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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

The return of the Bank of France for the week ending
on Thursday, shows the following changes as compared
with that of last week :

INCREASE. Francs.
Bills discounted

Notes
Treasury Balance... • 3,900,000

DECREASE.

Cash in hand
Private accounts
Advances

_.
68,333,000
12,750,000
900,000

. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Flotow's opera, "Martha,"
will be played this afternoon by Mr. Perren's Opera Com-
pany, for the first time, with Mr. W. Parkinson, Miss
Blanche Cole, and Mr. Aynsley Cook in the principal
parts. The gardens of Rockhills will be open for pro-
menade, and the Great War Map will be on view.
London, England, 1870-08-13

STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Half-a-dozen miles to the north-west of Hagenau— over
a range of heights about three miles long, with Woerth
lying at the foot of their northern slope, Freschweiler on
their summit, Reishoffen and Niederbronn on their
reverse slope—passes the road from Weissenburg,
by Soulz, which falls at Reiehoffen into the route
from lia,genau to Bitsche, alongside of which, up
the Valley of the Zinzel, runs the railroad. MaeMahon's
object was to cover the roads which connect the eastern
with the western slopes of the mountains as well as the
Strasburg-Bitsche railway fand for that purpose he posted
his three sound divisions along the heights over-
looking Woerth, stretching frem a thick wood
above Niederbronn through the hamlet of
Neunwiller, in front of Freschweiler and Elsae-
hausen, to the eastern end of the heights, above the
village of Morsbronn—and opposite to the well-marked
height of Gonstctt, beyond the Surbach or Bibersbach
stream, which runs through Worth in front of the French
position. By his own account he had in line of battle
his own first, third, and fourth divisions, respectively
Tinder Generals Ducrot, Raoult, and De Sartigne ;
comprising the 13th, Bth, and Ist battalions of Chasseurs
a Pied, the 18th, 9Gth, 45th, 3Gth, 48th, 56th, and
s7th Regiments of the Line, the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd
Turcos, and the 2nd and 3rd Zouaves. Behind his
centre, between Freschweiler and Elashausen stood the
~-enutins of Aber Donny's division—the second—consisting
4 the 16th battalion of Chasseurs, the 50th, 74th, and
of the Line, and the Ist Zouaves; sadly thinned,
.adeed, by the losses and captures of Weissen-
Jurg. His right wing, on the veege of the,
heights just above the skirts of the great Haguenan forest,
was supported by General Dumesnil's division
of the Seventh Corps, which had joined him
eaily on the preceding day, while the Bth and 9th
v_ila:;:,,ierv, under General Michel, also supported the
and a brigade of light cavalry—the 3rd Hussars
11th Lancers—with a slivision of Cuirassiers appa-
t• .at! V brwrou e(I aim') it in the 7th Chips d'Arinde, 'were
hi I,lr of the centre, between Fresehweiler and
.aeishoif en. BY this aquaggatippA it 19141,41122kihdi
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE POSITION AT METZ.

Considering the great numerical superiority o the
Prussians, the Times has no hope that the French army at
Metz can achieve more than a partial success in a pitched
battle before the walls of that fortress. The truth
with respect to her army, in fact, shines through the
hundred artifices resorted to in order to conceal it.
The spirit of the troops is admirable, we are told,
yet a retreat to Chalons would he resolved upon
if it could only be attempted with safety. The disorder
in the Commissariat has ceased ; provisions arrive, we are
told, in profusion, yet officers and men are put upon short
rations. Every day that passes renders the position of
the French at Metz less tenable ; yet diminishes their
hope of extricating themselves from it. Count Pali-
kao talks glibly of a " revenge ;" but the Emperor
and Marshal Bazaine at Metz must think first of safety.
If the Asmy of the Rhine can neither fight nor retire—,
and this we begin to believe is the truth of the matter—
the levy en masse decreed by the Chamber, the arming cf
the National Guard, and any amount of loans and paper
currency, are not likely to effect much towards improv-
ing the untoward position of affairs.
London, England, 1870-08-13

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CITIZENS.

