Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

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at JI MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
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I. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening.
The Cotton Market to-day was dull and in-
animate in the extreme, without any material
chang:.: in prices. The sales reported amount :to
)6,006 bales, of which 1,000 were for export or
taken on speculation. •
In the Share Market very little activity was
displayed ; and, as the day progressed, prices
slightly deClined, till nearly the cloSer when a
sudden improvement took place. The tone at last
was very good. The business done included sales
of Birkenhead at 78i; Caledonian, 93a ; Eastern
Counties, 11 13-16; Great Western, 691, ; Lan-
aster and Carlisle Con. Stock, 204 ; Lancaster

atidintia to ni,[. 4 91, p. ; London d Niirtlt-Weistery ,
;..Manchester,Mageld,,,a,nilaliimo4, 38,1;
Midland, 1.0.9.;. Scottish North-Easterellate Aber-
deen), Q 9 ; • South-Eastern.,. • 25y; • I=l4', WI Trunk
•- T! • • ; • 7ur fAT
of 1'014'; 92161

C. 3 ([I9I°W.4A XIII ffib.7:o:4i)
Che#cr SicAhf„.ad,i7rBi ,78. N..ErAfr. g..St2c,k, 95 ~ 95,1
Oalea&non - 9."3 b3r tOikcapieil`Stock- 79 - 791.
• • • • 4 0. '
E. Gounties. 1_1_L3..-16_11.4 Leeds Stock_ ... 49 421
G. N. Stock .. . .107 108 S. East. . .. 25 25 1-16

Areilt MellPros . • Y6Vll6ftl, teitßheaill Ail,: 'A _l4,
Lan. and York . • 99; 9 7 t. Luxern. ... . 7i . .
La. & Nor.. We5t...9.84 . 984. G.T..Ginna.;ll.o ii:i':loz,-; 10.- :.
, .1-inares . , ~.....w..771.Q4 . Gr.. W.,Clp.nada g.5.113:4 131 I
M. S. awl Lincoln 381-, 384 .
_,_ ntir,shafp,l“, .7 6id lj
MidltuidStoCk.: .. ' I:08i. 109 - lltiialci& t:liuron 41 5 i'
'N'.tßfilislififecll:ll"g2,l 63 '. 6fileat'Sifip`.-;:i.-11. it' ITI ft :1
N. Stafford • ' 31;31d gOnili!Venetian. -21 3sp f"
.
Lol4.l.3&(§lff&rk da9GE. _ _ ]

. z 1 It e Fl Tllol+l
Saturday Evening.:..
The marker-16r -b-pEifed
JiegvilyTandi with a liTniteti business. ConsttAs
declinea,tfraction, 'hang, quoted at, the corn-
meneementt 9.4 to. Z.. ;Soon after naid-day
business Tathoz• iraprasell, :or dt: least, there; was
nixteek. tho,i,h..Titrrhe4;a.
was established on yesterday's final prices. The
prevalihit clikOfetions7 rnariciates a better feeling,
Consols being' 'aria 95;4 iia*ers for the January

pPr Conts—haveL-been

dealt in at 95;1- 11; New Three
_per Cents. at the
-
'Barn"; IndfJ Deb4nturePt_97l io a FlExcheper
Bills, •142.01 285.... and.. 325.. rotthiDa "'Stock of
the NAva Indian Five ./ij'F't; toan is
quoted iblff ig 10,t ltogn7.thralaece'alice last
night. , 004 qt klarinpyl@wrage,p_ 3sl es, are
steady at.itmintlApremuTawi ,ez: tDs
In the Railway Share Market, a moderate ex-

tent of business was done, but at rather reduced
value fef stoßksz 6'rretiatliNrczstek7s,
South-Westerns, Berwieks, and
receded about 10s. per share. IClidlandivtitqti per
• 31q J
cent: lower. .
V.,lf I-I-7.7's • ' )
The market for .oreign Securities was scarcely':
so shirsuftYidithdirafid business was aliriOSi It a
stand .01',ortegmeRe hive 4eoifiedAoilictio AR9,nish
have be eu ..doffern tiAto 'atal 45 ;.(origimtl Turkish
at 771, and the New Sixes at 65a-

