The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

AN INTERCEPTED LETTER,

The Prussian journals are engaged in a discussion
as to the means whereby the contents of a letter from
the Prince Regent to the Prince Consort of England
have been brought to the knowledge of the French
government. The busaelrlorfer Zoitieng has the follow-
ing account of art interview on the subject between M.
Schlcinitz and the French ambassador, which it states
it has received from a good source :
At the latter end of the preceding month the French
Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, the 'Prince de la
Tour d'Auvergne, called on the Minister of Foreign ,
Affairs, Baron von Schleinitz, and, after some civilities,
spoke of the value which the Emperor placed upon the
friendship of:-Pragsia. Vxelnsively to avoid any un-
pleasantness on the subject, the Prince requested
M. Schleinitz to give him any information he
possessed as to the authenticity of a document,
the copy of which he presented. It purported to be
a letter sent front the Prince Regent to the Prince
Consort of England, in which family matters were spo-
ken of, and then some remarks on the politics of the
day were added, in which the Emperor Napoleon 111.
happened to be mentioned. M. Schlenitz replied that
he could give no information respecting the document,
since he was not acquainted with the private correspon-
dence of that high personage, His Excellency, how-
ever, urged that he must receive explanations upon the
matter. His Imperial master had always enter-
tained the best wishes towards Prussia, and
had believed that his sentiments were reciproca-
ted by that country, and yet Prussian assurances
and the expressions contained in the letter he produced
were opposed to that belief. Baron SChleinitz here-
upon answered that he was minister in a constitutional
state;:and that the ministry of his country were respon-
sible for all official political negotiations and cor-
respondence with foreign countries ; and that, if any
inquiry on the matter should take place, he would
not withhold- the information sought, in case reasons
of state did- not forbid such a communication
to be made. Respecting the correspondence which
the 'Prince Regent personally had with his august
friends or relations, the Minister of a constitutional
country had not the right to control the private com-
munications of the Prince Regent, especially since they
had no official character. What necessarily came next for
his consideration was that he possessed no authority, and
that he must decidedly decline to institute an inquiry or
an investigation into the contents of the letters which his
Royal Highness exchanged with his august connections.
However, Prussia was convinced of the high value of a
good understanding with France, and nothing had taken
place on the part of the former country in opposi-
tion to that feeling, while France had• no reason to
doubt the genuineness of the assurances of the Prussian
Cabinet. On this the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
replied that if M. Schleinitz so decidedly declined to
give the wished-for information, nothing remained for
him to await further instructions. The Prince then
renewed his request for information from M. Schleinitz,
and signified to him that, in case he continued to decline
to grantthe explanation, no other way remained to convince
the Emperor of the genuineness of the sentiments of the
Prussian Cabinet than a personal interview between the
Emperor Napoleon 111. and the Prince Regent.

The Atlantic Rnyal Mail Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Prince Albert sailed from Galway on Saturday,
with her Majesty's mails, a heavy cargo, and 700 pas-
sengers.

The Prince Imperial of France (who is a corporal)
having fallen down while running about the garden of
the Tuileries, began to cry. "What, Monseigneur„'
said his tutor, "are you crying ?" "Yes, but don't
tell my regiment," said the Prince, abashed.--Court
Journal.

THE SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.—The officers of the
3rd (or Scots Fusilier) Regiment of Guards intend to
celebrate the 200th anniversary of the formation of that
gallant and distinguished corps by a grand banquet.
Those noblemen and gentlemen who have at any titre
served in the regiment will be invited to attend. The
commemorative entertainment will take place in the large
and elegantly decorated room of Willis's Rooms, King-
street, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, K.G., as colonel of the regiment, will preside
at the banquet. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
formerly colonel in chief of the regiment, has been
pleased to express it as his intention to be present on the
occasion. The dinner is appointed to take place on the
19th proximo.

Fin AS A FIELD FOR TIM GROWTII or COTTON.—At
the annual meeting of the Bradford Wesleyan Home
and Foreign Juvenile Missionary Society, on Saturday
evening, the Rev. William Wilson, a missionary, just
returned from Fiji, made a statement illustrative of the
capabilities of Fiji, in a commercial point of view, in
connection with the anxiously-expressed desire of the
native Christian population to bo placed under the pro-
tection of the Christian Government of England.
Amongst the productions of the islands of Fiji was
cotton. It was, he said, indigenous in its growth, and
sometimes covered acres. Ile had brought some speci-
mens of this cotton from that country; and, being in
Manchester the other day, he had submitted it to the
examination of some cotton lords of that city, who were
associated with the Cotton Supply Association, and he
had been gratified to receive their testimony that it was
worth 10d. per lb. The field was one which would repay
enterprise. Were he himself possessed of capital and
bad health and strength, and a desire to realise a fortune,
he knew of no field in which he could more confidently
expect to reap an abundant reward than Fiji. A man
might soon realise a fortune in those beautiful islands of
the sea by the cultivation of cotton alone, although
there were other productions of great value to a country
like this.

