The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-17 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT BEVERLOO.

A correspondent of the Constitutionnel writes from the
Camp at Beverloo on the 11th of September. He says :
—We have about three thousand prisoners, debris of the
regiments of MacMahon's army, and more arriving daily
from Sedan. Belgium, whose sympathy has been so
warmly shewn on our behalf, is not a prison for our brave
soldiers, but an asylum—an asylum where they find com-
rades and friends, where their language is spoken, and
their misfortune appreciated. As a prisoner in either
place, better a thousand times be in Belgium than in
Germany. In the former one seems to be again in
some part of France, but in the latter there
is a void experienced, an isolation ; it is a
transportation into the middle of the enemy.
I have conversed to-day with several of our soldiers, who
arrived here yesterday after having escaped from the
escort who were conducting them beyond the Rhine, and
all declared in a decided manner that rather than allow
themselves to be taken into Germany they would have
killed themselves. They spoke with tears in their eyes ;
and rage in their hearts of their defeats and their suffer-
ings. A Belgian officer told me in great excitement of
the sad state in which they had been on their arrival.
They could scarcely stand, were emaciated, and covered
with mud, half naked, and in rags, and sinking from
fatigue and want. It would never have been supposed
possible that our soldiers could have been reduced
to such a state of penury. The greater number
of them were in tears, some sad and silent,
and others indulged in indignant comments respect-
ing the conduct of their generals. It was a har-
rowing spectacle. They had not lost their courage, and
would have been glad of the opportunity of returning to
the fight if they had been told, "You are free ; you shall
have generals, munitions, provisions ; go on, march
against the enemy." In seeing and conversing with our
prisoners at Beverloo, one is fully capable of estimating
the extent of the errors which have been committed since
the beginning of the war. On the Ist of September the
first arrest was made of our soldiers, who had penetrated
into the Belgian territory. A Belgian brigadier was on
the route of Mainterne, in company with a gendarme,
when he saw thirty French Lancers, who mistook him
and his friend for Prussians, and prepared to fire on them.
The brigadier exclaimed, " Halt Belgium neuter. Lay
down your arms." The French gave themselves up accord-
ingly. Some hours afterwards the same brigadier met another
French column, whom he summoned to surrender in re-
spect to the Belgian neutrality. The two detachments
were sent to Namur, and from thence to Beverloo, with
the exception of the officers, who are imprisoned in the
towns of South Belgium. The camp of Beverloo is put
under the command of an excellent man, Lieutenant-
Colonel Monvide, who takes the greatest interest in our
soldiers. A Major Brassine seconds him with most laud-
able zeal. At first the soldiers, when lodged, felt well ;
but now the various groups are divided, and attempts are
made to unite the remnants of a regiment or a company.
Thanks to the arrangements which are made and the dis-
cipline which is imposed, the most perfect order is estab-

lished in the camp, and our soldiers enjoy nearly as much
liberty as their Belgian comrades. For the most part
they are satisfied with their position. The ordinary food
of the Belgian soldier is given to the French prisoners,
who receive in addition from all parts of Belgium, snuff,
cigars, wine, liqueurs, books, paper, and moneys. The
Belgians display the greatest hospitality towards them,
as they do to our wounded countrymen. Among the
prisoners are some musicians of the line regiments. They
have formed an orchestra, which is excellent, and round
which our soldiers love to assemble, and listen to some
marches and airs which remind them of their country and
recall visions of the national glory which filled their heads
when they set out on their campaign. All wait with
feverish anxiety for news from Paris ; all hope, all
believe, that France will rouse herself ; all reckon upon
the effect of an impetuous movement of the nation, and
on its patriotism. You have reason for belief and for
hope, brave men, whom defeat has not weakened, whose
honour has remained intact. France has been surprised ;
she has not been defeated ; her great mind has roused
itself, after a long sleep. Be confident that her efforts will
restore to us the glorious days of our fathers. I leave the
camp to direct my steps towards the frontier.

THE suNI LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, tB7O.

PLAN OE PARIS AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS.

army of 19,000 men surrendered to the Prussians
under General Vogel von Falkenstein.

T clO. Capitulation at Sedan. The French reserve army,
composed of 83,000 men, under Marshal
MacMahon, surrendered to the allied German
forces commanded by the King of Prussia. The
Emperor Napoleon 111. was made prisoner.

bore on his right side a diamond cross of the Legion of
Honour, and saluted M. Duruy, ex-Mnister of P üblic
Instruction, for it was he, " Your place should be at
the head of a battalion," said the Admiral. " My place,"
replied the Minister, "is in the ranks of the defenders of
my country. Soldiers are better for commanders." "We
shall meet on the ramparts," said the Admiral. " That is
Our duty," replied M. Duruy ; "we shall perform it
with courage, firmness, and success." At these words
loud cheers were given by those who had witnessed the
scene.

