The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
olomho, Captain J. S. Field, has arrived with the
East India and China mails.

She left Alexandria April 19th ; Malta, 22nd ; and
Oihraltar, 23rd. _

The Colombo brings 122 passengerS; specie",
value £9,500 ; 277 bales of silk, 18 eases of gum,
and 225 packages of general merchandise.
Mrs. Philps. passenger, from Malta, died of
Consumption the day before reaching Southampton.
The Colombo spoke the Company's steamer
Indus on the 25th at 7 a.m., in lat. 36.30 N.. 3 10
.• ; the Russian barque Jenny Lind, on the 30th,
..„411 lat. 45.33 8.3. W. ; and the British ship
Violet on the Ist May, at 11 a.m., in lat. 49.36 N.,
38 W.•
.At Alexandria.—Her Majesty's ship Tartarus.
At Malta.—Hibernia, Osprey, Vulture, Snake,
Wrangler, and Wanderer; and the Royal Albert
Was expected on the 29th.
At Gibraltar.—Malacca, Spiteful, Curlew, Fancy
tfueboat, and Wallace.
The Curlew, Captain Horton, returned to
Gibraltar on the night of the 25th, from a cruise
to the eastward ; five of her petty officers remained
behind in Malaga, where they were imprisoned by
the authorities for creating a disturbance.
The Indus, steamer, arrived at Gibraltar on the
45th at 2 p.m , and left the same evening for Malta
and Alexandria ; the -Sultan also left for South-
ampton the same evening.
The Rhone, Captain Wakeham, arrived at
klibraltar. on the morning of the
'coast • - 27th front the
of Sicily, for Liverpool ; and the Meander,
.f_°lll Liverpool, for the Italian pdrts. Both were
t° leave for their destination the same afternoon.
Gibraltar exchanges on the 25th were as follows :
--London 90 days' date, bli ; Paris, 5f 36e ;

.Marseilles, 5f 381; Genoa, 5f 39c; 'Madrid, eigh.
Jays' sight, 1

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

Dr. Kern (if one may be allowed to speak again
of the Neufchatel question) has returned to Paris
with authority to accept, and no doubt sign, the
arrangement agreed to by the representatives of
the four Powers Dr. Kern hal at first some
misgivings as to the euper-excellent quality
of the terms agreed on. He saw the Emperor,
however, before setting out, and his Majesty,
anxious to have the business off his hands,
after having contributed to make it more difficult,
and in order to keep his mind serene for the
Grand Duke's visit,.told him it was a capital thing,
and even congratulated him. Dr. Kern,. though a
Republican, thought perhaps that what an Em
peror says must be right, and arrived in Berne
somewhat, but not entirely relieved. I am
informed, however, that he found much diss itis-
faction in. Switzerland about the decision of the
Conference. The Swiss cannot be persuaded that
in consequence of the guarantee to Prussia for the
administration •of charitable institutions, that
Power will not take every opportunity of interfer-
ing, and that, therefore, the complete independence
of Neufchatel is far from being secured. I suppose
the Swiss are right, and that Neuchatel will be the
cause of trouble at some future period. No day
is, I believe, yet fixed for signing, but it cannot be
very distant.
The Grand Duke Constantine and the officerslbf
his suite dined yesterday with the Emperor; the
Russian Ambassador and the secretaries of the
Embassy were of the party. The Grand Duke
paid a visit this morning to Prince Jerome at the
Pa,lais Royal, to,Prince Napoleon, and to Madam,
Dernidoff (Princess Mathilde). Prince Jerome
returned the visit in the course of the day at the
Tuileries. He goes to night to the French opera,
where great preparations have_ been' made. A
considerable number of people besieged the.doors
of the theatre the whole of the morning in the hope
of obtaining tickets. The theatres, the hotels, and
some other public buildings, together with some
shops, still keep up the flags with which they were
decked yesterday.
_ _ _

