Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

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THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1859

of view. In addition to other and more immediate
causes of apprehension, the attitude of Germany is
beginning to be.. a source of. anxiety. ,tr Cqmmerce,"
says'a German letter ‘i ha's already begun to suffer
by the approach of war ; and manufacturers,, not
being able to sell their productions, have had to
dismiss part of their workmen. The works of the
railway on the left bank of the Rhine are continuing,
;but the fate'of the Rhine-Nahe line is doubtful, the
Chamber of Nobles having refused to sanction the
loan voted by the Chamber of Deputies." And we
must expect similar accounts to this from various
other quarterS: = The attitude of Germany, in
particular,-May well create anxiety ; 'for with all the
desire which it is known that Prussia has to preserve
not only her own but a German neutrality, it is becom-
ing evident that there will be the greatest difficulty
in doing so. From the Prince Regent of Prussia's
address to the Diet; at the close of its: session
few days since, it would seem next to impossible that
Germany -can long remain Inactive. Not only did
the Regent intimate that " the serious position of
affairs demanded the placing of the army on a war
footing, which measure it was also found necessary
to extend to the marine service;" but, he proceeded
to declare, "Prussia is determin.ed to .maintain the
basis of European public right and the balance of
power in Europe. It is Prussia's right and duty to
stand up for the security, the protection, and the
national interests of Germany, and she will not
resign the assertion of these her prerogatives.
Prussia expects that all the German confederate'
Powers will stand firmly by her side in the
its I fulfilment of .that mission, and trusts that her

readiness to def

ltherland will

merit their confidence

cow this does not look like

the continuance of German neutrality
It would be next .to impossible for Prussia
to " maintain-the basis of European public right and
the balance of power in Europe," and for
Germany to " stand firmly by her side in the
fulfilment of that mission," and yet remain at
peace. Gerthany, Austria; Sardinia, France, Italy,
all engaged in war together, undoubtedly the

-quite the

reverse.

Sinews of war" must become more and more

valuable, because more

and more unattainable,

• English money, therefore, if its possessors are

wise, —to say nothing about their being patriotic,-7
will be kept _at home, to be ready for home use,
which may be the safest, as well as most propet
use for it, and not locked up in foreign loans, 'which
may not only-be-applied to most undesirable objects,
but may perhaps never have the chance of -being
repaid at all.

the Palmerstonian stamp, to direct against him, as
we know that they spring from a foregone con-
clusion.' The object of these men is to enthrone
their master in the- supremacy on some question of
foreign policy, because they are aware that his
pretensions as a Reformer are so equivocal that there
is no possibility of transferring the sceptre into his
hands on that issue." Lord PALMERSTON, then, is
the " coming man." He is to be the pilot to weather
the storm,—taking it for granted,: of course, that a
storm there is to be.

But the organ of the advanced Liberals sincerely
hopes they " will not lend themselves to solitiful
and suicidal a juggle as this." Poi-, in the first
place, the immediate effect of it would be, to Shelve
Reform ; while, in the nest place, observes our out-
spoken contemporary, "we should like to know,
before abandoning in this cowardly and, ignoble
fashion the 'hopes which the country has so long
cherished, what are we to gain in the direction of
our foreign policy by so good- a sacrifice in our
domestic policy." And then it was shown, that we
should gain, in that yespect, nothing but a loss,—
and the notion that was being so adroitly put forth
in certain quarters, that had Lord PALMERSTON
only been in power there would have been no war,
wasniost successfully exposed, by pointing :out how
plainly the antecedents of the noble ex-Premier
render such a conclusion most improbable,—the
amusing tactic of the admirers of the noble
lord being at the same time happily remarked upon,
as that of those " who have been accustomed most
loudly to crack him up as emphatically the war-
minister, finding that the tide of public opinioll is at
present setting in strongly against war, turn round,

and with the coolest audacity assure us, that hi

special merits are. those of a peace minister !"
No British Minister, it was shown; has done so

much for war, during the last •giutrter of a, c'entury,
as this very Lord PALMERSTON. And a long extract

