The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-27 00:00:00

THE. SEM, LO_N DON, TUESIF Y, SEPTEMBER 27, '..870.

of Mecklenburg will probably preside over this A GENERAL RISING IN FRANCE.

administration.

Public meetings are entirely prohibited at Konigs-
berg, at the instance of the military governor ; and
the Saxon authorities have forbidden all gatherings
of the Democratic Socialists in Germany.—Daily
Sews Telegram.

BEFORE STRASBURG, SEPT. 2G.

Heavy work was got through during last night.
The breach has been enlarged. Daily News

Telegram.

THE GERMANS BEFORE PARIS.
(OFFICIAL GERMAN DESPATCHES.)
FERRIERES, SEPT. 25.
With the exception of a few unimportant out-
post skirmishes before Paris nothing new has taken
place.

VERSAILLES, SEPT. 25.

The Third Army has taken up its position before
Paris. Nothing serious has been attempted by the
enemy. Three gunboats have appeared upon the
Seine. Everywhere ' entrenclunc.:t3 and barricades
are observable.

PRUSSIAN HEAD-QUARTERS,
FERRIERES, SEPT. 26

Every preparation is being made for a prolonged
stay of the Royal head-quarters in this place. Three
telegraph lines have been erected here to keep up
communication between the German armies.
M. Jules Favre during his stay here conferred only
with Count Bismarck, and not with Count Moltke
at all.

NARROW ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN

JOHNSTON.

NAMUR, SEPT. 26.

Le Francais of Sept. 21 says: " This morning,
about eleven o'clock, Captain Johnston, British
Government courier, was seized by the mob on
the .Faubourg St. Honore. He made immediate
request to be conducted to be Embassy, where,
on arriving in the courtyard, the concierge de-
clared that Captain Johnston had been for
twenty-five years Queen's messenger. The mob
refused to be satisfied with this explanation, de-
nouncing Captain Johnston as a spy paid by the
British Government to furnish information to the
Prussians. The mob by this time had largely in-
creased in numbers, and without further ceremony
conducted Captain Johnston to the military post of
the Elyge. On arriving there,-the officer in charge
was enabled, not without difficulty, to calm and
disperse the enraged crowd. Captain Johnston had
the previous day been arrested at St. Germain-en-
Laye by the Prussian troops, and had only just
reached Paris."

THE FRENCH PRISONERS IN

GERMANY.

WIESBADEN, SEPT. 26.
A house has been taken here for the reception
of Marshal MacMahon.

DRESDEN, SEPT. 25.

Thousands of prisoners are passing through here
on their way to Silesia. Many of them belonged to
MaeMahon's army, and are loud in their expressions
of contempt for Napoleon and the surrender of
Sedan.
The popular majority in Saxony are in favour of
the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine.

THE TREATMENT OF THE
WOUNDED.
BERLIN, SEPT. 26 (8 P
Herr Tethamo, of the Jobanniter Corps, has pub-
lished a statement defending the inhabitants of Bel-
gium, and especially those of Bouillon, against the
attacks of the German press in regard to their treat-
ment of German wounded.

ITALY AND ROME.

ROME, i\ION DAY (11 A. 31.)

Perfect order prevails here. The promenade of
the Pincio is enormously crowded. Madame
Bonaparte, who is a nun in the • Convent
of the Sacred Heart, sent for her acquaint-
ance, General Masi, the Commandant in _Rome, to
claim his protection in the event of any unpleasant
demonstrations against the Imperial family of France;
but the General, who at once hastened to the Con-
vent, succeeded in perfectly reassuring the Princess.
Many carriages have been passing along, conveying
Monsignori and Cardinals to the Vatican. The
Italian troops, as they passed, rendered them honour
by presenting anus.
The Holy Father is at once astonished and satisfied
with the behaviour of the Royal troops since the
entered the City; and he will drive to-morrow through
the streets of Rome.-7e/egraph.
ROME, SEPT. 26.

The promenade of the Corso, and the Pincian
Hill, are enormously crowded. Thousands have
collected round the bands to hear the military

MUSIC.

The Pope having expressed a desire to take a
drive, the Cardinals observed thit it was too soon to
do so at present.
Cardinal Patrizzi has openly expressed the opinion
that he never saw more religious troops than the
Italian.

