The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY.

GLASGOW IRON.—Market steady. No. 1,51 s Od
to 51s 6d ; Warrants, 61s 9d to 52s Od; No. 3,60 s
6d to Ms Od.

MANCHESTER SHARE.—Midlands, 1351 ; Gt.
Westerns, 7341; Canadas, 10 15-16; Leeds, 1191
i•

CORN MARKETS.—ConK: White Wheat, 26s to
335; red do., 25s to 30s ; Barley, 16s to 20s 3d; Oats,
lls 8d to 15s 6d.—MANCHESTER : The market was
well attended, and a good business would have been
done.in American and other foreign Wheats had holders
been disposed to go on at the prices accepted during the
past week, but having raised their pretensions, sales
were checked ; secondary sorts were only in moderate
request, and no dearer; the best English was fully as
high, but other sorts unsaleable ; for extra qualities of
French Flonr there was an improved demand at fully
previous rates. American sold slowly, and all best super
qualities were rather lower. In good marks of English
there was but little doing at last week's currency, while
doubtful kinds are only nominal in value. Oats and
and Oatmeal moved off slowly without change in prices.
Beans and Indian Corn declined 6d to is per qr.—BIR-
MINGHAM : At this day's market there was a less supply
of Wheat from the farmers, and all qualities were fully
as dear. Fine Barley was rather higher ; secondary
dull. Beans and Oats held for previous rates. Peas is
per qr. lower.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Concurrently with the reorganisation of the social and
political condition of the kingdoms and provinces corn_
posing the future " Kingdom of Italy," a levy of
150,000 men is to be made in Southern Italy, in order
to give weight to .the arrangements which are decided
upon by the Government of King Victor for the acorn.
plishment of that object.
The conduct of the Anglo-Garibaldiati Legion towards
the inhabitants of Caserta, to Which such pointed allu-
sion ins made iti a recent number of our paper, by a
member of the_corps, has created such a disagreeable dis-
cussion, that formal orders have been given for its dis_
bandment.

The Giornale di Roma indignantly repudiates the
notion of a compromise between the Pope and the King
of Piedmont. Nevertheless it is generally believed here
that some arrangement of the kind is on the eapi,t—it
has even been asserted that the Members of the Sacred
College are being bought up by the Piedmontese Govern-
ment, an assertion which I need hardly tell you official
denials by no means invalidate.
The stoppage of payment in the affair of it9mAti
dividends has little actual interest t t this side of the
Channel, where a holder or such stock is scarcely to be
found) bat a high rate of interest seems to have tempted
many families in Paris, as well as in Belgium, and much
domestic inconvenience is the result, which is likely to
continue until an arrangement between the King and
the Pope. Victor Emmanuel has relieVed Austria or se
much of the debt as fell to the shaft of Lombardy. Ile
has taken up All the liabilities of Naples and Sicily,
having been himself exonerated from a goodly propor-
tion of funded demands on Turin by France, in right of
Nice and Savoy. It is, of course, assumed that the
Roman Loan will ultimately ha provided for by Sar-
dinia, to whom the Pope's chief revenue-producing
provinces have already been annexed ; but the continued
refusal of his Holiness to recognise the present condition
of affairs may indefinitely retard the settlement of the
claims of the unfortunate bond-holders,

It is announced that an address has been got up in
Southern Italy petitioning the Emperor of the French
to withdraw his troops from Rome, and is accompanied
by addresses to the Italian Parliament and the British
House of Commons, praying them to support the
petition.
The sudden death of the Count of Syracuse will be
heard with regret by the many friends in Italy, France,
and England whom his genuine love of liberty, princely
tastes, and affable character had won him among the
elite of the political, literary, and artistic world. The
Prince was an eminent antiquarian. Ile had conducted
the excavations at Portici, and enriched the Neapolitan
Museum with valuable specimens of Roman art. He
was also a distinguished soulptor. But his chief claim
to the regard of posterity will be his unswerving attach-
ment to the cause of Italian independence, and the pro-
tection which, during the tyrannical reign of his brother
(the late King) he extended to all who underwent per-
secution for their political opinions.
The unpopularity of the Austrian rule in Hungary
has undergone no diminution. At Waitzen, a town
which is the seat of an annual fair, very serious distur-
bances have occurred, and a conflict has taken place
between the military and the people resulting in num-
bers on both sides being wounded.
The French Ambassador at Constantinople insists on

THE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1860.

