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

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. OF METZ.

The accounts of German correspondents from before
Metz incline one to believe that the sufferings of the in-
vestors are hardly less than those of the invested. In
some respects the latter are better off, being at least fairly
housed, while the tents which the besiegers had con-
structed are almost washed away by the heavy rains,
which have made the bivouacs a sea of mud. In spite of
comforts sent up in large quantities from Germany and
kind-hearted patriots, the troops of Prince Frederick
Charles and Steinmetz had a good deal of sickness to com-
plain of. The villages near Metz are abandoned, and the
feeling of the country people makes it dangerous to go far.
Two aides-de-camp carrying rnessages had lately been shot
in one village, and the murderers could not be
traced. In consequence of this and other affairs of the
same sort, a notice had been posted throuihout the district
that any Frenchman, not of the regular service, found
with arms in his possession, would be forthwith hanged.
Large convoys of the Sedan prisoners were passing by the
army, some in a wretched plight, begging each
person they saw for bread. 153 of these were picked
out, and sent to Bazaine, nominally to make up the
balance due to him on a previous exchange, but in reality
to let the garrison know the whole truth of the Sedan
affair. Bazaine has left no means untried of supplying
that want of carrier-pigeons or other sure messengers
which has been so severely felt in his army.
For some time it is well known he re-
ceived and sent messages by the simple means of
bottles floated down the Moselle. This device was found
out and counteracted by nets. Another means has since
been tried, but apparently without the success which the
ingenuity of the besieged deserved; for a small air
balloon apparatus, carrying despatches from Metz, has
descended at Oberwittstadt, a village in the north of
Wurtemburg. The contents of the letters thus conveyed
have not been made known, as they were at once trans-
mitted to Stuttgard and thence to the Prussian staff.

Among the mat6riel taken at Sedan were 130,000
Chassepots and 80,000 cwt. of powder.
It is rumoured that 83,000 chassepots have been found
fn the cellar of the Tuileries, which have been distributed
among the members of the Garde Mobile and Garde
Nationale.

So great have been the losses in the war that Berlin. can
no longer suffice to supply the bereaved families of the
Prussian capital with mourning, and orders are daily sent
to Vienna for the necessary articles.
The Prussians intend to make every exertion to take
Schlestadt, a fortress which is situated on the railway
between Besancon and Strasburg. This capture would
isolate Alsace from the centre of France, and secure the
line of communication between Paris and Wurtemberg.
A strange plot bas been discovered at Namur, for the
purpose of seizing the cannon, &c., captured at Sedan,.
and not yet forwarded to Prussia, and of sending this
material on to Paris. Two thousand stand of arms were
found in Namur, and the plot seems to have had numerous
ramifications.

It is asserted that Marshal Bazaine was not on the best
of terms with the Emperor before his fall, that his sym-
pathies are far from Imperialist, and that if he could get
out of Metz he might not improbably declare for the
Republic—if, indeed, he did not start "on his own
hook"

An instance of Republican economy is to be noticed in
Paris just now. On the front of the new Opera House
may be read the words " Academie . . . ale
de Musique." M. G-arnier has ingeniously preserved the
letters of the word " impdriale," which will do duty for
the new adjective " nationale."
Rather than surrender to the Prussians, many French
soldiers who were near the Meuse swam over it in the
midst of the fire of the mitrailleuses which followed them.
One of the survivors, a well-known captain, arrived in
Paris at his aged father's house. Before embracing him
his father asked, "Have you signed the capitulation ?''
" No, mon pere." " Then, my son, come and embrace
me, and go and fight !"
The Paris correspondent of the Daily News has the fol-
lowing paragraph :—Count Palikao, it will be remembered,
in reply to a question from the Left, asserted that Mar-
shal Bazaine commanded all the French armies. When
he gave this reply, all communications had been cut off
with the Marshal for several days. It is now discovered
that MacMahot received his orders from Count Palikao
himself, who in his turn carried out instructions which
were daily telegraphed to him from the Emperor.
"An Old Soldier" complains in a French paper th,t
the enemy should have been allowed to take possession of
the strong military positions round Paris undisturbed.
Why not, he asks, have sent out some light bodies of
troops to fall upon the enemy's detachments as they came
up? There has always been the same mistake all through
the war. The enemy was allowed to concentrate at Saar-
bruck. The Crown Prince was allowed to defile
upon Chalon. MacMahon could not join Bazaine. Always
delay.

