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

FEBRU.A.II-17 12, 1856.]

FOREIG l lIVTELLIGBNCE.

FRANCE.
pr telegraphic despatch on the 6th announced that the
kuLell government had forwarded passports to the two
kul Plenipotentiaries, and further stated :
Pr:nt Orloff must have already left St. Petersbum Baron ,
iw leaves Frankfort on the 7th, and M. de Bourquencyt
Rs Vienna on the same day.
Plenipotentiaries will be lodged at their respective em-
i7les, Lord Clarendon residing at the Hotel Cooper in the
VIPs Elysees.
po'u,e sittings, it is believed, will be held at the Ministry for
reit'll Affairs , and the period of the labours of the Congress
T,
unated at from twelve or fourteen days to three weeks.
Conference is expected to open about the 20th or 23d
although Prussia is not mentioned in the list of represen-
bY the Moniteur, the Pays states that in case of any
h I'e inwith MM. the pr seent situation, M. d'Alvensleb
siaen and 31. de
;, .7113', Balau, would represent Prus.
arlike preparations were still pushed forward with great
r,,er at Cherbourg, and the sudden departure of General
artr asse, in command of the third division of the French
in the East, had created some remark,.
IL, e Constitutionnel, in a semi-official article, has stated
to',
at the allied powers have resolved not to demand pecuniary`lll3elisation from Russia, pointing out that the increased
„filercial developments of France and England are sufficient
• wu'Pensation.
AUSTRIA.
11e French
preliminary protocol was signed at Vienna on the Ist,
, -vrpnch and English ministers having received instructions
Zordmg.ly the day previous. At noon on the Ist, Sir
GoTilton Seymour, M. de Bourquency, ham Bey, and Prince
h:'schakoff met at Count Buol's, and signed the document.
12 ley signed first, then Count Buol, Sir Hamilton Sey-
s,", M. de Bourquency, and, lastly, Prince Gortschakoff. The
Ala the document is as follows
of consequence of the acceptance by their respective courts
444" e five propositions contained in the document hereunto
!led, under the title of " Draft of Preliminaries," the un-
yaltisited, after having paraphed it, conformably to authori-
-011 received to that effect, have agreed that their govern-
velite shall each nominate plenipotentiaries, who, furnished
41 the full powers necessary for proceeding to the signature
I„,,orinal'prelitninaries of peace, shall conclude an armistice
;;;', a definitive treaty of peace. The said plenipotentiaries
411 have to assemble at Paris within the term of three weeks
ting from this day, or sooner if it can be done.
uone at Vienna, this Ist day of February, 1856.
(The Five Signatures.)
A
t elegraphic despatch from Vienna, on Saturday night,
pia that Prince Gortschakoff, wh en signin g
h, requested that
a should be invited to take part at te conferences.
Buol supported the request. The French and English
ALniaters took notice of it ad referendum. The object of
"*,ria in laying the propositions before the Frankfort Diet
1, believed at Vienna to have been with a view of giving
41saia an opportunity of declaring her intentions.

PRUSSIA.
blatelligence from Berlin states that Prussia, sooner than
liiii°duce any fresh subject of contention between the allies,
relinquish all claims for admission to the conferences.
The Gazette de la Croi.r of the 3rd maintains that Prussia
' continue in her neutrality in the face of the conferences,
ItZtwill enter into no engagements tending to support the
`.,ern powers against Russia.
.41111 fresh issue of paper to the amount of ten millions was
'ec consideration.

SPAIN.
the government has presented a demand for 16,000 men for
thearmy. This has created some sensation, but it is stated
1:Ilea are required for the service of the Peninsula. At
and in some other towns of Alicante, new attempts
gistnrbance have been made, but they have failed in pre-
of the energetic attitude of the authorities.

SWEDEN.
tl Letters from Stockholm express serious apprehensions on
4.. Part of the people if the Aland Isles are allowed to be
stained by Russia.
vet chamberlain of the King's Cabinet, Count Bijonstjerna,
v„out on the 29th ult. for London, to present Prince Albert
kti the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Seraphim.

TURKEY.
s Mces foConstantinole of the 28th ult., stte that the
at the
lam
has roved of thep plans of internal reforma proposed
tothe Conferppence, involving a complete social, judicial, politi-
V, and military reform, and placing the Christian and the
30sIetri subjects of Turkey on an equality. As the Morning
41°0 remarks —Mahomedanism and have, beep
°lght too antagonistic to go on openlyChristianit togethey r. Ibis is
131,_4' changed. Christians are to be formally admitted to hold
the civil government—not only those high posts in
they have been hitherto employed, but they are to dis-
til arge, evenly with Mahomedans; all public functions. The
Christian
which has been agreed to and passed is, in short, a
ii7lstian emancipation act. There can be no doubt of the be.
f:lts which this great advance in the east of Europe will con-
eili ,ou the Christian subjects of the Ottoma empire. They
fl' tin longer be an excluded race, doomen d to undergo a
despotism, to languish under injustice and sudden op-
yn'on to suffer wrongs which they cannot make heard, and
pliries 'which rest on the conscience of bim who does the.m.
1,1?" Will stand openly and straightforwardly on an equality
their Mahomedan fellow-subjects, and will be eligible,
i);,t,41,113T with them, to fill all public places, to discharge all
IC4tie functions. We believe that this measure will be of the
44105 t benefit to Turkey itself, just as it will be of the greatest
tntage to the Christian subjects who form, at
Iresen S
se a portion of the dominion of the Porte. t willt, O
enseiy improve the condition of the most active and intelli-
t,elit capitalis—ts ; it will increase the fair and even administra-
-1::•`11 ofjustice ; it will do away, andrees, with that insane
Ogotry which has been the curse,very near the destruc-
,`4l, of Islamism ; it brings to Turkey the dawn of a new and
i',,brig,liter day than she yet has seen; it gives her the right
v a place among the nations of Europe.

