Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

Sardinia are not likely to permit any intervention until

Lumbary is free, and Austria is s

carting under her recent

defeat and thirstin

Daring the last eight I

)r revenge

years nearly two-thirds of the net revenue of Austria has

:lieved that it was almost invincibM

Thera are at present

nine corps d'arme in Lombardy and Venice, but some of

them now hardly number more thrai

Tw•o of th

h have never yet.
me with the, enemy. It is announced
mother general levy of
e Italian regiment, which fought at Paltstro
on the 31st of May, must have been " Archduke Sigismond,"
which was placed in the first line of battle at its own
request. Government will soon be in great need of money,
as it. counted on receiving 45,000,000 of silver florins from
Lombardy, which was the share of the forced loan that fell
on that province. If the rifled guns answer- the expectations
of their inventor, Venice must needs fall, as the forts can be
destroyed by the guns of vessels which are out of the range
The Modena Gazette announces that
loan of 1,000,000 lire is to be raised, and adds . that if it
subject will be
of Parma and

Wimpffen's) consist of re

nt levies, wh

been brought face t

that in August there will 1

recruit

common artillery

not voluntarily taken, each Aiodenes,

forced to take his quota

The Duch

Modena arrived at Verona yesterday. The revolutionary

Government in Florence has

laid an embargo on the

Austrian vessels in Tuscan ports

rising in several

To-morrow, is the day appointed foT
parts of Turkey in Europe. The political ferment in Servia
increases, and it is expected that an attack will soon be
made on the fortress of Belgrade, which has recently been
reinforced. The Porte still refuses to recognise Conz a as
Hospodar of both the Danubian Principalities. Prince
Daniel of IVlontenegro has given the cousin of the Prince of
the Miridites the Cross of the Order of the Independence of
Montenegro -and two handsome pistols; 25 mules, laden
with powder, have also been sent from Montenegro to the
powerful Albanian chief. The inhabitants of the Nahia
(district) Kotunska have been ordered by Prince Daniel to
hold themselves in readiness to march .to Grahovo, which

place, as you are aware, is on the northern frontier of

--v-

LOMBARDY.

Chevalier Vigliani, the new Governor of Lombardy, has
issued a decree, dated the 10th, laying the same restrictions
on the press during the war as were imposed in Piedmont
at the commencement of military operations. The Director
of Public Security has also issued an order, calling on all
Germans, being Austrian subjects, to present themselves
before the authorities of their respective quarters, with the
papers necessary to establish their rank and identity.

SPAIN.

The Madrid, journals of the 10th contain no political
news of importance. Before the Senate the pleading on
behalf of M. Esteban Collantes, impeached for embezzle-
Ment, was brought to a close ; and M. Calderon Collantes
(though of ,the same name, no connection of the accused)
supported the impeachment in an eloquent speech, in the
_
The further proceed-
ing,s in the case were again adjourned.

name of the (

,ber of Deputies

TEA.:TASTING.—Tea-taiting is reduced to a regular pro-
fesSion. The success. of the tea-broker or tea-taster, 'depends
•
upon thelrained accuracy of his nose and palate, his expe-
rience in the wants of the American market, and a keen
business tact. Ele,overhatils a cargo of tea, classifies it, and
determines the value of each sort. In doing this, he
first looksat the colour of the leaf and the general-eleanli-
ness . lie next takes a quantity of the herb inlis-hand,
and, breathinc, his warn breath on it, be
,sniffs np the
fragrance. In doing this he draws into his lungs a quantity
of irritating and stimulating dust, which is by .no means
- Then: sitting down at the table in his office,

which is a long row of dittle porcelain cups and a pot of
.ot water, he draws the tea and tastes the infusion. In this
way he classilleS•the different sorts to the minutest shade,
marks the different prices, and is then ready to compare his
work:with the invoice... The skill of these, tasters is fairly
marvellous, hut the effect of the business on their:health is
bad:, Theyigrow lean,. nervous, and consnruptivc./ At the
end of a hard day's work, they feel and act ~as
I.
cross as if they had the hysterics.--Ncir Fork Papci-.
TELE044,T111.C...1,1NE TO 0 I...si.,LTA. It. —T4e, existing wa

fidgety and

t placeg in so Aril

rt light the importance

'hie e6maninication with the

any'COntinental Mediuta,'Altat .action
in stating that government have entered into arrangements
foraying -down, RS speedily as possible, a telegraphic cable
'direct: from .Falmouth to Gibraltar—a distancef of 1,100
- —.411 .hortly be invitee . for the

have much

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ors the, carrying out
Gislinrnii

lieved that

Walt .regard

considerable progre,i;

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it in. thus depa,rting Irom th

I to the motives of ,r over
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scr,
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money 'of ti

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uthorities

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and n

is carried out,

or other parties

exten::;

1 junction with the wires t

thue will. be' no 'real

k:Llity

will !r0 eilfine: