Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND CHINA

A letter from S.

110 ink summar

mtig, dated 21st,•Jul

;d at rfien-

Art. 3 says--" The commerce of Russ,.,..
encefOrth be carried on, riot,only by land, in tr old border
)calities, but hylgea also: Russian mereb^ VeSSels
Lad.their cargoes at the following ports'!.Shanghai, Ni:_
'oo-chow-foo, Sia-mouim, Canton, Tai-wan-fou, TaciuM-
:hyin, and at other places opened to foreign commerce
In Art. 4 it is said In future no restrictiong whatever

nt vessels n

by land, or on the amount of- nierehand

sported, or on. the capital employed
Art. 5 .says :—".The Russian Gem

)rts, and, to prot
In Articles 9 a

Is of Nl'

ler t, re

of the consUls."
—" The Chiuese

le.establiihment. of order and harmony among m

elf not only not to p

Kristian religion, bit -to pn
eted the adherents bf2any other form of woishi

them c

tre Op Or.

a the empire:, Consideriiig t

s are

,oleratea

ten, not acting from any personal interest

he. Chinesi

goVernment authorises therh,to prOpagate. Chiistianity among
its subjects, and will not prevent them from penetrating into
the interior of the empire by all open localities ; conse-'
quently a fixed number of missionaries shall be provided
with certificates by the consuls or frontier authorities of
Russia."

It is further said in Art. 10.:—" All the members,of. the
ecclesiastical mission of Russia, instead of sojourning at
Pekin for a fixed time, as formerly, may, in virtue of a de-
cision from the superior authorities, return at -any time to
Russia by Kiakhta, or-by any other route, and other persons
may be nominated in their stead and place at Pekin."

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THE CAR-OWNERS' STRIKE

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES,

SlR,—From the letters of Oxtonian and Hamilton
Square, in the Daily Post of Saturday last, the public
are led to believe that the car proprietors have taken
rash and hasty . measures, in withdrawing their cars
from the public use without notice. Sueh not being
the' case, I wish to disabuse the public mind on the
subject, and to state that the Health Committ

the-cOnimissioners were informed of the intention of
the' ear proprietors on the 13th July laSt, being three
weeks before the withdrawal tpok place ; and in the
meantime fair and open discussion had been used by
the car proprietors.

The Health CoMmittee came to their. *sent
decision'on the 27th Stay, and without notice to the.
Cat proprietors, or in the summons calling the gene-:
ral meeting of the Board of Commissioners
~on the
2nd of August; they broughtthe matter for confirma-
tion

Such being "the case, fair and open discussion
was at an end. The withdrawal then took place on
Vie 3rd of August; ' and our only alternative being to
appeal to the chairman of the.board, we have adopted
that eoui-so, and any further delay we are not respon-
sible for.

As to, the forfeiting of the :licenses,' they are as
well lest' as found under present circumstances;' and
I can assure the board and the public that there will
/la be any applications for a renewal; unless the
fares and distances are properly computed.
The rumour set afloat about getting from Liver-
pool cars ferry free must be fabulous, as the Liver-
pool proprietors truly sympathise with us at this
uncalled-for attempt to oppreSs us.—YOur obedient
servant, THOMAS EVANS.
Birkenhead, 6th August, 1859.

LACHEMUND v. I3LECH