RUSSIA. •
a Letters from St. Petersburg, dated the 31st of January,
i'escribe increasing confidence among the merchants and a
tilrther improvement in the rate of exchange. An erroneous
li
litluncement that an armistice had alread been .concluded,
iPears to have given a new impulse to the markets. Accord-
'g to the views of intelligent persons, there could be no doubt
that the Austrian intervention to bring about terms was orimi.-
4113 r concerted at St. Petersburg, and its success is hailed as
tiVl of
:finnh of skill, by which the exposure of the actual condi-
i Russia
and the degradation of suing for peace have been
tfeerted. Peace, it is said, is no longer a question for consi-
Otion, but an absolute necessity for the country ; and this
fact is so thoroughly recognised that every one believes it to
the firm intention of the Czar to meet the allies in a manner
make sure of the war being brought to a close. The pride
''ae fanatical party is, however, to be soothed by the idea
l'at the submissio ahouh now inevitable, need not be per-
:bent. The famoun, s saying gof Catherine, that Constantinople,
f l'eg'ards Russia,is "the key of the house," is not to be banished
41.:111 recollection. A period of repose must be had at any cost,
i 1 it is well to have secured it while Cronstadt and Sweaborg
1,4 still boast of impregnability. But this policy is only " for
0e Present." No Russian, it is affirmed, gives up his views
C„,Turkey, and " they now say they must get the English to
e„`"l4 public works and railroads, and also to find the capital to
14le it to be taken at a more auspicious time, when France
ni 3' have troubles at home." Hence for the future the di-
. ati
04, arts te tone will be altogether in favour of the as of peace,
Pe cultivation of commerce, and a limitation of the empire.
,;ren_naella'
will, on a treaty being concluded
rtuneut grant cessions and give guarantees of roterest
English companies for the construction-of railways all over
„"e country. lt is the appropriateness of these designs that
alpid to have converted the Grand Duke Constantine to the
e °f peace, and this conversion is accepted by every true
ttriißiau as a sign that nothing is really intended to be aban-
Hlbe`d. He will not give up, they say, the duty that was ira-
ilc°•,, upon thewhen he was christened, and for the fulfil-
tu'illt of which studies and habits of his life have consti-
tuted. a continuous preparation.

AFRICA.
tv the mail packet Retriever, which arrived at Plymouth
Ithursday, we have received intelligence from Africa to the
At Sierra Leone trade from the interior continues steady,
,Ist,lvitlistanding the unsettled state of the country, and gold
other products are brought in daily in small quantities.
to War has recommenced on the Nunez between the Landon-
and the Nalons.
Remand.° Po was very unhealthy, business brisk. .
thee disturbances at the Cameroons had stopped the trade
utr. Stanton, the surgeon, and Mr. Barry, chief officer of the
itelehant ship Hantz, had died of fever at Old Calabar, where
114.,".33 very severe. Oil ranged from £lB to £2l, and at
—untlY £l7.
There is promise of a good season at Lagos.
da.oud complaints are made at Cape Coast Castle against the
Vona' import duty.
at 'qr. Benson, the newly elected President, was drily installed
Liberia on the 15th of January.
/,,1„,,1e Governor of Bathurst left on the 22d of Januury for
Tia, to conclude a commercial treaty with the king. -
111 -der Majesty's steamvessel Bloodhound, 3, Lieutenant Com-
ticler Williams, from Lagos, arrived at Fernando Po on the
~; of January, for the purpose of taking the newly-appointed
13111 on a visit of inspection to the Bights.
Lioe steam-sloop Hecate, 5, Commander Gordon, was at
els on the 7th of January.
The steam-sloop Alecto,s,Commander Phillips, from Quetta,
411.1.2 ed at Accra on the 9th of January, with the mails.
3„-ktle steam-vessel Myrmidon, 3, and the Childers, 12, Com-
',ll-der Maley, were at Liberia on the 15th of January.
,4.11 e steam-ship Scourge; 6, Commodore Adams, was at
fail. Leone on the 18th of January, waiting for the outward
70 She had on board, besides her own crew, a number of
b `linteers to man gunboats, and was expected to be relieved
Yr
it he Salamander.
4tl!e American mail steamer Gambia,fromPlymouth, arrived
rgterra Leone on the 18th of January.
ft.,s'lle steamer Parana put into Madeira on the 28th of Jan.,
na stress of weather. After receiving a supply of coal, she
Seeded on her voyage the same day.