The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-10 00:00:00

ITEMS OF THE WAR.

Three thousand women and children have been allowei to
leave Strasburg.
The Ind,pcozdaoter &Igo states that the number of French-
men in Belgium amounts to 14,500.
The Lib ',le an that Prince Yap°leen bad requested
to be allowed to leave Eorence and to return to inane, but
that the Emperor had objected.
Mr. Chapman, the bnyer for Messrs. Ilainbrlige and Co.,
the ems irice drapers hi Newcastle ,on-Tyne, who had been
arrested while making his purchases In Pais on suspicion of
tieing a spy, WU set at Liberty, end has safely arrived is New-
castle.

On Friday night a large number of Girmans left the port
of Leith in the tiolyrouit screw steamer for Antwerp. and the
Dresden screw steamer for Rotterdam. Several of them had
come from America, and were tine looking young men, of
from :i5 to Su years of age.
According to the Laterle', the Black Forest
,should the war
continue is condemned to destruction. A corps Franc has
undertaken to set tire to the Forest, and it is Loped that It
may be entirely consumed. Koch member of the band is
provided at ith a couple of bottles of petroleum to assist the
speedy combustion of thbi enormous tract of tree+.
" The principal French consolation for the reverses of Mae-
Mahon was the report that the King of Prussia haw gone
mad, and been sent to Li rlin under restraint. Hawkers of
obscure prints at one sous. which never have atis thing but
stile and falie news, have made a pretty penny by cryi,a Ia
the streets with the authorisation of the police: Voila la
&rule re hourelle la Alit du fbi de Prteere."—Daily Area
Paris correspondent.
The Neer Prets,ian Gazette says that King William, at the
battle of Oravelotte, on the ISth August, tad gone a loug
way into the enemy's lire, and was only indueed by General
you Roots to retire titer the horse of Marshal Count Per-
percher, who was at the side of the Kier, was killed by the
fragnient of a Melt, which had prtviouily wounded Major
Buddenhocki !lettered°, f 1,. the hand.

At Spicheren, a German moldier was Inn wood slso hell by
the French tirivlleurs, and kept pi $ lug hi, needh• gun opts
his shoulder and liringivg it it nvii spun with oat finerg. An
thor stancing by izot inipittevt, and eit-lainual, •• Shove,
sea stupid, don's stand there all day." "No, no," auswertil
the soldier quietly, 'lob hobo iha nicht "—"
added, bringing his r Ile do.. with a loots of delight as
* French skirmisher roiled over with a b..l:st though his
head.

,neral von Deering, who fell In one of the battles before
Metz, leaves In his will, dated the 1910 of July of the present
year, a runt of 2000, thalers (about £OO ti be distributed
among the poor of Paris on the day when the Emperor Na.
poleon shoat he dethroned mid 2,501 timber. to the poor
of Berlin, which they shall receive on the day the Prussians
re-enter Berlin se victors. Which will first remielve their
legacy?
"I will record come other victims of the war who, I be-
lieve. bad ninny &cousin! atIC,I. in Euelnert. Pr(nce Adolphus
von Briithelm.Teekterbmich lihoia fell at Rat enville 'a the
1510 Prince Henry XVII. of Reuss W3ll literally torn to
pieces by a grenade at Mars-Is-roar on the 11.1 th. Prince
E•lni told !hostel!), who accompanied the army es Roman
Catholic chaplain, is miesing."—Correspondent of Th.,: Timms,
The War Minister of Prussia puhlishea special lists of the
Germans wounded during the prestut w. r, witch lists, of
course, are recopied by nio(t papers. 8611 the curiosity of the
people Is naturally so great that most of them do not Walt for
these 'whams. ills staled that there are at present over
50 009 nulicculbera to the original list. whieh number is daily
increasing. But, besides Ito lists thus told, large Munbera
are sent away free by the authorities
All German reports state that the Germans have not had
& holiday iu France, no matter whether in Paris or else-
where, since the first victories of the Teutonic armies.
Front the professor of languages to the joinueyman
all hive been treated, or rather 111-treated, alike. Those
who were merely driven out of France were fortunate in
escaping sound in body, even when they lost all their pro-
perty. Some lean lucky lost their lives, and among these
were three j turneymen tedium at Lyons, who were pitched
Into the Rhone, the master saving himself by jumping out of
the window.

