The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-21 00:00:00

LATEST FROM TOURS.

The latest news at Tours states that Prince Fre-
derick Charles's army has joined the ferces of the
Duke of Mecklenburg between Fontainebleau and
Etampes. It appears to be the intention of the
Germans to allow the French to a.lvance, with the
object of subsequently stacking them on both
Banks.

'I he total strength of the armies of General von
der Tann, the,Duke of Mecklenburg, and Prince
Frederick Charles, is stated to be 135,000 men.

The siege of Le Fere continues, and 0,000 Prus-
sians are reported at Queasy. The houses along the
road to Quessy are in flam s. The Francs-tireurs
are annoying the enemy.
The Corps of General You do Tann and the
Duke de Mecklenburg continue falling back ; but
there is no confirmation of the rumours of the
French having occupied Chartres or Etampes.

THE SIEGE OF METZ.
CAssEL, November 20.

A. pamphlet by Marshal Bazaine, justifying his
conduct at Metz from the 14th of August until the
capitulation, will be published at Brussels in a few
days.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.
THE ANSWER OF PRUSSIA.
_ BERLIN, Sunday, 1.40. p.m.
Mr. Odo Russell has received the assurance from
Count Bismarck that there is no private understand-
ing between Prussia and Russia on the question of
the Black Sea.
It id asserted that Russia has declared her willing-
ness to grant very extensive military furloughs to
allay the uneasiness of the people.

PUBLIC OPINION IN RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 19.

The decree extending compulsory military service
to all classes of the population has been well re-
eeived by the journals, and is looked upon as
a peaceful measure. The St. Petersburg Gazette
in its comments to-day upon the English
note says that, as Lord Granville admits the
substance of the Russian demands, it is useless to
quarrel about the form in which those demands
are expressed. Austria also admitted as much when
Count Boust proposed a revision of the Treaty. No
advantage could result to England or Austria from
war. The form of the circular was necessary because
of the impossibility of assembling a Congress, or of
revising the Treaty otherwise. Russia was not the
first to break the Treaty. A peaceful result will
probably be obtained by diplomacy.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
BRUSSELS, November 20.

A letter from St. Petersburg, dated Nov. 15, to
the Inelependance Belge, states that we may expect
the early appearance of an imposing iron-clad
Russian squadron in the Dardanelles, and a mili-
tary demonstration on the Danube and Pruth, if
the Cabinets of Vienna and Constantinople should
prove less accommodating than Russia hopes.
General Ignatieff .has set out on his return to
Constantinople, furnished with detailed instructions.
Prince Gorstehakoff's attitude in regard to the
Treaties is very popular in Russia.
BERLIN, November 19 (Evening).

The Russo-Turkish embroglio is not expected here
to lead to any serious consequences. Pacific views
of the issue are uppermost in the minds of the people
both here and at Vienna.

The Prague Caechian Pollak., the leading organ of
the Sclavonian movement in Austria, says that if
Austria goes to war with Russia, the Turkish ques-
tion will be converted into an Austrian question, all
Austrian-Sclavonians, with the sole exceptiJn of
the Poles, looking upon such a war as contrary to
their interests.

Official circles in Berlin continue to indulge the
hope that the movement of Russia will entail no
serious complication at tho present moment.
ROUEN, November 19.

The Journal de Rouen says:—" All the intelli-
gence received irom Cairo is to the effect that
Ismail Pasha is favourably disposed, and, in case
of aggression on the part of Russia, would furnish
a contingent of 30,000 men to Turkey, with a
portion of the Egyptian fleet and a large subsidy.
Under it new military organisation, Turkey can,
in less than a fortnight, put under arms an army of
400,000 men."
The Patrie of November 18 says a despatch has
been received from Constantinople announcing that
the population of Odessa have addressed a petition to
the Czar, asking that the port of Odessa should be
guaranteed against eventual aggression on the part
of Turkey. General Ignatieff will refer to this
petition in connection with his demand at Constanti-
nople for the entry of Russian vessels of war into
the Black Sea.

The despatch of the Russian Government, an-
noundng that it no longer considers itself bound by
the Treaty of 1866, has been delivered to the Porte.
.No immediate answer was given, the Grand Vizier
stating that he would reply when he had conferred
with the other parties interested.

PUPLIC OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, November 19.

The New , York gribune says :—Prince Gortacha-
koff's talk of successive violations of the Treaty
of Paris by other parties to it is simply an able
statesman's laborious and skilful assignment of a
pretext for an act to which these violations were
evidently in no respect an incitement, and for which
they cannot serve as justification. It was clear to
all parties at the moment of signing the Treaty of
Paris that Russia would be controlled by it exactly
as long as she should feel unable to do otherwise,
It would be absurd to exact from Russia a
reverence for engagements under duress whereof
history affords few examples. The most glaringly
exceptional feature of her demonstration is
its abruptness. She does not oven demand, she
simply takes. Submission on the part of England
would be a confession of weakness equivalent to
the abdication of all future influence and moral
weight in the politics of the Continent. Yet England
may well pause in view of the weakness of her pro-
spective allies.
The New York Times says :—War will lead at
first to a decline in American securities and a loss to
the Cotton States, but the export of gain and the
carrying trade of the United States will be imme-
diately stimulated.
The New York World believes that the angry
feeling excited by Gortschakoff's circular will fume
itself away in popular protest and diplomatic demon-
strations.
The New York Herald says :—Prince Gortscbakoff
, claims the faithful fulfilment of the letter of the
treaty, and throws open the doors for an immediate
Congress of the signatory Powers. England must
accede at once, or, having already incurred the dis-
pleasure of France. Prussia, and America, must
occupy the position of a recusant who will gii e no
redress, and thereby invites war.

CHINA.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, November 21.

In a telegram dated Pekin, November 3rd, Mr.
Wade says he does not expect military force will be
necessary anywhere.

It is reported that an application has been made
for £50,000 for the replenishment of the stores of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, in order to conform to the recent order
that a twelvemonth's stock is to be kept up. At Wool-
wich Arsenal great activity prevails.