Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-14 00:00:00

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1859

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Conflicting reports have been afloat, as respects
the Regency of the Central States of Italy. It
has already been announced in our columns, that
Prince Carignan had been nominated to that
high ptsiiicin. This announcement was imme-
diately followed by a statement that Victor
Emmanuel had refused the Prince, his permission
to accept the regency, which, be it remembered,
he was to. do in the name of his Sardinian
Majesty. The explanation of this reported course
of procedure-on the part of the King, was that
he had yielded to an urgent representation of the
FrCnch _ Government—that is, of the French
tUiperor. It now appears that King Victor
Emmanuel has not yet actually refused his per-
mission. All that is, known, so far, is that France
has. formally and' earnestly counselled him to
refuse. But his Majesty's answer has not been

communicated.
We believe there can be no doubt of the truth
of Victor Emmanual having, been advised by his
Imperial brother of France to refuse his autho-
risation of Prince Carignan's regency of the
Central Italian States. Whether such advice
was communicated- in ' the shape of a command,
or only as a recommendation, we do not know ;
,but it appears to be taken for granted, that the
former was the case by some of our -London con-
temporaries, who still hope, however, "that the
ministers of the King may yet make up their
minds to embrace a wise and independent policy,
and not gibbet themselves as carrying out the
behests of a foreign Sovereign."
The Times is especially indignant at the idea
of Victor Emmanuel " being an instrument of
intrigues for ruining a• sacred , and beloved
cause ;" and broadly hints that if Lonis Napoleon
arbitrarily insists on thwarting the popular
will of the Central Italians, to have the Prince
Carignan their regent, they may possibly bethink
themselves whether there may not be found "a
man of the WaShington stamp" among them-
selves, and may turn their eyes upon Garibaldi as
such a man.

. .
There is only too much reason to believe that,
even in high places of power in France, " in .the
public offices, in the army and the navy, among
the working, classes, and among men of business"
—in a word; among the people at large—there is
a strong desire for a war with England. We are
told that' "the army is unanimous for war,"—
that " in the navy the desire amounts' to a
frenzy," and. the chureh is.as eager ns,either the
army or
,navy." A3l this is deliberately stated,
as evidencing the feeling of France towards this
country. If such really be the case, whateVer
niay be the feelings and wishes.of the Emperor
himself, it may become very difficult, if not im-
possible, to avoid a rupture. It is our part and
duty, therefore, to be prepared for the worst.
How it may accord with such a feeling as that
we have referred to in the preceAllig po.'ragraph,
e shall rot now 'top to imp re, b-at it appear::,

hat the French expedition for China is rapidly
growing into favour with the military and naval
services, and with the public generally. in France.
If it should divert the warlike current of those
services and of the people from this country, such
an expedition, though highly objectionable—the
result of an alliance with England for its osten-
sible ' object, may at least have indirectly a
beneficial effect for the time being,—provided
only, that no jealous rivalry should originate
from it, whieh might still further excite the
hostility of France against us.
By the British and' North American Royal-
Mail steam-ship Europa, Which arrived in7l the
Mersey yesterday, we have' intelligence' from
New York to 'the Ist instant; from Boston
and Halifax to the 2nd and 3rd; and by telegraph
via Halifax from New York to the 3rd instant.
The political intelligence is not of great interest
or_iraportance. BroWn, the captive conspirator
of Harper's Terry has been found' guilty of insur-
rection, treason, and murder, and consegnenticy,
as having incurred the penalty of death. A
strong feeling prevails that he will not be executed..

Among the events .of note connected with the
Natinial defences, it is gratifying to refer to the
great eclat which attended. the launch Of the
Victoria, line-of-battle- ship, on .Saturday. The
et-M. Thvas—svitn-cssed=indecdiparticipated, and
its effects enhanced by the presence of her Majesty
and the. Prince Consort, together
illus-
trious son-in-law, Prince Frederick William of
PruSsia ; the flame of the noble ship being be-
stowed by the hand and lips of the Princess
Frederick William, our own illustrious and beloved
Prineess:Royal. The Victoria; though not one of
the largest of, our first-class war ships, is the most
powerful, relatively, and indeed absolutely, as to
steam and' armament..

