The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

6antracts..

TENDERS FOIL POLICE CLOTHING.
THE BIA;ENELEAD IMPROVENIENT COM-
MISSIONERS are prepared to receive TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of the under-mentioned ARTICLES for the POLICE-
FORCE :

•
Fos INSPECTORS Five Frock Coats, five pairs of Trousers,
six Hats, and six pairs of short Wellington Boots.
Fon Fritsmtis : Ten Frock Coats, and ten pairs of Trousers.
Foil POLICE CONSTABLES : Forty Frock Coats, forty pairs of
Trousers. fifty Hats, fifty pairs of Blucher Boots, pairs of
Berlin 61 ves, fifty-six Leather Stocks, and fifty Armlets.
The Cloth for the Coats and Trousers must be warranted
Wool-dye,l, thorou ehly shrunk, and made of pure wool.
Tenders, with Samples, for the above, addressed to the
"Chairman of the Watch Committee," to be delivered at the
Town-hall. Virkenheati, by twelve o'clock, on MONDAY, the
sth of March next. By Order,.
AMBROSE WALN, Clerk of the Commissioners.
Commissioners' Offices, Birkenhead,
Nat February, 1800.

ADAMS'S STUDENTS' ANII TOURISTS'
WRITING CASES,.
Containing
NOTE PAPER OF THE FULL SIZE,
ENVELOPES OF TWO SIZES, SEALING WAX,
BOX FOR VESTA LDIIITS, &c.;
PATENT INKSTAND, PENS AND PENCILS,
"DRY,,,__ PAPER KNIFE, BLO'TTINIi BOOK, POCKETS
:"3-it MEMORANDUMS, &c., with Patent Lock, from
The above are Os. Od. each, in great variety.
also kept of a larger size to hold full size jetter

paper.
63, CHURCH-STREET,
(OPPmitit Old Post-office Place.)

and SONS,)

attended.

PROPERTY FOR SALE AND TO LET.
RENTS COLLECTED.
For particulars apply as above.

MR. M'CLELLAND,
AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,
(Chief Assistant to the late firm of Messrs. Taos. WINSTANLZY

16, BASNETT-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
ETURNS his grateful thanks to his Friends and
JR, he general Public, for the kind and liberal support with
which he has been favoured since the demise of the> late firm,
and trusts from a lorig- practical experience as A ',praiser and
Auctioneer, combined with punctuality and attention, to merit
the confidence of all who may entrust him with their favours.
ADDRESS—
MR. M'CLELLAND,

SWORN APPRAISER AND AUCTIONEER,
16. BASNETT-STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

ROBERT:
(HUGHES, Ny'
LAND AND H )USE AGENT,
53, CHURCH-STREET, BIRKENHEAD,
Has ON SALE a large quantity of
FREEHOLD LAND,
W.thin a quarter of an hour's walk of Woodside Ferry, and
from which there are beautiful -views of the River Mersey.
The Land will be Sold in Small Lots, to suit builders and others
desirous of erecting Villas or Cottages, which are now in such
great demand, and the price is about 3s. 6d. the Square Yard.
ALSO,
2,200 SQUARE YARDS OF FREEHOLD LAND,
In PRIORY-STREET, near MONK'S FERRY,
Upon which there are no restrictions either as regards
Buildings or Business.
A Small Quantity apposite the Railway Station, fronting
Jackson-street, at a remarkably Low Price, suitable for Cot-
tages.

Also,
TO E LET,_ •
SEVERAL EXCELLENT FAMILY HOUSES,
In Birkenhead, Tranmere, and the adjoining Townships ; a few
GOOD SHOPS NEAR THE MARKET,
TIMBER YARDS, COAL YARDS, syc,
Particulars of which may be obtained at his Office.

N.B.—General Agent- at Birkenhead for the Liverpool and
London Fire and Life Assurance Curnpany. par 3).

LOADE,R,,- •
34, BRUNSWICK-ROAD, LIVERPOOL,
WAITER,
Wedding Breakfasts, Dinner and Evening Parties

ADAMS'S CHEAP STATIONERY WAREHO USE
s. d.
;9 Quires Good Cream Laid NOTE PAPER 3 6
20 Quires Large Commercial NOTE PAPER 3 6
1000 (.ream Laid ENVELOPES 4 6
1000 Large Blue Commercial ENVELOPES ...
63, CHURCH-STREET,
(Opposite Old Post-office Place.)'

219° MILNERS' HOLDFAST & FIRE RESIST-
-1 ING SAFES (non-conducting, vapourisin,, and com-
pensating, double, treble, and quadruple chambered,) with all
the improvements under their Quadruple Patents •of 1840-
! 51-54, and 1855, including their Gunpowder Proof, Drill
Proof, Hard Steel Plate, covereol unpiekable Solid Locks and
Lock Cases and Doors, without which no safe is secure.
THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
ROBBERY AND FIRE.
Upwards of 50,000 of Milners' Holdfasts keep the Cash,
Books, Deeds, and Plate of Liverpool, Manchester, Glas-
gow, Belfast, Leeds, Bradford, ste.
MILNERS' PHCENIX (2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL,
The most extensive and complete in the world, employing
snore hands, (assisted by powerful, original, and elaborate
machinery, and seventy-horse steam-power,) producing more
Safes than all the other Safe-makers together, and now cap-
able of sheltering one thousand workmen under their wings.
Milners' London Depot, 48A, Moorgate-street, City.
Circulars free by post.
L.verpool Show Rooms S mid 8. Lord-street. d

CCARVER,
HOUSE, ESTATE, AND INSURANCE BROKER,
GENERAL AGENCY OFFICES,
38, ST. ANN-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

LOANS.
Advances for £2O and upwards, for one, two, three, or four
years, on Personal or Real .Security, at Five per Cent.
Interest, granted without delay.

INSURARCES.
FIRE AND LIFE POLICES, ANNUITIEq, REVERSIONS, &C,
EFFECTED IN TIIE " ROYAL " AND " CONSOLIDATED "
RANCE COMPANIES.

MORTGAGES.
Various sums of Money ready to be advanced by Permanent
and Terminating Building Societies, and privately, on eligible
Property.

T" OLDEST PATENT MEDICINE
WAREHOUSE IN LIVERPOOL

PRIESTLEY'S, 52, LORD-STREET,
Where may he had all Patent Medicines of repute

TIIE- BEST FAMILY MEDICINE.
DRIESTLEY'S ANTI BILIOUS PILLS, established
1 in the year 1822, are, from experience, decidedly the best
aperient and antibilions medicine-fix general use, as they need
no confinement or alteration of diet, therefore they may be
tat en at all seasons.

These Pill; will prove highly efficacious in bilious. com-
plaints, scorbutic complaints, affections of the nervous system,
.lowness of spirits,. palpitation of the heart, rheumatic pains in
the head, limbs, and other parts of the body ; oppression of
the chest, indigestion, redundancy of bile, dizziness of the eye,
violent pains in the temples and across the torehead, impaired
memory, sick head-ache, tremulous action of the whole frame,
restlessness and frightful dreams, stuporific dozing, flatulency,
costiveness, bad breadth, &c.
Prepared and sold by JOAN PRIESTLEY, 52, LORD-STREET, in
boxes, Is. 9d., 45.. 6d.

For the SPEEDY and EFFECTUAL REMOVAL of COUGHS,
COLDS. ASTIINIAS, and DIFFICULTY of BREATHING.
IjitIESTLEY'S COUGH and ASTHMATICAL
L DROPS. This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Hus-
kiness in the Throat. These Drops are also the best preven-
tative that can be taken against spitting of blood and affection
of the lungs. Persons.trnubled with Asthma are considerably.
relieved by taking a few doses of the Drops, as they tend to
promote expectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the
speedy cure of the !looping Cough they are no less efficacious.
Those who are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the
throat which deprives them of rest night after night by the
incessant cough which it provokes, will, by taking one dose,
find immediate relief, and one Battle, in most cases, will effect
cure.

Prepared and sold by J. PRIESTLEY, 52, Lord-street,
Liverpool, in bottles at Is. lad., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. '

PRIESTLEY'S INFANTS' PRESERVATIVE,
recommended to mothers for infants and children that
are tedious and cross, instead of Godfrey's_Cordial, syrup of
poppies, or paregoric, which are found to be highly injuriang,
on account of the great quantity of opium they coAtatn; also
for 'convulsions, ricketos, tooth fever, measles; hopping cough,
diarrhoea, flatulency, and pains in the bowels. This preparation
is also recom i ended to. adults fok spasms, English Cholera,
pains in the bowels, &c. •
Prepaiedind sold, in bo'tles at ls. tp. and 2s: 9d. only by
JORN PRIESTLEY, Chemist and Druggist, d 2, Lord-street,
Liverpool.

PRIESTLEY'S NIPPLE OINTMENT for sore
breasts and nipples. Sold in pots Is. each.

