Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-05 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 5, 1859

THE DAY'S NEWS.

A copy of an inquisitorial circular, addressed to
the clerks in the Liverpool Post-office, will be
found in another column and, 'appended thereto,

very pertinent remarks upon it by the Times

We quite agree with our able and fearless con-,
temporary, when he declares, that "it is alto-
gether monstrous and intoleiable, that those who
are ,eutitled, in the discharge of their duties, to
the confidence and support of their chiefs, should

be exposed to the covert insults, and degrading
suspicions, which are implied by these incjuiiies,
on the part of the heads of the department which
they.serye." It will also be seen, however, that
the circular referred to is repudiated by the heads
of fife Post-office department.

It is evident that the Italian question at length
approaches a crisis. This might not unnaturally

be expected, as the issue of the uegociations that

have been going on between France and Austria

but the proceedings of certain of the Italians them-

selves, abetted as they are by the Sardinian Go-
vernment, are doing more than anything else to

produce the crisis.

It is openly stated in Paris that the promised
Chinese expedition hangs fire. It appcars to be
anything but a popular enterprise. China is too

far distant; and the interests of France there are

not considered important enough to warrant the

cost of such an expedition. -Arpreknt, however,
we are still in doubt as to the real intentions of

the French Emperor on the subject

The Gloucester Election Commission continues

to disclose the; corrupt; system, in all its varied
ingenuities, to which the Liberals were mainly
indebted for" their success at `the last General

Election. The importance of this investigation
is riot so, much on account of anything at Glou-

tester which it has brought to light, but as
affording an illustration of the way in which the
elections were worked by the Liberals, who had
their head-quarters at the Reform Club in London.

It is all very well to talk, as some of them have

done, of having had recourse to this corrupt expe-
dient and the other, in order to defeat the
"Tories rbut the Liberals have always professed
to be such purists, and to have held ;in so great
abhorrence every kind of corruption, that they are
now convicted as being the best actors of dis-
has

simulation in. political life that the country

ever witnessed. The inquiry is still proceeding,
and promise§ yet further exposures of " Liberal"

chicanery-and venality. _
The " Strike" of operatives in the building
trades appears to be assuming ti new, and if pos-

sible more important aspect, than it had pre-
viously exhibited. The men are for the present,
it, appears, prepared 'to forego their claim as to
the nine hours' movement; but, having expe-
rienced a considerable amount of general sym-

pathy in their resistance to the "document,"
they are concentrating all their energies upon a
rejection of that; and in this resolution, it is
said, they are meeting with a much more efficient

co-operation than in-their previous demands.
.By the arrival of the Anglo Saxon from
Quebec, we have intelligence from that city to the
24th ult., and by telegraphic despatch from New
York, via Father Point, to the same daie. The
information thus received does not throw any
new light upon the peculiarities of the San Yuan
dispute. The commercial intelligence is also
comparatitely unimportant. Some extensive bank
frauds are reported from the United States.
.Full
details of the news will be found in our columnS.
We have received the Panama Herald of the
Bth ult. It represents. the state of matters on
the Western Coast of America as generally pros-
perous. The San Juan difficulty, of course,
_oc-
cupies a considerable share of attention in the
columns of this Far West print ; but no new
light is thrown on the subject by it. In point of
fact, through other channels, we are in possession
of information concerning that event to a later
date. -

The monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Com-
missioners—the Local Parliament of B irkenhead—
was held last night. A report of the proceedings

will be found in another part of our paper._ From
this. ft Wilibe seen that several matters of interest
and importance,- which were brought under the
notice of the meeting, have been postponed to the
adjourned meeting, which is to be held on the
14th instant. -

YESTERDAY was a great day for the neighbour-
ing townships of Oiton, Tranmere, and Bebing-
ton. We have only to refer to the full report
which we gave of the interesting proceedings, on
the occasion_ of laying the foundation stone of
the Wirral " Water Works Tower; by Lord
SHREWSBURY and TALBOT,, to explain " the rea-

