Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

n, aria, to the Emperor
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The inseri

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triumphal arches and other conspicuous objects were
remarkable. On two columns, at the entrance to
the railway terminus, the following inscription,
says the-Moniteur, was placed: -
The object of this war is to restore Italy to herself, and.
not to force her to change masters; we shall have on our
frontiers a friendly people that will owe their independence
to us.
Another inscription recalled the language used by
the EMperor, as follows :
Let France arm, and say resolutely to Europe : " I wish
for no conquests, but I avow loudly my sympathy with a
people whose history is blended with our own, and who
groan under foreign oppression."
On the side facing the city this inscription was
traced in Italian : _ _

with extreme interest here. I cannot help thinking
that public opinion is mistaken in respect to Austrian
dominion in Italy. When I hear a state
Lord Palmerston exprese a hope that this war mas
result in the Germans being entirely drive__
the country, I naturally hesitate in forming an oppo-
site opinion,, and re-examine the evidence which has
been gradually convincing me. I confess, however,
that the more -I consider the question, and the more
I compare statements with facts, the more settled
does my opinion become. Under the French, Pied-
mont, Lombardy, Parma, Modena, and part of the
States of the Church, formed one province. In 1815,
'these all had a fair start under different- Govern-
ments. Look at them now. Lombardy is the richest
province under the sun, but the upper one-thousand
are discontented ; in the others the material pros-
perity is certainly less, and the upper one-thousand
of Piedmont are contented, all the rest are discon-
tented; all wish for change of some sort from the
Pope's legate downwards. This magnificent plain of
Piedmont, which I now see before me, is inferior
in no physical respect to Lombardy, yet no man
would hesitate, if allowed .to choose, between one
acre of land east of the Ticino •and two west.
Surely the English must have prejudged this case,
deceived by the name of " constitutional " given to
the Piedmontese government. Is a constitution a
blessing or a curse to a Latin nation? How has it
proved in France, how in Mexico, how in Spain ?
In Sardinia, 20 years ago, the revenue derived
from ordinary taxes exceeded the expenditure.
The people was happy, though some few ambitiouf
lawyers and others were anxious for change..
the national debt is increased year by year in spi,
of taxation of the most oppressive kind, and the
people is ripe for Red Republicanism. The fact
seems to be that absolutism and constitutional forms
are equally capable of being used for bad purposes.
If discontent exist in Lombardy, as alleged, we can
easily account for it by considering the conduct of
Sardinia towards Parma and Tuscany. It is no'
denied that in these provinces the late revolution
were effected by Piedmontese agents.
Lombardy, I can state from personal observation
that the further from Piedmont the less is the 'dis-
content. The clap-trap phrases, so Often used- by
persons who do not know their meaning, are •just
the same. in- Milan and in Turin, and in both ph
are the same false statements made. The .Lom-
bards are said to be subject to a more eiact-
ing. conscription than the other nations come
posing the Austrian empire. What is the fact ?
Until 1818, the Lombard only served eight years;
the others fourteen! Now this has been equalised, but
who is to blame ? Who is to blame - I beg pardon,
I mean to say, to whose disinterested friendship does
Lombardy. owe the heavy conscription of this
As to Venice, France reduced it to absolute
in 1815 it was' given to Austria ae
without importance, its trade having disappear
and its population diminiShed. Austria made it a
free port, gave it a railway, bridged the Lagune,
which separated it from the main land, and fifteen
days ago it was a happy prosperous town, with every
prospect of a still further and more rapid advance.
Yet, because there once lived at this place a great
Italian nation, there are people in England who
think that Sardinia has a right to ruin the present
inhabitants, not one-third of whom are of Venetian
origin, and annex the territory. This is what they
wish to do ; whether France.will lightly give up her PORTER V. Wm Fos atr u.—The e
lover Louiiville
of the Journal saidnever of the
hold on Italy if she can obtain one is another eines- Piecolomini that " pe dilutes
his wine, she never mixes anything with the pure purple
tion, and must evidently depend on the permission
poetry of the drinking song." The Boston Post evidently
of Russia, for, Italy; France, and Austria crippled,
does net understand the drift of this remark,. aS its comment
England and Germany dare not interfere. Poor
is---" Perhaps. not ; but we can swear to her • making,
Venice! You cannot conceive how desolate she uncommon_ quick. work of a large pot
.of porter
.which” a kind
looks. Venice in May, without ten visitors. The parent held tor her just after the song at the wings. •
state of stagnation is Complete, all the military pre- TRUE MARRIAG.E. —Out rang the Hadley 'bells—the
parations being already made. These are of a most hapj)y marriage bells. And when should bells ring so
formidable nature, and, considering the difficulty of joyously ? Do they not give promise of all this world
access to vessels of any size, Ido not hesitate to knows of happiness What is love, sweet, pure losses but
state that a merely naval attack on that place would the anticipation of this, the consummation of our loving
here ? To neither man or woman does' the world fairly
have no chance of success. Every channel has
begin till sealed together in their first mutual home they
either already been quite blocked ne by sunken
bethink themselves that the excitement of their honeymoon
ships, and vessels laden with stones are, moored close
is over. It would seem that the full meaning of the word
byeready to close the small remaining passage at a
marriage can
never be known by those who at their
few minutes' notice, and guns of large calibre first out-spring into life are surrounded by all that money
(mostly 9?-inch shell guns, but longer than the can give. It requires the single sitting-room, the single
English 10-inch guns) command all these obstacles. fire, the necessary little efforts•of self-dayotien, the inward
The natives certainly looked to me happier in declaration that some struggle shall be made for that other
1850, when the Austrians . had just returned, than one, some world's struggle of whieh wealth can know
they do now. I suppose some few are ready to nothing. One would almost wish to be poor that one might
make great sacrifices to get rid of the Tedeschi, but work for oue's wife; almos t
t w
goes forish obe ill- d
h ie, use that one might
the shopkeepers think much more of the total fight for her. He, as he th to labour, swears
stoppage of trade than of anything else, Trieste within his heart, that by God's help OD_ his endeavours all
presented an equally melancholy appearance,- more shall go well with her. Aud she, as sl)..e stands musing alone
' in her home, with a happy tear in. ter bright eye, she also
so, perhaps, for the ruin is greater. There, at all
swears in her heart that by GodN help his home shall be to
events, there is but one feeling, that of the most him the s.wneethesltlsspo.t on the e'arth's surface. Then should
intense hatred of the French and Sardinians, or
rather of the Emperor Napoleon and, Count nnogualo-asly ? Ah I my friends, do not
'three hundreds. a. year—your. four
iciooutnmtartioloaeeexace
Cavour. A strong force is out to-day to reconnoitre hundreds. Try tlieywol'id. But try it with industry and
beyond the Sesia, and the Austrian left has been truth, not with idler. rants, ess and falsehood.—" The Bert "
reinforced, to w4.tch the French on tiaut I Should By Antho# TraY,,ps.

