The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

F OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING The negotiation which I alluded to recently ai 13 , 1r , e -cn se h flog a prospect of solution of the Neufchatel f 9B tion has fallen to the ground. The Federal overnment had proposed that, " in the exercise tho Sovereign power of the Confederation," they WouldW liberate the prisoners, provided the whole A f the Powers, including the United States of `lwineriett, who have representatives in Switzerlard, °11 „ 14 engage to use their influence to obtain from ~,7 K ing of Prussia the formal renunciation of his , a nne on the canton of Neufchatel. The Powers .". as I am informed, declined entering into that illlgsqement are France and Austria, who preferred e • at the question should be left to those who levied the Protocol of 1852. Another negotiation, however, is proceeding. eat Britain, Austria, France, and Russia, the 4 4-cw ers who si gne d t h at i ns t rument , h ave prepared B ,: 6 t' on the ex i st i ng diff erences , w hi c h th e y have 84 . tted to the Ki ng o f P russ i a , an d which, it is e d has not b een re j ecte d b y hi m . If this note be approved, it will be presented to the in."%fal"at Assembly which meets at Berne to morrow. ea precise terms the note is drawn I cannot but as the Swiss seem, for the present, deter riounied not.to desist from the demand for i:enuncia tbhti whatever fo rm it m ay be put, it is hoped rr, a solution may at l as t b e arr ived at. In the — eanti rati o n e the Swi ss are no t re l ax i n g in their prepa unaun trni j s f or any emergency. At no time has more et en „ been displayed than in the present in arid Party quarrels seem to have been laid aside, to d °r nearly all, are united in the resolution e ent e "'nd their country. Agents, said to have been beuc, thr oughout the cantons for the purpose of en the angry passions o f t h e popu l ace , have that "Polled by th e au th or iti e s, and a journal I , ruQ I . v as excessive in its abuse of the King of bay_ ttit sia de has been proceeded against. Some cantons te rmined to furnish a much larger contin n dOrk, 7 th an the usual number of men. All this is tortil.‘%ilii the calm resolution of men who are &- t e r in : d not to yi e ld. A s th e mome nt approaches le h ld —h ,.“ i tarY ardour o f th e Ki n g of Prussia, we are trea,„l4r°we cooler. Th e States through which his ri to t's would have to pass to reach the Swiss ter veei t T ere naturally not over-pleesed at the ineon ;l'ol4 , t), if not worse, which their inhabitants litie„, t he subjected t o ; an d, in the event of hosti ' `tie neutral territory might by the force of cir,~u mst ances be mad e a b a ttle ground. I) '*e i l l i • 29t h is spoken of in some quarters for the l'lst A rn , lnar Y meeting of the plenipotentiaries on the 1,11-0•11 question. have b f°ll "ring private telegraphic despatches een received : " Int 1 • " TRIESTE, Dso. 25. ti '' 1 e hence has been received from Consta tleA) d ° to the 19th . Feruk-Khan was to leave t h e Str ktf ma Y for Paris, his negotiations with Lord p ° l l de Redeliffe having defiinitivcly failed. to 1,, R em Pasha recommends Persia to yie ld 'ngititt..o, rc.:"The"ATHENS, DEC 20. ~, Chambe rs were opene d y es terday. The ofih'etirr:tet:r speaksof the approaching departure Th e l atrie a 4' t lltt e nnounces that more than 200 Royal °the - r 4ve fled int o F rance from Neufchatel and 4 Places in Switzerland. tbalP ti vote letter from Berne, of the 24th states. eche" that day 15,000 troops were placed en bla tiy on ' f f ronl Basle to Rheinfelden Liestal, and as A .r°lo llheinfelden to Schaffhausen. s private letter from Madrid, of the 2ls t t, s .e y gerip tion t j e B difficult to give you a sufficient °lnn I:4 the effect produced by the Mires' h !oar public o tti ;e,R all classes of society Seldom Gov i e l° ,l l been pronounced more severely has s gainst Opposition, but th e '.finent, not merely by the Oppnei Th seo w erMest partisans of the present system feelings are not so much manifested in the ex pe l? Press as in public; the papers that ,carp here", d to attack it were debarred from circulation ~tlie day after the loan was completed. mavitieisrrt on such acts is not the only th i i l n n ! tf !en - m Lis Prohibited to the press. A person *eri ca - cua rged with the duty of revising even tang f,rof fiction, original or translated, intended Publication e qatp o i, and over whi c h he has complett Ly.tte'• This is an additional triumph gain . e . d . iv orlZ, Cl ergy on the freeedom of thought. All i n i ce now submitted to the scissors of . a of b — u l e censor, as was practised in the time , tlf,p,revo Murillo, and productions will appeft °f whole chapters, and otherwise horribly - ~etilate u• The censorship was not so bad even ol l b e e r • E'erdinand Vll.—then it had the advantage ! c ele a tg„entrusted to an intelligent and learned 111 q0, - c - 7 113 ; now the office of literary hesdeirmi. 1 4.4. 0 44 ,ed to a man of little acquirements and *i lia; vs intellect. Indeed, it could hardly be other eh:i°ode one of talent and respectability would , 14 41 i re -e end to receive his inspirations from insolent e,mrant pripata, and a Government who are at`.lifir slaves. We have, I assure you, nothing fice WA We Naples. triinZitriulopb, General Narvaez has certainly ob • 1 the pa;:se. In the first place, he . suc b"hees )baring removed from the military `ertl 4 , f the King General Filer and Colonel 41 w i t ° ' intimate friends of General O' Donn ell, 61. lA.; . ° were with him in the military insurrect i on ( 'Pea j a - And, secondl • he succeeded in having iih teo oirc rz Of niB own secondly, Minister of War in `'"n, h o Urbistondo. This last triumph t° tl " ' e ver, be if re lf , I hardly called complete, as lirbis ; th e cia ut elY refused to remain in the Cabinet 411( fiR h ,°kn. which has so much excited public w ere persevered in, and for this he t ejnly 4 11 a.,Poi es erves credit ; an d secondly, heesu_r , ntrnent It"bsa r i as chief of the Kin's household, 1. Puts 1-.. Y gives him