The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY.'

The Customs receipts at Havre during the Moak
August last an6unted to 1,73L,,886f., being not less than
kritf!rior to the amount of the. corresponding
period of MO;

A gibsctiption has 11)een' Lyons to raise a
Tonunrent to perpetuate the temnigildißk Of Ole AA.,

Lion of the tolls on the bridges over the Rhone. tfp-
wards of 2b,ooof.,have alread.y, been subscribed for this
monument, \faith' sreers to be suplSHlnouS, as the free
bridges themselves are morrtnnents: .

An ndrang•ou'tang has recently beed seed Reveral times
in the woods near Totes (Calvetlos).- Several svortsnied
have endeavoured to shoot it, but hitherto without
success. ft is supposed to have eseape.d from some

travelling menagerie.
AFFRAY AT BELGRADE.- Advices from' Belgrade state
that there *as a serious conflict last week in that city
between stirde Servians and Germans. The affray lasted
several hours witliont any interference from the police.
It was found necessary to call out the military, who 'at
once parted the combatants and arrested several of them.
BELGIAN NATIONAL DEFENCES.—Tht Independence
of brussels states that there is no truth whateVet lii the
rumour, priblithed by Sortie of the Paris journals, that
the French Governnient had aditresed a note to the
'Belgian Government on the stfbjeet or. the committee at
Brussels for considering the most effective Means of
national defence.
THE DAUGHTER OF ABD-EL-KADER.—A letter in did
Nord says : —"A daughter of AbdLel-Bader has recently
arrived in Paris for the purpose of entering the order of
the Grey Sistets: When the Emir, her father, resided
at Broussa, he sent the young lady to Constantinople to
be educated. There she occasionally net with Christian
Women, and was so struck with the admirable self-
devotedness of the sisters who attended the hospitals
during the Crimean war, that she . determined to join
their order. Eler father, who is capable of appreciating
the.siiblinie features of Christianity, consented to her.
wish, and she is new in Paris passing her noviciate."
AN ECONOMICAL CEMETERY IN A CONYENT.—III
the church of Montevilliers, near Irlairre, a vault has beep
discovered, which it appears was used ddring the seven-
teenth and eighteenth centuries as the birrial-place of the
nuns of the convent formerly existing there. It would
seem that the nuns were all buried in a single layer on
a bed of lime, without coffins; and laid in rows till the
place was full, when those buried first were.taken up,
and their bones piled in a recess at the end of the vault.
The body of a lady-superior was found entire, and over
it an inscription on slate, stating that her name was
Bernonville, and that she died in 1759, aged 79, after
59 years of conventual life. Though the vault contains
the bones of several generations of nuns, there are only
twelve inscriptions. _

PAINFUL INCIDENTS OF FESTITITY.—The close of
the fetes at Riom (Puy-de-Dome) on the occasion of
the Exhibition, was marked by a melancholy accident.
An immense concourse of persons were assembled three
nights ago to witness a display of fireworks, when sud-
denly an explosion much louder than usual was heard,
followed immediately after by loud cries of distress. A
box in cast iron, which contained a quantity of gun-
powder, having been placed at some little distance from
the spot at which the fireworks were being let off, sud-
denly exploded, and the splinters of it flew about In all
directions. The number of persons struck amounted to
thirty-three, one of whom, a boy of fourteen, was killed
on the spot, and another, a mason, died in a few hours
after. A miller of Riom bad his skull fractured, and

lies in a precarious state, and two others had their legs
broken. -The remainder, though more or less seriously
injured, are not in danger.
GIFECE AND TURKEL-44 Our correspondent' at
Athens," says the .Sord, "relates an incident which may
have very serious consequences :—The Hellenic Govern-
ment is in the habit of having drawn up periodically a
summary of the information which it receives from its
consuls in Turkey. Having been informed of that fact
by the Ottoman agent at Athens, Ali Pasha so far forgot
himself as, in speaking to the dragoman of the Hellonic
legation, to describe it as ' base and infamous.' The
Cabinet of Athens replied, that this language did not
astonish it on the part of the Turks, who think every-
thing permitted to them; but that, nevertheless, if just
satisfaction was not given, it might think fit to break
off diplomatic relations, and to chose its own time for
obtaining redress: The reply of Turkey is expected.
As to the Greek people, they are so deeply offended at
this insulting provocation,, that the Government cannot,
without imprudence, let the matter drop. Knowing
this, the Ministers are resolved to act with energy, and
to take advantage of the crisis which is commencing to
obtain or do themselves justice ; but they will have to
encounter the dilatoriness and hesitation of the sove-

reign."
ANOTHER LIVE EAGLE INCIGENT. HAPPIER
AUSPICES THAN BEFORE. The 6'rtlut Public of
Lyons has the following :—" Some inhabitants of St.
Just had imagined a rather original -decoration on the
occasion of their Majesties' visit to Notre Dame de
Fouvrieres. At the corner of the Place des Minimes,
where the road loading to Fouvrieres meets the Chemin-
Neuf, a garland of foliage and flowers was suspended
across the street, and a live eagle placed in the centre of
the decoration. On their way to Fouvrieres their
Majesties passed without observing it; but, on. their
return, the garland was sbaktn, and the eagle spread
its wings. On becoming aware of this unusual compli-
ment, the Emperor could not help smiling, took off his
hat, and pointed out the eagle to the Empress, who was
at the moment engaged in acknowledging the cheers of
the crowd. This incident was the signal for a fresh
outburst of enthusiasm."

