The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

The Paris correspondent of the Tmes says :—" In my letter
of Sunday last, speaking of the place that would be selected for
the peace conferences, I mentioned that the French Govern-
ment had not, and would not, demand Paris, but that, if pro-
posed by England, they would make no objection. I believe I
can pow inform you that Paris is the place selected. The Em-
peror Napoleon proposed to the English Government that
London should be the place, and the English Government, not
to be outdone in courtesy, fixed on Paris, and expressed a hope
that no objection would be made. This choice, of course
gives satisfaction here, and has been readily acquiesced in by
Russia. Each government will no doubt put its best champion
forward to represent it on the occasion, and the public voice
seems to approve beforehand the choice that would be made of
Lord Palmerston ; nor would Lord Clarendon be an unpopular
one. The Russian Government has fixed on M. Brunow as its
representative. It is not true, by the way, as has been stated,
that an intimation has been made to Prussia that her accept-
ance of the Austrian propositions is a sine qua' non to her ad-
mission to the conferences. I believe no intimation has been
made to her on the subject ; and it is to be hoped that Prussia
will be left in the same inglorious loneliness in which her own
choice has placed her. I should have said that the Russian
Government previously ascertained that M. Brunow would not
be objected to by England and France. M. de Buol is spoken
of as the Austrian plenipotentiary."
The Vienna correspondent of the Times writes :—" Things
are for the moment at a standstill, there being a difference of
opinion between the allies on the subject of the interpretation
to be given to the fifth proposition. England stoutly main-
tains that Russia must not again be permitted to fortify the
east coast of the Black Sea, and Austria and France propose
that the question should be left in abeyance until the Peace
Conferences have met. The British Government is, however,
extremely desirous to come to a clear understanding with its
allies on such an important point before it again enters the
diplomatic lists, and, therefore, a few days may elapse before
the preliminaries of peace are signed. A diplomatic corres-
pondence respecting the Aland Islands and the Caucasian
coast is now going on between the allies of the 2nd December,
and, therefore, considerable reserve is necessary on my part ;
but it may be observed that it is, perhaps, not absolutely ne-
cessary that England should insist on the eastern coast of the
Black Sea being disarmed.' Russia has herself destroyed
the whole chain of forts on the Caucasian coast, and, there-
fore, the object of the British Government would be attained
if the status quo should there be maintained. The less that
is said or written about the northern forts of Sebastopol the
better it will be for all parties, as neither France nor Austria
are inclined to deprive Russia of what is now called her ' legi-
timate means of defence.' In order to avoid a schism, France
and Austria may, perhaps, be induced to agree with England
that the Aland Islands must not again be fortified, that the
consuls of the allied powers must be allowed to reside at the
different Russian ports in the Black Sea, and that the status
quo must be maintained on the eastern coast of the Black
Sea, but neither the one nor the other power is likely to go
further. Certain it is that men high in office aver that Count
Buol was not informed of the exact sense of the fifth proposi-
tion until after Count Valentine Esterhazy had left Vienna.',

The Presse says :—" We understand that the Court of St.
Petersburg has expressed a wish that the impending Congress
should be held at a principal metropolis, and has suggested
that either London, Paris, or Vienna should be named. The
Allies,we hear, are rather of opinion that the Congress should
assemble at some neutral city of less importance. Frankfort-
on-the-Maine is much talked of."

The Globeof Saturdaysays :—" No step can be taken towards
framing a preliminary treaty of peace, much less concluding
such an important instrument, until the governments of
France and England shall have been in possession of the pre-
cise form in which Russia has accepted the Austrian proposi-
tions. This acceptance will probably reach London and Paris
within a few hours, but the diplomatic proceedings that will
ensue cannot possibly reach a stage that would warrant the
conclusion of an armistice for a period considerably more re-
mote than the day fixed for the meeting of parliament. A good
deal of gossip is also printed in reference to the scene of the
anticipated negotiations, and the persons who are to conduct
them. We do not think, however, that anything has been yet
decided in reference to this, and must, consequently, regard
the statements in question as so many ingenious guesses,
which may be in some respects justified by the probable re •
sults."

Although the governments of France and England have not
as yet received from Austria the formal proposals, upon which
alone official action can be taken, it is not premature to an-
nounce that the Earl of Clarendon will assist at the conferences,
which will be held at Paris, as Plenipotentiary upon the part
of the Queen of Great Britain. There will be no armistice
until the preliminaries, at least, of peace shall be formally
signed.— Observer.

PARIS, Thursday.
It is asserted that the governments of England and France
have already taken into consideration the necessity of being
prepared to name a city in which the negotiations for peace
shall take place. Both cabinets have agreed that it shall not
be a German town ; and, in all probability, Paris will be fixed
on, as affording the envoys of the Allies the best opportunity
of immediate reference to head-quarters. The Emperor, being
so near at hand, would, under such circumstances, create the
utmost confidence in France, and Lord Palmerston's personal
attendance would, no doubt, be equally assuring to the people
of England.

