The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-17 00:00:00

THE WAR. RUMOURED GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN METZ AND VERDUN. A despatch of the Sub-Prefect of Verdun, dated Tuesday, 6.10 a.m., says :—" Nothing new has been received from Metz. Throughout yesterday cannon were heard before Metz and Verdun, and travellers who have arrivdd at Verdun report that a great battle had been going on since the morn ing. In the action of the 14th the 14th the Prus sians are said to have lost 40,000 men. Yesterday the fight was going on at the extremity of my arrondissement, 28 kilometres from Verdun. At this point the enemy were seen executing a retreat to the southward. But I give this information under reserve." THE BATTLE AT METZ_ The following telegram from the Prussian head-quar ters, also dated the 15th, was forwarded by post to Saarbruck on account of an interruption of the telegraph lines, and was despatched from Saarbrnek at 7.20 a.m. on the 16th :—" Yesterday, the 14th instant, at about four in the afternoon, our advanced guard before Metz believed they saw signs - „of a retrograde movement of the French Corps which were still encamping under protection of the fortress. Without delay the brigade of General Goltz attacked the rear-guard of General De caen's Corps, formerly the Corps of Marshal Bazaine, and succeeded in engaging it in such a severe en counter that the whole corps and some detach ments of the troops under General Frossard were obliged to hasten to the front to its assistance. General Glumer then led his 2nd Brigade (East Saxons) at once to the front, and the divisions of Generals Kamecke and Wrangel opportunely engaged in the fight on the left wing, and ultimately drove back the enemy on all points behind the works of the fortress. In the meantime the French Corps, under General Ladmirault had endeavoured to fasten upon the right flank of the Ist Army Corps, but was attacked by General Manteuffel's reserves, who advanced to the beat of the drums, and, storming succes sively the positions held by different detachments of the enemy, drove them back into the fortress in an equally decisive manner as in other parts of the field. The troops of this wing pushed on as far as Belle Croix and Borny, within range of the advanced forts. This morning his Majesty the King made a reconnais sance of the battle-field, and inspected the arrangements made for the safe removal of the Prussian and French wounded. From the Prussian outposts, occupying the same ground as before the battle, and from the most elevated spots around, nothing could be seen of the enemy on the right bank of the Moselle. Thick clouds of dust, which were visible on the opposite side of the river, lead to the con clusion that the bulk of the army has withdrawn." The King of Prussia has sent the following despatch to the Queen, dated Herny, August 15, 7.30 p.m.: " I returned from the field of battle at Metz at three o'clock to-day. The advanced guard of the 7th Army Corps attacked the retreating enemy at about five o'clock yesterday evening. The latter made a stand, and was reinforced gradually by the troops from the fortress. The 13th Division, and a part of the 14th, supported the advance guard, as also parts of the Ist Army Corps. A very bloody fight ensued along the whole line, and the enemy was thrown back at all points. The pursuit was continued up to the glacis of the outworks. The nearness of the fortress allowed the enemy in many instances to secure his wounded. After our wounded had been secured, the troops marched to their old bivouacs at dawn. The troops have all fought with incredible and admirable energy, and also with enthusiasm. I have seen many, and have thanked them heartily. The rejoicing is really affecting. I have just spoken to Generals Stein metz, Zastrow, and Manteuffel." In yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Body, General de Palikao, in answer to an honourable member, stated that the Prussians had relinquished their inten tion of cutting the line of retreat of the French army, and of preventing the junction of the different corps. The Minister added that telegrams received from the Gendarmerie, but bearing no official character, announce that the Prussians have fallen back upon Commercy, .ff.- c-- a.wnoaaiva r. ,, arizements, and that con sequently the enemy has suffered a check. Count oe Palikao further declared that a new army, of :;ich the command-in-chief has has been entrusted solely to Marshal Bazaine, is now ready to support the Army of the Rhine. The Legislative Body then adopted M. Jules Ferry's proposal to incorporate in the Mobile Guard the classes of 1865 and 1866, with some modifications ; the cases of exemption, as laid down by the law of 1832, remaining in force. Up to last evening no full details had yet been received of the battle at Longeville. It appears that Gene rals Ladmirault and Decaen manceuvred so as to bring the Prussians under the fire of Forts St. Quentin, causing them thereby consider able loss. General Decaen has been wounded. The Emperor's despatch, dated Longeville, the 14th inst., was addressed to the Empress, and—the Gaulois says— was countersigned by Marshal Bazaine, as commander in-chief. It is believed that Marshal Bazaine will not risk a decisive battle until the enemy are near Chalons. CAPTURE OF MARSAL BY THE PRUSSIANS. A German official despatch of the 13th says :--" The small fort named Marsal has capitulated, after being fired upon for a short time by the 2nd Bavarian Army Corps. A considerable quantity of material and about sixty can non were found there." FRENCH IiCIAEUItUEiIIMINT: 45,000 men left Paris on the 12th for Chalons. Volun teering is going on in Paris and throughout France with immense activity. Seventy-five persons have been arrested in consequence of the affair of La Villette. THE EXPULSION OF GERMANS FROM FRANCE. in consequence of the great numbers of Germans expelled from. France, the North German Bund has issued orders to provide those in need with the money required to defray their travelling ex penses. The servants left in charge of the hotel of the North German Embassy in Paris have also been ex pelled, and the United States Minister, who is charged to represent the interests of Germans in Paris, has placed the house in the care of Americans. THE MARCH OF THE SOUTHERN ARMY. SPEYER, SUNDAY. A constant stream of men and munitions of war flows through this town. But the current does not by any means run wholly towards the French frontier. The armies are in the field, and only scattered detach ments pass here as reinforcements. The great rush of armed men has much diminished, and another more melancholy spectacle takes its place. Troops of wounded and prisoners are brought in every day. All the line of country from here to the battle-field of Woerth is like a hospital, and beyorid that now famous village the aspect of the French territory is most melancholy. Deserted villages, batches of wounded who receive but imperfect attention, and huge collections of Ebris strew the march of the army of the Crown Prince from the scene of its first battle almost up to Nancy, where it is now reported to be. Some of the soldiers brought back here give us some account of the state of affairs just beyond - Soultz, to Woerth and Mertzwiller. Between Surbourg and Walbourg on the Bth were still traces of the battle of Woerth, and of the charges of the German cavalry in pursuit of the retreating French. At one point of the route the fugitives seemed to have cast away everything that could impede their course, cuirasses, sabres, guns and accoutrements ; the ground was like a field of battle. Notwithstanding that the interment of the corpses of the men and horses which strewed the ground was begun the day after the battle, there were still enough left unburied on the Bth to poison the air. It was found impossible to remove all the wounded from the battle field within two days, so great was their