Knox asked the officer if the prisoners were known. The officer said he had known Wilson for some time to be in the habit of following women about, and knew him to be an associate of persons he and Butcher had had at that court. Detective Charles Butcher gave similar evidence. Detective Pickels said he had known 'Wilson for two years by the name of Jackson, in the neighbourhood of the Haymarket. He knew him to be a companion of Jones, and he believed Jones had been convicted ; and Jones was described in the police informal ions as being wanted for stealing a canvas bag containing £9 from a brewer's clerk. In reply to Mr. Alsop, the witness said he was not making a mistake when he said Wilson was also Jackson. Shrives said that on searching Field a purse, containing £l5 10s., was found on him. Mr. Alsop addressed the magistrate on behalf of Field, contending that he was a respectable man, only just from the country, and not known to the police ; and on behalf of Wilson, said the constable was mistaken in supposing him to be the man Jackson or an associate of thieves. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners, offering to take bail for Field. BEAR BAITING AT KINGSTON FAIR.—Carl and Otto Hermann, itinerant showmeu,appeared at Kngston Petty Sessions yesterday, on a warrant, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals, who charged them with " using and acting in the manage ment of a place kept for the purpose of baiting a bear,' and Frances Hermann was also charged on a warrant with keeping the said place, she having been the money taker on the occasion of the offence. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners, who are U ermans, had, on the 15th inst., at the Fairfield, an exhibition of dogs, monkeys, wolves, and a bear, to which 2d. was charged for admission. The wolves were battered by the prisoners on the head with iron bars and wooden staves, and felled to the ground, and when thus cowed Carl Hermann fed them with raw meat, and afterwards placed his head in their mouths, but not without the precaution of bending over the joint above their front paw, so as to cause ex quisite torture. Further violence was offered to make them snarl and appear ferocious. The bear was struck on the paws and head until he roared with pain. By this means a full house was attracted, when the doors were closed, and the bear commenced to perform. Ultimately the bear, which by some means has been blinded, and is therefore defenceless to a great degree, was induced to stand on his hind quarters, when Carl Hermann rushed at him, and by the concussion of his entire weight, threw the poor animal violently on its back. Before it could rise he jumped several times upon its stomach, and when it was thus deprived of breath he lay upon the animal, to show the triumph of his skill and courage. During this performance the animal cried out bitterly from the pain inflicted ; and for more than half an hour the poor beast was cruelly beaten, and alternately incited to anger and fear. Mr. Colam, the secretary of the society, pointed out the recent decison of Mr. Cooke on a similar prosecution against Spaniards for bull baiting at the Agricultural Hall, and contended that it was not necessary to show that dogs had been used for baiting nor that blood had been drawn ; if it could be proved that the animals were infuriated, provoked, and terrorised, which was baiting. The Chairman fined the prisoners 40s. each. The money was paid. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.—An admirable and life-like portrait of the young husband that is to be of the Princess Louise has just been produced in the form of a really charming cam de visite, by Mr. John Watkins, of Parliament-street, Westminster. So far as photography can do justice to the handsome young Marquis, it has certainly done so in this instance ; added to which, the particular " carte " we are here referring to is, among all those that have yet been published of Lord Lorne, far and away, the most of a resemblance. BIRICBCCK LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU TION.—The annual distribution of prizes and certificates to the successful students will take place on Wednesday evening next, at eight o'clock, when the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., will preside. The Right Hon. the Lord. Mayor, several members of Parliament, and other friends of education will take part in the proceedings. THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.—In compliance with a numerously signed requisition, Dr. bolt Dunn, M.D., and Mr. T. G. Brewer have consented to become candidates on behalf of the working classes in the Marylebone division. DOUBLE PLOUGHING ON TILE LINCOLNSHIRE `'OLDS. —An interesting and spirited match has come off this week at Caistor, in North Lincolnshire. The Caistor Society is ono of the oldest and most important in the County, and is greatly inspired by the energy and activity of the celebrated shorthorn breeder, Mr. Torr, of Aylesby Manor. The dynamometrical experiments were under the management of Mr. Amos, engineer to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, the results proving Howard's new implement to be ninety-seven pounds lighter draught than the ploughs which drew lightest at the Alford trials last week, and the judges awarded the prize to the Bedford firm. During the trials the judges tested the draught of an ordinary single plough with the competing double implements, and, according to Mr. Amos, this experiment showed the winning double plough to effect no less a saving of horse power than 27f per cent. Two SEAMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.