Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

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Persons seeking ilinployment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants or Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants tinder the notice of the public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TIHE3, and which, from its large circulation, is the meet efficient medium of publicity in this district. The cash price for this special class of advertisements is now red-,-fcecl to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORM and for cr.:Ty additional five words one penny. 711URSDAY, NOVEVBER 19, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS: Yesterday, there was rather . more buoyancy in commercial affairs generally. The failure of the Bank in Wolverhamwon has not turned out so disastrous as was at Lint supposed would be the case—the liabilities are set down at £600,0430, . This bank, however, exceeded its legitimate func Lions. For some time past, as might have been -expected from the position of the trade of the -district, the bank was pressed to extend its dis counts. It did so, and, unfortunately, as it has proved, beyoud its available means. It gave assistance, unluckilly, with too little prudence, -and too great liberality. Early last week a great ,deal of uneasiness was excited in the minds of the directors by the discovery of the fact, that an :undue amount of accommodation had, unknown to the general body, been offered to certain parties who would not otherwise have received it. On 'Thursday, it ,was deemed prudent, as a matter of precaution, to decline discounting alwgether, and this fact naturally originated rumours of pressure having fallen upon the bank. Urgent applications -were Made, but the directors did not feel them selves .at liberty to comply with them. On Friday and Saturday, the applications were renewed, but circarnstanoes on the latter day had rendered any adequate compliance with them a matter of impossibility, as a very large amount •of acceptances bearing the bank's endorsement were returned. An application for assistance hail been made to the Bank of England, and had been complied with, but it was found insufficient. On Friday and Saturday rumours of the difficulty began to .creep abroad, although in commercial circles the position in which the Bank was likely to find itself placed, owing to the returned bills, was pretty welt known. On Saturday evening; many persona declined to take its notes, Through ' : out ounday hopes were entertained that it might, by obtaining further assistance, he able still successfully to encounter the diffieulties of its position. The assistance however was unattainable, and the feeling of alarm having spread, the result was such a heavy withdrawal cf deposits on Mon day as placed ,all hope of a successful struggle with- the- -(iitliaut-y, in -the-present stain of the Money b(yond eieettition. We under. stand th it a deputation is now in London fur the purpose of laying the particulars o the case before the directors of the Bank of England, with the view of obtaieing .such assistance as may enable the bank at once to resume business. Upon the success of the deputation we cannot venture to speculate, but we hope that when the very serious consequences likely to follow upon the coatiaued suspension, nod the thorough security with which it may be afforded, are placed before them, that it will not be withheld. The Irish Government has displayed some vigour in its pro xedings against the Rey. Fathers Cenway end Ryan, the prosecution of whom, on charges preferred by the House of Commons on the last Mayo election, has been undertaken by the Irish law officers. Neither o: the reverend gentle. men, it scene?, made any appearance to the - officio irt Formations filed against them some weeks since. Wareants were issued for their arrest, and as they Eye in a part of leelatal where at one time 'it was said " the King's writ dia'nt rue," and which even at present; is not remarkable for its devotion to law and order several detachments of her Majesty's horse and foot soldiere were put en route to Balliurobe. Mr. Cunway, ho - ,vever, on heaeing of these undeniab!e peepaeatioes for his capture, took train by another line for Deblin, and appeared on Tuesday in the Hail of the .Fear Come s, Dub lin. Of Mr. Ryan's whereabouts, the Irish papers give no particulars. Street preaching was revived on Sunday in Belfast, under eircums anoes which seemed to -challenge another riota a laree holy of police, however, imposed awe on the would-be belligereets. We have to record the death of Ma Augustus Stafford, M.P. for North Northamptonshire The event took place suddenly in Dublin. Mr. Staff net, ealeo formeav bore the name of Staffard O'Brien, was a well known member of the Conservative party. He was Secretary to the Admiralty in Lord -Derby's Administration. Personally aecora plished and amiable, although without remarkatile ability. - he was much regarded and liked by meet men of all parties • Respecting Indian affairs we have little, if any thing, - fai - ther to sly A London eotemporary, of yesterday, publishes very equivocal intelli.7ence . It same that the Indian Governin,7nt has the means at its disposal for reinforcing General Haveloek, and thus enabling him to save the British survivors at Lueknow. The force relied upon for this pure pose is said to consist of ta.e :Queen's ,23ed, 82nd, and 93rd Regiments; troops which, it is