number, although every vehicle w as put in requisition, and the people eagerly seconded into Alsace effort of th e h os pit a l au thorities. Advancing Alsace the people become less wild and timorous. They no longer fly from their houses and hide themselves at the approach of the Germans, but they are even willing to supply the wants of the troops. Sometimes they pretend they have nothing. At others they confess that they had anticipated great extortions. A proclamation by General Boh, commandant of the 11th corps, in German and French, warns the inhabitants to abstain from all hostile acts on pain of death. The French officers and soldiers captured at Woerth attribute their defeat to the bad generalship. For instance, when the 25th Regiment of Coburg infantry dislodged a body of Zouaves which occupied a village, two regiments of French Chasseurs made a charge which proved fatal to the greater part of the retreating Zouaves. The Crown Prince has altogether 250,000 men with him, with 660 guns. Well might MacMahon be over whelmed with superior numbers. The army of the Rhine under Prince Frederic Charles is of precisely the same strength ; and the Saar army, under General Steinmetz, musters 70,000 combatants with 186 guns. These details, which are given in the German papers—and the journals in this country publish nothing that it is desirable to con ceal may be considered accurate. They represent the army of the Crown Prince as much larger than was generally anticipated. Evidently it has been de signed that he should act quite independently of the other armies. Altogether the three hosts amount to 570,000 men, with 1,506 guns—the largest number ever put into the field by one Power. Of this vast total, the greater proportion has entered French soil. DISTURBANCES IN PARIS. NEWS FROM THE WAR. PARIS, MONDAY Some serious disturbances, ending in a very melancholy manner, happened here yesterday. The accounts of this affair are given in the semi-official papers, and therefore must not be accepted unreservedly, but it is obvious, even with a deduction of this kind, that the occurrences of last night on the Boulevard de Villette have a certain degree of gravity. Either the Government (as some suggest) is planning a most reprehensible scheme for gaining sympathy on its side, or a serious insurrectionary movement is stirring amongst the ultra-Socialist in habitants of this capital. However, the account as it appears may be left to tell its own tale. For some time past the police had been warned that bands were being formed in Paris itself with the object of carrying one of the military positions of the capital by a coup de main. This association was composed of eight distinct sections who were to act on different points at a given signal. Three or four days ago lists of names and some of the insignia were seized at a solitary house in the neighbourhood of the fortifications. The insignia proved that the organisation was an extensive one. There were flags and scarves and other tokens in silk and wool, the flags being red. In the same house there were other compromising papers, and a carte de visite bear ing the name of a personage attached to the suite of the Duke of Mecklenburg, who is now in arms against France. Nearly at the same moment the police found a depot of arms concealed in another part of Paris —revolvers of good workmanship and French manufacture, poignards and sword blades, 30 centimetres long, and 3 broad. These blades were of less perfect manufacture than the revolvers, but were sufficiently formidable. The authori ties were rendered uneasy by these discoveries, and kept on the watch, but had no idea of the movement in con templation. About half-past four yesterday afternoon a line of two hundred persons came up in good order and directed their steps in the direction of the Caserne des Pompiers (the firemen's barracks), the door of which was guarded by an official. It is perhaps scarcely necessary to say that the firemen, who in London are a sort of semi-police, are here a species of soldiers, and are indeed relied upon to act as sol diers in case of emergency. Hence the object of this body of menis clear ; they desired, and they attempted, to gain pos session of the weapons which the pompiers had in their barracks. But the military instinct of the fireman on duty preserved him. The cry of " Vive la Republique," which came from the armed men alarmed him. Seductive persuasions, which were afterwards applied, had no effect. There were altogether a dozen men on the premises. Of these three were in sight—a lieutenant, a corporal, and a sentry. It was the lieutenant who became alive to the danger of this attack. After parleying a few minutes with the gang, he refused to give up his weapons, and an assault was straightway made. The sentry was stabbed, the corporal was shot, but the lieutenant does not seem to have been hurt. The marauders then seized upon the weapons, and sallying out with the most reckless revolutionary fury, commenced firing in all directions. The policemen from the Rue de Tanger, warned of what was passing, poured down precipitately with naked swords in their hands, but the desperate handful of revolutionists turned round and met them with a second volley from revolvers, which killed one of their number on the spot and wounded three others severely, one so severely that he is not expected to survive. A girl of five, who was in her mother's arms, was shot dead. She had been struck by a revolutionary ball in the abdomen. This act of butchery effectually dissipated any revolutionary sympathy which the surrounding inhabitants may have felt. A general call for help and a general rush were made. By half-past five a party of National Guards and strong detachments of sergents -de - ville arrived, and went in pursuit of the retreating rioters ; they succeeded in capturing some of them, and brought them back to the barrack. Cries of indignation were raised by the workmen who were in the middle of the boulevard. As each rioter was brought in the crowd rushed upon him, and would have torn him to pieces but for the efforts of the authorities. One of the offenders was torn away from the police, and taken by the crowd to the door of the barracks, but the sergents-de-ville had to use great violence to regain possession of him. These scenes, full of divers similar episodes, continued until seven o'clock, It was the fixed idea of the inhabitants of the place that the rioters were under Prussian instigation. Men and women, the latter the most ani mated of the two, rushed about exclaiming, "Down with the Prussians." The workmen waved their hats when the National Guard appeared, and exclaimed " Vive la France." Of course there is not the slightest foundation for the suspicion against the Prussians. Nearly at the same hour the police arrested two persons on the Boulevard Saint Germain, who had poignards and revolvers precisely similar to those of the rioters at La Villette. They made a vigorous resistance. At La Villette itself forty-two prisoners have been arrested. One of them had an English passport but could not speak English, and spoke French with difficulty and with a strong German accent. Another had a Baden pass port. Who are they, who are their coadjutors, and what is their object ? These are the questions everywhere asked. The Liberte, in an impassioned appeal to French patriots, declares that the poignards and revolvers found by the police were the weapons of Bismarck. Enemies, it declares, are all around, but can it be possible that Frenchmen should be their accomplices? The Republican volunteers, almost without arms, defeated fourteen hostile armies, and Hoche, with a handful of men without cannons, conquered the Prussians at the age of 24. France has now an admirable army. In a few days it will number seven hundred thousand men, and all should unite in supporting it. The LiberN conjures the people to remember that all the military measures have been voted by their