The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-13 00:00:00

RESIGNATION OF 111. CREMIEUX.

DI. Cr6mieux has sent in his resignation, but will
remain in office until the next meeting of the
National Assembly.

COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS.

The Orleans and Paris and Lyons and Mediter-
ranean Railway Companies have announced that
they will issue tickets for Paris at all stations of their
lines. The Northern Railway Company is working
day and night actively pushing forward the repair of
its lines between Arras, Amiens, and Abbeville,
between Amiens and Budigny, between St. Quen-
tin and Creil, and also between Chintigny, Creil, and
Poutois.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE
TEMPORAL POWER.
FLORENCE, February 9.

It is announced hero that a Catholic committee
has been formed in Belgium with the view of pre-
paring an armed expedition against Italy. Connec-
tions and branches of the society are said to be esta-
blished in Austria, in Spain, and in some of the
French provinces. The seat of operations will be
in an island of the Mediterranean. It is believed
that the Italian Government is aware of these pro-
ceeding:..

FLORENCE, February 11.
In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ties Signor Lanza, replying to a question of Signor

Crispi, as to the rumours of enrolments of troops
being made for the re-establishment of the tem -
poral power of the Pope, and also of concentration of
individuals at the Vatican, said that, so far as was
known at present, these rumours were uncertain, and
he believed much exaggerated. Nevertheless, the
Italian authorities wonld promptly punish any per-
sons guilty of any overt act.

REPORTED DISTURBANCES AT NICE.
FLORENCE, February 11.
The International publishes a despatch asserting
that serious disturbances have broken out at Nice.
A. collision occurred between the troops and the
people, a crowd having besieged the Prefecture,
shouting :"Evviva Italia!" The troops charged
theni with :the bayonet, and several persons were
wounded. The newspaper !Diritto had been sup-
pressed. Garibaldi had been elected at Nice for the
French National Assembly.

ENGLAND AND THE UNITED
STATES.

The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Mr
Secretary Fish, General Schenck, ex-Attorney
General Hoar, Senator Williams, and Mr. Justice
Nelson as members of the high joint commission for
the settlement of the difficulties between Great
Britain and the United States.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
RELIEF FOR THE FRENCH.

The screw steamers Knapton Hall and the Sweden left
Liverpool on Saturday morning last' direct for Havre, with
a full cargo of breadstuffs, &c., for Paris. At a meeting
of the Brecon Agricultural Chamber, on Saturday, it was
resolved : " This meeting pledges itself to do all in its
power to support the movement in iconnection with the
French peasant seed fund. A committee was formed to
carry out the intention of the proposition.
At a meeting held at Nottingham, convened by the
Mayor of that town, on Saturday afternoon, it was re-
solved to raise a fund in aid of the distressed in Paris.
£3OO which had been raised for the sick and wounded in
the war, is now to be devoted to the relief of the
French.

PROFESSOR FAWCETT ON THE PRINCESS'S
DOWRY.

Professor Fawcett, M. P„ has written to the Birming-
ham Labour Representation League reiterating his
determination to oppose, the grant of a dowry to the
Princess Louise.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAI, FEBRUARY 13, 1871.

PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR

N iPOLEON.

The Emperor Napoleon has issued the following pro-
clamation to the French people, dated from Wilhemshohe
on the Bth : -

" FRENCHMEN,

" Betz ayed by fortune, I have preserved since my cap-
tivity that profound silence which is the mourning of mis-
fortune (le deuil du malheur.) So long as the armies were in
face of each other, I abstainM from all proceedings,
and from all words, which could have caused divisions in
the public mind. To-day I can be silent no longer,
in presence of the disasters of the country, without ap-
pearing insensible to its sufferings. At the moment when
I was obliged to constitute myself a prisoner, I was un-
able to treat for peace. Being no longer free, my reso-
lutions would have seemed to be dictated by personal
considerations. I left to the Government of the Regent,
sitting at Paris, in the centre of the Chambers, the duty
of deciding whether the interest of the nation required the
continuation of the conflict.

"In spite of unheard-of reverses, France was not sub-
dued ; our strong places being yet untouched, only a few
Departments being invaded, and Paris being in a state of
defence, the extent of our misfortunes might still be
limited. But, while all eyes were turned towards the
enemy, an insurrection broke out in Paris. The seat of
the National Representation was violated, the security
of the Empress was menaced, a Government installed
itself by a surprise at the Hotel de Ville ; and the
Empire, which the whole nation had just hailed by accla-
mation for the third time, abandoned by those who ought
to have defended it, was overthrown, Making a truce
with my just resentment, I exclaimed : ' What matters
the dynasty, if the country can be saved !' And, in place
of protesting against the violation of the right, I
earnestly desired the success of the National Defence,
and admired the patriotic devotion which the children of
all classes and of all parties have displayed.
° " Now that the struggle is suspended, that the capital,
in spite of a heroic resistance, has succumbed—and that
every reasonable chance of victory has vanished, it is time
to demand an account from those who have usurped power
of the blood shed without necessity, of the ruins
heaped up without reason, of the resources of the country
squandered without control. The destinies of France
cannot be abandoned to a Government without sanction
(sans mandat) which, while disorganising the administra-
tion, has not left erect a single authority emanating from
universal suffrage. A nation cannot long obey those
who have no right to command. Order, confidence,
a solid peace, will be re-established only when the people
shall have been consulted with regard to the Government
most capable of repairing the misfortunes of the country.
"In the solemn circumstances in which we find our-
selves, in face of the invasion and of attentive Europe,
it is of moment that France should be one
in her aspirations, in her desires, as well as
in her resolutions. Such is the end towards which the
efforts of all good citizens should tend. As for myself,
bruised by so many injustices and bitter deceptions, I do
not come forward to-day to reclaim rights whichfour times
in twenty years you have freely conferred upon me. -In
presence of the calamities which surround us, there is no
room for a personal ambition.
" But sb long as the people, regularly assembled in its
comitia, shall not have manifested its will, my duty will
be to address myself to the nation, as its true representa-
tive, and to say to it, All that is done without your
direct participation is illegitimate. There is but one
Government, sprung from the national sovereignty,
which, elevating itself above the self-seeking of parties,
has the power to heal your wounds, to re-open your
hearts to hope, as the profaned churches to your prayers,
and to bring back into the bosom of the country industry,
concord, and peace.' •" NAPOLEON."

