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Kcr is used t° Altogether y to be sur t art in he r t, of nature . The j a Zet OLP Ator. merchan t, Lers do thei r ece entitle(' ertainniell ' s betWee ll 311)10 0111/ ague. 14 ' form thi° using farce , wh ° represen ts isiders istress with the mos t well worth e beautifu l toe we hav e oarently, Aim. n" 6ge quail* w house, is y Theatre► Hid erstoo d the Society otters, has on the par" e MetroP°' Fe will OP schools h efficiency xs teaching Th e ext sittiog last ter'''. 1 of whi ci ,t e;, and I' l the partiel :fore Lor' In the r the cour t on juries. T. - o uestions ere is grea t ergy Wye boa s there is th e grouna, benefits 01 hureh, an i !Abject No' y). SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 P.m LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. BAZAINE'S REPLY TO GAMBETTA. In Brussels the Proclamation of the Tours Go vernment has produced much interest and excite- Inent. The Independauce Beige of to-day publishes a letter from Gen. Boyer, one of Marshal Bazaine's a ide-de-camps,lrefuting the charge of treason bro lght against the Marshal by the Tours Provisional Go vernment. He says the capitulation of Metz was not caused through any fear or want of bravery, but solely in consequence of the state of famine to Which the place was reduced. LATEST FROM PARIS. The latest intelligence relative to the condition of the people in Paris is very desponding. Some Americans who have just left the city, and have arrived in London, state that the people in Paris, live on 200 grammes of meat, principally horseflesh, Per day. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. CASSEL, October 31 (9.10 p.m.) The Empress Eugenie arrived incognita at Wil helmsbohe yesterday noon. General Clary alone accompanied her. Marshal Bazaine bad an interview with the Emperor at 3.30 p.m. THE GERMANS IN METZ. SAABBRUCK, October 31, (10 p.m.) The German troops entered Metz at one o'clock today. The French troops marched to the village 13 f Grigny, where they surrendered their arms to the Prussians. Twenty-five thousand were then luarched by the chaussee to Ars-la-Quenay, where th ey were encamped around a Prussian battery en route to Germany. They are to be draughted in e qual numbers daily, and march on foot to the frontier.. • The following are the terms of the capitulation signed on the 27th of Ootober, at Frescaty, by Generals Jarras and Stiehle, on behalf of the French andlGerman commanders respectively : " First, the French army placed under the com mand of Marshal Bazaine are declared prisoners of War. " Secondly the fortress and the town of Metz , With all forts, munitions of war, provisions of all kinds, and everything which is the property of the `Mate, will be given up to the German army in the condition in which it was found at the beginning of the capitulation. "On Saturday, the 29th, at midday, the forts of Quentin, Phlappeville, and the remaining forts, together with Porte Mazelle, will be given up to the German troops. At 10 a.m. of- the same day t he Officers of Artillery and Engineers will be ad nutted into the same forts to occupy the magazines and to draw the mines. "Thirdly, the arms, as well as the materiel of the army, consisting of flags, eagles, cannons, initrail lenges, horses, fourgons, equipages, ammunition, Bc e., will be left at Metz, and in the forts under military commsssion:inztituted by Murshal Bazaine, i n Order to be immediately given up to the German enmmissioners. " The troops, without arms, will be conducted in re giments or corps, and in military order, to the place which shall be indica•ed for each corrs, the Officers then returning at liberty to their en trenched camps or to Metz, upon giving their word °f honour not to quit the place without the order of t he German commandant. The troops will then be conducted by their under officers to their bivouacs, the soldiers retaining their effects, coking utensils, Scc. the other four to bo divided between the armies operating north and south of Paris." M. TIIIERS AT VERSAILLES. October 30. "Fourthly, all generals and officers, as wall as other military employ6s having the rank of officers, w ho will engage themselves, by writing, not to bear agaiiiiit Germany, and not to agitate in any other' manner against its interests during the present * War, will ilot be made prisoners of war. Officers and employds who accept this condition will re tain their arms and personal property in recognition o f the courage which they have shewn during the C ampaign. "Fifthly, the military surgeons will, without ex ception, remain behind to take charge of the w ounded. They will be treated accor din g to the Convention of Geneva, and considered as attached to the hospital. " Sixthly, questions of detail concerning the I nterests of the town will he treated in an appendix, which will have the same value as the present pro tocol. niers arrived to-day at Versailles, and went on in an hour to Paris to return in two days to these head-quarters. There was a review to-day of the Landwehr of the Guard by the King. It was a splendid sight. Le Bourget, near St. Denis, was occupied by the French yesterday, after a slight skirmish. The Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles have been made Field Marshals. Prince Frederick Charles will assume the command of the Southern Army. BAZAINE AT CASSEL. CASSEL, Oct. 31. Marshal Bazaine, with I►is suite, comprising Colonel Viellitte, Comte Mornay, Viscomte Gudin, and Lieutenant Bazaine, arrived at the Hotel du Nord, Cassel, at 10.16 a.m. to-day from Pont-a- Mousson, under escorts. llauptman, Bardeleben, Canrobert, Le Bceuf, and Mac Mahon are hourly expected. OCCUPATION OF DIJON BY THE GERMANS. Dijon was occupied by the German troops on Saturday after an engagement in the suburbs lasting seven hours. The town was bombarded, and thu French retreated, being unable to offer any further resistance. The Pruss'an force numbered from 10,000 to 12,000 men. The losses on both sides are not yet known. THE PRUSSIANS AT METZ. SAAR/MUCK, October 31. Fort St. Quentin has been occupied by the 18th Infantry division; Plappeville by the 3rd Army Corps; St. Julien by the Ist Army Corps ; Quelen by the Bth Army Corps, and St. Privat by the Hessians. The French prisoners will be drafted to Germany in squads of 3,000 viii Saarlouis and Saarbruck. In a day or two the German forces which are not required to garrison Metz will march. Two Army