The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

@mmsomma*infts Comnurciai t aie4.--43(4 tai. At twelve o'clock, in the commercial saleroom, 750 brls. Newtown Pippin Apples, and 130 barrels Baldwin Apples.—George Badenach and Son. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Exchange-street West, 120 casks Tallow. —Macgregor Laird, jun. At eleven o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple court, a quantity of Fruit, consisting of Oranges, Lemons, and Nuts.—James Adam, Son and Co. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 11 hales Surat Cotton, all faults.—Browne, Hunter and Co. Atjtwelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 4 casks and 1 case fine White, 10 casks fine Red, 14 casks Red Venetian, and 12 casks Red Oporto, Argols.—Rooke, Okell and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Colonial-build. inns, 36, Dale street, 5 tons Nitrate of Soda, 8 tons Devonshire Ore, 6 cwt Irish Moss, 1 cwt Irish Bees' Wax, and 2 casks Irish Honey.—William Rawle. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Sweeting-street, 61 bncts Bombay Saltpetre.—Arnold, Leete, Roscoe ' , and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange. luildlngs, 51 bales Bombay Madder Roots.—William Porter and Co. At twelve o'clock. 64 ;bales Madder Roots, and 730 bags Myrabolams.—Cox Brothers. AtZtwrlve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange , buildings, 200 chests Shell Lac.—H. R. Whistler and Co: : At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-place, 200 tons Campeachy Logwood.—Harpin and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 10, Cook street, About 30 tons Sapanwood.—Edward Grey and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 8 tons Sapanwood.—R. L. Clare. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 46 bags Sago Flour, all faults.—John Baron and Son. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 25 serons Alexandria White Sorts Gum.— Robert Christie, jun. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, York-buildings, Dale-street, 164 chests Borax, 5,460 bags Madras Rice, 1,197 bars Madras Rice, all faults, and 60 bags Madras Rice Sweepings.—Patticson and Clark. Comintraai Sale. THIS DAY. ,7 ntslDAv. the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the ""'",- --7 Commercial Salerovtn, 450 ti, rtis Newtown Pippin APPLES, ex Baltic; 100 Ditto Vitt° DITTO, ex Europa; 200 Ditto II tto DITTO, ex Persia; 130 Ditto Baldwin DITTO, at Canada ; PPIY to GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brolc , rs. ____ tokY the 10th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's ()Mee, Exchanze-street West, 120 Casks TALLOW, landing ex James Baines and Lightning, from Melbourne.—Apply to Messrs. H. A. and D. Sm th and Co., Merchants; or to MACGREGOR LAIRD, Jun., Broker._ THIS DAY, the 10th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 62t3 Large Boxes St. Michael's ORANGES, 43 Small Roxes Ditto DITTO, ex Isabel; JAI & Co 912 Half-chests Olhao ORANGES, ex Martha; 50 Chests Seville China Oil ANG ES, ex Lerrin ; 150 RalLchests Ditto DITTO, 161 Large Boxes St. Michael's OR ANr4ES ex dliragc ; • 11 Small Boxes Ditto DITTO, ▪ g 39 Half-chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Contra (s.s.) ; r — 50 Boxes Malaga DIT 10, ex Europa. HIP 2a Cases Mess na LF MONS, :20 Bags Naples WALNU CS,] .30 Bags Sicily DITTO, 100 Bags Messina NUTS,' Apply to JAMES ADAM, SON & CO., Brokers. On account of whom It may c ,ncern. Tnts2DaY, the 10 h Instant. at One o'clock, at the Brokera' Office, 2, Dale - street. 11 Bales S irat CO ETON. all faults, just' landed ex Chevalier, from Bombay; In Albert Dock Ware, hodse, Nos. 6 and 7.—APply ' 0 BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Coron Brokers. TO-MORROW. To-moattow, the Ilth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale.streci., 155 Cases CASSIA, 68 Bales MADDER ROOTS, )ex Glena'va, from 14 Tons Loose MYRABOLAMS. Bombay. 500 Bags RAPESEED, all fault.. Apply to BROWN r', BUNTER & CO. Brokers. NEXT WEEK OD THURSDAY, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Stoker..' Office, 2, Dale-or/let, About 9 Tons BUFFALO HORNS, bk Christopher Newton.— Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO.: Brokers. en bait. ON SAGE. Eita 25 Casts of SAPDINES, all faults. THOSIAh PARRY, Broker. Apply to T HIS DAY,I R. J. NODDER Will respectfully off,r his Selection Fof Parisian awl 'English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81 , CHURCH STREET. PXTENT ASPHAT,TE ROOFING FELT. — I - A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing, One Penny per squ ,re foot. W. W. POWELL. Office and Warehouse-8, CARLE STREET. NORTHERN TIMES PERMANENTLY ENLARGED TO DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, POSSESSING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION, ANL; 13 THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM :IN LIVERPOOL. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS SIXPENCE EACH. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Exchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. TO CORRESPONDENTS. might indeed cry onward. Railroad, roads, and bridges, were the order of the day, and uppermost in the public mind, not only at election meetings, but almost everywhere else. The construction of the great lines of railway between the capital and the gold fields, was to be prosecuted by the Government, and a Railway Board had been recently appointed, and was supposed to be busily employed in the preliminary details of vast and important under takings. Already tenders had been accepted for the construction of 3 miles 77 chains and 38 links of the line between Melbourne and Williamstown, and 2 l contractors had tendered ; Messrs Thomas Miles and Co., being accepted for 20,8201. 