Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-13 00:00:00

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THE NORTItERN"fiTmEs, wEDNksAtiatiS 13, 1859

tion needed this stupendous paradox of 1859, (set
down as, a serious propostion, not by his own
creatures, his paid priraikes, his submissive ministers
of state, his sycophant journalists, his -propitiating'
bishops—but by unpaid flatterers of an English
press; via.), NAPOLEON tholiberator of Itoly,
doing justice as an " unpaid magistrate," without
hopo of reward or material advantage ! Just as
much as the assumption of this strange and novel
character was an incident in a tortuous career, which
did not bear its meaning on its face, but only derived
when arranged into the many-sided
system of a subtle despot ruling with a rod of iron
amid the strongest traditions of liberty, so this
significant pause in the execution of his schemes is
inexplicable on ordinary grounds of reasoning or
probability. We cannot felicitate Louis BUON A-
PARTE on his position. The engineer is in danger
of becoming hoisted on his own petard—the

with a fashionable and highly respectable company, which
included a large portion of the youth of both_ sexes, It is
needless to.sq ihey 'We're highly delighted jith the per-
formances of the talented dramatic company now perform-
ing there in their laughable farce; "Ticklish Times." It
is, certainly a, corps of very considerable talent, and to
particularise the performances of Mr. Calhaem arid Mrs.
Burkinshaw is the least wocan do. A celebrated barid of
belt melodists, under the direction of Mr. Gay, attracted
considerable and marked attention. Their performanCe' of
popular airs was most happy and effective, and they were
repeatedly encored. The weather being warm renders the
Zoological Gardens a cool and refreshing retreat, and we
adVi4 all 'who have not lately' been there to pay a visit
while the dramatic company are there, which, we under-
stand, is for a limited time only.
BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Com-
missioner Perry )—ln re TODD AND TODD.—These bank-
rupts were corn and commission- trierthants at Newry, and
were recently in Liverpool. This was the hearing of a
petition .to. annul the adjudication, ,o bankruptcy against
them, on the ground that their 'petition had been presented
by collusion and concert with the petitioning creditor,
there being no assets to be administered by the court, as
stated in the balance-sheet. Mr. John Yates, jun.,
appeared in support of the petition, Mr. Jenkins
for the -petitioning creditor and assignee, and Mr.
Martin for the bankrupts. Mr. Yates opened his case by
reading the prayer of the' petition ; and the affidavits, in
support thereof, and cited various cases as precedents,' in
support of his proposition that the court had been int-
properly made us& of, merely to free the bankrupts from
their debts. Mr. Jerkin and Mr. Martin sevlally addressed

consistency

audacidus arts of ' the intriguer , • are over-
reaching himself, and he is in danger of being
swamped by his own ingenuity. A coup d'etat in
the barricaded streets of Paris is easier thUn a coup
d'etat in vigilant and armed, and, we may say, con-

stitutional Europe. Yet we did not expect he would
have so soon called in the aid of this Europe, to save
him from the complexities of his own cunning. It
was only by the ultimate and complete triumph of
his arms, that the "Napoleonic idea" could challenge
a footing in Italy, Where now will be the cousin's
kingdom, the promised result of that sad domestic

pect.ed pride of youth..and beauty ?
The Royal Alliance will have been disappointed of
its proper fruit, though the sacrifice, forsooth, will
be all on the-side of the deluded King, or rather of
ed 'daughter', the victim of rapacity and
ambition. Nay, if the conjecture were true, that
NAPOLEON'S real motive in his 'last aggression was
the dread of Italian assassins, and a wish to propi-.
tiate their resentment by showing hirns.elf the friend

episode, the e

the comt.ijopposition to the arguments used by Mr. Yates.
His Houour afterwards said. he would look at the cases, and
deliver judgment on ' Friday.—ln- re HENRY NELSON
HUGHES. -This bankrupt, who was a buil

