Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-07 00:00:00

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OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCES RESPECT-
LNG THE PEIHO AFFAIR.

The Gazette of Tuesday evening contains a long and
important correspondence between the Earl of Alaltnes-1
bury and Lord John Russell, the late rand the present
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the lion. F.
W. Bruce; her Majesty's Plenipotentilry in China- and
also the correspondence between .31r. Bruce and Rear-
Admiral' Hope. Froni this correspondence, it appears
that Mr. Bruce instructed to insist, upon pro-
ceeding to Pekin, to • exchang
treaty of peace ; th

he -naval and military

;hat I

accompanied the Earl 'of Elgin ; and th

a. LIC-

authorities concurred in that opinion, and deemed it ad-
visable, unless unforseemoircumstances should.arise,. that
Mr. Bruce should reach Tien-tsin in a 'Britikli shiP,-0f-
.....

Mr. Bruce details the evasions of .the Chinese

authorities, which indueed him, in conjunction with the
French Plenipotentiary, to require Adintra,Hope to force
an entrance into the Peiho. He declares that if.A.dmiral
HOpe had thought the operation too hazardous, such an
opinion would not have been shared by the officers of the

squadron and by the persons most conversant with
Chinese warfare.; and he adds that he fully accepts, in
conjunction with"-'Admiral'-Rope, the- responsibility of
the attempt which was unsuccessfully made. Lord Joh!'
Russell. iu a despatch to Mr. Bruce, dated the

6th So

tomber, states that Mr. Bruce; s oonduct in insisting
upon 'reception at Pekin, and in probeeding with a
squadron to the mouth of the Peilio, was in strict con-
forinity with his instructions. When Mr:Brnce arrived
it the mouth of the Peiho, he found himself in difficult

circumstances, and his course' had to b, determined
by presumptive evidence and by the consideration of
continencies which did not admit of safe calculation. So
Lord John Russell adds :—" I can only say, therefore,
that Her Majesty's Government, without being able, in
the present state of their information, to judge precisely
what measures it might have been advisable. for you, to
adopt at the moment, see nothing in the decision' that
you took to diMinish the confidence which they repose
in you. In conclusion, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs adds, that orders have been given
for preparations which will enable the British forces;
in conjunction with those of thC Emperor of the
French, to support Mr, Bruce "in the execution of
the instructions which will be hereafter ;addressed to
you."

LEGACY TO Miss WOOLGAIL—We regret to • state
that we have the very best authority for denying the
truth of a statement which has appeared in several
papers, to the effect that a legacy for a large sum of
money has been left to Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred
Mellon.).,
JENNY LIND'S CRARITY.—The celebrated caatatrice
has been always distinguished for her good and charitable
disposition ; and during even the'short stay which she
made in our city, has given proof of it by presenting £lO
each to the South Infirmary, the Lying-in Hospital, and
the House of Refuge.—Cork Herald.
ATTACK ON HER MAJESTY'S MAIL.-011 Sunday
morning, as the driver of the car which conveys the
mail from the Ballybrophy station to Roserea was on
his way a short distance from Ballybrophy, on the road
to Borns-in-Ossory, he was stopped by three men, one ,
of whom held the horse, and the others cautioned him
if Ile drove that way again it would be his. last drive.
A person _ who formerly drove this car was recently
dismissed.—lrish Ti
THE GREAT EASTERN.—Very, high opinions- have
recently been expressed as to the sailing powers of the
Great Ship. Proportionately to her bulk the area of
canvas she can spread is rather small ; but, from the
excellence of her construction, its effect will, it is hoped
and fully believed by nautical men, be found unusually
great. It is -probable that she will have an oppor-
tunity of testing this during the trial trip. Her
course during this is first to the Scilly Isles, then across
to the Old Head of Kinsale, and thence up Channel to
Holyhead, where she will be anchored neither exactly in
nor- exactly out of the breakwater, but in about a line
with it. The reason of this is, that if she was brought
completely in, she would barely have room to swing at a
single anchor. Ori the 17th it is hoped that her
Majesty will inspect the vessel, as, according to existing
arrangements, she would pass through Holyhead on that
day, Although the ship may start punctually fronl
Weymouth, it is .scarcely possible that she
leave will
the
Holyhead for America on the 20th• of this. month,
nwehcierwryinalrteenraaetiro
stiosmthe dheelraymofa nature
unavoidable.acliin ery being

COURT AND 'OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

BAL.* ORAL", , OCTIi3:---Ifer,lll,AjAsty,. Accompanied .by
the'Prince—of W and Princess Alice, and attended
l.vLady Churchill, rode . to Loch na Gar. ..The Prince
-Consort .went:6lll deer stalking. .

