The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

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" • STEAM TO SICILY AND
*vv. *4- TRIESTE.
• IRI, I-IX The undemoted Screw Steam-ships will
-"kw sail once a month until further notice, (the
extended service being twice a month, when the ships now
building arc completed).

FOR TRIESTE.
DANUBE EUPHRATES
RHONE TIGRIS
AMIAZON.

The DANIIBEris intended to sail on the 15th October,
receiving no goods after midnight of the 14th. The
RHONE will sail on the 15th November. For terms of
Passage, &c., apply to JOHN BIBBY, SON & CO.,
4, Tower Chambers.

STEAM COMMUNICATION
*• BETWEEN
It -• LIVERPOOL & ANTWERP.
Next summer, as soon as the Screw Steam-ships now build-
ing for the Atlantic are completed, a regular STEAM
C OMMUNI CA T lON will be established by first-class
Steamers, between LIVERPOOL and ANTWERP.

Goods will be received by these Steamers at Antwerp for
transhipment at Liverpool by the steam-ships to the "United
States ; and the transhipment at Liverpool (as in the Com-
pany's trade between Havre and Liverpool) will be free of
expense to the goods.
It is notrintended by the establishment of this line to cur-
tail, in any way, the facilities already possessed by the
French, German, and Belgium shippers of merchandise to
America from Havre, via Liverpool, but as additional means
for the expedition of their goods.

BURNS & MACIVER,

Liverpool, October 6, 1853

1, Rumford-street

SHIP LAUNCH.- —On Monday last a magnificent
clipper-ship, named the Crest of the Wave, was launched
from the yard of Mr. William Pile, North-sand, Monkwear-
mouth, for Messrs. Brice, Friend, and Co., of Liverpool, by.
whom she is intended for the Australian and China trades.
She is classed A 1 at Lloyd's for thirteen years. • Her ex-
treme length is 200 feet, breadth 32 feet, and depth of hold
20 feet; tonnage 800 N.M. 925 O.IK. Her model is quite
original, and she is fully expected to equal, if not excel, in
sailing qualities any American or English clipper-ship afloat.
She is timbered with English oak, planked with East India
teak, and is thoroughly copper-fastened throughout. Her
height between-decks is seven feet, and her timbers are'ven-
tilated by fifty-eight air ports. The lower deck. is intended
to be fitted up in a commodious style for passengers, 'and is
thoroughly ventilated. She has a full poop and topgallant
forecastle. The front of the poop is of polished teak,
finished with a moulded arch, beneath which are ten win-
dows of plate glass. Its length is 65 feet, and there are
double berths arranged on each side of the saloon, each
berth being flit feet in length, and 71 in breadth. The sa-
loon is spacious, and there arc eight pannels on each side
of it, on which are very beautifiul marine paintings by
Mr. Poulson, one of which is a likeness of the Crest of the

Wave. The splendid mirrors and other ornaments give
the saloon the appearance of a handsome drawing-room.
There are also two large after-cabins, and between, them
are plunge and shower baths, to supply which with water
is a finely ornamented cistern. The exterior of the ship
is also well worthy of attention. Her figure-head is a
scroll supported by two tritons, in the front of which is
a shield, emblazoned with a mythological representation of
the Crest Isf the Wave. On the stern are the arms of the
lowa of Liverpool, executed by Mr. Lindsay. .She is com-
manded by Captain John Steele, who has an interest in the
ship, and who is well known as one of the most respected and
talented shipmasters out of Liverpool. The launch was wit-
nessed by an immense number of people, and the vessel re-
ceived her name from the lady of Captain Steele.—Sunder-
land Times.
• •

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1853

WE know not which is deserving of most honor,
the flattering addresses presented to the CHAN-
CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, by the Mayor and
Corporation of Manchester, or the eloquent and
earnest speeches by which Mr. GLADSTONE returned
the high and well-merited encomiums bestowed on
himself.

