The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-11 00:00:00

DISPUTES BETWEEN MINISTERS.

OCTOBER 3.
The differences between the Government established
here and the delegation which was sent to Tours to ad-
minister the Provinces are becoming more and more
serious. Several times since the commencement of the
siege have the Ministers here received news of proceedings
that both astonished and alarmed them. The great dis-
crepancy between the acts which the three representatives
at Tours have done, and the acts which the majority of
Ministers here wished them to do has become so grave
that decisive measures are talked of. It is
even ,announced as a settled thing that M.
Cr‘mieux, the Minister of Public Instruction,
is to be replaced, and that his disappearance
will be accompanied by the retirement of various civil
functionaries who are not giving satisfaction. Such a
state of affairs only confirms what most sensible people
have said from the first. Tb e delegation at Tours is too
weak. Some of the Ministers in Paris might well
be spared for the gigantic task of organis-
ing the rude and undeveloped military strength
of the provinces. M. Crdmieux, apart from his
disagreements with the Ministry here (it does not follow
that he is in the wrong), is too old for such a terrible task.
Fourichon has ceased to be Minister of War, and M.
Cr4mieux has replaced him. Poor France ! All her
armies beaten in the field, her capital besieged by a vast
host of the best soldiers in the world, and defended by
untrained citizens with muzzle-loaders, and her War
Minister an old lawyer, who, though a most respectable

and consistent politician, has never made any very great
name in any line !

The news of the surrender of Strasburg and Tonl
arrived yesterday and created a profound emotion.
Paris swore she would avenge them, but Paris was all the
same profoundly grieved by the intelligence. The fall of
Strasburg is all the more severely felt as, but the day
before, the Government received a reassuring
message : " All goes well ; we have provisions
and ammunition for at least three weeks." Paris
was jubilant when this came. It now turns out
that the good news, if genuine at all, was three or four
weeks old. The blow inflicted by this deception was
acutely felt To-day, however, the spirits of the Parisians
are materially improved. Crowds have flocked to the
statue of Strasburg on the Place de la Concorde. The
people appear sad, but determined to avenge or share the
fate of the frontier towns. The Government has issued a
decree that the statue be cast in bronze and occupy the
same place, with a suitable inscription, in commemoration
of the gallant resistance of the Eastern provinces.
The body of General Guilhan, who was killed in the
sortie of Friday, was to-day removed to the Invalides.
General Trochu, with several other generals and a depu-
tation of officers of various grades, was present. After
the religious ceremony, the body, which had been em-
balmed, remained in the chapel exposed to view, to be
given up to the family for burial at the general's native
place.
The Government has at length issued a decree which
has given general satisfaction. A delay of three months
is accorded to tenants for the payment of the quarter's
rent due on the Ist inst., and for all preceding terms not
yet paid.

Some excitement has been caused by the arrival of
General Burnside, who came the day before yesterday
from the German headquarters, and departed to-day. He
has paid two visits to M. Favre, who has called upon him
once. General Burnside bore a letter from Count Bis-
marck, but what this missive contained no one can tell.