The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-26 00:00:00

'I HE SUS, LONDON, 'MON OA'Y; SEPTEMBER 26, 1.876.

All parties, those of the Extreme Left, as well
as those of the the old Reaction, are unanimous in
vigorously supporting the Government. If you
hear through PruSsian despatches that disturb-
ances have broken out in Paris do not believe it,
and triergetically deny it. We have immense force's
in the Garde Nationale, the Garde Mobile, and the
troops, with the necessary provisions and munitions.
We can hold out all the winter. Let France make
an heroic effort."

POSTPONEMENT OF THE
ELECTIONS.
TOURS, SEPT. 24.
The following note is appended to the proclama-
ti on of the French Government announcing the
demands f Prussia :

,‘ Totals, Sept. 24, 1870.

" The mewl, rs delegates of the Government
Ordruieux, Glais-Bizion, Fourichon. —ln conse-
quence of the above proclamation, which constitutes
a crisis in the life of the nation, the Government
decrees—

" First—That all the municipal elections and those
for the Constituent Assembly be suspended and ad-
journed.

"Second—All municipal elections which have been
made are annulled.

" Third—The Prefects will be provided by the
maintenance of existing municipalities, or by the
nomination of provisional municipalities.
." The members delegates of the Government,
66 CREME LT; GLAIS-BIZOIN.
66 PALLIEN, Director of Telegraphs."

The French journals state the head-quarters of
the German commanders to be .as follows :—The
King is at Meaux, Prince Albrecht is in Brunoy,
the Crown Prince at Fontainebleau, the Crown
Prince of Saxony at Bezons, and General Falken-
stein at Choisy-le-Roi.

CHARTRES, SEPT. 24.

Advices from Paris, dated yesterday evening,
received here by courier, state all to be going on
well, and represent the attitude of the population
as most energetic and resolved on defence. There
had been successful encounters with the enemy on
the 23rd.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 24.

M. Esquiros has issued a notification announcing
that the severest penalties of the law will be dealt
out against any persons concerned in illegal arrests.
The populace has committed great havoc on the
estate of General Reale, the aide-de-camp of the
Emperor Napoleon, who was chiefly- active in the
capitulation of Sedan.

THE ARMISTICE NEGO-
TIATIONS.
BERLIN, SEPT. 25, (2.15 P.M.)

According to the (*del Gazette; the Russian
Government recognises the Prussian conditions as
reasonable and justified. So far as Paris is concerned,
the military measures are completed until further or-
ders by tha investment of the city. Paris is absolutely
isolated ; all :avenues of egress and access are
closed.

The negotiations of Herr Delbruck at Munich
concerning the terms of entrance of South Germany
into the North German Confederation under the
existing Constitution have resulted favourably
:Modifications will be introduced to suit the
wishes of Bava.zia. The prohibition of export of
grain and flour from North Germany is revoked.
The importation of coal into Alsace and Lorraine
from the Palatinate and Rhenish Prussia is per-
mitted. The commandant of Strasburg has retired
into the citadel. A reserve army, designated the
Thirteenth Corps, is forming here with marching
orders for the seat of war. The (official) number of
Germans expelled from Paris is 102,000.—Daily
News lelegram.

DETERMINATION OF THE
PEOPLE.

TOURS, SEPT. 25.

Advices from the departments unanimously re-
port the proclamation of the Government delegation
at Tours to have had a most inspiriting influence
upon the population. The people are everywhere
calling for arms.

The garrison of Toul surrendered as prisoners of
war on the same terms as those granted to the
French army at the capitulation of Sedan.

BATTLE AT PONTOISE.

BEAUVAIS, SEPT. 24.
An extensive engagement was fought all day
yesterday between Pontoise and L'lsle Adam.
A considerable number of fugitives have arrived
in this Department (Oise). The inhabitants are
rapidly coming.

An encounter is announced to have occur red
between some peasants and a Prussian convoy.

ATTEMPT OF BAZAINE TO
LEAVE METZ.
SAARBRUCKEN, SEPT. 24.

