The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-03 00:00:00

THE REFORM BILL.

The Star says the ministerial. Reform Bill barely
keeps faith with the expectations of the people, and
fallA miserably short.of their just demands.

The Tunes remarks on the supreme indifference which
every where exists -on • the question of Parliamentary
reform ; but even a ghost must he laid, and hence this
bill, and the House of Commons has every prospect of
a quiet time in doing its best to improve the measure.

The Howlll ironically exclaims, the country is,safe
front revolution. The throne and the peerage ate stall
institutions of the country. And also asks whether it
is for such a measure as this that the last ministry was
turned out?' It compares Lord John's
_hill with Mr.
Disraeli's: 'and asserts that the 'latter was the 'more
liberal of the two.

The Daily News remarks, that while the bill of the
Government justly claims to be considered as pre-
eminently 'simple, safe, and practical, it might have
dealt more boldly with the question of disfranchise-
ment without losing these undeniable virtues. The
Daily Xews, also, cannot for a moment admit
that the bill provides for the admission of all whose
proper place is within the, pale of the constitution;
but it is, at any rate, a substantial measure of reform,
and it is safe to pass. Some of the detail's' in the Scotch
and Irish Reform Bills, introduced last night, seem
more open to objection than those of the English Bill.

The. Sfax has reason to believe that strenuous efforts
are being made with a view of defeating the resolution
for the abolition of the paper duty.
The Daily Hews -publishes the report; of the select
committee of the Lords on the present operation of the
law and practice respecting the assessment and levying
of Church-rates. ,

The case of the Rev. Mr. Hatch will come fur re-
consideration before a jury in the course of next month,
When Eugenia Blamer, the elder girl, "and possibly the
mother, Wll be indicted for conspiracy.
The freedom of the city 'of London was presented,
yesterday, to Lord Elgin, in a Infidsoine gold box, value
100, on account, of the important commercial services
which his lordship has rendered to his country.
The Times contains letters from Dr. Livingstone ; the
one of the latest date was written December 10th. He
describes having opened upon a cotton producing country
of great extent. The climate of this region is healthy.

LITTLE "PINK," 4 sTony OF SLAVERY.

The folloWing touchingly beautiful incident we, have
compiled from a private' letter, (received by Mr. W.
Kaye, News-rooms, Brown-street, Manehester,) written
by a gentleman who was an eye-witness of the scene
described :
A few weeks ago, after the conclusion of the Sabbath
morning sermon, a most interesting scene was wit-
nessed in the church of the Rev. H. Ward Beecher,•
Brooklyn, New york. At a given signal, 4 little
slave girl, apparently a'nout nine years ql4, was
led on to the platform ; and after shaking her
affectionately by the hand, Mr. Beecher took of the
little creature's cloak, at the same time saying, "I wish
I 0.0 uI d throw off the whole garb of slayery.'' Ile then
related the child's history, fler pet name was "Pink,"
and she was one of a family six children. Tier father
had.been a celebrated physician of Port Tobacco ; her
mother was the daughter of a white man. According.
to the Atherican method of calcUlation, there was thus
one-sixteenth negro blood in her veins. Pink's grand-
mother had Managed to purchase her own freedom before
the day arrived when Pink's mother and five brothers and
sisters were sold as slaves, owing to the death of the
physician. The slave-dealers, touched by the grand-
mother's sovror, premised she should have Pink, and
from early childhood she lived with her grandmother in
Washington, In happy ignorance of the sad fete Whicb
awaited-her; time sped by and Pink became nine years
of age. During the time that had elapsed since she
had been parted from her mother it may be readily
surmised she had been taught what a dreadful thing
it was to be a slave, and at the same time she was led
to believe that she was free. One day, however,
)wo offieQrs• and a dealer in slaves entered the house
and ag.maopd the child. Alarmed, little Pink ran
into the garret 444 4terprited to l?firtiOde the door
on the inside with old fiirnitnte• roil trunks.
The men follovied her, and commanded her to coma
out. Tier reply was, "Ne ; I'll die before you
shall have me • for a slave." The men threatened to
break open the doer, and then, at her grandmother's
entreaty, Pink came. out, was.carried off, and sold for
$9OO (t 180). • The poor old grandmother had managed
to save some $2OO, and this she offered towards the
purchase of the elnici if the remaining 700 dollars
Could be raised. Four gentlemen had obtained the child
fnder a bond to deliVer her upagain at the end of the
urteen days if they failed to give the money. During
the recital of her story poor little Pink, with childish
simplicity, gazed alternately at the noble preacher
and his audience, many of whom were in tears. In
concluding his address, the collecting plates were sent
round, and on being handed back again to Mr.
neeplier, it was found that theie were t,QQtt on
them. poor little Pink was fFee again Never:
said Mr. Beecher, "were plateS spread with better fond
—the food of liberty for the poor hungry soul." On
one of the plates was an opal ring, supposed to be the
gift of some lady. Mr. Beecher placed it on the child's
finger, telling. her she was to wear it as her freedom
ring." The following hymn was then given out :

