The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

THE EASTERN QUESTION

416 h p
-11 e.e. -1411 S Pays observes, upon the test of the
,e note note toßeschid Paella of M. do Bouitte-
-I'o'4ll AT. Thouvenel (the Russian andT .t
tee
Ozetet Ambassadors), as reported by the . rte 3
;130 Assuming this note to be correctlyi
we may perceive in it the germ of t
hitioorrient Avhich has been spoken of, and the
4141-1341 basis of which were set forth in the last
Al' of the Revue Contemporaine. According to
Ile Plan the possession of the Isle of Serpent and
011eltai of the Danube would be secured to the
j 1111,".. and it is known that, with regard to the
'art-4question (that of the Principalities), the
`ndbas yielded to the observations made to
14 oc "agreed not to limit the liberty of thedivans
it
I 'and thus to leave them free to express their
thtlieltk%ftlPon fundamental questions, such as the
bref. the Principalities. There would remain,
it
o thirep only the Bolgrad question; and we do
othe'll't that can be solved in any better way than
the
Ditleeting in Congress of the Plenipotentiaries
oWers interested "
Ni 4

ItATIONS OF RUSSIA TO SUPPORT
ERSIA AGAINST ENGLAND.

'he -c7z following appears in the Warsaw journal,
b,\:l4ijteBl,' °f the 30th ult. :
ttk•l'Etre,""-rigland, with much noise and ostentation,
to°,texl-tita,l-1 expedition against Persia, Russia—
liq'nie 'l°llsly and noiselessly—is getting ready
For4l'rt ‘l3
tile succour of the Shah. The Orem-
cor
Nre(.l. L.Ps d'armee has been considerably rein-
e '(1 `vsi iB, commanded by Aide de-Camp General
ety , outposts of this corps extend to
if e'
ti,FI 0,,,,-"Its of the country of Turan, upon the
40.1,-'et,ao and Jaxartes; and the military flotilla
tiler gene °f Aral placed under the orders of the
t is brought by the above mentioned
ae131.;,-,:e frontiers of India. On another side,
.(11,,iiattrnlyItY.. reigns upon the Caspian Sea, and in
t °I the
- -re„ Caucasus. Transport vessels
" and war material on board, pass

•
AUSTRIA

The only local news to be communicated is, that
the Brussels paper Le Nord is entirely prohibited
in Austria.

The Triester Zeitung contains the text of a note
which not long since was presented by MAI.
Boutenieff and Thouvenel to the Porte. The
French and Russian Governments demanded of
the Grand Vizier (fiedschid Pasha) positive
answers to the following questions :
" I. In reference to the regulation of the Bessa-
rabian frontier :

" Does the Porte agree to leave it to the Paris
Conference to remove the existing difficulties, or is
it willing to settle matters in such a way that it
will renounce its pretensions to Bolgrad in favour
of Russia, if France and Russia will guarantee to
Turkey Proper the definitive possession of the Isle
of Serpents and of the delta of the Danube?
"2. In reference to the prolonged occupation of
the Danubian li ' Princpaties
_ _

" Does the Sublime Porte not see that it is in
opposition to the words and spirit of Article 31 of
the Treaty of Paris? And is not the prolonged
accupation of the Principalities by Austrian forces
in contradiction to the language employed by Count
Buol at the Congress ? _ _

"3. In reference to the presence of the English
squadron in the Bosphorus and Black Sea :
"Does not the Porte see that the same is in
opposition to the Convention of Nay, 15, 1856,
according to which a term of six months, reckoning
from the date of the exchange of the ratifications
of the Paris Treaty, was fixed for the withdrawal of
all the forces of England, France, and Sardinia
from the Turkish territory? And is not the pro-
longed stay of the British squadron an impediment
to the realization of the convention relative to the
Straits, which was to have come into force on the
28th October?

