The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

SWISS
,VEPERAL, 4SSEMBLY,

BERNE, March 23.
• The Federal Assembly, composed of the National
Council and the Council of the States, has been
convoked for Thursday next. It will meet at
Bcrne:. -

CELEBnATION OF GARIBALDI'S BIRTH-
DAY AT ROME.
ROME, March 20.
Yesterday morning a party of students of the
university intoueil a Te Deem in their church in
honour of the birthday of General Garibaldi, and
of the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont.

j FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND, ,
The Post' has 'reCeived the -following telegram,
dated Paris, March 23 General I)afour has
seen the Emperor, and it is 'confidently stated
that he showed himself satisfied, with the assur•
wes which his Majesty offered him. The. French
ORDvernment is disposed to give the most solemn
guarantee's to Switzerland and Europe while still
retaining- Chablais and Faucigny."

DISTURI3ANCE Al' ,ROME. . .
In ,the evening :en enormous crowd assembled
in the Corso, consisting partly of pokti al l_and
partly of pe4sobs usually promenading there on,
Sundays. The gensdarmes arrested several.
The crowd .hissed, and
.then insulted the. police.
The, gendarmes unsheathed their weapons and
dispersed the crowd; It is said that forty persons,
'among them'several: 'spectators and three French
soldiers; were wounded. The crowd shouted
iparibaldi for ever.'' • Mounted . Pontifical
gendarmes succeedeilat last in- dispersing them.
he city was traversed by French patrols.- It is
fit*serte4i the four merchants, two of whom
are Signori SilvestrellF qn.4 Titoni have been
banished.'
..

NEW AUSTRIAN. LOAN.
VIENNA, March 23.

The new Austrian loan amounts to 20,000,000
florins., the current interest is fixed at 5 per cent.
The' bonds are of 500 florins each, and are to be
repaid within fifty-seven years by lottery draw-
ings, to take 'place every six months. The
highest prize in the, lottery will be 300,00
florins, the lowest, 600 florins. The emission
price of ,the loan will be 100 florins. The bonds
.t4e. national loan will be accepted by the
Qoverntnent at par as paymen;tof one-Afqi Pf the
amount subtferibed. Payment is tq be made in
ten instalments, the last of which is fixed for the
10th of October, 1861. The subscription list is to
be kept -open till the 7th April next. The
official publication of the loan will probably take
place to-morrow. ,

Pr. Williams, warden of Nevi College, Oxford,
is ea,., .
The troop ship William Pr9wse, with invalids
from India, hag arrived, 'after a passagq of 144
days.

The aggregate railway traffic receipts of the
United Kingdom for the week ending March
17th show ari. increase of £41,80 over the same
Week last year, .

IHE DAILY TIM S, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1860.

The Duke of Saxe Cob* has left Berlin for his own
States.

Lord Brougham has •arrived at his villa at Cannes.
The noble and learned lord intends to remain in the
SOuth,of France until after the Easter holidaYs.
A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place,
between Mr. Burn Callander, of Preston Hall, Midlo-
thian, and Miss CoVentry, eldest daughter of the Hont,
Henry and, Mrs. Coventry.—Post. . .
MARRIAGE rx THEATRICAI. LIFE. —We have "to-
announce the marriage, of Mr. Arthur Smith, second
brotlrer of Miss Swanborough, the lessee of the Strand;;
to' Miss Bufton, the pleasing actress of that
Era.

