Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

NOVA• SCOTIA.

His Excellency the Governor, the Earl of Mulz
grave, opened the Parliament of Nora Scotia in
person on the 26th ultimo, when he delivered the
following speech:—
"In meeting this Parliament for the first time,
it gives me much pleasure to be able to congratu-
late you upon the prosperous condition of the
province.

" You will be gratified to learn that, notwith-
standing the diminution of the royalty on coal,
and although the distilleries have not been in
operation during the last nine months, the
revenue has exceeded that of any former year,
fully realising the estimates submitted to the
Legislature.

"It is a matter of congratulation that, while
under existing► arrangements the operations of
the General Mining Association have considerably
increased, new and valuable discoveries have
been made in our mineral resources, which are
stimulating provincial enterprise, attracting
foreign capital, and bid fair at no distant day to
introduce vigorous and healthy competition, by
which trade will be largely extended, and the
revenue increased.
" A commissioner was appointed under the act
relating to the Indian reserves, and some progress
has been made in their adjustment, the report of
which will be laid before you. - -
" The entire absence of any organised local
force for the defence of the province has induced
me, during the recess, to authorise the formation
of volunteer companies throughout the country ;
and I am happy to inform you that my endeavours
have been cordially responded to, not only by the
inhabitants of this city, but in many parts of the
province.
" Several companies have already been organ-
ised, and others are in the course of formation.
" Thiee thOnsand stand of Enfield rifles, 'of the
best description; have been placed at my disposal
by the home government for the purpose of arming
these volunteers ; and I trust that the same feel-
ing which has been so generally evinced in the
mother country, and also in some of the colonies
of her Majesty's empire, will induce you liberally:
to support the movement, so as to enable me to
reader this force effective.
" I have directed that the correspondence on
this subject shall be laid before you ;and some
modification 'of the militia laws will be'sUbmitted
for your consideration.
" The railways to Truro and Windsor having
been finished, the expense of operating and up-
holding these lines has been placed at the lowest
point consistent with the safety and efficiency of
the road, and, as far as was practicable, with our
present legislation.
"By consolidating the railway and public works
departments further economy may be effected,
and your attention will shortly be called to that
subject.
" The large amount annually required to meet
the payment of interest on the railway debt must
for some time severely tax your resources, and
imperatively demands the most stringent economy
in order to preserve intact the public credit.
"A proposition to transfer to the executive the
initiation of money votes will be submitted for
your deliberation ; that system having been
found indispensable in England, and already
advantageously adopted in New Brunswick and
other colonies.

" Your attention vill be called to. the propriety
of extending the- principles of intereolonial free
trade to manufactured articles, in addition to
those products now interchanged without duty
between the British North American colonies.

" A careful investigation has been had into the
condition and working of the savings' bank, the
result of which will be laid before you, and your
attention will be invited. to some modification of
the existing stem.
" The conflicting clauses of the Decimal Cur-
rency Act of last session demand your early con-
sideration. It is also desirable that some amend-

ments relating to lunatics, by which the hospital
for the insane—an institution already so exten-
sively useful—may be rendered still more widely
beneficial.

"I fervently trust that your deliberations may
contribute to the peace, prosperity, and advance-
ment of this thriving colony, so deeply indebted
to Almighty God for the numerous blessings it
now enjoys."

The ..(Vorth British Mail reports that damarie to the
amount of about £4,000 has been caused by a fire whith
occurred on Saturday at the Bishop-street grain mills,
Port Dundas, occupied by Messrs. 'William and James
Galbraith.
EXTRAORDINARY FRENCH STORY.—The Journal de
la Niere contains the following :—" It may be remem-
bered that an account was lately given of the dis-
covery, in a field at Lacelle-sur-Loire, in the Nievre, of
not fewer than seventeen human skeletons. The matter
was considered very extraordinary, as the field had
never served for a cemetery, and there was no record of
any person having been interred in it. What made the
discovery seem stranger was that some years back,
in cutting a road in the same field, ten skeletons were
found there. The excavations having been continued
in the field, fifteen other skeletons have been found
within the last few days, makinr, a total of 42 ! Soule
of the local: journals have spread the report that the
skeletons were those of travellers murdered by the
keeper of a road-side public-house to whom the field
belongs, and that this man and his wife had in conse-
quence been arrested. The journals added that the
daughter of the couple, knowing
,of the crimes, com-
mitted suicide some years back. But from an inv6sti.L
gation made by the local authorities there appears no
reason whatever to suspect this innkeeper. The man has
always enjoyed an excellent reputatißn. He is not the
owner of the field, and moreover, his house has only been
built some twenty years, whereas several of the skeletons,
according. to medical men, have been interred at least
thirty. Nevertheless, the conviction of the authorities is
that the forty-two persons whose skeletons have
been found were really murdered ; and the proba-
bility is, they think, that the murders were com-
mitted by the occupiers of one of three houses stand-
ing in the field in question, which bears the name
of Le , Champ des Braults, and is a short distance
from the village. From a grindstone and remains of
different articles being found with some of the skeleton's,
the belief is that such persons were hawkers. , Even if
the perpetrators of the murders should be ,discovered,
they cannot be proseented,'inasmuch as the' skeletons
show that the crimes must have been committed from
thirty to twenty years back, and Art. 647 of the Criminal
Code declares that no prosecution for a crime punishable
by death can be instituted after ten years without any
proceedings having been taken."

