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London, England, 1870-11-05

FRENCH BRAVERY A r CHATEAUDUN.

Much bas been said atout the decline of the French
soldier, and undoubtedly there are abundunt signs that
neither man nor officer is what he was ; but no such
symptoms were apparent at Chateaudun. The defence of
this place was so remarkable that an account from Berlin
is worthy of notice. It comes from a source by no means
distinguished for French sympathies, and yet it praises
the bravery of the Mobile Guards even more than
the French journals themselves. " About 4,000
strong, they had blocked up every entrance to
the town, and so skilfully posted themselves
behind cover that the Germans had to bombard the
/Ace for eight hours before they could think of proceeding
to a more direct and effective attack. It was 9 p.m
before the 30 guns that had opened the work of destruc
tion were ordered off to make way ; for the storming
columns ; but the progress of the assaulting parties was
stopped by the most solid barricades yet encountered in I
this war of sieges. Behind a thick layer of fascines a wall
of earth was heaped up Mt, high and 3ft, wide. The earth

was backed by stones, supported by felled trees, so as to
give additional solidity to the whole, and form a sort of
breast-work on the top. This formidable obstruction,
lined with dense rows of chassepots, proved impregnable
to the infantry, who advanced, tambour battant, with
levelled bayonet. After a vain attempt or two to get at
the defenders, the artillery was set to work again, but
with the like success, its grenades bursting in the
earthworks and doing comparatively little injury.
The ordinary modes of procedure having thus been
exhausted, orders were given by General Wittich, who
commanded the expedition, to beat in the side walls of
the houses, and thus, penetrating from house to house.
take the barricades in the rear. But even this did not
discourage the French, who disputed the possession of
each house, and did tremendous execution among the
engineers, as they smashed in the walls pickaxe in hand.
The place was ultimately set on fire, after much carnage.
The occupation of the town and district had become im-
perative, for the immense woods between Paris and
Chateaudun were infested by freeshooters, who did great
damage. They swarmed about in large numbers, shot
Uhlans and sentinels, and greatly annoyed the Germans."
The woods, says this account, are now clear of them.
London, England, 1870-11-05

GERMANS AT METZ.

SAARBItUCK, Nov. 3 (2.30 p.m.)
Order has been completely restored in the town,
and everything is quiet.
Two Prussian army corps have gone to Thion-
ville. The bombardment commences on Monday
next.

Landwehr regiments, amounting to 30,000 men,
under General Kummer, remain here.
Prince Frederick Charles, with the Second Army,
has marched to Lille and Besangon, and au attack
upon Belfort is expected.
Sickness is raging in the town. The weather is
unsettled and cold.

ASSASSINATION AT MARSEILLES.

Touus, Thursday.

M. Gent, who was sent to Marseilles to succeed
M. Esquiros, has been shot and badly wounded by
the Reds.

Colonel Valcour's report against Bazaine will
appear to-day. The colonel has been decorated.
London, England, 1870-11-05

SHERIFFS' BANQUET.

