Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

INDIA

The dates brought by the Nubia are :—Bombay,
12th May; Calcutta, 4th May Madras, 9th May;
Ceylon, 13th May; and Hong Song, 25th April.
The expeditionary force was to remain in Persia
three months after the ratification of the treaty of
peace, which is to take place at Bagdad on the 4th
of June, under the authority of the Hon. Mr.
Murray. The head quarters staff and
.the first
division will remain at Bushire, and the second at
Mahamra. The news of peace has caused universal
dissatisfaction in the camp, and there is an
extreme anxiety to return to India.
atiThe weather continues, upon the whole, favour-
able, the nights being pleasant and cool.
A telegraphic despatch received at Bombay from
Meerat states that the 3d Bengal Cavalry were in
open mutiny. Several officers and men had been
killed and wounded. •
It was reported at Calcutta that a correspon
dencPhad been discovered in possession of a na-
tive officer of the 34th Bengal Infantry proving the
existence of a conspiracy for organising a general
rising, of the entire army.
The British mission to Affghanistan had reached
Candahar.

At Calcutta operations in exports continued
restricted owing to light supplies, high prices, and
enhanced freights. The import market had some-
what improved. Exchange on London, 2s. 10. to
2s. ltd. At Bombay the import market was
rather dull. In exports there was little or no
change. Freights were slightly lower. Exchange,
2s. lid.
At Madras imports were, generally, steady ;
exports were firm, and freights looking up. Ex-
change 2s lid to 2s lid.
The proposed line of railway from Colombo to
Kandy bad been favourably reported on. The
exports of coffee from the Ist October amounted to
415,000 cwt. The crop is estimated at 500,000
cwt.

staff. His Majesty wore the uniform of a gerlOral
officer, with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of
Honour. On his right was the Ring of Bavaria,
who was in a light blue uniform, with the Grand
Cordon of the same order. After the cortege came
the Empress, accompanied by one of her ladies of
honour, in an open caleche and four. After passing
in frout of the lines the Emperor and his illustrious
visitor took up their station on the rising ground
opposite the grand stand, and the troops were put
through several evolutions. The skirts of the
ground were lined with skirmishers ; the infantry
formed into hollow squares, the front ranks kneel-
ing as if to receive the charge of cavalry ; and the
artillery took up a position, and unlimbered their
guns, as if to prepare for an attack. While
this was going on, the Empress alighted at the
stand, where seats had been prepared for her.
In a short time after, the Emperor and the King
of Bavaria dismounted and joined her Majesty, with
whom they remained conversing for about a
quarter of an hour. During the time the Imperial
party remained in the stand, the troops piled
arms and took repose. The drums having again
beat to arms the Emperor and the King placed
themselves in front of the stand for the filing off,
which took place in admirable order the various
regiments marching at once off the ground to
quarters. The cortege then returned to St. Cloud. .
The Minister of Marine has received from Capt.
Selva, of the Reine Hortense, a detailed account of
the movements of that vessel while she had the
Grand Duke Constantine en board. Before leaving
Cherbourg his Imperial Highness was desirous of
paying a farewell visit to the officers of the vessel,
and after leaving 'the theatre at eleven o'clock
at night, and through very unfavourable weather,
he went on board and expressed in the most flatter.
ing terms to the captain and other officers his
kind feelings towards them, and the pleasing re-
membrance he should always retain of them as his
shipmates.
The Debats publishes some interesting sta-
tistics concerning the movement of the French
population in 1853', from which we extract the
following passages in reference to marriages and

deaths : •
The maximum of marriages takes place in February, and
the minimum in March, the time of Lent. A. slight dimi-
nution is likewise noticed in the harvest months. The
amount of education posseesed by the married couples has,
we regret to say, been ascertained only in 82 departments,
and in 256,663 marriages. Of this number, 170,172 hus-
bands were able to sign their names, as were 116,1 33 wives
The remainder of the husbands and wives, or nearly a:third
of the menand more thanhalf the women, who married
in 1853, could neither read nor write. Of the
above marriage 34 took place between nephews and
aunts ; 107 between uncles and - nieces ; 629 between
brothers and sisters in law ; 2,309 between first
cousins. In 18538 '34,177 deaths were registered,
representing a diminution of 14,419 on the preceding year.
The months of June and July, which are signalised by the
greatest number of births, are also the months when the
fewest deaths occur. On the other hand, the month of
March, when births are rare, is plentiful in deaths.
Deaths occur more often during the day than during the
night. In towns the majority of deaths take place in the
afternoon, and in the country during the morning hours.
A letter from Toulon of the 3rd inst. announces
that the screw ship of the line Eylau had sailed for
Algiers. It was believed at Toulon that the entire
fleet under the command of Admiral Tiehouart
would shortly follow.
The following telegraphic despatches have been
received :

BELIN, Jim 4.

