Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-22 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE DAY,

It is most satisfactory to learn, as we do by the latest
arritals from the United States, that the audacious step
'which General Harney took in occupying the Island of
S``• Juan, in British Columbia, on the pretext that it
was • within the United States' boundary line, was wholly
authorised by the Anaerican Government. It may be
1e
43restion in dispute to which country the island really
interpretation
altb;ough we are persuaded that, under any fair
of the boundary articles, it will be found
was from the first it has been understood—to be within
e --:r-orican dominions of her Britannic Majesty.
14 be this as it
may, nothing could justify General
garnet in forcibly taking possession of it, in defiance of
the British authorities in the neighbourhood. A hope
been expressed, we understand, on the part of the
:::I,,e_ra.l Government, that any dispute respecting the

-"vereignty of this island may be amicably settled with-
(l'l4 much delay ; and we heartily concur in that, hope.
10.ut great difficulty with a Government like that of the
-nuitbed
in an
will generally be found to exist, not so
much in any 'dealings with the Government itself, as in
_pates which are created by the unscrupulonsandlaw-
ebs conduct, ever and anon evinced by its individual offi
and sometimes, indeed, by its private citizens. There
714 want of authority and discipline in the Republican
`""erunient. Its own officers, even, cannot always be
xestrained
from acting on their private responsibilities,
i-s°llletinles seeking occasion to originate disputes with
4treraigutio:°i;ernments, and thereby involving the Admi-
J4an no slieht trouble. We trust that this St.
aresspiricroe;tion will be met by our own Ministry in
good will, though at the same time with a
Tolhution to maintain British rights.
pe Dipe2talian question is still; apparently; a matter of
meat of to all concerned. Louis Napoleon's treat-
the At continues to. be very incomprehensible. If
has d 1!1°Itr current in Paris be true, that his Majesty
esired _
of refusal
tn the
Victor Emmanuel to return an answer
to sardi 'uo proposed annexation of the Legations
drawin it is evident that the French Etnperor,is
d g ill his horns, since, from the first, it has been
It„ec.,7red that there could be no such -thing as " Italian
ZeePer Vence," so long as those Legations remained
,their present sovereigAties. Whether the Sardi-
te-4 'king will submit to the will of his Imperial ally,
B„illain!3 to be seen. If he should not, then, we pre-
the alliance be broken up, and his Majesty
of Sardinia be left to take his own course. The resump-
tion
of the conferences at Zurich, after their suspension
from some days, consequent on fresh arrivals of couriers
42:°rtl Paris and Vienna, has doubtless had reference to
this question of the Legations.
It Cannot be expected that the Emperor of Austria
should, all at once, restore his confidence to his Venetian

ouojects, whose recent disloyalty, not to say rebellion,
cannot so soon be forgotten. Nevertheless, the Austrian
Government has already resolved to dispense with any
further enforcement of martial law, substituting for that

severe infliction some "slight regulations," which are to
be provisionally maintained,—until, we suppose, Austria
is rather more reconciled to 'Venetia. " Italian Inde-
pendence," again, has been nothing but sound and fury
here, as elsewhere.