Alderman and Sheriff Owden, and Mr. Robert Jones,
the newly elected Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, gave
their inauguration banquet on Thursday evening at the
London Tavern. Amongst the guests were Lord Denman,
General Pennefather, Admiral Belcher, Admiral Hall,
Mr. Crawford. M.P., and others. In giving the toast of
"The Royal Family," Mr. Sheriff Jones made,
amidst general cheering, a passing reference to
the recent matrimonial alliance between Princess
Louise and Lord Lorne. General Pennefather, in re-
plying for the army, hoped that the policy which was
pursued last year, when two great nations were armed to
the teeth, would not be again repeated by us. Admiral
Belcher, for the navy, said he was sure the nation would
never allow the service he represented to fall into disuse.
Our navy might defy the world, and the effective force of
the marines was quite equal to the preservation of our
colonies and any little foreign wars which might occur.
If we gave our navy an increase of marines we
did away with the necessity of sending our
troops abroad. In response to the toast of " The Houses
of Lords and Commons," proposed by Alderman and
Sheriff Owden, Lord Denman, for the Upper House,
remarked that differences between the two Houses did
no harm, and that free conferences between them, not-
withstanding the nonsensical prescriptions of etiquette,
would remove many obstacles. The House of Commons
was responded for by Mr. Crawford, M.P., who
on the subject of the Education Boards said all
that was wanted in the City, was representa-
tives who would give full effect to the inten-
tions of the Legislature. He also warned his hearers
that next session they would have to consider some
measure for the government of London. In dealing with
the question of property, upon this point he would be a
bold man, however, who would propose for the use of the
whole metropolis that which belonged essentially to the
City of London. In reference to the war question, he
said he did not, like many others, condemn the inaction
of the present administration, believing they had clone
everything in their power. The other toasts included—
" The Sheriffs," " The Bar of England," " The Civic
Authorities," " The Royal Hospitals," " The Under-
Sheriffs," &c. Songs and glees were interspersed with the
speeches.
London, England, 1870-11-05

EVACUATION OF CHATEAUNEUF.

From Tours the news comes that the Prussians
have evacuated Chateauneuf, and are now concen-
trating in large numbers at Orleans..

FRENCH DEFEAT AT THANN.

Advices which have reached Berne from Porren-
trin, dated Ist instant, announce that the Mobile and
National Guards have been completely defeated near
Thann. Heavy cannonading having been heard in
the direction of Giromagny on Wednesday, the
Swiss troops have been ordered to advance to the
furthest extremity of the frontier.
London, England, 1870-11-05

AMERICAN COLLEGES.

Professor l3laikie, speaking at the opening of the
session of the New College, Edinburgh, a day or two
since, told his audience that American colleges wore
divided into four classes. Some were strictly denomi-
national institutions. It was attempted to carry on
others under the joint arrangement of two or more
denominations, A third seetion of collegeS had pro-
posed to dispense with religious teaching or influence,
and with all special connection with religious bodies;
while the last division adopted a system which he
declared seemed to be the most characteristically
American of the whole. Under it, while the college
was in the hands of some single religious deno-
mination, in order to secure unity and effect to its
religious influence the institution was conducted
with a view to the welfare of the whole community.
It encouraged the attendance of students of all deno-
minations, and undertook its operations in harmony
with the enlightened and liberal spirit of the culture
to which it was devoted. Reviewing the results
of the American college system, Professor

Blaikie said 'there was more of religion and
of religious instruction in the American colleges than
in those of the British Isles. On the other hand,
there was wanting that concentration of academic
lustre which marked such institutions as Cambridge
and Oxford, as well as that concentration of rivalry
and al-o of intellectual furniture which was to be
found there. Libraries and collections of scientific
apparatus were necessarily meagre, and the establish-
ments wore altogether on a smaller scale. The
American colleges had not the glory of great national
institutions ; and their chief honours were not such
passports to social distinction.
London, England, 1870-11-05

A DISTURBANCE IN THE CITY.

