The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

ludicrously :enough " appeal to the House to
exercise discretion on this important subjecl'—
a sort of appeal which sounds very like " don't
kick us when we are down." With more
forbearance than they deserved, their appeal was
so far listened to, that the subject Was dropped:
Some. conversation took place as to the pro-
bability of the King Of Naples betaking himself
for personal safety from the wrath of his subjects,
to one of H. M.'s ships' presently at Naples but it
seems no special instructions have been sent out
On the subject, and that nothing would 'be dcino
in, such an event otherwise than in accordance
with the precedents of for Mer years. What a
miserable state of matters is this in Naples, and
how near a crisis must the affairs of the wretched
Neapolitan kingdom be, when • the . peers of
England feel called on to hold such language
towards:it and its infatuated priest-ridden tyrant !
In the House of Commons, the 'humiliation of
Ministers, by reason of the too clever conduct of
the Prench.Emperor in suddenly announcing the
:annexation of Savoy, withotit even pretending to
redeem his empty promise—if so it canle called
--to consult the Great Powers,—was also made
very painfully !apparent. Lord John Russell
must say that he could not consider this last coup
de main of Louis Napoleon's as "a eonSulta:
tion of the Great Powers." No, of course not.
Having so adroitly out-manoeuvred the English;
2c4Y 'should Napoleon 111. have consulted the
other Powers ? The stale Napoleonic dodge
of " the Wishes of the people," is the last refuge
both of Count Cavour and Lord John Russell.
Count Cavour, after having said ,that Sardinia
Would neither sell nor exchange Savoy, now said
that he could not oppose the Wishes of the people ;
and Lord John echoes .the sentiment and says, if
the People of Savoy Were willing, it would be
difficult for the British ,Government to interferes
Just as if the peek organ and hurdy-gurdy
grinders of savoy had : anything, whatever
to'dO with this territorial aggression. ' Brit of
course it is most fit that those who have sat so
Ihnibly at the feet of the French Gamaliel Should
Ih their extremities resort to his most noted
t°l7ll of incantation. An answer, however, had,
been drawn up
to M. Thouvenel's despatch,
'Which, when approved of, is to be laid
before .the House. We shall be curious to
see' so- interesting a document. After
s'atue - discussion on a motion by Sir, De
,Lacy
Evans on our Chinese policy, a vote of pOO,OOO,
was takee towards the expense of the Chinese
ex'Pedition. The Marriage (England and Ireland)
Bill was read a third time and passed, and. some
other bills were advanced a stage.
have Indian' news, in anticipation of the
orerland mail, t the Bth of February from Cal-
cutta, by which we ;learn that the few miserable'
remnants of the rebels were at length surrender-
jug themselves,, and that the 'whole of Bengal and
she nOrth-west provinces were now completely '
'estored to order. We regret to learn, however,
that a feeling of discontent still lingers in the,
winds' of the late Company's Eurppean troops,(
especially the artillery. The troops for Chinni
'were at lengths on
,the point of embarking, after
*Teal orders and counter orders from England
respeciing the , expeditionary feree, which are
witch complained of.
Our countrymen are making very satisfactory
Ipxo~ress, it will be seen by notices elsewhere,
svith fir extensions of the submarine telegraph `
to ladia. The line, :to Kurrachee, vii Suez and ,
4den, is new c‘ompleted, and will be opened, it is .1
ti)C-Ptesl, in its entire length, very shortly,—
(orrichee, be it remembered, being on the very.
confines of our Indian ,eests' Sre. The wonder is,
on the fasse of all this enterprise With telegraphic ,
communication, eastward, that • nothing more is
yet done, than was done now nearly two years
sulfortuustely,, to. so little practical
IYurPose—with a similar means of communication
westward: Our TransatlantiSe Telegraph Com-
