The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

niand to havelheir elaim recognised would be just

enough, and no doubt would be taken into account
but when we find nothing of the sort, when w

find the Government called on, in effect, to run the
vessel's thetaselVes .for the :ostensible benefit of

Ireland; why we hear then seMethiri,g itz,,ry pre-
posterous, and very nonsensical, and
.which ought
not to be put forward by men in full possession of
their, facultieS; If this means anything, it means
that the Government shoui d enter pa6Seriger trade in
competition with private parties; for the Irish Packet
station advocates would hardly restrict. them to
the catPlage of letttrs Ybt, in this point; we haVe
the key to the failure of the whole scheme. ft
may be relied on---4t is indeed, as certain as any
conimercial truth of the day, that if a

steam

passenger trade from Oralway,_Cork, Or Linierick, to
New York, were a paying speculation, it would not
be left untried up to the present. We believe there
are men in Ireland sufficiently enterprising to have
made the 03tiierinient'befole this, had there been
any fair probability of success : and if there are
not, there are too Many stirring spirits in England,
not to have thought of it long agd: The real pith
of the case, however, is, that the emigration £roni
Ireland is not exactly of that caste, to whom, time
is money, and who must travel fast, at any expense;
whilst on the etiier hand, those, who, week by
week, crowd the Anierican mails front this port,
prefer to cross the Atlantic WithoUt a preliniinary
sea iaraat

dud it purgatorial land-trip diVided
bbtween "jarvies " and twenty-miles anlour.traitis

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS

the usual nibeting of the West Derby Board of
Guardians was held on Wednesday. Mt. Hampson
in the chair. There were also present, Messrs. Al
pass and Heyes, vice-chairmen, and Messrs Wors-
ley, Rosliell, Brown, Smith, Molyneux, Medealf,
JoileS, RI and 4; birch, W: Geej Shaw, Jeffreyes„
Davis, Tattersall, Craig: The rhinutes Of the last
day's proceedings Were read: The balance. remain-_
hag in the handS of the treasurer *as -5:3,408 Os. Gd.
On the motion Of Mr. Medealf, seconded 14 Mr.
Heyes, cheques were passed for the ibilowing
amounts for the piirpeses of •• Out-:relief—to Mr.
Allan for £BO ; Mr; Olney £0; Mr. Potts £B5 ; Mr.
Lytligod ; Mr. Wihon, for county rate, £242
4s. Gd., making in all the amount of 88. 4s. Gd.
The usual salaries and small accounts for the week
were ordered to be paid. A communication was
rOeiVed, front the Health :Committee of the Bo-
fotigh of LiVerpetd, feqUestiiig :the co operation of
that Board in taking precautionary inezigiifeS to
preVent the spread of Cholera. In reference to thi
communication, was resolved that. a deputation
from that Board should be appointed for the pur-
pose of co-operating With the Heath- Committee of
Liverpool, in carrying into effect such measures for
the purposes contemplated, as might be deemed
advisable. The gentlemen appointed to compose
the deputation; were the Chairman, the Rev. W-
Badnall, and Mr. Roskell. The tender of Messrs.
J. and Alfred Shepherd for the supply of second
triatitpflour, Was accepted; Mr, Alpass moved
that Mr. Barnabas Barrett be appointed vaccinator
to the workhouse, in the room of Mr. Dean, which
Was 'seconded and carried. It was also resolved that
the Board appoint [l...clerk or book-keeper at c, salary
of £4O per annum. Mr. Alpass moved that the
appointment take place that day week, which wa%
seconded and agreed to. Mr. Clayton• was autho-
rised to prepare plans for the producing of addi-
tional accommodation in the workhotie for the
purpose of storage. The Board then adjourned.

EARTHQUAKE IN LOUSIANNA.—A letter from New
Orleans says :—" The earthquake of the 11th September was
Toy gerietil along the Lake coasts and is believed to
have been without precedent. It *e§ not felt in this
city.

CO'NELAGRATTON AT BLACKBROOK COLLIERY

very extensive conflagration, which broke out some weeks
since in the Blackbrook Colliery, St. Helen's, belonging to
Messrs. Southern and Brownlow, is still raging, despite every
effort which hits been made to subdue it. The flames spread
with such rapidity that one of the galleries, several hundred
yards in length, became, in a very short space of time, a
raging mass of fire. Despite the efforts which were made,
the continued trial of Mr. Goldworthy Gurney's plan of
filling the pits with carbonic oxide, and the introduction of
Phillips' annihilators, the fire had not yet been wholly
extinguished. So great was the heat, that the wrought iron
bars of one of the underground furnaces was completely
melted. It is expected that in about a week, the fire will be
entirely got under,

