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

Stelvio Pass

ROME AND NAPLES.

Adviccs have been received from Naples to the 2nd
inst. Prince 011ojano has been dispatched to the
Court of St, James's on a reciprocal mission to that
of Mr. Elliot to the Court of the King of the Two
Sicilies.

Advices have also been received from Rome to the
2nd instant. The Giornale di Roma protests against
the reports published of the massacre at Perugia,
and promises a detailed account of what has really
happened there.

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FRANCE.

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.—Private letters from
the head-quarters of Prince Napoleon state that
another great battle on the banks of the Adige is
expected ; and that the Austrians were believed to
have about 200,000 men in line. A capain of a
regiment of infantry, engaged at Solferino, has
written to his family in Paris, that such was the
ardour of the French troops, that in the afternoon,
when the order was given to charge one of the last
positions held by the Austrians, the colonel told his
men to leaie their knapsacks on the gonad, and that
such as were too exhausted to advance might remain
to guard them. Not a man, however, would avail
himself of the permission, and the colonel was forced
to tell off a certain number of men, and to insist upon
their remaining behind, very much to their disap-
pointment. Volunteers are at present . engaged in
Paris for organising fresh battalions of Zouaves, and
Baal is the desire of the soldiers' here to be employed
in active service that a considerable number of non-
commissioned officers have applied to be permitted to
form part of that body even as privates. The
Empress Regent having been informed of the vote
of the Nrunicipality of Bordeaux in favour of the
Army of Italy, caused the following letter to be
addressed by the Minister of the Interior to that
functionary :

" MonsieUr le Prefet,—The Empress has deigned to hand
to me the letter which you sent on the subject of the vote of
20,000 f. by the Municipal Council of
.Bordeaux for the
wounded of the Army of Italy. Her Majesty has been
much gratified by the patriotic sentiments which animated
the Municipal Council on this occasion. Have the kindness
to be the interpreter of her thanks, and to make known
that the Government has laid it down as an .absolute rule
not to accept any subscription coming from the communal
funds. A circular to that effect is about to be sent to all
the prefects. " DUKE DE PADOUE."

VI his allocution to the Secret Consistory of the
20th inst. the Pope appears to menace with " the
Major Excommunication," and the other ecclesias-
tical censures and penalties inflicted by the sacred
canons, the apostolic constitution, and the decrees of
general councils, especially of the Council of Trent,

all who dare to attack in any manner whatever the
t: temporal power of the Roman Pontiff." And in
his I t oliness's encycelical letter to ‘" all the patri-
archs, primates, archbishops, bishops, and other
odinaries of those places which are in grace and
communion with the Apostolic See," the troubles
that have broken out in the Roman States are
attributed to " external intrigues, " and " the
adherents of the revolt demand that those States be
subjected to that Italian Government, which, during
the last year • has shown itself the adversary of
the church, of its legitimate rights, and, of its sacred
ministers. " It was justly observed in the beginning
Of the present crisis that the Roman question would
be the great political difficulty in the accomplish-
ment of the mission which the Emperor of the
French assumed as liberator and regenerator of
Italy, in companionship with the King of Sardinia.
It is true that at the close of his allocution, his Holi-
ness says that hii hopes of having the integrity of his
dominions respected are increased by the declara-
tions and promises of " one very dear son in Jesus
Christ, the Emperor of the French ;" and that " the
French army which is in Italy, not only will do nothing
against our temporal power and the domination of
the Holy See, but, on the contrary, will protect and
maintain it." Notwithstanding this self consola-
tion, I cannot help suspecting that this last phrase
is less an expression of confidence than of
misgiving or reproach. It is clear that Piedmon-
tese agency is as active in the Roman State

it has beeh-in Tuscany, Modena, and Parma. It is
by FrenCh sympathy and. French co-operation that,
these Duchies are annexed to Piedmont; and since
political regeneration is declared to be nowhere more
needed than in the Papal . territory, Sardinia cannot
ciootherwise than comprise it in her task. Whether
Austria, when these supports fall away from her,
shall continue to stand, like some tinie-:worn arch, by
the mere force of cohesion, or whether she Will be
completely broke up, it is not easy to say; but her
Italian possession will certainly have changed
owners. 'The thunders of the Vatican have, doubt-
less;- leng lost much of their terror ; Victor
Emmanuel may still brave, as he has braved them.

