The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

THE DEARTH IN SPAIN

The apprehension of scarcity has overwhelmed
all political questions in Spain.
The government is indefatigable in its endeavours
to avert the dreaded evil.

Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, was expected to
reach Madrid to-day, and the marriage with tho
Infanta would take place immediately-

THE HANOVERIAN CHAMBERS

The difference between the Hanoverian Cham-
bers and the Government, does not afford any
symptoms of accommodation.

The Chambers will probably be prorogued about
the end of the present month.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

This is another very dull day as regards news;
there are none of any general interest stirring, but
I give you what there are.
The sons, sons-in-law, and grandchildren of the
late King, Louis Philippe, yesterday, brought an
action before the civil tribunal, against a person
named Valette, to get from him three volumes of
manuscript, which, it appears, were stolen fron3,
the Tuilleries or Neuilly, in the revolution of
1848. The manuscript consisted of a continuation,
by the King, of a work originally published a long,
time ago, called " History of the Bourbon Family?
The late king formed the project of bringing down
the history of his house from the year 1733, where
the work left it, to his own times; but though he
made considerable progress in it, he was obliged,
owing to his election to the throne in 1830, to
abandon it. Vallete having clearly no right to the
manuscripts, was condemned to give them up to
the agent of the Orleans family. He had advertised
them for sale, and not content with that, had-
offered, by letter, to sell them to the Duke d'Aumale,
one of the late king's sons.

It may be of some interest to such of your'
readers as are engaged in the shipping trade with
America, to be informed, that a decree in the'
Moniteur, this morning, allows mules to be
imported into the French West Indian Islands, at
15 francs a head in French vessels, and 30 francs

in foreign

Two strange articles, in the semi•official Con-
stitutionnel, have made a great sensation, because
nobody can understand exactly what they mean•
They are written by M. Granier de Cassagnac, and
the professed object of them is to prove that the
great Socrates, though he believed himself to be in'
communication with a demon, was not mad, as
late medical writer has asserted. What, people
ask, can such a subject have to do in a great'
daily newspaper organ of a government? And'
why should Granier de Cassagnac, of all men—ho
who is believed never to write, except under the'
irk apipation of tho Emperor —lzaro
into such a queer discussion ? In default of being
able to give a reasonable answer to these questions,
some people say that the articles have been
written to prepare the people for the announce-
ment that the Emperor is affected with occasional
hallucinations, in which he thinks he hears
mysterious voices, but that he is no more react
than Socrates was with his demon !

A St. Petersburg despatch says that Count do
Morny had, in the name of the French Emperor,
presented the Czar with the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour.

Madrid letters say that the government 120'
postponed the municipal elections, which, by lay',.
ought to have taken place early in September, t°'
an indefinite period. They also speak of a projec°
being a foot for establishing lines of step.raets
to ply between Spain and Cuba, and other parts of
America.

NAPLE

A letter from Naples of the 11th inst. in the
Correspondaxce Italione, says :—" Our diplomatiet4
are very active in their endeavours to prevail oa
the King to give satisfacticn to the Western
Powers.. The representatives of the . Pope and of
the Grand Duke of Tuscany earnestly support the
demands of Austria. Count dell'Aquila and Colin,
Trapani, brother of the. King, have been applied
to and entreated to represent to his Majesty the
danger of his position. The accounts from the
provinces are satisfactory There, as well as in
the capital, the people are calm, but •resolute•
It is said that the last reports, received frot
the intendants of Cosenza, Reggio, and other
provinces of the kingdom, have produced con"
siderable alarm. at . Court. Orders have been,
given to concentrate the Swiss troops in and
about Naples. The government is also said to
entertain serious apprehensions for the tranquil'
lityof Sicily."

The Univers thus questions the authenticity of
a document published by the Cologne Gazette, and:
re-produced by the 'Paris and London journals:,
puporting to be an analysis of the note addressed
by the King of Naples to the Western Cabinets.,
" The journals publish an analysis of the not!:
which is said to have been despatched by the NlOl
of Naples to the Western Powers. France. au'A
England not having addressed to the Neapol/4,a0
Government an identical note, it is scarcely; pro;
bable that the reply of the Neapolitaat Cabinet
would be the same for both government.
to suspect its correctness ; we
-will More:
us
over, the analytical form of this dokurtnent cause:
wait before we publish it for prc,ofs
N' therefore'
y hich Intai
show that the communication of the CAI"-
Gazette merits couildence."