Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS.

The Times' correspondent (second edition),
writing from Vienna, on the 15th, says :—" At last
it has been settled that a Congress shall be held,
but the place of meeting has not yet been deter-
mined. It is, however, said that the diplomatists
will have to chose between Brussels and Berlin.
It is generally believed that some private
understanding has recently been established be-
tween France and Austria; in respect to the
restoration of the Dukes, but the impression on
my mind is, that things stand exactly where
they stood a month or six weeks ago.
The report that Naples has promised to give
military assistance to Rome obtains no credit
here, as it is known that his Neapolitan Majesty
fears an invasion of his own territories, and has
no troops to spare. The Este or Modenese
brigade is still at Verona, where it amuses
itself by bidding defiance to the revolutionary
government. A revolutionary committee at
Ferrara, which has taken the name of Comitato
Veneto, gives the Austrians great annoyance,
as it was formed for the express purpose of
giving assistance to those young Venetians who
wish to join the National army. As drum-head
law has been proclaimed in the districts of
Vicenza, Belluno, and Rovigo, the freebooters,
who in general are deserters from Austro-
Italian regiments, have emigrated to Padua,
Verona, and Udine. Austria clings to Venice
as a fond mother does to a dear, though naughty,
child ; but the loss of the province would pro-
bably be a gain. The Venetians are now as hos-
tile to Austria as ever the Lombards were, and
they give the Government even more trouble, as
they are in direct and continual communication
with the revolutionists in the adjoining Italian
provinces. The commerce of Venice is completely
stagnant, as the Vienna and Trieste bankers
refuse to give any credit to people who make no
secret of their desire to place themselves under
the Sardinian sceptre. The loss of Lombardy is
already severely felt, as the inhabitants of that
kingdom were in the habit of buying their wooUg
and cotton goods here, and of paying for them in
raw and spun silk."

THE DISPUTE BETWEEN SPAIN AND

MOROCCO.

The Paris Constitutionnel has an article on
the dispute between Spain and. Morocco. It
looks at it from a commercial point of view,
and argues that although the trade of France
with the Moorish ports is infinitely inferior to
that of England, war is not likely to improve the
situation, and it therefore desires to see peace
preserved. It says :
" The principal ports of Morocco are Rabat and
Selee, indeed, forming only one, and Mogador.
According to official documents just published by the
Ministry of Commerce, the maritime operations
of the two former places during the years 1857
and 1858 presented a total of 4,159,000 f. for the
former, and of 1,785,000 f. for the latter. The total of
4,159,000 f. is divided into 2,295,000 f. for imports, and
1,186,000 f. for exports; and that of 1,785,000 f. into
1,197,000 f. for exports, and 588,000 f. for imports.
There is, therefore, a considerable difference between
the commercial movement of 1857 and 1858, to the dis-
advantage of the latter year. The principal cause of
this difference was the prohibition to export native-
grown wool, imposed last year. In the imports at Rabat
and Sake durinlBsB, Great Britain takes the lead, but of
1,197,000 f. the English trade, which is carried on through
Gibraltar, stands for 1,179,000 f., leaving to France, that

is trasay; to Marseilles, 0n1yr9t0001.,,t6 Portugal -40010 f.,
:and: VOW. to the Morocco, parts of Tangier and
- cts for the exports? they- are exclusivelyvdiaided
between, Gibraltar and Marseilins.-. However, this last
port only Stands -far .135;000f., while the British trade
araeunts to 453,000 f. The• same documents. give
the roturns for the post of Nogador only down to
1185;7.. The total amount; of the foreign tratle. was
117,565040 f., of which 8,40 4000 f. were for: imports,:
9067,000 f. for exports, This shows a, decided
rovement on 185 G, But at Mogador, as well as
at Rabat and Salee, we again find England at the
head, of the list of coraraencial nations. Lcanka, Glas-
gow,. Liverpool, and Gibraltar had the largest share
in both imports ands exports, amounting to above
6,000,000 f. either way.; while France, by Marseilles, only
stands for 1,615,000 C. in imports, and 271429;000f. in
11 exports.. Next comes. Spain, barely attaining the sum
of 300,000 f., and then. itgiugal through: Lisbon, and
Belgium through AntweriN together amounting to only
I a few thousand francs,. The principal articles imported
at Mogador, are fib:AC which European vessels import at
Rabat and Salee. IfOr instance, in 1857 Great Britain
imported to the, -Jaime of nearly 3,0000000 f. in cotton
fabrics, and 131,e00f.. is woollens. France only attained
B,ooof. for the former;. and 24,000 f. 't r,.the latter. The
• difference is the. same in other articles, such as sugar,
iron, hardware ands specie."
The artiek then refers more. particularly to
the trade of France with i.lorocco, and after
showing that, although not great at present, it is.
capable of being extended, proceeds thus :
" This situation, precarious as. ft may be, shows that
the hostilities of Spain and Franc* with Moroeuo
must have a. prejudicial effect on our manufactures /tad
maritime trade, but it is evidhnt that the consequences
of the war- and of the internal revolt will be more espe-
cially felt in'England. \re. have, therefore, no doubt
whatever that the English mercantile class has. fore-
stalled these consequences, and that protection of their
interests has not been neglected by British diplomacy
at Madrid. We, nevertheless, share the desire ex-
pressed by our allies to see the new Government of
Morocco satisfy the jast susceptibilities of Spain, and
prevent hostilities."