The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-06 00:00:00

FRESH COMBINATIONS.

BERLIN, OCT. 5.
The Royal head-quarters are to be removed to-day
from Yerribres to Versailles.

The semi-official Provincial Correspondence says
that the troops who are now disposable by the fall
of Strasburg, and the 4th Division of Reserve,
which has assembled near Freiburg, will be
entrusted with the duty of occupying Upper Alsace
together with Mulhouse and Colmar, and will
surround or capture Belfort, Schelstadt, and
Neu-Breisach. As soon as this duty has been per-
formed—and it will be done as speedily as possible—
the troops will be able to push on into the interior
of France. Along the line of the German advance,
from east to west, there has not been found up to
the present any signs of fresh forces being brought
into the field by France. Every day renders the in:
tended organization of two new French armies more
doubtful.

It is confirmed that Herr Delbruck will shortly
proceed to the Prussian head-quarters, in order to
concert the necessary steps for further negotiations
upon the question of the reconstitution of Germany.
The semi-official Provincial Correspondence of this
evening also affirms that M. Thiers has no prospect
of success in his mission to St. Petersburg ; and in
proof it states that the Russian Government has re-
cently given assurances in Berlin of its peaceful in-
tentions in every direction.

THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
TOURS, OCT. 5.

A. commission, appointed by the Government of
National Defence, composed of Jules Etimon, Jules
Ferry, M. Gambetta, E. Picard, E. Arago, M.
Magnin, M. Cernuschi, and M. Sauvage, hold sittings
daily at the Hotel de Ville, at Paris, to concert
measures to control the means of subsistence of the
inhabitants.

The Government has under consideration a pro-
posal of M. Gambetta, authorising the director of
the Mont de Pit to return gratuitously all
articles of clothing and linen upon which the ad-
vances do not exceed 15f. The proposal, if
adopted, will involve an expense of 3,000,000 f. to
the Government.

An official decree has been issued, that the gates
of Paris be opened at seven a.m. and closed at seven
p.m., from the Ist October.
A large nnmber of peasants have been set to work
by the Prussians, in erecting works of defence on the
Terrace of Meudon.

THE INVESTMENT OF METZ.
ESCH, OCT. 5.

There was another sortie from Metz against the
Eighth Corps, posted at Jouey, at noon on the 3rd
inst. Six French wounded were left in the hands
of the Germans. The German loss was nine. The
French carried of! their dead. The attack was
supported by Fort Queleu. These recent diversions
seem rather aimless, especialy this southward one,
except as means of discipline. The Metz troops are
still told they were victorious in August, and are
becaming impatient for active proofs. This attack
had no strategic result whatever. Several brigades
were engaged on both sides.—Daily News Telegram.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S
MANIFESTO.
[OFFICIAL GERMAN DESPATCH.]
FERRIERES, OCT. 4.
The manifesto, dated September 26, alleged to
have been issued by the Emperor Napoleon, and
communicated to La Situation by General Castelnau,
is entirely unknown here, and is probably
apocryphal.

THE PAPAL CIVIL LIST.

ROME, OCT. 4.

Signor Sella has sent to the Pope 50,000 crowns,
the amount of the Papal Civil List for the present
mouth. The Pope has accepted the money.