Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-22 00:00:00

THE IVILITARY REVIEW

pA„,„ IN PARIS.
of ,Nonday. —The Moniteur publishes a report
Cha,: review held yesterday by the Emperor on the
pascPs des Mars. After the troops had defiled
gave the Emperor, he repaired to Poute de Jena and
ap orders to the sentinels to allow the crowd to
hyPrn°aLll. His Majesty was immediately surrounded
Pereae- 'uthense concourse of people who rushed with
.hoatip,stible haste almost under the feet of the horses
ug with the greatest enthusiasm, Vive_
raorisPtereS• No accidents happened from this de-
Part rfa"en, which was quite spontaneous on the
°'• the public.

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC

MAILS.
litteThaedv—lficara, lena has arrived at Southampton with
eacine,
47from the West Indies and the South
SPeCie. Passengers, and 567,816 dollars in

.r press has
dvicesA r WEST INDIES.
iiniNTation
The .rem Jamaica are to the 26th u.ltimof.
been chiefly occupied on the subject o
, especially that of encouraging the
Cat.lllgration of coloured and black people from
th:acc,l4" and the cultivation of cotton in the island,
enCliceess of which, it is contended, depends
0,. Irely u
__
Pon the question of labour. A spirit
f
tllenisubordination and lawlessness on the part o
of teeasantrY has manifested itself in some parts
i%,.e islan The people met in large bodies at
evt'e ', in the district of Westmoreland, and destroyed
It 7 turnpike gate and toll house in the parish.f
bothl.B stated that upwards of 5,000 people o
! /I,t)
ts sexes were engaged in the outrage.d
t,,, 411(1 West India Regiment was prepare
Demerarastart for the scene of tumult. From
brio
there is no news of importance. At Bar-
Feb es the House of Assembly met on the 22nd of
wasr,,larY, when a report from the Auditor-General
ex 'eati, accompanying the abstract of revenue andt
belencliture of the island for the quarter ending 3 s vi,heeitaber last
or °te Year. , and also a general abstract for the
Whilst the latter exhibited an increase
crews al items of revenue, and a permanent in-
yea:e. 9„f expenditure as compared with the previous
handst" former showed the public in credit the
'eloc sum of £30,383.
re }eleYi
,the SOUTH PACIFIC.
arrival of the Pacific Mail at Panama. we
aan \ e dates, per Magdalena, from Valparaiso to
revorY 31, and Callao, February 12. In Chile the
Co uti"arY movement progresses. In the south,
Co„te'vinee of Talca, and in the north Huascovanld-
par''aisPo, a.re in arms against the Government. d a. -
Istrati° still continues under the power of the A nun
oleree°ll, but great excitement exists there, and coin-
Atiothsuffers severely from the unsettled state of affairs.
Rains er correspondent says : The revolution daily
troops g'r°'llld. Copiapo still holds out, and more
been
arie to be sent to sustain the Government
ueerl ; The rails of a portion of the railroad have.
the Po'art"l.l up, so as to stop the communication with
tected .0:4 Caldera. In Valparaiso it is daily ex-
p.ettt" ,;.`at the revolution will break out, and great
-ces4stel entertained that the mob will commit many

INDIA.
The ~. THE BOMBAY MAIL.
has received a despatch from Malta,
The tuaY news to Feb. 25.
The /nail left Malta on Frida.
e have been dispersed by Brigadier
`'Lle forts were captured without a blow.
the
There antis Topee is still at large ; he is believed to be
nei.ghbourhood of Decca.
All 18 110 news of moment from Oude or Nepaul.
Ist pc' loan of five crores is announced from the
tece9 ,maK next, at 51 per cent. Subscription
Bomb
in cash and half in 5 per cent. paper.
Driepe 13°111baY import market dull, with a decline in
2s. ids: Ihsiness in exports very limited. Exchange
to 2s. 21d. for credits. •

