The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

THE NECROPOLIS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—ln your paper of this day I read with
much satisfaction a " leader" on the subject of the
late investigation into the abominable and disgust-
ing practices which have been carried on at the
Necropolis, and the public are much indebted to
you for the attention you have given to the subject,
and the very proper rnmarlts you have in two or
three of your publications made on their dishonest
and disgraceful practices—but at the end of your
this dAy's "leader" there is the following paragraph,
which I thinK requires to be explained, and I
trust that you will permit me to reply to—you
say:—

There is one individual connected with this most un-
pleasant affair who stands in a somewhat questionable
predicament. The sacred robes of his holy calling
should have prevented him from the suspicion of coun-
tenancing such deeds of dishonesty and semi-barbanty.
He has not cleared up his promise at the Health Offices,
to desist from the illegal and the roguish practice of
burying several bodies in one grave. Acquitting him of
any illegal participation of the malpractices alleged, he
has sufficiently demonstrated that he wants the proper
qualifications for the office of chaplain of a public, burial
ground. Irregu'arities of the ♦ilest kind have beela
committed. The public have been gulled and duped.
Their peckers have be n picked, inhumanity has been
practised, and the feeliegs of the whole community
outraged, without the chaplain being aware of what was
going on. The reverend gentleman has been placed upon
the horns of a dilemma—be may choose upon which to
sit; in either case his position is unenviable ; and if all
the evidence collected be true, his conduct reflects any
thing but credit upon the order to which he belongs, and
should induce his diocesan to institute an enquiry as to
his fitness .to assutne the canonical habiliments of the
church.
Now, from your allusion to his " diocesan" and
" canonical habliments of the church," it is evident
that you have assumed that Mr. Kirkus, the
chaplain of the Necropolis, is a clergyman of the
Established Church. I mu happy to inform yott
and your readers that the Necropolis is not
consecrated ground. It is a dissenting burial
place, and Mr. Kirkus is a dissenting. minister;
the saddle ought to be placed on the right horse,
and the church and her ministers ought not, even
inferentially, to be accused- of complicity in such
infamous dishonesty, as you most properly
describe it.—l am, sir, yours cue., A CHURCHMAN.
March, 21, 1857.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The writ for Liverpool arrived here yesterday after-
noon, alter having been at the office of the County
Palatine, at Preston. and the day of nomination
has been fixed for Friday, and the polling day,
consequently, will fall on the Saturday. Thus it
turns out as we anticipated, and the Tories by this
move will disfranchise at least ;200 Jews, who
would undoubtedly " plump" for Ewalt. The
nomination day for the city of London and for
Finsbury has also been fixed for Friday, and the
polling day fur Saturday. This has given great
dissatisfaction. Messrs. Gibson and Bright are
to be opposed in Manchester by Sir John Potter
and Mr. J. Aspinall Turner. Mr Cobden
has again been addressing the Hudders-
field electors. He advocates three years'
Pirliaments and vote by ballot. He deprecated
the wastful expenditure in the military and naval
departments. It was not unusual to see among
the items of receipt £500,000, £400,000, or £600,000
for old stores, and these stores he would venture
to say had cost £3,000,000. Of this wasteful expen-
diture he gave numerous instances. We ought to
be sure that the money we voted was well
expended, and this could never be done so long as
the army, navy, and ordnance were under the
management of the class of people who had so
long had the exclusive management of those
departments. Mr. Cobden, in answer to questions
put, stated that he should, after their recent vote
in favour of the Canton massacre, vote that the
bishops he excluded from the House of Lords.
He should not vote for the opening of the Crystal
Palace, or Crystal Palace grounds, on the Sunday,
nor would he vote for the Maine Law. Mr.
B. Moore is to be opposed at Mahlon by
Mr. Sutton Western, who comes forward on the
Liberal interest, under most promising patronage.
In Leeds there will in all probability be no contest
at all. The Preston election promises to bo a
severely contested one.
. The Assizes commenced yesterday. Baron
Martin's charge to the grand
.jury does not call
for comment. He congratulated the jury upon
the absence of offences of a serious nature,
although the calendar was numerically large.
Several cases of burglary and robbery from the
person was disposed of, and the court rose. In
the Nisi Prins Court the cases possessed little
if any general importance.
At the Police Court, yesterday, two more
stabbing cases came before the magistrates. Can
nothing be done to put a stop to the use of the
knife ?

