Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-18 00:00:00

It would be better if they did
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for human nature and the happiness of mankind, if

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others could understand it; because, in that case, he

might more easily be frustrated. But so long as he
is allowed to act as his own, and its sole interpreter,
we feel that Europe must expect to hear of wars and

rumours of wars until he ceases to be at large in the
world as a crowned head and a despot.

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NOTES OF THE DAY,

There is some new

dodge " in hand it would seem,
• respecting the newspaper press, for we 'Aserve that, "on
the motion of Mr. E. Craufurd, a-return was ordered of the
registered newspapers of the United Kingdom,. and of_ the
number, if any, of stamps at one penny•issued to each for
each iquarter respectively, from December, 1857, to the 30th
day of June, •1859 ; also of stainpS at three halfpence issued
to any such newspaper during such period ; and Similar
return of registered publications and of Stamps issued to
them during the same period (in continuation of parlia-
mentary paper No. 489 of session 1858)." What legiti-
mate object can be served by such returns as these, now
that the issue of stanips is no indeit*hateer tc; the circu-
lation of the several newspapers of ihe kinidom, -we cannot
imagine, It is certainly to be wished that honourable
members would let the newspaper press alone in these re-
pects. All newspapers, we believe, are registered at Somer-
set-house ; and any particular newspaper proprietary may
'therefore very easily be obtained by• application there. As
to stamps, they have no* nothing whatever to do with cir-
culation. We believe, indeed -that those papers which
have the'hest Circulations never use the stamp at all.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to make his financial
statement, in all probability,- this- evening. We are indebted
for this information to our honourable. member; Mr. Hors-
fall, who, with, an earnest desire, we doubt not, to benefit
the commercial community, put a question the other even=
ing to Mr. Gladstone, whose answer was; t141,44.f the naval
and military estimates should be' cOUlitded in
would not delay his statement beyond this evening;,
The Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire junction Rail-
*ay Bill was obstructed in its course towards 'a third reacting
in the House of Lords, the other evening, by LordStanleyof
Alderley, who moved- the introchictiiii"of an amendment
providing that the level crossing in Cannon-street, Birken-
.head, should not be stopped tip, as propesecli:hy the bill,
without the consent of the Mersey Dock-Board or' the Board
of Trade. The bill was defended as it'stoo4 34.L.0rd Tor-:
ring on and others ; but ihe effect of the ,interruption was
the handing over the matter to the Board of Trade ; and, in
consequence, its farther consideration was adjourned.
It would seem that in some instances her Majesty's sub-
jects may sell human beings as slaves, without a violation of
British law. The ' case of ." Santos versus Illidge and
others," which has been before the pUblic lately, is' consi-
dered in some quarters to authorise such an outrage upon
our common humanity. That is to say,",there are British
Joint...stock Companies who insist that they are authorised
to sell_ slaves, wherever:they indy happen to possess them,,
acting under the authority of,the 6th' and 7th Vic., 'cap: 98,
Lord John Russell was asked, the other evenuvi, if so
iniquitous a provision of our laws ought not to be repealed;
but the noble lord declared there was no intention to do
anything of the kind

.me, he

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So enamoured would the present Government appear to
,be of the working of the Divorce Act, that we are told they
are quite determined to extend its " benefits." Indeed, a
Bill has already been presented to the House of Lords, by
the new Lord Chancellor, enacting that all the Judges of
the three Superior Courts of Common Law shalt be Judges
of the Divorce Court, in addition to those already appointed.
The fact is that the facilities for dissolving marriages are
now, so extensively appropriated, that it is becoming quite a
fashionable habit for a man who is tired of his wife, or a
woman of her husband, to try and effect a riddance of the
obnoxious' tie. " Whom God hath joined together," says
the Marriage Service, "let not man put assunder ;" but
our modern legislation, it would seem, has an authority•
even beyond that of the Higher. Law.

Mr. COBDEN AND. HIS CONSTITUENTS.---A meeting of
Mr. Cobden's election committee was held at Rochdale on
Friday night, for the purpose of determining the time when
Mr. Cobden should be invited to address his constituents.
It was resolved that a soiree should be held on or about the
27th instant, accvoling to the convenience of the hon. gen-
tleman, and that Mr. Cobden should then address the con-
stituency of Rochdale.

EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION.-0/1 Saturday
week, atilucknall Torkard, a large stony substance, of -an
alniost oval shape, l inch in length, 51 inches in circum-
ference, and about 22 oymees in weight, was- extracted from
' the bladder of a tame r, obit -It is still preserved -as a
singular natural curiosity.— -"NorriNo HAM REPIEW."
tiOLLISION ON THE MER•expr.—On Saturday morning,
between 'the hours of eight 'awl nine o'clock, a collision
took place between the fishing s 'muck Catherine, of Dublin,
laden with heiyings, and the tu --boat No. 3, John Poole,
master, who was not unfortunately on board at the time.
While nearing the Great Landin7-stage the tug-boat
struck the smack, she (the smack) ins,'sntaneouSly sinking.
The crew, consisting of five men, were st.'ved but one man
was in imminent danger, having been immersed four, or five
times. The place of 'the accident is scan 'elY seventy or.
eighty yards from the Great Landing-stage, and between
five and six o'clock yesterday morning the con.'Pandr's tag-
lump was sent to extricate her. A diver, arnh. la, as we
might say, "cap-a-pie," threw himself into the river between
six and seven o'clock, and, after a submersion of twtyntY or
thirty minutes, succeeded in attaching chains to the w."eek,
when he returned to breathe fresh air, the man at the a.'r"
pipes giving him every facility. He descended several times'
after, and succeeded in attaching chains firmly to the
wreck, but at six p.m. yesterday. she was in the same posi-
tion, and is expected to be got up when the tide answers.
LARMING FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon a fire of an alarm-
ing character broke out in Messrs. Twigge and Crossfield's
rice mill, Parliament-street, corner of Bedford-street. Reels
from the South Dock Station, Seel-street Station, andi ,the
Central Fire-office, Hatton-garden, were promptly mi the
spot ; and, by the active exertions of the brigade, the . fire
was soon subdued, and, consequently, the damage dope was
not very great. Had the-fire broken out at night the result
might have been. more serious, as a very large quantity of
rice! was on the premises. The loss is fully covered by in-
surance in several offices.