The following story is going the round of the German
pspers, and relates to an innkeeper at Dusseldorf. When
the first batch of prisoners arrived there he persuaded one of
them to escape from the carriage, and succeeded in bringing
the prisoner to Ina Lon. Ile installed hint in one of his
I trgest rooms, and mete it known that a French prisoner
was in his home Crowds flocked to see hint, and the astute
innkeeper diets roaring trade in refreshments. But his good
fortune *as short.lived. The police heard the news, and in-
stituted inquiries which tel to the removal of the prisoner,
and the Incarceration of the innkeeper.
A manifesto of the International Working Men's Associatim
to the Socialist Democracy of Germany is published in the
Paris paper.. It says that as the Prussian Governmeot waged
war against the Emperor and not against the nation, Re
putdimen France invite. Germany to lay down her arms. If
not the war must go on, for the French people will conclude
no peace with an enemy occupying its territery. It Is the
leud of all free peoples, and does not interfere with the
Royal assent of other natl.... " Let Its. theref .te, proelabn
the Hinny, equality, and fraternity of the people," the
manifesto says, in conclusion, "and let us rat the •I•nited
States of Euroi e. Lang the the Universal Republic !"
A correspondent of the Opinions Nationale, writing from
Lebramont on Sept. 3, says that Marshal alaellahon was
seriously seconded by the explosion of a shell which carried
away the hinder part of his horse. The Emperor sent his
sword to the King of Prussia with this message, "Not having
been able towedt death at the head of ley soldiers, abandoned
by fortune, I submit it to the King's discretion." Ihe King
refused to accept the sword, sod desired to see the Emperor
himself. General Marguerette is also rt p 'nett dead, and
General Senller and his horse went b:own to atoms by a
shell.

A curious letter appears In the German.papero,written bye
Dailish merchant hi Copenhagen, win en name we charitably
suppress, and addressed to a German firm, in which the em-
bittered Dane rays that, should there be any truth in the
report of the defeat ot the French by the Germans, he
countermands an order for German gorele previouely given,
because, in that case, he would never again dept in that kind
of wares. hut, en the other hand, should King William,
ilisniarck, and the whole Prussian army be cut to pieces, the
order might be executed at once. The names and addresses
of both parties are given. What a way to get oue's name
Into history !..

nAt Sedan the Prussian guns were as superior In number
As in power In fact, if Mandell MacNl Ann could, lie ought
to have evaded an encounter with such a force, and would
have doueso. but what men call Fate was upon his track.
The Genius of Pru•sh, in the heada,f two men, was, humanly
speaking, irresistible. The Eniperor and his army were
Molten down, fenced In, brought to battle, and overwhelmed
In a vast rule, of which mankind will creak /11111 read as long
as history endures."—Corresvondent of Me Times.

The following is the translation of a letter found crisped
In the hands of a French captain who died on the field of
battle at Wotrth :—" My dear Papa,—Since thou host left,
Ido not cease to think of thee. tarn so sad. not to he able
to see thee, and kiss thee every moving; hut I hope much
that God will preserve thy health, and that thou wilt
return soon to kiss thy daughter. I urn very good, to order
to make up a little to mamma for thy absence. Adieu, best
beloved papa; I embrace thee very tenderly.—Thy daughter,
who loves thee, Marguerite."
According to a private letter which appears in • Berlin
paper (written by a Prussian moldier), the loss of the King's
Guard at the battle of Vtooville has been most terrific. Ife
says they lost more than it third part of their men, and he
cp., as on s.a.e. the lot Regiment, which left upon the
field 1,500 men and 38 officers, including colonel von Roeder.
The King was so shocked at the sight of the shattered bat-
talions of hte favourite regiment that he Collid not remain
upon the field of battle whilst these troops marched past the
stair The tame correspondent states that he had not been
in bed for fourteen days, and that oil had :mitered great pri-
vation ; hut when he wrote on the 'And of August, he was
comfortably housed and had plenty to eat and drink. "(ii
betr and wine,' lie says, "enough and to spare."
"There is • very large and beautiful railway ntat•on at
We isaenburg " ems a correepontiert of the MaNch,ster Ex-
aminer fhroligh this the tight rolled on towards tt.e
Gatsberg. The &stream' causal by title and cannon is
everywhere perceptible yea, there are graves within its
prteittets. On the right of the engine sheds s. tile &eaves
lie sleeping, elite to the mil, over which as we hope, peace-
ful traffic shall ere long take its course. Thu clench rutting
from the charoal pits on the Ilsisturg, where the late severe
rains had partially washe I away the soil, was so horrible,
that I experienced a lit of voluitisg, which Wed a consider-
able time."

