Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

between the ituperiar authorities: and the Hun-*
garian Protestant 6 inereaseg, and Hungarian
political •rind.ietigious, agitation go haud in hand.
A lettezin Pne,s, dated Pesth; Deceniber'
t 2, says the due isfeast' .
• GEItMANY

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FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN-it pee. 17.--
In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, the pro--
posals of the Wnrzburg Conference were brought'
forward. They, are as follows :,----.FiTst, publica-'
tion ,of the proceedings of the Federal 'Diet ;
second, a common, civil and criminal legislation;
third, a common law 'of domicile; fourth, a ievi-
,sion of the Federal military Constitution, by,
increasin the Federal , army organically, if not
inuerica ly.; fifth, 'fortification of the coasts of
ihe Wort ein and Baltic Seas. '
The Christmas vacation, of the Federal . Diet
has been decided, and will, continue to the sth.Of
January,
HAMBURGII, Dec.,lB.
The sitting of the Common Council . yesterday
lasted', till one, o'clock, .a.m. All . the speakers,
-with one exception; declared the proposals of the
Senate, concerning the constitution, as perfectly
impracticable. The left demanded the immediate
rejection of the proposal and the nomination of
a committee to eldboraie accOrdirig`fo the views
of the citizens, such changes as might be admis-
sible ; the centre moved that, before rejecting the
proposition, a ' special cothraittee should be ap-
pointed, to enquire into, and report on, the ques-
tion. This motion, was agreed to, and a committee
elected.-1: ~.,

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MAIL NEWS.

QUZENSTOWN, Dec., 18.—The Africa with
dates to the 7th passed at daylight this morning.
3 On—The • Canada hence for Halifax and
Boston,, is. now entering harbour.
The Canada sailed hence with mails and
passengers for Halifax at six p.m.

Mr. Collier, M.P. for Plymouth, has been
appointed-Counqel to the" Admiralty and Judge
Advocate of the Fleet' in the room of Mr.
Atherton. ,
The Borer chronicle of Saturday -says that the
Duke of Malakhoff arrived there en route for
London on. Thursday. He travelled incog., and
was Attep.dedcby, only bne servant. :
The breaking down of one of the waggons in a
coal train caused an obstruction on the London
'and North Western Railway, but no collision
took place. . .

