The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

flattering himself that he is advancing towards heaven, may be led
by sudden sickness or grief to discover that he is actually making no
-progress in the divine life, but rather deviating on the contrary route,
or utterly mistaking the way. Affliction often makes him pause to
reflect and enquire. It is like stopping to enquire our .way on tho
road, for a t•aveller then is sure to gaze around him, to ask i he is
in the right track, to measure bow- tar he is from th end, and
p4rhaps instead of haiteinng .a'orlg the broad road, which he has
alrea:iy pdrsUed` only, too tat, he may be induced to alter his course
Li a lost'ef Fne.

If 'Dives could return back to a new probation on earth, what
would he not gladly undergo to 54 him fir a reprieve from his
eternal doom. Even he, wretched and condemned ainidst the
torments of eternity, had sill ode good feeling in the brotherly
kindness with.which he wishecl his ralatiVes to be warned against
falloWing ti..e course Which had brought him to everlasting woe.
And it is remarkable to observe, in the dialogue between Abraham
and the rich man ; Ihutigh the one Was in' heaven and the other in
WI, yet still the patriarda treated him with courteous language-
"Son, remember t; than in thy lifetime enjoyed good things."
110 w truly, then, ought we net only to love one another with the
friendship`of this World, but with such christian affection as should
dictate, a daily prayer for each other in health, and a parting wish,
even in the motheat of death, to leave to those who have been kind
to us, the taunt of ear intercessions and the"comfort of our example.
in resigning ex'stence,Wfth a Ar,n, submissive, and gratatut. hope of
God's mercy'. If such were only the inherent.feeLings of mankind in
end
inerilidig4 nr, then• Would. slavery—that hisetting slavery ti sin—in al its
hideous fOrms and aspects, be exterminated altogether.
I shall not pretelli to enter in el the ditlioult question of how and
when a soul may be c inverted from darkness to light. Wehavelrgli
antherity-fo • racommentin, unto all repentance tow,.rds the great
t'e°4tigteeinda'tn e ts 'igf
Giver of al things springing from a sense of their own -uawortt,Les,,
our moat
aceo i d
ststrnertoonths
e!offfotrytsstflnerd
~ttride
p rforitalee e
• of eriAiaiiity, not aecordieg to the. specious sell'. ighteous views of
philosophers, or the fit was pad ilimsv wcbi.oh ramane-. Tf:ere are
many-who aopear lull .of.aniathle quaticias, whose -humility-is but
cow:sidled pride, ad I whose light ii bat darkness: They seek to
know the troth ; bat ale is their pito-, drceitful is their light, and
they are tossed for ever taiiiid the shoals of error, anct:at the last they
inevltab'y s•rac into the quicksa ids of sin. and, Alas inltere_are a-
' still greater numb who trotting in the selves that, :they are
rig i,te,:ao. rcjec the truth, and hope noi. in the r;ghteousness of their,
Redeemer. Ho r j.ist was tho dos, rvation of a pious t hristien, who,
whewbelioa.d it adirined in church:" that man had no right'to expect'
any intere.4 to Crist"; if ho hid siottplfillad his par , and done all
that lay in his power," thought if that were true, nai-, bat little ch.lri•e
rein could be, saved, tor lie,did not believe that any who had lived
to ma urity.lfid done all the goo t they could, and avoided all the
evil they might. Thou, how very importan, ate Christian principles
in the regulation of What may be called tile coustitution of the mind;
f in whatever oce.twatien, we may eembark,,tiow much-.evil, how
much uneasiness, is occasioned by , ha want of that proper treining of
the intellectual Leulties pe,r4aining,tio mu,o to the highest privilege's,
we possess. Le etch and ovary one of Ili stn-iy wed, with all due
'reverence anti cautiousness, ail these gr. at and Important truths
'wh ch tend so materially for our future good: Let us examine the
inmost recess 3 of oar heAtts,'and ask ourselies the one all-important
ri•v-sion—Are—Wz; in the midst of our daily avocadorts, seriously,
iced caroestly prepar;ng ior a future state? lily friends, it behoves
us to ponder tho,e things well in; our own mOttals, for the fight
of day will shin* ly disappear, the twdight will steal rapidly upon us,
the tie,yens wi:l become urereait, and- he light of day will be
entirely ertinUnistied- when no mote work will be done.—Yours, &c ,
Liyerp,:ol. April, 1857. Worries.

