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Show TELEGRAMS. NIGHT REPORT. FORElG. French Xtwi. New York, 11. The Paris Const i-tutionel, i-tutionel, ol' a recent date, says tbe government is buying 55O,ud0 ehasse-pots ehasse-pots from the minister of war at Berlin. A new election mill soon be held in the department of tbe Seine. Paris, 1 1. Thiers proposes to the Assembly to take a recess from tbe lTih inst. to the 1st of November. It is now decided that the evacuation shall commence at Fort Charenion. which will be first delivered to the French by the German commander. 1 The Paris correspondent of the London Lon-don 2'inus, on 2eth of August writes: Disquieting rumors continue to arrive from Lyons, and we are beginning to receive from the south of France some accounts of the effect which the discussion dis-cussion on the dissolution of the national na-tional guard has produced on the large cities in which that body still esists in lull revolutionary vigor and force. Royal Betrothal. Late journals state the betrothal of the Princess Mary Elizabeth of Prussia Prus-sia to the Grand Duke Alexis of Pus-sis, Pus-sis, which will before long be officially announced. The princess is the daughter of Prince Frederick Charles. Intelligence from Loudon, London, 11. The strike at Newcastle New-castle is virtually defeated. At least ball' the usual number of operatives are now at work, and the full compliment will be obtained within a fortnight. ! Napoleon arrived at Torquay thisj morning, and was received with muchj enthusiasm. i Late advices from Kio Jaoeiro show i that the discussion in the Brazilian; Legislature, on the clauses of the enian-! cipatioa bill, had terminated, but the1 measure will not probably become a law during the present session. More of the Tichlioriie Case-. j New York, 11. Tho Liverpool Courier has a story of a gentleman, i formerly a commercial traveler in Australia, and who some years ago was, lost in the woods asd found shelter in j a herdsman's hut. Tho hurdsman, in the course of conveisation, declared he i was tho son of a Baronet. The gentle-1 man subsequently returned to England, and when the Tichborne case was being be-ing heard at law, in the claimant he recognized the herdsman of Australia. He afterwards had an interview with Tichborne, and it is Eaid will be a witness for him when the case is resumed. re-sumed. Statement Concerning Sedan. A foreign paper says, General De Wimpfen, who succeeded McMahon in command of the French army on the day it capitulated at Sedan, is strongly of thj opinion the army might, by a bold and suatained effort, have broken through the bonds that encircled them at Sedan; and gives the following as tho text of the famous letter addressed to Emperor Napoleon: Napo-leon: "Sire; Rather than be iuipris oned at Sedan I have decided to force the line extended before. the positions po-sitions of General Lebrun iind General Ducrot. Let your Majesty Ma-jesty place yourself in the middle of your troops; they will hold it an honor to open a passage for you." tie adds, while ho was preparing for combat, he suddenly discovered a flag of truco over Sedan. Had the Emperor followed his counsel, a large portion of the army might have broken through, llo states that when, by the Emperor's order, he opeued negotiations with Bismarck, the latter demanded as terms of peace au indemnity indem-nity of, four milliards and the cession of Alsace and Lorraine. Francis Joseph and the Episcopacy. Parn, 11. The Emperor FranciB Joseph has written a letter, expressing express-ing his disapproval with th attitude of the Episcopacy. |