Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

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Th e s e l i °3's are coining in fast in their own country, the Byswarra ; one officer states the average num ber tobe 30 a day. In other districts they sur render in, smaller numbers, because there are less ()f. t hem. They are a strange race. Colonel Seaton asked some of the 120 men who appeared before him and Lieutenant Chamier at Derriabad, how it was that they never stood before our troops. %S a hib," said the man, " it has been all the work ,h fa te. After what we had done we never could t. No matter whether your troops were not or white, native or European, we could Ba4.,stand against them : our salt choked us !" This t Oing, which is significant enough—above all, in ite Mouth. of the perfidious Oriental—seems to I re Commo n currency among t h em 11 r, enemies ar e concen t rat i ng i nto a narrow focus Lilo Burae c h di s t r i ct , on w hi c h our troops are .412 t gathering from all sides ; and even now the uul) of clem ency i s not exhausted. When they Bg li t lightly f ear our i nexora bl e wrat h , the guln and h er f o ll owers are o ff ere d more than ap_nardon. The royal l a dy i s p rom i se d an asy l um u a pension for herself and her son, and her i tter, Mummo Kh an , i s guaran t ee d hi s li fe i f the terms of the proclamation be complied with befo re the lof January. It is believed that st ter Begu m , Birjes Kudor, and the minis were not accessory to the murder of ' 3ll r captives in , Lucknow. Similar conces eess6ls, various in form and degree, have been made to other chiefs, and old Hunwant Singh of BEt llikimker, the bosom freind of Madhoo, has secretly crossed the Gogra and repaired to the 'atop of his Pylades, to intreat him to ask pardon before it be too late. From one district .of Oude i ino may judge how rapid is the progress of pacifica tion once the work is bemun ; it is almost as flamelike as insurrection. fn the Mullaon district, aecordin to the report for the week ending the 29th cr of ) November, 143,934 guns, matchlocks, Pistols, swords, spears, iron-bound clubs, bows, shields, &c., have been delivered up to the autho rities, of which 55,309 were collected in the week alone. The return includes even sword-sticks. The Deputy Commissioner reports that the people evince the same reluctance as heretofore to give up their arms, and that some pergunnahs evince dislike to pay up their revenue. No less than forty-one forts have been demolished in the district, to which are added for the week's work sixteen—great and small—total fifty-seven. The country is described as quiet and free of rebels. Upwards of 6,0001. of revenue was collected within the week, in addition to about 30,000/. already got in of the total yearly revenue of about 90,0001. TIM NATIVES ESTIMATING NUMBERS. . I have great doubts in my mind that the natives the march. H e s t a t e d some won d er f u l t hi ngs about the force of the rebels in various parts, and 8° I Was anxious to test his knowledge. " How taaSahib to-d a y p,, " The book has not yet been written Which contains their number." " But, speak plainly, how many do you think there 12 A P : " Well, of fighting men there are about zmerou s r -- '--O ; as for camp followers, they are more than the sands of the river, and cover bef.thea :31intry." "Have you ever seen armies 1 not knout • "I have been in a hundred fights. Do battle,o- kno w 9 I had a son killed by my side in Th. ,,, and those who now live are wounded." ...,e f orce comp atronir. uted at 12,000 is under 3,000 a Ca4i o B . ° Our hero of a hundred fights was not in arithmetic.— Times. TIIE WAR QUESTION. PARIS, Jan. 21 M. II —e la Ronciere le Nourry, captain in the Aerial Berlin Navy, has returned from his mission to and St. Petersburg. At Berlin, it is said, h_ e rec e i ved from the Prince Regent the Cross of Com mander of the Prussian Eagle. What he has Thbatatinheedhiand a the Rus s i an cap i ta l I cannot say ; b ut privat e i n t erv i ew w i t h t h e C zar, nd. that h e i s setting out for Turin, are posi tivelyd affirmed. In diplomatic circles, it i s no t oubted that his mission to Prussia, as well as to Piedmont, is the politic a l, an d i n ti ma t e l y re l at i ng to important topics of the moment. A letter from a personage now and for a long watie past officially resident at Vienna, speaks of as being a mere question of time, and all but the inevitable so oner or later. He says that such is opinion of the Vienna Cabinet ; that Austria ha f up her mind an d i s p re p ar i ng ser i ous l y or it ; that she will not begin ; but that she will not allow herself to be intimidated by the threats or d emonstrations of France. In Paris opinion does not appear to have changed in any respect ; and no arguments that have been as yet put forth in the organs of the War Party have reconciled the public to the notion Of undertaking a crusade for Italian liberty. Yet confidence is far from being restored, as the quota tions of this day will show. The first edition of the little pamphlet " Auroras nous la Guerre?" from which I gave a few extracts yesterday, has been already exhausted, and the author is preparing a second, in which a few of the expressions deemed rather harsh may be modified. These modifications will be merely verbal. The second pamphlet, "Est ce la Paix, est ce la Guerre?" has also attracted attention. It turns, as I have said, upon the necessity of holding a Congress to definitively settle the points left unsolved by that of 1856, as a last resource before appealing to arms. The author professes to show how incomplete the last Congress left its work. " The treaty of 1856 laid down certain principles, but did not re solve the complicated questions raised by that of the equilibrium of Europe." He continues : Is there in Europe a nation which has at the present day a serious interest in making war ? England has in India painful pre-occupations and very heavy burthens. Her industrial and commercial activity can alone enable her to face the necessities which press on her on every side. France is in a better position. She has no embarrass ment abroad, and the eminent position created for her in the councils of Europe by her conduct, and by the results of the war in the Cnmea, permit her to intervene with a powerful moral authority in the decisions of Cabinets. But does it follow that France has an interest which is personal to her in making war ? Where is that interest ? Is it the aggrandisement of her territory ? It would be folly to think of it. The epoch of wars for conquest has passed away for ever. What a nation gains by . war it loses by war. The example of the First Empire proves it. The Crimean war has proved to the world that henceforth the only legitimate wars are those which have for their object the defence of the weak against the strong & the main tenance of law and justice against iniquity and violence. Yes ; in this respect and under this point of view, there would remain for France