The last day on which Metz "enjoyed its proper
exitence," was spent in indignant grief at the approach
of the foreigner. It appeared as if the citizens would
have thrown the paving-stones in the face of the enemy.
At three o'clock the great bell of Metz sounded with great
force. The National Guards ran to the Hotel de Vile,
and met the soldiers hurrying to the arsenal to deliver up
their arms. A captain of Carabineers of the Guard
harrangued them from his horse. In another group an
editor of a local journal sung the " Marseillaise," and at
the end of each verse fired a revolver. They ran to the
arsenal and brought out some of the arms, and waving
a flag declared the Republic to be established.
The crowd moved on in a precipitate manner
and above all was heard the alarming sound of the bell
which geuerally speaking summoned the firemen to ex-
inguish the fires. General Coffinieres had foreseen all and
when the people approached the Rue de la Princerie he
was surrounded by officers and armed protectors.
Delegates were received by him and one of them a former
hussar, spoke to him with great indignation, •` There
are two of you who have betrayed Metz, but you will not
escape you are held by some one who will not let go of
you. posterity will judge you." The citizens of Metz
showed the feelings which animated them by placing fifty
men at the gates of the general's house in order that he
should not escape from them. At six o'clock a
battalion of the Guard took possession of the
street, amid some execrations from the crowd.
at last some one exclaimed that the street where they
kept guard over a man who had sold the people to the
enemy, should henceforth be named " Rue de la Prus-
serie." The disturbance lasted till eleven in the evening.
On the next day the statue of Marshal Fabert, on the
Place d'Armes, was covered with a large black veil, and
it was thus that it met the gaze of the Prussians at mid-
day. A regiment of Prussian infantry occupied the
interior of the Porte lilaselle. It is said that a French
colonel killed himself at the house of a Fleurist rather
than resign himself to the idea of a surrender.
London, England, 1870-11-05

PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES.

The army is highly gratified by the fact that the King
has raised Prince Frederick Carl to the rank of a Field
Marshal. He comes into the town this afternoon, enter-
ing quietly through the Porte Sarpenoise, and then going
first to visit the fortifications of the Porte Chambrixe
and the Polygon, and then riding out to Fort St. Julien.
A goodly proportion of his staff have already come
clattering into the Hotel de l'Enrope, princes, counts,
and " vons "in all the varieties of swell cavalry uniform.
The Prince goes to-day or to-morrow for a few days'
change, his health being far from restored after his attack
of dysentery. Some of his staff go with him, bat the ad-
ministration of the Second Army remains at Corny. Tho
Seventh Army Corps remains in the meantime in
the vicinity of Metz, as well as Kummer's division
inside. General Manteuffel yesterday quitted St. Barbe
for Jouy, and assumed the command of the First Army,
commanded in the early part of the war by that excellent
officer General Steinmetz, who has been much maligned.
This First Army, under his command, marches in a
few days ain the direction of Lille ; the Second Army,
remaining under Prince Frederick Charles, will

proceed later toward Besancon—that is, if thq news from
Berlin and Paris should not bring the arrestment of opera-
tions. The prisoners from the western side of the Moselle
are being drafted across the river daily into the camps on
this side nearest to Courcelles, so that the latter, although
being depleted daily, will be kept at their present strength
till all have been brought across.
London, England, 1870-11-05

THE DECEMBER ECLIPSE.

In stating that we believe that the English Eclipse Ex-
pedition is now finally arranged, it is due to the Govern-
ment to add, and we do so with the greatest pleasure, that
it is quite clear that only a small part of the blame, which
certainly attaches to some one, can be laid at their doors. In
fact, explanations certainly are due from those who have
had the management of this now famous Joint Committee.
It appears that a deputation was named, and accepted
the trust of representing the requirements of science to
the First Lord of the Treasury, which trust they neither
fulfilled nor handed back to the committee in order that
another deputation might be appointed. We next hear of
a letter written to the wrong Government department ; and
last of all, we are informed that the letters of the Government
department—the last, we believe, written not later than
the beginning of September—stating, among other things,
that an application should be made in October, when the
possibility of granting ships could be better discussed—
have not yet been brought before the Joint Committee,
which has just been summoned by the Secretary. It is not
for us to censure such conduct as this, but it is our clear
duty to point it out, and we hope the matter will be taken
up. In spite of this mismanagement, however,
we hear that the Government are prepared to
aid both by money and ships when an application shall be,
made, and we cannot doubt that application will be made.
There is still ample time to organise an expedition which
shall do much good work, though perhaps it is too late to
send out and erect the largest class of instruments. Large
instruments, however, will be in the hands of the members
of the American Government Expedition, so that this is
the less to be regretted.—Nature.

