Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-23 00:00:00

YOUNG AMERICA ON SLAVERY. (After reacling Thos. Colley Grattan's "CivilisedAmerica.") NUMBER SIXTEEN I am indebted to my friend, Mr. Gillilan, for a copy of that original work, " Dore," where the clever author, writing of the blacks, thus makes Jonathan " Unfortunate inheritance, I would you were all on the coasts of Congo ! For you, my children quarrel ; for you, false philanthropists become martyrs ; for you, the press of Europe studiously sow the seeds of dissension in my happy family ; for you, they dare bandy about the word Disunion, that its hateful sound may become familiar to the ears of those on our beloved soil who but lately banished the thought of it even as high treason ; for you, happy as ye are, thousands would see the land reeking with blood and ruin. Abstract principle bread from your mouths would snatch the ag well ats from the mouths of myriads more, to carry out ee you on the spot from bondage, to an idea—. make you the slaves of misery After admitting that slavery in the al wrong ; that he had no right to enslave his f man, Jonathan continues— the slave already, and if he hal, lost his c s of self-government self protection, by long generations of inhe people in the United States." British tourists from house, between tt stract is I a FIN very he.,.. Louis XIV. and the Duchesse de la, Val Were, or ifhis mask were velvet instead of iron." Professor Ampere, member of the Amdemie Francaise, was at Cuba and at New Orleans. He was disgusted with slavery, but saw " no more than the first day any practical means of immediate deli verance." He approves of amalgamation—l do not—Mu lattoes are physically inferior—although white blood makes them mentally superior to the black. The mulatto is vicious, untamable. He chafes in harness, and becomes a cruiser beyond .Rareyfication. Dote suggests what I have before touched upon—stop the sugar and the coffee—Charity begins at home. Two centuries hence he thinks that the world will say that " The greatest blessing that ever hap pened to Africa was the slavery of a portion of her America formerly spread before their readers a report of slave advertise ments. Not a hundred years ago they would have found as many as they had space for in the journals of London, Liverpool, and Bristol. Here is a sample, which I copy (page 76) from the History of Liverpool," in the year 1766: To be Sold by Auction, at George's 'Coffee hours of six and eight o'clock, and even of 3rited s er- vitude, or, indeed, which is more nearly the truth, if Yenever possessed such capacities, then I have a very great responsibility upon me, and commit a crime by immediate emancipation under a romantic idea of abolishing one." Still, speaking of his black boys, h€ " Ye compose nearly an eighth of my population, and, believe me, ye are happier than the lower eighth of any nation on earth " Could ye go over the world and see those sad lower eights ; yea, and in some places a few of the higher eighths, ye would thank God for your position. "My black boys, a book is yet to be written about tho: lower eighths which live in countri - whose highest eighths weep over your miseries as they weep over plays on the stage, which will make your blood curdle with horror ! Ye have to work, it is true ; it is our universal curse ; but your work is not harder than that of the majority of mankind, and, unlike them, you have no trouble or thought for the morrow. Ye have plenty to eat and drink have a k ind doctor and attention when ye are sick ye have a good bed to lie upon at night,. while that sad eighth of which I speak have either none, or lack some of these things you had seen, as I have, a cargo of your brethern landed from "My black boys, if kfrica on the shores of Cuba, you would think there was a great deal more difference between you and them than between them and monkeys ; beside them your faces shine with the superior lustre and intelligence that dis tinguish the white face when placed beside your own. it was a wi ked thing to take you away from your own country, but it has raised you infinitely in the scale of being ; it has made you less a slave than you were before, and it may yet be the means of elevat ing and redeeming your whole race. "My black boys, the world is full of misery, of which you can have no idea. Your greatest measures of human trouble being the pain of a whipping, najority of you never felt even, but may -4 not having known the Rwpets of ye do not even long for it any more Africa or Boston, or which the nave heard of, liberty, than y long to be in any other land of which ye know and never think. Then I truly think that ye enjoy life as much as at least one half of the human race. To be sure, a few of us look down from our high stations, and, placing ourselves in your position, wonder how ye can be happy, or, rather, how we , could be, under like circumstances. Judging in this way, every man below the king is miserable in the king's eyes, though happy in his own ; and perhaps that is a right belonging even to slaves —to judge of their own happiness. nothing boys, do not believe those your be "My black friends who shed most tears in your behalf. There are tears which assauge none, and there are dry eyes which wipe away tears. The luxury of tears is as necessary to man as the luxury of smiles ; and those with whom life is a continual sunshine seek this luxury as they do others, driving in carriages to enjoy it in theatres on cushioned seats, and with accompaniments of music, dress, gas, and suppers, might have had more real cause for whereas they tears nearer home. Or they view the stage at a distance of 1,500 or 3,000 miles, and the actors are black, and they perform their parts so well under the master direction of a Stowe that the amphi theatre of a world weeps—weeps in comfort at a distant for pity and succour at their doors, tu, Wii 1 - misery in every shape is pleading But tara ra ra la la go s the music, and ten times ten thousand )ric handkerchiefs dry crack goes the whip, drowning —the crack of that single whip,• at a distance of thousands of mil strikes" among drowning the groans of myriads of human beings, who can not be heard because they happen to be of .nd appreciate stiongl an unromantic color—white, and at an unromantic distance—near home, and because the audience don't go to the play to dispense charities, but to have a good cry. And you might say to this audience, How much untruth may be conveyed by an improper way of representing truth P And you might sug gest to them that, as life is not very long, it would be better to cease crying and commence doing ; and and that, since the relief of the misery of mankind is the grand object, at present, with all benevolent minds, it would be more systematic as well as charitable to begin with the most miserable first, just as a surgeon attends first to the wants of his most dangerously-wounded patients. But then, my boys, it would be long before your turn would A WEDDING IN GAOL.—On Thursday morning a curious matrimonial union took place at the prison in Gloucester street, St. Helier ' • the respected chaplain of that establish ment, the Rev. Mr. Lembriere, having, by special license, joined together in wedlock—" for better or for worse"— two inmates of that place —viz., John Small and Miss Cooper, the would-be Goddess of Love and Fortune. The bride and bridegroom are both members of the gipsy tribe, and are now undergoing their term of imprisonment, for having extorted the sum of £2O from a youn g l a dy o f thi s island, by pretending to " rule her planet," and promising to find her a suitable partner for life. Such an event, being of rare occurrence within the gloomy walls of the Gloucester street "Hotel," was, as may be presumed, joyfully celebrated by the (nn)happy pair. —Jersey Times. ympathiziug eyes, and I Sio .RCHIBALD ALISON ON STRIIIES.—In a lecture on the " Currency Laws," delivered in Glasgow on Wednesday last, Sir Archibald Alison made the following remarks upon working men : "I understand perfectly e cause of these strikes. I feel vil'of what the men complain of, and I am not at all surprised that they take this mode of remedying it. What I wish to impress upon you is, that of all mistakes that ever were committed by working men, the most fatal is that of striking. I know perfectly well that, in many cases, strikes are successful. When the produce of labour is rising in the market, the working men are entitled to say that they ought to share in the common benefit that is going on. But the great error they commit is this, that they think, by the same means, that they can prevent. their wages falling in periods of adversity, and all the great strikes which have produced such devastations in society have arise' from this cause. When the price of produce falls, as it has done now, the master is of neces sity obliged to lower wages ; if he did not do that, he would become bankrupt in the space of 'three or four months. Nevertheless, the master will retain his workmen as long as he can, because he losses so much by their going away. He will never stand out against a strike in the face of a falling market unless he is compelled to do so. If you strike when he could not pay you the wages you demand. but at a loss, you strike not in your interest but in his. He is too happy to be rid of you in such circumstances. Nevertheless, he will not hold out unless forced to do so. It is the same evil to a master if his workmen go a way as it is to a general if his army be disbanded. New hands are never half so good as old ones. The old hands, there fore, will depend upon it that, if the master reduces their payment, he does it'from actual necessity ; and the reason of that is, that the changes of the currency produce a fatal change in the price of his goods. Now, only ider what is the effect of these great strikes on the interests of the working classes. Why, the colliers' strike of 1842, in this county alone, did not cost less then £500,000. a T w h s, e nw s o t hw r ti i ic k ut: e of 1857; which was the conse quence of the monetary crisis of the year before, cost, in the counties of Lanark, Ayr, and Stirling, no less than •t'leosoe,ooBtor,ikaelsl oyfonwchoincllifiellel to o po d n o t a he th w in o g rking classes. In impos sible, and in the o att t e h m o p s t el t e o do which . wyholleihairseyir-swe what n l T o e s i Is subjected therecommendvictim t i s ocoa r ri e en s ab t tien p ot r h i v ae a sge t n t i o ngr n g s tle . a, your o e t s i . h ; Com bine against the I society,th e i, h e There is d no h a i master, r g e e fo r i e n merely of the currency laws, but to com ()oilman of Cant"' with you the whole of sense in the country who won't Join with you in the effort to make such a change in the currency laws as will prevent these fatal changes in prices, and, with them, /raps and profits." come ! Still, I wish ye were all in Congo, instead of increasing upon my hands at the rate of more than 'fly, or in more rapid ratio than any other race on earth, which at least shows how easy 70,000 anima your condition is " But I assume the responsibility, as my Jackson said. I will keep ye and tak e care' of yc 8„ until some one can give satisfactory evidence of being better able to do so than myself. If the world cannot take care of the poor and wretched now at their charge, what will they do when 3,000,000 more are thrown upon their charities ? - " So, my black boys, as long as you have a good dinner without the trouble of seeking it, a good bed, and plenty of fresh air, believe that your masters are your best friends; and after picking cotton all day in the field, don't go home and pass sleepless nights, making your brains as kinky as your hair in trying to decide if Philip Francis were really Junius, or if the an in icon mask was the son of NEGRO GIRL, about eight years of age, 'thy, and hath been some time from the Any person willing to purchase the above, may apply to Captain Robert Syers, Mr. Barkley Coast Hodgetts, mercer and draper, near the Exchange, ire she may be seen till the time of sale." Let me add another paragraph from the same page. " On Thursday, 