more than one legitimate war to undertake. So long as there shall be a nationality °PPressed, so long as a right shall be disregarded and trodden under foot, so long as a people hold their hands s uppliantly extended towards us, France will have the riFht to make war. But it will only become a duty When she sh a ll h ave ex hausted all pacific means, all 40 nourable negotiations, all appeals to the p ublic con science. _ France is the soldier of God, it is true. But that soldier ought not henceforth to draw the sword until such time as a tribunal of honour, a Congress of all the Po wers, shall have d ec la re d th a t there no longer remains a w ay open for AU amicable arrugement, and that 1t 19 tr, force armed in the name of right, to act against force armed in the mame of iniquity or oppression. Yes ! France would have a legitimate war to make if a blind resistance opposed a liberal settlement in the condi flora of the Italian populations. It is the supreme decision of that tribunal which alone can at this day sanction the employment of force. Whe ther you will or not, the Paris Congress has estab lished a precedent the political and social importance of which cannot be passed over. All the European nations freely assembled, have established certain principles of international right. It is for the European nations now to declare in the presence of excited Italy if they mean or not to renounce these principles ; which are they that abandon the cause of the weak and the oppressed, the cause of right and justice, and they which, on the con trary, remain faithful to that sacred cause. Such is the point at which France is. Such are the loyal conditions which the Paris Congress has brought to its decisive action. Any resolution that is not conformable to that rule of conduct would risk the not being sanctioned by public opinion, the sovereign of modern times. The writer goes on to describe the difficulties of Austria, her financial embarrassments, &c. The great point, however, is a Congress. The following letter has been received from Trieste, dated 16th January : The Proharka regiment has received orders to embark for Ancona. Two battalions of infantry, stationed at the frontier, are to be despatched to Venice ; a steamboat has already sailed for Zeugg, to convey them. The small Neapolitan flotilla which is to escort the new Princess of the Two Sicilies has arrived in our port. The entire third corps d' armee now occupies its definitive position. The troops which compose it are now on the peace e itablishment, but the reserve may be called in at any moment, and it will then amount to 60,000 men. TURIN, Jan. 19 With respect to the marriage, there is nothing newr It is said that the contract is being drawn up. The interests of the subject begins already to diminish with the Pieilmontese, for Italians, are somewhat phlegmatic and in clined to be nil ad»zirari. The alliance certainly obtains no sympathy or approbation ; but since it is to be, the majority shrug their shoulders and decide that it is no business of theirs. It is the King's business, and in such cases the laissez faire system is here apt to be in favour with the masses. The feeling of the higher classes continues to be extremely opposed to the marriage. After the excitement of the last few days, and the countless reports, some of them most extravagant, which have been current to-day, there seems a slight lull, as if people were reposing from the fabrication and propogation of rumours. Here, where the Press is free, and all foreign journals are admitted, such rumours for the most part get corrected or discre dited within a very short time from their first cir culation ; but in Lombardy, where no newspapers, either native or foreign, are tolerated which say anything that the Government dislikes or does not wish to be known, people live in an atmosphere of lies and exaggeration—the most astonishing fictions obtain credence, and remain registered in many persons' memories as though they were Gospel truths. The many exaggerated statements that have been spread and accepted in , Piedmont during the last few weeks with respect to the state of things in Lombardy are, doubtless, in great part due to the readiness with which people in the latter country have repeated in their letters or on their visits to Turin the trashy gossip of the coffeehouses, It must be added, that there are many here whose desire to believe the worst makes them unwilling to doubt the veracity of their informants, and who look with suspicion on any who seeks to place matters in their true light. But the general tone of the correspondence from Lombardy in the Turin papers, and the strong anti-Austrian animus they display ought to suffice to put impartial persons on their guard. By some of the recent letters of your Vienna correspondent.l perceive that there also most outrageous stories have been circulated, although generally speedily contradicted. A collection of all the assassinations, street disturbances, outrages, and arrests that have here been alleged, in and out of print, to have occurred in Austrian Italy since the beginning of December, would furnish a sum-total perfectly prodigious. With the exception of the assassination of the unfor tunate veterinary professor at Pavia, which seems generally attributed to an agent of the 11azzinian faction (ow becoming daily more discredited and impotent in the whole of Northern Italy), I can not call to mind any well authenticated case of murder from political motives during the whole period of the fermentation we have heard so much of ; the wounds that have been inflicted in the various reported collisions between Austrians and Italians would require, I suspect, an extremely small surface of plaister ; and, as to the arrests which the Turin journals continue daily to an nounce, they have been confined, according to the assurances I received three days ago from most decided anti-Austrians in Milan, to two or three hundred of the greatest robbers and cnt-throats in that city, there known by the knickname of barabba. I have seen nothing in the papers about the im prisonment at Venice of twenty students, a posi tive statement of which was contained in a letter from that city to a foreign gentleman resident in Milan. Perhaps the account was erroneous, or possibly the young men were released after brief_ confinement. As to the cigar demonstration, the inscriptions on the walls of " Viva l'ltalia . 1 Viva Verdi!" &e., and the anonymous letters said to have been sent to certain Austrian partisans, for bidding them to give entertainments, these are very puerile matters. But, at the point at which matters have now arrivrd, the state of things in Lombardy loses much of its immediate importance; it is generally admitted that there is no probability of an outbreak ; the leaders of the revolutionary party are able to restrain the people, which has been made to understand that an act of impru dence might be fatal to its cause. All eyes are now turned to France, on whose active assistance against Austria the Italians daily more con fidently reckon. - England is also looked to with some anxiety, for her presumed neutrality is considered an important element in the coming triumph which many here most sanguinely an ticipate. If 'England stands • aloof a speedy termination of the contest is predicted by some persons (whom I have reason to think in the secret of the conspiracy) with a degree of confideuce which seem to argue either an undue contempt for Austria and her army, or a knowledge that the aid of Russia, as well as that of France, may be reckoned upon. A report reached me yesterday evening, from two or three quarters, of a treaty of alliance, off ens i ve and defensive, between France and Piedmont, guaranteed by Russia. If this be founded in fact, it is not likely this Government will reveal it until . the time be ripe. The report may be one of those idle ones so numerous of late ; but it points to a combination which has lately struck many as not unlikely to be brought about, and perhaps already decided upon. England, I repeat, is attentively watched, and the belief is cherished that she would not be likely to go to war to preserve to Austria her Italian possessions. The same persons who are con fident that her neutrality would ensure a rapid set tlement of the question declare themselves wholly unable to see the probable results should she, on the contrary, draw the sword. In short, the alternative, apparently, is thought to be this— either France and Piedmont against Austria, with Russia threatening, if not aiding, and England and Prussia neutral, or a general war in Europe. The bloody annals of the Crimean campaign assist us to some faint idea to what a general war would be in this day of murderous inventions and military proficiency. Anybody may paint the picture for himself by aid of his memory and of very brief reflection. Europe would probably think such a calamity rather a heavy price to pay even for the emancipation of Austrian Italy. War, however, has not been declared yet, and, although it be difficult altogether to escape the contagion of the belief here now so general and strong, it must be borne in mind that for every one war that has taken place (at least in modern times) hundreds have been discussed as probable, and dozens have been talked of us imminent and inevitable. Meanwhile, we a the war party read with g ra tifi ca ti on the bellicose leffusions of Prince Napoleon's Paris organ, and keep a sharp look-out for au other indications THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1859 that may seem favourable to the realisation of our ardent desires. We hope, at any rate, not to have longer to wait than until the 7th of February for some significant and belligerent demonstration on the part 'of our big ally at the Tuileries. VIENNA, Jan. 19 According to reliable advices from Lombardy, the political ferment is subsiding in the capital, as well as in the provincial towns. It was here feared that the troops might be guilty of excesses, as their patience has long been severely tried, but information has been received that they have hitherto obeyed to the letter the strict orders of their commanders to avoid giving the people cause for complaint. It is possible that the Lombards may attribute the moderation of the Austrians to fear, but they will speedily discover their mistake should they seriously misbehave themselves. Before Count Gyulia left this city he was told to refrain, if possible, from having recourse to extreme measures, but he took with him powers which will enable him to proclaim the state of siege in Lombardy whenever it may be necessary. Everything being quiet again at Padua, the citizens have petitioned the government to allow the students to return to the University. It is morally certain that foreign students will not be permitted to study at Padua for some time to come, but those who are natives of the neighbouring cities will soon be allowed to return. When the " row" occurred there were about a thousand students at Padua, and their tem porary absence is said to be severely felt by the citizens with whom they lodged and boarded. As soon as the order for the departure of the students was promulgated, the boys in the , gymna.sial schools began to make preparations for going to their re spective homes, so that the police was obliged to post bills, in which it was stated that although the young men studying at the University were to leave the city, the school-boys were to remain where they were. During two days Padua was governed by a General officer (General von INlelczer), but it was not considered necessary to proclaim martial law, as the people from the very first expressed their disapproval of the conduct of the students. A Trieste correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette positively asserts that the Archduchess Char lotte is about to return to Milan, but the intelligence does not obtain credit here, as the Viennese have not forgotten the conduct of the revolutionary pa r ty in Italy in 1848. The patriots in Treviso threatened to send Marshal Nugent the head of his daughter, and their worthy colleagues at Padua forced Countess Wimpffen to write to her husband, a General of Division, that if he fired a single shot at Padua, she and her children would be slaughtered. Should there be serious disturbances in Italy, the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian will probably go to Verona. For some unknown reason the destination of Major-General Count Mensdorff Pouilly has been changed, and the Emperor is now trying to persuade him to go to Italy as Lord Chamberlain to the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. The gal lant officer is said to be loth to accept the proffered honour, but he will probably consent to go to Italy, as it is difficult to say nay to an Imperial suitor. I would conciliate the interests of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures. A recent statistical return shows that as many as 1,004,974 children are now receiving instruction in public and private schools, and 468,050 of them gratuitously. The Journal de Constantiimple mentions that it is in contemplation to have a universal exhibition ut Constan tinople in 1860. The propositi on i s sa id t o h ave b een f a vourably received by the different embassies ; and a company had come forward to erect the building for the purpose. The magnificent theatre of the Sultan at Constan tinople, has just been inaugurated in p resence o f hi s Majesty, his family, and the principal dignitaries of the empire, and orders were given for the performance, on the 14th, of the comic opera of the ''Scaramucia," at which all the ladies of the harem, for the first time in their lives, were to be prresent in the different boxes. The contract for the purchase of the Great Eastern by the Great Ship Company was concluded on- Friday, and the first instalment of purchase-money paid to the liqui dators. £300,000, including the subscriptions of the old shareholders in the Eastern Steam Company, have been subscribed, and this, it is believed, will be amply sufficient not only for the purchase and completion of the ship, but also to provide workinc , capital. Plans and specifica tions are in a state of satisfactory forwardness for circulation among competent persons to tender upon. A general meeting of the shareholders is to be convened in the course of next month, so that no delay may occur in giving practical effect to all arrangements for the completion of the ship for sea within the contemplated period. - WAGES IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.