Mr. Power, Master of Pembroke, has been elected
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

BOTTLED BEER.—The convenience of having beer
in bottle is greatly interfered with by the use of reputed
instead of imperial pints. Many of our largest beer bottlers
restrict their trade to a very great extent by pursuing.
this practice, because, very naturally, the public objeot
to pay 6d. or is. for that which is in reality
only worth but half the amount. In theatres
and places of entertainment there is every convenience
for partaking of refreshment, but the reputed pint bottle
induces the majority of the would-be customers to restrain
their desires rather than submit to such an extortion ;
but it is pleasant to be able to note the fact that
this obstacle is in a fair way of being removed, thanks to
the instrumentality of many of the leading houses in this
particular branch of business. Messrs. Whitbread and
other large firms have determined to give the public that
for which they undoubtedly pay, viz., an imperial pint of
beer in every bottle sent from their establishments ; and
the arrangement has but to become genarally known to
enJure the preference to houses trading on this principle.
London, England, 1870-11-05

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

An important meeting was held at the Corn Hall,
Huntingdon, yesterday. The Bishop of Ely occupied the
chair, and in his opening address declared his misgivings
of the Education Act, it being calculated, if those who
carried it out were not careful, to empty the rate-
payers' pockets and leave unfilled the minds of the
children. But if it stirred up voluntary effort to
more decided action, it would in that way do good.
They might, did they prefer it, work without a
conscience clause, and surrender the Government
grant, but his lordship though it better to adopt the pro-
visions of the Act, for a time-table conscience clause was
not in itself objectionable. The clause regarding reli-
gious teaching was not, he thought, the best which could
be framed ; but under it they might teach the doctrines of
the Scriptures. The whole principle of the bill was to
lead them to practice Volitntaryism. They must re-
member that if the bill did not succeed another
would soon replace it ; they must therefore
work the Act legally lest they get a worse
one. If they wanted, as it is quite cer-
tain they did, to retain a good religious education,
they must do their best to make all their schools good and
promote the success of their training colleges. Speeches
were afterwards delivered by Mr. E. F. Fellowes, M,P.
Mr. T. Baring, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Duncombe, M.P.,
the Earl of Carysfort, and others ; and resolutions were
passed declaring the necessity for definite religious teach
ing in schools, and that the best way to insure this would-
be by establishing voluntary schools.
A large and influential meeting was also held in
Rochester yesterday, Viscount Sydney presiding. Re'
solutions were passed urging the importance of a great
effort to establish schools, and thus obtain Government
London, England, 1870-11-05

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

The latest advices received from Bombay from
China state that matters continue unsatisfactory at
Tien-tsin. It is reported that Mr. Wade has appliod
for men and guns to patrol the settlement, but the
news is unauthenticated.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND THE
PRINCESS LOUISE.

The Marquis of Lorne presided last night at the annual
dinner of the Glasgow and Argyleshire Society. The
health of the Princess Louise was drunk with Highland
honours, the guests standing with one of their feet on the
table and the other on the chairs. The Marquis, in re-
sponding, said : I am sure the Princess will learn with
much gratification of the extremely cordial manner in
which her name has been received this evening
by so large a number of gentlemen con.
netted with Argyleshire. His lordship, in a subse.
quent speech, expressed the hope that he might long have
the honour of representing the county of Argyle, and
thought it was not a county which one would desire to
desert in any case. The Rev. Dr. Norman M`Leod said
if he had been the Marquis of Lorne instead of the minis-
ter of Barony he should have decidedly proposed to her
Royal Highness, and remarked that the Princess would
get a good husband as the Marquis of Lorne would get a
good wife.
London, England, 1870-11-05

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THE FORTIFICATIONS.

