The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 2.30 P.M. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. THE FALL OF METZ. CASSEL, October 28. 11 1 the P a l ace a t Wilhemshohe all are in great 84 P e nse) eagerly awaiting news respecting the conditions of the capitulation of Metz. Some co 118t ernation is apparent. rietri, the late police prefect, arrived this after -11 from Switzerland. ' 4 e Emperor walked out to-day. REMILLY, October 26. Ye sterday, at 5 o'clock, Metz capitulated wit hout c o n ditione ; the whole place to bo given up ; the to surrender their arms, and to become go ners of war. 1, number of prisoners is said to be 170,000. 01 ' 4 ) however, must include the wounded, of whom we t/ ii re are numbers, with a large proportion of sick as tThe effective men probably are not more than hat nnmber. ,ere was a fearful storm last night ; all the tele "aph Wires were blown down. doone are allowed to enter M 6 11etz yet on any condi -3; permission for this purpose will not be granted 801 tie days. 1 1‘11 -- 'l , RVIEW PRECEDING THE CAPITU- LATION. t t : 11 . 18 interview resulted from General Boyer's in ti with King William at Versailles. King illiar relaxed the terms which Prince Frederick 4r ies had felt it his duty to impose. ' e interview to arrange the surrender was held th. a.ro• on the morning of the 27th, with General tcl, l3l ' Von Sticle, Chef d'Etat Major of Prince eriok Charles. , t e" we h e general conditions of the terms of surrender then agreed to, but the meeting was adjourned it ,:" 'clockwhen the conditions were finally 'eed to at Frescati, outside Metz. CONDITIONS OF SURRENDER. The conditions of surrender are as follows : t o 1 . All the fortresses and arms to be given up t‘ 4 " Prussians. 2 . All officers are to be admitted to parole. 3 . All others are to be prisoners of war." of ~4 41 c actual number of prisoners taken is 1 50, 000 ; ,:lek th ere are 30,000. the weather is very bad, and for the last fort %Zit the rains have been heavy. The Moselle is p m ea) aad the pontoon bridges at Corty are oet attle Water. and sheep have already passed through tel l Y for Metz. Th e Prussian troops march in to-day, replacing Th -v rench sentries. order 6 railwa from Saard ays.brucken will be in working to Metz in a few a d HEAD-QUARTERS, VERSAILLES Oct. 27. eve "° capitulation of Metz was signed yesterday b anc ,„ . Ti a 8 4 . The 'cats and town will be occupied to-morrow. ' e ta number of prisoners is 173 , 000 , including three marshals and over 6,000 officers. kt4Beealute of 101 guns has been ordered to be fired th in honour of the event. BERLIN, OCT. 27. I 4 11 %I ke t 'loped in influential quarters that the oppor- N. fall of Metz may have some influence in ot din g the French to reconsider the German terms ."11stice, OCTOBER 28. \v ka The official Staatsanzeiger says that Metz, which ken from Germany 318 years ago, has ever p et Z°oen the great sallyport of France, and that its ab a 7 a lient occupation by Germany is, therefore , T °41161 3 , necessary. o The Staatsanzeiger praises Bazaine for having held ut o ti i:q nine weeks with 150,000 men, when he had Th e months' provisions for 20,000. th e e Staatsanzeiger of to-day, referring to at to ce Pitulation of Metz, says By this event the be e il le B t point of the line of the Moselle has again [4 l " tr ansferred to the German arms, and it is now t ea,s e bßolut e necess ity, f o r military and strategical Cl erh l ie ) firmly to keep this defensive bulwark in Ic7; 11 hands." 4 g William has sent the following order to ,leral Vogel von Falkenstein tag t Th e continuance of the war and the prolonged by,,,, : (31410 of the German coasts to attack do not Z t the cessation of the state of siege proclaimed k y ""/ order of July the 21st. It being, however, at pi that no impediment be placed in the way el eol te o utterance during the preparation for the he t : h e rt of a new Prussian House of Deputies, I ti es decree that the right of the authori "° suspend Clause 30 of the Constitution, th e d e ,tied in Clause 5 of the State of Siege Act of p eti : ‘ , al June, 1851, be not exercised during such je ep likewise command that the Prussian sub tt, s " L a trested or detained by your orders, unless their 4 have been confirmed by a Court of Justice, )4 14%Without renouncing the - right of the Crown to set ~,e ll te) should prosection appea necessary, be l iberty,—Versailles u , October 24. r " WILLI2iM." SAFE CONDUCT TO TRIERS. T, • Tours , October 28. It• Luers has received his safe conduct to Paris e Ver sailles. He will be accompanied by M. de 1411 sat, ; THE FRENCH FLEET. Th e Q BREMEN, October 28 (Evening.) ief or "mate of this town has received telegraphic p re Illation from Belgium, according to which 12 left4el ' Lll2eu-of-war, with 800 men on board, have kirk to-day in a northerly direction. PRUSSIANS REPULSED. Th e AWNS, October 28 (Evening). oi l the mobile s o f thi s t own , at Formerie (Oise) Part- road to Rouen, have reoulsed a foraging latt er of 5 00 Prussians, with geat loss to the MORE FIGHTING IN PARIS. telegramto from Versailles. dated the 28th, says D the aftern o o n of Thursday sday the outposts on tow 1 318 , °eramon saw shots fired from Montmartre he arch Villette, and thatfor three or four hours tio4 vv " f ie firing was observed in the same direc- 'IIIf, ITALIAN LAW IN ROME. FLORENCE, October 26. beel,ll alt alian laws with regard to the Press have ca.:4. Intro duced at Rome with important m odifi dirC'atlotis. In the first place, attacks and insults foZ te d against the Pope and the Envoys of hill; 1811 P owers to the Holy See are assimilated to -6 a g a inst the King and Envoys accredited by Asti hi m, l it ' the second place, the provisions of the t 1 t a :T l against the Press are inapplicable to th eT ,7 ueeument emanating from the Pope nr from the : e . cleBj aatical offices established for the exercise of th e : Piri tual power. A preceding decree assimilates vatsen of the Pope to that of the King, as re. Vol the c rime of high treason. e e ° ificial Gazette intimates to all Garibaldian itulliateers that they lose their right of citizenship Italy by taking military service abroad. THE EMPEROR TO GO TO ELBA According to the .Correspondence of Berlin of to-day, the Emperor is to go to Elba, a change to a milder climate than that of Wilhelmshohe being necessary for the preservation of his health. