Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

On THURSDAY next, the

27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' Office,
2,000 Bags Bombay LINSEED,
2,000 Pockets Bengal LINSEED,
400 Bags Black PEPPER.
T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co., Brokers.

Apply to

NEXT WEEK

On WEDNESDAY, February 2nd, at the Brokers' Saleroom,
Oldhall-street,
263 Bags Angola, ORCHELLA WEED,
22 Bales Mozambiquo
just landed, per Hoppet, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs. Leech,
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ROOKE, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers.

On :Salt.

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ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT.
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ON SAM

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TUESDAY, JAN UARY 25, 1859

THE DAY'S NEWS

The advices from abroad are of a contradictory
nature. From the movements of the French
Minister of War, who has ag!tin entered into
negotiations for a very decided increase of army
and navy supplies of provisions, it would seem
that war, if not decided upon, is expected. According
to the Paris correspondent of the Globe, the proba-
bilities of war early in spring are uppermost in every
mmd, and though the preparations on the French

side are of sufficient notoriety, the efforts of Aus-
tria partake of a more desperate, indeed, a some-
what spasmodic character. The Tuscan Court is
now a regular battle-field, where the whole influ-
ence of Vienna is at work to obtain an alliance
offensive against Piedmont, Baltazzarom and a few
vigorous Italian patriots tugging in an opposite
direction. The second son of the Grand Duke
takes a decided part against the foreigner, as do
all the Leopoldine foes of a concordat, and there is
the usual amount of intrigue on both sides. Gen.
Ferrari, an Austrian at heart, wants to raise the
forces of Tuscany under his command from 12,000 to
16,000, and he is in constant intercourse with Count
' Giulay. The latter is not so foolish as to think of
placing these troops in front of a Sardinian
army, to which they would go over en masse,
but he seeks to create a rear-guard against the
French when they disembark at the gulph of
Spezzia. In 'point of fact the only troops in
Central or Southern Italy really available for the
brunt of battle are the four thousand Swiss in the
Pope's pay, and 7,000 kept by Bomba, stalwart
but soulless desperadoes, the refuse of Swiss
ignorance, who care little on which side they fight,
so the pay and • the schnapps are abundant.
Another correspondent says the Empire
is peace. He says—" Nothing can be more
erroneous than to suppose that the Emperor wishes
to avail himself of the Austro-Italian difficulty to
give employment to his army ; nothing also can
be more erroneons than to represent the French
Government as eagerly seeking tho • occasion of
picking a wolf-and-the-lamb-kind of quarrel with
the cabinet of. Vienna. Much as the Emperor has
the settlement of the Italian question at heart,
his Majesty would much rather see it decided by
means of a congress than by the ultirna ratio. He
knows full well the horrors war entails upon the
country where it is waged, and that it cannot be
carried on without great sacrifices.

The Moniteur, of yesterday, announces the con-
clusion of a "family alliance" between France
and Sardinia! in order to draw closer the ties
which unite them. This is the marriage between
the Princess Clotilda and the Prince Napoleon,
the ceremony of which will shortly, take place at
Turin. The official paper adds that the Emperor
will never make the interests of France depend
upon a family alliance, and it contradicts a state-
ment that has been made that the King of Sar-
dinia only consented to this match on condition of
a treaty offensive and defensive being signed
between the two Governments.

The address of the Sardinian Senate in answer
to the speech from the throne is less warlike
than that of the Lower Chamber. Its first
sentence speaks of " imposing a check on wild
desires." ,

On Friday, the House of Deputies of the
Prussian Landtag adopted the reply to the speech
from the throne, which is represented as a mere
paraphrase of that speech. The commission
entrusted with drawing up this reply consisted
of the most prominent members of the Liberal
majority, and no great discussion 'seems to have
taken place when the draft was laid before the
House.

