The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-08 00:00:00

MON,ETAR ESTERDAY. While so uncertatita an element as war is the main guide of prices, thictuations of a somewhat 'violent character are inevitable on the Stock Exchange, though the continued success attending the progress of the Prussian armies has given rise to the belief that the return of peace is not far digtant. Accordingly a more confident feeling prevails, and the tendency of prices to-day has been decidedly in an upward direction. The market generally opened with firmness, and though a slight reaction took place about noon they closed at nearly tins hest prices of the day. Consols for money left off at 911 to 911, and 91i to 921 for the dith of October ; Reduced and New Three per Cents. were. 903 ne Encinequer Rills, Is. to 6a prem.; Bank stotl4 236 t)o 237 ; India Five per 067xtS, 11,0 to 111; bonds, 10a. to 20s. iirem. • Culc*A l a t i Cl . °"guluent seCurft3 soldsloWl7 at unaltered quoUttiona. Homo trsw,y gbaulls mre item, and loatnaS Wore well sup/parted, Metropolitan closed. ;Acutely , at II3A to Gct. ; Caledonian, 74 tea 741 ; Landon. and Baig,hton, 3S to 391; Great .Northeirn RI 124 to 129* ; Groat Eastern, 351 to ; Istorth,Enoterts Consoia, 1374t0 137.., In colonial and foreign lips no change rat mptcted. . Foreign Bonds are 3n requese and prices , generally were in the advance. The actual mamma:its, however, have not been extensive, and axe more marked in the case of United States SeeUrities than in those of European Governments. live-Twenty Bonds of off issues have risen ,and the, Ten-Forty Bonds spew a similar improve ment. Illinois Central Railway Shares have risen ; Turkish Five per Cents. are better, but Brazilian 0805) have declined }; and Italian Five per Cents. ±. The dealings in Joint Stock Bank shares have been much restricted, but the quotations remain without variation. Anglo-Egyptian have been done at 22, 22i Bank of Australasia, 54 ; Imperial Ottoman. 11i, ; London and County, 48 ; Oriental, 42i ; Union of London, 37. Telegraph Shares have ruled quiet, prices remaining as last quoted. Anglo-American, 87, 90 ; British India Submarine, fl to 7 ; French Cable, 14i to 15 ; West Indian, 51 to 6, Scarcely any transactions have been reported in British Mina% the Market having been characterised by a general absence of business, Penrhyn have said at 2 5-16. The demand for Miscellaneous Securities has been limited, but the tone of the market has been somewhat firm. Ceylon Company's Shares have sold at 4 1-16 ; India Rubber Company, 40} to 41; London General Omnibus, 2 13-16 to 21 ; National Discount, 11 ; Penin sular and Oriental Steam, 50 Telegraph Construo tion, 24. The sum of £5,000 was sent into the Bank of England to-day, while £40,000 was withdrawn for shipment to Lisbon and South America; There Is a lazige amount of capital seeking ernp/oytnent in the open money market, and the tendency of the quota ations is decidedly in a downward direction.. Good short paper was readily taken to-day at 3 per cent. The City of Washington has arrived from New York, with £30,000 in specie. The Taniore will bring on Saturday apccie to the amount of £1,095,212, viz., about £400,000 in silver, from Bombay, £210,000 in sovereigns, from Calcatta and Alexandria, and £485,000 In Australian gold. At the periodical sale of hill on India, held at the Bank of England to-day, the amount allotted was £400,000, of which £298,400 was to Calcutta, £lOO,OOO to Bombay, and £1,600 to Madras. Tenders at Ls, I.odid. on Calcutta and Madras will receive 28 per cent., and on Bombay at the same price 38 per cent. Tenders above that quotation will receive in full. These results chew an increase in the demand for means of remittance to India. The Government broker has, to-day, purchased £34,000 stock on account of the sinking fund for the reduction 01 the national debt. The Director's of Reutor's Telegram Company (Limited). have declared the usual half-yearly interim dividend at the rate of 5 per teat. per annum, payable 14th instant. The directors of the London and San Francisco Bank (Limited) have declared a dividend, on account of 5 per cent. free of income tax, on the paid-up capital of the Bank, to be paid to the shareholders to-morrow out of the profita earned during *le ball-year ended June 30th The failaning, Mlegrarnriias been re c'ealved by the Great Western Telegraph Company- Shangime., August 19 (via Mattho, Sepb..s). bust entirely suspended. Small tranteactke* fri tea Black lower: gteeo un- changed. Manufaautres very du afT,:aloths tar practicable , at *Awed ourreaciefs. Narthenv dealers refuge to opevate, being uneasy revecting Tieatain affairs: Bank Bills, rys. 10d. exchange% The eminent banking firm of Jay, Oooko, and On., of New York, will open an American banking house In Landsm on the id of January, when their business ranifi. cations will extend from New York, Philadelphia, and Washington to London. The London branch will have several partners, but the senior resident partner here wil be the Hon. Hugh M`Ctilloth, secretary to the United States Treasury under the Johnson administration. According to the. Note Freie Prete, great depression seized upon all branches of trade on the outbreak of the war, but owing to the continued successes attending the Prussian armies, a reaction has now taken place, and it is believed that the wants of Prussia will give a great stimulus to the induStry of Austria. The traffic receipts on the Eastern of France Railway, which runs from Paris to the seat of war, have been much affected by the hostilities now prevailing. The last weekly traffic return Aows a decltne of £17,358 upon the . old concessions, and a further decline of £21,156 upon the new concessions, es compared with the corresponding week last year. The total loss of revenue for the week amounted to £38,514. The traffic receipts of the North-Eastern Railway, for the week ending 3rd September, amounted to £94,065, as against £86,492 in the corresponding week of last year, chewing an increase of £7,573. The receipts of the Mid- land Railway, for the week ending September 4tli amounted to £77,399, as against £73,223 in el* corre. Sponding period in 1869, the increase being £4,167: LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-.WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 911 913 DoApril & OctlBB3-85.... 113 114 92, 11, 2 114 Do fbr Account 92 1013 Three per Cent Reduced 903 901 Brazilian. 1865, 5p c ...,. 89 00 903, ii, 5 x d 89, 3 x d lejew 3 per Cent 903, 3. ix d Do Rail Debon 7.17 • • 97 99 Exchequer Bills, March 1 6pm 98 6s. pm Italian, 1865, 5p o Do, June 1 6pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p c .... 853 861 6s. prem Portuguese, 1869, 3pc, . 283 ID! Bank Stock • - - 283, 9 2363, 8 Ilussian. 1162, s p c. • ~ 68 88 India 6 per Cents - 88, 73, 63 x d 110, 3 Do Nicolas 4p c Ind a Bonds - *- 68, 71 pm Spanish, 1867, 3 pc 17an6pcJan&July1 77-84 105 107 263, 1 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1869, 3 p c 103 213, 5 Do 5p c Jan & July .. 96 98 Turkish. 1854, 6p c B3 85 97, 8 1)o, 1865, 5 p o Do Inscribed Stock .. 93 99 423. 5,3, 1, 3 973 Do, 1865, 6ii c - - Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. V/ 99 621, 33, 23 Ceylon 6 p o May and T.Y.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1-': 2 883 893 November 1878 lO7 109 881, 3. 