at Wrexham

the barter(

came up on• his last examination. Mr. Bremner, for the
assignees, applied for an adjournment to complete arrange-
ments the' creditors were making to supersede the bank-
ruptcy. His Honour, seeing there was no creditor opposing,
granted an adjourhment for a month.
THEATRE RoyAL.—Last night, a new play in three acts,
new to Liverpool, was produced, to introduce Mr. H.
Widdicomb, in the character of a money lending lawyer,
who overreaches himself in his attempt to overreach a
young spendthrift. The play is called " A Bird in the
Hand is worth Two in the Bush.'' Mr. _Roderick
Praisitoortk#, (Mr. J. C. C6wper) a landed proprietor,
is induced to pretend that he is dead, in

of Italy, then his retirement from a compromised and
defeated cause will expose him to their ten-fold
hatred and scorn, and whet the keenest edge of their
daggers. lie will have become their deluder, their
betrayer, their cheat. He will have raised their
loftiest hopes only to shovi that he has treated them

talking horse, as a portion of his intrigues, as

a branch of a 'selfish and- thascrtipnlous'system. -He
will have used the Most sacred cause involving their
dearest aspirations—the one faith .of a disappointed
existence, the only light of a cheerless exile—as a
puppet to be alternately set up as a mask for the
interested designs 'of a :foreigner, and then spurned:
from his feet, as a useless plaything. They will say,
ihat, to being made the slaves of the-Anstrian there
needed only the addition of this one further
degradation, to.be made a Frenchman's convenience.
They will ask, why GARIBALDI left the land of his
and for what purpose KOSSUTH and his
quondam chiefs were invited from England. Louis
NAPOLEON- having provoked a war of nationalities
will yet be called upon to show that he did it with
some solid prospect or some good intention. The
"nationalities" on both sides of, the Alps will not
forget it. The republican class of patriots are not
short of ;memory, nor slow in revenge. • . -

order to try• his two nepheWs; Reginald Prodigal
(Mr.' Fredericks), and Theodore Prodigal (Mr. Neville).
The latter had been originally adopted, but had been sup-
planted by the villainy of his brother. The will is read.
The whole of the property is left to Reginald, who sells the
mansion and contents to Mr. Copias Sharpe, for £30,000,
paid to him in his own dishonoured bills, which are inirnedi7
ately destroyed. The uncle discovers how he has been deceived
by.R4inald, and comes forward at the last moment, tears np
.the will, and reinstates Theodore in his favour, to the great
disgust of Sharpe, who goes off in a Robsonian fit of rage.
Mr. Widdieombc played the character very well, and Mr. J.
C. Cowper was very good in the part of the Uncle, who, for
some time, is disguised as the Steward. Miss Page had an
interesting character—a country girl, the wife of Theodore-1-
to which she, as usual, did ample justice. Miss Edwards
was successful in Reginald's fine, lady wife. After the play,
Mr. J. C. Cowper carne ;forward, and 'reafd the telegram
announcing the terms oivi which peace had been concluded
between the Emperors of France, and Austria.

• •4- • •
rEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
• SOCIETY AT WARWICK.

CORONER'S TNQUEiTS. - John Wybergb, Esq:, the deputy
coroner, held the following inquests yesterday :—On the
body of Henry Robinson, four years of age, son of a licensed
porter. The lad fell into a cellar in Grundy-street on
Sunday, and was killed; verdict, 11 Accidentally killed."—

The arrangements for the holding of this great agri-
cultural gathering have hitherto proceeded' in the most
,ctory manner, and the meeting promises to be in all
ts one of the most important and successful which
have yet taken place under the auspi

Oa the bodi of Edward Jones, 52 years of age, who was a
brewer, and kept a beer-house at 82, Lower Harrington-
street. He was very much given to drink. About seven
weeks ago he was scalded very badly, but the injuries had
healed up. He was drunk every day last week, and died in
a -flt 'of drink on Monday morning, after a fall on some
casks ; verdict, "Died from a fall, the- esalt of intoxi-
great attractions for I cation."