Mr. J. F. Barnett, the pianist, of whose mitsicat
talents the German press speaks in high terms, is, about
ti. return to this country to renew his acquaintance with
the English public.
RIFLEMEN, ATTENTION !—Stand by , your arms; for
although there may be a reduction on' French ' wine,
that is, meanwhile, no reason why there should be any
reduction of " duty" in British spirit. -
-A MASTER AND HIS SERVANT,--I say, John, where
did you get that rogue's hat ?" " Please yer honour,"
said John, "it's'an old one of yours that' missis gave me
yesterday, when you went to town,"
- ' THE CLOTHWORKERS' COMPANY.—His Royal High-
*ess the Prince ConSorthas signified his intention of
being present at the dinner of this ancient company
'(incorporated Edward IV., 1480), on the occasion of the
inauguration of their new hall in Mincing-lane, on
Tuesday, the 27th instant. Covers will be laid for 150.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—AR addition has recently
been made to the National 'Gallery—the choice colleo:-.
tion of pictures formed, for the most part within' the '
last twenty years, by M.' Edmond Beaucousin at Paris,
having been purchased for the sum of £9,200.
- CANON STOWELL AND HIS CONGREGATION.—AIocaI
paper states that the Rev. Canon Stowell, of Manche; ter;'
has been presented by his congregation with the magm-
' ficent sum of-X20,000: The only condition annexed to
the gift was, that it should not be applied to any public'
purpose, but Mr. Stowell declined to accept it subject to
that :stipulation.—.English Churchman. . The prise de possession by Sardinia of the annexed*
provinces, so far as, . the Papal Legations and the two
minor duchies are concerned,- has taken place, for on.
the morning of the 17th an' express train carried to
Bologna the 9th Regiment of the Sardinian line. The
troops were immensely cheered OM their way from the
station to the barracks.
THE POPE Surgner To Firs.—The Pope is now in
the 68th Year of his age, and the correspondent of the
~ -Tiez,says his Holiness is subject to nervous attacks
and epileptic fits, the infallible eonSequenoewith him of
any excess of fury, and of course, at present, of frequent
occurrence.
GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.—The fifteenth Anni-
versary festival in aid of the funds of this charity, was
celebrated the other evening by a public banquet at the ,
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. His Royal High- 1
ness the Duke of Cambridge, the president of the
hospital, presided, and was supported by His Royal
Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar.
THE MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT.—We under-
stand that on Tuesday night last, between 11.30 -and
12.30, a copy of the address of the Hon. and Rev.
Baptist W. Noel, which be delivered at St. James's-
hall, Regent-street, on the 21st February,.wai handed
to every female and gentleman met with in the casinos,
cafes, Regent-street, Haymarket, Coventry-street, &e.'
2-On Tuesday morning, the crew of a fishing coble at
Whitby had just hauled in their nets, and were hoisting,
their sail to return home, when they were caught by a
heavy gust of wind. The spray hid them fretri the."
sight of those on the pier. When the squall was over,
hglasses were anxiously 'turned in the direction of
e place where they hail been seen, but they were not
visible. There, is no doubt the cable was upset by the
wid. Three men were thus drowned.:
BISTOL tht.AMI.WAR SCHOOL.-,A case came before the
Courtforthe Settlernent of a seherne for the future
mena,gement of the Bristol °rammer School, established
the'education of the youth of the middle classes of
Bristol, and its neighbourhood. The Court was asked
to sanction two alterations in its present constitution,
vii, to raise the capitation fee and to allow the masters
of the school to take boarders. The former alteration
was sanctioned but not the latter..
CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION.--If the hopes c the,
supporters of the Church-rate Abolition WU ace not
very fallacious, there is a chance of its, being mow •
successful than ever before,. on its coming en.neAt week.
The Londonep Are b4Orring themselves in the matter,
etstliegialliin the north of the metropolis, which is per-
haps most densely inhabited by Dissenters, and and peti-
tions are preparing for
that
it is not
perhaps right to say that Ihe'aliOlitiiiii of Church-rates 1
is alone desired by the Dissenting body;--Leeds Afercury.
—[Are the friends of the Church as much alive as its
enemies ?—ED: D. T.]
BARON HUMBOLDT AND PRINCE .4.nnFq.--.-The highly
complimentary terms, writer.. aearreii)ondent, in which
Prince Albert spoke g BircinltuifabOldeat the inP4Fig ,of the Ariqsh AisOdation at Aberdeen, are, a 'st,ron&i..
cont6st to the satirical remarks of the lear,ned harop,,
quoted in -the Star of Tuesday. Th;iis brings to
_ Iltg
' mind the bon-inot of Voltaiw, who, having paid ~ .1
compliments tto, t,he celebrated, Haller, was told t'hat,
lialler. was not in the habit of sPeakin SO, favolualaly
o,tllfifistiinal:e
u,,./tb`!" said Voltaire, with an air ofp,bilaso h'
lc
indigerence, " I dace say wo are both of us very much

