The Express. — London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

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Some of the consignments to Australia may threaten loss, but this is quite an exception to the general ch►racter of our foreign and colonial trade, which, though of very large amount, appears to becon ducted upon prudent principles. In no branch of home industry is there any perilous speculation. Our manufacturing power is actively and remu neratively engaged. The consumption of foreign and colonial produce is large, but not larger than the means or the nation justify. The state of the money market holds out every en couragement to legitimate enterprise. Nothing is lacking but political tranquillity—a resemable degree of assurance that transactions entered into upon legitimate commercial grounds shall not be sud denly deranged. An impression is being slowly and cautiously adopted that political disquietude will gradually subside, and that the era of irritation is passing away. At a time, how ever, when the affairs of Italy—the great bone of contention of the present year—are still in a very disjointed state, and when the diplomatic dodoes are upon the very eve of meeting in consultation upon the interesting patient, there is no disposition on the part of commercial people to rush forward too fast. The consciousness of how much hinges upon an indivi dual will—upon an individual caprice—is astrong in cept ire to caution. The fate of Europe does not exactly he in one man', hand, but its tranquillity does. The vitiation is no longer that of former times, when the foreign policy of France—now regarded as Lite ag gressive power of Europe, rice Russia, superseded— was to a certain extent moulded by popular opinion, expressed, though imperfectly, by some semblance of a legislative body. Tris time ten years ago we were watching the debates in the French National Assembly; and what was that body, &spite the miaow, sameiatioas eonnee•ed with the name, de bating ' Firstly, the propriety of reducing the standing army of Femme. Secondly, the propriety of censuring the PRINCE PIISIDINT'S continued armed occupation. of Hoene. Even in those troubled day. we could at least see each cloud alias; and if, from being so bigger than a man's hand, it grew until it menacingly overspread the entire horism, the freedom with which its beanegs were Twatilated in the French press sad Tribune, as well as in those of England, contribstad vastly to passel, the commercia' community. Nt► use was liable to be taken compietely misname, sus• less be were blind and deaf to the signs of the dams. • Latterly, all this has been altered. Our mum essts have ems their fairest calculations overthrows, sag have been rendered doublyeiaspicious. That Frames ' miler. more than we from this state of uncertainty and doubt is unquestionable; and, whilst sincerely Mgretting that she is not making more rapid programa in material prosperity, it is impossible foe us to avoid recognising a certain retributive jostle:* is the fact. She cannot keep neighbouring Datiolle is a stare of constant anxiety and burdensome watehfu nem, and be prosperous herself. The retails jolt issued by the Bank of France indi cates no revival of trade; sad the reports from the various seats of industry still consist principally of complaints. A large amount of business is, of course, always going toward, but confidence is waniing and enterprise repressed. Trade is slower in its motions than the Boone, which has already responded buoy antly to the numerous measuring signals given "by a u thority" during the last few weeks. Within s month, the French funds have risen no less than 2 per cent., and all the principal railway shares 11. to 2/. each. The Tillie of the national investments, in the aggregate, ranks many millions higher. 'I no, though only a beginning, conveys a miler instructive lemon, because it proclaims Wise the journalist and the so-called represented', of the people dare not proclaim—" The sole imps dints nt to the commerce and prosperity of France is the irritating foreign policy of the Government." The reports recrietd from our manufacturing dis tricts during the last fortnight continue to be of the eimerfal character noticed fur some time past. There is little speculation, slid no feverish demand for THE ExritEss, MONDAY EVENINO,. DECEMBER 12, 1859. goods for consignment abroad, but a good steely business in mast quarters, with, generally Speak ing, small stocks of goods in the wetalannon and a full measure of employment Ake th e manufacturing population. At Mnaeatesin Ab e transactions have not exoeeded moderate limits, owing to the general scarcity of goods. It is re marked that a number of the manufacturers who lave long been engaged i . d supplying the Indian demand are now turning their attention to fabric required by ocher markets. Many foreign cus tomer% kept waiting • long time, whilst India was being served, are now becoming impatient, and bedding higher. The extent to which the con trasts entered 'into are in execution of "positive " orders ;" thti heavy engagements of manufacture's, KIM of whom are unable to promise the delivery of serials articles until February ; and the activity of the " home trade," form extremely satisfactory features. From Huddersfield we hear that " employment " cantinas, good, and the year promises a prosperous " close." At Leeds trade is described se " exceed " ingly firm and good;" and though the tranmetions ate sot large, the bulk of the business is dope by direct deliveries at the merchants' warehouses—" a " sum aign of • sound and healthy trade." At Bradford, the manufacturers of pima geode are only partially engaged, but the demand for yarns, both I far export and the home trade, keeps spinner, fully employed- At Rochdale, moat of the flannel mans- • fasts:ors are still busy upon order., instead of work. Mig " into stock." Ihe Nottingham lace manatee tam hems an exception to the generally contented simaractor