Still we are not done with the London Builders'
We continue to remark upon it, because it is a
,dint that is exercising a powerful effect amono.
a
___ghout the kingdom at large,
.nose of our own town, of course, not excepted. The
fact of upwards of 4,000 men having been got to work
lapon the terms of the masters,--that is, under the "De-
claration" which prohibits them from being members of
Trades' Unions,—is very significant. This ought to
content the masters, one would think, without their
having recourse or necessity for any severe measures
to maintain their just authority. • The disaffected—we had almost said the diabolical--
portion of the Irish Press, which has latelybeen hounding
on Popular clamour against Lord Derby, for discharging
from his estate of Doon, in Tipperary, all 'those tenants
aud others who were virtually .the 'harbourers of the
rauiderer of the man Crowe, has
.not, after all, had any
treat influence. . Several of the more respectable Irish
Papers have come forward in defence of Lord Derby's
iteridaet,---not only defending, indeed, but commending
as a stern but imperative act of duty. If it be true,
we see it stated in •Saunders's News-Letter, that
'LL Ireland the law is regarded by the great body of
the Peasantry as an enemy against which they feel it an
Perative duty to contend; that the sole allegiance
ey render is to the Ribbon confederacy, and that
?thef boy in trouble is a person to whom the band
.1 ellowship and protection is extended, aye, even
the nearest relations of his victim,"' —if this,
be Say, be true, which is given, apparently, on
.e")(1i
Irish authority,—then, most undoubtedly, is it
talpe
eratve upon all who would act under a consci-
‘,B4ss of the obligation involved in the popular serf-
riraec. nt, that "property has its duties -as well as its
tkollts," to do precisely as Lord Derby has done. As
'zite merits of the case in detail have- already been given
iec °litt
h' Paper, it is unnecessary to dwell upon the sub-
ere.

the. operative builders throu

.E APPROACHING MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS.

.
likely soon
„,,Luing to an article in one of our contemporaries
yesterday, the Conservatives of Liverpool are
to be in a bad plight indeed, as regards
municipal of one
interests. Bendowever, is but a representation
their
would be
-who is no to Conservatism and who
bst too glad, Nve dare say, to see it placed hors' de combat
in oar Municipal Corporation with as little delay as
possible. 'We shall not, at this time, enter at large into
the question of our approaching Municipal Elections.
There is every reason to believe that the Conservatives
are 'alive to the importance of the occasion,
every
.per endeavour will be made to maintain heir
present ascendancy in that important body. 'The
and that
town it. large is deet,„ly interested in this. In no
municipal born' in the kingdom, we will be bound to
say, have the corporate influences exerted, corporate
privileges exercised, or corporate efforts of any kind, put
forth been applied with a juster regard to the general
prosperity of the town, or crowned with more complete
success in every respect. There is no town in the king-
dom, either with a Municipal Corporation or without one,
that for years past has made such extraordina
in every thing that can make a town important and dis ry progress
tinguished, as Liverpool has done ;
and this has been
Mainly owing to its Municipal Corporation, in which

there has ever been manifested an amount of intel-
ligence, and a degree off, public spirit, to be
met with in very few similar public bodies,
throughout this great country. All 'this, then, let' it
not be- forgotten, 'has taken place under a system, in
the direction of which the Conservatives of the place
have had a preponderating influence ; and judging from
this fact, were there nothing else, it must be ev,ident to
our townsmen, that there can be no just reason what-
ever why that most salutary, and altogether advantage-
ous Conservative influence should now be set aside, to
be replaced by a mischievous Radicalism, under the
influence of which it would be impossible to say what
evils might afflict the town in some of its highest
interests.

With respect to a stiggestion thrown out in the quarter
referred to, as to the mode of filling up the vacancy in
the number of Aldermen, occasioned by the lamented
death of the late Mr. Chilton, it is open to more than
mere suspicion. It comes from a quarter inimical to
the interests it affects to promote: No individual could
be more fittingly adorned with municipal honours than
the gentleman named by our contemporary ; but if
general opinion is to be received as any criterion of the
popular desire, a higher dignity than the aldermanic
distinction most probably awaits him. We are, of
course, naturally anxious for a suitable successor to the
deceased Alderman. With such a feeling, we are grati-
fied to hear it rumoured, that there is an earnest desire
in the community of Everton to obtain such a successor
in the person of his son, who is, certainly, in all respects,
highly qualified for the
,office ; and there can be no
doubt that, to carry out such an arrangement, would be
a graceful act on the part of the Corporation, as some.
acknowledgment of the eminent services which his
father rendered to the town, during a long and active
public life.

