Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-01 00:00:00

footing ; we sincerely
hope such may be the truth. We should have had

and sea fOrces

upon a pcacc

more faith in this expectation, had he been able to

backed up the hope by any official explanatiOns

between the Government of France and our own,
..It

is not surprising that we should look upon any gene-

ral statement with a degree of suspicion, arising

from the antecedents of NAPOLEON 111. As he

gained his present position by a coup d 'etat, he may
propose to himself to carry England.by a coup de main.
Mr. DISRAELI, with his usual acuteness and penetra-

tion, remarked upon this parade of Lord JOHN RUS-

SELL'S. A disarmament is only the natural sequence
of a war. After alluding in terms of " plaisantrile"
to Mr. BRIGHT'S adoption of him, and who spoke of
him with " considerable courtesy as his pupil," the
late CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER justly observed,

with regard to this disarmament, to which Lord J

RUSSELL had evidently alluded, to influence the

opinion of the House in favour of his subsequent pro-

position in favour of England taking part in a con-

gress or conference upon Italian affairs—" Let the
whole thing be clone in a business-like manner. 'We
must know what the reductions are, just as he

shall know what are the reductions we will make

and we will give him ample security that these
shall be carried out. The EMPEROR must know that
it is not because what are called peace principles
prevail in this House that we , desire a reduction of
armaments—that it is not a mere sentiment." If

LOUIS NAPOLEON presumed the desire emanated

from such sources, he. would treat us as, so many

children, and by unmeaning telegrams and news-
paperspoilnuitoen, sa
iodf
this country; the reducton
paper paragraphs hope to
mi nulls tu ebnece real,th eabo
undoubted. It is manifest throughout the spirit and
tone, of the debate on our Foreign , Relations,, that
Lord J. RUSSELL and Lord , PALMERSTON are deter-
mined to take part in a congress *Or conference, ik not,,
say they, upon the peace drawn up between the two
Emperors at Villafranca, after the battles'of Makenta
and Solferino,
Certainly in a congress which must meet
for the consideration of Italian affair's: Now wdhopo
and trust that the feeling of this country, at present so
much opposed as it is to any participation in arrang:
.pinrgestehnet
~affairsoley
cf: that Peninsula, will not allow, the
Administration" to drag us", through

dvantage, and dignity of this country, than did

embassy of the present Secretary fo

t Vienna, we shall fall still lower and lower in

prestige will suffer great loss and, may be, extinc

.stice by which the

of six.
,Radical seats has been :the first fruit

recent elector

The latter was laid,

anticipation, all• at the. door of the Conservative

party. But prophecy and history are two different

things ; and, in fact, it is the most self-Conscious of

evil who are generally the most ready in suspicion. To

ascribe a special eminence in the arts of bribery tb

Conservatism was, we all knew, to read history back-

wards. But facts are now too patent and too recent

to suffer any but a straightforward perusal. No

doubt facts will again be forgotten, and mendacity

regain its wonted confidence

The real Simon Pnrc

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who has once more been found out, will yet one(
more, " half froth, half venom, spit himself abroad,'

iulated character deceive the unwary