The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

reported. Should hostilities be decided upon the
Prussian troops will cross the territory of Bavaria,
faf tl4„eeattertlptEpfAustritt to ineluce
Genet t4t4tositeeleale to ;fheil Diet , 6);
decide on the aivisability orpermitting the pas&
-
ageh-aving as yet hied frette-efr.7ol; on 'those' govern--
meets. The object of Austria is not to preserve
p -ace but to create a precedent for her own benefin
in making; the Diet recognise mere dynastic claims
of German. princes to territories not German
Should the Diet refuse, Austria would still'
gain by, the: defeat': suffered by Prussia. The
trial of the Neufchatel prisoners is to come
on, as we are informed by the telegraph, on
the 19th instant. Those of the accused who have
taken refuge abroad have, as we have already
mentioned, been summoned for the 12th of
January. In the meantime, the royalists of
Neufchatel, whose inconsiderate move in Sep- •
tember has soused all the mischief, seem to
begin to feel remorse, for we are informed that
they have now sent a depuation to Berlin, praying
the King not to plunge Prussia and Switzerland
into war. Indeed, as they regard the one as well
as the other as their mother-country, in a certain
sense, they must look upon the threatened conflict
with double the pain that any other Swiss or
Prussians will experience. But they should have
thought of tl.*4 before.
Respecting the Paris Conferences there is not
much additional intelligence. A further meeting
of the Plenipotentiaries were to meet yesterday.
From Constantinople we learn that the representa-
tives of the powers which signed the Treaty of
London were to assemble on the 23rd nit to finally
discuss the firman relative to the Principalities.
No further difficulties were anticipated. This, is
to be explained by what the Nerd, of Brussels,
says, namely, that the evacuation of the Principali
ties by Austria, and of the Black Sea by England,
is immediately to follow the ratification of the new
convention, and that its execution is already in
progress. A distinct understanding between France
and Austria secures this. The Spanish Govern
ment, to mitigate the scarcity which prevails in the
Peninsula, has decreed the free opening of the ports
to importation of food of all kind.
The home news includes a variety of items of
interest. Mr. Cardwell and his colleague in the
representation of Oxford, have been addressing
their constituents at that city. According to Mr.
Langston, the dispute with Persia will be settled
before Parliament meets. The speeches of both
gentlemen will be found in another column. The
Greenwich and Southampton contests continue to
occupy attention. The statements which have
come to light about Lord Palmerston's great care
for the Southampton electors are considered to
have all the dignity and importance of a revelation.
His lordship is evidently much vexed that his
private and confidential communications should
have been made public, and he has recorded his
vexation by saying that they ought not to have
been mentioned. On Friday evening there was a
remarkable meeting in London. The natives of
Switzerland residing in the metropolis met at
Radiey's Hotel, to give their sanction to the
stand which the Federal Connell at Berne
have made to Prussia; and the peculiarity of
the meeting was, that the resolutions had a
more praetical bearing than resolutions generally
adopted in this country iii favour of nationalities,
for the kttiiss surrendered their money and their
pereons in order to fight the battles of their country.
The great toreeres case was again the matter of
further investigation before the Lord Mayor, at the
Mansion House, London, on Saturday. From what
transpired most extraordinary di ieheures were
made, showing the manner in which the great
frauds and forgeries which have startled the country
during the last few years have been perpetrated.
That all the principal crimes of this nature
which have letaly taken place 'have been the work
of an organised gang there is the strongest possible
reason to suspect, and there is also reiteon to hope
that the police have now within their grasp
the leading_ actors in this giant conspiracy.
Etter the examination of the convict witness
Henry Atwell, in which he detailed some astound-
ing circumstances, the case was ndjeurned until
Wednesday. During the proceedings Saward
preserved an exaggerated air of injured innocence,
and on several occasions, when the evidence was
more than usually strong against him, he turned a
look of combined scorn and pity upon the witness
—of scorn, as for his treachery in betraying the
secrets of the gang, and pity as though for one who
could fabricate such astounding falsehoods. His
age is apparently about fifty, his features are
intellectual and they display also a strong and
resolute will, a considerable share of self-relance,
and a mind not easily daunted by difficulties, or
thwarted from itpurpose by unexpected obstacles.
His dress was scrupulously neat, and his remarks
addressed to the bench were delivered in a tone of
the most perfect confidence and self-possession.

NEW ZEALAND 4S A COLONIAL

SETTLEMENT.

We have lately drawn the attention of the
readers of the NORTHERN TIMES to our colonial
settlements of New South Wales, Victoria, Tas-
mania, &c., and pointed out the vast field for
Emigration which they opened up to our daily
increasing redundant population. Latterly we
have had our attention called to the capabilities,
resources, and rising character of New Zealand
as a desirable place of settlement for the British
Emigrant, and feel constrained to publish some
particulars of the colony in question. To emi-
grants seeking a home in a far and distant portion
of the globe, the first question that engages his
mind is the character of the climate of the country
to which he intends removing. All authorities,
those who have visited the colony, and those who
have resided there, agree in pronouncing the cli-
mate of New Zealand healthy and salubrious. In
it instances of disease are of rare occurrence. The
land is brightened by a clear blue sky, and fresh
breezes from off the mighty waters of the Pacific
fan along the hills and dales of this interesting
region, bracing the nerves of the population, and
invigorating and strengthening the constitutions
both of the native born and emigrant settler.
There the sun strokes, so frequent in the United
States, or the stic.i,v storms and frost-biting seasons
of Canada, are unknown. Hence emigrants from
this country, on arriving out, meet an atmosphere
and temperature mire akin to their native land
than any which they could find in Asia, Africa,
or America. To intending emigrants this is no
minor,consideration. A reference to the returns
of the deaths in the colony fully warrant us in
stating that, as far as health is concerned, New
Zealand stands first-class among our colonial
possessions. There may the hardy and indus-
trious sons of proud Albion—the steady and
plodding adventurers from ancient Caledonia, or
the daring and laborious children of poor and
cast-down Erin, venture forth. There may they
locate themselves secure, in the conviction that,
whatever may betide them, they need not suffer
from damp and marshy swamps which deal out
death and destruction among the inhabitants of
the American continent and portions of Europe.
The putrid fevers of these climes, and of India,
are unknown in New Zealand. Attention to
cleanliness, and the laws of sobriety will secure
health, and we may add long life to every sound
onstitution.

-- With-respect-to the.soarif _New Z ealand, and its
capabilities of production, it is enough to observe
that all the cereals grown in this country are
there produced in great abundance. Wheat and
Oats are not only prolific, but the quality is of the
very best kind. Vegetables of all kinds flourish.
Fruits, including grapes, are cultivated with suc-
cess. In short, the labours of the husbandman
are amply and profitably rewarded. Some few
months ago we tobk occasion to notice the ferti-
lity of the soil of New Zealand. Subsequent
accounts from the colony have justified all that we