Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-14 00:00:00

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"Our desire, like that of the majority of the Great
Powers, is now to localise the war, because it arose out of
local circumstances, and because it is the only means of

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some States of the German Confederation tends,
contrary, to generalise the struggle by giving it a character
and proportions which go beyond all human provision, and
which, under any circumstances, would lead to increased
devastation, and would cause torrents of blood to be shed.
" We can the less understand this tendency, as indepen-
dently of the guarantees offered to Germany by the positive
declarations of the French government, accepted by the
Great Powers, and the very force of circumstances, the
German States thereby deviate from the fundamental basis
which unites them.
" The German Confederation is a combination purely and
exclusively defensive. It is on that condition that she
participated in the international law of Europe, on the bases
of treaties to which Russia's signature is affixed.
" Now, no hostile act has been committed by France
against the confederation, and there does not exist any
story treaty for the latter to attack that power.
" Should, consequently, the confederation take hostile
measures towards France on conjectural data, and against
which it has obtained more than one guarantee, it would
have falsified the object of its institution, and disowned the
spirit of treaties upon which its existence rests.
" We confidently entertain the hope that the wisdom of
the Federal 'governments will set aside determinations
which would turn to their prejudice, and would not con-
tribute to strengthen their own position.
" If, which God forbid, it should happen otherwise, we
shall at all events have fulfilled a duty of frank and sincere
friendship. Whatever may be the issue of the present com-
plications, the Emperor, our august master, perfectly free
in his action, will only be inspired by tho interests of his
country and the dignity of his crown in the determinations
which his Majesty will be called upon to take.
GORTSCHAKOIT.

"St. Petersburg, 15th (27) May, 1859."
The Invalide Busse announces that the Russian
government has concluded a financial convention with
Messrs. Rothschild, through the mediuin of the commercial
house of Kapherr and Co., of St. Petersburg, The details
of the convention are not known. '

PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE.
Notwithstanding that the establishment of Woolwich
Arsenal engaged in the Tenon* departments of War has for
some time exceeded that any former period, large addi-
*us have been made, wry day during the past week, cop:

sisting principally of men reunired for preparing guns, she+, least four—plying between the two points. Their
shell, and cartridges for use and for .exportatiqa, removing pioneer ship is the barque Mendi. They will have
stocks of obsolete or 'doubtful stores to be e.Amined and a small steamer to run along the coast from Cape
recast, and cleaning and burnishing arms and materials of Palmas to Monrovia, touching at intermediate
every description which may possibly be brought into sad- points to collect freight and passengers for the
den regnisition. The number of men, women, and lads who.
American packet. As the British steamers do not
daily assemble within the arsenal at the various working
now touch at Monrovia, this steamer will likewise
--,-, the contractor's labourers, are calculated at
sons. The royal carriage department and mail. be useful in carrying the The business, both
cloys 6,718! military and civil officers, Ma-
on shore and shipboard, will of course be transacted
)remen, artificers, labourers,'and others; entirely by coloured men ; for it is a speculation of
1,41 military storekeepers, and the inspec. their own, and one in which they. will probably best
2,000 ; the other departments each a succeed by confining its operation to the manage-
aroportionate number, and the contractors about 3,000. A meet of their own race. With respect to the
.ritime branch of the enterprise, it is well
°served, that " coloured men are generally
good sailors, more peaceable, docile, and humane than
the white slaves of the forecastle, and it is no more
than fair that they should have an opportunity to
rise to command a crew of their peers, provided they
are competent to do so." And as to the commercial
department, I believe the observation is quite trqe,
that "the African trade in
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profitable and extensive than it now is." And, there-
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