The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

ITALY

the a,,' !-)Pinione of Turin, of the sth inst., announces
4, '44.rlival ill that city, on the 4th, of. Lord. John
tne It 'and his family. His Lordship alighted at
,ad
thell rombetta, and dined in the evening
'tad in...le:English Minister, Sir James Hudson. who.
Illh_ltilZed. in his honour Several distinguished
'n'liat,,. °f the diplomatic body and the Sardinian
'the :N.
1/11(Itcen.48ecen Monitor, of the 3rd, says:—" At
_a
ucetit,;"" when the Neapolitan question so intensely
~Inaltec-V8 Public attention, we deem it expedient. .to
(eritti ("on the persons invested with the Minis-
the 0 'Unctions in that kingdom. The President of
!har1,,,,°:111,-„eil is M. Ferdinand Troja, brother of M.
)..'l4l of A' i' Na, who was Chief of the Ministry of ther
141iRi .I,•Pril ; the Minister of Foreign Affairs is 11.
d4i•Ri
`'lll'ltfa, former Secretary of Lgation in Paris
Pinti g tbe ;
0 M•
of Louis Phillippe ; Minister o
4A c'ti Tlre„i'til• Murena ; Minister Secretary of State,
'IA ffd.ie;`,,-"aPliael Carascosa ; Director of Internal
tlira4 -1:T. Ludoyie Bianchini ; Director of thef
of:4 Sicily, M. Giovanni Cassisi ; Director o
—ci CI - and Navy Departments, Colonel Pice. nna
Of t-, r enered Bilacco ; and Director of the Ministry
Tjrll,ll7? and Justice M. Luigi Pionati."
~,nit i ',,,, unbess of Orleans' and her two sons, the
'1.(1"11108. " Paris ' and the Count d'Eu, arrived at
~,114-"," the 3rd inst.
citil inst in the Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the
0„le S :----'' Yesterday a battalion of Coni left for
atople by land, with the materiel necessary to
•., ti by
,„tio,, lo troops stationed along the Eastern
do clia-,t_°, change garrisons. We were asked. why
hnull Iviti'lut repeat yesterday the reports in circula-
t-CPllla,. rewird to the departure of those troops tod
i\r Arneirllctevecments in Carrara and Reggio, an
„,e ret,i. Illation in those towns of the republic..
?Teti 'el,lee"d that journalists are too often led into
'44 a ill When they derive their information
151.'3e'-'l4l-entle and that we did not think
of
4, tg
~;,.. . sources,
'autid '-'''e Insertion to rumours totally devoid
ttti ~
on.

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SPAIN

2111' n 1.,
1•11() Gazer from Madrid are of the 3rdinst-
. • w;._,_ 14 le
eree .•-...•
,C4'ette Pllbi. 1 s the following
tilv,
additional proof of
Royal
.de:
j„ royal ",„,"ing to bestow an _ h'rantl 11) affection on m beloved sister, the
dash am. 9r,ona Maria Luisa Fernanda, and on her
~.'l3rlea . -",°4 Antonio Maria Philippe
the
Once -n'
"like of Moiitpensier, I order that .
uirt °I. priLouis
h oian noess to whom she shall next give
Nit) t enjoy the prerogatives of Infante of
,44(1 ot'l, °Rother with the pre-eminence, honours,
11eifarelilstinctions appertaining to so exalted a
,Gi 1
von at the Palace, on the Ist of October, 1856.
(00
Ri
(Si QUEEN.
anter-
--guegd)ned) " LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL,
Th, ,
"President of the Council."
.qir, the,razette then adds : " The Queen, consider-
,_lnf,t,: nroximate delivery of the Most Serene
•1111(1-i‘a bc""lna Maria Luisa Feranda, Duchess of
1.0110 PenSier, and wishing that the ceremonial
as
Wed on that occasion should be as solethmant
ecre,Dossible, has herself regulated .
the "lonia', and
notified to the dignitaries .of
oor State, and the members of the foreign
ther! Diplontatique accredited at Madrid, that
the '
,yresene,e at Seville, which would have
effect of increasing the solemnity of the
keiefstonies. would be extremely gratifying to her
oapit ..Y. However, as their absence -from the
al -
to th, rofßlit interfere with the mission confided
irteh,"Bo diplbmatists by their respective govern-
"‘e, her majeay has suggested that the Corps

Diphthong

Little Cob

Diplomatique might choose one of its members
to represent them all at the ceremonies about to
take place at Seville."

