Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

in the heart of the country

of the other has onl

Ly suffered an eclipse and not

an extir

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WE have, received thany interesting and intelli-

gent communications from young men, upon the

Early Closing Movement, consequent upon some

observations which appeared recently in the

columns. of this paper. The important facts
which have further presented. themelves to our
notices. induce. as to return. again, for a brief mo-

menti. to the subject

Indeed, it cannot be

surprising, that the c

lass more immediately

interested in the successful issue of this philan-

I thropic- movement, should evince so much anxiety

on its agitation, and so warmly express their
satisfaction and gratitude to those who are

desirous, by every legitimate means, to improve
their social condition, and to diminish their long

successive hours of toil and confinement. A
distinguished and noble christian peer, the
Earl of SHAFTESBURY, who has already been

instrumental in passing many measures for the
amelioration of his humbler fellow-subjects, has

directed his attention, also, to this very

matter which we are at present handling.
ln a letter addressed to the Editor of the Times,

as far back as May 20, 1856, his Lordship ob-
served that the payment of workmen's. wages on
Friday instead of Saturday evening, was effected
r'through the instrumentality of that excellent
body, the "Early Closing Association," as well
as the half-holiday movement, which we believe
now to be adopted pretty generally by all banks,
merchants, and wholesale houses of business, on
Saturday after two o'clock, which has been accom-
plished without the interference of the legislature,
but by the mere moral force of steady and legiti-
mate exertion. As this Society has achieved so
much for their fellow-sufferers in other callings,
we do not despair that, by continuous and untiring
persistence, they may accomplish something per-
manent for themselves. Thrice armed is he
whose cause is just. That the wish which the
assistants in drapers' houses, and druggists' and
grocers,' and other business establishments, is
most reasonable and equitable, cannot be denied.
We have a Ten-hours' Bill passed to restrict the
cupidity which has no feeling for its fellow man,
though vaunting itself of unbounded liberality.
The Legislature has been obliged to pass a mea-
sure to prevent women and .children being em-
ployed in occupations in mines—situations of the
most debasing and immoral tendencies, forcing
them into a degradation unfit even for beasts of
burden. And we see now a class of workmen,
whose calling at least has this advantage over the
shopkeepers' assistants, that it is carried on in
the open air, instead of in the midst of a stifling
atmosphere of mephitic gases, most unwisely, in-
deed, forming a combination for the purpose of
s°°;
VENICE,
shortening -their time of labour to nine hours
On the occasion of the re-opening of the opt
a-day—an example we should be very sorry to see noisy demonstration has taken place here.ey
followed by any class of the employed ; and yet reter.
Brigandage continues in thenetian Pti p
Several persons have been arrested in Verona, ots.
no consideration, no sympathy is extended to an garian soldiers, for distributing revolutionary the ea'
interesting class of young men who toil uniemit- The Papal Government has again prohibited
_..umitteci
since (Tune last.
partation. of 'lndian corn, which had been Pe'
tingly, oftener for sixteen hours a-day than
teen or even twelve. We believe that the masters
four-

Now, it is evident from this, that so far from its being.
all tolerable, or even lawful, we believe, to bring for°l
any new buildings to the street, they ought rather to be,
thrown back. " Whenever re-built, the owner shodAi?
be required to set back the front to the requisite
tance." So says Mr. Jeffery's report,—and, further/
respects the shops and houses adjoining his own, "thy
ow
buildings are in an angular line, and project bolo,
Compton House," therefore, " whenever te-b,
the owners should be required to set back the frotibk,
the requisite distance." Than which, nothing co"1,--db;
more reasonable. But is it not equally reasons
that while the buildings projecting beyond CoTisot
House, should thus be set back to the requisite disno
Compton House itself should not be set forwascl_,t°t?
obstruction er the further narrowing of the 51.p00
There cannot be two opinions, either upon this, or4e of
the inconsistency of running counter to it in the e 5;
Compton House. It may be only a question of 2.1%40
but in so narrow a thoroughfare, inches are as illebofe
as feet would be in less confined situations. But, iloolti
all, there is the principle of the thing. Why so till
Compton House be projected even an inch befe
street, while its proprietor is insisting that everlo IP -
should be set back ? , The fact is that reform,--e°o!
street reform,—should, like charity, begin at MO

THE LATEST NEWS'

+
FRANCE.

g 114;:.
It is stated that the Government is occiiar eh -0r
very seriously in endeavouring to substitute icr_,,,,en
English coal in the steamers of the Imperial lavr

FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, 11111
•
12 15 P.M.—Funds opened flat. Rentes 69.fr00g
3 30 P.M.—Dulness continues to be the Pre about
feature of the market. Rentes closed 69.75, °I.
the same as yesterday.

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themselves would be glad to see generally adopted SPAIN. been Or
the better custom of shutting up earlier than they p jehde
b embarkationh
embark
yseebaaysiriagnales.
had Twhaeitterrptws to color
do now, if the public were to determine not to at Sanehnty- •
nine
.oayss
gale
buy at late, and therefore unreasonable hours, transports, and when they arrived a trernt U
their
quarterS:
arose and the were compelled to return to the ere'
and would co-operate with the employers and the The semi-officialdenria says that u,
CsorresFon
Spanish Government and Mr. ':,.4
i"--continue to be ow

1. By such abstinence, some subs

lations between tt

the English Mir

good might be effected; but not

K) long as one

1 cordial