A lady has written to the Figaro to suggest that the
women of France should lay aside all superfluous orna-
ments and dress in simple attire, in order that money may
be saved for the exigencies of the war. Let there be an
end of laces, jewels, and colf6chets. " A dress without
any ornaments, a simple bonnet, a long veil, will, " she
writes," make us bear less resemblance to the shepherdesses
of Watteau, or the marionettes of the salon, but we shall
be more worthy of those who die for us."
The Opinion Nationale states that troops of soi-disant
fugitives from Sedan, in tattered military garments, con-
tinue to arrive in Paris, and that not only is the compas-
sion of the public appealed to by vagabonds who have
no claim to it, but that Prussian spies are entering Paris
under this disguise. It calls on the authorities to
examine these tatterdemalions, and while sending back
the real soldiers to their regiments, to commit the rest to
prison.

Extraordinary desolation reigns in the environs of Paris,

Assibres, the ordinary population of which is 6,000, has
now only 14 inhabitants. All the farmers and villagers
of the Seine-et Oise, of the immense plains of Beauce, and
those of Loviet are conveying their corn to Paris, Nantes,
and Bordeaux. In a word, says the Patrie, there is a
complete and decided void within a large radius of the
capital. A great part of the inhabitants of Sc&aux
have left, carrying with them their valuables. Those
who remain are ready to take refuge in Paris on the
first alarm.

A great many of the Paris Mobiles have told their
officers that they will not fire a shot to the cry of "Vive
la France !" They openly declare that they will not fight

for a geographical expression, although they are prepared
to lay down their lives for a principle. If they must be
slaves, it is quite indifferent to them whether they have
for a master William I. or Napoleon 111. General Trochu

is so well aware of the prevalence of this sentiment that
he has urgently exhorted all the Mobile officers with whom
he has come in contact to encourage the cry of " Vive la
Rdpublique !"
The Protestant pastors of Paris have sent an address
to the Protestants of Germany, in which they express
their desire to make known the feelings of their French
brethren, with respect to the war. They appeal to Evan-
gelical Germany to hasten the desired peace. The war,
which is on the point of being renewed, will assume an
entirely different character from that which it pos-
sessed at the commencement, and for Germany to persist
in continuing the strife would be a signal disgrace to her.
The letter goes on to say that the glory of the evangelical
faith in .Germany will be tarnished if its representatives
do not raise their voices against a war a routrance between
France and Germany.

The Prussians do not intend to. deprive the conquered
provinces of France of the benefits of journalism during
the interregnum. The Official News was published in
Alsace some time since, and we now learn that an Official
Monitor of the general government of Lorraine has ap-
peared at Nancy. The Mayors and Prefets will publish
official acts in it, and the inhabitants are
invited to subscribe and to advertise ; but all
political articles are prohibited unless specially permitted.
The Governor General of Lorraine, General Von Bonin,
signs this notice, which is followed by a proclamation
from the Civil Governor of Lorraine, the Marquis de
Villers, who assures the people that he will endeavour,
as far as possible, to remedy the evils which they stiffer
from the war. Their laws will remain in force, and the
authorities who do not shew hostility will be maintained
in their offices.

The French correspondent of the Times makes the fol-
lowing pertinent observations : The most curious cir-
cumstance to my mind connected with the siege of Paris is,
that scarcely anyone seems to take thought of what is to
become of the rest of France, while all our remaining
forces—physical and moral—are shut up in the
gigantic mouse-trap which the wise and provident
patriotism of M. Thiers constructed for us 30 years
ago. It is true that M. Cr4mieux, as delegate of the
Government, extra nsuros, is established at Tours with
full powers. He represents, in fact, the whole
Executive, and the Executive just now with us is
also the Legislative. M. Crdmieux might do every-
thing—if he could do anything. He has, moreover,
a right to remove the seat of Government as he may
find it necessary. He will be theoretically, as soon
as Paris is beleaguered, an itinerant Dictator. But
who believes that M. Cr&nieux can do anything at Tours
or anywhere else ? Who fancies that he can raise armies

to march to the relief of Paris ?—and that is the one thingt
needful when once we are besieged. What is to preves,
a German corps from dodging him about from Tom!er.
An,gouleme, from Angouleme to, Bordeaux, from J)
deaux to Bayonne ?
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Binds of robbers are making their apPearalles
different parts of France. In the commune of Toulouse,
excited, it is supposed, by Socialist speeches, as well as,l:i
their natural instincts, a considerable band have vlta
Cugnaux, St. Simon, and Lardenne, and on being refused
employment at exorbitant wages, they began devastatini:
the country. Three detachments of the National G:llbt e
from Toulouse attacked and repulsed then , capturiDa %t
greater number, who will be rigorously punished.
Bagnolet some plunderers have been breaking into Wises
and ransacking them. About a dozen young Mengere
engaged in one of these expeditions, and were caroug
the cellar when the gendarmes arrived and captured five
of them. The ringleader has been sentenced to six,
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the rest to three months' imprisonment.