The po
cvThe 6e announces the death of the Earl of Devon.
irecie Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed to-morrow
NfZesvdaY) to: deliver his decision on Mr. Poole's appeal.
the It- ''S. —The Nepaul, with mails from Bombay and
(su auritius, arrived at Marseilles at 3 p.m. yesterday
and
p The mails for London left at 10 p.m. The
Suezfr:ners are placed in two days' quarantine.
.No dates
%Lt. PortioA of
A given, and no mention of Australian mail,
the on
4rcly The a- ° I most enthusiastic
kind • reception was of the
Ne n l'tan exiles landed at Bristol.
went
et Is r y Langton, M.P., and other city dignitaries,
The'y" et, the vesel, and gave em a hearity welcome.
e°ll tlP4sed throucrli the streets amid the acc amations of
ktt esa th b
1,...,14, ousands.
''Y est
by the
Plio DisArrEns.—According to advices , ,
f India Mail,
Britishmerchant vessel Ithuriei
cftuldered • the
the k In the Gulf Stream. The Cygnet was lost off
„till osquito shore. The Peruvian at Belize, and the
'fess:l3 Taylor at Demerara. The captains of all those
zuji s have come home in the Magdalena. The barque
beeo Y, ef. London, was cvn shore at Belize, and likely to
ite a total wreck.

