Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

and still in feeble

night after her confinemen

health. She is left with four children unprovi,
hope some effort will be made on her behalf.
MR. MASON JONES'S ORATION LAST NIGHT. _
night this distinguished young orator delivered his oration
on " Curran, and the wits and orators of the Irish bar,"
in the Hope-hall. The building was crowded by a most
respectable auditory. The oration on Curran was delivered
by Mr. Jones in Liverpool some months since, and was
repeated last night in consequence of urgent requests. It
is one of the most varied and attractive, especially to a
general audience ; the lecturer's course is studded through
with specimens of Curran's wit and humour, exhibiting a
deep and thorough acquaintance with the subject, and a
critical appreciation of the various styles of the great
orator's of Curran's age; and affords abundant opportuni-
ties for the display of Mr. Jones's splendid declamatory
powers. The audience were consequently enthusiastic in
the highest degree ; many even who had heard the lecturer
before, being irresistibly carried away by its variety, its
vividness of description, and its eloquence. At the con-
clusion, and at several points of the lecture, the applause
of the audience was almost overwhelming.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT, AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.--
Yesterday, at the Police-office, before Mr. Preston,
Paul James Daly, a boarding-house keeper, in Regent-
street, was charged by a foreigner, named Oscar 'ceche, for
having assaulted and attempted to rob him. Mr. Bluck
appeared for the prisoner. Officer Barrow, No 7, said, he
was on duty at the Clarence-gate, and was called into
Regent-street. when he was told there was murder being
cemmitted in the prisoner's house. He went there and
heard a great noise, and on going in he saw the prisoner
and prosecutor struggling about a purse, the prisoner having
his hand in the prosecutor's pocket; the latter then charged
Daly for an assault, and attempting to steal his purse. On
cross-examination of the prosecutor by Mr. Bluck, he said
he formerly lodged in the prisoner's house, and owed him
some money, and when he went in that morning the prisoner
wanted him to pay, but he deferred doing so for some days,
saying the prisoner had over five pounds worth of clothes
of his in the place. The case then resolved itself into an
assault, and Mr. Bluck said, the fact was that the com-'
plainant wanted to jump out of a window, when the pri-
soner pulled him back, and that was the whole case of
assault. The prisoner was fined £1 or 14 days' im-
prisonment.

- MERSEY Docxs INsTtrurE.—A meeting of this society
was held on Thursday evening, at the temporary premises
recently engaged by the committee, in the Clarendon-rooms,
South John-street; and, although the weather was so very
unpropitious, there was a goodly atttendance both of sub-
scribers and non-subscribers. The chief object of the
g. meetin was to enable the working men to make inquiries
and offer suggestions, before the general meeting is called,
for the purpose of considering the rules and giving perma-
nence to the society's arrangements. Besides the president,
Mr. Samuelson, there were present 111 r. Cowan, the chairman,
Mr. Ayres, the treasurer, and several other members of the
committee. Letters were read from Lord John Russell and
Mr. Charles P. Melly, the former expressing very great
pleasure at ‘'nilndation and progress of the institute, the
latter container, working men to help them-
- subscription. Messrs.

selves,

Francis Bonit, C. E. Rawlins, jun , &cwere also announce
as honorary members, and Mr. *B. Royal BO'
Buildings, as a life member. The names of Roberts,'Messrs. hors'
fall, M.P., Ewart, M.P., Charles Turner, Esq.,
already announced, were received with applause. S°111_„
conversation then ensued regarding the benefits that it wl!
proposed, -by means of the institute, to confer u!!.
the men, and it having been stated that a strong des
existed among them to have evening classes,
many who, not being able to read or write, would Di
debarred from enjoying the advantages of the Reading-r 0,11.:
it was moved by Mr. Pitman, and seconded by Mr. 011111.1;
(hoth labourin& men)—" That an section,
writing,
comprise at first classes for instruction inreading,
and the first four rules of arithmetic, be at once added !°__
the Institute." This resolution having been unaninionsirl
carried, several of the gentlemen engaged in the Al.ueir
Dock-office (amongst others the chairman) tendered their
they
as there IF
services as volunteer teachers, and the men present, who Bo
not previously subscribed, then enrolled their names
members. The working men then sought explanations a
lie
several subjects, amongst others as to the connection of 1150
Institute with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,
as to whether it was imperative that members of It;
Educational Section and Reading-room should also bec°
members of the proposed Benefit Society. These claes,.w
tions were promptly and satisfactorily answered by .00
president and chairman, who stated that no connectird,
whatever existed between the Institute and the BoiLd
and that the men need not join the Benefit Society unit;
they found it to their advantage. Mr. Perris, one °f that
committee, stated (and the Chairman confirmed) i. 050
whilst a proper actuary would be employed, under "scut 5.
direction the committee would draw up a table ef ,r3,,e13
Benefit Society sacs-,
,ne sdsabrey sufobtj e ctth
et o
./ jag men then addressed
.0:
sed their opinions to *hat tliel
„rag
pnrooteinctflioarof:

