The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

FO REIGN INTELLIGENCE 'FRANCE. • PARIS, FRIDAY EvErmca• letccordinghas to the Nord of Brussels, Sardinia 4, Q i itiv elY notified her intention of siding with questio ns, on the Bolgracl and Isle sf Serpent s ev e .."hs , In the approaching Conferences. Thus u . if France as appears probably, goes with R ossi ten o n,' a majority hostile to Russian pre . - _ 8 is certain. It appears that Austria 44 ; 'Die last power to consent to the Conferences, ea r that that she did so at last, in compliance with the frollest recomm en d at i ons i n an autograp h l e tt er r 4 t he French. Emperor to the Emperor Francis Th e 2) la ud atrie of this evening, a semi official journal, ki ln s t he moderation of the Russian memoran- it ee ', ll d blames the English press for the hostility n.`-',lnes to tnanifest to Russia. there has been a rather heavy fall on the Bourse Tlie i ll the Threes it has been as much as 55c. that P rincipal r eason of i t was, that it was known iss ee " Eastern Railway Company is about to tOo fr 12 0,000 b ornls, at 270 frs., paya b le at ma rket T his will make a heavy drain on the 4 t , to ~,a 1; 4 1 hP sides th e t erms proposed are . such v oasid i r ".`e that the Directors of the railway 1 " money market terribly depressed. A rt lb-- ' 4 ~:" alig n gentleman, who left Naples on the 4 net -1 ) has given me a curious, and, I believe, eotthian Untruthful, picture of the state of that that at the present moment. I may premise refti,:"Y informant is a Neapolitan; he is not he ta er Te, he has not been mixed up in politics ; b afte e 3 ' Paid a visit recently to his native country, tlet t t 4 , le ngthened absence, and he now returns, d iq - 2 "'lnce or England, but to another , mon b.,._a r i tt ri ut ,eountry, where he is engaged in business. tde e - g nis stay in Naples he visited the provinces. fif vaintbeß, therefore, full of information, which is bite ti c e ' inasmuch as it proceeds from a erson real N te aPahl e of forming an opinion on the ._ _- 13 4rti e. O ti f the country, and of expressing it _ lin Znve Y a j ; I give you a summary of a Long et thi i.B- ,'"- It. would appear, according ~,I t has i , -° "Ont, that the Neapolitan revolution "Ille ta -e , a tO be directed by 1% 41 4r r,l'. t : persons for obvious reasons), and the r '°,notir),`"%tefs of that party. They are no longe I ,, i 'ep,, eni Sta or Unitarians—they are Federalists.. g 'll ei cr eve n t the explosion of the revolution, for , Ria t • - not wish to trust to the chances of street le ef/ eet R, th e is already moral revolution which the v eci n - In truth, the Neapolitans are nolonger them li R j;;;y and noisy people travellers knew 41 - "g agO• They are become serious, speak_ la e and in a low voice, but whatever they v/hi 18 1. 4 Y they say it without fear. The terror ,t h ekr eti th hur i g over them no longer exists ; 3 ot . 1141 1 '- r .,. 111 speak of the incompatibility of Ferdi. I vith "-., of the Constitution, and of liberty, out vanp„n a Pprehension or disguise. One would kli en - ' a they are anxious to go to prison, but the INall'l, 4 are not gratify their wish. They seem_ to ltat ie t b ua t, the police should commit excesses ; but grat . f v - T 1 does not venture, or does not wish o ee l V u eul. Bianchini is respected and honoured ~elleit "rest man ; his police are tolerant, and even 'he et a l- ho police are now divided into two part t s h — e tite, e , - ' and the new ; and these last detest b 11, ll tly el" of the agents of Mazza. Neither Mo tr r ee e ts. i 'i l le 1- I, lll Paßna,nor Creffi is now seen in the s Nea, 3l n - ,ave disappeared, and are afraid to show R, t. eeiv e . I ._ f -,,, o public. The King earnestly desires to r tLvn , 11 " °- ..Jianchini,whom he detests,but he dare no d ist; Pll blie opinion so far as to remove him. Much have efi rl a exists. Since the departure of the French ho uses ft, ambassadors thousands of strangers left Naples, and none arrive. Hotels and , n , n ", l re t ar e empty, and several shops of the Toledo „t'rlinecj a re shut up Commercial affairs . are at a -h e ;Land solitude- and distress are on the increase. ' e Ptil °llll revolution is very nearly complete ; ex- t, t: "?.ndful of La zzaroni, who inhabit the quarter k... . 1 1t p a ela. the whole population detest the in . g, t e'n, ve rntnent, and his system. The Lazzaroni of a ,l'ef o ,', e ,r quarters of the city, who are in part armed, Alit-en; the deposition of the Bourbons and for liberty. ":Pith„,P s l °Ye under government is designated by the 114 '" lP agnottista that is apoor wretch who cal! 11.1tvile:ithing except for ' the bread he earns, The. Swiss Ilstl e " it were , disappeared ; shut up in the Deem s ' with the mission of exterminating the t e en °„„ancl bombarding the city, hardly one is ever 4 cei - "road, and the few families who hitherto tei:,,, e d the Swiss officers into their houses now w thNe tt :e them. The Swiss at Naples are now e I lle rt al uch on the same footing with respect It °o- 1 - Itiab itants es the Austrians at Milan. has lip tri r are d iscontented, and since the King .s.. i !olit e na ted his twenty-four new generals the dt 'ear s thef the officers has increased. The King ...n pa per s native troops and despises them. Foreign I'P l: le re a el 2'l Proclamations are circulated eve u y s - . f - • y ou ha .. ." Naples conversation is very monotono _ i s2Reth„,, PPen to see two or three persons speak `qiik e e -r in an eating-house youmay be sere it is 't.lhllftlenct Ferdinand 11., impossible ; his son we a " A %, . him, but they say he is brought up by . ' te P r i t ,, i ,f 4B and is half an idiot. What we want is ,Ilhatle::`,tution like that of Belgium." Reformsc -7 4 Reina Tio one seems to care about. In the 4t 1 \10;: ol I schia there were 42 political convicts. their natintated to them that they should demand I n, ade P ! rd ,°n of the King. One demand only was t was f' '1.41 two days after the person who made it 4treerlod dead. When the King passes in t th ild r l fe w salute him. If the Queen and the lind i `n AttSs the people turn their backs on them .s , 1 4 Pok el ° one touches his hat. An amnesty i f ;, 1 ,, 1 ° p - ,,„, 0f as on the point of appearing. Mosto ‘est thnna included in it are unknown. Those_ lle "ai rs 11 2wn are the Duke de C— and B. I Iltai e is, P-- -, who debased himself in order to k ° Y ever l-"a return to favour, is despised and avoided ts. azz e - Ek J, one, both Liberals and Reactionisthe eclesulVynotn the King had named member of _re hklerit ‘ 4 ` haS been obliged to demand of the d P e au to . 