BURNS.—The best remedies hitherto known.for burns
are laudanum, freely applied externally, andalum water;
the injured limb being repeatedly bathed in the latter,
or else wrapped in a rag saturated with it, If applied
very soon after the accident, the relief (we speak from
experience) is instantaneous. , The Abeilli Medipale, in
its last number, mentions another remedy, just
discovered by Dr. Velpeau : it is the sub-
nitrate of bismuth, a white powder, also" known
under the common name of pearl-white, and which
some people use under the form of pomatum, to
dye their -hair black with, though it is apt to cause
nervous twinges in the face. M. Velpeau discovered
its property of healing burns while experimenting On it
as a disinfecting powder applicable to sores in general.
After various successful trials he had occasion to apply
it in the case of a woman Who was brought to the
Hospital of La Charite with a large burn covering the
whole upper part of her arm, and already six days
old. It presented all the characteristics of in-
flammation, such as pain., swelling, redness, &c. Dr.
Velpeau caused the epidermis to be stripped off the whole
surface of the wound, and the sub.-nitrate of bismuth to
be copiously sprinkled over it; the part was kept ex-
posed to the open air, and the sub-nitrate changed when
soaked and coagulated in clots. On the morning of the
following day all pain had ceased; the redness and
swelling had considerably diminished, and the cure was
effected in the course' of a few days.—Galignani.

• SARDINIA.

3

A letter from Turin of the Ist, in the Const lit:-
tionuel, says:—
" Count Cavour opened his salons the evening
before last for the first time, and they were litei -
ally too small to contain the brilliant crowd that
flocked to theta. The relations between Count
Cavour and M. Thouvenel, the new French
minister of foreign affairs, are said to have been'
already established on an excellent footing. The
French cabinet, however, it is reported, thought
it necessary, a few days ago, to complain in a .
friendly way of the mistrust which the Sardinian'
government appeared at times to feel towards its
best ally, and at the same time gave some counsels of
prudence. Count Cavour is said to have received:
these communications very graciously, expressing-
warmly his constant gratitude for the services
rendered to Italy by France, and his entire con-
fidence for the future in the noble and generous
support of the Emperor Napoleon. As to the
fears which were expressed to him that he was
giving a too precipitate and consequently dans,
gerous impulse to the march of affairs in Italy,,
the count sought to remove them by himself ex-
plaining to the French minister at Turin the
terms of his circular to the Sardinian legations,
and the language of which is essentially con-
servative. By way of conclusion, I will give two
items of locd news: Count Nomis de Cossila has
been appointed mayor of Turin, and Count Ca-
voUr elected honorary member of the Academy
of Milan." •

We have the following under the head of
" Gossip from Turin" :—" The ministerial organ
two days age published an article on the proba-
bilities of war. Cavour's circular, which I sent
you yesterday, cautiously as it is worded, seems
to predict an imminent and dangerous crisis. One
of the Turin papers, a moderate and generally
well-informed organ, canvasses the probabilities
of Piedmont and the Central Italian league having
to encounter Austria, Rome, and Naples, single-
handed, and is filled with the most dismal fore-
bodings. It estimates that Austria can easily
sally forth from Venetia with 150,000 men,
Rome can muster 20,000, and Naples 50,000
men, forming an aggregate of 220,000 men.
,‘ The. Piedmont army (continues the writer) is
• now--thanks to General La Marmora—reduced
,to 35 000 men. Say it can be increased to
I. 100,000-40,000 men are required for home
service. There remains 60,000 men, which,
added to the 40,000 or 50,000 from Central Italy,
would bring up the whole force to 100,000 or
110,000, to meet exactly double that number.
,Austria is provided with excellent arms, ours are
wretched, thanks always to General La Marmora.
Austria has rifled cannon, we have none, thanks
again to La Marmora.' I cannot, of course, tell
you anything about the accuracy of these details;
but I observe that the able and well-informed
correspondent of the Presse, who also quotes the
above passage, vouches for its correctness."

