Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

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SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 1, 1589

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Foreign intelligence continues indistinct and
embarrassing. No progress appears as yet to
have been made towards a general settlement of
the questioni in dispute in <the councils of Aus-
tria, Italy, and France, with regard to the future
independance of Italy.
. .
The struggle for municipal: honours has officially
begun. Yesterday we recorded the meeting of a
deputation to Mr. Shimmin, requesting that he
would allow himself to be again put in nomination
for the ward which he has so efficiently repre-
sented since his election to office. What may be
called the term of his official life expires at the
end of the; present month, unless he be re-elected.
Of the certainty of his re-election there need be
no doubt.' The good sense he has displayed at the
Counc

1 Board, his general attention to business,
and his able services in the Markets' Committee,
speak impressively as to his value in the manage,
ment of municipal affairs ; and, wliat is more,
as to his worth as an, independent member of
the Town Council. His return ought to be made
secure. In St. Ann's Ward the electors, having,
apparently become impatient of the domination of
what is called the "Liberal' clique, have solicited
Mr. George Nickson to allow himself to be put in
nomination as representative of that ward. To that
solicitation Mr. Nickson has cordially responded.
In Castle-street Ward the burgesses have resolved on
bringing-forwarcl;. on inclependentprinciples, Mr.
Woodburn, whose prospects of success are of -the
most flattering description ; and we understand
that in Scotland Ward Mr. Woodruff.will be op-
posed, and many:people belieVe and hope success-
fully, by Mr. Boroughs.
From the return (all but official) of the
quarter's Revenue,. which we publish in another
column, it will be seen that there is an increase
-of £530,009 on the general revenue of the present
quarter, aA compared with the same period of last
year. It is further gratifying to know that the
increase is manifested chiefly in the Customs and
-Excise departments,
The recent riots in the district of St. George's-
in-the-East cannot fail to. be matter of deep re-
gret to all who have the interests of the Church
—indeed the interests of religion, if not Christia-
nity itself—at
.heart. The proceedings of the
malcontents—a report of the legal proceedings
against -whom will be found in another column
—have brought down on the head of Mr. John
PetersOn a severe judicial rebuke, with a further
intimation from the bench that such conduct as
that of which he has been accused will meet with
marked condemnation.

The church approving portion of the commu-
nity must feel gratified 11 witnessing the
cordiality of feeling with which the missionary
efforts of the Chuich are everywhere hailed. But
yesterday, as it were, we felt called on to record
the success of the oldest missionary establishinent
connected with the Church. We now record
efforts for a similar object in another portion of
'the globe. We allude to they meeting held last
night in Birkenhead, in furtherance of the objects
'of -the Columbia Mission., but while doing so,
cannot refrain from offering our gratulations to

3ospel in

'oreign

• J. C.,
Parts on el
the success which has - attended its
appeal to Liverpool and the neighbourhood. The
proceedings, at a meeting ' connected . with this
society, held last night at Aigburth, will be found
reported in another colunm.

MINISTERIAL revelations in the country* and

ss, are usually of a mild, inoffen-

and sympathising nature

The poliiiciin

ences which isolate him in the senate, and place

him at the head of a following; and, perhaps for
the first or only time; realizes the full import of
his character as a servant of the nation. He seeks

a common bond with all men; ' and, for a brief
period at all events, is less of a party-man than a
patriot. The occasion of the manifestation, too, is
very often calculated to smooth asperities, enlarge
the sympathies, and open the heart. The bestowal
of civic hospitality, for instance, or the endow-
ment with civic privileges; the public recognition
of the Minister's personal worth, and of the
honour of a travelling visit, is not an occasion
when an ordinarily genial person likes to obtrude
his political hatreds, calculate his party Chances,
or, in short, set up his bristles against the refrac-
tory and disaffected. He likes to feel how much
he is at one with everybody, and to cast a cheer-
ful on every passing topic. He takes in
the whole circle in his bow, and has no frown
even for the gloomiest-looking outsider.
pleasant, therefore, and -curious, -after tha
busy meeting at Almack's, that precipitate con-
federacy among jealous leaders, those thoroughly
`unconscientious insinuations ' against Lord
DERBY'S foreign policy, that moment when the
merest faction gained a useless or a dangerous
triumph, that subsequent one, when an unpa-
triotic pride refused to work under a second-rate
politician,—thus showing that previous jealousies
had been patched up only as the inevitable means
of attaining office, not of serving the country—
we say it is curious and not wholly unpleasant to
turn from these scenes of unmanly jealousies,
poor ambition, and uncrupulous faction, to Lord
JOHN RUSSELL and the civic ovation at Aberdeen.
- We learn that even Lord JOHN RUSSELL, if
rewarded with the sweets of office for his
patriotism, will be a patriot ; that if he may be
allowed to conduct the fortunes of his country,
he will even desire that they may flourish. Both
as to domestic and as to foreign interests, the
present Foreign Minister evidently looks upon it
as an . entirely personal question. The Times
must be right, and there are evidently not two
policies at issue in the State. There are two sets
of men ; two sets of leaders with their personal
foll Owing ; and perhaps they have two different
functions to discharge. But these functions are
very easy and. precise of definition. The function
of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and those with whom

he chooses to consort; is to govern. That
of Lord DERBY and his hereditary Opposition is
to be governed. There could not be a more per-
fect or better understood management. It leaves
no room for misunderstandings, Competitions,
struggles,or heart-turnings.tf the governedshaw
refractory, all they have to be taught is, to -know,
not the reasons for or against a policy, but=-their
place. And that place being at. the bottom of
the political scale, all they -have to do is, to IY3
submissive and silent. Lord DERBY might, in-
deed, and often does, alight upon a national
policy, which gains the assent of all parties Who
are afraid to be openly and confessedly factious--
a policy which Lord JOHN RIFSSELL

approve—but then, no -ourlint Lord JOHN BUS.'

