Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

Accounts from Bucharest, received last night, mention
that the minutes of the proceedings of the Wallechian
Divan, which have been translated into French, are nearly
all printed, and may be expeoted here in a few days.
A telegraphic despatch from Bucharest, dated at ono
o'clock yesterday, announces that the Divan had *unani-
mously resolved that the discussion of questions relating to
the internal organisation of the country should not be
entered upon until the Congress previously decided on the
fear points already voted by the Divans. The Congress is
expected to rest about the middle of next month, and
by that time it is hoped an arrangement will be concluded
between the Powers, ea as to prevent any unpleasant
discussion.

A letter from Naples, of the 9th inst., informs us that
the King has published a decree for improving the coast
of Sicily. This decree is published in compliance with
the wishes of the commercial navy. It commands the
establishment of 17 new lighthouses. It reorganises the
corps of coast pilots, and creates a new system of night
signals, for which electricity is to be employed.
An altercation having occurred a few days back between
the President of the Court, of Vesoul (Daubs), and one of
the advocates, the Council of the Order of Advocates
resolved that none of their body should again practice in
that Court. The matter was brougkt before the Imperial
Court of Besanc )11, and was given against tthe Advocates.
The only interest the incident possesses is from the fact of
the Paris papers having been " invited," in plain language
ordered, not to allude to it. The nervousness of the
Government at the idea of publicity, and the dread with
which it inspires the press, is a good comment on the
sonorous article in this day's Constitueiannel, intending to
prove that France is' the freest, if not the only free, country
in the world.

The place of librarian to the Emperor became vacant a
few days back by the death of the person filling it. Daring
the next two days not less than 400 applications were sent
in for it. The situation is said to be worth B,ooof or
9,000 f, and is probably all but a sinecure, as it has been
suppressed. It was the only way of preventing jealousies.
No one being preferred, the whole 400 are, of coarse,
equally dissatisi:d.

The dabar, of Algiers, which lins repeatedly corn-
plained of the irregularity with which sews is transmitted
by the submarine telegraphic cable lately laid down between
Marseilles and Algiers, says, in its lest number, under
the head of " Progress of the Mediterranean Cable"—

This electric cable is making a sensible progreaso from—
bad to worse. It ought to give us news from Marseilles in
two hours at the most. It has given us nevi ain 24 hours—
then in 36 hours—then in 48 hours—and, finally, it has
arrived at 72 hours, which is proved by a telegraphic
message before as, which was despatched from Marseilles
on the 4th December, and arrived at Algiers on the 7th.
The Paris papers publish the following telegraph :
HAMBURGH, DEC. 16.

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More failures of large firms are announced to have
taken place in Sweden.

Tne government propoges to borrow 12,000,000 of dole
for the support of commerce.

The Hanoverian Chambers are convoked for the 2nd
February.

Coasrnander Dockum is appointed Danish Ambassador
at London.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Dsc. 14

About half a year ago the Austrian Ministerial Coun-
sellor, von Lackenbacher, was sent on a secret mission to
Constantinople, and same information as to its nature has
been given me. Shortly before M. de Lackenbacher left
Vienna for the Turkishippital, an English company was
endeavouring to obtain from the Porte permission t 3
establish a bask, which was to have the privilege of
issuing notes. By some means or other the Austrian
Government obtained information of what was going on
see is es, thee in seines alit etieeiren or the rorte to
the fact that the power and inflate-ice of England must
necessarily became excessively preponderant in Turkey, if
the privilege of establishing such a bank as that above-
mentioned was granted to any of her bankers or merchants.
At the same, time the talents and experience of M. de
Lackenbacher were placed at the disposal of the
Turkish Government, and that gentleman was soon
after sent to Constantinope as the non-official Coun
sellor of the Turkish Finance Department. It is
also related that M. de Lackenbacher exercises consider-
able influence on one of the organs of the Constantinople
press, and there is reason to believe that the report is not
devoid of foundation. It may be observed that the Anglo-
Turkish Bank affair had wide such progress before the
Austrians interfered that the British speculators could have
carried their point had they wished so to do. The
British Ambassador accorded his powerful support
aed protection to the British Company, bat, for some
unknown reason, the latter declined to make the deposit
which was to precede the granting of the coecession.
Lord Stratford de Redeliffe must have left Constantinople
on the 9:11 inst., and have had a special steamer at his
disposal, for he will reach Vienna this evening. Telegra-
phic news has already bean received that he has passed
Laibach.

The 10,000,000 of marks banco hare given such sacisfac-
don to the Hambarghers that they have applied for another
5,000,000, and the probability is that they will obtain
them. Some of the directors of the Austrian Bank, are
said to object to any further assistance being given, but
their opinion is not likely to be listened to if it does not
coincide with that of Baron Bruck. During the last week
or ten days, enormous quantities of Austrian industriel
stock have been sent here from liarabur,gb, Berlin, and
Prague, and the consequence is that the market is coin-
pletely glutted. According to reliable private advices from
St. Petersburg, the new Russian Railroad " prornisc:s "
cannot be got rid of at any price. The Theiss and Western
Railroal Companies will be empowered by Government to
raise 30,000,000f1 by means of a lottery. It is said that
the shares will bear no interest, but that there will be fear
drawings of very large prizes in each year. Oa the 11th
inst. there was such a heavy fog on the Adriatic that the
Trieste steamer to Venice got on the Lido; although on
shore two hours she was not damaged.

RUSSIA.

BERLIN, Dec. 15.

