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London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

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DEATH OF THE PRINCESS DE
LLIEVEN.

PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 2'7, 11 A. M,
The Princess de Llieven died last night.

Letters from Circassia, in the Journal de Con-
stantinople, in confirming the defeat of the Rus-
sians near Tatar Kariessi, announce that the
Circassian chief Ibrahim Bey, son of Sefer Pacha,
has had two successive encounters with the Rus-
sians on the two rivers which traverse the road
from Stdvropool to Anapa. The mountaineers
ire reported to have inflicted a serere loss on the
Russians, and to have massacred all the prisoners
who fell into their hands.

The general state of pacification of Europe and
the approaching evacuation of the Danubian
Principalities are about to allow the Austrian
Government to make important redactions in the
number of the army. The Government has it in
contemplation to suppress the fourth battalion of
each regiment of infantry, as well as one squadron
in each cavalry regiment, in order to bring all
the corps to a peace footing. These measures
will, it is said, effect a reduction of about '70,000
men.

The Prussian Government, if we may credit
the National Gazette of Berlin, has it in contem-
plation to come to an understanding in a private
manner with France on the negotiations for the
definitive settlement of the Neuchatel affair. It

has communicated confidentially to the French
Government, the rumour goes, the conditions on
which the King of Prussia would renounce the
sovereignty of that canton. He will reserve to
himself the right of property over the domains
and chateaux which were not appropriated to the
public purposes before 1848. It will not be ad-
mitted that these shall be the property of the
State, and in fact, since 1848, the Prussian Go-
vernment has protested against the sale of a cer-
tain part of this property, for which it will
demand an indemnity. The renunciation of the
sovereignty by the King will not, however, do
away with his title of Prince de Neuchatel. Lastly,
it would appear that his Majesty is desirous, as
was before mentioned, of retaining a protection
over several charitable foundations. It is thought
the conferences will take place in the middle of
February. "It is positively stated," adds the
National Gazette, " that the diplomatic relations
between Prussia and Switzerland will be speedily
resumed, and that France will also become the
mediator on this subject."

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post
(second edition) says :
"It has been hinted in some continental
journals that the presence of his Excellency
Ferouk Khan at the Court of the Tuileries would
considerably influence the policy of France with
regard to Persia. lam able to assure you that
the Emperor Napoleon, long before the arrival
of the Persian Envoy, was perfectly aware of the
reasons which had demanded our expedition to
the Persian Gulf. French influence therefore will
not assume a hostile attitude towards England ;
on the contrary, the Imperial Government will
seek to persuade the Shah that his best Allies are
England and France. I have great pleasure in
again assuring you of the good understanding and
perfect unanimity of policy now existing between
the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries on
foreign affairs generally."

The Vienna eorrebpondent of the Times (second
edition), in a letter dated Jan. 24, says :
" A telegraphic despatch will have informed
you that the Persians, after having lost posses-
sion of Bushire, accepted the conditions of the
British; but it is not known whether the
words, the British,' referred to the expedi-
tion to the Persian Gulf •r to her Majesty's
Government. Nothing positive is known here re-
specting the movements of the Russians on the
south and south-east coasts of the Caspian,
but an impression prevails in Austrian official
circles that the St. Petersburg Government is
for the moment much more inclined to peace than
to war. If,' say the professional politicians of
this city, the Russians have occupied the pro-
vince of Astrabad, it by no means follows as a
matter of course that they intend to advance to-
wards Herat. The St. Petersburg Cabinet has a
liking for material guarantees, and it will proba-
bly hold Astrabad until peace is concluded be-
tween Persia and England, and the latter has with-
drawn her forces from the Persian Gulf.' A Trieste
correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette explains
why the Russian Government is so desirous to
obtain from the Persian Monarch the mountainous
district of Maku (Mahoo). As the execrable state
of the caravan-road from Trebizond, by way of
Erzeroum and Bajazid, to Tabriz has greatly dis-
gusted the mercantile world, the Russians are
desirous to open a communication between their
Black Sea port, Redout Kaleh, and Tabriz. The
proposed caravan road would pass through Tiflis
and Erivan, and then run in a southerly direction
by way of Maku to Tabriz. It is asserted that
the Shah has already ceded the district in ques-
tion to the Czar ; but the fact is, that Ilih
Khan, its actual possessor, has never acknow-
ledged the supremacy of the Persian Monarch.
When Ilih Khan was informed by the Governor
of Erivan of what had passed between the S

Petersburg and Teheran Governments, he coolly
observed, that if the Russians coveted Maku
6 they should coma and take it.' Maku, which
lies between the Armenian table-land and Tabriz,
at the northern extremity of the Persian province
of Azerbijan, is full of defiles and gorges. The
old caravan-road runs along the bank of the Alsas,
or small river which falls into the Araxes, after
having worked its way through the mountains of
Maku."

The Paris Correspondent of the Times (second

I edition) says
" The proposition presented to the Council of
State for the grant of a pension of 100,000 f. to
Marshal Pelissier has been negatived by the
particular section to which it was referred. The
casting vote was that of the President. The
objection, however, is not to the grant itself, but
to the form in which it was made. The provisions
were that it should revert to the Marshal's
descendants in the male line. The section of the
Council of State considered that this was an indi-
rect means of establishing a Majorat, and they
therefore rejected it by, as I have said, a majority
of one.

"The Procureur who was appointed to draw up
the report on Verger's appeal to the Court of Ces-
sation concludes, I am assured, for the rejection
of the appeal. The affair will be brought forward
on Thursday, and Verger's counsel will be heard
in support of the appeal."