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. FLORENCE, October 25, 12.50 p.m. The official papers announce the imminent disso lution of Parliament and a general election. Rumours of a partial Ministerial crisis gains great consistency. (ORNTRAL PRESS TBLEGRAMS.) THE PRINCE OF WALES AT WINDSOR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur arrived at Windsor, at eleven o'clock this morning, and were received at the Great Western Station by Prince Christian, accompanied by Lord Clonmell and Lieutenant Picard. The Royal party drove to Windsor Forest for their first day's pheasant shooting this season, in the Royal preserves. EARL DE GREY AND RIPON ON THE WAR AND EDUCATION. At a banquet given by the Mayor of Ripon last night, Earl de Grey and Ripon, referring to the war, said her Majesty's Ministers had carefully watched for an oppor tunity of making peace, but had determined not to inter fere until there was a prospect of their voice being lis tened to. It would be hard to say whether their intervention would have a beneficial effect, but he sincerely trusted that the capitulation of Metz • would be the means of leading to the settlement of hostilities. On the question of education he insisted that there could not be the slightest doubt as to the success of the Education Bill if it was received and adopted in the same spirit in which it was discussed in both Houses of Parliament. The German successes were mainly due to the fact that every child in Germany had the advantage of a good education. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AT LONGTON. At the Mayor's dinner, Long ton, Staffordshire, Mr. C. B. Adderley, M.P., said his time had during the past week been pretty well engrossed as chairman of the Royal Sanitary Commission. The report of that Commis sion would soon be ready, and the subject would, he ven tured to predict, form a feature in her Majesty's speech at the opening of Parliament next session. The recommen dation of the Commission on which legislation would be founded were, that the system of self-government should be completed ; that every place should entirely manage its own affairs; that existing Acts should be consolidated ; and that Ministers of State should have only to inspect whether action had been taken by the local authorities, and if not to put them to action. Passing to speak of the Education Bill, the right hon. gentleman said the measure would shew some people that their pleas in forma pauperis were baseless; for they would be compelled to pay by rate what they evaded on the ground of poverty• The Irish Land Bill he characterised as a punishment of a great majority of Liberal landlords, because of the necessity of punishing a certain very bad minority.—Mr. Melly, M.P., also spoke on the Education Bill, observing that its principal provisions had had his strongest opposi tion, but he would now use his efforts to make it work well if it would—which he doubted. AGITATION ON BEHALF OF THE IR SH POLITICAL PRISONERS. Pressure is about to be put upon the Government to obtain the release of the Irish political prisoners. A requisition is in a few days to be presented to the Lord Mayor of Dublin to call a special meeting of the council, at which Sir John Gray will move a resolution to the effect that the Government are bound by their duty to the best interests of the country, and in accordance with their implied and almost verbal promise, to liberate the Irish State prisoners without any further delay, a proceeding which the perfect peace and quietness which prevail throughout Ireland fully warrants, and which the Irish public are of opinion has been needlessly long delayed. COMPULSORY VACCINATION. At a meeting held at Northampton last night, to con sider the best means to adopt to obtain a repeal of the Compulsory Vaccination Acts, a memorial was adopted to the Royal Commission upon the question, and a deputa tion appointed to wait upon Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Charles Gilpin, senior member for the borough, was present, and addressed the meeting, and expressed an opinion in favour of vaccination not being compulsory. He assured the meeting that the Royal Commission about to sit would be carried out in such a way that the subject would be fully ventilated. He also said magistrates must not be blamed for carrying out the law, as they were compelled to do so. SUPPOSED WRECK. A considerable quantity of wreck on picked up on the Cornish coast, near Hayle, yesterday, amongst it being the figure-head of a vessel six feet high, painted slate colour, and representing a woman in a low body dress, with shirt sleeves, gilded necklace and bracelet; a name board with " Gen," evidently part of a word, in gilded capital letters, a board with the words " Rept," " Geneva," painted roughly upon it, and supposed to have been used to attract the attention of vessels, also quantities of stanchtions, bulwark, and cabin work, and other loose stuff painted light blue and white. There has also been washed ashore a deal case, directed "A. Merritt, Esq., 13th Regiment," a life buoy with the names " Gurnock, Bibby, and Co., Liverpool," in red letters ; some covers of whisky cases, marked "Dunville and Co., Belfast," the end of a cat head, being the head of a lion gilded, and the topmast of a large vessel. It is thought that the ship which is thus gone to pieces was outward bound. The only one on the books with which the character of the wreck corresponds is the Geneva, of Quebec, a new vessel of 988 tons register. MR. JOHN BRIGHT. The Right. Hon. John Bright, M.P., after a residence of five or six months in Llandudno, has improved so much in health as to permit of his returning to his home and attending to his affairs. He has just left Llandudo with Mrs. Bright. They intend returning again to the Welsh watering place and staying the winter there, after which it is to hoped Mr. Bright will be able to resume his Par liamentary and Ministerial labours. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT A PERCUSSION CAP FACTORY. Another disastrous explosion took place at Messrs. Kynock's percussion cap manufactory, Witton, Birmingham, where cartridges for the Chasse pot gun were being made in large quantities. A boy when carelessly handling one of them caused it to burst, and immediately the whole stock of cartridges, numbering thousands, ignited and caused a shocking ex plosion. About a dozen boys and girls received terrible injuries, and they are now in the hospital suffering great agony. The roof of the shed where the party were at work was blown clean away from the building. The American General Burnside crossed from Ostend to Dover yesterday afternoon, and left per South-Eastern mail train for the Metropolis. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT---TEus DAY. The trial of James Stevens -Tripp, who was indicted yesterday for stealing certain Turkish bonds, of the value of £2,900, and conspiring with one Richard Taylor to defraud the prosecutor and others, was resumed this morning. Mr. Giffard, the counsel for the prosecution, summed up the case for the prosecution ; but the jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. The Great Western of Canada Railway have invited applications for £750,000 in 6 per cent. bonds, at 96, to construct the Glencoe line. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI CULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON, 1870.—The number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others, on the 28th inst., was 4,C64. _ CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Friday, Oct. 28, 1870. No. of visitors by season tickets, 981; do. on payment, 562 ; total visitors, 1,543. A. meeting has been held of the creditors of the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Charteris, the accountant, being in the chair. A composition of 4s. in the pound was offered by his lordship, but it was rejected by a large majority. It was remarked that if the litigation were continued by the assignees, the estate would not yield more than is. 6d. to 2s. in the pound. CRYSTAL PALACE.—This afternoon's concert will be of a very attractive nature. Mr. Sims Reeves will sing Beethoven's " Luderkreis," (or circle of songs) and the scena from Sullivan's " Prodigal Son." Beethoven's three overtures to " Leonora," and that to " Fiacho," and the same composer's symphony in C minor (No. 5), will be the orchestral pieces. A new series of fifty original sketches, by artists of the Illustrated News and the Graphic, will be added to the collection of war pie tures this afternoon. 'filE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OC[OBER 29, 1870, THE MONEY MARKET. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. - NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAT. Business on the Stock Exchange to-day was quiet, and prices firm. Consols are unaltered, at 92g to 923 for money and account. The Foreign Stock Market is quiet. Italian Five per Cents. of 1861 are 553 to 551 ; Spanish Three per Cents. of 1867, 30l 3o1 ; ditto (1869), 30i 30ft ; Turkish Five per Cents., 44i 44k; Egyptian, 77i 78i ; and Peruvian 90 90i. The new French Loan is steady at to 1t prem. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1.00 PLATE. Gaston Callipolis f Clos V0uge0t....... Fifteen ran. HANDICAP PL ATE, Miss Hervine Duke of 8eauf0rt........... Theodore A number of English subscribers have just completed, through Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., the purchase of the Iron, Manganese, and Copper Mines at Glandore, in the county of Cork, and have registered themselves as a private joint-stock company for the pur pose of working them. These mines have been known for some years, but have never hitherto been thoroughly, worked. Eight ran MATCH. Patience Grnelthorpe SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Ismael Newsman Blonde The Liverpool Journal of Commerce 'states "At: — an ajourned meeting of the creditors of 1). C. Simpson and Brother, engaged in the River Plate trade, whose failure was announced some time back, the statement of affairs showed on the joint stock liabilities £60,695, and assets £23,033, and on the separate estate liabilities £2,400, and assets nil. Seven ran. NEWMARKET RACES.—Fnmay. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Heroine f w.o. PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Advices from New York report „the ',suspension of the well-known clothing firm of Messrs. Arnold, Nusbaum, and Nirdinger, of Philadelphia, ,with liabilities for about £50,000." The Board of Trade returns for' the past month shew an increase of £725,098, or about 4& per cent. in the declared value of our exports compared with the corres ponding month of last year, and must, therefore, be con sidered much more satisfactory than could have been anticipated. _ Queen Bee f Satinstoe Flying Childers Five ran. POST SWEEPSTAKES. Corisande.. Noblesse SECOND NURSERY STAKES. Verdure Jester Mornington Twenty-one ran. ROWLEY HANDICAP. A prospectus, inviting subscriptions for £145,000, B perpetual 5 per cent, debenture stock of the Devon and Somerset Railway has been issued on behalf of the contractor by Messrs. Field, Wood, and Haynes. The price of subscription is £75 per £lOO stock. Three years' interest is to be at once invested in Government securities in trustees' names to insure its due payment up Simplon Lady Masham. Raf ale Fourteen ran. FIFTY POUNDS. to the 30th of October, 1873, pending the completion of the line and the development of the traffic. The entire capital of the company is £708,700, and the B stock takes rank immediately after the A stock of £270,000. The line has strong local support, and is to beworked in perpetuity under a Parliamentary agreement with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, who are to pay over half yearly 50 per cent. of the gross receipts. Cherubin Marsala 2 Three ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Pandore Bonnie Katie • • Cocoa Nut 1 2 3 In the colonial produce markets this week the general aspect of business has been steady, but the hope of peace has not at present led to any increase of activity, and the supplies continue ample. Seventeen ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Quail Chimborazo Freshman ...... . 1 •" 2 Four ran. PLATE OF 100 SOVS. Firebrand ••• Gaston.... Leoville Nine ran. MATCH. Pericles My Lady SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Curieuse • • 1 Vestminster 2 Michael de Basco Five ran. MATCH. Allbrook Waif BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. 15 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Flibustier (taken) 500 to 20 agst Alaric (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 20 to 1 agat Cecil (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Westley (taken) 40 to 1 agst Green Riband (taken) CITY BETTING.—FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 100 to S agst Alarie (offered-100;to 7 taken) 100 to 7 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Barford (offered-1000 to 60 taken) 100 to 6 agst Flibustier (taken) 100 to 6 agst Syrian (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cardinal York (takenland offered) 1600 to 100 agst Cecil (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Green Riband (offered) Very little doing. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. At the Old Bailey, before the Recorder, four tradesmen, named Fernando, Lang. Webb, and Yardley, were in dicted for conspiracy to libel and injure, in his business, and conspiracy to charge with an indictable offence a leather dealer named Symons. The case for the prosecution was that Symons sold a shop in Hackney to two persons named Framp and Giles, and they were to pay for the business by instalments. They got into debt with Fernando. That person wantad his money and when he went to get it there was a man in possession. Fernando seemed to think that Symons was by some means responsible, as he set Framp and Giles up in business. A meeting of the trade was called, and expressions were then made any thing but complimentary to Mr. Symons. A placard calling this meeting was published, and this was the alleged libel. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The armour-clad iron turret ship Cerborus, built for the protection of Melbourne, is still detained in England, and, as the Admiralty will not guarantee the seaworthi ness of the vessel, a further delay in the departure appears to be imminent. --------- A singular accident has happened on board her Ma jesty's ship Hercules. After the trials which had been made at Portsmouth to test her stability, and which were satisfactory, a cask of varnish took fire, and the flames spread to such an extent that a portion of the fittings were destroyed. Captain Lord Walter Kerr and First Lieutenant Fitzgerald descended into the body of the ship, and were for a time overpowered by the smoke ; five seamen also suffered seriously from the same cause. Eventually the fire was got under. A letter from Woolwich states that in consequence of considerable difficulty being experienced in procuring the services of skilled workmen for the Royal Arsenal, the War Department has decided to advertise for firemen, smiths, wheelers, and carpenters, who are first class artificers. Out of fifteen who presented themselves for employment on Thursday, only one was found eligible. The scarcity at Woolwich of skilled workmen is partly attributable to the fact that on the occasion of the reduc tion in the arsew'.l a large number of artisans left for other places. The sea-going cadets' training-ship Trafalgar, Captain, Lethbridge, went out of Portsmouth Harbour on Thurs day to Spithead, where she took on board her ammunition previous to proceeding on her training cruise. A vessel more unsuited- for such a service the Admiralty could hardly have chosen. A banquet was given on Thursday evening at the Assembly-rooms, Aldershot, to Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, on the occasion of his resigning the command of the Aldershot division. The chair was taken by Mr. Frederick Eggar, the vice chair by Mr. Richard Eve. About 160 guests were present, including Major-General White, Major-General Lysons, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, .8., Colonel Middleton, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Laffan, Lieutenant-Colonel Gamble, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel White, Captain Mangles, Rev. 'J. E. Sabin, Rev. Dr. Davies, &c. The gallant guest of the evening was received by a guard of the 18th Surrey Rifles, and the band of the 17th Foot was present on the occasion. A NEW PLANET.—Professor Peters, of Clinton, New York, announces the discovery of a new planet (No. 112) on September 19th, of the eleventh magnitude, to which he gives the namerphigenia. The planet is now nearly stationary, and is of the twelfth magnitude.— Nature. The Correspondance de Berlin asserts that the Emperor Napoleon, whose state of health;requires a milder climate, may possibly, in the course of the next month, change his present residence M Wilhelmshohe for the Island of Elba. REVIVAL OF THE STOCKS.—The Devon County magistrates, of the Newton Petty Sessional Division, have announced that in future all drunkards who shall fail to pay the fines inflicted will be placed in the stocks for six hours. The Act under which this mode of punish ment is inflicted is 250 years old. THE OPIUM BILL.—It is stated that Sir Wilfrid Lawson has decided not to renew his motion on the opium question in the next session of Parliament. This subject will probably come within the scope of the Select Com mittee on the affairs of India which Mr. Fawcett will move for and if so, the opponents of the Government monopoly will doubtless be prepared with evidence. THE CENTURY CLUB.—The Century Club re opens for the season in new quarters in Pall Mall at the beginning of next week. The Centuty, although exclu sively devoted to social purposes, consists to a large extent of advanced Liberal pohticians, the majority of whom are connected with the Universities. The Radical Club, which is limited to forty members, twenty of whom are drawn from the House of Commons, only -meets during the Parliamentary session. DISHONEST OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—A case of considerable public interest came before the Birmingham magistrates. Two young men, named Joseph Webb and William Harris, employed as omnibus conductors by the Birmingham Omnibus Company, were charged with embezzlement. It was alleged that the prisoners, who pleaded guilty, appropriated the fares they received from passengers. They were sentenced to three months' im prisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tars DAT. SUSPECTED PERSONS.—Two lads, named Vim. Davis and Daniel Sullivan, were charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, as follows :—From the evidence of Butcher and Shrives, detectives of the C Division, it appeared that they saw the prisoners and another lad walking up and down Compton-street, in front of a hosier's shOp. Davis and the other lad looked at some shirts, and Sullivan made a pull at one, but did not succeed in getting it. Away they then went to another hosier's shop, two doors off, and again tried to get some shirts, but were again unsuccessful. The officers then took the prisoners, whom they knew as companions of thieves, into custody; the other lad succeeded in escaping. Mr. Knox asked the prisoners, who said they worked for their living, whether they could get anyone to speak on their behalf ? Sullivan said he could do so if he had time allowed him. Mr. Knox said he would give the prisoners an ample opportunity to do so, and remanded them for a week. SIX. OF ONE, AND HALF-A-DOZEN OP THE OTHER.