No one can have read that report
without feeling, that the opportunity was indeed
most happily made available for one of thole in-
terchanges of good feeling between different
classes of society, which cannot Ind have a good
effect upon the whole community. Apart alto-
gether from the question in dispute, as to the ex-
pediency of the public work which was inaugu-
rated under such auspicious circumstances, the
meeting.together of landlord and tenant—of peer
and commoner—and of those who are endeavour-
ing to do good, with those who will be chiefly
benefited thereby—cannot but be productive of
advantage to all concerned. There is a dispute,
it seems,—and it is most- unfortunate, we cannot
but think, that it should be so,—as to the pro-
priety of constructing Water-works at Wirral,
in the way that has been adopted, rather than
proceed under the Local-government Act. On
the merits of this dispute, however, we pronounce
no opinion. It ought to have nothing to do with

son why."

the appearance of Lord SIMEWSBURY among his
tenantry, and among the people generally of the
district where he has extensive estates. The os-

tensible object of his lordship's visit being to
inaugurate the Water-works about to be con-

strutted, in compliance with their own invitation
to do so, could not present him before the people
in any othei character, whatever difference of

opinion there may. be as to the works themselves,
than that of a friend of public _improvement;
and one desirous of acting under the conscien-

tious conviction, that " property has its duties

It was not unnatural that the tenantry of such
a nobleman should take,advantage of the occasion
to present to him an appropriate address of
welcome and respect; more especially as they
are evidently convinced that ,the object which
brought him there was the furtherance of a work,
which must bring comfort to them all. And it

must have been most gratifying and encouraging
to his tenantry, to hear from his own lips, in
response to their address, the frank declaration,
that his interests, as the proprietoi of those
estates on which they lived, must be in harmony
with their own,—and that he must always feel,
that it would be his duty to forward every local
and practical improvement that was likely to be
bendiCial to them, and to the general community.
It was not the time, he further told them, to talk
of the differences which had unhappily sprung
up between the neighbouring townships. It was

evident that his lordship was not ignorant of
those differences, -and that he deeply deplored
them. But he had come to discharge a duty, in
the hope and trust that his doing so might be
the comimeneement of an era of friendship, which

alone was wanting to make the welcome he
had received in all respects most gratifying.
The' peculiar personal circumstances under
which Lord SHREWSBURY appeared on this

occasion, could not but enhance its interest, =bath
with himself and his tenantry. He has succeeded
in obtaining possession of the estates, his right to
which was disputed,—not without a severe legal
conflict. But he is not yet, it seems, secure in that
position,—there is not yet an end to all the dispute.
He has still, on his lordship's own admission, some

more ofthe "glorious uncertainties of the -la*"
to encounter. He could not, therefore, speak to
them with that confidence which otherwise he
would, doubtless, have done ;—he could" not feel
quite sure, that he was yet the actual and posi-
tive landlord of these estates. But this feeling

was the only qualification which he gave to his

earnest assurance, that, as their landlord, it would
ever be his great desire to do all his in pawer
to promote their common welfare. - --
It is the, remark of EDMUND BURKt, that
" though hereditary wealth, and the rank which

OCTOBER 5, 1859.

increased
_wealth are evidently_ not at all likely

to impair that reputation, but on the contrary,
to add to it fresh lustre,—to make him a still

more useful 'public man, and, at the same time,
still. more valuable as a landlord an'd a member
of society. Let us cop--e, then, for the sake of

the neighbouring districts with which he has :1101,i
become identified by the ties -of property, that
Monday's introduction to his tenantry and the

public of OXton, will be but the beginning of a
happy connexion—to extend through many years,
and to be productive of perpetual advantakes to the
peighbourhood, and of constant satisfaction to
himself.

THE filibustering spirit .which is so much the

characteristic of all classes of

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