The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-10 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The sensation produced in every political circle
'eri this city by the defeat of Lord Palmerston has
rt yet subsided. All manifested their surprise,
• and for a time their incredulity, and some their
J°Y. The most painful part of the affair %Vas the
satisfaction
of those who dislike England for her
liberal institutions or her power, still more even
,_ than they hate Lord Palmerston. They pointed
1° the divisiOn of Wednesday night as a proof that,
evenin the classic land of Parliamentary govern
a spirit of faction may prevail as in other
countries and they scoffingly reminded us of our
Proud boast that there, at all events, by the
r'e'presentatives of a free people; when the
honour and rights of Great Britain, are at
stake, mere personal considerations are flung
_aside. men forget their dissensions, and, in
the hour of peril, sacrifice their political hatreds
and their ambition on the common altar of their
country. The division of Wednesday has, they
zialye,yperryoclaiined the hollowness of that boast, for
" atoms" whose " fortuitous concourse"
produced that check could not but be aware of the
embarrassment that would follow, not merely to
!nose who formed the. Government, but to the
Interest of the country at large. The organs of the
their I can hardly say of public opinion, expressed
;a" Mi
exultation or their regret in characteristic
toe- The Journal des tats almost forgot its
Habitual caution and the placidity of its dislikes,
aand expressed with unwonted energy its satisfac-
tion at the event The Assemblee Nationale, on
whom the very name of Lord Palmerston and of
England presses like a nightmare, uttered a yell
of delight, and seemed to anticipate with joy the
decay of a power that has recognized the present
government of France, that has dared to censure
the stupid cruelty of the Royal bigot of Naples
that has presumed to arrest the career of aggre-_,;1011
fußussia—and that will not take steps to -
?Ant tire
stoned Bourbons on the French th-4,311e, an a Will
110
st Join in a second Holy Alliance P
1 s all over the world. Th cinetre'rolution-
t
P. .trfilileterial journals
re more reserved, and- d
epeetilette rather on the
consequences of the
Saida• ' • dissolution of Parliament
an indulged in • • •
Said, I tr, • *4°atility to the Premier. It is
Eatiefa,.• ...et without foundation, that some
but .ein was manifested in high quarters,
r" of that felt by the Russian section of the
Part retainers, and by those whose ambition
depends on a Russian alliance, there is little
doubt. The Patrie, under its new direction,
strongly advocates the prosecution of the war, and
predicts
that, whatever be the shortcomings of
Sir John Bowring, they will all be forgotten in the
gl°ll7 of success. The Univers and the Sieete cer-
tainly from different motives, uphold the policy of
-ingland to China; and the latter eulogises Lord
'"ltnerston, whose triumph it anticipates when he
makes an appeal from party animosities " to the
VF:ctors of free England." Lord Derby, Mr.
pisraeli, and Mr. Gladstone may rejoice, if it
iodeed be a cause of congratulation and of pride,
that they are admired and applauded by some who
have never concealed their hatred for England and
Englishmen.
....They whom the division of Wednesday has filled
.th dismay are, curious to relate, the Austrians.
Z:
ho would think, some few years ago, that the
defeat of Lord Palmerston would have excited the
liclienation and sorrow of Austria? Yet so it is,
ifA we can judge by the feeling that pervades the
not
embassy in this capital. M. Hubner has
-13 t passed a tranquil hour since the intelligence
°t that event reached him ; and no one breathes
r're fervent and more sincere prayers that your
etnier will continue to wield the power of Eng-
A change of government presents to him
im,(' other prospect than an Anglo Russian alliance;
;" Austria knows what she has to expect from the
ili'Plaeeeble hatred of a Power whom she has mor-
, 111 Y offended, and who would stick at nothing even
amity with Sardinia and the revolutionising of
- the Italian States, to srtisfy her revenge. M. Hubne r
therefore looks with intense anxiety for the freshest
intelligenceb3
, from England. He has been relieved a
little the majority on Friday night, on the tea
duties, and is inspired with hope by the growing
dissensions among the leaders of opposition. He is
Comforted by the effect produced in England at the
discomfiture of Lord Palmerston, and his heart is
fixed on the coming elections. That a.represen-
tative of Austria should derive consolation and
v°ofidence from representative institutions, and
pray for the success of Lord Palmerston, is
indeed a phenomenon. I do not know whether
the apprehension about the collision between our
earth and the comet predicted for June next, or
that of the defeat of the Premier, preys on his
/Bind most.