great influence in the palace. } • es‘ k : 1 1 4 ' 42.11 " p o li r il t Pl w a position to send General Narvaez hen he least expects them, and . pack h, T he . tse e more to study archieves at Vienna. •' v eret o f he e zn General Narvaez being able to of 8 ground hitherto consists in his havingTe tlrlditihr, wlll his own in political questions. h i'lll.ostrat-i-o,!r his ministerial existence is complete " liOth " thought , and absolute obedience to h i he th at .Y of the Court, " the granting everything k is asked of him, and never ref us , prestimi he g to 1 / 4 liect oi t 41 . Among the demands which Io is ns 411 f 0 "t inifY without a murmur are enorn tael. ti civil t the indefinite postponement O°11 " 8 ' e l :d s, prompt and unconditional ~4 1h tnt d isfl l e , e to the clergy ' when their commands are Orild ""ated to him clergy ' the King or Queen. You •h, .eot re , • - N a rv aez of other days. i t) ttlit n recd the o h d or w h o once . or twice had a will of his own. lad "It might be, hut at all events hi s 1 , 5,„.• P tieal system of some kind, despot ic i m ost docile, the jr 4. !t 8 now sunk into the el, ,t,,e dependant that a corrupt Court could he 'Hill subservience to the creatures whom i % _ l4 °Y,r ri e r y t . h e Must . hate and despise is destroying Zte r li z "9e that stall attached to him and to the the Whi c h h e b ag fallen may, perhaps, be tr lia,! frequent rumours of his overthrow. lull •• Lie does not conceal fromfriends 41 14 not secure for a single moment an has Th alt 41) 4 oirt you some I gave time since of the 5(: ) . , 1 111, 1 0 `7 2,f Ci.onzalPs Bravo being authorised t.O 1414.81;4,•ciation in London on the coupons affair papers 4 4 , 4 ' eir.l2,l)l'o eonsiatence. Some of the ~„Kee has-11"Y alluded to it, and the Ministerial or 4 1 41 1111 tlbeen eun3tnonod to either contradict ti ' . 44ll to `"e fact. The Ministerial organ, the Par t -4E th at lit ls remained silent. Our statesmen (4 4f th You will submit to a good deal if even ; 1 414., t coupons is held out, and that ' A kiravo will he welcomed. ta '1 0 10 ".11 1) 4 15 0 til C r r . ttiniEtorial journal, El Occidente, ti 4 41 %4 Hard upon the unfortunate Minister ‘t t in e bgrzanallenn. It is therefore inferred ' l 'l I( kick being now effected his colleagues t h}: 1 ) o tnt• The poor man who could no 11 1 11 0 - "If will thus be made to bear on his own t . 'lt the whole load of indignation caused by 11 i', l , 4 : 4l tet ion. orc,„l.anfortuns.te recruits who were taken from L k ' corpa, and, in direct opposition to 'Jed t ransferred to the active army, are to be 1.7 c 4312 11 martial. The re gion is, dig on THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. being called on to take the oaths at Valladolid, they said ' Yes, we swear to defend the Queen, but only as soldiers of the provincial battalions.' It is expected that these men will be sentenced to death. The press and several persons ofinfluonee are end eavour rg to save them from capital punishment. The inci dent proves the dislike felt by the provincial soldiers to enter the active army, from which, moreover, the law excludes them. "General Narvaez has not given up his idea of banishing from Madrid some of the mos e influential Generals; and though O'Donnell, in his last interview with the Queen, (succeeded in warding off for a time the blow aimed at him, yet this will not prevent the former from profiting by the first occasion, if not against O'Donnell, at least against some others, who are no less in Isis way. At one of the recent Cabinet Councils, Narvaez said, 'Gentle. men, the fact of ,the matter is, with O'Donnell in Madrid it is impossible to govern.' He is, of conrse, apprehensive that he will be supplanted, at O'Donnell was supplanted by him. In the mean. lime the Queen amuses herself and the Court by playing off their mutual suspicions and hatred. She uses towards both, sweet and honeyed phrases, and she flatters their vanity by smiling at and saluting them affectionately at the Opera; It is amusing to see them scowling when ono is more favoured in this way than the other, and their fea- tures alternately expressing rage and pleasure. This is poor satisfaction for us who aro the victims of licentiousness and tyranny; but, such as it is, we heartily enjoy it; and I have no doubt that the ridiculous figure cut by the rival Generals under this petty torture of smiles and looks affords many a hearty laugh to the Qaeen and her bedchamber women. How long this state of things will last is more than I can tell you." The receipts of the Orleans Railway for the week ending the 15th Dec. amounts to 1,173,120 f. 37e, being an increase of 191,0601. 97c. as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The gross receipts since the Ist January amount to 50,277,871 f. 12c., being a decrease of 502,4071. 51e. as compared with last year. The Council of the Bank of France has just fixed the halt yearly dividend of its shares at 1351. The dividend of the first half year was 1371., making for the whole year 27 . 3 f. per share . A letter from Nice, published in the Toulonnais, states that some of the crew of the Russian corvette stationed at Villefranche, having left the ship with out permission, to drink in a wine shop, the captain on their return, commanded that they should receive each twenty - tive blows of a stink, and the leader one hundred. The latter died while undergoing the punishment, and his body was thrown into the sea It is reported that about 200 royalists of the canton of Neufchatel have taken refuge in France. The Gazette de Lausanne says that such of them as are liable to serve in the federal army will he treated as deserters if they do not respond to the regular calls. The result of the elections for the Cher are now known, though not yet published in the Moniteur. In the first circumscription there were found in the ballot boxes for M do Neste, the government can- didate, 15,889 votes out of 10,205 votes actually given. Ihe number of registered electors is 39,313, so that according to the returns lees than half the constituency came to the poll. In