steted, !have arrived at Calcutta. All depends .apon time and wisdom; and we should er,e , that those who, ie Calcutta, complain of, the conduct of the offieials have all along euntended that Lord Canning had %the necessary atrength for the relief of tho Lneknow garr;son. Their indictment against the GLvernment amoiints to an accusation of not haring observed he'rue nature of the danger, and thereby neglecting t;o erapioy every available resource to meet it. Sc far back as May, there was, it is contended, an ample- force at the diepesal of the G Ivern v nonf, either to have made mutiny impos sible, or ao have trampled it down the moment it exhibited itself; but we are informed that tie energy, and courage, and deciaion needed, 10 order to make tbae strength available, were wanting. On the 24th• at May, Lord Canning telearaphed to Sir Henry Lawrence as fellows :—" It i§ impossible to piace a wing of Europeans - at Clawnpore in leas than 25 days. The Govern ment d awk and the dawk cowponies are fully engaged in crlrrying a company of the 8-itit to Benaree at the rate of 18 men a Cy. The' entire regiment of the Fusiders, • about 900 strong, cannot be expected at Thnares in less than 10 or 20 days." Now if, in May, 25 clays w ere required to convey 500 men to Cswnnore, how long will it take the same Governor General to convey 3 000 to Lucknow in October, the distance between Cawnpore and Lucknow having now to he fought step by step in the face of a powerful and ergAnised foe ? Those who would shield the Indian Government from the charge of imperreling interests so dear to the British nation, should solve this problem. It not only involves the question of the safety of our friends at Lucknow, but that of the capacity of our present Indian officials. Of domestic news there is little or none. News from the manufacturing districts is anything but agreeable. At Nottingham, where many operatives are out . of employment, serious riots occurred on Wednesday, which it is to be hoped may not be imitated elsewhere. One fact, however, mentioned by the reporter, seems to prove that the rioters were actuated more by wantonness than impelled by distress, as the bread, of which they robbed the baker's shops, was thrown about the streets. Still, much distress prevails in that district. Locally, there is very little stirring. In our impression of yesterday, we gave the brief outlines of an attempt that was made to murder Mr Madden, a butcher in London Read. The full particulars will be found in another column. The Baltic arrived here yesterday, with four day's later news from the United States. From the American papers wo glean some intelligence respecting the Central American question. We are informed that an officer in the Costa Rican service, under instructions from his Government, has taken possession of the San Juan River, and having announced its blcckade to the authorities at Greytown, has refused to allow boats or other Nicaragua craft to pass up or down. The same officer, w'ho is no other than Col.'Castty, who figured in the Walker War, has also been directed to demani of the commandante of San Carlos the custody of that fort, and, in case of refusal, to enforce its surrender. It is alleged, by way of apology for this extraor dinary move, that Walker is contemplating another invasion of Nicaragua, and that a Costa Rican army alone is capable of defending that Republic. Making every allowance for the correctness of this supposition, the step last taken by nosta Rica can only be regarded as an open declaration of war. It is clearly a mesas belli, for she taken vio lent possession of her neighbour's forts and terri tory, in defiance of that neighbour's protests and remonstrances. We are not yet informed what measures the actual Government of Nicaragua will adopt to repel this usurpation of its rights ; but General Martinez, who has just been elected Pre sident, is not the man, if report speaks truth, to submit to Costa Rican aggression. The next mail from Central America will probably bring us more definite information on this point, If a war between the two States should be the result of this Costa Rican move, then Walker's chances would again rise in the ascendant, for, after the comba tents had thoroughly exhausted themselves, ho could easily step in himself and decide the issue. Nor is he likely to lose such an opportunity. The great struggle between Nicaragua and Costa Rica is for the transit route. We are told that the latter has annulled the 'Webster grant in consequence of non ful-fitment of contract, and is now willing to place the transit under the protection of the United States on the sole condition that its . neutrality be pre served. This is certainly a fair offer, bat its good faith is not supported by present appearances. It is strange that diminutive States, in the position of the Central American Republics, cannot see that their only security from the fillibustering invasions they so much dread, lies in unity, Yet as soon as Costa Rica and Nicaragua have suc ceeded, after a long struggle, in expelling Walker from their soil, they get up a quarrel between themselves for the most insignifi cant • causes and jealousies. It really seems as if the special. destiny of these . Sates was to ruin each other. General Walker has written a letter to the Secretary of State, in which he denies, "with scorn and indignation," any vio lation on his part of any Act of Congress, or any intention to do so He says ho will not so far for