—en plain Brown, of Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons, and Co,.'s steamer Gozo, arrived at Hull from Stettin, reports that two of his crew were killed before his vessel left the river Oder. The Gozo was stopped to allow a steamer called the Ellen Voigh to pass, and at the time had a boat alongside with two men in it. The Ellen Voigh in passing crushed the boat to pieces, killing the two men who were in it. One of the bodies was recovered on the following day. Both were Hull men and one is said to have left a widow and one child.—Eastern Morning News. ALLLGLD liri Ai4St At,GIiTOR.-EXTRA.- 0 RDENTAii, CABE; , . At 'Worship-street, John Purcell, 37, ail Irish than' described as a tailor, and Margaret Flynn, 39, a tailoress, were charged before Mr. Newton with the man slaughter of their female child, aged three months. Police constable 247 G deposed that on the morning of the sth nit. he was called to the house, 24, Hill-street, Paul-street, Finsbury. He was taken upstairs to a room on the first floor, where he saw a child lying en a sofa. It was very dirty, had no eoveOng oh, and was fearfully emaciated. The constable sent for the relieving officer of the parish of St ; Luke, who arrived shortly afterivards Mid saw the child. While the constable was waiting the feinale pri soner came in very much the worse for liquor. On his calling her attention to the state of the child, she said that every care had been taken of it. A feeding bottle was in the room. The reliklving officer removed the child to the workhouse, where, however, it died on the 18th ult. Mar garet Marley, the landlady of the house in question, said the prisoners took lodgings there last spring, at a rent of 3s. 6d. a week. They brought two children with than. About six weeks afterwards the female prisoner went away to be confined. When she returned she was accompanied by a baby and her mother-in-law. After that ehe often left the baby and went to publichouses. One night, while carrying the baby tipetairs, she fell down from the effects of drink. On one oddlisidn When the baby cried witness went upstairs to ascertain the tailo; She saw haw much it was neglected. It had very little Clething i and Was dirty and cold. The female prisoner was always out when witness went into the room. The other children tan about the street, and were often without food. Only for about a fortnight were the prisoners served with a pennyworth of milk a day. Witness at last called in a police-constable. Mr. George Eugene Yarrow, sur geon to the G Division of Police, and medical officer of St. Luke's Workhouse, said that en the night of the 10th ult. the child was taken into the infiriffary, It was much t maciated, weighed but 61b., and ate ravenously: Subse quently, however, it became convulsed, and died on the 18th ult. It then weighed 51b. 9oz. On making a post mortem examination witness found that death had been caused by the exhaustion resulting from neglect and pri vation. There was no . trace of disease or fat to be dis covered. Otherwise the child was healthy. A child aged two months should weigh 81b. or 121 b. An ordinary child at birth would weigh about 91b. Mr. Newton committed the prisoners to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court. REMAINS Or EARLY CIIRISTIAN ART. For some time past certain Church dignitaries have been eager in laying claim to two very rare Works of antiquity, namely, the exquisite portraits of the Virgin and Christ, Maire Hodegedria, painted by St. Luke the Evangelist, and the head of Christ, which is identified as being executed in _the year 400 A.D. Their owner, Colonel Nicholas Szerelmey, an Hungarign officer, and although a Roman Catholic, has steadfastly refused to surrender his treasures, and lately clearly proved to general satisfaction that they are not ecclesi astical, but private, property. Much attention Was drawd to these works on account of the interest her Majesty the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and almost all the crownedlheadshave takenin them. Colonel Szerelmey has lately presented them to the view of her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, to whom photographs of the antiques have been forwarded. " The Virgin and Child " is perhaps the most sublime picture that has ever been painted. It is half-length, and altogether different to those acknowledged as the oldest works. There is no nimbus around the Virgin's head, and the features are far more sad than those with which we are familiar, whilst still there is that sweetness of expression which gives to all similar paintings a marvellous simplicity and beauty. The inscriptions, which are in Chaldaic characters, have been deciphered by an eminent Oriental authority, Cardi nal Mezzofanti, and these are to be found on the face and back of the picture. With the exception'of some slabs lately discovered by Mr. Layard in his excavations at Nineveh, there are but few specimens of Chaldean cha racter, The title deeds of the picture trace its once 'possession to the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, and from that time to detail its ownership and the marvel lous escapes from destruction it has under gone, is a most interesting book. Besides this picture, the Colonel is in the