The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
IVuch of what has been lately said in the Belgian
Rapers on the Neufchatel question is, I am assured,
erroneous Affairs are not in the advanced state
they have been described. M. de Hatzfeld has, it
418 true, recently received despatches, but, contrary
`to what was hoped and believed, they do not con-
Lain his final instructions; these final instructions
ue had not received up to last night, and I doubt
~11111 her they have reached him even to-day. What
ne know, however, for certain, is, that the greatest
11°s'ible dissension prevails in the Prussian
Cabinet. The Ministers are divided among them-
brit
; some incline to a compromise, others hold
against any act which would be the renun-
-1,",1;i
'3a of the King's sovereignty in the Princi-
ThITY. The King, who is at all times slow to
Ca" up mind, is bewildered by those dis-
r'leted counsels. The army is of course against
43'. sacrifice ; the Kreuz Zeitung party equally
l'esists ; and the Prince of Prussia has thrown the
g/vi!ight, of his influence into the scale, If the Xing
g;i'vy a disposition to accede, he is reminded of the
tic'letrl engagement of 1850 to the 65 Royalist
ePuties of Neufchatel, when he lifted his arm and
tle°tared that he would never abandon them. The
ta,tue pledge was taken by the Prince of Prussia, in
(rwo name and that of his children. Neverthe.
effected it is believed that an, arrangement will be
itase - The conditions demanded will hardly be
oiip ei ted by the Swiss. They will prtisent conditions
Dritlr own which will be equally distasteful to
de—'BBja; each party may, however, lower their
titltn€lB) and, under the influence of the French
fq.r-4bglish Governments) a middle term will be
1.:1114. At the moment I write, matters have not
bt:ehed she point of fixing a day for the Conferences,
tubt they will meet with as little delay as possible
15 .drJ Hatzheld receives his instructions. It
' •fP..ir to say that Count Walewski is doing his
able conclusion
to bring matters to an amicable and honour.
theeonclusion.
Private letter from Jassy gives some account of
e-c,-,„5,/tPeose which the Austrian occupation has
111.;7'°4&1 the finances of Moldavia, either the
pri''l6Pality itself or the municipalities. It corn-
-18,,,es Only the time between the 4th of September,
and the Ist of November,lBs6:
1, p Piastres.
2 uel, candles tallow, and straw
3.- osn-

ii;-- spital and barrack furniture
4Lint of private houses for hospitals or
4 barracks
6, hi/ePairs of ditto after occupation .... . ,
8. I,,tiddino• and repairs of stables ..
.c.stablis'huient and maintenance of vehicles
1. ,for the transport of troops
44
txta expenditure, washing in the hospitals,
: .
......... 8. . 155,140

