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;S'4,TURD4fY, APR 2

L 9, 1859,

At the
yesterday,
of the po,
gong 1
the people
desire to

THE DAY'S •NEWS.
estry meeting of ;Toxteth Park, held
the candidates for the office of overseers
were rather more mile in their expres-
towards,eaeh other, with• two exceptions, than
- 41,qt district usually axe. We have no

there, but those 3
man," and, aaain

tention- to swhat was done

io wish to read of an

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ill-natura

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read the report of the proceedings.
The Bank Returns are again of an unfavourable

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dly beaoming more

A Turin despatch states-that the following order of
the: 4stycha.s been posted up in the barracks of Milan :
" Austrian Soldiers,—The Emperor calls you

round his banners to beat down, for the third; time,
the pride .of Piedmont; to .expel from their den
those fanatics who destroy the tranquility of Europe.
Advance against the enemies who have always,fled
before you. ).emember the victories of 1848 and
1849. Remember Novara, where your foes were
dispersed and aTmihilated. Let your watchword be,
Our rights for,e,ver: Long live the Emperor."
The Turia correlvondent of the Herald states that
the Marquis Massimo D'Azeglio, who is devoted to
Count Cavour's policy, is to go to Paris as ambassador
of Piedmont.

Among the items.qf continental news pointing to
the extreme danger of !the outbreak of an Euro-
pean war is a telegram :received last night from
Turin, which states .that letters had been
received there from Milan announcing the arrival
there of two battalions of eroats, and adding
that orders have been issued to the railway
authorities I() hold their lines in readiness for the
transport of fresh corps d'armee ,of 25,000. The
roads were encumbered with material of war and
army stores. It is added that nearly 10,000
volunteers for t.he
Piedmontese service tad arrived

at Turin.
Letter

tome of the sth, state thatotle Papal
about to address a note t
great
to the proposed Congress. he i
Cardinal Antonelli will referstostahle
_____le by the Duke de Grammont on
the- cardinal's intervention in the affairs of the

Government is
Powers, relative
that in this note
reservations triad

congress.
The vic

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to f 49 Con rc

of the Papal Governthent with regard
appear to be no 'anger doubtful, A

correspondent of the Timeg states that Rome
has formally announced its intention not to
send a representative to an assembly whose
right to meddle with its internal affairs it cannot
recognise. It is added that Sardinia will not enter
the Congress unless laced on the same footing as
the Great Powers, with vote as well as a seat.
The Paris correspondent of the JS ntes hints that
the refusal of Piedmont to disarm is made at the
instigation of France. As this disarming is the pre-
liminary condition -demanded by Austria before
entering the Congress, there is a probability that
the powers most interested will not take part in the
proceedings, and Congress -without the principals
would be a nugatory affair.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times says the
Austrian Government has proposed to France a
:general disarrarment. If France accepts the pro-
position, peace will probably be maintain9d; but if
she rejects it, war is almost inevitable. Sardinia
persists in refusing to disarm, unless Austria does so
likewise ; but the latter cannot possibly suspend her
preparations for war as long as the Emperor of the
French continues his armaments.
The news of the approaching dissolution of the
British Parliament has produced an extremely dis-
agreeable impression at Vienna.

According-to advices from Naples, to the sth inst.,
five of the King's physicians have declared his Ma-
jesty's malady incurable. Public opinion is in an
agitated state, and 'the higher classes of society are
again beginning to demand Constitutional Reforms.
The,coming elections are absorbing most of the
public attention. It is now tolerably certain there
will be a severe contest for South Lancashire. The
Conservative party have determined, it is said on
good authority, to nominate Colonel Lindsay, and
the 'Hon. A. Egerton, (brother of the late Lord
Ellesmere), in opposition to Messrs. Cheetham and
Heywood. What will be done in Liverpool is yet
uncertain. The Conservative party are resolved to
bring out a second candidate, but as yet are not
agreed as to the Mall. Sir John Pakington has been
named, but he is already committed by his address to
the electors of Droitwich. Mr. Ewart's address is in
the hands of the Reform Association, and will be
issued in a day or two.

Mr. Heywood's address to the county appears in
our advertising,columns this morning, as also does
the retiring address of the present member, William
Sirown, Esq. It is stated that George Melly, Esq.,
will be nominated for Macclesfield.

THE PRETEXTS FOR A WAR

IT is certainly a melancholy reflection, that at this
time of day there should be Christian nations of
whom it may he suspected they are seeking pretexts
for war. So terrible a scourge, as well as so savage
an expedient, as war, could not, one would have
thought, be for a moment contemplated as a means
to an end. One can understand how it may some-
times happen, that two nations fall out, and that
their quarrel, and its angry issues, may pas-
sionately plunge them into hostilities,—this one
may understand; though we are far from
meaning to excuse it. It belongs, alas! to
human nature to quarrel, to get angry, and to fight.

" All war," said a great statesman of old, " hath
much of the beast in it; and very much of the man
must be put off, that there may be enough of the
beast "—enough, that is, for so inhuman a purpose.
Well, when men get heated and angry in their con-
tests, this is not so very unnatural, however horrible
it may seem. But that men, without any such
excitement, coolly and deliberately, should sit down
and plan the provoking of war—contrive and arrange
all sorts of pretexts for it—with some neighbouring
potentate or people, does appear to us as a thing so
utterly barbarous and vile, that they who can• per-
petrate it, deserve to be thrust out of the pale of
humanity and civilisation.

It has been truly remarked, that " the injustice
of the first men was the primary occasion of wars,
an origin suitable to so monstrous a practice ;—and
hence also tyranny ; for could they have been con-
tent with their own, and not have violated their
neighbours' property, the world would have
enjoyed uninterrupted repose and liberty." Now,
this

remark bears with ' considerable force
upon the belligerent designs of France and
Piedmont just now. They are not " content
with their own." This lies at the bottom of their
warlike machinations. It is all very fine for them
to talk about giving independence to Italy. But
would they ever do this, is it possible to believe,
without .each taking some portion of Italy to him-
self ? They contemplate the opportunity arising, in
the conquest and confusion of arms, of their being
enabled to "•violate their neighbours' property." The
pretext is plausible enough, but it is hollow and
selfish. To establish the independence of Italy were
certainly a worthy, and noble object. But the
Powers that would undertake it must first have
established, if not independence, at least freedom in

their own dominions, ere any confidence can be