The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

FRANCE

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING
The negotiation which I alluded to recently ai
13,1r,e-cnseh flog a prospect of solution of the Neufchatel
f9Btion has fallen to the ground. The Federal
overnment had proposed that, " in the exercise
tho Sovereign power of the Confederation," they
WouldW liberate the prisoners, provided the whole
A f the Powers, including the United States of
`lwineriett, who have representatives in Switzerlard,
°11„14 engage to use their influence to obtain from
~,7 King of Prussia the formal renunciation of his
,anne on the canton of Neufchatel. The Powers
.". as I am informed, declined entering into that
illlgsqement are France and Austria, who preferred
e• at the question should be left to those who
levied the Protocol of 1852.
Another negotiation, however, is proceeding.
eat
Britain, Austria, France, and Russia, the
44-cwers who signed that instrument, have prepared
B,:6t' on the existing differences, which they have
84. tted to the King of Prussia, and which, it is
ed has not been rejected by him. If this note be
approved, it will be presented to the
in."%fal"at Assembly which meets at Berne to morrow.
ea precise terms the note is drawn I cannot
but as the Swiss seem, for the present, deter-
riounied not.to desist from the demand for i:enuncia-
tbhti whatever form it may be put, it is hoped
rr, a solution may at last be arrived at. In the
—eanti
ratione the Swiss are not relaxing in their prepa-
unaun trnij
s for any emergency. At no time has more
eten„ been displayed than in the present in-
arid Party quarrels seem to have been laid aside,
to d °r nearly all, are united in the resolution
eente"'nd their country. Agents, said to have been
beuc,throughout the cantons for the purpose of
en the angry passions of the populace, have
that "Polled by the authorities, and a journal
I,ruQ I.vas excessive in its abuse of the King of
bay_ttit sia
de has been proceeded against. Some cantons
termined to furnish a much larger contin
n
dOrk, 7than the usual number of men. All this is
tortil.‘%ilii the calm resolution of men who are &-
te rin:d not to yield. As the moment approaches
lehld—h,.“itarY ardour of the King of Prussia, we are
trea,„l4r°we cooler. The States through which his
ritot's would have to pass to reach the Swiss ter
veeitT ere naturally not over-pleesed at the ineon-
;l'ol4 ,t), if not worse, which their inhabitants
litie„, the
subjected to ; and, in the event of hosti-
' `tie neutral territory might by the force of
cir,~umstances be made a battle ground.
I)'*eilli • 29th is spoken of in some quarters for the
l'lstArn,lnarY meeting of the plenipotentiaries on the
1,11-0•11 question.
have b f°ll"ring private telegraphic despatches
een received :

" Int 1 • " TRIESTE, Dso. 25.
ti''
1 e hence has been received from Consta-
tleA) d° to the 19th. Feruk-Khan was to leave the
StrktfmaY for Paris, his negotiations with Lord
p°ll de Redeliffe having defiinitivcly failed.
to 1,, Rem
Pasha recommends Persia to yield
'ngititt..o,