yet it was proposed that t

belong strictly tot

other than

the subscribers

meeting

Other worlun6

beheyed would naeot the approval of the dock l.a 0
generally, and arrangements were made for obtatal°ing
large a nulnber of saliscribers as possible. After aceor'
an enthusiastic vote of thanks to the president, 6.1311i0t
/1
and committee, the meeting separated.

Ai ate
The newly-born daughter of Prince Danilo of ',-op
negro has been christened by the names of Alelan'—the
Eugenia, and a present of 50,000 florins, arising fro 7 the
4, voluntary contributions" of the Montenegrins and o
relatives and allies of her family, has been given her.
tor
THE NEATOLITAN EXILES.—Lord Shaftesbury, in i.le the
to the Times, gives an account of the operations 01 of
Neapolitan Exiles' Committee. He says that thirtyro,
the exiles have already left, and arrangements are ill Pio
gross for the departure of nearly all the others.e Plod
out what yet remains to bo done for those enfeebled by j
years of imprisonment, and speaks in the highest terms'
the whole both

AUSTRALIA.—On Tuesday, evening the auxiliary se..: tat
clipper Royal Bride, Captain Newlands, arrived at D3'ilsoot
direct from Melbourne, bringing 74 passengers, heti
30,000 ounces of gold, and a mixed cargo of wool, lcat bet
copper ore, Scc. She has taken 103 days to accoraPlisl4l.
passage home, having left Melbourne on the Ist of Jan Mpg
The long detention 13 attributed to the fact of her 10 .0
lest one of her patent shutters off Cape Horn. 1111 add
have been long anticipated.
DROWNING Or A WOMAN