1, 4 °41 at tl 4 °t to give him any more work to 17 ° Waa -e MinR, as no one would speak to him, d ; e lettin - Billinned as if he had the plague. The. littl e 'ls with Sicily are completely interrupted , \v eil ei t lv n tl : known about the revolution, and but little ~,,,° ;1111 111 ; ,:t e d from it. The courtiers are completely i e tllei tt i -t ted, and the ministers discouraed 44 to gas drf 'ad the as thY, the majority of the nation, look upon party,hem ll tis at tielt liberators. The population are armed, "e 1 1 7 will not have recourse to arms, except at ' 1 11 " ' ex trernit (IN:yublie t, mind ' in the provinces is still more ll il ). ° le e :!"," in the city of Naples. The people will ) ,'_ a for ttl n s ' t °e content with half measures. i Neither nor - ` - cee •-' nor amnesties, nor compromises , e pe e between this man and that, nor a ,,ncl (Tons made to the demands of France 'eels Funs are now valued ; and they th kri t p a that - ie. i , -, 1 a les should not be worse off tits/ ° -ied-4° nt- P The hereditory Prince himself is into 1 1 . - _,?nted ; he his hated by the Queen, and turned eadi'luieule by the King ; he is prohibited l fro th m e re Ekb , 4 the newspapers, which, however, he fee t 44 c 1 : St "Xiety to see. He is only allowed o s see 4(teptverBo with the priests. The aristocracy, Il loir leal and inept heretofore, no longer conceal e _ N I , aversion, and have courage enough tosp k a . Dpe aentiments. La a word the people of Naples a 14 te at 53 if the were desirous of being thrown kltte ll o t . is °. n• Society is in a state of dissolution. erect "j, e rt, who perhaps might have been received pi“' e ars ago as Minister of Witi, is now for the 14 .1 y 1 .; ° n l 3' the bombarder of Messina. The same et., " a said of Cariati and Ischitella, who would ' 1 .51 4 3 3 i t a a point of junction with the brutal - tee () „,.,°ln of past years and of a new era. tirp y -I:Aucation of the people is nearly effecte . d i r l.ti ,T, 1 -I °w what they wish for. Their moderation n `ler i r'°,of of their force and of their resolutions. 1 - 1 11, -r aL Martini gains ground, thanks to the Queen. le. %\r h t rn in Pathy for Piedmont is hurtful to Russia. N e - 'Geri() was transferred from Montefusco to (i t __ . ti --i' 4 " 1110 , before the prison door were found 'llo,, ant carriages to convey him to his destination. i tir, - ,;. were the carriages of the proprietors the h ono inee ' who disputed among themselves n the d" -1 -!r of conducting the prisoner. Such is cripti on given by my informant of the present state of Naples, almost as literally as he has expressed it. The events that have recently occurred in Sicily and Naples bring forcibly to mind the observations of Count Cavour at the Paris Congress,that unless some remedy was applied to such a state of things Italy would be a permanent source of revolution and of danger for the whole of Europe. Whether the movement be really put down or not, these remarks have not less force and truth. As long as the same causes subsist, so long we may expect the same effects. Repression will not conjure the danger; the Italian provinces will still be in a state of agi'ation until such time as the great question which concerns it is defi nitively solved. In political circles in Paris it is said that the Russian flotilla in the Caspian Sea has been. or is to be, reinforced ; and that there is likely to be a movement of troops in Bessarabia, probably with a view to Austria. The following telegraphic despatch bng been received : " MARSEILLES, DEC. 11. " We have neWs from Naples of the 9th inst. " On the preceding day, while the troops were defiling, R young infantry cbasseur dashed forward towards the King. His sabre bayonet, directed against the royal person, struck violently and twisted his RN , sty's saddle, but the force of the weapon, weakened by the shock, only slightly touched the King on the breat. His Majesty remained an hour longer on horseback, wishing to attend until the end at the defiling of the troops, and he himself reassured the Princes of the royal family and the members of the diplomatic corps. The people afterwards accompanied the King to the palace with shouts of applause. The King, after his wound was dressed, drove out in an open carriage and passed round the city. A compact and enthusiastic multi tuda crowded round him on his passage. " To-clav his Mkjesty presided at a Cabinet Council and gave a public audience. The assassin, on being interrogate 3, coolly replied that he had obeyed the order he had received." The impression produced by the Prince of Prussia up to the present moment is, I learn from various sources, excellent. Every one speaks favourably of his intelligence, his manners, and his general appearance. It is observed with pleasure, that there is nothing stolid, forbidding, heavy, or, in fact, which is meant as the same, nothing German about him. His Royal Highness commenced his visits to the public monuments, beginning with the Hotel de Ville, to-day, and it was observed that his remarks were really very acute and to the purpose. He was in plain - clothes, as well as his attendants. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec, 10. The Oesterreicltische Correspondenz, of yesterday evening, contained the following account of the attempt which was made on the Bth inst., to take the life of the King of Naples : " Excording to diiect telegraphic advices from Naples an attentat was made, on the Bth, on the King of Naples. By God's mercy the attempt entirely failed. At noon a field mass was read on the place of parade, in the presence of the whole garrison His Majesty the King and the Royal family were also present. As the troops were defiling, a soldier of the 3 , 1 battalion of Chasseurs quitted the ranks, rushed upon the Monarch, who was on horseback, and struck him with his bayonet on the right side of his body above the sword belt. Fortunately the violence of the thrust was braken by Colonel Latour, of His Majesty's suit, who at the moment in which the attack was made seized the soldier and threw him to the ground. The assassin was arrested. No hole was made in the monarch's uniform by the blow. The King, who remained perfectly tranquil, did not leave the spot. The troops continued to defile, and when they had finished his Majesty placed himself at their head, and rode, accompanied by a vast crowd of people, back to the city at a foot pace. The troops displayed an excellent spirit. " Baron von Martini, the Imperial Royal Minister, who was present at the review in his quality of Austrian General, at once expressed, in the name of his Majesty and in his own, his horror at what had occurred, and his joy that the foul attempt had failed. " The insurrectionary movements in Sicily are at an end. Tranquillity is complately restored in the island. The leaders of the insurrection have been arrested." The Ultra-Conservatives in this city profess to believe that the recent measures of France and England