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

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The demands recently raised by Bavaria in the ne gotiations at Versailles may result in her being lef t: l, to choose between going in or remaining outside 4e Confederation. Bavaria insists upon participating in the direction ° I Military and foreign affairs. VERSAILLES, NOV. 9 (10.45 p.m.) The Moniteur Officiel of last night is authorised ‘ 0 state that the Federal Chancellor proposed, on the basis o f th e status quo, an armistice to extend to 46 days for holding elections all over France, even , districts held by the German troops. He offered 1 ° Permit, and even encourage, the holding of elec -4.,"48 without any armistice whatever, but M. Thiers Was not au th or i ze d to accept those proposals. He uisernanded as a sine qua non the admission of food to van s as a preliminary, and offered no military equivalent whatever. The Federal Chancellor not being able to grant eh demands, M. Thiers received, on the 6th of N ovember orders from Paris to break of negotia tions. ' The French have plundered a part of the convoy l a der charge of Mr. Thomas, of London, for the sick and wounded. 111 E REPORTED CAPTURE OF ORLEANS. ,f I le correspondent of the Standard sends the telegram : Touns, Nov. 10 (11.30 a.m.) Orleans has been re-taken, after heavy fighting. The Prussians have lost 500 killed and wounded. This is not official, but I have it upon the best gilthority. Touts, November 10, 6 p.m. 1 ,.. 113 official announcement has yet been made ki th respect to the reported recapture of Orleans. h The Francaise of to-day says a very brilliant affair . 14 taken place at Coulmiers, from which the Prus -414118 have been driven with great loss. REPORTED SURRENDER OF NEW BREISACH. At Munich there was yesterday (November 10) a ip l lour that a white flag ha , l been hoisted at New r iesach, but nothing definite is known. The dismounting of the heavy battery on the 4111 za of the Rhine, on the north side of Alt 11 : ei sach, commenced on the Bth. The light battery, °W jell was in position at Schlossberg, is ready in the er town. ADVANCE ON MONTIIEDY. BRUSSELS, November 10. Si x thousand Germans are marching upon t °llll llddy, the bombardment of which is about to ec4 ainence. /tr ill . Miranda, editor of the Gaulois, who was re sted at Versailles, and interned at Mayence, has m ade his escape. DISTRESS IN PARIS. the the Royal Head-quarters at Versailles comes e news that great pecuniary distress has arisen of 4l "gst the humble class in Paris, in consequence a i th e Government of Defence having appropriated l t he money in the savings' banks to the carrying -4 0 f the war. THREE VILLAGES BURNT. 17 a Bern e we learn that the German force that ellt ered Alontbeliard on the 9th amounted to R ' ,()o Rt. ,,. Men ; that the blockade of Belfort has been stri c tly maintained, and that three villages, Veze -1- Chevremont, and Louvenans have been set on q e ) in order to effect the dislodgement of the erwans. PRINCE NAPOLEON IN BRUSSELS. P rince Napoleon has been staying since the 7th Bt . at the Hotel de Saxe, in Brussels. ItOCHEFORT'S RESIGNATION. AMIENS, November 10. p? Il e Journal d' Amiens publishes intelligence from .118 of November 7, that the resignation of Rochefort has not been published in the th,, 1 1 2°144/ Qfficiel, and that the other members of Government have made overtures to M. Roche ttt to withdraw his resignation ; and in view of t h e failure of the armistice, of which M. Roche- Z t was a strong opponent, there is every f o l ) ect that these overtures will be success- Victor Hugo refused the request of the V :tor s to become a candidate for Mayor o f 1 4 11 girard in the following terms :—" I am abso oeelY re so l ve d, un l ess an y un foreseen incident e b 111 ' 8 : not to accept office at present. In the serious 113} ait' l aw ion in which we are placed, I make it a to lose sight of my personality the better to tie n • thorou hl the humble and grand duties of el . „ g WAR CONTRIBUTIONS. tt Ple latest intelligence from Marseilles (Nov. 7) t h teB that the Prefect of the Var has called upon o b e bepartment to contribute 2,000,000 francs, in tor e dieuce to the decree of the National Government the Defence. THE FRENCH FLEET. gt,„ 4 ,: despatch from Cuxhaven, dated the 9th inst., of "ii that the French Fleet, consisting of 30 vessels tt a ,: ar, has proceeded to the North Sea. The ght3 ation of the Elbe has therefore ceased, and all have been removed. thehe MOVEMENTS OF GARIBALDI. Prussians having evacuated the Department of 411a dera, th e F renc h army o f Dol e has advanced, is echelloned in the villages of Moissey and O nt fn ° - ' rnir eY• General Garibaldi's headquarters are at a naes. O e S t itl ee the engagements of the 22nd and 23rd of tt,c)ber there are 1,000 Prussian prisoners at Ita(laribaldi has issued the following address to the * -- ri--, l ? l _2___ l of the arroddissements of Dole : The di e kid armament of the National Guard in the towns tj ja gee is a shame ; and, now that the Government 41v ~e 4 .1 1, ce has ordered the inhabitants to defend them- The e r - p '. l ' 4lB disarmament becomes an offence a o ainst law. arm ed is 110 necessity for a small number of men badly Ba ilie and equipped to fight regular forces; but these to eWien, National G uar d s o r others, knowing they belong too et -ati cal which will never bend the knee to the foreigner, Wo od ' 11 1 30 a the app roac h o f a su p er i or force, retire to the to o ,: o r forests w ith t h e i r catt l e, an d, acc ustomed to the of they as they are, harass, if not large corps, the scouts all th e4 enly when found in small numbers, who pillage me e More the less they are interfered with. If these ev e llB a re adopted, we shall no longer see a dozen Uhlans th e :"11 413 immense country, and commit depredations on inhabitants. (Signed) GARIBALDI." rin SUN, LONDON,. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ii, 187 i. THE FRENCH ARMY OF THE LOIRE. A correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Bloi, on the 4th November, says :—lt is probable if there is In, armistice that hostilities will commence immediately on the Loire, for although, in one sense, the longer we can put off fighting a great battle the better our chance is, these advantages would be more than overbalanced by the immense reinforcements the enemy will be receiving, and has no doubt begun to receive, from the troops realised from blockading Metz, and which will enable them to crush us to atoms. Our only chance here was to attack the Prussians while they were inferior in numbers at Orleans. As I wrote to you from Salbris, it is greatly to be feared that unless this army (at present at least) is opposed to inferior numbers it will again be routed. In fact, the conduct of the enemy in not following up its advantage at Orleans and hi allow ing the concentration of troops, which has taken place since, is singular; for, poor as the material is as individual men, there is an army, a large army—for it has been daily reinforced—now on the right bank of the Loire. It cannot be less than 150,000 men It may be more. It is, generally speaking, well armed ; it is well equipped and well fed—so well fed, indeed, that the men seem cooking and eating all day, which is one of the bad features of these French soldiers of to-day. Well, that chance of attacking the Prussians while they were in inferior numbers once gone, we may consider as gone also the only chance of obtain ing a success. When the change of front was made from Salbris to the present positions of the army, it was intended to attack Orleans immediately from the Tight bank of the Loire ; Government, it would seem, had received reports which induced it to think the moment for an attack was favourable ; so far they may have been right. However the attack did not take place, because the movement took six days to perform instead of taking 24 or 36 hours which it might have been done in. This is what happened. The gentle men of the National Defence, who like to do everything themselves, from patriotism no doubt, in this instance actually ordered every detail of the transport of the troops. The secretary of M. Freycinet, a M. de Serres, who boasted to several officers with childish glee that he was the origina tor of the " plan de bataille," had the troops all conveyed from Vierzon to Tours, and from Tours to Blois, by rail, artillery, cavalry, and all. One of his calcula tions, for instance, was that every hour one battery might start off ! Now every battery comprises about 150 horses, besides the guns, caissons, &c. In short it took six days and nights to move the troops from Salbris to Blois. If they had marched across, they might, by doing elopes in a day and a night, have done it in 24 hours. This is an instance which goes to prove that the poor generals do not have an easy time of it ; and when they are unsuccessful they are revoked. It is worthy of notice that the soldiers are seldom blamed for the want of success, witness Sedan and Metz. Nevertheless they are shooting them right and left. It is a curious state of things. M. Gambetta might well say, 'in one of his numerous proclamations, " armies are not impro vised," no, nor yet is the morale and the discipline of an army not obtained by mere executions and sa verity. THE DEFENCE OF PALIS. PARIS, Nov. 7. The French line of defence has advanced one step further along the Seine between Gennevilliers and Nan- . terre. On the road to Courbevoie at Bezons the lines did not reach much beyond the Havre Railway, but, it having been decided to extend them further on, Colombes was occupied by the Mobile Guard, and the plot of ground formed by the bend of the river at Gennevilliers will be placed in a state of defence, and earthworks for artillery thrown up in front of Orgemout and Argenteuil. Tho fort of Moutrouge, which for the last few days had been less noisy than usual, resumed its activity on Sunday, the 6th. From the early morning its gum were heard, in consequence of the officers in command having noticed a new stratagem employed for the construction of the attacking, works. The enemy no longer amuse them selves with making trenches and then earthworks for the firing of their batteries. Those works, which wer e generally executed daring the night, and in a great part. destroyed by the skilful firing of the seamen, were progressing but slowly. The enemy resorted to other means, namely, excavating a tunnel through the hill of Chatillon, which week! then form a casemated redoubt. This work was materially concealed from view, and explains why for some time past they had been lost sight of at this point. Accordingly some new stratagem was suspected, for the position was too good to be given up., During the whole day the guns fired in that direc tion. Some shots were also pointed against L'ilay, but no answer was given from either place. The officers who act as military attach4s to the embassies of the neutral Powers, being in possession of a special authorisation given at Versailles, have lately been visiting the works of the Prussian investing lines, in order to inform the Ambassadors and their Governments• of the situation of the belligerents. General Trochu has just issued strict orders that a sharper watch should be kept against marauders, who not only carry on their operations on the open ground, but also break in and plunder house s and estates in the neighbourhood of Paris. Yesterday a fresh expedition of National Guards was sent out with this object. • UNPOPULARITY OF 'IHE WAR IN NOR THERN FRANCE. Writing from Amiens on the 9th instant, the special cor respondent of the Daily News states :—I have just re turned from a trip northwards, and have bad an opportu nity of judging something of the feeling of the population on the state of the country. I did not meet with the patriotic élan anywhere. The people seemed to be stunned—all expected the Prussians. There was an air of sadness, listlessness, a sort of mechani cal obedience to the imposed resistance. Abbeville was a " Deserted Village," the picture of melancholy, and the absence of the male population very perceptible. At the hotel where I breakfasted, the proprietor, a very polite, sensible man, informed me that he was going to close his establishment in a few days, as he was included in the levee en masse. He had no ideas about the state of the country, he was ordered to march, and like others he must fall in. I fear the continuation of the war is not popular. The country people understand nothing as to the gravity of the situation ; very many speak with regret about the dove nfall of Napoleon ; he enabled them to make money, and this was the only standard by which they measured his reign. Farmers were busily occupied in ploughing, and gathering in the beet root for the sugar mills. A good deal of cattle and sheep seem to be arriving, so as to be placed beyond the reach of the enemy's requi sitions. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, the terminus had a miser able look. A traveller was apparently regarded as a curiosity ; the buffet, formerly so animated, was a banquet hall deserted. Like all towns far away from the scene of action, the inhabitants of Boulogne go in for the non-surrender of an inch of territory. It is to be hoped they will remember to send their National Guards in time to help Amiens. Boulogne appeared lively after the dismal towns occupied by the Prussians, or those down for their visitation. It was cheering to ob serve the shop windows full of luxuries as well as the ne cessaries of life. The falling off in the number of English residents is perceptible, but then the French emigres are considerable, chiefly women, children, and men whose fighting days are over. I regretted to find in the principal hotel of the town difficulty to obtain the change for a 100 franc note, handed to settle the dinner bill. The waiter returned, as in the case of small shop-keepers, to ask "if Monsieur had not smaller money." On taking my seat in the railway carriage Amiensward, with only a few other passengers in the train, a head appeared at the carriage window, then a second, then a third. Immediately the door opened—l was surveyed from head to foot, asked where I was going to, if I had a passport, and to shew it. The signature of Lord Lyons having been found satisfactory by this Committee of National Defence —most gentlemanlike ill appearance — it was politely returned to me, with the assurance that a passport was toujours utile. I hoped such would not be required after the war ; but the Spartans were firm ; the passport was one of the means of saving the country. CRYSTAL PALACE.—MdIIe. Castri, of the Italian Opera, Paris, Mr. Vernon Rigby, and Mr. Franklin Taylor (solo pianoforte) are the artistes announced for to-morrow's concert. Beethoven's " Pastoral Symphony" and the number two Concerto will be played. CRYSTAL PALACK.—One Shilling Day ; ThursdaYt Nov. 10, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 1,711; ditto on payment, 958 ; total visitors, 2,669. A comparison of the last German accounts enables us to state that the seven and a half corps, or seventeen divi sions, round Metz on the 27th numbered just 188,000 effectives, or a little over 12,500 men per division. If these are pretty equally distributed, it may be believed that 25,000 have gone on to Paris, 50,000 will act with General Manteuffel, 75,000 with Prince Frederic Charles, 25,000 be left to hold Metz and take Thionville;and 12,000 (Landwehr) return to Germany,—Pall Male Gazette. TflE INVESTMEN V OF BELFORT. BETINE, Nov. 6. Further particulars concerning the inveAtment of Bel fort state that the German troops, 6,000 strong—or, as other reports say, 10,000—advanced, on the 31st of October, on tin ee different points towards the fm-tress ; 1, via Lure; 2, across 1116 Vosges and Ballow, on the road from Cernay to Thaun : and 3, over the bridges of Aspach and La Chapelle. After having repulsed the Francs-tireurs and Mobile Guards, under General Keller, towards Cernay, t6y advanced on the fortress, around which the three columns formed a circle of investment, which from day to day was drawn closer in. The German head-quarters were established in the castle of Monsieur Saglie, at Souvenan, and immediately the approaches were commenced, at which all the strong and able men in the neighbourhood were compelled to work. In conse quence of the requisitions imposed upon the inhabitants of the villages around Belfort, many of them fled to Switzerland, and others took refuge in the forests, with as much property as they could carry away. All the Swiss frontier villages near Truntont are crowded with these fugitives. On their first approach the Germans occupied a point on Mount Salbert, a few kilometres from Belfort, whence on Thursday evening they fired some shells, as a sort of salute, on to the glacis of the fortress. On the 4th of November a parlesnentaire arrived before the fortress, and demanded its surrender. This demand having been refused, the bombardment was announced for the sth. At first it was supposed that, in consequence of rumours of an armistice, the bombard ment would be deferred; but the cannonading continuing all yesterday, and the village of Veseloes having been burnt by the German guns, that rumour does not seem to be confirmed. It is stated that the garrison will defend tkemselves to the utmost ; with which decision, however, the citizens are said not to agree, sinco the defence of Belfort would not alter the general situation of France . REPORTED SURRENDER OF GARIBALDI. BERLIN, November, 10 (4.25 p.m.) A. report has reached this city from Berne to the effect that Garibaldi has surrendered. No particulars are given, and the story is so startling that we desire confirmation. The escort of Prussian soldiers which brought a batch of French prisoners from Metz to Munich was most enthusiastically received in the Bavarian capital.-7'elegraph. ITALY AND ROME. FLORENCE, Nov. 9 (Afternoon.> The occupation of the Palace of the Quirinal by the Lieutenant of King Victor Emmanuel, at Rome, has drawn forth from the Pontifical Court a warm protest, which has been sent by Cardinal Antonelli to the Italian Government. It is believed that Signor Minghetti, shonld he succeed in his candidature for a seat in the Italian Parliament, will leave his charge as representative of Italy at Vienna. _ _ Signor Visconti-Venosta is now iu Milan, accept ing a dinner offered to him there by the Constitu tional Association ; and it is probable that, on the occasion, he will deliver a speech explaining the political programme of the Cabinet. THE ELECTIONS IN AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA, November 9. Mr. Hoffman, Democrat, has been re-elected Governor in New York by about 30,000 majority. The Democratic majority in New York city is 42,405. No disturbances occurred. Massachusetts has elected Claffiu, Republican, Governor, by about 25,000 majority. The Republicans have carried Illinois by 30,000, and also carried Louisiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Minne sota. 