Writing on the evening of the 31st October, the corre-
spondent of the Daily News says :--I have spent this
afternoon in inspecting, so far as is in my power, the for-
tifications of the town of Metz, and those constituting
its exterior defences. What I "have already written in
the columns of the Daily News concerning the natu-
ral and artificial strength of the forts of St. Quentin,
St. Julien, Plappeville, St. Eloy, and Queleu has been
more than borne out by personal investigation. Whoever
holds Metz holds an impregnable fortress. Nothing can
so much as get at the fortress of Metz proper while the
outworks hold out, and there is no reason that, properly
garrisoned and provisioned, they should not hold out for
ever. It might be possible to batter down St. Eloy
or Qneleu, the others cannot be got at advantageously
in any way on account of the
,strength of their natural
position. The weak point of the fortress is towards the
east, between Queleu and St. Julien ; but the comple-
ment of the defence on that side is made up by the " pro-
visional" earthwork of Les Bottes. From what I hear
I think it probable that the day after the 14th of
August, the Prussians, if they had made a dash, and
had been prepared for severe losses, might have
effected a lodgment in front of Fort Belle Croix
in this direction, and, indeed, if all tales are true, might
have pushed their way into the town itself. We all know
how easy it is to be wise after the event. The English
' army in the Crimea was abused for not going straight into
Sebastopol two days after the Alma, instead of
sitting down on that bleak plateau over against
the fortress. Had its leaders _known the state of
the fortifications, no doubt that weary winter and
those heaps of dead might have been spared to Britain.
So with the Prussians here. I am assured that so confi-
dent were the French of Success—so ridiculous' did they
think the idea that it was possible to invest Metz—that
it was not till after the battle of Forbach that serious

efforts were made to place the fortress in an
efficient state of defence. The guns were not mounted till
then behind the embrasures. Les Bottes was unfinished

a mere heap of shapeless earth. Even now it is not
properly finished, andis as slovenly a piece of fortification
work as I ever saw put out of hand by troops which assert
they have engineers in their ranks. Nevertheless, it
has a front, and guns mounted on that front. The
Prussians ever masterful and prompt, will not delay long
to alter Les Bottes from a " provisional" into a perma-
nent fort; and, with their efficient and thorough system
of administration, Metz, if impregnable hitherto, will
be henceforth, if such a thing can be, doubly impreg-
nable.

THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
London, England, 1870-11-05

THE PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE.

Drill of the Moblots and National Guards, says a letter
from Versailles, dated October 29, goes on all over the
city and suburbs at every hour of the day ; and the irre-
gular forces at Trochu's command are fast getting used
to habits of discipline. Crime of all sorts is
much less frequent than it was three weeks ago—
demonstrations, strenuously discouraged by the
people as well as the authorities, are rare and
insignificant. Trochu and the members of his
military council keep their projects to themselves, and
public confidence in them is rather heightened than
diminished by that fact. Earth has been strewn about,
fully a foot deep, in the "places " and open spaces—
not being thoroughfares of importance—that abound
in the city. A system of inner defence, in which
barricades, trenches, and abattis play a considerable part,
has been put into execution. The manufacture of
arms and ammunition is carried on with unre-
mitting activity ; and most of the brigade com-
mands have been given to engineer officers. The
cession of Alsace is no longer spoken of as an
impossibility, but Lorraine is considered to be out of
the question. The only manifestation of futility still ob-
taining to any great extent is the chronic idol-worship
paid to the civic statue of Strasbur4. In other respects
the Parisians appear to have put away foolish things,
and entered upon a solid course of common sense.—Tele-
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London, England, 1870-08-16

THE INVESThMNT OF STRASBURG.

