Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

and and Montreal

seat of GOvefg4tent—Ott

_, a popular and pros-
perous looking thing ; they have to reconcile with lieuld the, City' of Quebec appear to be of the
their own admitted anxiety and diligence the certainty of its success, that net only has it sub-

notorious fact, that religion takes no hold upon
the masses, and makes no entrance eicept into the agreeing to waive for ten years all claim for pay-

soribed for £304000 of stock, but it is. nom,

bosoms of 'a few

znent
,of interest dir• the same, or till six per cent.
__ ...
Now, if we can picture a state of things in which ' shall : have been paid on the rest of the capital.
the teachers of religion are earnest, assiduous, Canada has, we all
„know, within the last few SOUTH AMERICAN
LISBON, Aug MAILSust 29.
painstaking, talkative ; always anxious about the years, become one of the most flourishing of . the
progress of truth, nervously alive to any insult Bilitish Colonies; and the rapid progress and the Rxchanges on London, 24,* to 2413- ; on Paris, 31E3
- RIO JANEIRO, Aug 9.—By- the Tasmanian.—
inflicted. upon it, and ready to repel injury or out- extraordinary deVelopMent of her resources,
rage upon the sensibilities of the religious com- which has: taken • place within that period, owes to 395; on Hamburg, 745 to 750. The exporta-
i tion of coffee since the departure of the last mail
%unity ;if we can also imagine them very jealous much, if not everYthing, to the Railway
of the introduction or progress of error, and It is -gratifying, therefore,. to find that that sys- '
System. : amounted to 73,673 bags for the United States,
sensitive of the dangers to which it may expose tern is being still -farther carried out in sucha ,
24,495 for the Channel, 14,019 for Havre, and
1h,975 for Marseilles. Stock 60,000 bags. Prices;
the ignorant or the unwary ; and if, in addition Colony ; and, the English Capitalist who is with good firsts 5,900 reis, new ..crop 6,200 rein. The
to all this, we suppose them too exclitsively, and so much public spirit aiding in so important a
.Tasmanian brings no particular news of imp,-t
overwhelmingly attentive to the interests of reli- Colonial work, may be assured, we:belieye', that
gion as a mere theory, as a set of prepositions,
y,
as he is serving the interests of his own county as
a fixed confession, as involving the honour of well as those of the .(Olony- in which it is carried
-gligious body, and presenting an object of on, by investing in the undertaking.

being insufficient

comparison with the doctrinal appearance of others
which they look upon as rivals or opponents; as

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NOTES OF THE DAY

thinking to pi•opagate Christianity by denouncing,
, Spelations the Itali qes engage
its "counterfeits" or its obstructions, and talking publie.cu attention on,
&Ali .y6..can anciu odtion thestill Continent,
more about the stability of an 'institution, the though with as little, satisfactorY
.result. , as. ever.
glory of the national profession, the religion of LOoplitn,ionsappeat differ, .as to. the ultimate designs of
Napoleon.eCiand Victor Emmanuel tespectiveiy. 1
the Statute Book, than of* the. particular stalls It haibs beesugpected for sonic time, as lire have before 1
and bodies of their fellow creatures, 'or of partieit- ;shown, that the Pfeneli,Etnperor Contemplted`securing 1

_ .
alternative; and a Congress, to which Austria is
decidedly opposed, would have as little success as