—A respectable, middle-aged man came before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, and asked him how to get rid of a bad wife. Mr.Paget—l am sure Ido not know. This is not the court for disposing of bad wives. What has she been doing. Applicant—She is continually drunk. She neglects her children. The money I give her to keep the home comfortable is expended in strong drinks — her children are neglected, and when I come home, instead of a cheerful hearth and clean room, she is stretched on the floor intoxicated, and my children around her, half naked, crying for bread. All my hard earnings are expended in drink. Mr. Paget said he really could not assist the applicant. His whole time would be occu pied if he could separate bad wives from their husbands and bad husbands from their wives. Drunkenness was a great evil, and was the ruin of many every day and every hour. The applicant retired, seemingly much disap pointed. He was succeeded by a woman of 30, with a severe black eye, which she said her husband had inflicted. He was continually drunk, he neglected his business, there was an execution in her house and shop for arrears of rent, and he took the money out of the till to supply him with brandy, rum, and gin; his children wanted clothes, his business was going to ruin, and he had become a great brute to her. Mr. Paget—When did he knock you about ? Applicant : Yesterday week. Mr. Paget : That is a long time ago ; you should have come here before. The appli cant : I could not. I have been confined to my bed all the week, owing to my husband's ill usage. Mr. Paget : You shall have a summons against him for assaulting you. IMPORTANT APPLIOATION.—GAS COMPANIES AND THE PUBLIO.—A middle-aged man, of very respectable appear ance, applied to Mr. Arnold, at the Westminster Police court, for his assistance and advice, under the following circumstances :—Applicant said that he'was a tradesman, and having recently taken a shop in Oxford-street, wanted the gas laid on, but was not disposed to accede to the Company's terms. The Chartered Gas Company, who alone enjoyed the monopoly of supplying that district, refused to put the gas on unless a certain deposit of money was left with them by the consumer. He had been informed that they were not entitled by law to make such a demand, and he wished the magis trate's opinion about it. Mr. Arnold observed that it was not an unreasonable thing for the company to require a deposit, but he could not say any thing about the law of the matter. Applicant said that, admitting the propriety or legality of the deposit, the question was whether having demanded a deposit of £3 ss. or £3 10s. before they supplied gas, a com pany was justified in keeping it without the payment of interest. If a man was to deposit part of his capital he ought to hare interest. He had been informed that there was something in the Gas Company's own Act which would determine the matter. Mr. Arnold remarked that he xnew nothing about it. If appl;cant would bring the Act of Parßament and point out the clause, he would see whether he had power to interfere. We understand that Sir Thomas Bazley, M.P., Professor Huxley, and Mr. Matthew Arnold have been nominated governors of Owens College, under the Extension Act of last session. The office is purely honorary. - - - - The North Devon Herald reports that considerable progress has been made in the construction of the Devon and Somerset Railway, which is now almost completed between Wiveliscombe and Taunton, and that a portion will be opened far traffic in a few weeks. • -The promoters also announce their intention of proceeding vigorously with the remainder of the line, the second section of which, from Barnstaple to Southmolton, must be ready according to the contractors' agreement, by February, 1870, and the th;rd and last division by the following June. LONDON SCHOOL BoAnD.—Yesterday evening Mr. Hepworth Dixon received a deputation from the Maryle bone Electoral Association, who came to offer him their undivided support in the pending election for the School Board. The deputation, which was received by Dr. Richardson and other members of Mr. Dixon's executive committee, consisted of Mr. Henry Spencer, secretary ; Mr. Groves, and Mr. Morgan. After a lengthy discus sion, measures were decided on• by the association to secure the return of Mr. Hepworth Dixon. The general committee numbers already over 300 ratepayers, including many Fellows of the Royal Society, Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries, Justices of the Peace, Royal Academecians, &c., &c. Mr. Hepworth Dixon has issued an address, in which he takes his stand on compulsory education, Bible reading, and a thorough use of all the powers provided in the Act. DEAN HOWSON AND CHESTER RACES.—A move ment has been commenced at Chester with the view of abolishing the annual race meeting. Dean Howson has published a pamphlet on the subject, in which he urges as reasons for discontinuing the races the shameful im morality which prevails during the race week, the com plete stagnation of trade,. the unhealthy excitement im bibed by even children in the schools, and, lastly, the positive loss to the citizens and inhabitants of Chester by the dishonesty of defaulting strangers. —.— - THE Loss OF THE CAMBRIA.—The corpse of a woman, apparently between 50 and 55 years of age, was washed ashore on the Kintyre coast, opposite the island of Gigha, yesterday morning. There are no means of identifying the deceased, who appears to have left the ship in little more than her nightdress. A good deal of wreckage has come ashore on Kintyre, and more is ex pected, as the wind is from the south-west. The list of passengers already published is believed by the owners of the Cambria to be a correct one, excepting in one particu lar. Mrs. R. Rawson, of Liverpool, there stated to have been a cabin passenger, came with the succeeding steamer of the Anchor Line, the Anglia, which arrived in the Clyde on Thursday. THE TERMS OF PEACE, The Berlin correspondent of the Times, in a letter dated October 26, says : Lord Granville's suggestions respecting an armistice are not likely to lead to any very rapid results. He, discreetly abstaining from definite proposals, contented himself with directing the attention of the bel ligerents to the possible consequences of a bombardment, which perhaps might be avoided by the convention of a Con stituent Assembly. As to the terms of the armistice, he left them for the belligerents themselves to settle. But here is the difficulty, and as Germany will not consent to a truce unless a cession