The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-19 00:00:00

THE WAR. GREAT BATTLE ON TUESDAY, REPULSE OF THE PRUSSIANS. THE FRENCH OCCUPY THE GROUND. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE BALTIC. GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. 'lns 'mowing aespateft is dated ront-a-mousson, Thursday, 11.20 a.m. :—" Perfect quiet reigned all day yesterday. The German army holds the posi tions gained by its sanguinary victory of the 16th. The objects of the battle of the 16th have, been completely attained. The cavalry of the 3rd Army Corps attacked the enemy on the morning of the 16th, without waiting for the support of the infantry, and subse quently fought for six hours, in conjunction with the latter, keeping three French army corps and a portion of the Imperial Gnard engaged until evening. This cavalry attacked the lOth French Army Corps with great determination, and at great sacrifice rode down the French ranks, and drove the enemy back to Metz. Many prisoners were made, including several officers of the Imperial Guard. General Sheridan, of the United States army, will remain at the King of Prussia's head-quarters. From Berlin we learn that yesterday the Queen received a despatch from the King, in which it is stated that the battle of Tuesday took place near Mars-le-Tour. The King also states that his army took two eagles and seven cannon. 'CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM. In the battle of the 16th, at Doncourt, the Prus sians were repulsed, and the French occupied the ground. Prince Charles and General Steinmetz commanded the Prussians. The Berlin correspondent of the Times telegraphs as follows The French armies have been sepa rated by a victory at Mars la Tour. The French main army, forced back into Metz, is brought to bas% by the German First and Second Armies. Thi: Crown Prince, with the Third Army, Is free to pro ceed to the West to engage General Trochu at Chalons, who is probably reinforced by the remnants of Marshal MacMahon's army. Decisive events are shortly expected." NAVAL BATTLE NEAR RUEGEN. A, German despatch from the Island of Ruegen says that on Tnesday a division of the Prussian fleet, composed of the Grille and the gunboats Drache, Blitz, end Salamander, was engaged to the west of Ruegen with four French ironclad frigates, a corvette, and a despatch boat. The French fleet is still off Dornbach. It was first met by the Grille. "We have suffered no losses," says the German account. REPORTED ILLNESS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. 'The Brussels correspondent of the Daily News says that it is reported here that the Emperor Napoleon is suffering from febrile monomania, during the paroxyisms of which he incessantly cries out that ho has been betrayed. TILE DEFENCE OF THE CAPITAL. - mile newly-appointed uovernor has issued a pro clamation, which says :—" Amid the peril in which I am appointed commander-in-chief of the forces entrusted with the defence of the capital, Paris takes the part which belongs to her. She wishes to be the centre of great efforts, great sacrifices, and great exam ples. I believe in our success, on the imperious condition of good order, calm, and self-possession. I shall obtain order, not by the powers conferred by the state of siege, but by your patriotism and confidence. I appeal to all parties to restrain by moral authority the ardent spirits of those who wish to profit by our Dublic misfortunes." The Journal Ventre ciauene is suppressea. The 12th Corps, tormed at Chalons, under the command of General Trochu, is now entirely or ganised. 'l he 13th Corps, forming at Paris, under General Vinoy, will shortly be in readiness to start for Chalons. THE CORPS LEGISLATIF. At Wednesday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, M. Gambetta asked that coercive measures should be taken against foreigners residing in Paris, on account of the disturbances which have taken place at La Villette. General Palikao stated that the guilty parties have been sent before a court-martial. As regarded the news from the army, he'added : "We have had a slight success over the enemy, who attacked Phalsbourg, and who lost on that occasion 1,300 men." He concluded thus : "I request the Chamber to adjourn any further question until the receipt of more important news, which is expected." M. Thiers expressed a hope that Paris will, in case of necessity, oppose an invincible resistance to the enemy. For that purpose it would be necessary to make a waste round Paris for the enemy, and cause abundance in the capital by allowing the inhabitants of the surrounding country to take refuge in it with all their produce. (General applause.) M. Duvernois said : "The question of provisions constantly occupies the attention of the Government. We are in a position to guarantee provisions for the city, especially by the means proposed by M. Thiers." In yesterday's sitting urgency was. declared for M. Cremieux's bill, relative to the reduction of the octroi duties. A petition demanding the expulsion of Prussian subjects was referred to the Government. MM. Pelletan and Ernest Picard asked that all the National Guard should be immediately equipped and armed. The Government Commissioner replied that he must refer the honourable members to the Minister of the Interior's declaration on the subject, and that, with re gard to the arming of the inhabitants, the Government was actively engaged in satisfying all these wishes of the Chamber. General de Palikao notified the appointment of Gene ral Trochu to the Governorship of Paris, and explained that it was necessary to select an active an energetic man for the defence of the capital. Such was the motive for this appointment ; none other existed. As regards the seat of war, General de Palikao added that the news was good. The Prussians had sustained such losses that they had been compelled to ask for an armistice to bury their dead. Since then the Prussians had been arrested in their advance on Bar-le-Duc. The Minister of War declared that it was certain that the whole regiment of Cuirassiers commanded by Colonel Bismarck had been cute° pieces. (Cheers.) General de Palikao also men tioned that a small engagement had taken place near Schlestadt, and he drew attention to the wording of some Prussian despatches, coming through Belgium, from which he inferred that the Prussians had sustained a real check. The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs is not yet possession of any notification of a blockade of the German ports in the Baltic. Prince Napoleon, contrary to the desire of the Empress, has sent his children to Prangius. He has also, it is said, sent away all his valuables from the Palais RoyaL De Choiseul, deputy, on Wednesday arrested On the Place B eauva i s w i th his own hand a person wearing French uniform whom he suspects of being a Prussian spy. It is related that at the battle of Woerth an officer of Curassiers had his head carried off by a ball. Notwith• standing, the body remained upright for a short time, and for about 100 metres the decapitated horseman appeared as if he was charging the enemy. The Figaro has opened a subscription for the purpose of presenting a sword of honour to Marshal M`Mahon,whose recent defeat it regards as one of the most brilliant achievements in the history of France. The same journal