The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL LIBERTY IN FRANCE.

Commercial liberty is taking root in France,
and public opinion is setting against Government
embarking in trades and manufactures.

ASSESSED TAXES IN FRANCE..

The 31o)iitcur publishes returns showing that,
for the first three months of the present year,
the assessed taxes amonnt to 263,162,000 francs,
being an increase of 3,558,000 francs as compared
with the corresponding period of last year, and
2,056,000 frarns as compared with the corres-
ponding period of 1858.

SPANISH INSURRECTION.
MADRID, April 15.

Orders have been given to all the provincial
battalions to return to their homes. The factious
partisans of Count Montemolin are everywhere
disappointed.

CHOLERA IN AFRICA.
The cholera is increasing in Africa.

SIR J. HUDSON AND THE ITALIANS.

The Pays says it is not true that Sir J. Hudson
asked Garibaldi to dinner. Tt also asserts that
Sir James will not accompany the King on his
tour, the French embassy having declined.

ANOTHER CASE OF PAPAL CHILD
STEALING.

Another case of child stealing has recently
occurred in Rome. The victim is the young
Count Ceroni, aged 13, and heir to a fortune of
300,000 scudi. This has taken place with the
approbation of the Pope.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, April 16.

3.30 P.M.—The Bourse has undergone no altera-
tion. Rentes closed at 70f 25c, or the same as on
Saturday.

AUSTRIAN NEW LOAN AND MINISTERIAL

CHANGES.

VIENNA, April 16.

According to reliable information, the tota:
amount subscribed to ~the new loan is about
75,000,000 florins. The quotation on the Ex-
change is 93 50.

Rumours of ministerial changes are circulating

THE NEAPOLITAN ARMY.

PARIS, April 16.

The Petrie of this evening says the report that
General Changarnier had accepted the command
©f the Neapolitan troops is completely false.
The Patric also states that the Neapolitan
Government has resolved to observe an absolute
neutrality, and to confine itself to the defence of
its own territory.

VOTING IN NICE.
NICE, April 16.

The number of votes which have been given is
very large. The result of the ballot will be
known this evening. Some of the inhabitants
are signing a protest against the conduct of
General Garibaldi in the Sardinian Parliament.

REVOLUTION IN SICILY AND NAPLES.
NAPLES (via Genoa), April 12.

According to advices from Sicily the revolu-
tionary movement is increasing in the country,
which is full of armed men. Arrests have been
made at Naples.
The Royal Intendente Celeste has made com-
mon cause with the revolutionists.

The 14th and 15th Regiments are being
despatched from Naples 'to Sicily. Artillery and
other troops have been sent to the citadel of
Messina.

A popular demonstration has taken place at
Aversa, in favour of Victor Emmanuel, in conse-
quence of which the town has been declared in a
state of siege

REPLY TO THE SWISS NOTE.
BERNE, April 16.

England and Prussia have replied to the Swiss
note of the sth of April, relative to the assembling
of a conference, by consenting to the demand of
the Federal Council.

NO SECRET TREATY FOR PARTITION

OF SAVOY.

At Geneva, April 16th, M. Thouvenel having
stated, in a despatch of the 13th March, to M.
Fillas, that the Federal Council had proposed a
secret treaty for a partition of Savoy, the Fede-
ral Council has given an official denial to the
statement of M. Thouvenel.

RUSSIA'S REPLY TO SWITZERLAND.
Russia has replied in a favourable manner to the

noLo of tbp Federal rniinf,;l of tl-in toth March.

THE ADDRESS OF THE SOCIETY OF
HELVETIA.

BERNE, April 16.

The address of the Society of Helvetia to the
Federal Council, demanding the immediate occu•
pation of the neutralised provinces of Savoy, will
have no result.

SARDINIAN CORRESPONDENCE WITH
THE POPE.

TURIN, April 16.

The Persevernrux publishes the text of the
letters of King Victor Emmanuel to the Pope,
dated February 2nd and March 20th, and the
reply of His Holiness thereto. The same paper
also publishes the letter of Count Cavour to
Cardinal Antonelli, and the reply of the cardinal,
which is dated April the 2nd.