The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-21 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 11.45 A.M.

LATEST INTELLIGENT E.

THE WAR.

THE ATTACK ON PARIS.
The German press fully appreciates the difficulties
of assaulting Paris. One journal admits that a
erinsu army superior in number to the French
'defenders of the capital cannot be brought up. The
New Free Press of Vienna is assured by a military
atith°ritY that the German forces in France have
_a total reaching a little over half a million.
Deducting those required for surrounding Metz,
besieging other fortresses, and in keeping open the
r
of communication, it is hardly possible that
three hundred thousand can be found to sur-
?cud the walls of the capital. The Vienna Presse
Iris that the formation of armies in the south of
ance is unquestionably going on, and that if Paris
hold out for a month the besiegers will be seriously
harassed from without. The Prussian papers
It success.
speak of difficulties, but are confident
success. They continue to demand Alsace
is said that some of the German Generals
are
in favour of peace on moderate terms.
They hold that a siege of considerable length, with
risk
t.. of great loss through bad weather, will rather
briefi4linish the prestige of the hitherto brilliantly
campaign.

HOPES OF PEACE.
PARIS, TUESDAY.
trhe news from Lyons is satisfactory, and speedy
ngnilitq is hoped for. The unanimity of the
~,•Parisian press in blaming the conduct of the Pro-
enal Government has produced the best effect.
The Municipal elections will it is expected com-
plete the work of pacification.
The
members of the several religious communities
Lyonsof have asked permission to leave France,
Which has been granted them.

ITALY AND ROME.
A telegram from Florence to the Wanderer, a
etrilan paper, states that the Italian Government
Itaed, after the occupation of Rome, to convoke an
cjan Parliament on universal suffrage. The
°'°9lle Gazette has been informed that the Italian
tuber will soon be convoked to vote the budget,
ake a plebiscite of the Roman people, and arrange
e
7eutually for the translation of the capital to Rome.

-"-enotti Garibaldi, whose arrival in France was
44°11nced, has not yet left Italy.

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Don Carlos has arrived at St. Petersburg with
What obj •
ect is not known, but the Russian Govern-
Ills°lit is not favourable to his pretensions to the
Danish Throne.

ENGAGEMENT AT WISSONS.

GREAT PRUSSIAN LOSSES.

• TRE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

lIITSSIAN PROTEST AGAINST
IRE DEMANDS OF PRUSSIA.

THE NEGOTIATIONS.
TOURS, SEPT. 20 (4.0 P.M.)
The hopes of a pacific arrangement are not yet
0 uaildoned, although both sides are vigorously pro-
secuting their military operations. A. favourable
esult is expected from the mission of M. Jules
F
4,„lrre to the King's head-quarters.
b iut B stated that Prussia will grant no armistice,
Wishes the conditions of peace to be fixed
litiultaneously with the cessation of hostilities.

DEPARTURE OF M. TRIERS FOR
VIENNA AND ST. PETERS-
BURG.

TOURS, SEPT. 20.
thitt• ;Thiers, who arrived here last tight, has left
r,_ fling for Vienna and St. Petersburg. The
il'i7lBtitutionnel says he is satisfied with the result of
te mission to London, and he expects a favourable
weePtinn at St. Petersburg. He states that opinion
than Much more favourable to France when he left
ten When he arrived in London. Lord Lyons
frSideB in the Chateau de Rigney, three kilometres
o Tours.—Daily News Telegram.