The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-11 00:00:00

that the proposed rectification of the Germae
frontier may not harmonize precisely with the
French division of departments, this would seem to be the
general drift of Count .Bismarck's demands. Thus the
terms proposed to France as the conditions of peace are
the cession of all Alsace and of Metz, with a portion of
the territory of what was once called Lorraine. Tlu
cession may most reasonably be objected to, as not being
in accordance with the wishes of the population of
the ceded districts. But it certainly cannot be reasonably
objected to on the ground that it would leave France 5
second-rate power. France would still have a population
of nearly thirty-six and half millions, not including
Algiers : and it would continue to be a first-rate power in
Europe, inferior to Germany, in population and in its
army, but superior to any other continental Power
from its army and its navy combined.—Pall Mall Gaettc•

People arriving from Thionville at Luxemburg assert
that the place was completely invested on the 4th, and all
communications cut off.
Including the twenty South German cavalry regiment.;
Germany has now, says a German paper, from 130 to 150
cavalry regiments, with at least 70,000 to 80,000 men and
horses, in the field.
The Frankfort Journal states that the Minister of War
has purchased 70,000 flannel under-shirts for the Bavarian
troops engaged in the Bavarian campaign, to protect then
from the cold during the winter, should the war last so
long.

According to the Hartung Gazette, Count Bismarck
daclines to liberate Herr Jacoby, considering his arrest to
be justified by " the requirements of the present excep-
t•
onal period."
The captain of the Spanish vessel Bomarsund, which
arrived in the Tyne on Sunday night, states that on Sun'
day last he saw a French ram seize a German schoone
and tow her across to a French port.
A public subscription is to be opened, says the Mont
teur Universe/, for presenting to General Ulrich a swab
silver model of the famous statue of Strasburg, in the
Place de la Concorde, Paris.
The Freeshooters are doing a good deal of mischief in
the neighbourhood of Metz. They have killed Lieutenant
Colonel von Pestel, of the 7th Prussian Lancers. Ire
was a good soldier, and had been in all the engagements
fought by the army of Prince Frederick Charles.
A letter arrived in Paris from Laon by balloon, and
afterwards forwarded to Tours, states that the Prefect of
Laon, M. Ferrand, was condemned to death by the Prus-
sian Council of War for the explosion of the citadel, but
that Mgr. Landriot, Archbishop of Rheims, obtained a
commutation of the sentence, and M. Ferrand has been
taken to Coblentz as prisoner.
The Journal Officiel of the 7th contains a proclamation
of the Government which announces that two armies
have already been formed of about 80,000 men each, and
that a third gathering of troops is being made, consisting
of regulars," volunteers, and mobiles. An official note says
there are at present at the disposal of the Government in
the departments thirty-six field, batteries of rifled twelve-
pounders and four-pounders, and a large supply of war
material and rifles. Between four million and five mil-
lion cartridges are being manufactured weekly.
The account given of the present state of the town of
Nancy recalls the hardships Venice underw,:_:',- during the
Austrian occupation. The presence of the Prussians is
endured, but no opportunity is lost of letting them know
how heartily they are detested by the inhabitants.
Ladies dress only in black, men go out as little as "possi-
ble, and the fine streets of Nancy are trodden only by
those whose daily toil compels them to leave their homes,
and by a few individuals who read or copy the news of
war written up in German at the corners of the streets,
in order to circulate translations of the same in the houses,
with commentaries of which the Germans can easily divine
the tendency.
The lists of Prussian losses, coming down to the 18th of
August, which have been published by the German autho-
rities, gives the following result :—Killed.--Two Generals,
43 Staff officers, 477 subalterns, 125 ensigns, trumpeters,
sentinels, &c., 785 sergeants, drummers, &c., 6,785 mug-
clans and privates, 7 surgeons and hospital attendants
total, 522 officers and 7,675 men. Wounded. —Seven
Generals, 99 Staff officers, 1,447 subalterns, 490 standard
bearers, &c., 2,938 sergeants, &c., 35 surgeons, five hrno"
kentrUger, 29,477 privates—total, 1,553 officers and 32,94
men. Missing.—One colonel, 12 officers, 5 vice-sergeants,
2 ensigns, one regimental drummer, 97 sub-officers, 5,755
privates—total, 13 officers, 5,860 men. Gross total.--
2,088 officers, 46,480 men.

Among the papers in the Tuileries was a note in the
Emperor's hand, regulating the constitution of the Coup'
cil of Regency in case of a minority. There were to bo
eight members if the Empress were Regent, and ten if
Prince Napoleon were. In either case General Frossard
was to take charge of the Emperor minor..
The Cologne Gazette reports that arrangements are now
being made for raising the four ships sunk at Swinemunde
and clearing away the different obstacles from the mouth
of the harbour. The lights in the lighthouse will be lit as
soon as the apparatus, which was removed on account of
the expected bombardment, is replaced. The lights 01,
the eastern jetty of the port were lighted on the 4th inst.
for the first time since the commencement of the war.
The Rlteinpfalz reports a sortie by the garrison of
Bitsch on the 28th ult. They availed themselves of the
opportunity afforded by the withdrawal of the besieging
troops and the substitution of others to provide themselves
with whatever they could find, for there was a quantityof
liquors, sugar, coffee, tobacco, &c. Seventy or eighty
persons went back laden. Many of the inhabitants have
been killed, wounded, suffocated by the smoke, or crushed
in cellars and arches.

.A great many railway trains, conveying German troops,
stores, &c., through France, are severely injured. Lines
are torn up, obstacles placed across them, &c. On the
29th the rails between Epernay and Chalons had been
stealthily loosened, the damage being hardly perceptible.
A train, therefore, came to grief, the engine driver having
both legs crushed, while some soldiers escaped with slight
injuries. The town of Chalons has to pay £BOO as
punishment for this.

Drill may be neglected in some parts of France, but at
Lyons the men are worked hard enough. A correspon-
dent of the Standard writes :—All the afternoon, and far
on into the evening, nearly everysquare and vacant piece of
ground has been occupied by companies hard at work, under
officers who keep them at it longer at a time than English
volunteers would care for. I have seen more than six
thousand men at drill this evening, in various parts of the
city, and not more than two hundred, sometimes not hail
the number, together. The Mobiles here are an uncom-
monly well-made class, and if they only get time to learn
their lesson they will practise it, believe me, to some
purpose.

MORE BAD MANAGEMENT.—Even yesterday, there
was a repitition of the old story. The Gardes Mobile
were sent off from Amiens at an hour's notice, in the
middle of the night, and when the men were all wearY
from a thirty-six miles' march the day before. No haste
was too great ; the soldiers could hardly be got off in time,
enough to meet the enemy. When they arrived
at Poix, it was found that they had ad/
thirty rounds per man in their pouches ; an
with breech-loading arms, this ammunition would
have lasted but half an hour. Fortunately, the
enemy was not in force, and was ordered, after beating
back the French, to turn in another direction. Had it
proved otherwise, the French soldiers would simply have
been slaughtered like sheep. As it was, being without
cavalry or artillery, they could not have held their own
for ten minutes; and this must prove the rule in almost
every case in which the so-called levee en masse is launched
against the Prussian troops.—Daily Telegraph .Rouen
Correspondent, October 8.

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