s of the society.
.ayourable the attendance will

weather prov

no doubt be very lard

e. The scenery of Warwickshire,

is in many parts finely-timbered and pleasantly pictur-
esqu.e; ._and 'in -close 'ffintiguity to the 'county town :are

nany spots which possess

every class of visitors

First and foremost

stands

the grand old castle, one of the most perfect specimens of
a feudal residence to be met with in kingdom, with

its collecting of: pictures, ancient armour, and many objects

of historical or legenciiry interest

Warwiek Can also boast

of its antiquities, ror inst•ince, St. Marys Church, and
its elegantly enriched " lhaucha-:ni) Chapel," with its

celebrated altar-tomb an,

uments of later date

a veritable piece of Elizabethan

at preservation ; the remains of the
Priory originally founded by Henry do Newburg. Earl of
Warwick ; and Gay's 914, ,which derive.. its nany
frgm
the redoptal?le hsro , lwhpse deeds are-the thOie
of a' well-known ballad ih the `‘ Re/kilns "`l of Bishop

;hitecture, in excelle

verdict of "F:ufneatda whilst the bother
borroner 'cautioned the woman as to her fu

was drunk,

In near neijiA6rhboil to these are th 6 v'eneiabl6
, 0

habits

your indulgence for any shorts

PARIS, Tuesday.L-A. message posted up at the
Bourse announces that a treaty of peace has been
signed between Austria and France.
PARIS, July 12.—The following official despatch
has been posted up all the Bourse :--
" VALLEGIO, July 12.—The Emperor to the Em-

press :
" A treaty of peace has been signed between the
Emperor of Austria and myself.

"The conditions of peace are the following :
" The Italian confedracy, under the honourable
presidency of the Pope.

"The Emperor of Austria gives up his rights over
Lombardy to the Emperor of the French, who remits
them to the King of Sardinia.

"The Emperor of Austria keeps the Italian Con-
federation. A general amnesty is to be granted."
DRESDEN, July 12th.—An extra sheet of the
Dresden Journal publishes a despatch from Verona'
announcing that the preliminary conditions of peace
have been signed to-day by the two E:nperors.

OPINIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL PRESS

IN RELATION TO WAR.

The Constitutionnel, in speaking of the probability
of peace issuing from the conference of the belli-
gerent Powers, refers to the feeling manifested by
the German press, which is generally pleased at' the

change of things in Italy

The Cologne Gazette says an arm- istice is the more'
,--
hapPy. that the advantages of the. arinisticO, at least
at the first glance, appear to be altogether- for
Austria. It must, therefore, be welcome to her, and
the more so that she will be likely to obtain new
allies, in order to prevent France from extending her

views beyond Italy•
The National Gazette of Berlin cont
ing :—" The -Ruisian cabinet approve

of Prussia as exposed in thi

at On the 27th

ult. England, in answkr to it, endeavoured to per-
suade Prussia from adopting any energetic course.
The Bourse Gazette states on good authority, that
when PrusSia's proliosition for establishing a corps of
:observation on the banks of the Rhine was brought
forward for discussion at Frankfort, Holland voted
against it, and Denmark reserved its vote. •
At Turin, the armistice has created immense
dissatisfaction amongst the patriotic party. The
press, however, being under the French regime, no:
agitation will be the result of the feeling. AccoUriti
from the camp state that dysentry and typhus fever
prevail. The thermometer stands at 104 degrees,
and there is a great scarcity of water.
It is currently reported at Vienna that Russia is
to send 60,000 men to Khja to fight against the.
Turcomans. There is now only one French vessel of
war before Venice. The organs of the press expatiate
on. the .quality and devotion: of the nation; but the
greatest diSSatisfaction prevails, and people use such
language as was not heard here even in 1848.
41).
THE SWISS CONFEDERATION.