7s. 41. Although the winter had not yet passed over, and the pools of mud which still formed many portions of the so-called roads to the diggings had not yet been dried up, the spirit of trade, and the indomi table perseverance which characterises workers in the hive, had kept pace with the wants of the mining population, and secured, if not briskness, at least vitality to the markets. The steady and increasing supply of gold, with the almost daily discovery of new deposits of the precious metal, were in themselves sufficiently cheering elements of commercial prosperity ; but when to these were added the wide spreading labours of farmers and agriculturists—the fast changing features of the country around—the wild bush disappearing for the cultivated plain—it was not difficul, - . to foresee a course of prosperity and plenty, which must ensure the improved condition and sound advance- ment of the colony. The returns of all kinds show a state af real prosperity and healthy trade, which under common prudence must lead to results as great, and much more lasting, than those of the past. Not that there was anything like excite ment in trade, or even great buoyancy in commer cial transactions. House property and land in Melbourne was rising• The time of the Crown Court was yesterday taken up principally with the trial of garrotte rob bery cases. Baron Alderson, in every case which was proved, and a verdict of guilty returned, was very unrelenting in his sentences, and we hope that his severity will prove a caution and a warning to the miscreants who are in the habit of infesting the lonely places of Liverpool, and pouncing upon those whom they think are unable to defend them- selves. In our columns of today will be found a long correspondence in relation to the dispute between Sir Charles Napier and Sir Robert Peel, on the non-taking of Cronstadt. The gallant admiral is evidently of the opinion, that by receiving a missive from the Grand Duke Constantine, en- dorsing his views, that he has succeeded in defending his character against his assailants. It would appear that Lord Palmerston refused Sir C. Napier an official investigation, which he had asked for in consequence of Sir R. Peel's state ments, but his lordship at the same time com municated to Sir Charles his opinion that his con duct in the Baltic was judicious and proper, and founded on a correct sense of public duty ; that the fleet under his command was not sufficient for the double purpose of first attacking Cronsfaclt, and afterwards successfully encountering the Russian fleet, and that he acted with sound judg- ment in refraining from attacking the fortress These, the Premier says, have always been his opinions on that point, although ho entirely disapproves of Sir Charles Napier's proceedings since, on shore. The Admiral, however, thinks that Lord Palmerston's opinion is insufficient to clear his reputation, and he reiterates his request for an investigation, at the same time forwarding a letter from the Grand Dike Constantine to himself, in which the Russian prince willingly declares that Sir Charles, in his " Notes," quite exactly reported the conversation he had with him concerning Cronstadt, and that in the only conversation he had with Sir Robert Peel even the name of Cron stadt was never once mentioned. It will be remem bered that, according to Sir Charles Napier, the Grand Duke was of opinion that he could not have successfully attacked Cronstadt ; while Sir Robert Peel, at Stafford, said there was only one opinion in the Russian navy, from the Grand Duke down to the smallest middy. and that was, that if Sir Charles had had pluck, and had done his duty, Cronstadt would have been crumbled to the dust. Such is the purport of the latest instalment of the Napier-Cronstadt controversy. The new Bishop of London has commenced his pastoral duties in a promising way. On ..Monday he presided at a meeting at Islington for church extension. The Bishop's speech, while recognising the vast amount of practical unchristianity in the country, was still of a hopeful character. He does not wish cathedrals and churches to be planted like fortresses throughout the land, holding only their own garrisons, and keeping the people aloof, but he almost insinuates a doubt that to a great ex tent such is the case. However, all the churches in the Islington district are made fully available ; still there are in that quarter of the metropolis between :10,000 and 40,000 people who might attend church, but either cannot, or will nor. A collection of between 5,0001. and 6,0001. was made at the meeting, the Bishop giving 6001.—50 that if more churches will Christianise the metropolitan hea thens, the work seems likely to be done. Prizes were on Monday presented to successful students at Haileybury College. Colonel Sykes, in his address on the occasion, spoke of the Civil Servants of India as an unjustly abused body ; although he admitted the employment of torture on the miserable natives for the purpose of squeez ing out of them the revenues which the masters of the Civil Service squander in wars to extend their sovereignty over unoffending Indian Princes and peoples. The Duke of Newcastle has delivered a short address at Newark on the defaets of public education. The chief of these, in the opinion of his Grace, springs from the present great indus trial prosperity ; for young children, instead of being kept at school, are sent to work to get wages. The Duke would like