3, 05 Adauritins 6p c Jan and Do do 1885 88 883 July 1873 lO2 104 881, i News Wales 5p clB7l-76 100 102 Do 10-40 BndS, spc 1904 831 843 New Zealand 6 p o 1891 lO6 109 841, 1 Dos pc - - Do 5p e Consolidated 97 93 Illinois Central Shares .. 10731053 98, 73 1083, 73, 83 Do 6p c Mark Sept 1891 108 110 Atlantic an dG W R Con Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 Mortgage Bonds 23 24 Viet 6p c Jan & JulylB9l m 114 233, 4, 4 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B3 85 Do 2nd do Scrip ....1 dig, fpm Caledonian 741 Grand Trunk of C an ad a Great Eastern ••• • • • grri 301 2nd I'ref Stock 353, 6 Do 3rd Prof Stock ~. • a 34 Great Northern ~ ...... 119 121 Grand Trunk of Canada 319 x all 4th Prof Stock 12911301 Great Indian P en g & p c 1105411078} On A 1291 x all 1061, 53, 6 Great Western 6O 603 CireatWestern of Canad'a lq 143 681, 9 14 k, 3, 1 4 Lancashire 44 Yorkshire 129 130 D 0 00 5 6 1 p d c 0, 8An n t, 8 1 . 87 .. 3 . .... 09 101 40 Do 5p c pref, issued 80par 2pm 1291' x d Lon, Brie, and 13 Coast :9 . 9 , i Madras guar 5 p c ...... 1 06 166 Lon, Chat, and Dover . , 13 14 1042 y 131, 1 N. Railwa of Canada, v'iois and North-Western 124/1264 6p c Ist Pref Bonds .. go 93 1253, 63, 6, 3 x d Dude and Rohilkund g Lon and South-Western 85 ES 5P a 65.6 &chide, Punjaub, and Man, Bhef, a,nd Lincoln 43 44 Delhi guar 5p c 43, 1011 3e Metropolitan ., 831 611 Bahia and dux Francisco 173 13 64 g 7 Pc_ _ ___. ..nd 125 1251 - 125, 41, 51 x d Belgian E Junction .... li 2.1 Vferth British Nceth-Eastern Consols 13832113831 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. y ft I)unaburg and WitePsk 1 1371. 1 81 a d Dutch-Rhenish ...• South-Eastern ¢g 73 22 ;21, 1,8 a d Eaatern of Fraroe ....... 22 24 S Atlantic and St Lawrnce 78 M Great Luxembourg .... 112 121 Bombay, Baroda, and 12/ Central India, g 5 p 0 lO4 106 Lemberg llzernowitagua 105 f 1 7 p c l5l 161 ,Bliff & Lake Huror/Fref 31 41 162 Do 51 p c Bonds, 472-3-4 76 79 'Northern of France Cape guar 6p c .., ...... 60 63 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) .61 5/ ' East Bengal guar 5 p c.. 104 106 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c .... 109 111 (Limited) guar 7 at 1092 i San Paulo (L) guar p 7pc2o 21 Grand Trunk Canada .. 121 131, South Ausim & Lom-Ven 152 151 Do Equip Mort Bud 1 ,_ 151. '', 1 charge 6 P c 93 25 Seuthern of Flan last.. .Midlal TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. rd Pd WO An%Athivloan L) 07 90 10 Great Northern .. . 101 114 6 Great N. China, and 20 Anglo-Meditrn (1.) •-• 139 ISO Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis 100 Atlantic) — 5 Indo-European (L).. 19 14. 100 Do Bpc — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Anstraln (L) 4 31dis and Malta (L) . 59 0 , . • 10 British Ind Exto l (L). 52 69 10 M e dit erru E x (L) .. 5 51 10 British Indian Sub- 29 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 4 3 dis marine, (L) 79, 4 20 Soc Trans France (L) 146 15 2 China Submarine (L) 51, 41,11 s 140, 1 dis 100 Submarine 225 235 10 Fahnouth, Gibraltar, 1 Do Scrip 2 29 and Malta (1.1 pi 91 10 w India &Pananaa(L) 59 6 BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A 93 101 10 Imperial Ott oman .. 1.4 ),'pm o3 113, 3 05 Alliance •(L) 10 Auglo-Austrian 183 48 90 Anglo-Egyptian (A) 213 223, 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34 224. * 20 Lon and Westmnster .583 591 5 Ifritish N Americaa IQ 22 10 Metropolitan 73 83 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 153 10k 2() Midland (L) 25 Char Mere of India 26 28 20 New South Wales .. 15 37 2.0 25 Orntal Bank Corporn 4i 43 10 ,Cify .. .„ ... ...., ..... 41 12 424 25 Colonial 431, 3, - 393 4 Oonsolidated ru..., i tpm 15 Union of London .. .4 37 2lng. Scot. and AtufU 1 04 171 37, GI m Iperial 114 -3113C1711A112(111$ 4ECURITIES O Pa 11:1 Azisto . Angfritta End. 30 London Pin _Assoc (r,) 19 10$is holders' Certificate 10 2 4 I,on (len Omnibus —.,24 21 10 BerlinWaterworkslLo 13 141 2 13-16, 1 34 Bolekow-Vanghan (L) 30 tOpm 8 Lou & Prov Marine (L)pllalpm 100 Easton City (U.S.) 5 100 Madras Irrig &Canal, p c Sterling Loan.. 89 91 gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 103 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) If 21put Mauritius Land (L)..1 die, par 27 Canada Company. ~,. 72 78 Natnl Disct Comp (L) II 174 10 Ceylon Company (I 4 6 5 die 111 4 1-16, 9, 9 21 N Zealand Loan and 85 City Offices (L) 2O 25 dis Merc Agency IL) .. 41 pm /0 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 2 21pm Trust (L) 10 Ordt Font, of Eng (L) 21 21 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 26 23 100 Crystal Palace 00 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb.. 108 113 50, 49 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 10 8 $l3 10 Do do New, 1867 3 Idle Egyp 9p cV'roy Loan, 50 Rhymney Iron guar by Egyp Gay.. 95 97 15 1)o New 9l 101 07, 51 60 Royal Mail Steam 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 5 6pm 20 Tel Con and Main (L) 231 '249 Fl,m and Colonial Gov 24, 1 Trust 6p c Bonds.. 92 56 2 Thames and Mersey 70 Gen Credt&Disct (L) 1 1 di/3 Marine Insur (L ~ 3 01 p ui 7 St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Gen Stm Navigation 29 30 guar by Italian Gov. 80 f Hooper's Tel Works 31 2 1 1 dis 6 Trust and Loan Co of 20 Hudson's Bay Bl 81 Upper Canada . ... A 1 pm 81 Cr Marine, Lvpool(L 41513'm 45 Indrbbr, Gut Per,and 20 Union Steamship (L) 21 23 Tel Works (L) ~.. 40 41 G United Dis Corprn(L) 11 Adis 401, 1 5 Univ Marine Incur IL% 4 spm 20 Intend Finan SociL) 11 13dis 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c It Irrig Can Cavour) 3 31 Mortgage Loan,... 741 70 190 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 75, ' 4 9, deemat:e 1870 -_ -5 62 12 Warrant ' Finano —.. 9 7 dis MARKETS. LONDON - CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—There was very little doing in the wheat trade to-day, but the continued wet weather had the effect of imparting rather more firmness to the quotations. Prices, however, were unaltered from those current on Monday last for both English and foreign wheat. Bar ley was quiet, but no further change took place in prices. Malt was dull at drooping currencies. There was a good show of oats, which sold slowly at the late decline. Maise tended downwards in value. Beans and peas sold slowly on barely former terms, The flour trade was very quiet, but no altera tion took place in the quotations for either foreign or country markets. Arrivals.—English ; Wheat, 490 ; barley, 10; beans, 40. Foreign Wheat, 4,890 ; eats, 26,200 ; flour, 500 sacks and 14.990 barrels. BOUTIIALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Thert were good supplies at this market to-day, but trade was dull, at lower prices. Primebeasts made ss. 6d. to ss. Bd. per stone ; second qualities, 4s. to 4s. Od. There were good supplies of sheep. Trade was dull. Prime sorts made ss. Bd. per stone. A few beasts and sheep were left unsold. WAKTFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—A small show of both beef and mutton was made to-day ; prices were from a farthing to a halfpenny per pound dearer. Small pigs were eheaper, but fat animals were 7s. 6d. to Bs. per stone. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Opening report:—lmports per bill of entry, 4,494 bales. The market opened to-day as it closed last evening, with a quiet demand. The sales are not likely to exceed 10,000 bales. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.--This market to-day was very flat, and in order to sell producers had to rest satisfied with the lowest prices current last week, and even at these only a small business could be done. In view of the startling political events which are now occurring on the Continent, buyers seemed inclined to pause or limit their operations to present wants until a more settled state of affairs is arrived at. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow mar ket has ruled quiet, at 425. 6d. for old ; 445. 3d. to 445. 6d. for new on the spot ; 445. 6d. last three months. Linseed oil is quoted at 295. 6d. London; 295. Hull spot ; 295. 3d. last three months. English brown rape, 41s. 6d. ; spot, 41s. ; month, 30s. 6d last four months: French turpentine, 28s. 64.1. ; American, 28s. Saltpetre has not been inquired after. LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.— The demand for sugar has ruled quiet to-day, but prices are without material alteration. Floating cargoes are held firmly. Barbadoes on the spot, 245. to 325. St. Lucia, 20s. to 225. ; St. Kitt's, brown, 21s. Stocks of coffee continue on the increase, owing to large imparts. Deliveries are good, and prices •are firm, Cocoa has ruled steady in value and demand. Rice is very dull, and drooping in value. Stocks have largely increased, Tea Is without change of importance. GLASGOW - PIG IRON MARKET WEDNESDAY.—This mallet was steady ilso-day. Business was dono at 51s. Bd. cash. Closing Sailers. CLYDE CRUMED gt/GAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There liras a uonadembLe hi:whams done at this market to-day, and pieta wore OM FRENCH PREPARATIONS FOR CONTINUI4D WAR. There is great aethilty in the mechanical and metalhir. glual establishments In the Basin of the Loire. At Rt. Etienne, Rivetlegior, &c., the various firms are working to the utmost csa etymons, armour-plates, bayonets, bul lets, &n. One lions° is also making armour-plates to be used hi the protection of the mitrailleuse when opposed to the fire of a hostile forte. In the case of one leading firm the order to proceed with the manufacture of weapons is unlimited. Wilhelmshohe, where Napoleon has been directed to take up hie residence, is one of '.he grandest palaces of Germany. It is situate near Cassel, and with its cele brated park, adjoining chateaux, and horti•ultural wonders, is an abode fit for an Emperor in the acme of his prosperity and greatness. The Prussians will shortly be before Paris. They will, on arrival, cut the Lyons and Mediterranean and the nor thern railways, Our eastern mails will then be unable to pass via Marseilles and Paris. "Is it not desirable," asks a correspondent, " that the Post Office: should, by tele graph, arrange for the transport of the Eastern mails— in the punctuality of which vast interests are concerned— via Brindisi, the Brenner, Mayence, Cologne, Brus sels, and Ostend, until the route through France is again free?" Napoleon 111 is the seventh French Sovereign deprived of his liberty by the fate of battles. Louis le Ddbonnaire, in 829, was confined by his sons, with his second wife, Judith, in a monastery, In 846 Charles the Bald was made prisoner by the revolted nobles. John I. was made captive at the battle Poictiers. He delivered up his sword to a Belgian knight, Denis de Morbecque. Louis XI was forcibly conducted by Charles the Bold in the suite of the Burgundian army, which was going to besiege the Li4geois, the king's own allies. Francis I. was made prisoner at the battle of Pavia. Like King John, he gave up his sword to a Belgian, Count de Imumoy, Viceroy of Naples. Lastly, Napoleon I. sur mendered twice, in 1814 and 1815. The Times correspondent says, " You will see In the papers various accounts of the Empress's departure from Paris. The facts I believe to be simply as follows :—To wards twelve o'clock on Sunday she left the Tuileries in a plain carriage, accompanied only by M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police: They drove to a station outside Paris,and there she took the railway to Belgium. If Pietri accompanied her beyond the station he did not go far, for he was back in Paris in the afternoon, She may have left before noon, or else she travelled fast, for she was at Namur at 4.31 In Belgium the Court carriages awaited her, and every deference was paid to her rank. Before quitting the Tuileries she took leave of the officers and ladies of the Court who were coming on and going off duty, and thanked them graciously for their services, ac. Some of them would fain have accompanied her, but she said " No," that nobody could go with her. Meanwhile Pietri was close at hand, in an inner room, and they went off together. By a rather curious coincidence, the three principal members of • the Imperial family were at one and the same time in Bel giutn, but without communicating. The King of Prussia asked the Belgian Government to be allowed to send, his prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte, through that country to Germany, and the permission was granted. The Prince Imperial is said to have gone to Brussels. The mob is said to have done no mischief inside the Tuileries. A five-year-old has won the Liverpool Summer Coup, for the first time since 1851. THE PROTECTORS OP THE PEOPLE.—An extraor dinary scene, which requires to be explained, is stated by a contemporary to have occurred at the funeral of a volunteer at the Ardwick Cemetery, near Manchester, on Sunday last. 4 great concourse of people having as sembled to witness the spectacle of military obsequies, the authorities of the ground determined to exclude some of the crowd. An uproar took place, and it is alleged that the volunteers used " the butt-ends of their rifles to expel the people." BREI.BFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM PORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it ageneral favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, milk.iany heavy sold doctors'only in Mr. Epps bas provided our breakfast t a bl es with a delicately fl a voured beverage uswir t c h h b m on ar ng sa w v a e toror n bills." Made simply w tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPs ct Co., Honiceopathic Chemists, London,—.Athl. THE -WAR. __-~, • THE NEW REPUBLIC. PARIS, Tuastaay. We are back in the old citizen -days of the eighteenth century, though whether we are to have another Citizen King or not, remains to be seen. We have all dropped the Monsieur, and though the accidental introduction of the title will no longer run the risk of bringing you to tho guillo tine, it is the order of the day to call everybody by the old Libertas, Egalitti, and Fraternitti title, only we make jokes over it instead of threatening to denounce one anobiaer fog aristocratic tendencies. It is not the time for jests, however, but for serious and united action. The new Government have assumed a tremendous responsi bility In accepting office at the present crisis, and frean what can be learned they seem to be fully aware of it. The eentatioe In whislathey declared that they had been eanunoned not to power but to peril, has already become historical. Their organs express a full sense of the neces sities of thesituatian. The Elecksr Libre, which is tire organ of M. Ernest Picard, the new Finance Minister, who unites the professions of politics and lrltters, gives a very interesting summary of the position of military affairs. It says—" Sixty thousand men, composed of General Vinoy's corps and the iranant of MacMahon's, are concentrated at Laon, ready to march on Paris, whilst one hundred thouiand of the army of Lyons have been called to Paris. The depot s can furnish fifty thousand, these giving a total of 210,000, all armed with chassepots. 