Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

NOVEMBUI 23, 1569.

_
ei°n of French hostilit
doe!, there should be but one
r and quiet. resp .01tQe. and that not iu Word
but in deed--" Rif .cram form." If then, French
431diers arc a"ic ,us to visit our shoreS With the
prospect of cert. ain destruction, why, e cannot
help it ; but wek must feel surprised at their great
attachment t o the English soil, and. their longing
for an -r-mgl Ali grave.

• .gulations for carrying into effect the
ahment of a reserve of Royal. Naval
n-rAcers has already been. noticed in our
colt
kr...4lns• The sum voted by the House of Com
"" fOr this purpose was 1100,600,—the enlist_
*P.t not to exceed 30,000 men, and no one to be
11ca who is above thirty-five years of age.
,4744tandidate for the corps must prove at least
car's service at sea as an able-bodied sea-
and. also five years' occupation at Sea
/74in, the -last ten years. With these restric-
°4B, we very much doubt that a sufficient
114nlber Of reserve volunteers .can be obtained.
11....na.t chairman of the Shipowners' Association of
town stated at that important meeting to
lvisil_kh'ke was deputed, in London, last December,
t
44t
"the total number of seamen is at present
abet 176,000, of whom 1'40,000 are composed
the.
officers, 'seamen, ordinaries, and boys ;"
6. total number of able-bodied .seamen is
4.`47
'i°l3, and the balante is made up of
.:teNve.rds, firemen, stokers, and engineers.'
°W) if it be the case, as we have good reason to
"4lieve it is, that 'only one in six who are. regis-
ter•
ed as able-bodied -seamen in the Mercantile
rule are eig,ible as,such in the Navy, and can
the Admiralty inspection; it is clear that the
3• ' must 'he a smell one,—even upon the as-
81'41-Ption that it -will be a service most popular .
sailers, -clear that we can only command
4 l'eserve corps of 11,000 men, added to the
t%erve already possess, which would
144 exp only a force of 19,000 able-bodied seamen':
f,
insignificant and inadequate, when con-
tr''.4-(1 with the .-French trained reserveof6o,o9o,
laat-almost a moment's call for active service.
° keotthis difficulty, the Board of Admiralty
It in contemplation, we understand,"to'es-
tablih, atthe !different seaports, Marine TrLining
400 s for boys of humble parentage ; andeunder
etaitt -conditions, a nomination to •which will
it
6 }IQ out 'as a reward' for good conikat at
:r°chial arid -union-workhouse schools. -Upon
',tl,lpposition that 14,000 of such boys
here
-annually enrolled, one-half .of -.whom
:u14I(1, by re-enacting the law of apprenticeship
shipowners,lye taken on board of .merchant
the compact, that at .the- expira-
-7 4'o3f:that term they should serve in-the Reserve
4111 teer Corps,—there:Would he -secured-to the
4‘437-0.:hody••of well-trained seamen, at an -early.
4gc,.:_in the prime and zenith:of life, 'instead sof at
the commencement of its decadence. -Euch a
`ll,ll4an as this,!which we expect to-see shortly ini-
‘t*tecl in this.rtewn; will meet the deeYelerattenz
144-I'''"ftd in- the 'recommendation to shipping
*xts) embodied in the Act, to procure as
411 Y as poodble below thirty- years Of age."
-impositien of 'the appreniceship,:systein,
doh;,
the' Mercantile Marine has been relieved,
be compensated by the removal of-some of
,tit°'e"hurthens which press so heavily up:mit at
I,.:Present moment; Considering the ,veryc idisa&
.1,611,4-cons terms under which it has to eorrpete
Lb. other nations, under their xuan-reciprocating
gyp-