5g rating 3uttifigattt.

LATEST BETTING

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taken and. offered; 10 to 1 anst The Druid, taken; 100 to 3
•,agst Mis? Digby, taken acrd offered.
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OCTOBER.
83 Newmarket2
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Liverpool Autumn Meeting 7

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OCTOBER.
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iltshire (Amesbury) Wilts .% ........ l3, &c
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S. Lane. (Southport).. Lancashire l, &c
Warwick
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County Louth CluSI.. Ireland 17, 18
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23, &c
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Mr. Warwick 29, &c
Cardington Club Beds „

NOVEMBER.
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Newmarket Champion Suffolk
Coquetdale (Open) Northumberl'd
Malton Union Club
Hampton Court Cham. Middlesex
Altear Club Lancashire
Marham Club Norfolk
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DECEMBER.
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Ridgway C (Southport) Lancashire
Mouutamstown Club... Ireland
JANUARY, 1861.
Alter Club Lancashire.
Cardington Club Beds ...

23, 24
. Mr. Warwick... 29, &c.

ENLISTMENTS IN IRELAND FOR. THE

PAPAL ARMY.

The recruiting for the Pope seems, by the silence
of the papers this week, to have got a check, at least
far the present; the Government caution, probably,
restraining the hot ardour of the lay and clerical
Sergeant Rites employed in the pious work. 'Under
these circumstances the Nation comes to the rescue,
and in that journal's usual "Notice to Correspondents"
suggests a means to " cheat the Devil in the dark"
which is worthy of all praise for its ingenuity. Here is
the plan :—" Several esteemed clergymen have-written
to us to say that numbers of their parishioners were
applying to them for counsel, guidance, and assist-
ance in emigrating to the States of Pio Nono,
*here there is no crowbar rule, no Itabcre, no
notice to quit,' no extermination, no exodus,
no fofeign Governinent. This is the natural and the
proper cotirse for the Irish emigrants to adopt. The
first person consulted in such cases should be their
spiritual ;guide. In this Way one letter from us will
answer for an entire parish, whereas, otherwise, we
should write probably a hundred leitetg to the same
district. The . best men among the Irish consta-
bulary—that splendid body of men whom the London
Government so vainly tried to tempt and coax into
going out to the Crimea to get famished or killed—are
resigning in dozens every day, and proceeding to Rome.
We should not wonder if these men found, not only
ready engagement, but marked and warm welcome in
Rome, should they desire to enter. the Pontifical police
force, which, we beg to inform them, it is perfectly
legal for them to do. The laws against foreign
enlistment' do not affect or apply to persons about to ,
enter the police force or other civic employment of a
foreign State. By way of affording the Government
under which it is our happiness to live a pleasing
proof of our reverence for, and desire to implicitly obey,
its law, all Irishmen desirous of emigrating to Italy
should intend to enter the Pontifical force—if, indeed,
they must have any fixed intentions at all (which is
not necessary), until they reach their new home, and
`look about them' for employment. At any rate, one
thing we beg to impress upon them—viz., strict
obedience to the law ; that is, they may intend to join the
Pontifical police, for that is legal and lawful to intend ;
but they mast not intend to join the Pontifical army
(unless after they shall have seen how things look in
and about the latitude of Ancona), for to have any such
intentions at this side of Dover would be against the
law, and, consequently, most reprehensible."

Eugenia Plummer, convicted of perjury in the case
of the Rev. Mr. Hatch, and sentenced to imprisonment
and detention in a reformatory by Baron Channel, was
on Saturday taken from the City Prison, at Holloway,
having undergone the first part of her sentence, and
removed to a reformatory school, there to be detained
two years.

FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.—
RAMSGATE, Sunday.—Shortly before five o'clock , last
evening, the farm premises in the. -occupation' of Mr.
John White, known 'as Chamber's-hall Farm, in the
parish of St. Lawrence, Isle of St. Thanet, and located
about five miles from Ramsgate, was the scene of a con-
flagration which resulted in the destruction of property
roughly valued at about £6OO. The. fire was caused by
the lightning. Although but two sharp flashes were
observed, one of them struck the centre of a newly-
thatched barn, and the place was almost immediately
enveloped in flames, which speedily extended to the
adjoining buildings.
THE MILITIA.-It has been announced that shortly
after Whitsuntide the Government will brink forward a
Bill for the amendment of the present militia. We
warn those who look forward to a general modification
of our militia system not to expect too much from this
announcement. We fear that the Bill of the Govern-
ment, though to a certain extent useful, and proceeding
in the right direction, will almost exclusively deal with
details, and avoid the larger questions which have from
time to time been raised with the object of making the
--what it ought to be--a powerful local force,
organised only for purposes of national defence. The
new Bill will substantially embody the recommenda-
tions of the Royal Commission on Militia Organisation,
which are sensible, though very much restricted in their
scope.—Army and .Yavy Gazette.

ULKINGTON AND CO.,
rj PATENTEES OF THE ELECTRO-PLATE,

XANrFACITMING

SILVERSMITHS, BRONZISTS, &c.,
!lace added to their extensice Stocks a large Variety of NEW
DESIGNS in tha HIGIIEST CLASS OF ART, whicli obtained
for them at the Paris Exhibition the Decoration of the Cress of
the Legion of Honour, as well as the Grand Medaille d'llon-
neur, the only one accorded to the Trade. The Council Medal
was also accorded them at the Exhibition of 1A.51. • •
Each Atticle hears their mark, E. and Co., under a Crown,
and Articles sold by other parties as plated by Elkington's
Patent process afford no Guarantee of Quality.
Estimates and Drawings sent Free by Post. Re-plating and
Gilding as usual.
_ . . .

The Public is invited to visit their Spacious
SHOW ROOMS,

25, CIIURCII-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

N.B.—Many Parties haviala been misled,' the Public, is
informed that E. and Co. Manufacture every Article requisite
in SOLID SILVER; and they have always on hand, at their
Now Est.ablishment, a most extensive Variety of SOLID
SILVER. WARES.

Small Parcels of E. and Co.'e Manufacture may be purchased
on the same advantageous terms as larger criantities.

HExtract from the Lancet, February 4, 1854, and from Dr
assall's recent work on "Food and lts Adulterations."
"Thit,--samples of Messrs. CROSSE & BLACKWELL:were
entirely free from Copper."
CROSSE & BLACKWELL, Purveyors in Ordinary
to Her Majesty, in soliciting attention to the above
extract, beg to state that the utmost care is taken to ensure
purity and wholesomeness in their various productioae. Their
Establishment has been inspected .by Dr. Hatisall and many
leading members of the medical profession, Who have been
pleased to express their high approval of the general manufac-
turing arrangements. Every article prepared by C. &. B. is of
the highest quality that can he produced. Their Pickles,
Tart Fruits, and Preserves are perfectly natural in colour; no
mineral or other deleterious ingredient being employed to
give them an undue brilliancy.
C. & B. respectfully invite attention to the following, all of
which are particularly recommended.
PICKLES of various kinds; prepared in pure malt vinegar.
BOTTLED FRUITS FOR TARTS AND PUDDINGS ; pre-
served in their natural state.
JELLIES of unequallell brilliancy and-purity; consisting of
Calf's Foot, Orange. Lemon, Noyeau, Punch, Madeira, &e. ,
In pint and quart bottles, for the convenience of Families.
ROYAL TABLE SAUCE; of a warm and delicious flavour,'
peculiarly adapted for cold meats, and greatly improving-
hashes, stews, and made dishes.
ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES ; produced solely from the
REAL GORGONA ANCHOVIES, and superior to all other
preparations sold under the same name.
ESSENCE OF SHRIMPS; .minufactured on the sea coast
where the Shrimps are caught. This Sauce being milder in
flavour than the Essence of Anchovies, is preferred by many
epicures.
The CELEBRATED SOHO SAUCE, for game, venison, &c.
PURE MUSHROOM CATSUP, made from the finest mush-
rooms obtained ou the famed Leicestershire Downs.
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S SAUCE, for general purposes, manu-
factured by J. Carstairs, Edinburgh. 'Each bottle bears a fat
simi!, of the late Right Honourable Baronet's letter of
approval.
ANCHOVY PASTE, BLOATER PASTE, STRASBOURG,
and other POTTED MEATS, for breakfast and luncheon table.
ORANGE MARMALADE, JAMS, and JELLIES, perfec ly
pure, and prepared by a process which effectually retains the
tine aroma of the fruit.
Of meromlade the Lenre! of 22nd of Januark*; 1853,
remarks,--" 6th sample, purelatteed of CROSSE and BL ACK-
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contain copper."
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The above, together with all othercondiments and delicacies,
m he obtained of most respectable sauce vendors in the
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