The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-21 00:00:00

THE AIcMISTICE AND THE TERMS OF
PEACE.
By special despatch the Telegraph correspondents send

the following :

PARIS, Monday, Feb. 20 (Noon).
The question relating to the cession of Metz has now
been determined. The line of the Lorraine territory which
is to be annexed by Germany will include Pont-a-
Mousson. The French Government is now pressing
for a further prolongation of the armistice until the
2nd of March. Should the prolongation be' granted,
Count Moltke will stand out for the entry of the
German troops into Paris on the 25th of February ; and
he will probably succeed in gaining his point. The as-
sembling of the German Imperial Parliament at Berlin
has been put off until the 15th of March, by which date
the Emperor is expected to be back in his capital.
Among the financial authorities here a difference of
opinion prevails as to whether the period allowed for
the payment of that. portion of the war indemnity
—one-half—which the Germans are to take in bills,
should be fixed at two or at five years. It is pfobable that
some term between those named will be eventually
adopted. The Crown Prince is still understood to be
strongly opposed to the triumphal entry of the German
troops- into Paris, principally from magnanimous motives.
The conversation in the caVs chiefly turns upon
the possible entry of the German troops. Although
bitter regrets are expressed for the degrada-
tion indicted oak the city it is generally
agreed that the French would have done tile same thing at
Berlin. Everyone expresses his sincere hope that tone of
the Reds will be so mad as to attempt doing any injury to
the German chiefs. Still, no one ventures to say what
will happen, An inquiry has been made with respect to
the surprise at Ville-Evrart, where General Baise was
killed by Prussians hidden in the cellars. Seven
officers will be tried by court-martial for aban-
doning their posts in the presence of the enemy-
The shopkeepers of the city complain that provisions
have arrived so rapidly that they cannot make the enor-
mous profits which they anticipated. Horseflesh has
now altogether disappeared. Yesterday was Dimanche
Gras. Paris was gay, in spite of its being prisoner of
war, and of the total absence of masks. Since the con-
clusion of the armistice the German requisitions
have become more heavy. It is said that Messrs.
Rothschild advanced 800,000 francs to pay the
St. Denis war indemnity. Paris will not have
gas for fifteen days to come. The National Guards, who
now receive a franc and a half a day, must henceforth
make a demand in writing, declaring their name, age, pro-
fession, and domicile before the siege. Their demand
must be made within ten days. The same rule is
applicable to the allowance of 75 centimes granted to the
wives of National Guards who receive a franc and a-half.
General Vinoy has given orders that the war
companies of the National Guard should deliver
up all their camping materiel, which will be
taken to the Palis d'lndustrie. The Prussian Govern-
ment has not sufficient locomotives at its command for
the conveyance of the wounded, and twenty have been
borrowed from the Eastern Railway Company.
HEADQUARTERS FIRST GERMAN ARMY, AMIANS,
February 19, (Afternoon.)
One of the articles in the Convocation signed
at Versailles on the 28th of January has hitherto
presented an impediment to the triumphal entry
of the German troops into Paris which is contem-
plated and desired by the Emperor and Von
Moltke. It would now seem that the obstacle has been
removed. It arose from the fact that throughout the
armistice a certain zone of neutral territory surrounded
Paris, to pass which would have been an infringement of
the agreement. This difficulty has been removed by a
prolongation of the armistice for five days; and the
general opinion in the German armies appears to be that
the investing force will enter the city about the 25th inst.
In the Department of the Somme the people hail
with delight the arrival of the Duke d'Aumale, and all
over Northern France an extraordinary affection appears
to be entertained for the family of the Citizen-King. The
manufacturers in the neighbourhood of Villiers-BrUonneux,
Cachy, Longueau, Cagny, and the adjacent villages, are
all thoroughly Bourbonist in their political principles.
The proclamation which the Emperor Napoleon lately
issued from Wilhelmshohe was read aloud at the
Mairie of Amiens before a large assemblage of municipal
and other authorities of the city. The reading was
listened to with ill-suppressed impatience ; at the conclu-
sion even the dignity of the Municipal Council gave way,
and strong language was employed by dignified local
personages. It is believed in military circles that the
command of the German troops holding Alsace and
Lorraine, with the governorship of these provinces,
will be entrusted to General von Manteuffel. It
is not- yet known here what reward or responsibility is
reserved for General von Goben, the hero of the campaig
in the North.