have led to the attempt on the life of King Ferdinand 11., but to me it is not clear that the policy of the Western Powers can have any influ ence on the conduct of the paid defenders of his Neapolitan Majesty. It is well known that the native troops have long been dissatisfied with their lot, and your readers can hardly have forgotten that some months ago there was a serious disturb ante in one of the barracks at Naples. In a leader in its number of this morning, the Oesterreichische Zeitung attributes the murderous attempt on the King to the " Mazzinists," but in the adjoining column we find the following remarkabe passage, which is contained in a letter written by a Conser vative Turin correspondent on the sth inst.:— Naples is said to be in a state of extreme exci , ement, and a spirit of insubordination and mutiny is believed to prevail in the Neapolitan army. A collision between the native troops and Swiss is considered likely, and the latter look forward to it with sombre resolution." In general the Austrians deny the correctness of the great majority of the charges of mis government and wanton cruelty which have been brought by British and French writers against the Neapolitan Government ; but a person who is well able to form a correct opinion on the subject assures me that they are but too well founded. The Viebna papers relate that forty prisoners have recently been liberated by the King of Naples, but the statement is not quite correct. The dungeon doors of thirty political offenders have been unbarred, but Poerio and Settembrin are still in prison. As last Sunday was a remarkably fine day, the Venetian regatta, in honour of their Majesties, took place. The spectacle is said to have been remark ably brilliant, and no one who knows Venice and its capabilities will be inclined to doubt that such was really the case. The " bissoni" and " barchetti" were as numerous and as gaudy as on the day of the Emperor's arrival, and some of the larger boats had bands of music on board. The gondolieri displayed such extreme skill that not a single accident of consequence happened. Their Majesties saw the regatta from the windows of the Balbi Palace, and as soon as it was over they went up the Grand Canal in a galley which had been magnificently fitted up for them by the municipality of Venice. In the evening of the Bth the Emperor and Empress took advantage of the calmness of the weather, and went to Pola. The wind was so violent at Venice on the 2nd and 3rd that even iron lamp posts were broken—at least so say the official reports. When the Emperor appeared in public on the day after the sequestration had been re moved from the property of the emigrants, be was received with extreme enthusiasm, " and he and his Venetian subjects have ever since appeared to be on the best possible footing." The person who wrote the words quoted is still inclined to believe that the favourable impression produced will not be lasting. Wherever his Majesty goes he is accompanied by Count Frederic Thun, the civil Adlatus of Count Radetzky, and that noble is a persona ingratissima in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, as he is believed to be one of the principal lay champions of the Ultramontane party. The Count knows but little of the necessi ties of the Lombardo•Venetian kingdom, and the Italians aver that he is as ignorant of their language now as he was on his arrival at Verona two years ago. The presence of two British vessels in the port of Venice has given rise to all sorts of silly reports, and some timid politicians are greatly in clined to fancy that England " intends mischief." The truth of the matter is, that the Caradoc, having lost one of her paddle wheels sought shelter in the port of Venice, and the Conflict has since been sent to tow her down to Malta. The French Moniteur recently informed the public that the Emperor of Austria had granted a full amnesty to 90 persons convicted of treason or lese-Majeste, but the news was not strictly correct. The number of political prisoners pardoned was 70. The men who were liberated after having been imprisoned for longer or shorter periods in a House of Correc tion, known as the " Giudecca," were common criminals. Since the Emperor has been absent from Vienna he has pardoned twenty five Hungarians, who were imprisoned for political offences, but the dis content of the nation increases from day to day. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. A w ell-informed person gives three reasons for the bad feeling which prevaflo in Hungary. 1. The Concordat, and the introduction of the new marriage laws as one of its consequences. 2. The haughty and contemptuous behaviour of the Bohei mian and German employes; and the indignation caused by the attemr.ts of the Government to set aside the Hungarian language. Very recently Count Leo Thun, the Minister for Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Affairs, issued orders that ott certain subjects, the lectures delivered in the gymnasial schools, and at the Universities, should be in Ger man, and that five years hence all the lectures are to be in that language. The Hungarians are greatly attached to their mother tongue, and deeply resent the attempt which is made to suppress it. The 6-'overnmental papers attribute the preval ence of murder and robbery in Hungary to the want of education among the lower classes, but it strike ; me that the measures taken by Count Thun a*, not exactly those best calculated to remedy the evil. About a fortnight ago you were informed that the Emperor had given his. sanction to several measures before he quitted Vienna, and it is noW known that they concern Hungary. The chiefs of the province of Transylvania, Crotia, Slavonia, of the Temescher Banat, and of Dal matia, are no longer to bear the title of Civil and Military Governor," but of " Governor." In the civil administration the expression " Civil and Military Governments" are no longer to be employed, as in futUre there will be no sep G rate departments bearing such titles. The pro vincial administrations are to take cognizance of 311 civil matters, and the provincial military " Commandos' of those which concern the army. It is further ordained, that whenever the governor of a province is absent froin his post his place, in the administration shall be supplied by the Vice President or by the senior Aulic Councillor (and not by a general, as has hitherto been the case) All the foregoing ordinances are steps towards a normal state of things, and consequently disagree able to the military authorities, who justly attribute the decrease of their power to the clergy. The follower" of the humble and saintly Ignatius Loyola can bear no equals, and the discomfited men of the sword have already discovered that such is the case. _ Baron Bourqueney and Baron Budberg are working here in favour of the Danish government ; and Count Kisseleff and Baron Brunow, aided and abetted by Count Moltke and Baron Dirckinck- Holmfeld, are doing the same in Paris. The Vienna correspondent of the Hamburg Borsenhalle says Baron Hubner has informed this government that the Emperor Napoleon is favourable to the claims of the Danish Crown to the domains of Holstein- _Jauenburg, but the chances are that M. de Bourqueney will be as unsuccessful here as the Marquis de Moustier has been in Berlin. The two great German Powers would lose caste in the Confederation if they did not maintain the rights and privileges of the Duchies. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEC 11. The Neuchatel affair progresses very slowly ; and, "like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along." The last fact that you have chronicled in connection with this matter is, that the Swiss Federal Council unanimously resolved not to accede to the demands of Prussia, backed as they were by the representatives of all the German Powers that have any representatives at Berne. These demands were for the unconditional release of the Royalists without trial, as a preliminary to negociations, to be opened between the King of Prussia and the Swiss Confederation. We may assume for certain that the previous unanimous resolution of the German Bund, to back the King of Prussia's demands had been communicated to the great Powers, parties to the London Protocol of 1852, with a request that they would also put in a word for a recognition of those rights now by Switzerland, which they had already recog nised in that formal protocol, but however they may have fulfilled this political obligation, they have met with no success in Berne, as we have seen above. The facts that remain to be chronicled con nected with the matter are, that since the Swiss Federal Council came to the resolution above men tioned, Her von Sydow, the representative of Prussia, has received orders to withdraw to Sigmaringen, where he occupies a post in connexion with the ad ministration of the Principality of Hohenzollern. This withdrawal of the Prussian Representative is, however, not a diplomatic recall, but serves only to show to Switzerland that as long as the prison era are not released Prussia cannot treat; the personnel of the Prussian mission at Berne is still there. About a week back the Repre sentatives of France and Russia, in confor mity with the example of those of Austria, Bavaria, and Baden, made fresh representations to the Federal Government of the danger and im policy of the course it had adopted, and renewed their remonstrances for the liberation of the pri soners. The Federal Council refused again to listen to these well meant representations of the foreign Governments, and in so doing was backed and encouraged by our diplomatic Representative there. The next step that this Government will take, is as far as I can gather from various conversations,to present a report to the German Bund, showing what little effect its cumulative representations have had in Berne, and this report, backed with similar and corroborative reports from the Governments of Austria, Bavaria, and Baden, will then probably be referred to a committee to consider what further steps the Band may find it expedient to take in the matter. Either in conjunction with the resolution that may be come to by the German Bund, or in its own sole name, this Government will shortly present an ultimatum to the Swiss Federal Government, and on its rejection, which will in all probability take place, the diplomatic relations between Prussia and Swit zeriand will be broken off. The affair will not be broughtbefore the supplementary conferences about to be opened at Paris at the beginning of next year ; these conferences will be confined solely to the sets Cement of the questions of Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents ; and, moreover, not only are two powers to be represented there (Turkey and Sardinia), who have - nothing at all to do with the Neuchatel affair, but also the Swiss Confederation would have no voice and representation there, which would be ne cessdry if the resolution of the Congress were to be binding on it. Nor will the affair be brought before anyother Conferences, or even any attempt made to get up a Conference ad hoc of the great Powers. I can take upon myself to affirm so much as this as long as the present political conjunction lasts; for however well disposed the governments of France, Russia, and Austria, are to fulfil the undertaking they gave in the London Protocol of May 24, 1852, (to use their best efforts to bring the Swiss Confederation to act up to the international engagements, in virtue of which Neuchatel had become a Swiss canton under the guarantee of Europe), Lord Palmerston's government shows no inclination to act up to the obligations which Lord Malmesbury at that time entered into. The reason why so great a stress is laid on the liberation of the Royalist prisoners without trial, and why no pardon of them subsequent to trial will meet the exigencies of the case, is that the struggle for the recognition of the sovereignty, as between the Prince of Neuchatel and the Swiss Federal Government, turns upon this point. If the Prince's rights of sovereignty are still valid, as the European Powers declared them to be in 1852, then these Royalists are not amenable to punishment for striving to bring those rights to recognition ; it, on the contrary, the Swiss Federal Government can succeed in trying them and condemning them for rebellion, it establishes a strong point in favour of its own sovereignty, in spite'of the London Protocol and the final act of the Congress of Vienna. The pardon which in all probability will be extended to the prison ers eeable to t the co K in nde g, for mna tion will, of course, be ag r the sake of the men who have compromised them selves, but the circumstance of their having been tried at all will serve only to bring matters to an extremity, as between him and the Federal Govern ment. I hear that a note has within the last few days been despatched by this Cabinet to the various participators in the London Protocol, in connection with the refusal of the Swiss Federal Council to accede to the joint demands of so many Powers for the liberation of the prisoners. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette states that, in the absence of all details relative to the late na , )vement in Sicily, it is believed that no important town has taken part in it. It is asserted that more than 300 per sons have been arrested at Palermo. The official Gazette of Verona announces that the Emperor Francis Joseph has remitted the sentence passed upon Ferdinan do Appolonso, Gaetano BergamaFchi, Romano Berta n, Pietro Colla, Fidenzio Chiovatta, Bartolomeo Degato, Alvise Finetto, Pietro Innocente, Giuseppe, Gardin, Sante Padovan, Sante Pizzini, Pietro Rui, Giovanni Maria Sponger, Giovanni Secchicri, and Alvise Toletti. SPAM. . Our accounts from Madrid are of the B.h inst. All the reports which were lately in circulation relative to a modification of the Cabinet have entirely ceased. The question of the Puerta del Sol has been referred to the Minister of the In terior, by whom it is believed it will be speedily arranged. :By virtue of the decree of amnesty of the fifth October last, all his honours, grades, and decora tions have been restored to General Falcon, who figured at the head of the insurrection at Saragossa in July last. It is asserted that the.Spanisii..M2reantile Corn pany will send in proposals for a share in the loan of 300 millions of 'reels as well as the Credit Mobilier Company. The construction of railways is making great pro g in Spain. It is hoped that the whole line front Madlid to Alicante will be opened to the public by next spring. More than 10,000 labourers are work ing at it A portion of the section of the Saragossa will shortly be opened to the public The Credit Mobilier Company are pressing forward the road which is to connect Madrid with Andalusia. The Epoca states that the Embassy to St Peters burg has been offered to General Pczuela, who has refused it M. Isturitz is spoken of as the probable Ambassador to St Petersburg. ARRIVAL OF THE RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12 —The Resolute, in charge of Commander H. J. Hartstein, of the United States navy, anchored at Spithead this afternoon, at 2.30 p.m. in " thunder, lightning, and rain" (fact); the weather, indeed, was so foul that all communi cation with the shore was abandoned for the day. Capt. Hartstein succeeded in sending a letter by a pilot to Chevalier Vincent Pappalardo, the United States' vice consul at this port, inform• ing him of the impossibility of personally coming on shore this siternoon, to pay his official respects to the authorities but will do so as soon as the weather permits. Chevalier Pappalardo received an official invitation from the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth to the commander and officers of the Resolute to a corporate banquet, which we have before mentioned. This the consul sent off to the ship as soon as a communication could be effected with her. The invitation is for Thursday next, or. if that day be not convenient to the officers of the Resolute, leaving them to appoint such other day as would suit them better. From all we can gather upon the subject, this entertainment will be purely a corporate one ; it is probable, there fore, that the inhabitants of the borough will give a ball and banquet as their greeting to the gallant Americans, as we have heard a wish expressed by many of the most respectable burgesses to pay some such tribute of respect to the welcome visi tors. The Resolute arrived under the American ensign and pendant ; otter she anchored at Spit head she hoisted the English white (St. George's) ensign alongside of the American. She is to be brought into Portsmouth harbour to.morrow. No saint© has been fired. .She has made a good passage an arrived much sooner than was anticipated. OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, FRIDAY. The steamer Calcutta arrived here 12 1.5 p m , in 114 hours from Alexandria. The Indian mails bring advices from Bombay of the 17th of November, Calcutta the Btli of Novem ber, Madras the 14th of November, and Ceylon the 17th of November. War was proclaimed against Persia at Calcutta on th-llst of November. The last division of the fleet left Bombay on the 13th of November. Five thousand troops are to occupy Karrack and Rushire: The whole of India is profoundly tranquil. Exchange at Romb.ty, 2s. 2:d. Money market tighter. Import market steady The banks had again raised their rates of interest. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s 2ld. Money abundant. Freights firm. Exchange at Madras, 2s. 2d. to 2s 2dld. Money market easy. THE UNITED STATES. By the Belgian steamship Belgique we have re ceived New York papers of the 27th ult. The Bel gigue landed a few passengers at Cowes, and pro ceeds direct to Antwerp, for which port she has a large cargo of grain, flour, &c. Al telegraphic despatch from Columbia, South Carolina, says :—" The South Carolina Legislature met on onday. The Governor, in his message, re gards the recent election as merely establishing a truce between the north and south. ;le advocates the revival of the slave trade, and thinks that every branch of labour should be in the hands of slaves He refuses t) liy before the Legislature the resolutions of the New Hampshire Legislature transmitted through fhe Governor of that State." TEETOTALISM AND TIPPLING.—A quondam minister of the gospel, who advocates the Maine Law—" the total sad immediate suppression of the 'liquor traffic"—is a ship. owner, and one of the ships in which he is interested tea cently delivered a cargo of French brandy in the London Docks ! The freight being lucrative, another of the vessels in which he is interested was sent out for another cargo of brandy Gateshead Observer. PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE.—M. Boulanger, judge of the Imperial Court of Paris, who lately died at his residence, No. 3, Rue d'Alger, has, it appears, left not fewer than ninety-five wills ! As he was of very parsimonious habits, he wrote many of them on the backs of letters, tradesmen's bills, and prospectuses. NA a few of his legatees are perfect strangers to him, he having selected them from amongst persons mentioned in. the newspapers as having distinguished themselves by acts of virtue or devotedness. In one of his last wills he expresses the desire that his family will not attempt to dispute his bequests. A singular circumstance is related of the deceased. He himself wrote letters to his executors and most intimate friends an nouncing his death, with the day of his decease left blank ; and he ordered his servants to fill up the vacant space the moment he expired, and to despatch the letters, which was done. THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON.—From the local papers on both sides, at Southampton, we learn that the excitement respecting the election in February still continues to run high. The Tory candidate, Sir Edward Butler, and his friends pursue an active and diligent can vass. But in the vastly increased and intelligent constitu. ercy of Southampton, his only chance of success lies in the unhappy split in the Liberal ranks. Mr. Weguelin and his friends seem anxious enough to keep up the difftrenee which they first caused by putting him forward when there was another selected Liberal candidate in the field. Mr. Richard . Andrews (the mayor), has not yet declared on, notwithstand ing the large promises of support which he has received. Mr. Edwin James, the original candidate of the Liberals, hes not yet been declared off, notwithstanding his non appearance for some days past upon the busy scene. Mr. James, we understand, was, and is ready to do battle with the Tory, b ut h a s no wish to assist in dividing the Liberal interest, which in Southampton has only to be united to be supreme. There is plenty of time yet before the election, and we may yet hope that the really Liberal majority of ' the electors will find some means of deciding who is the best man to do battle with the common enemy. THE INCOME TAX AGITATION. We are glad to perceive that the few brief re marks which we made on Saturday respecting the imperative necessity for obtaining an immediate repeal of that unpopular impost, the income tax, has taken root, and that a merchant of standing and celebrity has come forward to second the idea which we put forth of having a town's meeting upon the subject. To the able letter of " a Merchant," which will be found in another column, we would refer our readers, and call upon them to " read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" its able and- convincing statements. This is, without a doubt, a ' topic far niore pressing, and far more interesting, because it goes home to the pockets, the comforts, and the domestic happiness of a far greater number of the community, than do the doctrines of the Currency Reformers, of which so much has been said in these columns of late. But, as in currency, so also in financial reform, the public mind must be enlightened ere we can expect that the nation shall rise as one man, and in a voice of thtinder, not pray, nor beseech, but demand of Parliament a thorough and efficient reform in the iMposition, the collections, and the expenditure of qur national taxes This is a question for our great financial reformers to take up aad agitate,. and ,we should be glad to see our local associations step forth and act as the worthy pioneers of, so great and so good a cause.. The income tax is not only a pressing but imminent • topic, yet, strange to say, little more is as yet'priaposed beyond the expedient of reducing the amount. It is not so much the amount as the principles on which it is levied, to which we object; for, no matter what may be said to the contrary, direct taxation hath advantages over indirect which no one can dispu'e or gainsay. In the case of the former, the contri butor knows the exact amount which he pays, and that he • actually does i pay, but such is not the case with reference to indirect taxes, unless, indeed, that he kept an accurate and detailed journal of every 'telt of taxable commodities, which he consumed through out the twelve months.' A' task ,which hardly any one of any class of the population would undertake, much less, perform with accuracy. But we have said, it is more the principles of imposition and Collection, than the tax itself, to which we object The letter of " A Merchant" touches upon the former of these. He depicts the injustice of im posing, without distinction, the tax upon incomes —derived from precarious and permanent means, i.e. merchants who may one year be _extensive gainers, and the next as great, if not greater losers, and those whose incomes are derivable from a permanent and uuvariable source—landed property, house pro perty, the funds, &c., &c. But constituted as society has been—aristocracy being the ruling element of our past system of government, and the landed interest the chief portion of 'our law makers—we cannot wonder that they who concocted the tax upon incomes should have remembeted and legis lated for the benefit of the order to which they belong, and therefore throw upon industry and commerce the burdens which they themselves should chiefly bear. At present this is the main point in the discussion. Indirect tax ation, wherein every one of the community con tributes at present fully three-fourths of the entire amount of the national income, the balance is made up by the income and property taxes. Tobacco and spirits bring in a large revenue to the exchequer, and it would require no arithmetical prodigy to demonstrate upon what class of the community that tax falls heaviest. We know that every pipe of tobacco we whiff off—every glass of spirits, be it whisky, gin, or rum, ay, or even beer which is consumed, contributes its share ; yea, more, every cup of tea or coffee which the poor imbibe, and the very sugar with which it is sweetened, all are under the exacting supervision of the excise and customs' departments, whose eagle-eyed officials, like the taskmasters of Egypt, are most unrelenting in the discharge of their duties, and, Shylock-like, demand the last farthing, or whet their legal knife to exact the pound of flesh. Again, who pays the greater part of that tax upon knowledge? the paper duty,—the timber duty, and several other taxes upon general con sumption, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer numerates and estimates with precision when de livering to the pliant House of Commons his annual financial statement—who, but the people ; they who are engaged in trade and commerce— the artizans of all classes—the very labouring population of the United Kingdom. From these considerations, it is higlr time that the taxes of the country should be readjusted, so that landed property and invested capital should 'contribute fully and fairly to the revenues of the country. As things Row are, this is not the case. The poor and industrious are ground down • with taxation, f4e that, my Lord This and Squire That may enjoy and revel in untaxed luxuries, spread the produce of their broad domains in continental cities and towns; whilst the manufac turer, the agriculturist, the artizan, and the labourer, together with the mental capital of the country, must pay up far beyond the legitimate quota to that fund which has, along with the prowess of her arms and an invincible navy, rendered us the greatest nation on the, earth. We hope, and earnestly too, to see the movement become universal and earnest. BURGLARY BY A POLICE OFFICER. On Friday, John Compton, a police officer of the D division of the London force, was brought before Mr. Long, at the Marylebone police court, charged with burglariously stealing, in the dwelling house of Messrs. Benham, 19, Wigmore-street, between ten o'clock on the night of Wednesday, and four o'clock on the morning of Thursday, gold and silver, about £34 in sovereigns and half soves reigns, a crown coin, and some florins. Mr. Hughes, superintendent of the division, attended to watch and