of the reports; dulness prevails; foreign odors ate limited; and the hands are only partially employed. lo the hosiery branch, however, there is • still an excellent business goiug forward for ship ment ; stocks are small, and trade in the coquetry districts is " good." At Leicester the hosiery trade is in " • very healthy and satiafastory condition, and the season has been, upon the whole, a very pros " prom coo." At Belfast a good business is going forward, at very firm prices, both for linen goods and yarns. At Dundee, trade is described as " moan " what buoyant" On the 7th of November we drew attention to the speculative inflation in the tallow market. The stock of "Y. C." tallow—the article to which the gambling is confined—consisted then of 46,206 casks; it is now about 60,000 casks. At the corresponding period of last year it was 33,000 casks; in 1867, 35,000; and in 1866, 18,000. On the 7th of last month the prim was 695. on the spot, and 68s. 6d. for delivery in " January "to March." The present quotations are respec tively 651. 6d. and 545. 9d. to 651. There has been, therefore, a fall of as. 6d. per cwt., or U. 10a. per too, attributable mainly to the general seam of the critical and artificial state of the market, to the aceumulation of the stock, and to the continued superseding of St. Petersburg tallow by Odessa and other descriptions, and by fatty articles generally. In estimating the supply of tallow we must not leave out of account the ►arge quantity which, in stead of being shipped in the usual course to this country, has been kept back and warehoused in Russia. As the bulk of it must eventually come hither, it may be counted upon with almost as much certainty as if it bad already been added to our stock. In addition to the combination formed by the Rus sians, there were various individual speculators who followed their movements,likewiee buying up tallow. , The latter have shown anxiety to realise before the bubble bursts—as beret it eventually most ; and the supply of " paper-tallow " thrown upon the market from this source has contributed to the collapse. The smaller speculators, in fact, are getting out upon the backs of the larger. The members of the Russian association, on the other hand, have been occupied with devices for maintaining their position as with holder, of tallow from consumption, and have sue- seeded in obtaining pecuniary advances upon their stoek from various sources. It is not quite im possible that they may even yet bring • re newed force to bear upon the market, and tempora rily drive the price op agaiu. Could they meet with operators bold enough to sell on spoculetion, their object would be greatly facilitated. Of this, how ever, there appears to be little prospect, every dealer haring become very wary. As soon as the shifts of opposing speculators are exhausted, the trade in tal low, like the trade in other commodities, will re. soma its natural course. Meanwhile, the public watch with a good deal of interest this attempt to " forestall," upon a gigantic scale, an article of every day consumption. Were the operations of the tallow-holders based upon legitimate commercial calculations, referring to an existing scanty supply, a probable fats» falling off in the supply, or • pro bable increase in the consumption, noon' would have a word to say against them. Oa the cootrary, all would be ready to recognise their sagacity. Span lotion has its res. But all the statistics of the trade point in an opposite direction. The stock in hand is unprecedentedly large, and the consumption far below ' • the average, and yet the price is extraordinarily high. The existing speculation, therefore, cannot be ranked in the legitimate class. It is the work of the jobber and gambler, not of the merchant. Upon these grounds, though we are well aware that the price is not to be " written down," we ans warranted in keeping the exceptional position of this market before the public eye. TI! DELIOIOES DISSENSIONS IN ST. DILOIGE'S UPTNI- Etta —Teenelay there were kw minor w IA the pariah church el Bt. Chorpie.in•the-Ifeat, at or Pi teYeh the IG.. boy.. Kisit W. router, °Headed. That wedneted by Mr. Hugh Altai pawed of quietly, bat the ether the. to eideb the regular parochial clergy were ea pied, were interrupted by buried and opusbiag, the inter nwelow proceedise entirely from boy. sad gels. Boom Mw up persons made a gourd at "Paying" the terpoottee C U M - tt bum to ceder to destroy the elect of the cboitetra enlisting, but their effocar were troth, and by no =Mod .111C aortal. The ecootiag service wee perfume* by the 1t.,. C. F. Lowder, who slat presehod, the Rev. &pea King *Wag the lemma. The rococo aftereuve service we la tweeted to the weal myle, but the puttee gave scone gentle Mats to the principal tandem wince tended ee erehrete I their hostility. At Wilmot At o'clock the Men were Wows owe Mir the evening woke, *dins few wigwam the Maki log wee Wed, alowtent be of the coneve heists cum ; peed of bew thal gfrio. The Him A. H. Y win the elfk tete* ntaleter, tad ha err pormitted le go an with the aerate 11111110 Si lanoline*" mato the dew td the woad collect, when on OW( ant the kyw he woe not with • ram* It of coething. He prowled swe Marreerlea review kw the glob ategeor d 11$1 wee, 'Treat ye in the lard Fr .we, foe in the Lwd Jshnek I. 'veriest rg steellth." At she Wee of the Gomm the rev. pet* we did set awn kb few to the she., s yereeedieg which hes always hitherto oceeioned se outbreak el fella( on the pert rd W people. Mr. klachonochie he, width the het linr deve *hued the vicarage of St, Waverer's. Lea" which wee °Wed to bite, rattier than d...rt the rotor la the pre seat wiled mete of hie ;web. At the aims of the enedeg melee a large holy of people followed the afterlowe throng►b W with to the Morena- hew* to Weticlow.www, loth buy .1 bieWg sad burin., they wen guilty of no visiesce. _ ROMAN CATHOLIC LAT 6 P1,1107e.