was given from a speech of Mr

ROEBUCK'S, some

Sixteen years ago, in which he wound up by
declaring., that since so ninch hostile interference in
foreign affairs had been practised by him, and such
disastrous wars,, in various quarters, had followed,
he "looked with suspicion upon every argument and
every fact' that Might be adduced by the noble lord
and those around him, in vindication of the mis-
chievous activity which he _ has , displayed in
perplexing and distracting our foreign relations."
Damning proof this, most assuredly, of the
unfitness of such a statesman for the helm of
such a State as England, at- so fearful a- moment as
the present. " This," said the Star, " was spoken
in .1843; and the singularity of the case is, that it
might have been spoken again with Urmost .equal
accuracy it 1807 ;:for
.in the interval between'tliose
two. dates !the noble lord, with rare ingenuity, had
actually contrived to travel over, a second time,
nearly the whole of the above circle of mischief. It
is for the country to say," our contemporary
concluded by observing; " whether a statesman, of
whom such a portraiture is a perfectly accurate and
faithful likeness, is the man to be entrusted with the
fate of England at such a crisis as this. Shall we
put the lucifer match' at the Foreign-Office, at the
moment when the whole atmosphere of Europe is
deeply charged with electricity ?" We think that
among the sober-minded people of England, be they
of what party they may, there 'can be but one
answer to such a question.

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES

THE Government of. the United States is often
taunted with its covetous -desires for " annexation."
And it cannot be denied, that it has sometimes given
occasion for such a `reproach. Its recent' conduct,
and its present policy, as respects Cuba, cannot but
idea, that. it seeks,to obtain acquisitions of
territory in an inordinate spirit. The slight pains,
too, it has taken, at any time, to repress effectually
filibustering expeditions into distant portions of the
American Continent, taking advantage of the
distraction and weakness of the respectiVe Govern-
ments, is another apparent ground of such an impuz
tation. But as respects Mexico, from which courittv

favour the

its most extensive and important acquisitions of
territory have been got, one really-dannot much
wonder that it should have been deprived:of such
enormous portions of its land, and thereby so

immensely crippled in its resources, when 111 the
circumstances are considered, not only of its people's
utter unworthiness to be the possessors of so

rich a countr

provisional authority; and in a short time that body
concluded a treaty of peace with the Government of
the United States. By this war New Mexico and
California became settled- and recognised territories
of the United States.

But this work of acquisition in. Mexico is appar-
ently not yet completed. The Mexicans are
becoming almost more troublesome neighbours than
ever, while their Government seems quite incapable
of restraining them. There is still a rather power-
ful party in the country violently adverse to the
republic, which has never, in fact, been brought
into any condition of established order and 'stability.
The Church," as the Roman-Spanish oligarchy there
is called, leads on the opposition to republican rule.
And by the last American mail we learn, that " the
fury of the Church of Mexico has been let loose, and
the horrors of the Inquisition and the merciless war
of the Colonial Generals against the first patriots of
the Mexican revolution are hourly re-enacted."
This,, it must be admitted, is the language of
excitement and alarm. But it would really seem
that -there was only too much cause for it. "We
all (that is foreigners)," says a letter from the city

of Mexico, "live in fear, for *no one can say when
'his hour of assassination may not come. We have
seen in the past few days such scenes of barbarous
assassination that we tremble to hear who shall be
the next victim of fiendish fanaticism. The natural
sensibilities of the human beings have been stultified
by the barbarities of the Church and Army clique of
this capital. They have shot in cold blood, without
judge, jury, or even a drum head court-martial,
over seventy-five persons (some say over one

hundred), most of whom were quiet and inoffensive
citizens : and foreign':residents in Mexico. Our

alarm is intensified th.
that the French Minister encourages these
bloodthirsty -acts, and the British Minister, over-
ruled by his Spanish wife, does not rai

.1 the voic

of a civilized nation, which he represents, against

these attrocities, unequalled by • the Sepoys."
We shall not now go into the . case as respects these
representatives of our own Government and that of
France. If their conduct be as it is described, in

several different accounts of the transaction, all we
can say is, that they are utterly unworthy of their
posts, and will no doubt be immediately recalled.
But our present object is simply to glance for a
moment at the position of Mexico in relation to the
United States.