SELL is capable of carrying it out. England, say's'
the distinguished citizen of Aberdeen, presents a
beacon of safety to the nations. He did not add'
but left it to be inferred, that this is only' the
case when he himself is the right arm which
holds it. But there was one statement into which
the genial moment betrayed this open-hearted
politician, which, pleasant and friendly as it was'
involved a really shameless confession. lie

magnanimously abstained from " anything of
" party nature" in discussing foreign politics; and'
in fact, declared that they did not enter into the
subject. But why? " Because," he says, "

" listened to a speech of the previous first Minister
" last year, which prescribed a policy that he:
" (Lord JOHN RUSSELL), entirely agreed with:
Happy position of the present directors of Or
foreign affairs ! The policy they desire to obseffe.;
and promote, presents no handle for the zeal °f
the Opposition ;'but for this reason,—not because
Lord JOHN RUSSELL is the only wise and under
_

standing Minister„but because his predecessors
marked out his line for him, and his highest
achievement is nothing but faithful and observant
imitation. But, when you allege the question °f
foreign policy—now that faction enjoys its Mee°
and ugly success—as a reason for sinking Pail()
difftrences, and as a ground of harmonY °II
igreenient, how dared you, when your patriotislil
was under the cold shade of the Oppositi__°ll:
allege the very same policy as a motive of Party
warfdie, and a subject of opprobrium of 14°Ca
DERBY and his Foreign Minister ? But the per-
sonal question again puts us quite out of Court'
It was necessary—why, we know not ; but are
t
we to dive into the occult reason of things that
Lord JOHN RUSSELL should be enthroned at
Foreign Office, or other responsible and influential
post ? Indee4 is it not said that he had formed
speCial fancy for conducting the foreign interel
of this country, and, through her, possibly 01. 'a
Europe where assistance could be obtruded; 511,
ar-
rangement of secondary consideration? No matter'
how not therefore the means of this desirable O°r.
,
how factious, how false, how jesuitical ; every'
thing lost itself in the great end and issue,
_
England must be taught that Lord JOHN RUB'
SELL is her proper Minister. Italy and Europe
and the world must see the statuesque gra::e 0116
dignity of that figure holding forth the beacon
to surrounding nations. The heyday of eiviln
tion and nationality and moral supremacY
arrived ; and Lord JOHN RUSSELL is the

spirit of the crisis

This is all very well. But, as we feel 161.1r,11"
selves tempted amid it all to look back at b,
JOHN, at the Committee-room of the Reforni Cl;
and the gathering at Almack's, so let us 1:°,,,
forward to the next era of parliamentary' Stemt
and resolve, when it shall arrive, not to for
the citizen of Aberdeen.

IN another column of our present impressi°rl:o(
give a tabular statement of the declared caileoard
-
goods imported and exported, issued by the1,3319t of
of Trade, for the month ending on the tbe.
August last. We learn from these rettirtlsriti,
great and extraordinary' growth of PresPeDies.4'
notwithstanding the complaints of du f
which generally prevail, during periods (101
steady trade, and in the absence of nilhel'ato-
speculation. The declared value of our e:°-
tions, compared with August, 1858, sh°'„,,a
increase of £982,512, or nearly 9 per cent per
there is also an increase of more than ea-
cent., even on the inflated totals of the that
responding month of 1857. It aPPe3l.s and
from the continued shipments to China cbief
India, cotton goods figure for the date
part of the augmentation. The aggrotho.
value of our exports during the eight illagainst
of this year has been £86,405,885, "i."O5S,'
£75,596,564 in the corresponding period )1'
lore
showing an increase of £10,809,321, f„, the
than 14 per cent. Compared with 18d.
early part of which year was one of re°
raorth'
activity, there has been an increase on the 0 per
of £478,470, and £1,739,169, or more th3iiities
cent. on the eight months. In the quay' • cis ii
bibs
imported articles, there is in differe re -
remarkable variation. In breadstuff' there
been a decline ; also in tea and coffee 6/1 • the
it will be found that for home consiltaii'st,lP6'
importations have been less than in AuD a larger'
Wine, spirits, and tobacco figure for f
raw O-
amount ; also the exports and imports ° a boneh
terials, showing a large increase in NcOO"bas
been
of trade the developement of which
recently commented upon in our e°ll';aturalli
The present prosperity of trade lul9vone just
affected the return of our Quarter's recipare 104'
ended. Although we cannot Yet °die one of
quarter's revenue with the corre9Pen, nntii tile
last year, because it was not niade d t°
re °lab ea
evening of yesterday, still we a, ts are a-ae
say, that when the last week's reeelPthe quarter'.
and of
exception'
up, the revenue of the year,
will
Gusto will exceed those of 1858. With tbe beW al;°
of Income tax,' every other item
:,„,0 of
increase. Upon the important 11-7 _as it Jere'
and Excise—the pulse' and barometer