The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-11 00:00:00

Constantinople for several months. The personnel
of the-English Embassy had left Teheran. Russia
had demanded from the Shah of Persia permission
to occupy the territory of Malou.

From Vienna we 'learn that it was reported
that the Emperor returned on the 6th, but
this was not the fact. A correspondent, under the
date of the 7th inst., writes :—" So general is the
impression that his Majesty is now within the
walls of this city, that several persons have within
the last two or three hours assured me that he intends
to preside at a Cabinet Council which is to be held
in the course of the afterooDn. On the 2nd three
autograph letters were addressed by the Emperor to
the Governor of the Lombardo Venetian Kingdom,
and one of them is of such extreme interest that
a complete translation of it will now be given :
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should be the first to step forward where they
bear of violence and robbery, and render all the
assistance in their power in the absence of the
police. A gang of villians will always disperse,
when they see one or two determined men a&
vancing,to attack:them ; and 'by the use -of a
little vigilance on the part, of the public, in going
through the streets at night a large amount of crime
might be prevented and detected. The police
cannot be everywhere, and we may be sure that
they are carefully watched by those who are bent
on a garotte robbery or any other offence. The
public'ought,lherefore, to look after themselves
more than is their wont at present. There is no
other -way of putting an effectual stop to the
atrocities we hear of daily, and if the .richer
classes help each other in cases of need, and the
honest working man who lends his aid in tilt
arrest of a thief is fairly rewardeil, for his risk,
we-shall 1-eai Of 'fewer persons being strangled
and plundered in the streets of large• towns.
Finally, the cordial thanks of the people of Lan-
cashire are due to Mr. Baron ALDERSON for the
manner in which he has taken up the subject,
and the unmistakeable example he has made of'
the-garotte robbers brought before him.

" Dear Field-Marshal Count Radeizsky,—l have
resolved entirely to abolish the sequestration
which, on .the 13 h February, 1853, was laid_on the
property of the political fugitives from my Lona-
bard° Venetian kingdom. You will, therefore,
take such measures that the property still under
sequestration may be delivered over to those
persons who shall prove themselves to 'be the legal
representatives of the different owners. I also
empower you to permit the return of political
fugitives, who shall be exempt from punishment
and regain their forfeited rights as Austrian
citizens, if they annex to their petitions a
solemn promise to behave in future as faith
ful and loyal subjects. I charge you imme
diately to publish this my autograph letter.
—FRANCIS JOSEPII.—Venice, December, 2, 1856.'
The second letter announces to the Marshal that
70 persons, " who have been condemned for high
treason and other offences against public order
and security," have received full pardon. The
names-of the 70 persons whom his Majesty had
pardoned are mentioned,, and. ,we' are informed in
the Gazzetta di Verona that some of them belong to
individuals who were grievously compromised
during the years 1848 and 1849. The third letter
relates to the Church of St. Mark. His Majesty
grants 20,0001 per annum for keeping that ancient
and venerable edifice in proper repair, and orders
that whenever the whole sum has not been
expended the residue shall be added to the
property of the church. There is every reason to
believe that the clemency and kindness which the
Emperor has displayed towards his Italian sub-
jects has produced a good impression on them, but
persc,ns who are acquainted with the peculiarities
of the character of the -Venetians and Lombards
are of opinion that it will not be lasting.
It is understood that the Emperor has already
made the discovery that the military authorities
are a positive obstruction to material improve-
ments, and that the company formed some years
ago for supplying Venice with water, for instance,
has been unable until this moment to commence
operations, in consequence of the military objec-
tions. It is to be hoped also that His Majesty
will at once overrule the obstacles which have so
long prevented the completion of the railway from
Milan to Venice. Although commenced thirteen
years ago, there is no present prospect of its being
carried through for two or three years more -at
least, and in deference to the same strategical
opponents, it seems the piece of railway from
Milan to the Pied montese frontier cannot be
finished either for three years. In such questions
as these his Majesty may render his visit of great
service to the country if he will interpose his
authority to promote works of public utility, but
unless he can solve the problem of reducing the
taxation, he will have done nothing towards con-
tenting the people permanently. In the Venetian
provinces the predial taxes amount to 80 per cent
on the estimated value of the property.
The estimation is avowedly very much under
the real value ; but supposing it to be only half
(and it can be hardly less than that), the taxes
would be nearly 45 per cent. on the real value. Is
it surprising that a union with Austria is unpopu-
lar under these circumstances, or that the prin-
ciple of national government obtains fresh converts
every day. And yet it is said that, notwithstand-
ing this enormous taxation, the foreigns loans, the
(forced) voluntary loan, the sale of railways, and
the mortgage of royal domains, the Austrian
Government is again in want of money, and medi-
tating a new foreign loan.
As we went to press a steamer passed the Land-
ing-stage, and fired six or eight guns. We imme-
diately hastened down to the Pier Head, and some
answered that it was the Cleopatra (s s) from the
Cape of Good Hope, and others that it was the

