The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Yesterday being the commencement of the Easter
holidays, and business generally suspended. there
was an almost total cessation of the usual pursuits
of life. The people took extensive out door rec-
reation, and thousands of our " country cousins"
flocked into town, eager to make a trip on the
Mersey, or feast their eyes upon the many wonders
connected with our docks and shipping. The ferry
boats reaped a splendid harvest. Thousands upon
thousands emigrated to the enchanting woods of
Eastham, and as the early part of the day was fine,
they would hear the feathered tribe in full chorus,
welcoming the refulgent rays of sol, and giving
every evidence, as far as they were concerned.
that the hoarse rattle of the icy mantled king of
1856-7, has departed to other lands. The celebrated
Tom Thumb drew—notwithstanding the unfavour-
able character of the afternoon and evening—
a large attendance to the Zoological Gardens. The
fame of this liJliputian martinet, the skilful
training he has undergone by-a celebrated " prince
of humbug," and the appearance of his minature
carriage in the public streets on Thursday raised
the curiosity of vast numbers who went to see this
ninth wonder of the world. Our reporters tell us
that " Tom is well, and looking well"—that since
his last appearance here he has acquired a more
manly tone of voice, and that his increased ability
of performing his part had the effect of making many
a broken-hearted young maiden exclaim—" Really
how clever !—The little dear! P' Temperance
must be in the advance, for we are gratified to say
that there was little appearance of drunkenness in
the streets, and we fancy the police sheet to-day
will bear out our impression.
There is not any local news this morning. The
public mind is still occupied with the dis-
closures respecting the management of the
Low Hill Necropolis. The explanation of
the Rev. Mr. Kirkus, sent through his legal
advisers, Messrs. Frances and Almond, has by no
means improved matters In consequence of this
feeling the subject was yesterday mooted in several
places of public resort. The opinions enunciated
in this Journal was reiterated, and we mistake
much if there will not be another indignation
meeting, more formidable in its character, and
determined in its tone, than that which took place '1
at the Concert Hall on Wednesday selnnight.
We still continue to obtain a few of the last
driblets of the general elections. Those now to
hand show that little, if any, gain will accrue to
the ministers by the results. In Londonderry and
Wexford, ministers have had a gain, but they lost
in Arrnagh, and Sergeant Shee has been turned
out of Kilkenny. The county of Dublin, and other
shires in Ireland, have not yet been polled ; but the
final result will, we believe, neither add nor diminish
the Ministerial majority. In alluding to the result
of the elections, one of our London cotemporaries
of yesterday makes the subioined remarks :—" In
very many instances where those members who
voted for Mr. Cobden have not been re-elected,
others have taken their places who are equally op.
posed to the conduct of Sir John Bowring in
China. The new elections have proved more
favourable to questions of reform and social pro-
gress than we could have hoped. and although
Parliament and the country will look with regret
upon the absence of Messrs. Bright, Cobden,
Gibson, Miall, and a few others, we doubt not that
their spirit and opinions will continue to animate
their friends both in and out of parliament. The
returns now published leave only a few elections
undecided where candidates who voted on the

Chinese question are interested. 263 members
voted in favour of Mr. Cobden's motion. Of
these 137 have been again elected, and also
15 who paired in favour of the motion, giving
a total of 172 members of the old parliament
returned to the new who are opposed to the
foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, Ninety one
tnembeis of the late majority have retired, or have
not been re-elected, as well as five who paired in
favour of the China motion. Of the minority of
24:3, 193 have been re-elected, and seventeen who
paired. Not fewer than forty nine of those
who voted in favour of Ministers are without seats,
as well as five who paired in their favour, and
some of these belonged to the Ministry itself."
If credit can be attached to the rumour which
some of the London papers put forth. it would
seem as if Mr. Sydney Herbert was about to join
the Ministry; ii-nd to assume the office of Lord
Secretary of State for War. This united
t 5 a singular move, seeing that Mr. Herbert
made one of the most effective speeches, and voted
for Mr. Cobden's motion. Can the old fox of
Tiverton be so hard pressed already with the
approach of the reformers that he has to go to the
enemy's c amp for a " warlike ally ?"
We have three days later news from the United
States and Canada by the arrival of the screw
steamer North American) last night ; it is, how-
ever, not of much importance. It is reported that
Robert J. Walker had been appointed governor of
Kansas, ,and he would proceed to the territory
about the middle of the prevent month, He goes
" not as a routine ofileial, but as high commis-
sioner to restore order in Kansas, and
prevent a civil war." Meantime, there
is much reason to fear that the bloody days are
not yet closed in Kansas. The pro-slavery party
have already expended too much money and shed
too much blood to give up the contest without
another strong effort. Means that have been once
used to perpetuate slavery there will be used again.
From Canada we learn that in the debate in Par-
liament on the seat of governmental resolutions,
several regular supporters of the Ministry, one
after the other declared themselves against the
ministerial proposition of referring the selection of
a capital for Canada to the Downing street officials.
The Legislature had been besieged with petitions
urging the propriety of an enquiry into the late
railway accident.

