The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-13 00:00:00

and directions which may help to give the great city the
calmness and the order which are necessary for
saving the country. Subjoined are pieces of
sage advice respecting the careful manage-
ment of food, the dangers of giving too much drink
to the guards, &c. Among these wise counsels is
one by no means needless, cautioning citizens that every-
one who speaks with a foreign accent is not a Prussian
spy.

The ligaro says that the Prussian armies are living on
the enemy's soil, and beneath their steps around them and
behind them, they meet with nothing but hatred. and
vengeance. Innumerable resistance has been shewn to
their soldiers. Strasburg will not surrender ; Metz keeps
firm ; Laon blows itself up with the Prussian staff, and
Paris awaits the enemy with a firm demeanour, ready to
die rather than to yield. If peace should not arrive to
put a period to this horrible butchery, Prussia will learn
before a month has passed over that she cannot bury.
alive a great nation like Prance.

The Journiti des Dawes thinks that public opinion in
foreign =arias to veering round in favour of France,
- If the tone of the English press 114
fairoutablio 4or the most- par% that meetings have
been held in the large towns where lively
sympathy .for France was expressed, and the
Government requested to make overtuees of peace, and
the Independace Beige has published another article on the
terms of peace which might be proposed by Prussia, in
which ft declares that the dismemberment of France
would be an act of injustice. The equestrian statue of
Napoleon 111., which was placed on the new buildings of
the Tuilerles, facing the quay, has been surrounded by a
scaffolding for the purpose of removing it. In awaiting
this object, the head and the bust of the statue have been
covered with mortar, and only the horse is visible,
which, in its turn, has had lime pub over
it. There was a false alarm in the court-
yard of the Governor of Paris the other day.
A picket of National Guards, whose guns were clustered
togethers, called out suddenly, "Aux armes!" There
had been rumours during the morning of disturbances
provoked by the Corsican sergents de ville, but it was
soon discovered that a mistake had been made. It was'
only a deputation of bourgeois from Paris, who
appeared in great force to protest against the
article in the Marseillaise. Some workmen accompanied
them. Among the suggestions which it makes with re-
spect to the defence of Paris, the Liberte advises the
authorities to require that every soldier detached from
his corps should be interrogated on returning to Paris
because some of the Prussian spies might easily slip in
under cover of the soldier's dress a military guard might
be placed at the railway stations, and proceed to a short
examination. The Temps has received, on good authority,
some accounts of the bombardment of Strasburg. They
are of a reassuring character. The inhabitants pass their
time on the ground floor, barricading their win-
dows with mattrasses. Buckets of water are
placed in the streets, and in different parts
of the houses, by which means the flames can be
quickly extinguished. At night they meet in the largest
cellars. The people still exhibit an admirable courage,
and display the greatest perseverance. The news of the
proclamation of the Republic has been received with
enthusiasm. The initiative committee which has been
constituted at Paris has adopted measures for the support
of the Alsatians;