Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

NEXT WEEK

To close an account.
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Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers,
150 Ballots, i
Mexican FIBRE,
63 Bales '
Cares Back Gore(

Apply to
FRANCIS J—EATON, Broker

AT next, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers,
500 Bales Mexican FIBRE,
yr vessels, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech,
nd Forwood, Merchants ; or to
FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker.

!n. WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, at Three o'clock,
' 300 Bales Port Philip and Sydney WOOLS.
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)/1.. WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, at Three o'clock, at the
cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool,
Gkerman, Hungarian, and Cape Skin WOOL,
And at Four o'clock,
sales East India, Egyptian, Peruvian,e.4 WOOL.
8,
W. GREAME and Co., Wool Brokers

LDNESDAY, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings,
166 13a1e3 SambAy MADDER 1t0025,
VO,Bales GAMBIER,
150 Bags.SAGO FLOUR,
21 Casks. CUTCH,
20 Hogsheads FISH. OIL,
5 Tons SAPANWOOD.
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en Sate.

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ONE PENNY PEE SQUAILE FOOT.
And PATENT HAIR FELT,
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in the consuatption.of fuel is effected.
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ON SALE,
100 Tons 31ANUILE OIL CAKE
xxsalyr,is and price' apitilY to
THOMPSON, BM:NALL,

and BITTTERWORTH,
Brokers, 30, Moortields

•ON SALE, to arrive,
4‘.4azgo of BONE ASJI and BONES, from Rio Grande,

consisting of
156 Tons BONE ASH,
28 .' Mixed BONES,,
13,000 SHANKS.
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, •

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1859.

THE DA•Y'S, NEWS

We lay before our readers to-day, Mr' Bright's
New Reform Bill, which- he will introduce. on the
re-assembling of Parliament. From it, its will be
seen that Mr. Bright proposes to disfranchise 86
boroughs which return at: present 96 members.
34 boroughs at present returning two members
only to return one member in future. Boroughs
exceeding 25,000 population,. 43 in number,, to
return two members each,- of which, sixteen
boroughs now return only one member
each. Boroughs, twenty-three in number, having
a population of over 54,000 and, under 127,000,, to
return two members each ; twelve boroughs of
above 121,000 and under 270,000 inhabitants, to
return four members each, and five boroughs to
return six members each, viz.,. Liverpool, Man-
chester, Glasgow, Finsbury, and, Marylebone..
Seven new boroughs in England, to return nine -
members ;. eighteen additional members to be given=
to various counties ; seven Irish counties to haver
eight additional members, and several other minor
changes. The document is well worthy of perusal..
At the weekly meeting of the Water Committee
yesterday„ Mr, Duncan, the engineer,.submitted
report concerning, the Green-lane water works.
By the outlay of some £420 the supply of well
water, and that. from Rivington, could be more
under command, and •they could distribute it
. more equally among the inhabitants than is at
:present the case.. The report was adopted, and
.the alterations recommended were sanctioned.
The supply of water last week was .80,555,812
gallons, of which upwards of forty-four millions
were from. Rivington...

Yesterday the -adjourned annual meeting of the
Philharmonic Society was held in the Cotton Sales-
room. From. the report submitted it would appear
that the receipts during the year were• £3,725,
and the expenditure £4,477. The mortgage upon
the Hall has been: discharged, and the total, liabili-
ties of the society are now only £1,235.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday,
the Great Northern Railway accident, which has
excited so. much interest lately, again turned up.
Mr.. Edwin James moved for a writ of attachment
against Mr.- Lowe, one of the jurymen, on the
ground that when the jury was sent back ,by the
Court, he said_" L shan't alter my mind or find
any other verdict; " and also, on the ground that he
was a director of the- Crystal Palace Company,
which had connections with the Great Northern
Railway Company, and was seen. sitting
in court, on the day ofithe trial, with Mr. Farqu-
harson, defendant='s attorney, and the Chairman of
the Crystal Palace Company. Lord Campbell
refused the application, and, expressed his sur-
prise that it should,have been made.
In the. Court of Probate, on Saturday, an-action
was brought by a lady, claiming to be the widow
of Mr. Jeffrey,. for the recovery of his . property.
Evidence was brought forward with, a view,' to
show that what is known as a " Scoth marriage"
took place between the two parties. The defence
set up is that there was no marriage at all; ;and
altogether the case is one of a peculiarly compli-
cated character.

