The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-31 00:00:00

MORE ABOUT AFFAIRS IN PARIS.

The Correspondance Havas gives some interesting details
of life in Paris. One of the commandants of the army
said a few days since to his staff, "If Paris should hold out
patiently, as I have no doubt it will do, we shall have by
the 15th of January an army of 900,000 men." Domici-
liary requisitions have brought to light considerable quan-
tities of provisions, both of preserved meats and in
cheese. The manner in which trials of the new kinds of
artillery are being made at Fort Montrouge las been
the theme of several journals, but none have • men-
tioned the , name of the distinguished officer who
superintends them. It is Captain Laprade who, many
years since, gave up the profession of arms for industrial
pursuits, and created a large establishment_ in South
America. At the 'first news of the French disasters he
left his manufactory and resumed his captain's uniform.
It is his great technical knowledge which enables him to
superintend the trials of the new guns, and the manufac-
ture of the cartridges with so much success. M. Paul
Richard, brother of M. Maurice Richard, whose appoint-
ment as Fine Arts Minister created so much discuSsion,
has just died at one of the ambulancesafter great suffering
from a wound received in a recent action. He was only 23.
A brother of the Due de Grammont has had to suffer
amputation, another is prisoner. The younger brother of
M. Emile 011ivier is mad. The Ministry, which went
into the, war with a light heart, has been pretty severely
tried. The pianist and composer, Eugene Ketterer, has
just died• from smallpox. _ His funeral was celebrated at
Notre Dame de Lorette. Another remarkable death has
occurred, that of Madame Hamelin, widow of M. Hamelin,
French Xmbassador at Constantinople under Louis
Philippe, and sister-in-law of Admiral Hamelin. She
was 66 years old, and died miserably in the room of a
furnished hotel, it might almost be said of hunger.

The Prefect of Marseilles has issued decrees against two
rich- merchants who have left the town for abroad a
daily fine of I,ooof. and 3,000 f. respectively, starting from
December Ist.

It is said that General Suzanne intends to resume the
direction of the artillery at the War Office and the
command-in-chief of the artillery of the • Paris armies,
replacing General Guiod.

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The double prosecution going on against M. Gustave
Flourens, founded on the incidents at the Hotelsde Ville,
October 31st, and on the information of the commandant
of the National Guard respecting the Belleville battalion,
is being pushed forward vigorously, and, it is thought,
will shortly be sent before the Council of War of the 2nd
section.

The death is announced of M. Chevalier, sub-lieu-
tenant of artillery from the Polytechnic School, who was
mortally wounded at Paris on the 2nd December. He
was the son of M. Auguste Chevalier, formerly deputy of
the Ciirps Ltrislatif, and manager of the.united journals
of the Constitzttionne/ and the Pays, and nephew of the
famOus political economist, Michel Chevalier.
The Journal Officiel publishes a decreee stating that as
the Government considers the election of officers to the
different grades of the Garde Mobile presents risks at
this time, and puts the Government under the disad-
vantage of being unable to appoint commanders of proved
capacity, and to recompense services on the battle-field,
all officers of the Mobile will henceforward be appointed
by the Government on the nomination of the War
Minister. _ _ _

GAMBETTA AT LYONS.—The National Guards of
Lyons have presented an address to M. Gambetta, in
which they refer to the assassination which has recently
taken place, and, inquire if some steps should not be taken
to put a stop to such acts of violence which substitute
brute force for moral force. They want to see the red flag
pulled down, and the noble colours of France restored to
Lyons, and advise M. Gambetta to call the National
Guard together and consult with its chiefs, so that with
their assistance the work of maintaining order may be
accomplished. The address 'also intimates that the time
has come to put a stop to the seditious meetings which are
constantly taking place, where mischievous discussions are
held, and where plots of assassination are concocted.
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