A BONAPARTIST RESTORATION
IMPOSSIBLE. • no
The LibertO has an indignant article on the cooly
iy
to the Rheims journals, in which King William
undertakes to treat with Napoleon. The emPife' tog
the Liberte, is fallen and no power in the world is 180
enough to restore it. The restorations of 1814 anu,, bat
had a raison clYtre. The Bourbons were not a Pvitian•
a principle. A principle may be restored but not 3 went
The empire was not a principle but an ace„and
which was glorious or'shameful, according to the ine"that
the battles—Austerlitz or Sedan. Bismarck believe% the
France is exhausted, and that the timorous art,llave
majority, but he does not know France. Hisht re'
told him the talk of the clubs and the salons, and bar
vealed to him, alas ! the resources of our arsenals an, each
racks, but no spy could understand the spirit of the here is
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to
the nation. We do not wish to judge others. The tirae r
dark and too trying for that, but all the powers of osoa
cannot remove the conviction of cowardice and trio of
from the minds of Frenchmen, or prevent the nshings.
Napoleon 111. from being associated with these, 't, the
Bismarck was mistaken in reckoning on an eraen'e
streets of Paris. He is now again mistaken in sPecil,- bet'.
on the egotism and timidity of the greatest liturreach
If he counts up the French dead, the tr` aro
t -
wounded, the French prisoners, the Freneo SopS
Ton I
vinces, towns, and villages ruined, he
atio.ll
daily exposed to death at Strasbourg, Metz,
other places, he will understand how Frenchmen' their
anger on their lips and French mothers with tears °coos
eyes demand an account from the improvident, reelote
madman who has taken their sons from them f ornin asty
enterprise. We can understand how the partisans eL
tutional government thought they could make this pv —e-
the basis of our institutions and later on, whentbe t
mories of glory had cicatrised the wounds of the Pas/that
name of a great warrior sufficed to carry the inheritor°
name to power. The first time ten centuries of m°l3,9x-col
reascended the throne, the second time eighteen 3:e,"ti: to
victory. But to-day ! Bismarck must indeed lifihutoaa
be abased and lost to all national dignity and d were
honour if he can dream, con ueror though he be, 311 arias'
there behind Ms 500,000 soldiers a million of men in
of restoring that.

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IRISH OPINION CONCERNING THE - not
There is a large party in Ireland, a Carlo-1)e t°
writes, who would not be averse to inviting the _ rit of
seek a refuge in the " Island of Saints " the °ewer
his longer residence in the Eternal City becomingulated
litic or impossible. Some have even sPecof
on Dublin being selected as the Pla vase
ce
journ of the Pontiff, and have indicated the boas
of a nobleman which is about to be sold as, ;;Teve,ej
bable fitting home for his Holiness. Others,
argue that the retirement of the Pontiff to Irel3rlbe 01'
amount to at least a temporary abandonment oft.
tion of the Catholic Church in Europe, and b°,ll,,se pinal;
the other hand, that France will be the Pontificald the
The Republic is not expected to last, and it is ho e,_ tie
it may be succeeded by a Government as friendlY
rs",oo'
Church as Napoleon the Third was. Some °,,th„eted be;
eider that a reconciliction will ultimately be el-I%e dilf
tween the Pope and the King of Italy, despite: /Ow'
culties placed in the way by the doctrine
bility.—Pall Mall Gazette.

B.
Lord BatemanßlTlSH has addressedHOSPITALITY the following letter t 0 tbe

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editor of thene
"Sir,—ln Great Britain the hospitality of our men have
is princely and proverbial. At this moment. 005
thrown upon our shores—in distress, in exile, !lints 0,0
rative poverty—a lady who, from all her anteeecieour' free
who, if there be a spark of good feeling in or 10;
English hearts, has the strongest claims on
sa,, th
tection and on our heartiest sympathy. gerie otbdt'
hope of her Imperial House, is learning, with h
to lie"
the bitter lesson which France in revolution knc).; tll d
to teach. Yet what do we see ? W° slips3uf
the prey of vulgar curiosity ; exposed to the bard erd o
discomfort of their change of position ; at the ciwear)„:
hotel and lodging house keepers ; poor, faint, a; n „,ita-e"fi
'without a fitting asylum, without even ordinarY°l
offered to them in thbir dire extremity. Sir'd j1)111
remember the reception given to Garibaldi, an, copoPet
when I think of this lack of hospitality Wide' t . t
charity, if nothing more, would seem to dicta ed to,
the Empress of the French and her son be assurl Si''l
these feelings are freely and heartily expresge„ervall''
are not only those of your obedient humble
BATEMAN.

