The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-03 00:00:00

hours' fighting the French, having suffered conside-
rable losses, precipitately retreated under cover of
the forts. .Our reserve remained inactive, Our loss
is unknown, but small. Eight men in the 11th
Corps. Several hundred prisoners were taken.
OCT. 2 (10.20 A.m.)

During the whole of the last week the Paris
forts fired almost continua Ily from heavy guns on
single sentinels and patrols. On the 24th alone
2,500 rounds were fired. The cannonade being
useless, it is supposed to be intended to entertain
the Parisians at night. The electric lights illuminate
the space before the forts. ' The Germans are
repairing the railway bridges and tunnels, especially
at La Ferte sous Jouarre. There is no trace of
Franc-Tieurs near Paris.—Times Telegram.

RESIGNATION OF ADMIRAL
FOURICHON.
TOURS, OCT. 2.
Rear-Admiral Fourichon has resigned his office
n the Ministry.—Daily News Telegram.

WAR NEWS FROM TOURS.
TOURS, SEPT. 30 (EVENING.)

It is stated that a new -Prussian army crossed
the Rhine on Thursday, between Freiburg and
Bale.

TOURS, OCT. 1 (AFTERNOON.)

By a decree which has been issued to-day, all
Frenchmen between twenty-one and forty years
of age, who are not married, or are widowers
without children, are to be called out in the Garde
Mobile. The Francs-Tireurs and other volunteers
are included in the order. By another decree, the
Francs-Tireurs are placed under the Minister of
War, and subjected to the same discipline as the
Gardes Mobiles. M. de la Guerronniere has addressed
a protest to M. Jules Favre against the indignities to
which he was subjected by the authorities at Marseilles,
who arrested him at midnight on his arrival from
Constantinople. The Director of the Post has re-
organised the - balloon postal service between Paris
and the departments. Letters are to he posted at
the usual offices, and will be forwarded at the usual
rates.

TOURS, OCT. 2 (AFTERNOON).

General Uhrich has arrived here. The Govern-
ment at Paris have found it necessary to issue strong
admonitions against any persons holding converse
with the enemy at his quarters. Insubordination
amongst the National Guards is reproved, and a
rigorous application of martial law will be enforced
against marauders and plunderers inside the city.—
Telegraph 7 elegratn.

PROCLAMATION OF THE GO-
VERNMENT AT TOURS.

TOURS, OCT. 2,

The Government Delegation in thiS city has
issued a proclamatian relative to the elections of
the Constituent Assembly. It refers to the fact
that the elections were at first fixed for the 16th
October, but subsequently the earlier date of
October 2 was chosen with the view of facilitating
the negotiations for an armistice. The proclamation
adds, " May the course of events and the courage of
the Parisians bring deliverance before the not distant
day for which the Republican Government calls
together the Constituent Assembly. But if we are
destined still to fight, we trust that the Assembly
itself will afford the army that is to deliver Paris
that patriotic inspiration and sentiment of honour
which should animate it throughout.

The proclamation declares that the elections will
be perfectly free, and it recommends the calm and
serious attitude required by the position of affairs.
A decree is appended ordering the elections to take
place on the 16th instant, and maintaining all the
arrangements settled by the previous decree.

A PRUSSIAN DETACHMENT
DEFEATED.
ROUEN, OCT. 1.
The Deputy Estancelin at the head of 2,000
National Guards proceeded to Mantes, where he
dispersed a Prussian detachment, afterwards re-
turning to Rouen.

THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT
LYONS.

LYONS, Our. 1.

The agitation excited by General Cluseret,
Laigne, and Richard has entirely subsided. General
Cluseret was not arrested on the 28th of September,
as believed, but has disappeared, after publishing an
address announcing his departure for Marseilles.
Any National Guard is authorised to arrest
him if found in Lyons. Warrants have
been issued for the arrest of Laigne, Richard, and
others who invaded the Hotel de Ville on the 28th
ult. The National Guard manifest a resolution to
support the Government and preserve order.
A petition is now being signed for the transfer of
the Government delegation from Tours to Lyons.
The• journals of Lyons urge the transfer, and re-
comfnend order and respect for the law and the
suppression of demagogic agitation as the best
means of inspiring confidence and obtaining their
object. •

SKIRMISHING NEAR ROUEN.
(LOMBARD TELEGRAM.)

CALAIS, OCT, 2.

A proclamation has been posted here. A strong
Prusiian army corps is reported marching in the
direction of Chalons with a large artillery train.
The enemy has not advanced this side of Orleans.
Prince Albert is at Toury with 1,000 men and
artillery. A small Prussian force is at Pithiviers.
The main body of the enemy's army is between
Toury (?) and Pathay (?).
Some victorious skirmishes had taken place in
the neighbourhood of Rouen, causing great
enthusiasm in that city. On the 30th September
there was a serious engagement between Mocquart's
lancers and the enemy, composed of cavalry,
artillery, and infantry. The lancers extinguished
the enemy's fire, and 300 Prussians were put hors de
combat.

PLANS OF THE PRUSSIANS.
BERLIN, OCT. 1, (6 P.m.)
Intelligence from Ferrieres says that the siege
train is expected to arrive there very shortly, and
the further advance of the Royal head-quarters
will probably take place at the end of the week.
The restoration of the bridges and tunnels, the
destruction of which has retarded the siege, is
being prosecuted with the utmost vigour. The
heavy guns employed at Toul will not be brought
into use before Paris, as they are said to be des-
tined for elsewhere. There is no trace for a long
way round Paris of any arming of the population,
or of the organisation of Francs-tireurs. St. Cloud
has not yet been occupied by German troops.
The King of Prussia has sent 5,000 thalers to the
inhabitants of Strasburg who have suffered from the
effects of the siege.

General Lowenfeld, hitherto Governor-General of
Posen, has been appointed inspector of the two re-
serve corps at Berlin and Glogan.

THE SIEGE OF METZ.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, OCT. 1

The French at MCtz are growing more nervous.
On the 24th, Tuesday, the Metz garrison sent
a railroad train containing several infantry batta-
lions with two locomotives, forward on the Saar-
bineken road as far as Crepy. The twenty or
hirty pickets who were in view delivered fire and
alarmed the line, but the enemy got out of the