also says that *the French Ambassador in Brussels has refused M. Francois Victor Hugo a passport for France. The Echo mentions a report to the effect that Prince Frederick %Arles has been severely wounded in the late battle, THE SITUATION IN PARIS. WEDNESDAY. The Journal Officiel furnishes a remarkable specimen of the style in which the public are treated by the Govern ment in this campaign. That paper just publishes a decree signed August 12th, appointing Marshal Bazaine to the command-in-chief of the army of the Rhine. This change was made, it will be seen, last Friday ; the Minister of War, Count Palikao, has already alluded to it in the Corps TAgislatif ; and yet it is only just now that the decree itself appears. Great public anxiety and irri tation would have been saved had it been known at once that a single mind was to control the army. Nothing in connection with the war has given rise to greater excitement than this doubt about the leader ship. Even now the decree is far from sufficiently ex plicit. It says only that Bazaine is to command the army of the Rhine. It does not state that the whole of the French forces are to be entrusted to him. The "news" of the great events which have been trans piring since Saturday is as unsatisfactory as ever. We sus pect that a tremendous battle was fought somewhere between Metz and Verdun yesterday (Tuesday), but we are kept equally in the dark as to the nature, locality, or result of the fight. Yesterday we were entertained with an obviously untrustworthy message from a sub-prefect, who announced that great fighting was progressing some where on the road to Verdun, and that the Germans had been defeated, leaving about 40,000 killed and wounded behind them ! In the Corps Ldgis latif, the Minister of War had nothing additional to tell. All that his bulletin amounted to was that the French had maintained their line intact, and that the decisive conflict would be fought before Chalons. Here is the sum total of the Government news at a time when constant fighting is going on. It is certain that an important battle took place on Sunday ; it is probable that there was more fighting the next day; and it is all but indisputable that grave events happened yesterday; yet by the middle of the week we know nothing worth mentioning of the engagements since Sunday, and very little of what happened then. It may be as well to recapitulate such intelligence as we have hitherto received—it being borne in mind, however. that this information is from French sources and must be compared with the accounts from German bulletins. On Sunday a severe battle was fought on the east side of Metz—that is, towards the Prussian frontier. The scene of the locality was near Pange. The corps of Ladmirault and Decaen bore the chief shock of the battle on the French side, and on the part of the Prussians there were engaged, the first and seventh corps, each composed of about 25,000 infantry, with 3,000 cavalry, and 96 pieces of cannon. The French rearguard had, therefore, to con tend with about 60,000 Germans. The battle lasted four hours, and, according to the French account, the Germans were repulsed with considerable loss. According to the German account, the French were driven into Metz, King William's battalions remaining master of the field. What has happened siince ? The answer simply is that we do not know. The French retreated after this Sun day's battle; but that does not prove the Prussians to be the victors. If the design of Marshal Bazaine was to retire, a partial victory would not induce him to alter his determination ; and if he were beaten, he would retreat all the faster. His forces retired on Metz and beyond it. The Germans followed them. Yesterday we had this vague news of heavy fighting going on, and, in deed., there can be no doubt that some serious engagement has taken place. What it is we must wait for the appear ance of the official account before we can say, or, more likely still, wait for the arrival of English papers contain ing adequate bulletins from the Prussian side. Terrible has been the excitement and anxiety of these two days at the Corps ligislatif. This afternoon the feeling of sadness which has prevailed has in no way diminished. The message from the sub-prefect, announcing the fate of the unfortunate 40,000 Prussians has done little or nothing to calm the fears of the deputies; for, say they, if such splendid success had been obtained would not the Government have speedily informed the country? Would a sub-prefect be given the honour of announcing to the nation such intelligence? The members wander moodily about, they talk gloomily to each other in the Pas Perdus ; they attend very little to business—the only work done being invariably a smart row between the Left and the Right. Every day has its disturbance ; on some occa sions there is a most fearful uproar. This afternoon a general assault was made upon the Minister of War, in the hope of squeezing some substantial fact out of that mute personage. He had nothing worth hearing to say. We had obtained, he said, a slight triumph at Phalsbourg, in which affair the Germans had lost some 1,500 men. With regard to the main army, he excused himself from giving details. " A concentration was being brought about." What is meant by this " concentration ?" Why, if the army has beenfighting these three days, is a concentration needed? Such a movement ought to have taken place before the fighting commenced, unless it was required after the dispersion which follows a defeat. THE BATTLE BEFORE METZ. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. I have just been put in possession of facts relative to recent movements, after Woerth and Forbach, which go far to explain the present position of affairs. I give these facts, adding nothing more than that I can rely upon their accuracy. When Marshal Bazaine took the command of the army of the Rhine, he soon saw that the only tactics to be adopted to struggle successfully with the enemy was to draw them away from the strong positions they held into the plains of Chalons. It was for this reason that he decided on quitting the neighbourhood of Metz, crossing the Moselle, and concentrating his troops at Verdun. Prince Frederick Charles saw that it was important that the greatest efforts should be made not to permit Bazaine to retreat on Verdun. He, therefore, endeavoured to get hold of Pont-h-Mousson, but not having sent a sufficient force, he was obliged to retreat, leaving in the hands of his enemy some thirty prisoners. The prince returned to the wood which lies between Metz and St. Avoid, about six miles in length, and waited for another opportunity. This opportunity presented itself on Sun day last. From information brought to the prince, he learnt that the French were crossing the Moselle. He allowed about one half of them to get to the right bank and advanced with a division of 16,000 men. Finding that the two generals, L'admirault and Decaen, were still before Metz, he sent for a second division of 16,000 men ; and ultimately another division of 16,000 came up. The Prince, Ending himself at the head of nearly 50,000 troops, attacked General Ladmirault and compelled him to retreat. The Prussians then advanced towards Metz. At this particular moment the King of Prussia, who was on the heights, sent a telegram to Berlin claiming