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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 430, 17 December 1856, Page 4

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

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Madrid, and the marriage with the Infanta was to take place immediately. It is now said that the Emperor of the French would certainly have marched troops into Spain—despite the warning of history, which has taught the danger of interfering1 with that country —had not Lord Pahner&ton's speech in the house, been followed up by very pressing despatches to the Emperor, requesting him to abstain from a project which would endanger the entente eordiale. Berhn*. TiirnsDAY Evknixc; : —l>aron yon M:uiVeu!i'e! has, by the express orders of the King, despatched a special messenger to England with instructions to the Prussian ambassador to demand the assistance of an English force in the punishment of the Kill* pirates. The Government is the more incensed because Prussian commerce sullered from the same pirates in 1552. Prince Adalbert's wound, though serious, is understood not to be dangerous, and he is expected in Berlin during the present week. The diilerenee between the Hanoverian chambers and the Government. Joes not a (lord any symptoms of aecomodation. The chambers will probably be prorogued about the end of the month. The Danuiuax PnixciPAMTiEs.—lt is positively stated that the instructions of.'] Won de IColler, the representative of Aiutria in the commission of the organisation of the Principalities, are decidedly opposed to the union of the provinces. It b.is been long known, indeed, that Austria, like Turkey, obv-ets stroiutlv to the project of placing the two principalities under one head.

The SrnuEXPra of Kaks.—A Trebizcnd correspondent of the Frankfort " Posh Amvt Gazette" writes on the 2nd--—The English lin'e-of-battle-ship, the Hannibal, has just arrived liero with Sir Houston S to. wart on board. iukl she is to remain here until Kiws is in the hands of the Turks. But this can take place when over they please, as Prince Malikoli', a Eus.^r.m stailofrieer. arrived some days back at Erzeroum with an c-Brai notice to the authorities for Turkish troops to enter K:v:s without delay. The former Prussian consul of Trebir.ond lias returned to his post. A.TUKXS, August 9th.—The subject of conversation here is the asserted retirement of the Anglo-French fuvecs. The Court p:irlv bus given out that the evacuation will take pl.:ce by the end of this month. Under such circumstances llussiau and German influence will of course augment; and it is hy nouior.ns impossible that we shall hear of more revolts in Turkey. At the theatre, VTai^-aw, I saw a Polish national dnnce which was performed with the greatest spirit. I there r.lso saw Gorisehakoff, of Sebastopol, now governor of Poland, and next to him one of the Princes Estenur/.v. Gorlschakoif looks a, man of gi-eat determination, or, I should rather say, do^4.:d:iess ; liis ea>H;k bones are very broad—the broadest part of his face, which is alto^et'ier rather square; his forehead retreats slightly; his head is rather high, and small behind. He- was inftniteiy amused with lite pej-foriviance.— Letter Dai 1,/ Keics: The following is the summary of a letter from Athens :— ''All political news is i:isi^j:ifnmnt, in comparison with the disaster that has befall on public and private, property at the Piraeus. The vr.st edifice oi' the Customs, ai.d :.a the nievchaiidise cont-'.iiied therein, berime a pn-v to the on the !'i^ht oi' the u-Oth. Xv/ither btii!-jij-!g« nor wort-haii'lise were insured. The loss is. thf-refoi-e coiiip'ete, ua-Z the commerce of the convtry wils long f c c-3 the consequences. A-nong diverse object:; of v.due ia a library oi s^;:.,: -„: '„', vuliiuies. ;t pn.->L-tst from the itei-1-iie consul at .Mari^-ill n, ',1. Ziniulu, which, by most li-'p-r'niiable n;cr!:geir-e, had been left several years in the boxes wherein tiiev were l.ie^.Luhid Jourviak of th..» 15th have arrival. The ' ('r,i7.'-\U:' coiiti.ins a roya! order to 'b.-cliect that Iih1.:.::! eifu, !;;;:l<;y,*:ind rvc: are to 1>« considered :m cnuiinhud hi the deefco for tfjc Jii.poiialn/u oi" ulji-;tL ii,h\ i'h>ur. Tin.' periiriHent depu':>.t'uM <•!* the i;r.-:i'!-"-; <A' S'>;«in, in <:<-n^ t ::<'W- of I 1.);' «l(. : .r:i«- O« of f.«»t\. had "relt.]V«."l to Clill (>!i I').' h^jriMM- (l*i:^:-s <-f M<;cielV to "r';*»"*; t'n.' sal;' of v.'hc-aL in all the markets of ill- j>,r.:;.K,ui:. Ti;e Spinihli aixnUiYmt, Senor Sakmanca, /i:ik ofji-j.u i.tc (.nn«'i'ii]i)«iil a ci)iar;i<:t to supply ' tb ■ city u\' },\ \A\ fur *ix y<;viin v/irh i-read, at i til; price f-S \v.n" cut.-rt-;;} thr po'jir.l, tlte prirje