—The factory operatives in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire have for some time past contemplated a general movement for securing an increase of wages, considering that the prosperity of the cotton trade would amply justify them in such a course. The spinners and self-actor minders have taken the initiative, and the united body represent ing the four counties above-named have made a draught of a memorial to the employers setting forth the views of the workers on the subject. The agitation assumes entirely the characte; of a request to the employers, and in many instances the amount of the advance of wages desired is not even named. The masters will be appealed to individually, and there is little doubt that in most instances the request will be conceded. In any case, a " strike," or measures of the kind, will not be resorted to. The power-loom weavers contemplate a similar movement, characterised by exactly similar means. EXTRAORDINARY FOSSIL REMAINS.—There have recently been discovered in one of the limestone quarries at Oreston, near Plymouth, the teeth, bones, and other remains of lions, tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, horses, hyenas, and other animals. The discovery has created quite a sensation in the geological world. The extreme remoteness of the age when these animals existed in Britain may be judged from the fact that the cavern from which the fossils were extracted is situate in the solid rock in the cliff of a quarry which is about 1,000 feet from the edge of the sea. The cavern was about seventy feet above the level of high water, and thirty-five feet below the surface of the field above ; it was twenty feet long, ten feet high, and about ten feet wide. There was no aperture or Other indication of its locality. Among the contents is the jaw of an animal of the horse species in stalagmite, exceedingly perfect. This is said to be the first ever found in stalagmite, and if so, establishes facts, and gives rise to theories entirely new in geology. The breakwater in the Sound is composed almost entirely of limestone worked from the Oreston quarries. The fossils are in the possession of Mr. Joseph, mineralogist, of Plymonth. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.—About five o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a young man named Thomas Price, butler to Lord Lisburne, 'M.P., Crosswood park, met with a watery grave in the river Ystwith, and several others but narrowly escaped the same fate. Lady Vaughan, Lady Elizabeth Vaughan, and Master Edward Vaughan were returning from the ball held in celebration of the majority of Pryse Loveden, Esq., in a fly driven by Morgan Mason, the Belle Vue postboy, by the side of whom sat the deceased. The route via Llanilar was chosen as being preferable. It had been raining very heavily during the night. When the carriage reached the ford crossing the river Ystwith, near Crosswood there was no perceptible increase in the river, but after proceeding a few yards across a volume of water came down all at once, and the current was so strong, that it turned the fly on one side, when the young man fell over, and was immediately swept away. The postboy failed to retreat, and had no alternative but to endeavour to make for the opposite bank, in which he ultimately succeeded. He threw the reins over a branch of the tree on the bank, and happily was able to rescue the inmates of the car riage, who, we are glad to say, received no injury, further than the terrors of their perilous situation. Assistance was immediately procured, and active search made. The body was found about ten o'clock, opposite Glanpetmuth, a distance of two miles down the river.— Carnarvon Herald. A MURDERER'S LETTER. - The Stamford Mercury publishes two letters, written by Whitworth, who was lately executed at York, to the parents of his victim, Sarah Hare, who reside in Coningsby. The one of latest date is as follows :—" York Castle, January 7, 1859. • My dear Injured Friend : I was very glad to hear from you, but more so to receive your forgiveness before I die. My time is short ; in a little time I shall be launched out of time into eternity. But, thank God, that does not dis turb me : for God, for Christ's sake, has pardoned all my sins, so that for me to die will be gain, and . I hope to meet her that is gone before at God's right hand that we might welcome you all when you arrive at home. It may be a few years before you all come, so I bid you a long farewell till we wake up at the last day. May God help you till your journey's end, ana I sincerely hope that our love will be a sufficient warning to all young lovers that are left behind. So now I wish you all a long farewell, and in a very few hours I shall have changed this world for a much better. Indeed it iS most astonishing to think how wonderfully well God supports me in my last hours, so unworthy as I am, and I humbly thank the Almighty for the good he has done me, and I declare to you I am at variance with no person. God has taught me to forget and forgive all. So I must bid you all a bug farewell in this world, for I am at peace with all the world now, and in a short time I hope to be in Heaven, when I trust I shall meet you all again. So good bve, and God bless you all.—From your well wisher, 01IN T. WHITIVORTIL—TO Mr. Thomas Hare." Scorrisie MORALITY.—The following rich specimen of hot blood is from our irascible contemporary, the Northern Whig : ".The most recent outrage on public decency of which the Mail has been guilty, is an attack on the chastity of Irish women, involved in a comment on the arrangement of marriages, births, and deaths in this paper.. The Mail says, fancying itself very funny : ' The Northern Whig is very systematic in its announce ments. It places marriages before births, contrary to the general rule amongst the conductors of the broadsheet. But what of all• those births that take place in Ireland before marriage ?' The Mail should not have put a question, which we beg to retort on Scotland, famous as she is, in addition to her drunkenness, her commercial dishonesty, and her religious hy pocrisy, for her large swarms of unwedded mothers—a class which is much scarcer in Ireland than it is in Eng land, and which, in Scotland, is more numerous than in any other country in Europe. It is some few years ago since Sir Archibald Alison, sitting as a judge in Glasgow (which is stated the