'lhe Democrats have carried Delaware, Mary land, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The returns from all these elections are 3et imperfect, but indi cate that the Republican majority in Congress, which is now 93, will be reduced below 50. In a letter to Captain Darner, the Emperor Napoleon says that invasion is not the worst of the evils under which France is suffering. " Anarchy is making still worse havoc than the needle gun." The Parisians were very much disappointed at the re fusal )f the Government to conclude an armistice. At a public meeting held just after the announcement, the Commune was strongly denounced. M. 'Tiers was deemed to have deserved well of his country. A third gentleman in his discourse propounded the idea that Paris alone, no matter what its heroism, would not be able to expel the invader. There were some protestations, but they were quickly drowned with cries—" Cela est evident Pas de jactance ! Assez d'illusions 1" (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN CONFERENCE. The second tripartite conference of the clergy and laity of Bath and Wells was held yesterday at Bath, the Bishop in the chair. There was a large attendance. Resolutions were passed urging the Church to put forth all her strength to perfect parochial schools throughout the diocese, and the immediate raising of £lO,OOO to assist in building, enlarging, and improving church schools in the diocese. ACCIDENT TO THE HON. CORNWALLIS ELLLOT FRO M A TORPEDO. Yesterday afternoon, as a party of officers and gentle men, amongst whom were ,Admiral Codrington, Captain Foley, and two sons of the Earl of St. Germans, were standing on the sentry walk of the upper deck of the gunnery ship Cambridge, off Devonport, watching experi ments with torpedoes, one of them charged with five pounds of gun cotton, which was ou a raft moored twenty yards away from the Cambridge, exploded. Either from some fragments of the torpedo falling upon it or from the con cussion, the glass in the skylight was broken, and a piece of it severely lacerated the face of the lion. Cornwallis Elliot, and inflicted an injury upon one of his eyes, which will permanently deprive it of sight. COLONEL RODEN, M.P., ON THE VOLUNTEER AND MILITARY SERVICE. At a dinner in Hanley,on Wednesday,Col. Roden,M.P., speaking in reply to the toast of `"rhe Army, Navy, and Volunteers," said that they had seen armies, such as those of Austria and France, swept away by an army of volun teers, in so short a time as to be unparalleled; it astonished everyone who had studied the subject. The gallant colonel said he had taken a great interest in the volunteer service ; some said that he had been too warm ; and the reason of this was, that he had felt that in a free country, the best way to secure it for themselves was the volunteer principle, which he believed was the correct one, and he was satisfied that it had made progress, despite the treatment it had undergone. At first the volunteers had been almost spoiled by the enconiums showered upon them ; but there had come a reaction, and the force which had been pronounced perfect at first was declared to be good for nothing at the end of two years. It had been demonstrated, however, that a British citizen soldier was a possibility, and he was satisfied that if the force could be raised to a million of men England could defend herself against the whole world. She did not want large standing armies, she wanted people who were able to defend themselves. It was absolutely absurd to say that Englishmen could not acquire a military train ing as well as the Germans. All they wanted was organi sation, and on this the volunteers had received no encou ragement to develope the best material in the world. The brigade he had the honour to command might have been increased from two hundred and fifty men to one thousand men, but they had no encouragement from the authorities, and there was no man at the head of affairs capable of organising a volunteer force in the country. He said he felt this Co be a question affecting the honour and dignity of the country ; and he trusted that there would be such an expression of public opinion, and such a pressure on Parliament, as might result in England being placed in the same position as Germany in respect to her reserve forces. MR. COLLINS, M.P., ON ENGLAND'S DEFENCES. At the Mayor's dinner at Boston, on Wednesday, Mr. Thomas Collins, M.P. for the borough, said he was satis fied that the English navy was better than all the others in Christendom. An increase of the Militia and encourage ment of the Volunteers, he said, were ample for defensive purposes; and were far more acceptable to the English people than a forced military service. He said the English had no right to dictate the internal affairs of other nations. CAPTURE OF A PRUSSIAN BARQUE. A smacksman who arrived in Yarmouth on Wednesday reports that while in the North Sea a few days ago he witnessed the capture of the Prussian barque Der Turner by a French ironclad. After an exciting chase the Frenchman came up with the barque and boarded her, and having left an officer and a number of men on board to take the vessel into a French port, the ironclad steamed away. The barque was believed to be from Dantzic for Aberdeen with flax. SMUGGLING AT HARWICH. At 11 p.m. on Wednesday the chief boatman of the coast guards at Harwich seized the smack Two Brothers, of Ipswich, Garland master, off old Shotic, - y-yard, Ipswich, with about nine-and-a-half cwt. of tobacco and cigars on board. MURDER NEAR SHIELDS. A murder, which appears to have been unprovoked, was committed on Wednesday in the village of Heb burnquay on the Tyne. Michael Delaney, employed at the large works of Messrs. Leslie and Co., went to his house under the influence of drink, and without any provocation struck his wife several blows on the head, and then threw her down some steep stairs. She fell heavily, and expired almost immediately. Information was given to the police, but Delaney had decamped. He is supposed to be hiding on the other side of the river, but no trace of him has been discovered. In a congregation holden yesterday morning, at Oxford, the following gentlemen, who had been