the second eir cumseription M. (tuillaumin is returned elected by 10.305 out of 40,253 registered electors, or nearly half the constituency. There must have been some mistake in the former report of the Journal du Cher, from which it appeared that 10.000 votes were uiven to other than government candidates. AM. de Montsaulmin Appears to have obtained 612 votes, tJ lid aM. de Villers 412. A few sc►re of votes ivere distributed among other obscure individuals, but that is the extent of the opposition attempted The Emperor has ordervl the restoration of the house of the Bonaparte family at *min,' and has promised M. Montois, the Prefect of Corsica, t( inscribe 200,900 f on the civil list of 1857, for the purpose of building a mausoleum to receive the ashes of the mother of Napoleon 1., and ut Uardinal Fosch. What will M. Fould say ? The Patrie announnes that the Count de &ferny who was expected this month, will not return t( Paris till the end of January. Early in next month some fifty political prisoner who were arrested in the autumn on a charge conspiring to assas6inate the Emperor on return from Biarritz, will he brought to trial at tl Central Criminal Court of Peri- ..m.... AUSTRIA VIENNA, DE It is generally believed that the siege and taking of Herat is a matter which only indirectly concerns Great Britain. but the subjoined documents, which are extracted from the 6th volume of the New Col lection of Treaties, by Martens, go Mr to prove that the British Government is morally bound to punish Persia for her recent canduct towards the ruler of Herat. In April. 1838, the following treaty of peace was concluded under the guarantee of Great Britain between Persia and Kamran Mirza, Prince of Herat :- 1. Hostilities and plunder shall cense, and the capture and selling of slaves shall entirely be put a stop to. 2. The subjeets and dependents of the Shalt-in-Shah of Iran shall in no way be annoyed, and no attempt shall be made to injure them, and no disturbance shell be created on the frontier of Khorassan. 3. Every possible endeavour shall he used to prevent the Tureomans or others plunder• ing in the territory of the shah-in•Shali I , f Iran. and in the event of those tribes offending—should the Shah-in-Shah desire to chastise and punish them—this Government 814'11 furnish troops to the extent of its ability toco-operate with the troops of the Shah-in-Shah for the chastisement of the above mentioned tribes. 4. Whatever may be the number of slaves in bondage with the Affghans of IL rat and its dependencies, all that are within roach, or that they may be able to restore, shell be restored. 5. Whatever persons of the Affghans may have joined the Shah in-Shah of Iran shall not in any way he molested or injured. II Hereafter, Prince Karnran shall not give himself the title of Shalt, but shall content himself with that of Shalizadeh. 7. Merchants from all parts, who shall enter the territory of Herat ani its dependencies, shall be in every respect protected, and shall not be molested in life or property. 14 The tribe of Hameh shell not be restored, but this Government (Herat) shall do all in its power fo remove them to their former abodes in the Pereian territory" " DEMANDS OF PRINCS KAMR "1. His !sjosty the Shah-in-Shah of lran ehal treat Prince Kamran as ono of his own brothers 2. The Ministers of the the Persian Governmen shall in no possible way interfere in the interne affairs of the dominions in the possession of Trine , Kantran, but those affairs shall be left under th, entire controul of the Ministers of the Governmen! of Herat, in order that they may be able to fulfi their engagements. 3. (orian shall he giver over to Sheer Mahommed Khan, and Sheer Ma• hemmed Khan himself, shall at all times remain with the Shah-in-Shah of Iran 4. The Shah - in Shah of Iran shall not send troops to the territories in the possresion of Prices Kamran, and shall prohibit his governors, soldiers, and subjects from plunder in g. _ ratified, and the Persian army has been remove( from tho immediate vicinity of Herat, Yar Mall= med Khan, Vizier of Iferat, shall himself come tc the presence of his Mtlesty, the Shali-in•Shnli Iran, and shall present a peesh kush to hi, Majesty: . ~ Isis Excellency John McNeill, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Mani potongary at the Court of Persia, engages that in the fultVcoent or non fulfilment of those stipule tionP, the British giovotornent shall act as judge, and in the event of either party failing to perform its engagements, it (the British (1 its best endeavours to make such party J rnment) stud! usd stipulations" As you ar Ire tt► receive detailed the atate of the Neufchatel question from your Berlin correspondent, it is only necessary to say a few words on the subject. It is hero related that the parties to the Protocol of 1852 are about On the 21st inst. the Emperor returned toVonice from Rovigo. His Majesty was well received by the inhabitants of the dif•rent towns and villages lying between Venice and Rovigo, and some little enthu siaarn was displayed by the natives of the last mentioned place. After having driven through the streets of the city to see the illumination, the' Emperor went to the theatre, and et halt-past seven in the morning of the following day, the 21st, he was already on his way bank to Vonioe. the 18Th His Majesty went to Verona to see Marshal Radetzky, and have a little friendly chat with him. As no business was transacted the visit %s as a short A person, in the correctness of whose judgment I have perfect confidence, writes :—" On the %Owl,. their Majesties have reason to be satisfied with the reception they have met with at Venice." According to a Milan letter, the reception ..f t Emperor and Empress is likely to be respectab '' but enthusiasm there will be none." The Governors of Hungary and Transylvania ar empowered to give employment to persona whoa political reputation was tarnished in 18415 and lB4i if they have behaved well sines. The diplomatic and consular agents of Auatri, have received orders to accept and forward t( Vienna the petitions of those