The New York herald., 1870-09-15
Tho Fortress On the Point
Of Surrender.
German Uhlans Defeated
Near Paris.
Paris Almost Entirely Surro oundei
by the 1russian Army.
THE QUESTION OF PEACE.
MEsMAH TO THE NEW yoax HsaAlp.


n. Theirs Pssresses Ne Psver 90 Treat for
Pcare-Csmplete Eailure Of His NlIssion--.
Ns Hope frou Russia and Austria.
r LONDON, Sept. IA, 1870.
:" ! am assured, on authority cannot
doubt, that Theirs has come over abeo-
lutely without instructions or proposals,
merely 70 feel the pnlse Of the English gov
lsrnment and try to persuade them to
John neutral league to prevent tho dis
memberment Of France and preserve the
European equilibrium. II is needless to
say these IDEAS Of fifty Yea-s ago car lead to
nothing. Tho attitnde of the English govern. erfs
ment remains precisely as before stated, will
ing to undertake mediation at the instance Of
both parties, not of Que, and on some positive
basis Of previously accepted guarantees; but
n. Theirs han none to propose, absolutely
none. His voluntary mission is a complete
failure. 1t is doubtful whether he will
think 1t worth while to go on to Austria or
Rnssia, where, notwithstanding M. Fayre's
sanguine hopes, there exists no disposition to
interfere separately, and no prospect Of coali-
Gon.
Prassin VIII Rot Consent to an Armistice--Tbe
Mission Or NJ. Thiers to England n FniIure--
Terms OF Pence Franco Will Accede to-
French Republicans Anxious for Peace at
Any Price.
LONDON, Sept IA.
A despatch from Brussels to the HERALD
says that it is almost certain that Prussia
will refuse to entertain the proposition looking
to an armistice, mainly because it would
delay army operations, in case the negotiations
were unsuccessful, until the unfavorable sea-
son set in and render the situation OF her
army much less favorable than now.
THE PEACE INTERVENTION IDEA FAILURE.
M. Thiers' mission to the British Cabinet,
with the object of soliciting an English media
tion for peace between France and Prussia,
Is regarded in diplomatic circles here as
complete failure. The British government
will not make intercession with either of the
belligerents for the purpose Of staying hos
tilities.
The London Times Of this morning contains
Rn editorial upon the interview at the French
Embassy between Earl Granville and M.
Theirs, the French envoy. 1t expresses the
firm belief that the mission OF NJ Thiers has
been = failure, productive of no result, and
tho war must go on.
THE PEACE TERMS FRANCE WILL AcCEDE TO.
1t is reported that NJ Theirs intimates that
France is prepared to pay an indemnity not
beyond one hundred millions sterling, to sur
render one-halfo of her fleet, dlsnantle the for
tresses Of Metz and Strasbourg, but not to
givo one inch of territory.
PRUSSIA THINKS Ii. THEIRS REpEEsENTs TIE
GUTTER DEsfoCRAoY t
The Official ProOincial Coareaponds,sco of
Berlin, referring to M. Theirs mission, says
the present government at Paris exists only
by leave of the gutter democracy. IL may
negotiate where it likes, but Germany believes
that q peace is to be settled, az the war is,
between Prussia and France.
FRENCH REpuBLIoANs ANXIOUS FOR PEACE AT
ANY PRICE.
A Paris correspondent of the NEW YORK
HERALD, writing from that city yesterday.
says :---"T am convinced we shall soon have
peace. The republicans now say openly that
peace must be had at any price. One who has
Intimate relations with the government tells me to-
DAY that, cost what it may, peace viii be made a5
once, as the only way Of saving the repnnlic.n
ANOTHER EFFORT FOR PEACE.
A HERALD special correspondent, writing from
Rxris Tuesday evening. says:one OF the secretaries
Of the British Embassy has started for the Prusslan
headquarters to ask whether negotiations posi-
bic. The government agrees that the Rhine for.
cesses b. dismantlcd.