to see that practice changed, but would regret legislative interference for the purpose,—as would also every person of common MISC. The foreign news this morning is of but slight importance. The Le Nord holds out the hope that in case the Conference shall declare the continued occupation of the Turkish territories and waters by Austria and England illegal, and shall recognise the right of Russia to construe the Treaty of March in the way she has done. Russia, on her side, may be willing to sacrifice this right for the maintenance of European peace, and to give up Bolgrad. In the meantime, reports differ much as to the probable grouping of the Powers on this question in the Conference. Most of them agree in describ ing Sardinia as having been induced to promise her vote to England, but the most important point, the decision of France is doubtful. The Protestant district-synods of Hungary are unanimous in repudiating the organic statute pro posed by the Government, as being contrary to the liberties granted and confirmed by numerous imperial ordinances to the Protestant church in Hungary, and in demanding the convocation of a general synod for regulating the organisation of of their church. The main purport of the latest news from Con stantinople is, that the Divan has authorised the English fleet to winter at Sinope. As intimated in our publication of yesterday, that Russia has applied to the Shah of Persia for permission to enter with troops into the province of Mogan, bordering on the Russian dominions that Belcochees have attacked Persia on the ii. le of Kerman. and that the army of oc cupation will continue to stay in Greece. All this, if true, is menacing news, and it demands the greatest attention and watchfulness on the part of the British public. An advance of Russian troops in the direction indicated can have the twofold meaning of an approach towards the Koordish districts of Turkey, now in a chronic state of insurrection, or of a preparation to assist Persia in her present difficulties. But the imme diate object may be the impression that such a proceeding will make on the minds of the Orien tals. The attack of the Belooches on Kerman , i a Place not much more than two hundred miles distant from Shiraz, in an eastern direction, would come so much to the aid of the invasion of Y. Z. ON COTTON PACKING.—We have re. eivad a letter on this subket, in reply to the advertisement woich appeared in our paper on Tuesday, and shall be glad to receive an order to insert it on the same terms. Lie Rottheru fittito TVEDAESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1836. THE DAY'S NEWS. • A fortnis,ht's later news is to hand from Australia by the arrival of the True Briton in the Channel. The gold fields—which every enquiry proved to be inexhaustible—were yielding a larger produce, and new ones were being opened in all directions. Recent discoveries had been reported both of tin and silver, and a careful exploration was being made of a coal mine, said to have been found on the shores of Port Philip, Quarries of slate and marble had been pointed out, and last, though not least, of all these additions to wealth and comfort of the Colony, a bank of codfish had been sprung, so to speak, in the neighbourhood of King's Island, in Bass's Strait. The first general election in Victoria was going on with great animation. The information that had been received at Melbourne with regard to the Mail contract was not regarded as satisfactory. It was anticipated that the Peninsular and Oriental Company would do all in their power to carry the traffic too far to the Eastward. With her growing population, her increasing resources, Victoria THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. Shiraz, said to be contemplated by our Govern ment, that we are almost inclined to see more in it than one of those occasional plundering excur sions of the savage children of the desert. Never theless, this intelligence is not the most serious That which relates to the wintering of our squadron at Sinope, and of the army of occupation in Greece is more so. With proceedings like these, the pretended desire to leave the East undisturbed and to provide for its safety by extending the pro tection of European treaty law to it, it is altogether irreconcilable. Such conduct has the effect of violently tearing up the Treaty of Paris, and should the treaty after this be patched up again, nobody will put great reliance in a document that has been so roughly handled by its originators, The influence of a treaty does not consist in the signatures which may be attached to it, but in the example which those who mace the treaty show to one another of scrupulously observing its contents. In the Netherlands there is a ministerial crisis, caused by an unacceptable budget of the Minister of the Interior. This Minister is a Dr. Simons, who has been in power for five months, and his fault is considered to be a too servile attachment to the King. The votes on his budget were even, but this is considered to be a ministerialdefeat. THE forthcoming Paris Conference will be well worth recording in the Chaldean style. A slight paraphrase of the original Chaldee Manuscript would bring the entire scene before us in the most truthful and amusing light. There may be no BLACKWOOD there ; but England will have to encounter, in that memorable Council, men whose thoughts are "as ebony." We hear already that the diplomatic world is terrified at the gathering of the eagles. Some men are terrified at the flapping of their wings, and for their cries, which are like the voice of an unknown tongue, also their talons, " which