Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

language towards England, and they complain
bitterly of the false policy of Prussia ; but it is con-
sidered that the two Emperors have given to Prussia,
England, and perhaps to Russia, a tremeuclousmoral
" fillip." .
t---the return-of the
rand Bake: j 11rodenii..aridsParma are in • a state, of
-revolt, and there is intelligence that the whole It*
Tian peninsula is agitated. It is contended 'by the
!Morning Post that the affairs of Italy should- be
settled by a European. Congress.
The trhrdue Australian-Mail arrived Itt-Aden on
the 1 lth inst., and will probably arrive here. on the
-27th inst., with the Caleutta,and China mails. The.
Columbian had sustained damage to her machinery..
was the cause of delay.

( The general domestic news of the day does not
possess any features of importance. At the York
.assizes yesterday, John Riley, a man 36 years of: ago,
was found guilty of the murder of his wife, Alice
Riley, at Hull, on .the Ord instant; and Wassehtenbed
to death. The soldier Hughes has been found guilty
of the murder of a young woman named M'Goivan,
cutting-liehhroat at Aldershot, and sentence of
death has also been passed Upon him. Oh: Saturday
the establishment, of the site of the People's Palace,
Muswpil TTill, wasformally-inauglirn fed _ The speech
of the day was delivered by Lord Brougham.

Semperp.ttrAtOs

The English have been called

the " unready Saxon ;'

and well applied was the
expletive, if we revert to the disasters of the
erimean campaign. Let us adopt the motto of one
of the noble families of our aristocracy, which is, ,to
be "

always ready" to do good service to our

Sovereign and country

Are we so prepared at-the

present moment ? The reply is, we are rather
preparing ourselves, than that we are fully prepared.
The lesson we,learned at Sebastopol has not been
...
together thrown away upon us. His Royal

Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in, a speech
delivered at a -public meeting the other day, when

the freedom .of ;the City of London was presented t 9
Sir JOHN LiiI7RIC CE, stated that he believed, the
army now to be in that condition which .should

which, as

a--periodi6al, pane,- occasionally came over thelears
and appreheusiomciof the people of thiscountry.--We
quite agree with his Royal Highness that the
efficienerbf the army has been much increased by
The

various improvement/ which have been
introduced in the different military departments

since the Russian war, together with the

j-inilitary encampments; which have

been 'coif-

tinued since the restoration of peace

Yet whire

I, much has been done, confessedly the& femains much

.to be performed, and provided, before the comple=
ment of our security is complete. The debates which

have taken place upon the armaments otour enuntry,
on the estimates for its support, are so thrilling,—we

would not say to the extent that they are
We are., no alpfm4t,,s, onty,preeauti9niBts. - We do-not

desire to make the apprehension of an invasion the
ugbear to alarm timid min and ytaurg Children
with; as the name of XaptdeOn.Budnapiirfeiiii used
day4gone,j)-6fi-ighten the fractious Major, who
'was eating his porridge in the:muscly ; yet still we
adoptathaincttoilofthelioble liouse to which we have
referred, as one which is especially applicable to our
osition-utifier-Ote-aspeet-ttrtd-appertruncer cre-pruserrt
lofty spirit goeth before a
_fall,
and honour is before humility." If a desire of -pro-
paration,aatihl li%itt6hword -of vigilance; are con-
strued into humility, we feel convinced "=that - the:

circumstances

ing the great assemblage an opportunity to say how
well assured they were that, during the period which
tliqt Ministry held office, they had been actuated by
.nol.glorilid or' corrnpt'lnotives-that they had done
their, utmost to maintain the horiiiiff an d7iinTegri
to uph ld of
Parliament—that they had endeavoured
tyt.
the,stability of the country, and to maintain inviolate
that noble_ Constitution_whieh ic nlike_the_w_or a er_as_
it is the admiration -of- the, civilised -world. - '

Having already, in a previous article, anticipAed
in a great measure the leading topics of Lordl)EnnY's
speech; we -need not now dwell upon it in detail. It

is impossible, however; tuass aver entirely the tri-
,umphant vindication in which the late Premier wits.

