Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGSTONE IN LIVERPOOL. to the west coast. One chief gave him twenty-seven men and fifteen oxen, abundance of provisions, as much as be could carry, and presents to give to the different chiefs through whos3 territories he was to pass. This chief, also, evinced much anxiety lest he (Dr. Livingstone) should perish in the journey, end blame be attached to himself by the white man. he said—" Now you are going into a country that we do not know anything ahout ; you are going among people whom we do not know. If ycu are killed by these people, will nct the white man put the blame upon me for letting you go into that country ?" He (Dr. Livingstone) left a volume of h s journal with this chief, and told him, if he did not return, to send it to Mr. Moffat in the sou h, and the book would tell that they had p 'reed on perfec,ly friendly relations. (Applause.) He went away, goir g, as the chief imeg ned, to the country rf the white man, whence all the fine things came. When the natives there saw a print from Manchester, they could not conceive that it was the work of mortal hands but imegined it came from some snperior being ; and the different native slave traders who had gone into the country had told the people that these things came from the white men, who lived in the sea. (Laughter). Believing them to be quite supernatural ptoductions, the natives readily believed the rest of the story. When he was going to the north, his men were anxious to pass him tiff to the be-t advantage, and, therefore, said he was a " real white man." (Laughter). " Does he come out of the sea ?" was asked. " Yes ; do you not see his hair how it is all straightened out by the water." (Grew laughter.) He did not much like to be passed off as a genuine merman—(laughter) but he could not help h:mself ; for always when he was out of the way the men pastel him off as a genuine he mermaid. (Great laughter ) In going to the coast he was simply following the people's own plan. They were both w .nting the same thing. They were both wanting a path from the centre of the country to the sea, but they wanted it for very different objects. He wanted it in order to introduce Christianity among them, and they wanted it in order to h ye commercial intercourse with the white men. Now he did not see why Christianity an I commerce should not go together. (Hess, hear, and loud aptleuse.) In msking down towards theses there was much to contend with because the tribes near to the Portuguese were all very unwilling to allow them to go to the sea. They wanted, in fact, to be middlemen. The people who came from the centre of the country were anxious to et gage directly in trade with the white man, but the border tribes always came be weed them, and said — No, you bring the things to tia we know how 'o sell the things better than you," and then they would have .all the commerce. The tribes in the centre were so anxious to have intercourse with the white men, that they fed his party and without payment. After they reached the Portnguesc settlements he c iree through a great number of forests, and river., and marshes, and saw that it was totally impossible to have a pathway for any four-wheeled conveyance, and en that account he resolved to go back from Luando to the centre of the country, and then try the opoosite side; try the large river Z emboss to see if it afforded water conveyance dowif to the sea. When going down, his men were told by the people on the borders that the white man was only taking them d3en to the sea, and as scon as he gut them there would wheedle them on beard ship, and there they would be fattened and eaten. (Laughter) But notwithstanding that, th y went boldly with him to the east. They told him abeut it, and he simply mentioned to them a circumstance which had occurred in the central country. A chief offered him a slave. He explained that Englishmen did not keep slaves; I that they disliked the thing altogether, and th-.t therefore he could not have her. The chid thought he wise die pleased with the size of the girl, and setna for one a head taller. (Laughter.) He declit ed her too; and then, when his men told him what the people had been telling them, he said. "Now you saw that I would have nothing at all to do with the slave when she was offered to me - You know that Englishmen are not like Portuguese in that respect We never keep slaves, and we never sell them. You saw what I did there. If eon have any doubts about me you had better go back ; I alone will go on " They said, " Ob, we believe you ;" but still they had some supicion, until they came down to the sea. When he took them on beard a man-of--war, and slowed them the guns, and the men our Queen employed to put down the slave-trade, and from that time forth all suspicions vanished. (Applause.) Dr. Livingstone then alluded to to an attempt made by him to export some goods on behalf of the natives in the h tenor; and described the result of an effort made for the first time by some t f the same people to dispose advantageously of their ivory to some Portuguese traders Ha then precseded to say that when he got beck to the centre of the country, the chief wanted a sugar mill, when be was trade aware that sugar could be got from the sugar cane, which is to be found throughout the whole country, and he commissioned Dr. Livingstone to purchase him one, giving him a number of tusks for that purpose. There were thirty tusks—twenty l large and ten small ones, and they were carried by 114 men. When, how.,ver, they got down to the east coast, their raiment was so torn that they were a'most naked, and he (Dr Litirgstone) had to exchange the ten ma 1 tasks for clothes and ornaments for them. He left the other tusks with the Portuguese, with instructions to sell them in case of his non -return, and to give the goods to the natives, lest they might be under the impression that he had gone away with the tusks and "boned" them. (Laughter.) On this side of the country, too, he found wheat as abundant as on the other The people also pro duced cotton, and used an iron rod to separate the fibre from the sod. The cotton did not seem to be good on either side of the country, but the land was fer,ile, and he thought that where acme was produced much more might be produced. (Rear, hear.) At Tete, where the Loangwa falls in - o the Zambese, he found the remains of a Portuguese station, and at one time they there traded not only in ivory and gold duet, but also in indigo and oil. When, however, the slave trade became brisk, the Portu guese sold their slaves, and soon their trade at Tete died away. Shortly before he arrived, there were only fifty Portuguese in the whole conntry, but the Portuguese g wernment had lately sent out 1.