Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-08 00:00:00

Signor Robertini, the chief of the steam company at 1:46'0*
describe his position, and declare his innocence. 1161,0
a young wife and two children—one having beenig of
since his arrest, and she has been in a state ahnuoi
destitution. The captain had all his property i1a22,101i•
and goods on board, but all is in the hands of the 116%,00
tan government." How the Sardinian prisonerind, oa
treated the Sardinian government well knows ; ttin
authority, I may say that their treatment is worse t' 101
of the English. As for the Neapolitan prisoners, ales 'got
the imagination will conceive it. Call to mind °ill been
ments of Mr. Gladsrone—call to mind vll2O 1,713-ey
stated in my letters during; the last two years, l 114`
in a deplorable state, so much so, that the psna Sorne
English room have sent theta a few coppers sielongr,
tobacco. '• In one part of the gaol, as we wiw‘e-d
said Mr. Parks, "we passed some iron bars, it'
np
sa.l
half naked, miserable-100 king human beings cenldeteil'e
begged of us ; we gave them a trifle." Such je tN, °se
report of what has been communicated to In°
the visitors to the prisons of Salerno on Noveniver -teee•
I send you his voucher for the truth of the s‘" he
And such is the treatment to which men bearing:gee',
honoured name of British subjects, have' been '
The reason they have been cut off from all intercourse-
their countrymen is obvious. Law for it there bssoiriel
none. Nothing but an arbitrary police regulation, do;
for the purpose. And what will my Lord Clareldcols
heaven knows. What has Lord Clarendon done: right°
a Chinese standard, painted all over with bvieste to f
leg LIO
y
`he King--that is 'to say, we sent down b a
dispatch in Prencli some' weekssince
kntee, demanding immediate admission' to the Pr"-,iff",,:,
Actlig-Consul. The demand was laughed at an''. vt Al
It is Lore to the point to b.cik what will the Brinse; sno
do ?—tke the case of the Eoglt engineers is thel;,,tr'tyst
it is to tie interest of every British stetscet to 1)8
their countrymen in every part of the world roe:,
treated with legality and humanity. One naturellAY 6.lAs
if British subjects have thus been treats 1---en-aulifrt
accounts agree in stating that they have been dictiP.A° dent
above the others—what must have been the 5:40.1
p'actised to cards Neapolitans ? I believe I nanlel'e-tsdve
a telegraph despatch has been sent to Lord trs„
with the result of the visit, and asking for direction
regard to Mr. Parks' movements.

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MR. JOHN BRIGHT, l'4.P Af
ON THE -5
AND REFORM.
The ehaireian of Mr. Bright's committecieitor
Alaerman Lloyd, has received the following
from the honourable gentleman : 0 1651'
Rochdale, December
My dear Sir,—As 1-krliament. contrary to e1r,,0f.,1
is about to meet before the usual time, I fear tneelot a
electors of Birmingham will feel some disappointal.4ll3
do not make my appea•
present week, and more so 'rom the circumstance t
ance in the House dtinbold
colleague, Mr. Schofield, will %Is° be absent. tO t.lO
It is not necessary for me la explain to you of
gentlemen who communicated wrh
me at the olisele/Itsq
election, why I am not likely
to bqin my par tota
duties before Christmas. It was theaundetstood 00;
six months, that is, until the time when Parliaraento
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assembles, I was not to be expected undert%oilly
labour connected with the position in 'which I wll;
placed by the good opinion of the electors cf 13itte a
friq
My own judgment, and the urgent advice of 14,0111:1°11
11
and medical advisers, compelled me to make are-cp e't„
to that effect, and those of nay Birmingham frillise'
whom I had any communication, granted me a
ation " for that period. Os°
,
Ido not suppose that any real bnsiness lothit
acted before February, and therefore I hope thst 90.1"
which is entrusted to me will suffer from my te
fee°
absence froai the House. "ble
It is because I wish to abstain as much as posBl4 0.4
public affairs that I have not troubled my constituc:4lll%
any views I may entertain on the great subjectes"„l-0;4
been so much discussed during the past three orAht.
the question of India. Indeed, I feel that iti`go 1?1,"
r
rashness to utter a decided opinion, and I '-tllo,if,
'whether one ought to regard with admiration or
many of those who have written or spoken so c
0 rittf
on it, since the insurrection. Judging from tb,? 000
of newspapers, and from the speeches of PubLicre of id
fear the country is by no means sufficiently aw3„ifft?
crisis which has arisen, whether as regards the dr
op
of restoring order in India, or the -obitaclee which
themselves to the future government of the COUlltrre trali
years ago, when the India Bill was about to c°ol
• a-
discussion. I thought I knew something of Indie'tbe scej
that I could give advice upon the subject. Bat be done
has totally changed, and that which was WY °coil sc',l
in fair weather may be impossible or of little t, &Id
the storm rages. I presume, however, that Wit'
.Leaaennati-street rulers of India are numbered' of pet;
character, without power, it required but a Vrioeljece
scent to - give legal effect to that which pd
public opinion of England has already decte-of Indiety
coming session shall establish the G overnment J
a secure and wise basis, so far as that is pass' entrPif
unnatural position in which we stand to that co and
shall feel that Parliament has not laboured in vaill'iclisof;
the threatened postponement of a Reform Bill ',e ~01,f
pointment to me. and to many others, I shall encleil of
console myself with the hope that the improvenlentri6
representation will hereafter be entrusted to inore of
hands than those 'which now administer the affairs a
country. be'
Excuse me for troubling you with this letter, an
JouN Da
me, very sincerely yours,
To Thos. Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham.