The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-15 00:00:00

ITALY AND THE ENGLISH PRESS.

Oentlemeh, the Oindiples announced by Count Cavour
at Paris, are the same to which so many of our best and
bravest countrymen have fallen victims. Till very lately
they were but simple though warm aspirations of a cer-
tain party, frowned at.and scouted by the powers and
even by the nations of Europe, who deemed them fraught
with danger to the general, peace and security, nut
these prmbiples haire now found an open and a legal
utterance ; they are embodied in a free and yet orderly
and peaceful state—an Italian state; they are allowed
by a lawful King • they go forth into the world under an
acknowledged and a respected standard.
That standard, gentlemen—our national standard, the
only hope of Italy, reared aloft, and held up by the con-
stancy and loyalty of our true-hearted King—has waved,
not without honour, beside those of England and Prance
on the shores of the Tauric peninsula. It has at last
brought together, and joined all the hearts, the wants,
and interests—the longings of all Italians—and breathed
into them a confident hope that the hour is at hand when,
by unanimity and valour, they may make their country
their own.

To hasten that hour, gentlemen, powerful aid has been
yielded by all the free European press, and by the freest
of all—the English. That press has strenuously brought
the cause of Italy before the high court of public opinion—
it has maintained in the face of Europe that our national
aspirations were not the wild schemes of hairbrained
youths or the plot of obscure fanatics, but that they wete
shared alike by all men who understood the real, pressing,
irresistable wants of a divided and oppressed country
panting for union, for freedom, for a manly reclamation
of its birthright. That press has shown that Italy is not
to be governed by gaols and scaffolds, that the feeling
which is now abroad in the country is not to be quenched
in blood,'but is only strengthened by it. That Press will
now, we have no doubt, follow up its sacred mission, and
when the day comes for a renewal of our national contest
it will have enlisted iti our behalf the good wishes and
sympathy of the friends of freedom and progress through..
out the world.

Thanks to you, then, gentlemen, who have exhibited
generous and chivalrous feelings for the cause of the
oppressed. We are mere youths, and can do no more
than give you this slight token of our regard and grati-
tude but the day' is, perhaps, at hand when the Italian
youth, matured by age, may yet stand by old England,
and fight out the cause of religious and political freedom
all the world over, and show themselves worthy of the
esteem of the free men of England of all parties.
We have the honour to be, gentlemen; your obliged
servants, in the name of the students of the -University
of Turin, RONCHIETTI GIOANNI,
NIGRA MICHELANGRLO,
FERRARIS CARLO,
GIAN Doas. FORCART.

Turin, June 24, 1856

Despatches from 13ucharest of July 9, announces that
Prince Stirbey, Hospador of Wallachia, had abdicated
his goVernment.
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the sth, says—Lord
Wodehouse was received yesterday by the Emperor
Alexander, in the palace of Tsarskoeselo, at a private
audience.

'VIENNA, July 12.—This Horning, at half-past five
o'clock, the Empress was delivered of a daughter; at
eight, a salvo of 21 guns announced the birth of the
Princess. ATe Deems was chattnted at eleven o'clock.
The Impefial infant was christened on Sunday, the 13th.
TUE PEERAGE.—The Queen has been pleased to order
a writ to be issued under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for summoning
Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, Esq. (commonly called Earl
of Shelburne), to the House of Peers, by the style and
title of Baron Wycombe, of Chepping Wycombe, in the
county of Bucks.

MAnaID, iuly 11.—The statement that Carlist bands
had again appeared in the Basque provinces is contra-
dicted. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, of the
10th, states that the difference between Spain and
Mexico has been arranged, and that the Spanish fleet is
to return immediately to Havannah. The Madrid
Gazette denies that any commotion had been caused in
Saragossa, by men making exhortations to the people to
burn down manufactories.

FROME ELECTION.—It appears from the Somerset and
Wilts Journal that a meeting of the conservative electors has
been held, at which resolutions were passed recommending
Lord Edward Thynne to withdraw from the contest, many
of that party having promised their votes to the Hon.
Major Boyle—a near relative of the Earl of Cork and
Orrery, whose funeral took place in the parish church of
Frome on Tuesday. No public meetings have been held by
either of the candidates. The friends of Mr. Donald
Nicoll, however, are active in canvassing, with good
hopes.

MALICIOUS BURGLARY IN A. NEWSPAPER OFFICE.—The
Glasgow Chronicle newspaper office w:ts broken into during
last Saturday night. The desks were broken open, but no
booty was obtained. The burglars then visited the
composing room, and smashed the form of types, standing.
advertiements, &c. One " form," or newspaper page of
types, were knocked into "pie," a galley containing a
column of advertisement " matter," or composed types, was
thrown into a fireplace. and shelves containing standing
advertisements more or less damaged. In all, upwards of
thirty columns of composed matter have been destroyed.
The police have traced the theft to John Gordon, a boy
about fourteen years of age, who? a few months ago, was
dismissed from the Chronicle office. He has been remitted
to the sheriff.