of
Court of Ass'/"'
spied two days in trying La`,lrceitit
;he man who threw a woman into the Somme, at th'"'netrol
and drowned her. The woman was the wife of an for
officer, and was very respectable. The man's reason
murdering her was that she was anxious, on account %tf
o
being a bad character, to break off an intimate conleedeuee
which he had formed with her daughter. The evl
against the prisoner was clear, and he was declared geles,
though with extenuating, circumstances. The Court
demised him to 20 years' hard labour.
, t
ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALLIGATOR.—On Tuesday- last'
some Kaffir girls were washing clothes in the Unigeo.ni' the
alligator happened to be taking his promenade thretleweli
river, perhaps looking after his luncheon or dinner. S
the young ladies in the water, he turned aside with 33
tention of appropriating one of them for his own uSe'eererd
with a strange fancy in taste, he swam past all the utight
girls, and seized the uttermost of all. The alligator
her, in the first place, about the hip, and the girl, 111,0,11.
deavouring to save herself, was also larcerated in the s: tee
der. Some Kaffir men, very luckily, happened to be 7ance:l
neighbouring bank, and came to the girl's assisci ear,
They succeeded in frightening away the alligator, °cora
ing the girl, though not before she• had been very. ISLIP*:
wounded. The sufferer is a daughter of our clue'
constable "Tuta."---Natal Star. • 00:
Loss OF FIVE WHALING SHIPS IN THE ICE.-qt deos'i the.
whalingfrom
p e arrivalnoim rs at
frothatls,_ e
which reports the total loss of five ships, two 4.1,et,1e
steamers, while employed in the fisheries in the f
Sea. They were the Empress of India, an iron all, rt,
screw steamer, launched at Newcastle in the early
the year ; the Volunteer, another screw steamship beZtlle'
to the Tyne ; the barques Alert, of Peterhead, 311050
Milenca, of Frazerburgh, and a third barque, name at lt)be icee
unknown. It is supposed that they were crushed per
Although no mention was made of the crews, it Is
ow
sumed that they were saved, as the Narwal is stated to„eare,
thirty-six of the crew of the Empress of India en
The Gertrude, of Hull, also sustained considerable d3sealsr
in the ice, and the Narwal, which had on board 3,o°f inch*
reports having had a narrow escape. The Empress ° oferf
was a very fine vessel, 600 tons register, 100 horse P
it.
and classed A 1 fur twelve years. the
ANGRY LETTERS.-An angry letter, especially ogry
writer be well loved, is so much fiercer than anY ree
speech, so much more unendurable There the vieer,,teeea
main scorching not to be explained away, not to h love
for by a kiss—not to be softened down by the word °ocal,
that may follow so quickly upon spoken anger. J.-:rittell
defend me from angry letters ! they should never he "oefe,
except to schoolboys or men at college, and not often tla be $
if they be-any way tender-hearted; this at least shell ~tter.
rule through the letter-writing. world ; that no angriewsea
be posted till four-and-twenty hours shall have is that
since it was written. We all know - how absurd
en are
other rule, that of saying the alphabet when ftpeith
angry. Trash ! Sit down and write your letter ; at 01°
all the venom in your power; spit out your spleel,l,- eel
fullest; 'twill do you good : you think von 113'
injured ; say all that you can say with all your Pt% your
equen.ce, and gratify yourself by reading it whi'd. as S
-is still hot. Then put it into your desk;
to double
urse, burn it before breakfast on the dobl%
Believe me, that you will then have 3
ecation.— The Bertrams,
DEATH OF MACKAY, THE CELEBRATED PIFEIt;-,,esShireP
was accidentally drowned, in the river Nith, De33l- Afer,
Mr. Angus Mackay, formerly piper to her Majestl.d wit
kay was of a race of hereditary pipers who obtairsneeireiast
instruction at the once celebrated College of the 0 the
in the Isle of Skye, which has been swept asvaY
down
nigems
upsirco,dwucheidch inintahney
of his profession can aati
altered state of Gaelic 5 now
He was not simply a performer, able to read aneareelf
do, he was a composer of singular abbe 'ears 0,
elits,s,
ef
his style of execution so superior that even t" less 3°-
Majesty were pleased with an instrument which in
hands would have been discordant. He published a wee
tion of upwards of 60 of those ancient and peculiar 1:101
of music, called Piobreach, with historical and bioe jitarl
letterpress, which is a standard work among the t.
and private professors of the national instrunle:ith their
published a volume of " Reels and Strathspeys, had 0111
respective names ie. both Gaelic and English, ana u's besiar'
siderable collection of his own composition. lie was
tonelle.
no contemptible versifier of poems from his nadir
The Gaelic orthography of his name is Mac-A.o(lh' nques'
TRUTHFULNESS OF THE Poole—Mr. J. S• Milli useriterr
tionably a very courageous as well as a very ahtevriteiet
has declared in a recent publication, that, in Grcjath, 3011
the higher classes, for the most part, speak the tr freven
the lower classes, almost without excep h
tion, haveeee 101
recourse to falsehood, I think Mr. Mill must Toe-
unfortunate in his experience of the poor. I have seen or and
of them, and I have found among them much 11°Tresejhave
truthfulness, along with great kindness of heart. "w
T heerigni
little to give away in the form of money, but will.e
give their time and strength in the service of a sick fee°
bour. I have known a shepherd who had eorne„„rneoet
the hills in the twilight of a cold December.al_7o pool
weary and worn out, find that the little child. fig, and
widow in the next cottage had suddenly been
dark to the town nine miles off, to fetch the doctor
noOV.
without sitting down, take his stick, and walktattteruort.igliAtnil
when I told the fine fellow how much I respecteThe had
kindness, I found that he was quite unaware that ncihour
done anything remarkable ; "it was just what onY filar
si
wad do for anither !" And I could mention scores and
cases. As for the truthfulness, I have Scotland'
women amone the peasantry both of England andr
_yen with
whom I would have trusted 'with untold gold -
°big teSt of
what the highland laird thought a more seam,
11 must ser-
rectitude —with unmeasured whiskey. Still, a etreng
rowfully admit that I have found in many ete Ps°
tendency, when they had done anything wrone,.. over
.impossible
that
themselves by falsehood. It is not
oldings eau"
severe masers and mistresses, by undue
se
this unhaPP!
nistered for faults of no great moment, foster kno 1,.
less more the;
tendency. It was not, however, of one class
her
another, that the quaint old minister of a parish. ead l'1;
shire was speaking, when one Sunday.
morning
all ale
text the verse in the Psalms, " I said in my 1, 11 saYingd
areA ylioarDs,a"viadn,dyebesgaaidn
it
thiisn thoughtd.
d .ou f;tl
ef eti r
eh
syourerm sermon by
haste,
lived in this parish, ye might have said it at your