own deputies. Let them not be impatient. The time will come when they will square accounts with those who have so culpably engaged in this disastrous war. At present let there be but one common object—to drive out the Prussians ! In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Gambetta demanded an explanation from the Government respecting the war news, which he maintained was presented to the public neither with sufficient exactitude nor prompt- . ness. A telegraphic dispatch published that morning at half-past nine announced that communications with Nancy had been interrupted since the day before, and that during the night news had been received of its occupation. This news was incorrect on two points. Several deputies had received intelligence of the threatened occupation the previous day, but the authorities had contradicted it. It was incomprehensible that the Government should know less than the deputies ; and yet Nancy was left unde fended. The Esperunce, a local journal published on the 13th, states that four Prussian soldiers took possession, not one single French soldier being left in the capital of Lorraine, the chief town of La Meurthe, M. Birotteau : There were citizens !—M. Jules Favre : There were no arms. M. Gambetta, continuing, de clared that they were governed by incapables, and as for the speaker who interrupted him, silence and remorse would become him best. After an angry scene of mutual recrimination, M. Gambetta read an extract from another Nancy paper, published on the 12th, and asked how the Government could have denied the news received the day before. "It remains to be seen," he added in conclusion, " whether this system is to be followed, and whether we are to be allowed to suspect that the interest of a dynasty outweighs the interest of a nation." (Loud applause from the Left.) M. Duvernois, the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, protested against these charges, and de _lared the Government were only anxious to act in concord with the Chamber, which they never dreamt of proroguing . As for the particular fact in question, it had been greatly exaggerated, and was owing to strategic reasons.— Voices on the Left loudly demanded why tile citizens had not been armed.—M. Duvernois replied that the Minister of the Interior could explain that, but he could not be at THE SUN,- LONDON, WEDNESDAY'- EVENING, AUG UST 17, his place in the Chamber and at work_ in his office in organising the National Guard. His colleagues would ask for his explanation and tell the Chamber. The Go vernment had no interest in concealing the truth.—M. Estancelin declared that they had kept back the news 24 hours. They could not escape from the dilemma. Either their information was defective or they had not acted with good faith. The President interfered and endeavoured to restore order. M. de Brame, Minister of Public Instruction, declared that all the wishes of the deputies had been fulfilled, but that the Cabinet of August 10 was not a political Cabinet, but a Cabinet of national defence. Their mission was the defence of the conntry, and that they would exclu sively devote themselves to. They would satisfy the public anxiety as soon as possible ; but if the wires were cut, how could they get the news ? M. Arago suggested that there were Ministers in the Cabinet to whom all was not told. M. Maguin suggested that. M. Duvernois ought to have known, as he was one of the confidants. This M. Duvernois indignantly denied; and M. de K4ratry asked M. Brame to answer direct whether or no he had received the news that the village of Toul was occupied by the Prussians. M. Brame replied that two members of the Cabinet received the dispatches—the Minister of War and the Minister of the Interior. For his part he had received neither despatch nor communication. Their occupations were so con tinual, especially when the Chamber engrossed so much of their time, that they could not keep pace with the news hour by hour. After a further protest from the Left, Count Keratry declaring that some of the Ministers defied the country by keeping back the news, the incident terminated. We have just received news of an engage ment before Metz, in which the Germans are said to have been repulsed with great loss. No details accompany this very meagre information. The papers which publish it express satisfaction, but refrain from committing them selves before the arrival of more news. THE FIELD OF WOERTH.—Never have I beheld a sight so extraordinary as I came on by the little stream let the Sauer, which flows by Gunstett. At an angle of the road, by a vine plantation, there had been evidently a sanguinary combat between the infantry ; but a little beyond it lay the scene of a cavalry charge, the relics of which formed the strange spectacle lam writing of. There were heaps of cuirasses still bright, and brass helmets with plumes which had been taken from the dead, wounded, and prisoners, and piled at intervals along the road. Between these lay saddles, swords stuck in the ground, horse trappings, valises with "8 " aLd "6" on them, here and there single cuirasses, dead horses, helmets, swords, muskets—the ground trampled, the vines beaten down—pools of blood—a foul, sour smell everywhere ; this literally for two miles on each side of the road. In the village itself was a pile of 30 or 40 cuirasses and helmets; then another pile of the same. Further on, mixed up with these " trophies" of the hapless Cuirassiers, we came on the signs of disaster to a regiment of lancers—staves .with red and white streamers in all directions, lancer shakos, saddles, valises, and tunics—blue.laced with white. One would think lancers and cuirassiers had all fallen to gether; but to whatever regiments lance and cuirass belonged, it was plain they had been routed and de stroyed. One remarkable circumstance is this—not a cuirass was pierced by a bullet. I looked most narrowly —others did the same. And yet what had been the fate of the wearers? That is a problem I cannot solve, nor could anyone else ; but it is plain that the Cuirasseurs were annihilated. It is said that one regi ment charged a battery and got in among the guns, bat was smitten by the infantry on the flanks with a leaden shower that beat them to the earth never to rise again— unhorsed, or dead and wounded, the unhurt all taken in a few seconds. This sort of work was visible for quite two miles along the road.—Times' Correspondent with the Army of the Crown Prince. WHAT FRENCH RUSTICS THINK.—NO contrast can be more complete than that offered by Paris and the rural districts of France at the present moment. I have been passing backwards and forwards from town to country, and can judge well. Paris has recovered from its panic after the affair of Woerth ; it is now full of life and hopes and fears. But in our 'villages there is a dull, blank look of misery and resignation which it is painful to witness. Soldiers leave Paris in uniform singing more or less gaily patriotic bongs; but each individual soldier leaves his village in his blouse and wooden shoes with a heavy heart. At every railway station may be seen groups of sorrowful rustics from different hamlets, waiting for the train which is to take them off to the camp. What is to become of the fields when all the stout young labourers are gone ? The tillage of the land seems with our peasants to be an object of anxiety quite independently of the people the land is to feed. " Why did you not tell us that the Plebiscite meant war ? We would never have said ' Yes '" they queruously repeat. They were told so, but now one has not the heart to remind them of it. The Liberal Empire has passed away, and so has the Empire of Plebiscites. That institution has become associated in the rustic mind with war, and any attempt to appeal to it again would be hopeless. French Correspondent of the Times. ings of the academy of Nancy. But out of these spheres, in the mansions of the rich families, as well as in the lodgings of the working classes, there prevails an obvious want of both courage and patriotism, and the city itself no longer looks like the once glorious capital of the Lor raine, but merely an obscure chef lieu of an obscure department destitute of any leader, and half forgotten by the State. —Azamat Batuk in the Pall Mall Gazette. IN THE NANCY DISTRICT.