get his duty as an offi _er of Nicaragua as to violate. the laws,of the United States while enjoying hos pitality within its lithits. At a fire at Brownsville, Texas, on the 10th ultimo, 95 kegs of gunpowder exploded, killing four persons and injuring several others. The loss is estimated at 200,000 dols. - There is very little news from abroad to-day ! It apeears probable, we ought almost say certain, that Russia has adhered to. the proposition of the Berlin Cabinet in the Pricipalities question, thr:t . is• to drop the hereditary dynasty, and unite tLio provinces uktoet; a ll,,opodar to be nominated, not elected. A festival had been given to M. de Lesseps at Vienna. which has some significance as a demon stration .by the commercial eubjects of . our Austrian ally against Lord Palmerston's opposition to the Suez Canal. THE London Times is growling most savagely .over the failure of the trade-swind ling Bank Charter Act of 1844. This result our great money oracle proclaims to the world, has been produced by gross commercial immorality, and positive dishonesty on the part of the mercantile men of England. Our cotemporary asserts that we are bound by a contract to pay all debts and demands in gold The exact time at which this impracticable compact was entered into is not stated. Not a word is said about the money juggling of 1819, which converted the bright dawn of European peace, and England's commercial prosperity, into a deluge of bankruptcy and destitution. The proportion which representation bore at that period, to taxation, is overlooked by the scribes of Printing-house-square, for the conve nience of the Bullionist. Not a word is said about the rotten Borough system which polluted the British Legislature of that day. The pos sibility of performing human promises where honesty of intention and determination of pur pose are beyond all question, contemptuously overlooked. But the truth is, a rotten and cor rupt Parliament pledged the country to pay the interests of a certain amount of National Debt and Taxation, in gold. They also took upon themselves to promise that all civil contracts should be paid in gold, a commodity which the British Empire did not produce in those days. Still they bound the people to pay all demands in a foreign metal, and to possess this we were forced to part with our native produce at any sacriace. Having done this in the name of a posterity whOse numbers and growing diversity of wants were not considered ur known, they fixed a price on gold befond which the Mint should not go under .any circumstances. The subject was thenceforth to receive 31. 17s. 101 d. for every ounce of gold sent to be coined, and no more. Coniequently, when the precious metal rises above this price abroad, the foreign exchanges are said to be against us, and gold leaves our shores. When it falls below the Mint standard, the exchanges are in our favour. The prime object of this specious scheming was to compel the former, mentioned by the London Times, to pay the interest of the National Debt, which was contracted, in "shin-plasters," in fo reign gold, and to give twenty shillings in gold or silver for the " promise to pay on demand" or bullion note, which was never w orth more than ten or twelve shillings in the pound, if we mea sure its value by the bullion reserves held by the Banks. A more detestible piece of political terpitude was never conceived by any assembly We have, however, struggled against its iniqui tous operation, with an amount of moral fortitude and courage which does honour to the whole mercantile community. We have toiled onward year after year in the vain hope that some latent good —some small measure of relief—lay buried beneath its thousand coils of trickery, stupidity, and self deceit. We have submitted over and over again to the sacrifice of many millions of our floating substances, to give to what, in an evil hour, was made the law of the land. We have seen ourselves plundered, and laughed at by all the civilised nations upon the earth without a murmur, rather than question the wisdom of a statute or the integrity of Parliament. But the whole scheme of 1819 and that of 1844, have proved themselves to be arrant impostures, and abomi nable subterfuges for scourging the labouring and mercantile classes with usury, the most oppressive the world has ever witnessed. The paper pound for which we are now paying 10, 11, and 12 per cent. interest, represents only ls. 6d. of bullion, We would, therefore, require 181. 10s. in this paper, in order to pay a contract of 1/ in something like an equivalent to geld. If we, were to follow the Bullionists, absurdities to the letter, the value of the debtors sovereign would be equal to 191. 10s. in notes, and this is the currency for which the London Times would leave the trading public, to pay 20 or 30 per cent. The " leading journal," would also com pel us to pay taxes and debts in this money in the absence of gold ! What sickning folly ! _ But we cannot .afford to part with our enlightened cotemporary so abruptly. He says ;—" Every engagement being based on gold, gold was to be left to its natural course. No man who had contracted to deliver it would be subjected to any other risk than that resulting from the legitimate variations in its market value." Now, the reverse of this is the fact. Gold is not left to its " natural course," and well the writer in question knows it. The British Mint is forbidden to give more than :l/ 17s lOid in coin for the ounce of gold, and while we have a low standard price fixed on a commodity, how can it be said that the State's, or any other debtor, is only " subjected to the risks resulting from the legitimate variation; in its market value ?" Such nonsense may serve to gull our London friends, but it is thrown away upon the keen commercial mind of the North. The debtor is not allowed the benefit of a natural advance in the price of gold. The crushing influences of taxation and all trade contracts, when that metal falls below the standard, is his portion of the bullion juggle. If he were allowed to reap a golden harvest his sovereign ought to pay off 191. 