The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-07 00:00:00

rim SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,
.1870.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE =DISTURBANCES IN PARIS.

The Tours correspondent of the Daily:aas, writing
on the 3rd instant, says.,:—This morning I met a group of
old Centre Left Deputies, who told me that there was a
revolution in Paris, which had been followed by a revolu-
tion in Lyons and Marseilles ; that Gustave Flourens
was Dictator in Paris; and that General Taochu and all
the other members of the Paris Government
were in prison. There was considerable founda-
tion for all this startling news, which, however,
was not the latest. Flourens was not the con-
queror, but the conquered, and the Government of
which General Trochu is the President still sits in the
Hotel de Ville. It appears that about half-past one in
the afternoon of October 31 crowds assembled in front
of the Hotel de Ville. Although there was
a drizzling persistent rain, groups, continually swelling,
wexe formed on the Quai Pelletier, in the Avenue
Victoria, and in the Rue Rivoli. Many Companies
of the National Guard appeared, some unarmed,
and some bearing the butts of their rifles aloft, in
token that their attitude was pacific. Presently
cries were raised of "No armistice," " Down with
Thiers," " Down with Trochu," " Resistance to death,"
"Vive Blanqui," " Vive Pyat," " Vive la Rdpublique,"
" Vive la Commune." The manifestation appeared to be
made in favour of the revolutionary idea of government by
the Commune. Nothing, however, very decisive or intel-
lie-ibis occurred till about half-past two, when a
member of the National Guard fired a pistol in
the air. Three or four other shots followed, but they
were meant only to excite alarm, and nobody was hurt.
They sufficed, however, and no wonder, to produce a
panic. Men, women, and children fled in wild confusion,
and the shopkeepers in the Rue Rivoli rapidly put up their
shutters. About this time M. Gustave Flourens, on horse-
back, made his appearance before the Hotel de Ville at
the head of the Belleville battalion of the National
Guard. One of his officers got upon his horse's crupper,
and read a proclamation, signed, I presume, by Flourens
himself, decreeing a " levy en masse," and au immediate
election of the Commune. At this juncture General
Trochu made his appearance, and addressed the turbulent
crowd to the following effect :—"Citizens,—Will you hear
a soldier? (Yes.) It is in vain that you suspect my
patriotism, which would lead me to die for the
Republic. I found Paris without auy defence. It
might have been invaded without difficulty. I have
devoted my efforts to render Paris impregnable, and now
it is. •(Cries of "The Commune.') No enemy, however
powerful, can• now get into Paris. (Interruption.) Do
you not see that to defend ourselves we require all our
undivided resources? If our armies have been con -
quered, the reason is that they had not the necessary
means for conquering ; they were short of artillery. We
are using the greatest efforts to ensure a triumph. We
have collected forces capable of meeting the enemy."
(Interruption.) At five minutes to two, General Trochu,
pushed about by a crowd, which was swollen by the
6th company of the 107th battalion, preceded by its
flag, was obliged, in spite of strenuous efforts on the part
of Major d'Auvergne, commanding the Fitiisterre Mobiles,
to leave the platform and take refuge upstairs. After
him M. Jules Simon attempted to obtain a hearing, but
without success. The members of Government were
followed up the stairs by a mob of Flourens' partisans,
who for some hours held General Trochu and several of his
colleagues prisoners. I now give the latest news in
the words of the D) bats :—Towards nine o'clock the
rumour ran that General Trochu was free. The news
was hailed with acclamations on the Boulevards. In
the Place Vendome there were cries of " Vive Trochu 1"
" Down with the Commune !" '• Down with Blanqui 1"
for a whole hour together. The satisfaction augmented
when the rappel was heard, and it was reported that
Pelletan and Picard were with Trochu. Ten
u'c•ock.—lt is stated that MM. Leflo, Tamisier,
and Jules Favro, and a certain number of National
U uards are still detained prisoners at the Hotel de Vile.
M. Roger (du Nord) is Commander-in-chief of the National
Guard. Eleven o'clock.—Battalions of the National
Guard, with drums beating, are marching on -she Hotel
de Vile, and mean to surround it. The 106th Battalion,
with D.I. Jules Ferry at its head, was the first to arrive.
Three in the Morning.—The National Guards are re-
turning home. General Trochu has returned to the
Louvre, accompanied by Jules Favre, Gamier. Pages,
and General Ducrot. They were received with
cuthusiastie acclamations. It appears that towards
half-past eleven, when the National Guard and Garde
Mobile had completely invested the Hotel de Ville,
the rioters declared from one of the windows that
if any attack were made, they would at once shoot
the members of the Government—MM. Jules Favre,
Jules Simon, and Gamier Pages—wham they held
prisoners. They were answered that eighty prisoners of
their own party in the hands of the National Guard were
a sufficient hostage to she w that this was a vain menace.
Presently the National Guard and Mobiles entered the
Hotel de Ville and cleared it without difficulty."
What became of Major Gustave Flourens, who
will have been lucky if General Trochu has not
shot him, does not appear. In the evening, and while the
state of affairs at the Hotel-de-Ville was uncertain,
s great meeting of National Guards was held in the
building of the Bourse. A citizen, Roquebrune
by name, moved a resolution to the effect that a
Jodie of 200,000 men should be made every other
day, and then he said the Prussians would be
iestroyed in a fortnight, as the besieged could always
:hoose the weakest point of the circle around them. His
reasoning, simple though the principle of it is, did not
convince the auditory, who cried out frequently,
" Where is your artillery, and where are your
generals ?" The Tours Government is quite satisfied this
afternoon that its colleagues in Paris hold their
own ; but M. Gambetta does not seem able to assert his
authority either in Lyons or Marseilles. M. Thiers after
all went to Versailles before going to Paris, but only be-
cause the Prussian authorities insisted upon his passports
being vised at the King's headquarters. He adhered
to his resolution not to enter upon business until he
conferred with the Paris Government. Count
Bismarck got in his way as if by accident, but all that
M. Thiers said was: "I can only say to day that I
have nothing to say to you." Count Moltke received
M. Thiers with much courtesy, and said to him,
" Although almost every flag of truce costs us a life,
I have much pleasure in giving you a guard of four
officers."