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an extension of the period fixed for the departure of the
trettob army of occupation, and the ambasiadors of the
other Powers look on whilst the Sultan remonstrates
against this violation of the convention. General Haut-
poul will be at little loss to find employment for his
troops. If there is no longer any work to be dono,
Will carve cut work of some kind or another for them.

The Count de Persigny has inaugurated his assump-
tion of the duties of the Minister of the Interior ad
interim by what appears to be a very judicious circular
to all the prefects of France ; but he has at the same
time not hesitated to seize some of the London journals
where comments on the late reforms were not to his
liking.
Negotiations, we are informed, are being carried on
for a commercial treaty between France and Belgium,
and a treaty is also pending between France and the
Zollverein.

A gentleman who holds the office of President of the
Chambers of the Imperial Court of Paris has been
assassinated in that city, bat no partichlars are given of
the Origin or dirounistahces of the dastardly act.
A letter has beett'addreased by the African Aid Society
to Badalinng, King of Dahomey, that monarch whose
atrocities in offering up hecatnnabs of human sacrifices
have attracted so •much attention of late, and who
fdrnishel to the slaVe market a large proportion of its
merchandise every year. The object of the society
fs to induce this Royal slave dealer and human
butcher to relinquish his nefarious practices. Savage
nature and civilised nature in the human animal
are acted upon by motives much alike, and
most wisely is the appeal made to this barbarian's
cupidity—the passion to which he is likely to be most
accessible. If 10,000 slaves, sold in the market, pro-
dUce 50;000 dollars, how many dollars will .150,000
peOple, furnishing one dollar's worth of cotton each,
produce ? Such is the argument employed in reasoning
with his Majesty Badahung, anti the solution of the
question requires no extensive acquaintance with the
rates of Cocker, nor does it require a deep knoWledge of
human nature to anticipate its effects if fairly estab-
lished.

ne times of yesterday devotes a leader to proving
the superiorlty of Tirin over Rome and all the other
chief 'cities of Italy, as regards the claims to be selected
as thy, ,oapital of the new Italian kingdom. It adiocates
this view on the ground that the seat of government and
the centre of the military power should be plated in the
most inland and safest region of the Petinsiiia; out of
the reach of irregular infltienees, in We healthies't
amd the most tenitletate elimate; all Which conditions, it
Is 'ohterVO, meet i t faVotir of Turin.
A iii4tfOal-soldier writes to the Times that some part
of the fortification vote should be expended in the con-
struction of iron-clad ships, mounting very heavy guns,
to be stationed at our different ports,
Mr. Craufurd, M.P. foi Ayrshiro, Mr. Soseph Cowen,
jun.,' of N'a*castie., Mr. Ashnist; of tondon-, and Mr.
M'Adam, Of dlasgow., have been appointed a deputation
to bonVey. art invitation to Garibaldi tO visit England.
the C.Aronic?e says it has reason tO believe that no
more Cabinet meetings will be held trail about the
middle of Jantiary. It is Anderstood that the question
of Parliamentary Refoim with refetence to next session
has not yet been under discussion in the Cabinet.
Parliament will, aecording to present arrangements, be
summoned to meet for despatch of business on the sthi
of February.

