The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-20 00:00:00

OPERATIONS IN EPINAL.

General Weider has sent in a report to the Royal
head-quarters, at Versailles, in which he says, " The
enemy in my front withdrew on our approach in a
disorderly manner to Belfort and to Dijon." 500
captured Mobile Guards succeeded in escaping near
Chateau Thierry on the 16th inst., during an attack
13Y Francs-tireurs.

REPULSE OF A FRENCH SORTIE,
General Pilsach also reports that on the 12th he
rove 3,000 Mobile Guards from Breteuil. A sortie
14 several French battalions was repulsed on the
44th by the outposts ; and on the following day the
enemy, whilst entrenching at Villejuif, was driven
01.4 by the field artillery.

TAIIE CAPTURE OF SOISSONS,
."' a number of soldiers who escaped, and who have
the
at Lille, report that the population demanded
e capitulation, although there were still 50,000
rounds of ammunition for the artillery.

1)1113SSO-BONAPARTIST CON-
SPIRACY.
The Echo du: Nord denounces a Prusso-Bona-
a"st conspiracy, the head-quarters of which, it
thtaYB, are at Jersey, with affiliated branches in
en on and ramifications in France. The object of
delf s conspiracy is said to be to impede the national
andenco, and thus procure the triumph of Prussia,
/4 a Bonapartist restoration in favour of the Prince
tnPerial, with the Empress as Regent.

COUNT BERNSTORFF AND
ENGLAND.
ti Ile Cologne Gazette says :—" The recall of Count
tbeLlist°rff from London is as little thought of as
ti Herr von Balan from Brussels. The inten-
tia"allY-circulated rumour of their recall proves that
they hll their
posts admirably, and carefully watch
that the duties of neutrality are fulfilled. It is not
e fault of Count Bernstorff if his warnings as to
e4lanner in which England is true to her neutral
tion appear sometimes unpleasant to the English
°,vernment."

XPLOSION NEAR SEDAN.
BOUILLON, OCT. IG.
tjeBterdaY, at a few minutes before five o'clock in
th- ~evening, an ammunition waggon blew up near
.4uhateau of Sedan. The explosion made a noise
leh was heard for miles around, and caused
Inense consternation. As soon as it occurred all
theofPtes of the town were cloied, and the bridges
Iv Luc fortifications were drawn up. The guard
er withdravvn.from the gates and marched to the
Chateau, Three Bavarian soldiers were killed, and
several horses were also wounded, It is believed the
a
ecdout was caused by fire from the pipe of a man
smoking.

MISSION OF M. TRIERS.
VIENNA, OCT. 18.
It is stated iu well-informed circles here that A.

Thiers proposes on his return to Tours to pronounce
himself decisively in favour of the immediate con-
clusion of peace by the Provisional Government.
FLORENCE,' OCT. 18.
M. Thiers left to-day for Tours.
The Opinione states that he had been met here
with cordial sympathy.

PROPOSED TRANSFER OF
LUXEMBURG.

There can now be no doubt that Prussia is pre-
pared to buy, and the King of Holland to sell; the
grand duchy of Luxemburg. 'lt is understood that
a communication will soon be addressed to the
Neutral Powers respecting the abrogation of the
treaty concluded at London in 1867, whereby the
famous "Luxemburg question " of that year was settled
The German papers speak of relaxing the terms of
peace in consideration of Luxemburg ; but it is not
at all clear that the territorial clauses of the German
demands will be lessened.