Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE DAY

more We learn of the proceedings that have been
lined upon by the French Emperor, for enforcing
in China, the more reason we see-to hope, that,
the evil that has arisen, very great good may
at home. Not only are powerfal French armti-
ai to be sent out immediately, but English ships
been offered to convey the forces from France—an
Ir 7 hOwever, which has been declined,, although in
48 the most courteous and amicable, and only on -the
king the present opportunity of finding employment
some 'of the many vessels which it has recently built.
,1115 Chinese affair ii.just one in which two countries like
lance and England may co-operate to their mutual
'4lvantage; and the very circumstance of their doing so,
Is one that is directly calculated—provided, of course,
that it be judiciously carried out—to promote and main-
tain a good understanding.
The intelligence from China by the Indian mail yes-
terday was, 'upon the whole, satisfactory. We do not
Mean that it in any way lessens the extent of the late
disaster in the Peiho ; but it assures us that, even by this
time, through the energy of the Governor-General of
India, men and munitions of war have arrived in the China
waters, not only amply sufficient for the protection of
the British.' and French squadron, and for British and
French interests generally, but also to enable that 9quad-
ln to stand more on the defensive, than after its re-
t losses it could be in a condition to do. As soon as
inforcements from India are strengthenedyu they
so powerfully in .a short time, there is no doubt
use authorities will be taught a lesson, through
...uisfaction they will be compelled to give for their
ate 4ntrage, which they will not soon forget, and the
ihtluenee of which will most probably prove highly ad-
'.eous, in securing, for the:future, an uninterrupted

arse with that country

-Lae fact which we noticed yesterday, of the London
m4B
-builders, although getting the bof teir 11len, who turned out, and
who still refuseetter to accedeh to
their terms, being
e yet unable to obtain workmen of
qual skill to the others, is giving rise, we observe, to
tae : °Pinion in the public mind of the metropolis, that
Yield the time is now come when the masters should
point of the obnoxious Declaration ; since
time,
have virtually triumphed, and, at the same
lune, shown the workmen, in a manner, and
with an
effect -which they will no doubt remember as long as
ey li"*e) that they are not in a position, by
combination, to set the makers utterly at defiance.
:14e test thing for all parties," says the Times,
Liwmildtbe, that the masters should abstain from push-
g t heir Power to excess, and ;that the men should
1111 for the future to keep the action of their Trades'
might' within proper bounds. This result, as we think,
e°ll!be secured, if the Document were frankly aban-
-1" anel only such a check maintained upon the pro-
f& teeCelillgB of the men as could be easily exercised through
40,wra
Pcwary 'shop rule.' " This view of the case, as it
4T:411444N as one that a sound public opinion is evi-
delie-laseaztioning. The masters have asserted their in-

"'".ee • and the most judicious course
lore • 'now, there-
, ,18 to show their workmen that, after all, they have
t(o3,Ntigh to push matters to an, extremity—least of all
Itx,r4Pose upon them any slavish conditions of service.
a ' e have already had occasion to remark, in this place,
Pon the co-operation of the Liverpool Financial Reform
4880ei,, ation with some of the principal Apostles of the
and
13411,hester SchooL First, it was Messrs, Cobden
,tz.,. IY) now it is 11. r. John Bright, whose conference
held,
the directors of the aforesaid association has been
scheme
with the view of Carrying out the great Manchester
;°,e,o Jneetao: burdeMng the owners of real property with
.',
sehot_freetiOTliand etting, the manufacturers, as such,
we is the plain English of the whole matter.
" Why should
great produce of wealth," they ask,
" be burthened with
rapidity of our coursen?rthing whatever to impede the
As it is, it takes at least illte the accumulation of riches ?
nuxars for one of us to make
a laxge fortune ; why sh we not be enabled -to do
it in Ge,—which, but for° the iniquitous taxes that we
eople have t
lad our workp
PliasYt , Wsould assuredly be
e case ? There is a long°
work
sumption in daily use of °I taxed articles of
idupon the
were they but removed and g im°73 A People ;
rty of the aristocracy, Nvily WePshaeo"
our work done for about halttiwtsouliaciefe'st;net
*lace the operatives, thus relieved
g so immensely reduced. It is becauselid
Anna now live and enjoy all those necessaries
• feW little luxurieS, to which they are assns_
of this. taxation, without suehlaigh
that we do not get rich in

eta of livin

)7 reason

We now

pay the

1 shorter time Ulan is possible at present

we repeat, is the plain English of the matter. They
want, for their own especial benefit, to make the abused
and hated aristocracy bear the main burden of taxation,
--7-not, we may be sure, for the benefit of the working
classes themselves, among _whom, as is well known,
wages rise and fall so very much
.according to the cost
Of subsistence. - We .have treated the :subject, it will be
seen, in some of its other phases; in one of our leading
articles to-day.

THE LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE..

The camp at Chalons was suddenly broken up

yesterday

It was stated in Paris yesterday afternoon, that
"the Emperor Napoleon has requested the King
of Sardinia to refuse to the deputations from the
Legations their request for the annexation of

their provinces to Piedmont

MARSEILLES, Sept. 20

News has been received from the" frontier of
Morocco: The native tribes had renewed their
attacks on the French outworks, and had pillaged
and set fire to some French houses. General
Esterhazy made a brilliant onslaught and repulsed
the enemy. The Government of Morocco does

not appear to be implicated in these attacks, but
has not the power to check them.

FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Tuesday,

12.15 p.m.—Rentes open flat, but . without

alteration, at 68.65.

.3.40 p.m.—The market •eloses firm and ani-

mated. Rentes 68.95, a rise of since yesterday

ITALY.

[Via MARSEILLES.]

ROME, 17th September

His Holiness the' Pope is recovered from his
late illness. The Papal Government has ex-
pressed its satisfaction with the article on'ltalian
affairs published in the Moniteur of the 9th inst.

Conferences between Cardinal Antonelli and
the French Ambassador, Due de Grammont,

continue to be held

It is said that the authorities of the Council of

State, and the Finand

extended

FLORENCE, 19th September

The Government has notified to the plenipoten_

tiaries of the Grand Duke to evacuate the palace

within three days,—in case of non-compliance the

property of the Grand Duke is to be sequestered,

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AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. 20

Thy Weiner Zeitung of this day contains an

Imperial decree raising the state of siege in
Venice. However, some slight regulations will
continue provisionally in force for a certain time.

BAVARIA.

Mu/vim, September '26

Baron Von Beust, Minister for Foreign Affairs
an& the Interior of Saxony, and Baron Von
Dngel, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Wurtem-
burg, arrived here to-day, to hold a conference,*
is supposed, with our Minister for Foreign Affairs.

INDIA AND CHINA FLEET,.

kdmiral F'.. 'T. James, C. 8., has this day
beini appointed second in command d -the East
India and China Station.

Rear-.

McERAL OF THE LATE .11R. 'BRUNEL

The funeral of Mr. Brunel took /Ante to-day

at Kensall-green. A large number of 'gentlemen
connected with -the .Society of Civil Engineers,
and the profession generally, assembled at the
cexactary.