The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

PRUSSIA

The 1:r BERLIN, Thcc. 20.
Neufchatel affair is progressing much more
r,)tp 'Y towards its crisis than could have been.
hoper,eted a week or ten days ago. The acceleration
14ce-rnirB to date from the moment that this cabinetld
itite,:n'aitted that the emperor Louis Napoleon would
reso-l'se no difficulties in the way of the King's
laititttiieifg to those measures which he reserved to
in the London Protocol of 1852. One day
I)rn :,beginning of this week the representative of
‘.)fti'l..,va, Herr von Sydow, acquainted the Presidenti
l'ecenet.' Federal Council, by word of mouth, that t
bytc reclatnations of Prussia, backed as they were
havine rePresentatiyes of the German Confederation,s
!tlet 1,1,4811ewn themselves to be fruitless, he wai
oltErr,,--Led now to break off all further diplomatc.
the -15,'°1-Iree with the Swiss Federal Government ,
~,,,rr°mrussian mission would according withdraw
subje '7erne, and the protection of all Prussianh
hrefi,:e's in Switzerland, and the custody of the
bee ;ves of the Prussian mission at Berne, ae
ear committed 7°l-emitted at the request of Prussia, tothe
t f°lthe French Minister accredited to the Swiss
hela.ekteration. The Federal Council has since then
Rojo extraordinary extraordinary meeting, at which it was re-
the r` t° convoke the Federal Assembly. Yesterday
bre,..:Presentative of Prussia, at the German Diet,
I„,enf,,°,,teci a report of the ill-success that had at
ved,-,',the representations of Prussia to the Swiss
ittly Fr" Government in Berne, but I do not hear of
nieut motion having been found on the state-
Ile Ey, 4* am told, however, that the report contains
von,7lllle intimation that was forwarded to the
the 82,`,3 91. France, England, Russia, and Austria, on
the `,"lnst., to the effect that Prussia now considers
felt total total fruitlessness of diplomatic efforts aslf
innj, proved, and herself relieved from her se
Ilielt;sed obligation of abstaining from other
ures In the verbal communication made by
!torte Sydow, there has been nothing m..end.
°f any further ultimatum, or of any period
of a been pointed out as open for the reception
NZ mediatory steps on the part of any foreign
Reaper; the ultimatum is held to have been super
Fed: °Y the distinct and unanimous refusal of the
rrlin'tal Council to release the pFr risoners as a preli-
in:trY to negotiation. Neither France nor Austria
-•+tlnr
ilVert Manifested any desire of intervening to
P,2der`°o necessary consequences of the course the
to t, al Council has taken, there is nothing now
its'lrevent this Government from any day putting
Air. Ds in motion against the offending Re-
tll,lll° most moderate of the men entrusted with
fibs 'net" of government in Berne aver that in the
°f of any overtures on the part of the King
llesia, they really have no power to release
Asi.,Prisoners before trial, and that the Federal
ttri;rflb,lY is the only authority competent to do
104 of section 11. of the Charter, which
lB4B')vise Confederation drew up and adopted in
ties Asubsequent to the forcible disruption of the
Neu Jittherto existing between the Principality of
TLlee4tel and ig of Prussia), says,—
" Court of Assizes with the assistance of a jury, who