PRIESTLEY'S TRICOFEROUS, for. the quick
and speedy growth of the Hair, or Hair Producer.
This elegant preparation entirely sets aide either " Crinu-
triar " or " Macassar Oil," in the efficacy it possesses for the
restoration of the Hair. Cantharides, the only known regene-
tor of hair, is, in this preparation, combined with other and
agreeable restoratives, calculated to render to the hair, when
disposed to be weak and fall off, a vigorous and luxuriant
growth.
The further advantages of this valuable preparation may be
summed up in its freeing the head from scurf, producing in
the hair a beautiful gloss and curl, preserving it from prema-
ture greyness, and its excellent adaptation to the nursery.
Prepared and sold, at 2s. and 3s. a battle, by Jowl Patzsr-•
LEY, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool.

ItIESTLEY'S FLUID EXTRACT OF THE
FINEST RED,,JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA.
his most efficient and agreeable preparation of that well-
known and valuable alterative, JAMAICA SARSACARILLA, is pre-
pared by a peculiar and scientific method, brwhiph the whole
of the aromatic and volatile parts are preserved ; and the ex-
perience of many years has fully established the reputation of
this Medicine, as containing more of the virtues of the root
than any other preparation. Its beneficial effects have been
particularty striking in the following complaints :---Nocturnal
Pains ha the Limbs, Scrofulous Enlargements of the Glands,
Cutaneous Affections, Chronic Rheumatism, &u. ; in freeing
the system after a course of Mercury its beneficial effects are
very powerful. It purifies the blood, and by giving to the
cutaneous vessels a healthy and regular action, it removes t at
disposition to Erysipelatous Inflammation from which so many
persons periodically suffer; and when taken in the Spring and
Fall of the Year as an Alterative. Medicine, it will be found to
imp..., in.dt riaeligtu to cue eoobtitottoa Amen is indicated by
firmness of flesh, good appetite, and freshness of the com-
plexion.
Sold in Battles, 4s. Gd., 7s, 6d., Ils., an' 225.,

PRIESTLEY'S PURIFYING and ATLERATIVE
• ~ • PILLS.
These Pills require no confinement or restraint. They are
the best medicine that can be taken for removing all eruptions
and pimples from the face, arms, and body, and for cleansing
and purifying the blood and invigorating the system.. To
parties residing in warm climates, or proceeding to sea, they
are invaluable,

Sold in boxes 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., I ls., and 225. each, containing
directions for use, carefully packed, and sent to every part of
the kingdom, or world, on receipt of Postoffice order.

PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS. .Sold Sold in
Boxes, ls. 6d. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to
make One Dozen Tumbler Glasses, which approach nearer than
anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany.
The style of preparing PRIESTLEY'S fir ginuTz PownEns is pe-
culiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great accu-
racy; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the
business, and others, have of late years attempted imitations,
they have invariably been found to be spurious compounds,
neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the medicinal pro-
perties of the Seidlitz Waters.

PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE,
a pleasant and kgreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of
Appetite, Wind, flatulency, and all complaints arising from
Inward Debility, Weakness, &c.

PRIESTLEY'S ESSENCE 0 F RENNET T
for making delr!ious Curds and Whey. This whole.
some preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates the uncer•
tainty of making Whey from the Itennett Bag.
Sold in Bottles, at Is. 6d. and 3s. each.

PRIEST_LEY'S VEGETABLE HAIR OIL
is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating
and renovating the human Hair, prevents it falling off, pro-
duces a naot:t beautiful nAtural curl, and gives artificial Hair a
peculiar softntss of texture and luxuriant appearance. The
preparation does not Cry the hair.
Sold in Bottles at Is. 3d. and 3s. each.

fIRIESTLEY'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILL.
For Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago,
Sciatica, Tic Doloreux, Pains is the Head or Face, &c. Their
use require neither confinement nor any particular regimen ;
in no ease can their effects be injurious, but hi relation to
general health highly salutary and restorative.
Sold in Boxes at lid. and 2s. 9d.
DRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE CREAM, for pro-
during, with much less than half the usual. labour, a
heautitul, brilliant, and permanent polish en all kinds of
French Polish and other Furniture.

IHE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1860.

HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL.
Hour. Height.
11fonxiNG Oh. 35m. 16f.. llin.
EVENING

FRLDA I', _FEBRUARY 24, 1860.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House -of--Lords yesterday afternoon,
several bills were forwarded a stage—including a
bill -which makes conspiracy to murder felony, it
being now a mere misdemeanour.