This dreadful commotion in Mexico is a state of
civil. war of the, -most furious and sanguinary
character. The two enraged factions that, are pitted
against each other, are the Centralists and the
Fecteralists,—the former basing .thernsOli7es On the
old and oppressive system of Mexican absolutism,
and including in their ranks, not unnaturally, the
priesthood, or, as they call it, the church ; the other
composed of those who are of liberal principles, and
seek for a federal union. The latter are sustained

by public opinion ; and they of course have the
sympathy of the United. States, the Government of
which, indeed, have gone so far as to recognise the
Government of the federal chieftain, JUAREZ, which
is styled the Constitutional Government. Thus
" two authorities are up, neither supreme." And
the consequence is, as one of the American papers
but too frilly describes it—" the civil war in that
republic is rapidly degenerating into a war of
anarchy and mutual butchery that is a disgrace to
the age. The slaughter of prisoners and innocent
victims by the Centralists at Tacubaya is the most
disgusting narrative it has been our duty to publish
for a long time, and the murder of the surgeons,
whose only mission in war is to mitigate the suffer-
ings of its victims, gives to the picture a peculiarly
Spanish air of barbarity." Another American
journal, after attributing the recent defeat of the
Federalists to collusion and treachery, says of it—
" This business despatched, a second and gratuitous
tragedy succeeded. The,victorious army, stimulated
by the priests, commenced an indiscriminate slaughter
of .non-combatants, physicians in attendance upon
the wounded, and foreigners, wherever they were
found in the valley of Mexico, and only ceased the
massacre for the lack of further victims. Such is
Mexican warfare, and such its triumphs. A specthcle
of blacker treason and corruption on the one side,
and of more heartless truculence on the other, is not to
be found in history. It may reasonably strengthen
whether a people so demoralised deserves to
be longer trusted with the faculty of self-governmerit."
This, then, is the question. That they do not
deserve to be trusted with any power whatever, is
too plain to be disputed. And as there were

the dou

American citizens among the recent victims of
Mexican vengeance, and American property, as well
as life, has been sacrificed, there is evidently occasion
arising for an interference on the part of the United
States which may not improbably lead to the further
extension of their territory, from the Rio Grande to
the shores of the Gulf, on the one hand, and those of
the Pacific on the other.

The Globe states that Mr. Charles Greville has resigned
the office of Clerk to the Council, and that Lord Rober
Cecil, M.P. for Stamford, is to succeed him, and the vacancy
of Stamford is to be filled by Mr. James Stuart Wortley,

It has been arranged that each corps d' armee shall be
composed of three French divisions and, a Sardinian
division, under the command of a Marshall
of France, in
order to give unity to the operations.

In the Spanish Cortes, the debates exhibit ardent
sympathy for the Italian cause.

Admiral Thornton, one of the directors of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company, who had been out to Alexandria in
the Ripon for a trip, was suddenly missed, having no doubt
accidentally fallen overboard.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN PARADISE-STREET.— s,ri 11 Tues-
dayf
night, or yesterday morning, the extensive pretnises,l
Mr. Sharp, Paradise-street, was broken into, and watchl
jewellery, and other property, to the extent, as statedt_f
about X4OO, taken therefrom. The police are in hot- PT,:
suit, and it is hoped,they-will be successful in capturing ti`v
perpetrators of thiS robbery.
THE AMPHITHEATRE.—HARRY BOLENO'S BEN EFIS
We desire to call especial attention to the fact that 11!4.
Boleno takes his benefit in the Amphitheatre to-nix
to
This favourite and popular performer has done mince
amide the public during the last few weeks, and his
deserve a. cordial recognition. Apart, however, froal,T,
such consideration; the list of entertainments announcee4t
to-night is such as must of itself prove an attraction all v
irresistible for those who desire variety of amusement.
RIFLE CORPS. Whoever it was whose verses, reeroef
patriotic than musical, appeared, through the columns to
the Tinleq, to the amateur riflemen of the countryntif
"form," the call seems likely to be spiritedly and Pr°llllloo
obeyed. The subject appears just now to have seized
of the attention of the whole country; and invitations tolicr
formation of rifle. corns are poured forth in every
paper. In our own neighbourhood, steps are u'bifs
energetically taken.in the same -direction. The may
use
summoned a meeting to be held in the Sessions f ,
of
to-morrow, for the purpose of testing the sentinlen` be
Liverpool young men ; and a .meeting is announced or
held in the Birkenhead Town Hall, on Monday nelt,'„,f to
similar object. Whoever concocted the verses we all":peern
—which, if they seem too bad for Tennyson, certainly -to
too good for Tupper —he may feel some pride been
response made to his appeal - which could hardly have beet!
more instant and earnest had his lyrical trumpet-note
like that of another Korner