—Nancy is cut off from communication with the outer world. Some old papers have been received from Paris, but nothing from other quarters. The inhabitants are quite ignorant of what is going on at the distance of five or six leagues. At Luneville it was announced that a hundred and twenty thousand Prussians were about to encamp near the Champ-de-Mars. A remarkable little skirmish is reported from Frouard. In the middle of the day a rail way official was walking on the quay awaiting the arrival of some military trains, when he was informed that the Prussians were on the bridge. At the same time five Uhlans, commanded by an officer, were seen lying on the ground, cutting the telegraph wires and endeavouring to tear up the rails. A French soldier was standing near, and the Prussians rushed upon him, but he, being un armed, gave himself up as a prisoner. Perceiving some other soldiers in the same direction, the Prussians com menced to fire upon them. In a neighbouring cabaret two Turcos and a Zouave, armed with Chassepots, were sitting, and at the noise of the firing they ran out and joined in the struggle with great spirit. Two of the Prussian cavalry were killed, and the officer in command was wounded. Just at this time a train of soldiers on their way to Metz approached, and the excitement was great. The officers and the men jumped from the carriages without waiting for the train to stop. The enemy by this time had crossed the river. Two young men who joined in the affair were injured. One died in consequence of his wounds. .IHE IE TOD or \V OEUTH.—never have 1 behei a sight so extraordinary as .I came on by the little stream. let the Sauer, which flows by Gunstett. At an angle of the road, by a vine plantation, there had been evidently a sanguinary combat between the infantry ; but a little beyond it lay the scene of a cavalry charge, the relics of which formedthe strange spectacle lam writing of. There were heaps of cuirasses still bright, and brass helmets with plumes which had been taken from the dead, wounded, and prisoners, and piled at intervals along the road. Between these lay saddles, swords stuck in the ground, horse trappings, valises with "8 " and "6 " on them, here and there single cuirasses, dead horses, helmets, words, muskets—the ground trampled, the vines beaten dgwn—pools of blood—a foul, sour smell everywhere ; this literally for two miles on each side of the road. In the village itself was a pile of 30 er 40 cuirasses and helmets; then another pile of the same. Further on, mixed up with these " trophies" of the hapless Cuirassiers, we came an the signs of disaster to a regiment of lancers —staves with red and white streamers in all directions, lancer shakos, saddles, valises, and tunics—blue laced with white. One would think lancers and cuirassiers had all fallen to gether; but to whatever regiments lance and cuirass Lelonged, it was plain they had been routed and de stroyed. One remarkable circumstance is this—not a cuirass was pierced by a bullet. I looked most narrowly —others did the same. And yet what had been the fate of the wearers? That is a problem I cannot solve, nor could anyone else ; but it is plain that the Cuirasseurs were annihilated. It is said that one regi ment charged a battery and got in among the guns, but was smitten by the infantry on the flanks with a leaden shower that beat them to the earth never to rise again— unhorsed, or dead and wounded, the unhurt all taken in a few seconds. This sort of work was visible for quite two miles along the road.—Times' Correspondent with the Army of the Crown Prince. CRUELTY Td THE WOUNDED.—The cruelty dis played towards the wounded is the cruelty of 'wild Indians. Upwards of twenty peasants have been tried by court-martial for mutilating and dispatching th e wounded, have been found guilty, and have been shot. Of their guilt no doubt could be entertained, because they were taken red-handed. A member of a court-martial, before which some of these peasants were tried has just arrived from the front, and has communicated to me the particulars of what occurred. A middle-aged peasant and his son, a boy of 14, were put on their trial. A deaconess, that is, a Protestant sister of charity, gave evidence to the effect that a few yards from the spot on which she was binding up the wounds of a soldier the peasant hacked a groaning, wounded Bavarian to pieces with a scythe. The lad was found deliberately cutting the throat of another wounded man. The father, being found guilty, was sentenced to be shot. The decision as to the punishment to be inflicted on the lad was postponed. It is creditable that no summary vengeance was taken in any case. Each of the peasants had a fair trial. Of course, the soldiers are infuriated at the way in which the inhabitants behave. Even the members of the Sanitary Corps are not spared. Several have been killed by shots fired from the windows of houses while they were going on their errand of mercy. The badge on their arm of a red gross on a white ground afforded them no protection. —Prussian Correspondent of the Daily News. GERMAN BREAD.—From the experience gained in the war of 1866 a thorough reform of the Commissariat De partment has taken place in the German armies. One of the principal causes of complaint was that the loaves of bread supplied to the soldiers would not keep long, but became not only stale, but mildewed in a few days. The usual Commissariat bread is, therefore, no longer served out to the troops, but has been replaced by a species of biscuit made of two parts of wheat flour and one part of rye, and not much harder to bite than rusks, whilst like them, it is easily soluble in wine, coffee, beer, water, or any other liquid- at hand. It has also the advantage of being easily and quickly distributed to the men, and is more portable than commissariat bread, rations of which would only become unpleasantly hard and dry in a few hours, whilst the soldiers can con veniently carry a considerable number of the biscuits in their linen pouche - s or wallets, and infinitely prefer them to the old black bread of former wars.—Correspondent of Daily News at Hamburg. WHAT FRENCH _RUSTICS THINK.—NO contrast can be more complete than that offered by Paris and the rural districts of France at the present moment. I have been passing backwards and forwards from town to country, and can judge well. Paris has recovered from its panic after the affair of Woerth ; it is now full of life and hopes and fears. But in our villages there is a dull, blank look of misery and resignation which it is painful tc witness. Soldiers leave Paris in uniform singing more oz less gaily patriotic songs; but each individual soldiez leaves hi. 3 village in his blouse and wooden shoes with a heavy heart. At every railway station may be seen groups of sorrowful rustics from different hamlets, waiting for the train which is to take them off to the camp. What is to become of the fields when all the stout young labourers are gone ? The tillage of the land seems with our peasants to be an object of anxiety quite independently of the people the land is to feed. " Why did you not tell us that the Plebiscite meant war? We would never have said Yes'" they queruously repeat. They were told so, but now one has not the heart to remind them of it. The Liberal Empire has passed away, and so has the Empire of PMbiseites. That institution has become associated in the rustic mind with war, and any attempt to appeal to it again would be hopeless. French Correspondent of the Times. PANIC IN THE FRENCH INTERIOR.