The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—The opening of the great annual exhibition
of the works of living artists is the great event of the week
in Paris. On Saturday, the Emperor, accompanied by
the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and M. Fould, Minis.
ter of State, went to the Menus-Plaisirs to view the pic-
tures, which were thrown open on Sunday to the public.
The display is rich in portraits, and the portraits are rich
in every form and shape of their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress. On the other hand, it is remarkable that
the likenesses of other eminent persons, especially those
who have been considered unfavourable to the Imperial
regime, are somewhat scarce. _

An attempted strike among the working bronze manu-
facturers at Paris has just been quelled with a strong
hand. The workmen of M. Mericeau, Rue de la Cerisaie,
demanded a diminution of one hour in their working
time, which has hitherto been 12 hours, inclusive of the
time allowed for meals. Their ultimatum not being
accepted, they left work, and went round to other manu-
factories, attempting to induce the workmen to strike, in
some instances with success. The masters having com-
plained to the police, thirteen men were arrested. All
but four have since been released, and the men generally
have returned to their work without conditions.
The Paris papers are restricted, in their Turkish news,
to such accounts as the Government find it most con-
venient to concur in. The Moniteur, however, has an
article which shows that the Government is not disposed
to question the ultimatum presented by the Russian
Ambassador, Prince Menschikoff.
The plot said to have been discovered among the Paris
Legitimists is made the pretext for additional arrests every
day among the members of that party. Within the last
three days upwards of thirty persons have been arrested.
They are all confined in Mazas prison. None of those
arrested are persons of note, but several of them were
members of the Circle de la Rue Duphot, a Legitimist
Club which played a conspicuous part during the exist-
ence of the Republic, and of which the Marquis tie La-
rochejacquelin (now a Senator and Bonapartist) was the
President.

It is said that the Emperor and Empress will go to
Eaux Bonnes about the 20th of July. If this be true,
there will either be no coronation this summer, or it will
take place early in July. Although apartments have
been prepared at the Tuileries for the reception of the
Pope of Rome, nothing has transpired to shew that his
Holiness has given any promise that he will come to
Paris ; on the contrary, the last accounts from Rome are,
that the Pope intends, after the religious fetes of June, to
go to Naples.

SWITZERLAND.—The Swiss journals continue to
be filled with details of the scenes which took place at
Bulle, in the canton of Friburg, during the late election.
The Bavarian Envoy, following the etample of Baden
and Wurtemberg, has urged on the Federal Council the
necessity of a speedy settlement of the dispute with Austria.
The New Zurich Gazette, of the 16th, says :—" The
Pope's Nuncio has presented to the government of the
canton of Friburg a note demanding the re-integration of
Bishop Marilley, and the abrogation of a legislation which
he calls anti-religious. The note is couched in offensive
terms."

AUSTRIA.—The preliminary examination of the per-
sons accused of having participated in the insurrection of
Milan is concluded. Documents were produced to prove
that money, as well as proclamations, were distributed on
the part of Kossuth and Mazzini. The arms seized were
of English and American manufacture.

TURKEY.—The Turkish news, with regard to the
question of the Holy Places, is contradictory. We learn
from Marseilles that the Scamandre, which left Constan.
tinople on the sth instant, seconds the news by way of
Trieste, that the Divan had received intimatio❑ of the
proposed ultimatum of Prince Menschikoff demanding the
establishment of the Protectorate of the Greek Church,
and certain modifications in the terms lately granted to
France on the subject of the Holy Places. The Chapelat,
which sailed from Constantinople on the ith, and the
Caradoc on the Bth, both bring despatches for the French
and English Governments, but their contents have not
transpired.
The death of the Sultan's mother occurred on the Ist
instant, through suppuration of the knee joint. The event
caused a suspension of diplomatic business. The Sultana
had always been known as a most amiable woman, and
was greatly beloved by her son. She was originally a Cir-
cassian slave.

A telegraphic communication from Paris states that
there is no truth in the account of news from Constanti-
nople having reached the Russian legation at Paris to
any later date than the 7th instant; it says, that the
answer of the Porte to prince Menschikoff was to be given
on the 10th ; and that the rumour was unfounded that
Prince Menschikoff's ultimatum had been accepted by the
Porte.

A telegraphic despatch, received in Paris on Sunday
from Brussels, announces a change in the Ministry at
Constantinople. Mustapha Pacha is appointed Grand
Vizier ; the former Grand Vizier, Mehemet Ali Pacha, is
now Minister of War; Ali Pacha, Minister for Foreign
Affairs; Fu'sd Effendi, Minister of the Interior; and
Rifaat Pacha, Minister of Justice.

The period fixed by Prince Menschikoff for the reply of
the Porte to his ultimatum has been extended.

AUSTRALIA.—The ship Atrevida, Captain Shere,
which left Port Philip on the 23rd of February, was off
Plymouth on Sunday, and landed twenty-five passengers,
retaining twenty-eight on board. She has 27,000 ounces
of gold dust, and is gone on to London. Her passengers
estimate the quantity of gold brought into Melbourne
weekly, by escort and otherwise, at 80,000 ounces, and
this was increasing. The market price £3 17s. 0(1. per
oz., was also on the rise, and the exchange on London
was at par. Flour £2l to £22 per ton; the 41b. loaf,
ls. Id. ; beef and mutton, 4d. to fid. per lb. ; cabbages,
2s. each ; eggs, 65. per dozen. The colony was flourish-
ing.

The Melbourne steamer left Port Philip on the 6th of
February with 17,269 ounces.

The Sarah Sands steamer left on the 11th of February
with 40,092 ounces and the famous nugget, 1311bs. 8
ounces.

The following sailing vessels had departed :—The
Admiral, February 2nd, with 15,211 ounces; the Norhum-
berland, on the 6th, with 17,051 ounces ; the John Taylor,
with 11,084 ounces ; and the Robert Sale, with 13,836
ounces.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT

The United States mail steam-ship Humboldt, which
sailed from New York on the ith instant, arrived off
Cowes on Wednesday evening, and having landed the
mails and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Havre.
She had on board a ten-horse power caloric engine, be-
longing to Captain Ericsson, to put into operation in
France, to secure the patent in that country for the caloric
principle.
The Hon. David Merewether had been appointed gover-
nor of New Mexico by President Pierce. The latest
accounts from Texas state that Caravajal was still a
prisoner at Brownsville, and that the reported gold dis-
coveries in Texas had turned out a hoax, all the gold
having been brought from California. The steam-ship
Cincinnati has been lost near the mouth of the Brazos.
The New Brunswick papers of the sth instant state
that the legislature was prorogued by the governor on the
3rd instant. His speech stated that the subject of the
fisheries and trade with the United States had been sub-
mitted by him to the Secretary of State for the colonies.