20,000 volunteer workinen in the service of the Republic are to make ready the fort of Montretout and its defences within, a week. In short, enlistment offices are to be opened in every Mairie throughout the extent of the Republican territory. Volunteers will be enrolled, and immediately despatched to their posts in the army. A superior pay of three francs a day will be allowed to the volunteers. of the Re public. A loan of two thousand milliems of francs, guaranteed by a proportional tax, is opened by the National Ministry. A commission of military supplies will act immediately throughout the whole country. The fleet will bombard Hamburg, or levycontribution.s on that city. Private enterprise, free from all interference, will furnish arms and draw supplieS from abroad. The 90,000 Remington guns for Sweden have been purchased; Marshal Leboeuf shall be arraigned before a supreme military tribunal, it not killed by the enemy. Three national faxtories are opened at Tulle, St. Etienne, and Paris ; 100,000 working gunsmiths are convoked for the . manufacture of arms for the national defence. The Prussians are proscribed from the rights of nations." No effort is being spared within the capital itself to prepare for the threatened siege, for the idea of surrender is as far off n ever. The parks and woods within the Melts of Paris now contain nearly 300,000 head of cattle, or nearly 150 times the amount of the city's daily consumption. The stores of flour, salt, rice, coffee, vegetables, preserved meats, tic., are in equal proportion, while an efficient medical service has been installed is all the forts which surround the capital. The enemy is advancing, on that point there is no doubt. As the Patric emphatically_ ob serves, it- . is on Paris that the i n vadi n g arm y i s now marching ; it is on Paris that the national hopes are to day centred. The proclamations which have been issued by the heads of the several departments are full of into rest. That issued by General Trochu to the army, and signed by the whole administration, declares that the Government is not the Government. of one party, but of the whole nation, and calls for the close alliance of the army and the people for the national defence. M. Arago, the new Mayor of Paris, has appointed twenty mayors provisionally, as, under the exceptional circu.mstances,it is not passible to wait for the municipalities to elect them. He desires the new officials to spare no exertion to arm the citizens in their several arrondissements, and to hold themselves ready to assist the national defences in every way. M. lidon Gambetta, the new Minister of the Interior, has addressed a circular .to the prefects—those much abused prefects who have been so often and so un favourably before the public since the days - of Imperialism began. M, crambetta after remarking on the perils which surround them, says the new Republic has nothing to do with political dissensions and idle quarrels. He desires the prefects to surround themselves with men animated by patriotic sentiments who will discharge their duties with coolness and resolution. All prohibitory laws, including all thosedisastrous laws which h aveso long hampered the manu facture and the sale of arms, are abolished. Every French. man should take his gun and put himself at the disposition of the authorities. The country is in danger. A number of minor orders have been issued, all tending to the same end, the organization of an efficient system of internal defence. The news. of the fall of the - empire and the pro. olamation of the Republic has been very well received throughout the great towns whose sentiments Parisians were naturally anxiorts to learn. Lyons in fact anticipated Paris and the Republic was actually proclaimed in that city on the 4th. No sooner was the news of the disaster of Friday known than the people lost all patience and surrounded the prefecture and proclaimed the Republic. There was some slight dis turbance, and the "Marseillhise " was sung, but no rioting took place, though the people shouted loudly for arms to defend their country. The tricolour flag which waved over the Hotel de Ville was replaced by a red standard. The Prefect left for Paris, the troops fraternised with the people, and the following brief notice was speedily affiche. " French Republic. Commune of Lyons. ' " The misfortunes of the country dictate to us our duty. We decree the immediate arming of the nation, the deposition of the Emperor, and the proclainatlan of the Republic. Lyons, September 4th, 1870. - (Signed by the Provisional Committee tsf _ Publics Safety)." When the wonderful news arrived from Paris, Lyons had not much left to do. At Bordeaux there is very little pity felt for the fallen Emperor, and the crowd seemed to - feel considerable satisfaction in destroying his statue. There was very little attempt at disturbance only towards nightfall, when a party endeavoured to take vossessidn. of the Prefecture to instal a triumvirate, they were opposed by the national Guard. At Marseilles the terrible defeat of MacMahon's army plunged the town into consternation. The second batch of news announcing the proposition of Jules Favre and the probable overthrow of the dynasty was received with enthusiasm. Everywhere the whole blame of the ' national misfortunes seems to be laid upon the Empire. At La Havre the enthusiasm was unbounded, and in all directions, strange to say, the news of the sudden anc violent change of Government seemed to produce a feeling of confidence and to lull anxiety. Since the terrihle revelations of the last few weeks men have lost all confidence in the authorities whether verbally or practically. The most in vidious stories of the malfeasance of high personages and officials of all ranks are readily accepted. The affair of the cartridges discovered to be filled with sand instead of gunpowder is now explained by the statement that the cases had been sent by mistake to the barracks instead of to the Military School. This may be true buethe inci dent has left an awkward impression. • Yesterday the gardens of the Louvre, those of the Place Napoleon and the Tuileries were shut. On the doors of the Louvre Museum were placed these words in writing, • " Shut provsionally." The Senate and the Corps Legisi latif aye closed. Peremptory orders were given that no attempt on the part of the Senaters. and Deputies for the purpose of meeting should take place► Several Senators and Derutiev appeared• at the various entrances' of the Palais Bourbon and the Luxemburg, but they -were not permitted to enter. Barracks are in course of erection on the esplanade des Invalides. They Will serve for an encampment of troops. The approaches to the Prefecture of Pelice are strictly . watched, as rumours have been circulated to the effect that attempts would be made by the .deputies of the