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London, England, 1870-02-17

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London, England, 1870-08-19

THE MURDER AT MANCHESTER,

An Irish labourer named Patrick Durr murdered his
wife at Red Bank, one of the lower districts of Man-
chester, early on Wednesday morning. The accused was
brought yesterday before the magistrates, and his son
gave evidence against him. He stated that when his
father and mother came home on Wednesday his father
made a noose in a rope and fastened it round his mother's
neck. His mother screamed when the rope was made
tight, and his father then left her awhile, But returning
shortly after, he said "She's not dead yet," and pulled at
the rope until she was.

THE CASE OF SHOOTING AT A MAGISTRATE.

John Pimlott Brearly, of Dorking, was yesterday
committed for trial at the next Essex assizes, by Lord
Braybrooke and Mr. Smith, on the charge of shooting
Captain John Bardoe Bowes Elliott, a magistrate of the
county. The prisoner made a long defence in which he
charged the Captain with living with his (the prisoner's)
wife, who had left him, and he declared that the magis-
trate had endeavoured to drive him (the prisoner) away
from the country. Captain Elliott admitted having been
intimate with the prisoner's wife in India, the result of
which was a child, but he denied all knowledge of her
since.
London, England, 1870-08-19

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London, England, 1870-08-19

DEATHS

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Friday, Aug* 19, 1870.
London, England, 1870-08-19

MAOMAHON'S WHEREABOUTS.

There has been much doubt lately as to MacMahon's
position. For the last few days he has been lost sight of.
Our correspondent in Paris says that he is close upon
Witry, about 25 miles from Chalons. Marshal Bazaine is
expecting to effect a junction with him, and the two will
retire upon Chalons, where another army is being
formed. If this junction can be safely effected the
chance of the French will be greatly improved.
London, England, 1870-08-19

THE BLOCKADE OF GERMAN- PORTS.

The following notification of the blockade of the German
ports of the North Sea was published as a supplement to
the London Gazette last night :

"It is hereby notified that the Right Hon. Earl Gran-
ville, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, has received from Her Majesty's Ambas-
sador in Paris a copy of the official notification of the
blockade of the coast of Prussia and the German States
in the North Sea, issued by Vice-Admiral Fourichon,
commanding-in-chief the French Fleet, stationed off
that coast, which declares as follows :—" That from
the 15th of August, 1870, the coast of Prussia and
the North German Confederation, extending from the
Island of Baltrum to the North of the Eider, with
its ports, rivers, havens, roads, and creeks, is kept
in a state of effective blockade by the naval forces under
our command, and that friendly or neutral vessels will be
allowed a delay of ten days to complete their lading
and to quit the blockade ports. The geogrs-
phical limits of the blockaded are :—The meridian
of five degrees of east longitude of Paris as
far as the parallel of fifty-four degrees five
minutes of north lattitude. The parallel as far as the
longitude of 5° 45 (five degrees forty-five minutes) of
Paris. Theuce the meridian of 5° 45 (five degrees forty-
five minutes) as far as the parallel of 54° 20 (fifty-
four degrees twenty minutes) of latitude. And,
finally, this last parallel to the coast. Every
vessel that shall attempt to violate the said
blockade shall be proceeded against in conformity with
the Law of Nations and the Treaties in force with neutral
Powers..

" On board the Magnanime iron-plated frigate of the
Emperor of the French, stationed between the British
Island of Heligoland and the Prussian coax

" FOURICIION, Vice-Admiral and Commanding-
in-Chief.

August 12, 1870."

THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES.

In the race of twenty miles to windward and back, on
Wednesday, off Newport Harbour, the Cambria was
beaten by the yacht Palmer.
London, England, 1870-08-19

THE REVISION OF THE LECTIONARY.

Mr. Bruce's supineness seems to have occasioned a
good deal of perplexity and trouble in other quarters,
if it has left the Home Office to luxuriate in the
dolce far niente so congenial to its Secretary. The
delay in the promised measure for the revision of
the Lectionary has completely paralysed the trades
engaged in the production and distribution of
Prayer Books and Church Services. A meeting
of some of the leading members of the firms
interested has been held at Radley's Hotel, at
Which it appeared that an application had
been made to Mr. Gladstone to give effect to the
new table of lessons by a Royal warrant, but that
the right hon. gentleman, while intimating his
willingness to listen to suggestions from the trades,
had replied that the Crown had no power to issue '
such a warrant. After some discussion a resolution
was moved by Mr. Eyre to the effect that the meet-
ing, viewing with dismay the serious consequences to
their trades of the delay in the proposed changr s in
the Table of Lessons, and the probability of further
changes being suggested by the Ritual Commissioners
in the rubrics, recommended the formation of a
committee. The object of this committee was to
be twofold—first, to communicate with the Ritual
Commissioners, urging on them the necessity of
making
.their report at the earliest opportunity;
secondly, to urge on the Government the desira-
bility of introducing a bill early in the next session
to completely settle the Book of Common Prayer,
including the table of lessons, and, failing the settle-
ment of the Prayer Book alterations, to reintroduce
the Table of Lessons Bill passed by the House of
Lords last session. This resolution having been
London, England, 1870-08-19

Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.

