The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-16 00:00:00

worse."

General Billard has, it is said, escaped from Sedan,
where he was a prisoner. He passed through the Prussian
army in the disguise of a peasant. He has been appointed
to the command of Fort St. Denis, which General Le Flo
entrusted to him on his arrival, and is likely to be ap-
pointed a general of a division.

Some interest has been excited in the town of Lyons by
the appearance of a mall in a breastplate of his own in-
vention, which is proof against side-arms and balls. This
breastplate bore the traces of a ball from a Chassepot
gun, which, fired at a distance of 80 metres, was not able
to pierce it. The experiment was made by order of the
Committee of the War.
,The eldest son of the Prussian War Minister, Bernhard
von Roon, a captain in the Artillery of the Guard has
died from his last severe wound. His brother, who was
also wounded, is so nearly better as to be able to join his
regiment again.
A Berlin letter in the Cologne Gazette remarks that
there will soon be 150,000 French prisoners in Germanf,
whose maintenance will considerably increase the bill
which France will have to pay. It is proposed to employ
them in the construction of State railways and roads.

At a Cabinet Council, held on the 9th inst., theßavarlan
Government decided on taking the initiative in openin.
negotiations with Prussia respecting the accession of
Bavaria to the North German Bund. •
It is said that General Uhrich, at Strasburg, has sent en
envoy to request permission for two officers to go to the
Emperor at Wilhelmshohe, to know if he will give per-
mission for the surrender of the city. He is a strong
Imperialist.
The German papers continue to speak of the Laon affair
in tones of extreme bitterness. Their general tone seems
to be that this terrible act will render all hope of Peace
vain until the German forces sit down before Paris. The",.
final humiliation of the French is now an imperative
necessity.
A French paper says that the delay of the Prussians
was caused by the skill of the French engineers, who have
opened the sluice-gates of the canal of the Marne au Rhin,
and drawn off the water. The enormous Krupp cannons,
which the Prussian army is bringing up for the bombard
ment, are thus momentarily left dry.
A German paper cites the case of a woman at Berlin,
whose husband was killed at Bezonville. This was the
third time during six years that Count Bismarck's PnheY,
of blood and iron has made her a widow. Her first husbanu
was sent in 1864 against Denmark, and was killed
before
Duppel. Her second husband was called from his homeby the Austrian war, and fell at Sadowa.
The prisoners have been removed from. Saint-Lazar
at Paris in various detachments. Some were despatched
to Rouen. The lunatic asylums and the hospitals for in-
curables, with those whose patients can bear removal,
have also been vacated. The empty places wel e
diately transformed into ambulances or magazines for pro-
visions.
much
The Court and. Military party in Austria are in ,
consternation at the result of the war. Had they not
been prevented by the unanimausly expressed opinion of
German Austria, open sympathy, if not active assistance,
would have been given to France. The events on the
other side of the Rhine put an end to all their hopes of 3
"Revanche of Sadowa."
The correspondent of the Manchester Guardian gives the
report that an armistice for 15 days has been accepted by
the King of Prussia, and that as soon as a despatch fro
the Court of St. Petersburg shall have been received, and
which is expected to reach Paris in three days, it Will be
made public.
The Hessische Zeitung concurs with other sources of
formation in giving a tolerably favourable account of the
Emperor at Wilhelmshohe. He is well, and is regularly
to be seen taking walks with one or more of "his" generals,
as the. German paper put it. 'iNlost intimate with him are
Prince Achille Murat andßeille,General of Division. The
distinguished party are allowed a considerable radius In
which it is as free as the air to wander, b 4 beyond which
it must not go. The guard, is not large, consisting of 001
three officers, a trumpeter, and thirty-one men. The
Emperor's attendants are impressed with the same belie'
as the majority of their countrymen, treachery, they sal'
lost them their army. The weather at Wilhelmshohe has
not been very good lately.
The German papers are very hard upon the French in
respect of attributing to them the most unbounded igne.
ranee and folly—perhaps justly enough. One of the
writers in the Cologne Gazette says the people of Nancy
believe that Napoleon sold their army for money.' The
King handed to Napoleon, at the famous interview when
he 'surrendered and the two monarchs were closeted by
themselves, the sum stipulated upon, namely,— eight
"'
millions sterling. The money was in gold, (!) and it
the firm impression that not only did King Willi°
" hand over " the sum, lout also that Napoleon carried the
trifling weight away with him.

A letter from Vendresse, near Sedan, in the Berlin
papers, mentions that the chateau of Bellevue, where the
Emperor had an interview with the Ring of Prussia, (1313
where he passed the night, contained two parts of 0
illustrated edition of the "Life of Omsar," including this
chapter on " The Germans in Gaul." The EnWel
brushed a tear from his cheek after the King had le'"
him. The inhabitants of Sedan assert that he was quit;
invisible during his stay in that town, but he exposed
himself the whole day during the battle and visited the
batteries.

The Marquis d'Andelarre has addressed the following
letter to General Troche : —" Mon General,—Being 1)11
little accustomed to saluting the Powers that rise, and °'
repeating when they fall the reproaches which I made t°
those who fell while they were standing, I ha,"
delayed assuring you of my support in the diflienl
ti
and glorious work which you have undertaken'
Neither the courage which you shewed nor the
eloquent and patriotic circular of M. Jules Favre, de-
claring that France, surprised in her sleep, would n"
sacrifice an inch of her territory, sufficed for me ! The
attack on the national sovereignty, made by the decree a
dissolution, did not permit me to be satisfied. To-daY,
when the Government of National Defence call the
people to their aid, I do not hesitate a moment in saYinr'
to you `However feeble my assistance, it is at your set"
vice, to conquer the two enemies you have to fight—the
enemy first, and internal disorder second. Accept, &C'--
MARQUIS A' ANDEL/RIM'

The Patrie, in discussing the attitude of the European
Powers, says the Emperor of Russia has been strongly
advised not to renew the experiments of Alexander I. at
the beginning of the century, but to let Europe fight out
its quarrels, finding Russia's security in her strong defer'
sive position and in the development of her in-
terior forces by the arts of peace. Austria preserve°
a silent and reserved attitude. In England, opi-
nions are divided in the Cabinet itself. Lord Gran-
ville, the Minister of the Court, ranges himself 00
the side of the Queen, whose blind sympathies for
Prussia have long bon, known. Mr. Gladstone, on the
contrary, sees, with his talent and his statesmanship, the
real danger for England in an aggrandisement of Prussia
and wishes for a marked intervention in favour 0'
France. Mr. Gladstone evidently has the English nation
in his favour, and perhaps our most effectual help may
come from this direction. As for the United States they
are altogether in favour of the Fronch Republic; but
their geographical distance and political consideration°
will not allow them to act strongly in our behalf. We