The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The French Funds closed to-day at the following
prices :--Four and a Half per Cents, 91f. 50e. ;
Three per Cents, 63f sc.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING,

Rumours have been current during the last levy'
days that a war with Prussia was imminent, and
they received a certain degree of confirmation from
the very violent article which appeared in the
Morning Post a few days ago. But lam assured
to day, in well tufo' wed quat lets, that the praeit
intention of England and France is not to force'
Prussia into war this year if they can help it.
am told, too, that the principal foundation of tha
rumours referred to was some declara-
tions against Prussia made by a General'
connected with the Court, at a dinner
party the other day, but I hear that the Prussian
Minister has been assured that he spoke without
authority. On the other hand, I understand that
England and France are determined to put a stop
to, or at least checking, the very active trade which
since the commencement of the war Prussia 110
carried on with Russia.

All accounts from Germany confirm the fact
which I announced to you a few days back, namely
that the inert German Governments, since the
receipt of the Russian circular of the 22nd ult., are
much less hearty in their support of the proposr
tions of the Allies.

A good deal of sensation has been caused to-dal,
by a letter from Berlin in the Emancipation of
Brussels, stating that the Czar Alexander received
the Austrian propositinns from Count Esterhazy
in a very icy manner—that he made no answer to
the Count's supplication to him to accept them--
that he merely questioned him about his journey,
and that a second attempt of the Count to get an
answer led to no result ; whereupon he left
the Czar. It is possible that the Emancipatiol
is somewhat premature in giving these
details ; but you will remember that i
have already informed you, on the best
authority, that the French Government has rs;
ceived information to the effect that the mission
Count Esterhazy is sure to end in failure.

The same correspondent of the Emancipation
says the rupture of diplomatic relations betweefl
Austria and Russia, which is expected, as the
consequence of the latter's refusal to accept the
former's propositions, will cause Austria to place
her army on a war footing, and even to take par'
in the war; and he asserts, that France has under';
taken to send to her / assistance an army
100,000 men. These assertions, however, appear
to be very rash ; at all events " they require con'
firtnation."

The semi-official Constitutionnel has to-day 01/
article in which the rejection by Russia of the
Austrian propositions is considered as a matter 0)
no doubt, and in which Russia in consequence
thereof is threatened with war a outrance.
General Bosquet has been summoned to PO
to take part in the Great Council of War which if;
about to be held.

The raising of the interest on Treasury Bill
mentioned in my letter of yesterday, is a proof thIL
the government is in want of money, and that 1"
must, before long, have recourse to a loan.
The last accounts from Constantinople, which
came down to the 27th ult., say, that the greatest
indignation was felt against Omar Paeha, for 1:1°(
having velieved Kars, and that there was a talk
sending him before a court martial, an
confiscating his property. The Divan are making
great efforts to place the army in Asia in a pel,
tion to attack the Russians iu the spring. N°o
withstanding the penury of the treasury, t,()
Sultan's civil list had been increased from 0,500.00
piastres a month, to 10,000,000, in order to enab.r`a
him to pay off the debts of the Sultanas. Jio
the Crimea the troops were suffering fr° 0
the frequent sudden, and terrible ehangee
of temperature, and the Russians ive;
every day increasing the strength of tile.'o
fortifications. The accounts of the disasters ig
the Black Sea are terrible—two English
freighted with stores for the army, had gone doss'
at the mouth of the port of Balaklava.
ntfr
Nothing eau exceed the warlike character of
last accounts from Russia. They represent t 4,
1;g
not only was the government bent on continuitif
the war, but that the nobles were offering tto is
s
Property and services to carry it on, the Pr-eile
were exciting the fanaticism of the people, and ',cl
most gigantic preparations were making to defe'
the coasts.

MYSTERIOUS CA held 04!
1
SE AT WALTON.—An inquest was
Monday, at the Brown Cow Inn, Walton, before O.; 04
Driffield, Esq., on the body of the man who was found u'iti
in a field at Walton, on the sth instant, as mentionedtoof
this paper of yesterda)'s date. Dr. Johnston, of 101,011
made a post morton examination of the body, and del)o4
before the jury, that the cause of death had been " se
apoplexy," the brain being much congested. A verdio'oo,
returned in accordance with the medical testimony'. tise
o
body was identified as that of Mr, Thomas Foster, lice"
victualler, of 41, Marybene, Liverpool.