Right to take possession of the Rotel do Ville and Pre fecture of Police. Victrtr Hugo arrived in Paris last night, the news having boon spread that he would arrive by the Belgian train at nine o'clock, an immense crowd assembled to greet his appearance in Paris after an absence of nineteen years. When Victor Hugo arrived the excitement was so great that the crowd would not allow him to enter a carriage and drive off, but insisted on his addressing them from a window. He said :—" Words fail me to express the feelings with which I receive this enthusiastic greeting. Citizens, I said that the day the Republic returned I should also return. Here I am. Two things have called me hither—first the Republic, and next bhe datigen Z have come to do My duty, 'AK is that of yours, and of till—to defend and to s4a.ve- l'arrs: To save Farb is to do more thail to save Prance, it is to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA_Y, SEPTEMBER 8, 1870. save the world. Paris is the centre of humanity, and he who attacks Paris attacks the human race. Paris is the capital of civilisation bemuse it is the town of. revolution. It can never be that such a city should be taken by As sault and subjected to a savage invasion. Citizens Paris wl l ll triumph because it represents human idea& and the popular instinct, but it can triumph only on one con dition, that ail should act as by the impulse of one mind, and that we ' should all be as one soldier and one citizen, the latter to love Paris the former to ,defend her. I have only one thing to impress on your minds it is by union that you will conquer ;be united, and you will become invincible. By fraternity we shall save liberty." in order to guard against the crush that ensued, soldiers and Gardes Mobile were compelled to bar the doors,. OPINIONS OF THE FRMCII PRESS. The draurleb de Paris says that oAI France will AcoefoL the revolution which the capital has Inaugurated. It le not the time to discuss the forms of Government when. the enemy is at the gates,. .1 - 4 a Pry declares that all should be secondaty Augima those who gorern, and thoue who servo, under the fearful peril of 9.1.0 advancing Prussians. When the..;''have beer. driven from the country, the Republic may consolidate itself. Lc Soir says that they are the enemies of Ki , lg William and that they declared war against him and his feudal party, but that Germany contains a Liberal party which they are ready to treat with. They will assist them to disembarrass themselves of King William, of Bismarck. and of others who impede their progress. If Germany were free France would welcome her with open arms. ' The editor of the Public leaves the conduct of the onrnal to fight as a soldier against the enemy, but when the war is ended he will enter the ranks of the Opposition against the Republic, which he highly disap proves of. The SiMe in allusion to this says that some journals have indulged in unpatriotic Language, but that the Go vernment of the national defence, and the people would not tolerate it, and that the men of the 2nd of, December had better be silent. • The Union says that it attacked the Emperor in its palmy days when others were prostrate before him, but that it has no desire to attack him now that he has fallen. It leaven to history the task of recounting his deeds and sketching that power which has crumbled in the midst of the country's disaster& The chies and only duty of all is to expel the stranger, and which has become the most sacred of duties. The France looks upon the new ministers as a group of citizens who are called upon at a critical time to assume the command of affairs, and declares that it is ready itself to make that sacrifice of personal and political, opinions which it demands from others, The Pays considers that until the last Prussian soidie has recrossed the Rhine, nothing can be thought of bu the national defence. The Revel,/ criticises the composition of the Provisional Government and complains that none of the proclamations bear the Republican device of liberty, equality, and fraternity, which omission has greatly surprised the people. A LAST ACT OF HUMANITY. In the last letter of the Times' correspondent, Colonel Pemberton, who was himself killed soon after in the last great battle before Sedan, says—l was, during one part •of the action, standing near some Hussars, who were in reserve. The sun was pouring its rays upon us, and around us on every side lay the wounded. One poor fellow, cried to them for water— " Comrade, for God's sake, give me. water we little drop. I am on fire, lam an fire t for God's sake give me but one drop ; only wet my lips !" and another near him could only hold his hands up in prayer and point to his lips. A good-natured Hussar, touched by the appeal, got off his horse and ran to them with his water-bottle ; he was in the act of raising the man's head when a shell fell within a yard and, bursting, blew the whole three to atoms. Whatever that poor Hussar's faults in this world may have been, surely his last kind action must atone for them in some way ? The regiment moved off and his horse followed in the ranks. THE BATTLE AT SEDAN. A French correspondent of the Daily News furrissises hat journal with a very graphic description of the battle preceding the capitulation of Sedan. The writer says : " At half-past ten the advance of the Prussians was perceptible on both wings, At the same time some French infantry, which was close to the town on the east side, gave way, as it seemed to me rather quickly. Soon after shells were coming from behind my left, and it became evident that the French position' had been turned, and that a fresh German corps had taken position in our rear. The reserves were now obliged to be directed against these points. The battery near which I stood was already in action, and I thought it quite time to beat a retreat, for the place was becoming as dangerous as any in the field. Among the guns close to me the Prussian shell began falling with their usual beautiful precision, so I got on the other side of the slope, and made my way tswards the town, ae the road to Bouillon, which crossed the field of battle, was wholly closed to me. Now, also, I perceived that I should be shut up in that circle which the Prussians had been draw ing about the army and the town, and which was at last complete. I made my way as fast s as I could by the safest paths. When I reached the suburb before the Porte de Balan, I found it encumbered with soldiers of all corps, hastening, as I was, into the town, It was a defeat evidently, yet it was not eleven o'clock, and the battle was destined to continue at different points for some time longer, though continu ing without any real hope of victory. To one entering the town as I did there was no longer any, battle to de scribe— it was first a retreat and too soon a rout. I thought myself lucky to get away from the field as I did, for an hour afterwards the rout of those forces near by was 'complete. Already soldiers were crushing against each other in the struggle to get inside the town, Dismounted cavalry were trying to make their way even by the ramparts, leaping down the counterscarp, others forcing their way in by the postern gates. From a nook of the ramparts, as I rested a moment, I saw also Cuirassiers jumping, horse and all, into the moat, the horses