The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

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ur. His ideas and sentiments
on the connection of Church and State we applaud,
and as to his condemnation of the County Police
Bill, we have repeatedly urged in these columns
the injustice of its provisions, and the gross
attempt of its framers to extend the principle
of centralisation. Mr. Fox makes some happy
remarks on the conduct of the war, but he
errs exceedingly when he launches forth against
the Liverpool Town Dues. We can, however, feel
for a gentleman of Mr. Fox's ability, when he
addresses an Oldham audience on the political
events of the day, and in some respects excuse
him for using the clap trap arguments of the
Cotton Lords of Manchester against one of
our sources of wealth, as a Corporation. But
it is simply ridiculous for Mr. Fox to declaim
against the Liverpool Town Dues, and ridicule the
public improvements which those very dues have
effected—improvements, by the way, from which
the people of Manchester, aye, and Oldham too,
are reaping daily advantages. In the widening
and improving of our thoroughfares, have not the
manufacturing districts obtained facilities for carry-
ing on their trade, by rendering the export of the
raw material to Manchester, Bolton, Oldham, Black-
burn, Wigan, Warrington, Chorley, Preston, &c.,
easier, with greater expedition, and at a much
smaller expense ? Does not that noble ornament,
the pride of Liverpool, and the envy of Manchester—
St. George's Hall—afford the people of the Southern
division of Lancashire a suitable place for the
administration of justice ? And is not the Music
Hall and the Concert Room a promenade which
the inhabitants of the districts already alluded to
do not fail to tread almost daily ? The oratory of
Mr. Vox, about our Town Dues, and the arguments
on which he seeks to vindicate their confis-
cation, are worth but little. It is a bad cause
which he advocates, propped up by sophistry and
totally unmindful of the binding principle involved
in the eighth precept of the decalogue. Mr. Fox
promises further battle on the subject. We tell him
he people of Liverpool are ready to meet an entire
- hese manufacturing " buccaneers." On
se side of the former is right, truth, and justice,
whilst the cause of the latter is one of jealousy—a
desire to make Liverpool play second fiddle to
Manchester. No movement, in our time, has so
thoroughly verified the words of the poet—

man said, we to

rely of

"Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates the excellence it cinnot reach."

We have faith in our cause, and know that no
matter how the people of Manchester or Oldham,
Blackburn, Bolton, &c., &c., may rant and rave
about the Liverpool Town Dues, they will remain
for some time yet, unless the nation desires to
purchase, at a fair price, their total abolition, and
this the Cobdenie school will find much difficulty
in inducing the nation to consent to.

The Continental advices of the day are varied
and interesting. The great topic of moment is
the Neapolitan question. It has presented no new
feature during the past few days, and we now learn
that the English and French Ministers at the Court
of Vienna have intimated that the appearance of
an Anglo-French squadron in the Bay of Naples is
imminent, should the King respond in the negative
to the remonstrances of the Western Powers. The
Vienna Cabinet has replied, that not only does it
not refrain from reserving any objection, but it
will convey to the King that it leaves to himself
alone the consequences of his conduct. In
fact, Austria will abandon the King to his
fate if he do not make concession. The Cabinet,
meanwhile, has not renounced all hopes of a
pacific solution. We also learn, from the same
quarter, that the, object of the visit of Baron
Hubner to the King of Naples is to induce him to
accept, not all the demands of the Western Powers,
but the more important of them, and to come to
an understanding with him as to their details. In
the event of the King consenting to this, Austria
offers to act as mediatrix, so as to cause the
Western Powers to accept the concession he may
The appearance of an encroachment on the
sovereignty and independence of the Crown of
Naples is to be avoided, if the King can be brought
to an arrangement. The letters of our Paris
correspondent, published in this day's paper, con-
tain a variety of interesting intelligence. He gives
the latest particulars of the dispute with Naples,
and adds some general items of general
news, well worthy of perusal. From Spain
we are in possession of intelligence as
to the recent ministerial modification. It
is said that part of the Cabinet thought that in
allowing the sale of civil property to take its course,
that of ecclesiastical property ought to be sus-
pended—not as an absolute measure, but as a pre-
paratory step to negotiations with Rome. The
minority of the Cabinet, composed of M. Cantero
and M. Bayarri, Ministers of Finance and Marine,
did not share this opinion. In consequence, M.
Cantero offered his resignation, and it was ac
cepted. M. Bayarri also wished to resign, but
allowed himself to be persuaded by his colleagues
not to do so. Tt is not true, as has been reported,
that the Minister of Grace and Justice, M. Alvarez,
likewise offered to resign. M. Collado was offered
the department of finance, but declined it; some
other ex-ministers were also spoken of for it ; but at
last it was given to M. Salaverria, director of the
colonies. According to Berlin advices, the Prussian
Government had not entirely given up
the idea of its
claim to Neufchatel. It has induced France to
make a representation to Eerne• The note of that
Government remarks that the Federal Government
does not stand with regard to Neufchatel in a legal
situation recognised by the European Powers, and

that it must take its measures in consequence.
In addition to this we learn that France will
certainly do all she can to relieve the condition of
the prisoners, and to obtain permission to leave
the country for those who may be willing to do so.

" A letter froth Athensi" says the Emancipation

of Brussels, " states that the representatives of
England and France have handed to the President
of the Council a list of the Ministry drawn up by
them in common. The Queen Regent has not
accepted this list, alleging as a reason the absence