nominated to the important offices of public examiners and moderators were submitted and approved :—Public examiners : M. Patter son, Lincoln ; J. R. Magrath, Queen's ; J. E. S. Rogers, Magdalen Hall ; and C.P. Faulkner, University College. Moderators : W, Baker, St. John's; G. Marshal, Christ Church ; and J. R. Shursfield, Jesus College. THE EARL OF CARNARVON ON FREEMASONRY. The Earl of Carnarvon,in speaking to a gathering of Freemasons in Lancashire on Wednesday, said : A great writer had said that the great public buildings of Europe built long since by their Masonic forefathers owed their decline to three causes : to the effects of time, to the revo lutions of political or religious thought, and to passions and bad taste. It was a perfectly true indictment, but he asked, had Masonry, which had been subjected to all these three influences—had Masonry succumbed in the way and degree that the handiwork of masonry had succumbed throughout Europe? Their works had felt the effects of time and passion, but the spirit of Masonry, the inner essence and life,,had remained untouched and unassailable. It had not merely not affected Masonry, but in every part of the world Masonry had gone on spreading. In lands civilised, in lands bar barous, in lands near, in lands distant, still the same tale ; each traveller who returned told them how great was the power of Masonry. In war men owed their lives to it, in sickness they received attendance and care, in desolate countries they were rescued, and he knew of an instance where a mission of high importance to the north of India attempted to Pass in vain until at last the jofficer in command of it gave certain signs and symptoms known only to them as masons, which 'at once secured his free passage to the country. And if there was one part in the whole habitable world iwhere masonry had taken deep and firm root, he claimed for that part for England ; and if there was one corner of England where,.masonry had taken deeper root than else. where he thought they might claim it for Lancashire. It was said about three hundred years ago by one of the wisest men of the time that England was the place above all others where the love of truth prevailed, in coujUnction with reverence for that which was old. He believed that saying was equally true of masonry. Those truths which had come through so many genera tions could not be without value, and it was for this that masonry had received so much care and reverence in this country. There was another reason. We were said to be a practical nation, and masonry bad shewn its true value in this, that it had manifested a wonderful adapta tion to all the modern requirements and all the wants of our time. It was a law under which we lived that every institution in this country must shew cause for its being, 'and must be prepared to stand its trial ; and he was satisfied that all good, true, and genuine institutions would stand the test, and would come out like gold more and more refined from the ordeal. Masonry might gladly stand that test, for she would, he . was convinced, come out of it, and the lessons of ;masonry were not likely to grow old in our days, for they were as applicable to us as to our forefathers. They could never tire of the great cardinal principle of masonry—charity—and should neve forget that great. bond that united them together. Lastly, they should never forget how masonry repre sented the principle of good citizenship and social order. In other countries masonry unfortunately had too often lent herself to other 'societies, who had taken advantage of her, and under the shadow of her great name had dared to foist upon society their own miserable doctrines and theories. THE WINTER CIRCUIhS. The following are the winter circuits of the judges : Lancashire—Mr. Justice Mellor and Mr. Justice Brett. Leeds, York, and Derby—Mr. Justice Byles. Glamorgan, Worcestershire, and Warwick—Mr. Baron Bramwell. Stafford, Durham—Mr. Baron Cleasby. Hampshire, Leicester, Northampton, Norfolk—Mi. Justice Lush. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday in Down . ing-street. The Ministers present were the. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley. the Right Hon. E, Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, tits Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, The Patric says that the nephew of Lord Panmure and the son of a high functionary of the English Church have joined the free-shooters as volunteers. • THE ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCESS LOUISE.— Princess Louise's knee continues to improve, but the necessity of still maintaining absolute rest is strictly enjoined. It is stated that the Irish Ambulance Corps which left Dublin for France about three weeks since is about to serve under General Bourbaki, at Lille. At the opening meeting of the Royal Geographical Society next. , Tuesday, the last letters of Mr. G. W. Hayward on the Geography of Gilgit and Yassin will be read. Following the example of their fellow-workmen in Edinburgh, about 200 masons have struck work in Leith, to resist a reduction of their wages from bid. to 6d. per hour. A. new steamer for the North German Lloyd's was successfully launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Caird at Greenock on Wednesday. It was named " Graf Bismarck." The vessel, which is to be supplied with engines of 400 horse-power, is the fourth of a splendid fleet of German steamers recently launched by the same firm. The Freeman's Journal states that preparations are being made for holding a great Catholic demonstra tion in Dublin. This meeting will take place before the close of the present month, and will be the most imposing assemblage held in the city for many years. A number of Catholic gentlemen are almost daily occupied in completing the arrangements. A pew railway will probably soon be started in Kerry, a company having already been formed for the purpose. Its starting-point will be from Killorglin (one of the most prosperous towns in the county), and it will run by Milltown, whence it will be continued until it joins the railway station at Farranfore, midway between Tralee and Killarney. The proposed' line has the warm support of the landed proprietors of the county. The barometer has fallen at all stations, especially iu the south-east. Temperature has fallen donsiderably, except on our north and east coasts, where there is little change. The wind has veered to north and north east at nearly all stations, and freshened. In the north -of Scotland it is strong, and squalls of snow, sleet, or hail are general in the northern districts, and at exposed western stations. Warnings : were issued to the northern coasts of Great Britain on Wednesday, and, are now ex tended to Wales and the south - west of England. SEVENTY DAYS IN MICTZ.