Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-05 00:00:00

Government. " I may add," he says, in con-
cluding his letter, whiCh is 'Addressed to the
Times, " that although I still consider myself a
child of France, I should be the last to wish that
the principles' which now rule her should.pass
across the Channel." This remark is a hit at
Louis Napoleon, which_hiS Imperial Majesty will
certainly not like ; and he. may not improbably
seek an opportunity to resent it. Of course, it
may be a matter of speculation what the Prince
means, altogether, by the "principles." But, at
any rate, we may take it for granted that he
repudiates all such " principles " as those which
would favour the idea of an invasion of England.
He would be an ingrate; indeed, ever to requite
its hospitality and protection by favouring the
Machinations of its enemies.
We present in another. 'column the official
Report to the Board of Trade of the_late inquiry
relative to the wreck of the Royal Charter steam-
ship. The Report,- it will be seen, goes. fully
into the details, -not only- of the history•of the
ill-fated vessel, almost from the laying down of
her keel to the time. of the wreck, but also of the
melancholy circumstances under which the wreck
took place. There was much, it would seem,
attending
-the-construction of the vessel that was
unfortunate, if not ill-omened. But it is very
.satisfactory to find that. the respected owners,
Mesirs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., are entirely ex-
onerated from any responsibility, and that the
lamented Captain Taylor also, her gallant com-
mander,' is. defended against any aspersions upon
his conduct on the trying occasion 'of her loss.
The opinion is expressed, however, that he made
two great mistakes; first, in not sacrificing her
masts, in order that the steam pOwer might have
availed the ship more effectually ; and, second, in
steaming A-head to the anchors in a gale of wind,
and in a sea way. There were probably rea-
sons, however, which cannot be appreciated now,
for Captain Taylor's adoption of the course he
pursued. The Report concludes, therefore, by
frankly declaring, that it is not a case in which
the ship could be reported as lost by- the default
of the master.
The hesitatingly credited correspondence le-
tween our LiverpOol merchants and the Emperor
of France appears -now not to have been quite a
quiz. The very sententious, yet very inexpressive
answer of the Emperor, through the Chief Secre-
tary of his Cabinet, forbids the idea of the cor-
respondence having originated in the after-dinner
badinage of a Dale-street reunion ; but it is re-
markable that the answer published by telegraph
is addressed to three, not four, Liverpool mer-
chants. It may, indeed, .be right; but, judg-
ing ,
•by this and 'other instances apparently,- we
do indeed live in an age of singular revelations.
Yesterday, a circumstance, we shOuld think
somewhat rare in occurrence, took place in Liver-
pool. It was_ a religious ceremonial observance
in a Jewish Synagogue on a Sunday. The occa-
sion was one which never fails to evoke the good
_feelings of good men. The Hebrews who had
settled in -Morocco have been dispossessed of their
!property, and forced to flee, inconsequence of the-
threatened hostilities between that kingdom and
Spain, and the object of the appeal was to secure
a contribution in aid of those who Were thus suf-
fering. The Synagogue, we are glad to learn,
was well filled, and it is still more, gratifying to
know that the eloquent appeal Of the priest was
not made in vain. It was answered, we under-
stand, by a substantial aid to the general fund.