The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-17 00:00:00

NEWS FROM BRUSSELS.

BRUSSELS, February 16.
The Court of Appeal of Brussels has declared
itself incompetent to decide the action brought by
the French prisoners of war to obtain their liberation
on the ground that a civil jurisdiction cannot judge
military operations.

Garibaldi is said to have been elected at Nice in
order that he might demand the return of Nice to
Italy.—Daily News Telegram.

THE GERMAN ENTRY INTO PARIS.
VERSAILLES, February 14.

Strenuous efforts are being made to dissuade the
Emperor-King from entering Paris at the head of
his army on account of the excited state of mind of
the population, amongst whom the Red element, is
in the ascendant.

REOPENING OF THE SEINE NAVIGATION.
PARIS, February 14.

Vessels laden with provisions for Paris are now
able to ascend the Seine as far as Bougival, and all
obstructions from that point are being rapidly re-
moved to enable the vessels to come up as far as
Paris.

THE FRENCH ARMIES.

BORDEAUX; February 16.

The reports of the Commanders-in-Chief of the
Armies of the North, West, and East, and Of the
Generals commanding army corps and divisions,
have reached Bordeaux and Paris. They all
arrive at the same conclusions—that the continu-
ance of the war is impossible, General Garibaldi
sharing that opinion. The soldiers, mostly re-
cruits, are reported as having been badly armed
and equipped, to have suffered from want of
clothing, and to have been left without pro-
visions.

THE POLICY OF THE ORLEANISTS.

BORDEAUX, February 14.

Among the Liberal Conservatives in the National
Assembly a strongparty is of opinion that the Orleans
Princes should not be allowed to take their seats until
after the conclusion of peace.
Another division of the party, still larger, does
not share this opinion, but designates the Duke
d'Aumale as most likely to obtain the best conditions
of peace in any negotiations at Versailles, and asserts
that the ,Duke's elevated patriotism would induce
him to fulfil a mission, however painful, yet vital
to the interests of France, although created by
lamentable facts to which he has been completely a
stranger.

PARIS, February 15.

F6lix Pyat, elected by the Department of the
Seine, and the partisan of war a eutrance, has issued
a programme as follows : " The shooting of the
Monarchical Generals, the appointment of a Govern-
ment authoritatively, the sword of France to be
entrusted to Garibaldi, and a levee en mime to be
ordered."

EXTENSION OF THE ARMISTICE.

BERLIN, February 16.

Count Bismarck has made the prolongation of the
armistice dependent upon the course of action on
which the new Government to be elected by the
Assembly determines.

In consequence of the armistice having been pro-
longed, and a still further extension of it being an-
ticipated, and the probability of the Imperial Chan-
cellor having to remain in France to 'settle the
terms of peace, the German Parliament is not ex-
pected to assemble before the 9th of March, or still
later.—Lombard Telegrams.

DISTRESS IN THE FRENCH AGRICUL-
TURAL DISTRICTS.

AMIENS, February 16.

General von Goben has issued an order to the
army that all seeds to the French Departments by
Lord Vernon's Fund shall be exempt from requisi-
tion, and has given all the assistance in his power
towards the undertaking.

Twenty thousand hectolitres of barley, 40,000
of oats, 8,000 of spring wheat, and 20,000 of
potatoes are required for the Department of the
Somme alone. Nine hundred quarters of wheat aro
at Calais.

The exertions of the fund will be all needed, for
great pressure is felt throughout the agricultural
districts. M. Sartoris is here, obtaining the
necessary information for carrying out the objects
of the Fund.

All passenger trains between Abbeville and Amiens
have been stopped.
The theatre at Amiens opens to-night, with a full
company sent from Paris.

GERMAN ASSISTANCE TO THE FRENCH.
BRULIN, February 16.

Addresses from the population of Savoy, request-
ing the establishment of the Duchy of Savoy as a
neutral State, have been received at the German
head-quarters at Versailles.
By order of the Emperor, the inhabitants of the
part of St. Denis belonging to the neutral zone not
provisioned by Paris have received 15,000 daily
rations from the German stores.

It is believed that M. Thiers, who has been
twenty-four time elected, so far as the returns until
to-day show, will choose to sit for Marseilles, his
native city.

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS.
SAARBRUCX, February 16 (Night).
Artillery reinforcements for the German army,
especially a large supply of 21-pounders entirely