The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-29
TILE TROUBLES IN FRANCE.
,IzIINE SELLING METZ TO THE
rOYS OF me REPUBLIC.


,,,i. 10 be nomba rdcd In n Few Davs-Thc
prn,sinus Executing French Citizens
rI,n for Nnpoieon III.-Further Particu-
/ lars OF the Fall Of Nctz.
yosp,S. O.t. zS.-Adyices from Douillon, Of
.. e,,i state that the capitalaion OF Basaine with
N. army At Metz is in conformity with an under
,,,,s.pe arrived at With the King OF Prussia. and
,opcn plates ,slcedy peace and termination Of the
Ir.
p. JoypoS, Oct 2s-The correspondent OF the
5r, tcl,srsphs the following from Versailles, un.
Der date Of the @ih;
n vii be a fsw days yet before tho German.
Mi he ro.dy to bombard Paris. IL the action on
us eist int sixty fve battalons took part, sup
ported by twelve batteries Of artillery. Marshal
Branc VAS reccntly in'ur ed that he could only
SsTe ile terms hich were accorded Mac Mahon
n Sedan 1a,ic are over two thousand sick and
solnici Fnreh and German soldiers ] in and and
Roet,t are new connected by strong eafthworks.
isvL,y o,..zgus VI Boagueil have been
EXECUTED BY rus rRusMANs
tr siling the French In their sorties from Paris.
Taere Was sharp skirmish between recopnoitriuG
pares the LEFT olnk of the Loire near Orleans yes
isrdav boih parties retired. On SUNDAY Prussian
tfoyisi0n train near NouZiers Was stacked by the
kanes 1ireurs, wLo klned the escort and captured
Ns stores. 1Ley tave also killed thirty Of the
Nbite Curussiers near Oily. There Is force OF
lsO ussiaus before Mezierrs. Active o9eratons,
toweyer, had not been commenced, as the siege
guns have not arrived.
A rccCrt arrival from the west coast Of Africa an
.teurccs that tie Freueh frigate Vepente bad cap.
tvIed tie German vessel Zero, near the Banana
Issuds, on the 18th Uf septcn Der. The prize had
seven hundred barrels Of Cunpowder on board.
The CorTcs ohsrce Of this city says the health OF
tie EnreItr Napoleon requires milder climate.
II Is rossible that carly next month he may change
Wrhclnsl6te for Ella. The Arsr0er Gays that
Germany regamng Metz has the strongest point on
ue Ire Of the Nosole and she must keep it.
At Orleans the Pruesian bande play every evening.
sut the Inhabitants remain closely housed. The
shvIs are all closed, and the women appear in
noutning.
. TIE 7im1 doubts II ENGLAND should not, like
America. abar don scrupuous neutrality, aad tfford
s1Irhes TO both helligerents.
PARTICULARS or IuE FALL OF METZ.
The CnptuutiOn Of Metz was not signed until
TLutsd7y night. The city will be occupied by tue
C,imars tom orrow. Tie whole number OF pts.
ouers is now represented TO be 1900, including
three Marslals and G,O0O officers. One hundred
fuu. re fred in DeIln yesterday in honor Of the
Hent
. A sttcial despatch TO the 1onien 7snes fsom
Berlin ntn ates that the French had rejected the
Geraan terms OF arm istce. but thinks the fall OF
Metz will lead them to reconsider their determine
ton. Lord Lyons. the British Minister TO Frauce,
4, preparing to leave Tours. lie has engaged the
ersi neor of the Hotel de Ia Paix In Bordeaux. Le
Pays estimates the expenses OF the war, beginning
With tie cost OF armaments since 1868, a. ECO,
10000.
HEAVY fIRISo WAS HEARD TO-DAY
near Paris. tie sound coming from the defences be