The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-09 00:00:00

I rAtY.

'he P iechnonteie Gazette gives the following
account of the Ring of Sardinia's stay at Nice on
the Ist and,2d inhit, After. receiiing the,visit of
tte Grand Duke Constantine and the Prince of
inrteinberg, 1-I.M went in company with the
Prince de Carrignan to pay a visit the Empress
Dowager of Russia, who invited hitn to partake of
a breakfast, her Majesty's son and the Grand
Duchess Helena being among the guests. In the
afternoon the King gave audience to 'the chief
authorities of the town, and then proceeded to the
Villa de Orestis to pay his respects to the Grand
Ditchets, Olga. to the etenitv, the town. was
splendidly ilitinainated. The King attended 'a
oiro.e given by the Empress, whore Mine Bosio
sang several pieces in Italian and French. On the
following day the King gave a grand dinner to the
authorities.

A letter from Leghorn says that the Grand Duke
Constantine visited Elba on the 26th, and sought
out with the greatest apparent interest all vestiges
of the residence of the-Emperor Napoleon I. His
HiglinesS afterwards left for the Court of
Tuscany.
A letter from Rome, of the 3rd, says : " Cardinal
Villeeourt, a few days ago, consecrated Monsignor
Ainanton, heretofore prior of the Order of St.
Dominick at St. Sabine, as bishop of.the missions
in Persia and Babylon. The ceremony took
place in the church of St. Sabine, which Was given
by Pope lionorins 111 to St Dominick, and in
which the saint's cell is still preserved ; and it was
attended by Cardinal Gaude, and the Bishops of
Nancy, Meux, Toronto, and others. A decree of the
Government, dated the 23th ultimo, makes reduc
tions in the duties on the imphrtation of foreign
goods. The reductions in the import duties
previously effected have produced excellent results,
the value of the goods imported . having risen in
the course of a year from 2,211,277 Roman crowns
to 3.753,712. The municipality of Ferrara has
commenced the draining of a large portion of the
extensive marshes which exist in the pro%*ince of
that name. The Prince: do Sy seise, brother to
the King of Naples. has arrived here, and has had
an aadience of the Pope: The King Bavaria has
made a generous donation to the Society to St
Vincent de Paul, and the society in gratitude has
caused a mass for the King to he celebrated by
the Bishop of Toronto. Queen Christina of Spain
is to leave this city for Paris at the end of April."
Another letter from Rome, in the Corriere Mer-
eanWe of Genoa, states that the arrest of Prince
Simonetti was unaccountably connected with that
of two functionaries of the Post Office of Bologna,
who had discovered by opening certain despatches,
that Austria was making proselytes for . a secret
society called " Stetta Ferdinandea," the object of
Which is to separate the legations from the Papal
States. The Austrian commandant,havinN caused
these functionaries to be imprisoned, the Papal
government, according to this letter, has claimed
their liberation.

THE PAPAL STATES.

ROME, APRIL 2

Various comments have been made here upon
French Ambassador's report to Count Walewski,
which has been reproduced from the Daily News in
some of the continental journals. It is generally
concluded, however, that the prolonged residence
at Rome of a minister so profoundly penetrated
with the advantages of ecclesiastical government
as M. de Rayneval, may be taken as a demonstra-
tion of the benevolence with which the French
Government, whether from interested or disinte-
rested motives, at present regards the Government
of his Holiness and the administration of Cardinal
Antonelli, So long, therefore, as France approves
of the actual political regime of the Roman States,
and maintains a standing force, whether, great or
small, for the protection of that regime, it is evident
that she considers the welfare of the priests
paramount to that of the people.
With regard to the material condition of his
Holiness's subjects, there is some truth in the
ambassador's report; nor is it common, at any
rate, in or about Rome, to hear of cases of such
profound destitution as occasionally afflict the
public ear in other countries, not excepting our
own over-populated metropolis ; but the utter
exclusion of the more enlightened class of laymen,
not only from any participation in the administra-
tion of the state, but even from the right of
expressing their opinions upon so weighty a
question, appears to be considered by his Excellency
as a matter of very secondary importance, provided
the carriages of prelates in office continue to roll to
and from the Vatican, and wealthy communities
continue to distribute soup to the needy supplicants
around their convent gates.

Ample recompenses have been awarded by the
Minister of Arms to the officers and men who
succeeded in quelling the recent revolt of the
political prisoners in the Castle of Palliano. De-
corations are to grace the breasts of the officers ;
medals and promotions will reward the zeal of the
sergeants and corw)rals ; and pecuniary gratifica-
tions will console the common soldiers for any
regret they may have entertained at being obliged
to shoot so many unarmed although rebellious
prisoners. The Papal Government reserves its
decorations for its sbirri.

The official journal of Rome, of the 31st nit.,
contradicts a statement in the Official Gazette of
Verona and the Tuscan Monitor, that the French
military authorities had demanded communication
from the Roman Minister of Public Work 4. of the
plans for the railway from Rome to Civita Vecchia.
and had decided that these plan s,althotw.h approved
of by the Cour cil of Arts, would in a few years ruin
the port and fortress of Civita Vecchia. The Roman
journal denies that the French authorities have
applied for the plans, or that the opinion of the
Council of Arts has been impugned by any one ;
and adds that the plans for the station and port
of Civita Vecchia are not yet decided upon ;
but that the works of the line are being carried on
actively at several points. Yesterday afternoon
enormous placards appeared about Rome inviting
the inhabitants of the Papal dominions to subscribe
for shares in the Great Pin Central line of railway,
extenclCng from Civita Vecchia, throu►,h Rome,
Ancona, and Bologna, to F,,rrara, a total distance
of 619 kilometers, tl►e vortoessitm for which is to be
granted to the companyfor 95 years, and a minimum
interest of 6 per cent., besides the sinking fund
guaranteed by the Roman government upon the
social capital of 175 millions of francs. Of
170,000 shares offered to the competition of pur-
chasers, 40,000 are reserved for the inhabitants of
the Roman States, and these are put into the mar-
ket at par, viz., 500 francs, whilst in France the
starting price has been fixed at 510 francs, on ac-
count of the supposed advantages presented by the
speculation. The Romans, in their usual satirical
vein, are amused at so important an invitation
being issued to the public on April fool day.
The successful result of the reduction of duties
on foreign goods put into practice in 1855 and
1856, having been manifestly demonstrated to the
Government, a third diminu►ion in the tariff was
announced in the official journal of the 28th ult ,
which is to come into effect immediately, even
upon merchandise already deposited in the several
custom houses of the State. The articles men-
tioned are principally cotton, linen, and mixed
articles, in the supply of which, of course, British
looms play the most active part, and will conse-
quently be benefitted by this onward step in the
' direotion of free trade. Clothes, leather, furs,