The French official despatch says :—" From intelli-
gence received from the'rpper and Lower Rhine Depart-
ments, the enemy's Jorces do not appear seriously to
intend undertaking the siege of Strasburg. They are
chiefly endeavouring to isolate the besieged, and have, it
is said, blown up tfie railway bridge to Bgle, near Fegens--
helm. It is also believed that the forces in front of Stras-
burg are not very considerable."
London, England, 1870-08-16

THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

The Vienna Official Journal of yesterday denies as ab•
solutely false the statement of the Berlin Post that Count
Beust, impressed by the late events, had taken steps
for the convocation of a diplomatic conference, having
for its object the re-establishment of peace. The
same journal also denies that Count Beust had sent a
circular to this effect to the Austrian •representatives at
neutral Courts.
London, England, 1870-08-16

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DISTURBANCES IN PARIS.

ue following mums are given in a subsequent despatch
—" On Sunday evening, about four o'clock, a band
of about two hundred individuals, many of whom
were armed with revolvers, attacked the post of
sapeurs-pompiers on the Boulevard de la Vilette.
The sentinel on duty was fired at and killed.
The rioters seized four or five muskets. Several
policemen and two or three persons passing by were
wounded by their fire. One little girl was killed. The
police, however, succeeded in arresting the ringleader
and many individuals of the band, arms in hand. The
rioters shouted Vive la Rdpublique !' and invited the
people to follow them to the Corps Ldgislatif. The crowd
were exasperated, and energetically sided with the police,
shouting Ce sont des Prussiens 1' Mort aux
Prussiens !' The rioters immediately scattered in all
directions, and were pursued by the police and people
for several hours."

The Gaulois states that among the persons arrested was
one man who stated himself to be English, but had a
strong German accent. He had an English passport, and
,some sovereigns and gold Fredericks. The police have
seized several clandestine depots of arms in Paris within
the last few days.

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London, England, 1870-08-16

FIRE IN ISLINGTON.

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cause of which is not known, destroyed the sawmills,
engine and boiler house, the joiners', plumber', and black
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Three horses were burnt to death, and about 1,000 cut
deals were very severely damaged by fire.
London, England, 1870-08-16

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BEER AND PSYCHOLOGY.

The journal which represents the licensed vic-
tuallers in the metropolis, is well known to combine
the advocacy ot the interests of its con-
stituents with those of a higher hind. If
it is rather Philistine in its tone, the public
must take it for granted that at all times it is in
favour ot plenty ot spirit (or spirits) and that in this
respect it is a believer in the doctrines of Mr. Matthew
Arnold. It would seem, however, that the Advertiser
has taken up a new line,and has added apsychologist
to its staff. In its last number an account is given
of an experiment tried upon the unfortunate ex-
Empress of Mexico. As the physicians expected,
" the sudden shock of the communication to the
Princess Charlotte of the late Prussian victories, and
the approaching collapse of the French Empire, has
had a wonderfully salutary influence on the state of
the Royal patient's mind." The interrupted thread
of her ideas has been restored. She reads with
avidity the news of the day, and sees in the retribu-
tion which has overtaken the present occupants of
•the Tuileries the avenging hand of Providence—and
much more to the same effect. Evidently the
Advertiser has no desire to lose its reputation for
strange news.
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TEIE StTisi, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1870.

MA DAME TUSS AU D'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER STREET.

On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the
Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of
Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children
under 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open
from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.

was assailed in great force by the Prussians—it looks
uncommonly, as yet, like another disaster to the
Imperial eagles. Another extraordinary announce-
ment made by the EMPEROR is that on
quitting Metz, with the Prince IMPERIAL, for
Verdun, he issues a proclamation, dated but a few
hours previously, namely, two p.m. on Sunday,
in which he says to his spldiers that he leaves them
in order to fight against the invaders. He goes to fight
—by retreating ! As yet the tactics of the French in
this campaign are simply incomprehensible.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Jurors are to be entitled to six days notice, the sheriff
regulating their attendance. The present practice
of nominating special juries in London and Middlesex
is to be abolished, and they are to be provided in

the same manner as in other counties. The overseers '
are to specify special jurors, and justices are to cer-
tif.), the jury lists after revision. Aliens, after ten
years domicile, may be placed on the list. Any per-,
son having a case tried in one of the courts in Lon-
don or Middlesex may claim, as in other counties, to
have it tried by special jury. Special jurors are to
have £1 ls. a day for their attendance, and common
jurors 10s. They may be allowed# fire when out of
court, and reasonable refreshment at their own ex-
pense. Then is no provision made for the payment
of jurors in criminal cases; but the judges of the
superior courts are to see that the several provisions
of the Act are carried out.

