Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-20 00:00:00

seems, really expected at Vienna from a nation
which, but ten years back, gave such unmistakable
proofs of her longingfor independence, and her de-
testation of the Austrian rule, and which, for the last
three centuries, has never ceased to undermine the
liberties guarranteed by treaties and coronation oaths.
Prometheus chained to the rock cannot be expected
voluntarily to offer life and blood "to the double-
headed eagle, preying on his vitals ; if he did he
would deserve his fate —to lose for' ever liberty. • All
the dynastic feelings attributed in some Austrian
and South German payers to the Hungarians are the
invention of the peng of hirelings. It is true that the
German officials sent to govern Hungarians towns
have forwarded addresseS of loyalty to the Emperor,
but everybody knows their nature and their want of
weight. National subscriptions have likewise been
set on foet, and many people signed their name, to
some small sum, which they regard as a tax, for
avoiding the danger of being classed among persons
politically suspicious. Volunteers have also been raised
by a bounty of ten pounds—a considerable surain.Our
country; still they are mostly persons well known
to the police authorities, if they are not habitual
inmates of the gaols.: At Pesth everybody is ready
to sign an address embodying the ;thanks of the com-
munity for being rid o£ such dangerous individuals.
At Debreezin, however, no more thin fifty volun-
teers could be got in spite of the bounty ! But on
the other hand, the Austrian mayor, M. Csorbs, was
assaulted by the people, and is still protected by
the military against violence, on account of his too
zealous subserviency 'to the. Vienna authorities.
The conduct of the Hungarian regiments in Italy
will soon protest as emphatically against the Aus-
trian rule in Hungary as the silence of the aristocracy,
otherwise certainly
,not bent upon extremes—and of
the. Roman Catholic clergy,.though it owes the con-
cordat to the court. At Duna, Foldver, the 'Hungarian
colours were already hoisted, and the market town,
in consequence, occupied by the- military. Still
the great bulk of the nation, calmly awaits the
further development of events;unwilling by prema-
ture domonstrations and riOts to compromise
the cause of liberty, and to bring ruin, upon the
country. The government officials now threaten the
gentry, that should they persist hi their moralresia-
tance, the Gallieian scenes of 1846 may easily be
re-enacted in Rungary, since the government could
soon make the peasants believe that the opposition
of the gentry rests upon the . unwillingness of the
government to re-introduce the 'serfage and vil-
leinage, abolished in 1848. We, however, are not
frightened by such threats, since we know that the
peasants have not yet forgotten to whom they owe,
the title to their land, and the immunity from
servile labour.

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AMNESTY

AT. NAPLES

The Times has received, the following despatch

"NAPLES, 4.une, ,17th. --An :amnesty has been
proclaimed. Those condemned-:for political offences
are amaested, not includiag those amnested on the
27th of ,December and .18th of March. The latter
are to remain undersurveillatice. Those suspected
areTardoned. Common•sentenees are shortened by
three years. On being despatched to Naples Mr.
Ellidtt was instructed lo state that the ,King's
proclamation on his accession not -having alluded to
an amnesty had prodaced a strong feeling of.disap-
pointment in .the Government, and people of this
country,"

AMERICA.

ARRI\AL Or THE ASIA

The Royal Mali steamer Asia arrived, here yester-,
day morning, -;with four days-later,. news from the,.
United States, 148 passengers, and $1,443,401 in,
specie. The Asia left New7York on the; Bth instant.
The more important _items of the news to hand
relate to Mexican affairs. It would appear &ml the
latest advices,.. that - each of the parties con-
tending for the. :supremacy, having exhausted its
own. resources, believes that its opponent is,stronger
than itself, and consequently each looks for aid from
abroad.- The conservatives, sustaining the church
priviliges. confide the support of the, British and
French Ministers, and turn their wistful eves. to
Europe for assistance. In the present condition of
European affairs, they are likely to get little or none
from here. The censtitutional. party, on the other
hand, look hopefully to Amerieti, and rely in . great
rrieasure for some assistance from that country, to
help them out of their straits. The New: York
Hernlels in a leader on the subject, says - •
" There is' one • step that our government should by all
means take, if, indeed, it has not already been taken. The.
-course of Mr. Otway, the British Minister 'in -Mexico' has.
been one of the strongest supports of the rebellions' Zuloaga-
Mit4mon government and of the insurgent priests. His
refu4al to concede the "MIA diplomatic courtesy of accepting '
'the official representation of American interests when our
Consill was ',banished ,frosts the oapital,-and his intrigue to
prevent the performance of this duty by the Exuadorian,
representative;; are -stains• upon the g6-od und4ratlnditig no*
existing between ourselves and En4and. - -Lora -Lens has
inforMed. our .government that in this, and in, many Other: of
his acts in Mexico, Mr. Otway has exceeded his' astruetiona;:
• and the President would do a servica-to all parties and to the.
cause of humanity and civilisation, by causing an intimation
'to-be given to the British Government that he would look
upon Zr. Otway's.redall fbm Mexico.aso
Ineaoso * • .this
evidence Itfe
'friendly spirit towards. There is n
coinftry and 'England shouldthit beim Perfect accord in the
policy to lid pursued-in M'exitCo.9;The -fact that we Once had
possession: of that ..republieT-rund !gave 'it up, 'and in out
'fiwitaarancenn.' the presdnt distracted condition of 'its 'affairs;J
abundantly.:contradicts . the ..absnrd idea. of 'Qin'. :wish to
secure posgeasion of • its territory. In trnth, Mexico; is
falling ißto, our hands too rapidly. We have in regard .to •its
hat the same wish that slio34ld iuspire-,England-7-that is, th.at
it slinald:- be • elevated. te.the cppipri,of a well gos Terned,
and independent "country,, anckrestored< to.its.positwm as
vabiable'member of the repithle:lßt,C4r?m4ree.!l '
From Washington we learn thi4,tlielhorn? squadron
is to' be still further inereaSM. The frigate• Sabine.
Will 'soon proceed to the Quit There will theh
,be
ii:•
ten vesselS: oflNkWith aggregatq pf
,tNY9 hundred
and twelve guns.' As.'orw .yessel hagalready been
ordered to TamiAdia to Will mariners and other forces
if necessary, to PisiteetAinerican C4izens and property
ineVent of 'aiii,assAlt by I'llivamon on that city,
the impressier(preirails that 'a siin far course will be
Pursued at other points wherever such intervention
-maybe required. by
.America* interests.,
~For more than tWelve.months'past.the Secretary.
of the Treasury has been receiving, information,frOn.,
the colleetorS, in compliance with official instrnetknk.
l'aqt-tr what reductions can be made'in the, expenses of
,collecting the revenue . froth the customs. . As the
rePortshave been successively received,. the reforms
:have beteif.'sradually carried out as far as could be
.Without 'detriment to the public service. .The expenses
last,:year 'were about 5200;600 lesS than during the
one,preceding. The reductiOn of..the expens&it,
New .Yark and other ,since, soon tO'be effeeted,..its,a
part of the economical arrangement.
Recent investigations in. the affairs of the Post
Office lead to.the belief, that' that department of
,the,.
tiovernthenf
.16oses one million.of dollars a year
the use C6iinterfeit and reWashed postage stamps.
is beliey.ed that there are two classes of -persons
engaged:in. this nefarious business—one Which manu,7
factures;. .either from. engraved or Photographed
plates, and' Sells -new postage. stamps ; and
.another
that.gatherithose, which have been used from waste
.paper collections, and by means of an acid 'washes
off the Post Office stamp that was put on them when
they passed throuol:the office. . • -
The Fugitive Slave Law has been vindicated in'
Ohio.. In a court of five judges three had sUbsta;
tia,l,l?r: aTtet
tle' federal constitution guarantees to the owner
of an escaped slaVe the right of reclamation.
2. That the citizen who. ntentionally interferes in behalf
of the rescue of an escaped slave from -his rightful owner,
is guilty of a violation of the federal constitution.
" That this constitutional obligation has been repeatedly
affirnied by the Legislature, by Congress, and by the deci-
sion of our federal and State Courts.
4.. That if the question is not thus put beyond the
private personal views of judges,' &c., 'then there is no
limit and no restraint upon judges Making at any time;' and
under anrcircumittances, their own individUal opinions the
Isrbitrary interpreters of the constitution. ,
_0: that, if after more thail sixty years of implement*