`,0 soldiers. The slave trade had annihilated all lawful trade, and now they could only find a few twittered coffee trees, al ch had not pro pagated on this side as they had at Angela, as a proof of the trade which was formerly carried on there. Indigo was also to be found rowing wild, and senna, and columba root, which, it was supposed, the natives need as a dye, and he was informed that they also made oil from the seeds cf a kind of cucumber. On the Highlands wheat was produced, and formerly the Portuguese produced a con siderable quantity at Tete, a large district of the conntry, these being annually inundated by the Zambese, as the planes of Egypt are by the Nile, and he was assured that in four months from the time of sowing, the wheat was about ready for the sickle. On the Highlands, too, about 5,000 feet above the level cf the sea, the Angora goat or an animal very much resemhling it, was to be found, but the great advantage of this side cf the country was the pathway, there being on the west side no pathway. They got a great quantity of ivory, beeswax, and palm-oil from Angola, but they might get a much larger quantity, and also a supply of cotton, if there were a pathway. Ihsre was no pathway there, and there was no prospect of one, for the Port ugese who went to the colony, went to ke a little money and then to return home. Their system was a military c ionisation, and they never could develop° the resources of the country. They nester carried their wives with them—they never became setters, as Englishmen, and even the governors went there only for a few years and sought to make FS much as they could in that time, in order that they might return h - me and spend it. some governors, seeing the eevantages of roads, had endeavoured to make them, but they were recalled before their designs were completed. On the east-side, however, they had a latga river which would serve the 1 urposes of a highway. He meant the river Zambese, the mouth of which was not to be found where geographers placed it, and from conversation with Captain Parker, and Lieut. Hoskins, who had alto visited the river when it was six teen feet lower than when he saw it, he believed with them that it was suitable for the purposes of navigation. It could be navigated for 300 miles at all times of the year in flat bottom boats, but above Tete, there was an impediment in the shape of a rapid. He did not see it, having had to make a detour when near it, but shim e the rapid, there were 300 miles more of the river which were navigable. At Tete, there was a large ceal field, no fewer than nine seams showing on the surface. He measured one seam and found it G 8 inches thick, the strata being first a quantity of sheal, then 10 inches of coal, then eheal again, and then 58 inches of coal, and below that there was water, beyond which he could not measure. There was no impediment between this coalfield and the sea, and the prospects of developit g the resources r.f that side of the country were mach better than on the West. His view was that if they could have free intercourse up that river to the healthy highlands, then both the commercial man and the Missionary could work from those highlands with out that less of lite which they had so often to deplore up the country. The people in the central parts were friendly, and the only difficulty they had was with the people on the banks of the Zambese. He himself found no difficulty in passing through them, and he found that they knew an Englishman even 400 miles inland— they knew that there WES a tribe of vbiternen who had a heart for the Meeks. (A e planse.) Ho proposed, on his return, to distribute a better kind of cotton seed among them, and to produce the impression that there was a tribe willing to engage in trade with them--that there was a market for their produce; and by that mesas to inspire confidence in them. There was a navigable river there, and the communication through that river would extend English influence. The Portuguese, he should observe, were remarkably kind to him, both on the west and on (the • ,st side, and he even carried letters of recommendation. i from the Bishop of Angola to t!.e Governor of M zembique The whole of the Portuguese treated him with the greatest kindness ; and he would now say to them, as he would say to the meeting, that the developing the resources of the country would benefit both parties. (Hear, hear.) Let them join. then, and do it. (Hear, hear.) The first thing that should be done was for the Portuguese Govern ment to declare the Zambese a free path to all nations. (Hear, hear) There was another product of the country ' which he might mention as being unknown in commerce : he meant a kind of flax named booazee. It was not eul ivated, but grew wild. The na hres made of it fine threads to string their beads, and the thread felt like catgut. He brought wish him a sample to Landon, and it was pronounced to be a stronger and fi ter fibre than flax. It was probable that there were many other things in the country that could be made remunerative as articles of commerce, and to hoped that they would le able to make the Africans feel that their interest mei ours were identi cal. (Hear, hear.) If they conducted their commerce so as to elevate the Imo/ le, they would be conferring a great blessing on them ; and be tad not the slightest doubt bat that in course of time, if the country were opened out, it would have a material effect on slavery in the United States. As Englishmen, they bad a right to sympathise with their brethren across the Atlantic, a majority of whom he did not believe to he in favour of slavery. They were anxiously working for its abolition, and they as Englishmen would be doing them a kindness to aid them. It was unfortunate, too, to bs depend nt for their supply of cotton on slave labour. It was not what Englishmen loved —they would much rather get their supplies of cotton from free labour— and now this discovery offered them the prospect of a riddance from that difficulty, in the course of time. He did not promise them that it would be immediate ; the process of development should be slow, but it would be steady and sure (Applause). Mr. T. B. H P , said that the duty of proposing a vote of thanks to Dr. Livingstone fur his very valuable statement had been assigned to him He was aware that it was usual in proposing such a resolution to state that a very easy and very agreeable duty had been assigned. He felt that in this instance it was very a agreeable duty, but not a very easy one ; for the st dements which Dr. Livingstone had ;nada were of such a valuable character, were detailed with such simplicity and truth, and con tained such important information, that he confessed he felt himself quite inaster l uate to do justice to Dr. Living store in proposing the resolution. In hare-g ne days they had read of African travellers; they hid read of Park, Clapperton, Denham. and a mUtitude of others, but he was much mistaken if the travels of Dr. Livingstone would nct be read with an interest at least equal to any of those to whom he had a'l ded ; (hear, hear,) and he might say. on behalf of Dr. Livingstone, that if the statement which he had ma 'e conduced at all to premote a spirit of enterprise and a spirit of research, havi , g for their object the promotion of Christian principles, of civlisation and commerce, he would feel him-elf amply repaid for all the perils of trarel he had undergone. (Applause) He (Me Hors fall) could dwell at much ler gth, were he to permit himself, on the statement with whicti Dr. Livingtone had favoured them, but he could not, assembled as they were in the Cotton Sales-room, pass unnoticed the very valuable statement which Dr. Livingstone had made in reference to the supply of cotton. He was quite aware that their friends in Manchester looked to India, and almost to India alone; and he felt it right to state that when it was his duty in accordance with :he wishes of the Chamber of Commerce to accompany a derutaion from Manchester to Lord Palmerston on this subject, the observations of the ee r utstien under his (Mr. Horgan's) protest were confined entirely to obtaining an additional supply of cotton from India Now, he had stated before in that room, a statement which he had repeated elsewhere, and he was confirmed in the opinion by the statement he had heard that day—that a very ample supply of cotton might be obtained from Africa. (Hear, hear.) They had learned from Dr. Livingstone that the rite er Zembeze was a complete highway through the centre of Africa and that abundance of cotton grew on its banks, and that it only wanted acme of that British enterprise, which had so often emanated from this town, to bring a consiAerable supply of that cotton to the mouth of Liverpool. (H.ar, hear) Dr. Livingstone had alluded to the necessity of obtaining a pathway up the Zambese, and he believed shortly after leasing Liverpool: it was Dr. Livingstone's intention to proceel to Portugal himself, and attempt a negoti ,tion for having that highway opened up. (Applause) Having made those few remarks, he felt that