Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, in its
sittings of the 6th, voted a bill for the construction
of new barracks at Alessandria, and another for
converting one of the suppressed convents of Turin
into a hospital.
The Fiedmontesc C'a*ott• of the nth pnblishes the
law voted by the Legislature of Turin respecting
the interest of capital. Art 1 declares that it may
be either legal or conventional. The legal interest is
fixed as heretofore at 5 per cent. in civil, and at 6
per cent. in commercial matters, and is presumed
to have been stipulated, whenever there is not an
agreement to the contrary. Conventional interest
may be fixed at any rate above 6 per cent. by agree-
ment between the parties. Article -2 admits com-
pound interest, when approved of by a judicial
decision, or agreed upon by the parties concerned.
In commercial matters compound interest is regu-
lated by local custom. Nevertheless, except in the
case of savings banks, compound interest can only
be claimed for each whole year, and not for frac-
tions of a year. By Art 5. the debtor may always,
at the expiration of five years, pay back any capital
bearing more than the legal interest, notwithstand-
ing any agreement to the contrary. An exception,
however, is made to this article in the case of annui-
ties and debts contracted by the State, by communes
or by other corporate bodies. By Art. 5 all laws and
articles contrary to the present measure are
abrogated.

A letter from Bologna, of the 2nd instant, in-
forms us that the Cardinal Archbishop of the
dioeess has published a charge in which he con-
gratulates his clergy on the favourable effect pro
duced by the missions and the sermons which have
been preached in that city during the last month.
The Cardinal Viale Prela is a great patron of the
Jesuits. He follows their maxims with persevering
tenacity. The Cardinal, moreover, is all powerful,
and the authorities conform to his injunctions and
obey his instructions. The following are the last
measures adopted by the Cardinal. His Eminence
has ordered that a portion of the statue Gigante
di Piazza shall be covered, to avoid scandal. This
statue was the work of John of Bologna, and had
remained uncovered for many years. The same
regulation has been enforced with respect to all
the puttini, so much admired in the churches of
Bologna. The Cardinal has forbidden that there
shall be any more singing in the churches. By this
measure, the chapel of St. Petrone, so renowned for
its vocal music, will be deprived of its celebrity.
All servile work is strictly forbidden on Sundays
and holidays, and should any person be found
in the streets carrying the smallest parcel,
the police have orders to arrest him, and
force him to pay a heavy fine, These
stringent regulatations cause tke inhabitants sin-
cerely to regret the loss of their previous Arch-
bishop, Cardinal Oppizoni, who was a remarkably
mild and tolerant ecclesiastic. The contrast be
tween the two Archbishops is so great that Car-
dinal Viale Prela is as unpopular at Bologna
las his venerable predecessor was beloved and
esteemed.

A letter from Parma, of the 3rd inst., announces
that the young Duke Robert, although improved
in health, is frequently subject to a relapse, which
causes serious anxiety for his life. The Duchess
Regent (his mother) likewise continues to suffer.
Under existing circumstances the health of the
mother excites greater anxiety in the minds of the
people than that of her son. The reason is, that in
case of a minority they know not what may happen,
and apprehensions are entertained that the Austrians
would meddle with their affairs. The trial of the
prisoners accused of having been connected with
the political disturbances of the year 1854 had taken
an extraordinary turn. One prisoner, who had
given information against his accomplices, has re
fused to appear to give evidence against them in
public. He declares that he had received a promise
from the authorities that he should not be con-
fronted with his confederates. Every inducement
had been held out to him to prevail upon him to
repeat his evidence in court, but he remained
obstinate. The judges had consequently continued
the trial without him, and it is believed that the
other prisoners will be acquitted
The Pope arrived at Rimini on the 4th inst.

