The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-30 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING

Another day has passed away and the public
has not received any official or semi-official
announcement of the signing, by the representa-
tives of England and France at Vienna, of the
protocol containing the acceptance by Russia of
the Austrian conditions. The delay excites some
little uneasiness :—it was on the 16th that Russia
notified her acceptance of the conditions to the
Austrian Minister at St. Petersburg ;—twelve
days have elapsed since then—and yet •the
protocol on the matter is not forthcoming :—how
is this ? has any hitch occurred ? It is useless,
however, to give you any of the injurious specula-
tions on the subject which are made here, as it is
not improbable that the Vienna telegraph will
have flashed to you news of the signing of the
prr)tocol before this letter shall arrive.
The Journal des Debats publishes another of its
quasi-diplomatic 'articles. Aftn- stating the terms
in which Count Nesselrode originally proposed to
modify the Austrian conditions—modifications
little more than verbal, and penned besides with
remarkable moderation of language—and after
again stating that it was chiefly in compliance with
the earnest recommendations and the scarcely dis-
guised threats of Prussia, that the Emperor Alex-
ander ceded—it says that Russia will consider in
the Conferences that the fifth article, on which it

pieeopted, tells as inuoll in favour of lier as of

England, and that cons-quently Russia w• 11
demand that England shall be prohibited from
fortifying the island of Heligoland, which is a
menace to Denmark and Northern Germany, and
shall be obliged to submit to a treaty limiting the
force and number of her vessels in the Baltic. The
Debats may be right; but if Russia should dare to
ma!:e any such proposition, it can hardly be
doubted that the English plenipotentiaries will at
once quit the conferences.
The choice of Lord Cowley, our ambassador, as
one of the plenipotentiaries in the conference, does
not excite much pleasure here, as the Noble Lord,
though very discreet, does not enjoy the reputation
of being intellectually brilliant. It is well known
that it was the personal favour of the Queen, and
not his talents or services, which secured him his
nomination to Paris ; yet the Paris Embassy is
the highest and most Important in the diplomatic
profession, and ought to be reserved to the most
worthy.

A Constantinople letter says, that the Sardinian
Minister in this city Las protested against being
exclude.! from the Conferences on the Danubian
Principalities. And, apropos of Sardinia, it is
alleged hore (in Paris), that though she will have a
place in the approaching Conferences, she will
only be allowed a voice in snr:h matters as interest
her directly—not on those which affect Europe.

P.S. It is believed here that the announcement
of the signing of the preliminaries of peace is
reserved for the Queen of England on the opening
of Parliament. It is also believed that Prussia,
after all, will be admitted to the Conferences.

The following appeared in our Extra Editions of
yesterday :
TURKEY.

The Porte has opened negociations with a view of
adjusting the differences between the English Minister
and the Persian Government.

Delegates of the Protestants of London, Berlin, Paris,
and the United States, have caused a great commotion
at Constantinople, amongst the Sultan's ministers and
high functionaries, by addressing a demand to the Porte
for liberty of conscience for Turkish subjects. The
greatest caution and prudence, it is observed, are neces-
sary in attempting to effect so great a change in the
Mussulman law.

FRANCE

It is reported in Paris, that the Polytechnic School is
to be dissolved. Its studied silence on the day the
Imperial Guard entered Paris, was remarked upon as a
mot unpatriotic demonstration.
The prospects of peace are beginning to exercise a
beneficial influence on the trade of Paris. The down-
ward movement in breadstuffs makes fresh progress in
France. The decline in flour varies from Bf. to I3f. per
sack.

