Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 28, 1859.

NOTES OF THE DAY

The Italian Duchies, there can be no doubt, are the
great difficulties in the way of anypermanent settlement
of the whale Italian question. Not only does Austria
insist upon the restoration of the three sovereigns, but
the French Emperor, it would seem, has no objection
to it now ; provided only it can be accomplished without
the intervention of either himself or of his Imperial
brother. The Grand Dukes themselves are to be left at
liberty to recover their thrones, if they can, by themselves,
—though not without such military force of their own
as tl, hey may. be enabled to employ,—yet such force
being composed of Austrian or other foreign elements,
if
112 ed be- And should Piedmont oppose them,
-„en. :._
us Austria to be considered at liberty to give
her Powerful intervention,— France to stand aloof,
‘, having accomplished 'her task in Italy," as Louis Na
-
Neon no—
w declares. Nay, more than this,--should
411si& ria herself be-able to recover Lombardy from Pied-
mont, Prance is to stand aside, and be passive, letting
this. e Emperor of Austria and the King of Sardinia fight
it out out themselves. One can scarcely
Emperor
Napoleon can have agreed. to such terms as
these,, but, if they have been
.seriously entertained,
rren, at Biarritz, it is evident that the Italian question
Is far from being settled.
C onferences It is
understood to be the unproductive results of the
at Zurich, and the impossibility there shewn
tifoadjQstirig the present difficulties of the Italian ques-
Gr; without the interposition of any others of the
have
Powers than those of Austria and France, that
a Ve occasioned the necessity cif having recourse to such
Confessl, as that which, it is said, has been pro-
re,a.red to be held at Brusels. This congress, we
1-. ii, is to be composed of Princes, having the
-4-In ,
14,1 f the Belgians as its President, and Eng-
ttil to be represented by no less a personage than
e PrPrimConsort. This latter report, however, is
amore than doubtful. We should much question its ex-
rii,..eneY under any circumstances, least of all where
family interests are concerned, however indirectly. Very
111-tell better would it be for England, could she keep out
betterltogether ; but, certainly, her Prince Consort had
have nothing to do with it.
The fact of the British Government having been
1 ,„„reugbt into friendly official intercourse with France
"" the subject of China, is one which may have a very
salutary
e.i.; effect at the present moment. As on a former
°er,-'ll We remarked it is extremely fortunate that the
..to`rsr,,,,unity has arisen for France giving employment
-..e considerable portion of those armaments which
s_he has been preparing with so much energy and expe-
!aution. for the last few months. But as well as this, it
.o:nost important that such occasion should have arisen
1 th e two nations being again, brought together in an
active effort t • .
flags, 0 vindicate an outrage upon both their
deep,} and. in the redress of which they are both so
to isp4ii,uentetretshted. Let us hope that nothing will arise
most amicable, and therefore r carrying out such an object in the
We quite agree the most effectual manner.
measures, such as those ith
the Times, that summary
with his Doon tenantr which Lord Derby has taken
not only " tremendo
were sure to bring down upon
Tate odium. Every m us criticism," but most invete-
duty, however important, an who does an obnoxious public
be, as a duty h P°rtant, however indispensable it may
tieis d e owes to society, must expect, not only to be
..,'erle
more
, but to be abused and alm to be hate All 141 re merit, therefore, is onthiss account duet o one
Who has had the moral couragemaintains ob rLavo
erdsupcherb's animosities.entlre 3,_ustifieation on these solid grounds :—That if Derby's
body of i'llautry, as a whole, connives at an act of murder, and
give up the ruffian, it must take the con-
uene es
,fter of such a criminal sympathy ; that eviction,
..._,.e, all, is the landlord's withdrawal of a benefit to
71. h the tenant has no natural right ; that the land is
us own, to let to whom he likes, and that he is only
lung for
'egal ' a very good reason a step which he has a
~ . right to take without assigning any reason-
-"wig it for the vindication of law and justice."

?efilses ';o'

THE ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.