The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-04 00:00:00

THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY.

REFORM OF THE FRENCH TARIFF.
The following Imperial decree has been published
Decree relative to the importation of merchandises of
British origin and manufacture.

" Napoleon, &c., has; decreed and decree as follows :--
"The tariff agreed upon between the plenipotentiaries
of France and Great Britain, which is annexed to the
present decree, is to be applied to the importation of the
articles of commerce enumerated in it, if of British
origin and manufacture, to commence from the Ist of
October next.
"Given at the Palaceof St. Cloud, the 29th Sept., 1860.
" Ns.paxxcsi."
TARIFF ANNEXED TO THE DECREE OF THE 29Th OF
SEPTEMBER, 1860.

1860. 1864.
Per 100 kilos. Per 100 kilos..
f. c. f. c.
Free. • . Free.
Free. .. Free.

Iron ore
Dross of iron and smiths' dross
Raw iron in massy state; broken
up materials in cast iron
Purified cast iron called " maz 6e,"
old iron filings aid broken up
materials in iron other than
cast iron
Pig iron, and iron in prism still
retaining dross ..........
Iron in square, round, or flat
bars, rails of all forms and di-
mensions, iron in angular
form, in T form, and in wire
form, with the exceptions
stated hereafter
Iron in bands of 1 millimetre in
thickness or less. Iron plates
(flattened or otherwise) of more
than 1 millimetre thickness, if
in pieces weighing 200 kilos.
at least, and the breadth of
which is not to exceed 1 metre
20 centimetres, nor the length
4 metres and 20 centimetres
Iron in plates, weighing more
than 200 kilos, and exceeding
1 metre 20 centimetres in
breadth, and 4 metres and 60
centimetres in length
Small iron plates and black sheet
iron, of less than 1 millimetre
thickness ....
(N.B.—Plates of iron, or black
sheet iron, if cut into any
irregular shape, will pay 10
per cent. more than rectan-
gular plates.)
Sheet iron, plated with tin,
copper, or zinc
Iron wire of 5-10th millimetre
diameter, or less, be it plated
with tin, copper, zinc, or not.
Steel in bars of all kinds
Steel in plates of more than two
millimetres thickness
Steel in plates of less than two
millimetres thickness .....
Steel wire, even if whitened for
instrumental chords 3O 0 25 0
" This tariff is approved of, and will enter into force
on the 15th of October, 1860.
“paris, Sept. 29, 1860.

2 50

2 0

325 .

. 2 75

5 0

7 0

4 50

860 .

60

9 50

7 50

13 0

' 7 50

16 0

. 10 0

14 0 .
15 0 .

. 13 0

22 0 .

. 10 0

30 0

. 18 0

. 25 0

" For correctness of copy,

"ThOUVENEL.
" ROUHER.
" COWLEY.
"RICHARD COBDEN.

"THOUVENEL."

So far as can at present be ascertained, the new
French tariff for iron and its manufacture has been
received with satisfaction by the trade. Its great feature
is the placing all rolled iron, irrespective of size or
quality, on one uniform duty of 70f. per 1,000 kilo-
grammes, £2 16s 6d per ton, and practically including
hoop iron on the same terms. This is an immense ad-
vance in simplification on the old tariff ; and although
70E per 1,000 kilogrammes will shut out in ordinary
times railroad and cheap common bar iron, yet it is
thought we shall, after a better knowledge of the
French requirements, send our superior qualities and
evtra small sizes for consumption into the littoral
ports of France. At present the decree has caused no
alteration in prices on this side, the stock and paucity
of orders being felt seriously by the makers through-
out the country. Nothing is said in the decree as to a
differential duty in favour of the French flag. This
difference will increase, if continued, the duty ten per
if shipped by
cent., English vessels. Also the system of
permitting a French exporter of French iron to import
duty free a similar quantity of iroa still continues; and
these permissions being regularly sold, they impart a

most objectionable degree nt uncertainty and speculation
to the trade. Nevertheless, the feeling as to the new
duties is DD. the, Whole favOurable, and in 1864 there
will be a further recluotion of about 15 per cent.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

