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Show LATEST SEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT Madrid Receives the new fSpaii'uh Kin?. Paris Demands a Sortie on a Gigantic Scale, French Moveiueuts oil Pari Hastened. A Prussian Force Routed by Chauzey. A Heavy German Defeat by ' the Army of the North, after Ten Hours' Fighting. Congressional Intelligence. I General ZVers. FOREIGN", London, January 4. There wa5 an ' enthusiastic entry of Amadeus into yladrid on Monday. Fighting on the Swiss frontier resulted re-sulted iu two hundred French retreating retreat-ing into Switzerland, where they were disarmed. " ; There was a severe engagement on the 2d at Helle, particulars unknown. I There is a vague rumor, at Lille, ol ; a battle on the Lid, between Sapiuguess 1 and Bapaume. with heavy looses on I both sides. The Prussians were de- i feated along their whole line. Paris advi-es show intense excitement excite-ment amoigthe popu'atiou, who de- j uiand that a grand sortie be made. I A number of the mayors ol the citv ' cal ed upon Trochu, insitiug that he give way to this desire. Some of the Paris journals accuse Trochu of fecble-uoss. fecble-uoss. It is understood that orders have : been sent to the generals to hasten J their movemeut upon Paris. A new general has been sent to j command the French 1'orces at Havre. The evacuation of Rouen is considered consid-ered certain, as Mauteuffel is forced to concentrate in the north, owing to the forward movement of Faidherbe. Chauzey continues his successes. With the flying columns of the Algerian Alge-rian cavalry he yesterday routed the Prussians. Versailles, Jan. 4 The Lombard-merit Lombard-merit is so effectual' on the eat of Paris, that only Nugent replies. The bankers who participated in the French loan have been severely sentenced sen-tenced at Berlin. London, 4. The army of the North, on Monday, occupied Briancourt, after a trifling resistance. Evrillers and le Haignes were also carried, after hard fighting and heavy losses. At the New i'ear's banquet, at Yerr sailles, the King toasted the German Princes. Baden responded, rejoicing in the restoration of the old Umpire, toasting "William, the Victorious." Paris Buffers for fuel. The latter want isi mitigated by tha stores officially offi-cially distributed. Austria will arrnst and detain escaping escap-ing French prisoners during the war. Prussia declines to back the Austrian Aus-trian demand of a French guarantee for the lower Danube. Amadeus visited Prim's widow on arriving, and then proceeded to the Chambers and took the oath. The enthusiasm en-thusiasm is universal. Bordeaux, 4. Official: Faidherbe's uisnatches of the lird say, there was a battle pear Bapaume yesterday, from J eight iu the morning until jix in the , evening. We have driven the Pruo- j sians from all their positions and the ' Tillages. The enemy s losses are enormous enor-mous ; ours are serious. |