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

GOVERNMENT BY BALLOON.

The wind, after being unpropitious for something like
ten days, veered round at last, and on Wednesday
M. Eugene Godard launched his magnificent balloon, the
Washington, which is said to have taken no fewer than
200,000 tiny letters contained in numerous large sacks
attached to the outside of the car; in addition to
Government despatches and thirty carrier
pigeons
to be employed in bringing to Paris despatches from tile
Government at Tours. The ascent was made from the
Orleans railway station. A balloon of similar dimensions,
named the Lafayette, which was to have conveyed 14-
Ranc beyond the Prussian lines, essayed to ascend some
time afterwards, but a sudden gust of wind
snapped the ends of the netting and rent
the silk, causing the gas to escape. Another
balloon, the Godefroy Cavaignac, was immediately inflated,'
but the force of the wind tore it also, and nothing remained
but to abandon the ascent to some more propitious occa•
sion. While all this was going on at the Orleans railway
station, M. Nadar succeeded in sending off a balloon from
the Place St. Pierre at Montmartre with 100,000 letters,
and a balloon ascended in another quarter of Poi'
freighted with still more letters. This had a narrow
escape, for in passing over the Rue de Rivoli it grazed the
dome of the church of St. Paul ; an immediate discharge
of ballast, however, caused it suddenly to rise, and It
pursed its course without futher accident. This morning
M. Wilfrid de Fonvielle's monster balloon, flawed
Liberty, which is furnished a couple of cars,
ascended from the railway station at La Villette•
taking with it an immense number of letters;
and the Godefroy Cavaignac balloon accomplished a sue'
eessful ascent from the Orleans railway station the Bane
morning, taking out in it Count de Ktiratry, who i°
charged, it is said, with a mission to Spain. Later in the
day M. Ranc, who has instructions from the Govern"
ment for M. Gambetta and Admiral Fourichon
Tours, succeeded in getting away from Paris in the
William Tell balloon. An immense quantity of cover
pondence was taken out in these two balloons ; and it is
calculated that upwards of a million letters have been
despatched from Paris in the course of the last three do's,
since the wind veered round from the west.—Paris Coll
pondent of Pall Mall Gazette, October 14.

The Germans have just commenced shelling Ch3l.
teaudun.

M. de Keratry, who has arrived at Tours, is suffering°
good deal from the hurts he received from the violent
descent of his balloon.

Prussia and Bavaria are in want of money for the pro'
secution of the war. The Bavarian loan is exhausted, but
of course no difficulty will be felt in either country in ob-
taining a fresh supply.
A slight mistake was Made respecting the fate of the
gallant Papal Zortaves who fought at Orleans. It W 9•4
said that 300 went into battle and only sixteen survived'
The truth is that only sixteen were killed.
The Cure of Bazeilles writes again respecting the
barbarous treatment of that unfortunate place by the
Bavarians. He denies that the inhabitans fired upon the
Germans, who committed an act of shocking barbarity
without excuse.

The Times correspondent states that on the 18th, at
Tours, little apprehension was entertained of a Prussian
advance upon Tours or Bourges. It is argued that such
distant operations would be too hazardous while the sieges
of Paris and Metz are going on, and it seems thought that
Orleans, Rouen, Amiens, and other places at about the
same distance from the capital will for the present be the
limit of Prussian attempts upon large towns.
At Gisors the Prussian officers dine at the hotels at
the expense of the town, and never spend any mono,'
from their own pockets. The soldiers are quartered upon
the inhabitants in batches of six, seven, and even in some
cases ten. Several private houses have been pillaged hY
the German troops.
A Paris journal has opened a subscription list, with
some success, for the reward of any one who shoots tne
King in open warfare. It may be interesting to that
potentate to know that many Frenchmen have sworn t°
shoot him from a window or housetop, if he ventures uPen
a triumphal entry into Paris.