3 s; . , FRANCE,
(FROM OUR OWN coRREsPoNDENT.)
P.Alis Tuesday EVening, Oct. 2.
According to the latest despatches from Naples,
!reeeiiied this evening, the Royal army was every
Clay receiving reinforcements ; and the Terra de
tabore, which is one of the most important of the
Neapolitan provinces has, with the exception of
those portions occupied by the Garibaldians, de-
clared for Francis 11. Garibaldi had completed
the construction of his proposed mortar•battery
for the' bothbardment of Capua; but dying to the
blitit,i,tig Of two of his mortars, and the damage
occasianed to the battery by this accident, he
fvas compelled to suspend the fire for the present.
It is stated that the officers sent to General Cial-
dini by tl;c Dictator are, among other things, to
demand from him some heavy guns, of which the
Garibaldians stand in the greatest need. It ap-
pears that without this aid they will not be in a
condition to resume the offensive. It is announced
also that the King, on receiving intelligence of the
bombardment ordered, by Garibaldij held a council
of War, at which it was decided that, if the town
wished to surrender in order to avoid the destruc-
tion with which it was threatened, the Royal troops
Would limit themselves to the defence of the line
of the Volturno and the fortress of Gaeta, which
has immense resourdes, and is Surrounded by
works of the most formidable eharactoe„ Vp.to
the moment Of the clespateh tlie intelligence;
the PiedniOntese,trecips, had net crossed the Nea-
politan frontier, although numerous stray bands
of f *Ohniteefi were hastening to join themselves,
to the standard of Garibaldi' and were crossing
the States of the Church for this purpose; nor
had anything been deecided as to the siege of
Gaeta. This is an undertaking which will have
to be taken in hand by the Piedmontese, who are,
no doubt, by this time on their way to unite
their forces with the Garibaldians. The fleet is
also expected immediately from Ancona. The
arrival of King Victor Emmanuel at the head of
a few thousand of his troops Would at once put
tin- end to the struggle: That he will Conk, as
aS the special Sitting of his Parlia.nient has
tOeniinated, there dad iio lie rio Manner a
doubt. «
B following letter appears in the journal of
Hdthe, dated the 26th ult., relative to the attitude
of Austria :
Different journals reproduce a fable published by the
National Gazette of Prussia. According to that journal
Cardinal Antonelli, by special directions from his Holi-
ness, and from regard to the peril more or less threaten-
ing of an invasion of the Roman States, called upon the
Austrian Ambassador at Rome; at the beginning of this
month, to declare publicly and Orth tinibage's, hdW far
the Court of Rome mighty, if matters same to extremi-
ties, reckon on the material support of Austria. The
j'ourn.al adds that Baron Bach asked for instructions by
telegraph to enable him' to reply to this demand, and
that he received for answer, "Austria, so low-
shall not be directly attack
regard to tin one
sees no reason, having
old and reserved policy which all the
oovereigns of Europe hate manifested toWard§ bet) to
!tit:aloe in favour of, any state whatever, provided such
interterefice be riot.iniposed upon her:, by regard to .her
'S)Wii interests." N,Ve can niost distinctly state there is
not a v(ordni truthi
n this story, and that the whole is
3Dure invention of a hostile press.
toils the • exposure of another canard, which
gave no little employment to the electric wires
for several days. '
In the Opinions; of Turin, of Sunday last, are
the folloWing observations on the policy of France
and Sardinia at the present crisis :
"France
'did not interfere in Italy to let loose revolu-
tion, but quite otherwise to aid in reconstructing the
Italian nationality. The work is reparatory, and not
revolutionary. Europe, which calmly assists at Italian
regeneration, would be filled with deep anxiety were
the tendency of public affairs to threaten to lead to dis-
orders and social perturbations. All the Foreign Powers
are at' one on this 'point, because they detest nothing SO