_enabled to indulge, of the coure that he pursued,
whether as respects his foreign Or his doniestic policy.
As respects the former, the fact that the Prime Mini-
ster who has succeeded him has declared into be-the
earnest endeavour of his Government to walk in the
_path chalked out for them- by their`" Predecessors,
were surely sufficient to show that their administra-

live career cannot easily be improved upon ;,
aEi regards our domestic affairs, the prosp6roits -stite

of the; country, in all its great interests, affords the

best practical testimonyto the wisdom and soundness

of the course they pursued. We are not aware,

indeed, that there is -any' great home question on
which the present Ministers will venture to act
differently frOm their predecessors,—if we except,

.perhaps,tha-subject-cif-Parliamentary-reform-
it is true, is a question on which they profess to
differ somewhat-widely from the DRBY Administra-

flux). But it remains to be seen whether such
differthice will not be found -bf a nature to derange
most dangerously, if not actually to upset,' the
balance of the Constitutibn. This, however, Was the
only question on which -they could -Succeed in trip-
ping up the heels of LOrdDratuy's Ministry; and the
probability is, that without.any suclrfa,atioss-acheming:
us they- then had recourse to, their own founda-

tion as a Ministry will sink under their feet before

many montks. have passel

To be prepared, then, for so probable a catas-
trophe now the great duty:i:if
party 4 using'this popular phrase in its m4gt compre-
heilsiye,spse. Well
,did -Lord DERBY remark, that

the present was an appropriate moment for recalling
to recollection the fact, that in a few days—now

Effie more than a feiv hours—the preparations for
the next registration will be commenced. " Let us,"
said the Noble Lord, " profit by the experience of
" the past. Remember the advice formerly given. by

aryyminent statesman respecting the duty of regis-

-“-tration, and that advice was never more required to
"have its due weight and its due tharf

"at the yre§ent.time and permit me to express my
fervent hope that this great partyrwhom I have
"now the honeur of" addressing will -long. remain
"united among themselves, and- that; 'cordially'

supported and assisted- by the leaders of their

"-choice, they will- continue to maintain the honour
" and dignity of the Crown, and to advance the
" greatness and prosperity of this country."

QuiteAu harman.3z_with this was the emphatic decla-
ration with which lgr.-Disu4ELT so uAritecllr_followe4
.up the eloquent oration of his chiefitEarvilietliei7

there be peace -or war in coming years, it is equally
ifimportaiat 'that eiipTry we should encourage
" and support ;the existence of
.a,g et4,,OmtiOtional

party—it pirty confident in its principleg; proud of
its traditions, and couragtOus in its national

If we have war, to have such a party: to lead the

" nationall-spirit and to marshalthe. national resources;

"is as important as treaties or armies. If,- on the

" contrary, we have peace, and if the curiosity of

`a. progressive age and a progressive country be

exerted, to an examination of its Consiiitaton'l need
"not remind you that the existence- of such a party
'his equally necessary, and may be equally useful."

To give practical effect to -such patriotic sentiments
as these is, tlie,great end and aim which we of this

journal -have in view. We would never forget, that

oiir is indeed a progressive age and a progressive
an age and a country in which it is impos-
sible to avert the most rigid examiaatioßAitfitlikpicol

country

v=iew of adapting it more and more
nearly to our altered circumstances. And on this

very-accottnt if-is, we'iiittiniaiti with Mr. DISRAELI
. _

'that the exis eiFTEl'df a great Constitutional party "is
equally as necessary, and may be equally as useful," in
promoting those improvements which peace affords the
ioirpoitunity-ef pursuing, as it is to have such a party,
incase of =war,' "to lead: the national "spitit;Auct
marshal the national resources."

STIVErrz-DAITGERS.

From the pressure of other matter WE

our columns of this day, from Mr. J. Moss, a guardian of the
Tox.tetk,'ParlE.Yeard, pointing 'Mk .the detgerouS condition-
of the-road in: St James'-stmt., As a resident in that locality,
• 4.-
he 48 frequent opportunities of observing the perils which
-pedestrians scarcely escape Troth. The alteration and remedy
he proposes are, in our opinion, just suitable to the want.
The population of Toxteth Park district amounts to 80,000 :
there is, therefore, ever flowing to and fro a large current
67 crowded into a space too narrow and con-
tracttfd. Adde4 to 411is,..there. is an al,mostico4inuous stream