The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

ciently liberal and democratic, not to refuse its
support in the event of France again mixing her-
self up with the Italian question, in order to
realise the celebrated promise, "Free as far as
the Adriatic."
'Under this latter hypothesis France would come
to an understanding With Russia, who in , that
case would ratify, as the first symbol of a new
Franco-Russian alliance, " Italian unity," by re-
cognising Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy.
The separation of the department Of Algeria
from that of the rest of the Colonies is also looked
upon in the qua'rte'rs I am alluding to as another
proof of the Wailike anticipations of the Govern-
Ment ; and the appointment to the office of Victroy
of the first soldier of the empire has been, it is
said, decided on, because the Government foresees
a possible rupture of the commimications between
the great military cOlony of Algeria and the

%other dduritryi and is desirthis of having the
kidiiiiiiistration and defence of that province plated
Hi the, hands of a man who is Considered. more
competent than any other to discharge siiccess-,
fully the duties of that responsible trust, lt is.
further. Maintained thtit the "fibrins conferred
.upon France are Merely the counterpart of
thdf..)e- Which England has advised Austria to
grant, with the sole view of counter-
balancing the influence of France (which leans
for support, in the war which she meditates
against. Austria, on the liberal and revolutionary
element)---and in order to render Francis Soseph
less an object of antipathy to pilhlie opinion in
England. They go even farther, and predict
that the English press will accord only an ironical
and jealous approval to the present reforms ;
because, according to them, the British people
have sufficient political tact to understand the
meaning and bearing of these measures, which
they well know are directed against the influ-
ence of England in Europe, and the siteceSs of
her policy in the East and in the Mediterranean.
The foregoing observations will, I think, afford
considerable e'ements for reflection on the part of
your readers, though I am far from recommend-
ing an entire agreement in the conclusions of
either of 'the two sets of politicians. The truth,
as is almost always the case, 'will be found to lie
either between themi or partly with one side arid
partly with the other,
•
will be a short session of the Corps
next month. It is cortOß 'Jac the
Senate cannot be long without being convened, for,
according to the decree, the changes effected in
the mode of reporting the proceedings of that
body must be made the giilijed Of ltd pfetions
deliberation and determination.
There is a rumour that the Archbishop of Paris
has given in his resignation, as a member of the
Privy Council, but I have not heard whether it
has been 'accepted.
It is stated that the Catholic party is desirous
bf oitoisirig‘ itself iii 1" ranee on the same footing
as it no* stands in Belgium, and to take advan-
tage of the.- latitude which the Emperor seems
desirous of allowing. the members of the Corps
Legislatif in their assembly, to get itself re-
presented as largely as possible at the Bourbon
Palace. The Archbishop of Besancon has just
PubliSlied a pamphlet, entitled A Word from
Cardinal Mathieu on the Pamphlet " Pope and
-Emperor." It is needleSs to say that the Cardinal's
views do not accord with those of M. Cayla, in •
his eelebrated bt'o' chum

It is rumoured that ttie E mpreSs is to return tb
Paris on Saturdaj, net.
There. •svEl§ t fall at the BbilAe s,esterday of
2P c.; o4iii4 to 1,116 ihtelligence received regarding
tile state of monetary affairs at New York.

NAPLES.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NAPLES, Nov: 21, 1860.
There is nothing new from dabta all'iliat is
ittio*ti is; that flit the tiVelve days the pribe
Of pruirigiati.4 has been excessively high. There
!ere 50,000 men in the place—three times more
than were required for the defence. The King
has allowed 6,000 only to remain, and has caused
the others to disembark. The first cannon shots
Were fired against the city on the night of
kridayi the 16th The battbfiet or the beseigers
baonot be, hrotight into play for a month, as, owing
tti the giins sinking in the mud, new roads must
be constructed for their conveyance.
Francis 11. has several times been desirous of
quitting Gaeta, his principal reason being that
the Queen is enciente, but the Queen mother vita
opposed to his doh* so:
The Borgo or Mititirli of Gaeta has been
Eivaeuated, on account of the fire of 'the fortress,
-Which, in firing on the Piedmontese, gradually
destroying the village.

THE ULSTIR COLLISION.