TATTERSALL'B—Tmg EVENING.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
11 to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Blandford (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Cardinal York (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Musket (offered-10 to 1 taken and
wanted)
10 to 1 agst Barford (offered-12 to 1 taken)
11 to 1 agst Syrian (offered—take 100 to 8)
100 to 7 agst Exciseman (taken and offered
100 to 6 agst Flibustier_ (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Cecil (offered—take 18 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (offered)
25 to 1 agst Marie (offered)
33 to 1 agst Fleets (aken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered)
500 to 10 agst Miss Hervine (taken and offered) •
800 to 100 agst Musket with a start (offered)
DERBY.
9to 1 agst King of the Forest (taken)
10 to 1 agst Albert Victor (taken)
100 to 8 agst General (taken)

CITY BETTING.—This DAY.
' LIVERPOOL CUP.
6to 1 agst Cardinal York (offered-100 to 15
taken)
100 to 15 agst Blandford (offered)
7to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)
10 to 1 agst Syrian (offered-100 to 8 taken)
10 to 1 agst Musket offered-100 to S taken)
100 to 8 agst Barford (taken)
100 to 6 agst Exciseman (taken)
100 to 6 agst Flibustier (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Cecil (offered-20 to 1 taken)
20 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (offered—take 25 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Mario (offered)
25 to 1 agst Heraut d'Armes (offered)
40 to 1 agst Our Mary Ann (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Taraban (taken)
500 to 10 agst Fleets (taken and offered)
1000,to 20 agst Miss Hervine (offered)
1000 to 20 agst Islam (offered)
1000 to 20 agst Ware Hare (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Ploughboy (wanted)
1000'to 10 agst Starter (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Judge (offered)
1000 to 5 agst Adonis (offered)

THE MONEY MARKET,

CITY, Two o'CLooc.