CIIARLESIqqAPIER, in a letter .he-lately ad-
to the Bike of SOMERSET, gives. it as his
'ior_ that thelroposed.NaVal VolunteenCorpi
;It not .w wk well; and, indeed, that its
:evifiiens are net at all likely to be. -popular
.1,11-te4g,,ceanien. -In the first place, he considers
e bounty of .fivepounds too small,..to induce
1,,i7.4"49 wiz to enrol themselves, with,therestric-
:' 1)f -rot taking a longer voyage than—eix
piceltbl.iv'thout special permission from the
tit Muster, since have a disposition aryl
to .rove about all parts of the world,. and
1 not !therefore . i ke _ to be . confined to .short
tY4ges, and the coasting trade,—a trade which
011'eady.,much :deteriorated by railway ogd,
tc4% competition, as J.so by the throwing open.of
toie'coasting trade to.all the.Wrorldi without any:
L46ponding return. These objections may
orte . as a -drawback; but we do not :approve
the propose, -to . make this .especial .corps
tel"'44,4te from men-of-wars' men, who ihave
A ei,4 aiteady ten-years • in the Service, and ii.fter
ice to be ' draft.P.d into another corps
the ." Old.attard." What we most require,
Wil,e‘?°'lng ;efficient seamen, who will be ready
reiuired- by proclamation to • serve the
tIT ; haling receiwed some drill and training
41g the. 25 days preseribcd by the Act of
Doubtless the Marine Training
13e °ols, to whiff we .have already alluded,•will
4'a. yeti useful :adjunct as a nursery to the
‘tit l' in which bora will he instructed especially
Nab a VieVT-:to the Queen_ ..service. These
I)ii—limhed 'in our various seaports . Will, we
supply ' a Very considerable Standing
co to r to esort
kterperiods Of great iantional
Rencies.
So
m 0 of the suggestions thrown out for im-
Rppya.inß' the comfort and condition of. the
,k :9r, by the gallant Admiral Sir C. N.AiriMis
tonsider not only . most commendable,
4141: anite praCticable ; with such ainendinents, as,
'/t 4ely-, to render the wavy what it is not, as
se constituted, popular, among British
th:'enr—one thing, especially, that of relaxing
rigidly',
W
fasal of leave to go on shore, which is no,
ttialY, and often- unnecessarily enforced ;, and
lieul%l -of sending the Men on board of hulks,
the 0l
.'4.
:shave a barrack on share for them., until
L'4O:eP rea=ly to receive them, as is the case in
'"whqe the men are kept in Mtlrine Bar-

racks, until ordersd on 'board for service ?—with
many other minor 'det*ils, which, in the aggre-
gate, affect material the comfort and welfare of
the sailor, and 'rich he particularly enumerates
as worthy of attentive consideration.

THE LATEST NEWS.

[IDE BRITISH AND MAGNETIC TFILEGRAPH.]

FltitNCE,

The Paris correspondent of the Times notices
that there are symptoms of u, favourable change
in the political horizon, and instances the with-
drawal of the French Government from the oppo-
sition it at first affected to the Regency of m.
Buon compagni.
Le Nord says it is probable the discussions in
the Congress will extend over five or six months.
The Treaty of Peace will first be examined, and
then the Italian question will be discussed.

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE

FRENCH PRESS.

The new Alinister of the Interior in France has
already displayed unusual activity in restricting
the press. On Sunday the Count, du DLnanch
'received a warning.

, FRENCH EXPEDITION TO CHINA.
It is stated that the staff of the French expedi-
tion to China is under orders to leave on Jan. I.
The second battalion of the Foot Chasseurs was
reviewed :at Paris yesterday, -preparatory to their
.embarkation for China. The men are to be pro-
vided With cloaks of thick blue cloth, having
:capes and hoods, and high;boots to cross marslies.
The Dpinione Nationak contains a violent rpro-
teSt against the participation of France in the
'Chinese war. " Let rs not," it says, shed
:the blood of our children to assure a gigantic
.market to our industrial rival, with whonvwe can
.hardly compete at home."
It is stated that, during the whole Chinese war,
a fortnightly mail is to be organised between
:Canton and Toulon, via Suez.

FREITCH FUNDS.
PARIS, Nov. 22.
10.12., P. M.—Rinds continue firm. Rentes
-opened 69.95, and improved to 70.
3.25., P. m.--The Bourse is still '4.4thout ani-
mation. Rentes- &losed same as yesterday, 69.95.

ITALY.

The King ef 'eardinia has issued. 'a decree for
immediately applying. a sum of i 4,000,000, to
fortify Cremuna, Pairs, Lovato,. and another
place.
A memorandum of ~the Tuscan Government
tells the European Powers, that 'ilthe Congress
orders the regtcration of the Grand Dukes, they'
will oppose itito the last. If attacked, they will,
though sure --of defeat, do their best to repel
force by force.
TURIN, Nov. 22.

The following nominations are announced :
The Marquis of Villamaria as Governor of Milan,
and M. Desambrois as Ambassador at Paris.

,
- ECKLO'dNA, Nov. 22.
The seemitd regiment of the Buidgnege Brigade
has taken the oath to the King of Sardinia, and '
received its colours, amid the applause of the popu-
lace. The mniform of the brigade is the same as
that of the Tiedmontese army.

BAVARIA.

MITISDEN, Nov. 22.

The official Dresden journal publishes a sum-
mary of -the vote given by the representative Of
Saxony iurthe sitting of the Federal Commission,
in which the question of the constituents of Hesse
Electoral-was brought forward. The same jour-
nal announces that
.the Governments of Bavaria,
Saxony, Wu-re-en:burg, Hesse Electoral, Hesse
Darnistadt, Schwerin, Nassau, Saxe Meiningen,
and .saxe Altenburg, will take part in the con-
ferences-a Wurzburg. The Minister, Baron von
Beust, will pass through Frankfort on his way to
Ilrurzburg. ,