The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

Up to the hour of our going to press this
morning the letter of our Paris correspondent
had, not reached us, owing, probably, to the
French mail hating been delayed by the severity
of the snow storm.

ITALY.
THE NEW ITALIAN NAVY.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

TritiN, Dee. 26.

•
In a former dniiimtinicatiori I gate some infor-
niatidri iespettitig theititentled re=organisation of
the tie* Italian nary, and I am now about to
furnish some additional details of interest on this
sUbjpet, which is one that is destined to have a
m"Oss t hearhig an the fame of the new
The new measure, according to the decree
recently issued by Prince de Carignan, consti-
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tutes and refers to three separate departments,
and the limits and functions of each of these
have just been dielinitiVely Axed by a torlanlis.4iotl;
the results 4,Whoge,.labOlirs (ail to 6.laid before
the
.Icin,g Iltned,i4telY on , his 'Majesty's return td
Turin, 171iichris expected to,llinnpeplelyi
The tirat of ilfcsb divisions will be named
Southern Department," and will extend from tic
extreme western point of the " Province" of
Naples to Cape St. Mary de Lucca, inclusive of
Sicily. The head-quarters of this department
will be established at Naples.

The second of these divisions will take the title of
"Th'e 'Northern irieptirtMetit;'? acid *ill tottiptehend
that portion, of the Italian Littoral *hitch extends
from the French frontier to the extremity of
Ttiscaii, haVq,i4ithip its jurisdiction the
Island of Sardinia, Eibil; a;.18. ties all, ro is
islets situated in the same latitude. The head-
quarters of this department will be fixed at Genoa
until such time as the harbour of .Spezzia,. which
is destined to be the Toulon of Italy, shall be
formed and constructed.

The third division will take the title of " The
Department of the Adriatic," and will include that
part of the Italian Coast whieh extends from
Cape St: Mart de Liked to the thoitth of the Po.
The head:qinariers of this diiision will be at
Anbonu:

Each department bill hai'e oi-er it a Gen6tai=
Nunilaridatit; 4.ho.mayibe.a general officer otthe
rank of ViCe.Adriiii:di or o Retir-Adniiral.. Each
of these Generals-Commandatit df iiiiritialtde:
partment is to be independent of each iiiilefJ•
and to be subject .only to the Minister for the
Navy, with whom he will correspond direct.
The Government is now engaged in filling up
these three important appointments, and the
parties nominated to them are to enter upon their
respective functions on the Ist of January next,
when the appointment of the various civil and
Military fitnctionaties who ate to serve under the
Generals-Commandant will immediately after-
wards take place.
One of the first steps that will be taken by the
Cabinet of Turin at the commencement of the
year 1861 will be to raise an extraordinary levy
edildfs furnished by each of these three
new Mainline cletitiettlithis; aecording to the
number of the population in eadi: These Men
will be required to be at their posts not latet than
the 10th February, with a view to the manning
of the Italian fleet which is to take part in the
anticipated operations in the forthcoming spring.
The foregoing measures seem exceedingly well
coned-tett end ere most suitable to the circum-
stances of the country and of the inhabitants.
'they show that the new State fully realises the
idea Thai with such a magnificent seaboard, her
navy twist and ought to constitute one of its chief
elements of power and prosperity,

