The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL,
Williamson-square.
MR. BARRY SULLIVAN, who is engaged for Four Nights only,
will make his First Appearance Tuts EVENING (Monday), 19th inst.—
The management has great pleasure in announcing, in reply to the
Innumerable applications that have been made at the Box-office,
by parties desirous of witnessing MISS CUSHMAN'S powerful and
unequalled delineation of MEG MERRILIESS it has succeeded in
prevailing on this highly talented Artiste to wave her intention of
appearing for onr night only; and as on that occasion (last Thurs-
day) the overflow to the Theatre caused disappoin'ment to several
nnable to obtain admission, she has most obligingly acceded to the
request of the Management, and will appear one night more
(Wednesday next, the 21st Instant), in the Musical Play of
GUY MANNERING; or, THE GIPSY'S PROPHECY !
Tim EVENING (Monday) 19th instant, the Tragedy of HAMLET.
Hamlet, Mr. Barry Sullivan. And MISCHIEF MAKING.—
On Monday, the 26th instant, will be produced an entirely New
Grand Comic CHRIS TM AS PANTOMIME! entitled
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL, and THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FEAST; in, HARLEQUIN AND THE GENIUS OF SPRING !
Founded on the Popnlar Poem by Mr. Roscoe, of Liverpool.—
Admielpion— Dress Boxes, 4s. 1 Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 2s. ;
Gallery, is. The Box-office Is open from Ten to Three o'clock
daily, for securing -eats and taking Private Boxes, under the
direction of Mr. T. Shuttleworth. Children in arms will not be
admitted. Doors open at half-past Six, the performance to com-
mence at Seven o'clock precisely.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee, Mr. W. R. Copeland, 15, Great Charlotte-street.
IMMENSE SUCCESS OF PABLO FANQUE'S COMPANY!
GRAND ROUTINE OF EQUESTRIAN NOVELTIES,
MR. PABLO FANQUE, ever anxi_us to cater for Novelties, has
great pleasure in Informing the Public, that he has engaged, for SIX
NIGHTS ONLY, "S'TOKE'S AMERICAN WONDERS !
YOUNG LEON, MADEMOISELLE ELLA, from Drury Lane
Theatre. They will appear This Evening (Monday), December
19th, and every evening during the week.—Another CHANGE
of PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING (Money), December the
19th.—TWO GRAND DAY JUVENILE FETES Next Week, on
Wednesday. Dec. 21, and Friday. Dec. 23. D,,ors open at One, to
commence at Two. In the Evening the Doors open at a quarter to
Seven, and Performances commence at half-past Seven. Prices of
Admission : Dress Circle, Ss.; Side Boxes, 2s, 63. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ;
Stalls, is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Dress Circle, 25.; Side
Boxes, Is. 6 ; Pit, Is. ; no secoLd price to Gallery or Stalls. Second
Price, to Boxes and Pit, at nine o'clock.

ROYAL ADELPH I THEATRE,
Christian Street, Islington,
Taxi EvitNlrozi (Monday), December 19th, A VARIETY OF
FAVOURITE E NTE ETA IN M ENT S.—ln preparation, the
Magnificent New Comic PANTOMIME, which will be produced
dining the Christmas Holidays, with Gorgeous New Scenery by
Messrs. Mathews and Ramsden, Machinery by Mfr. Atkins, and
Appointments by Mr. Gibbs, entitled THE VALE OF GEMS ; or,
HARLEQUIN AND SINBAD THE SAILOR, AND Tau FAIRY
or CORAL. G ROT. Sinbad, the sailor, Miss Carre, from the Theatre
Royal. Haymarket. Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown. Pantaloon, Mr.
Jackson. Columbine, Miss E. Gibbs. Clown, Herr Teesate. Sprite,
Signor Sylrani.—Centre Boxes, 25.; Side Boxes, ls.; Pit Lid.; Gal-
lery, 3d.

ROYAL PARK THEATRE.
Parliament Street, near St, James's Market.

Tuts EVENING (Monday), December 19th, A NEW DRAMA of
powerful interest, with a Variety of other E NTERTAIN ENTS.—
No Performance on Cuesdiy, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in
consequence of the arrangements necessary for the New Pantomime.
—ln Rehearsal, the New Grand Local Christmas Pantomime,
ORUSHEAD Tait GREAT; or, HARLEQUIN & JENNY JONES,
AND THE FLOWER OF SNOWDON, Columbine, Mademoiselle
Rose; Harlequin, Sig. Guarrino; Pantaloon, Mr. P. Anderson;
Inimitable Clown, Mr. J. Appleby.—yours open at half past six,
commence at seven o'clock.—Admission, Private Boxes, La. ; Boxes,
Is.; Pit, Gd.; Gallery. Id.