The intelligence that the French Emperor and his army at
Sedan had surrendered to the Victorious Prussians cabled
a great sensation at Leith. At the office of the Prussian Con-
sulate a flag was Immediately hoisted, and the Carman
ve eels in the dock. althongh the crews, for the most pert,
have taken their departure for tielr fatherland. merle in like
manner some display. The Gorgon !Mir steamer Sile.sia,
more particularly, was finely detorated, and continues to be
visitel by the public, at a cht.rge of sixpence each, for the
benefit of Prussians who havo been wounded In hattic
The blockade of the Baltic netts has interrupted the Leith
steam trade considerably. htt amers have WINO elsewhere
for cargoes. but vessels I rom otiisl,l,llirbrs have been at rivittg
at art hat feed, ,laara the hvt lee days , betas the 1,19( kad e
in II qostion has not asy et been S evcrely felt by the community
and some uneasittesa appears t, be entertained, should the
war now be terminated, as to the conditions which Prussia
may endeaVOUr to InipoSe on Stance.

—Among the prisoner, now beinge
tald tube fifty Generals.

r theraare-

The Emperor Napoleon crouch the Prussian territory by
the seine railwry, wokh, eighteen months ago, he wished to
buy for tho advantage of his military plans.
Letters received from Mr, Sylney Ilan, the gentleman
acting as artist to the Graphic, who was taken at Nancy by
the Prussians, state thet he has been released.
The Einavrer Napole,m said to a Prusseim officer after
the battle of Moian that it was "to the superiority 4 artil-
lery, not In numbers, hut In weight, range, and preesion,
the rctory was due. It was your artillery won the battle."
In the town hmpital of Franktrrt Is a Prusdan who hat
receive i twelve vh. kinds. Thanks to the careful attention he
has had, he is not only still alive, but in a fair way of
recovery.

The entail Slarstatenzeiger. says that "the moral HMS
governing the Inds-one ensured our victory over French
oepravity and losoleoce. The Swore? the present generation
must not he sacrificed in vain. We require material
guarantees to prevent a recurrence of French forays."
There will be 110 want of sympathy In Eigland for tile
gallant commander of the French army which ha. just
capitalaied at sedan. 11nrehal MacNlahon has !ought liks
a hrave soldier, and, we deeply regret to hear, has Men
seriously mounded.

" Bitter es the present hour msy seem, if the surrender of
Napoleon the Emperor shall prove to menu the lA, once
end for ever, of the Napoleonic principle, the. France will
have sacrificed to the gotta her most cherished connivent, the
gaud of military glory, in good time and not In valti."—Daily
New.

Four days previous to 111•Mahon'e Felecting his final poi-
Men of defence, General blumenthll, putting hie finger on
the map, stl, ' Xl:Mahon is quite lost. There he must
steed and light, and there he must be beaten without a
chance of escape. They are quite lost. I wonder what they
eau mean..

The semt.oltinial Zeidter's Correspondenz says the London
Cabinet. and chase mating common cause with It, commits
fatal mistako in supposing that diplomatic notes will in-
fluence our resolvet as to the conditions of peace. "We will
secure ourselves front future rapacious inroads on the part
ot Franco, and shall curtly deprecate foreign intermeddllng.'
P.S. As 1 end this latter I ',int that 11r. George Augustus
Oslo, who is here as a special correspondent 01 one of your
contemporaries, has been arrested as a Prussian spy, and
been subjected to the moat shocking indignities. lie ia now
rehosed, but ha will have a sad story to tell."—The 2'imee
Correspondent.

