The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

1/OREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVaNING_
The Swiss Plenipotentiary sent by telegraph to
his
Government yesterday an account of what
passed at the Conference. The same reserve is
supposed to be maintained now as .when the Con-
41ess was sitting on the more important question
t,lle Russian war. The account given in the
elgian papers of the deliberations of the meeting
ad the Propositions are not to be received impli-
u Y, ifindeed any interest is folk about them in
gland. Farther instructions from Berlin
itie said to be expected by M. de Hatz-
jl.lcl, who has exhibited More modem-
:/a than before, so far as words can be
1
i!usted. One can hardly say " definitive intitruc-
k'°as," for it is probably not in the nature of the
ing to be definitive in anything. Of his Majesty's
o,:inta and accomplishments no one doubts, and
caa only explain his indecision in the same
Y that the admirers of the renowned Wouter
4'411 Twiller, first magistrate of Manhattan,
:counted for the same quality in their master;
" that he always conceived every subject
in So comprehensive a scale that he had not room
;‘, 'lie head to turn it over and examine both sides
c' it, so that he always remained in doubt merely
tt consequence of the astonishing magnitude of his
nea's." There is another feature in the present
juegotiations which tends to create delay and to
bease the difficulty. M: de Hatzfeld always
clod to any parley with Dr. Kern, except in
lea Presence of the Plenipotentiaries in Con-
,t,rence assembled. This objection is attributable
the or4inal indiscretions of the Swiss
negotiator; but, whatever be the cause, these
)
Ic'listers have had'. no conversation together,
i
dhey only I:P.bet round the Council table. The
ins tress ,g,OP.e through yesterday was rather sum-
as ter. Kern was admitted, and M. Walewski,
- resident, read for him the minutes of the
4"vieus sitting, comprising the propositions of M.
tlatzfeld.. When they were read Dr. Kern said
et, thould take them into consideration, and, when
L
ahad done so sufficiently, give his answer. M.
a al-ewski remarked that a few days would be given,
'„u that on Saturday next the Plenipotentiaries
N,,-
negative
expect to receive from him an answer, in the
fhgative or affirmative, but at all events an answer.
meeting then adjourned to Saturday.
'll some quarters the suspension of diploiratic
relations between Austria and Piedmont is looked
irla as rather grave, not so much as regards any
'cationstoediate consequences, but on account of,the cora
„ ..
ito which it may give rise hereafter in
ta I. It is rumoured, though I cannot say what
ar
~°uncla exist for the rumour, that it is in con -
itaplation to suspend the "reduction in the
reduction
army. The mode, however, of that
:auction is Buell that the Emperor may
441:4 call the men back to the ranks
hn,rut di%culty. Those who had returned to their
1,.."4('S on leave of absence, and whose period of
''vice expires this year, were informed that they
'''kht •
remain at home; while those who have not
•jtained leave of absence, were told that they might
:tain leave by applying for it, and that such leave
mc'uld be extended from time to time. Again, it is
rate(' that the Austrian officers on leave in Paris
ave received notice that they'ase 'to join their
ofal)ective regiments forthwith. The coincidence
Is; the notice with the rupture between Austria and
',...ednaont does not pass unobserved.
