The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-08 00:00:00

THE EAST

A despatch dated Marseilles, Sunday, 7.60 p.m.,
announces that the Tage has arrived with advices
from Constantinople of the 27th, and from the
Crimea of the 25th ult. Despatches leave at 8
p.m. The steamer New York has arrived from
Constantinople with 332 convalescents on board.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

It has been stated in some of the Paris papers,
that in the preamble of the treaty of peace, the
services of France and her Emperor are specially
acknowledged, but I am assured nothing of the
kind is the case. I am told, too, that there is a
difference of language employed in speaking of the
different powers ; the belligerent powers being
called belligerent, the others, Austria and Prussia,
contracting. Thus, it is said, " the belligerent
powers have decided on making peace on
the following terms, and the contracting powers
engage themselves to do so," and so on. There is,
I am told, a clause in the treaty, to the effect, that
henceforth no power whatever shall, on any pre-
tence whatever, be allowed to occupy any portion
of the Turkish territory.
A grand fete is to be given at the Hotel de Ville,
in honour of the Plenipotentiaries of the Congress,
and preparations have been commenced for it.

Permission bas to-day, I hear, been given to
allow the Russian paper, Le Nord, to enter France.
I told you a long time ago that the tactics of the
Russian Plenipotentiaries in this city have been,
ever since their arrival to treat for peace, to profess
the most unbounded respect for the Emperor
Napoleon, and to flatter the French most outrage-
ously. lam assured, as a proof of this, that the
moment difficulties arose in the Conferences,
Count Orloff went to the Emperor, and, after some
preliminary observations, said : " Sire, you are a
great man; and, as a great man, are just
and generous. Here are my instructions—
read them." The Emperor, after a little
affected hesitation, read them. " You see, sire,"
said Orloff, " that I am commanded to make every
possible concession to obtain peace. Such being
the case, I ask you, will you allow Russia to be
dishonoured and strangled?" " No, certainly,"
said the Emperor, " but she shall have an honour-
able peace." From that moment the Emperor
occupied himself in removing every difficulty that
arose. Another piece of flattery, on the part of
Count Orloff, afforded the Emperor still greater
pleasure—Count Pazzo di Borgo waited on the Count
a few days ago, and said, " Now that peace is
concluded, I will introduce you to good society in
Paris." " Good society," cried Orloff, " Why I
have seen the very best—for I have seen the
Tuileries !" " Good society at the Tuileries !
What a notion, my dear Count ! No,—the only
good society in Paris is in the Faubourg, Saint
Germain, amongst the old noblesse." " Sir,"
exclaimed the wily Russian, " the society which
is good enough for the Emperer of the French is
good enough for me, I will not go to the
Faubourg !" And he took care to repeat the
anecdote so that it should be related to the
Emperor.

The Moniteur contains a notice that, in conse-
quence of the conclusion of peace, the removal of
blockades and restrictions on trade with Russia
are to be carried into effect without delay; also,
that any captures which may have been made
since the conclusion of peace shall be restored.
It adds that, until the formal re-establishment of
diplomatic relations, consular and other formalities
are to be executed by the consuls of the Powers
which represented the belligerents, in their respec-
tive countries during the war.
The English steam frigate Odin arrived at
Marseilles on the night of Friday, to convey
Admiral Lyons, who has been staying in that port,
to the Black Sea.

The number of the French army in the Crimea
is represented to exceed at this moment 120,000
men, and at Constantinople to be 20,000,

Although this is Sunday a grand steeple chase
has come off at La Marche. A horse called Minos,
who ran third in the Liverpool steeple chase,
was brought over expressly to run in it,
and it had been generally expected amongst the
English frequenters of the turf that he would win
easily. Five other horses were also brought over
from England. But Minos, and his five brethren,
were beaten by a French horse ; or, at least, an
English horse, naturalised in France, called Flying
Buck, belonging to Vicomte de St. Roman. This
defeat has delighted the French turfites beyond
measure. The amount of stakes and entries was
nearly £5OO.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING.

The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has
charged the Prefects of Departments to inform the
Chambers of Commerce that a decree, authorising
the immediate resumption of commercial relations
with Russia, the raising of all blockades, and the
revocation of all prohibitive measures, will shortly
be published.

Not only is the visit of the Emperor of Russia
to this capital spoken of with the greatest confi-
dence, but it is said that his Majesty will visit
London also.

A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg pretends
to know that so far back as the beginning of last
month the English cabinet refused to consent to a
capitalisation of the Sound dues, but resolved to
propose to Denmark some other arrangement
respecting them. Ano her despatch from the
same place says, that it was this day officially
notified in that city that Russia permits the
export of corn and grain.