—The correspondent of the Manckester Guardian, who was shut up in Metz, con tinues his diary of the investment. It is most unfavour able to Bazaine. The writer winds up his description of one bf the sorties thus :—" Thus sadly endad our last hopeful day at Metz. Never aggin had we any confidence in the military qualities of the *Commander-in-Chief. We saw a movement, commenced at daybreak, suspended until evening, in view of the enemy. We saw a force sent out with divided councils. We saw the movement arrested when a night's march could have carried the position. We saw a force, weakened by a fair day's work' and a long night's watch, left unsuccoured. We saw our victory snatched from us when, in spite of those disadvantages, we had almost grasped it ; and the shock was too rude. Confidence refused to grow again, and when we found political trickery added to military incapacity, we ceased to consider our commander-in-chief either wise or honest." SPORTING INTEL LIG ENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES.-Tu ll8i) AY. HANDICAP PLATE. Callipoadia Prior Cheddington....- ...... Eleven ran. STEWARDS' PLATE, Cymbal Oxonian Blenheim .. Eleven ran. MATCH. Thunderclap . Peasant Girl.. STAND STAKES. Piny filly Skiff Queen Bessie Thirteen ran. CRAVEN STEEPLECHASE Badminton Lady Geraldine Keystone Five ran. HANDICAP HURDLE PLATE. Kelvin Grove. Spitfire Soreeresa Seven ran. DOWNE HANDICAP. Heirloom Ida Mayoress Eleven ran. PALATINE NURSERY Rose of Athol Blenheim Haydee.... Twelve ran. WESTMORLAND CUP. Witchcraft Stanley La Risle Five ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. 4to 1 agst Blandford '(taken) 9to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 9to 1 agst Musket (taken) 10 to 1 agst Exciseman (taken) 11 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken) 100 to 8 agst Barford (taken) 100 to 8 agst Syrian (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Bonny Swell (taken and offend) 25 to 1 agst Fleets (taken) LATEST SCRATCHINGS. Liverpool Cup —Cardinal York was struck out at 12.15 on Thursday, Alaric at 12.40, the Duke of Beaufort and Nero at 1.45, and Brennus and Filou in the evening. CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 7to 2 agst Blandford (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered-9 to 2 taken) Bto 1 agst Musket (taken and offered) 100 to 12 agst Exciseman (taken) 11 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken) 100 to 8 agst Syrian (taken and offered-100 to 7 and 50 to 3 laid previously) 100 to 7 agst Barford (offered) 100 to 6 agst Bonny Swell (offered-21 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Fleets (Offered-25 to 1 taken) 25 to 1 agst.Vestminster (offered-30 to 1 taken) 100 to 3 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 40 to 1 agst My Uncle (offered) 40 to 1 agst Miss Hervine (offered) 50 to 1 agst Islam (taken) 50 to 1 agst Taraban (offered) 200 to 2 agst Cecil (taken) 500 to 5 agst Filou (offered) 100 to 7 agst Vestminster and My Unclo coupled (taken) THE ALABAMA. CLAIMS. The Manchester Examiner, referring to the Alabama claims, says it is pretty certain that the question will soon have to be faced. We shall have to make up our minds as to how we shall meet it. That, indeed, will not be difficult, because there is practically no difference of opinion amongst us. We are ready to compen sate pecuniary losses by pecuniary payment, assuming of course, that we are found by some impartial authority to have been in the wrong ; and it is, at any rate, some thing in our favour that that is exactly what seems to be desired by those who have actually suffered the injury complained of. There is no doubt of the genuine desire of all leading English statesmen, and of the English public to find some simple and summary way of ascertaining and discharging our liabilities; we welcome with great pleasure indications that temperate and mode rate views are not without effective advocacy amongst the commercial classes of America, and we cannot refuse our selves the pleasure of hoping that their influence will yet countervail that of noisy demagogues or ambitious party leaders. THE HOME SECRETARY AND BABY F eiRMING. On Wednesday a body of gentlemen who have formed themselves into an association for the protection of infant life, waited upon Mr. Bruce at the Home Office to ascer tain his views with respect to future legislation for stop ping the practices now carried out whereby infant life is largely sacrificed. Mr. Charley, M.P., briefly introduced the deputation, who re presented a meeting held a week since, when it was resolved to establish an association for the purpose of obtaining an enactment to deal with the secret putting away of infant children. It was explained to Mr. Bruce that the views of the association could be met by the pas sing of a measure making the registration of births com pulsory, requiring the registration of all places where nurse-children were taken for hire, the registration and licensing of all persons who acted as midwives, and ordering an inquest to be held upon every child which came by its death while in the hands of a hired nurse. Mr. Curgenven presented the Home Secretary with a copy of the proposed bill, for which he asked the Govern ment support, if the Home Office did not intend to move in the subject.—Mr. Ernest Hart informed Mr. Bruce that the subject had been several times before the office, once when Mr. Walpole was Home Secre tary ; and the Harverian Society then brought to his notice most valuable information, and certain documents containing this information were left in Mr. Walpole's care, but he was afterwards unable to find them. These documents, if they were found in the office, would shew what was done on this subject in other countries, especially in Belgium.