A correspondent of one of the German papers was two
whole days travelling near Paris without seeing a single
female form, a child, a domestic animal not belonging t°
~
the army, or a man without a uniform, or who did not
belong to the troops. And this in one of the most poll°.
lows, active, and affluent districts in all Europe !
At the commencement of the war General Turr senS
two letters to Count Bismarck in which he said that the
scheme of annexing Belgium to France did not proceed
from the Emperor Napoleon, but from the Federal Chan'
cellor. Some new discoveries which have been made in
the Imperial correspondence are said to reveal not ma
that the notion did originate with the Emperor, but als°
that General Turr had an interest in the maintenance of
the Imperial dynasty. In the list of pensions given out
of the Imperial privy purse, Mdme. Turr, nee Wyse'
figures for 24,000 francs.

A telegram to the Manchester Examiner from Rouen
says :—The following order of the Committee of Defence,
dated Rouen, Friday, has been placarded :—" Otir
military authorities consider that Rouen is menaced. The
enemy is at Fleury-sur-Andelles, six leagues from thig
town. Five battalions of National Guards, as well as the
artillery, have left here. We expect the Havre battalion
The Sub-Prefect is requested to send all the men of courage
in his arrondissement. We order that barricades be
erected at Rouen."

The Cologne Gazette thinks there can be no difficUlti
whatever in arranging the annexation of Luxemburg'
" England, Russia, and Austria, who have guaranteed ita
neutrality, can have no interest in preventing this ; on the
contrary, they would gladly get rid of the obligation.
France has no longer, when Germany has won the Vosges
frontier, any pretext for considering Luxemburg a
menance, and it will gladly acquiesce in its annexation to
Germany in consideration of some relaxation of the terms
of peace. Well fortified, Luxemburg will form the be 4
security against France."
On the occasion of the death of General Guilhol
General Trochu said " at the present time the appearance
of death has nothing to frighten us ; our duty for the must
part, and our future, lies there. Cenventionol phrases are
out of place on this occasion, and I shall only say that
General Guilhen has lived and fought worthily, and that
he has died a brave soldier.

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is to be turned into 3
fortress. Thick plates of sheet iron will afford an hit"
penetrable covering to it, the bases of the edifice being s°
firmly secured that they can support the weight. The
group of the Chant du Depart will be protected by Mat.
trasses and earthworks which will shield it from bullets
and balls. Earthworks and masonry will be erected round
the fortress, and render it invulnerable.
The corps of FreeshoOters from Nismes are accompanied,
says a correspondent, by two representatives of the Church
Militant, a Catholic and a Protestant chaplain, both
armed to the teeth, and looking as if they would prove
active and serviceable leaders in the field. Already the
evangelical gentleman has shewn himself a strict
disciplinarian. Meeting one of his men reeling along the
principal street perfectly intoxicated, he then and there
fell upon him, tore from his hat and arm the badge of the
city he was dishonouring and of the corps to which he
belonged, and, amid the approving shouts of the
bystanders, dismissed him summarily and finally frera his
regiment.
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BIRTHS.

On the 17th inst., the Hon. Mrs. T. Monson, of a laugh"

tar.
On the 16th inst., the wife of Richard B. Barron, Esq.,
of The Rookery, Hawley, Kent, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

On the 17th inst., at the Catholic Cathedral, Marlborough'
street, Dublin, Dr. Jonas R. Leake, Assistant-Surgeon
80th Regt., to Louise, second daughter of Edward C.
Irvine, Esq., of Belfast.

On the 17th inst., at St. John's, Notting-hill, August
Ley, only son of Augustus Bazeley, Esq., of Liskeard,
Cornwall, to Georgina Frances, younger daughter of
Captain W. T. Hall, of 5, Stanley-crescent, Kensintr
ton-park.

DEATHS.

On the 17th inst., at 75, Victoria-street, Westminster,
James Fisher, Esq., aged 33.
On the 17th inst., at Ditton-common,-Esher, James O•
Clark, aged 59.

London : Printed by GIDEON. ACLAND BOYCE,
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Thursday, October 20, 1870.