Conspicuous=amon,g *lope events of the
the numerous and affectionate escort by which
His • Worship the newly elected Mayor, -Thomas
Darnley Anderson, Esq., was attended to church
yesterday, stands pre-eminent. The inaugural
appearance at church of a Mayor is always an
object of interest ; but seldom, if ever, has this
ceremony' been attended with more, gratifying.
marks of esteem and regard than was displayed
in the complimentary homage_Paid yesterday to
Mr. Anderson. The cortege by which he was
accompanied froin the Town-liilf .t 6- St. Peter's
Church was large, and in the highest ,degme
spectable ; and we rejoice to understand that the
collection made in the church on the occasion was
so liberalas to -be sensibly valuable to the' funds
of the Blue-coat Hospital, for 'the benefit of which
it was intended.

...IVE have been waiting for some time to see_ if
the leading critics of the London press would
tike occasion, from some remarks in Lord DERB Y's
speech at the Philharmonic-hall, to recuscitate
their old figment of a corrupt alliance between
the donservative and Rothan Catholic parties.
Happily, we have waited ,in vain. Though had
they still represented a party thirsting eagerly
for power, it is not improbable that an interested
and ingenious sophistry • might hafe again led
them to violate' the dictates of. good- sense and
&ir
The logic, however, WhiCh political interests
haVe not on, this occasion obscured in • the

Attic..atmosphere of .:the_ metropolis, has, failed. to
correct blunter apprehensions in _the liceotia of
the provinces. The reach of dulness , which the
critic must have attained who rePresents Lord
DERBY, the leader of the Conservative party,.
announcing himself in the name of •that party as '
an espouser of ultra-montanism, as the ally of.
Archbishops- CULLEN and APHALE in all their
•anti-Efiglish and unquiet designs, as an enemy in
common with them of the Irish National System
of, Education, which, as Lord STANLEY, he
had rather an important influence' in constructing,.
is something startling to think of in these days
of intelligent newspaper readers. The other day'
we chanced to see in a Liberal contemporary an
allusion to the " newly-ratified Ecolesiastico-
" Conservative alliance," and to the "advances"
made by the " Tory leader" to " coy" ultra-mon-
tane Irishmen! This is a somewhat imposing
theory to base on the remark that " enlightened
" Roman, Catholics" are finding out Conservatives
to be their natural allies. We have heard the
same -over and over again alleged. of their own
party by Liberal authorities ;: but :who ever
dreamt, that such an expression indicated the
admission of an Eeclesiastico-Liberal alliance !
We apprehend that it is as citizens and not as
religionists that such public and party- relations
as these are ascribed to Roman Catholics; and
that the tastes and interests of individuals are in
question, and not of a politico-religious body.
Now is it possible for the dullest or the most
untruthful to misappreciate the very distinctive
difference between " enlightened Roman .Catho-
" lies" and •'6 The Romish Party ? " Of this
latter, we frankly confess that we cannot look upon
it except as one of the most pestilential troublers
of our national and social system. We see in
it the most unworthy passions' invoked under
. . ..•• .• • • .
the holiest pretences; we see in it patriotism and
loyalty ignominiously trodden down beneath the
hoof-of faction.; we see in it the most completed
specimen of that " wrath Which worketh not the •
"righteousness of God ;" we see in it party
spirit, dais pride, all 'sorts of mean and miserable
antipathies ; sympathies, natural, human, and
religious, perverted—under the sanctifying guise
of Religion and. the Church. We see in it, in
short, a counterpart of that spirit which guides
and intensifies the worldly politics of the secu-
larised Dissenter at the other end of the scale..
Now, so long as they thought it might suit their
designs, it 'is undoubtedly true—it has become a
historical fact—that the Radical section of poli-
ticians did aid. and abet the designs of this
politico-religious party. Nor is the, reason far to
look for. . The; politic's Of both were in a negative
as sense
substance
e 1-
itbhse tan sacme of thAendßadical creed, such aas negation was the sum
simi-
larity as this could not but give a characteristic
.tone to the alliance. The present politics of both
were change and disruption; and both were
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NOVEMBER 14, 1859