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1 bIE LATEST TELEGRAMS.

THE BALTIC.
1):T. PETERSBURG, Aprill3.—The ice has broken up
ti twen. Cronstadt and Orancebaum. The naviga-
is" illaT open Within eight days. In town the ice
fast. Narva is open.

COCHIN CHINA.
ai
the4vourable intelligence has been received from
l'iraue n-Spanish expedition in Cochin-China.
‘taelt on Saigon took place on the 17th Feb.,
, was perfectly successful, nine forts, strongly
ehi ed, were successfully cannonaded by the
gre.l3B: and then taken by storm. The enemy lost a
blany men, but the French only a few wounded.
kir; the immense stores of amunition collected in
itac)ll' it is evident the Annamite government had
4booellifteiit their principal arsenal, and considered it
Y impreg
13w nable, and that its capture must
txDe .thlllltioY contribute to the ultimate success of the

PAA s -D, FRANCE. •
'Publ. 1,1 ' --, giaay.—The Momiteur of this mormn
• g
whichl3-es tae niGuthly returns of the Bank of France,
Ivitli 811°'' the following results, as comparedd
13 oontlinr,e 13-'t returns :—Decrease : Cash in hand
,
treasury ; bills discounted not yet due, 2,000,00 ;
19,4urY balance
s, 121 millions ; to current accounts,
40tesrnillions.
Increase : Advances, 111 millions ;
in circulation, 24,000,0u0.

TIE CONGRESS.
fro,fi le., z'ines has received the following telegram
„V
i's Vienna correspondent :
tiveiv "4., Thursday Evening.--Aus_r i-
t Evening.-Austria has pos
541,,e5s t 1 rer'l33d to b&.Come a party to the Congress
.
c1ia,,,,,,, . preceded by a general and simultaneous
fp'art isleut "
aht f .
Greg°ing is perfectly authentic.

iE AUSTRIA..
tee*. -4E, Thursday, April 14.--Advices have been
Yed from Athens to the 9th inst.
40,4ention has been concluded with the Austrian
Greee'llaent relating to the connection of Trieste and
Trittteell3' telegraph. The telegraph line between
111 d Alexandria is to pass through Greece.
advieee'llistrian Lloyd's steamer has arrived here with
pa trc'to Constantinople to the 9th inst. Ismael
d'ur had left to take the command of the corps
1'a4,414:e °4 the Danube. The arrival of Omer
- 4 Constantinople is not confirmed.

%/.I,bIIRSECUTION OF THE JEWS.
tontiApril 9.—The agitation against the Jews

poi PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES.
Proinr,-; April 10.--A new decree concerning the
••40/1 of.
Public functionaries has been published.

Th,u . AMERICA.so,th, tilted States mail steamer Arago arrived at
of i)t4)4 °ll Thursday night, with New York
//770,00Pf:r ,2141illstant, $73,741 for England, and
ranee.