The price for French
was 78ryc.,,,w4,9.7,11,11
TiA ET -TE FUNDS,—C:
on. oney
„ Account. 952 '42-,
EXCheqUeitlll4.Bl j!):1
•

Rentes at twelve o'clock
market. ; ,;(1-1111
rnrc;s, „
i2t 1-9
TI fee per Cents. 95
.1,

~..,p,fIILIVA.I: 44.e.F.1.-.
A.Not. &E .T. .. ' 6J- --; Va-i-ic. eYork... ,002 100
tintrotiff. .e' . 91 41. r. &N. NV. ..'.'o§l.'.t-
-sq.iri•
hicUaltit.'.C.'. : 'L. &S. W. .... 97, B,
-liltkiFis ...tro;s, r,,,d,Northera..lsl '9
QE '' n'CiWn. ° MarOhell.&Lin.l). 371 Si
Edinbgh. & Glas. 81 2 Midland Stock . • 109 110 i
Great Tfilitlierril':" I thl 7 'North 13ritiih --.' .; 62 -,12
i Atrii3i 96 'N"..lltiffOidshire. ----
TV: Irettiii;io.. 694 i s. E. & Dover .. 831 II
~,GOir. canfada),ll,4l7l6, 9-1 f; York, 1'5;,,,,r...4.„,p4t,„5k
adz T.k.aof;C:loo-16 11-16 York &X. MicWairifii„ 91
oGeiS. 4411 W , 111 113
~
Tlie iollo:W.ing.appeared in a portion-, of our ini- i
*
presliott 4f Saturday :--- ! • . ',,,:_ i
~.„,,,.
- 3 4 'MONEY MARKErqit.„ ,TF•n.P-''
il ~,,•-_
o Rile funds tO;day. Were inanirnabii ,aad:lrathetieflat,
especially in theatiteitibott. Teildfday's recovery of k
•Vtitilertibarhas been lost. The other markets were
fittedy. the realisationsllhich,: haye
~na.ttfritlly,f4l-
lowpdte Late rapid rise. .o.,deinan-d eor;titoiley Id-
clay wascbrisker, . and ..there was .a less disposition of
dealers I take bills bii!?N! BanKeirriluttm.----Doiab'News.
! -
o The - Woo 4ty, ar
.tcie says :.—Yesterday transactions
were limited, the late advance in British stocks was not .
Ofagy. 4itained, realisations 14`,(446)ipectilitOiii:d
Ithr rise showing in some,.,e_aseS 'aideeline. Of -k to -I- per
cent. The traffic retifriii' of the United Kingdom for
ili6'iieglt=bititling Dec. 10th, showed an increase of
£4,7pq)oier same week lastvyear. ;- ±, ,i 9
~.ixaio:v
' iNhe !mtrovement Withe !Paris Boutikteaped consols,
to-hpeno with renewed budancy ; hat au: apparent disi
peisitiOn) on t1).0 . part of the public to reahse. pr4flts at!
the' end) of the year, led 'to a subsequent:de:Cline; titid!
the.. matkets*Ory:Y'.,W,ete:',dall, ,at thiclos,e— 14, Uri
diOeount naark4:p3-day thqfc was a "slig,44Anerear:o:ll
n i liylat previous rates:,,,,The account in. thi stock;
area shale taarket. which was finally adjeptetiTe.Ydtif'-liasl
beef the heaviest that has occurred for along time past.,
In foreign exchnighe4l4,-rateeilikkeilerallY about theit
shMe of l' `post.—Times.
~,
ffhe conrse.:oflransaction% not,only,effected:aaneed%
,late in the; day, but • it! also extended to foreign stocks.
:a44 railWaf shares ; the latter 'i-being, if poSsibtp,.inicke,
.seftsitivn t4han 4het• classes, through tile, went 'riser
established.. The exceptional cases were the:
-1
narabucooncl
,Indian,' which' presented additional im-;
proTenient'oWing':to continuous pirchascliSkiiarestmeii.t.
The,•alteration mi•this 'respect is very remarkable, and,
the treateT.;%limmbef,:?f these sec}
,licjw stand t;
prices mote_Lnearly, Oproximating,;; j.o fq;.ii '
premium.' The Pemnsalai and Griental 'steamer n u%
will -.it his estimated; take-'out ( froni . 5150;000 toi
.£2oo,ooo.773forning _Fierce 4. „
.... t,,,V1.1.9:1 1“... Oa