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London, England, 1870-08-19

METEOROLOGY AND METEORS.

Meteorological science, though as yet very far in
retard of other branches of natural philosophy; is
undoubtedly making progress among us, and our
authorities are endeavouring to collect what informa-
tion is available for public service. The report of the
meteorological committee of the Royal Society, who
now undertake the dnties formerly belonging to
Admiral Fitzroy's department, contains some in te-
a:sting facts. A regular interchange of reports has
' been instituted with Norway, and the drum signal is
now hoisted at 106 British stations, every warning
message being compared with the subsequent
weather experienced. The problem to which atten-
tion is now being specially directed is the discovery
of the probable path of each storm and of its rate of
progress. Observations made on board the Atlantic
mail steamers show that the wind and the instru-
ments are much more steady during the homeward
than during the outward passage. Captain Toynbee,
who has examined the subject, thinks this may be
explained by a constant motion in an eastward
direction of the atmosphere over the Atlantic, the
rate of progress being slightly less than that
of a full-powered steamer, and disposed in a

series of successive eddies or waves.

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outward bound ship passes through several of
these systems, while the homeward bound may run
with one for days together, and so experience little

change in wind or weather. This suggestion, if con-
firmed, will be of importance to navigators. Mean-
while, the investigation of the equatorial Atlantic
has been continued, and the discussions relative to
the Pacific completed and sent to the Admiralty for
embodiment in the series of physical charts. It has
been decided to publish a quarterly weather report
with a current explanatory chronicle. This year we
are likely to have some strange things to record. A
few nights ago a very brilliant meteor with a tail of
about five degrees in length was seen for half an
hour at Broughton-in-Furness; and the same night,
at Dundee, a remarkable phenomenon was witnessed.
A ball of some ten inches diameter, white and blue,.
fwas seen in the air, with a tail of three or fouryards,
rom which a second tail presently branched off. It
lasted for twenty minutes. •
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THE EUROPEAN WAR.
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Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper, will always give the LATEST
N EWS of the WAR, and of all other
events.
London, England, 1870-08-19

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

Her Majesty the Queen arrived at the Aberdeen
station, en route for Balmoral, yesterday at 12.57,
when a number of ladies and gentlemen were waiting
to receive her. Among the number were Lord
Kintore, Sheriffs Jamieson arid Thomson, Lord
Provost Leslie, Messrs. Duncan, Ferguson, and
Buxton. Her Majesty is accompanied to the North by
the Princesses Beatrice and Louise and Prince Arthur.
Several of the directors of the railway went with the
train to Ballater, where Her Majesty was received by a
Guard of Honour composed of 50 men of the 93rd Regi-
ment, under the command of Captain Nightingale. The
Royal party thence proceeded in carriages to Balmoral,
where they arrived about two o'clock.
London, England, 1870-08-19

LONDON, FRIDAY,

THE

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THREE BROTHERS
By Mrs. OLIPHANT. a a

Author of " &rookies of Carlingford," &c,

" We cannot too highly praise the skilful manner in which the
adventures of " The Three Brothers" are unfolded to the reader
and made to engage his interest."—athenaeum.
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London, England, 1870-08-19

THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCE.

The Times asks what will be the consequence of this
defeat (for such it regards it) of Bazaine :—lt is not the
loss of a division that is now revealed, but the result
of Tuesday's conflict leaves France in a position so critical
that the blow suffered by MacMahon becomes com-
paratively of small importance. The immediate conse-
quence is that Marshal Bazaine is isolated at Metz. He
has attempted to effect a retreat which ought to have
been accomplished last week, when it was proposed and
rejected because of the moral discouragement it might oc-
casion, and now that the attempt is made it is defeated at
the outset. Right and left of the road are two armies
which will not allow the French General to withdraw
his troops. Marshal Bazaine is shut up, foiled in
the attempt to get out. He must try again, and
perhaps again, for we know there were not suffi-
cient supplies at Metz a week since, and there must
be less now, but in every successive sally the enemy
will be better posted to drive him back. He can neither
get out or maintain himself in the fortress, and a capitula-
tion still more disastrous than that of Ulm seems immi-
nent. But what will be the value of the forces collected
at Chalons, unless they act in support of the regular
army ? The survivors of Marshal MacMahon's Corps
are few, and the Garde Mobile and the Sapeurs Yom-
piers cannot be expected to fight a battle by themselves.
Is there any force can bring to the relief of Marshal
Bazaine by helping to raise the siege of Metz ? It is con-
fessed there is none. The Marshal, unassisted, must ex-
tricate himself from his position. What if he fails because
the feat is impossible, and is reduced by sheer necessity
to submit to adverse fate? Just as these is no force
France can now bring to his relief, so there would
be no force then adequate to cope with the vic-
torious Germans when they resume their advance.
London, England, 1870-08-19

