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SALFORD BOROUGH ROYAL MUSEUM
AND LIBRARY.—The LIBRARY nnil MUSEUM
in Peel Park, having been considerably Altered and Enlarged
will be RE-OPENED to the Public on Saturday the Ist of
October (Tins DAY), at ten o'clock a.m.
The Library consists of about 12,000
selected works, in all the departments of literatur(

volumes of well-

The Large Reading Room, recently added, will be open
daily, from ten o'clock a.m. to nine p.m., except Sundays. _

The Museum contains specimens in natural history and
geology, and also numerous works of art and science, and is
open daily from ten a.m., till dusk, except Sundays and
Fridays.—By order of the Committee.
E. R. LANGWORTHY, Chairman.
Peel Park, Salford, 27th September, 1853.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1853,

THE indispensable luxuries of life are not unfre-
quently, in themselves, mere bagatelle. In propor-
tion as a people advance in civilization do their
artificial wants increase ; the one generally keeping
pace with the other. In these trifles (if such they
can legitimately be called) consist not only the
elegancies, but the comforts, and, probably, the
happiness of existence. It is a well-known fact,
(and many of our readers must have experienced
it), that when summoned, either by business or
pleasure, to other countries where the refinements
of social life fall below our own, it is not the abso-

lute privations we might there undergo, so much as
the absence of " little comforts" that would put our
patience to the test, even beyond the power of ordi-
nary endurance. Some one has observed that " the
sum of human enjoyment consisted in trivial things.,
The remark savours of profound wisdom; and who-
ever uttered it must have scanned society with a
keen and philosophic eye.

In reviewing the state of society at home, we
find—so rapidly has civilization advanced—that
the humblest grades of our people, at this pre
sent moment, are in possession of physical comforts
and intellectual advantages, which, a few centuries
ago, were denied to :the very highest and most ex-
clusive classes. . .

The greatest and most universal- blessing of our
modern advancement, doubtlessly, consists in the
facilities afforded for mental culture, and the oppor-
tunities of knowledge which are placed within the
reach of all. Before the discovery of the Printing
Press knowledge wits inaccessible. True, the Na-
tional Archives possessed some manuscripts which
were sometimes copied at infinite labour and im-

mense expense. Education in these days was un-
known. No one even thought of learning to read
or write save for professional purposes, and
then great proficiency was not sought after. In
pursuit of the higher branches of education the
student had often to travel long and suffer much ;
bringing home, perhaps, little for his pains. But
since the introduction of printing, and the exten-
sive diffusion of knowledge consequent thereupon,
a new and brilliant era has opened on the world.
In this age we have both books and newspapers to
intruct and amuse us ; and the latter.—
familiar to our homes as "household words

grown

—have

become not the least indispensable or agreeable of

our modern luxuries

Most things admit of comparative degrees; and
newspapers among the rest. Now, if it be good
to have a weekly newspaper, it must be better
to have one twice a week, and best of all to have a
DAILY one ! Ask the London nobleman, merchant,
tradesman, or, indeed, artizan, what 'enjoyment he
would resign sooner than relinquish that afforded
by the perusal of the morning papers? We know
the answer that would be given to such an enquiry.
For ourselves; we can say that the appearance of

a morning paper on our ow:n breakfast-table, not
only affords us considerable gratification, but like-

wise inereas

is no small de

est of our

appetite for more substantial food.
Until the NORTHERN TIMES was established, the

people of the North had no .opportunity of obtain-
ing either the pleasure or information derivable

from such a sour(

As this

mpediment no longer

exists, we feel assured that the advantages offered,
will be readily and eagerly sought after ; and the

those for wh

LORD PALIfiRSTON

highest reputation of
bold and comprehen

t it is intended

any living diplomatist. Hi

hey has changed the

character and given a ra wal tone to the current

history of Europe. But like every author -of great
and good works, he has had to contend with a frigid

and a thankless ?WO. His -views on the extension
of Constitutional MonareliY, formed: the ground of
Tory, Congers-kid-to, and even Radical. opposition.
Nor has his potiey escaped the severest itniinad-
i'ersion in the Cabinet of iviiieh he was the most
eonspieuouS otnalnent.

Raised to power by one of those political whirl-
winds which leaves no time for thought, he was
called on to rescue some of the olde§t,Continental
monarchies from anarchy and rebellion: Here
was no room for experimentaliing, or mei'ely
trying his skill in the great work
,9f, ,Constitutional
Reform. Immediate and deteiniined action was
needed. ilis attention Was first called to the
flames of discord which were then raging in
France, as well as in all the other states of
Europe, struggling. for Constitutional Govern-
ment. On, and previous to the then ever memo-
rable 1830, we beheld his policy developing itself,
and our 'Minister's views and opinions flintily es-
tablished as law, and that, too, in countries where
civil institutions had given place to licentious
conventionalities.

European reform had, lidWever, been previously
attempted by CANl4n,ia, Whose first essay ended in
the disastethit tattle of Navarino, by which Constiz
tutional Monarchy was established in iaivece,
but not before the deStrnetinn of the Turkish
fleet, which the SULTAN so much requires at this
moment to protect his territory from Russian
aggression. This co3tly success of our policy
in Greece, WaS followed by Civil War in Poland,
and Revolution In Prance: The caiduct of the
Constitutionalists of- Europe, was not less mean,
weak, and wicked, towards unhappy POland, than
it was towards Hungary, at a more recent period.