conduct the inquiry on the part of the commissioners, and Mr. Lewis, junior, was engaged for the prisoner. Mr. James Frederick Benham, wholesale ironmonger, said that about four o'clock on Thursday morning he was alarmed by hearing a loud ringing of the street door bell. He got up immediately, when he saw the prisoner, who had on his police dress, at the door, and there was another constable. near him. Before he reached the door, the prisoner said he had found the street door open. The prisoner observed to the other constable "Don't you go, or I will report you." He and the prisoner went over the house, and down stairs. After that they went into the lamp room. The prosecutor said to the prisoner, Ido not think they have taken anything." He was about to let the prisoner go, when he said, " Let us look here." Prosecutor did so, and he then saw that a drawer had been forced open, and there was a quantity of paper in confusion. There was an office adjoining. They proceeded there, and found a desk had been forced open, and the papers in it, in a state of confusion. There was also another desk forced open. A knife was by the side of it, which he believed had been used to break open the desk. On further examining the place he found a drawer had been opened. Sergeant Knight. D 19, said that about three o'clock on Thursday morning he visited the prisoner, as was his duty. He asked him for a penny, which he (witness) wanted on account of a deceased constable. Prisoner at first said he did not think he had any money. He afterwards said that he had plenty of silver—as much as £3 or £4. He then offered witness 2s. 6d. to drink. Witness said, "I do not want your money. Witness was leaving the prisoner, when he put a half crown in his great coat pocket. Witness took it out of his pocket and flung it on the pavement. About four o'clock the same morning he saw the prisoner at the corner of Welbeck street and Wigmore street, when he informed witness that he had found the door of Mr. Benham's house open. Witness directed him to make a report to the station. Prisoner was very much agitaled. lie was scarcely able to stand, and could not tell him (witness) what had occurred. He took the prisoner with him to Inspector Mackreil, and he stated what had been referred to by Mr. Benham. About eight o'clock witness stated his suspicions to Mr. Mackrell about the prisoner. He and the inspector then went to the prisoner's lodgings. The pri soner was not at home, but he came in soon after, when witness was in his room making a search. The inspector told him his suspicions about him, and he was asked what he had done with the silver seen in his possession by him (witness). The pris n e r sa id h e bad got - it changed at Mr. Carruther's for a£s note. lie observed that be gave Mr. Carruthers £2 in silver, and three sovereigns. Ile was in the evening charged with the robbery. Several other officers of the police force gave similar evidence, and the prisoner was remanded, ANOTHER CRIM. CON. CASE. At the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday, another trial of this description took place. being an action brought by the plaintiff, wh o i s a j ourneyman coach-builder. residing in the Wandsworth -road, London, to recover damages against the defendant, a silk-weaver, at Strut. ford, for having had criminal conversation with the plain. tiff's wife in the month of November, 1855. It appeared that the defendant had lodged in the plaintiff's house at Stratford for five years, but left about three years ago, and it was alleged that he had kept up an improper intimacy with the plaintiff's wife, who is about 35 years of age, ever since. The case rested mainly upon the evidence of the plaintiff's son, a youth 15 years old, who stated that the defendant had often sent him with messages to his mother since he discontinued residing in their house, and he used to meet her, and walk with her alone. One night, in November of last year, he was aroused between one and two o'clock in the morning, by the smashing of a. pane of glass. He got up and saw the defendant come into the house through the window, and go to his mother's room, where he remaiaed about half an hour, and then went away through the window again. Witness secured the window, and the nest night he heard the window shaken by some one, as if he wanted to come in, but he could nit. All this he told his mother, bat she m tde no observation about it. Six months afterwards he was questioned by his father, and then told him all the Cir cumstances that he knew. Since that time his father had come home from his work only on Saturday; he had slept in the house, bur not with his mother. Th'y all had their ea. i s together, and his father and mother seemed to be upon ggoo d ;,-__Trus. They had been sitting together in the court during this ial. For the defence it was contended that the plaintiff had c,;.1 1 cloned the offence, if it had ever taken place, and as to any damages, none had been incurred, and 'the who l .e affair way a conspiracy by the husband and wife, and oue:t to be scooted out of court. The jury retired, and • were abi:"nt until half-past eight, when they returned, but could not 1i ee upon a verdict. They were consequently discharged. CHILD BURNT.—On the sth inst., a chi'd named Toomag Jones was burnt at a house in Shannon Street, and d'el in the infirmary on Saturday. Am:mt.:T.—Yesterday. at the Prince's Pier, a man named John Murphy, had his foot fr.ctured by the fall of some heavy weight from a catt on it. He lies at the Northern Hospital. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 9, ROSE-HILL.—New patients entered on the books last week, viz.—Re'level at the Institution, 184 ;relieved at their own dwellincrs, 65. Total, 249. Visitors: Mr. _ E. Watts, . and Mr. kirk. Joseph Kitchen, Esq , Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: SACRlLEGR.—Yesterday morning Mr. Lang, the clerk of St. Augustine's Catholic chapel, detected a man, who refuses to give nig name, after stealing a quantity o f silver plate from the altar. This was used for the service of the, altar, and was found in the man's possession. Be will be brought up before the magistrates this day. • BARON ALDERSON,—At a late hour on Friday evenin g, intimation was received by B iron Alderson that his son in London was so alarmiagly ill as to render it necessary that his Lordship should at once return to town. Accordingly Baron Alderson left LiverpOolty a late train that night. The business of the Crown Court, where his Lordship pre sided, was adjourned until to-day. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY, Week Ending Dec. 13, 18.56.—Admitted: In-patients, 37; out-patients, 4 casuals during week, 13. Discharged : in-patients cured, 16; do. relieved, and at own request, 8 ; do. made out-patients. 