"'METAL .MARKET.r • ';

In his weekly eireutir; Mr: Samuel Griffiths says :
The imprby_e4 tone of the market for Stagordshire Pig
Iron, re or iii our lasi,' Continues to increase, and we
littdNEl;k6salli: &give of buoyancy. inrithe .demand
for the raw material this week, which is gratifying to
observe after the ntinuo monot. • y *lila has
characterised thistdti rtment the t• • • tfor the last.
two months. 'ln -elaas _ - Minb,': ands,. Native
Hydrates, and licematites, a large bibtsiness has heen
done, quite up telthe ruling rates," and all these classes
of Pigs are now ,worth ls.. 1,3 d. per ton more
than they were - three weeks, since; several of the,
makers having alrsady soldAhoir makes up to the end,
of Felarnary. n•qinder Pig,,lrb+isitlyanced.qQnsiderablyt
more thin Mine Iron, owing_ti) the circumstance that,

the quantity made is now very small, and the pricei,
have been.,,deßre4sed of 'late far below iiheir intrinsic
value. ,Otir .ofttation; :it will be.observect for Cinder;
Pig Iron is raised this
,week .6s;. per ton, which advance.
has been and will continue to be .obtained under the!
belse ht Inipibtkdiaipfect.efithe trade. A cbisideliiiilo
usiness has been done this week in Hcematite Pig
Iron from the DariMgtoti and other Northern districts,
and cps meifpr#l.gtia*edij ittiese ifcgc4glk-Ao!matite,.
Pigi are well- adapted adapted for a mixture here, and are likely
to come into—much: greaterii:echblietition ,--fvith the Pigs
of our own district. shrnpthire and Forest of Dean
still maintain, their position with the, manufacturers.—
Finishedan : The.demd Continues the Same ; never-.
theleaa the prospectillotftlie.futire 'are entirely changed.
ft'r,99.*ltttx• „ Thu ppinion.,9f all , the ?,eacling ruann-
tureri easilireid
bilthe.gtreat activity which prevails
in the Pig mail Let; and it is rather significant that the
improvement! t!lt' the( rket /4, the 1 faw material is:
sinigitaneoua Aistio„
stafrow.
shire,: and.. .`` the
requires: 6; 009 tons 'Or '15•445, I,ore-tendon,' having' been
sent on the' 15t1i. instant' The:l3446i faild"Barticts.
Cowanhaskjusf
_y__Punbas
. . . . . Yer
of about 15,000 tons, divided, it it said, ibetweaufthree firms
in Wales. The Eastern Counties Railway company,

contract , for ,3,000, tqns was; taken, ihy'm
house, nine days since., The contract, for the
Railway for 0,50 Q• tons of Rails, and 700 ton§.o gilt
Plates is nut yet given out. It is said that theconipapy.
intend to extend the range of their invitationsfer4p,
ders, and issue a new series of specifiCations. We tliinl
this very desirable: Altogether we believe that there are
now about 30 to 40,000 tons of Rails on the market. This,
togethe.r,with the coming!demand from India,, the Uuited
States, and Canada, Spam, and the Continent, no doubt
j ustlyinspires the ironmasterswith a degree of confident°
in the future prospects of the trade, unparalleled timing
the last twave months ; and although we • tlo. not

romMintstEß OUItIMAAtICET—YAKAfff-
Dovers, 24 15-16 to astern Counties, 111;
Midlands, 104;jTionki;(i.Of SliblEdds, 371, li, 81.