We are afraid that we are about to enter upon a
period of great perplexity throughout India. Informa-
tion has been received at Neemuch that a famine is
imminent in the districts around it, and that the Dur-
bars of itotah, /Dhar, and Bursee have refused, iii self-
defence as We presume, to allow the transit of provisions
&cross their frOntiers. We understand that Neemuch
has but fifteen days' food left, and is in danger of being
starved. Happily the transport train can carry grain in
ten days from Dhoolia to the station, and, we presume,
orders have been already issued far its relief. The
Durbars , we have named have offered to repay the
advances received by their subjects for the supply of pro-
visions under contract, but have resolutely refused to
allow any grain to leave their territories. The policy is
short-sighted and unworthy, but it would be hard to
persuade the native mind that it was not justified by the
seeming necessity of their circumstances.
It is not improbable that a sort of informal conven-
tion, representing the different governments of British
North America, will meet at Quebec before the close of
the present year, to consider the question of a federal
union of all the provinces; and in view of this event,
the prevalent feelings and opinions of the several pro-
vinces on this great question may be stated. New-
foundland can hardly be considered as a part of British
North America; it is not so treated at the Colonial
Office, but in the case of these provinces being federally
united there are reasons why that island should ulti-
mately be brought in. The straits of Belle Isle com-
mand one of the entrances of the St. Lawrence, and for
this reason it is important that Newfoundland should be
a member of the projected confederacy. There may be
reasons arising out of the fishery dispute, which must
be regarded as yet unsettled, why Newfoundland should
not come in at once. The question of a federation has
not attracted much attention in that island, but if it
were to come up in a practical shape, and a decision
upon it had to be given, that decision would most likely
be in favour of federation.

Private advises from Buenos Ayres by the present
packet give a strong description of the satisfaction felt
th rough o ut the province of its definitive incorporation with
the Argentine Republic. Senor de la Riestra, the
Finance Minister, has entered upon the task of reorganis-
ing the finances of the old confederated provinces, with,
it is stated, the cordial support of all parties, and with
the best results as regards internal credit.
Yesterday morning Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Abbis,
Mr. Sheriff Lusk, Mr. Eagleton, under-sheriff, the Rev.
Mr. Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Jones, the
governor, and other officials, proceeded to the cell where
the unfortunate woman Anne Padfield, convicted at the
last sessions of the murder of her illegitimate child, has
been confined, and announced to her that the sentence
of the law would be carried into effect on Monday, the
24th inst. The poor creature,.who is placed in a room
formerly belonging to one of the officers, there being no
accommodation for females, received the dreadful infor-
mation at first calmly, but afterwards shrieked out for
mercy. In her calmer moments she pays great atten-
tion to the spiritual instruction of Mr. Davis, the ordi-
nary, but she expresses a belief that her life, will be
spared. Great exertions are being made, under the
circumstances) to stay the execution.

Subsequent investigation 'shows that the victims to
the explosion of fire-damp in the coal mine, near New-
port, Monmouthshire, may be set down with approximate
accuracy at the alarming number of 135. An inquest
has been opened by the coroner, but only formally in the
meantime, to admit of the bodies being interred. Up
to the present time there are still about fifty bodies unre-
covered, and it is probable that several weeks may elapse
ere they can be reached. The Government inspector is
engaged in examining the pit, with a view of ascertain-
ing, if possible, the cause of the accident. In the course
of a fortnight the inquest will be resumed,
Mark Rawlins, a clerk in the Sheffield and Rother-
ham Bank, has been charged with embezzling money to
the amount of nearly £l,OOO. The prisoner confesses
his crime) and an inquiry is being made into the exact
facts,
Lord Bury, a firm supporter of Lord Palmerston's
government, and ex-member for Norwich, has been
returned, without opposition, for the Wick district of
burghs) in the room of Mr, Laing, who proceeds to
India as the successor of the late Mr. James Wilson.
The vacant seat at Newcastle will not be allowed to
pass into the hands of the Radicals without a struggle.
We understand that a Conservative candidate has come
for*ard to Contest the bormigh, and that, although late
in the field, his chances of success are by no means
unfavourable.

There is a rumour that an agent of the French govern-
ment; now iii thisPonntri, been deputed to make an
Oita toi the inirdhase of the treat
The Correspondance Bdlier graVoly; announces that
" Mr. Cobden is gone over to London to open negotia-
tions for the 'sale. ef .Yenetia:" . This is mercantile
diplomacy With a t engeanee. • "
Among several other important matters which engaged
the attention of the members 'of the Pock Beard at their
Meeting yesterday, was the subject of the detentes Of
the port. The chairman, as will be seen froni our
report of the proceedings, stated that the_ board had
agreed to give two sites, one at the Bootle landmarks,
and the ether at the Sdlisbnry DoCk; for the erection of
batteries. The giving of other sites for a similar
purpose is still under consideration.-
Through the courtesy of the Marquis of Chandos, the
:
Chairman of the Directors of the London and North-
Western Railway ComPallYi we were honoured; in out
eapaeity as the representative of the otily
daily paper in the provinces, with an invitation to be
present yesterday at the consecration of the new church,
erected by the company at Stantonbury, near Wolverton,
for the benefit of the persons in their employment in that
locality and their families. We have accordingly the
pleasure of presenting our readers with a copious report
of the proceedings on this interesting occasion. The
earnest and practical speech of the noble Marquis, and
the eloquent address of the Bishop of Oxford will well
repay perusal. •