are sharper than any two edged sword." And it is foretold that, when a certain great man does see the mighty host make ready for battle, he will not stand, but " will " surely turn back and flee." Then the great men and scribes from countries afar off—from the mighty cities of Vienna, Berlin, Petersburg, Con stantinople, Turin, and divers other lands, w 1 rejoice, and make a loud noise, The flight of " him which is crafty will be like unto a balm to the wounds of those whose thoughts are 'as- ,‘ ebony.' They shall speak with the freedom o " their whole hearts concerning the great men of , c the North, even the giants and painted folk.' for which the country is not in the best temper, after the heavy losses and cost we have so recently experienced. We hope, then, that it isnot too late to draw out from the affair altogether, and leave the conferers to submit their proposals to our Government, without exposing us to the risk of being voted down on every question that may be brought under discussion, in a packed and closed chamber. But, if the PALMERSTON Cabinet yield to the threats and entreaties of foreign courts, we repeat, in the words of NORTH, " Verily, the man which is crafty, shall be " defeated, and there shall not escape one to tell " of his overthrow." THE Ticket-of-Leave system has failed, not because a large per tentage of the criminals released have not been re committed, but because the public have taken alarm, and appear resolved not to encourage its continuance. It does seem strange, however, that one remarkable fact should have been lost sight of in the discussion, namely, that we must of necessity have at all times a large number of released convicts in society. We convict from 13,000 to 15,000 summarily in this BOrough annually. Some of the offences committed are of the most heinous description. The number tried at the Assizes ranges from 350 to 450 ; of these numbers perhaps 20 per cent are transported ; the remainder are im prisoned for various periods, when they are released, and are mingled once more with the public. Hence we have a constant reflux of convicted crime flowing back upon the country. We have thousands of males and females who have been exposed to contamination both with out and within the walls of a prison let loose annually. The total number transported con stitutes but a very small proportion of the great bulk of crime thrown back upon the community every year. Our much lauded system of sum mary punishment is, consequently, nothing more than a gigantic manufactory of ticket-of-leave men and women, and we question if it will be generally admitted that our administration of justice is so perfect as to sanction the con clusion that a sentence of transportation is sufficient evidence of the convict's being an And he with " a rotten melon on his head, after " the fashion of a helmet," shall weep bitterly over the sick lion and the fleeing unicorn. There shall, in those days, be no Union Jack wherewithal to bind up the wounds of the deceitful and treacher3us men, who shall have no oak stave as a crutch to lean upon in their tribulation. The false one shall be left desolate at the foot of the "mount of Proclamations," where the rose, and the shamrock, and the thistle grow not. The " man which is crafty shall surely flee ;" and they who " babbleth of many things, and nibbleth " the shoe-latches of the mighty, one who dark " eneth counsel with the multiplying cf vain " words," shall not triumph. Nay, not because he " which is crafty" fleeth, and the number of the enemy's bands are four. " And in the first incorrigible. There is some romance about the legends of our police courts. Matters do not proceed a fuere de .4ragon, as the administrators of justice are not accountable at the year's end, according to the letter of the ancient Morisma. We see, not unfrequently, a person committed for trial, and subsequently transported, for stealing from the person for the first time, and .in another, occurring, perhaps, on the same day, we hear of a notorioualy bad and known character being sentenced to three or six months' imprisonment for stealing a watch or a sum of money from a man's pocket. A savage charged with a mur derous assault will probably get a month, with hard labour. A little boy, for stealing a turnip from a garden in Everton or elsewhere will get two months, and be ordered a " private" whip ping, in addition to his imprisonment. These irregularities—this want of a uniform definition of crime and never varying tariff of pains and penalties renders it quite impossible for the pub " band four beasts : And in the second four men of war : And in the third six, and in the fourth " ten. The man which is crafty hath many in " his host," to close the gates against " the leo " pard, and the lynx, and the scorpion, and the " eagle, and the great boar of Lebanon, and the " griffin. The stork and the hyena, the beagle, c or the authorities to judge of the magnitude of the criminal's crimes from the mere fact of his having been transported. Again, it must be and the mighty creatures which are gathered within the gates" of the Conference. The words which falleth from the mouth of a back slider are as dross from the crucible of him who worketh in base metals. They speak not the truth, and their acts do not reach that which is untrue. They scoff at all the nations whose thoughts are not "as ebony." They love only the " man which is crafty," whom they defeat in the troubled waters of the East. They loathe the tongue of truth and justice, which speaketh out like a voice of thunder. Were we to follow this style of composition, we fear we should weary