SURRENDER.Capitulation of Paris to the

Germans on Friday.

Its Terms the Surrender of theGarrison and the Summoningof the National Assembly.

Count Bismarck's Basis ofPeacethe Cession of Alsace and

Part of Lorraine.

Imperialists Willing to Acceptthe Conditions.

Versailles, Jan. 27, 1871.The articles of capitulation have been

signed.Its terms are the surrender of the garrison

of Paris and the summoning of the NationalAssembly.

BEFORE THE 81RREXDER.

Expected Signing of the Terms of Surrenderon Fridny-fierntny'i Terms of Peace.

London, Jan. 27, 1871.A despatch from Versailles, dated to-day,

reports that negotiations in reference to thesurrender of Paris are now so advanced thatthe articles of capitulation are expected to besigned in the course of to-day.

TEEMS DEMANDED BY GERMANY.

A Berlin despatch, dated to-day, says thatit is positively known that Count Bismarck isendeavoring to treat for peace on the basis ofthe cession of Alsace and a portion of Lor¬raine to Germany. If M. Favre accepts theproposed terms Germany will recognize therepublic. The imperialists are willing to ac¬cept the conditions.JFavre Again With Bismarck.ScttlhiK Termsof Capitulation.Paris Ready to Surrender.An Improbability.

London, Jan. 27.5 P. M.There is a rumor on the Stock Exchange of

the capitulation of Paris, but as yet there isno authentic intelligence confirmatory of thereport.

FAVRE AGAIN WITH BISMARCK.

The Versailles correspondent of the LondonTimes writes, under date of the 25th, that M.Favre returned from Paris yesterday and hadanother interview with Count Bismarck.

SETTLING TIIE TERMS OF CAPITULATION.

An official despatch from Versailles Fridaymorning says M. Jules Favre returned yester¬day to Paris. He will come to Versaillesagain to-day, accompanied by a militaryofficer, for the purpose of settling the terms ofcapitulation.

DETAILS OF FAVRE's FIRST VISIT.The following particulars havo been

received of the first visit of Jules Favre tothe German headquarters at Versailles :.

It appears that M. Favre arrived at Ver¬sailles on the 23d, at five o'clock in the even¬ing, in Count Bismarck's carriage, which hadbeen sent to the Prussian outposts for him.He was much fatigued, but drove at oncc tothe Chancellor's office, where, after a longinterview, he took dinner with Count Bis¬marck. The latter held a conference withthe Emperor at eleven the same night. OdoRussell, the representative of the British For¬eign Office, had been apprised beforehand ofthe approaching visit of M. Favre.

YEItY IMPROBABLE.

The correspondent of the Times writes fromParis that there will certainly be one moreeortie, and probably more. It will require a

' firm hand to prevent the enaction of terribletragedies ; for Paris loathes the word "surren¬der," to which it must be forced by its thou¬sands of hungry mouths.

THE SIEGE.

No Firing on Either Side SinceThursday.

RANGE OF THE GERMAN BATTERIES.

German Losses in the RecentSortie.

TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

London, Jan. 27, 1871.A despatch from Versailles, dated to-day, re¬

ports that there has been no firing on eithereide since midnight of Thursday.

ST. DENI3 SHELLED.

St. Denis was bombarded on the 24th, theGerman guns eliciting but. a feeble reply fromthe French forts.

A SLOW BOMBARDMENT.A special despatch from Versailles, 26th, to

the London Telegraph, says the bombardmentof Paris continues, though slowly, and thatshells have fallen near the Church of NotreDame.

GENERAL ITEMS.

The total losses of the Germans in the threodays of sorties Were only 2,000 men.None of the German batteries, except those

on the southern and southwestern sides ofParis, throw shells into the city.

Fires are still occasionally kindled in Farisfcy the German shells.

STARVING PARIS.Herald Special Report from

French Capital.

Stringent Measures Against the Revolu¬tionary Element.

TRGCfflJ SUPERSEDED B7 VINOY.

Moral Cowardioe of theParisians.

TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.London, Jan. 27, 1871.

The following is the continuation of thedespatch forwarded by the New York Heraldcorrespondent in Paris and dated on the 23dinst.

RESUME.