It is, really, a matter of thankfulness at this
peculiar crisis of European affairs, to see Man-
chester coming so prominently forward to pro-
nounce an unanimous vote of confidence; not
alone in one distinguished member of our Ad-
ministration, but in the entire ministry of the
Country. Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech is, as a whole,
deserving of high eulogium. It is characterized—
not by a narrow, Conservative, thread-bare, party
policy, but by a fine, comprehensive and progres-
sive spirit, so consonant with advanced
opinion and the genius and civilization of the
age. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER never,
perhaps, made a happier "hit." Never a more op-
portune oration. Not Manchester alone, but Great
Britain looked forward with no slight degree of ex-
pectancy to the result of Mr. GLADSTONE'S late
visit. We conjecture that the issue has proved most
satisfactory. Of course universally acceptable it
could not be—for the liberal sentiments therein
avowed, and the noble principles therein advocated,
would be, indeed, irreconcileable with party poli-
tics in narrow quarters. Mr. GLADSTONE spoke to
the country; and to the country we look to pro-
nounce its appreciation of his services, and its
approval of his assertions.
The union of parties in this country—or rather
the decay of party spirit—is every day becoming
more manifest. According to the testimony of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, even the House of
Commons is not exempt from this beneficial change.
He speaks of harsh differences being softened—of
adveise opinions being reconciled—of conflicting
political creeds thinking more charitably of each
other—and of the space which divides one side of
the British Senate- from the other, approximating
nearer and more near. And more than all, he
speaks of the Government of this country as being
uninfluenced by party spirit, and as relying, in an
unusual degree, on the public confidence and
support,—and that whilst other countries are
getting, as it were, into a state of decadency, ours
is advancing with rapid strides towards the goal
of a higher civilization, and a wider political or-
ganization.

But, perhaps, at this moment the most interest-
ing and important part of Mr. GLADSTONE'S address
is that which has immediate bearing upon that
knotty question, which diplomacy, as yet, have
failed to unravel. We allude to the unhappy
Russo-Turkish dispute—a subject which most
European nations view with anxiety, and upon
which every eye is tremblingly fixed.
Mr. GLADSTONE enters into a full statement of
the merits of the case—justifies on the most
humane, honourable, and Christian grounds, the
tardy steps taken by the British Cabinet to bring
about, in conjunction with other Powers, an ami-
cable and bloodless settlement of this vexed dis:
ruption. Still he fails not to afford the most
positive assurance, that the English Government,
although adverse to war,. will nevertheless " at

whatdVer cost," oppose that grasping cupidity
which, by means of brute force, would endeavour
to absorb the Ottoman Empire within its own
jurisdiction. This language, viewed in connection
with the late decision of the Cabinet Ministers,
will unquestionably have a beneficial tendency.

Those that hitherto have viewed the Government
with distrust, on the score of playing into the
hands of Russia, will now regard it with confi-
dence. They will perceive the wisdom of its pro-
tracted negotiations—and honor it for its forbear-
ance, in not prematurely resorting to the majesty
of its .strength to crush a despotic
_:Ustnper by the
fearful alternative of a precipitant and bloody war.
We congratulate the Chancellor of the Exchequer
upon the honourable Address presented to him by
the civic authorities of Manchester; and upon the
elegant and eloquent manner in which he recipro-
cated their avowed assurance of esteem and confi-
dence. We believe that the demonstration which
Manchester has just exhibited, may be regarded
as representing the mind of the country ; and we
have no doubt but that Mr. GLADSTONE will, by his
timely policy, eminent talents, and untiring zeal
for the popular welfare, continue high in public
confidence and public estimation. -:• •• _

"KNOWLEDGE is power." This is an universally
admitted axiom. Such being the case one would
think it the interest and policy of every wise go-
vernment to promote, 'to the utmost. extent, its
healthy dissemination ; certainly neither to cripple.
or neutralise its efficacy. That foreign govern-
ments; in some instaikees,, act upon an opposite
course of policy is sufficiently notorious, and is
also easily accounted for. In fact, they feel that
their safety and stability .are involved in the course
they prosecute ; and that.any divergency from the
beaten track would be hazardous in the extreme—
as, doubtless, it would. Despotism, like darkness,
is invariably opposed to the light. It dare not suffer
the unrestricted development of intelligence, or an
unfettered Press to obtain amongst a people. If
it did, the death-knell of its authority would be
iminediately and finally tolled, and its foundation
swept clean from under it

"Like the baseless fabric of a vision
Leaving not a wreck behind."