( •

DONTO)2BtEri-cor6l' mARXEI'..—Die. 17.
Tll6.'inizt—TY af'nlg closed the navigatipn, otsr supply
•Of *hat is"much less than w4ild'4eir the aeneral
P
quality is improved by the weat,her. All descriptions
met with a rapid sale at about 6d over the Prices of last
vrtelt Barley in fair supply, and for the' best
qualities there inqUirio l&rices ; other sorts a
slow saleoloSpiiiik orn;l.litilfaiti demand in the early

pall UI .UU LuaLskci. au.c.
e, ) 1 1.7L.1
DONCASTtk CATTLE.WARII:ET.I—Duc.
A ver:Tsinili.iupPly of bah beaks slieep, and
the market bein badly attended ,little business was
done. Pigs also -poOr sale ; little:ones were very bad
to sell at ,late`ratei. POik 6s. 3cLi0764:-'6df per stone.

zAnierir color mAmorr.-a=Dl6. 17. r_
• •
El •
There is an average pppYpf 'all (kinds of Grain Ms
morning,. and
,oreeS arenauch'the

NEWCASTIM CORN itillrlET.—DEc. 17.
. .
Farmers'Wlieat in small supply, and is cleared off
guic Ty, at fully Is. per quarter adiance onfi-pliCes- of
014 .day fypk..,.sputh,couzitiy held for 20.,.advnike,
chicks sales.- Foreign, in good demand,ti-and
fully ls. dearerbut_factori'do not, ntfer freely. Flour
is in active deniand, at is. per quarter advance. Malting
Barlerfirtn-Ldearer for fali. qualities, but demmionncirts
slow of sale ; sorts -ftilly as. dear. Oats—Not
much doing, but prices very firm. Beans alit' Peas—
ofteiing," iather :improving: Weather; in,
tense frost, and heavy falls of snow.
CORK BUTTER M4IIIRT7-EfEc. 17,
Firsts, 1195.; seconds,_ 115 s. ' • thirds, 10Gs. fifths,
1044..1;, mint * 645, 1,000, in mairketr; (.4 Tra f,..) A fi'
• • ,! !
L,IjIt,OI2FHED.A CORN MAAR T.•- •,-D7-0..
White-V _heat, 295. to 30s. ; 28. 6d. to 28s. ;
White Oats,. 145.: to 145..61.; Illack,,- 12s. fid.. to 13s.
liarley, 17s; 6d. to 19s. 6d.'

GLASGOW IRON MARKET;—DEc. 17.
No 1, 555. 3d. to 555. 9d. ; Warrants, 565. 3d. to
565. 6d. ; Makers' Iron, 555. to ,ss. sa.; No 3, ditto.
ditto. Market has been flat, but, now 3 "shade firmer,

THE DAY'S NEWS.
,•

. „
The Hungarian question is daily assuming a

more imminent and eritiCal. a.4peet. The Austrian
Government has apparently decided upon: the
bold course, of repression with an iron hand,

-instead of that of conciliation and mercy. The
lastcnes intMlns us that the aspirationS,after
better government are to be at 'once crushed,
before they have. become too-importunate, or too
universal to be easily-Checked ; and the means of
h;vc.i • . •
repression are to be the old-ones of the dungeon
and the torture. Within the last few days, we
learn one hundred and eighty Protestant noble-
men and .gentlemen have been either cast at
.JWIP%
once into prison, or cited. before the tribunals,
on suspicion of "having„-talgn pant in the
assemblies which protested against
patent of. September." • The Government,
Lc. are evidently preparing for rough work, .the
'Austrian army in Hungary being soon to be'raised
to 50,000 men: Correspondents, therefore, frOm the
spot are anticipating a speedy conflict political
and 'religious—between_ theamporial •,unthorties
and the Hungarian Protestants. Thus is "there
.another diveision in the great battle J..etween the
tviti principles of liberty and 6,uttitiaii.,- either
going .on or
.preparing all over Europe,- and ;of
-whichlital; was the .latest stage. fithi' it Will
end,or whether it eyes :•i,.•ci Uesfien