ti Nothing now is said about the Neapolitan ques-
°n for the last few days ; and the opinion ex-
'sed by Loi:d Palmerston on a reconciliation
fe4ssrl merely on exchanging exile in a distant land
by :I,Pri':.orarient at home, is one that is approved
11,-, who know the country. It is undoubedly
0' 'afertune for Italy that there exists so much
ftvision among her patriots as to the mode of her
il hirlePendence and regeneration. Each leader has
separate project, while the only chance of
attaining a?-n
rlg
sacrifice the object all have in view would he the
of party interests and the amalgamation
intro tle great national body. M. Giuseppe Sistori,
licl.erlY au adherent of M. Mazzini, but now, I
11,:,:'ve, no longer so, has given to Italian patriots
ti'' views on Italian regeneration, but more par-
t velliarlY concerning Naples. He maintains that
• it
great errors have been committed by the patriots
it the Neapolitan question. The first was in making
51:),Ile and the same with the Italian cause generally,
ii:lte connect it with the changes in the territorial
a, its of the States, Austrian domination in Italy,
,_" the temporal power of the Popes, was only to
.1q ai.e it, most difficult of solution. In the actual
edition of Italy and Europe the solution of such
irktiticstion, he says, would be a folly, and for Italy
NPartieular a fatal folly. The creation in the
Sicilies of a free and national State would be
to,
Italians the greatest possible benefit in present
001111astances, and so long as they have not
sOined there a solid political and military basis,
teell' attempts to raise themselves to an inde-
tylident and free nation, unless they are favoured
%Sri almost miraculous combination of circum-
eollccs (on which it would not be prudent to
„
4(1'1") would be destined to a disastrous end. To
th 'ate the Neapolitan question from the Italian is
fa: I,a necessity in actual circumstances, and so
eats Lrotn being an act of apostacy would be
rpakllary to triumph.
\I/0e second error M. Sistori notices, is that
be len has reference to the government that should
s r/3uhstituted for the present one in Naples. The
tiroll(11 is not so much in putting forward the ques
I)s4;' which is legitimate and inevitable, or in pro-
a.;l'ig this or that solution, more or less rational
a,l;°rding to the various points from which it is
The great error is in not feeling the possi-
dV and the necessity of an alliance among the
thaetra opinions on the solution. He is of opinion
tie; form which shall satisfy the wishes, necessi-
Of it' and rights of the Two Sicilies, the interests
Po„alY, and the legitimate expectations of friendly
th.,"ers, cannot, without danger, be submitted to
direct and immediate judgment of the people.
til:tY man of sense and of good faith will admit
raft the Wisdom and competence of those delibea
esillh'na• on a question so arduous and complex,
-3t be obtained unless by means of a Parlias
al;, ,1' Which shall represent, so to speak, the heart
mind of the country, M. Sistori says—
the up, the following, according to my judgment, is
to Th-'B,t Mo; of proceeding in the Neapotan alliance :.-
4i47,149 it a distinct one. To obtain the of all the
the c:0118 hostile to tyranny. To reserve and guarantee to
,httlat,-lutliry the right of deciding, by means of its flegiti-
',hai representatives, the question of future Government.
government being decided upon, to summon the
,If tip to declare its opinion of the present Government.
is„'s be done, we do not think we labour under a delusion
ex Dress confidence in the triumph of liberty and of
to thee- And if in a question which is one of life or death
Iliv,,e„COUntry it is permitted to think anything but the
liir,:"en of the country, we believe in the triumph of that
&!l; 100 Which will have made to it the present sacrifices.
the -nee, concord, appeal to the country—such is the duty. of
co4,`",ltriots of the Two Sicilies. He who refuses or abstains
tff „tits more than an error—he commits an unpardonable
il!„; By the refusal the country will judge if the con.
°fl;,;",oninion be zeal for the public good or the blindness
Th'icidal passions.
11-4; ,r,e Plan of M. Sistori of making the question of
Itat.`wo Sicilies distinct and independent of the
icsalf cause gererally is one that would suggest
to an adherent of the Murat family. I
thou M. Sistori is regarded as a Muratist,
ttiElgll I doubt much whether the Prince will be
taii,l3leased. with the preference to the represen-
. Rov„es of the Neapolitans choosing the new
irntilent rather than the people themselves.
aria
seen a Constitutional Assembly in France
eritr aim the Republic, and the people annulling it
Proclaiming an Emperor. M. Sistori, for all
fita't,,:esumed Muratism, is of course obliged to
1,1"1 with the Republican party.
eenf e rench Minister at Washington had a long
initrierenee with the President of the United States
r(,,t,ie(liately after his installation, and, it is said,
Pati,,v`2(l the assurance of the very conciliatory
,Y Which the American Government meant to
bes
POI, 2-Patches were received this morning at the
O "gn Office from the French Minister at
lutesbgen. They relate to the affair of the
he Papal Nuncio had an audience of the