Corps will advance towards Lille, two towards Besancon, and the rest towards Paris. The French troops ate in a wretched state. THE FRENCH. PRISONERS. BERLIN, October 30. Orden have been given to separate the soldiers from Alsace and Northern Lorraine, who are regarded as Germans, from the other French prisoners. "Seventhly, anything presenting a doubt in the Preceding articles will be interpreted in favour of the French.' o Metz is now entirely occupied by the Prussians. The town was greatly agitated at the publication o f the articles, and an endeavour was made to excite the National Guard to revolt. The tocsin was sounded, and many officers took part in the proceed ings, but no general caine forward to head the move ment, and the populace was dispersed by the French troops —their last act in Metz. Marshal Bazaine has issued a general order averring that famine, and not the enemy, has caused the sur render of the town. General Collinibres, the com mandant of the town, acknowledges the loss of 42 , 0 00 men duri ng th e s i ege . Th e Mayor and Coun cil of the town state that all the blame of the failure rests with the military. Proclamations were issued yesterday and to-day to the French soldiers and to the inhabitants, com manding those among the former who had not sur rendered themselves as prisoners to do so within 24 hours, or they would be arrested and tried by Martial law, and exhorting the inhabitants to E.4l3n lit quietly to the Prussian occupation, and not molest the soldiers, under pain of death ; lf orbiddin g the assembling of more than 10 persons In the streets ; and promising that the property of private individuals should be respected. The Inhabitants are also ordered to surrender all arms T i d ammunition, and the penalty of death is , ( )creed for any infringement of these orders, which Inc lude the illumination of all houses by night in ease of surprise. The Prussians entered the town in silence, under a bla c k sky and a pouring rain. Tley massed them selves in the Place des Armes, playing national :ire, a n d h ave now taken possess i on o f th e pu bli c fa eee and of the r ailw a y ; and the greater part of Lor raine,, is no w th or o u ghly Prussian. Thus ends bee seventy days' siege of Metz. BATTLE AT ST. DENIS. THE FRENCH REPULSED WITH' HEAVY LOSS. (GERMAN OFFICIAL TELAGIIAM.) " VERSAILLES, October 30. "Ou the 28th the enemy force 1 our pickets to n a muate Bou rge t, east o f St. Denis. Towards even tg We ascertained that a strong hostile force had (3 cc uPied the pl ace . O n th e 30th the 2nd Division of 3,ulan trY guards att ac k e d Bourget, which had been f ortified, and after a brilliant engagement, dislodged the enemy. " Twelve hundred men and 30 officers were taken Prisoners. " Our losses are not yet ascertained, but heavy. es Unofficial—Of the Metz Army, one corps will tort prisoners to Germany, two corps go to Paris, I. RE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1,187 e. THE MONEY MARKET. CITY, Two o'CLocK. To-day, the Ist of November, being one of tho half yearly days for the closing of the transfer offices at the Bank of England, a holiday is kept at the Stock Ex- change. The delivery of the allotment letters of the French Loan, as is usual, caused a decline in price. It appears that the subscriptions in the various departments of France have been very largo, amounting to at least £4,000,000. The Bank of England have given notice that on the 2d of December Consols, New £5 per Cents., New £3 10s.. per Cents., New £2 10s. per Cents., annuities for terms of years, and India £5 per Cents. will be transferable without the dividend due on the sth of January next; also that the transfer books of East Indian Stock will shut on Thursday, the Bth of December, and open on Friday, the Gth of January. The mail from South Australia to the 12th of September has arrived, vl4 Brindisi. The European war had created a profound sensation. As the withdrawal of Imperial troops rendered self-defence more than ever necessary, a scheme of Militia had been proposed ; £lO,OOO was also voted for other purposes, and general attention was given to the subject in case England should be unable to main tain her neutrality. The Treasurer's Budget speech estimated a total expenditure for 1871 of £521,171, a reduction of £73,500 from the total of the present year. The subscription list for the Five per Cent. Debenture Stock of the Devon and Somerset Railway will be closed on Saturday next for London, and on Monday for country applications. The stock was quoted It to 2 prem. With reference to the petition for the winding up of the London and Suburban Bank (Limited), we are in formed that the assets are ample to meet the liabilities, and that the petition will be opposed. It is understood that a company is in course of forma tion under respectable and experienced management, for establishing a powerful line of steamers from London to the Cape, Algoa Bay, and Port Natal. The capital is to be £200,000, in shares of £2O. Applications are to be made to Messrs. N. Griffiths, Tate, and Co. The advices from Buenos Ayres by the present mail describe an improvement in busine-s. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA•?II.) SEVERN SWEEPSTAKES. South Durham Prosper Zerliva ... t ... t • • Three ran. DECIDING HEAT— South Durham beat Prosper, but was objected to on the ground of a cannon. lIURDLE RACE. Vic tress ... Miss Banks Jack ... Ten ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. 2 '2 3 STATE OF VIONVILLE. A. letter in the Echo du Nord says Vionville is not surrounded, and up to the present has not been threatened with bombardment In all probability no bonabardment will be attempted, as the Prussians have not a single piece of cannon in the neighbour hooi. The town is well provisioned, and the in- habitants want tor nothing. L'lndependant de l'Ouest says an entrenched camp is about to be established near Couliboeuf, for the concentration of the Army of Brittany. It is announced that M. Nachet, Dean of the Chambre das Requetes of the Court of Cassation, has been condemned to death by the Prussians in,the Department of the Aisne, in consequence of a shot having been fired from his property. BOURBAKI AT WORK. AmIENs, Octobor 31. General Beurbaki came to Amiens yesterday, and remained two hours with the General ocmmanding. Urgent questions were discussed with the Com mittee of Defence. Ile left in the early part of the afternoon for Douai to be pre• cut at a meeting of the Council, witt.ro the subject under discussion etas the measures necessary to bo taken for Lie defence of the Northern Departments. I I'ALY. FLORENCE, Octob©r 28. Eleven persons belonging to Maisie() Nuovo, in the Basilicata, have been suipriFel and 'tilled by the brigands. INDIA. CALCUTTA, October 31. The town of Geriksh has been given up to Yakoob. The Viceroy reached Allahabad to-day. Mr. Forsyth arrived at Murree last Saturday. CHINA. TIEN-TSIN, October 13. The. Foreign Ministers have rejected some of the proposals made by the Ohinese Government for the settlement of the Tion-Tsin difficulty. Mr. Wade has been insulted. Foreigners in this city and in Pekin are undecidTl whether to remain during the coming winter. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) DEATH OF THE MEMBER FOR NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. A vacancy has occurred in the representation of New port, Isle of Wight, by the death of Mr. Charles Wyke ham Martin. The deceased was a Liberal in politics. He sat for Newport from 1841 to 1852, when he was de feated. He then represented 'West Kent from 1857 to 1859, when he was unsuccessful. He was again elected for Newport in 1865. Mr. Martin was the first member returned to the present Parliament. THE ABANDONMENT OF THE HISTORIA. The official inquiry into the abandonment of the barque Historia (Captain M'Allister), in Morcambe Bay, on the 14th of October, terminated yesterday, at Liverpool. The Court suspended the master's certificate for three months, and intimated that if evidence could be hereafter procured as to who bored the augur holes in the ship, the subject night very probably be brought forward in a criminal court. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A. POLICE OFFICER. Benjamin Taskor, a member of the Harrowgato Police Force, who was apprehended last Friday, was charged before the Harrowgato magistrates, yesterday, with robbing a visitor in a public thoroughfare. The evidence was conclusive, and after a long hearing the prisoner was committed for trial at the West Riding Sessions. THE MURDER AT BRADFORD. At the Bradford Borough Court, yesterday morning, Patrick Riley, forgeman, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Leach (a waiter at the Packhorse Inn) by stabbing him to the heart, in a row which occurred at the public-house on Saturday night, was committed to take his trial at the Assizes. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales and a distinguished party arrived at Scurboro' last night, on a visit to Lord Londesborough, whose guests they will remain till Monday. The Duke of Cambridge is expected to arrive on the 7th. and the Prince and Princess Teck on the 14th. THE RECORDERSHIP OF SOUTHAMPTON. Mr. Gunner, barrister, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Southampton, the position having been rendered vacant by the promotion of Mr. Montague Bere, Q,C., to the Recordership of Bristol. AGRARIAN OUTRAGE, An agrarian outrage is reported from King's County. A farmer named Fox was going to mass on Sunday, when he was fired at and seriously wounded in the shoulder. Four men then set upon him and endeavoured to murder him. Thirteen men who were working in a field 'near took no notice of his cries for assistance. It was only when a neighbour appeared upon the scene that his assailants desisted from their ill-treatment. Fox had received several threatening letters, and his house was fired at last May. SUPPOSED MURDER AT WALSAL. Yesterday morning the dead body of Mr. W. Newman was found upon the railway at Walsal. He is supposed to have been murdered. He is of some standing in the town, being member of the firm of Chawner and New man, and the film of a magistrate. Hesperia, Miss Lizzie Turquoise Eight ran. WORCESTER HANDICAP. Forget -mo-Not ... Albany Not 0ut...... Nine ran. SELLING HURDLE. Cobalt Royal Princess Bellone Four ran. CLAIMING PLATE. La Verzee • Nymph f Clara Webster f Eight ran CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 900 to 100 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 10 to 1 agst Alaric (offered) 10 to 1 apt Blandford (offered-11 to 1 taken) 13 to 1 agst Cardinal York (offered— 1400 to 100 (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Syrian (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Exciseman (taken) 100 to 7 agst Cecil (taken) 100 to 6 agst Barford (taken and offered) Temple reported scratched. TREATMENT OF GARIBALDIANS IN FRANCE. The Garibaldian volunteers in the service of France who have transmitted to their friends at home an account of the manner in which they have been received, and the provisions made for their equipment, have certainly given no great encouragement by their reports to other Garibaldians who might feel inclined to follow their example. A long letter from the Vosges, published in yesterday's Bazar, narrates that on the 18th instant, many of the Garibaldians there were without shoes, and very badly off for other articles of clothing, and for food. The local authorities are all, more or less, under the influence of priests, and the priests represent the Garibaldians to the country people as instruments of the Evil One, whose friendship is oven more perilous to the souls than the hostility of the Prussians can be to the bodies of the French. Then the Francs- tireurs, with whom they are incorporated, criticise all Garibaldi's commands, have not the most elementary notion of discipline, and are altogether disorderly and disorganize(L Now the Garibaldian standard of order and organization is not in a military point of view an extremely high one ; from which readers may safely infer that the discipline of the Francs tireurs is bad enough in all conscience. Still, the Garibaldians have never been wanting in respect and obedience to their renowned leader, and it must be truly painful to those whom attachment to him alone has attracted to the ranks of the Franc-tireurs, to find that he does not possess amongst them the authority which as a Condottiere he has ever wielded over his followers. In truth, a very ugly story, and one reflecting little credit, if true, on the Provisional Government of France, has obtained currency amongst the G-aribaldians in the Vosges. When Garibaldi first offered his services to the Provisional Government they were refused. Then Republican movements broke out, and insurrectionary attempts were apprehended at Nice, in which the name of Garibaldi was put forward, with or without his consent it might be difficult to determine, as the symbol and war cry of Nizzard independence. It was at this stage of matters that the Provisional Government, changing its first decision, accepted Garibaldi's services, f o stered and flattered his illusions of becoming the champion of universal democracy, but in the meantime induced him to withdraw openly from all connection with the movement in Nice, which really oived its origin to him, and which had always looked for ward to him for • assistance ; in a word, the Garibaldian co-operation in the Vosges is evidently regarded by the Garibaldians there as au artful dodge, simply designed to counteract and neutralise any possible Garibaldian move ment at Nice.