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

obtained upon other questions. than the specific
"`one which the last Congress was professedly called
together to deliberate upon, namely, the peace
With Russia after the Crimean war ? We are

•rlore inclined to think that out of it has arisen
the difficulty of the present occasion. The idea
Which germinated out of it was the one which led
to the recent great sacrifice of life and waste of
'treasure in the plains of Lombardy ; and what

further and equally fatal results may arise to. the
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World from this corollary to the Zurich Conference
'it is impossible for any foresight justly to pre_
diet.
A difficulty of no small degree presents
itself in the satisfactory adjustment of the
temporal and spiritual sovereignty of the
ROPE. Cardinal ANTONELLI from his political
antecedents, we may be well assured will not
forego the most determined assertion of the rights
of the Papal crown of his master. This Plenipo-
tentiary will at any rate have the support of the
Roman Catholic Powers, which will predominate
in the Congress. It is not probable, under such
conditions, that Lord CowLEY and his colleague

Will have that weight which they ought to have
as the representatives of Great Britain. The
Emperor of the French and the Emperor of

Austria will desire to preserve as much as
possible the supremacy of the POPE, so long as it
is not at the cost of their own intentions with
regard to the Central States of Italy. The
enforcement of the terms of the peace of Villa-
franca would outwardly preserve the temporal

power of the POPE, though not substantially. The
confederation of these provinces which now refuse
the recall of those rulers whom they have ex-
Paled, with Austria and Sardinia, of which Pius
IX. was to hold the honorary Presidency,would
be an ingenious method of giving him the shadow
instead of the substance of power. This has
been a craftily conceived, and sagaciously executed
hove of Louis NAPOLEON upon the political board,
at a very critical period of the game he has been
Playing.
It is significant, though -not at all to be won—
dered at, that. Hungary; -now upon the very eve

Of the opening of this great Congress, should
c,:throw out aspirations for the restoration of that
constitutional government of which they have been
deprived, encouraged to do so by- the example of
the Italian peninsula. This movement among the
Magyars will embarrass the House of Hapsburg at a
-bloat critical juncture. FRANCIS JOSEPH, perhaps,
'with this threatened. insurrection, may be the
Uore disposed not to enforce the terms of Villa-
franca, and forego the restitution of those pro-
' vinces to the dukes, the rulers whom they have dis-
"paissed. Where is' Loris KOSSUTH ? How very
abruptly, it must be remembered, was his depar-
ture from the camp of LOUIS NAPOLEON; may he
:not have been engaged in carrying ont the French
niperor's plans and designs, by causing his
fellow-countrymen to revolt ; and thus-harassing
and embarrassing thb Austrian Government, at
'the precise time most profitable to Napoleonic
ideas ? We are disposed to think that he has ; but
'what equivalent may have been demanded and.
promised, it is not so easy to divine. It 'is possible
:',:that NAPOLEON 111. thinks he can carry out
jib original intention of establishing a throne for
his cousin Prince NAPOLEON. Thus, it may be,
he proposes to himself to gain his point without,
giving offence to the authority of the POPE, as
honorary president. In. doing so, he does not
force upon the Italian States rulers who are
repulsive to them ; and yet he seemingly escapes
a breach of the leiter of the Treaty of Villafranca.
It this be his object, and these his plans, and if
he can succeed in realising them, he will have
proved his ability not only to out-manceuvre the
, Young Emperor of Austria in the field, but also
to overreach him in the cabinet.
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