One of the last conventions between the United
States and this country signed by the late Earl of
Clarendon, was that made to regulate the
conditions under which British subjects can
enter into the freedom of American citizen-
ship, or American subjects into the rights and
liberties of British citizenship. This convention has
now been published, and• it may interest people
of both countries to know the terms of
it. It is stated that any subject of
America, after taking oath as a naturalised citizen
of the British Isles, will be held in all respects as an
English subject by both countries. Exactly the
same, provisions are made with respect to subjects of
the United States. Privilege of renunciation will
be open to all subjects of either country who have
hitherto taken the oath of naturalization in the
other country for two years after the 12th of May
1870, notwithstanding such former natnraliizaton.
It is further ordered as a general rule that if any
subjects naturalized in either country should wish
to take up their residence in the one in which they
have heretofore not been living, they shall be at
liberty at any time to become naturalized citizens of
the new country which they have adopted.
London, England, 1870-08-13

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London, England, 1870-08-13

AFFAIRS IN ITALY.

The state of public feeling in Italy is still very agitated,
and a general outbreak is looked for, A correspondent in
Rome, writing on the 7th, says :—" At the Council of
Ministers, held yesterday at the Vatican, the resolution
was taken to defend Rome at all hazards. The Pope him-
self is most averse to receiving an Italian gar-
rison, and signed the order for resistance with
the greatest willingness. If the frontier is
indefensible, the troops will fall back on Rome and Civita
Vecchia, and hold out as long as a charge of ammunition
lasts. The barricades will be raised round the gates as in
1867, and the urban guard of gentlemen volunteerss, com-
manded by the Marchese Patrizi, will be called out this
week. A similar corps will be formed of strangers, under
the command of the Comte de Christen, and. both will
undertake the service within the walls.
Everything announces a rapid return to the situation
before Mentana, ; one of the Pontifical sentries was fired
at, and dangerously wounded last night while on the
bastions of St. Salvatore, on the Fort of St. Angelo.
Another incident of the same nature, but with a different
result, happened at the Zecca, or Mint. The sentinel on
guard observed a priest, who followed his steps, and
attempted to get behind him. He gave a challenge, and
receiving no answer, fired, without effect. The priest
took to his heels, and another sentry further on fired on
him, also apparently without hitting him. Later on,
however, the supposed priest was found by the
police with a ball in the thigh, and being taken
to the station turned out to be a well-known
Mazzinian agent, for whom the police have long
been in search, and he acknowledged his design of
assassinating the sentry. Every sign is observable of
coming events of a very serious nature. Prussia, while
forbidding Italy under pain of war to occupy the Ponti-
fical States, is secretly subsidising the Garibaldians, and
M. Von Comins, on leaving Rome the other day, went
from Leghorn to Caprera to confer with the General, who
has returned there.
London, England, 1870-08-13

AT.AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs % H. J. Montague, D. James, and T.
Thorce.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, CUPBOARD LOVE, by F.
Hay. Alter which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in
Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To
conclude with the the new and successful Burlesque, DON
CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J.
Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T.
Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power. Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and
AtNewton.

Doors will be open at 7. Overture at 7.80.
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THE ARMY.

The Standard will not accept the assurances which have
been published respecting the condition of the army. It
is absurd to tell us that the men we have are in a more
efficient condition than before—that the cadres of our re-
giments are all existing, and that we have simply to fill
them up to bring our army to the proper strength.
By the same rule we should _be justified in dis-
missing every man not absolutely necessary to
make up a cadre, retaining only the colonel, the officers,
and non-commissioned officers of each regiment. But at
present it is men that we want, and not skeletons of regi-
ments. We can always increase the number of
cadres ; we cannot always obtain when we want
them trained and efficient soldiers. First collect your
regiments at home, and then reduce them to the
smallest possible quantity—this is the patent Ministerial
plan for an efficient and economical national armament.
For such a purely skeleton army, whose power is in the
number, not of men, but of cadres, Mr. Cardwell should
be a very competent Minister. But for a working, suffi-
cient national army—for an army fit to undertake the
duty of protecting the national interests, and maintaining
the national honour—for an army which shall be a proper
expression of the political and material greatness of Eng-
land, Mr. Cardwell, with his store of old precedents and
feeble assurances, with his references to Waterloo, and
his imaginary breech-loaders, is about as proper a repre-
sentative as Mr. Ayrton is of British art, or Mr. Bright
of British statesmanship.
London, England, 1870-08-13

ITALY.

