The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-12-08

4 account OF the conferences which have taken
place between Count BuOl and NJ. De Bour.
elneney srcO the return of the latter from
Il pafls. IL IL certain that numerous comIuu.
Inicatlons are being exchanged between the
Conrts Of Vienna and ST. Petersburg. But
t Is thought that the necessary prelimina.
fies to resume negotiations will not take a
tleiinite form until the arrival Of Sir llamil.
BON Seymour, the new Minister from Eng.
yand."
From Berlin, Nov. l2 they write:
ut appears more and more positive that
trelminarles are being arranged at Brussels.
Eith the ascent of Russia for the resump,
pn of negotiations. Notwithstanding all
enials it is persisted in, and believed that
hace is not far Off"
ESGLASD.-There is very little of news
fher political or domestic. twas rmaorod
9fendnn- that the vacant Sccrc...yship Of
Colonies, having been refused by the
ake OF Newcastle, will be given to Mr..
frederick Peel, who will be succeeded in
~ war office of Mr. Cayard. Lord John
ihssel has been lecturing at Exeter Hall.
and Mr.. Gladstone at Chester. Lord Can.
ming, the newly appointed Governor General
o! India, IS on the point of departure for
hH Government. General Codrington ac.
cTts the command in the Crimca. Orders
and ribands have been bestowed on General
Pelissler and General Simpson. The Chair.
tiaS, under Ernest Jones, and others Of
th'lr former leaders, have rc.appearcd-i
/ protest against the recent expulsion Of reiI
gees. Sir Charles Napier will be returned
LOT Southwark. The papers of Yorkshire
say that Richard Golden has not chance TO
be again returned to Parliament as member
OF the West Riding Of Yorkshire.
FgAScE.-From Paris letter, Nov. 15-p
NJ. "Thc Paris Exhibition was closed this
day, amid the pOmp and sOlemnty bcfittinr
the occasion, and worthy Of the exalted
periohagcs who presided at the ceremony.
The contrast between the opening Of this
| campaign, where art and Industry were to
contend for superiority en- so noble a field
and its termination, was striking indeed
Nothing could well be more unlike than il,
commencement and il. close. The first was
mengfc and cold; the arrangements were
dcIectvc; the preparations were not merely
incomplete, but hardly begun; and though
$50 lar as mere ceremonial was cOnccrucdl
all that could be done was done, vet the
general feeling was one Of disappOntment
and dlscontcnt, and an apprehension existed
that It would end as unsatisfactory as il had
begun. The commencement Of the cam.
paign Of peace, SO weakly opened in the
Paals de lndus'rc, rcscmblcd in some rc.
spccts that Of which the Crirnca has been
the theatre-deicctivc organization. insult.
cient resources, apathy negligence and dc.
lay; yet, like it. too, it gained strength AS
IL advanced tho errors, voluntary or in
voluntary, made manifest by experience.
were remcdled as II went on the chiefs be-
came more familiar with the duties which
were imposed on them; in the course Of
time oil co-operated with good will and with
earnest zeal for the realization Of the homes
originally entertained; and if the more san.
guln4y campaign in which we are engaged
against the common enemy be, as there is
rcas1p to hope 1t will, as complete and salts,
iactosy at It's close as that which this day
has Witnessed the advantages TO mankind
Ihe loEowIng Is the correct official list Of
thc medals and awards made TO American
exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition
AGRtcuLTrRF.-Mr Mccormick. Of Chica.
20, Illinois, the Grand Medal Of Honor
with the following words -"lnyentor of the
reaper, which has been worked under all
trials, and which is the type upon which
other rcapcrs have been made, with various
notifications, which have not Changed The
principles Of the discovery"
Mr.. Pitts, of Buffalo. New York "C,r ma.
chine for winnowing grain, remarkable for
several inventions aud the amount of worl
it Performs Medal Of Honor
Rapbn L XIII, r.
States-"Balances Of precision and Eta.
Ions dc mcsurcs'-Mcdal Of Honor.
Maury, Lieutenant, Washington, United
States-"Charts Of wind and currents Of
the Atlantic ocean, discovery of new
routes shortening passages STRAND Medal
OF Honor.
Goodyear, New York, United States
discovery Of the yulcanzation Of the
soltcniug Of India rubber considerable i'm.
pulse given to the manufacture Of the pro.
ducts Of India rubber
ARTIsrS-rAISTERs or THE UNITED STATES.
llesly-second class medal.
Msy--Thrd class medal.
Rossitcr-Ihird class medal
The above are all that appear in the list
published by the Prose on the evening of
the closing of the exhibition.
NJ. Nattcmare, American Commissioner.
Marshall Woods, Esq, and one other Ame.
rican Commissioner, have received the cross
of the Legion Of Honor from the Emperor,
DENNARS.-Russn AND rng SorSp Drrs.-
According to the correspondence orthc Uc.
ser Gasette, the cabinet of St. PETERSBURG
has notified the intention of Russia to take
part in the Conference on the subject of the
Sound Dues, but does not indicate what
course of action Russia will pursue in the
matter. All the other Governments invited
TO take part in the Conference have signiGcd
their attendance.
The Danish Government has put forth
formal denial to the report that the ministry
had demanded the exclusion of Prince Ere.
deric Ferdinand from the line of succession
to the throne. Denmark also repudiates all
intention of rclinquishing its neutrality, or
of entering into any negotiations for altering
the present law of succession.
1t is reported that Gen. Canrobcrt will vi. F.
sit Copenhagen on his return from Stock. /.
holm.