THE GARDENS.--The weather haviLL
the Gardens, for theiast week, have bee,
delighted crowds and as the days pron
favourable, the public can have a
excellence of the entertainments and the rarity of "eP'e in
ments. The proprietor, defying trouble and eselfe'ssor
order to meet the public, has engaged the great 1°,4 ill
Buck, who performs in the concert hall of the Gar"eillfg
1
new and admired entertainments. We cannothelP ~ii tbe
particular attention to the exquisite productions
pencil of Mr. Crawford, which are admired by all, for `l7l,
Colouring, and faithful 'representations_ "
eclipse- any thing of the sort—L__
public enjoy the treat to the fullest extent. tie
AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL - Open from ten Ition.
• until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exho'
4111 the kings and queens, from and including
•

mornir

,
Conqueror, down to Queen Victoria; al
princeSses, dukes, duchesses,

eminer

warriors,
poets, divines ; al
of the past and present ages, .Bze
containing upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from Alt ~sl
of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in ' ;of
Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stere°soae.
views of intense interest. Allsop's musical Pr°lllelarge
The above attractions are now combined, forming 0,11,e•Idill°
establishment, in -the immense and magnificent uw„`the
known as the- Teutonic-hall, next door but one woito
County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opPicii;
the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at .6-iiici;o4s
children under ten years of age,. 3d each.
poob
exhibition has been pronounced by the press of -Li'v`„-;431r
London, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, st`Ps, feet
magnificent,, and largest establishment in the world; b erce
that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to °)11".
the name, "Allsop," at the entrance. Sole proprietor'
Wm. Allsop.—.Advt; '
..f;t4

so all the most noted p
Al

[sop's sculp

The first 111

LIVERPOOL LITERARY ASSOCIATION.-- t. 10
of the summer session was held on Thursday Last'
SB
-board-room of the Royal Institution, Mr. Frank c-'
1,
hject
the chair. The Chatterton inquiry was again the -ra
of the proceedings, and was continued with unab3„,"egrks'
terest. The chairman offered some very ingenions,,re,'"ck,
and spoke ably in defence of Chatterton. 3fr. I'lThe
and Mr. James Knox also addressed the meeting• 4 gr.
proceedings of the evening were closed by a parr of
Tafe, entitled "Of knowledge ;" which elicited 3,
mous vote of thanks. Taking into consideration t,“„;envy
importance at the present time of all features of eall'ectid
history, it was resolved that the next evening of r''t spte
should be devoted to the consideration of- the preset)
of Europe. •;04.
Esa•
CLAYTON HALL.—PROPSSOR HART'S MAGIC •• -c.„ ;too/
—This will be the last week of the °Teat Professor of tbe
parent magic, at the above beautiful hall, and dr`,733,1t
next three evenings he will bring forth alt,,,lct
strength"—and this is legion, to amuse and ins"-41,
public. The great " bell trick" is the wonder of ',silly
surpasses the gun trick a great deal. The Professor,
05 the
degree of liberality that will be duly appreciated, al!
great people's night on Saturday, and in order to a`„resell"
to enjoy it, he has reduced the prices one-half of 0° att7
rate of entrance. The last grand day performance
take place on Saturday, and those who wish to enjoy
treat, should not let the opportunity pass.
ce on
YANKEE WlT.—The following dialogue took PLa to ba
the Ohio railroad: " Hullo°''"
stranger, you aPPe
travelling ?" "Yes, I always travel whem lam °
ney." " I think I have seen you somewhere ?"
like; I have often been there." " Mightn't rurp;hil4
IT Smith ?" "Well, it might if it was not s'9nl7Selet