12th of June, 1766, a journeyman- plasterer, in a drunken frolic, sold his wife 'to a sailor for thirty-six shillings and a gallon of beer, at an ale-house iu Rosemary-lane. He had been married to her only a fortnight. The woman, who see lothing loath, walked quietly away with her pur- In the same emed chaser, a fiddler playing before them year the slave trade was in full vigour chants in Liverpool were deeply embarked in it." Is not this horrible wife-selling law still on the statute books of England ? The same work (page 85), states that as late as 1800, the Liverpool docks were packed with slavers, most of which had painted on their sterns— The mer- ALLOWED TO CARRY THREE HUNDRED SLAVES The grevious extent to which the " merchant princes " of Liverpool carried this horrible traffic can be estimated by the statistics which I have given from the custom-house records. For every man, woman, and child residing in this populous town, three negroes lie buried amid the shells of the Atlantic bed ! For every individual in this great port, one negro has been landed alive on the planta tions of America ! Equal to one-half of the entire population of Australia survived, but thrice that number perished before the Liverpool shipowners realized their profits ! England administers the poison, and in a wild state of excitement sends for the doctor ! " Take the money out of his pocket," said Fagin to Smike, "but don't break the law ! " The abolitionists (like Sampson's foxes with fire brands at their tails), have seriously damaged the crop of good intentions that was growing up among the planters. Like a gasping fish upon the beach, abolitionism is making its last throe. The candle bursts out afresh just before the light is extinguished. The fever disappears, and the patient brightens a little while, before the breath leaves its temporal home,—so the Anti-slavery party, in their recent declarations, show evident signs of being u. lees—like a Liverpool pilot in a —they are sailing round and Aut,a tho « 801 l Everybody is partial to his own art, own books, own house, own country—so the Emancipationists love their hobby as themselves Every mother thinks her baby best The world declines being fooled any longer--the Abolition ostrich gains nothing by hiding its head under the cloak of Coolie emigration. The world is improving. Barbarism' is disappearing—canni balism is going out--mastodons -are of f the past--- ravenous animals are growing scarce---poisonous weeds and roots are hardly to be found---hogs are getting fewer and fewer---the devil himself has been deposed !---and I trust the day may not be far distant when the curse of Negro Slavery will be only a matter of history ! 0 THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1859 SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, WRONTISDAY, 9 A.M. THE CONGRESS. Geneva, London, Brussells, and the Hague, has been successfully mentioned at which the Congress will be held, but the Times believes that Aix la ChAppel will ultimately be selected. DEBATE ON THE REFORM BILL. The _Daily .Yews'says that the speech of Sir E. B. Lytton, on Tuesday night, was thoroughly successful as an oratorical effect, but it was not argument. It is a bold and haughty flinging away of the scabbard ; it is an avowal of the feelings and motives with which the bill has been framed. Sir Edward denounced all concession to the working classes as snbvertive of the freedom, the safety, and the honour of England. Once go below the £lO franchise, and you can never arrest your downward steps. Admit the working men by tens and twenties, and then by hundreds and thousands, and they will speedily force their way in. Their enfranchisement would be a fraud, and the general enfranchisement folo-de-so. The Morning 'Herald takes an entirely opposite view of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's speech, and says he boldly grappled with the absurd charge that ministers are afraid of the influence of the working man, and have not consulted his interests. The Post agrees with the Colonial Secretary as to the great object of the Government Reform Bill. It is intended to perpetuate the power of the middle classes. The Times rem - arks that, as the ministerial measure is more closely examined, it betrays more and more a wish to find in property a refuge from population. MAIL NEWS.—Much disappointment is occasioned by the delay in the arrival of the Australian January mail. The February mail may be expected at Suez four or five days hence, and the news by two mails may thus ; be received within a few days interval. RAILWAY NEWS.—An official notice, announcing a new issue of one million pounds East India Railway Shares, with the 5 per cent. guarantee of the India Government, caused a serious fall in Indian securities generally. COMNLERCIAL A considerable degree of iudicision prevailed to-day amongst speculators in the Stock Exchange. In the morning the announcement in the Moniteur of a Congress of five Powers caused Consols to be supported in an advance of about k per cent., but lower prices came' forward from Paris. A vague rumour was circulated that Austria declines to accept the proposed Congress, and the fall in the foreign Exchanges attracted attention. The consequence was a sudden heaviness in the Stock Exchange. Consols left off at the lowest point of the day, and per cent. worse than yesterday. The appearance of all the markets at the close was comparatively depressed. The discount business at the Bank to-day was upon the limited scale noticed yesterday, and in the open market a good demand is still experienced, but the supply of money has increased, and in exceptional cases transactions have taken place at a frac tional reduction from the Bank minimum. The bullion operations at the Bank to-day were unimportant, but there is still a prospect of further withdrawals to pay for silver on the Continent. The Foreign Exchanges this afternoon were in most cases decidedly lower, bills being in great demand, as a medium of payment of the enormous quanti ties of silver which are in course of withdrawal from the Continent.