In the House of Commons, aSt 'night, after
several- notices and questions had been put to,
and answered by, the Government, the adjourned
debate on Mr. Du Cane's resolution was resumed'
by Mr. Ilubbard, who spoke in its support,
followed on the same side by Mr. Blackburn,
Beach, and Mr. Whiteside, who, referring to
Mr. Bright, said that although that gentleman
professed to support the Ministry on.. this
.occasion, the contrary was the truth—it was
the Ministry who supported him. Mr. Baines,
Mr. Marsh, Mr..Byng, Mr. Bright, and Mr.
Cardwell spoke against" the resolution: Sir
F. Baring defended the treaty, but abused the
Mr. Budget. Our borough member, , I Horsfali,

after alluding to the hardships caugetl to many
trades by the actual, regulations, and finding ia;:,lt
with various parts of ,the Budget; -regretted that
he could not suppart the resolution. Had it been au
abstract' resolution against the increased Income-
tax, he could have given it his adhesion ; but he
could 'not join in reprobating the proposal for
away so many duties and restrictions
which impeded the commerce and progress of the
country. The debate was adjourned till this
evening.
Our latest foreign telegrams announce, it
will be observed, that Austria has returned a
definitive answer to the four points of the English
proposal for a settlement of the Italian question.
The reasons assigned for refusing that proposal
are certainly not without weight, considered in
relation to the peculiar circumstances 'of the
Austrian empire. The motives by which the-
, Austrian Emperor professes_; tp be actuated may
not appear sufficient to English ideas; yet they
are -not, we repeat, without force. Howefer,
the answer declares that, although declining the
proposals, Austria will not, for the present,
endeavour to undo by force of arms that which
she cannot preventalthough she reserves to
herself full liberty of action for the future.

People are naturally looking out for some posi-
tive and practical evidences, on the. part of the
French Emperor, of a more pacific attitude
towards this Country, now that we are going to
make so many sacrifices ,for .the, purpose of
"drawing us closer together." 'hut they look in
vain. " If," as the Morning Herald well observes,
`.` the treaty were accompanied by an honest, an
earnest, and 'a practical plan to diminish the
armaments in both countries, and to' found a
genuine alliance on the compact, there would
4r then be high poittlfitl reVons foe, opting it,
though the commercial arguments ould still be
rife against it: But his Imperial :Honesty dreams of
no such real indication of peace: IVIr Cobden could
move him to take our coal, our iron, and our 'Cali-
coes, but he could not move him to the only true
sign of peace." Englishmen, therefore, are going
to be fleeced for an " idea," which may in the end
have the effect of strengthening the hands of an
adversary, and, at the same time, weakening their
own to resist him.

. Mr. Cobden's French friend, M. Michel Chevalier,
has-written a letter to some one in this country,
which has got into print,?on the, subject of the
treaty—more particularly with reference to the
exportation of coal from this country. He .con-
tends that should England withhold that privilege,
they could easily get coal elsewhere. But, he
says; "the rejection of the article of the treaty
would be an unfriendly act, and it would he taken
for such in France. The cry would be raised of
Perfidious Albion!' Our. great manufacturers
would exclaim that they have•been duped about
the reduction in the export duties on English
coal. The moral and political effect expected
from the treaty," he adds, " the drawing closer
together of two great nations, would not be
'attained. And this would be the case even were
the article to be struck out from the treaty . with
the consent of the French GOvernment.' It is
apparent, from this, how. difficult it will be to
propitiate the French, unless we give them all
they require, regardless of the disadVantages that.
might thereby- ocesr to ourselves.
The Times sees very formidable, if not fatal,
"breakers a-head," which the Budget will have
t 6 encounter in its progress thrOugh the House
of Commons. This • alarm has,. Use'', ex:cited, it
would seem, by the proceedings 'of the recent
convention of hop delegates at Westminster.
" The house," it. says, " we now learn from an
eminent authority, is not to be trusted; nobody
can answer for it ; it
.inay or may not,„give the
hop-growers all they want ; •so the hop-growers
are to combine with the brewers, the distillers,
the silk manufacturers, the shipbuilders, the
papermaken, and everybody who is affected by
the budget, not to obtain a consideration of their
case, but simply to throw out. the Government."
This may, or it may not, be true. But, if it be,
what is the object? Why this combination to
" throw out the Government ?" Why, but be-
cause it is a Government which all those who so
combine are convinced is pursuing a course that
will he ruinous to great interests of the country.
We give, elsewhere, a copy of a memorial of
the Liverpool Wine and Spirit Association, to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, respecting the
drawback on wine duty paid. It appears that
there- will be no return of drawback, exeept to
those 'who have complied with the minute of
1843, unless the trade should succeed in altering
the mind of the Chancellor of the Exchequer;
while there are other matters, it will be seen,
referred to hi the memorial, to get which placed
on an equitable basis will require the utmost
.-efforts 4:the parties concerned.. -
To-d 4 we give an ample report of the Dock
Board proceedings of yesterday. The extracts we
?have made 'from the 'annual report of Admiral
Evans, the conservator ,of the Mersey, on the
state of the channels and the approaches to the
port, will,, we are sure, he read with satisfiaction.
The changes wrought by the tides, both in the
sea channels and in the upper estuary, it appears
have. still the effect of deepening and improving
them in the most decided manner ; and the
people of Liverpool receive this comforting assu-
rance, that so long as attention is paid to the
plain and easy rules which have hitherto been
acted upon, there will always be a 'good and. safe •-
channul into Liverpool. What could he more
,essential to, the continued
,prosperity of the
town? It will be 'observed that froM some, as
yet, inexplicable cause, the experiments for con-
veying eleetric currents across the river without
a conducting wire or cable, have proved a failure; -
although the experimenter states that currents
have so been passed across distances 'not
less than the Mersey.

