The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROME, Nov. 20.—The Pope recently declared to
a member of the diplomatic corps that the Holy
See had much more reason to fear the acts of its
false friends than the efforts of its adversaries.
Corruption has struck deep root among the govern-
ment officials. The disorder in the finances is
frightful. Of the money of the Rothschild loan
alre.ady paid into the treasury, there remains
nothing, and even the smallest sums are paid in
paper. If it had not been for the energetic oppo-
sition of the Pope, the project would perhaps have
been realised of increasing to an enormous amount
the issuc„of bank-notes, and to give them a forced
currency.
As regards the foreign governments, they will
gain nothing by the fall of Antonelli, which is
attributed as much to the personal dissatisfaction
of the pope as to French influence. It is said
that he will be replaced by Cardinal Santucci or
Cardinal Andrea, which is not probable. The
former of these prelates is the only cardinal openly
devoted to Antonelli. The other, on the contrary,
is the implacable enemy of the secretary of state,
fiery and impetuous,iand, as he demonstrated when
acting as nuncio in Switzerland, little given to
conciliation.

The minister of finances, Monsignor Galli, w

it is said, be replaced by Monsignor Ferrari, an
ex-Jesuit, a member of the commission for the
sinking of the paper currency.

THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN GERMANY.
According to a letter from Heidelberg, of the
23rd November, the government of Baden had
issued an order that no more priests should be
imprisoned, but that the refractory ones, who had
read the encyclical letter of the Archbishop of

Frieburg, should be fined the sum of 10 florins•
each. The mediation of the papal nuncio, Viale
Prela, has been requested. Considerable excite-
ment prevailed through the Grand Duchy, as the
number of the clergy arrested is very considerable.

MONETARY.
(From our Second Edition of Yesterday.)
. BANK OF ENGLAND

Some further applications were made at the
Bank on Wednesday, for the discount of the

dissented stocks falling due in January. As
regards the 3 per cents 0f,1751, and the New South
Sea Annuities, the Ist of December is the last day
on which applications can be made ; their transfer
books then finally closing.
PARIS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY.
Three per cents closed 74.10. Four•and-a-half
per cents, 99.9.

IRELAND

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

DUBLIN, THURSDAY.

THE DUBLIN SAVINGS BANK.—Yesterday was the
first day for withdrawing deposits, after the issuing
of the notice remonstrating against the " run." A
continued demand was- expected, and so great was
the fear of this, that pallisading was erected in
front of the building to prevent too dangerous a
crush. The managers were, however, agreeably
disappointed, as the alarm seemed greatly allayed,
and not only was there no remarkable run, but
many deposits were relodged.
The commissioners for the reduction of the
national debt had given instructions to the Bank
of Ireland to open an unlithited credit for the
directors, and probably this circumstance aided as
much as a sense of returning prudence, to bring
about this desirable consummation.

AN Ex-M.P., AT Lkw.—Mr. Nicholas V. Maher,
who represented Tipperary for several years, has
latterly got. considerably in debt. Amongst other
parties from whom he borrowed money were the
Messrs. Woodrooffe, of Dublin, well-known dis-
counters, after the Irish acceptation of that term,
and what followed is thus detailed by Mr. Maher's
counsel, in an action .tried between the parties on
Wednesday for false imprisonment. Mr. Maher
having unfortunately got into the defendants' debt
to the amount of 251. 17s. 6d. for a bill of ex-
change, an action was brought for the debt and
costs, and judgment obtained for 371. Os. lid.
After the judgment was entered, an agreement was
entered into between Mr. Maher and a number of
creditors, and amongst them were the defendants,
represented by their attorney, Mr. William F.
Rogers, of Peter-street. . On the 18th of April,
1853, a letter of licence was signed by the creditors,
by which they agreed to give the plaintiff license
for two months ; and among the persons who
signed that letter was Mr. Rogers, attorney for the
defendants. Subsequently, upon the 30th of April,
Mr. Maher had a further communication with Mr.
Rogers, who had acted on behalf of the Messrs.
Woodrooffe, and an agreement was entered into
between the plaintiff and Mr. Rogers, to the effect
that Mr. Maher should pay in hand the sum of
151. on account of the sum of 37/., and that the
balance should be paid by instalments of 51. every
three months. Notwithstanding this arrangement,
Mr. Maher was arrested two days after by a pair
of bailiffs as he sat with his lady in his lodgings in
the evening. For this arrest the action was brought,
and the jury gave 1501. damages and costs.
EXPORT OF POTATOES.—Owing to various causes
combined, the exports of potatoes hence have at-

tained a very, remarkable extent. We have seen
already that in certain districts the people inter-
fered with the purchasers for shipment, to stop
those operations—a step equally wise and economi-
cal ; for it drove, of course, all those who had
potatoes to sell to other quarters. Along the
channel seaboard, particularly north of Dublin,
the trade continues to flourish. On Saturday last,
for instance,_in Belfast, 0f.547 loads of potatoes at
market, not less.than 300 were taken for export.
The quantity being five times the amount on sale
at the same time last year. The quality is ex-
cellent. The export has, of course, raised the
price, which is now 30 to 40 per cent. over what
rules in Belfast. Speaking on this phase of
things, the Belfast Mercury says:—" Farmers are
certainly not producing pork so largely as in
former years; and the only reason of this not
being so is, that they are far better paid for their
potatoes, by selling them in the market than by
giving them to pigs. Then, as regards the pigs,
the price of Indian meal is too high to give it to
them as a substitute for the potatoes ; and the
natural consequence is, they are not reared to an
extent to equal the demand. Evidence of this
may be seen in the diminished number of pigs
which are brought into our market ; and our mer
chants' stores can bear corroborative testimony of
the fact. We shall only add that these circum
stances are in the regular and legitimate course of

trade, and that if the-farmers benefit, as they are
doing, there can be no ground of feeling, as might
under other regulations have existed, when laws
were in operation which had been framed for the
express purpose of creating an artificial scarcity,
with corresponding prices."
IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The opening of
the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
in Ireland, will open on Monday next, when Pro-
fessor Merle D'Aubigne, of Geneva, will deliver
the opening address. A colleCtiOn will be made
for the funds for erecting the new college.
CLONMEL.—A Mr. Cristopher Hamilton, of Castle
Jordan, Edendersy, has addressed the electors of
this borough. He professes to be a tenant leaguer,
but nobody knows him ; and, in fact, considerable
doubt exists as to whether there really is any such
person. You may therefore infer that he does not
interfere much with Mr O'Connell's progress.
A short time ago I sent you the minutes of a
quarrel between the Hon. Mr. Preston and the
Balbriggan magistrates,. which arose from some
observations made by the former concerning the
conduct of the police, who entered his house with-
out a warrant. In reference to this matter, to-day's
Freeman contains a letter from the Lord Chan-
cellor to ivir. Preston, approving of the course
adopted by him. His lordship says, that it is
under the consideration of the attorney-general,
whether the constabulary should not be supplied
with a warrant in a general form, and states that
Mr. Preston had a perfect right to draw attention
to the circumstance in his magisterial capacity.
THE STREETS OF DUBLIN.—The state of the
streets in Dublin is now the object of complaint
from all our citizens. The accumulated filth and
mud renders a passage through them a sure means
of becoming covered with dirt. The corporation
appears to be taking it very easy. Indeed one
urniild' hp led to thia they had rather the
propensity of delighting in mire.
A woman named Carolan, was yesterday com-
mitted to prison, for causing the death of her ille-
gitimate child by exposure.