pany appear to be yet at a standstill; and if
they continue so much longer, there is now every
probability, it would seem, of the object being
acOOnaplished—theugh somewhat more indieeetly
'Y another and more energetic effort. We
have information,. it
,be observed, that the
eal3tion money of £20,000, on the concession fdr
thC.:North Atlantic Telegraph between Europe
and the United States, via Denmark and Green-
land, was remitted on Thursday to the Danis)
Minister of Finance. Oar .eountryassen, therefore,
are likely, we say, to have the palm snatched out
of their hands, if they do not look sharp. A com-
Inunication by electric telegraph between the
United States and Denmark, ,would not only, of
tourse, be at once such a coMmunication between
4174:1"ice and Xurope, but would inamediately
costrranssed as to form one between the United
elflaia4. England also.
The West I 4ict. mail has brought intelligence
fiva the , priecipal wctos to the end of last
month: The colonists are complaieing, it appears,
9f a want of labour. Crops are premising, but
the Prospect of a sufficiency-of hands te gather
and aPpropriste them is arquung but satisfactory. ,
The Morocco war is again showing signs of .!
"haustion, The Moors Isivo eoistiinted to have
most decidedly the worst of it s and no wonder,
therefore, that we hear of a Moorish tnessenger
IKving.. delivered . a letter of tike Emperor of
49P'Oscgo, to Marshal 011onnell, expressing his
4.e*P fw puce, and requesting the Marshal to
.ae!litate a>7 arrangement, -advantageous to both
nations. The Marshal, however,: although' con-
senting to, negotiate, had not, at the .ate of the
lasti.aecounts,agspencied his military epesations,
trile7rSiote we learn of the voting its Central
Italy, the moro apparent it becomes that the great
bulk of the population bad been rescsinte in their
determination to cast in their lot with Piedinoo,
Father than aspire to be separate kingdoms. The
P r9liertions of the votes in Tuscany are Signally
.
favour 9f their being subjects of Victor Ern-
YPti those in the Papal States were 'still
more B°.
in the .istter case, however, his Majesty
has evidently an 'ordeal still to pass through,—
and one,. of the serious nature' 9f ViSich we, in
Frstestant country, .ca form ferm bat a, faint
idea, Thi penalty of inajorreicoMmu4icatioo iS too
be passed I,tliot him, The eermiony, it is id,
will in performed at Si. Pet's at Ronne w4.1:1
great pomp-the Cardinals being pre y
chllrch hiing 'with black, the figure of Christ on,
the erUa veiled, and wax tapers, yellow in colour,
miscesaiveb, lighted -awl extinguished; while all
the nsouastie orders will go to the cathedral in
preeesSion; and return to their monasteries. chant,,
ins the iliserere. What impression, upon the,
Superstitious Italians, such a proceeding as
.thifi
flay produce, it were impossible to foretell.
It will be seen by 'a
late telegram, that the
Preach Emperor is much displeased at' the result
of the Tuscan election, and has written to the
king of Sardinia in an angry style, requesting
his Majesty not to accept the annexation of that,
country in his own name; but to name a Prince
of his house for its Sovereign. A similar request,
is also made it appears as respects the. Romagna.
The importance of being able to " see ourselves
48 others see us," has long since passed to be a
Proverb. The Germans may, upon the whole, be
considered as likely to view the policy of her
Majesty's Ministry towards France with impar-
tial eyes ; and it is thus that one of their leading
organs of the press—sthe semi-official Dreiden
sieureel—expresseS a popular opinisin of it, with
reference to the annexation of Savoy :—" The
hole,hlame to be attributed to the policy of
England; which shook the basis of peace agreed
1113°1is.t yiiisfrkknea, and to theLpassiVe 4attit.ude
cf the other Powers ,on the non-realisation of the
treaty of:Zurich."• That passive attitude of the
other Powers, there is 'little • doubt, was attri-
butable to their misf•iaced confidence in England.