THE EMPEROR AND THE LYONS SOLDIERS.—The
&lug Public of Lyons relates the following episode of
the visit of the Emperor of the French to that city :
"At the review in the Place de Bellecour, his Majesty
distributed a certain number of crosses and medals, the

men of each corps going up in turn, in a body, to receive
them. A soldier of one of the regiments, though not in
the list, slipped unobserved among his comrades and
went with them to the Emperor. Each .man, as his
name was called out, received a medal or cross from the
_Sovereign, saluted, and retired. At last, the soldier in
question was left alone. ' What do you want ?' asked
an aide-de-camp. Why I want a medal." But you
are not inscribed ?" I know that,' was the answer.
The Emperor, seeing the man remaining, asked, What
does the soldier want?' Sire,' answered the man
himself, lam come to seek for the military medal.'
But why do you ask for it since your colonel has, not

-put down your name ? Have you any claim ?' Yes,
Sire ;an Austrian ball in the side.' Oh !' exclaimed
the Emperor, you have a ball in the side, have you, my
poor fellow ? Well, then, there is a medal for you,' and
his Majesty handed one to the delighted soldier. ' A
ball still in the side,' said he to the generals near him,
deserves the medal!!' On inquiry being made, it was
ascertained that the soldier really had received a ball, as
stated, at Solferino, and that it had not been extracted."
THE PROTEST OF NAPLES.—The following is the pro-
test of the Neapolitan Minister of Foreign Affairs,
addressed to the European Powers, against the proclama-
tion of the Piedmontese Statuto in Sicily, and against
the service of fidelity to King Victor Emmanuel which
Garibaldi caused to be taken by the municipalities and
authorities :—" Naples, 21st August. General Gari-
baldi, after having invaded Sicily, not content with
having usurped the royal banner of Sardinia, and done
all his acts in the name of King Victor Emmanuel, haF,
by decree of the 3rd inst.,.put in force the Piedmontese
Statuto, and obliged all functionaries and all municipali-
ties nominated by the revolution to take an oath of
fidelity to King Victor Emmanuel. His Majesty's
Government believes it a duty to comm'unicate to all the
Powers these new usurpations and attacks which tram-
ple under foot the most evident prerogatives of sove-
reignty and the firmest principles of international law,
-and which cause the destinies of an entire nation to
depend on the arbitrary caprice of a foreign force.
-His Majesty's Government wishing, at the price of the
greatest sacrifices, to prevent the effusion of blood
by the promulgation of the sovereignty of the 25th
'June, and with the desire of putting its pliey in har-
mony with that of Sardinia for the maintenance of peace
in Italy, had hoped that its long and persevering nego-
tiations would have led to the solution of the Sicilian
question. This hope, however, having been disappointed,
his Majesty's government, through the undersigned
Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, finds
itself under the imperative obligation of denouncing
to these acts which are done under the pressure of
a foreign force in Sicily, of protesting firmly against
all the measures which tend to contradict or weaken the
legitimate rights of the King, and of declaring that it
does not recognise, and will never recognise, any of the
consequences, being firmly determined to maintain the
ample liberal institutions specially promised to Sicily,
and not to come to a compromise on the principle based
on history and on public European law, which unites
under the Royal House of Bourbon the two kingdoms
of Naples and Sicily. The undersigned, &c.—DE
MARTIN.'

A BADEN BALL—A letter from Baden states thaton
Thursday last, the 30th ult., the Duke of Beaufort gave
a magnificent ball to the elite of the aristocracy in the
new &alons-of M. Benazet. The Countess Stephanie dc
Taseher de la Pagerie did the honours on the occasion.
The Salon Louis XIV. was appropriated to the dancing.
The rooms were most tastefully decorated on the oma-
.4ioll.- The guests were princes, ambassadors, and lovely
women. The aristocracy of the world had their repre-
sentatives at the ball. Amongst the most distinguished
were the Prince and Princess Dolgorouki, Prince and
Princess Gagarin, Prince and Princess Menechikoff,
Princess Obolenska, Prince of Nassau, the Duke of
Ilamilton, Count Osten-Sacken, Prince and Princess
Radziwill, Prince Stonza, Prince Stirbey, la belle
Duchess Taseher and her charming daughter, the.
Duchess de Cases, and the Duke Barclay. The arts and.
literature had also their representatives in the persons of
Dantan, Berlioz, Siveri, Piatti, Mery, and Bret*. At
midnight the grand Salon Louis XV. was thrown open
to the guests, who partook of a most sumptuous supper,
which was laid out in this apartment. The , entertain-
ment after five o'clock in the
momin dig not t
.!,,rpiaate, until