headquarters of Scottish piety and criminality), stated his reprobation and horror of the picture of immorality presented by the enormous propor tion of illegitimate births, in that corner of the vineyard over which - he had been called to preside. He spoke much wholesome truth on the wickedness of Glasgow, for which the people thereabouts have never forgiven him, and never will, for they are a generation who, 'if you praise and flatter them, will let you do with them what you like, but who hate the truth with a perfect and im placable hate with a hatred equal to the love which they bear to whisky." • Commenting on' the proposed Dramatic College, the Critic says :—What con.solation will it be for an, old man, who has used himself to gaslight and his quiet' pipe in his favourite tavern, until these matters have become second nature to him, to take him away into the country and when he is weary of his life ask him to look upoirthe spot where. Milton- probably read "Paradise Lost" to- Mr. Elwood ? Who can doubt that to tear up old people by the roots from the soil in which they are grown and transport them suddenly would be to render them intensely miserable ? Let us hope that the committee will pause before- they are guilty of such cruelty as this., How does it IKtppen that decayed literary men, even those who have once held a respectable standing, avail themselves of the refuge of tha Charter House ? Simply because .it is London ; because they are not violently torn away from their old haunts and associations. But there is another proposition more monstrous even than that of .fixing the site in a neighbourhood hallowed by the memory of the divine Milton, and that is to build the College next door to the Working Necropolis. Here is a prospect for the poor old actor in the fall of life I He has but to look across the road to see his final resting place. His grave is there for him, and it is but a few yards to walk into it. Perhaps, too, the burying company would con sent to some arrangement to allow the coll'gians to come up to town in the empty hearses , Or they might evm find employment for the old histrin—such as were able bodied as the grave,clipers (n o t in Hamlet), ancl the - rest as mutes, THE KING OF NAPLES The reported death of the King of Naples is contradicted. The latest intelligence states that His Majesty was recovering from his illness. The following is an extract from a letter dated Vienna, Jan. 19 : All the rumours which are in circulation here relative to the King are entirely devoid of foundation, as no other news than that above given has been received here. Something of unusual importance must, however, have occurred, or the King, who had announced that it was his intention to m, - !et his son's bride at Manfredonia on a certain day, would not have requested her to postpone her departure from Vienna. The youthfnl bride, who would be in a very awkward position were she not under the protection of such near relatives, will probably be inclined to consider the sudden interruption to her journey a bad omen, and to fear that the Royal Palace at Naples will be a less safe residence than the ancient castle of Possenhofen, on the Wurm Lake (Wiirmsee). As has already been said, no one here, with the exception, perhaps, of the Emperor, knoWs what has happened at Naples, but medical men who know the constitution and habits of the King believe that "the attack of rheumatism" is neither more nor less than paralysis. Should any authentic information be acquired on the subject it will of course be forwarded by electric telegraph, but it is probable that the official news from Naples which may reach this city will be kept from the knowledge of the public. So unexpected was the news from Naples, that the Archdukes Regnier and William went from this city to Trieste on the morning of the 17th inst., in order to make the necessary arrange ments for accompanying the bride, who is uuder the special care of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, the official representative of the Duke of Calabria, to Manfredonia. TOULON, The following are extracts from a private letter, dated Marseilles, 19th inst. : The orders transmitted to the military and naval authorities at Toulon and Marseilles are regarded as strong evidence of approaching war. Two batteries of artillery mounting guns on a new principle, which have lately been submitted to proof at Vincennes, were to have been despatched from Marseilles. One battery was intended for Algiers and the other one for Oran. It was on the occasion of proving these guns that Gen. Ardan lost his life. A ministerial order has diverted the batteries from their original destination, and they are now lodged in our arsenal, entry to which is strictly forbidden. An enormons quantity of cartridges has within the last few days been received here and deposited in the forts St. Jean and St. Nicholas, but it is unknown for what quarter they are intended. The convoys passing through the streets of Marseilles, escorted by infantry, afforded to the citizens ample proof that viarlike stores were arriving. Large quantities of gunpowder have also been received, and the commissariat here is employed in accumulating stores of lint, bedding, and necessary appliances for hospitals. The keepers of the military provision stores have re commenced work in their bakehouses ; 4,500 rations are daily manufactured, and large quantities of flour have been purchased. _ _ _ _ The direction of the Lyons and Mediterranean Rail way have stated their readiness to place all their materiel at the disposal of government for the conveyance of troops, stores, &c., and the managers of the Marseilles and Toulon Railway have also placed one of their lines of rail at the disposition of government from the Ist of March next. At Toulon the Admiralty has collected large stores of provisions of all descriptions, and have bought at public auction six hundred thousand litres of wine. The armament is being carried on in all parts with activity, and the French Government is fortifying the docks of Marseilles, in which incalculable treasures are amassed. • At Toulon the building of transport ships is progressing incessantly, and works go on even on Sundays. Reports state that these vessels are intended for Algeria, for the purpose of bringing from thence those troops who have seen most service. In our town works are being carried on for the com pression of hay, as was done during the Crimean war. However I am bound to state that up to the present moment there has been no movement of the troops. SPAIN. The following telegram has been received : MADRID ; Jan. 20, Last evening, M. Barrott presented to the Queen his credentials as French Ambassador at the Court of Madrid. 