Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

As we write we are without nny telegraphic
despatch, in anticipation of the Overland Mail.
'We may, however, receive some intelligence before
we go to press At anv rate, we cannot now be
many hours without further news from India. The
private letters which continue to pour in upon us,
engross public attention and public solicitude, and
we are assured that the dismal catalogue of horrors
is not by any means exhausted. The detallsreceived
at the East India House, we are told exceed in
atrocity any which have as yet been published.
Much is wanting to fill up the picture in all the
;ilk less of its cal Turing and the breadth of its
deformity. How long tae veil will be permitted to
rest upon it no one can say, but this we may be
assured of, that every fresh disclosure, every new
revelation, whilst it tends to unfold the foulness of
the conspiracy from which we have suffered so
Bauch, and to furnish sublime examples of the
heroism and fortitude of our countrymen and
countrywomen, will also have the effect of demon-
strating the deliberation and the foresight which
have characterised the Sepoy revolt,—of enabling
us to realize the the true nature and the actual
danger of this emergeney.--and, it is to be hoped.
of enlightening the nation as to the policy which
bag become imperatively requisite to confirm
British power and consolidate British influence iu
India.

The weekly meeting of the Dock and Health
Committees were held yesterday. In the former
the subject of raising the salary of Lieut. Lord was
mooted, but it was agreed to leave the matter to
the Marine Committee. From all accounts the
bridges of the new landing-stage are too short, and
it is impossible to use them with safety for more
than two hours after high water. A short discussion
ensued as to who were the real masters of the stage.
Mr. Hartley is still of opinion that placing
chains round the stage would be more dangerous
than at present, but the majority of the Dock
Committee seem to think otherwise, and there
will doubtless, sooner or later, be chains placed
an round.
The health of the town continues below the
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more than the corrected average of iihe same week
in former years. A comparison of the mortality
from diarrhea in the months of July and August last
year, and the presmt year, shows an increase this
prcz.3nt year of 69 deaths from that disease, the
number being 412 in 1857, against 379 in 1856.
The number of deaths from this disease last week
was 73, the same as the week preceding. Mr.
_Hodgson naaintamod that his re.narks of last week
were perfectly correct. Perhaps so—but either the
statements of that gentleman are very inaccurate,
or the returns of the medical officer of health are
zaperfect.

Another most disgraceful case of touting was
brought under the noti3e of the Stipendiary
Magistrate yesterday. Mr. Cobb, through Mr.
Bluck, complained that although he had been
retained by two prisoners to defend them, had at-
tended on them in the bridewell and taken their
instrultions, a Mr. Parker, had obtained access to
the prisoners and importuned them to fee him as
their advocate. This came to the e.ir of Mr. Cobb,
and he accordingly had it enquired into. Mr.
Parker maintained that ho had been engaged by
the prisoners, this they denied, then ha said he
was sent to them by a brother of one of them;
this the brother also denied, and the rtealt was
that Mr. Mansfiold believed that Mr Parker was
guilty of the action imputed to him. The worthy
magistrate was quite indignant, and said he was
determin:d to put down the abominable practice
of touting, and ordered the bridewell keepers not
to allow Mr. Parker into the bridewell unless he
was sent for by a prisoner. The thin end of the
wedge is in, and we hope that Mr. Mansfield will
strike hard, and if possible eradicate all these
pests from the Police Court, It is really quite
time that they w.lre banished—they are a disgrace
to the profession.

In our paper of to-day will be found a report
of an important meeting held at Toronto against
the Hudson's Bay monopoly. The meeting was
most enthusiastic, and the pretensions of the
doomed Company to further monopoly and
to hold sway over such a vast amount if ter
ritory was scouted. Territorial reasons unite
with commercial motives iu exciting the people
CAtialLi on this question. In nothing is Canada
less advantageously compared with tne United
States than in the want of any established
principle .f territorial expansion. This, in-
deed, is a want under %%hiuh our whole colonial
system, but Canada especially, suffers. In
the United States, oa the contrary, there
is constantly at work, a sel'.-acting principle of
extension. States ovcifluw with territories, and
the latter become at once constituted and self-
goierned fragments of the Great Union. In this
manner, says the Daily News, settlement has
Already pushed up the Missouri river, and taken
possession of the territory of Miunes)ta. By this
advance the Uoited States are brought into con-
junction and active intercourse with the Red River
settlemee. It is from St. Paul's, in Minnesota,
that the Red River setters obtain those supplies
which the parsimony of tha Hudson's Bay Com-
_ pany does not furnish. It is in St. Paul's that
they find, a market for that produce which the
Buds s Bay Company occasionally refuse to
provide freights for at New York. It is through
that United States territory that these British
subjects are compelled to send to Europe that
oorrespondenoe which it is proved the agents of
the Hudson's Bay Company have refused to trans-
mit, unless letters be placed in their hands open.
The United States are, therefore, pressing on to
the Red River settlement itself. It is in vain that
the Hudson's Bay Company suggest that the
Missouri is the natural route of communication.
The Canadians reply that the Red River settle-
ment is compelled to look to the Missouri and
Minnesota, because the selfish policy of the Com-
pany has blocked up communication with Canada.
And in this way the H udsor4 s Bay Com.