Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-18 00:00:00

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THE iIaThST 'NEWS.

[BY BRITISH AHD IRIS]; TC,;BBEGRAPECI

FRANCE.

The following: is an extract of a letter received
at M. Renter's office :
PARiS2, Ja,n, 16.
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The Emperor of the French, wishing to act
:with :the greatest loyalty towards England
requeSted Lord Cowley to 'declare 'to the EngliSh.
Cabinet, that. although desiring , an intimate
'Understanding. with England On the basis ofrion-
intervention, it should be understood that France
always considers herself bound by the engage-
ment of VillairanCa, and the treaties,. of Zurich.
This reserve was maintained during the last nego-
tiations between
assembling England, and France. The
of the Congress is therefore still pos-
sible, its programme being founded on the
treaties of Zurich. The Cabinet of the
Tuil-
leries ha,sformally resumed the 'negotiations con-
cerning the Congress, and has by telegraph
already informed the , Northern Courts of this
itdesire or Napoleon In.

PARIS, Jan. 17.
M. Thouvenel is expected at Paris at the end
of the present :week.
The ‘• G • •
Pays of this evening seas reatactivity
prevails in the different ministerial departments,
for the realisation of the programme contained in
the letter of the Emperor to M. Fould.
' The Council of State is about to take into
consideration those measures which require the
co=operation of the Legislative Body:
The Emperor's letter on the new commercial
3'steni -whiCh he proposes to introduCe into
France is the great topic of the day at Paris.
The journals speak of it with much caution, and
it is easy to perceive, from the tenor of their
remarks,.'how strongly they participate in the
extreme 'sensitiveness with which commercial
interests France regard any meddling, what-
ever with the tariff. By' a great, majority :of
people it is conSideted as an "attempt to conciliate
England at the expense of French interests.
One' hundred and seven pamphlets on. the
Roman question have already appeared in France
alone.

The Journal du Harr•e says the. Emperor,in-
tends to 'grant the Senators the same right of
publishing' their speeches as is enjoyed by the
members of the Legislative Body, after obtaining
the, permission of the Bureau.
The •Monitetvr publishes the returns of the
general revenue for the past year, which show
an increase of 2,946,000, francs on 1858.

Lord Cowley arrived here this morning at
eight, o'clock. His lordship has had a long
audience of the Emperor.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, Jan. 17.

12:5 Bourse opens without alteration.

R9ntes 69f. 6c.

3.25 P.m.,---The market has been quiet, and the
movement in prices unimportant. Rentes, cloie
at 68f. 95e., or about the Same as yesterday, ..

ITALY.

RESIGNATION OF THE SARDINIAN
MINISTRY.
.TvitiN,,Jan. 17.

The official Piedrnontese Gazette announces
that the King has accepted the resignation of the
Ministry, and has charged Count, Cavour with,
the formation of a New Cabinet. Count Cdvour
Will present his list of ministers to-morrow.

ROME, Jan. 14, ria Marseilles.

The note in the Moniteur of the 1 0 tli has produced,
a great sensation at the Roman COUrt. A meet-
ing of cardinals was held to-day at the Vatican.
Fresh despatches from France for - the Pope
arrived yesterday. His Holiness has received
Count Buol in a private audience. Great agita-
tion prevails in the Marches. 'Bologna is to be
fortified.

,
At Parma on the 10th, a large mob commenced
calling out for a reduction in the price of bread
and wine. The next day this scene was resumed,
but this time they loudly demanded the recall of
Garibaldi, and the dismissal of the commander of
the National Guard. Force was required to
restore order, and arrests were made.

A letter from Milan, in the Union, says,—One
of the principal grievances of the Lombard popu-
lation against the Piedmontese Government is,
the exaggeration of the taxes. The Rattazzi
ministry, in fact, has not only maintained for
1860 the war tax imposed by Austria, but has
added to it that of Sardinia.

-The new Governor of Savoy,
,on entering on
his functions, positively denied that the cession
of to France had ever been Contemplated.
A. letter from Florence, in the Pattie, says :
I .have been informed that the Pope has come to
the resolution
,to retire to BeneVe,uto, if the
French army should be ordered to evacuate
Rome.

A correspondent of the Nord affirms that the
Court of Rome is divided into two strongly-marked
Parties, constituting a state of things calculated
to aggravate existing difficulties. One of these
Parties is in favour of concessions, whiht the other
insists on maintaining at all risks the prerogatives
of the Holy See.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16..

The Duke of Montebello has applied to, the
French Government for leave, in order to accom-
pany his wife, who is unable to habituate herself
to the Russian climate. , •

The-French Ambassador will leave St. Peters-
burg as soon .as .tip weather permits'. -