the. Confere

The designation to be given to the new Pied-

I°,- mays to get individually at the»t ; then WE

mont kingdom has been discussed at Zurich

. ,
a portion of Italy for. his' cousin;, and it has. been con-
a counterpart and an explanation of the sidered that the. King ;of
,Sardiniawould :acquiesce in
such an arrangement, on account of Prince Napoleon
Present spiritual condition -of the country, in being his son-in-law. The rumour now is; that King
'Whiell religion does not come down to the homes Victor Einmanuel will accept provisionally the proffered
and bosoms of the people as a living and a sovereignty of the Italian. Duchies, to be annexed to
Practical regenerator, not a mere speculative
Tuscany,—provided. it. is sanctioned by. a. European
Congress. Such a Congress, under any circumstances,
are
formula of natural profession ; in which men it is now considered, will be' found necessary, notwith-
ta be made, not Christians by the close standing the evident reluctance of Austria to have her
nannad successful warfare with each man's sin Italian claims decided in any such manner.
The state of the Roman territory can scarcely be
weakness, but, Church of England men
• separated from the Italian question ; an. the present
condition of the Papal States, convulsed as they are
With civil strife, must evidently be calculated to increase
the'difficultids in the Way of a permanent Settlement of
that question. The papal rule in the Romagna, as our
readers are aware, has been overthrown ; but it is now
believed that the. Pope is prepared with a military force,
consisting in great' part of foreign mercenaries, to
attempt a restoration of his authority 'there; and it
remains to bd'seen what part France and Sardinia, or
either of them, will take in such an event, as the
friends of " Italian independence, " . ‘, •
The fact of the Lord Chief Baron having had a long
interview with the Home Secretary, respecting Smeth-
urst's case, is confirmatory. of the understanding that
the propriety of a remission of his sentence was seriously
entertained. Nothing certain is known of the result of
that • interview ; but it is understood that the learned
judge declared that he had not altered his-opinion as to
the guilt of the corsict, although he would lie sorry to
stand in the-way of a recommendation to mercy on the
prisoner's behalf; should the . advisers of the Crown
entertain any reasonable doubt as to the justice of the
verdict. Ono of the .strongest circumstances, perhaps,
in favour of the malefactor, if it be ti'ne, as it is stated
to be, is that of one of the counsel for the prosecution
having expressed an opinion that the evidence against
him was not sufficiently cogent to justify a capital con-
viction, and that the contradictory nature of much of
the evidence given by the medical men on the trial,
would have warranted •an acquittal. Everything con-
' sidered, it would.- now seem more than ever probable
that4he convict will not. at any rate be exmuted.
We have already had occasion to remark upon the
extraordinary fact of the criminal statistics for the he

Austria is willing that Victor Emmanuel should

be known as King of Sardinia and Lombardy,
but will not consent thUt he should describe him-
self as King of Upper Italy.

The Peninsular mails arrived at Southampton

this morning
On the 27th Lisbon exchanges on London were

521 to

Accounts from Sweden state that • the govern

denunetafion of Dissent ; or Protestants by
Etett •
unelation of Romanism ; or faithful to the

ment is preparing a bill relative to the extension
of religious liberty, to be presented to the Diet of
the Kingdom which is to meet in autumn

'marriage state by denunciations of Mormonism
or anything else by denunciation of its opposite.
The politics of religion may or may not furnish
a healthy atmosphere for the minds of the edu-
*eated; but they can never regenerate the people.
When sin rages in our midst with a growing
oiencc, it is idle for religious and earnest men
concentrate their enemies upon the extirpation
error,-----energies, indeed, that generally ex-
Peed themselves in useless and noisy protests,
While the moral pestilence gathers strength, and
increases the number of its victims. Sin must be
°vereeme before error, and the battle must be

The
latest measure measure of the King was rejected by the

privileged order of the nobility and clergy

-T--=

The following appeared in a portion of our impression
of yesterday

THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.
At the meeting of the executive of the Central Asso-
ciation of Master Builders, yesterday, Messrs. Trollope
reported a considerable increase in their number of men,
as the men on the strike had not declared a dividend on
Monday, and did not evince an ability and resolution to
hold out. The Central Association simply adjourned
for a week.

Most if not all of the members who came to town to
attend the Cabinet Council have returned into the
country.
The Times publishes a letter from Sir Francis Haar[

fought by bringing home the counteractive to
each man's bosom; by close contact ; by the con-
stant and continued effort of a practical organi-
zation
; not by mere words, or theories, or for-
as, which which fly beyond the sympathies, and find
-no resting-place in the hearts of the people.

India.
The Bombay letters of August sth will be delivered
in London early to-morrow. The weather has snadpnly

become unt

Fester

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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

year, having shoWn that while crime had slightly
decreased among the male population of the country, it
had decidedly increased among the female'portion ; .and

COLLISION
IN THE RIVER.--Yesterday afternoon,
whilst the Lady Gordon, outward bound for Dalhousie,
was at anchor in the river, she was rim into by the
steamship Danube, and received.considerable damage.
BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.--B, M. Thomas;
formerly a shipsmith, in Liverpool, appeared on his last
examination, and was allowed to pass, the certificate
meeting being fixed for Wednesday, the Gth proximo.
TRR GALE.—VESSELS PUT BACK.—Yesterday after-
noon, the mail steamship Angle-Saxon. for Montreal,
aYekorika, both
useoth
ciofnetnveheienhf htad
sailed he
.pNutelbv
andtliine. Kangaroo
aingnrn
alnrooinfg7
heavy north-west wind they encountered' on arriving at
the bar.

this fact, as.