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With my soldi,A-s the gallant troops of the Emperor Na-
poleon, my generous ally, will fight the battles of liberty
and justice, Vierou EIIMANUF.L IL. .

words, too, were written in Italian

Napoleon HI. always hastens to that spot where a just
cause is to be defended and the triumph of civilisation to be
insured.

WEST INDIA MAIL

'SOUTHAMPTON; Thursday. --The - Magdalena has
arrived with the West. India mails, and advices from
Jamaica to April 25 ; Honduras, 17; Grey town, 16 ;
Hayti, 18; Demerara, 26; Trinidad, 27 ; Barbadoes,
28 ; St. Thomas, May 1.
She also brings 174. 'passengers, 601,124 dols. in
specie, pearls value 7,500 dols., 226 bales tobacco,
32 casks of coffee, besides a general 'cargo.
The. West ' India islands are healthy, except
Antigua; but they have suffered much from want
of rain. The May rains, however, had commenced
en the Magdalena left.
rhe inauguration of the Belly ship canal was to
29th ult. _ _ _

A steamer _had arrived at Martinique from Africa,
with nearly 500 negroes on board; above 80 died on
were to be imported

the voyag.e,

No more

into Martinique, by order of the ,Emperor.
- From the South Pacific we learn that Gallo, the
revolutionary chief, was preparing to march south ;
he was almost certain to be defeated. The mining
provinces were- in the hands of the rebels. Trade
dull.
At Jamaica, business operations limited. Produce
scarce: Sugar sold at from 183. to 225. ; rum, 3s. 2d.
to 3s. 3d.; boffee; 423. for pretty fair quality.
Trade at Deinerara dull. Breadstuff not quite so
firm, and prices for flour slightly, declined. • Pork in
active demand. - Rice advanced in price, and stocks

Now, in

low.
Exchange on London, 478 dols. for private bills at

90 days' sight.
Freights for sugar to London, 2s 3d Liverpool,
is 3d.
Affairs in Chili were in much the same state.
The revolutionists still holding their own against

-year ?

a posses

.c.am -ompany's new
steamer Prince of Wales, was wrecked on the 17th
.larch, by striking on a sunken rock that was
not known, between Chiloe and Port Monti. Crew
and passengers all saved
Peru tolerably quiet—politically.
Business very dull.
Exchange, 38, nominal.
The mines of Potosi are yielding large quantities
of the precious metal.

The Pacific