much as revolution. The Italian cause has niet with
Sympathy in Europe, solely beeattse, thanks to the Un7
varying line pursted by our Goverinnent, it has been
disengaged from-every revolntionary element. If at the
Present moment an independent' foreign action were to
be substiteted for the direct aCtian'of our Gevernnient,
new complications would become inevitable. Those who
Snrround Garibaldi at Naples are not alive US these dn.-
bullies, but Italy has ablindariee of reason to realise
them, and we feel eonfideat that Garibaldi will ultiniately
free himself from those persons who, even if they had the
best intentions in :th ivoild, could not inspire that con-
fidence which is indispensable to the individual, be he
„,_'who he inaY, who is called upon to direct public affairs.
me impression produced in France by the acts of the
Government of Naples, so far as' can be gathered froth
the journals and their correspondents, can be removed
only in conjunction with our GoVettiThent, on WhiCh
must devolve the direction bf the destinies of, the nation,
so as to cairn the prin.eiple Of non-intervention, to be
respected, Arad to •Ceneiliate fOr its the public Opinion of
Europe.
It is y'robable .that before Piedmont actively
Interferes in Naples, the King will seek to obtairi
a vote of confidence in favour of his Gotentrient
from his Parliament, which meets. to-day. This
Would be a kind of national sanetion to the expe-
dition, as well as to the whole policy of the
Government during the recent trying times. While
it is useless to conceal. the gravity of a. step
this kind, on the part of Piedmont,, the conse-
quences of intervention at this inetabrit are, as I
have said, very easily foreseen. Once Victor
Emmanuel shall have pat his foot on Neapolitan
Soil, Garibaldi's occupation is, in a manner, gone;
for the present absence of order, and the uncertain
condition of -affairs generally, is natitrally the
Subject of much anxiety and complaint through-
out the kingdom, but especially in Naples itself;
iiad the absorption of his dictatorial powers by
the Kingly authority, would therefore be viewed
With very general: complacency.
.Nothing has .transpired as yet as to what
Passed at the meeting of the Papal consistory.
The Pope made a speech, bat it has not been
reported. No one seems to know whether he
Will remain at his post Or not ; and very probably
his Holiness does not know himself !
yesterday the troops of the garrison. of Lyons,
who going to Rome, set off thither msfive
nevi. at trains. Resides the force already Men-
11Oned. as intexyled for that destination, there has
!n added the company of engineers encainped
at Satho:Lay. It received orders yesterday by tele-
graPti for its immediate departure 'CO Marseilles,
,_
_pa which port the men are to embark for
l'kedme.
At the national shooting match, which is to
eettne off at Vincennes on the 7th, I observe that
ritveral prizes, some of them for considerable
AOirts have been sot apart specially for 'the
rational Guards of the department of the Seine.
There is an account given in one Of the Rerun
Tapers of a duel which was lately fought in the
heighbourhood of that city., tinder very peculiar
circumstances. Two young men, who were, not
acquainted with each other's appearance, having
differed on some topic of dispute, the one sent the
Other a written Challenge, to settle the affair with
Pistols. The hostile missive, however, fell into
the. hands of the twin sister of the iallenged
party; and as there was a great resemblance
between her and her brother, she resolved to take
his place on the occasion. Her intention became
previously known to the challenger, whose gal-
lantry induced'him, as a matter of course, to dis-
charge his .pistol in the air;: but the young lady,
instead of following the example, took the best
Wan she could, and the ball from her pistol grazed
lier adversary's shoulder. This young lady is
Worthy of being entrusted with the formation of
corps of Amazons.
The state of the Bourse continues to be satis-
factory. Rentes closed at 68f. 95c., and prices
Were steady during the day.

