The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-14 00:00:00

ruler addressing his parliament is a cheering sound
in Italy. Where else is heard throughout that
beautiful region a sound so inspiring ? In Sicily, the
last we heard was the rattle of musketry, betoken-
ing the execution of a nobleman and his associates,
who aided. the recent outbreak ; in Naples the
;roans of Agesilao Milano, while they lifted the
scalp from his head in the torture chamber; in
Mantua, the lash; in Venice, the wail of prisoners ;
in Milan, the threats of the soldiery to persons who
refuse to illuininate their windows when the Emperor
arrives Compare these brutalizing exhibitions
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with the self-respect and liberality visible on all
sides in Piedmont. Place the Milanese Gazette by
the side of the Turinese Leader. What is there like
Piedmont in Lombardy, and what is there in Lom
bardy like Piedmont? We profess no exaggerated
admiration of the Sardinian King, or of Count
Cavour ; but, we think it the duty of England now,
and for the future, to afford all the support in her
power to an Italian Constitutional State, whose
liberties are, as yet, undeveloped, and to protect it,
if need be, against machinations on one side and
violence on another; Piedmont is a gt•eat example
Italy ; for the sake of Italy, then, as well as for
the sake of Piedmont, let the policy of our govern
went be favourable to Victor Emmanuel and his
Ministers."

STARTLING NEWS FROM CHINA.—The follow
lug was posted in the underwriter's rooms yesterday :
—" The Kelpie (opium clipper) was lost in the China
seas in 1846, and all her crew and passengers were
supposed to he drowned. Intelligence has just been
received from China, that the ring of one of the
passengers having been lately offered for sale in
Canton, enquiries were instituted, which led to the
discovery of the crew and passengers not having
been drowned, but of their being in a state of
slavery in the bland of Formosa"

It is stated ins letter from Stockholm, that ;the "nego-
ciatiations abou; the coasting trade of the two countries,
which hava been for some time pending between Sweden
and the Netherlands, have arrived at a satisfactory
result.

ACCIDENT TO THE TYNE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER
News reached Southampton on Tuesday, that the Tynr,
steamer (Royal Mail Company), Captain Waller, from the
Brazils, was ashore off St. Alban's Head. Captain
Vincent (the Company's Superintendent), with men, &c.,
immed4tely left to render her assistance in a steam tug.

INQJIRY AT THE BOARD OF TRADE YESTERDAY.—A
mostimportant arbitration commenced this day before
Captain Galton, C.E., involving the long pending disputes
betveen the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Rahway, and the Great Western Railway. This inquiry
is lkely to last several days. In the railway world the
decision of the arbitrator in this case is considered to be
of vital importance. Mr. J. St. George Burke appearing
for the Great Western, and Mr. Horatio Lloyd for the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton.

THE MAIL BAGS OF THE VIOLET.-It seems that on the
occasion of the loss of this vessel, an active officer who
Sad been many years in the service, named Joseph
Williams Mortleman, must have opened the depository,
and brought out the mail bags, perhaps to the upper deck
as the only chance, by floating, of ever reaching home.
Without this considerate conduct, the probability is they
would now be buried in the sand, for the forepart of the
vessel was seen two days afterwards lying buried in the
sand up to her upper deck. Mr. Mortleman has left to
bewail his loss a widow and ten children, two of whom are
entirely, and one other partially, dependant on her, as
well as an aged father, while she finds herself in an
entirely destitute condition.

NAPLES.—Under date of the 27th of December, the
following circular has been addressed by the Neapolitan
Government to its envoys abroad :—" M---, —Thanks
to Divine assistance, the dominion of the King', has come
out intact from the three terrible trials through which it
had to pass in so short a time—trials which, although all
different, were not the less of a nature to throw the whole
kingdom into disorder, if the courage and perspicacity of
the .King, and the confidence of the people in the
eminent qualities of our sovereign, and the unflinching
fidelity of the troops had not changed into glory for the
King. and into joy for all his subjects, the catastrophes
which exposed them to the saddest calamities. You are
already aware of the three disastrous events which have
succeeded each other—first, the insurrectional movement
in Sicily; next, the horrible attempt on':the life of his
Majesty, and lastly, the accidental explosion of a powder
magazine, which blew up, but without causing the mis-
fortunes that might have resulted from it. The mani
festations by which the people have spontanously testified
to the King their joy and their devotedness have
removed every trace of the alarm which this accident
caused. They have increased the conviction of the love of
the people for their sovereign, and given the assurance
that it will be always vain to make any attempt to disturb
that tranquillity in the States of the King which reposes
on the clemency, the wisdom, and the firmness of his
Majesty. It is that state of things which offers to the
kingdom the surest guarantee for the future, and which
maintains in the mind of the King the same intentions to
continue for the future, as in the past, his acts of clemency
towards those of his subjects who have been condemned,
by granting the remission of their punishments, or
recalling from exile those who shall make the request
and evince their sincere submission. You will find, M—,
in addition to that which I have already sent you, a new
list of those individuals, which I forward to you in order
that you may ca-operate as far as you are concerned in
carrying into effect the pardons granted by the King;
and in order that you may, when an opportunity
shall present itself, conform your language so as
to refute the lying assertions which are made rela-
tive to the tyranny of your Government. CARAFA."
The list alluded to in the above circular contains
42 names. They are all political prisoners, of whom 28
belong to the class called Popolani, incarcerated for the
affair of the sth September, 1849. All will be exiled to
the Island of Ponza, two banished from the kingdom, and
the others condemned to a domicile forzato in the pro-
♦inces. The students of the provinces, and the priests
not belonging to the diocese of Naples, have received
orders to quit the capital,