TILE DEFENCE OF THE CAPITAL.

-mile newly-appointed uovernor has issued a pro-
clamation, which says :—" Amid the peril in which I
am appointed commander-in-chief of the forces
entrusted with the defence of the capital, Paris takes
the part which belongs to her. She wishes to be the
centre of great efforts, great sacrifices, and great exam-
ples. I believe in our success, on the imperious condition
of good order, calm, and self-possession. I shall
obtain order, not by the powers conferred by the
state of siege, but by your patriotism and confidence.
I appeal to all parties to restrain by moral authority
the ardent spirits of those who wish to profit by our
Dublic misfortunes."
The Journal Ventre ciauene is suppressea.

The 12th Corps, tormed at Chalons, under the
command of General Trochu, is now entirely or-
ganised. 'l he 13th Corps, forming at Paris, under
General Vinoy, will shortly be in readiness to start
for Chalons.
London, England, 1870-08-19

RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

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effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-
Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse
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A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
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body, two inches below the hips, being Bent to the manu-
facturer,
London, England, 1870-08-19

MEDIATION OF THE POPE.

The Journal de Bruxelles of yesterday publishes a
letter, addressed on the 22nd of July, by the Pope
to King William, in which his Holiness offers his
Mediation for the restoration of peace ; adding that
he has written to the Emperor of the French
to the same effect. The Journal de Bruxelles
4180 gives the reply of Bing William. His
Majesty says that he has neither desired
nor provoked the war, and that he is ready to listen
to the Pope's appeal to lay aside his sword if the in-
dependence of Germany be insured, and his Holi-
4ess be able to give assurances of sincerely peaceful
dispositions on the part of the Emperor and
guarantees against the renewal of the attempt to
disturb the peace and tranquillity of Europe.
London, England, 1870-08-19

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NEEDLE-GUNS AND' CHASSEPOTS.

Some letters in the Times refer to the interestin g
question of war implements. Mr. Bochussen observes
that the Chassepot is still a matter of
experiment in practical warfare. It has a longer
range and greater power of penetration than the
Prussian needle-gun, but it has also several points of
unfavourable comparison. The mitrailleuse is a
variety of the old American Gatling gun. For the
general purposes of war its value as against the shell
or shrapnel fire of artillery is to be measured as the
blunderbuss against the rifle. Another letter from
Colonel Maxwell,Superintendent,Cossipore Gun Foun-
dry, refers to " field artillery," and declares that the
French field gun is now known to be the worst

in Europe ; it was the first rifled gun made, and
other nations have improved on it. He says that
the inferiority of the French field gun of 6 cwt. to
the Whitworth 10 pounder of 72 cwt. is not due to
the metals of which the guns aro made, but to the
fact that the former carries a shell weighing 8.9
lb., while the Whitworth 10 pounder carries a shell
weighing 10 lb. With respect to the enduring
powers of bronze guns, he refers to experiments that
have been made at Shoeburyness, which proved that
the bronze guns there tried would last upwards of
fifty years, and effectually disposed of the prophecies
of those who had augured " speedy destruction" for
them.
London, England, 1870-08-19

MARRIAGES.

On the 16th August, at St. Saviour's Church, Croydon,
Henry Horsley, Esq., North-end, Croydon, to Sophia
Frances, only daughter of the late James Lovell, Esq.,
Bright-Waltham, Berks.
On the 17th August, at St. George's Church, Hanover-
square, John Adam Richard Newman, Esq., Dromore
House, county Cork, to Maud, youngest daughter of
Lt.-Colonel Bramston Smith, and grand-daughter of Sir
Richard Griffith, Bart.
London, England, 1870-08-19

MILITARY DISCIPLINE.

