Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

(commercial 5a es. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the ith instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-stree,, 80 Cases CASSIA LIGNEA. BROW E, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to Tins DAY, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 120 Boxes Port ORANGES, 60 „ „ Bitter ORANGES, ex Minho (s.s.) 200 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex America (s.s.), 300 „ Messina LEMONS, ex Adelaide, 200 Bags Turkey NUTS. to GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Brokers TO-MORROW To -MORROW, the Bth instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 45 Tons Spanish Locust BEANS, tiding ea Pilar.—Apply to GEO. BADENACII and SON, Brokers TO-11ORROW, the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 655 Barrels Crude TURPENTINE, imacling per Fidelia, from New York, in the Waterloo Dock, kpply to Messrs. Fielden, Brs. and Co., Merchants ; or to .1. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers Tia-vionnow, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at J. 11. Rayner and Co.'s Office, IG, Exchange-buildings, 20 Casks Fine American Winter bagged SPERM OIL. now landing per Fidelia, from New York.—Apply to Messrs. Baring Brs. and Co., Merchants ; or to J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. Tn.-facinsow the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at J. H. Rayner and Co.'s Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 19. Casks fine American Winter bagged SPERM OIL, &tow landing per Fidelia.—Apply to Messrs. Rathbone, Brs., & Co., merchants ; or to J. 11. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. TO-MORROW, the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 2,000 Bags RAPESEED, 150 „ Red MUSTARDSEED, 400 „ SEELSEED, 1,000 „ CCRDEYSEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers !Irspl.y to TO-31ORROW, the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at J. IL Rayner and Co.'s, 16, Exchange-buildings, About 150 Bags American CLOVER , EED, all faults. rimi for inspection, on the quay, west side of the lluskisson Dek.—Apply to Wm. Inman, Esq., Merchant ; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. WEDNESDAY 3a WEDNEsnAy next, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 90 lihds 't GINGELLY OIL, 23 Butts 120 llhds CASTOR OIL, 24 Bales SENNA, About lb Tons SAPANWOOD. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. On WEDNFSDAY next, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-buildings, 8 Bales COTTON, Sea damaged ; and about 3 Tons of PICKINGS. lIAYWOOD & McVICCAR Apply to AdiPLY to THURSDAY On TRIIRSDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 24 Bundles Deer HORNS. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to On TutrasuAy next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock at J. H. Rayner and Co.'s Office, 16, Exchange-huildhsgs, rtfo Bags fine thin Decorticated COTT6N SEED CAKE, ;teat arrived, per J. F. Chapman, from New Orleans.—For further aarticulars, apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. OH THURSDAY next, the 10th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 35, Dale-street, 12 Bales Austrian ARMY CLOTH CLIPPINGS, ex Albanian. 23 „ LINEN and COTTON, White. 20 „ VARIOUS. G Bales RAGS. •pglp to JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers al THURSDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 252 Cases Bombay RAISINS, 13 Barrels „ Sultana RAISINS, 13 Cases „ „ DITTO., 500 i-Drums Turkey Sultana DITTO, 500 4-Ditto DITTO 500 Matts Bombay DATES, 80 Barrels Patras CURRANTS, 1856, 70 Caroteels „ DITTO, 1856, 3 Butts Zante DITTO, 67 Barrels 106 Cephalonia CURRANTS, per Danube, Zante DITTO, And other Goods. GEO. BADE:sTACII and SON, Brokers Apply to The next Liverpool Periodical Auction Sales, comprising One Cargo of St. Domingo MAHOGANY, Two Cargoes of Honduras MAHOGANY, Two i'argoes of Mexican BAYWOOD, Rio ROSE WOOD, Italian WALNUT, Bird-eyed MAPLE, &c., &c., will be belt on THURSDAY and FRIDAY Mornings, the 10th and 11th of *twat, 1859, beginning at Eleven o'clock precisely each morning, ;n the Wood Sales Sheds, Brunswick and Toxteth Docks, Liverpoul. EDW. CIIALONER, Wood Proker and Measurer, Liverpool. FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at J. H. Rayner and Co.'s Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, About 1,200 Bales fine JUTE, open for inspection, in Fielden's, Rumford-street, and Campbell's, Gradwell-street, —Apply to Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, and Co., Merchants ; or to J. H. RAYNER & Co., Brokers. Da FRIDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon pre cisely, on the Quay, east side Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, 60 Logs YELLOW PINE, containing 5,233 feet, 23 „ RED DO., „ 1,053 „ 40 „ Lake St. Clair OAK, „ 4,004 „ 32 „ ASH, 91 1,252 , 2,579 Pieces second quality Bright Pine DEALS,' 2,744 „ third DO. 3,600 Merchantable W.0.W.1. ~ ~ .W.I. STAVES, 2,029 ~ PIPE STAVES, being the cargo now landing ex Ursula, from Quebec Messrs. Imrie and Tomlinson, Merchants; or to EDWARD CHALONER, Wood Broker and Measurer ®n ate, JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. Apply to TO EXPORTERS AND BOTTLERS. ON SALE, • \Vhitwell and Co.'s INDIA PALE AND MILD ALES, PARRY and CO., Agents Stores-15, North John-street. first-rate condition J. it CAMERON, eITRONOMETER MAN UFACTURER AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROJfETERS, TELESCOPES, 4e CHARTS FROM L ITEST SURVEYS, T-JISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TimEs, Price One Penny. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAS SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. j CHARLES TURMEAL AM ERICAN SOLACE. LI VERPOOL REFORM CLUB, ESTABLISHED, DEC 21, 1858 CLUB HOUSE, 16, CLAYTON-SQUARE _ ---._ The Council announce that the Club is now Open Daily, for the :osommodatioii of Members ' from Eight o'clock a.m., until Eleven **clock p.m. and comprises News -rte s upp li ed w i th the follow hag papers oo daily : Loudon Times, 13 uhlin Daily Express, Ctorr6lttoDiaßilayußy . Daily News, Belfast Daily News Letter, e y p r o e r, t u e , r , ~ Morning Star, Daily Telegraph, Birmingham Ilerald, „ Standard, Manchester Examiner and Glasgow Daily Mail. Times, All the Liverpool and other Papers, ,ff ee Room, rc Bil also open for liard Room, Che the s use of s Tablems, embers. and Deb ating Room s , a ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, ONE GUINEA, NOTICT The Council hereby give Notice, that a MEETING will take place in the Debating Room, on, Thursday next, the 10th in s t ant, at _Eight o'clock p.m., for the p ur p ose of dis cussing the Government I.eform Bill. Members are invited to attend, and will be at libertY to introduce one friend. By order of the Council, • THOMAS COPE, Hon. Sec. Club Fronse, 16, Clayton-square, March 4, 1839. TO CORRESPONDENTS. trader no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, hut as a guarantee of good faith. The occupant of the house, in Front Portland-street, is entitled to have his name on the Register of Votes. Apply at the Reform Assostion, in York-buildings. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—TIIIS DAY. tOTAL AMPHITHEATRE—Madame Celeste. HILMOLER'S CIRQUE VARIETY Miscellaneous Attractions. X PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. 'SANDERS' MENAGERIE - Foot of Shaw's-brow. LOYAL COLLOSSEUM . — Miscellaneous Attractions. ear For particulars see advertisements on Bth page" Orrn MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS. The discussion upon the Government Reform Bill continues with unabated vigour, and the more it is discussed, the more it is condemned. Lord Bury has written a letter, in which he says it would be very unwise to pass the measure, which far from quieting the public mind, would only ensure another agitation next year. He adds : "I so far agree with Mr. Disraeli, that mere numbers are no criterion by which to apportion representation ; but it is sophistry to argue that numbers—the industrious working classes—should, therefore, remain unenfranchised. My wish is to see our constitution enlarged and extended—not set aside, or, as Mr. Disraeli calls it, 'reconstructed.' lam convinced that the constitu tion affords the means and the machinery for that extension. It is because I hold that conviction that I would rather see no Reform Bill than trust the reconstruction of the constitution to men whose promises have proved so wholly illusory. It is because I hold that conviction that I am not afraid to extend the franchise to very many who, I believe, regard law and order with as much reverence as I do." The Globe announces that Viscount Hardinge has resigned the office of under Secretary of State for the War department. According to advices from Berlin, Lord Cowley will leave Vienna on Wednesday next. In the mean time we read in the hadcpendance :—" According to generally believed rumours Count Buol has de clared his opinion that the bases for negoeiation proposed by Lord Cowley are worthy of considera tion. It is said that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Apostolic Majesty have replied to the pro posals emanating from England by counter-proposals, according to which his Sovereign is ready to accept, in exchange for the protection of the secondary Italian States, a guarantee from all the important European Powers of the exclusive protectorate of Austria, on condition, however, that this guarantee should apply in no way to Piedmont. This State would be thus compelled to maintain a strict neutra lity—a political position for which she would have very little taste, considering her present relations with the other States of Italy." The accounts from Paris are far more pacific. The Moniteur, on Saturday, had an article setting forth that the serious condition of Italian affairs has attracted the atten tion of the Emperor, whose endeavours are to conclude an alliance in furtherance of the interests of France. The Emperor has promised the King of Sardinia to protect him against any aggressive acts of Austria, but his promises extend no further. The Emperor denies that France is now making warlike preparations ; she has not exceeded the effective force she is accustomed to have during peace. Assuming that preparations in the arsenals have received any extraordinary impulse, it is only because changes were necessary in our artillery, and in the whole of our fleet. All our naval preparations are limited to the arming of four frigates and four transports, to meet imminent emergencies. It is quite absurd to represent the Emperor as pushing. on war, and to cast on him alone the responsibility of uneasiness, and of having caused warlike preparations in Europe. Where can any one point out words, diplomatic notes, or acts, implying the wish of the Emperor to provoke war. The Emperor is now examining the various reasons of the present complication, but this must not be regarded as any provocation of war on his part. Besides, to