The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-29 00:00:00

campaign shall be no longer our. disguised,- but
our open enemy. And now again.. we are under
the governance of another Coalition Ministry,

formed through a second factious overthrow of an
-admirable Administration with Lord 7
its head ; and again, as apparently- a natural, con-ti.
Sequence, the then powerful aspect of Europe is? I.
changed,—and where tranquillity and security
reigned, all is now disquiet, distrust, and alarm.
The same plausible and pretentious ally who
before beguiled, a Coalition Cabinet of presuming
Liberals and unscrupulous Whigs, has again
allured them into a false policy, and made a sort -1
of stalking-horse of England for the furtherance of
his own particular 'ambition and aggrandisement.
Louts NAPOLEON kne*. the bait that would be
most likely to take with "a nation of shopkeepers;"
when- the interests of such a natithi Wete in the
hands of a peddling party like that which not
rules the roast ; and •he was not, mistake&
has concluded a Treaty, ostensibly of Comnier4e,
but reallyone that might form a screen for his
, political schemes; and one that has exacted froni -
us, at the same time, a large surrender of revenue,
and imposed the necessity of having recourse:not
only to a continuance but an increase of one of
!hie most oppressive and odious! 9f direct taxes.
-Our MiniSters were, weak enough to employ in
the arrangement of that Treaty one utterly inex2 •
perienced in, and disqualified for, diplomacy,—
one who not only knew nothing of the political
elements of such 'transactions, but who enter-
tained 'views of national honour, and - held'
opinions about -national interests, which, only
fitted him all the more admirably to be, not the
'prOmoter of- his cOutitty's welfare and security,
but the tool of the artful Stlierner with whom he
had to do. And so it has turffed but: it we it
Treaty,—Lord JOHN RUSSELL 'and tottponttx-
'have themselves recorded it in it—enterV4 intd
for the purpose of_ " drawing closer the tied
friendship" with the other party to it ; and nowil-
already, Lord JoHN himself is constrained t
stand up in his place in Parliament and declare,
that that Party was one_ who Itas not to be
trusted'

The concluding words of LOrd JOHN Rrs§it-LiFf
speech, in which that most humiliating declare:-
tion was made, deserve to be read, and re-read,-
with the , deepest attention by our statesmen. • .
t is the language, be it remembered, of one who
s not only her Majesty's Foreign Secretary, but
the Secretary Who hasfor now abdut threknarteis
of a year been in clime and Constant- eommuniCa-.
tion with the French Government ied the subject
__
to 'which he refers. 'And see—what:with all the
knowledge he must thud -have
under the necessity of: Avowing,--'f Ifis, opinion
was that such an act as the annexation of Savoy-iv_
would lead a nation so warlike as the French to
call upon its Government from time to for
other acts of a similar nature, and therefore he
did feel that however they might wish to live on
the most-friendly terms with the French Govern- ,
ment, they ought not to keep themselves apar

/from the-other nations of Europe, but that when
future questions atosd•-:---as questions might arise
—they shouldlbe ready to act with others, aud-to. -.
declare—always in the .most moderate terms,
alivays in the most friendly' terms, but stilit,ro,
firmly—iliat the settlement of Enrope'anethe
peace of Europe were dear to this country, mid:
that that.settlement arid that peace could not be
assured if they were liable to-perepetnal inter
ruptions, to constant fears, to doUbt-4 aud,rm,o4r§.,,l
with respect to the union- or junction of. that..f,
country ; but that the Powers of Europe, irtlmy
intended to maintain that. peace, must respect;
each other's..,rights, must respect each other's
limits; and must endeavour to restore, and not to
"`'disturb, that commercial confidence which is the
result of peace, which tends to peace, and which
ultimately forms the happiness of national"-
Now it is here unmistakably imputed to the
very Prince with whom we have just draWn

" closer the ties of friendship," that he is the

cause, and likely still more to be, of " perpetual
interruptions" l'of the peace Europe—or those