breaking their legs and ribs. Men were scramb ling over each other. Officers of all ranks, colonels, and even generals, in uniforms it was impossible to mistake, mixed in this shameful melde. Behind all came guns with their heavy carriages and powerful horses, forcing their way into the throngs, maiming and crushing the fugitives on foot. To add to the confusion and horror, the Prussian batteries had by this time ad vanced within range, and the Prussian shells began falling into the midst of the struggling masses of men. On the ramparts were the Garde National, manning the guns of the town, and replying with more or less effect to the nearest Prussian batteries. It was a scene horrible enough to have pleased the fancy of Gustave Dor6 himself. I could form but one idea of our unhappy army—that it was at the bottom of a seething cauldron. I hurried back as best I could to my hotel, following the narrow streets where the shells were least likely to reach the ground. Wherever there was a square or open place I came upon the bodies of horses and men, quite dead, or still quivering, torn to pieces by bursting shells. Reach ing m y hotel, I found the street in which it stood choked like the rest with waggons, guns, horses, and men. Most luckily. The Prussian fire did not at this moment enfilade the streets fqr p train of caissons filled with powder bloc i ked the ,;vhole way, itself unable to move backward or forward. Thera Vaa every chance that these caissons would explode, the town being then on fire in two plae,es); and I began to think that Sedan was a place more un comfortable than even the battle-field over which a vic torious enemy was swiftly advancing. From friends whom I found at the hotel I learned that the Emperor, who had started early in the morning for the field of battle, had returned about the same time that I did, and passed through the streets with his Staff. One of my friends was near him on the Place Turenne when a shell fell under his horse, and, bursting, killed the horse of a General who was behind him. He himself was untouched, and turned round smilingly, though my THE EMPRESS'S DEPARTURE friend thought he saw tears in his eyes which he wiped , away with his gl ove . I n d ee d , h e h a d cause enough for PARIS. tears on that fatal First of September. Meantime shells Towards 12 o'clock on Sunday the Empress /eft the began to fall in the direction of our street and hot e L We Tuileries in a plain carriage, accompanied only by all stood under the vaulted stone entrance as th e sa f es t M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police. They drove to shelter we could find. I trembled for th e ca i ssons s till a station outside Paris, and there she took the standing in the street, and filling all the space from railway to Belgium. If Pietri accompanied her end to end. It was at this time, while we waited beyond the station he did not go far, for he was watching painfully for the shell which would have sent us back in Paris in the afternoon. She may have left all together into another world, that General Wimpffen before noon, or else she travelled fast, for she was came past, making a vain effort to rally and inspirit his at Namur at 4.30, In Belgium the Court carriages flying troops. Heshouted, Wive In France !" En avant? awaited her, and every deference was paid to her rank. but there 'was uo response. He cried etut that Bazaino 'Before quitting the Tuileries she took leave of the usasyaking the Prussians in rear. This news, which had officers and ladies of the Court who were coming an been current all the morning at interval's, coming now from and going off duty, and thanked them gradiously for their the mouth of General de Wimpffen, grew to be believed, and a Lew thousand men were rallied, 0.ni,1 followed him out of the town. The people began to have hope, and for one brief moment we believed the day might yet be saved. Alas / need I say that this intelligence was a patriotic falsehood of brave General de' Wimpffen. Mad with anguish, and in direct opposition to the Emperor's orders, he had resolved to rally what men he could, and make a stand. He could not have known that he was bound in the grasp of at least three hundred thousand men. The bugle and trumpet ring out on all sides. A few thousand men hearken to the sound. A friend, li4n4 de Guiroye, of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, whom I have just met, after losing sight of him for ten or twelve years, got on home back agAin and joined the General. This is what took place in the sortie. They went out at the Porte de Balan. The houses of the suburb are already full of Prussiana, who fire on the French out of every window. The church especially Is strongly garrisoned ; the heavy doom are closed. The General sent off De Gniroye to fetch two pieces of cannon, These soon arrived ; and with them the door of the church was blown in. Two hundred Prussians were captured, and brought back with the French, who, spite of all efforts, were soon obliged to retire again into the town. It was the last incident of the battle—the last struggle. Whilst this took place at the Porte do Balan. the Prussian shelling went on, and the shells began to fall into the hotel. Shocking scenes followed. A boy, the son of a tradesman round the corner of the street, game in crying and asking for a surgeon. His , fathers' leg had been shot off. A woman in front of the house met the same fate. The doctor .who went to the tradesman found him dead, and returning, attempted to carry the woman to an ambulance. lie had scarcely made a step when she was shot dead in his arms. Those of us who stand in the gateway and witness such scenes had got beyond any feel ing of personal. fear. Any one of us, I will venture to say, would have' given his life to spare France this dreadful day, yet we stand pale and shuddering at the sight of , the , fate which befalls these poor people of the town, civilians, and even the jaded soldiers, as helpless . as they. I pass over details. I care not to dwelt on horrors which nevertheless I shall never be able to forget. I could mention more than one brave - officer who did not fear to own that he shrunk from the sight of what had become a mere massacre. Those who were safely out of the way as prisoners, whether officers or men, need not be pitied. When after a time it - became clear that there was no sign of Bazaine, the hopes of the French again departed, A sullen sort of fight still went on. The guns of the town answered the Prussians. An aide-de-camp of the Emperor vc ent by on foot, and I heard him ask the officers near to help him in putting an end to the fire, such being the Emperor's wish. At length the white flag was hoisted on the citadel. The cannonade ceased, suddenly ahout hall-past four. Eager as we are to know the cause, tie cannot leave the house, for the street Is impassable, and we have to be content with learning the mere fact of the surrender. THE NEW FRENCH. GOVERNMENT, The correspondent of the Daily News writes : "As was naturally to be'expected when Rochefort is a member of Government, men eminent for anti-Imperialism are rapidly coming to the fsont. M. Gambetta, Minister of the Inte rior, has chosen for his principal secretary M. Laurier, the leading counsel for the Noir family at the Pierre Bonaparte trial, and his junior, the eloquent