The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-01 00:00:00

THE BALL.

This grand ball, formerly so popular in Liverpool,
and which has bedn so appropriately revived by the
officers and men of the 19th (Scottish) L.R.V., -Came
off last evening in the magnificent ball-room of the
Town-hall, in a style, and with a degree of success, that
have rarely or ever been surpassed on any previous occa-
sion. The whole of the splendid suite of the state
tool* beledgiAg to the OorPOiathiti *ere throlin optt
for the reception and adnotninodation of those members
of the fashionable community who had been so fortunate
as to secure tickets. The arrivals comm-----1

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after nine o'clock, the company being received
by the lady patroness, Mrs, Francis Shand,
.Who Was attended by the ehairnian Of the eonimittee,
George A. Maekeniie, Esq. The acitnoWledged beauty
Of the, ha,ll,was oiribfltieed-,bY stmPle
and 'Active decoration br a device, bearing the inscriP-
`tion " 19th L.R.V.," permitted upon thiS occasion,
by the kindness of the Town-hall -Committee. The
device was designed and supplied by our townsmen, R.
Anderson and Sons, of Bold-street, who, by the way,
are somewhat conspicuous in this art, for we learn their
valuable services as artistes have been. secured for the
ensuing Grand Volunteer Ball at the Free Trade Hall
in Manchester; en the 18th of this nioiitli. The
nuti3birs present were fully. BCO3 and almost imme-
diately at the hour we have named the dancing began,
to the inspiriting strains of Streather's unrivalled band,
and was continued, almost without intermission, down
to a very late hour—indeed this morning, the intervals
being z agreeably and most satisfactorily employed in
'visits., to the refreshment rooms, which were well and
copiously supplied by Mr. Morrish.
As was to be expected, the Scotch reel and country
dance occupied a frequent place in the Terpsichorean pro-
gramme, home of the former, which were danced in true
Highland style, being warmly encored. Among the
crowded throrig, vrenotieed,,his Worship the Mayor and
the MaYoreis, LieutenariGCOlOnel Boiline; Lietltengral
Colonel Gladstone, Major Clay, Captain Maxwell and
officers of the 19th Scottish, Captain Scott and officers
of the 71st Highland Lancashire Volunteers. Several
officers of the line and of the militia were also present
among the company, which included a large proportion
of 'the elite of the town and neighbourhood. -- -

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
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FRANCE;
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONVENT.)
PARIS, Friday; Not. 3d.
The new political situation here is now Com:
placly fixed, so far at least as concerns the
changes in the personnel. The whole interest is
now centred in watching for and considering the
sentiments expressed on the subject by the French
and foreign journals. Of the opinions of the
French press on the subject I have already
spoken: 'the German press in general shows a
disposition td vie* the changes themselves;
approvingly, but the tone of midst of the journals
betrays 'a good deal of uneasiness on the subject
of the causes which have prompted theni,
considerable amount of distrust still continues td
be exhibited towards everything that France
does in this fine: The French journal of Frank-
fort and the Cologne Gazette stet of opinion that
the Decree ought to be welcomed tij; ail Patriotic
and intelligent people, and that it is ealenlated
to consolidate the Imperial edifice. According td
the Gazette des Postes, the French Government
has probably perceived that it has been following
a false policy in Italy, and it wishes to enter
upon a new path, and to take shelter behind the
representatives of the nation. The new Prussian
Gazette, a legitimist organ, considers that the new
measures have only one object, and that is to give
to the French Government a fresh weapon against
the clergy. In France itself there is still a good
deal of hesitation as to the effect of the Decree,
especially in financial circles. The truth is, the
gravity of the crisis in the money market is not
much modified ; and unless the Bank of England
lowers its rate of discount, the Bank of France
will be forced to raise its rate also. As for the
general state of Europe, one need only reflect
on the embarrassments which beset the new
government of Italy, the restlessness which
pervades Germany, and the agitations which
are admitted still to prevail in the East, to
be satisfied how very precarious are these condi-
tions of peace under which the operations of trade
and commerce have to be carried on. But it is
the state of affairs in Austria especially which
justifies these uneasy feelings. The anxiety caused
by the desires of the people for a system of
government more conformable with their wants
and with the spirit of the times, is aggravated
by a most intense monetary crisis. The course of
exchange in Vienna as regards foreign countries,
and the measures which the Austrian Govern-
has been forced recently to adopt in order to
bring into circulation the twelve millions of half-
franc notes, in consequence of the disappearance
of the copper coin, form indisputable evidence of
the existence of a state of things which verges
closely on absolute bankruptcy. Nor is this all.
Whilst Italy persists in menacing Venetia and
the Dalmatian coasts, another storm is gather-
ing in the Danubian Principalities and in Servia,
having for its object the formation of a Danubian
confederation, in which Hungary and Slavonia
would play a grand role at the expense of Austria.
Hence the concentrations of Austrian troops in
Transylvania on the Moldo-Wallachian frontier,
prove that the Cabinet of Vienna is seriously
taken up with the danger which threatens the
Empire. It remains to be seen whether Austria
will find sufficient resources within herself, to
enable her to issue triumphantly out of all these
trials,
There is nothing particularly new
f
The most difficult question which
pireormolntatelyse
statesmen have to solve at this moment is the
future renresentation of that country, for on the
mode of its solution, and the sentiments with
it shall be received by Milan, Bologna, Florence,which
Naples, and Palermo, depend
to a great extent
-
the future welfare of entire Italy. This is Per
fectly plain.
It appears that there has been a great 04 of