hard to resolve.
We are pleased to. see ,it repeated—after so
ilhany 'repetitions, aria' so 'Many- but tiffs
time on authority that appears pretty well
founded—that Count Cavour is to represent
Sardinia at. the COngresS, in company with the
.Chevalier Desambrois. ` This; it is said, has been
officially. .and ;speeially communicated, to. the
French Government. We may, hope, therefore,
Wl:there—Will be .one true and valiant spokesman.
for Italy in the heterogeneous assembly.
Lord Palmerston's opposition to the Suez Canal
-has no doubt been throughout to 'promote the
:interests of his country ; and if it be true that M.
de Lesseps; 'fa sueOeed ip;,'Obtaining a firman
from the Porte sanetbning the. Scheme, the
,-
Premier's motive will most likely receive a pretty
''forcible illustration in'no long time afterwards,'
for the finnan, it is said, is to•be one; notmerely
'sanctioning the construction of the canal, but
conferring the right of erecting fortresses; [and,
thereby giving the French Company—in other
words the French Government—actual possession
-04-oraovereignty over, several-miles of the district
through .whltli it-will pass. Well is it .obseryo,
-therefore, that it can form no part of the interest
of England .to assist in carrying out a Scheme
either whollyimpracticable, or of which the prac-
Jticabilitr4Oilig be Shown in creating, for the
espetial7-betiefit. of. France, an Egyptian Darde-
nelles or an Egyptian Gibraltar. More than this
it is apprehended' that 'another and perhaps a
more immediate effect :of it, may •be to sever
ifreillx:Tiu:itiW:7 is evident, therefore,
that future tro4les of poi Slight magnitude are
brewing in.that quarter. 0.%#7- A JI t`,l
;The visit of Cardinal -Wiseman to Rome has
iiinbtless :a deeper object than any tAileha yet
• „
beim spealated upon... The Cardinal is the
POPeig..chief representative in Great Britain—
perhaps we may say in Ireland also ; and the
kntei*urise Which -it is necessary 'from time to
time keep up is no doubt of much, too: , confi-
Yi entaal.a, na ure2 be ways with safety Made
t th
the subject of writte;j communications.
present, moreover,U thb-re, is a t*dfOld feeling
influencing the hi rll is in this country as
elsewhere—one that has to do with the

' teMporal• as well '..as. the ''Spiritil position ' of
their great head. The Cardinal, We learn, has
been cordially received by the Sacred College,
and by his Holiness himself, as no doubt he well
deserved to be. It would be most interesting,
. • ,
and infinitely more instructive, Could there but
•
be the opportunityof acquiring, accurate
knowledge of the r consultations ,he is now dont it_
less holding with them on the political inter
..ests
hi
of their thuTch in- these dominions;Tre un-
happily, have of late years been making ' only too
rapid strides.
Ey the arrival of the.
Vigo, wl`/.ch reached
Liverpool yesterday, we hive New 7-.
York intelli-
gence up to the 3rd-instant. As in the case of
the Bohemian's news, the chief f!ks' tures of interest
are connected with the execuiti on of Brown for
his share •in the Rarper'S '7
_erq insurrection.
The. British and.,,Noi ~eth7X7,rican Royal Mail
eSteara'ship/Compauy'‘. staff
aer Africa, from: New
York, withfour days' later
newS, was telegraphed
rning, about day-break.
off Cork yesterday
She may ther4fore• be r :.,xpected in Liverpool at an
--eariT hour-this mom' ing.
("Ir I,eca/ news, and also in our
ship-
ping intelligence,
ment of, what, we record a meagre announce-
if ,true, must ibe, regarded as a
great
- ,
itil:cl • 7 mournful , calamity. We allude
to the, state ment, that the ,likagnificent screw
pteamshiP Great Britaip,. lad foundered off the
Ewa %slands. Of this catastrophe no details
'are lett' ,n. It is simply a bald and unredeemed
accow' that the ship had foundered. Many cir-
cular stances tend to discredit the rumour. First,
Pa date is given as to when the accident
ccurred, nor is any information given as to
1 what caused it. The immediate locality of the
event is not named ; and, from the Circumstance

that the fine slip could barelt have reached the
_vicinity named. (if she had been driven so far outj
of her course) at the time when the information'
was picked upnear Lis!Orpool, there seems4ittle
reason for crediting such an unwelcome anti.
singularly-received a report.