he should best consult the wishes of the meeting by reading the resolution conveying, in much better language than he could use, the thanks of the meeting to Dr. Livingstone, for the very interesting statement which he had made to them that day. The resolution was pre pared by a committee, and he was sure that it would be unanimously adopted (Hear, hear) [The hon. gentle- man then read the resolution, which was as follows : "That the meeting has heard with the deepest interest the details with which Dr Livingstone lies favoured them of his p rilous labours and persevering exertions is ex ploring the interior of Southern Africa ; that the meeting is fully alive to the g• eat advantages which Dr. Living stone's researches and discoveries in Central Africa are calculated to confer upon the interests of religion, civiliza tion, and commerce amongst the natives of these regions ; and in offering to Dr. Livings one their warmest thanks and acknowledgments for the favour of his attendance, and for the valuable information he has been pleased to impart, the meeting most earnestly desires to oonvey to him au expression of their ardent hopes that, under God's blessing, the arduous labours which he is now about to resume may be crowned with every success, and that his life may be spared to return to his native land to enjoy the fruits of his meritorious labours." Mr C. BUSHELL seconded the resolution. He eulo gised the clearness and ability of Dr. Livingstone's statement, and said that he believed in his heart that Providence had laid a duty upon England in this matter. He also observed that hal England developed the resources of India during the time she had been in indisputed pos session of that country, she would not now have occasion to lament the cruel maseacres which they heard daily were taking place there. (Hear, hear.) Dr. Lpaorasaerrn briefly returned thanks, and in doing so alluded to the fact that in the small island of the Mauritins, where sugar was grown by free labour, and for which guano bad to be brought from Peru, so much sugar was produced that it supplied one fourth of the whole consumption of Greet Bri'atn. He pointed to this to show what might be expected from a large cultivation cf sugar in Africa, where the crop was produced without any guano, cr manure of any kind, and with scarcely any labour. The Rev. Dr. RIFFLES moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor. MEETING IN TBE COTTON SALES' ROOMS. A meeting of metchants, traders, and the public generally, was convened in the Cotto❑ Sales' Rooms, yesterday, for the purpose of hearing et me accounts of the results of his exploringl from the celebrated African traveller, the Rev. Dr. Livingstone. There was a very crowded attendance, the room being quite filled. The chair was taken shortly of er one o'clock, by his Worship the Mayor, Francis Shand, Esq. Dr. Livingstone, who enter° I with the Mayor, was received with loud aprlanse Am t g the gentlemen on the platform, were Masers T. B. Horstall, 111. P , Charles Turner, Rev. Dr. M'Neile, J. A Tobin, S. R. Graves, Rev. Dr. 'taffies, T. D. Anderson, J. Tyrer. Christopher Bushell, James Livingstone, S. Horstall, Edward Heath, Jame' Smith, J. S Kirkpatrick, S. Martin, H. Glynn, Jsmcs Brown, Rev, G. Scott, Thomas Harrison, N Rayner, Cliffe, Crosthwaite, Jones Hatton, Cookson, Casey, Greenwood, Pops, Buchanan, & - c. &c. . The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, briefly apolo gised for having somewhat detained the meeting, having been engaged in what he thought about as degrading an occupation as any chief magistrate could be engaged in— the revision of the lists of municipal voters in Liverpool (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He they, in a few words, int oducel to the meeting the distinguished traveller who was about to address them. Dr. lovreesnoste, on coming forward, was received with loud applause. Ile said be should endeavour to give them, in a• few words as possible, an account of that part of Africa in which he had travelled. Most of them would remember that the southern pertion of that continent was of a conical form, and that portion, south of latitude 20, was comparatively an arid region. The amout of rain which fell was very small, and there were very few rivers, and not many Luntains. When Me Orwell and himself discovered Lake Ugami, they were obliged to travel through a part of the country called the Kallihari Desert, and occasionally obliged to go as long as four days without a singe drop of water for the oxen. When, however, they got beyond Lake Ugami they came into a totally different region . Lake Ugami was about south latitude 20 0 . They left the dry country to the south, and came into a well-watered region, where, instead of going three or four days without water for the oxen, he had been obliged to leave his waggons already at Liante, end travel the rest of the journey on ox-back ; fcr they had no horses in that country, and he was obliged to adopt the best means he could obtain, of conveyance. Ins ead of carrying water from Lake Ugami to Luandn, they never carried a single drop of water for a single day They stopped at water— they gee water two or three times in the day, and then came to water again in the evening The country having so much more water, was of course much more fertile The general shape of the country was a kind of elevated basin. When you went frm the sea cow inland on both sides, you gradually ascer dad until you got on each aide about 5,000 feet erbove the level of the !ea; then you descended s gain into a central' valley, sometimes about 4,000 feet above the level of the sea ; but the lowest part, down near Lake Ugami, was only 2,600 feet above the level of the sea. The rivers in that basin ran generally from the sides into the centre. They formed a very large river, called in some parts Zambese, in others Leeambye, sad having several other names, all of which, however, meant the same th7ng. "The River," in the languages of the different tribes who lived upon its banks. This was one part of the river system of the country ; but above, there was a small lake named Delelo, and there there sat another river system. The rivers ran from the sides into the centre, and formed another large river which flowed from the south to the north, and then away out to the west coast The small 'eke, Delolo, gave off a little of its waters to the Cong o, _ a river flewing away to 'he north, Z and a little to the smbese iu the south, nd thus parted its waters between the Atlantic and the Indian oceans. The part of the country where that lake existed did not consist of a mcunteinbus region. Instead of that it con sisted of elevated level elaine, about 4 . 00 feet above the level of the sea. The Zambese flooded the southern part of the c un'ry annually, exactly as the Nile did the valley of Egypt. The country, instead of being arid and sterile. as the country to the south of it was, was abundantly fertile. Philosophers imagined That the central part was a great sandy desert. They saw some rivers running in towards the centre of the country, and not knowing how they came out again, imegined 'hat they were lost in sandy plains. But instead of that, he found an immense number of little branches running into the Congo. Each of the rivers had large begs. The rivers did not rise in fountains, as some other rivers did, but in b Ts. There were, in the adjacent lands, dense forests of gigantic timber, and persons could only go through 'he forests by means of small paths which the natives had made for themselves. These forests were intertwined with large climbing plants, and the soil was exceedingly fertile. Although in elevated country, it was perfectly level ; sometimes one passed about 100 miles together, without seeing a single stone It was all a black, alluvial soil. When he went down towards the west coast he found a great variety of climate. On the top, ridge of the