The Queen offered the evening before a grand
banquet to all the general officers and chiefs of
corps who assisted at the military manoeuvres on
that day in the plain of Alcoron. •
The 3rd, being the birthday of the King, a levee
was held at the Palace, and, in the evening, there
was a grand concert, at which the entire corps
Diplomatique, the Ministers, and dignitaries of
the state were present.

M. Luis Gonzalez Bravo had arrived at Madrid.
Large quantities of corn continue to be imported
into Spain. No less than 150,000 fanegas of wheat
were landed at Seville in the course of the preced-
ing week.

The Franco-American Company has organised a
regular steam communication with the Spanish
West Indian islands. The line is to be inaugur-
ated by the Francois Arago steamer, which is to
sail from Cadiz, for the Havana, on the 25th
inst. The next will leave 20 days afterwards.

THE ROMAN STATES.

The troubles of the papal government at Pesaro
are not yet quite over. They were occasioned, as
will be remembered, by the attempt to exact the
new tax which has been imposed on patents,
and which cannot be collected without the
utmost difficulty. The tradesmen of Pesaro
have closed their shops unanimously, so that it is
scarcely possible to buy even the commonest and
most necessary articles in the town. The local
magistrate at first made all sorts -of promises to
induce them to remove this interdict. but the
engagements which he offered to make to the
inhabitants were all set aside at once by the dele-
gate of the province, Monsignor Badia,who arrived
at Pesaro soon afterwards with 400 Swiss troops.
It is now asserted that the inhabitants have
yielded, and paid the tax; but this was effected, be
it observed, not by the compliance or coercion of
the persons individually assessed to it. but by a
subscription amongst other people of Pesaro to
provide the aggregate sum.

THE NEXT CONGRESS

The Gazette du Weser states that the principal
aim of M. Hubner's journey to Vienna was to pre-
pare the questions which are to be submitted to a
forthcoming Congress at Paris. "It seems
certain," says this journal, " that all the Powers
are agreed upon convening this Congress as soon
as possible, and of submitting to it the differences
which have arisen on many points treated of
at the former Congress. .It is thought here
that certain questions of high interest,
,such as
the union of the Principalities and the relations.
between Montenegroj and Turkey have been
sufficiently debated to ensure a majority for the
view adopted by Austria. As to the affair of
Naples, it is hoped that the King may be induced
to send of his own accord a plenipotentiary to the
Congress, or to a special congress to be held after-
wards, in which the Italian and Greek questions
shall be considered."

The official Gazette de Verona says, that at Vienna lei
a firm belief is entertained, that the King of Naples
will "comply with the friendly remonstrances of
Austria, which are entirely in harmony with the
views of the Frenoh Cabinet "

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AFRICAN MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNBSAY.
The African Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Candace, Captain Hawkesley, arrived here
at a late hour last night.
Her dates are :—Old Calabar, August 29th;
Cameroons and Fernando Po, 30th; Bonny, Sept.
3rd ; Lagos, 6th; Accra, Bth; Cane Coast 9th ;
Liberia, 13th; Sierra Leone, 18th; Bathurst, 22nd;
Goree, 23rd; Teneriffe, 28th; and Madeira, 30th.
She brings 3,000 ounces, of gold dust, and her
cargo includes 340 casks of palm oil, 7,180 cakes of
beeswax, and 70 pieces of ivory.
The. Candace signalled, on the 13th September,
in lat. 5.57, lon. 10 30 W., the ship, St. Andrew ;
October the 4th, in lat. 41.23 N., lon. 11.43 W., the
barque Henrieta ; and in lat. 49.25 N., lon. 5.12
W., the Belgian barque Van Dyck. On entering
the Channel, on the 7th of October, observo,l
large number of vessels.

At Old Calabar trade was brisk. In consequence
of the, ill-treatment of a ship's master by the
natives, the Europeans had sent to Fernando Po a
vessel of war to make enquiries.

