Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

TUNIS.

We have been favoured with the following extract from
a letter, dated Tunis, Sept. 12 :
" The Bey, convinced by the earnest rep' esentations and
persuasive arguments of the British and French agants,
tams numerous consultations with his ministers, deter-
mined to %aka the improvements in his system of govern-
ment which were proposed to him, and on the morning of
the 91h of Septembe,, having invited the fire'gn agents and
some of the principal European residents to wait upon him
at his Palace of the Barth), in their presence he gave a con-
stitution to his country, swearing to observe its provisions,
and causing his priests, ministers, and people to do the
tame.
" The constitution consists of 11 articles, which would
be too long to set out in extenso, and I therefore, only give
the substance of them, viz :
1. Security of life and property.

" 2., Equal taxation. -
"3 Eqnality before the law of all classes and denomi-

n ations

"4. Religious liberty.
"5 Limitation of the pnriod of military service.
6. Admission of non•Mussulman assessors in the cri-
minal tribunals.
7• Establishment of a mixed commercial tribunal.
8. Abolition of all immunities and privileges now en-
joyed by Mnssulmans.
" 9 Libor y of commerce, abolition of monopolies, and
interdiction to the government to trade. '
" 10. Permission to foreigners to exercise all pro-
fessions, trades, and callings, and to introduce foreign en-
te, prise, &c.
" 11. Right for foreigners to purchase and possess houses,
landed property, &c.
" The importance of this refjrm connot be too highly
estimated."

VIENNA, Wednesday.—The Emperors of Austria and
Russia are to meet at Weimar. The Emperor Francis
Joseph leaves Vienna on the 29th instant.
TIIE INDIAN RELIEF FUND —The Daily News suggests I
that a national character should be e inferred upon the
Indian Relief Fund, so as to give it a national centre and
neuclus like the Patriotic Fund.
Tug Litton WOODS MUSDEE.—The feniale who was '
Murdered at this place, near Bristol, has been identified as
Charlotte Pagsley, who had been in the service of a gentle-
M,lll' residing near Bath. She left Bristol in company
with a man to whom she was about to be married. The
police are now in pursuit of him.
Ma. W. RIGDEN'S SAL : AT EIoVE --The anneal sa'e aad
letting of ewes and rams belonging to the Hova ck tows
place on Friday last, when a numerous and influential
gathering of flo ;kmasters, bath from this c minty and trom
a distance, assembled to take part in the proceedings.
Rigden has gradually and steadily worked 11;15 way to a
high position,. as a South town biee.ier. The first lot, 5
full-mouthed ewes, were, after spirited competion, knocked
down at five guineas per head, to Sir Thomas Lennard, a
similar lot being bought by the agent of his grace the
Duke of Riehmend at an advanced figure, viz., 5i guineas
rt. head. Other lots at 41 and 3-1 guineas, fell to the hor.
baronet from Essex, aha likewise 1)-came a purchaser of
some of the larger lots at prices varying trom 465. to 565.
and 635. per bead. The shearling ewes went at prices
varying from 40s. to 463. and 50.. per head. On the
whole, the average of the ewes was a fraction over £3 per
head, a result whisk can se xrce'y ba deemed other th
to
satisfactory. The rams for sale c ime next, and were
knocked down at prie-s varying from six to seven and
twelv• gu'neas. A few ram lambs were (though not in tho
catalogue) put up by reqiiest, and went at £6 6s. The rams
" let" ranged from £lO 10s. to £l7 53. Mr Waters secured
one lot at 23 gni-teas. Mr. J. P. Gorringe takiig another at
30 guineas. 1 very handsome animal was knocked down
to Mr. Madgviick, at 25 guineas.—Essex Advertiser.
THE Paws IN PERSIA A letter from Teheran says :
" Although P..rstia,lfrom her geographical situation, has little
communication with the nations of Europe, she is not slow
is appropriating their most useful inventions. Amongst
other things the Persians possess the art of lithographic
printing, which was introduced to them in 1829 by Mira
Saleh, Moustotifi (secretary of state), who brought it from
S . Peterehurg, where he was sent on a mission, and by
tneaus of it they have produced numerous copies of their
ancient manuscripts and of modern works. The art is now
practised more or less extensively at Tebrie, Teheran,
'spatial', Kee-line, and other towns. A catalogue of works
lithegr .phed, though not professing to be complete, shows
that in the last fifteen years no fewer than 263 important
works, ancient and modern, have been produced, and that
fifty-three of them are in Arabic. These works treat of
law, religion, history, noetry, &c. Amongst them is the
chronicle Itouzef. Oussefa, a his-ory cf Persia from ancient
timei down to cud including the early part of the reign of
the present sovereign, in tea volumes folio, by I:t.z
Koulikhan ; the chronicle " Djamea Outtevarikk," by
Rechid Udine, in four volumes ; a his ory of " Tarikbi
Peti" (Peter the Great); a Persian D ctionlry ; a treatise
on Mathematicks, translated from English by Mirza Djefei
Kouli Khan, engineer ; " Debistane," a treatise on all
known religions ; and the complete works of Seadi, tisk,
Enveri, Djami, and other poets. The various works are
well executed, and are ornamented in the Oriental style.
Ferruck Khan, the Persian Amb.issado-, took. toloies of a
number of them to Paris."