In Thursday's sitting of the Senate the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, replying to Senor Scialoja, posi-
tively declared that the rumours of threatening ar-
maments or concentration of troops on the Italian fron-
tier by a friendly Power were totally devoid of foundation.
He added, the good relations which we entertain with
Austria, and the closer ties between the neutral Powers
in the present conflict, are proofs that such rumours are
almolutely base.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE FRENCH FLEET.

The steamer Wakefield, which arrived from Hamburg
on Friday, on Thursday morning passed eight French
irenclads and three despatch boats, steering E.s.E,
thirty-five miles from theElhe lightship. It was supposed
that they were going to Cuxhaven, where there are one
small ironclad and three Prussian gunboats. The Wake-
field reports a fear that Hamburg will be attsvled, and
the navigation of the Elbe stopped.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE GERMAN ARMY.

The Correspondence of Berlin enumerates the German
troops now in the field as follow :—Confederation of the
North, infantry, 550,000 ; cavalyry, 53,000 ; artillery
1,200 guns ; infantry recruits, 187,000 ; cavalry;
10,000 ; artillery, 234 ; landwehr infantry, 205,000 ; cavalry,
10,000 ; total for the Confederation of the North, 994,000
men, 1.680 pieces of artillery, and 193,000 horses. Adding
to these the troops of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden,
there is a force of 1,124,000.

The first French gun was captured by a Berlin soldier.
It has been sent to that place covered with roses. He who
took the first of the two eagles which remain in the hands
of the Prussians will assuredly be a rich man, great sums
of money having beeu collected as a reward for that feat
of arms.

Great indignation exists at Mayence and in the country
round on account of the report that the French,
being unable to hold Saarbruck, burnt it with red-hot shot
and shell, which as it was unfortified is justly considered
to have been a piece of wanton aggression.
The Courrier de la Moselle of the 9th says :—" On Mon-
day there were between 80,000 and 100,000 French around
St. Avoid. They began to retreat at four o'clock in the
morning, and by one there was not a single soldier to be
seen.

I find a strong impression, says the Paris correspondent
of the Times, on the minds of many people, even of some
who know the Empeior well, that he would not survive
defeat. I spoke for some time to-day with one of Napo-
leon's personal friends, who has known him for half his
life, has never accepted anything from him, and whom I
believe to be sincerely attached to him, as are many of those
who have known him intimately, and have had opportuni-
ties of appreciating his kindness of heart and amiable
qualities, The gentleman in question evidently thought
it consistent with the Emperor's character to throw away
his life in the hour of crowning defeat. How often has it
been said that Napoleon I. shouldhave fallen at Waterloo.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE TRIAL AT BLOIS.

It may not be generally known that during the
last fortnight,while the war has been raging between
France and Germany, the Imperial policy has been
carried out in the probecution of the political prisoners
in the palace of Blois. Fifty-three out of the five
hundred who were charged on the preliminary in-
dictment of the Public Prosecutor with conspiring
against the life of the Emperor have been brought
before the Court. The Procureur-G6n6ral made it
known that there were three distinct plots against the
Imperial dynasty and the safety of the State. The
riots of last autumn and winter were said to be parts
of the same conspiracy. The excitement and can-
fusion which prevailed on the occasion of the funeral
of Victor Noir greatly increased the number of per-
sons captured on the charge of sedition. It has
taken months to follow out the examinations of these
charges, and the result has been that more than
four hundred of the accused persons have
been set at liberty. Among the curious
incidents at the trial at Blois was the
interruption, by the President, when the counsel for
the prisoner, Megy, spoke of him as " Monsieur."
The counsel retorted that the other day the Presi-
dent had complained of the prisoner, Pierre
Bonaparte, not being styled " Prince." Out of the
fifty-three prisoners thirty-seven were fully acquitted,
the sixteen who remained were sentenced to diffe-
rent terms of imprisonment, ranging from fifteen to
three years, with the exception of two, who were
condemned to twenty years' imprisonment, one with
and one without hard labour.
London, England, 1870-08-13

CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS DAY, OPERA
AND PROMENADE.
Open for admission 10 till 7. 0 I Rockhills, open .. 4 till 6.30
Terrace Fountains.. 2.15 I Organ and Promenade from 5.30
Opera, "Martha" . • 3. 0 I
Admission, 2s. 6d. ; or by Guinea Season Tickets. Children
half-price.
In the War Court, French Tente Abri and English Bell Tent,
Model Moncrieff Gun in Earthwork, Pictorial Map of Rhine,
Armour Plates, Chassepot, Needle, and other guns, &c. Ad-
mission free.