high lands, on the west there was a totally different climate from the country on the sea-coast. This was not known to the Portuguese, although they had been in Angola for about 300 years, and the judges in Portugal, when they wished to sentence a man to a very severe punishment, sent him to the interior of Angola. Now, it was shown that the very place to which they sent such men was the most healthy part of all Angola. The country admitted of different kinds of grain and other products being grown in it. On the high land he saw very good wheat growing, and he never saw anything so rank and luxuriant as the vegetation in some parts of the valley. When passing along. siring upon his ox, he was obliged always to hold a stick in his hand in front of his face to keep the grass (ut of his eyes. ': he grace actually toe ered above his hcad, and every morning, when he set out, the dery was s ill upon the grass, and he got one side of his body wet with the dew. He then came into a part abounding with all products. Cotton was growing in the central parts of the country as well as near the coast. When they came within about 200 miles of the toast they found cotton growing in very large quantitie and the natives making use of it. They did not appear to teiltivate it for any market—the only object they had in view, was to make sufficient as clothing for themselves, and to pay the tribute which they owed to the King of Por tugal, and which consisted cf cotton clothes, each cloth being about 6 feet long, and 3 broad. As the traveller passed along he could see the women spinning and the men weaving cotton, which was spun in exactly the same manner as the ancient Egyptians employed. The tribute from one district was about 1,300 of these cloths annually . There was no market and no inducement to cultivate, but every sort of prov:sicns was excessively cheap, and about 150 miles from the sea, he pa-chased a pair of wellington boots, made in the country, tor ss. Bd. When in that part of the country, an intelligent Portugese gentleman told if he had a few hundred pounds he would create a revolution in the commerce of the country, by purchasing up all the cotton the natives now produced, and then next year they would be certain to produce much more, and in the third year he would make his fortune The cotton might be seen growing at *lithe sleeping places, for the persons, as they went along, were usr ally engaged in cleaning cotton, and the weeds were thrown along all the sleeping places, and all about the huts, and they vegetated and produced cotton almost without any labour at all. At the time, he (Dr. Living. stone) did not know that England WFS in need of cotton. He found that all the people were anxious to engage in commerce, but they had no road or pathway down to the coast; for although they exported about £lOO,OOO annually in ivory, bees'-wax, and palm-oil, yet every ounce they produced was taken down to the coast on the shoulders and heads of men. He was of opinion that cotton could be produced to any amount there. There was indigo growing wild all over the country, and the people dyed their clothing blue with it. They did not actually make into indigo, but they simply put the plant into a vat along with the clothes, and it dyed the clothing blue. sugar-canes were also cultivated in small qnanlities all over the country, but it was scarcely ever made into sugar. The coffee, which was introduced by the Jesuits about 250 Jeers ago, had now propagated itself all over the country, at (lit - relent points. At the time he was in Angola, several new plantations of coffee; self-sown coffee s were found ; and all the Portuguese had to do was to cut out the small brushwood, and leave a number cf trees to shade the coffee, and there they had line coffee plenteticn a He found the coffee plant growing at one.place, ahout 300 miles from the coast. It had not been planted by any one, but was simply eelf sown, or probably by means of birds. That was one groat good the Jesuits did in that country, and it was not the only good. On going down towards the sea coast, he found a very large number of people able to read and write, which he found bad been taught by the Jesuits, prior to them having been expelled the country by the Marquis of Piomba ; they kept the knowledge of reading and writing to that day, and if they had an oeportunity of reading bike, he had no doubt they would eagerly peruse them. At present they had nothing but the "Lives of the Faints," and a few other unimportant books. (Laughter.) They all spoke with the greatest respect of their teachers—the Jesuits; and he believed these Jesuits must have been really good men—(hear, hear, and laughter)—and any one might see the fruit of " sir lab urs to this day. Now, when the Portuguese find it rather stiff work to go on with the slave trade coffee plantation ready for them, if they only est ways. (Laughter and applause.) The ~t 1 parts were all anxious for intercourse -4 they aided him in his expeditio The Rev. Dr. M‘NEILz seconded the motion, which was carded by acclamation. The Nnron having briefly acknowledged the compliment, the proceedings terminated. DINNER TO DR. LIVINGSTONR. Last evening the chairman, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., 111. P , and the other members of the African Association, entertained the Rev. Dr. Livingstone at dinner, at the Adelphi Hotel, previous to his departure to resume his researches in Central Africa. We understand, amongst others, the following gentlemen were present :—The Wor khipful the Mayor, Archdeacon Jones, the Rev. Dr. MN'eile, the Rev. Dr. Raffles, the Rev. Mr. Robb, the Rev. Mr. Towers, the Rev. Mr. Livingstone (the Doctor's brother) Colonel Bell, Commander Bevis, R.N , J. Aspi nall Tob'n, Esq , Thomas Harrison, Esq., Wm. Crosfield, Esq., Thomas Bonch, Esq (vice-chairman of the West India Association), G. II Horsfall, Esq , B. Dawson, Esq., Christopher Bushell, Ism (vice chairman of the Chamber of Commerce), Willism Hope, Esq , R. C. C,.osbie, Esq., E. Hatton, Psq., T. W. Cookson, Esq , R.W. Preston, E►q. (chairman of the Wine and Spirit Association), Lloyd Rayner Esq. (chairman of the General Brokers' Associa tion), James Esq. (Cotton Brokers' Association), Scc , &c., &c. BOYS' CLOTHING ' , FADE WITH GRFAr TASTE, at LEWIS an COMPANY'S, itanelagh street. RETMs:ING TO I RET AND. —A correspondent of the - Bowen Post, not:enz the contemplated claAitg of the fHc'cries a , Lowell, Mass., says that duri;g the fait month more than seven hundred of the I ish population have purchased return tickets to Liverpool, attracted by the improved and improving state of cgriealtural interests in I e Emerald We. " My dear," said an rffeetionate spouse to her husband, "am I your trea.ure ?" " Oh, yes !" was the cool reply ; " and I wculd yillingly lay it up in heaven." A Wean Forrgosern.—Some of t' - e paws a-e lecturing women upon the extrav;:zance in dress, and adviaing them to retrench, especially during the present financial (=Eli ctilty. Doubtless there are many cases of unwarrantable erravagaLce in this way ; bat do people ever consider tha' two or three gla: sea of brandy and half a (lc z - n regalias indelg , d in gaily by a man, to say nothing of five and ten dollar dinners, amonst to more in a year tha would be required to dress a woman up •0 the full rquirernents of fashion? Much of this talk about the extravagance of women is nonsense. They are almost urirorsally careful, and 'nary a tracer would to-clay bare been safe and sound if he hid lis'etcd to the prudent counsels of Lis wife, rather than the reckltss promptings of his own ambition. It is natural for mean men to en'eavOur to shift the responsibility of their folly to o her shoulders, but it is rathcr tco mush to charge a commerci ri - velsion lika this upon out's wife and daughters.—New York Paper, Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Twenty T4lit LEWIS Ss COMPANY. Uanalaik-streq THE NORTHERN TIMES.L-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1857. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERD •Y. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. THE Waorena Mas.-131.ttcetive-officer Kennedy, (alias the "general') charged two well dressed persons, named Thomas Pollock of Mount Vonon-ror d, and Peter Cornice of Recce-street, with having watoulte d him. The "general' was out on his rounds cn Monday night, and when in Ranelagh-place, he tvr , s accosted by a young female, who solicited him to give her a drink, the " general" not only does not drink, but discourages it in all war, as he concludes it is one of the corner s'ones of all evil, and he frankly told the applicant so, but instead of thanking the rival of Gough and Neal. Dow, for his moral aeivice, she gave him a ' c!out" on the back of the neck, which knocked off his hot, and nearly made him come in kissing proximity to his m Vier earth, or t.is cousins the paving stone'. Having, with antelope agility, regained his chapeau. be took the girl, with his usual pol:teness, into custody, informing her, is as urbane language as he was capable f comm aiding, that he was a poi :cc-officer, bat of cour e she did not believe bim, and called on a crowd, that had celleeted, to rescue her from the "Philestine." The prisoners interfered, and rescind the girl, who went shou ting awl in triumph ; hut the " general" was not to be " done," and he wiz d the prisolurs, and held them unlit an officer in uriform came up and assisted him ; and after a sharp struggle, they were arrested. The prisoners pro duced a witness in their fav•lisr, but Kennedy said he recognised him as one of the crowd who assis'ed in the rescue of the girl. The witness slid he did not know Chet Mr. Kennedy was an officer at the time. The prisoners were ordered to stand down for The present. LazukTr —A young woman, named Ellen Lawrenson, was charged with he:tin, posses,:ed of two bocks—one, " Col ridge's Table Talk," the other, a smoll copy (in Hebrew) of Psalms. She offered the books to Mr. Lastly, of Shaw's brow, who stoppel her, as she could not tell where she got them. In reply to his Warship, the girl said, the Hebrew book was sent to her aq a present from Australia; and the other, she piced up en the road near the Old swan. Mr. Mausfi : are yn a .;ewers? No sir, lam a Church of Englsnd. Mr. ilansfiell : I dont ereit your story. Remind her. ALTERING A SAILOR'S CERTIFICATZ.—James Disper, a sailor, was brought up by S :perintenda.nt Murphy, of the Sailors' Home, on a charge of having altered a certifi cate, with the v:ew of ohtaiaing a ship. Mr. Tyrdill appeared for the Board of Trade, and said he had rectived a letter from the Board, directing him in all such caw, to prec , ed beforo the magistrates for summary ecnvictions. so that in fu:ure he wou'd not have to esk for a , y remand, as at present, until be could hear from the Board. He would ask H s Worship, in future, to fix an hour for hearing such eases, as the time cf the officers of the Sailors' Home was very valuable, and it would be great convenience if an hour coald be named for their attendance. His Worship axed twelve o'clock for the 'rearing of such cases. In the present instance, the prisoner to k a certifi cate be'onging to his brath - r, whose name is William, arid erased that name substituting his own, end thus pre senting it as his. This was eiservered, and the p isoner was given in custoly. Ho admitted to Mr. Mnrphy that be had ehanvd the name in older to get a ship vs he ml; out of employme)t. He was fined £2, and £4. 108. co ts, or to be imprisoned fo- two months. THE " PARTHINCN," IN GREAT CH AVLOTTE STREET.— An application was made on Saturdcy, for a warrant to arrest and hold to bail, John George St. tt, the owner of the above house. A report of the case appearel in Monday's paper. The application was renewed yes , erday, as the formal notice had hem served on Mr. Edward Feltma, the parish corstablp, who was appointed to the office bay years ag-. This using proved, the warrant was granted. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT AND THE ORANGEMEN. The effects of the Chancellor's missive to Lord London derry aro already made manifest by the submission of one of the factions which for some months past had lent its aid towards kindling the flame of religious discord in the capital of Ulster. The Belfast gun club has laid down its arms. A meeting of the members was held on Thursday night, when, after some discussion, the follow ingresolution was adopted :--, 'I hat inasmuch as this club was established srlely for mutual self defence against the attacks of Orange rioters, and as, on the appeal of the peaceful portion of the population of Belfast, an investigation has been held into the causes of the recent riots which disgraced our town ; at,d as, fcriherrnorc, the Government have, through the voice of the Lord Chans.ellor, pronounced condemn:,tio❑ on the trange system and its leaders, the cause of these disturbances, as dangerous to the peace of society. we, willin; to believe that the anthoriti,s will afford us henceforth suffi.ient pr tection for our lives and properties, do hereby dissolve this se•f•defensive society, and throw ourselves on the Executive for that protection to which as peaceful citizens we are en titled. The Bel fast Mercury, a temperate Protestant journal, referring to the Chancellor's letter, says : In our pap.r of the 29th ult. we noticed Lord Enniskillen's examina ion before the Government Commission, which fully proved the uselessness and naschlevott tendency of the Orange Gintedera tion, even on its new and improved organi,,ation. It is, undoubtedly, the duty of the Government to discountenance such a confe ieration, and the rule now announced by the Lord Chancellor is only the rev,val of one that was formerly in force. If the heads of the confe deration acted sensibly and in accordance with the spirit of the axe, they would forthwith d s=olve as institution that has outd,ed all practical utility. It only now tends to perpetuate part] animosities and keep alive b.,d passions. BEFORE MR. BFNN AND MR. GLADSTONE. CAUTION TO PAWNIIROXEIIB —M r. R. Roscoe,. as ha keeps a pawn- flice in Scotland-road, was sammoned before the Bench, for Ravin; taken a pledge of a lad u-.der twelve years of ale, contrary to the act of Paha merit. A female named O'Hare, stated that her hoy, who was only ten years of age, haft taken a coat from the house, and had pledged it for eigh", shillings, with which, he had bought a pair of clogs, and had spent the res' of the moni, The boy was called, a d he stated that he had pledged the coat, and that the defendant had taken it of him without aslCng any question. The defendant ad mit-el that be had taken the coat of the lad, and stated that he had done it in the hurry of -business on the Saturday night, when the shop was fall:of customers. He adadttcd that he had made a m's`ake, but any person might have done the sate with the boy, who, in fact, look"d much oiler than ten years. Mr. Clough was called, and.. he stated that be bad never heard any complaints against the deftndan. ; consequently the magistrates dis missed the care. but eau-i toed the defendant to he more cautious in future, and not to take pledges from chi'thorn; if be did, he might rest as , ured, that after that w..rning he would be fined to the fullc.t kztear. BOYS' CLOTHING MA TE WI 111 GREAT TA`ITE AT LEWIS and COM PA NY'S, Ran el agh-street. CORONER'S COURT. Yesterday. the Corone-, P. F. Curry, EN held the fullowing inquests : On the body of Martin Fry, a labourer, who resided at 30, Blenheim-street. The deceased was working at the north end docks. and, by accident, fe'l into the river and was drowned. Verdict accordingly. On the body of Isaac lien‘haw, of 42, Brownlow-street, who was found with his throat cut in his yard, on Sunday morning The evidence was the same as already published, and the jury found a verdict of " tempo, ary insanity." On the body of B3win Threlfall, a shipwright, 29 years of ego. who was killed at the Clarence Graving Dock, by a f.ll into it, in oonsequence of broken steps. The jury, in finding a verdict of accidental death," wished the Coroner to place the matter before the proper authorities, which he did in the followirg document :—" To the Chair man of the Dock Committee. Sir, at an inquest held this day on the body of a man named Threlfsll, who was killed by falling into the Clarence Graving Dock it appeared in evidence, that the steps of the dock are sadly out of repair, and is a very dangerous state, and that the death of the man, was to be attributed thereto. I beg to call your attention to it." On the body of Margaret Wells, 48 years old, who died in a court off Collingwood-street. It appeared that the deceased was an inc'rrigable drunkard, and died whilst in a state of intoxication. Verdict, " died of excessive drinking." BOYS' CLOTHIwO 1I IDE WITH GRE kT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMP NY'S, Runslagh-street. LIVERPOOL BANKRUP TCY COURT-YESTERDAY. BEFORE MR COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. In re J. DOETERTY.—Tee bankrupt was extensively engaged in the corn trade in Liverpool. This day was fixed for his last examination meeting Mr. Lowndes appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Gregory for the bankrupt. Mr. Lowndes said, that His Honour would recollect that an account had been furnished by the bankrupt, showing the shipments made to his brother, James Doherty. The official assignee had endeavoured to ascertain whether the bankrupt's books corresponded with those shipmen:s, and bad discovered very large discrepancies His Honour asked in whose favour they were? Mr. Lowndes replied that they were against the estate, and to the extent of 233,700 bushels of corn. He therefore begged that an adjournment might take place, to enable the assignees to examine more fully into the matter. The bankrupt objected to long adjournment, and observed that the discrepancies could he reconciled in three hours. The examination was adjourned to Friday fortnight. BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY. In re SAMUEL BUROE. , S —The bankrupt was a Falt manufacturer at Nantwich. Thin was the last examination meeting, but no bal.nce-bheat having been Mel, it was adjourned. In re W. JONFS —The consideration of the certificate in this case was further adj,urne,l. At LEWIS & 011PANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOI'IIED from the Ages of S.x to T.V;;IILI THE ICATIONAL licant - A.TroN.—The national solemnity of last Wednesday aas observed is a manner creditable Co the people, of thiF. country. From the aspecti of ,he towns, from the reports of the prcc edings in the various churches —and it is a modern press alone that could give such a s)neptical view as we now harc—we learn that an unani mity prevailed in the language o' the pastors, and in the demeanour of the people, pedlars unparalleled in our recollection, In so vast a &id there must be some diver city, but the strikit g char; ctcri,tic cf the pulpit discourses was the acc , rdarce of each with the gereral tune. Party feeling was aqcfte'her et aside. The preacher spoke fur his chu-ch and for his country, and forgot those political eistinetions which so rare ly enter the pulpit without lowering it. Upon the whole, too, although the uniyer!ial feeling found a strong expression, there was a very striking mod , ratior, whether in judging the conduct of . these whthe lathes may have exposed us to these frightful disasters, or even our baibsirian enemies.—Spectator. At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Renelath-street. BOYS are CLOTHED in the Agee of 81z to Twenty Team STEAM-SHIP DISASTERS. The appal'i-g loss of lice on the Central America, has to parallel in the annals of American steare-;hio n , v'gation. The nearest approach is the dieaster which betel the steam ship Arctic, on the 27th of September, 1854, by which something like three hundred and fifty lives r, ere lost. The steamship San Francisco, belonging to the Pacific Steam-ship Company, which fcundered in the .Al.l:l , ,tie ou the 25th of December, 1853, was lost und,r ciicurnstancrs similar in many respects to tha dis•Ater which has just occurred ; but the number of lives sacrificed was in ~ ch less —n ,t varying far from two hundred, including 150 U.iit.ed S:ates t-oops. Taki g a retrosneet, with a view to recount the various cltastrop;fts which have b.fall n ocean steam-ships owned in or trading with the United States, we find that the fol. lowirg hive Ikea entirely lost : Name. Fate. Valua'ion. Presi tent-- --- —Never heard 0f...........d015. 550 00.1 Co!umbia. C ty of G1a5g0w...... Never heard of Humboldt. hands saved.... City of Philadelphia—All hands mad . 300.0 - 0 Franklin .............All hands saved San Francisco.. A few saved.. Arctic PACifk. .............Never heard 0f.... ......... 680,)•0 Tempest........ • .... N ever heard 0f.............. 300.000 Central Aerica .. A few . . . *l4O,OOJ 42,250,000 * Exclusive of about 1,600,000 dole. in specie. If the cargoes were included, these figures would be more thin doubled, The President was 'lost in the year 1811 ; no one knows how or where. The Cohunhia, in nau heel phrase, "broke her back " on the rocks on the on the American shore of the Atlantic, The Ci'y of Philadelphia went t) pieces on the rocks ncar Cape Race. The City of Glasgow sail,-d from Liverpool March let, 1854, and was not afterwards heard of. The Great Britain came near being included in the list, having lain ashore for some months at Dand , um Bay, coast of Iceland, but is now engaged as a transport for India. The Franklin and Humboldt went ashore and broke in piec3s— the former on Long Islane, and the latter near Halifax. The Arctic and Pacific were lost as already recorded. The iron steamer Tempest, measuring 1500 tons, sailed from New York Feb. 12, 1857, with a crew of from 35 to 40 men, and was never heard from. On the Pac lie, several fine starners have beer los', g.nerally of a smaller class. The Independence, for instance, was toolly lost, with 120 lives; and the Tennesee, St. I ouis, ant Yankee Blade, Winfield Scott, and others, become to'al wrecks. English st , am , rs, in waters con igious to the United States,!have fared little better. Withia a short time we have to record the loss of the fine iron steam-ship Canadian, on the St. Lawrence; also the steam-ship Clyde, and several steamers in the Wst India Islands. A calculation as to the number of lives lost i❑ these steamers make a total of about 1700. This loss being irre,rarable, no c msolatioe can he derived from the fact th. t a large proporiion cf it might have been prevented by a division of these ships into compatments by water t;ght bulk-heads; but there is opportunity to make the adop ion of such a means of safety compulsory upon the owners of all sea-going steamers, and thereby doing much to prevent the recurrence of catastrophes such as we too often have occasion to deplore.—New York Journal of Commerce. Zzcia.ivaly f u CLOTIIINU 130 YS 1T3132 Six to Twenty Tears LEWIS & COMPANY, Ranelagh-street. A TowN wore:tour A NAME —Your correspondent of last week, "A Taxpayer of Forty Years' Standing," lives in the most populous borough in England, containing the longest, the broadest, and what might be made the hend somest street in England, running in a straight line completely through the borough. But the borough, though containing half a million of people, has no name of its awn as the other metropolitan boroughs have. Though it contains the richest port in the world it has no corporation of its own and the great street, like the borough, has no name, being in ore pace called " Whitnhepel High street," in another "Mrle•end-road," and the borough distinguished by the patchwork appellation of the " Tower Hamlet'." If this borough were incorporated, and a acme given to it, property would rise in value, and the state of things mentioned by your correspondent would seeedily be changed. The corporation should cene'st of a mayor, recorder, aldermen, and portmen. I might mention, inci dentally that seven of the largest, if not the handsomest, churches in London are within these liberties—vis e Hackney, West Hackney, South Hackney, Shoreitch, lometionse, Spit dfi Ids, awl one which has five towers.