Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

CHARITABLE USES BILL,

Mr. Hadfield then moved the second reading of the
Charitable Uses Bill, the object of which was to amend the
law of mortmain.

The Solicitor-General would not oppose the second read-
ing, though he could not consent to many of its details.
The bill was read a second time.

MARKETS' (IRELAND) BILL.
The house went into committee on the Markets' (Ireland)
Bill.

Clauses one to twenty-eight were agreed to after con-
siderable discussion, and with several amendments ; and
on clause twenty-nine, rendering it compulsory for goods to
be sold in the market,

x,Ask9:o,xaoyed. the omission of the clause.
clause was carried by 123 to 35.
Clauses up to 33 were agreed to.
The Chairman reported progress.

BILLS.

The Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill was read a

second time.
The Parliament Voters (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time. _ _ _

The remaining business was disposed of, and the house
adjourned at five minutes to six.

THE REFORM DEBATE.

The Times says that Mr. Gladstone condemns the Govern-
ment Bill for every thing in which it pretends to offer a
reform ; and the only redeeming feature he finds in it is the
retention of all existing boroughs. The pretence is, that
small constituencies are better than larger ones. That is
really the argument, though Mr. Gladstone cannot. quite
screw up his courage to state it so broadly. The Tinaes
refers to a host of small boroughs, to prove that they do not
possess the virtues ascribed to them.
The Star says the Government have obtained in Mr.
Gladstone a powerful but unserviceable ally.
The Daily Hews points out the inconsistency of Mr.
Gladstone abandoning what he approves, and accepting
what he condemns. He rejects Lord John Russell's resolu-
tion, and will vote for the bill.
ELECTION NEWS.—Mr- Beresford Hope has announced
himself as a candidate for Cambridge University.

CANNIBALISM.—The Chinese passenger of the St. Paul,
who was rescued by the steamer Styx, and arrived on
Tuesday, has furnished us with the following account of a
massacre of the Chinese passengers by the St. Paul, wrecked
at Rossell Island : —"The ship went on shore during the
night, and when she struck the passengers all rushed on
deck, making a great outcry, upon which the captain
drove them all below again. When daylight broke we
landed by means of the boats on an island, where we
remained two days without any water, when some of us
went on board the ship again to get some, as also provi-
sions. The captain left in his boat with some of the crew,
and we were not disturbed by the natives for a month
after he was gone ; they then came over from the main-
land, 'distant about three-quarters of a mile, and made
an attack on us. Some of us had double-barrelled carbines,
but we got frightened, and threw them away.. The only
white man left with us, after the departure of Capt. Pennard,
was a Greek, who, having armed himself with a cutlass,
fought desperately, and killed a great many of the natives
before he was overpowered. They then took all our clothing,
&c., which they partly destroyed. Any valuables that they
found, such as. sovereigns, rings, &e., they placed in a net
bag,which each man carried round his neck. A watch par-
ticularly excited their attention, as they were continually
opening it to observe the reflection of their faces in the glass.
At night we were placed in the centre of a clear piece of
ground, and fires lit in several places, the natives keeping a
regular watch over us, and during the day they would select
four or five Chinese, and, after killing them, roast the flesh,
and eat it ; what was not consumed being depo-
sited in their nets. This mode of proceeding was as
follows:—The victims being decided on, they were taken
out, and beaten all over (excepting the head) with a kind
of club, and then dispatched by ripping the stomach open.
The body was then eut up in small pieces, and divided,
the fingers, toes, and brains being, eagerly sought
after • the bones were then collected, and either burnt
or thrown' away, I saw ten of my. fellow-passengers
' killed in this way. On one occasion some of the
Chinese took a ' boat which belonged to the ship, and
went over to the mainland at night to get some water,
but never returned, so we thought they had been killed,
Every day they brought us cocoa-nuts, or some wild roots
to eat, and appeared to be quite friendly with us. This
state of things continued until I was taken off the island.
When I left there were only four Chinese and the
Greek alive, all the rest having been killed. I saw these
five the day the steamer came in sight, but when the natives
saw the boats coming on shore they took them to the moun-
tains. I was sick and lame, and they would not carry me,
so that I watched my opportunity, and contrived to conceal
myself among the rocks until the boat came on shore. They
are very numerous, but do not appear to have any chiefs
among them ; they live on cocoa-nuts, of which there are
large quantities, and a kind of yam, which they roast before
eating ; but, beyond a few dogs, I saw neither animals or
fowls of any land,— Sydney Itorald.