The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-03 00:00:00

In Naples, it would appear from a recent tele-
gram, that the police are attempting to resume
their functions, and that they propose to begin at
the public press. An ordinance from the prefect
has just seen the light, in which he threatens to
take measures against the scoundrelly " writers,
without ideas, without any form of style, I will
not say Italian, but human." In fact, he pro-
scribes all printers who shall publish any writings
without the author's name, without 'prejudice to
all the parties concerned being prosecuted for
damages.

The despatch in which M. Thouvenel
invited the Cabinet of Vienna to consent to the
elevation of Spain into the rank of a first rate
power, and the reply of the Austrian Government
to that proposition, are now both published.
Austria, in her answer, says that she recognises
in the past career of Spain, and in the position
which he has been able to reconquer for herself,
reasons for entertaining the proposal of France,
but she makes a distinct reservation, that the
admission of Spain to this rank shall not form a
precedent as regards any other power.

There have been some important changes in
the ownership of buildings and building lands
here of late.

Some time ago the Government exchanged
with the City of Paris several large properties,
and among others the old range of stables of the
Roule, in exchange for the Isle of Cygnes. The
grounds on which these stables are built are to be
put up for sale, on the 14th instant, in a single
lot, at the price of two million francs. The City
has just purchased from Monsieur Dejean, in
order to complete the boulevard of Prince Eugene,
the theatre of the Cirque Imperial, at the price of
2,140,000 f. The Theatre Lyceum, in the Place
de Chatelet, is already built as far as the first
story. Talking of purchases, I see that the
Queen 'mother, Theresa of Naples, has purchased
the villa of Schwenderick, which belonged to
Baron Pereira, at the price of 375,000 f., and that
the workmen are hastening to prepare the man-
sion for the reception of her Majesty and all her
family.

The arrival at the Cape of Good Hope is
announced of his Imperial Majesty's steam trans-
port Japon, from Toulon, on her way to China.
This ship is the third transport which has been
purchased in England by France. The two
others, the Weser and European, which sailed
before her, have already arrived at Shanghai.
The Japon carries a portion of the materiel for the
construction of the steam gunboats destined to
operate in the Chinese rivers. The steam corvette
Eurydice, which has been thrice round the world,
and which is undergoing extensive alteration at
Toulon, with the view of transforming her into
a screw steamer, was hauled up into the graving
dock last Saturday, by the aid of powerful cap-
stans.

The price of bread in Paris, from yesterday's
date, is fixed as follows :---First quality, 40 cents
per kilogramme ; second quality, 32 cents per
kilogramme.
The rumours which had induced the recent
sudden
.ri,\l-ocTree movement on the Bourse are
no longer circulated. Purchasers have taken
courage, and the market for money has been very
satisfactory.