CREMORNE.—Lessee and Manager, Mr. John
Baum.—Ten Hours' Ainusements. GRAND BALLET,
at 10, LA FEE AUX ROSES. Aidlle. Clavelle, assisted by 200
Corps de Ballet. Splendid Fireworks. Daring Trapeze Perfor-
mances. Operetta, and numerous other popular amusements.
Open daily at 3.

ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.
AMUSEMENTS FREE.
Open on Sundays by refreshment card, 6d. Table d'Hdte at
half-past six, 2s. 6d.

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Troupe : and New Magnificent Water Ballet
"LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES,"
with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties
and Varieties. The Best Band in London,
under M. Riv We. Prices-Is., 25., and
Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; rivate
Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office
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The extraordinary success which has attended the production
of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
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Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the tr, sent one the
most extensively patronizei season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of all distinguished composers—the • solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphoniouist. Signor L. Mosca; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr.
Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman,
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RADCLIFFE RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Radcliffe Plate Handicap. About four furlongs.
Mr. W. A. Baker's Filou, by Trumpeter—Sharp Prac-
tice, 3 yrs, Bst (Vinel) 1
Mr. Fawcett's Josephine, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (G-radwell) 2
Mr. J. Richardson's Portugal, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Doyle) 3
Cby Macaroni—Superstition also ran. Won easily by
a length. _ _ .

The Heaton Park Handicap. About one mile.
Mr. Lincoln's Prince, by Artillery—Princess, 4 yrs Bst
51b
Mr. T. T. Drake's c by Caractacus—Eugenie, 3 yrs 6st
121 b
Mr. Beverley's Flyaway Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (W.Webb) 3
The Prior also ran, Won in a canter by a length.

CITY BETTING—FRIDAY.
EBOR HANDICAP.
100 to 12 agst Mysotis (taken)
9to 1 agst Blandford (offered)
10 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken)
12 to 1 agst Torreador (taken)
100 to 8 agst Chdrie (offered; 100 to 7 taken)
100 to 7 agst Moscow (taken and offered
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THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING A VESSEL.
At the Mansion House, Hector Gillies, and John Fitz-
gerald, respectively the owner and master of the Admiral.
Napier, were brought before the Lord Mayor for final ex-
amination on the charge of casting away that
vessel with intent to defraud the underwriters.
The case has been already fully reported, and it will be
remembered that the vessel was cast away on the Bth of
June last. Alexander M`Kenzie, a former captain of the
vessel was now called, and produced a number of
letters written to him by Gullies, urging him to
send the vessel to the bottom, and promising him, if he
did so, to give him a sum of money and the command of a
new vessel. The case for the prosecution was now con-
cluded, but the prisoners were formally remanded till
Thursday next, when the depositions will be completed.

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London, England, 1870-08-13

DARING CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.

A charge of conspiracy to 'defraud upon a large scale
was tried at the Manchester As4izes on Friday. Thomas
Gibson and Arthur Yeomans, as promoters of the North
Caradon Mine, were indicted for fraudulently representing
a mine of that name to be a great success, when in point of
fact there was no such mine in operation. - Another man,
named Wadge, was involved in the case ; but the police
have not been able to find him. His letters to
Gibson, however, were produced, . and they contain
minute instructions for carrying on the swindle.
In the immediate perils of the work Mr. Wadge does not
seem to have cared to participate. His letters are dated
SDllle from Paris, others from Ontario, and he informs his
friends that he has no intention of visiting England.
" You may believe that I have no wish to set foot in an
English port." The Atlantic cable was used between the
parties when Wadge was in America. A cash book was
produced, showing that £2,054 had been received for
shares in this non-existent Cornish mine. Not one penny
of that money went in mining; and £l,BOO was divided
y between them. Ground in Cornwall seems never
to hr ye been broken. The case was not ooiaclnded.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE LULL IN THE STORM.