— Correspondent of the Builder. PARIS Com:deem—The movement of affairs con ri to be satisfactory in most branches of industry, but trade is a good deal hampered by the scarcity of ready money. Manufacturers who have delivered goods at three mouths' creeit fled that they can scarcely get a cash pay ment on account, and ere forced to trice bills, which it is very difficult to get discounted. Those who are the most hostile to the Bourse and speculation, are now obliged to admit that the tightness which so much checks the development of business is due in great measure to the depreciation cf the rente and railway shares. There aro few tradesmen who ere not holders of rente or shares, which they bought at high prices, and could not realise without great Ices. A rise would free a great deal of tied-up capital and would necessarily react favourably upon trade. At the begining of September, when the Bourse was better, the good eff cts upon trade were very perceptible. The facilities of communication offered by the railways enabled the provincial tradesmen to keep their stocks lew, and renew them frequently. They thus economised their capital and were enabled to invest in the rente and in rai'ways, reckonieg that they could convert their securities into cash whenever they pleased But the fa'l at th; Bourse has oripeled their resources, and mmy of , 11 in, rather than realise a loss, prefer to res'rict their business and wait for bile becoming due. OPENING OP A DAY DOCK IN WE MAURITIUS The 13th of July was signer Eel in the Mauritius by the op n ing of a vast dry dock, and all the Elite of the inhabitants assembled to witness the entrance therein of the Northern Light, a vet-sel of some 1,600 tons burden, The weather was favourable, and by two o'cleck the seats reserved for •he ladies at the beck of the basin were all filled, and the large vessel moved majestically to the place destined for her, the sailors aioging their usual song as they warped her in. The door of the basin was then shut, and the pump set to work; all this occupied about an hour. The ladies were then conducted to a splendid collation prepared under the vast open building with its domed iron roof. Covets were laid for 200 pe'sons, and after iced ckampege e and other wines had freely circulated, Mr. P. rose arid proposed "The Health of his Excellency Sir James Macauley Higginion ;" Sir Jetnes, in reply, obser ved that they had that day bad an opportunity of witnessing a most interesting ceremony unprecedented in the a n na l s of the Mauritius,—the opening of its first dry deck. It *as an epoch in the progress of the capacity of th e p ort for the building and rcp.ir:rg of ships, and offered increa sed facilities to commerce which the future historian of the colony would mot fail to prominently record. The undertaking (as observed by Mr. Wiehe) was one rot only of colonial but of national irnpertance, end reflected great credit on all concerned in it, wh e th er it were t h e enterprise that projected, the energy and perseeeraece that conducted it to a successful i ssue , or t h e skill and science of the engineer under whoie direction this work had been so satisfactorily executed. The health of Major-general Hey, the patron of the dock, and those of Lady Macauley Higginson, and the ladies, were afterwards drunk in bum pers of claret, and the ladies then retired from the dais. The dock was planned by Mr. T. Hounslow, end the design carried out by Messrs. Fry end Blondeau. The dimensions of this, the first graving dock cons'rusted in the Mauritius, are as fcllows—vie., Lergth of keel, 250 feet ; entrance, 48 feet ; width Inside, 68 feet. The basin way be lengthened to 300 feet, and larger if found desirable; but in the latter case the Government would have to make a concessieu of lend. The same week was signalized by the laying of the foundation stone of a new Protestant Church at Pamplemouse. At LF.WIS & CO H PANT'S, Eanclagh-street. BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agee of Six to Twenty Yea' A LAY SERMON. hd OPP " Take therefore the talent from him, and give it na - , sato vga bath ten talents;-and cast ye the unprofitable servant ' darkness." The life of a nation or of a nation's policy by an Allwise Judo° with unstinting, hand hope anti :g o o of goldenma r their totteringc ee apgi To n o fa b n o c t y h , b ra e ; fi r :1 8 r a e l a t s Y t e eh rui ne o t e i i : d f a e epo tlieiri ol l : e. remorse and despsir, as they have attained or COrn e ..,1 0 ; the great purpose of existence. This is an universal I L hold/ 117 - 4 holds good f all nadons and of all men. their internal religions life still more than of theitas7oo political acts. alike shall be known tree n the hy ,lt gull . fht . ll ri s: t i ) t n lie; m l° p ni re i l s n ;. " 0;1 1; the train of thought carries our minds with a lightni n g_ os essis a great peninsu'a many thousand miles away across tcve and bids us review the iefancy, the youth, a nd thertirnebeg for mighty empire which England has establishe d and 3 ;ALPO more than a century in those regions of that gorge° „ d all ey stop at the prime; the weakness of age has not as_ait e r ape r end, if we fall under our calamities, we fall lilac I , n cf er) f,ssis i pitch of pride, burled down in the full vigour of strength. 'Twere long to tell how, little by little' gook small factories on the banks of the Taptee and th e ire w i l ls; buds at first of little promise, expanded into an "' lli a astslia would have excited " the envy of Alexander and A u g_ „ ol io but of this we may be sure, that if the "t raditions if s it under which they grow was godless and indifforen„ r ' br i s tisSi t l ) based on the principle of veiling the pure light of while it allowed the revolting orgies of Vishnu lo e ss Aare ti the disgusting sensuality of lialromet to revel in lo ess glare day; if the ministers of Christ, and not His minister :410f even all professing Christianity, were counselled to 6 0 %400 and corners, while idolatry in its most hideous featurebre'ea itself in high roads and public places—if this bas ;1111. traditionary policy" in Hindestan, we can only 58 f oo d a lr great an empire, established with so much toil I nti ag ide;S treasure, deserved a better political and religito' e weer; that, so Cu. from recognising in it the reason elf. „ - i g ati: in the Eon, we regard it as an incubus which has , s h c e 'sasil us from the first, and as a proof of how much `'; - 1 Saxon race can accomplish under the most unfavouraJte Cons. a OS There is a touelling story somewhere of a father If' ° $O , O OP not allow his child to he taught to say its pra yers- a t aasi' my friends may be infidels or heathen," said, “a n k r t as°, this in theory is a Ch r isti a n family. it would sh °c ,, they heard the child praying." Besides, the Abg O philosopher ; he thought it unfair to bias the child poi ti grow of years to judge it might choose for itself, an ot atll C not ; meantime it was not to pray. So things *eibc some time, till the child's first grief came. Its cn aO s o.' The story does not tell us whether the philosopher bialltyA pray himself, nor does it inform us if lie wept ° be" WIT. died. We know nothing about him till he went (°,000.71 night, and then the story goes on to say ho he ar p bra e P ,g repeating the Lord's Prayer in the next room, %ch er- A 1i: 0, :4 slept. . This was an unpardonable liberty—to Dray his house, and in his child's