Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 17, 1869.

are to be cashiered without any consideration.
e suppose the Manchester mills will be thrown
Ptil to them ; and yet these free-traders ostenta-
tiously pretend to be the friends of all the -Work-
itg classes of England !
Liverpool, as being so deeply interested in the
'cl_ellbeing of Shipping, ought to use every exertion
,w
return, at the next election of a member of Par-
lia
nlent, a Conservative shipowner. Let every
import do the same, and then we shall not have
t'ur shipping yards empty, and our artizans un-
13114.°Yed. It is a question most vital and im-
'Nitwit to the working classes,—quite as much
it is one which concerns the British shipowner
hasl*lf• When we regard the probable effect of
the one-sided legislation, to which it is a victim,
11, a national, and not in a pecuniary point of
We cannot look upon it without dismay, as
111°st disastrous in its tendencies. Railways and
"'earners have already greatly diminished that
-.which
trade that was confessed to be the nursery
—.which was first cradled the sailors for "our Mer-
14iStile Marine and our Navy. This is now
destroyed; and surely this is not the time
\l'eaken our maritime supremacy; when we are
daily told that the Arrayand Navy, the populace,
,11(1 el'en the clergy .of France, are most desiroul
enter upon a war against us.
''ATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

bel\:e refer with much pleasure to the report that will
found elsewhere of some very interesting proceedings
st
-e Sailors' Home, yesterday, on the occasion of pre-
teliting a gold medal. to the gallant seaman who so
Its'°elY imperilled, his own life, at the wreck of the
0184 Charter, for the purpose of endeavouring to get
ii),
ft-7s! on shore, in the hope of being able to save some
the many lives that were then placed in jeopardy by
e rapid breaking up of the vessel, and the vast majority
gol7ll°ln soon afterwards perished. The brave fellow who
nobly earned this reward in that fearful emergency,
notr4,l; an Englishman, but a Maltese. No English-
' however, could, under such circumstances, have
44,1-4'lni.ore honour than he did ; and he will carry with
vaii; ‘° his island home, should he return thither, this
to token of his bravery and humanity, to testify
41' countrymen how nobly he has acquitted himself
40,4 foreign land, and how highly his conduct has been
ereciated there. Let us hope that it will have the effect
ot6thiudating many of our own countrymen, as well as
kiNi• hers, Whenever they may have an opportunity, to use
a c aus
1,741' exertions to those of this brave Maltese in the
-cree of tohumanity. It will not be out of place,
connection wiih the proceeding to which we allude,
eo,ti.. I.° a brief synopsis of a detailed statement that has
(little into our hands, of the services of this institution
going the present year. It appears that at various
the it.:t round our coasts, on fifty-six separate occasions,
aeti l'e-boats and their crews have been more or less
eIY called into operation, at a cost to the Institu-
-4°4) f
bee or these services, of £577 4s. ; and the result has
144 ti at one hundred and twenty lives have been
`,sect off ' twenty-three wrecks, besides assisting five
ajosels safely into port; and on twenty-three occa-
Ils it happened, that when the life-boats put off, in
ZIY to signals of distress, the vessel either got out of
..itger, or their crews were rescued. by other means ;
L'd, again, five times trews assembled to give assist-
Nee
but were not required to put off to sea—and all
7 in ten months.
the -C. Practical proofs as these of the great value of
°lll's, "'eat Institution, in a maritime country like
l'iverN-41111, °t possibly be resisted. In a town like
Staploll whose maritime commerce. is the great
tion, h °terest of its community, surely such an institu-
its 0, as the highest claims ; and the more we hear of
feel rerations in various paxts of the coast, the more we
Urged to press its claims on public notice.

TAE`
LATEST NEWS.
FRANCE.

-

PARIS, Nov. 16.
alt
iasserted that the measures taken suddenly
4u, in reference to the regency, have been
4 Pietely disapproved of by .the Emperor. It
tki4ti ° Stated that the French Government has
(101, known its disapproval to the Sardinian
t:re nnient and in all the other parts of Italy.
141, quis Moustier, French ambassador 'at Ber-
hti "ss been appointed ambassador to the Im-
-41 Court at Vienna.