examine these questions is to meet them in a diplomatic way, and nothing authorises the belief that the issue will not be favourable to the consolidation of peace. It is reported that the King of Naples has offered to furnish the Pope with four batallions of Swiss troops. The reasons which have induced the Emperor to relinquish his intention of calling his troops from Algeria are unknown. His reso lution was very suddenly taken. The King of Naples continues seriously ill, and there had been another rumour of his death. The Austrian despatch of Feb. sth, addressed to the representatives of Austria, at the different Courts of Germany, is published in extenso. War is considered in this Cabinet document as the possible consequence of the intention of Austria, to defend against every attack, her rights in Italy, and satisfaction is expressed at the state of public opinion in Germany, which is united in an energetic prosecution against a return of the days of the Confederation of the Rhine. The despatch makes known the grounds which have induced the Cabinet to believe the moment is not come for the German Confederation to take decided measures ; but it advises the German Governments mutually to comm unicate with each other their convictions on the dangers of the future, so that the full certainty might be established, that in case of need Germany would, at the proper time, act in union with Austria. The River Amoor Company has had an estimate drawn out of the expense of establishing an electric telegraph which will cross the whole of Eastern Russia and Siberia, and end at the Pacific. The Czar has conceded to a joint-stock company for the construction of a railway from the Don to the Volga. By this means, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azoff, the Caspian Sea, Central Asia, and the most distant regions of Siberia, will be placed in communication with Odessa, Vienna, Paris and Lo ndon. A Marseilles despatch states that Russia has an army of 60,000 men on the Pruth, and that her army in Georgia ha s j us t b een largely augmented. Prince Milosch is represented as adopting more hauteur towards the Porte, and his relations with Austria are becoming more embittered. A letter from Jassy, the capital of Moldavia, says Austria refuses to affix her visa to passports delivered in the name of Prince Couza, but the representatives of the Powers make no difficulty about so doing. The Moldo-Wallachian authorities, by way of reprisal, refuse their visa to Austrian passports. The Moniteur denies the statement of the Paris correspondent of the Times as to an angry conver sation respecting Italy between Prince Napoleon and Count Persigney. The steamer Pacific sailed from Galway on Satur day, with 212 passengers. THE REFORM CLUB AND THE PRESS, THE success that attended the inauguration dinner of the Reform Club, which took place on Tuesday last, has afforded the Saturday Tory papers another opportunity of showing their love and peculiar aptitude for " enormous lying." When a journalist abjures reason and argument, and adopts violent abuse, personal slander, and unscrupulous as sertion as his weapons, it may be taken as very strong evidence, that he feels not only the weakness of his position, but the strength, the power, and even the justice of that which he so violently and unscrupulously attacks. Hard names and course epithets are, however, but poor substi tutes for truth, reason, or logic. For ourselves, we have little to fear from such attacks as were insidu ously interwoven with the ridicule and abuse showered upon the new movement in both the weakly organs of the constitutional association on Sat- 1 urday. Our "obscurity" is strong enough to enable us to forgive their malevolent feelings, and laugh at the impotency of the poisoned shafts they would direct against us. Th ose w h o k now t h e N ORTHERN T IMES know its principles, and recognise in them the same independent spirit of Truth and Justice which has ever characterised it. It set out as the advocate of pro gressive reform, untrammelled by party ties, ready to adopt any measure of political or social amelioration no matter from what government it came,—open to accept the good, a n d re j ect the bad, whether pro posed by Radical, Whig, or Tory. Dare the ifail declare its independence as fearlessly ? Until it doe. let it cease to attack those who are more requires it THE NORTHERN PINES, MONDAY, MARCH f, 1859 h ones i than himself. " But," says this paragon of political viitue, this saintly lordling of the Press, this most scrupulous disciple of truth, "We re member how intense;: we chuckled when the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES--which was notoriously originated on what were called neutral principles' —astonished the groundlings by declaring, as it did only the other day, that it would be what it always had been, the temperate but decided exponent of enlightened Liberal-Conservatism." "We chuckled." Indeed ! did " we"—at what ? At the announcement, that the NORTHERN TIMES would continue what it " always had been, the temperate but decided exponent of enlightened Liberal-Conser vatism." No. What then ? Because "we " fancied "we " had caught it in political apostasy, and so "we chuckled intensely." In order that this " Leviathan" of the local press may have some pretext for the charge he invents, he concocts a deliberate falsehood. He says, the NORTHERN TIMES was " notoriously originated, on what are called neutral principles." Whether such was so or not, we leave the reader to judge from the