—Mr. Bruce asked if any inquiries had been directed to the moral effect of laws upon this subject, and whether it had not been seen that legislating upon one evil did not bring others.—Mr. Hart replied that, on the contrary, the law had a moral effect. The laws in Belgium, like those now sought, were merely repressive, that was, no nurseries were provided or any aids, but there was simply super vision. This deputation did not ask for any help to put away children, but they required that every child should be registered, and every woman who proposed to take a child for hire should be registered and subject to super vision.—Mr. Bruce remarked that in his view, to make stringent laws as to the places where children were brought up, would cause many to be put away altogether. —Mr. Charley said that the children put to these baby farms were killed in the proportion of 50 to 1 killed by the parents.—Mr. Hart added that making a direct law upon the subject would be no more than doing what Mr. Gathorne Hardy, when he was Home Secretary, said the police now had power to do, namely, supervise these farms.—Mr. Curgenven proceeded to point out what the law in Belgium was : one part of it was that no midwife could receive a single woman into her house without the registration of the woman's name with the police, and by this means, if the child were not afterwards paid for, wherever it was sent, the police had a clue to its parents and the commune in which it was born.—Mr. Bruce listened to the gentlemen at some length, and then said that the Government was inquiring into the subject, and if an official measure were not brought in, the association had the right to expect Government support to bill. their LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. The Rev. Canon Cromwell addressed a numerously attended meeting of the ratepayers of the Royal Hospital Yard, Chelsea, last night, and stated the grounds upon which he sought to represent the borough of Chelsea, at the Education Board., The Rev. J. B. Owen, M.A., presided. The meeting pledged itself almost unanimously to support Canon Cromwell at the election. THE VACCINATION LAW.—On Tuesday, at the Manchester City Police-court, a warrant of commitment was granted against William Waterhall Hulme, who had refused to pay a fine of 20s. and costs for refusing to vac cinate his child. A distress warrant had been issued against him, but it was found that he had no goods.— Manchester Courier. - 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. Balf e, interspersed with many choice anecdotes. We have no doubt that his reminiscences will be read by all musical amateurs and professors with much interest. R CO TEMPORARIES-- .This Morning THE ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS, The armistice, says the Tinted, iii the opinion of calm spectators, failed becatioi each side saw an intolerable disadvantage to itself iu aceepthig the t,nms of its adver sary. The Paris G , vent ui t an. I garrison might reasonably object to negotiate for a suspension of hostilities (01 conditions which would allow their greatast enemy, famine, to carry oti its opera tions against them without a moment's. cessation. They might ask how could hostilities be said to cease when every cart of flour, every ox or sheep, which might ap proach Paris from beyond the lines of the enemy would be stopped and seized. This is obvious enough, and yet the Germans may with justice reply that the introduction of victuals into Paris would operate more. unfavourably for them than the mainteeaoce of the blockade would operate for the Parisians, regard being had to the actual situation and prospects of each. The blockade is the siatus - Oo ; if it had continued during the Armistice, the Parisians would not be worse 01 than they are now, and in case of the resumption of hostilities they would only be where they would have been supposing there had been no Armistice, except on the assumption that within twenty five days the French could by force introduce into the capital a supply equal to twenty-five days' consump tion. Viewing the matter in this light, it is 'easy to understand that the Germans might be really/ sincere in wishing for the election of a French Assembly, and yet decline to purchase it at so manifest a sacrifice. We are told, and eau readily believe, that the military leaders rejected the notion of victualling Paris as something utterly inadmissible and out of the question. They • simply pointed out that, as things were, the German armies found it hard to live, and asked how they were to find food for two millions of people. Twenty-five days' provisions for Paris, even on the shortest rations, would be two months' , provisions for themselves, and were they to give up all this to an enemy who might. and very probably would, reject the preliminaries of peace ? To secure that the conflict, the Dimly News oberves' should not extend beyond the original parties to it, and to seize every opportunity of bringing the bellige rents face to face in friendly negotiation, without need lessly obtruding ourselves upon the scene, or affecting to dictate terms to them, have been the objects of English diplomacy. The efforts of England have not yet been successful ; but in bringing M. Jules Favre and M. Thiers into conference with Count Bismarck, it is pos sible that some steps have been made towards ultimate success, or to a more equitable peace than might otherwise be possible. A wise moderation has strengthened her position with both the hostile Powers. She has not spent her strength in futile overtures. Whatever grumblings may come from the one Power or the other, both believe in her hearty goodwill. If any new opportunity offers of mediation, she will approach it with renewed strength. At present the prospect is dark. The Foreign Minister is not officially informed of the cause of the rupture of the negotiations. M. Jules Favre lets out what, except officially, was never a secret. The negotiations broke off on Count Bismarck's resolution—and without technical and plausible ground of right—to continue, during the so-called armistice, the siege of Paris by star vation, the most effective weapon in his hand, and the instrument by which Metz was reduced. Perhaps the fact that no peace was in sight save a peace by the sur render of French territory and French citizens to Germany confirmed the resolution to endure yet longer the