I'°IIEIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PAllls PRANCE.
h Thursday Evening. —The intelligence
tteto reach
1.... es Me from all quarters is very unsatis-
hit not aild fully confirms the caution I have given
(34t1;°1 torel37 on the delusive hopes of peace held
Ptr° .1?
the
•PaYs. I have reason to believe that the
.° 1)b°:41- °lade by Austria, as to the various points
4011. v. 84bIllitted to the Congress,. are deemed
"hat't:lllaceeptable by the Cabinet of the Tuileries.es-
ry t ""se Proposals may have been it is unnec
kite's °o.state, as they will be fully disclosed shortlytoo
kaett 'l4 letter is published. There is but .
a_
flash
0f443°11 to believe, however, thy.t the determmn
411 as Ille Prench Government not to accept any
Nara ''at Austria could assent
.to, with a due
tekle,.„Pl. her position as a first-class power, has,s
kipist: the last attempt made by her Majesty.
klstrisTrs to Preserve peace abortive. Neither is
ll'ovok-,le°lllPletely blameless; but the onus of having
4 bloodye`` the quarrel, which must, ere long, receive
N*el.l, Bolution, unquestionably rests with the.
ItiNl;44t has fanned the embers of the Italian
114, not, t 0 their present incondescent state.
.e
4-41.1. t'
4°.wever, anticipate on the disclosures in
14ttleot
I ktii •
N4iti,, told, that the formation of a camp at Caloz is
tli . 'elY decided
viit, on. It
r, vos.
ens
ral
-•,
who has din „ enaut, been spending some
ton. s, has been ordered to
(li rariLyons, to join his
~ Lct ,
'44 Franc Centrals, a provincial paper, pu,b-
Or v
oi b
ti
at
44°31, under the very nose of the pre.fect
let-eher, is allowed to publish the follnw.ing :
sot'
ease
cif a war, the staff of the army will
.be
Cillised as f Emperor, Comander-in-
\t f; 0 of
lows :—The.
h"'"11' r'' eneral rows
Major-General; General
etild -,,ene, z de' R • • '.
General Lebceuf, Cora-
Neret 't
the A tillelerrywe; ' General de Martinprey,
Th:r the Staff.r"
411 d \val. 8
fo. No. teatners Sane, Alloa, Magellan, Mogador,
14(1( Algernii4ll°.ve sailed from Marseilles and Toulon
11• wither they sail in ballast, but will return
The o
ittite JournalPs-
tll ‘ltt.(l. de Cherbourg announces that the
(14 /0110,4.nthorities have received orders.to prepare
ktl37:-.... ".111g gunboats for active service without
I,lll4dre, Illgrette, Pulminante, Arquebuse, Lance,ete.
1, eY tti. edoubte, Ste. Barbe, Salue, and Temp
to
D,,.°1110n e, ass soon as ready, to be hurried... off to rtibo Where they 11 form the first division of
.a
me Nuadr
these
th'hallow
watersi) Th
n .1
wifeythaereAintended for service in
driatic. Several of
sels will e °remembered by our., offi. cemrsoirne
tiPh.s3es ti:le' Nyhere they proved " screw ' in
1),4 he Thr,an one.
ii°l3°lt—‘•eillents of troops have now assumed such
dote,-thPtinislls .that they can no longer be denied. An
torlbt mean "wever, to be made to prove that they
t‘ eth charything- The Moniteur is,
. as
. _
.mal:
oi
icht4' illeartli 1 for conveying this (mis)-inf
Ntilluotiee,
ineereolvill appear in day or two.
1:114:"IkeZt :3 f t.i e PaYYs, Iv hiach apoliticalclhaers tcuuirtsiosity, the
visio.tnarays
ti‘ bee is
- about peae.e. As an instance that ih
°l4 the arinolsulformea, the Pays quotes an article
rnltig Chronic/6 !