A sharp attack occurred before Metz yesterday,
at which I was present. The French attempted to
break out in force towards Thionville, at the same
time making a feigned attack on Mercy-le-Haut. A
heavy cannonade continued for four hours. Ulti-
mately the French were driven back. Fighting ex-
tended over several miles. The casualties on the
French side were considerable. Bazaine has again
sent the Prussian prisoners back into their lines.—
?Imes Telegram.

OFFER OF BAZAINE TO
CAPITULATE.
BERLIN, SEPT. 24, 15.0 A.M.
Marshal Bazaine offers to capitulate if the garri-
son is allowed free retreat with all arms on condi-
tion of not serving against Germany for the next
three months. This offer will probably be rejected.
—Times Telegram. The Daily News also publishes a
telegram to the same effect.

THE SURRENDER OF TOUL.
(OFFICIAL GERMAN DESPATCHE.)
FERRIERES, SEPT. 23.
There is nothing new from Paris. The Parisian
journals of the 22d inst. acknowedge that in the
action of the 19th four French divisions of the line
were engaged, and fled headlong in panic into the
interior of the town. The journals abuse the troops
of the live, and praise the Mobile Guards.
ECROUYES, SEPTEMBER 24.
The following officers, men, arms, and munitions
of war, &c., were captured at the capitulation of
Toul :-
109 officers, 2,240 men, 120 horses, one eagle of
the Garde Mobile, 197 bronze guns, including 48
pieces of rifled ordnance, 3,000 rifles, 3,000 sabres,
500 cuirasses, and a considerable quantity of muni-
tions and articles of equipment.
Soldiers' pay for 143,025 days and rations for
51,949 days also fell into the hands of the Prussians.

FUGITIVES FROM BLOIS.
TOURS, SATURDAY

A crowd of fugitives has come to this city from
Blois, upon which the Prussian Uhlans are advanc-
ing. The new-corners cannot be accommodated in
the town, and are forced to sleep in the waiting-
rooms and other places about the station. The
people of Blois resisted the departure of the troops.
Three delegates have come from Lyons to consult
with the Government on the subject of the dis-

turbanoes in that city, and are said to have arrived at
ft satisfactory settlement of differences.

The Due d'Aumale is understood to be a candidate
for the Department of Charente In ferieure.— Tele-
graph Telegram.

THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG.

CA_RLSRUHE, SKPT. 25, 9 A.M.

Colonel Von Buren, one of the Swiss delegates to
Strasburgh, has published the results of his visit
to the interior of the city. General Uhrich, he
says, manifested little or no curiosity with regard
to the progress of events; but Admiral Excelmans,
who was to have commanded the flotilla on the
Rhine, was more anxious to learn what was passing
at other points of the war. The garrison was entirely
ignorant of what had happened, but refused to
believe the reports in German newspapers. The
populace were confident that the French army
was marching to raise the siege. There was great
excitement when the truth came out. The cathe-
dral, though somewhat dama2:ed, is not irreparably
injured. The astronomical clock is still per-
fect. The report of its destruction was
owing to the fact of its not having
been wound up since the bombardment. The
French troops in the citadel, after respecting for
some days the building on the island opposite
Kehl, over which the International flag was flying,
shelled it for two successive nights, and wounded
two surgeons. The capture of Toul gives great
satisfaction here.. Pfalsburg will be taken as soon as
the heavy guns are brought tip. Up to this
time the besieging battery has consisted of six
field pieces only. The garrison make sorties solely to
procure food. A. large German force is passing
through Alsace, with the intention, it is supposed, of
operating in the direction of Lyons. A petition is
being signed, praying Count Bismark to release Dr.
Jacoby.—Daily News 7elegt'anz.

sels, placing it within easy reach of London; Paris,
and Berlin, make it certainly the :most eligible town
for the purpose."

REPORTED BATTLE OUTSIDE
PARIS.

TOURS, SEPT. 23 (Evening).

A rumour is spread in the streets to-nigh! that
a great battle is progressing under the wars of
Paris.