calami ties of war. THE POLICY OF GERMANY. The Telegraph, commenting on the effect of a German "occupation" of France, says the political attitude England may be finally forced to adopt, in presence of this unprecedented catastrophe to a great nation, may not seem very clear to us just now. But there cannot be a doubt of the strong national sentiment of horror with which we should see Germany, strong in the might of prosperity, trampling out the national life of France. At the beginning of this war English opinion was largely enlisted on the side of Germany ; it is the fault of the Germans themselves if it is changing. After Sedan they had an opportunity, such as a nation has seldom possessed, of returning home with glorious laurels, unstained by a single drop of blood needlessly shed. They had dethroned a mighty dynasty, had destroyed a great army, and had a great nation at their feet. They had done this, not in any unprovoked aggression like former conquerors, but fighting for happy homes and altars free—fighting really in defence. Now they as sume the position of aggressors. It is they who would push too far the claims born of conquest, and would exaggerate the usual demand of the vic tors in war. They do so against the public opinion of the best and most thoughtful men in Germany is amply proved by the protests of Herr Jacoby and Carl Voght. They do it against the strong and newly roused opinion of England—of England in her every aspect, political or social, official or popular, commercial, industrial, or literary. In all times of foreign war, English opinion is divided, for we cul tivate here the utmost license of dissent ; but we doubt whether, at present, there could be found a single English periodical or journal of any kind to defend on principle the forcible seizure of Alsace and Lorraine. At the Mansion House banquet the Lord Chancellor denounced " mere aggression and military glory." Mr. Gladstone emphasised his known opinion that peace, when made, must be " sound and just," and "founded upon principles agreeable to the ideas and to the just sense of modern civilisation, and. in conformity with the convictions of civilised man kind." It is obvious that these official utterances re echo only the general sentiment of Englishmen—namely, a profound horror of a cruel war carried on through lust of territory, or for the military glory of entering an enemy's capital amid the pomp and circumstance of success. THE MINISTERS AT THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. The Standard criticises the speech of Mr. Gladstone at the Lord Mayor's banquet, and says : This is, perhaps, the first occasion in history when an English Minister has claimed credit to himself for having so acted to incur the equal hostility of both parties in a quarrel of vital conse quence to all Europe. We do not suppose, indeed, that Mr. Gladstone actually meant that his intention was to make both France and Germany dissatisfied with the conduct of England. It is evident, however, that the fact of Germany and France hating us with equal cor diality is considered to be a circumstance highly flattering to the diplomacy of the Gladstone Government. This is a tribute which we cannot refuse to render to Mr. Gladstone. As to the Test, Mr. Gladstone's speech is principally re marable for its significant omissions. It might hove been expected that he would have given us some clue to the future policy of England in great Continental wari--that he would have either confirmed or disowned the idea attributed to him of confining the ambition of England in future, not to the extension of her matCrial but of her moral empire —that he would have explained what he meant by saying that " while everything combined to make us safe, everything combined to make us harmless"—that our " duties were already greater than our Capacities." There can be no doubt whatever that this last opinion is true as long as the Gladstone Ministry is in power. We are easily to be persuaded also that a good many things have combined to make us harmless. There are some fifteen men at least who have done so, who are commonly known as the Gladstone Cabinet. But admitted the harmlessness, what about the safety ? With how many soldiers has Mr. Cardwell contrived to make England safe ? What have been the measures taken to that end, and how have they succeeded ? Is it an element in our safety, for instance, that France and Germany are both angry with us for our conduct in the war ? What is the great scheme of national defence which Mr. Cardwell's wise administration has given us ? Where is the national force which is to replace the stand ing army, whose knell Mr. Lowe believes to have been sounded ? What of the colonial empire which Mr. Glad stone is about to break up, on the plea that ea/1 member of it would be happier under its own autonomy ? Is it true that any of the colonies has asked for its autonomy, or that there has been any word of separation or thought of disloyalty to the United British Empire on the part of any other than the mother-country herself, as represented by the Gladstone Administration ? The Manchester Examiner, referring to Earl Granville's speech at the Lord Mayor's dinner, says : Recent events have demonstrated conclusively that the basis of lasting peace must be formed by the belligerents themseh es. Until their respective ideas of the military situation are less wildly divergent a permanent peace would be an impossibility. If, as Lord Granville says, we have observed the duties of neutrality with the utmost loyalty, we may rest content that when the war is over and the evil passions allayed neither France nor Germany will fail to do us justice. The M a nchester Courier says it is impossible to speak except with respect of a Minister who has upon the whole well maintained the honour of his country at a difficult and dangerous crisis. Lord Granville is not, it is true, a second Palmerston ; but he has, on the whole, followed pretty closely in his footsteps, and if anything can save Mr. Gladstone's Administration from collapse when Parliament again resumes its duties, it will be the memory of the generally able way in which his Foreign Secretary has maintained the neutrality of England even under temptations whose magnitude it is not easy for outsiders to appreciate. 1 2 ... 1 ... 2 ...3 2 ~... 1