The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-12 00:00:00

candles on the points of their bayonets; and after long
search they found General Mazure in a small and remote
stable. He burst out into recriminations against his
officers, who he said had sold and betrayed him and
hindered his devotion to his country. He was removed to
the prison of Saint Joseph.
General Garibaldi has addressed a letter to his friends
at Nice, advising them to discontinue their agitation
in order not to create any embarrassment to France.
Italy is about to address a circular note to the Powers,
proposing that all States having Catholic subjects shall
contribute towards the civil list of the Pope.
A despatch from Amiens in the second edition of the
Daily Telegraph says :—" The arrival of General Gari'
baldi has disgusted a considerable number of French-
men. The Vendeans, Bretons, and Catholics will not
fight with him."

According to the Roma the object of M. Thiers's
mission to Florence is to discuss the agitation which
exists in Nice in reference to a separation from France,
for the support of which movement a committee exists in
Florence.

Bazaine has invented an ingenious mode of communica-
tion with the outer world. At Verneville, a few miles
from the invested fortress, the Prussians the other daY
caught a balloon carrying a good many letters, and, in 3
cage, two carrier pigeons. The latter, having started
from Metz, were evidently intended to convey messages
back.

General Cluseret has arrived in Geneva from Lyons,
and distinguished himself on his arrival at the railwa!
station by a loud quarrel with some French officers. 1115
is the " General" who created such disturbance at Lyons•
It is to be hoped that he will not remain at Geneva. The
further he withdraws from France, the better the chance
for his country.

General Ducrot has published a defence of himself
against the charge of having broken his parole. He says
that when he was taken at Sedan he refused, along with
many other officers, to subscribe to the pledge not to serve
again during the war, preferring to remain a prisoner.
When he arrived at Pout-h-Moussou he succeeded in
escaping. The Cologne Gazette observes, however, that II
was a prisoner on parole.
M. Tissandier, who came to Tours in a balloon, says
that a locomotive on .a new system is nearly finished in
the workshops of the well-known engine-make Cail. It
weighs 6,000 kilogrammes. The stoker and engineer are
to be shut up in a little iron house, which defies the most
powerful projectiles ; on the sides of the machine, iron
clad galleries, equally shot-proof, are to carry two for-
midable mitrailleuses. It is to circulate on the bridge .tit
the Point du Jour, and to throw bullets as far as the

heights of Meudon. •
Complaints are made that the German batteries before
Metz, give the French no trouble whatever, whilst the
French themselves are incessantly firing. The army of
Bazaine is encamped around the forts, not inside the town-
It is thought that an attempt ought to be made, by con-
stantly shelling the' encampments, to drive the troops in-
side the town, where an increase of disease and mortality
would soon bring the French commander into difficulties-
A correspondent writes :—" Unless some more decisive
course of action is taken, I see no hope of reducing Met%
for a very considerable time. It is follyfor people to write
or to say that the town must fall in a few days. Metz will
not fall in a few days, or even in a few weeks, under the
present system of blockade." •
THE FRENCH PRELATES.--Mgr. Lavigerie, Arch"
bishop of Algeria, and Mgr. David, Bishop of- St. Briene,
have written pastoral letters, in which they encourage
the people to defend the country and expel the enemy
The Bishop of St. Brienc says he will appeal to the
Seminarists to join the ranks of the national defenders,
and the Archbishop of Algeria offers the Government
half his salary.
'THE CONDITION OF METz.—The Berlin corn:-
spondent of the Independance Beige denies the truth of
the reports which have been spread with respect to secret
negotiations going on between the Prussian headquarter'
and Marshal Bazaine. He considers that a complete con-
tradiction is (riven by the repeated sorties made by
Bazaine. These' sorties are repulsed with great loss on
the part of the French, and the writer thinks that g
Marshal Bazaine carries off cattle at the cost of so man/
killed and wounded, it skews that supplies are running
short with the besieged. The surrender of Metz may he,
looked for in a short time if these suppositions show
prove correct.
EXPERIMENTS WITH BALLOONS. Several experi-
ments with bulloons have been made at Tours, with the
view of sending intelligence from the provinces to the
capital. The balloons have even been fired at, with the
object of ascertaining at what height projectiles can injure
them. At 2,500 metres none of the shots fired by excellent
marksmen succeeded in striking them, but at 1,000 and
1,200 metres several balls reached the balloons, and made
holes which produced an escape of gas. This, however,
would be so gradual that an aeronaut bearing letters,
even if struck by the enemy's balls, might,
with a high wind, keep afloat for seine
leagues before sinking. It wAs clearly ascertained that
at 2,500 metres elevation the aeronauts have nothing tofear in crossing a hostile army. Great crowds assembled
to witness the experiments . which were generally con'
sidered satisfactory, and served to revive public con'
fidence.
THE SACK OF ST. DIZIER.—The Journal de
Rouen gives the following account of the sacking of St.
Dizier :—" The Prussians made a requisition for 500,000f.'
and took as hostages to Bar-le-Due five of the town
councillors. The following day a delay of two hours was
granted for the payment of the money, the alternative
being the threatened destruction of the principal helves ill
the town. The money not being forthcoming, the pillage
of the town commenced, and was continued for
an hour and a half, when a tender of 150,000 fr. was inau°
and refused. Eventually this sum, subscribed by the
chief persons in the town, was accepted ; an organize„
pillage then recommenced, and was kept up from 11°0'•
until six in the evening, during which time the troops
laid their hands upon all valuables within their reach. -5*
shoemaker was condemned and shot for firing upon the
Prussian soldiers. The mayor, who had gone to Bar-le-
Duo to plead for his pardon or respite, returned unsuc-
cessful.
MOVEMENTS AT Touns.—There was an extraor-
dinary movement of troops in and around Tours
yester-
day—the greatest I have seen since the very first days °,,f
my arrival here. The streets were full of uniforms, an
soldiers were to be met on all roads round the town'
They must have moved off this morning, for to-cl5l
there are comparatively few to be seen. The dire°,
tion and object of these marches are naturally kept
very secret, and, without a key, they are for the mostpart unintelligible to the ordinary observer. I aril
informed, however, that a large force is being con-
centrated considerably to the north of Tours-
Altogether there is a great stir of armed men, and the
French begin to look more cheerful and to indulge hoPe.s
that a better time is coming at last. Numbers, it is
said, who at first were lukewarm, or at tulY
rate little disposed to take the field themselvesi
and who clung to •the hope that peace woul.`
be made, are new-, convinced that there I'4
no chance of it, and finding their means 0•%-
hausted, no trade or business possible, and 'that the
Prussians are not to be got rid of without a great effort
and hard fighting, have made up their minds to the Nor°,
and are coming forward resolutely, thinking, perhaps, that
they may as well be killed as starve, and see their famin:
starve with them. The Prussians, however, confident
they may be in their strength and resources, will do
well not to despise a foe whom they have drivento the wall and inspired with the fiercest sentiments
the
provinces hatred. I have little faith in armies being raised in bit'
provinces of sufficient importance seriously to disquiet the
Prussians—in the way, I mean, of giving battle to a large
Prussian army in the field with a fair prospect of success!
but still the national movement seems daily to become
more intense and energetic; time has been gained, wit,.
l
numbers panic is giving way to stern determinations, t ;
Prussians are far from their own country, and may r
find themselves in a critical position."—Times' CorresPew.
dent at Tours.
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