10s. of debt enntrftripd is said to represent gold. But no honest man asks or dreams of such a thing. It is only the Bullionist who really seeks to violate his contract. He cannot produce gold to fulfil his engagements to the State or the public, and yet he makes the world pay ten per cent. for paper which has only eighteen pence in the pound of cash at its back ! And when this is discovered and made manifest to the whole community, the London Times questions the right of the Government to inter fere and save the mercantile substance of the country from the wholesale spoliation of the workers of this system, who have only ls. 6d. in the pound to meet their own contracts,. and can only save themselves by 'forcing the balance out of others in either meal or malt. We are much mistaken in the character of the British Parliament if they will longer tolerate so bare-faced au imposition. After nearly forty years of experience, we find the bullion scheme in a hopeless state of bankruptcy, such as might well elicit from our metropolitan scribblers one of those exuberant displays of morality they so often treat us to when an individual trader hap pens to fall a victim to the law, which was designed to make money scarce and dear, and "cause a fall generally in the price of all commo dities." That a statute which was specially con cocted to depreciate the prices of the goods, for which a man contracts debts, the moment they get into his possession, and then compels him to pay their full value in gold, should have so long disgraced the country must be the amazement of all nations. It is useless now, however, to talk of paying all contracts in gold. That metal must be left as free as cotton, and another basis found for our note circulation. And since the London Times declares the time has arrived when witnesses must be examined, and the power of relaxation" now enjoyed and exercised 'by the Crown is to be settled by Parliament, we would suggest the propriety of placing our cotemporary in the box, as his evidence as to how panics are created, would be both amusing and instructive. He talks largely of the credit given by Banks to " the lowest Class of speculators, and their disreputable paper." It is very hard to understand the meaning of all this abuse. We have always been led to believe that banks exist . on the credit the public give them ; and the panics of 1837, 1847, and 1857 would not have occurred if the Banks had been able to sustain their credit. This our restrictive money laws render impossible, and our London instruc tors have yet to discover the exact amount of money which will give us an increase of trade , and not create a further want of cash to carry it on, without leaving the debtor to meet his con tracts in the midst of depreciation and panic, as though Ships, Colonies, and Commerce were mere bubbles, and the rest of the national wealth a passing shadow. WE are sorry to say that the more closely we peruse the details of the news from India, the greater reason we have to fear that when the Bri tish troops entered Delhi they gave vent to an unbridled passion ; and, instead of acting as Christian soldiers, merely imitated the atrocities of the Indian Sepoy. Any one acquainted with human nature, and the history of military cam paigns, must have expected that an infuriated soldiery, intoxicated with rage and revenge, on gaining entrance to a city where they had encoun tered a protracted, fierce, and deadly resistance, would not hesitate to take ample vengeance on the enemy. But while the expediency and jus tice of such a course was generally admitted by the great bulk of the people of this country, there were some, including even divines, who went further, and even howled for extermination. Now, we deem such a course unchristian, and is only an imitation of that savage ferocity which • marked the massacre at Cawnpore, and reflects but little credit an the General, or his army which followed, no matter how remotely, the butcheries which marked the progress of the mutiny in Bengal. Vengeance is not wholesale extermi nation; and a careful examination of the accounts from Delhi convince us that a battle of extermi nation • was fought when Delhi was captured. This, we fear, was the result of the raving of certain portions of the Press in this country, as well as the unmerciful cries which went forth from many of our pulpits. Of course all these unfeeling sen timents reached India, and when the day of carnage arrived, General WILSON'S men bayoneted all the city people found within the walls. These were not a few, inasmuch as from 40 to 50 per sons were found in one street. And we have the authority of a British officer writing from Delhi for saying —" These were not mutineers, but residents of the city, who trusted to our well-known rule of pardon." " I am," says this blood-thirsty officer, whoever