"4. In reference to the reorganisation of the
i)anubian Principalities :

" Is the Porte of opinion that the Divans ad hoc
are quite at liberty to declare themselves in favour
of the territorial and administrative union of the
two Principalities, if such should be the wish of
the inhabitants of Wallachia and Moldavia? And
would the Porte, as the Suzerain Power, make
any difficulties if the declaration (of the Divan ad
hoc) should be taken into serious consideration ?
" THOUYENEL,
" BOUTENIEFF."

The King of Greece was very well received on
his arrival at the Piraeus on the 22nd November.
A day or two after his return his Majesty received
the congratulations of the diplomatic corps, which
were offered by Mr Wyse, the British Ministes, as
its doyen or senior

According to reliable private advices, the person
and manners of Her Majesty the Empress have
produced a remarkably favourable impression on
the susceptible Venetians.

--4.--

PRUSSIA

BERLIN, DEc. 2.
The House of Notables here, having chosen its
President (Prince Hohenlobe) at its first meeting,
November 29, has since then elected also its Vice
President, in the person of Count Stalberg-Werni-
gerode ; the choice for second Vice-President fell
on Herr von Duesberg. This Chamber may be
said to have commenced business yesterday
morning, at its second meeting, inasmuch as
certain bills were laid before it. The rather
singular result of the voting on the election of
President and Vice-President is reported to
have been a larger number of votes, thrown
into the urn, than there were members
nresent. Among the many other arrange-
ments made at the beginning of the session of
the two Chambers is one for the facility of mem-
bers correcting thetr speeches before they can be
made public ; thus during this session, the short-
hand-writers' report of the speeches delivered in
the morning sittings will lie out for correction in
fair copy during the evening from six till nine
o'clock, and the following morning from nine till
ten o'clock. In the eye of the law (as regards any
ulterior consequences) a member does not use the
words he actually litters in the House, but only
those which he allows to remain in the report
uncorrected or unerased ; in former sessions the
copies of the speeches were sent round to each of
the speakers within the next few days after the
debate, so that the subscribers to the stenographic
reports received them about eight or ten days after
date. It appears that we shall in future get them
in about three to four. .

The House of Deputies, at its second sitting
yesterday, elected for its President Count Eulen-
burg, the same as last year, rejecting Count
Schwerin by a large majority. Herr von Arnim
was elected First Vice President, and Herr Buch-
teman the Second.
In these Prussian Chambers the committees are
not nominated specially on occasion of every
separate bill that is brought in, or on the motion
of any member, but are organised from the very
beginning as permanent committees for certain
subjects, such as finance, jurisprudence, petitions,
&e. The process is this—The President first of all
divides the whole body of members arbitrarily into
five divisions, and then each of these divisions
chooses the three men it contains best acquainted
with the subject the committee will have to inquire
into. The total number thus choosen for each
committee is 15, of whom three are set aside by
election among themselves, as chairman, deputy
chairman, and secretary.
The Prussian Correspondence contains a violent
article against what it calls the disgraceful attitude
assumed by certain English journals on the subject
of the question of Neufchatel. It declares that
it relies on the English government declining all
solidarity in the sentiments put forth by these
journals.

In yesterday's sitting Count d'Eulenberg was
elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by
175 votes out of 265 votes ; Count de Schwerin
had 88 votes. M. d'Arnim was elected Vice-
president, and M. Buchtemann second Vice-
president. The Chamber of Peers has elected
Count de Stolberg Wernigerode and M. Duesberg
Vice presidents.