v,t , AUSTRIA.
gbh 'INN
t -k A •
(:ezi,_ bf Au$,PYll 12.—When speaking of the
tilitis r- 14.1 a to garrison the fortresses of Pia-
it z 'l,llt, ant. C(.,--.- -:-.:hio, I N-.---' --A to hint
-., Perhap. ')

was plainly and repeatedly told that the Austrian
Government would not evacuate either of those places
unless literally obliged to do so. Austria, as you
are aware, stands on treaty when she claims a right
to garrison Piacenza, but it is impossible to deny that
she has gone beyond her tether. In Article
5 of a treaty signed on the 10th of June,
1817, by Austria, Spain, France, and Great
Britain, Prussia, and Russia —which treaty was a
supplementary act to the general treaty of the
Congress of Vienna it is said that his Imperial
Royal Apostolic Majesty shall have the pure and
simple right of garrison in the " fortress "forteresse,
of Piacenzi, but that the strength of the garrison
shall in time of peace be amicably settled by the
high parties interested." Now this government has
by degrees greatly extended the circumference of
the fortress of Piacenza, and
.probably has in it
at the present moment a garrison of about 12,000
men. The . title of Austria to right of garrison
in Ferrara and Commacchio is contained in
the following two lines, which form the third
paragraph of the 103rd Article of the Act of
Congress of Vienna :—" His imperial Royal Apos-
tolic Majesty and his successors shall have a right of
garrison in the places' (citadals) of Ferrora and
Commacchio." The commander of the citadal lives
in the city of Ferrara, but none of the troops are
quartered in the town. Of Commacchio nothing
more is known to me than that it is what Byron calls
a," living grave." The Austrian officers abhor the
very name of the place. Austria neither can nor
will relinguish Lombardy and Venice she would,
doubtless, be a gainer if she could resolve on
letting those provinces have a separate Govern-
ment, under one of the Princes of the Imperial
house. As to Piacenza, Ferrara, and Commacchio, I
foresee that, sooner or later, she will be obliged to
relinquish one and all of them. Should she do so to-
morrow, would not her geographical position ensure
to her a preponderant influence over the whole of
Northern and Central Italy ?
Louis Napoleon's third address to the Germans
has produced as little impression as its predecessors,
for we learn that the Military Commission of the
Buntl is busily employed in making the necessary
preparations for completing the so-called " defensive
system" of Germany. Should the danger of war
again become imminent, the. Bund will prohibit all
mention in the public papers of the armaments of
the Confederation and of the movements of the
troops. During the last few days, several of the
leading papers have openly declared that the
Germans will not shed one drop of their blood either
for the maintenance of the Special Treaties or of the
Austrian Concordat.

THE

Early in the morning of Sunday, the Cardinal
Archbishop of Vienna returned from Rome, and his
zealous partisans disturbed the slumbers of the
lieges by ringing the great bell of St. Stephen's,
which produces a sound that may be heard in every
part of the city and suburbs.
A Moldavian battalion has entered Bucharest,
and a Walla.chian battalion is on its way to Galatz.
The Wallachlan ministry has resigned in corpore,
and Colonel Couza has desired Mr. John Cantacosino
to form a new Cabinet. Prince Milosch has an-
nounced his resolve not to permit the Pope to
meddle in the internal affairs of the principality
of Servia.

There was a very Considerable improvement on
'Change to-day, and the rate of exchange on London
fell from 118 fl 80k to 113 fl 80k.

THE STATE OF ITALY.