The Daily News says it is to be borne in mind that under
the circumstances in which the Germans were summoned
to war, receiving a declaration of hostilities which they
could not have looked for, and being called to defend their
own territory, they could not reasonably be expected to be
prepared at once to follow up the repulse of their
enemy by pursuit. A week ago we all thought it very
much that they should keep the French at bay, and the
blow at Weissenburg was thought to be somewhat auda-
cious. It is true that travellers have told us of the ad-
mirable regularity with which all the movements of the
war were conducted in Prussia ; but now the service
subsidiary to an army, those which concern its transport
and provisioning, have to adapt themselves to a
new state of things. The Germans have no longer the
advantage of their own railway system, and their con-
tracts and requisitions have to be made. Whether the
first and second armies have entered France in their full
strength is uncertain ; but improbable. Supposing each
of them, however, to have 40,000 men less than
its complement, and, the army of the Lower.
Rhine to be in the same situation, would give King Wil-
liam the command of an army of 300,000 men. The
Siècle says that Marshal Bazaine has not more than
130,000 men under him at Metz. The News does
not see how he could have so many, unless
Cam-obert has heavily reinforced him from Nancy.
A very few days, however, perhaps hours, must practi-
cally decide the French commander's resolution. Perhaps
it is already in execution ; perhaps the next telegram will
tell us that Marshal Bazame has taken up a new strate-
gical position on the Meuse, which promises great advan-
tages to France, and will hasten the revenge which Count
Palikao has assured the Corps I,6gislatis " near and
certain."
London, England, 1870-08-13

SPANISH AMNESTY.

A general amnesty for all political offenders since the
revolution has been published. This has caused popular
satisfaction, as it applies to both Republicans and Car-
lists.

The Igualdad announces that the Republican deputies
have requested Signor Zorilla to convoke immediately the
Cortes, in order to propose the revision of Article 33 of
the Constitution, which stipulates the monarchical form of
government. The same paper also announces that the
Republican Directory will publish a manifesto.
London, England, 1870-08-13

SILENT PREPARATION.

We have it on the authority of a trustworthy
correspondent that the practice of allowing large pro-
' cessions in Ireland has already borne far more impor-
tant results than have even been dreamt of by those
who have permitted them, and that more serious
designs than that of merely making popular displays
have been quietly and secretly at work. The Irish
Executive would, probably, be a little surprised
to hear it boasted, that there are at least 20,000
able and stalwart fellows, already as drilled as the
Irish Militia, willing to fight for the Fenian cause in
Dublin; yet this we are assured is the fact. In other
Irish cities the martial music poured forth by bands-
men who now openly clothe themselves, be it stated,
in the national colour green, and the flaunting of gay
banners, and the esprit militaire of the procession,
supposed by outsiders to have been brought together
for a harmless and innocent purpose, have not
been without their effect, but in Dublin plans
have been in most vigorous operation and it
is there the movement has been most successful. We
are informed that the men who boldly stopped the
traffic in the principal thoroughfares of Dublin on
Tuesday night were mostly of the better class of
workmen. Their marching was almost perfect, and
the clear voices of the " Marshalls," whose'directions
they were intent upon following, were never attended
to with confusion. It is understood that this mode
of drilling is henceforth to be resorted to oftener
than ever, in fact as often as three times a week in
the Irish metropolis, and the "centres" are in great
hope that in a short time organisation and stratagem
will have been so far successful . in Cork, Kerry,
Antrim, Limerick and Tipperary that these cities
will be able to produce as large a number of skilled
followers as are now in the capital itself'. Although
Great Britain may have very little to fear from any
Fenian force that is ever likely to be mustered,
bloodshed, international exasperation, and trouble
might be saved by prudent and timely vigilance.
That the proper steps in this direction have not yet
been taken in Ireland, we are led to understand is
too manifest.
London, England, 1870-08-13

PROPORTION OF INSANITY.