art ENizosloN ASTECDOTE.--,A correspondent informs
us that previous to the terrible calamity at Wallsend
• Colliery, in 1835, when 102 persons lost their lives, the
men were exceedingly apprehensive of the imminent
danger they were in. Many of them, especially the
younger portion, used to meet in a neighbour's house,
the house -of. tho -sistoT of our ecerespondent; and talk'
about the cvlosive condition or the pit at that very
line., Among other things they talked of how much
•, persons were sometimes disfigured so that they wesg. wit
I able to be recognised by their Own friends.. A very tow
evenings before the explosion this was the subject of
talk, and one young maik remarked—" Mother mended
: my. trousers a fevi'days ago, and put such a curious patch
, on that 'I said to her, ' Mother, I think you have put A
mark upon me to know me should the pit tire.', "s The' i
pit fired, and true enough, though 114 mother had not
designed this, it was the only mark by which she could
recognise her child.,7A-c2kcasile. Chronick,

-,,
ENTHAORD4INARY -ATTACK:---A GENTLEMAN SHOT
, AT BRADFOMD.--MT, J. It. W. Thompson, solicitor, of
Bradford) was, about ten o'clock on Monday in,ig,hti
passing on the road between Carr Syke, Heaton, awl,
the Clockhouse Gates, in ManninglA.7,rn; when under the
high wall which bounds Ow clockhou,se grOunds, opposite
the end of jtirethlos.hute, a man suddenly thrust out his
arm; placed a pisiol to Mr. Thompson's head, ~Ayi (*-
charged it, The bullet.passed tbroUgll 4h.e. loft side -of -'
lip, took
the upper away two of kh,e tedh from, the upper
jaw on the right side, also broke some of the teeth in
the lower ,i4wA_a.nd then, passing outwards, grazed the
right Week.. Mr. Thompson's assailant then disappeared
in the direction of Jumbles-lane. NO reason for the
murderous attack can be assigned. Wliettie, the pistolwas fired in mistake, another victim being in,tendfxl,'or
it was the act of a maniac cannot bA determined. 3ir.
Thompson is now cii-kt of danger, hilt is shockingly dis-
figlqe4, E 4 assailant has not been discovered, ,
_.
. •

