Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BROADWAY,COTIIer of HOUSTON-STEEET, NICW YOICK. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. Coiroazsa, With Fnnds bequeathed by James Smrrasom, of ENGLAND, !hying the Friendsh;p of the OFFICERS Of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the EUEOPEAN PLAN. CHAS. H. SMITH. ,1711rrtial aan. ♦t twelve o'clock, at the brokers' olfize, 2, Dale-street, 750 bales Jute, and 87 bAgs ColE:le.—Browne, 'Linter and Co. ♦t one o'clock, at the brokors' aft:o, 25, Temple-street, 15 bales Woollen Rags.—W. Greame and Co. At twelve o'clo k, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange-buildings. 816 b age Qnercitroa Bark.—J. 11. Rayner and Co. A' twelve o'clock, at the brokers' Office, Colonic'-buildings, Dale street, about 503 bcies Jnt , . —B I.hby and C'.! At one o'clock, at ihe brokers' office, 10, rachanee-builintri, 13 bales Cotton, and a quantity of Pickings.—Easo B rry and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 18, Hackin's-hey, 600;bags Sago Flour —Sal and Meagen-. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 18, Chapel•street, 10 cults Cream of Tartar.—W. 0. Woods. ♦t twelve o'c'ock, at the broker's office, I, l o‘dhall-street, 125 bales Jute.—N. Waterhouse and Sons. At the brok rs' office, 4, VorY-hadings, 52 ca•ks Cas'or 011, and 553 ba'es Jate.—W. Sing ehurst u , Co. ♦ twelve 0M0,.k, at the broker's office, Victoria-buildings, Hackiri'- hey, 1000 bags Rice.—Corrie and Co. At ha'f-nest Me o'clock. at the brokers' office, 4, Oldhall-street, 1.203 bags Linseed C.ac.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'c'oek, .t the brokers' °Tee, Oldhal -street, 6 tans Hew. —Glads'oue a:id Se/j..antton. At the broker's office, 9, North Jolla- street, 19 bags Sumac.—Henry ardner. ♦t twelve o'clock, at the brokers' eiThe, 2 tons Bees' Wax, and 51 chests Shellal.—Atexan ler S. 313 , r .e. •At twelve o'clock, at the broker's offl e. 3), Exchange-alley North , 1,029 bales Jnte.—Shand, TlifiC3oll a., d Ca. At twelve o'c'ock, a': the brokers' pftl3e, 6, Lancaster-buildings, •i serons Gum Sorts.—Stratfird and At twe:ve ck, at the broker's office, 2, E%clanze-buildings, 11 casks Bees' Wax, and 6 serons Can min Seed —W. W. Smith. ISO' For particulars seo 10..vertis?ment,. THIS PAT, AHUSEAENTS, PUBLIC, MEErINGS, TIIZATRZ ROT At —Pramati2 Per tor 31 ! n.e-7 p.m. EcT.Ar.. Am PHIrtitATRE—DraM lit?. reKorrninc,...-7 LIVERPOOL ACADEHY'S EXHIBIT ON, Petoffice-place. ALLSOP'S WAXWORK EXHIBITION-10 a m. tO 10 p.m. ClaraToN HALL, Clayt ,n-agave—dordon Cumming-8 p.m. CoL3s36nt—Gmeral Entertaiiraent-6.30 p.m. Lo2:4otcAt. GARDEN a—Grand nuti Varied Ent,rtainatentil. tEr For particulars see advertisements. Q,T - he frftlittil liiur FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. The Dock and Health Committees held their weekly meetings yesterday, but no' business of importance was transacted. The health of the town is still slightly below the average, but the deaths last week were 35 less than the previous week. Of Diarrhoea the number of fatal cases was 47, three less than the previous week, but fifteen more than tlya average. A slight increase was sanctioned in the working expenses of the Treasurer's office. At our Police Court yesterday an extensive case of " reseting," as the Scotch call it, was brought to light. Two Liverpool beerhouse keepers were recently apprehended in Dublin, and in their possession, and at their residence here, a large number of told and silver watches, and a quantity of valuable jewellery were found They could ifot give any very satisfactory account of how they come into the property, and there is little or no doubt that all was solen. The accused were remanded for a week. _ _ _ Edward Williams, lee a plumber and glazier at Chester, was graated, by the Liverpool Bank ruptey UOMMISSIOLer, a twri CUSS certineate, with four months' suspension. A manufacturer, at Padsoy, Ynkshire, has got hirnslf into trouble. He was charged, at the Leeds Police-court, on Wednesday, with swindling. A report of the case will be found elsewhere Public meetings continue to be held throughout the country, in aid of the India Mutiny Fund ; and we are glad to learn that everywhere the appeal for subscriptions is being met with a liberal and open hand. The East India Company do not seem to be in great 'favour, for many gentlemen take the opportunity, when addressing these meet ings, to have a fling at the Leadenhall-street poten tates. At B:ighton, on Wednesday, Lieut.