BERN E, Monday. —The Federal Assembly has
elected the President of the S wiss Confederation for
1860 in the person of the Federal Councillor M. Frey
Herossee. M. Kneel has also been chosen Vice-
President. M. Ziegler has been re-elected chief of
the military general staff. 1 .7

♦
FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, July 12.—Rentes commenced flat, at 67f,

.12.50 p.m. A rise of 2 per cent. has taken place.
in Rentes, in consequence of: a despatch announcing
the signature of pea Ce. Closing prices have not.yet

'—On,the body of Anne Derrick,, 16 months old;
who died in consequence of a fall off some steps in Bisphain-
street. Mr. Ayrton, surgeon, proved that death tvas the
result of injuries to the brain by the fall ; verdict,; " Acci7
dental death."--,-On- the body of Thomas Mooney, a vainter,
who fell from a scaffold, as detailed in ourpaper of Monday,
and died in 'the 'Royal Infirmary in consequence of the
injuries received by the fall 4erdict,"ACcidental ;death.'
On the body of Richard Matthews, 34, a dock labourer,
who fell into the hold of a ship in one of the docks, and
was killed in consequence of the fall ; verdict, " Abcidentr
ally killed."—On the body of a child, named Cavanagh,
that was smathexecl, by its mother while she wa4 drunk.
_Thelury censured the conduct of .he mother, and found a

THE PEKIN Buit,rNosi---Yesterday evening, Mr. John.
Scott, jun , invited a large number of gentlemen td dinner,
at the Adelphi-hotel, to celebrate the erection of Pekin-
thntlrery` graceful pile of offices, lately erected in
liarringtan:street. The dinner Was served up in, a truly
magnificent style, and the quality of Abe" viands we need
not discuss, as ample justice has already been done to the-tn.
After the usual loyal toasts weredrank, the health of Mr.

Scott was proposed, along
buildings," which had so materially altered the aspect of
the locality, and was a striking contrast to the former
delapidated appearance of the- -site whereon they now
stand. Mr. Scott -returned thanks
.anci, said, " I can

to the- new

assure you, gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to meet so
large a nuMber of my friends as are now assembled around
me. The position I now occupy is quite novel to me (never
having presided at a public dinner before). I must claim

.inns or irregularities on

my part, and I need not tell you that the object foi which
we have now Met is,
,to celebrate the completion of the
new buildings," in Harrington-street,, now christened
" Pekin-bnildings," and those who kn'ew .the place before,
will be as much astonished as was " Aladdin," at his Fairy-
palace, so great is the contrast between its former dilapi-
dated appearance, and the present light, elegant, and
commodious range of offices that stand upon the same Pte.
I must riot forget toPaY a ProPeetribute to the talented
architect, Mr. W. H. Gee. and the contractors, Messrs. Kilpen
-and Montgomery'. The former produced a design, which, in
my opiniorf; admitted of little if any improvement, Mid the
latter carried (int the same in a; manar .thes-' most complete
and satiafactory in which their promptitude and despatch
are only' inferior. -to their" first-class workmanship and
materials, for both of which, I believe; they are well known.
However, t. 6 dire* the apple of discord now, by any
injudicious remark, would expose me to well-merited
-rebuke, ;for: it my wish to see you not only do justice
to the viands set before yon, but also to give full vent to
those genial and. social feelings which such an °nolo&
as this should call forth. 1. will not trespass on- your
time, but give you once for all a hearty welcome, and
the pleasure your company affords me. I propose the
health of Mr. Gee, and Messrs. Kilpin and Montgomery."
Mr. Gee and Mr Kilpin each returned thanks in humorous
and happy strains, when Mr. Hornblower proposed the
members of the Town Council, which was responded to by
Mr. Joseph Kitchen and Mr. Daniel Crosthwaite in appro-
priate terms. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed
Dr. Ilayward, Mr. J. IL M‘Guille, Weightman, Hum-
phreys, J. P. Hall, &c., Sro. A most pleasant evening was
spent, and was enlivened by the harmony of a company of
masts under. the direction of Mr. Molyneux.