Cunard steamer America, which sailed on Saturday

for Boston, and had met with some mishap, and
therefore returned. We have despatched ames-
senger to find out the real fact of the matter.

ORGANISATION OF TDB COAST GUARD ►SBSVICE.-By an
act of last session, the coast guard service is placed
under the government of the Admiralty, and premises have
been taken in Spring Gardens. In a short time the
Admiralty will exercise their control. The number is not
to exceed 10,000.

At the Gloucester assizes, as a jury was about to be sworn
to try a charge of child murder, one of them rose and
requested to be excused from serving, on the ground that
bia strong conscientious :objection to capital punishments
would preclude him from finding a verdict of " guilty,"
involving a sentence of death.- The julge (Baron Bram-
well) attempted to convince him that his conduct was
irrational, but in vain, and the counsel for the prosecution
ultimately challenged the obdurate juror, who thereupon
left the box.
-A WOMAN NINETY-SEVEN YEARS OLD BURNT TO
DEATH.—On Tuesday, Mr. Barker held an inquest on the
body of Mary Parker, aged ninety-seven. It appeared
that deceased occupied lodgings in Cannon street, St.
George's-in-the-East. London, and that on Friday after-
noon, whilst sitting 'in front of the grate, she by some
means fell upon the fire, and when assistance arrived was
found all in a blaze. She was, removed to the London
Hospital, but expired shortly after admission. Verdict,
" Accidental Death."

THE KILKENNY MURDER,— A, coroner's 'jury has re-
turned a verdict of 't Wilful Murder," in the case of
William Quin, a respectable farmer, who was robbed and
beaten to death by a party of ruffians on the evening of
Monday last, on his return hoz a fair, whfre he had
disposed of some cattle. The deceased bore an excellent
charadter; and by' unwearied industry had saved a colsi-
derable sum of money, which he emb irked in the cattle
trade. He is supposed to have had £lOO about his person
on the night he met his death. He has left a wife, but had
no children.

DISRAELI LIONISED IN PARIS.—The Paris correspondent
of the Nord writes :—" Some of the most illustrious of
English statesmen are evincing uneasiness at the manner in
which public opinion in. Europe condemns the turbulent
politics of Lard Palmerston. The celebrated Tory orator,
Mr. Disraeli, has expressed himself here upon this subject
with much vivacity. He has been much feted at Paris by
the court and ministers, and has dined at the Tuileries with
many members of the Parliamentary opposition. Mr.
Disraeli was seated at table opposite Count Walewski, and
next to M. de Kisselef."

SERIOUS STABBING CARE.—On Monday afternoon last,
a party of English and Irish labourers were drinking to-
gether at a beerhouse at Staveley, near Chesterfield, when
a quarrel arose among them, and one of the Irish party took
out a large pocket-knife and stabbed an Englishman named
Redgate in the abdomen. Fortunately the thrust fell short
of penetrating the ventricle of the heart, which it very
nearly reached.. had the knife gone a quarter of an inch
further, the wound must have proved fatal. As it was, the
wound is of a fearful description, and the hemorrhage con-
siderable. The wounded man was at once removed to
Chesterfield, and placed under medical care ; and, though
he is seriously injured, it is expected that he will survive.