HIGH WATER IN THE MERSEY.
Tins DAY—Morning, lh. 8m.... Afternoon, lh. 26m.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1853.

ANOTHER BATTLE.

(By Submarine and European Telegraph.)
VIENNA, FRIDAY NIGHT, DEC. 16.
An official. bulletin (Russian) has been received
here from Bucharest, under date of 13th December,
announcing that the Russians have been victorious
at Achalzick and Alexandrianople.

General Prince Andronikow, attacked the Turks
10,000 to 15,000 strong, at Lucolis, a village near
Achalzick, and took the Turkish entrenchments by
storm, after a hot contest of eleven hours' duration.
The Turks lost 1,000 killed, 200 prisoners, 13 can-
non, 2 artillery trains, ammunition, &c., and a
number of standards. Their entire camp became
the booty of the Russians, whose loss is given as
40 regulars killed ; General Freitaz, 9 officers, and
180 men wounded. Some battalions, under
General Prince Bebutow, repulsed the main body
of the Turkish army at Alexandrianople

THE resignation of Lord PALMERSTON has drawn
down the bitterest indignation of the British press
upon Lord ABERDEEN, if not the whole Administra-
tion, and has placed the existence of the Cabinet
itself in great jeopardy.
Men of every shade of political opinion protest
against the existence of an apathetic and impracti-
cable Ministry at this most momentous epoch.
Those who were most in favour of a coalition in
which every political section of the country was re-
presented are the loudest in declaring against men
whose acts are followed by daily disasters. The
foreign policy of the Cabinet is not only considered as
reckless in the extreme, but is actually viewed with
a degree of alarm that is almost unprecedented.
The responsibilities the Government have taken
upon itself in the Eastern question are not of a
character which may be removed by the mere re-
signation of one of its members. The folly and
mischief that have marked its progress must be ac-
counted for, and up to the day that Lord PALMER-
STON withdrew his support from the Earl of ABER-
DEEN he must participate fully in the consequences
of his colleagues' acts ; and hence we are disposed
to take objection to the propriety of Lord PALMER-

STON.E3 resignation

It the views and opinions of certain members of
the Cabinet were so entirely opposed to the interest
and well-being of the State, Lord PALMERSTON should
have demanded a meeting in council, and the objects
and results of that meeting ought to have been given
to the country. The present crisis is altogether too
great to justify the mere putting of a letter of
resignation into the hands of the Premier whose
presence in office was mainly owing to the coales-
cence of the noble Viscount. If he saw still greater
danger to our best interests in the proposed
course of the head, or any other member of the
Administration, that is the very reason why he
should not have left them in the hands of
mistaken or incompetent men. The policy which
LORD PALMERSTON has uniformly pursued in the
management of our foreign affairs is just that
which would tell with tenfold greater effect now
than it has ever done before, and he should have
shown no delicacy in enforcing its positive adoption.
If the Turks were rebels against the lawful rule
.of the CZAR—if Russia was a civilised and enlight-
ened state, whose social and political system
worked in harmony with the rest of Europe, then,
indeed, we might be disposed to palliate the con-
duct of the ABERDEEN Cabinet. But where we
have to deal with a base transgressor against the
law of nations and the peace of the world—a mis-
creant, whose mission is that of bloodshed and de-
solation—whose commercial system is prohibitive,
and whose political system renders war probable
and possible at any moment, to sanction the
aggression and increase of power on the part of a
nation so constituted, would be perfectly suicidal.
Setting aside the claims which humanity must
always have on this and every civilised country,
what sympathy or what interest can the people of
England have for Russia ?

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Pree trade is simply moral and social progres-
sion, and an enlarged circle of commerce can only
be attained by means of peace. Russia knows this
well, and she tries to defeat the foiiner by openly
violating the latter, and the only man in the
coalition *Cabinet Capable of comprehending this
view of Russia's designs in all its bearings was
Lord PALMERSTON. The vast reforms which have
taken place in Turkey within the last twenty-five
years are all to be attributed to the counten-
ance given by Lord PALMERSTON tO RESCHID
PACHA and other reformers among the Ottoman
statesmen. Russian intrigue was incessantly em-
ployed to check the social improvement of the
Turks ; and no expense was spared to defeat the
efforts made by our Foreign-office to encourage
the SULTAN to proceed with the good work.
The war now pending is therefore one which
Lord PALMgRSTON has provoked, by encouraging
the Turks to carry out those reforms which were
so much needed. They are his measures and his
principles that are now on their trial, and we are
again inclined to say that he ought not to have
surrended them up to Lord ABERDEEN. The world
is too deeply interested in the work of civilisation,
to think of allowing the cause of the rational pro-
gress of nations to fall into the hands of a man
who views all such matters as so much moonshine.