the reader ; still, CHRISTOPHER NORTH has given us such a cor rect key to all gatherings of a public c haract er in describing the movements of his own political friends and rivals, that we could not resist the temptation of giving the Paris Conferers the benefit of a fev; passages of our author's wit and satire. The Conference is most unquestionably a great diplomatic hoax, in which our Envoy will share the fate of " the man which is " crafty," and it would be difficult to speak of the majority of men who will be opposed to him in more appropriate language, than as men, " whose thoughts are as ebony." II the conditions agreed upon, before peace was proclaimed, had been respected we could then understand the propriety of another Congress to suggest modifications in the terms agreed upon. In practice they might be found objectionable on various grounds. But the Treaty of Paris has been treated with the most profound contempt by Russia and Austria. What then have diplomatists to meet about ? No one has ventured to answer this question. We are left, therefore, t.) conclude that it is remembered that transportation beyond the seas has never been one of perpetual banishment. Our judges never over-strain the law, and the majority—probably 85 per cent—of the persons sent out of the country are removed in early life, and for seven, ten, and fourteen years only ; and as the mortality was never known to have been very severe in our penal settlements, we must have had a large number of return convicts coming back to their old haunts. . We have always been, in fact, a ticket-of-leave creating people on a grand scale; for what is a convict who has undergone the full period of punishment and is set at large either in the colonies or the mother country with a discharge in his pocket but a veritable ticket-of-leave man ? He would be the beau ideal of an incorrigible according to our present notions, if he were caught in the commission of a fresh crime. Mr. Baron ALDERSON related a very discouraging anecdote bearing on this very important subject, which ought to be recorded at this stage of the enquiry. The Learned Judge, some years ago, went over the Milbank Penitentiary with the late Mr. WIIITMORE RUSSELL, a clergyman of consider able eminence, and his Lordship says :—" After " I had seen the whole gaol, and observed all " the means whereby the penitence and reform " were to be produced, I said to Mr. RUSSELL : " Pray, Mr. RUSSELL, as I know that you have " been here fifteen or sixteen years, how many " persons do you think were really reformed " during all these years, out of the 700 who " have been constantly here ? ' Now, what do " you think was his answer ? Possibly two— " ' I am sure of one !' This was the experi " ence of that gentleman in the greatest peniten " tiary in London, among that class of persons " of whom we are now speaking having been " subjected to transportation. But it is absurd " to talk of this as being reformation." All this tallies but little with the criminal statistics of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land, where nearly all the convicts, sent out " some " years ago," are now enjoying their liberty, and prospering as honest and industrious people. It may be, however, that Mr. WHITMORE RUSSELL - was the most unsuccessful of criminal reformers. He may have been too zealous—too " eminent" for a penitentiary ; for it is quite certain that thousands of convicts who were sent from Milbank some years ago, are w at liberty, either at home or in Australia, and are leading a reformed life. But this question of reformation after conviction, is after all, a minor affair fill thewhich altogether. The duty of the statesman and philanthropist is to stri ke, both in and out of the Legislatur e, at the roots of those land crimes withof home e ast a s andinfancy,nd condemned unanswerable. There is nothing to meet about, except to draw off the attention of the people of Western Europe from matters which interest them vastly more. If Russia and Austria meant to abide by the Treaty of Peace, there would be nO need of a meeting of eagles. They would at once do what they have bound themselves to perform. They will not do this, and hence arises the call for a second Conference—a repetition of the shuffling and parleying of last spring. The PALMERSTON Cabinet, however, will take their reign of office, and the honour and consistency cf Great Britain with them to this second council of evasion They must enter it prepared to forego all that is demanded, or retire covered with the humility of defeat. That any circumstance should have been suffered to place the present Government of England in such a position, on the eve of a gene ral election, is much to be lamented. There can be no " compromise" brought about which will give satisfaction to all parties, and yielding an a process inch will lead to the surrender of an ell, slaves. Drunkenness, ignorance, and filth, cause this terrible amount of crime and misery with which we are called upon to deal year after year. We are bound to do the best we can for the reclamation of the fallen ; but it is still a more sacred and paramount duty to rescue the millions we see standing on the brink of destruction. It may not be possible to work out even the tem poral salvation of the convicted outcast ; but we can protect and exalt the great mass of the rising youth—we can make them attend school—enforce some species of moral and religious instruction — prepare them for a world which exists by letters, and thrives upon morality and knowledge. Being sentenced to transportation, or the possession of a ticket-of-leave, is no proof that the convict is incorrigible. This is shown every day, in the uncertainties which attend the measuring out of punishment ; and without wishing to oppose the honest conclusions of others, we should like to be informed, on behalf of the ratepaying public, what better system can be adopted, and what we are to do eventually, say half a generation hence, with our criminals, if all classes do not unite to arrest the spread of drunkenness and ignorance, and that frightful amount of crime, which dates from the bad example and neglect of parents ? LATEST INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDXY EVENING, Intelligence received here this evening from Sicily informs us that tranquility has been restored. An attempt had been made to assassinate the King, by a soldier firing his carbine at him. It is said that the King was slightly wounded. The soldier was immediately killed on the spot. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, Naples is very considerably agitated, and the authorities are making preparations in the event of an outbreak. FRAN CE. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. You will find herewith the accounts which the h e Moniteur and the Constitutionnal give •of Sicilian insurrection. The foimer paper, es announced to you yesterday it would do, tePr e " seats that the rising had been nut down in dig vicinity of Palermo, but it does not do so in such decided terms as had been expected. The accounts in the Italian papers naturally exalt to the affair; but they are not of su ch aWe date as those of the Moniteur. The Italia Popolo, a republican journal, goes so far as r tci i say that Mezzojaso, Villafrate, Bomena, Arle,atit Cimina, and many other places had revolted, n,i this journal is not trustworthy. It say s that ti.P6 insurgents have adopted the tri-colour national) flag, and that their cry fs l'ltalia !' The Risoramento says that nunlie-. ous arrests , had been made in. the kingdom of Naples, especially at Cilento, 211,,0 province of Salerno. The Opinione speaks oi„ attempt having been made at Naples itself the array to re-establish the Constitution, bu.. this seems to reduce itself to the seizure, the hands of the troops, of some liberal pro mations. e The Italians here express two opinions--se,,,d, that the Sicilian movement is to be lonert;4; inasmuch as it commenced too soon, and col t ho , to the order sof the revolutionary chiefs ; d for reasons which are stated to be good any - sufficient, are anxious that no movemen t i ll f i n li g, part of Italy should take place before th e sPr'h-as The other opinion is that the movemen t is wnd the commencement of a great national rising, llto that it was intended to give occupation log the troops, whilst the really serious, ris 10 would take place elsewhere. According,o to the holders of this opinion the plan of the chief is to have petty risings all round the coast s -the troops are stationed, but to establish the ahead quarters of the insurrection in the centre of island. a ile a Letters from Naples, to the 2nd, have r e-c oot . Marseilles, and according to them the gov e the of Sicily had only sent 300 men to Cefala. biltrog insurgents had sought refuge in the neig hbeti woods. ft isd e Happening to have to pass through th e Boulogne this afternoon, I was astonished ;osripg the little imperial prince and his nurse u 4 31 e ot about in a closed carriage, escorted by thers„,usgic of gardes, some riding in advance of o;c,, g oo n with h for drawnisa t n o l s airing i w n o t r h d their i with hands, Thinka n suchd s , others ial it ba ar military uypr being a r° r i n l 1.10 thing of the kind was ever seen under s'+` of France. MARS EILES, DEC, 9. The Ganges has arrived, bringing news from Constantinople to the Ist inst. The Ministry of Reschid Pacha is well estab. lished. The Sultan had received in audience General Durand°, the representative of Sardinia. The capture of Herat is stated to be very doubtful. Russia has sent to the Shah of Persi', request ing him to occupy the territory of Makon. A young man on the 11th inst. entered the office of John E. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit Court at Gallatin, Illinois, and, without uttering a word, shot Mr. Hall in the back ; as he turned t) look at his assailant, the murderer fired another shot, laying his victim dead. The wretch was arrested, and proved to be the son of James C. Sloo, who is editor of the Shawneetown Illinoisan. The murder was the result of a political controversy in the papers. A PUZZLED JUDGE.—Mr. Justice Erle, trying a case of infanticide in Newcastle, was arrested by the word " middenstead." " Middenstead !" echoed his lordship in bewilderment. " Ashpit, my lord," said Counsellor Fowler. "Ah I" Ejaculated the enlightened judge "go on." Mr. Fowler went on. A medical witness foflo wed— and out of his mouth came " ecchymosis." Ecchymosis 1" echoed Judge Earle (this time, we suspect, feigning igno rance. " Ecchymosis," like " middenstead," was trans fated, and once more the trial got under way.—Gateshead Observer. TILE BITER BIT.—Ou Monday lest a respectably dre red, country.looking woman, entered the shop of a draper in George street, Perth, and asked to see some new d•e>ses. While engaged in turning over and examining the goods, she managed to purloin a dress and conceal it beneath her shawl. The draper, however, had seen the theft, and charging her with it, obliged her to relinquish the article, which she did with great confusion. He then placed before her the alternative, either immediately to purchase the dress, or be handed over to the police. The " lady" was very glad to adopt the first proposal. THE EARTHQUAKE AT RHODES.