The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
General Wrangel, Director-General of Artil-
lery of the Army of the Mexican Confedera-
tion, has just arrived here, charged with a
mission from his Government.

The French government has just given the Papal
government 840 rifle carbines, of the best model, for
arming the battalion of riflemen which is now being formed
at Rome.

A Telegraphic Congress is now sitting at Turin, for the
purpose of fixing a common tariff and a -uore direct trans-
mission of despatches through the territories of France,
Belgium, Switzerland, Piedmont, and Spain.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.— Heaton and Wright, Man-
chester, general agent. ; W. Greame and Co., Liverpool,
and Greame and Dunnill, Dublin, woolbrokers; J. end W.
H. Whitehead, Manchester, fancy good 4 manufacturers;
H. M Schwabe and Co., Manchester and San Francisco;
T. and G. Towend, Burnley, linen drapers.
A few days ago the tunnel of Czernitz, in course of
construction on the railway of Upper Silesia, fell in. It
was propped up by immense beams, but they were com-
pletely broken to pieces. As the earth was continuing to
fall, fears were entertained that the whole tunnel would
be destroyed. Fortunately, no workmen were in the tunnel
at the time of the accident.

The Sou'h, Eastern Gazette states that the reward of
£lOO offered for the discovery of the two young ladies
who were restored to their friends by the authorities of
Canterbury, is ready to be paid in accordance with the
terms of the advertisement in the Times, the Baron Giu -Icy
de Steintzer having placed that sum in the hands of the
ag nt, Mr. Dawson of Pall-mall.

-MR CHRISTIANS IN TURRRY.—A. letter from Vienna, in
the Post Gazette, says :—" We learn from a good source
that M. Lakenbacher, in the course of his mission to Con.
stantinople, will interfere on behalf of the Catholic Chris-
tians of Bosnia and Bulgaria, whose position hat not
improved since the introduction of the. Hatti-humayoum.
It is probable that Russia will make similar representations
in favour of the Greek Christians of Bosnia."

SUICIDE OF AN AUSTRIAN NonLrmA,N.lThe suicide of
Baron Reitzenstein has produced a great sensation at
Vienna. This officer was in the Imperial Guard, and
had received orders to repair to Buda, where the guard
figured at the entry of the Emperor and Empress. Oa
the following day the baron disappeared. A letter, found
with his will, stated that unfortunate speculations on the
Bourse had dri►en him to commit suicide. His body was
found floating in the Danube.

LORD PALMERSTON.—A BULWARK, OR A BULL-DM
A carious incident occurred at a public meeting held at
Norwich on Monday evening, on the subject of the law
of settlement. One of the speakers, reterring to Lord
Palmerston, described him as the "bulwark of everything
he took in hand ;" and upon this an individual possessing the.
rough but ready wit often to be observed in public assero,
blies, exclaimed " bulwark ! 'bull-dog' you mean." The
sally was of course received with much laughter.
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN CHESHIRE.-0,1 Sunday
last, the parish of Bunbury, about ten miles from Chester,
was thrown into a great state of excitement owing to a
woman, the wife of a shoemaker named Edison, having
drowned her female child, five months old, and afterwards
committed suicide by hanging herself. On entering the
bedroom the wife was found lying dead on the floor. The
infant was found dead also. It appeared that the woman
had dro vned the child in a bucket of water, and had then
tried to drown herself. Failing in that attempt she had
then tied a cord round her neck and had jumped off a table.
In falling her weight had broken the cord, but the part
round her throat was to tight that strangulation and death
er sued.

An amusing story is current with reference to the corn-
petition for the new government offices. A competitor
arrived too late on the appointed day with his plans, and
they were consequently refused admission. The disap-
pointed exhibitor appealed to 81r B. Hallo urging that he
had met with delays on the road against which it was im-
possible to provide. Sir Benjamin was, however, inflex-
ible, and like Mr. Bagnet in "Bleak House," replied that
" discipline must be maintained." The person whom
he had to deal was, however, a man of energy and inven-
tive resource. He immediately despatched his plans to
France—a little additi,nal time having been conceded to
foreigners—and they were received in due course as some
whichhad been prepared in that country. They now
appear cunt 9nuleis atis, their author having at any rate
displayed a most laudable perseverance in securing their
admission.