Her Roxul Highness.the Duchess of Kent is still at
Norris 'Castle, in the Nle of Wight. ,_ Her Royal High-
ness's health is quite re-established, and her Royal
Higiness` will return to Proginore towards the end of
October.

ECCLESTAST,I CAL. INTELLIGENCE,

. . . .... .
.The rccantly consecrated Bishop of St. Helena, Dr.
Piers .Claughton, will leave .England in a few -days for
his distant diocese. The. Bishop of Capetown, Dr. Grey,
who' has been .mainly instrumental in •proeUring the
erection of St. Helena into -tr.separate see, is also about
to faun to the Cape Colony. The see of St. Helena
includes Ascension and Tristan d'Acunha, together with
e
rious Colonial-office
tepcioica sotpoa fi .sSuopue trh_
.i.lliiie ri chargee
a , a tool le. . tnht
,b)lmyEpenixigtseleiandhs i
by
afitehel
ude
of Capetown. The new see be-
comes a' sutfracran‘ to Capetown, and thus makes that
n
province to consist' of, four bishoprics—viz., Capetown,
v_
'Awn- Natal, and St. Helena.

vision, formerly

fididn in the diocese

.: It is most satisfactory to find .that the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel has voted £1,200 per annum
'for the foundation of new missions beyond British ter-
ritory—viz., in Independent Caffraria, in the Pandas
country beyond "Natal, and in tke Free State, including
Moshesh's-and the,Griqua country. These districts are
estimated to contain a population of 400,000. The esta-
blishment of amission, to consist of six missionaries and a
bishop, in the regions explored

. Livingston, has also
-Pedattentioni and several distinguished university-

meit have formed themselves into a committee to carry out
the Vroject, It has.been!tidrnittecilly the Colonial Secre-
tary, after consultation with the law officers 'of the
Crown and the Archbishop of Canterbury, that there is

:nothing to prevent the gbishops of the mural in South
-.Africa -from• consecrating in their cathedral churches
bishops .to head missions in. countries beyond the- domi-
nions of;herdlfajesty. The Bishop- of Capetown has
succeeded in collecting £20,000 for missionary purposes
in his diocese.during his visit-to England; and his lord-

Columbia (Dr. Hills) 'does. not ii

)efore the

)ose to leave England

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CORRESPONDENCE

[Tre do -tioihold ourseli:es responsible fop the cpinions of

TO THY

our correspondents.]

-STREET WARD ELECTION.

EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY

One.pf the greatest privileges that can be con*-

ferred i

which 'does not, .

wing a daily Conservative journal

some ,enthusiastic 'publ

:nd full enunciation of

those sentiments which may not exactly accord with its

views, or the 0 principles_ it unflinching
_ _
However, I

constitutionalist

y maintains,

i have been a reader of the Northern _Daily Times
since it assumed its new proprietary ; and while 1
admire your able advocacy of thoSe sound and consti-
tutional principles which have made "England Queen
among the nations," I cannot close my eyes to the fact
that, under your head "correspondence," you permit a
freedom which few other public journals do, that of
giving justice, and fair play to your correspondents.
In reading over your publication of Wednesday last,
and in referring to your adVertisement columns, where

the addresses of, the various out-going members of the
Town Council appear, I perused very carefully that of
Mr. J. R. Jeffery, of Compton-house. The length of

cument, a

love made by. the

tud, in doing

his 'whole public life

gentleman in
, tlrat is not

, .
embodied in the prosy epistle referred to. Whether Mr.
Jeffery will sustain any opposition in Lime-street Ward,
but one thing appears to my

hat although he niayilorify