The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-24 00:00:00

NEWRY ELECTION.

The nomination of a fit and proper candidate for the
representation of Newry in Parliament took place on
'Monday. Viscount Newry was the only candidate brought
forward. He was proposed by Mr. William Henry, and
seconded by Mr. John O'Hagan, chairman of the Town
Commissioners. There being no opposition, the chairman
declared his lordship duly elected. The proceedings lasted
but twenty minutes.
Lord Newry was elected member of Parliament for
the borough of Newry yesterday, vacant by the death of
Mr. Kirk. His lordship came forward as an indepen-
d?nt candidate, desirous to promote the welfare of
Newry. The Liberals having agreed not to oppose his
Lordship, there was no contest. There was a respectable
and orderly assembly in the Court House
this morning where the writ was read by
the Sheriff. His Lordship was proposed by
Mr. William Henry, a Protestant Conservative,
who paid a tribute to the character of the late member,
and said he hoped this day would be the precursor of
many years of harmony between Lord Newry and his fel-
low-townsmen. Mr. J. J. O'Hagan, a Liberal and Catholic,
seconded the nomination. He said that Lord Newry had
held an interview with the Liberals ; and they believed
he was the right man in the right place, no sacrifice of
principles having taken place in adopting his lordship
as a candidate. Lord Newry returned thanks amidst
great applause. He said he would endeavour faithfully to
discharge his duty, free as he was to vote, for any measure
he thought to be the best. Anything that would pro-
mote the prosperity of Newry would have his
hearty co-operetion. He hoped the harmony
and unanimity manifested to-day would continue ;
and that Newry would become what it deserved
from its national position.' His loadship having re-
turned thanks to his proposer and seconder, a vote of
thanks to the sheriff concluded the election.

WRECK OF A BRIG.
On Monday morning a brig named the Maize, of
London, ran ashore at the south side of South Shields
pier. The weather at the time was clear, with a slight
breeze from the south-east. Signal guns were fired, and
the crew of six, with the Captain, named Erskine, were
saved with little difficulty by lines and the
lifeboat. The Maize is irreparably damaged, her
bottom being completely smashed. She was in ballast
from London to South Shields, and it is supposed that
the captain had mistaken the South Pier for that of the
north side of the river. The effects of the crew and the
gearing have been saved. The Maize is about 250 tons
and is said-to be insured.

A CREW SAVED BY A LIFEBOAT.
About nine o'clock on Monday morning, the brig William
Marsh, Captain Kidd, of Whiteby, from Shields to Dun-

kirk with coals, struck on Corton Sand- while proceeding
through the Gat, she having previously struck on a sunken
wreck. She commenced breaking up very rapidly, and
the Gorleston lifeboat immediately put off to her, and suc-
ceeded in saving the crew, eight in number, who, however,
lost everything they had on board. Soon after the lifeboat
left the vessel she went to pieces.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1871

THE LATE SORTIE FROSI PARIS.