—Gurrespondentq the Daily Yew& CRITICAL POSITION OF THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE. Writing from Tours, on the 29th October, the cor respondent of the Standard says : Viewing the course of march pursued by the advancing German Army of the East, an uneasy suspicion is beginning to be felt as to its destination. It would seem that instead of marching south for Lyons and St. Etienne, which were the presumed objects of its march, its aim is to march through Dijon to Nevers, and thence to Bourges, where it would effect a junction with the army of General Ton der Tann. . This would, I need not say, alter the whole position and prospect 4of the campaign: It is im possible to overrate the importance of this question, and we shall look with extreme anxiety for the next telegrams. If these German armies succeed in effecting a junction, the Army of the Loire will be considerably outnumbered and overmatched, for the army of General Werder is estimat.'d at 120,005 men; all hope of a movement for the relief of Paris would be at an end, and our position here would become precarious in the extreme. One thing is evident. If the army of General Werder is really marching in this direction the most ener getic measures must be instantly taken. Engineer officers should bo at once despatched to have the bridges across the Saone mined, troops should be sent off to defend the passages, and commissioners instantly dis patched to see that the edict with respect to the wasting of the country and the driving away of all animals, carts, &c., and the burning of forage, be thoroughly and effectively carried out. The gener:.l of the Army of the Rhone should at once send round by rail to Bourges as many troops as he can spare, and should be directed, if the whole army now opposed to him moves east, to march with 50,000 of his best troops up through the Vosges in the direction of Metz. As to the Army of the Loire, it must issue from its present attitude of inactivity. Its only hope of success will be to crush Von der Tann bef we General Werder can come up. Unfortu nately both armies are greatly scattered. The army of the Loire may be said to extend from Motto Beuvron, where its headquarters and main body are encamped, on the east, to Le Mans, if not to Alencon, on the west. This enor mous extension of line was necessitated by the extent of the line of the Germans, who from Nogent threaten Alencon and Le Mans, while their other column equally threaten Vendome, Tours, Blois, and Bourge s. Bourges and Alencon are almost equally important points. Alencon would entirely cut the railway communication between the north and the south of France, Bourges would almost interrupt that between east and west. The Army of Brittany any! the West, which will, it is calculated, be ready to take the field in three weeks at the latest, was destined to xnarch, via Le Mans, towards Paris ; that of the Loire would have then advanced north from Bourges, and that of the north either east from Rouen tor south from Amiens. This at least was, it is supposed, the general plan of the caMpaign, and I know for certain that he Army of the Loire was not intended to make any move for some little time. It will probably be another day or two before we know the real aim of the German army. Indeed, until he has taken Dijon his future route will be uncertain. After he leaves that' place there will be no longer any doubt upon the subject. THE Counr.— Owing to the indisposition of her, Royal Highness Princess Louise, the departure of ;Her Majesty the Queen, who Was to have left Barmoral next Friday, has been postponed for afew days: - Her Majesty is now expected to arrive at Windsor Castle on the 9th of Noveniber. • At a special meeting of the Portsmouth Town Council, held yesterday, it was unanimously resolved to present an address of congratulltion to her Majesty on the approach ing marriage of the Princess Louise. The Steam Navigation Company, Marc Fraissinet, phre et file, will from the Ist of November establish a regular line of steamships from Marseilles to the Ports of Syria. There are to be departures on the Ist and 15th of each month. Thus the place left vacant by the Messageries Imp4riales Company has been promptly taken. It is believed that a ship has been lost, with all hands, on a reef of rocks in St. Ives Bay, Cornwall. Some wreck, bearing the name Geneva, was picked up, and this has been identified as part of a vessel of that name belong ing to Liverpool. She sailed on the Bth inst. for St. John's, N. 8., and had, on board a crew of 22 men, of whom no tidings have been heard. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Turs Day. CURIOUS CABE OF WIFE BEATING.—John Reardon,; costermonger, of No. 29, Tower-street, Seven Dials, was char„ed, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr. Flowers, with violently assaulting his wife Julia. Mr. Moore, of the Associate Institute for Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, watched the case. The complainant, a tall;stout woman, whose head was bandaged, said, on being sworn : I do not wish to punish my husband, as he is a good husband when he is sober. Mr. Flowers : Oh, you always say that. What has your husband done to you this time? Complainant: Ho came home drunk, and wanted to take out some birds to sell for drink, and became I tried to keep him back he struck and kicked me, and injured me as you see. Mr. Flowers : I see, through coming to sit at this court, that you are both in the habit of coming to two police courts —to Bow-street and this court. J think, if Mrs. Reardon showed her strength, she would come off best, and I do not know whether it would not be a good thing if she did so. Complainant : All I want is to bind him over t' keep the peace. I work hard to keep the home. All he does is to get drunk and hrcik the things, and when drunk he is mad ; but I don't cal ea to punish him, and I hope you won't send him to prison. I want your worship to do with him as you did at Bow street, sir ; bind him over. Mr. Flowers : Well, Rear don, if you are anything like a man, you will never do anything of the kind again. It is a very brutal thing to assault a woman. I cannot pass the matter over entirely. I shall send you to prison for a month, and at the end of that time you must find a surety to keep the peace for 12 months. EMBEZZLEMENT AND ROBBERY BY A CARMAN.