emigrants who ma; wish to retnrn to their native country, but Owl have also been furnished with a list of those persona who will never be permitted to enter the empire again. The columns of the Pesth papers are fill of accounts of robberies committed in Hungary That most rampant of Ultramontane organs, the Vienna Church Gazette, has received the first warning from the police. After having received three warnings an Austrian paper ceases to appear. The British Government has presented a sword to the captain of the Anatrian steamer Lucia, in acknowledgment of the service which he not (long since rdndered to a British merchantman which had gut on a sand bank in the Adriatio• PRUSSIA BERLIN, Di Colonel von Manteuffel, one of the King's aites de camp, who it will be remembered wn mud employed during the negociations which toil to tht admismon of Prussia to the Paris eonferences, hat arrived in this city from Dusseldorf, wh,re hit regiment ig quarteted, having been sent for by telegraphic message. lie hail an audience of the King today, and is about to stsrt on a delioato diplomatic mission to the court of Otto of the great powers. Orders have now really been given for the mobilisation of one-half of the Prussian army, which is to be ready to mare!) and take the field on the 2nd of January. General von der Groben is now designated as the Commander-in-chief, and under him the following officers will have the command of divisions:—General von Wader, General von Wuseow, General von Bonin (who commanded the Prussian troops in the Schleswig Holstein war), General von Sebaeh, and General Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia. In consequence of what is here called the ob stinacy of the Swiss, the whole question has now entered a new phase; for the replies from Paris, Vienna, and even England C I to the Prussian Dote of the Bth instant being favourable, Prussia eon ceives it to be a point of honour not only to Maritime the Swiss, and teach them a lesson for the future, but to requiro a material guarantee" for their Rood behaviour, and thus to prevent a repetition of what is called hero their outrageous conduct. Under any cireumstaceo Prussia t. mob., tuem pay "a round mum for t h e expetwa of Oil expedition. or at least of the mobilisation of tht Prussiatt troops It is stated in court circles that Prinee Frederic, William has, in the name of the King, invited tht Emperor of the French to pay a visit to Berlin it the spring, and that the invitation has been me A s cepted. The following is a translation of the Prussiar note of the Bth of December relative to Neufahatel of which an analysis btu; already appeared in out columns. It is addressed to tho Prussian A tubas sadors at Paris, London, Vienna, and St Peters burg : 1 . BHRI.IN , Dec. E " Sir,—Your Exec)Honey is alreo ly aware of the refusal by which the Swiss Federal Conned replied to the demand of Prussia for the liberation of the Neufchatel prisoners, made by order of the King, our august master, through his Minister to the Helvetia Confederation. The preliminary and uncouditionftl fulfilment of that demand was, as you are aware, put by the King as the indispensable preliminary of any ulterior nogocintion on the final settlement of theoquesti6ns relating to the Prinei polity of Neufchatel. . _ " The fothearanee fillown by our august master for a number of years 011 the subjoct of a slaw of things contrary to his incoatestahle rights and prejudicial to every principle of legitimate authority. as well as to the sacred (diameter of treaties, might and ought to offer to Switzerland sufficient guarantees that in the eventual negoti• ations his Majesty would not deviate from that great moderation which had guided him in his Prmer conduct, and which the European Powers has appreciated more than once. Pressing and almost unanimous counsels were consequently addressed in this sena° to the Helvetii, Confede ration by all the Cabinets that signed the London protocol, and the German Confederation, after having unanimously given its adhesion to the principles enouneed in that protocol, formally supported, through the medium of the German Governments that have diplomatic representatives in Switzerland, the demand of Prussia enneerning the immediate liberation of the Neufchatel pri• goners. " From these circumstances the refusal of the Federal Connell Requires double importance It is evident that, with a lamentable blindness to its ti nt interests, the Helvetia Ccnfederation does not tiilt.. into any account the international stipulations in virtue of which the Principality of Neufchatel wan admitted. and r the guarantee of Europe, to be come ono of the cantons of Switzerland. Proud of a momentary success, drawing her inspirations front principles subversive of all order awl authority, and undergoing the influence of a revo lutionary propaganda, which for the most part was originally a stranger to the Helvetic territory, Switzerland forgets, or pretends to forget, the previous rights of the Kings of Pi ussia, sanntioned by Articles 22 tool 76 of the Treaty of Vienne, upholding only those conferred on Switserland by the 75th article of tho BAIIIO treaty. " Tho King our august master has maturely con sidered the duties imposed upon him by the present state of things. The revolt attitude of the Federal Council in ti ueh grave end decisive conjunctures, in opposition to the united efforts of the Powers, has convinced His Majesty that ho can no longer ; with that confident forbearance which in latter Teats a certain passive line of conduct imposed upon him, dispense with taking measures to make good his claim; on the Principality of Neufchatel in a manner more efficacious than by purely (bpi°• matio measures. As regards the latter, the u Powers may to them, and the King certainly will not refits( examine the proposals that may be made to ii Majesty as the result of their united notion. " But the measures above hunt:mt.( d do not t k aa f orm a l rea dy one of the chief ob jects the activity o f the Royal authoritico. 