Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

THE French Emperor has evidently raised a
hornet's nest about his ears, by his conduct
towards Italy, now that it is resulting in so much
revolutionary disquietude in the States of the
Church. From one end of the Empire to the
other, the agitation in favour of the Pope appers
to be spreading. Forty-five Bishops having
published pastorals on Italian affairs, and the
Archbishop of Paris having ordered prayers to be
offered for the Pope, are but two of many evi-
dences prevalent, of the strong feeling which now
exists. Among those who have got into trouble,
by running counter to the Emperor's will, is. M.
de Montalembert once more, who has condemned
the Italian war, because it has annihilated the au-
thority of the-Pope, while it has defended Italian
liberties. He is told that his language, while
it distorts the results of the war, " is detrimental
to that respect which is due to the Emperor,"
and " also insulting to. the nations allied with
France." Whether or not M. de Montalembert
js again to be made the object of Government
proseentiod, teinams
,to be seen. ut he has re-
ceived his warning ; and as he seems to have
embittered the Court against him by what he has
written, it is not improbable that he may again
be its victim.

There is a growing opinion, in Piedmont, that
Victor Emmanuel has determined to take the
cause of Italy into his own hands. The
ministerial paper of Turin has been strongly
foreshadowing the warlike intentions of the
Sardinian Cabin et. The King himself has been

cautious in the expression of his sentithents,
owing mainly, ,no doubt, to the position of
Sardinia, in its relations with the French
Emperor. But these relations are evidently
changing.

The West India mail, which arrived yesterday,
has brought no intelligence of much importance.
The Republic of Hayti continued to be disturbed
by the revolutionary party,—some of the ring-
leaders of which, who had, in a most dastardly
manner, caused the assassination of the President's
daughter, had been shot. In other respects the
island was quiet, although the success of the
republican experiment is still doubtful.

Some later accounts from the Island of San
Juan have been received, which represent that
the American troops continued to fortify them-
selves, and were apparently determined to retain
possession of the territory.

Yesterday, the town was an arena of great ex-
citement, the municipal elections and their results
having caused much arid anxious consideration
among our fellow-townsmen. The result, on the
whole, leaves the state of political arrangements
in the Council much inthe same condition as before.
Two seats at the Council Board have been won
by the Conservatives ; and two have been lost by
them. Apart from merely personal considera-
tions, the result offers few points for regret or
exultation. We cannot, however; avoid expressY
ing regret to learn that so valuable a repreSenta-
tive has been lost to the community in the non:.
return of Mr. James Holme. Had his friends
there seems no- reason to doubt that his position
felt warranted in placing him ein.lier, the field,.
on the poll would have been verrdifferent from
that which he occupied.
The Panama Star and Herald, just received,
is chiefly taken up with details of the duel
between Senator Broderick and Judge Terry:
Although the subject is gone into at great length,
no new light has been thrown upon it by this
publication. The rest of the intelligence con-
tained in the paper has been anticipated.
An official list and statement of the condition of
' and marines who were wound-
edthe mouth of the •Peiho river,
hasth in theeobffieecnerps aUcstbeilioanin at
published by the Admiralty. From this
document it appears that most of the wounded
are in the way of recovery, and that not a few of
them have already been able to resume their
duties.
At the distribution of prizes and certificates of
merit to those who had succeeded in obtaining
such distinctions, in connection with the Associa-
tion of Mechanics' Institutions of Lancashire and
Cheshire, Mr. Disraeli made an interesting and
valuable address. The distribution took place in