Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

stpTEMßtlri 1859. stitution would l Ply: A.chnitting,- therefo Inoy arc earnest and active, that ih( attributable :tone' sin( tied theiii totli; it t was the, - ,c6ininereinl. community of .0 the work u4fOurided e- 'object of hi§. visit to this country property fiori the Journal de Coistai?fi‘nople says Letters from Syria, to the ISth instant, state .evastating the country- by setting fire to people's The Europeans are said to . be fl the• French flag for protection. The French Conmil had : sent for trogps,. the. Ti4is NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Earle A. mess, CHE?4ICAT •ect that the chemical - works of Messr 11C, n t however, I w We uncle' tired of busying themselves in the offal ng to them, admitting. that they succeed in to promote Pawing after them a large following faking religion in a sense It is' a line which will uni with what is .here i ever,' P leil frantl n lat the 'plo t )0 6510, d, the rg , the i.;.ro- d ot , 4 10 and and Montreal seat of GOvefg4tent—Ott _, a popular and pros perous looking thing ; they have to reconcile with lieuld the, City' of Quebec appear to be of the their own admitted anxiety and diligence the certainty of its success, that net only has it sub- notorious fact, that religion takes no hold upon the masses, and makes no entrance eicept into the agreeing to waive for ten years all claim for pay- soribed for £304000 of stock, but it is. nom, bosoms of 'a few znent ,of inter es t dir• the same, or till six per cent. __ ... Now, if we can picture a state of things in which ' shall : have been paid on the rest of the capital. the t eachers of religion are earnest, assiduous, Canada has, we all „know, within the last few SOUTH AMERICAN LISBON, Aug MAILSust 29. painstaki ng , t a lk a ti ve ; a l ways anx i ous a b out t h e years, become one of the most flourishing of . the progress of truth, nervously alive to any insult Bilitish Colonies; and the rapid progress and the Rxchanges on London, 24,* to 2413- ; on Paris, 31E3 - RIO JANEIRO, Aug 9.—By- the Tasmanian.— inflicted. upon it, and ready to repel injury or out- extraordinary deVelopMent of her resources, rage upon the sensibilities of the religious com- which has: taken • place within that period, owes to 395; on Hamburg, 745 to 750. The exporta i tion of coffee since the departure of the last mail %unity ;if we can al so imagine them very jealous much, if not everYthing, to the Railway of the introduction or progress of error, and It is - gratifying, therefore,. to find that that sys- ' System. : amounted to 73,673 bags for the United States, sensitive of the dangers to which it may expose tern is being still -farther carried out in sucha , 24,495 for the Channel, 14,019 for Havre, and 1h,975 for Marseilles. Stock 60,000 bags. Prices; the igno ran t or th e unwary ; and if, in addition Colony ; and , the English Capitalist who is with good firsts 5,900 reis, new . .crop 6,200 rein. The to all this, we suppose them too exclitsively, and so much public spirit aiding in so important a .Tasmanian brings no particular news of imp, -t overwhelmingly attentive to the i n t erests of reli- Colonial work, may be assured, we:belieye', that gion a s a mere theory, as a set of prepositions, y , as he is serving th e i n ter es t s o f hi s own county as a fixed con f ess i on, as involving the honour of well as th ose o f th e . (Olony- in which it is carried - gligious body, and presenting an object of on, by investing in the undertaking. being insufficient comparison with the doctrinal appearance of others which they look upon as rivals or opponents ; as ♦` NOTES OF THE DAY thinking to pi•opagate Christianity by denouncing, , Spelations the Itali qes engage its "c ounterfeits " or its obst ructions, and talki n g publie.cu attention on , &Ali . y6..c an anci u od tion the still Continent, more about th e stability of an 'institution, the though with as little , satisfactorY . result. , as . ever. glory of the national profession, the religion of L O o p l i t n , ionsappeat differ, .as to. the ultimate designs of Napoleon. eCi and Victor Emmanuel tespectiveiy. 1 the Statute Book, than of* the. particular stalls It ha ib s beesugpected for sonic time, as lire have before 1 and bodies of their fellow creatures, 'or of partieit- ;shown, that the Pfeneli,Etnperor Contemplted`securing 1 _ . alternative; and a Congress, to which Austria is decidedly opposed, would have as little success as the. Confere The designation to be given to the new Pied- I ° ,- mays to get individually at the»t ; then WE mont kingdom has been discussed at Zurich . , a portion of Italy for . his' cousin;, and it has . been con a counterpart an d an explanation of the sidered that the. King ; of ,Sardiniawould : acquiesce in such an arrangement, on account of Prince Napoleon Present spiritual condition - of the country, in being his son-in-law. The rumour now is; that King 'Whiell religion does not come down to the homes Victor Einmanuel will accept provisionally the proffered and bosoms of the people as a living and a sovereignty of the Italian . Duchies, to be annexed to Practical regenerator, not a mere speculative Tuscany,—provided. it. is san c ti one d b y . a. E uropean Congress. Such a Congress, under any circumstances, ar e form ula of natural profession ; in which men it is now considered, will b e ' found necessary, notwith ta be made, not Christians by the close standing the evident reluctance of Austria to have her nannad su ccessful wa r f are w ith eac h man's sin Italian claims decided in any such ma nner . The state of the Roman territ or y can