On Tuesday H.M.S. Majestic arrived in the Mersey,
and proceeded to her old moorings in the Sloyne. ,
LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, M°l7Nl.l"
PLEASANT.—Consulting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, Estl• ;
I.irgeons, Dr. It.' Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins, T.
ilickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
- Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report
for the week ending Sept. " 29, 1860 cases
tyes, 93 ; Ears, 35. Prescribed for, and received
211rgical assistance : Eyes, 329 ; Ears, 139.
LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—Returns
for the month of September.—Fresh patients admitted,
153; Patients who have received treatment, 338;
Patients remaining under treatment, 201. Honorary
"Medical officers, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey; assistant
ziedical officer, Mr. Rowe; treasurer, Arthur Dempsey,
tsq.; honorary surgeon dentist, Mr. Newman.
'''‘Accrnmrs.—The followinc, accidents were entered
at the Northern Hospital on Tuesday :—Alfred Jones,
Chapel-lane, Toxteth-park ; he scalded his hand in a
Pot.of boiling pitch; at the yard of Mr. Sutherberry, in
Great Howard-street.—Michael Cowel, 7, Stockdale-
atreet,- in taking dinner to his father, fell into the hold
of a ship, and was severely shaken.—James Huddleston,
I°Pitalllelds, painter's boy, fell off a
.platform attached to
a ship in the Bandon Dock, and injured his spine.--
James Bond, carter, Blenheim-street, fell in Love-lane
And broke his leg, whilstin a state of intoxication.
A CHARGE OF FELONY.—At the County Magistrates'
Court, yesterday, Michael Shaughnessy was brought
'Wore Messrs. Boyd and Horsfall, on a charge of having
stolen a steel yard weight and an iron cart stand, the
T'operty of Wm. Voce, farmer, Walton-on-the-Hill.
autohe prisoner was employed at harvesting on the prose-
r's farm ; and on Tuesday morning P.C. Richard
trnsworth met the prisoner on the turnpike road, on the
other side of Walton-on-the-Hill, having on his person
tostolen articles. On being asked where he got them,
replied that he found them on the road. He was
1.14111, ediately taken into custody on suspicion of having
''Oleo the articles, which were identified by Mr. Voce.
''sent to gaol for two months with hard labour.
REVISION
„e OF VOTERS.—The following is the result
the proceedings yesterday., before Mr. Barrister
14'andeth, the revising barrister :—ln the Kirkdale
arc' the Conservatives made 57 objections,' 50 were
,t
ruck off and 6 withdrawn ; 3 claims were made, and
4 allowed. The Radicals made 6 objections, of which
were struck off and 2 withdrawn; 3 claims were
zede and 1 allowed. In Everton the Conservatives
36a41e 260 objections, of which 212 were struck off and
-withdrawn. The Radicals made 170 objections and
„tot 101 struck off, withdrew 24 and paid 10s. costs;
-_e"fLalso made 16 claims, of which 6 were allowed.
-471..eWest Derby (to the end of letter C) the Conserva-
„‘""_,e made 61 objections, of which 50 were struck off
s.`,Nly6 withdrawn. The Radicals made 43 objections,
i');
core struck off and 4 withdrawn. Total struck off
sery ()-tiserYatives, 312; total by Radicals, 139. Con-
ative majority, 174,

