The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

XORTHERN TIMES.---T,IVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

the considerations enounced in the report of the
Committee; and upholding to the Swiss Govern-
ment, with all possible emphasis, the steps that
may be taken for that purpose by the government
of Prussia."

These resnlutions are to be immediately com-
municated officially to the Swiss Feeeral Govern-
inent by the German representatives accredited to
Berne.

THE AUSTRIANS IN THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Moniteur deT Armed has the following :—" A
letter from Bucharest of the 25tli states that the
Austrian Government has just confirmed Lieut.
General de Mittziani in the command of the
Imperial troops for the time they have to remain
in the Principalities. He will have, as before, under
his orders, General de Gablentz, who has his head
quarters at Jassy. The points where the Austrians
have garrisons are--in Wallachia: Bucharest, Ter-
govist,lbrail, Giurgevo, Kraiova, and Kalafat—and
in Moldavia : Jassy, Husch. Galatz, and Dhorogola.
In the early part of October, detachments were sent
from other points to Ismail, Reni, and Kilia.
Since the departure of General Coronini in July
last, the effective strength of the corps of occupa-
tion has not been increased, but frequent move-
ments of troops have taken place in consequence
Of ifs being necessary to lighten the burden on the
people, whose resources are very restricted. It
was these movements which gave rise to the
reports of the army having been reinforced by
fresh arrivals of troops.

FEARFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS AT NATAL

The papers to the 29th August, which have
come to hand, dwell on the uneasiness felt at the
rapid increase of. the Kaffir population in the
colony, and speak of public indignation as kept
alive by the repeated Kaffir outrages on young
children and women. The Natal Mercury, •of
August 29, contains a report of no less than three
such cases, and laments the dangers to which
European society is exposed by its position in
contact with a mass of polluting and brutish bkr;
barisrn. The Mercury is goaded to exclaim that
" The nonsense of equal laws and equal justice for
blacks and whites must be discarded, if either
class is to live peaceably in Natal; ".. and then
adds :—'‘ We learn that another outrage has been
committed on an infant daughter of a respectable
inhabitant of this town. This diabolical species
of crime (we beg the devil's pardon, he never.
sunk so low) has suddenly grown to so fright-
ful an extent, that unless something is done
at once, and - resolUtely, to stop' it, there will .
be a rising en masse, a war of extermination,
on the part of the whites against the blacks. Our
human blood will boil over if this lower deep than
hell' of crime is not purged with a torrent of its own
brutal blood. Yet we hear a question of law being
raised as to the admissibility of the evidencethe
artless confessions—of the little ones, the victims
and only witnesses of the outrages.., PerisW we
say, the law and its administrators, if such a
miserable quibbling, inhuman doubt prevail. In •
that case, Judge Lynch shall be quickly installed
in the prostituted seat of .Justice, and the people
will be •' a law unto themselves.' But we are per-
suaded better things of our law and its adminis-
tration, though we thus write!" A number of hon-
ourable men organised themselves on the 19th
of August as the Natal Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hodgkin, the honorary secretary of the
Aborigines Protection Society, has replied
to the above statements of the Natal press.
He says :—" Whatever may be the vices of the
Kaffirs, there has been in the relations between
them and the whites, as regards the treatment of
the females of the one race by the men of the
other, an overwhelmning balance of evil on the
side of the whites." Mr. Hodgkin, in support
,of
the above, cites the opinion of several gentlemen,
long resident in the colony, and concludes his
•defence of the Kaffir tribes thus :—" I have no
doubt of there being a large number of unoffending
and virtuous colonists in Natal, as elsewhere,
whose protection in person and property is, with
goof reason, called for; but this protection may
be much better, and more effectually given by good
laws, fairly applied to persons of all colours, than
by subjecting the natives to Lynch law and corn
mand."