BERLIN, Thursday.
It has been determined, at a council at which the King pre-
sided, that Prussia will make no very open demonstration of
her wish to be admitted to the conferences.
It is expected here that the conference will soon resolve into
a general congress, to which, of course, Prussia will be sum-
moned.

Diplomatic relations between the representative of Russia
and those of the Western Powers have been partially resumed.
On their last meeting, the Baron de Budberg and Lord
Bloomfield were in conversation for a very considerable time.
The news of the Russian acceptance has been received very
coldly in Sweden. The national feeling there is greatly dis-
appointed at the prospects of peace.
We learn from Copenhagen, that a similar dissatisfaction is
manifested by the ultra-national party of Denmark.

BRUSSELS, Thursday.
The rumour from Paris is, that an armistice is concluded for
90 days; another report runs that the conferences will take
place in Paris.

THE CRIMEA.
MARSEILLES, Thursday.
The Thabor has arrived with advices from Constantinople
of the 14th, and from the Crimea of the 12th instant.
The Eldorado has landed Russian cannons from Kamiesch.
Conferences have been held in Constantinople in order to
adjust the first and fourth points relating to the Principalities.
The persons who took part in these conferences were Aali
Pasha, Grand Vizier ; Fuad Pasha, Minister of Foreign
Affairs; Prince Callimaki, M. Thouvenal, Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe, and Baron de Prokesch.
The firing continues on both sides of Sebastopol.
The Allies have blown up two of the docks.
The Russians are taking up their winter quarters at Sim-
pheropol and Baktchi-Serai.
The news from Kinburn is to the effect that the Russians
had 30,000 men iu echelon, between Petrosska and Otchakoff,
and that in consequence fears were entertained of an attack
on the fortress of Kinburn. The garrison had been rein-
forced by troops under the command of General Lebceuf.
The flotilla was frozen in, but would aid in the defence, if
the Russians should attempt the place.
General Vivian, fearing to be attacked at Kertch, has called
for officers of infantry and artillery to be despatched to him
from Constantinople. _ -

RUSSIA.
HAMBURG, Jan. 24.
An imperial ukase has been promulgated at St. Petersburg,
decreeing the issue of 10 new series of paper money, each of
three million silver roubles. At the same time, eight series
formerly drawn are renewed, making altogether 54 millions.

PERSIA.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 14.
The following is the text of the ultimatum addressed to the
Court of Persia by Mr. Murray :-
1. The government shall restore to liberty the Princess,
wife of Mirza.

2. That it shall acknowledge Mirza as Consul for the Queen
of England.

3. That the Prime Minister of the Schah shall proceed to
the residence of the English Embassy, to offer an apology, and
withdraw his offensive note.

Mr. Murray, in spite of some resistance, has left an agent
at Teheran, and has threatened to support him by an English
fleet in the Persian Gulf.

The accounts from Constantinople state that General Mou-
ravieff, after destroying the advanced works of Kars, had left
a garrison of 1,000 men in that place. well provisioned, and
ordered the main body of his army to march on Gumri.
There is at Trebizonde a force of 15,000 Turks and Egyptians,
the greater part of whom are on their way to the relief of
Erzeroum. These troops endure the most severe privations,
and more particularly suffer from the bad state of the roads,
which are much encumbered with snow.

At Kinburn the sea is frozen to a distance of two leagues ;
the gunboats which are frozen up will, in case of need, act as
detached forts round the citadel.

The rupture of relations between Persia and England is
confirmed. The Shah declined the mediation of France the
moment he heard of the fall of Kars. The English Minister,
on his side, refused to make any concessions, and has left
Teheran with all the English Legation. He arrived on the
6th of December at Kious, near Mossoul.
BARON &BEACH AND THE CZAR.-A Paris letter in the
Inde'pendance Belge contains the following :—" Although the
result M. Seebach had in view, in his visit to St. Petersburg,
is now in a good way of being realised, some details respecting
this diplomatist's interview with the Emperor Alexander will
not, perhaps, be uninteresting. M. Seebach was extremely
intimate with the Emperor Nicholas, and the Emperor Alex-
ander witnessed, when very young, the friendship which his
father maintained with that statesman. The latter was re-
ceived at the palace immediately after his arrival at St. Peters-
burg, which city he had not visited for many years. On seeing
him, the Emperor exclaimed, ' What grave events have passed
since we last saw each other !' and then threw himself into his
visitor's arms. His Majesty for some time showed much emo-
tion, and spoke of his father, his childhood, and of the calmer
times when he had known M. Seebach. In speaking of his
father tears ran down his cheeks. But, recovering himself with
a dignity truly imperial, he observed, ' But we have to speak of
more serious matters. Ah ! you are not come hoping to
weaken me.' The Emperor then expressed himself with great
clearness upon the reasons which rendered the" establishment
of peace desirable, but also upon his duties as the Sovereign of
Russia, and' the difficulties and exigencies of the situation.
My noblesse.' said he, `are not prepared to bow the head. I
do not deceive myself upon the gravity of the events in the
Crimea, nor upon the possible results of an attack in the Baltic,
but, believe me, whatever be the situation, and whatever may
be likely to arrive, it is much more difficult for me at this mo-
ment to make peace than continue the war. I encounter, in
deciding for war, ten times less resistance among my noblesse
and the people.' "

