The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-10 00:00:00

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. Trip -- NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE. VERSAILLES, Nov. 9 (10.45 p.m.) :the Monit eur Officiel of last night is authorised , u s tate that the Federal Chancellor proposed, on the' basis of the status quo, an armistice to extend to i 14 3's for holding elections all over France, even districts held by the German troops. He offered ti 4/ Permit, and even encourage, the holding of elec °ns without any armistice whatever, but M. Thiers %148 not au th or i ze d t o a cc e pt those proposals. He 1 eil landed as a sine qua non the admission of food to par s as a preliminary, and offered no military e quivalent whatever. The Federal Chancellor not being able to grant eac h demands, M. Thiers received, on the 6th of "Wernher, orders from Paris to break of negotia tionB. The French have plundered a part of the convoy u4 : l er charge of Mr. Thomas, of London, for the 61 °k and wounded. WAR CONTRIBUTIONS. T he latest i n telli g ence from Marseilles (Nov. 7) states that the Prefect of the Var has called upon ov , e Department to contribute 2,000,000 francs, in edience to the decree of the National Government ufor the Defence. THE FRENCH FLEET. „ A , despatch from Cuxhaven, dated the 9 th inst., freS that the French Fleet, consisting of 30 vessels has proceeded to the North Sea. The ii:Nation of the Elbe has therefore ceased, and all 441 have been removed. THE DEFENCE OF LILLE. 4 , 3 1 t la stated here that Lille will not be able to 0 1isly resist the .German forces under General 4 11 ZaLteuffel, as the supply of guns, arms, and war Qte 'ie/ is very scanty. bor APPROACHING ATTACK ON PARIS. r e T he Pro v i nz i a l C orres pondenz of the 9th, in re :ling to th e approaching attack on Paris, says the 7' Will certainly be issued at the moment which t: l ' appear most opportune, after duly weighing all p e i ci rcumstances, and especially the internal de °Praent of affairs in Paris. -ori CIRCULAR FROM M. JULES FAVRE. 1 ?1 , r . Favre has just addressed a circular to the p en ch Ministers abroad, in which he asserts that 1 18. : 14 ja, by causing the rejection of the armistice, t ot 1 11 ce more proved that she continues the war t or e l With a s t r i c tly personal object, without caring t6 t ," real interests of her subjects, and especially ij in terests of the Germans whom she drags along h e st Wake. GERMANS CONCENTRATING NEAR CHATEAUDUN. It i s at , reported from Tours that the Germans troops e h l'ed over Beauce 'are concentrating between rat teaudun an d O r l ea n s . It is believed that Gene izo Y ou der Tann is preparing to make an offensive o °e 'llent. Th e engagement of the 7th resulted j ill a Prussian attempt to occupy the forest of at ; e uenoir. There were 6,000 men engaged on each The Prussians were pursued six miles towarl!B "otter le Marc"' THE CAPTURED BALLOONS. he ,""c 4 c ording to information from Versailles, the 4 4 Persons captured in the balloons have been Iv t° ar a Prussian fortress, to be tried by a council of B ev ' the p a p e rs found upon them compromise Et 7 41 diplomatists. Some Englishmen who effected ea ,, 68 ce d nt b from a balloon at Verdun have also been tlrey the Prussians. r t , O CCUPATION OF MONTBELIARD. 0, ° tit 'Y the Prussians occupied Montbeliard, with - e ht , th e Slightest resistance being offered to their 1 % The town is being fortified in order to resist 0 attack. The occupation became necessary in 4 to make the investment of Belfort secure. willgen T ENCOUNTER AT BRETENAY. 4 1 4. . -.. eaci ce has been received to-day at the Royal e lle 'quarters at Versailles, that the 9th Infantry Th: 4ll tered a body of Mobile Guards at Bretenay. ttr, - 6 ght was a severe one. The French loss qe:llllteci to 70 killed and 40 prisoners. The 1 ' 4 4 loss was very trifling. T L A NOTHER FRENCH WAR CREDIT. b ere e delegation of the Government of National 19 K ,, l 'ee at Tou rs has opened an additional credit of oi l ,uu°,ooo f r a n cs at the Mi n istry of Public Works Ike tnt coulat of expenditure for the National arzna- AUSTRIA AND ITALY. FLORENCE, November 8 (Afternoon). Si if, rePorted on good authority in this city that Miughetti, the Italian Minister at Vienna, th e 'as recently returned to Florence, has given to 4.4 4l , G° verument of Victor Emmanuel formal th e Pees with regard to the favourable feeling of Aoli cv Cabinet and Court towards the Italian ' ll Rome. The f „ CHINA. fro- ° "owing communication has been forwarded b ee ' the Foreign Office:— "A telegram has dat il d e coived at th e F ore ign-office from Mr. Wade, °o oa e- b i)e kin, October 26, stating that the Chinese th er - ' lBB ioner is about to start for France, and that 18 no danger in the North of China." T IIE ELECTIONS IN AMERICA. „ tr PHI L ADELPHIA, November 9. 41 offman, Democrat, has been re-elected Th e r - h il°t New York by about 30,000 majority. 1 2,4c; er hocratio majority in New York city is has • NO disturbances occurred. Massachusetts 25,4'ected Claffin, Republican, Governor, by about Illinolmajority, The Republicans 'have carried kiehl a by 30,000, and also carried Louisiana, 40 t4 -g r- T a , lll Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Minne land, -%,." Democrats have carried Delaware, Mary fro,4 all entucky, and Tennessee. The returns at e these elections are yet imperfect, but indi- Nv hieC i at the Republican majority in Congress, 4 now 93, will be reduced below 50. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) 44.° 13T URE OF PRUSSIAN BARQUE. repZcksman, w h o arr i ve d i n Y armou th yesterday, ago - 1 , 4 t hat whil e i n th e N o rth Sea a few days bcir cin -(3 W itnessed the capture of the Prussian 44 Der Turner "by a French iron-clad. After ba m —e lting c h ase the Frenchman came up with the kb?"' and boarded her; and having left an officer ve a i n umber of men on board to take the ay` into a French port, the ironclad steamed for Tile barque was believed to be from Dantzic - "den, with flax. TRt MARRIAGE OF EARL COWPER. 1,,. At uleeti vtN cie ng of the cor p ora ti on o f Hertford, under the W ed n nY of Willi am Plummer Wilson, Esq., mayor, ail ad il ,._ eon day, s th e council unanimously recolved to presentCfsB of c ongratulation to the L or d High Steward of ti o „ °l.°ll gh, the Right H on . L or d C ow p er , i n com memora of hie recent marriage. UNIVERSITY SPORTS AT OXFORD. The annual four-oar races for the silver challenge cup commenced yesterday with trial heats, which were decided as follows :—Corpus beat Worcester by a length ; Pembroke beat Brasenose by three-quarters of a length ; and University beat St. John's by lf lengths. Chr st church row to-day, when the winners of yesterday will again contest, and on Friday the best crew will row Balliol, the holders. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CARLISLE. This morning two plate-layers were knocked down on the Caledonian Railway, near Carlisle and killed. A dense fog prevented them from seeing the train ap proaching. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.} HANDICAP PLATE. Callipcedia... ............ Prior Cheddington Eleven ran. STEWARDS' PLATE. Cymbal Oxonian .... Blenheim Eleven ran. SCRATCHED, Liverpool Cup —Cardinal York was struck out at 12.15 this day. THE MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Business to-day on the Stock Market was better. The funds are higher, from the influence of abundant money, scarcity of stock, and the purchases of the Government broker. Consols are firm at 931 to 93i for both money and the account. New and Reduced are 921. Foreign Stocks keep firm. Italian Fives, 50 to 56i ; Spanish Threes of 1867, 31 to 31f ; Turkish Five per Cents., 461 to 47 ; ditto of 1869, 53 to 54 ; Egyptian of 1868, 781 to 79. The Scrip of the new French Loan is firmer to-day, at 1i to 1 prem. J. S. Morgan and Co., agents for the French Govern ment Six per Cent. Loan, beg to notify that the scrip certificates are now ready at their counting-house for delivery, in exchange for the allotment letters and receipts. The prospectus of the new Russian Railway Loan of £1,500,000 has been received in London, but the subscrip tion is to be exclusively in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities. Mexican advices of the 13th inst. state that the Con ducta which arrived at Vera Cruz on the sth ult. brought down £750,000 in specie. Reports having been circulated of a fraudulent issue of Georgia State bonds, one of the papers of that State gives the following explanation of the affair, which illustrates the extent of caution necessary on the part of all investors, and especially foreign ones, in dealing with securities of this description : " A few days ago a resolution was introduced in the House to inquire into the issue of State bonds to a large amount, and the forged use of an official's name in con nexion therewith. We have been looking into the matter, and find that the following is said to be the state of facts: — The Legislature authorized the Governor to make a tem porary loan to pay the members. He has issued bonds to the amount of one million and a quarter of dollars, and used the lithographed signature of the State Treasurer to the coupons without the knowledge or authority of that officer. Not over two hundred thousand dollars has the Treasurer received to pay the Legislature. The immense residue of the vast sum is, therefore, still in the hands of the Executive. This tremendous mass of bonds has been issued in the last month." Messrs. Barnetts, Hoares, Hanbury, and Co. have in timated that the are prepared to take up for the honour of the Mauritius Commercial Bank any bills drawn by that establishment on Messrs. Mallet Freres and Co., of Paris, and not accepted, if the bills come through known channels, or if the whole set of bills are presented together. The Manchester Courier states :—` At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. R. Dickinson and Co., commission agents, the statement submitted .showed liabilities Of about £5,600. A resolution was passed accepting 12s. 6d. in the pound." THE CREDIT FONCIER COMPANY. In Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Court the case of the Credit Fancier and Mo bilier of England v. the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company was set down for hearing to-day. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., on behalf of the defendants, said that he was instructed by his clients to withdraw the demurrer which they had entered, so that the case will be proceeded with. roucE INTELLIGENCE.—This DAT. QUIXOTIC ASSAULT. —Mr. John Leslie, of 9, Moore street, Chelsea, gentleman, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborougn Police-court, with assaulting William Vandona, of No. 25, Wellesley-street, Euston-square, jeweller's assistant. The complainant said he was passing along Regent-street, last night,!with two friends, when the defendant struck him in the face with something like a whip without any provocation, and as he refused to apologise he gave him into custody. The defendant asked the complainant whether he did not call after a gentleman, Lord Ranelagh. The complainant said he did not, but one of his friends said, " There's Lord Rane lagh," but it was not in a jeering way. Wm. Hird, a young man, said Lthat he said, " There's Lord Rane lagh," and complainant said, "Is there," and the defendant struck him with a strap or umbrella case in the face. Police-constable Abel Dickins, 17 C R, said that on taking the defendant, who had been drinking, into custody, he saw a red and swollen mark on his face. The complainant offered to accept an apology, and on his asking the defendant for his card he gave one without any address on it; and when asked for his address, said, winking at him (the constable), "Moore-street, Chelsea ;" and not being satisfied he took him to the station. The defendant said he was with a friend, looking at the illumi nations, when he saw some lads following a gentleman, and some one said " Here's Lord Ranelagh," and hearing complainant call out in a jeering way, he gave him a box on the ear, thinking he was annoying his lordship and mobbing him, but he now very much regretted having done so. The defendant called a witness on his behalf. Mr. Knox said that the defendant, having been drinking, took it into his head that the complainant was annoying Lord Ranelagh, or some one who was taken for him, and struck him, and if he had apologized for doing so then there would have been an end of the matter. As he had declined to do so he would have to pay 20s. or 14 days, he (Mr. Knox) taking into consideration that he had now expressed his regret. A WICKED Sox. —Charles Rose, aged 14 years, was charged, at the Thames Police-court, with stealing two sums of 4s. each, and embezzling £2 13s. he had received for, and on account of, his mother and grandmother, of No. 18, Wentworth-road, Stepney. The prisoner lived with his mother and grandmother, poor but industrious and respectable people. They gave him 4s. last Monday three weeks to pay the rent of their humble lodging. He returned without the rent book or receipt, and said the landlady was too busy to make out one. On the following day he again received 4s. to pay another week's rent, and a savings' bank book was given to him with instructions to withdraw £2 13. He did not pay the rent, and the money he received at the Savings' Bank and foolishly and wickedly squandered his parents hard earnings. He returned to his home yesterday penniless, and offered no excuse in palliation to his mother land grandmother, who earned the wretched and inefficient wages of 3s. and 4s. per week each, at needlework. The landlady of the house in Wentworth-road said - the prisoner did not pay the rent for two weeks in succession. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say in defence, bawled out a loud and stern "No." He was remanded for a week, and will then be sent to a reformatory. LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.-MARYLEBONE DIVISION. A large and influential meeting of ratepayers took place on Tuesday evening, at the Holly-bush, Hampstead, to hear an address from Mr. Hepworth Dixon, candidate for the Marylebone division. A number of gentlemen, well known in Hampstead, were present, including, amongst many others, the Rev. E. Walford, Mr. Dudley Baxter, Dr. Russell, Mr. Manley Hopkins, Mr. Latham, Mr. Arthur Finch, &c., &c. Mr. Dixon spoke at some length, and was much applauded. A vote of confidence was passed unanimously, and the meeting pledged itself o support Mr. Hepworth Dixon. We understand that Mr. St. Leger, one of the most intimate friends of the late lamented composer during the greater part of his life, is writing a biographical sketch of Mr. Balfe, interspersed with many choice anecdotes. We have no doubt that his reminiscences will be read by all musical amateurs and professors with much interest. `1 FIE SUA, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 18-41. LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. 'divert and to distract the public mind from those less ex citing topics which, nevertheless, must attract a deal of attention from those who are charged with the cares of government in this country. And if that be true of war like t opics in general, it is especially true of such a war as this ; for I must say that, although we are not parties to this war, yet, looking back in memory to the period of a war in which we were parties—the war in the Crimea — it seems to me that the public mind is no less concen trated and engrossed—as much, even more, engrossed in the topics of the great struugle now proceeding, than it was for the most part even in the events of the Crimean war. And such a war is, without doubt, no incon siderable obstacle to the performance of those great peaceful duties to which in your speech, my Lord Mayor, you have been pleased to refer. But, although it so increases the difficulties of those duties, it does not ab solve the Ministry in this country, nor the Parliament of this country, from the endeavour to discharge them. And when Parliament meets, it will be our earnest care again to direct its attention to some at least among those many subjects of paramount and more commanding interest whici► continually solicit and employ our thoughts. It is impossi ble, considering the various and complicated construction of this great Empire, and considering the nature of the age in which we five, and the continual awakening of mankind to many new forms and aspects of social and political com plication—it is impossible but that, whenever the country is disposed to recognize them, there must always be ample, and more than ample, employment for the thoughts of Ministers and Parliament. My Lord Mayor, as I have said, with respect to our efforts in the cause of peace, that the country may rely upon it, whether there be much or littlelin our power to do, at least we shall not fail for the want of the most earnest desire or of the most vigilant attention. (Cheers.) And 'With respect to that work of public-legislation and ad ministration, upon which the future welfare of the country more essentially- depends than upon any temporary or passing event whatever, we shall continue to work in the same spirit as that which has hitherto directed our efforts. Upon special ground, and upon every general ground, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I request you to join me in drinking " The Health of the Lord Mayor of London." (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with cheers, and Earl GIIANVILLE, in acknowledging the toast of " The House of Peers," referred to the position England had taken with respect to the present condition of affairs iu France said : At a later period a new phase of the war occurred which we thought we could not pass over in silence. A circular was written with great and fearful power by Count Bismarck, describing the circumstances which might arise from the bombardment of one of the first capitals in the world. We could not remain silent to an appeal which seemed intentionally addressed to the Powers of Europe. We decided on the step we took. We had not learned that in the step we took we should have found all the Powers ready to join with us in col lective action, or to suggest any possible terms of peace if we had thought it ourselves expedient to do so, but what we did learn was this, and I have the highest pos sible authority for saying so, that the Prussian Govern ment themselves were inclined to accept an armistice in order to afford an opportunity for the convocation of the Constituent Assembly in France, with a view to nego tiations for permanent peace. We immediately addressed ourselves to the French Government, but th French Government absolutely refused to make any demand for an armistice. At the same time they ex pressed their willingness, if we made any such proposal, to concur in it, and in making that proposal, which we thought it our duty to do, we did it in such a way as we have learned from Tours was most likely to succeed, viz., that M. Thiers should, at an, interview with Count Bis marck, demand an armistice, without any reference to subsequent peace. My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, we took that course. We were, at the same time, not with out a shadow of hope, though we are fully aware of the difficulties of the situation—we were not without a shadow of a hope that it might succeed. We thought that the attitude of this country did not invite us to make such a representation. I have re marked already on the absence of party spirit. Hun dreds of thousands of pounds have been subscribed in this conntry, and administered by public men, of different views, for purpose of giving support to the sick and wounded. We have seen the press of this country speak ing with the freedom which fortunately is our privilege, and which we shall always maintain, discussing all the conditions of the war ; and if sometimes that freedom led to irritation en MO :Aida or. _other—and very patural , that such an impression should be produced on the part of belligerents—the press of this country, as I am proud to acknowledge, has shewn an unswerving purpose in ex pressing the feeling of the nation, and its desire to do anything to facilitate and promote a peaceful termination of this great conflict. The energy and ability which have been displayed by the press of this country in their exer tions under very great difficulties, have led to what I may call a war literature unexampled in its fullness