Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-10 00:00:00

and sheltered them until the pm,
merchant shipping was gained, and the

execrations of the mob shut out from the ears of tit:
exiled party." Now all this might have happened
in France, among its white population, quite as
naturally as it did in Hayti, where the people are
black,—and where the' Imperial family are black
also; and the. Ministers too, who, by the way, like-
wise succeeded in subsequently escaping, in dis-
guise, to the British transport, which took them all
in safety to Jamaica,—leaving Hayti in the hands of
a Republican Government, with a President at its
head, after the fashion of the United States ; of
which, by the bye, it may not improbably, hereafter,
become one.

Black men, therefore, it is evident, we repeat, are
of very much the same nature as white men, and will,
under similar circumstances, act in much the same
way. Even the horrible idea of " making the revo-
lution an affair of caste," has had its precedent, as a
sacrifice, centuries before any such thing as Negro
Imperialism was ever heard of. Many a fairer and
more enlightened monster than FAUSTIN of Hayti,
in the extremity of despair, has done the same—

and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds."
Yes,—the blacks, no less than the whites, have

oigans, dimensions, senses, affections, passions ;"
and simply because they too are of the human
family. And human nature is more or less the same
in all human creatures. It is an ancient proverb,
that "a desire to resist oppression is implanted in
the nature of man." And the black Haytians will
tell you, that the revolution which they have brought
to so triumphant a termination is a practical illustra-
re I tion of it.

MR. VANDENHOVF, THE TRAGEDIAN.—The presentation
to Mr. Vandonhoff, the eminent actor, of a superb candela-
brum, manufactured with exquisite taste by Mr. Joseph
Mayer, will take place on the morning of Saturday next.
His Worship the Mayor will be present.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY.—
At the adjourned meeting of shareholders, held yesterday,
the result of the polling upon the question of converting
the capital of the company from 100,000 shares into stock
was announced. The proposition of the board in favour
of such conversion was declared to be carried by a majority

of 204 voters, 34,033 shares, and 443 votes, a majority
exceeding the two-thirds legally required to carry such a
measure. The chairman announced that the directors had

not used the foreign proxies

THE ScuooL-siur CONWAY.—Yesterday, a meeting of
the committee of management of the school-ship Conway,
now permanently stationed in the Mersey as a training-
school for youths for the sea, was held, for the purpose of
appointing a master. There were about twenty candidates
for the post, and Captain Powell, late of the steamer Anglo-
Saxon, was unanimously appointed. From the deep interest
he has shown in the movement, the strongest hopes are
entertained that, under his management, the experiment,
now about to be practically tested, will prove eminently
successful.

EMIGRATION UNDER GOVERNMENT AUSPICES TO AFRICA,
AND AUSTRALIA. The Emigration Commissioners have
advertised for two ships, each to sail between the 18th
and 28th of April, with Government emigrants to Algoa
Bay and Adelaide. The recent accounts from the African
continent are of the most encouraging nature, and the
demand for labour in the eastern settlements was steadily
on the increase, the only drawback appearing to arise from
the prevalence of small-pox, but even this epidemic had
greatly abated when the last advices left. In order to
guard against sickness on board these transports, every care
has been taken by Government to have all the recent new
inventions for ventilation, filtering water, &c., adapted.
The ship destined for- Algoa Bay will carry out 200
emigrants, and the Adelaide ship 300, all of whom go out
under the auspices Of the Government Free Emigration Act.