scarce l y b e w eakness, b u t, Ch urc h o f E ng l an d men • separated from the Italian question ; an. the present condition of the Papal States, convulsed as they are With civil strife, must evidently be calculated to increase the'difficultids in the Way of a permanent Settlement of that question. The papal rule in the Romagna, as our readers are aware, has been overthrown ; but it is now believed that the. Pope is prepared with a military force, consisting in great' part of foreign mercenaries, to attempt a restoration of his authority 'there; and it remains to bd'seen what part France and Sardinia, or either of them, will take in such an event, as the friends of " Italian independence, " . ‘, • The fact of the Lord Chief Baron having had a long interview with the Home Secretary, respecting Smeth urst's case, is confirmatory. of the understanding that the propriety of a remission of his sentence was seriously entertained. Nothing certain is known of the result of that • interview ; but it is understood that the learned judge declared that he had not altered his-opinion as to the guilt of the corsict, although he would lie sorry to stand in the - way of a recommendation to mercy on the prisoner's behalf; should the . advisers of the Crown entertain any reasonable doubt as to the justice of the verdict. Ono of the .strongest circumstances, perhaps, in favour of the malefactor, if it be ti'ne, as it is stated to be, is that of one of the counsel for the prosecution having expressed an opinion that the evidence against him was not sufficiently cogent to justify a capital con viction, and that the contradictory nature of much of the evidence given by the medical men on the trial, would have warranted •an acquittal. Everything con ' sidered, it would.- now seem more than ever probable that4he convict will not. at any rate be exmuted. We have already had occasion to remark upon the extraordinary fact of the criminal statistics for the he Austria is willing that Victor Emmanuel should be known as King of Sardinia and Lombardy, but will not consent thUt he should describe him self as King of Upper Italy. The Peninsular mails arrived at Southampton this morning On the 27th Lisbon exchanges on London were 521 to Accounts from Sweden state that • the govern den unetafion of Dissent ; or Protestants by Etet t • unelation of Romanism ; or faithful to the ment is preparing a bill relative to the extension of religious liberty, to be presented to the Diet of the Kingdom which is to meet in autumn 'marriage state by denunciations of Mormonism or anything else by denunciation of its opposite. The politics of religion may or may not furnish a healthy atmosphere for the minds of the edu *eated; but they can never regenerate the people. W hen sin rages in our midst with a growing oiencc, it i s idle for religious and earnest men concentrate their enemies upon the extirpation error,-----energies, indeed, that generally ex- Peed themselves in useless and noisy protests, While the moral pestilence gathers strength, and incr eases the number of its victims. Sin must be °vereeme before error, and the battle must be The latest measure measure of the King was rejected by the privileged order of the nobility and clergy - T - -= The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. At the meeting of the executive of the Central Asso ciation of Master Builders, yesterday, Messrs. Trollope reported a considerable increase in their number of men, as the men on the strike had not declared a dividend on Monday, and did not evince an ability and resolution to hold out. The Central Association simply adjourned for a week. Most if not all of the members who came to town to attend the Cabinet Council have returned into the country. The Times publishes a letter from Sir Francis Haar[ fought by bringing home the counteractive to each man's bosom; by close contact ; by the con stant and continued effort of a practical organi zation ; not by mere words, or theories, or for as, which which fly beyond the sympathies, and find -no res ting -place in the hearts of the people. India. The Bombay letters of August sth will be delivered in London early to-morrow. The weather has snadpnly become unt Fester -.*--- LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. year, having shoWn that while crime had slightly decreased among the male population of the country, it had decidedly increased among the female'portion ; .and COLLISION IN THE RIVER.--Yesterday afternoon, whilst the Lady Gordon, outward bound for Dalhousie, was at anchor in the river, she was rim into by the steamship Danube, and received . considerable damage. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.--B, M. Thomas ; formerly a shipsmith, in Liverpool, appeared on his last examination, and was allowed to pass, the certificate meeting being fixed for Wednesday, the Gth proximo. TRR GALE.—VESSELS PUT BACK. — Yesterday after noon, the mail steamship Angle-Saxon. for Montreal, a Y ek or i k a , both use oth ci of ne t n v e h e ie n h f h t ad sailed he . p N ut el b v andtl i i n e . Kangaroo a i ng nrn a ln roo in f g 7 heavy north-west wind they encountered' on arriving at the bar. this fact, as. indeed, still existing, is ,continuing to receive fresh. confirmation iu the murders and other outrages that are going on. Within the last few days there have been recorded in . ,the public prints; in addition to . the murder of, a girl by her stepmother, alluded to yesterday, two very hideous cases of criminal inhumanity on the part of women,—one being the brutal treatment-by - her -in human mother of a poor prostitute who, frufn ill health, could no longer supply the usual wages of her guilt ; and the other the c 4.