he may be, " glad to say they were disappointed !" Further on he adds :—" Mercy to such beings is a mistake ; they are not human beings, but at best wild beasts, deserving only the death of dogs !" Such sentiments are a disgrace to humanity, and all who espouse them unworthy of the name of Christian. The Indians are human beings—are created of the same God who called the British —of whom the gallant, civilised, and humane captain whose sentiments we have just quoted, is one—into existence. And if they are not as polished in manners, humane in disposition, and religious in character, the fault is more that of Great Britain, which hasruled them for a century, than their own. And it must be borne in mind, that of such a nation, and such a people, one Lue riposties uas made a remark quite appli cable to the natives of Hindostan :—" These having no law, are a law unto them selves." We certainly must say that a more unsoldierlike declaration than that quoted above, we have never read. We may be deemed maudling, sentimental, and un patriotic, but notwithstanding, we shall not refrain from characterising this wholesale murder of defenceless citizens, who were not only un armed, but neither aiding nor assisting in the struggle which had been the cause of the long and desperate conflict. Surely these citizens, people born in, and belonging to, Britain, had enough of suffering, not only from the horrifying deeds of the native troops, as well as all the deadly consequences, inconveniences, and privation, which it was their misfortune to endure throughout the prolonged and obstinate siege. If all our former statements from India were correct, the native people did not participate i n the mutiny. If so it is doubly certain that the Europeans in Delhi were free from the taint of treason. Indeed, it would be a most damaging character to British rule in India, to suppose that every male inhabitant in . Delhi was a participator in the attempt to upset British autho rity in Bengal. Granting then, the truth of the asertion, that the emute was a military one, why in the name of all that is sacred and humane, have our troops been permitted to bayonet by hundreds the very people who have been said to be so enthusiastic in our cause ? One of two things is certain. Either the people of India are against us, and previous reports have been deceiving this country, or else we have acted the part of British Sepoys, and disregarded all those feelings and principles which constitute the true Christian. In a former article we alluded to the fact that, although Delhi is captured and Lucknow relieved, we cannot regard the contest as finally over• Before we re-establish British rule in India, a work of considerable difficulty and danger has to be encountered and overcome. Certainily, then, it becomes us not to show, in the very act of our first real conquest in the present difficulty, that we are possessed of the same brutality and ferocity as our Indian enemies. It is the game of " Generals" to act, as they term it, with "vigour," and strike " terror" into the breasts of the rebels by making " terrible examples" of every one who comes within the thrust of the bayonet or the sabre. To rule a country with anything like advantage to the rulers, and profit to the ruled, fear must be the main element of gOvernment. It is because we believe the excesses committed at Delhi will do much to estrange the native population of India, and because we consider it unjustifiable, that we have thus condemned it. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FRANCL—The Spectateur (late the Assemblee Nationale) has received a warning for the following passage in the feuilleton of yesterday, signed by the eminent writer M. Amedee Achard :--" Apropos of incomes derived from the Bourse, the forest of Com piegee just now presents a singular spectacle every day when the hunting is over. The death-halloo has just sounded ; gallant cavaliers, excited by the joys of the chase, are seen in their court uniforms gaily watering 11D and down the avenues. Suddenly one of them pulls out his watch ; perceiving that it is four o'clock, he puts spurs to his horse and rides off to Compiegne as hard as he can go ; another follows him, then another, and another ; till at last the whole hunt is seen riding with all speed in the same direction. It is a regular steeplechase, in which diplomatists, men of wit and leisure, fortigners of dis tinction, and other court guests are mixed up pell mell. They take the shortest way, they leap over ditch and wall, and enter Compiegne like a squadron of Hussars charging a battery. Where are they going ? To the Hotel de la Cloche. But they are not going there to dine—a far more sumptuous dinner than the cuisine of that hotel could supply is awaiting them in the Imp3rial Palace of Com piegne. They come to inquire what has been done at the Bourse- At the Hotel de la Cloche they find their Stock Exchange agents waiting for them. As soon as they dismount a chaos of voices is heard. 