Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

SHIPPMG INTELLIGNCE.

GIBRALTER, August 19.—Arrived, the ship Arno, from
Cephalonia, with wheat for Liverpool, cleared. 23rd, the
steam troop ship Lebanon, five days and eight hours from,
Liverpool, with troops for Gibralter and Coda; 24th,
the steam ship Damascus, five and a half days from Liver-
pool, with general cargo for Mlta and Constantinople,
cleared. The echo-Ter Martha Pope, thirteen days from
Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar; 25th, the steamship
Euphrates, six days from Liverpool, with bale goods
for Palermo and Trieste, cleared.

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, AINTRE7.—OH Sunday last, Aug.
30. h, the anniversary sermons were preached in the above
church, in the morning by the Rev. Dominick Joseph
Poggi, D.D., Principal of the New Cellege,New B ighton,
Cheshire ; in the afternoon by the Rev. Richard Apple-
ton, M.A., Chaplain of the County Gaol ; and in the
evening by the Rev. W. H. Vernon, A. 8., the Incumbent.
QUICK Pesseoes.—Mr. Fabirt, of Parliament street;
writes us :—" Having read a para•graph in your paper of
yesterday's date, that the Peveril of the Peak, Captain R.
Murphy, had made a quick , passage from Bremen to
Liverpool, I beg to give you a cumber of passages that
have been made by other ships, viz,, the barque Adelgundi,
Captain Munchhaiisen, in seven days; brig Amanda, Capt.
Draws, seven days ; and the barque Theresa, Captain-
Stets, eight days."
THE STATISTICAL C,NOECESS.-The Austrian Gazette
mentions that the representatives of France, Great Britian,
Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wurtemharg, Belgium, Hol-
land, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Tuscany,
Baden, Weimar, and Nassau have already arrived in
Vienna te attend the StatisticaSongress.
THE CARAVAN IN IHR DE*RT.-Letters from Syria
report the total destruction SO the Desert of a caravan.
The latter, consisting of 500 persous and 1,000 camele,,
laden with mcrehaudiss, started Iron) Damascus on the
29th of June, and by some misnesnigement, lost its
way. The entire caravan perished, with the exception of
some 20 perons, who were rescued from certain death
in the sand by wanderings Arabs. The merchanise was
naturally c-nsidered a lawful prize by the latter, but the
Governor of Damascus has sent in a claim in the name of
the heirs. This, however, is a subtlety of the law which
the Arabs do not recognise.
THE LAW RELATING a 0 MEABER3 OF PARLIAMENT
BECOMING BANKRUPT.-An instance h4ving occurred of a
member of Parliament becoming bankrupt, the law on
the subject, which is by no means understood, should be
knenn. By the 52nd Geo. 3 c 144, it is enacted that a
member becoming bankrupt is incapable of voting or
sitting for a year unless within that time the proceedings
are superseded, or the creditors paid the full amount of
their debts, and entering into a bond with two sureties for
the 'yummy of disputed debts, if recovered, is to be con-
sidered as payment. If within a year the flat is not super-
seded, nor the debts paid upon a certificate from Commis-
sioner to the Spe: ker. the seat of the member is to become
vacant. The act in question- has reference to parties-
becoming bankrupt after their election as Member of
Parliament. In a borough the qualification is a clear
annual estate of 3001, and before a member takes his seat
he must deliver to the ale-k of the Hesse a pap's signed
by himself, containing a descripfien of the estate of:quelifi-
cation, and tlstre take and subscribe an oath of its value.
J A EWI-H PREACIZER IM A CHAPEL.-The Deborah
contains a letter from Mr. Wechsler, dated Obney, 111.,
U.S., June 25, 1857, in which the writer gives an account
to the editor of an invitation which he received from a
number cf Christians to explain to them the tenets of
Judaism. Having accepted the invitation, the methodists
volunteered to open their chapel for the purpose. The
lecture, which was to bo given on Sunday, was duly_
advertisrd in the local papers. Mr. Wechsler describes
thus his feelings when about commencing his explosion :
" There was a feclinz of solemeiry in my heart. I thought
of the day on which the wht of Israel stood before
I said to myself, You are now to address an assembly of
Christians, and to make it acquainted with the eternal,
unalterable truths of Judaism. I thought of the high
mission of Moses, and reflected on the important probleme
the solution of which lay before me," By order of the
churchwardens the bell was rung inviting the people to the-
chulcb. The place of worship was crammed, and yet
many could not gain admittance. A -psalm was sung,
after which I ascended the pulpit, offered up a prayer, in.
which l prayed to God that He might disclose the
excellence of Judaism to all mankind. I spske for an-
hour, and the lecture was listened to with the greatest
attention. At the close the wish was expressed that I
should deliver some few mere discourses, which I also
premised."
ENG .AND AND FDANCE.—ThS presses after alluding to
the good fee;ing manifested towards England
S ates press, ,iv s utterance to the following sen-
hy the most influential organs of the United
utnents :—Democratic France would have more to lose
than to esio by the total eclipse of England, who has so
long filled the tw. o worlds with her renown. If her
Uapf,e): an o won d delis e • France from a rival, it would
likewise deprive her of an auxiliary; for, in our eyes,.
ti.e social interests defendcal in concert by England and
Franca as Vr mere precious than the mercantile interests;
which create the' rivalry of the two nations. The
deilne of one cells' not increase the force of the other.
yet it has often been repeated tha. the ekvati an of
E--gland wcul.l weaken France, and that the grandeur
of the latter would be enhancrd by the • decline of
England. Ti i, is a very false and narrow INlnner of
eansiderirg the fatare, for solidarity and emulaon are
te allies of progress, while exclusive policy and grot-
ism its dead weights. Had France no longer Englansl
before her, she would have Russia, Austria, and all
Germany in coalition against her increased preponder-
ante. We should merely change oar enemies on land
and on water, for the rule of the ocean would fall into the
hands of the Americans. England and France form the
p -oteetion of European equilibrium, which would other-
wise be immediately destroyed, and not to the advantage
of democracy. 'This is also the view taken by the Ameri-
can journals.

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