following, which we extract from the original prospectus, as published in the first number of our journal :—" It shall be our endeavour, by the timely and vigorous support of every Reform which the inevitable progress of the Nation, and the con sequent knowledge of social science, may render expe dient or even necessary—by the wise and firm advo cacy of a higher, wider, and more effective Educa tional regime—and by strenuously urging on the consideration of the Governing Classes, the absolute necessity that exists for an immediate and progres sive extension of the franchise." We started, then, as the advocates of progressive reform, and we continue the staunch supporters of " Liberal-Conservatism ;" or in other words, support ing such changes in the constitution of the country as are calculated to benefit the great majority of the people, but at the same time conserving those prin ciples of it which give strength and security to the nation. So much, then, for what may be considered as per sonal to ourselves. As for the Reform Club, little need be said. It is an accomplished fact, an associ ation whose influence these Tory prints know will, at no distant date, be powerfully felt, and hence their ridicule, malignity, unblushing perversion of facts. Writers who misquote the remarks of others, and distort sentences for the purpose of conveying different impressions from those intended, are unworthy of notice. It must be a satisfaction to the promoters of the Reform Club to know that the success which has attended their labours has excited the enmity and censure of those whose praise would be damnatory, and that, although circumstances rendered it impos sible for some of the leaders of the liberal party to be present at the Inauguration Dinner, on Tuesday, they are heart and soul with the movement, as will be seen in due time and when the occasion AMERICAN PREJUDICE OUR trusty and well-beloved cousins on the other side of the Atlantic have, like ourselves, many national prejudices. And we are not of those who would indiscriminately . decry all national prejudice. When there is discrimination in the object, propriety in the application, and moderation in the degree of it, we regard such prejudice as a virtue ; just as it has been well observed, that "it must be confessed it is a happy attachment, which can reconcile the Laplander to his freezing snows, and the African to his scorch ing sun." Prejudice is often an equivocal term, and may as well mean right opinions taken upon true, and deeply rooted in the mind, as false and absurd opinions so derived, and grown into it. The fact is, then, we must suppose, that there are good prejudices, as well as bad ones—rational ones as well as irrational —virtuous as well as vicious. The merit is, to cherish the one class ; the reproach, to indulge the other. National prejudices are all, more or less, of those varied characters ; only in one nation there may happen sometimes to be a peculiarity or two, that there may not be in another. This is particularly the case with the Americans. For example, there is a striking peculiarity in their prejudice against the Negro. And this is not confined to the Slave States, where it is not difficult to account for it ; but it pervades, in a greater or less degree, all the Free States also—it prevails even among the noisiest and most zealous abolitionists. A remarkable instance of this is related in one of the last numbers we have to hand of the New York newspapers. It is the rejection of—not even a Negro, it would seem, but only one in whom there was supposed to be a slight admixture of Negro blood. It is thus briefly related in the New York Times,—"May a Negro go to College ? This question was decided in the negative, a few days ago, at Schenectady. A young man of sombre complexion presented himself for admission as a student of Union College. His colour was in fact so shadowy that it was thought he must be a mulatto, or at the very least a quadroon. This being taken for granted, the practical inquiry arose as to his admission. The authorities of the Institution did not choose to decide it, though it would seem to be their province so to do. Con sidering, probably, that the students—who must become in some sense the associates of the dark individual - were deeply interested, the faculty referred the matter to the taste and judgment of the young gentlemen. The vote being taken, the result was the coloured man's exclusion." Now, it so happened, after all, the young man was acknowledged to be not even of Negro extraction, and that thereupon he was, with great justice, permitted to pass muster. "It is proper to say," adds the account, " that the applicant referred to was eventually admitted, the vote of exclusion being reconsidered and rescinded upon proof that he was a. half-bred Indian, without a particle of African blood in his veins,"—an issue of the case which in no wise weakens, but, on the contrary, rather strengthens our argument. It occurred, be it remembered, in the Free State of New York. And the journalist whose account of it we have quoted, refers to it, he says, " as a curious illustra tion of the relations between the whites and the blacks in the Free States ;" sensibly adding, that " the course pursued towards the man in question, whose desire it was to fit himself for usefulness by means of a public institution of learning, shows how much easier it is to utter sentiments in behalf of black ' men and brothers' than to extend prac tical sympathy." And it is this most unreasonable and cruel pre