'What is the price of the Bente ?' How about the Credit Mobilier ?' Have .you sold my Orleans ?" Are Austrians firm ?' The whole Bourse list is passed in review ; ' premiums,' ' continuations,' put and call,' and such jargons resoutris in all directions, and an hour afterwards the noble hunters proceed to the chateau, thinking much less about the stag than the Bourse. The next morning at ten o'clock they return to 'he Hotel de la Cloche, where they find the sum) agents waiting to take their orders for the day's operations. Such is play at the Bourse." Tue grounds for the warning stated is the body of it are that the above narrative is radically false." TAR DIVORCED NITIFR OF OMER PACElA,—Several French journals having announced the presence in Paris of the divorced Wife of Omer Pacha, the following details of her career are given by the Patrie :—" She was born at Reps, in Transylvania, and was sent at the age of eleven to one of the best boarding schools in Bucharest. Some lessons on the piano developed wonderful musical powers, and at the age of fifteen she possessed a remarkable talent on that instrument, It was at that period that Omer Pacha, who was then the military commandant of Wallachia, met the young lady at a soiree, and being very fond of music, fell in love with her, and subsequently married her. She was compelled to submit to Mussulman habits; the Christian became quite a Kliaaoun (Turkish woman) ; never left the house except veiled and attended; but, contrary to the oriental habits, accompanied her husband in his warlike expeditions. She was greatly delighted with the glory of his arms, and cemposed triumphal marches, which were played by the Turkish regiments when in battle. The oily child born from this marriage having died from an accident, Omer Pacha hoped by a new union to have an and perhaps also to attach himself to the old Turkish party, • and he, therefore, demanded in marriage the daughter of llafiz Paella, its chief. R;:nnin in ;he harem,' he said to his wife, but she was too proud to accept a coli ditioa so unworthy of her, and demanded a divorce, which was granted, and she has come to seek an honourable asylum in France. This lady is only about 23 years of age." THE LATE ME. MST Hastie, as might naturally have bean expected, died possessed of consider able wealth. A few of his bequests are as follows :—The punch-bowl of the poet Barns, and a book containing a number of the bard's manuscripts, are bequeathed to the British Museum. To Colenel Stewart, his cousin, who is 1.4- his two landed estates, and all his other heritable property, his furniture and plate, and the sum of £20,000. Colonel Stewart is besides constituted residuary legates, Mr. R. Stewart, M-. J. Stewart, and M. W. Stewart, likewise cousins, are to receive £5,600 each. Captain Hastie, a nephew, we believe, is likewise to receive £5,000. Captain Blackwood, Elinbargb, and his brothers, are to 'receive £2 000 each, and the ladies of the slim family Zl,OOO each. To the Paisley Infirmary he has bgraeathed 1:500, to Mr. David Murray £3OO, and to Mr. William Phillips £lOO. These are all tee legacies which came to Paisley. Alto gether tha money legacies left by Mr. Hastie amount to upwards of £50,000 geaerally, in addition to these men tioned, ranging Pram £l,OOO to £3,000. All the bequests under £l,OOO are to be paid free of legacy dal, acid the Paisley legacies are to be paid out of funds to be realised from the £1.900 of Paisley Burgh stock which belonged to the deceased. Tae four executers a-e all resident in London, and are to receive £l,OOO each.—Pais3ey Herali. THE LEVIITZAN.—It was generally expected that an )ther attempt would be made on Tuesday to launch the Leviathan steam-ship. Tae railway and steamboat compa nies had advertised boats and trains for the accommodation of the public, and though neither the rail nor the river appeared to be largely patronised, there was yet a tolerable crowd in attendance, mostly of well-dressed persons, wh held tickets of admission to the yard, and who ware loud in their complaints of disappointment. how the report got abroad that an attempt would be made it would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain ; but the period for la inching the vessel is so no necessarily involved in se cresy' that the public may well be excused if they betray any impatience in the matter—or grumble at the proceedings of direc!ors, officials, and Jacks-in-office. No doubt it will be announced just a 3 positivzly tn-m)rrow as it was yester day, alai to-day, that the launch will take place, or rather that an attempt wig be made to effect the launch; and it would save an immensity of tranb'e ro a in :if either Mr. Yates, the secretary, or Mr; Bruuel, the engineer, would formally announce that due notice will be given -o f the next attempt—unless, indeed, they contemplate slippin g her off in the night: THE RULER OF Fittircu AND THE RULER of ENGLAND —Can there be any doubt that the Mansion-houso speech wa., both is words and tone, a decided menace. Why should the unpleasant eventuality havo been intimated 4 , t "if any foreign nation dreamed in its visions that the time had arrived when a different bearing might be exhibited to England ?" The least informed hearer o this speech could have divined, without prompting, thaf the Prime Minister must have been aiming his words at some particular power or great personage. It is worth while inquiring at what European power this menace in the "come on " style of " a judicious bottleho!der " was levelled. The Minister's offensive and threatening word can only be interpreted es a menace to Frame: ; and it is characteristic of Lord Palmerston that after htviug ben one of the first to acknowledge the Emperor of the French he should now be equally forward in exciting public pre judice against him.