At the Cabinet Council of yesterday, we feel
assured the Eastern question was not past over in
cool indifference, and we shall not be surprised to
hear of 'other resignations following that
of the Home Secretary, which has itself
produced a crisis which Lord ABERDEEN and
the country must very soon feel and understand.
If Lord PALMERSTON retired from office on the
advice or with the sanction of Lord LANSDOWNE,
the latter nobleman can scarcely hold his place in-
a ministry for which he can feel no very high de-
gree of respect. And if ho should leave the
PREMIER, it is not unreasonable to suppose that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer will also retire.
In the meantime, however, the Turks are being
slaughtered both by land and sea without mercy--
the English and French fleets are lying idle in the
Bosphorus like so many hulks—Lord STRATFORD,
our Ambassador at the Porte, is doing all he can
to keep the. Turkish admiral, who is an English-
man, inactive—the Turkish fleet is therefore
useless, and the battle of Sinope has been followed
by still further victories on the part of the Rus-
sians. Luckily, however, the Emperor of France
has at last spoken out. The French are .no less
interested than we are in the preservation of the
Ottoman Enipire ; and we feel strongly inclined to
believe that the Emperor will not suffer the French
fleet to remain inactive much longer.

From accounts recently published, it appears
that the population of Turkey in Asia, Africa, and
Europe, amounts to 35,000,000 souls. The Turkish
army is estimated at 448,000 men, which are divided
as follows :—Regular army, 138,680 men; reserve,
138,680 ; irregulars, 61,500 ; and contingents,
110,000. To annihilate such a force as this is not
the work of a day; but why suifer bloodshed when
the Government of England is said to be resolved
in upholding the SULTAN'S sovereignty and main-
taining peace ?

THE subject of Life Assurance is fraught with
vital interests to the community. Especially does

it concern the middle and humbler classes. And
we are glad to find Lord ERSKINE,—who is never
backward in promoting measures of social advan-
tage,—lending his honoured name and zealous ad-
vocacy to such a cause. Now, amongst the most
useful institutions of modern times may be ranked
Life Assurance Companies ; and their increase of
late years proves that their value is becoming
more fully appreciated. Still their nature is very
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those very persons whose peculiar interest it is to
possess a sound and practical knowledge of the
science upon which they are established.
Upon the inferior orders of creation it would
seem as if more care had been bestowed than upon
those of a higher rank. Animals, for instance,
which are destined for subordinate spheres are
born with every requisite their mean condition
demands, and possess the necessary defences
against the effects of a torrid, a temperate, or a
frigid zone. They are also found to possess the
property of instinct, which does for them what
reason should accomplish for man. But this very
apparent neglect of Nature with regard to hu-
man kind, argues a far higher and nobler condi-
tion of being. By the wonderful qualities of
mind and reason, comforts, conveniencies, and
even luxuries are procured, which Nature in
her rude condition would ever fail to impart. Not-
withstanding the beautiful order that characterises
Nature and pervades her manifold works, there is
a glaring incongruity apparent ; and this incon•
gruity is exclusively confined to man, the noblest
specimen of her skill and genius. Take, for ex-
ample, the tiny ant—view her ceaseless industry—

—her indomitable perseverance—her extraordinary
skill—and above all, her prudent concern for the
future in laying up ample, provision for her neces-
sities. How sad and bitter the contrast which the
ant presents to many of us who rank highest in. the
scale of existence, and who claim the prerogative
of intellectual beings ! This little creature will
gather into its store-house nn ample supply for its
future wants, whilst men will neglect to lay up, by
provident savings, what would enable them to in-
sure their lives, and thus secure to their depen-
dents provision in case of being cut
_off either by
disease or sudden calamity,—contingencies against
which every rational and civilized man should pro-
vide. We are strongly of opinion that the only
efficient preventative of pauperism is the universal
practice of Life Assurance.

