The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-19 00:00:00

THE BATTLE OF TUESDAY.

On Tuesday last, says the Daily News, the 'French
fought, against their will, the great battle of the cam-
paign—and lost it. That is the eventful news of the day,
which comes as certainly out of the despatches of
Marshal Bazaine as out of those transmitted
from the Headquarters of the Prussians. The
result is at best, viewed with sole reference to the
fortune of the day, a drawn battle ; but with reference to
the objects for which the French were avowedly fighting,
it is a veritable disaster. Marshal Bazaine's army is lost,
and the serious words in which he announces his position
shew that he fully comprehends its unspeakable gravity.
If we had not a line from the Prussian side we should be
able to see clearly that, after the battle of Tuesday he
will never lead his army to Chalons, or place it where it
can deliver the capital.
The Yorkshire Post, commenting on the battle of Tues-
day, says it is manifestly the object of the Prussians to
harrass in every possible way the retreat of the French,
and if possible to prevent their junction with the reserves
at Chalons. No sacrifice is apparently deemed too great
to prevent the re-formation of the French line of battle in
front of Chalons. The advantages which the assailants at
present possess, are directed with persistent energy against
the retrogressive movements of the French, and the Prus-
Flan commander does not spare his own troops in the
effort to weary out and destroy those of his opponents
before they can be moved where they might withstand
him. Marshal Bazaine is in a position in which even a
series of victories would be ruinous. Until he can effect
a junction with the troops at Chalons, he can only fight
at a disadvantage.

THE COMPLETION OF ST. PAUL'S—The Merchant
Taylors' Companyhavepromised a donation of 500 guineas
to the fund for the completion of St. Paul's. This is not
their first gift to this great Cathedral. Their name ap-
pears for 100 guineas in a former subscription list.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The fol-
lowing are mentioned amongst the names of the candi-
dates for the chairmanship of the Metropolitan Board of
Works :—Colonel Fraser, Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Lord
Robert Montagu, Mr. W. Hawes, and Mr. J. Runtz. As
the election will not take place until the 23rd of Sep-
tember, it may be assumed that some of these gentlemen
will retire before that time ; and it is not improbable that
other names will be added to those already given.
UNFOUNDED REPORTS.—The information given
by an evening contemporary respecting the movements
of Prince Achille Murat is of precisely the same
value as its recent account of the arrival of the Prince
Imperial in London. Prince Achille Murat has not
returned to this country, and therefore the whole story,
with the insinuations involved in it, falls to the ground.
Another paper has asserted that Count Benedetti had
been in England on an important mission, because he was
among the passengers from Dover to Calais a few nights
ago. This rumour is founded on the fact that a son of the
count's has just returned to France to take arms in the
Garde Mobile.—Post.
THE GERMAN WATERING PLACES.—The Burgo-
master of Ems writes as follows—" The transport of troops
towards the frontier of France being nearly over, the
theatre of war, thanks to the valour of our soldiers and
the skill of their generals, being removed far from Ger-
many, and still further yet from our peaceful .NTlley,
many of those who interrupted their. cure, or wished
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are in the same direct communication with all the large
towns of Germany as before, and, the Rhenish steamboats
going from Lahnstein up and down the Rhine, we may
well say that Ems is not only a quiet and healthy, but
also a very agreeable abode for all those who have to use
our baths."

THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT BROMP TON.—
Nothing has yet been discovered to lead to any clue to
the perpetrators of the murder of Samuel Lee, the pot-
man of the Drayton Arms at Brompton. Even the slight
grounds which at first existed for suspecting several per-
sons have been satisfactorily cleared up, so that the cir-
cumstances are more inexplicable than before. One of
the men at first suspected was a labourer, who on Satur-
day evening had plenty of money, and purchased a new
suit of clothes, but the whole of his timeron Saturday
afternoon is satisfactorily accounted for. Suspicion next
fell upon a man absent from the works on Monday, but it
is proved that he was _ away unwell, and his time on
Saturday is also accounted for. On Thursday all the
men latterly employed on the works were at their employ-
ment, and it was ascertained that they were living at
their homes,