—A letter from Rhodes, of the 15th ult., in the Gazette (la Midi, says :—The Turk ish steamer Cheh Per, bound for Alexandria, put in here on her way, and landed 500 tents sent by the government for the use of such families as were without shelter from the catastrophe of the 12th. Prayers are coffered up by the poor for the life of the Sultan for his kindness to them since that event. The works for clearing away the ruins, caused by the explosion, are being rapidly proceeded with, and every day articles of furniture, plate, and money, and even human bodies, are discovered. A quantity of wheat which was in the old church has been got out uninjured, only requiring to be sifted, in order to clear it from small stones." PARIS, SUNDAY EVOrthe The Moniteur at last announces offiej a nt:-" meeting of the Congress and the perio d eu "of "The treaty of Paris has in its applica tioll gell t with difficulties which have given rise to deter and appreciations between the contracting coe d rep ro' necessitated the meeting of their res sentatives, in order to hasten the entire eae ° ,, w er o of the conditions of peace. Most of the Wi which signed the treaty have already adhere u os of this object to the convocation of the 00 0 g5 Paris. It is therefore to be presumed tha t ' t hing meet before the end of this month, and everY a ed causes it to be hoped that it will nromptlieu„- th e in reestablishing a perfect understand in g nf points under discussion." tioa - The Siecle says that it was the inter to 0 to er ste Prince Albert which caused Lord Palm consent to the convocation of the Congress. It is stated positively, in governmental ?Idiot that England is, by no means, sure of carrYll°7od, point about Boigrad, as has been fLr o g doe e France, it is said, still supports Russia, 5 0 U 6 being Prussia. England, France, and TurheY,,, o o oB , together. Thus, there are three powers on"'.s bas side, and three on the other, so that Sardisloo, the casting vote. Great efforts are, it sl j ' being made by both sides to induce her t e o 'ala nounce for them. From sympathy, ° he D efi er ' rather go with England than with any °that pg i i but, unfortunately, Austria is on the side% rev' land, and Sardinia cannot easily reconcile breve to the idea of doing anything calculated to that power. So she avers. ot In connexion with the this question, it Pl h froth remembered that a telegraphic despatc h ' a th e Trieste, states that the Divan has authorise English fleet to pass the winter at Sinope• Voted rutiors There are no further accounts from rs oo at least, up to this moment. But u rlue rebe fr that the government is in considerable aPPlutioe" sion, as it knows what the plan of the rev°,,Jitoll ary chiefs is, and as though the Nrieavira. government pretends to have put "° P.° insurrection, armed bands are seourirtg country. The retail trade continues in a lai.o bepit state, but the manufacturers of Paris ha y f e or 1 4 1 4 to receive some, though not many, order! it at Year's Day. Great disappointment is tooelft Bank of France not having yet made ~.,8 % ,013 1 , 6 5e cations in its conditions of discount. The „ o w trade is rather dull ; the want of orders At jitlyto United States is much complained of. " fl isoe' an advance of from if to 2f has taken r ies , $ cotton; the quantity sold exceded 9,00 0 tl o g 0, ( 14 The official journal announces the sig ° e leaT/ 0 , treaty between France and Spain O r a ntr i 7al fixing the boundaries between the two ° l a I . I told you s )me days back that such° tre bso been concluded. ere r The same journal states that the Dlll4OlO charged his civil list with upwards of in the 0 0 in order to enable soldiers mutilate(' c i t he ° war to receive pensions of 600 fr (24 1 ) , an ro ug e is to be increased. t br„ The Emperor yesterday took a cil i p v v e ee different low quarters of the town, an - /$0, ° , 0 - 11 1 Rue Mouffetard, the lowest of Paris. 40 0 ' official paper declares that lie was reae- the a extraordinary enthusiasm. otie 0 i Th e r l The Emperor has given the gran u c ol Legion of Honour to the King of Pr,alliof °o King will of course respond by the g ram fir e his orders to the Emperor. all e" of t From Neufchatel we learn that the r 0 ,0 0 of making threatening demonstrations ~9,;(ing a d republicans, and that the authorities 1 * to S l ot an attempt to rescue the prisoners utiffres are taking the most positive messages 000°1 anything of the kind being successful. tho t v o te' A Trieste dispatch of the Rh se3: e g i o n 0,1 3 0 0 has demanded from the Schah peruuslyieli the presence of Bacorm ; also that thelrepaOre' had The invaded army o P f e o r e s c ia u n pa te ti r o r n ito is ry to to u w ns a ie r t d oeu e : ottb O eifidi re i so e d : , ,, ratoit tf ioo ° .botoa ' The Grand Duke of Baden has gr ° f a rtii 3i r eady nesty to all persons condemned for f r Otv in the insurrection of 1848. ; g l et ter P rba nlee q h rtu e orniidio i ll et l ty f rf r mta i itslneeeud disturbed htB g uet i rh v eb x e est s de nohttvahoesefma November ::: b:it i 0 1 ,, 1r jd:lrsa D etsg i sco s io t nom u na rmbwwaeanhnsoccee endeavouring have ub u t i just h e br p ok ro e v n in o c u e t o i f : l l : l ; p • o i i f otst b: oo ;: t quence of the difficulty in the communieatioal;bieu ppm,. • that the prompt arrival of the troops 00 t ", e d 0 1 , 8 , of the government. The following are the occurred on the 22nd :—On the evening {(pelt plufet, liy e escorts s o t the remove ee Bata ',r n e a r . : nu l uc . Li t b e f : 0 : vo too het placed across the road between juzq, about twenty miles