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The following :appeared. in a part of our
impression of 'Saturday : .
AUSTRIA.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] , .
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VIENNA., Dec. 17,--In the; last ;Cabinet Council, pre-
sided over by the Emperor, it was, resolved that- in the
next budget a reduction of thirty-eight millions of
florins shall,be made in the expenses of the. war depart-
ment. It is stated that Austria is about to proceed to a
complete disarmament.
THE -CONGRESS.
[REUTER'S rimaunA.m.]
Tunis, Dee. 16.—Count cavour,lMs been definitively
appointed first plenipotentiary.of Sardinia in the Con-
gress. General Debormida- does not leave Turin in
order to-be present at the approaching opening of-the
Chambers. There • will be no ministerial change in
Sardinia> '
Tunis, Dec. 17.—General Debormida has officially
communicated' to the ,French GovernMent that Count
Cavour and the Chevalier Desambrois will'he the repre-
sentatives of Sardinia at the approaching Congress.
Pa.nis,.Dee, 17.—Prince de Latour de. Auvergne is
designated as . the second, plenipotentiary of France at
the Congress. The Marquis de Antonini, the Neapoli-
tan minister, who had been summoned by the, King ,to
Naplei a ferthight ago, returned to Paris yesterday.
He is bearer of the -consent of the NeaPolitan Govern-
ment to the project of an Italian Confederation. M; de
Antonini will be the second plenipotentiary of Naples to
the Congre.iss..
FRANCE.
[REUTER'S, TE.gon.A.xis.]
PARIS, Saturday.—The Mailieemr of to-day contains
the following :—. , - ^2 r
"The Emperor received, yesterday, the Papal NUncio,
who presented( !to: his Majesty the letter of the -Holy
Father. . ,'
"Yeiterday eveniag, the state of Prince Jerome was
still serious,, Pleuritic pains in the left side Wring set
in, necessitated the application'bf a fresh blister."
ACCIDENT: ON THE LONDON AND
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'NOATH-WPSTEEN RAILWAY.
An accident occurred op ; the .above line about half-
past nine o'clock,. near Wolverhampton station. It:ap-
pears that a passenger train ran into a goods, causing
serious damage to both ; but whether- any lives have
been lost has . not yet been ascertained. The .Dailif
News says, our usual; parcel did not reach us till three
this, morning, a delay of nearly three hours.
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fi'U, ' 'NEW BRAZILIAN RAILWAY.
(' Theprojeot ofJa id* line, with a guarantee of .7 per
cedt. from the ;Braziiiiin GoVerkitnent, is about to be
:brought forward, under` the title of San Paul's Railway.
The line will run from the Coast into the interior of San
Paul. ' Capital £200,000 sterling. The calls will be
spread'over a period of eight years. •
LORD PALMERSTON; AND THE SUEZ
(.1/3911 tir,-.1!)-1('''81qUESTION.
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:The Post, Post, in a deader, says :--j'oliticians will frankly
admit that Lord Palmerston, in his opposition to the
,Suez pap..4,.,hp only maintained the traditional policy
of our country, upheld the.great principle of public law,
and resisted an unwarrantable aggression on the rights
of an independent state.
. The Post asserts, the moment M. De Lesseps obtains
'the.firman from the Porte sanctioning the'Scheme, he
will have ,succeeded in severing Turkey from Egypt.:
If the firman,COrifer on tbe company the absolute pos-
session, iii plain language,,the sovereignty of several
*les of the! ~bank along the ',whole; extent of
ilt district,; r 4 confer ,on it the right 'of teting
rtre§sPa '4,, forp*, no part 'Of the policy of,,
inland thßti.,4,he.4dependence of a friendly state 1
'plaid be p.sci*P,, 4 Orli:is no, part of the interest of
nglana tq assist„in„ i carrying out a , sebemet either
,ii.lielly impracticable, or„ of of which; the ,practicability
France,
be shown in creatingffortithe 9,lPAial'ben9fit of
,France, an Egyptian pardanelles„k an ,Egiptian Gib-
44Itarr, Snell a result;'we ingiyencureito add, is not yet
neentemplated by the stat4Ran..ship'.pfLord Palmerston.
FREE COMMERCE DURINV. THE WAR.
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11. The Times commences, a leaderrion;this question as
• follows :—When)Wa fired our shot at that little knot
elf' Bremen burgomasters, we were quite aware that
there were masked batteries all around us. ~Well, we
have drawn; theirii fire. " Mercator" has replied on
,fathalf of the interests of foreign commerce. Mr. Camp--
?real, - whose letter we publish ', to-day, ' has! been
•Pileeted, by• use as the representative of several' corres-
ipondenti . engaged in English 'trade. , ' Beds- speaks
thiongh her press, and Liverpool. Li ii: -2..,50Ur of war
with impunity. This is precisely what we eipected.
If conclndes by saying, "but we are obliged. to speak of
ational interests, when others can allow themselves the
:luxury of speaking of generous confidence,and glorious
icivilization.'
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FALSE LABELLING OF GOODS.
'' Charles Brooke, Esq., of Huddersfield, yesterday pre-
sided at a meeting held in Louden, to promote ,the for-
mation of a society for suppressing the practice,' of
falsely labelling goods for, sale.
At the adjourned meeting, held yesterday, of leading
manufacturers and others, to promote the formation of a
society for suppressing the practice of falsely.labelling
goods for sale, it was absolutely stated that many
traders openly avow their determination to discourage
every attempt to put down the evil, and that two corn,
mercial associations which were appealed to for assist-

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