IRISH- CHURCH MISSIONS.- -
The annual meeting of the above society was held last
evening in the "Collegiate Institution. The Rev. Dr.
3PNeile in the chair. There Was, a numerous attendance.
The Rev. Mr. Moore, secretary of the Liverpool Auxiliary,
opened the meeting with prayer. After which
The Chairman (who was received with applause) said—
My Christian Friends, the Society for Irish Church
Missions, on whose behalf we are assembled this evening,
did not originate in any abstract theory of Christian duty
towards Ireland, or in any systematic attempt to stimulate
Christian beneiolence in that particular direction ; it was
called into existence and operation by a series of facts over
which man had no control. A movement of no ordinary,
kind had taken place among the Roman Catholic popula-
tion of many parts- of Ireland. The famine - and the
cholera—the:4e sore judgments of the Almighty—had
thinned their numbers exceedingly ; the churchyards
in some parishes were filled to repletion, and adjoining
fields had been extemporised as burial places, without con-
secration, to receive multitudes who had died without the
rites of the Church. A profound impression was very
naturally produced upon the minds of the survivors, and a
special direction was given to it by the remembrance of the
kindness, the disinterestedness, the liberality, and the
personal activity of the clergy of the Established
Church, and their wives and families, during the
deep distress, compared with the unfeeling selfishness
of many (I am unable to say how many) of the
Roman Catholic priests. A disposition to hear what
the clergy of the Established Church had to say and
a willingness to receive and read and hear the Holy Scrip-
tures were manifested to an extent unprecedented for many
generations. The crisis was hailed as a seasonable one by
those, or some of those, who truly valued the Protestant
reformation, who had long grieved over its suspension in
Ireland, and who were encouraged to hope that the
time was come when it might be materially advanced.
It may perhaps be said with truth that whenever and
wheresoever it is the will of our Heavenly Father to
accomplish any important object among men, he
secretly stirs up some few individuals, or some one
individual, to feel such an interest in the object that he
throws himself into it with a zeal and earnestness which
those around him call' enthusiasm and excess. What
Paul was to gentile conversion, what on a smaller scale
Luther was to German reformation, what Wilberforce was
to negro emancipation, that Alexander Dallas is to this
movement in Ireland. To Paul it was said that he was
mad ; to Luther it was said " All Europe is against you,
and you will be crushed by the Emperor at the bidding
of the Pope ;" to Wilberforce it was said " How
utopian is your scheme, and sure to be overborne by
the weight of the West India interest ;" and 'to Dallas
it was said " Absurd ! ridiculous ! how can you be so
silly as to expect to produce any impression by your
handful of missionaries, and your tracts and bibles,-
in defiance of all the power and authority of the
Papal hierarchy ?" I shall not attempt to recite the steps
by which our gloriously enthusiastic brother was led, nor
to describe the coincidences in Divine Providence by which
he was sustained and encouraged. Under his auspices this
society was established, step after step, from the winter of
1846 till the spring of 1849, when it assumed its present '
aspect. Its object is single, and no combination of any
second purpose is ever admitted. All the means employed
involve these three principles-1. An open, plain, faithful
and affectionate declaration of the gospel of the Holy Scrip-
tures, especially shown in contrast with the teaching of
Rome. 2. A distinct understanding that the object in view
is exclusively religious and spiritual, and is in nowise
mixed with political matters of any kind. 3. The funds of
the society are devoted wholly to spiritual work, and are
never expended in temporal relief. The agency employed .
in the direct missions of the society at the commencement
of 1859 amounted to 689, consisting of 35 ordained mis-
sionaries 162 lay agents and scripture readers, 67 school-
masters, 64 schoolmistresses, and 240 Irish teachers, and 21
agents employed in connection with the local committees for
missions. Controversial sermons and lectures are conti-
nually delivered by the missionaries and others, and classes
for the discussion of the subjects of controversy are held
four times each week in Dublin, and at least once a week in
many other mission stations. More than 10,000 visits are
paid monthly among the Roman Catholics by the readers,
and on each occasion the truths of the gospel are
explained and made the subject of earnest conversation. In
Dublin alone, 18,000 scriptural and controversional hand-
bills are distributed weekly ; and throughout the whole of
the missions during the past year upwards of 1,000,000
of these messengers of truth were circulated. Since the
foundation of the society in 1849, up to the end of 1858,
,about 70,000 Bibles, Testaments, and portions of scripture,
in English and Irish, have been distributed. For the
accommodation of converts, 15 new churches have been built,
and 32 school-houses licensed for worship. In the district
of West Galway alone twenty congregations of Protestants
have been. gathered, where before there were only two
churches, in which fewer persons were accustomed to
assemble than now form the smallest of these more recent
congregations ; and the Bishop of Tuam has found it
necessary to appeal for contributions to a fund for the
endowment of some of these churches. The need of such
an endowment fund is proof in itself of the substantial
success of the mission in that part of the country. In reply
to the Bishop of Tuam's application, the Lord Primate of
Ireland, that prince of pastors, has written the following
letter :
"Armagh, Nov. 16, 1857.
" My dear Bishop of Tuam,—The effort which you are
about, to 'make for the, purpose of collecting _funds per-
manently to endow the new churches which were built for
the accommodation of the numerc us converts from
Roraanism in your diocese, has my hearty approval. Not
only have the persons who were converted proved their
steadiness by continuing to attend the means of grace in
the churches built for them, but their children are now to
be trained up as a generation either born in our communion,
or from their earliest childhood following the guidance of
their parents in regard to the religion which they profess ;
and it would be a deep reproach to the friends of the re-
formed church if the supply for the spiritual wants of these
parishioners were to be of a precarious kind, depending on
annual subscriptions, which fluctuate from year to year.
This youthful generation, from whom, I conceive, much is
to be hoped, have, in my opinion, a peculiar claim on our
sympathies ; and we ought, to the utmost of our power, to
provide against their being left without pastoral care as
they advance in years. To assist you in making a begin-
ning, I will send £5OO in a few days to the aecount of the
Irish Church Mission West Galway Endowment Fund. —I
remain yours faithfully,
(Signed) "JOHN G. AIUMIGH."
(Applause.) Now, you will have the opportunity of hear-
ing from the gentlemen who have kindly undertaken to
move and second the resolutions of this evening, something
of the detail of the operations of this society ; and I hope
you will permit me to express my earnest wish that you
will not only more than defray the expense of this meeting
by the collection to be made this evening, but that many of
you will enrol your names as annual contributors to this
society. I hope, my friends, that none of you will be kept
aloof from this work by the rash language—not to charac-
terise it with any more severity—the rash language used
occasionally by some of our public writers against the Irish
clergy. We are called bigotted and intolerant ; but I am
not aware of any acts or words of any of us betraying so
much intolerance as the language to which I refer to does,
and the tone in which we are sometimes written of.
(Applause.)
The Rev. Mr. Moore read the annual report, which stated
generally the good prospects of the society, and the success
which attended its operations. The statement of accounts
showed that the receipts during the past year were £448.
Mr Moore explained that the decrease was accountable in
this way, that a sum of £250 was paid over to the Irish
society. He concluded by moving the adoption of the
report, and at the same time recording their thanks to the
Almighty God, for so far blessing the labours of the society,
and that the spirit of enquiry continued to increase among
the people.
The Rev. Mr. Earle, an Irish missionary, seconded the
resolution. The rev. gentleman made an interesting
statement of the proceedings of the Scripture readers and
the missionaries of the society, during the time Cardinal
Wiseman was in Ireland, and the reception which he met
with in Ballinasloe, and he then related a number of
interesting incidents that occurred in their missionary
work. He was warmly applauded during his remarks.
The motion was put and-carried by a show of hands.
A collection was then taken up, during which a hymn
was sung.
The Rev. Dr. Baylee proposed the next resolution, which
was " That encouraged by the progress hitherto
made, this meeting is sensible that increased funds will
be obsolutely necessary to maintain the enlarged operations
of the missionary work among the Roman Catholics, and
therefore greatly desires the extension of the resources of
the society." He said if they meant to second that resolu-
tion, they should remember that it was not by merely putting
up their hands. The reverend gentleman then proceeded
at length to address the meeting, after which
The Rev. Dr. Taylor seconded the resolution.
After some remarks, a vote of thanks was passed to the
Chairman, and the meeting was dismissed with the usual
devotional exercises.