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THE CRIMEA

Camp, Sebastopol, Jan. 15

During the past three or four days, _ camps on the
extreme right have been on the alert in the expectation
of an attack from the enemy. Rumour fixed upon the
12th instant, the Russian new year's day, as the prob,hle
date of this event. Nothing more than usual transpired,
however, nor did observation of the enemy's position
indicate any signs of movement. In the course of the
morning of the 12th, General Codrington rode over
towards Inkermann to reconnoitre, attended by two of
his staff, and, as usual, a single orderly dragoon. On
Saturday, the 2uth, the weather was so mild and fine,
that the winter clothing was universally laid aside. The
thermometer, yesterday morning at nine o'clock, indi-
cated only 10 degrees -hove Zero. The troops every
way appear very healthy and vigorous, notwithstanding
these sudden varia ions of climate. No occurrence of
note has taken place in the camp. A few days ago, a
French officer, wandering too near the Tehernava river
in pursuit of game, was shot dead by one of the Russian
sharpshooter:, who line the whole length of the Tcher-
naya on the north side, and omit no opportunity of firing
a shot at a casual straggler. March is fast drawing nigh ;
and, if haste is not made, we will be pushed at the last
moment. There is no reason in the world why all the
quays should not be blown in, which would take much
longer time to rebuild than the five docks and basins
after the debris were cleared away, and liiiewise all the
white buiFlings and perfect stone storehouses destroyed,
so that, when this army quits the Crimea, it might be
truly stated, that " not one stone was left standing upon
another." Flags of truce have been lately of rather
frequent occurrence. Yesterday, No. 3 general order
was to the following effect—" All officers are desired to
supply themselves with saddles and field equipments
with as little delay as possible." This looks like a move
in the spring.—Daily News.

THE RUSSIAN ACCEPTANCE.

The Tines publishes an exact translation of the circu-
lar issucit by the Russian government to its diplomatic
agents, in which it announces the acceptance of the
Austrian proposals. This document is dated

ST. PETERSBURG, JANUARY 19

After alluding to the fact th it, at last, an agreement
had been actually arrived at on many of the fundamental
bases for peace, the circular proceeds as follows :—Due
regard being had to the agreement manifested by the
whole of Europe, and to the existence of a coalition,
the tendency of which was every way to assume larger
proportions, and considering the sacrifices which a pro-
traction of the war imposes upon Russia, the Imperial
government has deemed it its duty not to delay by
accessory discussions a work. the success of which would
respond to its heartfelt wishes. It has, in consequence,
just given its adhesion to the propositions transmitted
by the Austrian government as a project for preliminary
negotiations for peace. By the energy of its attitude in
the face of a formidable coalition, Russia has given a
measure of the sacrifices which she is prepared to make to
defend her honour and dignity by the act of moderation.
The imperial government gives, at the same time, a new
proof of its sincere desire to arrest the effusion of blood,
to conclude a struggle so grievous to civilization and
humanity, and to restore to Russia and to Europe the
blessings of peace. It has a right to expect that the
opinion of all civilized nations will appreciate the act.

The magnificent Boston liner, Jo?.n Eliot Thayer, Capt.
Gains Sampson, sailed from the Mersey on Sunday last for
her destination, with another enormous cargo, of upwards
of 3,400 tons ; the value of which, cannot be computed at
less than £130,000.
THE WEATHER has taken another change since Monday
night. About nine o'clock there fell a heavy shower cf
hard hail, following by a smart frost, which continued all
night; and yesterday morning, the streets, particularly in
the upper parts of the town, were in a dangerously slippy
froststat set
e.Tihneadgaayinwiaeas.,t however, fine,
dfinthe,erbentisinetevnery
selyapcpoeldaiance and
of its continuance.
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RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MANCHESTER.-On Saturday
evening, as the eleven p.m. train from itlanchester to
Altrincham was starting from the Oxford.road station,
Manchester, the man whose duty it was to turn the points
so as 40 admit the train from the platform siding on to the
main line, turned the wrong ones, the consequence of which
was that the train ran into the engine of a goods train
about forty or fifty yards Lora the station, waiting to come
towards Oxford-road whea the passenger train had passed.
The latter was advancing at the rate of only two miles an
hour, or the result might have been extremely serious. As
it was, Mr. Rogerson, farmer, and Mrs. Rogerson, of
Timperley, and ilrs. Palmer, of Salemoor, 'were severely
bruised, and the lady first named recAved so severe a
blow on the head as to induce concussion of the brain.
Several other persons were bruised, but all are expected to
recover.