[The first part, published in the Herald ofyesterday, described the attempted revolt inParis. The turbulent residents of the Belle¬ville and Charonne districts assembled in frontof the Mazas Prison, which they broke openand released Flourens and other political pri¬soners. They subsequently dispersed ; but metagain in front of the Hotel de Ville on Sunday,the 234, and, aided by a battalion «f Na¬tional Gnards, demanded a surrender of thegovernment. A colUsion ensued. The mobfired upon an officer of the Gardes Mobiles,severely wounding him. The fire was re¬turned and the rioters fled, the guards makingno effort to arrest the leaders.]

flourens Disappears.

Continuing, the Herald correspondentwrites:.It is a notable fact that Flourens,who was prominent among the rioters before ashot was fired, was not seen again after thefirst discharge.

stringent measures.

This morning an official order has beenissued which forbids future meetings of clubsand suppresses two incesdiary journals.theCombat and the Reveil. The people generallyapprove the firm stand against the rioters byGeneral Vicoy.TIIE CHANGE OF RULERS TROCHU'S INCOM¬

PETENCY.

Indeed, much satisfaction is felt at the. greatchange effected in rulers during the past forty-eight hours. A few weeks age it would havebeen regarded as treason to oppose Trochu ;now, he is removed from command, if notactually degraded. For many days past ithad been evident that such must be his fate.All are willing to admit his personal honesty,bravery and conscientiousness ; but few, ifany, are willing to deny his complete failurein the crisis now upon the country. Ilis fourmonths' rule have been four months of de¬crees, proclamations and promises, but notone successful fight. He even failed to or¬ganize the army during the four months, for itis now little better than an armod mob.

yinoy's responsibility.General Vinoy is now the real spirit of the

defence. Although, unfortunately too late tohope, he gets the responsibility of futureevents when every chance of success is dead.It is impossible not to sympathize with a manwho, in his seventieth year, after a life ofservice to the country, accepts such a hope¬less task.

STILL FOB RESISTANCE.

Yet even now it is difficult to find a manor woman who will boldly say, "Let us capitu¬late." A few days since, while the usualcrowd of women was waiting to receive therations of three hundrod grammes of bread,one poor wretch, half dead with fatigue,cold and hunger, cnciente and wastedby misery, exclaimed, 4 'Mon Dieu ! que celafinisse." (My God ! when will this end.) Shewas immediately surrounded by the otherstarving and suffering women of the neighbor¬hood, who abused and hustled her about tillshe fainted on the street. She was rescuedby some men who were passing and carriedto the ambulance. This illustrates the moralcowardice of tho people. Every one of thesewomen, when alone in their wretched, coldrooms, would say, with tears in their eyes,"Mori Dieu! que cela finisse."

FOOD GOING.During the past six days there has been an

increase of 500 in the mortality report. Sofar as food is concerned that gets scarcer everyday. The decrease in the supply is percep¬tible. The Prussians may fail to shell Parisinto submission, but the poor, suffering peoplemust soon yield to Famine.a greater Generalthan even Von Moltkc. Before three week#more have passed it is certain that the end ofthe siege of Paris will have come.[ncrcmied Mortality In I'nri*.Precaution*Againut Kiotrrw.Auuounceinent of theChancer of Killers*

London, Jan. 27, 1871.The deaths in Paris for the week ending

January 20 were 4,405, an increase of 387 ascompared with the previous week.

l'BECAUTIONS AGAINST RIOTEBS.Later advices from Paris state that the gov¬

ernment has stationed a large force of troopsand artillery in the Place of the Hotel de Ville.The courts martial have been doubled in num¬ber.

annocncino tiie change of BULEBS.Official despatches from Paris to the 22d

announce the separation of the command ofthe army from the Presidency of the govern¬ment. General Trochu retains the latter officeand General Vinoy is now commander of theforces.

STORY OF THE FALLEN CITY.

A Brief Sketch of tlio Franco-Prussian War.

The Campaigns Under the Empire and theStruggles of the Republic.