§e of an Old woman having been thrown down a flight of, steps and .killed, by another ma, whom she had happened to dis- FIRE IN BRUNSWICK-STREET.—Yesterday morning about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises o Messrs. M'Clure, merchants, Brunswick-street. Mr • Hewitt and several of his men were quickly on the spot, and the fire was extinguished without auy damage of consequence being done. O -- r--- 1 --..wast with reason of the said before, a recherche morsel is, doubdesS, in store for name of Englishmen, and are proud of the efficient all who hear her, Giuglini will be the Polio, a protection which their flag affords -to their commerce favourite part of Mario's; and Vialetti the high-priest , and to their personal di g nity through ou t th e w h o l e 0 rOVESO ; and from them also we expect grea t thi ngs. world ; and nothing would cause them more regret, and We trust no circumstances or indispositions will occur indignation than to see this name and this flag sullied to cause a repetition of Tuesday evening's apology. by unjust proceedings and unworthy intrigues, opposed SENTENCES AT THE BoHouGH SEssioNs. — Yesterday not only to the material interests, but also to the honour, the following prisoners were tried before Mr. Aspinall, of the nation. ~ ance, deputy-recorder, and sente nce d t o th e su bj o i ne d terms Of i ntr i gues an d proceedings of this character we of imprisonment :—Mary Jones, for stealin€ , a frock, ourselves have been the. victims ; and we are about to • the property of Thomas Anderson, nine months.—John call the attention of th e p u bli c ,. not so much to the The Paris correspo n d en t o f th e Tim es says that Benvie, John Green, Catherine Taylor, and Mary wrongs we have ourselves suffered, but rather to those things are going on so, badly at Zurich, as to Williams, for picking the pocket of Mrs. Barton, in St. which in our persons have been perpetrated, against the I render. a dissolution of the Conferen ce in a very John's, Market, were found guilty, and Benvie and English laws ad the opinion of England,. and it is for Taylor were sentenced to penal servitude for five years, this reason Wen hall limit ourselves in the narrative of few days probable. . Green fer seven years, and William's four years.—lsaac what has occurred to that which has a direct relation Vallally and Willi am I rv i ng , f or stealing a ta r p au li n , with the mse l ves . Th us, if we i nv i te the attention of A Congress of war seem s t o some rth e only the property of Jo se ph R oes ; Irvin„ .- two months' montlis' im- all, it is be cause it i s a ma t ter o f i nterest to all ; for prisonment, and Vallally nine months' imprisonment.— how can the respect due to personal security and the Ellen King, stealing a set of bed-hangings, the property observance of the law fail to interest all ? And, even ofCatherine Fraser, two months imprisonment.—Th omas were. it not so, wounded honour and justic e t ramp l e d _ two months' imprisonment. MR.. SHERIDAN KNowLEs,---The venerable dramatist preached on Sunday evening in the Victoria-hall, Rothe say. his health, although far advanced in years, has been much improved during his residence abroad. The acrobat, Blondin, has again crossed over Niagara river oir his tight rope, - carrying a man on his back ! He promises next to take over a cooking stove with him, and when in the centre of the rope to cook sonic omelette - s - ;. , A. CHURCH FOR Tr for deaf mutes. has recen tly b een opene d i n New York , it is the only edifice in the world set apart for this un fortunate 1 . h o o a s f G and a l 1 a d n a d n e i t b , N i v s h E o a s e r r p e o p a lt a a t s i l a l s a a s n A i i n n s o t r r i u oa ct n o . r class. Th e p ro j ec t was un d ertaken by the e we TILE POTATO DISEASE IN IRELAND.—The Cork papers state that the blight in its oldest and worst form has attacked the potato crop in that quarter. The fact of its actual appearance there has been several times noticed in the local journals, but the tale is now told with more 'circumstantiality than ususal, and is no longer set down as a flying rumour. The Examiner says :—" We regret to say that, so far as has come under our observation, iu the rural districts for many miles around the city, potato disease is becoming very general. In one instance that has come to our know ledge a splendid 'field of 15 acres, excellent land and highly cultivated, the crop on which was at one time expected to realise £5OO, is now become absolutely worthless. In many cases half and even two-thirds of the crops have been . lost. An esteemed correspondent informs us that the blight has set in with deadly viru lence along the coast from Kinsale to Clonakilty. Six PRIESTS DROAVNED..—The Nantes journals re cord a melancholy affair :—" A party of seven priests, and a young man, pupil of an ecclesiastical college, hired, three days ago, a boat to amuse theniselves by fishing in the neighbourhood of St. Nazaire ; and after they had been so engaged some time, a sudden gust of hot wou wind threw _ the tMat' - upset. The seven ecclesiastics and their Companion, together with two men and a boy who were with them, were precipitated into the water. Some of ,07 & Calcutta, on th e 26th of July, LA:tat there was a cyclone in the Hoogley, and that two steamers and a number of other vessels were wrecked. While her Majesty's ship Pioneer was getting up steam them clung to the boat for some time, but eventually of in Plymouth Sound, yesterday, the main steam-pipe burst the eleven persons all were drowned except one of the close to the communication.. Several engineers and priests and the boy, who swam ashore. Four of the stokers were severely injured, the ship Was envelop e d i n collegesteam, wed he looking-' clergyme n were pro f essors o f th e ecclesiastical college glasses in th e captain s cabin were at Angers, the oth er th ree o f L es C oue t s a t N an t es. " shivered an d b oots shrivelled. PRINCE ALFRED.