—Edward Webber, a carman, was brought up on remand, at the Thames Police-court, before Mr. Paget, charged with embezzlement and robbery. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended the prisoner. who was in the service of Mr. Richard Martin, a lucifer match and candle maker, at - St. Paul's Works, Bow Common. The duty of the prisoner was to deliver goods and receive the money for them. In one case he had prevailed on the shop man of an oil and colour warehouse to purchase half a gross of lucifer matches, in addition to three gross which had been ordered, and he received the money for them, and never accounted for it to his master. The half-gross of lucifers had been stolen. In another case lie received 18s. of one of the prosecutor's customers, which ho had not accounted for. Lamb, a detective ( f the K division, said there were several other cases or -dust the prisoner, but the parties did not appear. Mr. P• ;et committed the prisoner for trial on the two charges. THE RIGGER AND HIS " LADY-LOVES." — Elizabeth Middlemay, Ann Martin, and Ellen Coverdale,. three infamous women, well known to do police, and who , have been repeatedly convicted, were brought up before Mr. Paget, at the above court, the first on remand, the third for the first time, charged with stealing a gold watch and gold chain, value 230, from the person of an old rigger, named James Farman, from North Shields. The woman Coverdale took the prosecutor in tow and conveyed him to several harbours of refuge, called grog shops, in Shadwell and St. George's-in-the-East, and after he had been well plied with indifferent liquor and rendered semi-conscious, Coverdale robbed him of two sovereigns and some silver, and then left him in the company of Martin and Middlemay,'at an infamous den in Angel Gardens. Hero they robbed him of his gold watch and gold chain attached, and a gold ring. They attempted to pawn the watch and chain in company, and Mr. Henry Wood, a pawn broker, not believing the prisoners were bond fade pawners, and noticing that the chain was broken, stopped the property. Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial. QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE MAN CHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The quarterly meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. The chairman (Mr. J. M. Bennett), in reviewing the course of trade during the quarter, deplored the continuance of the war, and said there could now be little doubt of the near approach of the end of it. Hunger and starvation would do for Paris what hunger and starvatfon had done for Metz. He hoped that M. Thiers's mission would bring about a ter mination of the war. As might have been expected there had been an enormous increase of trade at home princi pally dile to the war, there was a great influx of American, who would otherwise have travelled on the continent. The immigration of French gentry, and the detention of the travelling English at home, had led to a large increase of home business : but this was nothing in comparison with the enormous 'progress which had taken place in our shipping trade. The railway coin , panies in the Manchester centre had been so overwhelmed with goods of all kinds during the months of August September, and October, that it had been with the greatest difficulty that they could get through their business. They had had to "work night and day in order to deal with the quantities of goods that were poured in upon them. The Board of Trade returns for September showed an increase of 52 per cent. in quantity over the corresponding month in last year, and a decrease of 34 per cent. in value. There were complaints that the increased business was being done at no profit ; but the country might be congratulated on the rapid clearance of stocks and the decreasing price of cotton. The chairman also referred to the advantages gained to the commercial community by . the adoption of the halfpenny postage for circulars, invoices, and business cards, an d hoped that the benefits would be extended by the issue of a halfpenny district postage. The Chamber adopted a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, against the bill of entry monopoly, and pray ing for the issue of direct and speedy statistics of trade under a responsible government department. ROYAL BAPTISM AT DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 31, The infant Prince was baptized to-day in the Roya Chapel at Christiansborg, at 2 o'clock. Their Danish and Swedish Majesties and all the members of the Royal Family passed through the gaily decorated and crowded streets from Amalienborg to the church: There was a large number of 'the highest functionaries; the Corps Diplomatique, the members of Rigsdag, and others had assembled. The cereinony was performed by the Bishop of Seeland Martensen. Prince was named Christian Carl Frederick Albert Alex ander Wilhelm. The godfathers and godmothers were their Danish and Swedish Majesties, Danish and Swedish Queen Dowagers, the Prince of Wales, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia, King George of Greece, and several others. The Lord Egremont has announced his intention to give £2.0,000 to the Igish Church. THE OPERA COMIQUE.—IIer Royal Highness the Princess of Wales ,and suite honoured this theatre with her presence last evening. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Ono Shilling Day, Monday, Oct. 31, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 1323 ; ditto on payment, 1,157 ; total visitors, 2,480. e CAPITULATION OF METZ. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Frankfort-on•the-Maine on October 28th, says : The news of the fall of Metz had been anticipated in Germany fo some days, particularly because orders had been receive( in a number of Rhenish towns from the con missarial of the German army round Metz to bo ready with considerable stores of provisions, which were to be despatched on further orders. In consequence large herds of cattle have been collected here and in other towns, and bread has been baked, which is sent off to-day iusuch quantities 'that all other goods traffic to the west again is stoPped. - It is conjectured that the captive army, after having been disarmed this morning, will for the present bo left where it is, as these 130,000 men —it we put aside the sick and wounded—could hardly be transported to Germany, without accommodation having previously been made for them, a task, which will take some time. In the North of . Germany the weather is already too unpropitious to let the prisoners, accustomed to a warmer climate as they are, and with undoubtedly weakened constitutions, take up their abode in tents. The fortresses are already full; thus wooden barracks will have to be constructed. The number of prisoners that are now in Germany amounts to 135,000 ; add to these the 130,000 from Metz and about 10,000 from Sois sons, Schlettstadt, and Orleans, and you arrive at the number of 285,000, which in a very short time will be raised to full 300,000 French warriors carried off from France, without as yet reasonable prospects of peace making their appearance. For it cannot be doubted that the fall of Metz is an event not yet calculated to damp the ardour of the de fence at Paris, Tours, and Lyons. What has fallen with Metz is the rival Government of the Bona parte family, and the apprehension • may now be dismissed at Paris of a peace concluded by Germany with the Regency at the expense of the Provisional Government, and including the handing over Paris to Bazaine and his army. The race run betiveen Paris and Metz, which was to hold out longest, was, from the beginning, not without some political significance. PRINCE CHARLES'S PROCLAMATION. The special correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from Frascati, before Metz, October 28th, says :—The conditions are the same as those made at Sedan. At twelve o'clock to-day the French soldiers are to place their arms in the arsenal of Metz, and at the same hour to-morrow the troops are to march out to the following places without arms—one division to Grigy, one to the farm of Thibault, one to Amanvilliers, one to the village of Bellecroix ; the Corps of the French Guard, with the artillery reserve, to Tournebrido, close to Frascati; and one Corps to Ladonchamps. The fortress will be surren dered at the same hour ; two battalions of Prussian infantry, with two field guns, will take possession of each of the forts, and display the Prussian standard upon them. The French officers will surrender them selves as prisoners to the Prussian officers, handing over there swords; the soldiers will remain here for a few days, their being still rations sufficient for six days. Such are the conditions of the surrender and capitula tion; and this morning Prince Frederick Charles has issued a proclamation to the First Army, with a copy of which Icl :so my despatch. As regards the officers, I cau only say that, if heartfelt sympathy for their unhappy position, a desire to make that posi tion as little hurtful to their feelings as the cus toms of war will permit, and sincere admiration fur their conduct, can apply only salve to that wound that must now be so keenly felt by the officers of Marshal Bazaine's, army—they have it most cordially from every Officer of the victorious forces. As regards the men, I can only say that the same feeling is universally entertained. Prince Frederick Charles's proclamation is as follows GENERAL ORDER. f Headquarters, Corny-before-Metz, Oct. 27, 1870. Soldiers of the First and Second Armies—You have fought battles, and you have invested the enemy con quered by you, for seventy days—seventy long days—of which the most, however, made your regiments richer in honour and glory, and none of which left them in those things poorer. You allowed to your brave enemy no . escape until he laid down his arms. To-day at last has this army capitulated—this army which consisted of fully 173,000 men, the best in France, of more than five entire Army Corps, among them the Imperial Guard, with three Marshals of France and upwards of 50;Generals andabove 6,000 officers, and with them has Metz surrendered,which was never taken before. While we present this com pleted work to Germany, we at the same time give her the immense stores in cannons, arms, and war material, which have fallen into the hands of the conqueror. These bloody laurels you have gained by your bravery in the battle which lasted for two days at NoisseviLle, and in the conflicts around Metz, which weee more numerous than those which have taken place in the surrounding districts after which you have called them. I acknowledge gladly and and gratefully your bravery, but. not it alone. I rank almost higher your obedience and your resignation, your cheerfulness, your devotion in bearing difficulties of all kinds. These are the qualities which characterise the good soldier. The great victory of. to-day, for which we ought to be so thankful, was prepared by the battles we fought before we invested Metz ; and let us remember it with thankfulness, also by the King himself, by the Army Corps which he marched hither, and by all those dear comrades who met their death on the battle-fields, or who succumbed to the sufferings prevalent here. These events it was which rendered possible the great work which you this day, with God's help, see completed—namely, the annihilation of France's power. The wide influence of this event of to-day is inestimable. But you, soldiers, who, for this end, were united before Metz under my command, you now proceed to different occupations. Bid farewell, then, to the general officers and soldiers of the Ist Army, and to the Division von Kummer, and my wishes for their further success. (Signed) FREDERICK CHARLES, General of Cavalry. THE eIGNING OF THE CAPITULATION Punctually at five p.m., says the correspondent of ths Telegraph, General Stiehlo, the Chief of Prince Frede rick William's staff, arrived at the place of rendezvous, accompanied by Captain Stephan and Premier Lieutenant Dieskau. There were two rooms prepared, one for the staff officers, and an inner room for the Generals. In the outer room the Prussian officers had prepared a supper for