According to the last advises we have received from
Russia, the Imperial family were to remove into St.
Petersburg, from Taarskoje Selo, on the Bth iust., St.
George's Day, according to the Russian calender, but we
have no information as yet that this removal of the Court
has actually taken place. The Dowager Empress has,
however, takea up her residauce in the Winter Palace
ever since the close of last month, and all acounts of her
health agree in stating it to have been materially
benefitted by her recent vis:ts to Germany, and the
coatses of mineral waters she has there gone through.
The removal of the Court to the capital is
always looked on as the commencement of the
winter seasons, socially speaking. As regards the winter
with reference to temperature, &c., it must be admit-
ted that it had begun as far, back as the 2G.h of
November, when the ice began to show itself in masses
on the Neva, and the communication with Cronstedt
was broken off. The sudden return of winter in all its
usual severity, after so unusually long and genial a sum-
mer, has produced in St. Petersburg, by all accounts, as
general an epidemic in the shape of the grippe as it has
here. la Berlin certain trials even were obliged to be
postponed from the circumstance that out of 24 jurymen

summoned, more than 12 were prevented from being int..
pannelled by being already confined to their beds. Is
Russia the course of justice has not been impeded from
this reason, not because the grippe has not been as bad
there as here, but because they have no trial by jury:
On the last Sunday in No►ember I. ceremony of untsual
solemnity was performed in the Isaac's Cathedral, of which
Alexander, the principal of the Solovetzki Monastery is
Archangel, who is described as having " held it out against
the English fleet" in 1354, was the hero. The ceremony
was the airolonie, or the imposition of hands, which wee
performed by the Archbishop Gregor, Metropolitan of St.
Petersburg and Novgorod, assisted by all the archbishopg
and bishops now present in St. Petersburg, on account of
the Holy Synod. The former principal of the Solovetzki
Monastery is now Bishop of Archangel and Cholenogar.
In the year 18G2 the thousandth anniversary of the
foundation of the Russian monarchy is to be celebrated
with great pomp and national manifestation in Russia.
One grand feature in these solemnities is to be the inaugli-,
ration of a monument commemorative of the day, btu
which has as yet to be designed, but for which subscrip•
tions are being opened throughout the whose empire hi
order of the government. The Emperor had not call
very lately decided finally that the said monument shall
be erected at Novgorod, in the centre of the Kremlin
there, nor far from the Sophia Cathedral. The destina-
tion where the said monument should be erected was for
a long time dubious, inasmuch as the resolution had been
adopted that its site should be the birthplace of the
Russian Empire, and nobScly knew exactly where that
was. It has been however assumed of late, that the
earliest domicile of the Warager Princes was in the out-
skirts of Novgorod ; but as this would be rather an out-of•
the-way place for a national monument, the Emperor hag
decided on its being erected in the very centre of the
Novgorod Kremlin.

The Emperor has lately caused his thanks to be publicly
expreesed to Mrs. Bichlulph, the wife of an English
lieuteaant-colonel of that name, for the return of a certals
picture of a saint, which her husband had come into pot'
session of at the taking of Sebastopol. Mrs. Biddalph
father is captain in the Balaklava Battalion Stamonati is
the Russian service.

Since the return of the Emperor to hie own dominions,l
number of sentences of court martial have been published,
that had been held for the most part on account of ere'
bezzlements committed during the late war. One of these
cases, that of an efficar of the commissariat in the 151
army, of the name of Tseletski (Cirleeki) is remarkable
for its large proportions; the said individual had absconded
with no less a saw than 200,000 silver roubles, and get
safely into foreign parts ; his brother, Sebastian, however,
has been condemned to the loss of all social rights, and t°
ten years' imprisonment with hard laboar in a mine, be'
cause he was accessory to the crime, helped to distribute
the money among their relations, assisted the culprit in bis
eight, and did not denounce him to the police.
The papers contain now the full particulars of tile
myrrh'. of Lieutenant_General Princa Gagarin, Governor
General of Kutais, by Prince Dadeschkalian, a captain iB
the guard. It appears that the latter had been summoned
to the presence of the former, November 1, and titer:
taken to task for the murder of his brother, which he 11111'
only recently committed ; during the high words 0151
ensued, the Georgian Prince, who, like most of bid
countrymen, was in the habit of going about armed is
the teeth, and of leading a lawless life, drew a pistol, °ll
which an employe, and friend of the Governor d'
rushed in on him and met his death at rho
i
hands of the Georgian, who turned his
on hint and fired. He then fell upon Ptillet
Gagarin with his yatagan and stabbed him three times; the
sentry, who had been alarmed by the report of the pistol
and the noise, endeavoured to interpose, but was wounded
by the infuriated Prince, who got off to his own dwelltec
With the assistance of two of his followers he defended
himself in his hoes; against the military who were sent t°
apprehend him, wounded several (one of them apparentil
mortally, as an Ensign Ardischwil is also mentioned
among his vic,ims), and W 213 eventually taken, after
having been pinned to the wall by a thrust from a COldier:
bayonet. Prince Bariatinski, the governor, had 1':
111ingrwlian ohiof triad by a onart-martial, which coaderon"
him to be shot in Kutais. This sentence has been since
executed. Prince Gagarin lingered in great sufferil
for fire days, when he expired, greatly lamented; be had
been wounded at the storming of Kars, and in consequent,,
of his wounds, which for a long time wore supposed to ba
mortal, he had been compelled to inactivity for about a
y,ar ; and it was only in last February that be was t1,b16
to resume his administrative and military functions.
was buried Nov. 9, in a chapel of which he had hilnse'

laid the foundation stone.
The American brig Silver Rays, having on beard tll5,
engineers and machinery that were to have been emploYo
in the raising of the vessels sunk in the harbour of Sebas-
topol, has returned to Constantinople. The said ves2el%
are reported by the divers to be so thoroughly buried 0
mud and earth, that any raising of them is out of t"
question ; the diikulties- and the expense of doing so being
estimated to exceed the probable proc ieds of the b.liraga.