The views of the various Paris journals . on,the
probability of war• are now known, and the great
majority of them are found to incline_ to tthe
()pinion that peace will not be disturbed:. With
the exception. of the Presse and the. Siede„alLthe
rest raise their voices against any interference.with
the present state of affairs, and adduce a.variety
of arguments to prove that, if something , is to, be
done for the independence of Italy, a more
favourable moment must be selected to . make. the
attempt. The best article that has appeared—
that of the Gazette de France—though_ likewise
in favour of peace, betrays so many confused
notions in France concerning the respect due to
the established frontiers of states, that it only shows
how much. remains to be done before public opinion
among our neighbours can be relied, upon Tor
upholding international justice.
A letter from Brest, of the 12th instant, informs
us that orders have been given. by, the Maritime
Prefect of that port, to hasten, the equipment of
the five steam frigates, the Amazone, the Panama,
the Danae, the Descartes, and Orenoque, the steam
cutter Gassendi, of the first class, and the trans-
port Perdrix. The Gazette. du dt(di announces
that orders have been received at Toulon to pre-
pare 15 transports for sea.. The Echo _Rochelais
states that a fort is immediately to. be constructed
on the hill of Pierre Levee, in, the Ile Dieu, La
Vendee.. The contract is to be declared on the
18th instant. It is estimated that the works will
cost 900,000 f.

A letter from Naples, of a late date, contains
the following paragraph :—" The consular appoint-
ment at Naples has been given to Mr. Bonham,
formerly Consul, I believe, at Calais. Mr. Bonham
was expected on the 15ti, but report says that
he is indisposed to come, and is trying to effect an.
exchange. Mr. Barbar will leave immediately for
his post in Candia. A 91-gun vessel precedes
him to guarantee the security of British subjects
in that island."

A Paris letter in the Semaphore of Marseilles,
Not only has the English Government
expressed its satisfaction at the projected marriage
of Prince Napoleon, but information has been
received that Queen Victoria will be represented
at Turin at the marriage ceremony. Is not
England also the ally of Piedmont ?"
fhe special correspondent of the Times furnishes
that paper with ample details concerning the
operations of the British army in Conde,. &c. The
Queen of Oude had issued a proclamation in an-
swer to the proclamation of the Queen of England.
The Begum does not pretend to ga over the old
ground of the cause of the revolt and mutiny. She
is contented to rest the quarrel on our habits of
aggression and annexation, in charges of perfidy
and vindictiveness, and on the nullity of the pre
tended change in our rule, with other matters
patent in the document itself. The insinuation
that we intend to doom the natives of Hindostan
to slave labour on roads and canals, in the last
paragraph, is particularly clever. But the natives,
with all their insouciance, are a remarkably prac-
tical race in ascertaining the ".but" of any State
paper ; and 'when they ask themselves what is the
end of the Begum's proclamation, and find that it
is simply a summons to appear in her camp on the
Ist of January, they will, in all probability, treat
Her Majesty's wishes with indifference ; for they
are beginning to feel that the cause is hopless.
The Indian Government has resolved ou
a liberal policy, in revenue matters, in
dealing with Oude. Except in the case of rich
proprietors, who can afford to pay, the deputy-
collectors have been informed by the Financial
Commissioner that no collection is to be made in
Oude for the last half year's crops, and that the
revenue will only be collected for the crops now
in ground. This was found necessary, as in some
instances our e.ollect9T§ Wo:e pressing the land 7

says :—'

holders with more zeal than discretion. It is
likely that the cultivation of opium will be largely
developed in Oude. The trade o,: cultivation is to
be free, and the retail sale is to be lei out on con-
tract, but it is not to be purchased by officers of
Government.

We have news from India of a later date as
received by telegraph. The subjugation of the
disturbed districts is rapidly progressing ; the
insurgents are dissolving before the mercy offered
to them, and forts continue to be dismantled and
populations to be disarmed. In Oude, the force
under Brigadier Troup had fought a battle with
Ismael Khan, the issue of which seems to have
been very short. Afterwards, Ismael Khan gave
himself up under the Queen's Proclamation, and
others have since followed his example. It seems,
however, that in the same locality, a body of
our men under Mr. Hume had to retire, no doubt
owing to the smallness of its number, before a
rebel force which appears to be making its way to
Central India to join Tantia Topee. This was on
the sth December, but on the 17th, the force of
Sir R. Napier was in full pursuit of these rebels,
slaughtering many of them along their route, and
capturing some of their elephants.