of territory is_ conceded by France in principle, the negotiations came to a standstill before they had fairly begun. Unless telegraphic correspondence between the various Courts has succeeded in improving the aspect of things within the last twenty-four hours, we are, I am afraid, not much nearer an arrangement now than when M. Favre took leave of Count Bismarck three weeks ago. In thus insisting upon their original terms, the Germans are actuated not so much by a wish to commence active operations against Paris as by the apprehension that if allowed a respite of several weeks to arm and drill, the Mobiles will give them a deal to do should the armistice expire without peace being declared. Paris, they hold, will be starved out before the end of the year, whether attacked or not, the armistice making little difference in this respect ; but if the Mobiles and Francs tireurs have time given them to organise fresh regi ments and receive some military education, they may, with the facilities they possess for drawing arms from the greatest manufactories in the New and Old Worlds, possibly develope into a force sufficiently large and respectcble to entail another month's fighting. But to resume guerrilla warfare in the midst of December, and sacrifice some more thousands ot their gallant troops in forced marches and bush-fighting, is an unpleasing prospect to the German commanders, however little they may doubt the ultimate issue of the campaign. THE ATCACK OF PARIS. The special correspondent of the Daily News at the German headquarters at Versailles states that the pre parations for the attack on Paris are still proceeding. Long waggon trains are to be seen creaking up to the front laden with timber or gabions, the store of ammunition is daily increasing, and it is said that when the fire does begin it will be such as has never yet been seen. It is certain in the first instance there is to be a fair fight between the batteries and the forts, "with out any attempt to commit wholesale murder by sending shells flying over head into the city." The King would never consent to allow Paris to be bom barded as Strasburg was bombarded. Preparations for attack have taken longer than was expected ; but this is accounted for by their extent, which is described as some thing marvellous. The French fire is to be utterly silenced and overwhelmed. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. - - We are requested to state that the Admiralty has determined to award pensions to the mothers and sisters of those officers who were lost in her Majesty's ships the Captain and the Slaney, and who did not leave widows provided such mothers and sisters were dependent on the officers who perished. Gratuities will also be awarded to the relatives of the men who did not leave widows, under similar regulations. The widows and chil dren of the officers will be awarded the usual pensions, and the widows of the men the usual gratuities granted when officers and men are "drowned on duty."—Daily .News. ESCAPE OF A WHOLE HOUSEHOLD FROM FIRE. Yesterday morning, about 40 minutes past 1 o'clock,as a Police-constable was passing along his beat in Charles street, Middlesex Hospital, he discovered the shop of Mr. Young, a confectioner, in a general mass of fire. The house contained 11 rooms, and each floor was rented by separate families,, all of whom were at that time fast asleep. The officer at once gave the necessary alarm, but it was not until the flames and heated smoke had taken possession of the ground floor, and bottom of the stairs, that the large number of inmates could be made sensible of their impending danger; and then a great difficulty arose as to how they were to escape being burned to death—the heat from the ground floor being so great, and the smoke of such a suffocating cha racter. Many appeared at the windows in their night dresses crying for help. Owing, however, totheindomitable perseverance of the police and the escape conductor, the whole of the endangered persons were enabled to reach the street uninjured, except being deluged with water. The engines arrived in rapid succession, and the fire was quickly extinguished. The whole of Mr. Young's pro perty is destroyed, and the other inmates will be serious loosers. The origin of the fire is enveloped in obscurity. OUR COTEDIPORARIES—This Morning COST OF THE WAR TO FRANCE. The Pays gives the following estimate of the expenses and losses of France in the present war :—" War arma ments from 1868 to 1870, £40,000,000 ; fortifications des troyed, which will have to be rebuilt, £60,000,000 ; losses of muskets, cannons, and other war materials de stroyed or captured, £60,000,000 ; destruction of buildings and fields by both sides, £80,000,000 ; total or partial ruin of manufacturers and other proprietors, £40,000,000 ; war indemnity& to Germany, £100,000,000 ; losses in consequence of the influence of all these disasters, £Bo,ooo,ooo—total, £460,000,000. The Birkenhead Commissioners have reduced the salary of their medical officer of health by £2OO a year. The Law Times has authority to state that Mr. J. 0. Griffits has been appointed Recorder of Reading. . _ --- • 7 During the past week 71 additional messages were transmitted from the postal telegraph stations in the United Kingdom than in the previous week. It is stated that Professor Huxley has not with drawn his candidature for a London School-Board. Scarlatina has broken out in an epidemic form at Liverpool. The first number of the Cambridge University Reporter has just made its appearance, and will be con tinued every Wednesday during term. We understand that Dr. Wesley's forthcoming " European Psalmist" is dedicated " by special permis sion" to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.—Musical Standard. Mdlle. Nilsson, with the aid of the Handel and Haydn Society, will (says the Musical Standard) give four oratorio performances in Boston (U.S.) during November, and four more in January. A. correspondent of the North Wilts Herald asserts that the sanitary condition of the town of Ciren cester is simply deplorable. There is no sewerage, aud the town is said to be honeycombed with cesspools. The health of Mr. Macnamara, Q.C., who was recently appointed a magistrate at one of the metropo litan police-courts, but had to relinquish his duties on ac- Count of illness, has considerably improved. - - We understand that Captain A. 11. Walker, the senior professional member of the Marine and Harbour Department of the Board of Trade, will shortly have the honour of knighthood conferred upon him. Mr. Gladstone returned to town on Thursday from attending the wedding of his niece Edith Ellen, daughter of the late Captain J. N. Gladstone, R.N., M.P., at Bowden Hill, Gloucestershire, with Mr. W. A. Dumaresq. The Workmen's International Exhibition will be closed on Tuesday next. As the prizes are very nume rous, it will probably be necessary to have a further meeting after the close of the exhibition for the prize distribution. John Walter, the Liverpool pilot who accompa nied the yacht Cambria across the Atlantic.