The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-20 00:00:00

dinia, but at the same tithe confirms the general

anticipation that, Austria will not interfere at present,
unless Venetia should be attacked. The protest, how-
ever, reserves in the fullest manner the right to send an
army into Italy; and states that if Austria now abstains
it is in order "not to be disagreeable to certain powers,"

taut that she holds herself free to choose her own hour

for attacking the revolution : which hour will, no
doubt, he when she herself is attacked. The government
is also continuing its armaments, with unceasing energy
and activity. A. letter from Prague to the Ga:ette (If
Colopie states that the superior authorities of Bohemia

bave received orders to proceed without delay with the
formation of battalions of Volunteers ; in other words,
to introduce the Volunteer movement into that portion
of the empire. Those who enrol themselves in these
battalions engage to serve for four years, and they will
be formed into rifle corps. All the sailors on leave; and

all. on the reserve list, are recalled ; and in military
circles, the persuasion ii ".stated to be very general that
ere long an autumn campaign will he entered on.
' The Council of the Env& is at the same time con-
tinuing its examination of the budget, and 'all the vices
of the internal pOlicy and administration of !he country are
forming by tuns the subject of a discussion more or less
lively. Last week, the regulations to which the Press
are subjected, and the position of the National Bank were
animadverted upon by several speakers : the ''religious"

question is now affordinz_matter for a most animated

debate. The concordat was vigarouslY attacked at the
sitting on Monday, and was attempted to be defended
by the Archbishop of Vienna, who denied that the Church
was by that arrangement in any vay made independent
of the State ; most of the Austrian members present,
on the other hand, contended that public opinion in

-general was hostile to the concordat; while Count
Apponyi and the other liiingaiian magnates declared
that it was the means of inflicting a serious injury on

he rights of the Catholic Church in Hungary.

It is understood that for some time past negotiations
have been going on between the Governments of France
and Prussia with a view to the conclusion of a treaty of
commerce between France and the German Customs
Union. The Cologne Ga:ette now announces that all

the Governments of the Zollverein have consented that
Prussia should complete these negotiations. This ad-

hesion is absolute from most of the States, but Bavaria,

'lease, and Baden, have made certain reservations. The
•Prussian Government has communicated the fact to the