incessantly between Astrahan and the port of that the terms offered by M. Mires have been ac-
Bakou, situated in the province of Schirvan, cepted by the Government, and the contract, signed
bordering on the Caspian Sea, belonging to
Russia, and at the frontier of Persia. The new
Lieutenant-General of the Caucasian pro-1
vinces, Prince Bariatynski, has received fuller
powers than his predecessors. He has lately
inspected, on its way to its destination, the flotilla by both parties, has been published in the Gazette
of the Caspian Sea, which has been considerably
increased, and partly left at its disposal. This
flotilla can easily take troops on board either of
the corps of Orembourg or the army of the
Caucasus, and take them to the relief of Persia,
disembarking either at Astrabad or upon the
neighbouring coast of Teheran. The corps which
forms part of the army of the Caucasus, cantoned
at Schirvan and Erivan, and commanded by Gen.
Khruleff, who distinguished himself in the Eastern
war, can also succour Persia by land as well as by
sea. Meanwhile the Russian government neglect
nothing in replacing the war materiel consumed
during the late war, and continues to refill the
exhausted magazines

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, Dec. 2

The Danish, Reichstag, will re-assemble for the
transaction of public affair on the 4th instant, but
an address from the throne is not expected to take

pl ace.

Prince William of Glucksburg, the third brother
of Prince Christian of Denmark, and who is a
General of the Austrian Army, is at present on a
visit at Copenhagen, and was permitted yesterday,
say the public journals (28th ult.), to pay a visit to
the King at Freidrichsborg. It is also currently
rumoured that a reconciliation between His
Majesty and high personages related to him, and
who at present reside abroad, will speedily ensue,
a circumstance that is very much desired by a party
of great influence in the Danish capital.
The rumour, which was currently reported some
time ago, that General Oxholm, the Danish
Minister at the Court of London, had renewed
his request to be relieved from that post, is again
VIENNA, Nov. 30. I current.

A deputation, consisting of members of the nobi-
lity, landed proprietors, and farmers from the Duchy
of Lauenburg, at the head of which is the Count
von Kielmansegge, arrived on the 27th inst. at
Copenhagen, and had the honour of an interview
with the King at his palace of Freiderichsborg (at
which place his Majesty still resides, notwithstand-
the severity of the weather) for the purpose of
presenting a petition, the object of which is said
to be to request the King to suspend any further
sale of domain property in that duchy for the
present.

- The deputation was well received by his
Majesty and the Land Marshal has been fortunate
enough to have had, since his visit, several private
audiences of the King, which have borne the
character of confidential conversations on the sub
ject of the affair in question. Besides this, two
Councils of State have been held with respect to
the negotiations now pending upon this affair, at
which the whole of the Cabinet Ministers, with
the exception of M. von Scheele (at the present
time in Altona), were present.
The weather has been extremely boisterous
of late in the Sound and along the coast of Jutland,
and at Elsinore several ships have been stranded
in the violent gales which have been experienced
from the south south east, close to the castle of
Kronsberg. _ _ _

From the Island of Bornholm the reports of the
effects of the same gales have also been very dis
tressing, and several losses are said to have been
the result. The intelligence from many parts of
Jutland is replete with casualities of shipwrecks
and other severe losses among the shipping of
various nations.

The weather continues to vary between G and 8
degrees of frost with us, and much snow has fallen.
The navigation of the Elbe has, however, up to the
present time, not been interrupted for the passage
of sailing vessels, but such will not be the case in
a couple of days more should the frost continue.
Already there is much floating ice on the river,
and one night's hard frost will be enough to
prevent any more shins passing up or down
without great risk.

The Hamburg steamship Borussia, Captain
Ehiers, left this day for New York, with a full cargo
of valuable goods and about 272 passengers. The
Hammonia, another of the same company's
steamers, that left on the 2nd, arrived, according to
accounts received here yesterday, at New York on
the 15th ult., after a quick passage of 13 days and 14
hours.

DENMARK

COPENHAGEN, DEC. 3

The King has granted a complete amnesty. Nine.
teen Danish officers who took service in Schleswig
Holstien in 1848 have been recalled.

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN ITALY

VENICE, DEC. 2

The Emperor has issued an amnesty. Seventy
political offenders have received a free pardon. The
sequestration ou the property of political fugitives
is entirely removed.