The PARIS, Wednesday, 12.10 p.m.
to 4 Plaids opened a shade lower. Rentes
h.' . 3.20 p.m.
110144e-gete is a total absence of business on the
ti.l • Rentes have declined, and quoted 69 85,
flow yesterday's quotations.

SPAIN - -
\l4 , MADRID, Nov. 16.
1%.1,1 441 O'Donnell has returned to Cadiz after
11
l'l4, effected a survey of the coasts of Africa.
414itary operations will immediately begin.

ITALY.

it • TURIN, Nov. 16.
p, 14
‘t.
.'e-kPected that the treaties of peace will be
N en Sunday next. The full powers
, titsa
te
',ltilaa.‘, to the Plenipotentiaries will then be
'the I".
tik4 Bubseription to the national loan having.
titlikleti the sum of 20,000,00 rentes, a .propor-
N 'reduction will be made in allotting the
41:titit8 aPplied for according to the time when
iktiblieations were sent in. Those who sub-
the (luring the first five days of the opening
s'llbscriptions will have allotted them 47
Illeeesti,t' Of the amount of their subscriptions.
ler
gs
less.
T4t • BOLOGNA, Nov. 15.
/Nci Idc'eurnent relative to the regency which
4L 4e4t4Lal been published, has produced an ex-
klllet.t44
and
Modena..pressioin Bologna,• and likewise in
Ilte,NoCkvernor of Bologna has decreed the sup.
°f the tribunal of the Inquisition.
n '‘.ItANCO-CHINE4. SE EXPEDITION.
fLfeta
tlit .'
14°"tquban is named General-in-chief
t
Prenh ex a; pe_tioi..ry force to China. The
atone
Is said to be most unpopular in the

THE CONGRESS.
The letters of invitation were, it is reported,
sent out yesterday by the French Government to
the powers who signed the treaty of Vienna. to
•
send plenipotentiaries to the approaching Congress.

VOLUNTEER RIFLE MOVEMENT.

An influential meeting was held yesterday after-
noon at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's,
for the purpose of establishing a national asso-
ciation for the formation of volunteer rifle corps,
and the promotion of rifle-shooting throughout
Great Britain.

Mr. S. Herbert, Minister-at-War, was to have
presided, but was prevented by public business.
He was, however, elected president of the asso-
ciation.
A note was read stating the anxiety of the
Government in reference to this movement.
Twelve vice-presidents were nominated, including
the Duke of Buccleugh, Earl of Derby, Lord
Ellenborough, Lord Palmerston, the Speaker of
the House of Commons, and the Lord Mayor.
The main argument at the meeting was that
such a movement as the present, heartily taken
up, would render the position of the country
independent of the friendship or forbearance of any
foreign Power.
Lord Spencer announced that the. Prince Con-
sort approved highly of the association, and Her
Majesty and himself would offer prizes for coin-
petition.
•

The following appeared in a portion of our im-
pression of yesterday :
FRANCE.

[REUTER'B TTLEGRAM.]

PARIS, -Wednesday:

The Moniteur, of to-day, contains the :fol-
lowing :—" The - Senator Rowland, General Le-
lievre Sauley, the Archbishops of Bourges and
Toulouse, and the Bishops of Nancy and Limoges
took the oaths of allegiance to the Emperor, last
Sunday, at Compeigne.
PARIS, Nov. 16.

• A Paris semi-official correspondence contains
the following :—The message received from Turin
stating that the Prince de Carignan did not con-
fine himself to the refusal of the regency, but
was understood to offer a substitute in the person
of M. Buoncompagni, has produced a very bad
impression here. It was stated that the Govern-
ment of Sardinia had followed the wise counsels
offered by the Government of France, as ex-
pressed in the letter of the Emperor to the Xing.
It is questioned by what right Sardinia under-
takes to prejudge the decisions of the Congress
in naming a regent for Central Italy, and thus by
its nomination assuming that the duchies were
already annexed to Sardinia. This proceeding is
contrary to all custom, and not in accordance
with the rights of the people.