the victory. The Prussians continued advancing, and approached within gunshot of Metz, before which fort they found stationed a portion of the division of General Decaen. At a signal given Decaen's division marched from the right and from the left, and the Prus sians found themselves in front of a well-armed advanced fort belonging to Metz, called St. Quentin. The mur derous attack made by this fort was so disastrous for the Prussians that they were compelled to retreat, harassed by the division of General Ladmirault. The Prussian General now sent a flag of truce to General Ladmirault, requesting an armistice of twelve hours to bury t'leir dead. Ladmirault refused, and opened a strong cannonade. The Prussians, believing that the whole of the French army had re -crossed the Moselle, retired into the woods. Since the battle of Sunday the French have continued their retreat, but not without several severe skirmishes with the Prussians, who were obliged to fall back as far as Commercy, which lies between the fortress of Toul and Bar-le-Duc. Marshal Bazaine continued his retreat with out being further molested, and will probably arrive to-day or to-morrow at Chilions, where the Emperor has now established his head-quarter s . We now heir of heavy fighting as mentioned above, but you will probably learn the details of that before we do. The Prussians must of necessity consent to a decisive battle, and that on the ground chosen by the French ; fol. the Prussian army is in this position—if it does not fight it will have before it the army of MacMahon, which covers Chalons, about 70,000 men in numbers, and Mar shal Bazaine, in the rear, with a very powerful force: The Paris papers state that the leaders of the Prussian army asked for an armistice of twenty-four hours in order to bury the dead, and that the French Commander in- Chief refused. The same journals add that the German chiefs wanted the armistice, not to bury the dead, but to bring up the living. They wanted more troops to the front ! General Coffinieres, who commands at Metz, has issued a proclamation, stating twat as the fortress already con tains more inhabitants than the supplies of food, in case of siege, can support, no more of the families who are flying from the country can be received. They must either return to their homes, or go further into the in terior. Specimens of the style in which the French supply service has been managed are not wanting. At the battle of Weissenburg an artillery battery awaited, with feverish impatience, a supply of ammunition. At length some caissons arrived. They were found to contain boots and shoes ! The Liberte says that Strasbourg is invested, but the siege has not commenced. The enemy is in want of proper material, and all it can do is to blockade the place. General de Barrel has been sent thither by the French to direct the artillery of the stronghold. He passed through the German lines in disguise, and arrived safely at his post. The Metz correspondent of the IncUpendance Beige says that some of the soldiers who fought at Weissenburg en tered Metz a few days ago in a deplorable condition. Weissenburg was the first serious encounter of the war, and it took place on August 4th. For about a week after that date, a number of men belonging to the 10th Chas seurs and the 23rd Regiment of the Line, had been wan dering about in an almost destitute plight. They entered Metz without their knapsacks, and almost without clothes, and were constrained to beg of more fortunate regiments. All the fault of the Intendance. The Liberte states on good authority that Marshal Bazaine has stopped all telegraphic communication between the head-quarters and Paris. The commander in-chief is positively informed that all the intelligence respecting the movements of the army is immediately transmitted to London, and from thence to the Prussian head-quarters. Amongst evidences of a patriotic spirit in France, it may be mentioned that all the pupils of the Normal School of Lons-le-Saulnier spontaneously offered them selves as a corps of volunteers. They have engaged to serve as long as the war lasts. As they know the use of arms they are likely to bb useful, and they number in all above 600 men. One of the local magnates at Boulogne is organising a corps of Frenchmen who have come over from England to do battle for their country. The capture of four German vessels off Malaga by a French gunboat is announced. The names of two of them are unknown ; the other two are the Brillante, from Taganrog to Queenstown, and the Pearl, to Amsterdam. Six North German vessels have taken refuge at Harwich ; one of them was a barque, from West Africa, with a cargo of palm oil ; another, from New York, had also a cargo of oil ; a third, from Russia, was laden with flax ; and a fourth, from the West Indies, had a general cargo. The other two were grain ships. There are now more than thirty German merchant ships anchored in Falmouth harbour. The Figaro has a joke with respect to the unpopularity in which the late Minister of War, General Le Bceuf, is held. It declares that the French soldiers have set a noble example of moderation to the nations of Europe, for they have professed their willingness, for the future, to take their soup without beef—sans Le Bcruf. The Presse of Vienna announces that Cardinal Auto nelli has officially presented to the King of Prussia his congratulations on the success of the German armies. The special corespondent of the Paris Constitutionnel tele graphs from Carlsbad that the Pope has asked. Prussia for a formal guarantee of the Pontifical territory. The King has sent through Herr Von Arnim a consolatory, but evasive, reply. The French continue their retreat upon Chalons. The line taken by Marshal Bazaine is not, as some have sup posed, south-west towards the line of the Upper Marne, at Bar-le-Duc, but due westward to Verdun. A despatch, dated yesterday, states that the bulk of the army was on the day before concentrated at Etain or Estain, in the department of the Meuse. The road by Etain is not the best and most direct one to Verdun, which lies more to the south, and leads through Mars.la-Tour and Manheulles. Marshal Bazaine was probably induced to take this circuitous course in order to place his columns as far as possible from the Prussians. The latter, however, have not let him off. It is from French despatches we learn that on Monday they harassed his march. It is probably some Corps of the army of Prince Frederick Charles —the same, we presume, which passed the Mo selle at Pont-k-Mousson, and which, operating on the right of the Crown Prince, is nearest the French line of march—that was thus engaged. No very consi derable German force, however, appears to have been able to get so near Bazaine's corps as to dispute its progress. The problem was, to a great extent, one of marching, and the French seem to have got the start. The French Minis ter of War says that only two divisions of Prussians ap proached Bazaine to harass him, and were repulsed. This is the explanation of the firing which so shook the nerves of the Sub-Prefect of Verdun, and led him to report, " under reserve," that a great battle had been going on all day. The statement of Count Palikao in the Legislative Body that the Germans had relinquished their intention of cut ting off the retreat of the French army refers simply to their attempt to hinder the retreat to Verdun, an attempt which the French Minister of War considers to have failed and to have been abandoned, and not to the general operations of the Germans beyond the Moselle. The latter are still pressing forward. in order to be able to force the French to an enga;ement before reaching Chalons. The Germans are advancing by a route rather more direct than that taken by the French but the latter have the advantage which beMngs to an army operating in its own country of being served and aided by the whole existing local and public organisations on its line of march. The German army, however, is said to b 3 better supplied in France than the French army itself is, owing to the admirable arrangements of the military administration.