Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

point, though I confess there is nothing
exaggerated in the apprehensioi, so far as
newspaper press is concerned.

TURKEY.

13,
CONSTANTINOPE, DO' oi
This morning. Lord Stratford is enabarkulm
board the Austrian mail packet for Trieste. fliiio
day the Grand Vizier came to take leave
and in the afternoon a dep toutation of the vtt
lii
merchants of Galata presented an address Act
Lordship, in which they thank him for the ertig
cious protection which he has afforded to 13'e ci
interests in the Levant, and express their h°l)
seeing him soon back again. °b bll
Mr. Alison, Secretary of Embassy, takes o,bll
of the embassy during his absence. ThorViTita
acquainted not only with Constantinople,
wise with almost every province of fu1.,00
having been repeatedly sent out on .10"; till
and having enjoyed for a considerable 010
confidence of Lord Stratford, the aftairs pod
not be left in better hands, and thus there 15„Iiii0
hope that they will not suffer by his Lot"'
absence. of 91,
The Commissioners for the demarcation
Asiatic frontier left us on Wednesday lastf,l,el
inst., Colonel Simmons and Pelissier hali„n'hitt
barked on board the French mail packet for oo
Bellies, and General Tschirikoff, with his Bi`,;,iti8i`,;,iti
board the. Odessa steamer. All the 110:40.,r,
acts have been drawn up and signed by all 04.1
so that nothing will remain for the Coigt;,,ioti
Paris, but to take cognizance of the result of tii`
of the Commission. A Turco-Russian. 0,740
sion will mark out the frontier line, vrPh"
henceforth above all dispute. t 110
Her Majesty's ship Medina, Captain SPrti-,' tilt
returned from its work on the Danube, ivhe:,. t-cor
surveying skill of the officers of this ship bas
tributed not a little to facilitate the work P
Commission for the Navigation of the Danuultlill
in the construction of works at the mouth °.ticli;
river the nautical question was of the high:"
portance, the presence of an experienoeu4V
officer could not fail to give the necessary ive'„ the
this side of the matter. Already last autull;titi
Medina had been upon the Danube, and A 113#1
survey of all the three branches of the ritirce'sfik
made up to this junction by Lieutenant a Pr't OS,
kinson, -arid Captain Spratt drew up a rel)°,-flor,
the delta of the Danube. In the beginclin;l:
summer the Medina, after having ittUtuv cs
interesting soundings along the basin °I; Sti
Mediterranean, went up again to the B14°"06;
and the Danube, and continued to exaruinenf 111'
more minutely all the different branches "4,
river and their comparative advantages. C,t4.0
Spratt, before coming down, has been
Galatz, where he communicated the result
inquiries to the Commission, which is billosi;
amining the different projects which hap'
elaborated. , 904

I shall at* another opportunity Mal° 1;01
acquainted with these. The subject is jue"sile,
,
approaching the point when it will not be if- 11'3
fluous to bring it under public notice; elj:st'''
far too important to be touched en pew"
deserves to be treated alone.

nig, 0

The Commission, had a good opportul- .ei
studying the Danube this year, for the 110111
lower than it has been for years. Besides thisi3o
of water, the heavy gales from the north-05't 0f
been peculiarly unfavourable to the Danube
gation lately. t tdp
The French steamers have made their las riot
this week, and are to cease running till nest eloo'
This morning, a telegraph arrived front DO
stating that the Pharamond, the last but oaf/foci
run on the rocks at the entrance of the 13‘41
has been wrecked. This is very unlacirl
close of the season. The Austrian steaMert'
continue running until the ice prevents aile,
There is a great quantity of merchandise at di
and Ibrail waiting for transport, which le 00
them to brave the dangers of the winter later
usual.
M. de Lesseps arrived last week from ts-
Naturally his arrival, which coincides wit'lietb,
Stratford's departure, makes the question vi oft
he will succeed or not more uncertain. P.,
to understand the position of all parties l,
matter, it must be recollected that, in the ti ae
given by the Porte to Mehemet Ali, of Poll/
the latter is obliged to obtain the consent
Porte in all public undertakings of some magi/4 t 1).:
Thus, when the Viceroy wished to constru'd
railway fram Alexandria to Suez, in sPitethe
opposition in the beginning, he was in
obliged to acknowledge the right of the 1-"001,1,1
sanction this work.'-Any question, therefore,to
nature was to be treated between the PL/r,, 031,90
the Pasha of Egypt. It is this latter ar."':oftP,f
propose the scheme and ask for the eonset"B
Pert, and no direct negotiation can ts,`-; See
between the latter and the projectors of tmb",, pei
canal. They can only work indirectlY (tbetg
suading the Turks of the advantagesa.,°,ooo.l
scheme, and bringing Ambassadorial inuu;eot.
bear on the views of the Porte on the atmooe
am afraid it will require considerable eloquotilin;
persuade the Turks, who see in the canal'::„or,ii°o
but a large foreign occupation tending to '''or
Egypt more than ever from them. As pe
weight of Ambassadorial influence, Ili; grf;:g:
seps has chosen the worst moment for his "
for, if lam not mistaken, the Turks are
rt
pose! than ever to be obediznt.
heed
The Vienna exchange is- so sadly out -obr°;;4
that even the improved quotations froL.,'esil'a,
produces little or no effect on it. The Suso a -
of payments of the firm of Heine, Setrion' wilt/
has had an injurious effect on some Vienna 0 leo
which held. Pardubitz Railroad scrip te,irclawito
considerable amount. A month ago - "id
"promises" were quoted at 103, and nl2°
down to 93.

RUSSIA.