The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

PESTH, December 0.

Count Beust has replied to Prince Gortschakoff's
Notes in friendly terms, declining the discussion of
international points, and leaving everything to be
settled by the Conference. it is► expected that
the Conference will meet in the first week of
January. The question of the Dardanelles will be
discussed. It is not yet decided whether Faance will
attend.

Count Andrassy will probably represent Austria.
The prevailing feeling here is pacific.
PVRA, December 8 (5.10 p.m.)
General Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador at the
Porte, now assumes a very decided attitute.
'lhe Phare du Bosphore, the Russo-Prussian organ
here, continues to publish strong articles against
England.

Notwithstanding all the efforts of the Peace party,
popular feeling grows more warlike,
The Funds are firm, with considerable speculations
for an expected fall.

BERLIN, December 81

The notice of Russia that she does not consider
herself as any longer bound by the Treaty which
obliges her to observe the neutrality of the Black
Sea has not been, itis asserted here, more favourably
regarded by any of the Powers that signed the Treaty
of 1856 than by Turkey.
The Government of the Porte, it is affirmed, has
repudiated the idea that 3he has been in any way
endangered by the step of Russia, and the rela-

tions between the two countries have of late been
rearranged on a new basis in the most friendly
Way.

Since recent events have weakened the influence
of France at the Ottoman Court, the good under-
standing thus established between Russia and Turkey
is represented as being very favourable to the pre-
servation of European peace.

THE EMPIRE OF GERMANY,
BERLIN, December 9 (3.36 p.m.)

France has assented to the Black Sea Con-
ference, in the hope of finding an opportunity of
submitting her own case to the consideration of the
Posifers.

Upon the King of Prussia assuming the imperial
dignity in a few weeks the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess will probably be called Imperial
Highness. All Federal officials will be called Im-
perial officials instead of Royal as hitherto.
The King will return home after the capitulation
of Paris, even though the war should continue.
The German conditions of peace are likely to be-
come much more ,oppressive if the French do not
give in shortly.
To-day, in the Reichstag, the President read
the Bill proposed by the Federal Council, in pur-
suance of which the North German Confederation
is to be in future styled the German Empire.
The Presidency of the Confederation to belong to
the King of Prussia, who will internationally repre-
sent the Empire, declare war, make peace, alliances,
and treaties, and accredit and receive Ambassadors.
The first reading of the bill will be taken to-
morrow.

Herr Delbruck will transmit the proposal to the
North German Parliament, which, it is held certain,
will all but unanimously ratify it. _ _

The third reading of the Treaties with the South-
ern States provoked a protest from the extreme mem-
bers. Herr Liebknecht asserted that the House
accepted the Treaties simply because it appeared
to betray its own impotency. He compared the
Empire to an assurance society a2ainst Democracy ;
but here he was called to order.

The Treaties with Baden, Hesse, and Wurtem-
berg were passed against a minorit) of four or five,
and that with Bavaria by a majority of 195 againsi
thirty-two.
The Reichstag will probably close on Saturday
the Landteg has been convoked for the 14th.

CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES.

The Montreal Gazette (Ministerial paper), in dis-
cussing President Grant's Message, shews the in-
consistency of the President's complaints with the
Treaty of 1818, and says that the fishery rights
must be maintained. It adds that Canada is
always ready to enter into arrangements for a
settlement of all matters in dispute, but cannot
submit to a demand of the stand-and-deliver order.
The Montreal Herald and Independent says that
the enforcement of the fishery law is the exercise
of an extreme right, but trusts that there will be
sufficient good temper and right feeling on both
sides to get over the existing difficulties.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO LADY
CLARENDON.

Her Majesty the Queen, attended by the Hon. Horatio
Stopford and. Lord Charles Fitzroy, left Windsor Station
at twenty minutes past ten o'clock this morning, and
proceeded by special train on the Great Western Railway
to Watford, to pay a visit to Lady Clarendon, at Grove
Park Her Majesty will return to the Castle this after-
noon.