It has been ascertained that the proportion of insane
to sane persons in America is one in every 262 ; in
Scotland it is one in every 574. In the agricultural
districts of England the proportion is one in 820,
while in London it is one in 400. It will be seen
from this that insanity prevails to a greater extent
in cities than in the country. Singularly enough it
has been computed that in countries where a despotic
government is in power insanity is rare, as in Turkey,
China, and Russia. Insanity is uncommon in Spain
out of the large cities. Some curiosity prevails in
certain quarters to ascertain whether the recent Spanish
revolution has increased the rate.
London, England, 1870-08-13

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THE "MUTUAL BETTING " MACHINE.

John Lyshon and Charles Tollett, Birmingham betting
men, have been charged at Wolverhampton with having
played at the races in that town with a certain instrument
of gaming. The defendants stood on the course on
Wednesday with a " Pari-Mutuel," or mechanical betting
machine. This is a case, the upper surface of which
is perforated with holes covered with glass.
By the hide of each hole is a number corresponding
with the number of a horse upon the race card.
When a person backs a horse for, say hall-a-crown,
the owner of the case touches a handle, and in a hole
beneath the glass appears a number, showing the
number of half-crowns which have up to that
time been laid on the particular horse backed. The
same movement of the handle shows in another position
upon the case the number of bets upon each horse that is
being backed for the race about to come off. When the
race is over the money laid upon each horse is added to-
gether, and is divided among those who backed the horse
that won—the defendants first deducting 10 per cent. for
the use of the case. The defence was that the " instru-
ment of gaming" mentioned in the Act of Parliament
(the 31 and 32 Victoria) was one upon which alone de-
pended the issue of the bet. But the " mutual betting "
machine had nothing to do with the issue of the bet ; it
merely recorded the amount for which each horse had been
backed, and was in fact nothing more than a bettting book
upon a large scale. The magistrates considered it a means
of gaming, and sent the defendants to prison for seven
days with hard labour ; but a case was granted, and bail
accepted. Alfred Bevis and Robert Dunn, Jun., London
betting men, were charged with a similar offence, and
remanded for a fortnight.

THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

The Telegraph finds that the new French Cabinet is not
a brilliant one. It does not look like a Cabinet that can
save France in this hour of supreme need. What the
country required was a Ministry who should represent the
whole nati >rt. From every part of the Empire came the cry
that the strife of party must be hushed until the
invader should be driven over the frontier, and the
disasters of Woerth and Forbach be avenged. A feeling
of shame shot through France on Tuesday when it heard
that the Chamber of Deputies had become a scene of riot,
in which the Cabinet was invited to shoot the leaders of
the Left through the head, and fists were shaken in the
faces of the Ministers. Nevertheless circumstances did
not permit the absolute extinction of party quarrels.
Had the country been thus at one, a Ministry might
have been chosen without regard to party opinions, repre-
senting the nation in the broadest term. The mem-
bers of such a Government would have been
the ablest men in the Senate and the Corps Legis-
latif—M. Rouher and M. de Forcade la Roquette, M.
Thiers and Count Daru, M. Buffet and M. Picard, M.
Jules Favre and M. Gambetta. So constituted the
Ministers would have represented Imperialism, Orleanism,
and Republicanism. But whether it would have been as
serviceable to the dynasty is open to doubt ; and hence,
perhaps, the Empress had no choice. She could not have
accepted the aid of Jules Favre after he had
proposed that the Emperor should abdicate ; nor
could she have invited the counsels of M. Thiers, if
it be true that he has publicly pronounced the Empire to
be impossible, and has proclaimed the creation of a
Republic to be inevitable. Hence, at a moment of
tremendous peril, the Empress Regent may have been
fored to place her sole trust in the sworn allies of her
husband's dynasty. History will record the result.
London, England, 1870-08-13

HOW THE YACHTS CAME IN AT SANDY HOOK.