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION.

A collision occurred at Carlisle Station on Saturday
morning, when the night express ran into a train of empty
carriages. Sixteen persons were injured, but not
seriously. All the passengers resumed the journey after
having their bruises examined by surgeons.
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THE WAR FEELING IN AMERICA.

Americans in general discuss the fiubj ec t, as we said
they, would, with the utmost impartiality, and read homi-
lies indeed to their fellow citizens of German birth, who
have taken up the matter with enthusiasm. Many native
Americans cannot, as wa also predicted, sympathise with
eithir side to a monarchial quarrel. Were the struggle
thatl of an oppressed people against an Emperor, the
ease would differ ; or were it that of a weak nation
repelling the invasion of a strong neighbour ;
but he war of the Confederacy has taught Americans
that rebels are not always justified in a revolt, and that
a welak nation may be very wrong in the contest it has
provbked. While the intelligence published by the press
is singularly full and comple'se, the New York Tribune
taking the lead, through the excellence of Mr.
Smalley's arrangements the same impression pre-
vailed as in England, that the French would invade
and ! win the first battle. Even the German citi-
zens, who had the firmest faith in the ultimate
result, were prepared to begin with invasion and defeat.
It was teought almost impossible, after the publication of
the Secret Treaty, that England could escape ; and it was
predicted that, with Great Britain involved, all Europe
would follow. The direction events have taken, from the
vigOur of the German attack, has upset all such calcula-
tions, for the picture was even more present to every
mind on the other side of the Atlantic than on this of a
triumphant Napoleon dealing dreadful blows as he pressed
on to Berlin.—Anglo-American Times.
London, England, 1870-08-16

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

The settlement, according to a telegram from Shanghae
dated July 22, is quiet, but uneasiness still prevails. The
French missionary establishment is considered unsafe.
The English and French Admirals are at Tientsin. It is
reported that the Chinese authorities are using their ut-
most endeavours to persuade England and America to in-
terfere and avert retribution for the late massacre. The
Investigation into the affair is proceeding at Tientsin, and
strong evidence has been obtained to justify the belief
that the murderous rising was directed against all fo-
reigners,
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ARCHBISHOP MI-ALE.

The Irish National journals explain the demonstra-
tion outside Archbishop Mac Hale's hotel in Dublin,
last week, by characterising it as one of religious and
political significance combined. It is worthy of note,
they say, that the Diocesan himself, Cardinal Cullen,
arrived from Rome without being observed by
the people in any remarkable manner,
the reason being, that none of the people
were "so slavish as to do him reverence."
Archbishop Mac Hale, on the contrary, not only has
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tend, but he has secured a fresh claim upon their
gratitude by opposing, as an intelligent representa-
tive Irishman, the dogma of Infallibility, which the
Cardinal seems meekly to have bowed to without any
exhibition of opposition, or spirit whatever. Arch-
bishop Mac Hale's well known eloquence and erudition,
the National papers declare, were exerted to the full
against that oppressive doctrine, and for that alone he
is entitled to esteem and admiration at the hands of
Irishmen.—Northern Daily Express.
London, England, 1870-08-16

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, AUG. 15.
The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, accom
panied by Princess Louise and Pzince Arthur.

Princess Beatrice also went out.

The Prince of Leiningen and Commander Campbell, of
her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, dined with the
Queen and the Royal Family yesterday.
Lieut.-General Viscount Templetown and Admiral Sir
James Hope have left Osborne.

A Malta letter says the Mediterranean squadron
was last heard of in the Malta Channel.