If the G derails attech importance to the possession of
mitrailleutes, and that weapon has cost some thousands of
Uncle aoldicra' lives—they should now be In is position to
place the new arm In their lines. They captured eight at
Woerth, eleven at Beaumont, and now they must be in pos-
session of whole batteries of this destructive arm.
On Saturday there were lying in liarwich harbour two
Prussian barks anti one brig, all Ilne vessels and of heavy ton-
nage, which were being vigilantly guarded from escape bye
French cruiser in the offing. Do the Dews 01 the recent Ger-
man victories becoming kilown in the port the Prussian ships
immediately hoLsted all their bunting.
The number of songs, either of a warlike or a patriotic
nature, which have been published in various German news-
papers since the outbreak of the war, numbers, according to
official account., up to August 22, 634. 'lnc first of them up-
neared on the 16th of July, and 401 owe their origin Xi the
North German Confederation, while 143 have been written
by people of the South German States. A collection of all
these songs is in progress, and the work will be sold for the
benefit of patriotic aid societies.
A considerable number of the French Republican exiles in
London, taking advantage of the political amnesty pro-
claimed by the new Republican Governmeut in France, have
• been daily leaving for Paris by the it 'tan N utern It ailway.
. Among those who ere returning are, it is stated, Felix Pyet,
Talandier, Tibalell, aid Flourens. The enthusiasm of the
• French exiles at the prcelamation of the Reeled's) and the
amnesty is very great, anti all whose ciretunst,oces will
allow them to leave London are preparing to do so as soon
an possible.
A deput.tion from Nice has had an Interview with the
Italians Mini/der for Foreign Alf eirs. The deputation de-
elated that the ',habitants of Nice were tired of the 4.
raneical yoke of France, and would bear it no longer, hi
the I ate Comilitlllsi elections got • single Frenchman had
been returned. Ike young men refused to serve in the
Garde Mobile, and daily col elide hetween the military awl
the people were tabling place. All was ready for a general
rising, 1110 lithe Italia. Governmeut would not utter a word
of elmouritgsnient, elf airs would have to take their owe
course. The Minister declined to say anything on the sub-
' ject, and the deputation was to return the same evening.
Napoleon 111. is the seventh breach Sovereign deprived of
his liberty by the fate of battles Louis le I ieloninatre. In
829, was maned by his sons, with his word wife, Judith,
Iris monastery. Ira 846 Charles the Bald was melte prisoner
by the revolted nobles John I. was made c tptive at the
tattle of Poictierr. Hs delivered up his sword tea Belgian
knight, Denis de Morbecque. Louis XI. war forcibly con-
ducted by Charles the BON In the sane of the Burgundian
army, which was wiles to besiege the Ll(geols, the king's
own allies. Francis 1. was ma•ie prisoner at the battle of
Pavia. Like King John, he gave lip his sword to a Belgian,
count de Lannoy, Viceroy Cl Naples. Lastiy, Napoleon I.
sitrreadered twice, in 1814 and 1516.
A numeronsly attended public meetng was held at Stutt-
earth on Saturday evening, and the following resoluth n was
unanimously adopted The German people reject any
attempt at mediation or intervention on the part of the
neutral Powers in negotiations for the coucluslon of peace.
! The restoration of Alsace sand I. irradne is for the German
Empire the only possible guarantee realest French ambition,
and the national reward of inn nstional struggle and victory.
With the adhesion of the South German States arid the re•
complest of the long-lost German provinces the North Ger-
man Confeleration mast be converted into a German Fede-
ral State. One single people, One army. one Parliament,
one German national system, are for Germany and for
Europe pledges of a sure and lastuig peace."
A correspandent, escaped freer Sedan, writes that when all
we lust the Emperor ordered the white ling to be hoisted,
end an hour afterwards sent his sword to Klee William.
Itememberiug Jena, his implacable adversary sent tack the
sword as Natoleon I. did formerly to the King of Prussia,
wishing to seize the man in his double claws. The Emteror
hail one hour to comply, or Sedan would be burned. "sine
cannot 1111 CUSS matters with a sword," said Kieg William to
those who broesht him Bonsparte's sword, •• With the men
one can talk I desire to tails." Anti Napoleon 111. complied
with the Invitation of William. Ills escort was composed of
white cuirais•ters,atel he was presented liy Bismarck and Von
'on. It Is said the Demi., was very calie, and until the
mon:ant of the interview :molted a cigarette.

