Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

strongly from such a course

is onetliat is to be considered under all the eircum-

.....
attending it, from first to last. It is not fair,

end, to judge of it simply as

.girds the mere

No doubt it was alto-

icion of poisoning by it

adduced in

T circumstantial eviden

that was

)ort of the capital char

but that evidence has a

and character given to it by the concomitant cir-

Lees which it would not otherwise have, and

-which rendered it impossiblc, to doubt the convict's
guilt. It is much to be feared, therefore; that if he is
allowed to escape the gallows, such crimes as his, which
have lately been of fearful recurrence, will not easily be
put down.

The plenipotentiaries at Zurich are said to be pro-
ceeding satisfactorily with their work ; but they are cer-
tainly very slow about it, and we are all as muca in the
dark as ever as to the nature of the results to which
they are said to have conic

[here are signs, moreover,
of Austria being apprehensive that the issue of the ne-
gociations may, after all, be such as she cannot submit
to ; and, under this feeling, it is believed she has al-
ready ordered a suspension of the reductions that were
being made in her army. The idea is, that the French

mmperor is too exacting,—not merely for Italy, whose
interests ought first to be considered, but for such a
course of settlement as might leave open an opportunity
for his own future intervention, if not domination, in

orne of the Italian States. One would fain hope that

a more favourable result will be arrived at tlaan is now
apprehended, before the negociations arc brought to a
close; but the very mystery in which they arc still
wrapped, is certainly ominous of evil rather than good.

Another case of commercial fraud, on a most extensive

aeale, is about to be invest

the Scotch

an Courts,

The eminent Carron Iron Company,

h for three-quarters of a century or more has carried
iron foundry business, in all its branches, to a

►ter extent, perhaps, than any similar concern in
United Kingdom, has been defrauded, it is charged,
:wo of the shareholders, to an amount which really

ins almost incredible, throt

zh the means of false

sheets and other dishonest courses, in the

management of the concern, which was mainly in their
liand• It is said, in short, to be one of the most

?endous cases of fraud to be found in .the history of

3mmerce. Some details of it will be found in another

our present sheet

that of the builders
The
lammakers of South Staffordshire have struck for a
ksiderable increase of wageA, and those of Newcastle-

ukes in ether trades tha
x to be spreading through,

the country

Pon-Tyne are fraternising with them, and giving an
npulse to the movement, there and elsewhere, by doing

Ile weavers in some parts of this county are also
on " strike," and have just declared anew their
'urination to persevere in the struggle with their
The builders in Dublin appear to have
nlade a fresh demand of an advance of fourpence a day,
Which, being refused, is likely to lead to a general turn-
out. In Loudon the same class of mechanics are still
" out"—living upon the contributions which are made
by their- brethren who are still employed, both there
is
in the country ; although the amount, it is said,
1.8 not such as to be at all satisfactory. It were much
to be desired that some means could be devised to bring
e
employers and the employed to 'a better under-

naployers

a respect to the French amnesty, it appears
that a great many suffering exiles will take

tage of it, although there are others who have

mined to treat it with contempt. Louis Blanc
1-ready done so; and now we have Victor Hugo
declaring that " Nobody will expect from him that he

has al

_ .
grant, in what concerns himself, a moment of atten-
a to the thing called an amnesty;" and that, " As

e is now situated, a protest absolute, inflexible,
ernril, is his duty." He will have none of it :
contrary, he " will share to the last the exile of
—not

ty; when liberty return:

THE LATEST NEWS.

SPEECH OF THE KING OF

A medal, struck by a private society, has been

presented to the King. It commemorates the

following words of his Majesty, on opening the

not insensible to the cry of grief which has rcac

us from every part

To th

deputation who presented the medal,

Victor Emmanuel spoke as follow

" I thank you for your beautiful present. Ever

since it has been in my power I have concen

trated my effor

to the great national cause. I
have it constantly before my mind: live for it ; I
am ready to die for it. Difficulties and misfor-

tunes arise which must be surmounted, and they

certainly will; for I have witnessed the courage

and discipline of which the Italians are capable.
The union, perfect order, and wisdom which the
people of Tuscany, the duchies, and Romagna

now display are admirable. Under present cir-
cumstances it has been impossible to go further,

as I might have wished. In the midst of past

sorrows I haxe found great consolation in seeing
that the Italians have understood me, and have
not entertained a doubt concerning me. •Be

assured that now, as well as in future, I shall do

everything in my power to promote the welfare

of Italy

FRANCE

The correspondent of the Times says that verba

remmistrances have been addressed to the minister

of foreign affairs on the anti-.

kustrian tone of

recent articles in the Pats ie

the minister dis-