* * again
we are compelled to hold over
several important articles until to-morrow's
publication, among which are the police reports,
the meetings of the Chemists' Association and
the London Conservative Land Society.

PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTS IN
SPAIN,

r:IIAT most execrable institution the Inquisition
which once reigned in Spain with all its horrors,
his been abolished for now some forty years past
bit the spirit which animated FERDINAND VII.
sti.l holds sway in the counci,ls of that benighted
land. There Popery still triumphs over the minds
and Lberties of the people, and fears mot to pu

forth the most intolerant assumptions of right to
dictate to all " the one faith,"—to persecute all
who dare to question its infallibility,—and to
inflict severe pains and penalties upon those
Whom it choeses to brand with the name of
heretic. • The people of England recognise it as
their high national mission to succour and defend
the unhappy victims of intolerant religious per-
secution, let it be either a Protestant or a Roman
Catholic persecution, from whatever quarter of
the globe may come the cry for sympathy and
aid. When the appeal reaches our ears from
sunny groves of the Peninsula,. where England
has spent so much of her gold) and sacrificed the
blood of so many of her bravest sons in defence
of liberty and independence, it is twice powerful
to enlist our compassionate interest with the
distressed, and entitle our remonstrating voice to
be heard with effect by the Spanish Goiernment.
It appears, on the authority of Lord STRATFORD
DE REDCLIFFE, that a movement is commencing
in Spain which promises well for the spread of
civil and religious liberty in that country. In
various parts of Spain not a few persons have
recently renounced Romanism, and have embraced
the Protestant faith. The Protestant people of
England have heard with deep concern the perse-
cutions to which these persons are at present
exposed on account of their religious opinions.
As many, we are told, as twelve persons were
recently, on account of their conversion, imprisoned
at one time; and six others had fled to Gibraltar
for protettion, their families having; in conse-
quence be'en plunged into the greatest distress.
By a later advice it seems that other arrests are
likely to bG made. Among those now incarcerated
for the crime of being Protestants, are prominently
mentioned one MANUEL MATAMOROS, and another
Josh ALMA—both of whom are certified to be
then of eiceilent Christian .dhartiCter; free from
doMplicity, and zealous chiefly for
the diffusion of a pure faith among their fellow-
countrymen—their only, but great and unpardon-
able offence! On the 9th of October last MATA-
-IIOROS was arrested on a charge laid against him
in Grenada, and consigned to the prison of
Barcelona, Ills house Was vigorously searched,
and in his possession Were found papers tOntaining
correspondetiee with his co-religionists in Seville,
Grenada; Malaga; Gibraltar, and other towns of
Spain, as well as in foreign countries, which
have furnished the Spanish government with
the names and addresses of the Protestant
converts throughout the country. After
several weeks' solitary confinements he was
a few days ago summoned by the Council of Gre-
nada to appear there; and it is expected he will
be forced to travel about seven hundred miles on
foot, bound to a gang of crintinals, and associated
with murderers and all sorts of felons, lodged on
his way in the most loathsome prisons of the
smaller villages through which he must pass.
Moreover, the delicate state of his health renders
such a wretched journey highly dangerous to his
life. According to another statement, there is a
conflict now going on between the three tribunals
at Barcelona, Malaga, and Grenada, as to which
of them should try him. The other victim,
ALHAMA, who is now a prisoner in Grenada, was.
the President of the Protestant community of
that town. These cases have spread terror among
the Protestants throughout the kingdom, who
now live in constant fear of the vengeance of the
priests, or have taken to flight, as their only
means of safety. Ruin. and misery are the con-
sequences to many; and the new-born cause of
religious liberty staggers under the heavy blow
and great discouragement.