The necessity for due subordination in the complex
organisation of a military force is so obvious that it
a mere truism to state that an army in which strict
discipline does not prevail is not an army at all. But
it ought to be borne in mind that there is a consider-
able difference between insubordination in its

members, and an error of judgment on the part of
one of them. A correspondent has drawn attention
to the case of a gunner of the Royal Artillery who
has just come out of Millbank Penitentiary for writ-
ing a letter to the authorities on the subject of a
previous court-martial in which he had been impli-
cated, and at which he was sentenced. He under-
stood that his punishment had been remitted, and,
being a married man with good conduct stripes, he
was anxious to recover the penny a day, which
would otherwise have been forfeited. No doubt the
proper course was to petition his commanding
officer in the first instance, but that an error of this
kind should involve such a heavy punishment as
eighty-four days' imprisonment, not to mention the
additional penalties attached to the sentence, is
surely mare or less than justice..

THE NEW STAMP ACT.—On Wednesday the New
Stamp Act, one of the largest of the recent session, was
issued. It extends to 17 folio sheets. containing 128 sec-
tions. and a long schedule of the new duties. It will take
effect on the Ist of January next, and penalties trom
£lO to £5O are to be enforced for infringing any of the
provisions. Many persons for sums from 40s. and up-
wards, do not take stamp receipts as a rule, but
they must now be careful. Both parties are liable to a
penalty.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended
by the medical profession in preference to French brand-. Sup-
plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis-
tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings
Strand, V 9 O.
London, England, 1870-08-19

THE FEELING IN AUSTRIA.

Whovever will takc the trouble to examine the attitude
of the Austrian press, must come to the conclusion that
there is hardly any party of respectable strength through-
ovt the Empire which is favourable to an affiance of
Austria with France, and that the Government, in join-
ing France, would take a step a hundred times more
hazardous than the war 1866. Considering the deceptive
cable dispatches by which the French Government seeks
to lead astray public opinion, it is of great interest
to note the language of the leading papers of the
several great nationalities with regard to the war.
As regards the nine millions of Germans in the Empire,
their attitude is almost as decided as that of the North
and South Germans against France. Oily one paper of
Vienna, the organ of the Ultramontane aristocracy, dares
to declare its sympathy with France ; all the others em-
phatically blame France for the war, and though they
admit that the Germans of Austria find it difficult to
sympathise with the Prussians, who in 1866 ex-
expelled them from Germany, they declare it to
be imposiibie to withhold their sympathy from the
German nation when German territory is 'invaded by
the hereditary foe of Germany. The provincial papers
speak in the same way. The Liberal Associations in
Gratz, the capital of Styria, recommend to all Liberal
Associations of Austria the adoption of the following re-
solution : " We recognise in the war between France
and Germany an impudent attempt by Louis Napoleon
to rob Germany, and we therefore demand of our Govern-
ment that it preserve in this war the strictest
neutrality ; for we must declare an alliance of
Austria with the arch foe of the German nation
to be treason against Germany and an immense
misfortune for Austria." The cable dispatch which two
weeks ago announced that Hungary had declared in
favour of France, is also found to be utterly untrue.
One single paper of Pesth, which supports the Govern-
ment, expressed French sympathy, but all the other
papers of the Hungarian capital so emphatically declared
against this manifestation that the Government declined
all responsibility for the article, and declared in
union with all the potitical parties in favour of absolute
neutrality. The Czechs, the ruling nationality in
Bohemia and Moravia, and the Poles of Galicia, have the
frankness to say that they do not care at all about the fate
of Austria,. provided the course of events will favour the
particular interests of their nationality. The Poles, more-
over, add that if Russia joins one of the belligerent parties
the Poles will, of course, give their whole sympathy to the
other. It seems barely possible that, with such a disposi-
tion of the prominent races, any Austrian statesman should
again be foolhardy enough to stake the very existence
of the Empire upon a new war with Prussia.—New York
Tribune.
London, England, 1870-08-19

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THE RUMOURED NEGOTIATIONS.

The Post says the public may disabuse their minds once
and for all of the notion that negotiatians are at pre-
sent pending with a view to peace. Those who
are mapping out the precise conditions are
talking in the dark, ignorant of the secrets of
the future. Both the foreseen and unforeseen
have yet to play their part. More battles must be
fought, and the triumph of Germany be final and com-
plete before France can, with any respect for her dignity,
listen to any overtures. Unless the fortune of war should
prove unvarying, and carry the Prussians to Paris,
the French cannot be expected to treat. The temper
of the army, of the nation, and of the capital
amply proves this position. It is still firmly believed
by the French that, in spite of their recent disasters,
they can drive back the Germans and rescue the
provinces to which the King of Prussia has appointed his
governors. Whether they can effect this or not, the
nation is bound to make the effort, if they are not pre-
pared to forfeit their old traditions and their reputation
as a brave people. When the French have either turned
the tide, or are hopelessly overwhelmed by the invading
wave, it will be time for Neutrals to attempt pacific in-
tervention. As yet, the moment has certainly not
arrived.
London, England, 1870-08-19

WYLD'S NEW WAR MAPS.

