Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-25 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS

An article from the Paris Debats'on the present
state of affairs between England and Germany on
the one hand, and France on the other, will be found
in our impression of to-day. There is certainly a
sort of menace to England, and the article is all the
more extraordinary from the fact that, the Debats
has been, hitherto, foremost in advocating the Anglo-
French alliance. Every day adds to the grumbluigs
at, the conclusion of Peace by .the French Emperor;
and it is asked why terms go practicable', so peculiar,
,so little calculated to benefit Italy, should have been
agreed to. " Granting," says the Morning Post,
"the . expediency of making peace, is the present
such a peace as ought to be made P_ The temper
of Europe since the peacq., was announced has
not improved, nor is any improvement likely. It is
generally known that Austria obstinately refuses a
Congress, and demands that the belligerents shall
Settle the question'independently of the neutral
Powers. What, then, is to ,be done , England, as
a neutral Power, cannot compel a Congress ; and
yet without it no satisfactory arrangement can bE
come to. .The ,terms ,agreed upon are such a.
the two Emperors, together and unaided, never could
carry into effect." In conclusion, our contemporary
We much fear that, if oppirtnnity be not
now taken to set the whole question at rest, there
will be a serious revolutionary movembnt in Italy
which may produce more evil than ever, and menace
Austria far more than the presence of Napoleon. It
is for the interest of Europe that this should not be,
and we trust that the' speeches so earnestly and ably
delivered in Parliament 'will have the effect of in-
ducing a better tone of feeling on the part of 'all
Europe towards both France and Italy."
A statement appears in the Prussian Gazette, deny-
ing that on the side of Prussia any offer of mediation
between the, Powers lately belligerent had 1
originated or endorsed. In the game stateme,R,
is made to " a project of mediation said to be commu-
nicated to France by England." In commenting, on
the above statement the Globe of Saturday evening
says—" We have no doubt that the official journal a
Prussia correctly represents the fact as regards the
course adopted by its own Government, and that Austria
must have been misinformed ; but we have reason to
doubt its accuracy respecting a prOject of mediation
by the Government of Great Britain. We have no
pretension to anticipate any official explanation on
the subject ; but we are inclined to think that the
rapid and serious changes in the political situation,
which the military events of each day brought about,
would have rendered very difficult any direct project
of mediation on the part of the great neutral
Powers.

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A letter from Paris informs us that, ever since the
nomination by the Emperor of the French of his
Holiness the V Pope as Honorary President of the
Italian Confederation, much etwiosity has been
excited to know the real attributes of that office, and,
of course, great embarrasement has been experienced
by the answer returned in the " Dictionaire de Diplo-
matic" to that impertinent question. The definition
given by the dictionary of the office of " honorary
president" is, "to assist without active 111110 i"