The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

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On FRIDAY next, the 19th holt., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers'
Office, Apsley.buildings, Oldhall-street,
2000 Bundles RATTAN CANES,
Just landed.—Apply to Messrs. Thomis and John Brocldebank, Mer-
chants; or to JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers,

R. J. N ODD ER
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RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS. and CAPS, with
every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most
fashionable and tasteful kind.

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POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK

THE BROUSIL FAMILY,
IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR DEPARTURE FOR
WINDSOR, BY COMMAND
OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY.
THIS MORNING (SATURDAY), A CONCERT

AT HALF•PAST TWO.

EVENING AS USUAL, AT EIGHT,

VOCALIST—MISS 11AltWICK.
AdtOMPANYIST—MIt. HOLDEN

Doors open half an hour before the Performance.
Boxes, 25.; Stalls, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Children Half-price

CLAVTON HALL,
CLAYTON-SQUARE,

BY GENERAL DESiREi
SHE BROIiSIL FAMILY

WILL GIVE

THREE CONCERTS NEXT WEEK

On MONDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, at Eight o'clo,k, a
CONCERT, for the BENEFIT of BERTHA.

On WEDNESDAY MORNING, the 17th instant. a JUVENILE
PERFORMANCE, at Ralf-past Two, for the BENEFIT of CECILIE
and ALOIS.

On SATURDAY MORNING, the 20th instant, a CONCERT at
Half-past Two, which will positively be that'.

LAST APPEARANCE IN LIVERPOOL.

Boxes, 2s ; Stalls, Is ; Gallery, 61. Children, Half •price

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BBOU S I L
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FAMILY

A CONCERT

AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, NEW BRIGHTON,
On TUESDAY EVENING, the 10th instant,

AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.

TWO CONCERTS
AT THE ARGYLE ROOMS, BIRKENHEAD,
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS,
The 17th and 18th, at Eight o'clock.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1856,

THE DAY'S NEWS

The weather has been most tempestuous during
the greater part of the week. The storm appears
to have been general all over the country. The
return of the steamer America in such a disabled
state tells of the fearful gale which she encoun-
tered in the Channel. Our Scotch and Irish
exchanges teem with accounts of the gale of
Tuesday. The military camp on the Currough of
Kildare was visited by a storm of unexampled
fury on that day. Great damage has been done to
the erections, which will cost a pretty smart sum
to repair and make good. Our shipping intern-
genle give lists of casualties which must prove
serious to the purses of the underwriters of Lon-
don,
Liverpool, Glasgow, and Dublin. At Glasgow
and Greeno':k, and the coast along the Clyde, the
storm was very severe. The accounts from Perth,
Edinburgh, and Ptindeet are equally as bad. The
wind blew with extrome force, and did damage of
no small extent to house property.
The agitation for a total repeal of the income and
property tax continues to increase in magnitude
and importance. Meetings are being held in vari_
s and re
one parts of the country. The speeche so.

%dons adopted are earnest and determined. We
do not see why a requisition should not be got up
and presented to his Worship the Mayor of Liver-
pool, requesting him to call a town's meeting. To
the people of Liverpool the matter is one great
moment, and we should lend our aid in
obtaining the abolition of an impost which
is unfair in principle and obnoxious
and unjust in practice. The people of
Brighton, Southwark, and Aylesbury have
assembled, and given their hearty aid and
support to the cause. From the number of mem-
bers of the House of Commons which have attended
these meetings, there is reason to believe that,
should Ministers resist the demand of the public,
with regard to these particular taxes, they will find
themselves in a minority, a circumstance which
would, no doubt, lead to a change of government
or a dissolution of Parliament for us. Dr.
Challiner, at the Southwark meeting, held
on Thursday, remarked, " the popularity of
the present Government would soon be de-
stroyed if it attempted to take advantage of the
strict letter of the Act of Parliament to continue
the present rate of income tax beyond the Ist of
April next. The recourse to such a quibble would
be more characteristic of the proceedings of the
Russian diplomatist than of a British Minister."
Whilst alluding to taxes, it occurs to us to mention
that there has been a Church rate battle at Bath,
where conduct of a very disgraceful character was
carried on, and language calculated to lead to a
breach of the peace was made use of. It is full
time that something was done by Parliament upon
this subject. Indeed, nothing will suffice but the
pure voluntary system or the enactment of a law
which will meet the requirements of the Church,
and not wound the conscientious scruples of the
Dissenters.

Mr. Berkeley continues his labours on behalf of
the ballot question. He has replied to an article
which the leading journal published the other day.
He argues that the question is a popular one with
the country, and sarcastically censures the
editor for relying on the prestige of
the paper, and asserting this or that,
knowing that its sic vac passes current with the
generality of readers, where argument would be
expected from an individual who has not the
advantage of thundering forth opinions in the first
person plural, from so distinguished a ballot box
as the Times office. Mr. Berkeley also intimates
that the Times takes a great liberty with its readers,
in supposing them so devoid of sense as to swallow
such a dose of " flap doodle," which he interprets
to be the essence of the stuff on "which they feed
fools."