-Colonel Fawcett avowed that " the fiction of the East India Company should be done away with, and the Queen proclaimed Empress of India" Why not Prince Albert " Emperor of India ?" He sadly wants to wear a crown, and is moving heaven and earth to be placed in the position, and to be styled "King Consort of England" Be this as it may, it is good to see the zeal with which the work of contribution is being carried on throughout the land. Abroad, even in quarters the mcst unex pected. the same spirit is manifesting itself. The Daily News lauds the Emperor of the French and the Sultan of Turkey for their munificent dona tions of .El,OOO each, but adds— ' Amid all these gratifying manifestations of foreign and native beneficence, it is impossible not to ask why a national character is not given to this Indian Relief Fund ? Why has not the State come forward to meet this subscription of a national act ? The people are willing and eager, but a national centre and nucleus for their ben(fieient activity is still a desideratum. Let the cabinet of Lord Palmerston lose no time in taking the fi Ad—or are we waiting for an order in Council ? and does that order itself wait on the convenient season which shall release the Court from the solitudes of the Highlands, and dash the pleasures of deer-stalking with the cares of Empire ?" It is stated that a proposition has been submitted to the East India Company for raising a volunteer corps of cavalry both in this country and in Aus- tralia, and it only awaits the concurrence of the Board of Directors to be carried into effeet. In addition to this, there is a report that a body of Zonaves, formed of volunteers co'lected in England, will also be levied. These troops, of course, will act as a kind of irregular horse, or Christian Bashi-Baz mks, and doubtless the ser vice they could render to the European cause in India would be of infinite value. Still, not for . one moment should it be lost sight of that, even with all this voluntary sacrifice, the main point—the reform- of the army—is no nearer solution. We may employ the energy of our volunteer regiments in suppressing the mutiny, punishing the muti neers, and re-establishing the authority of Eng land in Bengal, yet the present condemned system of army promotion may continue the same as at present, and thi incapacity of our chiefs plunge the forces of the country into irretrievable confusion. The Colombo arrived at Sou hampton yesterday. Among her passengers were a number of Indian fugitives, including Colonel Lennox, wife, and daughter. The Colonel belonged to the 22nd Regiment at Fyz2bad, in Ou le: only a sergeant of Artillery and the Colonel escaped. Among the passengers is a lady who escaped from Delhi with four children and a dog. The fugitives report being all well treated by the merchants at Calcutta, and supplied with money to send them on immediately on the Colombo's arrival. Captain Feld received a letter from the Relief Fund Committee, through the Peninsular and Oriental Company, authorising him to render the passen gers every relief and assistance. The Lady Mayoress of London was the first to board the Cidombo, to aid and assist the fugitives. Tile poor girl who was murdered in Leigh Woods, near Bristol, has.at length been identified as Charlotte Pagsley, who bad been in the service of a gentleman residing near Bath. She left Bristol in company with a man to whom she was about to be married. The police are now in pur suit of this individual. We my also mention that the Italian, who murdered a Greek sailor in London, a few days ago, has been committed for trial on the charge of Wilful Murder, both by the police magistrate and by the coroner's jury. A report is current that Pienipotentiaries are to meet in London, and bring the dispute between Mexico and Spain to au amicable adjustment. The mediation of France and England was offered for this purpose, and, as the Mexican Government has assented, probably Spain will cast no obstacles in the way of arbitration. Of continental news. there is a variety this morning. The Emperors of France and Russia are to meet at Stttttgardt this day, and will take their departure on Monday. After this the Czar Alexander will meet the Emperor Joseph of Au3tria at Weimar. A communication has reached us from Constan tinople to the Effect, that a proposal is about to be made by the Porte itself far effecting an adminis trative ' union of the Danubian Principalities, extending even to the army. The Porte tries to avert the blow, by anticipating it. A Paris correspondent of the I ndependance Beige professes to know, rom an eminent English mein • ber of parliament, that Lord Stratford de Red cliffe's career as a diplomatist is terminated. He will be treated, it is sail, with all possible tender ness, and his recall will be disguised under the form of a cenge, but the 'hagfish Ministry is fully resulted to willdraw him definitely from Con , stanticiop!e. _ _ From Sardinia we learn that the Minister of Wir has prohibited, for the future, the dinners width the officers of a garrison about to leave have hitherto been in the habit of giving to the officers of the corps sent to replace them, assigning, as a reason, the heaviness of the cost on such officers as have not ample means. The number of priscners to he tried for the effair of June 29th, at Genoa, is ;39 ; of whom, about 20 are in custody. Several of the prisoners have been implicated owing to the manner in which Kozzini spoke of the movement in his letter and in his journal. A letter from Copenhagen, states that, there is no possibility of an amicablea.rrangement in the Holstein question with the ti'vo great Getman Powers. More notes may, doubtless, be written ; but the Gov9rnment of Copenhagen is decided on awaiting with calmness the decir_.