The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Advices from Paris of Wednesday evening state
that there had beena sudden rise in the funds in
the afternoon, and various rumours Were in circu-
lation to account for it. One was, that information
had been received by telegraph from Vienna, stat-
ing that Baron Meyendorff, having communicated
to the Emperor of Russia the heads of the new
project of arrangement proposed by the four Pow-
ers, had received an answer which was considered
favourable. As the German journals, which arrived
in Paris on Wednesday morning, contained a state-
ment that the Sultan had, when this new project
was mentioned to him, declared that he would
cheerfully accede to any diplomatic arrangement
which would secure the independence of Turkey
and his goveroigh rights, the report in quotation
was of a nature to inspire confidence as to the
maintenance of peace. Another rumour of a very
different nature, and much more improbable if we
calculate date, was that the Russians had attempted
to cross the Danube, and had met with a check
from the Turks of so serious a nature that they will
not hastily renew the attempt.
One of the Paris journals states that as many
as 15,000 copies of the last pamphlet of M. Ledru
Rollin have been seized by the police in France.
This statement, however, is considered to be greatly
exaggerated, as the copies seized went from
England, and there had not been time to print an
edition here with clandestine presses. It is con-
sidered by some persons connected with the
police, that too great promptitude has been exer-
cised in this affair : and that if the agents of M.
Ledru.Rollin had been allowed a few, days more
for operations, their plans would have been ascer-
tained with greater accuracy.
In political news all that we learn of a positive
character is that the Porte, not regarding the an-
swer of Prince Gortschakoff as satisfactory, had
ordered, on the 15th, the immediate commence
ment of hostilities. The two fleets were said to
have arrived at Constantinople on the 16th, in con-
sequence of fresh orders.

The Patrie gives the following account of an ac-
cident on the Versailles Railway :—" The train
which left Versailles this morning, at seven o'clock,
broke a rail between the stations of Courbevoie
and Amiens, at a"place called the Pont des Quinze
Perches. The threel ast carriages having gone off
the rails, came against the iron pillars of the bridge
which stand on the left side of the road. Two of
these pillars were thrown down, and falling on the
carriages, knocked one to pieces and damaged
another. Unfortunately in the shock seven per-
sons were more or less seriously injured, and six
bruised. Among the wounded is the conducteur
who attended to the breaks. Every attention was
given to the wounded by rthe agents of the com-
pany, and five of them were taken to a maison de
sante at Courbevoie. The rupture of the rail was
completely accidental; it is stated by several en-
gineers that it was in perfectly good condition, and
that the accident would not have been attended
with any bad results, but for the proximity of the
A.c coon ac the account of it reached Paris
M. Magne, the Minister of Public Works, pro-
ceeded to the spot to ascertain from his own ob-
servation the causes of the Accident.