Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE DAY.

What is the object of the interview of the tL
Great Powers who are about to meet at Breslau ?
The
announcement is now officially made, that the Emperor
of Russia and the Prince Regent of Prussia will meet at"
Breslau; and it is also stated, although not yet ofticiault
that the Emperor of Austria is to be with them. 'Pi fre
is some doubt, "apparently, whether th6'Priiisian
Regent will be present at the interview between the °lv
Emperors,—and there may be special reasons for this'
But it is certainly 'ominous, in the present critical State
of Europe, to see three Great Powers like these putt
their heads together, considering, and in all proba-
bility planning, something for the future, as respects
their mutual relations. Should Austria be able b"
form a, close alliance with Russia, she will b.l consider-
ably fortified against France, and prepared, therof°fetat
to take a more independent position with respect to rho f
Power. One would hope, however, that if the treatij
peace which is concluded between the French
Austrian Emperors is in any wise a satisfactory Set er
ment of their recent differences, the approaching intoeut,,
view may only have in contemplation the carrYing„ted,
still more completely than may yet have been attet the
those reforms which late events must have slow-fety
crowned heads of Europe generally, cannot with 59'

be much longer delayed.
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for the last day or two, of its being the intention Uu. the
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inhabitants of the Papal States, Louis NaPle°ll
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different manner from that which he adopted in the
of Lombardy. The military force of France will to
doubt be necessary to give effect to any such mallifesed.
if the Papacy, in its temporal power, is to be anstt;bed
So that instead of warring against an estab;s4'
authority, as was done in the case of Austria, ion
Napoleon will enter, the field as the
of such an authority—an authority, too, in this ins'"o-0e
infinitely more objectionable in its whole systeltb uld
would think, than Austrian rule in Lombardy COJ;e
ever have been. The effect, it is true, may be t Roan
the French Emperor virtually the ruler of the their
States,—certainly, if not the ruler, the controller of tej
destinies ; and bi that means it is, no doubt, eale'llloo
that France will gain an acquisition of both glorY
dominion. ailf'
Cabinet Councils are now beinc, held almost d
0 fer;
The inference naturally is, that Ministers have cot.
urgent business on their hands at the present Wolof
The Italian question, which, it is said, has been 13bas
urged.upon their attention by the French EmPer°r'tioot
no doubt furnished one subject of anxious delibere tioa
at these Councils. But, it is believed, that the Ve:heir
of an early meeting of Parliament has also engage' hoe
deliberations,—with what result do?s not appear toc
transpired. But it is scarcely probable, one would
tilejah
that they will resolve' pon a session before Christheor
unless, indeed, they wish Parliament to share Witht:oo
the responsibility of their decision with respect
approaching European Congress. e gate
Admiral Sir Charles Napier's letter, which wepects
yesterday, offers some seasonable, if not in all r
very sound, advice to the First Lord of the Ad":ffieisat
He has thrown out some hints as to a more tactical
manning of the navy, which, coming from a P some'
man like himself—though he may be crotchetfration.
times—will deserve to receive all due conside
Upon one point the Admiral speaks cheerfallY• of
tells the First Lord that one of the great bagborn,
the day is Cherbourg. A very formidable PI a 'tbst
doubt, it is of itself ; but Sir Charles is of formidable
it can be so easily watched from Spithead or Fur rt for
that England could not well have desired a better Pe. for
the rendezvous of the French fleet,—better, that ls,
our oyvn interests—our own safety, and the opP°r 00 of
us in possess' we
it will at all times afford of putting
shows'
any movement in that quarter. Bu-, then,
he
times be
must have a " Channel force" that can at allov oats
made available in resistance of any hostile TIL
__boarg
on the part of our French neighbours, either at Concellianuel
or elsewhere,—not so much a Channel /left 0 bugle,
force,—not merely large ships in the Channel,
not ,
ba-
accumulation of gun-boats, which, he says,ofldefence'
be found more valuable for the purposes by bora
be more easily manned, on any emergency, u
seafaring population.