Wild) CATS.—Among the live stock carried south from Thu•so by
the eoverei:n steamer on f huisday last were two wild rats, which
were lately caught in a trap in Sather' .n.l: Both animals were f
cansiderab'e size, and in file hraithy condition, netwt hstanding a
konzjonrney by the road. They were sent south in a well bound
cage, tinder charge of a ke3per, and, are intend(' 1, ;ye believe, for one
of the metropolitan zoolog cal ga•-dens,—Joha o'Groat Journal.
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SALE .07.,DicORY LANE._ THEATRE SIIABES.-0a Tuesday, at the
auctisninarti,' Mr. Robins s.u'itnitted to public auction the f wowing
sh,rrs int he Theatre Royal, Drury lane :-A renter's share of .e5OO,
origin:by entitled to 2s Ed per ni ht of performsnee, slues reduced
to is 31 per Might, but noiv paying an annual dividend, with a free
admiscioi, t antf Table or seleabfai.; annnalty, held for an ainexpited
term of ne trly 41, ye rs—aold at 44 guineas. Five ~&100 joint-stock
or:ptoprietors' stares, sWording a., o.ninat on for the general corn-
imittee, with a..ljfe nomination to. the Ire. dsm if the theatre, to be
filled np at arty tl tie—set l 4i• 5 guineas thS lot. give similar shares,
atithe same price; while a third lot of similar. shares sold at 74
el:103s
ire Plato-paw OF Nonwicu.-,At a meeting of the Norwich
To wn:Concll_en Menday.e.tecnotni, toe fsllo wing letter was read
froni Dr: 'Hinds, late Bishop of Norwich Loud, n, April 24.—Lear
Mr. !Mayer, Aldertnen, and Citizens of Norwich-7I am much
indebted-to you for year expressions of sympathy and regard on my
quitting yen. Connected us I. have been with you, notonly as Wallop
tit- Norwich diocese, bat as resident in your city, it, is coasolatorybo
know that ifihat connecti m has flat been productive of all An benefit
which yon might have h 136c1 and expected fioin :it, my unfailing
desire, at:, least to promote your best interests is- felt and acknow-
ledged. God be with you. :Your kind fare Neil to mi will be one of
many reeellectinni watch must still and for ever canned ma with
you.--Youes, vei y faithfilly—S:ll nds.,.;e-To the Mayoi, Aidermen.
anti Citizens of Norwich."—A, memorial to the Premier, is being
largely_signed by the c'ergy arid laity ef Suffolk, praying foe a
sion of the diocese of Nora Ich, 'A preli-ninary memorial to the same
effect was frimsmittedinimediately, when the. retiring address of dir..
Hinds a speared
1 NE SULTAN OF TURRYT'S NEW W.F.NGLI9II CABAIAGE. —The Sultan,
slice his accession to toe throne, has has save-al earr ages cops•ructeii.
i•, Leaden for his o ve partlentar use; bin. one of the most eligsut
which wilt shortly hi, forwarded to 1 u,key
been-la-aft-by reesrs. Laurie and Mar,cr. The .contour of the hod„
is graceful, awl its colour aeproaches the meet &Hest • shade et she
. front this country—has
Primrose; iende edatiore striking by the c •ntr <atm. silver and erim-
lin,s. linecatipf the,usu.+l armorial
.b.o..rjlay in this fuistance
are substituted eirctOax-s1:161:15, Surrounded by forters. ofditmonasi
and supp rted by ben itifuliy arra:, ged-nasses of fill ge a id flowers,.
inclo hie groups of Omit. The trent portion i,f the body is circular,
and the I .rnpa areierueiasualli:large size. with Ever sur,
imounted with coronet p umes able in Biiv:T. The inlerier is dried
with amber satin, reii,ved With white, and eeivct lace, The various
colotirS, Thar, combined, while 'they Ore the idea of Orient /1 rnagni-
ficenee,are so toned down and judiciously arranged as not to dazzle
the tyre., • - . • • • •
Tns Ilan:in.—l have speculated a great deal upon matrimony.' I
love to get, unobserved, into a corner, and watch the bride in her
white attire, aid, with her smi.lll4 face and her soft eyes meeting
me in their pride of life, we ve a wa'aing dream of future
happieess. and persuade myself that it will b 3 true. I thin': ho
they will, sit upon the ini.n.iotti sofa as the twilight falls, end boild
gay hope -, and murmur in low tones the now nor forbidden tender-
ness; and how IbriUngly the beaetiful endearments of
wedded life will make even their p.:rtir4 joyous, an I how. they gladly .
