The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The follo*ihg article from the Poll the Govern-
ment papery corroborlites what I have said relative
to the arrangement concluded in Paris between the
British and French governments to act together in
the Chinese seas :

" The Chinese affair examined in a proper point
of view, presents two phases perfectly distinct—
' the past and the future. • The first belongs to
history the sneond int,olVes the interests of various
Powers, whose commerce at present is seriously
damaged, and who perceive the necessity for
putting an end to the present state of things. It is
to do so that an honourable understanding has
lately been come to between France and England.
The latter Power send& uurnerous reinforcements to
Admiral Seymour; wbd *ill have an idipOrtrint
maritime force tinder his command. France, on
her part, has maintained the squadron of Admiral
Guerin in the Chinese seas with a view to future
operations; and this squadron is to unite with the
naval division commanded by Rear Admiral Rigault
de Genouilly. Thus our marine will be on a
respectable footing: The tiVo admirals Will have
at their dispOsal steani frigates, corvettes, and gun
boats, so valuable for an attack on the coast and
for ascending rivers The maritime force of the
two nations so employed Will necessarily bring
the Chinese authorities t ) the terms which will
put an end to the war, and improve the former
state of affairs. At the same time that the British
Government is sending military rainforcements to
China, it sends special commissioners charged with
opening fresh negotiations, which will have the
greater chance of success, as the Chinese will see
that, from the imposing forces brought against
them, it will not be for their advantage to continue
the war."

It is said that after the departure of Feruk Khan
from Paris the Persian GOvernment will be repre-
sented in France by an Envoy Extraordinary,
Minister Plenipotentiary. A similar representative
will be appointed to the Court of St. lames

M. de Bourboulon, French Charge d'Affaires to
the Court of China, left by the last Indian mail,
which sailed from Marseilles on the 12th inst. He
carries with him instructions to Admirals Guerin
and Rigault de Genouilly, who command the
French fleets in the Chinese Seas, to combine in
future their operations with those of the British
forces, conformably to the arrangement concluded
in Paris between Lord Cowley and the French
Government.

Count Walewski had a conference yesterday with
M. de Hatzfeld, the Prussian Minister, to whom
he communicated verbally a note in very firm
language, which M. de Hatzfeld transmitted by
telegraph to his Court. The same day a French
courier was sent to Berlin with Jespatches for the
Marquis de Meustier, the French Minister.
Accounts have been received announcing that
the officers and crow of the French steam cutter
Le Duroc, of the Imperial navy, which were left on
Mellish ' Island, and for whose safety some fears
w.ere entertained, had been saved by the exertions
of the Governor of Australia.
It is announced that the Sultan, in order to
reward the services rendered by M. Balche, late
Kaimakam of Moldavia, has signed a firman corn-
mending the erection of a monument to his
memory, and granting a pension to his widow.
The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree
granting a pension of 6,000 f. a year to Madame
Elisabeth Belile, widow of M. Martignac, Minister
of the Interior during the Restoration.
A further decree confers the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour on General Korte, who com-
mands the Cavalry of reserve at Versailles. Gen.
Korte has served for 52 years, has made 28 cam-
paigns, and received five wounds.
Accounts have been received from the Bishop of
Nancy, announcing his arrival" at Rome, on a mis-
sion from the Emperor Louis Napoleon. He was
most graciotOly received by the Holy Father.
Prince Danielo of Montenegro had an audience
of the Emperor yesterday,
M Mon, Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Queen of Spain to the Court of Rome, was
presented this day to the Emperor by Marshal
Serrano

The Paris papers publish the following tele-
graphic despatch :
COPENHAGEN, MARCH 15.
" The treaty relating to the Sound Dues was
signed yesterday by all the Powers interested."

MARSEILLES, MARCH 14.

The cold continues to be very severe in this
neighbourhood. It froze smartly last night. The
sharp wind which prevailed here for some
days past is accounted for by tho heavy fall of
snow in the valley of the Rhone and the
Languedoc..
The corvette Isere, comina from the Pineus,
and having on board the last division of the army
of occupation of Greece, anchored in the roads of
Toulon on the 12th.

THE POLISH EXPEDITION TO CIRCASSIA

A telegraphic communication from our own cor-
respondent at Constantinople informs us that the
Kangaroo, having► on board 300 Polish soldiers and
Mehemed Bey (Colonel B ingya). their chief, bas
succeeded in eluding the Russian erusers. which
may probably have been on the alert to intercept
her in the Black Sea, and has disembarked the
men, arms, and stores of the expedition upon the
coast of Circassia.

A letter from Constantinople gives some account
of this interesting and adventurous expedition.
Colonel Bangya, who is a native of Hungary,
commanded the Ungvar brigade in the Hungarian
war of independence ; and, after the treacherous
surrender of Vilays, forced his way through the
Austrian lines and threw himself into the fortress of
Comorn, in the defence of which he bore a prominent
part. Like Gen. Bern and others of his countrymen,
he escaped into Turkey, and engaged in the Sultan's
service. He was appointed the military governor of
the province of Netakat ; and, during the late war, he
acted as adlatus to Sefer Pacha in Circassia, when
the Russians were forced to abandon Anapa and
their other forts on the coast. Colonel Bangya
married the daughter of a Circassian chief, and
was adopted as one of that nation. He has latterly
been at Constantinople, occupying in the Turkish
army the post of chief of the staff. The two Cir-
cassian envoys who recently visited that capital
appear to have arranged with him the plan of this
expedition, in which a number of the disbanded