The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

European civilisation, and we may yet be gratified
with another series of "Persian letters," surpassing
in interest the genuine correspondence which bears
the name of Montesquieu. We have an Usbek and
a Ricon on the spot, and they must have left
many a Rustan and an Ibben in Teheran, to whom
they can confide their thoughts.

The Moniteur has the following :
" His Excellency Ferule 'than, Ambassador from
tPersia, received a public audience yesterday from
he Emperer in the Throne Room at the Tuileries,
and presented the letters accrediting him to his
Imperial Majesty. His Excellency was received
at the same time by the Empress.
Their Majesties were attended by the great
officers of the Crown, the Grand Mistress of the
Empress's Household, the Lady of Honour of
Her Majesty, and the ladies of the Palace.
The Minister for Foreign affairs attended at
the audience.
His Excellency the Persian Ambassador ad-
dressed the following speech to the Emperor :
" Sire,—The friendly relations which so long
existed between France and Persia having been
again consolidated by a recent circumstance, I
have been charged by the very powerful Shah in-
Shah of Iran, my august sovereign and benefactor,
to bear to your Imperial Majesty the compliments
and congratulations of my sovereign.
" It is a happiness for me that my mission has
occurred at a period when France is loaded with
so many blessings from Heaven—first, the glorious
accession of your Imperial family to the throne
of France ; next, Sire, the birth of his Imperial
Highness, the heir of your crown—an event
which is a guarantee for the duration of your
Majesty's dynasty, and a subject of jov fur
all Frenchmen and for all the friends of
France; nem', the conclusion of peace between
the powerful allies and Russia in this same capital
of France. In fine, sire, I come to France after
the conclusion of a treaty between Persia and the
powerful empire of France—a fact which had ever
been the object of the hopes and wishes of the two
states, an object to which the efforts of the
Governors and the Sovereigns of the two states
tended, and which is now accomplished, with the
assistance of God, conformably to the intimate
desire of the august Sovereigns of France and of
Iran.' "

To the speech of the Ambassador the Emperor
made the following reply :
" Monsieur I'Ambassadeur,—l am happy that
your Sovereign has charged you to bring me his
congratulations. When the war broke out in the
East I sought with pleasure to renew our former
relations with Persia, and her neutrality was not
useless to us. I now congratulee myself on the
treatyof commerce concluded between our two coun-
tries, as commercial relations firmly established
always cement the friendship of nations.
," It is with regret that I heard of the war which
has broken out between you and one of my most
intimate allies, but I make most ardent wishes that
your mission to this portion of the globe may
hasten the return of a lasting peace.
'' I thank you for the flattering things you have
said to me for France and for the Prince Imperial,
and I beg of you to believe in my full sentiments
of benevolence towards you.'
Feruk Khan, after having presented to their
Majesties the persons attached to his suite, handed
to the Emperor, in the name and on the part of
his Sovereign, the Royal Order of Persia and pre-
sents for the Empress and the Imperial Prince.
His Excellency the Persian Ambassador and
his attendants were conveyed to the Palace of the
Tuileries in carriages of the Court, and re•conveyeri
after the audience to the hotel of the Persian
Embassy with the same ceremony.
The Constitutionne! announces that General
Count de Pear, who commands the Austrian troops
in Moldavia; has made known to the troops under
his command, by an order of the day dated Jassy,
the measures adopted by his Government for the
evacuation of the Principalities.
The necessary preparations were commenced on
the 12th January for transporting the hospitals
and military stores into the Bukowine.

The evacuation of Greece by the French troops
is said to be decided upon. It will probably take
place in the spring. _

It is stated that at the instance of his advocate,
M. Nogent St. Laurens, a medical commission will
be named with a view to ascertain the grounds on
which Verger is supposed to have been insane
when he assassinated the Archbishop of Paris. •
The Princess Lieven, so long known in the
political world, lies dangerously ill at her residence
in Paris, of inflammation of the chest. Her
medical attendants, Professor Audrat and Sir J.
011iffe, are in constant attendance on her.

The following telegraphic despatches have been
received :

" MARSEILLES, Jan. 23

" Accounts from Teheran, of the 19th December,
announce that the Shah of Persia had visited his
arsenals and concentrated his troops on the eastern
frontier of his empire. He is preaching a holy war
in his southern provinces.

" Russia has occupied the islands in the Caspian
Sea without the consent of Persia.

" Some ferocious tribes, who have revolted, are
carrying terror into several Persian provinces.
" The Imaum of Muscat is endeavouring to
annex the province of Moghestan to his territories.

" The arrivals of wheat amount to 225,000 hec-
tolitres."

" JAN. 21.

" Letters received here from Naples announce
that King Ferdinand, it is said, will grant an
amnesty on the occasion of the approaohinf, accouche-
ment of the Queen.

" The. Pope has given 55,000 f. from his privy
purse to give employment on the high roads to the
indigent.

" betters from Constantinople announce that the
representative of Turkey in the Principalities will
find some resistance to the convocation of the
Divans. The Minisierial crisis in Moldavia is far
from being terminated. _ . _

" MADRID, JAN. 24.
" The Queen's malady has entered into the do-
creasing period."
The Moniteur announces that Monseigneur Mor
lot, Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, has been ap-
pointed Archbishop of Paris, by an Imperial decree,
dated 24th January. _

The Moniteur fu-rther publishes decrees making
various changes among the judicial functionaries
in the departments.
M. Perouse, the Government candidate, has
been elected a Deputy to the Legislative Body, in
the first electoral circumscription of the depart-
ment of the Gard.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, JAN. 23.

The draft of the firman for the convocation of
the Moldavian and Wallachian divans ad hoc was
completed on Tuesday, the 13th inst. The internal
autonomy of the two principalities is guaranteed.
According to a report received from the Circassian
coast, Sefer Pasha has defeated the Russians. Ac-
counts of Victories obtained by the inhabitants of
the Caucasus over the Russians must be received
with extreme reserve, but a person who must be
tolerably well informed of what is passing on the
east coast of the Black Sea yesterday acknowledged
that since the spring of 1856 the Russians had
obtained no advantage " worth mentioning" over
the mountaineers. If I well understood my infor
mant, such great changes are being made in the
Russian military system that no operations on a
large scale will at present be undertaken against
the inhabitants of the Caucasus. Positive infor-
mation has reached me that the Russians are just
now extremely busy on " both sides" of the
Caspian, and that very many transports have been
built within the last few months.

It is not known here why their Majesties have
resolved on shortening their stay at Milan. The
three Ministers, Count Buol and Barons Bach and
Bruck, will probably be back to Vienna in a few
days. It is credibly related that the Archduke
Ferdinand Max has already been appointed
Governor General of the Lombardo Venetian
kingdom. General Count Gyulai will take the
command of the Second Army, and have his head-