—Daily News City Article Tuesday Evening. The English Funds opened steadily to-day, at the im proved prices of last evening, and seemed likely to expe rience a further advance, but a number of speculative sales were made on foreign aceount, and a reduction took place, the market closing with a heavy appearance, on a report that Austria dissents in some manner from the propositions for a Congress. A slight increase in the demand for money likewise tended to check the previous disposition to buoyancy. Times City Article, Tuesday Evening. IS ENGLAND RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICAN SLAVERY ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—Having perused the letters which have appeared in your columns by, and in answer to, " Young America," will you permit me a word or two with respect to a matter which those who have combatted " Young America's " arguments have 6„ aavLilc. 141811.1.1acti 7.4.1 C (alai gel]. WILL being accessories to that which they brand as a crime and incessantly blame the Americans for. " Young America " has shown, most convincingly, that the English are the great supporters of slavery. No one, that I am aware of, has fairly met this charge. The English could, if they would only cease to play the contemptible part of busy . bodies e., attend a little more to their own affairs and dictate less to their neighbours), render themselves almost wholly independent of the slaveholder for cotton and sugar. If they would give the same care, attention, and encouragement to the cultivation and production of these com modities in India, which are at present, and have long been bestowed on opium, not only would cotton be cheap, plentiful, and of good quality, but there would be an immeasurably better demand for our manufactures amongst the nations of the East, whilst at the same time, by destroying the present high demand for American cotton, we should lower the value of the slave, and bring abolition within the range of possible realisation. - " Stop," says Young America, on Thursday last, " Stop the cotton importation for twelve months, and the price of the slave will drop the first yevr to five hundred dollars, continue the prohibition the next year, and he will fall to two hundred dollars, and keep it out of the country the third year, the negro would not be worth the nails in his coffin." England is voluntarily keeping up American slavery; she is, therefore, as guilty as those she so rigorously and continuously condemns • but she is, in addition, guilty of a trade involving equal iniquity, whilst it is characterised by traits more infamous than any associated with American slavery. The Americans don't force their cotton upon an un willing nation. Their cotton does not spread debau chery, poverty, idleness, crime and death amongst those who purchase ! At present it becomes us for very shame to keep silence. By playing the hypocrite, by a pharasaical assumption of horror and disgust of others, we only excite the anger and contempt. of those to whom we preach: I do not wonder for a moment, that with our treatment of the natives of India in view, and recollecting that despicable part our highest officials played in that dirty recruiting affair, and for which the chief actor received marked honour at the hands of our government, Americans should be excessively indignant with Mr. Grattan, and other writers of like stamp, who, ignoring the monstrous faults of their own nation, take every opportunity -- of holding up to the world the pecca dilloes and institutions of their neighbours.—Yours, AN ENGLISHMAN. BRIGHT I AND " THE " BUTTERMAN ! (Air—" Villikins and his Dinah.") Oh I 'tis of a famed merchant who in Liverpool does dwell, Who supply folks with Butter who want it to sell ; His name it is Kelly, you scarce need be told, Whose Butter is worth all your silver and gold. —Butter-li—Butter-li—Butter-li-day. Singin' As Kelly was weighing out Butter one day, In walks REFORM BRIGHT, and to him did say, Come leave your shop Kelly, and with me away, And I'll find you a place with no work and good pay. —Butter-li—Butter-U—Butter-li-day Singin'. Oh no, my brave BRIGHT, that wont suit my mind, " For to" cut my " old place" I do not feel inclined, So to you the good pay I will gladly make o'er, To serve England with Butter a year or two more. Singin'—Butter-h—Butter-li—Butter-li-day, That's a good noble Kelly—then John Bright replied, You're a " Brick," my " old buck," and not to oe bribed; So, in order your Butter to put to the test, Send me weekly, henceforward a ton of your best. Singin'—Butter-li—Butter-li—Butter-li-day MORAL Now all you who want butter, you know where to buy it, So never don't by no means be persuaded to "shy" it And as all want full value for their "tin," and quite right, Think of Kelly the Butterman, and Reformer John. Bright. No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders and Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS S. Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. KoonrA-MooniA GUANO.—The experiments tried with this manure appear - to have resulted most satisfactorily. We have before us a copy of a pamphlet which has been •issued, containing ample reports and analyses that leave no doubt as to the valuable properties of this new guano • and considering the present low prices of agricultural produce, this new fertiliser is especially beneficial, not only on account of its great merits, but from the low price at which t can he obtained, and which places it within reach of all agrlr.ulturalists. The pamphlet to which we refer to has been p:l4lted for gratis distribution, and may be had at our office. FOR FOUR NIGHTS AT HOPE HALL. R LRILMI2TAH, 15TH, 18TH, .1 0TH O N E S Further Particulars to be Announced. PIIE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, which contains upwards of 500 Models of the Human Frame is now OPEN, in the NEW HALL, 29, PARADISE STREET, LIVERPOOL. POPULAR LECTURES ARE DELIVERED EVERY HOUR. Open daily for Gentlemen from Ten a.m. till Ten p.m., excepting rgesday and Friday afternoons, when Ladies only are admitted ' - n , n Two till Five o'clock. _ _ Admission to hear the Lectures and see the Models—Gentlemen, Is ; Working Classes, 6d. None but Adults are admitted. STAR COMMERCIAL HOTEL & CONCERT ROOMS, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, (Opposite the Theatre Royal.) PROPRIETOR, MR. M. BRA.HAM. I MANAGER, MR. J. SIMMONS. IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE PRESENT COMPANY.