. " Have you been lonag in these parts ?"
longer than at present—five feet nine." "Do P",
late to remain here some time ?" " Well, I guev bofi
stay till I'm ready to leave." " I reckon you weire Atha
in New England ?" " Well, my native place was ;ore
there or somewhere else."- " You travel as if uleneYlui be
plenty with you ?" " Well, I. might have inorebo,,-ehtS
richer." " Have you anything new ?" " Yes, 1 "fi; 016
whetstone this morning." "I thought so; you -
sharpest blade I ever saw on this road."
I'll
111°'
THE WRECK OP THE POMONA.- •-Last Wednesuay,4l
ing the 'diver sent down cane across three bodies, wsnuir'foe;
disentangled from the wreck, and they floated to thes of the
but, we are sorry to add, with a gross carelessilesed to 116
commonest rights of humanity, they were allow ,
washed out to sea, the only step taken by the crew
dies 't
tug being to tear off the pocket from one of the boeli
female, as they said, in order to identify the body, whr
the same time they were so reckless of preservie•
pocket was found to contain the sum of 6s 6d
have been
beetckniaet,nwatliiNiceh sohfow,e
the the thcoe unfortunate
u,ntyco i
rk,n
O'Brien, age 18. 4. very large number of personse;o
written to the collector, forwarding particulars re
loos.
their relatives and friends who were on board the ruttor
when she left Liverpool, almost every one of whiej.ll otief
tioned that the deceased had with them large stuns o' To to
—a further reason why every precaution should be t 3. be.
save and restore to their friends whatever 1110,",00
found belonging to them. The body of the you%,
who was stated by some of the sailors to have been
of Mrs. Paxton, it has since been ascertr
the steward, named Blair,. the remains
son, a youth of sixteen, not having yet been found.
a letter received from Liverpool it would appear Oa,
Paxton had only two children with her a son
William, and a daughter, aged 13, named'Ann. 11:tialkb
that she had upwards of £lOO in her possession at be"
she embarked, but there was only found in her r- ialS7
when rescued from the hands of the depraved creature
stripped her body, about £5, and a letter of Credit,
New:York firm for 300 dollars (X 64). In additioi
hoivever, there has been recovered a small box be
to the unfortunate lady, containing, among
a quantity of silver plate, forming part of a tea, dininoe
dessert service. Her gold watch, having " Thomas -1%160
engraved on the case, and a coral necklace with the
" S. P." on the silver snap, were found in her pocket.
AMERICAN STEAMERS AND FRENCH TONNAGE
ir Drf7 CSC'
Nearly four years ago, in conseqnence of deficient 11' cries°
the French Government passed a decree admitting Aulaide,
ships to the port of Havre free from tonnage dues, 131..„"
they imported into France a quantity of breadstuffs 1- 111,'
ship bearing a certain proportion to its tonnage' fot
decree expired in the autumn of 1858, but was rene.,,seits!
another year. Since tile decree passed, the Unite", ieslY
packets, which conveyed the English and Frencuintiti
across the Atlantic, always imported the requisite 9,°` froo
of breadstuffs into Havre, and were exemPteucoiceg
tonnage dues. They dropped the English mail 01_, zfollg
roads. It was convenient for such packets to roue 000
at Havre, because they took the chief portions ef cel/
passengers and cargoes to and from that port. The Friti
Government, instead of allowing the decree to rim ull.„,•eatg
latter part of this year, has suddenly ordered it to ter.:esceo
on the Ist proximo, and it is expected that, in conse(ll',.
the United States contract packets must rendeziTs''o4
Southampton instead of at Havre, and French g°°"optoll
passengers be conveyed to and from Havre and South 3 f tbig
in the small Southampton steamers. The probability
will be obvious, when it is mentioned that the toting:o6i
on American vessels entering Havre, are between 5f,.
per ton, and that the owners of such a steamer as the nags
derbilt, would have to pay about £7OO sterlingfor to'f the
every time she touched at Havre. The altered eliptoo
French Government reached Mr. Vanderbilt's Soutiullbefore
agents, just in time to be transmitted to Cowes roads 00
the departure of the Vanderbilt steamer from thentessr
Wednesday last. The U. S. mail packets which thele'rbiltt
tion of the decree will materially affect are the Van
Ocean Queen, Ariel, Arago, and Fulton.

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