Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JUNE 20.

Most of the Ministers are returning to town.
On Monday a Ministerial Council will be held,
and probably its results will settle the previous
question of going or staying with several of them.
The only signs of life in and about Berlin are the
repairs that are going on here at the Royal Schloss,
and at various other Royal Palaces, in preparation
for the numerous august guests that are expected
here shortly.
In the present state of relations between
Germany and Denmark it will not surprise any
one to find various journals throughout Germany
rather bellicose, for it is a subject on which all
but the very smallest States of Germany are
unanimous. The most moderate demand that
they call upon the German Bund to make
upon Denmark is, that the latter shall send
back to Holstein and Lauenburg all the
German soldiers she has draughted off
to Copenhagen, and withdraw all the Danish
troops she has stationed in the Duchies. This
demand is perfectly well founded on the laws of
the Confederation, that the troops which forms
Denmark's contingent to the Federal army should
remain on German soil ; but it is just what Den-
mark certainly will not comply with, as it would
strengthen her adversary and weaken herself ; and
it was exactly this one great measure of precaution
that she took in 1854, when about to octroyer all
the new constitutions and charters, which date
from that year.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JUNE 17
The Spanish Government having at last decided
to accept the resignation of Marshal Serrano, to-
day's papers are full of c mjectures as to whot,shall
succeed-him as Ambassador at Paris. The Duke
of Rivas, Senor Mon, and even the Duke of Ossuna
are put forward as likely candidates. The Duke of
Rivas has been spoken of before as having a good
chance when a vacancy would occur. He is
understood to be desirous of the post.
Lastly, it is suggested, not without some appear-
ance of probability, that Senor Pidal may go as
Ambassador to Paris, and Gonzales Bravo replace
him as Minister for Foreign Affairs. This arrange-
ment would doubtless be to the liking of Narvaez,
who desires to have Gonzales Bravo with him, and
who moreover can hardly see with much satisfac-
tion that, while he preaches oblivion of the past,
and the union of the Moderaclo party, Pidal loses
no opportunity of reviving old grievances and
indulging in a bitter and irritating style of oratory
The papers give contradictory accounts of the
state of Catalonia, which, according to the most
favourable statements, appears to be far from satis-
factory. The depression in the manufacturing dis-
tricts is very great, and although some of the manu-
facturers, with their warehouses full of unsaleable
goods, continue giving their men employment at a
positive loss to themselves, this cannot last, and
already numbers are out of work and starving. The
long duration of the scarcity of food, and the libzli
prices that still prevail, have of course lessened the
home demand for manufactures, and there is
no foreign demand for such dear and inferior
goods. It is one of the natural evil consequences
of the Spanish system of protecting bad manu-
factures at the expense of the agricultural portion
of the community-5 spinning minority favoured at
the cost of an immense wine, oil, and corn-
. growing majority—that, when a scarcity and the
high price of bread compel the lower, and
even the middling classes, to restrict their pw-
chases to absolute necessaries, and the de-
mand for whatever is not indispensable greatly
diminishes, the manufactures can find no outlet
abroad, and at the time of the greatest
need, the artisan remains without resources. Dis-
turbances may be looked for in Catalonia. Indeed
several cases have already been cited, although the
Government journals have attempted to deny and
make light of them. On the other hand, the
Opposition, of course, make the most of them. To•
day's Discusion, a democratic paper, says that, accord•
ing to letters received by yesterday's post, a baud
of thirty or forty men had shown itself at Arripoeta
and other places, and had disarmed a small de-
tachment of the Civil Guard. It has been suggested
that the government should give orders to complete
the destruction of the fortifications of Barcelona,
and the clearing of the ground, in order to provide
employment and bread :or the many who need both,
and who may be troublesome if they do not obtain
them.

IMPE tIAL PARLINIVIENT.

(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph )

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
The House met at five o'clock.

THE TIPPERARY BANK.

The Earl of DONOUGHMORE presented a petition from
the creditors of the Tipperary Bank against the bill before
their Lordships' House, and praying that they might appear
by counsel at the bar.
The LORD CHAICELLOR said the House could not accede
to the application of the petiloners to be heard by counsel,
as it would be establishing a bad precedent; but the
statements of the petitioners would be taken into con-
sideration.