—MiSs MAR GARET KIRBY, from the Glasgow and Belfast Concerts. Miss LIZZY HATTON, the celebrated soprano. Mr. R. HARLAND, the eminent tenore. The Management has great pleasure to inform those gentlemen residing out of town that Mr. HARRY JIN NINGS, the first comic vocalist of the day, will positively sing twice a night, viz., at half-past nine and eleven, in his popular character songs; and Mr. ALEXANDEItwiII perform selections from the most popular operas, on Collard and Collard's Patent Grand Piano-forte. Violin, Mr. SIMMONS (late of Evans's). Commencing every evening at Half-past Seven. ADMISSION FREE. GENTLEMEN ONLY ADMITTED, Chops, Steaks, Kidneys, &c., as in town. N.B.—The Com lA.VI waiuepat IS quite separate from 11w cuut.et t Rooms. Bed and Breakfast, 2s. 6d. London, Liverpool, and Manchester papers daily. American Bowling Alleys. NAYLOR'S VINE HOTEL CONCERT HALL, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET. The Hall where Laughter holds its sides. Engagement of ARTHUR PRATT, The Renowned YANKEE MINSTREL, who will each evening introduce his Original Characters, " lloop-de-doo-dem-do !" and " Jup-up-an-de-juba-jue !" Plantation Dances, &c., &c. MISS JULIA CLIFFORD, C OPE'S PACKET TOBACCOS Ranufastured by a patent process, which preserves the natural flavour of the Leaf, GOLDEN SHAG, VIRGINIA BIRD EYE, LATAKIA, HAVANA, CUT CAVENDISH, IN SIXPENNY LEADPOIL PACXXIS, Bearing the Signature of COPE BROTHERS and CO., Can be had at the Tobacconists in town and country; or wholesale t the Factory, LORD NELSON-STREET. &Ilk Ataustments. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE GREAT CHARLOTTE-STRZET. Proprietor Mr. W. R. CaPELAND. ear CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT of MADAME CELESTE, The Management has great pleasure in announcing that, in con sequence of the great success that has already attended Mad. CELESTE'S Engagement, she has been RE-ENGAGED for TEN NIGHTS more in order to afford the opportunity of producing the great Drama, written expressly for her, by John Oxenford, Esq., entitled THE LAST HOPE. THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY), the 23rd instant, J. B. Buckstone's Drama of THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Cynthia And ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline . (her original character) Madame Celeste. On Thursday, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Mysterious Stranger ...,.Madame Celeste ! Cartouche, a wild French boy. Madame Celeste ! ! Italian Prima Donna ......... Madame Celeste ! ! ! Polish Princess ................Madame Celeste ! 1 Young French Officer ...Madame Celeste 1 " And. ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline ..... Madame Celeste. On Friday, will be produced, a new Drama, by John Oxenford, Esq., (with new scenery, &c.,) and entitled THE LAST HOPE. Marie.. (her original character) Madame Celeste. With other Entertainments. On Saturday,—A variety of Entertainments, in which Madame Celeste will appear. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances comment at Seven o'clock precisely. Admission :—Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. ed. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Dress Boxes 2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, ls. The Box-office is open from Ten to Three for securing Seats in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which may be had under the direction of Mr. Geo'. Weston. gT. GEORGE'S HALL. The Organ Performances will be discontinued until after the Assizes. M R DAVID LOD G E, Serio-Comic Dialoguists. M R. TOM B E N N E T T, The unrivalled Comique. MISS TANCRED, The favourite Sentimental and Comic Vocalist. WINES, SPIRITS, &c. ADMISSION FREE EVAN S, FROM COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON The attention of Gentlemen is most respectfully directed to this Establishment, the VOCAL AND INSTKUMENTAL PERFORMANCES being of the highest order, none but Artistes of acknowledged talent being retained. TO-NIGHT.—ADMISSION FREE. THE AMERICAN HARMONISTS, IN THEIR CELEBRATED ILLUSTRATIONS OF NEGRO LIFE AND CHARACTER H. G. MAPLESON, Esa., TRAGEDIAN, THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN, Will give his Popular RECITATIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE, - And other Authors, at half-past 9 o'clock (positively this week only) Selections from all the newest Operas, by the most talented male and female Artistes that can be procured. EVANS, UPPER DAWSON-STREET (from Covent Garden, London), close to the Lower Box Entrance of the Theatre Royal. Suppers after the Theatres, as in town. PARTHENON CONCERT HALL, GREAT CHARLOTTE -STREET, LIVERPOOL. Proprietor MR. J. G. STOLL. NEW COMPANY. Continued success of MADAME LAITRANZA, And her Celebrated Troupe of Artiste!, Who will appear Ever} Evening during the week, in their truthful delineations-of CLASSIC S TAT UARY, Or living representations of HISTORY, SCULPTURE, AND DRAMATIC TABLEAUX, Immense success of JIM MUNDY, The greatest Irish Delineator of the Age. Immense success of Mr. BLANCHARD and Mr. and Mrs. WILSON, Duologuists and Comic Singers, Who as Duetists stand unrivalled in their mirth-provoking, side splitting, •seasonable, unreasonable, and never-to-be-forgotten Illustration of " THE DROLL PHASES OF LIFE." Miss ANNIE VILLIERS, The pleasing Characteristic Vocalist. Mr. T. KILNER, The celebrated Baritone Vocalist. Doors open at Six o'clock, Concert to commence at Half-pest Admission: - Body of the Hall, 3d. ; Upper Hall, 6d. KNIFE CLEANERS, TUE BEST AND CHEAPEST d lc ROWDEN AND GARROD'S PATENT INDIA RUBBER KNIFE BOARDS, are the only genuine ones. So at is Gd each, and upwards, in all the first-class Ironmongers' shops in Liverpool. Manufactory—FALcoN-sQuAak, London, E.C. ea-- Spurious articles of a similar kind being in the market, it is necessary to observe that the names of Crowden and Garrod are on the boards, or you may get a worthless imitation. All others are counterfeits. 