In 7,29181
Zthe foregoing are not included the wood taken
ataitously in the forests belonging to the clergy,
oc::alarY of the special employees for the army of
Ara, '"tinn, the expense of lodging the military in
ps-4te houses, or billets (which are gratuitous),
Idea) fuel, light, beds, clean linen, from
e superior
pertot officers to the lowest ranks of
art' the inhabitants. Tha rate for a General
ils„cer is 500 Austrian ducats yearly (the ducat
800 d
laivalent to 111 75c); for a colonel or a major,o
to an ueats ; for a captain or a subaltern, from 0
ducats ; and for a private soldier, 20 ducats
the lowest. As to Wallachia one may have an
it
is of what the Austrian occupation cost it when
\vith anown that the Treasury is encumbered
a debt of 22 000, 000 piastres, which the last
tn ,istaation left as its legacy to future Admi•
qations.
ttek private letter from Cadiz mentions that
111„e.c)alding to the latest advices from the Gulf of
b -"eo, the forts of Vera Cruz had fired on the
oat,
of the Spanish frigate the Ferrelana, though.
.itt,
ttir, Was not yet declared. The Commander of the
teats demanded an explanation of this act of hos-
-441437... It is added, that the Commandant of the
tle„ellca.n Station had anchored in the roads; and
ttil',here were several ships of the French and
bo,"5111 Squadron in those waters. The Mexicans.t
arie'lftll4t, in case of war, they can count on assis -
Aer,,.1;°41 the United States.
Yo„Lvate letter from Madrid says : •
I)ara; are going. to have your elections for the new
l'eac;ll/3.ent, as we are ; but how immense is the difference
tf then the two ! rtere we have moral coercion,. pressure
baet)a, government, exile, lists fraudulently made out,
. the Part of some candidates, as with you, but
wha4l,e organised system of the government; And
t object is this display of arbitrary power?
Vote)', to be overthrown, perhaps, the ver7 morning after a
Ater:f be
by means of the cap'.icious abuse of the
torn /iita rive. Such has already beg the case three times
General Narvaez, and it wOl be so again, and perhaps
11)er,,f Ile himself suspects ftfat this will be his fate, and
4 on're be is looking ta':eards the Paris Embassy, with
"1:), instead of the :,,;;,000 salary in the time -of the
Rresista ,
Ird t S. 1 her-, ,re many pretenders to it, and it is
° Baas.
who will be successful. You are not far from
la Ilk in
„ _.'.(ppostng that a dangerous rivalry subsists
'-ar'!.eu,..l' N. arvaez and O'Donnell, and if the former
in power we shall hoar some curious
Ilat'ai'as,tirce when the Cortes meet, And as we are only
veor,b;lng the parliamentary system, and as there are
1ea1,4,19110 are doing their best to bring discredit on it, the
~Ilt"Sof which the Upper Chamber may be the theatre
pit e trade use of to suppress it. After that will come,
ill natural natural consequence, an Absolutist Ministry, who
414 al:B°lve both Chambers to convoke them no more,
may i 3" will bring us within an inch of Don Carlos, or, it
ulltaime,
c of a Socialist Republic—two impossibilities in
ircumstances. But let us not be alarmed—the
a9(lteta4"a which is the logic) of governments that have no
ch andthe prerogative are then to decide otherwise.
i'lLthe Perpetual history of the Moderado party.
hatilble Senate is destined to hear curious disclosures the
:I.4tabel of Deputies will have its own scandals. It is
)111 that the leading men of the Progresista party
e'lotietia-` have a seat in it. Fur instance, M. Olozaga,
!'ltita-h-Intt forward es a candidate for Ma-hid, Saragossa.
_tciti(im,er, Murcia, Logrono, Arnedo, &c., will find himself
nt b eu, because in high places it is decided that he shall
e eected. How admirable is our electoral freedom.
tarty, who we shall have every shade of the Moclerado
ii;,rto'riu-tue: however,. will tear each other to pieces.
t ci
.Bravo Murillo, Rica Rosas, the extreme Absolu.
Wage a war without truce or quarter against
Day
tlgcr. The session will be short but interestinse
eLlitoties that circulate about the palace I will not
lii,Npib-eiu People speak of the divers i, fiuences that
Zi'ate there. S'ster Patrocinio, Urbistondl, and
i.raollting% not to speak of the coups de tete of a still higher
64444", who from time to time governs as well as reigns.
C021),..eus
te:Illd say a good deal about them all. When he
hr.'s, of propose a nomination in favour of the Palace
those who governed in 1854, or of the friends of
kjulJa thq11) the Qseen invariably refuses her signature.
411)Is all powerful Narvaez transformed into a
sl•Qaicretar th Polacos and the Absolutists are dila
convocatione of the Cortes ; but their dig-
it. 'RY as'auged at in the Palace. There were only the
ill N broke adhered to the Ministry, but even they
a saikll with it, and the Government candidates are
ah, it
uY them just as the Liberals are. The bishops
_
ether th. hem, and some of them will have seats in the
114,;1? zut who knows whether the Cortes will meet
leever~lY this country anything is possible. The day,
'-
approaching, and I should not be surprised if
Die
followsng despatch h been received :
thb4Pat TRIESTE, March 19.
4t °hes from Constantinople, dated the 14th, state
qt code Boutenieff, the Russian Ambassador,
. had
till') the f the appointment of a commission to enqt,ioinre. tii,zet,t fact he
the Kangaroo having landed
.a Polish
arnalunition on the coast of Cireassia, t'The
the :roilt's are said to have defeated 4,000 Russians on
of A.hasia.

‘111„ ---....._
41ir;':,13orYsthene steam packet,
MARCH 20.
packet, about to leave
tile foul for the East, carries out as passengersa
%Itli,°llr brothers of Abd el Kader. They
,stlftil:tjeci by their wives, as well as eight chairledren
hvera -,,"J it', five of whom are very young. These
h"-olti-usg es., who have with then a suite Of eighteen
4"l'oeo.e,' will land at Beyrout, whence they will
t-,1; also to Damascus to join their brother. There
gtiul en board the Borysthene thirty Christian
f 0 1. The
4eeei going to Jerusalem.
I'l thPts of the Paris and Orleans Railway
4 74-" e Week ending the 11th instant amount to
eoth'69sDaf c, being an increase of 264,165 f 870.
—red 62
with the corresponding week of last

year. The receipts from the Ist January to the
11th instant amount to 10,624,878 f 29c, being an
increase of 1,941,760 f 48c, as compared with the
corresponding period of the year 1856.