* the contest with the Dauntless, has been dismissed from his boat, besides losing his claim to a share of the boat's earnings during his voyage.—Liverpool Courier. A banquet was held at Bolton on Thursday even ing in honour of the opening of the new Conservative Club in that town, the erection of which had cost up wards of 210,000. Upwards of 150 of the leading Con servatives of the district were present, amongst whom were the Hon. Algernon Ege rton, M.P., Mr. Hick, M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Gray, M.P., and Mr. Assheton, M.P. A. circular .has been addressed to magistrates throughout Ireland from the authorities at Dublin Castle, in reference to the hardship inflicted on prisoners, and the hakassing . duty.imposed on the constabulary conveying them, by their being required to travel on foot, instead of by some more expeditious and convenient mode of travelling. Since Thursday the barometer has risen briskly at all stations, principally in the west and north. Tempera ture has risen generally, mostly in Scotland. Wick is, however, still 14 degrees colder than Valencia. North westerly breezes are now prevalent on our coasts, light generally, but strong in the south of Ireland. A heavy ground swell" is again reported from the south of Ire land, and the sea is rough at Brest. Elsewhere it is nearly calm. FOREIGN CATTLE.—The report of the veterinary surgeons at Brabant has shewn that the changes of the atmosphere, and the unwholesome conditions to which domestic animals have been subjected during many months of the present year, are the causes of the prevail ing complaints. The easterly and northerly winds and rains have affected the horses employed in the fields. As for the pleuroneumonia of the cattle, that has been spread by the carelessness of dealers, who place fresh arrivals in stables that have been contaminated by diseased animals. Thousands of cattle from all parts are placed in the meadows between Firlemont and Leau, and it is not considered prudent to send new animals among these troops without having subjected them to a quarantine. ... 1 2 ~.. 1 THE CAPITULATION OF METZ. The Times, in discussing the results of the capitulation of the vifgin fortress, says :—Can there be a doubt of the course which France ought to take ? Will not her best friends now tell her that she has done all she can do, and that to persevere in a hopeless resistance is not wisdom, but only a false heroism ? The war can now only be maintained as a horrible guerrilla, in which the impotent efforts of the French will be mercilessly punished by the invading armies. Is half of France to be dealt with in this way, and the country which is the chief centre of civilisation to dspend for its deliverance on bands which must fight with the fate of brigands before their eyes? No ! The time has come when France must recognise that the arbitrament of war has been against her, and that the least evil which can now befall her is to accept the terms of her adversary. The only efficient machines for the carrying on of war are those regular armies on which the States of Europe have spent so much, and France has now no regular army, she has not even the smallest chance of forming one. It would be an injustice to the men who now bear rule in France not to admit that they have given proof of a wish for peace. General Trochu, M. Favre, and others like them have the sense to know that the disasters of the present campaign are irreparable. They have offered an indemnity, large, indefinite in amount, " all the money we have," as M. Favre said ; and they, perhaps, would go further if they did not fear the multitude which for the moment obeys them. But now the time has come when, as men of honour and conscience, they must form a decision and announce it boldly. If they see, as all the world can see, that the terms of Count Bismarck must be accepted, it would be criminal to protract the war until France be more com pletely overrun and Paris reduced to starvation. The Germans demand a territorial cession, and though we re. gret it, and believe it to be fraught with dangers to them selves as well as to the peace of Europe, we have no hope that the French can resist it. It is a hard condition, but France may remember that territorial cession is the ordi nary result of defeat. Some territory she must cede, and it only remains to determine its extent. In the negotiation she may have the opportunity of making better terms than have been demanded by popular opinion in Germany. The district which the Prussian Government demands has never been officially indicated, and there may possibly be a field for the advice and re• monstrances of the Neutral Powers. But the principle of a territorial cession must be acknowledged if France will not continue to nurse the delusions which are bringing her to ruin. The Standard, in commenting on the effect of the capi- tulation, says :—Suppose Trochu and Fevre were to sign a treaty surrendering Alsace and Lorraine, and, further, the French fleet—to leave the money question out of consideration—how far would that treaty be recognised beyond the Prussian lines ? Of course, such a treaty might obtain a certain kind of acceptance. A Constituent Assembly might acknowledge the hopelessness of any attempt to upset the treaty for tde moment, but it would hold it the chief business of the new Government of France to prepare for the war which should restore France the provinces the larger portion of which have been French more than three hundred years. General Trochu and his colleagus, by signing such a peace as Prussia asks, and some of their English sympathisers so urgently, not to say so Judas like, recommended, would damn them selves for nothing. We must not expect of them a " self-denial "—to use the politest word—so excessive and so absurd. But in truth the situation will hardly appear in their eyes so desperate as the Prussians not unfairly represent it. Awkward as is the material, French armies, considerable in their numbers, and formidable in their enthusiasm, have