actually paid at this moment being seventeen eucilos ; imt ho stipulates that he shall have a monopoly of baking broad for the city dmin<r that time. The Government ha:; declined to accept this extraordinary if not dangerous proposal. Incendiarism continues in Andalusia. At Ciu'iulia, 200 cartloads of wheat were dest roved in this way : at Anjudar, won; than 8,000 olive trees were wilfully destoyed ; at Cordova, a farm house of the Marquis Ueuameji was burnt clow.;, and other damage done. The palace belonging to him was also burnt down. At Lueena, tho Hotel do Ville was burnt down and the mayor seriously wounded ; at Seville, it was all the; authorities could do to prevent the gasworks from being set on fire ; at -Jaon, 200 olive tm«s and -100 almond trees were destroyed. In many other places similar outrages have- been comrail'ieu. TlicSvj insane acts of mischief are most shocking, when a real fanmiu seems about to afflict the country. A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, dated the ISth instant, announces that General Pariset, with the remainder oi' the French troops, h::d left the Turkish territory. The Russian embassy at Paris have received the ollieial notification that quarantine has been r.i-cstablishcd. ,oii the. coasts of the lilack dc-a. and of the* »>ea of A/.oil*. The authorities at i'aris continue an ae.i.T?tf crusade against the adulteraters of milk. On Monday, thirteen wholesale milk dealers voiv convicted, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment a;:J GO frane.'-fi.ie-. The quantify of water raided to the ir-ilk by some »>f th.'se fraudulent dealers v.v..; in one iiwnnee sis niueu as Gv> V'C'V cent., aau tne t;en<-rnl proportion varied from 30 pov cv>;st, to 50.pur cent. The '.Ifoniteur' pui.iii.^iu's the following correspondence from St. Petersburg:— St. Petersburg. August 13. (JounUle iloniy, the French aiviba«sudor, avrived neve overianu, on Tucs.hvy last, wifii some of the members of his embassy, and ali«-htvd at Hotel WoronzofiDasslikoif. On Tiiursday, lie pivsenred iiis Utters <if credcik<-' to the Empmor. at tin: Imperial P.daco v.i Peterhof. Thi' followijig d ly was the tate-dny of iier rJajt-sfy the Eu!props. Count dv Hloniy was invited wit'n ail the lneiiiuC'-i's o! L;s t-mita-ssy to spend Uu* two d.iys at PeU-rhoi", ;.llli<-ugii. ac«.-or»i"mgto Kussiau custo.ns, the ui[ii.>Miutic ■•< rps is \\{>i invited to tlie.se family festivities. After liis reception by the Emperor, the ainbas.s:;d<>r was recci\-i'd by the Empress, to whom "ho nr*.«pnted t!ie members of his legation. Pivsou^.tions to the Prinzes followed, in tiie evening there was a private bnil at the palace, to v.-lii'.ih only t!v? Intiirjuf i* friends of the Imperial family were invited. CViUiif de Moray was the object of marked HiU;niinn. The diplomatic corps will leu-' 1 f<-v Mosciv.v on the i!2nd. Tlie departure oi't'i"' Kviip'jror is lixett Jbr tae 20th -, his solemn entry will b" on <he 2i)t!i: the <;oro!:ntion will return to 01. Pulcrsburg at tiiu end of the ii'Out'i." The ' Monitjur ' ;;l.;o a!::iouncc> the departure of Prince Jerome for Havre. I:; .Madrid, four luoiic-r.it-o journals, '!"'; , ' Diiirio,' organ of Mai-ftiuJ Concha; tue ' ]vsp;»;n.'," organ oi" M.-'irfii.;! Narvai'Z; and the ' <)cc:c!w:to, f organ of thw U.;t llddu; dccLrc wir ag;Jnst thy ' Imlcp.;nd 'l.cc.' Apart from in-:ult.: ;:i:d calimniiw, oi which tlicy :jt proaid;.l, Uu:y demand three things of the (iovcrnjiK'i.t.: tla-Sv- an; i:u: oxpulhiuii iVoisi Jp^in uf all (•onx*si)ondeiits io th.; " Ji-<'!cpendt-i J "e,1 that the journal shv.ll b« pvobi'-ite'i „t ♦)»■ i:-nticv f r.vA iliat orders shall be given to the Spanish chary/ (V.'tJ:ain.