, 1874-10-07
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TELEGRAMS VIA NEW YORK.
FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE trial ofthe accomplioes
in the escape Of Marshal Bazaine was concluded
at Grasse to-day.
M. Lachaud, defending Colonel Villette,
said his clients conduct in this matter was the
most honorable incident of his career. Colo
mel Villette was a type of chivalrous devotion
to his chief.
The council then proceeded to examine the
evidence in regard to the escape, and argued
that it was in exact accordance with the &C.
count given by Nine. Bazaine.
The Judge delivered a lengthy and e~xplana-
tory Judgment. He considered that the escape
by the rope was proved, but declared that
Colonel Villette assisted in the preparations.
The warders were a|djudged guilty of negli-
gence. Rulli one of the accused, who has not
been arrested, and who did not consequently
appear for trial, was condemned, IN contuma-
clam to ten months Imprisonment. Colonel
VIllette and PIantin were sentenced to six
months, Doineau to two and Gigoux to one
months Imprisonment.
The remainder of the alleged accomplioes
in the escape Of Marshal Bazaine were &C.
quilted.
VERSAILLES. Sept. t8.-At a meeting of the
Permanent Committee of the Assembly last
evening NJ. Tirard, Of the Left, interpe1lated
the government concerning the continuation
of its rigorous treatment of the press. He
declared the system intolerable and unequal
in its application. Republican journals alone
were suspended. He protested against a re-
cent warning addressed to the Journal des
D6bats.
NJ. Chabaud la Tour, Minister of the InterI-
or, replied that the government was determin-
ed to oppose the cafumnies against the MAORI
ty of the Assembly AMI the government.
Nlscount Vaudeville, of the Right, interposed
q protest against the suspension Of l. UmiUers,
which act, he intimated, "came from foreign
dictation."
The Duke Decazes, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, pointed out that the Spanish Ambassa-
dor was still unaecredited when the objection
able article against Serrano was published
by L Unirers. He emphatically denied that
there was dictation from any quarter.
In answer to another question from NJ. d.
Abbeville, the Duke stated that nothing had
been done in regard to the withdrawal of the
man of-war OrenOque from Civita Veochia.
lie objected strongly to the exposure of diplo-
matic business required by interpretations of
this character.
PARIS, Sept. 18.-M. Pietri, formerly Score
tary to the Empress Eugene, has arrived
at Ajacoio. 1t is his intention to Offer himself as
a candidate for the Council General in oppo.
sition to Prince Napoleon.
NJ. Regnier who was an important witness,
OUI w ACh L Gil ub JIG UOSllIllR Oh the Ba-
zaine court martial, has been condemned to death
IN contumaclam for his t~raitorous conduct in the
negotiations at Metz.
President MaoMahon has returned to the citv.
Sept. 2l.-The French Consul and Vice-Con-
sui at New York have been appointed Commits
sioners of France to the Centennial Exhibition at
Philadelphia.
Sept. %. ELECTIONS to fill vacancies in the
National Assembly have been ordered for
October 13.
The excitement over the approaching cleo tons
for the Council General in Corsica, causes much
disorder.
The authorities have been obliged to intervene
to prevent collisions between the supporters of
Prince Napoleon and NJ. Pietri, the opposition
Bonapartist candidate.
LONDON, Sept. $3.50 a. ma despatch
from Carlist sources denies the truth of the re-
port that Don Carlos has been recognized by
four branches of the Bourbon family as heir pre-.
s~umptiVe to the throne of France.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Sept. l7.-Several small enpapements
between the republican troops ana the 1Carlist,
have occurred lately, in all Of which the latter
were defeated. The Carlists made another attack
upon Cuenca, but. were repulsed and retreated
precipitately.
The feeling of confidence and security CON.
tinues to strengthen in NJ adrid.
BAYoNNE, Sept. IS.-The C~arlists before Pam
peluna have intercepted the water supply of the
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