ITALY.
ROME, Nov. 12.
His Holiness the Pope has consented to send a
representative to the Congress.
According to advices from the Romagna, the
Provisional Government of Bologna is abundantly
supplied with money.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 15.
_ _

Advices have been received from Naples to the
12th. It is positively stated that it is the wish
of the King of Naples to be represented at the
approaching Congress. Orders have been given
to the Neapolitan embassies to deliver passports
to all Neapolitan exiles who may demand per-
mission to return to their country.
FLORENCE, Nov. 12.

General Garibaldi, with several battalions, has
marched towards the frontiers, in consequence of
a rumour that disturbances had taken place at
Ancona. This rumour, however, turned out to
be without foundation. It is asserted that the
volunteers under the command of General Mez-
zacappa have demanded permission to march the
Papal troops, and it is difficult to restrain their
ardour.
SARDINIA. "

TURIN, Nov. 16.
It is said that the Sardinian. Chambers will be
summoned to assemble before the Congress meets.
The question, of the annexation of Central Italy
to ?Sardinia will be fully discussed, and numerous
addresses from the people of the. Duchies will be
presented in, order to give additional weight to
their cause.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND:
An effort is made by several journals this
morning to rally public opinion.
The Daily Hews says that Undoubtedly it is
the duty of the - press to criticise the acts of,
foreign governments, but not to assume the ex-
istence of secret motives at variance with words
and deeds, and then to circulate suspicion founded
on the assumption. Again, to rake together
hearsay evidence, and make it the basis of a public
indictment against the French people and Govern-
ment, is neither discreet nor dignified. If England
is insulted, she can defend her own ; but she is at
once too strong and too proud to foster mean
jealousies, and indulge unfounded suspicion. She
will not hastily assume that, avowed friends are
real enemies ; but if it be so when the mask is
thrown off, she will be found ready.
The Morning Star says that a plot is on foot
which contemplates a crime of no smaller magni-
tude than the plunging of England. and France
into war. _

The Post denounces the article in yesterday's
Times as a wicked and wanton alarm :
it is ' specially designed to put the blood
of the nation up. • There is not a shadow
of probability offered us in the shape of
argument. All is supposition or assumption.
We are told that a great project is certainly
brewing, and must result in a hostile descent of
the French army on our shores, and that at any
moment. The whole article is a wicked and
wanton alarm.

.•
The Post adds, we may some day find ourselves
at war with France, but not in consequence of
a sudden and unexpected invasion.
Another journal remarks, that in consequence
' of the alarmist article, the bears commenced sell-
ing consols in the hope of realising
,a good profit
out of the fears of the holders of stock. The
result disappointed them, as consols actually ad-
vanced.
DISCIPLINE OF THE ARMY.
The 'Commander-in-Chief has issued a general
order of punishment in the army. All men on
entering the service will be placed in the first
class, and will not, except for aggravated muti-
nous conduct, be liable to corporeal punishment.
They will continue in the first class unless they
should incur degradation into the second class by
the commission of certain crimes hereafter
specified. Offences and crimes are classed under
TO heads : men guilty of offences under the
....scond head, being crimes of a' very serious de-
scription, will, if m the second 'le liable to
corporeal punishment.
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.
The election of Lord Rector of the University,
of Glasgow took place yesterday. The total
numbers were—Elgin, 03; Disraeli, 411.

THE SHIPPING INTEREST.
The steamship European has been sold to some
French agents, now in London for the purchase
of large steamers.
The Times says that, as regards the China
trade, vessels known for good passages are leaving
London, in ballast, for Liverpool, where they
procure better freight, the railway carriage on
goods being too heavy an item from the Manufac-
turing districts to the former port.