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

THE SIEGE OF METZ.

The
Patrie says that good news have been re-
celved from Marshal Bazaine. The French army is
lailb,good condition, and still occupies an unassail-
r,,te Position at a little distance
vat from the p
50,lace.
"te Prussian army
it of obseation numbers 2000
en, but in spite of this great disproportion it is
unable to force the French army from its position.

I),A Ministerial crisis is reported from Spain.
rern retires in Consequence, it is said, of ill health.
laagasta takes his place at the Interior, but his
Ilecessor in Foreign Affairs in not named.

f Khedivive has received an official despatch
rOlll the Grand Vizier telling him the Porte has
informed its Ambassadors in Paris and London that
i‘
withdraws its protest against the loan with the
Franco-Egyptian Bank.

DEMANDS OF GERMANY.

PRUSSIANS AT CRETEIL.

Berlin,
M anchester Examiner publishes a telegram from
ii-ehtlin) which states that in the Council held at
ti:eitos, presided over by the King, the representa-
:eB of the German States taking part in the war
resolved to separate Alsace and Lorraine from
tAra,nco• It was also resolved that no diplomatic in-
ij'erence should be entertained or permitted.
°aria and Baden renounce any enlargement of
territory.
i\zlhe correspondent of the Standard states that at
toaruur, on the 12th-inst., Count Bismarck declared
lira that Germany would fight for ten years
atuer than abandon the demand for territorial
D
and
against France. The possession of Metz
44 Strasburg, the Count added, was indispensable.
The following is a telegram from the Paris cor-
respondent of the Times :
Z' Independant Remois, a Rheims journal, has
receivedtti the following communiqué from Count Bis-
te.atei k:—‘ Rumours of negotiations and of speedy
°ration of peace are current. These rumours are
Iltif-‘, °undo& The German Government has received
be communication indicating that negotiations will
ta Shortly opened; on the contrary, the Govern-
-I,e,ilt 'which has constituted itself in Paris, and which
iTeexs all those guarantees of durability that would
irt,required for any other Government to enter into
cautious
relations with it, seems inclined to
tatil,tioue a fatal and henceforth unequal contest,
p 4er than consider what may restore peace to
ratee.,

`` Twelve hundred Germans who have been ex-
riled from Paris have petitione , the King of
11ssia to insist upon their receiving a pecuniary in-
4eillnitY, and they add that 80,000 Germans
haveli been expelled from the Department of the Seine
r,..,ctle• Prussia will memorialise the other Powers
'lleerning the violation of the Geneva Convention
France. M. Paul Cassagnac, the journalist,
al4 Baron Stoffel, late French Military Attache
Berlin, are announced to be among the Sedan
Dtieoners.

"Herr von Kuhlevetter, the German Civil Gover-
1113t of Alsace and the Department of the Moselle, has
tecluested the Chamber of Commerce at Elberfeld to
eWort upon the probable effect on German industry
the provinces administered by him entering into
the Zollverein."
“At Wilhelmhohe a German apprentice was ar-
telB4ted With a pistol in his pocket. The supposition
that he contemplated an attack on the Emperor
Napoleon.
" Itappears there is no foundation for the state-
:it that the Bavarian Government has determined
1) Put itself in communication with Prussia re-
fmeeting the entry of Bavaria into the German Con-
,:merac-2,

E CAPITULATION OF LAON.
The
Berlin correspondent of the Daily News tele-
-1;;;Ike the following :—" Duke William of Mecklen-
nt 4) in his official report, says that the capitulation
AlLaon took place on the basis of that of Sedan.
erlars we
ere laid down, and the Garde Mobile dis-
the ,d on parole. Infantry of the line were to leave
retY under escort. Many officers, including the
ei4e4 commander, remained in the yard of the
the (3,1' When the last man had passed the gate of
edadel two powerful detonations were heard in
ttidek succession. A powder magazine, shells, car-
chars) and mine exploded. All the soldiers in the
I. el-Yard were buried under the ruins. There
er: fearful destruction. Amount of losses not
ertainev

THE MARCH ON PARIS.
poni, - telegram dated Paris, yesterday, the comes-
tut:" of the Daily News says :—" The station-
th,:er at Joinville telegraphs the arrival of ten
IniViand Prussians there. The troops are
sei,"., arras in the forts. A train has been
Qi-eQ at Senlis, and another fired into near
It Great excitement prevails to-night.
/111,;. Impossible for the British Embassy to com-
-110;leate with the Prussian head-quarters. No
an armistice. Some Uhlans were brought
alis to-day.

(WUTBR'S TELEGMAHII.)

PARIS, SEPTEMBER, 16, 3 35 p.m.
thousandve Baden soldiers, with 20 pieces of
aft.l' '77 occupied Colmar on the 14th instant,
44 a slight engagement with the Franc-tireurs
4 l\Tational Guards. They levied some provisions
Njd f"age, and left the next day en route for
Ulhouse.
lat e:1 individual who quitted Metz on the 4th inst.
u that Marshal Bazaine had then 75,000 men
mes
• his orders, and was well supplied with provi-

isit
11114-1 telegram from Fontainebleau announces that
°ll! had arrived at Courcelles, and had made a
hay. Theuh peasants took twelve
lauion of
prisoners.