The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-17 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

THE CONGRESS

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The sittings of the Plenipotentiaries in Confer-
ence concluded to-day.

The representatives of the Great Powers have
been occupied on the consideration of questions of
detail, namely, the free navigation of the Danube,
the internal regulations of the Principalities, the
limitations of the frontiers, and the situation of
the Christian population of Turkey.
Commissions have been charged to regulate the
details on all these points.

THE PEACE.

A further despatch from Paris announces that
the ratifications of the Treaty of Peace are expected
to arrive in that city about the 23d instant.
The Earl of Clarendon's return to London is
mentioned as likely to occur in the early part of
the ensuing week.

FRANCE.

We have this moment (3.20 a.m.) received the

following

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
• PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
All the talk of the diplomatic and political
circles is, at this moment, about the speech which
Lord Clarendon delivered on the state of Italy, in
a recent sitting of the Congress. In this
speech, his lordship denounced in very vehement
terms, the system of governmment which pre-
vails in Naples and Rome, declared that it is a
danger not only to Italy, but to Europe, and
that it is impossible for any government,
in the present advanced state of civilisation,
to disregard altogether the popular will, and to
govern according to its own arbitrary pleasure.
His lordship it is said, required that his speech
should be mentioned in the minutes. It
is said also, that the speech caused
great offence to Austria, as was natural, not a little
to Russia, and some to France.
On dit that the government has received by
telegraph the news of the ratification of the treaty
of peace by all the powers.
The Congress met again to day, and, as I told
you yesterday, its next sitting is expected to be
the last.

The Constitutionnel announces that the christ-
ening of the Prince Imperial is fixed
for Monday, the 9th day of June, and
that it will take place with exactly the same pomp
as was displayed in the baptism of the son of the
first Napoleon, the King of Rome. The
same journal says that after the ceremony
the Emperor and Empress are to
attend a grand banquet and fete at
the Hotel de Ville, and that grand rejoicings are
to take place at St. Cloud, and other towns, in
which there are Imperial residences.
Prince Napoleon gave a grand banquet to the
Plenipotentiaries in the Congress yesterday,
but I am told that neither the Austrian nor
Prussian Ambassadors was present. If this be
true, the fact is not devoid of gravity.
The Duke de Broglie, the new member
of the French Academy, paid a visit to
the Emperor on Saturday. His Majesty
said, with more art than he generally displays,
" Duke, I am glad to see you ! I have read
yOUf inaugural speech with great interest, and
thank you for what you said of my uncle.
But I doubt not that when your grandson
comes to speak of the coup d'etat of
December he will use the same language as you
did in speaking of the 18th Brumaire !"
A treaty of commerce between Russia and
Prussia is about to be negotiated.
A Credit Mobilier Society is about to be estab-
lished at Warsaw.
Accounts from Constantinople to the 3rd have
arrived. AtVarna hostile demonstrations had been
made against a Pacha by the Christians for having
assaulted a young woman. There had also been
disturbances at Katkiara and other places. A
decline of 5 per cent. had taken place in specie.
Russians vessels had obtained permission to enter
the Bosphorus.