NATYLD'S MILITARY MAP of GERMANY,
Seat of War, including the whole of Central Europe,
parts of France, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, &c. The Rhine,
Bavaria, Italy, &c., and describing the Post Roads and Rail-
roads, with all the Military Towns, &c. Four sheets, Oft. sin.
high, sft. wide. In sheet, £l. ; in case, £1 10s. ; on rollers, £2 ;
spring roller, £4 14s. 6d. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen
457, Strand, W.C., next door to the Post-office, Charing-cross.

YLD'S SPECIAL MAP of the THEATRE
of WAR in CENTRAL EUROPE. No. 1, on a large
scale, with the Railways, Fortified Posts, &c. In sheets, bs.; in
case, 7s. '6d.; on roller, varnished, 10s. 6d. James Wyld,
Geographer to the Queen. 457, Strand, W.C., next door to the
Post-office, Charing-cross, and 2, Royal Exchange:

WYLD'S MAP of the THEATRE of WAR
in North Eastern France, extending to Paris and Ant-
werp, Calais, Ostend, Belgium, Prussia, Bavaria, and the
frontiers of South Germany, with the course of the Rhine,
from Duseldorf to Strasbourg, the railroads, fortified places,
French and Prussian fortresses, strategic positions, &c. In
sheet 4s. ; in case, 6s. 6d. ; on rollers, varnished, Bs.—James
Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, 457, Strand, W.C., next door to
the Post-office, Charing-cross, 11 and 12, Charing-cross, and 2,
Royal Exchange.
London, England, 1870-08-19

LOSSES IN SUNDAY'S ENGAGEMENT.

Another telegram of the same date states that
the Prussian loss at the battle of Longeville on Sun-
day last was between 16,000 and 18,000 men. It
is also said that the army of Plitice Frederick
Charles was 250,000, aad that of General Steinmetz
70,000 strong, against which Marshal Bazaine has
been contending since Sunday on the high roads
between Metz and Verdun, which bifurates at Gra-
velottes. Despatches show that from Metz uo
Verdun from Sunday evening the French Army has
Been almost constantly fighting against desperate
efforts by the Prussians to cut their line of retreat.

NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC.
The Gaulois says : The Baltic fleet has received
orders to claim in each Prussian commercial port an
indemnity of double the amount of the contribution
exacted by the Prussians at places in French terri-
tOry,
London, England, 1870-08-19

AUGUST 19, 1870.

ANOTHER ENGLISH VESSEL FIRED ON.
Yesterday, Captain Thompson, of the Liverpool vessel
Mydia, arrived in the Tyne, from Hamburg, and reported
that, after leaving the Elbe, a French ironclad hove in
sight, and fired a shot between main-mast and mizen-
mast. The crew of the ironclad afterwards boarded the
Mydia, and, on being asked why they fired, replied that
the Mydia had not shewn her colours. The French officer
in command of the boarding party having satisfied him-
self that the Mydia was a British vessel, allowed her to
proceed.
London, England, 1870-08-19

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MARITIME NEUTRALITY.

A correspondence has recently taken place between
Baron Gerolt, the Prussian Minister at Washington,
and Mr. Hamilton Fish, the American Secretary of
State, relative to the subject of maritime neutrality.
It will be remembered that soon after the declara-
tion of war by France, notice was given by Prussia
that private property on the high seas would be
exempt from seizure by German ships, without re-
gard to reciprocity. This notice having been placed
officially before the American. Government, Mr.
Fish took occasion to recall the fact that nearly a
century ago a treaty of amity and commerce was
entered into between the two nations, whereby it
was agreed that, if war should unhappily arise be-
tween the two contracting parties, all merchant and
trading vessels employed in exchanging the products
of different places, and thereby rendering the neces-
saries, conveniences, and comforts of human life more
easy to be obtained and more general, should be

allowed to pass free and unmolested, and that neither

of the contracting Powers should grant or issue any
commission to any private armed vessels empowering
them to take or destroy such trading vessels or in-
tercept such commerce. This principle of
maritime neutrality has been frequently brought
before the European Powers, and so late as 1861 Mr.
Seward renewed an offer to give the adherence of
the United States to the declaration of the Congress
of Paris, if the words " and that the private property
of the subjects or citizens of a belligerent on the high
seas shall be exempted from seizure by public armed
vessels of the other belligerents, unless it be contra-
band of war," were added. In replying to the Ame-
rican Secretary's note, Baron Gerolt expresses a hope
that the Government of the United States will use
its influence to obtain the universal recognition of
the principle.
London, England, 1870-08-19

GERMANY AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.