indeed, still existing, is ,continuing to
receive fresh. confirmation iu the murders and other
outrages that are going on. Within the last few days

there have been recorded in.
,the public prints; in
addition to . the murder of, a girl by her
stepmother, alluded to yesterday, two very hideous
cases of criminal inhumanity on the part of
women,—one being the brutal treatment-by -her -in-
human mother of a poor prostitute who, frufn ill health,
could no longer supply the usual wages of her guilt ;
and the other the c 4.§e of an Old woman having been
thrown down a flight of, steps and .killed, by another
ma, whom she had happened to dis-

FIRE IN BRUNSWICK-STREET.—Yesterday morning
about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises o
Messrs. M'Clure, merchants, Brunswick-street. Mr

•
Hewitt and several of his men were quickly on the spot,
and the fire was extinguished without auy damage of
consequence being done.

O -- r---1--..wast with reason of the
said before, a recherche morsel is, doubdesS, in store for name of Englishmen, and are proud of the efficient
all who hear her, Giuglini will be the Polio, a protection which their flag affords -to their commerce
favourite part of Mario's; and Vialetti the high-priest , and to their personal dignity throughout the whole
0 rOVESO ; and from them also we expect great things. world ; and nothing would cause them more regret, and
We trust no circumstances or indispositions will occur indignation than to see this name and this flag sullied
to cause a repetition of Tuesday evening's apology. by unjust proceedings and unworthy intrigues, opposed
SENTENCES AT THE BoHouGH SEssioNs.—Yesterday not only to the material interests, but also to the honour,
the following prisoners were tried before Mr. Aspinall, of the nation. ~
ance, deputy-recorder, and sentenced to the subjoined terms Of intrigues and proceedings of this character we
of imprisonment :—Mary Jones, for stealin€, a frock, ourselves have been the. victims ; and we are about to
•
the property of Thomas Anderson, nine months.—John call the attention of the public,. not so much to the
The Paris correspondent of the Times says that Benvie, John Green, Catherine Taylor, and Mary wrongs we have ourselves suffered, but rather to those
things are going on so, badly at Zurich, as to Williams, for picking the pocket of Mrs. Barton, in St. which in our persons have been perpetrated, against the
I
render. a dissolution of the Conference in a very John's, Market, were found guilty, and Benvie and English laws ad the opinion of England,. and it is for
Taylor were sentenced to penal servitude for five years, this reason Wen hall limit ourselves in the narrative of
few days probable. . Green fer seven years, and William's four years.—lsaac what has occurred to that which has a direct relation
Vallally and William Irving, for stealing a tarpaulin, with themselves. Thus, if we invite the attention of
A Congress of war seems to somerthe only the property of Joseph Roes ; Irvin„ .- two months'
montlis' im- all, it is because it is a matter of interest to all ; for
prisonment, and Vallally nine months' imprisonment.— how can the respect due to personal security and the
Ellen King, stealing a set of bed-hangings, the property observance of the law fail to interest all ? And, even
ofCatherine Fraser, two months imprisonment.—Thomas were. it not so, wounded honour and justice trampled
_

two months' imprisonment.

MR.. SHERIDAN KNowLEs,---The venerable dramatist
preached on Sunday evening in the Victoria-hall, Rothe-
say. his health, although far advanced in years, has
been much improved during his residence abroad.
The acrobat, Blondin, has again crossed over Niagara
river oir his tight rope, - carrying a man on his back !
He promises next to take over a cooking stove with
him, and when in the centre of the rope to cook sonic
omelette-s-;. ,

A. CHURCH FOR Tr

for deaf mutes. has recently been opened in New York ,
it is the only edifice in the world set apart for this un-
fortunate
1. hooasf G
anda l 1 adnadneitb, Nivs hEo
as er rpeopalt aatsi
lals
aasnAiinnsotrriuoactno.r
class. The project was undertaken by the
e
we
TILE POTATO DISEASE IN IRELAND.—The Cork
papers state that the blight in its oldest and worst
form has attacked the potato crop in that quarter. The
fact of its actual appearance there has been several times
noticed in the local journals, but the tale is now told
with more 'circumstantiality than ususal, and is no
longer set down as a flying rumour. The Examiner
says :—" We regret to say that, so far as has come
under our observation, iu the rural districts for many
miles around the city, potato disease is becoming very
general. In one instance that has come to our know-
ledge a splendid 'field of 15 acres, excellent land and
highly cultivated, the crop on which was at one time
expected to realise £5OO, is now become absolutely
worthless. In many cases half and even two-thirds of
the crops have been. lost. An esteemed correspondent
informs us that the blight has set in with deadly viru-
lence along the coast from Kinsale to Clonakilty.
Six PRIESTS DROAVNED..—The Nantes journals re-
cord a melancholy affair :—" A party of seven priests,
and a young man, pupil of an ecclesiastical college,

hired, three days ago, a boat to amuse theniselves by
fishing in the neighbourhood of St. Nazaire ; and after
they had been so engaged some time, a sudden gust of

hot wou

wind threw

_ the tMat' - upset. The seven ecclesiastics and their
Companion, together with two men and a boy who were
with them, were precipitated into the water. Some of