78my14 ITELLEWELL'S I NDIA-RUBBER PEN HOLDERS, & 3, QUADRANT, PENCIL PENCIL CASES and INK STANDS. These LIME-STREET, pen-holders are light and elastic, and are 53, CASTLE-STREET. J a great boon to incessant writers. fIELLEIVELL'S NEW PATENT INDIA 2Sr 3, QUADRANT, RUBBER I.I 'WALKING STICKS and LIME -STREET, CORE-SCREWS; their non-liability to crack 53, Con£-BMEET. or break renders them superior to %IV other public Amitsnums. HENGLER'S GRAND CIRQUE DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 26. LAST GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE Doors open at Two o'clock. LAST NIGHT BUT EIGHT POSITIVELY. OPEN EVERY EVENING AT SEVEN A brilliant routine of Performance nightly up to the CLOSE of the SEASON, which will positively terminate on Friday, April lst. THIS EYZNINH, and during the Week, the Entertainments will be varied nightly by the First Troupe in the World !! This Evening, the Last Representation of the Gorgeous Legendary Spectacle of ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, As produced by Ducrow. Magnificent Dresses, new Appointments and Properties, upon which artistes have been employed for the past two months. St. George Mr. John Milton Hengler The Champion Knights.. Messrs. Powell, Russelli, Clarke, Cooke, Hogeni, and Wild. The Enchantress Mrs. Beacham. Princess Satra of Egypt.. ..Mrs C. Hengler. King of Egypt ........ Tom of Coventry (a Tinker, afterwards Squire to St. George) Mi. Frowde Sycorrre..... M. Bibb To-morrow (Thursday), Friday, and Saturday, March 24, 25.20, The Entertainments will terminate with THE S TAWUE BLANCHE. Mr. ARTHUR BARNES, the Champion Vaulter, is still re tained, and elicits unmitigated applause from every beholder. The Brothers CHARLES and STEPHEN ETHAIR will appear in their unmatched Gymnastic Exhibitions. These young artistes have, for the past four years, been successfully employed at the principal Continental Cirques, and will, no doubt, be equally well received by an English audience. _ _ _ The SCENES IN THE ARENA are varied nightly, sup ported as they are by the largest and most talented company in the kingdom. _ The different representations will be enlivened by the Drolleries and Witticisms of those renowned Jesters, Messrs. FROWDE and JACKSON, assisted by the Parisian Grotesques, BOUTHILIER, 8188, and ORIEL. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Stalls, or Reserved Seats Boxes 2s Od. Second Seats, Pit, or Promenade Gallery Half-price for Children under twelve, years of age, to Stalls, Boxes, and Second Seats. Second Price at Nine o'clock to Boxes and Stalls only. Eguestr,ian Directors—Mr. Felix Revolti and Mr. Wild. Acting Manager, Mr. Charles Bishop., Proprietor and Director Mr. CHAS. HENGLER, bitcaticrxr. AYoung Lady is desirous of obtaining a few Music Pupils, whom she will attend at their own residences. Terms, £6 per annum. Address wB, Northern Times office. 6m2s L IVERPOOL RIDING ACADEMY, FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ELIZABETH-STREET, PEMBROKE-PLACE. SADDLE HORSES TO LET. TERMS MODEBATE. OTTO SCHULZE. LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE, MOUNT-STREET. e QUARTER will commence on FRIDAY NEXT, the 25th inst., in the Girls' School; and on MONDAY NEXT, the 28th inst., in the High School, Commercial School, Evening School, School of Art, and Ladies' College. Prospectuses of the terms and course of instruction may be obtained on application. ASTRUP CARISS, Secretary, LIVERPOOL LADIES' COLLEGE. A Course of Class Lectures on EXPERIMENTAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will be given by Professor ELLIOT on TIMSDAYB and FRIDAYS, at Eleven o'clock, commencing on the 29th instant. Fee, El Is. per Quarter. ASTRITP CARISS, Secretary AIR. RICHARD GILLOW, Organist of St. Mary's Catholic Church, begs to announce to his Friends and the Pubhc, that he receives Pupils for instruction on the Organ, Piano forte, and the Art of Singing. Terms may be know on application at his residence, No. 40, Hope-place, Hope-street, Liverpool March 21st, 1859 R. A L L A GHER ' ... G VISITING TUTOR, 54, LONSDALE-STREET, CROWN-STREET. R. G. gives Instruction in the usual Branches of an English Education, also, in the Classics, Mathematics, &c. He can refer to the family he is about to leave, after an engagement of Ten Years, and to others in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, by whom he has been similarly engaged for several years. —The DANCING AND EXERCISES. Messrs. LOWE'S ACADRMY, 9, I...lington-gquaro, (near Shaw street and Brunswick-road), Liverpool. Juvenile Classes, Wed nesday and Saturday Afternoons ; Evening Class for Gentlemen, Tuesdays and Fridays ; Miss Milner's Classes for Exercises and Marching, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Schools and Families attended in town or in the country. Terms, &c., on application. The quarter commences when the pupils enter. THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. The principles of nature appear so simple, that many, consider ing them acknowledged facts, or undisputed truisms, do not deem them worthy of notice. Thus has been rejected the fun damental law, that the ear alone causes the tongue to move; for, had this been duly reflected upon, it must, at one period or another, have led to the discovery of the true method of teaching languages."