judice against the Negro, thus carefully fostered, and continually exercised, in the Free States, which does so much, by reaction in the opposite direction, to excuse and to perpetuate slavery. Only too truly does Mr. COLLEY GRATTAN ob serve, in his interesting and valuable work* on America, just published, that " even in the Free States the position of the free blacks is a shameless violation of their rights as men and citizens," — that " altogether the badge they still bear is one, if not of servitude, at least of degradation,"—and that " such is the picture of their position in all the Free States of the Union." And well may another able writer on Ame- rica, Mr. W. CHAMBERS, who also speaks from personal observation, declare, that " all the * Civilised America. By Thomas (nil.,, n.,.,“,,.. efforts which may be made with a view to influencing the South, in favour of emancipatiori, are valueless so long as there exists a determined resolution throughout the Northern society to consider the coloured race, in all its varieties of shade, as beneath the dignity of human nature, and in no respect worthy to be associated with, countenanced, honoured, or so much as spoken to on terms of equality,—excluded by such inflexible and carefully nourished prejudices, from entertain ing the slightest prospect of ever rising beyond the humblest position—condemned, in short, to infamy from birth." WAR'S ALARM, IT is not quite certain that the alarm has alto gether subsided, notwithstanding an apparent compliance with suggestions for more pacific preliminaries than have lately been prevalent, on the part of the greatest threatener of war.. It was known a day or two since, that in consequence of a communication addressed by Cardinal ANTO NELLI to the French Ambassador at Rome, not only had the French Emperor ordered the imme diate evacuation by his troops of the Pontifical City, but that they had actually been forthwith withdrawn to Civita Vecchia, there to await the transport vessels to convey them back to France. We had intelligence also of Lord CowLEY'S inter views with the Austrian Ministers at Vienna, and at the same time of hints having been thrown out, on their part, that there might perhaps be no objection to renounce the separate treaties con cluded between Austria and the minor Italian States, but only on condition of guarantees for the preservation of peace being given,—than which nothing could be more reasonable. More than this, we have had information of assurances that such guarantees might be afforded, • that, at any rate, there was no indisposition on the part of the French Emperor to do so. But still there is not only no open manifestation of any undoing of what has been done with the view to an immediate campaign, but, on the contrary, the work of pre paration appears to be proceeded with as though no change whatever had taken place in the coun cils of the Empire on the subject. The warlike activity of the Emperor had got everything in a state of preparation, as we have before pointed out, for immediate hostilities; and it appears that, within the last few days, a portion of the army at Lyons received orders to hold itself in readiness, and that a telegraphic despatch from Paris was all that was required to send it at a couple of hours' notice to Toulon and Marseilles, where transports were in readiness to receive it. Further than this, it was announced that the for mation of an army of the Alps had been resolved upon, the command to be given to General McMArroN. And whatever may have been the issue, in his Majesty's councils, of Lord POWLEY' communications, and whatever the object of so prompt a compliance with the request of the Pope to withdraw the French troops from Rome, there is no certain assurance, as yet, that things thus fully prepared for a deadly conflict with Austria do not remain virtually in statu quo. The funeral at Milan, of one who acted a con spicuous part in the revolution of 1848, and more especially the siege of Rome,—Emmio DANDOLO, —has been made the occa sion of an outburst of political feeling which only shows of what inflam mable materials the popular mind of some parts of Italy is composed, and how fearful a flame might be kindled were a spark but to come effectually in contact with it of that belligerent fire which the rulers of France and Sardinia have been so eagerly endeavouring to stir up. "The Corso," says the account, " was one thick mass of human beings, and when, towards midday, the mourners, bearing each a lighted taper, issued forth in slow proces sion from the church doors, preceded by the coffin, on which lay a wreath of camellias, displaying the national colours of Italy—red, white, and green— the pent-up enthusiasm of the assembled multi tude burst forth, and a prolonged and deafening ' , lout filled the air, the cry, Evviva l'ltalia ' being inly distinguishable. It is said that many also `touted, Evviva la Francia.' " All this excite owing to the deceased having been &Voted to the "Independence of Italy," the establishffient of which is one of the ostensible pleas for war with Austria. And in connection with this, the cry of " Evviva l'ltalitt" conjointly with that of " Ev viva la Francia," wag it most ominous demon stration of popular feeling, in the very direction in which, at such a conjuncture, it would be most dangerous to the peace of Europe. The effect of this still prevalent alarm of war continues, we find, to be most injurious to the interests of trade throughout France, and more particularly in Paris. " Commerce," says a recent