The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-09 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M.

THE WAR.

THE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE.

EXCLUSION OF MONARCHIST
CANDIDATES.

BORDEAUX, Februiry 8.

By a decree of the Government, made yester-
day, the members of the Orleanist and Legitimist
Royal families, and those of the Bonaparte family,
are declared to be disqualified for election
as members of the National Assembly : the two
former in virtue of the laws of ineligibility of
1832 and 1848, the latter in virtue of the present
decree.

Republican meetings, preparatory to the elections,
are held here every evening. No disturbance has
taken place.

HEAD-QUARTERS FIRST AR➢IY, AMIENS,

February 8.
Yesterday a messenger arrived here to say that
General Faidherbe was so ill as to be unable to go
to Paris.

General von Goben was requested to give a pass to
General Farr for Paris an 1 Bordeaux. Count
Bismarck, to whom the matter was re-
ferred, telegraphed back that a pass could only
be granted as far as Paris, as the Bordeaux people
did not recognise the Paris Government.
Hopes are entertained of peace, but the war party
are very strong.
The British National Society for the Sick and
Wounded gave relief to 5,540 French and 3,741
Prussians during the month of January. Cap-
tain Uniacke has received the thanks of the general
in command.

The elections are quiet.—Telegraph Telegram.

The following telegrams come through Router's

agency : --

THE FRENCH TREATY OF
COMMERCE.

The Paris Rappel announces that the Government
has refused to accept the proposal of M. Dorian
relative to the notice for terminating the Treaty of
Commerce, and the treaty will continue in force by
law until February 2, 1871

PROCLAMATION OF THE PARIS

MINISTERS.

The following is the substance of the proclamation
which has been issued by the Ministers in Paris, ex-
plaining their reasons for the capitulation, and annul-
ling M. Gambetta's decree of proscription :
"Frenchmen,—Paris has laid down its arms when
on the verge of starvation. It resisted for five
months, but the provinces have not been able to relieve
it. It resigned itself to the most cruel privations
Let France judge us. When we made terms we had
flour for only ten days, and we knew the devastation
of the country rendered the revictualling
very uncertain. Those who blame us will never
know the anguish we endured, but it was necessary
to conceal our anxieties under an appearance of
readiness to fight and ample supplies, and
though every passing day rendered more
terrible the catastrophe of famine, we main-
tained the position, contesting the ground
inch by inch for six days, while the inhabitants
of Paris, ignorant of their real situation
and influenced only by a generous ardour, de-
manded to be led on to fight. The Convention of
Jan. 28 has, therefore, compromised no interest, and
Paris alone has been sacrificed. It does not murmur•
We have summoned France to elect freely an
Assembly which at this supreme crisis will make
known, its will. We recognise 111 no one a right to
impose a decision upon it either for peace or for war.
We do not admit that arbitrary restrictions can be
imposed upon that suffrage. We have fought
against the Empire and its practices, and we do not
intend to revive them by instituting a system of
official candidates by means of elimination.
The Government of National Defence annuls, if
it should be necessary, the decree illegally issued by
the Delegation at Bordeaux, and it calls upon all
Frenchmen to vote without ostracism for the repre-
sentatives who may appear to them to be the
Worthiest of France. " Vive la R6publique ! Vive
la France ! "
Paris, February 4, 1871.
The Members of the Government,—
General TROCHU EUGENE PELLETAN
JULES FAVISE EUNEST PICARD
JULES FERRY EMMANUEL MUG°.
GARNIER PAGES
The Ministers—
DORIAN

General LE FLO

J. MAGNIN

F. HEROLD."

NEWS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, February 7.
The city is quiet, but the distress continues
great.

The Journal Officiel of to-day says that a simple
ecinparison of dates shows how unfounded are the
accusations of the armistice having been disastrous
for the Army of the East.
It. Picard and M. Jules Fave have accepted their
candidatures.

The Presse repeats the news published by the
""appal, of France giving notice of withdrawal from
the treaty of commerce with England.
The Francais says the Prussians were no sooner
masters of the positions which they obtained
through
the armistice, than they hastened to con-
struct defensive works.
A certain number of letters from the Depart-
!lents have been received in Paris. On the 4th
'1.141 sth, 227 waggon loads of provisions entered the
city.

VERSAILLES, February 5.
Scarcely any Paris newspapers reach here.
80 many Parisians arrive in Versailles that greater
restrictions on the right of entry will have to be
established.
The amount of provision in the capital is ex-
t"ely limited. The supply of flour will only suffice
1 tile Bth inst.

RECOVERY OF GENERAL BOURBAKI.
BORDEAUX, February 8, 4.45 p.m.
Cieneral Bourbaki is quite out of danger. The
wound in his head is healing slowly.

I)ISBANDMENT OF FRANCS-TIREURS.
LILLE, Feb. 7.
Oeneral Faidherbe has issued the following pro-
claination :
of:The General of Division commanding the Army
h. "" Forth, in virtue of the orders forwarded to
f01,1,11,by the Government, and dated January 30th,
'n'e execution of the Convention of Versailles,
eereea
"
11,4 b. 1. All companies of Francs-tireurs in any
solved et:1141808d with the Army of the North are die-
of ;14rt. 2. The Francs-tireurs, forming a portion
Alob.e army, either as soldiers, Mobile Guards, or
aye idsed
Guards, are to report themselves within
bet (1,8 at the recruiting depot at Life, if they
A;rng to the Department of the North ; and at
pe4481 if they belong to the Department of the
depots, de-as ;or to one or the other of these
:; if they belong to the invaded Departments.
14. ti a. By whatever name these men are called,