Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

THE RECENT CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE
EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

The conspiracy which has been discovered in
Paris is described as the most serious of any that
we have as yet any knowledge of, both from the
character of the 'individuals concerned, the extent
of its ramifications, and the object proposed. That
it was connected with the late insurrection in
various parts of Italy there appears little doubt, and
the first act of the great tragedy, of which a great
part of Southern Europe was to be the theatre, was
destined for Paris. It appears that documentary
evidence of the most telling kind is in the pos-
session of the authorities. A mass of correspon-
dence exchanged between Paris, London, and
other parts has been seizcd, showing that during
the French elections the Emperor Napoleon was
to be assassinated, and most of the letters closed
with the words " Frappez, frappez, frappez," as the
speeches of Cato, in the Roman Senate, with
" Delenda est Carthago." A chosen band of 10 or
12 persons was to take the first favourable oppor-
tunity of stabbing the Emperor ; and in order to
make sure of the effect, the poinards were steeped
in poison. The members of a Provisional Govern-
ment were already named, and were prepared,
when the deed was done, to seize the reins of
power, and to proclaim the Revolution, with all its
terrible consequences, all over Southern Europe.

OXFORD ELECTION--RETIREMENT OF LORD
MONCK AND RE-APPEARANCE OF MR.
CARD WELL.

OXFORD, SATURDAY EVENING.—The forthcoming election
for this city will evidently be wall contested, as the
former supporters of the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell
have resolved to bring that gen leman forward again,
although it was understood he had resigned in favour
of Lord Monck. A meeting of Mr. Cardwell's friends
was held at the Star Hotel this evening, James
Pike, Esq., in the chair, when a resolution was
moved " that the electors present pledge themselves to
vote for Mr. Cardwell, and to use their utmost endeavours
to secure his return." There were about 200 present, and
the resolution was adopted without a dissentient voice.
Lists were sent in with signatures from the different
parishes in favour of Mr. Cardwell, and a determination
was expressed to carry out the election without Mr.
Cardwelrs presence. The agent for Lord fgfonck attended
the meeting, and communicated the result to his
lordship, who immedintely went to the town-hall (where
he had been announced to address the electors to expiain
his political principles), and made known his intention of
withdrawing from the contest, in consequence of the
determination of Mr. Cardwell's friends. His lordship
paid a high compliment to Mr. Thackeray, whose
talents and character he fully appreciated. A large
meeting of Mr. Thackeray's friends was afterwards
held at the Mitre Hotel, when the talented author ex-
pressed the great satisfaction he felt at the result of a
two days' canvass, which had far surpassed his most
sanguine expectations, and intimated that he was fully
prepared to go to the poll. It is a significant fact that Mr.
Thack,ras, has the support of Mr. Neate's party, while of
the 225 who voted for Serjeant Gaselee at the recent elec-
tion, the majority have expressed themselves in favour of
Mr. Thackeray. Mr. Neate, the unseated member, has
issued an address to the electors, which concludes as
follows :—" If I may say one word about myself it is this,
Mr. Thackeray is my particular friend, and if you retain any
confidence in my opinion—any regard for my wishes—vote
for him, as being my friend, and, what is much more, as
the friend of the people."

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE,
At LEWIS & COMPANY'S. Ranel,l2l2 street.

This gallant officer left by the mall train on Sunday,
for M4rseilles. He will probably reach Calcutta on or
about Augist 20.
THE OxFo aD ELECTION.—Lord Monek has retired from
the candidature of Oxford in consequervm of the supporters
of Mr. Cardwell having determined to bring that gentleman
forward. The contest will be between Mr. Cardwell and
Mr.... Thackeray.