Mr. Baron Bramwell, in his charge to the grand
jury of Essex, took occasion to refer to the ticket
of leave system, and denied that it had anything
whatever to do with the amount of crime that was
alleged to be committed by the persons who re-
ceived " tickets of leave." This opinion runs in
direct opposition to the views propounded by his
learned brother, Baron Alderson, on Monday
last. Judge Bramwell does not wish it for a
moment to be understood that he advocates
the continuance of the ticket of leave system.
It might, or it might not, be advisable to return
to the system of transportation, or that some
other system of punishment should be substi.
tuted ; but, whether the ticket of leave system
was retained or abolished, he thought that either
course ought only be resorted to upon some ground
that was reasonable, and in accordance with com.
mon sense.

From the Continent there is a variety of inter-
esting intelligence. Our Paris advices state that
public attention continues to be directed more and
more to the approaching elections. It has been
determined to nominate General Cavaignac
for Paris. The other Liberal candidates
will be M. Carnot, Minister of Public In-
struction, under the Republic in 1848, and
M. Goudchaux. The Republican party are
determined to take active part in the elections,
and, although divided among themselves, they still
hope that the government of the Emperor can be
made to all by creating a vacuum around it. It
seem that the Government, yielding to the remarks
addressed to it by the artists, bas resolved to post-
pone the opening of the exhibition till June, that
being a month later, instead of a month earlier
than usual. Parties who had begun to loose their
heart at the thought that they should be unable to
complete their work in time have now regained
confidence, and are working away as industriously
as ever, but with much more satisfaction.

Our last advices from Sicily are not of a satis-
factory character. They are, however, sufficient to
prove that the revolt is not yet stifled, and that it
has from the first assumed an importance very
different to that ascribed to it. We were told, in
the first instance, that the insurgents amounted to
only about two hundred men, indifferently armed
and equipped, and acting, apparently, without any
very settled plan. So ran the report. It is now
stated that in the neighbourhood of Palermo the
whole of the population had been in ferment, and
that three thousand men had assembled with
arms in their hands, stimulating each other by their
cries, and showing the most determined hostility to
the King and his government. Travellers recently
arrived from Palermo bring this intelligence ; and
they add that troops in considerable force had been
sent against the insurgents, had encountered them,
but that the issue of the engagement was unknown.
Incomplete as is this news, it is of a far more pro-
bable kind than that hitherto circulated. It was
scarcely probable that, after suffering so much, the
people of Sicily would attempt a movement that
could only end in failure and cover them with
ridicule. Failure any popular movement may end
in ; but, if conducted with some amount of pru-
dence and capacity, it can scarcely draw contempt
or derision upon its originators. There is great
unwillingness among the Paris journals to publish
news from Sicily, and still more to comment upon
upon that news. This is not hard to explain, or to
understand. The French government has as much
cause as ever had despotic power to fear the effect
of any popular rising in an adjoining state, for the
purpose of overthrowing the rule of tyranny. French
people are amazingly clever in drawing comparisons,
in establishing resemblances, and in seizing upon
past or contemporary events, that may be made to
bear on their own condition. A revolution in Sicily,
if extended and successful, would do great harm
to Napoleon 111.
This insurrection in Sicily must have the effect of
rousing the Neapolitans, and putting the public
mind in a fever. The Liberal party with all their
prudence and patience, may not be able to keep
the excitement within the bounds of " order"—and
the consequence, we fear, will be great destruction
of human life. But even that would ba scarcely
worse than the life of agony which the'people lead
under the iron rule of Ferdinand. One thing,
however, is clear : if the King does fall ,by the
hand of an assassin, lie will be the victim
of his own insane policy. No man can goad
his fellow creatures to madness with impunity.
It would seem that he has already had a narrow
escape. The accounts received are more full than
the telegraphic despatches. It would appear that
on the 28th ult., when about half the troops present
at the review in the Champ de Mars had passed
before the King, a private of the Foot Chasseurs
quitted the ranks, and rushed on the King with
fixed bayonet. A colonel of hussars rode at the
assassin, and knocked him over beneath his horse.
He was at once made prisoner. The King, without
manifesting emotion, continued the review. The
Princes and the Queen, who were but a few paces
off, observed the same demeanour. It was only
after having returned to the palace that his Majesty
acknowledged that he was subtly hurt on the side.
The corps diplomatique immediately went to the
Palace to congratulate the King on his escape. At
8 o'clock in the evening the King, with the Queen
and his children, went to church of pie die grotta.
The assassin is a Calabrese. He had entered the
army as a volunteer. The effect upon his Majesty
muat be very startling, and must render his life
hereafter very uncomfortable. Indeed he had
been uneasy about his personal safety before the
ambassadors left, and since then chances against
him must have greatly increased. He may have
doubted the fidelity of the army in case of insur-
rection, though boasting of his confidence ; but he
could scarcely have apprehended that a soldier
would venture in this public manner to take away

the life of his sovereign when he must have been
well aware that he would thereby sacrifice his own.
The,Presse d'Orient of the Ist of December states
that the fall of Herat occurred on the 26th of Octo-
ber. The courier who was despatched with the
news by the Persian commander in chief was not
more than eight days in crossing the vast plains
which separate Herat from Teheran. A courier was
also sent at the same time to Constantinople.
Several of the shareholders of the Royal British
Bank have petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy.
under the private arrangement clauses, to obtain
protection for themselves and property.
According to the last advices from India the
Indian Government are promoting the formation
of a new town on the Mutlah near one of the
termini of the proposed Caloutts. and South
Eastern Railway. It is stated that, as the North-
ern of France Railway Company will not hold their
meeting.until the spring, arrangements have been
made to defer the final ratification of the contract
for leasing the Mons and Manage Railway to the
Ist of May next. Meanwhile, the representatives
of the two companies will superintend the traffic.

