Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-20 00:00:00

LECTURE ON SLAVERY.

At Hope Hall, last evening, Mr. Frederick Douglass,
a fugitive slave, whose history has long been familiar to
the public, delivered a lecture on "American Slavery,
and the Designs of the Slave-power in America." The
attendance was very large, and the chair was occupied
by the Rev. H. S. Brown.
The Lecturer, having been introduced by the chairman
with, a few prefatory remarks, said that he never ap-
peared before an audience like that, for the purpose of
discussing the subject of slavery, without feeling how
incompetent he was to do anything like justice to such a
theme. He bad not the vanity to suppose that he could
enlighten them on the, subjects of freedom and of reli-
gious liberty ; nor had he the vanity to suppose that
he could bring any new truth to their view on that
subject. It was not necessary to go in search of any
new truths till old truths had been reduced to practice,
and crystalised into law by the Governments of the
world. Properly speaking there were no new truths.
Truth, like the Great Eternal, was from everlasting to
everlasting, and could not pass away. Such a truth was
man's right to liberty ; it was his before he comprehended
it, and entered into the very idea of man's creation.
Every man, by, virtue of his own consciousness, knew
it for himself, and no laws, no combinatior.s, no statutes,
no governments, no organisation of any kind, could
abrogate or destroy that right. He who sought to de-
prive a man of his liberty, ranked himself with the
moral monsters of the age, and made himself guilty of
the highest, crime that one man could commit against
another—(applause)—he was a destroyer of personality,
and a robber of the most guilty, horrible, and hell-
black description. They knew from history that every
man in whose hands was placed absolute power over the
bodies and souls of others, was sure to abuse the
the power. (Applause.) It was alleged that slave-
holders treated their slaves well, and he was free to
admit that ; while he affirmed, on the one hand, irre-
sponsible power would be abused, yet that, on the. other,
there are men in the United States who do treat their
slaves precisely as those who made the statement would.
have them to believe ; but these were the exceptions to
the general rule, and, even these 'men by threatening
to sell slaves to those who did use the lash, ruled by
the lash of others. He quoted the words of Daniel
O'Connell, who said that the first time he heard of pro-
perty in human beings, he felt as if some one was
stamping on his mother's grave, and he likened the
tenure by which a slaveholder held his slave to the
tenure by which a highwayman demanded a .purse,
the latter crying "your money or your life," while
the, former demanded " Liberty or life." •He
could see good reason ivhy. English 'people. 'shoula
keep before them the subject of slavery, not only
in America but all over the world, as a subject in which
they were interested, and against which they could give
utterance to a protest. (Applause.) The lecturer,
the remainder of his address; setting aside, as regions
for the abolition of slavery, the'horrors which attended
it, depicted the social evils with which it was connected,
how it deprived the people of the slave states of all those
moral feelings possessed by those to whom slavery. is unT
known, and how it corrupted the channels of justice,
seized the reins of government, and prejudiced the true
preaching of the word of God. He concluded with an
eloquent appeal to his hearers to use all the moral influ-
ence they possessed to promote the abolition of slavery.
The proceedings terminated with votes of thanks to
;he lecturer and the chairman.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rural Deans of the diocese of Ripon have unani-
mously signed petitions to both Houses of Parliament
against the unconditional abolition of Church-rates.
The question of a Cornish Bishopric, has been again
revived at a public meeting at Bodmin, and seems to
have met with unanimous approval in the attendance or
apologies for unavoidable absence of nearly all the lead-
in g clergy and laity of the county,
We hear in all directions of the efforts made by the
party favourable to Church-rates to prepare petitions for
presentation early in the parliamentary. session. A
Derby paper states that about one-fifth of those who
have signed the petitions in the parish of Bolsover are
Dissenters.
A list of the clergy who signed the petition presented
by Lord Ebury, asking for a Commission to revise the
Prayer-book, has been published by the Guardian. It
is stated to contain 460 names.
An appeal to the Archbishop of York, "by the Com-
mittee appointed for the province of York by the
Council of the Convocation SoCiety," sets forth the
hardship and injustice of the Church in the northern
province being deprived of the exercise of its delibera-
tive functions through its representatives,—a right
which, it is remarked, is enjoyed by every other reli-
gious body in the country. It shows that there are
precedents for joint action on the part of the Convoca-
tions of the two provinces, and that the , partial and.
occasional association of the two bodies might • now
without difficulty be rendered more complete and uni-
form. It sets forth, as a special grievance, the refusal,
on the part of the presiding Commissioner, to allow the
reading of petitions which may be presented to Con-
I vocation,