ENTRY OF THE GERMANS INTO PARIS,
The correspondent of the Telegraph forwards the fol•
lowing by special despatch :

IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS, VERSAILLES,
February 10.

The entrance of the German troops who will be told off
to occupy the houses along the line of route to be followed
by the Emperor and the German army in their triumphal
passage, will take place on the 19th instant, at noon.
I am to-day informed that his Majesty will
enter ' Paris on the 22nd, by train from Ver-
sailles, taking horse at the Paris Station, and proceed.
ing to the Tuileries, where he will lunch with his Court
and the general officers of his army. He will then
inspect the army of investment, which will march through
Paris, with bands playing and colours displayed, along the
line of route which I have formerly indicated to you.
His Majesty, after the triumphal march, will
return to Versailles, where he will sleep ; and he will re-
visit the city on the two following days. His return
to Germany will take place in the last week of the' pre-
sent month. These are the arrangements at present enter-
tained; but should it prove impracticable to put the
Tuileries in a proper state for the Emperor's reception
during the three days allowed for preparation, his Majesty
will most probably put up at the Palace of the
Elysee. From trustworthy information which has
just reached the Prussian police authorities here,
as well as myself from private sources, I am
encouraged to hope that no untoward demonstra-
tion on the part of the Parisian population will
occur during the Emperor's sojourn in Paris, or the
triumphal defile* of the troops. The Emperor is suffering
from a slight attack of lumbago. Prince Frederick Charles
has left Versailles to return to his army ; and Prince Al-
brecht, junior, has arrived. The Grand Duke of Saxe-
Altenburg will depart to-morrow. If the terms of peace
determined upon by Count Bismarck, and confidentially
communicated by him to M. Jules Favre, but to no one
else, be not agreed to by the Government which is to
be nominated by the National Assembly, hostilities
will be renewed immediately upon the expiration of the
armistice; and a very rigorous procedure will then be
adopted towards Paris in the matter of taking pledges
for the war indemnity. The amount of the latter will, I
am led to believe, be fixed at four milliards (2160,000,000)
at least ; but I anticipate that concessions will be made
on other points. I am officially assured that the
statement of terms lately indicated by one of
your London contemporaries was based on no authority,
All the troops now before Paris have been
fully reinforced, and brought up to their complete
war strength. Many of the regiments have received new
uniforms for their march into the city. The Guards will
enter Paris looking as smart as they do at a church
parade in Potsdam. The new draughts are universally
made up of unusually fine young fellows, even for
Prussians. Altogether, the army presents a splendid
appearance. The Landwehr especially, is in wonderful
form. The Fourth Corps is under orders for Chartres.
The 22nd division, of General Wittich, has just
arrived here, where reinforcements were awaiting it.
Should 'peace be proclaimed, all the Landwehr
regiments of infantry, and reserve cavalry and
artillery, will at once be sent home and broken up. The
Line will remain in the annexed provinces, and in such
part of France as may be held until the war indemnity
shall be paid up. The grrisoning of the Alsace and
Lorraine fortresses will require about 60,000 men. The
results of the Paris elections are not yet known here. A
heavy rain storm has set in.

February 9.

The 58th and 59th Regiments take their departure
hen.ce this morning for the South, the Emperor
having taken leave of them at nine o'clock in
the morning. The German troops ate being drawn in
more closely all around Paris ; and difficulties have been
thrown in the way of food supplies being conveyed into
the city from this portion of the lines of investment. M.
Gambetta's resignation has allayed in great measure the
apprehensions recently entertained in regard to the turn that
the elections might take through his intervention, but a
somewhat gloomy foreboding still hangs about head-
quarters. General Chanzy went into Paris on Tuesday
evening, and General Faidherbe is also expected there. A
council of War is to be held by the chief Generals of France
within the walls of the capital. All this, I believe, is
symptomatic of submission. Indeed, nothing but the
madness of a faction can rekindle the dying ember
of the war feeling. Paris, I am quite con-
vinced, will agree to submit to any sacrifice rather than
risk the resumption of hostilities. A similar resolve
is shown, by the latest accounts from the North,
to prevail in the chief cities of Normandy and Picardy.
The probable conditions of peace I have already indicated
to you. It is quite possible that one or two of them may
be somewhat relaxed in severity, should the National
Assembly display resignation, dignity, and a temper of
conciliation. The whole of the sth Army Corps has
marched for Orleans, and I believe that the 11th is also
under orders to follow.

It is understood that the son of Lord Wenlock will
offer himself for the vacancy in the representation of York
caused by the retirement of Mr. Westhead.

The Madras 7imes of January 19th publishes a
telegram, stating that Ensign Gilbert, of the 60th Rifles,
who was recently tried by court-martial, has been cashiered
and that the sentence is confirmed.

A. public meeting of workmen will be held at
Exeter Hall on Tuesday "wit, under the presidency of
Mr. George Potter, to consider the desirability of
rendering immediate relief to the distressed artisans of
France.