The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Chelms-
ford introduced a bill against Sunday trading—
allowing shops to be open only till nine on Sunday
mornings. Several other bills were forwarded a

stage.
In the House of Commons, after an explanation
given to the effect that, by article five of the
Commercial Treaty, goods of other countries,
besides those of France and Algeria, would be
admitted to this country, Lord J. Russell, laying
papers on-the table, took the opportunity to make
his promised statement on the subject of Savoy,
and a discussion followed, of which a report will
found in our Parliamentary intelligence.
We have four days' later news, it will be seen,
from thC United States, by the Prince Albert, of the
Galway line ; but it contains little that is of pub.
lie interest on this side of the Atlantic. There is
no later intelligence of the unfortunate Hunga-
rian. The examination of the wreck was con-
tin,ued, but no bodies had been discovered.
All the accounts we have received, so far, of
the voting in Tuscany, go to show most emphati-
cally that the great bulk of the population are in
favour of annexation to Piedmont, rather than of
a separate and independent kingdom. Some idea
may be formed of the overwhelming proportion
of popular feeling towards Victor Emmanuel,
from the fact, that out of some thirty-eight thou-

sand votes given, at one period of the contest,

only about three hundred were for a separate
kingdom—all the rest being for annexation to
Piedmont. We may take it for granted that by
this time they have made Tuscany a part of the
Sardinian kingdom all but unanimously. The
next thing, we suppose, will be the withdrawal
of the French troops from Lombardy..
Reviewing the recent despatches of M. Thou-
venel and Count de Cavour, the Morning Herald
declares that " Stand and Deliver " would be an
appropriate heading of the last precious document
of the French Minister to the Sardinian Govern-
ment. we quite coincide with onr contemporary,
as to the necessity of credulous Englishmen keep-
ing their eyes Open to this whole proceeding about
Savoy. "We may try," it is warningly observed,
" to avoid the conclusion that is presented to us;
we may hesitate to pick up the glove that is flung
at our feet, but the Emperor wants Savoy, and is
determined to have it, coute qui coute. He has
inaugurated the reign of force,

The good old rule, the simple plan,
That he may take who has the power,
And he may keep who can.
laughs [it tlie igect o the interference qt' the
-Orewt Powers, and invites, nay more, commands,
Victor Emmanuel to consent to an arrangement
which can only be carried out by an act of treach-
ery and defiance to Europe. That Savoy will be
a French province before many days are.passed is
now beyond a doubt. The French Emperor,
thwarted in Tuscany, is not likely to permit
Cavour to beard him in Savoy. Lord John Rus-
sell's hopes of the forbearance of that great man,'
who disposes of provinces and demands territory
PFiciP of a concreFoF who has never
known a iiheck, are growing fainter, 411 that
we can do is to enter our protest against the
violation of treaties, and submit to the indignity
offered to us by the dear friend whom we have
endeavoured to propitiate by a sacrifice of four
Millions of revenue." All this, we say, is only
too true. It is one of the penalties the country is
paying for having entrusted its affairs to,_ such
1/04 °P"Plel P.xtlittg4 )'es!ri
" all that we cart do is to enter our protest."
is a humiliating conclusion ; yet so it
We have often heard of ;6 tyrant majirSo;iyitioeisi nthoef
Parliament; and the ministerial j
French Treaty and Manchester Budget
likely to become one of thate ?wriorddsPeeaml•
threats in the
merston's and Lord Jo
House of Commons Russell'sonhnondaynTihgehyt,e:niedeanfttleyr had
the
reference to suhchsea
who majority.
questioned their conduct .
other? tired t ne4ifAigil. of Savoy to France, to
respecting the_
motion for its condemnation,
bring forward
Nyclt that as it might rip the risk (1
disturbing our relations with the French Emperor,
they would be sure to command a majority against
it,—not on the merits of such a proposition, but
as interfering with the course which the House
has decided to adopt with regard to France.
Lord John talked wildly about the Opposition
thinking it desirable to go to war with France to