Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

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TUESDAY,. OCTOBER 4, 1869

THE DAYS NEWS.

Some of the.ltalian States,. it.will be seen, are
ano
ltgcharrhYt!nndg out,
and their revolutionary objects with
on their own responsibility.
At Bologna; for instance, a: Provisional Govern-
ment have formally adopted King Victor Emma-
nuel as their Sovereign, -without waiting for any
concurrence in such a step, either by. Austria or
France, or any other of the Great Powers.
It is reported, it will ' be oliserfed, that the
Emperor of the French has, for some reason or
other, fallen under the disfavour of the Pope;
but no particulars are yet given.
The last news from British Columbia, as to the
threateng position of -affairs at St. Juan,
is any-
thing but satisfactory. The American troops on
ni
the island'haVe been increased, and preparations
had been made to resist, by force, any attack Qa

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the part of the British. Our admiral on the sta-
tion, however, has refused to act, until he has
special orders from home.

From the Continent the straps of intelligence—
confused and open to suspicion at beit-L-seein still
to -point in the direction of hostilities, as the
further means,of arbitrament in the Italian dis-
pute. It further appears that the iron-plated
battery-ships, by which the French navy is being
augmente'd, are being pushed forward with an
alacrity which is inexplicable on any supposition
of An expected general peace.
The Provisional Government of Bologna has
directed that all public • acts shall In future set
forth, in their introductory heading, that they
are enacted under the reign of his Majesty King
Victor Emmanuel ; thus giving an official recog-
nition to the incorporatiin of Bologna with the
kingdom of Sardinia. The Provisional Govern-
ment of- Tiscany has also' issued a similar edict,
and has likewise decreed that the coinage of Tus-
cany shall bear the effigy of Victor Emmanuel.,
COnsequent on these proceedings, it is said that
the Pope has given orders that the Count Vittoria
de la Minerva, Minister of Sardinia at . Rome,
shwald receive his.passports:' ' • -
An -important feature in the' local history and
general well-being of Tranmere, Oxton, Beb-
ingten, and the higher districts of the Hundred
of Wirral, was ;brought:into operation yesterday,
by the inauguration of the Wirral Water Works,
which was celebrated with due formality, the
Earl-of- Shrewsbury-an-d-Talb-nt takingg-a leading-
part in the :ceremony. The importance of an
ample supply of water to every, locality which is,
or which is expected to be, densely "popitlatedi is
too well known to require argument ; and, with-
out entering into any question of details, we hirve
much pleasure in referring to a report of the
interesting proceedings which took place yester-
day, connected with the inauguration of those
.works, ...ii nit which . he—found. _recoil:les:Lim
another column. - • ,

Al TER the drama of the last General Election,
—the professions of purity by the Liberal rims-
papers, and the false slanders cast upon their
opponents the bare : and ill-gotten Parlia-

the primunz

action, indicate, withot

in -all these arrangements;

h. is, that while

equally unscrupulous

owing ou

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OCTOBER 4, H 5-4.

ty of mistakes v- enhances '
be much enhan va .
fi,
:r7.,7 no delusion in the British ShipoShipowner'*Ash.

to have the reciprocity 'dailies acted upon

again, ---would it be no advantage to the

Mercantile Marine; :tliat those high dif

,ial duties of Spain, and -Fr

^ance, which

amount almost to abiolute prohibition, should be-
removed, -and that our :ships should enter theii;
pcirts on the same terms- as; ilicirs do ours But
tile real pith and marrow of the. attack drip out
at the last,—namely, in the pin that the duty being
taken off tea, sugar, and-coffet:e eommerce will be

'greatly increased, And &greater ainOtinf of oil"

.seated ; in- Aret,

ing trade .will .7'

it matters imt*if:Nte -hav:q-m; navy, no