A SittaNnAtots Honv.---Ve arc authorised to offer
a reward of tl9' for sneh information as will lead to the
detection of the party or parties who inserted, or caused
to be inserted, an announCeMent, which appeared irr our
columns, of the alleged marriage, on the 24th instant,
of Miss Josephine Clarke ; and we hate' to add that we
shall feel it to be our duty to make eitty. eiettion td
disCoret the perpetrator of such a dastardly riot,
Chistatc•rmo THE BIRKENHEAD STREET RATIMAY,
—At the liirkerrhead police court yesterday a cab differ
nailed James Connolly was summoned for obstructing
the street failiay ontnitarses. The case was adjourned
front pesiercia3i week, to' allot' Mr. Ifrethertan time to
prepare ti? 4 defence, as that gentleman had sent to
London for the Ottrion of seferai onitent gentlemen,
and wished to receive thViri befolre' going an with hie
defence. The case was adjonited aceordingly to yes-,
terday, Mr. Bretherton agreeing to pay the costs of the'
plaintiff's witnesses. Yesterday Mr. Bell, of the firm of
Wain and Dell, appeared for the plaintiff. Some young
ladies and gentlemen who were passengers at the time'
When the obstruction occurred, proved the fact of if
having been Canted by the defendant's vehicle. Aft:
litetherton, on behalf of his- client, contended, in the
first place, That the company had' Dterigh4 to lay down
the tramroad ; MAI secondly,' that the obstNuctiont was
almost unavoidable. 'he case was dismissed,
NEW PATENTS—Week ended' the 25th Dec., 1860.
James Jack, of Liverpool, " iMprovements in the mill-
i struetion and arrangement of surface condensers for
marine and land steam engines." Henry Palmer and
Henry Spink Swift, of London, "improvements in the
rnettett of and apparatus for propelling ships; vessels,
boats; or other craft, in or through the water. Wil-
liam Rout/edge; of Salford, "improvements in self-acting
feed apparatus for steam boilers." Margaret Jarroat
Laurie Latta, of Ashton: G:ourock, "improvements in
the treatment of various substances, for the purpose of
• rendering the same non-inflammable." James Blakeley
and William Henry Blakeley, of Netherton, "improve-
ments in maehinery or apparatus for sawing or cutting
wood, bone, ivcrry, stone, or other vegetable, animal, or
mineral substances." William Campion and William
Campion, of Nottingkam, "improvements in sewing
machines." Celestin Philippe Gontard, of Paris, " im-
prole/tents in remontoirs for winding up and setting
right watches without keys."—Communicated from the
British and Poleign Patent Ojficcs, 4, Clayton-square.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meet-
ing of the Health Committee was held yesterday in the
council-chamber, ih the Town-ball. Mr. Shell in the
cfiair, The other members of the committee present
were--Messrs. Crellin, Beckwith, Nickson, Barton,
Siddeley, Job, Dowring, and Hay dock. The following
reports of the medical officer and the borough inspector
were read :—The medical officer of health reported that,
in the week ending last Saturday, 206 deaths were
registered in the borough, being 40 more than in the
previous week, and 50 less than the corrected average of
the ILKHIC week of the preceding ten years. Of the 206.
deaths, 73! were in the out-townships. Seventy-sevens
persons died from diseases of the lungs and consumption,
this number being 0 more than in the ;preceding week,
bat 20 less than the corrected average. The influence
of the late severe weather will be more apparent in the
returns of mortality for the present week. Zymotie
diseases were fatal to 28 children and 7 adults—in all
35, the average being 70. Six children died from,
measles, 5 from hooping-cough, 4 from scarlatina, 2;
from amp, 2 from diphtheria, and 1 from syphilis. Five
children and 2 adults died from bowel complaints, 2;
children and 4 adults from typhus, and 1 of each from.
crysiphilis. Exactly one-half of the deaths occurred
below the age of 20. The mean temperature was-
-35 2-10th degrees-64 degrees below the average. On,
the lest three days of the week it was nearly 1/ degrees
below it. The lowest temperature (27 2-10th degrees).
• was on Thursday. The amount of rain collected in the
page was 6-100ths of an inch—one-half of which was
from snow on Wednesday morning.—The borough
engineer building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances
reported yarious particulars of the operations in their
several departments during the week, from which it
appeared that 91 nuisances, complained of by inhabitants,
had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them;
1,321 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing
4,041 apartments, and 796 cellars, had been put under
examination with the view of improving their sanitary
condition.—There being no other business to be disposed
of, the committee adjourned.
WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.—The ordinary weekly meet-
of the Workhouse Committee was held yesterday in the
board-room, Parish Offices, Brownlow-hill ; Mr. Church-
warden Smith in the chair. The other members present
were Messrs. Satchel', Peck, Denton, Owen, and Whitty.
The Governor reported that the number of paupers in
the house last week was 2,414 ; this week, 2,447; cor-
responding week of last year, 2,306 ; increase over last
week 33, and over last year 141 persons. The return
of vagrants sheltered nightly during the week at the
night sheds showed that the number was 202 Men, 94
women, and 21 children, showing a decrease of 52 per-
SOWS as compared with last week's return, and 140 as
compared with the corresponding week of last year.--
The Master of the Hospital reported the number in the
hospital to be last week 682; new cases since, 103; dis-
charged, 74 ; died, 28; remaining under treatment, 6831.
Of the deaths, 3 were from bronchitis, 3 from typhus'
fever, 4 from phthisis, 2 from chronic bronchitis, and 2:
from measles. The cases in the hospital included 37/
fever cases and 28 itch cases.—A letter from the Work-
house Visiting Committee was read. It called attention,
to the peculiar condition of persons in workhouses suf-
fering from incurable diseases; suggesting that all per-
sons " suffering from acute and distressing diseases, such
as dropsy, consumption, cancer, &c., be placed by them-
selves in wards apart, to be called the wards for male
and female incurables. In these particular wards let
private charities be admitted to introduce what-
ever may alleviate the condition of the inmates."
The society offered to raise subscriptions to con-
vert the wards into comfortable hospitals. Under
the sanction, and with the co-operation of the
surgeon, they would provide good beds for the bedridden,
easy chairs for those who cannot lie down and for those
who ought to leave their beds daily for some hours;
the salaries of trained nurses if required, and lemonade,
extra tea, books, &c., and other trifles desirable. After
some conversation the consideration of the letter was
postponed ; and on the motion of Mr. Denton, the
governor was desired to make a return of the incurable
cases in the hospital.—A conversation occurred with
respect to the flour supplied by Mr. Phillips, the con-
tractor. Some of the members spoke in rather strong
terms of the manner iu which the committee was treated.
Mr. Peck meSioned that the
parish had been consi-
derably robbed. The governor was instructed to go
into the market to buy flour.it being no other
'F
.business,the committee adjourned.