The Medical ',tem understands that there iso great lack In
the French and Prussian hospitals of refreshiug and nutri-
tious beverages ft er the parched soldier, thirsty with the heat
of fever from his *mink We sugeest (says ear medic:el
contemporar3) to those la 'Ls anti philanthropic gentlemen
at home interested In sendiug out lint and chloroform, to
Porto d a supply of barley and concentrated solution of
milk; for we learn great numbers of the Wounded soldiers
have succombed to diarrttes. no doubt indeeed by the acid
drink which they cen:ume, that may for a time appease their
thirst, but never nourishes them, and terminaes in a re-
laxation of the bowels, which is invariably fatal. We recom-
mend this important subject to the consideration of thoee
interested and acting at home through pure humanity.
Bart: y for ruaher!.; drinks is much needed, and we know no
better articles than it, as the b trley-water cell be prepared
secant:l.g to taste with a little lemon j'alce.
On the receipt on Saturday morning at Soutlompton of the
areas of the surrender of the Emperor Nap,leon and the
cop toldien of 31,c Mahon's army, the steamers of the North
GerGit.li Lloyd and other German vessels lying in dock and
barn ur here were :tressed out in II gs from stem to slam
In the evening parties of Germans, many at whom have been
expelled from France and arrived here from Havre, paroled
the streets in groups, ehmittg patriotic airs. The South-West-
ern Compail's steamers sore daily bringieg over from Havre
Creeds of the refugees, some expelled under the decree of
General fruchu and others voluntarily flying for refuge to
EtuTled Among the ierrivals on Saturday morning the case
if ante hvoily attracted sonie attention, the mother, accom-
panied by some half-dozen young children, stating that her
husband had been a respectable workmsn In a factory in
Paris, where they hail been located for 20 years, and now by
the comae of events he was eirtven away front his employ-
ment, and the whole family thrown destitute up in what to
them is foreign soil. This is hats sampl, of the manv la-
mentable narrations daily disclosed as steamer alter steamer
arrived with its refugee freight

The news of the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon
created immense excitement at Liverpool on Saturday. At
first the bare telegram, without date or locality was
received with incredulity, but when the official report
from the King of Prussia was pentad, the cotton
market at once became exceedingly animated, and prices
advanced fully id. a pound, speculators cmirg in while
the spinners were &dating as to the truthfulness of
the new.. The sales, though officially declared at 15,0u0
bales, worn amorally supposed to exceed that amount. and
though Ilia market closed a trifle easier, the advance of the
morning did not quotably rectde. On the ba oh Exchange,
prices advanced a, a bound fully 1 per cent , and the market
—nshally quiet on a Saturday —wu exceedingly anirsiated.
Crowds surrounded the telegraph pillars in the news rooms
up to a late hour, and the lieronan. (who ore very numerous
and Ii fluentlal In Liverpool) were exceedingly jubllaut, and
the newspapers were in grearer demand than ever, even the
London morning pipers, *filch did not contain the news
of the capttidatiou,l,lng er g.vly purctased, in many cases at
fully 100 per cent. of the regular sale price.

THE SURRENDER OF NAPOLEON.
The Tinus' Correspondent thne deFeribea the our.
render of Napoleon to the King of Priosia
The Emperor could not oppose counsels dictated by obvious
prudence, nor could he encourage the despair of brave men.
A white litg was called for, bet none was forthcoming. A
Lancer's flag was raised aloft. General Lauriston stood upon
the hAtlenents and waved it, while a trumpeter se mated,
but in that infernal din neither sight nor sound attracted
the besiegers, and it was oily when the gate was opened,
alter attempts in winch °Mem and men were killed and
wounded, that the Prussian, recognised the first omen
of their stupendous victory. The tiring suddenly ceased after
the discharge of a tow dropping shots, and then, as
all along the bloodstained hills and valle)s in which
the smoke of battle had bean hmaing the news, or rather
the instinct, prevailed that the enemy had asked for terms,
there rose, I am told, cheers such an only can be given by a
triumphant so,ldler.y., Shakos, thousands of helmets and