The Kreuz Zeitung announces that the Emperor and
Empress of Russia will arrive at Kiel on 3rd of July, and
proceed thence to Gottingen and Darmstadt. The Czar
and the Empress-Mother are expected on the 17th of
July at Berlin. Prince Gortschakoff and Count Allerberg
will accompany the Czar.

TRIESTE, JUNE 4.

Intelligence has been received from Constantinople to
the 28th nit, but it is without interest. The representative
of -France, supported by England and Russia, has intimated
to Greece that she must re-establish her embassay at Faris,
which she bad suppressed in her budget for reasons of
economy. Greece has promised complia
ADnce.
MRID, JUNE 4.

The treaty concluded between France and Spain for the
settlement of the line of frontier of the Pyrenees has just
been approved by the senate by a majority of 82 to 1.
The senate is occupied with a new electoral bill,
proposed by the Marquis de IVliraflores. It is not expected
to pass.
The bill on the press is extected.

AUSTEIA.

VIENNA, JUNE 2
A north German paper contains an interesting
account of the reception of the Hungarian Protest-
ant deputation by their Majesties on the oth of last
month. When the Lutheran and Calvinist clergy
rendered homage to the Emperor and Empress on
the sth they inquired whether the representatives
of the " whole Evangelical Church" (corpus Evan-
gelicorum) would be permitted to pay their respects
to his Majesty. The reply was in the affirmative,
and, at three o'clock on the following day, the depu-
ties of the different " Superintendencies' presented
themselves at the palace, where they were informed
by one of the imperial adjutants I hat they would have
an opportunity of addressing the Empress as well
as the Emperor. The spiritual and temporal chiefs
of the Lutheran confession were then introduced
into the audience chamber, and after the lapse of
a couple of minutes their Majesties appeared.
The short speech of his Majesty was received
with enthusiastic cheers, and the deputation left
the audience chamber with the persuasion that the
rights and privileges of the Hungarian Protestants
would not be infringed on. The deputation of
the Helvetic Confession—the Calvinists—which
was subsequently admitted to the audience cham-
ber, was as kindly received as the Lutherans had
been. Count Leo Thun, the Minister for Ecclesias-
tical Affairs and Public Instruction, was soon after
summoned to Pesth, but it is not known what
instructions he received.
Some of the Paris correspondents have informed
their employers that the principal object of the
King of Bavaria in going to Paris was to effect a
reconciliation between the Western Powers and
Naples, but the statement obtains little credit here.
His Bavarian Majesty is extremely desirous to have
the question concerning the succession to the Greek
throne settled, and he is probably endeavouring to
persuade the Emperor of the French that it would
be better for. Europe at large if a Roman Catholic
reigned in Greece on the demise of King Otho.
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria refuses to change his
religion, and it is by no means probable that the
Princess, his wife, who is a Bourbon, will
permit any children that she may have to be
brought up in the Greek faith. It is generally
related that a " rapprochment" has recently taken
place -between Russia and Austria, and there is
some truth in the report, but ycn may be sure that
the Emperor Francis Joseph will never become the
satellite of the Emperor Alexander. The French
Government has recently acted as if it wished to
force Austria to return to her alliance with Russia,
but it is not likely to succeed. As long as Austria
is on good terms with England, she can hold her
own against Russia, hut she cannot enter into an
intimate alliance with her powerful neighbour
without being obliged " to eat humble pie," a dish
which is not to her taste There may soon be a
reconciliation between the Russian and Austrian
Courts, but many a long year is iikely to elapse
before mutual confidence is restored. It is
rutnoured here that Russia is about to dismiss
about 150,000 or 180,000 men, but nothing p'ositive
is known to me on the subject.
The reproof addressed to the. Independence Belge
by the Oesterreichisehe Correspondent runs as fol-
lows :—" The _lndependence Beige, which in more
recent times has often permitted itself to be misled
by wondrous reports and news, contains in its
number of May 29th, a letter from Turin, which
deserves especial notice as a specimen of ingenious
combination, • based on self-created facts. The
public is informed that the Imperial Royal Cabinet
requested the Neapolitan Government to break
off •its diplomatic relations with Sardinia, but
met with a refusal. The Turin correspondent
give the - .reasons - why the Neapolitan Court
declined to accede, to the request of
Austria, and peisifively knows that there
is a great coolness' between the two Courts, which
may soon lead to something of importance. Tlpa