*s at iJnisseis to pn»so<:uti». Tlie ' Epoca' of 3li>nd::y evening (v.bieli b juoi,a!<ly the organ of I\i;ir<h;d O'Donsu-il} caauot rclvain iio.a joining in t!ic !:u<j :.r. \ cry. A I.H'"4:r.?)hic fl('.^p< teh received in Paris states Ihit the? Enip^o'-, J.C-.np-.-«;.«;s, v.r.d I;iip.-ri.tl Piiiy-c r.rrivod on Wc'iii'sd:.';/ ::t Uinrrifz. I.v'U'oit. in S"ai.v.—VVhilc the cautious diiwiimil-ition of O'J>oi,n-!l indi'-rtfo:; liis sni.-e of V\L' d:iTi^<»rs to which his ])olicy is openly ex]»)Mi\, the indications t:rv i.ot wai.ting of ar ir.sitiuous p!cl behind to trip l,im up. The ac'-cantr; Avhich Inve just reach«d us from M:i4h-i<? i-lcarly im;oy t!.:>t n n.-w C.:;i\-.i'.Ur. is u\ proc;-?:; <-f iV)nn;:l:ci» hi thr« Pal;!-'*'. Tlu-Qi^-n and J-.i-r jninister appear to have heeii hopelessly fit JHHUe (jn tlu; r.ouunutum of a Minister oi Jiisti-.v. O'Dutin.H recrmn.eud'l Id. Alvmv/. for the otlicij in (jtu-Htinn ; is.-l>clln, ft--Home deliberaticn,j-rop'-sc"! an'.tb'-r in Ins place directly hostile *to thu prcjniur; and OOoimell

in return, rejected, the royal nominee. Dissensions such as these have; always been unfailing indications of secret political intrigues, which have either surely preceded or immediately hazarded the downfall of the minister. Tho Queen has herself been more often the mouthpiece of others; and although caution in required in attaching importance to single events, the circumstances are not without their parallel, in the .slight which was offered to Olozaga immediately preceding his expulsion, when he proceeded by invitation to dine at the palace, and was abruptly informed that there was no dinner for him. These camarillas are falsely regarded ;is implying a peculiarity in the social constitution of Spain. They are rather tho obvious instincts of the same human nature which in other countries pursues its ends by other means. A dictator who cannot be ejected by parliament is suve to be assailed at Court; and a minister who cannot be executed by the power of the constitution stands a fair chance of being shot by the hand of an assassin.— Daily News. The' Journal of Constaulinople'announces that, on the 25th of July, the Governor of Erzeroum was .officially invited by the Russians to take pos*.,ifcssion of Kars. The latest despatches from Constantinople announce that the Russians make a demand upon the French for 400,000 francs for damages done to the llussian Embassy at Constantinople, it having been converted into a French hospital during the war. The German Journal of Frankfort says; —■ " Letters from Home state that the question pending between the Holy See and Russia appears to have taken a favourable turn. The Pope h is presented the. Emperor Alexander with a statue, by the sculptor Fabri, representing the death of Milo of Crotona. Prince Flavio di Chi«i, who goes to Moscow for the coronation, has been charged to present the group to the Emperor. It appears that the presence of M. de IGsseleT has greatly contributed to the solution of the difficulties existing between Rome and Russia. Although nothing positive is known respecting the nomination of six Catholic Bishops for Russia, it is said that the Government ms had in hand the diplomas for them, and that it is possible that the question of the publication of them will b: discussed at Moscow on the occasion of the coronation." A letter from Berlin of the 14th, in the Dehals says : —" Intelligence lias been received to-day that Russia has declared herself re.idy to immediately appoint the members of the commission who, according to the terms of article 30 of the Treaty of Paris, are to be charged with the reestablishment of the status quo in Asia. M. de Boutentefi is to call on the Porte to appoint commissioners for the same purpose. This declaration of R\issia puts an end to the dispute which appeared on the point of breaking "out. For some time past a report has been current that a congress was to meet for the purpose of