Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

Of that group Belong to the Unlifie4-Ztates ; ttu~t ii'
the line lies in the Rosario Stilktt, the islands,

be' olg to Great Britain. It is now prop
however, to lay down the line of clentateation
a third channel, that has been found to run

through the debateable• group, which, althougl;
narrow, is nevertheless said to be , quite nava
gable. The effect of adopting this new line- would
be to give the British San Juan alone, out of the
group; all the rest, and by far the largest part,
being ceded to America. This would answer
our purpose suffkiently ; at the same time,
the concession made to Anserica would be so

greatly in their fatvour, that by way of compels-
action they would be required: to give Great
Bvitain the whole of a certain 'coast headland,

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nova' out in two by t 1 49th paralroh. It is to be
hoped- this apparently fair proposition may be

airegd• to: ' ' • •
Notwithstanding the repeated denials by the
Sardinian authorities of the rumoured annexation

of . Nice and Savoy to Vrance, there seems now
very little doubt that an invisible agency- is at
work to• convert the inhabitants of tkese Pro-

vineesta g desire for its ultimate realisation

letter from) Nice, written by one evidently under
French inspiration, states that, " France inttking
possession of:Savoy and Nice is merely adopt-
ing a very. prudent step in presence of the. con-
siderable increase of territory which Piedment is
about -to receive, and that the wishes of: the
French people; 39 well as thoc of our population,
fender it the dirty of Napoleon,lll. to avail him-
himself of this- opportunity tot- recover the frens.
tier of the Alps:n The wish is-perhaps father to•
th thought, when the writer aids,—" Our entire
population will be unanimous in favoup
of France before many days," The Gover4
nor- of Nice, who has opposed; this proposa4
it is said, is about to be removed by Count'
Cavour to the offiee of Ministerof Agriculture'
and fiommerce. It isinsinuated that this is only
a manoeuvre to mask disapprobation of his oppo-
sition.; and if it be so, it may tio illferred that
Counteavour at least intends to givethe Emperor
his own way in demanding the restoration of
these important positions to France:
That-so violent anoorgan of the-latramontane
party in France as-the Univers should be sup-
.presse4 can excite little surprise under the pre-
sent circumstances of 'that cpuntr_y, and consider-
ing the peculiar policy which thy- Emperor is
pursuing, towards the Pope—and, indeed, towards:
the whole Roman Church. As our telegram'.
observes----" The (riiivers was the organ of
a religious party, whose pretensions, were eyery
day becoming in mare direct opposition to
the privileges of the State." That- is to say,
that it was endeavouring to bring. - tile State
into subjection to the church,—a consummation'
which could never be-tolerated. under -the present
regime, save, only upon the condition of*Napoleon
himself being created Pope ! It is-remarked,
moreover' that the French clergy "have never
separated their respectful submissiomto.the Holy
See, in spiritual matters, from their duties of
patriotism.. But then,. so long as their church
teaches that . even patriotism itself must yield to
her influences, there- scan be no alternative but
submission, to ecclesiastical discipline and:religious
obligation. Llutis Napoleon, however;-is-evidently
determined-; to upset this state of things; and
should Romeresist hiini.we must notbe surprised
if he should really become, as it is reported he has
threatened to do, a second Henry VIII.. An article
in the Consairtiimnel,.on- the predominance of Aus-
trian influence at Rome). is, of course„,welcomed
by the Government as most opportune and.
serviceable at the present moment.
Some of the reasons set forth in:-the Pope's
encyclical Fetter; published in the Utiiiyerg, will
be found i:.•another column, on the ground of
which he declines to. give up the .Romagnas.
These maybe summed up under the heads' of the
obligation of his own; .oaths, and the danger to
his rights in .his remaining States,- ,and to the
rights of all .other princes. The French Em-
yeror is pretty: plainly charged with. having
brought about the revolution, and ',is solemnly
reminded that at the list great account he must,
rely " more upon mercy than justice." The publi-
cation of this letter in the Uniyers-'is said to
bethe immediate cause of the suppression of that
journal. The other' papers have been forbidden
to publish it.i. •
Among,-the last news from France). is an in-
timation, it will.be- seen, that the protectionists
are making .the most desperate efforts. in opposi-
tion to the Empercesprojected commercial reform.
Many orthe manufacturers and -traders appear
to agree in apprehending the mest.disastrous con-
sequences from it.; and petitiOnaentbodying their,
fears, and: deprecating, therefore, the whole
scheme, are being numerously signed in the manu-
facturing jowns. One ground ef. their alarm, it
appears-is-the joy with which, they are taught to
believe .the imperial project Tins been received in
England:. But the movement is . not all on one
side. The Emperor is receiving- addresses from
variousdraportant commercial bodies, approving
of his designs, and expressing -a hope that they
will be -carried into effect.
Few 'matters connected. with. Liverpool refleet--
greater. credit on the practical and, judicious -
benevolence• with which:, its , charitable institu-...
tions, are maintained and; regulated, than the
interest felt in them by the bi*her classes. Al
gratifying illustration ofAhis is to be founclin
the ample report we give in another portion-of
to-day's paper, of the • annual meeting of the •
Liverpool Juvenile Reformatory Association. The
meeting was appropriately. presided over by his
worship' the Mayor, to :whose enlightened philan-
thropy, and untiring• exertions the institution.
owes, if not its absolute. existence, at least, its
high success. A degree of success which even, at
its commencement concentrated the observation
of the country. and prompted the estab-
lishment of many, similar institutions in different
parts of the kingdom. It cannot be necessary in
Liverpool to ,refer to the exertions of Thomas
Darnley Anderson; in establishing a. Refor-
matory for delinquent boys, and providing them
with such an education and training as, would fit
them for useful employment in the, mercantile
navy. These are- too well known here to require
comment, and probably no one would; shrink from
a repetition, Of them more sensitively than he
would do himself. His chief reward in respect to
it is to, he• found in the success of the institution
he has founded—his next, probably, in seein
adopted, in other localities, aid always fine
that the one he fostered is referred to as the m
on which such an institution should be founded.
The proceedings connected with it, which. we
to-day record; speak more forcibly than any 9thei
langusge can do, and to that we refer.

rfiEtz Times is pleading rather earnestly for as
moderate a measure of Reform as possible. We
cannot reject the help of the mast influential
journal in England in the work of protecting all
that England holds: dear, but we must regret that
that help was not afforded at the outset of the
question, when much that we have begun to con-
sider inevitable might have been averted ; and
when, if men had spoken out plainly, their
opinions would•haVe had much weight. But on
the contrary, the conduct of the Times on the
subject of Reform, since the introduction of Lord
DERBY'S bill, neurly twelve months ago, has been
marked by signal _ inconsistency. In the first
instance, when the fortunes of that measure
became a topic of national speculation, the Times,
ever fearing to be on the losing side, suspended
its opinion on its provisions, until the general