FPEACE at L 4 per oz., amounts to L 2,656,448. lip to the car
te
TREATYO
ponding date of lasi year the shipments amounted t°
SIGNED. 729,5580 z. ; or, 30 tons 7 cwt. 3 qr. 211 b. 6oz.t of the
'faille
at the same rate, £2,918,232. I
The passengers arriving by the seaboard at the port
Melbourne have numbered only 446, including 322 fr°ll/,
the Australian celonies, 115 from the United Kingdom,
from Rangoon, 3 from New York, 1 from IVlanilla; 1 fr°l
Memel, and 1 from China. The departures are compute°
at 180. The addition therefore was 286.
Rumours have been current of an intended rise 10
tbE
rates of exchange by the banks, but none . has );
taken place. The preseht rates are :--For bills under
days currency, 8 peecent ; from 95 to 125 days, 9 per cent.
over 125 days, 10 per cent. ; 'and on overdrawn account'

10 per cent.
Exchange on England is at par for 60 dap sight f"'
large amounts, and at 1 per. cent.: premium for 30 days gie,
for bills under £5O. Freight on gold by sailincr-ve°

is from

2Ad. to 3d. per ounce, deliver

in Loud° ,

insurance, 1 per cent: By tlie- overland innte
to the Bank of Engiand is I pe

ent. ; in

No transactions have been reported t9-da

of local stock and shares

The chief

were —Bank of Victoria shares at £33 10s and £34 ; COlOlO
Bank of Australasia, at £6 4s ; National Bank of Austral

at 10 per cent. discount on £2 paid up ; M

ilobsoii's Bay Railway shares at 77 and 7

Melbournc

icw
and Coke Company's shares 35 per cent. premium; V
Insurance Company's shares, at X 55;. Australasian Insuro
Company at 22s 6d; and Colonial Insurance .C`mpanY

)3; Bendi

3d and £1 10:

al important transactions have taken

- .
property. Mr. Charles Brown reports having sold two'
tions on the MurrunThidgee River, N.S.W., known as 'Cr'

quintry and Cullingully, the property of Al
with 3,000 head of cattle and 50 horses,

17,320/

Mr. George Synnot sold the U]

the Bonegar stations, with 8,000 s'