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

TRIESTE, Nov. 11.—The steamer Calcutta arrived
here early this morning from Alexandria, hiving
left that port on the sth inst. The India mail was
to leave Alexandria on the 6th, with advices of the
following dates, viz. Calcutta, Oct. 9 ; Bombay,
17th; Madras, 16th; Ceylon, 16th. The prepara.
tions for the expedition to the Persian Gulf were
continued on a large scale. A detachment from
the army before Herat. bad seized the Afghan city
of Furrath, and sent the governor a prisoner to
Teheran.. Advices had been received from Cabul
to the Ist of October. They represent Herat as
still holdinvout. The Directors of the Great In-
dian Peninsular Railway have issued an advertise-
meat for tenders for a line from Wassma to
Nagpore, a distance of 487 miles. The native
troops at Peshawur were suffering much from
fever. 1- xehange at Bombay, 2s ld 11-16ths, with
an easy money market. The new governmentloan
was making very little progress. Prices in the
import market were steady. The Calcutta market
has been subject to very little change. Exchange,
is Hid to 2s O'd. The statements of Indian
revenues and charges, with the cash balances in
the Treasuries, will henceforth be published
quarterly and annually.

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—.The Rev. William Francis
Taylor was summoned before Mr. Mansfield, yesterday, on a
charge preferred by officer 269, who said he saw the servant
of the defendant out on the sill of the window, cleaning the
glass; it was contrary to the bye-law, as well as dangerous.
The rev. gentleman, of course, was not cognizant of the act
of his servant, but he was fined 55., as the law is
imperative.
SOUTHERN AND TOXTRTH HOSPITAL.—WEEICLY REPORT,
Nov. 11th, 186.—1 n Patients: Discharged—Cured, 15;
relieved, 2; at own request, 0; irregular, 0; dead, 1;
entered, 16; under treatment, b 5. Out patients: cured,
52 ; entered, 39 ; under treatment, 43. Treasurer, James
Houghton, Esq. Visitors, T. Houghton, Esq., and B.
Platt, Esq. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry, B.A.
Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr. Cameron, and
Dr. Petrie. House surgeons, Mr. Edward C. Garland, and
Mr. William Townsend.
SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.--Eliza Kelly, the
daughter of a soldier who was killed before Sebastopol, died
in the Northern Hospital yesterday. The girl was eight
years old, and lived at 27, Blenheim street; and on the 3rd
instant, her clothes caught fire and burned her so severely
th it she died in consequence. The child's mother had just
received a medal with three clasps, sent to her as a reward
for the services of her husband. Mrs. Roberts,. of 8
George's street, was found dead in bed yesterday.
IMPJIITANT QUESTION.—Mr. Dawson, described as a
surgeon, was summoned for driving his vehicle by George's
Church, on Sunday, between three and four, o'clock, during
divine service, contrary to orders issued by the Mayor.
Mr. Mansfield said he had no evidence that the Mayor had
issued such orders, and he dismissed the complaint. There
were two other charges of a similar description, but of
course they were dismissed. [Has the Mayor any such
right, as to give orders to stop up a thoroughfare??]
A scientific expedition, including several eminent Ame-
ricans, is now on the way from the United States to South
America, its object being to make a thorough exploration
of the fauna, flora, and geographical peculiarities of, New
Granada, the Magdalena, and the country round the head
waters of the Amazon then following the course of that river
to the Atlantic. This country has not been traversed by
any scientific investigator since the exploration of Humbolt,
fifiy years ago. The undertaking originated with some
gentlemen of lowa, and is independent of government
support.—The Lancet.
THURSDAY EVENING LECTURES IN ITOPE
gives us pleasure to call attention to the fifth of these inte-
resting lectures, Which takes place this evening. The
lecturer is the Rev. James Julius Wood, D.D., of Dumfries.
The subject of his dissertation is The Revocation of the
Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes marks an important
epoch in the history of France. It was an act of Henry IV.,
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and of several important civil privileges. This just edict,
after proving most auspicious to the trade of the kingdom,
was finally repealed by Louis XIV. Disastrous were the
consequences which ensued from the revocation ;—persecu-
tion, even to death, befell the staunch Protestant; the
trade of the country was,ruined, and thousands of the most
loyal, intelligent, and industrious subjects—leaving their
fatherland—sought safety, religious toleration, and civil
liberty in other countries. Great was the advantage which
those nations derived from the persecuted refugees, to whom
they afforded an asylum. Their eminent knowledge, skill,
and industry in the useful arts, proved a rich reward to
Britain and the other countries who welcomed them to a
peaceful settlement within their confines.