The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

IRRIT(AL OF THE FRANKLIN AT
• • - • SOUTHAMPTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS)

SOUTIIA3IPTON, THURSDiY, 9, P.M

The steam-ship Franklin, Captain Wotten, has
just arrived here, from New York, en, route for
Havre, with adviees to the 24th Ultimo, being
three days later than those ,reeeived on Sunday
last by the Asia. She haS brought over twenty-
two passengers for . England, and ninety for
Havre. She has also brought 300,000 dollars in

speci€

The political news is not important

In commercial matters no very material change
is reported, There was a fair business doing in
the Stock Market, 'at preVious quotations.- Ex-
change on London was active, and for first class
names the quotations • stood, firm at ..100:t.. The
Cotton market Was dull, and prices declining.
Freights were active, and_ quotationS' tending up-
wards. The .Flour market was firm, with consider-
able operations going forward for Europe.

MOST IMPORTANT
ON THE

TURKISH QUESTION.

11Torthern Daily Times Office,

Friday Morning

Whave just received the following most im-

portant despateli from our Loudon correspondent.
We regret that it holds out very little hope •of a

peaceful solution of, the Turkish difficulty

LONDON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON

However the Emperor of Russia may now move
for peace, however he may now express his willing-
ness to disown the insolent note which has wounded
the suSceptibilities of diplomatists, and enraged
the frank and bolder feelings of the people
of Western Europe ; the latest intelligence, both
from Paris and Vienna, .iMplies but ,to one con-
viction that it is " too late." Ominous Words
There is but one contingency upon which we can
place dependence for the maintainance of peace;
and that is that the Turks should give an additional
proof of their moderation, by deferring the actual
commencement of hostilities, until after the close
of the renewed conference at Vienna. But at
present we are totally destitute of positive infor-
mation whether those conferences have even been
resumed ; whilst it is certain that if they leave no
result can yet have been attained likely to inter-
pose between no formal declaration, and the real
commencement of war. Under these circumstances,
and relying upon the accuracy of yesterday's
news, our hopes of a peaceful solution of this long
endured difficulty are very slender indeed.
IT was at,Olmittz that the Emperor of Russia
appearsto have first expressed pacific intentions
and moderate views. It was there, probably, that
he first became aware of the true attitude of the
Western powers, and of his own false position.
There, too, most likely, some idea of the tre-
mendous risks and responsibilities he was incur-
ring, first darted across his mind. But, wherever
and however, this change of tone arose, it is,
perhaps, sincere. With two enormous squadrons,
ready to enter the FAuxine, and two others to block-
ade the Baltic, whilst a French army of 30,000 is
embarking for the Turkish territory, we are bound
to believe that the Czar is sincerely disposed to re-
consider his position. But it may be " too late."
For the Turks have the initiative ; and if, in the
exercise,of their undoubted right, they do attempt
to expel the invaders, Russia cannot decline the

issue

The following is the news received in London
yesterday in the order in which it arrived:—

VIENNA,
WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Oesterrcichische Correspondenz announces the
arrival of the Constantinople mail of the 27th at
Trieste.

The advices were that an immediate declaration
of war was not improbable, although ;expectations
were indulged in that mutual,- concessions might still
be made.

There were six English, one Sardinian, one Nea-
politan, one Austrian, one Prussian, and four
French war steamers lying in the Bosphorus.

The Lamas of Wednesday- evening; announces
that grave changes lave been made in.the.position
of affairs with regard to the East It states that,
according to news received in Paris, the Divan met
on the 25th, and unanimously decided that the
Sultan could not accept the Vienna note, and that
this resolution was communicated to the . ambas-
sadors. • • .

•
The Debats then adds, "At a second meeting of
the Divan, held on the 26th, it was decided that
the negotiations were exhausted, that preparations
for hostilities were regulated, and a solemn procla-
mation of war decreed."

A teleiraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated the
3rd inst., and published in the Cologne Gazette,
states that the Emperor of Austria, and the Arch-
duke Ludwig Charles, left the previous evening
for Warsaw.

The same despatch also states that the Vienna
Lloyd mentions a report that the Divan had on the
20th of September resolved upon an eventual
declaration of war against Russia.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY. EVENING.
(From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.)
' I understand from good authority that the
French Government decided, at a Council of Mi-
nisters' held at St. Cloud, that a corps cr armee of
3(},000 meii shall be embarked on board the
At-
lantic squadron, and sent, out to Constantinople,
there to be landed: General Canrobert will, I
Understand, have the command of .this body ; so
that the rumour which-prevailed yesterday at the
Bourse, of that officer's departure for Turkey, had
a tolerably fair foundation -The uneasiness felt
here is exceedingly on the increase, and at present
very few persons are to be found who venture to
hope for the maintenance of peace. . It is said also
that troops from England are to be embarked
in Admiral Corry's squadron, and that their des-
tination is likewise to be Constantinople. Whether
this latter piece of intelligence is correct or not,
you are more likely to be ruble to' ascertain than
parties here. Strict orders have been given to
suspend all leave of absence or furloughs through-
out the French army, at least for some time to
come. Yesterday the Emperor of the French, in
a conversation with M. Firmin Rogier, the Belgian
repreSentative at Paris, on the affairs of the East,
terminated his remarks by saying—" Be certain,
my dear Minister, that the matter once entered on
will not be. long."

It 'is worthy of remark that a counter-order was
despatched by electric telegraph to General de
Guyon, of the French service, forbidding him to
proceed to Warsaw, whither the Emperor of Russia
had invited him to witness the manoeuvres of the
Russian troops ; and it is perhaps still more strange,
if the German journals are to be believed, that the
Emperor of Russia left Warsaw on the very clay of
his arrival, after a delay of only two hours and a
half. The German Journal of Frankfort gives this
intelligence in a letter from Warsaw, dated the 29th
Ult. The words of the letter are :—" The Emperor
of Russia, . accompanied by the hereditary Grand
Nike, arrived here yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock, from Ohnutz. At half-past four o'clock his
Majesty continued his journey to St.' Petersburg."

Now; when it is borne in mind that the elecilic
telegraph has announced the departure of the Em-
peror of Austria and the King of Prussia for War-

saw, to meet his Majesty; and-that the Emperor of
Austria has been invited by the Czar to attend ,the
military mancetivres whieh are about to take place
near that city, this haste to reach St. Petersburg
looks exceedingly ominous.