They knew that the English Ministers were cul-
tivating a closer intercourse with France ; and
they confided in their taking care that. no 'act of
territorial aggrandisement should be accomplished
by that Power.
The Times repeats the manifestation of its
impatience and dislike at the continued discus-
sion in Parliament of the Anglo-French Treaty-7z:
petulantly declaring, that a Government has
something else to do than. to talk. And so,
undoubtedly, it has. But then waat it does, or
proposes to do, must of necessity be discuSsed,
that is talked about, 'in thOse deliberative
assemblies to whose legislative sanction what
they do has to be referred. It is all very well to
say, that " while in speculation and talk there
. .
are many things that may be done, and many
Ways of doing them, only, one thing is 'actually
done, and it is only done' in one way ; and very
odd indeed it must be if both the act and the
manner of' the act be not open to criticism." But
then this'eriticisni it is that constitutes-the very
" talk-" that is objected to ! The thing done, and
the way of doing it, must of course be examined,
discussed, and deliberated upon, just in' propor-
tion to the importance of the object,. and the
questionableness of the manner in which it is
proposed to effect it. Now, the Treaty in ques-
tion is admitted on all hands to be a most
important object, and the policy involved in it,
and in the circumstances under which it is
entered into, cannot 'but be acknowledged to be.
a subject of the. highest moment to the interests
of this country. Surely, then, discussion in such
a case must be not only most necessary, but
indispensable. It may not have the effect of pre-
venting the thing being done,— in this instance,.
unfortunately, Ministers have so artfully and
unscrupulously contrived' it, that it has not had
much chance of doing so,—,but it has thrown a
light on their policy, and given warnings con-
cerning it, which cannot but do good, and the
beneficial results of which, on the public mind of
the country, will to a eertainty be evinced, and
in an emphatic manner too, at. no 'distant 44y?
The Koriiing Herald indulges in-Some rather
significant pleasantryabout the present Premier
and horse-racing, It was, affected,' it will be
remembered, to be a very dreadful thing that
Lord Derby should at one and'the same time be
Prime Minister of England and own and run
race-horses. The virtuous Times, it can scarcely
be forgotten, professed to be terribly shocked at
it. " Lord' Derby was Prime' Minister,. and he
wished to, dispose of his stud, desirous of devoting
his time solely to his official duties.. This would
not do. The sober virtue of the Times grew
suddenly indignant that a Prinie Minister of
England should be so guilty as even to own to
possession of race-horses. It was a shocking
thing to be a member of. the JOCkey Club, and to
. enter a horse for the Derby was declared,perdi-
tion. But, hey presto," continues the lierald--
o,fai this is changed. The Conservatil'rei are out,
the Whigs po /14 Lord Derby is in Opposition,
and Lord Palmerston ofti.es, Mainstone,' then,
is a very capital horse." And .Mainst9ne, It r.9ms,
belongs to Lord Palmerston ! Our contemporary
is not unreasonably of opinion that there how-
ever, one important difference in the circumstances
of the two Noble Lords. "So far as bird
Palmorston is concerned in the sin of horse-racing,
there is an .liiiilueuce—once all-powerful in Cain-
bridge. House, which uught to have preserved
him from the contagion of the tnyf. "' I,ord
Sliafteslinry should look to his venerable relative.
It may be- all very well opening Sadler's Wells
and the victoria au Sundays for the spread of the
Gospel; but 'surqy 'another. -Sahi4!} glOPTing
might take -plus #t e4oo4rige lionse, of more
benign efficacy than the Cardwell plot." 4nd so
we think. At this moment, especially, fiord
Pailinerston must have quite .enough of serious
import on. kie hands to make .horse-racing a for-
bidden: pastime,