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRJTL3fI A.tii IRISEf MACIRETIC TELEGRAPkt.)

IOLICY
.OF OU, NT CAVOVR.—,APPEAL
TO THE PIEDMONTESH CHAMBERS.—
VENETIA, ROMEj AND CiARIBALDI.
TURIN, Oct. 3.
The following are the most important passages
of the Ministerial report.:—Henceforth Italy,
with the exception of Venetia, is free. As
regards, the latter province we cannot make war
upon Austria against the almost unanimous wish
of the European powers. Such an enterprise
would create a formidable coalition against Italy;
but in constituting a strong Italy, we are serving
the cause of Venetia: These reasons also impose
Ufa 'the day 61. respecting Itoiiie. Tld
pies-
tion of Rome cannot be decided by'the sword
alone; it meets with moral obstacles, which moral
force alone can vanquish. Alluding to a possible
collision with France at Rome, the Ministerial
report stigmatises such an act as one of mon-
strous ingratitude. Whatever populations may
be freed from oppression their independence will
be respected. In conclusion, it is announced that
Parliament has been convoked to pronounce
whether the present Ministry still enjoys it con-
fidence. This IS so much the more necessary as a
voice which.is with reason dear to the people has
Manifested its distrust of us to the Crown and
the country; - .

—Kr. J. Leigh, now stipendiary ulagistrate at
Wolverhampton; succeed td the vacancy. in
the '4\letrclpolitalijolice courts, caused by the
'death Of Mr. Jardine.
• Mr. W. Partridge, of the. Oxford Circuit, is ap-
pointed to succeed Mr. Leigh at Wolverhampton.
The Recordership of Bath, vacant by Mr. Jar-
dine's death, will be filled by Mr. T. H. Saunders,
now Recorder of Dartmouth.
The betrothal of the Princess Alice to Prince
Louis of Hesse Darmstadt, is to take place • at
Mayence dUring her Majesty's sojourn on the
Continent. The. Prince has just completed his
twenty-third year.

BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLATE MAILS.
The mail steamer Magdalene has arrived at
Southampton: Business dull at Buenos Ayres.
Exchange,on London 6os to Gds dd per doubloon ;
ounces 3351. Sugar quiet at Pernambuco;
Cotton; fine quality, 7,900 reis ; crops promising;
Exchange on London, 90 days, 251. Stock of
Sugar smaller at 'Bahia than for many years;
quotations, 3,050 reis per aroba. Cotton, $8 per
aroba; supplies small ; Exchange on London,
254. At Rio money scarce ; rate of discount 9
per cent; Exchange on London 261 at 90 days.

"THE FRENC A it
PARIS, Oct. 3, 3 20 p.m.
I;he flourse has been animated, and prices have
again improved. Rentes closed at 69f. 25c., or
30c. higher than yesterday.

_4O following appeared in our later editions of
yesterday t== .
TIM it.CM.I3 , gURDER.
The examination was resume ok yesterday morning,
Sarah erslAe; cri at :Mr. Kent's, was .the first
witness ~cAlle .; •Alte.iethert eleven witnesses were
examined,' including three of Mr. gent's daughters.
The complete ,self-possession of the prisoner never for a
moment deserted her. The superintendent of the Wilts
police at Trowbridge said he had never found any
inconsistencies in the
.prisoner's statements from the
time the Murder was committed. Another of the same
force showed that one of the prisoner's statements was
not borne out in one instance, She said that she awoke
about five in the morning., knelt up in bed, and missed
the child; but an experiment showed that this
,could
not have been the case, owing to the position of -the
cot. The bed clothes were neatly folded on the morning
of the murder. The prisoner had said to witness she
thought it must have been done bey a woman, bemuse a
man's hand could not have drone it;

Tfll WINE TRADE AND THE
"NEW DUTIES.
The increase of consumption was 16, per cent in the
first, eight months 0f.1859,, and the increask 17qft
has been 131 per cent. The iiirldititiMit dining the
two periods Silw the great preparations for an aug-
mented demand. In the eight months of last year they
did not reach 5,000,000 gallons, and this year have
exceeded 9,000,000 gallons. The arrivals of South
African have largely increased, but; the consumption
has fallen from 530,000 gallons to 318,000. German
has increased froni 85,000 to 178,000 gallons'; and
French Wines from 478,000 gallons to 00.9,000 galbins.
The consumption of Port hat been stationary. The
public inclination.. thus far, is clearly in favour of French
and Ithenitib. The change of system will be mere fairly
tested when still lower &dies come ino OperatiOn. next
January.

Mr. Pigott is retiring from the, rcretentali'M or
Reading. The Liberal party has inqteu. Mr. Sergeant
Pigott. to stand,
The Petri t6tre,4s6fiaent of the Tinies sa.Ys the note in
the 411-okititr, of Monday, is considered as a carte
to Victor Emmanuel to announce all he thinks
proper in Italy.
The TMae publishes an
~41.thentie idi:Utillt of the
insurgents in China, by Mr. Batas, a missionary. The
notion that their dogmas are a Chinese equivalent of
Christia4q, is not well founded; but they are free
kin prejudice about outer barbarians. It is thought
possible we May gain as Much by conciliating the
insurgents as by coercing the Imperial Government. •