Dieppe, Aug. 14th, 8 P.M.
Ten transport vessels are embarking troops for England. Four regiments of cavalry, including the 4th Chasseurs and 16th Guards, are— [1]
FOOTNOTE:
[1] The conclusion of this message has not reached us, all the wires connecting this country with France having been cut.
CHAPTER II.
A TOTTERING EMPIRE.
he excitement in the theatre had increased, and the curtain had been rung down. Death shadows, grimly apparent, had fallen upon the house, and the scene was an extraordinary and unprecedented one. No such wild restlessness and impetuous agitation had ever before been witnessed within those walls. Some enthusiast of the pit, springing to his feet, and drawing a large red handkerchief from his pocket, waved it, shouting—