The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

PIEDMONT.

TURIN, FRIDAY.
It is stated positively, that Count Cavour will
set out immediately on another journey to Paris.
The situation of affairs is considered so critical,
as to lead to this step on the part of the govern-
ment.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Advices from Constantinople mention that
Russia protests against the admission of M.
Stourza to the Commission for rectifying the
Bessarabian frontiers.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 6

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam-
ship Ava, Capt. J. S. Field, arrived here to-day at
one o'clock.

Her dates are, Alexandria, May 23 ; Malta, May
27 ; and Gibraltar, June 1.
The Ava brings 132 passengers, amongst whom
are the Bishop of Victoria, General Ovans, Capt.
Corrie, R,N., and Capt. Vansittart, R N.
The freight of the Ava comprises 148 bales wool ;
22 cases plants ; 21 cases gum ; 33 packages ele-
phants' tusks, and 245 packages sundries.
On her passage home the Ava experienced fine
weather but strong head winds during the whole
voyage. On the 28th of May she observed the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship,
Candia, and transport No. 73, off Zembra. On the
same day in latitude 37 29 N., long. 9 47 E. she
met the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamship, Pera. The next day, the 29th ultimo,
she observed the Royal Mail Steamer Severn,
in latitude 37 17 N., longitude 5 3E• On the
Ist of June the Ava fell in with off Cape
Trafalgar the brigs Forth of Wexford and the
Annabell. The same day, in lat. 36 25 N., long.
7 41 W., she observed the brig Arab. and on the 3rd
instant H.M S. Seahorse, off Cape Finisterre.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

GIBRALTAR, MAY 25.—Arrived : Steamship Metropoli-
tan, eight days from Barletta, with a general cargo, for
Liverpool; steamship Grecian, six and a half days from
Liverpool; brigantine Balkan, forty days from Alexandria,
with beano, &c., for Liverpool.—May 30th. Steamship
Scamander, ten days from Alexandria, with general cargo
for Liverpool.—May 28th. Steamship Balbec, six days
from Liverpool.
Gibraltar Exchange on London, at ninety days' date, M.
Freights as last quoted.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING

The inundations continue to absorb public
attention here. The accounts of them in the pro.
vincial papers are truly terrible, and those given in
private letters are even worse. The Parisians of
all classes are in dismay. The damage done by
the water is gigantic ; and God knows what is to
become or the thousands and thousands of poor
peasants whose fields and vineyards are ravaged—
whose flocks and herds have perished wholly or in
part—whose houses has e been swept away ! God
knows, too, what is to become of the poorer classes in
the large towns, who will suffer from the dearness of
provisions, which cannot fail to be the consequence
of such wholesale destruction of the fruits of the
earth. God knows, also, what will become of, the
Emperor and the government, for it almost always
happens in France that a great public disaster is
the precursor of disturbances, and often of a revo-
lution.

The deplorable news from the provinces, the
alarm of the Parisians, and last, but not least, the
falling of heavy rain during the greater part of the
night, and all day long, (one would say that it
means to create inundations here,): caused a
perfect panic at the Commencement of the day's
business on the Bourse, and for a time (the
statement will seem strange, but it is the fact,)
no sales whatever of anything could be effected
at any price. But after a while, in presence of
such wholesale offers, purchases began to be made ;
still, at the close, there was a heavy fall in all
descriptions of securities; in the threes for
account—of not less than lf. 35c. In Credit
Mobilier shares, the fall was 140 f. Orleans rail-
way, 95f; Mediterranean, 110 f. ; Northern, 474-f.

The Emperor returned to Paris this morning at
seven o'clock. Owing to the early hour, and the
frightful weather, the idea of giving an ovation
had been abandoned.

In addition to the 2,000,000 f. (80,0001) already
obtained from the Legislative Body for the relief
of the sufferers of the inundations, a new demand
of not less than 10,000,000 f. has this day been
made. This was done by special order of the
Emperor. I hear that his Majesty is profoundly
affected at the awful spectacles he witnessed at
Lyons, Avignon, Arles, Tanascon, Valence, and
wherever else he went. The Empress has given
20,000frs. (X 800) to the funds raising for the relief
of the sufferers, and has inscribed the little Prince
Imperial for half the amount. At the different
mollies in Paris, in the courts of justice, in the Na-
tional Guard, &c . subscriptions are being collected
and bills are stuck up on the walls, calling on the
people to con tribute. In Galignani there is an
appeal to the English to show their generosity, and
there is also a talk of calling a meeting, to get up
a general subscription. The government has
appointed a commission to centralise and distribute
the subscriptions. Ought not Liverpool and other
large towns, lend a helping hand to their Allies in
this awful visitation ?

General Ney has returned from St. Petersburg.
He professes to be delighted with the manner in
which he was received, not only by the aristocracy,
but by the Emperor.
The Paris papers continue to abstain from saying
anything about the American question, contenting
themselves with giving notices of what the English
papers say. The truth is, in presence of the
emotion caused by the inundations, people
are not capable of attending to any
foreign matter. Even an affair which
touches the French more nearly than the
American questions—the reply of the Austrian
government to Count Cavour—which has reached
us to-day, from Germany, and which will, no
doubt, be in your hands direct from that country,
before this letter—even the reply, which under
less serious circumstance, would have excited
immense sensation—has been passed over with the
simple remark, that it is written in a very pert
tone, and is very offensive to Sardinia.
P.S.—Up to this moment the rain is still falling
heavily, and it has been without intermission all
day long. It is really alarming.

The Turin correspondent of the Times states that Austria
and France are not pursuing an identical policy in Italy.
When the proposal was male for a Tuscan Concordat with
Rome, after the Austrian model, the French representative
at Rome was charged to assure the Tuscan government that
it might, if necessary, reckon on the support of France
in resisting the demands of Rome. France and
Austria are also likely to be rivals, whenever a new election
for the Papacy may occur. The Austrian Cabinet lately
complained to the Tuileries of the injustice done to Austria
in the late debates in the Sardinian Chambers. The French
Government communicated this fact to the Sardinian
Cabinet, accompanied by expressions of sympathy stronger
than ever.