The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-22
FOREIGN NEWS.

II AVSDONi bSCculUtT -I.-l lie lOTu
Mayor Of London was hissed to- day by
the members OF a deputation, because
he refused their application for the use
Of Guild Hall for a public meeting in
favor Of the French Republic and Brit
ish Intervention.
MADRID, December 20.-Minister Sa-
| gasta, to-day, assured the Cortes that
the Government was willing to submit
the American reclamation arising from
events in Cuba TO a mixed commission
for settlement.
LONDON, December 2l.-Advices re
ceived from Paris on the l7th inst.
says: The army and citizens are still
calm and resolute, and are confident of
success. Provisions are plenty and
there has been no disorder.
The first dispatches announcing the
German victory at Units exaggerated
the numbers captured, which should
have been 600 instead Of 5000.
The news from the German army of
the North is important. General Wan
teufel is again marching on Havre
with much larger force than before.
The French report that they have
taken measures to resist. An engage
ment is reported already to have oc-
CURED at Bolbee, seventeen miles from
Havre, in which the French were vic
torious and the Prussians bombarded
Maile, thence they marched eastwardly
to Vervins. The Germans on recon-
noissance from Amiens recently, at
tackled the corps ofGeneral Faideherbe,
but were repulsed with considerable
loss. The Prussians have evacuated
Servigy and Beaumont. There has
been some fighting at Bray. Twenty
five thousand Prussians are at Mount
Didier.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, December 2l.-1t is
officially stated that the report that
Turkey had determined to act upon the
Eastern question independently of other
powers is without foundation.
LONDON, December 2l.-With re-
spect to the forthcoming meeting Of the
Ambassadors Of the great powers, in
London, now that Prussia has ex-
pressly stipulated, no topic of for
eign question to the revision Of the
Paris treaty of sc shall be introduced
into its deliberations. Adhesion Of
France to the conference is still
awaited.
MADRID, December lin the Cortes
to-day a motion providing for the dis
solution of that body was carried by
vote o. l26 to Al, amid great excite
ment. The opposition Immediately
left the chamber. During the debate
Senior Rabledo declared that he and
his party did not wish for coup detat,
but were determined to save the King
or perish with him. Senor Fiqueras
followed in support of the motion for
dissolution, but admitted that the coun-
try would not settle into tranquility
even if Duke D Aosta were now on the
throne unless the finances were suitably
discussed. The motion was supported
by the Government, the members there
of expressing the sentiment that to
save the country all measures were
allowable.
BERLIN, December 2l.-The sHreu5
Zaitung OF to-day says: With regard
to the neutrality of Luxembourg that
diplomatic negotiations were impossi-
BILE in time of war. The German
armies would thereby be compromised
while the abrogation treaties secures
their safety. The Prussian govern
ment is ready to submit the claims OF
arbitration without etiecting the posi-
ton of Luxembourg as an independent
State.
The Diet of Hesse Darmstadt has
approved the federal treaties and voted
a further war credit of S,662,OOO florins.
LONDON, December 2l.-lt is ex-
plicitly denied that there has been, re-
Gently, any correspondence between the
Pope and the King Of Prussia !
The reports, yesterday, Of mobs and
riots in Paris lack confirmation, and,
according to the latest accounts, the
tone Of public sentiment in that city
continues hopeful. -,
On the capitulation of Thionville
over 5000 French troops were paroled.
A majority of the besieged were much
enraged because Of the surrender, and
some of the troops threatened to blow
up the magazine, but were dissuaded
from their purpose upon the appearance
of the women and children, who on
their knees besought submission. Dur
ing the action $4,000 shells were thrown
into this city, involving damages to the
extent of over 5,000,0OO francs