A DISASTROUS STRIKE.—The glass-blowers strike has
come to an end, and the men (defeated in their require.
runts) resume work on Monday next. In England the
strike began about two months ago, and work has been
stopped in Scotland for about six weeks. In that time a
fkind of £ll,OOO, laid aside to support the strike, has
isappettred.
•

MARKETS! COMMITTEE. _E
A special meeting of the markets' committee
_Was held
yesterday in the Town Hall, for the purpose of considering
a number of the resolutions proposed by Mr. Robertson
Gladstone, of which he had given notice previously ; Mr.
Johnson occupied the chair. The other members present
were, Messrs. Sheil, Corbally, Shimmin, Ridley, Bowring,
Ha dock, Woodruff, Chilton, and Gladstone.
The Chairman said, it was time to proceed to business.
Mr. Gladstone then said, he was anxious that his reasons
should be understood for venturing to bring before them the
resolutions which lie was about to propose. They were
all indebted to the gentlemen who had formed the sub-
committee, who had given much attention to the subject
committed to their charge, and who had furnished the
committee with a report on the subject. They were entitled
to their best thanks. He, for one, entirely approved of the
report. While it contained all that was necessary, he
regretted that it was not fuller on one or two points. He
was of opinion, that if the sub-committee had gone
a little more into detail in their report, they
should have convinced not only the general committee - for
they were satisfied—but the other members, of the council.
Whatever it had pleased the council to say on the subject,
he would not mention, as some of them were absent. He
had been impressed with the idea that they wanted a head
superintendent over all the markets. He would submit to
them the first resolution, and he hoped they would see the
propriety of passing it. He then moved the following
resolution :

" That this committee, strengthened in its conviction by
subsequent reflection, can see no reason to' deviate from
the opinion already expressed, in favour of the appointment
of a head superintendent over all the markets, as the
simplest and most effectual remedy for every existing evil
connected with the general; management, and with an
especial regard to an increase of the revenue arising
even therefrom."

He was of opinion that, on reflection, any who were in
doubt on the subject would be satisfied with the resolution.
A mere question of figures would show that it would be
more beneficial to deal with one person than to deal with
three. Taking into account that they were at present
erecting a new building in Dale-street, in which they
could have an office for the superintendent, and
it had occurred to him that the most conve-
nient way would be to have an office for the head
superintendent in that building. It could not be expected
that he would give as much attention to the Hay-market
as he would give to St. John's market, but when there, at
his office, he could go wherever his presence was required.
He concluded by moving the resolution Which he had
read.
Mr. Beckwith seconded the resolution.