rc.:"The"ATHENS, DEC 20.
~, Chambers were opened yesterday. The
ofih'etirr:tet:r speaksof the approaching departure
The latriea4' t
lltte nnounces that more than 200 Royal-
°the -r
4ve fled into France from Neufchatel and
4 Places in Switzerland.
tbalPtivote letter from Berne, of the 24th states.
eche" that day 15,000 troops were placed en
blatiyon'ffronl Basle to Rheinfelden Liestal, and as
A .r°lo llheinfelden to Schaffhausen. s
private letter from Madrid, of the 2lstt, s.eygerip
tion t jeB difficult to give you a sufficient
°lnn I:4 the effect produced by the Mires'
h !oar
public
otti;e,R all classes of society Seldom
Goviel°,ll been pronounced more severely has
sgainst
Opposition, but
the '.finent, not merely by the Oppnei
Thseo werMest partisans of the present system
feelings are not so much manifested in the
expel? Press as in public; the papers that ,carp
here", d to attack it were debarred from circulation
~tlie day after the loan was completed.
mavitieisrrt on such acts is not the only thiilnn!
tf!en-m Lis Prohibited to the press. A person
*erica- cuarged with the duty of revising even tang
f,rof fiction, original or translated, intended
Publicationeqatpoi, and over which he has complett
Ly.tte'• This is an additional triumph gain.e.d.
ivorlZ, Clergy on the freeedom of thought. All
in ice now submitted to the scissors of. a
of b—ule censor, as was practised in the time,
tlf,p,revo Murillo, and productions will appeft
°f
whole chapters, and otherwise horribly
- ~etilate u• The censorship was not so bad even
ollbeer• E'erdinand Vll.—then it had the advantage
!celeatg„entrusted to an intelligent and learned
111q0,-c-7113 ; now the office of literary hesdeirmi.
14.4.044,ed to a man of little acquirements and
*ilia; vs intellect. Indeed, it could hardly be other-
eh:i°ode
one of talent and respectability would
,1441 ire-eend to receive his inspirations from insolent
e,mrant pripata, and a Government who are
at`.lifir slaves. We have, I assure you, nothing
fice WA We
Naples.
triinZitriulopb, General Narvaez has certainly ob-
• 1 the pa;:se. In the first place, he. suc-
b"hees
)baring removed from the military
`ertl4, f the King General Filer and Colonel
41 wit°' intimate friends of General O'Donnell,
61. lA.;.° were with him in the military insurrection
('Peaja- And, secondl • he succeeded in having
iihteo oirc
rzOf niB own secondly,
Minister of War in
`'"n, ho Urbistondo. This last triumph
t°tl "'ever, be
if relf, I hardly called complete, as lirbis-
; the cia
utelY refused to remain in the Cabinet
411(fiRh ,°kn. which has so much excited public
were persevered in, and for this he
tejnly
4
11 a.,Poi eserves credit ; and secondly, heesu_r
, ntrnent
It"bsari as chief of the Kin's household,
1. Puts 1-.. Y gives him great influence in the palace.
} • es‘k
:114'42.11 "poliriltPlwa position to send General Narvaez
hen he least expects them, and. pack
h, The .tsee more to study archieves at Vienna.
•'veret of
he ezn General Narvaez being able to
of 8 ground hitherto consists in his havingTe
tlrlditihr, wlll
his own in political questions. h
i'lll.ostrat-i-o,!r his ministerial existence is complete
" liOth " thought, and absolute obedience to
hi he that .Y of the Court,
" the granting everything
k is asked of him, and never
refus , prestimiheg
to
1/4liectoi t 41. Among the demands which
Io is
ns
411 f 0 "tinifY without a murmur are enorn
tael. ti civil t the indefinite postponement
O°11"8' el:ds, prompt and unconditional
~41htntdisflle,e to the clergy' when their commands are
Orild ""ated to him clergy'
the King or Queen.You
•h, .eot re, • - Narvaez of other days.
it) ttlitn recd the
ohd or who once. or twice had a will of his own.
lad "It might be, hut at all events his
1,5,„.• P tieal system of some kind, despotic
i most docile, the
jr 4. !t 8 now sunk into the
el, ,t,,e dependant that a corrupt Court could
he 'Hill subservience to the creatures whom
i%_l4°Y,rrieryt.he Must
.hate and despise is destroying
Zterliz "9e that stall attached to him and to the
the Which he bag fallen may, perhaps, be
tr lia,! frequent rumours of his overthrow.
lull
•• Lie does not conceal fromfriends
41 14 not secure for a single moment an has

Th
alt 41) 4oirt you some I gave time since of the
5(:).,1111,10`7 2,f Ci.onzalPs Bravo being authorised t.O

1414.81;4,•ciation in London on the coupons affair
papers
44,4' eir.l2,l)l'o eonsiatence. Some of the
~„Kee has-11"Y alluded to it, and the Ministerialor
41411111
tlbeen eun3tnonod to either contradict
ti'.44llto `"e fact. The Ministerial organ, the Par-
t -4E that
litls remained silent. Our statesmen
(4 4f th You will submit to a good deal if
even
;1414., t coupons is held out, and that
' A kiravo will he welcomed.
ta'1010".111)4150tilCrr. ttiniEtorial journal, El Occidente,
ti 4 41%4 Hard upon the unfortunate Minister
‘t tinebgrzanallenn. It is therefore inferred
'l'l I(
kick being now effected his colleagues
t
h}:1) otnt• The poor man who could no
111110-"If will thus be made to bear on his own
t. 'lt the whole load of indignation caused by
11 i',l,4:4ltet ion.
orc,„l.anfortuns.te recruits who were taken from
Lk' corpa, and, in direct opposition to
'Jed transferred to the active army, are to be
1.7
c 431211 martial. The region is, dig on