CHESTER ,AND HOLTICEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the
week ended January 20th, 1856, was as follows:—Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1;882 14s. 6d. ; steam-boats, £262 17s. 10d. ;
goods, £2,109 15s. )d. ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£4,255 Bs. ld. Corresponding week last year :—Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,897 '4O. 10d.; steam-boats, £256 Bs. 5d.;
goods, £1,659 12s. 5d ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£3,813 ss. .6d. _lncreas,e,Xl42 2s. sd.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-
ship Canada, Captain Lang, which arrived on Sunday, we
have intelligence from Boston to the 16th, and from New
York, by electric telegraph, to the 17th instant. The Canada
brought 77 passengers. On the 17th instant, in lat. 43 12
N., long. 66 38 W., passed the America.

During the outward passage of the Canada, the weather
was so bad that the watch had to get into the rigging to save
themselves from being washed overboard.
The U.S. Mail Steam-ship Atlantic, hence, arrived at New
York on the 13th instant, and the steamer Ericsson, from
Havre, on the 15th.

Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, had dined with the
President, at Washington.
Congress continued unorganised. The last ballot was :
Banks, 93 ; Richardson, 66; Fuller 33 ; Pennington, 9 ; Scat-
tering, 8. The number necessary to a choice was 105.
A telegraph to a Boston paper from Washington, says :
" It is not true that the President has prepared a special
message relative to the illicit recruiting. There is nothing
new relative to the Speakership. The call for a preliminary
Republican Convention, to be held at Pittsburg, on the 22nd
of February, was issued. The statement in the English
papers, brought by the steamer Atlantic, that a treaty of
alliance, offensive and defensive, had been concluded between
the United States and Russia, is a pure fabrication."
An accident had occurred on the Hudson River Railroad,
by which an engineer and fireman were killed, and a number
of persons injured. It occurred through the ice lifting a
bridge and displacing the rails.
A dry-goods store, at Utica, had been destroyed by fire.
Exceedingly severe weather, with intense cold and snow-
storms, had occasioned disasters and great loss of life at sea.
CALIFORNIA.—The steamships Northern Light and Empire
City had arrived at New York with $1,889,000 in California
gold. The transit route was perfectly healthy, no sickness
having occurred among the passengers, although they were
obliged to remain at San Juan del Norte two days and
eight hours, owing to the detention of the Northern Light,
in New York, by the United States officials. The mines in
California were yielding more abundantly than ever. Busi-
ness was dull to a degree which had not been noticed for many
months. A vessel had arrived with intelligence about the
Russian position in Amoor river, which is reported to be im-
pregnable.

- Ili Nicaragua matters were improving under the adminis-
tration of Rivas. The governments of San Salvador and
Honduras have sent letters of recognition to the new Govern-
ment, and the Minister from Hoduras was reported to be on
his way to Granada. Walker was receiving accessions to his
forces continually, 200 men having joined him recently.
Colonel Kinney was still at Juan del Norte. A large number
of his men had joined Walker. The U. S. frigate Potomac
had arived at San Juan. H. M. ships Arab and Espiegle were
also there.

The Bermuda Gazelle, referring to the difference at An-
tigua, in consequence of the authorities having taken a negro
from an American vessel, on the ground of his being a slave,
and to inquire into which the United States frigate Cyane
was sent to Antigua' says :—On her arrival at English
Harbour, the Cyane fount}, much to her surprise, H. M.
sloop of war Medea on the ground before her. One of the
officers of the latter ship being sent on board the Cyane,
Commander Fairfax is reported to have informed him that he
was most happy to see the Englishman as a private gentle-
man, but could have nothing to say to him in his official
capacity ' • and that he (Commander F.) would not salute the
English flag until reparation was made to the American
Government for the insult offered to the stars and stripes.
The Cyane, on entering the harbour, had taken a very
menacing position in regard to the Medea and forts, but the
Medea, as soon as she had finished coaling, managed to place
herself so as to put the Cyane in what would have been a very
uncomfortable fix, had they come to blows."