The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Bth Dec., 1860.
I have reason to know that the affair of the
cession of Venetia is still under consideration,
as I formerly mentioned to you, but privately_
and extra-diplomatically, and this in spite of all
the rumours to the contrary. It is positively
stated that the question was opened and dis-
cussed at some length at a private dinner party
at the Princess Mathilde's, at which the Emperor

was present; the only other guests being Prince
Metternich, the Austrian ambassador ; Lord
CoWley; the British ambassador; and also no
less a personage than his commercial assistant
Mr. Richard Cobden, the amicus curice of both
Governments, so far as concerns the adjustment
of the details of the Commercial Treaty; like-

wise the Russian 'ambassador, Count ItiSseleff.
Prince Metternich has been invited to join
the sports at Rambouillet. He is to remain for
three days, a fact which in present circumstances
will possibly be regarded by the world at large
as a first step towards the accomplishment of so
desirable a consummation as the compromise of
this long standing Venetian difficulty. It is even
reported that, at this dinner at the Princess's,
whose salons have become a centre of reunion for
politicians of the highest rank—just as those of
Madame Saint-Florentin were under the previous
reign—the actual price of the proposed cession
was named, and despatches relative to the matter
were:shortly: glei:WdrdS Sent off to Vienna from
the Foreign Office. .
The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the auditeui•
of Rota, and who recently arrived in France on a
secret mission from Pius IX. to Napoleon 111.,
has gone back to Rome, after having had an
audience with his Majesty. Probably, therefore,
some new turn of affairs will be recorded in a few
days. Meanwhile the Cardinal Archbishop of
Lyons, M. de Bonald, has published a letter to his
clergy, in referenee td the teeent circular of M.
Billault to the Prefects on the subject of collections
for the Peter's Pence ; but the terms in which
this document are couched are so violent that the
religious journals of Paris dare not reproduce it.
It is mentioned in official spheres that the
Emperor has made within the last few days a
renewed attempt to induce Francis IL to make
up his mind to quit Gaeta, on the ground that
'wig furtllCi tc.?iistiitiCe oil liis part 3voitld only
iisele§S shedding of bleod: This &Ad=
munication is said io ie only preliminary to

another, containing a threat to witnaraw TIM
protection of the French fleet, a step which,
according to other accounts, has been quite re-
solVed On:
Sonic fre li explariatioii have lieeii recently ex 7
changed between the Vrench and Sardinian
governments as to the conduct of Admiral de
Tinan, with reference especially as to his having
ordered a Piedmontese vessel, the Marie Adelaide,
to be fired Upon for venturing, to operate against
Gaeta. It is affirmed that the only satisfaction
given on the point to the cabinet of Turin, was
simply that Admiral de Tinan in what he had
done had only obeyed his instructions. But,
d propos of explanations, it is also said that the
Spanish governme4 has demanded explanations
froth the government of the Emperor as to th 6
meaning of a French camp being formed so near
the Snanish frontier as Baeneres de Bignorre. The
fear of some annexation project in reference to
the Iberian Provinces being under consideration,
seems still to occupy the Spanish mind a good
deal; perhaps, not without some good reason.
The Government of Piedmont continues actively
to .exert itself in the reconstrtiction of its new
navy, and genTitity With the iinprovpmont of
every branch of the two services. Whilst Fiance
works incessantly at the building of her cuirassees
ships, Sardinia is experimenting on earthern
batteries defended by an impenetrable cuirass, and
which revives, of course with an immense increase
of power-t-the id.eo, of the celebrated " tortoise" of
the RorrianS, Tile lihrCeiritite Courier of Genoa
mentions likewise an invention of a weapon Of
offence, which is to be greatly more formidable
than the lance, but it gives no precise details
upon the subject.
The Paris Deputies, MM. Jules Favre, 011ivier,
Picard, and Darimon, members of the Opposition,
and their colleagues and political co-religionists,
MM. Cure, of Bourdeaux, and Henot, of Lyons,_
have taken the resolution, after an explanation of
their Motives,ito xesign their appointments imme-
diately after the discussion on the address in reply
the speech from the Throne. These gentlemen
desire to express by this act their opinions on the
necessity of a dissolution of the Corps LegislEttif,
as a necessary sequel to the late reforms. No less
than a third of the whole of the independent
Deputies are understood to be contemplating the
the same step. There is a talk of the anti-annex-
ionist party in Nice starting Garibaldi as a can-
didate in the new Parliament against the Govern-
ment, but it is not very likely that he will consent
to lead a forlorn hope of that kind, merely for the
sake of creating confusion and adding to the
cause of disorder.
Some further important changes in the French
Marine are under Consideration. On the Ist of
January nexi a .reat many new appointments of
Lieutenants de Vaisseau are to be made, and it is
intended to create two great maritime commands,
one at Toulon, and the other at Brest. Thb
officers nominated to these will have very exten-
sive duties, and they will be entrusted especially
with the inspection of the new naval construc-
tions; dna with the transformation which has
been decided on of the entire naval materiel.
The frigate Gloire has been experimenting In
the Worst Weather that could be selected for the
purpose; in order to ascertain the extent of her
performances in such circumstances. A better
season than the preSeht for furnishing the desired
opportunities could not hale been Well selected.
Some further particulars hen been made
known respecting the murder of M. Poisnofi
revealing facts of peculiar atrocity. It seems
that the deceased was shot. The Droit affirms
that the assassin must first have fired at the heart
of the deceased, as a ball was found lodged in his
clothes near it, after penetrating his great cost,
coat, waistcoat, shirt, and flannel waistcoat, and
causing a contusion of the body. The man then
fired a second time, and the ball penetrated above
the right eye, remaining in the head; a third shot
was fired just above the left eye, and the ball also
penetrated the head. Next, the assassin, with a
hammer or a life preserver, or some such instru-
ment, dealt his victim dreadful blows in the head,
completely smashing the forehead and the skull;
with such fury indeed did he strike him, that all
the brain was scattered about, adhering to his
clothes and to the seats and sides of the carriage-
What probably eatiood the man to commit the
crime was a leather bag which M. Poinsot had
suspended round his neck by a strap, and which
was well filled, but, instead of articles of value or
securities, it only contained plans of his house at
Chaouree, and of some projected improvementsi
a number of paid bills, and a book called the
" Parfait Jardinier."