Of late we have been called upon to report the
fall of houses with a frequency most disheartening.
To-day we publish the particulars of the fall of a
, warehouse and iron foundry in London, on Satur-
day night. Had the occurrence taken place two
hours previously the loss of life must have been
immense, as there were a very large number of
hands engaged on the premises. As it was, we
are happy to say, no lives were lost.
It will be remembered that some time ago a
man named Robinson was sentenced by the
Recorder of Liverpool to seven years' penal
servitude for stealing a dog. The Superior
Courts have reversed the decision on account
of its excessive severity, and the Conviction is
accordingly quashed.
The annual meeting of the Liverpool Eye and
Ear Infirmary was held yesterday. The income
from yearly expenditure is only about one-third
of the expenditure, but we are happy to say that
the deficit is generally made up by donations.
Such a valuable institution should enlist the
sympathies of all our charitable townsmen.
The death of the venerable Henry Hallam, the
distinguished historian of the English Constitu-
tion, is announced. He died on Saturday, at the
age of eighty-one.

-The Irish landlords really poseess a limited
obstinacy, and their stupidity has a bottom, after
all. They have bowed before the rebukes ad-
mininistered from all sides, and have abandoned
their proposed meeting to inaugurate a renewed
reign of coercion. Instead, they will harmlessly
memorialise the Lord Lieutenant, who will take
very good care to come before the High Court of
Parliament clear from all open participation in
their plan for reviving ale " Pale.

The America, which arrived yesterday, brings
us four days' later news from the United States.
In the
.Senate a bill had been introduced, asking
for an appropriation of thirty million dollars for
the purchase of the Island of Cuba. We publish
in another column the more important portions of
the bill. The French Spoliation Bill had passed
the Senate. The news from Kansas contains a copy
of the message of the Governor of that Terri-
tory, but is not of much consequence. He regrets
" the growing disposition of various parties in the
Union to override the voters, and corrupt the ballot
box," and hints that Kansas may get more liberal
favours from Congress as a Territory than as a
State. It would appear from the Washington
correspondence of the Boston papers that the
republican members of Congress have determined
to resist the admission of Oregon as a State, which
the friends of the administration are now
endeavouring to effect. The anxiety which is
shown to secure the -speedy admission of this
Territority is easily explained, when the near
approach of the next presidential election,
and the fact that the choice of President is very
likely to devolve once more upon the House Of
Representatives, is fairly considered. In that
case, Oregon, with a population not so large as
that of Providence, will balance the vote of the
State of New York, and possibly secure demo-
cratic ascendency for another four years. It is
quite natural, therefore, that, the friends of the
administration should be anxious to provide in
season for such a contingency as this and, we
may add, there is just as good reason why
their opponents should oppose the step
which it is proposed to take, if the ques-
tion of admitting a new State ought ever
to be influenced by any such considerations.
Advices from Mexico state that General Zuloaga
had been deposed by the forces under General
Robles, and had taken refuge in the house of the
English Minister. General Robles announces
himself as the head of the conservatives, and has
sent commissioners to Vera Cruz, to treat with
General Juarez for a union with the liberals.

THE SHIPPING INTEREST IN ITS RUINS.

WE have been favoured with a communication,
"for private reading," from a highly respectable
Shipowner of this port, whose object is to
controvert what we have lately said, from time to
time, in these columns, on the present policy of
this country with regard to the Shipping Interest.
Our friend, we regret to say, is evidently out of
humour with us, because we will not acknowledge
that the British Shipping Interest is ruined by
that policy. He thinks we would be "all the
better of knowing a few facts ;" and he is kind
enough to relate one or two for our especial
benefit_ "Theory," he says, "is all very fine, hut
the finest spun theory that will not stand the
strain of facts, must sooner or later break down."
Now, there cannot possibly be any objection to
this. The question, indeed, is altogether one of
facts—not of theory. And it is entirely upon the
facts of the case that we have rested our argument
against the pretences so piteously put forth in
'vertain quarters, that the Shippin In•
g tereot of this