been formed, or are forming, in the south, in the west, and in the north of France. Despite, too, the absurdities of the men whom the revolution of the 4th September put into high place in some of the great towns, arrange• ments for the defence of those parts of France yet free from the invader have been made, of a character which, if the contest is continued, will give him no little trouble. Again, General Trochu is getting the army he commands in Paris into shape, and so far as the number of men is concerned he has all along been superior to his adversaries. We do not expect, therefore, that the capitulation of Metz will exert any immediate influence upon the duration of the war. It will necessarily hid the Prussians very considrrably in more than one point. But it will not materially help them against the real difficulty they have to encounter, the anarchy they have created by their victories, and seeing very little hope that the present Government of France will accept the Prussian terms of peace, assuming those terms to imply the surrender of Metz to Germany, we are perfectly certain that France, if her opinion is fairly asked, will not endure them; and that Germany will have for many years to hold the annexed provinces at a cost utterly disproportionate to their value. The Telegraph says : Now that Metz has fallen there has once more come to Germany a magnificent opportu nity to make an end of this fearful war. Even so tre mendous a disaster may not, and probably will not, teach the French people that Germany cell wring Alsace and Lorraine from their reluctant grasp. But the blow at least breaks the monotony of events with fearful emphasis, forms a new starting ground for the contest, and enables Count Bismarck to enter upon peace negotiations with a prospect of success presented at no previous stage of the war. Peace may lie within his grasp, if only he acts with his wonted knowledge of human nature and skill; or peace may be postponed for weeks, and even for months, if he address France in the words of an uncompromising dictator. On the one hand, he may harshly announce to M. Thiers or M. Jules Fevre that Germany will not abate one jot of her pretensions ; that she will not trouble herself to negotiate unless the diplomatists of France declare beforehand their readiness to cede Alsace and Lorraine ; and that submission must be as complete as the capitulation of Sedan and Metz. If Count Bismarck should address such words to the French envoys, the war may be waged with desperation throughout the months of winter. What Prussia demands is peace and the guarantee of peace. Well, to her and to Europe the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine will certainly bring war. France will not believe that these provinces are hopelessly lost, until she has made another gigantic effort to wrest them from Germany. The dignity of a religious mandate will be given to the precept, that she must drill, arm, and educate herself for an hour of extreme revenge; and so surely as night follows day, the present war will only be the forerunner of another, waged by France after vastly greater preparation and with indefi nitely greater skill. Whether the possession of Alsace and Lorraine would compensate the Fatherland for the losses which must be sustained in preparing for such a contest and in carrying on the combat, is another question which we submit to intelligent Germans. Meanwhile, the one word that must be addressed to the belligerents is, "Take counsel together." The summoning of a Constituent Assembly must precede the negotiations for peace. The Daily News, referring to the event, says the pre sent moment is a singularly opportune one for a serious effort to negotiate. The loss of Metz is a sufficient excuse for an advance on the side of France, and its gain is a sufficient reason for a response on the part of Germany. If France will say she needs peace there is everything to induce Germany to reply that she wants peace. M. Thiers is said to be prepared with that admis sion, and perhaps when Bazaine's capitulation is believed both at Tours and Paris, it may have some effect in preparing the French Government for such an admis sion. The one thing needful is for France to know her own position. So logical and acute a people as the French are sure to make their expectations correspond to the facts when they know the facts. Rightly or wronly, Germany has resolved on some territorial compensa tion for the war; and it is useless for France to stop all negotiations by. declaring such compensation to be impossible when the enemy actually holds the territory with overwhelming and irresistible strength. Germany may hold Metz against the consent of 1 ranee, but she might possibly be induced to yield it up for, the sake of French acquiescence m some smaller concession. For France to refuse to negotiate is simply to give up all that there is to negotiate about. While France is protesting that she will never yield territory, the territory is gone ; while she is refusmg to give up a stone of a fortress, the for tresses themselves, with all their vast material, their elaborate armaments, and their brave garrisons, are passing into the enemy's hands. Even the money indemnity, which a treaty might concede, is already being paid in the shape of ruinous exactions levied on towns and cities by flying corps of the enemy. To refuse to recognise these facts is not patriotism, it is infatuation. YOST-CARDS IN LiERmANY.-I'he Germans nave their post-cards as well as we, and abuse the new insti tution in about the same manner. At Dresden a gentle man received a card conveying the following message : " I have lost my purse yesterday at the Elbe Baths, with three Napoleons in it. I dropped it close to the water. mark, where it must lie still. As you are a good diver pray go a bathing with me this evening at six." The gentleman kept the appointment, and was surprised to see two or three postmen go into the baths just before him. On the platform his astonishment increased,' for irs' spite of the unusual hour there were numbers of Pose, office clerks there. They took uncommonly long dives. Thii writer of the card was sitting at a little diatance'enjoyinif .the Eight:, ticau him party Ger- Pope Yered d the to 7eeks arder a put COOl bong and r 4l in ether ulti prO- , ne of llow 'moo otect f his is no State been work cents Os to lod's rime s In sh, that [, has her irden own 'own BPS. 4' whip • and were they ected f the 1 no bs an and Idon you id at - On who )uld dee- gan ion. Y, a rich ly a oa, ,ely )rs'