,07 &
Calcutta, on the 26th of July,LA:tat there was a cyclone in
the Hoogley, and that two steamers and a number of
other vessels were wrecked.
While her Majesty's ship Pioneer was getting up steam them clung to the boat for some time, but eventually of
in Plymouth Sound, yesterday, the main steam-pipe burst the eleven persons all were drowned except one of the
close to the communication.. Several engineers and priests and the boy, who swam ashore. Four of the
stokers were severely injured, the ship Was enveloped in
collegesteam, wed
he looking-' clergymen were professors of the ecclesiastical college
glasses in the captain s cabin were
at Angers, the other three of Les Couets at Nantes."
shivered and boots shrivelled.
PRINCE ALFRED.-llis Royal Highness Prince
Alfred arrived at Dover, by the South-ea,tern Railway,
at a quarter to eleven on Monday night, acccom-
, parried by Major Cowell, and embarked immediately
on board the Admiralt3 steam yacht Vivid, Com-
mander Allen, which had been brought here
from Woolwich for the purpose of conveying his
Royal Highness to Calais, whence he proceeds, by way
of Paris, to Marseilles, to join the Euryalus in the
Mediterranean, his Royal Higness's " leave of absence "
having. expired. The Only official in attendance at the
railway station, beside the railway superintendent, Mr.
Way, was the naval superintendent of the port, Captain
Triscott, R.N. The night was unusually " dirty " and
tempestuous, considering the season of the year, and if
it be true that the oldest salts are not always free froM
certain unpleasant qualms during the passage of . the
Channel, the sailor Prince must have had his marine

ice to give to four foreigners the

ngnu of Donny demanding protection, bccause neither
justice nor honour recognise the arbitrary boundaries of
nationality. .

We will commence by giving our tribute of thanks
to the Police-court of Liverpool, and the Crown Court
of Assize for the county of Lancaster, held also at Liver-
pool, which have on two occasions stigmatized as a
crime the act of which we complain, and which we arc
permitted, in as few words as possible, to lay before the
British public.

On the 9th of March last we arrived at Valparaiso

ten o'clock at night, and we were handed oi•er by 'an
officer awl armed soldiers who came in charge of

- -as to the master of the Eiglish vessel Louisa
Breginton, "William Lesley, who had entered into
a contract with the authorities of Chili to tran-
sport us to some port in Great Britain. As the
price of this act; there was paid to the captain of the
vessel £6OO in English money, and there were, we be-
lieve, held out to him the greatest expectations, provided
that he ,refused to entertain any proposition, however
favourable to himself personally, which we might make
to hint to induce him not to transport us to England.
As vain as had been our offerings, so were the laws of
the United Kingdom, of honour, and of humanity,
invoked by us_ to induce him to desist from the fulfil-
ment of a contract which entailed on us such heavy
wrongs, and which, rendering his name infamous, out-
raged honour of his own country. After sailing for
98 days, during which, tormented by his own conscience
and annoyed by our cold and resolute demeanour, in
order to satisfy completely both his avarice and his con-
tract, by impeding the attempts of escape which he
imagined we were contemplating, he took the step of
falsifying the log-book, and the still greater crime of
rendering useless the only two boats which were on
board the vessel, and which remained in this condition
up to within two days of, our arrival at Liverpool.
These facts were laid before the police-court at Liver-
pool ; and the r
had in +

s legal qu9stions
which were involved, grounds also for the prosecution of
the _captain at thb assizes ; and these were afterwards

August,

:onstitution pretty well

THE ANTI-STltllit LEAGUE.-
societymen have forced themsel7

uy Lue aucuseu. Inc page, Baron Watson, on account
of the grave points of law which the case involved, left
it to be decided by the High Court of Appeal in criminal
cases after the jury had pronounced the accused guilty.

purpose of appealing to the master's to re-open their
shops, declaring themselves willing to‘abide by the con-
dition of the so-called document, that they do not nim