THE DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN OF THE GREAT EASTERN
STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—The public of Liverpool gene-
rally, must feel a gratification, as well as a pride, in
knowing that one of our most respected fellow-townsmen
has been selected to fill the office of deputy chairman
and managing director to the Great Eastern Steam-ship
Company. From an early period, and more particularly
since the time for testing the- " sea-going" qualities of
the Great Eastern approached, Mr. Thomas Bold has
taken a very deep interest in the success of the great
nautical experiment involved in her general capabilities,
and has devoted much of his time to secure the realiza-
tion of the expectations formed concerning her. -In
doing so, he has evinced the high intelligence, and well-
regulated business habits for which he is well known in
Liverpool ; and, on the admission of all concerned, has
done much to forward the objects of those engaged in the
enterprise. So satisfactory, indeed, were his efforts in this
respect, that he was solicited to occupy an'onerous and im-
portant position in connection with the early part of her
voyage. The duties of this position, it is needless to say,
he discharged in the most satisfactory and efficient
manner. He did More than this, however,—he seethed,
as he has done in all other cages, the entire confi-
dence of those with whom he co-operated.; and in
evidence of this, the directors of the company, in the
most complimentary and flattering manner, requested
that he would' allow himself to be appointed deputy
chairman and managing, director of the company. This
request he has, we understand, acceded to, and in
entering on this new office, he carries with him, it is
needless to say, the good wishes of the entire
community of Liverpool. This is neither the place
nor the occasion to enter, on a complimentary review
of the, advantages which the " good old town

has received , from, the well-considered labours
of Mr. Bold, and we shall not attempt .it ; if it were
otherwise, we should not be in want of numerous in-
stances to quote in illustration, but instead of doing so,
we shall content ourselves with merely offering our con-
gratulations to him on the additional evidence thus
afforded of the high esteem in which his integrity, in-
telligence, and business habits are held.

THE LATEST NEWS.

ZURICH CONFERENCES

ARRANGEMENT of THE TERMS OF PEACE

BERNE, Sept

Advicos received from Zurich announce the
arrival of a courier from Vienna; with instruc-

tions to draw up the instrument for the treaty
of peace, and the documents for the cession of

Lombardy to Sardinia

the Duchies

No allusion is made to

It is hoped that the treaty of peace will be

signed in a few days

---

SWITZERLAND.

BERN'E, Sept. 21

M. Desambrois had a consultation yesterday
with the French Ambassadors, after which a

courier was immediately despatched to TuiiiL

FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 21

It was asserted that the result of the visit of

the King of the Belgians to Biarritz was fully
successful. Messrs. Blanqui and Boichot have

arrived at Marseilles, stating their intention to
avail themselves of the general amnesty.

THE FUTURE OF ITALY.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing
last night, says the great report of the day, said
to be based on private despatches from Barritz,
is that Tuscany is to be reigned over by King
Leopold's second son, and Parma and Mcdena
under the Archduke Maximilian, son-in-law of
the King of the Belgians, and brother of the
Emperor Francis Joseph. These reports, though
they have been widely spread, and caused an
improvement on the Bourse, may, however, prove
utterly baseless. Such an arrangement would be
decidedly favourable to Austria.

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Sept. 21.
12 a.m.—The Bourse continues without anima-

tion. Rentes open at 68 95

3.30 p.m.—Reßtes closed firm at 69 5, a fur-
ther improvement since yesterday's prices of I

per cent

ITALY.

DEPUTATION FROM THE ROMAGNA
BOLOGNA, Sept. 21.

The selection of members of the deputation-
from the National Assembly of the Romagna to
the King of Sardinia has been made.
The deputation is composed of Count Beutzog-
ho, Count Gozzidini, Marquis Fanari, Count
Galvoni, M. Laderchi, M. Scarabelli, Vice-Presi-
dent, and M. Marescotti, Secretary to the
National Assembly.

MILITARY -COMMAND

OF CUBA.

•
M. Serrano 4as.been appointed Capt.-General
of Cuba.

THE STEAMER NORTHAM.

