English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 450, 25 February 1857, Page 6

English and Foreign.

, LATER ENGLISH NEWS. The Dart brings us on from Wellington •New South Wales papers to February 4th. ■ Intelligence had been brought to Melbourne by -the Istamboul and Joseph Tarratt, three days later from England than that previously re- " ceived per Simla: In the Australian papers we find the following summary of news : — The ' Morning Post/ which is supposed to enjoy the confidence and occasionally to express ,the sentiments of Lord Palmerston, speaks very emphatically in regard to the solidity of the •Alliance between France and England, the unanimity of feeling and opinion which actuates • the rulers of both countries, and their deter-

mination to insist upon the fulfilment of the treaty which terminated a. war involving ' such sacrifices upon' the' part of the belligerent The ' Times' hints that the Emperor of the French has resolved to discard the counsel if not to dispense with the services of- Count Walewski, and other pixf-Russian advisers. The dismissal of the Neapolitan envoys in London and in Paris is authentically reported; and the Pope is said to have volunteered his offices as a mediator between the mischievous idiot who rules the two Sicilies aiid the West-

em Powers. _' . ' '."'., •...'■ "'.'. ,:■■•.., The Belgian legislative session was opened on the 11th November. The principal feature in the speech1 from the throne was a recommendation to the Chamber ,to. persevere in its revision of the tariff; this recommendation is understood to be preliminary to the introduction of a measure of Customs reform of a free trade character. : . f Something like a panic lias occurred in the French rauway: share market, and ;it is said that, talcing advantage of'that circumstance, the Government (which lias been "bearing" the market) intends to step'in and take all the railways into its own hands;" the shares to he paid for at market price.' ' • The Emperor is true to the English 'Alliance; he will join England, if necessary, in imposing the treaty of Paris, although his Majesty has perhaps more confidence in Russia's good faith than is felt by the Government and people of England.. On this, as on all occasions, the Emperoi1 is found loyal and wise.

All fears of a rupture of. the alliance with England are at an end, M. de : Persigny, ; the French ambassador, having succeeded in placing matters on. their former ; footing. Not much is said just now",about a modification in the ministry, but in well informed quarters it is still considered' not'at all likely that.M. de Y^alewski, the Foreign Minister, may resign. It may perhaps: be worth mentioning, that this personage, though, in the' opinion of all who know him, of very small ability indeed, has: the very highest confidence in his own talent; he, in fact, thinks himself the greatest: diplomatist of the day., He is greatly ridiculed in political circles, even in those of the government, andis but slightly esteemed even by the officials of his own department. 'He bears the nickname of "the important man." There are contradictory rumours with'regard to the anticipated mover merits of the Emperor. Some state that he will positively go to Fontairibleau this month ; others, that public'; affairs * will prevent his Majesty. At the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday, at St. Cloud, some important; explanations took place,: which may effect the modification of the ministry, at least to a certain extent. .Several arrests had been made in Paris. It is announced that the commissioners of the five great Powers-are to settle at Constantinople the.. question of the Principalities and the Black Sea,-Bolgrad, and the Isle of Serpents. It is stated that the Council of Stale have recently come to a resolution that in iuture no railway company shall -be allowed to issue new obligations unless it is able to show that it has never hitherto made use of the money raised by obligations in'order to increase dividends. As very few companies -would-be in a condition to prove that they have been immaculate in this respect, the news has struck terror wherever it is known and believed, and there is little doubt that it has been the immediate cause of the panic which prevailed in the railway market last week, and has assumed yet larger proportions. An opinion is evident in some financial circles that the Government is not hkely to avail itself of the further depression which railway shares are expected to smter, to carry into execution the scheme— winch, notwithstanding its rashness, has many ardent partisans—of taking all the railway's into the hands of the State. In this case the ny; would be mkle at market puce of the day of the transaction, and the s a eholders would be paid in rentes also at the "urent quotations. Letters from St. Petersburg confirm the fact Sou ff mS- large bodies of tro°Ps to the bouthern provinces of the: empire; They'are wSJ 'I f \^^-demonstration to the I>ie?ence of Austria in the Principalities:■. " ."" IW accredited io , 3 the Gourt^f 1 mPei' ov of Russia' was presenhe 12a mpei'°r Qf on November