:united in a recklessness as to what particulars'
that change ; should effect, or how ,
;disruption
should extend. Whilst it Sots'
:nothing can be firmer and more enefcretic than
a revolutionary alliance.. There are no jarring
interests difficult to,,edjust, there are no mutual
sacrifices to be arranged, there are no competing
claims or conflicting prejudices to reconcile et
allay. One broad and unmistakeable - view of .ort
1.
tilaroad and unmistakeable object is sufficient te"
'supply the bond which needs little mental retie'
tion to cement, but lives and strengthens- in action
only, and secures the rude and uninquiring
pathy of a militant organisation. All men can
!agree in the tactics' of =destruction, nor is there
much danger of a difference‘of opinion where the
only similarity required is a similarity, in one
compendious hater and one unqualified opposition.
We do not pretend to see a similarity in rely
gious tastes or wishes•between aProtestant Baal-
cal and a Roman Catholic Radical. If such sJi
alliance could have succeeded in overthrowing the
institutions of the country, we can foresee tjle
e
pomutual-fosseibaniictosy,n to
among
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the
eye
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adl
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hfoeafundat,n
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an
confederates
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• But in the' abeyance of these ultimate issue``'
see the natural strength of what might other`ci;ine
be considered.. an unnatural alliance. a
" Romish party" then,. and the Radical ae_
Revolutionary faction, are, we maintain, "natural
But in this, we have unconsciously pronounc``l
the 743.c1jeati034 of Lord Derby; and the Conser:
ative party. If there is no similarity in ail°
. objects. between.. Ultramontailes and Consell','
fives; neither can there be in present tactics--111
the attainment of pieparatory and tentative 0345'
To suppose that the supremacy of I:Ural-Oat°
ism:an the. State is one of the missions of Cell'
servatism, or its leader, is a grave perversion.of
logic;' to suppose-that the' tactics of Revolutl°t;
are the- natural weaponiof the Conservative pat
is_ a solecism in language. Ultramontallisp it
theloanelof
_loyalty, and the foe of the State; ;
is an unnatural growth, transplanted fr°°
ons
foreign soil, and nurtured with a 'clang-
r
• . • It
assiduity, in.,the . forcing-bed of Irish politics. toj
Makes bad sUbjects, bad' " 'citizens, and
Christians. But its efforts to draw within 'r
.
influence the more niOderate and respeelP"ii,
Roman 6atholies bia'
of tins country,
alone Lord Derby alluded, to—have not in
instances succeeded.. Those " e
-enlighten a
e",
' • • o
and educated exceptionS, who have ,escape
cor
. its toils, and detest its virulence, have a
hieb
seiouS share in the national interests Ic
makes natural, adherence to the Constitoti
to
and'. a spirit. of patriotism. Who dares ..1
say, that Lord DERBY compromises his p
integrity, or is inconsistent with his P ces
•
creed, when he says
.14 these individual aid
• i;ista"
you
of a growingly virtuous citizenship,
ioliarY
" right in severingyOUrselves from a rcv°l°- of
"party, when you disavowed the designs
" Ultramoritanisni i'the path of virtuous nil"'" of
" ship leads you naturally to seek the
"the Constitutional and Conservative party g.
This is -what , Lord Daily said.
pressed the Sentiments of the mugru
'ficent us°
.04
thusi°
blage before him, is plain from the en
reception accorded to the Roman Catholic
SHERIFF. Unless Conservatives 466,
in •
tat'
celebrating -with-a mock enthusiasm an mina
alliance, Lord DERBY'S words exactly convex
That hoe;