The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

THE COURT, Ise.

WINDSOR, MONDAY, Dec. 29.—The Queen walked in
the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. Prince
Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Prince of Leiningen,
and Prince Edward of Leiningen, skated on the ice in the
Home Park. The Queen held a Court of Privy Council at
three o'clock to-day. The Privy Council was attended by
Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Earl of Clarendon, Sir
George Grey, Mr. H. Labouchere, Mr. M. T. Baines, and
Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice - Chamberlain. The Queen
having appointed Charles Lord Vivian to be Lord Lieuten-
ant of the County of Cornwall, his Lordship took the usual
oath. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk to the Council in
waiting. The Queen gave audience in the Court to the
Turkish Ambassador. His Excellency was introduced by
the Earl of Clarendon. The Queen gave audiences to the
Earl of Clarendon and Earl Granville. Lord Rivers
and General Berkeley Drummond were the Lord and the
Groom in Waiting. The Earl of Clarendon remains on a
visit.

A matrimonial alliance is about to take place between
Lord Alfred Churchill, younger son of the Duke of Marl-
borough, and the Hon. Harriet Calthorpe, daughter of
Lord Calthorue.
A letter from Nice states that the Baroness Vigicr
(Sophie Cruvelli) is at present residing in that town for
her health. She is seen almost every day in a pony car-
riage,'which she drives herself.
A Turin journal mentions the following improbable
incident :—" The King of Piedmont, while on a sporting
excursion a few days ago, having been separated from his
suite, was stopped by a party of robbers, who demanded
his purse. But 1 am the King,' was the reply; to which
the robbers answered, We know that very well, and it is
precisely for you alone that we are waiting here.' The
wood being solitary and the King's suite at a distance,
his Majesty was obliged to yield compliance, and held out
to the robbers a purse containing about twenty gold
pieces, which was received with marks of the greatest
respect."
CITY or WASHINGTON.—This steamer proceeds to sea
this day, with the largest and most valuable cargo ever
carried by any steamer, having on board over 1,500 tons
of measurement goods, value about 5e200,000, besides
about 120 passengers. This splendid steamer is the first
of this line sailing direct to New York, and this will be
her second voyage across the Atlantic. She accomplished
her first voyage in 12i days, and came home from Phila-
delphia in 9 days 10 hours.
PRINCE ADAM CZARTORYSICL—The venerable Prince
Czartoryski, in his capacity of the President of the Polish
Historical Society at Paris, has recently addressed its
members in a long and interesting :speech, of which the
following is the substance:—While reviewing the political
events which have just been accomplished, events so
pregnant with hopes for the Polish cause, ho seemed to
reproach his countrymen with not having quickly profited
by the circumstances occasioned by the late war ; but he
also averred that the attitude of the Allied Powers towards
the Poles was not of a nature to encourage their efforts. 1
" The difficulties (he continued) which a Polish formation
has encountered since the commencement of the war,
notwithstanding the very favourable intentions of the Otto.
man Government,were caused by its total want of resources.
It was absolutely necessary for us to be able to reckon on
our own resources, in order to establish a nucleus of
national troops. Had this information but been placed
upon the line of operations, it would soon have increased
and proved to the Allies-‘how useful to them it might
eventually become. The Poles, by actual and impor-
tant services, would, so to say, have compelled the Allies
to aid them efficaciously and do them justice. It is sad
to contemplate that a thing so; ntrinsically futile as money
should so often decide the fate of nations. The prospe-
rity, nay, the very existence, of a great Power often
depends on:the possession of a2few millions. The want of
one million, perhaps of half a million, deprived Poland of
the opportunity of reaping any advantage from circum-
stances which appeared the most favourable to her. This
sum may look small if we consider the means and number
of those who might have contributed to it. But
to unite and take advantage of these heterogeneous
elements was a task of almost insuperable difficulty.
The first condition of its performance was a
generally preconceived idea which could have
beforehand established the necessity of the measure. This
important condition being incapable of fulfilment, the rest
of our efforts suffered from the deficiency. The opinion
that we were neither useful nor necessary spread in the
allied armies ; and efforts were made to avert our co-
operation and :destroy our hopes. Meanwhile, many
Poles began to lose confidence in the sincerity of the
intentions of their protector. In this manner, the disdain
of one side, and the suspicion of the other, both hurtful as
I think to the cause of the allies, became fatal to our own.
Nevertheless, the formation which the Poles had every
where solicited in vain, was yet established. The English
Government, encouraged by that of France, was at last
persuaded that the Poles might render good service in a
war against Russia. It :decided upon levying a Polish
division, under the name of Cossacks of the Sultan. But
this corps, which has given abundant proofs of the still en.
during vitality of Polish patriotism, only appeared in an
order to which the English generals gave full justice at
the moment when peace was about to be signed, and it be-
came necessary to disband this truly select body." After
touching upon the vicissitudes of the war, which, in spite
of the victories of the Allies and the powerlessness of
Russia to sustain a third campaign, was yet unable to
attain her in the sources of her power, the speaker peiuted
out that the present peace in procuring her time to repair
her losses and capital to cover her immense territory with
railroads :will soon treble her aggresive and defensive
power. "However (he added) Europe the last few years
has made sensible progress. Her policy, hitherto, occu-
pied exclusively in defending
~the unstable balancel:of