The mail' steamship Northam arrived at. Aden
on the sth instant, making but little water, and
she was to continue* her voyage to,Bombay the

following morning

Hughes, the attorney, of Gresham-street, who
absconded with liabilities to the extent of about
.1200,000, and had been captured by a London
detective in Australia, was yesterday brought up
at the Guildhall. The case was remanded for a
week.

The Overland Mail despatched on Monday for
India, China, and Australia, was the largest ever
knovin. It consisted of 204 boxes.

The Paris correspondent of the Herald speaks
of the scheme of placing a Belgian Prince on the
throne of Tuscany as a ridiculous canard.

The following appeared in a part of our impression
of yesterday •-••

THE UNITED STATES

QUEENST9WN, Tuesday Night.—The screw-steamer
City of Washington, from New York on the 10th,
arrived here at midnight, bringing 40 cabin and 233
steerage. passengers, and $613,429 in specie. Landed
44 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at one a.m.
Political news unimportant.
NEW Yoiuc, Friday, 9th.—The reaction so long
pected in the Stock Market, begins to be. felt. The
decline not yet heavy enough for special remark.
There was a large business done in Central "to-day,
-4-,
at a decline of to Q from yesterday's prices.. Sales
this morning were at 781. .
Breadstaffs firmer, Southern Flour fair demand,. Rye
firm at 83 to 84c, Barley quiet, Coffee firm.
• Cotfon.—There was a pause in market dealers waiting
private advices before doing much. Middling Uplands'
11-2,

Pork firm, Beef fair demand, prices unchanged.

10,0001bs, at -1.61
Tea steady, with good demand.

Freights steady, and yather_ firmer to English ports.
At New Orleans, Sept.. 9th, Cotton sales 3,900 bales;
price§ steadier ; to 111 c. Corn dull.
Pork steady. Sterling exchange, 9to 9f prem •
Savannah Cotton Market inactive.

THE BOMBAY

MAIL.

The Bombay mail of August 20th has arrived. The
letters for Liverpool were despatched by the earliest
morning train. English news to July 26th had reached
Bombay by telegraph.
In cotton an active business was doing at 5 to 6
rupees higher. The telegram from England was expected
to cause some depression.
Freights rather better. Cotton to Liverpool, 20s. to
225. ; for seeds, the rate to Liverpool, 12s. to 15s.
Market for cotton piede-goods looking up: Grey
goods improved in price and enquiry ; bleached' and
fancy goods also advanced ; in yarns heavy arrivals had
prevented a rise.
Metals firm, excepting steel, which was slightly

lower.
The salt trade in India is expected to be thrown open,
subject to an excise difty. • , -
Referring to the case of the discharged soldiers, the
Bombay Gazette says,sthat in the Bengal regiments 5,800
men have taken their discharge. About 2,300 are ex-
pected to embark from• Madras, and 2,100 from Bombay.
Two vessels were to sail for England in a few days,
with about 450. men 'on board each of them. ' It is at
this juncture that the Ambassador at China has applied
to the Governor-General for troops, but the Gazette asks
where they are to come from. _ _

The expiring movements of the rebels are confined to
predatory excursions in bands of 50 to 500. -
The excitement in the Punjaub amongst the Mahom-
inedan population seems to have passed away with the
festival of Mohurrun.

The sth Madras Cavalry, chiefly composed of Mahom-
medatis, threatened to create disturbances.

THE ITALIAN QUESTION.

According. to the Times there is in Italy an. increasing
expectation of some early announcement from Biarritz
of an adjudication of the Italian question, which will
be followed by'the introduction of financial proposals in
the markets. both at Paris and. London.

A NEW SQUADRON BUILDING AT
PEMBROKE.

The building of a perfect squadron of men-of-war, is
being carried on with unremitting activity in the Pem-
broke Dockyard. There are on the stocks a magnificent
three-decker of 121 guns, and two 91 gunships, three
first-class frigates of 51 guns, besides five smaller vessels.