In the following letter to the New York Times, a
yachtsman gives an account of the arrival of the yachts,
as witnessed from the Fleur de Lis :

" On board Yacht Fleur de Lis,
Sandy Hook, Wednesday, July 27, 1870.
"It was my good fortune to be on board the Fleur
de Lis' Captain Dickerson, and witness the arrival at
Sandy Hook, of the English yacht Cambria. I was look-
ing and hoping for the Sappho, and I think I felt disin-.
terested in my sympathies between the racing yachts.
Shortly after three o'clock p.m. the Union Jack of the
Cambria was made out, and she was received by the yachts
Phantom, Commodore Stebbins ; Rambler, Captain
Banker ; Tidal Wave, Captain Vhooris ; and Fleur de
Lis, Captain Dickerson. After welcoming the foreigner,
the owner of the Fleur de Lis, Mr. Dickerson, said he
would wait for the Dauntless, for he knew his friend
Bennet coull not be far off, so we hove to, and as
good fortune would have it, in about an hour
the Dauntless hove in sight, and a mighty wel-
come sight it was for the New Yorkers, for
although behind he was not late, and the splenz
did craft dashed up to us like a maddened steed
that comes in half a neck in the rear. We were among
the first to fire a salute to the bold young Vice-Commo-
dore of the New York Yacht Club. and give him three
cheers and a tiger. From what I saw and what I know,
the Queen's Cup is in great danger, and the Cambria may
carry away as many laurels as the Sappho brings from
the other side. Yachtsmen to the rescue. You have no
time to lose. Close up your ranks and go to work. In
the meantime, give the Cambria's owner and late owner
a hearty welcome. Our brothers have fairly won ; let
them have no stinted praise. The race was won by
superior care and seamanship no doubt, but if any one
thinks the Cambria a moderate sailor, it is because they
did not, as I did, see, her creep away from the Phantom
this afternoon, when everything was in the Phan-
tom's favour, and many things were against the
Cambria."

The People's Park at Ballymena, the gift of Sir
Shafto Adair, was opened on Wednesday amidst great
rejoicings.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE CHOLERA IN THE EAST.

The Liverpool Customs officials have been instructed to
place in quarantine all vessels arriving from the Black
Sea and the Dardanelles, in consequence of the prevalence
of epidemic cholera. The same regulations will be ob-
served at Queenstown and Eakuoutli.

Tt boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Univer-
sities servants was rowed on Friday on the Isis in the
form of a time race, when Cambridge was victorious by
two seconds, after a splendid race.
The foot and mouth disease and pleura-neumonia con-
tinue to spread to an alarming extent in Staffordshire.
During the current week ending on Friday seventy-
nine cazes of foot and mouth disease, and four of pleuro-
neznonia have occurred.
London, England, 1870-08-13

SMZURE OF ARMS.

On Friday the police searched the cart of a man named
Roche, a carrier, plying between Kinsale and Cork, and
found in it eight new Enfield rifles, Tower marked. The
man could not account for possession of the arms, and
professed not to know they were in the cart. He is de-
tained, pending the investigation. The rifles were going
to Kinsale.

SHOCKING SCENE AT A FUNERAL.

On Friday afternoon a private of the sth Northampton-
shire Volunteers was buried with military honours at North-
ampton. Prior to the cortege starting from the deceased's
residence the coffin on being removed out of a window of
the third storey of the house, slipped, and decended into
the street ; the lid flew open, and the corpse fell out of
the coffin, and was of course exposed to the view of a
numerous crowd, amidst the shrieks of the women and
children. The corpse and coffin were at once taken into
the house, and the coffin being repaired the funeral took
place.
London, England, 1870-08-13

MARRIAGES.

On the 10th inst., at Kington St Michael's, near Chippen-
ham, John Townsend, son of W. S. Trench, Esq., of
Cardtown, Queen's County, Ireland, to Agnes, daughter
of Herman Merivale, Esq., Under Secretary for. India.
On the 11th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Reuben R.
Davis, of Carey-street,. Lincoln's-inn, and Clapham-
road, to Milicent Ealey, eldest daughter of W.Farnfield,
of Lambeth-terrace.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

THE WAR.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELERGRAM.)
THE FRENCH RETREAT.

Telegrams just received from the German side
represent the French as still retreating, and eves as
crossing the Moselle. The Pbalsbourg passes of the
Vosges are occupied by the Prussians, and the small
fortress of Dichtenberg has capitulated. Lutzelstein
has also been abandoned by the French. Large
stores of provisions have fallen into the Prussian
hands. The German cavalry follow, harassing the
retreating army.

THE NEXT VICTORY ASSURED TO THE
FRENCH.
PARIS, Friday Evening.

