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ernnent has informed the Government NJ
the Grand Duke that in consequence Of
its having allowed violation of the men.
,rality of the Grand Duchy, by the French.
Prussia is no longer bound to respect the
neutrality of Luxembourg.
LONDON, Dec. 9.-lhc report that ne.
gsaiations for an arnisticc were going on.
is incorrect. The Foreign Office here de.
nes that there is any movement in that
sense on the part Of neutral powers, nor
has Gambetta made ovcrturcs to Bismarck.
Some other members of the Tours Govern.
mcnt, who are violently opposed to Gam.
beta and anxious to conclude the war, at.
tempted to offer negotiations. Discovering
their schemes, Gambetta threatened them
with arrest, when they promised to ADAM
don the undertaking. The reported arm.
isticc is disbclicvcd. 1t is regarded as
stock jobbins rumor. Granville has re.
ccivcd no information whatever of the pro.
posed arnstice.
a dispatch from Gambetta asks Laurier
to announce that he had asked au armistice
to enable the National Assembly to be
elected, and requests that Fayre be pcr.
mttcd to leave Paris to consult his col.
leagues and conduct Negotiations He i'd.
n',s he has lost all hope Of prosecuting q
successful struggle, and has no cxpccta.
ton of defending Tours. The army Of
the Loire has been beaten in detail, and
Gambetta declines the responsibility of a
further struggle, or of making peace.
The IIorid special says a report is cur.
rent that John Bright is to be sent to
Washington to negotiate settlement of
the Alabama claims aud the fishery qucs.
ton.
An appeal is made to tho entire beoplc.
ignorant and uncducatcd, to decide by bal.
lot whether they should superscde tho
present cumbersome and inhuman system
Of government by the establishment Of u
Republic.
BERLIN, Dec. S.-Thc King of Saxony
has sicnifcl his acceptance of the proposal
made by the King Of Bavaria regarding
the title of Emperor Of Germany.
LONDON, Dee GA frightiul cxrlo.
sion of cardins factory, at Birmingham,
occurred today. Seven persons are re-
ported killed and 50 or 40 wounded.
LONDON, Dec. l0.-The Times has re-
ceivcd dispatch from Berlin which says
King William will return to Berlin, after
the capitulation Of Paris, even if war is
continued beyond that time. The Ger.
man terms of peace are likely to be much
more oppressive the longer the French
hold out.
y correspondent at Berlin .clcgraphs
that bismarck rciteratcs his denial that he
opposes the bombaramcnt of Paris. 1t is
reported that Il council of war at Versailles
has decided to lombard the city.
LONDON, Dec. 10.-Thc Duke of Meek.
lenberg reports a severe battle with tho
Army of the Loire at Beauscncy, where
the French were reinforced. Fifteen
thousand prisoners aud six guns, were tu.
ken. The remainder Of the French army
is on the road to Bourses. Another uc-
count says that after the fight of the 7th
the Bavarians threatened Bcaugency aud
the forest Of Marchonir. The French
were reinforced, but the Russians took
Brayant, Bucmoit, Measures and Eeau.
gchcy. On the 9th Bonycl; aud 'Hounv
were captured
VERSAILLES, Dee. 10-Thc French arc
assuming the defensive in large force.
They were repulsed at Manieioll after ono
days artillery fight The Prussia u loss is
slight. \ few French prisoners only were
taken
LILLE, Dec 10.-Gen. 10 Ueucourt
has arrived in a balloon from Paris. lie
says that in the Fl hts Of the S0th and I'd
TIE French were victorious. The Prus.
sian loss was l5,0CO prisoners and six
guns.
Paris suffers no prvations on account
of food. The object of this journey is to
insure concert of action by all the French
armies.
st. Quentin is occupied by the French.
New IoRK, Dee. "a TriJsnc CORE.
spnndent from London says that disratch
from Gambeita, on Friday, announces that.
encouraged by the continued resistance of
the Army OF the Loire he has resolved TO
postpone his request for an armistce. and
remain with the army
A dispatch to the Tribune from Tours
says that war Tnufyance is now more
firmly resolved on than ever.
BORDEAUX, Dec. 1.-THE Government
is installed here. Vigorous measures are
decided upon. Large renforcements arc
going forward from all parts of France.
Troops are perfectly armed and eauipped.
Numbers Of batteries are ready with men
and horses. Large cavalry forces are also
formed. Several victories are announced.
Theirs is here. Postal and telegraph ser.
vice is much interrupted. The rumor
that Prussia rcpudiaes the treaty neu-
tralizing Luxembourg is improbable, or that
Bismarck would thus defy Belgium and
the Netherlands. The rumor of an arms.
tice is unfounded.
BERLIN, Dec. 10-The bombardment
of Paris is not delayed by any special in
finencc, but solely for military reasons.
The Duke of Mccklenburg telesraphs the
Duchess announcing a victory at Meung
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