—Daily News. DISPUTE AMONG PONTIFICAL TROOPS.-011 the twelfth of August a dispute arose between the different members of the Pontifical troops at Rome. The French, who were about to leave, commenced a discussion with some German Catholics of the division with respect to the military advantages of their respective nations. From insults and contradictions they proceeded to draw their daggers and come to blows. The struggle passed into a regtgar strife, being reinforced on both sides by the countrymen of the differing parties, and it was not until the close of the day that they were induced to disperse. ARREST OF PRUSSIANS AT BORDEAUX.—A curious scene took place on Saturday afternoon in the cafe of Bordeaux., When the newsvendors announced that Nancy had been occupied by a detachment of Prus , ian cavalry, three young men, who were of Prussian origin and connected with the trade of Bordeaux, were playing at dominoes in the salle. When they heard the news they began to talk in an excited manner of the grand successes of the Prussians, and declared that they would soon be there to drink the wine of Bordeaux. They concluded their offensive remarks by drinking to the success of the Prussian arms. The other visitors at the cafe would not submit to Luch an affront, and some of them seized hold of the Prussians in order to give them in charge of the authorities. The commissary of police, accompanied by some sergents de vine, appeared on the scene, and conducted the offenders to the prefec ture, whence they were removed to the prison of Uh. The crowd was greatly incensed, and clamoured at the gates of the police establishment, calling out, " Down with the Prussians ; give them up to us!" The police had the greatest difficulty in protecting the prisoners from the attacks of the mob ; and although the comn'fissary took the precaution of ordering the driver of the fiacre which contained them to proceed by the most unfrequented route, the news spread abroad, and the prisofi was reached with great difficulty. THE STRENGTH OF THE GERMANS.—Nominally the forces now collected together on French territory number 570,000 men and 1,506 guns—namely, 364 squad rons of cavalry, 251 batteries artillery, and 439 battalions of infantry; or 91,000 horse, 439,000 foot, and the rest artillerists; but the real fighting strength of the German hosts occupying the line between Bouzonville and Luneville this day is, as stated above, about 500,000 men of all arms. This force comprehends the whole system of army corps organised in 1866 by Prussia as the military head of the North German Cou federation,and the entire contingent furnished by Southern Germany three weeks ago, viz., 140,000 men—the latter constituting more than half of the Crown Prince's command. His old army corps, curiously enough, is attached to his cousin's army —so that the sturdy Pomeranians are temporarily severed from- their beloved Lord-Lieutenant, but he has under his orders the Guard, flower of Prussian manhood, the fierce Poles, the stout Rheinlanders, and the stubborn 'l'll SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEA ING, AUGUST 19, 1870. Silesians, as well as the martial legions of Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and Baden, worthy rivals of their northern brethren in gallantry and in discipline. Such an army has never been assembled under one leader since the days of Xerxes ; yet Germany is in a position to double or treble it, if need be, without proceeding to the desperate measures already instituted in France. —Cor respondent of the Telegraph. THE FRENCH Tnoops.—l had several opportu nities at the railway stations and elsewhere of observing the behaviour of the French soldiers, and was a good deal amused by their active and lively proceedings, as well as pleased with their simple and courteous manners. There was about those I encountered nothing of the arrogance and offensiveness which are very generally, and too often with justice, at%ributed to the military character. True, most of them were but young soldiers, and military vices like military virtues requir6, I believe, some time to come to perfection ; but I can hardly imagine that even a long series of campaigns could transform the quiet and more than decently-con ducted youths whom I encountered at Commercy and elsewhere into the farouches warriors of the First Empire. I sincerely hope that they will not have the opportunity, for I am certain that most of these lads would, make good and industrious citizens ; and would contribute much more to the advantage of the world by the cultivation of the peaceful pursuits from which they have been torn, than by killing and being killed on some ensanguined battle plains, however greatly the struggles in which they are to engage may tend to advance the military art, and all the improvements in weapons of destruction to which the experience of the present war may give rise notwithstanding.—Letter in Daily News. DIFFICULTIES NEAR METZ.—After a long walk, for no carriage was to be had, I was nearing the station, when a group of soldiers, one of whom was drunk, surrounded me and forced me back to the village, where I was taken to the guard-room, shewed my papers to the Commissary of Police, was again found to be all right, and liberated with politeness. The Commissary added a certificate stating that my papers were perfectly in order. The worst of this state of things is, that even with a safe conduct one is still liable to be stopped and molested. The soldiers who take it into their heads to stop you, take it for granted that you are a spy, and they have nothing to do with your papers. Then, on the way you may be killed, for the crowd increases at every step. I walked two miles in the midst of a crowd shouting " Hang him," &c. Women started from the doorways which lined the road and flew at me with clenched fists. Such scenes have never been seen Since the first French Revolution.— Daily News Correspondent with the French Army. TERMS.