-llis Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Dover, by the South-ea,tern Railway, at a quarter to eleven on Monday night, acccom , parried by Major Cowell, and embarked immediately on board the Admiralt3 steam yacht Vivid, Com mander Allen, which had been bro ug ht h ere from Woolwich for the purpose of conveying his Royal Highness to Calais, whence he proceeds, by way of Paris, to Marseilles, to join the Euryalus in the Mediterranean, his Royal Higness's " leave of absence " having. expired. The Only official in attendance at the railway station, beside the railway superintendent, Mr. Way, was the naval superintendent of the port, Captain Triscott, R.N. The night was unusually " dirty " and tempestuous, considering the season of the year, and if it be true that the oldest salts are not always free froM certain unpleasant qualms during the passage of . the Channel, the sailor Prince must have had his marine ice to give to four foreigners the ngnu of Donny demanding protection, bccause neither justice nor honour recognise the arbitrary boundaries of nationality. . We will commence by giving our tribute of thanks to the Police-court of Liverpool, and the Crown Court of Assize for the county of Lancaster, held also at Liver pool, which have on two occasions stigmatized as a crime the act of which we complain, and which we arc permitted, in as few words as possible, to lay before the British public. On the 9th of March last we arrived at Valparaiso ten o'clock at night, and we were handed oi•er by 'an officer awl armed soldiers who came in charge of - -as to the master of the Eiglish vessel Louisa Breginton, "William Lesley, who had entered into a contract with the authorities of Chili to tran sport us to some port in Great Britain. As the price of this act; there was paid to the captain of the vessel £6OO in English money, and there were, we be lieve, held out to him the greatest expectations, provided that he ,refused to entertain any proposition, however favourable to himself personally, which we might make to hint to induce him not to transport us to England. As vain as had been our offerings, so were the laws of the United Kingdom, of honour, and of humanity, invoked by us_ to induce him to desist from the fulfil ment of a contract which entailed on us such heavy wrongs, and which, rendering his name infamous, out raged honour of his own count r y. Aft er sa ili ng f or 98 days, during which, tormented by his own conscience and annoyed by our cold and resolute demeanour, in order to satisfy completely both his avarice and his con tract, by impeding the attempts of escape which he imagined we were contemplating, he took the step of falsifying the log-book, and the still greater crime of rendering useless the only two boats which were on board the vessel, and which remained in this condition up to within two days of, our arrival at Liverpool. These facts were laid before the police-court at Liver pool ; and the r had in + s legal qu9stions which were involved, grounds also for the prosecution of the _captain at thb assizes ; and these were afterwards August, :onstitution pretty well THE ANTI-STltllit LEAGUE.- societymen have forced themsel7 uy Lue aucuseu. Inc page, Baron Watson, on account of the grave points of law which the case involved, left it to be decided by the High Court of Appeal in criminal cases after the jury had pronounced the accused guilty. purpose of appealing to the master's to re-open their shops, declaring themselves willing to‘abide by the con dition of the so-called document, that they do not nim Judging that, beyond our appeal to the law, these facts had sufficient. connection with the name and authority of England in its foreign relations, we thought it our duty and within our power to call the attention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the matter • ' and with this view we addressed, in the early part of July, a respectful note to the under-secretary of the depart ment, with the view of seeking au audience of the noble lord, at which we might have laid ' hero-0 him these facts and others of the like nature, , with all the details and statements, which would be fruitless and useless to such as only judge of politics by their immediate effects, but not so to those whose. duty it is to watch over the fair fame of Great Britain, and to take care that its flag, its consular authorities, its ships, and its subjects, servo as a safeguard, and not as instruments of iniquity and wrong. But we are compelled to say not only that the audience asked for has not been ac corded us, but that during the two months which have now nearly elapsed we have not obtained even the very small courtesy of a reply. Had the Minister condescended to grant ns the audi ence asked for, we should have been able to tell him that this is not the first time. that these acts hart been committed in Chili and other sister Republic giving him .the names of some of the hat on many r publicly ;etretly.. h will not belong to any - - I Zurich of Ca( ditkc f , anc by t .CH CON .tie ex,-2res: ter from g is. &u ex- ion oftbe s at Villa :tire made aapgr of wishes nitese gover- may be easily qivina 11l artgbucedPFeed' , c o i i i i t it s s. influence thoughtThe ti s i • e i N o v spec2fr