-113.e example oat ismer armilsiosime by Mr. Michael, Joseph Barry, Lord Camiliroessi slid Mr. Cortmilia, Q.C., is hestatitiag to bear fruit. Martin Mope Lawlor, • Houma catholic Kentl mom, in rsfuelag to gigs the requt.ittin for the 9) tup•thy tortiting In K-sty, wrote se foam. to the ossuary Asylum, D-r.ll, 1859. Deer sir,—ls rroly to your cir cular requessing ley stseadeac. at tee gvarrel meeting ot tM embolic. of KUM:airy sad its mciaity, tor Mode... Say err, l kg to scats, loth grrat respect tor the requisitionist., that I most &one to attend. A. a liberal la politics, I race • proitontl c arietica of the right of every .sties le regulate no own desire, es between tb• peommad gad the govonots. that I mesa hod the aid of my liambes tabs to s movimmist which mast re/templets latirrferrani with the political rights of • forsign people.—l remain, my dear sir, loon,—Kearizt emir: Leinoa." SW Court. 00113ORNg, Dna. 10. The Queen walked eat yesterday in the grounds. . . Admiral W. Bowing, Cowmen daein:Chiet at gebmiouth, and Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Scarlet, command* the South West District, seised cm a visit and bed the honour of dining with her lilaisety. The anew party also included the Ninon @ Alice, Prince and Princess Leiningem and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Welting. Dice. 11. _ _ The Prince Consort, attended ►y Captain Da Plat, em barked is the Fairy yesterday morning, and visited the Royal Military Hospital at Raley. Prises aid Prises= Leiningen have leR Osborne. See Illniesty. the Princess Albs, Primus Helena, and /theses Ismdas attended divine saran at Whippleghem Chime Ms morning, where the Rev. G. Prothero officiated. The Loam and Gentlemen in Whiting were also present. %%mount Palmerston loft Loudon on Saturday for Brighlon. Despatchse were seat on Saturday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Liman, Hoag Kong, and the Anatrahan cabals'. The Queen bee granted a pension of 1601. a year oat of the Civil List pensions to the daughters of Frederic* Com, whose inventions in the manufacture of iron ham con tributed so much to the prosperity of the trade, whilst his family have been left in deep distress. The Qum has also been pleased to grant a pension on the Civil List of 1251. a year to the sisters of Um late Doctor Dionysius Lardner, whose contributions to science ere so well known.—Observer. The death of Earl de Grey would under ordinary circumstances (say. the Oisnwe►) have placed a Blue Rfbasa at the diaposal of her Majesty ; but, la oonsequeace of the gracious gift of an extra Garter by the Garen to Lord Darby, be will now campy the vacant stall in fit. Georges Chapel et Windsor, and the ordinary kulghts—eubjects of the mown —will shod at the usual number, end the present vacancy will not be filled up. His Royal Highness the Dale of Cambridge has saturant w St. Jassee's Pasco from visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, Lamaist. The Princess Gagarina hi. taken her depsztare from the Brunswick, Jannywatrew, for Paris. His Excellency the Count Lawradio has left the Fermium Legation for Trentham, on a visit to the Dabs sad Daises al Satlmelaad. The Duke and Doeheos of Argyll have left Cempies-hlll to join the circle vielting the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland et Trentham, Stitntdahiret _ _ The Doke and 1) aches's of Manchester passed through town on Saturday from ',fatting the Marquis and Marchieneae of Aileebory. at Tottenham Park, on their return to Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor left the Rarl end Coaster of Derby's seat in Lancashire on Friday. to visit the Doke sad Decheee 411 flatherlawl, at Trentham. Sir Robert Peal, Bart., arrived in Whitehall prams on Saturday, from Drayton Manor, Staffmdshire. Sir Robert leaved early in the week for the Conthmat. Mr. Otwsy, the British envoy to Mexico, has ar rived in Paris. Mr, Cobden's health is improving, and he has been advised by his physician to spend a short time at Cannes. It seem doubtful, however, whether the hoe. gentleman will be able to do so. The dinner to his Exoellent7 Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, rill be given et the London Tavern, on Wednesday, the Mt inst. . . . . . A subscription has lately been raised by Old Ragbeisne for the purpose of erecting a window of stained glass in the echo)! chapel to the memory of these school- fellows who have perished in the late Bengal mutiny. The execution of the window has been entrusted to Messrs. Hardman, Crest Charles-street, Birmingham, and it will be inserted in the omega of the neat year. A new oratorio entitled Abraham, by Herr He lium, and • new °sedate entitled L'rodine, by Mr. Benedict (wbo will ad OA conductor), are to be brought out et the Norwich Festival next autumn. Mediate Otto Ooldacbmidt has declined to appear at the festival, although she was urgently solicited to come down. Two of Mr. lie Quidcey's daughters, his youngest I and eldest, were with him at the time of his death. The second, the wife of Colonel Baird Smith, is in India with her husband; one of his sots is also la Ind* • captain in the army ; the other, a physician, I. In Brazil. The eldest daughter is the wife of Mr. Robert Craig, formerly of Edinburgh, now • farmer In Imbed, whence abs was called to her father'. death-bed; the youngest Is unmarried. With reference to the duration of Cardinal Wise easa's sokarn in Rome, it is stated In the Preeman's Journal that a general impreasion prevails that his eminence is not likely to return to England as • permanent placed residence. The state of the Cardinal's health (making a sojourn In a mild climate absolutely necessary) and other circumstances will, in all probability, induce his emit:tants to select Rome se the scene of his future labours. The Cardinal ha. dele gated all his powers to the Very Rev. Dr. Hearn, of the Cturrets of the Assumptioa, Warwick-street, who is Vicar- Omen! of the diocese. Mr. Sleigh, who acted u counsel for poor Sarah Dyer it this Middlesex mansions onlneaday, states