'lt is said that General Zapatero, Captain-General of Andalusia, has resigned, and that he is replaced by General Villalonga. The Madrid journals of the 17th state that the new bill on the press drawn up by the Government is conceived in a liberal spirit.. A committee of the Chamber of Deputies had declared in favour of the Government project for setting apart the large sum of 2,000,000,000 reals for public works. In the Chamber,the Minister of Foreign Affairs,in reply to a question as to whether the Government was in fa vour of free trade or protection, said that he could not answer the q,ustion,inasmuch as the matter was one of such importance that even England and France, the most advanc,Q4 nations, had not yet settled it ;. but he cone assure the Chamber that in any measures, the -government might adopt it FALL OF AOTTIER BUILDING SIYERAL PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. On gaturday morning considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the Kent-road, London, in con sequence of the fall of a building in Harpur-street, Kent road ; the building is extremely old. For some dine no one could ascertain the cause, and on the neighbours going to Mr. Hobman's stables, they heard groans under the deVis. When the smoke and dust had cleared away, a pitiable scene presented itself. The rubbish had buried Henry Wicks, aged 61, and Mr. Hobtnan, jun , and two horses. The cries of the men were most distressing. Regardless of the danger, the neighbours rushed in, and, by clearing away the rubbish, managed to rescue Henry Wicks and Mr. Hobman. Henry Wicks was conveyed to Gay's Hospital, where it was found that the pelvis was burst by the falling of a piece of timber, and Mr. Hob man now remains at home in a very dangerous state. A messenger was sent to the surveyor for thepurpose of shoring up the remaining walls of the buildinj, and no time was lost by, that gentleman in carrying out the utcessary precautions. The authorities of King's College give a soiree, at which there is expected to be a very brilliant display of photographs,. this evening. It is stated that the next and last Shakspnian revival, under Arr. G. Kean's management, at tha Princess's Theatre, will be "King Henry V." The Musical Society of London, in the council of which are some of our most eminent English musician , propose giving four - orchestral concerts at St. James's Hall. On Thursday a gathering took place at the room s o f th e Photographic Society, in Suffolk-street. The exhibition of photographs this year has been more successful in drawing money than was ever before known. Miss — Heywood; late of the National English Opera Company, has been engaged by the director of the Italian Opera, New York,. to sing the part- of Azucena in " Trovatore," with. Millie. Piccolomini as Leonora. A new two-act drama, by Mr. Slow, author of "The Templars," &c., is in rehearsal at the Adelphi; and it is understood that an engagement is pending with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews to appear at the same theatre. A public meeting is to be held at Burslem this dab to inaugurate an effort to raise a memorial building in honour of Joseph Wedgwood, the fath er o f the Staffordshire Potteries. The Earl of Carlisle is to preside. The chess match by correspondence between the Cam bridge and Hull clubs, which commenced many months ago, has terminated in favour of the Cambridge players, who, after an arduous struggle, succeeded in winning both games. There is a rumour that Mr. Morphy will play another match with Mr Harrwitz. A report is current, too, that Mr. Morphy, in emulation of Paulsen, has under taken to play twenty games simultaneously without board and men. Mr. Gye has been to Paris, says the Literary Gazette, . . in search - , perhaps, of another barytono cantanic. How the transfer of Signor Graziani from Covent Garden to Drury-lane was effected remains a puzzle, which may possibly be unravelled some time hence, but which at . . The CrystaiPalace Art Union is steadily progressing and numbers among its members many who h - ave sub: scribed for years to the older associations, and who approve of the varied choice which is now offered in the presentation work to subscribers. The busts in ceramic statuary have hitherto been• the objects mosts selected. Symptoms are apparent, says the Critic, that the Christmas furore forpantomimes is abating, and if it were necessary. many obvious reasons might be found for this result. The holidays are drawing, and in many instances have drawn, to a close; and it is is now certain that it must be the children of the larger growth who maintain the splendours of the burlesque openings and the outrages of the harlequinades. There is now a vacancy in , the excellent choir of the Chapel Royal of St. George, occasioned by the death of Mr. Harris, the eldest lay clerk. Mr. Harris's voice was a tenor, but we believe the dean and canons have not yet decided whether the vacancy shall be filled up by a tenor or a counter tenor. The trials will not take place for.some weeks to come. The choir is generally regarded as an advantageous stepping-stone. A public dinner has been lately given by a number of the admirers of a man named Bignell, the proprietor of a casino in Windmill-street, called the Argyll Rooms. This, of itself, is an extraordinary sign of the times. Another curious fact is, that a lord—Lord Wm. Lennox was actually induced to preside at this business. What however astonishes us most is, that when the toast of " The Press" was proposed, a member of that body was thereto respond to it, and he actually did respond to it, as if honour had been done to the profession to which he belongs. In pity to that gentleman, we suppress his name.—Critic. THE GREAT GARRICK CLUB DISPUTE BETWEEN MR. EDMUND. YATES AND MR. TRACKERAY. -- This long expected case will shortly occupy the attention of the public. The action brought by Mr. Yates against Mr. Dollond, the secretary of the Garrick Club, to try the right to expel Mr. Edmund Yates. will be tried at the sittings after the present tern, before Lord Campbell and a special jury. For some time past the matter has excited much interest in the literary and other circles, and a large number of witnesses connected with the club, including Mr. Charles Dickens, and other literary illuminati, will be examined. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C.; will conduct the case for the plaintiff; the Attorney General will represent the defendant. A collection of Chinese food, just received at South Kensington, through Sir John Bowrimr, will ye some It little insight into the nature of a Chinese dinner includes acollection of Chinese wines ; a small number of specimens' of tea ; some kinds of sea-weed; fourteen varieties of Chinese cakes ; preserved fruits and vegetables ) &c. There is also a tempting variety of tobaccoes.. Some of the specimens are marked " for women," whilst others are prepared for smoking through water-pipes. These specimens are accompanied by several pipes used in• smoking both opium and tobacco. There are varions miscellaneous substances of more or less interest ; such as seeds, dried fruits, pre- parations•from the bamboo, and condiments of various kinds. limongst these are specimens of arrowroot from the roots of the water lily. ELEPIIANTS.