THE BELFAST RIOT

SINGULAR FRACAS AT THE POLICY_ COVET

On Tuesday seven persons were chargel with tton-;.•
mitting an assault upon a young man named Davidson, on
Sunday evening, the 6th inst. After the evidence for the
prosecution.had been given,
Mr. Rea addressed the bench for the prisoners ; and, in
the course of his remarks, commented in strong terms
upon what he called the unjustitiable and inquisitorial
investigation in the Police-office, by Chief-Constable
Lindsay and Messrs. Thomas and Robert Lindsay, who
took upon themselves to do what no magistrate had the
right to do, and said that the two latter gtntlemen might
yet have reason toregret inch a proceeding. Immediately
aftet Mr. Rea had concluded,
Mr. Thomas Lindsay arose, and, addressing himself to
Mr. Rea, said—ft is most disgraceful;. it is a slander 1
Mr. Rea—Let the Messrs. Lindsay take their remedy.
Mr. Lindsay—Remedy 1: against a beggar.
Mr. Rea—Sit down, sir,
Mr. Lindsay—l wish to state that thisis a most false
attack. It is false so far a 4 we are cpncerned.
The magistrates then retired to their room to consider
their decision ; and as soon as their door was closed be-
hind them,

Mr. Lindsay arose, and, addressing the Reporters,
said—l wish to say that this is a slander upon us.
Mr. Rea who had been sitting in the box, rose hastily,
and exclaimed—Sit down Sir
Mr. Lindsay—l will not.
Mr. Rea—lf you don't sit down, I will drag you out of
that.

Mr. Rea then, in a state of great excitement, and look-
ing very pale, nag seen to prepare himself apparently for
a • set to.' He first took the precaution of taking the ring
off his Linger, and putting it into his pocket, and then
jumped out of the attorney's box upon the witness table,
where Constable Wi'son of the constabulary, was stand-
ing, as is Customary, to place the witnesses, and make
them observe order. Ile stood for a moment, and again
called out to Mr. Lindsay to- be silent. and then made a
step in advance, as if he was about to (lash at him: Con
stable Wilson put his hand towards Mr. Rea, in order to
pi event him from leaving the table to rush at Mr. Lindsay,
and it had the effect of keeping hiM still upon the table,
though he might have broken away from Constable
Wilson, and easily jumped into the box where Mr. Lindsay
was then sanding, if he had chosen. The place where
Mr. Lindsay.was standing was the box immediately under
the bench, and in that part of it where Chief-Constable
Lindsay usually sits when calling out the names of the pri-
soners. He and Mr. Rea were,therefore,ouly separated 'roe)
each other br a short distance, perhaps no greater than a
yard and a half. Mr. Shidals, of the detective 'erne, was
bebide Mr Lindsay, and he and Constable -Wilson, who was
afterwards av:sted by another member of the constabulary
force, acted as pacific ;tors at.d intermediators, ocelsimally
stretching out their hands to prevent a collision between
the two gentlemen. At this ft ige of the business the
uproar in court was considcrable, all the spectators, m ih3
and female, young and old, eons`abulary and local p dice,
were so overwheltned wi h astonishment at the scene, that
they looked on at what was oseurri.ng with open mouths
and staring eyes, wihout any of them attempting to
i iterfere.. The scene was well cal allated to inspire the
profanum vulgus with a wholesome dread of the law, or a
proloan,i respxt for the seat of justice ! Mr. Lind-sy all
the time remained calm, gni seemed prepared to meet hi,
antagonist, if he had atZerryted to cots the Rubicon ; and,
wl i'st the latter atampfd, and menaeod, and gesticulated
upon the table, and cried boldly "Sit down, sir ! ' the
former continued to repeat "I say it's false ; it was a slan-
derous
,sta'emen*." Tee pacifieators, forgetting for a
moment the two principals in the sc ne, began to accuse
each other of something that no person save them-
selves knew anything about, and they were ob-
served with their arms s'retched towards each other
in a way that left the spectators in doubt es to whether it
was not th iir in'ention to take a ' lift" en their own
account. They were frequently heard to exclaim, "Sit
d VSl7,Sheals! you are as b,d as him." "No, I'll cot sit
down, Wilson ; sit on down." Seeing the bAlicose aspect
of the business, and the g.neral disorder and confusion
that prevailed, Mr. Orr, Clerk of the Court, climbed up
to the bench and made his way into the m igistrates room,
in order to apprise the magistrates of the state of things
in their absence. Out came the magistrates in haste, an]
they stood, for a moment, looking with astonishment an I
wonder upon 1113 sight that then presented itself to their
view. Mr. Rea then stepped off the table into his box
again, and he and Mr. Lindsay both attempted to speak.

Mr. Lindsay s'hid he was only about making an observa-
tion in the presence of the reporters, when Mr. It
threatered to commit an assault upon him.
Mr. Hunt : You must retire, sir; we can't allow tt is.
Mr. Rea : I was here in tho discharge of my professional
duties, when Mr. Lindsay rose to address-6-
014, Lindsay : I only wanted to sly that his statement
was a slander, and
Mr. Hunt: You must be silent, sir.
nauFt be protected.,
Mr. Lindsay : One word, if you please.
Mr. Hunt : No ; you must conduct yourself properly.
Any other place, bit not here.
Mr. Rea : I would soon have silenced his", if I had got
liberty.
Mr. Hunt : Mr. Rra must be protected.
Mr. Li ndsa:,- : But
• Mr. Iruat : You will have an opportunity el,ewhere, but
not here—not in this court.

Professional men

The magistrates agtia retired, and, after deliberating
for a short time, returned into court to give their dc-

cision.

Dr. 114`Gr2.e slid that the magierates bad come to the
decision that Owens, Barr, the two Hagane;and M`Grahan,
should be discharged, and that Quin and Boyle should be
imprisoned for two months each. He also said that they
placed no cmfi fence in the evidence given by the witness
Dy er wllatever.
Mr. Rea appUed for costs in the case, but they were
refasect.

As the discharged prisoners were leaving the court,
a cheer was given for them by their sympathising
friends, who seemed mach rtjaiced at t`le result of the
investigation.