Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

The advance of a Prussian army to the Rhine, after
a grave disagreement with France, such as the
rejection of an offer 'of mediation., would have
a seriousness which would be incontestible ;
but that is not the present situation. Much *remains
to be done before ;a case for the employment of
Prussian troops can arise. Prussia arms in order
that, when the time for mediation comes, 'she may
intervene with effect. The new English ministry
has lost no time in acquainting the Prussian Court
with its views of Italian affairs. It is not true that
a treaty had 'been concluded between Austria and
Prussia with reference to this war. The Post says
the mission of the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna to
the Head-quarters of the Emperor Francis Joseph, is
formally contradicted. The Independence Beige gives
another version of the proposition which Prussia is
said to have made for the re-establishment of peace,
but doei not guarantee its authenticity. According to
"-"mation Prussia proposes that Lombardy be
annexed to Piedmont, and that Parma, Modena, and
Tuscany, be restored to their :legitimate sovereigns ;
the authority of the Pope -re-established
__n the,
legations, Venice become independent, and the four
famous fortresses of the Mincio be - annexed to the
Germanic Confederation, so -presenting an aggiesive
return to Lombardy on the part _of Austria, and
protecting Venice from the aggrendising policy of
Piedmont. The Journal des Debats, asserts that the
Bavarian Government has refused to allow Prussian
'troops to pass through its territory 'until the
Prussian Government -Shall have answered a
series of questions as to the meaning and-
-purpose of the resolution it has taken.
The Times' letter from the Allied camp in Italy.
'describes some remarkable feats accomplished by
`Garibaldi in suprising the Austrians, making forced
marches of forty-five miles in twenty hours, and.
raising the country 'in favour of national inde-
pendence.. The Paris correspondent -of the Daily.
News says that the bloody conflict at Perugia be-
tween the Pope's Swiss Guards and the people is.
Considered in Government circles as a deplorable
event, and tends to increase the difficulty of preserving
the temporal dominions of the Pope. Theßomans claim
the benefit of the Emperor Napoleon's Milan proclama-
tion, that the French army shall not interfere with
the manifestation of their legitimate wishes, and
unless- the Swiss shall be supported by FrenCl
troops, nothing is more likely than that they will
be driven out of Perugia, by an overwhelming
national force. The Moniteur 'contains a note
explaining the nature of the Dictatorship offered-by
the whole of Italy to the King of Sardinia. Persons
conclude wrongly that-Piedmont, without consulting
the wishes of the different people or , the Great
Powers, reckons on uniting the whole of Italy in one
single State. Such conjectures have no foundation.
The different people, whether delivered or abandoned,
desire to make common cause against Austria. • With
this intention, they have placed themselves under
the protection of the King ; but.the Dictatorship is
purely a temporary power, which, whilst uniting the
common forces in the same hands, in no way presages
combination for the future. The -basis of mediation
proposed at Berlin for the termination of the war
in Italy, being so certain of rejection by the
Emperor Napoleon, it is consequently concluded
that Prussia has decided upon going to war. It
is reported at Paris that the Russian Ambassador
at Turin has remonstrated against the organisation
of a Hungarian legation, and that the Prussian
Government has declared that it will assist in
putting down an insurrection in Hungary. The
Vienna correspondent of the Times,. writing on
Tuesday, states that the picquets of the two armies
in Italy were within sight of each other, and that
scarcely a day passed without slight skirmishes.
The Emperor of Austria is believed to have 280,000
soldiers under his command on the line of the Mincio.
A telegram, received last night, says that Marshal
Count Gyulai, ex-commander-in-chief of the Austrian
army in Italy, has retired to his estates. The
llioniteur, of Thursday, publishes an Imperial
decree, dated Brescia, June 19th, naming M. de
-Morney, President of the Legislative Corps. It is
-inferred from the above, that an extraordinary
Session will be held, having for its object a fresh
contingent, if not also a fresh supply of the means to
support it ; and it rather gives colour to the fear that
the war will, before long, assume greater propor-
tions. If the misgiving with respect to Prussia
prove well founled, some notion may be formed of
any contingent required for Italy and the Rhine.
On Home Politics -there are a variety of rumours
and surmises passing to and fro. Lord Bury is to
be opposed at Norwich, and it would appear that
great exertions are required to secure the return of
Mr. Gladstone for Oxford University. After all,
Lord' John Russell will, in all probability, have a
walk over__ in the City of London. The address of
Lord Palmerston to the electors of Tiverton, does not
enlighten -as much on the views of that statesman,
and the nines of yesterday regrets that the -present
government intends to retrench largely on the naval
expenditure, thus rendering the efforts of the
Derby government to give this county a fleet
able to defend its shores, nugatory. We
may state that the Globe of last night in alluding to
the matter, says, "it has authority to state, that
if orders have been given for relaxing. the naval
preparations in the dockyards, they must have'
emnated from the lath Government, as no such
orders have been issued _by the new Board of
Admiralty. " -

this in

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at Lord Palmerston's official residence. Mr. V.
Smith, on being called to the Upper House, will
receive the title of Lord Lybeden, which is the
name of an ancient manor on his. estate.
Her Majesty did not attend the Handel festival, at,
the Crystal Palace yesterday, in consequence of the
death of the Duchess Dowager of Saxe Wiemer,
grandmother of Princq Frederick William of Prussia,
but the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, and
Princess. Helena, with a numerous suite were present.
The attendence was very large, the weather splendid,
and the commemoration •closed with complete success.
The Bank Returns of last night show an increase
of £559,373 in the amount of bullion, and £230,710
in the reserve of notes.

THE WAR IN ITS AGGRESSIONS.
THE main question that will now arise respecting
e war, will be as to its aggressions. A war of
gressiou will assuredly never be tolerated by the

it neutral Powers of Europe,—least of all, can

a war, aggressive in its objects, upon the frontiers of
Germany, be paesively submitted to by the Germanic
Confederation. A people, a nation, numbering
probably some se7enty- or eighty thousand souls, are
not going to see their " fader land " exposed to the
ruthless invasion of a foreign despot, without making
a patriotic stand against it. ' Where, then, is this
aggression to be said to begin ? Is the Mincio to be
considered the limit beyond which the advance of the
allies will be deemed aggressive ?
Now this is a question which is becoming one of
very great anxiety. Just in proportion, indeed, as
the Austrians are driven back upon their German
territory, are German fears excited, and the warlike
spirit of the Tuetonic race is aroused. It is true,
that supposing the Austrians to be driven from
Peschiera, Verona, Mantua, and the heights of
Caldiero, they may retire upon the Piave, the
Tagliamento, or perhaps the Isonzo, and, with the
aid of the fortresses of Palma and Gradisca, situated
on either side of the latter river, make a final stand
for the recovery of Lombardy. But it is also pro-
bable that they may be driven from their fastnesses;
and the immense siege trains which the French are
bringing with them, and which they expect to
transport across the Mincio, are Intended for that
Purpose, The very least which Louis NAPOLEON is
resolved
to do, is to wrist the whole of Lombardy