Tile Public Press is a mighty instrument for the
diffusion of knowledge, capable of being applied to
the best or perverted to the worst of purposes;
eminently useful in promoting the interests of
religion, morality, science, and social happiness ;
it may be abused as the instrument of impiety,
vice, and innubrality. Whew therefore, it is con-
sidered how much not only the-opinioraf, but the
feelings and passions, of the public are
infraeneed by means of this POwerful
agent's. how few there are• who think
for themselves, and who are not, it may
be insensibly, guided and moved liy the• opinion
of others—how great• a dominion may be exercised
by one strong, or even' a persevering' and unscru-
pulous mind over the ' minds of millions—when
these things are considered, it will readily appear
of what supreme importance it must been the one
hand to defend the liberty of the Press; and; one
the other to exclude the complicated andiffightful
mischiefs which must necessarily emanate from
a corrupted, venal, and' licentious Pres,
are the proper modes anclimeasures of rextrain t
what are the, freedoms and testrictions of ancient
and modern times, in this and in other countries,
might be a mutter of interest and instruction,
but it would: be departing from our present
subject to make the inquiry

What

The liberty of the Press, it may he proper to
observe, however,• is essential to the nature of a
free state, and, consists in, laying no pwriotes
restraints upon publications. • That is to say, every
writer has airs undoubted right to lay: what
sentiments he pleases before• the public,. fbr to
forbid this is to destroy the Fieedom of the Press,
and to crush the efforts of literary performances ;
but if he publishes that which.,:after examination,
is considered to be improper,: mischievous, or
immoral, it becomes our duty then, for theipreser-
vation of our social happiness; to comtine •and
crush it.

One or two observations which., without being
considered out oftslace, we may safely re&r to,
naturally arise ors i the abuse •of this invaluable
privilege. If atany time, then Press should have
become generally venal, corrupt, or aentious,
should teem with_fprofligate and immorali publica-
tions, the necessary consequence would- k*, that
the very conditiiin , of society was tainted and:
unsound. To say that the Press is corrupt, is. but:
a figurative expression ; it means in reality that
one set of men publishes, -whilst the rest: of society;
,leads, approves. GA and. encourages itizious prop.
ductions.

But if such should, be thoidisposidie or, at tat
events, the apathy.of 'the!, public in ,regard to the
morals of the Press, as.tof encourage or, toleratc,,its
writers, in oomtaitting. licentious:, violations; of
truth and morality; it is manifest-the cor-
rupters of the Press 4ireAhe public themselvesr.ancl
the licentiousness., of the Press,..though WI tend
greatly to inerease 'the., evil, is yet to .be regturded
rather as symptomatic. of a defeat in publicluorals
than as the .cause of, the declension.

The public, in, fact, are, or- ought to-.11c., the
arbiters, directors, and movers Dif the Press and its

literature; those who either daily or periodically
minister.sto their instruction, and, amusement are
but their purveyors and agents. In the•clischarge
of the-importank and onerous office of entering for
and ministering to the mental appetite of the
public, it is manifest that; authors who write for
popular favour must consult the publie taste, and.
that as. there never will be wanting talent and
genius to the enlightening and: 'improving the
publieso long as morality, and ability are recom-7.
mendations to their patronage—so, on the other
hand, persons will also likewise be found, to
prostitute their' talents by issuing vicious and
'immoral productions to gratify a corrupt and
vitiated public taste..

If a man patronises a series of licentinw, publi-
cations by purchasing them, or even contributing
towards the purchase, what right can ho have to
complain of thp impurity of the Press, or the

immorality at the age ?

The truth, is,. it is he
who offends against decency and against morals
who, with some thousand 'others, encourages and
supports such vicious performances,
publishes:• that which may be found to be vicious.
and impure• merely because, so long as he finds it
accord with his pecuniary interest to do so,
he must necessarily suppose that he gratifies those
who pay him for such services. In point of morals,
therefore, to contribute to the existence and diffu-
sion of noxious and vicious publications is, in our
opinion, to share largely in the guilt.

Au author

In short, as there can be no greater security for
the preservation of a moral Press than the whole-
some apprehension of public censure, it is of vital
importance to society to consider that the preser-
vation of this mighty and salutary power, effica-
cious and entire, rests wholly upon the public
themselves; and that if by culpable and careless
indifference they suffer the Press to be corrupted
and perverted to evil purposes, they not only reject
0. mighty engine adequate to the protection of
their best interests, but surrender it to enemies
who may fatally apply it to undermine the very
foundation of social happiness.

It is evident, therefore, from ttese remarks, that
the of +Lie duties of a public
journalist no ordinary qualifications
efficient
reci dischargeuirm
and strength, of principles ; and how do
tho I)lfoiie reward such men ? Geneu,ily