The annual meeting of the Church Missionary
Society was held at the Collegiate Institution last
night, Mr. Christopher Bushel in the chair. The
meeting was addressed by the Revds. Dr. M'Neile,
Hugh Stowell Browne, and Mr. Rogers, of Dublin.
We had two arrivals from America yesterday, the
City of Washington, with New York advices to the
9th, and the Niagara, with Boston advices to the
11th inst. There is not much intelligence of im-
portance Nothing further is known as to the
probable fate of the Dallas. Clarendon treaty in
the Senate, further than that Mr. Buchanan had
expressed a wish that the Senate would act this
Session on the treaty, Two other treaties were
before that body. One was with .).Lxico, the
particulars of which are in print, though not
officially. Its object seems to be to raise money for
the present Mexican government, by the sale,

indirectly, of another portion of Mexican
indirectly, that is by the process of mortgage. The
SUM -asked- is fifteen millions of dollars ; and -in
additiOn to the slice of land awaiting absorption at
a future date, the contingent advantages are by no
means slight. These are in the shape of deeire.ble
Postal arrangements, a large abatement or complete
abolition of- frontier Customs' ctuties,— and the'
payment of American claims on Mexico, to the
tune of three million of dollars, out' f the'expected
loan itself. The new treaty with Persia is purely
commercial; though it seems to have led to the
proposed establishthent of diplomatic intercourse
with that country. Commercial and mercantile
men were nndetermined in their opinion as to the
probable working of the new tariff. Lord Napier,.
the new British minister, was warmly received on
his arrial at -New York, on the 7th instant, he
was was waited upon .by a-1 deputation from, the
Chamber of Commerce of that city, and presented
with an address, which, together with bis reply,
we insert in our news columns. We learn, also,.
that some of the members of the same fraternity
—made up of the " solid- men" of New York—
have appended their names to a petition to Mr.
Buchanan, which was in circulation, praying that
steps 'may be taken for the restoration 'of Mr.
Barclay to the vacant British Consulate
at that port. If we are to put any
faith in the representations : of. a New York
paper, the social state of the Union is very little
above that of the barbarous. According to the
New York Times, "Nearly . every other man met
with, whether on the pavement, in the hotel, on
the steamboat; in the rail car, from New York to
New Orleans, is armed ! Concealed about his
person is a loaded pistol, or a dirk, or a bludgeon
or a sword-cane, and hardly a day,. passes but
one of these weapons destroys, or threatens to
destroy-, a human life, ether intentionally
accidentally. Look at the record of the, past
week, so far as it has been made public.. In a
Government office in Washington, a citizen who
carried a bludgeon, was shot down, by another
who concealed a revolver in his poCket.
the Missouri Legislature, during. the heat of.
debate, a loaded pistol was drawn by one mem.l
ber upon another, with murderous intent, and.
fatal consequences were prevented only by the
interposition of the bystanders.. In the cars to
Washington, Mr. Samuel Butterworth, super-
intendent of the New , York Assay Office,
was shot in his thigh by the accidental discharge
of a pistol in the pocket of Mr. Isaac V. Fowler,
the postmaster of New York City, his travelling
companion to the Inauguration. These are the
cases which have come bylsome accident to the
public knowledge. Besides these, there are
thousands of which nobody ever hears. Go where
we will we are surrounded by armed men, whose
murderous weapons defy the law ,and disgrace
society."

