Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

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and for the future the business will be carried on,
at No. 7, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole
superintendence. Boarding Schools attended by the
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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'NOOK-
HAWKING 'UNION.

The first annual report of 'this askoxitition has come
into our hands, and we find 'the aecotutt it gives of the
proceedings of the Union, clurin..!the,past year, has been
highly encouraging. The dbjeens' 'to:adopt such means,
through arrangements with book-hankers, as may secure
a supply of healthy literature to the labouring classes in
the lurid districts, in order to replace, if possible, that,lame
circulation of pernicious bodks and publications which
is now going on all over the country. As it has been
well observed, " the craving low knowledge must be
satisfied, and if it be not .provided with wholesome
food, it will turn to that which is unwholesone, and for
which, unhappily, it will not have far to go. A multi-
tude of irreligious and immoral, or, to say the least,
unprofitable publications, are 'circulated among the people.
To do, therefore, what we can to supersede them by
others of a religious and moral tendency (though not,
generally speaking of an exclusively religious character),
by publications which will blend instruction with enter-
tainment, and so almost insensibly enlist their readers
on the side of virtue, instead of vice, must needs be an
exercise of true wisdom and benevolence." Such, we find,
is the excellent purpose of this Book-Hawking Union,
whose patron, it is gratiffing to Observe, is His Royal
Highness the Prince Consort ; and among whose presi-
dents are the archbishops, several of the bishops, and
others of the most estimable of our nobility. We are
glad to perceive that South Lancashire has its commit-
tee-man, in the person of Patrick Hunter, Esq., of this
town ; and that a Book-Hawking Society, in connection
with the Union, is in operation in this division, of the
county. We cannot but think that such a society might
find a most useful field for cultivation in Liverpool, as
well as in the rural districts of the country around. At
any rate, the Union itself is well deserving of public
support, as an agency by means of which a vast amount
of practical good may, undoubtedly, be done amongst
the humbler class of the people.

MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS IN BORNEO

The Pao. says :—" A telegraphic despatch has an-
nounced, on the faith of advises received via Batavia,
that a 'general massacre of the Christians took place
on May 24, in the Dutch portion of the island of
Borneo. That island, the largest in the world after New
Holland, is peopled by a great variety of races. The
Dutch possessions there comprise eighteen states, of
which one only, the Kingdom of Pontianak, founded about
the middle of the eighteenth century by an Arab named
Abdul-Rachinan, professes the Mahometan religion. It
is not on that territory, but in the empire Succa-
dana, where the Javanese religion prevails, that the
massacre in question occurred. The inhabitants of
Suceadana adore Diouta, the great artificer of the world ;
also the shades of their ancestors ; and, lastly, certain
birds, from which they draw auguries. The horrible
massacre they have committed has a political, not
a religious cause. It cannot be imputed to the
influence of pilgrims from Mecca, who, in addition
to the consideratims above mentioned, are too remote
from the Island of Borneo to affect the Mussulmans
residing there. Besides, the last intelligence from
the Red Sea states that the holy cities are perfectly
tranquil, and .that not the least appearance of
agitation had been perceived among the pilgrims. The
new authorities appointed by the Sultan show equal
firmness and moderation, and the recurrence of the
scenes of.Djedda is most improbable. The struggle in
which Abaallah Pacha is now engaged against the
western tribes has nothing to do with religion. The
Bedwins, against whom he is now in arms, are wander-
ing tribes, whose sole object is plunder. Being hard
pressed, they have just abandoned the town of Yambo,
after sacking it and murdering all the inhabitants who
would not give up their property. The Turkish autho-
rities seem determined to extirpate these savage
hordes."