The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-27 00:00:00

ECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 11.45 A. M .

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

rr FIE WAR.

STATE OF AFFAIRS IN PARIS.
Prom the latest chance communi3ations from
Paris it would appear that some difficulty has arisen
inct the capital, but only on the part of the extreme
and comparatively insignificant faction. The
rin body of the population remains firm to its,
of seditious
and gives no support to the posters
° Beditious placards, who are undeniably trouble-
Sot
„ ale) but not to any very serious extent. The
escaped travellers," who bring such alarming
accounts, would not be likely to underrate the
gravity of the position from which they fled.

It seems certain from a letter in the Cologne
Gazette that the communication from Bazaine,
Which is said to have contained proposals for a sur-
`vllder,
A referred only to some minor matter.
1 the beginning of the siege of Strasburg,
General Ulrich was told that permission would be
B:frallted) if asked, for women, children, and
TOY persons to leave the fortress. General
coeli, to the offer of this boon, replied that be
not pick and choose amongst 80,000 persons.

NEW FRENCH DECEMBER
TROUBLES IN PARIS,

NEW FRENCH DECLARATION.

REPORTED TROUBLES IN

PARIS.

FRENCH SUCCESSES NEAR

METZ.

APPROACHING FALL OF

STRASBURG.

DECLARATION AGAINST THE

CESSION OF TERRITORY.

TOURS, MONDAY (NOON).
:118 Ministers of the Provisional Government
°renkain in Paris have declared, in a new pro-
anlation, that not an inch of territory nor a
atone of the fortresses shall be given up to Ger-
..uan
Y.

Cadres for four new companies are to be created in
e
11 depot of regiments of infantry, and two in each
depot of battalions of Chasseurs-h-pied.
General Trochu has issued a proclamation, in
ith,
4101,„Ich he decrees the punishment of death on all
,e 'era who abandon their posts in presence of the
'enemy, who refuse to obey orders to march against
me enema, or who pillage or destroy munitions of
.:- This proclamation has been caused by the
conduct of the Zouaves who fled in the combat at
the heights of Chatillon, to the south of Paris, on
the t 20th inst. Great havoc is said to have been on
that
°neasion caused in the enemy's ranks by the fire
°ln the forts.
ai Rochefort and M. Flourens are organising a
%I%t
em of barricades in Paris. The Mobile Guards
are now reported to be armed with guns of-great
-power and new construction.—Telegraph 7 elegram.

11EPORTED TROUBLES IN PARIS.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 26,' (4.50 P.M.)
aTravellers escaped from Paris report complete
*redlY in that city. Day and night guns are
be. The Zouaves who ran away in action had
ell executed in the oper, streets,—Daily 11 ews
eiegram.
FRENCHMEN NOT ALLOWED

TO LEAVE FRANCE.
ta Lloyd's agent at Calais sends the following infor-
tiati" :—" The police received instructions last
144 not to allow any Frenchman to embark,
Whether he was provided with a passport or not."

TAE
FIGHTING BEFORE METZ.
tthe special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette
o hs from Namur,tegrap
p dated Sunday, as follows:
%lighting was going on near Metz, on Friday from
Ile in the morning till late at night, but the
amours
are so contradictory that it is impossible to
icleertain the truth about it. It is positive, however,
kat the Prussian barrack camps at Mezieres and
Qlehniont have been burned, and that parties of
elkan infantry were drawn within reach of the
des of Thionville, and were received with shells.
The garrison of Thionville has also captured a train
co Provisions 100 carriages strong. It appears that
elniunications between Thionville and Hayanges,
t.,, tulerly in the hands of the Prussians, are restored.
uand People have arrived thence at Luxemburg.

THE SIEGE OF METZ.
BEFORE METZ, SEPT. 26.
Nothing is knows here of any offer to capitulate
'III the part of Marshal J3azaine.
BERLIN, SEPT. 26, (9 PAL)
fo According to advices from the German army be-
;e Metz, a Prussian officer, who had a parley with
ardial Bazaine a few days ago with the object of
Putting an
end to the practice of firing upon out-
trs, was informed by the Marshal that he sought
t 0 Preserve the fortress and the army under his
lilltand for the service of the Emperor Napoleon,
and that he had nothing to do with the Republic
eat
abliBhed in Paris.—Daily News Telegram.

BERLIN, SEPT. 26, (8.7 p.m.)
Count de Palikao has arrived at Wilhelwshohe.
of
'8 credibly reported that to a Prussian
of °jai, who went to Metz under a flag
truce to stop picket shooting, Marshal
toazaine frankly declared that he was striving
sere the army and fortress for the Emperor, and
dpat he knew nothing of the Republic. M. Favre
of see the King. The headquarters of the
:(11", Prince of Saxony and the Fourth Army
11413 s are at Grand Tremblay, ten miles north of
lis.—Daily News Telegram.

'IIE SIEGE OF STRASBURG.
OARLSRIME, SEPT. 26, (11.55.)
Were the Swiss delegates left Strasburg they
"et'e told by Governor Uhrich that it was im-
-1)(j:ls1ble he could hold out much longer, and
that the end must come soon. He said he
had
ge.ne through several campaigns, and had served
~the Climes, but had never witnessed nor under-
rib so torrible siege. The municipality had
:solved, w:th. the o,overnor's permission, to
tl:3pd depu't,ation 'to Pftris to represent
hi:, condition ,of affairs, And to request
unctions. m. Valentin, the new Repub-
licank Prefect, and M. Englehart, the new
01,7. °l') had
e. cattle been pclrmii:teci to enter the City.
th ing to the rigorous _measures of the authorities,
localised within the
plague has been 1.0
its tpB °f forty
further spread •
parishes,„ and it is believed that
now effectually
'te'vented, in Alsace
It is
sttati Proposed to establish an ad interim ,Adulini-
oceu°l' ill those French departments which are
per Pled by the German armies, but are not to be
permanently held by Germany. The -Grand Duke