The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

PRUSSIA

BERLIN, JAN. 3.
The papers to-day publish the following circular
dispatch. addressed by the government to its agents
of the principal European ports. It bears date
December 28 :—" Monsieur le Comte (Baron)—
By a despatch of the Bth of this month (December)
I had the honour to inform your excellency of the
attitude which the King, our august master, has
determined to take with respect to the Neufchatel
affair. The military preparations of which I then
made mention have been since continued, and it
would have been in perfect accordance with the
arrangements of the Prussian army to proceed
several days ago, to the mobilisation of those
portions of the army intended for this purpose.
Our august Sovereign, in pursuing so
calmly and firmly the line ho has traced
out, wishes always in his high wisdom to avoid
precipitating measures, the immediate conse-
quences of which would be to change entirely the
phase in which this affair is still, but which it will
quit the moment the order to move shall be given.
Up to this point the King contents himself with
the preliminary and unconditional liberation of
the Neufehatel prisoners, resulting from the
abolition of all proceedings directed against them.
After this liberation his Majesty is l'i'ady
to enter into negotiations as to the future of the State of
Neufehatel, nor will the unexampled moderation
of which the King has given proof hitherto in the
entire of this question, be belied when the great
Powers of Europe shall deem it thcir duty to
make him propositions, worthy, at the same time,
of those who offer and of him who accepts them. On •
the other hand, the mobilisation once ordered,

the situation can no longer be the same. Whoeveril
acquainted with our military arrangements knows
that this order, called for by the most ardent
wishes of the army, must be followed by speed,:
action, and that neither the dignity nor interest of
the King would permit him then to pause half;
way. It is clear that in such ease the aforesaid
liberation of the prisoners would no longer be 85
object proportionate to the sacrifices imposed 00
the -country, and that from that point the results
attained by the Prussian arms might affect eves
the position of the Principality of Neufchatel,
The King does not at all conceal from himself the
gravity of this contingency. But if it present it
selfhe will not recoil before it; and even while pO5
suing his object with the energy and perseverance
of a good conscience, he will suffer himself alwayl
to be guided by the desire of seeing assured to
Switzerland, after the end of the present conflict'
a place more hencurable and independent amongst
the states of Europe, which will afford then
further guarantees for order and repose. Then;
considerations, Monsieur to Comte (Baron), joined
to a desire of affording the great Powers of I uroe
that have solemly recognised the rights of the
King as Prince of Neufchatel, a new proof of hi'
extreme moderation as well as the possibility 0t
getting them to exert their diplomatic influence 1°
al manner stronger, mare concentrated, and motE
effieacious, on Switzerland, for the purpose °
attaining the prompt accomplishment of the onll
condition on which the King insists previous t 0
entering into negotiations, have decided his Mi'
jesty, despite the many inconveniences attendant
on delay. to defer the mobilisation of the army to tll.
15th of January, 1857 It follows as a matter
course, that this term will be shortened if thf
Swiss authorities, under the influence of that
spirit of defiance which characterizes several
of their recent measures, should hand over th,e
Neufchatel prisoners to the Federal Assizes. 139
order of the King, I invite you, Monsieur le COllO
(Baroh), to bring the above mentioned resolution
to the knowledge of the Cabinet of Paris (London,
Vienna, St. Petersburg). It will he appreciated's°
cannot doubt, with the just and clear impartialiti
we have a right to expect on the part of a govern"-
ment really friendly to Prussia, which, in this
question, possesses both right and moderation,:
and will have waited more than eight yeah
since the overthrow of its legitimate authority lil'
Neufchatel—for more than four years since Otf
solemn recognition of its rights by the protocol 0-
London—an for more than four months since tl3o'
events of September last—before having reeourni,
to proper means to recover its rights, ixith respeo':
to which his Majesty has declared himself recta'
to negotiate when a single preliminary condition'
exacted by his dignity shall have been fulfilled. I:°,,
wait longer would be incompatible with that digniti'-
The sovereigns of Europe cannot but feel this
They will not wish, as his Majesty has said to his'
people, to make of his long suffering a weapil!'
against himself. Receive, Monsieur le Cornt'
(Baron), the renewed assurance of my high Colv
sideration. MA N TE UFFED•
To Count Hatsfield, at Paris ; Count Bern-
storff, at London ; Count Arnim, at
Vienna ; Baron Werther, at St. Peters.
burg."

