Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-31 00:00:00

ity of 30,000 inhabitants
.there is not a

inscribed on it. Another placard
former completes the ideas of th
the worsis—".Abbassoi Borbou

posted by the side of th

The same placards

ire. to be seen in the villages as well

•••••.,
At Parma the same spectacle presents itself—one house
alone (the Decal Palace) being without its. placard.
The walls of this building are the only 'ones. in the
Duchy that do not in this manner cry,out against the
Bourbons. • On the Bth inst. the following plebiscite was
Proposed to the citizens of the Duchy Lne pro-
vinces of Parma be united to the kinoidota tai Sardi,.tia
under the constitutional governir..mt ofttil4 Victor Jilt_
manuel ? and on, the. •
lil _
one the ialiabitits, twenty-
age, and enjoying their Civil rights, were
y"orsn to ~:tn a
take part in the vote. The list of voters
called
I amounted to 125,000, but this number was reduced to
75,000 by deducting-sick and .absent. Never was; the
right of suffrage exercised with more security and
' liberty. Two registersone in favour. of the plebiscite
and the other against it—were opened in .every.com-
mune, under the surveillance of officers of the munici-
pality and of the National Guard. From the 14th to
the 21st the two registers remained open from eight
in the morning to six in the evening, and every night
they were placed .iii an iron box with four locks_
inTe de paiX, the curt.), and one of
trith I;,:. c""` . one gave his Veit@ freely ant.
a key. Every
rthe 21st the exanilnati; n i'3;l°ltllie avotesvi ng
begtin. At the
moment I now write the result of the vote has not been
proclaimed, but it is well known that the immense
majority, not to • say the whole, are in favour of the
plebiscite which unites the State of Parma to the king-
dom of Piedmont. lam told positively that out of
the 75,000 votes the Duchess will scarcely -have 500 or
600."

A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says :
The French. army of oteupation is preparing- its white]
quarters-in Lombardy andoin .Parma. You Will have re-
marked that the French have troops at Piacenza as well
as at Milan; while there is not a single- soldier in the
Duchy of Modena or in Tuscany. - This distinction
between Parma and the other two fluchies has a cause.
It is simply because Austria, having tacitly accepted as
fait amompli the annexation of Parma to ..Piedmont, we
act legally in Piacenza, as at Milan, and •in both cities
we are equally on a friendly territory for the interest,
and with the consent; of the Sovereign who possesses
`the territory.

CENTRAL. ITALY AND KING VICTOR

EMMANUEL

We read in a letter from Turin :—" In a few days the
deputies from Tuscany, Modena, Parma, and Bologna
will come here, and offer to Victor Emmanuel the
crown ,of those provinces. The Tuscan government
has already appointed its deputies for this object--and
its members severally represent the principal towns of
the Duchy—that is, Florence Siena, Leghorn, Lucca,
and Pisa. How will. the offer be 'received ? You
cannot take a step in Turin without meeting
people • who ask one . another this question
Expectation. .is on the rack C^r people ar'

afraid
that the government will be over-prudent and
far too cautious. I think. I have already informed you
of the doubt and anxiety existing in the Cabinet on this
head. I may venture to state that La Marmora and
Da Bormida, brave • as
.they are before cannon in the

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field, are in the council of Ministers the least courageous.
and the most irresolute. Eataizi sides with the resolute
part of his colleaues. You may imagine the various
indirect but ingenious modes adopted for learning the
intention of that .personage, whose position enables
him to exercise so preponderating an influence upon the
destinies. of. Italy. -But the oracle is. either mute, or
else ambiguous. One thing, however, is settled, and
positive, IThieh is, that Victor -.Emmanuel will give no
formal refusal, and that although he may not imme-
diately accept the crown, he will allege that the pacifica-
tion and re-organisation of Italy is becoming every day
a matter of the most urgent importance to the whole of
Europe ; that he for his part appeals to a future European
Congress, where he pledges 'himself to plead the good
.•

end the vote of those provinces. Further,
will send again to them his royal commissioners,
should public- order be disturbed. It has linen main

e superfluous.
From all this s

As ,it steins to me',

iy A Istria

.tiori to know accurately wlmt

CHIVALRY IN AMERICA.

lrge party of

in :ple-nie, and witnesi-t-se-il
ihilreo.tighouts ntelei
t.h..jeutonuriniblueleniti wii-Ziculei I Pcaatem:
dless to say that,the atrni-
leßasrearnitts‘t,
owffasapt
music excellmt, and the ridingc dancing was good, the
instances,.very fine.. A place had i" the ring," in many
green for dancing, and before twelve prepared on the
availed themselves of the opportunity to
a number
" trip it on tl e
light fantastic toe." This was Lill
dinner how, when the large company did
dnufeudll until the
justice la
the excellent provisions provided for the occasi
which the dareing was re-commenced, and CO After
until The. "Sir Knights" ...Were called upon
to ontintied
their horsemanship in contendi' All the display
.1; ~ honour of
• Crowning the queen.of icITo and beauty. •
Very so9n tho igallaitt knights were indented and on
weir
way io fite m-_ne if not of knightly valour, :I
least of genermis knightly' rivalry. Here all had been
prepared for the tournament. The judges, who ha...
been previously selected, took their positions opposite

the rilig

. .
The -knights were then marched in a body, undd
the direction and command of the herald, Mr. J. Ts
Leaclttanl awl Ow ipArAitl, Di, L. A. Jennivi
to a pn
, .
tion in front
briefly and appropriatelyof tal idtd' addressed bylv h Vier .
luilatreiiiililetirr:li followingedn:Ai nji
.g.;
they were
Marsteller. Then, after returning to the prop&
,xoripfyii
ieeernioe.h:, hriolts:Kfreikifiniiogriagliillidihttlii;lloygooti:icaci:lyAnii
gi:ellieulixelivancaonhesrdea commenced
—aal:l.receidljerti-I.ni
eviiaEnd:tl lili:e.,ll.
Davis; Kaiglit of Brentsville, James B. Pridmore
.•, ---,inn. John W. Powell ; Knio•bt Pf the
Knight of ..,,,...._. ' -- , . f ' - -
. It, .W 71,7 TT
Chace, James R. Purcell ; Ants.— . .. _.4.orse;
Richard T. Meredith ' • Knight of Greenville, E. Mere-
dith ; the Black litliglit, P. D. Williams ; Knight of the
Wools, J. R. Rudd ; the -Unknown Knight, Edgar
Weir.

SOMe'of the riding was excellent, and excited the ap-
plause of the " fairo ladyes" who witnessed it. The
result of it was the success of the Knight of the,Chase,
who .won the honour of crowning the (Queen. Ivanhoe.
had tne honour of designating the first Maid of
Honour,' Marmion the Second, and the Knight of Bien-
tsville the Third. The coronation ceremony, which took
place.atnight, was very interesting. Although, as may
be 'supposed, the selection of the Queen was difficult
from the number present who would have graced the'
dig ity, the,successful knight manifested an appreciative
taste when- he crowned Miss M. C.—, of Prince
William, as the Queen of Love and Beauty. . The first
maid of honour was the accomplished Miss T
of Caroline; -the second, the young and amiable Mit a
W-----, of Prince William ; and the third, the beauti-
ful Miss C—, of Georgetown. The merry throng
afterwards joined in the dance, which was continued to
a late hour.—Alexandrict Gazette Va.).