French agriculture has already lost more than one hun.
dred and sixty millions sterling in the departments over•
run.

A letter from Boulogne to the Echo du Nord says that
the light-hearted Minister, M. Emile 011ivier. has
embarked there for England. He was accompanied by
his wife, and appeared suffering and out of spirits.
M. Crdmieux, the Minister of Justice, who has just
arrived at Tours, has made a proclamation announcing
that as the enemy is marching on Piris the Government
of National Defence engaged in the task of saving
the capital have commissioned him to under-
take the charge of .the departments which are
not invaded, with the assistance of delegates,
from each office of the Ministry. He therefore appeals
to the patriotism of the people to erect an insurmountable
barrier against the foreign invader. In conclusion, he
invokes the memories of 1792 to aid in rejecting from the
soil of the Republic the foe which an odious and incapable
Government allowed to invade it.
The private apartments of the Empress have at-
tracted much notice from curious persona who are igno-
rant of the mysteries of palace arrangements. The Em-
press was afraid to sleep alone, and had one of her ladies
of honour in constant attendance. The members of the
Napoleon family have always been very presumptuous, and
the Empress is said 4-,o have written to M. X—, begging
him to send her by return of the courier 75,000 francs of
pocket money which she had left by accident in a chiffo-
nier. M. X— replied with the greatest politeness that
the postal communications had been stopped.
It is stated that a gentleman, an enthusiastic admirer
of the Third Napoleon, has arrived at Sedan express from
Brussels for only one reason—to rest for a few moments
upon the couch the ex-Emperor occupied on the night
between the Ist and 2nd of September.
It is said in Paris that the Journal Officiel de la Repub-
lique will shortly publish the names of those ladies and
gentlemen who were in the pay of the late Government. We
are told that M. de ICeratry has found a bundle of receipts,
and that when Paris learns who the recipients of the
Imperial bounty were it will be greatly astonished.
The battle-field at Sedan is covered by a host of
resolute sightseers. Not only does British curiosity resort
thither ; America sends her representatives ; and either
from or rid Belgium the investigating tourist wends his
indefatigable steps in search of new sensations. Chateau
Bellevue, where the Emperor surrendered himself, is, as
might be anticipated, the great centre of attraction.
A letter from Diedeveiler,in the circle of Sarrebruck, to
the Cologne Gazette, gives a sample of the misery which
reigns in the Belgian frontier. It says :—We are here in
consequence of the war, in a state of extreme misery. Out
of three thousand workers there are no more than four
hundred left, who can hardly gain enough to buy bread,
and materials for their work.
The Soir says that M. Commissaire, formerly a repre-
sentative of the people, has been made Governor of the
Chateaux of Saint Cloud, Mendon, and Malniaison, and
charged with the surveillance of the manufactures of
S4res. The riches which had accumulated in these
various places have been put in safe places, and the
animals which were in the parks killed, and sent to Paris
to be salted.

The Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige,
who has now removed to Tours, says that positive infor-
mation has been received in that town which is alarming
alike to Prussian and French. Cholera and typhus fever
have broken out in the Prussian army at Sedan; and from
50 to 55 men are dying daily. One evening 35 additional
coffins were ordered from one of the undertakers. A
thousand men who had escaped the war unhurt had
to be left in the village of Rethel laid up with these
diseases.

The forts which surround Paris have all been provided
with means for an electric light. This light, whose rays
are projected to great distances, will warn the besieged
against night-surprises. A hundred pieces of cannon,
which have arrived at Charonne-Laquy station, have been

placed along those parts of the ramparts which were the
worst provided in artillery. The Montmartre fortress is
armed with enormous cannons whose range covers two
leagues, to get these into position it was found necessary
to employ twenty-four horses.
The International Association of Women has issued the
following protest against the war, with a request that it
may be generally signed :—" The horrors of the war now
being waged between two nominally Christian nations
have awakened us more fully to the terrible opposition
there is between the deliberote destruction of human life
and the spirit and teaching or Christianity. While ren-
dering all honour to the noble efforts now being made
) for the relief of the wounded, we women of England
desire also to aid the still nobler work, and to further
the still nobler object—the extinction of war—and
we earnestly and respectfully offer to those in power, who
are responsible for the continuance of the present war,
our petition, urged in the name of God, and on behalf of
our friends in Ftance and Germany, for the cessation of
this awful struggle, and for the carrying out at the
earliest possible moment the great pro)ect which will con-
tribute largely to assuage the wounds of humanity—a
general disarmament."
The Hamburger Nachrichten formulates the German de-
mands more precisely than even most of its contempo.
raries, and they have not been deficient in plain speaking,
have done. It calls for the whole of Alsace and Lorraine
as the only condition of peace, and supports its demands with
the customary arguments. France has declared an unjust and
aggressive war. Germany at fearful cost has repelled the
attack. To what good would peace be proclaimed if
after a few years France could be in a position to resume
the attack with the same resources as before ? Such 4

