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

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

es brsujime.—Letters of the 19th received from Copenhagen
gtention the probability of the conclusion between Denmark
and the two Western Powers of a treaty based in a great
Leasure on the principles of territorial guarantee, and con-
rellinc* the same reciprocal obligations stipulated in the treaty
eis,ll,4with Sweden. It is impossible to deny that the policy
, the Scandinavian Governments,which had maintained Our-
'g those two years of maritime war a system of strict neu-
Nlity, has been deeply modified, as respects Russia, by the
'nature of a treaty of this description, in which it is
ge
Je tlevally believed at Stockholm that some secret clauses are
(tile war. serted with regard to certain continge: li to arise ou
aFor the presenappearsncies positivekely that Sweden,
11(t, Denmark will necessarily follow the same line of conduct
iirsuas not bound herself to participate actively in hostile 1856,
circumstances against Russia ; but, should the war recommence in 1856,
Ci`runastances may occur which will render all further liesita-
0° impossible on the part of Sweden. There is one fact,
b"Wever, very clear, namely, that this last power has evinced,
resY„sie,-iiing that act, a marked preference for the Western
ViulrY, and that the old alliance between the three northern
.e;Uvers, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, is virtually at an end.
h'le French corvette d'Assas, which returned with the Eng-
-11 squadron to Elsinore, where she underwent some repairs,
ttsS sailed for France. During the last fortnight, agents of
t's Swedish Government purchased here a large quantity of
,11 tanned leather, which is said to be destined for her mai-
-1 '-'irY armaments.
i d'orekse3.—A letter from St. Petersburg says that the
Grand-Duke Nicholas, who is about to marry the Princess
,4eicandria of Oldenburg, will soon be called to the throne of
s'aaud, it being intended to declare the Grand-Duchy of War-
IPv independent immediately after the death of Marshal
lackiewitsch :—" The Queen Dowager of the Netherlands,
been residing in the Palace of Anichkiew. lam told that she
_a's succeeded in establishing a sort of harmony between Alex-
ander 11. and the Grand-Duke Constantine. The Emperor is
generally beloved on account of his mild character, but the
Grand-Duke
v• is heartily detested ; he is likewise dreaded, his
oolenee of character being such that he too often passes the
bounds of ordinary brutality. This fault, which is generally
b_rare in a young man, is strikingly developed in the Grand-
/uke Constantine, who resembles in all respects his two uncles,
ellstantine and Michael, of deplorable memory. The Grand-
Duke, who who is sincerely to be pitied, falls at time into paroxysms
terrible fury ; and these attacks are followed by a sort of
raesical and moral prostration. Do not, therefore, believe
b newsmongers, who announce that the Crown of Poland will
himgiven to the Grand-Duke Constantine : the Emperor knows
Passions
too well, and the excesses to which the violence of his
luns may carry him,ever to confide to him the task of di-
recting- either the whole or part of the Empire."
ts. BRIZILS.—By the Portuguese steamer Dona Maria 11., ar-
rived at Lisbon on the 17th, we have Brazil news six days later,
11.1-ze Rio de Janeiro, Nov.
Dec.
; Bahia, Nov. 26 ; Pernambuco,
~ or. 28; St. Vincent, Dec. 7 ; Madeira, Dec. 13. From Rio
`-;° Janeiro we learn that the Brazilian government having
annulledA the treaty celebrated with Paraguay by the Rear-
Z4nairal Ferreira d'Oliveira, had invited President Lopes to
;iicid a plenipotentiary to Rio de Janeiro, which he agreed to.
t„e gov ernment of Buenos Brazilian hd declared to the Brazilian
quay, that the sailing of a squadron up the Urn-
ay, although once allowed, was a violation of the Argentine
11 territory, which could not again be permitted, and diplomatic
at Rio
had been exchanged on the subject. The cholera cases
el:4T° de Janeiro were reduced to a dozen per diem, but the
th:ollic had appeared at Santos, and fears were entertained
eene,it Would spread in the province of San Paulo, and cause
o'a-b4ot
„.ravages to those which had taken place at Campos. and
cow.. r ria• At Bahia cholera had all but disappeared, but still
we.,',l,uued bad in the interior and near ports.—Although the
alltiL,tjer was fine, sugars came in slowly, and 2,400 for browns
setit,Soo to 3,000 for whites had been paid, principally forthe
52e:-: Coffee rather flat at 4,000. For cotton buyers offered
7,vu, free on board, and sellers demanded 5,. Excange
ferl. f°r 60 days' sie•ht.—Last freights paid for Liverpool: 455.
Thespr, and yd. for cotton ; and for the Channel. 575. 6d.
25% T'ajero steamer, from Liverpool, arrived at Bahia on the
the • °' IN avember.—Pernambuco continued entirely to escape
readinfection of cholera and the report that the epidemic had
had eb its appearance in 'the neighbouring province of Alagoas
the i een otlicially contradicted.—More activity prevailed in
4eces port trade, in consequence of the increased arrival of
keeper., Sugars were accumulating in the hands of store-
paireroe; but prices of browns kept up, and 2,250 to 2,460 were
~1,, r low to good quality. Whites had declined, and 3,700
e0",./ne last rate paid on 'Change for shipment to Valparaiso.
14 pri; regular quality 4,800 up to 5,109 for very picked lots.
am' eights nothing done since the departure of the Tamar;
4 _quotations continued nominal, at 555. for the Channel and
littvrugrt,
ainnatl,e United Kingdom, and at 60s. for Havre, Ham-
rotten, 3/44.mtermediate ports : for Liverpool, 375. 6d. sugar ;