persuade e n t d h c e B populations oitrqtie imy t t i i o i6 n, : sit h u e ation by ace n e i t s p o o tut ot i . the annexation 'li m e 1 0 a u l t l ein cabinet fliyour of the duchies to recal ou,iirltsovereigns ; lie thought should interpos l that Victor Emmanuel. be disinclized to of Tuscany and Modena, and Legations, if the offer should be made In and the adduced with great- moderation the. . considerations -fine' he which Count Reiset was charged to ;le vancceonisidrirations and Central Italy. The Sardinian, Plei-ip o t i ent i v a s r y said to have replied that his govcrnm (it could neVer bar:Y . the Italian cause, nor do anything to thwart the -- . wishes of the people„ which were unanimously manifested with o c o f n a l p r l e i es restoration; so much calmness and moderation ; and so far as ec.n called himself personally he could. riot without failing in his duty a ffi x hi s s i gna t ure . to a protocol sanctioni ng -- the restoration of princes who had fought against , the Italian flag and whose u n p o pularity was unequalled in history. Of course, the plenipotentiaries of France and Austria mi g ht di scuss t h e po i nt, and come to any arrangement they thought proper ; but Sardinia could take no part in it. Such was the substance of this conversation. i COURT ANI) OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Ministers who were called . to London to the Cabinet Council 'on Monday, have; mostly returned to their country riti:irters. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Dover by the South-eastern Railway at a quarter to eleven on Monday night, accompanied by Major Cowell, and embarked immediately on board the Admiralty steam yacht Vivid, Commander Allen, which had been brought here frOin Woolwich, for the purpose: of conveying his Royal Highness to Calais, whence he proceeds by way of Paris to. Marseilles, to join the Euryalus in - the Medi terranean, his Royal Highness's "leave of absence" having expired, • The intention of the Duke and Duchess- of Malakoff in proceeding to Marseilles is to embark for Spain on a visit to the duchess's family in AndalUsia. - •••,••••4314A. The Emperor and Emp ress of the ..• French, says a letter from Biarritz,.arc not expected to reach this place until about the 10th September. Their Majesties will not, it is thought, prolong their stay at the, villa ,beyond the 25th, when the court will return to Paris, and then pro ceed to Compiegne, some days earlier than was at first expected. --4.-- ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE . . The Right Rev. Bishop Carr has been afflicted, with so serious an illness that he has been compelled to resign the rectory of Bath, to which he was nominated in 1854, on the resignatiOn of the Hon. and Rev. W. J. Brodrick. Dr. Carr, according to •' Crockford's Clerical Directory," has been ip holy orders 46 years, having previously to his admission to the ministry graduated at Cambridge in 1813. He was consecrated to the bishopric of Bombay in 1836, and resigned in 1851 on account of ill health. The rectory otßath is worth about £BOO a year, and is the gift of Sinieon's trustees. The Preeeßtorship of Chichester Cathedral has bees conferred upon the Rev. George Croke Rowden, D.C.L., of New College, Oxford. one can travel much in the United States,- no Englishman, certainly without being struck With the great progress which the Railway - - B y9tem has made in that country, or with the influence it has exerted, and is still exerting, in advancing its material interests. Wh.,, the United States extends across the vast North Ant, Continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it is seen at once how important it really is, that such of intercommunication as that wh. hailways provide, should be carried out to thi full extent, even of that immense breadth of knd so it is. Not that there is vet C ° ll UtrN completed one continuous line from the sea 'board " of the Atlantic, to even N the formation of a direct line is Ipidly proceeded with, from one point to and ever towards the Pacific, a larg lo Portion of a continuous line is now open, reach -412. Woman, a nc &LkRMING were on fire before considerable daniag --- - stand that the loss is covered by insurance in the Pheeßii office. ad •been done. the plot of which is so well known to the opera-going public as to require no detail from us, will be produced I ;lotion of thf this evening, and we anticipate a rich musical treat for ~- • those who attend the Theatre-royal. " T " the magistrates the case was submitted to tl ssize courts, in committ Kidnapper for trial, The case was heard a few days ago, .. --/ amNorma!" - J - and a verdict of guilty recorded a ga i ns t th e ca tradition reports Grisi to have indignantly exclaimed p when the music allotted to the Druidical Priestess was who brought them ,to this country—the alleged , heard from, the silvery voice of a northern cantatrice. culprit ; but a question was reserved for th: -. To-night, the public will have an opportunity of judging above to try, the question of jurisdiction. Sine if Mademoiselle Titiens, the last great prima d onna of the , complainin g p ar ti es h ave addressed the following letter to the Times, expressive of their views on the our day, can bear compa r i son rithv the great prim a donna of Covent-garden.: Report speaks highly of the lady in the Priestess, truly one o f th e most i ntensely subject : dramatic characters of the lyrical s t age ; an d , as we Sin.,—The English nor'- ' . , KIDNAPPING OF FOUR CHILIAN CITIZENS. RS created in who, hat was alleged to be a gra I liberty. The 'general faits alleged by them were not disputed, and the impression produced by that statement dAermi- _+__ A CITY 01? BYGONE DAYS.