6 ; do. irregular, 2; do. dead, 6. Remain in the house, 169. House Visitor : Ha rmood Banner, Esq. Physician and Surgeon for ensuing week: Dr. Dickenson and Mr. Long. House Surgeon : Mr. E. Morris. Junior House Surgeon.: Mr. Cecil Webster. Chaplain: Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchinson, Treasurer. FIRES.—On Saturdiy night a fire broke out in the stables of Doctor M'Crorie, Duke street, and for some time mush alarm prevailed, as it' was feared great danger would result. Mr. Hewitt with his brigade and reels were quickly on the epot, and, by great exertion, got under the flames before much damage was sustained. Another fire broke oat in the workshOp of an engraver, in Williamson street, but by prompt attention and exertions, on the part of Mr. Hewitt; it was got under before much damage was sustained. LANCASHIRE DEBT GUARANTEE COMPANY.—Vice-Chan cellor Stuart wilt, at his chamber 3, No. 12, Old square, Lincoln's Inn, in the county' of Middlesex, on Monday the 22nd day cf December, 1856, at one p.m , or at such other adjourned time or place as he may then or afterwards fix, appoint an official manager of this company. Creditors of this company are to prove their debts before Vice Chancellor Stuart, and until they shall do so they will be precluded from prosecuting any proceedings for recovery of their debts. CORONER'S INQUESTS. --On S4i urdav, the Coroner held the following inquest on the-body of James nosseter, who was warehousekeeper to Messrs. Howard, Horsley & Co. So long ago as July, the deceased got a hurt at the ware house, and since complained of a ppin in his head, and it seemed that he died on Thursday from congestion of the brain. Verdict accordingly. On the body of Samuel Cleft, who was drowned in the canal by accident. Verdict, accidentally drowned. On the body of Aleide Boyer, of Springfield Street, who died sud.lenly, Verdict, died of natural causes. FIRE IN THE KING'S DOCK —On Saturday night a fire broke out on board the ship Olinda, of Sanderland, in the King's dock, and for some time threatened considerable damage, not only to the vessel but to the adjoining ships. Fire, or light of any sort, are not allowed on board vevels in the docks, and in this instance the fire must have origi nated in the introduction of matches, contrary to the rules. When the alarm was given, every exertion was made to extinguish the fire, and with success, for it was confined to the galley of the ship, which was destroyed, but fortunately no other damage was done. GAME PlES.—There are few who have not heard of the celebrated game pies made by Mr. Wilkie, of Harrington street, who now stands alone in the producsion of these indispensable adjuncts to every table where tests prevails. On Friday evening a number of gentlemen assembled at Mr. Wilkie's tavern to discuss the merits of one of these delicious' combinations, and the art of a Soyer was surpassed in the excellence of the " game pie" produced by the worthy host. All were in admiration of the quality of the viand—it could not be otherwise, for it WPS delicious. The secret of pro ducinr these pies, it appears, is confined to Mr. 'Wilkie. and it is no wonder the great demand that prevails for them, fur, considering the excellence of the article, the price is little more than nominal. A Christmas table can hardly be complete without one. A FRIEND IN NEED !—On Saturday night, a gentleman, who, for the present, shall be " nameless,' got "over the line"—(plain English) he got drunk. He had about £l6O in his pocket at the time, and went staggering through the streets to the tune of that fine old English ditty, "We won't go home till morning," et cetera. A friend happen ing to pass the locality of the 'Change where there are plenty of hotels, out of one of which the independent party had issued, was attracted by the voice, and soon recognised his friend. His first object was to try to get him home, but Wi' tippenny, we fear no evil, Wi' usquebagh, we face the deevil !" So it was in this case. Suspecting that the put valliant bad a trifle of cash about his person, the friend very properly relieved him of the sum above stated, and deposited it with the proper authorities —the police—telling the reason why he did so. Yesterday morning, the owner called at a certain central station to describe his loss, when, to his great joy, he found his cash "snug and comfortable" waiting his enquiry. Lucky man—a friend in need—all right! AFFAIRS IN CUBA.—We have Havana dates to the 17th ult. It was reported that General Pezuela would be re appointed governor of the island by the dominant party in Madrid, and the old Spaniards were much alarmed in con sequence. 300 soldiers had arrived from Spain. It is proposed to alter the apprenticeship system by introducing labourers on the same tooting as the Chinese, the planters agreeing to send them, at the end of a certain number of years, to the island of Fernando Po, the labourers paying one dollar a month during the period of service, as a fund for the expense 3. The captain of the Mexican steamer Democrata had published a card in his defence, The vessel was still guarded by Spanish war baats. Projects for the invasion of Mexico were hushed up, and the matter was not spoken of publicly. DESPERATE CASES OP ARSON.--DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE HOUSEHOLD or A CLEHOYMAN.—The Secretary of State for the Rome Department has offered a reward of £3O, and the Unity Fire Assurance Assooiation another reward of 420 for the arehension of the following incendiaries :---In the first case pp it appears that the rectory house of the W. Patin situate at Safford, Essex, had been burglario us l y entered, and a wilful attempt ma d e t o se t fire to th e same. Iu addition to the above rewards, Sir , George Grey will a d v i se the grant of her Majesty-'s gracious pardon to any accomplice not being the person who actually attempted to set fire to the house, who shall give such evidence as shallalsoa nd adviadvise conviction. the Her Majesty's Secretaryieadto suchof State sc discovery y Queen's pardon to any accomplice, not being the actual. perpetrator of the crime, who shall give such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of the parties who maliciously to the ricks in the ,ta c ky ar d b e l onging to Robert Eq., , liallstead h a ll, in the parish of Shax— wsLen t a o °t u , e ff whereby' seven immense stacks of corn, valued at several hundred pounds, independent of stacks of hay, straw, and other produce, were totally consumed. The sufferer has offered a reward of £5O, and the dire - tors of the County Fire Office have offered a further reward of X5O to any one who give the necessary information that shall lead to the capture and conviction of the incendiary or in • cendiaries.