The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SWEDEN.
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Baron Stierneld, the Swedish Minister of Foreign
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has addressed to all the Swedish envoys a circular, -01
December 18, respecting the recent treaty with the Wes:ol
Powers. He says that Sweden, entertaining apprehensly
(founded upon remembrances too well known to need rePet4o,
tion) of Russian encroachment in' the north, had, at the
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posal of France and England, entered into a defensive trey
of alliance, designed to assure the integrity of the gl'ir,
kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. He points out, hoWeliciil
that this treaty will not be of any prejudice to Russia;
not, in fact, come into application, unless through aggres-
on her part ; and he adds, that it does not imply any chaile;,
in the actual position of Sweden, for her declaration of 13 jig
trality still subsists, and will continue to be adhered to
hitherto. All hope of military assistance from Sweden and
Denmark in the coming spring would appear, therefore, t°
at an end.

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TER DANUBE.—By a telegraphic despatch from Galati; d
the 31st December, we learn that the ice in the Danube
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become firm, and at that place and Ibraila about fifty i
were frozen in, as well as all the others between those P136,.:0
and Sulina. At the Sulina mouth, there were lying betsve of
400 and 600 vessels, which, in consequence of a deficiency
lighters, and contrary winds, could not go to sea.
PORTUGAL—The Madrid mail steamer which left Gib'
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on the 7th, Cadiz on the 10th, Lisbon on the 12th, and V.
on the 14th inst., has arrived, with specie value £4,500.
Lisbon an immense fall of rain had done considerable data?
Some of the Cintra railway works were destroyed. Exel°ll:,
unaltered. At Oporto freights were stationary, owing to
flooding of the Douro. Wine shipments were slack. Exell3n
v;11.,
irregular. The steamer Peru, with machinery damaged, 'rai
off Beleu on the 12th, waiting for pratique. The Rospiler,
was at anchor, having coaled at Lisbon. Very heavy weetab,
The Minto steamer put into the Tagns. Spoke, on the
the screw-steamer Imperador, with troops for the East. oi
Ripon, steamer, left Gibraltar for Spithead on the 7th. SO'p
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casualties had occurred, owing to the severe weather,
Gibraltar. Exchange on London, 61 3-16.
WEST INDIES.—The steam-ship La Plata arrived on w
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nesday, with the usual mails. At Jamaica fever waslre-
prevalent, and the mortality great. At Demerara some
hension was felt with respect to the limited supply of il°o7so
grants expected this year. At Grenada the weather
favourable for sugar operations. From Chili there is no Pry
ticular intelligence. In Peru every symptom of another r!3D,
lution was apparent. At Valparaiso a gold fever preyaPtit
and hundreds were rushing to the diggings, a distance of apv
fifteen miles.

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L AUSTRALIA.
I senger
45,000 ounces of gold, and a general cargo, including uo,
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in th Whitee
bales of wool, 300 bundles of rags, 2,400 hides, 4,600 h°,.l.
&c. The Ben Nevis left Port Phillip Heads on the 19th Lr,
mStearrs'e'ycloipnpeThr
üßresndayN, evwisi,thCBaoptapiasn
of
October, having arrived at Melbourne on the 4th of October,
The Ben Nevis arrived off Cape Clear on the Ist of Jana"
and had been beating about in the channel ever since.
I The " White Star" clipper Shalimar arrived out on the 165 De
I of October, having left Liverpool on the 20th of July ;
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was expected to leave for Liverpool on the 16th of Novenor; e
The Champion of the Seas was to sail for Liverpool on
25th of October.
The papers contain no news of importance. All legislatlye
business in Victoria had been suspended till the new cons°
tion, which arrived out in the Shalimar, had been diselller
and *claimed. Lola Montes was to dance the " Sqler•
Dance" at the Geelong Theatre Royal, on the 17th Oet°„ca
Some fresh gold and copper "diggings" are said to have ""
discovered near Geelong. I Considerable ill•feeling appears to exist between
Young, the governor of Tasmania, and the executive of at
Diemen's Land, on the subject of transportation, the Peillieo,
issue being a question of privilege between the two autherl!„o
which was abruptly terminated by the governor's proreg'
the session. • 0
The price of gold was 755. 9d. the ounce. 30,000 ding yet
were at the Fiery Creek diggings, and had partly brouo
down from 8,000 ounces. The yield from quartz has greoth
increased Bendigo. During the week ending the c 1
October, the escorts from Mount Alexander, Ballarat, '-
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Beechworth brought 64,181 ounces down to Melbourne.
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At the Melbourne wool sales, on the 11th October, the Pri, of
were in advance of those of last season. A superior fief'ol.,
wool in the grease was sold at Bd. per lb. The hide ali".iig
low markets quiet, arid no changes to report since the s3l
of the Donald Maay. Freights to Liverpool on Ivo
per lb.; tallow, 302.

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