The Grand Ditke also visited the Hotel of the
Russian embassy, in the Faubourg Sc. Honore.
Accompanied by the Ambassador and the mem•
bers of the embassy, he proceeded to the Russian
chapel, in the rue Neuve de Berri, where a
re Deum was chanted. - The chapel was
crowded. He then went to see the Saint
Chapelle, the Palais de Justice, and Notre
Dame, all of which b.., examined with much atten-
Lion. Among the Russians who have come to
Paris on the occasion of the Griind Duke's visit
are the editors of the principal newspapers at St.
Petersburg; two of the Moscow journals; and the
editor of the principal paper published at Odessa
The Empress Dowager of Russia paid a visit on
the 25th April, to the Pope, at the Vatican. Her
Majesty was attended by a numerous suite. She
was received at the foot of the grand staircase by
Monsignor Boromeo,Major domo of His Holiness,
and by other officers of the Papal household. She
was introduced by Car ,inal Pacco to the Pope, who
came to the door of the saloon to meet her, and
expressed his great joy at seeing Her Maje4ty.
Atter a lung conversation with the Holy Fa' her,
the Emprss introduced-the ladies and gentlemen
of her euite, CO whom the 'Pope spoke iu the most
courteous terms. •

General de Rochefort, Governor of the Cavalry
School at Saumur, has left for London, charged
with a mission which relates, I am informed, to
the purchase of fresh horses for the cavalry.
It is said that, in consequence of the increa.ed
naval toms about to be sent to the Chinese Seas
the command of the entire French force in those
waters will be given to a Vice-Admiral, who will
have the two Itear Admirals under his orders.

An accident, attended with serious consequences,
has occurred on the railway in tne vicinity of Ville-
neuve, between Agde and Beziers,two trains Coming
in collision, and 30 persons being wounded. As the
train on. reaching Agde was rather behind time, a
telegraphic message was sent on to ask whether the
line was clear; the answer given was that the train
Might come on, and that that from Narbonne should
be stopped at Villeneuve. It left, but unfortu-
nately, the driver of the Narbonne train refused to
stop at Villeneuve, and the collision was the result.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA; APRIL 29.

The oldest financiers in Vienni 'sic() that they
never recollect to have seen the Bourse in such a
state of feverish agitation as it was yesterday. The
panic was so great that. Several kinds of industrial
stock varied 3 or 4 per cent. within as many minutes,
and the-Credit Bank had an opportunity of observing
that the attempt to' bolster up the new railroad
shares was useless. For a time the shares of ono or
two of these railroads on which the.first instalment
of 30 per cent. has been paid were considerably
below par, and although they subsequently
recovered, the Finance Department lost no time in
publishing the following article :
" When the concession for the Steinbruek Sissek
Railroad was signed by the Emperor a few days
since, his Majesty was pleased to give orders that
it should be taken into consideration whether, in
the present state of the money market, it would not
be advisable to discontinue the concessions for
joint-stock enterprises (Unternehmungen mit Aktien
Emission.)

We learn that the discussions on the question
are nearly at an end, and that the result will be
such as is required by the necessities of the
times "

The appearance of the foregoing in the Oester-
reichische Correspondence of last night produced a
tranquillising effect, but the money market is so
terribly out of sorts that there is little chance of
its recovering itself, unless it is officially declared
that no call will be made on the public for the next
12 or 15 months on account of the newly conceded
railroads. The last instalment of 20 per cent on
the 300.000 Credit Bank shares at 200 fl must be
paid in June, and it is morally certain that towards
the end of that month there will be another and
even more severe monetary crisis than there has
been now. When, eight or ten months ago, it
was said in my correspondence that Baron Bruok
was endeavouring to accomplish in three or four
years what Austria might possibly be able to do in
ten or twenty, the remark gave great offence. but it
is now generally acknowledged that His Majesty's
Ministers have greatly overrated the strength of
the Austrian money market and the resources of the
country.