SAARBRUECK, February 20.
All the wounded German soldiers who are capable of
rejoining their regiments are now being sent to the front
from this place.

At Cologne there never was so large an assemblage of
troops as is there at the present moment ; the squares and
open places of that city are literally black with the nume-
rous battalions at exercise.

The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of discount to
per cent.
Father Hyacinthe has written to a friend respecting the
movement that has been made in Rome for the purpose of
restoring his ministry to him, but wishes all such under-
takings to be made openly, He intends to publish his
appeal 'to the Bishops, but he declares that he could not
put forward a personal question, if it was not connected
with interests which are above all others.
MAZZINI AT OFFENBACH.—A letter from Offen-
bach states that Mazzini in passing from London to Italy
visited some friends in that city. Years of troubles have
whitened Mazzini's hair, but his spirit is still great, as
may be seen from his last work, "Roma del Popolo."
He speaks French and English with as much facility as
he does his native language. He is deeply, versed in the
history and literature of Germany. Contrary to the
custom of most Italians, he speaks with admiration of the
German people and their rulers. He thinks that the
French have forfeited for a considerable time the direction
of European affairs, and the more so because they have
been systematically demoralised for several generations.
He is indignant with Gambetta and Garibaldi.
THE WAIL CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. Archibald
Forbes, one of the Daily News' specials, was in London
one day last week. He had gone from Paris to Calais to
post a letter to his journal, and concluded to take a trip
across the Channel and see how his friends in London were
getting on. He did this, and returned to Paris on the
following day. Lord Adare, who has acted in this
capacity for the Daily Telegraph;has met with a serious
accident in Paris. His lordship was thrown from his
carriage and sustained some severe injuries, from which
he is, however, recovering. Mr. Home, the spiritualist,
who was also at Versailles for some time, as correspondent
to a San Francisco paper, has gone to St. Petersburg, at
the court of which he has many friends.
BRITISH COMMISSIONERS IN PARIS.-- We are
happy to hear that Deputy Inspector-General Dr. Gordon,
C. 8., and Surgeon-Major Wyatt, of the Coldstream
Guards, who were accredited to the French Government,
and have remained in Paris throughout the siege, are both
is excellent health, They have collected voluminous re-
cords of matters of professional interest during their
seclusion from the outer world. These records include
copious notes on the injuries of the wounded received into
the Parisian hospitals, military and volunteer ; on the
surgical operations performed, and their results ; the
transport arrangements from the outworks and after the
different sorties ; the system adopted for providing food of
the requisite qualities and variety : the steps taken to
preserve the health of the population throughout the
siege ; together with numerous observations on a variety
of allied subjects, which, when published, cannot fail to
prove a valuable store of materials for study and reference,
not only to army medical officers, but also to members
of the medical profession in general.— British Medical
Journal.

MR.lo TIN TA GUR BERNARD.—Mr. Mewl tagu e
Bernard, barrister-at-law, Professor of International Law
at the University of Oxford, has been appointed a member
of the Commission to assemble at Washington to investi-
gate the Alabama and other claims now pending between
England and the United States. Mr. Bernard was educated at
Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1842 (Ist class
in Classics, 2nd class in Mathematics). He became Vinerian
Fellow in 1852. Mr. Bernard was called to the bar at

Lincoln's-inn in May, 1846, and practised for some time at

the Chancery bar, -lint in 1859 he was appointed first
Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplo-
macy, and in the same year was nominated
assessor of the Chancellor's Court of the Uni-
versity. The Chichele Professorship of International
Law was founded by the ordinance of the
University Commissioners of 1854, relating to All Souls'
College, and endowed with the emoluments of five sup-
pressed Fellowships, on a stipend of £750 a year, from
its revenue. The election of the professor is in the hands
of the hands of the Visitor and Warden of the College,
the Lord Chancellor, the Judge of the Court of Admiralty,
and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.—Solici-
tors' Journal.