VIENNA, JUNE 7
The Wiener Zeitung contains the text of the
" Currency Treaty," (Muni-Vertrag), which on the
24th January, 1857, was concluded between
Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wur-
temberg, and twenty-two of the smaller German
States. In Northern Germany thirty dollars,
in Austria forty-five florins, mad in Southern Ger-
many 524 dollars, will be minted out of one lb.
(a 500 French grammes) of fine silver. In order
to facilitate commerce, two silver " Union
coins" will be minted, which will be current in all
those German States that are parties to the treaty.
The one coin, the dollar, • will pass for lfl. 30k. in
Austria, and for 111. 45k. in Southern Germany
The other, the two-dollar piece, will be equal to 311.
in Austria, and to 31 30k. in Southern Germany. •
The assizes throughout Ireland will cernmenca about the
The metal of which the Union coins are to
6th July.
be made will consist of 900,000 parts of silver, and RECONCILIATION OF Two VILLAGES.—The Gazzetta
100,000 parts of copper, so that twenty-seven single Popolare of Cagliari gives .an account of a solemn re-
or thirteen and a half double dollars will weigh a conciliation effected between the village-8 of Perfugas and
pound. .On the one side of the coin is to be the Bortigadas (island of Sardine), the inhabitants of which
head of the Sovereign of the country, and on the had lived iu perpetual fend (vendetta) for upwards of a
other his arms, with an inscription stating how century. The most singular circumstance connected with
much fine silver the coin contains, and its value. this event is that it has been brought about by a notorious
By the 31st of December, 1862, all the contracting bandit named Pietro Marras, a native of Perfugas, who
States must have minted 24 dols, and during has been the terror of, the country for the lattt 22 years.
He obtaiaed a safe•conduct from the, government, in
every successive four years 16 dols, for each .100
order to be present at the ceremony of the reconciliation,
persons of its population. The Austrian zwan-
and it was intimated to him, that if he would constitute'
' zigers and pieces of ten krentzcrs will be entirely himself a prisoner, and submit to a trial, he would obtain
withdrawn, and instead of them coins worth a a pardon in consideration of the important service he had
quarter of a florin (grosehens or fifteen` kreutzers) dose to his country; but he refused, and returned to the
will come into circulation. 8,750,000 " Union woods immediately atter the banquet which closed the pro-
dollars" must be minted and put into circulation ceedings, saying that " birds liked the forest better thin
in Austria by the 31. st December, 1862 Even the the cage."
Austrian coins of six and three kreutzers will have HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING Roost.—The scene at the
to be re-minted, as they must be exactly 1-10th drawing-room on Saturday appears to have been of quite
and 1-20th part of the new Austrian florin, and as exciting a character as the memorable struggles of the.
last cmin. The conon, the pressure, the heat; and
consequently 1 15th and 1-30th part of the Union-
distresa
s, stethought to befusi describable only by the graphic
dollar. .pen of Crimean correspondents. Besides the pressure, the
For the convenience of the foreign mercantile
. introduced beat, and the distress, an amusement of a very national
world, two Union coins of gold will be character was provided. To protect the approach of the
The one, " the crown," will he the fiftieth, and the celebrated Pen the Lord Chamberlain had cunningly cot:-
other, o the half-crown," the hundredth part of a struc!ed of old benches a sort of outwork ; this at first teas
pound (500 French .grammes) 'of fine gold. The regarded with some awe and respect, but "as the preiiure
metal of which the gold Union coins are to be in the rear became greater some lady, more adventureu
made will consist of -000,000 parts of fine gold and than the rest, actually cleared the outside fence ; h•-r
100,000 parts of copper, so that 45 crowns and 90
halt-crowns will .weigh a pound. On the ono
side of the coin will 'be the head of the Sove-
reign of I the country, and • on the other the
name of the coin,
oak-leaves in an open garland of
(corona) and the ' date. The example was soon followed, the Irishwomen taking the
lead, and cleariag the fences with that peculiar te.et for
cwhhi ioenhe s s o theirf
eI6)D a tth"e Countess horsesarepso
ince,leLbraaetyeslE. , Thewer e M.,
ea:11-
going over in first-rate style, but. an unfortunate. English
girl, Miss F: C. L., not so well' educated, having scrambled
on to the top of the bank, was drawing breath previous to
eontrneting States Will mint no other gold (thins, the final spring, when suddenly her progress was arrested
but Austria,will be- allowed to keep her ducats by one, of the helmeted veterans crying out at the top of
in circulation tintil;the end of the ear 1805. As his voice, 4 Hallo, madame; the Lord Chamberlain desires
the gold',` Ueinn eoins" will vat yin value according the ladies will not leap over the fences ! The poor girl
to the price of gold .at Vienna,, Trieste, Milan,
fell back into her father's arms, an old soldier, who briefly,
-
Berlin, Frankfort,- Augsburg',
&a,; they will to all hut not very courteously replied, in a deep guttural tone,
intents and: purposes be, articles -of commerce. ' The Lord Chamberlain be ----,' to which doom 1,, fancied
P heard, several sweet arid gentle v.oices. whisper,. Amen
' Any other German- or foreign States are at liberty `e
yera suggesaons for t 4 amelioration of this statt of
to become parties -to the Cuerency Treaty,- which things are offered in the columns of our 'morning cotempo-
is to be binding until the end of the year 1878. raries.' The Times points to Backingham. Palace, "bat
Some matter of importance must have been die- some of the sufferers contend that the number of '.pens,
cussed here the 'clay before 'yesterday, as' Baion might be increased, and that theta St. James's would do.
Bruck was summoned from B'aden, and' Field In the House of Commons, on Friday next, Mr. George
Marshal Lientenant Baron Kempen from a villa Dundas will cell 016 _attention of tt.o government to ttla
in Ow Be igli b 0 u..r h o QdWienea
of
: 1 imbject,
which he has. . .