LEITH.—ARRIVAL OF LARGE GUNS AND AMMUNI-
TION.—On Saturday, a company of the Royal Artillery
from Leith Fort was engaged landing about twenty
cannons
Tfremgauncsuttearre whichalrof hlaardgearricavleibdref, rom Wool-
wich.but
someof them are extremely formidable looking, being
64-pounders. Some of the guns are to be conveyed
to Leith Fort, and others are to be forwarded to
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and several places along the north.
coast. It is said that they are for the use of the volun-
teers. The cutter also brought a quantity of ammuni-
tion, and numerous gun carriages.—Edinburgh Courant.
VISIT OF THE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN TO AUSTRALIA.
—The All England Eleven are prepared to make a voyage
to the Antipodes, with a view to competing with the
Australian cricketers. Private letters have been received
in Melbourne from England, and stating that upon cer-
tain terms "The Eleven" will take so long an ocean .
voyage, on the understanding that they are to play a
series of matches against the best teams the Australian
=fir elt can produce. The subject will be very shortly
brought before the public, and if the response be favoura-
ble, negotiations will be at once entered into.—.Anatra-
lien and New Zealand Gazette.
EARTHQUAKE IN TASMANIA..—On November 28,
about five o'clock, a violent shock of an earthquake was
felt at Circular Head, frightening the inhabitants out of
their beds, and even out of their houses, in their night-
dresses, many expecting them to fall. The shock was
preceded by a low rumbling noise, .which lasted
minute; it was then followed by a tremendous shaking.
The course of the shock was from north to south, as
nearly as could be judged. This was the second severe
shock that has been felt within the last month. There
was a severe shock on the Sunday previous, at three
p.m., and there were at least two previous shocks during
the night of the 10th December, but not so severe as
the one above mentioned. . There did not appear to be
any disturbance in the electrical state of the atmosphere,
as the apparatus at the Telegraph-office was not at all
affected.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette
THE AFFAIRS OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON BANK.—A
shareholders' meeting of this bank, which it will be re-
membered had to close its doors during the late mone-
tary crisis, was held in the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton,
on Monday. The directors' 'report showed that the
total loss on bad and doubtful accounts arising out of
amount
epterorfiso;
sf loan
othf et
hleoefs
ys
xenlitoorwoi 580t500700
hadwae tr
e£bzle3lesln,,Bopo2a44idllo6o
ssff..
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ddaiedTTht
that crisis was £138,164 Bs. id.. The assets of a large
proportion of these accounts had been realised, and the
hh
eee
netdire
directors recommended a dividend of ss. per share, on the
Ist of March, .for the past year, which would leave a
balance of £8,524 16s. 3d. The committee of the share-
holders, appointed when the bank was shut up, also pre-
sented a report, in which it was stated—" The crisis is
now passed, and the committee retire from their labours
with the fullest assurance as to the future."
REPORTED ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The arrival of the
Prince of Orange at Windsor, where it is said he has
been received in an extraordinarily cordial manner, has
revived a iiimour of some standing, to the effect that his
Royal Highness is a candidate for the hand of the
Princess Alice. Some assert even_ that the day for the
nuptials has already been fixed, and that preparations
for the ceremony are being- made at this moment, both
here in London, and at the Hague. This, perhaps, would
be difficult to prove; but so much is certain, that the
event appears to be highly probable, and that the
relation of the two royal families of England and
Holland, as well as the respective ages of the bride and
bridegroom, still more favour this supposition. Tho
heir-apparent to the throne of the Netherlands, Prince
William Nicolaus Alexander Frederick Charles Henry,
Prince of Orange, was born Sept. 4, 1840, and is there-
fore now approaching twenty ; and Princess Alice, as
is well known, was born April 15;-1843, and has con-
sequently to celebrate her seventeenth birthday in a
short time hence. The Princess Royal, it will be
temembered, was only seventeen years and two months
at the period of her nuptials with Prince Frederic
William of Prussia.—Court Circular.
BURGLARY AT NEWTON HEATH.—At the New Bai-
ley, on Monday, George Johnson was charged with having
on Saturday evening broken into the house of Mr. Alfred
Wells, Boslin-terrace, Newton-heath. _The. prosecutor-
left his residence at seven o'clock in company with his
wife, intending to spend the night with a relation in
Manchester. Shortly after they were gone, a neigh-
bour, Mr. Samuel Husband, perceiving a light in the
com-
panyst a t nw
with
hd
another
eheinr information. Sergeant
went
house, and hearing an unusual noise, went to the Police-
er
station
a guard at the front door went to the back where
mt
he saw the gas-light in the kitchen put out. . B
the prisoner
afterwards entered the house, and found Stoergtheeeetht
concealed in the kitchen. The house had beenl
beingappare
corn-
-pletely
ransacked, papers and wearing
bottom of the
The prisoner had been
stairs was a btindle evidently prepared for removalOn
strewed about in all directions. At theePiacei
they prisoner's person was found a pocket compass and
a pocket needle case, which the prosecutor identified as
had been
'obtains d
his properly-. Entrance to the house.
by the removal of a pane of glass front, under
the window fastener. The prisoner's hand was cut, and.
about the drawers and places that were ransacked blood
"knocker-up" by the prosecutor, and he
for
said that he called at the house his usual weekly
braseiplbeeydeaduabse bedaubed in several places.
Went ln, but
secreted himself ivh became frightened, and _ en he heard
parties entering the house. Tir prisoner acknowledged
that he was a returned convict, but said that he had
recently tried to get his living in an honest manner.—
He was committed to the ePF-1.0.
payment. Finding the door open he eßenanild.t