communication from the French capital, " still continues to labour under the weight of the uncertainty which prevails in political matters, and no one dares to venture on any operations of importance while the present state of things exists. The manufacturers are finishing off the orders which they had previously on hand, but they receive very few new ones. In the retail shops business appears at a complete standstill, and the few purchases made are of articles of the first necessity .and of every-day consumption." The Paris Bourse has, very naturally, remained in a gloomy state ; and but for the confidence there is at home, that England will be kept clear of the threatened war, our own Funds would no doubt have been seriously depressed likewise ; if not also our own commerce ruinously stagnant, as that of France is. There is apparently, through the friendly intervention of our Government, a hope that the alarm may now subside, and trade on the Continent be revived. But so long as Louis NAPOLEON is in the ascendant, with his ambitious ends to work out, there can be no great reliance, it is to be feared, on any assurance of permanent tranquillity. THE FOOD OF THE POOR THE food, not only of the poor, but of the working classes generally, is much of it of a quality that is not merely adulterated, but most unwholesome, not to say poisonous. That there is " death in the pot," by such means, in too many of their humble dwellings, has from time to time been complained of, by those who had taken pains, by close inspection and analysis of many of the articles of daily use with which the poor are supplied ; and the system, it is to be feared, still prevails as injuriously as ever. Disorderly com petition in many departments of retail business has the mischievous effect of beating down prices so low, that genuine articles cannot be afforded for such prices. Spurious and generally most delete rious practices of adulteration are had recourse to, in order to meet the irresistible cry for cheapness, Every thing must be cheap ; and the great merit of too many establishments, and more especially such as are mainly engaged in supplying the poor, is that they sell cheap rather than genuine articles of constant consumption. There would be a great evil in this, if it were only in deranging the true system of trade, by creating a constant excess of supply over demand. And political economists and philanthropists have often combined their efforts to correct. so great an evil, upon that specific ground,—contending, not only " that trade, exchange, distribution of goods, are trusts to be administered alike in the mutual interest of producers and consumers, not to be conducted as matters of speculation ;" but, moreover, and more importantly still, " that any adulteration, fraud, and falsehood of any kind, in price, quantity, or quality, is a misdemeanour, and should be [dealt with as such by public opinion, and by each individual privately, in the absence of law." Attempts have been made to carry out this principle, more especially with regard to adultera tion, by establishing shops where the genuine quality of the articles on sale was guaranteed, upon the certificates of competent inspectors. But the thirst for what is cheap, among the poor above all, has prevailed over every other consideration. The poor, in fact, have so little to spend upon the various articles of food which their 'daily- wants require, that they are irresistibly impelled to give a preference to the cheap system,—cheap and nasty, as it has been called, and with only too much truth, it is to be feared, as respects many of the items of food which the poor are constantly consuming—are compelled almost to consume, on account of their cheapness, rather than have a better, and probably a really genuine article at a higher price, but a price which unfortunately they could not afford to pay. It is altogether a false, and most mischievously false principle on which the poor are thus compelled, or think they are, to act, even on the score of economy,—for true economy of necessity involves frugality, discretion of expense, laudable parsimony. To be economical, is to lay out money to the best advantage ; and this can never be the case where we purchase adulterated articles of food, because they are in a great degree waste, and, more than waste— injurious, it may be poisonous. It may be " slow poison," much of the adulterated material with which, under the system of cheapness, the poor are supplied; but it is sure poison nevertheless-- systematically injuring the health, and gradually destroying the life, even of the most robust. But what are we to say of those who thus traffic on the health and life of the poor,—who adopt the system of selling adulterated articles, that by selling cheap they may have both a brisker trade and a larger profit ? %%Thy, under any eh - curnstances, adulteration is fraud—it is the making that which is true to be that which is false ; it is to cheat, to obtain money, even the hard-earned wages of the poor, under false pretences ; and it ought to be, if it is not, iu the eyes of the law, a high crime and misdemeanour. The system of adulteration, then, of every kind, is tin iniquitous system ; but, infinitely more than this, it deserves to be considered, when as well as being a fraud upon the poor, it is a means of injuring their health, and even destroying their life ! With the view of checking, and, if possible, preventing so dire and fatal an evil as this, a more stringent principle of legislation is now proposed to be adopted. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD has re-introduced his useful and much-needed Bill, in the House of Commons, " For Preventing the Adulteration of Articles of Food or Drink." And the measure seems well adapted to the exigencies of the case. It imposes a penalty of so many pounds (not yet fixed) on every person vending or exposing for sale any article of food or drink with which, to the knowledge of such person, any noxious ingredient has been mixed. More than this, the offender will be, so to speak, pilloried, to the utter ruin of his reputation, by the publication of his name, residence, and offence (at his own expense) in the newspapers or otherwise, at the discretion of the magistrates. Vestries and district boards and Town Councils are authorised to appoint analysts, such as Dr. HAss.&LL—that is to say, men possess ing competent medical, chemical, and microscopical knowledge. Purchasers of provisions may have their purchases (of food and drink) analysed by these officials, on a payment of a fee of 2s 6d to lOs 6d, and the certificate of the analyst will be made evidence against the fraudulent vendor. The Privy Council is empowered to cause analyses to be made, and to regulate the use of materials or ingredients distinct from the natural composition of any article of food or drink with which it may Thus chicory, used to adulterate ; coeculus indicus and treacle, used by be mixed. coffee brewers in . "rs „c.,,.4 Make "cayenne pepper ;" vitriol, used to counter feit acetic .acid, or vinegar; and lo,s;wood, us the manufacto,:e of " port wine," would nature' • come under its Opel There con be no quest: on whatever as to the i 9 urgent necessity a such a 11104,.:4re as this. It needed for the proteOion of the whole coaltria ni * for the suppression of a very iniquitous and uta st mischievous system of' fraud. The syitena is t he more infamous, because ta , more pernicious, to its application to the food of the poor, who so fre quently, alas ! in this, as in too many °t iler respects, " have none to help them." There woe denouacel at a higher tribunal than that °° man, against him that defraudeih the poor t increase his riches." Punishment, therefore' awaits him beyond the confines of this -world. Ba t it is just and expedient that human law should not overlook a crime, the prevalence of vtllich so severely felt by those who have the gx eat es ‘ claim to the law's protection: ARILIVAL• OF THE RED JAC}iET.—The " White Star clipper ship Red Jacket, Captain O'Halloran, arrivet h l e on Saturday with 39,611 ozs. of gold, valued at £l sB i' l ' f The Red Jacket sailed frdat Melbourne on the 2 n d December, and was acclrlingly 92 dap on the passage. JOHN BRIGHT, ESQ., IN LIVEROGOL.—The Reform`''`' will be glad to learn that John Bright, Esq., has consented to visit Liverpool and deliver an address upon the g el. question of the day. Last week the Council of the Lifer pool Reform Club (recently organized) had a reqi siti°ll „ prepared to Mr. Bright inviting his attendance, an d 4.. A. Saturday a deputation from the council of the club via l upon the honorable gentleman in. London, and after some hesitation he consented to comply with the request, but % e ' served to himself the privilege of fixing the time, which , tha t probability, will be the week after next. Considering Mr. Bright has refused to accept many invitatioas, and that . his health is very far from being in a satisfactory state, his / handsome compliance with the request of the Liveret, Reform Club is especially gratifying. We have no d ()Ilb however, but that the reception. with which he wil l be - greeted will fully compensate him for any personal iflC°ll venience he may suffer in. THE COURT Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur an d o n Princess Alice, took a drive in an open carriage and four Friday afternoon. The Equerries in. Waiting attended the horseback. The Prince Consort rode on horseback il l mottling, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge • hers Prince Arthur visited her Royal Highness the Pu ic— Cambridge at her residence in St. James's Palace t he The Duke de Nemours and the Count de Paris visited Quee Majesty Her n on Fridaany, d the at Buc P k rin ni ce Con so P rt, accoMpanied 1/ gham alace, h the Princess Helena, honoured the performance at th e market Theatre on Friday evening with their presence' e rr. attendance were the Countess of Caledon, Hon. Lncy Visconnt Strathallan, Major-General the Hon. Colonel Grey' and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. Lord Brougham left London for France on SaturdsP,.. Sir James Brooke, of Sarawak, is staying at Dawlish 'l4 state of convalescence. alt t The Paris Presse announces the retirement of M. Gue r from the post of chief editor of that paper. 4. the The Russian Ministry of Education has appoint sum of 300,000 roubles for the support of successful gut The Right Hon. the Speaker, will hold his first le ye his official residence at the Palace of Westminster on L" evening of Saturday, the 26th instant, at ten o'clock. der We ( Western Times) have the pleasure of seeing, u m ., 11 the handwriting of our honoured townsman, Sir John, Sit ring, satisfactory evidence of hi s res t ora ti on t o healt'' 00 John was at the Philippines on the 25th of Jantio* his way back for his Hong Kong government. 