The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

Let us wait

the question temperately with nA.-
of any empire was justified in expecting hono4
and liberal, treatment from the head of that empire
Canada ought to look for i
government. There is not the smallest n

It ever any portion
ihle, ay

such at the hands of the irn riai

Lo fly off at
o pre=
of trade, and the
xns of intercourse, have

t upon_independenee, when things do r

cisely to our mind

consequent extension of th
taken a strong hold of tl

--e, ....... ‘,.uatuian mina. Dia a few'
schemes are in agitation, and not a few of them are set
on foot, with the view of benefitting particular places
or 'districts. What then? Is not the good of the
whole made up of the good of the parts ? Is not rivalry
wholesome ?—ln saying this, we have before WI an article
,fontreal Gazette on the subject of increasing the

trade facilities of the river St. Lawrence. The advice
giver is eAcellent. Do not have too many irons in the
fire. With one project for an Ottawa and Georgian Bay
Canal, another for a railroad, and the Hon. John Young
able advocacy of an enlargement of the Welland Canal,
and the junction of the St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain
by water communication also, it must be owned that
there is danger, of too much being attempted.
Though we have just penned a brief but merited eulogium
on the worthy head of the Hudson Bay Company, we must
mark the pregnant though short comments of the Globe of
that

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alludes to the
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3 plated sale of

property and rizi

itory ; and then, anticipa'ting a time who the Come
A to dispose of its Canadian possei;!ions•
lders against the supposition that the Companj
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1 iwful owner of the soil. The— theme

But the topic, that has lately swallowed up whole columnd
of cotetnporary sheets, is the grand Railway Festival at
Toronto, on Thursday of last week. It is altogether too
late in the day for us to record the 'good things that were
said and done, the crowding of the assemb!ed guests, the wit
and eloquence of the speakers at the afternoon's banquet,
the grace and beau. y of the women at the bill 4 who al ways
so thoroughly appreciate increased communication between
place and place. The Fete, we are glad to read, Was brilz
lia,itly successful, Loyalty and liberal neighbourabip werd
happily blended. Tu us here resident, the marked feature
s erns to have been the presence, and thejoyous participation
of so myin visitors from this side of the borders. May the
intercourse at the social board and in the saloon give rise to
many profitable and agreeable relations l We can but add
that this influx of Americans into Upper Canada Wail
balanced in the other division of the province by a gathering
of the New England Society lof Montreal, on Saturday
evening last. Truly, St. Jonathan is a Briareus.

}rum New Brudsw ie

assent
to the Prohibitory Liquor Law has been reeeived,, and the
law %sill go into operation. No such impediment—as has
here arisen from the alleged interference of such a law with
the riihts of trade conferred by treaty with foreign
countries—is anticipated in New Brunswick. We shall
watch the result; as we shall also be curious to know the
result of the Railway Mission to London, which we have
hitherto omitted to chronicle. The Attorney-General of
the Province is deputed by the Executive, and the Hon.
?dr. Robertson by the European and North American
Railway Company. Need we say that we wish them
success'

—New York Albion

DERELICT DISCOVERY-SHIP BROUGHT

INTO PORT

After dealing with sad naomentoes that concern out'
fellow-creatures and our fellow-countrymen, the sympa-
thies are not quite so acute, when turned upon the for-
tunes of a deserted ship. Nevertheless, the story is an
interesting one, though, in the shape in which it now comes
to us, it loses the charm of novelty. We know already
(vide the Albion of the Bth Dec.,) how an enterprising
Am rican master of a whaler had boarded and taken pos-
RNcainn of R XI A .

Boned in the ice, in the summer of last year, by Captain
Kellett, in obedience to the order of his senior officer,
Captain Sir Edward Belcher. All the particulars of that
affair have long since been recorded in these columns;
though the drifting of that crewless and unguided vessel,
through successive Straits, and over a course of a thou-
mil-

san —des, was unseen of human eye. Such a voyage.
however, is not an absolute mystery. When. with Lieut.
De Haven, U.S.N., Dr. Kane first explored the wonders
of the northern deep, it will be recollected how the tiny
schooners were borne along, for months, embedded in a
frozen mass. But the circumstances are familiar, and
need only be recalled.

A curious question—that of salvage—is suggested by
this hardy whaleman's lucky adventure. National
vessels are not supposed to be abandoned, in the ordinary
marine acceptation of the term. The Queen might claim
her property. It is not, however, possible that so un-
generous a course would be adopted, unless the full esti-
mated value of the prize be paid over to the salvors. This
will probably be done. Naval etiquette might not relish
the idea of the broad arrow beino. treated without respect;
an I so, we presume, Captain Baldington and his crew
will divide the spoil, in money, amongst them, and the
Admiral on the Halifax and West India station, will be
ordered to
Resolute.—New take
York char
Agelbio of
n her Majesty's discovery-ship
.

TUE QUEEN'S PRESENT Ta MISS NIGIITINGALIS.—The
design of the jewel is admirable, and the effect no less bril-
liant than chaste. It is characteristic and emblematical—
being formed of a St. George's cross in ruby red enamel, on
a white fiel,l, representing England. This is encircled by
a black band, typifying the office of Charity, in which is in-
scribed a golden legend, " Blessed are the merciful," of
from
course, in allusion to the merits of Miss Florence Nightingale.
the recipient. The royal donor is expressed by the
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