Tan INT REIN ATION AL CUSTOMS REFORM ASSOCIATION.
-The late Brussels Congress is beginning to bear its expected
fruit in this country. An organisa-ion is being rapidly ma-
i for sustaining M. Corr Vander Maeren and Ws free
sociates in their struggle with the Belgian restrie.

ts, who, frorr

their energy, activi

and comparative

are properly considered as the fliwer of the
iuental protectionist army. Mr. Thomas Wink,
worth, whose paper on the silk trade attracted so much
interest at the Congress, has lately been on a visit to Mr.
Cobden, and it was arranged that an account, Cobden and
Winkworth, should be opened at the Commercial Bank,
London, for subscriptions. Many coot ibetions have been
forwarded from Newcastle-ons Tyne, chiefly due to Mr.
Christian Allhusen, who, with three other gentlemen, has
been appointed a special committee of the Chamber of
Commerce of that town for the promotion of the present
object. If our similar associatiots would do the same, as
some indeed are doing, the pecuniary result would speedily
be very large, and, what is of more importance, the British
commercial public would soon begin to understand how
much their own interest is involved in the matter.
CHARGE OF AIMUCIION.—At Oxford circuit, Wchard
Morris, a farm labonrer, was charged with abducting from
her home and parents' custody a young girl, agsd fifteen,
named Anna Humphreys, the daughter of Mr. John Hum-
phreys, farmer, Billingsley. The prosecutor, a respectable-
looking farmer, stated that the prisoner had been in his
employ as a labourer, from May last up to the. 25th Nov.—
Shortly after eight o'clock on that night he went to bed,
supposing that the prisoner and the rest of the servants had
gone also. He thought his daughter Anna was also gone.
About half-past eight his eldest daughter came to him, and
told him that Anna and the man Morris were 'missing.—
Benjamin Parton, farm labourer, and brother-in law of the
prisoner, stated that he lived at Hapswood, in Manville
patisb, and that on the eight of the 26th of November,
between twelve and one o'clock, the prisoner came to his
house, in company with a young woman. Prisoner told him
she was a daughter of his master's, who had turned her out
of doors. Prisoner asked for the girl to stay all nigh', and
be consented to allow her. Prisoner said he would go back
to his master's and get him to take the girl home again._
Superintendent Baxter, of the county police, said he took
the prisoner into custody upon a charge of abduction. He
said " They will do no good with her (the girl) if they force
her home, for she vowed and declared to me last night she
would make away with herself if they did. lam going to
marry her in May, and she is going to service till then."—
Prisoner was then locked_ up. The defence was, that the
girl had desired the prisoner to take her away, as she was
afraid of her father. The jury found the prisoner " Guilty.'
Mr. Baron Watson having alluded to the baseness of the
prisoner, who was 25, in enticing so young a girl from her
home, sentenced him to be imprisoned nine months.
IRISHMEN IN INDIA.—The following narrative is con-
densed from the Freeman's Journal : Sir William
Brooke O'Shaughnessy, our distinguished countryman, on
whom her majesty has just conferred the honour of knight-
hood, is a native of Limerick, and obtained the-appoint-
ment of assistant surgeon ii the East India Company's
service in ; nearly at the acme time he became
physician to Sir C, (afterwards Lord) Metcalfe, governor
of Agra. A medical college having been established in
Calcutta for the education of native-, he was appointed its
professor of chemistry. He was painted out as the fittest
person to superintend the laying down of the electric tele-
graph, when it was decided to extend to India the advantages
of that discovery. Under the direction of the governor
general he has completed telegraph lines from the seat of
government to all the presidencies. Sir William Brooke
O'Shaughnessy is a descendant of one of the most ancient
and illustrious of the old Irish families, who possessed a large
territory in the counties of Clare and Galway up to the
time of William 111, but were held to have forfeited them
by their attachment to King James. Sir Roger O'Shaugh-
nessy, who held a commission in the army of James, and
whose pirtrait is exhibited among their family portraits in
the gallery of the Ormonde, at Kilkenny, was the last
possessor of the Loughcooter estates, near Gort, having left
Ireland for France after the treaty of Limerick with the
army of James, and died there. The estates were held by
the crown for some years, until an occasion arose on which
it was necessary to bestow a suitable reward. There was a
conspiracy to assassinate William a, Kensington, called the
Kensington plot, which was discovered, and, perhaps.
William's life saved, by a Mr. Prendergast, whom Macaulay
describes to be a Roman Cathol,c gentleman of good family
in the South of England. He was rewarded with a grant
of the O'Shaughnessy estates. His son, who was created a
baronet, Sir Thomas Prendergast, having died without male
issue, they descended to Lard Gort, through the female line.
These estates have recently passed from that family through
the Encumbered Estates Court to Lord Gough. We under.
stand Sir William is now engaged in carrying out, by
direction of the East India Company, a direct line of com-
munication from London to Calcutta?'

