New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-02
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BY THE ARABIAS MAILS.
THE STATE or EUROPE.

,,... Thin may account for the yarlous Eer-0n-
of ,he Neuf.hatcl affair te.egrspLed from Berne,
Pane aud Berlin. The Svis-, from tb- very bes0-
.rpe Of ;he sqIabble declared her Willingness %
o., Count Pourlsl- and hi. de1de1 roy sli..s free
II the King Of Ptus-ia should rebOuDce h. Qre'en-
sons ~ he sovereignty or suzefsny Of Neui-
ekitel. Jh,. proposal was rejected at Ief''n' snd
the unconditional release Of The prisoners INSISTED
npon. without sny other prsmse on the pert OF tue
King than That of ertenng mo negotiations ao'u'
The ,;gbts Of The Pfussian house. The S"iss had
10 70 one step further and promised 10 release tie
royAisIs # Emperor Napoleon should p.edee nun
self for the final recognition Of the independence 81
Nrufchatel by Prussia. Bat az KING Frederick
William refused 70 promise anything, Napoleon
could DOT pledge himself, and grew angry, not against
Prussa-be requires her for hs Russian plans
bot seaih.t S~itlerlabd. The Republic, aware "i
mpendipg danger, began to mobilize her army aud
militia. Upon this, France and Eogland recon-
mended the release Of the prisoners with the under
standing that Prussia viii make iorma' cession OF
her preteneors. The Federal Council, trusting the
word Of the A lies, released Count Pourtalis and
bic follower yesterday firmly believing that the
matter had come to an end. Bat according !"
telegrnphc Si.patch from Berlin, King FREDERICK
William docs not feel bound % take the advice OF
England and France; be if as much or rather
stiD more Of sovereign and hing by divine
night than either Queen Victoria or Emperor Napo-
leon. and only declares that be- is ready 10 enter
into neeotatIons st MAINTAIN ing his right t" reject
the mediation Of England ana France and 70 abide
only by the decision Of al the g6est po"er- which
IN lsJ2 acknowledged h.s right ana claims in the
Protocol Of Londou though they did It expressly
en- condition. OF Prussia pIedgng herself not to
invade Switzerland The telegraph from Paris
informs ~, on the other hand, that The condt'oS
are settled in fact but have to 60 through several
scenes Of diplomatic comedy IN order that the
TIussan point o. honor may not be hurt They
are altogether Of medieval character. The Prus
sian colors are to be hJisted on the castles of
Nsulchatel and the L0cie, winch, being now Can
tona property, are 10 become the private property
Of King Frederick William, who on the other
hand, pledges hlmscf 10 expend all the income
from their dependeDcies-ab0ut 81 000-In works
of charity IN the Canton. Under such conditions
the King will finally yield and acknowledge the
Independence of Ncutchdte but only after an ap-
parcnty hard bargain and long hsggling. S~i:zer-
land will certainly accept these terms, IN order
to have n treaty with Prussia attested by the
great powers implicitly recognizing her political
reconstruction in r47, and the tnon and Federal
Government established at that time, which, until
now, has been regarded only as de factO
Government by Austria and the Princes Of Ger
many, it being contrary to the provisions Of the
treaty of Vienna aud Paris in 1918.
serious outbreak is expected in Spain, where
arrests orders to particular residences and general
police surveillance are progressing with fearful
rspiJity while the reCstablishment of the excise
duties on entering the towns of the country serious
" affects the interests Of the consumers IA well AS OF
the producers The Kingdom is evidently gong TO
ruin by Absolutist court ntrigues and the mlser-
able financial administration, while Napoleon
watches events in the interest Of tap and order,
which. there Ms in Kansas means Ia. own interest
without regard to right or liberty.
There is no news from the Persian expedition,
and Fcrouk Khan, the Persian Emoassador at
Paris, hopes still to arrange the difficulties With
the aid of Emperor Napoleon's good Offices. Pablo
op,uion IN England is ayeTse 10 these Eastern ln-
trisues and wars. 1t is fully aware that the true
interests Of the country lie in different direction,
viz. IN that of the Australian Colonies, uojusty
neglected by the Government 1.-THE u the ex-
pendiiuIe for the Persian war might have sutfced
for establishing regular aud speedy postal cOmmu
ncation with sydney and Melbourne, which Is still
IN Institution to be- looked for. As to the progress
of the colony the following facts taken from Tbs
Mcl6Ourne Herald speak volumes;
" TIE Ptco-Iu Melbourne there three dsily
papers each with n weekly issue d1dy advertising
sheet, and the following weekly publications. Nd
boutHc YHhcA, Not0EfhC LNGtcr. A7NfNt8g bHHdC~,
IOsta4 of Commerce, Bears " ftktt CTtW9r, Lac
Times and i,so.rtHcg CVcul'r, irrespective OF the
Gcrcyhm,a, and FoAoc Gd-euo, and N"rGyS
fc,s Carrc, issued prlor 10 the departure OF every
mSll The iNty0i,tHt AcffcH J'hrHdt II our sol"
quarterly publication. Gnd the following periodicals.
sppear dpuu trst Of every monh: II" J0arHd' ~
australasia, The australian Messenger. Br9ishdrS
Ga,dt 70 llc'cr.a and The NcrS Lctcr 81 Anstrdld.
Geclong possesses one daily paper and one three
Tunes - week: Balarai. one daily, one 'hret tlmes
week. one stmi-~ hlN journal lSnd-o, t~o dallt~.
CasticmHInc twO three times a we 4, BeechTorth,
t~o soui wetkhes Portland, one three h0es weak
and two ~ttkh,S, Belfast, Two w,thhCsi hNmorc,
Two week.-Mrs.; k,nclou tNo ~,eAne-. A'bcrIon
iGiWs Land Or weekly NSinf'ao'oi one semi
weekly, tOTCt (rStb, one weekly, and W lams-
town. he wcthl,. The support siiuTdtd lee So r-e
nuuber OF newspapers, by population not cN,teGlnS
three bundled and ty thoasrd souls i nh ludeN a.
the prosperity aid the general bel!-on,e "i the peo-
pie OF NlctuIIa.
" Srnlp.4rc-Ei- ht figures typical OF y .slon. LID
Gty, Peace, justice Mercy, Fame, Literature aud
Victory, are being modelled Tor the decoration OF the
Houses Ot Parliament. a0d, 50 ier rs We can
luCgr from the two specimens prepared 10y Mr sum
meS who carried OF gold "a 4. Tue Roy al Aca1
envy they viii reflect credit upon artists soucerntd.
public subs ipCn b, iug ed Tor The JarpoSe C
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