saps, thousands of bayonets and sabres tole in the air.
What an additional pang of agony that Tenet have been to
the wounded French, who felt that they had given their
blood in vain, while the '1.0.M.§ beside them, maimed m
they were, tried to swell st,th their feeble voices the chorus
of joy An officer related to me that he Pam a huge Prus-
sian who hail been lying with his hand to his side In mortal
agony rise tuddenly to his feet as he comprehended the
regari of the ringing voices, utter a Mud hurrah, wave his
hands on high, and then, as the blood rushed from his wound,
fall dead across a Frenchman.
The officer who came out eventually and met General
Moltke In it tneultation was, I believe, General Kettle, who
was the officer in attendance on the King when he was at
Compeigne. lie woe the hearer of an autograph letter from
the Kmperor addreseed to ills Majesty, and written in uo
agitated hand You already Ivo, the terms i—o Mom
Fr.'re,—..l"reooid poet to. trip its Mfe de man aruioe,Je de.
eipe au pied de were Major," This letter was
immedi itely addremed to the King, who, with Count lib,.
nrar.ik, General Moltke, and his Staff, was looking down from
a height :shove Wadelincourt on the extinction of an
Empire. Ills alajesty'm answer was courteous and thou,
and meantime Gmeral Wlmplfen was Informed the, the
terms , Keret to the army was the surrender of the whole
force, gem, horses, anti material, to the Prussians.
I do hot kuow whether the officers were then exempted from
general eurrender, but, any way, the French commander de-
clared he would sooner perish In the field than sign such a
dicersct f ul capitulation; arid so the sun went down in the
went, lighting the path of the Kina to Vondteste, through
, the most eathueia tic ovation from al the soldiery along the
• road ninth of the Mem, The Grown Prince received a not
less joyous reception as he proceeded bark to Chlmery. It
was known that the &mirror bad absolutely surrendered,
and that the army was seout to capitulate. As a German
soldier expiested it, "Kois.rPoplin; armee eapil,dirt"
The West in the mean little villoge in which the Prince
lodect prem toil nit extmordinary spectacle. It was lined
by soldiers holding light-el candle., which did not flicker in
the quiet air. it was almost a disappointment to them when
Ike (Crown Prince came unatteraied by the Emperor.
Arid what a people these good French are to govern !
The cottagers feigned to partake of toe joy at the over-
throw of their Imperial master. They stuck lights in the
window. My host, an old soldier of Attica In Leule
Philippe's time, who had often douhtlees shouted " nee
l'Empereur." too, begged at me to loud limn a second candle
' to put In his window, for, said he, "Vets sera Aga digne."
It was We when the Crown Prince sot down to dinher, and
for the flat time fiuriug the eampabro a toast was proposed
• by his Royal Iligoness, "The King .d the Army." It was
drink in champagne —also on innovation et the Royal
table—which was intended for the Emperor Napoleon, and
was captured wit bother stores by a Pll.ll/111,11 IThigoon regi•
meet, awl presented to the Crown Prince. Although the
army it. genera believed that peace was now to awed,
those around the Prince's table discussed the question
with leas /acuity ef (ho remit. The hesitation
to sign the connotation 1114 not signify 1111U1111, for
the a nYht'S mfloctitio, strengt•hencd nod matured by
eight ciliae prepsraiions for msintalnieti of wive,:
remained , f the rreheli ariny by force, weilld, it wen felt,
render a positive refund rait of the question. The French
efficers at the parley had admitted that the demoralization of
the troops was complete. They were apprehensive even that
the Prusslaus who might return with the Answer to the knn•