TURIN, April 12.—This morning's post brought us
very warlike telegram from Vienna, of which, how-
ever, the wires had already given us information.
Two hours later we received by telegraph from Paris,
the substance of an article in to-clay's Pays, which,
if it is to be depended upon as correct, gives a much
more pacific aspect to affairs, since it speaks with
considerable confidence of simultaneous disarma-
ment almost agreed to, and of the probable assem-
bling of the Congress. In these times of rapid
communication, two or three days may certainly
suffice to brillg about great changes, and decide
important events. Pending, however, an official
confirmation of the Pays statement, I have
only to assure you that, as far as can be
gathered here, there is extremely little disposition
to lessen the military force on•foot. All e.cternal
symptoms are of quite a contrary nature. Drilling
and military preparations of all kinds go on unin-
terruptedly, and nobody seems to doubt that
war is now a question only of a very few weeks,
perhaps only of days. Volunteers continue to pour
in. From the best information I can obtain,
12,000 is the total number that has arrived. I hear
the average of daily arrivals estimated at 200, and
on some days more than that have come in. For
the most part they do not remain long in Turin, but
are sent off to the depots. There are always, how-
ever, a good many of them to be seen in the streets
here. The large and increasing number of these
volunteers is unquestionrbly a difficulty in the way
of disarming, which measure could not but produce
considerable excitement among them, and it might
be • thought necessary to retain the contingent
(which otherwise there would, not be the least
difficulty in sending home), in order to ensure
the maintenance of order. Hitherto there has
been nothing to complain of in the conduct
of the volunteers, and I have heard foreigners
here express their surprise at their orderly
and inoffensive behaviour. They have come with
an express and enthusiastic purpose, and are wait
inr, to be led to the field. If they were told that
the country was disarming, and that the conflict was
postponed in the hope that diplomacy might render
it unnecessary, these men who have been taught
that the sword is the only possible adjustment of
the Italian question, might be difficult to keep in
hand. In short, here, at the present moment, there
are obstacles in the way of a reduction of the
army which do not exist in -Austria, France,
or any other country, and, taking this in con-
junction with the strong desire for war attri-
buted to the Sardinian Government, and with the
understood refusal of France to urge it to disarm,
we cannot be much surprised if things military in
Piedmont remain in statu quo, without much pros-
pect of a change, unless it be in an augmentative
direction. If I rightly appreciate the situation,
Austria agrees to a congress out of deference to
the mediating Powers, but stipulates that Piedmont
shall disarm before it assembles. Piedmont then
demands that Austria shall disarm likewise, which
Austria will only do if France follows suit. But
France declines, and her attitude with regard to
Piedmont is such as to make it doubtful how far the
appliance of the screw by England to this Govern-
ment would prove efficacious within pacific limits.
This situation is complicated enough, but one sees at
a glance where the knot of the difficulty is, namely,
in the more than ambiguous conduct of Napoleon.
We will hope, however, that the Pays has been
rightly informed, that a more straight forward line
has been adopted at Paris, and that there may yet
be a chance of the maintenance of peace.
With reference to Count Cavour's memorandum of
the Ist ult., to-day's papers publish a circular from
the Lieutenant-Governorship of Lombardy, as con-
firmatory of the Sardinian Minister's statement that
among the causes of the Lombardo-Venetian hatred
to Austria was to be reckoned the severity and cor-
poral punishment to which women were subjected.
The Turin papers give the circular as taken from the
official Provincial Bulletin of the Acts of the Govern-
ment for Lombardy, issue of the 7th March, 1859.
It runs as follows :
" Circular of the I. R. Lombard Lieutenant-
Governorship, Jan. 22, 1859, concerning the exe-
cution of the corporal punishments to be inflicted
on persons of the female sex condemned or
prosecuted (inquisitees).
" Copy of the decree No. 23,586 of the Ministry of
Justice.

" On the occasion of a demand that has been pre-
sented, the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with
the Ministries of the Interior and of Finance,
determines that, for the punishment by blows with
a rod of prosecuted or condemned women, the wives
of the gaolers (prison guards), or the maid-servants
of the same who may be found most adapted to the
office, are principelly to be employed, with a retri-
bution of 20 sous of the new coinage (about 5d.)
excontion.