1 ,014 DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND COURT OSBORNE. —Her Majesty, accompanied by his royal higt;if s the Prince Consort and youthful family, with the and ladies in waiting, according to the present arralst meats, will leave Buckingham Palace on Saturday. sty' for Osborne House, and proceed in several of her 11,18.1 e 9 'ol carriages, with an escort, to Wandsworth-road station, to travel by special train on the South Western raill'i,a_l oop i Gosport, where the illustrious party will embark on the royal steam yacht Fairy, Captain Hon. Joseph Den' R.N., for Cowes Pier, en route for Osborne House• le t ot c THE PRINCE OF WALES AND COLONEL BRUCE.--A from Rome, in the Opinione of Turin, accuses Colonel o of a breach of etiquette in not allowing the Prince 0 11 ; t he to have a private interview with the Pope, but enterine, the presence with his Royal Highness, although, observed as writer, the Prince was received as sovereigns are, s il lo ae. such should have been introduced to his Holiness !oat The writer of the letter is no doubt ignorant of the fac t to Colonel Bruce has positive instructions from home ° co uld leave the Prince alone for a single minute, and that he. not, therefore, act otherwise than he did on that ocea sl°o r oa SUPPLEMENT ESTIMATE OF HER MAJESTY'S 50j,,,0g THE YEAR 1858-59. - On Saturday morning the fop' bleb estimate of the sum required to defray the charges w 3 l s t shall come in course of payment in the year ending r he en di' March, 1859, under the follefing heads of naval OP s t e., ture, was issued :—Vote No. B.—Wages to artificers o , 0 00. employed in her Majesty's establishm en t s a t h o me, 4,l°„' an d (Expense of the employment of additi ona l s hipwrigu - v o te other artificers in her Majesty's dockyards at home-) .„ the No. 11.—New works, impro vemen t s , and repairs 1- the yards, &c., £27,000. Amount required, in addition Woo, vote of £23,000, taken under No. 11, new w orks, r e pl e te &c., in the navy estimates of 1858-59, in order to eol o .") the " purchase of property in the great harbour at 31° The whole charge amounts to the sum of £39,000. li t LIE NEW BARONETCIES.—The formal ann ounceln e contained in the last Gazette of the honour conferred. ° ea Mr. Cunard and Sir Charl e s Nich o l so n will be reee lv or e by the public with universal sati s facti on , and fc'rlll,oo reasons than one. It is not o n ly th a t these gen ,l " - h ich have well deserved the dig n ity o f th e b arone t c ies tow_ives, they are advanced, b u t th e promot i ons theinoi o f indicate a welcome improvement on the t r aditions*. former clays. Neither Si r Ch ar l es Ni c h o l so n nor,. t i e al Cunard has earned hi s e l eva ti on b y mere to services ; still less are they indebted for the re sult the favour or intrigue. They have not even won ir honours in the field of war, but have established the oe , claims to public gratitude exclusively by works of Y e t we It is to Mr. Cunard, more than to any other man, tha . owe the route across the Atlantic, which has so el'..„" 0/ 0 connected the two worlds together as to leave 11 1'" t j t e for more complete approximati o n, s av e throng' ieh agency of electricity itself. The te s ti m o n ial with wh ile the American people honoured their own represeliot in this enterprise formed one o f th e most 019 marvels marvels in our Great Exhibiti o n, and less was -ee r o of not due to the champi o n wh o rema i ne d i n posscss io the field. In the elevation of Sir Charles Nicholson.to see the just reward of patriotic service in a 13better colony, and no English m a n can d es i re a nything „ c ite than that these well-merited di s ti nc ti ons s hould others to deserve similar rewards.—Times. , r. 30 i ; LADY HAVELOCK AND THE VETERANS OF T..- l t . o a l A pleasing instance of the courtesy and kindness of li t she Havelock, and at the same time shewing the inter ° late feels in those who have been associated with her oar lamented husband, occurred recently in Bal ff h t deld ladyship was s t ay i ng, a few days ago, at non' Cottage, Wells-road, and hearing that a'e here commissioned officers and privates were located g. belonging to the 13th Regiment, in which S ir o f his Havelock held the rank of captain in the early part a t her ' military career, she kindly invited them to visit hefted on temporary residence. The nam es o f th os e who AY° wit her ladyship in obedience to this request were Se glour: Major Brown, Quarterma s t er -S ergean t Hughes' 00 .0-call; Sergeant Duffy, Staff-Sergeant Greabach , ky and Thomas Greabach, and Privates Samuel v Henry Hall, all of whom served under Ir a ore during the Affghanistan campaign, and were_ , s a, _ sent with him at the sie g e of - t her In reP ll _, thes e where he commanded the right wing. inquiries, Lady Havelock was pleased to hear tha' o s he veterans recollected her when, twenty-one years,„,,l o ieal l , was left at Kurnawan (a frontier station for - ' O - btaine' troops), while Captain Havelock, who had just, the the command of the 4th company, proceedeo7l deeP active service of the campaign, and listened - w" t i rr ti . g interest to the details which they gave of the 5_ ..00 0 engagements which took place amongst them ir i e e o t, passes of Affghanistan. At the close of the iii" ea t he which lasted about an hour, her ladyship express_4,o gratification she felt at meeting with the old corada.ns In are her husband, and, - having iven them he r f la London, s t a t e d th a t s h e shoulu be happy to " o The them there, shoulJ.. ilte t:)iri. ", the nictro p i d W it!) little band of vetezar. , . w as decor ate enter three, four, or fiv, tis. very hospitah.Zl option' tained, and took -. d w ith t he : •t _ . re.