" constant- fears, doubts, and rumours," which

disquiet and alarm the nations and that he is
:not showing "respect for. other's rights;7- )11t

rather disregarding and despising such rights►

and thereby not endeavouring to restore, beat doingt,
much to disturb, " that commercial confidence,
which is the result of peace, and ,which'-ulti-
mately forms the happiness of nations."
All this is only illustrative of the real poliiy,
."of the BtiONAPARTES. And it is well described,
by one of our contemporaries, to have been Louts.
NAPOLEON'S policy frOm the first, " to so*jea7.-'
lousies, embroil the different Powers, and, isolate
them from each other." Nor is this policy tobe,:,-
prevented from being further successful by heing 1.
detected. "To prevent it from being it:tither
successful, the various States which are threatened. .
must enter, if not into a formal league for rtpi*d;
defence, at least into a practical understanding,_.
and at once show front together. We have ,„
. ,
great danger in the midst of us, against which.'
it will, for the present, be,the single object of all
rational diplomacy to guard." Under an able and,
high-principled Conservative Government, Eng-7-
land was more than a match for it. We see hoW
die hits become less so under a Governmentiofqn
opposite charaCter. Our national safety, then,_
obviously lies in the restoration of such a Govern-k
ment as that since the, nation's loss of which an '4!
this. trouble and alarm have so evidently been
created. •.

Several life-boats have been sent from • England teA.
different ports in Spain. .
The Bishop of London is recovering, though slowly, ..
from his recent severe indisposition. His lordship was
unable to preach before the court at Buckingham Palace
on Sunday as commanded by her Majesty. •
CULTIVATION OF INDIAN FIBRES.—On Tuesday
deputation of gentlemen interested in the cultivation of
Indian fibres had an interview with Sir Charles Wood
at the Tndia House. The deputation consisted of Mr.
Ewart, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., &c. Mr. Draft said
the principal object of the deputation was to show Sir
Charles Wood the fibres gut of which paper could be
made. Mr. Spensley then presented various portions of
the rheea fibre, both in its raw and manufactured state,',
and explained the mode adopted in preparing it. Various
speciment of paper, lace, hemp, substitutes for horse-
hair, &c., were exhibited; and it was stated that if the' •
fibre was operated upon while young, eighty per cent. of,,
flax could be obtained. The great difficulty was SW; 1- •
said to be the cost of transit. Sir Charles Wood said-
that operations were already going forward in the con-
struction of railways and canals, and the Government
were favourable to the policy of increasing the exports
of India, and the proposed system of cultivation would,
no doubt, be productive of beneficial results. The depu-
tation, having thanked Sir Chas. Wood, then withdrew •
THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT STAMPORD.---In pursu.- •
ance of an order received on Sunday froni the Secretary •
of State, the body of Miss Elizabeth Pulley (who is
suspected to hnve bees murdered and then set en 1,01
fire, under circumstances which have already, been
partially detailed in this journal) was exhumed at
half-past five o'clock on Monday morning, and-re-'
moved to an outhouse at the Pull and Swan Inn,
contiguous to the burial-ground, where a post modem
examination was made by Mr. Heward, surgeon to
the gaol, and .Mr. Mark Jackson. Strict secres' is ob-
served as to the result, which is not likely to be chsclesed
en
inthe
until the adjourned examination before the
hemagistrates
oil Thursday next. Although the bodyno perceptibly
had
,
ground since 'Wednesday, there
was p
change in its external appearance.lThiae
play in this.tnne
which Arta excited suspicion of foe
. and led to the apprehensionman noafmthed the prisoner
s Corby,, were
as follow :—A young
Boner's empfoy, while looking round the workshop for
some tools, noticed on an upper shelf a lady's writing
'desk, and, curiosity prompting him to open it, he saw
inside a number of gold coins and several rings, one of the
latter bearing an inscription, " James and Elizabeth.
Pulley." Two or three days elapsed before Marsh men-
tinned this, when,
,the fact coming to the ears of Corby; r
lie repeatedly urged the young man not to say anything
further about the matter, remarking that, as lie
(Corby) had been in trouble before (alludi 16' a
robbery of which he had been convicted), it might be
awkward for him if he was known to be in possessive'
of the articles named. This and other suspicious
circumstances—such as the prisoner paying a number
of old debts and exhibiting a considerable sum in gold
—coming to the knowledge of the superintendent of
police, lie apprehended Corby • but when his house was
searched neither the writing-desk nor the rings could be
found. Stains of blood have been discovered on the
hearthstone in the kitchen, where the body of tho
deceased was found, and it is understood that other facts,
have come to light which seem to indicate that the'
unfortunate lady came to a violent death, indepenqnt
of what may be the result of the post mortem maim- .
ation. The deceased was a highly accomplished lady,
and appropriated the bulk of her income to charitable
objects.