The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
were
who declared in positive terms a few days
wer e definite settlement of the Persian question
the °„€:xceedingly premature. The Russian organ,
a._ oord, of Brussels, whose habit of sweeping
te'43:11:"°11 has acquired for it a certain notoriety not
fan, mg to increase its credit, announced the same
~,"" as undoubted, and, as is also its wont, greatly
modified •
wh_. its assertion subsequently. Even now,
ne atever the patient perseverance with which the
the prospects
are followed up, or however promising
prospects it would be unsafe to affirm that the
stitirs ti en is finally settled. Under all the circum-
ta aces of the case, no one would be justified in
terYTg 8° until the signatures of the British Minis.
am or Foreign Affairs and the Persian Envoy are
(31ed to the Peace Treaty, and even then we have
certainty that
bw the affair is concluded. Our
iverninent may accept and sign the treaty,
it has to be ratified at Teheran ; and this
is, „ , ion depends on whether Russian influence
jf Is not, all-powerful at the Court of the Shah.
,-",ttssia can dictate, and if the Persian Govern-
•wenr
Submit to her dictation at the moment the
tow._
o °UI our treaty is received there, or if she be
th_re Powerful than France, the chances against
0; ratification are increased ; and it would be
when to the risk of being rejected altogether.
aboute n gentlemen exhibit impatience in Parliament
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progress of these negociatiens, it would
taihs"eil to bear in mind the endless delays and
'mer°us difficulties which are almost invariably
Tcountered in negotiations with Orientals. Such
hPie can hardly ever be brought to a point.
i_e3r are fluent, mellifluous, and complimentary
in speech ; talk much, are plentiful in sound-
but Phrases, and are abundant of promise ;
for When you fancy the moment is come
sosiness, and that every difficulty, every mis.-
,_ul!erstanding has disappeared, you are mortified to
gniautlthat you are as far off as ever from the con-
do:l°a. The hopes based on the promise of one
44re scattered on the next, and you have to
the-„111 the weary work again Then the repugnance
NO People People have to put down anything on paper.
vete seemed more impressed with the maxim
volanto, scripts manent, and they prefer words,
gar'ea are but wind, to the black characters which
at
or pe,. them in the face, and which cannot be denied
ehae-,l)lained away. If the negociator were any one
half but a Persian it is probable that not one, but
oe,, a dozen, peace treaties might have been
ioteeei,sted, signed, and ratified, since the first
411'W with Lord Stratford.
Rein x emit Khan, dilatory, procrastinating, and
Ault! as he may be, had only to do with the English
hal"a,asader, the chances of an arrangement would
if uea been much greater. I should not be surprised
the e good resolutions of one day were weakened
lenhaext, and that even here Russia uses her
thatts'enae to undo what may be done. The counsels
come from St. Petersburg are not to our
sio "Iltage, and perhaps Feruk Khan has occa-
Thoally listened to them with too much attention.
Auiebeurnmary of the conferences with the English
cleB,,aasador has, I doubt not, been regularly
kovatched to London, and the last, which was
safe conclusive—if the term 4, conclusive " can be
fav,„.Y applied to it--promises, as I have said, very
tlie-urablY. The draft may have by this met with
konaPProval of our Government, and. for aught I
bottithe treaty may be signed in Downing-street,
important point is the ratification at
Itera
0--and of this no man can be certain.
out 's but an act of justice to state that through-
ha the, s a,e, whole of this affair the Emperor Napoleon
hon --eu in a straightforward, disinterested, and
his
wor curable
Manner, and, so far as can be judged by
rendo
and-acts, his earnest desire has been to
faot°v° every obstacle, and to facilitate a satis-
of,YrY solution of the question. It is useless now
f 'efer to the past, or to discuss the original cause
th"r quarrel; but I cannot help believing that if
French diplomatic agent had then made cotn-
el
a cause with our minister, and had announced
eh' resolution to quit Teheran when Mr. Murray
13:Panded diplomatic relations with the Shah, the
the would have ended then. As to the cause of
that difference, it may have been slight, but we know
reel., what appears trifling at a distance may in
ha
eter be very serious. An individual who
dmined to annoy or 'insult you, with
itlia regard to his own safety, may do 'it in
whkititired different modes, to no one of
out h by itself you can take exception with-
dro:PPearing excessively susceptible; but they
fro "3 the animus nevertheless. Be this as it may,
lathe Moment the Persians marched on Herat
likci , 110 other option than to do as we have done.