—I am of opinion that Alsace and Lorraine will be retained as the prize of conquest, fairly won in the battle-field. The Southern Germans have deserved, and will expect, some recompense for the splendid readi ness of their adhesion to Prussia, and for the devoted patriotism they have displayed in pouring forth their heart's blood to consolidate the union and yin .dicate the independence of the Fatherland. That recompense is conveniently at hand ; and to suppose that Prussia will not take advantage of the fact, would be to suppose that her Rulers are more or less than human. France, after making the tremendous sacrifices that have been required of her, and making them in vain, will be -neither disposed nor able to disburse any heavy sums of money in the way of war indemnities ; her finances will be in a disastrous condition, and years of economy, strict and radical, must elapse ere she will be able to set her house in order. Lorraine and Alsace - which are ancient German provinces, and, in themselves, not profitable contributors to the State Budget—will probably change owners, resuming their former nationality ; and their cession will be accepted by Germany as a settlement of accounts between her and her conquercd assailant.— Correspondent of Telegraph at Ludwigshaven. THE DEFEAT AT WOERTH .—The following is from a letter in the Journal de Paris. It is written by a French soldier. "On arriving at Brumath, where the branch line from Haguenau joins the trunk line to Strasburg, our train stopped to allow the passage of another filled with wounded. A little after we saw the road which skirts the railway covered with men running away—horse and foot—pell-mell, in fearful con fusion—a terrific route (dgandade epouvantable.) We were evidently beaten ; but no one supposed the disaster to be so great as it was discovered to be next day. Strasburg was in a state of scare : such must have been the tumultus of the Romans when the Gau's had arrived at the gates. The drums beat to muster, the church bells rung the tocsin, the gates were hurredly shut. The wounded and run aways from the battle-field arrized in crowds, went about the streets imploring the inhabitants' charity, and describ ing the incidents of the day. It soon became known that the first corps was utterly routed, that our soldiers fought like heroes, but had to succumb under overwhelming odds ; that towards evening ammunition failed, and retreat became necessary ; that the cavalry had suffered heavily, most of its officers having fallen whilst charging at the head of their squadrons ; in short, that there had been a defeat ; but a glorious re treat. Next morning—Sunday—all these rumours were confirmed. It was reported, moreover, that the railway was taken by the enemy, and that we were all prisoners in Strasburg. I did not believe a word of it, and jumping on a locomotive soon reached Saverne, at the foot of the Vosges. What troops Marshal MacMahon had left were encamped at Saverne, on both sides of the railway. The soldiers were in a state of intense fatigue and dilapidation, seeking in vain for something to eat in the little town which had witnessed their onward passage with so much enthusiasm, and did not expect to see them return otherwise than victorious. Neverthe less a few cows were slaughtered —a very meagre meal for so many hungry men. But before the rations were cooked, the outposts set up a shout of alarm — `The Prussians are coming!'—and the camp was thrown into confusion, and the town into a perfect panic. I then saw a sight which I never can forget. The whole population leaving behind their houses, their business, their interests, fled as though seized with frenzy, with all they could carry away, shouting 'To the mountain ! to the mountain !' I ran to the station for my luggage, and as I could not find a single house where I could put up, I entrusted it to a person who was kind enough to take it in charge, and started up the mountain with the rest. The scene was precisely like that in one of Erchmann-Chat rian's novels. Along the rugged pathways of the Vosges a long file of women in tears, children stagger ing and stumbling along, men with sad, gloomy faces, in the plain below the confused noise of the Prussians ad vancing and of our retreating forces—night coming on, and the mists rising from the valleys. After two hours' march we got to a village perched on so isolated a peak that the natives had not the remotest idea of what was going on a few miles below, and whom our arrival threw into a state of panic." Messrs. Whitbread. and Co., the celebrated Lon don brewers having noticed the ever increasing. demand for all kinds of bottled beers, have comme nce d bottling the various kinds of liquors manufactured by themselves, and Mr. Robert Baker, of 26, Worship-street, Finsbury, has been appointed their sole agent. The excellent qua lities of the beverages supplied by this firm are so well known that it is, therefore, almost unnecessary to state that the finest qualities only of stout, ale, and cooper are bottled, and that they a re i n s pl en did condition. THE HARVEST.—The weather continues favour able in the eastern district for the prosecution of harvest work. About Diss, Norfolk, wheat, which is quite an average yield this year, is in most instances cut and in the sheaves. Barley is not quite so forward. In East Suffolk a large number of farmers have finished their wheat harvest. MILITARY NEWS.—It would appear that the War Office has at length got the " thin end of the wedge " into the Horse Guards, for we learn that a branch of the registry office at Pall Mall is now fairly established in working order in the Commander-in-Chief's office, where the old system of recording papers, &c., was deemed de fective by the War Office officials. Orders have been given for the amalgamation of the offices of the Con troller in Ireland and the Controller of the Dublin Division. HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS ORDERED HOME.—The following ships have been ordered home from the under mentioned stations, to be paid out of commission :—Chal lenger, 18, screw corvette, Commander Rowley Lamb er t, C. 8., from Australia —this vessel wos commissioned at Sheerness in April, 1866, and left England in May follow ing ; Cruiser, 5, screw sloop, Commodore George G. Duff, from the Mediterrnaean—this vessel was commissioned at Portsmouth, July 22, 1866, and left England in August following : Dart, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander the Hon. John Carnegie, from the North America and West India station—she was commissioned at Ports mouth, August 25, 1866, and left England September 28 following ; Reindeer, 7, screw sloop, Commander Edward Nares, from the Pacific—she was commissioned at Chatham, October 27, 1866, and left England in January, 1867. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Rheumatism and Gout'—These purifying and soothing remedies demand the earnest attention of all persoLs liable to rheumatism, gout, sciatia, or other painful affec tions of the muscles, nerves, or joints. The Ointment should be applied after the affected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water, when this unguent should be diligently rubbed upon the skin adjacent, un less the friction should cause pain., Holloway's Pills should be simultaneously taken to reduce inflammation and to purify the blood. This treatment abates the vio• lence and lessens the frequency of gout, rheumatism, and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary pre disposition or from accidental weakness of constitution. The Ointment checks the local malady, the Pills restore the vital powers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOCKTON MEETING.