In France, Constitutional Reforms were aided
by the full force of our moral power, as well as
considerable political intrigue. The result was
complete success and the elevation of I.oljlB
PHILLIPE to the throne of. Frtnte. _Almost simul-
taneously With these events Belgium and Portugal
declared in favour;of similar reforms. In Bel-
gium, by the union of French force and British
intrigue, another constitutional monarchy was
established ; while in Portugal, and subsequently
in Spain, French and British intrigue, backed by
a semi-piratical force, after a protracted contest,
gave to Portugal and Spain the constitutional

governments they now possess,

Thus we find Lord PALMERSTON sowing the
seeds of political independence and social ame -
lioration broad-cast over the face of Europe. If
his efforts in Poland, in Hungary, America, and
Africa, had been equally successful, his fame would
indeed stand far above our humble powers of des-
cription.

Consistent as a constitutionalist; he was timid
in the face of republicanism, and shrank from the
dismemberment of empires, which forms the basis
of the great monarchal system of Europe. He
does not now, however, forget to tell us, in a tone
bordering on humiliation, of the countries in
which his policy has failed, and those in which he
still hopes to see them rise triumphant. In his

red in GI

,sgow, he says

" As the Loi•J Piovost has

_n pleased to say, my anxious

desire was, while the charge of Our foreign relations was
committed to my hands, in the first place to maintain unim-
paired the interests, and untarnished the honour and the
dignity of the country. Rut yet beyond these interests and
that honour there were certainly two objects which I held
constantly in view, and which to a great degree the Govern-
ment of which I was a member succeeded in accomplishing.
The one was to encourage the diffusion of constitutional
principles—of constitutional government— through the coun-
tries of Europe. The Lord Provost has just said that our
efforts succeeded in establishing that which I hold to be the
best possible system of government—l mean constitutional
monarchy ; that that was established in Belgium, and that
these principles of Government were established in
Portugal and Spain ; and we may look now with
satisfaction at the map of Europe, and we may see
that there are, I speak not of those small unfortunate
states of Middle and Southern Italy putting them
out of the question, among the "great states of Europe—but
Austria and Russia, none in which, in some form or other,
representative and constitutional government does not exist.
I know well that I may be told that in many of these coun-
tries it has for the moment been reduced to a mere form,
but, depend upon it, forms are invaluable. So long as good
forms of government are maintained, no man need despair
that the time may not come when, even without violence and
without revolutions, these forms may become real sub-
stances (loud cheers). The next object—l won't say the
next, because it was the first object—vras the abolition and
suppression of that detestable crime, the slave trade
(cheers). This was a difficult task. There were many re-
sisting influences. These influences haVe been, I trust, al-
most entirely overcome."

Lord PALMERSTON had glanced at mye of the most
eventful epochs in the history of the world, and he
may. do so with honour and credit to himself. His

reasoning is important and encouraging. " Good
overnment " are indeed invaluable
system of government he espoused he has never
for.a moment forsaken or endangered; and while
he has trodden mountains of foreign State corrup-
tion under foot, he has never embroiled his country
in war. For the last four years, however, Lord
s zeal in the cause of Constitutional
freedom has been seriously retarded.

forms of

PALM E RSTO

The political movements on the Continent, in

1818, were of too democratic a character to secure
the sympathy or support of so consistent a states-
man. With respect to Poland and Hungary, they
must, from the nature of the struggle in which they
were engaged, and their opposition to the worst and
most despotic forms of monarchical government,
have commanded Lord PALMERSTON'S deepest con
sideration and wannest solicitude. Still the results
which musthave followed their success were so vast,

and not sufficiently comprehensible,- —as to justify
his employing, in their behalf, the means he
had previously used for the furtherance of his own
and his colleagues views in other countries.

The relief of Poland required the employment of
a large military force, which England could not
spare, and where that could be granted, any
other interference must have prolonged the direful
conflict, with little .prospect or hope for the un-
happy Pole. In Hungary, the period of her civil
war was equally inopportune. The position of
affairs in India and in England itself, rendered it
impossible for our government to lend the. aid re-
quired, notwithstanding that the establishment of
a liberal Constitutional Monarchy in Hungary
would have thrown open to our trade the almost

inexhaustible resources of the Danube

Setting aside the political predilection of our
Cabinet, and the warmth of our national sympathy,
in favour of the gallant and patriotic Hungarian peo-
ple, the navigation of the Danube, and the esta-
blishment of free ports on the shores of the

Adriatic, would have been a sufficient pont d'appui
to have justified the expenditure of millions of
British money, in aiding Hungary against the
Tyrant, who, jealous of her national greatness, and
resources, ruled the people with the iron hand of
unrelentless despotism.

Such is the brief outline of the age in which
Lord PALMERSTON has been called on to direct and

foster our interests in foreign states..
Should time favour the further development
sentinel of Constitutional

views, this trust