There is no news of importance from the Con-
tinent this morning. Feruk Khan, the Persian
Ambassador, has returned to Paris, from London.
Accounts from the Principalities state that the
Divan has commenced. Le Nord says that the
Danish Government intends to employ the major
portion of the proceeds of the funds derived from
the capitalisation of the Sound Dues, in paying off
the two loans contracted in London in 1819 and in
1850, which at present constitute a heavy burden
to the country. The amnesty which the Emperor
of Austria will grant ork.viiting Hungary will be
of the most complete alescription. It alone
excludes Kossuth. The French Republican
party has decided upon the candidates to be
brought forward at the approaching elections. In
the provinces they will be men of local importance
rather than men whose names are familiar to
the country. A report has reached Paris, that
the ministers of Russia, Spain, and Austria,
at Naples are about to quit the capital on leave of
absence. The amount of bullion in the Bank of
France, on the 31st March, was equal to £9,401,586,
being an increase of £510,168 as compared with
the preceding month.
The returns of the Bank of England this week
show a decrease of £043,839.

AMONG the many matters in our body-politic,
which require the skilful operation of the pruning
knife of reform, is that of Church Establish-
ments. Immense numbers of the people of the
United Kingdom deem the present connection of

union they regard as the perpetuation of a system
which, although permissable at the time it was
originated, is now not only uncalled for, but
antagonistic to, the spirit of the age—does not
aid the progress of " true and undefiled religion"
and is the constant source of ill-feeling, religious
animosities, and strife among the people. Hence
it is, that Church rates are resisted in every
quarter where there is the least chance of success.
The levying of tithes has also met with serious
opposition, and in Ireland it had to ba abolished,
and a rent-charge put upon the land in lieu
thereof.

Wherever the people have been appealed to in
a proper spirit, churches have been erected,
endowed, and annually maintained by voluntary
contribution, not only by Churchmen, but Dis-
senters, and in some instances Roman Catholics.
We do not put forth the voluntary principle as
a panacea for all the evils arising from crime and
immorality. In the matter of Elementary Edu-

Ication it has not effected what the masses require,
but in the advancement of religion. In the
erection of places of worship, and providing the
" ways and means" for the due and regular cele-
bration of Divine Service, it has answered all the
ends and purposes which the most ardent
moralist and patriot could desire. Take Liver-
pool alone as an example. Although spire after
spire, and tower after tower, adorn every nook.
and corner of the town with the various orders,
of ecclesiastical architecture, what do we behold ?
Dissenters' chapels and Roman Catholic places
of worship innumerable. The Hope street Church,
and its noble school, or the Baptist Chapel, in
Hope-street; the Presbyterian Churches, in
Myrtle street and Canning-street ; the Chapel in
Great George-street, St. Xavier's, in Salisbury-
street, &c., &c„ are all the result of voluntary
efforts. These are all filled with devout and
earnest worshippers; they had not the fostering
aid of the State ; their ministers are not ecclesi-
astical stipendiaries ; they are the chosen pastors
of the people, sprung from the people ; they
mingle with their flock ; enter into all their feel-
ings, whether it be that of prosperity or adversity.
They share their joys, and mingle in their griefs.
How unlike the surpliced clergy of the Church.
Generally speaking, they are sprung from the
upper classes—in many instances, the aristo-
cracy—and cannot thus stoop to do the duty of
an ambassador of CHRIST, but employ a deputy
to perform the holy work appertaining to their
office. These deputies are called curates, who
receive a miserable pittance for doing the work
of their masters—the ecclesiastical drones of the
United Kingdom. It is time that something

then was done to remedy this state of things.
Reason and common sense, the interests of
humanity, and religion, as well as the sacred
principles of justice, alike demand ecclesiastical
reform.

The meek and lowly followers of John Wesley
do not seek to destroy the Church. The Protes-
tant disciples of Calvin, Luther, and Knox, are
far indeed from wishing to rob the Church of its
temporalities. Even Romanism itself, although
she regards all the Protestant endowments of
ancient times as her own, bows to fate, and will