The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-03 00:00:00

SPAIN,

A despatch from Madrid, bearing date the Ist
instant, mentions that on that day the Cortes
would be prorogued.

THE FRENCII FUNDS

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Three per Cents at the close of the trans-
actions on the Bourse today were quoted at 72f•

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING

The Emperor left this afternoon by the Strasburg
,railway for Nancy, from whence he will proceed to
rlombieres for the benefit of the waters. He is
accompanied by his aides de camp, Generals
Fleury and Espinasse.
The Cardinal Legate Monseigneur Patrizzi, took
his departure for Rome this morning. He went by
the Lyons railway, and stopped at Fontainbleau to
breakfast. The Emperor has presented him with
the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, with the
decorations in brilliants; the Emperor has made
him a present of valuable Sevres' porcelain.

The Corps Legislatif in its sitting of to-day
adopted the bill for conferring three pensions of
£B,OOO each on the families of the daughters of the
late King Louis Philippe. It also adopted the bill
for forming a network of railways in the depart-
ments of the Pyrenees. It postponed the discus-
sion of the bill for enabling the Emperor to grant
donations to a certain amount. In the sitting of
yesterday the bill on companies, en commandite,
(limited liability) was adopted.

There has been some idle talk about the Russian
Government having thought of nominating M. de
Kisselieff, its Ambassador in this city ; but I can
assure you with tolerable confidence, that there is
no ground for it. Indeed, as M. de Kisselieff was
Ambassador here when the war broke out, he would
hardly be a fit man to select now that peace is
concluded.

The Bourse has not been so favourable to day
as had been expected, owing to money from reports
(continuations) not being any thing like so plenti-
ful as had been expected
The Vicomte Th. du Moncel has brought out a
new edition of his very remarkable work, entitled
Expose des Applications de l' Electricite. This work,
as its title imports, treats of the various practical
applications of electricity in mechanical and useful
arts, in telegraphic communications, in apparatus
for preventing accidents on railways, in science
and medicine, &1., &e. It is ornamented with
excellent plans, and contains the results of the
experiments and study not only of the Vicomte du
Moncel himself, but of a great number of
distinguished savans and inventors. The work
is of the greatest importance to all who
occupy themselves with electricity, and espe-
cially to those who seek new applications of
that wondrous agent. A translation of the book
into English would, I should think, be very useful.

An arrival from Constantinople, with dates of
the 23rd ult., brings the news that the English
have evacuated Kertch, and that M. Boutenieff is
to be the Russian Ambassador to the Porte.

P.S.—lt is now considered quite certain that
the Emperor, before returning to Paris, is to have
a conference with the Emperor of Austria some-
where on the S wiss frontier.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

Of political news there is a scarcity to-day, and
it is probable that nothing of any importance is
expected to occur for some little time as the Em-
peror goes out of town to-morrow, the Minister of
Finance, M. Magne the day after tomorrow, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Walewski, on
Thursday, whilst the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, M. Fortoul, has already left. All the great
official dignitaries, most of the members of the
corps diplornatique, and a great number of political
personages, are also escaping as fast as they can
from this hot and dusty city. M. Baroche, Presi-
dent of the Council of State, is likely to take the
ad interim administration of the Foreign depart-
ment; M. Fould, Minister of State, that of the
Finance department ; and the Minister of War,
Marshal Valliant, that of Public Instruction.
The newspapers record a sad affair—the arrest
of a canon of the cathedral of Versailles, on the
charge of having caused the death of a young
woman, by means of an operation of a very delicate
nature, calculated to prevent her pregnancy by
him from becoming known. _ _ _ _

A solemn service for the repose of the soul of
Madame de Girardin, wife of the celebrated editor of
the Presse, has been celebrated to-day in the church
of Chaillot, this being the first anniversary of her
death. It was attended by her husband and a
number of political, literary, and artistic celebrities.
I have heard some vague talk of an intention,
existing on the part of Prince Napoleon, to take
measures to prevent his father's son, by his first
wife, with Mrs. Patterson, of the United States, from
calling himself Bonaparte. The ground on which
the Prince takes his stand is this :—lf Mr. Bona-
parte has the right to call himself Bonaparte, the
marriage between Mrs. Patterson and Prince
Jerome, the father, was valid ; and in that case Mr.
Bonaparte is the eldest son and heir of old Jerome
—he, Prince Napoleon, being only the elder by a
subsequent marriage. But, considering that the
marriage between Jerome and Mrs. Patterson was
declared void by the first Napoleon, and has
always, for political purposes, been so considered
since—considering, too, that if it v".me not void,
Jerome's subsequent marriage was null, and his
son Napoleon, born of it, is illegitimate, I cannot,
• for my part, believe that, in spite of what is said,
any attempt to deprive Mr. Bonaparte of his name
really exists.
The American Legation, at Paris, has commu-
nicated to the newspapers here, the message of
President Pierce, announcing the dismissal of Mr.
Crampton, and the documents which accompanied
it.