-zione of the Frank fort Diet ; before which the question will be defi nitely brought by Prussia and Austria. FROM the beginning of the Indian insurrection no fear was entertained in England as to the final result. We felt confi lent that, though we might be surprised, we could not in the long run be beaten ; and that though we might be taken at a disadvantage and suffer much, yet the power, skill, valour, and resources of England were sure to triumph at last. The course of events is not likely to falsify this anticipation. On the con trary, we already see that our valiant soldiers, though harassed by the wide. area over which the insurrection has spread itself, and though greatly out-numbered by their enemies, are yet converging to a decisive struggle and to victory. The re .conquest of India was never for a moment doubtful if England should think it worth while to put forth her strength. If. indeed, the whole country were up in arms against us—if the three Presidences were filled with mutiny, and we were objects of hostility to a hundred and fifty millions of people—it might then deserve consideration whether it was worth while to attempt that re-conquest immediately. Under thcse new conditions it might possibly be our wisest course to retire from India, or restrict ourselves to a few strong places on the sea coast for purposes of commerce. But such is not the state of things. Although the insurrection can now no longer be regarded as purely military, still the heart of India is not turned from us, the great body o f the people and the princes.. are with us, and chiefly, we believe, liberated thieves and robbers, the spawn of the jails, and the refuse of the population, have joined the insurgents. This will be remembered when the pacification of India and the reform of abuses shall come before the Parliament and people of England. It will not be safe to treat India as a conquered country, or to attempt to govern it for ourselves—to sub serve our own interests, partialities, and glory. India must be for the Indians—for their good, freedom, and improvement, if we are to retain our ascendancy. But there is another question, prior to this, in time—How the nation ought to feel and deport itself while our countrymen are, through wounds, and suffering, and death, putting down the in surrection for us? It concerns our own dignity and virtue how we shall treat even the insurgents. Other nations of Europe are looking on ; they will mark our bearing; their sympathy is not wanting to us on this occasion. It is for us to consider maturely the effect of our conduct upon our Indian fellow-subjects. We can now initiate a course of lasting amity or undying enmity, according as we deport ourselves in this emer gency. If we leave the impression of indis criminating cruelty, tyranny, brute force, and vengeance, then India will not be permanently reconciled, though she may be temporarily subdued Besides, civilisation will be slowly travelling over India, and raising those hun dreds of millions of human beings towards an equality with ourselves; and though that equality may never be reached, they will make up by numbers what they want in strength and skill. For our own sake, as well as theirs, we must try to govern India better for the time to come, and we must endeavour to put down the rebellion in a spirit accordant with this. But the effect of this insurrection upon the moral tone of our own nation is with us the strongest consideration, and appears to us to be the supreme argument. We do not ignore or forget the moral argu ment, though material gain to ourselves, but there are higher considerations. It is not won derful that we should hear this subject canvassed in every variety of tone, and with great diver sity of feeling and suggestion. Happily, we have a free press, and every one may alter his thought. No wonder, then, that some should imprecate vengeance on the cruel murderers, traitors, and assassins of brave men, of women, and children. This is natural and inevitable, just like crying when we are hurt, or weeping when we are sad. Especially if any of our own rela tives have been the victims of Indian perfidy and cruelty, it is difficult to restrain the desire for retaliation. Still we haw to consider what is befitting men, Christians, and Englishmen. To revenge is fiendish, to forgive is Godlike. The spirit of humanity should preside over this awful work of punishment and retribution, which is now being enacted before the face of nations on the plains of British India. Our soldiers will not be demons, and we are sure they will not imitate the infernal barbarities of the mutineers, nor needlessly torture or outrage a single Indian child or woman. Bnt while we speak of humanity, and deprecate