M. Floquet, has been appointed by, M. Etienne Arago one of the deputy-mayors of Paris. They are both extremely able and highly honourable meh. What may be the success unde.f the present most difficult circumstances of the Republi can Government, elected like that of its predecessors in 1848, nobody knows. It is a grave problem which ti.m must solve. But it Warms my heart after having found it my duty for the last eighteen years to expose on many occasions the wonderful aptitude of Loth's . Napoleon Bonaparte for smelling out tarnished and oor ruptible men, which was nearly the whole secret of the credit for great ability which he so long usurped in the world, to see at last a Govern ment of honest men. M. Andre Lavertujon,. the accomplished and much-persecuted editor of the Gironde, of Bordeaux, and M. F. Herold, are appointed assistant secretaries to the Government of National Defence. The Government of National Defence (which avoids thesome what unlucky title of Provisional Government) has ap pointed General Trochu its President, K Jules Fevre , Vice-President„ and M. Jules Ferry Secretary. THE COUP D'ETAT. The Paris correspondent of the Standard Writes thin; t To effect a revolution at any time involves great responsi bility : but at such a time as this, with the enemy at a few dayal - march from Paris, to turn out by a coup d'etat an organised Government whose energy in preparing the means of defence of the country even the gentlemen of the Left do not venture to qu esti on, argues an amount of rashaess and imprudence which it is impossible to condemn boo strongly. Prussia has reason to thank her stars ; she has not, only the gros bataillons on her side, but the enemy Is playing into her hands. As to the future, it is only too easy to forecast it. There may be more fighting—there may be bloodshed in Paris- —but practically the war is at an end. It is reported this afternoon that the Prussians are at Fismes and Loivre. Loivre is about twelve miles from Rheims on the railway to Tergnier. Fismes is only 83 miles from Paris ) on the line from SoissOns lo Rheims. It is reported—l know not with what 'truth—that Jules Favre left Paris this morning for the head quarters of the King of Prussia. I firmly trust that the neutral Powers, and especially England, will actively interfere to prevent the King of Prussia driving France to an extremity, and spare the unhappy country the prolongation of a war which cannot procure any additional glory to the arms of Prussia, and which must lead to the gravest political and social consequences for France, and mayhap not for France alone. THE CAPITULATION OF SEDAN. The following text of the capitulation, of Sedan is vouched for by a correspondent of the Standard, who received it from a French officer : "Sedan, Sept. 2. "By the chief of the staff of his Majesty King William, Commander-in-Chief of the German armies, and the General Commanding-in-Chief of the French armies, both with full powers from his Majesty the King and the Emperor of the French, the following agreement has been concluded : "Art. 1. The French army, under the command of General Wimpffen, is surrounded actually by superior forces around Sedan, are prisoners of war. "Art. 2. Owing to the valorous defence of that army, an exception (exemption) is made for all the generals and officers, and for the 'superior employes having rank of officers in the military list, who will give their word of honour in writing not to take up arms against Germany, nor to act in any way against the interests of that nation, till the end of the present war. The officers and employes accepting that condition will keep their arms and the effects belonging to them personally. "Art, 3. All the other arms and the army material, consisting of flags, eagles, cannons, horses, war ammuni tions, military trains, will be surrendered at Sedan by a military commission named by the commander-in-chief, to be given at once to the German commissary. " Art. 4. The town of Sedan will be given up at once, in its present state, and no later than the evening of the 2d of September, to be put at the disposal of the King of Prussia. " Art. Z. Tim officers who will not undertake the engagement mentioned in Article 2, and the troops of the armies, will be conducted with their regiments, in their corps, and in military order. " This measure will commence on the 2nd of September, and will terminate on the 3rd ; the soldiers will be brought up by the Meuse, near D'Yzes, and put in the hands of the German commissary by their officers, who will then give their commands to their non-commissioned officers. The military surgeons will remain, without exception, at the rear to take care of the wounded." The same correspondent states that the French colo nels, on hearing it, burned the flags and eagles of their regiments, the soldiers threw their guns, their swords, ammunition, &c., into the Meuse, breaking everything at hand, sooner than let them come into the hands of the enemy. FROM 'eJ services, &c. Some of them would fain have accomP 3ni her, but she said "No ;" that nobody should go with be r . ", Meanwhile Pietri wag close at hand, in an inner room, f, they went off t oge th er . B y a rather curious co i nc id e nee,t; three principal members of the Imperial family Were one and the same time in Belgium, but without COwry' nicating. —Times Paris 'Correspondent. ALSACE AND LORRAINE. A Berlin paper, the VollcB Zeitung, has an article on the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, whose possible absorf tion into th e G erman C on f e d erat i on is now matter o f old, discussion Th e principal difficulty attending tia A „ annexation, says the German organ, is to be found in disunion of Germany, sinCe every strip of land that be added to it must be given to one of the existing St3t4s :. or formed into a separate government. There; every reason to r e j o i oe a t th e won d erful unity manifest by Germany d ur i ng th e present oontest, and the W e P sgaux . awakened In eve r y German heart that out of tb blood of the battlefield the resurrection of a united Go d many may be. accomplished. But the Bavarians Wortembergers would be now lass than ever incline d resign their sov ere i gn ti es, an d agree to a single gover un' eo o of Germany, and. .in the lack of G erifi • av unanimity in reference to the proposed ere nexation of th e provinces in, question, ti/ of would be no oth er . way open but to form n'll-,0 State of Alsace a n d L orra i ne, or i ncorporate them into existing Stato. Both courses present serious difficult l i To form a new State in Germany, too rich already o States, is in it se lf b y no means a dvisa bl e : a if the populati on o f thi s new comer were thor oul imbued with German feeling. Our ahnl German unity ; and if we crea t e d a rieta German State, we s h ou ld create on l y a new o b s t a cle o the accomplishment of our desire. Added to thi s, population of Alsace and Lorraine, though these vinces wer e f ormer l y on G erman soil, has throug h ": crimes of centuries become partiallyhostile to ou r coun tr i; We could g i ve th em a German monarch ; but tba would scarcely be the way to instil into e l .' German symp a thi es . A Government of these l',, vinces could maintain its ground by e xpress ' l the sympathies o f th e popu l at i on, and i t is doubt i if these are in