Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Pants, Tuesday.
ale ltroniteur,• of -to-day, says Government has often
deplored the irritating character of the controversy in
religi'otts :questions. The Univers having been sup-
presse a, violent articles in reply to its provocation are
hencef, wth tviithout motive and without excuse. The
*hole
mu
understand that .these grave ques-
tions mu tt beAiscussed with that quietness and modera-
tion which- aresordered by the interest of public peace
and respect for religion. The Correspondent, a religious
periodical, h Mti3 xeceived.its second warning.
MARSEILLES, Jan. 31.
The Fecret. try ,of ihe French Embassy at Rome, the
Marquis Cad°, v. Lavochefueattit, departed yesterday for
eivita Vecchia. It iis asserted that he is the bearer of
important despa teliSS from . the French Government to
the P0p0...
• ;BRUSSELS, Jan. 31.1
The Univers' IvE‘iela !has lust!br6en suppressed by the
French Government, *ill fhe contitwed here.

The rumour that tice :Sardinians required Corsica
from France in excha, ge :fox Savor And Nice, is said,
by the Post, to be destitute ctf foundatitm.
In reference to the cave Martin, Escalante, im-
prisoned by the Spanish k.mthorities on ..account of his,
having some copies of the I\ lewliestament in his posses-
sipn, a communication from' the Foreign Office says,
that Lord John Russell gath t'n lioni report that Mr.
Escalante has been liberated c and that there is
reason to believe he will eventua ill:yateeive A, fsee pardon
from the'Queen of Spain.

N.
ST. ANDEI.W'S NEW LIFE-BOAT. Ti 1 a-
tional Life-boat Institution has just rforxrarded .one of
its best life-boats to St. Andrew's, on the oast eoagt of
Scotland. The life-boat, which is oin Peake's
iesigi is 32 feet long and rows ten care. She ,was
e. I),e combines
built Messrs. Forrest' and Limehous-
‘u the latest improvements.that have been made in.the
boats of the institution. Sbe.will row fast ,a .seaway;;
it filled by a sea, will clear herself of water 112
tit weril
t t
hree seconds ; she hisgreat stability, reqiiiring IF° F
oer-
'l twenty-six men on one gunwale, without any
aCt- • • • • ••
ing weight on the, other side to immerse it; 04 ,slle,
would instantly selfright if upset. .Ik:harbour trial of
the life-boat was made at Limehouse a few days Mare,
'Ler departure for her station, when her peculiar 933`..Q
remarkable qualities were fully and ,satisfactorily
She,is diagonally built of wellseasoned
ti the construction now adopted by the institu-
en. A transporting carriage accompanied the life-
It is admirably adapted to its purpose. The
e`'Bt of the life-boat, with here quipment, is the noble
„,,,,
of A. W. Jaffray, Esq., .of St. Mildred's Court. The
residents of ,the locality have also liberally contributed
11..th0 cost of, the boathouse and transporting carriage.
Puryis, the honorary, secretary of the branch,
4,..s been very zealous and active in this good work. St.
pZudirew'sEsay is a very dangerous one, and its immediate
ntitnity to the much-frequented waters of the Forth
Tay renders it necessary that it should be provided
with the best means of saving life frorp. shipwreck. The
Nationallit Life-boat Institution has also just sent a new
e:hoat, accompanied by a temporary carriage, to the
vi ei'litY of Carmarthen Bay, the quicksands in which
are noted for their dangerous character, and for the
The
of shipwrecks that have taken place on them.
rescue of shipwrecked persons is a work of mercy
humanity.. Last year alone the life-boats of the
stitution-were the means of saving 218 persons from a
wateryit grave; and even during the past week some of
fr life-boats literally snatched twelve poor creatures
°el an appalling death from shipwreck,