WRITING in the interests of a great commercial
town like Liverpool, we cannot for a moment be
supposed to have any feeling towards commerce
but one of high appreciation and respect. With:
out commerce, Liverpool would have remained
the poor fishing village it was less than a century
ago; whereas, under the operation and influence
of commerce, it has risen to be a town second in
importance only to the great metropolis of the
kingdom, and almost the greatest commercial
emporium in the whole world: The benefits that
have arisen from this, directly and indirectly, are
of course incalculable ; not only in a lOcal but in
a 'national point of View. Still even commerce,
mighty though its effects thus are, must be sub-
ordinate to, or, at any rate, must be regulated by,
other and controlling influences,—by political,
moral, and social influences, without which, in-
deed, the very state of things under which alone
it could be successfully pursued, would not be
found to exist at all ; while even if it did, and
the gains of commerce were never so great, its
moral results would be intolerable. Now, it is
necessary to bear this in mind; in eonsidering the
course of legislation that is at thiS moment pro-
posed to be pursued by the Government of this
country, and in calculating the issues that must

of necessity arise. Even commerce, we repeat, must
19e subject to such control as may be • needful
for the country's political and social security.
And when a treaty of commerce with any foreign
Power, especially, has to be entered into, there
are great interests--not fiscal merely, but national
and general—which can never be disregarded
with impunity ; if the stability of the country's
institutions is to be maintained, and its welfare
and prosperity perpetuated. When, therefore,
we see it stated, that if such a treaty is not
entirely defensible on strict commercial princi-,
pies, it is not defensible at all, there is ignored
the first great,principle which must, regulate such
transactions. To think it enough to defend them
on commercial principles only, we say, is to dis-
regard entirely the country's political position,—
to make commerce superior to everything else,
instead of keeping it in that subordinate situation
. •
in which alone it can operate successfully for the
nation at large. Even the wisest general princi-
ples of commerce, and the most deliberately
adopted course of action with respect to them,
can never be happily carried out apart from
political and social considerations.
It would seem, however, to be the fashion of
this liberal age, to think lightly of such conside-
rations as these; and we see this very remarkably
exemplified, as respects the financial scheme of
the pnsent CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
and the popularity of its reception. Mr.
GLADSTONE himself is one who, in pursuing his

present course,•is flying in the face of a principle
of action which 112 w men, we believe, have che-
rished more warmly than he has himself. An. d
this, we maintain, were of itself a. suspicious
of
cumstance. The fact is, that, in the lang'uag'e
an eminent writer onpolitical philosophy, and

them.

* Sewell.

FRANCE.

I
one ' whom we know even Mr. GLADSTONE has
highly appreciated,- We have become ' practi-
cal men;' that is, men who either from indolence,
. .
or ignorance, )lavc discarded from our thoughts
all high general:lSn:-
ons, all abstract principles,
and with them all necessafy truths. We have
plunged ourselves into the business 'of the world,
in which every thing is fluctuating and uncertain,
till life to us becomes a medley of accidents, and
our whole thoughts are confined to calculations
of contingencies, and the balancing of probabili-
ties. In modern views, there is neither stability
for institutions, nor permanence for doctrines.
We see the great tide of popular will swelling
and raging around us, tossed about with every
wind, and threatening to swallow up whatever it
attacks. And having no firm footing far our own
belief, no eye which can reach into a higher and
and purer atmosphere, whence we might look
down serene and still upon all this stir and
tumult, we become ourselves dizzy with the
giddy Whirl, and dare not hope or strive for mare
than to sink down at last in the torrent ourselves,-
decently, without violence, and as late 'aS we
can protract our fate. We have no.knowledge of
immutable truth, and therefore no confidence in
its power and its permanence. We feel left to our-
selves, to our own 'aim and our own eye. And
we seize upon the first prop which offers, follow
the first path which opens, with all the desperati

of ignorance ; yet dare not advance boldly in any
track, but look back at each step with trembling
and vacilla On, aiid never hazard a movement in
advance w bout securing a loophole for retreat.
Our whole policy is full of apologies, compromises,
concessions, conciliations, doubts, expediency,
and experiment. And to make experiments with
the fabric of , society, is as if a besieged garrison
should amuse. themselves with trying the strength
of their fortress by blowing up its walls. The
very faCt of experimentalising upon such a sub-
ject shakes and undermines those prinCiples of
1 faith . and certainty on which the peace of
society rests."* We have quoted these for-
-1 cible remarks at length; because they bear
so closely upon the great subject of the
-day.-- It, may seem strange to imply,—as implied
it is in the observations we have here adopted,—
that such a statesman as Mr. GLADSTONE " has
no knowledge of immutable truth, and, therefore,
no confidence in its power and its permanence."
But the fact is, we believe, not that such a states-
man as he, really has no such knowledge and no
such confidence, but that he allows such know-
ledge and such confidence to be overborne by
other, and more popular, and, for the moment,
more pressing coniiderations. As a politician, he
has an object in view which he fears that know-
ledge and that confidence will obstruct him in
the attainment of. Ile resigns himself, therefore,
to the popular gale, and allows it to drift him into
just such a course as he is now pursuing, amid the
acclamations of those. whose " sweet voices " some

men seem to esteem, and to enjoy, in preference
even to the "still small voice" that whispers within

It is in strict connection, then, with such re-

flections as these that we express our concurrence
in the timely observations of the horning Herald
of yesterday, when it says,—" A nation is a
continuity, and so ought to be the leading princi-
. pies on which it is conducted. The character of
statesmen is the character of a country, their
honour isits honour. Modification of opinions
so that they may be adapted to the growing in-
telligence and necessities of the age, is indeed,
proof of wisdoni, ''for without it sound pr6gress
would be impossible ; but when twice in seven
years men of matured experience fundrunentally
change, nay, absolutely reverse their sentiments,
we have not a case of modified opinion„ but
an absolute abandonment of principle. What
faith can be placed in such vacillation ? , What
confidence can be reposed in the promises of such
unblushing. ter4yersators ? Under such rule no
merchant can regulate his business. Our colonists
cannot count on the future. Everything becomes
precarious. Investments of capital with a view
to postponed advantages are fraught with danger.
Prudence is banished from all undertakings. Such
.a Government is based on the chapter. of accidents
and the exigencies of party coalitions. To pre-
serve a Cabinet in office uncertainty is introduced
in every commercial establishment, and the regular
employment of industry is dependent on the whims
and caprice of political combinations." Our con-
temporary'truly adds, that there is, however, a
remedy for these evils, great and complicated
though they be ; and that remedy is in the hands
of the House of Commons and of the constituen2ies
of the country. Let us not despair, then, but
look forward with hope, that if, from the one
there can be no redress obtained, the other will
ultimately be appealed to, and with a happier
issue.

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A second warning has been given to the Ocean,
a journal of Brest, for having quoted part of
the article for which La Bretagne was sup-
pressed.

Some of the Paris journals state that it is ru-
moured that Count Walewski is shortly to leave
Paris for Vienna, on an extraordinary mission.
The Paris correspondence of the Times says a
feeling is abroad that the Emperor is very
desirous of coming to an arrangement with the
Pope, such as would satisfy moderate men, and
avert the . total separation of the Romagnas.
It is said that a vicariate, and a lay govern-
ment''would, to a certain extent, appease the
discontented. The clerical party are, however,.
averse to any compromise whatever,. while the
Romagnas will not listen to anything short of
total separation and annexation to Piedmont. It
is admitted that the question is extremely com-
plicated. The Emperor is desirous of having.
something to announce about Rome in his speech
on the Ist March,-and everything will be done in
the meantime toward that end.