'THE movements of diplomacy are like the prayers;
said to. be "Jove's' daughters," limping and slow.l
Before any general gathering
.of—diplomatists,l
there -are four or five ineii6s,was4(l-in apeiti-1
lating upon its. probability or .upon its pro-
priety. Once'decided ias proper,,and..generally
believed as probable, there are, of Course, no
end .of " preliminaries" to be adjusted—no -end
of " pribbles and prabbleS," delicate negotiations
tied "courteous disputes on the' how,- the where,
and the When::. 01-reourse,.the.ekPeeted. issue of
-all is a totegOne conelusion , in, the mind or
minds of the chief actor.or actors in the previous
upset, and their: business is in the meantinibifo
influence the diSpositions of the actors in the
coming deliberations. Who shall. be :asked to
join ? And if a. disagreeable-party has claims too
great.to be resisted or_passed. over, or is disagree-
ably necessary from other motives in the case,
how shall he be conciliated, the tone of hid mind
swayed a little more 'into the right,course, and
his particular susceptibilities guarded beforehand
against the influence of rivals, and the_sympathies
of a doubtful Cause? If the whole question
vere too helplessly left for the , iiadependent.
decision. Of diplomacy, or if, on the other, hand,
it were to become. too plainly apparent that
the decision was .being Subjected to indirect
influence, the object of the whole contrivance
would be 'defeated, and the seasonable assistance
of a congress lost, *as well as: its' possible dahkers.
MaY`;)'vell suppose that, .the " how" ,has
formed the subject of much astute management
and • forethought in one or two Imperial minds
for the last few months. But to simple beings,
innocent of the tortuous ways in which interna-
tional are conducted, it may be. per-
plexing that the. mere place where these
-imposing deliberations are to be carried on
forms almost also a no less significant item in the
long and tedious preparations. But. -
fsophisticated,..and the. knowing in the ways of
the world,. are perfectly
.aware how much. there
is for the highest and furthest reaching ptirPOses
in the propinquity of certain people, or the moral
and social atmosphere dwelling about a particular
vet, or what is called back-stairs influence and
. . . .
the facility of rapid communication with influen-
tial principals. The influence of an "evil eye"
is proverbial, and sometimes the mere presence
of some men insensibly overawes the spirit.
The "_where" occupies as important a.. plaee
in the category of diplomacy as in the, cater
g,ories• of ancient philosophers.' ' To escape ille-
gitimate influences of this sort, a neutral State
is often pitehed,upoii for the great diplomatic
assemblage, , so that the • names , of insignificant
towns mark seine of the most important treaties
•
in history. In the p,resent casel however, the
prime mbi.rer of the emb'rbilnient among European
Powers seems to have got everything: his own
Way, whereas in this he ought to have had least ;
and it cannot be doubted Louis NAPOLEON. will
pull the..strings- to: soiree purpose. at the coming
Congress of- Paris. But, who .that doubts the
'inner meaning Of 'the lightest and most •super-
ficial . arrangements, shall
.pOint the vast
importance of the fresh obstacle that has just
arisen in the onward
.path of European
diplomacy ? The. Great:Powers.:and. the small
. ,
Powers, and the at resent no Powers, have all
been brought to a-.pretty unanimous agreement,

laf-d-e-Ongresp roust FoTd. 'the two first
have circulated =long.-one . another the names
that are totignie at it,l'lth4laSt, that are•to hoVer
near it, and have been ceremoniously invited to
exercise their right of social or political objection.
The plaCe.had been fixed upon ; the time caleu-
lated, or as near as might be ; the portmanteaus
Packing up, and the attendant suite making
purchases of the travelling gear necessary
for this cold weather. But one thing had
S~ ell nigh been forgotten, or at all events,
taken for granted as too easy of arrange-