Wehay° Canadian advices to the 9th inst. . The
discussion on the speech from the throne in the
Canadian parliament was not a protracted one.
The address in reply was carried by a very large
majority. In reply to one of the members, the
Attorney General stated that a consolidation of the
laws would be made by the commissioners on the
revision of the statutes, and that the result of their
labours would , be submitted to the house.
On, the 6th the Hon. Attorney General gave notice
of his intention to introduce a resolution asking
an appropriation of £.225,000 for the erection of
parliament. buildings, and an address to her Majesty
in Council, praying her to fix' upon some site as a
permanent place for the meeting of the legislature.
The following government bills were also read :--,
Bill to encourage the gradual civilisation of the
Indian tribes, and to amend the laws .relatibg to
Indians'; bill requiring accounts rendered to the
Provincial Government to be in dollars and. cents
Mr Cayley, the Finance Minister, has given notice
of a resolution for granting a subsidyea • a weekly;
steam line between Liverpool and the St. Law•
rence. The country will view this important
measure of the government with great favour.
Full particulars of the news brought by the
West India mail steamer Parana arrived at South-
ampton yesterday will be found in another column.
The islands generally were healthy, and commer..
vial matters were quiet.
'['he Continental news is unimportant. The
Austrian Charge d'Affaires has received orders to
quit his post unless the Sardinian cabinet promise
to' give the . satisfaction required by Austria.
This government is probably aware that there is
very little chance of Count Cavour's consenting to
make the anzende honourable, as it has provided for
all contingencies. if the Sardinian Cabinet remain
obdurate Count Pear and his Secretary, Bi.ron
Bruck (the son of the Minister of Finance) are to
quit Turin, after having placed the Austrian
subjects in Sardinia under the protection of the
representative of Prussia. It is further related
that the Marquis of Cantono, the Sardinian
Charge d'Affaires, will be at liberty to remain
here if his Government should not feel inclined
to recall him. Before this subject is quitted, it
must be stated that the Austrian note, the
despatch of which was announced about ten
days ago, was a circular, in which Count Buol
explained to the Austrian diplomatists residing at
foreign Courts the view which the Imperial Go-
vernment took of the Anglo-Sardinian difference.
The leading Russian journals are at present
devoting their columns and their attention to the
political events in England, in which the greatest
inte-est is evinced ; the novelty of telegraphic de-
spatches bringing information of the debates that
took place in the Houses of Parliament within 24
hours of their publication to St. Petersburgh, this
anticipating the ordinary channels of • information
by about eight days, tends to enhance the lively
interest naturally felt in any crisis affecting the
government of Russia's great rival. We need
hardly say, .that the lucubrations the events in
London give rise to St Petersburg are not exactly
of a nature to be palatable to Lord Palmerston's
admirers; neither in these, nor in the various
artiJles on the subject of the differences between
Persia and England, which seem now to be
settled, is there anything worth putting before our
readers.

The probable resumption of relations between
France and Naples is denied.
The English ship Kangaroo, which conveyed
arms and ammunition to Cireassia, has not been
captured, as reported, by the Russians.
A Parliamentary crisis has occurred in the
lonian Islands.

„IN the course of the past week four remarka •
hie speeches have been delivered by four
remarkable men—Sir JAMES GRAHAM has ap-
peared at Carlisle, and by his eloquence and
masterly style of argument once more en-
twined the sympathies and confidence of the
Electors of that ancient city around him. In
doing so, he gave another pledge of his
attachment to Reform, and thereby made a
most successful thrust at the political popu-
larity of Lord PALMER STON. Lord JOHN
RUSSELL has addressed the electors of London,
stigmatised the conduct of the Liberal Regis-
tration, and with a freshness and vigour which
does infinite credit to the author of the Reform
Bill, he has retained his old motto, ” Peace,
Retrenchment, and Reform." Mr. COBDEN has
been at Manchester, and there bearded the
Premier, defended his motion on the China war,
argued that the policy of the Noble Lord was a
sham, and characterised the present cry of
confidence in the Government as a buff-bear,
calculated only to obtain for him and his col-
leagues an extended lease of office. The PRE-
MIER, in his turn, has been to the dinner-table of
the Lord Mayor of London, where he took occa-
sion to extol his policy as a Foreign Minister,
and justify his pro,c,eeding-s with regard to China.
Now, these demonstrations show that in the