ALTCAR COURSING CLUB.
SECOND DAV, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 1860.
President : The Earl of Sefton.
Stewards : Capt. Bathurst, J. Spinks, and J. C. Wilson, Esqrs.
Judge : Mr. Dalzell. Slipper : Mr. Raper.
••Hon. Sec.: T. D. Hornby, Esq.
By permission and under the patronage of the Earl of Sefton.
THE CROXTETH (MAIDEN) STAKES.
FIRST TIES.
Mr. Gibson's Hartree beat Mr. Spinks's Seawave.
Mr. Peacock's Penrith beat Lord Utfington's Nominative.
Mr. Gibson's Garibaldi beat Mi. Brocklebank's Bourbon.
Mr. Borrows' Blue Design beat Mr. Woods' Willow.
Mr. Graham's Limited Liability beat Lord Sefton's Scotch Mist.
SECOND TIES. •
Limited Liability beat Scotch
Mist.
Seashell heat Jack Snipe.
Barbell beat Racer.

Penrith beat Hartree
Garibaldi beat Bourbon.
Blue Design beat Willow.
Rifle Corps beat Saxon.
Gil Blas beat Helmet.
SEFTON STAKES.
FIRST TIES.
Mr. Jebb's Not First beat Lord Sefton's Sepoy.
Mr. Graham's Jonatham beat Mr. Hornby's Nestor.
Mr. Jones's Joust beat Mr. Brocklebank's Bourbon.
Lord Sefton's Shooting Star beat Captain Bathurst's Banta.
Lord Sefton's Sweetbrier beat Captain Spencer's Stargazer.

SECOND T.ES.
Jonathan heat Not First. Sweetbriar beat Peasant Boy.
Joust beat Shooting Star.
THE MEMBERS', CUP.

SECOND TIES.
Stirps beat Greta. Bird of Passage beat Regan.
Shyface beat Black Impression , Portland beat Beadsman.
Java 'mat Billet Doux. Bloody Heart beat Silk and
Refulgent beat Skittles. Scarlet.
Sampler beat Portsea. ~
TIIIE.D TIES.
Stirps beat Shyface. Sampler beat Bird of Passage.
Refulgent beat Java. Bloody Heart beat Portland.
:THE VETERAN STAKES—Fos FOL'II-TEAR OLD Dous.
Mr. Stone's Silkworm beat Mr. B. 11. Jones's Sandy.
Mr. Graham's Mutiny ran a bye.

LATEST. BETTING.
TATTERSALL'S.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7 to 2 agst Wizard (t). 7 to 1 agst Lupullus (t).
4to I agst Buccaneer (t ~ 25 to 1 agst Plum Pudding.
and o). (t and o).
•
THE CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst LOngrange (25 1000 to 15 agst Desdemona.
to 1 taken freely). 1000 to 15 agst Twilight (t).
33 to 1 agst Via'ka (t). 1000 to 10 agst Rose of Cash.
50 to 1 agst Gaspard. mere, filly.
50 to 1 agst Birmingham 1000 to 10 agst Pitman.
(t). 1000 to-10 agst Man-at-Arms.
50 to 1 agst The Squire 1000 to 10 agst Promised .
1000 to 15 agstSpecial License
DERBY. . Land (offers to take).
THE
9 to 1 aE.,,st Umpire. 25. to 1 agst Drone Treason
10 to 1 agst Thonnanby 25 to 1 agst High Treason
(11 to 1 t). 40 to 1 agst Restes.
11 to 1 agst Wizard (t). 33 to I agstThunderbolt(t)
12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (t). 43 to 1 agst Lanchester(t).
12 to 1 agst Mainstone (t). 50 to 1 agst Paleface (t).
13 to 1 agstNutbourne(t). 1000 to 10 agst Petruchio (0).
20 to 1 agst Lupullus (o).
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CHESTER MEETING—TutsDAY, MAN- 1.
Wel;hts for the TRADESMEN'S PLLTE of 200 soya. in specie,
added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., and
5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, the 31st of January.
About two miles and a quarter. 176 subs.
Age st lb Age st lb
Tournament
Underhand 6...9 0 Mary 4...5 10
Lifeboat
Fitz-Roland ............ 5...8 8 Ancient Andrew, late
Musjid • 4...8 4 St. Andrew ......
Promised Land ......... .4...8 0 Corhampton
Trumpeter ............... 4...8 0 Woman in Black 4...5 7
Blue Jacket
Special Licen5e......... 6...7 1 Cheery Chap
Roman Candle .. 6...7 1 Oxford 3. 5 7
Defender ' 4,..7 1 Brother to Rainbow... 3...5 7
Sam Spode
Newcastle
Ditto 5.,.7 First Lord
Marionette
Gaspard
Rocket 5...7 Baronet
Prioress
Longranee 5...7 • Mowbray 3.. .5 5
Ancient Briton
Lord Nelson
Telegram
Napoleon 4...7 Athos
Schism 4. 7 Springwcll
Fright
Old Robert ~. 4...7 Blue Ruin
Physician,b Chanticl'r 5...7 Gibraltar 3...5 0
Ticket of LeaVe 4. .7 Pitman 3...5 0
Rogerthorpe
Tunstall Maid
Weatherbound
Desdemona, late Des Gridiron
Chiles.
Balnamoon 4...7 2 Chirper
Independence
Twilight
Aston
Polestar
Artless 4...7 0 Sir Edward 3...4 10
Nimrod
Adam Bede 4...7 0 Chance Shot
Eskdale
Comforter
Willie Wright
Bevis
Satinstone 5 7 0 King Charles
Vixen . 5...7 0 Baron Munchausen ... 3...4 10
Arsenal
El llakim -6...610 Horace
Herne
Harratou 4...610 Fenella 3...4 10
Royal Sovereign
Marine- 4...6 10 Phantom 3...410
liyder Ali . 4.. .6 10 Malpas ' 3...4 8
Tame Deer a...6 9 Man-at-Arms 3...4 8
Don, Cossack
Hal o' Kirklees
Bucephalus 5...6 6 Little Dick 3...4 8
Aneurin
Meuravieff 4...6 6 Hetman
• Clara Webster
Ambush
Lovett
nlvembfiteer ..
Theodora a. 6 6 c by Stockwell—Bri-
Satellite
Consolation
.Hibernia
Secret Treasure 4...6 4 Yooicks
Precursor
Pensioner
Bastion
White Hart 4...6 • 4 Dreadnought
Nutbourne 3...6 4 Mesmerk
Prince of Denmark-
3 Ben