Merit. With an.. -unpardonable oversight,
that question of precedenee which every
wise infliiencea'so greatly the, ways
of men, orL--of women, had been left to taVe care
of itself. Could it be, that chance was to, decide
*l'io should first cross, the threshold of the
you ncil chamber, and who second, as. in that
Memorable case of NARY BLAISE, whom the. poet
- *has told us,
The king himself hath 'walked behind
When she did walk before!
,Was it to depend upon a• drawing of lots; or a
toss7up, or round of fisticuffs; or any other
ignoble mode of making things straight among
the meanest of disputants, who should sit above
whom, who should liavO a special ink-stand
before him, or have the:privilege of taking snuff
first, and patiolliing: his neighbours or the Pre-
sident with a pinch;, or hate' the 'call-bell under
his chair, or first „Manipulate the,eigar-box and
dispense the fragrant weed, or, in short, set the

copy in all these things and anything else, to his
observant compeers ? The directors of the play
Might surely have recolletted the Memorable case
of the two high-born carriaged dames, who, rather
than allow the other to get out first, would have
both stuck in a rut, until they and horses and car.:
riages together had rotted upon the pleee, had
not the coachmen, who knew well the importance
of such questions, fought it out bodily, among the
wheels, and decided the question with 'their -blood.
Yes, charged with such grave subjects as these,
the telegraph wires of Europe are flashing swift
messages from Court to Court. On such threads
are the interests of states and the destiny and
happiness of people, at this moment suspended.
With how little wisdom, said the Swedigh Chan-

cellor, is the worldrgovp...l Meantime ai14.4111
Europe is looking_enatarliat
__Ajmagedy...o
a farce? _ !itof ?m;:' 708

TUE fr6,o4o4ntie• world has just 16tht
.
a large portion of' its: population will, consitief
another Martyrdom in: the cause of liberty'sta
humanity. Strange indeed it is, and as pitiful
as strange,: that; all,partS9f
:the world at la P
such amartyrdom-shoukt take-place in a county,'
wherdlfr6edom is iiirbtei..*d be inalienable
right of man. Biieogitt 'IS: In the republic of.
America.there is a large proportion .of: the peol4
whO are not only
.deprived of such liberty all
enjoyed by the subg4ilOf. even despotic Gove
ments, but of their personal: liberty;_to boPtr"
where the colour-otthe-skin is-rnade-availablOs
a pretext for holding in captivity some millions
of human -beings in ,direct personal. bondage, is
which they are counted' inerely as chattels, and
not as fellow-creatures,—little less to their owners
degradation than their own. •
The martyrdom to which we refer is that oft%
fanatic Captain BRowN for his recent desPeratet_
effort to proclaim the liberty of the slave, and
carry his object: into effect at the point of
bayonet. That this was an act of rebellion •efo*
not .be denied. SO :long as the law legslit
slavery in any of the states of republican' Amen.q4+
that law like any other must be obeyed. It,?
perfectly allowable, and many will say, highli
creditablei to agit,V:for the repeal of that law,
that is, for the abolition of', slavery ; but the
object must not be ...atteinpted by means '9l
violence,— whatever fatal effects may ariie
from' such an -attempt • must assuredly