at, a—i-d-One-Orthem 'appWist -a
-
coarse expression to his own men, said, "11 tire cur none,
leure ogiciers." Orders were sent to the various corps to close
up round the town, and when the watch tires were alight
Sedan seemed • black spot in a broad belt of live, which •
lighted up the heaven.. What a night it must have been for
the wounded cannot he imagleed by those who have not seen
how great are the se fferings which kind nature, however,
appeases, generally as time wears on, and life ebbs away.
At ten o'clock the town wa. to be bombarded,
French army around it to be shelled, unless the capitulations
were signed. It is stated that the scene Inside the walls and
out was, to use a strong txpressiou, Heil Mete loose."
When the Emperor, who passed weary hours, looked out
in the early morning he beheld a forest of steel and iron oil
valley and hilltop, batteries posted on every eminence,
cavalry in all the plains as for as his eye could reach the
boat. of embattled I I moans. Ills decision sae taken at last.'
Ito would see tile King, and seek to obtain from ram tome
mitigation of tho terms. Attended by a few of his Staff on
horseback, his Majesty proceeded along the road from Sedan
In a brougham.
Count Bismarck was in bed In his quarter. In Danchel7
When an o nicer rushed In and announced that the Emperor
was conlitig to meet hint and to see the King. Count Bis.
march rose, dressed hastily—you may he sure in the white
peaked cap, with yellow baud. dark Uniform coat with metal
buttons and yellow facings—and hastened off to meet the
Emperor. lie was just in time to stop the Cortege outside
the town. 1 was away en the field, and therefore cannot, of
nip nets personal knowledge, Mate what occurred. As his
Majesty alighted f hear count Bismarck uncovered his
head, and stood with his cap in his hand, and on. sign or re-
quest from the En peror to put it on the Count replied, "Sire,
I receive your Majesty as I wculd my own royal master."
There happened to be near the place where the tuterview oc-
curred, a few hundred yards outside the squalid town of
Ponchery, the humble cottage of a haudloom weaver,
of whom there are numbers around Sedan. Count
Bismerck led the way, and entered it. The room was not
inviting. The great Count walked upstairs, and found that
the apartment was Oiled by the haialloom mil appliances of
the weaver, so he descended, and found the Emperor sitting
on a stone outside. Two chairs were brought rut of the
cottege. The Emperor sat down in MO outside the cottage,
Count Bismarck took the other and placed it on his Majesty's
left-hand side. Tee officers in attendance on their fallen
rumter lay down some distatioe away upon a small plot of .
Scala in front of the cottage. The couversation was a strange
one, and as Count Bismarck has repeated it freely, or this
principal points of it, MI doubt it will aeon be known and
remain for ever as historic. The great points to be gained
was peace, but, as far as his imperial Majesty was con-
cerned, no assurance of it could he obtained by
Count Bismarck The Emperor stated that he had no
power. lie could not negotiate a peace ;ho could nut give
orders to the army, nor to Marsh.! Bassein ; the Empress
was Regent of France, and on her and her Ministers must
devolve negotiations. So Count Bismarck thereupon remarkeu
that it was if no avail to hold any further conversation on
political matters with Ilk Majesty, and that it would be of
no use to see the King. The Emperor desired to are the Klee
in person, bat Could Bismarck declared that it was not pos-
sible to accede to ills Majesty's wishes" until the c ipitula!lon
had been signed " •• Thou, an the conversation was becoming
rather dangerous, and as the situation was becoming difficult
on both sides, we ended it." the interview terminated. Count
Bismarck went to see the King. The Emper ,r withdrew to con-
sult les otlieen. It was a stupendous mement. The garrison
of Orion Nes f ileum at the bies of capitulation. But there,
in grim bleek lines, on every bluff and knoll, MI every ridge
above the Meuse, on all the heights around, were drawn up
the batteries which would rain a hail of lire on the devoted
town. Susie 000 guns would burst into a sheet of irou against
every house. 'inc town, with a few old guos on the walls,
with the French Said artillery utterly crushesl, completely
commanded from three sides, could otter no resistance. The
troops outside would have simply been turned into a mall!! of
shattered bones slid torn flesh tei such a &lambing aa history
has never recorded in its rage of horrors.
ISegotiatt.ns m to terms went on, and at last the modifi-
cations which the French urged as to the officers side arms
and parole were agreed to. At 11 30 the copitulatloos were
signed, as agreed upon by General Wimplf en and General
von Slobtke, and I believe Count Bismarck took pars in the
deliberations ,—The garrison and army of Sedan to surrender
as ensoners of war, to be sent into Germany ; the efficers
to be lit:mated on parole that they would toot serve against
the King of Prussia in case the war goes ott; all horsee,
guns, and munitions of war to be given up. The Emperor's
detention in Oermauy was understood to be • part of the
stipulation.
When all this had been arranged the King of Prussia met
the Emperor as his prisoner on a wooded knelt slopttig down
to the Meuse. A ahurt way outside Sedan, and separated
trent it by the river, stands a pretty country home wilt ln
imitation of an old eh teas, hut perfectly new, and provided
with glass comervatoriee at the metes. It connuands a
besutiftil view of the valley and town, and is surrounded by
a pleasure ground and a small plantation, secluded from the
road. About two o'clock the King, with his buily
guard and an escort of cuirassiers, attended by the
Crown Prince and a Staff of general °niters, proceeded
to this chateau, which was charmioely I urniseed, and
received the Emperor, who came with his personal
followers and Staff In charge under escort, which
was ranged on the oi her aide of the Avenue facing the cuiras-
siers. The King and his captive retired into the glass house
off our of the saloons on the drawing room Moor, end they
could be seen by the Staff outaide engaged In earnest dia-
logue. After the interview with the King the Emperor had
a few momenta' conversation widi the Crown Prince, its
which he was much agitated when alludiug to the manner
of the K tog. Ilis great anxiety seemed to he not to be ex-
hibited to his iwit soldiers. the result was, however, that
Iris Majesty, wishing to avoid um mischief, wt s exposed to a
great humiliation, or his course had to he altered to avoid
Seim, and thus he had to pass through the lines of the
inalan Army.
ih,NCTIERY. Sept. 3, a.m.