—Dufief. TONS. RAGONOT (of Paris), Author of the " Sym bolic Anglo-French Vocabulary," and of the "Easiest and ortest Method of Learning French." The unsuccessfulness of the prevailing mode of teaching foreign languages is proverbial; and what other results can be looked for, when the teacher in general considers himself justified in disregarding the laws of nature so far as to endeavour to impart sounds by the medium of the eyes, and teach the science of a language before the pupil can lisp its simplest accents! With such a theory all human devices must necessarily fall ; and hence the numerous complaints of wasted time and ineffectuarendeavours, from those who have laboured in vain ; and the general notion that a language can be acquired only in the country where it is spoken hence the despair of many students of the French language of even understanding the rapid conversation of natives of France. All these deplorable consequences may be obviated by the natural system of teaching languages adopted by Mons. Ragonot. To carry out the sY'steiii in its perfection, it is desirable that several members of a family should take lessons together, much advantage being derived from numbers. FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS ATTENDED. PRIVATE LESSONS GIVEN. Terms for Evening Classes, El Is. per quarter, two Lessons a week Payable in Advance ~~f The " SYMBOLIC ANOLO-FRENCH VOCABULARY," Fifth Edition, particularly adapted for Schools, &c., approved and sanc tioned for the use of the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, in England and France.—To be had from the author. M. RAGONOT, and sold by all Booksellers. Mr. RA6ONOT, Jun., attends Southport on Wednesday and Satur day. between tie hours of 11, a.m., and 8, p.m. 115, Mount-pleasant, Liverpool. CALEB WALKER'S NEW INDIA Pffe l ct A ed by weand RUBBERee from dust. MATS, 42, South Castle-street CALEB WALKER'S G ENTLEMEN'S FISHING BOOTS, STOCKINGS, OVERCOATS, AND LEGOINGS. 42, South Castle-street CALEB WALKER'S A IR BEDS, LIFE BELTS AND PILLOWS, 42, South Castle-street. CALEB WALKER'S AVATER BEDS AND V V 42, South Castle-street. PILLOWS CALEB WALKER' S ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE CAPS, LEGGINGS, and ANKLETS, for_Varieose Veins, Weak Knees, and Ankles. 42, South Castle-street LADIES , CALEB WALKER'S' ' ABDOMINAL BELTS. 42, South Castle-street. CALEB WALKER'S B ED SHEETING AND NURSING APRONS 42, South Castle-street. CALEB WALKER'S INDIA -RUBBER HOSE PIPE, for Gardens, Agricul ture, Fire Engines, &c. 42, South Castle-street. CALEB WALKER'S el.-NDIA-RUBBER CARPET, Impervious to Wet, Indestructable by Damp, soft to the thread, and warm to the et. Well adapted for stone floors, carriages, and ships' use. 42, South Castle-, VULCANISED SHEET RUBBER, for Mechanical purposes, valves, socket and flange washers, packing, and all aaticles manufactured of India-rubber. • CALEB WALKER'S WHOLESALE, RETAIL, t INDIA-RUBBER DEPOT & EXPORT 42, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, Opposite King-street. RAMAGE'S SELF-ACTING VALVE VENTILATORS. RAMAGE'S PATENT PLATE-GLASS VENTILATORS. Sole Agent for Liverpool: CALEB WALKER 42, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. REMOVAL. GR. BELL, SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, TRUSS, AND • BANDAGE MAKER, From 4, Parker-street, to 59, RENSHAW-STREET, Opposite St. Andrew's Church. IMPORTANT TO STAMMERERS fiMR. STAFFORD, Founder and only Professor on Scientific and Experimental Principles for the Rratov.u. OF IFEDIMENT OF SPEECH, having been eminently successful during the last Thirty-Eight Years, as may be seen by his recently pub lished Pamphlet of Testimonials and Cases, which may be had gratis (by respectable families or individuals) on application to Mr. STAFFORD, 8; AVS(M.L-STREET (late of Alfred-street), LIVERPOOL. 11m24 CIGARS " TWENTY PER CENT. LESS" THAN THE VSVAL PRICES JAMES STEEL AND CO., 78, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL J. S. and Co. holding the patent for then nited Kingdom, and the only house in the trade alled to MANUFACTURE CIGARS BY MACIIINEIII . ... can therefore supply dealers with the various Brands at "TWENTY PER CENT. LESS" th the prices usually charged. TERMS-CASH, IF you Dine in Town, gy o llx PALATINE 25, CABLE-S,TREET. 68, RENSRAW-STREET E. HOWARD AND CO., 11 0 , OFFICE AND SHIP CABIN FIJRNI SIO A large stock of 11 104 Tables, Desks, Chairs, &c., made of dry well-season ed Always on hand. An Inspection is invitcd. IFITO PARENTS TEACHERS, AND OTI-Olt;log REDERICKBRIDGES, Author of " r b ,, re g 4 , made Practical," has returned to Liverpool, an„', s oA,' i NSELTED from Ten a.m. to Seven p.m., at 30, goy:ait:l:ol,V where may be had, Price 3s 6d, " Phrenology made F rac „to o Popularly Explained." " Phrenology made Practical" is the best work on O r ' . we have seen.—Critic. ........- , - irr $ GEORGE T URN AUCTIONEER AND ESTATE AGENT, D te i OFFICES--34, CHURCII-STREET , LIVEIII , O O . 0 0% 0 Sales of Household Furniture, Stock, Machinery, &c., 110 on moderate charges, and the proceeds guaranteed. A Der made. Rents collected. Executorship papers arranged• r op Houses, Properties, and Trades to be Sold aiilAt*l I) P E[ELLEWELL'SfrUL CA NIZ ED , ; I , l'i rf , °i . 2& 3, QUADRANT, V RUBBER Foot, D e "" l , 4 ; l4 ke. LIME-STREET, Airpump VALVES, Patent Si's sue/ 53, CASTLE-STREET . mos, including Crickmers ez Tu INSTITUTION FOR THE INS ANE) HAYDOCK LODGE,- iptE, ASHTON-IN-MACKERFIELD, LANCASII -- w it( Two Miles from the Newton Bridge Station on the ilia"' Liveool Railway. rpHIS Mansion is delig h tfully situated in a , - 4 , ll6 „ili e* ,idie lg4' spot, replete with every comfort and accommodau c l ii o v ing extensive Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, with Cons an .1 0 d Farm . The Medical attached arrangements are under the direction of A Pl'r and resident surgeon, with the attendance of a chaplai: Application to the superintendent as above. FAMLY ALES. "NVINE OF MALT," I or the pure genuine . fl ef o ll ef7 a s ' " Malt and Hops, brewed expressly for FarnilPei r and supplied in the convenient quantities of 4, 9, 141 1 16 casks. cli ol Address—T. BOLTON, Family Ale and Porter xer Duke-street. 