Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

s in a most critical position. The revolt of Hungary
is immiw.,nt, and every other province is discontented.
But .1t is not the object of France to destroy
kdstria. That would be a game as dangerous as
unprofitable. Napoleon, therefore, stops short to
see whether Austria will consent to purchase safety
and a fair peace at the price of sacrificing her Italian
sway. We think she will. All Europe will now at
once step in to tender their advice and to prevent
the war from commencing. The freedom of Italy is
won. That is sufficient. Austria is driven out.
Let France also retire. Let the due portion be given
to Sardinia. Secularise the government of the
Pope, and let the King of Naples return to consti-
tutional government, These are the bases of a
peace which will give independence and new life to
Italy, secure to Austria the undisturbed

possession

of her own dominions, confer glory and moral in-
fluence upon France, and give to Europe guarantees
for future tranquility."—Post.

NEAPOLITAN POLITICS

The following is an extract from a letter dated
Naples, July 2, 1859

"The recent victory of the French over the whole
line of the Austrian army is calculated to bring the
war to an immediate close. Things here are not going
on satisfactorily. Either the Government is sl ow or

the Liberals are too fast. There may be reasons on
both sides —it is hard to press on the young sovereign
a complete change of system in opposition to the
views of his late father so soon after his death. Such
a step would be a desecration of his memory, and
impolitic, as all sudden changes in governmental
systems are. Besides, the Liberals really knew
nothing of the practical difficulties of such
changes —the opposition of the clergy and of the
masses is not taken into calculations by them.
They would run headlong to a constitution the first
article of which establishes intolerance in relg7ous
matters, as if a constitutional regime could stand on
such a basis. The Italian Liberals can talk and
write splendidly on the liberty of the subject, but
practically they know nothing about it, nor of the
statistics of the opposing elements in the country
which they have not the industry to collect. On the
other hand, they, with some justice, observe that the
right of petition is denied to them ; that even peace-
able demonstrations are put down by imprisonment ;
that they have no Press—no voice to make their sen-
timents known at home or abroad, or to communi-
cate the abuses under which they suffer to those who
might help them. In these respects no improvement
whateVer has so far taken place. People are so much
in the dark as ever, and, consequently, general
dissatisfaction continues to prevail."

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THE PAPAL STATES

The Marseilles correspondent of the Times makes
some interesting statements on the condition of
opinion at Rome. The Emperor of the French is
reported to have informed the Papal Government
and the deputations from the Legations that he had
no desire to interfere. Nevertheless, if he were to
receive an application from the Vatican, he would
unhesitatingly devote the sword of France to uphold
and maintain intact the temporal sovereignty of the
Pope. It is feared that the adoption of two such
different lines of policy towards sections of the same

people will be attended with most disastrous conse-
quences to France. She will be compelled to repeat

the discreditable blunders she was made to commit in

Spain under the leadership of the Duc d'Angouleme.

These apprehensions may be considered, to a certain
extent, justified by intelligence received from Rome
as to the attitude of the people towards the
French soldiers occupying the city. But a few days
ago the Romans were shoutiug " Evviva Napoleone,"