power of her States, has now for the first time, of its own
impulse, put forward the well being of nations and the
jnstice which is their due as the motive of its action. The
Western Powers, animated with a solicitude for the wel-
fare of the Christian ;inhabitants of Turkey, found the
Sultan already occupied in alleviating their condition,
and anxious to listen to the suggestions of a really
Christian policy, which also desires to regulate the
fate of the Danubian provinces where the ancient
Roumanian nationality hopes for the future to develops
itself under the protection of its generous suzerain and
of all Europe. Finally, even after the war, the did'
quieting state of the people of Italy has attracted thd
attention of the Allied Powers. These symptoms 814
encouraging for civilisation. and these noble tendencies, bt
an influence entirely moralawherever they act, will pre.
duce marked and salutary effects. As long as views 8/
noble atA so disinterested shall animate the two Western
Powers, their alliance will be indissoluble. A vast geld
of action remains open before the allies. The Bagel/
Christians will not easily attain the happy security will
the Turkish Government wish to establish for them. 1/d
they should not lose the hope of reaching it ; for they WI/
that Europe watches over their fate. The same certainty
ought to tranquillise the Italians, who, although suffering
6'
under the pressure of many grievances, yet possess, in
and tbe
great measure, their own customs and laws,
advantage of their own nationality ; no one persecutes
their language ; they have their own schools, their own
universities, their own courts of justice, and their OP_
Administration, which, good or bad, yet belongs to the.,lre
own country. What shall we say of the Poles, hole
wo I_,
e dispossessed of all these benefits ? ; And yet the wrc;
Europe, while consenting to deprive them of their berehig
tary independence, has, with the view of softening' `O3
refusal to do them justice, at least declared, by sole, r
treaties, to guarantee their nationality. Can we fear
it possible to suppose that now the Poles alone are lod
gotten ? I cannot believe it." The Prince adsuittlV
nevertheless, that appearances at the present niensedid
seemed to contradict this opinion, which he, however, ir
not cease to hold. But as long as these appearances to,
tinue to last, he thought it his duty to trace for his fend
countrymea the quiet and dignified course they skis
pursue, and the obligations imposed upon them should
state of things. In conclusion, he added, that "
human jnstice again fail us, as it has so many ethyl;
let us, Poles, as befits true Christians, place unsins:er
trust in the eternal justice of God, which iu the endue'
deceives. '

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SWITZ ERLAND.

BERNE, Monday Evening.—An Envoy E%troor
dinary from the Emperor Napoleon has art', to
He has submitted propositions to Switzerland Tit;
release the prisoners, to guarantee their Pere°-1.
and properly, but expel them from the Swiss tertt
tory. It is probable that Switzerland will aocep
this proposal. n to
Councillor Furrer is charged with a miss
the courts of southern Germany. The Anie“--0
Minister at Berne has left for Berlin. The stearq.b
upon the Lake of Baden have been armed vr1:0
guns, and the ports situated upon the lake 11
been put in a state of defence.