Emile de Girardin has arrived here. General
Cluseret, who has been staying here, has left for
Paris, where it is feared his presence will tend
to revive the excitement and inflame the popular
feeling against the authorities. The environs of
Paris are in ruins from the gates of Neuldy to
Terries; all the houses are destroyed; the chapel
raised in memory of the Duke of Orleans has
been respected. All the trees are cut down,
except two cypress trees, upon which the inscrip-
tion, " Il est defendu de toucher ces arbres,3' has
been placed by order of the military engineers.
Le Peuple announces that M. Gaillardou, Central
Commissioner at Marseilles, has committed suicide
in his prison at St. Pierre.

Admiral Fourichon has left hero for Rochefort.
General Cambriel, who was wounded at Sedan,
reached Tours to-day.

DISBANDMENT OF PRUSSIAN
TROOPS.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 24 (Morning)

A despatch from Gien reports the exhaustion
and disbanding of 2,000 Prussians, between. Fon-
tainebleau and Orleans.

The authorities of the Northern Department of
France have forbidden the entry of Belgian lieWP-
paprs._ . .

The Prussians are organising measures to operate
on a vast scale immediately upon the receipt of the
intelligence of the fall of Metz and Strasbourg.

LYONS, SEPT. 23.

Italian -Volunteers continue to arrive in we:o
numbers, and are parading the streets with the tri-
colour flags of France and Italy.

RUMOURED FIGHTING IN
PARIS.
FERRIERES (NEAR PARIS),
SEPT. 28 (10.25 p.m.)

The day before yesterday, heavy cannonading and
rifle firing was observed from the heights over-
looking the city to be going on in the streets of
Paris. Who were the c9ntending parties or troops,
has not, up to the present, been discovered.

PRUSSIANS MARCHING ON
NEMOURS.
TOURS, SErr. 28 (Evening).

Advices of yesterday's date received from Ram-
bouillet state that the Prussians have disappeared
from Dourda❑ and Arpajon, and are now.marching
upon Nemours.
It is asserted that M. Valentin, Republican
Government Commissioner, succeeded in entering
Strasburg.

The Prefect of the Department of the L iret
received a message from the Sub-Prefect at M,,n-
targes, of yesterday's date, announcing that four
regiments of Prussian cavalry left Fontainebleau,
in the direstton of Nemours and Montargis.
The Prefect of the Department of the Seine and
Marne telegraphed from Souppes yesterday that a
considerable Peussian force, of all arms, was at
Fontainebleau, and imposed a contribution of
150,000 f. upon the town, adding that the Prussians
are marching in force on Nemours.
Bavarian Chasseurs are at Bourron and Gres,
compelling the peasants to repair the road between
Fontainebleau and Nemours.

Prussian detachments are marching upon Orleans
by way of Malesherbes and Pithiviers.

EXPLOSION OF A STEAMER
LADEN WITH TORPEDOES.
CUXHAVEN. THURSDAY.

The steamer Neuenfelde, with a cargo of tor-
pedc.es, lying in this harbour, has been destroyed.
Some of the Landwehr officers quartered here went
on board to look at the torpedoes. In shewing them it
appears that the necessary caution was not observed
and the torpedoes exploded, the ship being blown to
pieces. Nothing but the funnel can be seen above
water. Only the engineer, boatswain, and appren-
tice were saved. The captain, four of the crew,
and four Landwehr officers were killed.—Manchester
Examiner.

GERMANY AND NORTH SCHLESWIG.
KIEL, SEPT. 24.

The Municipal Council of Hadersleben has sent an
address praying the King of Prussia to remove on the oc-
casion of the German victories the ban which weighs upon
North Schleswig in virtue of the fifth paragraph of
the Treaty of Prague. The Municipal Council of Kiel
has resolved to present a memorial to the King expressing
a hope that the success of the German arms will
lead to the abrogation of the clause of the Treaty
of Prague which stipulates the cession of a portion
of North Schleswig to Denmark. The memorialists trust
to the wisdom of his Majesty to take advantage of the
moment when the whole of Germany is united, in order
to protect the western frontier and its German inhabi-
tants, by victoriously achieving a permanent peace, and
thus restoring that longed-for state of things to the North
of Germany.