Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MoN.DAT Nictnv
The distribution of the medal of St. Helena 'Oil
encounter some difficulties in the ease of tbool
soldiers of the empire* who were born, and atilt
reside, in the states of Germany, as the medal is II
souvenir of the period when the, German prino
fought against Napoleon.
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It has been calculated that the number
claimants for the St. Helena medal will amoun°
100,000, which will be an expense of about 200 uy
francs to the 'country.

The Three per Cents closed to-day at 06f 00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
%The French Government has received a tele-
glldaoPbaivciaclilesPatch from Jassy, announcing that the
elections, which had commenced on
the
1011 instant, had, as far as concerns the first
oPerations, been in favour of the Unionists. Of
.2 Totes 27 were in favour of the union of the prc-
proprietors
"es. The clergy vated on the 10th. The great
voted yesterday, together with the
easants in the communes. Te-day is the turn of
the 8111411 proprietors in the chief towns of the
ar•
rondissements. The elections of the same class
t„..41 the chief towns of districts are fixed for to-
-merrevv. The peasants in the chief towns of the
itt,,rrondissernents are to vote on the same day.
*1:11° peasants in the chief towns of districts will
't3te on the 16th, and the elections in the great
wns will follow on the 17:h.
t 03.4. Vogerides, the Kaimakan, had proposed to
'Pura the elections, but the Porte had, of its own
accord, refused, by a telegraphic despatch, to admit
4119 further delay.
tibAL Thouvenel, who has received leave of
t
•n se nee, will return to France after the elections
Moldavi.
The French Government has likewise received
tiesPatebes from Admiral Paiseval De.schenes,
had
Tunis, 10th inst , announcing that the Bey
1,Z4 Made the following important consessons
establishment of criminal tribunals and of
multelercial tribunals; complete liberty of com-
b eree; liberty of industry; right to possess pro-
LertY; respect of persons and property ; equality
li Presence of the law ; equality of taxation ; a
teilE'd period of service, and liberty of religious
Worship.
bOllThe mixed commission appointed to define the
.o,edaries between Russia and Turkey in Asia,
il,er which M. Pelissier, French Consul-General,
Zeßicls; quitted Alexandropolis en the 13th of
re",,",41., and proceeded towards the Black Sea. It
Kavel on the 19th of August. It is ex-
',,,ected to arrive at Batoum in the middle of the
present month.
v: Lets received here from the Danubian Prc-
till,ces remark that the French deg is the only oz,e
Ge‘ seen to float on a ship of war on the Danube.
Rat Britain is represented by the Medina.
Aussie has there the paddle steamer Ordonnance;
44-,14,ta, the steam cutter Taurus; Sardinia, the
hia"4,l_°fle; Turkey, one brig, two cutters, and three
bet °oats, The French government sent to the
, re "be the Alerte gun brig, but she is under
• 11,,,,irs at Constantinople.
T last accounts received from China by way of
tlie,aeuta Present a deplorable picture of the state of
;eBPittil and of the southern provinces of the
aoci).4°. Trade is almost completely annihilated,
thein distress among the population is increasing
it3sun alarming manner. The Government has
for "en money lo pay the public servants, and
to Ce Purchase -of corn, but it rc quires the taxes
Immediately
Paid in BilVer.
at Chalons
after the breaking up of the camp
have a list of the officers and privates who
• most distinguished themselves will be made,
GreWards will be conferred cn them.
tieine,Lal Daumas, the director of Algerian Affairs
Wi "'dr-oflice, having been created a Senator,
'iche shortly promoted to a higher rank than that
Patibi holds in the War-office, arld more cora-
It with the dignity of a Serator.
and reported in Paris to-day that the Emperor.
With thelPress of Russia will, after their interview
Droo,„„e,Emperor Louis Napoleon, at Stuttgardt,
A F". to France to meet Queen Victorie.
thereetter
~,from Cherbourg announces the arrival
Ernblri"' of last of the Russian war transport
e
of 10 guns This ship, which sailed from
113vsltr. five Years since, comes from Petropau-
/torn: in Tr
caamtschatka, and returned by Cape
lluttisia,,Q"u,t3 has on board part of the crew of the
Searsai irigate Diana, which was wrecked two
retura• "e° on the coast of Japan. The Dwina is
'Or 111 R t
; 0 Cronstadt. The Russian corvette
returni„l' likewise expected at Cherbourg. She
"g to the Russian possessions in eastern
•J' the
• tlriunCape of Good Hope. She was at the.
Thi, °ln May last.
of th Month has been remarkable for. the number
4„. 'Understorms experienced in Paris, and in the
blartraents. On Friday last, the city of Lyons
:118 visited with thunder and lightning, which
~s4ltinued the whole afternoon. A heavy fall of
the followed during several hours. At two o'clock
Ve same day, a thunderstorm was experienced at
fiTalenee which fortunately caused but little
ill'age The town of Perigueux wes not so for-
"ate• The rain and hail converted the rivulets
'll,to rapid streams, and the high winds leve:led
t"„i,re, neys, unroofed houses, and uprooted trees,
11u in private orchards and in the public pro-
treacles. The secular elms of the avenue of
isoernay were especially ill-treated. The promenade
furbleeked up will their ruins. Such was the
-44-3:,,the storm, that some trees were split down
tor-,'Y lightning A portion of the reilwa)
of tnils was levelled, and the CrOf s on the church
Propt was twisted. A hurrican was likewise
raelft• rieineed at Strasburg on Friday evening, which
,ca`ll-s`c„'r seven hours, and then crossed the Rhine,
,_"g great destruction.
th:3"cextraerdinary meeting of the shareholders of
held 04,,i8.,„5e Generale' des Chemins de For was
'which-E'al'iday. M. Mires read an address, in
State 04 explained that, in the first place, the
bla
against b. health, and next, the judgment given
had det7pArn in the affair of the Roman railways,
of "crane him to withdraw from the place
then 3 -_:)1 the company. Several speeches were
seat, )11aue, and, in the end; M. Mires con-
~vit.lr at
o-11 the request of the shareholders, to
,Posit" "15 resignation and remain in his former