that, with twee her &Myna have paid her the sums so long werdas, sal wash' to mate her some roc-impel:we for their "Sregetfaisass" by riving her additional employment. The poor meatier. is ooafised to her bed in a state of narrow favor, and is ender oonetent medical treatment. The Queen of Denmark, travelling under the name of the Ossietees of Oldemburg, ha* arrived at NW, scene pesisd by • IMF of hmour, a physician, and the Omen de Tramp, bee chamberlain. The evening after her ervivel, there was a soirts at the residence of the Greed Duchess llerie of Russia, and a French comedy wee performed. The new Frdered law against enlistments tar Melva service hes jest been applied for the Bret time in the Cordon of Berea The trauma! of the dletrict hae con demned a man named Bichsel, formerly a sergeant in the Neapolitan service, to one month's imprisonment, 100 fr. lee, and privation of civic rights during a period of see year, for having recruited men for Naples and Holland. • use named How has also been arrested in the distrkt of Naedon, ea a charge of recruiting for the Neapolitee sn ake. There were found oe biro 900 fr. In gold, and several Islam* eamproesiaing allows in the Neapolitan army. Ono of Queen Christina's sons has just satorad the Military Colin* of St. Cyr. Four young Torts, seat tram Conetentinople by the Boltan, ars also among the Wirt enrolments. It must be supposed that the Romans are getting lukewarm sad iadiffaust in religious matters, u the Cardinal-Vicar has considered it necessary to publish an edict against lazily of faith and desecration of the house 64 Oud. The inhabitant. of the Eternal City ars sedated not to make the churches piece. of rendezvous, and warned ariinw profaulog them either by word or deed. The ladies are told not to appear at church with uncovered howls and evening therm. Hie Eminence i. so 'bodied at the un becoming toilet of the Rosen Lichee, that he directs their eanfessore not to give them abeolution if they persist in ap pearing in the house of prayer with uncovered necks and shoulders. The edict la to be reed from the pulpit in all the Roman churches on than different NM-days. TUE INCREASE OE teattenox.—At tie meeting of the Mar)kbone reprea oiative coastal on Saturday a dia. curbs look ;due upon the public health, during which Mr. Films remarked, in reference to the evident increase of small. poi and scarlatins, that he believed one of the primary causes woe die abominable practice of convey'sg mull-px patients! to the butetals in emu cabs, in the sale of clothes of patieota, and alai in conveyance of the dead to the cute tents to public vehicles when death h.d resulted from small pot sod other contagious cloreagee. It was hie opinion that by thou mean. Pllltai•pla was diassithinissed throughout the Ifolimpolio. Some step*, he thought, should be takers to pat ea esti to the practice. Mr. TaTrruer cold, so for .. the paupers wore ounorrned, the guardisas had vehicle, for the pique. of °Dealing fever and small -pots wrests ti the hoopitals. Dr. Butilioffoer thought thie state ment of hie friend Mr. Taverner was hardly the fact, for unfortunately they contracted for the vehicles toed for these purpose', and they were coorqueutly sot sure that they hail the entire nee of them, or that they wen ezclu.ively outfitted to the purpose mentioned. After moue hither discussion Mr. Filmer gave notice of motion cribs, ape the niedicelifEcar of health to communicate with the General Beard of Health or the prernment spun W eanisce of the nee of publ c vrincies for °serapes corpses or pens.cs 'erected w th t t the hospitals, with a view to the stolitius of the prect'os. CRYSTAL PALACT. HALF-A-CROWN DAT. &Trio* T, Dec. 10.—Alsissions pavoaest, 449; ow by sum this% 1,849; Mal visitors, 1,698. sAriaT INTELLIGENUE. • THE CONGRESS. The pinione of Turin announces that the govern ment of King Victor Emmannel has been invited to send a representative to the Congress, upon the same conaitions, and with the same powers u the other cabinets. The same journal states that the provi sionalgovernmentsofCentralltaly willsend delegates to Paris to expound their interests, which, moreover, will fiod aA active defender in the Sardinian pleni potentiary. Ws find in a new journal of Milan, the Pe►sere rana, a memorial addressed to the European Con gress of 1860 by the Neapolitan exiles. THE REGENCY OF CENTRAL ITALY. The Tuscan Monitsur publishes the conditions of the arrangement conoluded at Turin be tween the representatives of Sardinia and Central Italy on the subject of tke regency of M. Suoncompagni. The latter receives the title of " Governor-Oeneral of the Leag u e of the provinces of Central Italy," but his office is reduced to " maintaining good relations between the said pro wl:tom and between them and the government of Victor Emmanuel." Re will "transmit to the com mander-general of the forces of the League the orders concerning all the military arrangements of the united provinces, and he will have the direction of the collective diplomatic negotiations whenever this is consented to by the particular governments, who will still maintain their relations with foreign governments by means of direct agents, in order to realise the object of union with the constitutional kingdom of King Victor Emmanuel." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. MOM Ora OWI 00X/IMPONDINTA PARIS, 817NDAT Rvisiso. Aleut all the evening papers state in their lead ing col aum that there is "no political news" to-day. I have no atater:als for contradicting them. Unim portant conjectures, or scraps of intelligence from England and Germany touching the congress and its probable composition, are the only food of the French papers for the moment, so far u European affairs are concerned. SATUADAT EVININO. The Boone, after opening somewhat heavily, became very animated in the afternoon. The Rents, which at one time fell to 70.13 and 70.26, closed at 70.20 and 70.60, with a tall of 10c. for cash, and a rise of 6c. for account. Mobilier rose 10f. ; Spanish Mobilier, 2.60. The Lyons, Orleans, and Western Railways rose sf. each; Northern was withonh change; Eastern fell 5f., and Southern If. 260. There is a report that on New Year's-day the Prefect of the Seine will change his title, and will be called Minister of State for Paris. In consequenoe of the success of a French review got up by refugees in London, the government thinks of starting an organ of Napoleonist ideas in that capital; a daily newspaper in the French lan guage is spoken of. THE TRIAL OF MADAME LEMOINE AND •awr.l DAUGHTER. MOW OUR OWN COl PARIS, ad.TVADAT EVININO. The trial of Madame and Mdlle. Lemoine will probably not be concluded till Monday evening. A telegram from Tours, dated this afternoon, reports a piece of evidence favourable to the prisoners. A Doctor Danyan has given his opinion that a frag ment of the skull found among the ashes belonged to ' a !cans of less than seven months. Hence M. Lachaud will draw the inference that the mother's story of the infant having been still-born is Erne. This is, however, contrary to the confessions of Angelina to the Judge of Instruction, and to a con siderable weight of testimony tending to show that the infant was born alive and at the full period. The witness who attempted to shoot himself with a pistol is not much hurt, and gave evidence to-day. SUNDA! EVINTNO. The trial of Mdme. and '.Mlle. Lemoine is going on this day (Sunday). We learn by telegraph that the public prosecutor and M. Lachaud have finished their speeches, and that the verdict will probably be given at a very late hour this evening. The tele gram which I noticed yesterday, stating that Dr. Duque had given his opinion that the piece of skull bend in the ashes belonged to a fmtus of lams than seven months, is not borne out by the more detailed reports of the evidence. According to the legal journal, the Gazette des Traumas, Dr. Danyau, who is the principal surgeon of the Hospice de la Maternite in Paris, said that it was very difficult to say what the age of the foetus might be ; that he had compared the bone with a collection of fretus' heads kept at the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes, and had arrived at the conclusion that it "might" belong to a foetus of " from seven to eight" months, " but that it might also be part of the head of a child born at the full term." The Pr ease gives an extract from a written report of the doctor, in which he said that " the comparison of the deci metres of the surface of the curve with those of bones of &corresponding character in foetus of different ages had led him to think that if the fragment sub mitted tohim was the osfrontisof a human (Cetus, that foetus had not reached the full terns of nine months. But this opinion, which I express with all the reserve due to the serious nature of the mission confided to me, and the difficulty of the in vestigation, must be considered as expressing not complete certainty, but only a great probability." It therefore appears that Dr. Danyaa is not even cer tain that the morsel of bone examined was that of • human subject at all (it was found in the ashes among several bones of poultry), and further, that assuming it to be one, hie opinion as to the age of the fcetus of which it was a vestige is very hesi tating. The point is a most momentous one for the prisoners, because there is a great deal of evidence to show that Angelina was enceinte in November, and that the accouchement, which took place on July 30, was not premature. On the other hand, should the jury give the accused the benefit of the inclination of the doctor's opinion, they may believe the mother's statement that her daughter's labour pains came on quite unexpectedly, and that the child was born dead. There are very flagrant contradictions between the statements of the mother and daughter. The latter confessed it was agreed between herself and her mother to enter into as few details as possible, and that she was to say else had been violated, and that the child was born dead. Angelina admitted in court that she had not been violated, and also, though less distinctly than she had done before the Judge of Instruction, that her child moved after it was born. THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE. TOURS, SUNDAY EVINING, The trial of the Lemoines for infanticide ter minated to-day. The jury acquitted Angelina Lemon)°, but found her mother guilty, with ex tenuating circumstances. The sentence was twenty years' hard labour. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. The Madrid journals of the Gth publish the following proclamation, addressed by General O'Donnell to the Moors, from his camp at El Otero : Inh•bitants of Morocco :—ln ronetraUng into your country Inaba be neither your tyrecits nos your enemies. Your Emperor, who has refund us justice, (room us to have ro mans to arms to obtain ie he who has destroyed the friendship which Spain bag always accorded you! ra r :t tear, however, that we shall make en abusers use of our triumph or of your submiesion—Spenieh soldiers are slows seneroua In victory, and your aubmiesion will give you a clots to oar coneldelotion end friends/4. Continue with confidence your ordinary labours. I promise you the Met and protection of my soldier,. I promise that your reli gion end customs shell i respected by ill I The Spanish soldier, faithful to his Queen and hi. country, is only to be feared is the moment of combat. Lzorowo O'Doxszci., Oeoeral-ia•Chief. One of the journals treys that though se a general rule the Moors win ant elbow themselves to be taken prisoners, yet that eleven were oaptansd in the affair of the 26 h nit.; of these eleven, however, it add., that not fewer then eight killed themselves l The same journal eta•m that such is the deveratlou of the Moors, that even when lying on the ground wounded, they attempt to kill the wounded Spaniards who rosy happen to be neer them. The chaplain of the battalion