The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

EAST LANCASHIPE RAILWAY

TO THE EDITOR OT THE NORTHERN TIMES.
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Sir,—Last evening I left Southport by the above railway, at
half past
Junction, eight o'clock, and the train arrived at Bnrscough
at fifty-five minutes past eight o'clock ; here it was
detained fifty-five minutes waiting the arrival of a train from
being
Preston. We arrived at the station, Tithbarne-strcet, at
fifty-eight
minutes past ten, in place of forty minutes past nine
o'clock,
one hour and eighteen minutes late, according
to the Company's time-table, on a journey of about twenty
miles. Treatment so infamous deserves to be exposed, so that
the public may avoid, as much as possible, travelling by such a
grossly mis-managed
Bth Se RAILWAY.
ptember, 1856.

The iron trade of South Staffordshire continues steady,
and, from all appearances, the prices of last quarter day
will be maintained. It is not to be denied that some
works are slack, and that from these establishments
inferior iron has for some time past been purchased at
reduced rates, but the principal " marked" houses are
well off for orders, many of which will carry them on
into a considerable period of the next quarter. What-
ever may be the condilon of the iron trade, active pre-
parations are in progress for an increase in the production
of first-class iron. It is stated that some part of the
mills and forges belonging to Lord Ward, at Round Oak,
Brierley-hill, will be at work in the course of a month
or six weeks, and the Hants-hill Ironworks have again
in part commenced working. Bessemer's invention for
the manufacture of iron and steel has been the all-
engrossing subject of discussion in the iron districts
during the present week ; and the general opinion
appears to he that, although great credit is due to Mr.
Bessemer for the discovery of valuable improvements,
difficulties may arise in the practical working of the
invention which ought to induce the utmost caution.

REV. F. D. MAURICE

An interesting controversy has just been going on in the
columns of the Inquirer (which is the organ of the 17nitarian
denomination), between the well-known chaplain of
Lincoln's Inn, and the conductors:of the Inquirer. The
Inquirer had charged Mr. Maurice with inconsistency, in
denying the doctrines of the Atonement and Eternal
Punishment, and still remaining a clergyman of the
Church of England. Mr. Maurice has replied, with some
warmth, in two letters. He asserts, that he takes the
XXXI Article as an accurate statement of the doctrine
of the atonement, and that:his views, as regards eternal
punishment, are identical with those of Athanasius, :as
embodied in the Athanasian creed. This explanation
will, of course, remove the doubts which have been so
widely spread as to the perfect orthodoxy of Mr. Maurice.

THE LITERARY ARTICLES OF THE
LONDON " TIMES."

Who writes the literary articles of the Times r Who reads
the literary articles of the Times The answer once to the
first question was, Samuel Phillips ; the answer to the second,
everybody. We can still answer the second question, for
nobody reads the literary articles now. But the mystery of
who writes them is deep, perhaps insoluble. It is wonderful
English, these literary articles, solemn, grave, dignified,
worthy of the leading journal. It is a style of English few
can write now-a-days, "as me❑ now are." Possibly, William
Gladstone could command language so sonorous, and words a(
sesquipedalian ; but even this we doubt. It is said of him in
a wicked couplet—
" And that we may the more enjoy it, he
Neatly calls a half one mo

iety: "

But we doubt whether he would say " aeceptableness," " an.z.u-
lar developement," and speak of a man's skin as his " cuticle."
But if it isn't William Gladstone, who is it? Is it Dr.
Johnson's ghost ? That the Times office is at this moment
haunted by a ghost, which comes and gaes, appears, disappears,
re-appears, and frightens the printer's devils out of their seven
senses, is known to all who care to know such things- Can
this ghost be the ghost of Dr. Johnson l" Can Dr. Johnson's
ghost have been seduced into the ignoble task of writing an
Lord Cockburn, the Court of Georgo IV., and M. De
Tocqueville ?

Well, we cannot undertake to say whether our explanation of
these wonderful articles is the true one or not. We de unhesi-
tatingly say, that the worst written literary articles of to-day
are the composition of the Times reviewer. Quantum mutts.
tu3 ab illo Hectore —how vast the gulf between that writer
so dashing, and so genial—so tenchant in his severity—so
graceful in his praise, who at once delighted and instructed us
—who touched each chord of elegant literature, and drew
from each a fresh charm—what a difference between him
and the pompous pedant who now supplies his place !
We have already given a specimen of his bad English,
and his bad taste ; in the Times, of Wednesday last, we
find a grand pretentious opening—it is worthy of Dr.
Johnson's ghost. "It is rarely prudent to hazard a
prediction, unless circumstances conspire to render
inevitable." What a fine way of saying " never pronherv,

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unless you are sure to he right"--"unless circumstances
conspire to render the event inevitable." A line or two
further we read about "a scientific fore-knowledge of normal
consequences." A sentence more, and we aro charmed by
finding, in as many consecutive lines, the high-sounding words
" elucidation," " dissection," " determination," "generalize.
tion," and before we reach the foot of the column, we (~o far
as we know) have run through all the words that end in
" ation," and a very fine family they are.