, ,•
DELUDED WOMEN.—" Do you think a many ip oftener
taken in,' in ,matrimony, than i woman i".• , he
replied,'" I don't. think it's th.e—Opherita,*:—'l? 131
said before, Nece/lect it's him that Proposesiii a general
way, he gets, spooney, goes right up to her head, and
marries. Sometimes it's the gal he adieires, and some-
times, her money eqcv\n,lt but he commonly plays the
first card', and tea& off far her to follow suit. I say
commonly, for women know how to put it into a mares
r head, and make him think it's all his own doings.
Well, having made up iris mind, nothin' evec stops
him ; he flatters, not with hormeoPAthia, chases, but
draughts that would choke a oamell he swears as false
as the feller did who deposed to knowiug a fusee ever
since r(s gate), when, he heard it was called a 'son
of a gun.',. He vows eternal love, and takes his davy •
he'll die of a broken heart, or drown himself, if he's,
'refused. Men know what liark men arc, but women
don't ; and how should n poor gal tell, who aint per..
mitted to lopAr at men's feele, to tree if they are stamped_
deceit or`not.— HOV. can she physiognomy ?
She is all tirAtl lilcrsoc (I;kr P,VAIMV tkreught up), and
confides in others. abo wawa she• was made to be
kivea ; Lad whelk a man vows he adores her to distrac-,
tion; and she knows that the ward adoration is only'
applied to angels, why shouldn't she think she is one,
and believe the-man who adores her ?- No! 'pour cittttcr,
she'is oftener took in than the false love;
RUFFIANISM IN SHEFFIELJA.-rrATMADES ITNI,ONS.
Things seem to have come, to a, fine, pass with some of
the mannfactures carried on at' acfru'Aid, where the
power, ng, the laif to secure property, and even life,
agaitik the dastardly and fiendish machinations of
members of the trades' unions is confessedly paralysed.
in use notorious case—that of the Messrs. Wheatman
and Smith, saw-manufacturers, an attempt was nande to
blow up the works in consequence of some improved
machinery being erected,. Nqpintlistan,ding the offer
of rewards, the,miscreants are still undetected. But
that noyall. The humiliating fact is confessed that
i aan terrorism haS triumphed- over the protective
powers of a civilised community. The tact was
enneurioed in the Sheffield Town gonneil that
offered reward had Ireen withdrawn, and the following
cenAtivinitOon from, the koiliteitiox the' employers was
rear ~ ;t4t‘rna4g the alAnclanniont of their projected
imp,rovements Messrs. Wheatman and Smith have
been so rauell alarmed by threatening letters sent to
their wives, that they have determined not to proceed
any further in the matter, They have consulted vtlth
the secretary of the Saw-grinders' Union, aid have.
determined to abandon their itnixoye4 nutchi,tletT•
regret this, as it will 4, a, eoMplete victory and 9.4
encouragement toyl,avAess but their determination
seems th be, 1414041 e. The, safety of their familiesl:4 Per4on'al violence is the. consideration which alone
has weighed with them. This is an awful state of
things, add really, think gOvernment should know
of it,"

THE PRINCE OF WALES A PRISONER.—CoAsiAeT-. ,
able amusement has been afforded at, Odord
through the eccentric conduct of ; knight of the
plough, named Hedges2,hnown, under the sobriquet of
" Lord Chief 4sttCe Burns." It appears his Royal
ruefig the Prince of Wales, in company with
lima Keppell, Equerry in Waiting • Mr. Herbert
Fisher, private tutor to his Royal Highness; fiarl
Brownlow, Sir Frederick Yohnstone, Bart, U, Le Mar-
chant, Esq., H. Chaplin, Esq., H. Taylor, EFq., went
out with the South Oxfordshire hounds on Friday last i
but, meeting with, indifferent sport, the royal party, on
their return to Oxford, determined on a ride across the
c•auntry. Not being acquainted with the looaliov, they
made their way across the lands of Farmer Hetes, at
Barton, and, without being aware of the temper of the
sturdy farmer, rode into, the farm-yard. Farmer Hedges,
with his usual regard for trespassers, immediately closed
his gates on, the illustrious party, and levied Si gu:46 of
hedges was acquainted with
a sovereign for damages, enforces the dem,and with
he would at once have
an intimation that none of *at &honk) leave until
he had pocketed the emeant•
imagined that when
of England, he
The party at first
14'11 have my
Prince's retinue may well
were
tqChluaeiitillelleam(imietscaekoe:noy,hailfsocrl'emsuipteoonrsacy, ;bebinugt iinnfotrhulisedtb
that he
money."
remarked,wThase detainingastonishment,‘ pr theinee
of
or fnutoht ue
Fr
be imagined but being mounted and encompassed by
eriniCeei,ll
stone walls they were compelled to yield to the inexor-
able farmer, who, added to an " amiable v disposition,
is possessed of a powerful frame, 0.4‘4A on tke occasion in
question was armed with 4 dung fork, the emblem of
his calling. Tile ;oval, party, although somewhat
annoyed ai tbeh detention and the obstinacy of the
wrip?r, made the best of the joke, the Prince above the
rest being much amused at the turn matters had taken.