Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

deliberate provoca4ons made to Austria by. Sardinia,
with the concurrence, and, indeed, with the co-

operation of France. We say provocations,
would not the.IO;NG of SARDINIA, and the EI4LPZROR
of the FRENc4,,he intensely provoked, if Austria, or

-.because

THE NORTHERN TIMES SATURDAI, APRIL 9, 1859

Austria by the adoption 'f the principles of neutrality and
of a collective guarantee applied to those States.

4. The sovereign !prince; of, the States of Italy shall be
recommended to 'revise the political and administrative
laws of their States. That revision shall be made by them
freely in the full independence of their sovereignty, and
after consulting the wishes of their people.
5. The Powers to reserve to themselves the right of pre-
senting in the course of their negotiations special propo-
sitionsin addition to the four which precede.
These would seem to be fair and feasible objects.
They are legitimate subjects of Congressional concern
and counsel, under the circumstances of the case,--
as involving considerations that are being made pre-
texts -for war; and as taken up with the concurrence
of the parties more immediately concerned, for the
express purpose of preventing war. And there is no
doubt that if the objects proposed were carried out—
which, if France and Sardinia were sincere in their
desire for an amicable settlement of the questions
in dispute, there would be no difficulty about —war
would thereby be prevented. But then it would
disappoint the hopes—it would frustrate the schemes
of Louis NAPOLEON and VICTOR. EMMANUEL, were
any such settlement brought about, and war pre-
vented. And hence the fear so generally entertained
in Paris this week, that the proposal of a Congress
will come to nothing—a fear that is in no slight
degree increased by the fact, that for several days
past there has been an immense movement of French
troops southward, and other significant indications
of approaching hostilities.

them, as upon us all, to " pat on charity, which is
the very bond of perfectness."

The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing on
Thursday night, says that all the news during the day was
excessively warlike.

The Paris correspondent of the Globe gives some details
of the hosts marshalled on the Rhine and the Alps. At
Anlibes there are 12,000 men; at Grenoble, 40,000; at
Valence, 30,000; at Lyons, 50,000 ; at Besancon, 20,000 ;
at Toulon, there are transports for 60,000 men and mate-
rials ; and out of the 80,000 troops in Algeria, it is stated
50,000 are expected to be drafted into Italy.

The directors-general of the Sardinian railways have had
a long interview with the Emperor. It was announced that
the National Guard of Paris was likely to be increased from
30,000 to 150,000, so as to render the regular army of Paris
available for a campaign. Lastly, it was reported that the
English squadron at Malta had been ordered to the Adriatic.
An important election is about to take place in the depart-
ment of the Garonne, when the government candidate will

be opposed by the new proprietor of La Presse, whose
rallying cry will be—Peace !

SAVINGS BANICS.-It appears from a parliamentary re-
turn issued yesterday morning that, from Ootober 24, 1836,
to the 18th March, 1859, the Exchequer Bills funded on
account of savings banks amounted to £15,690,550 as prin-
cipal, and £75,896 4s 3d as interest. In the same period
the Three per Cent. Consolidated Stock, created in the
same account, was £11,789,070 is 2d, and the Three per
Cent. Reduced, £5,582,315 11s, at an average rate of
£9O 15s per cent. The total amount of stock standing to
the credit of the savings banks on the 18th of March last,
was £17,371,385 12s 2d.