Rome is governed by the Communal Council.
Both foreigners and Romans arc struck by the fact
that the transition from the old to the new system
should have occurred with tio little disturbance of
order.

FLORENCE, SEPT. 22, (7.15 p.m.)

The losses sustained by ti,e Italian troops in the
fight before Rome are 22 killed, including 3 officers,
and 117 wounded, including 5 officers 9,300
prisoners were taken—namely, 4,800 native troops
and 4,500 foreigners ; making a total of 10,700 with
those taken previously.
In consequence of the disturbances in the Leo-
nine City caused by the attitude of the population
towards the Pontifical gendarmes, the Pope has
requested General Cadorna to send troops thither to
maintain order. General Cadorna complied with
•
this request.

SKIRMISH WITH CAVALRY.
ORLEANS, SEPT. 25 (Evening).
A. series of cavalry skirmishes has occurred at
Bazoches and i% nter.ay.
It is stated that Prince Albert occupies Bazoches
with 24 squadron of cavalry and 23 guns.

EQUIPMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
(OFFICIAL.)
HAVRE, SEPT. 25.
The Municipal Council of Havre, indignant
at the demands of the Prussians, voted this
evening that a call shoUld be made for tha
emohnent of Volunteers, who would be armed
and equipt.cd by the Municipality, which would
also take care of their families, for which purpose
a loan of one million francs was to be raised.
Great enthusiasm prevails, and also a determina-
tion to drive out the enemy or perish.

DEFENCE OF ORLEANS AND

TOURS.
TOURS, bunday Night

Orleans will be defended by Frencl; cavalry
Tours will have to depend for f esistaneo upon the
patriotism of the citizens. The enemy has not
reappeared iu force in the Haute-Marne.
Advices have been received that the garrison of
Thionville continue to make vigorous forties.
4mike de Crirardin has left for La Vendee.

AMIENS, SUNDAY NIGHT.

The Prefect of the Department of the Somme has
iTsucci an a Yre-ss to the inhabitants, stating that, all
hopes of peace having disappeared, there remains
but one duty for Frenchmen—namely, war to
the knife. All men must rise and chase the
enemy who pollutes the soil of-France, and wishes
to dismember her. A general rising, and valour
equal to that displayed in 1792, can alone
save the country. The address concludes :
" Arise citizens, enrol under the flags of the Re-
public, and show Prussia that she will fln.l a tomb
where she hoped to complete the abasement and
ruin of France."

TOURS, SUNDAY NIGHT,

The courtier Who arrived here yesterday from
Paris is expected to be the last that will be enabled
to leave the city.
The Prefects of the Departments of the West have
formed a kind of confederation for organizing the
national defences. _

The Council of •Calvados has voted an appropria-
tion of 3,000,000 f. for the purchase of arms and
for the defence of the country.

EXCITEMENT IN BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, Sunday night

The grave intelligence of the failure of petit
negotiatiions produced great excitement here, and
large crowds of people assembled on the Place de
la Monnaie, discussing the condition of affairs.
A band of workmen paraded the city last night
singing the Marseillaise, anal were answered by some
isolated cries of " Vive la France."
No disturbances took place. _ . .

• -
General Sebieder has died in Brussels, and his
body has been sent to Germany.

REBUILDING THE CITADEL
OF LAON.

The Prussians have set all the workmen at Laon to
work in rebuilding the citadel which was blown up.
General Skerremin is still quartered as a prisoner at
the hospital here.

ENGAGEMENT NEAR MANTES.
ROUEN, Saturday.

There was an engagement yesterday near Mantes.
The Prussians have burnt a village because the
inhabitants had fired upon and killed three
.Prussians. .

The feeling of indignation is general.
rising, and but one cry is heard from all,
or Lliberty 1"

Rouen
" Death

BAVARIA IN DANGER.

The negotiations respecting the entry of Bavaria
into the new Germanic Confederation are becoming
somewhat animated. The Catholic party now in
power, who are very jealous of Bavarian independ-
ence, are desirous of exacting special condition
favour of their country. They wish for a
Bavarian Secretary of Legation to be at-
tached to the North German Embassies,
for a direct share in peace negotiations, and likewise
i❑ the declaration of war. The Bavarian Liberals,
on the other hand, sea in these exceptional privileges
a source of danger. They urge that such conditions
will lead to diSputes with the rest of the Bund, and
may involve Bavaria in something like the fate of
Hanover.