Fernando Po, Camero-ons, Bonny, Accra, and
Cape Coast Castle were healthy.
Mr. T. Hutton, of Lagos, was unfortunately
drowned, when endeavouring to board the Candace
from that place.

Much rain had fallen at Liberia, Sierra Leone,
and Bathurst, but those Colonies were healthy.
Eight thousand persons are supposed to have
died at Madeira from cholera, which was sub-
siding.

Her Majesty's screw-steam sloop Plumper, 12,
Commander William Haswell, -left Lagos on the
sth of September, on a cruise.
The steam vessel Bloodhound, 3, Commander
George B. Williams, and the Firefly, 4, Commander
George F. Day, were at Sierra Leone on the 18th
of September.

The steam vessel Dover was at Bathurst on the
22nd of September.

A French screw steam ship-of-war was lying at
Goren on the 23rd of September.
The African Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet Niger sailed from Liberia on the 13th of
September, for the Leeward.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

CHESTER RAGES-YESTERDAY

GRAND STAND STAKES.
.1 I Evelyn 2 Princess of Orange.. 3
Six ran. Won by a length
£5O PLATE.
.1 I Janet Pride
WYNNSTAY HANDICAP.
Dead heat with Diphthcayg colt, and Miss Harkaway
Five ran

,2 I Magistrate 3

CHESTER HANDICAP.
Gamekeeper
.1 Saraband
Seven ran.

SELLING STAKES.
Jane walked over.

LATEST BETTING.

CII ESTER HANDICAP.
7 to 2 agst Saraband (taken)
5 ... I ... trzeila
6 1 Pantomime
6 .. 1 ... Gamekeeper
csSAREWITCH-
-11 to 1 agst Middieton (taken)
11 1 ... Fulbeck.(raken)
12 .. Polestar (taken)
20 1.. Cotswold (offered)
30 .. 1 .. Cava (taken)
25 .. 1 .. Prince of Orange and Mary
(coupled), (taken)
Cheater Handicap. One mile 7 fur.—The following
have Paid forfeit :—Polestar, Flatterer, Bonnie Scot-
land, Coroner, Lundyfoot, Siding Claret, Red Robin,
Omar Pacha, King of Scotland. Grey Pyrrhus, Metou,
Martlett, Lady Tatton, Falstaff, Fact, and Lord Berwent-
water.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
MAIDSTONE.—Although we understand that in several
districts there still remain small quantities of hops to be
picket the gathering of the bulk of the crop may be said
to ha* been completed, and an estimate may therefore be
formed with tolerable accuracy of the 'general produce.
In the districts around Maidstone the crop will be, we are
informed, about two-thirds that of last year. Many of
the samples will be exceedingly fine for colour, but they
will not be so " thick" as was anticipated, though gene.
rally sound and clean. The number of bushels required
to the hundred-weight prove that they are almost univer
sally of inferior quality to what was originally looked for,
the bine having continued to grow so long as to have
absorbed much of the strength which should
arhroeumldhkas wveie believemparted
substance (to the hop itself. These
apply to most of the grounds in this and the neighbourim.t
counties.— South Eastern Gazette. The picking in Canter.
burp
generlly speaking, are good in colour, quality, and
is, with very few exceptions, concluded, and the hops,a
quantity and we agree in the opinion expressed by many,
that the,growers need not fear the present low prices can
continue. In 1852, with £249,000 duty, the hop market
opened at about 60s, and advanced to £5 for Wealds, and
.E. 7 for Mid Rents, before Christmas.. It is then only a
question of time, and fine qualities must hereafter be much
more valuable. .£5 was realised in (Canterbury during
the last week. We have also been told of a growth fetch-
ing five guineas per cwt, but we believe the report incor-
le2csot.,ooForowmoutlhdeavpaprLroustoacbce bouneytsonvedhitchhehaamveourneatcohfedd
uutsy,
likely to be realised.—Kentish Gazette.

THE NORTHERN

THE MOSCOW FETES

LORD GRANVILLE'S STATE BALL.

Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 24.—The English Ambas-
sador and Lady Granville's state ball last night was very
brilliant and very successful. The Emperor and Empress,
the Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael, the Grand

e and Marie, honoured the party by
their presence, and all the Foreign Ambassadors and
Ministers and their suites, as well as the principal Russian

Duchesses Constants