vengeance, we do not mean to deprecate the fit punishment which should overtake incarnate demons. Humanity and penalty, mercy and punishment, are quite compatible; and justice is the very opposite-of vengeance. The Infinite Mercy, when he forgives us, does not remit the natural consequences of our acts. " What a man soweth, that shall he also reap," is the law of both worlds, and of all worlds. Not in the spirit of vengeance, then, should we urge our soldiers to put down the rebellious; but, regarding them , as the high and stern police of the nation, we should support them with our sympathies and with our approval, and even with our erithTiastic admiration, while they are executing justice upon some of the greatest miscreants that ever cursed the face of the earth, and dishonoured human nature. Foul acts of retaliatory vengeance would disgrace us in our own eyes and in the eyes of Europe,—would lower the moral tone of our people, if we could find instruments base and cruel enough to do the hellish work. The horrors of Indian massacre will not surely be permitted to kindle up a hell of immoral feeling in the minds of Britons. And all the pangs we might inflict fur vengeance would not bring back our own mangled and honoured dead ones, nor have power to cancel a single - moment o f all the agony they endured. It is in the stern and lofty spirit of justice and humanity, there fore, that Great Britain, by the arm of her valiant soldiery, is now marching to put down mutiny and massacre in India, and to blot our. them and their authors from the broad face of her Eastern empire. OUR Municipality is about entering, as it were, upon a new phase of its existence. A new era is dawning upon us, and we trust it will be inau gurated by a spirit very different from what has unfortunately characterised much of the proceed ings of the past. The unnatural state of anta gonism, alienation, and bitter hostility which have so long been permitted to endure betwixt our governors and the governed must, it is to be hoped, cease and determine at once and for ever. We do fervently hope that all rancour, strife, and uncharitable feelings on all sides will be buried in oblivion. In such a case much future permanent good may result from what has hith erto only proved to be a serious evil. On no other question which can or will occupy the serious consideration of the Town Council and people of Liverpool is there wider scope for the exercise of calm, coo), and unimpassioned delibe ration, than is presented by the present aspect of the great Water Question. When we saw arrayed against us the legions of our adversaries, armed to the teeth, resolved to contest inch by inch the just claims of au injured people, we did not proclaim war to the knife, and carry fire and sword into the enemy's camp with an unsparing hand. We have been accused of lashing the public mind into a state of excite ment ; and, if we did, what of it ? But matters are now changed—at least we fain hope so—and so far as we are concerned, the sword of strife is sheathed for ever; and we shall willingly do cur best to heal the wounds we may have inflicted (luring the heat of this unprecedented contest. The Water Committee no loner stand in hos. tile array against us, as formerly. Deserted, if not betrayed by those who had been foremost in urging them to take up the unnatural and unte nable ground they had so long oocupied, the Committee have at last succumbed to truth, and we trust we arc not premature in congratulating them as being labourers in the same vineyard with ourselves, and casting aside all previous prejudices, however well meant, resolving for the future to make common cause with old antagon ists in providing the greatest good for the greatest numbe r. We have never accused the Water Committee of being influenced by sinister or selfish consi derations in their advocacy of this most unfor tunate job : nay, we have always maintained that the Committee, whether in their individual or collective capacity, were actuated by as pure motives as ourselves, and it remains to be seen whether or not we have been correct. The course of the committee is now clear : they have to abandon those who have proved blind guides, and who have so fearfully compromised them and betrayed their confidence : they have to act on their own honest convictions—to meet the Council and their fellow burgesses by a frank and manly acknowledgment of past errors—to apply themselves, as far as they can, to repair the fearful disaster which has resulted from their previous policy. Let them but do this, and however strong the temptation, they may rest assured that all recrimination, in so far as the public are concerned, is at an end. We believe there is not a single member of the Water Com mittee, from the chairman down, that is not heartily sick of the whole affair; but still, they feel a reluctance to avow their sentiments openly. But the time is opportune for such. The water is condemned in lob for domestic purposes. On that point there