The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

FANCE.

(IrROM OUR OWN CO IRESP"DENT
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FRIDAY EvENINa.
N Ds e . Patenes received by the Gl'overnmen from
w my has
re,c,, announce that Count de'" k
Ordil er v4erl from the Czar the Grand C.""s of the
,and
of
the . St. Andrew, the highest in Russia, have
receln!, Illtriry and civil members of his embas.'Y ...‘.,
ItnA ',ed. decorations of the order of St. Stani:`4la"'
' °t.- Anne.
to An c'ffiPialreturn, published by the Governmen;, 1d ,
tho kV, shows that the receipts of the Customs in
Ij4 first Eight months of the present year were :
3P -1`,525f; in the corresponding period last
c;rar they were,139,964,210f, and of 18 54, 93,7750 f 000 f.
i, cotton, the quantities imported were, 837,446
6,) trieal quint:lls in 1F56 ; 745 531 in 1855 ; and
(":1270 in 1854 ; and of coal. 26 577,794, in 1856 ;
'4,221, in 1855; and 22,396,669 metrical quin-
Lils, in 1854.
I am told that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has
manifested. some intention of visiting Paris. A
Yl:t from
18 the King of Greece, which was expected,
now stated to be likely.
has Some of the
,1 given ordersirtrsneswayshillaretsMsh.adlol be liven 1,110:7e holders of the shares on the Northern
1,_11.1,,1way, which were stolen by Carpenter and
kir clet, but it appears, from all that is said, that

neither he nor any other of the directors intend to
take the loss on themselves. It will be the com-
pany that will have to bear it. It is now stated
that it has been ascertained that the total robbery
amounts to as much as 400,0001. in English money,
but, no doubt, this is an exaggeration.
The •` additional act" of the Madrid Constitution
is in sixteen articles. Amongst other things, it
declares that banishment from Spain shall hence-
forth not be practised.
The Austrian papers give a new version about
the fate of Civerracheo, the Italian revolutionist :
It is, that so far from having been killed by the
Austrian soldiers, he is alive, well, and wealthy at
Constantinople, having made a fortune as a dealer
in wine at Balakiava during the war. This tale
looks very like a canard.
Roman letters say that a sort of Congress of the
European powers is to be held at Rome, to
deliberate on the situation of the Roman States.

RUPTURE WITH NAPLES.

A London morning cotemporary says :—" Our
Paris correspondent informs us that the French
government, unless some unforeseen event occur,
is about to recall M. Brenier and the whole of the
embassy from Naples. To this we may now add
that a similar course will, we are enabled to state,
be taken by the Queen's government. The whole
of our diplomacy will be recalled from the Nea-
politan Court. We shall send, as will the French,
two line•ot-battle ships and a corresponding force
of frigates. These will be the representatives of
the alliance—these will protect the interests of the
subjects of both powers—through these alone will
either communicate with the King. We believe
that there is no likelihood of a return to friendship

between the Court of Naples and those of France
and England. What part these great allied powers
may be ultimately compelled to take in the settle-
ment of Neapolitan and of Italian affairs remains
to be determined."

THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION.

The following is an analysis of the Additional
Act appended to the restored Constitution of 1845,
as given by the Gazette of Madrid :-
1. The definition of offences by the press belongs to
the jury, except in special cases provided for by the
laws.
2. The law, of which mention is made in Article 8 of
the Constitution, being promu'crated, the tefritory to
which it refers shall be made suhject, during the
suspension of the provisions of Article 7 of the same
Constitution, to the law of public safety previously
enacted. But., notwithstanding, the government shall
not be authorised to remove Spanish citizens from the
territory of the kingdom, nor to transport them out of
the Peninsula.

3 The first creation of senators shall not exceed the
number of 140, after which the Sovereign shall not be
able to make any new nominations, except during the
time in which the two Chambers are assembled.

4. It shall devolve upon the Electoral Law of the
Deputies to determine if they shall or shall not be bound
to prove the payment of the necessary taxes, or the
possession of the requisite income.
5. The Deputies shall be subject to re-election, even if
the office they may have accepted shall be theirs by right
of sonority.
6. The Cortes shall remain assembled during at least
four months in the year, reelcon;ng from the day on
which the Congress shall be definitely constituted.
7. If it should happen that the two Chambers do not
agree upon the law of the new budget, the law of the
previous year shall be applied to the following one.
8. In passing judgment on any D?putieseotnprebended
in Article 41 of the Constitution, the prior authorisation
of the Chamber will be necessary.
9. Over and above the cases comprised in Article 46
of the Constitution, it will be necessary that the Sove-
reign shall be authorised by a special law-Ist, to grant
a general p 9-don to condemned persons, or an amnesty ;
2nd, to Alienate, in whole or part, the patrimony of the
Crown. _ _ .

