Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-28 00:00:00

the freemen. It was this division which °AP
bated to paralyze any activity which othuh;
might have beea shown in the war. AbsdPre
Karetshai, in the heart of the Caucasus, fle
the Naib. Among the more northern
those on the coast, whore the power of the cisl
taias has been kept up more efficiently,
threagh the intercourse with Stamboul, the
rather democratic agitation dial not find „re
supporters, and Safer Pasha, who came tm-00
the opposite interest, succeeded in rallying
him that part of the mountain. Ile °gni'
after the conclusion of the peace, and
been continuing to work in the same direciwiiii
Itlitt In spite of the watchfulness of fifteen ib
cruisers, the communication of the mountain, the Stamboul has not been interrupted, sad
is news from them up to the end of Oetober.ndit
chief points relate to a daily-growing underits„Bo
among the tribes, who hold meetings and /11/cijo
elected a member for a kind of Council, at dog
head is Safer Pasha. There has been sexes 00
tory fighting, as usual, on the spurs of the Cnunts
towards the Kuban river, and frequent deseB:oi,
the Russians at different points of the coant", 00$
Turkish coasters. The more remarkable 0
these are one some time ago at Gelindji;l'bil
another lately at Taabsh, in both of tl
the Russians are said to have haste" a
gritish flag, aid put fez caps etzdoo
heads of their soldiers to deceive the -0
taineers and make them believe that thelo
Russian vessels with Turkish soldiers. Thel, off
at Tuabsh 14 Turkish merchants and carris:o
quantity of gunpowder, but in returning "Ifg
cruiser a boat with 80 soldiers and a gun hienit
There is an intention of sending a eoCi‘
protest likewise to the Congress of Paris. Vol
remarkable thing connected with this doen",ll
the information which seems to exist about
is going on is Europe. As there has been:o
respondence about the restrictions imposed d'ol
Russian Government on the trade of the eirttlt
coast, this protest of the Circassians, in whic-1,0,
promise to help instead of opposing themee).oll
the establishment of sanitary and maritime ar • t
r'gulations, and ask even for the establishuit'op"
Consulates on the coast, will afford an oPP°,,rnc
for answering the Russian arguments for
tailing of the Treaty of Paris. All the Orli
w:nt is to have freedom of commerce on the
Sea; as for the land side they will take 00
themselves.
PETITION OF VIE CIRCASSIAN CEIIEFS TO THE GOlf il
ild
or ENGLAND, FRANCE, AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, TVIL'"
SARDINIA.

Mazga Kaleh, 3rd Reb ul 17.)
(21st October, lucor
At the time of the peace of Adrianople theracie
Russia demanded from the Sultan the coasts ofd v 3810,,
on the Black Sea, and he obtained then ; and lend "
had the Russians a claim to this coast, nor
Sultan make the cession of Circassia, over ri-
posgessed only a religious suPerainte. ibitr.4s
We Circassians have never recognised this
cession made in the Treaty of Adrianople, all;ettel
succeeded only after some desperate fighting pc
some points on our coast.
When the war of 1833 broke out between the pd
Russians, just at the moment when the consbitz„votau!
entered the Bosphorous, the Russians withdreir';helw
territory, and destroyed the fortifications which
held.
tsos
In defiance of the neutrality of the Black Sea, es
by the Treaty of Paris, the Russian governmect.rtot,
the navigation of our coasts, ander the pretePslw
Circassians are opposed to the organisatiou a
police, and of sanitary regulations.
Treaty
Considering that articles 11 and 12 of the Tree-a,bi
forbid hostilities in the Black Sea, and declare, `Oll

merce free and the Circassian ports open to allStijl
we beg of your excellency to insist on this rig.iorm
use your influence with the Russian governmeotied
that the said treaty should in future be maintained
,`J

force. Si
As regards the organisation of a maritime 0(1,60
police, we pledge ourselves to establish and to
it according to European usages. e 041
Lastly, we beg of your Excellency to send -°„( • i
our ports, who should uphold the interests
~,-,10
countrymen and assist us with their advice, elltls'oro
the ways of civilisation as they exist in the
states.
SRecommending our just cause to the kind s.
your Excellency, We have the honour, `';:ci,
Lord Stratford left here, as he prop06"01;
Saturday, the 12th inst., for Trieste, on hi
is
England. The Turkish Government had Pio
special war steamer at his disposal, whichlfil
accepted, and the Ambassador left in the AP:t
Lloyd steamer Jupiter. He even Wished tb°oo
customary salute of 10 guns should be cusp
with.

AUSTRIA.
gC. "1
VIENNA,
D tif 0
The States lying on the Danube •tf clB.O
Austria, Bavaria, and Wurtemburg) positivfoloti
the right of the Paris Conference either 'OO I'
or confirm their Convention relative to
navigation of the Danube.
an Sts
On the 31st of March, 1831, the River"- fle°.
of the Rhine—Baden, Bavaria, France' Sea'd
Darmstadt, Nassau, the kingdom of tile)4eX
lands,And Prussia—signed a Convention ot,6°,Bloer 0
" for the navigation of the Rhine l°
which was based on the 32 Articles of the of ti
Act of Congress concerning the navigat'";oBoo
river. The first article of the Mayen" vct of v
was copied literally from the Vienna Ac"
gross, and runs as follows : e toi
The navigation along the whole course of tlid°°lllLji
from the point at which it becomes navigab_le,stle
the sea—as well with as against the stres%or tb,'l
entirely free, and cannot in respect to c 0 lag t!tiblif
inhibited (etre interdict) to any one conform of r eel)
regulations of the police for the maintenascethePr
security, and to the stipulations contained 10 io
regulation (reglement). joe,
no
There are no fewer than 109 articles 0°- sP
t to
the Mayence treaty, but in neither of thenl, is Op
that the right of cabotage (coasting trade/Selo
be enjoyed by non-Riverian States• fe o
Convention which was signed here a,. tiro°
since reserves for the Riverian States too'
cabotage, and this reaervation appears to
fit of .votg
violation of that article of the Vienna .11'''ef 1100
grass, which says, " that the navigatiez?.olo',oo:
which separate or traverse different Statit
be inhibited to any one." It is urged tmther
tbe
English, or Russian merchants may eni.e.„' erit'a
of sabotage by entering into partnershirbat so
subjects of any of the Riverian Powers'
~tatle#
ternational question of the highest inaP°'d ale
issue, and the European Powers are boulitiee.edne3,
tain intact the principle of the free navieoe al";
Danube. The contents of the Convoo,atiter:
by the Danubian States have not, the ";,11111/
carefully kept from the knowledge o' eivvooa
for the press, but they have not even bee Are die
communicated to the European Powers' 004,0001
who has had an opportunity of frtotersoy°)
numerous protocols of the Riverain Oa
states that the Austrian Commissioner t i 4 ofs
the greatest possible liberality " ocePlefiefea
,
matter of cabotage." The dues to L'et. Ere ore
vessels passing up and down the rif6tif ae I
trifling, and the " non-Riverain" are to P op]
tiler is
than the river-bordering States.
500 fol
It is whispered that there will 19° so sf„peA;
more important reduction of the Alla,ktfiiititi firt
the spring of 1858, if no new clouds s'i"oo
in the political horizon. The conviatl
Credit Bank must realize a large sum °ff the 0;
the sale of the preference shares ° vary f
and Western Railroads has led to aiores ° wer,
derable advance in the price of the suare,,e tiled/
institution. A few days since Credit to-da-Yditia't
hardly to be disposed of at 190, sauficoed et
are in great request at 207. In the a" teals° soil ,
of the Times of the 19th inst., the IltalarYl3°tlierg
Miss Nightingale is attending the 131,1,.lingslaioec`3;
at Vienna is refuted. Of Miss Nigi'"„topoaL„
has never been any mention in nay Ofe` was 1"OP
The English lady who for some tins vos
General (Civil) Hospital of Vienna
yea of
Stewart. for-. ris
A. joint-stock company has been
1, mil!l°spio;
Verona and Milan, with a capital 0f e. to sil‘glisfi,
lire (200,0001.), for making advances of its oOrj
ners, dealers, and brokers Two-thirdly The
°lllO
will be advanced on all silk depositor
anotat've
pany is to receive six per cent Pe Olaf t
,dl)°
one and a-half per cent
-Dace-dot/ sleuths. n a - 'ter- ear
This has been a March rath
windwith a Del
day, for there has been a fresh
The thermometer
rain and sunshine.
noon,
hail's scale) was at 02,25 atprovision