A- private letter from St. Petersburg speaks of
the little chance of Paris enjoying for some time
%(,' come the advantage of M. de Morny's presence.
The letter emanates from a Russian source, and
the writer speaks of his Excellency having grown
111°1•e Russian even than the subjects of the
Autocrat himself ; and it hints at the likelihood
?f that eminent diplomatist becoming a natural-
ised Russian, and fixing his abode, once for all,
un the banks of the Neva. This is, perhaps,
that
a little too far; but it is certain
tnet rumours, well or ill founded, have recently
"enlated in certain Parisian salons touching pur-
chases of estates in Russia, not in the name, but,
is suspected, for the account of M. de Moroy.
k,iteurnstances to which I have not hitherto
alluded, in consequence of their purely personal
character, though they have been discussed with
as little restraint as any fact of public ;notoriety,
would, it is said, render his presence here just now,
hod for some time to come, rather inconvenient
theunpleasant. The Emperor happily makes
public good to square with private con-
l'enierice, and considerately keeps M. de Moray
lit his post as the representative of the chival•
roux French nation. The rumours of the pur-
chases are, however, said to have reached the
111Perial ear, but did not produce the best impres•
''s'°ll. People at Court look at each other, and ask
:v,oether these acquisitions (if acquisitions there
he) are in anticipation of further changes, or more
11nPleasant contingencies, or do they indicate an
recipient scepticism in the stability of the French
? The letter I allude to further states that
di. de Mornv continues to give assurances of his
unceasing efforts in favour of an alliance between
ance and Russia; there are still difficulties in
the way, but he hopes to overcome them all. Not-
withstanding so many reasons for the contrary, I
still doubt whether M de -Moray is the organ of
.rtito real wishes of the Emperor in this respeeie and
I also doubt whether he enjoys his unlimited con-
fidence so much as he and others suppose.
If I am to credit what I hear in one or two
cloartera, we are pretty certain to have French co-
°Peration in our proceedings in China. A con-
vention is spoken of as likely to be concluded, after
some negotiation between the two governments,
With the view of acting together and enforcing the
'Xecution„ of existing treaties. The French
`rovernment would naturally wish to introduce a
clause with reference to the Catholic missionaries.
It is probable that a French Envoy, furnished with
fresh instructions, will leave for China at the same
dna, eas the Envoy from England. A propos of the
Chinese, and their reputation for humanity and
gentleness
of character, I find in the Moniteur de
Flotta the following "proclamation from the
'lAndarin Governor of Whampoa :
Infamous foreigners have presumed to raise the standard
of revolt against the sublime and venerated authority of the
loperor. They have attacked the city of Canton in order
t 0
t).
ul burn it, and already have they received the punishment
Merited, for our invincible troops have repulsed them,
r killed a great number of them. Let them be attacked
erZLPI every part of the empire. Let every inhabitant of
lie
who shall meet an Englishman inflict on him the fate
Merits. Already chi our innumerable fleets and our
oeio
,tY armies, which are dreaded by the whole worli, ad-
„noe to dove them away. Let everybody unite with that
`"'Y—let every one take part in the war, and teach
;:r:tgEers to tremble before the %id and before the anger of
'4,1 Sovereign, whose gaze is burning as the rays of the sun,
Whose power is immeasurable. He who shall not set
conformity with time orders shall be considered as a