—No doubt a considerable part of the male population of Nancy does its best to keep up its courage. The Mobile looks here quite as willing to die for the country as anywhere else ; volunteers are numerous ; ambulances are being ar ranged in all parts of the town, and the Parisian society for the relief of the wounded has esta blished an important branch in the large build- THE CAPTURE OF SAARBRUCK. To appreciate fully the significance of the capture of Saarbruck, it is necessary to recapitulate the details that have been forthcoming during the last fourteen days re garding the movements of the advanced guard of both French and Prussian Armies. At first the Prussian soldiers were steadily pushed forward by the line of railway which crosses the frontier at Saarbruck, and were distributed along the valley of the River Saar in a line parallel to the French boundary. Saar-louis, Merzig and Saarburg, as well as Saarbruck itself, were thus occupied by strong advanced guards, and the district of which Metz is the centre was apparently marked out for attack. At first the French contented themselves with massing their troops at the great centres of Metz and Strasbourg, but by and by it became obvious that their advanced posts had begun to be pushed forward in the direction of an irregular curve, stretching from both extremities of a bee line connecting the two great fortresses. Thionville, Sierck, St. Avoid and Bitche, all towns within a few miles of the frontier, became occupied by French troops, and their consequent proximity to the Prussians gave rise to the irregular skirmishing which has inaugurated the campaign. In proportion as the French showed a disposition to advance in force to the frontier, the Prussians showed symptoms of retiring upon the great natural boundary of the Rhine, backed by the fortresses of Coblentz, Mayence, and Mannheim, From an early stage in the campaign it was obvious that Saar bruck was a strategical point of considerable im portance, and in the event of the French troops assuming the offensive, would be one of the first points of attack. The formation of a strong camp at St. Avoid, which is only seven miles distant, and is con nected with it both by road and rail, was a further indi cation of the probable line of advance, which the placing of an advanced guard at Forbach, midway between the two places, rendered almost a certainty. The importance of the capture of Saarbruck will greatly depend upon the stand which Prussia proposes to make on this side of the Rhine. With Metz as a base of operations, the French have now extended their front to a position which commands the upper extremity of the valley of the Saar, and renders the entire command of Cis-Rhenish Prussia dependent upon the possession of Trbves and Saarlouis. The latter fortress is about seven miles lower down the valley of the Saar, while Tr6 , es is at a distance of forty miles, where that stream joins the Moselle. If, as indicated by our correspondent, the reduction of these strong positions is not to be attempted, a statement which is the more probable since they now contain evidently nothing beyond strong defensive garrisons, and the Emperor elects to march straight upon the Rhine, Cob lentz will doubtless be the seat of the next important operation. If Saarlouis is singled out for attack, we shall have the intelligence before many hours are over, and the plan of the campaign will thus in either case be more clearly understood.—New York Times, August 3. THE SITUATION IN EUROPE. Von Moltke, the great Prussian strategist, is reported to have said that if Napoleon had not marched upon the Rhine by the 21st July, he would never reach Mayence. Saarlouis, it is said, has been recently fortified, and it is calculated that it will materially hinder the progress of the French troops. France is so strong, and Prussia is so well prepared, that expectation stands on tiptoe, looking out for the first general struggle. Until then it will be. premature to say whose chances are best. It is safe to say that the march of the French to Berlin will not be easy. The prospect is not such as to encourage us to say that another Jena is more likely than another Leipsic or another Waterloo. The general situation remains much as it was. We have no further news regarding Denmark. Russia is, if anything, more watchful. Spain asks explanations from France. Austria, Italy, and France seem all to be plotting the ruin of the Holy Father, while they endeavour to come to an understanding regarding their common duty in this war. Great Britain is roused from one end to the other. r. Gladstone's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet shews that Great Britain, much as she loves peace, is neither unprepared nor unwilling to fight, if the necessity is laid upon her. The position of the British Govern ment is already beset with many dangers. The senti ment of the Government and people, so far as it has been expressed, has been against France. If France should come out of this struggle victorious, France will not forget this. It is a curious fact that from the accession of Louis Napoleon up until the Crimean war the British people continuously trembled for and defied a French invasion. The avenging of St. Helena was known to be a Napoleonic idea. Since the Crimean war the entente cordiale has been but seldom and - never more than slightly interrupted. Another Bonaparte triumphant in Berlin, might not Boulogne recover some thing of its ancient importance, and might not another threatened invasion be the terror of the British Isles ? Certain it is that the entente cordials between the two empires has been disturbed. If Napoleon wins he may have something to say about "perfidious Albion." If he does not win it is not difficult to forecast the result. It is our conviction that Napoleon has no heart for this fight. He goes into it because he cannot help it. It is a necessity laid upon him.' If he had not yielded to this impulse given him by the French people the French people would have turned against him and his family. If lie wins the French people will bow to the fates, will call him saviour, and will give him a splendid opportunity to retire in favour of his son. But if he does not win—if Prussian soldiers or the soldiers of any coali tion should again encamp in the gardens of the Tuileries —the howl against the Bonapartes will be loud and long and merciless. We witness the opening scenes of a great drama. Every fresh scene, every fresh movement, is a surpsise. What is to be the end no one can tell. —New York Herald, August 2. DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. JOHN HATCHELL. —This venerable gentleman, and distinguished member of the Irish bar, died on Monday at the age of 88 years, at his residence, Fortfield House, Kimmage-road, Dublin. Mr. Hatchell retired to rest on the previous night, appa rently in his ordinary health, he having dined and spent the evening with his old friend, the Right Hon. Maziere Brady. On Monday morning, when his valet went to him at the usual hour, the deceased gentleman 'MIS dis covered to be in an insensible state, and when his ordinary medical attendant arrived, he discovered he was dead. Mr. Hatchell, who had retired for some years from public life, was called to the bar in Hilary Term, 1809 ; he became Attorney-General subsequently, and one of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, and for a short time repre sented Windsor in Parliament. 870. NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION. The camp at Shoeburyness was yesterday in the full swing and bustle of the first day's operations. A light wind from the north-east relieved the ordinary heat of the season, and rendered both work and mere promenading about the batteries more agreeable than could have been the case in a close and sultry atmosphere. The busi ness of the day consisted of firing by about one hun dred detachments at ranges of 1,250 and 1,500 yards for ten silver cups of the National Rifle Association, which go to the highest scorers, the £lO given by the Duke of Cambridge for the second detachment, an equal amount by the Earl of Longford for the third, and supplementary donations by Colonel G-ascoigne to No. 1 in each of those three winning parties. Scotland'Ei Challenge Cup was included in the competition by those detachments which had entered for it. Four batteries of the old smooth bore muzzle-loading Lun were kept at work from ten in the morning up to a late hour in the afternoon, as detach ment after detachment of ten men each took its place to fire the prescribed five rounds. While the firing parties were at work On the Old Battery and the Sea-wall Battery, two detachments firing alternately from each, men not so occupied were busy at repository drill in one of the sheds, practising the working of the mortar battery, or receiving instruction in the use of the rifle breech-load ing Armstrong gun. The scores were not completed, and the latest result obtained was that the Leeds corps made a total of 40, the 4th East Yorkshire (Leeds) 32, and the 3rd Essex 32. The attendance of spectators on the ground at Shoebury was limited to a few parties who had walked or driven from Southend, the Regatta at that place having doubt less detained the visitors generally at the more peaceful if less spirit-stirring kind of excitement. MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—There was a rather better demand for wheat at a decline of sd. to 6d. per cental on the week, or 2d. to 3d. since Friday. Barrel flour was bought for export at a reduction of 6d. to ls. per barrel. Oats and oat meal were very dull, at is. per bushel, and 6d. per load cheaper. Indian corn, and beans met a slow sale at 6d. per 481bs. lower than on Friday. LEEDS CORN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—There was a more general demand for wheat to-day at this market ; but millers insisting upon a considerable reduction in prices, sales could only be effected at a decline of 3s. to 4s. per qr on all wheat. New wheat was 425. to 595. per qr. for red, and 58s. for white wheat. Spring corn was quiet, and is. per qr. lower. - NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, Tuesday.—There was a small delivery from farmers at this market to-day, but there were large arrivals from abroad. Very little, however, is doing even at the heavy decline of last Saturday. Prices are just about the same for all kinds of grain and flour. HULL CORN MARKET, TuEsDAr--There was to-day a small quantity of wheat offered at this market. Old wheat was 2s. lower, new wheat 4s. lower. Oats, peas, and beans were ls. cheaper. Barley was scarce, and very little was offered. HULL CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY.—There was a small shew of both beasts and sheep at this market to-day, and there was no trade doing. Milch cows and calves were in demand, but there were none offering: There was a large shew of pigs which were offered at considerably less money. LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE, TUESDAY.—TWo o'clock : Markets without features of importance. Consols quoted at 911 to 911 for September. Railways and foreign bonds are steady. Close.—Railways : London mid North-Western, 1261 to 1261 ; Metropolitan, 65 to 66 ; Midland, 1261 to 127 ; Trunks, 13 to 131. ; Berwick, 139 to 140 ; Canada, 14i to 14i; Sheffield, 42/ to 43i ; Luxemburg, 11 to 14 ; Erie, 17i to 18. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—Opening report : —lmports per bill of entry, 3,936ba1e5. The market opens to day very quietly, but with some steadiness as to prices, the news from the seat of war not having any influence on opinion. The probable sales will be 8,000 or 10,000 bales, but may be increased or decreased according to the information received from the contening armies. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, TUESDAY. — The market was only scantily supplied to-day. The trade ruled firm, at fully previous quotations. Prime old hay, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. toll Os. ; prime new hay, 110 s. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 105 s. ; prime old clover, 140 s. to 150 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 100 s. to 110 s. ; and straw 245. to 325. per load. LONDON WOOL MARKET, TUESDAY.—The wool market has been without feature of importance. Colonial produce has commanded but little attention, and there has been scarcely any inquiry for English. Prices, however, have been without fur ther change. LONDON TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—TaIIow has been quiet, at 445. 3d. spot, last three months 455. 6d. COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS, TUESDAY.—There has been a continuance of quietness in this market. Tea has been pur chased slowly, and prices have been without change. Raw sugar has commanded but little attention, and refined goods have been -dealt in quietly. Fine plantation coffee has been firm, otherwise the tone of the market has been depressed. LONDON OIL MARKET, TUESDAY.—Linseed has been quiet. Rape has been firm. Cocoanut has been steady. Other oils have met a limited inquiry. LONDON METAL MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Iron has been quiet. Tin has been dull. Copper has been purchased to a moderate extent, but at low currencies. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKETS, TUESDAY.—These markets have been fairly supplied with pota toes. The trade has been quiet, at about prevAous quotations. English shaws, 775. to 85s. ; regents, 80s. to 100 s. per ton. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—This market yesterday was agitated by acccounts received of a victory near Metz being claimed by both France and Prussia, and all busi ness that could be deferred was left over till further particulars were received from. the seat of war. At midday to-day a tele gram was posted on 'Change claiming a great victory for the French, and announcing an incredible loss on the Prussian side. This news has caused this market to assume a quieter tone, and induced some sellers to listen to prices which they refused at the end of last week, when the repeated Prussian victories induced many to think the war would be brought to a speedy termination by the inability of France to cope with Prussia. The business in progress is very small, and wiil be likely to continue so for a time, at least, unless we return to the late very low prices, which may induce further buying on a large scale. Prices to-day are nominally unchanged since Friday, but the tendency is slightly in favour of buyers. LEEDS TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY.—There continues to be a quiet demand for woollen goods, and to-day's markets in the cloth halls were thinly attended by buyers, whose operations were to much the same extent as for the past few markets. There was a trifle more doing in heavy goods for winter, but the chief sales were those of meltons, plain and fancy coatings, white and other Tweeds, and Victoria cloths. The sales of ordinary black cloths were small. The manufacturers, though not so well employed as they were before the Franco-Prussian war are doing a fair amount of work; and as the operations of theniakers of woollen cloths in both France and Germany are now suspended, it is probable that there will soon be an increase in the demand for English cloths for export to the Continent. Besides the demand for blankets, to which we referred in our last report, there have been inquiries for blue pilot cloths for both the belligerent countries, but not many orders have yet been received. There are some fair orders of autumn goods in the course of delivery. for Ireland ; and those for Scotland are not much less than usual. There is a good deal of irregularity as to the prices of flax and linen threads and yams ; and the trade is dull. The raw iron trade is quite as active as lately reported, but some of the makers of textile machinery are slack. The local coal trade is steady, both as to demand and prices. BELFAST LINEN MARKET, TIIESDAY.