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THE public must be rejoiced to see the deter-
mination with which Mr. Baron ALDERSON has
(Emit with the garotte robbers brought before
him. This novel species of highway robbery
must be crushed while it is in the bud. For
cowardice and brutality, it far exceeds any crime
previously known. Three or four ruffians seize
a lone man or woman by the throat in the street,
and half strangle their victim before their
presence is detected. But how these gangs
of wretches can go about our large towns,
without being observed by the police, appears to
be a great mystery. They are almost invariably
beings of the lowest and most depraved char-
acter, and yet they never seem to excite the
suspicion of our constables. They are generally
seen loitering about by others while waiting for
their prey, and they ought not to escape the
vigilance of those whose business it is to look
after them, as often as they do. Means ought to
he devised by the detective force to catch them.
There are a hundred ways in which they might
be caught in the act, and the authorities should
see that some attempt is made in the leading
thoroughfares and most respectable neighbour-
hoods to rid society of such vagabonds.
At present, a man is half murdered, and plun-
dered of his property, before a policeman knows
anything about it; and if it were not for. the in-
formation given by persons who happen to see
the robbers previous to the commission of the
outrage, or immediately after it had taken place,
they would never be apprehended. The liberality
shown by Mr. Baron ALDERSON in awarding five
pounds to the poor man CAPSTICK for his cour-
age in helping to arrest one of these ruffians,
will have a good effect ; and it would be well to
give all those who behave in the like manner a
suitable reward. This would secure help to per-
sons attacked ; for any poor man would willingly
lend a hand in taking the highwayman into cus-
tody. Respectable men might also render assist-
ance in such cases, which, we regret to say, they
do not do now with the willingness they ought.
It was only the other night, that we saw an
elderly gentleman laid hold of by a man and a
woman, in Lord Nelson-street, and robbed. The
male thief had succeeded in getting away to a
considerable distance before the gentleman could
make his case known ; and when he did tell the
bystanders that he had been robbed, not one of
them attempted to follow either the man or
woman. They both ran away in the crowd,
which consisted, probably, of eight or ten per-
sons, who laughed and walked off.

This is not the way in which respectable men
should act towards their own order. They

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LPIVERPOOL, TIMRSDAY:

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 1

FRANCE

PARIS, MognAir -EvgraNa.

A report has been current to-day that_an insur-
rection had broken out at PalerMo, and_that it was
unsuccessful : but; on inquiry in an official quarter,
I was apprised that the government had received no
news to that effect. According to French telegraphic
despatches, the city was quite tranquil on the 29th
ult , and the disturbances in other parts of the

island were of no importance.
The Nord, the Russian organ of Brussels,
publishes a letter from Paris, which affects to be
written under diplomatic '‘t inspiration," and
which says that France and Sardinia will be on the
side of England and Austria in the Conferences,
and that, consequently, Russia will be in a mino-
rity, and will lose Bolgrad and the Isle of Ser-
pents. But the Goverment here, for what
reason" I do not know, unless it be to soothe
the wounded vanity of the Kinister of Foreign
Affairs, continues to give out that the matters
in despatch are not yet settled; that :-each
power maintains its peculiar views on the subject,
and that they will be settled after full and important
deliberation.

The Bourse has begun to show again a downward
tendency, and to-day there has been a fall in rento
and all securities _ _

Considerable sensation has been caused by the
sudden death to day of M. Thibeaudean;.counsel
to the Western Railway Company. He was well
known in the rail Way and speculating worlds, and
at one time possesed an immense fortune, gained
by speculation, but during the last year some un-
successful hits diminished it, and within the last
fortnight no less a sum than 80,000/ English money,
nearly all, it is believed. that remained to him, was
swept away. The sudden death has given rise to
the supposition that be committed sui-,
eide,but his friends- assert that he 'died
from a malady in the . .heart. He was
in his early prime. The last 'settling day was a
Efad one to others as well as this unfortunate Man ;
several speculators suffered so much that they
were obliged to have recourse to the kindness of
their friends to be able to keep their engagements ;
and two at least, if not more, who were indebted to
a large amount, have, instead of paying, deemed it
prudent to fly from France.

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