1' ley w ut with pereoreraneo and with the firm intent (obtaining their object. Ti !my will !lava to; bear. it citcrilices which t Kill bent- with tu it knows—and tl lenieland devotion viotion must he 14 hared Cabinets, unless they allow ibeinselves to I misled by preconceived euppositions—that'b Majesty only imposes them after having &mete to mediate in corpora between Prussia and the Swiea Confederation, and a telegraphio despatch of yesterday evening, which has been received by the Oesterreickische Correspondent, from Berne, tells exactly the same story. The Danish Government has not yet condescended to give an answer to the notes of Austria and Prussia, but thn sale of the Holstein-Lauenburg do►nains has been postponed. (very moans of a pacific and, nt the same time, honourable transaction, t.) lead the question of the final condition of the Prineip:ility ul Neuft'hatel to a mutually satinfamory settlement. However, the moderation of which the King hay heady given so many proofs is not yet excluded by the military measures which bin Majesty is preparing. Let Switzerland return to wiser resolutions, lot her communicate them to some friendly power, or to the Cabinets which signed the London protocol, nod your Excellency may be convinced beforehand the King will not turn a dent oar to the voice of " Tho above considerations and their attendant decisions will doubtless be approved by the Cabinets, friends of Prussia. Will you therefore, Sir, communicate the same to the Cabinot of -, NIA, by order of Hie Majesty, read this despatch to the Miriater of Foreign Affairs of Ills Majesty the Emperor of the French (of Russia, of Austria), and to the Pilucipal Secretary of State of Her Majesty the Queen of England? " MANTEUFFEL! Addressod to— Count liArzrtri.n. at Paris. Count BE lINSTORFF. at London. Count ARNI M , at Vienoa. Baron 1) Wicarn KR. at St. Potersburg, A letter from 13 , 71 in. of the 23d (in the Cores poridenee !lavas), contains these statements : " England was the only one of the great powers whose support had not yet been obtained by Prussic, and it was even known that Mr. Gordon, at Berne, had encouraged the Federal Council in its resistance. Muni] surprise was f.-1t that Eng land should have taken up such au attitude, being as she was, one of the powers which signed the protocol of London, and an expression of this surprise was conveyed to the English Cabinet We have just learnt that in cot sequenee of this representation being made to the Court of St. James's, Mr. Gordon has now received orders from his gevomment to support as much as he can the demands of Prussia. Information from Berne does, in fact, unsure us that Mr. Gordon has declared to tine Federal Council that he is obliged to insist upon the acceptance of the Prussian conditions, and this declaration has caused great sensation at Berne. England has made, in her turn, an offer to the Prussian cabinet of her mediation it► the Swiss affair, but this offer has been made without success. There can be no further question of any mediation now,and onlytho immediate liberation of the prisoners can prevent. Prussia front sending her soldiers on the march." The Borzenteitang of Berlin, of the 22nd inst , says, " It is assured that the Englisli Government lies desired its representative at Berlin, Lord Bloomfield, to declare that the English charge raffeirs at Berne, Mr. George Gordon, has been irdered to give his decided support to the demand which Prussia has made of the Federal Council, or the release of the Neufchatel prisoners." 1 TA LY Tho following address was presentod to Coiiut favour, at Turin, on the 22(1, with a gold medal, y tho inhabitAnta of Oomo " Excellency,—Ths treaty of alliance you pro posed with courageous foresight, which by associating Piedmont with a difficult war increased f.! importance throughout Europe, and procured r her brave army, which its the hope of the ation, the menus of inereaming the glory and aspoct of the tricoloured flag ; the eouragnoum uiguago whioli you were the tirdt express at e Diplomatic Conferences of Paris, where, while efending Italy, you expoked her minioritinen, rid created an interest 11111011 nations and DverntnPnte in her fate; in fiuo, the fran Feral Italian policy in which you, togethe ith your colleagues, persevere by ig tho exalted and gonerJus aspirations c our noble sovereign, linve roadored your nam ispevt.4.ll and dear to all 1 talittun who bye thpir .nitury, anu It nits titiggested to tie the 'don r sending you thin feeble teatiinony of our grati Ice, in order that it may nervo to establkli in an ,contentablo manner the lively interest with which t the other side of the Ticino everything you do r the good of our common country ia follmved. nd whilst we, though impationt after our long . _ frerings, aro compelled to confine ourselves f ee ateri ln demonstrations, do you, whose higl )sition pt rtnltm it, continuo without (Tatting th ink you hive undertaken, in order that bIIOCOSI THE PAPAL STATES Cardinal Anton°lli, the Pope's Minister of 11 'ulnae, has published a untie() in the Roman ,Journal of the 20th inst., to the effect that in °entwine:lee of the deficiency of the last crop of olives, the exportatiottof olive oil is prohibited, and the free importation into the Roman States of that article is permitted until further orders. The Emperor of Austria returned to Venice on the 21st hist Fireworks were exhibited on the one.asion. A Te Deem wits chanted in tho church of S.utta Nlaria, in Venice, on the 22itil, in thenlis• giving for the escape of the King of Naplos from the hands of the Rosman. SPAIN Our Recounts from Madrid aro of the '32nd inst. On the Saturday previous the Duke of Valencia gave a grand dinner on the ooession of the anniver. nary of tb birth of the Princess of the As , u►ias . All the Miuia►ers were present, with the Corps I)iplon►ntiquo. M. Martin►•z de la nom Mon. Gonzales ilravo, Urbistondo, the Duke of Hives, an d other distinguished persona. The Marquis do Turgot proposed a toast in Spanish to the Queen, the King, and the Princess of the Asturias. General Narvaez thou proposed a toast to the . . sovereigns of all tho nations allies to Spain. The question relating to the liberty of the prose was to be dismissed at a Cabinet Council. The lereran:a reeominends tho Absolutist party to tak i part in the municipal elections. ~................ NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Tbo Racoon, 21,and the Charybdis, 21, two of the n ew clans of screw eorvettea building at Chnthsni dockyard from the designs of Sir H. F. Walker, K.C.11., are both to be fitted with engines of 40C horse power, and to be completed with despatch. The Goliath, 80, is undergoing some very ezten• give alterations an,l improvements at ch a th an ,ioeliyarti in order to he adapted as a germ steamer The Irresistible, screw steamer, building ham, is Intended to bo fitted with °nein K at Chit• ien of 400 horse power, end the flood, HO, with ei'lgines of 60C horse power. THE RE IiOLUTE.—In recognition of 113N111011 dear to the hearts of Englislunen, Lady Franklin has forwarded throe splendid and massive oaken to be presented to the officers and crew of the Resolute —thus showing that !My Franklin, as an English lady, keeps up that ancient Custom so highly appreciated by the Anglo Saxon ran, and which is am highly estimated by Brother Jonathan as by ourselves. The Dreadnought (late Caledonia) hospital ahil is ordered to be undoeked to - morrow, and wi shortly be removed to green winh to tnke the► plan of the old Dreadnought. now moored in the as an hospital ship for seamen of all nations. Tit new hospital is at present an object of tnu( interes - ' ' 11019 t complet manner, under the superinteu . dence of Mr. Peak( assistant master shipwright at this yard. Th vessel was presented by tho tiovernment to th Seamen's Hospital Society, and has heeu under th hands of 200 workmen for the past five montht She is much larger than the old Dreadnought, and since her arrival here another Beek has been added and her upper deok has been nonsiderably enlarged committee of tho Seamen's Hospital Swiety, and the apartments of the commander—these aro of bird's•eyo inaplowool, and present a vary pleasiiiß offset. Tho main dock contains a spacious and well•arranged dining-room for the use of the Nur goons, assistant-surgeons, purser, and otheroflicors ; a storeroom, and a chap]. The latter has been fitted in an admirable ulnl,ner for the seeommodn- wood of the old vessel, and tablets in gutta iterate have been affixed co:Mining the Lot l's Player, the Ten Commandments, the Litany, and the following inscription :—" The committee has caused this apace to be set apart as a chapel, in order that the worship of Almighty God may be celebrated with &coney and solemnity " Tho screen which sepa rates the apace apportioned for the chapel from the dining•room is of painted oak, French polished. The middle, or gun-deck, contains on the star board and port sides two commodious surgeries, and the dispensary is on the aft portion of tho deck. The lower gun dock contains well arranged bedrooms for the nurses, anti a museum meat. The lower or orlop deck,is well fitted I fcr the reception of p a ti ents , an d conta i ns one of Dowston's pumps—which is connected with hose—to he used in case of fire. and for washing the decks. The o f tlio various departments of the Yes • ovided for a oonstant supply of water ventilation I Ii i u hnnn also provided on each of ifiedeeks, and a constant supply of hot water will be available b means of an improved apparatus connected with cad , department. The upper dock and the forecastle are provided with an awning, and every arrange. meta has been made to secure the comfort of patients who may be able to %yolk on this portion of the vessel. The galley is fitted up in a moat comploto manner, with one of Brown and d paths immeomo ranges, containing boilers an I oven. At the next monthly committee meeting of the society a commander will be appointed for the nev hospanl—Captain Saunders, the present com mander of the Dreadnought, who has held that offiee for 20 years having resigned on a retiring pension of 125/ per annum. _ The following appointments were made yetiterday at the Admiralty:— Lieutenant 11. J. Challis, to the Blenheim Lieut. W M. Wright, to tlw Scourge, for disposal J. C Montgomery, 11. Crohan, W. Otter, and J W. Gambler, naval cadets to the Iris; George A Browning, master's assistant, to the Plumper. VACANCIES, A PP 1/NM E.V7'S. dND PROMOTIONS IN Tllli CI rIL SEBVICA Privy Council Office.—Mr. Charles A. Hamilton, first class clerk, ham been appointed ehief clerk of the Privy Council 011ioo, vice Mr J Barrett Lessard, deceased. 'Flip Foreign Department.—The Comm!fillip of 13altimoro, United States of America, has become vacant by tho death of Mr ifonry Goorgc Kuper Salary £6OO. 'rho Board of Trado.—Captain Bartholomew Sullivan, II N., 40.11 . bay been appointed a proles• donel mernl►er of the Maxine Department of the Board of Trade, in ;thole of the late Admiral Beeehey. The Admiralty—A commiasionership of Greer rich lloapital has boom° vacant by the death c kdmiral Sir II Hart. Customs Mr I' 11 Lowther has been promote( nm second to first, class searcher at Hull. M home Stoll( hat, hecn promoted from third t( !Bond class r esro•ho rat Hull. Mr John Friso ha! eon promoted from fourth to third class emetic t Hull. Mr Charles Taylor has been promote( -um socoud to first clans tido surveyor at South mpton. Inland Revenue Dopartment. —Stamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr Soils has been appointed to Buckingham. Mr John Nicholson has boen pro moted from Norwich to Burton-on Trent. Mr King Patton has been promoted from Worthing to Lynn. Mr John Daleiel has been promoted from 13nokingliam to Worthing. M r John Dutlield liven VI otnOtOG It , iin mortmth to sixth clam him district tieing midmi-0,.d. East Indies.