—P, ess. The Siamese Atnbassadars, who daily gratify their cu. riosiry with the most remarkable sight, of the metropolis, on Monday, visited with their suite the establishment of llessrs. Sari and Sans, gold and silyzrstnitlis, of C,rnhill. The princes were much struck wi th the arrangements an:l decorations of the new buildinz, and also at the exten and costliness of th e stoc k ; they were con d ucte d b y t h e proprietors over th e w h o l e of the premises, and before The visit expressed thei r grea t gra tifi ca tion at the visit. visit of the amb assa d ors to Q ueen Victoria at Windso r Castle, which was put off in consequence of the death of I the Duchess de Nemours, is now fixed for Thursday pelt, Their Excellencies are expected to.arriv e at Wind ,r 1 special train of the Great Western Raqvray a t one o'ci7ter° and proceed direct to the Castle, where a magnificeot e i tertainment will be provided far them in the Waterlo o Chamber. The ambassadors after being conducted the private and state apartments, and seein g ths ni°,l interesting objects in and around the Cast le, will, if t ; weather should permit, be driven to Virginia Vl3tet' through some of the most beautiful drives in the G rea Park. The visitors will return to town in the evening' • 65 MR. E. W. THOMAS'S SHILLING CONCEB IA THE PHILHARMONIC HALL. As these excellent concerts approach their &s e ' s d, was grest,ce, audiences increase. Yesterday morning vance upon the previous Wednesday morninee at teu to and last night was a very gaod assemblage. to " Zsnoni" was repeated with success. The be 0 slow movement from Beethoven's sysaPhrn l l, A ,4 minor, a selection from Mendelsshon's mer Night's Dream," solos from Mr. a s. la on the clarionet, and Mr. Cattier on the double baeile the morning a noisy quadrille, called " The Fall of 1)8 was introduced, but did not prove such a success e 6 Baeten's selection of national airs—English, Iris h ' S , °.l t se and Welsh—which had been played with great e ; ,, —c o ia Monday and Tuesday evenings. Miss Louisa in the sang " Come e Bello" and " Where the Bee Su'' ks morning, " Ah Forse e Luz" and the "Rustic Cht t Aro e tlio evening, and on being encored gave " Coming 411 6 Rye." This evening, Mr. Horsley's overture t f h , f i rst Merry Wives of Winthor" will be p l a yed for ; g row time.. Mr. Thomas will take his benefit tc ; 4l — ta tdei night, and we trust that it will be a bumper' will positively be the last day. The over; ea Gi bbs, The Queen of the East, belonging to Alt es t 'il. sa t/1 ; Bright and Co's. Eagle Line of Packets, sai'el a" esetaa on Tuesday, the 17(h inst., with 247 passengers, ' c r e WV fourteen first cabin as d twenty-two fore cabin , ti e all and valuable cargo. The next packet of this It c i s 11 ° a Tornado, of 1,830 tone register, to sail on 01° . 9 0 3 December ; and the steam-clipper Royal Charter ' oil' to sail on the 7th January, 1858. List of saloo n 13 / 3 0 6 ) . gars, per Queen of the East, for Melbourne :—R si 'lesePpi Don, lady, and infant, rater B. Wallace, E'„gs t 'a s ; s Ye . Whittam, Rev. John Clark, Eliza Cooper , LJP - fiet• Cooper, Rev. John Me k ant lady, Davis DiaTe r6 M'CallumPatrick Wean am, Thomas Conway' 0 01 ,/ c i THE CADOGAN LIBEL CASE.--SUBMARINE DI LI° 0 0 A to We are glad to find that the friends of Mr. EvallB,' ferior o the defendants, are not deserting him in h is c, De S t under his severe sentence upon what is believed the t ael i , improper verdict. We find that, in addition to ti l get s ! meeting held at the London Tavern, with a vie w tO OO t" the facts (many of which were not legal eviden ce s to ° I/t trial) before Sir Grey, they have forwarded petitiontotri town ; also to Manchester, Birmingham, and 00 10 1 , portant towns These petitions are now in the r vi ste signature. There is also a subscription eat c ? 00 defraying the heavy expenses of the defence, ir ta d, le efforts are being made on Mr. Evans's beha li i ss lAll trust that all those who feel an interest in jus tl s ao a done, and that an innocent man should not be ! l ee Or in his efforts to do a public service, will subserw a 0, quota towards the expenses. es SaLiveseoOL AND ITS MINISTERS.—The merab°,l4ol-4 friends of the Reformed Presbyterian Church , v o loea; assembled last evening, to Moderate in a call CO fa eo aPe to become their pastor. The Rev. R T. Martin, oi,t,e ba the preached from Ist John, c. i, v. 11 , and aft e r l ' i ,i o v ,t service in connection with such an interesting 006`d, O d d Rev. Dr. Graham, of Ayr, was declared eleet e es eat l . l most harmonious call given in favour of that r i , o', gentlemen to become the pastor of the congrega ti° 4 s°l . body of Presbyterians has been without a stated o '`.` l ci" for the last twelve years, having met in the esP a e l ailO t fellowship meeting. In the year 1855, they P a l A re ebl t e e N selves under the inspection of the Glasgow - : e istrs•" ° o l and, since that time, have had the occesionalullohe , of one of its' ministers. Now that they are irlorsle''' obtaining the ministration of such a man as pr . 0 f ell it will be regarded by all who seek the viel f4 L a i e erp° ° 4 o gelical religion in large towns, to be a boon t? bo la' Al and, should they succeed in the object of the4.loa to ';' 4 , may with confide - ce look forward to an asl' aa inis te ie number of those large hearted and evaneeljea os eng t o who seek, not only a higher tone of mo v ali t a i eeee - e ll Graham is much esteemed among tae ettn r3 7, - sa ' sapP °r , t e rich_ but filar, cunalla .ha netr...._ _,,,f th a rt, id Itim', l deeply interested in ragged schools, and a m eet sc 7, -- ilq't of missions. The congregation at pres en e" ; llen i ii i, hall of the Philadelphia Chambers, .E[a°-`ll;a,d 10th look forward, at no distant period, to ba pro.' -- •$ more suitable place of worship. ca E d i li te o Tee MORNIONS.