COLLEGIATE HONOURS.—Mr. R. Sinker, of Trinity
College, Cambridge, and recently of the Collegiate
Institution, has obtained, at Cambridge, the Carus prize
for the criticism and interpretation of the New Testa-
ment. This prize is open to all students in the University
under the standing of Bachelor of Arts.
CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATION.—This examination
begin, in St. George's Hall, to-morrow morning, at ten
o'clock. An Oxford examination will take place here at
the end of next May. The arrangements for the co-
operation of the two Universities in this matter are not
yet matured, and we are requested to state that, at the
last meeting of the local committee, this resolution was
unanimously passed :—" That this committee urgently
requests the continuance of the Cambridge Examination
at this local centre, especially on the ground of the
marks given for religious knowledge."
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—RetUTII for week
ending December 8, 1860. Admitted : in-patients, 39 ;
out-patients, 28 ; surgical casualties, 31. Discharged :
cured, 22 ; relieved, and at own request, 13 ; made out-
patients, 4 ; irregular, 1 ; dead, 5. Remain in the
house, 173. Visitors : Messrs. Thomas Bourne and
G. J. Woodhouse. Physician, Dr. Inman; surgeon, Mr.
Long ; house surgeon, Mr. R. Harrison ; junior house
surgeon, Mr. H. G. Rawdon ; chaplain, Rev. Edward
Poole; treasurer, Mr. Charles Wilson.
AN OLD OFFENDER.—On Saturday, at the County
Magistrates' Court, an old woman, named Selina Bur-
gess, was charged with stealing a dress and shirt at
Walton, of the value of Bs. When arrested, she said she
had to steal or starve ; but on being searched at the
Police-station, some money was found upon her, and
also 3 lbs. of sugar, which had evidently been stolen.
The bench said, looking to the record before them, the
prisoner was an old offender. She had been transported
once, committed nine times for felony, and discharged
ten times on charges of felony. She was committed for
six months.
BOROUGH SESSIONS.—The following is a list of the
prisoners sentenced at the borough sessions on Satur-
day :—Catherine Jones, stealing one pair of gloves, one
cornelian stone, two rings, and other goods, and certain
monies, the monies and property of Margaret Jones
four months. James Turley, office boy ; being a servant
of the Waterford Steamship Company, did receive and
take into his possession, for and on behalf of the said
company, the sums of 10s. 6d., and 10s. 10d., and did
afterwards feloniously embezzle the same ; one month.
John Hewitt, labourer; stealing one pair of boots, the
property of George Moreton ; five years. Bridget Fox,
stealing the sum of 12s. 6d., the monies of John Jordeu,
from his person; four months. Robert Campbell, striker;
stealing one clock, the property of John Rohrer; five
years.
THE RISCA EXPLOSION.—It is said now that tha
number of miners supposed to have descended the pit 43..11
Saturday morning was overstated, and that about 200 e
men and boys—not 300—is the corrected estimate of the
real number. Of those who went down on the fatal
morning it is estimated that about 150 are dead, and
that 62 or 63 have been brought out alive, o
whom have since died. The estimate of the n.umsuarbnide,re ooisf
victims, grounded on the number of lanipfs
u
ascertained to be incorrect. On Wednnigehsdt aye-a g
from Newport were employed till oovisservh .n eetshese
fifty and sixty were interred during the y
bodies to their several. places of interurtin
theetpwreinen_
cipal part in the churchyard. during were conveyed- to
four were interred in the ne buri -groun a d
eve
the different chapels, others t
wo distant partds, ns (Arabi
pwaarstioeffs
erreefdusteodthteomhfarveee tohfeemhabrgurei.ed there, although it
BUILDING SOCIETIES seems from a statement
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made by Mr. Tidd Pratt that there are now about 2,000
of them in existence
and that their paid-up capital 15
not less than £8,000,, 000.