The tone of the German Press is now much more
pacifically inclined. The Cologne Gazette hints
indirectly at the advisability of coming to terms by
attributing the war chiefly, if not entirely, to the
late Government. It says the Paris Press at first
treated the Hohenzollern candidature as harmless,
and no public opinion pronounced for war, until the
French Government had pushed on its demands,
and rendet ed an outbreak inevitable.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 26 (1 P.m.)

In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Reichs-
rath the motion of Herr Rechbaner, that the election of
the President should be postponed until the arrival of
the Bohemian Deputies, was rejected by 68 against
67 votes.
Herr Alayrhofer criticised the course the Government
had pursued in Bohemia, and the di-missal of two Go-
vernors for supporting Herr Rechbaner's motion in their
character as Deputies of the Reichsrath. His speech was
received with applause by the Left and the galleries.
After the rejection of Herr Rechbaner's motion, the
election of the President was proceeded with, each mem-
ber being summoned by name to give his vote.
No party in the• House abstained from voting, and
Herr Hopffen was elected President by a great majority,
and Herr Vidulich and Count Kuenburg Vice-Presidents.
The draft of the address in reply to the Speech from
the Throne was moved by her Pascotini, and adopted by
a majority of one.
Herr Rechbaner then rose, he said, in the name of all
those who are faithful to the Constitution, and he de-
clared that those in behalf of whom he spoke could not
duly enter upon the consideration of the bills which were
to be brought before the Reichsrath so long as the Govern-
ment had not exhausted all possible means for obtaining
the presence of the Bohemian Deputies He therefore
submitted a resolution, which he asked should be declared
urgent, calling upon the Government to bring about the
adjournment of the Reichsrath.
The demand for " urgency" was rejected.
The next sitting will be held to-day, the order of the
day being the second reading the address in reply to the
Speech from the Throne.

BELGIUM,

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 26 (EVENING)

In to-day's sitting of the Senate, M. de Solvyns pro-
tested against the attack made by Italy upon the Pope.
He sought to compare the position of the Roman States,
subjected to the right of the strongest to the position in
which Belgium might find herself under certain circum-
stances ; and he asked whether the Government had
taken steps to peotect the return of the Belgians in the
service of the Pope to their native country.
Baron D'Anethan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, re-
plied that Belgium, as a neutral State, was obliged to
act with prudence, but that nevertheless instructions had
been sent to the Belgian Consuls in the Pontificial States
to afford protection to the Belgian troops. He added that
no Belgians were reported to have been killed in the fight-
ing which had taken place at the gates of Rome, though a
few had been slightly wounded.
M. Reyntjens protested against the comparison in-
stituted between Belgium and the Roman States. His
speech gave rise to loud protests from the Senator of the
Right, in which however the members of the Government
did not join.

It is stated that not a single Englishman is taking
part this year in the Belgian rifle-shooting competitions.
and it is noted that very few of our countrymen tcfe
present even as spectators.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling day, Monday,
September 24, 1870. Admission by season tickets, 1,666 :
do. on payment, 3,148 ; total visitors, 4,814.
WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.--The
number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders,
exhibitors, and others, on the 26th inst., was 5,518.

His Highness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal has
arrived at the Great Western Hotel, Birmingham. He
is accompanied by Prince Ali Kudr, Prince Soleimar
Kudr, Mr. E. Haviland Burke, M.P., Colonel F. P.
Layard, Mr. W. D. Fox,and Master C. Fox. two Indian
gentlemen, and a numerous suite.
Mr. Jefferson Davis arrived in Glasgow on Friday
by the Belfast steamer, after enjoying a short tour in
Ireland. In the course of the day be paid a visit to the
new University buildings. Mr. Davis left on Saturday
morning for London.
BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC.—A supplement to
the London Gazette, published last night, notifies that
Earl Granville has received from her Majesty's Ambas
sador at Tours the copy of an official note of the 21st
instant, from the French Foreign Department, announc-
ing that the blockade of the German ports in the Baltic
Sea has been completely raised by the French squadron.