A letter of some importance, written by the Duke
of Schleswig-Holstein has appeared in the Kiel
journals. In it the Duke answers the question how
Schleswig-Holstein should act with respect to the
present war. He thinks that all who have a claim to
represent Germany oughtto j oin, to maintain her integ-
rityagainst a foreign foe. In sucha crisis as the present
one all internal questions still disturbing the country
should be thrown aside. The document concludes
with the following passage : " The . more we
Schleswig-Holsteiners regret that in the year 1864
we could take no active part in freeing the Duchies
from the Danish yoke, the tnore joyfully shall we
now join to defend the German soil against
France."
London, England, 1870-08-19

THIS EVENING'S NEWS

THE BATTLE BETWEEN METZ

AND VERDUN.

DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.

A PRUSSIAN PRINCE KILLED

FRENCH OFFICTAL ACCOUNT.
PARIS, AUGUST 19

The following official despatch from the French
head-quarters gives details of the engagement
of Tuesday, the 16th inst. The corps of
General Ladmirault formed the right wing.
A battalion. of the 73rd Regiment of the Line
destroyed a regiment of Prussian Lancers captur-
ing their colours. Many brilliant charges took place, in
one of which General Legrand was killed. The
Prussian GeneTals Wedel and Doerny were also
killed, and Generals Greuber and Von Ranch
wounded.

It is stated that the Prussian Prince Albert, com-
manding the cavalry, was killed. At the close of the
day we were masters of the position previously
occupied by the enemy.

On the following day, the 17th, several engage-
ments took place near Gravelottes with the rear

guard.

The approximate number of the enemy's forces
engaged on the 16th is estimated at 150,000 men.

MARSHAL MAC-MAHONS' ARMY.

A telegram from Paris, dated August 18 (Even-
ing) says :—The Emperor is still reported to be at
Reims. The remnant of MacMahon's corps, which
reached Chalons, on the 16th, numbered 15,000
teen. On the same day the forces assembled at
Chalons amounted to about 80,000 men, but fresh
troops were rapidly arriving. Since the 16th a few
battalions of the Mobile Guard have been sent from
Chalons to Paris. The Cloche has been suspended.
London, England, 1870-08-19

THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF TERRITORY.

The Standard affirms that there could not exist any
element in Europe so dangerous to the peace of the future
as France despoiled of any part of her old possessions.
Even supposing that the French were so thoroughlybeaten
and humiliated now as to consent to part with Alsace and
Lorraine, or even Alsace alone, it is certain that she would
never cease to intrigue and to agitate until she had
either got back this territory or had obtained compensa-
tion in some other direction. There could be no true
national government in France—Empire, Republic,
or Kingdom which would rest quiet under the
shame and injury of the loss of Alsace. As
for England, let her consider how far it would
be to her interest to have her neighbour in a
chronic mood of discontent and longing—whether the
desire for extended frontiers, baffled in the East, would
not return with new vigour to the North. Let her reflect,
moreover, that Germany, content with Alsace and
the Vosges frontier, would not be indifferent to the exten-
sion of French influence over the French-speaking pro•
vinces of Belgium. As to the argument that Alsace
and Lorraine were once portions of Germany, and that
they are peopled by a German race, that proves
too much, if we adopt it as a reason why France should
be despoiled of these provinces. Is it to be accepted as a
rule among the European Powers that the political
boundardies of the State should be co-terminous with the
limits of race and language ? Is there to be no statute of
limitations in respect to conquests by one country from
another ? If this is so, we shall have to make the map of
Europe anew, and there will be no end to the changes.
London, England, 1870-08-19

NAVAL BATTLE NEAR RUEGEN.

A, German despatch from the Island of Ruegen
says that on Tnesday a division of the Prussian fleet,
composed of the Grille and the gunboats Drache,
Blitz, end Salamander, was engaged to the west of
Ruegen with four French ironclad frigates, a corvette,
and a despatch boat. The French fleet is still off
Dornbach. It was first met by the Grille. "We
have suffered no losses," says the German account.

REPORTED ILLNESS OF THE
EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
'The Brussels correspondent of the Daily News
says that it is reported here that the Emperor
Napoleon is suffering from febrile monomania, during
the paroxyisms of which he incessantly cries out that
ho has been betrayed.
London, England, 1870-08-19

A REPENTANT JOKER.