theep and (

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

Earl Granville made a similar communication respecting

the preliminaries of peace agreed upon between the

Emperors of France and Austria, which was made in the

House of Commons by Lord John Russell

Certain returns respecting the Crown Law Courts in

Ireland were agreed to on the motion of the Marquis of

Clanricarde,

In reply to the Earl of Carnarvon,

The Duke of Newcastle explained the terms under which

the public debt of New South Wales was apportioned

between the part of that colony retaining its own name,

and the new division established under the name of Queens

land, and the arrangement of the boundaries between the

two provinces

LOrd Lyndhurst moved for (

itner a commission or a

select committee to inquire into the mode of taking evidence

in the Court of Chancery

Lord Broughair

commission

supporting

motion, approved of a

Earl Granville and Lord Chelmsford likewise supported

the motion

The commission was agreed to, and the House adjourned

In minutes past seven o'clock

HOUSE OF COMMONS -TUESDAY

Some discussion arose on the. second reading of the

Greives Disabilities Removal Bill. The bill had come down

from the Lords as a private bill. Mr. Greives had fallen

under the censure of the Bishop in Scotland, and the bill

was to permit him to hold a living, in England. This, it

was contested, he had no right to do, inasmuch as he had

not recanted his error

Mr. Stewart moved, as an amendment; that the bill Le

read a second time that day six months

Mr. Bright resisted the amendment, he did not see why

members of the Scottish Church should not be admitted to

the English, as well as Roman Catholics. He was in favour

of freo trade in c

well as in other things

was any difficalty, let theta pass a general law to

remove

Mr. Estcourt

already passed

said, that several similar bills bad beer

Mr. Bouverie protested agains

,t the ordination of a

Scottish bishop, being deemed, sufficient for ordination to the

Anglican Church, inasmuch as those bishops were regulated

by no rule, and were not recognised by the established law

of the country

Lord J. Manners defended the bill

Sir G. Grey thought that the•present general law,

qualifying Scottish ordination, as valid for the Church of

England

Mr. Hadfield protested against the non-recognition of the

ordination of those great and learned men, the noneonfor-

mists of England—why should they make those uncharitable

distinctions

Lord Palmerston admitted that the modification of the

existing law might be desirable, but be could not approve

of the establishment, by these private bills, of exception to

a general law

By a division the amendment was carried by 232 to 84

The bill was consequently lost,

Mr. Disraeli asked whether any communication had been

received as to the result of the interview between the

Emperors of Austria and France

Lord J. Russell replied that no communication had been

received at the Foreign Office from the French government,

but a telegram had been received at Paris stating that the

preliminaries

of peace had been signed between the

two. .Emperors, but

;overnment had, however, re

ceived a despatch from Lord Cowley giving the

terms of the telegraphic message from the

Emperor

to the Empress

That message showed that peace

had bee'ii concluded upon the'terms that Lombardy was to

be okled to France, who transferred its possession to Sar-,

dinia ; :so that an, Italian Confederation was to be formed

under. the. nominal presidency of the Pope

That the

Venetian territory was to remain subject to Austria, forming,

. •
at the same time, a part of the Italian Confederation. He

was happy to'say, in contradiction to a rumour that pre-

vailed some weeks ago, that it was not the intention of the

French Government to demand Savoy in exchange for

Lombardy

Any addition, however small, to the French

territory mroahl, ait the time, be considered an object of

suspicion

bto Lord Echo, on an appeal made to him by Lord J. Rus-
tA:Al
sell, consented to withdraw the motion he had placed on
vi
trap the paper for Thursday, relative to foreign affairs, saying
le 4 that he should take the opportunity at the time to make a
.st tty short statement.
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Colonel iykes asked the Seeretary of State for Foreign'

Affairs whether the Government proposed to recommend
the acceptance of the (der of the Sovereignty of the Feejee
Islands, and if so at what additional cost to the imper!al
exchequer above the present outlay of £4,000,000 for colonial
purposes.

Lord John Russell said that the offer had been made and

the matter was under consideration.
Mr. Bright said that he hoped that a decision would not
be taken in the matter without first consulting, Cho Legisla-

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In reply to Mr. G. Freeland,
Sir G. C. Lewis said that it was intended, by the present
Government, to reintroduce the Ecclesiastical Commission
of their predecessors. But their bill would be introduced
for the purpose of facilitating the working of the act
whereby the commissioners were appointed.

Mr. Hadfield moved for leave to bring in a 13111 to
amend the law for, the regulation of municipal corporations
in Engla:nd and 'Wales. The object was to alter the de-
claration now subscribed by four councillors and others
elected under the act:
After sonie'remarks from Mr. D. Griffiths,

Sir G. I

'is said, he should not oppose the introduction

Leave was given, on the motion of Sir W. Somerville, to
introduce a bill to extend the act to facilitate the Improve-
pient of landed property in Ireland, and the acts amending
the same to the erection of dwellings for the labouring
classes in Ireland.

Mr. A. B. Cochrane moved an address to Her Majesty,
praying that she will be graciously pleased to instruct that
all persons who entered the civil service prior to the 21st
May, 1855, to which service the present system of exami-
nation is applicable, shall be considered eligible for pro-
motion without being subject to any examination.
Mr. Gladstone and Lord Palmerston opposed the motion,
which was finally withdrawn.

On the motion for appointing the committee on the packet
had telegraphic contracts, Mr. Maguire, Sir E. Grogan,