volve all eoneerned therein in the sole
penal consequences as would ensue in any °tile'.
Olit)ii4eife.T Snell'. we say. is the .ease according t°
li. 1'1) 'f -‘l4l gf.," . - - '
t.fti af, p -,..., etUnitedteiv and this being s f
poor Captain BROWN has had to pay the penalti
'Wfvhis,life'for that rising at Harper's Ferry in die
k
cause of liberty and humanity, which,'Under oilier
circumstances, might have immortalised him. as '
hero and a, benefactor of
idlis country. al
We '
not the apologists, therefore, of this unhaPPl
martyr—a martyr we calf him in this sene, that
he believed that he was one who by his-death
bore witness to a gicreat and eternal. truth ; and it
would be difficult,, to persuade his followers,' °t
even the abolitiOnists, as a body, in the Northern
4 I I
States, that it. may not be .said of him, with
much truth as it was said. of a greater and a better
man— . .
"tl4inartyr's glory crowned the soldier's fight,"
Neither would we absolutely condemn the Govern'
ment of the United States under the present ell-
cumstauces .of the south for vindicating the 140
evtnay47so:terribWmample as this. As the In°
wfis a• fanatic, indeed,. it would have been better'
,
perhaps, to have commuted the capital sentence'
the exainple might hive been equally or even more
i [ •
potent where such an example was most needed F.
ri G Pi
and it would haN;e been a tempering of justice
with!"miercy,.whicli.the wretched convict's excited'
no` .(to lay diseased,,,etate of mind, would "/13''e
• LI
futlytexeused. This, however, was a' questl°,
en:ti4li their own: As ;it is we do not th 4
tIA ne-ificution of such •an 'offender in stieli
a , cause will have any effect whateVer i'
repressing that growing desire for the abo"
littiot IF -slavery which is bein„o- r strigtgli
. . r"Iq• ~ .ag
felt intevery•-•Free,7Btat,e, and which is shalo"
~:.
,;,,,(
even the Slave States themselves to their,' .1'
1 . 1, it
centre ever .and anon, by the influence which
1
exerts upon: tlie:PoPUlar mind..
1 .. i. 0,.
But 0 the circumstance :-is, <one that reeds
solemn lesien:. to 'the tiiiieiStates Govern:al
, ..,
We admit. that the question of slavery is a `erg
difficult :one ; bilt:git the same time. alLare igr°'A
,i;
that it is the greatlore of Americti;ai the pfe'e i.
day; aild just is .proportion as, education
0:I
diffused; and virtuous: principles. prevail, ' v
humanity and jus(iis;alife recognised as 111,
mount,c.l principles,. will the popular • :4
ing agiainst::slafe4:' become more and it' •
• t 13
intense. Even in a political point of vievi,, 'itt,/
one ;of the sreatest difficulties of thelPlair
Sp.tes., Nothiegr- threatens so fettrfollY 4r
ety.
sClution of the-Union as this question •of 4;0 0
It not only sets.. the North acminst the
,Sod,lie
t~ T
though the.y.were. two .distinct and even .A
(, ct , ... Or
territories, andanstions, . lint it interfere, ,0
injuriously with the whole political action (IfOP6O
Federal Union—and it will continue t 0" :3;114
more and more until it issue, no one can tell ht
soon, iffitetual disruption. It may be perl
beet,
true that the condition of the slaves has old
eoupidqrab4 - improved of late years' 0,00
that the benefits of education, all 4 or
- • of religion, have---''beewesitli
pvted,,,to them in many insf44o4 00
the, utmost liberality and good , . kelingr c3se e'
<4.lte--4,lessings
.#lis does„.llota,4er the
,real typO 4 thie'filesi/
while it has this most disorganising ten' lito of
1 thatiitittakeS the, slaves, only 0.0 iirrei,
i:e1:! i Ago
. ,

Aitureu
There-an,' in -short; 'be no 'peace, no Si:lo4 .0
permanency;, for; ;the Federal Union of, ,40 0
So long'= as that, i f,;‘r_eat
,plague .spot, et‘,#:;el oot
alloWed to continue. HWe repeat that we 'l—to
unaware of the :difficulty of dealing 'wit/1 .000"
'we are ready' to acknowledge that great' 00- es
ante ,Must be made for the American Go4oii 0 a
iiiider the preSstire of such a questical*---
robe
difficulty, however, that they may ilnP ation
beforebe Hforced
i,nt3,o,
yger:rpsphl ea- -:ewithpirineds;elfun-Pieres7outeejci
as we have
,said, in the meantime. the only
;a pot
t
be cut asunder by such A disrupion as 1(‘)/1, fed
`only' separate. the north frora the south, biz, oa
a6riaell
likely, create a
"war 1- t II two . '
i ' ../Q -wee
I,hostile Republics. ' , .

• le' s 4
thcirrdegraded- condition, .an the ma
ft
therefore, to respond to any such ". • itog
that Paptitin-BR9w. ;; supgol
required to undertake to effect their -•
,