The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN - TIMES.--LIVERPOOL; WEDNESDAY.

marks remaining go to show that every act, so far
as can be conjectured, was committed within a
circle of from four to five feet in diameter. If this
be so, the only way of accounting for the appear•
ance of the murderer in the room, is by supposing
that, having entered the terminus by a passage
leading from the platform, at its west sinde, he
asp ended the stairs, and lurking by, either in one of
the rooms on the corridor, or on a sort of cask
staircase adjoining the cashier's room, awaited
an opportunity of finding the coast clear, and then,
seeing that the door was not locked--which is now
generally supposed, notwithstanding the evidence
at the inquest—opened it quietly, and so as not to
attract attention. Rewards have been offered for
information by Mr. Simon Little, of Cullentra,
county of Wexford, to the amount of £lOO, and by
Mr. Thomas W. Bond, of Stephen's green, to the
amount of £5O. The railway company have not as
yet offered any reward, but it is said that the
Government contemplate offering n less a sum
than £5OO, under the usual restriction.
Matters on the Continent are again reported to
be in a very unpleasant position. A telegraphic
despatch from Paris, early this morning, informs
us that the Constantinople papers announce that
the Russian cruisers, of Abasia, had captured
several Turkish shore beats, loaded with smuggled
salt. Admiral Lyons sent some gun boat sloops to
demand a reason for this capture, but one of their
sloops, the Beager, attempting to penetrate the
Sea of Azof, the Russians refused her the passage
of the Straits of Yenikale, and even fired upon her
The details relative to the affairs in which the
Persians who had fired themselves into Herat had
been repulsed, are confirmed, but this dates so far
back as the month of Jaly. Herat was taken in
September, and the capture of the place is not
contradicted. _ .

According to Vienna advices of a late date, it
would appear that not only is the Prussian Govern-
ment opposed to England, Austria, and Turkey in
the Bessarabian frontier question, but Baron von
Alanteuffel is endeavouring to consolidate the
friendly relations which have recently been esta-
blished between the Russian and French Cabinets.
It is also related that the Prussian Minister-
President speaks and acts as if the alliance
between Russia and France were a fait accompli
It is still asserted that the question of the re-
sumption of the Paris Conference is far from being
settled and it is said that the Emperor Francis
Joseph has expressed himself to the effect that it
will not be his fault if the stipulations of the treaty
of Paris are not fulfilled.
We get a strange report from Naples by tele-
graph, which says the Government is about to
make a free port of Naples. This is highly impro-
bable, for the Customs duties are one of the chic
resources of the revenue. The city was tranquil
on the 12th.
From Spain wo learn that the fusion between
the Carlists and the reigning branch of the Spanish
Bourbons is advancing towards its conclusion, but
without the concurrence, or, perhaps, the know-
ledge of General llarvaez.
According to letters received from well-informed
parties in several continental cities, the removal of
the apprehensions recently entertained respecting
the cordiality of the relations between the English
and French Governments has been attended with
a favourable effect upon the money market.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

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FRANCE.

(FROM.OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The principal news of the day comes from
Belgium, and is a confirmation of the report that ,
has been current for the last few days, that Russia
is disposed to abandon both Bolgrad and the Isle
of Serpents, but that she will only do so on con-
ditions of a new Congress being assembled. This
confirmation comes from the Russian journal Le
Nord. A good authority on Russian matters. In
return for these concessions, a hope is expressed
by the Le Nord that the English fleet will promptly
leave the Black Sea, and the Austrians the Princi-
palities.
The Constitutionnel has an article written. in
vague terms, the object of which seems to be, to
show that the Emperor never had any intention of
making unworthy concessions to Russia.
According to the Independanoe of Brussels, M .
de Morny has been summoned from St. Petersburg
to Paris. The same journal says that an agent of
the French Legation in Persia, who was charged
to accompany the Turkish Embassy, was on its
way to Paris, has received orders to return to his
post. This must evidently be intended as a con-
cession to England.
There has been a rise on the Bourse to-day. It
was reported there that the Government is
determined not to authorise the quotation of any
more foreign enterprises in 'the official stock acts
for at least another year, from the let January
next. If this resolution be taken, it will be a
death blow to the Russian railway project.
The official Moniteur publishes a letter from
Brussels, which, announcing the marriage of King
Leopold's daughter, the Princess Charlotte, with
an Austrian Archduke, says, in proper terms, that
"as King Leopold is very rich, he will, both as a
king and a father, no doubt, give his daughter a
large fortune;" also, that the young couple have
resolved to marry, " not so much for political
motives as for personal taste." Such language is
considered grossly unbecoming in a grave official
journal ; and people ask whether it has been
employed by negligence, or as an intentional
impertinence. As Louis Napoleon entertains no
liking for King Leopold, it may be meant to be
impertinent.
A. Marseilles despatch says that Queen Christina,
of Spain, had embarked at that port for Rome.
She goes to attend the aceouchement of her daughter,
and has no present intention of returning to Spain.
Accounts had arrived from Naples to the 12th. A
decree had be issued, authorising the formation of
a railway from Naples to the Gulf of Tarento, and
it was said that Naples was decidedly to be made
a free port. The city was tranquil, but commercial
affairs were slack.

All the accounts from Germany concur in stating
that if Switzerland does not do what Prussia wants
with respect to the Neufchatel question, the latter
power will march three corps d'arrnee to the Swiss
frontiers, and will, a la Nicholas, take some " mate-
rial guarantee" in the shape of Schaffenburg, or
some other Swiss town.
A St. Petersburg letter announ6es that a consi-
derable number of Russian troops are to be con-
centrated near the frontiers of Persia, in order to
cause the influence of Russia to prevail, in the
event of the affairs of Persia and Affghanistan
taking a serious turn.

THE "DAILY NEWS" ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.

The announcement which has been made by one at
least of our cotemporaries, that "Mr. Buchanan is elected
President of the United States," although possibly true
by anticipation, and in so far as it indicates an event, the
future accomplishment of which is but too probable, is,
nevertheless, inaccurate and premature in point of actual
fact. No person is as yet " elected President of the
United States, nor has any vote for that officer as yet been
taken. All that has been accomplished, is the choice,
in the various States of tha Union, of those functionaries
called " Presidential electors," whose duty it will be,
some few weeks hence, to assemble for the purpose of
recording their votes for both a President and a Vice-
President of the American Union; and as to the choice
of even these " electors," the information which has
reached us is utterly informal and non-official. * * *
We repeat, therefore, that although it is highly probable
that Mr. Buchanan will be the next President of the
United States, the announcement of that fact as already
accomplished, or as even absolutely certain of accom-
pliohment, is, to say the least, undeniably premature.

ACCIDENT TO MR. HOESMAN, M.P.—An accident which
appears to have been at the moment very alarming hap-
pened on Saturday to Mr. Horsman, M.P., Chief Secretary
for Ireland, while hunting with the Ward stag hounds.
The Freeman's Journal, which relates the circumstance,
says "It appears that in a hard run of some two hours,
Mr. florsman, who is a first-rate rider, was somehow or
other thrown from hia horse, and while in that state the
horse, which was quite tired, rolled over him heavily, and,
we understand, severely injured him. No medical attend-
ance was, unfortunately, at hand, but every attention was
bestowed on the sufferer which care and solicitude could
afford. On enquiry at his residence in Phenix Park, we
ascertained that Surgeon O'Reilly has been in attendance
upon the honourable gentleman, and that although he has
received considerable injary by the fall, and will necessarily
be confined to his apartment for some days, yet the injuries
are not of a nature to cause any serious apprehensions."