The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-10 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING'
The affair of the Belgian press is beginning td
excite very serious interest indeed, not unrin%
with alarm. The manner in which it bas teeny
noticed in the English parliament has natura (sr
not pleased the government, and it is, on dit, (101)1
offended at the tone and the terms in which,
ing to a telegraphic despatch, the Belgian
declared in the chamber yesterday that they we
s.
n
not submit to foreign dictation about their presi e
On the other hand, after what 'took place in li,
congress, and after the recent language of the seln t
official newspapers, the French government canr°
very well, with due regard to its own digintYi
refrain from insisting that the Belgian governinen.
shall do something to silence the offending neb,
papers. Thus a new European difficulty rag is
said to have arisen. In the opinion of some pe,t,
of weight in politics, the question of the Bog— t
te
press was only raised by the Emperor as a picture
for going to war with Belgium at a fu be
period ; but that opinion it would not n
prudent to endorse for the Emperor °b.
hardly be mad enough to think of siwnt
a thing, certain as it is that if he went to attegii,
it, he would have all Europe against him.
it is worthy of remark, that in the official circled,
and even in clubs and cafes, you hear people °II
ing very glibly about France being destined, linu'l
the Bonapartist dynasty, to gain her "nation"
frontiers" on the Rhine. otir
An extraordinary piece of news has been e-„Id
municated to me—so extraordinary, that I she; s
certainly not credit it, did it not come frierot
quarter from which I have often obtained excenbees
intelligence—it is, that Count do MornY of
" declined" to accept the invitation of the King 5.
Prussia to stop at Berlin on his way to St. Pete
burg as Ambassador-Extraordinary. mark
There is a talk of the Queen Dowager of Den—.1.0l.0
intending to pay a visit to this city. Y°ll.,d-eo
already aware that the Queen Dowager of Swe'
is to come. ri
M. Lejollivet, the telegraphic agent in • scl
son on the charge of having, by " bribery' and
corruption," obtained from a governteto
employe a copy of the treaty of peace, of
be brought to trial before the Tribunal
Correctional Police. Thus the government st's-t
not make a grand political affair of the case, her
M. Lejollivel will probably be punished rotface
severely, and perhaps have his telegraphic

shut up. d 9
A bill was presented to the Legislative -
for a credit of 400,000 francs, (10,0001) icr
ca
fetes on occasion of the baptism of the Pr'll
Imperial.
I am informed that the government has learn
Nuki,

not a little to its vexation that Prince Dolg°l4°`,ot
ex-Minister of War in Russia, after all
come here as Ambassador, but that a Pers,?‘,llija
of higher importance will be appointed. pd'
way, on dit, that the warm and sentimental frieno
ship which sprang up between Frane',:ori
Russia on the conclusion of peace,
the decline. On dit, also, that Russia was bli°o
startled and offended at finding that Franc?, 'and
concluded. a separate treaty with England -
is careful) th

Austria for the Protection oi Turkey. de
Russia has, it is stated, nominated Coull.,bo
Stackelberg its ambassador at Sardinia. The
Sardinian ambassador in Russia, will probably
the President of the Senate. the
P.S.—M. Edgar Ney, aide-de camp of the
Emperor, left yesterday with the reply of 11,,
French government to the notification of the
accassion!of,the Emperor Alexander. The departtio
of Count de Morny, for St. Petersburg, will
to
place about the 15th June.
A despatch from Paris, of yesterday 111°rIlle
says : The Moniteur announces that M. „I.
Morny has been appointed Ambassador Etrfi,l
dinary to the Emperor of Russia. elle-
r-
Edgar Ney left yesterday for St. Petersburg'

