The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-31
LATE EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

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| LATE EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
| By the Cunard mail steamer Africa, arrived
at New York, we have accounts from Liverpool
to the 9th instant, and from London to the 8th
We obtain from the Commercial Advertiser
the annexed summary of the leading intelli-
| gence:
London, Jan. s.-The suspense regarding
peace or war still continues, and is likely to do
so for week or ten days further. Meanwhile,
the belief that the negotiations will end in
| something has faded to an infnitesimal point,
| and the funds have consequently receded gradu-
ally toward the position in which they stood be-
fore the new diplomacy was talked of.
| Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Envoy, is I'M
derstood to have delivered his missive at St.
! Petersburgh on the 18th of December. On
| the Both, he was to have an interview with the
Chancellor, Count Nesselrode and according
to Russian advices, Council of the Empire
was then to be convoked, to examine and dis
cuss the propositions. The fact of Council
of the Empire being about to be summoned
seems to have inclined the st. Petersburgh
| writer's to suppose that the possibility of peace
is not so entirely out of the question as they
had previously imagined.
The view that it is the intention of Russia to
accept the Austrian propositions still prevails
among those capitalists in London who are
| known to receive the best information from
Vienna, but it finds no credence here among
the general public, or even in Ministerial cir
| cles. Few have supposed that the overtures
| of Count Esterhazy would be instantly dis
missed, and therefore the announcement al
ready received that they are to be deliberated
| upon is not regarded in England as possessing
| any special significance. The assumption has
all along been, that the old paactice, OF endeav-
oring to procure delay would be resorted to,
| and that for this end something like an accept.
ance might in the first instance be notified,
| with the intention of evading it on any subse-
| quent question Of detail.
| On the opening of Parliament, at the end of
the present month, there will be no ambiguity
as to our course. A clear and unequivocal
peace or an unflinching prosecution of the war
/ are looked upon as the only announcements of
which the Government will have choice in pre-
pairing the Queens speech. Whether the for
titude of the French Ministry is equally unsha-
| ken, may perhaps be doubted. Asseverations
| are freely put forth that such is the case, but
| the very use OF these asseverations shows where
| the misgiving lies. Certain it is that the dan
ger of concessions being granted arises solely
from the possible urgency with when they may
be recommended by France, and the old evil
OF the compromises which all alliances involve
must OF course be accepted in some degree as
| inevitable.
| The council of war to be held at Paris, at
| which most of the Allied commanders will at
| tend, is expected to commence at an early date.
| 1t may be presumed, however, that the Russian
answer to Count Esterhazy will be waited for.
In commercial matters, there is nothing new,
| and credit is well sustained in every quarter.
Even the possibility of another advance in the
| bank rate OF interest seems to be contemplated
without excitement or apprehension of any
| kind. The funds are necessarily influenced
| by such contingency, and, with the growing
| increduhty regarding peace, and the certainty
| of a new loan for about f36,G00.000 in the
course of two or three months, fall to the
| point at which they stood a short time back
| was to have been fully expected. On the whole.
| however, the market must still be considered
| to show great steadiness. AT the last date. the
quotation of the three per cent. consols was
S7i; they have since touched 869, and have
| closed this evening at S6s.
The Liverpool cotton market has opened this
| week at decline of Id. per pound. The wheat
market is without alteration.
THREE DAYS LATER
The American mail steamer Baltic arrived
at New York yesterday with dates from Liver
pool to the 18th instant. Through the tele-
| graph we have the following summary of her
| intelligence:
The political news may be briefly summed
up. Expectation is on tiptoe throughout Eng
land and France to learn the issue of the peace
| propositions. Rumors of all sorts are fyinG,
| of the most contradictory character, both favor
able and unfavorable to peace; but the truth is
! that nothing definite can be known for some
| time to come. The time for Russas decision
has been extended to January 18th neverthe-
less, dispatches from Berlin and Vienna report
advices already in those capitals, intimating
that the Gar will make no further concessions.
On the other hand, it is certain that formal
conferences are in session at st. Petersburgh,
discussing proposals, which are attended by
Nesselrode, Esterhazy, Seebach, and Sanner.
The general impression is, that Russia will
neither accept nor reject, but will send Count
Stakelberg to Vienna with counter propositions.
The latest rumors speak more favorably of
the results of the peace negotiations.
Denmark announces that she continues neu
| trail In the present war, and has no connection
with the Swedish alliance
Ihere Is nothing new from the Crimea
FROM Asa the latest accounts were that Omer
Pasha still remained at Redoubt Kale, shut I'D
by the rigors OF winter and the vigilance of the
Russians.
ST. Peters6urgh, Jan. 3-The great war
! council has concluded its sessions. 1t has
transpired that Russian tactics for the anproach
ing campaign have undergone important mod.
| iications. Orders have been sent from head.
quarters, which seem to indicate an intention
| to abandon the Crimes, part of the troops there
having been ordered to reinforce Mouyarieff
and others to join the grand army of the centre
London, Jan. l2.-The English funds to-
day closed at decline of per cent. below the
prices of yesterday. The market is still preiu.
diced by the recent supplies of stock, and the
discouraging prospects of peace. An anticipa-
ton that the Bank returns tonight would be
unsatisfactory increased the tendency toward a
depression. The monthly return OF the Bank
of France is also unfavorable, and has exercised
an adverse influence upon both the London
and Paris markets.
1t is believed in well-informed quarters that
some definite intelligence from Vienna will
probably reach the Government by Monday.
| The decrease of bullion in the Bank of England
amounts to G2S3,000. The decrease in the
Bank of France for the month is E772,000.
Great Rritain.-There is no political news
| of interest from Great Britain. A most extra
ordinary case of poisoning occupies public at
| tention
DIR. William Palmer, surgeon. but who
| made betting his profession-in other words,
"a sporting man"-was in company with