The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

THE OCCUPATION OF ORLEANS.

The Prussians hold Orleans, and maintain a stern con-
trol over the inhabitants. The Prefect, M. Pereira, is a
prisoner in his own rooms. General von der Tann, hearing
that he had refused to blow up the bridge of the Loire,
exclaimed that he was a sensible man, for the
destruction of these works of art was useless
when the Prussians could throw a bridge over any riveir
in three hours' time. Some French soldiers who be'
escaped from the struggle of the night before took refuge
in some of the houses in Orleans. The Prussians hearing
this demanded their surrender, but their hes°
were unwilling to yield them. The point was settled by
the fugitives giving themselves up, but the Prussians seb4
sequently searched all the private houses and e'en the
religious establishments to be sure there were no In°r:
refugees. The wounded are distributed throughout
the town, and the Bishop's house is full el
them, the prelate tending the sufferers with the
greatest care. The railway station is turned into an
ambulance accommodating 500. An interesting anecdote
in which Mgr. Dupanloup plays a prominent part, occurred
in a village just .by the gates of Orleans. 2"
the Prussians were passing through it in the dark
some shots were fired, and wounded several soldiers.
village was surrounded, and the General, summoning the
cure, asked him, as a man of honour, whether the label'',
tants had any guns in their possession. The cure
replied that they had had them, but did 114
then possess them. The Prussians, wishing te
make sure, instituted a search, and found fifty guns hid
in the church, under the altar, probably at the eurd °
instigation. The General ordered fifty inhabitants of tea
village to be arrested and taken to Orleans for execution 011
the morrow. Among them were an old man, and his son, a
youth of 10, who were accused of having fired on the
Prussians. Mgr. Dupanloup, the bishop, hearing of the
affair, sent an impassioned appeal to the Prussir_
general, who, after reading it, went to the barraeeP
where the prisoners were detained, and having'
summoned them before him, said impressively, " 11.,°,11
deserved death, and military justice sentenced you to PI;
but I pardon you. Only remember always that you 1:4„
your lives to your bishop." Mgr. Dupanloup, in fact,:,
treated with the greatest deference by the Bavarian office"'
who occupy the town, who respect his European repo
..t
tion, and are grateful to him for the eloquence and abiull
with which he defended the views of the German epistle'
pate in the council

It is reported by the Siecle that General Burnside Old
M. Jules Favre that Prussia would consent to mediates
Alsace and Lorraine, which for ten years would "v
exempt from the conscription. It would hope during
period to succeed in governing the provinces. Co"-
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