ST. 141:LtSS PETTY SESSIONS.—At the petty ses
sions held yesterday, before the Rev. S. S. It. Evans Dr.
Zillar, and Richard Pilkington, Esqs., a large number of
common lodging-house keepers were summoned for in-
fringing the provisions of the act for the better regulation
of common lodging-houses. The most numerous class of
offences were for not opening the bedroom windows and turn-
ing down the bedclothes from nine o'clock in the morning
till eleven. The Rev. Mr. Evans said that this act of par-
liament was passed with the view of checking, if possbile,
such awful visitations as that which was now overhanging
this country ; and it was highly necessary that the police
should inspect these houses daily, and by increased vigilance
see that the building and the rooms were kept clean and
sweet. In most cases a penalty of five shillings and costs
was inflicted, the reverend gentleman observing that if the
party were again brought before him, he would inflict
double or treble the penalty. Three parties were fined
forty shillings and costs each. Thirty-two parties were
summoned for non-payment of water rates to the com-
missioners for the improvement of St. Helens, and warrants
of distress were ordered to be issued in case of non-pay-
ment. A man named Joseph Simms has been committed to
Kirkdale for 21 days for non-payment of these rates.
MEETING AT STAFFORD ON THE EASTERN QUESTION.
On Monday night, a crowded meeting of the inhabitants of
Stafford, convened by public requisition to the Mayor, was
held in the Lyceum, for the purpose of memoriahsing the
Queen on the Russian invasion of the Turkish provinces.
Among those present on the platform were Mr. J. Turner,
Mayor of Stafford, Mr. David Urquhart, Mr. Peplow, Mr.
Owen, Mr. Martin, Mr. Flint, &c. &c. The Mayor, Mr.
J. Turner, having been called to the chair, Mr. Owen moved
that the actual events in the East have shown that the pro-
cess at present adopted for managing the intercourse of
nations is injurious to England aid beneficial to Russia.
That by means of it the physical power of Great Britain
ceases to exist for the maintenance of our interests and the
protection of our honour, and that, on the contrary, it comes
to be used for ends injurious and fatal to the one and the
other. That such a state of things is not endurable, and
must be altered ; that while it endures freedom, is an empty
word, government a mockery, and peace or war alike danger-
ous. That this borough shall employ every means within its
reach to induce its representatives to put au end to perma-
nent embassies, to secrecy in diplomatic business, and
to compel a return to the legal practice of the constitution,
so as to prevent intercourse between the servant of the
Crown, and the representative of a foreign state, save under
the warrant of the great seal, issued for that special pur-
pose. That it will adhere to no projects of reform, in
which this restoration is not included. And that it will use
its best endeavours to induce the other constituencies of the
kingdom to act in like manner. Mr. Peplow briefly se-
conded the resolutions, which were then put and carried
unanimously. Mr. Urquhart inveighed against our diplo-
matic system. He said, having withdrawn from the Crown
the power of nominating its servants, and Parliament not
venturing to interfere in diplomatic affairs, because they
belonged to the prerogative of the Crown, there actually
remained no power to control diplomatic affairs. The con-
sequence was, to place the Cabinet, for the time being, in
the hands of the ablest diplomatic representatives of another
Power. Now, as Russia was the ablest Power in that
respect, as she had formed her men with that very view, all
men of tried capacity and long experience, and as they were
placed in all the capitals of Europe, there was an
articulation of influence which was permanent and
unchanging in its effects, sending the shuttle, with its
twisted thread, from Vienna to London, and so weaving
its web of despotism all over Europe. (Applause.) In
that way every government was led to do what Russia
required, just at the time she required it. But they might
say, if diplomacy was so injurious to England, how did
Russia gain all her ends by diplomacy ? hy, because her
diplomacy was nothing but chicane, and when honest men
resorted to chicane, they could only use it clumsily, and the
clever rougue outwitted them. Now, there were only two
ways for them to meet Russian diplomacy, either by opposing
it with a great English diplomatist, or by getting an English
Minister to look a Russian ambassador m the face. He did
not, however, promise them that they would be able to get
either, if they tried. How did Russia gain her power ? By
her knowledge of men and things; not the abstract knowledge
gained in Cabinets, or the forensic experience of debate, but
the practical knowledge of life. England did not organise
men for that purpose, and, therefore, they could not hope to
get men able to cope with a Russian ambassador. But they
had another resource—to withdraw. They were not able to
deel with Russia. That was clear. There was no need or
advsntage in their havixg tellers of lies in foreign Courts
(hear). The hon. gentleman then entered into a history of
the negotiations which had taken place respecting the
passage of the Pruth ; after which votes of thanks were
passed to the Mayor and Mr. Urquhart, and the meeting
separated,