Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

TURKEY

We have received Constantinople journals and
letters to the 15th inst. Considerable emotion,
similar to that caused in Paris by the words of the
Emperor to Baron de Hubner, was also felt in the
-Turkish capital ; and the first rumours were to
the effect that war ,was probable between France
and Austria, but that feeling gradually subsided.
The journals contain little of interest as regards
political matters at Constantinople. Reports were
current that a change in the ministry was immi-
nent, and there was one modification loudly and
universally called ,for, namely, the 'removal of
Moussa Saffeti Pacha, the Minister of Finance.
The commercial community, in particular, were
unanimous in protesting against the manoeuvres
by means of which that minister, through the
agency of a house at Galata, threw the money
market constantly into perturbation, and caused
serious fluctuations in the exchanges. -Sir Henry
Bulwer has considered it his duty to make repro-
sentations to the ,Government on the subject.
letters state that when the Russian line-of-battle
ships were leaving Constantinople for the Baltic,
,one of them, the Sinope, of 130 guns, was nearly
lost in the Dardanelles. She was only saved by
the prompt assistance of a Captain Greech, com-
manding an English steam-tug, and who refused

all remuneration beyond a ceitifieate of approval
from the Russian captain.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday

The Royal mail steamet Phcebe, Captain Clarke,
arrived here -this morning. Her dates are—
Table Bay, Dec 22 ; St. Helena, Dec. 30 ; Ascen-
sion, Jan 4. She brings 17 passengers •and the
usual mails, and a general cargo. Among her
passengers is Captain •Cresswell, R.N.
At the Cape, Pretorus was preparing for the
subjugation of the Beeehuana tribes and the
expulsion of the London missionaries from the
Transvaal Republic.
The Union Steam Navigation Company had
made a proposition to bring the Cape within a
fortnight of England by a line running from
the Cape to Mauritius, calling at Algoa Bay and
Natal.
Since the de

parture of the last month's mail,

trade had improved ..considerably in the ,colony,
but had suffered a temporary check by the loss of
the mail steamer Madagascar, on her voyage from
East London, in foggy weather.

The small-pox had almost totally disappeared.
Au outbreak of Kafar convicts took place at
Tubback, but it was immediately suppressed. One
of the convicts was killed.

The Ifamburgla barque Aragos was wrecked in
Table Bay on the night of the 30th nit , through
neglect in not keeping the lead going.
Panda, the King of the Zulus, was in a dying
state from gout, and it was feared that at his
death there would be a war of succession.

Capt. Bedingfleld, R.N., had returned to Cape
Town from the Livingstone expedition in the
Zambesi by the Lagea, and came to England in
the Sanspareil. Some trifling misunderstanding
between him and the leader of the expedition was
said to be the occasion of his return.

SPANISH WOOL.
MADRID, Jan. 25

Some English houses (compagnies Anglaises)
have bought up, at advanced prices, all the wool in
stock in Estremadura and some other provinces.

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AND THE
NATIONAL BANK.

VIENNA, Monday Night, January 24.

It is said that the Emperor, in an address to
the deputation of the National Bank, expressed
himself in terms calculated to tranquillize the
public mind on the present position of political
affairs.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN SERVIA.
BELGRADE, Jan 25

The Archbishop Peter has retired to a convent

The Under-Secretaries of State, Ziranorick and
Nickolich, together with Knezeriech, counsel to
the Court of Cassation, and Major Zack, have been
banished (proscribirt).
Further dismissals and fresh appointments are
expected.

Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8.. has been selected to
succeed Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour as Com-
mander-in-Chief in the East Indies and China. Sir
Michael Seymour had been compelled to solicit being
superseded in his command owing to his failing health.
Admiral Hope has seen considerable active service. He
commanded her Majesty's steam-frigate Firebrand during
the hostilities in the Parana against Rosas in 1845 and
1846, and took part in all the operations in that river,
during which he greatly distinguished himself, particularly
in destroying in the river the chain which obstructed the
progress of the allied French and English vessels. For
his gallantry and ggrvices on that occasion he was
nominated a Companion Of the Order of the Bath. The
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