—Aicstirs 11 'T. Pritatiep and G N. Barlow hart, been attached to the lit/ni l/ a divihion of the presidency of Fort William. Mr W, D. Grant has bean appointed an extra ou•sintarit comtnissionar of the second (darts in the I lyiii ral,a(l stmigned districts. Mr T. J. Fallon, extra nesistant, has boon appointed assistant commibsioner at Bassein, rico Lieutenant Datigorfield. Mr. S. N. Martin, officiating magistrato and collector of Juan- novinue of OL of Mr. It, hirnson. Mr. A. A. Roberta, civil mu sessions judge iu the Saugar and Nerbuddi territories, has been appointed Counnifisionor 0 _•V 6 . . been appointed assistant eornininsionors of tho firs olass in the province of Judo. Mr. 8, F. Davi has been appointed eolloctor of Chittagong, service (laze! le ritz MAGAZINE EXPLOSION AT NAPLES. A few days ago, we mentioned that a terrific explosion hail taken place at tho extremity of the military arsenal of the City of Nooks. Since then bilditional details have come to light. The stouo mooring pilasters, weighing 10 cwt., were thrown to an inereditable diitanee, and caused great dismay. One was thrown over the Teatro del Tondo, and In its fall put rotated the stone staircase of a small house in its rear ; another fell near a We not far from the old Post Office, and broke the legs of two man who were sitting outside. A woman was killed in the streets. Many houses in the lower part of the city were so shaken that they aro neeessarily propped up, and as to the loos of life, it has been very considerable. Up to tho present moment 20 bodies have boon found, and it is feared that many more remain yet to be diseovered. in the Hospital of Pollogrini there MY 15 oases, five of which aro for amputation, and in the Incurables there aro five eases. It is remarkable that the official journal, which is filled with the most fulsome adulation of his Majesty, is almost silent on this melancholy subject. Thera was ono feature in the conduct of the pol►ulation which struck mo as most significant on the oecabiln of the explosion—all began to fly anywhere, every where ; there _ was a generally ''lPrOliet revolution, an Ulu pimple began to mhut their shops. It is pillage that iy leered, and that from tho liana gepte, who hay'© boon kept in ignorance, tlernoraliae(l. and taught 4. Smintarerti, — Nyibi'd, but saints, use the words of ono of our wit() bitahOpli. This i is %% liieh furnishes a 01110 to the system of govern moot in Naples. Fearful stories of treason, hew over, have been circulating since Ow public mind has been at leisure to examine into the reeout (mph). Bien, and I understand that Governmont has come to the conclusion that it was designed. Two of the survivors Imo been examined, and the deposition of ono is that an otheer, who was killed, was seen to by from the magazino, shouting " Tradimento ; " in Not, exeept upon snob a supposition, no ono appears to be at all ablo to explain the lamentable fact. The King and Querns were, 1 believe, at masa whe n it happcnud. Vhe King fell or wan thrown upon his face, whereupon his Majesty exolainiod, " aro betrayed." In the palace there was a goners) panic, and tho sontinela about tho arsenal Plod front their nowtd. Itofihrm 1••••1 - ma rani Isrel .ecovere( from t w o former shook the following yet moro fcar NI (sots or reports present themselves for word— On Saturdsy morning I hoard from (linlomni; multi to blow ti the sum flood great magamine of Santa ltni.bara. On going from house to house I found t h e Ramo report prevailing among all classes. Two d o " h uvo eine () elapsed, and among (Antal people, noides, basso gtnte, merchant 8, and even employes in the arsenal, I me e t w i t h the aurae statement, that on Fl iddy night or Saturday morning a sold ier was found mining or laying a train —that Ito Was challenged by tho sontiuel, who knocked him down and arrested hirn. Unwilling as 1 stn to mislead you, still I cannot but report th.. one, " You may rest a v words of almost every 1 that it is trim," Now. theme aro two Inchtante strongly corrohorativo of the truth of the mtatemcnt Tho Prefect of Police bee been compelled to admit that a soldier was found iti suspicious circumstances, with a handkerchief full of powder, but explains it thus, that the num had permission to go out for n few • grains of loose powder for a little sport. v. Another lin:Wont is this, that since Saturday morning the utmost exertions have been made to get all the powder out of the arsenal ; that all Saturday night, till 4 o'clock on Sunday mornin g , mon were at work in getting it oft in barges to Ni s id a, Babe, anywhere ; that they have renewed their work, and that among those who are employed in this business the same story exits. The magazine of Santa Barbara, where the alleged attempt was made, is the largest in the country; employer tell me that it has eon tained 20,000 cantari of powder, and that it may have recently contained 10,000 cantari, a quantity sufficient to destroy half Naples; and it is when contemplating the bare possibility of the success of such an attempt that I have seen strong-minded and strong-bodied men almost turn pale. " I have gone to bed in terror for the last two nights," said a person of not weak nerves, "and am moat grateful that the powder is out of the city." I (oar that, in spite of my wishes and Bore Is a dotert d ceenng to the Governments. Should an the reports of which I speak be ell false, yet what must be the state of the public mind when such possibilities are believed and circulated? it Should they, on the contrary, be true, how awful is the position of this country ! It is heaving as 1. with an earthquake. Sicily has lately, now f and then, mad e attempts to rise. A soldier t comes forth from the ranks and makes an attack upon his Afajesty in manner unparalled in our history ; a powder magazine explodes under or Inear the Royal l'abiee, not without some suspicion of design ; and an allege i attempt, generally beli.