10. It will be equally necessary that the Sovereign
shonld be authorised by a special law to contract mar-
riage, or to give permission to that effect to the members
of the Royal family, who, though his subjecs, are in the
line of succession to the Crown. _ _

11. There shall be a Council of State, which the
Sovereign shall be obliged to consult in all cases pre-
scribed by the laws.
12. Cases of translating, placing on active service, or
retirement of, members of the magistracy, shall be deter-
mined, whether arising out of the act of the government
or the course of discipline, by a regulating law.
13. The Sovereign shall not nominate allcades, or
mayors, in towns of which the population does not exceed
40,000 souls. The interference which he may exercise
in other nominations s'sall be determined by law.
14. The lists of elec ors for Deputies shall be perma-
nent; and the qualifications of electors shall be examined,
and any objections permitted, in public court.
15 The government shall be bound to present to the
Chambers, within a week after their assembling, the
public accounts of the past year and the budget for the
next.
16. Previously to considering the budget, the Cham-
bers are to deliberate on the law referred to in Article 70
of the Constitution

THE EXPERIME'T IN IRON SHIP•

BUILDING.

(From the Mining Journal.)
Sir,—The Great Eastern is literally a double ship
there being a space of two feet nine inches between the
internal and external ship all round the vessel. The
two sides are connected by plates, with four pieces of
angle iron rivetted to them, and then attached as longi-
tudinal framing to the sides of the vessel, which in sec-
tion represents the letter El This framing is crossed
with angle iron vertically, which represents in section
the letter T. The great width of the longitudinal and
vertical fr.:ldling leaves a large space across the plates
not supported'hy framing. A comparison of this vessel's
ft-inning with that of the human body will elucidate the
argume•kt as to the middle of the plates between the
frames being weak. Take, for example, the shoulders
and hips to he longitudinal framing, and the waist to be
the plates ; by placing a precsnre on one of the shoulders,
with the opposite hand on the ribs, will solve the ques-
tion whether this fact is not too palpable to be over-
looked in so valuable a piece of property as the Great
Eastern, which, when finished, will cost little short of
one million sterling.
The Great Eastern will, when launched, no doubt
change the ideas and expand the minds of shipowners,
and precaution ought to be taken to turn her out as near
perfection as possible. There is no doubt in my mind
but she will put England and New York within seven
days, and vice versa six days of each other. There is no
difficulty, with capital, of constructing large steamers
that will bring Australia, China, &c., within thirty days
of England.
Bessemer's wonderful discovery in the manufacture of
iron will do great things fur the mercantile marine; not
taking into calculation what it may do for the old fogies
who are folded up in dogmatism, and who infest the
" Circumlocution Office," and with all their " how not
to do it" dispositions, still allow the " Barnacles" to
stick to their sides and bottoms, so as to impede the
inventions and improvements that are the life, wealth,
honour, and glory of enlightened England. It will not
do these days. If the cocked hat, epanlett, sword, &c.,
fraternity of Great Britain fear travelling by sea at over
twelve miles an hour, it does not follow that the traffic
of the would is not to be conveyed, and with safety too,
at upwards of twenty miles per hour, and by vessels that
can he built with an increased strength and internal
capacity to the Great Eastern. It is quite practicable
to attain in these days of iron wonders what might in
olden times have been regarded as impossible. As
for the building wooden vessels for the navy, it is
not to be thought of, after what the French float-
ing batteries developed in the Crimea, which were
built from designs furnished by myself to the Emperor,
and for which 1 hold his Imperial Majesty's receipt. Sq
lam na± speaking off the book. The British government
ratified the same plans at the conclusion of the war as
were put before them at the commencement of it, by
building at Messrs Napier and Sons, on the Clyde,
Messrs. Samuda Brothers, in the Thames, and Messrs.
Palmer Brothers, on the Tyne, floating batteries that
would repel shot ; and now the inmates of the Cireutn.
Locution Office, want to purloin from me my rights. Such
conduct as this is the drawback to improvements in
England, and foreign governments often get that benefit
by
which Great
.Britain ought to profit. As to any silly
a igurnents r 4.seo against iron vessels for plugging the
shot holes, it can be overcome by mechanical applica-
tions, which will sunnount wh.ttt it is not practicable to
rs tover' in wooden vesseN. splmters, fire from hot
shot, dry rot, leakage, &c.
It is practicable to build iron ships strong, free from
leakage. and so internally arrange them tl:at they cannot
sink, and if they get on rocks they would hold together
and save life, and if grounded on a sandy beach would
take no injury. I say, wi bout fear of contradiction,
that what is utterly impossible with fibrous material, is
practicable with metal for ship building, and by which
the climax in that art is only attainable upon scientific
and mechanical
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ranged aGsretaot Eg istvsett
ventilationoeran
allow
wt le)re
studding sail booms to haul inside of them—vide my
patent for masts and spars. J. CLARE, JuN,
21, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool: