Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

ROLLS COURT

On Friday, an application was made, on behalf of Mr.
Bramley-Moore, M.P., for an order to inspect the books
of the Liverpool Borough Bank. There was considerable
discussion on-the motion, and eventually it was agreed
that there should be an inspection; that the terms of
inspection should be settled between the parties ; and
that, in the event of an agreement not being come to,
the parties should again apply to the court. It was also
arranged that an accountant should be named to inspect
the books, and that he should be bound to secrecy.

A. MODEL WAR ESTABLISHMENT.—On a recent oc-

Ision, Mr. Jefferson Davies counselled the State of
Aississippi to prepare for war. The Vicksburg Whig
Ives the following inventory of the arms belonging to
' Four flint-lock muskets—all rusty, and
no breaches to at least two ; one cannon : seven bayo-
-rusty, with no points; a pile of belts and scab-
bards, but no swords ; fifty cartridge boxes. We have
now five major-generals, ten hrio•aier-generals, and 60
colonels, sixty lieutenant-colonels, sixty majors,
and will soon have 600 captains, 1,200 lieutenants, 4,800
sergeants, and 4,800 corporals. We are happy to inform
them, however, that we have no privates, the legislature
having dispensed with that useless portion of the army."
ITALIAN REFINEUENTS OF HONESTY.—On the subject
of honesty there are some mirious refinements, which, I
suspect, arise out of the discipline of the church. You
may trust a servant in Naples with any sum of money,
and he will keep it untouched ; you may leave your
drawers open to him, and lie will not rob you ; but if you
employ him to buy. anything, even the smallest article, he
will be sure to cheat you, and make a considerable
interest of your confidence. I shall never forret the
honest indignation I aroused in a man by telling him he
meant to rob me ; he was asking me at least ten times
the value of the thing bargained for. The colour came
into his face, his voice faltered, and he stammered out
" that mdn who robbed were found on the highway."
This, he said, was •' a mere treaty between two galant
noinini (honest men), and he could only excuse the insult
by supposing that I was not fully acquainted with the
import of the word." I told him if he did not like the
verb rubare, he might have ingannare, whith would suit
me quite as well, and which, as it only meant to cheat,
did not seem to shock his moral sensibility.—Urvin's
Letters from Naples.

the State :-

ROMAN BRIGANDS.—On Wednesday last, says a
Roman letter of the 15th,"Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, who
were travelling to Rome with post-horses, had arrived at
their last day's journey, at the town of Viterbo, on the
preceding evening. The postilion who drove them out
of that town was probably in league with the robbers, for
he was observed to pull up his horses at a lonely spot of
the forest which covers the mountain of Viterbo, and
immediately afterwards five men rushed out of the
brushwood, armed with guns and the usual complement
of small weapons, and wearing black veils over their
faces. These worthies lost no time in opening the
carriage door, and were proceeding to drag out the
travellers, commencing with the gentleman, but Mrs
Robertson, who has a perfect command of the Italian
language, reproached them in such powerful terms for
their audacity in venturing- to lay violent hands upon a
lady, that they finally olesisted from their project of
dragging her out also, and by that means she was able to

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preserve her jewel-box, upon which she sat, whilst the
brigands turned up the cushions, examined the pockets,
and searched the interior of the carriage. Mrs.ltobert-

son, with admirable presence of mind; had received her
husband's purse from him whilst he was being pulled out
of the carriage, and had taken out the chief part of the
gold it contaaned, so that when it was handed over to the
brigands, with its silver and small change, it was not,
worth winch more than it couple of Napoleons. The
robbers proceeded to undo the luggage of the imperial,
but ',vere disturbed by a party of gendarmes who -,vere a
short distance behind, and they abandoned the plunder on
• the high road to seek the safer shade • of the forest
leaving the travellers to continue their journe7 to Rome
Iwhere they arrived the same evening withor.t any
inconxenience