and interest, and in its power of putting before the people of this country the events of importance and interest which have succeeded each other abroad. Our propositions suc ceeded so far as England was concerned. It was no part of our duty to make suggestions as Ito the conditions of the armistice. We were separated from every other neutral country in Europe. We could not act in ignorance of the exact military positions of the belligerents—in ignorance of the provisions there were in Paris. Not knowing whether the Germans were prepared to make an attack at once or not, and ignorant of the political state of Paris, how was it possi ble for any of the neutral nations to begin to discuss the provisions which it was obvious could only be competently ascertained by a knowledge of the extent of the resources of both belligerents? Her Majesty's Go vernment have received absolutely no official information as to the character of the negotiations made, and no in . formation as to the manner in which these negotiations were broken off, or the circumstances attending them. It is, therefore, impossible to state at this moment any thing as to the failure of these long and frequent inter views. We cannot regret, but, on the contrary, we re joice, that we, in common with all other neutrals, have made an effort to secure peace. Her Majesty's Govern ment are earnestly desiring peace. They would be glad to contribute to an honourable and permanent settle ment. We desire to see,Germany strong in her unity. We should deprecate the seeing of France unnecessarily humiliated, and we desire that to all neutral nations their rights may be preserved. But we are without any means of knowing the conditions on which that result may be obtained. We should be ready to devote any amount of,labour to that object, and we should be ready, if we could, to sieze any opportunity which the good sense of the belligerents themselves or 'the good offices of any one or more of the neutral Powers might afford. This is our policy, and I believe that it is not disagreeable to the sentiments of those present. I believe it will be approved by the House of Lords, for whom I return you thanks; and also by the House of Commons, and, I trust and be lieve, by the nation at large. The toast of " The Judges " was acknowledged by Chief Justice BovILL. The Lard Mayor's and Sheriffs' Banquet at the Guildhall last night was attended by a large and brilliant company. Amongst the guests were the Lord High Chan cellor and Lady Hatherley, Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., and Lady, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P., and Lady, Earl and Countess Granville, Right Hon. Lord de Tabley, Right Hon. Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Marquis of Hartington, M.P., Right Hon. Henry A. and Mrs. Bruce, M.P., the Lord Bishop of London, the Right Hon. R. and Mrs. Lowe, M.P., Right Hon. C. S. Fortes cue, M.P., and Countess Waldegrave, Right Hon. G. J. and Mrs. Goschen, M.P., Right Hon. Sir W. M. James, Right Hon. Sir G. Mellish, Hon. Sir R. MalMs, Vice-Chancellor, Salvador Minister, Grecian Minister, Belgian Minister, Italian Minister, Persian Minister, Netherlands Minister, Right Hon. Sir R. J. Phillimore, G. Grenfell Glyn, Esq., M.P., Right Hon. James Stansfeld, Esq., M.P., W. E. Baxter, Esq., M.P., Sir Albert Woods, Sir F. Rogers, Bart., W. B. Gurdon, Esq., C. R. Wilson, Esq., Albert Rutson, Esq., R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., George Lyall, Esq., Sir R. P. Collier, M.P., Attorney-General, Sir F. Grant, MacCullagh Torrens, Esq., M.P., John Holms, Esq., M.P., William M'Arthur, Esq., M.P., C. Reed, Esq., M.P., and Lady, J. D. Samuda, Esq., M.P., Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P., W. H. Smith, Esc., M. P. , John Lock, Esq., M.P., Colonel F. M. Beresford, M.P., C. W. C. Hutton, Esq., Sir F. Lycett, J. Paterson and Lady, T. Cotterell, Esq., G. J. Cockerell, Esq., Thomas Cave, Esq., M.P., Hugh Jones, Esq., W. Forster White, Esq., J. Bag - gallay, Esq. F. Hicks, Esq., Colonel Henderson, C. 8., Sir Thomas Henry, Sir Frederick Arrow, Colonel Fraser, C. 8., and Mrs. Fraser, Commander of Trop_m_l - 4„ t iCeins-„ head, Esq., GladajtiV Gladstone, 3. E. Johnstone, Esq., and Mrs., M. Sampson, Esq., Collingridge, Esq., Lord Chancellor's Secretaries, A. W. Young, Esq., M.P., Lady Willmott and Miss Willmott, J. R. Valentine, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. John Bard, Mrs. J. Napier, Mr. G. Lushington, Mr. Edwin Lawrence, General Burnside, Captain Snow, S. Morley, Esq., M.P., Lord Borthwick, Hon. A. ,Kinnaird, M.P., Count de Torre Diaz, J. S. Morgan, Esq., William Burchell, Esq., Edward Masterman, Esq., Captain Mangles and lady, T. Somes, Esq., The Hon. 8.. Howe Browne, Richard Harvey, Esq., C. Gilpin, Esq., M.P., and Mrs., Sir John Rose, R.C.8., Rowe, Esq„ and Mrs., J. H. Horton, Esq., and Mrs. Hardy, Septimus Davidson, Esq., and Mrs., R. A. Gray, Esq., and Miss Williams,— Hyde, Esq., Rev. G. P. Irby, Mrs. J. Dakin, Miss A. Dakin, W. B. Hume, Esq., William Coulson, Esq., Lightly Simpson, Esq., Jules Gaudet, Esq., and Mrs. John Morris, Esq., Alexandbr Young, Esq., Sydney Smith, Esq., Capt. Pook, James Southerne, Esq., William Turner, Esq., J. Gurney Fry, Esq., Dr. Beattie, S. King, Esq., Buxton Shillitoe, Esq., Bartle Frere, Esq., and Mrs., Lionel Redpath, Esq., and Mrs., S. A. Beck, Esq., R. Clay, Esq., W. Bird, Esq., Joseph Thornton, Esq., Trowbridge, Esq., Donald Maclnnes, Esq., Myles Fenton, Esq., William Quilter, Esq., Paul Margetson, Esq., William Turquand, Esq., Henry Waite, Esq., William Banbury, Esq., and Miss Ankell Jones, R. N. Fowler, Esq., M.P., William Inman, Esq., Colonel and Mrs. Somerset, G. T. Clarke, Esq., Richard Fothergill, Esq., M.P., E. M. Richards, Esq., M.P., Henry Richard, Esq., M.P., Captain J. W. Russell, Rev. Robert Ferguson, LL.D., The High Constable of Merthyr Tydvil, D. W. James, Esq., Andrew Lusk, Esq„ M.P., David Henry Stone, Esq., W. J. R. Cotton, Esq., Sir Joseph Causton, Chamberlain, Recorder, late Lord Mayor, Thomas Sidney, Esq., Sir D. Salomons, Bart., T. Q. Finnis, Esq., Sir R. W. Carden, Sir W. A. Rose, Sir Thomas Gabriel, Bart', W. F. Allen, Esq., S. J. Gibbons, Esq., and Sir S. H. Waterlow. It fell to the lot of the Secretary of War,after the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and duly honoured, to reply to the toast of the "Army, Navy, and Volunteers." Mr. CARDWELL deeply regretted the absence of Mr. Chil ders, the First Lord of the Admiralty. In responding for the three branches of the service, he said that the con tinuance of the war upon the Continent was specially regretted by all the officers of her Majesty's Army and Navy, for they, more than civilians, knew what the horrors of war really meant. At the same time, they were anxi ously endeavouring to ascertain the various lessons which the experience