The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

POREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRkNCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
It is now beyond all doubt that the Conference
Rill meet to-morrow, the 29th. I understand that
Russia is the power to whioh the Pays referred
Yesterday as having yet to send an answer on a
matter
of " detail " before the plenipotentiaries
•vCi.!!lld proceed to work. Lam told to-day that the
„ing alluded to is the formal consent of Russia to
conioromise which it is alleged has been entered
Into about Bolgrad. A statement made by a Bel-
4jan journal obtains credence, although I will not
Credit it till the fact shall leave no room for scepti-
°isn't What is said is, that the English cabinet,
while sticking to their text that they will not
c"m Russia any compensation for giving up
h (Agra& will nevertheless consent to her
t aving one hundred square miles of terri-
,_orY which she was never intended to have,
Von the condition that it shall not be said to
a compensation for Bolgrad. This is what is
1,0,,t by the compromise. Russia's anal answer,
t„„lon it is not doubted will be favourable, is
i:Pected to-morrow, and in that case the Con-
3ortellt2ces 'nifty very possibly meet on Tuesday, the
oria.:, If they do, the protocol recording the
trumg will be signed on the 31st, and then the
tielstis,.ng will be adjourned over New Year's-day.
.word of Brussels, however, being very pro-
br not in possession of the latest news, only
k_euleates that the meeting will take place in the
..;013t fortnight of January. At all events not a
the Conferences
of doubt is expressed in official circles that
,rilr'econferences will really take place almost
and that all parties are agreed as to the
ssue.
last
TheNord of Brussels affirms that within the.
in th few de
aYs a remarkable change has taken place
t
attitude of Lord Palmerston s Government.
given less irritable about the Conferences, and has
Isoatntriwbiusedeounsels to Switzerland." This change
by the Russian agent to the fact that
suffialian.Fe with Austria can be formed upon a
of p„-`atty firm basis to stand against the alliance
hlo,;"lnce and Russia, and also to the necessity of
iiho".ng seine tangible result of the negotiations to
it is ,t° parliament when it meets. The Nord says
Ter_ ' eertain." that " immediately after the Con-
, Eerces the English fleet will evacuate the Black
The
the Austrian troops the Principalities.
havec Nouvelliste de Rouen says :—" Within the
tw days three Prussian officers in uniform
.rvet -en going about in the arrondissement of
at th°, to buy horses. On Wednesday they were
liceo e them
to see l'auville market, where several dealers came
by appointment. These officers are
• LoreraPanied by three interpreters. They select
074,ard the
• t_
wes flt both for draught and saddle, and are to
purchases to Prussia before the end
the monir
th.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, DEC. 26.
shedthree weeks ago France proposed to Eng
the"' and Austria that a piece of land lying between
trib„lll3Pe.r part of the river Yalpuk and one of its
:satio-apee should be given to Russia as a compen•
Go -Rn BolgTad. The British and Austrian
inmv-rnment were of opinion that it was of little
tarportao,„
" whether the Upper Yalpuk or its tribu
co strongly the formed a part of the new frontier line, but
tatisf ation.
objected the use of the word
flipent • to
Several days were spent inun:
toll' discussions, but at the beginning of
Betstlweek
(Probably Sunday 21,) it was definitively
ed between En land,
land, Austria, and France,
ettletAlle Bessarabian frontier question should c
of
i be
A person who is generally well-informed
low" " la passing behind the scenes gives the f oi.
bee,ng count of the arrangements that have just
tO lnade at Paris First, both the Boigrads are
bane„Zede d to Moldavia ; second, the Delta of the
luri." and the Isle of Serpents are to bo ceded to
and Russia is to retain possession of the
—eo of
as a, land between the Yalpuk and its tributaryh
are n Goof
for Old Bolgrad (Tabak). T o
bet
about 180
be O' the above-mentioned territories is said to
f
square miles, with a population o
the foregoing'
8,000 and 10,000 souls. In order to make
add ~?rePillo' information complete, it must be
e't that the Russian Ministers at Paris do not
object to the terms proposed.

PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND

The
Frankfort Journal of Saturday last gives. the
4 %%ing news from Berne, dated on the previous
ay (Frida)
The Federal Council has received a proposition
arrangement from tho Emperor Napoleon.
ing T
. h° Popular enthusiasm is continually increas-
` The Swiss Confederation is organising for the
etence of the national soil. `• Military
preparations are actively going on.
appeal has been made to Swiss women to pro-
"e for the service of the ambulances."
*0- private letter from Berne of the 24th states
is'at on that day 15,000 troops were placed en echelon
frruta Basle to Rheinfelden Liestal, and as many
'2,11 Rheinfelden to Schaffhausen.
1-) -t
Tb he Presse publishes the following letter from
'Jerrie of the 24th:—
4 ~e military preparations of Switzerland
e an importance far exceeding all that was
ti 'n 1838 and 1847. The popular demonstra-
o ns are such as do not allow the slightest doubt
` be
lien,. entertained of the unanimity
of the national
ind'u The cantonal governments and nent.private
• ividuals vie with other in enthusiasm and sac•
thl3; and the Federal Council receives every day
se,-„lnost satisfactory assurances of devotedness,
11,°1Panied. by offers of service and money.
ech-p'.ie are at the present time already 15,000 men
"tod`"ed on the line of Basle-Rheinfelden•Liest ali
'Ph as many from Rheinfelden to Schaffhause
have ohs gymnastic societies of Switzerlande
e all
. offered their services, and there is
eore,,nt'on of forming all the members into a special
bus. Itia calculated that there would thus be ready
ItinrY of 2,000 young men, accustomed to everyi
14ren,.°f bodily exercise, and capable of rendering t
e
tc,,,;'eet service to their country. In all the can-
°Meers of every rank, freed from military
4, 'Pe, offer themselves for any duty that may be
attn?d, and in all cases their offers are at once
,theer,',.,"ed• According to the Federal constitution,
nead-lination of the general in chief and of the
It 6°' the staff belongs to the Federal Assembly.
however, universally believed that Generala°4l. will be appointed, and he has arrived here
The lerin tend and direct the military preparations.
the 1-°wing are some of the superior officers of
ehgin eieral staff.---Commander in chief of the
?Ililieepre, Colonel Buchwalder; commander in
ehi°' the artillery, Colonel Fescher; commander
?tertiber ef the field train, Lieutenant Colonel Wur-
qac„,,erg ; commander in chief of the waggon train, ,
ornaro ; auditor in chief, Gonzenbah ;
Plll4."'ltetqary in chief, Abys; physician in chief, Dr.
I,oooe*a 'veterinary surgeon in chief, Neeff. About
e,,hatoi°llcera, sub officers, and soldiers of the Neuf-
,rnountains have sent an address to the
favou'aL Government, in which they claim, as a
1% to be placed in the advanced guard, if an
The neat should take place with the Prussians.
t 4 th eral Council has referred this application
cut,e tnilitary department. A report is generally
c'elltent here that the Federal Government has
beijacted
a very considerable loan, the amount
it ig s• said ted as high as 50 millions of francs, and
that two London Banking houses have
O A Fed to place the greatest part of it."
pr'etter
, from Berne, of the 22nd, in the Journal
1,4n1.,,tf0rt, says
° day, the first troops passed through this
. thew with drums beating and colours flying, on
OistriwaY to Basle. The inhabitants of the rural
the nets are flocking in here old and young, to get
11'01411"a inscribed at the enlistment offices. It
Ivhie be difficult to describe the general enthusiasm
Franh prevails.
]tter rrom Berne, in the Post Ampt Gazette, of
tfort.
It • ' says --
the is certain that that the unanimous vote of
Itaii 'rand Council of Berne in favour of the
nlited military credit demanded by the Federal