is now, happily, no dif ference of opinion. The Council and the Town have pronounced unanimously in favour of the restoration of the well water for all such. Let there be no unnecessary delay in complying with this reasonable requirement, for none is really necessary. We happen to know that within a short week the inhabitants may have restored to them their much-cherished well water, while within the same period the Pike water may be rendered available for many of the purposes for which it is adapted. We believe the Water Engineer is directed to report for the Committee, on Saturday next, as to the best means of giving a supply of both waters. What the nature of that report may be we cannot positively state at present, although we think it extremely probable that Mr. DUNCAN will adhere to his former recommendation of a double line of pipes. But whatever the ulterior decision of the Committee may be, we do hope and trust that for the present, at least, and until other means have been tried, no such proposition will be seriously entertained. The objections to this plan are many and formidable. The first most important is the delay ; the second is the enormous cost—not less, all things considered, than a Quarter of a Million ; the third, the damage and annoyance in breaking up the pavements ; fourth, the complexity of the scheme, and the large annual outlay for main tenance ; and lastly, and most cogent, its non- necessity. Already the Gre n-lane mains ramify through all the principal streets where fires are likely to occur. Let these be charged with Pike water. All the flushing apparatus are in connection with these mains ; ergo, all the sewers can be flushed with Pike water, while baths, hydraulic cranes, manufacturers, &c., &c., may be at once supplied from these conduits, and let it not be forgotten that this can be done at once. We have no hesitation in maintaining that, for the sum of—say 10,0001., or even less, the water supply of Liverpool may be placed on a better footing than that of any town in the empire—we might say, safely, in the whole world. But there must be an end of big jobs, or even of little ones. There must be no more secrecy or mys tery observed about a matter which ought to be open to all. We hope the 'Water Committee will give e Council the benefit of their investigation into the present con dition of the works and water at Rivington without reservation. Concealment can do nothing now but ha..m, and it is far better that we should know the full extent of our disasters than be longer kept in the dark. As we have said, let there be no more bitterness or recrimi nation on either side. The Water Committee have many errors to atone for—some positive wrongs to redress- --but let them set about remedying these as far as possible, in earnest, and the past will be forgiven, and in due time forgotten. Let them no longer maintain that unfortunate isolation from the people which they have done so long, but let them join heart in hand with their fellow citizens in putting an end to this intestine strife, and let all unite in one common object—pro bono publico. THE VOLUNTEERS FOR INDIA. [COMMUNICATED.] THE news received from the East during the last three weeks may have their bright side in the glorious advance of General HAVELOCK, fighting seven battles in as many days, and against overwhelming odds gaining as many victories , yet the darker side of the news—that military insurrection has raised its head in the Bombay army, that our valiant country men have succumbed with great slaughter in the advance on Arrah, and that the courageous army before Delhi may be looked upon as besieged rather than as besieging —counterbalances the more favourable news; and leaves matters in India-almost where they were. Meanwhile, the suggestion we threw out three weeks ago (September 2), that the young and enthusiastic spirits among our middle classes should volunteer for India, and throw themselves heart and soul into the struggle, has already met with a deep-felt response. Our great contempo rary, the Times, who never urges any side of a question but the winning one, and never proposes a measure till it is sure of its acceptance by the public, who, in fact, follows, while it professes to lead, public opinion, has opened its columns to a score. of letters from the "Volunteering English man," "Zouave," "cum multis aliis," all urging the immediate formation of volunteer corps of gentlemen. We are much gratified that the hint we have thrown out has been so well taken. We are glad to see that the military spirit is yet, (though we are a nation of shopkeepers) so strong within us, we are convinced that such a corps as that proposed would be invincible, and we are without doubt that the slight expense thereby incurred would be well repaid by the devotion and heroism of such a band of men ; and yet we have more sympathy with the public spirit of Messrs. HARVEY and BROADBENT, of Sheffield, and their offer of 500 men for India, which deserves our 'warmest praise