come b OS crowd d end empty micrh cf tie gay to each
other's cjoi t comeany. picture to myself that young creature•wlie
blusher even low at his hesitating caress, listening eagerly for. his
footqw.a, the mg'_it s,eald.p4,?ud wishing tli„it Is' would come, and
wherehe enters at lest, and, with an affection as updyisg as his pulse,
folds kr to his bosom, I can feel the tide that. goes Sowing, tnroug
his bean, and gaze with Min oar the graaaftal fOrm as she moves asout
for the 14nd of Anctlon, soothing all his unquiet cares,. an.:
snaking him feig:•:t even himse f iu her young and unshaded beauty.
go forward for tears, to see' her luxuiiant. hide put soberly awe)
from her brow,.aud her girlish enizes resigned into., dignity, and
lovelfilesS chastened.wi.h the gentle nuielanese of maternal affection:
Her husband looks on her with a prod eye, and shows her the same

fervent love and celcate atter.tion 6 which fi;s; won her.; It ocl.hec fair
ehildren are grown aboldt them, and they go full of honour aad un-
troubled years; and are reme nberad when they —Waihingion
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Tna'DaaD SCOTT CASE.—T.n the Sei.te, and also in the Lsgis!ative
A,fembly_of the State of Nev-. York, at A,bany, on .the 9;h inst.,
was presented the report Of, the joint committee upon the decisio.s fro
the'Dred &oft ewe. The .committee recommend tl.e adoption by the
Isg:als,ture of tlae'roilowalg :-Resolved--That, this State will not;i; ;low
slavery within her borders in any form, or under anypreteecg, or for
any core, however short, let the rodtegliences lae what they may.
Resolved—T aT the Supi-eme CA,ert of t. a Mattel State,, by re.son
a majority of the jirdses thereof having identified it with a sectional
-and aggressive party, has
.lost the confide.nea and r.e.p:ct of the
poop aof this State. InSolved—That the .Gievernor of this•S ate
leS, and he hereby is, respectfully requested to transmit a copy of
t ,is report the law above nilationeli, and the•e resolutions to the
respective goyernors of the .Sbetes of this Union. An act to secure
freer:ern to all persons' fn 'this State. The peap!e of the ~lace of
New VOA, repre ; anted is Senate and Aseembh., (tor:Mac es fo.rows
sec. I. Ncith r desr•ent, near or remote, .from an Afri an, Whether
each htrican or may haVe been a slave or not, no:solo:a; oi satn„
sha 1 disco...lily any person I', om being, prevent tiny person lona.
'neon:tine, citiz nof VAS State; nor de such persoo of the
rigrits rod. privileges of _a eitiaen thereof. bee 2. P.sery sl4ve
who
hall come, or be,bronghf; Or be in Id a State, wdh the cousentot his
or her ri- aqsr or 6iste=s, t r who
.shall conic, or be brought, or he
Involuntarl:y in this State, shad be it e. See 3 Eve:y perso4 v:Ito •
s tall hoid,or -;;tienipt to hold in this State, in slavery or a, a slave,
any person mentioned as a slave in the second section of this Act, or
arty Jr,e le:son=of colour,-;n any form, or under a ;,y p; c_ence, or for
any time Inever short, shall.. be deemed guilty of. felony, and on
conviction shall be confined In the :tiros prison at hard labour for a
'term not leis than two ;or mgreaha ten y ears.

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PARISIAN'AMUSEMENTS.—f rausicat
.c-itice have for some
time pi-t been preeehing a crusade s geinst concerts. They are se
numerous that ereariely ae evealeg passes t•iet i • not occupied waist
one; either-at the _Salle Hertz, or _ the ,Sally Berard; ur the Selle
'Pleer,P; or e .irae 'lhe critical gentre.eea are indignant a ties.