fortunate pos session of the acknowledged oldest bas-relief of the head of Christ. The framework of this is composed of Rosso-Antico marble, and carved thereon is the symbol the "fish," a sign used only in the third and fourth cen turies, the five letters forming the Greek word for the fish forming the initials for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour." This was found in a catacomb in the year*-1807, together with a number jof coins, statues, and sculptures, which had not been disturbed for fifteen centuries. The were purchased by Prince Regent George IV. The general regret which has been manifested at this work, as also thi picture, being hidden from the public will shortly no longer be felt. Colonel S7ereliney, yielding to urgent requests, has allowed the work to be photographed; thus it will be in the reach of others save crowned heads to view these works, A marriage is arranged to tale place shortly between Mr. Robert W. Duff, M.P., and Miss Louisa Scott, youngest daughter of Sir - William and Lady Scott, of Ancrum, Roxburghshire. ANNUAL COLLEGE FIGHT.—The students of Union College,, Schenectady, New York, have had their annual horse-chestnut fight. The fight lasted about an hour, ending in the discomfiture of the Freshmen. Black eyes and bloody faces testified to the fury of the contest. The Soph. lost his eyesight, probably beyond recovery.— American Paper. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, and attended by the suite, is, according to the latest arrangements, expected to arrive at Windsor Castle on Wednesday morning from Scotland. CRYSTAL PALACE.—At this afternoon's concert Madame Arabella Goddard will play Beethoven's No. 5 Concerto. The vocalists will be Nldlle. Leon Duval and Mr. Nordblom. The symphony is Beethoven's No. 7, in A. An interesting cellection of submarine cables, pre sented to the Technological Museum will be exhibited in the centre transept this day. Der Freischutz which, was produced with so much success on Thursday, will be re peated on Tuesday and Thursday next. The series of science lectures addressed to working men at Manchester is a great success. Three weeks ago Professor Huxley opened the series by a very interesting lecture on Coral Islands. On Wednesday se'nnight Professor Roscoe lectured on Spectrum Analysis, and this week Mr. Huggins lectured on the Spectrum Analysis of the Stars. These lectures, which are to be continued through the winter have been literally crowded by most attentive audiences, and since full reports are published in the Manchester daily papers, there is every hope that much permanent benefit will be derived from them. Two inquests were held on Thursday at Padding ton on railway servants who had been killed by their own negligence. One of them, a "slipper," in the horse department of the Great Western Railway, was going , home to dinner, and was killed by a train which was being shunted. The other was a porter at the Queen's road Station ; he was killed by a passing engine. The coroner said it was really astonishing to see the absolute nonchalance with which railway servants sported with danger. The porters at a railway terminus had hairbreadth escapes from violent deaths a dozen times in the course of the day. LAY HELP IN CHURCH Wonic.—lt is announced that Lord Francis Hervelf is to read a paper on lay help in Church work at a public conference of the clergy and laity of Paddington, which is to be held at St. Stephen's Schools, Westbourne-park-road, on Monday evening, with the object of attracting the attention of Churchmen to the moral obligation incumbent on all communicants to devote a portion of time to such branches of Church work as they may have ability for ; and to the need of organisation and system, and a higher standard of qualifi cation in carrying out such work, under the auspices of the parochial clergy and of the diocesan. DEATH OF THE ETTRIC SHEPHERD'S WIDOW.— Mrs. James Hogg, the widow of the Ettrick Shepherd, died on Tuesday, at the age of 81, at Linlithgow, where she had long lived in the seclusion she preferred. Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips was married to the poet in 1814, and, until his death, presided with much grace and amiability over his only too hospitable home. It was her fate to survive her husband thirty-five years. Many of the mul titude of friends who surrounded the poet would have been glad to have shewn his respected relict their sense of old kindnesses ; bat she shrunk from everything like noto riety and society, and lived an almost hermit life. For a considerable number of years past Mrs. Hop- was in possession of a small Government pension, which, so far as she was concerned, was bestowed unasked and unex pected. With her death will reawaken, soon again and finally to perish, many pleasant memories of Yarrow and youthful days among still a few "both hereabouts and far awa."—Scotsman. TOTE JOHANNITER.