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Show i LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. 'The Germ in .aflonal Party Uemand a I'oii- Mituent Assembly. ! Napoleon and Bazaine said to b9 making Proposi-; Proposi-; tions for Peace to the Prussians, A sniESSFrL SORTIE FROM B1TSCHE. THE PRUSSIAN SIEGE BATTERIES DESTROYED. Paris Expects soon to assume as-sume Offensive Operations against the German Besiegers. Kin? William will not return re-turn to berli n lill the War is terminated. Moltke ReceiTes from the Czar the highest Military Decoration of tlxe Empire. More Reports of Russian War' Preparation s. The Algerian Army Demands to h j Keoalled to Fight the Prussians, j 1 The Fenian Prisoners to he Far- i I doned hy President Grant. i FOREIGN. Rouen, (Jet. 4, via London. A Railway accident occurred between this city and Amiens, to a train laden with French troop-1. Fifteen vrere killed and a hundred terinusly injured. The Piussian- are at La Fert, and levy heavy contribuiions. Continuous fil ing was heard to-day on the heights of Lpernan and around Rambouillet London, Oct. 4. The corporation of Benin has voted a handsome sum tor the reuef of the people of ritrasbur. Ihe Queen is a heavy subscriber. A garrison has been placed iu the city ofMulhcuse. Thiers says his representations to Russia were conlined to placing tne fours Government in the u.o-t favor-alile favor-alile light, and to how.ns: the ritks of Prussian aggraudisemeut. He made no proposition whatever. The German national party demand a constituent assembly and the reconstruction recon-struction of the confederation.' London, Oct. 4. A special envoy has been dispatched to Wilheluishohe, entrusted with a verbal me-saee only. A strong belief prevails that the Eiu-peio. Eiu-peio. and Bazaine contcmp:ate offering terms to the Prussians, who connived at the escape of Bourbaki. The ob jeet was to promote sueli a reuh, in view of the difficulty of treating with the provisional government. Special to the Tribune, London, 4. A correspondent before Bitsche, telegraphs tele-graphs on the 4th, that on Friday, Saturday and yesterday the garrison made sorties with cavalry and infantry, protected by a shed fire, and burned the batteries and forms where beseig-irs beseig-irs outposts were in position, which were previously abandoned. The be-seiging be-seiging guns comprise four sixty-pound mortars and five battenes, each of four twelve-pound breech loaders. At previous pre-vious sorties they were completely repulsed. re-pulsed. From the 11th to the 20th there was a severe bombardment, dismounting dis-mounting several guns and destroying the castle and many houses below. The beseiging batteries became disabled by firing 20,000 shot and withdrew. The covering battalions also withdrew, leaving leav-ing tha north and west sides open. The fort is built on a two hundred feet per pendicular rock, is two stories, has solid casements and is impregnable. The garrison numbers two thousand men. World's special, London, 4. A special spec-ial correspondent at Boulogne bends word to-day that he has news from ! Versailles of the safe return from Paris of Gen. Burnside and Col. Forbes. They dined wi ll Washburne, who is in excellent health and spirits, and will remain at his post. It is understood the garrison of Pai is now consists of; 350,000 National Guards, 35 OuO rcpn-lars rcpn-lars of tho line, and 200,000 Gardes Mobiles. These regiments and battalions battal-ions are drilled, and it is confidently believed in the city that ibe army of Paris alone will at no distant day ! more than able to assume the offensive with success. There bus been no street rioting or fighting whatever. The German force now occupying the Denis Den-is before Part, win-ists of seven army corps, numbering 2cu.0t'0, besides cavalry cav-alry which will probably bring the total up to OOO.lA0 Berlin, 5. The following news i official of-ficial : The manifesto dited at Wil-elmshohe, Wil-elmshohe, at.d signed by Xapulcn, which was recently published by La isilu'iion. at London, ip entirely unknown un-known here. ud i doubtless apochnr phai. London. 6. The French army, now j in Algeria, numborins 37,010 meit. demands to bo recalled, to resist the i Prussians. I lamon, editor of the Paris 1'aii. ! has been arrested. Ti.e charges i :ainst him ars not yet made public. L)ndon, o. Advices from Berlin ! 'late that the citizens in 1 rge numbers have petitioned the Kmc not t expose i himself to personal danger at the siege I of Paris, ills Majesty has replied that I he has taken bis d- cision. which is not . to re! urn to Ber.iu until ihe War .i-rm-inste". j Couriers from the Kndish and P. us ' iiu oTerameut re th.iy pamp be tween the respective capitals and the Prus-ian headquarters. It is be!ieveil that both governms.nts are paving the war for an armistice. It i reported that it ba- been suggested sug-gested that there should be an incorporation incor-poration of both the Mecklenburg into Russia, and that the Grand Dukes thereof be compensated by the cession to them of Alsace and L rraine. St. Petersburg. .V The Cz r has conferred upon Moltke the highest military decoration of the Fmpire. London, P. The British government has resolved to adopt the small bore fattlinn metrailleusc. ienna. i. The Rus-ihu ovem-ment ovem-ment is reported making extraordinary military preparations in trans Caucasia. The fortified passes to Asia are reinforced rein-forced and stores are being accumulated. accumula-ted. Shanghai, via London. 5. The Chinese Chi-nese are threatening foreigners at Chsfoo, Rinkiang and Chinking. |