the Franch representatives, and everything was in readiness—down to the fatal pens, whose few hasty strokes were about to consign 4.000 officers and 150,000 unhurt soldiers as prisoners of war. Slowly the moments dragged on ;we spoke to one another in whispers. Half past five came, and no signs of the Frenchmen. Their approach was to be announced by a mounted orderly. Would they alter their minds? Had they repented of their resolve, and would they endure misery and starva tion for a few days longer in that den of typhus called Metz ? The hasty entry of a staff officer charged to announce their approach soon put all doubts at rest. A carriage stops before the doors of the chateau for a few seconds, and then the door of the room is thrown open. Escorted by Major Bag,enski, of the 54th, Lieutenant Von Frier of the Lancers of the Guard, and Lieutenant Von Gorz, ad jutant of the 3rd battalion 54th Regiment, the three re presentatives of the only army that la grandc nation still possesses in the field enter the room. It was a moment never to be forgotten—the calm demeanour main tained by the Frenchmen, the perfect good breeding of the Prussians ; the flickering, uncertain light of a wood fire and two indifferent candles, reveal ing the careworn but still haughty bearing of the one side, the pity and genuine fellow-feel ing for their position cherished by the other. To General Charras had fallen the unhappy lot of com pleting the final arrangements already agreed to. He was accompanied by Colonel Fay and Captain Samuelle. The two Generals retired to the inner room, while the officers entered into conversation with one another. After about an hour's conference, the staffs of the respective Generals were called in, the scratching of the busy pens told that all had been arranged, and then General Stiehle came out and despatched two aides to his Royal Highness, inform ing him that all had been signed. THE EFFECTS OF THE SURRENDER ON THE WAR. The correspondent of the Segudard, writing from Havre on the subject of the capitulation of Metz, observes : "As to the effect of this fresh disaster ou the course of the war, I can Dilly speak with diffidence. Logically it ought to favour the speedy termination of hostilities, but logic, and indeed common sense, do not appear just now to have any influence on the Tours Government. We must above all take into account the peculiar temper of the French people, and the first movement will be a re crudescence of rage and indignation ; there will be—nay there is already—a repetition of the solemn oaths taken after Sedan, to bury themselves under the ruins of their country,' &c. I trust, however, that that first movement once over, a calmer and more sensible view of the state of affairs will he taken, and that disinterested negotiations opened by England and the other neutrals will be entertained more favourably than has hitherto been the case. The one point which causes me the greatest uneasiness is the effect the news will produce in Paris, where, we may be assured, Count Bismarck will take means of making it known. If the capitulation of Sedan with 80,000 men caused a revolution, what will be the result of the capitulation of Metz with 130,000? This question is one that naturally suggests itself, but which is not so easy to answer. Practically the release of the army round Metz still further increases the great dis- proportion existing previously between the French and the Germans, and 130,000 men are now available to carry on the system of occupation and depredation aitherto not unsuccessfully pursued by small detached corps:and we may now look forward to a regular invasion of Normandy. Never has the future looked more black and cheerless, and we can only hope that some military genius may arise among the ' French, to compensate in some measure the tremendous accession of force Nithich the Prussians have received. An oppor tunity is also afforded the neutral Powers to make another and I hope more successful effort to bring about a cessation of hostilities. However much her military success may have inflated the pride of Germany, she would hardly care to venture on resisting the decision of combined Europe, provided combined Europe causes itto be understood that in case of need she will enforce that decision. With the fall of Metz, even more than after the fall of Sedan, Prussia has attained the object of the war ; and the fact that the whole of the Frencn army are now prisoners of war in Germany practically refutes Count Bismarck's imaginary fears of future aggression on the part of France." OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning TEM SURRENDER OF METZ. cne reiegraph, to commenting on the event, says it is auestion for evidence and for history to decide, whether Bazaine ought to have held out longer at Dietz. The charge fulminated against him will soon produce some interesting answers ; but we need not wait for those answers to pronounce that the conduct of a Minister who publishes such a judgment without testimony or proof is undignified, inde cent, and inspired by - a too obvious self-interest. It was the duty, and it would have been the truest policy, of the Tours Government to thank the garrison army for its defence, and to bear up, with manly and truthful words, against this immense catastrophe. The Mar }hal may be all that is alleged. He is known for au Imperialist. His career in Mexico was hardly one to admire. He was not likely to be much in love with the Gambetta-Kdratry Government ; and, as a soldier, he would doubtless feel that the chances of France were pretty well at an end. But he can still answer the intolerable charge now made by pointing to :Vionville, Courcelles, Gravelotte, and Panges as specimens of his leadership —to the daring sorties which he made, ending only a few days ago, and to the fact, that when he gave up most of his horses were eaten, and his soldiers too starved to fight. bf course we cannot assume it as impossible that Marshal Bazaine _could have intrigued for terms apart from the programme of the Government of Defend ; but, even in that case he might obviously plead, that he owed no allegiance to that Government. He was shut 6,p in Metz, under orders as a soldier of the (Empire; and if the Tours Delegates laid claims upon him as their captain, why did they not send an army to his relief during the seventy days through which he kept 223,000 Germans nailed to the spot, tustead of expending their