Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

NOTES OF' THE-DAN

The rumour having been renewed,' that the Ernpel'9(
of the French -and the Emperor. of. Austria are to hate
another personal interview, the nemssity for which b
arisen out of the deliberations of the conference 3
Zurich, we think it may be taken for granted that e
great progress has been made at Zurich towards a settle'
ment of the main points at issue in the Italian dispute"
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Such an interview is quite compatible with a Congr°:
of the European Powers ; because it is most importull"
that something definite should be managed between tilde
two Emperors, who have so lately been in the field
war against each other, if only as thebasis of proceedin°
on the part of the Congress. That such a meeting uf tb_Ae.
great Powers is contemplated-can scarcely be questionci"
after the declaration of the King of Sardinia W tb
Tuscany deputatiim, " That the accomplishment of -
wish can only take place by negociations which 'lret
about to begin on the affairs of Italy." Let us hope t..„1/$
the two Emperors will meet each othe7in a spirit of Pc'w.is
Much will probably depend on this interview, as
results may not improbably influence, in one direction °,,
another, the Congress by which it is to be followed. .
The desire of the people of Parma to be placed, e
the Tuscans, under the sovereignty of Sardinia/
have to be settled, like the other case, by the approaching,
negociations on the whole affairs of Italy. They ha
declared in favour of annexation to the kingdom of Sa,';
dinia, by a popular vote quite overwhelming in 6,
majority against those who were opposed to it. It is a des", J.
to be plated under free institutions which has producer°,
these propositions for annexation with a kingdom wbe j
such institutions have been sosuccessfully tried. Mit,
it will not surprise us, if the example is followed eTe„
by some of the States of the Church. The inkabitan;
of Romagna are preparing to pass a resolution, on whie,
it is expected there will be perfect unanimity, that tehie,
will no longer submit to the temporal government ef t
Pope ; and the probability is, that this will be follooe
by an unanimous resolution for the annexation of
manna to to Piedmont. the
We trust the report is true, which is revived in thy
metropolis, of another Great Exhibition, or Alre'
Fair, being seriously in contemplation. The Society .

Arts .have hitherto' hesitated as to its expediencY94'
soon after that of 1851 ; but it is now said that so I°'''„f
a body of the principal manufacturers and producers If
the country have promised to give it all the aid ill °icor
power, that they are satisfied there is no longer:l;i
reasonable doubt of its complete success. We re° or
such a movement .as this as one of more than ordivo
interest and importance at the present moment.
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it is a peace-promoting movement—it is
to give a stimulus to the arts of peace-to the effertg;ol
industry, and to the progress of artistic and ruechan`
skill and enterprise—which cannot but be coulucive /to
a very high degree to the interests of peace througlitlie
Europe, and, indeed, throughout the world. Let 91„0I
for
various nations of the earth, if possible, meet aga'". a
friendly competition on such an arena as before,nd
more will be done to promote a good understanding' g
calcida of

to manifest the importance of friendly intercourse, -
by almost any other means that could be devised. to
Everything we continue to hear respecting the disPu6lL:r
between the master builders of the metropolis und,t'„lo
workmen, encourages the hope that it is at lengt°
the point of being happily adjusted. The all)l°Yteh;
having been waited upon by a deputation frout
operatives, and respectfully asked to withdro the
satisfaction.probnoxiousomiße
which
h icdeclaration,hT peros settlement
tti
ls ee
msh
tsnot ootpufen
itnheedoquut
the
settoi doorouth tico.coat°l:o
sae;
more than ever desirable, since the conference delei,
tit
have commenced to scatter their firebrands through,
The object of those incendiaries is °Lie
411 employers of labour who wit uk:
consent to make themselves the slaves of their w°r
people. The sooner, therefore, that such an object cap
he thwarted, by a Consolidation of the mutual inter
of employers and employed, the better will it be for
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the provinces

of hostility

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concerned, and for sO-ty at larYe.
" The British army is a disgrace." Such is tile
of
opinion unhesitatingly expressed by the daily organ
Mr. John Bright and the peace-at-any-price Prat.
art
It is a declaration of opinion that is candid, at anY
iT The Britishcourse,teliherfanitihre't
int
must b
removed,
is
~iathdta'sllgrace l O
convenientf
d e,pat
the meantime, it must, of course, be omitted fro°