The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

The Moniteur of Tuesday publishes the following notifica-
tion :

" The Plenipotentiaries called upon to take part in the nego-
tiations which are about to open at Paris are:—
" FOR FRANCE.
_ _

" Count Colonna Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Emperor, and Baron de Bourquency, his Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna.
" FOR AUSTRIA.
_

"Count Buol Schanenstein, Minister of `Foreign Affairs of
the Emperor of Austria, and Baron de Hubner, his Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris.
" FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
" The Earl of Clarendon, Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs ; and Lord Cowley, Ambassador of England
at Paris.

"Fon RUSSIA.
"Count Orloff, member of the Council of the Empire, and
Aide-de-Camp•General of the Emperor of Russia ; and Baron
de Brunow, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Germanic Confederation.

"FoR SARDINIA.

"The Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio, Senator of the King-
dom of Sardinia.

"FOR TURKEY.
" Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier of his Majesty the Sultan; and
Mehemed Djemil Bey, his Ambassador at Paris."

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

IN consequence of severe illness, the Chevalier Massimo
d'Azeglio will be prevented from taking part in the approach-
ing congress. The two representatives of Sardinia will now
be the Count Cavour and the Marquis de Villamarina. King
Victor Emmanuel will thus be represented, like the Emperor
of Austria, by the chief ministers of his Cabinet and his
resident minister in Paris.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will leave London for
Paris at the end of the week, and will reside during the con-
ference at the Hotel Bristol, which has been engaged for the
accommodation of our Foreign Secretary of State and suite.
His lordship will be accompanied by his private secretary, the
Hon. S. Ponsonby, and by Messrs. C. Spring Rice, John Bid-
well, J. C. Vivian, and Villiers Lister, all of the foreign office,
and by the Hon. Julian Fane, who is attached to Her
Majesty's mission at Vienna. Mr. E. Hammond and Lord
Wodehouse, the under secretary of state, will remain in
London, and superintend the business of the foreign office
during the absence of Lord Clarendon.
The Press says—" We have reason to believe that the con-
stitution of the congress about to assemble at Paris is not yet
fixed. The point in debate is whether Prussia shall be ad-
mitted to the congress ; on this head some difference of
opinion exists among the leading pOwers. The question has
never been fairly discussed in this country ; ,but it has now
assumed such practical shake and prominence that it can no
longer be overlooked. Had Prussia openly sided with Russia,
this question of her admissibility would never have been raised.
She would have been a party to the congress as a matter of
course. Can it be a valid ground for her exclusion that she
did not do so ? Leaving aside all views of European states-
manship, regard for Protestant interests, and for the estab-
lished policy of this country, should induce us to advocate
the admission of a Prussian plenipotentiary to the Paris
congress."

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says :—" A
telegraphic dispatch has arrived from Vienna this evening
which says that Prussia will not countenance the fifth point
of the Austrian ultimatum. As Prussia is entirely guided by
the policy of St. Petersburg, this assertion, if correct, may have
some meaning ; and points at the difficulties which the
Western Envoys will have to meet at the congress."