of Mairid rifl-men, whose warlike exploits were referred to yeelerday, distinguished himself, it appears, in the combat of the 251 h. S-eing that emus companies of the battalion were at one moment thrown into coefueion by the lose of several of their officer., he led them up to the Moons, and with his own Mind killed one of the enemy. BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives in Friday's sitting terminated the diocuosion of the budget of ways and means. The important incident of the sitting was the declaration made by the Mini ster of Finance that he intended to present in the course of the session a bill to modify the customs tariff, carrying out to its full extent the reforms already commenced by recent laws. The Chamber appeared well satisfied with the promise held oat by the government, and several members who had given notice of their intention to speak on that chapter abstained from doing so. The budget was then adopted unanimously by 79 votes. FREE TRADE IN FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Nord states that M. Baroche has brought before the Council of State a project containinglthe revision to the most liberal extent of the principal tariffs in France. " The Emperor," adds the correspondent, "in discussing with Mr. Cobden at Compiegne the principle of free trade, took some trouble to show the celebrated economist that to bring about commercial liberty in France, energetic resistances have to be overcome, and that it is necessary to premed with caution and prudence. The mea sure which is to be submitted to the Legislative Corps will not, then, give complete extension to the principles of commercial freedom ; but it will be a material progress upon the present state of things. The resistances of which the Emperor spoke will soon be renewed, not only in the Council of State, but in the Senate, the Legislative Corps, and the industrial centres which depend so mach on protection and prohi bition." TUSCANY. FLORENCE, Dec. 18. The Provisional Government his, by allowing a discount, collected in advance the land-tax for 1860, amounting to between six and seven millions of francs. THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION. DRESDEN, SATURDAY. A telegram from Frankfort, published by the Dresden Journal, says : " In to-day'• sitting of the Federal Diet, the com mittee on the affairs of Electoral Hesse was increased by the appointment of representative. of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Baxoey." SPAIN AND MOROCCO. MADRID, Dec. 10. The following despatch his been published : CAMP, ELOTTRO, Dec. 9, Evseixo. This morning the enemy impetuously attacked our redoubts, but were energetically repulsed by the gar rison, and retired to the valley commanded by these redoubts. The enemy then came up spin, but were at tacked and repulsed by 10,000 men of the second corps, serving as our vanguard. The Moors lost 300 killed and 1,000 wounded; the approximate loss of the Spanish wu 30 officers and 280 men wounded, and 40 killed. TUSCANY. The University of Pisa wu opened on the 3rd with great solemnity. At a banquet which took place after the ceremony, and at which several Tus can ministers were present, Professor Matteucci, one of the members of the late Tuscan deputatiou to the court of France, spoke as follows in proposing the health of the Emperor Napoleon 111. : Oa no *acme aa Ocersioa, to the midst of so many cir =lnstates@ favourable to the Timone, • voice should be Tamed to proclaim the rretitede dee to Napoleon 111., sod ardent wishes for his health and prosperity. Asa rare example, tankers' the only one in history, the *overage of generous Frazee descended into Italy lea spring In oraer to deliver as, without entertaining any idea of conquest. If moons of high policy, which it would be languid delicate to explain at present, have prevented Napoleon front accom pltabing by the sword the celebrated programme of Milan, we are confident that with his predawn and pelitioal wisdom, and with the influence acquired by the areas of Franco, Napoleon, sided by the wisdom of the governments of Europe, will attain that supreme object which is sot only written in the besets of all the Italians, bat which has now become a Decenaty for the =Misname of order and peace in Europe. Long lice Napolsen 111. Both the Naziome of Florence and the Modena Gazette publish officially communicated articles, an nouncing, as has already been stated by telegraph, that in consequence of an agreement concluded be tween Chevalier Booncompagni and Baron Ricasoli, the former shall 'mums the title of Governor- General of the League of the Provinoes of Central Italy, with full authority over the forces of the League, and with the direction of all collective diplomatic negotiations when consented to by the particular governments, the object of this agreement being the union with Sardinia. The Modena Gazette styles the government of Parma, Modena, and the Romagna, " the goveinteent of the United Pro vinces on this side of the Apennines." THE PAPAL STATES. A letter from Rome says: The Abbe blicloun, the ■utbor of several pamphlets, havieg had toe unlucky idea of dedicating one eC his works to Cardinal d'Andrea, the latter has declined the honour, and addresed the following letor on the subject to the DMUS Otatolice.•—•' The Abbe btichoa having taken the liberty to dedicate to me, without any authority for so doing, ons of ha ill-advised work., la tali* p.lilifasal religinose, followed by the Papaw& d J.'reutakisk it le right the public should be Wormed that t h is (lodination wan made without ley know ledge, and that I du not &crept, but on the contrary pod tsvely rebotte it. I consequently request you to oblige me by Morning this declaratim is your earliest number.,• AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILB.-04 Saturday last the British and North Americas Royal Mail steamer Asia sailed from Liverpool for New York, with the North American and United States malls sad 60 The seat mall despatch will be by the Quebec sad Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company'. steamer Huagarian, which leaves the Money for Portland on Wednesday next with the United States and Canadhut malls. The box at the Liver rpool will be open on that day till 11.43 s.m., and r °l jaws gia QUIIIMOW6 till 9.30 p.m. Telegraphic despatches may be forwarded within a few minutes of the staanser's sailing, through the office of the New Jerk Frew, 10, Encitiangwitniet Eost i _Liveritool. FlouT BETWEEN A MAN AND A DOO.—A butcher, named Charles Van den Wittaktit, residing at Mauve, in Belgium, went three days age MBrum* la consequence of • stupid bet, to fight with a large dog in that city. Winckel had before maned in several constet• of the kind in which he had Game of the conqueror, bat it this ems • different fate awaited Ma. At the very commeneereent of the fight the dog, rendered furious by the blows It reedrect from It. ants staalet, wads • 1014, lad Wale; the um by the throat latd him deed at Its Mot. RUSSIA. The St. Pslersburg Gaulle publishes the following speech from the Emperor Alexander to the nobles Of Pskoff on the 22nd ult., on the occasion of a general presentation of the nobility : I bass long been anxious to visit you. The Mobility have sleety' promptly responded to the appeal of the Czar ' and 1 haw ever addressed them with entire confidence. It was with the same confidence that I appealed to you, gentlemen, in the question of the peasants, and I thank you for having responded with sympathy to my application. At prese nt that affair, with God's help, is drawing to a close • I hops t you will await its conclusion with the same coctliedice that I myself have shown in appeeling to you, and with the fall convietin that this affair will be terminated to the common adventure of both parties in such a manner that the interests of the nobles may be, as far as possible, guaranteed, and that the condition of the peasants at the same time will be really improved. lam convinced that you will justify my con fidence. _ _ . _ The next day, at the moment of leaving Eska; when the marshals of the nobility preeented them selves before his Majesty to thank him for baying been present at a bah given on the previous evening, the Emperor addressed them as follows : I thank you for your cordial reception, and I shall remem ber with pleasure the agreeable evening I passed with you. Remember, gentlemen, my word. of yeaterday. lam con vinced that you have confidence in me, and I have equal trust in you. Be assured that your interests are always near my heart; I hope that, by our common aorta, and by God's help, we shall attain the end desired in this matter, to the advantage of everybody. I prey you to give no credit to reports spread abroad by the evil-diapmed, bat confide in me alone and in my word. NAVAL AND MILITARY. WOOLWICH. Dan. 11. Since the adoption of Sir W. Armstrong's invention by the government numerous competitors have aniseed the field, and the War Department has sanctioned the carrying out of experiments with various specimens of loading rifled ordnanoe, which are stated to possess advantages over the Armstrong gm. On Friday last • m dd Tcon strneted cpon principles invented by the head at a en gineering firm at Lambeth , was received at the Royal Annul, _for examination by the Ordnance select committee; ands • rifled gun, invented by Mr. Jeffery, of Stepney, which was forwarded to Woolwich about three months nem, has been tested at Shoeburyness, and is said to have proved the most extraordinary weapon in point of range and efficiency yet introduced. Mr. Goalies, of Woolwich, also requests permission to Met en invention which, be states, will much enhance the efficiency of the Armstrong gun. ROYAL MILITSILY ACADEMIT.—The erection of two addi tional wings to this establishment will be commented Imme diately after the ensuing Christmas vacation. The contracts have bean taken, and the work will be carried out under the supervision of Colonel Walpole, commanding Royal Engi neer, at Woolwich. . . Tie Industry steam-veseel, Muter Commander Hes, which arrived last week from Rio Janeiro, is ordmrd to undergo repslrt, and receive a cargo of &tore, for Malta. CHATHAM, Dsc. 11. Yesterday the Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy. J. Large, Km., arrived at this dockyard on an official visit hoot the Admiralty, for the purpose of inspecting the several TOMS of war ordered by the present Board of Admiralty to be =mitered, together with those in dock undersell', the proems of being =vaned from sailing into screw isessa ships . PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 11. - --.--- The Queen, 86, screw, Captain Charles F. Hillyar, was taken oat of dock yesterday, and the Psi:tows Royal, 91, sae., taken in for repairs. The Himalaya iron 'crew steam troop-shlp, Commander J. Semombe, bent sails yesterday. The 'Urgent, iron screw steam troop-ship, got up her steam in the steam basin yesterday morning to try her new boilers. .... Admiral William Bow* C. 8., had the honour of dining with her Majesty at Osborne on Friday evening. DEVONPORT, Dec. 11. The Dee, steam store ship, Master Commander Pullen, ',rived on Friday, from Woolwich, with machinery, and proceeded to Keyhaar. The Ardent, 3, paddle, Commander Parish, is having de fects made good, sod will shortly be ready for service. The Oreyhottnd, 17, 'crew, will remove her officers sad Brow from the ConflTt shoot ihe 14th last. The Sprightly, deans tender, blaster Commander Allen, arrived on Friday from Portamonth with supernumeraries. The Conqueror, 101, 'craw, Capt. Wilcox, and Centurion, 80, *crew, Captain George E. Patsy, were paid o ff on Wed neadsy, a ndi rt-commissionid the following day by the same captaies. Most of the officers have been re-appointed. The crew of the Centurion, 80, Captain Pate?, received about 10,0001. on Wednesday, the whole of which was paid between the hours of ball-paet nine sad two, without • single mistake, • circumstance highly creditable to the paymaster and his subordinates. On the arrival of the screw steamship Nil., 90, Captidn Arthur P. R. Wilmot, at this port, her crew will be turned orx to the screw steamship ftnspareil. After repair. the Nile will be despatched to her original destination—North America and the West The Yen Antwerpen, Dutch corvette, sailed yesterday. Ships In harbour :—lruprvireatile, Royal Adelaide, Wel lington, Cambridge, Conqueror, Centurion, Conflict, Ardent, Dee, Virago, Redwing, Lart, Noutilue, Sylph, ftesbaynick In the Sound :—Edgar. ORPHAN DAUGHTERS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS pit INDIA.