ranks bf the Liberals theret it‘F serious split, but
that split or difference of opinion is more appli-
cable to the chiefs rather than the general body
of the party. No one who has studied the
political.cateer of Lord PALMERSTOk cati expect
Much from him in the way of Reform. This
must be, admitted by- the very warmest of his.
supporters, that band of adherents whose con-
stant shout is " PALMERSTONf for ever 1" Nor
can we_feeL surprised that it_ should be so. His
_early training in the Tory camp, aristocratic con-
nections, and a long life spent amidst the approv-
ins smiles of flattery--t-of,Royalty itself. All his;
life has been devoted to Foreign policy. The
external glory, rather than the internal progression
of the British Isles, has been his hobby. To curb
the arroghtit 'Way of Continental despots, brow-
beat and snub mighty Emperors, and counsel
acts of aggressive policy, are matters. ôt which he
is complete master, The' people's demand for
Reform find in him little sympathy. Royalty,
Church and State, and such like things, are more
in unison with his sentiments and feelings than
the people's • demand for increased politiCQ
influence;r and frOm what is true of hini With
reepeet to Reform, we fear is true Of him with
respect to all great questions of domestic interest,
his upon these consideratiOns that we regard
Lord -P2t-mußusrroN with something of jealousy.
and consider him by no means the man who is to
be the leading spirit of a Reform Ministry.
Undoubtedly he requires supplementary aid,
which will take cognisance of the great domestic
topics which the people are bent upon having
considered-and--legislated upon. The several
constituencies of the United Kingdom iannot be
too often or .too earnestly told that they. must not
attach importance to the election cry of " PALL
MERSTON for ever !" Their 'duty is plain. The
policy which Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, and Mr. COBDEN have enunciated
respecting the wants and wishes of the country
are such as they should recognise. Lord DERBY
has made his appeal td the meMbeis of his order,
but it will find no sympathy in the country. His
declaration is only a re-hash of his political'pro-
gramme of 1852; and all the adroitness of his.
Lieutenant, Mr. DISRAELI, will not make it
palatable with the friends and advocates of Pro-
gress-throughout the United -Kingdom. Nor
will Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S Educational move-
ment conciliate the Opposition which is enter-
tained for his chief, Lord DERBY.
On a calm review of the state of parties just
now—of the great issue at stake, and of the
desirability that' the people should not tolerate
any longer the do-nothing policy of the present
government—it is evident that fresh blood must
be infused into the House of Commons. We
want Administrative Reform. We want- Finan-
cial Reform. We want a Reform in the repre-
sentation ,of the people.. We want the United
Kingdom divided into electoral dibtricts—repre-
sentation based upon population, and a mOderate
qualification. We Want Ecclesiastical Reform.
We want Education Reform. All these are
pressing_ matters ; they_brook of no. delay ; they
are more important to the millions at home than
our ill-advised 'dispute with China, our hostility
with Persia, or our half-and:half schemes of in-
terference in the affairs of Naples. Already there
are sufficient indications that these matters Must
be considered, There is hardly an election ad-
dress which does not allude to, and speak aprov-
ingly of them. Even reputed Tories of the old
School cannot, as in byegone days, sneer at such
topics. They now blandly tell us that they
will have their best consideration.

If, then, Reform is to be the rallying
cry, as the only true and legitimate electoral
requirement of the age, on ‘vhorn should
the burgessess of Liverpool bestow their
suffrages on Saturday next Three gentle-
men, all of them highly respectable and
worthy in the walks of private life, solicit their
votes. Will they support that party which has
ever made a point to perpetuate religious distinc-
tion, and oppose every attempt to increase the
people's power, so that they could controul and
regulate national taxation, and its expenditure.
Shall they stand by and see those returned who
are enemies to the spread of sound and useful,
secular and moral education. In a word, will
the electors of Liverpool disregard their deep-
rooted principles of Political Reform ? We hope
better things of them. We are strong in the
confidence that when Saturday comes, their best
efforts will be to return their own candidate—a
gentleman who has lived among them from boy-
hood ; who has been nurtured and brought up in
the lap of Liberalism; who will not succumb to
the bigoted and factious cry of "Down with
Maynooth but who, on the contrary, will rejoice
at every opportunity of raising his voice, and
giving his support, to promote the cause of
civil and religious liberty; abate the baneful
effects of religious distinctions, and by every
means in his power show that in him all classes
have a true, an honest, and a faithful represen-
tative. It is unnecessary to say that that candi-
date is-no other than our late and respected re-
presentative—JOSEPH C. EWART, ESQ.

THE Tory tactics are becoming bolder every
day. No subterfuge is too low for their adoption,
and no calumny too outrageous for their sancticn.
Their cause must be truly desperate, and their
chances of success becoming every hour more
distant and . remote. To bolster up the preten-
sions of their pet, Mr. TURNER, political rene-
gades rush into print, and for the sake of satisfy-
ing some petty spleen, think nothing of deserting
the cause they hitherto .espoused, and, at the
same time, wilfully disregard the ninth precept
of the decalogue. Mr. HENRY DANSON, an Ex
Town Councillor—the discarded of Lime-•street,
addressed to us a letter which appeared in yester-
day's NORTHERN TIMES, calling upon the electors
not to be "hoodwinked" by the statements of
Mr. BAIRSTOW and Mr. EWART, at the meeting
of the Liberal elect Ors in Castle-street Ward, as '
he is prepared to verify every statement ,he has
made, Now the statement to which allusion was