Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21

such an event takes place in Naples the better We
believe that the son of M. CAssINIs, the Neapoli-
tan Minister for Sicilian Affairs, has been arrested
for reasonable communications with Palermo. 1t
gives us pain to add that there reason to fear thu
condition of great number of political prisoners il
the Papal States is quite as deplorable as that d
those Of the kingdom of Naples. Nothing has beef
yet agreed upon between the Papal and the Austrian
Governments respecting the withdrawal of thu
troops of the latter from the territory of the former
The Danubian Principalities are yet the source
of many rumors We believe it is certain that Turl
key will never consent to their union as one Cow
crnment, even should the Divans pronounce in 4
great majority for that measure. Sir HAMILTON
SEYMOUR, on behalf of England, has spoken in tho
same sense The Constitutional repes, with muchl
earnestness the insinuations of English Ministerial
papers that the course pursued on this subject by
France is to be explained by leanngs towards Rus
STA. That France has in any way abandoned her
old alliance, or that she has looked in another di-
rection for friends to replace them is emphaticay
denied, and with apparent authority, by the Gov
eminent print. 1t is pointed out that from the
very commencement the French Government advo-
Gated the opinion which it now holds and that Lord
Clarendon then expressed his perfect coincidence
in that opinion. The change of views on the part
of his ordship ought not therefore, to be twisted
1
it is remarked that her irritability betfays the
selfshness of her designs" The Official Milan
Gazette, austrian after observing that Austria
and England join with Turkey in demanding the
separation adduces arguments in favor of the latter
course. 1t quotes Vienna letter from the Joua
nal of Frankfort in which the writer attributes the
article of the Moniteur to secret object known
only to the Courts of Paris and st. Petersburgh,
which "might cause fresh clouds to accumulate on
our political horizon" The letter then says:
ssOn account of this demonstration the Cabinet Of
Vienna u.s. however reluctantly, obliged to apply for po
sve explanations to the French Government before it
withdraws its battaons from the Prncpaities IF we
well informed, Baron Hubner will be directed ask
for the precise Interpretation of this last singular mani
festation on the part Of France"
| The Suabian Mercury speaks of difference be-
tween Great Britain and Austria upon the subject
of the guarantee which is to be given to the con-
stitution of the Danubian Principalities It says
Austria wishes that the neighboring Powers, name
ly, Austria and Russia, with Turkey, should be the
only parties to this guarantee whilst England in
sists that all the Powers which took part in the
| treaty of Paris shall join in the guarantee.
The town of Bolgrad was delivered over by the
Russian authorities to the Moldavian Government
on the 18th instant.
The Persian difficulty is, we think, arranged
The conditions agreed upon were settled last Fri
day, Goth instant. Persia has agreed to receive
English Consuls in all towns where Russian Con-
suls may be placed. Herat is to be restored on one
side and Bushire on the other. England has aban-
doned her demand that the Shah should dismiss his
Prime Minister, and also waived her condition that
Mr. MURRAY should be visited tpice by the Per- 4
sian authorities before he paid any visits himself
Mr. Murray is to be received with all the honor and
respect due to his position the representative of
England, but it was too much to expect that the
Shah would submit to any thing that would lower
his Government in the eyes of his subjects and it
was act of folly on the part of England ever to
| require it of him. So ends, we hope, this little
war, which might have grown into great one. 1t
is gratifying to find also that the runor of the ces
sion of territory by Persia to Russia is pronounced
to be without foundation.
| New to the 10th January has been received from
Hong Kong. There was then no change in the po-
stians cceasiul attempt to s o. tnelrforts
an ms Morning Post, as the organ of the fashion
able world has announced " the death of criaoline "
and states the circumstance under which the event
took place having been the appearance of the
Empress of the French at Court ball in robe SO
moderate in its circumference and graceful in its
folds as to proclaim beyond the. possibility of mis-
take that the cage and the crinolie had been aban
doned It was whispered round the room in tone
of seriousness, but not of mourning, Crinolne est
naOrte." Before long we may expect to see the eff
feet of this event in the drawing-ro rooms of London
Imitation introduced the folly imitation will cure it.
The year 1856 is said to have been by far the
most prosperous year on record in the history of
British commerce. The declared value of the pro-
duce of the United Kingdom exported in 1854 was
997, 1S4, 1876; in 1855 it was EOS 1886, 0S5; and
in 1856 Ellis, 1905 or, in other words, the
year 1856 showed an increase of something more
than twenty nor cont over 1S56 The raturns iucf