There is news from Circassia to the 23rd of October. Sefer Pacha was encamped at Sasdjok with 25,000 men. The forts and fortalices are still in the hands of the mountaineers. In England, the policy of non-intervention was supplying popular orators with a theme to enlarge upon. At a meeting of the electors of Sheffield, Mr. Hadfield, one of the representatives, was loudly cheered, when he strongly and unreservedly pronounced against the paltry and pettifogging interference of this country with the affairs of other European powers. Mr. Roebuck had also addressad the elector's of Sheffield on the same subject; but while recommending non-intervention on the part of England— not wishing to see his country an eternal meddler in all the quarrels of Europe—he qualified his , opinions on this head s° &*•' as to admit that, " declaring that we would not interfere with the internal regulations of a^y kingdom, we were bound to see that nob°dy else interfered either." Mr. Roebuck left nothing to conjecture on this point; he expressed his belief that, for the good of mankind good men ought to unite when bad men combine ;—that England had a destiny to fulfil as the head of the great liberal party of the world ; and that it was her duty as well as her destiny, not to permit _ the despots of the world to oppress humanity. •, ; .. ■ . . Telegraph between Ireland and America.—On the morning of November 14, Mr. Court announced, in ■' the underwriters' rooms, oh authority, that the British Government guaranteed 4 per cent, upon the outlay for.the Transatlantic Telegraph upon the completion of the work. ' JtripiCAL and Legal Changes.—At length the vacant Chief Justiceship of Common Pleas is filled up by the appointment of the AttorneyGeneral, Sir A. Cockburn; to that office, and the only consequences, political or official, which .will follow the .promotion are limited to the advancement of Sir R. Bethell to the AttorneyGeneralship, and the resulting vacancies in the representation of Southampton and Aylesbury. The ' Morning Chronicle' says •—"There are reasons to belief that our gracious sovereign is in a condition to render the direct succession to the throne, a matter of even greater certainty than it is at present; and that in the month of March next it is most probable that another prince or princess will be presented to the nation. Burglaries and personal assaults are getting so rife, especially in the suburbs of London, that is becoming unsafe to walk our streets: at night. The unwise leniency extended a few years ago, on certain conditions to our criminals, has proved not only a failure, but a curse; for social order, property, and even life itself are being sacrificed by a band of ruffians let loose upon society under the ticket-of-leave system. Matters have come to such a pass'that prompt and energetic legislative interference is imperative. , . '.; '■' ' ; ■ "In anticipation of a: speedy dissolution of parliament an active'canvassing is going on in various parts of England and Scotland. Finsbury is represented by two liberals-—Mr. Duncombe : and "Mr. Alderman Challis : but the "electors are taking steps to oust one. of those gentlemen^-it is very plain which—on the score of his liberalism not being of the advanced school. .■ ;; ' ' ■.•;■■■■ '[''Ije 'NorcL uriblushingly informs its readers that with but one exception; every English journal condemns Lord Palmerston for the bellicose tendency of his Manchester addresses. -■■ The James Baines had not arrived. Mr. Spiirgeon was to preach again at the _ Surrey Gardens on the 23rd of November; - Beitish Blockade of New Geanada.--The British consul at Bogota has hauled down ( his flag, "and." all "the ports of New Granada are i to be blockaded by the British fleet. On the ' 25th of October, the Governor of the Province : of Carthagena issued a j>roclamation; in which : it; is said.:-—" By 'the; last courier from the capital, we have i received disagreeable intelligence affecting our relations with the Government of her Britannic Majesty. The Government of News Granada, not being able to compty with the requirements of the British ministry, the latter-has resolved to have recourse to the material forces of its nation, and it has been notified in its name, that within a few days all ,'the.pprts of .this republic will be blockaded." The Governor goes on to say that,.no resistance tp this measure is cpntempia'tedibeyond the opposition of. good reasons, which, are, in the

eyes of the civilized world, more potent than the greatest fleets and armies. The remainder of the proclamation is an appeal to the .patience of thf} : citizens, and a promise that all which concerns the elucidation of the position of affairs snall.be made -public .—Daily News By the 20th article of the Treaty of Paris, m exchange for certain places, and « in ordermorefully to secure the freedom of the navigation of the Danube," the Emperor of Russia consented to a rectification of his frontier m Bessarabia. The article could intend nothing else than.to deprive Russia of any port or fort° ress within the mouth of the Danube. When then, in the next clause, the new frontier is described as passing to the south of BoWad that name must indicate. some place not immediately on the waters of the Danube , Now the old Bolgrad, the Bolgrad of our popular maps, or Bolgrad Tabac, as it is also called is some miles up the River Yalpuck, where it intersects the Val de Trajan, and otherwise agrees with the conditions- laid down 'in the 20th article/There is also a new Bolgrad, at a point where the river falls into the lake, several miles from the val de Trajan, and so much of a port that a frontier line passing to the south of it vvould actually include some of the waters of the Danube, of which the Lake, of the Yalpuck must be considered a mere inlet.! If; then, the 20th article is to be made sense of at all, it must refer to the old town on the river, and' not to thejiew port On the lake. That is the question in dispute ; and unless the contracting powers are prepared to avow, one and all/ that they have put their hands to utter nonsense and folly, they must understand, not Bolgrad the Danubian port, but Bolgrad the old Bessarabian town. This intersection is the very site of the Bolgrad understood by the; Plenipotentiaries of the other Powers. Accordingly, when they immediately- afterwards,. agreed , that the new frontier should include Bolgrad on its Bessarabian side, they could ••only mean the Bol°rad already denoted by ißaran Brunow himself. The present claim, then, itself'boasts a deception of the "thimble rig" species practised on;the Congress by the substitution of one Bolgrad for another.— Times. : ■ '