The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-14 00:00:00

CHANZY AND GAI\IBETTA.

A correspondent of the Mot d' Ordre, Rochefort's paper;
energetically defends Gambetta from the charge of having
hindered Chanzy from marching to 4,1),) relief of Paris.
After the defeat of Le Mans, says this account, Chanzy,
forced to fight in retreat, resolved at one time to reform
his troops towards Carentan and Cherbourg, so as to ven-
ture, if it were possible, a march upon the flank of
Frederick Charles's army, and to precipitate himself. upo
Paris or die. Gambetta having consulted the military men
round him, wrote to Chanzy, " a flank march to Paris
would expose you to the fate of MacMahon at
Sedan. A retreat on Cherbourg, throws you into
a mousetrap. If you are forced to retreat
choose rather the line of the Mayenne, which
allows you to support yourself on the arsenals at Rennes,
and on the troops on the West and South of France."
Chanzy, according to the testimony of eyewitnesses,
retreated from Le Mans to Carentan. Gambetta had merely
said, "Retreat, if you must retreat, on Laval." This is
the truth, which the 011iciel ought to have published, but
light is easily, thrown on the matter. Let the Government
publish the text of the despatches of Chanzy and
Gambetta, respecting the two plans of retreat. It is
bound, to produce these, since by it 4 unjust reticence it
has allowed the Parisians to suppose that the head of the
Delegation at Bordeaux paid no heed to the danger of the
capital, but that he gave orders for a retreat when, in
fact, all he did was to modify the course of the retreat
already begun.

The Municipal Council of Fecamp has sent a deputation
to the Prefect of the Department to protest against the
Prussians entering the town.

Field Marshal Prince Frederick Charles arrived at
Tours from Versailles on the evening of the Bth. The
staff took up their quarters at Tours on the evening of
the 7th.

It appears that in his conversations with Jules Favre,
Bismarck stated that Prince Napoleon did not propose
himself to Prussia as regent in the name of the Prince
Imperial, but as the successor of Napoleon 111., with full
Imperial powers.

A cavalry officer who has arrived at Berne was not able
to say much for the bravery of the Mobiles. He asserted
that the cavalry had to compel them to advance to the
attack sword in hand, and that as soon as the enemy
charged they threw themselves flat on the ground in com-
panies, and gave themselves up as prisoners.
When Jules Favre met Bismarck at Versailles the other
day, the latter spoke of Bourbaki as a traitor, because he
had been untrue to his oath to Napoleon. " And was his
country to count for nothing?" answered Favre. "In
Germany King and country are one and the same,"
replied Bismarck.

M. Louis Venillot, principal editor of l'Univers, has
declared his adhesion to the Republican principle. In an
article entitled, " The Republic throughout the world," he
professes his faith in the Republic, because beyond its
limits nothing is possible, but dictatorship is alike corrupt
and incapable. However, the day after publishing this
article, M. Veuillot prdposed that Henri de Bourbon
should be proclaimed head of the Republic with the title
of President, even of King !

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE.
The details which the Marseilles papers publish of the
terrible explosion on the railway line, enhance rather
than diminish the horror of the first account. The express
train to Marseilles was going at full speed between
the stations of St. Nazaire and Alliontes, when
four vans containing.munitions exploded with terrific vio-
lence. The rails were torn up for a distance of 150 metres,
and the twenty carriages which formed the train
were either totally destroyed or shattered. Roofs
were torn off the houses at a great distance. The
engine driver, who found himself standing in the midst of
universal ruin, hurried to open the doors of the carriages,
but foind only corpses. At first it was reported that there
were 200 victims, of whom 140 were dead, but the
official account says from 50 to 60 were killed, and
from 40_to 50 injured. Crowds rushed to the station at.
Marseilles, and were appalled to see the long line of
stretchers coming out. Every exertion was made tcP
mitigate the distress as far as possible. One touching
sight was of a little child, three years old, who was un-
hurt, but kept calling for its father and mother, who were
both killed.

MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN.—Three
ladies offer a scholarship of the value of £5O, tenable for
three years, to be awarded in March by competitive
examination at Edinburgh.—British Medical Journal.
THR NEXT MINISTRY.—Mr. Edmund Yates
writes to a contemporary :—A coalition Ministry, in-
eluding Lord Salisbury and Derby, with one or two
existing office holders, is spoken of as the next in suc-
cession.

[ADVERTXSEMENT.] Holloway's Pills exercise most
wonderful power in promoting appetite, improving diges-
tion, regulating the bowels, and removing nervousness and
debility. The weakest will take no harm from the use of
this alterative and tonic medicine, but will gradually re-,
gain their health. The strongest will preserve themselves
from many of the mishaps into which their boasted
strength and fearlessness of results often betray thew.
Long buffering invalids may look towards this rectifying
and revivifying medicine with the certain hope of having
their maladies mitigated, if not removed, by their means.
In short, for all ages, circumstances, and conditions, Hol-
loway points out the treatment which is competent to
check the progress of disorders in, and expel its seeds from,
the human frame.

BIRTHS.
On the 10th• inst., at Field House, Abbey Wood, Ken
the wife of Wm. Weston, Esq., of a son.
On the 11th inst., at 45, Minories, the wife of G. •11'
Fraser, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 9th inst., at the Church of the Sacred Net
Camberwell, John Henry Wright, of Stockwell-par
road, to Marianne, daughter of Garrett French, Esq., °
Brixton.
On the 11th inst., at St. John's, Fitzroy-square, gellar3L
William North, Esq., of Blackheath, to A nn, id
ow
of the late Samuel Fowell, Esq., M.D., of Milvwerto
Somerset.

DEATHS.
On the 10th inst., at 1, Hanover-terrace, Itegeutis-Par'
Lady Sarah Grimstead, aged 84.
On the 9th inst., at Dartford, Augustus Applegath, Boq',
aged 83.

of
ndon :rinted by GIDEON ACLAND BOYC,
Lo
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by han
Oo
THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of t
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Tuesday, February 14, 1871.