and with the absence of Red Tapeism on the part of Lord PANMURE, who accepted the offer, than with the ardour which dictated the many letters from volunteers in the Times. We are well aware that there are thousands of young men of the middle class in England, who are ready to go out to India at the country's expense, and to fight our battles when there, against the traitorous and murderous Sepoys with energy and pluck; but we question the policy of forming such a Legion. The terms on which men would enlist, would, we are convinced, be subversive of the discipline and efficiency of the British army, as it is now constituted. Aware that the view we are, by our sense of honesty, compelled to take, is at this moment an unpopular one, we will briefly urge some arguments in its defence. The new legion of Zouaves, or of volunteers, would be chosen from a higher social status than the other regiments of the service, and they would expect greater privileges, and look for higher rank and more speedy promotion than the rest of the army. Under the influence of high excitement, they leave regular employment, clerkships, shops, and manufactories; when the war is over we cannot turn them adrift, and hid them return to office, counter, or factory, where their place has long been filled up. We question also, and we do so with all modesty, whether the volunteer legion are at all prepared to undergo the practical discomforts of a common soldier's life, and we are sure that the creation of a corps of superior standing, endowed with higher privileges, and enjoying more practical luxuries, would detract from the efficiency of the general service, by introducing a feeling of " clique' on the one hand, and of jealousy on the other, into the British army. The term of "Zouave," used by some of the limes' correspondents, seems to us singularly misplaced. The Zouave is rather the maueais sujet of the French nation, than its elite—the pay is less, the privileges are fewer, than in the rest of the army, and foreign service was till lately the doom of all Zouave regiments, who were not allowed to enter France. While, then, giving all credit to the enthusiasm of our middle classes—while proud of their public spirit, and delighted to find that England's sons are as ever ready in England's time of need, we deprecate the acceptance, of the proffered services on this side of the Indian Seas. If any man, or any body of men, with the courage, spirit, and means, would form a corps of volunteers, and place it at Calcutta, under the orders of the General Commanding-in-Chief, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, we would be the first to applaud, as we have been the first to suggest. If any single man, or if any little band of friends would leave England for Delhi, with sword and pistol, rifle and animunition, we would wish them God-speed with all our . heart ; but that volunteer corps of gentlemen should be formed, and equipped in England, and sent out by either the British Government or the East India Corn - pany, seems to us at present unadvisable. ITUDSDN BAY MEAINGS IN CANADA.—The recent snocessful demonstration by the citizens of Toronto against the Hues m's Bay monopoly has had a good effect upon the country. A very successful meeting has hien held at Perth, in the county of Lanark. The friends of the corruptionists attempted to prevent as expression of opinion against the government and its commissioner to England, but they signally failed. The following resolutions were carried by a very large majority, only some half-dozen Persons dissenting :—'"fhat it is the opinion of this meeting (and we he'ieva that this opision is shared by a vast. majority of the ripple of th:s province) that the time has now arrived when Canada should, with the permission of the Crown of England, avarice the government of the wbole territory of the Hudson's Br, Company, in its widest extent from east to west, and from the boundaries of Canada and the United States on the south, to the Fr, zen Ocean north. That Canada is fully capable of assuming the Government, and to push her settlements along its frontier aad into is cc itre, and that such is the only way to prevent its being overrun by an ' American population.' That Canada will never voluntarily ackrowledge any boundary other than the oceans, seas, gulfs, bays. and lakes, which beat upon her shores, excepting where an already established line ex'sts between her and some foreign nation."—Toronto Globe. WHAT TO DO WITH THE CAPTURED MUTINEERS.