—Mr. Lee writes to the Times to say that he has been the chief agent of the National Aid Society at Remilly, previous to the capitulation of Metz, and in constant intercourse with the Johanuiter- Ritter. He wishes to correct some errors which have appeared in a description of the manner in which tie Prussian ambulance system is conducted. He contradicts the assertion that the members of the Freivillige Sauk euplege are identical with the distinguished order of Johanniter, or Knights of St. John of Malta. The former are subordinate to the latter, whose Origin is much more ancient. They are a small and select body, chosen by the King himself. They claim the control of the voluntary assistance to the sick and wounded, a claim which has led to much strife and jealousy. The English society have good cause to be thankful to the Johanniter in general, for a somewhat difficult task has been rendered lighter by their advice and assistance. In conclusion, Mr. Lee refers to the strictures which have been made on the English society for not having con formed to rules like the Johanniter, instead of each one following his own devices. He does not desire to disprove so sweeping an accusation; but he maintains that much must be left to individual responsibility in a society whose 'employs are gentlemen, and whose work is so c diversified. The National Aid Society has conducted its operations with better success than might have been looked for when its hasty organisation is taken into con sideration. OUR COTEMPORARIES--Thift Mornin THE EASTERN QUESTION., The Times points out that the question before us as Et nation is not whether Turkey should be protected or Russia humiliated, but whether a Power which has bound itself to the other' Powers of Europe, including ourselves, that the Black Sea shall be a lake of peace, harassed by no ships of war and bordered by no arsenals, shall of its own motion release itself from its obligation. This question involves another, whether the obligation is iu itself one which it is in the interest of; the world to en force. If it were like the obligations that arose under the; Treaty of Vienna, to keep Belgium annexed to Holland, and Lombardy and Venice to Austria obligations running counter' to a higher law —no one would think of enforcing it ; but the neutrality iuf the Black Sea is in itself a blessing, even f we were ready to acknowledge that the Eastern Question might have been settled on another basis. Taking ; however, this lowest ground of all—admitting, fur example, that the balance of power in the East might be secured by the principle of counterpoise in the Black Sea, instead of on the principle of its perfect neutrality —we are still landed on the question whether a Power bound by an obligation of a valuable character that might conceivably be exchanged I,r other obligations tending to a similar end can be permitted by the simple expression of a resolution to that effect to free itself from the existing obligation, and we must perforce answer the question in the negative. We cannot admit the claim without cutting at the root of the validity of international obligations; we cannot permit the claim to be practically asserted without opposition. If Russia' took no steps to complete the resolution announced in Prince Gortschakoff's letter, if, having affected to throw off the burden of the Treaty of 1856, she remained in truth observant of its stipulations, we should, of c mrse, be content with the emphatic protest Lord Gran ville has returned to St. Petersburg. If, on the other hand, she proceeds to fortify the shores of the Black Sea and to launch vessels of war on its waters, our duty may be and will be painful, but it seems also clear and unavoidable. The question, says the Daily News, which chiefly agitates the public mind at this moment is—Has Prussia connived at this action on the part of Russia ? Our cor respondent at Berlin telegraphed yesterday that it was there freely admitted that an understanding existed between the two Powers as to co-operation in case of war. It is surmised that Prussia may have have bought off the possible interference of Russia on behalf of France by a premise of connivance. To what extent Prussia may thus have pledged herself—if she has pledged herself at all—it is important for us to know ; and there need be no difficulty in Mr, (ado Russell obtaining an explicit answer on the point, if that be the object of his mission to Versailles. The late Lord Derby once re marked that the aggressive policy of Russia had never proceeded by storm, but by sap and mine ; but in the present instance, if she has followed her ordinary custom, it has been to blow up the mine with startling force. There can be no doubt as to her intentions ; and there can be little doubt as to the manner in which Eng land is bound to meet them. There must be nu diplomatio beating about the bush. If war is inevitable, we must know it at once, and our conclusions on the point will depend much on the answer given by Count Bismarck. The unwelcome duty which England may have forced upon her is clear. We shall not blindly rush into war for the sake of war, like the passionate lover in Tennyson's poem, with a wild sort of notion that thereby we may purge our country of the evils begotten of commerce. We shall go to war to fulfil a duty to which we are pledged. Per haps the first Russian war was a mistake. Perhaps we ' were wrong in bolstering up an effete and hopeless Power; and very probably we then imposed on the country which we vanquished conditions which we should now see the justice of rescinding. But we then became guarantors of a treaty which we cannot see lightly and arrogantly thrown aside, even if we are compelled to go to war for the sake of an idea. The Telegraph, in commenting on the inconsistent con duct of Russia iu thwarting all improvement in Turkey, , says : When the two Principalities betrayed au irrepres- Bible desire for union, and subsequently elected a foreign Prince, Russia seemed shocked at such a breach