WRECK OF THE STEAMER ERIN.—The steamer Erin was
totally wrecked at Caltura, forty miles northward of Galle,
on the &h of Jane. The passengers, crew, and 'mils,
were all saved, as were also the specie and 400 to 500
chests of opium. _ _ _

We read in the Leader: —" The defalcations with
respect to the Reyhtin Lonum, in Ireland amounted to
about £30,000, those in Buckingham Palace to £12,000,
those hi the Admiralty Registrar Office to £60,000, those
in the Council Office to about £3,000. The amount of
those in the Treasury, Intestate Estate, and Escheats were
of an unknown amount. Four years ago a gentleman was
sent down to an important provincial town, to examine the
accounts of a person suspected to be in arrears. ' For four
years,' said a witness last week, before a parliamentary
committee, the whole of the system was one great fabri-
cation. The accounts sent up and audited, and passed
according to the usual forms of audit, were perfectly fabu-
lous.' It may be added that rumours were afloat some
months ago of an extensive ' draw' upon the Secret Service
Fund. Perhaps these facts may suggest to liberal members
the necessity of a searching inquiry into the financial
administration of the public departments."

By the majority of Wednesday week, the cause of medical
reform, says the Lancet, landed " unassailably on an em-
inence, where it rests no longer threatened by destruction,
either from the interested machinations of individuals, or
from the mistakes of select committees. A great principle
was established when the voice of the House of Commons
pronounced emphatically against centralisation and govern-
ment dictation in the affairs of the medical profession, and
decided in favour of self-government. That the country
is with the profession—that it acknowledges their superior
judgment in the matter of self-education, and in all regu-
lations pertaining to their own efficiency, and therefore to
the interests of the public—could not have been mare
strongly enunciated. A majority of one hundred and forty-
seven, or three to one, in support of a profesAon, who are
bock' :d by no great aristocratic influencer,is a triumph to
Mr. Headlam's bill, which might well excuse some exulta-
tion on the part of its supporters."

The John, Bull is inforined that it is the Bank of Eng-
land that holds the wires by which the puppets of
government legislation are moved on the question of the
Probate Administration Bill. " The Bank authorities
took it into their heads that the country officials would be
so much inferior in the performance of their duties as
compared with the London officials, that they apprehended
s.rious jeopardy to their establishment from the possibility
of stock being transferred to the wrong person in virtue of
a local probate, in which case the Bank would of course
be called upon to make good the loss. They consented by
way of a compromise t ) run this risk in smaller amounts,
taking £1:500 as the limit; but beyond this they insisted
on the supposed security of the London functionaridis.
Si the old lady of Downing-street was fain to succumb to
the old lady of Threadneedle-street, and of course when
the house rejected the limitation, away gees the bill. We
think the Bank of England was mistaken in its alarm, and
that frauds are just as likely to be perp3trated in London
ai in the country.

The Economise condemns the attempts which it appears
are being made to induce the public in the tannufacturin r
districts to enter into a combination against the use of
sugar, in order to frustrate the machinations of speculators.
"So long as the great demand which exists in the
United States, on the continent of Europe, and in other
parts of the world continues, the only effoct of such an
attempt will be to divert from this country the supplies
which otherwise would have reached it, and to that
extent limit our trade of import, and to some
extent our trade of export in return for such imports.
If the high price arises from artificial causes, we may be
sure it does not require any combination to correct it : if
from natural causes, any attempt to limit the demand by
such means can only aggrevate the scarcity by dis-
couraging the supplies which would otherwise reach this
country. We had hoped that tie days had long gone by
when any such fruitless attempts would find favour with
any clAsses in this country : we shall regret if it shall
prove otherwise, as their success could not tail to inflict a
prejudicial influer c; upon our general trade.
The Thames Conservancy Bill, which practically con-
tinues the control of the river in the corporation of
London, has passed the Commons. The Weekly Dispatch
observes :—" Not a single city, trading or mercantile in-:
terest, is represented at the Board of Conservators,
although the bill empowers the conservators to.tax, at
their discretion, the whole shipping and merchandise of
the port. The river has been so scandalously neglected
by the very conservators appointel by the bill, that in the
place of its being widened, deepened, and purified, the
men in the docks come up sick and fevered with the stench
and malaria they encounter, and persons going up and
down the river find the noxious till aria floating around
them not less dangerous than disgusting. So many places
are silted up, and so many shoals are suffered and accu-
mulated, that the navigation has been impeded. In fact,
nothing has been done for the trade, and heavy taxes have
been taken from it. We trust the bill will be amended in
the Lords by enforcing the representation of the trade and
shipping at the board. Surely the chairman of Lloyd's,
of the Dock Companies, of the East India Association, and
other bodies, know as much about the subject as the lord
mayor or the common cow:tail?! •