Ey order nf the Executors. —Without'Reserve.
To-morrnw,(Thursdal), 9th inst., at Oae o'clock, at the Brokers'
Sl,jlroom, Middletan-buiVings, 1, Rumford-street,
The Fis4ing Smack
_
EARLE;
110*., 36gtons per register.;. length, 47 feet 3 inekes ;
itireidget bresith, 13 feet 9 inoltm ;,depth, 8 feet 2 inches..;
- built at Liverpool ; copper,fastened. Now lying
in Wellington Dock. For further particulars apply to
TONGE & CO.,
Brokers for the Sale and Purchase of Ships.

By order of tale Executors of thelate Robert Riley, Esq.
,fin Thursday, the Wth instant, at One AVeletk, at the Brokers'
Salerooms, Middleton-buildinae,:l,, Rumford-street,
EIGHT SIXTY-FOURTH SHARES
,r<,
in the British-built Aarque
B A RRACO UTA ;
//_0i!,,i'4,1 382 tons laps per register, 430 tons Eat. ; built at
Arbroath in 1858, under special survey, and
classed at Lloyd's A' 1 .ten years ; copper-fastened, and has
just teen newly copperas in London. Lyinglattondon Dock,

Also, TWELVE feIXTY-FOURTH SHAEES
in the fine Liverpool-built Ship
MARGAP-ET DEANE ;
320 tons sat., 470 tons old register, 423 tons rt.x.v..• built at
Liverpool.= 1854 ; is copper-fastened, and just newl,y,kbeathed
with yellpw.nietal.

•
Alsq, EIGHT SIXTY-FOURTH SHARES
iu the fine Briarla-built Ship
MIMOSA ;
.-UlO tons (Lat.. 447 10754500 tons old register; built %real!,
ea. Aberdeen, sad launched about Aline, 1853 ; built of n.ate-
rials for an A 1 eight year's class; cop Fer-fastened aad sheottlpd
yellow metalls. January, 1859.
These vessels are all in the best possible condition, well
aged and generally profitably empleged. For further pai.-
tiettlars apply to TONGE & CO.'
Brokers for the Sale and Purchase of Ships.

On Thursday, the lOth instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers'
saleroom, Middleton-buildings, 1, Ruraford-street,
• The very suPerio- three-masted Schooner or
Barkentine HERCULES;
•/' *l 114 tons register pew new measurement, 156 tons
if, .6 0 vg., id This is a most desirable vessel for any
..dtLd "•• •
Made, having the combined qualities of good
R ;mg,- fast sailing, and very small draft of water; is fitted
with larr- hatches for machinery„o.nd since her repairs, being
-iirkenlasad, she has perfr Led

NY' :ge ~. _
nearly rebuilt lit year, in Blrkeni ..- -.. toruat. .two
successful voyages with railway engiues to Spain, and return-
ing by France to tlais port with a cargo of flour, which ,he
has Slso delivered in excellent order ; is well found in stows ;
tying is King's Dock. For inventories and further particulars
apply to TONGE & CO.,
Brolzers for the Salt' and Purchase of Ships.