—Where you ever at Bruges ? An old-fashioned town—half Flemish, a quarter young Belgium (not at all a young man), and the rest French and Spanish. Bruges can never grow bigger, for it has a broad sedgy canal all round, and over the caml are seven bridges, an d a t e ac h b r id ge . a there is gate which is closed every night, and sortie thing is charged for coming home after hours; no latch keys are allowed: So Bruges- can only greWless inside the canal; and Bruges at preient is availing.. itself of its only opportunity. • The clover of Bruges is a poor pasture ; but Bruges does not often stand still in it. Grazing terms fail me in describi ng B ru g es , an d recourse must be had to a nautical figure. Bruges is sinking at its moorings. Nobody moves here. It is hot and sedgy,. and bad for wheezy people, for we are many feet below the level of the sea ; and there is that dreadful- mark of the high tide on the Halle (high up in the wall too), the thought of which gives me a swim-you-mint feeling some day or other. But the natives are reconciled, add it does not look well to have misgivings were all are confiding—Once it Week. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH Baldwin Leighton has issued an address to. the electors of South Shropshire, offering himself as a.caucTidate for the seat-which has'becaine vacant by the death of the Hon. Mr. Olive. He says, " The much lamented death of one of your members, whom you so lately returned, and who for - several years. faithfully' served your division. in parliament, imposes. upon you the duty of erecting a representative in his place. Many of - the electors have expressed a wish_ that I should come forward on this vacancy I offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. My politic a l sen ti men t s are thoroughly eoni serrative, - but those Om have- been engaged with nre in the public business of the county are aware that when ever reforms have been considered desirable I have always 1 e for improvern have for y attention, I s t. I consider se.to tale a tres reLltin .-Westward as Kansa in short, to become acquainted with routes in the Western Statc c'huty those of Illinois, an. - Indiana, Ohio, Michigan ----0---3 a, and not see 'the great effects they arc - • lg in promoting commerce, encouraging ---,lnure, in raising up new towns,—in one ."I°ll , in carry i ng forward that course of civiliza .tt", of human progress, and of national ad .P4lleernent, which is now going on with such e j trao rdinary rapidit y an d success in districts of ° United S tates, even south of the Mississippi. 4The Railway system has now been in operation thle t wenty years in th a t coun t ry; and during is Comp aratively short period in the life of a Ikati ° ll , a greater amount of progress has been "Waled th an even that go-ahead people had any idea of during the previous half -century, not 'thstanding the aston i shment they were creating in the Old World by what they were actually Aievi n g In Canada, too, has been w onderf u lly a d vance d 1 all its du great mater i a l i nterests, b y the intro ction of railways. The English traveller by the Great Western of Canada cannot fail to be 48 . t ouished at what he sees, and at what he may le arn, if he be of an enquiring mind, as to the !esult s of the increase which that line of railway has opened out between British Toronto and Arnencan Detroit And now, by the Tery last arrival we have there had f rom that prosperous Colony, is had r especting another line,— the lon g agitated and ranch t a lk ed-of North Shore Railway—which is already regarded, we obsery as un fait accompli,—" inasmuch " ft3rs a Can a di an j ournal, " the energetic and a 44 enterprising M ayor of Quebec has succeeded suc `` in obtaining the co-operation a Eng ish capi -1 ' ta m, on what may Iya cons i dered very e terms. " favourabl" The gentleman here ‘lltide d to paid hiA rovects, we believe, not establishments in which they are emplOyed. it as a doctrine that evury taan.ought to 1 and - 4-eo , to sell his labo They holy what price iey. may t to act according to those principles, an appeal setting forth their opinions has. been embodied, praying that the masters who were in self-defenco.compelled to close their shops may re-open them to the thousands of non society. men who are unemployed. A committee, of which Mr. Joseph Dryden Pomeroy is chairman, and Mr. Christopher Mills secretary, sit - daily at .No. 4, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell, to enrol names an d e ve . ti .. E ,LiaLures to ae‘appeal. The committee com plain that their bill s are either defaced or pulled down as soon as posted by the society men. The following has been extensively circulated Fellow workmen of the building trade, all who, wish to be entirely masters of your own labour; attend at No. 4, Little Warner street, Clerkenwell, and enrol your names, declaring yourselves to • -- .rmeal ireemen, and send an appeal to the masters to open their shops, at once.,'' Signed by " Joseph D ry d en P omeroy, c h a i rman ; Christopher Mills, secretary." , . T HE DOCUMENT Qt Esmox„—T he following letter from a master builder; who signs himself "a Non-Unionist," appears in the Times : , ---"I• am a master in a trade in which the • Society' (aatheTrade Union is called) exer cises a powerful- and, as I conscientiously believe, a most pernicious influence. Entering on my business sixteen: years ago, I resolved to stand free from the ' Society' and its thraldom. lat once set them and their rules at de fiance, and, although frequently subjected to no little annoyance