The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-28 00:00:00

It is confidently reported on the Bourse to-day,

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THE CRIMEA

an armistice was signed yesterday at Vienna
for three months, and that the peace conferences
are to be held in this city. If the first part of the
news be true, you will have already received it by
telegraph from Vienna ; for the latter, my letters
will have already prepared you.
A telegraphic despatch from Berlin says that
the circular of Count Nesselrode to the diplomatic
agents of his government, states that Russia has
consented to make concessions for peace, in order
to please her Allies, but in no respect because her
own in teretts call for peace. The Constitutionnel
of to-day publishes a letter dated St. Petersburg,
Which says, that the Emperor Alexander resolved
on peace without consulting his brother Constan-
tine; and that the nobles received the news
of his having made concessions, with discontent,
and the mass of the people with incredulity. All
this is not, it must be confessed, couleur de rose.
A Hamburg despatch states, that the Russian
Government has just ordered a new issue of
54,000.000 roubles of treasury bills.
A Berlin letter says, that the Prussian Cabinet
has resolved not to make any change in its atti-
tude or policy in order to obtain admission to the
peace conferences.

It is reported to-day, that the Bank of France
had resolved to accept bills at three months' date.
This will be a great convenience to commerce.
Combined with the report of the armistice, it has
caused another large rise on the Stock Exchange.
In addition to the Crimean medal granted to the
French troops who served in the Crimea, the
English government has conferred the dignity of
G.C.B. on General Bosquet and General Regnault
de St. Jean d'Angeley ; of K.C.B. on Generals de
Maitimprey, Niel, Duitte, EPelesuie, awl Arenmet,
also Capt. Amirel of the navy ; of C.B. on Generals
Espinasse, Paris de la Rollardiere, Cler, Lorenz,
De Champeron, Beville, Mameque, Forgeot ; Colo
nels Courignan, De Rochebouet, and De Douay, and
Palthes de Bomret ; Lieutenant-colonels Heine,
De Malroy, and Gagneur, and Captain Pothnau.
The decorations were conferred yesterday in the
isual form, at the Embassy, in the presents of the
Ministers of War and Foreign affairs, Sir Colin
Sir A. Woodford, &c. Lord Cowley
gave a grand dinner to the new

If peace should be established an extraordinary
impulse will be given to commercial enterprise,
and speculations of all kinds will be launched into
with reckless enthusiasm. Already I hear of
several schemes being on the tapis. English capi-
talists will, no doubt, be able to find profit in some
of these undertakings ; but they must be cautious
not to go too far and too fast.

One of the newspapers of this morning mentions
'act which shows the development which French
commerce and manufactures may be expected to
It is, that the production of coal has risen
from 5,000,000 tons, since 1852, to between 6,000,000
and 7,000,000 tons, and that the importation of
foreign coal has increased from 8,000,000 to between
10 000.0n0 and 11,000,000 tons.

The Marseilles telegraph brings news from Con-
stantinople to the 14th. It was said that, in the
event of a rupture between England and Persia,
which was considered inevitable, France and
Turkey would also break off with her. The con
ferences for the settlement of the affairs of the
Principalities had commenced. General Vivian,
fearing to be attacked at Kertch, had demanded
officers of infantry and artillery. An attack of
30,000 Russians on Kinburn was expected. At
Sebastopol the Allies were firing on the Russians,
and the Russians on them.

The following appeared in our Extra Editions of
Saturday :

Camp, Sebastopol, January 12.—. The monotony of
camp life in the Crimea has not been broken by
any event worthy of record. When the last mail
left, on the Bth instant, the snow which covered the
ground, in some places upwards of a foot in depth,
was meltinir rapidly. Now the snow has wholly disap-
peared. On the open ground large green patches of
new vegetation are scattered, and many of the earlier
bulbous plants are shooting up. Should the wind veer
to the northwards the scene will be wholly changed in
a few hours. The roads are unavoidably in a bad con-
dition. The traffic upon them is immense and constant.
The condition of the transport mules is fast improving.
They are now nearly all stabled. Six hundred carts for
the tratyport corps have been landed during the present
week. In the early part of the week the destruction of
the remaining portions of the Karabelnaia docks, in
charge of the English engineers, was effected. Part of
the great basin still remains to be destroyed. The Rus-
sians have maintained their fire from the north side and
a few casualties have occurred among men fetching
stores from_the ruins of the town.—Daily News.