Very great complaints are made of the way in
which the employes make the preparations for the
reception of their majesties in Hungary. The
different communities are ordered to provide this,
that, and the other, and in general they are afraid
to remonstrate against such arbitrary proceedings,
lest they should he considered lukewarm or dis-
loyal M. von Conrad, an employe who is again at
Pesch as burgomaster, disposes of the funds of the
Municipality without tro4ibling himself to ask its
consent to his measures, and information has
reached this city that he has already expended a
sum which is not far short of 200,0000, (X 20,000)
The behaviour of the employes in Hungary, and
the total want of economy of the Austrian Govern-
ment, give the greatest possible satisfaction to the
Russians, who openly declare that Austria is playing
their game. Much might be said on the subject
last mentioned ; but it is one of extreme delicacy,
and must be touched on with considerable reserve.
"The agents of Russia." says a very well-informed
person, " flatter themselves that the Imperial pro-
gress through the country will render food and
money very scarce, and increase the general dis-
tress and discontent." The whole of the Arciere
Guard leaves for Pesch toy morrow, and it is pro-
bable that two or three of the minister§ will go
there on Sunday next.
The following passage in the address of the
Hungarian Protestants is said to heti() given great
offence

"It cannot have escaped your Majesty's atten-
tion that the most salutary laws, if based on
resolutions taken by Government, inatead of being

the emanations of the religious convictions of the
Protestant Confessions, are far from producing a
tranquillising effect: on the contrary, they:create
alarm, inasmuch as they shake principles which
are based on the independence that is secured
(qesichert) by the Protestant canons The feeling
or our independence—which independence is
secured by law and by treaties of peace guaranteed
by foreign states—induces us to hope that the
settlement of our (spiritual) affairs will be left to
ourselves "

As a German translation of the Hungarian ad-
dress was sent to the emperor before it was read
to him, his Majesty had time to prepare the short
reply which he read to the deputation.

Reliable information has reached me that the
Roman Catholic hierarchy in Hungary has never
displayed.greater tolerance than since the publica-
tion of the Concordat. Even the Bishops of
Csanad and lleutra are somewhat less rampant
than they were a year ago. On inquiring how it was
that the Hungarian prelates were so much more
reasonable then their Austrian and Italian brethren
the reply given was," The Hungarian bishops have
always been accustomed to live on a friendly foot-
ing with the Protestants, and they could not well
be intolerant if they would, as the clergy, from the
deans down to the curates (Kaplane) detest the
Concordat, as it phces them entirely at the mercy
of the bishops Formerly the dean and chapter
had considerable influence, but now they have
little or none." On the 19th a deputation
of the Transylvanian Protestants left Her-
mannstadt for. Vienna. It is the intention of
the Transylvanian Saxons to petition his Majesty
to leave the management of their schools entirely
in their hands.
Prince Daniel has had two interviews with Count
Buol, and will leave for Montenegro this evening.
The first meeting is said to have been somewhat
unsatisfactory, but Prince Daniel was well
pleased with the reception which he met with yes
terday. The Montenegrin dignitary has had ,no
audience of the Emperor, as he would not call on
Prince Kallimaki, and ask him to introduce him.
The chances are that the Prince will consent to
recognise the Suzerainte of the Porte if it is made
worth his while to do so, but persons who know
his character well say that he is not to be forced
into anything. The Austrian Minister for Foreign
Affairs called on the Prince yesterday, and several
members of the Diplomatic Corps have imitated
his example. The diamonds and emeralds on the
Hungarian dress which Baron Sins will wear while
the Emperor is in Hungary are valued at 400,0001
(X 40,000.)
Count Alex. Mensdorff Pouilly was yesterday
married to the Princess Alexandrine Dietriohstein.
Almost all the members of the Diplomatic Corps
were present at the ceremony. which was per-
formed in the chapel of the Papal Nuncio, who
addressed a speech td the happy pair in a language-
which wassupposed to be German.
On the 24th instant a young sailor fell from the
masthead of the Novara, and literally " spitted"
himself on the bayonet of a marine, who was on
duty on deck.