THE remark of Lord, i?Esnic the house of
Lords on Thursday night, with reference to the
Treaty with France, that there was nothing in
tio tow k,134 temper of the debate which indicated
that the qoestion had been made one of party,
true as it updoubtedly is, ought at least td7have
the effect of recommending all the more seriously
to the ittentiOn of the country the powerful
arguments which have been adduced in both
Hoosei. af PUTliament against the policy of Her
'Majesty's Ministers. Thp proceedings of the
House of Commons, as well as Ow 9f the House
.of Lords, have certainly strikingly indicated the,
,fact, that the question,has not in anywise, been .
made one of party,,,,---on the contrary, some of the
strougestarguments agains the policy as regards,
TrgatY 444 the 11141g0 9f O,P .9.9Y.eYipeqt?
have ~come Own those,,who have hitherto been
iamongsttheir genera! supp 9rteys, pd who certainly
do not belong to the Pmservatiye piii.rty. nut, to
confine ourselves, for a' moment, to the rfQ4se
Lords. No arguments could well be more power-
ful than those which were used by Earl GREY.
lie could. not concur in the address of thanks to
-Her Majestr for that treaty ; although it was far
rom his intention, ciecinke4„ tq .offer any
obstacle to its mating into operation. He con-
sidered Oaat great responsibility attached tg the
111inisters 9f the gown, and to the House of
Commons, for tlke agreemeut which had been
'Made with Francei and he, ter en,e, had s 9 wneb
misgiving as to the consequences of that Weapon-
sibility„ that he would be no party whatever to
any approval of it. Not only, he showed; was
the Treaty objectionable in itself, but Ministers,
he contended, were greatly to blame for having
' contracted it, withottf, in the first instance,
obtaining from the goyepiment of France a
diSayewal of' their intention to annex Savoy and
`Nice go the French Empire. That annexation,
he maintained, would be ' a misfortune not
only, tp England but to Europe ; it would be
pregnant with the direst mischief for the future,.
and Her MajestY's Ministers ought not, therefore;
to have given the Government of France a signed
assurance of their confidence and friendship until
the Emperor had distinctly repudiated any design
upop. Savoy. Nab it !low appeared, he eon
tended, that the cireunlstances in which the whole.
of tho negotiations between this country 'and
France hid been pnyeipped were such that, the.
ClOvernment, ought to have 9Q4§1(1.4c1 it impos'"
sible to sigh the Treaty without inflicting a stain
upon the honour of Eligland in the eyes oi the
world, And what a stain upon the honour of our
country has *Fp not been inflicted, by having
led the people of France, and the people of
Europe, to suppose that, as Lord GREY so forcibly
expressed. it, n the' whole policy of this country
was' directed to the me lei.* of selling cotton ;"
and that, therefore, they should be indupeil to
regard the Commercial Treaty as having been
conceded to us by the French Emperor as a
sop to induce us to submit with patience to the
Annexation of Savoy.
And if Lord Gii,u's opposition, thus empha-
tically expressed, cannot be regarded as pro-
ceeding from any party feeling, neither ean'that
of one like Lord OVERSTONE, who was equally
determined in his objections to the measure of
'Her Majesty's Ministers. He, indeed, enter-
tained strong doubts,,heleclared, as to the expe-
diency of entering into any Commercial .Tieaty
at all, let alone a treaty which, like this they
were now considering, must endanger so seriously
the finances of the country. 'What were they
doing, he asked, by such: a course ? Why, as he
forcibly shoWed, they were permanently anti•
firing duties that it would. be impossible even to
levy again, while they were imposing the substi-
tutes for one year only. And what, therefore, tinder
these circumstances, must be nur flnaucialcondition
at the end of the year ? Surely it were no trilling

