Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

their ideal of a Town Councillor tallies with the
somewhat disturbing programme which thee
men obscurely announce ? What great principle
Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE believes to be at
issue,' or what mighty crusade waits its full /11"
auguration, we are, of courser- unable to divine'
Our readers know that, with a natural anxiety,
we took occasion the other day to' make i! very
moving appeal to two' mysterious oracle* that
they would not scruple to inform us what it 15
that at present troubles the depths of the moult:
tain, and so visibly agitates the sacred tripod r
It is not likely the oracles will so far indulge
us ; but it is surely open to all of Ili
to beware, that we do not strengthen With
new allies those who are seemingly bent 050(11
ulterior and unknown designs. We know
`:nothing but practical business qualificatiodor
the Council. We don't send them there in';tif
spirit with which "HAMPDEN bled on the fiFl;
" or SYDNEY' died on the scaffold ;' nor even Wit,
which jOgN O'CONNELL so often " died upon the
,' floor of the House." Mr. GLAasToNE and hig
compeers may' be secretly animated with 01e
mighty aspiration. If so, let us give theta crecht
for it, and set_ever so many notes of adtcitlti°:
after their distinguished names. But then tileje
are not in their proper sphere. Their "souls ar
" like stars," and must " dwell apart." Ill:
we say to" the Scotland Ward electors, ter Ole;
dwell apart ; don't send them another ally in.:Atli
person of a pretentious, volatile, and yontw—
lawyer.,

TEEE fact of the present depression of the
ping Interest is on all. hands now 'adinitt4":
Even the Times a few days ago, in its City, Artiei`r
I -referred to the continued- depressed state of the
I,.once great Interest: The leading journal Wsl
among the loudest in 1849, for the repeal of those
laws which regulated and protected it, and eTeS
wrote some bantering and threatening menaces'
I should the British House of Commons have the
1:Bill rejected by the House of *Lords,- It must be
with considerable reluctance,. therefore, that ,
now admits of the present unprofitable condition
of British Shipping. The fact being admitted;
the-question is, what is the remedy? And Willi.'
has been the cause of the state in which we 11°1
find the British shipowner ? He does not' see
the re-enactment of ancient laws, but only.tbie,
enforcement of those conditional clauses,
will place him on equal terms- with. the rest °
the world. So that he may go into the carry?l4
market,. and enter into a fair competition With
the -carriers of other nations. This is all he asl;
and, this. was the request urged, by him, at t „
i'important meeting which was held Load;
last December. He is not afraid.to compete
the shipping of the whole world, only place 0
in relation to it upon an equitable footing'
aso
is all he requires ; and: it is . what in talgree can
and fair play should be granted to
and
undersail, by which we mean, build--man he
-victual cheaper than any -other nation,---all
could., therefore, carry cheaper ; • but. as Ile is 11°,
:
placed,. he cannot do so, because foreign ports a
not open to him, as British ports are-to his foreigur
competitor. The Merchant Shipping fr°lll fo.
colonies in British bottoms has not the optle,e
say. of a French or English market,.clirectingl;
ship- to call at a given place for orders, to sell,e
the one most advantageous for: him. But
same merchant, shipping in a French boti°,9;
'from a British colony- has. that option, hence e
I selects the foreigner preference to the Ent

man, since he has the power of- selecting the✓
market for his goods. We have•positively giet
him this advantage over us without any Kula.' 0..
ao
lent.ipt isps
hriTondhs
uheacihpeiogwohfnforeign-discriminating
tßshhrei
much the freight, that naturally the nier:
privilege to that he confers. The reined'. d
tooNbd
onru
wecitei
,ces pavieilvabate
hiaiedasiracen;
et.,
p 11
wishes to -see applied, is that -of free, ft'
complete reciprocity. It is the sense °air
which has reduced him to his present nnsa
tory condition, verging on ruin, and forcing
with all prudence awl speed to withdraw' `" ify
as possible, his capital from so ruill°lls.
ss
,w' bottom,
s

vestment.. %
et'
Although we differ from some of our -°nt of
vative. contemporaries as to the re-enactrileof
the Navigation Laws, we are glad to see' viect'
form, the ventilation by them of this :(tuer
which must next Session present itself ° i 40104
tion of paramount importance to the leVoinler
—that is to say, if we are to have allY c°,
cial marine at all. We do, however, agre-de
them, that it is a fallacious and ad re
;"argument put forth to mislead the 21-'1311:'
ltd
the consumer is benefited, by low freigh;ilicli
that the cost of carriage enters into Prieweshe
e
are regulated by supply and demand. Itejia'.
sumer is not, in truth, benefited at all, `4,1
repeatedly shown in our own columns ; Pot tit
the exposure of this plausible teachillge
Manchester school of free-traders, lirio cor
heartily join with our contemporaries 01 fj
her
tending that party has done much otiol",s
British shipowners, shipbuilders, an the
e joterr
less artizans who are dependent upon tlle'eoola °6‘f
for occupation and wages. We wish Ice 401 fe„ti,
them more alive to their own interests, of tP
tion Parliament for the enforeeln_ient
conditional clauses so ably
advocate'
GLADSTONE in 1849, or a full and e 300
p,4 •-•e
l.
PreeltY• What does Mr. McCuLI-I°c oc.)°°o
as the great expounder of this Manche° ore°
kali° lie
which would apply their theory alike t° if
of whatever kind or sort they 11111)rdocki"00
says, and buy your ships in
foreign
me.
the Se e the
toes
yon cannot build as cheap at 11° 0001 fits
, c
artizans and shipwrights, anti
callings to which ship-building gives