General Loumain takes command-in-chief of the army
of Paris. Marshal Canrobert has returned to Chalons.
The Minister of War has just announced to the Depu-
ties that his information enables him to affirm that the
Preach army is sure to win the next victory. He further
informed them that in lees than four days two fresh
corps de armee of 35,000 each will be in front of the
enemy.

The Belgian papers which arrived to-day have been
seized. It is presumed they contain something about the
move of the eneir*.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE TWELTH ON THE MOORS.

Large numbers of sportsmen have taken up their
quarters in the Highland for the grouse shooting, which
commenced on Friday. The crop of birds has not been
so large for years. Broods were very early indeed, rather
too early, for they have become so wild and strong of
wing as to be hardly approachable. The number of birds
in nests averaged from eight to twelve.
London, England, 1870-08-13

POSITION OF TIIE BAVARIAN TROOPS.

It is officially announced that the First Bavarian
Corps, after passing the Vosges, was yesterday
bivouacking near Diemerengen, in the vicinity of Saare-
union.

THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER FOR
FOREIGN AFF AIRS.
Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne has accepted the Port-
folio of Foreign Affairs, and leaves Vienna to-day fol
Paris.
London, England, 1870-08-13

THE DEFENCES OF STRASBOURG.

The following proclamation was posted up some days
ago on the walls of Strasbourg :

" Disquieting rumours and panics have involuntarily or
by design spread during the last few days in our brave city.
Some individuals have been bold enough to express the
thought that the place would surrender without btriking
a blow.

" We protest energetically, in the name of the courage-
ous French population, against such cowardly and criminal
defection.

" The ramparts are armed with 400 cannon. The garrison
is composed of 11,000 men, without counting the National
Sedentary 'Guard.
"If Strasbourg is attacked, Strasbourg will defend
itself so long as a soldier, a biscuit, or a cartouche remains.
" The good may reassure themselves ; as to the others,
they have only to go away.
" General of Division, Commandant Superior,
Ulrich, Prefect of the Lower Rhine,
" BARON PRON."

OCCUPATION OF PHALZBURG.
GERMAN ACCOUNT.
ST. AVOLD, August 12 (Noon.)—The town and the
passes of Phalzburg across the Vosges mountains are in
our possession.
The fortress of Bitsche, which is merely held by a gar-
rison of 300 men of the Mobile Guard, is being kept under
observation by a company of our troops.
The Prussian cavalry has advanced to the vicinity of
Luneville.
London, England, 1870-11-09

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THE TIEN-TSIN MASSACRE.

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spread is the apprehension of further atrocities in
China. The murders at Tien-tsin are universally
regarded amongst Europeans throughout the empire
as but the prelude to a series of slaughters equally
appalling. The English residents loudly condemn
the indifferentism of the British Government to
the crisis, and it is said that unless the
Ministry take energetic measures with the view
of preventing, as tar as human foresight cant
the repetition of such horrors as attended the
butchery at Tien-tsin, the Europeans will " tan
out." The Chinese Government is buying powder
and arms in every direction, and Tseng-kwo-fan vale
at the time of the letter referred to massing his arn2Y,
supposed to be 70,000 strong, between Pekin arld
Tien-tsin. The Tien-tsin community, the letter
states, are almost determined to migrate to Shanghae.
for the winter.
THE ANGLO-INDIAN CAPITAL.

Some excitement has been created among the
Indian journals by the announcement that Lord
Mayo intends to make Simla the seat of Government
during the summer months. The Pioneer thinks
that the change might have been made earlier with
great advantage, as Simla possesses facilities which
surpass those of any other hill station. On the other
hand, the Indian Daily News disapproves of the
scheme, and declares that a serious injustice is done
to the taxpayer by the expenses of these trips to the
hills. One of the arguments advanced is that
things may be done noiselessly in the quiet locality
which in the bustle of the busy world would not
fail to excite criticism. Sir John Lawrehce might
have. been excused on the score of ill-health, but
Viceroy who can gallop eighty miles a day in the hot
sun is said to have no excuse. While objecting to
the continual emigration to Simla, the Times of India
says that Calcutta must not persist in imagining a
vain thing, or suppose that it can keep the 44 Execu-
tive Government for ever within the limits of the
ditch." The experience of years shews that the
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