—The committee of the newly founded Lawrence Military Asylum at Ootacamund, on the Nerigherries, have just issued their first annual report. It contains a very earnest appeal on behalf of a vast number of girls, orphans of our military, DOW growing up amid the correptioes of a barrack life." The committee have further ascertained that there are "very large numbers of girls, children of our =Wit= without parents or European guardian, left to the care of natives, in the partheeries and bazaars of the great military stations, whose future it le frightful to contemplate." The only place of shelter that exists for them is the Female Military Orphan Asylum at Madras, but that aaylum the report states, " is full, end quite inadequate to the nectaeities of the army." The com mittee ask for funds to enable them to rescue drew, young Enalia girls from the fate that awaits them. They are ready to receive them into the female branch of their noble asylum, where a Christian education will prepare them to be virtuous and useful members of a community to which they now promise to prove a scandal and a curse. The man mander-in-chief has sanctioned the circulation of the appeal among the reciments of the army of Madras. MARRIAGE SPECULATION:is—There have been up ward. of forty martial/vs =mg the Don.cocamktionect • officers and inim of - the 78th Hiltlenders since their ar rival in Fort George. About one-ttelf of the number have contracted 'who'd the permiseion of the outernanding officer. The consequence of this is, that such women are not entitled to the privilsgm of a barrack-room, end, of oouree, can only follow the regiment at their own ex pense. and pay for lodging. The opposite is the result with those who obtain their commanding afire?. con sent. As a proof of the rage in the female mind for merrier, one was asked in a local :harlot. held for hiring, if she would engage. She answered in the affirm rive, and, after the usual questions as to ability and knowledge of the work she was about to ultimate, was asked what wage? she wanted. She asked what pigs it wee to. " Campteltown' was the answer. She then said she would squire no wages, as she was sure of goon getting a husband from among the 78th were she staying in that village. The girl wee quite serious. We have not heard how the engagement tat urinated, but the girl went to serviie in Canapkvltowe, end had only been there three days when, m she lied predicted, she was eontratted to one of the caps. Another female, a few days ago, appeared before the commanding officer et the regiment, and wanted to be directed to her husband, to whom she had been married two days previously, end who belonged to the regiment. She bad her marriage lines along with her, but thee bore a false name. A parade was formed so as to give the girl an opportunity of singling out her hus band, when, although his beard was shaved, and the bulk of hair on hie upper Hp considerably lessened, she recognised the men; but, unfortunately, he had another wife in the garrison. He hes been married to his first wife for several years. The authorities, we undentend, are investigating the eme.—.dberdent Brrtiy. THZ i'9I.I:NTEEIt.—A company of volunteers were recently prevising in Cheshire in the pre mium of a number of ladies and gentlemen, when the see. pant called oat, " eyes tight." With the exerption of No. 20, whoes eyes were Bled intently upon the pretty f3ot of a bandeau* girl. the volunteers promptly attended to the order. "Byte right," agein cried out the ewrgeant. But No. 20, still lost in ecstatic admiration of the lady'e loot, neglected the word of command. " No. 20, two gams forward," cried the sergeant. Still gaging inoottly on the foot, No. 20 advanced. " Right whorl, lett ohrel, march," cried out the et:grant, and off went the volunteers, leaving No. 20 standing alone, bat with his altentton at engrossed by the handsome foot that he wee unaware of his twisted nommen until sttrtled by the sergeant's next order, No. 21 1 , when you have done staring at that young lady—march !" Un tortusiately, No. 20, auddenly recalled to boi pellet.% end mimed, immediately lett the ground, and sent in his resig nation.—Lierrpoel Aaron. Tie M ETRopOUTAN RAILWAY.—The contracts for the works of the Matropolibm It.dlway ore accepted within the estimator of the engierer. Mr. Brotherhood, of the west of Ermland_hss the western portion, cod Mr. 3s) the empties, from Eustoo•agnitte to Victoritoatreer. The works are to be commenced coon after Chriittrues, end the first of them will be junction Hoes teem the Greet Western aid Greet Northern termini to feriliteto the removal of earth as the lies extends Itself towards the City. A eonaidersble portion '4 the land has been already secured, and the com pany will shorty coil upon the Corporation to elect their directors sad oustribare their portion of the subscribed capi tal. It le atm proposed to continue the line to the cite of the Intended meet market. Tha terms of the Cnotracte re quire the completion of the whole line within spar and nine months from the period of the order for conanenoisteat.— atp Lieu. dficat 2271, letter Mr ootirt, they rapt I Eat h BINS baViE Mr expos of Tel grant most Th Ansi Debt Wln WU , vaiw book, nix n Genii YI rove debt! MI rade lied was ton claw of 134 wko orn Lord Mr. Und ST/ Cur one fin sae 11011