The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

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Owing, it may be not unretisbnablfpresitmed, to
the threatening aspect of Southern Italy, the move-
ments of the French army were a fekV days since
suddenly suspended. Counter-orders; were sent
in all directions to regiments that were on march,
or preparing to move;. and - the French troops at
Rome, which ' were under marching orders,
received directions to .postpone -their departure.
The navy of France, too, has been subjected to
similar changes of arrangement. A man-of-war
and, a frigate were hastily ordered from the
Hieres, off the Mediterranean coast, on a sonthern
cruise ;,and several French steamers were, with
great expedition, despatched from Marseilles and
Toulon fort Sicily..' 'The Sardinian 4Government.
also moved large divisions of its. army southward ;
and Austria-has sent-a squadron to.eruise-off the
coasts of Naples and Sicily,—_-not so much, it is
thought, with any view of interfering, t present,
at least, in the conflict that is raging in the king-
doni, as of affording a means of escape to the
King and royal "thinilY; in the very probable
event of their flight from the country.
Now that Her Majesty's Government has issued
a Proclamation in Ireland 'Warning all .persons
coneerned,_that enlistment, exceptfor_the Queen's
service, is a misdemeanour, punishable by fine
and imprisonment, considerable curiosity is felt
as to what will be done in the,case of the equally
illegal proceeding, 'in this, country) in favour
of the Sicilian - insurrection. • Her Majesty's.
Attorney General has declared, in his. pface .in
Parliament, " that according to the law of
England, any......aubject of the Queen, either
directly or indireetly,'SupPlies motley in kid Of
the revolt of subjects ,of a power with whom we
are in alliance, that. is, an offence against common
la*:" Vet, this is what is now being done in
London, Manchester, GlasgoW, and other places.
Subscriptions are publicly advertised in aid of the
revolt of the subjects of the King of Naples, a
power with ..whoin we are. in alliance, and to
whom, therefore, we are under an obligation to
check any such illegal proceeding. As Mr.
Whiteside .truly_oliierved of
enrnmons on the occasion referred,. to, "the
partictilar ehartkeif bt the .koveirinient; by:the.
law of nations, is not concerned in the ipiestion
it is immaterial whether it be an absolute govern-
ment or parliamentary government; if they were
at peace with such governments—and he hciped
that' should be at peace :with all—they ought to
treat all governments with scrupulous impartiality
, ,• ,
and good faith." The plain fact of the ifititteif
as the same able laWyer clearly eiplained'ii, is.
".That iid centribiitiori lei r ,arly body of men in
thiS country, to be collected 13y a COnitriittee;Conld
be !legal or in, e9nsistence.. with constitutional
law, when it was avowed that that contribution
was sought for the purpose of overthrowing the
go4erriment Of any state With *hick ihey were
living oh. terms of amity.° if even:fiailded jus7
tire, therefore, is to be done, the proclamation
against enlistment. for the
.army of the
..Pope,
ought immediately -to .be followed by one against
tN Elibiaiplionifefiliu'gicilian insurgents.
One of Our 'Liberal contemporaries •pcsirits out
that ."Jlaring_tlie _present session of Parliainent
Lord Derby liar dined four times with the Queen,
Lord Palmerston twice, and• Lord John Russell
otiOe; " addifig, that "an M.P., who has called
attktion -to these facts, thinks them most signi-
ficnt at the present times .when Lord Derby
endorses the motion of Lord Monteagle, Who is a
Whig, against the Paper baty Repeal Bill." There
can be nodclubt.thiat -such facts are most signifi-
cant. They shOW niost unmistakeably that the
Qiieen holds Lord Derby in higher esteem than
either Lerd_Palmerston of
_Lord John RuSsell, and
that her Majesty has pleasure in "hih company
at court, even though he may not happen, unfor-
tunately for.the intetests of the country, to be in.l
hioi office at present. ~ * ,
There. is no- doubt that, as the quei3tion which
th 4 House of Lords will this day discuss, and
probably divide upon, is, as the Pinzes has
pointedly put it, to be regarded At a
time when the whole policy and internal character
of the country are turning more and more on the'
choice of taxation, the 'Lords are called on to gay
whether
they have any voice in an operation of
which they -may be the chief victims. This- is
the qtiegtion-that comes
.before the Lords on
mdnday, and we cannot help feeling that this is
the crisis for its decisiOn.". Even upon the Chan-.
.cellor of the Exch'equer's own shovcing,, the
financial affairs of the country are pregnant with
apprehension. -If we are to have „a Russell-
Reform House of Commons, we 4ha.11,.. to a .
certainty, Lava wtaxation.,?left ,to ,property
since the power of imposing it, otltgiOielp