A. letter from Rome says :—" The Etnprss of Russia
goes everywhere—rui-s, chef ch(.s, public inonunien s, and
private studios are most 53 s•etnatically visited by her
Majssty, whose open carriage, outrider, and postilons
in
blue velvet jickets, aro to be seen in every ancient
anti.
qufirian haunt, as well as every promenade of public resort.
Cardinel Antonelti is in. constant attendance upon the
Empress, and the Commissary of Antiqui.ies ac s as her
cicerone. At Albano her Majesty was inf ,rmed that the
town was celebrated for handsome women, upon which
she expressed a wish to see some of those seducing
beauties. They made their appearance aceordin,2ly—the
belles of the place, in all the dories of se inlet j ickets,
coral necklaces, and snowy kerchiefs and heao-Istssis.
The Empress was so well Veaseil with the exhibition,
that she presentel each of the belle ragazze with five Na..
paleons to buy a new dress."
A Causne NOBLEMAN.----The Earl of Orford, in reply
to an application made to him by the secretary of toe
Norwich Bible Society, to take the chair at their meeting,
writes as follows :—"Sir,—l am surprised and annoyed
at the contents of your letter—surprised, because my well
known character should have exempted me from such an
application, and annoyed because it obliges me to have
this communication wi h you. I have long been addicted
to the gaming table—l have lately taken to the turf--I
fear I frequently blaspheme—have never distribute J reli-
gious tracts. All this was well known to yon and your
society , notwithstanding which you think ma a fit person
for your president. God forgive your hypocrisy.
would rather live in the land of sinners than with sacs
saints.—l am, sir, &c. (signed). ORFORD."—Dublin Free,-.
mat's Journal.

A YOUNG LADY BURNT TO DEATH. —We regret to
learn that Miss Macnaghten, eldest daughter of Sir"
Edmund C. Macnaghten, Bart., met with a distressing
accident on Monday forenoon, which terminated fatally.
The young lady had been occupied in the drawing-~room in
writing a letter, and it is believed that she struck a light
in order to seal the lett..r, when a spark emanated from
the match and lodged unperceived in a portion of her mar.
lin dress. In a short time she rush-d from the room,
shrieking lou lly, and descended the stancas3 entirely
enveloped in fimes. One of the domestics, alarmed by
her cries, ran up stairs, and, perceiving the shocking state
Miss Macnagitten was in, rushed into the dining room, and
seining a baize table ci ver, had the presence of mind to
wrap it round the unfortunate lady. Alarm was instantly
given, and medical aid was promptly obtained, when it
was ascertained that she was dr,iadtully burnt, and the
professional men gave no hopes of her recovery. She
continued to linger up to eight o'clock on Monday evening
when death relieved her from her sufferings.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW-4,
curious case has just arisen, in which an appeal has
been ma!e by the American Consul for the special
intervention of the Executive to protect the property of
an American citizen, which, we (Duldin Freeman's
Journal) understand, is likely to lead to more importe.ut
communications than even those that have already
passed between the Under-.'ecretary for Ireland and the
United States Consul for Dublin. The facts of the cue,
so far as we can collect them, appear to be that Mr.
Nicholas D. P. Tifaillard, an American citizen, a gentle-
man well known in the literary and scientific world,
became the purchaser of stock sold by pub auction.,
on some of his own lands in the Queen's County. The
stock, after being so purchased, was forcibly kept from
his drivers, and Mr. Maiilard's appeal to the the consul
was for protection and special interference, under
the circumstances, fiir the recovery of his property. Mr.
James Arrot, U.S. Consul in Dublin, closed the correspons
fromwith the Executive byin remitting to his Excellency a
letterdenewhich that gentleman says
—"I nave therefore no hope whatever of being able to
get possession of my property, and shall at once proceed
to prepare a statement of my losses, from the forcibLe and
unlawful detention of the stock .1 purchased, and will beg
of you to forward it to the g cerement of the United
Slates with as little delay as possible. I have given yen
proof of the injustice and oppession to which I have
been exposed, and my claim to full compensation fir the
damage I have sustained can scarcely be questioned kg
the American Cabinet.

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