—THURSDAY. The Wynyard Handicap. Seven furlongs. Mr T. P. Hope's East Coast, by Mildew—Vega, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (inc. 71b ex.) (Snowden) 1 Mr Kennington's Canon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Hunt) 2 Won easily by a length. The Elton Juvenile Stakes. Five furlongs. Mr T. S. Dawson's Grand Coup, by Gladiateur—Aline, 7st 41b Mr Jones's Petronilla, 7st 31b Mr Trotter's (jun.) Ruffian, 7st 41b. (Platt) 3 Countess of Pomfret, Fusilier, Dunmore, Brigand Chief, Favorita, and Herminie also ran. Won by a length. The Great Northern Leger. One mile and a half. Mr. Dawson's Barrier, by Citadel—Gentle Kitty, Bst 101 b Mr. W. Hudson's Torreador, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 2 Lord Zetland's King Cole, 9st 31b (inc 71b ex.) (J. Snowden) 3 Stanley and Fearnought also ran. Won by a short head. The Hardwieke Stakes. T.Y.C, from the red post six furlongs. Mr. G. Heslop's Herminie, by Camerino—Blink Bonny Bst llb Mr. Thomas's Sauntering Alma, Bst 101 b (inc 41b ex) (C. Page) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Tritton, Bst 101 b (Morris) 3 Catalina, Bete Noir, Hyperion, Bishop Thorpe, and Fairfield also ran. Won by three lengths. The Middleton Nursery Handicap. Half a mile, straight. Mr E. Jones's Hippodrome, by Oxford—Hippodamia, 7st Mr W. Nelson's C, by North Lincoln—Penhen,Fst 101 b (Killick) 2 Mr H. May's Maid, 7st 81b (Wyatt) 3 Pallas, Coronella, Gentle Gale, Delay, Grace Darling, Tom Ansley, F by Thormanby—Clotilde, The Nigger, Miss Sharp, 1' by Loiterer—The Nymph, also ran. Won in a common canter by three lengths. The Freemen's Plate. One mile, straight. Mr G. Clement's April Morn, by Caterer, dam by An nandale—Miss Parkinson, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Clement) 1 Mr S. Russell's Deh coniTe ' 3 yrs, 7st (Wilson)A2 Mr H. May's Hammerton, 5 yrs, 7st I,olb (Wyatt) 3 Gipsey, Lord Berkeley, and La Sorrentina also ran. Won in a canter by four lengths. The Lambton Plate. Seven furlongs. Mr Merry's King of the Forest, by Scottish Chief — Lioness, Bst 10ib Mr A de Montgomery's Mdlle. de Mailloc, Bst 71b • (T. Chaloner) 2 Betting-35 to lon the King of the Forest. Won by a head. The Thornaby Selling Handicap. Five furlongs. Mr H. Burley's Official Assignee. by the Lawyer (hl3 —Nightingale, by Mountain Deer, !3 yrs, - 6st 'l2ll - - - (W. Gray) 1 Mr J. Osborne's Cateress, 2 yrs, sst 121 b ...... (Bushby) 2 Mr Maltby's Blucher, 4 yrs, 9st (Covey) 3 Retort, Calliptedia,,Canon, Rhys Jones, Lady Temple, The Sea, Merry Girl, and Jamaica also ran. Won by three-quarters of a length. An objection to the start was overruled. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 250 to 100 agst Myosotis and Lord Hawthorn (tak; OXFORD RACES, THURSDAY. The Handicap Plate. Half a mile, straight. Mr. C. Head's Bonnie Katie, by King of Trumps—Bas quine, 4yrs, Bst (Jackson) 1 Mr. T. Stevens' Snowdon, 3yrs, 6st 61b (Newhouse) 2 Mr. Nightingall's Laird of Scotland, 5 yrs, Bst (Wyatt) 3 Gladice, Princess, and Belladrum also ran.—Won by a length. The Isis Claiming Plate. Half a mile. 4 Mr Harrold's f, by Grimston—Thais, 2 yrs, 6st 41b(£50) (Newhouse) 1 Mr H. Goater's Albridge, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Webb) 2 Mr Hodgman's Little Princess 2 yrs, Est 101 b (in 111 b ex) (Wilson) 3 Kettlewell, Macsycophant, Tartuffe, Star Tittle, and Procell, also ran. Won by a length. The Port Meadow Plate. Five furlongs, straight. Mr G. A. Wheeler's Thundercloud, by Thunderbolt— Duchess of Newcastle, 3yrs, 7st 101 b (Butler) 1 Mr Alwyn's Sour Grapes, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ...(Huxtable) 2 Mr J. B. Morris's Calypso, 3 yrs, 7st Annie Wood, - Jersey, Ismael, The Skipper, Conrad, Temple, Plenipotentiary, Stochausen, Riga, High Church, Seamstress f, Clytemnestra, Blockade, Dark Duchess, and Gold Dust f also ran. Won in a common canter by two lengths. The Oxfordshire Stakes. Two miles. Mr Pilcher's Theodore, by Prime Minister—Pampa, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Newhouse) 1 Mr Naylor's Sister toCherie, 3 yrs, 6st 21 1 a (car. 6st 31b) F. Webb) 2 Mr P. Merton's Wamba, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Fox) 3 Needle Gun, Threatener, Morgan la Faye f, Gnome King, and Childe Harold also ran. Won by four lengths. The County Members' Plate. Three-quarters of a mile, a straight. Mr E. Rickard's Nelly (h-b), 4 yrs, 7st (F. Webb) 1 Mr W. Day's Smallhopes, 3 yrs 6st 111 b ...(Newhouse) 2 Mr G. William's Knutsford, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ..... (Wyatt) 3 Barcelona and the Merry Monk also ran. Won by six lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 100 to 12 agst Torreador (taken) , ST. LEGER. 1000 to 15 agst Enterprise (taken) MARKETS. BRISTOL CORN 'MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was a fair supply of English wheat at this market to-day, mostly new, which met witha slow sale at 2s, to 3s. per quarter reduction. Samples of old wheat nearly maintained last week's rates. Foreign wheat was in limited demand, and ls. to 25. per qr. cheaper. Grinding barley and maize were ii rather more request, and values are about maintained. Both old and new oats are 6cl. per qr. lower, with a very poor trade. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-A fair supply of English wheat was shewn at our market to-day. New wheat 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower, and old wheat is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Barley, oats, beans, and peas were unaltered. Flour was 3s. lower. MAIDSTONE CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.-This market was dull to-day. Red wheat was 48s. to 528. per qr. ; white wheat, 465. to 50s. per qr. Beans and oats at last week's prices. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY. - The cattle trade to-day was characterized by increased quietness. The supplies of stock were fully an average, and amply sufficient to satisfy all requirements. Prime beasts experienced a fair inquiry, and generally commanded full prices, but inferior animals changed hands slowly, at barely late currencies. As regards sheep, the receipts were good. Sales progressed heavily, and the ten tency of prices was in favour of buyers. Lambs were quiet, and calves were neglected. Beasts from 3s. 6d. to ss. Bd. ; sheep, 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; lambs, ss. 10d. to 6s. 6d. ; calves, 3s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; and pigs, 4s. 2d. to ss. Bd. per Sibs., to sink the offal. Total supplies : -British.-Beasts, 1,530 ; sheep and lambs, 15,130; calves, 445; and pigs, 95. Foreign.-Beasts, 890: sheep and lambs, 11,760; calves, 139 ; and pigs, 35. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.-There was a good supply of beef at this market to-day. Prices-prime; 70s. per cwt. ; secondary, 645. to 665. per cwt. ; inferior all sold. There was a good supply of mutton, the top price being Bd. per lb. Lamb was in good demand at Bd. to 9d. per lb., all sold. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY. -There was an ordinary supply of cattle at this market to-day, but many of them were of secondary quality. The demand was dullish ; and there was little alteration in prices. Top current 755. to 778. per cwt.: secondary, 735. per cwt.; middling and inferior, 60s. to 655. per cwt. Sheep and lambs were a large supply, particularly lambs, but many of them were of inferior quality. There was a fair demand for top sorts at prices similar to last week. Inferior were still dull and unsaleable. Sheep, top current, Bd. per lb.; secondary, 71d. to 70. per lb. ; mid dling and inferior, 6a. to 7d. per lb. ; lambs, 275. to 30s. each ; secondary, 20s. to 235. each; middling and inferior, 10s. to 14s. each. At the close a considerable number were returned out unsold. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. - This market is quiet to-day, with only a small business in progress, but prices continue very steady, and the tendency is slightly in favour of sellers. Last week's operations seem to have satisfied the wants of buyers for the present, and they do not seem inclined to follow the market, which is dearer since then. The scanty and unreliable news from the seat of war tend to confine business within narrow limits. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.-Closing report : This market is very firm at yesterday's full rates, with a decided hardening tendency. Sales, 15,000 bales ;of which 4,000 bales are for speculation and export. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, THURSDAY.-Sugar has been dull, at a decline of 6d. per cwt. Refined goods have been tolerably steady. The public sales of tea are passing off quietly at about late rates. Coffee has been quiet, but firm. Bold Native Ceylon, 50s. ; good ordinary, 465. 6d. Jute has been quiet, but steady. LONDON METAL MARKET, THURSDAY.-Scotch pig iron has been steady, at 51s. 40. cash, and 51s. 9d. one month. Tin has been quiet. Straits £l2B to £129. Copper firm. Wallaroo and Burra, £7O. • LONDON OIL MARKET, THIIRSDAY. — Linseed oil has been dull, at 295. 6d. London, 295. Hull spot. Rape inactive. English brown„ spot, 41s. Other oils quiet. LONDON TALLOW 11IARKET, THURSDAY, —The - market is flat. YC, spot 445. 3d. sellers, last three months, 455. 3d. LONDON WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY.—The wool market has continued in a very quiet state. The demand for colonial produce has been restricted, and for English qualities there has been but little inquiry. In prices no further change has taken place. - METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. —The supplies on sale to-day were rather larger, consequently the trade was less animated, but at fully previous quotations : —Prime old hay, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s. ; prime new hay, 115 s. to 1205.; inferior ditto, 90s. to 1055. ; prime old clover, 140 s. to 150 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s. ; and straw, 245. to 325. per load. BIRMINGHAM IRON TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—The prospects of this trade were reported to be excellent to-day. The excessive heat of the weather has seriously crippled the means of production, and consequently the demand exceeds the supply. The demand for immediate delivery has been so much ahead of the possible supply that masters, in order to check it, have issued a circular raising the prices all round ; this, however, must be regarded only as temporary, owing to the hot weather. It is not expected that a permanent rise can take place before Christmas, and the de mand on the part of the workmen for increased wages will not be entertained till then. BRADFORD TRADE REPORT, THURSDAY.—The past week has brought no relief from the extreme dullness which reigns over !Justness here ; nevertheless, the tone of the market is on the whole firm, and while business is greatly restricted, the feeling is not gloomy or over depressed. Inquiries for wool are limited at the needs of users, but the best descriptions maintain recent quotations. Any cheap lots offered are readily picked up. Country rates are well maintained. The export yarn trade is as much paralysed as ever, and the closing of the German ports tends still further to restrict business. For home use there have been some fair purchases in coloured and lustre yarn. For piece goods there is a limited inquiry on the part of home and American buyers, but not for forward delivery. Cheap lots from stock, both plain and fancy, are readily picked up. Prices are generally firm. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, THURSDAY.—This market was firmer to-day. Business done up to 51s. 3d. cash. Closing buyers. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—There was a moderate business done at this market to-day, at yester day's prices. THE FEELING IN AUSTRIA. Whovever will takc the trouble to examine the attitude of the Austrian press, must come to the conclusion that there is hardly any party of respectable strength through ovt the Empire which is favourable to an affiance of Austria with France, and that the Government, in join ing France, would take a step a hundred times more hazardous than the war 1866. Considering the deceptive cable dispatches by which the French Government seeks to lead astray public opinion, it is of great interest to note the language of the leading papers of the several great nationalities with regard to the war. As regards the nine millions of Germans in the Empire, their attitude is almost as decided as that of the North and South Germans against France. Oily one paper of Vienna, the organ of the Ultramontane aristocracy, dares to declare its sympathy with France ; all the others em phatically blame France for the war, and though they admit that the Germans of Austria find it difficult to sympathise with the Prussians, who in 1866 ex expelled them from Germany, they declare it to be imposiibie to withhold their sympathy from the German nation when German territory is 'invaded by the hereditary foe of Germany. The provincial papers speak in the same way. The Liberal Associations in Gratz, the capital of Styria, recommend to all Liberal Associations of Austria the adoption of the following re solution : " We recognise in the war between France and Germany an impudent attempt by Louis Napoleon to rob Germany, and we therefore demand of our Govern ment that it preserve in this war the strictest neutrality ; for we must declare an alliance of Austria with the arch foe of the German nation to be treason against Germany and an immense misfortune for Austria." The cable dispatch which two weeks ago announced that Hungary had declared in favour of France, is also found to be utterly untrue. One single paper of Pesth, which supports the Govern ment, expressed French sympathy, but all the other papers of the Hungarian capital so emphatically declared against this manifestation that the Government declined all responsibility for the article, and declared in union with all the potitical parties in favour of absolute neutrality. The Czechs, the ruling nationality in Bohemia and Moravia, and the Poles of G a li c i a , h ave the frankness to say that they do not care at all about the fate of Austria,. provided the course of events will favour the particular interests of their nationality. The Poles, more over, add that if Russia joins one of the belligerent parties the Poles will, of course, give their whole sympathy to the other. It seems barely possible that, with such a disposi tion of the prominent races, any Austrian statesman should again be foolhardy enough to stake the very existence of the Empire upon a new war with Prussia.—New York Tribune. MR. RUSKIN'S NEW GOSPEL OF ART. Mr. John Ruskin, as all the world knows, has lately become Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford. Mr. Ruskin has for some time been held to be a better autho rity upon painting than upon political economy, and con temporary judges have by no means kept this compara tive estimate of his powers in reserve. Nothing daunted, however, the author of " Modern Painters " has taken occasion in his inaugural lectures at Oxford to affirm his peculiar tenets with considetable emphasis, and to repeat at the same time some of those unpleasant statements that the English people so much dislike to hear. He declares, for example, that his countrymen will never excel in decorative design. Such design is usually produced by people of great natural powers of mind, who have no variety of subjects to employ them selves on, and no oppressive anxieties. The English have too much to do and to think of to attain a high degree of excellence. Nor can they be successful in the highest fields of ideal or theological art—for the reason that ever since the Conquest, if not earlier, there has existed in that people a strange delight in the forms of burlesque "which are connected in some degree with the foulness in evil." And yet, bad as such a tendency is, " you will find," Mr. Ruskin tells us, "that whenever Englishmen are wholly without this instinct, their genius is comparatively weak and restricted." Now, the first necessity for executing any great work in ideal art, he goes on to explain, is the looking upon all foulness with horror, as a contemptible, though dreadful enemy ; and he adds that we shall easily understand what he means " by comparing the feelings with which Dante regards any form of obscenity or of base jest, with the temper in whichthe same things are regarded by Shakspere." It may be some comfort to the many Anglo-Saxons who will feel outraged by this slur on the immortal bard to learn that Mr. Ruskin acknowledges English supe riority in portraiture, as illustrated by Rey nolds and Gainsborough, and confesses that they (the English) have a sympathy with the lower animals which is peculiarly their own, but which, although "it has already found some exquisite expression in the works of Bewick and Landseer, is yet quite undeveloped." In subsequent lectures Mr. Ruskin proceeds to instruct the ingenious young Britons committed to his charge that there can absolutely be not alone no right art, but no right morality or happiness, in a country the cities of which are built as they are in Englend. He said as much twenty: , two years ago i n th e " S even L amps o f A rc hi tecture ; he says it again now with increased force and confidence. "You must have," he urges, "lovely cities, crystallised, not coagulated, into form ; limited in size and not casting out out the scum and scurf of them into an encircling eruption of shame, but girded, each with its sacred pomcerium, and with garlands of gardens full of blossom ing trees, and softly guided streams." Mr. Ruskin an ticipates that this will be declared impossible ; but, with afine discrimination, avers that he "has nothing to do with its possibility, but only with its indispensibility." But more than this ; There must be no iron roofs, and no steam-power—at least, nowhere in sight. - Unholy machines of all sorts must be banished from houses and fields. "Agriculture by the hand, and absolute refusal or banishment of unnecessary igneous force are the first conditions of a school of art in any country. And until you do this, be it soon or late, things will continue in that triumphant state to which, for want of finer art, your mechanism has brought them that, though England is deafened with spinning-wheels, her people have not clothes ; though she is black with digging of fuel, they die of cold ; and though she has sold her soul for gain, they die of hunger." Mr. Ruskin subsequently lays down a number of propositions, most of which are so far from being objectionable in themselves, as to be obvious truisms ; but they are rendered ludicrous by the dog matic assertion of their necessary co-relation to art. Thus, he insists, the people must be made clean, must live in tasteful houses, and eat wholesome food, before there can be any art s c h oo l or ar t t aste whatever in the country which they inhabit. No doubt there is truth of a broad and general sort in these assumptions but their trustworthiness as practical guides, distpates into thin air in the light of very common expe rience. Aristotle taught the Republic under Alex ander ; Turner painted the most glorious of English landscapes among a people more wretched than can now be found in London ; all manner of lovely works in literature as well as art, ranking among the most perfect in existence, have been produced in evil times and amidst the most corrupt society. The truth is that Mr. Ruskin has mixed up his Political Economy with his Art Criticism until neither- he nor hiss readers can tell where one leaves off or the other begins. The consequences of over population, the en tail of real property, and other special and local matters, are associated by him with the development of art in a manner that is often plausible and eloquent, but not always either coherent or rational. He is no wiser in this regard than are our own native philosophers who insist uponimputing to democratic institutions all the beneficent results that have sprung from vast area and sparse popu lation. But Mr. Ruskin has told us so much in his former works, and even in his present lectures, that if not invari ably new, has been not only true, but beautifully expressed, and full of healthful morality: so that adverse criticism in his case must always be overbalanced by gratitude. Sharp judges may say of him that he knows not logic, and that he is even at times absurd ; but there are few writers of our generation in whom we can sooner overlook weak kness in the application of the laws of reasoning, or more easily forgive occasional absurdity. —New York Times. THREE MEN• POISONED. A farmer and two labourers have been poisoned at Waterford through eating unsound fish: The deceased dined together one day last week on salt Newfoundland fish, potatoes, and milk. Shortly after partaking of the meal, one of them became very ill, and in about half-an-hour afterwards the other two became so alarmingly sick that medical assistance was called in, but all efforts to save their lives were of no avail, as the three ram died during the evening. Two wives and nine children are, through this calamity, left unprovided for. BIRTHS. On the 16th August, at Kingston House, the Countess of Listowel, of a daughther. On the 17th August, at Southfield House, Putney, the wife of Charles Asprey, jun., of Fern Bank, Fulham, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 16th August, at St. Saviour's Church, Croydon, Henry Horsley, Esq., North-end, Croydon, to Sophia Frances, only d aug ht er o f th e late Jam es Lovell, Esq., Bright-Waltham, Berks. On the 17th August, at St. George's Church, Hanover square, John Adam Richard Newman, Esq., Dromore House, county Cork, to Maud, youngest daughter of Lt.-Colonel Bramston Smith, and grand-daughter of Sir Richard Griffith, Bart. DEATHS On the 16th August, at Bradfield Villa, Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood, Edmund Knight, Esq. - On the 16th August, Mr. David Leonard Swann, of No. 19, Lloyd's-square, and No. 222, Gray's-inn-road, aged 62. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Friday, Aug* 19, 1870.