Writing on January 20, the special correspondent of
the Standard thus describes the sortie from the west of
Paris : On the evening of Wednesday, the 18th, General
Trochu left the Louvre for the citadel of Mont Valerien,
from which, as central point, the coming operations were
to be directed by him in person. They were to be•en-
entrusted to three different corps d'arm4e, under the
commands respectively of Genefals Vinoy; Belletnare,
and Ducrot, all of whom stopped at Mont
lerien, and were closeted with the governor the
night before the action. To Vinoy, a capable officer, was
confided the conduct of the attack on the left, which was
to be directed on Montretout from the vicinage of the
Versailles Railway ; to Bellemare that on the centre
starting from Courbevoie to the right rear of Mont
Valerien, as seen from Paris ; and to Ducrot that on
the right, towards Rueil. Upwards of 100,000 troops,
embracing the three sections of the service (Regulars,
Mobiles, and National Guard), aided by a strong
artillery (300 guns), were comprised in the three corps
d'arm6e. The line of front did not extend, as will be seen
by reference to the map, quite four English miles across.
The task of bringing together and handling such a large
force, most of them novices, in such a narrow compass as
this was difficult and delicate; the concentration was not
effected without immense trouble and some blundering,
and to make things worse the night was obscure,
and tae morning of the 19th darkened by a
curtain of thick fog, almost Thames fog, in its
clayey hue and consistence. The advance had
been arranged to commence at six, but owing to unavoid-
able delays from this cause, and the unexpected opposi-
tion to the march of the column of the right, it was re-
tarded for several hours later. This was not the only
piece of miserable mismanagement that marred General
Trochu's plan. The men of the National Guard were
kept under arms for eight hours—from two a.m. to tea
p.m., when the action really began—their packs on their
backs, and four days' provisions to boot. The line, too,
looked haggard and worn-out with fatigue as' they
were ordered to the attack, and marched without
the briskness of step that speaks confidence. Their
officers—a finer body of officers never stood—kept them
to their work, in many cases had to do it with cocked
revolvers. Vinoy's men pushed •on from behind Mont
Valerien by the road parallel to the Seine, keeping by the
right of the brickyard marked on the staff map, and
and hidden for a space by the hillock of La Fouilleuse.
The column of assault consisted of the Zouaves, the
136th of the Line, and several battalions of the
National Guard, notably the 107th. They seemed
to get into possession of the height of Montretout
without difficulty. The Prussians, taken unawares,
fought stubbornly, but were overpowered by numbers in
a hand-to-hand conflict. Here Rochebrune, of the 19th
Regiment de Paris, found his death. Rochebruue, the
chief of the Zouaves de la Mort in Poland, was slain by a
Polish bullet, for Montretont was defended by Posen sol•
diers. From Montretout the French descended to St.
Cloud, and scoured the village, taking care to root the
enemy out of the cellars. They had profited by the lesson
of Villa Evrazd. Skirmishers went forward and cracked at
the retreating foemen who had sought their favourite
shelter of the woods; While the left was thus successful,
the centre marched down the slope of Mont Valerien to
the attack of the Chateau of Buzenval, and the height of
La Bergerie in its rear. The first obstacle met with was
the farm of La Fouilleuse, to the west of the brick-yard.
The French advance was met by a withering fire of
small arms, and twice the columns had to fall back.
A third time they rushed ahead at the bayonet
point, and carried the position with a cheer. The National
Guards were magnificent here, full of clan. But the
worst was to come. This portion of the centre (the le

wing) moved on to the high cross-roads between La Bouil-
leuse and St. Cloud at the foot of a hill (112 on the staff
map), where it had been instructed to form a junction
with the left front. But this position was carried by
the bayonet too with true fureur. Francais, while
Bellemare's right entered the grounds of the Chateau
of Buzenval, ascended— the eminence of La Bergerie,
and spread itself over the dangled and broken front of
vineyards, plantations, and gardens, stretching to its
right towards Celle St. Cloud by the lakelet known as St.
Cucuplia. Line of battle was no longer preserved ;it
was a series of isolated struggles, men fought on their
own hook, lost sight of their officers, or were lost sight of
by them, and the file-firing was tremendous. Of course,
most of it was useless. The enthusiastic but un-
trained heads in front blazed away at the trees ;
they were shot down in heaps by the impassive Prussians,
safe behind their trenches, and, in instances, were wounded
from behind by lines of their own skirmishers too much
to the rear. What was Ducrot doing all this time?
His troops were on fool-. at three a.m., but had to
march from St. Denis round the arc of a circle
in the dark. The road by which they had to
pass, that by Nanterre and Rueil, was swept
by a Prussian battery at the Quarries of St.
Denis as with a lesom. They could not face the fire ;
the field artillery was ineffective to check it, and their
passage was only finally secured by a cuirassed locomo-
tive that the Governor had sent on by the St. Ger-