If Lb :4 attemled only eithe part of the concerts their °yen-
inee and mernini-e would be entirely Ailed, They do not attend, but
in place taeteof Weise tioliendiornely the peor musicians who seek to
Reread their reputation be means .of these entert dm-its. M. H
'Berlioz, in the Detats of to-day, declares that audiences are paid to
attend concerts, instead of payin!. He said that an audience of "6co
!ars," by'which'Vto mey ttl9lllll, I suppose tbat he means 301 .par
soul, coltkistleast 3 teis francs ! A short tme ago he'adde one of
the- heneealent concer. giVe-s of Paris, teresght•of adapting; t. e
Auserieaa'sestsm, which conisists in offering with each ticket neap o 1
'chem.:Awe and a siice of p'e; bat the Paris:an audience, thinking tae
erecrenae ineuffielente seised whethertliey might not be permitted to
,partake of pie and choc-ilate witheat stopping to 1-ear tee music
nil concert-giver was inclivaet t,e grass proposal. "Eat, bat
bite,," idethe, in the wurda Of the aneleet The audi-
enee would no accept chess terms, end the concert accordingly ceme
to nothing. another critic, Si. de Remy, of the Moniteur, adoPt in
some strange 1., eory of the amusements proper to the seasons, de-
chines Oat there (meet to be no cane• rt eiaging.aft,r Eater.
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sorevad-‘Be;*: hh tells us, " gave a, reed, ioneere• the other say,- but it
haidoneadeern,su— it cense two month v toe latm There is a time.fer
ellithines,": says t ois humor ea, get cession ; 'rein the summer- We' go
to the waters, in the spring to the races; 'morning and evening
iiie,:calsseierelinments might never to pass Lent, time of penitence
With the Easter eggs sineipg shoulii cease." Pes hale; if M
Roaray develepts more folly Mile inciple he will arrore at the con-
clueless that •relodraecta slimed only he given during the dog-da; s,
atom irogedy in mid-w rater. Way not?
PoISONIMG.—Weeki after. Week, and. almost. day by day, there are
recordea ewes that point the necessity of more stringent measures to
ch, ek the ladiscrlminater sae of po 30t10113 substance-. A, Fa bane,
tile Rev. Dr., A lenandar • was-recently' poi .oned. through Lila gross
negleence of en illiterate shopmae, thememp:oy of a grocer named
Whitfield.. Pais ignorant fellow- wire allowed ac.iess to tile arsenic
whisk formed a pert of the sock of the shop; and, in supplyitig a
pound of. arrow root. mixtd with I'. a p oportion of arsenic sufficieot
ts,cause deaths In-the same hop th ire were found pacaets of core -
sive mill mete, jalap,„ sies, ann oxalic steid—al. kept in the: same
drawer:--at .horsey, a jury late y found a verdict cf. wilful minder
ageiesi a man for poisoning his wife w.th arsenic eni a-timony.. The
chernicel analvois was so admirably conducted by Mr. H, H. Watson,
of Hoiton,,as to render the cause of death cone naive. A drugeisr
named Gornall, lesiclipg. at .Chorleye depeeed that he had sold the
prisoner a- dracien of eta: :sr sed.anLimonve without affixing a label of
"-poison," eteleequiring what lase was about to be made of it.—At
Veeolwich, a woman who had been in the habit of dosing herself with
aequaek reme ly for thettmatiam, was recently delhded by a chemist's
assistant ants tat- ing seine medicine that he compounded in limier' the
required nostrum. Theenixture thns supplied (by a man entirely in-
'eteerienced and uneducated in- the treatment of disease) contained a
latge portion of colchicum, from an over-dose of wnich the woman
dte:::: Of course /Ink was not manolaugtter, • t was regarded :by the
jury as `.! an absence. of pr.-per caution," and the druggist's assistant
may, therefore, continue his prescribing unchccked.:e- he next case
occurred a few days ago at Gareeheed. Two draehms oft! act. camph.
co. were adia nistirsd to ;an old vienaan of 77, and causA her death.
On the ineae-t it was stated ,teat the drug had been procured from
the shop eta Mrs. Fenwick, who supplied laulannm also, wits out
the slieete 't restriction as to her sale of such draga, or the least am) Ar-
•teOge of their properaes being required of her.—These Gabes are
merely illustrative, and only' a few of many that have recently
occurred. .But it is ea ident from these 'list if any one possess the
taste -for experimental poisoning, attributed to. the Borgia and te.
'l3rinvitlhr.,, it may be hicluieed with impunity by only opening a
shop and serving out diuga broadcast, In all human probability,
not one of the deaths above cited would have occurred, had an effi-
cient Bill been introduced last session to control the indiscriminate
Sale of poisons, and punish those unconscionable seounirels who
dare to tamper with human IP-e, by admin staring medicines of
whose properties they are grossly ignorant, fur cliseaes they know •
nothing whatever about.—Lancet.