The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-20 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 2.15 r.m

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE W.A.R.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
FIGHTING ROUND PARIS.

FRENCH TROOPS OUTSIDE THE

WALLS.

PARIS, SEPT. 19.
Firing was beard during a portion of last night in
the direction of Clamart and Meudon.

Almost all the troops are outside Paris in order
to harass the enemy, and the ramparts are manned
by the National Guard. Everywhere an excellent
spirit prevails.
Some trifling engagements took place yesterday
in the direction of Fort Ivry and the plains of
Chatillon.

Strong detachments of Prussian infantry and
cavalry are announced at Clamart and Creteil.
Prince Albert, of Prussia, has occupied Nangis
with cavalry.
A body of 1,500 Prussians are constructing a
bridge near Villeneuve St. George's.
The Crown Prince is advancing towards Fontaine-
bleau, and the Prussians have crossed the Seine at
Choisy le Roi.'

BERLIN, SEPEMBER 20, 9.32 A.M.

Very energetic measures have been taken by the
French near Paris. Numerous vessels have been
sunk in the Seine and the Marne. The fords have
been rendered impassable and the bridges blown up.
The villages near the fortifications have been
evacuated and demolished or burnt.

Three bombproof forts at St. Denis have been
greatly reinforced, and protested by inundation.

Earthworks are being constructed at the town
of St. Denis and Etains, as• also on the southern
heights of Clamart. A new fort has been con-
structed at Moutretout between St. Cloud and
Suresnes, and a new railway connecting the forts has
also been, made.

At Strasburg the batteries of the city are almost
entirely silenced by the German fire.
The Dantzic Merchants' Corporation having proved
by the evidence of local pilots that since the 26th of
August no French man-of-war has appeared in the
Eastern Baltic has petitioned Count Bismarck to
declare the blockade invalid.

According to semi-official advices, the Comman-
dant of Laon seems to have been innocent of the
explosion of the citadel. The work was probably
blown up by an artilleryman.
The Stockholm Gazette contradicts the statement
of the Paris Liberte that France bought 90,000
Remington muskets in Sweden.
A. large police force has been sent to Alsace and
German Lorraine, where a regular Government is
How established.—Times Second Edition.

The Manchester Guardian publishes the following
telegram, Paris, Monday, 3.50 a.m. :--" Iron-clad
gunboats have taken up position on the Seine. The
Prussians ,intend bombarding Vionville. Bazaine
is still in Metz. A. Prussian corps has crossed the
Seine at Corbeil. Paris is quiet."

THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
PARIS, MONDAY

Havre has raised its vote for the purchase of arms
from 150,000 to 300,000 francs. The General
Council of the Department of Mayenne has voted a
first amount of 350,000 francs for the same pur-
pose, and other departments are following these
examples. In the Department of La Sarthe. the
Council on the proposal of M. de Talhouet, the
President of the Defenee Committee, has voted
2)500,000 francs for the armament of 40,000 Gardes
National in the Department.

The Comstitutionnel contends that there is not a
°mmune in France where the Government of
National Defence is not obeyed, and that it is a
mockery for Bismark to pretend it " only represents
a action of the Left, in the old Corps Legislatif of
Paris," when M. Thiers is regarded as an envoy at
London, St. Petersburg, and Vienna.
The Institute of France has decided to address a
protest to the learned bodies of Europe against the
Possible bombardment of the scientific monuments
of Paris, and to ask their adhesion to tt.