—BOna ex Malls writes to the Times, 4, The late terrible events in India have rendered it imperative on us, as a nation, to mark with some extraordinary punishment the crimes of the bloodstained mutineers ; and although many thousands of their' will have atoned already with their lives for such cowardly atrocities, yet thousands must still remain, upon whom due retribution has still to fall. The British nation, to its honour be it spoken, is averse from the wholesale slaughter of human beings, whatever may have been the extent of their crimes; and once the mutiny in India is quelled, mercy will claim her share of captives from the hands of justice, and some sentence other than "death" will have to be passed upon large masses of these Infatuated savages. Let that sentence be transportation for life. Tr insportation- to the high-caste East Indian is , in anticipation, as dreadful a punishment as death, and, indeed, the latter sentence would in many instances be gladly 'preferred, were a choice to be accorded to the criminals. In the British West India colonies, far from the scenes of their , horrible crimes, these misguided men, dangerous only in their own corm_ try, would in due course of time become useful members of the community, and permission might under certain restrictions, be accorded to them to send for their families, and an opportunity might be given them of regaining to a certain extent their lost liberty. Such an addition to the population of the West ladies would be most gladly received, coming at a time, too, when every endeavour is being made by France to push the prosperity of her West Indian possessions by the introduction of thousands of immigrant labourers at a time when the new prosperous British sugar planter, just escaped from a mortal struggle for existence, is again threatened with an overwhelming antagonist. The one thing wanting to insure prosperity to our British West Indian posses sious, has been a fair supply of manual labour ; but, hitherto, from various causes, this one thing' has been unattainable, and all attempts to intro duce extraneous labour have been trammeled either with eiltrahumane restrictions or viewed with anti-slavery suspicion. All claims for such feelings of over considers, tion, have, however, been forfeited by these miscreants, and a more merciful manner of disposing of them would hardly be consistent with the requirements of a just retribution. Perhaps if the above suggestion were brought to notice through your world-read columns it might furnish a practical scheme for the disposal of some thousands of the captives whom the extinction of this unhappy mutiny must necessarily leave in the hands of the outraged East Indian government." , TELEGRAPHIC NEW (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph•) FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING 34. The Emperor arrived at Strasburg this afternoon' was received by the civil and .rniWary authorities salvos of artillery. All the troops of the garrison Ivo, under arms. llis Majesty wiii leave at nine del °4 .. As morrow mojiing for Stuttgardt. The Prince of Fr- 0 will go to Stuttgardt to compliment the' Emperor behalf of the King of Prussia. PA* The Three per Cent. Rentes closed this day at 6,. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1857. PORTUGAL. LISBON, 0 0- The breaking out of the yellow fever is corrobollA The deaths which occurred amongst the labourers st Custom-house were attributed by the Board of g e3l lo typhus fever, generated by the sudden return 01.0, weather and the bad odours created in the hi de ho Th uses. tIO e authorities have requested reinforcements 0- defence of the Portuguese possessions in India. 42. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTBOII RAILWAY. Yesterday, an accident of a serious nature occor r the up express train from Manchester to Londoot bl running off the embankation at Carlton. No further particulars to hand. TIIE BELFAST RIOTS. COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY. TENTH DAY. FROM OUR OWN CoRRESPONDENT. BELFAST, THURSDAY •••• g 1 1 1 No more witnesses being forthcoming on the 11° 01 Catholic side, the counsel for the Protestant partf,C the following witnesses : doe ill p„ William Elamllton, a member of the Town n gave an explanation of the local force, from 184 2 ti : the present year. csllBi One of the local police, named Hugh Male, was ,ty and contradicted a statement made by a witness fe`ifeel Roman Catholic party on a previous day, to the e that three of the local police had been standing 11 °11 4 morning of the 13th of July, while an arch of et lilies were pat up. lord Francis G-een, of the local polic9 force, corrob' the contradiction of the previous witness. es ti Thomas Cardwell, a detective officer, stated he II g o music outside of the town prior to the 12th July, bu t Ito after; and that both prior to the 12th of July and t o ile he heard the firing of guns from the Roman C at " - districts. 1$ William Perrin, a Roman Catholic, and one ef :11 local force, bore testimony to the respect and ki n d i which was shown to him by the Protestant mem be. the force. od James McKell, a Roman Catholic, and one of the t • force, concurred in the testimony of the last witnes s ' te d George Hill, a retired sub-inspector of the police, Opt that:about the Ist of September he had received 11300 mation, from an authentic source,: of the existence ribbon society in Belfast. )ftM John Shaw, who was produced by the solicitor ° l ' o t Roman Catholic party, complained of the inefficie ol the local police at the late Parliamentary election. Two other witnesses were examined, but their evi u was merely a repetition of the previous statement. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday forenoon, a sai'or nap John Von Loo, fell from the yard of the Dutch g fi dt' Harmony, the King's Doc'c, and wag killed on the 9,40 Wednesday.—The Emperor Alexan der lo arrive on Thursday evening, and the Emperor NO;(or on Friday. The Emperors will leave Stuttgardt on day. THE GREAT IlairAnc.—This fine and famnui ship 55 4 01 yesterday tor Cork, where she will embark, on Tu j e , r eat next, the Bth Iluisars and 17th Lancers, and sail for India. _ tbs, COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY. —J . Pollock, El c k: e d ol l Judge, presided in this Court yeserday, and disP' e pte upwards of 30 cases, none of whi c h h oweve r, pre ss any feature of public interest. or Old THE LIVERPOOL INDIA RELIEF MEETING.—Mr. bone, of Liverpool, writes to the 7i?nes correcting l misapprehension which a portion cf his speech, India Relief meeting, has occasioned. IS MYSTERIOUS.—A perscr, coanectei as p-intsmal 00 ho t .l • East Lancashire Railway, has met his de a ..h, under 1 " for present is consid:red suspiciutis circumstances. v r ,, e oil# bar giving any details of th e e l se until the investib takes place to-day. c otil k THE AMERICAN MAILS —The Royal Mail -7- 0 1 w Yiagara sails to-morrow for Boston and lialiftat boS the Canadian add United States mail s . Tae lele r t ;lo° i at. the General Post Office will be open up to eleven a Ill' in the usual course, ani till twelve with late fees• tt e box at the stage wi'l be open to one o'clock for late le 01 with the additional fee of ls. each. Pas3engers g board at 12. 9 of. 4. A CuaLars DlRECTlON'.—Yes'erday, the prospec,;,lo9s new Fre.:ch newspaper was deliver:d ut the office of r tt to h ew i Lee and Nightingale, Swift's•enurt, Casty-st r eet, , following lucid areniion written on . it— Monsieur Swifiscourt Thomas, 13, Castel-street, Atrgleterre. Liverpool. aver PERFiRMANC; or ORGAN MUSIC. Next S A turda9 h9 s!' noon, perfurrnanc_s of Mr. W. T. B e st, 00 George's Hall organ, will be entirely devoted to c p re tions for the organ. Th e f u ll ow i ig w ill be til e gramm-- Andante, with variations and finale.... .... „Mack Ada,io Organ Concerto (B flat major) llandel• , Air, with nariatio.s Prelude and Fugue A CLIPPER BRIGANTINE.—A bea u tif u l clipper. ", d tine, named the Glenor e hy, of Liv er p o ol, just seiL e bet s , Gala , z, via Gibraltar, with a valuable cargo, " 9 11 fr much admired in our port. Shi wa' bait expreS s .JOlO the }kick Sea trade, and has been fitted up by g r. „ 4 0 , Taylor, in a rtyle that has Mated the applause of, n it ', le visited her. She is over 350 tone, and commands' cor a Walter Dal; lisp, one of her chief owners, and ,'„,05 1- sidered the handsomest craft of her class that bel°" our port. Co 011 .4 el THE MANCEIESTER AND. FOREIGN WAREHOUSE After an existence of sigh een months, a paid-up ..€40,000 has been almost entirely made awe)? "t n t) 01 there is even a possibility that an additionel be required. It is stated in the Times city artiobneffhii4 while the ruin was making rapid progress, the dim e 4 orthodox fashion, deelared a dividend of 3 per cen.i't/ best profits. The concern was unde r th e Li m i te d Lialo• g i n 'il like the Surrey Gardens Company, and a qtl?P„1 naturally arise regarding the safety or v Attie A measure. aria.,, 111' fp FIRE, LAST NlGHT.—Shortly before eight ect0,10.,, nigh', afi e broke out in the tirtbor-yard of Mr. atlr o corner of Bond-street, Vauxhall-road, 1 10 1 8 , I i telf,:11 the fire-angine fro,n Temple.court, imined.„'" is e•Po attendance, and "reels from Athol-street and '',4ol ) , h s stations were quickly on the spot. The joiner'S res were entirely consumed, but the timber in they - ele f ,ie uninjured. The flames were subdued atoLi' d tb%l o'clock, but the hose was kept in use all night , " a ter. l o was a good deal of saw-du s t and o th er inflamable Fl lying about, Mr. halms is insured in the C OI° Office. C O OO GREAT SWIMMING MATCH FOR .EGO AND 711 , aid e d proNanip.—"l great event came off on AlondNoT to . Wenlock Baths, City-road, london, which T l3 , s , Ito by the admirers of the graceut and useful sport ifesPiplf mini. John Beckwith, of Lambeth, and James be• o g of Bloomsbury, were the competitlrs. The in., e 41 50 3 0 e equally celebrated, the ut mos t con fid enc e prevalL e 3 . their respective partisans;. th e b e tti ng being l rer ti rof match was contested in a manner well worthy th tints both men had acqui re d, an t as the 03 1 1 10 1 031 supremacy went on, the champions were repeat s 0 00 Olt with thu most deafening applause. As they drew' rest to 04 finish the superiority of Beck w ith b e came apPereoted and finally, to the delight of his friends, he P - %inner of this great quarter of a mile race, Alto Tl,, ref uge Nitro , bei lig Were , acerit