The Daily News, in its leading article, says :—Although
the attack of paralysis, with which Lord Hardinge was
seized at Aldershott has not seriously impaired his
mental faculties, and is so little of a mortal character,
that there is every reason to hope the gallant officer's
life may for some years be preserved to his family and
his friends, there can, we suppose, be little doubt that
Lord Hardinge's command of the army has practically
terminated, and that the very serious duty has devolved
upon her Majesty's government of advising the crown
on the occasion of a vacancy at the Horse Guards.—
The Morning Pest says :—We are enabled to state that
her Majesty has appointed Lieut.-General His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge to be Commader-in-
chief of the army, in the room of Viscount Hardinge,
whose state of health is unhappily such as to have
induced him to tender his resignation.

BRITISH SUBJECTS ABROAD.—FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY
I.—Whereas divers British subjects, who have entered
into engagements for employment abroad as railway
labourers, miners, engineers, stokers, and firemen, on
board steam•vessels, and in other capacities (such engage-
ments in general containing no provision for the main-
tenance of such British subject, or for furnishing them
with the means of returning to this country), have applied
to her Majesty's Consuls in foreign parts for relief es
distressed British subjects, and considerable expense has
been incurred in relieving such persons, and in sending
them back to thi ; country; notice is hereby given, that
for the future all persons who accept engagements for
employment in foreign countries as such railway labourers,
miners, engineers, stokers, and firemen, as aforesaid, or
in any other capacity, are not considered by her Majesty's
government to be entitled to relief as distressed British
subjects, or to be sent back to this country at the public
expense ; and such persons 1... e hereby warned that her
Majesty's consuls abroad have received orders hencefor—
ward not to afford relief in such cases.

EMPLOYMENT FOR THE EDUCATED.—The Society Of
Arts have received from about five hundred gentlemen,
whose position places nominations to remunerative employ-
ments at their command, the declaration that " having
considered the memorandum of the council of the Society
of Arts, and its plan for examining and granting certificates
to the students of classes f:or adult instruction in the lite-
rary and scientific institutions, mechanics' institutes,
athenaeums, and similar bodies in union with the said society,
they desire to promote the success of the plan, and are
prepared to regard as testimonials worthy of credit such
certificates as may be awarded in conformity thereto." The
names of the gentlemen who have signed this declaration
are given in this week's Journal of the Society of Arts. A
large proportion of them are managers of railways, banks,
and similar public institutions. Others are well known
merchants, manufacturers, engineers,
.ship builders, and
capitalists. The first name on the list is that of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, and it is followed by the signatures
of several bishops and temporal peers.

CORONER'S IN Q UEST3.—Yesterday, the deputy-coroner,
Francis Venn, Esq., held the following inquests :—On the
body of John Makin, 36 years of age, who received injuries
some time ago, whilst in a state of intoxication, and
labouring under a disease. Verdict. Died from the effects
of a fall.—On the body of Thos. Flynn, 70 years of age,
who was a pitcher at the docks. He died suddenly on
Saturday whilst at work. Verdict, Died from natural
causes.—On the body of William Frith, a carter, who died
in consequence of being thrown out of a cart on the Wal-
ton Road, whilst going to the races. The deceased was
intoxicated at the time. Verdict, Died from the injuries,
as stated, received by the fall.—On the body of Charles
Wilcox, 25 years of age, who resided at No. 11, Great
Howard-street. Deceased had been a teetotaller for a
long time, but some days ago he broke the pledge, and
had never been sober since. He died at the Northern
Hospital, and from the evidence of Mr. Wall, the surgeon,
death was caused by excessive drinking. Verdict accord-
ingly.—Ort the body of Henry Jackson, 32 years of age,
who resided in Chisenhale-street. The deceased was a
cripple, and some time ago he accidentally had his thigh
broken, and died from the effects of the injury. Verdict
accordingly.--On the body of a boy named I'. M'Autrey,
four years of age, who was killed in the street by a timber
carriage passing over him. Verdict accordingly.

The following address of the students of the University
of Turin to the conductors of the English press has just
reached this country

Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned students of. the Mi.
versity of Turi►i, would wish to convey to you, gentlemen
of the English press, the feelings of our high respect and
gratitude.

The lively interest and earnest zeal with which you
have advocated and developed the principles set forth by
the Sardinian Minister at the Paris Conferences have laid
us under a deep sense of obligation, and we speak in our
own name and in that of our fellow-students of all the
Itatian states and provinces to whose thoughts and feel-
ings no utterance is allowed.