of the war was calculated to teach. There were also lessons which civilians might learn—amongst them was one that short service terms in the army were good. The present war had clearly shewn that a man might be a thoroughly good solctfe'r and yet might be ordinarily engaged in peaceful pursuits. Of the united services of this country he was sure that he might say they would ever strive to maintain the good opinion which had been formed of them by the cultivation of those qualities which had so invariably distinguished them. The LORD MAYOR proposed " The toast of " Her Majesty's Government," and coupled with that toast the name of its most distinguished chief. Mr. GLADSTONE on rising to respond, was received with much cheering. Having passed in rapid review the position of matters at home, the right hon. gen- ileman proceeded to allude to matters abroad When (continued the Premier) we cast our eyes beyond our own shores, and at no great distance, we see a spectacle such as has rarely in the course of history harrowed the feelings of mankind. We see a war which, in the coldest impartiality of description must be pro nounced to be unexampled—a war which in the course of three small months has expended more of blood than, I believe, any year of the history of Christendom has in times of the darkest convulsion and revolution ever before witnessed. It has expended treasures which it will take the peaceful labours of many long years to replace, and which has presented to our view military catastrophes so far transcending all former catastrophes, that a mystery surrounds them which none as yet have been able to penetrate. It is not only your feelings, however, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, to which this war appeals. It entails duties upon us; and my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor has boldly challenged the verdict of general opinion on the mode in which we have striven to dis charge that portion of the duties of a neutral Power which consists in the observance of certain positive obliga tions, I will only add to what has fallen from him thus much. We have at least this degree of testimony to our impartiality—that, if we have not succeeded—as it was impossible for us to succeed—in giving, in the midst of feelings naturally so excited, a sense of universal satisfac tion, at least we have found no great inequality in the dissatisfaction partly excited on the one side and on the other ; and that equality of dissatisfaction is, perhaps, the best testimony that the circumstances will admit of our now receiving of the fair and just spirit in which we have striven to act. (Hear, hear). But, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, it is to the future we look for the judgment that will be passed upon our con duct ; and if we Englishmen, when we read the criticisms now sometimes indulged in—when we read the cruel re proaches occasionally cast upon us—when we read the insinuations that we are a nation governed by no mo tives but by those of the meanest covetousness and the most paltry cowardice, feel aggrieved, on .the one hand, I think we may remain tranquil when we refer to the testimony and experience of the history of the past ; on the other, we may rest content in the belief that these are but momentary and passing ebullitions—the natural, the necessary result of great and agonising struggles. It is not necessary fee us—it is not be3oming in us—to feel the slightest excitement or resentment in regard to any portion of them. It is our duty to allow largely for our fellow-creatures—for our friends of those two great con tending nations in the circumstances in which they are placed; and we rest with perfect confidence in the belief that when the moment of calm judgment has returned, our motives in all our actions will be fairly and liberally appreciated. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, there is another portion of the duties of neutrals—l mean that which is less definite and less positive than the .mere observance of certain obligations of international law, which is not yet less important—namely, that which imposes upon them the duty of watching for every oppor tunity either of abating or bringing to a termination the tremendous evils of such a war as this. (Hear, hear.) It will be for one of my colleagues, who will presently address you, to shew you—l think to satisfy you—that in this respect we have not been slack in our desire at least to comprehend and to act upon the obligations of a civilised and a friendly Power towards the one of those belligerents and the other. And I will " The Health of the Lady Mayoress " was proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, which having been heartily responded to, the company retired. OPERA COMIQUE.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, and attended by a numerous suite, honoured the above theatre with their presence last evening. Her Royal highness the Princess of Wales, accom panied by Prince Albert Victor, Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Prince and Princess Teck and royal children, and a numerous suite, attended the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus yesterday afternoon. The royal party ex- pressed themselves much gratified with the performance. A Board of Trade inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Scotland, while on a voyage from Leith to Liverpool, on the 7th of October, was opened on Tuesday, in Liverpool. The main point for the court to consider was whether the captain or the pilot was the person re sponsible for any omission in taking notice of certain lights. The vessel stranded on the Black Beacon Rocks, near the Peninsula of Jura, and now liesin the Birken head Docks. No Ives were lost. A gold chain manufacturer, carrying on business in Clerkenwell, was charged at Marlborough-street with having forged the marks used by the company of gold smiths. he prisoner, who was a working jeweller, had sold a chain as 18-carat in quality, hall-marked, but on being assayed it was found that the mark was not that of the Goldsmiths' Company, and that the quality was only a little over 16-carat, or about 7s. an ounce lower in value than it was represented to be. A remand was granted, and bail was refused. only say, my Lords, that I hope not only for a real peaces but, what is still more important, one which shall be in its character sound and just—one which shall meet the fair and equitable claims of that Power which has proved itself the stronger in the present contest, and which also was, at the origin of the contest, the Power assailed, and that it shall not be too galling to the susceptible feelings of that gellant nation which has so long enjoyed a mili tary ascendancy in Europe; and, most of all, that, when that peace arrives, it will be founded upon principles agreeable to the ideas and to the just sense of modern civilisation—upon principles which will give it the cha racter, not of a hollow, a passing, a temporary arrange ment, but of being in conformity with the convictions of civilised mankind—will tend to promote the future tran quillity of Europe, and the stability of that peace which it will then enjoy. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, one of the effects of war is, as we know from experience, to The Liberte publishes an extraordinary piece of informa tion on the authority of its correspondent in London. Bismarck contemplates restoring the Pope to the full possession of the temporal power with the object of reconciling to Prussia Catholic Bavaria, who steadily pro tests against the absorption of Germany by the House of Hohenzollern. The reproaches which the Prussian Minister of Florence continues t address to the Govern ment respecting the Italian volunteers are intended to establish a definite ground of complaint against Italy so as to afford a pretext for quarrel when the right moment arrives. THE POLICY OF BAZAINE. In a letter dated November 6th, the Metz corres pondent of the Daily News writes :—As I was strolling on the esplanade this morning I met a comfortable-looking old gentleman, in gaiters and woollen gloves. A remark as to the scenery served as a mutual introduction, and he told me he was an old officer of artil lery, who, during the greater part of the siege, had held the position of Commandant of Fort Qealeu, and who, when capitulation seemed mminent, had returned to the civil life, out of which the siege had temporarily called him, so as to escape expatria tion as a prisoner of war. The good old gentleman spoke very frankly as to the events of the siege, and had no hesitation in speaking his mind as to Marshal Bazaine, and the motives by which, from first to last, lie had been actuated. When the army of the Rhine first fell back around the fortifications of Metz after the battle of the 18th of August, instead of making efforts which undoubtedly would have been successful to push onward for a junction with the rest of the French forces. Bazaine's explanation to his principal officers for his policy was to the effect that the forts of Metz were in a defensive con dition so backward that he dared not, consistently with his duty to France and his impression as to the im portance of Metz as the premier fortress of the Empire, abandon it in its then inchoate condition to a defence to be carried on solely by its garrison. In this view the commander of Fort Queleu declared that he completely coincided. Comparatively trivial efforts would, he believed, have sufficed to reduce Metz, immediately after the 18th of August, had there been no army to supnort the garrison, and to strengthen the fortifications, and had the Prus sians taken immediate advantage of the state of weakness. Bazaine, .he continued, with a zeal and industry beyond all praise, put the forts into a state of efficient defence by the end of the month. It was then according to my informant, that his presence for the first time became de trop in Metz, and then it was that he ought, with all the vigour he could exert, to have burst through the Prussian cordon and get at large. That he could have done this, whether in prosecution of the temporarily energetic sortie which lasted over two days-31st August and Ist September—in the direction of Noisse ville, Savigny, and St. Barbo, or in the better line down the valley of the Moselle, my in formant had no doubt ; and I presume there are few, even of the Prussians themselves, who will venture to differ from this view. After the middle of September, however, Bazaine's position, in view of breaking-out tactics, became hopeless. Sickness decimated his ranks ; his troops had already eaten deep into the means for transporting artillery and train. I asked the old com mandant how, in his opinion, it was that Bazaine did not strike a decisive blow for extrication after his presence in Metz for good had ceased. The reply, to my thinking, was very pregnant. Bazaine, a capable general, a gallant man, and a sincere patriot, hung balanced between two stools. Instead of looking with a single eye to his duties as a military commander, he became distracted with political complications. In the early days he was studying the interests of the Emperor, and the moans of conserving for Impe rialistic uses the army under his command. Later on, the poison of personal ambition impregnated the system of the hitherto straightforward soldier. He nourished dreams of seeing himself Regent of France, and made ducks and drakes of his reputation without attaining the personal quid pro quo he lusted after. On the subject of provisions, the old commandant of Fort Queleu could speak with exactitude. In the fort he had commanded there existed at the time of the capitulation rations which, witn care and eking out, would have fed its proper garrison for six weeks, And there were stores to the same extent in the other forts. These had been husbanded to the last in the belief that the incubus of the outside army might somehow be removed, and that the fortress proper might still be in a position to preserve La Pucelle from violation. THE PRISONS AT GIBRALTAR. The reformation of criminals is always an uphill work. At the Gibraltar Prison, however, there seems to be no difficulty of this kind—the work is all downhill, and, if anything can make a criminal worse than he was when he was convicted, the best chance of effecting this object seems to be sending him to Gibraltar. The chaplain of the" prhion there — hi — his report for the past year which has lately been printed, says the general moral tone of the prisoners is far from satisfactory. " I do not see," he adds, " how it can be greatly improved so long as men of depraved minds are associated together with no possible check to blasphemous and filthy conver sation or indecent behaviour. It has been suspected that even worse evils have existed ; but this I am inclined to doubt, though I know from trustworthy sources of information that the evils I have mentioned exist to a very large extent, and that it is impossible to prevent them under the present system. Probably the pri soners here are not worse than others of their class in England, but they have opportunities for indulging their evil propensities which they could not have if they were not in association." A;prisoner of some education made the following observation to the chaplain on the subject of the separate system : " What," he said, " can be the ideas of our Legislature as to the reformation of criminals I can not imagine. They begin by sending a man to Penton vill e, where, I believe, much good is often done; and then they send a man to do his time out here, where every good impression is dissipated, and he be comes ten times worse than he ever was before." Repeatedly the chaplain has been told, in answer to good advice given by him to the prisoners, " When I was in separates I used to say my prayers regularly, but here I never think of such a thing." This shows that the effect of Gibraltar on a prisoner is very different from that of France on the King of Prussia ; and the chaplain expresses his "most earnest hope " that it may be found possible to provide some remedy for the very great evils of the present system of association as carried out in the Gibraltar prison. —Pall Mall Gazette. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning EMIGRATION TO CANADA. A meeting on the subject of emigration was held at Toronto on the 17th of October. The first speaker, the Rev. Mr. Herring, who was received with cheers, referred to the origin of the immigration movement with which he was connected. The Clerkenwell Emigration Society, had helped out about 1,700 immi grants, and he could say, from his personal knowledge, that with a few exceptions they were all doing well and were prosperous. In Toronto there were a few who were trying to kick up a row, but' these were not the parties whom he would advise to come out. They were parties who were very nice about the kind of situation they would take, and grumbled because they did not get just what they wanted, But this class were in a very small minority, the rest were looking forward hopefully for better times. They had had their triais to be sure, but were rapidly forgetting them in the midst of so much prosperity. He advised immigrants to take up land in the free grant district, but not at first. It would be better to learn the ways of the country first, and earn a little money too. He spoke of his visits to Hamilton and London, and several parts of the country, and wherever he went he found the people desirous of immi grants coming out, and he was sure that 10,000 more could find work in Canada. He hoped the Government would see the importance of properly assisting immigration. He intended going to Ottawa with some others to urge upon the Government the importance of establishing a cheaper means for immigrants getting out to this country, and also of making Canada more generally known through out England. For there was as yet a great amount of ignorance in England with regard to Canada. He concluded by saying that his remembrances of Canada would be those of happiness. He had mixed with all classes, and everywhere he had met with great kind ness. While some few of the immigrants were in a poor condition, it was with great pleasure he could say that the vast majority of those' who had come out within the last two years to Canada were progressing in a highly satis factory manner, and were happy, comfortable, and contented. Many of them had declared that if they were offered a free passage back to England for themselves and their families they would not aceept it. Ho had found that immigrants who had struck boldly into the country, or located themselves in the rising villages, had more to shew in the way of advancement than those who, contrary to advice, had stuck to the large cities and towns. There was ample scope for all in Canada, and ho believed there was a glorious future awaiting those who came here. The meeting was addressed also by Colonel Maude and Father Nugent, to much the same effect as by Mr. Herring. Several immigrants spoke. The first said he came out a brokendown tradesman, but now has good wages ; another said he is engaged at 1 dol. 17c. a day. It was stated that more protection was required on the voyage for young women going out alone, and better steerage accommodation generally; that a propsr place of shelter at Quebec is needed, and also at Toronto ; and that the railroad arrangements are of a very inferior class. A suggestion made by one that a cheap lodging-house, where immigrant families with small means might have a room or two while seeking permanent employment and dwellings, and other practical hints, were well worthy of consideration. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS. In discussing the subject of fortifications, the Time= says the fortifications of Paris will certainly not fulfil the purposes contemplated by M. Thiers, since all the armies of France were transported bodily to Germany be me the Germans began their attack upon the capital. But though there is no regular force outside Paris there is, if reports be true, a very formidable force acquiring substance and strength within its walls. It is credibly stated that at least 500,000 men, variously armed, but more or less disciplined, and all as yet animated with a most intrepid spirit, are under the command of General Trochu. There is also especial significance in the report that General Trochu, alone of all the members of the Govern ment, was in favour of rejecting the Armistice and con' fronting the chances of a siege —a resolution all the more remarkable on his part, inasmuch as he has hitherto discouraged the presumption of the Parisians, and taught them that their military capacities were less than they imagined. He it was who forbade the headlong sorties on which the extreme Republicans were bent, and who devoted his efforts to the gradual establishment of dis cipline in the motley armies under his rule. It was he whose plan of defence was so clearly defined that he condemned the conquest of a certain post as useless, and told the Parisians, in plain words, that though he knew what he was about, he intended to keep hia secret to himself. If this man, one of the best soldiers in France, looks forward with confidence to the results of the siege, it may certainly prove that the fortifications of Paris have been worth their cost. The capital, in short, will represent a strong military position, within the defences of which an army was created powerful enough, by the aid of these defences, first to arrest, and ultimately, if such hopes are realized, to repel, a foreign invasion. But the actual realization of such hopes is remote and uncertain still, and in the meantime there is the distressing reflection that besides these half-million soldiers who form the garrison of the position, three times as many helpless non-com batants are involved in the miseries of the siege. It seems almost a necessary conclusion that, though a forti fied place may be an inestimable advantage, it should not enclose the population of a large and industrious city. THE MINISTRY AT THE GUILDHALL. The Daily News, in commenting upon the Lord Mayor's dinner at the Guildhall, remarks that the chief feature of yesterday's speaking was the vindication of our attitude with respect to the war. The complaints of our neu trality were admirably dealt with, by the Lord Chancellor first, and then by the Prime Minister, while Lord Granville historically vindicated our efforts after peace. Mr. Gladstone, indeed, put the question of our neutrality with all his force, when he said that not only was it impossible for us to give satisfaction to both sides, but that we had a better testi mony to our success in that we had given an equality of dissatisfaction. It is, however, but of little use to spend time and effort in attempting to convince two excited belligerents that we have occupied a neutral position between them. As Lord Hatherley said, a person standing on a line half way between two distant persons, seems to each one to be nearer to the other. His lordship's elaborate and able vindication of our impartiality may be commended to the notice of the Germans when they are able to attend to it. At present such a vindication serves only to reassure ourselves amid what Mr. Gladstone fitly called the cruel reproaches which have been cast upon us. That those reproaches are altogether undeserved is clear, and Englishmen all believe with the Lord Chancellor that when the excitement of the war is over it will be acknow ledged by both sides that we have behaved with the strictest impartiality. The Telegraph says the Ministerial speeches of last night indicated that the Government has to deal with three great questions presented by the present war. First comes the question whether we have acted fairly by both belligerents, or whether there is any justification for the complaint of Count Bernstorff, that we have really acted as the ally of France, by permitting her to replenish her exhausted arsenals in the manufactories of Birmingham, and have thus become virtually her ally. We have repeatedly shewn how groundless is the com plaint, and it is satisfactory to hear so eminent a lawyer as the Lord Chancellor challenging the jurists of Europe to point out a flaw in the enforcement of out Proclamation of Neutrality. But, as Lord Ha therley himself pointed out, it is futile to ex, pect that Prussia can do us justice in such matter while she is distracted by the turmoil of war ; and wo must wait for the judicial quietude of peace. The duty which we owe to France and Germany as arbiters presents a more difficult question. England is placed in such a position that she could not have permanently held aloof from the contest. That plan of isolation which removes her from the jealousies of European policy, and that stead fast liberalism of spirit which draws to her the appeals of the wronged, in themselves indicated her "as the one nation which could bring peace, if that blessing could result from anything else than the over whelming victory of one belligerent over the other. Well, we have used our last efforts, and the effort has not suc ceeded ; nor could Lord Granville repeat his overtures until the situation shall be so changed as to alter the resolution of either party. Lastly, comes the duty which must be discharged by England when the time shall arrive for defining the conditions of peace. Prussia has already announced that she will be content with nothing less than the surrender of two provinces which are passionately attached to the nationality of France. The morality of that demand was cha racterised by the Lord Chancellor last night in words of frank indignation ; and, if the Prime Minister spoke in terms of greater reserve, his meaning was equally clear. From the Guildhall, last night, the English Cabinet sent forth this message, that the war, at the out set, was waged by Germany for a purpose which won the sympathy and the admiration of England ; but that now, when the contest has been degraded into a war of con quest, the German people have forfeited the claim to uphold the standard of political morality. THE FAILURE OF THE ARMISTICE. The peace negotiations at Versailles, the Standard re marks, from which the organs of the English Govern• ment promised so much, and from which, as we insisted from the first, so little could be hoped, turn out to have been nothing more than a farce, in which Count Bismarck made M. Thiers his butt. The Chancellor of the North German Confederation seems to have considered it consistent with his position and his power to make sport of the Government of Paris and its representative, and to mock the sufferings of some two millions of people. He professed an anxiety to deliberate with the Government of Paris as to the terms of peace, and to spare that slaughter of hundreds of thousands about which he had written so coolly, not to say complacently, to the diplomatic representatives of the North German Confederation. But when, after more than one conversation, in which he had pro fessed somewhat exuberantly his own moderate views, the French representative came to business, and asked what would be the conditions of the armistice he was so ready to concede, in order to facilitate the convocation of a Constituent Assembly, and to enable France to choose her own Government, it appeared that he would only concede what he could not obtain by a persistence in war; that he would agree to no armistice which should not practically assure the definitive triumph of Germany. Well, from the German point of view such a determination is defensible enough, and might be deemed by neutrals to have its warrant. But to talk, with such .a policy decided upon, of modera tion, to engage M. Thiers and the Government of the National Defence in negotiations which he intended should come to nothing unless they should surrender at discretion, and their very entrance upon which was calculated to injure, and for the moment did injure them, was no doubt clever, but was also mean and dishonourable. To offer an armistice of twenty-five days to consume the stores of provisions still left in Paris, whilst the Germans brought up supplies, was really to mock the Government of Paris and France. THE LIVERPOOL EDUCATION BOARD. The election of fifteen members of the Education Board will take place at Liverpool on the 25th. A meeting of the Churchmen and Dissenters favourable to religious educa tion is being arranged for Saturday with a view of avoiding as far as possible a contest in opposing the members of the board. THE CENSUS IN PHILADELPHIA.—An American correspondent writes :—" The census of Philad e lphi a i s com pleted, and the population is announced at 657,179, an increase of 94 , 650 in the last ten years. This result is a great disappointment to the people of the city, who con fidently expected a population of 800,000 at least, and, like the New Yorkers, whose population did not come up to their hopes, charge the census-takers with negli gence." A VETERAN.—George Oxley, an in-pensioner of' the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, was buried at Brompton Cemetery on Tuesday. He served in the St. Helena Artillery, and had charge of a signal station on that island (hiring the time the Emperor Napoleon I. was confined there, and his duties were to signal to the authorities when ever the Emperor left or returned to his residence. Oxley was about 77 years of age. ~~ .~~