settling the aflaiio of Italy, and the rumour ap[A'Jrs to be on tho eve of being realised. At the urgent request of France, Austria has consented to submit the numerous questions to which the present situation of Italy gives rise to a congress of the groat European powers, at which the principal States of Italy will be invited to be present." The Monileur contains the following, under date Moscow, July 19 : —Tho oiliouil programme of ibe fetes which are to take place at ;Moscow during- tho coronation of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, is not yet drawn iip. * The day for the solemn entranc?, however, is finally settled for the 22nd, :>nd that of the- coronation itself for the Slab August. In the interval between these two dates his Majesty will repair to the monastery of Treitsa, 00 versts from the city, whore ho will live retired for several days/ His Majroiy will be received there by tho Arch bishop' of Moscow. It is in this monastery that the bones of St. Sergins are enshrined ; )!,• is accordingly hold in great veneration by the Russians," who make pilgrimages to it from great dL>{.ar.t.vs. On the day of th«%-okuiui entrant 80,000 troops will be ranged, en hi tie along (lie emperor's passage frc.m the casUo of IVlrovski, situate outside of Moscow, and from which tho imperial procosnioa will ccmmii'iuw to the Kremlin, which rises in tho middle of the vity, and contains tho palace of the Czars. The evening will be distinguished by liroworks and illuminations, fho preparations 'for which cover already th« innumerable steeples of the Kremlin, its .structures and walla.

Afier tlic coronation, grand wolf-hunts, military evolutions, performances by the companies of the St. Petersburg1 theatres, will serve to amuse the court and its illustrious quests. The question lias been asked, will the representative of the Holy Sec at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander assist at a religious ceremony conducted after the Greek (.schismatieal) rites ? According to a letter in the JJnivers, this difficulty will be got over. The mission of the Cardinal will be limited to offering the congratulations of the holy father to the Czar, and lie will arrange matters so as to arrive at Moscow after the coronation. Among the public rejoicings that are to take place, I may instance, even now, a monster banquet to be given by the Emperor to the people of Moscow on the plain of Petrovski, at which more than live-and-twenty thousand guests will assemble. Twenty and odd thousand chickens, several hundred sheep and oxen, Sec, will compose the edibles at this gigantic feast, the commencement of which will be ushered in by the presence of the Emperor and all the Imperial Family, provided the additional usage of previous reigns be observed. Formerly the sovereign appeared on a raised platform, with all his family and court, when, after contemplating the people for a few minutes, he cried out to them, pointing to the viands his munificence had prepared for them, "Fall to, my children; all that is for you." At these word's, the people rushed pell-mell to the tables, capsizing everything in their way, and in the twinkling of an eve all was carried off, notwithstanding the precaution taken of nailing the largest joints to the board. The general rumour says that his Majesty will leave Moscow on the 10th of September, and repair to St. Petersburg, for the purpose of celebrating the festival of St. Alexander, thereby observing the visage that obtained before the accession of the Emperor Nicholas, but nothing is settled as yet on this head. It appears more probable that the Emperor will spend at Moscow a part of September, and then proceed to the southern provinces of his empire, where he will make a fresh inspection. The ' Daily ISTews' Correspondent, writing from Rome on the IGth, says that his Holiness's minister of finance has issued notice that certain denominations of French money hearing the effigy of liberty, will no longer be received as legal tender in government offices. Such is the inconoclastic rage of absolutists against the mere emblem of freedom.