—Yarns : Although some houses have transacted rather more business during the past week than the preceding week, still, on the whole, the de mand is not improved. The harvest operations for some time repress the demand for home consumption. A further accumulation has taken place in stocks, without any material change to note in prices. Still more or less reduction has been announced. In brown power loom light linens for bleaching there is no improvement in the demand whatever to announce. Stocks are on the in crease. There is no change in prices. The demand for heavy linens was dull. The stocks shew symptoms of accumulation. Prices generally are unchanged. In cloth suitable for the foreign clothing trade the orders on hand have been neither numerous nor extensive. In cloth for dyeing Hollands the transactions have not reached the ordinary average, still the home trade demand shows improvement. Roughs good medium make sold rather more freely. Stocks are not increased, and prices are unaltered. Linen handkerchiefs and cambric handkerchiefs remain as last reported. There is no business of importance d o i ng in damasks and diapers. There was a moderately fair demand for drills, but little alteration has taken place in prices. Light linens for bleaching : No change since last report. The demand for heavy linens was dull, at unaltered prices. There was a moderate demand for cloth for dyeing and Hollands of medium fine sets ; other makes not sought for. There is no change in prices. Linen handkerchiefs remain dull of sale, the production still small. There is a moderately fair business in Cambric handkerchiefs. GLASGOW IRON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The market to-day was firm. Business done at 51s. sd. cash. Closing steadily. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, TUESDAY.—This market is quiet to-day. There was a small business done at about previous rates. LEAVE IT IN SUSPENSE.—Why send a Minister to London at all now that we withdraw Motley? Our Consuls in England are all-sufficient for commercial rela tions in Great Britain, and what other relations have we with that Power of any moment outside the Alabama negotiation ? That negotiation England has declared closed, though she is ready to re-open it in Washington. Let us, then, for a little, deprive ourselves of the luxury of a Minister to London.—New York Herald. MOTLEY NOT THE ONLY COLOUR.—The London Times regrets that Mr. Motley has been recalled just as he has been in England long enough to become " endeared to every Englishman." Most potent, grave, and reverend senior, " that's what's the matter." In the present peculiar relations of the two Powers that man does not represent the American people who " becomes endeared " to the people who deny us simple justice ; and no man can become endeared in England unless he agrees with Englishmen and accepts their views.—New Fork Herald. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT ISLINGTON.—A tire which has proved very disastrous was discovered on Tuesday on the premises occupied by Messrs. Hill and Sons, builders and contractors, Charlton-place, High-street, Islington. The flames were first seen issuing from the steam saw mills, and in the course of a few minutes they spread to the stabling and other outhouses, as well as to a large stack of deals. It was found impossible to extricate three viduable horses that were in the stables, and the animals perished in the flames. The premises were completely destroyed, and the adjoining houses weremuch injured by both fire and water. The cause of the fire is unknown. A MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO DROWN A BoY AT LEEDS.—A .singular charge of attempting to drown Charles George, a boy about 11 year s o f age , residing at 171, Marsh-lane, was preferred on Monday, before Mr. Bruoe, the Leeds stipendiary magi s t ra t e , against Michael Clarke, whose home is 15, Marsh-lane. George and the prisoner were at the Wellington-street Baths on Saturday, and Clarke attempted to drown the boy at the six feet end by holding him down under the water after he had made a similar attempt in a shallow part of the bath. His conduct was witnessed by several young men who were bathing and they re scue d G eorge from the prisonef:grasp. The boy was su h sequent i y moored home, the continued in such a wea k state that he was not able to attend the court. The prisoner denied thot he dragged George into the w a t er a secon d tgathat he eittenapted t 6 drownh2. Mr, Bruce to 'moo' tlko VOW, t•t • EVACUATION OF ROME: France appears to have been dickering with Italy, giving up Rome in exchange for Victor Emanuel's alliance. The Emperor withdraws his small force from the Papal territory, not, we suppose, because he needs the men, but because Italy demands his retirement as the price of either friendship or neutrality. Six years ago the French and Italian Governments signed a convention for the protection of the Pope's dominions, Italy engaging neither to attack them herself nor allow attacks to be made upon them from without, and consenting to the organisation of a Papal army, provided it should. not " degenerate into a means of attack against the Italian Government ; " while France pledged herself to withdraw all her troops from Rome within two years. A Papal army (now numbering about 10,000) was accordingly enlisted, chiefly in foreign countries, and by the . month of October, 1866, the French had all returned home. The result which everybody had fore seen soon came to pass. The Garibaldians evaded the King's forces, set on foot repeated expedi tions against Rome, and would probably have secured possession of the city had not the French returned to the Pontiff's assistance. On the ground that Italy had not observed her promise of preventing attacks from without, Napoleon has ever since kept a force in the Pontifical States, to the intense chagrin of the Italian people. Now that he withdraws once more, it may be dOubted whether Italy will repeat the guarantee she gave in 1864. It seems probable that we shall see the syeedy extinction of the rem nant of the temporal power, and the incorporation of Rome with the kingdom of which it is the natural capital, It is reported that the operation is to be con ducted by the favourite Napoleonic device of a plebis citum, only there will be no necessity fur manufacturing majorities on the French plan, because the Roman people, it is notorious, are overwhelmingly in favour of union with the kingdom of Italy. The Pope's 10,000 men can do nothing, though General Kanzler; the Minister of War, talks bravely of putting the city in a state of defence. Austria has consented to the arrangement, and there seems to be no one else to whom Pius IX. can turn for help. In the hour of his theological triumph he is probably destined to see the last of his temporal glories slip from his hand. To say nothing of the Church as a religious organization, th e v it a lity o f the temporal power in history has certainly been amazing. It has withstood more assaults, both from within and without, than any other state or form of government ever erected in Christendom. It has arisen from humilia, 4 ions which all mankindbelieved to be fatal. The first Napoleon blotted it entirely out of existence and sent the Pope a captive into France. Pius VI. died in captivity, and no other Pope could be selected except upon terms dictated by the conqueror. But just when men began to believe not only in the extinction of the temporal power, but the extinction of the Papacy itself, Napoleon fell, and Rome regained all that had been taken from it. Pius IX. had to flee from Rome in disguise, and there has been more than one period of his reign when his case seemed at, first view even more desperate than it is now. We cannot, therefore, feel assured that some at least of his power may not be saved or restored to him yet. In