Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

PARIS, 14.1.017. 11.
The Patric ethis evening says we 'w assured
that the King of Sardinia has replied to the
letter of the Emperor 'Napoleon, and that King
Victor Emmanuel, in his reply,. expresses confi-
dence in the sylnpathies of the Emperor in favour
of the Italian ccase, and declares %that he (the
King) will leave to the decision of -the Congress
all that whichi 'elates to the re-organisation of

'Dunn, Nov. 10.
The Xing Victor Emmanuel, in 43onsequence of
a very urgentrepresentatioa received from the
French Government, has refasedvoo grant per-
mission to the Prince de Carignan to accept the
Regency of Central Italy, which •1 been offered
to•him.

THE COST OF THE WAR 'TO SARDINIA..

Count Walewski's cireulax•dfficially announces
that France has demanded from Bardinia the pay-
ment of 60,000,000 francs for the expenses of the
late war. This is one of the arrangements em-
bodied in'the treaty of Zurich.

AN ELECTIVE ASSEMBLY TROMISED
THE POPE.
Pidus, Friday.
The IffriAiir,Lr of to-day publishes a circular,
issued on the Zth instant, by Count Walewski, -to
the cliplomatic.agents of the ,Wreneh Government
abroad, „explaining the advantages of the different
clauses of the Treaty of Peace signed at Zurich.
The .ciranhr further -announced that the:
Government of France has • received assurances
that the Pope was only waiting an opporkine-
moment to make public certainvreforms, by which
the govenunent of the Clergy would be replaced
by a government generally composed of the
Laity., and which would give to the country
better. .guaranttes for the ,administration •Of
justice, and for the control 'ATE
„public financoS
by means of an Assembly :elected by the Pope.

REFORMS IN .AITSTRIA_

AFIEVNA, Nov. 11.
The :Council cif the Empire: is.in course of beirm
transformed into a senate, whith-will control dile
administration: 6f the finanoes of the country.
Decrees will-dlaortly be issuedi„r,ranting to the
Jews additional political and ,social privileges,
During the celebration of the .&hiller Festival,
several clemonezations of a libeuel character kayo.
taken plLee.

SPitIN AND MOROCCO.

MADRID, Nov. 10.
The Moors, I.vitia a strong force: of 1,000 num,
continued :their attack upon Chaeta. The besieged
were preparing to make a sortie:to repulse thew.
The Corte ,bas been proroguedlonone week.

THE CONVICT S3IETIII,TRST.

The report ,eireulated to-day ,(says the Globe
last night) by .a.very well informed, oontemporary,
that the case vf ,Smethurst has been, disposed of,
.and that lae ca rill leceive a free pardon, is not
correct. No five pardon has been granted, and
the case has net been disposed of in,aoy way.

LONDON, Frid4y Night.
Colonel Crichton Stuart, M.P., has teen ap-
.pointed tord-Lientenarlt of 'Ayrshine,inlthe room
of: the late Lord James; Stuart..
'ln the Court of Queen's Bench, this ,morning
the Lord Chief TilLron delivered in ,court the
judgment in the case of-Swinfen v. Lor&Obelms-
ford: He said, 'it was la: K 1 down broadly by me
at the trial that; provided, an advocate acted Zona
fide, he was entitled to .the verdict of a ijxry if
Complaints were made against him. We ttknik
that on that point, and that point only, mere
ought-to he a rule nisi accordingly.
In Vice-chancellor Sindersley's Court this
morning, in the case of the Newcastle Corameroial
Banking Company, it was arranged that in default
of payment of a debt to Mr. Walker within
fourteen days, an order for winding up the 1
company be made absolute. All proceedings to,
be stayed in the meanwhile.
The next annual examination of the senior and
junior divisions of the students 'a the Staff.
College -will take ,place on ISt Deeember, and
following days.

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The following appeared in a part, of our
impression of yesterday
FRANCE.
[REUTER'S TELE[*RAM.]
PARIS, Friday.—The ..lioniteur, of to-day, confirms
the news of the signature of the three treaties, and
adds that the Governments of France and Austria
have agreed to promote- the meeting of a . Congress,
which will receive communication. of the treaties of
Zurich, and deliberate on the means most adapted to
establish the pacification of Italy on a solid and durable
basis. .

The lfoniteur also publishes the monthly return of
the Bank of France, which shows the following. mulls
:Is compared with the previous return :—tOgfeosc

Cash, 184 millions; current account, millions.,
.I.nsoasc discountedt not
_yet due, 29 millions ',-
advances, 34 millions; .-bank notes,- 3a millions; trea-
sury account; 3 millions. :11.'1%31:Lade° :Renee is dead.
• THE ITALIAN QUESTION.
•

The Times presents the Italian question in the follow-
ing light :---All the powers are agreed upon the prin-
ciple, that nothing more forcible than words shall cross
the Alps to direct the action of the Italian population.
We may now, therefore, congratulate the Italians upon
being certainly masters of their destiny. It will be
their own fault if they do not adjust their affairs with•
out regard either to the Villafranca promises or the
more solemn acts which may have been diplomatically
ratified at Zurich.