Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-28 00:00:00

would make a speech on Foreign affairs this week,
and after M. -de Per igiry's arrival in Paris, shows
that the diplomatic relations bet Ween the GoVern-
meint must be in it critical state. The correspondent
of the Herald says`-.The public mind in Paris con-
tinues to be agitated. by fears of wan, and the state
of Italy, and the intentions generally ascribed by
the Government towards England. The writer
declares the object of the present forniidable 'naval
eparations of France. --In Paris the article in the
Moniteur is Coficeived by many as 'an intimation that
France will not disarm.
Respecting the state .of affairs in Italy, we have
not much to way this mbrriing. It is said that she
may successfully resist the obnoxious settlement of
her affairs as arranged by the two Emperors ;. and
there are even rumours that Louis Napoleon "may
recoil from-the odious task of punishing with his
sWoitd. the insurrection which' he excited.r: That he
has ordered the main body of the French troops, now
in Italy, to evacuate that territory,. cannot be denied.
Orders have been sentfrOm Palls to- expedite their
departure. Of the 120,000 men in the north of Italy,
60,90 Q! are sent to Susa, and • Genoa, at the rate of
3,500 per day. . •They are ordered to be in Paris an
or before August 14th ; and, after the Emperor's
fete, the Rhine is to be ,their destination "in order
to show Germany -the rapidity -with which French
troops can lie moved from the scene of victories in the
south,--to great enterprises, if necessary, in the north."

usearis will not have the Grindvbuke; neither
will they tolerate his son, although he has
offered to abdicate in his favour. Austria,
it is said,. refuses to meet any Sardinian
representative at Zurich. If Sardinia chooses, she
can accede to any treaty between Au4ria and

France, "when the representatives of the latter coun-
tries shall have concluded • one. This is certainly
very heart-burning to ,Sardinia, and Victor Em-
manuel must now see that he has been made a tool
of. For our part we cannot bid agree with a London
contemporary,that "it Would have been better for
all parties—for Italy, for Venetia, for Austria, for
France, for the cause of liberty, and for the historic
fameni Napoleon--that the war had.kone on till-its
righteous purpose had attained its perfect accom-
plishment. F •ance might

rb. nave suffered much in the
struggle, but the world would have been her debtor,
and posterity would have repaid her with interest."
We had three arrivals yesterday from Canada and
the United States. • The North BritOn,front Quebec,
at Liverpool ; the City of Baltimore, at Queenstown;
from New York ; and the Vanderbilt, at Southamp-
ton; also from New York. The three vessels sailed
on.the same day—Saturday, the I.6th instant. The
to hand contains several items of interest which
')e found fully recorded_ in our usual summary.

Business affairs were very quiet. Money was -easy,
and cotton steady, The demand for exchange on
r
London. had been somewhat better, andates were
`derbilt. and the City of Bah
fem,- in specie, - about two

more bring between t

We give some additional particulars of the fire
at 'the: London Docks. •It broke out in the
'morning in the brandy vaults, :and great fears
were entertained that the brandy would explode, and
thus cause great damage- Fortunately -the- fire was
li'under before any ser

tt_ explosions occurred. A
great
,number of men were - almost suffocated to
death, but they. have all recovered,. One of the men
engaged on the steam floating engine, fell overboard
and-iVas drowned. •

Yesterday, an investigation into the fire •at the
North Shore Mills -was opened before the. Coroner,
but it was afterwards' adjourned for a week.
The Globe of last night states in a leading article
that there are now vacant more,than 50 corneteies in
H.M. Cavalry; with about one-tenth of that number
to fill them. The cause of this is attributed to the
great expenses involved in the present manner of
living in the'eavalry. •

At a meeting of the West Derby Board of Guar-
dians, yesterday, a letter was.reid from Mr. Gough, the
n4-aster. of. the „house, in refutation of the
,eharges
brought against 'Min by Mr. Smith, a member of
the Board.

A report of the proceedings at the Medical Con-
ference, last evening, is given in another column.

most satisfactory -answer- to the article •of the
Journal des Ddats, which was quoted in the English
Parliament a week ago, and which is supposed to
have received official inspitation, is to be found in
their. own pages of. last Saturday. ThOse also
•...
amongst ourselves, who, with the best intentions;ure
disposed to scout the alarmist theory, and who based

then. remonstrances on the first article, will- receive
an opportune rebuke, for their shortsightedness, from

second. It is impossible to imagine a more

stultifying piece of inconsistency, perpetrated by the
frivolous or the untruthful, than this generally high-
toned newspaper has displayed between the begin-
ning and the end of one week. The only explanation

of an act of such foolish caprice, that it deprives .'the
opinions• of both writers of all moral weight, is
the multiplicity of authorship, and the occasional
irresponsibility of the chief for the articles :of his
subordinates. •

It was impossible .for an Englishman n th appioVe

the views of the first article, and to .admire much of
the spirit in.which they were conveyed. ..Deprecation
of war, Cordial alliance between., two great nations,
freedom for the progress •Of civilisation, anialgamation

of the different geniuses of two peoples for one

3,lustary and _cosniopolitan purpose, consciousness of

with still more lively7eonvietions of the

to such sentiments as these it is

not we at

ho prove recreant; it is not we

Ldea,

sympathy. ,-- Our

-arils were

closed, that of

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laid-u

) or ttu

ea into

merchantmen, that our regiments ivere di bail ed,

?roscribeit and hated colour. When

discernment as this directs the opinions of a

French paper, we might well commit to its advocax

both nations

No English writer could put

,ogether better reasons for preserving the alliance

between France and England

To judge fi.oin the

preciate thorn

than the French pee:

would 1

'fluotts to ask us. to acknowledg

the force of hi

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