THE TRAGEDY IN CHINA— 0-
co
The Anglo-Chinese papers brought by the 1-11,,nts
tain little matter of interest excepting the conole eye
the Tientsin massacre. The despatches from 1"31. mrosi'
anxiously looked for, as it was believed the sob'
contain the Emperor's instructions on t.,8 tpie
ject. Great indignation is expressed PJ
other places
a creeas residents in
what itnheyliong consider lC otnhge, s
uSphiannegli3e' f the
tier, ° gr.
English and American authorities in the ma_ost
Lay, the Acting Consul, at Tientsin, has at the irers ob
of the Britannic Chargé d'Affaires, asked the mem spit
the English Mission Society to furnish hillsors'
an estimate of their pecuniary losses by the
The heads of the Mission, in reply, expressed thfinf the
prise and regret that the mere pecuniary aspec",-
question should have been so soon entered tincore
their desire not to be separated from their Frances°
sidents in any settlement, as they believe the ill atter.
of all foreigners to be identical in the Di
They do not desire war and vengeance, but thativ cl
ell
justice, and they believe that individually and wile% tbe
the English should stand by their fellow-sufferers le col.'
hour of trial. Mr. Lay, the Consul, is said to havetiog
lected an immense mass of evidence criainit to
the
hhn
eex
oCuhs
massacrei
tnoe Chinese
receivewa austhaionsriaaties, and to have forwards Ted
the British Lation, but Mr. Wade is 110 t ttb°
money b 9 e
are in hopes
pa payment
m thaten t a a
nc compromise pde hasreonmt
ai
sldee
streetcmidaeyd
riot. reo m
arrived
en t sea
tfeb
actual insdgators of the crime. An -13g*Ii51,
gent Chinese convert, who has received an
punishment of some of
education, states that, although suspns re?,,,
the fate of children purchased for the missionarld by
long been smouldering, the final spark was aPPlito
post-mortem examination held. upon a child sv tbs,
befel.eoeo
succumbed to an obscure ' disease the day
massacre. The fact of the corpse having, beein_%.o or
became known, the body was exhumed and found
less mutilated and doubt grew into certainty. 'rue
el
tive feeling still lingers, and friendly natives colitis
foreigners to be watchful, as mischief is brewing.

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Sir Titus Salt, of Saltaire, was Presell-feplatl
Saturday with a testimonial, consisting of pieces 0
rtoote
subscribed for by the children of the village 3 th
e°nde
with his great factory. The Rev. W. Cowan 01
presentation, and Sir Titus accepted it in peroo'founar
OWEN'S COLLEGE, MANCHESTER.-1 he ^i f°f
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this college in Oxford-road is to be laid next Friclogi
G-race the Duke of Devonshire, K.G , F.R.S. rtesr,
and
of the Extension College, the Bishop' of Manchester' f the
the President and other distinguished m
British Association are expected to be present and
part in the proceedings. • Doevh'
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On the 18th inst. at the
Ba k Malton, the "
Edward Morton, .S.A., of a sonwife of
'F ate W.,
On the 16th inst., at Forrest House, Kensington-01. Li+er•
the wife of W. L. Salusbury Trela y, of a dangv-

MARRIAGES. o,re MAjt.
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-Ou ieog.--;
Trevor John Chichele Plowden, jun , of the
Civil Service, to Millicent Frances, eldest , tighter 19.
1, ..
Colonel Cbarles Foster, late 16th Lancers.
TI ostead,
On the 15th inst. at the parish church, ,L.3lll69,atert
Alfred Byerley, eldest son of J. Smith, IJSCi" ogle
bury House, West Hampstead, to Louisa, Y.,,sq, of
daughter of the late Henry James Newman, I'
Cottenham.

DEATHS.
On the 16th inst , at Argyll House, Church Road, UPPet
Norwood, James' Thompson, Esq. in his 49th Yeltsjoi
On the 17th inst , at Bournemouth, John Bill'
Wanklyn, Esq.; 70.

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Savoy, n the County of Middlesex.
Tuesday, September 20, 1870.

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