—Another thing to look at is the force and sagacity of those elephants, which are gravely pulling two of our heavy guns through the sand in which they have sunk, near the Kokrael-bridge. If the megathei ia of the fossil world had equal segacity, it is well for man they perished before his era. Their living congeners are feeling the wheels with theirprobosces, as if to estimate the nature of the obstacle ; another is forcing the breech forward with all its weight and strength combined, by placing his head against the gun, and then pushing like a ram.; another eases off the- pressure by dragging up the muzzle with his proboscis. There are fourteen of them, and the two 18-pounders soon begin to move forward with celerity, the elephants playing a little flourish on their horns as soon as the object is accomplished. Oh ! Mr. Reade, don't say a word against elephants till you know them better, or can come out here and study them. MORE COURTEOUS THAN KIND.—We are afraid that the good old custom of catechising servants on the text heads and particulars of Sunday sermons is all but ignored in. these degenerate days. In the olden times of catechism, it was customary for the good man to insist upon not only the text being brought home, but large portions of the discourse, for the edification of all and sundry who had been detained from the service. Occasionally he met with a rebuff from some graceless scamp, who shirked the ques tion in an off-'handed manner, as in the following,:— Master : Whaur was the text the day ? Jock : I dinna ken : I. was owre lang o' gaup in. Master : What , was the conclusion Jock : I dinna ken : I cam' oot afore he was dune. Master : What did he say about the middle o't, then ?- Jock : I dinna ken ; I sleepit a' the tisne, This may be , apycrophal, but the following is a, fact :—A preacher, not a hundred miles from Hawiek, having been interrupted in his discourse by the bustling entrance of a person, turned sharply round and announced to the new comer where the text was to be found. having done so he quietly resumed the thread of his discourse as if nothing had happened.—Border Advertiser. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —About half-past five on Thursday evening, a sad accident, unfortunately resulting in almost instantaneous death, occurred at the New-street Station.. An elderly female, at present unknown, was in the act of passing over the level crossing opposite one of the gate entrances to the station in Great Queen-street, just at the moment that what is termed an " empty " engine was slowly coming up. Either not perceiving its approach, or 'thinking to pass in front of it, o*, old woman continued on her way, and before the driver of the engine could pull up she was knocked down, and so frightfully injured by the wheels and gearing of the locomotive , t hat when taken u p she w as fowl to be quite dead. A station policeman, - w h o was on duty on the spot, observing the poor creature's danger, rushed up to her to pull her back, but was too late, and very narrowly sav ed hi s own life in the attempt,h he being seinhgakaelsn as othtroowrennddoewnr his removal the home concussion,e ed e sh a i n r a d l a e o badly The deceased was placed on a stretcher, and conveyed for r t . h o o w i o th p e t r e , the G s t e a n t e i e r a n l ,m H a o s s t p e i r t . al , Her aeo?mpanied by injuries consist of being a dreadful fracture of the left arm, a se yr) le.ceration of the temple, and a large wound the supposed to have res u lt e d i n a fraat tire of one of the upper ribs, a portion o f w hi c h Breast, which is i caused almost insta n t death,—.r.t d the lungs, and .sirt e ni rate nyhain Daily ota. LATEST FASHIONS Passementerie, which, during several seasons, has played so important a part in the ornamentation of dresses, mantles. &c., is now improved by the introduc tion of a beautiful Parisian novelty, called Point de Hongrie (Hungarian lace.) It surpasses in beauty every article hitherto employed for applicator, and indeed is nearly equal to fine embroidery. Ire have seen a black velvet mantle on which this Point de Hongrie was employed with exquisite effect. Several evening and ball dresses, just completed by a fashionable milliner, awe worthy of description, and will afford hints fcr ladies v . ho may be or d er i ng d resses of a s i m i lar style. One was pnly crape; with seven gonffered flounces. The cottage plain and pointed at the waist. The berthe with ends frtvnt, and trimmed with two narrow gouffered frills, headed by a bouilfonne. The sleeves finished with three frills in the same style. Another dress is of white tulle, with three skids, each edged ,with three rows of embossed ribbon. This dress is worn over a slip of white satin. The corsage is draped at the back, as well as in front. The short sleeves are in puffs ; over them are loose &raring sleeves in the style called odalisques. The loose sleezes are edged with rows of ribbon in the same style as that whicitrims the skirts. A third dress is of skyblue moire antique, and has two skirts. The upper one is trimmed with three rows of blue tulle bouillonne, and between each ro-Wthere is a narrow ruche of blue satin ribbon. At the very edge of the skirt there is a row of broad silk fringe. The corsage is plain, pointed at the waist., and has a berthe with long ends crossed in front; ancY trimmed with fringe corresponding with that on the skiA, and surmounted by three rows of bouillonne and ruches of ribbon. An elegant out-door dress, suited for morning visits of etiquette, is also worthy or notice. A robe of silver grey silk has side trimmings of black velvet woven iir with the material,. and forming moutons at each side of the skirt: The corsage has a deep basque pointed behind in the lancier . style. The sleeve has a bouillonne onihe shoulder, and is finished at the lower end with slasAings, within the openings of which are seen white tnllc sleeves, with . cuffs of Valenciimpes falling slightly over the hand. An in-door dress, suitable for neglige dinner costume, is composed of pale willow greeii . silk ; the skirt orna mented. with broad bands of satiii'of the same colour, alternating with bands of striped grey, producing a. beautiful' effect. The corsage is high or low - at' pleasure, being made high by means of a , fichu or pelerine of moire antique trimmed with fringe, or with guipure and chenille. Another robe is of blue Louise silk,- and has *double skirt. A Pompadour pattern, woven in black velvet, edges the - upper skirt, and runs up each side, forming a tablier. A third dress is of violet-colouted brocatel/e, the fiont is covered by a tablier of what appears . to be exquis itely fine black lace ; but it is merely a Lace pattern - woven in the silk. The corsage and sleeves are ornamenta with Lady's _Ye wspaper. corresponding WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—This celebrated coursing meeting will take place over the Altcar demesne on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. - The