—On Sunday evening la:t , I 'i ° ll d i oa the Assembly Rooms Great Goo•ga-strast, a n 3 sorsl o s it occupied by the followers of Joe Smith theodo Mr. il and there I was disgusted at hearing a ert ees l 115 returned from the Salt Lake. This indiviu h a es s .a forward, " being introduced by another o f t , 0 0 ;4 impostors," and said, addressing the comP al3. ' e a '")`o "My d ear s i sters an d b ret h ren, an d friends , Y o e l o forgive my rough way a speakin. I came ho =se a be t country, and have been used to drive 05 at of plough; you know it is saad in the Pal). at I was murdered-this is not true -I am 'IN./00"o you see me, but its like many lies which aen ' e a Plod the papers. Well, I've been to the Valley, au „i t et , ,,/, Brigham Young the prophet. I know he is a P r° ra ot', i e there is no other prophet, and there never wasi, eslae only one.summet like 1800 years since." So ti et o dinary speaker had forgotten Joe Smith, as ''''d tia . „ 6 " 4 5 condemning themselves—for it evidently aePe er are llo;l/ prophet alluded to 1800 years ago was Christ. ate it soca; further said, " I have not much #o say (althoug a s o af returned &Om. the Valley), so I shall conclude °Yoe ° D os one and all to coma and be baptized je do 11 tree church ; but I tell you, if yo u aseolsoo' l wish to cone and receive the Holy, 60. 0 0 the laying on of our hands you nod not, I n l c oro e l a i 'ol ° , not want you." This much from one that h'"„ ie ,sio the valley of the Salt Like, to make conve r 'l i a a l ° , o ' tli," England ; when he got up to speak he ee i rt a li- ef Y e OF more like one from the Valley of the sheo ° " t ee '," t g oit l , 0, whoa will these characters be put (10 0 1; s iii;o; that appear time after tine cry aloud for heti P r ;ll 6 , l ' we exhort Englishmen to awake, arise , ' il " fra fil • s ste r ", these impostures seducing and carrying aIS diets' es' native land our beloved sons and t a lt" o va e We speak against, and rightly too, of honses,l o il lA to o but these deceivers have a whole city of the .a ., 11 5 ° A which is destroying the body, and raining ti ll i e 's i ll „. sr once kind and affectionate daughters, and le,, g , ea Irle, i4 hopeful sons into monsters. Is it not time ratio • s our doing something to prevent their further er 3 g• o d go- d oil it is time they were driven out of our he l l i ell ba 0,,, May the time soon come when Mormonism 1 r ooVees' away with—yea, driven to its own native e's 6„ at° ' A deep.ri A ht ic s oz n r e cr s re s uspi t A c o o l v d e Ae r z le t . h e earth as the waters ' 4 " eh iP - meeting for the session elie it , . ai , v.IV i jil , 0 A o e f en til e i o s e s o o G e lC e A ty L ov70:151 ri - l ' ld i . V o g i7, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street; lu • r e . 0, 41/ or e $ l in the chair. Mr J. Evans, Cornwallis-stre w ' ,, • . s as s e r sts2ahne3o the Bayeux rdi associate ysanaer;dy,c,ei3auforxteo, announcedhn IT aftrphoeemsts member. rtoytheh:7ae, ttoyf A dte h;oi e i tem° o trhe u ; emgmarßn:it Council diaail I id. o‘ i sl of. viz o ga n i h e ,hih t , , 1 :98 : 5000:c i e t e ; " Reports of Meetings of the Oxfoed 71 ,..70, v;g h v e barcomeo f t o designs gcn:,sn sentel conclusion, o b n y , i s a tu consequence v e f o t t l o il; o t 4. , 0 li 0 l e f t ° 0 11 ; future, no student should receive the same P r ' SI; 0 :e0 time. Mr. Platen, in referring to arse 0,1 3 0 1 observed that the remark was sometimeef eaa lle a ct h e the greatest beauty frequently arose en : t ; „ s ted , 1 edge which the architect could not have euu e 'r plo s° ,a, „1 which in the first instance he seemed n a ° 12 ,... t esfe a ,a was pricalarly struck with the force Of t",,, i t 1 5 ;0 0 5 observing what had taken place is, I r. V s 's° 11 alluded to the alteration of the shop c"Ld to , - - ootv g optician,authorities co,rrnit ime L s3 no to -street. It was at first int ellu n 'asa° 36 f ti p i e front a plain bow-window, which, though "g e ts! ;to a . common-place; tbhuetproo projection, pushed ba:lc, and out of that difficult/ A ea d P a 'eaed e d m es e ig ri n t e o i f th th e e f, d o e4s w n w itch struck him as at once handsel:Oar:a a ' cOP:, f He believed that the architect was 3rd •L' s . e ":.'' I b a ° ,lo/;3 en t , o th t e h N e r itlrl ea le I n ' d g e al b of their society. Mr. Hey said that be l e- t ' h e e el"'so o , n hi o ni t s e e la lf im wh th o not allow the projection. Mr. .1 11 '. en B itt o l e wlt:5;t3ilia bt i t : i blici Ci g'f b r11:1111 c lee in point, showing the restrictions of the- a 9 eiw o otil A model of Turner's g " Bereer De•ector, ' for the ir , and explained by Mr. F. Beale The p 3 P gr t :, , 139 Ylle?.. ing was "A. plea for the beautiful in t r w iter,, s lo Horner. In the course of Ws remarks twee of t'iovi i s p to those who embod the absurdities of h i i c ed c oir, ycould 034 0 til e te art, and urged that their labAr 3 call ow ing ‘ 1 ,,f 0 b e y lns ac io ei n tun of mi tt p w ap m er r t . h ir e o th ru s er nk . s of dest • race.= of art and annihilation of ta g :• ri g Aa re - and a py ridicule on the Pte-Rephalite deg. r iaelP til the Inge" The 1 t 4 47, c T ,Gager • 0414 I A et rug" THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1857,