Previous to the institutions for the assurance
of life being so general, the person who could save
a very small portion of a limited income despaired
of ever accumulating sufficient to afford any pit-
tance to his children, and he became reckless of
attaining so hopeless an object. The trouble and
difficulty of investing small sums yearly, and of
obtaining accumulated interest, were in themselves
sufficient to deter even a man anxiously de-
sirous for the future welfare of his family, from
endeavouring to acquire by small savings what he
could reasonably hope would—though fostered
through length of years—swell into a patrimony
for his children. But now the more than pro-
bability—the certainty is his. The system of Life
Assurance—a science worthy of our advanced
civilization—incites all to the moral obligation of
exercising foresight and prudence ; since through
its means these virtues may be incessantly and
successfully practised and their ultimate reward
secured. If a man's income be sufficient to allow
of his setting apart somewhat considerable for au
accumulating fund, it is still no slight advantage.
considering the constitution of human nature, that
he can put it out of his power to encroach upon
his savings. By laying out an annual sum in in-
suring his life he cannot without difficulty and
considerable loss apply to hie present uses his
past accumulations ; while there is little fear that
he will be so reckless or improvident as to forfeit his
testamentary claim by neglecting to meet his peri
odical payments. Besides the benefits Assurance
Companies confer on the individual, they are like-
wise fraught with advantages to society. By their
means an immense accumulating productive

capital is formed ; while the annual premiums
payable thereupon are regarded as a part of neces-
sary expenditure ; these, and the continially in-
creasing interest upon them, are so much added to
the productive capital of the community.
The advantages which Life Assurance confers

are not limited in their character or confined to
any particular class. Civilisation and science
have brought those benefits within the. reach of
all. A man with a moderate income may feel that
in a few years he shall have saved sufficient to
leave a competence for his family ; but he feels
likewise that at any moment of time he may be
snatched from them ere the proposed sum is
amassed. He therefore has recourse to an in-
surance on his life, and renders that certain which
Nature has made uncertain. The hoard is already
his in reversion, and the best years of his life are
no longer wasted away by anxiety and care. The
gloomy anticipation of future evil no longer robs
him of present enjoyment. But some may say :
"We are now in the possession of excellent health,
and we have every prospect of living for many years.
Why should we insure our lives? Will it not answer
at a more advanced period ?" What a strange
creature is man. How inconsistent! " How penny-
wise and pound-foolish !" The very principles by
which he is governed in the counting-house or
the work-shop, actuate him no longer when far
more important interests are at stake. The man
who fancies he has many and beautiful years to
live, is he upon whom Death may speedily feast.

It is not upon the delicate form that the grave
loves to riot, „but upon the hale and blooming
body. On this it delights to make its ravages.
It loves to feed upon the Vine whose branches
yield rich fruit and blossom ; not upon the sapless
tendrils of the decayed Cypress ! But how unwise
and impolitic is the conduct of him who refrains
from insuring his life until the time approaches
when he knows that his days are numbered? It is
very doubtful whether he would be accepted by
any Company, on any terms, at the time he may
set about insuring. But, if otherwise, a very large
rate of premium would necessarily be required to
save the office from much risk. The disadvantages,
therefore, are obvious; whilst the benefits which
accrue from insuring one's life early are consider.
able. For instance, a male, whose age will be 21
years next birthday, can insure to the amount of
500/. by the small payment of something like
91. 12s. annually; whereas a person aged 60 years
should pay for the same advantage 361
during the remaining period of his life. By
the payment of less than 12 guineas a-year a
husband, aged 30, may secure to his wife at his
death the amount of 501. for the whole term of her

Life ; or an annuity of 251. may be guaranteed by

the payment of 6 guineas per annum. What a
number of destitute widows there are in the world,

that the sum of fifty, or even twenty-five pounds a-
year would make comparatively comfortable? Their
tears would be wiped away—their sighs suppressed

—and their hearts would beat with thankfulness.
Husbands who really love their wives should prove
it by their deeds ; and in no way better than by
making trifling sacrifices to ensure to them lasting
benefits. Affection, like gratitude, consists more
in acts than in words ; and that

" Is not the best remembered where the lips
Pour forth their voluble and fluent tide

Of warm acknowledgments."

What a pleasant consideration it must be for the
head of a family to know that should he be sud-
denly deprived of existence, he has not left his
dependents destitute, and obliged to solicit the
" cold hand of charity," and, perhaps, solicit it in
vain. How pleasing the satisfaction which even
Life Assurance affords to the mechanic, who,
although he cannot hope, in the event of his de
cease, W ima,v yr and orphans large Bums,
may yet by little retrenchments procure sufficient
to save them from the workhouse and place them
in some industrial pursuit. Life Assurance com-
mends itself to all classes—but especially to the
artizan, whose extent of life is considerably below
that of the other portions of the community, and
who, unfortunately, is less alive than others to the
benefits such a system confers. However, we
trust that the efforts made by the Press, and the
instructions that occasionally emanate from the
platform, will tend to bring about a better under-
standing of a subject pregnant with such import-
ant consequences.

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