Any direst interference on the part of our.
Government in behalf of those suffering Pro-
testants is, perhaps, not to be advised. But the
people of England can make their influence felt
through other than official channels. We can
warn the Government of Spain that such an in-
tolerable system of persecution may in their case,
as it has done before in other lands, presage
their downfall and extinction. As was remarked
by one of the deputation to the Foreign Secretary
the other day, our remonstrances against these
acts of injustice are in the true interests of Spain
itself. "If the Grand Duke of Tuscany," added
the same speaker, by way of illustration, " had
followed the course which his lordship had sketched
out for him, he might not now have been a fugitive
from his country. It was worthy of remark that the
MADIAI were now living peacefully in the city from
which the Sovereign who had persecuted them
had been driven." The priests who blindly pro-
moted this short-sighted policy ought also to take
warning by the fate of their ecclesiastical
brethren in Italy. The tide of Protestantism,
which has set in in Spain, is not to be stemmed
by physical force. Obstinacy in their present
course can only hasten the day when in their turn
the priests shall become fugitives from the indig-
nation of the now oppressed people. The Span-
ish Press, which lends itself to the abuse of the
Protestants, and the vindication and encourage-
ment of their persecutors, must be dead indeed to
the first principles of freedom, the acknowledgment
of which can alone consecrate its agency in the
cause of truth and justice, and render it worthy
of the high position it occupies elsewhere in the
van of civilisation and progress. Let the people
of England speak out loudly and unequivocally
in this cause, from pulpit and platform, and
through the press, and never rest satisfied with
their efforts until they have succeeded in obtaining
the release of MATAMOROS and ALIIAMA, and in
staying the persecution which now so grievously
affects, and still further threatens, the Protestant
Church in Spain. This appeal is made not in
the interests of this or that church or sect—but
on behalf of heaven-born freedom and toleration,
civil and religions, to all nations and peoples—be
they Protestant or Roman Catholic.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCES
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PAitis, Dec. 4.
When the Emperor designated IVI. de Forcade
la Roquette for the chief direction of the "Woods
and Fotestni" the latter was not a little astonished.
He could not avoid saying to the Emperor that
,he knew nothing whatever about forests, "It
was just for that, very reason," replied the Em-
peror, that I choose you for the office, because I
was certain that you would have no preconceived
plans laid down in advance, dad no engagements
td pursue, the old administrative routine. Some
old questions reMain to be resolved, but I will
tell you what my plans Ute on the subject, and
you will only have to carry them out." M. de For-
cade having succeded in the Woods and Forests,
the Emperor determined to appoint him Minister
of Finance, in order tp tarry out certain plans
which he has determined upon for a long time
past. By referring to a book entitled "Napoleon
III.," and written a few years ago by a M, Jacob,
under the inspiration of the Emperor, the germ
of this neW system will be discovered. There
was a rumenr d, day or two ago, at the Bourse,
that the principle of the change had been actually
decreed, but this is a mistake. The changes in
question will not be made for some months to
come.
Another very important question, which will
have to engage the consideration of M. Forcade,
is that of the Octrois. No doubt the revenue from
this source is in Paris so considerable, that no one
could dream for a moment, in the present state of
the finances of the Government, of suppressing
them; but the new Finance Minister has received
instructions to direct his attention to the enquiry
whether these duties might not be advantageously
suppressed in other parts of France. The success
of a similar experiment in Belgium, strongly
suggests the expediency of following the example
shown by that country in this respect, and the
subject will certainly, during the winter, engage
the attention of the Council of State under the
presidency of the Emperor.
I am also informed that a project of law is
under consideration, for the suppression of the
tax upon personal property. If this idea be
realised, it is fully. expected, that in the increase
of indirect contrihutions to the revenue, arising
-from the impulse given to business of every kind,
a compensation will be found for the deficiency
that will be caused by the suppression of the tax.
The possibility of suppressing the duty on the

FRANCE.

tion.

tourniquets of the Bourse is also again under con-
sideration. M. Forcade has already had several
interviews with M. Coin, the Bourse magistrate,
on the subject, who has expressed astonishment to
the new Finance Minister, that the Prefect of the
Seine, who is such an admirable business Tnan,
should cling so tenaciously to a tax, which is not
only so small in its receipts, but so inconvenient
and injurious to the progress of all financial
transactions. It is asserted, ho*eVer, that not-
withstanding all opposition, the government is
determined to get rid of the tax, and also to
decline giving the stock-broker any compensation
for the abolition.