Judging that, beyond our appeal to the law, these
facts had sufficient. connection with the name and
authority of England in its foreign relations, we thought
it our duty and within our power to call the attention
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the matter • ' and
with this view we addressed, in the early part of July,
a respectful note to the under-secretary of the depart-
ment, with the view of seeking au audience of the
noble lord, at which we might have laid ' hero-0
him these facts and others of the like nature,, with all
the details and statements, which would be fruitless
and useless to such as only judge of politics by their
immediate effects, but not so to those whose. duty it is
to watch over the fair fame of Great Britain, and to take
care that its flag, its consular authorities, its ships, and
its subjects, servo as a safeguard, and not as instruments
of iniquity and wrong. But we are compelled to say
not only that the audience asked for has not been ac-
corded us, but that during the two months which have
now nearly elapsed we have not obtained even the very
small courtesy of a reply.
Had the Minister condescended to grant ns the audi-
ence asked for, we should have been able to tell him
that this is not the first time. that these acts hart
been committed in Chili and other sister Republic
giving him
.the names of some of the

hat on many

r publicly

;etretly.. h

will not belong to any

- -
I Zurich of Ca(

ditkc
f,anc
by t

.CH CON

.tie ex,-2res:

ter from

g is. &u ex-

ion oftbe
s at Villa-
:tire made

aapgr of
wishes

nitese gover-

may be easily qivina
11l artgbucedPFeed'
,coi iiitits s.
influence
thoughtThetisi•ei Nov spec2fr
persuade
entdhce B
populationsoitrqtie imy
ttiioi6n,
:sithueation by aceneitspootutoti. the annexation
'lime 10aultl
ein
cabinetfliyour
of the duchies to recal
ou,iirltsovereigns ; lie thought
should interposl
that Victor Emmanuel.
be disinclized to
of Tuscany and Modena, and
Legations, if the offer should be made In
and the
adduced with great- moderation the. . considerations
-fine' he
which Count Reiset was charged to ;le vancceonisidrirations
and Central Italy. The Sardinian,
Plei-ip o tient ivasry
said to have replied that his govcrnm (it could neVer bar:Y.
the Italian cause, nor do anything to thwart the --
. wishes
of the people„ which were unanimously manifested with
oc
of nal prlei es restoration;
so much calmness and moderation ; and so far as ec.n-
called himself personally he could. riot without failing
in his duty affix his signature. to a protocol sanctioning--
the restoration of princes who had fought against , the
Italian flag and whose unpopularity was unequalled in
history. Of course, the plenipotentiaries of France and
Austria might discuss the point, and come to any
arrangement they thought proper ; but Sardinia could
take no part in it. Such was the substance of this
conversation.

i

COURT ANI) OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Ministers who were called. to London to the
Cabinet Council 'on Monday, have; mostly returned to
their country riti:irters.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Dover
by the South-eastern Railway at a quarter to eleven on
Monday night, accompanied by Major Cowell, and
embarked immediately on board the Admiralty steam
yacht Vivid, Commander Allen, which had been brought
here frOin Woolwich, for the purpose: of conveying his
Royal Highness to Calais, whence he proceeds by way
of Paris to. Marseilles, to join the Euryalus in -the Medi-
terranean, his Royal Highness's "leave of absence"
having expired, •
The intention of the Duke and Duchess- of Malakoff
in proceeding to Marseilles is to embark for Spain on a
visit to the duchess's family in AndalUsia.

- •••,••••4314A. The Emperor and Empress of the..•
French, says a letter
from Biarritz,.arc not expected to reach this place until
about the 10th September. Their Majesties will not, it
is thought, prolong their stay at the, villa
,beyond the
25th, when the court will return to Paris, and then pro-
ceed to Compiegne, some days earlier than was at first
expected.

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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE

. .
The Right Rev. Bishop Carr has been afflicted, with
so serious an illness that he has been compelled to resign
the rectory of Bath, to which he was nominated in 1854,
on the resignatiOn of the Hon. and Rev. W. J. Brodrick.
Dr. Carr, according to •' Crockford's Clerical Directory,"
has been ip holy orders 46 years, having previously to
his admission to the ministry graduated at Cambridge in
1813. He was consecrated to the bishopric of Bombay
in 1836, and resigned in 1851 on account of ill health.
The rectory otßath is worth about £BOO a year, and is
the gift of Sinieon's trustees.

The Preeeßtorship of Chichester Cathedral has bees
conferred upon the Rev. George Croke Rowden, D.C.L.,
of New College, Oxford.