A gentleman whose humorous propensities have
.eceived a somewhat severe shock, has written to
he Times to caution travellers in Ireland, by chewing

the rock on which he unfortunately foundered. He
states that a few days ago he arrived in Belfast, and
as he was pleased with the smartness of the people
and particularly with their adaptation for business,

he was soon at home. Bursting with the fullness of
his discovery the gentleman (who in an exuberance
of loyalty signs himself "God Save the Queen ')
straightway proceeded to exhibit his friendliness to
the Belfast people in general, and to a policeman in

particular. Meeting a constable in the street, he
addressed him with " Good night, Bobby, I'm a
Fenian." Unfortunately for him, however, the appe-
lation struck the policeman as being too familiar, and
he was marched off to the police-station, in spite of
his assertions that he was only joking. Twelve hours
in the lock-up have evidently made a deep impression
upon his mind, and it is to be hoped that the moral
tag appended to his letter will not be forgotten.
Never joke with these quasi-military police, and
never call any of them a "Bobby."
London, England, 1870-08-19

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest
Mamma.

QUEEN'S—At Seven, tily Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown.
VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun-
days). Admission, is. on Mondays, 6d. Children under
twelve, 6d.

MADAME TUBSAIIIA EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till
3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra
6d.
London, England, 1870-08-19

HONOUR THE BRAVE.

"Historicus" is highly indignant with those
Englishmen who have subscribed to the statue of
General "Stonewall" Jackson, and especially with
Mr. Xeresford Hope, who has acted as treasurer to
the fund. He denounces the whole affair as an

" international outrage," as an ill-omened enterprise,
and declares that it ever there was a cargo of contra-
band of war which England would do well to prohibit, it
would be this fatale. donum in question. He
protests against " this wanton insult" being
flung in the face of the American people
and asks what would be thought if it had
been proposed to erect a statue of Captain
Semmes before the Customhouse of New York, or to
present a model of the Alabama to the Navy Depart-
ment of the United States. Before "Historians'?
had lashed himself into this state of virtuous wrath,
it would have been well if he had paused to inquire
the estimation in which Stonewall Jackson is

held by his fellow-countrymen. Even during the
bitterest antagonism excited by the civil war, the
men of the North knew how to appreciate the
high character, the admirable generalship, and
the unsurpassed courage of a soldier who

did honour to their Country. Both sides
could afford to do full justice to the spirit and the
military ability of their adversaries, and when
General Jackson fell at Chancellorsville, the North,
as well as the South, openly regretted the death of a
brave soldier, though they knew their most formid-
able opponent was laid low. When General Lee
surrendered his sword, he was treated with marked
rispect, not only by General Grant, but by all the
chief men of the Federal States. In erecting a
statue to the memory of a man who so nobly repre-
sented the firmness, the steadiness, and the resource
as characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race on both
sides of the Atlantic, as on both sides of the great
Civil War, Englishmen pay a compliment to the
whole collective people of the United States, which
they will not fail to appreciate. Englishmen honour

the memory of Cavaliers and Roundheads alike,
who were high-spirited Englishmen, whatever

their individual opinions, and the United States
must be richer in great and good men than any of
the Old World nations, if they can afford to despise
such men as Stonewall Jackson and Robert Lee.
London, England, 1870-11-03

THE RESOURCES OF FRANCE.

A correspondent of the Dail?, News, writing from Tours
before the capitulation of Metz was made known, says :
Certainly the resources of France are enormous
notwithstanding the immense losses she has suf-
fered in men killed and wounded ; notwithstand-
ing one large army taken away captive, another
blocked before Metz, and 500,000 men blocked in
Paris, the towns and villages appear as full of strong
men as before, and besides these armed men me
pouring into every town and filling every railway line..
The whole of my route was bristling with bayonets. Arms
also do not appear scarce, for those who have no Chasse-
pots now appear with Reming-tons or Sniders. While
waiting for the train back here, before dawn this mor-
ning, at Angers, enthusiastic battalions of Mobiles
from the sea-coast departments came in, and
were taken off in the direction of Le Mans, thence to
Rennes. Presently the station is filled again with armed
and uniformed crowds. These are men of twenty-five
to forty years old; one can distinguish under the same
dress men of all classes and professions ; these are
the mobilised National Guards of Angers itself. Next
to them some seamen-like men appear. These
are all the old gunners who have served in
the navy, and who have been invited to volun-
teer as gunners for the auxiliary Army of the West,
with extra pay, &c. The appeal has brought many of
these men from the sellboard districts. Each of these dif-
ferent categories of men had its qualities and its defects,
no doubt, but auy one of them is better than the Line of
the present day. The levee en masse, as far as lev:es en
masse are possible things in this century and in this
country, is taking place in the departments I went through
last night. These are the only men Fr-a,nce has to rely
upon in this her day of agony, for the army is a
rotten plank, upon which it is no use reckoning any
longer. The Army of the Loire (Salbris Corps) is
coming here, or, at any rate, through here. A large
infantry force has arrived to-day, and is going to stay for
some days, judging by the amount of straw that has been
given out for the tents. The troops from Salbris are
joining the 16th Corps, and advancing from there towards
Vendome. What they are trying to do is more than I can
find out.
London, England, 1870-11-03