matter to contemplate the.balance which must then
be against us. The only prospect of relief, there-
fore, Would be in a still more largely augmented
IncoMe-tax, '•which Lord OVERSTONE said he
considered would'be one of the greatest and niost
palpable acts of injustice that had ever been
perpetrated, in any financial arrangement, by a
Minister of the Crown.
The Conservative Ministry, as Lord MALMES-.
BURY showed, could be as anxious for an exten-
sion of our commercial intercourse with FranCe'
as the present Liberal Ministry was ; but then
they would not purchase its advantages at so
extravagant a rate. The Ministry of which he
was a • member, seven years ago,—the former.
Ministry of Lord bEßßY,—had felt as much
•
anxiety as any men in the country to come to
some arrangement with France, by which the
commerce of this country should' be extended
there ; but they were not prepared. to assent to a •
Treaty in which the. reciPrOcity would be all on
one side,—and, least of all, to conclude such a
Treaty at a time when the other party to it was
meditating most mischievous projects of aggres-
sion, and only having recourse to such, an: expe-,
client as a Treaty Of Commerce for the purpose of.
of buying off the opposition. of England to his
ambitious projects.

The real merits of the case were .also very
forcibly stated by Lord DE4riv himself.. However
desirable, he argued, it might be to. conclude
1•: such a Treaty with France, there still remained
to be considered whether the finances of the
country 'were in a position to bear the sacrifice of
revenue which it involved, thereby obliging the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to pursue a
fiscal policy strangely at variance with many of.
his former principles of finance. But what was
of even more consequence still, was that such a
Treaty should have been entered into at a moment
when all the vigilance and all the earnestness Of
Her Majesty's Government should have been
directed to the dangerous designs of him with
whom it was contracted,—designs the accom-
plishment of which would undoubtedly have most
unfavourable Fesnitsisinee whereas we had
hitherto given implicit credit to the- geeforatiori
of His Imperial Majesty, that the empire was •
peace, in future, suspicion would be produced
liroughout the whole of Europe, which would
require .increased epentlitnre, Increased anxiety,
and an increased military force, on the part of
every Continental nation, who would feel them-
selves coMpelled,to he prepared against contin-
gencies, which no man could foresee.
It is quite true, that, notwithstanding all this,'
Ministers have continued to be supported in their
course by large majorities, Even the Peers have
given there sulifcientlylarge ntaiority to satisfy,
one would. think; their most ardent wishes. But •I
one need not now trouble oneself as Lord
DERBY said, "to inquire to what cause these
large majorities are to be ascribed—whether to,a
general concurrence in the financial policy of her
Majesty's Government, or to the general confi:
dence reposed in the united counsels of her.
Njajesty's Ministers ; or whether or not it- was •
attributahle in some degree .to the skill and
ability with which the various baits have been.
thrown out to• the various specific interests, and
through which those interests find themselves i
specially benefited by the proviSions of a Treaty
and who, for the sake of . obtaining advantages
for themselves, are inclined to look with a some-
if,lll4 indulgent eye on the acquisitions of others.'
To whateyer. empe, Ole urge 4.losritte§ fe
to be ascribed on this question, we miy feel *ell
assured that history will have to record them as
44t the 'precursors of political events, both at
home and ahrott4,llllicll will forin 'anything but
agreeable features in the annals of cur'eennfry.

THE I44UST NEWS.

BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEgRAFS.I

FRANCE.

Letters fr9N. Tag 10, 44tti., that the French
fleet has been recalled 'from ige*4§,
The Paris correspondent of the Tiiiies says it is
reported that an autograph letter from the
Emperor has already reached Turin, couched in
a more angry style than any official despatches
that ha.ye yet appeared. The Emperor invites
the King Of §1,1,404n0t to accept Tuscany in
his own name, notwithstanding thp ?ice_qt 04. 4f
universal suffrage. He may name a Vrinee 9
his own house for Tuscany ; and, according to
the same report, Victor Emmanuel is debarred
from accepting the Romagna, which may be
goyerned,by a Vicar acceptable to the Pope.
The Paris correspondent of 'the gaily ifetps
says there 3s some reasot-to think that-e:faVonr-
able. change in the 'French goVertimeht has taken
place. On Wednesday it was aispoied to
challenge the annexation of the Roinagnas, and
to press the King of Sardinia to negotiate further
with the Pope. On Thursday 'it was reported.
that pi Italy will be suffered for the
moment, at least, to follow tteir natural course.
The. Itaxierial:Coo P4ri6 has ugtsp4 Pm.
Thursdayin he ring the complaint of the' dtreetOr
of the qiecie against the RishOp.Of OrleanS:' The
bishop was pFcspnt, titi speech of "N.:lerryer
for the 'plaintiff: 'produced a, burst ofplause,
which, was with. difficulty suppressod. The case
is ,not terminated.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
iv4.4rFn to.
3.15 y. 4 . —Futyls Reved Vuoyant, but were
less s 9 at to after touching
68f 150, t 9 the as
yesterday.
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