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The Emperor of France. a prisoner id war, has just passed
below my window through the m +ln street of lettichery. It
is raining in torrents. snit • column of Wurtemburg troops
comirg in the oppotite dirt elite blocks up the way a little
The eorteer is preceded by a troop of Black Busters in lull
uniform n aucimict shed. Then came • brougham with the
Emperor. He wore e kepi and the undress uniform of a
Lieut.-Gen...11, with the star of the Legtou of Honour on Ms
meant. His twee looked exceedingly worn—dark Hues under
his eyes, which were observant of what was passing around,
for he saluted an Englishman who ran out to see him, and
who raised his hat. By his sh'e sat a French officer, I think
Achile Murat but who could look at any one t lit the one
man. and it was only a glance any person with goal feeling
would care to I.i ve at tacit a moment even to him? 'Mahone',
ail uneonscious of the fallen eatate of their master, were
worthy of the Imperial stanle.. rhe two postilions were
as smaet. ae if they were In this Bala or en root. for St. Clout
on • wet day. They awl the two who eat behind wore long
waterproof cloaks, glazed hats, aod the Imperial cockade.
As the brougham was stopped for a moment my confer
caught a sight of his NI njesty's face. "What a change." lie
eme !ewe allowit ghr Inc tame of years!, "since the Prince
Napoleon lodged in my house in Loudest before he went to
live to King street!" Ile hail hie hand to his moustache,
which had the ivelbknown pointed and waxed ends, but there
was no nervous twitching visible, and the emotion which
shook him torn moment when hewn. speaking to the 'Town
Prince yesterday of the kind manner of the King had
passed away. Then he brushed the tears from his eyes with
the gloves he had in ore hand, and was overcome for several
seconds. After the brougham cams a ehar,i-banc, with
Normandy parcherons, tilled with French ami Prussian
officers together, mostly cloaked, with hoods drawn over
kepis and caps. Among the latter were General Etyen and
Prince of Omar., who ura up:minted to wait upon Ms
Majesty. Some ten or eleven Imperial carriages, char.ii-
banes, foci-gone, with superb horses, filled with officers, fol-
lowed, the,. some French officers on horst back, and after a
long strung of saddle and reiif,rt hones, ridden by grooms.
Odor so in number, the rear being closed by a troop of the
mune Black Hone. I shall leave it to other. to moralise on
the spectacle.
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Ishall not any a word about fallen greatness. Esery one
will be ready with the trite raying " No one cried 'Grid
bless him V" The French men and women who stood out in
the rain certainly did not reidure to show any sympathy or
sorrow, if they felt any. The only sound was the trance of
lno.ses awl the inopportune llugling of the bells of the char-
d bane horses ; bat now end then a chorus was sung by the
Wtirtemburgers trudging through the mud, celebrating the
victory in which, so far as they are concerned, they had,
they douhtis as regret, little to do The Emperor is on his way
to Wilnelmrhohe, in Cassel—Schloss Napoleon, some ray it
has lieen called; and, as he expressed swish not to be shown
to his soldiers, the Prussian Government applied to the
Belgian authorities for permission to pass him through their
frontier with his guard and escort. As both cmiitries agree,
there seems no moon to ohjrct to the proposal ; hut unless
liaiNvs has snrreintered, it is not easy to understand now
the Emperor can get on the road he has taken to the Belgian
frontier, as 3.l6xiiires is right on the hue of march.