and. interference from them, I held my way. I can scarcely wonder at the masters combi;aing in self-defence, but is there any need for insisting on a ' document,' or written ' declaration ?' I ask from my hands nothing of the kind. My plan is simply to- in quire of any man applying to me for employment, if he belong to ' the Society ;' and, if the answer- be• in the affirmative, I decline to enter into any engagement with him, on the plain and palpable ground that the• rules of my establishment, based on mutually free contracts jbe tween master a n d man, are incompatible withtliase of his "Society.' I n this I can see no in ustice ' , nl} ' slavery,' no interfe r e nce w i th the ' rights' of workmen —nothing, in short, t o mer i t any of the hard words with which Mr, Sec re t ar y Potter assails the ' document,' If at any time I want extra hands I avail myself of the business columns of the Times, in which I give distinct notice that mine i s a ' non-society ' honse. This brings me , affairs WOUX applications in plenty from the right men. If employers would follow the simple plan of declining to empb/ men, against ~‘en"',,,-,.fliz, 'society men ' Practicidly, the effect of mud-plan is the same as tbot of demaneing the ' docunskat.;:. without, however,, miming soon right theinsetves. I while it sc9n ,to„tlic• counter to the feeli4,..often so strong amonkanedikcated 'document' agPlxcls, to, the master no, nictrg, security against deeelion,tlink the bare word off ttin• workman, into written purges.. The desiP/449 •en#4,1111n." latter to contattgok:littut snare honour o ;over ament keen able to shoiv him - that, by the hich we have been tl not only key of humanity Britain. atid Chili, to the ratification wheiCoA rs has been respectfully but fruitlessly solicited tc audience has himself contributed his part—an audience which on lesser occasions is refused to 'no one. We should, in the last place, groundinc , our applica tion on sufficie n t reasons , h ave begged the Minister to take- some step, by a circular, for instance, which should put a stop immediately to the repetition of the like attempts. We ourselves saw in all this— •• .•••• and we think that everyone will see—not only ques tions of honour, of dignity,. and of humanity in general (whieli are for themselves sufficiently deserving of re spect', but questions, the knowledge of which, and the solution of which appertain, specially to the , Minister of Foreign Affairs. But, as. it appears, we had much de ceived ourselves, and we should now have much lamented having set foot on the shores of Great Britain were we not assured that, when the employes of the Foreign ottiee have not deigned to treat us even; with courtesy, the high tribunal of public opinion in Eiigland will de sire, will know how, ansl will be able to, do ample j us tice tO, our rights, and to those of the English nation itself, as well as to these of humanity, thus criminally trampled upon by William Lesley, and by the authori ties of Chili. This is all we wish to do until the judges, who meet in Westminster-hall, give their sentenee, which will, we feel assured, confirm the verdicts of guilty of the court s and of public opinion before which this affair of a scan dalous and barbarous dealing with men had been pre sented among civilised people. ktrlbarity which goes on receding throughout the woad before civilisation, will never triumph before enlightened and free EDP- land, and vf.e , shall not have appealed to justi__ A. CUS.T. GALLo, M.P. MANUEL A. MATTA, M.P. B. VICUNA MACKENNA, GUILLERMO MATTA. 11l vaiu CONS;ERVA.TIVE FESTIVAL IN WEST KENT.----We are happy to hear that a grand Conservative dinner for West . Rent will be celebrated on the 15th proximo. The chair will be taken by Earl Stanhope, and we understand that a large number of the noblemen and leading Conservative gentlemen of the division have already signified their intention to be present—lL/aid stone Journal. RATHER SINGULAR.-At the Coroner's-court, yester day, information was received of the death of a child, six weeks of age, daughter of a woman named Mary Ann Jervis. It appears that the woman is a widow, and that she has had eleven children, all of whom are dead, none of them living until they were six years old. The mother is at present living in Albion - street , servant in A brothel, and she avers that the child took ill in its bowels, and died on Tuesday evening. An inquest will tys held to=day, true, by a man ; though female pibfligacy is intimate With the kiduapping ease of the four Chaim' citizens our readers are familiar. The particulars of it have been so fully reported in our columns, as they Caine, first, before our Police CoUrt, and, next, before our Crown Court of Assize, that it cannot but be fully un derstood by every one who has paid attention to, it. In the Times of yesterday we observe a letter from the four kidnapped citizens of Chili, giving a resume': of the whole case, and paying a just tribute of thanks to the judicial authorities here for the care and consideration they have bestowed upon it. The verdict of guilty against the sea captain, the object of the prosecution, for bringing them to this country against their will, at the instance of the Chilian government, has yet to be consideredby the Judges in Westminster Hal/ ; but the ill-used gentlemen conclude their letter by expressing their firm assurance, that there will be a confirmation of " the verdict of the courts and of public opinion, before " which this affair of a scandalous and barbarous deal ing with men has been presented among civilised "people." In this hope and trilst we heartily partici pate. THE LATEST NEWS. 12 10. P.M FRANCE. PARIS, August 31 —The Bourse continues without the least animation. 