, 1874-10-03
BAZAINE.
PARIS. Sent. |

PARIS, Sept. IA.
The trial of the alleged accomplices in Ba-
zalne's escape began at Grasse to-day.
Colonel Villette and MN. Doineau, Mar0i
and Barrat are charged with aiding and abet-
ting the evasion, and MN. Gigoux, Plantin,
Lelranoois and Leterne with negligence.
The witnesses examined to-day testified In a
decidedly contradictory manner as to the posi-
bIllty Of the Marshal's descent by the rope.
The Court adjourned until tomorrow.
PARIS Sept. 16.
M. Berger, the Bonapartist candidate for the
assembly in the Department of Maine. ct Loire,
who stood the lowest in the polls last Sunday,
has written a letter to the Minister of the In
terror Withdrawing his name from the list of
candidates. He attributes his failure to the
Ministers assertion that he deserved prosecu-
ton for his electoral address. He says he in
tends to ~republiSh his address and challenges
the government to prosecute him.
PARIS, Sept. 16.
President MacMahOn has been we'll received
on his late tour, especially at Arras and Ami
ems.
PARIS, Sept. Is.
At the trial of Bazaine's accomplices to-day
the public Prosecutor addressed the Court.
He maintained that Bazaine escaped by the
rope, and could have succeeded only through
the completely of Colonel Villette and the negf-
gence of the Warders. The counsel for the de-
fence argued that the number of warders was
insufficient, and their duties difficult, because
of the special privileges allowed Bazaine. The
Marshal was permitted to receive visitors, and
one or more of them must have helped him In
his escape.
BISMARCK.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.
The preliminaries of the trial of Kullmann,
who attempted to shoot Prime Bismarck, have
been completed. The prisoner is to be tried in
WurZburg about the middle of October.
BAVARIA.
PARIS, Sept. l6,
The Monitcur r%eyives tie amour that King
Louis, Of Bavaria, is about to abdicate.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Sept. IS.
The German and Austrian Ministers were re-
ceived by President Serrano yesterday with
great ceremony, and presented their credentials
simultaneously, in accordance with the i~nstruc-
tons of their governments.
NJ. Hatfield, the German Minister, said
1.-The Emperor William, in recognizing the exc
cutive power of Spain, was moved by a desire
to contribute to the restoration of peace in that
country, and hoped that President Serrano
would succeed in maintaining order by Conser-
vative measures
President Serrano replied that his govern
mCnL would 'IuIHI tue eApeCtaNoHS VI EUROPE
and act with energy to prevent civilization from
being again undermined"
Speeches of a similar tenor were exchanged
between the President and the Austrian Min
lister.
THE POPE AND SPAIN.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.
The Germania (newspaper) state that the
Pope has peremptorily refused to join the Euro
pean powers in the recognition Of Spain.
GERMANY.
LONDON, Sept. 16.
A despatch from Bonn says the Old Catholic
conference has come to an agreement on all i'm
portant points Of dogma.
The Bishop Of Pitsburg, on behalf of the
American Protestants, thanked DR.. D6llinger
for the manner in which be has conducted the
deliberations, and presented written statements
oongratula ting the Conference on the harmony
manifested and the agreement accomplished.
The Dean of Chester and others spoke in
similar terms.
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