• THE 110 ME SECRETARY IN GLASGO)N
(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
Yesterday the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, M.P. for
Renfrewshire, addressed a crowded meeting of his con-
stituents in the Trades Hall, Glasgow. Mr. Wakefield
was called to the chair, and among those on the platform
were Mr. G. Anderson, M.P., Mr. C. Irving, M.P., Mr.
H. Campbell, M.P., Mr. Lefevre, M.P., Sir Charles
Trevelyan, Lady Trevelyan and daughter, and the Hon.
Mrs. Bruce.
Mr. Bruce, in presenting himself, was enthusiastically
welcomed. After some preliminary remarks, in the course
of which he mentioned that he had been
called to the first Cabinet of the recess on Friday.
he referred to the three subjects which, when last he had
the honour of addres,ing them, he told them would occupy
the attention of Parliament, namely the pacification of
Ireland, national education, and economy. The promise
as to the first had been fulfilled, while the Scotch Educa-
tion Bill had not been carried. Probably the measure
would not suffer as to the delay which had occurred. As
to the third question, reduction had been made to the
extent of four millions. Adverting to those measures
which had particular reference to his own
department he had been blamed because he was unable to
carry those bills with which he was associated. In regard
to the licence system and trades unions it was obviously
impossible to carry those measures if the English Educa-
tion Bill and the Irish Land Bill were to be carried.
HoWever, he had publicly pledged, in the presence of the
Prime Minister, that both these bills should be introduced
at the earliest opportunity next session. He also hoped
that next session would not pass without a good
education bill being passed for Scotland, and the
means facilitated for the transfer and acqui-
sition of land. He expressed his satisfaction that
he had been the means of directing inquiry into the
truck system. He hoped the commission appointed
would discover the truth in this matter, and that it would
be in his power to present to Parliament a measure which
would have the effect of doing away with what seemed to
hith little short of a national disgrace. Mr. Bruce then
referred to the unhappy war between France and Prussia.
In the course of his remarks on this subject he said there
is little danger of Germany not fulfilling her long
cherished wish for unity, but in doing so she had brought
about a state of things in France which I am sure all of
us look upon not only with the greatest possible
interest, but with the greatest possible sympathy.
The old feeling of national hatred towards France has
long since died away, and whatever we may think of the
policy of France, I am sure there is but one feeling at.
this moment towards that country, and that is that her
wounds may be healed as soon as possible, and that her
humiliations may not be greater than the circumstances
of the case have rendered but too inevitable. Any re-
marks upon the terms upon which peace could be made
would be premature to enter upon, but I cannot abstain
from expressing an earnest hope that they shall be so
moderate as not to sow the seeds of future war. The
Germans are now excited by the prodigious losses they
have undergone. The army of Germany is so composed
that fathers of families are forced to serve in the army,
and every member of the whole German society is
obliged to take his part in this sanguinary war.
In consequence there is hardly a family in Germany that
is not suffering now from the unprovoked aggression
of France. It is natural, therefore, it is almost inevitable,
that they should not, be inclined to any moderate and
reasonable counsel. But 1 have the greatest confidence in
the wisdom of Germany. There is no people more in-
structed ; no people who have studied more deeply
than they. There is no people more instructed
in the philosophy of history; and if they take
time for reflection, they will see, in the growth
which threatens Europe, there are signs of danger
to themselves. After commenting on the fate of the
Empress, and of the kingdoms which have attempted
military preponderance, he said we have been told that
the scenes which have been withessed in Europe are those
which ought to inspire the greatest alarm for the safety
of this country ; but I am one of those who cannot in the
present state of things see • such pressing danger as sud-
denly to change our system, or cause us to rush into a
'rash resolution. Where lies the danger of invasion to
England ? Certainly not from France. France has
enough to do for many years to 'come to repair the
injuries she has received during the present war. Is it
from Prussia ? Undoubtedly we could hardly meet
them on equal terms in the field, but how is Prussia
to transport her army to this country, and how is she to
reinforce it with all that ponderous material of war with-
out whfch no army can move. The thing hardly requires
arguing, and therefore while we should turn to account
the experience gained during the last few weeks, enough
time is before us to enable us to act cautiously and provi-
dently. It may be necessary to reconsider the question;
and to put our defences upon a more permanent footing,
and he admitted that arrangements should be made by
which we could depend upon our volunteers in case of in-
vasion. If no such arrangement could be made, it
was not without consideration, and after every expe-
diency had been tried that we should do away with a
force raised under such remarkable circumstances, and
so creditable to the patriotism of this country as the
Volunteer force. A vote of thanks was accorded to the
right hon. gentleman.