•vcd. has ' • mad- oCCia h must suited, if suceossful, i n o the Whic destruction h of half the city. The last support of the King—the army —fails him ; there are numerous arrests, de r•ertions, courts martial'', jealousies, discontents, and there is a fearful looking forward to the future. For many months I have said that Inch was the state of things in the eonntry that the means of redemption do not exist within it, and the strong arm would bo welcomed by every lover of order, let it come either from the East or the West. It is no longer from this or that dynasty that wise mon asked to be saved, but from 1 anarchy and social dissolution. One word again as to the c r i m i na l w h am political sympathy ! has converted into a hero. Though the causes of it may be different the sentiment is univer sal ; and I am informed that the congregation of the Vertecosli collected on the morning of his execution 500 ducats for masses, and that silver and gold were thrown in, Meantime, judging f rom t h e official journal, all would appear to go merry ns a marriage bell. The Italian language, rich as it is, is searched for superlatives to express the fulsome adulation of the employes, " Most glorious," " Mem. reliuious," " Adored,' " Best," such are the terms in which the Sovereign has been spoken of; and, as if to ,give the stamp of truth to such expressions, a powder magazine blows up under the Palace. MILITARY STATISTICS OF SIT'ITZERLAND. We read in the Moniteur (1 ['Armee:— " The strong interest which seems to have been awakened in the affair of Neufchatel, rend( vs it very desirable that, at the present time, the situa tion of that part of Switzerland, in a military point of view, should be correctly understood. "The Canton of Neufchatel has formed, since 1815, the 22nd canton of the Helvetia Conf, &ra tion. It is situated between France, the Canton of Vaud, and that of Berne. Its population amounts to about 60,000 souls, and its area to 725 square kilometres. It consists of the so called Principality of Nouripol nrortar, ut yule n d. The pu blic are now w;il, _..!.• ._...,.. organisation, political rganisation, a n d w i t h t h e esuses that Intro given rime to t h u present difficulties, upon which it would be neodleas for ua to enlarge. " By the terms of the federal compact, each canton of Switzerland is bound to fui MAI to the army a conting.mt proportioned t o its l'oPulftion. In case of war, Ow aggregate numerical. strength of theso contingonts is 33,758 men, 'alio form part of tho first levy ; in this particular instance, the roota duo from the Pin - arm 1, • . Fuel is 900 to infan tr tue troops composing the irst levy, the federal army has a reserve of the sine numerical etrongth, which, in the event of a orious c reiso the forces of the Confedurallon to 07,515 combatants, not including the landwehr or militia, which consists of all the men capable of bearing arms, who belong neither to the nontingent nor the reserve. "The Swiss aro brave and intelligent, but, not withstanding their merits, we must not shut our eyea to what in the real strength of an army consti tuted like theirs, comprising an it duos men wits families, men taken from their business or work, and who do not possess, like the soldiers of perms vent and regular anniuo, the instruction or tho habits acquired in military life. " Neverthelesis, it is necessary to tako into account the patriotic sentiment, the profound devotion to the independence of his native land, to which the Swiss in every ago has been indebted for suocesses otherwise hopeless. " In fine, looking at its actual condition, the Ilelvetio army is fully adequate to maintain order within the sphere of the Confederation, and to cause the federal pact and the laws of the country to be every respected ; but, abandoned to itself, it would evidently not be hide to sustain a serious contest against one of the great military powers of Europe. " When Switzerland is engaged in any military eontebt, the Diet forma the millirem° military anther rity. It it that body which publishes military orders, determines the general organisation of this army, calls the citizens to arms, and appoints the general co mmanding - in -chief, the quartermasters general, and the. einnanivaary•gencral. It presides over the instrumion of both officers and men, as well as the purchase and custody of the nninitions of wan Filo general oomminding in h: .• 1.! • it:mires ~‘,.0 loft I 111 t Inn iustruetions and powers, and he alone ih responsible for his acts. His office may in no ease oontimte longer than the duration of the term for which the tornes are embodied. • " The 011111tIn -..r_t . . _ Pientcli, py tho lake o f the i4llloor name, whi ttel ch rotected extends b from Yverdun towards the north east as far as Saint Blaise, over an extent of nearly thirty-two kilo, metres, with an average breadth of seven kilo. metres, la aveessible through the canton of Vaud and that of Borne, and the mountains of the Jura chain which traverse these districts, 0013 fain ninny defiles of a nature greatly to essint the defence. " The city of Neufchatel, the chief town th e principality, and the seat of its govemMent, Ilea close to the Seyon, where it de anent, into tho lake ; its inhabitants number about 6,000 souls. Is towns in the prineipelity are nondly. in ineapable of defence, arta could not stand a bie go. Travers, hinders, Velangin. Le Loole. The other Chaux-dc-fonds. Tito soil of Neufchatel is generally rich and well cultivated, and the inhabitants who dwell in it arc laborious and peaceable'" The followinn ;. t-___ = • and 1.8 kenordiug t - o - a recent statistical work of Stephen • councillor of the Confederation, Swit• ..rt.nt of 718 square miles, a population of 2,891,478 citizens, the majority of whom aro of tho Protestant faith, The e t b ta g i t i s o t e f ti or of t i t i l , t y e y t e ! l oed year 18,17, Confederation, exhibited toare rem i i n e of 10,200 0(X) francs, against an ordinary expend). lure of 15,700.000 francs. The public debt was covered in 1815 by the share allotted to Switzerland )ut of the contribution exacted from France by the Allied Powers to defray the expences of the great !outinen , nl war. The Federal army, the chief !ommand of which since 1847 has been vcs'ed itx leneral Duf.tir. with 91 colonels and lieutenant .olonels, and 132 commissioned °Meer: of inferior anti, comprises, taking the regular troops and the eset.ve together, an etfootive force of 108.000 soldie? a, If all arms. It will be seen, therefore, that Svvita. 'ritul Is a power of some consideration.' bai l Inc il icibc ,nerli