ADMIIIALTY COURT---Nov. 27,

(Before Dr. LUSITINtiTON and TRINITY MASTERS.)
,'This was an attien brought by the ' owners of the
Iftonntr Tagus, of 123 tons, against the steamer
*Ulster to recover compensation for the damage sustained
by a collision between the vessels, which happened in
the Mersey on the evening of the 28th of April last.
On the afternoon, of the day that the collision took
place the Tagus left the George's Dock, Liverpool, with
a general cargo for Lisbon, and her course was west by
north across the Mersey. She was, proceeding at the
rate of about two knots an hour, with her helm hard
aport, and when abreast of the south landing-stage
the Ulster was observed at the distance of about half a
Mile broad off her port bow, in mid-channel, and head-
ing. about north-north-east, down the river in tow of two
steamtngs, one ahead; and the other on her port side.
The plaintiffs alleged that the peak of the schooner's
Mainsail was then lowered, and the tack hauled close up,
and her helm kept aport, and that the crew tailed those
on board the steam-vessel to go under the stern of the
Tagus. Notwithstanding the hailing, the Ulster con-
tinued on her course unaltered down the river, and the
tug which was towing ahead of her passed ahead of the
Tagus, but the steamship came stem on into her port
side abreast of the mainmast, thereby causing consider-
able damage.
The Ulster left the ship-building yard of the Messrs.
Laird, of Birkenhead, in tow of two steam-tugs, for the
Bandon Dock at Liverpool, to be fitted with machinery.
When tfie Tagus was observed coming out of George's
Dock Basin. she was steering across the river to the
westward, and the masters of the Ulster and of the
tugs hailed her to port her helm, and the defendants
asserted that instead of so doing she kept her course
across the course of the Ulster, and apparently under a
starboard helm. When the master of the Ulster saw
that a collision was ,probable, he ordered the tug ahead
to stop, ,and the engines of the tug alongside to be
reversed full speed, the way of the steamship being
thereby stopped, and the Tagus .crossed her bows be-
tween her and the tug, bringing her port midships right
athwart the stem of the Ulster.
On the one side it was contended that the collision
was occasioned by those on board the Ulster not porting
their helm, and not passing under the stern of the
Tagus ; on the other, that the blame was attributable
to the Tagus attempting to cross the course of the
Ulster and the tug.
The witnesses for the parties were examined in Court.
Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Vernon Lushington were
for the Tagus, and Dr. Spinks and Mr. Aspinall for the
Ulster.
Dr. Lushington stated that the Trinity Masters were of
opinion that the Ulster was solely to blame, and he (the
learned judge) coincided in their opinion. ,
The Court therefore decreed accordingly, with costs.

Anne Padfield was found guilty yesterday of the
murder of her illegitimate child. The jury recom-
mended her to mercy, on the grounds of poverty,
seduction, mental anguish, and previous good character.
The learned judge, in passing sentence of death, was
overcome with emotion. The sentence is expected to be.
commuted.
DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM WlNDSOR.—Accord-
lag to the'present arrangement, Her Majesty the Queen,
the Prince Consort, and Royal family, will leave Wind-
sor. Castle for the Isle of Wight either on Wednesday
the 'sth, or Thursday, the 6th proximo. The Court will
remain at the Isle of Wight about a fortnight, and then
return to Windsor for the Christmas holydays. It is
expected that before the Empress of the French takes
her departure from England, Her Majesty will pay a
visit to the Queen, either at Windsor or Osborne ;
but, as the Royal visit must necessarily be of a private
character, it will most probably take place at Osborne.
CRIME IN FRANCE.—A dreadful crime has been com-
mitted at Gonesse, near Paris. As an inhabitant of the
village was, on the morning of Saturday, passing the
house of a Madame V , with whom he was acquainted,
he saw the outer door open, and went in to say good-day
to the lady. To his surprise he saw no one, and on
ascending to Madame y--'s bedchamber he was hor-
rified to find her lying on the floor quite dead, in a pool
of blood, with three large stabs in the throat. He then
went to the room of the servant, and found her fastened
to the bedstead with cords. He unloosed her and sent
for the authorities. The young woman, who is a Belgian,
twenty-six years of age, then told this tale. On the
previous evening some one knocked at the door, and
Madame V— opened the window of her bedchamber
to ask who was there. On receiving a reply she went
downstairs, at the same time calling to the servant not
to get up. Madame V-- let in some one, and after
conversing with him a few minutes the servant beard
him say—the voice proved that he was a man—" Good
night, Madame, pray do not trouble yourself to accom-
pany me to the door." Some time after the servant got
up to see that the outer door was fastened ; but on
reaching a passage she was seized by two men who
dragged her to her chamber, bound her to the bed, and
declared that if she cried out they would kill her. Theu
they went into the chamber of Madame V_, and she
heard a scuffle, and the noise of drawers being broken
open. After this they went away. The drawers in the
room were found broken open, and a sum of 12,000 f.
was stolen from them. The servant's tale is considered
strange, as Madame was so timid as not to be
likely to open her door_after nightfall _to any one not
well known to her ; but, on the other hand, two men
resembling those described by the ycung woman were
seen .in the village. The servant had not long been in
the service of the victim.