'go communication shall be given to
for thew observations, it bP "7

r declared, however, to the same that the execution of
corporal punishment on prosecuted and condemned
men constitutes part of the ordinary service of the
prison officials, from which no pretence of special
recompense can be derived.
• " Vienna, Jan. 4, 1859."
The Turin prints declare this document to be
genuine, defy the Milan Gazette to contradict it,and
remark on the strangeness of the spectacle presented
to the civilized world by the con3urrence of throe
principal Ministers of a great European Power in
deciding such matters as the flagellation of woman
for 20 sous, and of men gratis. They also call atten-
tion to the passages of the circular which establi. h
that corporal punishment may be inflicted, not only
on women who have been condemned, but also on
those who are only under prosecution.
This morning, before 7 o'clock, the King passed
the garrison of Turin in review, upon the Piazza
a'Armi. The Turinese are early people, and, although
there had been rain in the night, and the ground
was wet, a great crowd assembled. The troops
looked extremely well, especially the infantry, and
the evolutions were very creditably performed. The
King was repeatedly welcomed by the people with
loud acclamations of " Viva it 114 r His reception
was even unusually cordial. He remained a con-
siderable time on the ground, and saw the troops
march past at the close of the manoeuvres. ' At half-
past eight he returned into the town, which he
entered at a canter, followed by a small staff, amid
the cheers and greetings of a number of persons
who had collected on the Piazza Carlo Felice to see
the troops march in.
Letters from Lombardy confirm the statement
already made here, that the late warlike proclama-
tion, read in the Milan barracks, proceeded from.
Marshal Gyulai. Several of Poerio's fellow-cap-
tives have arrived here, and it is expected that they
will all be in Turin before the end of the month.
Most alarming itccounts, not to be implicitly cre-
dited, are transmitted to this city from the other
side of the Ticino, of an approaching offensive
march of the Austrians, of a coup-de-main on Pied-
mont, to be executed between the 14th and 18th
inst., &c. I have just been informed that buildings
here are being cleared out and put in order for the
reception of French troops. A paper states that
the French camp at Culoz is almost formed.

NEAPOLITAN REFUGEES.

Earl Shaftesbury has published the following
account of the proceedings of the committee formed
in connexion with the Neapolitan Exiles' Fund:—

" The committee over which I have the honour to
preside think it due to those who have so generously
contributed to the relief of the Neapoliian exiles,
that they should he made acquainted with what the
committee have done in the execution of their trust,
and what they hope yet to effect if sufficient funds
should be subscribed for the purpose. They have
endeavoured to remember throughout that they have
had to relieve the wants of sufferers who were for
the most part gentlemen by birth and education,
and it has been their constant care to afford the
necessary relief in the manner which should be least
grating to the feelings of men whose original posi-
tion should have entitled them to be rather the givers
than the recipients of pecuniary aid. The exiles,
when they arrived in London, were for the most
part in a state of complete destitution, and a con-
siderable sum had to be expended in providing them
with ordinary necessaries. The committee had then
to provide the requisite funds for their expenses
during their stay in London. The greater part have
expressed a wish to leave this country with
as little delay as possible ; thirty-five have
already left, and arrangements are in progress for
the departure of nearly all the others. In these
cases the committee defray the expenses of the
journey, and place at the disposal of each exile on
his arrival at his place of destination a sum just
sufficient to provide for his immediate wants. For
all this an adequate amount has been collected; but
the committee feel that more than this ought to be
done, and they believe that the people of this
country will not be satisfied unless more is done.
The men for whom provision has to be made are no
ordinary sufferers ; they have, many of them, been
reduced from affluence to absolute destitution, and
from the peculiar circumstances in which they are
placed their friends are wholly unable to assist them.
Ten of the best years of their life cannot have been
passed in a Neapolitan dungeon without leaving
traces, in many instances, in broken spirits and
shattered constitutions. Some little time must
necessarily elapse before they can be expected to
recover the bodily and mental vigour which will
enable them to provide for themselves. Some,
who are advanced in years, are altogether unfitted
for a task for which neither their former habits nor
their present state of health seem to qualify them.
To provide for the temporary wants of those who
are recovering their health, to advance the sums re-
quisite to enable them to begin life afresh, and ren-
der their talents available for their future support,
and to provide for the permanent necessities of a few
who from age or infirmities, or other causes, are alto-
gether unfitted for obtaining a livelihood,, a much
larger sum is required than has yet been subscribed.
We cannot help thinking that when this is known,
the money will be forthcoming. Providence
has cast these meu on our shores, and
has thereby given us an opportunity of showing at
once our sympathy with unmerited misfortune, and
our attachment to principles by which we profess to
be guided. I cannot conclude without expressing
the admiration excited in the minds of the committee
by the conduct of the exiles. Not one unreasonable
application has been made. Their desire has been
to conceal rather than to make known their wants,
and each has seemed anxious to avoid drawing upon
the fund subscribed, iu order that more might be left
for others."

THE NORTHERN TINES, SATURDAY, APRIL 16