Charlot!F..

Birmingba,n►
Ronconi
Bankrupt ,
Timandra

The Brewer ..

3 Maid of Orleans
4...6 3 Gwellyon

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4...6 2 gby lSurplice---Con-
-5...6 0 , certina
4...6 0 Dame ...
4...6 0 fby Surplice—Becs-
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Curlew

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3...6 0 fby VoltigeF—Slay-

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Heiress
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Miss Digby
The Squire
Clapham
Mooroock
Allegra
Petra
Remunerator
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4. 5 12 Argyle 3...4 7
4...5 12 Narcissus 3.. .4 7
4...5 12 Queen Bee
4...5 12 The Monk
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4. .5 12 Clovernook
4...5 10 Boss of Cashmere 3...4 7
4...5 10 cby Newcourt—Trea-
cherous

NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT MEETING.
TUESDAY, IVIARCII 27.
Weights for the GREAT NORTIIAMPTOIsIOIITRE STARES Of 100 MTS.
added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 SOTS each. Two miles,
Forfeits to be
.dtclared,on or before the first Tuesday in Feb.
Age st lb Age st lb
Tournament
M. Philippe 6...8 8 Eltham Beauty
The Promised Land... 4..,8 7 Paleface
Trumpeter
Bine Jacket
3...5 11
Fright
Special License 6...8 3 Polly Taft
Roman Candle ......... 6...8 2 Chirp 3.. .5 10
Borderer 6. .8 2 f by Storm---Colleen
Longrange
Defender 4 ~8 2 Horace 3 .5 8
Newcastle
Gaspard
Tame Deer
Telegram 5...7 10 darn
Schisin 4...7 10 . General Hess • 3..,5 7
Adam Bede 4...7 9 Itichberta
Eskdale
Electric
Nucleus
Old Robert 4...7 8 Malpas 3...5 5
Bevis • 4...7 8 , Madrid 3...5 4
Claire • ' 4...7 8 Simple Simon
4. 7 6 Birdcage , 3...5 4
A rPensioneriane '
York
Desdemona (late Des Queen Bee
Chiles) ' 5...7 4 Athos
May. Morning 5i0ed1.t0r"1n.e.an......5..............................
33:333..............55g54
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Marine
Sam Spode
5...7 0 Professor Dick. ...• ••• • •
. 3...5 0
Mouravieff
Royal Sovereign
4.:.7 0 Apollyon ..................
3..5 0
Prince of Denmark
Rogerthorpe
Hal o' Kirklees 4...6 12 g by Surplice-Con 3 5 0
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Romeo 5...7 2 Chance Shot . ... . ...... 3.t F.
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Mavourneen
3 o
5...6 10 Feodorowna
Vixen
Dick Newstead
a .6 8 Dreadnought • ..4 Is
Spiteful
The Jade 8...8 8 Tormentor
Noble ...'
Timandra
admor—Main.
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BirdbOlt
Flitch
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Joskin 6 6 Mesmer .....
Yellow Rose
Lovett .. .
Audrey, .by Si.eCkwell
4..
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Regius Professor
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Julie ...... e -6 2 Teal
Moorcock
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Paul Jones ............. .
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