MR. COBDEN has abandoned Free Trade .to
sustain the conirabandista of war. Philan-
thropists and political puritans have ever been
doomed to experience excessive self-deception
and disappointment. And why should not Mr.
COBDEN covet his share of both ? When
addressing himself to the "Bradford Committee
for Investigating State Affairs,'' on the subject
of the right of search, in time of war, he says:—
" Before any alteration can be made in the law
of nations,' a corresponding change must be
effected in our municipal law. lam afraid the
law of nations has been hitherto little more than
the will of the strongest, modified and slightly
controlled by the progress of civilisation." Now
we have never read a more clear and correct
definition of that bugbear the " law of nations."
That strength shall prevail is a universal law.
It may be crossed, worried, and thwarted for a
time, as Mr. COBDEN has been, but it must
triumph at the end, or bow is it that matter is
so submissive to mind ? It cannot withstand
this essence of all human strength. And Reason,
which always lays down the shortest road to
victory in war, as in all other worldly affairs,
will pursue, through all time, " the even tenor of
her way." A true appreciation of the difficul-
ties to be encountered has placed Great Britain
among the foremost nations of the earth. We owe
nothing to our numbers, as a nation. We are
strong only in proportion to our intelligence and
foresight as a people ; and in every armed con-
test in which we have been the strongest, we
have enforced the " right of search" in war, and
to question the philosophy and justice of the
course we have followed, is simply to dispute the
reality of the remarkable victories we have won,
and singular success which is set down to our
account.

Mr. COBDEN is perfectly at liberty to adopt
such a course. The will of the strongest, will
always supply the law to which nations are
expected to subscribe ; and how Mr. COBDEN
" can foresee great benefits to the cause of peace
and humanity in a variety of ways from the
change " he advocates we are quite at a loss to
comprehend. If nations pledge themselves not
to.aid belligerents in a war in which they take
no part, and such unholy traffic as that of
slavery, and punish their subjects for attempt-
ing to compromise the honour and peace of their
country ; still the right of search in some modi-
fied shape would be necessary, and could not be
refused where there was no breach of faith con-
templated by a neutral or unoffending Power.
No civilised nation capable of defending their
independence could possibly feel aggrieved at
being called on to give proof of their integrity
as parties to a solemn contract entered into on
behalf of humanity and unive.sal peace. The
slaver, the pirate, the smuggler, and all who sail
freighted with munitions of war for a bellige-
rent have, one and all, good reason to dispute
the propriety of their being questioned as to
the precise object they have in view, and the
character of the cargo they have on board. But
what has an honest merchantman—a proud Fair
Trader to hide from the gaze of the world ?
She has no more to fear from being boarded at
sea than she has when her cargo is consigned to
custom house officers in our rivers or docks.
We therefore think that Mr. COBDEN has lost
his way when he says that free and commercial
nations would best serve the cause of " humanity
and peace by confirming the decision of the
Congress of Paris," which would at once relieve
all evil-doers on sea from the surveillance they
are now exposed to.

The dicta laid down at the Conference was
simply a re-echo of the cry raised by slave-
holding States against the right of search. Mr.

MARCY spoke in the interest of slavery when he
asked us to " exempt private property afloat
from capture during war." This is the first
time we have been given to understand that
private property of a lawful character was sub-
ject to the danger of being captured afloat,
either during war or peace, If Mr. MARCY
means to call carga of slaves, the_booty of the
pirate, the cargo of the smuggler, or the
munitions of war in transitu to the port of the
enemy of a friendly Power, we fear
the immunity he asks us to concede would not
add to the variety of benefits to the cause of
humanity and peace which Mr. COBDEN seems
to have in his mind's eye. And we may here
raise the question—whether under any circum-
stance, the right of search can he given up by
the United States, or any other commercial
country, having a due regard to the pecuniary
interest of commerce. The Fair Traders of all

nations require protection in peace ; and the
safety of the fleets and armies engaged in blood-
shed will call for the right of search in the name
of humanity and common sense. Those who
have abjured all traffic in man's flesh and blood,
will also demand that our common nature shall
not be outraged by allowing the slave-ship
to go afloat unmolested by the law, which
they can enforce. But why should we discuss
the subject ? why rake up a mountain of disagree-
able topics ? Mr. COBDEN has reminded us that,
" the law of nations has been, hitherto, little
more than the will of the strongest," And it