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENIS6. f
In a recent letter I noticed.the projected ViSiit:c
the Prince Napoleon to England. I learn to aisit
that he will set out at the beginning of the.ll„te,
month, on board the _Heine _Hortense, steam. frig-be
fir Iceland, and that after a short stay there"
will visit Scotland, and afterwards England' • le
reason for going to that desolate northern is4ist
am unable to tell, but it is considered strangeod
he should leave Paris just before the °Veil
for the baptism of the Imperial Prince. r the
Archduke Maximilian, brother 0A
Emperor of Austria, is to .visit this city on a visit
to the Emperor, on the 13th. The ErnPer°lhiii4
ordered that some honours shall be paid toed
as to a French Prince. The ostensible ohitha
his visit is to congratulate the gErn
is
birth of the Imperial Prince, but his real reasann,
to draw closer the relations between Austria a
France. negt
Prince Oscar, of Sweden, is to arrive her° log
week—probably on the 15th. This is the 30°,10
man who is to marry the Princess Mail I)fi is t°
bridge, and after staying here a short time a-
peror ell _

goEngland.
t. M. Hubner, the Austrian Minister Plenirilt;
the
in this city, is, it is said, to be Pr°lll°te
higher dignity of Ambassador. ~,,,d of
A Belgian paper asserts that the long-ti",," op
afterftisi beoifntah
se 6 twottl e branchessettled,
was
brought oftlletoßsourbon 13".1 - in
cuad loc4 ot
consequencebe of the, high contracting parti,9:ol
fialcing able to agree as to the colour of the tia",:fter
which shall be adopted for France;Lted,
theb next revolution shall haie ex"- at
Napoleon, and placed them Lo •
the Louis Napoleon,
Count de Chambord, saYs lion
Bfelgian cotemporary, stood out for the resol`nr" can's
o the ancient white flag, whereas the C'flncl
family insisted on the retention of the tricoloiar' tsvOfi
so they split. This is not the first time he,
•od
parties have quarrelled about the flag. forge,,tttlf:r
that that is a point which may be safely Louis]eft
settlement after they shall have hurled lah e,
Napoleon from his seat But I arn„;ilise
from information received to-day, to trang--figi,
the anxiety of the good Belgians, if they hav!l -has
in ti,iis weighty matter—Count de Charnboruiood
consented to adopt the tricolour. So now the to
French people have nothing better to do, ttati nil
in favouroo
restore her to the throne of his ancestors Ili" ,eit
speed; and Louis Napoleon will, of course, do
N's
to Pack up his effects, and go into exile agaifh- 3 a
celebrity
new comedy of Ponsaid, who is consideretto
odlebrity in these parts, was brought out get IA
_ en Theatre last night, under th© title 0' and
Bourges, and though full of common 131°°: sue'
platitudes, as all his writings are, was vi-ver'tteriv
cessful. The Emperor and the King of ).' ti.,:rtain
berg were present. After the fall of the .curtain
there was a loud and prolonged call for the author
to present himself, and the Etuller°l. linnest-'
took part in it. But Ponsaid did not ar-_,,ot
and the Empe'roi., after waiting ten minutes, 'aro
away in high dudgeon. The courtiers to-W(1 to
indignant against Ponsaid, for having da,re the
slight his Imperial Majesty. Ponsaid, 1-1
way, is Republican in politics. that in ths
The telegraph informs us from Turin ; ",,diog
Chamber of Deputies yesterday, after dele-r•lalle°'
the treaty of peace, said that England and 1
vis of
had frankly accepted, in the Congress, the r the
Piedmont with respect to Italy, and that orie.
Italian question was henceforth a European
lot
He added that the relations between riedgctied-,
and Austria had not improved, but that the , it)
.e'
monteso Government placed full confiden
; er 's
üblic opinion. The precise text of them 'n'sbere.
speech is waited for with some
as the telegraphic version of it shows it to 1 4
been a very important one. arrivals
later who
The Marseilles telegraph adylees
for Constantinople ; they are to the 28th ult.i The
Porte was sending troops to - Syria to (Pei inal
disturbances
.against the Christians. The Jou
two
inapatienee .I_o
de Constantinople had been suspendedhad
.been
months, but the decree of suspension le.
retracted. The allies had evacuated Adrianopoist
A Warsaw despatch, dated yesterday, say
s
the Dowager Empress of Russia was worse.