of the letter of the treaty, such an outrage on the Sultan's rights, Russia ! the Power that alwaysdemanded self-government for the Christian subjects of the Porte I Yet now, when under Prince Charles, that self-government has been' made a reality and not a sham, she growls at the result. Inconsistent enough, if we take Russian professions for what they seem ; consistent enough if Russia's hope all all along has been not to see Turkey developed into federated and almost independent Christian States, but to see her fall into disorder, an easy prey for Musco vite greed. The natural development of Turkey would tend to let nationalities gradually attain an integral autonomy under the nominal Sovereignty of the Sultan—ruling themselves and guaranteed from foreign wars. Side by side with this process should be the developement of free local institutions amongst the Chris tians still subject directly to the Porte. Such a change is possible with Russia honestly helping us, or even with that Power standing peaceably' aloof. Eng land, Austria, and France have common interests in that directioh ; there was a time when even Prussia, in her ante- Bismarckian period, cherished the same high thoughts, and, as in 1854, encouraged her then ally Austria to de fend the " interests of Germany "in the East. But Russia has been the disturbing element that has made Turkish progress sometimes impracticable and always slow. To secure immunity for her unceasing intrigues . against Constantinople, she has been ready to aid any despotic Power that could - further her objects in the East; and hence the ' alacrity with which, from 1815 to 1853, she sup ported absolutism in Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Italy. Her vast power, her ambition, and her rapacity, have made despotisms possible and disarmament impossible in Europe for the last fifty years. What the Rhine frontier was to Napoleonism, Stamboul has been to the House of Remanoff. The Standard remarks as follows :—lt is idle to tell us that the Czar intends to be pacific so long as the circular of the 19th of October remains unrecalled. It is super fluous, or at least premature, to speak of a conference. What conference can we have, or what is the conference to do ? Will a conference restore to us the faith in treaties which has been so roughly invaded by Russia ? How far can a conference help us to exact from any Power the duty of keeping to its pledges when the very act under discussion is a breach of what was done and Settled by a conference ? What conference to be elected hereafter can have more authority than the conference out of which sprang the Treaty of Paris? There is no possibility of summoning such a conference, and that Russia knows well and has calculated upon. There is nothing to place before a conference, even if it could be sum moned. What is the state of the case ? Russia declares that she is no longer bound by a certain convention which was guaranteed by the Powers. Are we then to bring before another conference the question whether Russia is or is not at liberty to violate her engagements. That would be an insult to the public intelligence. There is no case whatever for discussion, simply because Russia has decided upon her case already. She does not only say that she is aggrieved by the clauses of the convention relating to the Black Sea, she declares that she withdraws from them. So long as she continues in this position she is hors de la ioi, and has passed the right of appealto any other court. What, then, is another conference to do, or how are its provisions to be made more binding than those of the last ? This very claim to be tried again for a matter which has been already settled, at a time like this, is a deliberate outrage upon the public opinion of Edrope. All the pro fessions of peace and of moderation on the part of Russia become an insulting mockery when we perceive that she has chosen her time for declaring her release from the Treaty of Paris just when France, one of the principals of the late league against her, was supposed to be at the crisis of dissolution, and when Prussia, the steady friend of Russia in 1856, is at the height of her power. The Manchester Examiner says : No overt act has been done at variance with the strictest interpretation of the Treaty. All we have to deal with is the bi.,.ement of Russia's intentions, and a neutral attitude is hardly a fit object for cannon balls. Declaration of war would expose us to the embarrassment of not knowing where to begin. The Baltic is closed against us for the winter, while in the Black Sea there is no Sebastopol to besiege and no place to capture. The very condi tions of the Treaty deprive us of any ready means of coercing Russia, so that hostilities would be little more than a barren demonstration against her, while it would expose our commerce to reta liatory attacks all over the globe. We prefer to believe that the question will not be found incapable of friendly solution, and, in spite of the warlike on dits of the clubs of London, we venture to predict that the bellicose intentions which have been ascribed to the British Government will prove to' have no higher authority than unfounded conjecture. THE STAMPING REGULATIONS.—The Court of Exchequer has just ordered an attorney to pay a fine of 40s. for neglect of duty in not affixing a necessary stamp. The learned barons have resolved to be very strict, and hinted that in future the fine would probably be £lO.