peace cannot, and shall not be. France must retire
behind the Vosges. As to the argument that the popula-
tion of both provinces is adverse to union
with Germany, the Hamburg journal points out (probably
remembering its own case) that people of the same race
and speech will become reconciled to the change soon
enough. " Love comes after marriage." The plea that
the Empire made the war, and it having fallen, the cause
of the quarrel is removed, is equally discountenanced by
the Hamburger Nachrichten. The very men who most
glorified the war are those who on the fourth were eager to
proclaim the Republic.
Five or six members of the Sisterhood attached to All
Saints' Church, Margaret-street, are about to leave
England, if indeed they have not already left, in order to
give their assistance as nurses at the seat of war, in addi-
tion to the ladies who have already gone. The superin-
tendent of the latter, Miss Pearson, has had conferred
upon her, in recognition of her services, honorary rank
equivalent to that of major in the Prussian army.

THE SCHEME OF A BONAPARTIST
RESTORATION.

The Journal de Paris says there can be no doubt that
some of the European Powers seriously contemplate the
restoration of the Imperial dynasty on the throne of
France. Bismarck himself is said to be in favour
of the idea. His reason is said to be that
the first requisite for a permanent • peace be-
tween France and Germany is the establishment of a
regular government in Paris, and he believes no other
party is likely to attain this. The ex-Emperor is there-
fore treated as a reigning sovereign, and Bismarck
refuses to consider General Trochu and his
associates as a government at a,ll. England,
according to this • journal, holds the same opinion
as France, though on different grounds. She attaches
no importance to the Plebiscite, which Prussia thinks
much of, but she considers her own interests. No other
dynasty has favoured her so much as the Imperial, and
she knows that were it restored it would be Napoleon
IV., not Napoleon 111., who would reign. Under a child
and a woman the new Government must look
for support somewhere, and would, probably, throw her-
self upon England, who would profit commercially and
politically. The Journal de Paris adds that such a condi-
tion no one has a right to impose on France. The enemy
may demand a cession of territory, the destruction of
French fortresses, or a pecuniary indemnity, but ail
Europe together has no right to impose a government on
France.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND HER SON
AT MASS.

A correspondent of the Tablet writes :—I saw the Em-
press and her son at the early Mass in the Church of St.
Leonard on Sunday last. As they walkedlrom their
hotel at Hastings, and returned also on foot, a total dis-
tance of more than two miles, we may conclude
with satisfaction that their recent anxieties have
not seriously affected their health. When the
Empress arrived at the door of the the church accompa-
nied by the Prince Imperial, her niece, a daughter
of the Duchesse d'Albe, and several members of her suite,
she was met by the Rev. John Foy, the zealous parish
priest of St. Leonards, whose attendants offered her holy
water, and conducted by him into the sanctuary, where
two handsome chairs had been placed for her use and that
of her son. The Empiess, whose extreme gentleness and
modesty of manner excited general sympathy, appeared
for a moment unwilling to receive any mark of
honour, but as Mr. Foy persisted, with excellent
taste and judgment, in sheaving respect to one whom only
the meanest of men could insult, as oertain French and
English journalists now do, in her hour of sorrow, the
august lady yielded to his wishes. As there
happened to be solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, in thanksgiving for the recent Definition, and to
obtain the return of peace, the sanctuary and the
altar were beautifully decorated with flowers. It
is also worthy of observation that this was probably the
only church in England in which, by the zeal of a member
of 'the congregation, lamps have been burned before the
image of Our Lady, and prayers daily offered from thefirst
outbreak of the war, for the preservation of the Imperial
family. It was also the first church in which the Empress
and her son met after their long separation. When the
Mass was finished, the whole congregation, of whose feel-
ing Mr. Foy had been the faithful interpreter, stood up
spontaneously, and bowed respectfully to the Empress as
she passed down the nave. She has lost nothing of her
inimitable grace, and tears came into many
eyes as they 'noted her simple and almost timid air, and
the artless charm with which she contrived to express at
once her surprise, her gratitude, and her resignation-
After directing a liberal offering to be made to the church
and to the attendants, the Empress, leaning on her son's
arm, walked slowly towards Hastings, receiving from all
who happened to be abroad at that early hour the marks
of sympathy and respect which she has always known
how to win, and has certainly done nothing to forfeit.

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