The rupture of the negotiations for an armistice has
created great alarm on the Stock Exchange. There is a
decline of + to I per cent. in Government Securities,
Consols being 92/ to 93.
The French Loan has improved since the opening, the
price now being 1 to 2 prem.
Turkish Five per Cents. are 11 lower, at 46 to 461 ; and
Italian 1, at 551 to 55k. The decline in Spanish is
about g.
The directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph
Company (Limited) have announced an interim dividend
of 2 per cent. on the consolidated stock of the company
for the quarter ended the 31st ult.
Complaints multiply against the Post-office in relation
to the mode in which its new regulations are being carried
out. Nine-tenths of the postal annoyances experienced
from time to time might be obviated if an amount of dis-
cretion were exercised such as would be used by any or-
dinary business firm. For, instance, the new or newly-
enforced rule exacting a fine of threepence on all cir-
culars " closed against inspection,'• by the stamp
having been affixed partly on the wrapper, and partly
on its contents, might, it is suggested, have been
waived at first by stamping on the outside a notice
that all documents with postage labels thus affixed are
liable to be charged as letters, and that on and after such
a date the fine would be strictly levied. An example of a
much more serious form of annoyance, and one that fre-
quently leads to commercial loss and inconvenience
through a similar want of consideration, has for a long
time past been cited with regard to the communication
with the River Plate and other countries with which
we have no postal treaties. In many of these cases
the rates are of a varied and complex character, and
if the writer happens not to have placed the proper
number of stamps upon his letter it is returned to
him a day or two afterward, and he then has to wait
a fortnight or a month for another mail. In this
way important despatches, bearing a heavy amount
of postage stamps upon them, are not infrequently in-
terrupted through a deficiency of a few pence, and, as
there are no telegraphic menus of intercourse with th'
countries in question, the mischief cannot be remedied.
If, as has been recommended, the Post-office were in all
such case where the writers are persons with an•address
in the London Directory to forward the letters to their
destination, and to apply afterwards for the unpaid
balance, together with a small fine for the trouble oc-
casioned, they would avoid creating irritation and gain
that popularity which always results from acts of simple
courtesy.

The Manchester Examiner states :—" The suspension is
announced of Messrs. N. S. Lougee and Co., merchants,
Bradford, with liabilities of from £50,000 to £60,000, con-
sequent on the failure of Messrs. Garrett, Clark, and Co.,
of New York."

THE DISTURBANCE IN MARSEILLES.

The manifestation on the news of the capitulation o'
Metz becoming known began in the high streets above
the Canebiere about twelve o'clock on Monday (31st)-..
where and when it will end who can guess 1 At Old
hour a long procession made its appearance, winding down
towards the harbour. It consisted of some five or six
thousand men, all of the working class, with a black
standard in their midst. The} marched in silence, whilst
all who lined the roadway stood bareheaded, as at a
funeral. A few hundreds of the " Francs-tireurs of
Death," in their bogey costume, brought up the rear.
The procession marched to the Prefecture, where all the
gates and doors were locked. They demanded
M. Esquiros, who refused ,to appear. From thence
thence they went to the Hotel de Ville, forced the doors
—as some say got inside, and occupied the
municipal offices. Thus installed, the mob,
without form or election, voted themselves magistrates
of the public safety, and declared a secret siance,
Who the members were and are nobody knows, not even
their own party. What passed has not yet leaked out,
but I have very good authority for stating that a forced
contribution—no loan, but a downright seizure—of
twenty per cent. upon all personal and real property
was proposed and agreed to. M. Esquiros made his
appearance in the Council Chamber, and, although
still refusing the title. of Prefect which Government
had taken from him, and the Civic Guard would restore
he accepted the presidency of the Commune Council. In
this position he ordered the immediate seizure of the
chantiers and workshops of the Memories irapiriales,
approved the reinforcement of the lately abolished
Garde Civique by an increase of three companies,
and signed an order forbidding entrance or exit from
the city without special leave. Rumour tells of
many and more desperate measures carried in this
strange séance; but these, I think, you may rely upon.
Of course, the legal authorities of the town could not sit
calmly under so flagrant an invasion of their rights. For
a while panic reigned among them, and, besides, they had
no place of rendezvous. But towards three o'clock a
number of municipal counsellors assembled, with the
Mayor and a great proporti 1' officcl both of the
army and the National ( . clpech, the
Prefect, is said to have refused all action. The Mayor,
however, supported by the military, did not despair of the
situation. After a short consultation, the word was given,
and, for the first time these eighty years, the alarm beat
of the drum was heard in Marseilles' streets. I cannot
say what a strange emotion was created in the
town by that startling roll. The drummers went
out from the Hotel de Ville, each to his own quarter.
Few of them were in uniform. Throwing on the kdpi,
and girding themselves with the IA aad white band
of their drum, they saillied out. Ina moment
all the city was quivering with rapid echoes.
Through every street and lane the solitary mes-
senger strode swiftly, never ceasing to rattle his
alarm, note. As he passed, from every door men