The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-22 00:00:00

of the people," said Peter, "witness the extraordinar
respect and honour which tn'compass a supreme Pontiff,
their admiration and wonder are sO excited thgt they took
upon the chief of the Chnrdhias'a gecond SoVeteign whose
dignityis equal, or even ShteiiOr, to that of the Monarch
himself, acid iheyaredislibsecl to attach to the ecclesiastical
intik a tCha,raelar of power above that of any other."
the sortie model and the same motifs will probably serve
Yor the present Emperor of the French, whose next step
would be the creation of a Synod on the plan of that of
St. Petersburg, the Presidency of which body has for
some time past been very efficiently discharged by a
general of cavalry ! As Napoleon 111. has no lack of
field-marshals ready and willing to do his bidding, the
presidential chair of 'the new Assembly would not long
be vacant, should it be found difficult to get an ecelesi-
siastic to accept the office.
From Southern Italy there is no new repoft, save of
continued anarchy in the rural districts and disaffection
in the capital. The Muratist party is stated to be
gaining strength, and they point to French intervention
at Gaeta as a proof that they are backed by the Emperor..
The Garibaldians and Mazzinians also still 'centilitre
their bad work. "No words of mine," says h 'fdreign
correspondent, "convey, to the 'full extent, the agi-
tation to which the country is h Vtty, or the un-
scrupulous virulence Of tb'e htta`eks directed against
the government 'both in the North and South of
the Penihstda. Poor Garibaldi would in 'a calm
trionient be pained even to death were he to know
Tot• what dissensions his honoured name is made the
pretext." Naples will have to be kept down with a
strong hand, and there are not wanting indications of
this in every newsletter from that city. The work in
progress is, as we recently observed, an illustration of
the old world truth, that destruction is easier than re-
construction. By far the hardest part of the task under-
taken by Victor Emmanuel and Count Cavour is that
on which they are now engaged, the work of reconstruc-
tion in Naples and Sicily,
There is a rumour that Count de Morny is to go on a
special mission to the Pope with an autograph letter
from the Emperor. This is more probable than the
rumoured amicable arrangement between Victor Em-
manuel and his Holiness. A congress on the Venetian
question is also on the lapis. A letter from Turin
alludes to an exchange of letters between the King
of Italy and the Holy Father, having for its object
"an amicable arrangement" of their little differ-
ences. Among the conditions proposed is one that
the Pope should abandon the temporal sovereignty
in favour of the King, receiving a civil list of 5,000,000
livres, and 100,000 livres for each cardinal, with place
in the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. Both Pope
and King would reside in the Eternal City, one at the-
Capitol, the other at the Vatician. This is probably a
mere fancy sketch, of which we may expect to have
many brought before the public eye, pending the fluc-
tuations of this most difficult Roman question.
It is asserted that it has been discovered that the
object of Francis 11, in sending those of his troops, for
whose services he had no longer any immediate use, into
the Roman territories, was to have them maintained and
kept together by the Papal Government until they should
be wanted for a second campaign. This ingenious
scheme, however, has been rudely interrupted by the
French government.
An order, given by the Sardinian Government, for
400 tons of saltpetre, has imparted rather more firmness
to the London produce market.
The news from India is not of special interest.
Arrangements are being made for the collection of the
first half-year's income tax ; Sir Hugh Rose is obtaining
favour by the improvements he is making in the soldier's
condition ; and the volunteer movement vires acquirit
nod°. The Hurkaru announces that the duty on cot-
ton piece-goods and yarns and twist will be immediately
reduced to five per cent., and that there will be certain
modifications in the system by which the duties are
levied, which will facilitate business, being a great
improvement upon the old and very complicated plan.
A circular from the War-office, issued on Tuesday,
directs attention of officers commanding rifle corps to
the improper and unserviceable state, in many instances,
in which the arms of volunteers have been found, on in-
spection, arising from dirt, rust, &c.
At a recent meeting at Brighton, it was stated by
Mr. E. J. Crawford, M.P., chairman of the Garibaldi
Fund Society, that the society had obtained upwards of
1,000 volunteers, of whom not more than 750 were
shipped for Italy. The expedition cost £15,000 or
£16,000, which was about £l5 per man. They had but
£1,500 in hand towards the £13,000 or £14,000 which
they required. Mr. Richard Sarsfield, in a letter to the
.3forning Post, charges the society with gross misman-
agement; and intimates that the balance referred to by
Mr. Crawford has been since paid by the new Government
of Naples.
Mr. Milner Gibson addressed his constituents last
night at Alliton-under-Lyne, in a speech in which,
among other matters, he entered at great 'length upon
the subject of the French Treaty.
The Austrian Gazette says :—" The Neapolitan envoy,
Prince Petrulla, has presented to the Emperor an auto-
graph letter from his sovereign, dated Gaeta, the 3rd'
instant, and containing interesting information as to the
instructions of the French admiral and the battle of the
Garigliano. In his letter the King Francis 11. expresses
his firm resolution to adhere faithfully to his military
mission as long as possible. Despatches from Gaeta, of
the sth instant, brought here by Count Lucchesi-Palli,
son of the Duchess of Berry, confirm that resolution."
Colonel Ladonni, an officer of the Sardinian cavalry,
entrusted with a special mission to this country, for the
purpose of entering into negotiations for the manu-
facture of English ordnance for the Sardinian Govern-
ment, visited Woolwich Arsenal on Tuesday, accom-
panied by Mr. Pegg, one of the contractors, with a view
of making arrangements for proving at the Government
butt a number of the guns and mortars already com-
pleted. A few of each description were received at the
Arsenal some days ago, but, in consequence of the
pressure at the present moment on the proof depart-
ment, it was stated that a delay of some ten or fourteen
days must necessarily ensue before the request could be
complied with, due notice of which would be forwarded
to the Sardinian Embassy in London.
One of the heaviest Armstrong siege guns, manufac-
tured at Woolwich arsenal, under the superintendence of
Mr. John Anderson, was tested the same day, at the
proof butt, The gun 'was fired two rounds, each time
with a charge of 251bs. of powder and a 100 lb. shot.
The trial was perfectly satisfactory, and the gun was
forthwith stored with others of that class proved during
the preceding days of the week, to be issued for ser-
vice. A couple of the Whitworth cannon were
afterwards subjected to the ordinary test. The first
was a 12-pounder, which stood the trial exceedingly
well, and was very much admired. The power of the
gun was of such an extraordinaky nature, that the shot ,
penetrated completely through the mound of earth
against which it was fired. The second, an 84-pounder,
was then fired—two ronnds with a charge of 241bs. of
powder and a service shot. After the second round it
was observed that the joints had started, showing a cre-
vice at that part of the gun where the junction of the
segments is effected. The crevice, although exceedingly
slight, was clearly perceptible when pointed out by
those accustomed to that duty.

