The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-29 00:00:00

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

It is rumoured that King William and his staff
Lave left Versailles for Meaux.
MacMahon has left Brussels for Wiesbaden with

his staff.
The Ardennes are free from Germans The
enemy has sent towards Montmedy the siege guns
which were employed against Thionville.
Accounts from several quarters state that the
.ssian percussion shells fail to explode on the soft
and muddy ground.
The Prussians entered St. Calais on the 25th, and
flamers on the 23rd. On leaving Manners they
.ed towards St. Cosine.

Prue

THE NORTH. GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
BERLIN, November 28 (A fternoon).
llerr Delbriick, Count Bismarck's representative
in the Reichstag, to-day postponed till the end of the
week his reply to Herr Duckens on the subject of
Dr. Jacoby's imprisonment.
A stormy discussion took place on the war loan,
the Democrats making obstinate resistance to the
third reading, which was, however, eventually carried
by 178 against 8.
Under the new German constitution, just sub-
mitted to Parliament, the Federal Council, which
forms the Government of the Confederacy, will in-
chide 58 votes, ~nly 17 of which are allotted to
Prussia. This and the concession made by Prussia
that declarations of war except in case of attack by
a foreign enemy are to proceed not from herself but
from the Federal Council are regarded as proofs of
temperate and pacific policy.
Prussia, however, reserves to herself the right of
veto in all that regards the army and navy, the
tariff and excise.
A committee of English bankers has offered to
take up a new Federal Loan of 100,000,000 thalers.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

HEADQUARTERS OF TIIE CROWN PRINCE OF
PRUSSIA, VERSAILLES, November 26.

The German feeling with regard to the Eastern
question is that England is making too much
of a small affair, and that war is impossible, in
face of the attitude assumed by Turkey herself.
The report of a secret Russo-Prussian Treaty is
said to be premature. such a treaty would only be
provoked by a policy of meddling with the right
of German conquest. It is also premature to asser
that there is any plan to restore Napoleon. The Re.
public may be recognised if it will abandon territo
rial pretensions.

VIENNA, November 28.

It is reported here, though not on authority,
placing the statement absolutely beyond question,
that Count Bismarck, by desire of King
William, has written to urge on Prince Gortschakoff
the earnest hope that Russia will accept the medi-
ation of Prussia in regard to the complaints
alleged regarding the Treaty of Paris; and pro-
mising in the event of Russia's compliance, that the
influence of Prussia will be exerted to secure such
modifications of the Treaty as will be acceptable to
the Russian Government.

FLORENCE, November 27 (11 p.m.)
In political and commercial circles in this city the
opinion gains more ground that the question raised
by Russia regarding the Treaty of Paris may find a
pacific solution.

BRUSSELS, November 28.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Inde-
pendance Beige says : " The municipal address to the
Emperor, wnich has already been published, was
voted unanimously on the 21st November. The
text of the address was revised by Prince Gorts-
chakoff before being proposed by the Mayor of St.
Petersburg to the Municipal Assembly, and it is
asserted that the reference made in the address to
the benefits of peace was inserted by Prince Gorts-
chakoff himself, and that it did not appear in the
original address."

AMERICA.
(BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)
NEW YORK, November 28.

Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, has
ordered the sale of 1,000,000 dollars in gold on
each Wednesday, and the purchase of 1,000,000
dollars in bon is on each Thursday during De-

cember.
The schooner Friend; of Gloucester; Massachu-
setts; has been captured near Charlottetown by the
British steamer Plover, for violation of the Fishery
Laws. The captain and crew are held prisoners.
Gloucester is in General Butler's Congressional
district.