Mr. Bowring said, ,he , was glad that it had
been mentioned that -the report of- the sub-
committee had not, in their report to the
general committee, gone enough into detail. This would
have been done had the members of the sub-committee not
thought that the subject was well enough known to the
entire members of the council to justify them in giving but
a resume of the matter, and that was the only reason why
they did not go more into detail.
Mr. Beckwith was of opinion that the decision
came to by the council was like 'a vote of censure on- the
committee. He regretted that the report had not gone
.into the minutes of the matter. The character of Luya
should have been gone into, for it was oh that all rested.
and he thought as they were in duty bound, as a committee,
to give to the Council what they knew to be the whole
facts. His conviction was that St. John's Market was not
in a good state, and he thought it was not fair that any
imputation should be cast on the officers that were doing
their duty. There was great dissatisfaction amongst the
officers, as they were under the conviction that they would
all be discharged for keeping the conduct of Luya from
coming before the committee. He knew of one officer
who was under that conviction, and was about to
tender his resignation in consequence. Such being
the case,' he thought it „ was high time that they
should have a proper inquiry made with regard to
Mr. Luya's conduct. He did think that the
committee should make full enquiry into the case, and they
would have evidence enough to satisfy the council that the
committee had come to a right conclusion, and he thought
the council would see that they had come to a wrong con-
clusion. He did not think that anything would satisfy the
council, unless the committee would go into that man's
conduct. He had heard that the lower officers and
constables did not value this man, for they had set him at
defiance, because he dare not bring them up before the
committee, because they would inform on him. These
things should be looked into, and brought before the council.
Mr. Woodruff could not sit there and permit the resolu-
tion to pass without making one or two remarks.
He did not, however, suppose that any remarks of his
would have any effect on their minds with regard to the
question. In the first place he would say that with some of
themselves he had formed one of the sub-committee. He
believed that in all matters connected with the management
of the markets that -he had -shown himself as much inte-
rested as any of them. It did not follow that because the
thanks of the committee had been returned that he agreed
with them.- He looked upon the resolutions before them as
nothing more nor less than a vote of censure on themselves.
If Mr. Gladstone choose to bring a resolution or resolutions
before the committee which went to censure them ; if he
thought to do so with impunity, he might if he liked, but
he (Mr. Woodruff) would beg to stand out. He
could not agree 'with the resolution, as he did
not believe in its necessity. - He would be very
sorry to say that the officers were free from blame,
but he would much rather that one man should be brought
before the committee on a charge of misconduct, than that
all should be dismissed. He was there to see that every man
done his duty ; and he would not for a moment sanction
any man's conduct that was not consistent with his duty.
If Luya did not do his duty without paying another man
to see that he did it, it was but wanting the public money
to pay him. Why should the public be called upon to pay
X3OO a year to superintend one man who was paid money
to do his duty. He would say the first step that should have
been taken taken was to see how far he was capable of
holding his office. Passing from St. John's to the north and
South markets, the inspectors there had done their duty,
and it was censure to them to have another man put over
their heads. It was a gross injustice to bring a man that
knew nothing more than they did, and place him above
them at a higher rate of wages. If one did not perform
his duty, or was not fit for it, dismiss him, and appoint
another in his place. In the advertisement for a head
inspector, the age was fixed, so as to exclude the present
officers.

A Member : Who told you that ?
Mr. Woodruff : I asked the question why it was fixed at
35 years, and it was to exclude the officers. It was after-
wards extended to 40 years, and what was that ? Simply
to exclude every man above that age, whether in the service
or out of it. Mr. Tyer, one of the best men that could be
for the situation, sent a letter of application, and what was
the answer he received ?

A Member : There was no answer given.
Mr. Woodruff : No, there was no answer given ; for he
was above forty years, and was not eligible.
Mr. Bowling said the object in having the age mentioned
was not to exclude the officers, but to keep men above that
age that were outside from becoming chargeable on the
corporation.
The Chairman gave it as his opinion that none were
eligible, according to the resolution, above forty, whether
officer or not.

Mr. Gladstone hoped they had a higher motive than
advocating the cause of the officers.
Mr. Woodruff said he was not an advocate for either one
officer or another. He had heard it mentioned outside that
the reason that Luya was kept in office was, because he
was a political agent for parties on that committee.
Mr. Beckwith : Now, that you have gone so far, I am
here to bring him to justice.
Mr. Woodruff said he could not be interrupted in the
manner in which he had been. Mr. Gladstone had charged
him with being an advocate for the officers, and he was not.
He would say again, that Luya was said to be a political
agent for parties on the committee.
Mr. Beckwith : I deny it.
Mr. Woodruff : Yon may deny it, but you cannot deny
the public from thinking it.
Mr. Beckwith : You have no occasion to get out of tem-
per about the matter.
Mr. Woodruff : I have not got out of temper ; but it yet
remains to be shown to me, that every existing evil con-
nected with the general management of the markets would
be remedied. He could not see how, by appointing a
man at £3OO a year, they could get a man to
pay more for a stall or shop. By the frequent changing of
the committee and their arrangements, the officers did not
know what to do. The fact was, that by appointing a
superintendent at £3OO a year, they were paying a man to
do what they had not the moral courage to do themselves.
Mr. Beckwith : Oh, Oh
Mr. Gladstone : Let him go on.
Mr. Woodruff : I will go on till I have finished my
remarks.

Mr. Beckwith : Well, don't get out of temper ; I am in
very good temper.
Mr. Woodruff : You may think it very good temper to
have five or six interrupting me at mice every few words.
He denied all the grounds that Mr. Gladstone had put
forward in support of his resolution, as entirely
unnecessary. After a few more remarks Mr. 'Woodruff sat
down.

Mr. Sheil hoped that there would be no more interruption
as it was very annoying to be subjected to it as Mr. Wood-
ruff had been.

Mr. Corbally said, after the remarks that had fallen from
Mr. Woodruff, he thought it necessary to say a few words.
Mr. Woodruff had thought proper to charge the committee
with employing Mr, Luya as a political agent. He denied