favour of Germany. Alsace Lorraine as an independent State might easily be decl 3r b , German in name ; but, in spite of this, they viroula,lo nothing else than what they are now, however strong pressure employed to make them German. The culties attending the annexation of the provinces to existing German St a t e are st ill greater, an d , 1 0 Yolks Zeitung goes on to enumerate the sP ec j i el obstacles att en di ng th e i r appropr i ation by either 1 33 , Dd or Bavaria, whil e th e i r annexat i on to Prussia would 4t most unpalatable to the provinces themselves. Whe ll 'y the dissolution of the German Confederation in 186 6, question was mooted whether Luxembourg should be bio mitted into the North German Confederation, Prussian Government declined to entertain the idea, cause it did not consider it advisable for any State to l ei corporate a foreign el emen t f orc ibl y i nto i ts newly fora organisation, If this observation of Bismarck true of so small a province as Luxembourg, had been a member of the German Confederation more than fifty years without shewing the least hostil l ;i, how much more forcibly does it apply to Alsace and Ir o f mine, which really might prove to us a kind of Polito' Venetia ? The mission of Prussia, so it appears to ii°! o . to weld Germany into a, federal unity. In the solut l ii of this mission, it was pardonable to reject, n ot 194 Luxembourg, but also a large portion of Austria, 0 ' sympathy with Germany has now been manifested t° fullest satisfaction. In the face of this relinquisbn i ,..4 , of Luxembourg, of this rejection of German All sw in order to obtain a possible unity of the rest of Ger ,' —in the face of this polioy, it would be a wonderful' tradiction on the part o f P russ i a to annex on the furt,lti end of her frontier, already too much extended, a cen li ,e, which is ten times m or e an ti-G erman than Luxem bow: j and ten times mo re h os til e t h an the population of Ger7d Austria ! Such a p o li cy cannot possibly be adva il as the object of a war which, in the truest se l o t. was to be a war f or t h e unity of Germ a ny. Thouo,.o ful politicians have, therefore, endeavoured to P re r,t to this moment ous quest i on a more definite inter F tation. Not the enlargement of Prussia, but the ti ll " ) , of Germany, and such a weakening of France 9,511 13 make her for ever incapable of aggression, ar e the elly t to be accompli s h e d. F rom t hi s po i nt of view • question assumes anoth er an d a more accepta bl e she and we shall, therefore, take the possibilities of situation into coilsideration with the calmness tha t 3ll comes a. nation which k nows h ow t o con d uct i ts wa r .1 "i irresistable p ass i on, b ut also knows how to use vi e° with moderation and wisdom. TAX MILITARY POSITION. o ut Metz has not yet f a ll en; Strasburg still hola s bravely; the attack on IVlontmedy continued Yeet er ,:ipi morning; a new Pr uss i an f orce h as cross ed the near Kembs ; and the German scuts have appeared Valenciennes. To this is limited to-day's intelligena regarding the campaign. We have as yet 1 1 1 - 0 no account of the manner i n w hi c h G e neral Treschow, th e Ki ng ' s a id e- d e - camp sent to M e t z t o info Bazaine of the disaster at Sedan, has been receiv of It is possible that, before capitulating on the receip t 0 informati on w hi c h shows his position to be hope le o the Marshal may demand a certain delay, during W hi +b p he may satisfy hi mse lf f ormally as to the truth of v p startling news. But the importance of detainieg4 large hostile army on the Moselle, and thus liol 5t ;11 the Prussians before Paris to a number too l e t to invest the o ily, can h ar dl y f a il to make Baza i ne maturely before he.capitulates. The question for now simply one of provisions and time. If he need Ito starve for a week or a fortnigheto come, it is his d o ": hold out; but we suspect that, apart altogether Iftet sickness i n hi s camp , h e h as not supplies left, If full three weeks' c onsump ti on, - suff i c i ent for man y 615 ' longer. The resistance which' Montmedy presents the German attack is worthy of the courage and ee d c l ante shown at St ras b urg , Ph a l s b urg, and Toul; 31:j higher praise could not be bestowed. Strasburg has gad t a respite, by the King of Prussia 4 s order to cease firil l g Ae ' t the town, and t o a tt ac k only thd works ; but the °I." cornea rather late in day, sinci the city has alr ei c i e • been most cruelly used, and in great part stroyed. Probably the molt interesting itenlinl. a, the news, h owever , i s t h e S u b- Prefect of IP-e0 house's announcement th a t G erman troops have seen at several points in his arrondissement, that eS have crossed the Rhine at Kembs—a village eight to s, below Huningen—and that Francs-Tireurs, Volunteeii and National Guards are hastening to meet thew. Paris the Guards of various sorts—National, Sederi t '7„i and Mobile—are drilling lustily ; an d it wou ld see m t ,, the fortifications are now i n a state of readiness f or t' ent my. Telegraph. Emile Girardin, in an article in the Liberte, thro e 511 the blame of th e di sas t ers s i nce t h e 21st August on 63 persistent refusal of the Emperor to listen to advice. According to diplamatio usage ° Prince IVlettern io e credentials, as Austrian Ambassador in Paris, 11 . : expired with the app o i n t men t o f a P rov i s i ona l ment. He has, however, been instructed to enter sew" ' officially into relations with the new Ministry. The organs of the Republican Government are appe n d for aid to the an c i en t allies of Frtnee, and notably " 0 United States. The G overnmen t con fid ent l y rec kons ° t a republican propaganda throughout the whole o o ntill en if Prussia persists in its attack on Paris, and the disin elle berment of Prance. A considerable number of the Frbnch Republican in London have taken advantage of the political annleesc proclaimed by th e new R epublican Government in Fran i : and left by th e S out h -Eastern Railway for Paris. °t-er g are preparing to f o ll ow as soon as arrangemen ts o b n t : made. A mongs t th e ex il es who are about to re tur% , Paris are, it is stated, Louis Blanc, Ledru Rollin, 1-'° ' - Pyat, Talondier, Tibaidi, and Flourens. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at the Manor House, Abbots Langley 'Lady Canning, of a dau g ht er . On the sth inst., at Ori e l Vill a, Hil perton, T row briu A , the wife of H. Willis, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGE& On the sth inst. at the British Zmbassy, Paris, Ev e-- t i Pocklington, E'sq. of Wimbledon, s ur r e y, t o Elizaut* Frances, youngeseda,uhter of Sir Edmund de Golf o BromheL,d, Bart., of TLuriby Hail, Lincolnshire. On the sth inst., at Broadwater Church, Sussex, J. Lewis, of 20, St. James's-street, Piccadilly, to Eril qq l - o f the youngest daughter of the l a t e Christopher Cook, Worthing. • • .DEATII9; On the sth inst., at 5, Magdalen-terra,ce, Oxford, Fre de# Latimer, Esq., aged 66. be On the sth inst., suddenly, J o h n Wild d e H or ne, 0 , " Stock exchange, aged 55. - of London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYC„-Lv. " No. 112, Strand, Print er and Published by n 1 ,133 110 THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct 0 1 Savoy, n the County of Middlessex. Thursday, Se'ptember 8, 1870. 1) 4. §,