prin— cipal contest for the long tails is the Great Waterloo cup, value sixteen hundred pounds in specie. There are no less than sixty-four subscribers, and a large numbei of dogs have already been trained c Mr Wlzell will officiate r the occasion s meeting. — The kra. ACCIDENTS. —On Saturday afternoon, Jtihn Hanlon, a labourer, residing in Porter-street, was received into the Northern Hospital, suffering from a contusion of the breast, sustained by his falling into the hold of a ship in the Victoria - Dock. About the same time Thomas Shean, labourer, was brought in, suffering- front-a--con tused neck and shoulders, caused by a bundle •of sacks falling upon him from one of the upper stories of a warehouse in Pullen-street, Dale-street. Althouoh,,, it is the month of January, 1859, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence it shonld be the study of every one to ask themselves the question, " How can I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, buy your steel pens and other sta— tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen. LIVRRPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY. —Return.- for week ending Jan. 22nd, 1859. Admitted : in-patients,.4B ; out patients, 12; surgical casualties, 15. Discharged: cured, 19 ; relieved, and at own request, 12 ; made out-patients, 3 ; irregular, 0 ; dead, 3 remain in the house ; 196. For the ensuing week. Visitors : Messrs. W S. Caine and M. C. Jones, Esqrs. ; physician, Dr. Wee ; sur- Feon, Mr. Stubbs; house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Welker; Junior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen ; chaplain, Rfuv4 H. J. Garrod, A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL TAXES. —A meeting has beer/ held in London to consider "the best means of : giving effect to the recommendations of a select committee of the House of Commons that all property occupied' for public purposes should ceaso to be exempt- from local taxation." The meeting was of an influential and repre sentative character, among the persons present being several members of Parliament and delegates from various important places. A deputation was appoihted. to wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Rev. Rector Campbell, of Liverpool, presided-on the occasion. TILE SUSPECTED AtIiROBB. OF A WOMAN BY HER HUSBAND IN WOLVERHAMPTON. —The inquiry into the death of Harriet Thompson closed on Friday.. Owing to the statement of a female companion of the deceased, the son's account of the scuffle between his father and mother in the house, and some marks of violence which appeared on the body, the coroner adjourned the inquiry for the purpose of a post-mortem examination, The surgeon to whom this was entrusted found the internal organs of the deceased extensively diseased, and gave it as his opinion that she had died from an attaok of pul monary apoplexy. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes ;" and in the course of the day the husband of the deceased, who had been• apprehended on. a charge of killing his wife, was liberated by the.sitting • FIRE AT THE ROYAL ADELAIDE BATHS, DOVER.— Early on Friday morning a fire broke. out in this. well known bathing establishment, and completely. gutted the rooms of the western block of baths facing the sea, besides destroying a bath-room in the rear, and causing a good deal of da mage t o o th er p ar t s . o f th e same range of buildings. It appears that one •of the rooms in question, viz, that adjoining the -public reading-room attached to this set of baths, was used by Mr. Marsh's family as a dwelling place, various other detached rooms being devoted as sleeping apartments to different members of the household. It was in the first-mentioned room the fire broke out, and thus 'stole upon the building without arousing any of the occupants of the remaining rooms until it had obtained a. complete mastery. The alarm was first given by the coast-guard upon duty, who perceived dense volume's of smeke issuing from thCchimney, which he at first supposed to be on fire, and he accordingly aroused Mr. Marsh. Information was quickly given to Mr. G. T. Parks, the captain of the local fire brigade, who, with the most praiseworthy alacrity, got out the apparatus of the Local Board, and in less than twenty minutes had it playing % upon the flames, when the immense volume of water thrown by _the ,hose very not till y thehad r t o h o e ias e effect o h f a s v u e bd in uin en g ti t au he e c d o , n w ir but their contents, were totally destroyed. The .only explanation t stove of : the of the origin of the catastrophe appe a r s to be that some ve ich Union. ignd-dro living-room ai% must fnrd ril k s eaat:hg fireiost down tions usorread b e h no i f n t ehteNh eoneighbouringm Fire office. Doode Express. SURNAMES.-The following amusing combinations of names of members of the. Commercial Travellers' Society of Scotland, was given by the Secretary at the Banquet held 'la the Queen's Rooms on Friday even in; :—To begin with occupations, they had Smiths, \frights, Masons, Slaters, Taylors, Coopers, Millers, Turners, Chandlers, Ferriers, Skinners, Maltmen, Websters, Barters, Chapmen, Clarks, and Foremen. They had Hunters, Falconers, and!Forresters. Then of colours, they had Reid; Brown, Dunn, Black, White, and Gray; They had net, however, had a Green um C T r th y , Chraoass,twrod. among them. They had Youngs, and if they had' not Wyse men a B a l n y d th - and o an Aud; they had at all . events an Elder. Of disposi tions, si tai o ns, Cummings. They had aAist oe they had Goodfellow. racy, too, for they had two- Nobles, awl even ' • they had a. mg. In politics Mnirs, Parks Blai rs, nothing but two Torrys. In scenery they had Woods, ' three geography try had Scotland, Stirling, Kirkpatrick, Hills, Dales, and Glens. In Comrie, Johnston, Renfrew, Reton, Ramilton, W onlYss :Preston, %Boat, and even as far. as Rome.. They had two French and one Welsh ; a Seller, a Locke , and a Keay ; Clay, Wood, Irons, and Steel.. They had several Heads, two Hornes, Shanks and Cruikshanks, Proud w and liroadfoot. They had Sharp fellows, and Smart ones too; Strang and Manley; Lang and Little, Short and Mickle, Small and Lean. They had two Roses and a Thorn. In music they were defiCient, as they had only one Harper and two Bells. 0' a' the airts the wind can blaw they only had the West ; but they had also Westland ' s. They bad Halls and Walls, Mills, Rhodes, and Bridges. They had two Fairbairns, and two or three Blackies.. They bad Mathew and Mathewson, Robb and Robson, Dick and Dickson, Thom and Thomson, Donald and Donaldson. The mont hs were represented by sweet May ; they were done not poor,es being possessed of Aitehies, and in addition u r to r. alt et t i he at they had one more. One thing he had been p hueteietrtawiasnlyiloetxposof;st.edTthhaeyt tihmedSmaailthys_ wlrsidap.nsrtehd.sonatzinaaintest; b 19 Browns so that the Smit hs were fairly proto;. ;„4 . uP°ll seal ha"„. bog' b Ito 7 ; the ii a teli KI t° , - 4 s hor' 1 h d -cot