.
Rise, great Redeemer, from. Thy seat,
To judge and serve the poor ;
. . Let nations tremble at Thy feet, ..
And mail preNail no more.
After reading the hymn over, Mr. Beecher held the book
to the child, so that she Might look qn with him. •T4ttfp.
ph* Was a very beautiful girl, tind at the ale of twelve
or thirteen would hate realised' $3,000 to 4,000; butthis could lot 114.ve't!e'en for the amount- of work she
might rlo; The por (44 grariclnlof4Ws stuel
she had saved with muoli lshour, wa,s.thus sz4YO
and little Pink was made a New,year's.gift to freedom.

THE Moons.—Larache and Arcilla, lately bombarded
by the Spanish fleet, are two small ports on the Atlantic
coast. The latter is A town of about a thousand inha-
bitants, eleven leagues south-west of Tangier, and: is
defended by only one fort. Larache has from time
immemorial been the ordinary station of the Emperor
of Morocco's fleet.

FII:ENC4 RAILWAY toNps.—Many rumours are
afloat, says a Parif, letter in the Independence, respecting
Rome !zecei...l4eoiews • of. -Pereire with the
gmperor.. t said ihat the Credit MObilier will ere
long be converted into a Bangle geneiale del phOnArls
de Per, which wilt absorb and combine all the financial
offices of the different companies. This would be a step
towards the adoption of a single type for all railway
bonds.

SERMONS TO BE LENT. —The following amusing
advertisement appeared in a recent number of the Clerical
jolonal:—"A beneficed clergyman, who preaches to a
respectable congregation, will lend his sermons to any
brother whose occupations preclude leisure for composi-
tion. Thu discourses are original in the strictest sense,
earnest and striking, and wilt be Nrnisho at the rate of
19§. each., 411. qrder for a moriths, sermqhs, accorri-
panied by a post-office 'order for *4, will meet 'with
prompt attention and the utmost confidence. 'Extracti
from correspondence The Mai:Chioness of seemed
delighted with your sermon on E.F. !St-L-25
fills. My people have found out that you are a good
preacher.-.G,H.l.'—.44dress J. Smith, er to
under e
Walker, Bookseller, 189, *mid, TAndori, W.O"
DRAWL OF NEW YORE; MI r.roN44R.—Mre have
to record this morning the death of one of the oldest
and one of the most wealthy citizens of this city-31r.
Stephen Whitney. Tie died at his residence, opposite
the Bowling7green, where he has resided for the last
thirty or: forty years. He had been in ill health for some
time,-owing to his years, and on Thursday he died at the
advanced age of eighty-four. He leaves four children—
three daughters -and one children—
son—to
three with a large
number or other relatives. He was for a long time
---purinig 'the
connected with. the shippi4g latare4ta of this pity, 4,1.4
Largely engaged' in trade, 'and. had
been
neßuicr,,,elld.raagisp.p2eodriitii;wnaost. his immense wealth in that busi-
ness. The foundation of hdwever, was said to have
war of" the Olio; 41s `slAriner
large .4.lnounts due him f,Ofn partis iu the'south.'`Tht,se
southerh hicohantS 14e9g 44r. to, p4y (mink tn
the stoppage of al} foreignq§"le§,.cP 4 ipt fesifft,
offered tp meet their 143,11ities giving him so, Much •
cotton,
whic4 was then--the quotation being .merely
npinipt.,,yery Tips
.42000ediand s,tOring it.offt,
waxed till peke )92 Flo4lPleq, 4414 lirjees rosp.
then
8014 it, Toceivlng in return largo ppnpes, giving him,
enormous profits, which at once Made 'him & wealthy
hi the great panic of 1837, having immense
amounts of cash ai his command, he speculated in paper
and real estate down town. These, of course, he pur-
chased at panic prices, and when things were restored
to their original state found himself a millionaire. In
1867 he ryas Ogled fora and a half. According
to - ryasthe assessments on ti'. 4.ifor, *Di-tripod-ore Van-
erbilt? and Oilier 7,el4.tilYWien,
,they .'are in
rid-
portion
Of one dollar assessment to ten 'dollars of
;retrial prrty. Estimating 'Mr. Whitney's wealth
on this perfectly safC basis, lie died worth frolrl
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000. Thus he was a millionaire,
one of the few millionaires in the city. At the time
ug h all round hi
that all the fashion and wealth of the metropolis were
moving up town, and., leaving. all
.the lower portion.of
the city to be devotdevoted to business purposes, he refused
to leave his home, and tho
m were 4orel
and offices, lie still remained in the old opot. He con:
fleeted himself with ho political purty
as a politician',
but led a, quiet and unebtrusiye hfe. Ris funeral will
take place on the 20th instant, at one (~clo4. p.m at
Trinity ClArch.--We'w I7cirk Herald, Feb. 18.