GENERAL SUMMARY.

Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 9, 2 March 1860, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

[Abridged.'] The treaty of Zurich has been signed, sealed, and delivered. The next movement was the issuing of the invitations to the Congress by Austria and France. That preliminary having been at last effected, after some hitches, a week or so elapsed before the result was known. In the meanwhile it oozed out that England would )oin the Congress; and now that it is known for certain, the inference is that her terms have been in some form accorded. It is suspected that France is willing to concede to the Italians the election of their own Government by means of universal suffrage; a course to which Austria would offer no objection, seeing what universal suffrage has done elsewhere, and relying upon its agency for the restoration of the banished Dukes.

Lord Cowley, our ambassador in Paris, is to represent England, assisted by Lord Wodehouse, our 'present Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. This appointment of Lord Cowley has not been received by the country with that feeling of satisfaction which, at such a crisis, it was desirable to secure. His antecedents are not favourable to the expectation that he will represent English feeling with vigour and dignity. Having consented to enter the Congress, we should enter it potentially. . We should be there not to listen and acquiesce, but to impress upon other countries our views and convictions.

Why Garibaldi resigned his command is a mystery to us. Every now and then, we obtain glimpses of his unswerving devotion to thelcause of Italy ; and proofs come to us that he wishes the country to be ready for fighting at a moment’s notice.

To the Emperor Napoleon, who caused the alarm of invasion, we are indebted for its present abatement. His Majesty has issued a circular order to the Prefects, in whose hands the liberties of the press are deposited, directing them to check this ardent expression of hatred against an honourable ally, and to see that the offence is not repeated. There is now no longer any talk of invasion in England; but the defence movement goes forward with greater cne' gy than ever. Relieved from further prosecution of their raid in Morocco, by the submission of the marauding tribe, the Irencli are now ready to give the amplest support to the Chinese expedition.