Gulf We not sent the expedition to the Persian
cld' WA should have risked the loss of our authority
Prest
Ile ige over a considerable portion of the East.
as arn that the Russian Ambassador in Paris,
elivell as the Persian Envoy, deny the existence of
be treaty between Russia and Persia, said to have
trien ratified at Teheran on the 18th January ;
d
dtall a Nord gives a similar contradiction. I need
clath,.-I say that the non-existence of that treaty re-
seers Some authority less interested in keeping it
Thret than either of the parties just mentioned.
la
Lezistence of the treaty is nevertheless affirmed
tbe":"erouarters, and it is even whispered that for
bleinas-Zinion of the portion of territory in question,
%lbg Mount Ararat, by which Russia would
loo;gand the pass of Bayazid, and which had been
giv:Zveted by Russia, the latter has engaged to
Perrn'ersia the assistance of a corps d'armes and a
theanent garrison of 5,000 men at Herat, in case
/t.aitar With England continued.
boehuP been stated in the papers that a day has
go:salted for the Conference on the Neufchatel
ghat the
This I deny. Weeks ago it was said
ln."„"ue beginning of Marcia would be the time,
thm‘ust statement was made on the supposition
bef,, a Russian Plenipotentiary would be named
oat then, This has not been the case. Russia
Dot 111°t named any Plenipotentiary, and. I am
Co 'are if she has given her formal consent to the
liTerences.
tibirza Riza and Mirza Mussin, two young Per-
attached to Feruk Khan's suite, and who
he admitted as physicians at Teheran, have
of. II Permitted to attend the lectures in the school
VIC °Mein e at Paris. This favour is the more
forift°le to them, as the practice of dissection is
elder
in Persia.
telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces
Bey, Master of the Ceremonies to the
cob.,T°, arrived at Bucharest on the 18dr inst.,
t.;°R from Constantinople, and bringing the
6'14 convoking the Divans ad hoc of Wallachia.
toh°czales Bravo, Spanish Ambassador to the
f St. James's, has arrived in Paris from
Pritel,-;" '‘. He is to remain in Paris three days
teas to his departure for London.
kb'e last accounts from Algeria state that
ktir'aual Randon is to embark on the 28th inst. for
tiBle'lles, on his way to Paris.
tee .0 responsible manager of the Siecle has
4rtieelLed a second warning (avertissenzent) for an
Th'' Published on Tuesday last.
fooras Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree,
ao -,"„ed on a report from the Minister of War,
OftLAltuting the Consultative Committee for affairsd
SotZgeria for 1857. This body was institute
kia Years since for the purpose of assisting the
'hap Ater by its advice and co-operation in the
Pet,-,,,gareent of that colony, and is generally com-
atia-:; of officers who have served in that country,
ata.-`vilians who have been connected with its
The, 7,,
'4146; 'qoniteur publishes the Customs return of
1%4; received during the month of January,
of co'arnounted to 13,804,112 f., being an increase
Per o"18.904f as compared with the corresponding
Of last year :
/14404",Priticipal augmentation is in the article of coffee,
tieacws au improvement of 1,216,694 f., after which
"ot,e and spirits, 602 953 f. ; cocoa, 48,974 f. ; oleagi-
nrs4a,7 b,u;cs, 143.195 f. ; hemp, 135,580 f. ; gold and silver in
PeDll -."4
coin 14,346 f ; nitrates of potass and soda, 28,940 f.;
%,1111.'„1°,96'5f ; raw 'and spun silk, 10,865 t.; foreign sugar,
liettirt French colonial ditto, 67,534 r. ; and linen and
8111
off
cloth, 4,447 f. Those which show the greatest
-1424 f are bar icon and steel, 171,343 E ; rough castings,
' ; Pig lead, 6,267 E; raw coact, 167,857, raw