Hence, in several continental countries, the press
is gagged. There exists, in consequence, no such
thing as an enlightened public opinion; and the
unhappy Wight who would be fool-hardy enough
.to publish an iota in opposition to despotic rule—
point out an abuse—or propound a remedy for any
existing evil—would do so at the entire risk, not
only of his worldly effects, but of his personal
liberty. In Italy, at the present day, according
to Mr. WHITESIDE, one cannot get a bill printed,
even were it but to recover a lost dog, without the
manuscript being first of all submitted to the
espionnage and obtaining the imprimatur of the
authorized serutators. Such is the miserable
expedient adopted; in 'order to uphold tottering
thrones and rotten dynasties. But the remedy is
quite as bad as the disease. Destruction may,
indeed, be successfully retarded for a time, but
the issue is no less inevitable and irremediable—
all the more imminent, perhaps, from the unhealthy
torpor that prevails, and which resembles—

" The torrent's calmness ere its dash below."

What safety, indeed, can a Government possess
in an ignorant, sottish, and brutalized people ?
Their capacity for mischief, may, to a certain
extent, be destroyed, as long as they are ruled
with a rod of iron. But the leaven is there, and
the smouldering embers are there, which, if once
stirred up and ignited, would be terrible to
behold ! An ignorant people can never constitute
the safety or stability of any government ; for
ignorance is the converse of knowledge. _ The one
is weakness—the other, strength.

It may be relied on as an axiomatic truth, that
the degree of intelligence which prevails in a na-
tion is the barometer of its condition. Whatever
we may be sceptical upon, we cannot be sceptical
upon this. We have only to run our eye over the
map. of Europe, and observe those countries where
education extends, and where the blessing of a free
Press prevails, and contrast them with others,
where both are denied, to become certified of the
fact. In the one case, we discover commercial
prosperity—all the appliances which science can
bring to bear furthering human progress—the
arts cultivated—schools and universities established
—elegant luxuries and refinements—amoral people,
happy and contented—and a government not so
much ruling as being ruled.. In the other case,
we observe national bankruptcy—ruined traders—
a people wallowing- in filth, poverty, and disease—
stunted in intellect—demoralised in habit, without
hope, and without happiness—no railroads—no
science—no refinement—nothing that could make
a people great.,--with tyrants and despots, " dressed
in a little brief • authority"—never certain of, one
day's tenure of their thrones ! In the One instance,
we find all the elements of a nation's growth and
greatness. In the other, all that constitutes a
nation's present degradation, bespeaks its future
fall.

Perhaps there is no country in the world where
the Press is so unfettered ; or where the paramount
importance of education is more acknowledged by
the governing classes, as our own; and yet, strange
irreconcilability ! where knowledge is more heavily
taxed. We are well aware that our GOvernment,
by this unjust and impolitic impost, have no desire
either to cramp the Press of the country, or to•
place a barrier in the way of the natural growth of
intelligence. Quite the contrary. Its object merely
is to increase the national revenue. Still, this is a
most unjustifiable plea. Put a tax upon every-
thing, nay, double it, if need. be; but in Heaven's
name ! let knowledge at least be permitted to pass
the Excise. Whatever is calculated to make loyal
subjects, noble citizens, wise and good men, let
that at least be unrestricted; and. suffer not the
guager's finger to pollute-it ! We rejoice to find
that our Ministers have made in adVance in the
right direction towards the removal of such iniquitous
restrictions ; and that as they have already suffered
the light of Heaven to enter mens' habitations, so,
in like manner, will they allow it to penetrate their
minds. The duty has been taken off that article
which is necessary to the sanitary condition of the
body----why should it be suffered to tarry on that
which is essential to the purification of the mind ?
The advertisement duty has been abolished. Why
no tthe tax on *p ap e r,an d the n ewspaP er penny- stamp?
It is much easier- to unfetter knowledge than build
prison's and maintain paupers ; even. did no tangi
ble benefit accrue thereby to the revenue. But we.
maintain that such a step would amply enhance-
the revenue of the country ; just as the change in
our postal arrangements have been proved to do.
Still this is low—very low ground to stand upon,
and one which we consider unworthy, quite, of our
enlightened . administration. If, according to
MILTON " people can neither be virtuous or reli-
gious without the means of knowledge," then what
fearful responsibility that government incurs which
in the least obstructs or places impediments in the
way of its progress. Let us hope 'that during the
forthcoming session of Parliament these unjust
restrictions will be abolished—never again to dis-
grace our statute-book—that a pure fountain of
knowledge may thus be opened up, and made to
flow throughout all . the ramifications of society—
filling with wisdom and with light the darkened
understanding—causing information to. circulate
where ignorance now holds her carnival—and
bringing her stores. of blessing within the compass
of the poorest man's pocket—so that "he who runs
may' road !"