Hero is a sentence, for example :—" .1,1 this examintition
of the French empire previous to its dissolution, there is the
same full and clear illustration of its condition, the same

accurate exhibition of its organism," &c., &a.
There is ono pleasing passage about "generalizations,"
which we must quote entire for our readers' benefit.
"His generalizations have this superiority—they not only
condense but they clarify the subject matter; they are weighty,
substantial, compact, and yet definite and clear as
crystal:—through such crystals, which are, so to speak,
so many lenses, his subject is exhibited more clearly if obscure,
more closely if remote, and more distinctly and with more
detail if delicate and elaborate."

Who will pioneer us through this wood of words ? Whe
will filter for us any meaning from this muddy rhetoric ?
We are truly :wry to find the Times encouraging such a
bad and obselete style of writing. Its power is great,—its
example catching. Should an inflated Latinised English once
again spring up among us, we may thank the Times for having
forfeited its good sense and judgment to the fear of ofL.nding
Hr. Gladstone, or Dr. Johnson's

THE EFFECTS OF InTIGRATION ON THE
LABOUR MARKET.

Any one who has watched carefully the nature of the stream of
emigration for some years past must have noticed that the hulk of
those who leave for other fields of occupation are chiefly rho indus-
trious and the skilled mechanic—men who find that their wages,
with all their industry, are insufficient to support their families,
owing to the increase of tazaton, and the higher price of food.
There is also the innate desire which prevails to make a position,
to find employment fora growing family, and also a love of chaog
that feeling which disposes so many to break away from a plodd ug
certainty for some new scene—some brlgli'ly.pictured field of
industry in a brighter clime. This class of men who are eagerly
sought for by the colonists, and to whom the Emigration Commis-
sioners offer all facilities of a free passage out of the, bounty funds
at their disposal. invariably succeed, because they are, for the most
part, steady, industrious, and persevering, and well fitted for enduring
the few difficulties incidental to early colonial life. Hut this steady
outsetting tide is telling, and will continue to tell yet more, upon
the labour market, and the employer and contra:itor will find that
wages will gradually rise as hands become scarce. Of the skilled
labourers who have left thi kingdom in the last two years for
other fields of occupation the following is an abstract, taking them
alphabetically : 185 t, 1855.

Blacksmiths and farriers
Braziers, tinsmiths, and whitesmiths 313 •• • . /!S
Brick and tile makers, potters, &c lll •• • • 82
Bricklayers, masons, plasterers, and
slaters
• • 60 ..... 33
Builders ,
182 .. • • 81
Cabinet makers and upholsterers • .. •
Carpenters and joiners ...... ........ .. 5185 •• •• 2311
Calrveri and gliders.... 65 .... e 4
Coachmakers, &c.
Coal miners
Coopers
Engineers ...... .. •• •• • • ...... • • 3'7 •• • . 285
Millwrights
Miners and
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s.o. .. 4112 .... 167;{

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glaziers
Sawyers .. .... ~
Shipwrights Smiths (general)
Surveyor.
Turners
.........
Wheelwrights ....• ...... ...
Mechanics not before specified

'net total number of such adults who emigrated in the two year.
having been respectively 134,7•9 t.nd 65,363 it follows that the
mechanics and skilled workmen connected with the building rod..
constructive trades who leave tile country form the proPorati°an
about one-sixth of the who'e number. Farmers, sgricuitu
rl. a,
general labourers, and those identified with land constitute 0n
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t me-
of the bulk of emigrants_ Th.. - •

Last ----..,,aLeu, sets chiefly to Australia and the unircu c ,d,,,a.
year th,.re was an unusually small amount of emigration, owing
to the war, the drafts fir the army and navy, increased employ inmst
at home, and the check given to iaimigration to the tinted States
by the stringent Ame lean regulation and the
political objections to
Catholics and the Irish, and to naturalisat:on, which had before been
freely granted. The etnpl :yment of many large steamers now di,

engaged from the transport service, and reduced fares, coupled with
the prosperous state of Canada and Australia, will lead to an in-
creaed immigration next spring.