former times, however, he has had more of the good will of the Catholic powers than he seems to have now. France, Austria Spain, the Two Sicilies, any or all of them twenty years ago would have been ready to help him as far as they conld ; but not one would do much for him now. The revolution in Spain has resulted in a violent hostility between the Government and the Church. The power which has succeeded to the property of the King of Naples is the chief of the Pope's spoilers. France and Austria are not only irritated by the new dogma and its dreaded results, but find an opportunity in the Pope's necessities, the one for a little commercial transaction, the other for a political alliance which, in the cours e o f the war, may do her a gredt deal of material good. In fact, the Pope seems to have few friends. in these days besides the Irish, and unfortunately for him the Irsh are not a power—except in the City of New York. It is a strange coincidence, however, that just when France and Italy are casting lots for the Pope's garments, the faithful Catholics of Ireland, under the lead of their priests, are preparing for a great demonstration in favour of Napo leon ! There seems to be a vague impression among Irishmen that in this contest Napoleon is the Catholic champion. It ought to be clear enough by this time that Catholicism and Protestantism have nothing to do with the quarrel. Men of all creeds fight side by side on equal terms, and the Churches, we presume, need look for no favours from either party. —New York Tribune. THE MYSTERY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD- S I BEET MURDER. But five full days have elapsed since the most atrocious and appalling murder that has ever horrified New .York was committed in the very heart of one of our most popu lous city neighbourhoods, and already we see insidious and determined efforts made to mystify the public mind and browbeat public opinion. Precisely in this spell of social influence lies the secret of public. insecurity. If auy individual can, upon this pretext or the other, be held absolutely sacred from the most searching inquiry in a murder case, then what is called " detective" business in New York is simply a sickening imposture that insults the common sense of every thinking man. There are beings capable of counting upon pre cisely this kind of impunity. "No one would believe it possible for me to have done this deed !" has been the language of criminal after criminal to himself. as the elaborate records of Great Britain, France, and Germany show. The famous volumes of the " Causes Celebres ' present several classes analagous to this Nathan horror; but French justice is no respecter of persons; it instantly fastens the seals of the State upon all papers, implements, articles and depositaries in the house of assassination ; it holds every inmate and every associate therewith con nected under the most rigid surveillance, day and night ; it takes each man and woman apart, in silence and in secret ; it prevents their conference and possible collu sion; it questions again, again and again, sometimes reite rating the very same inquiry over and over, at different and at unexpected times ; it confronts, compares, and scrutinizes ; it accepts all sane material and rejects nothing; its touch has the terrible strength of the finger at the end of the elephant's trunk, which can alter nately toss aside hundredweights and pick up a cambric needle. Then, along with this width of range combined, with minute intensity, delicate science, culture and edu cated information are brought to bear in their most attractive as well as in their sternest forms. The hand is of iron, but the glove is of velvet ; the contact is artistic, but the grasp upon the throat of the feign is inexorable and deadly. Let our readers recall the processes of detection in the Traupmann murder case, which horrified all France. What indefatigable ac tivity, what keen foresight, what patience, persistence and yet what rapidity of move ment ; what breadth of view, and yet what microscopic minuteness of scrutiny ; no testimony was re jected ; no theories were pompously scoffed at by inflated ignorance ; no decent agencies were slighted ; no influ ence, one way or the other, was tolerated for the twink ling of an eye ; all things were taken in and sifted, the chaff only was thrown away after winnowing, and if but one grain of fact remained it was held precious. And the result ? The soil of all Europe seemed alive under the feet of the murderer ; the very stars watched him at night ; the whistle of the locomotive when he tried to fly denounced him with a voice like the shrieks of his victims ; the sea alone yawned ready to receive him at Havre ; in his utter dispair he sprang into its billows and—found himself in the clutch of the law ! He was tried, he con fessed, and was executed. This is ability, and this is de tection. The police of New York and of the United States have now a conspicuous and an irrevocable opportunity be fore them. This is their Waterloo and they will nobly dis charge their duty. We verily believe that to real skill and science, armed with adequate authority, the solution of this so-called mystery is at the door. The individual or set of indiViduals who may attempt in the slightest degree to clog_ their progress or th row e ith er go ld en or common dust in their way must be regarded as hostile to society. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is large, but it is not enough for the expenses of this search. It is a mere trifling exponent of the overwhelming importance of the detection and punishment of the culprit. No com bination must be left strong enough to outbid the cry of justice. That would be to leave the throats of every bunker and merchant or of any other possessor of a home and means exposed to the knife of the midnight assassin. A state or a nation, a commercial board or a mercantile body, would better spend a million in ferretting out all the mysteries of this crime than in half of the purposes to which they do apply their money. It is a case of the "public in danger," and public paid officers must now, once for all, do their duty, and their whole duty, or them selves be utterly undone.—New York Herald. The ship-carpenter's " dog," so apparently un accounted for in the residence of Mr. Nathan—the weapon in fact with which the foul murder was effected, has been recognized as having been in the stable of Nathan's house for a year or more. If this statement of the builder •of the house be true—and he seems to have been a constant and familiar visitor to the pre mises—one cloud of mystery, and that not a small one, would seem to be removed. If this story can be verified it will be another evidence in favour of the theory that the murderer did not come from the outside, and that, in all probability, he did not leave the house on the night of the murder. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at 79, Queen's-gate, the wife of Colonel Sir A. B. Kemball, C. 8., of 'a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Selhurst, S. Norwood, the wife of Philip. Secretan, jun., Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 11th inst. ' at •the British Legation, Dresden, George Bu rne tt, Esq., Lyon King-of-Arms, to Alice, youngest daughter of the late John Alexander Stuart, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Twickenham, Campbell Clarke, late of the British Museum, to Annie, fifth daughter of J. M. Levy, Esq., of Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park. DEATHS On the 13th inst., at Oakwood, Upper Norwood, George Cobb, Esq., aged 76. On the 12th inst., at Titchfield, Hants, John Gilbert, Esq., of Leytonstone, Essex, aged 64. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. Wednesday, August 17, 1870, ( Pa] lie Aro Na C at Col lila] Op( Jos en ......„ Q ..,0 tru e lOs . 2482 88s . tia( r „fs., -- B. 401 C Ulei effe 84, tll6 . 110 t C ha Whi to c tie ant 1 1111 Bur