The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-26 00:00:00

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NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.

Advices, dated Hamburg, May 25, states that it
was asserted there that a new Russian loan would
be shortly concluded, and that the bankers of
Hamburg summoned to Berlin, by Baron de
Steiglitz, had left for that capital to take an interest
in the loan.

THE QUARANTINE AT RUSSIAN PORTS

Despatches from Odessa, of the date of the 10th,
state that the quarantine on foreign ships is sus-
pended for four months. Merchandise is stated to
be scarce, and freights were falling,

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ITALY.

A letter from tub Roman States mention that
every night some ten Or twelve persons are
handed across the Papal frt.;:?tier, near Pistoia,
by the Papal police, and giveri over to the
Tuscan gensdarmes. They are con: eyed to
Leghorn, where they are put on boa an
American vessel, lying in the harbour, whiC./I
has been chartered for the purpose by
the Pope. The persons which are thus trans-
ferred to the Tuscan authorities are political pri-
soners, most of whom have been for seven years
undergoing the awful punishment of confinement
in the Papal prisons, without having been tried
for any offence, or, in many cases, without even
knowing the crime with which they are accused.

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES

The special commission appointed, pursuant to
the 23r4 article of the treaty of peace, to proceed
to Bucharest, to consult the population of the
Danubian provinces, as to their future constitution
and government, has been nominated. Sir Henry
Lytton Buiwer has been selected by the government
as the British Commissioner ; Baron Talleyrand
is appointed by the French Government; Baron
Nolen, the Austrian Internuncio at Constantino-
ple, will represent the Vienna Cabinet, and
General Fenton de Benagon is nominated a Com-
missioner on the part of Russia.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING

The decree of the ,Emperor, dated the day
before yesterday, fixing tha closing of the Legis
lative body for the 21st of next month, instead
of the 2nd, as originally intended, appears in the
Moniteur.

The official journal announces that yesterday
Baron Hubner, the Austrian Minister, presented
his credentials to the Emperor, with the customary
ceremony, on his promotion to the dignity of
Ambassador, and that he delivered a speech, in
which he said that the Emperor of Austria
had made him Ambassador, because he
" desired to draw closer the bonds of
friendship which unite him to the French
Emperor, and to increase the intimacy of the
alliance so happily existing between the two Im-
perial Courts—an alliance which is a pledge of
order and security fur all, and which has so power-
fully contributed to render to the world the benefits
of peace."
Amongst the floating rumours of the day is one,
that France and Austria in order to " do some-
thing for Italy have agreed not only to persuade or
compel the Pope to make reforms in his government,
which are imperatively needed, but to allow King
Bomba of Naples, to be ejected from his throne,
and even, if necessary, to aid a little in his expul-
sion. And it is said that Austria has consented
to poor Bomba being replaced by Prince Mu.
rat, the Emperor's cousin ; and that, in return
for this immense concession, Louis Napo-
leon has undertaken to guarantee Austria the
possession of her Italian territories. As to Eng-
land, it is said that the belief of the Austrian and
French Emperors is that she would not dare to
oppose them, but that if she should do so, she
should be pacified by being allowed to assume the
protectorate of Sicily. In this arrangement you
will observe that nothing is said about Sardinia,
and it is intended, it is alleged, to toss
her completely overboard. Such is the
last new plan which the political circles
declare is on the tapir It is Machiavellian enough
to be true, but it is to be doubted that England
will consent to the sacrifice of Sardinia, and the
guaranteeing of the Austrian territories in Italy,
even to attain the very desirable objects of the
expulsion of King Bomba, and the protectorate of
Sicily.
The division of General Failly, consisting of
four regiments, and a battalion of riflemen, arrived
yesterday at Lyons, from the Crimea, and was
received with great enthusiasm. The arrival of
troops at Marseilles and Toulon still continues.

Villemain, the celebrated writer and states-
man, was yesterday knocked down and run over
by a cab, in the Place de Valais Royal, but he
received no serious injury.
The opening of the Universal Agricultural
Exhibition has been postponed to the Ist of June.
The projected marriage between Emile de
Girardin, the well-known editor of the Presse, and
Miss Shepherd, au English lady, has, I hear, been
completely abandoned.
The newspapers have, during the last few
days, been reproducing the correspondence
containing the offer of M. Uzielli, the Lon-
don banker, to found an annual prize for
the best treatise on peace, and on the advan-
tages of the English alliance—a correspon-
dence which I mentioned to you (exclusively, as
usual) many days ago. In giving this correspon-
dence, the Journal des Debuts, of this morning,
sneers at the English alliance, calls it a " transitory
event," and sarcastically insinuates that it cannot
last. This journal was formerly the great and
ardent champion of that alliance.

CAUTION TO Bovs.—There have been a great many com
plaints to the police of the nuisance and annoyance, not to
say danger and damage, done by boys playing ball and
throwing stones in the streets. On Saturday, a boy named
John Morgan was brought before Mr. Mansfield, charged
with breaking windows in St. Anne-street. His worship
expressed his determination to punish all boys brought
before him on such charges. He fined the prisoner ss, or
in default of payment fourteen days' imprisonment.
THE SHIP EAGLE—PRESENTATION TO CAPT. MURPHY.
—The well-known clipper-ship Eigle, belonging to Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co., arrived here on Thursday last from
Melbourne, atter a passage of 82 days. She brought 13
first class, 19 second, and 76 third class passengers. On
Saturday the first class passengers filet at the George-hotel,
and presented Captain M. Murphy, the commander of the
ship, with a magnificent silver coffee pot, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription—" Presented to M. Murphy, Esq., com-
mander of the ship Eagle, by the first class cabin passen
gers on the voyage from Melbourne to Liverpool, as a small
token of their regard for him. May, 18.56." The inscrip-
tion is in a wreath, surmounted very appropriately by an
eagle. The value of the present is over £2O, and is for a
companion to the beautiful and valuable silver salver,
presented to Captain Murphy on his last voyage by George
Ward Cole, Esq., one of the legislative council of Sydney,
who was a passenger in the Eagle on that occasion. These
testimonials prove the estimation in which the commander
of that noble vessel is held by those who have had an
opportunity of witnessing his conduct, both as a sailor and
a gentleman. We have seen letters from several passengers
who went out in the ship on her last voyage, and one from
a lady of high respectability, and all speak in the most
unqualified praise of the ship. the provisions, and the never-
ceasing attention of the captain.