The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-11 00:00:00

occur to call forth the hostility of the French 1

within the same short space of time.
If France has a natural friend, or a sister

Empire, on whom she can rely for prosperity in
peace and succour in war, it is Great Britain.
Nature makes no distinction between individuals

and nations, and it could never have been meant
by Providence that such close neighbours should
for ever live in open antagonism and unpardonable
hostility. A difference of language is no more
than a difference of dress, both of which dis-
appear with incredible rapidity when nations
arrive at a friendly understanding. This, it is to
be hoped, France and England have achieved, and
we fear, therefore, that the longings of the Russian
Plenipotentiaries will be sorely disappointed. We
know of nothing, in fact, which would be more
likely to disgust France with BONAPARTISM, than
the sudden abandonment of the policy of NAPOLEON
I. and that of the authors of the present Empire,
as regards Russia. The changes which have
takes place in the course of years in this country,
have removed all grounds of dispute and uneasi-
ness between France and us. But, in what is the
opinion, the policy, and acts of Russia altered since
NAPOLEON I. marched to Moscow ? What has she
done to make the French her friends and abettors°
Probabl

brow out straws for Russian
diplomatists to see which way the wind blows, will
be kind enough to tell us what it is Russia would
gain by breaking up the Western Alliance?
W. la-. ripilinri with broad and minable facts,

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desire to obtain peace, we feel disposed to contend

that she sees very clearly, that if the war had been
continued six months longer, Poland would have

been wrested from her grasp ; and that with such a
warlike enemy on her western flank, she could do
little on or beyond her southern frontier. The partial
agitation which took place in this country in favour
of Polish independence, was quite enough to show
Russia what she had to expect if the war were
continued. It served also as a cue to Austria, and
to this we think may be attributed nine-tenths of
the condescension the latter showed in offering her
intervention, and also the avidity with which
the former accepted the Vienna proposals.
And since some good has been done by talking of
the independence of Poland. it would be, perhaps,
as well to let the Russian Plenipotentiaries know,
that should the war be renewed, the restoration
of chivalrous Poland will be demanded by the
popular voice of both France and England. If
they should leave the Conference in dudgeon,
and declare that they cannot comply with the pro.
positions of the Allies, let them tell their Imperial
master that the road the Allies will take to St.
Petersburg will be through Warsaw. 4. Bum,
might venture to intimate, en eonfiance, something
of this sort to his Russian colleagues, and if he
does so, few, we think, can doubt the extraordinary
effect it would have on the nerves of the CZAR'S

representatives

LIST OF PASSENGERS, PEE. R. M. S. CANADA FROM
BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL.— From Boston : Miss IL Moore,
Messrs. Mellis, J. W. Perrott, P. Lussier, Dr. C. F.
Rtinchard, Messrs. G. Ainsew, F. Cumberland, B. F.
White and lady, H. R. Courtenay, G. Pemberson, J.
Higgin, J. Mathieson, G. R. Henderson, J. Roberts, G
Brennan and lady, J. Williams, lady, and three children,
P. Henry, J. Fraweck, N. H. de Newett, J. Parkin, L.
Samuel, C. Muster, W. Coleman, J. Coleman and lady, J.
Watson, A. M‘Donald, W. Buchannan, Miss F. Pickey,
Miss Williams, Messrs. A. Copp, J. Paykin, P. Bosanquet.
From Halifax Mrs. Duggan, Miss H. Smith, Mr.
Grant, Mr. Ferguson, Colonel Gray, Mr. Campbelton.
THEATRE ROYAL—The tragedy of " Macheth,', as
revived by Mr. Copeland, has taken complete possession of
the town, and we rejoice to add that the liberality of the
management, the sterling acting of Mr. Barry Sullivan, the
completeness with which, in every department, this gem of
Shakespere has been produced, have been rewarded nightly
by crowded and delighted audiences. The season, however,
closes, in the midst of success, on Friday night, which has
been appointed for the benefit of the tragedian, who, despite
all that may be written to the contrary, has " won golden
opinions from all sorts of men," and whose career in the
character has been one of unrivalled and unsurpassed
brilliancy. We cannot doubt that on Friday evening, the
patrons of the drama in its highest range, will rally round
the actor, and thus pay a just tribute to Mr. Sullivan's high
histrionic talents, and make a bounteous recognition of his

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s INQUESTS.—Yesterday the Coroner held the
-sts :—On the body of Edward Diamond,
the Dock Trust, and who died suddenly
in a tit on Saturday. From the evidence it appeared he was
subject to fits, and died in an apoplectic fit, brought on by
natural causes, and the jury found a verdict accordingly.—
On the body of John Murray, 35 years of age, who resided
in Brick Street. The deceased was hurt, and his leg
broken on board a ship about three weeks ago, and from
the effects of the injury he died. Verdict " Accidental
death."—On the body of Alexander Blythe, an engineer,
aged 32 years. Re was employed at Messrs. Preston and
Cos., York Street. On Saturday, while engaged in the
place, a rod fell on the poor fellow' and he died very shortly
afterwards. Verdict " Accidental death."—On the body of
a respectable old man named Thomas Ward, 74 years of
age, who resided at No. 48, Radcliffe Street, and who died
suddenly yesterday morning. He had been ailing for a
long time from general debility. Verdict Died from
natural causes."

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FRENCH SCHOOL or ART.—The first exhi'Jition of the
00l of Fine Arts, now open at the Liverpool
Old Postoffice-place, closes on Saturday

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attracted the unbounded admiration of the connoisseurs who
are resident in the town and county: The far-famed
picture of the " Great Horse Fair," by the renowned
Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur, of itself firms a truly charming
exhibition, and has created the same furore in our
immediate locality that it engendered in Paris, aid also in
our own metropolis. To describe the various points in this
-nificent chef d'ceuvre would require the space of an
essay. ___.:ngement, drawing, colouring, and general
effect, the fair artist has not been excelled by any of the
most celebrated animal painters of this or any age, and the
attention of the spectator is perfectly rivetted in
• contemplation of the grouping in such sin-
variety of the figures, both animal and
The varied position of the horses, the develop-
•Tiuscular action of the leaders and equestrians,

all combine to enforce the highest
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painting been
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presented
per-
fection. The picture is a perfect study, and, as such, we
commend it to the contemplation of the student and the
amateur. Within the last few days a fine etching, touched
in by Rosa Bouheur, has been received, and the possession
of the engraving, when complete, will form a pleasing
memorial of tiiis gem of art. The gallery now open, besides,
contains no less than 215 pictures, the works of upwards of
100 artists, whose names hold the highest rank in the
French school. The catalogue comprises fine specimens
from the easels of Delaroche, Verret, Scheffer, Beard,
Auguste, Bonheur, Isabey, Plassan, Dubuffe. Trayer, Chavet
Edward Frere, and others, The celebrated picture by Brion,
the " Raft on the Rhine," is a remarkable production,
revealing that the artist is destined to attain the highest
position in his profession. Another brilliant specimen of
the school, Breton's
" Masquerade on the Archers Fete
day at Boulogne," which received the third class medal at
the Paris Exposition, is equally remarkable. The picture
by Trayer, " The Foot-bath," remind us strongly of the
many specimens of the genre class which our own Frith
has added to our home collections. The " Three Ages,"
by Charles Muller, surpasses in delicacy and colouring- the
1-‘ of French artists, and secured the general
the practised eye of the cognoscenti. We
to even cursorily, run through the rest of

we can only remind our readers that they
rmit the exhibition to close without

Ives the gratification our own visit