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.
By the arrival of the Royal West India Ms,
Steamer Orinoco, we are in possession of Ist'
advices from all the West India Islands:
Jamaica advices of the ltth ult., inform us 030
the events which had transpired were scarsi
worthy of any notice. The business of the sessin..;
was progressing steadily and in some way as b°,!
inoniously as could be anticipated under the O
A!
cumstances. The motion of Mr. Porteous respeetisP,
the importation of slaves into Cuba had been;
withdrawn under the idea that it would b°
undignified in the island Legislature to petitis°
Parliament on that subject. There were rumoull
however, that public: meetings would be
held for the purpose of memorialising tha
Imperial Government. The death of the FP!
Mr. Shirley, Custos of Trelawny, and senior men.
ber of Assembly for that parish, had thrown gregiA
gloom over the island. He was a large land!,
proprietor, and considered one of the Wealthier
men in the colony. The House of Assembly
I.,lo==vt-,z till !Mel' the funeral, 59
attended that ceremony officially. The Lieutenant
Governor had given his assent to several important
bills. A donation given by Mr. H. Labottehern;
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for tb
Colonies, had diffusad great satisfaction. Tb,e,
island was rather unhealthy, which is generally
the case at this season of the year; fever fee
prevalent.
A short session of the Colonial Legislature -
Demerara had been held. It was convened for the
special purpose of considering whether the resolll6'
tions of the Combined Court of 1855 and IS5s
might not be altered so as to require the payrilt
of the bounty money in cash at the time of the
indenture of the Coolie, and also whether the
colony would be prepared to provide for the Pni
m t
ent of the expenses to be incurred in India 1°
continued immigration after the season 18,A
56
and 1857. A string of resolutions submitted by the
Attorney-General to carry out these views
wet;
agreed to. A proposition having been made
nJ.,
some Liverpool capitalists to establish a month), ,
communication between the colony of Demerar°
and Great Britain by way of Madeira the Legin:,
lature, at its special session, passed the following
resolution .

That this Court will favourably consider any sehell
for establishing steam communication, with vessels of Of
less than 1,000 tons, between this colony and any part of
Great Britain, via Madeira, the Westetu Islands, and Bor;
badoes, with the view of promoting emigration to 1111
colony from those places; and that his Excellency `",
requested to make known the same by advertisement in sogi°
of the leading newspapers in Great Britain.
The Barba toes House of Assembly continued
engaged with the bill for the incorporation of the
city of Bridgetown ; upwards of thirty clauses were
got through in committee at the last meeting, but
it was considered doubtful whether thebill
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pass. His Excellency Sir J. Cloete, commander 01
the forces, and staff, returned from Demerara oft
the 6th. A change of weather had taken place.
rained steadily the areater part of Sunday, the 7111'
and there had been several showers almost dailY
afterwards up till the steamer's departure. Tila
canes had very much improved, but the crop vie/
expected to be a short one.
From St. Kitt's there is no news, besides a warm
encounter between the two local papers. BishoP
Davis was on a tour through his diocese.
At St. Vinbent's the House of Assembly conti'
nued at war with the Lieutenant Governor upo°
the subject of the circumstances connected with
the conduct of Mr. Crosby, the recently suspended
police magistrate.

THE PXCIFIC.
By the West India mail we are in receipt of nevi°
from Panama to the 9ch ult., and from the Panama
Herald glean the following items of late news :--
At Chili, Joaquin Carbacho had been sentenced to
death for the murder of his wife in the principal square
of Santiage, in the middle of the day, and in the presence
of a number of persons. He immediately gave himself LIP'
Jealousy was the cause of the fatal act, and public feeling
was in favour of a reprieve. The works of the Santiaq and Valparaiso railway, and those of the Tacna an,
Santiago line are progressing rapidly. The new Cabinet
was completed.
The Chilian war steamer Esmeralda, 20 guns, built is
England for the Government, had arrived safely at Val.
paraiso. Her officers speak highly of her performance
during the voyage.
From Peru we learn that the revolutionary movement
in the south seems to be on the increase, and two of the
national vessels, the Loa and the Apurimac., had gone over
to the revolutionary party. The Izuchaca, the Tumbes,
and the Ucayli had been sent after them by the Govern"
ment, and a number of English and American beach'
combers were enlisted to aid in their capture. The
general opinion was that the Government ships
.would
most likely get the worst of it, and either be taken or join the rev,iutionary party.
The President Castilla had issued a decree pronouncing
the Loa anal Apurimac pirates, and that vessels of an/
nation were authorised to seize them.
General Lizarzaburn had been named Minister of War
and Marine.
Marshal San Ramon, with all the force he could muster:
marched from Islay to Tacna to join the division of General
ure, quartered there. The Conterc,;o states that the
revolutionary movement in Atiquipa was on its last lege
when the news of the Apurimac having pronounced in its
favour gave tnew life.

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