The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-17 00:00:00

THE INTERVIEW AT SEDAN.

If =Lie, Fel/ 12
To a Tong report to the IClnr, which 13 pahlfal.ed In the
sfaarenvider, Count Bismarck rt3e the IK npuror
nfipeleon, In the Wert few at Sedan, chi.lly elnleavotwe I
to &naffs Wearable terms for hie army, proposiog to
let the troops erwe Into Belgium to he aisarrced.
Thts was not acceded to. Napoleon de dined as •
prisoner, to treat for peace, dephwed the m.afortunes
of the wr, and declared that he himself had nut
desired war, bet that, the prewar° of pubic oploton
In France lu.d foreol him into it. The rt floral p lit:cll
It .tfou ass not gleamed. The called of Of nerd de
Whopffen is d other French generals teas highly pral.ed.
tfmtral de Whopfrnf, to a totter to Cl sot tf atke, sx•
premed thanks for the consideration which had been thereto
to him to the Wats ox zurrender.

OCCUPATION OB' 'PRE PAPAL TERRITORY
BY ITIL/ N TROOPS.
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FLoßucr, Sept. n (Eventhg).
The (Vela! 01tOtte announeei thtt, oa the proposition of
ablution of Mintitttrs, Ktug govs orders to the ray al
troops this morning to enter the Pop' u territ try.

%toot Vl.lcattt Vomits, the Italian Minister of Foreign
Attire, Me addressed a circolar to the representatives
of Italy abroad, dated the 7th inst. This SOMMellt
/111 i the h.stiortio. s gtvco by the Preeldent of the
C' ,uneq to the Pao de Sin Slertqlo e.tothPkh the neces-
sity of the Italian troops oecnpymg thom points of
the R 'man t.rntery which my require their prectnce
irdtr tot mare the icvl lability of the Lalisu soil suit the
security of the Rely See. no troops will le ire the populn
Sloes at Manly to carry on their own public administration,
and will take no part in any act that might prejudge any
political or eceledaotical question whatever. The Itelian
Government, mot elver, declares itself ready to come to an
uod,,r.r.oilug with the foreign Powers upon the aflame'
Incite for tll3 sovereign Independence of the Roman Posnif,
unit exprelses • hope that his Holiness will accept the con-
servative and tutelary action of Italy for his own sake and
for that of the It9matt people.

- FLIRT:Reg, Sept. 12 ,Fvenirg '
The brio le Savors, pm lug through rapal territory, mot
lelth an ehtt.ru'attic reception at A preno.
. . .

General Bisio's camp litst nldl,t a Monieflascone, the
garrison of the piaes having irithstrawn sittl.ut striking a
blow.

Italien troops occupy the town of Bagnorea, when 2)
%Inures ancluM:ere surrendered.

The Italian troops are marching frrigspl. The Papal
troops hare est the rtly bct Nam eccmano and Fro.

'General C !dorm be toned a proclamation, adtt.eeeed to
the Gomm% assuring them that he do's not bring war, but
peace zuld enter, amd will leave the administration to them.
Ile seta t—" The 11:03pm:donee of the 11°17 bee will not be
violated."

At Messina. ClO3llll, act' other town., enthurbste &moor
r 4. ben boy., taken plice, the peol,l thoutiog everysh re
" Vica 11 Rd."

h 3 Cornnan!er f (ho Papal forsee has been arrested be•
csruse he ref oast% to fight.

Seyeral other CoMMIII,O3 are tal:ng part In the twurro:
tioa.

ROME, Eept.
Ale (Pied (r,rnale di Ron In publishes nn extract from
the lot or adilre.sed by Klog Vt, tor Emmanuel to the Itme,
ape n 4 the to:towing remark : —'ii re,iold be hatless to
add tl,,t the Pepe ban dell meg igalust all the propoiltlota
of Klng Victor Emmet:m:l."
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8p.13.
The Pope, who wle 0 hsve Fyne to Malts ou I,ard an
,nhah vessel, dee:dad yesterlay to remain at the Vs' lean
Els 11,1inms has railed toge'hcr (ho Inend,ore of the
Diplom Ohs Body in order to protert before them ardoct the
eatry of It. Dalian troops, who aro now within a few mlim of
Rome.

THE EXPLOSION AT L kON.
BERLIN, Sept. I.
Queen Augusta has re,eired the following telegram
from the King of Prumia

RHEIMS, Sept. 11, 10 p m.

Sail news from Loon, where, after the copltulatlon und
the entry of our troops, the citadel blew op. Fifty f our
men and 301) of the Caries Mobiles were killed and many
wounded.

The Dnke William of IfecklenburOchwerla la among

-17Will'estionali'y the disaster Is to be attributed to
treachery."

(GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.)

Rum3o, Sept. 13.
The following is the official report of the explo3ion
at Laon

"The town of Loon surrendered on the 9th inst. to the
Sixth Cavalry Dirt.ion. After the conclusion of the capitul.
lion, the 4th company of the fourth rifle battalion occupied
the citadel. As the last mau of the Mobile Guards left the
citaCel, the enemy. In contravention of the capitniatiou,
blew up the p3wder magazine. causing great destruction both
in the town and fortress. Duke William of Mecklenburg-
Sahwerin was bruised, and 93 ripmen and 300 Moble Guards
were either killed or wounded."

RFsSIAN PRRPARATIONA FOR WAR.
Tre Colo!me Gaulle pn'alishes the following :
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"St. Petersturg, Sept. T.
t' Military prEparations Ere, indeed (Wetly, but with un-
dlminishrd zeal, urged on. A nismt.er of horses for the
completion of the artillery brigades are already gurchseed,
and with a merchant a contr.c: esista ml account Cf tte
delivery of 20 OW t•ti de of lead. There are also ordered at
ire manufgnory of Nobel b. 09 mitraillensee, which must be
delivered on the Ist of October this yore. Erlry brigade of
infantry is to have six mitraillerises. Also els parks of field
telegraphs are to be constrn :tcd. At the art 111: y lab,ratnry
there have been since the 13th of August, by day and Med
working, e 30,000 cartridges daily manufactured and delivered
to the ammunition magazines."