bedroom ; so he %ve nt d who it could be that thus broke through all rtilei a nd. " Sr t ,' 00 - 0 and there he found the child's nurse, who h ad - t its prayers long ago after the go o d old fashion, -o,aer"B was comforting the lit.Le ono for the loss of its molting it say, " Thy will be done." Here, ",,desire whole policy of this min with regard to his ehiTueblierg h by a perverse combination of calamity and di ' s ae r and a glorious philosophic experi men t s p o ilt by ( 0-1 da.4. Providence, which toek away the child's m others Si e lft servant who had prepa.ed it to support her loso- ge e?" cannot help thinking that the " traditionary P e " - - 01 1 % regard to Christianity i n our I n di an E m pi r e is veil niti•esU the policy and puspose of the man in the s'ory We have been acrai 1 to l e t the child re n pray les t I "; p erie l o' - who live in the house should b e offended. Th e '1 ,1, - 0 1- - I has failed in every way m o re si gna lly i n the reality 10, 4 0' story. The children have b een t aug ht to pray by ; g e' e(r ya s hasty and hurried missionary effort; the h heath w e n e tu offended, and no w th a t a grea t woe h as c ome, ,-, or °7 4 1 are weeping for mothers and mothers for children , "serPro consequence, but in spite, of those to whose care the al ga and religious welfare of India has been conscni t ' s , d ,iaais ti'l4 have been able g itle little indignantcountrymen, L t e a u p s a b e l capable turn,ineo f with ;he maxims of mercantile prud t e wtw n uhi c nai e icic , thhieh i s n ha i les s td"::° : :::: a icie : iltre l itc.:-1114. the dignity of an imperial policy; let us forget w, s w eell zeal with which the chiefs of great idolatries have g s ." , fd i° us not reckon the scimitars which flashed by bunelseui-t.ball. it oc t e n ; e in sternestti)elhflw;ezrri,:::l,ciisshamenhgcae:a, sands at the bidding of the Caliphs; nor call to Min', gaito of conversion, that great greed to gain souls, t b b s ig s b d i,e' then, t a to f h ni o e p ea m a y e gef ral,onn,mg-Yi Eigyaaxni a l eyi ulsolttpiehp opportunities anguish done." f their .' impulse to propagate the "faith," which began so f t b 7 0 1 and ended with the subversion of the EnsPire t ;TO This burning fire of enthusiasm is not, it is true, o' • or of - our age. It has long since passed awalt, ha t OS? remember these things, let us remember als° `," l e ast much was done for a base imposture, we taiffh s o - r sfe dono t-motiina g in on, spread a s ti ' cr e e .1; but that we have done nothing at all, th at ,,, been neither hot nor cold, that we 1 : - pre between two opinions, lest we s hortie . 1 0 07 the suspicion of prosely'ism and conversion, un aolir si g. ended by exciting that very suspicion ; and so by conduct quite unaccountable to the Oriental mind, Ira lon, beta down upon cur heads the very evil which has se our doubtful minds. Let us turn from the Governut-0 it and fix our eyes on the conduct of our cou ntrytn e !,, s oe s t l o d been displayed of late in India. This is a more %vele () ; j9 01 :0 Here, in the energy of cwaracter exhibited in ia I s e n el r b e dr t s u g a u i n r t:s h , t at i o o os f n u : r t e h h d r ibcvmr;got diht e o f xa ti a la i c a; t h i ei t % J e w:0 1 0 1 " o f ; t n h e e " ;;O e rt r u e n cr i . t g y n the eyes of an astonished and admiring world. Asr l°P tre ss- sell Christian or heathen, has been steeped so black l° and cruelty, or has vented its malice with such solo tortures and such exquisite brutality, so no martyrs' sallf b oh modern, have met their fate more serenely and cheer t he our glorious countrymen. Death has looked them t p oo ° o r not with the mild features of a happy release, sP but ,„!ele s 'bif all the 'agony of soul pangs and shocking e- re et,io worse than any bodily anguish ; yet they ha° • io g ; I P manfully, and fallen without a murmer, conf s % de bt ) faith. Who thet reads the heroic and pa th s of °f l oat of these Indian massacres, is not remind s "ii chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews which t e i n s e ds . 4o "groat cloud of witnesses" " who through faith O i dge °l t o dome, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the d e sword, one of weakness were made strong, vra le- ! ' '' 's r- It* fight," and " turoed to flight the armies of the alien' to think of those whose lot has rather been to bear rb i- t aae s e r „rt who does not recognise those who " were tortured, ,i:ags ing deliverance," who to had trial of cruel n' us „, stst pii gl scourgings," "of bonds and imprisonmeut," who *e l :, si san,sl sawn asunder," and " slain with the sword," wh ° wbs t about, boing destitute, afflicted, tormented ? bear, l b, enabled Englishmen to do such deeds and r( ) trials ? One Divine gift enshrined in a little , e d . And now that we have contrasted the lukowa rw l P° lac system of Indian Government and i t s " tradition o rs 00 with the fervour and heroism of each individual 0f berjoff us ask if the " traditional policy" of which a pe b s , ll ,boso much does not sand self-condemned by the faith °' o 1010 Eaglishmen whose religious feeling it has strivedf,:,e7glo k rthhey e la e i tg p wpi oh d hn i w w o a r s ih tl i , i i , s w ( i l t t h ra ba di t t e io d n h a r l e p a o t l i i i c: firi n t was a it go in w a t u le g t :tr e a l i t e r d ii ? t4z. l it t y arose a cen ao l4 0 ,1 it might hays been thought dead ; w " it s° :a u : d i : o 4° 6 ° 4 l 4 :ff and adopted by men great in their generation, 00 , for ',bet as generals and statesmen, bat not groat in rolig'. °- ,:ity lbeht religion was one of expediency, and their Chr isti' fis t roe' of the pocket then the heart. It happened , t ns th e s - iso l policy, the essence of which consisted in eking . 01 % - m %WO° hide with the fox's skin, was admirably suited t 0 'Were dtf a weak but ambitious Sate. In this th e y her" 0: children of their tike. But it has hope , '" sc isel° lll , so many other cases, that tie politic pes hi w one age has come to be the folly of g t "„ e , are " - ga ol! of this, at least, Englishmen may boast—that t A ." O - ;rbef,,iies' Christi ins now than they were a century ago, 0.- 01 0 # not well have been worse. So it has turned 00t t " - o iaol or° England has been advancing and imploring itself in e 4 „a o i d our " traditional policy" iu India has lagged 151 .ai s ult" be, behind the spirit of the age, till it has become Wo n 1 04 impossible. The system of no religion, in Pr Os° goo d broken lo E ng n e g t l . ishme T n bey in o t r, " c e ,pe tee i iti tt o ts nl. f be lid under a bushel, because that was the oree b r 0 1 13 011 D I s o h t a i s m s e bo e N, ,f h Colliavtethaenyd canW a b r e ren s s li h a r e a ti v n e g' s ; ei t t:i t t io f :„: tte r e ' ri. and will no longer suffer the `-",° f tt - atte' ano) a n rotro d tetkl: I:e b ei enet tolerate down,at Christians l wo hear of a " traditional polcy" in this son Wh i c h . 0 16 It is a thing out of date, end lifaless • an idc",, rber, l ,oll° Indians" will do well to , throw, along' with '- ristians into the bargain. The ' es the m;, () IP .o the moles and, to the batt."--HABITAN S Times. slmwoonss: Christian \N'l)en ._ a A r At LEWISk ` & °W ' ANT'S Ranelsgh-streetti, EOYS 0 I ° CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to " e 3 Of' g u r n a t r e it d s t v. , ho 3,o bl s t , il b a e v in ro g du an rin in g c t r h e e as c o o o ber r mon th th l : 9 o l s. p o l o e to r ie t r o ~,. 0 m be , rMIGR, t'll em . . -'),`, FROM TII CONTINENT.---T.', a l3 ,ote.`" t hO moo ' e l o 9 r o u 6 spondi n g period last year. Of the abt - ','" o 6, P i pe went to New York, 1,072 to New Orl e o r st t i p Bu months of the present year, 23,353 emigrants P" s poll'" 1c d . Mare, being 7 000 th an in th e cgrle . more period of 1856. i ii -------"-- __— fig LS BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE' C OMPANY'S, Itaselagh-eireet• ; A tu t ,' e ti 7.4 N. tkot ti