Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

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) provide the ma-
and,

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efficiency

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3 lack of the tal

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When was ther

imber of relit

s novelties, a g

Is publications

irrev Gardens.

eater worship of

)N opens his

and five, ten, or

are paid for pit, box, or gallery,
ipacity which is limited by the

ie applicant. The votaries of

ash as, except at the door of the

never crushed before ; the peeress

for an hour to plebeian associations

heian inquisitiveness. She hangs upon

lips Of SPUR

)EON, and resigns he

self to her

elling-bottle

Only a week

`l°, metropolitan omnibuses poured forth their
"Ands all agog to witness a Bible buried

"'heath the foundation stone of Mr. SPURGEON'S
'4''tlY tabernacle ; while hundreds of well-dressed
417(40es crowd up to the favoured platform, like
theyle Ileri to the gates of Paradise, if so be that
llaY but touch the SPURGEON hand !

no difficulty in getting audiences to a

ieting ; nor in influencing men's daily

-,.ittions and political prejudices by religious
8 and watchwords. There is, in fact, a busy
itiveness on the subject of re-

44d
restless se„

its conflicts and its fortunes—throughout

society, forming an ample religious

L' "'ilea the leaders of opinion can work to
(stalitae' and which would seem to furnish a
tv, trt°ral leverage for good. Now, keen ob-
el.B of life, who do not affect much personal

T Christ

ianity, but can judge philoso-

51- means and appliances, and the

of moral or

social

agencies, tell

all this good energy is wasted
le of Sectarianism They tell us, that

among us takes the appearance of a

is One competing theories, each con-

Prussia and Russia

ation of the

New Yc

practical
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derived fi
Atlantic c
The la:
just been
exports s

last year

the last si

amount

ipal officers

)f our coun.

endeavour

ably small

l'om it will I

as they ca

st month's I

as compared v

which prove

ix months ha

or the same 1

to pres

even exceeds that of the

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a wealthy ci

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ved from t

big, is, if we r

It on that ski(

our own

a returns, whi,

;e 1n tho vgaue

responding perioi
general commerc

en at least £lO,OOO up& the
od in 1858 ; and the amount
same period of the previous

highly prosperous year of 1857

THE LATEST NEWS.

ROYAL COMMISSION ON WORKS OF

NATIONAL DEFENG

The Gazette contains the nominations of the
Commissioners appointed by her Majesty to

enquire into the present state of the fortifications
for the defence of the United Kingdom, and for

examining into all works at present in progress
for the improvement thereof, and for considering
the most effectual means of rendering the same
complete, especially all such works of defence as
are intended for the protection of our Royal arse-
nals and dockyards, in case of any hostile attacks
being made by foreign enemies both by sea and
land. The names of the Commissioners are as

follow :—Major-General Sir Harry Jones, Major-
General D. A. Cameron, Admiral Elliott, Major-
General Sir J. Abbott, Astley Cooper Key, RN.,
Lieut.-Colonel Lefroy, and James Ferguson, Esq.
Captain Jervois, RE., is appointed secretary.

Very ample powers are given to the Commis-

sioners

The Gazette contains the new rate of duties to

be imposed on the importation of foreign cast and

in Poland

wrought iron into Russia. The duty
and in the Sea of Azoff remains as before