It is reported that the Commercial Department of
the Board of Trade is about to be removed to the Foreign
Office.
The Earl and Countess Grey will receive a large
party this week at Howick Hall, on the occasion of the
nuptials of Lord Dunglass and Miss Grey.
Orders have been received at Pembroke dockyard
from the Admiralty not to discharge any more men, even
of those who had received notice to leave.
A number of young men are reported to have left
Cork for France ; some state that as many as 1,000 have
left to join the Foreign Legion in the service of France.
General Burnside and his wife were among the
passengers by the Cunard steamer Cuba, which arrived at
Liverpool from New York on Saturday.
WORKMAN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI-
CULTURAL HALL.—The number of visitors, exclusive of
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the 15th inst., was 10,185.
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OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

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TIIE NEW ACT ON JURIES.

The new Act on juries, amending the laws relating
to their qualifications, summoning, attendance, and
remuneration, has been issued. The Act itself will

take effect on the first day of Michaelmas term,
November 20, and relates to England and Wales
only. No person is to be summoned to serve on ally
jury, except a grand jury, more than once a year,
unless all the jurors on the list have been summoned.
London, England, 1870-08-16

DIFFERING IN OPINION.

The two gentlemen who were charged at a London
police court on Saturday with making a disturbance
in the not very savoury purlieus of Whitechapel,
have set an example which it is to be hoped will not
be generally followed. Mr. Simon Prager is a Pole,
and he is likewise a tailor. Now tailors are known
to be valiant-minded men, and it is therefore no
wonder that Mr. Prager takes some interest in the
great events that are happening on the continent,
or that, being a Pole, he should sympathise
with the French, and place his reliance on
French bravery. But Mr. Robert Nathan is a
German, and pins his faith to Prussian bravery. By
some unfortunate circumstance, these two sympa-
thetic gentlemen met, and without further ado began
to argue about the war. Prager held that the
Frenchmen were the best and bravest soldiers in
the world, and that the Prussian victories were
the result of accident and superiority of
numbers; from this Mr. Nathan dissented. The
Prussians were the best men ; they had won their
victories as such; they would win fifty more; they
would reach Paris, and would sack and destroy it.
The martial knight of the thimble was enraged at
the remarks of his opponent, and threatening Berlin
with all the horrors of war, he rushed at the piece-
merchant, who, by this strategic movement, slightly
lost ground.. Recovering from his surprise, he
gathered all his power and attacked the foe, but, in
the midst of the battle, an active neutral in the shape
of a policeman came up and took the two belligerents
to the station. The magistrates, having heard the
story of the campaign, advised the combatants to
leave the war alone, as, whatever might be the con-
dition 9,f affairs on the frontiers of France and
Germany, peace must be preserved in Whitechapel.
Let Mr. Simon Prager and Mr. Robert Nathan, for
the future, keep to their literally " pieceable "
pursuits, and save the "neutrals" from enhanced
work.

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SWITZERLAND AND THE WAR.

The seat of war being now far removed from the Swiss
frontier, the Federal Council have decided to dismiss to
their homes two of the divisions placed on a war footing.

DANISH NEUTRALITY.

The official Copenhagen Berlinske Tidende of the 15th
contradicts a statement that the French fleet had been
supplied with provisions near Helsingor.

THE NORTH GERMAN LOAN.

Letters from Berlin give some particulars of the sub-
scriptions to the ,Federal Loan of 100,000,000 thalers
015,000,000 sterling), the whole of which has been
taken in Germany. The Bank of Prussia took £720,000,
the Bank of Frankfort £200,000, and Messrs. De Roths-
child £lOO,OOO. At Breslau, Dantzig, Hamburg, Frank-
fort, Stettin, and Breinen the subscriptions of the com-
mercial houses ranged from £lO,OOO to £50,000. It is
added that most of the subscribers were allotted all they
applied for.
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