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London, England, 1870-11-03

THE LONDON 30:100L BOARD.

There are now in the field 130 candidates for the
London School Board ; the latest, and not by any
means the least presentable, being, it is said, Lord
Edmond Fitzmaurice, the only brother of the present
Lord Lansdowne, and M.P. for Caine. He is a young
man of studious habits, good abilities, and very decided
Liberal principles ; and as a representative of the Whig
interest, which is chiefly concentrated in Belgravia and
Mayfair, he has naturally been thought of for West-
minster. Lord Sandon and Mr. W. H. Smith expect to
be returned by the Church party, and the fourth and fifth
seats for the palatial city will be fought for by Mr.
W. Baxter, as Conservative economist • Mr. Sapwell,
the builder, of the same party; the Rev. Dr. Rigg, a
Wesleyan ' • Mr. Mudie, the bookseller, who is a Congre-
gationalist; and Mr. George Potter, as the nominee of
the working men.

The Pall Mall Gazette understands that Mr. Matthew
Arnold declined to become a candidate for the School
Board solely because, as a Government school inspector,
he could not with propriety sit on a board the proceedings
of which might come for review before his own depart-
ment.
London, England, 1870-11-03

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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to its pristine hue, no twitter at what age.
3NO. GOSNELL and C3O. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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form, and at a lower price.
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London, England, 1870-11-03

lery
.park at Ville Coublai, and twenty-seven in that
forming at Servans. I cannot help thinking that, if
the capture •of Paris be decided by force of arms,
an attack will be made on the northern forts as
well as the three southern works indicated in
former letters. If only as a diversion ti., the
main operations, directed against the southern defences,
assuredly General Moltke will not neglect to act, and act
vigorously, upon the opposite front to that upon which
the pros of his siege artillery will open fire within a fort-
night, barring accidents or armistices. I shall be much
surprised if the Parisians do not :find them-
selves, when the attack is commenced, between two
fires. Their prospects are, indeed, desperate. Some
American families came into Versailles to-day, having
left Paris yesterday, and give a mournful account of the
state of affairs in the city. They say that disorders of
the most alarming description take place daily in the
streets ; that many of the citizens openly express a wish
that the Germans were in possession, anything being pre-
ferable to the anarchy that reigns over the capital at
the present time ; that there is only meat enough
' left for a week's consumption, and but little bread ; in
short, that famine, no longer a far-distant contingency,
is threatening the population with trials they are en-
tirely unprepared to endure. Victor lingo's last ut-
terance has elicited no enthusiasm whatever, but a
good deal of disgust. By the bye, an exalted person-
age, who perused it for the first time this morning,
and laughed heartily at its pompous periods and daft
' ravings, remarked drily when he had come to the end of
it, "There is only one truth in M. Hugo's astonishing
falbala—which is, that the weather is very bad. So it is,
to be sure, and getting worse every day. But he need
not alarm himself on that account ; we shall get on pretty
well, I fancy—at any rate we shall make the best of it 1"
Although the wind and rain have been fighting
for supremacy all day at the top of their strength,
the King drove out to St. Germain to dinner, being un-
willing to disappoint the officers who had been asked
to meet him. The Crown Prince's reception yesterday
evening was crowded. Several new faces were noticeable,
belonging to the South German Ministers, who were
somewhat lionised, and seemed in excellent spirits.
Several members of the Portuguese Legation left Paris
yesterday morning, and. wore here to-night. The tunnel
that was blown up close to Nanteuil-sur-Marne will not,
4 I regret to say, be restored to a practicable condition this
year ; the temporary bridge, however, over the Marne at
Trilport is progressing famously, and will soon be given
" over to traffic-s-that is, to the transport of stores, muni-
: ' tions of war, &c. Our troops are already much harassed
by the change hi the temperature, and signs of winter are
' manifesting themselves so emphatically that the sooner
the 250,000 fur coats ordered for the army reach them
' I the better.