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THE MEDIATION QUESTION

The military journal, the Invalide Busse, contains
the following remarks on the mediation which it is
said the Prussian Government is about to propose
for the settlement of the Italian question :
mem"Lordherof the new Ministry. T
John Russell is certainly thehelast s
most influentialpeeehhe
delivered in Parliament when he was a member of the
Opposition, proves that his policy is quite different from
that followed by the Cabinet of Lord Derby. Lord John
Russell demands categorically the evacuation of the Lom-
bardo-Venetian kingdom by the Austrians. But to speak,
and to act are very different things. Let us see, therefore,
what the noble Lord will do. If, as it appears from his
words that he believes he can maintain an absolute neutrality,
notwithstanding the new complications which may arise
among, the other Powers, we believe that such an attitude is not
compatible with the dignity of England. Prussia has placed
an army of 300,000 men on foot, which will be reinforced
by a federal contingent of 150,000, and itis with this colossal
force she proposes to offer her mediation to France to hasten
the conclusion of peace. But such an armed mediation
constitutes in some degree an ultimatum. If, therefore, the
Emperor of the French does not accept the propositions of
the Berlin Cabinet (and it is to be anticipated that, notwith-
standing his goodwill and all his moderation he cannot
accept them), this army of 450,000 men is to enter France.
Such a resolution appears to us not to be too logical. Prussia,
in justification of the calling out of her army, declares that,
since the year 1856, it has ben decided, with the full agree-
ment of all the powers, that henceforth all, the misunder-
standings and all conflicts between the powers, as well as all
great international questions, are to be previously examined
by a European Conness, which will employ all its power
to prevent war. Wasr' this admirable resolution carried into
practice previous to the ultimatum of the Austrians and
their entrance into Sardinia ? Evidently not. England,
however, sent Lord Cowley to Vienna, but without any
result. Prussia, a German Power, kept constantly in the
back ground. Russia scrupulously fulfilled her engage-
ments, and proposed the meeting of a Congress. All the
Powers then were agreed—Austria alone reduced to nothing
the attempts made for the maintenance of peace, and began
the war. Suddenly Prussia calls out an army of 300,000
men, and presents an ultimatum to France. But, has not the
latter a right to reply that the conditions of peace may and
ought to be examined and proposed by all the great Powers
assembled together, and not by Prussia alone, which is
equivalent to a declaration of war ? Can the Cabinet of the
Tuileries on its part accept these German propositions made
separately? First, in what do they consist? The Berlin
papers tell us a part. They announce that General von
Willisen's mission to Vienna has been crowned with com-
plete success, and that this negotiator has obtained greater
concessions than he could have expected. In what do these
concessions consist ? Austria consents to introduce all the
administrative reforms possible in Italy, and to cancel her
separate treaties. Certainly, such concessions, made previous
to the war, would have been really valuable, and might
have appeared to a Congress sufficient for the tranquillity
of Europe, which would, perhaps, have been satisfied with
requiring some guarantees for the punctual execution of
these reforms, for it sees now- how Turkey realises her
' Hatti-humayoun and accomplishes her promises of reform.
But now that _ Austria, refusing the mediation of all
Europe has . violently invaded Sardinia that she has
ruined several Sardinian provinces, that thousands of
men have fallen victims to the invasion—that Austria,
vanquished in every action, is retreating—that all Italy
declares solemnly that she will not remain under the
Austrian yoke —now. in the face of all these events, it
is at least strange that PrusSia should require that the
Allies shall mak peace, contenting themselves with the
administrative reforms promised by Austria, and with
the revision of her 'treaties. We are willing to admit
that such propositions may be made, but we will never
admit that they can be accepted. The English Ministry,
it is to be hoped, will not permit this new war to be
commenced without having exhausted all its resources of
persuasion."

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THE HON. MRS Arssois's JEWELS.—The valuable casket
of jewels, formerly 'belonging to the Hon. Mrs Anson,
deceased, removed from her late residence in Charles-street,
Berkeley-square, was, by order of the executors, disposed of
on Friday by Messrs.' Christie and Manson, at their great
room in King-street, St James's-square. The principal
contents of the casket were as follows : A bandeau, formed
of thirteen collets of fine large sapphires, set round with
brilliants, 1051. (James.) Two pairs of branches of flowers,
each formed of fine brilliants, 3001. (Curzon.), A magnificent
necklace, formed of twenty-four large emeralds, surrounded
by brilliants, and 11 pendants of emeralds, set round with
brilliants, the centre drop a polished emerald, with brilliant
cap, 7001. (Morgan) A pair. of polished emerald drops,
with brilliant caps, 1601. (Curzon.) A .pair of wheat-ear
brooches or head ornaments of fine brilliants, a centre piece
of brilliants for a head ornament, and a brilliant brooch,
with pendant, 115/. 10s.. A beautiful necklace, formed 'of,
112 fine pearls, and 14 polished emerald beads, two oval
polished emeralds -at the ends and two others in tassels,
with small pearls, 3504 .(Curz,on.) A bracelet, ,or head
ornaments, of gold and enamel, set with polished emerald's
and pearls, and with emerald pendant, a necklace, of gold
and enamel, with large pendant turquoises and small pearls;
and another necklace, of .gold,. with large centre turquoise,
and 30 small turquoises pendant, 1691. Five pairs of
earrings, each with turquoises, pearls, and rubies, and two
pieces of gold, chain, with 16 turquoises, 78/. lls. A
necklace, of gold and enamel, with pendant turquoises and
pearls, and 11 polished turquoises, with gold chain for
bandeau, 79/. A gold chain bracelet, with fine large
emeralds, 1131. A gold chain, with 10 very large tnr-
.quoises, 1051. A gold chain negligee, with 49 large
polished turquoises,' 1551. Two Indian bracelets of gold,
set with cask diamonds, with fine gold chain, and a bracelet,
of gold, chased. and enamelled birds and flowers, in colours,
103110 s. A diamond spray of extraordinary brilliancy,
2021. (Martin.) An Indian incense-burner, of silver,
enamelled with birds and flowers in colours, and set with
large cask diamonds aid-two small gold chains, with
turquoises, 54/. 10s. A beautiful snuffboi, of matrix of
amethyst, with flowers in relief in colours on the lid,. set
with four emeralds, four yellow and other hoe brilliants,
1001. The whole produced nearly 3,000/.