energies in windy announcements of coming aid? That was a mighty service to Paris and the Republic, yet the General kvho rendered it is now condemned without a hear- In. Heaven help the man who serves masters like these gentlemen at Tours ! Changarnier's silver pairs, Canrobert's noble reputation, the fame of a renowned French Marshal, and the opinion of the .world upon such hasty and heinous charges are nothing apparently to the trio of Ministers. France must be coddled in the superstition that she cannot pos- Sibly be beaten except by treachery, and they must keep their hold Ilion her perfas aut nefas. Such is the de plorable appearance which this official yell of denunci ation cannot but present to the watch:rig world. The Manchester Examiner strongly condemns Gam - betta's proclamation, and says that Bazaine may not have done all that could rigidly be expected of him at Metz. He might have made a more desperate attempt to escape, or ho might in the final resort have sold his own life and lives of half his troops to purchase one last desperate chance of saving part of his forces. But to suppose that he capitulated from traitorous Motives or that he deliberately preferred from my motive whatsoever figuring in the history of his country ' CO a hugely magnified mack to overthrowing the enemy and leading his victorious troops to the rescue of the nation, is a notion too wild for lunacy, yet this is what the three gentlemen at Tours deliberately affirm, and on the assumption of this universal treason they call upon their country to exalt their souls. France labours under te-rible mis fortunes. But not least, just now, is to be represented by such champions. The inference intended to bo drawn is that France has not been conquered by force of arms, but by the treason of its chiefs, a fatal de lusion which Count Bismarck will feel bound to dispel. 3 THE FRENCH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. The Standard says Iva have refrained hitherto' from • criticising too severely the actions of the Provisional Go- Vernment lest we might subject ourselves to the charge of desiring to trouble the already overburdened cause of France. But it is time that all who wish the French people to emery with honour out of this desperate conflict should ask themselves what hope there remains of any favourable result for the arms of Franco when the destinies of the country aro subject to such as M. Gambetta and M. Cremieux? What spectaole can be more deplorable than that which the so called Government of Defence presents to the eyo of the world at the present moment? What has the soi-disant Republic done from the beginning but to weaken and to damage the cause of France ? Repeatedly as the memories of 1792 have been invoked, have we seen any proof that the invocation has been fertile of real' deeds ! If France could be saved by windy proclama- Lions, then M. Gambotta would be a competent dictator. M. Gambotta proclaims and protests, still the old Re publican energy does not come. Nothing in the state of 1870 resembles 1792 except the dis order and the anarchy. The spirit which ani mated the forefathers of the French in their great struggle against Continental Europe is either absent altogether, or it is buried under the heap of M. Gambetta's proclamations. The new Republic, in fact, while it has imitated all the worst fau lts char g ed against the Empire, has done literally nothing to justify its exaltation. It has filled the country with Re- Rublican prefects, which prefects are perpetually quarrel ling with the local generals. In the meantime the work of driving the Prussians off the soil of France does not advance —is scarcely attempted. There aro soldiers everywhere, full of courage and patriotism. Th er e are endless re sources, in money and in stores, beskios what the new loan will give them. But M. Gambetta , is still content with issuing his apocryphal bulletins and his bombastic proclamations. Tice APPROACIrING ROYAL MARRIAGE.—At the meeting of the Commissioners of Supply for Argyleshire, held at Inverary last week, his Grace the Duke of Argyll presiding, Air. Campbell, of Inverawe, proposed a resolu tion to the effect that the meeting had heard with the greatest satisfaction the announcement of the proposed alliance between her Royal. Highness the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne, and begged b-ave to offer their warmest congratulations to the Marquis and his noble parents. His Grace in reply, expressed how deeply grati fied he felt by the resolution. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW YOBE.—The sixteenth annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the State of New York has been recently issued in a convenient shape. It appears that in the year ending the 30th of September, 1869, there were in that State 11,703 schoolhouses. The expenditure since 1860 on buildings devoted to free education has amounted to 11,097,547 dols., of which 6,378,061 was for cities, and the- remainder for w h the rural districts. The hole number of child ren between the ages of five and 12 years was 1,463,299, of which 998,661 attended the com mon schools during some portion of the year, the average daily attendance, however, only reaching 468,421. Tis discrepancy between actual attendance and the total number on the school books is always a matter for regret, but it appears to be unavoidable. Still, an ijnprovement is noted in this .respect, especially in the rural districts. The whole number of teachers under the public school s y s tem was 28,310, of whom 22,080 were f dmales. Whether the manner of licensi n g this large bq,sly orinstruetors may , be accepted as deciding the measure of fitness for their duties or not, the report gives important figures upon the subject. Thus, 401 were licensed by normal schools, 968 by the State superintendent, and 26,641 by local officers. NOTICE —KINAHAN'S LL. Whisky Depot. Kinahan and Co. have removed to their new and spacious premises, No. 6a, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford -street, leading from Margaret-street, Regent-street, and Market-street, Oxford-Street. Kinahan's LL. Whisky.—This famous and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest cognac brandy. Can be obtained all over the kingdom, ,in the well-known sealed and labelled bottles, or in bond for exportation at the London Docks. Wholesale Agents to Messrs. 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