French Charge d'Affaires at Berliu, M. de Belcastel,

who will inform his Government of it. It is believed
that. the reservations made by the Baden .Government
have reference chiefly -to the peculiar position of that
Grand Duchy as the now neighbour of France, and as
such, having, it conceives, the right to exercise a certain
influence on the progress of the negotiations.
..• Baron Talleyrand is the only Foreign. Minister who
has, up to this time, received orders to quit Turin. Our
Government, of course, sees no reason for adopting such
a step, and the Cabinet of Berlin naturally hesitates to
separate itself on such an occasion from the British
policy. Some of the French journals would see in this
conduct of Prussia an indication that the much-talked-
of understanding between that Power and Austria cannot
be thoroughly established ; but the fact is 'that public
opinion in the case of Prussia *overrides that under-
standing. • - •
The Constititt;onel of yesterday contains a categorical
denial of the report that the Islands of Sardinia and
Elba are to be ceded to France as the price of the
Emperor's forbearance as respects the annexation of the
Two Sicilies to Piedmont ; but at that point the contra-
diction appears to stop short. The Petrie, the other
semi-official organ of the French government, for some
particalar, purpose, states that it is authorised to declare
that Garibaldi's celebrated proclamation to the Paler-
mitans is perfectly. authentic. There are at the same
time 'rumours that General de Goyou's division in Rome
is to be at once augmented to a corps d'arma of 20,000
nien ; that M. Thouvenel may shortly be replaced by
Count de Persigny as Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
and the following declaration of Pius IX. on his return
tO Rome, in 1849, is reproduced at this juncture—"
will not again quit this city ; a King ought not to leave
hie throne; a Pope ought not to separate from the tomb ,
of St. Peter."
At the annual meeting of the General Shipowners ,
•Society, held a few days ago, a counter-report to that I
of the Parliamentary Committee was read, abounding
in a severely condemnatory criticism. We must refer
those specially interested to the document itself,
Which is in every way worthy of a careful peru-
sal ; but, to show its tone and spirit, we must
find space for a brief extract :—" It is their unhesi-
•ating belief that if every suggestion and • every
recommendation of the honcurable-committee were car-
ried into effect, the shipping interest would not thereby
be raised from the state of depression and difficulty to
Which it has for some time past been reduced, nor
would British navigation be restored to the posi-
tion if once occupied, and ought ever to occupy,
whether viewed in relation to its intrinsic value as a
great branch of the material interests of the nation,
or, in an especial manner, as peculiarly and -indis-
solubly connected with the prosperity, the honour,
and the safety of the state." The Unqualified terms in
which this decision is expressed ought to produce a pro-.
found impression on the Legislature, and enlist public
opinion on the side of the shipowners. If our shipping
be displaced, why not every other industry ? And sup-
pose all this were done for the pretended benefit of the
consumers, and all native producers swept away as inertia-
brances on the nation, how long would those classes
who consume, but never produce, be benefitted by the
universal cheapness anticipated ? Surely the foreigner
would not pay our rents or taxes ; he comes here to
sell his goods for more money than he can obtain in his
own country, not to contribute one farthing to liquidate
our obligations to our Government, or to our general body i
of creditors in their countless forms of demand. These
matters have been overlooked in the pursuit of a single ides
and in the vain attempt to invigorate the commonwealth
we are enfeebling the component parts from which its
strength is derived... The case of shipping is the most
serious of all, for unless we permanently keep the
royal navy OR a war footing we must weaken the auxi-
iiary force on which it has hitherto depended in emer-
gencies, just as we diminish the mercantile marine in
time of peace. Should our present policy be cow
firmed, the time will come when we shall pay dearly for
cheap freight. •
The report of the select committee appointed "to
inquire into the circumstances which have caused the
alleged detective state of a considerable number of gun
and mortar boats, and vessels of the royal navy," has
just been issued. It bears date the 13th August.
rhe document states that in 'consequence of the
Russian war, there were built by contract for her
Majesty's service, between the years 1864 and 1867
inclusive, 286 gun. and mortar boats and vessels, of
which 68 were of iron. The specifications stipulated
that the vessels should all be constructed in a sub-
stantial and workmanlike manner, and with good,
-enilnd, and proper materials of every kind, to be ap-
proved by such officer or officers as should be appdinted
to superintend the same." Certificates of the inspectors
were in. each case required, before instalments were paid
1-O the contractors, 'but " the number of such inspectors
was so small in some of the private yards, that it sea,
difficult' for them to secure the due performance
of the contract, considering the necessity that
.exiSted' for the works being executed with th'3
utmost possible despatch. From the
eriß
ence which late events have afforded us. it seLern,
important that the establishment of
*:,tuber in her
Majesty's dockyards should be 41o:teased,
and a lade
supply kept in store to maP Sudden and unforeseen
emergencies; andthey 'recommend that in the wording
of all future eontre .:ItS it shall be distinctly specified that
the timber, '1%413, and planks to he used in the building
of vessels for her Majesty's service should be entirely
tree from sap tied other defects."
Lord Brougham completed his eighty-second year
yeiterday. Re is in perfect health ; and next week.
'will preside over the annual meeting of the National
Satiety for the PrOmotion of Social Science at Glasgow.
The noble lord was born on the 19th of September:
1.778. He was admitted an advocate of the Scottish
bar in 1800 ; was called to the bar at Lincoln's fun is
1808 ; was appointed Attorney-General to queen Caro-
line in April, 1820.; and was Lord Chancellor from
1830 to 1834, in Earl Grey's government.
Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co. have manufactured
about 1,003 miles of telegraphic cable, to be used
.between Rangoon and Sihgapore. The distance is about
800 miles, but allowance has to be made for " slack,"
and for any casualities that may arise, It has not been
fully decided however, that the cable should be laid
between those points, although the idea of submerging
it between Falmouth and Gibraltar appears to have
been altogether abandoned by Government.
The long.looked for fight between Mace nild Brettre:
to.,k place yesterday. Efforts were made to decide the
victory ; but it will be seen that the, taalice have inter-
fered.

A painful item of this. day's new is the suicide of
Thomas White, who, vowed so pluckily on Tuesday for
the champier,slip of the. Thames.
A fiery destructive fire took place yesterday, at -Rat-
cliffe Cross, where the premises of Mr. W. G. Clarke,
ship-biscuit baker, with other houses, have been par-
tially destroyed. • • -

WHAT'S. TO B DONE WITH, THE POPE?

Wm is to be the future-master of Rome? Lovl9
NAPOLEON and the Pope, or VICTOR EMMANUEL?
The city is tnue -*anted for the Italians. The
Pope has repeatedly declared that bi- will never
ltAve it,---preferring martyrdom to desertion of
his post. GARIBALDT:,- if the rumour is correct,
renews his pramise to continue his march to
.11nme. The honour of France is pledged to
tn%intain inviolate the Pope and the .PapaeY•
Some one must give way, more or less. GART-
E tLDI never makes a promise but to fulfil it.
The Pope is powerlessly in the hands of others