'V/ 11 , 0 -Sr Light Light Table Beer. Dinner Al 38 6d 7s Od Light .oass's Bitter Ale. Burton Bitter, q Gall. Cask 7s Od 8s 6d 9 Gall. Cask l4s Od 17s Od Se- Delivered at Walton, Bootle, Marsh-lane, LinacreAid'' Litherland, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Kirkdale, WestD o Ash. Old Swan, Wavertree, Aigburth. and Town. ______./ Rich Ba' s ;(ilf l • 4 inner Ale „ 6s 6d pd C d r 12s 6d lussoclitio: Dinne., 4 Gall. Cask 9 Gall. Cask LoDa7 7 5 1 ( 11: 145 QU4N'S HALL, BOLD-STREET AATBENNETT, having made arr angements t l,c?t; Committee of the "Society of Fine Arts" foriofolv the Queen's Hall, during the summer months, begs t° friends and the public that he has NOW ON SALE, At the above Premises, a well-selected assort Men FOREIGN AND ENGLISH MARBLE CHIMNEY YIEC Together with suitable REGISTER GRATES, &c -.) &C and WORKS, , -, Or -BUILDI-" IRONFOUNDRY SIR THOMAS'S SHOW ROOMS, SIR THOMAS'S-BUILDINGS ADD :WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. " r oa HE 2 L 3 EZE D / T c, KNDAPSACKREScIVO V : S t ; LIME-STREET. CUPS, Silk POCKET S 1P1{0.14 'O D ,' 1 :7 53, CASTLE-STREST. Suspenders, Tobacco BaSs THE j 0 6 ' 1 NORTHERN DAILY 1 1 :, PRICE ONE PENNY' May always be had from the undermentioned New s — i T tr et e t'd. Mr. Feeney, 43, Jordan-st. T. W. Hall 37, Da le ijoa' r ; Mr, J. Wilkins. Conway-st. J. Phillips, 52, Market-st.,B'head. J T o . h C n °3 l 73 ti e g'll l , s T 9 lt G li r e e 4l t ,It tits ; 4l. Charles Duck, 279, Scotland-road. Mr. Ewen, Bootle 1, iolt to et• 93, Gt. Homer-st. Mrs. Ralston, 14, ?„, r et,_ J. Hemingway, Athol-street. Geo. Meyrick, 4," John Bathgate, 192, Park-lane. W. R. Knipe, St. 7 0. j„ E. Thomas, 105, Brownlow-hill. Mr. Shearson Par* • , N oc off Mr. Ormandy, Rose-vale. Mr. Harris, tirun.,- 4 pe Peter Benson, 341, Scotland-road. Mr. Wcstmore. reet. Ellen Pritchard, 89, Kirkdale-rd. Mr. Kearney, D al e4t t Y° . ann, sty Mary Mercer, 8, Saver-street. Messrs. Smith -- tree- 0 L. Duff, Victoria-road, Seacombe. , s t•Li Mr. Riley, Tobin-st., Egremont. Ditto, Tithe Miss Harrison, 1, Greenland-st. Mr. Davies, Christia ' A ot Mrs. Owen, 43, St. James-srrect. Whitechape l. , o tlo4 l , T. Todhunter, 197, Chester-street, Mr. J. Shepherd , 1, t• Birkenhead. Wilmer & Smith , - 409. Cast le a 0 4 Mr. Kirby, 54, Tithebarn-street. Mr. Woollard, ,t, Mrs. Martin, 107, Gt.-Homer-st. Mr. Vaughan, i r ° pen Mr. Whitney, 184, Falkner-street. Mr. Gresson, Soutil , e -s" Mrs. Barberry, 8, Byrom-street. Mr. Lea, Excha n a t , Mr. Potter, 114, Gt. Homer-st. Mrs. Riley, Morn Miss Thornton, 29, Park-lane. Mrs. Grice Mount-P4l. ' v ree' c e. W. Carlisle, 207, Vauxhall-road. Mr. Hughes, a - c -st Mr. Barstow, 56, Myrtle-street. Mr. Keet, St. Janie - It - re Mr. Reynolds, 36, Myrtle-street. Mr. Keet, Great G e s ° , o tl o ,',.,/ Wm. Backhouse, 51, Whittle-st. Arthur D or en, 10 2 0 . r i c e-"'" Mrs. Edwards, Gt. Ho ward-st. P. Dougherty, 3, CZ - 110, REGENT-STREET, / I)/ Are the Dental Establishments 01 MESSRS. G ABR I The Old Established Detati•s tB :o4 . s e. Who continue to supply their improved SIIADE.I3:I,' are„, TEETH, with flexible Gums and Palate, wit'd fro 1 p: without springs, wires, or any operation , a ' t beF",,;clc; flexibility of the agent employed, pressure uPon,. e reo,:f ti e remaining teeth is entirely obviated ; stiUnP arC 01 sound and useful in mastication • the matann" ls vet , 01 , - - .dcr, • I best quality, the workmanship of the first ox Gobr ie stpplied at half the usual charge, by Mess"' are manufacturers of every speciality 401 profession. ESTABLISIIED 1804. F TP. 0 , GABRIEL'S TREATISE ON THE LOSS 0 Tw o Fully explains the system, may be had nn_tP„ P C , sent on receipt of stamped env'" or ""` AMERICAN MINERAL TEE,T l %eir The best * in Europe, warranted to ret'„u 4 n A . from 3s. 6d. per tooth. Sc ts, apperte, DECAYED TEETH , Effectually stopped Fith the White EnaTem"ottac7,o Succedanium, prevents further decay and GP'', or fl or MESSRS. OLBRIEL'S PREPARED ' i nn Tt , .n PERCHA ENAMEL, for stopping DECAI?'„ - i a ced to ok TOOTHACHE. This valuable stopping ' thc • t• cavity when perfectly soft, and becomes hard ° the dee' l tcl. itself ten minutes after insertion, and relid eP r i iec member sound and useful in mastication• per Box, directions enclosed. u tri , f % Sod by all Chemists in town a nd co for t Or can be l had direct from the inventors :*.t i o ut 9 '" stamps. Observe thei r nam e on each B ex, none is genuine 0 a poWl ) 50 1- MESSRS GABRIEL'S ROYAL TOOTII is For_ Preservin . g and Cleaning the Teeth and Gauls,,,,D b° ,l4 by all Chemists in town and country, at ls. v"" .011J 4 ' MESSRS. GABRIEL'S NEWLY INV-E.,,-,TreT b w E e N h h i A c a llT o •e n L nd a e fo r p s r li t c h B a e r t m i :7 P o lm i : t d:, ranopudEgtedoAEnnotroccis-rnt-,,,,j31Pii. dom. Price per box, with directions for Ilse' , fl oc MESSRS. GABRIEL have introduced into successill` 0 rES P c ' S • THE ELECTRO-GALVANIC POd 11- -41'1° a for the painless extraction of Teeth, an a T O/ • • ari • tia MESSRS. GABRIEL are in atten dance all opera be consu on the of Teeth an d appertain ited ing to Dentistry, Loss at their establibhine ll r 0 0 Di elarl 34 , D U 16; -STREET, LIVE connected with DENTAL SURGERY *ZEZ— DIRECTLY OPPOSITE DPRRY-STREV 0 S 33, LUDGATE-H I L L, R/10 1, 01 4 — ll9, R te EGENT.:sTREE T, m ocie r6 --" & charges.strict Y of expel :e from tell t -,:•t:l,'. o lL''' ' I PIL - : , r / /1 1 DENT Ls ■ it k„, ~,,:,„ 1, A.v.z-e,;-14 . ' girl 34, DUKE-STREET DIRECTLY OPPOSITE BERRY-STREO2, n 0 $ 1 33, LUDGATE-HILL, ILO' A OCI % On the 21st inst., in her D o E th AT y ! i c Miss 46, of p ais is ow Litherlaml. ar. d • ter Died, at Edgewick, Foleshill, Warwickshire, nest so beloved wife of Mr. James Moore, and the Yo Thomas Dalton, boot and sho dealer, 42,1811 marl Dal'6o te I* o ft PRINTRD and PUBLISIIED C tatly - s Oxford-street, Liverpool, and now of golly -v e o f 1 . 0% ~ r o ts Aigburth-road, in, the Extra-paochial Plac.,stabliol'" at his General Printing and Stationery Soutl. John-street, Liverp Wednesday, ool. Marsh 2 3 , 1859' j A M E S B A N K S f CASTLE-BUILDINGS, .f. DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, Coatractor for Steam-engines, Machinery, Bridges, Gas Works, Tanks, in wrought and cast iron, wrought and cast iron Pipes, for gas and water, Iron Houses, Stores, Roofs, &c., &c. Mechanical Working Drawings, with Estimates, prepared,