'Reines open at 68-75 3 47 P.M.—Rentes leave off at 68-70, being a fractional decline since yesterday. Three per Cent. Rentes, for September account, are quoted at 68-85, MARSEILLES, August 31 Advices have been received from Constantinople The Sultan had been on the to the 24th instant point of death from a severe attack of fever, but his health is now restored. He has since had a lengthened conference with the Grand Vizier with reference to his interview with M. Thou. venal respecting the carrying out of the Hata Hamayoun, and also upon various financial matters, in particular concerning the custold Tariff. L OP AUSTRALIAN GOLD IN LiyERP( esterday, the Prince of thc.-Seas, bel( T. :essrs. line of Australian LUC river from Melbourne. She brings 26,301 ounces of gold, amount ing.to about X 106,0,00 She also brings a large quan tity .of wool and a general cargo, amongst which is a quantitypi copper ore. LATE.n' FROM TEE BRAZILS. --yesterday afternoon, a private telegram was received by Mr. Court, at the Un derwriters'-rooms, from their agent at Lisbon, advising the news brought by the royal mail steam-ship Tas mania, which arrived at Lisbon from. the Brazils on Tuesday evening. We learn from these advices that the Virginia from Liverpool to Bombay was at Bahia dis masted, and that the Bombay packet from Liverpool to Rio was also at Bahia with the master sick. The fol lowing- vessels from Liverpool had also arrived a,t Bahia, viz., the Byron, the Sappho and the Tamaiac. Ex change on London at Bahia was 26.. Sugar was 100 reis lower. From Rio we learn that the Tropic, from London to India, had put into that port leaky. Eiehange on Loadou was 241, and Coffee was 4100 reis higher. The Zephyr, the Mystery, and the Sinsford had arrived from Liverpool. At Pernambuco the cotton market was active, prices ranging 1,300 reis higher. Exchange on London was quoted at 241 NEWRY. AND WARRRNPOINT RAILWAY COMPANY. —Yesterday the ordinary half -yearly meeting of this company was held in the Clarendon -Toms, South John street,—Mr. F. Shand in the chair. The report, which has. already been published, was read. 111 r. Shand moved its adoption. Mr. Banner seconded the motion, which was then put and carried unanimously.—The Chairman then moved that a dividend, at the rate of six per cent , less income tax, be thereby declared on th e preferenc e stock for the half-year ending 30th June last. Mr. Charles Holland seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.—The Chairman then moved that the directors be authorised to borrow, on mortgage or bond, a sum or sums of money amounting to and not ex ceeding £2,500, in addition to the sum of £lB,OOO now outstanding ; such money to be borrowed at an interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum. The motion was seconded and adopted. This concluded tlr business. KIRKDALE INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCROOL.—It is evident from the report of this institntion, which we have just received, that very praiseworthy efforts are being made amongst the lower classes of the population in Kirkdale to bring them under religkus instruction.. We are sorry, therefore, to find tlaatthe school is in debt, and that pecuniary assistance, s much needed.. It is asked, in the report,—" Is this institution to be efficient, and to be commensuratorith the wants of this part of the town ? Are these schools to go on prosper.. ing, and conquering childi* vice, and idleness, and ignorance, and overcoming z . adult ungodliness ?•• so," it is justly added, " thew/Rust be no nimrdlgiiring ; there must be no lu c k o# means." TkcrA , can; be' no doubt about this ; 4444 will not I.ie.,cfc4itfiblA to the Well-to-do people of t4t district, , ikrany v soli lack of means be any loner : ognitlainekok itlemen, von el in parliament, it will be worthy-'of that' confidence, by. faithfn•ll }led to your int ( nteltigetta. DERBY RACES.-WEuNESDAY MAIDEN PLATE. MEMBERS' PLAT CHESTERFIELD STAKES TRADESMEN'S PLATE aid happiness of the community, more Sills yo miself in •to 4, and earnestly promo+ing your welfar )resent, no other candidate in the field. King William , Gentle Kitty; c Rising Sun. Emily Hermann Princess Royal Cast ow Tim Dane YARMOUTH RACES—TuEsDAT NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK HANDICAP. Adulation Young ,Hopeful Julie Courier Nine an Adulation Catherine Julie Queen, of the East Rose Middleton Assyrian TRADESMEN'S PLATI NURSERY HANDICAP, The Victoria Gardens Stakes was woo at two heats Ly Ca casian, beating-four others. -.----.- - .4 , '" --- PEDESTRIANISM n i c a b t l y s f t a li c e to p ry ed i e n s tu tr y a ie n r w a o s r t l o d, e b x u ci t te b)a, MATCH TO -This arduous on . IvA" cle l ;t o aTin i‘ g li n s tl i i s e part oef°SspseinccueTrii7plirOgenes-* ing, vas: deal of interest, e portion of the public also, the majority of whom have never had had the opportunity of witnessing such a wonderful task, the first of which kind was attempted and completed at Newmarket, by the celebrated Captain Barclay, of Ury, Scot land, in which he displayed such great physical power and endurance as at that time perfectly to astonish every sports manln not ucl a i l alone of the United Kingdom. Spencer is exactly 43 years of age ; he looks in good health, walks easily, and shows not the slightest symptoms of fatigue: He has a room fitted up on purpose for him, and is carefully looked after by H. Follett, of Kensington, and Icring Perry. The layer of odds,' IE2OO to a t Cremoe, £5O, changes his watchers frequently, to lao fir ia ll 0 4 cll'