28 JANUARY 1871, Page 2

Little is known and less ihought of the proceedings of

the Con-- ference, which adjourns and adjourns in the hope that a representa- tive of France may attend. The few hints of its proceedings, how- ever, which occasionally creep out tend to indicate that the Confer- ence will ultimately, unless France arrives, accept a compromise. allowing both Russia and Turkey to keep a certain number of - vessels in the Black Sea. The Austrian Government, as we noted last week, is believed to prefer that course as preferable to a free- navigation, which would enable France or England to stint the- mouths of the Danube.