Mr. Serjeant Parry, as will be seen by the report of
the interview in another column, accompanied by a
deputation from the pawnbrokers, attended on Tuesday
at the Guildhall Police-court, before Sir R. W. Carden,
for the purpose of rectifying an error into which it was
considered the worthy alderman had fallen, in some
remarks made by him during an investigation a few
days ago. At the examination of Graham, charged
with extensive watch robberies and jewel frauds, an
opinion had been expressed by the magistrate that
pawnbrokers derived an enormous profit from unredeemed
pledges. Statistics were now furnished to show that
the fact was exactly the reverse, the balance on such
transactions invariably being on the wrong side of the
ledger. The inference to be drawn was that the pawn-
brokers had not the inducement which was supposed to
receive property dishonestly come by.
The concluding convention, completing the French
tariff was signed in Paris on Friday last, and now only
waits the ratification of the British Government. It is
stated that all sorts of figured and woven cotton fabrics,
printed calicoes, mixed woven fabrics, ginghams, &c.,
are to pay a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem. Plain
calicoes, fustians, &c., are to pay by weight and count
of picks; the average duty being, as nearly as can be
calculated, about 15 per cent. The duty on cotton
yarns will be levied according to the number g.nd
weight ; the average being about 10 per cent. The
duties on all kinds of silk goods will be 5 per cent, or
under.

One of the most difficult operations ever performed
by a diver has recently been accomplished in recovering
the remainder of the treasure sunk in the Malabar at
Galle. This consisted in cutting away the large iron
plates from the mail room, half-an-inch thick, and
working through nine feet of sand. Reinke's diving
apparatus was employed, as on the previous occasions,
and X 16,000
c 0 e
on board
was
sthus
got out in one day. The whole
of the
this vessel, upwards of £300,000,
a n 1
specie
Oi
has now been saved.
to add, in the enjoyment of improved
The Duchess of Cambridge remains in Brighton, and,
we are happy
health, and with her Royal Highness the Princess Mary
takes constant exercise. On Sunday the Duke of Cam-
bridge paid his august mother a second visit, and accom-
panied the royal party to St. John's Church, Hove.
His royal highness left Brighton on Sunday evening. for
London.
ile
Highness the Princess Royal attained the
twentieth Royal
iethyearof her age yesterday, having been born
on the 21st of November, 1840. She was married on
the 25th of January, 1858, to Prince Frederick William
of Pru.ssia.

The beautiful and accomplished sister of an hon.
baronet, who has but recently succeeded to the title
which his ancestors have so long and so honourably held,
the other day eloped from Dresden with the German
tutor who had been engaged by the family. The young,
lady has a large fortune, and is most prepossessing in
appearance, It is stated she was betrothed, at the time