Now that the end has eome, and Paris, artera heroic defence, has at last passed Into thebauds of her iocm, the Franco- Prussian warseeuts naturally to divide Itself, as we look backat It, Into two grand acts. The first begins with thedeclaration of war and the outbreak into openconflict of the long smouldering nutional hatred andJealousy of France and Germany. Then comes, onthe 2d of August, the llrst crossing of swords atSoarbrtkck, telegraphed to I'arls as a "Frenchvictory," aud immortal in history as the scene ofthe "baptism of tire" oi the 1'rlnce Imperial. Thefollowing day tue Germans entered French territory,and from mat time down to the crowning disasterof seaan, the war is but one dreary chronicle ofFrench humiliation. On the 6th August the troopsof the Crown Prince attacked De Failly's corps atWeissemburg and overwhelmed it by sheer forcoof numbers. De Failly retreated, and, his forceshaving made a junction with MacMahon's corps,took up a position at Woerth. On the 6th Augustthe French sustained the two crushing defeats ofWoerth and Forbach. In the former theCrown Prince utterly routed MacMahon, anain the latter General Stelnmetz inflictedan equal disaster upon General Frossard'scorps. For eight days after these reverses the warpaused, and on the 12th Marshal Uazalne, who hadbeen stationed with the Gardes at Metz, was ap¬pointed Generalissimo of the French armies. Hedecided to retreat to Chalons with his own large andsplendid army; but the decision was made too late.On the 14th, as his troops were crossing the Moselle,he was attacked by Stelnmetz, and two days after¬wards it was seen that by a rapid movement theGermans had got between the French and Chalons.The French made a desperate attempt to force apassage, but In vain. On the 18th of August thegreat battle of Gravelotte was fought, and upon Itsending in a disastrous French defeat, Bazame foundhimself compelled to shut himself and his armywithin the defences of Metz.Meanwhile, MaoMahon's army had recovered some¬

what from its llrst disaster, and, having beenreorganized, set off to relieve Bazaine by a round¬about route. Two German armies.one under theCrown Prince, from Chalons, and another under theCrown Prince of Saxony, from before Metz.has¬tened to engage MacMahon, who was accompaniedby the Emperor in person. On the 30th the CrownPrince of Saxony surprised Ue Failly's corps atBeaumont and routed him, and on the followingday took place the battle of Sedan, which ended inthe surrender of the whole or MacMahon's army andof the Emperor himself. These are the bloodstainedsteps by which the eagles of Prussia have climbedto European supremacy.The second act of this eventful drama of strife

and death aud hatred opens with the overthrow ortnc empire and the march ol the Prussians uponParis. And that act has now closed, as did the first,in the biilllant triumph of the German arms.No doubt the full details of the siege of Paris, as

daily chronicled In the Herald, are still compara¬tively fresh in the Hinds of our readers. But it Iswell, now that an Emperor of Germany is aboat topass through Its gates in military triumph, to brieflyrecount once more the thrilling progress of thismost wonderful and interesting episode of modernwarlare.Scarcely had the fallen Emperor been despatched

to hid prison at Wllhelmshflhe, and the capturedarmy consigned to the fortresses of Germany, thanthe Crown Prince at once began his advance uponParis. That advance waa made without a check.Day after day tho Prussian troops marched forward,wltli a steadiness aud persistence that seemed tonaturally call up before the mlud of the onlookerthe resistless progress of fate. In about acouple of weeks, on the 17th of September,their advanced lime was only a few miles from Paris.A day or two of sharp skirmishing succeeded; butthe defenders of the city were in no position to risk abattle, and the Crown Prince was permitted to drawhis lines closer and closer round the walls, until, onthe 10th of September, the Investment was com¬plete and Paris was Isolated by a glittering guttle ofPrussian bayonets from tho outsldo world.Vigorous measures hid, however, been taken by

the Pavlslans to make a desperate and protracteddefence. Following upon the disaster of Sedan andthe captivity of tho Emperor they had, inthe name of France, renounced the. empireand amid the wildest enthusiasm of patri¬otism declared a republic. On the 4th ofSeptember a government of national defencewas appointed, headed by General Trochu, and com¬posed of Jules Favre, Gambetta, Rochefort, JulesSimon, Mons. CrCmleux. Picard and a few moreobscuro names. Trochu's reputation as a militaryman and his undoubted patriotism inspired thegreatest contldence. lie appreciated, perhaps, moreclearly even at that early day tnan most of his col¬leagues and cempatrlots the peril in which Parisstood. Under his auspices tho preparations for de¬fence were strenuously pushed forward. Night andday thousands of laborers tolled to yet further com¬plete the elaborate fortifications that the foresightof M. Thiers years before nad caused to be begun.Provisions of all kinds were rapidly collected andstored. The patches of forest that formedthe suburbs were burned down lest theyshould give cover to the enemy. Ammunition wasunceasingly manufactured, and In every publicsquare the work of drilling the volunteers for mili¬tary service, who had answered the call of the gov¬ernment from every quarter of the city, was carriedon rrom dawn to sunset.Thanks to these signs of liope, the approach of the

Prussians, instead of rc