from Palermo:,a w ocke la ; a wb fl ib t olore ar t r : thoi : shots were fired at him. Thinking it I ° 9 The rev brigands, he retreated to the diligence. Place, t j a tak" Bellefrata, being informed of what had c lear 0 Wer e detachment of the rural guard barrier, but tbese men were of sixty insurgents, about twat," bef°4o, d fire .08 boo le f e n, on horseback, and compelled superior force. The moment this affair b (c f it at ' o oP, rv , Sicilian government took measures to Ch e , t li o o , A ot • outset, as an insurrectionary atte mpt wb' e the e°"00 0 se public tranquillity and perhaps est °Tffroop " ipoo g he° tt . / t mi ions between Messina ' and Palermo. , r b e against the insurgents, and the lE4'4 boa , WI DO' Pe surrounded in a wood where p rise bet t he refuge, sixteen of them were taken coot 0 0 the • ft •ro remainder escaped to Celdu, 0 ole ote Ao lo fortY 8 00 a c '„ tta" Messina and Palermo, about b la o t a te rd r , p w la a c s e. at Aoncveesdseelspoaftewheadr, twoitthbeab:puott, and t•P' " PIRATICAL INVASION OF PERSIA."—A placard has been circulated in Newcastle withithis heading. It gave an an article from the Bombay Times condemning the expedition to Persia, and it proceeds thus :—" Your Go vernment are spending your money, voted for other pur poses, on an invasion of Persia, about which they have told you nothing. Such an invasion, undertaken without the legal forms of a solemn declaration of war, setting forth the wrongs suffered and the reparation demanded, is piracy, and any blood shed without such declaration, is murder. Your consent, through your representatives in Parliament, has never been asked, and jet the expenses are defrayed out of taxes paid by you. Thus you are treated as the basest of slaves, in being made unconscious abettors of piracy and murder. Do not submit to this ; but assemble, and call for the instant meeting of Parlia ment to vindicate the laws of England, and to free your selves from blood guiltiness." LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.—There is a very substantial control over the press, even in England, which has for centuries claimed, and more or less practically enjoyed, " the liberty of unlicensed printing." Our press is free with limitations, in harmony with the rest of our free in stitutions. We may compare it with our free monarchy, for example. Our laws neither tyrannise over it, nor suffer it to tyrannise. It is under restraints, but none that a free people need blush for. They are not the fetters imposed by caprice or despotism, but more resemble the checks imposed by conscience:and integrity on the words and actions of individuals. The press of England is no more above the law than anything else that is English. But the law increases its influence for good by the very penalties it provides for its abuses and extravagances. Actions of libel are the tests of a journalist's veracity, decency. and public spirit. By the just conviction of a libeller the press is purified ; by the acquittal of an earnest and honest writer unjustly charged with the crime, the press gains enormously in character and power. An occasional prosecution of a newspaper is therefore not without its advantages to the public.—Examiner. Two DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS.—Yesterday morn ing, between six and seven o'clock, a fire, attended with great destruction of property, broke out on the extensive workshops of Messrs. Piper's, builders, Turner's row, Bow common. The building in question cmtained the interior fittings of a new church in course of erection at a short distance from the spot. At the time of the disaster several of the workmen were engaged in the place, but the high wind speedily carried the flames round the workshops and they soon mounted high into the air, alarming the eastern portion of the metropolis. The engines of the London Fire Brigade promptly arrived, but there was no chance of sav ing any portion of the workshops, which, with their valuable contents, and workmen's tools, were totally destroyed. This disaster was caused by the upsetting of a naptha lamp. A second fire broke out this morning, and almost consumed the extensive premises of Mr. John Anderson, broker, 2;50, Evelyn street, Deptford. Several persons who were in their beds asleep could not be aroused for a con siderable time, and with difficulty escaped. Cause unknown Contents not insured. We (Times) understand that Mr. Sheepshanks has mum ifi.. cently presented to the nation the whola of his collection of paintings and drawings for the purposes of public instruction in art. Mr. Sheepshanks, disapproving irresponsible management by boards like the trustees of the British Museum and the National Gillery, has male it a condition that the responsibility for his collection must rest with an individual minister—the Minister for Educatijn. Mr Sheepshanks considers that a crowded thoroughfare is not a suitable site for quietly studying works of art, and has stipulated that his collection must be kept in the neighbour hood of its present locality, at Kensington. He is willing that the pictures, &c., should be lent to those provincial towns which provide suitable places to exhibit them. Upon these conditions, which we believe Lord Palmerston has cordially accepted on behalf of the government, Mr. Sheep shanks has signified his readiness to band over immediately the whole of his very fine collection, which is especially rich in the best works of Mulready, Landseer, and Leslie, and contains fine examples of the principal modern British painters in oil. The value of the collection may be esti mated at about £60,000. 7 ,