The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-03
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
TeIeprams from Paris.

snecjaI TO the New York Herald from farIs
says it is predicted that the Emperor win pIG { ~
a Republic throughout Europe d o"ii'Ao "
formed against him.
Frelipobuysen at last decides to accept the mis-
sion to England, and will sail about the ISL oi
September.
The German and Hamburg lines OF steamers
having been suspended, the letters neretolore
poino bv the direct routes will be sent by closed
mail ria England, under the old rates, until the
war closes. - Eronob
Minister Mt Washington. uice Paradol, was Secre-
tary of Legation here several years ago, anu Is
now Minister to Chile.
Nj. Thornton. Minister to Nashlngtoh' was ih''io
q Knight of the Bath.
Jefferson Davis has sailed per RaSS'd'
General Sheridan has gone to the Prusslan head
quarters. z
It is reported that Prince Napoleon is Obliged TO
occompanv the Emperor as a precautlon against
his possibie .disloyalty in case OF defeat. Aninde-
pendent command has betn~denied him.. General
Lpbnlf has positively refused to give MIN COM
mand of a division.
PARIS. July 3O.-To day the Emperor assumed
communicable of the army. He has been hard
at work to-day with Gen. Lebeut, arranging the
necessary details.
The Prince Imperial visited the camps to-day,
and was received with great enthusiasm.
Martial law has been declared in the French
towns near the Rhine border.
Prince Napoleon will soon leave for the Baltic.
In the government arsenals in France $4,000
chassepots were turned out each week dnrlng July,
and in August Al 600 will be made. and IN sep
TENDER so, 900. and in October $4,000 per week.
Austria has given her sanction to the taking pos
session of Rome by Italy.
The Journal Offciel publishes a decree confer
4 ring the title of Regent on the Empress. with au-
I tboritv to exercise the functions of that Office dur
ing the Emperor's absence from the Capital. The
administration will be gnided In its policy by IN
structions and orders prepared by the Emperor.
and to be inscribed in the book of State, and made
known in n general order of the service. The Min
| istry will have cognizance of the Emperors wishes
and instructions. beyond which the Empress VIII
not be authorized to proceed in any case. In her
capacity of Regent she will preside at the Mlnlste-
rial Councils. but not have power to promuIgate
any other laws than those now pending before the
Legislative Chambers Another decree names a
Commission under the presiding Empress. to dis
tribute to the army gifts in furtherance OF a war
tendency by patriotic persons.
1t is thought that Napoleon erred in not pushing
promptly into Bavaria he woHld thereby have
nentralizpd the action of all Southern Germany.
Such a movement is impossible now, because it
would expose Paris.
METZ, Aug. 3-Yesterday, when the Heights of
Saarbruckcn were occupied. a battery of Mitrail-
leurs played upon the enemy'S position IN the
presence of the Emperor. He ordered an officer in
charge not to fire unless it was necessary, as the
Prussians were hidden in the trees, but afterwards,
a detachment of the enemy. seen near the railway
at the distance of 600 metres, was fred at and
left half their number on the field. A second de-
tachment met the same fate. after which the enemy
feared to appear. The prisoners confess TO the su-
periority of the French guns.
Of the nth regiment of the line engaged at Saar-
brucken. only eighty men and four officers reported
after the fight.
PARIS. Aug. THE Journal O6iciel says the de-
Tense of Paris is assured. 1t would require an army
of half a million to invest its Notifications, while
10000 would suffice to defend them. and there are
troops enough now in and around the city to fur
nish the necessary garrison. These, with sailors
from the fleet, which could be procured, the Garde
Rationale, the Garde Municipale, and fremen,
would make up a solid army OF 100000. Paris is
free from danger.
A Herald London says: From official news re-
ceived here the situation may be summed up as
follows: The Crown Prince has driven Marshal
McMahon's army from Wiessenburg and Lutterberg
and Worth, and will probably compel the complete
evacuation of Hagenau and Strasbonrg.
A special despatch from Paris, at midnight.
says, of the scene in the Corps Legislatif yesterday:
A deputy demanded the deposition of the Empe-
ror. He was called to order by the deputies, who
then abandoned the hall, and scattered to the
Committee rooms"
Outside a wild crowd assembled and refused to |
dispense. Bodies of cavalry and lancers were sta
toned in all the surrounding streets, and in the
courtyard of the Tuileries. The people thronged
around the hall of the Corps L%egislatif. The police
charged the mob, but the latter reformed
after each charge. Bodies Of the National Guard
threw down their arms and fraternized with the pop
ulace. Other detachments remained passive in the
paraguay d'Hillers organized other troops, and
the mob was everywhere charged. A correspondent
reports that as he was going to the Port with his des-
patch he heard the sound of drums and bugles in
every direction. Inside the hall the scene was one
of fearful bewilderment.
The .Moniteur says the English Embassy has re-
ceived advices that the Prussian losses at Weissenberg
were enormous. We may hope, continues the Mont
teur, to soon resume the offensive and cause the
enemy to pay still more dearly for his first success.
PARIS, Aug. 1O.-In the Corps L~egislatif, to-day,
the project of Deputy Menatry for calling under
arms all the unmarried men of the classes of 1859 to
1854 inclusive. was extended to embrace all the men
the age of % to 35, who are not married, and
are not already members of the Garde Mobile.
PARIS, Aug. 10.-A number of French newspaper
correspondents, who arrived to-day. are wounded.
In their accounts of the battle, they testify to the
bravery of the French troops, and particu-
the African corps, who fought for eight hours
incessantly, against overpowering odds.
BREsT, Aug. 5.-The North German t-hree-masted
schooner SGdre, was captured by q French man-Of-
war, and brought to this port to-day.
PARIS, Aug. 10.-Nearly all the theatres were
closed last night. 1t was remarked that the crowds
lbOut the city, though enormous, were very quiet.
The workshops were generally closed yesterday. The
on war subjects disappeared from the shop
windows because they were offensive to the public.
The crowds about the kiosks, where the newspapers
ire sold, were enormous people would fight to get
he journals the moment they were issued.
Lafrene, editor of the S0ir, who has Just arrived in
Paris from Forbach, says he witnessed the entire de-
of FrosSard's corps, and he claims to speak
or 10000 French soldiers who were cut to pieces by
he fault OF their leaders, anu who lamented with
heir last cry chat they fell uselessly.
The universal cry of the army, M. Fayre says, is
6 give US Generals we can trust %
kilograms from Germany.
BERLIN, July 30-The feeling against England is
till most intense, and seems to be shared by people
f all classes. The press is unsparing in its attacks
n England. A Journal says England evidently
Tants another alabama question.
The Iribune's special correspondence from Frank
Ort says: son Wednesday all civilians in Berlin
obliged to decide by Saturday whether they
Tould leave or remain until further orders, which
be for a fortnight at least"
Since last Saturday all the railways have been
sed for the exclusive transportation of the military.
t reached Frankfort with great difficulty in Sc
ours instead of IL, the usual time. The whole
ountry is occupied in war preparations and the
lowing of military trains. 9