The plan of a telegraphic route to connect.
Europe with Asia and America_ , and the report
relative to its formation on the Continent; which
Were reeently presented to the Empe3or, have
been submitted by his directions, along with a
special notes to the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
with the view to his attending, to all questions of
international interest inVolved in the project.
The market for Rente, yesterday, Was very
active. The Closing priCb was 70 50.
PAil6; Dec. 6.
It is understood that the greatest efforts are
being employed by all the friends of the new
order of things to obtain some modifications in
the existing laws against the press, and especially
those involving the hardship of the penalty, in
certain cases, of entire suppression. It is also
suggested that cases of suspension following upon
avertissements should not extend beyond ten or
twenty days. . _ _ _

There is still considerable prospect of a disso-
lution, especially as M. de Persighy is said to
have declared himself in favOtir of that nieasdre,
and to be prepared to advocate that view now
that he is installed into his temporary office in
the ministry. A great many of the prefects,
also, have made a similar declaration ; but M.
de Morny, so far as it appears, is entirely opposed
to the step, and it is by no means apparent, up to
the present tithe; that the Eiriperor himself is not
of his opinion:
It is rumoured that the command of the sub-
division of the Mediterranean squadron, which is
at present in the Toulon roads, on its way home
from the Levant, under • the command 'of Vice-
Admiral Tchenne, is to be placed under Rear-
Admiral Dupony, the first officer's period of ser-
vice having expired. Capitaine Dupre has been
appointed to the command of the naval station at
the Island of Refinion:

It is mentioned in the papers that 80,000 rifles
have been delivered by order of the Imperial
Government to the Piedmontese Government.
This is a_uite true : but it must, be addpa yu thg,
these 80,000 rifles had been at first intended to
form part of an order for arms very much more
considerable in amount, which had been previously
given for the use of the French army; and it
was afterwards agreed to let the Piedmontese.
Government have the above number, on paying
for them the cost price.
The result of the first sitting of the douneil
Of Marshals and other heads of corps for the
general classification of the officers of the army
which was held the day before yesterday, is, that
one portion of the duties of the government of
Algeria, and especially the general management
of affairs, is to be maintained in Paris, under the
Ministry of State, and that another portion of
these duties will be discharged in the colony
itself. I may mention, however, that doubts
have been expressed whether the new arrange-
ments proposed for the government of this colony
will be persisted in. Meanwhile, M. de Chas-
seloup-Laubat continues to perforia the duties of
the virtually suppressed department.
The Empress is expected to return on Saturday
next:

The improvement at the Bourse still contithies.
Rentes closed yesterday at the high figure of 70.55.

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

PARIS, Dec. 6.
The Motaiteur publishes a circular, addressed
by the Count de Persigny to the Prefects upon
entering upon his functions as Minister of the
Interior. In this circular he draws attention to
the generosity of the act of the 24th November,
which, he says, prepares the country for the
peaceful exercise of liberties whose development
the popular throne of Napoleon is bound to
protect. Count Persigny recommends the Pre-
fects to neglect nothing to complete the work of
reconciling parties.

FRANCE.—LORD COWLEY.
PARIS, Dec. 6.

The report in some of the Belgian journals,
that Lord Cowley has tendered his resignation as
English Ambassador at Paris, is without founda-

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGIS-
LATIVE CHAMBERS.
Count Persigny is reported to be in favour of a
dissolution of the Corps Legislatif, and Count
Morny against it.
The semi-official journals are less positive in
contradicting the rumour of a dissolution.
One of,the Liberal journals thinks it would be
better to postpone until it is seen whether the
new institutions work.